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[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
OKAY.AND WELCOME HERE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, MAY 24TH, 2022 AT 9:30 AM.
WE ARE PRESENT HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE PORT OFF THE CITY HALL.
AND THIS MEETING MAY BE ACCESSED THROUGH TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. UH, YOU WOULD NEED TO DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 AND NINE.
AND YOU MUST ENTER MEETING ID 8 9 6 4 6 4 9 4 1 8 1 AND THE PASSCODE OF 8 5 0 8 1 9.
AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND IF YOU WOULD NEED SPECIAL AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE GIVEN INTO A FIELD BY YOUR CALLING 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO THE CITY SECRETARY OF HIS OFFICE AT 4 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
MAKE THAT REQUEST AND THOSE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE AFFORDED YOU.
IF YOU HAVE DEVICES, WE LIKED THAT YOU WERE SILENCED THOSE AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN MARKS.
YOU'D DO THE INVOCATION FOR US AS WE ALL STAND.
AND WE WOULD ALSO DO THE PLEDGE IN UNISON, PARLIAMENT, THE PRAYER, UH, FATHER, GOD, WE COME TO YOU TODAY, THANKING YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AS INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY AND A COMMUNITY.
WE ASK YOU FATHER TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THIS MEETING SO THAT WE MAY DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY DECENT AND IN ORDER AND MAKE WISE DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME.
WE PLEASE JOIN US NOW IN UNISON.
AS WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, 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 INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY, TO BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE QUORUM, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK PRESENT.
SO THE SECRETARY WE'LL NOW MOVE THROUGH OUR PRINTED AGENDA AND WE
[II. PROCLAMATIONS]
HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS AT THIS TIME.WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PROCLAMATION AS FAR AS MR. KEANDRE JONES, MR. JONES, I THINK YOU'RE HERE WITH YOUR COACH AND PROBABLY EVEN YOUR FAMILY AND SOME TEAMMATES, MAYBE WHAT YOU ALL PROCEED.
AND IF EACH OF YOU WOULD CARE TO JOHN, I SEE HIS GRANDMOTHER, MY CLASSMATE AND I, EVERYBODY COME ON, YOU DON'T WANT TO.
AND HIS MOTHER WAS MY STUDENTS.
ARE YOU COME ON UP AND WE HAVE FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS BY FAR BLESSED.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF TALENT ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY.
AND WHEREAS KEANDRE JONES GUIDED BY COACH DOWN GRANGER ONE, THE FIVE EIGHT STATE HIGH JUMP COMPETITION.
HE CLEARED SIX FEET, EIGHT INCHES ON HIS VERY FIRST ATTEMPT.
THIS YOUNG TITAN TRULY STANDS TALL AND WHEREAS HIS HONORS INCLUDE DISTRICT HIGH JUMP FIRST PLACE
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DISTRICT LONG JUMP FIRST PLACE AREA, HIGH JUMP, FIRST PLACE AREA, LONG JUMP FIRST PLACE REGIONALS HIGH JUMP, SECOND PLACE AND STATE HIGH JUMP FIRST PLACE.WHEREAS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO KEANDRE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE CONGRATULATE HIM ON A JOB WELL DONE.
NOW, THEREFORE I THURMAN BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
DO WE HEAR BY PROCLAIM MAY 24TH, 2022 AS KEANDRE JONES DAY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I ASK ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING MR. JONES ON HIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN WITNESS, WHERE UP I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE FIXED THIS 24TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022.
AND IT'S SIGNED THURMAN BILL BARTEE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND MR. JONES.
ALSO, ALONG WITH THE PROCLAMATION, THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR YOU AND YOUR COAT, I GIVE YOU A KEY TO THE CITY OF PORT OFFER.
COUNSEL, WOULD YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO MR. JOHN? DID I GO DOWN TO PRESENT THIS DOOR? YES, SIR.
I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT'S AN AWESOME, AWESOME FEAT.
AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IN ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AND MUCH SUCCESS TO YOU? WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
MA'AM UH, THE COACHES, MY CLASSMATE, AND HE WAS JUST BASICALLY TELLING ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.
AND I DIDN'T THINK, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A JUNIOR, SO WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR AND I'M SO EXCITED TO NEXT YEAR AND IT WAS SIX, NINE MIRROR.
YOU GOT YOU RED SIX, EIGHT, BUT IT'S 69.
UH, MR. JONES, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON, ON THE, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE DONE HERE FOR A PORT OFF OF MEMORIAL.
I SEE ONE OF YOUR AUNTS OUT THERE WORK WITH HER FOR A LONG TIME OUT AT TEXACO RESEARCH.
AND, UH, BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY TODAY IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TALKS ABOUT OR SPEAKS TO DISCIPLINE AND WORKING HARD, GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING WITH ALL THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN THIS CITY RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL THE VIOLENCE AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE OUT WORKING EVERY DAY.
AND WE NEED MORE EXAMPLES LIKE YOU, AND I JUST WANT TO PRAISE YOU FOR THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU PUT FORTH AND COACH RANGERS STAY WITH THEM.
WHAT AN AMAZING AND AWESOME ACCOMPLISHMENT I RAN TRACK FOR A LONG TIME.
I WON'T TELL YOU HOW LONG AGO THAT WAS, BUT NEVER COULD DO THE HIGH JUMPS.
SO WHEN YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUMPED SIX FEET, EIGHT INCHES, THAT IS AMAZING.
AND THE HIGHEST JUMP IN 69, WE JUST, I MEAN, I JUST APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS THAT TAKES HARD WORK PRACTICE.
I QUIT EVERY MONDAY THAT I WENT TO TRACK PRACTICE.
SO THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU JUMP LIKE THIS AND IT'S PRACTICE YOU PRACTICE MONDAY, TUESDAY, YOU'VE HAD SEVERE WORKOUTS AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR PRACTICE HAS TRULY PAID OFF FOR YOU.
AND WHAT YOU PUT IN, YOU CERTAINLY GOT OUT.
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS, YOUR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY.
CAUSE I JUST BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIS A TON OF THEM.
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO COME TO THEIR SCHOOL.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FUTURE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU REPRESENT HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU'RE A LEADER AND BECAUSE YOU'RE A LEADER MUCH AS EXPECTED OF YOU, BUT YOU COME THROUGH WITH IT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
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GOOD MORNING TO GETWE APPRECIATE YOU ALL INVITING US THIS MORNING, UH, IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SEE SMILING FACES AND CONGRATULATING KEANDRE JONES ON THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, UH, IS MORE TO COME.
HE'S ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN THAT COMES TO WORK EVERY DAY AND DOES WHAT HE HAS TO DO.
AND I TELL THE KIDS ALL THE TIME, THOSE WHO DO THE RIGHT THINGS WILL BE AWARDED REWARDED.
AND HE WAS ONE OF THEM THAT CAME TO PRACTICE EVERY DAY, DONE WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO.
AND WE HAVE A STATE CHAMPION STANDING BEFORE US.
NOW, BEFORE I LEAVE, I DON'T LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BECAUSE I HAVE COACHES THAT I BRING ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS GO RIGHT.
AND, UH, COACH SIMPSON IS HIS COACH SIMPSON RIGHT HERE, EASIEST KIKI'S HIGH JUMP COACH.
SO I WOULD ALWAYS LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUNG MEN THAT WORK UNDER ME THAT GETS THE JOB DONE, THAT REPRESENTED PORT ARTHUR IN A GREAT FASHION.
SO COACH ART, I APPRECIATE YOU.
AND ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE TO HIS FAMILY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH HIM AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HELP KEANDRE GREW UP TO A GREAT YOUNG MAN.
AND MOM, WHEN SHE'S DOING OKAY, GOT THAT'S YOUR CHURCH.
I WAS ONE OF THE WHY YOU DO THAT.
AND ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU, MAN, I'M FITTING HERE.
YOU HAVE TO BE THE MAN BECAUSE HE MADE ME APPRECIATE Y'ALL THANK Y'ALL AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO READ THOSE AND WE WILL MOVE SWIFTLY TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A CITY OF PORT OFF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
UM, WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 16, 18 62, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, DECLARING THAT AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 1863, ALL SLAVES IN THE REBELLIOUS STATES WOULD BE FENCED FULL IT FOR FALL RATHER AND FOREVER FREE.
AND WHEREAS IT TOOK ALMOST THREE MORE YEARS OF CONFLICT AND A LOSS TO BRING ABOUT THE END OF THE SILVER WALL IN DECEMBER, 1865, THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WAS NATIONALLY RATIFIED TO END THE SANCTION, THE INSTITUTION OF
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SLAVERY.AND WHEREAS THE NEWS OF FREEDOM DISSEMINATED GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT THE NATION ON JUNE 19TH, 1865 UNION SOLDIERS LED BY GENERAL GARDEN.
GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND ISSUED GENERAL ORDER.
NUMBER THREE, ANNOUNCING FREEDOM TO SOME OF THE SLAS SLAVES IN AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS ON THIS ANNIVERSARY EACH YEAR, AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY LEADERS AND INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OUR NATION CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY, FREEDOM AND CULTURE WITH EVENTS AND CEREMONIES THAT REFLECT THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, FAMILY, ART AND TRADITION IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION.
ON JUNE 18TH, WE RAISED THE JUNETEENTH FLAG, WHICH IS A SYMBOL THAT GIVES ALL AMERICANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AMERICAN FREEDOM AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
ON JUNE 17TH, 2021, PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN SIGNED THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT, MAKING JUNE 19TH, A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
AND WHEREAS THE JUNETEENTH TORCH LIGHT PARADE WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM.
AND I WOULD ASSUME IT'S GONE JUNE 19TH NOW, THEREFORE I THURMOND BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH AS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DATE.
AND, AND THE THEME CALLED THAT DAY WOULD BE HONOR DIE FATHER HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I ENCOURAGE ALL PEOPLE AND CITIZENS TO OBSERVE JUNETEENTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT REJOICE AND PLAN FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS RACIAL INJUSTICES IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY IN WITNESS RAILROAD, I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR TO BE A FIXED THIS 24TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022.
AND IT'S SIGNED THURMAN BILL BARTEE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE DUTY SOCIETY PRESENT TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION, IF NOT READ THIS FINAL ONE? AND THE FINAL PROCLAMATION IS FROM THE CITY OF PORT OFF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, RAMIREZ EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 110 AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE ALONGSIDE MORE THAN 200 WHO ARE SHOT AND WOUNDED.
AND ON AN AVERAGE, THERE ARE NEARLY 16,000 GUN HOMICIDES EVERY YEAR.
AND WHEREAS AMERICANS ARE 26 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BY GUN HOMICIDE THAN PEOPLE IN OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES.
AND WHEREAS TEXAS HAS 3,647 GUN DEATHS EVERY YEAR WITH A RATE OF 12.7 DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE.
TEXAS HAS THE 28 HIGHEST GUN RATE OR RATE OF GUN DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS GUN HOMICIDES AND ASSAULTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN CITIES WITH MORE THAN HALF OF ALL FIREARMS FIREARM, RATHER RELATED GUN DEATHS IN THE NATION OCCURRING IN 127 CITIES.
AND WHEREAS CITIES ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING PORT AUTHOR, OR WORKING TO END THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE WITH EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS AND RAILROADS PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE IS THE MAYOR'S HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY AND WHEREAS SUPPORT
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FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT OF RAW ABIDING CITIZENS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS AWAY FROM PEOPLE WITH DANGEROUS HISTORIES.AND WHEREAS MAYORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KNOW THEIR COMMUNITIES BEST, AND THEY ARE THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT AND ARE BEST POSITIONED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE.
AND WHEREAS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO EXACERBATE GUN VIOLENCE.
AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF INCREASED GUN SALES, INCREASED CALLS OF SUICIDE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINES AND AN INCREASE IN CITY GUN VIOLENCE.
AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY OR IN JANUARY, 2013, HADIA PENDLETON WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED AT AGE 15.
AND ON JUNE 3RD, 2022, WE WERE RECOGNIZED THE 25TH BIRTHDAY OF HEADIER PENDLETON WHO WAS BORN JUNE 2ND, 1997.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WILL RECOGNIZE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AND WEAR ORANGE AND TRIBUTE FIRST TO HAITI, YOUR PENDLETON AND OTHER VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
AND SECONDLY, THE LOVED ONES OF VICTIMS. AND WHEREAS THE IDEA WAS INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF HIDEOUS FRIENDS WHO ASKED THEIR CLASSMATES TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE BY WEARING ORANGE.
THEY CHOSE THIS COLOR BECAUSE HUNTERS WEAR ORANGE TO ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES TO OTHER HUNTERS WHEN OUT IN THE WOODS AND ORANGE IS A BRIGHT COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE.
AND WHEREAS ANYONE CAN JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN BY PLEDGING TO WEAR ORANGE JUNE 4TH, THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, 2022 TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.
AND WHEREAS BY WEARING ORANGE ON JUNE 3RD, 2022 AMERICANS WERE RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND HONOR THE LIVES OF GUN VIOLENCE, VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS.
AND WHEREAS WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND PLEDGE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP FIREARMS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP TO HELP KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
NOW, THEREFORE I THURMAN BUILD BARCHIE MIR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, JUNE 3RD, 2022 AS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE TRAGIC EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO HONOR AND VALUE HUMAN LIVES AND WITNESS WHERE UP I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 24TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022.
AND IT'S SIGNED I'M IN BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTELLIGENCE.
AS WE PRESENT THESE PROCLAMATIONS, WE WILL NOW
[IV.1. The First Of Two Public Hearings To Receive Input And Public Comment As To The Effect Of The Juvenile Curfew Ordinance On The City And Any Problems The Ordinance Was Intended To Remedy; And The Need, If Any, To Continue, Modify, Or Amend The Juvenile Curfew Ordinance The Second Public Hearing Will Be Held On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 At 6: 00 P. M.]
MOVE TO THE SECOND PAGE OF OUR WRITTEN AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE ALL MAY BE EIGHT MINUTES OFF THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE INPUT AND
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PUBLIC COMMENT AS TO THE EFFECT OF JUVENILE OF THE JUVENILE CURFEW AUTOMATES ON THE CITY AND ANY PROBLEMS THAT ORDINANCE MAY OR WAS INTENDED TO REMEDY AND THE NEED, IF ANY, TO CONTINUE, MODIFY OR AMEND THE JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE.AND THEN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE HELD JUNE 7TH AT 6:00 PM.
SO WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
WELL, THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND DEPUTY CHIEF HOUSTON WITH PORTAL AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL RIGHT, DUE TO THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING JUVENILE ACTORS, THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEGAN TAKING PROACTIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
WE WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT SOME RESEARCH AND REFERENCE TO ALL OFFENSES INVOLVING JUVENILE ACTORS.
AND AS OF MAY 21, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 144 CASES INVOLVING JUVENILES AND A TOTAL OF 20 ARRESTS.
AS OF CURRENT DATE, THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
THAT'S BEEN A TOTAL OF 245 CASES AS WITH CURRENT DATE AND A TOTAL OF 46 ARREST OF ALL THE JUVENILE ACTORS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THIS INFORMATION, IT'S QUITE EVIDENT THAT THERE IS INCREASE IN INCIDENTS INVOLVING JUVENILE ACTORS THAT WE CLEARLY NEED TO ADDRESS HERE.
AS FAR AS OUR YOUTH, AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR YOUTH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN LOOKING INTO MATTERS THAT WE FELT COULD HELP ASSIST US IN THIS.
AND ONE WAY THAT WE FELT THAT WE COULD MAKE THE CHANGE IS BY CHANGING THE CURRENT JUVENILE CURFEW THAT'S IN PLACE.
THE CURRENT ORDINANCE STATES THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY MINOR TO NORMALLY REMAIN, WALK, RUN, STAND, DRIVE, OR RIDE ABOUT IN, UPON A PUBLIC PLACE IN THE CITY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
UM, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A CHANGE IN THE TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, TO CHANGE FROM 11:00 PM TO 10:00 PM.
UM, NOW THIS ORDINANCE, IT, THAT MEANS ONE HOUR IS ONE IT'S NOT VERY, VERY MUCH, BUT AT LEAST WHAT IT DOES IS WE KNOW THAT THOSE HOURS ARE USUALLY DAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL.
SO WE SAYING THAT, HEY, THEY SHOULD BE INSIDE THE HOUSE DURING THOSE HOURS.
YOU UNDERSTAND Y'ALL CAN SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
UM, IT DOES PROVIDE A DEFENSE, UH, FROM BEING PROSECUTED FOR JUVENILES, IF THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED WITH THEIR PARENTS.
UM, IF THE MINOR IS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROVED ADULT BY THE PARENT, IF THE MINOR IS ON AN EMERGENCY ERRAND, IF THE MINOR IS ATTENDING A SCHOOL OR A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, RELIGIOUS OR GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ACTIVITY, OR IS GOING TO COMING FROM A SCHOOL RELIGIOUS, UM, SPONSORED ACTIVITY, OR IF THE MINOR IS ENGAGED IN LAWFUL EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY OR INDIRECTLY TO ARE COMING DIRECTLY FROM LAWFUL EMPLOYMENT, THAT IS OUR PROPOSED CHANGE.
UH, WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE A COMMENT ON THE ORDINANCE, UH, MENDING OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE CURFEW, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD BE IN THE CHAMBERS NOW WANT TO MAKE A REMARK FOR, OR AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL OR PROPOSED AMENDMENT? ANY COUNCIL PERSON, COUNCILMAN FRANK.
UM, OFFICER HOUSTON, WHAT WOULD IT BE? THE VIOLATION FOR A YOUNG PERSON, UM, CAUGHT, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CURFEW, UH, LIMITATIONS? WHAT IT DOES IS IT GIVES US THE RIGHT TO REALLY TRULY CONTACT THE PARENT.
UM, AND, OR, UM, A VIOLATION WILL BE A FINE THROUGH THE CITY.
IT'S THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
SO IT WOULD BE A FINE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAX, UM, W WHAT THE MAX PENALTY IS FOR THAT FINE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DISCRETIONARY WITH THE JUDGE THAT HE'LL BE GIVEN A CITATION AND MAYBE GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS KNOW WHAT THOSE VIOLATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF THAT IS.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCRETIONARY IS SO IT'S A JUDGE'S DECISION.
AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN ASK THE JUDGE TO COME AND TELL US HOW HE'S GOING TO DECIDE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYOR, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WITHIN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH THERE ARE LIMITATIONS.
HE CAN'T, IT'S A CLASSY, IT WILL BE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.
SO THEY'LL BE FINE NO MORE THAN $500, ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
UH, AND, UM, THANKS FOR COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, FRANK, FRAX NO QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHAT WAS THE FINE UP TO, IN WHAT TYPE OF CLASS WOULD IT BE, BUT SO YOUR OFFICERS, HOW, WHEN THEY ENGAGE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE THAT,
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I MEAN, IS IT JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE TO GET BACK TO THEIR PARENTS? OR IS IT ACTUALLY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES THE OFFICER CREATIVES TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHY IS THAT CHILD OUT, UM, PAST IT, THAT THE ORDER THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.SO IT DOES GIVE US A WAY TO CONTACT THE PARENT TO FIND OUT, OKAY, HEY, WHY IS THIS PERSON OUT PAST THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE TIME THAT WE HAVE IMPOSED? UM, IT ALSO CAN HELP PREVENT INCIDENTS.
SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THAT WE SEE THAT WE SEE AN INCREASE IN.
I TOLD THE DEPUTY CHIEF, I TOTALLY AGREE.
AND I THINK YOU ON TRACK OF WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO AS A CITY.
BUT I HOPE THAT THE OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALSO A WAY TO CONTACT PARENTS AND FIGURE OUT WHY THIS KID IS OUT THERE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT ON A SCHOOL DAY.
LIKE YOU SAID, LISTEN, YOU SUGGEST, THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
THERE'LL BE NO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL NOW ON ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO WE WILL PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE SECOND HEARING ON JUNE 7TH AT 6:00 PM CONCERNING THIS MATTER.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION SECOND, SECOND, CAUSE, OKAY, WELL WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
READY FOR QUESTION OR NO QUESTIONS.
I'M READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING.
UM, ANY OPPOSES COULD AS HAPPY, SIR.
SO NOW WE WOULD CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC HERE AND NOW
[IV.2. A Public Hearing For The Purpose Of Receiving Public Comments Regarding Z22- 03 — Specific Use Permit For Approximately 0. 3003- Acres Of Land Consisting Of Tract 3- A, Block 1, Alamo Heights, ( 3937 9th Avenue), Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. Purpose Of The Request Is To Allow For The Operation Of An Ice Cream Shop/ Food Truck In Planned Development District — 14 ( PD- 14) A Precise Drawing And Description Of This Property Will Also Be Presented At The Public Hearing And Can Be Examined In The City Planning Department, City Hall, Port Arthur, Texas If You Cannot Attend The Meeting You May Send A Letter To The Planning Director, City Of Port Arthur, 444 Fourth Street, Planning Department Third Floor, Port Arthur, TX 77641. If There Are Additional Questions You May Contract The Planning Department At 409) 983- 8135 The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City' s Website At www.portarthurtx.gov]
WE'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IF I'M CORRECT.UH, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING TWO TO G 22.
THAT'S A Z 22 DASH ZERO THREE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR, UH, APPROXIMATELY, UH, 3.3003 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTING OF TRACK THREE EIGHT BLOCK ONE EL ALAMO HEIGHTS, UH, 39 37, UH, NINTH AVENUE, PORT AUTHOR, TEXAS PORT OFF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF AN ICE CREAM SHOP, FOOD TRUCK, AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT 14.
A PRECISE DRAWING OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROPERTY WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING I BELIEVE, AND, UH, CAN BE EXAMINED IN THE, UH, CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF CITY HALL.
AND THAT WOULD BE AN ANNEX BUILDING.
AM I CORRECT ALL ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING ACROSS A WEIGHT? AND, UH, IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU MAY SEND A LETTER OR TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET AND THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE ON THE THIRD FLOOR, BUT ACTUALLY THAT IS NOW MOVED OVER TO THE ANNEX BUILDING DEVELOPMENT BUILDING HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT AUTH.
AND YET THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
YOU MAY CONTACT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 3 5 AND THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT PORT ARTHUR, TX.GOV.
SO WE ARE READY TO BEGIN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE DYE IS AGAIN, WE ARE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 39 37 NINTH AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACK THREE, A BLOCK, ONE OF THE ALAMO HEIGHTS EDITION.
NEXT SLIDE ON JULY 23RD, 2021 CITY OFFICIALS CONDUCTED A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSED SITE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS CONSTRUCTION OF AN EYE.
WELL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ICE CREAM TRUCK, UM, WHICH IT CONSISTS OF, UM, SIMILAR TO A FOOD TRUCK AT THIS LOCATION, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPMENT ONE FORM BY PLANNING STAFF PER ORDINANCE, NUMBER 8, 9 0 5 4, APPENDIX A, WHICH IS OUR CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ALL USES IN THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THIS IS BASED ON SECTION SEVEN DASH 100 OF THAT ORDINANCE.
IT GIVES A LIST OF THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND WHERE THOSE BUSINESSES CAN LEGALLY BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE CITY.
REPRESENTATIVES ACKNOWLEDGED THE REQUIREMENTS AT THE MEETING AND WERE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL
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INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS REQUEST.ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2022, AN APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SALE PROPERTY.
THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL THE FOURTH OF 2020 TO INVITING CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR THIS REQUEST.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ZERO RECOMMENDING THE ZONING AMENDMENTS APPROVAL.
BASED ON THE DISCUSSION ON APRIL 26TH OF THIS YEAR, CITY COUNCIL WERE APPROVED RESOLUTION 22 DASH 1 8 3, AND CALLING FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PREPARED AND MAIL NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY THE 12TH.
AND IT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER OR MAY THE SEVENTH.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 14.
THIS DISTRICT PROMOTES FLEXIBILITY AND LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR UNIQUE PROJECTS.
THE ZONING IS SITE SPECIFIC AND ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY.
IT IS BEING PROPOSED TO GRANT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH WOULD BE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 240, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL LAND USE DESCRIBED IN APPENDIX A SECTION SEVEN DASH 100 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
WE VIEW THIS AS MORE OF A RESTAURANT DRIVE IN SERVICE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC, UM, DESIGNATION FOR FOOD TRUCKS AT THIS TIME UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ON THIS SPECIFIC, UM, THIS USE WILL NOT CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ZONING OF THE LAND, HOWEVER, UH, WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUED AND FUTURE USE OF A SIMILAR TYPE OF, UH, USE AT THIS LOCATION PENDING APPROVAL.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE CURRENT ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY.
AGAIN, IT IS ON THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 14, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED AS TWO FAMILY.
THE NEXT SLIDE JUST GIVES AN AERIAL OF THE SITE LOCATION, WHICH IS OFF OF NINTH AVENUE.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO 14 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THIS PROPOSED SITE.
IT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON THE FILE, THE WIND DATES AGAIN FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IT WAS PUBLISHED AS WELL AS NOTIFICATIONS WENT OUT ON MARCH THE 22ND OF 2022 FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
THERE WERE NO, UM, LETTERS OF OPPOSITION NOR VERBAL OPPOSITION THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGAIN, NOTIFICATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON MAY THE SEVENTH OF 2022 AND NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS ON MAY THE 12TH.
AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION IN OPPOSITION OF THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST PRIOR TO TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING.
NEXT SLIDE ALSO, UM, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS IN SUPPORT OF PO NUMBER SEVEN ZERO DASH 7 0 6 3, WHICH WILL BE UNDER THE, UM, AGENDA IN THE REAR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THIS MATTER, ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC WHO PRESENT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND REMARKS OR COUNSELING, ANY REMARKS FROM COUNSEL CONCERNING THIS MATTER COSMIN MARKS? UH, I RECEIVED A, UM, A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A FORMER COWORKER OF MINE WHO HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE, UH, ZONING CHANGE.
AND I SEE HE'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK MR. SCHRADER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS YES, SIR.
WOULD YOU COME PROBABLY, PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, MR. SCHRADER DID SIN, UM, A LETTER UP REGARDING ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT IT'S NOT THIS ONE.
IT WOULD BE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
NO, JUST SAYING WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD DONE THAT YET AFTER SHE COMES HOME.
SO PAM HAS NO RESERVATIONS AT ALL.
AND WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, DO THEY HAVE TO, THEY CAN'T STATE IT FOR 24 HOUR PERIOD.
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GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE SANITARIAN IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEIR RULES ARE REGARDING FOOD TRUCKS.ANY OTHER REMARKS FROM COUNCIL AND THE REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY.
UH, AT THIS JUNCTURE PUBLIC HEARING, NUMBER TWO REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, I GET A MOTION COSMIN MARKS CLOSES, SO MOVE REGULAR SECOND COSMIC KINLOCH.
SECOND MAYOR HAS BEEN MOVING SECONDARY BECAUSE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING READ.
IF OF COURSE, THEN THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL NOW BE COMPLETED.
[IV.3. A Public Hearing For The Purpose Of Receiving Public Comments Regarding Z22- 04 — Zoning Change Requested For Approximately 1. 523- Acres Of Land Out Of Tract 1, Lot 12, Block 1, Foster Village ( Southwest Corner Of Main Avenue And Northwest Corner Of 13th Street), Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. The Purpose Of The Request Is To Change The Zoning From Multiple Family ( MF) To Neighborhood Service ( NS) For The Development Of Commercial Business ( i. e., Convenience Store, Small Offices, Laundry Mats, Eateries, etc.) A Precise Drawing And Description Of This Property Will Also Be Presented At The Public Hearing And Can Be Examined In The City Planning Department, City Hall, Port Arthur, Texas If You Cannot Attend The Meeting You May Send A Letter To The Planning Director, City Of Port Arthur, 444 Fourth Street, Planning Department Third Floor, Port Arthur, TX 77641. If There Are Additional Questions You May Contract The Planning Department At 409) 983- 8135 The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City' s Website At www. portarthurtx. gov]
MOVE TO THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING Z 22 DASH ZERO FOUR.
ZONING CHANGE REQUESTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 TO THREE, UH, ACRES OF LAND OUT OF TRACK.
ONE LOT 12 BLOCK, ONE FOSTER VILLAGE, SOUTH WEST CORNER, OR COLOR OF MAIN AVENUE AND NORTHWEST CORNER OF 13TH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY, M L TO NEIGHBORHOODS SERVICES IN S FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
THAT IS CONVENIENCE STORE, SMALL OFFICES, LAUNDROMATS, EATERY, EATERIES, ET CETERA, A PRECISE DRAWING OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROPERTY WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED AT THIS PROPER HEARING AND CAN BE EXAMINED IN THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE ANNEX BUILDING.
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY SEND A LETTER TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF PORTAL OF THE, UH, 4 44 FOURTH STREET PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THE ANNEX BUILDING.
AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, YOU MAY CONTACT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 4 9 9 8 3 8 1 3 5 AND THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AGAIN AT WWW DOT PORT OFF THE T X DOT GO WE'RE READY.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THE ZONING CHANGE AGAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 TO THREE ACRES OF LAND OUT OF A LARGER TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACK ONE LOT 12 OF BLOCK ONE FOSTER VILLAGE.
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATELY THE 1400 BLOCK OF MAIN AVENUE ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022 CITY OFFICIALS CONDUCTED A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPER OF THIS SITE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 59 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WITH A DEDICATED COMMERCIAL STRIP, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE COMMERCIAL STRIP THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED IS TO ALLOW FOR VARIOUS USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
ZONING DESIGNATION REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPMENT WERE INFORMED BY PLANNING STAFF PER APPENDIX, A SECTION SEVEN DASH 100 OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
A ZONING CHANGE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ALLOW FOR SUCH USE AS UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
REPRESENTATIVES ACKNOWLEDGED THE REQUIREMENTS AT THE MEETING AND WERE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS REQUEST.
AN APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH OF 2022 REQUESTING FOR THIS ZONING CHANGE.
THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 4TH, 2022, WHERE CITIZENS WERE INVITED TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF THE SAVE REQUEST.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID VOTE THREE TO ZERO RECOMMENDING THE ZONING AMENDMENTS APPROVAL BASED ON STATE DISCUSSION ON APRIL 26TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, TWO DASH 1 8 4, CALLING FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS PUBLISHED PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PORT AUTHOR NEWSPAPER.
THE 1.5 TO THREE ACRE TRACK IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN A MULTIPLE MULTIPLE FAMILIES ZONE DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO, TO PROMOTE STABLE QUALITY, MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT SLIGHTLY INCREASED DENSITIES FROM SINGLE FAMILY.
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TO CHANGE THE ZONING FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY TO NEIGHBORHOODS SERVICES, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONVENIENT LOCATION FOR LIMITED RETAIL COMMERCIAL SERVICES FOR DAILY NEEDS.FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER WITH TENANT SPACE FOR LEASING AND A CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE HERE DOES SHOW THE ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY MULTIPLE FAMILY.
UM, IT IS SURROUNDED BY A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AS WELL AS MULTIPLE FAMILIES OWNING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE LOCATION AND APPROXIMATELY THE FOURTH 1400 BLOCK OF MAIN AVENUE OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE REZONING.
IT WOULD BE THE 1.5 ACRE TRACK THAT'S ADJACENT TO MAIN AVENUE THAT SITS IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO 18 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED SITE, AND ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
UM, THE PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ON THE SAME DATE ON MARCH 22ND, 2022 AND PREPARATION FOR THAT MEETING ALSO FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING, IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER ON MAY THE SEVENTH AND MAIL OUTS WERE DONE ON MAY THE 12TH OF 2021.
WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN OPPOSITION FROM MR AND MRS. SCHRADER OF THIS PROPOSED REQUEST, AS WELL AS ONE VERBAL OPPOSITION FROM A MS. ADDIE BROUSSARD.
WE ALSO RECEIVED ONE LATE ONE LETTER OF FAVORING, THE REQUEST FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER OR MANAGER OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE POINT APARTMENTS.
ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, SIR.
MAY I APPROACH YOU, GIVE YOU A START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR? YES.
I, UH, FROM, I ACTUALLY LIVE IN GROSS, BUT I'M REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY AT 1401 MAIN.
MY WIFE YOLANDA IS THE ONLY LIVING DESCENDANT, THE SCENE, THE SENDING OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, GILBERT AND ISABEL DIAZ WHO, UH, DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, YOLANDA AND INHERITED.
IT WENT LONG WITH, UH, SEVEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ALL WHO HAVE BECOME DECEASED.
SO YOLANDA AND I ARE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AND MOVE IT FORWARD.
WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE REZONING, ESPECIALLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS CITY SERVICES CATEGORY.
UH, I SENT A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL DATED APRIL 7TH, WHERE I DESIGNATED THOSE CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH FOR EXAMPLE, A COMMUNITY CONVENIENCE STORE OR A LAUNDROMAT OR OTHER OFFICES AND BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE THERE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THESE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICULARLY CONVENIENCE STORES TEND TO BRING A GROUP OF PEOPLE INTO THE AREA THAT BOTHER THE NEIGHBORS, SOLICIT FROM THE NEIGHBORS, SOLICIT FROM CUSTOMERS, AND JUST REPRESENTS A INCONVENIENCE FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE CLOSE BY THE ADDRESS AT 1401 IS ACTUALLY ONLY, PROBABLY WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE COMMERCIAL CENTER.
SO WE WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT THE ZONING REMAINED THE SAME, UH, MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY WHAT IS IN THE AREA.
NOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT GATHER AT THE BUS STOP AT, UH, MAIN AND 13TH STREET AND LOAD AND UNLOAD BUSES THERE.
THEY WALK TO THE APARTMENTS, THEY WALK TO THEIR OWN HOMES.
HAVING A BUSY INTERSECTION, A BUSY COMMERCIAL AREA WILL ONLY SERVE TO, UH, HARM THESE CHILDREN IN A UNWANTED NATURE.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS ITEM TODAY.
ANY OTHER REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY.
ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY? UM, I JUST HAD CLARIFICATION OR WERE WE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER TODAY?
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YES MA'AM.SO IF WE ARE, I JUST WANT, OKAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, YOU SAID YOU RECEIVED TWO PROTESTS.
DID IT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TWO 11.006? WERE THERE IT, DID IT MEET THE 20% REQUIREMENT? NO, MA'AM OKAY.
CAUSE IF IT WAS 20%, IT DID NOT.
SO IF IT HAD BEEN AT LEAST 20%, WE WOULD NEED A MAJORITY OF WORK, UH, THREE FOURTHS OF THE COUNCIL, BUT SINCE IT DID NOT, IT WOULD JUST BE A REGULAR VOTE.
UH, ANY OTHER REMARKS COUNSEL? ANYONE.
IF YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A CLOSING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S A COUNCILMAN FRANK MOTION MISDEMEANOR.
A SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN, MOSES, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD CLOSE A THIRD PUBLIC HEARING DEALING WITH Z 22 0 4.
THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANY OPPOSES AS HABITS TO IS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'RE NOW RETURNING TO PAGE ONE OF OUR PRINTED AGENDA.
AND WE WOULD GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE FOR A PETITIONS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.
THERE AREN'T ANY SPEAKERS ON PRESENTATIONS.
THE FIRST PRESENTATION, THE GENTLEMEN IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
[III.B.2. A Presentation By Anne Burger Entrekin, Regional Managing Director Of Hilltop Securities And Attorney Derrick Mitchell Of Holland & Knight, LP Regarding Certificates of Obligation]
TO THE SECOND PRESENTATION BY ANY BURGER INTRICATE, UH, THE REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HILLTOP SECURITIES, AND, UH, ATTORNEY DEREK MITCHELL OF, UH, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT LP REGARDING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.MR. BURDEN FOR THE RECORD, I'M AN BURGER ENTREKIN AND IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN PORT ARTHUR.
BEFORE I BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND INTRODUCE DEREK MITCHELL.
WHO'S THE CITY'S BOND COUNSEL WITH HOLLAND AND KNIGHT.
I DON'T THINK HE HAS A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION, BUT CERTAINLY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HE IS AVAILABLE BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL CONSIDERATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM? I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO DO A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT ON SLIDE TWO.
AND WHEN I HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU BEFORE, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE BOND BUYERS GEO INDEX.
IT'S AN ECONOMIC INDICATOR THAT COMES OUT EVERY THURSDAY AND GIVES AN INDICATION OF WHAT CURRENT MUNICIPAL INTEREST RATES ARE.
AS YOU CAN SEE MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH OTHER INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENTS, WE'VE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT RISE OF MUNICIPAL RATES.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE THE CURRENT RATE IS A 3.47, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WHEN I HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW THOSE INTEREST RATES WERE HISTORICALLY LOW.
WE WENT BACK TO WHEN THEY STARTED KEEPING THESE INTEREST RATES IN THE 1960S, AND THESE WERE THE LOWEST INTEREST RATES THAT WE EXPERIENCED.
THE CITY WAS VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT IN THE BOND ISSUANCES OVER THE LAST THREE, UH, YEARS, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCK IN INTEREST RATES THAT WERE AGAIN AT VERY HISTORICAL LOW RATES.
ALTHOUGH INTEREST RATES ARE CURRENTLY HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CHART IS THAT IT GOES BACK 25 YEARS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT AVERAGE RATES HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
AND THERE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE EVEN HIGHER.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION, EXCEPT WE JUST SHOW WHAT IT'S DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR.
IT REALLY IS INTERESTING IN THAT THE BULK OF THE INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES HAS BEEN REALLY JUST SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND IT CORRESPONDS WITH WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE FED AND WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THEIR EFFORTS TO TRY TO CURTAIL INFLATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE MUNICIPAL MARKET DATA YIELD CURVE.
AND IT SHOWS WHAT THE DIFFERENT YIELDS ARE FOR AAA AA, SINGLE A AND B AA CREDITS.
AND SO THE GREEN LINE WOULD CORRESPOND WITH THE CITY'S A-PLUS RATING.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON SLIDE SIX, WE HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THE NOTICE THIS IS OUR PROPOSED TIMETABLE.
SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY,
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IT WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKING TO CONSIDER THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT IS FOLLOWED BY TWO PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION ONCE A WEEK FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.ALSO PART OF THAT PROCESS, I HIGHLIGHT THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD SEND THE DOCUMENTS TO STANDARD.
AND POOR'S THE RATING AGENCY WHO RATES THE CITY AND WANTED TO SPEND JUST A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO PART OF WHAT WE DO ON AN ONGOING BASIS IS WE WORK VERY MUCH IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH YOUR STAFF AND DO ONGOING FINANCIAL REVIEWS.
AND SO, AS PART OF PREPARING FOR THIS, WE DID THE SAME.
WE LOOKED AT THE CITY FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING AT YOUR FUND BALANCE TREND, LOOKING AT GROWTH IN YOUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION.
WE LOOK AT THE RATIOS THAT WE KNOW THAT STANDARD, AND POOR'S, WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR TAXABLE ASSESS VALUATION PER CAPITA, YOUR DEBT PER YOUR TAXABLE ASSESS VALUATION.
AND WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL DEBT PROFILE AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE FINANCIAL RATIOS.
ALL THAT WERE LAID OUT BY THE CITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND OUR RATING AGENCY PROCESS WAS STANDARD.
AND POOR'S THE OTHER THING, UM, AS PART OF THIS, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. BURTON AND WITH MS. DANIEL REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE 2021 AUDIT AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPLICATIONS RELATIVE TO GOING TO THE RATING AGENCIES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, OUR FIRM LAST AUGUST HIRED A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF TED CHAPMAN AND HE HAD BEEN WITH STANDARD AND POOR'S FOR 21 YEARS, I'VE WORKED WITH TED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT HAVING SOMEBODY WHO HAD SUCH INSIGHTS INTO THE RATING AGENCIES WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE FOR OUR CLIENTS.
AND SO AS MY COLLEAGUE, HE'S A RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND WANTED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE TIMING RELATIVE TO THE AUDIT.
AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING, HIS FIRST QUESTION IS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH THE FINANCIALS AND THE ANSWER IS NO, IT IS NOT.
IT REALLY IS JUST BEEN A TIMING AND A, AND A STAFFING CHALLENGE.
AND WHAT HE BROUGHT OUT JUST ON MAY 3RD IN WHAT WE CALL THE BOND BUYER, WHICH IS THE GENERAL PUBLICATION THAT MY INDUSTRY USES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THEY HAD AN ARTICLE WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THAT BACK IN 2009, THE AVERAGE AUDIT TOOK 147 DAYS, BUT IN 2020 THAT HAD INCREASED TO 164 DAYS.
SO FROM A NATIONAL TREND PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE JUST SEEING THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET AUDITS COMPLETED IS TAKING LONGER.
THE OTHER THING THAT HE HIGHLIGHTED AND WE TALKED ABOUT, AND WE'RE SEEING NOT JUST IN PORT ARTHUR, WE'RE SEEING THIS WITH OUR CITY CLIENTS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL CLIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING FROM THE LABOR SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING THAT MANY CLIENTS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR CITIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS HAVE GONE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND THAT HAS CREATED OPENINGS, WHICH TEND TO HAVE IMPACTS WITH THE PROCESS.
AND SO IN EXPLAINING THAT AND WORKING THROUGH THIS, MY COLLEAGUE DID NOT SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR THROUGH THE RATING AGENCY PROCESS AND THAT YOUR 2021 AUDIT HAD NOT BEEN DONE.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN VISITING WITH MS. DANIEL AND MR BURDEN IS THAT THE CITY HAS PUT TOGETHER AN ACTION PLAN IN ORDER TO REMEDIATE THAT AND TO GET YOUR 20, 21 AUDIT BACK ON SCHEDULE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE TO STANDARD.
AND POOR'S WHEN WE VISIT WITH THEM.
THE OTHER THING THAT TED OFFERED TO DO, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE PROCESS BEFORE WITH THE RATING AGENCIES, WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE US THEIR QUESTIONS IN WRITING SEVERAL DAYS BEFOREHAND, AND TED OFFERED TO BE ON A CALL WITH MR. BURTON AND MS. DANIEL, AS WE GO THROUGH PREPARING FOR THAT AND FRAMING OUR RESPONSES IN A WAY THAT HE KNOWS FROM HIS EXPERIENCE AT STANDARD AND POOR'S WILL BE HELPFUL TO CONVEY THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WE, A DELIBERATE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AGAIN, IF THE CITY DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD SUGGEST PRICING YOUR BONDS ON AUGUST 15TH AND CLOSING ON SEPTEMBER 13TH ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE EIGHT.
SO THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE FOR THE PROPOSED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OR STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT PROJECTED DEBT SERVICE FOR, UH, WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IN TODAY'S MARKET.
ACTUALLY, WE'VE PUT A LITTLE INTEREST RATE CUSHION IN THERE JUST GIVEN THE VOLATILITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE MARKET, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY
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AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 10 MILLION WITH A PROJECTED TRUE RENTERS, CAUSED A FOUR AND A QUARTER.AND THE STANDARD TENURE CALL DATE.
AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO PROJECTED INS TAX RATE INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOUR STAFF DOES, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE STANDARD IMPORTS REPORT AND VIEWED VERY FAVORABLY IS THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PLANNING.
AND SO WHEN WE ARE STRUCTURING YOUR 2022 BOND ISSUE, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BOND ISSUE THAT WE'RE STRUCTURING.
I HAVE, I HAVE WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF AND I CAN SHOW YOU, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT YOUR NEXT FIVE YEARS OF PROJECTED CIP.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE PLANNING THIS 22 ISSUE, WE'RE PLANNING IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THE CITY IS PROJECTING.
IT WILL DO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, UH, THE EFFORTS OF YOUR STAFF AND PREPARING THAT, I KNOW IT TAKES SIGNIFICANT TIME, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE RATING AGENCY SEES SUCH VALUE IN THAT.
AND IT HELPS US AS YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO MAKE BETTER STRUCTURING DECISIONS TODAY, KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE COMING DOWN THE PATH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY THE KNOW INS TAX RATE TODAY, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A MULTI-YEAR PLAN TO HELP THE CITY COUNCIL ACCOMPLISH THAT AS WELL.
AND SO FINALLY, ON THE LAST SLIDE, THE NEXT STEPS.
SO THE ITEM TODAY FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IS THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS ACCOMPANIED WITH A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION ONCE A WEEK FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.
AND THAT NOTICE INCLUDES, IT DESCRIBES WHAT THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING.
IT PROVIDES THE $10 MILLION NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES THE DATA WHICH CITY COUNCIL EXPECTS TO CONSIDER THE FORMAL ACTION.
AND THE KEY THING FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE FIRST PUBLICATION CAN BE NO LESS THAN 45 DAYS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THAT FORMAL ACTION.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND ALSO MR. MITCHELL IS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
I GATHER THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.
[VIII.A.4. P. R. No. 22581 — A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Authorizing The Publication Of The Notice Of Intention To Issue City Of Port Arthur, Texas Combination Tax And Revenue Certificates Of Obligation In A Principal Amount Not To Exceed $ 10, 000, 000 For The Construction Of Public Works And Any Items Related Thereto And For The Payment Of Contractual Obligations For Professional Services; Authorizing The Distribution Of A Preliminary Official Statement Relating To Such Certificates; And Containing Other Provisions Relating Thereto]
WHAT I HAVE HERE, UM, ISIT SAYS, IT'S THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND NT AND ANY ITEMS, EXCUSE ME, RELATED THERE TOO.
AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT OR RELATING TO SUCH CERTIFICATES AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERE TOO.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF PR NUMBER 22, 5 81, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, COUNCILMAN MARKS.
AND SECOND TO THAT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5 81 IS READ.
THERE AREN'T ANY, OH YEAH, JUST WANTING TO CLUES.
SO THIS IS JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY.
SO THIS IS JUST AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE.
DO WE HAVE A PROPOSED PUBLICATION DATE IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY IN THERE.
WE, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE PUBLICATION DATES WOULD OCCUR.
THE FIRST PUBLICATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND.
AND THE SECOND PUBLICATION WILL BE PROJECTED TO BE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH.
AND BOND COUNSEL HAS CONFIRMED THAT THOSE MEET THE REQUIRED 45 DAYS.
AND THEN IT WOULD USE THE NOTICE IS EXACTLY PRINTED IN EXHIBIT EIGHT.
AND ON THE WAY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN? UH, THE THEY'RE JUST THE PUBLIC NOTICES
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OKAY.AND THE PUBLICATION IN THE EXHIBIT, IT SAYS NOTICES HERE BY GIVING THAT THE CITY OF COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WILL MEET IN PERSON AND IT HAS A DATE, BUT YOU'LL GIVE US THAT WILL BE THE PRICING DATE, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO BE MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH.
I'M SORRY TO YOUR REGULAR MEETING.
BECAUSE IT'S A MORNING MEETING.
WE WOULD PROPOSE PRICING THE DAY BEFORE, SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN I WOULD, WE WOULD BE BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN, TUESDAY MORNING ON THE 16TH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE SALE.
SO WE WILL UPDATE THAT EXHIBIT 80 TO PUT TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH AT 10:00 AM.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON A DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT SORTED AUDIT.
WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5 81 AS RED.
[III.C.3. A Presentation By City Attorney, Val Tizeno And Attorney Gunnar Seaquist Of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, LLP Regarding The 2020 Census Redistricting Process And A Review Of The Redistricting Map Draft Plan To Allow The City Council To Make Revisions And Amendments, If Deemed Necessary]
NOW MOVE BACK TO OUR REGULAR WRITTEN AGENDA AND, UH, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY, UH, GHANA, UH, SAKE WEST OF BICKERSTAFF.HE, UH, DAD GOT OLD ACROSS THE LLP REGARDING THE 2020 CENSUS, UH, REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND A REVIEW OF THE REDISTRICTING MAP, UH, DRAFT PLAN TO ALLOW ALL CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS IF, UH, NECESSARILY A CITY OH, OKAY.
WE JUST WERE GOING TO, I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE SOME INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT AND MR. SCIQUEST IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE MET BEFORE AND TALKED ABOUT THE REDISTRICT IN PROCESS.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING FROM THE LAST TIME WE MET IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME DRAWING SESSIONS AND WE DID.
AND, UH, THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, MR SCIQUEST IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE DRAWING SESSIONS AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
SO THAT WAS JUST MY BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND GUNNER SEQUENCE.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND B BEFORE YOU AGAIN, TODAY, UM, AS MS. TIZZANO SAID, WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MEET WITH SORT OF THE INFORMAL DRAWING COMMITTEE, UH, AS DISCUSSED FROM THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEETING.
AND AS YOU'LL RECALL, UM, FROM THE 2020 CENSUS DATA, THE, THE 20TH, THE CENSUS SHOWED US THAT, UH, THE CITY OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS DISTRICT THREE WAS A LITTLE BIT HEAVY IN POPULATION.
AND THEN DISTRICT ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT IN POPULATION.
AND SO FROM OUR MEETINGS IN TRYING TO, UH, DRAW THESE MAPS, WE WERE MAKING CHANGES TO TRY TO SHIFT THAT POPULATION, TO BALANCE IT OUT SO THAT WE GOT THE OVERALL DEVIATION BACK DOWN BELOW THAT 10% FEDERAL STANDARD.
AND SO, UH, I HAVE CAMERON ARSENAULT, WHO'S OUR SPECIALIST.
UH, HE IS ON THE LINE AND HE HAS, UH, OUR DRAWING SOFTWARE UP HERE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WORK THAT THE DRAWING COMMITTEE DID IN OUR, OUR PURPOSE TODAY IS JUST TO GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS A BODY ON WHAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR EAT.
THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE MADE WHERE WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT IN REAL TIME HERE THIS MORNING.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GET TO A MAP THAT THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH TODAY, THE NEXT STEP IS TO START WORKING ON PUSHING, UH, THE MAP OUT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND PUBLICATION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FOLKS TO ACTUALLY COME IN, UH, GIVE THEIR OWN COMMENTS AND ALTERNATE PLANS IF THEY WISH.
AND THEN WE CAN START MOVING TOWARDS ADOPTION OF A FINAL PLAN.
SO UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'LL, I'LL MOVE INTO, UM, WHAT OUR MAP LOOKS LIKE.
LET ME JUST SAY, UM, WE'RE DOING THE, THE MAPPING HERE ONLINE.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE TO CONNECT WITH CAMERON, SO I'VE ACTUALLY GOT HIM ON MY CELL PHONE HERE.
SO IF YOU HEAR MY CELL PHONE CLICKING, THAT'S WHY, AND THEN, UH, HE CAN MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
AND THE FIRST THING IS CAMERAS, ARE WE ABLE TO BLOW THE MAP UP AT ALL ON THE GR OR ON THE GO TO MEETING? OKAY.
MAYBE IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN, ON OUR END THERE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF BLOW IT UP.
I THINK NOT ANY AREA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
WELL, SO WHAT WE'LL SEE IS, UM,
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AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BENCHMARK THAT THE, THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MAP, UM, THE BENCHMARK OF THE ORIGINAL DISTRICTS AS THEY CURRENTLY EXIST ARE GONNA BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THOSE RED LINES.AND THEN THE COLORED SHADING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW, UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WERE THE RESULT OF THE DRAWING SESSIONS THAT WE DID.
AND SO BASICALLY THE PRIMARY CHANGES, AGAIN, ARE GOING TO BE BETWEEN A DISTRICT THREE SHEDDING, SOME POPULATION INTO DISTRICT FOUR, A AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT INTO DISTRICT ONE.
UM, AT THE BOTTOM SIDE THERE, YOU'LL SEE, THERE WAS A, WE MOVED DISTRICT ONE JUST A LITTLE BIT INTO DISTRICT TWO.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, ELIMINATE SOME ELECTION PRECINCT SPLITS THERE, WHICH WAS ANOTHER GOAL OF THE COMMISSION OR THE COMMITTEE AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS WAS TO TRY TO, UM, TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE SPLIT ELECTION PRECINCTS THAT WE HAD IN THE EXISTING MAP.
AND SO, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT SO THE DISTRICT WHO CHANGES, UM, I THINK WE, WE DON'T DO, WE, I DON'T THINK WE HANDED OUT PAPER COPIES.
WE JUST HAVE THE MAP ON THE SCREEN ARE Y'ALL ABLE TO SEE IT UP HERE, BUT WE CAN'T.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO, LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER AND WE'LL ZOOM IN, UM, CAMERA, LET'S DO THIS.
WE'LL USE ZOOM IN, UM, AT THE LINE BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND TWO, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET A GOOD LOOK AT THAT AREA FIRST.
IS THAT HELPFUL? ALL ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT'S BETTER.
AND SO THE CHANGE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE, UM, OH, CAMERA, WILL YOU BRING UP THE ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THOSE PLEASE? UM, YEAH, PLEASE.
WHY DON'T YOU, UM, GO AHEAD AND USE THE CURSOR AND JUST KIND OF SHOW US WHERE THE CHANGES ARE, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION MADE, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT IT AND TALK US THROUGH IT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE MADE OVER HERE OR DARTED TO COMBAT ALL THE PRECINCTS WOUNDS.
SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, THESE FEW BLOCKS KIND OF BETWEEN LOUIS AND
IF WE CAN, WE CAN PROBABLY GIVE HIM A NUMBER TO CALL INTO SO HE CAN LOG INTO THE ZOOM IF WE WANT TO.
AND I'M SORRY, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER.
I KNOW HE'S HARD TO YOUR EMAIL, THAT NUMBER TO HIM RIGHT NOW.
SHERRY'S GOING TO EMAIL, HEY, CAMERON, SHERRY IS GOING TO EMAIL YOU A NUMBER TO CALL IN ON WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU BETTER.
AND THEN I GUESS WHAT WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT, UH, WHILE HE'S LOGGING ON, UM, WE CAN ALWAYS, THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE COPIES AVAILABLE.
AND ALSO ON THE WEBSITE IS JUST OUR DRAFT PROPOSAL, JUST A DRAFT FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR TO DO WITH IT TODAY.
AND WE'LL ALSO GET COPIES MADE.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET THEM MADE A BIG COPIES OF IT.
UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY, UH, JUST POINT OUT THAT, UM, WHILE WE'RE GETTING CAMERON GUN, ARE YOU STATING THAT THE AREAS IN RED, WHAT JUST LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THEY REPRESENT AGAIN, AREAS WITH THE RED LINE, THE RED LINES ARE THE EXISTING DISTRICTS.
SO WHERE YOU SEE SHADING THAT IS CUTTING ACROSS A RED LINE, LIKE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE, THE PINK OR PURPLE COMES OVER THAT RED LINE INTO THE GREEN.
THAT WAS A SHIFT THAT MOVES THAT WERE, UH, A SECTION OF A PRECINCT, TWO MOVED INTO PRECINCT ONE.
AND THE PURPOSE FOR THAT WAS THAT WAS ABLE TO, UM, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SPLITTING AND ELECTION PRECINCT LINE RIGHT THERE BY, BY MAKING THAT MOVE.
YOU'RE NOT ONLY ABLE TO BALANCE THE POPULATION, YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ELECTION PRECINCT WHOLE AGAIN AND ELIMINATE THAT SPLIT, WHICH MAKES YOUR VOTING, UH, EASIER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU ARE, CAN YOU TELL IF YOU CAN SEE IT, OR IF SOMEONE CAN TELL US WHAT STREET THAT IS? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US.
CAN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER ON THAT PARTICULAR AREA?
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AND HE MAY BE OKAY, BUT SHOW US, SHOW US THE AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE WALL AND GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU HAVE A BACKUP HOLD ON A SEC BACK OUT.AND THEN THE AREA THAT'S IN PURPLE.
WOULD THAT BE INCORPORATED INTO DISTRICT THAT WILL BE MOVED INTO DISTRICT THAT'S THE CURRENT, THAT WOULD BE THE DISTRICT ONE THAT'S PROPOSED.
IT WILL BE MOVED INTO DISTRICT ONE.
I THINK NOT RIGHT NOW, BACK OUT A SECOND CAMERA.
SO DISTRICT TWO, TH THE AREAS WHERE THE PURPLE IS ARE, ARE BEING MOVED INTO DISTRICT ONE FROM DISTRICT TWO, CORRECT.
SO BASICALLY THE, THE, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RED, OR JUST WHERE THINGS ARE KIND OF BEING SHIFTED SO THAT YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE SPLIT SO WE CAN ELIMINATE THE SPLITS AND THEN, UM, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S BALANCED OUT.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS THE, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY CHAIN BACKUP A LITTLE BIT MORE OF CAMERON, IF YOU WOULD.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR PRIMARY CHANGES RIGHT THERE.
UM, TO DISTRICT ONE WHERE WE HAVE, UH, THAT LITTLE SLIVER THAT CAME OUT OF DISTRICT TWO IN A DISTRICT ONE, AND THEN THAT OTHER LITTLE AREA, UM, WHICH RUNS ALONG, WHAT DID THAT NORTH OF NINTH STREET CAMERA? SHOW US THAT AREA AGAIN, PLEASE.
SO I CAN SEE THE ACCIDENT STREET.
YEAH, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE BOUNDARY THERE? YEP.
WHAT'S THE BOUNDARY RIGHT THERE THAT WE'RE RUNNING ON NINTH AVENUE.
IT'S JUST GOING, LIKE PUSH OUT FROM THAT TOO.
AND SO THAT, THAT AGAIN, CORRECTS THE PRECINCT SPLIT THAT WAS THERE.
SO, UH, JUST FOR COUNSEL, AS THEY'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE CAMERON GET ON SPEAKER, CAN YOU TELL US LIKE, AND CITY SECRETARY WENT TO HELP HIM GET THE AUDIO, BUT THAT, THAT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE SPLITS.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE CONCERN THAT THEY HAD.
AND SO, UM, LET'S ALSO JUST LOOK, CAMERA, WILL YOU KIND OF ZOOM IN ON THE AREA BETWEEN PRECINCT 46 AND 45, BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF THE PRIMARY CHANGE WE MADE BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR.
AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT REAL QUICK AND MAYBE BACK OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE BOUNDARY LINE CURRENTLY BETWEEN DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR.
AND AGAIN, THAT RED LINE WAS THE, THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARY.
UM, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT OF POPULATION ALONG PRECINCT 46.
THEY'RE OUT OF DISTRICT THREE INTO DISTRICT FOUR, UM, ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT, SO WE CAN SEE THAT AREA CAMERA.
AND WILL YOU JUST HIGHLIGHT KIND OF GIVE US, WELL, I GUESS WE CAN WAIT FOR THE PHONE NUMBERS, BUT HIGHLIGHT THE AREA THAT WE, THAT MOVED FROM THREE AND INTO FOUR, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
AND SO THIS WAS THE OTHER MAJOR CHANGE.
THIS WAS THE AREA, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WENT THE FURTHEST TO GETTING A GOAL OF, OF TAKING SOME OF THE POPULATION OUT OF THREE AND REDISTRIBUTING IT SO THAT IT BALANCED OUT, UM, WAS THIS MOVE HERE, UM, OUT OF CORE AND INTO, EXCUSE ME, OUT OF THREE AND INTO FOUR, THAT THAT PARTICULAR AREA WAS ADJUSTED TO FOUR.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY THE PRIMARY CHANGES, UM, THAT THE DRAWING COUNCIL MAY OR COMMITTEE MADE IN ORDER TO GET THE BALANCE BACK IN AND BELOW THE 10%.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE THIS MAP RIGHT HERE, IT GETS YOU DOWN TO A OVERALL DEVIATION OF 9.74%.
THANKS CAM SO JUST WHILE WE'RE
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ALSO WAITING, CAN WE TALK ABOUT NOW WHAT THE SIZES OF EACH DISTRICT ARE? SO COUNCIL WITH KNOW, SO UNDER THE PROPOSED PLAN, THE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEAL SIZE THAT IS IF YOU COULD DIVIDE EACH DISTRICT, UH, PERFECTLY, UH, OR EQUALLY, EXCUSE ME, OR YOU'D HAVE AN IDEAL SIZE OF 13,935 UNDER THIS PROPOSED MAP THAT'S BEEN DRAWN HERE.UM, WE ENDED UP WITH, UH, DISTRICT ONE HAVING APPROXIMATELY 13,669 PEOPLE.
DISTRICT THREE IS STILL A LITTLE HEAVY.
UM, IT'S 5% ABOVE, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE DEVIATION AT 14,704.
AND THEN DISTRICT FOUR IS 14,020 PEOPLE.
AND SO YOUR, YOUR DISTRICTS BASICALLY SHAKE OUT ONE AND TWO ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE IDEAL.
UH, THREE AND FOUR ARE GOING TO BE, WELL, THREE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OVER AND FOUR IS REALLY RIGHT ABOUT AT IT.
SO, UM, BUT THE OVERALL DEVIATION BETWEEN THEM STAYS BELOW 10%.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST PROPOSED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DEFINITELY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, AND THIS IS JUST FOR OUR DISCUSSION AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KEEP TALKING OR WHATEVER YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY.
WE JUST WANT IT TO PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THAT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE ALSO GONE OVER IT WITH THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS FOR DRAWING PURPOSES ONLY.
AND, UH, OF COURSE YOU ALL CAN DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
I THINK THAT THE GROUP WAS, UH, PRETTY SATISFIED.
SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE OR EXCUSE ME, OR COUNSELOR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS I'M AT LARGE, BUT BASICALLY WHAT'S THE TIME I, AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS WITH TIMING.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE MET AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, UM, KIND OF AGREED TO DO THIS, BUT WE DON'T KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THAT'S JUST FOR PROPOSAL JUST FOR PROPOSAL, BUT WHAT TIME DO WE HAVE TO GET THIS BACK TO? UM, I STILL ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION.
I ASKED HER TWO MONTHS AGO AND WE SAID 30 DAYS BACK THEN THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE IN 30 DAYS AND GET IT ACCOMPLISHED SO THAT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE OUR RESPONSE BACK.
SO WHAT NOW WE'RE PAST THE 30 DAYS, WHAT'S OUR TIMEFRAME? WELL, THE, SO SINCE Y'ALL'S NEXT ELECTION UNDER THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS IS MAY OF 23.
UM, TECHNICALLY YOUR TIMEFRAME TO GET THESE DONE AND ADOPTED IS, YOU KNOW, GOING IN AND IT WOULD BE BY JANUARY.
UM, HOWEVER, AS VAL MENTIONED, LAST TIME, IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR THE COUNTY CLERK.
IF WE CAN GET HER AS MUCH LEAD TIME ON THIS AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN GET A BUILT IN, UH, THERE'S NOT A HARD DEADLINE ON THAT, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN GET IT DONE AND THE NEXT MONTH OR 60 DAYS, THAT THAT WILL PROVIDE AMPLE TIME FOR THEM TO GET IT LOADED UP FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF ELECTION.
SO THE TIMING WE CERTAINLY ARE MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY ON IT, BUT THERE, THE TIMING IS NOT THAT STRICT IN TERMS OF GETTING IT DONE.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE WANT TO BE IN GOOD TIMING AND GIVING THEM THE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR WORK DONE, UM, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
AND IF I MAY SPEAK, AND ALSO THERE'S THE ANOTHER STEP OF NOT JUST THE COUNTY CLERK, THE VOTER REGISTRAR HAS TO THEN ONCE WE GET IT UPLOADED INTO TEAMS, SO WE WANT TO GET THE VOTER REGISTRAR TO GET IT UPLOADED SO THAT THEN IF THE COUNTY CLERK, UH, CAN THEN DO WHAT SHE NEEDS.
SO THERE'S TWO OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE AFTER US.
AND WE, ONCE WE GET A PLAN THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, WE'LL WORK WITH VAL AND ALSO BOTH THE VOTER REGISTRAR AND THE COUNTY CLERK IN TERMS OF GETTING ALL OF THAT INTO THEIR SYSTEM.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT PROCESS, MAKE IT EASY ON THEM.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO GET THE RIGHT, THE MAP TOGETHER.
UH, YES, UH, JUST A, AN ASIDE, UH, I WAS CALLED IN, I GUESS, AS TO CONSULT THAT I WASN'T ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT MY DISTRICT WAS AFFECTED AND, UH, THIS ONE AND THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE EIGHT SPLIT DISTRICTS BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PAIR THAT DOWN TO THREE, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR US TO MATCH UP WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COUNTIES, UH, MAPS.
AND THEN ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE THIS DONE BY, UH, JULY.
UH, AND IF I'M, IF I'M CALCULATING CORRECTLY, THE 60 DAYS THAT WE, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, WE CAN DO, WE CAN HAVE THIS DONE JUNE BY THE END OF JULY AND READY TO, TO PASS ON TO THE COUNTY.
I CAN'T SEE ON THERE, BUT, UH, BASED UPON THE POPULATION CHANGE IN PORT ARTHUR, IT WAS ABOUT A 5,000 INCREASE ON POPULATION, BUT REZ REGISTERED VOTERS, YOU, YOUR DATA SHOWS THAT WE HAVE 28,000 A MONTH UNDERSTANDING
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THAT CORRECTLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANTED TO GET THAT INFORMATION LAST TIME.WE, AND I ASKED FOR THAT, AND YOU SAY 28,000, BUT WE USED TO BE RIGHT AROUND 30,000, 31,000 REGISTERED VOTERS.
BUT HOW MANY BASED UPON THE CENSUS, HOW MANY REGISTERED VOTERS DO WE HAVE IN PORT ARTHUR? WELL, THE CENSUS, I THINK THE CITY SECRETARY GAVE US THAT NUMBER, UM, FROM HER CALCULUS, THE CITY, THE CENSUS DOESN'T GIVE US A REGISTERED VOTERS.
AND WE, SO WHEN WE DRAW THESE DISTRICTS WERE USING TOTAL POPULATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ULTIMATELY HAS TO BALANCE UNDER THE ONE PERSON ONE VOTE.
UM, BUT I THINK THE CITY SECRETARY, MY RECOLLECTION, I THINK YOUR RIDE WAS AROUND 28,000 CURRENTLY REGISTERED VOTERS, SORRY, 28,300.
THAT WAS FROM THE VOTER REGISTRAR.
AND WE DROPPED ABOUT 2000 FROM ACTUALLY WE WERE THE SAME AS WE WERE IN 2020.
I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN FOR, COULD I A SPREADSHEET ON IT? YEAH.
UH, ANY OTHER REMARKS? WELL, GUESS WHAT, THANK HIM FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, CAMERON, JUST, IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO SEE ANYTHING IN MORE DETAIL AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THERE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANYTHING IN ANY MORE DETAIL OR IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT EITHER ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE, THE FEEDBACK WE NEED IS JUST, IS THE COUNCIL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO USE THIS MAP IS THE ONE THAT WE PUSH OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AND INVITE A PUBLIC HEARING ON.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE FINAL MAP.
IT'S JUST THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS AND KEEP THE BALL MOVING.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO ALSO ASK, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL VERSIONS AND JUST SO EVERYBODY WOULD BE CLEAR IF YOU ALL COULD EMAIL US ALL A COPY OF THE, WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND THEN WHEN THE COUNCIL DIRECTS US, WE CAN LET PEOPLE SEE THE DRAFT.
CAUSE I KNOW THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT STEP.
SO WE COULD PROBABLY, UM, AFTER THE COUNCIL LOOKS AT IT IN GREATER DETAIL ON THEIR EMAIL, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT STEP TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IT ON THE WEB SET WEBSITE TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND AS LONG AS WE, UH, WITHIN OUR TIMEFRAME, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE WILL BE, WE'LL BE GOOD ON THE TIMEFRAME.
OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
[III.E.1. A Discussion Regarding Traffic Concerns/ Control At Terminal Road and W. 15th Street ( Requested By Councilmember Marks)]
HAVE A, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM, EXCUSE ME.UH, IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND CONTROL THE TERMINAL ROAD AND WEST 15TH STREET.
AND THIS IS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS GO RIGHT HERE.
UH, YES, UH, WE RECEIVED A, UH, UH, A CALL FROM ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVES OVER ON 15TH STREET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, CONCERNING THE TRAFFIC, UH, FROM THE PARKING LOT, THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE USING THAT MOTIVA PARKING LOT, UH, AND, UH, ARE, UH, LEAVING WHEN THEY EXIT THE PARKING LOT WORK, UH, TRAFFIC BACKS UP ON TERMINAL ROAD AND, AND, UH, GULF WAY DRIVE.
SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY, UH, EX EXITING ONTO 15TH STREET AND GOING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE, UH, TWO, TWO SCHOOLS IN THE, IN THE VICINITY AND CHILDREN, UH, AND RESIDENTS WALKING ALONG THAT WAY, WHICH, UH, COULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD.
AND THE LADY MRS. MOSS, UH, WHO CALLED, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND ASKED THAT I GET WITH, UH, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO I GOT WITH MR. MR. BURTON AND, UH, STAFF AND, UH, WE, UH, AND THE CHIEF CHIEF CHIEF DOOR.
SO WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT, UH, MR. BURDEN THAT I MIGHT WANT TO LET HIM SPEAK TO THIS, UH, BECAUSE HE HAS ALL THE DETAILS, WHAT, UH, THERE, THE ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN.
AND THEN THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, WHERE WE CAN REROUTE THAT, THAT TRAFFIC AND KEEP IT FROM GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT MR. BURDEN, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BEFORE MR. BURTON SPEAKS? LET ME JUST QUICK.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT WAS, WAS THAT I HAD AS WELL RECEIVED PHONE CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS ON WEST 17TH, UH, AND, UH,
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ON WEST 17TH STREET, UH, BECAUSE, UM, PEOPLE WERE FLYING PEOPLE COMING FROM THAT WAY WITH RAN THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AND ENDANGERED SOME, UH, CHILDREN WHO WERE PLAYING ON THEIR BICYCLE.SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE, TO THE DIALOGUE AS WELL AND DISCUSSION THE MARRIAGE.
SO ON FRIDAY, UM, BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT HAS BEEN MADE ON FRIDAY, I THINK IT WAS, WE MADE A VISIT TO THE SITE.
UM, BOTH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF MET OUT THERE WAS STUFF.
AND, UM, WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUT UP CONCRETE BARRICADES OF THERE IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE, UM, THE TRAFFIC JUST GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THE, SOMETIME ON THURSDAY, HOPEFULLY THIS CONCRETE BARRICADES WILL BE DELIVERED AND THEY WILL BE PUT UP THERE PERMANENTLY, SO THAT, UM, THAT WILL RELIEVE, UM, TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, USING THIS, THE NEIGHBOR WHO DOES A THOROUGHFARE, UM, WHEN LEAVING WORK, YOU KNOW, SO HOPEFULLY WE THINK THAT WILL BRING SOME SORT OF RELIEF AND SAFETY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW YOU'RE SAYING YOU GOING TO PUT BARRICADES CONCRETE, BARRICADE, CONCRETE BARRICADES ON TERMINAL ROLLS TO SHOW THAT THEY WON'T GO INTO NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH JUST AS OTHERS.
I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND, UM, I EVEN WENT AND PERSONALLY OBSERVED WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THERE? UH, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, THE, UH, GULF WAR YOU DRIVE CORRIDOR, WE MET ABOUT THE OTHER DAY.
AGAIN, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS GOING TO 17TH STREET AND 15TH STREET, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GULF WAY, WASN'T WHERE THEY CAN DRIVE AS FAST ON GULF WEIGHT AS THEY CAN ON 17TH OR 15TH.
AND, UH, I ASKED THE CITIZENS TO COME BEFORE US.
I BELIEVE YOU GOT IT THROUGH YOUR COUNSELING, BUT I ASKED THEM EVEN TO COME SO THAT IT WOULD BE ON RECORD, THAT THEY HAVE PRESENTED THAT CONCERNS TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
AND, UH, BUT WE'VE COME UP WITH MAYBE WHAT MIGHT BE A GOOD SOLUTION.
SO I GUESS WE TRY THAT AND WITH, WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, YOU'LL BE DONE PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COST WELL, ALLOWS YOU A LOT SAFER FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NORMALLY ON THOSE STREETS, UH, DURING THOSE TIMES, IF IT DOES NOT, UM, PROVIDE OR THE, TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE HOW WE CAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE MORE MEASURES TO MAKE IT SAFER, BUT I THINK THOSE CONCRETE BARRICADES SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE CONCRETE, THE CONCRETE BARRICADES ON BOTH SIDES OF GATEWAY DRIVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CLOCK AND BLOCK, WE DRIVE OFF TO THE, UM, TELL THEM ABOUT TO WHAT A CHILD.
BUT I'M SAYING, HOW WOULD WE PROTECT 17, 18 AND 19 STREETS? I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO STOP THEM FROM GOING ON 15TH STREET.
BUT HOW W HOW YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO STOP THE TRAFFIC ON SEVEN PEOPLE FROM COMING DOWN GULF WAY DRIVE AND TAKING A LEFT OR ANY OF THAT AS WELL? I THINK SO.
DOES HE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT THOUGH? YES, WE WILL.
WHEN WE INSTALLED IT, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.
AND IF THERE IS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS, WE WILL TAKE MORE STEPS.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL, I'M SURE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST REMEDY FOR THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, THE FIRST PERMANENT REMEDY.
AND JUST, JUST TO ADD, I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, MR. CITY MANAGERS IS JUST BARRICADING 15TH STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF 15 AND TERMINAL ROAD.
AND THAT THAT'S, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO 17 STREET AND, UH, 18 AND 19, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE, UH, OPEN, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE WHAT WHAT'S CAUSING THAT ISSUE IS THE TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT.
YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BEING BUSED IN OR PARKING IN THERE IT'LL COME IN.
AND WHEN THEY GET OFF FROM WORK, THEY TURN ON THE TERMINAL ROAD.
THEY GO TO GULF WAY DRIVE WHERE THERE IS
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A LIGHT THAT IS THE STATE HIGHWAY.AND, BUT THEY TURN INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP AND, AND TO AVOID THAT LIGHT AND HAVING TO SIT THERE FOR A WHILE, TURN, THEY TURN INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND THEY'RE SPEEDING THROUGH THERE, ACCORDING TO, UH, MRS. MOSS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE EVEN PASSING EACH OTHER IN THOSE TRUCKS AND STUFF, AND WE'VE GOT CHILDREN AND RESIDENCE.
SO THE, THE, THE CITY MANAGER AND MISS LANGFORD, UH, UH, AND I THINK, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MS. FLOZELLE ROBERT, THEY ALL WENT OUT THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THEY LOOKED AT THAT SITUATION.
SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, BUT WE STILL MAY HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY TO, TO LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST 14TH STREET.
WE JUST LOOKING AT 15TH STREET RIGHT NOW, AND THERE ARE OTHERS.
AND ALSO, UH, I, WHEN I WENT PERSONALLY, IF YOU OBSERVED THOMAS BOULEVARD AND JAMES GAMBLE, HE CALLED IT'S CALLED JAMES GAMBLE RIGHT OFF OF MLK, BUT THEY'LL GO BACK AROUND NOW.
I KNOW I NOTICED ONE DAY I WENT OUT THERE, THERE WAS A POLICEMEN.
SO THE POLICEMAN IS, I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO DIRECT THE TRAFFIC IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, BUT THEY GO AROUND AND I NOTICED ON, UH, WELL, JAMES GAMBLING AND THOMAS, BECAUSE IT'S A COMMON STREET IT'S JUST NAMED DIFFERENTLY IN CERTAIN AREAS IN THAT AREA.
THEY WERE ENCROACH UPON THAT AND MOVING I EVER, BECAUSE I THINK THE SCHOOL'S ON, BUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LETS OUT A LITTLE LATER OR SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S JUST ACCORDING TO YOU, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT IF, IF YOU WOULD GO DOWN THERE TO OBSERVE FROM ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK TILL ABOUT LATE AFTER FOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF TRAFFIC, THEN I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
BUT IT WOULD BE DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU HAVE THIS LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT WE HAVE, UH, I'VE NOTICED IT BECAUSE WHAT I DID, I FOLLOWED HIM ABOUT TWO TRUCKS.
YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T DO A CITIZEN, ARRESTED ME, BUT TWO TRUCKS WITH LOUISIANA LICENSE AND GENTLEMEN WHO HAD ON WHERE THEY CALL THEM NOMEX, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO I KNEW THAT THEY'D BEEN AT WORK AND THEY TRAVELED UP THOMAS FROM MLK TO NINTH AVENUE GOING VERY FAST.
AND, UH, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT UNSAFE CAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE FOR ME TO KEEP UP WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I DID THAT.
THAT'S NOT EMPIRICAL DATA, ANYTHING, BUT I DID THAT JUST TO SEE, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, KNOW THIS TIME OUR RESIDENTS, NO, WHEN I GOT, WHEN I GET TO THE TRUCKS AND THEN THEY WENT AROUND THE CIRCLE AND HE WENT AROUND WITH EASE GOING VERY FAST.
AND IT MEANS THAT THEY BEEN DOING IT A LOT OF DAYS.
JUST TO ADD TO WHAT THE MANAGER STATED, UH, HE, MYSELF AND MS. ROBERTS DID GO TO THE LOCATION AND WE LOOKED AT THE AREA IN WHICH WE WERE INFORMED ABOUT, WHICH WAS TERMINAL ROAD IN WEST 15TH STREET.
UM, THE UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THAT AREA IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LONGER ANY RESIDENTIAL OR, UM, EVEN MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT INTERSECTION THAT WE SPEAK OF.
AND SO THE SOLUTION TO THAT WAS, AGAIN, AS THE MANAGER STATED THE PERMANENT, UH, CORN CREEK BARRICADES TO TRY TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FROM TURNING DOWN WEST 15TH STREET, THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH WEST 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH, AND EVEN JAMES GAMBLE BOULEVARD, IS THAT THEY ARE HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS.
IF WE CANNOT RESTRICT THE RESIDENTS FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE STREETS AS WELL AS THEY ARE GOING TO THEIR HOMES AND SO FORTH.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO, UH, ONE COORDINATE WITH, UM, THE, UM, WITH THE STATE, UM, WHO HAS ACTUALLY DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY OF 82 AND 87.
SEE WHAT THAT DATA SHOWS US, UM, SEE IF WE WOULD NEED TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY OF THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, COORDINATE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO GET OFFICERS OUT THERE TO MAYBE REDIRECT THE TRAFFIC DURING THOSE TIMES, TO THE MANAGER YOU DON'T, YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND, UH, TRYING TO, WELL,
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WE'RE ANSWERING TO A NEED OF OUR CONSTITUENCY.HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH, UH, GROWTH, UH, IN ALL INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR.
I EVER, WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR MAIN CONCERN, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAFETY OF THE PERMANENT CITIZENS WERE IN PORT AUTHOR.
UH, AND WE WOULD, UH, ALLOW THEM TO BE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET TO WORK SAFELY AND RETURN.
AND IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE, ANOTHER COMMIT TO THIS WOULD BE, IF YOU ARE EARLY IN THE MORNING, RISING AND DOWN IN THAT AREA IN THE MORNINGS, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TRAFFIC GOING THAT WAY IN THE AM, BUT WE ARE NOT OUT MOVING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AT FIVE 30 OR SIX IN THE MORNING, BUT THEY ARE GOING GET INTO WORK DRIVING DANGEROUSLY AGAIN.
SO IT'S MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, THE CHIEF IS NOT IN HERE RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU WERE SAYING THE STUDIES, BUT IT IS A POLICING PROBLEM ALSO.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE POLICEMEN WHO ARE MAKING, UH, EXTRA MONIES MAN IN THOSE LIGHTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT CONTROLLING THE SPEED IN THESE AREAS.
AND IF YOU ALL CAN RECALL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, COUNCIL WAS FACED WITH THIS SITUATION ON 73 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SPEEDING AND THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED BY OUR, UH, WORKERS WHO ARE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WORKING AND LEAVING.
AND WE WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT WE KEEP, UH, A SAFE ATMOSPHERE FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE.
SO WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU IN BELGIUM, WHATEVER YOU ALL CAN COME UP WITH TO HELP US.
BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE RECEIVES CALLS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT THAT.
PART OF THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, UM, THE POLICE IS AN ESSENTIAL COG IN THE WHEEL, UM, IN ORDER TO DETER THAT.
SO WE WILL LIZ ADDRESSING, OKAY, COWS ONE MORE AND THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP.
SO HE CAN'T BE OPEN, UH, HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION ON IT.
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]
MOVED TO, UH, REPORTS OF, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST, WHICH IS A ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE, UH, PRINTED AGENDA.UH, THIS COUNCIL COUNCILMAN FRANK.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE LONDO AND GABRIEL FAMILY, UH, ON, ON THE PASSING OF, UH, MRS. JANETTA GABRIEL ALONDO, UH, MRS. LONDO WAS, UM, A PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORINGS, UH, FOR MANY YEARS, AS WELL AS SERVED ON MANY BOARDS HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND AS WELL AS BEING A LONG TIME MEMBER AND TRUSTEE OF THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO CATHY JOETTA TO CYNTHIA AND TO THAT ENTIRE FAMILY.
IF THAT BE NONE, WE MOVE NOW TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH THERE IS NONE.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE BASICALLY ROUTINE, UH, NATURE AND COUNCIL YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WANT REMOVED AND HANDLED INDIVIDUALLY, WILL YOU PLEASE INFORM ME NOW? NUMBER 20 MAYOR.NUMBER 20 ON PAGE NINE TO BE WITHDRAWN.
ON PAGE EIGHT, 13 AND 18, THE FIRST ONE AND THE LAST ONE ON THAT PAGE.
WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHERS? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
THE MARK ON THE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT, THAT, UH, ON THAT.
YEAH, WE HAD AN ADAM, I BELIEVE IT'S IS IT? OH, 4 0 4 Z 22 DASH OH FOUR IS ON THE PUBLIC HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS THAT IT WOULD BE NON-CONSENT.
IT WAS SO WE WERE DEALING WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY YET.
BUT WE WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT ONE IN THE NORMAL SEQUENCE.
WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHERS THAT WE WOULD WANT WITHDRAWN.
AS YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE, UH, APPROVAL
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OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEMS 13, 18, AND I BELIEVE IT IS 20 THAT'S.SO, UH, MEGAN EMOTION OR COUNCILMAN FRANK MOTION.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNSEL ON THE MOSES HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEMS 13, 18, AND 20.
WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HAVING SO VIA CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NOTED ITEMS.
[VII.13. P. R. No. 22562 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With PGAL, Inc. Of Houston, Texas For The Development Of A Facilities Master Plan For The Proposed City Of Port Arthur Animal Shelter, Recreation Area, And Other City Facilities Located At 3600 Gates Boulevard [ A. K.A. Former St. Mary Hospital Site], Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, In The Not To Exceed Amount Of $ 41, 500.00; Funding Available In Capital Building Account 307- 21- 049- 8512- 00- 10- 000; Project B00008- DES]
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY ITEM NUMBER 13, P R UH, 22, 5 62.IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH P GAL PGAL IN COOPERATIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN OR THE PROPOSED CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, ANIMAL SHELTER, UH, RECREATION AREA, AND OTHER, UH, CITY, UH, FACILITIES LOCATED AT 3,600 GATES BOULEVARD, AKA, UH, FORMERLY, UH, ST.
MARY HOSPITAL SITE PORT ALL THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $41,500.
FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL BUILDING ACCOUNT NUMBER 3 0 7 DASH 21 DASH OH 0 4 9 DASH 85 1 2 DASH 0 0 0 DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
AND IT IS, UH, PROJECT B U 0 0 0 8 D E S A.
I GET APPROVAL OR A MOTION PLEASE.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNSELOR, MARCH 2ND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5 6 2 AS READ REAL RID OF THE QUESTION.
OF COURSE, IN COUNSELOR MCKAYLA.
I REMEMBER THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UH, VISION THAT YOU HAD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE IN YOUR OFFICE AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT, UH, WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, DISASSEMBLE OF THAT AREA IN THE HOSPITALS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MULTI MASTER PLAN AND WE'RE HERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER.
AND WE, AT THIS POINT, SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS ON THAT BECAUSE YOU, YOU STUCK TO YOUR WORD ON IT.
AND YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO BE IN THAT OFFICE WITH YOU, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A VISION BACK THEN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED IN THIS CITY.
UH, MY QUESTION WITH THIS, PARTICULARLY IN READING THE BACKGROUND, DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY IDEA OF HOW SOON THEY WOULD GET THIS MASTER PLAN BACK TO YOU AFTER WE ARE, IF THIS IS, IF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS PASS, I'M LOOKING WITHIN 60 TO 90 DAYS, THEY MAY ASK PAM TO COME UP BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO DO HERE, UM, IS TO ENSURE THAT I PROVIDE YOU WITH SCHEMATICS SO THAT YOU COULD NOT, NOT ONLY YOU, BUT THE PUBLIC COULD ACTUALLY SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE USE OF THE 15 ACRES, UM, TO MAXIMIZE ITS USE AND TO MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT ON WHAT I CALL THE MID-TONE AREA.
AND, AND SO I'M ASKING PEOPLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US.
UM, PEOPLE HAS ALREADY GIVEN US CREDIT FOR PROVIDING US WITH SCHEMATICS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, BUT I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A VERY GOOD GRASP OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE IN YEARS TO COME.
SO ADD TO THE FIVE-YEAR, UM, UM, UM, PLAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR ALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS LAID OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO WHEN WE GO AHEAD FOR A BOND ISSUE, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING US 60 OR $70,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR, UM, SAFETY AND MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IN THAT AREA, WHICH I DO INTEND TO USE FOR LONG-TERM PLANNING OF THAT AREA.
ALL OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO ENVISAGE WHAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FIVE AND 10 YEARS FROM NOW, BY THE TIME.
YEAH, BUT, UM, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT THE MANAGER STATED, I BELIEVE, UM, THE ANTICIPATED TIME TO RECEIVE THE MASTER PLAN WOULD BE 90 DAYS.
HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, I WILL REACH OUT TO P GALL AND GET A MORE PRECISE DATE AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU.
ANY OTHER, UH, READINESS, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS.
IF THEY'RE NOT, WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPT AS A PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 6
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TO IRREGULAR SIDE OF VOTING, ANY OPPOSES COULD AYES HAVE IT TO HIS AUDIT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 6, 2 WILL BE APPROVED AS READ[VII.18. P. R. No. 22574 — A Resolution Rescinding Resolution 22- 055 In Its Entirety For Litter Fences For The City Landfill From Coastal Netting Systems Of Bakersfield, California In The Amount Of $ 106, 000. 00]
NEXT.WE HAVE INDIVIDUALLY PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 7, 4.
IT'S A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION TWO, TWO DASH 0 5 5 IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE LITTER FENCES FOR THE CITY LANDFILL FROM COASTAL NETTING SYSTEMS OF BAKERSVILLE, BAKERSVILLE, CALIFORNIA IN THE AMOUNT OF $106,000.
UH, WE'RE READY FOR EMOTION, MOTION WOMAN, UH, MOSES BACK IN A SECOND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP, SECOND MIRROR, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
THAT PR NUMBER 22, 5 7 4 WOULD BE, UH, APPROVED.
UH, WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN KYLA.
HE HITTING YOU UP AGAIN TODAY WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING A SERIOUS STANCE ON, UH, UH, VENDORS.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, IF YOU SEE YOU NOTICE IS 106 K THEY'VE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LATELY DELIVERY TIME.
WE, WE MADE IT A COMMAND DECISION ALONG WITH THE DIRECTOR AND YOURSELF TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THAT.
THOSE THREE THINGS FOR ME IS PASSIONATE.
WE HAVE S WE'RE SAVING THE TAXPAYERS ABOUT 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE UP HERE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU CREDIT ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD LET THESE VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS KNOW WE'RE NOT PLAYING ANYMORE.
IF YOU DON'T DELIVER, WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER, DELIVER THOSE ITEMS, WE CUT YOU OFF PERIOD AND THAT'S BUSINESS.
SO I PULLED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE SAVING THE CITY, UH, 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE DELIVERY PERIOD IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND WE'RE DOING LOCAL.
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER THAN THAT.
I WANT TO GET TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR DILIGENCE ON THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT.
TWO IS AUDIT PR NUMBER 22, 5 7 4 WILL BE APPROVED AS READ NEXT
[VII.20. P. R. No. 22576 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order Nos. 2 And 3 To The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And SETEX Facilities And Maintenance LLC Of Beaumont, Texas For The Construction At 5200 7th Street ( Formerly Lakeview Pool), Increasing The Contract Amount By $ 75, 757. 55 To A New Contract Amount Of $ 962, 261. 41; Funding Available In Account Number 307- 25- 067- 8525- 00- 10- 000 Project Number PR0003]
INDIVIDUALLY.WE WILL MOVE TO PR NUMBER 22 5 7 6.
IT'S THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ON A NUMBERS TWO AND THREE TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE LLC OF BEAUMONT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AT 5207TH STREET, FORMERLY LAKE VIEW POOL INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $75,757 AND 55 CENT TO A NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $962,261 AND 41 CENTS.
FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE 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 THIS IS PROJECT NUMBER PR 0 0 0 3.
UM, EXCUSE ME, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK MAY GET A SECOND COUNSELING WOMAN, MOSES.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5 7, 6 AS READ.
MR. MRS. CITY MANAGER, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I SIMPLY WANTED TO ADDRESS PUBLICLY, UM, THE INCREASE OF $75,757 AND 55 CENTS TO HAVE THIS PROJECT AT LAKE VIEW, UH, POOL.
EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.
UH, I WANTED TO BE SURE AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, THE INCREASE DID NOT COME RIGHT BEFORE THE BIDDING PROCESS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT FOR US PLEASE? UM, 2, 2, 5, 7, 6.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT WHEN WE PUT PROJECTS TOGETHER IS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN DONE WITHIN BUDGET, UM, GIVEN THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THIS PROJECT.
I ALWAYS TRY TO ADD TO THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING NOT ONLY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT, BUT WITH FACILITIES THAT THE KIDS WILL CONTINUE TO USE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE'RE PUTTING IN A WROUGHT IRON FENCE AND WE'RE IMPROVING, UM, UM,
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THE, THE LANDSCAPE OF THE AREA AS WELL.THE ROT AND THINGS WILL COST ABOUT $47,000.
AND THE LANDSCAPING, UM, WE'VE SAW IT WILL COST US, UH, AND SHRUBBERY WILL COST US ABOUT, UM, 16 TO $17,000, I THINK IT IS.
AND, UM, SO THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE AESTHETICS OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
I THINK $75,000 IS A GOOD IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE THERE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL AT THEM, ANY FACILITY THAT OUR CHILDREN USE IN PORT APA SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THEY HAVE IN HOUSTON OR THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT WE VISIT.
SO LET'S EXPOSE THEM FIRST AND FOREMOST TO EAT IN PORT ARTHUR, AND THEN WE COULD PROGRESS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.
UM, I HAD TAKEN IT OUT PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE ARE PUTTING IT BACK RIGHT NOW SINCE THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
LET ME SAY THIS AS WELL TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
THIS IS THE SOCCER FIELD AND ALL THAT IS HAPPENING AND TRANSPIRING IN THE LAKE VIEW AREA.
AND SO QUALITY OF LIFE IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I AM A STATIC ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS.
AND SO TO ADD THAT, UH, STATIC, UH, LANDSCAPE AND ALL OF THAT TO IT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME IS A GREAT THING.
WELL, I, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR AS WELL, WHO HAS A VERY KEEN EYE FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN SHE LOOKS AT IT AND THE CONSULTATION THAT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN BOTH THE DIRECTOR AND MYSELF, YOU KNOW, UM, BRINGS THAT TO THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR BRINGING IT UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? THERE'LL BE NONE.
WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY, AYES HAVE IT.
WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5 7, 6 AS RED.
[VIII.A.1. P. R. No. 22546 — A Resolution Amending A Professional Agreement With Davidson Troilo Ream Garza, A Professional & Corporation To Serve As Interim Legal Counsel For The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation In The Amount Not To Exceed 60, 000. 00; Funds Available In PAEDC Account No. 120- 80- 625- 5420- 00- 00- 000]
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NON-CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS RUBBISH ON THE AGENDA.IT'S A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT WITH DAVIDSON TRILLO, RHEEM GAZA, AND PROFESSIONAL, OR A PROFESSIONAL AND A COOPERATION TO SERVE AS INTERIM LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PORT ARTHUR SECTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
AND PA EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 DASH EIGHT ZERO OH DASH 6 2 5 DASH 5 4 2 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I APPROACH HIM MEGA? THE SECOND COUNCILMAN KEMO HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER FIVE TO, UH, TWO, TWO, EXCUSE ME, 5 46 AS READ
UH, THE QUESTION, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS A WORKSHOP LAST NIGHT AND I WAS ILL AND THAT'S WHY I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THAT LAST NIGHT.
BUT, UH, MY QUESTION IS, UM, FAR AS THE LEGAL COUNSEL, THIS IS INTERIM, UM, MR. GARZA AND HIS TEAM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE.
SO WHEN, UH, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR SEEKING OUT A PERMANENT, UH, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE APPROACH, IT'S BEEN A REAL GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THE TIMELINE, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, THE DEADLINE FOR THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE SUBMISSIONS ARE, IS, UM, THIS COMING FRIDAY NEXT FRIDAY.
SO, UM, WE WILL RECEIVE ALL THOSE PROPOSALS NEXT FRIDAY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THEIR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UH, HOW MANY PROPOSALS HAVE YOU RECEIVED? OKAY.
THIS TIME AROUND WE'VE RECEIVED ONE SO FAR.
DID YOU DO AN RFP OR RFQ FOR QUALIFICATIONS? DO YOU ONE WAY WE DID AN RFP.
AND WAS IT, DID YOU ADVERTISE? YES, WE ADVERTISED, UH, THROUGH TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, UH, THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER, AND WE ALSO, UM, WENT TO THE TEXAS EDC AND PERSONALLY DID SOME OUTREACH.
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MAYOR REAL QUICK.UH, AND HOW LONG AGO DID YOU POST, UH, UH, FOR THIS, THIS POSITION? UM, THIS ONE HAS BEEN OUT FOR 60 DAYS AND IT WAS ONLY ONE SO FAR? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY.
WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HABITS TO HIS HONOR, WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, APPROVE RATHER PR NUMBER 22, 5 4 6 AS READ NEXT.
[VIII.A.2. P. R. No. 22558 — A Resolution Appointing And/ Or Reappointing Member(s) To The Historical Landmark Commission (Requested By Mayor Pro Tem Holmes)]
WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 5, 8.IT'S A RESOLUTION APPOINTED AND OUR REAL POINT IN MEMBERS TO THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION.
AND IT'S REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HOMES, UH, CITY SECRETARY.
OH, CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN TO DOWN AND SEE YOU.
DID YOU HAVE A NAME FOR US PLEASE? YEAH, MAY I, MAY I APPROACH HIM? I COULDN'T PULL MY RESOLUTION DR.
MONROE'S NAME TO BE ADDED OR BE INSERTED RATHER IN THIS, UH, PR 2, 2, 5, 5, 8.
UH, I GET A MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED TO SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 5, 8 AS RED WITH THE NAME OF DR.
SAM MONRO BEING INSERTED OR READY FOR QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSING? WE WERE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED THAT, AND SO IS AUDIT THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PO NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 5, 8 AS RED WITH DR.
SAM MONROE BEING THE INDIVIDUAL INSERTED.
[VIII.A.3. P. R. No. 22566 —A Resolution Appointing A Member To The Planning And Zoning Commission Of The City Of Port Arthur For An Unexpired Term Ending On October 30, 2023]
WE ARE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 6, 6, OR RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM INTO OCTOBER 30TH, 2023 AND A CITY SECRETARY.YOU HAVE THE NAME OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION WITH NO SUBMISSION OF A NAME BECAUSE THERE, OKAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN MY PAPERWORK.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE HAD A NAME FOR THIS.
WHAT INDIVIDUAL DO I HAVE TO INSERT THE NAME IN THE NAME OF A, B, B, B, DR.
ROBIN AND QUEEN FOR THAT POSITION ON THE UNEXPECTED TURN, UH, MRS. OWEN, UH, BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS HAD REQUESTED REMOVAL.
AND, UH, SIR, UH, I SUBMIT THE NAME OF DR.
RODNEY QUEEN FOR THAT, UH, POSITION.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, CONSTABLE MOSES, BUT YOU HAD A SECOND COUNCILMAN FRANK IS REMOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5, 6, 6 AS RED WITH THE NAME OF DOCTOR, UH, RATHER THAN QUEEN BEING THE PERSON TO FEEL THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? YEAH, NO COURSES.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES A HABIT TOWARD ITS AUDIT PR NUMBER 22, 5 6, 6.
WE WILL BE APPROVED WITH THE NAME OF DR.
[VIII.B.1. P. O. No. 7063 — An Ordinance Amending The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur By Granting Specific Use Permit # 240 To Allow The Land Use Of " Bakery And Confectionary Shop" On 0. 3003- Acre Of Land Consisting Of Tract 3- A, Block 1, Alamo Heights Addition (3937 9th Avenue), Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas Violation Of This Ordinance Or The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur Is Punishable As Provided In Section 1- 13 Of The Code Of Ordinances As Amended By Fine Not Exceeding Two Thousand 2, 000. 00] Dollars); And Providing For Publication In The Official Newspaper Of The City Of Port Arthur Effective Immediately After Publication Date. Z22- 03 — Harold & Betty Garcia]
WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE P APPEAL NUMBER 7 0 6 3, AND ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2 42, THE LAND USE OF A BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY SHOP.UH, FIRE CONFECTIONARY SHOP AT, UH, ON, UH, 0.3003 ACRES OF LAND, CONSISTENT OF TRACK THREE EIGHT BLOCK ONE ALAMO HEIGHTS ADDITION, UH, 39 37 NINTH AVENUE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, UH, AND VIOLATION OF THIS AUDIT.
THAT'S ALL THE ZONING ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT IS PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE DASH 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED BY FINE, NOT EXCEEDING 200 OR 2000, EXCUSE ME, $2,000 AND PROVIDING FOR A PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF PORT OFFER EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBLICATION DATE ON Z
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22 DASH OH THREE, HAROLD AND BETTY CARS UP.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR COUNCIL REMARKS? SO MOVED MEGA TO SECOND COUNCILMAN KEN LAW IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 6, 3 AS READ, READ, READ IF REQUESTED.
THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT.
SO IT'S AUDIT P A P O NUMBER IS 7 0 6 3 WOULD BE APPROVED AS READ
[VIII.B.2. P. O. No. 7064 — An Ordinance Amending The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur By Changing The Zoning On 1. 523- Acre Of Land Out Of Tract 1, Lot 12, Block 1, Foster Village ( North Of Main Avenue And West Of 13th Street), Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas ( Violation Of This Ordinance Or The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur Is Punishable As Provided In Section 1- 13 Of The Code Of Ordinances As Amended By Fine Not Exceeding Two Thousand [$ 2, 000. 00] Dollars); And Providing For Publication In The Official Newspaper Of The City Of Port Arthur Effective Immediately After Publication Date. Z22- 04 — Thomas & Evelyn Kemper]
NEXT.IT'S PO NUMBER 7, 0 6 4, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BY CHANGING THE ZONING ORDINANCE ON 1.5 TO THREE ACRES OF LAND, UH, OUT OF TRACK ONE 12 BLOCK, ONE FOSTER VILLAGE, NORTH OF MAINE AVENUE AND WEST OF 13TH STREET, PORT AUTHOR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, ALL THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OR PORTAL OFF IS PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE DASH 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED BY FINE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 AND PROVIDED FOR A PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBLICATION DATE Z 22 DASH OH FOUR, THOMAS AND EVELYN KEMPER.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILWOMAN MOSES, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN? UH, FRANK HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P O NUMBER SEVEN ZERO DASH SIX FOUR AS WRIT.
WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS COSMIN MARKS? UH, YES, THIS WAS WHEN, UH, WE HAD IN PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY AND, UH, OF, UH, THE CHILDREN AND THE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I THINK, UH, MR. SCHRADER SPOKE TO THAT, UH, VERY, UH, ELOQUENTLY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY SEE AS FUTURE.
UH, AND, UH, IS THERE, UH, I I'M, I'M NOT SURE, UH, WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE HERE OTHER THAN DO, IF, IF, IF WE SIDE WITH THAT WITH, WITH THE RESIDENCE, WE CAN VOTE.
NO, BUT, UH, BUT I HAVE THE P AND Z HAS APPROVED, UH, UH, SUBMITTED, UH, APPROVAL FOR THE ACTUAL, UH, NEW CAT ORDINANCE.
AND IS YES, I MAY, I DON'T WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT HOWEVER, THEY JUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
ULTIMATELY IT'S COUNCIL'S DECISION TO VOTE IN FAVOR TO APPROVE OR TO OPPOSE THE REQUEST.
AGAIN, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM MR. SCHRADER, AS WELL AS VERBAL OPPOSITION, UM, FROM A PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT PROXIMITY.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BACK THAT I DID SPEAK TO FOLLOWING THAT, THAT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING WHO'S ALSO EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGES.
BUT P AND Z D IT SEND UP A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
IT'S BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
THAT ALSO IS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINES IF IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL OR JUST A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
UM, SO, BUT IT DOES NOT, IT DOESN'T MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
WE'RE READY TO COUNCILMAN KEN NOT.
GOT MY EARS UP WHEN HE SAID SAFETY WITH KIDS.
SO WHAT TYPE OF SAFETY ISSUES THAT IT MAY POSE TO IF WE WAS TO APPROVE THIS AS MR. STRIDER SCHRADER? I'M SORRY.
I MENTIONED, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, BY ALLOWING FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN HIS OPINION, WOULD INCREASE, UH, TRAFFIC, UM, WITHIN THAT AREA AS KIDS, UM, UTILIZE THAT RILED, UH, TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL BUSES, UM, TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
ANOTHER CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE ELEMENT THAT HAVING A CONVENIENCE STORE AND OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COULD BRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THOSE WERE TWO OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY MR. STRADER AS WELL, THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO DOES, AND THE LETTER OF SUPPORT OR VERBIAGE VERBIAGE, MAYBE OF SUPPORT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE WOULD ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN WITH THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES LOOKING, UM, THAT WE'RE
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LOOKING AT IS GOING TO BE LIKE A S UH, A STORE, UH, UM, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS A COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A CONVENIENCE STORE.HOWEVER, IT WOULD ALSO BE MAYBE SMALL OFFICES, LIKE AN INSURANCE COMPANY, POSSIBLY A LAUNDRY MAT, A RESTAURANT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE ALLOWED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, ZONED AREA.
ANY OTHER, UH, READING ALL QUESTIONS ON IT.
WE WERE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR IN YOUR POSES.
AS ABBOTT TOWARDS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 6, 4 AS RED.
[VIII.B.3. P. O. No. 7066 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]
WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7, 0 6, 6, AND AUDIT EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO FOUR 18.108, SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I THINK IT EXTENDED PROBABLY EVERY 30 DAYS.
WE, UH, I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR COUNTER PROTEST.
MAY GET A SECOND COUNSEL MCCAIN LAW.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 6, 6 AS READ.
WE ARE READY TO QUESTION THERE ON ANY, UH, DISCUSSIONS ON IT'S ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HABITS, OR AS AUDIT THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 6, 6 AS RED.
[IX. * CLOSED MEETING ( EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
WE ARE NOW AT ROMAN NUMERAL NINE, AND WE ARE TO GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OR THE CLOSED SESSION.THIS IS ALL WITH REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5, 5, 1 POINT OR 1 0 1 OF THE CH OF CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS, LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND AS FORMERLY ARTICLE NUMBER SIX TO 2 5, 2 DASH ONE SEVEN, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT.
AND PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE MEETING, I WOULD BE IN, I WOULD MAKE THIS, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLICLY SECTION, UH, 5, 5, 1 0.07.
ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE WILL BE DISCUSSED TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OUR PENDING CLAIMS OUR LITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
ALSO IN THIS CLOSED MEETING, WE WOULD DISCUSS SECTION FIVE BY 1.07, TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF, UH, PORT AUTHOR.
AND ALSO WHAT WOULD DISCUSS 5, 5, 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EVALUATIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER AND CITY SECRETARY.
AND WE WOULD DISCUSS SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
YOU DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND IF ANY ITEM OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WOULD HAVE AN ACTION ON IT, OR THE NEED TO BE ACTED UPON.
WE WERE RETURNED TO CHAMBERS AND VOTE OPENLY IN A OPEN SESSION ON THOSE ITEMS. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND GO INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AUDIT, UH, EXECUTIVE, UH, CHAMBERS DOWNSTAIRS TO PROCEED WITH THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RETURNING AT A LATER TIME TO CHAMBERS.
WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR US? OKAY.
SO MAYOR BARTEE MAY APPROACH TIM HOLMES, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER FREY.
SO CURRENTLY WE ARE RETURNING, UH, BACK INTO SESSION IN OUR, UH, OUR MAIN SESSION.
OH MAN, YOU GOT A MOTION TO END THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, CUSTOMER MOSES CUSTOMER CATALOG.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD END THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NOW OPEN THAT WE
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RETURN TO OUR REGULAR, UH, SESSION THAT STARTED.I BEGAN AT NINE 30 ON THIS MORNING.
THAT WAS NO, UH, ACTION ITEMS COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THEREFORE, AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO OTHER BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA TO COME BEFORE THIS AUGUST, THE BODY.
COUNCILMAN FRANK, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT WITH GREAT PLEASURE, MR. MAYOR, I PRESENT THIS MOTION.
MAY I APPROACH HIM SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION ON THAT.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE US TIME ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED US? IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT TIME.
GOD BLESS YOU AND MEETING ME AS A NOW ADJOURN.