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WE ARE BACK IN OUR SESSION THAT WE ARE READY FOR OUR FIVE 30 MEETING.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE MUST DO IS, EXCUSE ME, UH, JOIN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH BEGAN AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND BEFORE WE COULD DO ANY OF THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CITY SECRETARY TO SIGN.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, GIVE HER THE QUORUM.
MAY HAVE OUR TEA BREAD MAYOR PRO TEM FRAME, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES.
UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION IS COMPLETED.
WE ARE READY TO BEGIN OUR, UH, REGULAR SESSION.
WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOTION TO, UH, JOHN, UH, GOING TO GET YOUR SESSION, UH, MAY APPROACH UP SOME OLD MR. VAN.
UH, COSMIN MARCH 2ND IS REMOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE JOINED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BEGAN AT ABOUT 4:10 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, ARE WE READY FOR VOTING? UH, ANY QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR IN THAT PROCESS I WAS HAVING.
SO IT IS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NOW OVER.
AREN'T WE A SECRETARY? YES, SIR.
AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE DATE, APRIL 12TH.
UH, WHICH, YEAH, IT WAS JUST A MINUTE MAYOR.
WE'VE GOT TO SWITCH MEETINGS FOR YOU.
WELL, HERE WE ARE READY FOR WAS EXCUSE ME, REGULAR.
[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL ]
COULD ISSUE AS THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WAS BEGAN AT FIVE 30.IT'S NOW FIVE 40 ON APRIL 12TH, 2022.
IT'S BEING HELD HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER LOCATED AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UH, THE MEDIUM MAY BE ATTENDED BY TELEPHONIC MEANS, OR EVEN BY VIDEO CONFERENCE, YOU MAY ATTEND THE MEETING.
IF YOU ARE PART OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, 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 ANSWER A MEETING CODE 8 7 9 0 6 8 6 7 3 7 7.
UH, AND THE PASSCODE OF 1 0 5 7 5 1 TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY, THAT, AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WILL PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WHO WOULD WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND NEEDING THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.
BUT YOU MUST CALL 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 TO REQUEST THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU A CALENDAR MONTH.
WOULD YOU GIVE US A NOTIFICATION, PLEASE? AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO PLAY ACTUALLY DONE IN UNISON, PLEASE STAND.
OKAY, FATHER, GOD, WE COME TO YOU TODAY, THANKING YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY FATHER TO BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, THOSE OF US WHO WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY FATHER TO BE WITH US.
AS WE DELIBERATE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY
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OF PORT AUTHOR, ALLOW US THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS.WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP OUR FAMILY SAFE.
WHEN WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU LOOK DOWN UPON THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CRANE AND TOUCH THEM WITH YOUR MERCY AND YOUR LOVE, ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME.
LET'S SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN UNISON, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO THE SECRETARY WOULD YOU BE SO CANDACE? WE ESTABLISHED THE FORUM FOR MAYOR BARTY MAY APPROACH TIM FRANK COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES.
SO KELLY'S SECRETARY, UH, ON PROCLAMATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UP HERE, OBVIOUSLY THE SECRETARY ARE THERE ANY, OKAY, THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS.
WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO PETITIONS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.
[III.A.1 Joe Escobedo Regarding Trash Bill ]
SPEAKERS.WE HAVE MR. JOE ESCOBIDO REGARDING A TRASH BILL.
MR. ESCOBEDO IS PRESENT TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
MR. JOEL, ESCOBIDO GOT IN THE TRASH BILL, MR. JOE
[III.B.1 Status Update Pertaining To The Annual Street Project Completion/ Repairs Percentage By District. ( Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATIONS A STATUS UPDATE PERTAINING TO THE ANNUAL STREET PROJECT COMPLETION, ALVIN PASS, UH, PRESENTED, UH, ON THOSE STREETS, UH, PROJECT ON THE STREET PROJECT.UH, AND THESE SANDWICHES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS PER COUNCILMAN, MR. KIM LAW.
UH, DO WE HAVE STAFF COME UP PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
MADAM COMES, UM, MR. KEVIN TEL IS NOT HERE TODAY.
HE'S OUT TAKING CARE OF SOME PERSONAL PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, OF COURSE IN HIS OUT WILL BE GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, I THINK I'VE ALREADY GIVEN EVERYONE A COPY OF, UH, SOME INTERFACE.
I'VE SIT IN HERE BY THE SEATS.
UM, LINDSAY, CAN YOU GO THAT FIRST SLIDE FOR ME, PLEASE? THIS IS GOING TO BE IN, UM, PRECINCT, STARTING WITH PRECINCT ONE IN THE RAY AT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE RATE WILL BE COMPLETED PROJECTS AND IN THE GREEN IS GOING TO BE PROJECTS THAT, UH, IS GOING TO BE REMAINING.
THE MAP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, THESE ARE THE STREETS HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN DISTRICT RUN SO FAR.
AND AS I CONTINUE AT EACH ONE OF THESE SLIDES IS GOING TO BE LOOKING THE SAME WAY.
ANYWAY, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
LINDSAY, DIFFERENT TO THE SAME SITUATION HERE IS GOING TO BE EVERYTHING THAT IS IN RED.
IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN GREEN IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT ROUND.
THE STREETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OFF WILL BE IT'S ON.
LINDSAY, PLEASE HAVE DISTRICT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THAT'S THE STREETS THAT'S GOING TO BE IN DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FOUR LINDSEY.
AND THAT NEXT SLIDE IS THE STREETS THAT'S GOING TO BE IN DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT LIGHT LINDSEY GO TO AT LEAST THESE ARE THE COMPLETED PROJECTS OF THE STREETS IN EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICTS BY MILES AND COST THAT WAS PROJECTED WAS A, I THINK IT WAS 21,000.
SO WE KIND OF CLOSE TO ABOUT 21,000.
THAT'S THE TOTAL, BUT AT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS IS THE STREETS THAT HAS REMAINED IN BY PERCENTAGES, BY MILES, BY PERCENTAGES AND REMAINED REMAINING COST.
THIS WAS THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMPILED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THIS HAS BEEN A DAUNTING TASK AND THE DAY THE TRUTH, WE WILL STILL WORKING AT THIS.
AND, UH, THE LAST REGIME, IT SEEMS TO NOT HAVE KEPT UP WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE REALLY NEEDED.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, JOHN AND MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE TEAM, WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO
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GET THE ORGANIZATIONS IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN PASS IT ON.WE CAN KEEP UP WITH EVERY STREET THAT HAS DONE IN EACH DISTRICT AND THE COST OF THOSE STREETS.
I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS I POSSIBLY CAN, BUT IF I CAN'T, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH THAT I CANNOT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
WELL, MR. FLUID, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
AND LET ME ASK, UH, ON THE FINAL PAGE, YOU'VE GOT THE EXPENSE COLUMN THERE HIGHLIGHTED AND IT SHOWS IN, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, UH, WE'VE ALL, WE SPENT 4 MILLION, 246,000, UH, $93.
AND SO YOU WITH ME, YES, YOU THERE.
UH, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION WAS 20 MILLION, $398 AND $398,125.
AND WE, UH, WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 16.1, 5 MILLION, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT 10, 10 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION COMMITTED AND 5 MILLION, 793,000 THAT'S UNALLOCATED.
SO WHEN WE FLIPPED BACK TO, UH, UH, THE MATH, UH, A DISTRICT FOR PROJECTS, ALL THIS, ALL THESE THINGS IN RED HERE, THE UNALLOCATED AMOUNT, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE STREETS? COUNCILMAN LED ME BE FRANK WITH, UH, EVERYONE THAT IS NOT ABOUT WHEELHOUSE.
UM, UH, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A STREET, I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO MANAGE A STREET, I CAN SHOW YOU THE MANAGE IT.
UH, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE NUMBERS UP TO THE, THE, THE, UH, ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT TO GIVE YOU GUYS THOSE NUMBERS AS TO WHAT IS LEFT IN THE ACCOUNT.
WELL, IF, UH, IF SOMEONE HERE FROM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S A PAGE THAT, UM, THAT I DID GIVE YOU GUYS LOOKED LIKE THIS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ON EACH ONE OF THOSE PAGES WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, LET'S SEE, IT'S GOING TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO DISTRICT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FUNDS BY GENERAL FUNDS AND BOND.
AND HE DID GIVE ME A LITTLE INSIGHT ON TO HOW THIS $10 MILLION WAS BEING SPLIT, ALLOCATED, WHICHEVER TERMINOLOGY YOU WANT TO USE.
IT SEEMS THAT 4 MILLION OF THAT 10 MILLION WAS USE ALL REMEDIATION STREETS TO REMEDIATE INSIDE IN HOUSE.
THE OTHER 6 MILLION WAS RECONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION STREET STREET TO BE CONSTRUCTED OUTSIDE, WHICH WAS STREET LIKE A SUNKEN COURT, UH, FOREST, THOSE TYPES OF, UH, PROJECTS.
THEY TOOK UP THE BULK OF THAT MONEY, WHICH LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION, 2 MILLION FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, REMEDIATED STREETS, YOU'D PROBABLY WAS RUNNING SOMEWHERE AROUND SIX, 700,000, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.
THOSE ARE JUST SOFT NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
UH, MAYOR, UH, SO THE 4 MILLION YOU SPOKE OF, YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UH, THAT, THAT COSTS YOU HAVE ANY WAY TO TRACK THAT CAUSE FROM MR. BURRITO TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE IN HOUSE VERSUS BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE, WENT THROUGH THE STREETS ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU, MYSELF AND JOHN AND WE'RE GOING, SOME OF THE STREETS WERE ALREADY ON THE LIT ON LISTS, BUT WE'RE HARDLY DONE.
SO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO KNOW ONE, THE RECORD KEEPING OF THAT AND HOW WE CAN ACCURATELY ACCOUNT FOR STREETS THAT WERE ALREADY REPAIRED, BUT THEY WERE ALREADY UP ON MY LIST.
AND WITHOUT US GOING THROUGH THE DISTRICT THREE, TO FIND OUT THAT THESE STREETS WERE ALREADY DONE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT, BUT THEY WERE ALREADY BEING ALLOCATED.
THEY WERE ALREADY BEING NOTATED AS STREETS NEED TO BE DONE IN MY DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UH, YOU KNOW, LET, LET ME BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT ANOTHER MAN IS THINKING.
THE ONLY DEAD MAN, AND GOD GONNA PROBABLY KNOW THAT ONE, BUT BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION
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THAT WAS LEFT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE CD HAD, UM, HAD A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY TO GO OUT AND IDENTIFY STREETS BY A LASER OR WHATEVER, WITH SOME, SOME TYPE OF X-RAY X-RAY TRUCK.AND THEN, UH, I THINK ALBERTO, AND MAYBE SOME OF THE COUNCIL ONES THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND WENT OUT AND ALSO THERE'S SOME OBSERVATION ON TRYING TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT STREETS NOW YOU'VE GOT A MACHINE AND YOU'VE GOT A HUMAN BEING.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME UP WITH THE SAME STREETS.
AND NOW THAT LIST, IF HAS BEEN COMPILED TOGETHER, THEY NEED TO MATCH AND IT MAY NOT HAVE MATCHED TO.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY LOOK LIKE LOGICAL ANSWER.
I CAN POSSIBLY GIVE YOU IN WHAT YOU WAS ASKING ME ABOUT WHY THOSE STREETS WAS DONE OR NOT DONE.
AND IT WASN'T ON THAT LIST THAT WERE NOT ON THE LIST.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? EVEN IF WE GO OUTSIDE OR EVEN IF WE DO IT IN HOUSE, IT'S IT COMES WITH A COST, RIGHT? IT COMES WITH EITHER WE PAYING SALARIES AND IT COMES WITH MATERIALS.
SO, BUT IF THE STREETS ARE ON THE LIST AND THEN WE HAD NO IDEA, AND UNTIL WE WENT AND DID OBSERVATION IN DISTRICT THREE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTING FOR FUNDING FOR A STREET THAT IT WAS ALREADY DONE.
SO THAT LED, THAT THOUGHT, UH, THREW UP A RED FLAG WITH ME TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE RECORD KEEPING OF HOW THE STREETS ARE BEING ACCOUNTED FOR, RIGHT.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, AND DISTRICT THREE, YOU SHOWED THAT REMAINING COST TOTAL OF $11 MILLION.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REMAINING TWO YEARS OF THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE $11 MILLION TO BE SPENT IN DISTRICT THREE SOFT NUMBERS.
LET ME SAY AGAIN, SOFT NUMBERS, BECAUSE THERE WAS STREETS THAT WAS DONE IN DISTRICT THREE WORD CONSTRUCTED STREETS, LIKE A SUNKEN COURT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE REMEDIATE STREET.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE ON THAT NUMBER.
LET ME TIGHTEN THAT NUMBER FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I CAN PROBABLY GET YOU PUMPED UP CLOSE TO FIGURE THEN WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN, AND ALSO DIRECTOR, UH, MR. SUPERVISOR FLOOD.
THE THING IS THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THE STREET PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW, THE DISTRICT THREE WAS LIKE 13, 17%, BUT OVER THE YEARS, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE BEGINNING STREETS COMPLETED.
SO THEIR PERCENTAGES ARE ACTUALLY FOR COMPLETION HAS DROPPED BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THE STREETS ARE BEING REMEDIATION OR REPAIRED OR RECONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE CATCHING UP WITH THAT PERCENTAGE NUMBER.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPERATIVE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO GET ACCURATE NUMBERS BECAUSE THE STREET PROGRAM IS DRIVEN BY PERCENTAGE RIGHT.
OF WHAT YOUR DISTRICT IS GOING TO GET.
SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET THE DATA TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING.
SO, UH, IF YOU CAN GET THAT IN FROM, AND, AND LET ME SAY THAT UNDER THE, UNDER THE REGIME OF JOHN AND MYSELF, I'M PRETTY SURE WE GOING TO GET THESE NUMBERS IN THESE STREETS, UH, IDENTIFIED AND, UH, THE COST, UM, I'M ABOUT TO COST ON SOMETHING.
IF I'M GOING TO SPEND 600,000, I'M GOING TO SPEND THAT 600,000 ON THAT STREET THERE.
AND IF I'M GOING TO HAVE A SAVINGS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL MY MATERIAL IS GOING TO THAT STREET.
I, AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS SAYING, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN MR. KENNETH TELE GET BACK, I'M PRETTY SURE HE, AND I WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
OKAY, MAYOR PODIUM, RIGHT? YES.
UM, LET ME, I HEARD COUNCILMAN KENDALL, I'LL SAY SOMETHING THAT, UM, PEAKED MY INTEREST AND IT WAS THAT THE STREET PROGRAM WAS DRIVEN BY PERCENTAGES.
IF THE P IF I, IF THE STREET PROGRAM IS DRIVEN BY PERCENTAGES, IS, IS IT NOT DRIVEN BY, SHOULDN'T IT BE DRIVEN BY NEED FROM THE PARTICULAR STANDPOINTS THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE PORTIONS OF TOWN PERHAPS THAT NEED MORE STREETS DONE THAN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN BECAUSE OF THE NEWNESS OF THE, THE, THE STREET THAT WAS PUT DOWN, AS OPPOSED TO THAT.
AND SO IF WE'RE SIMPLY DOING IT BY PERCENTAGES, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT, UH, DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, 4, EACH GET, YOU KNOW, UH, 40% OF THEIR STREETS AND WE DIVERT THAT MONEY, I THINK THAT WOULD AS WELL, AVERT THAT THING THAT HAPPENS IN TRANSPIRES WHEN, UH, WE FIND THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON REMEDIATION IN, AND WE'RE USING UP OUR BUDGET ON REMEDIATION.
UH, AND THEN, AND THEN THAT CAUSES US TO, TO BE OUT OF BALANCE AS WELL.
SO I GUESS THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IDEOLOGICAL, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM THAT PARTICULAR STANDPOINT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE STREET PROGRAM OUGHT TO BE DRIVEN BY NEED
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MORE THAN PRESENTED.WELL, OUR COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT HAS TO GO BY PERCENTAGES BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? A DISTRICT FOUR HAD A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF NE BY FOLLOWED BY DISTRICT ONE, FOLLOWED BY DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE IS LESS.
SO IT HAD TO GO BY PERCENTAGES TO, TO DEVIATE THE FUNDING IN THOSE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY, A CITY MANAGER, IF YOU DON'T DO IT BY ME, BECAUSE EVERY STREETS IN PORT ARTHUR HAS A NEED FOR STREET REPAIRS OR REMEDIATION.
SO WE HAD TO DO IT AT, UH, WITH THE WAY THAT WOULD BE LOGICAL BY ACTUALLY DOING THE X-RAY TRUCK, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT THE NEED AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE BASE AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED TO REPAIR THAT STREET.
SO YOU HAD TO DO IT BY PERCENTAGES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2020 ALLOCATION, I'VE GOT IT RIGHT THERE BEFORE ME TO GET IN ORDER TO GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU HAD DISTRICT 4 46 0.9, 6% DISTRICT THREE AT 15.4, 2% DISTRICT TWO AT 16.47 AND DISTRICT ONE AT 23.15, WHICH GIVES YOU A TOTAL OF 400%.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE ALLOCATION BREAKDOWN WHERE DISTRICT FOUR ENDED UP WITH $4.6 MILLION AND DISTRICT ONE ENDED UP WITH 2.3 DISTRICT TWO WITH 1.6 AND DISTRICT THREE WITH 1.3.
SO, SO THE ALLOCATION WAS DONE BY NI OH, YES, YES, YES.
AND YOU'VE WORKED WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT NEEDED.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE $10 MILLION THAT YOU HAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
NO, NO, I STILL HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, UH, MR. FLOOD QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREETS, THERE WAS ABOUT $200,000 THAT WAS ADDED, UM, THAT WAS ALLOCATED.
UM, AND IT WAS FOR THE USE OF, UM, A COMPANY, LYFT TECH TO DO A PERCENTAGE OF, UM, STREETS BECAUSE, UM, THEY, THEY WERE, UH, PROPOSING THAT THE PRODUCT THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RENDER TO THE CITY WOULD CAUSE OUR STREETS TO LAST FOR 10 YEARS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT THEY USED TO PUT THE STREET DOWN.
IS THAT STILL, IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN DONE? AND IF IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT THE, THE, THE PRIOR REGIME HAD A, HAD SOME KIND OF DISDAIN OR SOME ISSUE, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DONE.
NOW, THAT MIGHT BE MY OPINION, BUT I'M GOING TO STICK TO IT.
SO HAS THAT BEEN DONE? IS THERE AN INTENTION TO DO THAT AND, AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
LET ME LEAVE MY QUESTION THERE.
NO, IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE, BUT YES, IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
UH, WE HAVE A STREET WHICH IS, UH, AND COUNCILMAN JONES DISTRICT THAT WILL START THAT, UH, USE OF THAT MATERIAL ON THAT STREET.
LET ME JUST ADD COUNSELOR FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UM, THE LAST ENGINEER WE HAD TOOK THE BALL AND RAN WITH IT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE ENGINEER WAS REPLACED.
AND SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS TO TAKE THE BALL AGAIN WITH THE NEW ENGINEER, BUT YES, IT'S ON THE BOOKS TO BE DONE.
YEAH, YOU'RE THINKING OF ME ALSO A COMPLIMENT, FRANK, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE THE HOLD UP BECAUSE, UH, I TALKED TO HER BOURGEAULT I THINK I TALKED TO MS. ROBINSON ABOUT THIS PROJECT ON PROSTITUTE EXTENSION.
I WAS KIND OF UNDECIDED ABOUT IT AT ONE TIME.
I SAID, I MIGHT WANT TO PUT A HOLD ON IT.
CAUSE I HATE TO PUT MONEY ON, ON THE STREET WITH NO ROOFTOPS.
WASN'T MONEY IN THE CITY OF YOU THAT NEEDED TREES REPAIR.
SO I MIGHT'VE BEEN THE ONE TO HAVE THAT PROJECT UP BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE I WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH IT.
NOT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WEEK PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT OF NITA AND NATURES, WHOEVER ELSE COMING IN THE CITY WE'LL TOP IT ALL.
SO, UH, THE STUDENT MANAGER, LET ME, IF Y'ALL THINK THIS SHOULD BE DONE, YOU WANT TO GO ON WITH IT, LET'S DO IT, BUT I WAS KINDA RELUCTANT CAUSE WHAT THE HOOP CHAPEL ON THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOME PAYING TAXES NEED THAT STREET DONE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I MIGHT'VE BEEN THE ONE THAT HELD THAT PROJECT UP.
LET ME ANSWER YOU LIKE THIS, UH, COUNCILMAN, THAT STREET HAS A GREAT NEED.
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IT HAVE EGRESS AND INGRESS TO OUR CITY FROM THE EAST.IT PROVIDES A HEAVY TRAFFIC, MEDIUM TRAFFIC, LIGHT TRAFFIC, AND A PRODUCT THAT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
I'VE BEEN IN THE ROAD BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.
AND WHEN A NEW PRODUCT LIKE THIS, COME IN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL THAT IT HAS.
AND IF IT'S GOING TO WORK ON THAT STREET, I DIDN'T SAY USE IT IN THE REST OF OUR STREETS.
IT SEEMS TO, UH, ALLEVIATE POTHOLES TO ABOUT 85%.
AND THEN IF YOU BELIEVE EIGHT POTHOLES, YOU CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU MAY SPEND A LITTLE MONEY UP FRONT FOR THE MATERIAL, BUT THEN YOU GET LONGEVITY AND OUT OF IT, YOU, YOU GET MORE LIFE OUT OF IT.
WHEN RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU DO A STREET, YOU MIGHT GET THREE YEARS OUT OF IT.
AND THIS PRODUCT IS GUARANTEED 78, MAYBE 10 YEARS OUT OF IT.
OUT OF THE PRODUCT IT'S SUBSTITUTE OIL IS REPLACING A LIME OR CEMENT LIME OR BREAK DOWN WITHIN TWO YEARS.
HE MADE A BREAK DOWN ABOUT A YEAR.
THIS PRODUCT SEEMS TO HAVE A LONG LIFE AND LYMAN SEEMING ITSELF.
I REMEMBER I CONVERSATION BY THIS, SIR.
UM, LET ME, LET ME JUST MAKE A COMMENT HERE.
MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT I'M MOVING AHEAD.
UM, IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AT RECORD KEEPING.
AS FAR AS WHEN WE BEGAN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE STREETS, HERE IT IS.
WE HAD, UM, A DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED, UM, FOR THE STREET PROGRAM, UM, AND THIS TROUBLED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN RECORDS IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE FILMED IT UP AND I'M MOVING ALONG WITH, WITH THE NEW TOOLS, PUT IN PLACE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WITH THE NEW SYSTEM, WE WILL WORK AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE WITH THE ACCOUNTING AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORDS THAT WE KEEP IN THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS DOES REFLECT THE BALANCES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS.
AND SO WE WILL GIVE A MUCH MORE ACCURATE NUMBER AS FAR AS FIGURES ARE CONCERNED.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHERE, UM, MR. FLOYD IS COMING FROM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SELF NUMBERS, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE NEED TO GET TO THE PHONE NUMBERS SO THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HE OR SHE HAS BALANCED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOW MUCH DOLLARS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT WE WILL GET THERE.
MAYOR CITY MANAGER, UH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU SAID AT DAY ONE, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH THE RECORD KEEPINGS OF, UH, HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE STREETS.
HE SAID THAT FOR FROM DAY ONE.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND HIM ON THAT BECAUSE HE'S NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
HE WANTED TO STAY, LOOK LESS, STOP DOING WHAT WE'D DONE IN THE PAST.
AND IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET THIS, THIS BALL GOING ACROSS THE ROAD.
NUMBER TWO, TO FIND OUT WHAT STREETS WE ACTUALLY NEED.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE TEDIOUS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITH YOUR ENGINEER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE, UH, HOW MANY STREETS WE CAN DO IN A YEAR TIME AND TO SPEND THAT $10 MILLION.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.
AND COUNCIL, LET ME SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING GREAT STEWARDS OVER THE, THIS TYPE OF A PROJECT AND THE MONEY IN, UH, IN THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT WILL APPRECIATE THIS TOO.
IF YOU CALL AN, ASK ME SOMETHING ABOUT A STREET, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE MY 2 CENTS, BUT I USUALLY TRY TO LET IT ADD UP UNTIL IT'S WORTH SOMETHING, BUT APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ON YOUR STEWARDSHIP.
YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE? IT DIDN'T MATTER.
[III.B.2 A Status Update Pertaining To Drainage District Projects Golf Course And Lake Arthur ( Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw) ]
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NEXT TO, UH, ANOTHER PRESENTATION, UH, STATUS UPDATE PERTAINING TO A DRAINAGE DISTRICT PROJECT, WHICH, UH, THE GOLF COURSE AND LAKE ARTHUR, AND THIS WILL BE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN UNLOCK.UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS VENTURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE, THE DRAINAGE AREAS, WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR DRAINAGE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER TO FOR APPROVAL TO GET DONE, TO HELP ALLEVIATE BEFORE THE NEXT HURRICANE SEASON.
SO I ASKED HIM THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT THREE.
UH, WE STARTED WITH, UH, WENT BACK.
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NOTE, UH, LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT WOULD HAVE COST AN ESTIMATE ABOUT $5.3 MILLION.ALONG WITH THE GOLF COURSE WOULD BE AROUND TWO POINT MILLION DOLLARS.
SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO DO IT FOR YOU OR THE DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE A CLARIFICATION, OR WHERE WERE YOU AT WITH THE DRAINAGE THREE? BECAUSE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SECOND TO DISTRICT FOUR DISTRICT THREE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST HEAVILY FLOODED AREA.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE PROCESS? OF COURSE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, FIRST OF ALL.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE PRESENT IN THE ROOM.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMAN KINLAW FOR DILIGENTLY WORKING WITH US ON SECURING FUNDS FOR PROJECTS, UM, IN HIS DISTRICT TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR UPDATE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE CURRENT STATUS OF STONE GATE DRAINAGE AND LAKE CORRIDOR DETENTION, UM, GRANT APPLICATIONS WE HAVE WITH FEMA.
THE PHASE ONE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN EXPENSES, UH, WHICH ARE ALREADY INCURRED BY CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR STONE GATE DRAINAGE PROJECT OR $491,000.
UH, THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE AND APPROVED.
THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE CDBGDR GRANT.
AND THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR DESIGN FUNDS IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS.
THE PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION COST FOR STONE GATE DRAINAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $16.1 MILLION.
UH, THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR CONSTRUCTION IS FEMA.
HMGP 4 0 4, UM, AND THE REIMBURSEMENT IS PENDING FEMALE APPROVAL CURRENTLY.
UH, SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WE ARE TAKING, UH, AS OF TODAY, UH, THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE FEMA WORLD ARE THAT THE PROJECT REACHED A BCR, WHICH IS THE BENEFIT COST RATIO OF 1.16, WHICH IS A MAJOR REQUIREMENT FOR FEMA.
UH, WE SUBMITTED ALL PROJECT DATA, UM, RESPONDED TO ALL FEMA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED THEIR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, UH, AS OF FEBRUARY, 2022, SINCE THE PROJECT IS IN FEMAS COURT FOR REVIEW, UM, THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING INFORMATION REQUESTS OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM FEMA AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH FEMA ANTIETAM WEEKLY TO GET AN UPDATE, UM, UPDATED INFORMATION STATUS OF THE QUEUES AND THE REVIEW PROCESS.
UH, CURRENTLY THEY ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY TIMELINES ON IT, BUT IT IS IN FEMAS CODE.
MOVING ON TO LAKE ARTHUR DETENTION PROJECT, THE PHASE ONE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY, UH, FOR LAY QUARTER IS $859,000.
THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND APPROVED.
THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THE FEMA.
UH, THE CURRENTLY THE CITY RECEIVED $641,000 FOR DESIGN.
UM, AND THE REMAINING $218,000 IS IN PROCESS.
THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR LAKE ARTHUR IS ESTIMATED AT A $19.1 MILLION.
CURRENTLY THERE CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE TO REACH A BENEFIT COST RATIO FROM ONE ON THIS PROJECT.
THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF THE CHALLENGE, UM, IS TO OVERCOME THE MODELING DATA THAT IDENTIFIES THE LEVEL OF WATER SURFACE AND FOUNDATION AND THE PROJECT IMPACT AREA.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS CHALLENGE, WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING TWO ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPTIONS, UH, TO MEET THE INITIALLY STATED GOAL TO ALLEVIATE STORM, UH, IMPACT IN THE LAKE ARTHUR SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE STRATEGY IS TO SEEK ADDITIONAL SOURCES THAT MAY BETTER FIT INTO THE RESPECTIVE COST BENEFIT MODEL BECAUSE BENEFIT COST RATIO IS A VERY PRIMARY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE REVIEWING COMPLIANCE FOR A CDBGDR FUNDING THAT PROVIDES $8 MILLION IN ALLOCATION FOR CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO ANALYZING DATA WITHIN THE CDBG GUIDANCE, UH, TO FIT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FOR LAKE ARTHUR.
ALSO, WE ARE PREPARING AN APPLICATION FOR CDBG AND MY MIGHTY TO COVER THE REMAINING DIFFERENCE.
AS ROUND TWO FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE WITH A SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL COMMISSION, UH, ALLOCATIONS.
THEY ARE DUE TO COME IN SOMETIME THIS YEAR, UM, EXPLORING THESE TWO ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES IS A PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO SEEING THIS PROJECT TO WHERE REALITY.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT OUR EFFORTS IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, WITH THAT I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, MCKAYLA, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, THE BCR
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AND AN IRON, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT'S HOW I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVEN THROUGH FEMA AND THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK AT.SO IT, IT, IT DEPICTS ON RESIDENTIAL HOMES, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, I GUESS YOUR FLOODING RATING THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP THREE THINGS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT TO DETERMINE THAT BCR, AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY? YES, SIR.
WE TRY TO TAKE THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION OF ALL STRUCTURAL, UM, RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL IN THE IMPACT AREA AND TRY TO CALCULATE THE DOLLAR DAMAGE TO A PARTICULAR STORM.
UH, ALSO, UH, IN CITY MANAGER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE DID PURCHASE SOME PROPERTY BEHIND ON LAKE ARTHUR WHERE WE CAN, UH, DEEPEN THE RETENTION POND BACK.
THERE WE GO WITH THAT, RIGHT? SO WE JUST WAITING ON YOUR FEMUR RATING AND HOPEFULLY ANY TIMEFRAME OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME RESPONSE BACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO HURRICANE SEASON AGAIN AND, UH, WE NEED TO KIND OF BE PREPARED.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING ON OUR SIDE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THAT STUFF TAKEN CARE OF.
OF COURSE WE HAVEN'T WITHDRAWN ANYTHING FROM FAMOUS, AND WE'RE STILL CONTINUE TO DO A DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PHASE TWO FUNDING.
UH, IN THE MEANTIME, WE WERE ALSO EXPLORING OTHER ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
SO WE SHOULD TRY TO GET A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF FOUR AUTHORS SOON.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WHEN WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE REACHING THAT BCR FOR ANOTHER PROJECT, UH, HERE, UH, IN THE CITY, WE ENLISTED THE HELP OF AN ENGINEERING FIRM.
HAVE WE DONE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT IN LAKE ARTHUR? UM, WE HAVE ENGINEERS PROCURE TO ORIGINALLY DESIGN THE PROJECTS AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO, UH, LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO MAKE THE BCR WORK.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAD OUR, OR DURA INTERNAL ENGINEERS HELP WITH THE PROCESS AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THIS.
WE'VE GOTTEN THREE ENGINEER OPINIONS ON THE LAKE ARTHUR PROJECT CURRENTLY.
RECOGNITIONS R UH, CORRESPONDENCE AND, UH, NO DISCUSSION.
AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO (2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]
UH, WOULD THERE BE ANY, UH, WELL, BOYS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS THAT, UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? COUNCILMAN FRANK? YEAH.I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE BRANCH FAMILY, UH, FOR THE PASSING OF, UM, UM, MS. GLORIA BRANCH.
UM, SHE WAS A, UM, SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
UH, SHE WAS THE WIFE OF, UM, MR. KENDALL BRANCH, UH, AND CHIEF'S PASSED.
AND SO THE BRANCHES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP.
AND I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO THAT FAMILY, TO, UH, FE BRANCH AND TO GLADYS HENDERSON, UH, IN THE PASSING OF THEIR MOTHER.
MAY I APPROACH HIM ANY OTHERS AND FROM YOUR SILENCE, I PERCEIVE IT, THAT WOULD BE THE MORE INTEREST IN THIS SECTION.
SHE MOVED DOWN TO, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH THERE IS NOT ANY, AND
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA ]
WE HAVE AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA IS, UH, EXCUSE ME.
THE ITEMS ARE, IS FILLED WITH ITEMS THAT ARE BASICALLY A ROUTINE OR ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.
AND THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY BEEN FURNACE WITH A BACKGROUND ON THE ITEMS HERE IN THIS AGENDA.
HOWEVER YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD CARE FOR ANY PARTICULAR ITEM, ACCORDING TO HIS NUMBER TO BE WITHDRAWN.
WOULD YOU PREFER, LET ME KNOW AT THIS TIME, ANY ITEMS ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA THAT WOULD BE CAUSING REMARKS.
IT'S THE MAYOR, UH, ERIC TWO ITEMS, THEN I HAVE PORCELAINS ON THAT'S ITEM, UH, NUMBER SIX, THAT'S PR 2, 2, 4 61.
AND, UH, AND IT'S WHICH FAITH? IT IS 24.
UH, WOULD YOU CALL THAT ONE? OKAY.
AND ITEM ON PAGE FIVE, UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 7, 6 IT'S ITEM 10, NUMBER 10.
AND I JUST SAID, OH, I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT I ALSO, UH, WE MOVED BACK TO ITEM THREE THERE'S ON
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THE TRAVEL REQUESTS.ADAM THREE, A PASTRY PASTRY PAGE THREE ITEM, A, A TRAVEL REQUEST AND EXPENSE REPORTS.
AND, UM, UH, A ONE, A TWO OR BOTH OF THEM BOTH.
THAT WOULD BE ITEM A ON PAGE THREE, A ONE AND A TWO, UH, PAGE FOUR, ITEM NUMBER SIX.
AND PAGE 10, I'M GOING TO SURE.
THE PAGE OF FIVE ITEM, NUMBER 10, ANY OTHERS? YEP.
I LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS, A, A ONE AND A TWO ITEMS, SIX AND ITEM A 10, WE WOULD GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NAMED ITEMS. ARE WE READY FOR COURSES? SEE IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
THE AYES HAVE, IT IS HONORED THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT A CONSENT.
[VII.A. Travel Request/ Expense Reports ]
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE WERE NOW.WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM A ON PAGE THREE, AND THAT WOULD BE ITEM.
THAT WOULD BE BOTH, UH, SECTIONS UP.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? UH, MARK YOUR LICENSE.
MAY I GET A SECOND, UH, HEALTH MCKAYLA, OKAY.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, ITEMS A ON PAGE THREE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, READY FOR QUESTION? CAUSE MARK QUESTION, UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW I RECEIVED, UH, AN EMAIL OR TEXT ON YESTERDAY CONCERNING THE, UH, TRAVEL EXPENSES.
UH, AND I'M GOING TO READ A PORTION OF IT.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAIL.
UH, I WANT TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON AT THAT THAT SENT THIS, BUT, UH, I TOOK IT, UH, I TOOK IT AS A WHAT AS THE WAY HE MEANT IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL TODAY.
IF YOU VOTE TO APPROVE ANYMORE THURMAN'S OR FRANK'S TRIPS.
WHEN I STAND IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, I WILL BE, AND THERE'S SOME BAD GRAMMAR HERE.
I WILL BE TO MAKE SURE YOU TOTALLY GET IT.
DO YOU ARE A COMPLETE SELLOUT TO THIS CITY? I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE REST OF IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND.
THIS IS THE TYPE THING THAT, UM, I IMAGINE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE ARE GETTING FROM THIS PERSON AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE FREQUENTS THE INTERNET, FACEBOOK WITH ALL THIS TROLLING TYPE STUFF.
BUT, UH, THE, THE TWO ITEMS IN QUESTION HERE ARE THE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO GO TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
AND, UH, ON THE AGENDA, IT SHOWS THAT THE EXPENSES WERE $4,700 FOR THE MAYOR, $4,300 FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
BUT I WENT BACK AND DID SOME RESEARCH, UH, WITH THE AGENDAS THAT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT, UH, OUR, UH, UH, HISTORICAL DATA SHOWS US.
AND I WENT BACK TO, TO, TO, UH, 2017.
AND, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME, SOME INFORMATION, CAUSE I WANT THIS FOR THE RECORD SO THAT WHEN, WHENEVER THIS COMES BEFORE US AGAIN, UH, WE WILL WE'LL KNOW, UH, THAT THERE IS A PRECEDENT FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING AS FAR AS TRAVEL IS CONCERNED, UH, IN APRIL OF 2017, UH, THERE WERE THREE CITY COUNCIL PERSONS THAT TRAVELED TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE FROM MARCH 11TH TO MARCH 16TH.
UH, THE TOTAL FOR THAT, THAT TRIP WAS, UH, $9,300.
UH, AND, AND IT BROKE DOWN TO LIKE $3,400 FOR ONE COUNCIL PERSON, $2,300
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FOR SECOND COUNCIL AND $3,500 FOR THE THIRD COUNCIL IN 2018.NOW THE, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT, THAT TRAVELED TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE.
AND IT WAS THE COST FOR THAT TRIP WAS $4,700.
THEN IN 2019 FOR THE, FOR THE CONFERENCE, THERE WERE, UH, THERE WAS A MAYOR'S CONFERENCE WHERE THE MAYOR TRAVEL OF $3,500.
AND THEN THERE WERE THREE, UH, COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT TRAVELED TO THE NATIONAL NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL, UH, AND $3,800, $3,600 AND $3,600 FOR A TOTAL OF $11,273.
IN 2020 WHEN WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID, UH, UH, THE COVID, UH, VIRUS, THE MAYOR, UH, WENT TO A VIRTUAL SUMMIT.
AND ALTHOUGH WE HAD HAD A BUDGET THAT THAT WOULD BE COMMENSURATE WITH PREVIOUS TRAVEL EXPENSE BUDGETS, HE TRAVELED, UH, HE SPENT $220 FOR THE TML VIRTUAL SUMMIT.
AND THE NLC VIRTUAL SUMMIT WAS $295.
SO, YOU KNOW, FI ONLY $515 WERE SPENT IN 2020 FOR THOSE TRAVEL EXPENSES.
AND THEN IN 2021, THE TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE TOLD THERE WERE FIVE PARTICIPANTS, ONLY $2,300 WERE SPENT.
AND THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS, IS THAT WE WERE GETTING THESE, UH, THESE TEXTS OR FACEBOOK POSTS OR WHATEVER CONCERNING TRAVEL EXPENSES.
AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR ALMOST THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE, WE'RE NOT BEING GOOD STEWARDS BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR, UH, LEADERS TRAVELING TO THESE CONFERENCES.
BUT UNLESS WE HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THESE ROOMS AND MEETING AND MAKING CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FUNDING THAT, THAT, THAT IS COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND, AND POINT IN POINT AN EXAMPLE, I WAS SITTING IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DISCUSSING AN ISSUE, CONCERN IN STREETS, AND HE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A GROUP OF INVESTORS WHO HE HAD BEEN CONNECTED TO BY THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON, THESE FOLKS, OR ASKING ABOUT A PRESENTATION THAT OUR EDC HAD HAD SENT IN FOR A $43 MILLION PLASTICS PLANT PROJECT.
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY WE GOT A CHANCE TO EVEN EVEN PRESENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION THAT THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON I MADE TO MAYOR BARTEE AND THESE INVESTORS, WE EVENTUALLY, WE ENDED UP NOT GETTING THAT PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH THEY GAVE US AN EXTENSION TO SEND IN, UH, UH, A SECOND PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE WAS NOT UP TO WHAT THEY CALL STANDARD.
THE, AGAIN, THE POINT I'M MAKING HERE IS, IS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS, ACTUALLY BUDGET FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR OUR LEADERSHIP, WHETHER IT BE THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR PRO TEM OR CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S FOR US TO ACTUALLY REPRESENT THIS CITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE CONNECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THOSE TYPES OF CONNECTIONS AND, AND GET INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO HELP US TO ACCESS STATE, FEDERAL AND COUNTY FUNDS.
AND SO I JUST WANT THIS TO BE ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLK HERE WHO CONTINUALLY AGITATE, UH, CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, UH, MAKE THE COUNCIL LOOK BAD.
AND I'M HERE TO TELL THE CITIZENS OF PORT AUTHOR, THAT WE HAVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
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ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS WITH YOUR MONEY.WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY FRIVOLOUSLY.
AND SO PLEASE, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OUT ON FACEBOOK OR SOMEBODY, OUR INSTAGRAM OR WHEREVER ELSE THEY'RE GOING WITH THIS STUFF, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF US ARE THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THE TRUE LIGHT ABOUT WHAT IS BEING SPENT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT, UH, UH, AN EFFORT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR, OR ANYONE OF US TO HAVE PLEASURE TRIPS.
THIS IS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF PORT OFF.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE VOTED.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN MARKS FOR PUTTING A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON TRAVEL HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE SWATH OF IGNORANCE AND PERVASIVE AGITATION THAT CONTINUES TO BE PERMEATED.
ALL OF THIS HAPPENS AND TRANSPIRES WHEN INDIVIDUALS DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL IS ABOUT, WHAT COUNCIL SHOULD BE DOING.
OUR CITY HAS TO GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE AS WE MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD AND ULTIMATELY ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS, UH, UH, IN A 21ST CENTURY DYNAMIC AND IN THE ROOM, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE ROOM FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN AND TO TRANSPIRE.
AND SO WE NO LONGER, UH, SEND SIGNALS BY DRUM BEAT.
WE CAN FLY, WE CAN GO, UH, WE CAN, UM, UH, ULTIMATELY ENGAGE.
SO I THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, FOR ADDRESSING THAT.
UH, AND I PRAY THAT THOSE WHO COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WOULD REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION, IF THAT PERSON WERE ON COUNCIL, UH, HA WOULD THEY TRAVEL OR HAD THEY TRAVELED? AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US TO FILL IT FULLY, FULLY, UH, HELP US TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO BE DONE IN OUR CITY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED TO HABITS TOWARDS AUDIT CHECK? OH EIGHT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BOTH SECTIONS WILL BE APPROVED.
[VII.C.6. P.R. No. 22461 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order No. 1 Decreasing The Original Contract Amount Of $ 610, 302. 49 By $ 11, 319. 74 To The New Contract Amount Of $ 598, 982. 75, The Addition Of 25 Calendar Days For Contract Completion And Acceptance Of The Certificate Of Completion, Contractor's Certificate And Release, Contractor' s Certificate Of Warranty, Contractor's Certificate Of Debts Paid To The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And Construction Managers Of Southeast Texas, LLC Of Port Arthur, Texas Waco Avenue-4th Street Police Parking Lot Project And Approval Of Release Of Retainage For The Amount Of $29, 949. 14 From The Capital Improvements Account No. 307- 25- 067- 8525- 00- 10- 000. Project No. DT001- CON]
NEXT.WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS PR AND NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 6 1 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ALL THE NUMBER ONE DECREASE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF 600, 10,300, $2 AND 49 CENTS BY $11,319 AND 74 CENTS TO THE NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $598,982 AND 75 CENTS.
THE ADDITION OF 25 CALENDAR DAYS FOR CONTRACT COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATE AND RELEASE CONTRACT IS CERTIFICATE OF WARRANTY.
CONTRACT CERTIFICATE OF DEBTS PAID TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT OFA AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LLC OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS WACO AVENUE, FOURTH STREET, POLICE PARKING, LOT PROJECT AND APPROVAL OF RELEASE OF RETAINAGE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $29,949 14 CENTS FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT NUMBER 3 0 7 DASH TWO FIVE DASH 0 6 7 DASH 8 5 2 5 DASH 8 0 0 DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
AND THE PROJECT NUMBER IS D T 0 0 1 DASH C O N.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I APPROACH HIM? FRANK MAY GET A SECOND COUNSEL.
MARK'S SECOND MAN HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER SIX, EXCUSE ME.
TWO, TWO IS 4 61 AS READ OR READ IT FOR QUESTION.
THIS IS NOT THE ONE I WANTED TO PULL AND I MADE A MISTAKE.
SO, UH, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
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UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN LISTED AT THE POLICE PARKING LOT.PROJECT IS NOT THE POLICE BACK IN LOVE PROJECT.
LET ME SEND THAT CHIEF'S PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE CTM OR EVERYTHING.
I HAVE TO TELL HIM THIS IS NOT HIS PROJECT.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING YOU PULLED IT'S HIS PROJECT.
YEAH, NO, NO OTHER UNDERWRITING IS ON IS WE RENTED A BOAT ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES I ORDERED PR NUMBER TWO TO 4 61 WILL BE APPROVED AS
[VII.C.10. P.R. No. 22476 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate A Contract With Burditt Consultants, LLC. Of Conroe, Texas For The Design Of A Parks And Recreation Master Plan For The City Of Port Arthur]
READ NEXT.WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 7, 6, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH BURDETT CONSULTANTS, LLC OF CONROE, TEXAS, FOR ALL THE DESIGN OF A PA OF A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PORT.
OTHER MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNCIL, MCKENNA LAW BACK IN A SECOND, COUNCILMAN JONES HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER TWO TO 4, 7, 6 AS RED.
WE HAVE A QUESTIONS ON THIS GUY'S REMARKS.
MR. MANAGERS IS THE ONE TO ASK.
I KNOW THAT WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD A, UH, UH, AN ESPECIALLY ELECTION, UH, FOR, I THINK WE, UH, APPROVED $3 MILLION FOR THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND EVERYTHING.
AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE MASTER PLAN.
SO WHAT WILL THIS MASTER PLAN CONSIST OF AND HOW WILL THE $3 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED FIT INTO THAT MASTER PLAN? YEAH, BUT THE INTENTION, UM, COUNSELOR IS NOT TO USE THE FREE MILLION DOLLARS AS ANY PART OF FINANCE.
WE DO INTEND TO USE THE FREE MEAL.
WELL, ONE DAYS, $1 MILLION THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, $3 MILLION FROM THE EDC.
UM, WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS TO USE THAT $1 MILLION WITH A MATCH FROM THE CITY TO UNDERTAKE THE UPGRADES OF, OF, UH, VARIOUS PLANS FOCUSING MAINLY ON ROSEDALE, ON ROSE, ON, ON THE RULES HILL PARK.
AND, UM, THE ADAM'S PAP TO SOME EXTENT, WE HAVE SOME GREAT CHALLENGES IN THE ADAMS PARK AS IT RELATES TO WETLANDS.
AND, UM, WE'VE GOT TO SEE HOW WE REMEDIATE THOSE, BUT, UM, WE WILL BEGIN OR FOCUS ON THE, ON THE ROSEDALE PARK AND OTHER PARKS WITHIN FLORIDA CITY.
YES, BUT WE WILL, WE WILL COME BACK TO WHEN WE TAKE A PROJECT APPROACH, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER LIKED TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT A PLAN, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE ROUTE WE CAN FOCUS ON THE ROUTES IN THE PARK HAS ONE OF THE MAIN PARKS, OUR PREMIER PARKS IN THE CITY OF WHATEVER FOR DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE, THE 3 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THAT WORK IS GOING AS ONGOING WORK IN THOSE PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE.
AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, WHEN WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE PROJECT APPROACH TO IT.
SO DO YOU HAVE A TIMETABLE BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE MASTER PLAN? UM, NOT AS YET, IF YOU GIVE ME, UM, IF I, WHEN I GET THIS APPROVAL, AS I WILL BEGIN NEGOTIATION AND I WILL ASK THEM FOR CERTAIN TIMELINES, HOPEFULLY WITHIN A SIX MONTHS, SIX TO EIGHT MONTH PERIOD, WE COULD GET A DOCUMENT DOCUMENTED FOR, UM, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL.
QUICK, UH, SET OF MEASURE ON THESE PARKS.
HAVE WE GOT A APPRAISAL? THE ONE WHO'S KIND OF GOT TO POOP THE SALE? HAVE WE GOT A BITE ON THAT YET? UM, NO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, UM, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND MYSELF WAS WORKING IN AND PUTTING IN, UM, RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE WHAT, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS AVOID A DEVELOPER, PUT CHEESE IN ANY OF THOSE PARKS.
AND, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, UM, I WORKED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PUT VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS IN, UM, FOR THE SALE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET CONFORMITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, BUT NO, NOT THERE HAVE BEEN INQUIRIES THOUGH.
BUT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF, WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LISTING IT, UM, WITH A REAL ESTATE AGENT,
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LIKE WE NORMALLY DO WITH ALL OF THE CITY PROPERTIES.THE REASON I, I TALKED TO, WELL, I THINK A WHILE BACK THE PHILLIES BALLPARK, A GUY WARNED ME, MAN.
HE GOT HIM A MECHANIC SHOP RIGHT IN FRONT.
AND HE'D BEEN WATCHING ME EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS BY BUYING THAT PARK, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL PUT IT WELL, THAT'S WHY WE GOT A PLACE OR SOMETHING.
BUT YES, HE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, WHEN WE LISTED DIFFERENT, UM, A REAL ESTATE AGENT, UM, I THINK WE HAD IN THE APPRAISALS ON THOSE, WE HAVE DONE THE APPRAISALS AND ALL THOSE PROPERTIES AS WELL.
WE HAVE DONE THE TITLE SEARCH.
ANY OTHER MONKS THAT NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
SO AS AUDIT, WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 7, 6, PEZ RED.
NOW WE WILL MOVE OVER TO THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA AND EVE ADAMS WILL BE ACCURATE ON INDIVIDUALLY.
[VIII.A.1. P.R. No. 22338 — A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager' s Decision To Approve A Change Order By Alfa Laval, Of Houston, Texas For Additional Repairs To Alfa Laval Centrifuge At The Port Acres Wastewater Treatment Plant, Increasing The Amount From 32, 600. 00 By $ 4, 761. 80 To A New Total Amount Of $ 37, 361. 80; Funding Is Available In Water Utilities Account No. 410- 40- 225- 5318-00- 00-000, Equipment Maintenance]
UH, THE FIRST ONE BEING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 3, 8.IT'S A RESOLUTION RATIFIED IN THE CITY.
MANAGER'S DECISION TO APPROVE A CHANGE AUDIT BY ALPHA LA OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO AFA LUBBOCK, UH, CENTRIFUGE AT THE PORT ACRES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT INCREASING THE AMOUNT FROM $32,600 BY $4,761 AND 80 CENTS TO A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT OF $37,361 AND 80 CENTS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND WATER UTILITIES ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 1 0 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 2 2 5 DASH 5 3 1 8 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COSTA WOMAN HOME.
SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES, HER MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD PROVE PR NUMBER 2, 3, 3, 8 AS READ OR READ A QUESTION.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES EVERSOURCE AUDIT.
WE WERE APPROVED NUMBER 2, 2, 3, 3, 8 AS RED.
[VIII.A.2. P.R. No. 22416 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Contract With Freese & Nichols, Inc. Of Pearland, Texas, For The Construction Management Services Of The Main Wastewater Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Project Located At 6300 Procter Street Extension In The Total Amount Of $2, 100,000. 00 And Funding Is Available In Account No. 404-40- 000- 8516- 00-00- 000, Project No.TW-0003- CON]
NEXT.WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 1, 6, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS INCORPORATED OF PEARLMAN, TEXAS.
WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF THE MAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REHABILITATION PROJECT LOCATED AT 6,300 PRACTICE STREET EXTENSION AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $100,000 AND FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
AND ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 4 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0 DASH 8 5 1 6 DASH 0 0 0 0 DASH 0 0 0.
PROJECT NUMBER TW 0 0 0 3 DASH C O N.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN, CAN I GET A SECOND COUNCIL REMARKS IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 1 6 AS RICK OVER THE QUESTION, ANY, WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AS HAVING SORTED AS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER TWO TO 4, 1 6 AS RED
[VIII.A.3. P.R. No. 22481 — A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager' s Decision To Approve The Fabrication And Installation Of Three ( 3) Temporary Electric Control Panels At The 46th Street Lift Station By Epic Engineering Of Orange, Texas With A Total Budgetary Impact Of 53, 911. 54; Funds Are Available In Water Utilities Capital Improvement Fund Account No. 405- 40- 000- 8516- 00- 00- 000, Water Utility Systems, Project STRING WS0010- CON]
NEXT, WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 8, 1, OR RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION TO APPROVE THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF THREE TEMPORARY ELECTRIC CONTROL PANELS AT THE 46TH STREET LIFT STATION BY EPIC ENGINEERING OF ORANGE, TEXAS WITH A TOTAL BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $53,911 AND 54 CENTS.FONS ARE AVAILABLE IN WATER UTILITIES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 5 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0 THAT'S 8 5 1 6 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0 0 0.
WATER AND UTILITIES SYSTEMS PROJECT
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GREEN W S 0 0 1 0 DASH C O N.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COST, BUT MARKS BACK IN A SECOND.
UH, MAYOR PODIUM IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THEY WOULD, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 8 1.
READY FOR QUESTION? AND WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR IN YOUR POSES.
AS TOWARDS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 8 1 AS
[VIII.A.4. P.R. No. 22482 — A Resolution Appointing Members To The Port Arthur Coalition For Homeless Advisory Board]
RED.WE ARE A PR NUMBER TWO TO FOUR, EIGHT TO A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE PORT ARTHUR COALITION FOR HOMELESS ADVISORY BOARD.
YOU HAVE A NAME CITY SECRETARY.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES IS NOMINATING VIVIAN BALLOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
DONALD FRANK IS NOMINATING PRISCILLA, SONYA AND LOVEY AUSTIN COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOSES IS NOMINATING DOLORES COLEMAN COUNCIL MEMBER JONES IS NOMINATING ANY BARKER AND JOHN DEISHA MINGO.
WE'VE HEARD THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ADVISORY BOARD.
ARE WE READY FOR WHAT? I NEED A MOTION? UH, WHEN I APPROACH HIM, I GET A SECOND COUNCILOR REMARKS IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 8, 2, WITH THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, ADDED BY THE CITY SECRETARY.
A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION AND NO QUESTIONS.
WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED IT AS HAVING SORT OF AN AUDIT THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4 8 2, WHICH WOULD BE THE PORT AUTHOR COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ADVISORY
[VIII.B.1. P.O. No. 7048 — An Ordinance Amending Section 2- 73( b)( 1) And Section 2- 75 ( a)( 2)( b) Of The Code Of Ordinances As It Pertains To Persons Requesting To Address Council]
BOARD.OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCES AND, UH, WHICH ARE NON-CONSENT AND ITS APPEAL NUMBER IS 7 0 4 8 AND AUTOMATES AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 73, SUBSECTION B SUBSECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO, EXCUSE ME, DASH 75, SUBSECTION A TO AND B OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AS IT PERTAINS TO PERSONS REQUESTING THE, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN KEN LAW, SOME OF THEM MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES? ISN'T MOVING SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 8 AS RED.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTIONS? THERE AREN'T ANY WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED GUYS, EVERYTHING RUNS ON IT.
WE CHECK PO NUMBER 7, 0 4 8 AS RICK.
[VIII.B.2. P.O. No. 7049 — An Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas Suspending The Rates Proposed By Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp., D/ B/ A Centerpoint Energy Entex And Centerpoint Energy Texas Gas (" Centerpoint" Or " Company") Company's Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program (" GRIP") Filing Made With The City On March 3, 2022; Finding That The Meeting Complies With The Open Meetings Act; Making Other Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject, And Declaring An Effective Date"]
FINALLY, WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 9, AND ANONYMOUS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS SUSPENDING THE RATES PROPOSED BY CENTERPOINT ENERGY OR ENERGY.EXCUSE ME, CENTER POINT ENERGY RESOURCES, COOPERATION, DVA, CENTERPOINT, ENERGY INTAKES AND CENTERPOINT ENERGY, TEXAS GAS CENTER POINT OUR COMPANY, THE COMPANY'S GAS REAL, A BIT RE RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM OR BETTER KNOWN AS GRIP FALL INMATE WITH THE CITY ON MARCH 3RD, 2020 TO FIND IT THAT THE MEETING CO COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS AT MAKE ANOTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND DECLARING AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNCIL, WOMAN HOLMES.
MAY I GET A SECOND? MAY I APPROACH IT? IT HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 9 AS WRIT, AND A COURSE OUT OF IT IN THIS LAW THAT, ON THIS MATTER, WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT SORTED AUDIT.
WE WILL ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 4, 9 AS RED.
AS FAR AS I HAVE IS THERE ARE NO, THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS AUGUST BODY, THIS COUNCIL ON TODAY, APRIL 12TH, I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT, COUNCILMAN KINLAW.
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HAS BEEN MOVED.AND SECOND THAT WE'RE TO JOIN THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PORT AUTHOR TODAY AT 6:47 PM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE READY TO VOTE ON A FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AS I HAVE A SWITCH AUDIT, THIS MEETING IS NOW ENDED.