* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] YEAH. [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL] OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. AND WELCOME TO OUR SESSION HERE. THIS IS THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER 9TH. UH, BEGINNING TODAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021. THANK YOU. NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021 AT 9:38 AM. AND IT IS NOW NINE 40. WE WILL BEGIN THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE WILL CONDUCT THE REGULAR BUSINESS, UH, AT THIS SCHEDULED TIME. UM, YOU MAY PARTICIPATE OR VIEW THIS MEETING THROUGH TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, UH, MEDIUMS. UM, AND ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO WITH ACTUALLY CUT DOWN 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. AND ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 5 9 2 2 3 3 7 3 2 6 AND PASSCODE 8 9 6 8 9 9. AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING AS AN OBSERVER. UH, THE COUNCIL, HOWEVER, HAS TO BE PRESENT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS HERE AT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET, UH, FOR THIS MEETING TO ACTUALLY BE CONDUCTED. WE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, COOPERATIONS, DESIRING ALL THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT YOU MUST FIRST CALL 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 AND MAKE THE REQUEST FOR GOALS. ACCOMMODATIONS WITH THIS BEING SAID AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, GOOD MORNING. WE'VE HAD THE INVOCATION. WE ASKED OUR, UH, COUNCILMAN DR. KEN LAW TO DO THE INDICATION ON THIS MORNING, IF YOU WILL. AND WE WOULD DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT YOU STAND, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MERE. WOULD YOU BOW WITH ME PLEASE? OH, HAVE ANY FAR LEFT? THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, FOR THIS DAY, THIS DAY THAT WE'RE DOING BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE HOPE THAT YOU GOD AND PROTECT US AS A CITY, UH, UNCLEAR OUR MINDS AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS CITY, THIS GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. WE ACTUALLY BLESS OUR STAFF. WE ASKED YOU TO BLESS ALL THE WORKERS. WE ACTUALLY BLESS EVERYONE. THAT'S IN THIS CITY LIMITS. WE ASKED ALL THESE BLESSINGS AND YOUR SON JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY AMEN, AND MET THE BELIEVERS 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 ESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR US PLEASE? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES. THANK YOU SO KINDLY WE WILL BEGIN WITH PROCLAMATIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY IN FRONT OF ME HERE. SEE THE SECRETARY, ROD THAT ANY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ON TODAY, THERE AREN'T ANY. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, WHICH IS PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. UH, THERE ARE NOT ANY SPEAKERS TO COME BEFORE US AND THEY DON'T HAVE ON PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE [III.B1. A Presentation By Dimitri Roberts Of SevenStar, Inc. Pertaining To A Contactless Policing Application For Safer And Accountable Interactions] SEVERAL OF THOSE AND WE WOULD BEGIN WITH THE FIRST ONE, A PRESENTATION BY DMITRI ROBERTS OF SEVEN STAR IN COOPERATED, PERTAINING TO A CONTACT LIST, POLICE IN APPLICATION FOR A SAFER AND ACCOUNTABLE ENTER ACTIONS. YOU MAY BEGIN. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM ALL IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM. I HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. WELL, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND A COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU ALL THIS MORNING AND FOR BEING HERE. UM, MY PRESENTATION WILL COVER BOTH MY APPLICATION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT I BELIEVE FROM BOTH MY EXPERIENCE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY WILL HELP TO BRING A NEW WAVE OF REFORM TO THE JUSTICE SPACE, BUT ALSO HELP BETTER PROTECT BOTH OUR CITIZENS THAT I SWORE AN OATH TO SERVE, BUT ALSO AS A CITIZEN NOW TO HELP KEEP ME AND MY FAMILY A LITTLE BIT SAFE FOR MOVING FORWARD. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. UM, I WILL LEAVE A TIME AT THE END FOR QUESTIONS AND, UM, AND HOPE IN [00:05:01] RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU MAY THINK OF, BUT ALSO MY BIGGER GOAL HERE, MR. MAYOR, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IS TO CREATE A BETTER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AS ONE OF OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS, UH, TO TEST OUT THIS TECHNOLOGY AND TO THEN SPREAD THAT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO MY PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND. I WAS BORN, BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO. UM, I AM A RETIRED MILITARY AND SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN. I DID SEVEN TOURS IN IRAQ, UH, UNDER THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. UM, BUT LONG BEFORE THAT, I WAS JUST A YOUNG BLACK KID ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WHO SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE ABUSES. FORTUNATELY I HAD A CADRE OF GOOD FOLKS AND GOOD PARENTING AROUND ME AND I BECAME A POLICE OFFICER IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN FROM THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT IT'S JUST AS DIFFICULT BEING A POLICE OFFICER AND AN UNDER PRIVILEGED AND UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOOD AS IS GROWING UP AND SUCH. AND I WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE OUT OF THAT AND NOW TAKE THAT EXPERIENCE AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT I THINK CAN HELP SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE BOTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR POLICE AGENCIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, WE ALL KNOW THE PROBLEM AS IT WERE LOW, AS IT RESULTS TO POLICE AND COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS. THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY UNSAFE MR. MAYOR AND BY THE NUMBERS, ROUGHLY 20,000 CITIZENS THAT OVER 5,000 POLICE OFFICERS ARE INJURED OR KILLED EVERY YEAR AS A RESULT OF INTERACTIONS, BOTH WITH THEMSELVES AND WITH THE CITIZENS THAT THEY SERVE 80% OF THOSE HAPPEN DURING TRAFFIC STOPS. SO THAT'S ROUGHLY EVERY 30 MINUTES IN THE UNITED STATES, A POLICE OFFICER'S CITIZEN IS INJURED DURING A INTERACTION. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT SAFER FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE THAT IMPACTS OUR CITIES THAT IMPACTS OUR MUNICIPALITIES. AND THAT ALSO IMPACTS OUR POCKETS AS TAXPAYERS, JUST TO THE TUNE OF OVER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS JUST IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE BEEN SPENT AND PAID OUT THROUGH RIOTS, THROUGH POLICE MISCONDUCT, LAWSUITS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HELPED TO OFFSET AS WELL. UM, SO I PRESENT TO YOU ONE OF OUR FIRST SOLUTIONS, WHICH IS CALLED PROTECTED. THE GOAL IS THAT PROTECTED IS THERE TO ESTABLISH BETTER TRUST BETWEEN POLICE AND CITIZENS DURING EVERY INTERACTION THAT THEY MAY HAVE. AS I'VE SAID, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE AND TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU ALL CAN APPRECIATE, WE GET THIS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AS BOTH PUBLIC SERVANTS, BUT ALSO AS CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE BOTH GROWN UP IN, WE CONTINUE TO SERVE. BUT WE ALSO CARE ABOUT VERY PASSIONATELY WITH THAT. I THINK THAT IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT WE TAKE A DUAL-SIDED APPROACH TO THESE ISSUES WHERE IN MOST CASES YOU SEE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE VERY ONE-SIDED, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, MAYBE ON A CITIZEN'S SIDE, OR MAYBE ON THE OFFICER'S SIDE. WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT MR. MAYOR, BY APPROACHING THIS FROM A DUAL-SIDED PERSPECTIVE, THAT COMES FROM MY EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, BUT ALSO AS A CITIZEN AND A CITIZEN THAT HAS YOUNG CHILDREN THAT I WANT TO SEE SAFE EVERY DAY. SO WE FOCUS ON THREE MAIN AREAS FOR BOTH CITIZENS AND POLICE, AND THAT'S BETTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE, BETTER SAFETY PARAMETERS AND OUTCOMES, AND BETTER ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE USE OF THIS APPLICATION SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING ANY INTERACTION THAT ANYONE MAY BE HAVING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I'VE BROKEN THIS DOWN INTO SOME AREAS THAT I'LL FOCUS ON, PARTICULARLY CITIZENS, POLICE, INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN AGENCIES OVERALL. AND SO WE'LL START OFF TALKING ABOUT CITIZENS AND HOW CITIZENS BENEFIT INDIVIDUALLY FROM USING OUR APPLICATION. SO THINK ABOUT OUR APPLICATION PROTECTED AS TSA PRE-CHECK FOR POLICE INTERACTIONS, WHERE YOU'LL KNOW YOUR OFFICER IN REAL TIME, YOU'LL KNOW THE REASON FOR YOUR INTERACTION, WHETHER THAT'S A TRAFFIC, STOP, A CALL FOR SERVICE OR A COMMUNITY POLICING ENGAGEMENT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO NOTIFY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN REAL TIME THAT YOU ARE HAVING A POLICE INTERACTION AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON. AND YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THAT OFFICER WITHOUT HAVING FACE-TO-FACE OR CLOSING AND CONTACT. YOU'LL WALK AWAY FROM ANY INTERACTION THAT YOU HAVE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH A RECEIPT THAT GIVES YOU CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT WE'LL COVER IN A FUTURE SLIDES, BUT THIS REDUCES THE NEED FOR MOST FACE-TO-FACE POLICE INTERACTIONS. SO A QUICK SCENARIO IS IF YOU'RE GETTING PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER USING OUR APPLICATION, THAT BOTH SIDES ARE USING THE POLICE OFFICERS, WON'T HAVE A NEED TO EXIT THEIR VEHICLE. AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS FOR POLICE. UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE THINK ABOUT WHEN IT RELATES TO TRANSPARENCY IS HOW MUCH TIME DID I SPEND WITH THIS OFFICER? WAS THAT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF MY RIGHTS, BUT ALSO WHAT WERE THE, WHAT WERE THE LAWS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INTERACTION THAT I HAD THAT MIGHT BE A TRAFFIC STOP THAT MIGHT BE A CALL FOR SERVICE. UM, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, HOW DO I WALK AWAY FROM THIS BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE FOLLOW-UP. SO WE GIVE ALL THAT INFORMATION IN REAL TIME TO YOU, AND ALSO ALLOW YOU TO RATE YOUR OFFICER OR RATE YOUR EXPERIENCE [00:10:01] RATES OR EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR OFFICER, AND THEN ALLOW YOU TO TRACK AND PAY ANY TICKETS THAT AN OFFICER MAY HAVE ISSUED. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT POLICE, ACCOUNTABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE BECOME VERY USED TO AS CITIZENS AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS AND POLICE AGENCIES TO USE SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I LIKE TO USE THE, THE MODEL OF UBER, WHERE UBER WOULDN'T EXIST, IF THEY DIDN'T START OFF WITH A ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. SO YOU SAID TO UBER, HEY, TAKE ME SOMEPLACE. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A STRANGER'S CAR. AND I EXPECT TO GET THERE SAFE ON TIME AND WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF, OF, OF MONEY EXCHANGED. AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, EVERY SINGLE UBER EXPERIENCE, YOU HAVE, YOU GET THE RATES, YOUR DRIVER AND YOUR DRIVER GETS THE RATE. YOU SO THINK ABOUT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT. IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RATE YOUR EXPERIENCE DURING ANY INTERACTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. AND A LOT OF TIMES I GET THE QUESTION THAT FOLKS SAY, WELL, WHAT ARE THE POLICE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THIS? THIS SOUNDS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE. AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WILL GO OVER VERY WELL. WHAT MY EXPERIENCE AS A POLICE OFFICER IN CHICAGO, AND ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS IN THE COUNTRY IS THAT MOST OF MY EXPERIENCES WITH CITIZENS WERE POSITIVE. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD WORK THAT OFFICERS ARE DOING AND THE GOOD ENGAGEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING BETWEEN CITIZENS AND OFFICERS EVERY DAY. AND WE WANT THAT TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET SOME OF THE NEGATIVE, BUT ALSO WHAT TRENDS IN THE PRESS, IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT. SO I WANT ANY OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT PARTICULARLY YOU, MR. MAYOR, TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP IN A, IN A SESSION LIKE THIS AND SAY, HEY, WE MAY HAVE HAD AN ISSUE THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS. WE ARE ADDRESSING CERTAIN ISSUES, BUT MORE SO THAN ANYTHING, HERE IS THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE DOING EVERY DAY. AND THIS IS COMING BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE CITIZENS OVER THE LAST 5,000 INTERACTIONS THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE HAD. AND THEY ARE RATED AT A 5.0 OR HIGHER ON A SEVEN STAR RATING SCALE, GIVEN THEIR INTERACTIONS ACROSS ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS LACKING, PARTICULARLY IN THE MEDIA IN THIS COUNTRY IS THERE'S NO BALANCE AND THERE'S NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMANITY THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY BOTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POLICE OFFICERS DURING ANY OR ANY INTERACTIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. UM, AS I SAID, THINKING ABOUT THE POLICE IN THIS, I DESIGNED THIS APPLICATION AND ITS TECHNOLOGY WITH OFFICER'S SAFETY IN MY NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'VE DESIGNED THIS WITH OFFICER'S SAFETY IN MIND. AS I SAID, AS A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WORKING IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GO HOME TO MY FAMILY EVERY NIGHT AND HOW TO DO THAT IN A MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT WAY. THIS IS WHY I CAME UP WITH THIS SIDE OF THE APPLICATION THAT GIVES AN OFFICER IN REAL TIME, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE NEXT LEVEL OF ANY INTERACTION THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH YOU. AND IN MOST CASES, MR. MAYOR, THAT IS, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN A POLICE OFFICER EITHER APPROACHES YOUR VEHICLE OR GETS CLOSE IN BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF SOME HISTORIC ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH ENGAGEMENTS AS POLICE OFFICERS, THAT ANXIETY RATE GOES THROUGH THE ROOF, THE LEVEL OF, UH, ENGAGEMENT OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER OUTCOME DECREASES AND THE, THE RISK OF INJURY OR THE RISK OF DEATH INCREASES GREATLY. AND WE WANT TO HELP TO RESOLVE THAT. AND BY DOING THAT, WE GIVE POLICE OFFICERS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE IN REAL TIME, THAT GIVES THEM YOUR ID OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE ON A TRAFFIC STOP, THAT GIVES THEM A COPY OF YOUR INSURANCE CARD. AND THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO TALK DIRECTLY TO YOU WITHOUT FACE-TO-FACE OR CLOSING IN CONTACT. AND I'LL GO INTO HOW THAT WORKS A LITTLE BIT LATER FROM THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, WHY NOW, AND WHY DO, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S TRENDING, BUT FEAR OF INJURY, LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, BUT THAT'S ON BOTH SIDES. THE CALL TO DEFUND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATIONS, BUT MORE SO THAT THERE'S 50,050 MILLION PLUS INTERACTIONS THAT HAPPEN PER YEAR. THAT'S OVER 4.5 MILLION MONTHLY AND OVER 150,000 INTERACTIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY DAILY THAT HAS LED TO A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. BUT LIKE I SAID, OVER 90% OF THOSE ARE POSITIVE. AND IF WE DON'T TURN THIS NARRATIVE AROUND, IF WE DON'T HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, BOTH AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, BUT ALSO WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE STREET, THEN WHERE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS GET DROPPED IN OUR LAPS UNNECESSARILY, AND REALLY NO WAY TO NAVIGATE AROUND THEM. AND WE'RE HOPING TO SOLVE THAT. AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS JUST BY HELPING TO REBUILD THAT TRUST BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT'S BEEN BROKEN. UM, THINKING ABOUT THIS JUST AT THE TOP LINE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE IS HOW DO WE DO THAT? THAT'S GETTING THE RIGHT DATA AT THE RIGHT TIME TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE SAFER INTERACTIONS. AND BY DOING THAT, WE MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION, IF SOMEBODY HAS A SITUATION OR SOME INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED BY THE POLICE OR VICE VERSA, [00:15:01] THAT'S DELIVERED TO YOU OR TO THE OFFICER IN REAL TIME, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP TO CREATE BETTER AND SAFER INTERACTIONS. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE NUMBERS IN CHICAGO FROM A CASE STUDY THAT WE DID. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOME OF OUR EARLY STAGE PARTNERS ARE MIT, YALE. WE JUST COMPLETED A, UM, A, A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE, WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. UM, AND THEN WE ARE ABOUT TO START A NEW PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UH, IN THE UK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE FOR AGENCIES. UM, LEOPARD IS OUR OPERATING SYSTEM FOR, UM, BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR AGENCY DASHBOARD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AS I'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE CHIEFS OF POLICE, INCLUDING THE ONE HERE, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW IS HOW ARE MY OFFICERS DOING IN THE FIELD AND HOW ARE CITIZENS RESPONDING TO EACH INTERACTION THAT THEY'RE HAVING? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE FROM THE DEREK SHOVAN TRIAL IS THAT A LOT OF INFORMATION DOES NOT TRICKLE BACK IN A WAY THAT IT SHOULD TO THE DECISION MAKERS IN POLICE AGENCIES. AND WE WANT TO HELP SOLVE THAT BECAUSE IF FOLKS IN THE MINNESOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD KNOWN IN LEADERSHIP THAT, HEY, THIS OFFICER HAD A PROBLEM WITH EVERY CITIZEN INTERACTION THAT HE HAD THAT MAY HAVE NOT RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF IT BEING A COMPLAINT, OR GOING THROUGH THE COMPLAINT PROCESS. THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WEED OUT THIS BAD APPLE A LONG TIME AGO. AND I'M THE FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY IS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE. IT'S SAYING WE WANT TO TAKE RESOURCES AWAY FROM POLICE AGENCIES OR POLICE OFFICERS. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WE WANT POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB BETTER, MORE EFFECTIVELY. AND WE AS CITIZENS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT'S BEING DONE BASED ON OTHER INTERACTIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. SO, UM, LEPER IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING DATABASE. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU MR. MAYOR, THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR ANY OF THE LEADERSHIP IN A DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE THE ACCESS TO GO IN AND SEE HOW ANY OFFICER IS DOING IN REAL TIME AND HOW THEY PERFORMING DURING EVERY INTERACTION THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH CITIZENS. YOU CAN RUN REPORTS ON DEMOGRAPHICS. YOU CAN RUN REPORTS ON RATINGS. YOU CAN RUN REPORTS ON ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN LEAD OR HOW WE BETTER FOCUS ATTENTION ON A PROBLEM AREA BEFORE IT BECOMES A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. NOW, I CAN TELL YOU AS AN OFFICER WORKING IN A HIGH CRIME AREA IN CHICAGO, SURE. I HAD BAD DAYS, BUT THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME A BAD OFFICER. I MAY HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE A, UH, A REMINDER ON MY PROFESSIONALISM STANDARDS, AS IT RELATED TO ME GOING TO A CALL THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH, LIKE SOMEBODY ARGUING OVER THE BIGGER PIECE OF CHICKEN AT CHRISTMAS, WHICH I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I MAY HAVE JUST COME FROM A HOMICIDE. I MAY HAVE JUST COME FROM AN INVESTIGATION THAT I FELT WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE DEDICATED MY TIME TO THEN DEALING WITH A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, BUT ON THE SIDE OF MY POLICE CARS, JUST LIKE ON EVERY ONE IN THIS COUNTRY, IT SAYS SERVE AND PROTECT WITH THE SERVICE FIRST MENTALITY. SO JUST BECAUSE I MAY HAVE HAD A BAD DAY AS AN OFFICER, DOESN'T MAKE ME A BAD OFFICER. IT MEANS THAT I MAY NEED TO HAVE FOCUSED ATTENTION IN A PARTICULAR AREA THAT I'M NOT GETTING, OR HAVE SOME REMINDERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT I NEED TO TIGHTEN UP ON SOME AREAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THAT GOES INTO INTELLIGENCE, LED POLICING ACROSS AGENCY PLATFORMS AND ACROSS, UH, HOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE OPERATING IN THE FIELD AND HOW WE DO THAT IS BY GIVING THE INFORMATION TO AGENCIES. SO THEY CAN BETTER MAKE DECISIONS ACROSS HOW OFFICERS MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, MAY NEED ASSIGNMENTS, BUT MORE SO THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE TAKING OFFICERS OUT OF SERVICE EVERY TIME THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WE'RE DELIVERING THAT DIRECTLY TO THEM IN REAL TIME WITHOUT TAKING THEM OUT OF SERVICE. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT LEOPARD DOES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TRACTION OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. WE PLAN ON BEING OPERATIONAL IN THREE STATES. THAT'S CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND ILLINOIS, WITH ABOUT 14,000 POLICE USERS AND FIVE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AGENCIES AS OUR, UH, EARLY STAGE PILOTS WITH ABOUT 1.7 MILLION CITIZEN USERS. THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR EARLY STAGE TEAM MEMBERS. UM, WE HAVE A FULL ON, UH, COMPANY, A TECH COMPANY THAT IS BASED HERE IN HOUSTON, UM, OR BASED IN HOUSTON, UH, AND A PRETTY THOUGHTFUL ADVISORY BOARD TO GO WITH IT. THAT IS MY TIME. AND, UH, I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS THAT YOU OR ANY OTHER MEMBERS MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU. UM, MR. ROBINSON, VERY FORMATIVE, UH, GOOD POINTS AND, UH, THE PRESENTATION BE VERY BENEFICIAL, BUT THE ONLY THING I SEE AT THIS POINT IS THE, THE BIG DOG, NOT HERE, THAT'S THE CHIEF TO HEAR ALL THESE GOOD THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO DEPUTY TPO FREIGHTERS IN HOUSTON. WE HAVE TWO ARRIVED, WERE BOARD [00:20:01] MEMBERS OF RETINA TRAINER, JOANNE JEALOUSY, AND THEY ALL GOT THE NEWS AND SOUNDS GOOD TO ALL OF US, BUT IT WASN'T MANAGEABLE, MANAGEABLE GATEWAY. THE CHIEF POLICE AND THE DEPTH ACHIEVEMENT IS Y'ALL MEET AGAIN ON THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE COUNCIL CAN DO NUMBER THE SIPI PRESENTATION, BUT CAN'T BE DONE AT ACT WITHOUT THE CHIEF BEING HERE. BUT THE GOOD PRESENTATION IS VERY INFORMATIVE, VERY BENEFICIAL, GOOD POINTS. I'M IMPRESSED WITH IT. SO I WASN'T MAD. IT WAS GIVEN TO CHEAP MONDAY AND THIS Y'ALL GO AND SHIT AGAIN AND BRING IT BACK TO THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AT HOMES. AND, UH, JUST FOR, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, I HAVE, UH, HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE CHIEF, UM, AND HAVE VETTED THIS THROUGH HIM. UM, AND I THINK IN ONE OF HIS MEETINGS AND I, I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE HIM, MISQUOTE HIM, BUT I BELIEVE HE SAID, LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN START USING THIS. SO, UH, ONE OF THE MANAGER AND THE MANAGER COME TO COUNSELING. YES, SIR. UM, I'VE ALSO MET WITH, UH, WITH, WITH MR. BURDEN AS WELL. UM, AND I THINK THIS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I TOOK THE PROPER STEPS TO PRESENT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BUT AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION DID TOO, BUT ALSO PRESENT THIS IN AN OPEN FORUM WHERE, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TIED IN WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ALSO WHAT YOU GUYS, HIS WISHES ARE ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL, SIR. SO I'VE MADE SURE I'VE MADE THE ROUNDS MR. JONES. YEP. YES, SIR. COFFEE TEAS. HE DID IT ALL YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH NO. NOW WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF WILL BILL. I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. MR. JONES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR. HEY, THANK YOU MIRROR. SO DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY WHEN YOU STATED EARLIER WITH PORT ARTHUR, BE A PILOT PROGRAM AS WELL? YES, YES. COUNCILMAN. AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT, THE DATA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OBTAIN, WHAT, WHO CARES, WHO HOSTS THAT DATA FROM CITIZENS? YEAH, SO WE HOLD THAT WITHIN OUR SECURE DATABASES, THAT WILL BE, UM, FULLY ACCESS BY YOU GUYS AS CITY OFFICIALS. UM, AND WE'VE EVEN TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT YOU HOLDING THAT DATA, IF THAT, IF YOU WERE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. SO THERE ARE SOME DETAILS AROUND HOW DATA IS HANDLED, HOW DATA IS MANAGED THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH, UH, IN OUR PILOT PROGRAM, BUT WE MOST CERTAINLY DON'T SELL DATA. UM, AND THAT DATA WILL BE OPENLY SHARED WITH BOTH YOU AND THE PUBLIC AS NEEDED. UM, BUT MORE SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT ARE FORMALITIES THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA POLICIES THAT WILL HINDER ANY RESTRICTIONS FROM YOUR ACCESSING THEM AS NEEDED, SIR, NO, NO COST TO THE CITY AT ALL. THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY. AND, UH, WHAT I'VE SAID TO THE MAYOR, TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS WHEN I MET WITH THEM, UM, IS THAT YOU GUYS WILL NEVER HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS THAT I SERVED IN FBI WITH. UM, HIS FATHER IS MR. UNDERWOOD, WHO IS A LIFELONG, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBER OF PORT ARTHUR. AND HE'S ALSO ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD. UM, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO COME AND PILOT SOME TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE THINKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THIS HOLISTICALLY AND WE THOUGHT THIS WILL BE A GOOD COMMUNITY TO START OFF OUR JOURNEY, TO GETTING THIS ROLLED OUT IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT HERE IN PORT ARTHUR. OKAY. AND MY LAST STATEMENT, UH, COMMUNITY POLICING, WE PREACH COMMUNITY POLICING ALL THE TIME. SO HOW WAS YOUR PARTICULAR PROGRAM HINDER POLICING COMMUNITY POLICING, IF WE WOULD, IF WE USE YOUR MODEL WITH, UH, WHAT IS CALLED, UH, SO YES, LEOPARD AND PROTECTED. SO THINK ABOUT TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY POLICING BY USING THESE PLATFORMS. ONE, WE WANT TO REINSTILL TRUST BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE CITIZENS. INITIALLY. I DON'T THINK THAT WE GET TOO FAR WITH ANY POLICING COMMUNITY POLICING ENGAGEMENTS WITHOUT REINSTILLING SOME TRUST. ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS WITHIN OUR CAPABILITIES TO THEN SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A COMMUNITY MEMBER COMES TO YOU COUNCILMEN AND SAYS, HEY, THE STREET LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. HEY, WE NEED SOME SERVICE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. ONE OF THE THINGS WE PROVIDE IS THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW UP IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY WITH THOSE CITIZENS AROUND COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS AND GET DATA AND GET METRICS BEHIND HOW THOSE COMMUNITY POLICING ENGAGEMENTS ARE BEING EFFECTIVE OR AFFECTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND IF THEY'RE BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE POLICE. SO WE PROVIDE A LEVEL OF DATA TO YOU BACK TO YOU, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND TO THE, THE GOVERNING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FULL GOVERNMENT AROUND HOW THE, UM, HOW THE, UH, CAPABILITIES ARE BEING ADHERED TO, OR HOW THE POLICIES ARE BEING ADHERED TO, AS IT RELATES TO YOU GUYS AS COMMUNITY POLICING ENGAGEMENTS. UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY POLICING SPACE. UM, AS I'VE WORKED IN COMMUNITY POLICING FOR MOST OF MY CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE DATA AND WE GET THE METRICS BEHIND HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE POLICIES ARE BEING PLAYED OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT [00:25:01] WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN. OKAY. MAYOR THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU. UH, VERY INFORMATIVE, UH, REPORT. THE QUESTION THAT AROSE IN MY MIND WAS HOW DO YOU INCENTIVIZE AND STIMULATE THAT 18 TO 35 YEAR AGE GROUP TO USE THIS APPLICATION? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT, AS A GRANDFATHER, I CAN SEE, UH, HOW, UH, I WOULD WANT MY GRANDCHILDREN OR MY SONS TO USE THAT. SO I CAN ENSURE THAT THEY COME HOME SAFELY, BUT HOW DO YOU INCENTIVIZE AND STIMULATE THEM TO USE THIS APPLICATION? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT METHODS ARE YOU GOING TO EMPLOY TO DO THAT? WELL, ME, ME BEING NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THAT AGE MYSELF, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME BEING A LITTLE FRANK, UH, IT'S QUITE, UH, IT'S QUITE A LAZY CULTURE. SO THEY WANT THINGS TO BE PRETTY SIMPLE, PRETTY FAST AND PRETTY EASY. AND MOST OF THAT'S DONE VIA SMARTPHONES. SO ONE OF THE REASONS I STARTED THIS PROCESS IS BECAUSE WE'RE VERY USED TO GETTING THINGS AND GETTING SERVICES NOW THROUGH OUR DEVICES, LIKE GETTING FOOD, DELIVERED, GETTING THINGS AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON. SO WE'RE JUST NOW CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ENGAGE WITH ANY POLICE OFFICER, ANY TIME VIA THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON AND WHAT NORMALLY TAKES MAYBE YOUR USUAL TRAFFIC STOP TAKES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MINUTES. WE'VE REDUCED THAT FROM THREE TO FIVE MINUTES. WE'VE REDUCED THAT TO THREE TO FIVE MINUTES. AND SO NOW BEING ABLE TO WALK AWAY WITH A THOUGHTFUL PIECE OF DATA, I THINK INCENTIVIZES ANYBODY, BUT PARTICULARLY THAT AGE GROUP TO SAY, WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE FASTER, QUICKER, SMARTER, AND IN A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET BACK TO FACEBOOK OR FACETIME OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'VE LEARNED TO DO IN THIS GENERATION. UM, AND I THINK THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE, BUT MORE SO INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A LITTLE SAFER. THAT'S BOTH THE POLICE AND THE CITIZENS, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THAT AGE GROUP, WE'VE BECOME VERY USED TO ACTIVISM IN THIS SPACE. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR ACTIVISM INTO SOMETHING ACTIONABLE AND BUILD AND HELP TO BUILD OUT A SOLUTION THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO ROLL OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COSMO AND MOSES. YES. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE APPLICATION. UM, AS I LISTENED TO YOU, I JUST THINK THAT YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS INTO THE WHOLE PROJECT AND, UM, ALL THE STEPS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN TO CREATE SOMETHING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS WORLD ARE JUST AMAZING. SO I JUST, I ENJOYED THE, UM, PRESENTATION AND HOW IT INTERACTS, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE NEED WITH OUR KIDS TODAY BY USING THE CELL PHONE AND, UH, HOPING TO SAVE SOME LIVES. SO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AS A YOUNG MAN. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. COUNSELING. YEAH, MAN. YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHO TO BRING IN, WHAT YOU DON'T YOU, UH, I DO MISS THE UNDERWOODS STILL HAS SPANKING AUTHORITY OVER ME. SO, UH, I, UH, I, I FOLLOW IN LINE WITH, UH, WITH HIS LEADERSHIP AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM FOR IT, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HAS HE RAISED GREAT BOYS, BUT HE'S HELPED TO INFLUENCE MY LIFE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND IT'S HELPED ME TO BE HERE AND PRESENT WITH YOU GUYS TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, MS. ROBINSON, BEFORE WE MET BEFORE, AND I, I SORT OF BOUGHT INTO IT THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT IT AND, UH, YOU'VE COME AND EXPLAINED IT TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE. AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT CITY MANAGER AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE AT SOME FUTURE DATE, WE'LL GET BACK TOGETHER WITH YOU. AND THEN WE WOULD COME WITH PROBABLY SOME FINAL PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. YES, SIR. GREAT, MAN. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, JUST, JUST, JUST A MINUTE, JUST A MINUTE. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT [IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 10:00 A.M. To Receive And Consider Public Comment For All Interested Citizens With Regard To A Zoning Change From Single family "SF" To Industrial " I " Legal Description: Approximately 39.589-Acres Of Land Consisting Of Lots 3, 4, 5 And 6, Block 3, Range "C", Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision, City Of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas] IS NOW 10 0 8. UH, BY LAW, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEGAN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AGO. UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS A ROMAN NUMERAL NUMBER FOUR, AND IT'S RECEIVED, UH, AND CONSIDER PUBLIC INFORMATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT RELEVANT FOR ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS WITH REGARD TO A ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO INDUSTRIAL. I NOW THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION WE HAVE IS APPROXIMATELY 39.6 ACRES OF LAND OR CONSISTENT OF LIGHTS, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX BLOCK, THREE RATES. HE POURED OUT THE LAND COMPANY, SUBDIVISION CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALSO THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS YOU ARE DOING NOW VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT, UH, PORT OH, WWW DOT PORT OFF A T X DOT GO. AND WE MAY BE, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DYES. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. ALL. MY NAME IS LARRY BETO AND I AM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE MANAGER [00:30:01] FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. UH, SYDNEY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A ZONING CHANGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 39.589 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF LOTS, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX BLACK FREE RANGE, C PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION. THE APPLICANT WAS LAND TO SKY REALTOR, LLC SEEKS A ZONING CHANGE FOR ST FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTING WAREHOUSING FOR COMMERCIAL USE AN APPLICANT WAS APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JULY 20TH, 2021, REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED THE PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED AND PULLED OFF THE NEWSPAPER ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021, AS WELL AS MAIL TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021 OVER ZOOM WITH THE VOTE OF THREE TO ZERO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SAID REQUEST ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH TWO 80 CALLING FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATIONS FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2021, AND PUBLISHED NOTICE IN THE NEWS, PUT OUT THE NEWSPAPER ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2021. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY. SINGLE FAMILY PROVIDES A LOCATION FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND RELATED RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES NORMALLY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ORDERLY AND ATTRACTIVE RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO BE DEFINED AND PROTECTED FROM THE ENCROACHMENT OF USES THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE IN A RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT. THESE LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY ALONG LOCAL STREETS. THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ARE TYPICALLY CREATED AS A MEANS TO PROVIDE LOCATIONS FOR SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT INVOLVE EXTENSIVE PROCESSING MANUFACTURING OR ASSEMBLY OR VARIOUS PROCESSES, PRODUCTS, OR EQUIPMENT. AND THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE MULTI-FAMILY HAS ALSO ALLOWED IN THIS DISTRICT CITY STAFF WILL REQUIRE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS REQUEST. IF APPROVED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS WILL PERMIT, BUT ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE FOLLOWING USES, MULTI-FAMILY NONE RESIDUE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES SUCH AS RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. INDUSTRIAL USES SUCH AS WAREHOUSING, LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL USES. AS FAR AS FOR THE SURROUNDING ZONING. THE SITE LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS TO SITE LOCATION IS SOUTH OF GULF WAY DRIVE AND NORTH OF PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO 11, THAT 0 0 7, SUBSECTION C OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 17 PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED SITE AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THE DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021. THERE WERE NO WRITTEN OR VERBAL OPPOSITIONS AND NO LETTERS RETURNED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. THE PUBLISH DATES WERE 20 OCTOBER 23RD AND 27 OF 2021. AGAIN, THERE WERE NOT ANY WRITTEN OR VERBAL OPPOSITIONS. HOWEVER, THERE WERE TWO LETTERS RETURNED. THAT IS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. OKAY. ANY REMARKS, FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC OR THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE, ANY REMARKS? OKAY. NOW, ANY REMARKS ON COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR? OKAY. COUNCIL MCKAYLA, UH, YOU HAVE A AUDIENCE MEMBER. OH, OKAY. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. I NEED YOU TO COME UP. I NEED YOU TO COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS MS. JOHN JONES, SIX 40 EAST 10TH STREET. OKAY. COULD YOU REPEAT ABOUT THE SINGLE PARENT? AND YOU SAY IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILIES. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? YES. MA'AM SAME. A FAMILY PROVIDES FOR A LOCATION FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND RELATED RECREATIONAL ANNEX EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES NORMALLY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ORDERLY AND ATTRACTIVE RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO BE DEFINED AND PROTECTED FROM THE ENCROACHMENT OF USES THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE IN A RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT. OKAY. DID THAT ANSWER MS. JONES, UH, ANSWERS? [00:35:02] WELL, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME. HE EXPLAINED IT TO ME. YOU KNOW, SINGLE PARENT IS TO BE YOUR FRIEND. I HAVE MY, WELL, LET ME, I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU MY CARD. YOU CAN CALL ME IN MY OFFICE AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT OR WE CAN DISCUSS IT RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. WOULD THAT SUFFICE, MISS JOHN AND YOU GIVING HIM A CALL IN HIS OFFICE AND HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY. YES, SIR. COME STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. AND YOUR ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING. REGIONAL TRAINER, 35 14 EAST 12TH STREET, CITY PROTOCOL TO TEXAS. THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, ALL THESE A LOT, NUMBER 3, 4, 5 TO SEE WHERE ARE THEY AT? WHAT'S THE LOCATION? THE LOCATION IS, UH, AS WE SAID EARLIER, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT SLIDE UP. I KNOW YOU SAID NO, UH, BROCKTON. YES, SIR. I DON'T THINK IT'S IN MY HEART BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THEM BETTER, BUT I LIKE TO KNOW WHY OH, SOUTH OF GOLF WHERE YOU DRIVE NORTH OF PRACTICE STREET. OKAY. SO THAT'S COMING FROM NINE AVENUE LOCATION. OKAY. THAT ANSWERS YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. OKAY. COUNCILMAN KINLAW. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, DIRECTOR. DID YOU, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YOU STATED THAT YOU HAD TO OPPOSITION FOR, I HAD TWO LETTERS RETURNED TO SENDER BASE RETURN. IT DIDN'T REACH THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS FOR SOME REASON. HE CAME BACK TO THE OFFICE. OKAY. AND HOW MANY LETTERS WERE MAILED OUT LATER? 17. 17? YES. THANK YOU, MIRROR. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. UH, GUESS WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE THE SECRETARY CAN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMAN JONES MOVED TO CLOSE ME. AND LET ME GET A SECOND COUNSEL, UH, MARKS HE'S BEEN MOVING TO SECOND AND CLOSE IT PROBABLY HERE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN DISSEMINATED, UH, BY THE PARTICIPANT AND THE . UM, ARE WE READY FOR QUESTIONS? THERE WAS NO, UNREADINESS NO QUESTIONS ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AS EPISODES OUGHT TO BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. PAM. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND, UH, [III.B2. A Presentation By Craig Taffaro From Adrurra Group LLC Regarding The Quarterly Report] WE ARE AT NUMBER TWO. EXCUSE ME? YES. OKAY. NO, I'M SORRY. I'M ON THE WRONG PAGE. I KNOW IT'S NUMBER TWO, BUT I WAS ON THE WRONG PAGE. OKAY. WE HAD NUMBER TWO FOR OUR, UH, PETITIONS AND, UH, COMMUNICATES UNDER ROMAN NUMERAL THREE. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, QUICK TO FEDERAL FROM A DURA, UH, GROUP LLC REGARDING THE QUARTERLY REPORT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, CRAIG TAFARA WITH THE DEWAR GROUP. UH, WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU THE REGULAR UPDATE FOR YOUR RECOVERY PROJECTS AND, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. UH, SO YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN A SUMMARY TABLE, AND WE'LL SORT OF GO THROUGH THAT SUMMARY TABLE, UH, BY PROJECT. UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, ASPECT IS TO REMIND YOU THAT THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS ONGOING. AND AS WE BEGIN TO CLOSE DOWN ON THE HARVEY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, UH, WE'RE STILL FOCUSED ON THE MITIGATION PROJECTS, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE NOW JUST STARTING TO KICK OFF. SO WE'LL START AT THE TOP OF THE, UH, THE HARVEY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, UH, WORKING ACROSS. SO ON THE SUMMARY TABLE, WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST SECTION GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE THE, YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. AND THEN ON THE MIDDLE SECTION, ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE, OF THE TABLE TALKS ABOUT YOUR PROJECT COSTS. SO FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS, AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, IN TERMS OF YOUR HARVEY, REMEMBER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, UH, SINCE 2018 ON COMPLETING THE HARVEY, UH, RECOVERY PROCESS AND GETTING THOSE PROJECTS NOW DOWN OF THE 32 PROJECTS, ALL BUT TWO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OBLIGATED. THE TWO THAT ARE REMAINING ARE THE PROJECTS RELATED TO YOUR PUMP STATIONS [00:40:01] AND YOUR LIFT STATIONS. UH, THOSE THINGS ARE IN DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF HOW THE INSURANCE, UM, COVERAGE HAS BEEN APPLIED AND HOW THE PROJECTS WILL BE, IF AT ALL, FURTHER FUNDED BY FEMA. UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THE CITY IS, IS AT ABOUT A $33.7 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES RELATED TO HARVEY, UH, OF THAT WE HAVE, UH, $30 MILLION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THROUGH FEMA, UH, AS WELL AS TML TWO TO REIMBURSE THE CITY. SO, UH, OVER $30 MILLION HAS COME BACK TO THE CITY, UH, RELATIVE TO HARVEY RELATED DAMAGES AND REPAIRS. WE STILL ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT $4 MILLION THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY COME BACK TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENTS. UH, OBVIOUSLY THOSE PROJECTED COSTS, WE'LL, WE'LL GO ABOVE THAT, UH, THAT $34 MILLION, UH, AS WELL. SO, UH, AS WITH ANY RECOVERY SITUATION, UH, THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE RECOVERY. SO WE'LL NEVER HAVE A, A POSITIVE NUMBER. IT WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE, AT THE LEVEL, UH, OR JUST BELOW IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL COSTS VERSUS THE REIMBURSEMENT IN TERMS OF THE, UH, HARVEY 4 0 4. THIS IS THE AREA THE, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW, ACTUALLY, UH, THE 4 0 4 PROGRAM REMEMBER IS A MITIGATION PROGRAM RELATED TO A PARTICULAR STORM, BUT ALLOWS A MUNICIPALITY OR AN ENTITY, UH, TO MITIGATE AGAINST FUTURE DAMAGES. EVEN IF THOSE DAMAGES WEREN'T, UH, SPECIFICALLY CAUSED BY THE STORM THAT THE FUNDING COMES FROM SIMPLY PUT, UH, THE 4 0 4 PROJECTS RELATED TO HARVEY ARE THE FOUR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. UH, EL VISTA, PORT ACRES, STONE GATE, AND LAKE ARTHUR. NOW, LAST TIME WE SPOKE, UH, WE WERE IN A BIT OF A, UM, A BIT OF A DISCUSSION WITH, WITH FEMA. UM, AND WE HAD TWO PROJECTS THAT WE FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT AND TWO THAT WERE, UH, REALLY UNDER SCRUTINY BY FEMA. SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT PORT ACRES IN EL VISTA ARE STILL, UM, IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OFFICIAL APPROVAL FOR PHASE TWO, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON PORT ACRES OR EL VISTA, BUT THOSE TWO ARE STILL IN A POSITIVE, UH, CATEGORY, UH, THE STONE GATE PROJECT, WHICH WAS UNDER GREAT SCRUTINY. UH, WE HAVE MANAGED TO GET TO A POSITIVE BCR. REMEMBER THAT BENEFIT COST RATIO IS THE NUMBER THAT FEMA USES TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THE MONEY THAT IS GOING TO GO INTO A PROJECT, UH, IS WORTH THE PROJECT ITSELF, OR THERE'S ENOUGH BENEFIT AGAINST THE COST. SO WE NOW HAVE SUBMITTED THAT BACK TO FEMA WITH A POSITIVE BCR AND WE'RE AWAITING THEIR, UH, THEIR RESPONSE. UNFORTUNATELY, FEMA HAS BEEN, UH, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY HIT BY, UH, THE GREAT, UM, REDUCTION IN LABOR FORCE AND RESPONSE. SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTROL OVER THAT. WE MAY CALL ON YOU AT SOME POINT TO, TO USE YOUR POLITICAL, UH, WE'LL ENFORCE TO TRY TO ENGAGE, UH, UPPER LEVELS OF FEMA TO, TO EXPEDITE THEIR RESPONSE. UH, BUT THOSE THREE PROJECTS ARE NOW IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT IS STILL BEING ENGAGED. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, MULTIPLE WAYS TO, TO WORK, TO GET TO A POSITIVE BCR FOR, FOR THAT AREA. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT PROJECT IS. UH, IT IS A $19 MILLION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW WITHIN THE FEMA WORLD AND WITHIN THE FEMA TOOL, UH, THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE BENEFIT FOR THAT COST TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AND IN THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SUMMARY TABLE, UH, THOSE THREE PROJECTS, UH, EL VISTA, PORT ACRES AND STONE GATE, UH, REPRESENT A $39.9 MILLION IMPROVEMENT, UH, AS A GROUP. UH, WE ARE, UH, HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET, UH, SOME BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN PORT ACRES IN EL VISTA, BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS ALREADY RUNNING, UH, ONCE WE RECEIVED THE PHASE ONE APPROVAL ON THAT PROJECT, OR THOSE TWO PROJECTS, THE CLOCK IS RUNNING, SAME THING ON LAKE ARTHUR, WHERE WE HAD PHASE ONE APPROVAL, THE CLOCK IS RUNNING IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH TIME THERE IS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. UH, AND IT'S SORT OF ONE OF THOSE, UH, WE'RE CAUGHT IN A CATCH 22 WHERE THE CLOCK IS RUNNING, BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, UH, MOVE [00:45:01] THE PROCESS ON THE FEMA SIDE. ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE, AS WE RECEIVE ANY OFFICIAL WORD, UH, FROM FEMA IN TERMS OF THOSE THREE THAT HAVE A POSITIVE BCA, AS WELL AS THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT THAT, UH, WE ARE REVIEWING. YES. YES. MA'AM KIND LIKE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY. AND WHAT DID WE DO DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE TURNED TO BCR AND THIS TIME, THE SECOND TIME THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE FIRST TIME? SO THE WAY, THE WAY THE FEMA TOOL WORKS, THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS TOOL WORKS, UH, IS THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE VARIOUS FREQUENCIES FOR STORMS FROM A TWO YEAR STORM TO A 10 YEAR STORM TO A 50 YEAR STORM, A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, 500 YEAR STORM. THOSE, THOSE STORM FREQUENCIES HAVE MODELS THAT FEMA ACCEPTS AS INDUSTRY STANDARDS. UH, THE DIFFICULTY ON THE STONE GATE PROJECT WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE STONE GATE, PROJECT IMPACT AREA, UH, BEING RELATIVELY STRONG IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATION OF THE HOMES, UH, NOT NECESSARILY THE ELEVATION OF THE STREET. OKAY. UH, BUT THE, IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATION AND THE COST THAT GOES INTO, UH, DOING A PROJECT TO IMPROVE A PARTICULAR AREA, THE TOOL USES VARIOUS FACTORS LIKE HOW LONG PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES, THE, THE COST TO, UH, REPAIR ANY DAMAGES FOR A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE CAUSED BY THOSE DIFFERENT STORM FREQUENCIES. REMEMBER STORM FREQUENCIES ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ASSOCIATED DAMAGES. SO A TWO YEAR STORM DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF IMPACT AS A 10 YEAR STORM, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF IMPACT IS 5,100 AND 500. OKAY. THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE HAD WITH HURRICANE HARVEY WAS THAT THE FLOODING THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE HARVEY WAS NOT CAPTURED IN A PARTICULAR MODEL. AND SO WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO IS CONTINUE TO PRESENT THAT ARGUMENT TO FEMA IN TERMS OF PRESENTING THIS AS REAL DATA OF REAL DAMAGES THAT MAY NOT SHOW UP IN A PARTICULAR MODEL. SO THE 500 YEAR MODEL, FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T SHOW THE DAMAGE THAT TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. SO IN IT'S SORT OF LIKE LOOKING AT SOMETHING BLINDLY THAT FROM A FEMA PERSPECTIVE, THE MODEL SAYS NO ONE FLOODED IN A PARTICULAR AREA, BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE FLOODED. SO WE WE'VE HAD TO READ REDESIGNED, SO TO SPEAK, TO FIT THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCES OF HURRICANE HARVEY INTO THE DATASET THAT FEMA USES TO EVALUATE AND ANALYZE WHETHER OR NOT THE MONEY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS BENEFICIAL ON THE, THE RISK REDUCTION THAT WILL COME FROM THOSE PROJECTS. SO WHAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY WAS WE WENT BACK IN AND WE INSERTED INFORMATION. AND ON THE STONE GATE, WE ACTUALLY USED A, A MODEL DESIGN THAT WASN'T IN THE FEMA ACCEPTED, UH, STANDARD DESIGN. SO WE'VE HAD TO RECREATE THAT MODEL AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT AS WELL, UH, TO, TO SHOW THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. AND IF WE DO THESE PROJECTS, WE WILL REDUCE RISK, UM, TO THE PROJECT IMPACT AREAS OF STONE GATE AND LAKE ARTHUR. UH, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN THE FEMA, IT'S NOT IN THEIR, THEIR CODE BOOK, SO TO SPEAK. SO WE HAVE TO RE-EDUCATE AND REORIENT THEM, UH, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. AND THESE PROJECTS HAVE BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, AND JUST SPEAKING WITH YOU ONE-ON-ONE, AND IN THE PAST, UH, THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE WITH YOU, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POPULATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGE TO HOMES. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGE TO BUSINESSES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MOST HEAVY, UH, POPULATED, UH, DISTRICT IN DISTRICT THREE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF FOGGY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU DO DIFFERENTLY TO INPUT DATA, TO SEND TO FEMA THAT THEY POSSIBLY NOW, AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER AT THIS POINT, THE TWO PROJECTS AS IN THE STUDENT STONE GATE AREA AND, AND, UH, LAKE ARTHUR AREA ARE NOT ONLINE TO BE FUNDED STONE GATE. WE HAVE RE WE HAVE ACHIEVED A POSITIVE BCR AND WE'RE WORKING TO, TO RECALCULATE [00:50:01] THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT. AND SO WE WILL BE HAPPY TO, TO KIND OF SIT DOWN AND GO INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW, UM, IT, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S ALL LOGICAL AND THAT ONE PLUS ONE ALWAYS EQUALS TWO, BUT THE WAY THE FORMULA WORKS AND THEIR BCA TOOL KIT, UH, AND HOW THE ANALYSIS WORK, DOESN'T ALWAYS RESULT IN A ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS TWO FORMULA, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHICH HOUSES BY ADDRESS ARE, ARE, ARE IN THE, UM, OR IN THE CALCULATION SPECIFIC. YEAH, BECAUSE 75, 80% OF THE DISTRICT IS UNDERWATER. SO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MATRIX OF HOW THEY GET DETERMINED THAT BASED UP ON DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU HA YOU DID EXACTLY. YOU, YOU JUST SUMMARIZE TO WHAT OUR CHALLENGE HAS BEEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH FEMA ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE EVENT VERSUS WHAT A MODEL SAYS, ANY EVENT WE'LL CREATE NIKE LET'S, LET'S TALK. SURE. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE 4 0 4 QUESTIONS, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KINLAW. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY SHEDS LIGHT ON THE ACTUAL PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH ON YOUR, ON YOUR BEHALF, UH, TO TRY TO BRING THAT PROJECT TO A REALITY FOR THE CITY, UH, AS FAR AS COVID-19 GOES, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE CONTINUE TO, TO BALANCE THE NORMAL OPERATIONS, UH, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW, UH, IS THAT LARGELY THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH FEMA FOR COVID-19 RESPONSES, UH, HAS LARGELY TIGHTENED, UH, AND MUNICIPALITIES BUSINESSES, CITIES HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE TO INCORPORATE, UH, THE QUOTE, THE NEW NORMAL WAY OF DOING BUSINESS AND OPERATING AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC AS PART OF THEIR NORMAL OPERATIONAL COSTS OF, OF GOVERNMENTS. SO WE HAVE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, EXHAUSTED THE FIRST $2.9 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY, UH, THIS BODY, UM, DIVERTED 200,000 OF THAT TO THE, UH, PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SUPPORT OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS DURING, DURING COVID, WE ARE TRACKING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, GET REIMBURSED TO THE CITY, UH, FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO YOUR COVID RESPONSE, LARGELY, UH, THE SECURITY BUILDING OUT, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND WHATNOT. THESE ARE NOT EASY TASKS BECAUSE FEMA HAS, AS I SAID, TIGHTENED DOWN, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERY, EVERY GOVERNING BODY ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS HAD TO DO SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, UH, AND ARE ASKING FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE REIMBURSED. UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UH, THE TIGHTENING HAS HAPPENED ON THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SIDE FOR, FOR COVID LARGELY THOSE ACTIVITIES HAVE, HAVE DWINDLED DOWN TO A VERY SMALL FOCUS NOW ON FEMA, THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR, FOR HURRICANE LAURA, UM, RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO, UH, TO HURRICANE HARVEY, WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES AND ACTIVITIES, UH, FOR HURRICANE LAURA. UM, WE HAVE STARTED TO GET SOME RESPONSE, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, INSURANCE CLAIMS AND INSURANCE PAYOUTS. SO THE CITY HAS GOTTEN BACK ABOUT 217,000 THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, TAMIKA AND HER, HER TEAM IN TERMS OF SOLIDIFYING THOSE FUNDS, UH, COMING BACK TO THE CITY RELATED TO, TO LAURA, UH, WE ARE TRACKING ABOUT, UM, THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO, WE'RE HOPING THAT LAURA WILL CLOSE OUT, UH, IN TERMS OF PROJECTS, THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT, UH, NOT IMPORTANT, I GUESS THE MOST, UH, HIGH PROFILE PROJECT IS THE NEW ROOF AT THE OPERATION CENTER, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BEING, UH, BEING PUT ON AND, AND WE'VE RUN INTO SOME SNAGS WITH THE, WITH THE CONTRACTOR. SO WE'RE NOW HAVING TO DECIDE AND DISCERN WHICH, WHICH OF THE ACTIVITY IS STORM-RELATED AND WHICH ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO, UH, CONTRACTOR ACTIVITY OR ERROR. UH, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE THAT TO GET THAT DONE. THE OTHER BIG PART OF HER HURRICANE LORD DAMAGES THAT REMAIN UNFINISHED OR SOME OF THE PARK RELATED DAMAGES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, WITH SHAWNDRA ON, UH, GETTING THOSE CLOSED OUT AS WELL, AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE AND MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN, UH, AS YOU'VE BEEN AWARE, UH, THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. UH, THE LOCAL FROM AWC IS, UH, ENGAGED WITH THE CITY, UH, [00:55:01] TO CREATE A MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY AND A POLICY GUIDE. SO WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, BY NEXT OCTOBER, ACTUALLY, UH, THE CITY WILL HAVE AN UPDATED MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN WILL INFORM THIS BODY IN TERMS OF HOW TO PRIORITIZE AND FUND PROJECTS IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND FLOOD REDUCTION. THAT OBVIOUSLY GOES INTO MANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE, WE PURSUE IN TERMS OF THE RECOVERY WORLD AS WELL. UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS ALSO YOU'LL HAVE A POLICY GUIDE THAT WILL BE PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU TO, UH, TO IDENTIFY HOW THOSE THINGS ARE IMPLEMENTED, HOW DRAINAGE PROJECTS OR, UH, IMPLEMENT POLICIES IN TERMS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE OVERALL DRAINAGE CAPACITY FOR THE CITY. THE FEMA BRICK, UH, IS BRICK. REMEMBER MEANS BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES. THIS IS THE ANNUAL, UH, FUNDING, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WHITE HOUSE PUT OUT LAST YEAR, THE STATEMENT THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT $1 BILLION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO WE HAVE, UH, APPLICATIONS THAT WE ARE REVIEWING AND DEVELOPING ON YOUR BEHALF. UM, YOU'LL SEE A RESOLUTION COMING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS AT, UH, PROBABLY YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, REGARDING, UH, SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND THE LAKE VIEW AREA DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PUTTING, UM, PUTTING, WHY DO YOU NEED IT THROUGH THERE? ANYWAY, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, IDENTIFY CRITICAL FACILITIES FOR GENERATOR SUPPORT AS PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION AS WELL. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UH, TO PUT THOSE, THOSE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER AND HARNESS ANY OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO, TO AUGMENT YOUR, YOUR RISK REDUCTION, THE LARGEST FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH YOU AS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. UH, SO AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY HAS, UH, $26.7 MILLION OF, OF ALLOCATION. UH, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SET OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS THE REPLACEMENT OF 57 WATER MAINS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, THAT PROJECT IS, IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE. UH, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS TO, UH, TO IDENTIFY, UH, REIMBURSEMENT POTENTIALLY FOR THE, THE LANDFILL, UH, SLOPE RESTORATION PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. UH, SO AS WE GET THESE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND, WE WILL INCLUDE THOSE IN YOUR, IN YOUR UPDATES AS WELL. REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF THE OPERA GUIDELINES, UH, WE'RE HELPING YOU REMAIN COMPLIANT AND REPORT THE INFORMATION TO THE U S TREASURY AS, AS NECESSARY. UH, BUT YOU HAVE 20, 24 TO OBLIGATE THE FUNDS. UH YOU'RE WELL, AHEAD OF THAT SCHEDULE AND 20, 26 TO COMPLETE THE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE PROJECTS FOR THE OPERA ALLOCATION, UH, OUR, OUR BEST PROJECTION AT THIS POINT IS YOU WILL PROBABLY BE MOSTLY FINISHED EXPANDING THOSE FUNDS BY THE END OF 2024, MAYBE THE BEGINNING OF 2025. THE LAST PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS WINTER STORM. THAT PROJECT IS BASICALLY DONE. UH, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. UH, AGAIN, THERE WAS A CATEGORY B IN OTHER WORDS, EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES ONLY. UH, SO THE CITY IS LOOKING TO, UH, TO RECEIVE A HUNDRED ABOUT $168,000 BACK, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE WINTER STORM ACTIVITIES. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO WAS GET, UH, MUCH OF THE LINE REPAIR WORK REIMBURSED, BECAUSE IT WAS DONE EFFICIENTLY. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S KUDOS TO, TO YOUR STAFF AND TO YOUR FIELD PERSONNEL, UH, THE LINES THAT BROKE AS PART OF THE WINTER STORM, WE'LL REPAIR IT IN THE FIELD AND WE'RE PAIRED TO ON A PERMANENT BASIS, BUT FEMA'S DECLARATION DID NOT COVER PERMANENT REPAIRS FOR PORT ARTHUR. SO THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. CERTAINLY I'LL ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE, UH, IN TERMS OF THIS, UM, IN THE MEETING, OR AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE, FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY, UH, TO GO OVER ANY OF THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, FURTHER QUESTIONS, REMARKS, IF NOT, THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. [III.B3. A Presentation By Kelvin L. Solco P.E. Founder Of The Solco Group, LLC Regarding Introduction To The Local Engineering Firm] WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION BY KEVIN L SANCHO, UH, PE FOUNDER OF THE [01:00:01] SO-CALLED GROUP, LLC, REGARDING, UH, INTRODUCTION TO THE LOCAL ENGINEERING FIRM. AND AGAIN, STATING YOUR NAME, SIR. PROCEED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARIN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. UM, I'M KELVIN SOCO, I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE SOCO GROUP, LLC. WE ARE AN ENGINEERING PLANNING FIRM BASED HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, PORT ARTHUR BEAUMONT AREA. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS, JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AS PART OF OUR FIRM, AND ALSO OUR VISION, OUR PLAN, AND ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY LEGACY SO THAT YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BACKGROUND IN THE EVENT THAT WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU A SEC. ON THE SECOND SLIDE OF WHAT I'VE GOT. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, MY BIO AND RESUME, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND AND I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HERITAGE. MY FATHER IS A NORMAN SOCO. HE RETIRED FROM CHEVRON AND HE ALSO FOUND A VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. MY MOTHER IS A RECOGNIZED EDUCATOR HERE IN THE PAI AS D SHE STARTED TEACHING AT WOODROW AND THEN SHE WENT TO EDISON AND ULTIMATELY SHE RETIRED FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. MY GRANDFATHER, WELLINGTON SOCO, UH, BASICALLY DROVE THE FORKLIFT AT PARKER LUMBER COMPANY. AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SO I KIND OF STARTED MY EDUCATION AT ELIJAH MPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER ON JADE AVENUE. AND THEN AFTER RUNNING AROUND ON JADE AVENUE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO STEPHEN F. AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL. NOW, WHILE AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, OBVIOUSLY I PARTICIPATED IN SPORTS TRACK AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT I LEFT THERE AND HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO PRAIRIE VIEW AND UNIVERSITY WHERE WE PRODUCE PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE. AND AT PRAIRIE VIEW, I MAJORED IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. AND, UH, I TELL YOU THIS STORY BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, PORT ARTHUR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY ROOTS AND I'VE CARRIED THAT, THAT TITLE, THAT NAME AND THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS CITY EVERYWHERE I'VE WENT AT THE AGE OF 19, I WAS ACTUALLY HIRED AS A PROFESSIONAL, UH, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR, CIVIL ENGINEER, AND HAD A CHANCE TO GET INTO THE AVIATION TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY. AND FOR THE MOST PART, I BEGAN TO CUT MY TEETH AND KIND OF BUILT MY EXPERTISE AROUND EVERYTHING INVOLVED IN CIVIL SITE DESIGN AND ALSO PAYMENT, PRIMARILY CONCRETE, ASPHALT, EVERYTHING ON THE GROUND. ALSO SOME LIGHT STRUCTURES AS I CONTINUE MY EDUCATION, I EVENTUALLY GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MBA FROM MATERNAL UNIVERSITY, AND I DID MY SENIOR EXECUTIVE TRAINING AT A HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. AND I'M A SENIOR EXECUTIVE FELLOWS AT HARVARD. I'M A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, SINCE 1993. AND, UH, I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING RECOGNIZED HERE IN PORT ARTHUR BECAUSE OF MY WORK AND HOW I REPRESENTED THE CITY, UH, FIRST, UH, UH, WHEN MITCHELL LARRY RENTALS. BUT WHEN MS. MITCHELL WAS AT ST. PAUL UNITED, SHE PUT ON A PROGRAM WHERE SHE RECOGNIZED AND BROUGHT HOME A LOT OF THE CHILDREN FOR PORT ARTHUR. AND SHE RECOGNIZED US AS WHO'S WHO AMONG BLACK PORT AUTHOR ANS ALSO WHEN MAYOR PRINCE WAS MAYOR OF THE CITY, SHEILA, SHE AWARDED ME WITH THE KEY OF THE CITY FOR MY, MY PARTICIPATION ALSO IN COMING BACK HOME TO PORT, AUTHOR, MENTORING, CHILDREN, WORKING IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. AND OF COURSE CARRYING A PORT AUTHOR NAME EVERYWHERE. I WENT NOW LIKE A LOT OF CHILDREN. UH, I FINALLY FOUND MY WAY BACK HOME. I MOVED BACK TO PORT ARTHUR RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. UH, AND I OPENED MY FIRM IMMEDIATELY AFTER I GOT HOME, BUT I RAN INTO SOME DIFFICULT CHALLENGES. SO, UH, I COULDN'T FIND SUITABLE OFFICE SPACE AT THE TIME RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. SO WE TEMPORARILY BASED OUR HEADQUARTERS IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. UH, I HAVE SOME CONTRACTS NOW WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY. UH, JUDGE JEFF BRANICK HAS BROUGHT US ON TO DO SOME WORK AT JACK BROOKS AIRPORT. SO I'VE DONE ABOUT THREE CONTRACTS THERE AND I'LL HOPEFULLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OTHER ONES. AND ALSO WE'RE FORTUNATE. WE'VE BEEN SELECTED BY PORT ARTHUR TRANSIT TO DO SOME DESIGN WORK FOR MS. DIVE MITCHELL. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH MR. MITCHELL. AND, UH, ALSO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. GEORGE DAVIS, INTERIM DIRECTOR, PORT OFF THE ADC. HE'S ACTUALLY HELPING US, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BASE OUR HEADQUARTERS HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. I'M JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO FINISH THE NEWS BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET. AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT HOPEFULLY WE HOPE TO BE, UH, YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE HOPE TO BE THE FIRST BLACK ENGINEERING FIRM BASED HERE IN DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. THAT'S OUR GOAL. UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF MY TEAM MEMBERS. UH, THIS'LL BE THE INITIAL PORT AUTHOR TEAM. AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VISION FOR, FOR FUTURE SERVICES IN PORT ARTHUR, BUT, UH, FOR ALL THE PORT OUT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SELECTED FOR, I'M GOING TO HAVE, UH, MYSELF, I DO A LOT OF HANDS-ON DESIGN, ALSO PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND ALSO PROJECT FORMULATION. UH, MR. KEEPER GRIMES HAS ABOUT 46 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING AND ALSO HE'S DONE WORK IN ENGINEERING LABS. ALSO A LOT OF PAVEMENT HE'S, UH, HE'S PRETTY MUCH A WINDSOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION WORK. AND HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM AN HBCU TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, MS. MIRA MARTIN, SHE'S BASICALLY OUR PLANNER. SHE DOES DESIGN, SHE DOES CONSTRUCTION PHASING, UH, BUT SHE'S KIND OF A BRAIN BEHIND THE BROWN BEHIND THE CURTAINS AND, UH, DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT PROJECTS ARE DONE EFFICIENTLY AND ALSO THAT WE USE THE BEST PLANNING AND ENGINEERING METHODIST TO GET THINGS DONE. THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE [01:05:01] EXAMPLES FOR, UH, FOR A COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING AND DESIGN. I'VE HOOKED UP WITH MR. STANLEY SPOONER, NOT MR. SPOONER. HE LIVES IN BEAUMONT, BUT HE ACTUALLY GREW UP IN VESTA AND, UH, MRS. PONA IS THE LIT DRAFTING INSTRUCTOR. AND SO THROUGH HIM, I'M ABLE TO KIND OF PULL OUT, YOU KNOW, EXPERTS, ANYBODY THAT GRADUATES FROM THAT PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY FROM PORT OUT THAT WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM. UH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOUNG PEOPLE COME OUT OF THOSE SCHOOLS, THAT THEY DON'T LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. LIKE I DID TO FIND WORK. WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THEM HOME IF WE CAN. SO, UH, WE'VE ALREADY RETAINED A SERVICES OR AT LEAST ONE LIT INTERIM INSTRUCTOR. UH, HER NAME IS PAULA MICHONNE. LAST. SHE HAPPENS TO LIVE IN NEEDLE IN, BUT, UH, SHE'S GOING TO COME ON BOARD AND BASICALLY DO OUR CIVIL SITE DESIGN AND OUR CAT WORKFORCE UNTIL WE CAN KIND OF BUILD UP KIND OF THE FIRM. ALSO, UH, I HAPPENED TO BE A PRESIDENT. I CHAIR A BOARD AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY, WHERE BASICALLY WHAT I DO THERE IS, UH, I MONITOR AND I MANAGE EVERY CIVIL ENGINEER BEFORE THEY GRADUATED FROM PRAIRIE VIEW. THEIR LAST YEAR OF SCHOOL, THEY SPEND IT WITH ME AND OUR TEAM AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE VET THEM AND GET THEM READY FOR THEIR INDUSTRY, THEIR CAREERS OR WHATEVER. AND THE REASON I TOOK THAT POSITION AT PRAIRIE VIEW IS SO THAT I CAN WATCH. AND ANY ENGINEER THAT COMES OUT OF VIEW CIVIL ENGINEER, THAT'S FROM PORT ARTHUR, BEAUMONT, OR ORANGE. WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM. SO I HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF MONITOR GRADUATES AS WELL. ONCE WE GET OUR INSPECTOR CADRE BUILT UP, UH, I PLAN TO GO OVER TO PORT OFF THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME TALENT AND PEOPLE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY TRAIN AND BE INSPECTORS. BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE VISION ON THE NEXT SLIDE. UH, BASICALLY, UH, WHAT I'M ASKING YOU FOR IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT PRESENTS ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO HELP. UH, AGAIN, WE'RE FORTUNATE FOR WORKING WITH MR. MITCHELL AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, UH, WE'VE LEARNED FROM, OF COURSE, A CITY MANAGER IN SYDNEY ENGINEERING OFFICE. WE'RE LEARNING, WE'RE GETTING UP TO SPEED. WE JUST MOVED BACK HOME. SO WE'RE GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED ON PORT OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, WE, UH, AS WE TRAVELED AROUND THE CITY, WE KIND OF SEE WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PITCH IN AND HELP. UH, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS A FIRM, I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF A PRIME WORK. I'VE DONE SOME CONSULTING FOR OTHER FIRMS, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF GREAT FIRMS HERE IN THE CITY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EITHER WORKING WITH THEM OR COMPETING AGAINST THEM OR WHATEVER IT TAKES. BUT, UH, THE SERVICES THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE ARE NUMEROUS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, CIVIL SITE DESIGN, CONCRETE AND ASPHALT, UH, WE'VE DONE INDEPENDENT FEE ESTIMATES FOR, UH, FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY OVER JACK BROOKS AIRPORT. WE'VE DONE SOME PLANNING WORK AND WE DO QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY REVIEW BIDDING SERVICES, JUST PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER WE NEED WHEREVER WE NEED TO FIT IN ON THE NEXT SLIDE UP. WHAT I'VE GOT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THE PAST PERFORMANCE THAT WE'VE DONE AS A FIRM. AND ALSO MY CERTIFICATIONS, WHICH I'LL START WITH THAT. SO WE ARE A DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. WE'RE A HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS. AND IN THE CITY OF BOWMAN, I'M A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. SO WE HAVE ALL THE MINORITY ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATIONS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE DON'T OPERATE LIKE A MINORITY OR DIVERSITY FIRM. WE JUST GO OUT AND DO THE WORK AND WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE. YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, SOME OF MY PAST CLIENTS AND THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT I CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTS RIGHT NOW, TWO CONTRACTS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. HOPEFULLY ONE OF THOSE WE'RE WRAPPING UP PRETTY SOON. THE REST OF MY CONTRACTS ARE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO KINDA AROUND THE STATE, UH, THE BIGGEST THING I'VE GOT GOING, OTHER THAN PORT OUT THE TRANSIT, I'VE GOT SOME WORK GOING ON DOWN IN MCALLEN, TEXAS. NOW YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY AM I DOING WORK ALL OVER THE STATE OR ALL OVER? WELL, THE SECRET IS OBVIOUSLY I'LL TAKE ANYBODY'S MONEY AND BRING IT TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. IF I GET THE OPPORTUNITY. SO WE REACH OUT, WE CAST A WIDE NET AND WE WANT TO BRING THINGS BACK TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY ON THE LAST SLIDE. JUST, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UH, REALLY NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE OR CONCERNS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A FIRM LIKE OURS. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AGAIN FOR PORT OUT THE EDC TO OPEN THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IN AND TAKE ROOT AND PUT THINGS DOWN. AND ALL I'M SAYING IS, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR ENGINEERING FIRM AND OTHER ENGINEERING FIRMS. IT'S THE FACT THAT IF WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WANT TO WORK ON THE STREETS THAT I USED TO WALK ON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. , MAY I APPROACH HIM FRANK? GREAT TO HAVE YOU HOME. GREAT TO SEE YOU ON TODAY. I ENJOYED ALWAYS, UH, UH, LUNCH AT LUBY'S, BUT WITH YOUR MOM AND YOUR DAD AND YOUR DAD IS ALWAYS SUCH A JOY MAN. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO COME BACK HOME. UH, THERE'S PLENTY OF, PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. UH, WE HAVE TALKED TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIM, UH, UTILIZING ALL OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE, UH, TO GET OUR STREETS DONE AND TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE. WE'VE TALKED TO HIM AS WELL ABOUT SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S COMING DOWN FROM, UH, THIS NEW, UH, UH, ACT THAT'S BEEN SIGNED INTO A LAW BY THE PRESIDENT. SO WE'RE READY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOUR HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN, PASTOR FRANK, IF I MAY SAY MIRROR DADDY IS VERY, VERY ILL. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LEANING ON YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR PRAYERS, [01:10:01] WE'LL TAKE THEM IN OUR FAMILY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME HOME. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JONES. YES, SIR. THANKS. UH, SO-CALLED OH, ACTUALLY ONE QUESTION. HOW MUCH ACTS THE TAM HAVE HANDS-ON IN THE FIELD? MY, MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, IT'S ABOUT 39 YEARS. SO FOR THE MOST PART, UH, I'VE WORKED 36 YEARS IN AVIATION TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY. AND, AND I FORMED MY FIRM ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. I FORMED A FIRM IN 2018. SO TOTAL OF ABOUT 39 YEARS OF ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE. OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER BLACKROCK FROM YARD CHURCH? HE HAD A LITTLE WHITE HOUSE ON A TOY DOWN. YEAH. YEAH. I LIVED THERE FOR 27 YEARS. WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. WHEN YOUR DAD KNEW YOUR DAD REAL WELL, HE CAN IMAGINE GOOD FRIENDS. HE'S ALWAYS TALKING TO THE VISITOR, ME AND MELANIE GUNNER. RINGO BELL ASSISTANT. YEAH. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU USE IT A LITTLE KID GROWING UP. YOU DID A GOOD JOB NOW I'M IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. SO I HOPE TO SEE THE MANAGER HERDS, YOU HOPE TO DR. HANEY AND FLO ROBINSON HOOKED ALL HOOD YOUR PRESENTATION. SO IT DID HURT WITHOUT WHO? I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME MOVEMENTS. SHE DIDN'T. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR THE WELCOME ARM. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, MS. SOKO, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU ALL WANTING TO COME BACK TO PORT ARTHUR, BE NEAR YOUR FAMILY, BUT BRINGING YOU A PROFESSIONAL, UH, PROGRAM HERE, OPENING YOUR COMPANY HERE. AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, MR. DAVIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH OFFICE SPACE. SO AS YOU CAN MOVE FROM BEAUMONT AND YOU CAN BE RIGHT IN PORT ARTHUR, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO, UH, TO GROW. UH, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS TOLD YOU ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS FOR US PROCURE PROCUREMENT HERE TO BE, UH, AND I THINK YOU HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS FROM WHAT I COULD SEE THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO BE ON A LIST HERE TO BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR 'CAUSE. I JUST, I JUST MADE THE SILK ON FRIDAY. UM, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION AND, UM, YEAH. AND YOU, YOU GO THROUGH THAT AND YOU, YOU, YOU ON THE LIST AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN, THE PORTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN JONES MENTIONED CAN THEN CALL YOU AND YOU ARE A VIABLE BUSINESS, UH, COUNSELOR MOSES. YES. MAY I JUST WANT TO SAY MR. SOCO, I MET YOU AT THE MINORITY BUSINESS COUNCIL AND I'D HEARD OF YOUR COMPANY THEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, AT A BANQUET. I WAS IMPRESSED THEN, AND I'M IMPRESSED EVEN MORE NOW. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE IN PORT ARTHUR. YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING WORK IN PORT ARTHUR AND IN OUR BUILDING ACROSS THE WAY THERE. SO IT WAS JUST GOOD HEARING AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME, BECAUSE I DID HEAR, UM, A LOT ABOUT IT, UM, WHEN YOU PRESENTED OR RECEIVED AN AWARD IN DECEMBER. SO, UM, I'M JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND GLAD THAT YOU'RE BACK IN OUR CITY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PLEASURE. OKAY. [III.B4. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The Relocation Of The Animal Shelter (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)] NEXT, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND THIS IS ME REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW. WELL, I WAS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH LANGFORD IS COMING UP TO DO THAT WELL MAYER BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE SHE SPEAK, UH, JUST WANT TO FORM THE COUNCIL, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM I DECIDED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA. UH, I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE HAD ANY MISCUES WITH, UH, POSSIBLY THIS PROJECT, UH, NOT HAPPENING UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT ON LAST MEETING THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOME HICCUPS WITH, UH, I THINK A 10 FOOT WALL THAT'S MAYBE IN ON-SITE. SO I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE'D BE TRANSPARENT, UH, WITH THE CITIZENS, WITH THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL, UH, THE END OF THAT MEETING. SO I WANTED TO HOPE, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE PROMISED THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS, UH, ABOUT THESE PROJECTS. SO IF YOU CAN JUST REALLY DETAILED PRESENTATION OF WHERE WE AT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DIABETES. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10 CHAPTER 8, 23 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE AND ANIMAL SHELTER IS DEFINED [01:15:01] AS A FACILITY THAT KEATS OR LEGALLY IMPOUNDS, STRAY, HOMELESS, ABANDONED, OR UNWANTED ANIMALS, ALL DESIGNATED ANIMAL SHELTERS OPERATING WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS, HOUSING AND SANITATION AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 8 26 FOR QUARANTINE AND IMPOUNDMENT FACILITIES, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, UM, AND THEY MUST BE TRAINED. AND THAT WAS ADOPTED UNDER CHAPTER 8 29. UH, A SHELTER MUST BE, UH, SEPARATE MUST SEPARATE ANIMALS AND ITS CUSTODY AT ALL TIMES BY SPECIES I E DOGS AND CATS, ET CETERA. IT'S SIX, IF A KNOWN AND SIZE, IF NOT RELATED TO ONE, ANOTHER SICK ANIMALS CANNOT BE CONFINED WITH HEALTHY ANIMALS, INJURED OR DISEASED ANIMALS. A VETERINARIAN MUST BE EMPLOYED AND PROVIDED A MINIMUM OF ONE ANNUAL VISIT TO INSPECT THE SHELTER, TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTERS 8 23 AND 8 29 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE. THE VETERINARIAN IS REQUIRED TO FILE COPIES OF THEIR REPORT WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THAT DEPARTMENT. THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MAY REQUIRE THE SHELTER TO KEEP RECORD OF THE DATA AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS IN ITS CUSTODY TO MAINTAIN THE RECORDS OF THE BUSINESS PREMISES OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND TO MAKE RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT REASONABLE TIMES, UM, ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION CAN BE CHARGED WITH A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THAT'LL BE SHOWN JUST SHOWS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS REALLY TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE AND WHY THE REQUEST WAS MADE IN THE DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD FOR A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK, A SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE STATUS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGETED FOR THE 20 21 20 22 FISCAL YEAR. THE SUMMARY INCLUDED THE PROPOSED ANIMAL CONTROL AND PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 25TH, 2021 BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 38 IN THE AMOUNT OF $32.9 MILLION. IN WHICH $9.9 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE TWO FACILITIES. NEXT TIME ON MAY 25TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2, 2 1 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE PEA GAL INCORPORATED OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. THIS CONTRACT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,730. AND THIS WAS TO PERFORM THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT PHASE FOR THE PROPELS ANIMAL SHELTER TO BE LOCATED AT 1401 19TH STREET. THIS SITE IS THE FORMER SITE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN. NOW, THE PURPOSE OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS TO ALLOW FOR THE PLANNING AND INSURANCE OF HAVING EVERYTHING NEEDED TO SUCCESS TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS WILL ALSO HELP WITH UNCOVERING ANY GAPS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY COMPROMISE ITS SUCCESS OF THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, SUCH AS THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION OF DEDICATED EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY, OR IN THIS CASE, THE STABILITY OF THE SITE DUE TO THE PREVIOUS MODE OF DEMOLITION OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN BY UNCOVERING THESE GAPS, WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS PROACTIVELY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IDENTIFYING THESE GAPS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD DECISION-MAKING INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOLUTIONS BASED ON WHAT'S THE QUICKEST APPROACH TO FIX THESE ISSUES. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR US TO DEVELOP A MORE REALISTIC PROJECT SCHEDULE BY BUILDING A TIMELINE BASED ON PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED INFORMATION, WHICH MEANS ANY LAST MINUTE SOURCING WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. THE STEPS INVOLVED IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER INCLUDE THE REVIEW OF EXISTING BUILDING CONDITIONS AND SPACES, DETERMINING THE DIVISION SPACE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATING A MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS COMPARISON ANALYSIS OF SHELTERS LOCATED IN OTHER SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES WITH SIMILAR TOPOGRAPHY AND COASTAL CONCERNS, THE EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED SITE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPT DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE PROJECT, INCLUDING SITE PLANS, [01:20:01] FLOOR PLANS, BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND RENDERINGS TO PICK THING THE PROPOSED CONCEPT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE AND THE BUDGET, AND A FINAL REPORT AND OR WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL. A TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE SITE WAS ORDERED ON OR AROUND JUNE 11TH, 2021 AND RECEIVED ON AUGUST 13TH, 2021. THE SURVEY AND PROPOSAL ELECTRICAL EASEMENT DRAWINGS WERE FORWARDED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM ON AUGUST 18TH. ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, THERE WAS A KICKOFF MEETING WITH PEGOL TO BEGIN NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS. ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, A PROGRAMMING SESSION WAS CONDUCTED WHERE A SITE VISIT OF THE PROPOSED SITE TOOK PLATES, STAFF RESEARCH AND PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY REPORTS AND VERIFICATIONS FOR THE SITE, WHICH INCLUDED ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS, EASEMENT VERIFICATION OF GAS, WATER, SEWER LINES, AS WELL AS THOSE DEMOLITION REPORTS ON SEPTEMBER 27TH CITY STAFF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MET WITH JOE WILSON, THE ENGINEER WITH ARSENAULT WILSON AND COLE, TO DISCUSS THE MODE OF DEMOLITION OF THE FORM OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND POSSIBLE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD REGARDING THAT SITE DID INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED OVER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL FARM WHO IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEIR GL TECHNICAL ENGINEER IN REVIEWING THE DOCUMENTATION AND PROVIDING US WITH THE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SITE. ON OCTOBER 27TH, THERE WAS ANOTHER MEETING HELD WITH P GALLON STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS SLIDE JUST REALLY SHOWS PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN OF THE FORMER FORMER WATER TREATMENT PLANT LOCATED AT 14 0 1 19 STREET. AND THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE DEMOLITION. NEXT SLIDE. THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SHOWS PICTURES DURING THE DEMOLITION PROCESS WHERE ALL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REMOVED FROM THE SITE. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE WALLS WERE COLLAPSED AND BURIED UNDER TWO FEET OF FIELD DIRT. AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONCERN IS COMING IN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE PICTURE THAT YOU NOW SEE BEFORE YOU IS A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT SITE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT WITH THE NAKED EYE, THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS CONCRETE BURIED UNDERNEATH THAT SITE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS. SO AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEER REGARDING THIS SITE TO, UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE. RATHER IF IT'S STEEL TO CONSTRUCT AT THIS CURRENT SITE, OR TO LOOK FOR OTHER VIABLE SPACE WITHIN THE CITY TO STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER, NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS NEXT STEPS WITH NEXT STAFF STAFF WILL MEET WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF THE SITE. RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO STAFF REGARDING THE STABILITY OF THAT SITE. FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERMANENT STRUCTURES, PEGOL WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH STAFF ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND FINALIZATION OF CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND RENDERINGS FINALIZED DOCUMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE FORM OF A REPORT OR WORKSHOP AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION, FINALIZE THE DOCKET DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE UTILIZED TO REQUEST QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PHASE OF THIS PROJECT. ONCE WE GET THESE ISSUES IRONED OUT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND IF CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, OKAY, EXCUSE ME. SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO, UH, MY APPARATUS HERE AND I'M GOING TO SEE THE SECRETARY SHE STEPPED OUT, BUT, UH, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE COUNCILMAN KIM, OR YOU MAYBE SEE FIVE, IT'S GONE FROM THE NAMES, GIVEN ME THE NAMES TO GIVE ME SOME NUMBERS HERE. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, UH, CONFIGURATION BEFORE CONSEQUENTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MIRROR. BAM. GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M GLAD IT'S VERY DETAILED, BUT UH, TWO THINGS, THE VERY FIRST THING, WHEN WE PREDICT WAIT, WE SELECTED THIS SITE, WE HAD THE PLANS, WE HAVE THE BLUEPRINTS THAT WE WERE TURNING OVER TO ENGINEERING OR SURVEYS. WHY WE WAIT TO THE BACKEND AND NOTICED THAT THEY HAD WALLS THAT'S IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE GROUND, THE FOUNDATION, AND NOW WE'VE ALREADY SPEND MONEY ON DEMOLITION. WE'VE ALREADY SPEND MONEY ON SURVEYS AND ENGINEERING, AND THEN WE ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SITE BECAUSE, UH, THE FOUNDATION ISSUES THAT WE POSSIBLY GONNA HAVE. SO WHY WASN'T [01:25:01] THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION OR WHEN THIS WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE, THE DEMOLITION OF THIS SITE WAS NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT. DEMOLITION OF THE WATER TREATMENT FORM OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT WAS DONE BACK IN 2014. AND IT WAS THROUGH GRANT FUNDING PROVIDED UNDER ONE OF THE HURRICANES. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN FUNDING FROM HURRICANE IKE, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, WHEN LOOKING FOR VIABLE PROPERTY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THIS WAS ONE OF THE SITES THAT WE LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY FORM ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY CITY OWNED PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY OF COURSE, IS OWNED BY THE CITY BEING THE FORMER SITE OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. BUT AT THAT TIME, UM, THERE WAS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MODE OF DEMOLITION OF THAT FORMER, UM, WATER TREATMENT PLANT. MOST INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ENGAGED IN THAT CONVERSATION WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS SITE. IT WAS ONLY GOING THROUGH THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT PHASE WITH PEGOL, WHICH THIS IS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT OF A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE WENT BACK INTO DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VIABILITY OF THE SITE AND THE MODE OF DEMOLITION, UM, INFORMATION REGARDING DEMOLITION AND THE MODE OF DEMOLITION, UH, WAS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WHEN IT, WHEN WE CAME OUT WITH THE FACT THAT THOSE WALLS AT THAT TIME HAD BEEN COLLAPSED. UM, THERE ARE AGAIN, JOE WILSON WITH ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE IS WHO HAD CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, THOSE COLLAPSE WALLS. THAT IS NOT REALLY THE INDICATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM PEGOL. UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH MR. WILSON ALSO WAS THE FACT THAT THEY DO HAVE ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS ON THEIR STAFF THAT MAY BE, BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WAYS OF STILL GETTING THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOING. UM, HE'S JUST GOING OFF OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD. SO WE ARE WAITING TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEER REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS SITE, BUT THEY DEMOLITION WAS NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT. IT WAS A 2014 PROJECT THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL DESIGN OR HAVING HIRING SURVEYS AND ENGINEERS THAT COME WITH THE COST? WELL, THE SURVEYS WILL AUTOMATICALLY DONE AGAIN BECAUSE WE WERE REPLANTING THE SITE, MAKING IT ONE CONTIGUOUS PIECE OF PROPERTY, ALONG WITH PROPERTY. THAT'S ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF 19TH STREET, BUT IT DID, IT DID, BUT IT WAS NOT, AGAIN, PART OF THIS PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES WITH ALL CITY PROPERTIES. UM, IT HELPS WITH IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. UM, SO WITH THE REPLANTING AND THE TYPOGRAPHY, UM, SURVEYS THAT WE DO, IT'S ALSO TO IDENTIFY ANY EASEMENTS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, WATER AND SEWER LINES, BUT WE DO THAT WITH ALL CITY PROPERTIES. RIGHT. AND, UM, AND YOU'RE SAYING MAYBE I NEED TO ASK THIS QUESTION THOUGH. SAUL SAMPLE WAS ACTUALLY DONE ON THAT PROPERTY. THE WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE DEMOLITION PROCESS. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S HOW THEY DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY ASBESTOS, YOU KNOW, IN ANY OTHER TYPE OF HAZARD OR IS, UM, MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SITE. SO IT IS PART OF THE NORMAL PROCESS OF DEMOLITION. AND WHAT'S YOUR TIMEFRAME OF GETTING BACK OR THEM GETTING BACK WITH YOUR GETTING BACKWARDS STAFF ON, IF WE'RE GOING TO PICK THIS PARTICULAR SITE, WE ARE HOPING TO RECEIVE INFORMATION WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SOONER, UM, REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS SITE, UM, MS. DARLENE, PIERRE AND ANTHONY MITCHELL ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH PDL. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THIS INFORMATION I'M SAYING WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, BECAUSE THE GEO-TECHNICAL ENGINEER HAS TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION. UM, BUT WE DID SUBMIT IT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION SOON. YEAH. OKAY. UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL BE TRANSPARENT ON THE PROCESS EVENT. SURE. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MARKS. UH, YES. UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LOWE ACTUALLY ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I WANTED ABOUT THE SOIL SAMPLE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE COLLAPSE WALLS, UH, IN, UH, WINDOW. THEY WERE DISCOVERED HOW WERE THEY DISCOVERED? UM, AGAIN, IT WENT BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH P GALL AS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS. UM, MS. PIERRE WENT BACK TO HER DEMOLITION RECORDS, UM, AND REACHED OUT TO JOE WILSON WITH ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE, TO GET MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE MODE OF DEMOLITION. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT P CALL HAD, UM, IN REGARDS TO WHAT MAY HAVE STILL BEEN LEFT ON THE SITE. AND SO, UM, IN THE DISCOVERY PROCESS, THAT'S WHEN THE CONVERSATION CAME BACK TO THE FACT THAT THOSE WALLS HAD BEEN COLLAPSED IN THAT FIELD, DIRT WAS PLACED ON TOP OF IT. AND HOW MANY WALLS WERE [01:30:01] COLLAPSED? UM, I'M ASSUMING FOUR WALLS. UM, THEY REMOVED ALL THE CONTAMINANTS. UM, I'M ASSUMING REBAR, THINGS LIKE THAT FROM OUT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND JUST KIND OF COLLAPSED THE CONCRETE, THEY WERE CONCRETE WALLS. SO I'M ASSUMING ALL FOUR WALLS WERE COLLAPSED, RIGHT. AND SO DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, MATERIAL IS COLLAPSED UNDER THE TWO FEET OF FIELD? NOT PRECISELY. THOSE RECORDS WERE SUBMITTED OVER TO P GALL, UM, AND THEY WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE INFORMATION AS PART OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION WILL COME A COST TO ACTUALLY TO MITIGATE THAT SITUATION. THAT'S CORRECT. IF MITIGATION WOULD BE NECESSARY THERE, THE SITE ITSELF MAY BE STABLE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WAITING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE GL TECHNICAL ENGINEER. UM, THEY MAY ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THERE'S MITIGATION WHERE THE CONCRETE IS REMOVED. UM, IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN YES, THERE WILL BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN JONES. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THREE QUICK THINGS, PAM, THE FIRST THING IS YOU DON'T THROW UP BY GOING TO LAW SCHOOL COUNSELORS, BABY. YOU JUST ASK THE QUESTION TO TELL YOU HE IS FLUENT. I LIKE TO DO WHAT YOU, YOU, YOU COME BACK TO THE ANSWER, BUT NOT LAW SCHOOL. YOU COME BACK AND ANSWER THEM. YOU DON'T HESITATE. UM, NO, IT WAS CONSISTENT OF THE COUNSELOR. CAUSE MY MOTHER WASN'T HERE THEN, BUT IT CONSISTS OF THE COUNSELOR AT THAT TIME TO FIND PROPERTY SITTING ON PROPERTY TO BE AT AN ANIMAL SHELTER WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL. THAT'S CORRECT. UH, COUNCILMAN THING DO SAID, AND I, AND, AND WHAT MORE, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THAT BUILDING ON 19TH STREET. WE WALKED THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING, WANTS TO BACK THE WHOLE LOCK AND LOOKED AT IT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE IDEA OF PEACE, UH, LAND WISE BUILD THAT ALMA SHELTER. SO, UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE, UH, THE COLLAPSED FOUND WALLS THERE, BUT CONSISTS OF THE COUNSELING OUT PAULA. WE TOOK A TOUR OF THAT BUILDING. SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF BUILDING AN IDEA OF CYPRUS AND I'M A SHELTER AND WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE, HIGH WENT SOUR, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE WE GETTING BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS. SO, UH, NUMBER TWO THING IS I OWN, UH, ON THE AMA SHELTER, I HAD AN ACTIVE STUDENT MATTER FOR UPDATE ABOUT HOW PATROL MY LAST MEETING. AND I FEEL KIND OF BAD ABOUT NOW YOU GAVE REPORT, BUT ALL THAT THEY HAD BEEN DOING AND TALK TO MS. PIER, THEY'D BEEN CATCHING PASSES AND THIS, AND THAT KEPT YOUR KIND OF BAD BACKS, WHATEVER. THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN BUSY DOING A HECK OF A JOB. SO, UH, UH, IF I WAS A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH WHAT ONLY MICHELLE DO, EMPLOYEES ARE KIND OF HIJACKED CAUSE Y'ALL ARE DOING A HECK OF A JOB, NOT ADMITTED. IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW I WAS SEEING A LOT OF THE STREETS. THAT'S ALL BEEN CLEANED UP. I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY, SO, AND, UH, SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, IT, THEY DON'T TAP A REAL GOOD, SO SHE'D IMAGINED ALMA STEP. COOL. APPRECIATE YOU ALL KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT Y'ALL. THANK YOU, PAM. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAY I APPROACH HIM FRANK? YES. UM, AS WE, UH, DID THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS, OF COURSE, UM, PART OF THAT WAS THE $6 MILLION, UH, OR 5.9 MILLION SOMEWHERE 6.65 MILLION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE SO THOROUGH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO. UM, UH, BUT I WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS CONTINGENCY. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT. OKAY. WELL, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NECESSARILY DERAIL THE PROJECT BECAUSE THERE ARE CONTINGENCY FUNDS, ALWAYS IN THOSE PROJECTS AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ENOUGH IN CONTINGENCY, UH, TO FOREGO WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS NOW WITH THE DILAPIDATED WALLS AND THEM BEING COVERED UP OKAY. NOR THE COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T TELL BECAUSE WELL, THE LIGHTS AT NIGHT COMING ON THE WAY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOOD, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU, NICK. AND I THOUGHT THAT I'M VERY SORRY. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ELECTRICAL, UH, TECHNOLOGY. I [III.B6. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The Relocation Of The Health Department (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)] HAVE A BEER. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY STAFF, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, MR. NUMBER FIVE ON PAGE TWO REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, [01:35:02] AND OKAY. THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND PREVENTIONS, ITS MISSION IS TO PREVENT COMMUNICAL AND VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES, PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH HEALTH PROMOTION, EDUCATION, NUTRITIONAL FOOD, AND COUNSELING EDUCATE AND PREPARE THE COMMUNITY FOR NATURAL OR BIOTERRORISM DISASTERS MAINTAIN AN OVERALL MAXIMUM WELL STATES AND TO LINK CLIENTS WITH APPROPRIATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR THE RENOVATION AND RETROFITTING OF AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT 58 60 NINTH AVENUE. THIS BUILDING IS THE FORMER SITE FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. AND WITH THIS PROJECT, IT WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS. IT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATION, ADULT SERVICES, NURSE, FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, CHEST CLINIC, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS THE CHIEF SANITARIAN AND HER STAFF, PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS IMMUNIZATION, VITAL STATISTICS AND RECORDS WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN'S DIVISION, WHICH IS WEEK EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC. AND THE FACILITY WILL ALSO INCLUDE A PHYSICAL FITNESS FACILITY AND MORE RECENTLY DISCUSSED AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINIC ALSO REFER TO AS THE COVID CLINIC ON APRIL 3RD, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2 9 9, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THINKING SIGMA IMAGINEERS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND THE AMOUNT OF $490,585. THIS WAS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE NEW HEALTH FACILITY. AGAIN, TO BE LOCATED AT 58 60 NINTH AVENUE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF WORKED WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT VIEWABLE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES. UM, ALSO THEY, UM, FORWARDED OVER THE SITE PLAN TO THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS, IT DID MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS WEEK AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY DO PROVIDE ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021. THERE WAS A KICKOFF MEETING WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS ON AUGUST THE 23RD SITE, A SITE VISIT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WAS PERFORMED TO HELP WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR OUR VITAL EQUIPMENT AND FILES SUCH AS X-RAY MACHINES, UM, THE VITAL STATISTICS FILING SYSTEM AND OTHER BIGGER ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE AT THE CURRENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR BIDDING WITH THE COMPLETION DATE OF DECEMBER 10TH, 2021. AS OF TODAY, THEY ARE AT APPROXIMATELY 65% COMPLETION. THERE IS A MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE 16TH WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF AND SIGMA ENGINEERS TO DISCUSS, UM, THE LAYOUT FOR THE, UM, NEWLY, UH, CREATED DEPARTMENT FOR COVID. UM, AND THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE FACILITY. WE ANTICIPATE BEATING AROUND JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING IN ABOUT FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. I DID SPEAK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS ON YESTERDAY TO ENSURE THAT THE FOLLOWING DELIVERY RULES WERE STILL ON TRACK AGAIN. UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STILL SET FOR THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE OF DECEMBER THE 10TH. UM, I WAS TOLD THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THAT DEADLINE DATE. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ENSURE THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION AT THE LAST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, THEY WERE ABOUT AT 25% COMPLETION YEAR. TODAY. THEY ARE AT 65%. SO WE ARE NEARING THE END OF THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT. UM, I ALSO SPOKE WITH HIM IN REGARDS TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF NATURAL GAS LINES AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR RETROFITTING OF THIS BUILDING. UH, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THERE'S GENERATOR POWER, UM, TO THIS BUILDING NATURAL GAS GENERATOR. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LINES ARE AVAILABLE, UM, FOR THIS, OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OTHER TYPE OF SOURCE, UH, FOR GENERATOR POWER, SINCE THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A CRITICAL, UM, FACILITY FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. [01:40:01] UM, WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SANITARY STORE SYSTEM. UM, THERE IS, UM, A FORCE SYSTEM THAT'S WITHIN THAT AREA IT'S SHARED WITH THE CHURCH NEXT DOOR. UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT CAN HANDLE THE CAPACITY ONCE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOES INTO THAT BUILDING. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS IN THE VERY BEGINNING TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HICCUPS. ONCE WE GET THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OR RENOVATED RATHER, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TAKES THEIR HOUSE IN THE NEW FACILITY. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS IS JUST PICKS UP THE EXISTING HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND OF COURSE THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THE NEW FACILITY, THE NEXT, AND FOR NEXT STEPS, SIGMA ENGINEERING WILL PREPARE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS. THAT INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED OVER TO THE PURCHASING MANAGER, UM, WHO WILL, UM, PUT THE SPECS TOGETHER AND, UM, PROCESS THE DOCUMENTATION FOR BEADING FOR CONSTRUCTION. UM, SIGMA ENGINEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BID MEETINGS ALONG WITH STAFF AND A SELECTION OF THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE THE FINAL STEP, UM, FOR THIS FACILITY. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OKAY. COUNCILMAN KENALOG. HEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THE ONLY, I JUST TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU PAYING HIM, UM, AFTER IT WAS APPROVED ON APRIL 30TH, I'M ASKING MAY APRIL 3RD, FROM APRIL 3RD TO AUGUST 11TH. WE NOTHING WAS DONE. NO, SIR. THERE WAS A, UM, SMALL CONTRACT THAT WAS DONE WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS, UM, PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, UM, IT'S, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF, UM, HEADED BY MS. JUDY SMITH DID WORK WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS IN COMING UP WITH THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE HEALTH FACILITY BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE FARM PRIOR TO THIS CONTRACT AND GETTING THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO THERE WAS SOME WORK THAT WAS BEING PERFORMED BEFORE THIS. AND THE SECOND THING OCCUPANCY, UM, WE WERE UNDER A S UH, A CONTRACT A MONTH. HOW MANY MONTHS ARE WE IN THIS CONTRACT? AND WHEN WILL IT EXPIRE, UM, FOUR SIGMA ENGINEERS. UM, THIS CONTRACT EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 10TH IN REGARDS TO THE CURRENT HEALTH FACILITY. UM, JUST APPROXIMATELY I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE BAD INFORMATION, BUT I CAN RESEARCH THAT AND PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER. AND PAM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO PREVENT US FROM ACTUALLY STARTING IN FEBRUARY ON CONSTRUCTION. NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I DID ASK THE ENGINEER, THE PROJECT MANAGER WAS SIGMA ENGINEERS TO KEEP US ABREAST OF ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH THIS PROJECT. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE SENT, WE SEEM TO BE ON SCHEDULE. OKAY. AND LAST, WOULD YOU BE SAME THING, WOULD YOU MIND UPDATING THE COUNCIL MONTHLY UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING, WHAT DIRECTION WITH THIS? ABSOLUTELY. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, ONE OF, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT'S NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, IT'S THE COST OF MATERIALS AND HOW THE COST OF MATERIALS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE. SO IF THERE ARE ANY DELAYS WITH CONSTRUCTION, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THAT NUMBER ONE DELAY, UM, A $4.5 MILLION PROJECT CAN DEFINITELY DOUBLE OR TRIPLE WITH HOW THE COST OF MATERIALS OR CONTINUING TO RISE. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD FORESEE. AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DECISION THAT COUNCIL MAKES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE FORWARD OR PUT THE PROJECT ON HOLD, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT, HOW THE MARKET'S WORKING IN THAT REGARDS. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CONCERN IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. UH, COUNSEL MARKS AGAIN, PAM, YOU ANSWERED THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAD ABOUT THE COST ESCALATION OF MATERIALS, AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING, ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THERE'S AN INCREASED IN THE COST BECAUSE OF, UH, THE PANDEMIC AND IN SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, IN THE BACKGROUND, UH, YOU, YOU, UH, IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, UH, THANK YOU, UH, INDICATED THAT OUT OF THE $32.9 MILLION IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS, 9.9 MILLION [01:45:01] WERE, UH, ALLOCATED FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY. AND, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, AT THE SLIDE AND IT'S 6.6, 5 MILLION FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND 4.5 MILLION FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THAT'S A TOTAL OF 11.5. SO, UH, AND THEN I GO BACK TO THE, UH, REPORT THAT WE WERE GIVEN BACK IN SEPTEMBER. I THINK IT WAS, UH, FROM, UH, IT'S A QUARTERLY FINANCE REPORT. WE'RE, UH, WE'RE SHOWING 6.5 MILLION FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND 4.5 MILLION FOR THE, UH, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO IF 9.9 MILLION IS WHAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED AND WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, YEAH, AN ESTIMATED COST OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS FOR 11 MILLION AND THE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF FLOATING AROUND. AND I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A $1.6 MILLION DIFFERENCE IF YOU LOOK AT THAT. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? THAT'S ACTUALLY MY ERROR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, UM, THE 4.5 MILLION IS ACCURATE IN THE 6.65 MILLION IS ACCURATE, UM, AND PUTTING TOGETHER MY NOTES. UM, I JUST TRANSFERRED OVER THAT $9.95 MILLION, UH, TOTAL, BUT THAT IS AN ERROR. THAT IS CORRECT. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION FOR THE COVID CLINIC, THE DISCUSSION WAS TO USE OUR FUNDING THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED TO, UM, ALLOCATE THE ADDITIONAL FOR THE BUILD-OUT OF THAT SPECIFIC CLINIC. GOSH, MAGELLAN THAT COME HERE, UH, SHOULD A MANAGER, ONE OF THE OBSERVATION. YEAH, I GUESS IT'S JUST ME. I'M THE ONLY ONE FEELING THIS WAY. EVERYTHING IS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS ALWAYS IN THE PLANNING STAGES OFF ON THE DRAWING BOARD. IF WE DON'T MOVE ON THESE PROJECTS REAL SOON, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO, COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE COST WOULD KEEP GOING UP MATERIAL, KEEP GOING UP. I'M LOOKING AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOGETHER, DOWN MICHELLE SHELTER, STREETS, PARKS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS STUFF FOR TOO LONG. YOU KNOW, SO-CALLED HIS CANDID PRESENTATION. THIS HIDE HAS GOT HIGH. WHOEVER WE HAVE TO HIDE GOLDEN GOLDEN, 10 BUCKS TO GET SOMEBODY TO BRING THEM HERE. THIS PART JUST SIT TOO LONG. LET'S GET THIS THING MOVING. IF NOT THE COSTS, KEEP GOING UP MATERIAL, KEEPING GOING UP. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF DISCUSSING TO SEE EVERY COUNSELING MEETING ATTENDED AROUND WHICH WE ON THE SAME THING, GET THE STREET PARKED AND MOON PAUL'S MOVING AL MICHELLE TO MOVE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT JUST MOVING HIS THINGS OR THE CALLS GO OUT THE ROOF DID IMAGINE. OKAY, PLEASE SAY WHATEVER. I THINK THE COUNSELOR GO BACK TO YOU UP SUPPORT YOU, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. IT'S TIME TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING INSTEAD OF DISCUSSION, MOVING ON. LET'S GET HIM WISHING, JUST TAKE CARE OF IT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANKS. OKAY. OKAY. MAYOR, PORT CAM FRANK, UH, ONE LAST QUESTION FROM ME. UM, I DID NOT HEAR DISCUSSED, UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD TO HAVE WITH MOTIVA. UM, CAN YOU DISCUSS THIS AND DISCUSS THAT AND TELL US WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTIVA, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE LONGER WE STAY IN THAT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO START PAYING SOME RENT. AND SO CAN YOU DISCUSS THAT FOR US AND BRING US UP TO DATE ON THAT? SO THE CITY MANAGER JUST PROVIDED ME WITH THE INFORMATION. SO TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER CAN LAW, AS WELL AS YOU MAY APPROACH HIM YOUR QUESTION. UM, WE DID GO INTO AGREEMENT, UM, AND IT WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2020. IT WAS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 360. AND WE HAD AN 18 MONTH AGREEMENT, UH, WITH MOTIVA, UM, FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IN. UM, FOLLOWING THAT 18 MONTH TERM, THE CITY, UM, THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEASE OF THAT BUILDING. I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS IN CONSTANT DISCUSSION WITH MOTIVA REGARDING OUR PLANS AND OUR MOVEMENT WITH THE, UM, RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FACILITY. UM, HE WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MOTIVA AND, UM, COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD AND SURPASS THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE 18 MONTH LEASE. SO, UM, AGAIN, I WILL KEEP CITY COUNCIL POSTS THEY'D ON WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS AND WHAT DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE? WELL, I WOULD PRAY, I WOULD PRAY, UH, THAT, UH, MOTIVA WOULD BE A GREAT NEIGHBOR [01:50:01] AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THIS PANDEMIC. I KNOW BUSINESSES BUSINESS, AND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FLOAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES OFF ON ANYONE ELSE, BUT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND TRANSPIRED, UH, DURING THIS PANDEMIC PERIOD. SO, UH, I PRAY THAT ALL THINGS WORK OUT WELL. YES. OKAY. UH, IS THAT COSMIN MOSES? YEAH. I JUST THINK, GIVE ME THAT RESOLUTION NUMBER AGAIN. AND THEN I TOLD HER 20TH THAT WE DID OCTOBER 13TH, 2020, AND IT WAS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 3 6 0. GOT IT. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. UM, PAM, JUST COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN MARKS. ONE LAST QUESTION. WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS AGREED TO ONCE WE PASS THAT 18 MONTH THRESHOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS RESOLUTION, IT SAYS IT'S A MONTHLY BASE RENT OF $12,000. YEAH. UM, LET ME JUST INFORM THE COUNCIL THAT I'M IN CONSTANT DISCUSSION WITH G G HALL, UM, WHO IS THE CONTACT FOR MOTIVA? WE JUST MET LAST WEEK AND WE ARE DISCUSSING THE MATTER. SO, UM, I'VE ALREADY INFORMED THEM THAT WE HAVE DONE PART OF THE GOODWILL OF REPAIRING THE CHILLER. THAT WAS ALL RESPONSIBILITY BASED ON THE CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED. AND WE DO HAVE AN INVESTMENT ALREADY IN, UM, THEY ALL HAVE DEPARTMENT, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE THAT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNCIL. OKAY. OKAY. CITY MANAGER, MAY I ASK WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF A CHILLER? I SAW IT AND IT WAS ABOUT 90 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS 98, 9 SOMETHING. IT WAS OVER $90,000, I GUESS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING TO COMBINE IT IN A LETTER RIGHT, THOUGH FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORDS TO SEND TO J HALL. UM, SO THAT COULD BE PART OF THEIR RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS DOCUMENTATION, NOT ONLY ON OUR SIDE, BUT ON THEIR SIDE AS WELL. YEAH. I REMEMBER THAT CLEARLY BECAUSE I MADE A JOKE ABOUT IT AND WHEN WE LEAVE, WE WOULD TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN I BOUGHT IT, REPAIR IT. YEAH. I SAID THAT, I SAID THAT, AND I'VE NEVER VOTED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MOVE EITHER. I'VE NEVER BEEN A PROPONENT OF THAT. AND THIS DISCUSSION IS MOOT TO ME AT THIS TIME, BUT I'M A PART OF THE COUNCIL, SO I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH IT. BUT I AM THAT FAR, THAT AT ALL, I JUST WANTED THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT. OKAY. UH, WE ARE MAYOR. I TRIED TO GET A COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL VOTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. [V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO (2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)] NOW WE WILL MOVE TO A ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE, WHICH IS ITEMS OF, UH, UH, UH, COMMUNITY INTERESTS FOR, UH, COUNCIL PERSONS. AND, UH, I LIKE TO GO FIRST ON THAT AND EVEN ON THE DATE, WE'VE HAD IT, THE SECOND MEETING IN A ROW, I BELIEVE IT IS TO, UH, WISH OUR FELLOW COUNCIL PERSON, COUNCILMAN DR. KEN LAW, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCILMAN EVERY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. I WOULD SING IT FOR YOU, BUT I GOT TO KNOW THAT, RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSON, ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSON YOU'VE MET? WE WILL MOVE NOW TO, OKAY. NO, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE RIGHT QUICK. I JUST WANT TO GIVE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE SCOTT MOORE CONDOLENCES. HE LOST HIS FATHER-IN-LAW HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HIS WIFE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS AND THEY SEE BACK IN KANSAS, RIGHT. NATURALLY GOING THROUGH REAL CHALLENGES JUST TO SEE THE MAN, HIS FAMILY. SO MR. MOORE, WE HAVE OUR CONDOS, THIS PREVIEW AND YOUR FAMILY AT THINGS GET BETTER FOR YOU ALL. OKAY. AND LIKEWISE, UH, HER ASSISTANT CITY COSMIN, UH, MORE PRESSING AND THOUGHTS INTO OUR COUNCIL AND INTO OUR CITY ON YOUR FAMILY'S LOSS. OKAY. UH, THERE IS NO, UH, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE NOW TO [VII. CONSENT AGENDA] THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE ARE ITEMS THAT THE COUNSELOR HAS BEEN GIVEN, UH, INFORMATION ON. AND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY ITEMS THAT, AND OUR COUNCIL PERSON WOULD WANT TO BE WITHDRAWN AND HANDLED, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, UH, WHAT YOU INFORMED ME NOW OF THAT PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM. AND, UH, I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE AS WITH EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22 22 7, [01:55:02] UH, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 12 ON PAGE SIX. I LIKED THAT WHEN, UH, HANDLED, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, IF WE WILL AMIR, UH, GO READY. NUMBER 11 ON PAGE SIX, PLEASE. NUMBER 11 ON PAGE SIX AS WELL. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? SO WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THOSE TWO ITEMS, ITEMS 11 AND 12, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, COUNTS WHEN, UH, COUNCILMAN HOME CALLS WOMAN HOLDS BROTHER. OKAY. MAY I GET A SECOND, UH, COUNSEL, MCKENNA LAW, SECOND MIRROR. OKAY. AND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE, UH, AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE TWO ITEMS 11 AND 12, UH, AS REQUESTED, UH, READY FOR QUESTION. WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED. NOW [VII.11. P.R. No. 22225 - A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of Twenty-Five (25) Portable Radios And Fifteen (15) Mobile Radios And Their P-25 Compliant Component Accessories For The Fire Department From Motorola Solutions Of Houston, Texas, Through HGAC Contract RA05-21, In The Amount Of $207,185.91; Funding Is Available In Account No. 001-19-047-8522-00-30-000 Equipment] WE WILL INDIVIDUALLY DEAL WITH ADAM NUMBER 11, FIRST ITEM NUMBER 22 22 5 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF 25 PORTABLE RADIOS AND 15 MOBILE RADIOS AND THEIR PEACH WITH THE FIVE COMPLIANT COMPONENT ACCESSORIES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THROUGH THE HG AC, UH, CONTRACT R A D O FIVE DASH 21 IN THE AMOUNT OF $207,185 AND 91 CENTS. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH ONE NINE DASH 0 4 7 DASH 8 5 2 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH THREE ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO, WHICH IS AN EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT. UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? CAUSE REMARKS, MAY I GET A SECOND COUNSEL WOMAN? UH, MOSES IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 22, 5 AS READ OR READ UP THE QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN KENALOG. YES, MAYOR. UH, SOMEONE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION ABOUT, UH, I HAD MY NOTES, THE APX 6,000 X E RADIOS, 25 OF THOSE PURCHASE, UH, CITY MANAGER, I THOUGHT, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN WE APPROVED SOME RADIOS, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT AND WARRANTIES AND WARRANTIES THESE RADIOS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED PRICE THAT THEY HAVE. WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO PUT SOME OF THE BURDEN BACK ON THE MANUFACTURER, IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WHERE WE AT WITH THOSE RADIOS. NO, THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT LET ME CALL THE FIRE CHIEF UPFRONT. UM, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, WE, UH, BEGINNING, THIS IS THE FOOD AND FINAL FEES AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO, UM, TO SOURCE OUT THE OLD TECHNOLOGY THAT IS NEEDED SO THAT WE COULD BE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENT. WELL, NO, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING, HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE, BUT I'M SAYING THAT THESE PARTICULAR RADIOS, BECAUSE OF THE COST AND, AND HAVING TO REPROGRAMMING AND DAMAGED RADIOS, UH, THE CITY WANTED TO KIND OF GET AWAY FROM THAT. SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THESE RADIOS, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UH, FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. THE, UM, THE REASON THESE ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR REPLACEMENT IS TO REPLACE THE CURRENT CASH OF RADIOS THAT HAVE, ARE NEARING THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE. AND MOTOROLA IS NO LONGER, UM, SUPPORTING THEM. SO HE CAN'T GET PARTS FOR THEM. THEY'RE NOT UPDATING THEM. AND SO THE, THE RADIOS ARE ON THEIR WAY BEING, UH, HAVING LIMITED VALUE, I'LL SAY, OKAY, SO WHAT DO WE DO? UH, DO WE GET REBATES ON THOSE PARTICULAR RADIOS TO ALL ONES THAT WE'RE TURNING BACK IN A NEGATIVE? OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER UNREADINESS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. I'M SORRY. UH, THE RADIOS HAVE BEING OBSOLETED FROM MOTOROLA, SO THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE MANUFACTURED AND WE'RE MOVING TO A NEW BRAND COMPLETELY. THEY ARE STILL, THEY'RE STILL AT MOTOROLA RADIO. UH, BUT THE RADIOS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE BEING REPLACED, THEY ARE OBSOLETE AND ARE NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED. SO AS THEY BREAK, THERE'S NO ABILITY TO FIX THEM AND THEN GET PARTS AND, OR UPDATE THE RADIOS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE OTHER, UH, TECHNOLOGY PIECES THAT HAVE TO FIT TOGETHER ON THE RADIO SYSTEM. SO [02:00:01] JUST TO FOLLOW UP, MOTOROLA WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT THOSE RADIOS THAT, THAT, THAT AT THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? UH, THE RADIOS OVER REPLACING ARE MUCH, OR THEY'RE OLDER THAN THREE TO FIVE. YES THEY ARE. YEAH. AND MOTOROLA HAS DONE THAT. TRADITIONALLY, AS MANY OTHER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, TECHNOLOGY IS IT EVOLVES THINGS NO LONGER GET SUPPORTED. AND THIS IS JUST WHAT THE RADIO IS RIGHT NOW. THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE RIGHT. BUT, BUT, BUT NORMALLY COMPANIES WOULD CONTINUE TO, TO, TO MAKE REPLACEMENT PARTS AND REPAIR PARTS UNTIL YOU CAN TRANSITION TO THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY. AND THEY'RE JUST TOO OLD. YES. OKAY. YES. AND COLLEAGUES, BUT I LIKE TO SAY, UH, THAT A DEFENSIVE CHIEF OR CITY MANAGER, THE SAME QUESTION THAT YOU ALL ARE ASKING. I ASKED, UH, IN DOING MY AGENDA REVIEW ON LAST THURSDAY AND, UH, UH, VERY SAME QUESTIONS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND WE HAD TO SAY, AND I TOLD YOU THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD PROBABLY BE WANTING TO KNOW THAT WAS WHY I WANTED TO KNOW BEFOREHAND. SO I'M REAL COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, BUT HE DIDN'T CHANGE THE STORY AT ALL. ALL THE THING HE DIDN'T TELL YOU WAS THAT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL REPLACE IT, IT'S VERY OLD. IT'S NOT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PURCHASED SOME ON LAST YEAR. SO IT'S NOT THOSE THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. YEAH. W UH, WE WANT OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN, IN, UH, FIRST RESPONSES, UH, TO HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT. BUT AT SOME TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INCREASED PRICING. WE WANT TO GET THAT BURDEN BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER. IS IT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE WARRANTY ON SOME OF THESE RADIOS BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, PREVIOUSLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, MAKING PARTS FOR THOSE OLD RADIOS AND THAT'S EXPECTED, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE FUTURE AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF THAT COST TO THE TAXPAYERS. I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. IT'S, IT'S RATHER DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE RADIOS, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S A MOTOROLA BUSINESS PRACTICE AND IS TECHNOLOGY. AND SOME CASES AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, THEY CANNOT USE THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE ACTUAL RADIO ITSELF. AND THEY HAVE TO MODIFY THAT AS THEY'VE GONE FORWARD, MUCH LIKE I'LL REFERENCE THE WALKIE TALKIES. I'LL SAY THE PORTABLE RADIOS BACK IN THE DAY WERE ABOUT THIS SIZE. NOW THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER AND HAVE CAPABILITIES OF TALKING HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD. AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WILL CONTINUE, BUT THAT ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO EVALUATE THAT AND REPLACE THEM. LOOK AT REPLACING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. OKAY. SO AGAIN, NO WARRANTY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE RAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU, THE BOTTOM LINE YOU'RE SAYING? YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER RED COUNSEL? THIS IS THE SECOND PLAN. THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE OF A FOUR YEAR PLAN OF ERIE REGIONAL RE-DO SYSTEM. AND IT WAS PART OF THE CAMP THAT I SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL. IT'S NOT ALL TH TH TH THE SYSTEM DOES NOT ONLY SERVE THE CITY OF WHATEVER, BUT IT SERVES THE REGION. AND SO AS THE REGION IS REQUESTED TO COMPLY, WE TO, AS A MUNICIPALITY HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGION. AND SO WE ARE MOVING IN LOCK STEP OF THE REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE PUT IN PLACE IS APPROPRIATE SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE REGIONALLY. OKAY. OKAY. COSMIN JOEL. YEAH. QUICK QUESTION. UH, CHIEF BENSON, AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY? AND YOU SAY WE COULD BUY A BRAND NEW RADIOS, SPANK BRANDED RADIOS WITH NO WARRANTY RESPONSIBLE. WELL, THE WARRANTY IS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM, MOTOROLA WILL FIX THEM. MEN AFFECTED. YEAH. YES, BUT THAT SHOULD BE WHAT A YEAR. UM, I'D HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL THE LENGTH OF IT. UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS POINT, UM, I'D HAVE TO REVIEW THE DICTATION. IT DOES COME WITH A WARRANTY, A WARRANTY TO ENSURE THAT IT WORKS. UH, IT ALSO IS, IS MR. BURTON MENTIONED IT'S PART OF A REGIONAL, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF THE REGIONAL PARTNERS. I'M SURE WE SPENT 200, SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF WARRANTY FOR A YEAR. CAN WE BUY FOR CAT EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THOSE RADIOS? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT WITH, UH, WITH MOTOROLA TO SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. YOU HAD TO, YOU HAD THIS LORD. OKAY. I'M [02:05:01] JUST CONCERNED THAT KIND OF MONEY, MAN. WE NEED YOU TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WARRANTY, A LITTLE THINGS AT LEAST SIX MONTHS A YEAR. MAYBE SOMEBODY TO CHECK ON IT. OKAY. THAT GOES CATCHY. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER READINESS? OKAY. WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NAY. AYES HAVE IT. SO IT'S ORDER, WE WILL, UH, APPROVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 2, 5. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE PR [VII.12. P.R. No. 22227 - A Resolution To Reprogram $39,678.97 From The Expired Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Contracts With Gift Of Life, Port Cities Rescue Mission, First Baptist Outreach Center, And Liberty Height To The 2021 CDBG Keep The City Clean Program] NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 2 7. THERE'S A REVOLUTION TO REPROGRAM $39,678 AND 97 CENTS FROM THE EXPIRED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG CONTRACTS WITH GIFT OF LIFE, PORT CITIES, RESCUE MISSION, FIRST BAPTIST, UH, OUTREACH CENTER AND LIBERTY HEIGHTS TO THE 2021. CBBG KEEP THE CITY CLEAN PROGRAM. AND, UH, WE ARE IN NEED OF A MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MOSES, UH, SECOND, UH, MAYOR PRO JIM FRANK IS REMOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 22, 22, 7 AS RED. UH, WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL PERSON WHO HAS, UH, EXCUSED, UH, RECUSED HERSELF, COUNCIL, WOMAN, ALL HOMES WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS VOTE, OR I WOULD READ IT FOR QUESTION. OKAY. NO, UNREADINESS ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HABITS WAS ORDER WE WERE AT AND APPROVE, UH, PR NUMBER 22, 22, 7 AS READ WITH ONE RECUSAL. OKAY. NEXT, UH, WE WERE MOVED TO, WHY DID WE PULL IT? YEAH, WE PULLED IT. OH, SOMEONE HAD A QUESTION. NO, I'M SORRY. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT COUNSELING? NO, I GOT IT. I WONDER WHY WE PULLED IT. YEAH, WE HAD AN ACCUSER ON IT. YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY. OKAY. I SAID IT AT THE ONSET THAT I WAS REQUESTING TO PULL IT BECAUSE OF INFORMATION I RECEIVED ABOUT KELLY. AND SO I, I MOVED TO, FOR IT TO BE HANDLED INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. OKAY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. LET'S MOVE TO, UH, THE ACTUAL CONSENT. UH, JEN, UH, LET'S SEE. NON-CONSENT I THINK IS, YEAH. YEAH. ITEMS ARE SHOOTING THE ROMAN NUMERAL NUMBER, UH, EIGHT, THE FIRST ONE IN NON-CONSENT WOULD BE A, UM, A RESOLUTION. NOW I'VE BEEN ASKED TO HANDLE THIS ONE. FIRST. IT SORT OF OUT OF, OUT OF SEQUENCE 22, 2 0 6. AND YOU WOULD SEE THAT MOVING DOWN TO NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE SEVEN. I LIKE TO HANDLE IT UP, UH, INITIALLY, AND IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE PURCHASE ONE PIECE OF FIRE APPARATUS FOR, I APOLOGIZE. I THINK IT'S IN THE APPROPRIATE ORDER WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE IT UP ANYMORE. 22, WE WERE GOOD. AND I WAS FOLLOWING THOSE INSTRUCTIONS. WE, UM, I LOOKED AT IT, IT LOOKED LIKE, BUT I WAS JUST FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGH. WE CORRECTED IT ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN GO WITH ALRIGHT. OKAY. UH, [VIII.A1. P.R. No. 21933 - A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Construction Board Of Adjustments And Appeals (Requested By Councilmember Jones)] WE WOULD BEGIN, UH, WITH PR NUMBER 21, 9 33, A REVOLUTION, A POINT AN END, OR REAPPOINTED, A MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS. AND THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES CITY. SECRETARY, YOU HAVE THE NAME AVAILABLE? YES, SIR. I DO. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES IS REAPPOINTING LAWRENCE BAKER COUNCIL MEMBER. KEN LAW IS REAPPOINTING ALAN WATSON AND MAYOR PRO TEM. FRANK IS REAPPOINTING CLIFFORD BETTY'S. OKAY. ALL WE HAVE THOSE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN READ ALL FAR AS BY THE CITY SECRETARY THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO PR NUMBER 21 9 3 3 AS RED MAY GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MAY APPROACH HIM. SO MOVING MR. MANN, MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, COUNCILWOMAN A HOME HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 1 9, 3, 3 AS RED DO WE HAVE? TH THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY IS TODAY, WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH LAWRENCE BAKER. THE OTHERS ARE ON A, ANOTHER AGENDA. THIS ONE IS ONLY FOR LAWRENCE BAKER. THEY CAN PUT IT ON THIS TIME. WE'LL AMEND IT. I'M SORRY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO AMEND IT. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE ARE READY. UH, WE'VE HAD THE MOTION, EXCUSE ME. WE READ IT. ANY OTHER READINESS ON IT. WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT TO HIS DAUGHTER. WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 1 9 3 3 AS RED. NEXT. WE HAVE [VIII.A2. P.R. No. 22086 - A Resolution Requesting The Ratification Of The Emergency Repairs To The 46th Street Lift Station For The Water Utilities Department By ALLCO, LLC Of Beaumont, Texas With A Budgetary Impact Of $784,981.46; Funds Are Available In Water Utilities Capital Improvement Fund Account No. 405-40-000-8516-00-00-000, Water Utility Systems, Project STRING WS0010-CON] PR NUMBER 22 0 8 6, A RESOLUTION REQUESTING [02:10:01] THE RATIFICATION OF THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE 46TH STREET LIP FACING FOR THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT BY A L ALCO, UH, LLC OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS WITH A BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $784,981 AND 46 CENTS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN WATER UTILITIES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 5 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0 DASH 8 5 1 6 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0. WATER UTILITY SYSTEM, UH, PROJECT A STRING W S 0 0 1 0 DASH C O N R CON. UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? ALL KINDS OF MARKS. MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN? UH, KEN LAW BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE HAD, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 DASH 86 AS RED, OR WE HAVE ANY, UH, UH, READINESS OR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION GO RIGHT AHEAD. COST PER MONTHS. UH, AND THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER, JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY SITE. THIS WAS EMERGENCY REPAIRS, BUT IT'S COMING OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. YES. COULD YOU ENLIGHTEN ME PLEASE? WE HAD THE MAJOR FLOODING OF THE STATION, AND SO WE WENT IN THERE TO DO THE REPAIR THAT WAS ALREADY PROJECT. LET ME GET UP. GO AHEAD. YES, SIR. THE CAPITAL PROGRAM INCLUDED, UH, THAT REHABILITATION, BUT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO US MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. SO WE HAD TO DO IT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS ALREADY ALLOCATE. YES, SIR. IT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED. OKAY. KASMIN UH, MAY I PUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I DID, I LEFT MY LIGHT ON, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UM, AS FAR AS ALCO AND ALL OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROJECTS, WHAT IS THE MINORITY PARTICIPATION? OKAY. YOU WERE ASKING A CITY MANAGER, ANYBODY TO MANAGE A DOG NAMED ON THIS PROJECT, COUNCILMAN, UH, DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION. THE PUMP STATION BASICALLY FLOODED WITH WASTEWATER AND THERE WAS DISCHARGING THE WASTEWATER INTO THE DD SEVEN, UH, DITCH. WE DID NOT JUST JUMP IMMEDIATELY ON ALCO TO HELP US, UH, FIX THIS PROBLEM. WE TOOK SOME INFORMAL BEDS, UH, WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING PRICES LIKE WE SHOULD. AND THEY'RE SOMEHOW COMPETITIVE. SO DUE TO THAT URGENCY, THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND SOLICIT, UH, MINORITY BEDS. UH, WE HAD TO ISOLATE THE SYSTEM. WE HAD TO, UH, ISOLATE THE DD SALMON, CANAL AND CHLORINATED, AND WE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE ON TO THIS REPAIR. SO THE SOLICITATION OF MINORITY BUSINESSES WAS NOT DONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER CAR? UNREADINESS OKAY. WE'RE READY FOR VOTING ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSES, OKAY. BAD HABITS, PR NUMBER 22, 0 8 6. WE'RE GOING TO PROVE IT. RATHER AS RED MAKES [VIII.A3. P.R. No. 22226 - A Resolution Authorizing The Approval Of A Financing Proposal For $1,585,280.00 From PNC Equipment Finance, LLC To Lease/Purchase Fire Equipment] ME HAVE A PR NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF A FINANCING PROPOSAL FOR $1,585,280 FROM PNC EQUIPMENT FINANCE, LLC TO LEASE PURCHASE EQUIPMENT. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR COUNCILMAN HOLMES? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN JONES IS REMOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR 22, 22, 6 AS RED MIRROR. GO AHEAD AND BE OF COURSE, UH, ON THIS COUNCILMAN, UH, KENDALL LAW, SHE TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO READ. IT'S JUST A MATTER, JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. YEAH. WE PUT THE NUMBERS OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE THIS IS THE FINANCING PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT ITEM. SO THAT NEXT ITEM TWO TO 2 0 6. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS ARE AUDIT ORDER, BUT WE PUT IT ON THERE. SO YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS TO APPROVE THE FINANCING PORTION OF THE 1.5 AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE IT. BUT IT'S CONTINUOUS. THE SECOND ONE IS CONTINGENT ON THE FIRST ONE. OKAY. DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT? SO WE CAN, WE HAVE THE MOTION? WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CARRY THAT OR ANY OTHER COSMIC THE QUESTION, UH, QUESTIONS, RIGHT, MAN, JUST AS SOON SHOULD A MANAGER, A FIRE CHIEF, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE BUYING AND WHAT WOULD BE LEASING THEM? WHAT APPARATUS [02:15:01] PUT THAT KIND OF MONEY IN THIS PERIOD? THE CITY MANAGER, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE PAD TRUCKS. WE TALKED ABOUT THEM BEFORE. DIDN'T WE? AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THEM FROM THIS BIBLE. I WENT THIS AT LEAST IN COMPANY. I WASN'T PRIVILEGED TO INFORMATION. I HADN'T HEARD NOTHING THAT WE'LL KNOW WE'LL BE BUYING WHAT WE LISA FOR THAT. OKAY. BUT, UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IF YOU SAID THE FIRE IS FIRE TRUCK, FIRE EQUIPMENT, OKAY. SO IT'S A FIRETRUCK, BUT YOU'RE AT LEAST PURCHASING IT. SO THIS IS YOUR FINANCE AND DOCUMENT, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO BE A WARRANTY ON THIS COUNSEL. YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT. YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO PAY FOR IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT OUTRIGHT. YOU'RE FINANCING. IT KIND OF LIKE A CAR. SO THIS IS YOUR FINANCING DOCUMENT IS THE FIRST RESOLUTION. AND THEN THE SECOND RESOLUTION. NOW, WHEN YOU PUT, HAVE YOUR FINANCING IN PLACE AND THE SECOND RESOLUTION IS TO BUY IT, AND THAT'S THE BUSINESS CHANGE, OLD COSTS WE CAN LEASE. INPUTS IS OVER LEASING THAT BE PUSHING IT. IT'S A LEASE PURCHASE, LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE. YEAH, YOU'RE PURCHASING IT THROUGH A LEASE PAYMENT. UH, IT'S JUST LIKE, KIND OF LIKE, THAT'D BE THREE YEAR LEASE OR WHATEVER. THEN YOU GO TO THE BANK, YOU GO TO THE, OKAY. MS. CANDY IS TELLING ME IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. SO IN THIS RESOLUTION, IT TELLS YOU WHAT'S GOING TO BE PAID EVERY YEAR. FIVE-YEAR LEASE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. IT'S JUST, YOU IT'S CALLED AT LEAST PURCHASED, BUT IT'S TREATED LIKE A CAR. NOW. THIS IS HOW YOU'RE BUYING IT. SO IT'S YEAH. AND AT THE END OF THE FINANCE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, YOU OWN IT. OKAY. SO IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD PAYMENT. I THINK YOU HAVE AN INITIAL PAYMENT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT CANDY. YOU HAVE AN INITIAL PAYMENT IS WRITTEN IN HERE FOR THE FIRST YEAR. THEN YOU HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS, I BELIEVE AT 300,000 EACH. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PIER, THE TIMEFRAME YOU, YOU BECOME THE OWNER. AND IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, THEN THERE'S SOME TERMINATION PROVISIONS. SO IT'S KINDA LIKE YOU LEASE, PURCHASE A VEHICLE. AND AT THE END OF THE TERM, YOU'LL OWN IT. OKAY. NOW LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHTENED UP. CLARITY. DO YOU, DO WE NOT KNOW IF WE LISTENED? AT LEAST THAT FIRE TRUCK, WE HA WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO DOING THE KIND OF WORK THAT IF WE AT LEAST NEED WHOEVER MAINTENANCE IT SHOULD BE BY THE SELLER, NOT THE, NOT THE CITY. I ASKED, I DROPPED THE BALL ON THE POLICE. CAUSE I SHOULD ASK THAT QUESTION BY THE POLICE. CAUSE MORE DROP ON THIS BATHROOM. WE LISTENED THAT EQUIPMENT. WE SHOULD HAVE NO MAINTENANCE CONCERNS THAT SHOULD ALL BE COVERED BY THE, THE SELLER, THE PURCHASE OF THE ACTUAL. AND I'M PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT I GIVE YOU WHAT I KNOW. UM, AND IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO, AND MAYBE CLIFF COULD CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THERE IS A WARRANTY JUST INVOLVED AS WELL. SO DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME, THERE IS A MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY THAT COMES WITH THE LEASE. SO COME ON MAINTENANCE. YES, THAT COVERS IT. BUT I THINK MAYBE SOMEONE PURCHASING WOULD BE BETTER TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK. AND YOU CONTRACT DID Y'ALL READ THE CANDIES. ARE WE CLEAR ON THAT, CANDICE? OKAY. BUT TH THE FIRST RESOLUTION THAT'S COMING UP IS JUST YOUR FINANCING TO PAY FOR IT. THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE SECOND RESOLUTION, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY BUYING IT. AND THEN THAT WOULD COME WITH A MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. BUT PURCHASING COULDN'T CONFIRM THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I, BECAUSE THEY NEGOTIATED THOSE THAT A PURCHASE. SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE FINANCING TO PUT THE MONEY IN PLACE. THEN IF YOU LIKE, WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ONE, WE CAN GET PURCHASING UP HERE AND THEY CAN EXPLAIN ALL THE WARRANTIES, SEE THE MANAGER. I WOULD HOPE BEFORE WE SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY BEFORE WE CUT A CHECK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT OUTSIDE. SO CONSULT SOMEBODY ELSE, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET NOW GET PUSHED A LITTLE HIP, BE CLEVERLY HELPED WITH THAT. BUT THAT DECISION THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF COVERAGE, BECAUSE THAT THING IS SPECIFIC. IF I TRUST LAW BREAKING DOWN. SO I HAVE MANY PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY DO, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THE FINE PRINT. AND WE ALL COVERED WITH FIVE YEARS. AS, AS YOU ARE NOT A LEASE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE NO MAINTENANCE. YOU HAVE NO, NO CALLS. SO I WISH YOU ALL WOULD REALLY LOOK AT THE REAL CLOSE FOR IT. BE SANDED DOWN IN ATLANTA, BUT NOT AT LEAST THIS THING WE STUCK WITH MAINTENANCE. WE WILL, WE WILL COUNSELOR. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FINANCE THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AT THAT PRICE FROM THE GENERAL FUND OUTRIGHT. UM, WE THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MUCH LESSER IMPACT, NOT [02:20:01] ONLY ON THE BUDGET, BUT IN TERMS OF THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING OF SUCH EQUIPMENT. THE BURDEN DOES NOT ONLY FALL ON THE CITY BECAUSE THE BURDEN IS ON THE CITY WHEN WE DO THE PURCHASE OUTRIGHT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS. YES. OKAY. DID YOU FOLLOW UP ON IT? OKAY. YES. UM, MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE, WHY DON'T WE HOLD THESE TWO TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I CAN HAVE THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR PULL THE FILE SO WE CAN HAVE CONFIRMATION OF THE WARRANTY INFORMATION AND JUST ALL THOSE IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU DON'T OR IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THERE THERE'S ANY PROBLEM, I CAN ALWAYS ASK THAT YOU BRING IT BACK. THAT MIGHT BE AN EMOTIONAL, REAL EMOTION ON IT. IF WE CAN GET IT APPROVED, GO AHEAD AND GET IT APPROVED. AND IF THERE'S ANY DOCUMENTATION, NORMALLY WHEN YOU PURCHASE A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT ALWAYS COMES WITH A WARRANTY. IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE CAN SEND IT TO YOU. OKAY. SO BAD. THE QUESTION IS THAT PUSH IT, RELEASING IT IT'S A LEASE WITH THE OPTION TO PURCHASE. AND EVERY YEAR THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. AN ITEM, THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS THE FINANCE COMPANY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE PURCHASED OUTRIGHT. IF WE DON'T GO THROUGH WITH IT, THEN IT WILL BECOME, THE SECOND ITEM WILL BE, IT'S AN OUTRIGHT PURCHASE ON THE X. YOU JUST FILE FINANCING IT. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU KNOW, A LAW, BUT I KNOW IT'S CALLED THIS. IT LEAVES IT AFTER THE PURCHASE, STILL, AT LEAST UNTIL WE PURCHASED IT STILL, AT LEAST WE'RE NOT PUT IN JAIL AFTER FIVE YEARS, AT LEAST WE'RE NOT PURCHASING. OTHERWISE IT'LL BE OWNERSHIP OF THE FINANCE COMPANY. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, LET ME GET THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO GET THE FILE. AND IF THERE, IF YOU WANT TO RETURN TO THIS ITEM, WE CAN, BUT THE IT'S BEING PURCHASED OUTRIGHT THROUGH BUYBOARD. BUT IF WE FAIL TO, IF WE WANT TO TERMINATE, THEN IT WILL BECOME PART PROPERTY OF THE FINANCE COMPANY. BUT THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THE SECOND ITEM DOES HAVE A WARRANTY. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT OF THAT WARRANTY, WE CAN PULL THAT UP FOR YOU AND GIVE IT TO YOU BEFORE WE ADJOURN. YOU HAVE THE COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. YEAH. WE CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION AND GIVE IT TO YOU BEFORE WE ADJOURN. AND IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK. SO BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE'LL GET THE FINANCE, WE'LL GET THE PURCHASING MANAGER TO GET THE WARRANTY INFORMATION. SO WE'LL PULL THAT FILE. OKAY. OKAY. WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES THAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 22, 6 AS READ NEXT. WE HAVE [VIII.A4. P.R. No. 22206 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase One Pierce Fire Apparatus For The Fire Department Via The BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Program Contract 651-21 From Siddons-Martin Emergency Group Of Denton, Texas, With Offices In Port Arthur, Texas In The Amount Of $1,585,280.00; Funding Available In Capital Improvement Account Number 307-19-047-8522-00-10-000, Project CE0003-OTH] AS A COMPANION TO THAT. IF PR NUMBER 22, 2 0 6, AND IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE ONE PIECE OF FIRE APPARATUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT VIA THE BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM, CONTRACT 6 5 1 DASH TWO ONE FROM A SENTENCE MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP OF DENTON, TEXAS WITH OFFICES IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,585,280 FUNDING AVAILABLE IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. ACCOUNT NUMBER 3 0 7 DASH ONE NINE DASH 4 8 7 DASH 8 5 2 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 1 0 0 0 0. PROJECT IS C E 0 0 0 3 DASH O T H. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MOSES MAY GET A SECOND. COUNCILMAN MARKS IF REMOVING SECONDARY WOULD ACCEPT P R NUMBER 22, 2 0 6 IS RED, UH, RED. IF A QUESTION, NO ONE READ IT AS A RENDER THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT SOLD PR NUMBER 22, 2 0 6 IS APPROVED AS READ [VIII.A5. P.R. No. 22216 - A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Port Arthur Police Chief Advisory Committee (Requested By Mayor Bartie)] NEXT. WE HAVE A PR NUMBER 2 22 16 IS THE RESOLUTION OF POINTING AND OR REAPPOINTING A MEMBER OR MEMBERS TO THE POINT OFF THE POLICE CHIEF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S REQUESTED BY MAYOR. BARCHIE YOU HAVE THE NAME? COUNCILMAN? UH, I MEAN, SORRY, CITY SECRETARY. YES, SIR. UM, YOU'RE APPOINTING ALFRED KOMEN. IT'S THE, OKAY. WE'LL BE THE APPOINTEE BY THE MYTH. ARE WE READY FOR A QUESTION? ANY, ANY UNREADINESS ON IT? OKAY. WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT. SO PR NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 1 6. WITH THE NAME OF MR. ATTACHED WILL BE APPROVED. NEXT. WE ARE UP HERE ON NUMBER [VIII.A6. P.R. No. 22224 - A Resolution Authorizing The November 23, 2021 Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting Date To Be Rescheduled] 22. IT TWO, FOUR IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021 REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING DATE TO BE RESCHEDULED. AND WE'RE ASKING TO BE RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 30TH, UH, AT FIVE 30. UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL MAY APPROACH? IT [02:25:01] MIGHT GET A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. MOSES HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 22, 22 FOR AS RED AND STATED. WE'RE GOING TO THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR GRID, THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED NOW THAT IT'S ALL RESOLVED. 22 22 4 WILL BE APPROVED. NEXT. [VIII.A7. P.R. No. 22246 - A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing Members(s) To The Historical Landmark Commission] WE HAVE PR NUMBER 22, 2, 4, 6, OR RESOLUTION APPOINTED AND OR REAPPOINTED APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION. UH, YEAH, THE NAME, SIR. DO MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER. MOSES IS APPOINTING DEBORAH FREEMAN AND YOU YOURSELF OR REAPPOINTING? DON THE BEACH. OKAY. AND EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE THE NAME. THAT WOULD BE A CATCH TO PR NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 4, 6 AS READ A BIT OF A QUESTION. WE'RE IN THE BOAT. IT'S GOOD. WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE SAID WE NEED A MOTION PLEASE. OH, I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING OKAY. MOTION FOR THAT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MARKS. OKAY. I ALREADY HAD A PREVIOUS MOTION IN MY MIND MODE. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO SECOND, SO WE'RE READY. EXCUSE MY HAIR IS ON IT. UH, 2, 2, 2, 4, 6 AS WRITTEN IN A READINESS ON IT. IF NONE, WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. SO IT'S ON A TWO TO 2 46 WOULD BE APPROVED AS READ NEXT. WE [VIII.A8. P.R. No. 22248 - A Resolution Appointing A Member And An Alternate To The Industrial District Contract Compliance Committee] HAVE 2, 2, 2, 4, 8 A REVOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, YEAH, TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. AND YOU HAVE THE NAMES THERE? UH, CITY SECRETARY. YEAH. SO THE APPOINTMENTS, AS I UNDERSTAND, OR MAYOR BARTEE AS THE COMMITTEE MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS IS THE ALTERNATE COMMITTEE MEMBER. OKAY. YOU'VE HEARD THE NAME. THAT'LL BE ATTACHED TO 2, 2, 2, 4, 8. ARE WE READY? FOR COURSE? AND THEN KNOWING READINESS, ARE WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES THAT'S HABIT TOWARDS AUTO 2, 2, 2, 4 8 WOULD BE APPROVED AS READ WITH THE ATTACHMENT NAMES. [VIII.A9. P.R. No. 22251 - A Resolution Casting Votes For The Board Of Directors Of The Orange County Appraisal District For The Term Ending December 31, 2023] UH, NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO PAGE EIGHT, GOING TO PR NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 5, 1 A REVOLUTION CASTING VOTES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THE TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO READ ALL THOSE NAMES. RIGHT. BUT WE DO HAVE THE NAMES FOR YOUR, UH, IF, IF, IF SOME PARTICULAR MEMBER WANTED IT, IF NOT, WE HAVE NAMED THE, WE, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THOSE NAMES IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. ARE WE READY FOR A QUESTION ON THIS? NO QUESTIONS. UH, WHETHER THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OR WE NEED A MOTION PLEASE. MOTION. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING REAL QUICK. COUNCILMAN DOG MOVED TO APPROVE ME. MOSES. COSMO, WOULD YOU, UH, GIVE ME EMOTIONAL AT THAT POINT? SO WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL, WOMAN. I MEAN, COUNCIL, MAN, UH, FRANK YOU SECOND. YES. OKAY. YOU GOOD. SECOND. THE DEBT, UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2, 2, 5, 1 AS RED AND THE NAMES ARE ALREADY ATTACHED TO THE SECRETARY. HAS THOSE, WE READ UP THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES I'VE HABITS ORDERS AUDIT. UH, [VIII.B1. P.O. No. 7012 - An Ordinance Reconsidering P.O. 7001 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, Changing The Rate Of The Additional Commercial Containers By Removing The Discounted Price For The Second, Third, And Fourth Containers, And Providing For Publication And Proposed 10% Commercial Refuse Service Fee Increase. (Requested By Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Frank; And Councilmember Moses)] WE NOW MOVE TO AN ORDINANCE ON ORDINANCE, UH, P O NUMBER 7 0 1 2 IN ORDINANCE RECONSIDERING, P OH 7 0 0 1, AMENDING CHAPTER 86, DECIDED WASTE ARTICLE FOUR, FEES, CHARGES AND BILLING PROCEDURES, SECTION 86 DASH 1 1 2, RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE AND SECTION 86, 1 1 FOR COMMERCIAL REFUSE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS BY INCREASING THE SERVICE RATE, UH, OF THE FIRST TOTAL BY $2 AND 50 CENTS TO $20 AND 50 CENTS. AS IT PERTAINS TO RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL CHANGING THE RATES OF THE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS BY REMOVING THE DISCOUNTED PRICE FOR THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH CONTAINERS AND PROVIDED FOR PUBLICATION AND PROPOSE THE 10% OR COMMERCIAL REF REFUSE A SERVICE FEE INCREASE. UH, THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY MAYOR BARCHIE MAYOR PROTEAN, FRANK AND COUNCIL MEMBER. MOSES, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR MAYOR PRO TEM FRANK MEGA. THE SECOND COUNCIL OF MOSES HAS BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 0 1 2 AS READ, UH, READ IT FOR QUESTION IN IT AND READ IT AND IT'S ON THIS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN, UH, [02:30:01] MARKS. I BELIEVE IT IS. YES. MR. MAYOR, UH, AT OUR LAST MEETING, THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? I SPOKE TO IT AT THAT TIME AND I WILL SPEAK TO IT AGAIN. I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE RATE FROM TWO TO FOUR TO $20 AND 50 CENTS PER TOTAL, AND THE PROPOSED A 10% COMMERCIAL REFUSE. WE SHOULD INCREASE THAT ALSO, BUT, UH, MY HESITANCY AND I WILL BE VOTING NO, AGAIN, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I WAS, UH, GIVEN AND THEN OUR OFFICE MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES DIVISION. AND, UH, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BACK IN AUGUST. UH, AND I WAS ASKED TO PULL THAT ITEM OFF THE AGENDA SO THAT SOME MORE INFORMATION COULD BE, UH, BROUGHT TO BROUGHT TO US. AND IN THE MEMO, UH, THERE ARE IN THE TRASH DIVISION, WE'VE GOT FOUR TRUCKS THAT WERE OUT OF SERVICE, THE GARBAGE DIVISION THAT WILL FOUR TRUCKS OUT OF SERVICE, THE CONTAINER DIVISION. THERE WERE THREE TRUCKS OUT OF SERVICE AND THERE'S ESTIMATED THERE'S AS REASONS FOR THIS. AND THIS MEMO CAME FROM, UH, MR. GROGAN, WHO THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGER, AND IT WAS COPIED TO MS. ROBINSON DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I'VE HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS ABOUT THE SCHEDULING OF THE GARBAGE PICKUPS AND HOW WE'RE NOT ON SCHEDULE. THEY'RE THERE. UH, IN FACT, I GOT A CALL ON SUNDAY. SOME LADIES GARBAGE WAS PICKED UP ON SUNDAY WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PICKED UP ON THURSDAY. WE'RE NOT ON SCHEDULE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION, BUT UNTIL WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE PANNED FOR, I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR AN INCREASE. UH, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING THESE ISSUES. THEY'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEM, UH, NOT PUBLICLY. I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT, THAT THIS PROBABLY IS GOING TO PASS, BUT I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHY I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR THEM, EVEN THOUGH I'M IN FAVOR OF DR. REASONING FOR THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION GIVEN US THESE INCREASES, OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN HOMES. I JUST WANTED TO CONCUR WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN MARK SAID. I TOO HAVE BEEN GETTING A NUMBER OF CALLS REGARDING THE, UH, DELAY IN GARBAGE PICK AND BOATS ACTUALLY PICK UP. AND I HAVE NOT SEEN COME BEFORE ARE ANY IDEA OF A PLAN, UH, ON WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO CHANGE THAT. AND ON THE LAST VOTE I VOTED, NO, AND I WILL VOTE NO AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO. IF THESE FUNDS WILL IMPACT THE WAY THE DELIVERY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED. IF IT'S, IF INCREASING FUNDS WILL NOT CHANGE WHAT THE CITIZENS SEE, THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S TO AN ADVANTAGE OF THE CITIZENS. GREAT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. MA'AM MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS COUNCIL DID VOTE AND APPROVE A BUDGET AND THAT BUDGET. UM, AND I HAVE A LIST OF THOSE THINGS ON, UH, JUST TODAY. UH, WE APPROVED A, UH, $360,000, UM, CATERPILLAR, D F A D FIVE 17 VP FOR, UM, THE LANDFILL, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, IN APPROVING THAT BUDGET. WE HAVE A TRASH TRUCK FOR $200,000. WE HAVE A FREIGHTLINER FOR 152 OF THOSE. SO WE HAVE A BUDGET OF 1 MILLION, $319,619 FOR OUR, UH, OUR SOLID WASTE DIVISION. I AGREE, AND I HAVE RECEIVED THOSE SAME PHONE CALLS ABOUT TRASH PICKUP, UH, AND ALL OF THAT. AND SO I DO AGREE AS WELL THAT OUR, THAT OUR ORGANIZATION AND [02:35:01] THAT OUR CITY HAS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS RECEIVE THE BEST SERVICE AND THE BEST, UH, TRASH PICKUP AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL THAT THEY CAN. BUT I THINK THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS MOVES US FAR MOVES THE FOOTBALL. IT MOVES US CLOSER TO ACCOMPLISHING THAT BY GIVING THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR ORGANIZATION, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT. AND IT HAS TO BE PAID FOR SOME KIND OF WAY. I WOULDN'T, I WOULD LIKEN IT TO US, UH, VOTING AND I, AND I MEAN THIS WITH REAL SERIOUSNESS SAYING, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO BUY A CAR UNTIL THE PRICE OF GAS GOES DOWN. UH, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS. AND IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, I UNDERSTAND SUCCINCTLY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS AFFECTS US ALL. BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE, UM, UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN BY DR. TOMI, WE WERE AT THE BOTTOM OF, UH, OF THE TOTEM POLE AS FAR AS CHARGING INDIVIDUALS, UH, AND, AND DOING THAT. AND THEN WE DO UNDERSTAND AS WELL, THAT PART OF THE REASON THAT WE ARE IN THIS PREDICAMENT IS BECAUSE, UM, WE HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UM, UH, OF, UH, TRUCKS, UH, AND EQUIPMENT THAT WAS DESTROYED. AND WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO REPLACE THAT THIS MOVES THE FOOTBALL FARTHER DOWN THE FIELD FOR US. AND I, AND I WOULD ASK US TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE MAKE OUR VOTES ON TODAY. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN, YES, MA'AM THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, WE HAVE, AS A COUNCIL DONE SO MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK I WAS TOLD THAT WE COULD WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO BASICALLY WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. I GET THE SAME PHONE CALLS AS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE GETS EVERY DAY ABOUT, AND I HANDLE THEM ACCORDINGLY ABOUT THEIR GARBAGE AND TRYING TO GET THEIR GARBAGE PICKED UP ON A TIMELY BASIS, BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD ON THE SOLID WASTE, FUN AFTER SEEING AND VIEWING INFORMATION FROM DR. HANEY, LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE ON THE TOTEM POLE IS COMPARISON TO CITIES, OUR SIZE. I HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO VOTE THAT WE, UH, GET THE SOLID WASTE FUND WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND WE CAN WORK ON AT THE SAME TIME, GETTING THE GARBAGE PIT PICKED UP IN THE RIGHT MANNER AND ON A TIME TIMELY BASIS. SO, UM, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME. AND SO I WAS TOLD BACK WHEN WE GOT ON COUNCIL BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN BUILD THE SOLID WASTE FUND BACK UP. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ALSO, UH, GET THESE GARBAGE PICKUPS ON A TIMELY BASIS BY STAYING ON THE PROPER PEOPLE AND GETTING THE JOB DONE. AND THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT WE'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS HOLE. IF WE DO NOT COME IN LINE WITH WHERE WE SAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH CITIES, OUR SIZE WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM, WE NEED TO BE MOVED UP AT LEAST MIDWAY. AND THIS ONLY PUTS US MID WEIGHT, THE MAP. SO MY VOTE IS STILL THE SAME. OKAY, THANK YOU MIRROR. UH, AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, BUT HOWEVER, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK MADE A VERY VALID POINT WHEN HE SAID THAT AFTER HARVEY, WE LOST A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND WE REPLACED A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, BUT THAT STILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BURDEN ON THIS CITY, GARBAGE PICKUP, TRASH PICKUP ON A TIMELY BASIS. AND WE GAVE A DIRECTIVE. I THINK IT WAS, UM, UH, MOSES, UH, JONES AND MYSELF WERE ON THE COUNCIL. WHEN WE GAVE THIS DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER, DO WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY TO GET IT DONE AND BUYING EQUIPMENT. AND WE DID THAT. BUT HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE PHONE CALLS, ALL THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THAT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GETTING PHONE CALLS. WHY CAN'T IT BE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS AND GETTING THIS STUFF TAKEN CARE OF? AND THAT'S WHY OUR CITY IS LOOKING AT THE WAY IT IS. BUT I DO AGREE WITH DR. TOMI AND WE DO, AND WE MAY, BUT HOWEVER, UNTIL WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, A HOLD ON THE CURRENT SITUATION OF, WHILE WE HAVE SO MANY TRUCKS AS AN OUT, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK STATED AND GETTING THESE TRUCKS BACK ON THE ROAD, HIRING PEOPLE TO SERVICE THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF, UH, INCREASE AT THIS TIME, BUT WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS A MANAGEMENT OR STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. HOWEVER, WE HADN'T DONE IT AT THIS POINT WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH GARBAGE, AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO PICK UP IN THIS COMMUNITY LIKE YOU MAYOR, OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU, MIA, [02:40:01] ALL RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL. IF ANYBODY COULD SPEAK ON THIS, THIS YESTERDAY, THE GUY CAN, SHE HAD IMAGINED NOBODY. I TOOK SCOTT, UH, MR. MOORE, MY CAR, AND ROLLED THROUGH THE DISTRICT. AND MY DISTRICT. I TALKED TO RHONDA AND WALTER CHURCHES. I TALKED TO GLENN AND WHITE, AND I SHOWED HIM, GOT IN MY CAR AND WE ROLLED AROUND AND SCOTT MORGAN VERIFIED THIS. SOME HOUSES HAVE THREE AND FOUR TRASH CANS, HOUSES DUE RESPECT TO THE HOMEOWNERS OR WHOEVER WRITTEN THEIR HOUSING, THAT THREE OR FOUR TRASH CAN HOUSES ALMOST FALLING DOWN. SO I'VE KNOWN THEM IN THAT PAYMENT, THREE OR FOUR TRASH CANS. SO I'LL BE DOING IS GETTING EVEN, AND WE WONDER WHY THESE TRUCKS BREAKING DOWN BECAUSE THE TRUCKS ARE BREAKING DOWN BECAUSE WE BEGIN WAY FREE SERVERS. WE'RE GOING TO ALL THESE TRUCKS BEFORE OR FIVE TRASH CANS ON THE PEOPLE ONE, BUT WE'D BE PICKING UP FOUR AND FIVE TRASH CANS. HIS TRUCK ALWAYS BROKE OUT WOULD BE BREAKING DOWN. YOU KEEP GETTING WITH FREE SERVICE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DOING. WE PUT IN THE FOUR OR FIVE TRASH CAN IN ONE HOME, THREE TRASH CANS IN ONE HOME. THEY ONLY PAY FOR ONE. I PERSONALLY WROTE TO THIS DOG ON STUDENT MYSELF, GAVE THE CITY IMAGINES AND SCOTT, MORE LEASES OF TRASHCAN HOUSES FALLING DOWN WITH FOUR OR FIVE TRASH CAN THAT EVEN BEING USED, SOME OF THEM, BUT WE GOT THERE AT PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND WE PICKED UP THREE, FOUR PORTRAITS, CAMP PEOPLE ONE, AND THE GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVERS HAS COME FROM THE JOHN. I'M TIRED, MAN. I'M DOING ALL THIS PICK UP ALL YOUR TRASH CANS. YEAH. I SAID, I KNEW IT ON THE PAINFUL ONE, BUT USING THREE OR FOUR. SO, BUT I'M GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THE CITY MANAGER AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM AND GIVE HIM GLEN AND WHITE AGAIN AND GIVE IT RHONDA. IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR THIS, THESE TRASH CANS NEED TO PICK THEM UP. IF YOU ONLY PAY FOR ONE AND YOU GOT THREE PICK, THE TWO OF THEM BRING THEM AT THE LANDFILL. I MEAN THAT THE LAMP IS A SERVICE. JENNA, WHY WOULD KEEP USING? I WAS, I WOULD TRUCKS TO PICK UP THREE OR FOUR TRASH CANS, YOU KNOW, THE PAINFUL ONE. THAT'S WHY HE'S TRUCK BREAKING DOWN. IT'D BE PUSHED TO THE LIMIT WHEN NOT GETTING PAID FOR THEM. SO YES, WE NEED TO INCREASE, INCREASE BY AFTER THE INCREASE, NEED TO SEE THAT WE PICK UP THE TRASH CANS, NOT BEING PAID FOR. I SAID, IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU REMEMBER YOU TELLING, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WAY BEFORE THIS THING EVEN CAME UP. WE LAST YEAR I BOUGHT THIS UP BY THE EXTRA TRASH CAN AND PEOPLE HOMES I RIDE EVERY DAY, BUY JUNK CARS AND TRASH CANS, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UH, INCREASE, BUT ALSO IF PEOPLE CLEANED UP SOME OF THESE HOUSES, TOO MANY TRANSCANADA, PICK THEM UP AND BRING THEM TO THE SERVICE CENTER, NOT BEING PAID FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE ARE READY TO, UH, ANY OTHER READINESS WE READY TO VOTE? UH, SHE JUST TOOK HER TO HELP HIM WHEN YOU DO A ROLL CALL. YES, SIR. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. FRANK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, NO COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES MAYOR BARR T THE MEASURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO PO NUMBER 7, 0 1 2 AS RENT HAS PASSED AND IT IS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL. OKAY. [IX. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)] WHAT WE ARE READY TO DO NOW IS WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH, IT'S CLOSED MEETING, UH, WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. WE WILL DEAL WITH SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE, UH, LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OUR PENDING LITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT AUDIT. WE ALSO DEAL WITH SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071 TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING ANY POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING LITIGATION CLAIM BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND JEFFERSON COUNTY REGARDING THE HOUSING OF PRISONERS, WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE, UH, YOU DEAL WITH SECTION 5.1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT COLT, UH, ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO DISCUSS A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. ALSO, WE WOULD DEAL WITH SEX AND 5, 5, 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE AND LEASE ALL VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PORT AUDIT, UH, [02:45:01] ALSO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT GO TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY, ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER, CITY, SECRETARY, AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, AND SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL, EXCUSE ME, AND OUR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN THE CITY'S ETJ, UH, INDUSTRIAL, UH, DISTRICT. AND THESE ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION, THAT ACTION WOULD BE ACTING UP ON WHEN WE RETURN HERE IN THIS CHAMBER IN OPEN SESSION, FOLLOWING THE, UH, CLOSING OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RETURNED IF NEED BE WITH ITEMS FOR ACTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE READY TO REJOIN. A GENTLEMAN. I MEAN, NO HOPE IF I NEED TO LEAVE, I SAID SO, YOU KNOW, HE USED TO BE OVER. I'VE MADE A WORD. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. I SEE IF WE SAY THE SECRETARY. YES, SIR. MAYOR PARTIES MAY APPROACH TIM FRANK, COUNCILMEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER REMARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES. YEAH, THE CORE MAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE SECRETARY, WE ARE RECONVENING THE MEETING. THANK YOU. SO KINDLY, UH, CONSTABLE THE MOSES AND, UH, WELL RECONVENED IN OUR MEETING AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ATTORNEY, AM I CORRECT? YES. OKAY. CAN YOU READ THE FIRST ONE AND CAN GET EMOTION? YES. UH, MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF CITY OWNED, VACANT TRACKS OF LAND LOCATED AT 7 43, BOOKER T WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 2316 SHIRLEY STREET BY A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 53 0.01, FOUR OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CITY MANAGER'S FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE SUCH CONTRACT WITH THE LICENSED BROKER. THE FINAL APPROVAL OF SALE WILL BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. MAY I GET A MOTION? UM, MAY I APPROACH IT? SO MOVE, MR. MAYOR MAY GET A SELF COUNCILMAN MOSES. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION AS READ BY THE CITY. SECRETARY. WE'RE READY FOR CAUTION. THERE'S NO, UNREADINESS READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT SORTED AS AUDIT THE NEXT ITEM. IF WE HAVE ATTORNEY, THE SECOND MOTION IS A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO AN EXECUTE, A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN CAUSE NUMBER B 1 7 6, 6 0 6, WILLIAM WORSHAN VS. THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, TO EXECUTE THE FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. CONCLUDING THE CASE. OKAY. MAY I GET AN EMOTION, A COMMON CONGRESSMAN, SOME WOMAN, A HOME. SWEET. MAY I GET A SECOND? DR. KENALOG SECOND, MAN. OKAY. HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION IS READ BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. ARE WE MADE UP? OF COURSE IT, UH, NO. I READ THEM. IF YOU RENTED A BOAT ALL IN FAVOR AND HE OPPOSES A HABIT. SO DOES AUDIBLE WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION AS READ AND STATED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY? THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER BUSINESS COMING BEFORE THIS AUGUST BODY AT THIS JUNCTURE. I WOULD TAKE A, UH, READY TO ACCEPT THE MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT OR COUNCILMAN JOAN, LUKE TO A JOURNEYMAN. OKAY. MAY GET A SECOND COUNSEL. MCKENNA SECOND, MAN. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ADJOURNED ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR NOVEMBER 9TH TOWARDS THE 21 THAT BEGAN AT 9:30 AM. ON THIS MORNING. WE WILL JOIN THE MEETING NOW AT 3:08 PM ON THIS DAY, NOVEMBER 9TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD. READY FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSERS TO HAVE ITS ORDERS ALL TO GOD BLESS YOU. AND THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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