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          RECORDING IN PROGRESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE ABOUT READY TO SECRETARY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD 
          [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. 
          THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING, OR THIS ACTUALLY IS A REGULAR MEETING AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE MOMENT, BUT THIS IS A, UH, THE OPENING OF THE REGULAR MEETING. 
          SO WE CAN GO INTO A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, ON TODAY'S DATE, WHICH IS APRIL 12TH IN A YEAR OUT LAW IN 20 AND 22, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WILL ACTUALLY CONDUCT, UH, A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOWING THIS OPENING HERE IN CHAMBERS. 
          UH, AND THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE, UH, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF VIDEO CONFERENCE. 
          UH, AND IN ADDITION TO ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON, A QUORUM FOR THE COUNCIL MUST BE PRESENT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SO THAT THIS MEETING CAN BE CONDUCTED. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU ALL MAY PARTICIPATE BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. 
          AND YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING CODE 8 3 5 0 1 6 3 2 0 3 3. 
          AND THE CODE OF 1 5 3 5 6 1. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          AND WE WILL PROVIDE ALL THE ACCOMMODATIONS OR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT A PERSON WOULD REQUEST. 
          HOWEVER, THAT REQUEST HAS TO BE MADE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5. 
          AND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU WITH ALL OF THIS BEING SAID, WE NOW HAVE AN INVOCATION. 
          UH, COSMIN FRANK, WOULD YOU, UH, MAY APPROACH HIM, GIVE US THE INVOCATION POLICE RELEASED LET'S BOW OUR HEADS ALL WISE IN ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER, HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO BE FOUND YET AGAIN, IN YOUR PRESENCE AND TO BE IN CHAMBERS ON TODAY. 
          WE PRAY GOD FOR YOUR WISDOM, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT DO THAT, WHICH IS FRUITFUL FOR THIS CITY. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILIES IN THIS CITY AND WE PRAY GOD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY. 
          I'VE STAYED IN OUR NATION. 
          WE ASK IT ALL IN THE POWERFUL AND PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS. 
          WE PRAY AMEN. 
          EIGHT MINUTES. 
          LET US NOW SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND 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. 
          ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR ME? THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR BARR, T MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK'S COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES. 
          YOU HAVE A CALL ON ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY. 
          WE 
          [II. *CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
WILL MOVE SWIFTLY NOW, UH, INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5, 5, 1 POINT ONE-ON-ONE OF, UH, CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OPEN MEETINGS, LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FARM IN THE ARTICLE 62 52 DASH ONE SEVEN, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION A PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE MEETING, I MUST MAKE AS BEING THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THIS MEETING, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, AND I'LL CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL COVER SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OUR PENDING MITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. 
          SECONDLY, WE WILL COVER SECTION FIVE BY 1.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DELIBERATE DISCUSS, EXCUSE ME, OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PORT AUDIT. 
          THEN WE WERE MOVED TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND DEVALUATIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY SECRETARY. 
          AND FINALLY, WE WILL DISCUSS SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT GOAL TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, 
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AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS. 
          AND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY ACTION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEY WILL BE ACTED UPON WHEN WE RETURN TO CHAMBERS IN OPEN SESSION, WE WILL NOW RECESS JUST ME TO OUR CONFERENCE ROOM FOR THE SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING. 
          AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE, WE WILL RETURN NO LATER THAN FIVE 30, FOR SURE. 
          OR SOMETIME A MOMENT OR TWO AFTER TO BEGIN OUR REGULAR MEETING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE AGENDA AND NO REASON IT SHOULDN'T BE OUT HERE AT SEVEN 30 TO SEVEN O'CLOCK SEVEN 30 WOULD TAKE YOU OUT OF BUSINESS, RIGHT? SHE'D BE GOING WITH SEVEN O'CLOCK, SEVEN 30. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
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