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          EXCUSE ME. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND GOOD MORNING. 
          WE'RE ABOUT READY TO BEGIN AND EXCUSE ME. 
          THIS 
          [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
IS THE, UH, 9:30 AM OR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING ON TODAY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2021, BY BOTH TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCING. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE ARE A CORE OF, OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE, AND THEY ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF CITY HALL HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE LOVELY CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING IN PERSON ALL BY DARLING, UH, 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. 
          AND ENTER A MEETING ID NUMBER 8 4 0 6 9 6 5 2 5. 
          I MEAN SHOOTING THE 2 4 5 8 AND THE PASS CODE OF 2 0 8 8 0 2. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, UH, HERE AT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          AND WE WILL PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND WHO WOULD NEED THESE ACCOMMODATIONS AND TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE ACCOMMODATIONS. 
          YOU MUST CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 9 8 3 8 1 1 5. 
          HOWEVER, THIS SHOULD BE DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, SO THAT THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE PROVIDED FOR YOU. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO ADD OUR INVOCATION, UH, COSMIC, UH, DR. 
          KENDALL, WILL YOU PLEASE DO THE INVOCATION FOR US? AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          IF YOU ALL WOULD JOIN US WITH THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE BY STANDING. 
          WHEN YOU SAY ANNABEL WITH ME, PLEASE. 
          OH, HEAVENLY FATHER. 
          THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR GIVING US THIS DAY, THIS DAY, TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THE CITY, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS GUIDE, AND PROTECT ALL THE WORKERS, STAFFERS, DIRECTORS. 
          AND OF COURSE THIS COUNCIL, WE ASKED THESE LESSON IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME. 
          WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PLAINTIVE LEADERS IN UNISON, PLEASE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO DO A ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, PLEASE? MAYOR BARTEE, MAYOR PRO TEM FRAY PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES. 
          YOU HAVE A CALL ON ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO KINDLY 
          [II. PROCLAMATIONS]
OR PROCLAMATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN JONES BROUGHT THE PROCLAMATION UP FOR ME AND I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF PORT OFF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND IT READS THUSLY, WHEREAS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, ON NATIONAL OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTHS, RESPECTIVELY, AND OUR CHARGES AND ACTIONS HAVE BEEN, EXCUSE ME, HAVE THE POWER TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. 
          AND WHEREAS OVARIAN CANCER IS RARE AND DEADLY AND KNOWN AS THE SILENT DISEASE WITH VAGUE SYMPTOMS. AND WHEREAS THERE ARE NO EARLY OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING TESTS AND CONSEQUENTLY MANY WOMEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE AT AN ADVANCED STAGE. 
          AND WHEREAS RISK FACTORS INCLUDE A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER, AND ANY WOMAN WHO EXPERIENCES PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING ABDOMINAL OR PELVIC PAIN, PRESSURE, SWELLING, OR BLOATING TO TALK WITH HER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. 
          AND WHEREAS BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN EXCEPT FOR SKIN CANCER. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DURING HER LIFETIME. 
          AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 302,960 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH EITHER BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER. 
          AND 57,370 
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WOMEN WILL DIE FROM THIS, FROM THESE DISEASES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WOMEN SPEAK TO THEIR DOCTORS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ABOUT THESE CANCERS AND BECOME EDUCATED ABOUT CANCER SYMPTOMS AND RISK FACTORS, AS WELL AS RECEIVE A YEARLY MAMMOGRAM, WHICH IS RECOGNIZED AS THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER. 
          AND WHEREAS TO HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF THESE DISEASES GIFT OF LIFE, WE'LL HOST THE 11TH ANNUAL JULIE ROGERS PROCTOR 5K RIBBON RUN MONSTER DASH IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH. 
          AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE ANNUALLY PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS AND DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS, ULTRASOUNDS AND BIOPSIES WITH ACCESS TO CANCER TREATMENT TO MEDICALLY UNDESERVED OR UNDERSERVED RATHER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN. 
          AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE HAS HELPED EXTEND THE LIVES OF NEARLY 275 WOMEN WHOSE BREAST CANCER WAS DETECTED THROUGH ITS FREE CRYPTICAL SERVICES. 
          AND NOW THEREFORE I THURMAN BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AND, UH, AWARENESS MONTH AND TUESDAY TODAY, OCTOBER 12TH AS GIFT OF LIFE LIVES DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          AND I ASKED ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RAISING AWARENESS AND BECOMING INFORMED IN WITNESS WHERE UP I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE FIXED ON THIS DOCUMENT TODAY, THE 12TH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2021, AND IT'S SIGNED ME OUT THURMAN BILL BARTEE, AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE HERE TO RECEIVE THIS. 
          YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS NORMA SAMSON. 
          I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND WANT TO SAY FROM OUR HEARTS TO EVERYONE IN PORT ARTHUR, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AS A LOCAL NONPROFIT WHO'S BEEN SERVING FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE UNDERSERVED AND MEDICALLY AT RISK WOMEN AND MEN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, AND SPECIFICALLY IN PORT AUTHOR, WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES AND FOR THIS PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR MESSAGE AS YOU SO WELL, ARTICULATED MAYOR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HEIGHTENING AWARENESS AND ALL OF US ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH COVID. 
          IT HAS CREATED SUCH A ILLUSTRATION AND THE GAP OF CARE THAT WE KNEW FROM THE GIFT OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE THAT EXISTED. 
          AND IT'S BEEN PART OF OUR MISSION AND OUR CAUSE TO BRING THE BASIC ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL THAT ALL WOMEN AND MEN DESERVE THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC STATUS. 
          AND THIS COVID HAS CERTAINLY SHOWN WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO DO IN TERMS OF ENSURING THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ALL CITIZENS IN PORT AUTHOR. 
          SO THE GIFT OF LIFE THROUGHOUT COVID HAS FOUND A WAY THROUGH OUR MEDICAL PARTNERSHIPS AND SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE IN OUR CAUSE TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICES. 
          WE ARE REPURPOSING IF YOU WILL, OUR MEN'S SCREENINGS, WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE THOSE TIMELINES BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, WITH THE UPTICK AND OUR CONSORTIUM OF HEALTH MEMBERS ASK US TO PLEASE, UH, AT THIS TIME REFRAIN FROM HAVING THE LARGER GATHERINGS AND THAT WE WILL BE REINSTITUTING THOSE IN PORT AUTHOR AND, UH, IN JANUARY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME SMALL HUBS OF SATELLITES. 
          SO THOSE 
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MEN THAT NEED OUR SERVICES WILL ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND GET THE FULL ROBUST RANGE OF CARE FOR OUR LADIES WOMEN HEALTH SERVICES. 
          WE CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR SCREENINGS, OUR DIAGNOSTICS, IF YOU SAID, AND THE PROCLAMATION, THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE FREE SERVICES AT NO COST TO WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AND CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          SO WITH YOUR SUPPORT TOGETHER, WE'RE SAVING LIVES IN PORT AUTHOR AND CONTINUING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY CAN BE THERE AS A VALUED CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND AS WELL AS THE MOTHERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SO DESPERATELY NEED THEM IN THEIR LIVES, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH A MEDICAL, UH, INDIVIDUAL OR COMPANY RICE LYNNE. 
          SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES AND HOMES WERE NICE ENOUGH TO TAKE TIME TO LAUNCH THAT WITH US, WHERE WE ANNOUNCED IT IN AUGUST. 
          AND SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT'S CONVENIENT, THAT'S CLOSED, AND THAT WOMEN IN PORT ARTHUR CAN EASILY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SERVICES AND REGISTER. 
          SO WE'VE DISTRIBUTED SOME MATERIALS IN YOUR LITTLE CUPS AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE CALL US. 
          WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. 
          THE GIFT OF LIFE HAS TRANSLATORS CASE MANAGERS, TRANSPORTATIONS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PORT AUTHOR, CITIZEN CAN HAVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED. 
          AND AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR HEALTH GOING FORWARD AND SETTING THAT BEACON OF HOPE FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, AND ALWAYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THAT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE AND HELPS OUR ORGANIZATION REMAIN SUSTAINABLE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE THANK YOU. 
          UH, ANY COUNCIL PERSONS, ANYONE WELL FOR THE COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND WE CERTAINLY THINK COUNCIL WOMEN, ALL HOMES AND MOSES FOR ASSISTING YOU WITH THE LAUNCHING BACK IN AUGUST. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UH, I EVEN DID PROSTATE TESTING SOME YEARS BACK WITH YOU ALL. 
          UH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT EVEN AT THAT TIME. 
          AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR PROGRAM, SO WE ACTUALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU. 
          ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE IN PORT AUTHOR FOR SUPPORTING OUR CAUSE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT WE HAVE, UH, I'VE ASKED THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UH, THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, CHARLES WHEELER, UH, PROJECT MANAGER, US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGARDING THE STUDY UPDATE, UH, FOR THE PORT ARTHUR AND VICINITY, UH, COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, MR. WHEELER, IF YOU'RE NOT COMPLETED IN ABOUT NINE MINUTES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, STOP AND HAVE A, UH, YEAH, I PROBABLY HEARING RIGHT 20 MINUTES. 
          OKAY, WELL, DO WE WANT TO TRAIN AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE HE HAD 20 MINUTES ACTUALLY TO DO IT. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU WOULD MEET, BUT WE, WE HAVE TO STOP AT 10 FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          AND SEE, IS IT ONE, ONE PUBLIC HEARING? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE ON THAT? UH, BECAUSE WE SEE HOW NOW WE CAN DO IT IN 10. 
          LET HIM GO. 
          HE CAN PICK BACK UP. 
          WE CAN DO IT IN 10. 
          OKAY. 
          HE SAID HE CAN DO IT IN TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL GO RIGHT IN. 
          I FELT YOU COULD BUY THE WHEEL. 
          WE APPRECIATE 
          [III. B1 A Presentation By Charles Wheeler, Project Manager, U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers Regarding A Study Update For The Port Arthur And Vicinity Coastal Storm Risk Management Project]
IT. 
          WELL, IT WILL LEAVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION AND WE'LL COME BACK AND UPDATE AS NECESSARY. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR APPRECIATE BEING HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          MY NAME IS CHARLES WHEELER. 
          I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON A MAJOR PROJECT IS THE EXCITING TIME FOR PORT ARTHUR. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT CALLED THE SABINE PASS THE GALVESTON BAY PROJECT, UH, PORT ARTHUR IN VICINITY. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WELL FIRST LET ME INTRODUCE MRS. KELLY EGAN. 
          UH, SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR COASTAL RESILIENCE RESILIENCY PLAN, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN. 
          WE'VE GOT FIELD KELLY AND MIKE, UH, ZOO OR BRIAN MIZZOU. 
          SORRY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO JUST OUR AGENDA TOPICS. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TEXAS RESILIENCY PLAN, GO OVER THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT AND THE PURPOSE. 
          I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR TEAM. 
          THAT'S DELIVERING THE PROJECT, HOW THE COURSE DEVELOPED THAT AND THEN GO OVER OUR CONTRACT OVERVIEW. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO TOUCH BASES WITH YOU ON OUR, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING LATER THIS MONTH. 
          AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS LIKE TO INVITE KELLY KELLY TO TALK ABOUT THE COASTAL TEXAS PLAN? GOOD MORNING, BEFORE WE 
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TALK ABOUT THE PORT ARTHUR PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PROJECT FITS WITHIN A GREATER COASTAL, TEXAS RESILIENT PLAN. 
          AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS IT'S, IT'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS, MULTIPLE WHAT WE CALL BUSINESS LINE, WHETHER IT'S COASTAL STORMS, MANAGEMENT OR NAVIGATION, AM I COMING THROUGH? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NAVIGATION, WHICH IS VITAL TO THE STATE ECONOMY, IT AND ALSO ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION THAT GIVES INCIDENTAL COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT PROTECTION ALL UP AND DOWN THE COAST, THE TEXAS COAST, AND THE FIRST PROJECT SABINE PASS TO GALVESTON BAY. 
          IT CONSISTS OF THREE LARGE PROJECTS, THE IMPROVEMENTS OF TWO EXISTING COASTAL STORMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. AND THEN ONE NEW ONE. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE ON YOUR SLIDE IS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CIRCLE, BUT THAT'S IN FREEPORT. 
          SO ARE NOT FEDERAL SPONSORS, VELAZCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S IMPROVING THEIR EXISTING SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN SIMILAR TO PORT ARTHUR, UM, THAT IS ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT REALLY CONSISTS OF SIX INDIVIDUAL PHASES THAT CHARLES WILL GO THROUGH WITH YOU. 
          UM, ONE IS IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          THREE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO FINAL DESIGN WITH JUST SOME, SOME EASEMENT ACQUISITION AND, AND, UM, RELOCATIONS THAT WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DURING THIS DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT? THE ORANGE COUNTY, THAT'S A BRAND NEW 27 MILE, UH, COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT SITS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF, OF PRE ENGINEERING. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT STUDY IT COMPLETED IN MAY OF 2017 AND THEN WAS APPROVED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, CHIEF ENGINEER. 
          WHO'S A THREE-STAR GENERAL IN DECEMBER OF 2017 AND THEN WAS IMMEDIATELY FUNDED, UM, BY THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2017. 
          AND THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED AND FUNDING WAS MADE AVAILABLE LATER THAT YEAR. 
          AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE SURVEYS AND THE MODELING AND THE GEO-TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF, OF THOSE THREE IMPORTANT SYSTEMS. AND THEN JUST RECENTLY, UH, WHAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT, HAS BEEN OUR COASTAL TEXAS RESTORATION AND PROTECTION STUDY. 
          UM, BUT THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF FEATURES ALL UP AND DOWN THE, THE TEXAS COAST. 
          AND WHAT'S IN YOUR SLIDE RIGHT NOW IS, IS SHOWING JUST THE, THE AREA, UH, IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE  GALVESTON BAY. 
          THAT INCLUDES A SURGE BARRIER, UH, BETWEEN GALVESTON ISLAND AND BOULEVARD, PENINSULA TO PROTECT THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL. 
          AND THEN ALSO A SERIES OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FEATURES, UM, THAT, THAT GO ALL UP AND DOWN THE COAST, BUT TOGETHER THE SABINE BASTA, GALVESTON BAY, THE COASTAL TEXAS STUDY ALTOGETHER, UM, MAKE UP THAT WHAT WE CALL JUST THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S RESILIENT. 
          AND IT'S ALSO ADAPTABLE FOR, FOR THE FUTURE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING AND WHAT WE'RE BUILDING TODAY. 
          THE CHIEF ENGINEER, THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS SIGN THAT STUDY ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND ALSO MADE THAT PROJECT ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR CONGRESS THEN TO, TO FUND IT EITHER THROUGH OUR REGULAR CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUDGET OR ANY SPECIAL LEGISLATION THAT, THAT COMES UP FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THAT. 
          I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHARLES SO HE CAN GET MORE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          THANK YOU, KELLY KELLY WENT OVER THE PROJECT HISTORY TIMELINE. 
          SO I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THAT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          WELL, REAL QUICK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE STUDY PURPOSE SINCE 1854, A NUMBER OF OUR DOCUMENTED STORMS HAVE BEEN HITTING THE TEXAS COAST CAUSING BILLIONS IN DAMAGES TO THE COMMUNITIES WE'RE NOT BEING PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE TO THE PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK FROM STORM STORM SURGE TO THE COMMUNITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AS KELLY STATED, UH, THE, THE FINAL CHIEF'S REPORT WAS SIGNED IN 2017 AND THEN AWARDED THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED. 
          THIS WAS AWARDED IN 2018 IN THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT AND SIGNED INTO LAW. 
          AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS SIGNED THE PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE, DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN MARCH, 2020, WE BROKE GROUND ON OUR FIRST CON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. 
          WHAT WE CALL CONTRACT ONE AND OUR PATH WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AWARDING FIVE CONTRACTS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE PLANNING ON TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION INTO 26. 
          SO RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING WOULD BE, YOU'LL BE SEEING CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WITH, UH, UPGRADING THE LEVY SYSTEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          QUICK, UH, NOTE ABOUT FUNDING. 
          THE PROJECT WAS FULLY FUNDED, AS I SAID, IN 2018 
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FOR THE AMOUNT OF 3.9 BILLION, THEY WERE COUNTING ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS ON ONE, BUT FOR PORT ARTHUR SPECIFICALLY, WE WERE FUNDED 863 MILLION, AND THEN THEY SAY IT IS COST SHARED. 
          UH, ACCORDING TO OUR WATER 18, UH, THE FEDERAL COST IS 65% AND THE NON-FEDERAL COST IS 35%. 
          AND THEN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT, UH, THE 86 LEGISLATURE, THEY DIRECTED 200 MILLION OF FUNDING TOWARDS JELLO AND THEY PROVIDED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          UH, AND SO FAR THEY'VE GIVEN PORT ARTHUR, UH, APPROXIMATELY 106 MILLION GO TOWARDS THE PROJECT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST TO GET INTO THE DELIVERY TEAM REAL QUICK, MS. MADE ABOVE MULTIPLE SISTER DISTRICTS. 
          IT'S A LARGE TEAM. 
          THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
          SO WE HAVE CHICAGO DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT. 
          WE'RE TAKING LESSONS LEARNED FROM KATRINA AND BUILDING THEM INTO OUR SYSTEM. 
          WE HAVE THE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THE ART PICK, THE REGIONAL PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER DOING ALL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR, OF COURSE, DD SEVEN. 
          RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE TWO CONTRACTORS UNDER CONTRACT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, H E FIRM FREESE AND NICHOLS, COWIE AND CDM SMITH WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT UNDERWAY WITH FORGING CONSTRUCTION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          A QUICK NOTE ABOUT OUR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ANALYSIS. 
          WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SO FAR, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING INTERIOR DRAINAGE. 
          UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE POSITIVE DRAINAGE WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN WE LOOKED AT PORT ARTHUR FLOOD WALL SCOUR FAILURE. 
          THERE WAS A FAILURE ON ONE OF THE FLOOD WALLS. 
          AS YOU MAY KNOW ON TAYLOR'S BODY, YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THERE CAUSED BY THE TURNING BASIN. 
          THE TRAFFIC IS AN ATTORNEY BASED IN, HE WROTE IN THAT FOUNDATION. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING THEM AND PLAN TO MOVE THAT BACK IN ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS. 
          AND WE ALSO LOOK AT STORM MODELING AND THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOPED THE ELEVATIONS WITH EARLY TEAM, THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND THEY TRACK OVER 150 STORMS LOOKING AT HOW THE WAVES ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE SYSTEM THAT WE DESIGNED AGAINST IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS KELLY MENTIONED, A QUICK OVERVIEW, IT'S HARD TO SEE THERE'S SOME BOXES THERE, BUT WE HAVE SIX CONTRACTS PLANNED RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING ANOTHER CONTRACT SPLIT, NOT ONE OF OUR LAST CONTRACTS. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LEVY AND FLOOD RAUL REPLACEMENTS ALL AROUND THE PORT ARTHUR SYSTEM AND GATE STRUCTURES, UH, AND RAILROAD GATE, RAILROAD GATES AND ROAD GATE STRUCTURES. 
          SO BEFORE PAV TWO, WE PLAN TO AWARD THAT PROJECT IN AUGUST OF 23. 
          IT'S HARD TO SEE THAT. 
          SO TAYLOR'S BY YOU ONE, YOU WANT TO GO TWO SLIDES AND THEN WE'LL, UH, WE WE'RE PLANNING TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN AUGUST OF 24. 
          SO THAT'S THE TAILOR BY USE SECTION. 
          NEXT SECTION, PLEASE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SHE'D BEEN MISSING. 
          MR. WILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE, I MEAN, MANY MORE TO GO BECAUSE WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO A CONTINUOUS, YOU WANT TO DO A CONTINUATION? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY UP THERE? ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR HIM TO CONTINUE ON? WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          CONTINUE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ON PVL THREE, THIS IS A FLOOD WALL REPLACEMENTS, A MILE LONG FLOOD WALL REPLACEMENT ON BALERO PROPERTY. 
          UH, WE PLANNED TO AWARD CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL OF 22, AND THEN COULDN'T DESTRUCTION COMPLETIONS ESTIMATED DECEMBER 25. 
          A NOTE FOR OUR FLOOD WALLS, WE WILL NOT BE DOING CONSTRUCTION DURING HURRICANE SEASON. 
          ONLY CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE OUT OF HURRICANE SEASON ON FLOOD WALLS, UH, FOR PORT ARTHUR. 
           NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS SPRAYED AROUND THE SYSTEM. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE LEVY SYSTEM BEYOND THIS BUILDING. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 3.3 MILES OF LEVY RES 1.9 MILES OF FLOODWALL REPLACEMENT AND SEVERAL GATE STRUCTURES. 
          UM, OUR LANDOWNERS ARE A LOT OF INDUSTRY OIL INDUSTRY, SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH RELOCATIONS IN THIS AREA. 
          THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR AG FIRM AND WE PLANNED OUR WORK CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE OF 22. 
          AND THEN ESTIMATED COMPLETION IS NOVEMBER 24. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE PBL THREE B THIS IS A HALF MILE OF FLOOD WALL AND 0.2 MILES OF LEVY RAYS AND FIVE GATE STRUCTURES. 
          THIS IS DOWN THE STREET RIGHT BY THE, UH, THE PORT PORTER PORT ARTHUR. 
          WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AND IN KCS AND WE PLAN TO WORK CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF 22 
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AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION IN JANUARY 24. 
          OKAY. 
          WE CAN SKIP DOWN TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE PLAN ON DOING A VIRTUAL PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS VIA FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE, UH, 27TH AND 28TH OF OCTOBER, 2021. 
          OUR WEBSITE IS LISTED HERE WWW DOT SWD DOT  DOT ARMY.MIL/S TO G ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR WILL? OKAY. 
          NO, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS MR. WILLIS. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE'LL YOU ALL SENDING US SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THAT PUBLIC MEETING SO THAT OUR PIO CAN, UH, OH, WHAT'D I PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT WE CAN INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, UM, UP SOME COUNT, UH, YEAH, MAYOR POLK, FUTURE DISCUSSION WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
          I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE THE CITY HAVE MADE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WITH THE ELEVATOR AND THE BOARDWALK. 
          AND, UM, IF IN ANY CASE IT'S BEEN COMPROMISED OR DAMAGED THEM, WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND HOW IT FITS INTO THE LONG-TERM, UM, PLAN. 
          SO WE NEED TO GET A WORKSHOP SESSION WITH MR. WILSON AND GROUP B, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH YOU AND, AND, AND, AND SHED THAT UP. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          WHICH, WHAT DID YOU GET BACK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU ALL CAN SET UP A WORKSHOP DATE SO WE CAN HAVE, HAVE JUST THAT, AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE DEFINITELY NEED TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE WILL, UH, MOVE OVER TO PAGE, UH, TO FOLLOW A PUBLIC HEARING, 
          [IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
WHICH WAS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES, UH, UH, CHARLIE ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS TO RECEIVE, UH, AND CONSIDER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ALL INTERESTED FROM, AND FOR ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS, WITH REGARD TO A ZONING CHANGE FROM A LIGHT COMMERCIAL LLC TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT 41, AND EVER BE KNOWN AS PD 41. 
          AND WE HAVE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 56 ACRES OF LAND, CONSISTENT OF BLOCKS OF LOT SEVEN TRACKS, TWO, THREE, AND SIX BLOCK, TWO OR POINT ACRES EDITION, LOT SEVEN BLOCK TWO AND LOTS, NINE AND 10 BLOCK THREE, UH, MARI EDITION PORT OFF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. 
          AND IT'S ACTUALLY PHYSICAL LOCATION WOULD BE 66, 21 WEST PORT OFF THE ROAD, 23, 83, 60 FIFTH STREET AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES. 
          AND THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PROPERTY HERE, UH, ACTUALLY VIA THE, UH, CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT PORT AUTHOR, TX.GOV. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OR LANGUAGE YOU ALREADY TO BEGIN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN, WE'RE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2.5, FIVE TO FOUR ACRES OF LAND LOCATED WEST OF I'M SORRY, SOUTH OF WEST PORT OFF THE ROAD BETWEEN 65TH AND 66 STREETS AND PORT ACRES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY, THE APPLICANT IN ST. 
          CHRISTOPHER COUNCIL, 31 95 BUILDING CORPORATION, AND THEY SEEK A ZONING CHANGE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT 41 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING THIS PROPERTY TO AN INTERESTED PARTY FOR THE OPERATION OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND TOOL RENTAL, UM, THAT WOULD SERVE VARIOUS INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 
          NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY, AN APPLICATION WAS FILED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JULY 29TH OF THIS YEAR, REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE PROPERTY REFERENCED. 
          THE PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON AUGUST 13TH, 2021, AS WELL AS THE MAIL TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FEET RADIUS, THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 23RD, 2021 OVER ZOOM AND A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO WAS MADE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH TWO 80 CALLING FOR THE 
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SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE ARE CONDUCTING TODAY, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATIONS FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING, AS WELL AS PUBLISH THE NOTICE IN THE PORT, ARTHUR, THE NEWSPAPER ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021. 
          NEXT THE PROPERTY AGAIN IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS LIGHT COMMERCIAL LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING DOES PROVIDE A LOCATION FOR GENERAL RETAIL ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BANKS, RESTAURANTS, CHURCHES, AND SMALL SHOPPING AND STRIP CENTERS. 
          THESE LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND HIGHWAYS. 
          AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. 
          PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ARE TYPICALLY CREATED AS A MEANS OF TAILORING ZONING, DESIGNATIONS AND REGULATIONS TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF A PROJECT PLAN AND THE D D THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SITE. 
          IT PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION IN PROJECTS. 
          GENERALLY GREATER DETAIL IS NECESSARY ABOUT THE PROPOSED USES AND THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PD DEVELOPMENT THAN WOULD NECESSARILY BE REQUIRED FOR ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPENDIX, A SECTION 23 GENERAL PROVISIONS OF SITE PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT IN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, OR INVOLVING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. 
          IT ALL DISTRICTS SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR ALL MULTIPLE FAMILY PROJECTS, SHOPPING CENTERS, MOBILE HOME PARKS AND MULTI-BILLION, AND MULTI-USE PROJECTS. 
          A FIVE ACRES IN SIZE STAFF WILL REQUIRE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAVE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY PLANS FOR THIS SITE. 
          IF THIS DEVELOPMENT OR ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL NEXT, IF APPROVED THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 41 WILL PERMIT THE FOLLOWING USES ALL USE IS PERMITTED IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL OR THE RETAIL DISTRICT BY RIGHT. 
          AND IT SHALL ALSO ALLOW THE FOLLOWING USES THAT ARE NORMALLY PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONE DISTRICTS, WHICH INCLUDE BUILDING MATERIAL SALES, INDOOR, A CABINET SHOP, COMMERCIAL TRUCK, PARKING STORAGE, OR REPAIR MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR SERVICE FOR BUILDINGS, HEAVY MACHINERY AND TOOL SHOP, OR WHOLESALE STORAGE AND SALES. 
          THE LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND TO FAMILY ZONING. 
          THE ILLUSTRATION THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE CURRENT ZONING WITHIN THAT AREA. 
          AGAIN, THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST PORT ARTHUR ROAD, BETWEEN 65TH AND 66 STREETS. 
          AND THE ADDRESS IS 66, 21 WEST PORT ARTHUR ROAD, AND TWO WEIGHTY, THREE 65TH STREET, AND SOME ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO 11.007 C OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 19 PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED SITE AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          IT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 24TH, 2021. 
          THE PLANNING STAFF DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION FOR THIS REQUEST. 
          THERE WERE NO VERBAL OPPOSITION, AND THERE WERE NO LETTERS RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THERE WAS NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION RECEIVED NO VERBAL, AND THERE WAS ONE LETTER THAT WAS RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE STATING THAT THE BOX WAS CLOSED AND IT WAS TO BE RETURNED TO SENDER. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EXCUSE ME? ANY QUESTIONS? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GO RIGHT. 
          GO RIGHT HERE. 
          EXCUSE ME, ATTORNEY PUBLIC QUESTIONS. 
          YOU NEED TO SEE IF YOU DON'T MIND ASK THE PUBLIC, IF YOU HAD TO RATE IT, WOULD THERE BE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MS.  ON THIS MATTER? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. 
          NOW WE'LL DO WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, COUNCIL PERSONS COUNSELING MARKS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS LANG UH, WHEN THE PLAN, IS THERE A SITE PLAN THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED? NO, SIR. 
          THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SITE PLAN COMMITTEE SUBMITTED, EXCUSE ME. 
          THE CURRENT OWNERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY TO A DEVELOPER. 
          AT THAT TIME, THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE, UH, 
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THE BUSINESS PLAN SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USED. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND TOOL RENTAL WENT INTO WHAT WILL BE THE ACCESS AND EGRESS FROM THAT PROPERTY DO, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH THE SITE PLAN, BUT WE KNOW THAT A WEST PORT OFF THE ROAD IS PART OF THAT, THAT PLAN. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THERE AND AN OUT OF THE CITY MORNING AND EVENINGS. 
          AND, UM, I SEE THE CHIEF BACK THERE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45, 40, 40 MILES PER HOUR ON THAT, ON THAT STRETCH OF, UH, ROAD. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER SITE PLAN WE HAVE, THAT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE EAGER US AND OUR EXITING ON THE BACKSIDE AND NOT OUT ONTO WEST PORT OFF THE ROAD FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. 
          YES. 
          R D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          THEY ALSO CAN REQUEST A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL GO IN THAT LOCATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSONS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL APPROACHING? SO NO. 
          AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UH, UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES. 
          YES. 
          DO WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE ON THIS AFTER, FOR TODAY? NOT FOR THIS MEETING, IT WILL BE AT THE OCTOBER 26 MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          MA'AM YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WOULD BE IT IN THE RIGHT ATTORNEY. 
          WE CAN END THE, WE OKAY. 
          WE WOULD NO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE NOW CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT, UH, 10:14 AM. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW WE WILL RETURN TO, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR, I'M SORRY. 
          SORRY. 
          COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN KENALOG. 
          SOME LUMIERE OR CAUSED REMARKS. 
          SECOND IS, COULD HAVE BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND OF COURSE IS ON IT ALL IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO WE'RE READY. 
          UM, NOW WE'LL 
          [III. B2 A Presentation By National Development Council ( NDC) And Community Development Properties, Port Arthur, Inc. ( CDP Port Arthur) Regarding The Development Of A 108- Unit Workforce Housing Project In Downtown Port Arthur]
MOVE BACK TO, UH, PRESENTATIONS BY THE NATIONAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN DC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES PAWN OFF IN COOPERATED CITY, P PORT AUTHOR REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 108 UNIT WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN PORT. 
          ARTHUR, YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. 
          STEPHANIE DOUGAN. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY. 
          I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN EXCITING PROJECT. 
          THAT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET UNDERWAY. 
          UM, THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAS A SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION THAT FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING HOUSING ACROSS THE NATION. 
          AND I'M THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR NDC HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT PROJECT THAT WAS MENTIONED IS THE RENAISSANCE AT LAKESIDE, EXCUSE ME, AT LAKE SHORE. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT 108 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING ALONG FOURTH STREET, UH, BORDERED BY MOBILE ENTRY FORT. 
          THAT PROJECT HAS COME ABOUT THROUGH AN APPLICATION THAT THE PORT ARTHUR EDC ASKED US TO APPLY FOR, FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS FROM THE HARVEY HURRICANE. 
          WE APPLIED FOR THOSE FUNDS BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2008. 
          UM, OUR FUNDING WAS DELAYED. 
          THE PRIORITY FUNDING WAS FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE REHAB. 
          THIS IS A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          SO THE REHAB PROJECTS WERE FUNDED FIRST, AND THEN THE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED BASED ON THE COST PER UNIT. 
          OUR PROJECT WAS NOT THE LOWEST COST OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD A QUALITY PROJECT. 
          AND SO IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR FOR FUNDING TO GET TO US FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE GOT A CONDITIONAL AWARD IN DECEMBER OF 2019, AND WE WENT THROUGH THE UNDERWRITING PROCESS WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AS A RESULT OF THE UNDERWRITING. 
          OUR PROJECT WAS FINALLY APPROVED IN JANUARY OF 2021. 
          SO ALMOST A TWO YEAR PROCESS JUST TO GET TO THAT POINT YESTERDAY, WE RECEIVED OUR NOTICE TO PROCEED FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. 
          SO WE'RE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION. 
          SOMETIME LATER THIS MONTH, THE PROJECT TO DATE, UM, IS ABOUT A $20 MILLION PROJECT, $15 MILLION IN HARD CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'VE AWARDED DECK CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO LOCAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, C TEX CONSTRUCTION CORP. 
          WE HAVE TO DATE SPIN ABOUT 800,000 IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. 
          UM, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, IT MAY BE CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS. 
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THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH THE SITE. 
          UM, THIS SITE WAS, UH, WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE PORT ARTHUR, EDC. 
          UH, IT WAS A FAIRLY SMALL COMPACT SITE. 
          WE'VE PURCHASED SOME ADDITIONAL PARCELS NEXT TO THE SITE, UH, ALONG, UH, PROCTOR STREET. 
          BUT THE, UH, THE ALLEYWAY BETWEEN HAS SIGNIFICANT, UH, UTILITY CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'D LIKE TO RELOCATE THOSE UTILITIES. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ENTERGY. 
          UH, THEY HOWEVER ARE FOCUSING ON PROJECTS IN LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'VE GOT SOME TIME DELAYS THERE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, WE'LL WORK AROUND THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS. 
          WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WITH THOSE UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND MAYBE SOME, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH SOME PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTING AROUND THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE WAIVER OF THE PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES, THE PROJECT. 
          IF, UH, IF, IF NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS WITH WEATHER AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING WITH COORDINATING THAT WITH, UH, THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THAT GROUNDBREAKING HOPEFULLY IS TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, IF WE CAN TIME IT SO THAT IT'S WITH YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL THERE AT OUR GROUNDBREAKING AS TO COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THIS, THIS PROJECT IS ONE THAT WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY. 
          WE DON'T DO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE USUALLY ARE A DEVELOPER THAT ONLY COMES IN WHEN WE'RE REQUESTED BY THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS THE CASE WITH THE PORT ARTHUR EDC. 
          WE THINK DOWNTOWN WORKFORCE HOUSING IS IMPORTANT FOR CONTINUING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YEAH, MANY, ANY QUESTION DRUG GUZMAN JONES, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT KIND OF SYSTEMS DO YOU NEED FROM THE CITY? AND YOU HAVE A DOUBT ON MOUNTAIN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE ARE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE, UH, THE WAIVER OF THE, OF THE PLANNING AND PLAN REVIEW. 
          THAT COST WAS RIGHT AT 69,000. 
          AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RELOCATION OF THE UTILITIES, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE WITH ANERGY, WE'LL NEED TO COORDINATE THAT TO RELOCATE THOSE UTILITIES TO UNDERGROUND. 
          IT'S ABOUT $300 PER LINEAR FOOT TO DO THAT. 
          WE'VE GOT 800 LINEAR FEET. 
          SO THAT'S A COST OF $240,000, THE SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTING. 
          AND THIS IS A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE OF MAGNITUDE. 
          I NEED SOME MORE DETAILS FROM MY CONTRACTOR. 
          I GOT THIS NUMBER LAST NIGHT AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          SO FORGIVE ME. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT AS DETAILED A NUMBER AS I'D LIKE, BUT THE SIDEWALKS ARE 195,000 AND LIGHTING IS ANOTHER 225,000. 
          SO THE UTILITY SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTING TOTAL 640,000 ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 
          ARE YOU LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS ROUGHLY CLOSE? UM, ABOUT 715. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR COURSE FROM COUNCIL? YES. 
          OR COME FROM MARKS? UH, YOU SAID 2008 IS WHEN YOU WENT OUT. 
          WHAT DID YOU MEAN? 2018, SORRY. 
          YES. 
          2018. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHEN THE, UH, WHEN, WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS, WAS, WAS GREEN-LIGHTED BY THE EDC, YOU ALL DID ALL THE WORK FOR THE GRANT IS YES, SIR. 
          WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT. 
          I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WE HAVE A CODE DEVELOPER WHO IS A LOCAL PARTNER WITH US, WHICH IS LEGACY CDC, AND THERE'LL BE RECEIVING A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT FEE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, COUNSEL CANNOT, EXCUSE ME. 
          MAYBE I MISSED THIS. 
          DID, DID YOU ALSO STATE, IT WAS A TARGET AREA AND YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT IT'S IN YOUR DOWNTOWN TARGET AREA, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CONSIDER TWO MILE RADIUS, THREE MILE RADIUS, OR WHO DETERMINES THE RADIUS OF THAT? IT'S IN YOUR DOWNTOWN PLAN? IT'S ABOUT FIVE, FIVE BLOCKS FROM THIS LOCATION ON, AT 9 0 1 FOURTH STREET. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU, YOU MAY BE 
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ASKING, IS IT IN THE TERS IT IS IN THE TIRE. 
          SO THE TERS WOULD HAVE TO, UH, CONFER ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING BECAUSE OUR RADIUS IS ABOUT TWO, TWO MILES FROM DOWNTOWN, ACTUALLY DOWNTOWN AREAS. 
          AM I ON? IS THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          AND WELL, YOU DID SAY, UH, A LOCAL CONTRACTOR HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN THE, UH, BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT DSC CONTRACT. 
          SO, UH, SO WE HAD, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT WITH THE LOCAL CONTRACT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HELP LOCAL PORT, AUTHOR RUNS WORKING THERE? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE TO WORK? UH, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFICATIONS ON THE LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT HE WOULD HIRE LOCAL HELP? YEAH, THE, THE SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED ARE THAT THEY ALSO TRY TO HIRE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES AS SUBS, AS WELL AS GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOWER INCOME PERSONS. 
          THERE'S NOT A RESTRICTION ON, THEY HAVE TO BE PORT ARTHUR. 
          SO IT'S REALLY UP TO OUR CONTRACTOR TO CHOOSE WHO THEIR SUBS ARE AND WHO THEY CHOOSE. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT A LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT WORKS WITH YOUR LOCAL SUBS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN JOHN, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          ME ABOUT A HIRE AND PULL AUTHORIZATION AND LOCALS LOCAL SUBS, BECAUSE I WAS LOCAL SOMETHING AND GETTING THE BEATEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY SERIOUSLY, NO SMILING. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE OUR CONTRACTOR TO LOOK TO LOCAL SUBS THAT TENDS TO HAPPEN FAIRLY NATURALLY, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THAT IF YEAH, I WISH WE HAD SOME KIND OF WAY TO IMPOSE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING HERE, MEANING WELL, SOUNDING GOOD ABOUT IT. 
          THE HIGH LOCAL SUBS, AND WHEN IT GET GOING, AND THEN THEY FIND SOME KIND OF LOOPHOLES OR SOME KIND OF REASON WHY THEY CAN'T HAVE LOOK LOCAL SUBS. 
          I WASN'T MAYOR IN COUNSELING CENTER MANAGEMENT CLASS, WHERE THEY PUT TEETH IN, THIS TOOK A HIGH LOCAL SYRUP TODAY, HIRE LOCAL PEOPLE. 
          I'M TIRED OF SEEING THESE, THESE LIGHTS GOING OUT THE CITY WITHOUT MY TAX DOLLARS. 
          THEN EVERY DAY AS THEY GET OLDER THAN ME, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT CAN FACILITATE THAT IS BY HELPING US WITH THE PROJECT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO SELECT WHAT'S THE ABSOLUTE LOWEST, LOWEST BIT. 
          WE CAN LOOK TO LOCAL SUBS, GIVING THEM A PREFERENCE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE THE LOWEST VIEWED AS LONG AS WE HAVE ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT GETS BUILT. 
          THAT'D BE A SEVEN LOOK AT THE REAL KEY TO COUNSEL BECAUSE WE GOT IT. 
          WE STARTED OUT LOCAL PEOPLE DEALT WITH THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UH, NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION 
          [III. B3 A Presentation By Pride Management Group, Inc. Regarding A Planned 275 Acre Development Project In Port Arthur By Patel Mixed- Used Development]
BY PRIDE MANAGEMENT GROUP INCORPORATED REGARDING THE PLAN 275 ACRE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE INPUT AUTHORED BY PATEL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I MAY ANTHONY LIGEIA WITH SOUTH TEX 37 37 DOCTORS DRIVE IN HIS GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          UH, I'M HERE WORKING WITH THE PATEL GROUP WITH REGARDS TO THE 275 ACRE, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 365 AND JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD. 
          MY GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY, UH, GET, UH, A GOOD LAYOUT AND HELP YOU STAY ORIENTED AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT, UH, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIS CONCEPT, UH, WHICH I THINK, YES, UM, IT'S A MIXED USE, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THE GOAL IS TO ACCOMPLISH THE EXTENSION OF JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD, WHERE IT ENDS THERE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AND PROJECTED THROUGH AS IT'S GOING TO THE SOUTH AND WEST TO INTERSECT HIGHWAY 365, WHICH A PORTION OF THE ARCH CENTRAL BOULEVARD IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THE PARK CENTRAL DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, THAT'S ROUGHLY, UM, 2,700 LINEAR FEET OF, OF, UH, PAVING AND STREET EXTENSION, WHICH, UH, THE JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD IS A A HUNDRED FOOT WIDE, UH, EXISTING NOW. 
          UH, AND THEN THE PARK CENTRAL BOULEVARD HAS ALREADY BEEN A PORTION OF THAT HAS BEEN PLANTED AND IT'S A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, WHICH A PORTION OF THAT IS PAID FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE TO ACCOMMODATE PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT'S ABOUT SEVEN ACRES OF RIGHT AWAY THAT WILL NEED TO BE ACQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THIS, THESE TWO ROADWAYS 
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TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO HIGHWAY 365, HIGHWAY 360 365, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, PROPOSED RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A S UH, FLOW SERVE. 
          THAT'S JUST, UH, SOUTH OF THE MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD. 
          WE HAVE A, UH, PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS, AS I MENTIONED, AND THEN WE HAVE TRACTOR SUPPLY. 
          THOSE ARE SOME, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING. 
          IT'S BEEN THERE FOR TIME. 
          UH, AND ALONG THE FRONT OF HIGHWAY 365, THE, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS THAT COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU START FROM THE END OF THE, UM, AREA OF, UH, JIMMY JOHNSON AT THE MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, THERE'S A SPRINKLED THROUGH THIS 2 75 IS HOTELS, OFFICES, UH, APARTMENTS, UH, THERE'S SOME FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICES AND OUT BEHIND THE, UH, TRACTOR SUPPLY AREA, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS THERE AS WELL. 
          AND THEN TO, UH, THE SOUTH AND, UM, EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO STREETS, WE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING PROPOSED FOR THAT AREA, AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND THE, UH, ADOPTION OF, UH, THE SCHEDULE FOR WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE. 
          I THINK THE PATELS WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL LAYOUT, CONCEPTUAL DRAWING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER INFORMATION, EXCUSE ME, YOU SAID YOU HAD THE INFORMATION ABOUT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. 
          AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATION CONCEPTION, NO, NO LIGHTS HERE. 
          PAUL, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT YOU ALL PRESENTED TO US, WHICH IS THE SAME DOCUMENT, RIGHT? AM I CORRECT? UH  YEAH, THAT YOU MAY HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE BRIEF SUMMARY AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE IMPACT FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, THIS ONE GETS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YOU ALL HAVE FOR THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD BE ABOUT SIX PAGES. 
          YEAH, IT IS. 
          UH, I ALSO SEE THAT THE MAP THAT YOU ALL YOU WERE SHOWING THERE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND GET APPEARS TO BE PROMISING IF ALL OF THIS OCCURS THE, WHERE YOU WANT IT TO OCCUR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, ADVANTAGES IN, UH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT IT WOULD GENERATE AS FAR AS A SALES TAX IN, IN, IN, IN THE CITY OF PORT OF ABOUT 1,000,003, AND, UH, TOTAL DURING THE, UH, PROJECT PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, YOU'RE DEVELOPING, IT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION, UH, FOR THE CITY ALONE. 
          UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT. 
          THAT THAT APPEARS TO BE REAL GOOD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          NOW, ONE OTHER THING I DID LOOK AT, UH, YOU ARE REQUESTING EXTENDING JIMMY JOHNSON. 
          AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          TO HIGHWAY 365. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR ACTUALLY DO IT, THAT CONSTRUCTION OF PERFORMING THAT CONSTRUCTION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES. 
          ON IT. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, CITY MANAGER, IF WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT LIKE THAT, WOULD THAT BE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS OR CAN I ASK, ARE THERE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR THAT TO OCCUR? CAN I, UM, THERE'S SPECIFIC LAWS ON HOW A CITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT, PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN PERCENTAGES OF WHICH THE CITY CAN, UH, BE INVOLVED. 
          I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEN I CAN ADVISE YOU, BUT HERE'S THEIR SPECIFIC LAWS THAT SHOW WHAT PERCENTAGE A CITY CAN BE INVOLVED. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT IT AND CAME EXACTLY HOW OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS WOULD BE A COMPARABLE MOSES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, ANTHONY FOR PRESENTING THE LOCATION OF WHAT IS BEING PLANNED, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT. 
          SO IF I COULD GET THAT, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WANT TO PLACE IT, BUT LET, CAN WE GET SOME EXTENSIVE EXPLANATION ON WHAT IS GOING TO CONSIST OF DEVELOPERS HERE WITH US? CAN WE HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER? THANK YOU. 
          GOOD, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          COUNCIL 
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MEMBER. 
          UH, WE ARE HERE TO PROPOSE A MIX USE PLAN 274 ACRES OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT BY HIGHWAY 365. 
          AND I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE PROPOSE, IT WILL BE A 10 TO 20 YEAR PHASE IN POST. 
          IN VERY FIRST PHASE, WE WOULD START WITH TWO HOTELS AND THEN 150,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE PLACES. 
          AND THEN 300 UNITS SWAP APARTMENT THAT WOULD GO IN FOUR SPACE AND THEN REMAINING 900 UNITS, WE'LL BE IN THE SECOND PHASE. 
          AND ALSO WE HELP PROPOSE 125,000 SQUARE FEET OF A RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER AND 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING SPACE, PORT POSSIBLE RESTAURANTS, AND ALSO A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING FOR THE STORAGE FACILITY AND 1200 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          SO WE ARE ESTIMATED, UH, THIS PROJECT, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT TO DEVELOP. 
          IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 TO 20 YEARS AND WE ARE PROJECTED TO INVEST $354 MILLION OVER THE 10 TO 20 YEARS OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND WE ARE PROJECTING, IT WILL CREATE ESTIMATED 717 DIRECT JOB WITH MARKET SALARY RATES. 
          SO ALL ALONG, UH, BY THE HIGHWAY 365, THEY HAVE, UH, LISTED PLOS SERVICE AS THE, YOU KNOW, CURRENT TENANT THERE. 
          AND BY THE SIDE OF THAT, OFF OF THE HIGHWAY 65, WE ARE PROPOSING ALL THAT, UH,  HIGHWAY 365 WILL BE PRE DOUBT. 
          I MEAN, DIALOGUE FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL, AND BEHIND THAT, WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE THE LAYOUT, UH, WE HAVE PROPOSED A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF FACILITY OF THE STORAGE PLACE. 
          AND THEN BEHIND THAT, THERE WILL BE A 51 ACRES OF LAND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED OR UTILIZED FOR DEVELOPING A 300 UNITS OF APARTMENT THAT WOULD GO IN FOR SPACE. 
          AND THEN REAR UP THAT WE HELP PLAN ABOUT 900, I MEAN, NINE ACRES OF LAND TO DEVELOP OFFICES AND SIX ACRES OF LAND THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR TWO HOTEL SITE AND 86, 6 ACRES OF LAND THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND REMAINING 53 ACRES THAT WILL BE ALSO DEVELOPED, UH, POOR APARTMENTS. 
          SO ALL TOGETHER WE ARE PROPOSING 274 ACRES OF LAND THAT WILL BE USED AS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND CURRENTLY WE ARE ALSO TALKING WITH SOME OTHER MEDICAL, UH, PROFESSIONAL WHO ARE ALSO SEWING INTEREST IN DEVELOPING A SYSTEM LIVING CENTER, UH, BEHIND THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THIS LOCATION IS SO CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO WE ARE ALSO ENGAGING WITH THEM AND THEY ARE, UH, SEEING VERY GREAT INTEREST TO DEVELOP THE ASSISTANT LIVING FACILITY ALSO OKAY. 
          UM, EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN KENNEL. 
          YEAH, OF COURSE. 
          WELL, COUNCILWOMAN MOSES ASKED A QUESTION THAT WE WANTED TO GET VERY DETAILED, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE. 
          UH, HOW DO YOU TRANSITION FROM YOUR NEXT PHASE? SO THE NEXT PHASE ON HERE IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET THAT NEXT TIME YOU COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 
          SO WE CAN HAVE A DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S YOUR PHASE ONE, WHAT IS THE CITIES? AND ONCE WE GET WHAT THERE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND SHE GETS BACK WITH US, HOW MUCH THE INPUT OF THE CITY, UH, RESOURCES WE CAN DO ON THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE I'M THINKING IT'S MORE ALIKE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, VAL, AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO AND, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO. 
          SO IF YOU WOULD DO THAT FOR THIS COUNCIL AND GO WITH THE PHASES NEXT TIME, SHOW US 
          [01:00:01]
WHAT'S PHASE ONE, A DETAILED DESCRIPTION ON HOW YOUR PHASE IS GOING TO TRANSITION FROM ONE PHASE TO THE NEXT PHASE. 
          I THINK WE HAVE SUBMITTED AT SOMEBODY FOR FIRST THREE YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          ALSO. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS Y'ALL RECEIVED IT OR NOT, SIR, BUT IN VERY A THREE-YEAR PHASE, IT IS SEWING THE BREAKDOWN OF TWO HOTELS AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF A STORAGE FACILITY AND 300 UNITS OF APARTMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD GO IMMEDIATELY AFTER ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, GET THE ROADS IN, UM, UH, JIMMY JOHNSON, THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST SPACE. 
          AND AFTER THAT, IT WILL BE THE REMAINING PHASE. 
          IS IT SUBMITTED NICK? YEAH, IT IS SUBMITTED THE FIRST THREE YEARS. 
          IT IS ALSO SUBMITTED. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING, UM, I DO SEE YOUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I GUESS THE OUTLINE OF HOW IT'S WRITTEN, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE 275 ACRE RESIDENTIAL OFFICE. 
          I SEE OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS, BUT, UM, LET ME ASK THIS, I KNOW THIS IS EARLY ON THE APARTMENTS, THAT OF COURSE IS A BIG FOCUS FOR US AND MAKING SURE, I THINK YOU'RE AWARE ON THE FRONT END THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE ANY, UM, LOW INCOME APARTMENTS IN PORT ARTHUR. 
          WE'RE WELL OVER THE, THE RATE OF LOW INCOME APARTMENTS FOR ALL OF HOUSTON AT THIS TIME. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS MARKET VALUE, APARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHOEVER INVEST IN PARTNERS WITH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW GOING IN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          I KNOW IT'S PREMATURE. 
          YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING WITH US AS OF YET TO GET THE, EVEN THE ROAD BUILT, BUT THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IN THIS AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING INTO DEVELOPING THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING, UH, APARTMENT. 
          IT WILL BE A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT WILL BE A CATEGORY, A OR B CATEGORY, ELDRIDGE APARTMENTS. 
          ONCE WE DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE WILL HAVE MORE IDEA WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, DEMANDS THIS AREA HAS. 
          BUT DEFINITELY WE WOULD, WE ARE NOT INTERESTED TO DEVELOP ANY LOW INCOME APARTMENT OR HOUSING FACILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I SAY, YOUR CITY AT CITY IS WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING FROM THE CITY, BASICALLY AN INCENTIVE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE ASKING, UM, FOR US TO HELP DEVELOP AND EXTEND, UH, JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED. 
          THE CITY IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR US TO PARTNER WITH YOU WITH. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST, UH, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE FROM CEDAR PORTER TO EXTEND THAT JIMMY JOHNSON, FROM WHERE, WHERE IT DEAD ENDS BY THE HOSPITAL TO ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK CRO CENTRAL. 
          SO IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL DEVELOPING THESE, YOU KNOW, HUGE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLUS ALSO, UH, UH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE, YOU KNOW, LIFT STATION AND ALL THE UTILITIES TO MAKE SURE IT HAS CAPACITY TO, YOU KNOW, UH, SERVICE, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO DONATE, UH, MORE THAN SEVEN ACRES OF LAND, UH, TO THE CITY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, UH, EXTENDING THE, THE JIMMY JOHNSON TO HIGHWAY 365. 
          IT WILL BE VALUE OVER, UH, I THINK $400,000. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ANTHONY JAY, AND THANK YOU BATTELLE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, THAT YOU'VE FOR YOU CONCERNING YOUR INTEREST IN DEVELOPING WHAT OFF AGAIN, BUT THE ONES THAT DON'T KNOW, I HAVE A SON THAT FOLLOW YOU REAL, REAL CLOSE WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENTS AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TURNED PRETTY MUCH TURNED TO GO. 
          I MUST SAY THAT YOU DID BLOW UP BIG TIME IN HOUSTON. 
          THERE WAS ANA, I KNOW MY SON WIFE WAS A LAWYER, DID A LITTLE STUDY AND YOU READ IT, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AND YOU REALLY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO ON JIMMY JOHNSON AREA, WE HAVE A BIG CHAIN OF THICK. 
          EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO COME THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BACK THERE. 
          IT'S NUMBER TWO, WIN, WIN FOR THE CITY WHERE I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AND I M B A D DISTRICT RECOUNT DISTRICT FORECAST, MCKEON LOW, AND MARCUS, ALL THE GOOD IS GOING THAT WAY. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING NOTHING IN WANTING TO ALL THE GOOD, THOSE GUYS WOULD STILL PUT ALL THAT. 
          UH, YEAH, THERE IS A BIG NEED FOR QUALITY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          CAUSE I'VE BEEN NOTICING A LOT OF EXECUTIVES. 
          THEY WORK IN PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS AND THEY ARE NOT FINDING THEIR NEEDS. 
          SO THEY END UP, YOU KNOW, UH, BUYING THE HOUSES IN BOMB ON MARKET. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HAVE NOTICED. 
          [01:05:01]
AND ONCE WE RUN THE VISIBILITY STUDY, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE ACCURATE FIGURE WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AFTER AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP IN MIND. 
          AND ALSO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOUR OR FIVE, YOU KNOW, GRIT DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, THIS GREAT CITY OF PORTER, WE JUST OPENED BRAND NEW RESIDENTS IN BY MARRIOTT, JUST FLEW BY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE WALK ON RESTAURANTS. 
          WE ALSO OWN AND MANAGE A HOME TWO SUITES BY HILTON RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          AND WE ALSO OWN AND MANAGE LOCKEAN TIE-INS DAISY. 
          AND WE ALSO DEVELOPED A SUBURBAN HOTEL AND WE HAVE NOW MULTIPLE HOTELS IN BAMA. 
          AND ALSO WE JUST COMPLETED A $42 MILLION PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WITH A GRANT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS OPENED THAT PROJECT JUST ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO IN A CITY OF CW, STANDING DOWNTOWN. 
          YES. 
          TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          MY SON DID A LITTLE FOLLOWUP ON HIM. 
          WE KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T PUT YOUR HEART INTO WHAT YOU DO, YOU AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR BOARD. 
          THEN YOU SHOULD IMAGINE YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE INPUT, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS THING. 
          AS, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED HIS VARIOUS TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT THE CITY CAN USE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE WORK WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEVELOP 740 ACRES WHERE IT'S ALL DEVELOPED. 
          ONE TIME OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS, WE HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE WATER, THE WASTE WATER, THE SEWER, THE STREETS, AND NOT ONLY THAT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION THAT MUST BE SATURDAY, BUT AS THE DEVELOPER INDICATED, HE WANTS TO TAKE A PHASED APPROACH TO IT. 
          THE FIRST APPROACH IS THE EXTENSION OF JIMMY JOHNSON TO GET TO THE EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          SO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT'S NECESSARY TO, INTO TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE COST AND HOW THE CITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT COST. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH IT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NO, THE, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          I, IT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL PROJECT. 
          AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR CITY AND LOOKING FUTURISTICALLY TO WHAT PORT ARTHUR CAN BE AND WHAT PORT ARTHUR, UM, OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO BECOME AND WILL BECOME, UH, THE CITY MANAGER DID ADDRESS, UH, EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK, UH, UH, BY WAY OF WHAT WAS THE CITY'S STRATEGY AND PLAN, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY. 
          WE'VE GOT THE WALK ON THERE AND THE HOTELS THAT YOU, UH, UH, UH, DISCUSSED AND, AND SPOKE ABOUT. 
          UH, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THE CITY AT ANY TIME, UH, HAD A STRATEGY AND PLAN IN PLACE, UH, EVEN WITHOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COMING WITH THE PROJECT, UH, TO EXTEND, UH, THAT JIMMY JOHNSON, UH, AREA AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS A PART OF THE CITY STRATEGY AND PLAN LOOKING FUTURISTICALLY, BUT THE CITY MANAGER DID ADDRESS THAT. 
          UH, AND I PRAY THAT, UH, UH, WE CAN GET THIS DONE. 
          WE CAN WORK CONCURRENTLY, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER AND, UH, WITH WHERE WE WANT TO GO FORWARD IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR OUR CITY AND FOR US, IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE. 
          YEAH. 
          LET'S, YOU KNOW, ONCE THESE ROADWAYS PROPOSE THEN THERE'S LOTS OF LAND OWNED BY SABINE NICHES, 80 OCCURS IN OTHER LANDS. 
          IT WILL ALSO HELP THEM DEVELOP THAT LAND ALSO. 
          AND IT'S A VERY PRIME LOCATION. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE ALL THE SYNERGIES ARE AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY PRO GROWTH AREA. 
          UH, AGAIN, ON ME MAY AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL OF FRANK TOUCHED ON THIS, THIS AREA IS ADDRESSED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          UM, THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR, A FEW YEARS AGO BY THE FORMER COUNCIL. 
          AND IT WAS TARGETED AS AN AREA FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND IT DOES HAVE THAT POTENTIAL. 
          HOWEVER, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE ZONE IN THE ZONE IN ITS PRESENTLY BEEN ZONE AGRICULTURE, AND THAT WILL HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO SIT VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPER TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE VARIOUS KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CHAT THE ZONE IN MAP FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, WHETHER IT'S MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY, OR OTHERWISE, IT CAN BE APPROPRIATELY ACCOMMODATED OUT THERE AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S AN AREA WE'VE GOT TO SAVVY, AS YOU INDICATED. 
          [01:10:01]
UM, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE, THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STEIN STAND POINT OF VIEW. 
          AND I THINK THE BEST APPROACH TO IT IS TO TAKE A PHASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU ADDRESS THE JIMMY JOHNSON PART OF IT, BECAUSE THAT AS WELL IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          IT IS CLEARLY STATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD GROW THE CITY IS TO EXTEND THAT JIMMY JOHNSON TO 365, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS PLEASED OUT THERE BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE WITH THE INTENTION OF EXTENDING JIMMY JOHNSON ALL THE WAY TO 365. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY AN F. 
          SO I BROUGHT IT UP FIRST. 
          I LOOKED THROUGH IT AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I SAW WAS JIMMY JOHNSON AND EXTENSION OF JIMMY JOHNSON, BECAUSE NOTHING CAN HAPPEN OUT THERE IF WE DON'T DO JIMMY JOHNSON. 
          AND I EVEN WROTE OUT THERE ON SUNDAY JUST TO LOOKING AT IT BEHIND THE HOSPITAL, JUST I SEE IT ALL THE TIME, BUT I NEVER LOOKED AT IT WITH A VISION. 
          AND I LOOKED AT IT WITH, UH, THE VISION OF IT COULD BE, UH, OCCURRING. 
          WHAT ARE OUR ATTORNEY HAS SAID AND WHAT KEN LLOYD SAID, I BELIEVE IN THE SHOE YOU VIEW ALL WOULD GET WITH, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LANGFORD, WHO HANDLES THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT FOR US AND HAVE IT IN THE PHASES OF PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO. 
          BUT NOW I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO JUST THROW THIS IN AT PHASE ONE WOULD BE THE STUDY OF HOW WE WOULD DO THE DRAINAGE AND ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO JIMMY JOHNSON PROPERLY, NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO EVER OCCUR. 
          SO I WOULD SAY WE WOULD GET WITH THEM AND GET WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO FIND OUT WHAT LEGAL ASSISTANCE ILLEGALLY, HOW WE CAN ASSIST YOU IN CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. 
          AND AGAIN, AS COUNCILMAN JONES HAS SAID, IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DEVELOPED OUT THERE WITH THOSE TYPE HOMES. 
          AND I WOULD EVEN THROW THIS IN IT, UH, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AREA BEING APART OF THE PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          UH, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ENTIRE AREA OUT THERE. 
          I THINK IT ALREADY IS, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME, UH, CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO WORK ON. 
          AND, UH, COSMIC MARK. 
          UH, YES. 
          I JUST WANT TO INJECT THAT THEN THAT THIS IS A, A PROGRESSIVE MOVE FOR OUR CITY. 
          SHOULD WE, UH, SET SOME TYPE OF TIMETABLE SO WE CAN GET TO THAT FIRST PHASE? SO WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE WERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE IN, IN SIX MONTHS A YEAR, UH, WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REVENANT JUST, WELL, HOW SOON WOULD YOU THINK THAT THEY NEED TO MEET SO THEY COULD COME BACK WITH US WITH, UM, LET ME JUST SHARE WITH COUNCIL THAT, UM, THE, UM, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER. 
          WE HAVE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPER THUS FAR, UM, IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE INFORM THE DEVELOPER AS TO WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT HE NEEDS TO BRING TO THE TABLE AS A RESULT OF THAT, HE PREPARED THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS BEING MADE AVAILABLE. 
          AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, UM, ENOUGH TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AS TO WHAT THE BIG PICTURE IS. 
          AND AS TO WHAT A PHASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, SO THAT IT COULD BE ADDRESSED WITH THE LEGAL TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD IN ORDER TO, UM, ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, NOW THAT WOULD HAVE TO RE IT WILL REQUIRE SOME TIME LATER ON, UM, SOME SORT OF, UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. 
          IF THE CITY HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER USING VARIOUS TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, WHETHER IT'S A FREE 80 AGREEMENT OR WHATEVER. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE PROVIDED THE DEVELOPER WITH THAT INFORMATION. 
          I THINK WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, NOW THAT YOU HAVE EARNED AS A COUNCIL WHERE THE DEVELOPER INTENSIVE GROUP, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THE PHASED APPROACH, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE CARRIER GROUP AND DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE THAT TOOK ABOUT MORE THAN 10 TO 15 YEARS FOR US TO GET TO THE POINT AS TO WHERE WE ARE. 
          WE WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN ON A PHASED APPROACH, UM, ESPECIALLY TO THE POINT WHERE WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT, UM, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF TAXES, WHETHER IT'S HOP TAX, WHETHER IT'S PROPERTY TAX, UM, THAT WILL BE DERIVED AND ALSO JOBS THAT MAY BE DERIVED AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU CAN SEE A MIRROR OR TRACK 
          [01:15:01]
RECORD THAT WE HELPED DEVELOP A SUBURBAN LAWS. 
          WE JUST COMPLETED BEST WESTERN LUCKY IN DICE. 
          CURRENTLY WE OWN AND OPERATE DAYS IN HOME TO END THE RESIDENTS IN AND EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT I HAVE COMMITTED WITH THE CITY OF WATER, I ALWAYS FINISHED ON TIME AND THE POST THREE YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS LIKE TWO HOTELS THAT WE WILL BE DOING OURSELVES AND THE STORAGE PLACES, ENTRY UNIT APARTMENT THAT IS COMMITTED. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, TIME. 
          I MEAN, THE, UH, TIMELINE FOR THE POS SPACE, BUT ONCE WE GET THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER NUMBERS, HOW MANY MORE APARTMENT IT WILL REQUIRE, OR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE OUR TEAM MARKETING TEAM. 
          THEY WILL APPROACH LIKE BIG RESTAURANT CHAIN OR LIKE THE RETAIL GIANT OR HOME DEPOT, OR IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, TENANTS ALSO, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT WE'RE VERY A PLUS THREE OR COMMITMENT THAT WILL BE STRONG COMMITMENT. 
          IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE WE'LL GO AS PER PLOT, BUT BASED ON OTHER SECOND PHASE, IT WILL DEPEND ON THE VISIBILITY STUDY. 
          AGAIN, UH, THE, THE FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO BE EXTENDING JIMMY JOHNSON, THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT EXTENDING JIMMY JOHN'S. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FOR WHATEVER STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE TO, TO, TO GET TO THAT POINT AND SHOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH IT, BECAUSE THAT'S ON THE CITY, THAT'S NOT ON THE DEVELOPER. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          AND THIS WAS AN ATTORNEY ATTORNEY WOULD SEE, I CAN ADVISE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE CITY CAN ONLY PARTICIPATE. 
          I HATE TO A CERTAIN TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT'S , AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THEM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THAT THEY WILL DO IT CORRECTLY AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          IT HAPPENED AS FAR AS LEGALLY, WHAT WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON, LIKE DEVELOPING 300 UNIT APARTMENT IN FOUR SPACE AND HOTEL AND A STORY BUILDING. 
          SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY. 
          IF EVERYTHING GOES, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET THE BLESSING FROM THE CITY  YEAH. 
          IT'S JUST HOW SOON, IF YOU ALL HAVE A PROJECT OR YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS TO HOW SIGNIFICANT INFANT, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SIX WEEKS TO EIGHT WEEKS WHERE YOU ALL COULD MEET WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 
          NO, EXACTLY. 
          BECAUSE SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT WOULD BE LEGAL, THAT WE COULD DO THAT CAUSE IT TO HAPPEN. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FROM MY LOOKING AT IT, FROM MY READING, IT, EVERYTHING HINGES UPON JIMMY JOHNSON BEING EXTENDED. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO TO ANY OF THOSE OTHER THINGS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, EVERYTHING, UH, UH, I KNOW YOU ALL SAID YOU ALL WOULD DONATE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF LAND BECAUSE I THINK YOU OWN SOME OF THE LAND OR HOWEVER THAT IS THE SEVEN MILES OR SOMETHING. 
          I FORGOTTEN WHAT IT IS, BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE LAND, BUT WE WOULD GET WITH THE, UH, ATTORNEY SO THAT ALL THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT AND WE CAN BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO PHASE ONE IN, IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ONE THING THAT, SO OUR, WE HAD TWO, THREE MEETING WITH THIS, UH, CITY OFFICIAL PRESENTING, UH, AND PREPARING ALL THE DOCS AND SUMMARIES AND EVERYTHING. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE HAVE LAND UNDER CONTRACT AND WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UH, WETLANDS STUDY, FEASIBILITY, GEO-TECH ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE BUYING THIS LAND SUBJECT TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROMISE FROM CITY, WITHOUT THAT COMMITMENT, I COULD NOT DEVELOP THIS LAND. 
          SO, I MEAN, THE SELLER WAS ALSO PRESENT IN COUPLE OF MEETING WITH US. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE LIKE 30, HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE LEFT NICK IN FEASIBILITY, 30 DAYS REMAINING IN VISIBILITY. 
          SO IF I DON'T GET ANY KIND OF COMMITMENT, THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BACK OUT, I MEAN, WE ARE OPTIMISTIC AND WE ARE GOING FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE A VERY STRONG COMMITMENT PHASE ONE AND, YOU KNOW, PAGE TWO ALSO, BUT IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW QUICK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET SOME KIND OF, UH, ANSWERS THAT CAN SATISFY US. 
          SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A DEALER DEVICE. 
          WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY EXTENTS. 
          AND SO FAR WE HAD LIKE A 90 DAYS EXTENTS AND RIGHT, ANTHONY. 
          RIGHT. 
          [01:20:01]
OKAY. 
          WELL, UH, WE, WE, WE, UH, READY TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR PART WOULD BE. 
          AND I THINK THE TIME LIMIT IS REALLY ABOUT UP, BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM, I'M GLAD COSMIN WALKED BACK TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT, UH, MOVING ON THIS PROJECT REAL FAST BECAUSE OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND I THINK IT CONSISTS OF THE COUNCIL IS IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. 
          UH, MAYOR PAUL TIM SAID IS A WIN-WIN AND PUT A CITY. 
          AND I THINK WE ALL ON BOARD BY GETTING THIS PROJECT MOVING AND, UH, WEB, IT TAKES A CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TIME TO BE SPINNING NOW AND JUST GET HIS BALL AND ROLLING IN A HURRY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. 
          THAT'S OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE SORTED BY THE FUTURE. 
          SO IF YOU CAN STILL IMAGINE, AND CITY ATTORNEY GIVE A DEVELOPER, YOU AND PAM, AND THIS SI HAPPENED, GET THIS WASTEWATER PROJECTS TAKEN CARE OF, SO CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILOR MOSES. 
          YES. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          UM, SO DO Y'ALL HAVE THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE WITHIN THIS 30 DAY PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN, UM, DO WHAT WE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON OUR END ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          UM, I WAS JUST CONCURRING WITH WHAT, UM, UM, UH, COUNSEL, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN MOSES WAS SAYING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT HAS HAPPENED IN TRANSPIRED HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR AND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, IS THAT WE HAVE HAD DEVELOPERS TO COME INTO OUR CITY AND WANT TO DO, UH, WANT TO DO THINGS. 
          UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I I'VE HEARD STORIES AND I THINK MANY HAVE HEARD STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO COME WANTING TO COME INTO PORT AUTHOR, BUT DID NOT, UM, DID NOT, UH, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO, UH, GET THE RECEPTIVITY, UH, THAT THEY, UH, DESIRED, UH, FROM, UH, FROM US. 
          AND SO I, I WOULD PRAY, UH, THAT WE WOULD, UH, AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE AND GOING FORWARD, OPEN OURSELVES UP AND ALWAYS AVAIL OURSELVES TO DEVELOPERS WHO COME WITH GOOD PROJECTS WHO HAVE PROVEN TRACK RECORDS, UH, WITH US, UH, AND IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR, UH, TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE AND WHATEVER, UH, WOULD BE LAWFUL. 
          UH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL, UH, INVESTMENT AND, AND ALL OF THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          I DO DUE DILIGENCE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUR BUDGET, UH, INTO PLAY. 
          AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT ALWAYS HAVING AN OPEN EAR, OPEN MIND AND TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, IN AN EXPEDIENT MANNER, UH, TO SHOW THAT WE ARE A FORWARD THINKING VISIONARY AND THAT WE WANT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO GROW, UH, IN ALL CAPACITIES AS BEST THAT WE CAN, UH, CAUSE THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE APPROACHED HIM IN EACH COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR, UH, COMMENTS AND, UH, I THINK IT'S WHAT THE TIME CONSTRAINTS OF MS. PATEL. 
          WE'VE GIVEN YOU A, A PRIVATE OVER WHAT THE DORM IS A NICHE, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, THINK YOU LEAVING WITH A DIRECTIVE AND WHAT THE CONSENSUS IS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NOW WE'LL 
          [III. E1 A Detailed Report On Street Improvement Projects ( Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
MOVE SWIFTLY TO, UH, OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, IN PARTICIPANT PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FOR DISCUSSION, A DETAILED REPORT ON THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DR. 
          KEN LAW, UH, WE READY, IT'S A STAFF PERSON AVAILABLE FOR THAT OR COUNCIL, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF COUNCILMEN KENO HAD TO MEET WITH THE STAFF POST YESTERDAY. 
          UM, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? W WE HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH HER AND I, WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING, BUT I WANT IT TO, AND I'LL PUT THIS ON THERE RIGHT AFTER THE LAST MEETING THAT I WANTED TO GET A DETAIL ACCOUNT, UH, YOUR STREET, UH, PROGRAMMED BY DISTRICTS, BECAUSE AS WE STARTED THIS, UH, DISTRICT PROGRAM, SO MANY DOLLARS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE INVESTED. 
          SO I NEED TO GET UP. 
          IT WAS A, IT WAS IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO LIKE WE DID, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, NOBODY IS THERE TO PRESENT IT. 
          SO SOMEBODY NEEDED TO COME TODAY AND PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, UH, BECAUSE WE STARTED AS WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING SO MANY DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN EACH DISTRICT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN TWO OR THREE YEARS INTO THIS PROJECT, THE STREET PROJECT. 
          SO I DID NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH YOUR DIRECTOR YESTERDAY. 
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UH, BUT THIS DEAL WAS ON THERE FOR THE, JUST AS IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, A DETAILED REPORT ON THE STREET IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROJECTS BY, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING. 
          I JUST SPOKE TO THE OFFICER YESTERDAY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE COUNSELOR HAD TO MEET WITH HER TO DISCUSS. 
          YEAH, BUT I JUST TOLD YOU, I DIDN'T MEET WITH HER YESTERDAY ABOUT IT. 
          I DID NOT MEET WITH HER YESTERDAY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I HAD A CONFLICT. 
          I HAD ANOTHER MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THIS WAS ON HERE RIGHT AFTER I PUT THIS ON THE NEXT DAY AFTER, UH, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO GET THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUALLY DOING STREETS. 
          I HAVE A, I HAVE A TON OF INFORMATION. 
          I LIKE TO ASK AS DEALING WITH DISTRICT THREE, FINDING OUT THE PERCENTAGES, FINDING OUT WHAT STREETS WERE UNDONE THIS PAST BUDGET YEAR ALSO, WHICH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE WORK OR GOING OUT AND ENSURING THE CONTRACTORS ARE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOBS. 
          THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M HEARING ON A DAILY BASIS FROM CITIZENS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHY WE CAN'T GET THE STREETS DONE? WHY CAN'T WE GET, POTHOS DONE? WHY CAN'T WE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DONE. 
          SO TODAY I WANTED TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO FIND OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO CONTRACTORS. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE STREETS HAVE BEEN DONE IN EACH DISTRICT? OF COURSE, UH, ALSO, UH, THE DATA FINDING OUT THE DATA, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, $90,000 TO HAVE A TRUCK TO GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO FIND OUT WHICH STREETS AND THE LEVEL OF STREETS, UH, OF DAMAGE. 
          SO ALSO THAT DATA AS WELL. 
          CAUSE I REVIEWED THAT LAST NIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO GO AHEAD AND PROPOSE YOUR QUESTION. 
          AND I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS I WILL ATTEMPT TO ASK THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          IF I DON'T, IF I CAN. 
          OKAY, WELL, MY, UH, I GO STRAIGHT INTO IT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHICH DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAILY AND WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSPECTIONS OF THE STREETS WHEN THEY'RE GETTING DONE IN PORT ARTHUR, BECAUSE WHAT I'M GETTING AND WHAT I'M SEEING, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGED STREETS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO. 
          UH, SO WHICH DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE, WHAT PERSON GOES OUT TO ENSURE THAT STREET REPAIRS, CONSTANT, UH, RECONSTRUCTIONS ARE CONSTRUCTIONS ARE ACTUALLY DONE. 
          WHO'S THE PERSON THAT I CAN CALL A, YOU CAN CALL THAT SAY, HEY, I WENT OUT THERE INSTEAD OF THREE WEEKS LATER THAT SOMEBODY GO OUT THERE AND SAY THIS CONTRACT, AND IT HADN'T BEEN TO WORK IN THREE WEEKS. 
          THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTIONS OF STREETS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          THERE IS RANK AND FILE STAFF, SUPERINTENDENTS AND INSPECTORS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE ON A DAILY BASIS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO CONTRACTORS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY OPERATE WITHIN THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THE VARIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR THE REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          HOW FREQUENTLY ARE YOUR STAFF GOING OUT TO VISIT DAILY BASIS? THESE PEOPLE COME TO WORK ON A DAILY BASIS ON A DAILY BASIS TO THE, SOME OF THE JOBS THAT THEY ASSIGNED TO US AS CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          WELL, AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT. 
          SO IF I HEAR YOU SAYING IT ON A DAILY BASIS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, BUT IF WE, UH, IDENTIFY SOMETHING, WE SHOULD TRY TO FIX IT. 
          SO IT'S NOT HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS THAT THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE BECAUSE I'M ALSO TALKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          UH, ALSO, UM, THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR, HOW MANY STREETS WERE UNFINISHED? THERE WERE PROPOSED THIS PREVIOUS BUDGET THAT WE'RE NOT FINISHED. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT SPEAKERS AT MY DISPOSAL, BUT I'M SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF THOSE STREETS AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHAT WAS THE RECORD? PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          WE BELIEVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          DEAD IN THE STREETS. 
          WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING DEAD END STREETS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY AND HOW THAT GOT ON OUR LISTS. 
          SOMEWHERE OUT LISTS. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE, WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING DEAD END STREETS WHERE NO HOUSES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT WAS A QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO GET ANSWERED BY EITHER YOU OR YOUR STAFF. 
          I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, EACH COUNSELOR HAS CHOSEN. 
          HE OR SHE TOOK COMPLETE STREETS IN THEIR DISTRICT. 
          THAT IS JUST YOUR RESTRICTION. 
          I CANNOT DETERMINE THAT PER COUNCIL MEMBER, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS CHOSEN TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO A DEAD END STREET, THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I CANNOT DENY THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE PRACTICE IN THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE POLICY IN THE PAST. 
          SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO CHANGE THAT POLICY, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AS A BOARD, YOU HAVE TO COME TO A COMMON AGREEMENT TO DO THAT AS A BODY. 
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THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. 
          THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE THAT WE HADN'T CAME TO A BODY. 
          THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR LISTS AND WHEN WE GET OUT OF THIS BACK, I HAVE THOSE ON MY THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM THAT WE HADN'T CAME TO A CONSISTENT. 
          THE PROBLEM IS WHY ARE THEY BEING PUT ON THE DISTRICTS TO COMPARE OR REPAIR THESE STREETS? WHEN I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT. 
          AND I'VE MADE ALL MY APPOINTMENTS WITH YOUR STAFF AND WITH YOU ABOUT WHICH STREETS IN MY DISTRICT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. 
          SO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          WELL, LET ME APOLOGIZE. 
          IF IT'S A STAFF DECISION AND, AND STAFF IS NOT SUPPOSED TO DETERMINE WHAT STREETS THAT ARE TO BE REPAIRED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE ASSIGNED COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE, THE PICKING OF THE, OF THE COUNSELOR TO CHOOSE AS TO WHAT STREET BASED ON THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE OF STAFF. 
          WE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED BY THE STUDIES THAT WAS DONE, AND THE STREETS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE VARIOUS, BY THE FOUR COUNSELORS OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS THAT IS ALSO SHARED WITH, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, THAT IS ALSO BEING SHARED BY THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, LET'S DO THIS CITY MANAGE. 
          I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AND NOT HAVING THE INFORMATION THAT I REQUIRED. 
          I'M GOING TO PUT THIS, I'M GONNA PULL THIS AND PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SO WE CAN GET THIS DATA THAT I WOULD BE SATISFIED ALONG WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE I THINK I'VE BEEN A TEAM PLAYER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE THE DATA AND I, AND THAT'S ME. 
          I LOVE DATA. 
          I WANT TO SEE FOR MYSELF. 
          I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. 
          I JUST WANT TO SEE THE DATA AND FIND OUT WHAT, HOW WE CAN DO BETTER, UH, IN THE CITY AND ALSO IN MY DISTRICT. 
          SO I WOULD HOLD OFF AND MAYOR, I WOULD WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT A TABLE, THIS ITEM, AND BRING IT BACK ON NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION. 
          YOU HAVE TO GET THIS INFORMATION. 
          SO I WANT THIS TO BE OPENLY FOR THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND THE SOLUTIONS TO THESE PATIENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW LET US BE VERY CLEAR ON THIS. 
          NOW, THE DATA THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING IS THE DATA ON STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          I HAVE A LIST, UM, AND I CAN GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING, OR I CAN GET WITH YOU SOMETIME WHEN YOU AVAILABLE TO, TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE, MY CONCERNS. 
          UH, I ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY STREETS WERE NOT DONE LAST BUDGET YEAR. 
          ALSO WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU TOLD ME THAT WHO'S THE PERSON THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING IN, ENSURING THAT OUR STREETS ARE BEING DONE PROPERLY. 
          ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE DEAD STREETS, UH, THAT WE WERE, UH, REPAIRING AT AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE OF STREETS IN EACH DISTRICT THAT ARE DONE AS OF DATE, NOT KEEP LOOKING AT THE BAT OF THE OLD BUDGETS AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          NO, AS OF DATE, HOW MANY STREETS IN EACH DISTRICT HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, COUNSEL MCKAYLA, YOU WERE SPEAKING, YOU SAID YOU DID MAKE A MOTION. 
          YES. 
          MA'AM LET ME GET, I GOT SECOND, UH, UH, MAYOR POKE HIM, BUT NO, HE SAID HE WAS MAKING MOSTLY POSTED FOR YOU POSTED FOR YOU. 
          YOU WANT TO JUST BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION, SO THERE'S NO ACTION ITEMS. OKAY. 
          I WAS RECOGNIZING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU CAN'T MAKE A MOTION BASED ON THE WAY IT'S POSTED. 
          IT WAS POSTED FOR A DISCUSSION, BUT, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NO ACTION WAS ON OAK HILL ACTION AT THIS TIME. 
          SORRY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING, UH, CITY MANAGER WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE. 
          YEAH, WELL, IT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION ON THIS DISCUSSION AND WE JUST CAN'T TAKE THIS DISCUSSION TO BE POSTED. 
          OKAY, WELL I'LL PUT IT BACK ON. 
          YEAH. 
          W YEAH, NEXT TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT, BUT I THINK THE 28, WHEN THE NEXT ONE, HE EIGHT I'LL PUT IT BACK ON. 
          I THOUGHT WE HAD AGREED AS A COUNCIL AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE WERE GOING TO, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE REPORTS THAT WERE GIVEN AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR ME, UH, REPORTS FROM STAFF ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          NOT EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY MEETING, BUT EVERY MEETING, WE WERE GOING TO BE GETTING REPORTS FROM STAFF AS TO WHAT ACTIVITY WAS GOING ON IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING STREETS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THIS WAS JUST ON FOR DISCUSSION. 
          WE CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK. 
          AND I I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN LAW THAT WE NEED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE AS THE NEWEST COUNCIL, AS ONE OF THE NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, I DID NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE IN CHOOSING THE STREETS IN MY DISTRICT, AND I HAVE THE 
          [01:35:01]
LARGEST DISTRICT IN, IN, SO, UH, THOSE WERE ALREADY CHOSEN. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL NEED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE REQUESTED COME BEFORE US ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          I'M GOOD. 
          I'M GOOD WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, IF NOT, SO WE, WE, WE, WE ARE ACTUALLY THROUGH WITH THIS ITEM BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACTION ON IT. 
          WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION, AM I CORRECT? OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND ALSO JUST TO ANSWER YOU, WE DO HAVE A REPORT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE LATE ON OR SOMETHING. 
          I BELIEVE I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THIS FAR TODAY THAT WE HAVE DECIDED WASTE WOULD BE TO REPORT FOR, FOR THE DAY, ACCORDING TO WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          NOW, I WOULD NEXT 
          [III. E2 A Detailed Report On Vacant Job Positions By Human Resources Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
ITEM, UH, UM, IN DISCUSSION, THERE'S A DETAILED REPORT ON VACANT JOB POSITIONS BY HUMAN RESOURCES, AND THAT WE HAVE MS. WILLIAMS COMING FORWARD. 
          AND THIS WAS ALSO REQUESTED BY COUNSEL MCKINLEY. 
          LET ME ASK THEM, THEY, THE DIRECTOR TO HAVE THE COUNSELOR MAKES HIS PRESENTATION FOR THIS, AND THEN ANY RESPONSE. 
          OKAY. 
          W WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR THE TAYLOR REPORT? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU RE REQUESTED? UH, JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MONTH AND A HALF AGO ABOUT WE HAD OVER 70 VACANCIES, UH, WE NEEDED TO FIND OUT WHY WE SAID THAT, UH, OUR, YOU SAID THAT YOUR STAFF SAID THAT JOB DESCRIPTION HAD TO BE REVISED TO HIRE PEOPLE FROM PORT ARTHUR. 
          UM, WE ALSO GAVE ABOUT $300,000 FOR THE, YOU PUT IN THERE, UH, POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO ATTRACT VETERAN OFFICERS AS WELL AS HIRING PRACTICE PRACTICES. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE AT, BECAUSE IF WE HAD 70 SOMETHING VACANCIES ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE AT TODAY AND NOW SOMETHING ELSE WE JUST SAID AS A COUNSELOR, THAT WE WANTED TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION, AND IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT TWO MONTHS. 
          SO WE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          AND ALSO YOU SAID THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, UH, JOBS THAT WERE ON OUR BUDGET OVER A YEAR. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SEE WHERE WE AT WITH THOSE AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, WHY HAVEN'T WE TAKEN THOSE JOBS AWAY? WHAT'S THE INTENTION OF THOSE JOBS AND WHAT'S THE PLAN IN THE FUTURE. 
          OKAY, GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, OF COURSE THE BUILDING JOB VACANCIES FOR HR IS IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES, UM, BASED ON OUR LAST VACANCY REPORT, GIVEN ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, UM, THE VACANCY LIST HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          THE LAST VACANCY LISTING YIELDED APPROXIMATELY 70 POSITIONS TODAY. 
          IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 42 POSITIONS. 
          UM, THE NUMBER MAY FLUCTUATE OF COURSE, WITH TERMINATIONS, RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS. 
          HOWEVER, THE LISTING AS OF TODAY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 60%. 
          NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A CHART, UH, STATING, YOU KNOW, WHAT POSITIONS, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAD VACANT IN SEPTEMBER OF, UM, THIS YEAR AND A COMPARISON TO THIS MONTH OF, UH, 2021. 
          AND SO I JUST BROKE IT DOWN BY LIKE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS, UM, UTILITY OPS, PUBLIC WORKS PARKS AND RICK'S PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          AND THEN I COMBINED ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY. 
          UM, AS OF LAST MONTH WE HAD, UM, ONE TERMINATION, APPROXIMATELY FOUR RESIGNATIONS IN THREE RETIREMENTS. 
          AND THIS MONTH AGAIN, WE HAD ONE TERMINATION, TWO RESIGNATIONS AND FOUR RETIREMENTS. 
          WE'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING RETIREMENTS AND WE HAVE SOME THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON NOW, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FINALIZED NEXT SLIDE LINDSEY. 
          AND, UM, OF COURSE YOU ALL WANT TO REPORT FROM EACH DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY, MONTHLY, HOWEVER IT'S GOING TO GO. 
          UM, MY NEXT STEPS FOR MY DEPARTMENT IS TO ISSUE YOU A QUARTERLY REPORT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS. 
          WE RECEIVE THE NUMBER OF NEW HIRES AND TERMINATIONS, GRIEVANCES, AND APPEALS, CIVIL SERVICE INFORMATION, DIFFERENT TRAININGS, SAFETY MEETINGS, AND OUR ACCIDENT REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS. 
          SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? YES. 
          A DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. SO YOU SAYING IN A MONTH AND A HALF, WE'VE HIRED, UH, 28 PEOPLE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT WAS, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK WILL BE THE REASON WHY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE SO MANY PEOPLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENTS, AS 
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YOU ALL HAVE REQUESTED TO GET THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION IN TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, THE INTERVIEW IS GOING, OUR PREEMPLOYMENT, UM, PROCESSES HAS BEEN MOVING SMOOTHLY, SO WE'RE JUST ON A ROLL OR, WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOBS, WE BUDGETED FOR JOBS. 
          WE NEED TO HIRE PEOPLE FROM PORT ARTHUR. 
          AND I KNOW THAT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, WE HAD A GREAT CONCERN THAT WE HAD OVER 70 INDIVIDUALS, UH, 70, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, UH, JOBS THAT WERE AVAILABLE DUE TO SOME TECHNICALITY ON REVISED JOB DESCRIPTIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE START HIRING PEOPLE AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELDS TO DO THE JOBS THAT WERE, AND AGAIN, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE JOBS DESCRIPTIONS, BUT WE'RE MORE WORKING ON THEM TO GET THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PORTENT. 
          I'M FRANK. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, FOR, UH, FILLING THOSE POSITIONS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU STOOD AT THE DAY IS THE LAST TIME I STOOD BEFORE THE DAY IS, UH, YOU WOULD TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THOSE REQUESTS HAD NOT BEEN GENERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          HOW'S THAT GOING? THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL NOW. 
          GREAT. 
          YES. 
          ARE WE, ARE, WE'RE GETTING THEM IN, UH, CONSTANTLY OF COURSE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CORRECT ON THERE, WE'LL SEND THEM BACK AND WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ACCURATE INFORMATION, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US REALLY WELL. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM UM, MS. WILLIAM, YOU SAID YOU HAD FOUR RESIGNATIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          HOW MANY DETERMINATIONS DID ONE LAST MONTH? ONE THIS MONTH, TWO TERMINATIONS. 
          AND HOW MANY RETIREMENTS FOR LAST MONTH FOR THIS MONTH? UH, THANK YOU FOR FILLING. 
          THE BIGGEST IS THAT YOU ALL CALL A FRY IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO THEY CAN SEE THE MANAGER. 
          CAUSE YOU GOT SIGN UP ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU GOT SIGN UP ON. 
          EVERYTHING WE HAVE. 
          YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA SIGN UP ON IT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TOO, FOR PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE METAL. 
          HOW MANY BIGS DO WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YOU HAVE, HE SUPPORT ME HOW MANY VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING, WE GOT LIKE MAYBE FOUR, FOUR NEW POSITIONS, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH A PREEMPLOYMENT. 
          SO WE MIGHT BE DOWN TO HOW MANY CHIEF STILL, HOW MANY SOIL? WELL, BIGGEST IS YES. 
          WE BUY THESE GUYS NEW CARS AND GET THEM NEW EQUIPMENT. 
          LET'S PUT SOME, PUT SOME PEOPLE IN THESE SEATS AND ALL THESE BOUNTIES WHEELS. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE PLANNING A, ANOTHER, UM, ENTRY LEVEL POLICE EXAM VERY, VERY SOON BECAUSE THE OTHER LIST HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. 
          OKAY. 
          T T WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN YOU GO, COME ON UP, SPEAK TO THIS. 
          AS WE BIND YOUR CALLS, YOU DIDN'T JACKETS AND SHIRTS AND JEANS AND HIS, WHAT ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO BUY US? UH, W WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE AROUND 12 VACANCIES. 
          UM, BUT, UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS. 
          IT TAKES PROBABLY SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS JUST TO GET SOMEBODY IN BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T HIRE THEM. 
          WE NEED TO DO A BACKGROUND, POLYGRAPH, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL. 
          SO IT WAS A PROCESS, BUT WE WERE DOING IT. 
          HR IS TAKING CARE OF US ABOUT THE BALL IS ROLLING. 
          ROLLING IT. 
          SENDING MANAGERS ON US EVERY FRIDAY, WE GET AN EMAIL SAYING, GET SOMETHING DONE. 
          LET'S HIRE SOME PEOPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, CHIEF. 
          LET'S GET A SEAT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO GIVE US? YEAH, WE GOT SOME WANT TO GIVE YOU, IF YOU DON'T HIDE THE BIGGEST, WANT TO GIVE YOU MY HOLD UP. 
          G COUNCILWOMAN MOSER. 
          YES. 
          UM, JAMAICA, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. 
          I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE HIRING OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU'VE HIRED AND GOTTEN THAT LIST DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE ALARMING TO SEE 78 VACANCIES IN PORT ARTHUR, AND TO BE DOWN, UM, TO THE NUMBER THAT'S A 42 IS, UH, UM, SOME WORK. 
          I DEFINITELY WORKING ON IT. 
          SO I KNOW WHAT WORKED AT THAT. 
          SOME WORK WHEN I WORKED THERE 20 YEARS IN HR. 
          SO I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE DOING SO Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL REALLY MADE SOME THINGS HAPPEN TO GET THAT DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR PRESSING AND KNOWING WHAT THE COUNCIL'S GOAL WAS TO GET POSITIONS FILLED AND Y'ALL DID IT, MADE IT HAPPEN? TELL YOUR STAFF CAN, THANK YOU. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, UH, QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SINCE WE PUT SOME, UH, EXTRA FUNDING IN THE POLICE BUDGET, WELL, HOW ARE YOU GETTING OFFICERS VETERAN OFFICERS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE HIRING OF OFFICERS THAT HAVE TENURE? DO YOU FIND THAT DIFFICULT TO TRY TO DO THAT? AND I THINK THAT WAS THE GOAL OF US SITTING 
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THAT MONEY OVER THERE. 
          WELL, WHAT MY OFFICE DOES IS ADMINISTER THE ENTRY LEVEL TEST. 
          UM, CHIEF DOES ALL BACK UP YOUR TEETH, YOU GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. 
          COME ON BACK OVER HERE, YOU ASKED FOR SOME JEANS AND JACKETS. 
          SO, UM, HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT, IS IT STILL CHALLENGING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DOING THAT BUDGET AND REVISING THE BUDGET FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT IS TO ATTRACT, UH, VETERAN OFFICERS AS LONG, YOU KNOW, TO GET THEM OVER HERE WITH TENURE, WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, SUPERVISORY SKILLS THAT WE CAN GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT A SPEED, UH, PROCESS. 
          SO YOU STILL SAYING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SIX MONTHS TO DO THAT. 
          UH, IN SOME CASES, YES. 
          WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          WE HAVE, I THINK THREE OFFICERS THAT LEFT BECAUSE THEY LOOKED ACROSS THE FENCE AND SAW SOME GRASS THAT WAS GREEN OR A LITTLE HIGHER OR WHATEVER IT WAS. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE ON THE WAY BACK. 
          THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SPEED THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE IN THE ACADEMY AND THAT'S BASED ON ALLOWING US TO HIRE WHILE WE'RE, WHILE THEY'RE IN THE ACADEMY. 
          THAT'S SORT OF LIKE THE BOOTSTRAP PROGRAM WE USED TO HAVE BACK. 
          OH YEAH. 
          I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT EDC. 
          UM, WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW. 
          SO THEY'RE PAYING FOR PORT OUT THE RESIDENTS TO GO TO THE CAT. 
          WOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL, MS. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, CHIEF, UH, BENSON, YOU SEE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED SOMETHING, YOU RAISED THE BAR, BUT I HAVE A FORM OF LINCOLN HOUSE STUDENT, ONE OF MY STUDENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          SHE CAME UP HERE TO JUST GET REPORT. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT JOB IN AS FAR AS THE RECORD, WE, WE, WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU WERE THE CITY MANAGER'S CHOICE. 
          I SAID, YOU CAME IN WITH A NICE DOCTORAL PREPARED REPORT, BUT I HAVE MY STUDENTS A LINCOLN. 
          WHO'S ALSO A UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX GRADUATE AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SHE BROUGHT IT IN, I HAVE SOME OTHERS. 
          AND JUST, AS YOU SAID, COSMIN MARKS AND I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF. 
          YOU ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          BUT TO MY LITTLE BUMBLEBEE, I APPRECIATE OKAY. 
          AND Y'ALL KNEW I WAS GOING TO SAY IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, UH, DID YOU EVER DIDN'T TJ? I DIDN'T NOT ONLY IT ISN'T THAT ON THIS SHOW. 
          OH, NOW WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO, UH, OUR, UH, 
          [V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
REPORTS CLOCK OUT OF THE COMMUNITY INTERESTS, UH, FOR ANY COUNCIL PERSON, WITHOUT ANY, ANY, ANY ADAMANT THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO DO THAT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, MAYOR, PORT FRANK. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I, I WANT TO, UM, PUT SOME PERFUME ON THE COUNCIL, UH, ON TODAY, LAST WEEK, UM, AS A NEOPHYTE COUNCILMAN, I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT TML, UH, IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          THE FIRST ONE THAT I, I, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AND I WANTED TO PUT SOME PERFUME ON THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, IT WAS A JOY TO BE WITH YOU ALL ON LAST WEEK. 
          UH, AND TO JUST WATCH YOU OPERATE, UM, AS YOU WENT TO THE DIFFERENT SESSIONS, UH, TO WATCH THE MAYOR AND, UH, WATCH EACH COUNCILMAN INTERACT WITH, UH, UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH BEAUMONT, TEXAS, UH, IN A, IN A SETTING. 
          UH, AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A TRUE JOY. 
          AND I, I WANT THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR TO KNOW THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND I'M GLAD, GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THEM WORK SO HARD AND SO DILIGENTLY THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          AND YOU EXEMPLIFIED THAT ON LAST WEEK AS YOU, UH, WALKED AROUND AND, UH, NETWORKED AND INTERACTED. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A POOR DOG THAT WON'T WAG IT'S OWN TAIL SOMETIMES. 
          SO I WANTED TO DO THAT AND JUST SAY, UH, UH, I THINK OUR CITY IS MOVING. 
          I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO PUT SOME PERFUME ON US THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY I APPROACH HIM AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCILMAN MARKS? UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I NEED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, FIRST, UH, ON SATURDAY, THIS PAST SATURDAY OUT AT EAGLES PARK IN PORT ACRES, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PICNIC THAT, UH, PUT ON BY THE CITIZENS OUT IN PORT ACRES. 
          I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY ATTEND AND SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO OUT THERE, UH, VISITING WITH, WITH THE, UH, ATTENDEES. 
          UH, 
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IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING, UH, UH, ACTIVITY. 
          UH, THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN. 
          THERE WERE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT, UH, CAME AND PROVIDED FOOD, UH, AND THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY ACTIVITY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THOSE FOLKS FOR INVITING ME. 
          AND I WENT OUT AT CHIEF, ACTUALLY CAME, I TEXTED THEM AND ASKED THEM FOR SOME SUPPORT, BUT BY THE TIME HE GOT THERE, UH, I HAD ALREADY LEFT, UH, UH, GUESS THAT WAS ABOUT, I WAS OUT THERE ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO. 
          UH, AND SECONDLY, UH, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHO, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH ME, UH, GETTING SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES, UH, TAKEN CARE OF, UH, MS. MS. ROBERT SAYS, AS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH ME, UH, WE, UH, WHEN I'VE CALLED, SHE'S RESPONDED, SHE'S RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENTS AT THAT THAT, UH, ARE HAVING ISSUES. 
          AND, UH, THEY ARE IN, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE INTERACTIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH HER AND THAT SHE'S FOLLOWING THROUGH. 
          AND SO WE DO NEED TO GIVE KUDOS TO THOSE, THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE WILLING TO, TO, TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, THE CALL OF THEIR DUTY WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE WORKING. 
          SO I WANTED TO THANK HER, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, MS. MS. LANGFORD, WHO HAS BEEN A REALLY, UH, UH, A SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR EVERYTHING THAT, THAT I'M DOING IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND THE LAST PERSON I I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE IS MR. MR. MOORE, UH, WHO, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'VE ASKED FOR SOME THINGS AND THEY'VE PROVIDED HE, AND, AND, UH, THEY'VE PROVIDED IT FOR ME, UH, SO THAT I CAN GET A HANDLE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I SPEAK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT I AM ACTUALLY SPEAKING ACCURATELY. 
          UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND TALK TRAP PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION. 
          SO, UH, THOSE THREE PARTICULAR PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, BUT, UH, THE STAFF HAS BEEN RESPONDING, UH, NOT JUST ON THOSE, IN THOSE THREE AREAS, BUT ALL OVER WHO, THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH. 
          SO, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE STAFF IS REALLY RESPONDING TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING, OR I'VE BEEN ASKING. 
          I IMAGINE THE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE CAN CONCUR, SO IT'S KUDOS TO ALL STAFF, RIGHT? OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN JONES THAT CAN BE HERE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, SYSTEM CITY MANAGER, MR. SCOTT MOORE FOR HIS DEDICATION AND LOVE WHILE I WAS SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE LOST HIS FATHER-IN-LAW LAST WEEK. 
          HIS FATHER-IN-LAW DIED IN KANSAS LAST WEEK. 
          HE HAD TO GO TO KANSAS, MEET HIS WIFE IN KANSAS AND ECO HE'LL CALL ME AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY. 
          AND WHEN SHE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND WE'LL DISCUSS SOME SHIT, SHE DIDN'T, UH, PROJECTS. 
          NO. 
          AND, UM, THE CITY OF MATT WAS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT YOU, MR. MOYA, NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT YOUR HOUSTON. 
          SHE HAD HOPE SCOTT, ALL RIGHT. 
          OR BE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT HAVING NO, UH, SETBACKS, YOU KNOW, HOPE HE TAKE CARE OF SELF. 
          WE KNOW. 
          AND SO HE'S WORRIED ABOUT YOU, BUT WE SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW AND YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW. 
          HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR HIM AND A SET OF MATTERS OF SUPPORT IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THERE FOR YOU AND HE WAS THERE FOR YOU. 
          SO, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU STILL IMAGINE. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE, SAY SIMILAR HUMOROUS WAS IN HOUSTON. 
          UH, THE OTHER DAY HAD THE CLASS GONE ON ME TO READING. 
          SEE THE MANAGER WAS AN ENEMY AND DOWN WITH FRANK AND, UH, CONSTELLATED MOSLEY, THE HOMES. 
          AND MAY OF WAS THE ONLY ONE ASKING THE QUESTION, MAYOR, HE'S ASKING THE QUESTION TO THE GALS, GIVEN THE PRESENTATION I TOLD, I TOLD, I TELL A SILVERMAN DOWNPLAY, COME BACK NEXT WEEK. 
          YOU THINK YOU, YOUR HERO NIGHT, THAT THE SMALLEST THING, THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          NOW, IF I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, THE MAYOR, THE LAST YEAR, YOU WILL EXACTLY THE RIGHT QUESTION. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR MAYOR, PAUL, TIM. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I LIKE TO, UH, JUST SAY, UH, WHAT THEY ALL HAVE SAID. 
          MY COLLEAGUES HAD SAID, UH, LAST WEEK WAS MY FIRST, UH, MEETING WITH THE FIRST MEETING WE'VE HAD SINCE COVID. 
          BUT, UH, BEING THERE, SEEING THE TEAM CONCEPT AT WORK IN TML WITH US 
          [01:55:02]
WAS VERY HEARTWARMING TO ME. 
          AND THE REASON WHY I SAID, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT ANOTHER WAY DURING MY TENURE. 
          BUT, UH, IF YOU WAIT ON THE LORD AND YOU'LL BE OF GOOD COURAGE, YOU ARE GOING TO STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART AND THIS WEEK, THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          AND I SAW IT HAPPENING AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT HAPPENING. 
          SO EACH OF YOU, I MEAN, IF IT'S IT'S UPLIFTING, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S UPLIFTING, VERY UPLIFTING AND IT'S GOT, YOU WERE MISSED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'D BE IMPRESSED FOR SET UP FOR YOU, BUT YOU WERE MISSING, UH, I TOLD THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE SITTING, MANAGING BOOM, I BOUGHT EVERYBODY HAD WORKED FOR BEAUMONT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TO THE OTHERS OF YOU, UH, GOD ALLOWS US AND BLESSED US TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU MAY HAVE TO SELL POPCORN BALLS OR SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU THERE, CHIEF. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, EDC, MINUTEMAN AND FIRE CHIEF. 
          I SPOKE WITH THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE CITY AND THEY WERE THERE AT TML. 
          AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT WAS UPLIFTING WITH COUNSEL. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR BEING UPLIFTING WITH ALL OF THE PERSONNEL, MS. ROBINS, KATE. 
          IT WAS FINANCE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE WITH EVERYBODY FROM THESE DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          DID WE NOT? YEAH. 
          SO YOU ALL ARE PART OF IT AS WELL. 
          AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. 
          AND AS MAYOR DOT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH FOLK FROM AROUND THE STATE AND LEARN ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          AND AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, THOSE SPOKE WITH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SAID, MAN, I DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU, I AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SAW THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AND IT WAS JUST VERY HEARTWARMING AND SEE THE SECRETARY, THEY HAD CITY SECRETARY THERE. 
          I WENT TO THAT SESSION. 
          I DID NOT SAY THAT BECAUSE CITY SECRETARY TOLD ME THEY ALL, THEY WERE THERE, BUT EVERYTHING THERE WAS, I KNOW PRODUCTIVE FOR US. 
          GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I DID WANT TO CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN. 
          MARK SAID THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IN RESPONDING TO MY QUESTIONS, MY THOUGHTS AND MY CONCERNS YESTERDAY. 
          AND I HAVE TO MENTION HIS NAME. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS, FOR ALLOWING HIM TO DO THIS. 
          AND MR. BRAD BROWN WENT WITH ME TO A CONSTITUENT'S HOME AFTER HOURS. 
          HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          HE COULD HAVE SCHEDULED IT AT ANOTHER TIME, BUT HE DID. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT GRADE PUBLICLY BECAUSE HE, HE DID NOT HAVE TO COME. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THE STAFF, ALL OF THE STAFF, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ASSISTING IN QUESTIONS THAT I MAY HAVE, WHETHER IT WAS A SMALL QUESTION OR A BIG QUESTION, THEY WERE ALWAYS WILLING TO PROVIDE RESEARCH THE INFORMATION. 
          I WON'T CALL ANY OTHER NAMES. 
          CAUSE IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG, BUT I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. BROWN BECAUSE HE DID COME WITH ME AFTER HOURS YESTERDAY. 
          MOSES. 
          YES. 
          I JUST WANT TO, UH, TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, I ENJOYED OUR TRIP, UM, UM, IN, AT TML HAS BEEN SEVERAL FOR MYSELF, BUT TO SEE, UM, YOU GUYS THERE AND, UH, INTERACTING WITH ALL THE SESSIONS AND CLASSES, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IF THE MANAGER ALLOWED EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD AND DIRECTOR TO GO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYBODY REMAINING AT THE CITY AND WE'D HAVE TO KEEP THIS PLACE OPERATIONAL. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, RIGHT. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN'T GO TO TIA BELL. 
          UH, DID I SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE COUNSELOR AMIR AFTER WHAT? 14 YEARS HERE? THAT'S MY, THAT WAS MY FIRST TML MEETING. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, NOT THAT I HAVE TRIVIALIZED THE TML MEETING, BUT THAT'S WHEN I GET THINGS DONE. 
          WHEN EVERYBODY'S GONE TO TMS, I GET SOME HONESTY DONE AROUND HERE. 
          SO MAYBE THAT'S THE SAME CONCEPT THAT HEADS UP THE PARENTS DO HAVE. 
          I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, I'VE ALWAYS TOLD THEM THOUGH, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, IT'S FREE. 
          YOU 
          [02:00:01]
KNOW, I WOULD ACCOMMODATE A TRAVEL REQUEST FOR YOU TO GO TO TML. 
          I WOULD. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THEM WERE IN COLORADO, YOU KNOW, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WERE IN COLORADO AND TRAINING, YOU KNOW, OTHERS WERE ELSEWHERE, BUT I ALWAYS ENCOURAGED THEM ALWAYS, ESPECIALLY THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENT, WHEREVER THE TRAINING IS AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT'S IN JERUSALEM, I'M PREPARED TO SEND YOU THERE AS LONG AS WE CAN PAY FOR IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M PREPARED TO SIGN OFF ON IT WHILE YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A CAPABLE DEPUTY PAM LINK FOR, SO YEAH, I KNOW THAT THE CITY WAS IN GOOD HANDS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND RON, WE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THAT LAST STATEMENT IF YOU GET THINGS DONE WHEN WE ALL GONE. 
          BUT SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE PAST. 
          IN THE PAST 15 YEARS IS WHEN THE CITY MANAGER WASN'T THERE. 
          WHEN THE CITY MANAGER WASN'T, THERE, IT'S A TIME FOR ME TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT I'M DOING. 
          AND, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO S THE YELLOW TEAM BILL ALONG WITH, UH, THE COHORT MEMBERS HERE. 
          AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO DISCUSS AND TO DISCUSS WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH SIMILAR SIZED CITIES, TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND TO BRING SOME OF THOSE GOOD THINGS BACK TO THE CITY. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO GO OUT AND JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE GOING TO TML AND NETWORKING. 
          SO MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, UH, UM, COUNCIL, UH, IN MARX, WE, WE HAD A DIALOGUE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS, SOME OF THE GUN LAWS THAT TO CHIEF, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE, WE WERE IN A SESSION THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOING TO DO IT, BUT YOU'D BE 20, 21 YEARS OLD. 
          AND YOU'RE ABLE TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON IN A HOLSTER. 
          UM, THAT, THAT, THAT SHOCKED ME. 
          AND W WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          SO YES, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          YEAH. 
          A LOT OF COMMENTS WENT ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT, THAT BREAKOUT SESSION WAS VERY PACKED BECAUSE CDS LIKE OURSELVES GOING TO HAVE TO ENTERTAIN THAT. 
          AND IT'S GOTTA BE HARD FOR YOU, UH, CHIEF IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THANK YOU MERE, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER FOR THE NETWORKING. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          BEFORE, BEFORE YOU SPEAK COUNCILMAN JONES, UH, CHIEF AND I SPOKE ABOUT IT. 
          WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED IT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT CHURCH'S CHICKEN A DAY OR SO AGO. 
          AND IT SORT OF INTERNAL, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO FURTHER WITH YOU, BUT IT'S VERY INTERNAL AND PERSONABLE TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          IF YOU TO SAY WHAT I'M SAYING, GO AHEAD AND COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          YEAH. 
          I WANT TO IT BACK ON THE MIRROR, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE IT, UH, NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE GOING TO THESE CONFERENCES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH CHEAP, THERE'S NEW GUN LAWS OUT. 
          NOW, WE NEED TO ACHIEVE BECOME A NEXT MEETING. 
          WE HAVE, CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE WITH A CHIEF, YOU KNOW, TO BE OUT. 
          WE ARE BODYGUARDS AND KEEP EYE ON US. 
          YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO CALL HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES, UH, WHY WAS IT HOUSTON THAT TOLD US HE, THE MAN THAT SAVED ME WHEN I'M IN TOWN, WE IN TOWN, I CALL CALLED A TB HOUSE. 
          I SAID, NOW THE BIG BOYS GO, HE WENT AND GOT STUCK WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE PLAY, YOU KNOW? SO HE WENT OUT AND HE CALLED ME RIGHT BACK THOUGH. 
          HE CALLED ME BACK FIVE MINUTES LATER. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, I SEE IT SHOULDN'T MATTER. 
          HE CALLED ME BACK AND WE WENT TO ACCOMPLISH TWO CLASSICS. 
          UH, THE MAYOR AND I, AND THE COUNSELOR MARK WENT TO CLASS AND WE GOT INTO CLASS. 
          AND, UH, MAN, THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF SEATS IN THE BACK. 
          ALL KINDS OF BIGGEST IN THE BACK, THE MIRROR HAD SHOES, MADNESS, SOCKS, SOCKS, MESSAGES, TIE. 
          I MEAN, HE WAS ALL COLOR-COORDINATED. 
          HE WANTED TO GO. 
          WE'RE PART OF THE CLASS, WAIT A SECOND ROLE. 
          I WANT TO BE SEEN. 
          AND SHE COULDN'T HEAR, BUT HE WANTED TO BE, HE WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW HE'S THE MEAL PUT OFF. 
          AND HE, HE WAS LIKE A PEACOCK. 
          HE DRESSED TO KILL ME AT HAROLD KILL ARE LAUGHING ABOUT THAT KID. 
          I LOOKED AT ME AND WANTED TO GET AWAY THE FRONT ROW, BUT WE HAD IT. 
          IT WAS NICE. 
          IT WAS NICE. 
          WE HAD, WE HAD A GOOD TIME. 
          HE REPRESENTED US, YOU KNOW, HE POST-CLASS, HE REPRESENTED WELL, AND NEXT TIME YOU GO, CHEAP POLICE WANT YOU WITH US, MAN. 
          AND WHAT YOU COME ON WITH US AND TAKE CARE OF US. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE SOON. 
          IMAGINE BEING TO COME WITH US, SCOTT MOORE, WE MISS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T MAKE WHAT NEXT TIME YOU CAN COME ON WITH US. 
          YOU AND PAM, PAM GOT TO BE THERE BECAUSE PAM GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE HAD MANAGER. 
          YOU KNOW, SHE WAS JUST A SHITTY MAN. 
          SHE TOOK CARE OF HIM AND PARENTS DON'T BUY, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM NOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          SO, UH, DECKY PAM. 
          WE LOVE YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS MOVE TO OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS SECTION, UM, WHICH IS ROMAN NUMERAL SIX ON PAGE THREE. 
          AND, 
          [VI. 1. P. O. No. 7000 — An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 20- 86, As It Pertains To The 2020- 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And The International Association Of Fire Fighters Local 397]
UH, WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7,000, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 DASH 86, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE 20 20, 20 22 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
          [02:05:01]
OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL NUMBER 3, 9, 7, A ATTORNEY THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THAT GROUP. 
          SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BOOM, THIS, THIS, THIS PIECE OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 
          OKAY. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION? UH, COUNCILMAN KENT LAW MAY GET A SECOND. 
          COUNCILMAN JONES, SECOND MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED. 
          AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, COMPLETE THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS ON P O NUMBER 7,000 AS PRESENTED ALL WE HAVE ON READINESS. 
          READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO IT IS AUDIT. 
          [VI. 2. P. O. No. 7003 — An Ordinance Approving A Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And The Port Arthur Police Association. Proposed Funding: Police Department Budget Account No. 001- 17- 045- 8911- 00- 30- 000]
THE NEXT PIECE OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS PO NUMBER SEVEN, UH, 0 0 3. 
          AND, UH, THE ATTORNEY HAD ASKED THAT WE WOULD TABLE THIS. 
          AM I CORRECT? YES. 
          THEY'RE STILL TABULATING. 
          THE VOTE IS TAKING PLACE, BUT THEY'RE STILL TABULATING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE CAN, WE, CAN, YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL BE, WE WOULD STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE, VOTED ON AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THIS. 
          YES, BUT THE VOTING HAS TAKEN, HIS TIE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE TABULATING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO I NEED TO DO A MOTION TO TABLE IT? OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, MARCUS, WOULD YOU, UH, COMPLY TO A MOTION TO TABLE PO NUMBER 7 0 0 3. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          I MOVED TO TABLE PO NUMBER 7 0 0. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN HOME. 
          SINCE YOU, SECOND, SECOND LAYER IS REMOVED AND SECONDARY WOULD TABLE PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 3 CHILD. 
          NEXT MEETING. 
          READY FOR QUESTIONS? READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO IT IS AUDIT, UH, 
          [VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE'RE DOWN, READY TO MOVE TO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THERE ARE ITEMS THAT, UH, EACH MEMBER HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN PRIOR, UH, INFORMATION, UH, ON THESE. 
          BUT IF THAT WOULD BE ANY ITEM THAT YOU WOULD WANT WITHDRAWN, YOU WOULD JUST LET US KNOW AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTION WE WERE WITHDRAWING AND THEN HANDLE THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY. 
          UH, WE HAVE ANY ITEM FOR WITHDRAW. 
          IF YOU COUNCIL REMARKS, YOU DIDN'T COME ON. 
          YES. 
          MS. MAN, JUST, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          THAT'S B O I MEAN PR NUMBER 22, 1 6 7. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HE WANTS TO, UH, WITHDRAW OR TO PULL UP THAT WAY JUST TO POST HOW WE'RE PUTTING IT. 
          I JUST WANT TO PULL IT PERIOD. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, ANY OTHER, OKAY. 
          WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADAM, UH, TWO TO PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 67, ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCIL MCKINLEY MAY GET A SOUTHERN COUNCILMAN JONES HAS BEEN MOVED. 
          AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THAT ONE ITEM. 
          ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THE POSES HAS HAD THAT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS GET READY TO SAY THAT. 
          PREFER TO HAVE IT. 
          I HAVE TO HAVE IT. 
          SO WE DID THE AUDIT. 
          WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE ONE ITEM 2 21 67. 
          AND YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT INDIVIDUALLY COUNSELOR MARKS? 
          [VII. 4. P. R. No. 22167 — A Resolution Extending The Rental Of The John Deere 750K Dozer From Doggett Heavy Machinery Services Of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, For The Port Arthur Landfill For A Not-To- Exceed Amount Of $ 39, 864. 36. Funding Is Available In Landfill / Equipment Rental, Account Number 403- 50- 320- 5402- 00- 00- 000]
YEAH. 
          SINCE IT'S REALLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, I SPOKE TO MR. CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CONCERN INSIDE THEM. 
          AND, UH, IT'S ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT, UH, OUT AT THE LAND FIELD. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HAVING, UH, UH, UH, UH, LOOK, SEE AS TO HOW ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH, WITH, UH, OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ACTUALLY BE EFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING, UH, IN PLACE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN, UH, OUR LAND FIELD. 
          SO, AND I JUST WANTED TO PULL THAT THE KNEE WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, SO WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 6, 7. 
          IT SAYS IT WAS PULLED. 
          I'M GOING TO READ IT A RESOLUTION TO EXTENDING THE RENTAL OF THE JOHN DEERE SEVEN 50,000, A DOZER FROM DOGGIT HEAVY MACHINERY SERVICES OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA FOR THE POOR OUT OF THE LANDFILL FOR A, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $39,864 AND 36 CENTS. 
          AND THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN LANDFILL EQUIPMENT RENTAL ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 3 DASH FIVE ZERO DASH 3 2 0 DASH 5 4 0 2 DASH 8 0 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          SO MOVE MAN. 
          MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCIL WOMAN HOME IS REMOVED AND SECOND EVERYWHERE EXCEPT P R A NUMBER 2, 2, 1 6 7 IS RED. 
          ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION WESTERN MIA 
          [02:10:01]
GO RIGHT HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          QUICK QUESTION. 
          AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY? IT SAYS THE RENTAL IT'S TINDER RUN-UP TO JOIN. 
          DO YOU WHAT'S THE 9,000. 
          YES, CORRECT? YES. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THAT'S THE NINE THOUSANDS, BUT HOW LONG AGO? MAYBE SEVEN MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS. 
          THIS CURIOUS TO THE MANAGER. 
          WHY COULDN'T WE JUST PUSH US UP?  AS WE USE, THEY'RE WORKING ON PURCHASING ONE, BUT UNTIL WE CAN COME UP WITH, UH, THE BIBLE OR SOMETHING, UH, WE ARE GONNA NEED THAT EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. 
          NO, CORRECT? YES. 
          AND THEN IT CONFLICTS A COMPACTOR AS WELL. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE UTILIZE TWO PIECES OF THOSE IN THE LANDFILL AT ANY ONE TIME. 
          UM, ONE OF THEM CAUGHT FIRE AND, UM, WE'VE GOT TO GET THE INSURANCE ON IT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN RE REFUNDED. 
          YEAH. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, THERE ARE TWO THAT WE'VE GOT TO OPERATE AT ANY ONE TIME IN, IN, IN THE LANDFILL. 
          AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE, THE EQUIPMENT IS BEING USED TO COMPACT THE LANDFILL, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE'RE NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE AS WELL. 
          SO WHILST THE OTHER ONE IS WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE IT BASED ON INSURANCE. 
          IT CAUGHT FIRE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCEQ REQUIREMENTS AND THERE IS A COMPACTOR THERE AVAILABLE AS OKAY. 
          AND THEN WOULD READ HIS COUNSEL. 
          NO, APART FROM THAT, THERE, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED TO PULL FROM THE AGENDA FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS OF READS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO WORKSHOP IT AS WELL SO THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A BETTER IDEA AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD, BECAUSE THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT TO PURCHASE IT. 
           YEAH. 
          AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES AS WELL IN AFRICA FOR REMARKS IN TERMS OF, OKAY, ARE WE READY FOR VOTING ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 6, 7 AS RED. 
          NOW WE WERE MOVED TO THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [VIII. A1. P. R. No. 22173 — A Resolution In Adopting The Allocation Method For Opioid Settlement Proceeds As Set Forth In The State Of Texas And Texas Political Subdivisions' Opioid Abatement Fund Council And Settlement Allocation Term Sheet As It Pertains To Certain Drug Companies AndTheir Corporate Affiliates, Parents, Subsidiaries]
UH, AND THESE ITEMS FIRST ONE IS PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 7 3 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING IN ADOPTING THE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR OPIOD SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS AS SET FORTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, OPIATE ABATEMENT FUND COUNCIL, AND THE SETTLEMENT LOCATION CHARM. 
          SHE ADDED PERTAINS TO CERTAIN DRUG COMPANIES AND THEIR CORPORATE AFFILIATES, PARENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES. 
          UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR COUNSEL ON THE MARKS? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MY MOSES, SHE GOT UP. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          SO MY PERIPHERY WASN'T THAT GOOD? OKAY. 
          BACK HERE A SECOND. 
          COUNCILOR MARK. 
          SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECONDARY. 
          WE WOULD, I FELT PR NUMBER 22, 1 73 AS READ. 
          ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION THAT NO ONE READINESS ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR AND HE OPPOSES I WAS ADDED. 
          SO IT IS AUDIT. 
          WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 7 3 AS RED. 
          [VIII. A2. P. R. No. 22180 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Repay Funds To The Texas Division Of Emergency Management TDEM) For Four ( 4) FEMA Public Assistance Projects Related To Hurricane Ike In An Amount Not To Exceed $ 293, 344. 46, Account No. 001- 01- 005- 5470- 00- 10- 000, Project No. MA7903- OTH- OCS]
NEXT, WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8 0, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REPAY FUNDS TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          TETUM UH, FOR, FOR FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROJECTS RELATED TO HURRICANE IKE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $293,344 AND 46 CENTS. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE FROM THE ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 5 DASH 5 4 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0. 
          AND THE PROJECT NUMBER IS M A 7 9 0 3 OH T H DASH O C S. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM FRANK? SO MOVE MAN MEGA THE SECOND, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8, 0 AS READ. 
          WE READY FOR QUESTION? YES, SIR. 
          JOHN'S WOMAN FRANK. 
          I MEAN, COME FROM MOSES LIFE WAS ON FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          MANAGER CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS IS THE SAME, UH, GRANT THAT WE HAD THAT WE HAD VOTED ON FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THEY REDUCED THE AMOUNT TO 293,000. 
          IS THIS THE SAME? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IF YOU GO BACK, COMES UP TO NUMBER NINE ON PAGE SIX, PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 7 9, 
          [02:15:01]
A RESOLUTION RESENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, ONE, RIGHT? YES. 
          WHERE WE PAID THE AMOUNT, THE CASH, THE CHECK HAS NOT BEEN CASHED. 
          THE CHECK IS GOING TO BE SENT BACK TO US. 
          AND THEN WE GO INTO P 2 93 34 AND CLOSE, CLOSE THE ACCOUNT. 
          THE ACCOUNT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, FEMA HAS DNM HAS INDICATED THAT IT WAS AN ERROR ON THEIR SIDE. 
          THEY DID HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION WITH THEM. 
          IT WAS NOT PROPERLY REVIEWED NOW THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY REVIEWED AND THAT IS ALL THAT WE OWE THEM. 
          THEY WILL CLOSE IT, SEND US BACK 800 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE PAID THEM. 
          AND THEN ACCEPT THAT AS A FINAL PAYMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I READ IN THE BACKGROUND AND JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS RELATED IN THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING AS MUCH AS WE ANTICIPATED PAIN IN THAT, UM, FEMA ISSUE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND THE HURRICANE, I'M SORRY. 
          WELL, THANKS. 
          AND I MADE IT A, MY DUTY TO CALL THE NEWSPAPER BECAUSE THE NEWSPAPER MADE IT THEIR DUTY TO PUT IT ON THE FRONT PAGE WHEN IT, IT HAPPENED. 
          AND I GOT A FEW CALLS ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW? UM, SO I MADE IT MY DUTY TO CALL THEM AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WAS ON T THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'LL SEE THEM'S MISTAKE. 
          AND THE CITY OF PORT NAFA WAS NOT JUST TAKING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND P BACK TO, TO SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR MISTAKE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL GO AND SEND BACK THE CHECK TO THE CITY OF PORT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I HOPE SO. 
          I SPOKE TO THE BOTH. 
          NO, THEY AIN'T GONNA DO THAT. 
          THAT AIN'T GONNA SAY NO PAPER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN JONES, YOU HAD AN UNREADINESS. 
          YEAH, BUT THAT COULD CONSTANTLY THE MOSES, UH, SHE HAS TO ASK THE QUESTION. 
          I WANTED TO ASK TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS WAS ADAM. 
          OH, THANK YOU, TIM. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE UH, WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER TWO TO 1 8, 0 AS 
          [VIII. A3. P. R. No. 22182 — A Resolution Addressing A Request For A Variance Pursuant Section 6- 35 Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur And Section 109. 33 Of The Texas Alcohol And Beverage Code As It Pertains To The Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages At 1700 Jefferson Drive, Suite 300, Port Arthur, Texas]
RED. 
          NOW WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8 2. 
          THIS IS A RESOLUTION ADDRESSING THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE OF PURSUANT, UH, SECTION SIX DASH THREE, FIVE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND SECTION 1 0 9 0.33 OF THE TEXAS ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CODE, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT 1700 JEFFERSON DRIVE, SUITE 300 PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY APPROACH IT MOVE, MAN, MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN HOME? SECOND MAN IS A MOVE. 
          AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8, 2 AS READ INTO THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH ATTORNEY ON THIS. 
          WELL, A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE AGENDA TOWARD THE END, I HAVE PO 7 0 0 7, WHERE I'M GOING TO MAKE ASKS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE AS TO THE PROCESS OF HOW WE DO THIS. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          UM, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS JUST FOR FUTURE, HOW WE HANDLE IT IN THE FUTURE TO PUT A LITTLE MORE, UM, DETAILED IN OUR PROCESS. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THE RESOLUTION KIND OF CLARIFIES WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, UM, I THINK THE RESOLUTION WAS OKAY. 
          WE'RE READY. 
          UH, WE HAVE IN A WRITTEN HITS ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8, 2 AS RED. 
          [VIII. A4. P. R. No. 22188 — A Resolution Appointing And/ Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Beautification Commission ( Requested By Councilmember Moses)]
OKAY. 
          NOW WE HAVE A PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8, 8, A REVOLUTION APPOINTING AND OR REAPPOINTED, A MEMBER, ALL MEMBERS SHOULD THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES. 
          OH, YOU HAVE THE NAMES ON CITY SECRETARY HAD THE NAMES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SIT DOWN. 
          YOU MCLEAN THAT THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, AND THIS, MR. DON YOU'RE BETRAYING OUGHT TO BE REAL POINTED TO THE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTED. 
          UH, MAY I GET A MOTION? COUNCILWOMAN, MOSES MAY GET A SECOND. 
          COUNCILOR MARKS IS REMOVED AND SECONDARY. 
          WE WOULD SEE A PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8, 8 WITH THE NAME OF MR. DONIA MCCLAIN AS THE PERSON FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT. 
          UH, READY FOR COURSES? NO READ IN THIS. 
          READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO HIS HONOR, WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8, 8 AS READ. 
          NOW WE HAVE, UH, I LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE 
          [VIII B1. P. O. No. 7001 — An Ordinance Amending Chapter 86 ( Solid Waste), Article IV ( Fees, Charges And Billing Procedures), Section 86- 112 Residential Garbage) And Section 86- 114 ( Commercial Refuse) Of The Code Of Ordinances, City Of Port Arthur, Texas, By Increasing The Service Rate Of The First Toter By $ 2. 50 To $ 20. 50 As It Pertains To Rates For Residential, Change The Rate Of The Additional Commercial Containers, Removing The Discounted Price For The Second, Third And Fourth Containers And Providing For Publication]
THE NEXT, UH, ORDINANCE ON THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE OF SEVEN, UH, 0 0 1. 
          AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          SCOTT HAS ASKED ME TO, TO, UH, HAVE THIS TABLE. 
          SO BACK TO THE MOTION, COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, 
          [02:20:01]
HOMES TO TABLE THIS, I GET A SECOND. 
          COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          SECOND MEAL IS REMOVED AND SECOND, AND WE WOULD TABLE PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 1 AS REQUESTED BY ASSISTANT SEDIMENT TO THE MANAGER. 
          SCOTT. 
          OKAY. 
          READY QUESTION. 
          UNREADINESS ALL IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          THE AYES HAVE IT TOWARD HIS AUDIT. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO TABLE IN A PO NUMBER 7 0 0 1. 
          NOW 
          [VIII. B2. P. O. No. 7005 — An Ordinance Amending Section 18- 33 Permit Fee Schedule, B106 Exceptions To The Permit Fee; ( 1) Of The Code Of Ordinances By Adding To Allow Waiving Of Permit Fees Expressly For Projects In The Downtown Target Area, Relating To The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation' s Affordable Housing Program For New Construction Of Single- Family Residential Structures. Said Changes Repeal All Or Parts Of Ordinances In Conflict Herewith; And Declaring The Effective Date Hereof]
WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 5. 
          THERE'S AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18 DASH 33 PERMIT FEE, SCHEDULE B 1 0 6 EXCEPTIONS TO THE PERMIT FEE, UH, OF SUBJECTION ONE OF THIS, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING TO ALLOW WAVING THE PERMIT FEES EXPRESSLY FOR PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN TARGET AREA, RELATING TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR EIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY, EXCUSE ME. 
          RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES SAID CHANGES OR REPEAL ALL, ALL PART OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WIT AND DECLARING THE EFFECTED EFFECTED DATE HERE UP. 
          UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE, UH, COUNSELING COUNSELING, UH, KEN LAW, MAY I GET A SECOND? COSMIN JONES IS REMOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, THE ORDINANCE 7 0 0 5 IS WRIT. 
          WE READ IT THE QUESTION. 
          NO ONE READ IT IS READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT. 
          TWO IS AUDIT. 
          NEXT. 
          [VIII. B3. P. O. No. 7007 — An Ordinance Amending Chapter 6 Of The Code Of Ordinances As It Pertains To The Consumption, Sale, Resale, Distribution, Manufacture Or Storage Of Any Liquor, Wine, Beer Or Alcoholic Beverage Whatsoever Within The City Limits Of The City Of Port Arthur]
WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 7 AS JUST ALLUDED TO BY I WAS CITY ATTORNEY AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER SIX OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CONSUMPTION SALE, RESALE DISTRIBUTION MANUFACTURER, OR STORAGE OF ANY LIQUOR WINE, BEER, OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHATSOEVER WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, MAY I GET A MOTION? COSMIN MOSES MAY GET A SECOND COUNTS. 
          MONTH. 
          SECOND IS REMOVED AND SECONDARY. 
          WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 7 AS PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          UH, READ IT FOR QUESTION COSMIN JONES, KISSING CLARIFICATION AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WHAT BOTANIC ASSUMPTIONS HERE, AND THAT PR THAT CAPTION KIND OF COVERS THE ENTIRE CHAPTER, BUT IN CHAPTER SIX OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, IT LAYS OUT HOW THE CITY PROCESSES, ANYTHING DEALING WITH ALCOHOL, WHERE ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED AND, UH, HOW WE WORK IN CONFORMITY WITH THE, UM, ALCOHOL, TEXAS ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CODE. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IN THIS RESOLUTION IS TO PUT SOME MORE SPECIFICITY INTO HOW WE MEASURE. 
          UM, WE KIND OF HAVE HAD A PRACTICE, BUT WE NEEDED TO PUT OUR PRACTICE, UM, PUT MORE SPECIFICITY TO HOW WE MEASURE IT BECAUSE IN THE STATE CODE AND IN OUR CODE, THERE'S VARIOUS TYPES OF MEASUREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. 
          AND IT WASN'T ALWAYS CLEAR WHO DID WHAT AND WHO CERTIFIED IT. 
          SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WHEN AN APPLICATION COMES FORTH, THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY SPECIFIC WHO IS CERTIFIED TO MEASURE IT, WHICH WOULD BE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. 
          AND THAT PERSON WOULD THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT TYPE OF MEASUREMENT BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES ON MEASUREMENTS FROM LIKE THE WAY YOU MEASURE A CHURCH VERSUS THE WAY YOU MEASURE A SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT. 
          SO WE WERE GOING TO DESIGNATE THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL BE THE FORMAL PERSON THAT DOES THAT AND THEN GIVES IT TO US IN WRITING. 
          SO THEN WE'LL KNOW HOW TO PROCEED INSTEAD OF THAT, WOULDN'T SUPERSEDE WHAT THE STATE HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH. 
          OH, NO, THE STATE DOESN'T GET REALLY INVOLVED IN THE MEASUREMENTS. 
          WHAT THE STATE DOES IS SAY WHAT HAPPENS, UH, BASED ON WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED, UH, WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS, BUT THE STATE RELIES ON THE CITY TO DO THE MEASURING. 
          OH, SO WHEN, WHEN WOULD THEY GET AN APPLICATION? THE STATE'S NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND MEASURE IT. 
          THE MEASURING HAPPENS HERE AND THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION OVER THE YEARS OF WHO MEASURES WHAT? SO THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IT CLEAR WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MEASURING IT, AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE US SOMETHING IN WRITING. 
          AND, UH, LIKE I HAVE A SAMPLE PHOTO OF, UM, UH, AERIAL PHOTO OF WHAT THEY'LL ALSO ATTACH TO IT. 
          AND, UH, THEY'LL GIVE US AN AERIAL PHOTO AND THE OFFICIAL MEASUREMENTS THAT WAY, IT WON'T BE ANY QUESTION ON WHO'S SUPPOSED TO MEASURE. 
          SO OVER THE YEARS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DONE MEASUREMENTS AND WE JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHO MEASURES 
          [02:25:01]
IT AND THAT'S TURNED IN WHEN WE START OUR PROCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          I, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, OKAY. 
          THE ORDINANCE WE'VE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF METERS OR FROM A SCHOOLED OR VERSUS A CHURCH. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS DESIGNATED AT THE, TO ACTUALLY GO OUT BECAUSE WE'D BE IN A PROVEN, UH, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE DO IT OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ON WHO IS REQUIRED TO DO IT. 
          SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD PUT IT IN THE ORDINANCE. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE A QUESTION OF WHETHER, WHAT DEPARTMENT DOES IT VERSUS THE OTHER, SOMETIMES PLANNING WOULD DO IT. 
          SOMETIMES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD DO IT, BUT IT WAS NEVER SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS. 
          SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANY PROBLEMS. WE DECIDED THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WAS MOST QUALIFIED TO MANAGE, AND THIS IS GOING TO PUT US WITHIN COMPLIANCE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND SAY, UH, HOW MANY FEET AWAY FROM A LIQUOR STORE TO A CHURCH OR A LIQUOR STORE TO A, UH, A SCHOOL. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM OKAY. 
          UH, MAY I APPROACH THEM FRANK? YES. 
          UM, CITY ATTORNEY INITIALLY, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND TRYING TO RECTIFY SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS WITH IT, THERE WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY SAID THAT THERE WAS A LETTER REQUIRED FROM, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE REQUIRED. 
          IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDFUL IN NETFLIX? IT'S NEVER BEEN A REQUIREMENT. 
          I THINK THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST DONE AS A PRACTICE, BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT IN LAW FOR THAT. 
          THE APPLICANT THROUGH THE STATE DEALS WITH THE SCHOOL, THIS TABC WILL GET WITH THE PERSON WHO'S OPENING UP THE BUSINESS AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PROCESS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THE CITY SIDE, UH, THAT WE DEAL WITH, UH, THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MEASURE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHO'S MEASURING AND THAT IT'S MEASURED PROPERLY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. 
          THANKS. 
          MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANY OTHER UNREADINESS WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY PROPOSALS AS HAVING SO AS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER SEVEN DASH 7 0 0 7 AS READ NEXT, 
          [IX. * CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CLOSED MEETING ALL OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, SESSION, UH, IN PURSUANT TO, UH, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN THE S IN THE CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL DEAL WITH SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT GOAL TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OUR PENDING LITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR SECTION THAT BY 1.07, TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE YOU DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN SECTION FIVE, BY 1.07, FOUR OF THE GOVERNMENT GOES TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY, SHE, THE SECRETARY, AND CAN DISAPPROVE COURT JUDGE AND SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OUR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS. 
          AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE WILL RECESS FOR THIS MEETING FOR AN HOUR, CLOSE THE MEETING, AND WE WILL RETURN IF THERE'LL BE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR, UH, VOTING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SECRETARY WE'RE BACK IN SESSION WITH YOU KINDLY, UH, WE ESTABLISHED THE CORE MAYOR, BARTEE MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES. 
          THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY. 
          WE ARE RETURNING BACK IN SESSION NINE 30, A REGULAR MEETING FROM THIS MORNING. 
          THERE IS ONE ITEM FOR, OR ACTION THAT WE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YOU ARE READY TO READ THAT MOTION CITY SECRETARY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A SETTLEMENT ON A PENDING CLAIM WITH SUMPTUOUS CONSULTING, LLC IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,015. 
          AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          [02:30:01]
OKAY. 
          MAY I GET A MOTION COUNSEL? MAY I APPROACH HIM FRANK? SO MOVED MR. MAYOR. 
          COSMIN MARK. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION IS READ BY OUR CITY SECRETARY CONCERNING THAT LEGAL MATTER OF IN THE FORM OF MONETARY SETTLEMENT. 
          UH, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION. 
          WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          SO IS AUTUMN. 
          WE WILL ACCEPT THE MOTION AS PRESENTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY CONCERNING THAT LEGAL MATTER. 
          IF YOU SET UP THE SEDIMENT WITH, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, NEXT, I WOULD WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANY OTHER BUSINESS IN THE MANAGER BEFORE THIS BODY. 
          UH, MS. HALL, HE WAS SMILING, BUT YOU MAKE A MOTION. 
          SO MOVE TO A JOIN ME. 
          AND SECOND, SECOND, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU REMOVED THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, END OUR, UH, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS SET FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 12TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2021. 
          UM, WE READ IT FOR VOTING ON THAT ALL IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSES MAY REMAIN. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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