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SESSION AND WE WILL BE READY.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
TO BEGIN OUR NORMAL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOUR OR FIVE 30 ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.AND THIS MEETING IS, UH, OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND IT'S BEING CONDUCTED BY BOTH, UH, TELEPHONIC AS WELL AS VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. AND, UH, WE ARE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND WE MUST BE AND HAVE ESTABLISHED QUORUM PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING OR IN-PERSON, AND WE PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING BY, UH, IN 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
OKAY, AND EXCUSE ME, I WAS MOVING QUICKLY.
UH, JOIN THE MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM YOU.
EVERYBODY JOINED ALL EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, IN THE QUESTIONS ON THAT IT, UH, THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES THE EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS NOW ENDED.
I'VE ALREADY READ THE, UH, ADDENDUM, PAUL B BEGINNING OF OUR SPECIAL, OUR REGULAR MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY, THAT, AND IN, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THIS.
IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU MAY, UH, MAKE THAT REQUEST BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
HOWEVER, THE REQUEST MUST BE MADE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND THOSE, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR BE REQUESTED.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS BEGAN THE FORMAL OPENING OF OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OR COUNCIL MAGELLAN'S.
WOULD YOU GIVE US AN INVOCATION, PLEASE SAY YES, I WILL FALL DOWN OUR GUARD.
OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU OR HOW WE PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME? THE GODS YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD.
YOU'VE BEEN SO KIND MISS SO MUCH.
YOU'VE BEEN SO GIVING AND FORGIVING, BUT THAT WAS SAY, THANK YOU.
GO FOR ANOTHER DAY'S JOURNEY WITH THAT OFF, THAT COULD GO UP WITH LIFE HEALTH AND STRENGTH.
KEEP US ALL EMPLOYED IN OUR WRITING.
MAN, PLEASE HAVE MERCY PICK FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THESE THAT PEOPLE AS YOU BLESS EVERYONE REPRESENTED HERE THE NIGHT, MY FATHER UNDER THE SUMMER, HUMBLE VOICE, EVERY HOME BEST JUST COUNSELING.
NO MATTER WE GIVE US THE STRENGTH, THE VISION, THE COURAGE TO DO YOUR WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
PEOPLE THESE IN ALL PRESSING, WE ASKED THE DAUGHTER, SON JESUS' NAME FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.
PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN UNISON, 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, WILL YOU BE SO KIND AS TO DO A ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH THE COURTROOM? OKAY.
IF ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THROUGH THE OTHER DESK.
MAYOR OF RT, MAYOR PROTEIN, FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES, MARY, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
SO KINDLY WE WOULD BEGIN OUR EVENING MEETING WITH, UH, PROCLAMATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IN FRONT OF ME HERE.
[III.A.1. Dennis Wise Of Recyclops Regarding A Recycling Program]
WE BEGAN WITH SPEAKER, UH, DENNIS WISE, UH, UH, IT'S THIS RECYCLED COPS, UH, REGARDING A RECYCLING PROGRAM.WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU MAY BEGIN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUR SPEAKING PRESENTATION.
MY ADDRESS IS SIX 19 MILL STREET IN RALEIGH,
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NORTH CAROLINA.AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, MAYOR BARTEE, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MR. BARTON AND STAFF FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN I'M DELIVERING IS FANTASTIC NEWS, I THINK YOU'LL ALL BE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THIS.
UM, SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING NOT ONLY MY COMPANY RECYCLOPS, BUT ALSO MANY HOMES AND FAMILIES IN PORT ARTHUR THAT HAVE ALREADY COME TO OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP, SIGNED UP FOR OUR SERVICE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING WHAT WE ARE, WHO WE ARE.
SO WE ARE A, AN ENVIRONMENTAL FIRM AND THE REASON WHY I COME OUT AND SAY THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, IS THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT RECYCLING, MOST PEOPLE PAIR RECYCLING AND WASTE TOGETHER.
AND SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIG BOYS, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT IS THE REPUBLICS OF THE WORLD AND THEY'RE FOCUSED ON WASTE AND THEY OWN LANDFILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE THEIR INTEREST IS MAKING SURE THAT THINGS THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES GO INTO LANDFILLS OR GO TO GARBAGE BURNING FACILITIES.
OUR COMPANY IS 100% FOCUSED ON COLLECTING AND RECYCLING MATERIALS FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE PICKING THEM UP, BUT WE'RE ENSURING THAT THOSE MATERIALS THAT WE DO COLLECT ENDED UP GOING TO A MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY TO BE PROCESSED, AND THEN TO BE SOLD IN THE SECONDARY MARKETS AND RETURNED INTO THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
UM, I DID FORGET TO MENTION YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A PACKET, UM, A PRINTOUT PACKET THERE, AND I KNOW THAT LINDSAY, THANK YOU, LINDSEY IS PUTTING IT ON THE SCREENS UP THERE.
THE PRESENTATION, I AM NOT, I AM NOT READING FROM THAT PRESENTATION WORD FOR WORD THAT'S FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND YOU KNOW, AT YOUR LEISURE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I'LL MAKE SOME POINTS IN THAT DECK WHILE I'M TALKING.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO THINGS ARE FLYERS.
THEY'RE EXAMPLES OF WHAT RESIDENTS SEE IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, HAVING INTEREST IN COMING AND SIGNING ON WITH OUR PROGRAM.
SO LET ME TELL YOU WHY WE EXIST.
WE EXIST IN THOSE AREAS THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, EITHER A MUNICIPALITY HAS NEVER HAD A RECYCLING PROGRAM OR IN THE CASE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WORKING WITH CITIES OVER 200 MUNICIPALITIES RECORDING IN PROGRESS, CANCELED THEIR CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
THE NUMBER ONE REASON, OF COURSE BEING COST RECYCLING IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT WHY WE EXIST AND HOW WE EXIST IS DUE TO OUR UNIQUE BUSINESS MODEL.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU'LL SEE ARTICLES ABOUT US AND THINGS.
THEY CALL US THE UBER OF RECYCLING AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE DO OPERATE, WE DID BORROW A LOT OF THINGS, INCLUDING MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM UBER TO COME HELP US SET UP OUR BUSINESS.
AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY EASY TO EXPLAIN, LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT TWO KIND OF PINNACLES OF WHAT WE DO.
SO ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, WHAT WE BORROWED FOR UBER THAT MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IS THAT WE DON'T BUY $400,000 TRUCKS THAT TEAR UP YOUR STREETS AND SPIT OUT A LOT OF CO2.
WE CONTRACT WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONTRACTED DRIVERS TO USE THEIR OWN VEHICLES, TO PICK UP PEOPLE'S RECYCLABLES AT THEIR HOME.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS WE DON'T HAVE THE OVERHEAD OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT MANY MUNICIPALITIES HAVE AND CARRY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT ON THE LEGAL SIDE OF THINGS, THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY BOUGHT A LOT FROM UBER.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT EVERY MUNICIPALITY, UNITED STATES HAS SOMETHING, SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS THAT COVERS LIVERY AND TAXI CAB BUSINESS.
WELL, UBER AND LYFT CAME ALONG AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY APPENDED ALL OF THAT STUFF AND THEY HAD A VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL STRATEGY.
SO WE ALSO ADOPTED THOSE THINGS SO THAT WE DON'T RUN ACROSS AND CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING ORDINANCES.
WE ARE HERE TO BE THE FRIEND OF MUNICIPALITIES AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO CAUSE, UH, TO CREATE ENEMIES.
SO LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT HOW THIS, HOW WE COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS.
WE HAVE FOLKS CONSTANTLY COMING TO OUR WEBSITE AND SAYING, PLEASE BRING YOUR SERVICE, PLEASE BRING YOUR SERVICE.
SO WHEN THEY DO THAT, WE IMMEDIATELY START TO INVESTIGATE WHEN WE GET TO A CERTAIN NUMBER AND SAY, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT MUNICIPALITY? IN THE CASE OF PORT ARTHUR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, BEAUMONT VITOR.
UM, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING HERE FOR AWHILE.
SO PORT ARTHUR JUST MADE SENSE TO, TO OFFICIALLY COME TO TALK TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND SAY, WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU TO EDUCATE AND INFORM YOUR RESIDENTS, THAT YOU NOW HAVE A MEANINGFUL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM OPTION FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO RECYCLE FROM HOME.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MESS UP THEIR CAR.
IF THEY'RE A NEW MOM AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T TAKE THE STUFF DOWN TO A RECYCLING CENTER.
IF THEY'RE ELDERLY, IF THEY'RE INFIRMED, IT'S REALLY A MAJOR CONVENIENCE PLAY BECAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE ANY TYPE OF OTHER SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S AMAZON PRIME, WHETHER IT'S DOOR DASH, WHETHER IT'S NETFLIX, PEOPLE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY TO HAVE THAT CONVENIENCE OF HAVING RECYCLING PICKED UP AT THE DOOR.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM A CUSTOMER'S POINT OF VIEW, OUR MOST BASIC LEVEL OF SERVICE IS EVERY
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OTHER WEEK PICKUP FOR $12 A MONTH.AND PEOPLE, EVERYTHING IS DONE VIRTUALLY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE HERE.
PEOPLE GO ONLINE, THEY GET THAT SERVICE.
AND THEN WE DO EVERYTHING WITH APPS.
I WILL SAY THAT TEXAS IS A KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR US.
WE OPERATE ALONG THE TEXOMA BORDER.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN THE DALLAS AREA AND DOWN HERE, I MENTIONED SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES WE'RE ALREADY OPERATING IN, BUT WE WILL ALSO BE LAUNCHING IN DEER PARK AND LAPORTE IN APRIL, WE OPERATE IN 26 STATES IN OVER 180 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPALITIES CURRENTLY.
AND SO THERE IS NO CONSIDERATION.
WE DON'T ASK THE CITY FOR ANY MONEY.
WE DON'T ASK THE CITY FOR A CONTRACT.
WE DON'T ASK THE CITY FOR A FRANCHISE BECAUSE AS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WE ARE, IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
THE ONLY THING WE ASK THE CITY IS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH US.
AND THAT IS AGAIN TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THEIR RESIDENTS, THAT THIS MEANINGFUL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM OPTION IS AVAILABLE.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT DOESN'T EXIST CURRENTLY IN THE CITY TO YOUR RESIDENCE, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE SURVEYS, THAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY ANSWERING BEST PLACES TO WORK, BEST PLACES TO LIVE BEST PLACES TO RETIRE, CURBSIDE, RECYCLING.
THAT QUESTION CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THESE SURVEYS.
SO NOW YOU'D BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND SAY, YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN AT-HOME RECYCLING OPTION OR A CURBSIDE RECYCLING OPTION THAT PEOPLE CAN SELECT.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK MY FIVE MINUTES IS PROBABLY RIGHT UP ON THE BUTTON.
WE, UH, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS, UM, MR. WISE, UH, WOULD THERE BE ANY REMARKS MR. WISE, THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE ANY MR. WISE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE HAVE AS A SPEAKER BE MR.
[III.A.2. Rickie Sadberry Jr. Regarding The Port Arthur Jazz Festival]
RICKY SAD BARRETT JR.UH, REGARDING THE, UH, PORT AUTHOR JAZZ FESTIVAL.
COME UP, MR. BEDBURY, YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
RICKY SAID BARRY, UH, 26 WEST MISTY BREEZE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 7 7 3 8 1.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY, UH, CITY PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND, UM, RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE DATE, OUR PROPOSED DATE FOR THE JAZZ FESTIVAL, AUGUST 27TH.
WE HAD AN EARLIER DATE BECAUSE OF COVID AND OTHER SITUATIONS.
WE WANT TO PUSH THE DATE BACK.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE WERE DOING A GOSPEL FEST, UH, ON THE 28TH.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO PRESENT TODAY IS JUST, UM, TO SEE IF THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER IT BEFORE WE START DOING THE APPLICATION.
SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS THE APPLICATION IN MARCH.
MR. UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL FOR MR. BEAR? YES.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THAT WE'RE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AMENABLE TO, UH, JAZZ FESTIVALS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE HAVE THE ZACHARY BRO, A JAZZ FESTIVAL THAT WAS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AS WE HONORED ONE OF OUR OWN.
SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE OR MORE ACTIVITIES, UH, IN A POSITIVE WAY TO OUR CITY, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT OF COURSE THE COUNCIL ACTS TOGETHER AND THEY ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WORK IN UNISON, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING FOR OUR COMPANY.
AND MY OTHER PARTNER, THAT'S NOT HERE TODAY, DEREK MCGRIFF IS KNOWN AND WE'RE BOTH KNOWN IN THE CITY AND IN BEAUMONT AND IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS.
UM, I DID THROW A GOSPEL FENCE WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AT CONCORD.
UH, BRIAN CARTER, PASTOR CARTER, AND BR UH, DEREK MCGRIFF.
MY BUSINESS PARTNER STARTED THE BEAUMONT JAZZ FEST.
SO WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN IT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING THIS TO PORT ARTHUR.
WE WILL APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH THE DISEASE.
[III.A.3.Clarence Mitchell Regarding Ecotourism And Citizen Engagement Opportunities]
MR. CLARENCE MITCHELL REGARDING, UH, ECO TOURISM AND, UH, CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.UH, AND MR. MITCHELL STATING YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1840, TOM PULLED OUT THE RELOCATED
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BACK TO THE CITY AND I'VE ALWAYS LOVED MY CITY.UH, AS YOU HAVE, UH, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU.
UH, THE FIRST, THE FRONT PAGE OF THAT ECOTOURISM OF WORKED IN, UH, SEABROOK WITH THE CITY ON THE SEABROOK CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE BROUGHT FORTH THE UN ECOTOURISM, UH, STUDY AND IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
UH, I LOVE MY CITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AROUND IN THE CITY, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I USED TO SEE SMILING FACES AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REALLY GONNA TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, I SIT DOWN, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WOW.
UM, THE CITY USED TO BE A PLACE THAT EVERYONE FROM EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED IN.
YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO TELL YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A MILITARY STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, AND THE BEST PLACE AND THE LOVE OF, OF, AND THE LOVE OF WHO I AM AND WHAT I BECAME.
AND, UH, FROM WEST POINT TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD TO COURTROOMS, UH, IS MY CITY PULLED OUT.
AND I KNOW I DISCUSSED WITH VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JUST THAT CONTRIBUTION I'VE SERVED ON CONGRESSIONAL BOARDS AND ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN AN INFLUENCE TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, AS I SIT AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS.
WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER POLICING COMMUNITY PROGRAM, AND YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, BUT YOU KNOW, I I'VE SERVED AT THE TEACHER.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND TO PUT OUT THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER A GREAT PRINCIPAL, UH, MR. MITCHELL, AND ALSO MR. PORTERIE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE INSIDE, YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS, WE WON'T, WHY SHOULD WE STAY HERE? YOU KNOW, AND, AND REMARKABLY, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT UPSET ME TO THE POINT THAT WHEN I HEARD FROM A RELATIVE OF MINE AND MY BROTHER, HE SAID, PEOPLE COME TO THIS CITY TO DIE.
WHAT BETTER THAN THAT? DON'T TELL ME, UH, THAT ALL, EVERYTHING INSIDE OF ME THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ME GOING TO A PLACE TO SERVE, UH, I'LL COUNTRY, THAT THIS IS A PLACE TO DIE.
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE, BUT THE CITY, I KNOW THE WAY WE USED TO BE, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO STOP TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED AND PARENTS INVOLVED.
YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR CITY BETTER TOO? LIKE I'M DOING, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'LL HAVE LAW.
I HAVE TEACHING, I MAKE THE TIME.
AND I'M INVOLVED IN, UH, THE VOTING AND OTHER ISSUES INVOLVING OUR COUNTRY.
EVERYTHING INSIDE OF ME SAYS WE HAVE TO BE A CITY THAT NOT ONLY CARES ABOUT ITS PEOPLE AND ECO TOURISM IS A VIABLE SOURCE.
IS THE BIBLE SOURCE NOT ONLY TAX ABATEMENT PURPOSES, BUT IT SERVES AND DEVELOPS A QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE CITY.
WHAT OUR PEOPLE NEED IS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THAT GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, USE VALERO, UH, CHEVRON.
UH, I SIT IN A ROOM, UH, JUST LAST WEEK, UH, FOR THE VETERANS ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE NOT JUST AS A PARTICIPANT, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE REVEREND WAS ON THE BOARD.
ELLA BRING FORTH STUDENTS WHAT YOU WANT TO DEVELOP.
ALL THE STUDENTS, YOU NEED TO EDUCATE THEM AND YOU NEED TO BE THERE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SO MUCH IN THE CITY, LET'S USE WHAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING AROUND HERE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE VERY RECYCLING PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS TO BRING FORTH AND MAKE A BETTER CITY.
YOU TALK ABOUT A QUALITY OF LIFE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME HERE TO LIVE.
EVERY PLACE, EVERY FIBER IN ME, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
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IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN WITH CANDIDATES ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I'LL COME BACK.AND I, AND I SEE PEOPLE SAYING, OH, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
THAT SADDENS ME BECAUSE THE PLACE THAT I CAME FROM AND THE LEGACY LEFT BY MEN, LIKE MY UNCLE, CHARLIE MITCHELL, WHO WORKED FOR THE CITY, HAD A LOVE AND A PRIDE AND RESPECT FOR THE CITY.
I'M NOT JUST ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M ASKING ALL OUR CITIZENS BRING BACK WHAT WE USED TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER, BECAUSE NOW WE NEED THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE NEED A MORE PROACTIVE WEBSITE.
YOU KNOW, I DID THE D ENVIRONMENTAL SITE.
I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER, AN ENGINEER.
I'M A PORT AUTHORING, BUT START BEING PULLED OUT.
I AM PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL Y'ALL STAYED.
I TRAVELED, I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ALL DONE.
IT, IT, IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING RIGHT OR WRONG.
WHEN WE MAKE MISTAKES, LET US RECOGNIZE THE MISTAKES.
WE NEED MORE CULTURAL DIVERSITY RECOGNITION OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALL OTHER CULTURES.
THAT'S WHAT I CAME TO TALK ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT TOOK UP FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT SAID WHAT I NEEDED.
I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, A FALL, SOMETHING SAYS LIVE A THOUSAND LIVES THOUSAND LIVES.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT WHAT WE DO TODAY AFFECTS OUR LEGACY.
IT MIGHT NOT BE IMPORTANT TO ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT'S LOOKING AT US.
I'M TELLING YOU, I SEE IT IN A CLASSROOM.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE DO.
SO I ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL LOOK WITHIN YOURSELVES ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL, ANY REMARKS FOR MR. MITCHELL FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY.
IF THERE ON ANY, WE THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL, FOR YOUR TIME TO REMARKS OR WHAT YOU SAID NEED TO BE SAID A LONG TIME AGO, SIR.
[III.A.4. Michael Mason Regarding Police Chief Efforts]
NEXT WE HAVE MR. UH, MR. MICHAEL MASON RE UH, WE HAVE MISSED, UH, MICHAEL MASON REGARDING, UH, POLICE CHIEF EFFORTS.MIKE MASON, 4103RD STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77,642.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
COME BEFORE YOU DECEIVING, I'M REPRESENTING THE PORT AUTHOR, POLICE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THERE SEVERAL IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE ALL SO, AND IF I MAY, I'LL ASK THEM TO STAND AND I WILL INTRODUCE THEM.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? WE HAVE MRS. JONES HAVE MS. PRINCE.
WE HAVE MR. MATTHEW SMITH, JUST THE PART OF THE, UH, ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU ALL EACH COUNCIL PERSON, AS YOU KNOW, APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THIS ADVISORY GROUP, TO WORK WITH THE CHIEF IN BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR PURPOSE HERE TONIGHT IS TO VERBALLY EXPRESS TROUT POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR APPRECIATION TO THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.
WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL FOR THE ENDLESS HOURS.
THEY DEDICATE AND PERFORMING THEIR JOBS.
AND WE ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THE MONUMENTAL TASKS THEY ENCOUNTER EACH DAY, AS THEY CONTINUED TO REMAIN, TO REMAIN MAIN DUTY BOUND, EVEN WHEN FACED WITH ADVERSITIES AND RESISTANCE, OR TO OFFICERS THAT WORKED AT THE NARCOTICS DIVISION THAT RECENTLY THAT
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I WON'T CALL THE NAME BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THE COVER AND THERE WAS, THEY HELPED THE CITY WITH THE MAJOR DRUG BUS.SO THAT'S THE KIND OF EFFORT THAT SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE DOING.
AND THERE ARE OTHER OFFICERS, BUT BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY, I WILL NOT MENTION THEIR NAMES, THE MONUMENTAL TASKS THEY ENCOUNTER EACH DAY AS THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN DUTY BOUND, EVEN FACED WITH ADVERSITY AND RESISTANCE.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CONTINUE OUR SHOW SUPPORT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT PRAISE THEM BECAUSE THE CHIEF AND ADVISORY BOARD REALIZE THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO DO TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS MAKING OUR CITY BETTER.
THANK THE CHIEF AND THE STAFF FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THEY DO EACH DAY FOR THE CITIZENS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.
THANK YOU, MR. MASON, UH, COUNSEL AND REMARKS FROM COUNCIL.
SO KINDLY MR. MASON, NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE A FIRST PRESENTATION BY MR.
[III.B.1. Presentation By Bowen Xu of OCI Beaumont, LLC Regarding Harvesting Landfill Gases]
BOEING GOO IF I SAID, OKAY, OF OCI BEAUMONT, UH, LLC, REGARDING HARVESTING, UH, LANDFILL GASES, YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE, AND ADDRESSING, YOU MAY BEGIN.YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES ACTUALLY FOR 20 MINUTES, BUT, BUT YOU CAN TAKE FIVE IT'S.
UH, MY NAME IS BOWEN SHU ADDRESS 5 4 7 0 TWIN CITY HIGHWAY NEDERLAND, TEXAS.
AND WE ARE HERE ABOUT, UH, THE AGENDA NUMBER 14 ITEM.
UH, I'M REPRESENTING HERE ON BEHALF OF OCI TO PRESENT, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ON A LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY PROJECT.
AND BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR COMPANY.
OCI IS A GLOBAL NITROGEN FERTILIZER AND CHEMICALS PRODUCER.
WE HAVE LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS.
OCI BEAUMONT IS ACTUALLY OUR WAS OUR FIRST FACILITY HERE IN THE U S AND SO A FEW MILES AWAY FROM HERE AND WE'VE OPERATED THAT FACILITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
WE'VE INVESTED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN THAT FACILITY.
SO YOU COULD SAY WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED DOING BUSINESS HERE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
UM, THIS FACILITY PRODUCES AMMONIA AND METHANOL, WHICH CONSUME LARGE AMOUNTS OF NATURAL GAS OR METHANE.
AND AS IT TURNS OUT, UH, LANDFILLS ALSO GENERATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF METHANE AS WELL AS CO2 EMISSIONS.
AND IN THE CASE OF THE PORT ARTHUR CITY LANDFILL, UH, THAT THESE GASES ARE ADMITTED TO THE AIR CURRENTLY.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS TO INSTALL A COLLECTION SYSTEM AND TO CAPTURE THESE GASES, TRANSPORT IT DIRECTLY TO OUR FACILITY AND USE IT FOR OUR FEEDSTOCK.
OCI WOULD PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION COSTS AND NO BURDEN TO THE CITY.
AND WE WOULD HAVE A COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD GENERATE REVENUE FOR EVERY GAS MOLECULE THAT ENDS UP BEING PRODUCED AND COLLECTED AND TRANSPORTED TO OUR FACILITY.
THE LOI THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA, UH, BASICALLY FORMERLY STRUCTURES, OUR DISCUSSIONS HERE AND GRANT US, UH, AN EXCLUSIVE, SORRY, EXCLUSIVITY PERIOD FOR THREE MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN INVEST MORE TIME AND RESOURCES TO DO THE DETAILED PLANNING WORK, WHICH HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE THREE MONTH PERIOD, WE CAN PROVIDE THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, FULLY BOUGHT THEM UP PROPOSAL, UH, FOR HOW THIS PROJECT WOULD WORK.
ULTIMATELY, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT STRATEGIC FIT BETWEEN OCI AND THE CITY HERE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, MR. GOO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AND JUST PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL? OH, GO.
[VII.C.14. P. R. No. 22391 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Letter Of Intent Concerning A Landfill Gas Recovery Project Contingent On A Methane Feasibility Analysis For A Potential Source Of Revenue]
MR. MAYOR.I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION ON TODAY AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF COURSE, OF BRINGING A COMPANY TO OUR CITY THAT HAS HAD THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE HAD AND AS WELL, AND BECOMING A PARTNER.
AND SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT ITEM AS IF WE MIGHT AND MAKE A MOTION THAT IT'D BE ACCEPTED.
THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 14 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE.
WHAT PAGE WOULD THAT BE ON PAGE NUMBER SIX.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A PR NUMBER 22, UH, 3 91.
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTENT CONCERNING THE LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY PROJECT CONTINGENT ON A METHANE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS FOR A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF REVENUE.UH, MAY I GET A MOTION? UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM? I MAKE THAT MOTION.
SINCE IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR A NUMBER TOWARDS THE 2, 3 91 AS RED OR RED.
OF COURSE IT READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES THAT'S HABIT.
SO MR. COOPER, YOU, UH, EXCUSE ME, YOU ARE, UH, IN A POSITION TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, PULLED BACK TO THE ROUTINE, DOING, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION
[III.B.2. Presentation By Staff Regarding Street Percentage Of Completions Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
BY STAFF REGARDING, UH, STREET PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETIONS, AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN KEN LAW.AND I BELIEVE THERE IS ALSO DOCUMENTATION HERE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT THAT YOU HAVE READY FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, MY NAME'S JOHN KENNETT TELL THE CITY ENGINEER HERE AT PORT AUTHOR.
AND, UM, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM, THE STREET PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE, UH, I BELIEVE 2018.
UM, UH, ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE PREPARED A COUPLE OF IMAGES, GRAPHIC IMAGES BY COUNCIL, UM, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH JUST A SECOND, BUT BEFORE I START, I DID WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL WOMAN THAT, UH, HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH MYSELF AND MARTIN FLOOD LOOKING AT THESE STREETS.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS REPETITIOUS TO YOU.
UM, SOME OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE PAST, BUT WE WANTED TO START FROM SCRATCH AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY WHAT'S DONE IN THE PAST, AND THEN HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE BEST SELECTION OF STREETS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I WANTED TO THANK, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US IN OUR FIELD TRIPS TO LOOK AT THIS, THESE STREETS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT I'VE COME UP WITH IS A LIST, A SPREADSHEET OF THE 200 AND SO STREETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE PAST AND SOME STREETS THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT FOR CONTRACT ON A ABOUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE END OF THIS SPREADSHEET, I'VE IDENTIFIED ABOUT 11 MILLION, $11.4 MILLION WORTH OF STREETS THAT WE WANT TO GO OUT TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR.
AND DID THIS WORK DONE, UM, ALONG WITH THIS EFFORT, UM, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED US FOR, UH, A RECAP OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PAST.
UM, THAT EFFORT HAS PROVED TO BE VERY DAUNTING.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT TO YOU.
WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, PAST PAPERWORK, PAY APPS WORK THAT I KNOW THE CITY FORCES HAVE BEEN PERFORMING, AND WE'VE TRIED TO CAPTURE IT ALL ON THIS SPREADSHEET.
THIS IS A WORKING EFFORT, A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I DON'T WANT TO, UH, UH, SAY THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, ACTUALLY COMPLETED.
UH, WE'D TALKED WITH, UH, MR. BATES, THE CITY STREETS DEPARTMENT, AND HE'S RELAYED TO US A LOT OF THE STREETS THAT HE'S BEEN DOING.
UM, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, I GUESS, ARE A MORE OF A RECORDING OUR ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
AND I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S REPORTING HOW THEY DO THEIR WORK AND GET IT INTO THE LIST.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET ME JUST GO THROUGH EACH COUNCIL.
THE GRAPHICS, WHAT I'VE DONE IS, UH, PUT ON THE SCREEN, UH, A LITTLE, UH, MAP TOGETHER WITH GOOGLE EARTH, THE PRO THE, THE ITEMS OR STREETS IN RED, OR THE PROJECTS WILL BE GOING OUT FOR CONTRACT THIS YEAR.
AND WHAT I'VE ATTEMPTED TO SHOW IN PURPLE ARE THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S REFLECTED IN YOUR SPREADSHEETS.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STARTED OFF IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK
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DONE THAT I CAN'T CLAIM ANY CREDIT FOR.THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF GOOD EFFORTS BY THE CITY STAFF ENGINEERING.
I'VE GOT MR. FLOOD AND JENNIFER WITH ME, AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD.
UM, I DO WANT TO ADMIT THAT, UH, OUR REPORTING OF THESE IS LACKING.
WE'RE GOING TO GET IT FIXED, BUT, UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS.
UM, ANYWAY, UH, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS IS THE PROJECTS IN SABINE PASS THAT WILL BE, UH, TAKEN ON THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TWO OF THE PROJECTS MECHANIC AND SOUTH FIRST STREET ARE BEING FUNDED BY A TECH STOCK GRANT.
SO THAT'S WORK THAT WE'RE, WE'VE GOT PLANNED READY FOR.
WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR CONTRACT ON THAT PROBABLY NEXT MONTH.
THE OTHER STREETS WE'LL BE DOING EITHER WITH A MIXTURE OF CITY FORCES AND OR CONTRACTS.
UM, HERE WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT TWO, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.
LAKE VIEW WAS RECONSTRUCTED IT'S COMPLETED.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S THE AREA AROUND DUFF AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ALL THAT THIS YEAR.
ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION WITH THE, UH, LITHIUM TECH METHOD OF WE'VE CONTACTED THEM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING THAT MILE SECTION OF PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION WITH THIS NEW PRODUCT.
WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY IT'S A NEW PRODUCT, BUT IT'S NEW PROBABLY TO THE CITY.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES IS A DISTRICT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING, THE AREAS AROUND GRIFFIN PARK, THERE'S SOME STREETS SOUTH OF GRIFFIN DRIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TACKLING TWO THAT ARE IN COUNCILMAN JONES.
HERE ARE THE PROJECTS IN A COUNCILMAN KEN LAWS DISTRICT, UM, THERE AROUND, UH, WELL, THE AREA OF GRIFFIN PARK AND THEN PEAR RIDGE AREA.
UM, ONE THING THAT SHOWS UP ON THIS SLIDE, UH, IS THERE AROUND ALAMO 31ST STREET, 29TH CITY FORCES DID ALL THOSE IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
AND THEY CAME OUT REALLY GOOD.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THE CITY'S DOING MR. BATES.
AND THAT'S A BIG HELP BECAUSE WHEN THE CITY DOES A STREET, IT'S PROBABLY A THIRD OF THE COST OF WHAT WE DO CONTRACT WISE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THEIR FORCES UP TO WHERE THEY CAN TACKLE MORE THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS IS THEIR AREA AROUND TWIN CITY AND COUNCILMAN KEN LAW'S DISTRICT.
WE DID THE PARK ROAD WITH CITY FORCES AND THEN 60TH STREET.
WE JUST FINISHED WITH, UH, GULF COAST.
THEY OVERLAYED THAT FOR US WITH SOME FEMA GRANT MONEY INCLUDED HERE IS THE AREA OF JIMMY JOHNSON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FILL IN THE MEDIAN, MIGHT PAVE IN THE MEDIAN TO FACILITATE BUSINESSES ALONG THAT SECTION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS NEXT SET OF WORK WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND THEN THE AREA AROUND 76, 70 SEVENTH WAS DONE BY CITY FORCES UP OF THE OFF OF TWIN CITY.
THIS IS THE AREA OF, UH, PORT ACRES THAT YOU CAN SEE.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT LD CONSTRUCTION IS FINISHING UP RIGHT NOW.
THAT PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP NOW, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE RED SECTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TACKLING OR NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR, 2022.
THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF, UH, COUNCILMAN MARK'S DISTRICT, UM, EIGHT IRELAND AVENUE AVENUE.
AND THEN, UH, THERE IS THERE IN RED.
UM, ANYWAY, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS ALL MIGHT HAVE.
UH, COSMIN WALKS, UH, MR. CANADA TELE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT, UH, COUNCIL, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN FLOODS SPENT WITH ME, UH, WE WROTE LEG SIDE PALOMAR, PORT ACRES.UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE, UH, STREETS OUT IN THE MONTROSE AREA THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE SAID THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE.
SO WE ARE GETTING CITIZEN INPUT INTO WHAT, WHAT WE ALL ARE DOING.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL TOOK THE TIME TO, TO SPEND WITH US SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SHOW THE, THE CITIZENS, THE, UH, THE IDEAS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE AS A CITY ARE DOING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO THEIR REQUESTS.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
OKAY, COUNCILMAN, HEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, UH, MR. ENGINEER, I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE WITH YOU GUYS.
UH, AND WE NOTICED SOME THINGS THAT, UH, SOME DEFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO, AND I KNOW YOU JUST RECENTLY JUST GOT ON BOARD, BUT TO HAVE CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES TO DO STREETS AND NOT HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THAT.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT YOU WILL FIX THAT PROCEDURE.
UH, MY, MY OTHER QUESTION, UH, UH, PERCENTAGES AS OF DATE NOW, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF EACH DISTRICT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BASED UPON, UH, THE 2018 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOUR OR FIVE FUNDING? YEAH, I CAN'T GIVE THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, I PUT THIS ON THERE BECAUSE THAT DETERMINES THE BASIS ON HOW FUNDING IS ALLOCATED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS.
SO WE STARTED THIS IN 18 AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL HAD STREETS DONE, SO I REALLY NEED TO GET THAT INFANT INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU CAN GET THAT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
SO WHEN WE DECIDE TO FUND DISTRICTS NEXT TIME, THAT CAN BE THE DRIVING FORCE OF HOW THE MONEY'S IS ALLOCATED.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY MR. KENNETH TELE AND TO MR. FLOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH, UH, DISTRICT ONE.
THERE WERE STREETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WE RECOGNIZED MAY HAVE NOT BEEN THE PRIORITY.
WE HAD INITIALLY ESTABLISHED FOR SOME OF THOSE STREETS, AND THERE WERE STREETS THAT HAD BEEN AVOIDED THAT WE RECOGNIZE NEEDED TO BE A PRIORITY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE REVISIT OF DISTRICT WHILE I'M SURE OF ALL THOSE DISTRICTS AND, AND LOOKING AT OUR CITY COMPREHENSIVELY FOR A STREET PLAN THAT WORKS FOR EVERY CITIZEN AND NOT JUST THE CITIZENS IN EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, BUT TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND TO THE STAFF, THE OTHER STAFF FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU HAVE STARTED TO ESTABLISH.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TOO.
JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR HARD WORK.
YOU AND MR. FLUID, UH, MATTER OF FACT, FLUID WAS A FLUID WOMAN ROUND ALMOST A HALF A MORNING, SHOW HIM WHAT WAS DOING, WHAT WAS IN THE WORKS.
I GOT TIRED OF WRITING TO HIM, ME DROPPED ME BACK HOME, BUT, UH, THAT GOT SO MUCH WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, AND THIS GETS THEM TO STAND COMPLETED AS MY CONCERN, THAT COMPLICATED LOSSY COMPRESSION.
SO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR IT'S AN, IT'S AN IMPORTANT EFFORT THAT WE GET IT.
AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN, Y'ALL'S INPUT.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE AT COUNCIL WOMAN HOMES, WE IDENTIFIED A FEW STREETS THAT THERE WERE NO ONE LIVING ON.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TOOK THAT OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND GET IT RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
I DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE, BUT MY SUPPORT FOR EVERY, UH, INDEPENDENT DISTRICT OF THESE COUNCILMAN IS A SUPPORT.
I, I DID, UH, JUST A RANDOM COUNT OF THE COMPLETION ON THE STREET PROGRAM AND WE'RE UPWARDS OF 80 STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
SO I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN KEN LAW, ONCE THAT PERCENTAGE DONE, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS, UM, JUST WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT 80 STREETS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND WE'RE WORKING ON MORE STREETS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, AS COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE ALL BEEN, UM, BOMBARDED BY, UH, CITIZENS WHO SAY, FIX MY STREET.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT IS A PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION OF OUR CITY.
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NEED TO BE FIXED ALL OF THAT AS WELL.AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO SAY, UH, THAT THE JOB IS BEING DONE FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A VITAL PART OF THAT.
UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, MR. KENNY TELE, THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THAT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT YOU'VE TAKEN ON THE TASK OF ABOUT THREE PEOPLE THAT WE STARTED ON THE STREETS IN 2017 WHEN WE HAD NO BUDGET FOR STREETS.
SO AT THAT TIME WE HAD ONE PERSON SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE HAD ABOUT TWO OTHERS.
SO YOU'VE PICKED UP THE BALL AND TAKEN IT AND RUN AND DID THE DUE DILIGENCE.
AFTER ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE BEEN HERE.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME, BUT WE'RE GLAD I'VE BEEN THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO WRITE ANOTHER STREET.
I'VE WRITTEN SINCE 2017, EVERY AREA, EVERY DISTRICT I'VE SAT IN MEETINGS WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER PASSED AND ALL OF THEM MEETINGS, SELECTING STREETS.
I HAVE ENOUGH NOTEBOOKS TO HAVE A BONFIRE.
I AM STATIC THAT THE WORK WILL FINALLY GET DONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING TOGETHER.
I COULD PROBABLY TELL EVERY DISTRICT MEMBER THOSE STREETS.
AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE CITY MANAGER TO HELP MOVE PORT ARTHUR FORWARD WITH COMPLETED STREETS.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER, WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY THOROUGH REPORT AND, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, WHEREVER YOU ARE, MIKE.
JOHNNY, LET ME JUST, THANK YOU.
UM, LET ME JUST REMIND THE COUNCIL.
UM, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD 13 MILLION, $13.5 MILLION ALLOCATED TO STREETS.
WE HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED $3 MILLION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF WOODWORTH BY RESOLUTION FROM GULF.
WE DRIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO ROSEDALE, UM, MANA, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.
UM, SO THE DECK STAGES, WE ARE INTO THE DESIGN FEES AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO ALLOCATED $500,000 FOR THE DESIGN OF, UM, JIMMY JOHNSON EXTENSION.
WE WILL GET THERE AS WELL WITH THAT.
WE STILL HAVE ABOUT $10 MILLION THAT IS STILL ON ALLOCATED AS YET.
AND AS, UM, ENGINEER CONNOTATES NOTED, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET THERE, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A LIST OF STREETS THAT HAS BEEN BEGUN WITH THE PREVIOUS ENGINEER.
AND SO MY TARGET IS TO STILL COMPLETE THOSE STREETS, HAVE THEM READY FOR BID BY APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING.
SOME OF THOSE WE'RE GOING TO DO BY CONTRACT CONTRACTED IT OUT.
AND SOME OF THOSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FORCES THAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE WITH MR. BEETS AND SEE HOW WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE STRUCTURE TO THOSE BY GETTING THEM DONE.
AND AS JOHN INDICATED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED IN 2018 AND AS YOU INDICATED AS WELL, STREETS WERE BEING DONE YES, BUT THERE WAS NOT ANY FORM OF ANY PROPER MECHANICS OF REPORTING AS WE CAN.
AS WE STARTED OFF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS THUS FAR IN PUTTING IN PLACE A MECHANISM OF REPORTING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, MS. EDWARDS, UH, AND, UM, THROUGH, UM, MR. MARTIN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG.
SO CONSULAR KENO TO YOUR QUESTION.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT IT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE NECESSARY PURCHASES OF ASSHOLES THAT ARE THE MATERIALS, AND WE NEED TO CON TO HAVE THAT RECORDING MECHANISM IN PLACE TO HAVE THAT DONE, THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND EFFORT, BUT THE UNDERLYING PART OF IT, YES.
YES, WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON PLACING AN EMPHASIS ON GETTING THOSE STREETS DONE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, UM, THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO REPORT TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT HERE.
UM, MR. KENNETH, TELL HER, YOU LOOKED AT ME, UH, TOWARDS, UH, THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY AS YOU TALKED ABOUT LITHO
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TECH AND, AND, UH, DOING THAT 60TH STREET PROJECT, IT IS BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING, UH, FOR A WHILE.AND WHILE IT IS NOT MY, UM, MY DESIRE TO EVER GENERATE A BUZZ FOR ANY COMPANY OR ANY COMPANY IN PARTICULAR, THE ONLY, UH, ASPECT OF THAT, THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT, UH, FROM READING ABOUT WHAT LIFTER TECH BRINGS TO THE TABLE AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN OTHER CITIES, UH, IT GIVES US A PRODUCT THAT IS MORE, UH, ELONGATED IN WARE.
SO, UM, I WANT US TO ALWAYS BE, UM, YOU KNOW, READY TO GET THE BEST PRODUCT ON OUR STREETS, WHICH WILL SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOUR INSIGHT IS FROM THAT PROJECT AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN UTILIZE IT IN OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR CITY AS WE PUT IT DOWN.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW FOR REQUESTING THIS PARTICULAR INFORMATION.
I KNOW COUNCILMAN JONES WITH THE PROGRAM THAT MAYOR PRO TEM WAS SPEAKING ON.
IT WAS TAKING US TWO YEARS TO GET A CONFIRMATION FROM STAFF THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR COMING IN AND BEING A NEW ENGINEER IN THE CITY, BUT EVEN BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT PARTICULAR, UH, ENTITY OR POP UP PROVIDER TO TRY THEIR PRODUCT.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND WE HAD ACTUALLY MADE A PROVISION THAT CITY MANAGER KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS IT, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T EVER HAPPEN.
AND WHEN YOU SAID IT, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN JONES IS GOING TO GET WHAT HE ASKS FOR SOME TWO YEARS AGO ON IT, ON THE SAME STREET, BECAUSE THEY HADN'T BEEN REPAIRED OR RECONSTRUCTED.
AND THAT AT THAT PRODUCT, WASN'T GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.
BUT, UH, MY CONCERN AGAIN IS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER SAYS ABOUT APRIL ONE GOING UP THE BEDS STREETS GOING UP WOULD BE THE APRIL ONE.
AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, WE SHOULD BE THROUGH THE BID PROCESS.
WE SHOULD HAVE DECIDED WE, WE, WE W WE SHOULD HAVE DECIDED ON RECONSTRUCT JACKET REHAB, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SOMEBODY IS A LESS COSTLY AND MOVE THE SEAT.
THE DAUGHTER BONFIRE, YOU KNOW, THIS REVOLVING DOOR AND GOING IN CIRCLES, AND THAT COMES WITH COMPLETION.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT COMPLETION.
I SEE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THIS GOOD, THESE STREETS, WE FIX COMPLETION, COMPLETION, COMPLETION.
I'M TIRED OF HITTING POTHOLES, RETINA, DMT, HITTING POTHOLES.
AND WHEN I HIT, WHEN I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO CHURCH, THEN REPEAT FOR WHAT I SAY TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, SO LET'S GET THESE STREETS FIX, DO COMPLETION.
ANY OTHER REMARKS? WE THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EITHER YOU HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
[III.E.1. A Brief Overview By Mayor Bartie Regarding The US Conference Of Mayors, Pursuant To 78-269 ( b) ( 9) Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City OfPort Arthur( Ordinance No. 18- 63)]
IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW BY MAYOR REGARDING THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS PURSUANT TO A 78 DASH 2 6 9, SUBSECTION B NUMBER NINE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ORDINANCE NUMBER 18 DASH 63.AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO MY ATTENDING THE 90TH WINTER MEETING AT THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.
THIS CONFERENCE HAD ACTUALLY, UH, NOT BEEN HELD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE COVID PAYING THAT CONFERENCE WAS ACTUALLY HELD IN WASHINGTON DC.
UH, I WAS THERE FROM TUESDAY, JANUARY, ACTUALLY OF ME 18TH UNTIL, UH, THROUGHOUT SUNDAY, UH, UH, ON JANUARY 23RD, IF I'M CORRECT ON THE DATES AND THIS, THIS CONFERENCE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH MAYORS IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE YEAR OF 1932, WHEN THEY HELD THE FIRST CONFERENCE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY FACILITIES THAT HAD POPULATIONS OF 30,000 OR MORE.
AND SO PORT AUTHOR ACTUALLY MEETS THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF CRITERIA.
UH, AND THROUGH THIS CONFERENCE, WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE NATION AND EVEN IN THE WORLD AND THE NATION'S MAYORS, UH, IT WAS, I HAPPENED TO BE A PART OF, OR LEADING THE WAY AND BUILDING STRONG ECONOMIES AND SAFE COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
UH, THE OVERVIEW OF THE CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY, THE 18TH WAS A SPECIAL SESSION ON RACIAL EQUALITY.
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AND THIS WAS A SPECIAL MEETING OF MAYORS ONLY, AND IT ACTUALLY EXAMINED THE MALE'S COMPACT ON RACIAL EQUALITY AND WHAT MALES CAN DO NATIONALLY AND IN THEIR CITIES TO ACHIEVE, UH, RACIAL EQUALITY.THAT WAS A RE VERY INFORMATIVE SESSION, UH, THAT EVENING WITH A MASS MORALE IN THE COUNTRY.
I WAS ABLE TO NETWORK WITH, UH, MAYOR COLLINS OF, UH, THE MOINES.
UH, HE AND I WERE, UH, WE'LL GET TO RECALL THEM ALL SEAT PARTNERS, BECAUSE WHEN THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIONS AND ACTIVITY DURING THE MEETINGS WE INTERACTED WITH EACH OTHER, UH, HIS BEING FROM DE MOINES AND MY BEING FROM TEXAS IN THAT PARTICULAR MEETING ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, THERE WAS A, UH, PRELIMINARY, UH, BREAKFAST.
AND, UH, THE FIRST MEETING FOR OUR NEW PRESIDENT, UH, WAS THE MAYOR OF MIAMI MAYOR FRANCIS SUAREZ, WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, AND WHO BEGAN HIS TENURE IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, MEETING.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO A COUNCIL ON METRO ECONOMIES AND THE NEW AMERICAN CITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S EVOLVING IN THE UNITED STATES AS OF TODAY.
AND EVEN AS WE SPEAK, I ALSO ATTENDED A SPECIAL SESSION ON FEDERAL AND LOCAL STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A MATTER THAT IS BECOME OF INTEREST AND CONCERN HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BEING.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY, UH, PREPARED AND IS PREPARED TO, UH, SEEK, UH, THE MAYOR'S COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND WITH A FACILITATOR BEING A MAYOR.
I MEAN, SORRY, CONGRESS COMMIES ON THE COUNCIL WOMAN, MARK'S GOT SWIMMING HOMES ON IT.
I CAN SAY THE COUNCIL WOMAN, BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, HOMES ON BEING THE FACILITATOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT AND ALSO SIGNED UP POURED OFF, UH, UH, AS A PART OF THE HOOD NATIONAL PROGRAM ON HOMELESSNESS AND TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, UH, OVERCOME HOMELESSNESS BY THE BUILDING OF HOMES THAT A NEW PARK PROJECT, THAT HOOD IS UNDERTAKING IN AMERICA AND IN CITIES LIKE OUR CITY AROUND AMERICA.
BUT IF YOU ARE NOT SIGNING UP AND BEING A PART OF THESE PROGRAMS, THESE THINGS DON'T ACTUALLY OCCUR FOR YOU OR HAPPEN FOR YOU ALSO, UH, WAS INVOLVED IN A SESSION FOR REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN CITIES.
AND WE KNOW THAT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE HAD SOME VIOLENCE HERE, GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND, UH, INFORMATION THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO RECEIVE THERE.
AND EVEN ON, UH, AS LATE AS YESTERDAY BEING APART OF A, UH, ZOOM WHERE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT OUT OF CHICAGO, UH, CALLED A ZOOM TOGETHER OF MAYORS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE, UH, GUN VIOLENCE IN CITIES MEETING IN WASHINGTON WHEN WE WERE THERE.
UH, AND WE IT'S JUST, AND I EVEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL ON TODAY IN OUR SESSION ABOUT MY DISCUSSION ON YESTERDAY, ON THAT JUNE WITH WHAT HAS OCCURRED HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND WE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS, EVEN ALONG WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN PORT ABRA, TRYING TO BEGIN AT SOME POINT IN REDUCING VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.
AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO OTHER SESSIONS THAT WERE HELD.
UH, I ATTENDED THE SESSION THAT DEALT WITH THE CURRENT HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND BEING APART OF THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL OF MLC OF WHICH I AM A MEMBER OF THAT, AND THAT PARTICULAR COUNCIL HOOD, UH, ACTUALLY GAVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION AND CONDUCTED THE WORKSHOP THAT ACTUALLY DEALT WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ISSUES THAT ARE PREVALENT IN OUR CITIES NOW WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE CITIES.
AND WE ACTUALLY WERE GIVEN VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE VALUABLE TO US GOING FORWARD HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, THAT ALSO ASSESSING FOR IMMIGRANT ISSUES THAT I ATTENDED, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION OF IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND MAYOR GOD CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ACTUALLY A HILL AND FACILITATED THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.
AND THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN, AND THAT IS GIVEN THAT WE CAN WORK IN OUR VARIOUS CITIES WITH PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE WITHIN OUR CITIES, WHO WORK WITH THE AGENCIES THAT DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
AND THERE WERE ALSO ISSUES THAT ACTUALLY DEALT WITH ER, UH, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES
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THAT WAS FOCUSED ON CITIES.UH, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A BRIEFING TYPE SESSION FOR MAYORS THAT DEALT WITH ISSUES, PARTICULARLY OF INTEREST IN OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND EQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT WAS ALSO A RECEPTION THAT I ATTENDED FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I BECOME A PART OF.
UH, AND THAT WAS, UH, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS, UH, BEGINNING WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYORS AND WITH THE NATION OR THE COUNTRY OF COLUMBIA, AND WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
AND THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT DEALS WITH SISTER CITIES AND THIS DEALS WITH THE POSSIBILITIES OF HAVE BEEN EXPORT IMPORT INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT ECONOMIC CHANGES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITIES AND THESE THAT WERE DISCUSSIONS AND ALSO NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE AFFORDED THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WITH MY PRESIDENT, THROUGH MY PRESENCE AT THOSE, UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR RECEPTION ON THAT EVENING WITH MAYORS, FROM THE COUNTRY OF COLUMBIA.
AND THEN THAT WAS ALSO A MAYOR MAYORS AND ALSO A BUSINESS LEADERS BREAKFAST THAT I ATTENDED, UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPONSORED, UH, BY STARBUCKS, UH, WHO IS A VERY BIG SUPPORTER AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME OF EQUALITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND THAT PARTICULAR SESSION THAT WERE MANY, MANY, UH, OTHERS FROM AROUND THE NATION.
BUT FOR SURE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STARBUCKS WHO HAPPENED TO BE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE WHO WORKS VERY DILIGENTLY WITH THAT PROGRAM AND BEING SURE THAT EQUALITY IS REACHED IN THEIR PARTICULAR STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND NOW THERE WAS ALSO A CLEAN ENERGY OR GRANT AND HOW LOANS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND FOR OUR JOB ACTS.
AND THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT, UH, EVEN BEING DISSEMINATED AS I SPEAK RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU GET THE EMAILS CONTINUALLY THROUGH TODAY, I'VE ATTENDED EVEN SOME, UH, WEBINARS SINCE THE, UH, CONVENTION ON SENSITIVE, THE MAYOR'S MEETING THAT DEAL WITH WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE BI-PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, AND THIS ACTUALLY DEALS WITH.
AND ON THAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THAT WAS SESSIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND I PARTICIPATED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE WHO ARE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE DISSEMINATION OF THOSE FUNDS.
THAT'S GOING TO BEGIN VERY SHORTLY FOR MUNICIPALITIES, SUCH AS OURS FOR, UH, GOVERNMENT COGS, SUCH AS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND SOME OF THE MONIES WERE GOING TO STATES, BUT THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, DISSEMINATED THROUGH OUR TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SOME WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THERE ARE OTHERS BECAUSE I ATTENDED ALSO A BRIEFING FROM OUT BY OUR ENERGY DEPARTMENT AND IN THAT BRIEFING.
AND IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE HAD AN INTEREST IN AS YOUR MAYOR.
AND I HAVE BEGUN THE, UH, SOME NEGOTIATIONS ON WHAT WE RECALL, THE EBY ENTERPRISES THAT IS COMING INTO BEING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT IS ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND WHAT CAN ACTUALLY OCCUR WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
SOMETHING THAT I BEGAN A DISCUSSION WITH ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WITH COUNCIL AFTER I HAD GONE TO A MEETING SUCH AS THIS ONE IN WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE THESE THINGS ARE BEING DISCUSSED.
AND IF YOU WOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION, OR YOU WILL FIND OUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL OVERTAKE THE ALL FOSTER DRIVEN VEHICLES THAT WE ACTUALLY DRIVE RIGHT NOW.
SO IN THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSIONS WITH, EVEN WITH ENERGY AND WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ENERGY HERE IN ENERGY, TEXAS WHO'S HOUSED IN THE WOODLANDS HAS ALSO ENGAGED WITH ME IN CONVERSATION, BUT THIS WAS, THIS HAPPENED THROUGH THE MEETING THERE IN WASHINGTON DC.
AND, UH, I THINK I RECEIVED SOME POSITIVE INPUT FROM THAT.
THEN THERE WAS ALSO A SESSION THAT I ATTENDED THAT, UH, ACTUALLY DEALT WITH DELIVERING INNOVATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN AMERICAN CITIES AND WHAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRESS PROGRAM GOING ON NOW, HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS DONE INFRASTRUCTURE DOWNTOWN.
I WAS SITTING MANAGER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH BROADBAND, WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SUFFERED FROM IT RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY BUILDING.
THERE ARE SEVERAL TIMES HE TOLD HIM I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M GOING
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TO BE CLEAR ON THIS.SO IF THAT, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE DEAL WITH THINGS IN THIS VERY BUILDING BECAUSE OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH BROADBAND THAT IS INFERIOR TO WHAT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE IN PLACE HERE IN OUR CITY.
SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE BASICALLY DEALING WITH IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THERE WAS ALSO MEETINGS ON CHILD OBESITY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY, UH, DEAL WITH THOSE, UH, HOWEVER I WAS THERE.
AND SO ONE COULD GET CALLED AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UH, THE QUESTION THAT THEY PLACED, WHY DID I STAY ANOTHER DAY? I WAS THERE ANOTHER DAY, ACTUALLY THE MEETING ENDED ON JANUARY 21ST, WHICH WAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER ABOUT THREE 30, I THINK, OR FOUR O'CLOCK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MEETINGS WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL FOLKS THE FOLLOWING DAY.
AND THAT WAS A MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR ALL THE INNOVATIVE PROJECT OR INNOVATIVE MAYORS PROGRAM OR WHICH I AM A GRADUATE OF THAT PROGRAM FROM WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY.
THE MEETING WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF COVID BECAUSE WE WERE MOVING TO A SMALLER AREA.
AND SO ON THAT SATURDAY, THAT MEETING DID NOT OCCUR.
THE ACTUAL PART FOR THE HOTEL RESERVATIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF WHEN THEY ACTUALLY CANCELED THE MEETING, MY HOTEL WAS ALREADY CARED FOR AND PAID FOR FOR THAT DAY.
AND THE PLANE HAD ALREADY BEEN RESERVED, A PLANE TICKET TRANSPORTATION TO THE AIRPORT, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY MORNING.
THEREFORE, I DID REMAIN ON THAT.
SATURDAY, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THERE ALSO LIKE I WAS THERE FOR THE MEETING THAT WAS ACTUALLY COUNSELED.
SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS AND INFORMATION THAT DEALS WITH THE 90TH WINTER MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.
NEXT AUGUST, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ON THIS.
NEXT, WE HAVE A, UH, DISCUSSION
[III.E.2. A Discussion Regarding A Special Election For The Sale Of Land On Pleasure Island ( Requested By Mayor Pro Tern Frank)]
REGARDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE SALE OF LAND ON PLEASURE ISLAND.THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY MAYOR APPROACHED HIM.
FRANK ATTORNEY IS THAT, OH, HELLO? IS THIS ONE? OH YES.
AND THERE'S A COMPANION ITEM THAT WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOSES AND COUNSELING.
THERE'S ALSO A COMPANION ITEM TO THIS, UH, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES ALSO REQUESTED THAT'S P 7 0 4 1.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE COMPANION ITEM THERE WAS KINDA TWO THINGS THAT WIND UP BEING ON HERE, BUT THE, THE ACTION ITEM IS P O 740 THAT'S AT THE VERY END.
AND I GUESS, TAKING, HOWEVER YOU ALL WOULD CHOOSE TO HANDLE, BUT IT'S THE, APPARENTLY THERE WAS A CALL FOR DISCUSSION AND WE ALSO HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THESE ARE ONE AND THE SAME.
AND WHEN YOU ALL ARE READY TO TAKE ACTION, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE A PO 741.
AND WE HAVE THE, UM, CALLING FOR IT AND WE ALSO HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT IN SPANISH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE IT, UH, CAUSE WE WERE BOUND TO HAVE IT IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
SO, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT ONE, THAT'S FINE.
P OH 7 0 4 1, BUT MAYOR, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE YOU READ THAT CAPTION IF THAT'S OKAY, MAN PRO OKAY.
KIND OF ONE IN THE SAME COUNSELING NUMBER.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, ONE OF US HAVE TO DO THE BACKGROUND, SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM, I WANTED TO JUST ALLUDE TO THE FACT THAT, UM, MY NAME WAS ON THIS, UH, AS REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT UM, MY COLLEAGUES, MY SENIOR COLLEAGUES, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES AND COUNCILMAN, UM, UM, MOSES, UH, ARE PART OF THIS AS WELL.
AND SO I'LL DEFER TO HER AS TO GIVE US THE BACKGROUND OF, UH, WHY THIS PO, UH, 7, 4 1 HAS COME TO BEAR ON TONIGHT.
MERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK, BASICALLY, I THINK WE ALL KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AS CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO, UM,
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SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR A PROJECT ON PLEASURE ISLAND.UM, AND AS THE CITY, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED ON OUR END.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INVESTORS IN SEVERAL PEOPLE COME BEFORE US ASKING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, COME ACROSS AND PLEASURE ALLEN AND WE'VE TAKEN TIME TO GET THAT PREPARED.
THIS ITEM WOULD ALLOW US OR THIS ELECTION WOULD ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER FROM, UM, PLEASURE.
I WENT FROM BEING A PARK AS IT IS CONSIDERED A PARK.
UM, AS WE WERE TOLD BY THE CITY MANAGER, OF COURSE, UM, WE'VE ARGUED BACK AND FORTH AND UM, SHE'S THE ATTORNEY SHE WINS.
AND SHE SAYS THAT THIS IS A PART.
AND IN ORDER FOR, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE PREPARED FOR AN ELECTION, UH, OR TO SELL THAT PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN INVESTOR COME IN, WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO HAVE IT ON THE BALLOT AND BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR, UM, FOR IT TO BE PUT ON THE MARKET.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT ESTABLISHED AS A PART FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
SO BY, UM, OUR LEGAL AUTHORITY.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY INVESTOR COMING TO PORT ARTHUR, TO PLEASURE ISLAND IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE TO HAVE, UM, THIS ELECTION, UM, AND HAVE IT PUT ON THE BALLOT SO THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN VOTE.
THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE WE WANT TO BE PREPARED ON OUR END SO THAT WHEN SOME INVESTOR DOES COME OR IS WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO SAY, HERE IT IS, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE A TITLE SEARCH AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE THE LAND SURVEYED.
ALL OF THIS WILL BE DONE AND WE CAN PUT IT, UH, ONCE WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT ON MAY 7TH, THEN ANY INVESTOR CAN COME INTO TOWN AND WE'VE DONE OUR PART, UM, UH, AS A CITY, AS A CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.
SO WE WANT TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR YOUTH.
WE HEARD THIS YOUNG MAN, MR. HILL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES.
WE NEED TO BE PREPARED AND READY TO GO.
AND IN BACK IN 2018, THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPROACHED US ABOUT, UM, COMING TO PLEASURE ISLAND.
WE COULDN'T, WE DIDN'T MOVE ON IT ONE BAD GUY BACK, COMPLETELY OUT.
WE CANNOT, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SIT ON COUNCIL BEFORE I EXIT AND NOT MAKE MY VOICE KNOWN AND HEARD THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR PART TO HAVE THIS PARK PREPARED.
AND HAVEN'T CHANGED FROM A PARK SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ISLAND.
I WANT TO SEE IT IN MY LIFETIME.
AND I DO BELIEVE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE CONCURS WITH THAT.
SO WE ARE ALL ON ONE ACCORD, JUST BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE, THAT THIS ISLAND CAN SEE SOME ACTIVITY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEY WON'T LEAVE.
AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO JUST SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PORT ARTHUR TO DO SO I AM 100%, UH, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS ON THE BALLOT, GET IT DESIGNATED THE WAY OUR CITY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID IT HAS TO BE DESIGNATED SO THAT ANY DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THAT ISLAND.
AND WE CAN PUT IT ON THE MARKET AND, UH, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SELL IT AS FAIR MARKET VALUE, WHATEVER NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE AS AN ITEM FOR US TO PUT ON THE BALLOT.
MAY I APPROACH HIM, MR. MAYOR, LET ME QUICKLY RUSH TO SAY AS WELL THAT NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT VISION, UM, AND NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT A DREAM.
UM, UM, I WANT TO QUICKLY RUSH TO SAY THAT MANY OF US WHO ARE PORT AUTHORINGS, UM, REMEMBER HOW PLEASURE ISLAND HAD A BALLROOM THERE, I'VE ALL HAVE HEARD THOSE STORIES IF WE'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, BUT, UH, THE BALLROOM THAT WAS ON PLEASURE ISLAND OR THE FERRIS WHEEL OR, OR THE RESTAURANT THAT USED TO BE ON THE ISLAND, OR I CAN REMEMBER AS A MEMBER OF, UH, FIRST SIXTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE DR.
HOWARD, WE WOULD HAVE OUR FISH FRY ON GOOD FRIDAY.
AND WITH THE BACKDROP OF PLEASURE ISLAND, IT WAS A TIME WHERE, UH, WE EVEN HAD A BEACH ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
I CAN REMEMBER THAT I'M DATING MYSELF, BUT I CAN REMEMBER THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK IT IS TIME NOW FOR US TO RETURN TO THAT.
UH, AND NOW THE OPPORTUNITY AVAILS ITSELF, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, HAS MET WITH A GROUP WHO IS TALKING ABOUT SPENDING $140 MILLION ON PLEASURE ISLAND BY PUTTING A WATERPARK, UH, BY PUDDING, UH, HOTELS OF BY PUTTING HOMES ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
UH, AND I HAVE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT CAME, BUT WE WERE NOT READY AT THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO DO THAT.
BUT NOW I THINK IS THE TIME FOR US TO BE READY AND TO UPRISE OURSELVES
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OF ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT MIGHT COME.AND SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT MEETING, SINCE THE CITY MANAGER RATHER HAS HAD THAT MEETING, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN INQUIRIES BY OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO DO THINGS ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
UH, AND SO NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT VISION.
NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT A DREAM.
AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT IS READY TO DO THAT AND READY TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND SO, BUT NOTHING CAN HAPPEN, UH, WITH ANY VISION OR WITH ANY DREAM UNLESS THE CITIZENS APPROVE IT.
AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING, UH, WITH THIS BEING PUT ON THE BALLOT IN MAY THE CITIZENS GET TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THIS HAPPENS OR TRANSPIRES FOR THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE IN.
AND SO LET ME QUICKLY RUSH TO SAY AS WELL THAT AS THE STUDY HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THE WATER PARK AND ABOUT ALL THAT, UM, IT, IT WOULD BRING, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, UH, THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE SHOWED, UH, THAT IT WOULD BRING ABOUT 600,000, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO OUR CITY WITHIN THE YEAR, UM, THAT IT WOULD EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN OUR CITY, UH, WITH THAT COMING AND HAPPENING.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, IN OUR CITY.
UH, IT WILL ADD TO THAT, UH, IT WILL ADD TO OUR TOURISM IN OUR CITY.
AND SO I THINK THAT, UM, IT, IT, IT WOULD AVAIL US AS THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO AS THE CITY, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT AND IT WILL NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM OUR CITIZENS.
ONE THING MIR UH, I CAUGHT, I WON A RADICAL TALE OF A CONSTELLATED MOSES AND THE CO-CHAIR OF A MALE POLK, TIM FRANK, LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT ONE THING.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE BELBIN IN MY AREA.
THAT LAKE VIEW, AS PANAMA, AS LAKESIDE PARK, THAT'S THE WEST SIDE EAST SIDE.
BUT REMEMBER THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S US.
THERE'S NO PLACE, I KNOW, BECOME A TOWN AND YOU WANT TO SEEM REAL.
YOU WANT TO REALISM, BUT PRES ALLEN, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS NICE, BUT SOMEBODY COMING TO TOWN, I SAY, COME COME, MAYBE YOUR AREA, WE GOT ALL THE CHALLENGES.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DEVELOP THEIR PRESENT OUT AS OUR FUTURE NEED TO DEVELOP.
TREASURE ISLAND IS STILL A PART OF PULL OUT.
REMEMBER THAT CITIZEN IS PAULA.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, I SUPPORT A HUNDRED PERCENT DEVELOPMENT PUT OFF.
IT BRINGS MONEY TO THE CITY, IT BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.
IT BRINGS TAX DOLLARS, BRING JOBS, MONEY.
WE WILL NEED, IT DEPENDS OUR STREETS, YOU KNOW, TEAR DOWN THESE DAILY RESTRUCTURES, GET RID OF JUNK CARS, YOU NAME IT.
YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED MONEY, YOU KNOW, WE BILL, SO TAKE DATA AND IN THE MIND THAT IS POURED OFF.
IN OTHER REMARKS AND WE WOULD HANDLE IT IN HIS NORMAL SEQUENCE.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE CAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OKAY.
NO, BUT IF HE'S NOT, IT'S NOT ALL OKAY.
WE CAN MOVE ON OR YOU WANT TO GO ON, WE WANT TO HANDLE IT AS WELL.
[VIII.B.6. 6) P. O. No. 7041 — An Ordinance Providing For The Conduct Of A Special Election On May 7, 2022 To Submit A Proposition Regarding The Sale Of Various Land Located On Pleasure Island In The City Of Port Arthur And Providing For Publication Of The Election Notice Requested By Councilmembers Moses, Jones And Mayor Pro Tern Frank)]
UH, 71 41 IN AUGUST, UH, PROVIDING, UH, FOR THE CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION.NO, NO, THAT'S IT THAT'S THE SAME ONE RIGHT THERE.
UH, ON MAY 7TH TO SUBMIT A PROPOSITION REGARDING THE SALE OF VARIOUS LAND LOCATED ON PLEASURE ISLAND AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND PROVIDED FOR A PUBLICATION OF THE ELECTION NOTICE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JONES, MOSES JONES, AND MAY APPROACH HIM FRANK.
AND IT'S ALSO WRITTEN IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
MAY I GET A MOTION? COUNCILMAN JONES MOVED TO APPROVE ME.
COSMIC CHEMO HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND EVERY WEEK, UH, APPROVED PO NUMBER 7, 4 7 0 4 1 AS RED.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
51 80 CAME PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
IS THAT THE, UH, LOGAN PARK, UH, PROPERTY.
I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO THE ATTORNEY.
SHE CAN GIVE YOU THAT EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
UM, BASED UPON THE SURVEY THAT WE HAVE, I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS THE WHOLE THING IS, UH, BASICALLY UNDER LAW CONSIDERED TO BE A PARK OR RECREATIONAL AREA.
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IN THE DEDICATION WITH REGARD TO LOGAN PARK, THEY PUT IN THE ENTIRE 1800 SQUARE FOOT AREA COMPETENCIES.THE, THE PORTION THAT IS BEING REQUESTED IS IN THE 1800 SQUARE FOOT SCRIPT.
MY QUESTION AGAIN, CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS, THIS IS FOR THE CITIZENS AND MYSELF.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T TALK ACRES, EXPLAIN TERMS SOME OF THE PROPERTY LOGAN PARK THAT YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE PROPOSITION AS PART OF THAT LOGAN PARK, THAT PROPERTY IS IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
I MET LOGAN PARK, THIS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF PLEASURE ISLAND AS A WHOLE IS ABOUT 1800 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE, UH, PERCENTAGE THAT'S BEING ASKED IS 35 ACRES.
AND THAT IS THE PEERS TO BE ON THAT LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
SO BASED UPON THAT, UH, THAT IS WHAT THAT, AND OTHER MATTERS OF HISTORY ABOUT PLEASURE ISLAND, BASED UPON OUR RESEARCH SURVEY AND TITLE WORK, UH, THEN, THEN THAT'S WHY IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE A PART OF, OKAY, LET'S TALK LAYMAN TERM.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SINCE TODAY IS LOGAN POCKETS.
IT IS INCLUDED AND IT'S NO DOUBT.
AND THE REASON YOU HAVE TO GO TO A PROPOSITION BECAUSE THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CITY, THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY WAS DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
AND IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECREATION FOR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND IT CAN NOT BE LEASED OR SOLD WITHOUT THE MAJORITY VOTE OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SEE WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN TOLD RIGHT, IS AT THIS PARTICULAR PARK, EVEN AS A COUNCIL.
AND I KEPT SAYING, WE NEED TO DEVELOP IT.
THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHERE THEY UP HERE CONSTANTLY.
AND THAT'S THE PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FIXED THE PROVISION AND PAVE IN FRONT OF IT.
UH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT FOR THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF TIME, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
MR. DAVIS, WOULD YOU PLEASE LET MS. DAVIS STEP THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE A CAUSE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO STEPS.
AND I WAS GOING TO LET HIM EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS CUP.
CAN YOU JUST TELL THEM THIS, DAVID, I'M TALKING ABOUT ONLY THOSE PART, MAN, MR. DAVID'S EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 3,500 ACRES WOULD BE, I'M NOT TALKING OUT OF THE 1800, I'M SORRY, BUT BAD TERMINOLOGY IS IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE KNOW AS LOGAN PARK, I HAD THE SAME COURSES AS THE GRASS RIGHT NOW.
ALL OF US DID WE ALL GET NOW, BUT WE GOT, SO I THINK MR. DAVIS CAN GET YOU VERIFICATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION I'M ADDRESSING, I DON'T NEED AN EXPLANATION.
I JUST NEED TO LET CITIZENS KNOW THAT LOGAN PARK IS A PARK.
THAT'S THE PARK OVER THERE, WHERE THEY HAVE A PAVILION THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, SOME MUSIC, SOMEBODY CALLED THE MUSIC HALL PARTIES AND STUFF OVER THERE.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE CITY TO PUT MONEY IN FROM THE RENTAL OF THOSE TRAILERS AND STUFF OVER THERE, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RENTED OR LEASED.
AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE, UH, RESOLUTION AND THE DEED THAT WAS DEEDED TO THE CITY.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SELL, IF WE WANT CITIZENS TO VOTE, TO ALLOW IT TO BE SOLD, THEY AT LEAST KNOW WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT SELLING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SELLING THE PART WHERE THEY NORMALLY GO AND HAVE THE MUSIC THINGS OVER THERE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CITIZENS IN THE CITY, MAYBE WE SHOULD INVEST IN IT.
YOU SHOULD GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.
CAN YOU GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY? THE MAYOR TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE YOU ALREADY SAID IT.
AND I'M QUITE SURE TO BE PRESENTED.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT CITIZENS UNDER THE APPLICATION, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM ENOUGH.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK OUT I'LL YIELD AND LET HIM SPEAK TO, THANK YOU.
SO GO RIGHT HERE, GO RIGHT HERE TO TURN BEFORE MR. DAVIS COMES UP, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING.
SO WHEN PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THERE'S NEVER
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BEEN A GOOD SURVEY OR A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PLEASURE ISLAND.WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MAPS AND THINGS OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS HISTORY GOES BACK TO THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, UH, EVERY TIME SOMEONE'S COME UP, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED ON GETTING IT SURVEYED.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT LOGAN PARK, THE PO THE PORTION THAT WE KNOW AND TREAT AS LOGAN PARK IS NOT LOGAN PARK.
AND I WOULD SAY LOGAN PARK PROPER.
AND HE HAS A MAP IS NOT THE PORTION THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT WAS CALLED RESOLUTION NUMBER 7 0 3 IN 1951.
AND WHEN THEY CONVEYED THE AREA THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SURVEYS, THERE'S NO PENS, THERE'S NO PLANNING, THERE'S NO SUBDIVISIONS.
THEY PUT THE WHOLE 1800 ACRES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
WHAT WE KNOW IS LOGAN PARK IS NOT THE PORT PART THAT WE USE AS LOGAN PARK, WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR, THAT'S NOT AN AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND MR. DAVIS DOES HAVE AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S ANOTHER AREA.
UM, AND WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT SCANNED, WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE HIM, BUT THE AREA WHERE WE KNOW WHERE THEY HAD THE MUSIC FESTIVALS, THAT'S NOT THE AREA YOU'RE BEING CONVEYED, BUT WHEN THAT WAS CONVEYED, THERE, WASN'T A GOOD LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
SO IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE PROPER LEGAL DESCRIPTION ON AND ASK THE VOTERS TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.
IF THAT OTHER AREA THAT IS IN ANOTHER SECTION, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND MR. DAVIS CAN BRING UP THE AREA AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE AREAS.
AND THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BASICALLY, MR. DAVIS, JUST SHOW ME ON THE MAP.
AND HE CONVEYED THE PART THAT WEIGHT THAT I ASKED WAS AS LOGAN PARK, HE SHOWED ME, HE SAYS, YES, A LOAN, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SELLING BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER PART.
AND THE OTHER PART IS WHAT YOU GOING TO SELL? THAT'S WHAT I ASKED WHEN I CAME UP.
SO IF THERE'S NOT LOGAN PARK, THEN THAT'S FINE.
BECAUSE IF IT WAS, I JUST WANTED THE CITIZENS TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE SELLING, AS OPPOSED TO A LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
SEE, A LOT OF TIMES YOU USE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BUT CITIZENS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSPARENT.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS, YOU KNOW, BUT WE KNOW WHAT POP IS TO UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M GOOD NOW.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT MAP SCANNED IN THE MORNING SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE GOOD INFORMATION.
NOW, NOW, SO WE REALLY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MR. MAN, GIVE US A CHANCE TO VOTE.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION ON THIS, WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
SO YOU, YOU'RE NOT COMING ON YOU, SO, OKAY.
UH, IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD TO THE, UH, RESOLUTION THINGS THAT WE PUT ON THE WEBSITE TOMORROW, THE MAP OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SELL SO THAT THE CITIZENS WILL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UM, AND WITHOUT ME SAYING, YOU KNOW, TALKING TOO MUCH, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR EMAIL.
WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND PUT A TAB SO PEOPLE CAN SEE, AND THEN WE'LL BE EDUCATED.
WE'LL PUT A TAB AND EXPLAIN IT AND PUT SOME AERIAL PHOTOS.
SO WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PORTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOPE.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT THE CITY SECRETARY WAS SAYING THAT IN LIGHT OF WHAT MR. DOUCETTE SAID, AND ASTERICK SAYING THIS JUST SIMPLY, THIS IS NOT LOGAN PARK.
IT CAN BE, WE GOT TO CLARIFY IT, MAKE IT OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON READINESS? WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
SO WE WILL ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 1 AS RED AND PRESENTED.
NOW WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE NORMAL SEQUENCE OF AFFAIRS.
I THINK WE ARE READY AND WE WERE MOVED TO, IF YOU ALL WOULD JOIN ME AS WE MOVE, WE WELL, THERE WAS NO PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE WOULD DO ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATE ON IT.
AND, UH, AS YOU MOVE INTO SEX, IN FACT,
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
IF YOU ALL WOULD JUST TAKE FOR A MOMENT TO, UH, BOW IN PREP OR FAMILY, WE LOST A CITY WORKER TODAY IN THE PERSON OF MR. ELTON[01:30:01]
SLATER.I DON'T HIGHWAY 73 IN A CAR ACCIDENT, A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS WORKED OVER 37 YEARS, I THINK FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
HE WAS IN HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE ON HIS AFTERNOON.
AND, UH, MYSELF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY DID, UH, GO OVER TO HIS HOME AND SPOKE WITH HIS WIDOW, UH, WHO WAS A NURSE OVER AT SOUTHEAST TEXAS, UH, HOSPITAL SHE'S AND HER FAMILY, HIS FAMILY RIGHT NOW, WE SPOKE WITH HIS SISTERS, UM, AS WELL AS HIS FRIENDS, UH, FORMER FIREMAN, UH, WHITE, UH, UH, WILLY WHITE IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS GENTLEMAN BECAUSE I LIVE IN, I'VE LIVED IN PORT ARTHUR, BASICALLY ALL MY LIFE.
SO HE WAS LIKE RAISED IN THEIR HOME AND HE ATTENDED OUR CHURCH AT FIRST SIXTH STREET.
UH, HE AND HIS SISTERS AND HIS MOTHER WORKED FOR WHITES CAFETERIA.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T PULL IT OFF.
IT WAS POURED ON SATELLITE WITH MR. MISTER WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WHERE EVERYBODY KNEW EVERYBODY AND THIS SHOCKED THE COMMUNITY TODAY.
AND IT ALSO SHOCKED I WAS CITY WORKERS.
WHAT I DID SEE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS.
I SAW CITY EMPLOYEES CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK TO GUIDE AND DRAINAGE THE TRAFFIC FOLK AND THE STREET FOLK, BECAUSE AS WE WERE MOVING AROUND, THEY WERE CONTINUING TO WORK.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY KNEW THAT THAT COLLEAGUE HAD JUST, UH, BEEN FATALLY, UH, TAKEN IN AN ACCIDENT.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE WERE ABOUT IN WORD OF SILENCE FOR HIM.
THANK YOU FOR MOVING YOUR CAP.
I'M GOING TO DO IT, UH, AT THIS MOMENT AND SAY, YOU'RE ALL IMPRESSED WITH HIS FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO KIND AS TO JOIN US IN A WORD OF PRAYER FOR ELTON SLATER AND HIS FAMILY AND OUR CITY WORKERS.
UH, ANY COUNCIL PERSONS HAVE ANYTHING OF NOTE, EXCUSE ME, FOR A SECTION FIVE.
I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THE CITY MANAGER AND, UH, REVEREND COMPLIMENT DOWN AND FRANK AND MYSELF WENT OUT TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND TALKED TO THEM AND PRIORITIES INDIA CONSOLE.
AND, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE US AND WE OBSERVED RELATIVE TO NJ.
NO, WE WON'T GIVE A CHECK TO A LATER DATE, BUT WE DIDN'T GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO THE PLUG.
HE SAID, IMAGINE A COMPLIMENT, FRANK AND MYSELF.
IF WE GET ANY OTHER COUNCIL PURCHASE.
NO, NO, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.
WE WERE STILL ON, UH, OUR REPORTS OF, UH, COMMUNITY INTERESTS.
UH, NOW W THERE IS NO EXCUSE ME, UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA AND THIS, THESE, THERE ARE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA THAT ARE OF A ROUTINE NATURE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.AND THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED, UH, BACKGROUND, MATERIAL, AND INFORMATION ON ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND AT THIS TIME, IF ANY COUNCIL PERSON WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTED UPON IN THIS, UH, OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS REMOVED OR WITHDRAWN FOR, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION COUNCILMAN JONES? YES.
WITHDRAWAL AND THE PHONE NUMBER 13, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THAT WOULD BE NO OTHERS ASKING FOR WITHDRAWAL, IT ASKS FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS, AS IS PRESENTED OR CALVIN MONKS MIGHT GET A SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, MOSES WITH THE EXCLUSION OF NUMBER 13 AND THAT, UH, EXCLUSION NUMBER 14, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID.
WE HAVE, UH, A SECOND ON THAT MOTION.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS DUE TO YES.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR REPORT, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, FOR COUNCIL OR ANYONE HERE, INFORMATION, YOU COULD GOOGLE IT AND GET VIDEOS OF ALL OF THOSE SESSIONS, BUT YOU COVERED THEM PRETTY GOOD.
BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEE THEM, ALL OF THE SESSIONS ARE ON VIDEO.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU EXPLAINED IT ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL, YOUR LENGTH OF TIME.
BUT THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE MAYOR CONFERENCE IS
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PRE APPROVED AND THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE, IF FROM THE 19TH THROUGH THE 21ST, I WILL POLICY ALLOW YOU TO TRAVEL THE DAY BEFORE, WHICH IS THE 18TH AND THE DAY AFTER, WHICH IS THE 22ND.THAT'S NOT INVOLVED WITH THE KHMER CONFERENCE.
SO TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE ROOM AND PER DIEM FOR THAT EXTRA DAY, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO APPROVAL FOR THAT.
YOU INFORMATION AS WELL TAKEN, SIR.
I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN IT IN A DISCUSSION ON IT, BUT YOU HAVE IS WELL-TAKEN.
WE READY TO VOTE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY, AYES HAVE IT.
SO IN HIS HONOR, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS NOW ACCEPTED.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE NON-CONSENT.
[VII.C.13. P. R. No. 22378 —A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With Construction Managers Of Southeast Texas, LLC Of Port Arthur, Texas For Repairs To The Pavilion At Washington Park Under The Interlocal Purchasing System ( TIPS) Cooperative Under Contract Number 200201 In The Amount Not To Exceed 54,810. 00. Funding Available In Hurricane Laura Fund Account 156- 07- 015- 5312- 00- 40- 000, Project LAUR25- GRE- BUM]
UH, CATHERINE JONES, UH, NUMBER 13 ON PAGE SIX AND ON NUMBER 13, IT'S PR NUMBER 22, 3 78 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LLC OF PORT ARTHUR FOR REPAIRS TO THE PAVILION AT WASHINGTON PARK UNDER THE INTER LOCAL PURCHASING PURCHASE PURCHASING SYSTEM, UH, TIPS CO-OPERATIVE UNDER CONTRACT NUMBER 202 0 1 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $54,810 FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS AVAILABLE IN HURRICANE LAURA FUND 1 5 6 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 5.THAT IS 5 3 1 2 DASH ZERO ZERO THAT'S FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0 AND PROJECTS, LAURA 25 GREENBAUM BOMB.
I THINK IT'S AN ACRONYM FOR GRE SHOULD BE B U M I BELIEVE.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN JONES MOVED TO APPROVE ME.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN HOMES? OKAY.
UH, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILMAN JONES.
UH, IF WE WILL LET THE COUNSELORS TO EITHER PULL IT BEFORE THE DISCUSSION, I HAVE INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THIS, THIS, THIS COMPANY AND THINGS HAD TO PUT UP WITH MORE DISCUSSION WAS THE DISCUSSION FOR APPROVING.
SO YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, UH, AND, UH, UH, ATTORNEY TO BE SURE THAT I DO THE PROPER PROCEDURE ON THIS.
YOU SAID HE LIKED TO PULL IT OFF.
I MEAN, UH, HAD A TABLE, ACTUALLY, YOU SAID FOR MORE DISCUSSION AT SOME OF THE TIME, I THINK IF YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU WOULD WANT A MOTION TO TABLE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT ANOTHER TIME, THEN THE PROPER MOTION PRESS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE TO JUST MAKE THE PROPER MOTION, WHICH DAUGHTER JUST DID.
AND YOU WENT THROUGH ALL THAT SECOND.
NOW I GET A NEW MOTION FOR THE NEW ACTION THAT YOU WANT.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN SHARE? I SAID, IT'S HURRICANE LAURA FUNDS.
UM, THAT'S DOING THE WORK IS, IS THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, GO FIND OUT WHY THE 70 DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, MADE A TIMEOUT.
IS THEY THE SESSION WITH THIS CONTRACT THAT THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT AGAIN FOR, CAN WE DISCUSS THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION AS BUYING SPENDING? WE CAN, ONCE WE TABLED IT, WE CAN, WE CAN BRING IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION CONCERN IS.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO LET ME KNOW IF WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR LEGAL ADVICE.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO POST THE LEGAL QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE IT, AND THEN HE CAN GET WITH YOU AND YOU CAN LET ME KNOW OR LET US KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW.
I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WITH THAT RIGHT NOW TO LEGAL ADVICE.
IF YOU KNOW, WE GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AWARE OF WHAT THE CONCERNS TONIGHT.
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HE CAN THEN GO TO HERE.LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY THIS MAYOR.
IF I COULD, I'M NOT FROM HERE TO THE STAFF WITH THIS HOLDUP, HAS THIS BEEN BED? IS THERE A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT THIS HAS BEEN BID DOESN'T NEED TO BE AWARDED WHERE I NEED SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
IF WE TABLE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PARKS IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, MAYBE THE QUESTION IS, UM, FOR LEGAL REVIEW, DID IT GO FOR IT? PROPER PROCUREMENT PROCESS? AND MY ANSWER IS YES.
SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT? UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LEGAL CONCERN IS.
MY QUESTION IS IF WE PULL IT, WHAT WILL IT DO TO THE, IF WE PULL IT AND HOLD ONTO IT, WHAT WILL IT DO TO THE PROCESS IT'S IN RIGHT NOW? I KNOW IT'S GOING THROUGH A PRO YOU'VE ALREADY BID IT.
IT'S ALREADY ON THE AWARDING, THE BUSINESS, THERE, A TIMEFRAME THAT THIS HAS TO BE ACTIVE.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME, UM, AND GOOD EVENING.
WE WERE LOOKING AT TIME WITH GETTING HURRICANE PROJECTS COMPLETED.
UH, WE HAD BEEN IN TALK WITH THE DOOR.
I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A TIME LIMIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS COMPLETED.
I DON'T SEE A NUT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE APPLIED FOR AN EXTENSION FOR THESE PROJECTS.
IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I'M GOING TO BE SHOPPING IN, CORRECT.
IT WOULDN'T BE A BIG ISSUE IF IT WERE TABLE TONIGHT, AS FAR AS THE PROGRESS TWO WEEKS AGO.
WHAT PHASE YOU'RE IN WITH THE, WE KNOW YOU SAID YOU GOT AN EXTENSION ALREADY, SO WE'VE GOT, I KNOW THEY'VE APPLIED FOR AN EXTENSION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY EXTENSION YES.
ON THIS MONEY FROM HURRICANE LAURA OR PROJECTS, AND MAYBE CREATE FROM A DOOR CAN ANSWER THAT MORE.
BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT OUR HURRICANE PROJECTS, TRYING TO GET THEM STARTED.
LOOK WHAT, LOOKING AT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED, BUNNY, THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET FROM FEMA FUNDING.
I COULDN'T, THIS IS A BIG PROJECT AND WE KINDA GOT IT DOWN BECAUSE AT THIS PRICE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WE WERE TRYING TO GET IT DONE, MOVE IT FORWARD.
SO WE, TWO WEEKS, I WON'T HURT YOU TO SAY THAT'S.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT TWO WEEKS WASN'T GOING TO DO US ANY GARBAGE AND THE BID PROCESS THAT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION PUBLICLY.
AND SO ATTORNEY, WOULD THAT BE GOOD? AND HE GASMAN JEALOUS AND THEN GET WITH YOU AND YOU CAN LET US KNOW WE CAN MOVE THE TABLE.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD TABLE NUMBER 13, WHICH IS PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 7, 8.
MOST OF THAT RENTED A BOAT ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
THAT'S HABIT CHOICE AUDIT THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THAT WE WOULD TABLE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I THINK THAT'S AS GOOD RIGHT ATTORNEY.
WE CAN MOVE OVER TO THE, UH, NON-CONSENT.
NON-CONSENT YEAH, I JUST USE IT ALL DONE.
UH, AND THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE HERE IS ADAM NUMBER
[VIII.A.1. P. R. No. 22147 — A Resolution Appointing And/ Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Citizen' s Pipeline Advisory Committee Requested By Mayor Bartie)]
2, 2, 1, 4 7, OR RESOLUTION APPOINTMENT AND ARIA REAPPOINTED, A MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE CITIZEN'S PIPELINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS REQUESTED BY MAYOR BARCHIE.AND, UH, I DID HAVE YOU HAVE THE NAME? YES, SIR.
MR. KEITH WITH IT WOULD BE APPOINTED IN THE PLACE OF ROBIN JONES WHO TOLD ME HE COULD NOT SAY IT ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, UH, MEGA MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THE SECOND WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4 7, WITH THE NAME KEITH RICHARDS INSERTED THERE.
UH, WE READ IT FOR CORSON, RENTED A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES, HAVE IT SORTED AS AUDIT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4 7 WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS READ NEXT.
[VIII.A.2. P. R. No. 22362 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Contract With Allco, LLC Of Beaumont, Texas, For The Rehabilitation And Modification Of The Main Wastewater Treatment Plant With A Total Projected Budgetary Amount Of $67, 217, 338. 00; 56,237, 412. 00. 00 From Account No. 404-40-000- 8516- 00- 00- 000, Project No. TW- 0003- CON And $ 10, 979, 926. 00 From 169- 07- 015- 8516- 00- 40- 000 PROJ No. ARP002- GRE- WWT]
PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 6, 2, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ALL CO LLC OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS FOR THE REHABILITATION AND THE MODIFICATION OF THE MAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH A TOTAL PROJECT PROJECTED BUDGETARY AMOUNT OF 67 MILLION, $217,338.UH, AND 20, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, 56 MILLION, EXCUSE ME.
$237,412 PRO ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 4 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0 DASH 8 5 1 6 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
PROJECT NUMBER T W 0 0 0 3 CON OR C O N AND $10, $10,979,296 OR A 26,079 AND $26.
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10 MILLION, $979, NOT AS 79, 200, I MEAN 926, UH, DOLLARS FROM, OH, NUMBER 1 6 9 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 5.THAT'S 85 1 6 DASH 8 0 0 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
AND THAT'S PRE PRO JPRO JOE R O J NUMBER A R A P 0 0 2 DASH G R E W W T.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNSEL KELLOGG MAY GET A SECOND COSMIN JONES AND MOVED.
AND SECOND TO THAT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 6, 2 AS RED.
WE RID OF A QUESTION ON ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES THAT'S HABIT? SO IT'S ALL WE WOULD ACCEPT THAT PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.
[VIII.A.3. P. R. No. 22379 — A Resolution Authorizing The Repayment Of Funds To The U. S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development For Disallowed Costs Relate To The Community Development Block Grant Cares Act ( CDBG- CV) In The Amount Of $ 65, 641. 31 From Account No. 001- 23- 061- 5470- 00- 50- 000; Pending Approval Of A Budget Amendment]
NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 7, 9, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENTS OF FUNDS THROUGH THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR DISALLOWED COSTS RELATED OR RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.GRANT CARES ACT, WHICH A CDBG THAT CV IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,641 AND 31 CENTS FROM AN ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 6 1 DASH 5 4 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH FIVE ZERO THAT'S 0 0, 0.
AND THIS IS PENDING APPROVAL OF A BUDGETARY AMOUNT OR BUDGETARY AMENDMENT THAT WE WOULD DEAL WITH FOLLOWING THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT OF MEGA THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNCILWOMAN HOMES.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES? OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
I REQUEST ON THIS, UH, KATIE SECRETARY, WOULD YOU CALL HIM ON THAT MIRROR? YES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE FROM THIS ID, UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2 3 7 9.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE FROM THE SIGN AND MINI DISCUSSION AND OUR ACTION FOR PR TWO TO 3 7 9.
BOTH YOU OVER ACCUSERS OR ACCEPTED? I BELIEVE IT.
CITY SECRETARY AND FRANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES CHURN YOUR MEGA COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW.
MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES, UH, MAYOR BARTEE.
WHICH NUMBER IS THAT? THE OTHER ITEM IS, UM, PO 17 3 7 7 0 3 7,
[VIII.B.2. P. O. No. 7037 — An Appropriation Ordinance Amending The City Of Port Arthur Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2021 And Ending September 30, 2022 By $ 166, 000. 00 For The General Fund]
CAFES NINE.IT IS AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 BY 166,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK, MAY I APPROACH THEM FRANK PAGE.
COUNCILOR MOSES, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN.
YOU MAY GET A SECOND, SECOND MIRROR.
THE MOVING SECOND, EVERYBODY EXCEPT P O NUMBER 7 0 3, 7 AS RED.
I LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM PR NUMBERS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COSMIN MARKS.
I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ANY DISCUSSION AND OUR ACTION ON PO 7 0 4 1.
OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, CITY, UH, 7 3 7 7 0 37.
UH, WE ARE BOTH ACCUSERS OR ACCEPTED, UH, CITY SECRETARY ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE PLEASE.
AND FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES.
I COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDALL RECUSAL COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES MARABAR TI.
IT'S AUDIT AND, UH, ACCEPTED THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P O NUMBER 7 0 3 7 AS READ NOW TO THE NORMAL SEQUENCE, WE WILL MOVE TO YOUR PR NUMBER TWO TO 3 7 9 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NOPE.
[VIII.A.4. P. R. No. 22381 — A Resolution Authorizing A One Year Renewal Of The Contract With Ardurra Group, LLC In An Amount Not To Exceed 50, 000. 00 For Disaster Recovery Grant Management And Administration Services And Providing Additional Contact Funding Related To TDEM Coronavirus Relief Fund And COVID- 19 FEMA Public Assistance Claim Support Projects; Fund Availability Is Subject To Reimbursement From FEMA And/ Or Other Sources; To Be Paid From COVID- 19 Account # 155- 07- 015- 5470- 00-40- 000, Project Number COVD01- GRE-OCSP. R. No. 22381 — A Resolution Authorizing A One Year Renewal Of The Contract With Ardurra Group, LLC In An Amount Not To Exceed 50, 000. 00 For Disaster Recovery Grant Management And Administration Services And Providing Additional Contact Funding Related To TDEM Coronavirus Relief Fund And COVID- 19 FEMA Public Assistance Claim Support Projects; Fund Availability Is Subject To Reimbursement From FEMA And/ Or Other Sources; To Be Paid From COVID- 19 Account # 155- 07- 015- 5470- 00-40- 000, Project Number COVD01- GRE-OCSP. R. No. 22381 — A Resolution Authorizing A One Year Renewal Of The Contract With Ardurra Group, LLC In An Amount Not To Exceed 50, 000. 00 For Disaster Recovery Grant Management And Administration Services And Providing Additional Contact Funding Related To TDEM Coronavirus Relief Fund And COVID- 19 FEMA Public Assistance Claim Support Projects; Fund Availability Is Subject To Reimbursement From FEMA And/ Or Other Sources; To Be Paid From COVID- 19 Account # 155- 07- 015- 5470- 00-40- 000, Project Number COVD01- GRE-OCS]
R NUMBER 2, 2 3 8 1 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH A DURO GROUP, LLC, IN OUR, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 FOR DISASTER RECOVERY,[01:50:01]
GRANT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTRACT FUNDING RELATED TO TBM CORONA VIRUS RELIEF FUND, AND COVID 19 FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CLAIM SUPPORT PROJECTS, BUN, UH, AVAILABILITY IS SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA AND OTHER SOURCES TO BE PAID FROM COBIT 19 ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 5 5 0 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 5 THAT'S 5 4 0 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COSMIC.
COUNCILMAN JONES HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
I THOUGHT YOU WAS MOVED, BUT THANK YOU.
OKAY, COUNCILMAN, UH, IT'S ON A DISC COSMIN, UH, HOLMES.
WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8 1 AS RED.
ARE WE READY? UH, FOR COURSE QUESTION GO RIGHT HERE.
MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEFORE US AN, UH, UM, UM, A, A SHEET THAT SHOWS, UH, TOTAL BENEFITS RECEIVED TO DATE ARE 55 MILLION, $145,932.
AND THEN WE SHOW TOTAL EXPENDED TO DATE 54 MILLION, $108,838.
I WANT A CLARIFICATION ON WHAT DOES EXPEND MEAN IS THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN BACK AND THEN USE THOSE PROCEEDS IN OUR, SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE COMPANY EXPENDED, YOUR APPROACH, BREEZE, YOU CORRECTLY ON THIS SHEET THAT WE'D BEEN GIVEN RIGHT HERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HERE.
YOU SEE IT IN THIS, YOU JUST ANSWERED THIS, WHAT HE ASKS, THAT'S ALL WE NEED.
JUST THAT ONE QUESTION, THE EXPENDED AMOUNT.
IT ARE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT BY THE CITY IN RELATION TO THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT HAVE, THAT INCLUDE ALL OF THE, SO YOU HAVE RETRIEVED FOR US 55 MILLION, $145,932.
AND THE CITY HAS SPENT 54 MILLION, $108,838 OF THAT.
AND TO BE CLEAR, THE CITY SPENDS IT FIRST AND THEN GETS THE MONEY BACK.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'VE GOTTEN BACK A MILLION DOLLARS OVER ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS.
WELL, LET'S SHOW A MILLION, BUT YES, YES, YES, SIR.
AND THAT INCLUDES $6.6 MILLION FOR THE, YEAH, A REAL QUICK.
AND WE'RE JUST, UH, JUST FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
UH, COULD YOU EXPOUND ON THE STONE GATE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECTS, DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND WHERE WE AT THE RATING METRICS THAT WE USE FOR THE FEMALE WARTS.
SO YOU CAN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW EXPLICITLY IN THE DISTRICT TOO, ABOUT THOSE ITEMS AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE, UH, TWO DRAINAGE PROJECT.
SO, UH, AS YOU, AS YOU WERE AWARE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN IS REFERRING TO THE LINE ON THE TABLE.
SO THERE WERE FOUR APPLICATIONS ACTUALLY MORE, MORE THAN FOUR, BUT WE HAVE FOUR APPLICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED TO GO FORWARD THROUGH PHASE ONE, TWO OF THOSE EL VISTA AND PORT ACRES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UH, STONE GATE IS NOW IN ITS FINAL, UM, FINAL REVIEW.
AND WE'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS FOR THAT.
WE EXPECT THAT TO BE APPROVED SHORTLY AND THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT IS THE PROJECT THAT HAS, HAS TAKEN THE LONGEST AND HAS BEEN THE GREATEST CHALLENGE.
UM, PRIMARILY THE METRICS THAT, UH, CREATE THE CHALLENGE FOR THAT ONE, UH, IS BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT AND THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS IN THE AREA.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KINLAW HAS, HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO, TO TRY TO GET THIS PROJECT THROUGH.
AND WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM TO, UH, TO TRY TO SEE THIS THROUGH THIS PROJECT, TO, UH, THIS PROGRAM, IF THIS PROGRAM, UM, IN TERMS OF FEMA'S APPROVAL, DOESN'T WORK, WE HAVE THE BACKUP PLAN OF, OF THE CDBG MITIGATION, SECOND ROUND FUNDING THAT, THAT WE'RE PURSUING TO, UH, TO BACKFILL.
IF, IF THIS ONE DOES NOT GO THROUGH, UM, THE PRIMARY ISSUE IS FEMA LOOKS AT WHAT IS THE CURRENT ELEVATION OF PROPERTIES, UH, NOT STREETS.
SO WHILE WE HAVE STREET ISSUES AND STREET DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THAT AREA, UH, FEMA'S 4 0 4 PROGRAM FOCUSES ON BUSINESSES
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AND RESIDENCES IN TERMS OF FLOOD EVENTS.AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO JUSTIFY.
UH, THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT IS ABOUT AN $18 MILLION PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A WELL ABOVE THAT IN TERMS OF BENEFIT TO DO THE PROJECT AND THAT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT, UH, IN TERMS OF THE FLOOD FREQUENCY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE TECHNICAL, UH, BUT THAT MEANS WHEN A CERTAIN FLOOD HAPPENS, UM, SPENDING $18 MILLION WILL PROTECT FEMA FROM HAVING TO PAY OUT MONEY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UH, FOR THAT WE BELIEVE THE PROJECT IS BENEFICIAL.
WE BELIEVE WE'VE SHOWN THAT, UH, IN OUR NUMBERS, UH, BUT FEMA IS CHALLENGING THE METHODOLOGY AND THE MODELING BECAUSE WE ARE, WE'RE COMPARING THE ACTUAL EVENT OF HARVEY.
AND THAT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO, UH, TO GET THROUGH WITH FEMA BECAUSE IT'S NOT MODELED THAT WAY.
SO THE ACTUALITY OF COUNCILMAN KIN LAW, AND SO MANY OTHERS HAVING FOUR FEET OR MORE OF WATER IN THEIR HOMES, UH, WAS A REALITY.
AND SO THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TO FEMA TRYING TO BACK THAT UP WITH ACTUAL DATA TO SHOW THAT A PROJECT, UH, OF THE NATURE OF THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT IS WORTHWHILE, UM, IS A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DONE AS WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NAY.
SO WE HAVE ACCEPTED PR NUMBER.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PR NUMBER
[VIII.A.5. P. R. No. 22382 — A Resolution Authorizing A One Year Renewal Of The Contract With Ardurra Group, LLC In An Amount Not To Exceed 40, 000. 00 For Disaster Recovery Grant Management And Administration Services And Providing Additional Contract Funding Related To Hurricane Laura Public Assistance And 406/ 404 Hazard Mitigation Projects; Fund Availability Is Subject To Reimbursement From FEMA And/ Or Other Sources; To Be Paid From Hurricane Laura Account # 156- 07- 015- 5470- 00- 40- 000, Project Number LAUR01- GRE- OCS]
22, 3 8 TO A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE DUEL GROUP, LLC.ANY AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,000 FOR DISASTER RECOVERY, GRANT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTRACT FUNDING RELATED TO HURRICANE LAURA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND 4 0 6 AND 4 0 4 HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS FUND AVAILABILITY, 72 REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA AND OR OTHER SOURCES TO BE PAID FROM HURRICANE LAURA ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 5 6 DASH SEVEN ZERO DASH 0 1 5 THAT'S 5 4 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
PROJECT NUMBER LAURA AS LA LAW.
MAGGIE HAD A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MAIL.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN HOMES IN REMOVING THE SECONDARY? WE WOULD ACCEPT PRB NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 2 AS RED.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON READINESS ON THIS.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR IN YOUR POSES.
AS EPISODE IS AUDIT, WE ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3 8, 2 EDGE RED.
[VIII.A.6. P. R. No. 22383 — A Resolution Authorizing A Six Month Renewal Of The Contract With Ardurra Group, LLC In An Amount Not To Exceed 3, 000. 00 For Disaster Recovery Grant Management And Administration Services And Providing Additional Contract Funding Related To The 2021 Winter Projects; Fund Availability Is Subject To Reimbursement From FEMA And/ Or Other Sources; To Be Paid From Winter Storm Account # 158- 07-015- 5470- 00- 40- 000, Project Number WSTM01- GRE- OCS]
PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3 8 3, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SIX MONTH RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH A DEWAR GROUP, LLC, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000 FOR DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTRACT FUNDING RELATED TO WOULD BE 2021.WINTER PROJECT FUND AVAILABILITY IS SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA AND ALL OTHER SOURCES TO BE PAID FROM WINTER STORM ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 5 8 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 1 5 DASH 5 4 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
PROJECT NUMBERS W S T M ZERO ONE AS GRE DASH O C S.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COSMIN MARKS MEGHAN, A SECOND COUNSEL ON THE MOSES HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 3 AS READ WE READ IT FOR QUESTION.
THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS ON HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES I WAS HAVING.
WE ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 3, READ.
[VIII.A.7. P. R. No. 22388 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate With The Five Pre- Qualified Engineering Firms For The Purpose Of Providing Professional Engineering Services For Roadway Projects]
NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 8, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE FIVE PRE QUALIFIED ENGINEER IN FARMS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ROADWAY PROJECTS MAY GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.COSMIC, KEN LAW, MEGHAN, A SECOND, COUNCILMAN JONES, SECOND THERE AND MOVE IN SECOND, THEY WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 8 AS READ, UH, WHAT WE'D BETTER FOR QUESTION.
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QUESTIONS HERE ON THIS ITEM AND READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.ANY OPPOSES A IS ABBOTSFORD HAS ARGUED.
HE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 8 AS READ.
WE MOVED TO PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 9,
[VIII.A.8. P. R. No. 22389 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate With The Eight Pre- Qualified Engineering Firms For The Purpose Of Providing Professional Engineering Services For Drainage Projects]
OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE EIGHT PRE QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRMS. WHILE THE PURPOSE, EXCUSE ME, ARE PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNSEL IN MY HOMES MAY GET A SECOND.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? HE HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR AND I'M A 2, 2, 3, 8, 9 AS WRIT.
WE, UH, READY FOR QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS HERE.
WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES THAT'S HABITS TO IT IS AUDIT.
WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 8, 9 AS READ NEXT WEEK.
GO TO ORDINANCES OF NON-CONSENT.
[VIII.B.1. P. O. No. 7036 — An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 20- 58 As It Pertains To The Developer Participation Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And H& P Engineering & Construction, Inc.]
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO ZERO DASH FIVE EIGHT, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT AUB AND HP ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION.NOW I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN JONES.
MAY I GET A SECOND? A COSMIC CATALOG HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P O NUMBER 7, 0 3, 6 AS WRITTEN .
I JUST HAVE ONE CLERICAL TURNED BY ME AT THE RIGHT TIME AND I'M NOT JUMPING THE GUN OUT.
UH, ON THIS ONE, THERE WAS A TIME CLARIFICATION THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE HOME.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO ASK IT TO BE MARCH OF 2020 OR YEAH, 2 24 WEEKS, 24 MONTHS INSTEAD OF MARCH OF 2022.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WE'VE HAD.
AND ALSO COVID I BELIEVE RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, UNWRITTEN IS ON US.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES, UH, TOWARDS AUTUMN WE BEEN EXCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 3 6 AS RICK WE'VE ALREADY MOVED AND WORKED ON ACCEPTING PO NUMBER 7 0 3 7.
SO WE WILL GO TO PO NUMBER 7, 0 3 8
[VIII.B.3. P. O. No. 7038 — An Ordinance By The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, ( Or " City") Declining To Approve The Change In Rates Requested In Entergy Texas, Inc.' s (" ETI" Or " Company") Statement Of Intent Filed With The City On January 31, 2022, And Finding And Determining That The Meeting At Which This Ordinance Was Considered Was Open To The Public And In Accordance With Texas Law]
ANONYMOUS BY THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, OR A CITY, A DECLINING B TO APPROVE THE CHANGE IN RATES REQUESTED BY ENTERGY, TEXAS, INCORPORATE ETI OR COMPANY STATEMENT OF INTENT FILED WITH THE CITY ON JANUARY 30TH, 31ST, EXCUSE ME, 2022.AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS CONSIDERED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS PO UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM? MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN MOSES THAT P O NUMBER IS 7 0 3 8 WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS WRIT OR A BIT OF A QUESTION.
BE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES NOW IT'S HABIT.
SO IT'S AUTOMOBILE EXCEPT P O NUMBER 7, 0 3 8 AS PRESENTED NEXT, WE HAVE
[VIII.B.4 P. O. No. 7039 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]
PILL NUMBER 7 0 3 9, AND AUTOMATES EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO 4 1 8 0.108.SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT COVID IS STILL DONE, BUT 30 DAYS ATTORNEY, UH, WE'RE STILL DOING THIS FOOTBALL A 30 DAY PERIOD.
WE'VE DONE IT FOR OVER A YEAR.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNTS? REMARKS MAY GET A SECOND COUNT FROM A KID LONG ISN'T MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 3 9 AS READ.
WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION? NO, OF COURSE IT'S ALL A FAVOR.
AND IT POSES AS AVENUE IS AUTOMATED EXCEPT PO NUMBER SEVEN, ZERO CLEAN.
[VIII.B.5. P. O. No. 7040 — An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of City Owned Vacant Tract Of Land Legally Described As Lot 3, Block 23, Brice Addition, Being More Commonly Known As 743 Booker T. Washington Avenue And The Execution Of A Special Warranty Deed]
7 0 4, 0, AND AUTUMN IS AUTHORIZED FOR THE SALE OF CITY LAND.ALL OWNED VACANT TRACT OF LAND, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE BLOCK, 23 BRYCE ADDITION BEING MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 7 43, BOOKER T WASHINGTON AVENUE AND THE EXECUTION OF A SPECIAL WARRANTY.
I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILMAN JONES.
CAUSE WHEN HOLMES ME, I GET A SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 0 AS READ OR ANY COURSES ON THIS.
WE ARE READY FOR A VOTING ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HAVING SO IT'S AUTO-IMMUNE EXCEPT PO NUMBER 70 40
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IS RED PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 1 ANONYMOUS PROVIDED FOR THE CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION ON MAY 7TH.OH, WE ALREADY DID THIS AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MARK IT OFF.
I DIDN'T JUST HAVE TO START READING IT AND UNDERSTOOD THAT.
SO WE ARE AT THE BEST PAGE OF THE NIGHT, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UH, GERMANY.
UH, YOU GOING TO DO A MOTION FROM MICHAEL? THIS MEETING IS OVER.
I JUST WANT YOU TO DO MEETING BE CLOSED.
YOU DON'T COME TO MEET AND BROTHER, UH, MOSES WAS LIKE THAT.
UH, COUNCILMAN MARK, CAN YOU GET OUT OF THE GARBAGE CAN? OKAY.
THANK GOD FOR EACH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALL IN FAVOR.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO STAY, YOU MAY REMAIN MEETING IS OVER ALL THAT.