May 24, 2022 City Council

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RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

AND WELCOME HERE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, MAY 24TH, 2022 AT 9:30 AM.

AND IT IS NOW 9 43.

AND WE WILL BEGIN.

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.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

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.

YOU HAVE A CORE MAN.

THANK YOU SO KINDLY.

SO THE SECRETARY WE'LL NOW MOVE THROUGH OUR PRINTED AGENDA AND WE

[II. PROCLAMATIONS]

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.

OKAY.

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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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.

ONLY USE IT TODAY.

COUNSEL, WOULD YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO MR. JOHN? DID I GO DOWN TO PRESENT THIS DOOR? YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT ALL, YES.

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.

THANK 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.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MIRROR COUNCILMAN.

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.

COWS WERE MOSES, MOSES.

YES.

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.

AND INSTEAD I JUST QUIT.

IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.

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.

THANK YOU, JOSH WILL BE FREE.

YES.

THANK YOU.

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.

KEEP ON

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WE 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.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

APPROXIMATELY YOUR FAMILY AND GRANDMOTHER COME UP, COME ON.

AND SHE'S AN AKA.

OKAY.

AND MOM, WHEN SHE'S DOING OKAY, GOT THAT'S YOUR CHURCH.

I WAS ONE OF THE WHY YOU DO THAT.

OKAY.

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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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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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.]

WE ALL MAY BE EIGHT MINUTES OFF THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE INPUT AND

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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.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE.

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.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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.

YES.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

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.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DISCRETIONARY WITH THE JUDGE THAT HE'LL BE GIVEN A CITATION AND MAYBE GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

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.

OKAY.

YEAH.

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.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

ANY OTHER REMARKS COME HERE.

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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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.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

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.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.

THERE'LL BE NO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL NOW ON ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

OKAY.

SO WE WILL PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE SECOND HEARING ON JUNE 7TH AT 6:00 PM CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.

OKAY.

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.

EXCUSE ME.

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]

OKAY.

UH, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING TWO TO G 22.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? OKAY.

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.

AND THIS WAS CALLED PD 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.

THANK YOU.

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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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.

NEXT SLIDE.

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.

EXCELLENT.

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.

OKAY.

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.

OKAY.

OKAY.

COUNSEL, MCCAIN LAW.

THANK YOU.

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.

UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.

THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

UM, HOWEVER I CAN RE

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OKAY.

YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

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.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT.

SO IT'S AUDIT.

THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL NOW BE COMPLETED.

WE'RE NOW

[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]

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.

IT IS BEING PROPOSED

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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.

OKAY.

ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, SIR.

MAY I APPROACH YOU, GIVE YOU A START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR? YES.

THANK YOU.

I'M CHARLES SCHRADER.

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.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS ITEM TODAY.

THANK YOU.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS.

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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OKAY.

SO IF WE ARE, I JUST WANT, OKAY.

IT IS ON THIS AGENDA.

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.

YES.

WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

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.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

OKAY.

UH, ANY OTHER REMARKS COUNSEL? ANYONE.

OKAY.

IF NOT, I'M READY.

IF YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A CLOSING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, EMOTION FOR, UH, CLOSING.

IT'S A COUNCILMAN FRANK MOTION MISDEMEANOR.

OKAY.

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.

FOR QUESTIONS.

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.

SO WE WILL MOVE

[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]

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.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

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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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.