Jun 07, 2022 City Council

OKAY,

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[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]

OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.

JUNE 7TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2022 FOR 5:30 PM HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

AND IT'S NOW 5:40 PM.

WE'LL BEGIN.

THE MEETING HERE IS REGULARLY SCHEDULED A MEETING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO BE HELD IN PERSON HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.

YOU MUST ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 6 2 0 0 1.

EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.

8 6 2 7 0 7 1 3 1 9 0.

AND THE PASSCODE OF 4 2 3 0 7 8.

AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.

ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

AND IF THERE WOULD BE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS THAT YOU WOULD DESIRE OR NEED, YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE TO CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT AREA CODE 4 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 TO PUT THE FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS.

AND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU WITHIN REASON BY THE CITY SECRETARY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR INVOCATION I'LL PLEDGE AND ROLL CALL.

COUNCILMAN MARKS.

WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO DO THE INVOCATION FOR US, PLEASE STAY ON STAND FATHER, GOD, WE COME TO YOU TODAY, THANKING YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US.

THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL, AS WELL AS COLLECTIVE FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR THE STATE AND THE NATION.

WE'RE ACTUALLY FATHERED TO LOOK DOWN ON THIS NATION.

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF UNENDING GUN VIOLENCE TODAY IS ENDING GUN VIOLENCE A WEEK OR DAY AS EVIDENCED BY THE JACKET THAT OUR MAYOR IS WEARING WITH THE COLOR ORANGE WE'RE ACTUALLY FATHER, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON THIS NATION AND HELP US TO GET THROUGH THIS.

WE ASK THAT YOU BE IN THE MIDST OF US AS WE DELIBERATE TODAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, GIVE US THE GUIDANCE AND THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENRY.

ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, AMEN MINT.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND UNISON.

I PLAYED THE LATEST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO PERFORM THE WORLD CALL TO ESTABLISH THE QUORUM, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW COUNCIL MADE REMARKS.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK.

YOU HAVE A CORE OF ME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO KINDLY AND I LIKE AGAIN, WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS EVENING.

WE NOW HAVE SPEAKERS.

UH, WE HAVE IVAN MITCHELL, AND I HAVE A NOTE HERE THAT HE WILL NOT BE PRESENT TO SPEAK AND NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF CITY SECRETARY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SECONDLY,

[III.A.2. Pastor Wanda L. Bodden Regarding A Multi- Sport Tournament]

UH, MS. BOND, YOU ALL MAY, YOU MAY COME AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TO US.

OKAY? UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ACCEPTING MY INVITATION TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU I'M A 68 YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I'M THE MOTHER OF THREE GRANDPARENTS TO EIGHT.

I, UH, I'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS, BRING IT BACK.

THE GLORY TOURNAMENT SINCE 2016, I HAVE NOT HELPED HAD ANY HELP FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR CONCERNING THIS.

AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP.

THIS HAS GONE ON IN 2019, WE TOOK KIDS ACROSS THE SEAS TO OUR SISTER CITY, THE CAYMAN ISLANDS, WHERE WE PLAYED A TOURNAMENT THERE, WE SWEPT THE TOURNAMENT.

I ASKED FOR HELP.

AT THAT TIME FROM PORT ARTHUR, WE HAD TO RAISE FUNDS ON OUR OWN.

I ASKED FOR

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I HAD NO HELP FROM COACHES FROM HERE IN THE DISTRICT, FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SOME OF THE KIDS THAT WANTED TO GO COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO.

I HAVE KIDS THAT PLAY AAU AND SELECT BALL THAT COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN $1,800, EXCUSE ME TO $2,000 A SUMMER.

IF YOU KNOW THE CITY YOU LIVE IN AND THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS HERE, YOU KNEW, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL, THOSE KIDS CAN'T AFFORD THAT AS PASTORS, YOU KNOW YOUR CONGREGATION AND YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THAT ARE MULTITALENTED HERE, WE ALWAYS HOST AND WE BRAG ON WHAT WE PRODUCE HERE, BUT THE, THE, THE RATE OF DISRESPECT AND DISBELIEF AT THIS PLACEMENT OF KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE, THE FUNDS IS WORSE THAN THE PANDEMIC WE'VE SUFFERED THROUGH COVID AND SUFFERED THROUGH HARVEY.

AND WE ARE SUFFERING NOW BECAUSE YOU CONTINUALLY TO DISMISS THE CRY OF OUR KIDS IN HIS CITY.

THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT.

WE HA WE DO A LOT OF BALLOON RELEASES AND A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTING.

I'M TIRED OF PRAYING.

I'M TIRED OF SENDING MY CONDOLENCES TO THE KIDS IN THIS AREA.

WE TALK ABOUT DOING CURFEWS AT NIGHT, BUT WHAT IN THIS CITY DO WE HAVE TO OFFER OUR TEENAGE KIDS? WHAT PROGRAMS, WHAT ENTERTAINMENT Y'ALL GIVE THE SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 12 YEAR OLDS TO 19 YEAR OLDS, THAT'S NOTHING IN PLACE.

EVEN IF WE WANT TO GIVE A PARTY, WE HAVE TO TRAVEL A BOAT TO JUMP WORLD TO OTHER PLACES THAT CAN HOST OUR KIDS.

I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR HELP.

I REACHED OUT THE BAHAMAS, WANT TO COME AND TRAVEL HERE TO PLAY BALL AGAINST OUR MULTITALENTED KIDS.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO FLORIDA ANYMORE.

THEY SAID, THIS IS A NEW LOOK.

AND I CAN'T EVEN GET ANYBODY TO COOPERATE WITH ME.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING TAX DOLLARS INTO THE HOTELS, KIDS BUYING FOOD, KIDS SHOPPING IN THE HALF A MILE.

WE HAVE TO, TO EVEN RETURN A PHONE CALL THE LEVEL OF DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FOR ME AND THE CRY OF THESE CHILDREN HAS GONE ON ADDRESSED.

AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS IT TODAY.

WE VOTE YOU IN, WE CAN'T GET RID OF YOU.

EVERYBODY'S ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE SEATED, YOU GO SILENT.

AMEN.

YOU GO SILENT.

WELL, I'M GOING TO BE THE VOICE THAT'S CRYING OUT FOR THESE KIDS.

AND WE SH YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.

EVERY TIME A SHOOTING OCCURS AS A PASTOR, YOU KNOW, EVERY SUMMER, THE, THE RATE OF INCEST, THE RATE OF ANXIETY AND DISTRESS, GUNPLAY, HEIGHTENS.

I HAVE BEEN REFUSED FACILITIES IN MY AREA THAT I PAY TAXES ON BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM.

I HAVE WATCHED US A SEMI GYM, A GERIATRIC TEAM FROM BEAUMONT, THE BEAUMONT, AND I'M GLAD I'M ON TELEVISION.

THE BEAUMONT PANTHERS GET ACCESS TO A GYM.

THEY KEEP REFUSING TO GIVE ME ACCESS TO, AND I'M CALLING THEM ON THE CARPET.

I GOT A PHONE CALL ABOUT A FACILITY HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, THAT I WAS WILLING TO RENT.

AND THE PHONE CALL WAS SAYING, IT WASN'T A GOOD TIME.

I SAID, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE REQUISITION? WAIT JUST A MINUTE.

I'M LOOKING AT A SCREENSHOT DISRESPECTFUL.

AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE DATES I WAS ASKING FOR, BUT STILL TELLING ME IT WASN'T A GOOD TIME.

EVEN WHEN I WAS READY TO MOVE THINGS AROUND, I WAS TOLD IT WASN'T A GOOD TIME.

WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME? WHAT WE'RE BEARING IT.

SOME MORE KIDS WILL.

THEY RUN UP AND DOWN A MALL WHERE THEY'RE REJECTED, WHERE THEY CAN'T PAY BY MCA RATES.

I'LL PAY $15 A DAY WHEN THEY HIDE FROM JOBS TO THIS CITY.

BUT THEY ACTUALLY JUST BABYSIT.

NEVER, EVER GIVEN THEM A CLUE OF WHAT A JOB LOOKS LIKE OR JOB TRAINING.

I HAVE HAD KIDS IN MY, UH, MY PREVIOUS GROUP, I GUESS WHAT GOT IN TROUBLE.

BUT THE PORT OUT THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD SCHOOL BUSES TRAVELING TO WHERE TD STATE OR DROPPED THEM TO TDC, BUT YOU WON'T DROP THEM TO WORKFORCE.

YOU FAILED THEM.

YOU HAVE, I HAVE TALKED TO CITY GOVERNMENT.

I'VE TALKED TO LEADERS AND I FOR THE LIFE OF ME COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.

GUESS WHAT? THAT WAS A LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE.

I MEAN, I EXPLAINED SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY TWO PLUS TWO IS FOUR.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

MS. BARR, PRETTY CLOSE TO ONE.

OKAY.

JOHNNY HAD SIX APPLES.

I TO THE LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHY THE CITY LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS WELL, HOW CAN WE ATTRACT

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WE HAVE THE OIL, WE HAVE PORT AND WE HAVE A RAILWAY.

AND I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL, OH, THESE KIDS MORE THAN WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN THEM A LOT MORE.

WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN POURED OFF THE OWES THEM A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE GIVING THEM.

I KEEP SAYING, BRINGING BACK THE GLORY, ALL YOU DO IS ON FACEBOOK.

HASTE HASHTAG POURED OUT THE PROUD HASHTAG FOL NINE PRO WHAT HASHTAG PROUD OF WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF IMPLEMENTING A CURFEW? BECAUSE THEY AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO.

AND THEY KEEP GETTING IN TROUBLE GOING TO THE MALL.

BUT THE FULL COURT, EVERYTHING AUTO CHECK, 10 STUFF UP.

EVERYBODY HAS A COMPLAINT.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE ALL GOOD.

CAUSE NO, THEY GOT SOME BAD CHILDREN AND THEY GOT SOME DISRESPECTFUL PARENTS OUT THERE TOO.

BUT GUESS WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR THOSE THAT JUST WANT TO NOTHING.

AND I'M PUTTING THIS OUT HERE TO Y'ALL BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET THIS TOURNAMENT ANYWAY, THIS OTHER DISTRICTS INTERESTED IN WHAT I'M DOING.

AND IT'S A SAD SCENARIO.

AND IT'S A SAD CASE OF AFFAIRS WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR WELCOMES ME AND YOU DON'T.

AND I MEAN THAT ON EVERYTHING I LOVE, Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY AND Y'ALL THINK ABOUT IT.

OKAY.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

PASSIVE SHOULDER TO MERCY.

IF SOME OTHERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY WANT TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS, JUST HOLD ON.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MCCAIN LAW.

THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU, PASTOR BIDEN.

I'M KIND OF TORN ON TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

ARE YOU ASKING FOR A CITY FACILITY? ARE YOU ASKING FOR PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITY THAT YOU WERE DENIED ACCESS TO? I'VE BEEN AT DENIED ON EVERY LEVEL CITY POURED OUT THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERY LEVEL.

SO HOW CAN THE CITY WITH THE CITY, OR ARE YOU OVER PARKS AND RECREATION? YES.

OKAY.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN DONE THAT ON EVERY LEVEL AND IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY ASKING FOR THAT FACILITY? BECAUSE I HAVE A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, JULY THE 25TH TO THE 30TH.

IT'S A MULTI-SPORT TOURNAMENT.

I'M BRINGING IN TRACK PLAYERS FROM OVERSEAS, THE BAHAMAS, A VERY, UH, HAVING A STRONG SUPPORTER TRAVELING OVER HERE.

AND THIS IS VERY, VERY, I CAN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN ENTERTAIN THEM WHEN THEY COME.

I HAVE TO BRING THEM TO TOOK OFF WORK.

I HAVE TO BRING THEM TO BEAUMONT.

I THANK GOD.

I GOT A CALL FROM THIS LADY NAMED TAMMY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, TERRORISM HERE.

SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PASSED IT.

SHE SAID, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON.

SHE SAID, I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BUSINESS HERE TO PORT ARTHUR.

I SAID, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS OKAY.

AND MS. BOT AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, A PASTOR BOT.

AND SO YOU'VE YOU PUTTING DOCUMENTATION TO RESERVE IT FOR THIS PARTICULAR DATES TO HAVE THIS TERM IN IT AND YOU WERE REJECTED ARE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET BACK WITH YOU? WELL, LET, LET ME, LET, LET ME SAY THIS.

IF YOU JUST WANT TO BLAST ME A MINUTE.

OKAY.

MAKE A PHONE CALL SINCE THIS, THIS HAS BEEN, UM, WAS FOR FOUR MONTHS, MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS AGO.

SO NO IT'S GOING ON SIX MONTHS BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND FOR YOU TO GIVE A FIRST CLASS EVENT TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, ESPECIALLY WHEN BRINGING IN GUESTS.

SO I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CITIES AROUND HERE.

NUMBER ONE, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PARKS AND RECREATION SINCE THEN.

I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER UNTIL, UH, I WALKED INTO THIS OTHER LEADER'S OFFICE FRIDAY AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEEDED EVEN AFTER SENDING THE EMAIL.

SO BASICALLY I FELT DISRESPECTED BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, NOT ONLY DID YOU NOT READ MY EMAIL, BUT YOU DISMISSED ME.

OKAY, WELL, MS. BOND AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AND GET WHAT THE MANAGER, I GUESS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THIS REQUEST.

AND I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I AM SURPRISED, BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I FOUND OUT, UM, THAT THEY HADN'T READ THE EMAIL BECAUSE WHEN I GOT READY TO TRAVEL TO THE BAHAMAS, THIS IS WHAT'S SO CRAZY.

JUST PLEASE OBLIGED ME.

THE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS FROM THE BAHAMAS HEARD ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT I WAS GIVEN.

SHE HEARD THAT AT ONE TIME, I HAD GIVEN A TOURNAMENT IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND SHE WANTED TO BECOME A PART OF THAT.

THEY SENT FOR ME, THEY PAY FOR MY AIRLINE TICKET OVER $1,200.

AND I STAYED THERE FOR A WEEK

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THEY HAD A MEETING, THEY BROUGHT ME AROUND THE CITY OF NASSAU.

THEY SHOWED ME THE FACILITIES.

THEY INTRODUCED ME TO THEIR KIDS.

THEY SAID, USUALLY AROUND THIS TIME IN JULY, WE USUALLY TRAVELED TO ORANGE.

I SAID, I KNOW A TOURNAMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE MY GRANDSON PLAYED.

I SAID, RUMI ALWAYS PLAYED EVERY YEAR IN THE PEACH TOURNAMENT.

I SAID, BUT THAT TOURNAMENT WOULD BE OVER AT THE 25TH.

IT'LL BE OVER.

SHE SAID, YOU'RE CORRECT.

SHE SAID, I SAID, THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS THE 28TH THROUGH THE 30TH, THE 25TH THROUGH THE 27TH IS THE TRACK MEET.

THEY LOVE TRACK.

I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE, WE DO TRACK.

SO THEY ORGANIZED SOME TEAMS TO COME OVER, TO TRAVEL FOR TRACK I'M IN, IN MY HEAD, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW PEOPLE, UH, GET KIDS FROM OVERSEAS AT THE RATE OF AIRLINE TICKETS.

EVEN IF THEY WENT TO FLORIDA AND GOT A PRIVATE COACH BUS TO COME HERE, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WOULD SPEND TO COME AND COMPETE HERE AND STILL NOT FEEL WELCOME BECAUSE I DON'T.

WELL, UH, MS. BOND, WOULD YOU GIVE US OPPORTUNITY? WELL, WHAT'D YOU GIVE THIS COUNSEL AN OPPORTUNITY.

SOMEONE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU ON A PARTICULAR REQUEST.

THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT.

AND I WILL INQUIRE ABOUT THIS REQUEST WITH OUR MANAGER AND, UH, PLEASE GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES.

WE BE BACK WITH YOU ON THIS.

WELL, I HOPE IT BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN THIS CITY OPPORTUNITY AFTER OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY I, ONE OF THE REASONS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES REACHED OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN PORT OFF THE OPPORTUNITY AFTER OPPORTUNITY.

AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY HERE.

THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR OUR KIDS.

HOW I KNOW THAT WHAT GOD GAVE ME THIS VISION WORKS BECAUSE IT WORKED IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

SO IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WORK HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.

I WANT IT TO WORK IN PORT ARTHUR.

I WANT, I WANT TO SEE THE GLORY BROUGHT BACK.

I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE TURN OUT TO SEE THESE KIDS COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THE PEOPLE OVERSEAS, THEY DON'T PREPARE THEIR KIDS.

LIKE WE PREPARE OUR KIDS TO GO TO AUSTIN AND DAKOTA STATE.

THEY PA THEY PREPARE THEIR KIDS TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS.

THEY DON'T HOLD DIFFERENT LEVEL, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO THE U S AND HAVE THEIR KIDS EXPOSED TO THE U S WAIT, ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT EXPOSURE BRINGS.

EXPOSURE BRINGS OPPORTUNITY.

ONCE YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO ANOTHER WAY OF LIVING ANOTHER WAY OF, UH, OF DOING THINGS, THEN IT OPENS YOUR MIND UP TO OTHER THINGS.

WE DON'T GIVE OUR KIDS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

ALL WE DO IS GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE DO RIP THE CHILDREN BACK, BUT YOU NEVER COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

THE PARENTS SAID IS YOU NEVER COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

YOU DARE US TO SAY ANYTHING.

BUT THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SET IN LEADERSHIP THAT GET, UH, GET ON FACEBOOK AND GET REAL, REAL FLY.

AND YOU LOOK AND JUST LIKE THAT'S LATER, I DON'T CARE HOW FRUSTRATED THEY ARE.

BUT IF I DO IT, GUESS WHAT? YOU ALL WANT TO LEAVE THEM NOT Y'ALL.

BUT PEOPLE LIKE TO LABEL YOU AS AN ANGRY BLACK WOMAN.

I'M ANGRY.

I'M AN ANGRY BLACK WOMAN.

AND I'M STANDING UP FOR THESE KIDS THAT NOBODY WANTS TO STAND UP FOR.

THEY WANT TO DISMISS, AND IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL.

THE CHILDREN ARE MAD.

THEY'RE ANGRY.

THEY'RE BITTER.

THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO.

THEY HAVE NO HOPE.

WE HAVE A CITY THERE'S 56,000 PEOPLE, 33,000 REGISTERED VOTERS AND 3000 PEOPLE VOTE.

NO.

WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE DISCOURAGED.

HOLD ON THE CERT THE COSMODROME.

YES.

HI.

HI.

WELL, WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP? BRING IT BACK.

THE GLORY TOURNAMENTS, BRINGING BACK THE GLORY TOURNAMENTS.

OKAY.

YOU PASS.

I PASTOR THE CHURCH OF THE OVERFLOW GLOBAL MINISTRIES, CHURCH OF THE OVERFLOW GLOBAL MINISTRIES LOCATED, LOCATED IN GROVES, TEXAS, BUT MY RESIDENCE IS IMPORTANT AUTHOR.

GOTCHA.

SURE.

OKAY.

UH, AS COMPARABLE KILLED LOSS SAID A PERSON I DO.

LET ME INTERRUPT YOU CHURCH OF THE OVERFLOW AND BRING IT BACK.

THE GUARDS ARE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES, RIGHT? OKAY.

YEAH.

I WAS TRYING TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH YOU MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS.

OKAY.

UH, BUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND TRYING TO GLIP FACILITY AS NEW TO ME, UH, I LOVE KIDS.

OKAY.

THAT'S OUR FUTURE.

AND IT GOES TO SAY, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.

YOU HEARD IT BEFORE, TAKE A WHOLE GRID AS TO WHERE THE CHOW, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UH, THE CITY IS PROBABLY HAVE SOME COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY.

ALSO.

WE'VE GOT TO GIVE A CORPORATIONS, BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SPONSORS,

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OKAY.

THEY HAD, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET GOING.

THEY ASK, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I GOT WHAT MS. APOE GOT ME TO SEE THE MANAGER AND WE CLEANED THE PLACE UP, PUT LIGHTS UP, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TOOK.

WE TOOK CARE OF THAT.

I EVEN GOT A SPONSOR FOR HIM.

WE GAVE HIM SOME, PUT SOME SIGNS UP AND WE GOT, WE GOT SOME DONATIONS AND WE TO PUT A RAISED PILLOW, PUT HIS KIDS.

OKAY.

SO, UH, MY FIRST TIME HERE, THIS, WITHOUT I'M BEHIND YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT TRYING TO DO FOR THESE KIDS.

SO I REQUESTED WOULD GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AND, UH, AT SOME POINT REQUEST TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO HELP YOU COFFMAN JONES ON BOARD? OKAY.

MAY I REPLY TO YOU WITH THAT? YOU SAID IT'S BEHIND HEB.

YES.

I WENT BACK TO, UH, AND YOU SAID IT'S POURED OUT THE LITTLE LEAGUE.

WE STILL MISSING A DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE TEENAGERS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND REFERRING TO THE PRETEENS THROUGH THE 19 YEAR OLDS LIVE FURTHER DOWN, LIKE RIGHT OFF OF JIMMY JOHNSON.

THAT'S WHERE THE CROSSWORD THEM LOOKED AT THAT STILL, UH, PAYING A HOMAGE AND PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO ELEMENTARY KIDS THAN TEENAGERS.

WE'RE NOT HAVING AN ISSUE WITH, UH, ELEMENTARY KIDS SHOOTING ELEMENTARY KIDS, OR WE'RE HAVING ISSUES IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH TEENAGERS.

THE ONLY THING I KNEW ABOUT WHAT I WAS CALLING MS. PAUL'S CALLED ME AND SHE CALLED ME.

I TOLD HER ABOUT THE I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THEM, BUT FOR THE KIDS I AM, WE HAVE WITH ME AND WE GOT IT STARTED AND WE WILL KEEP IT GOING TO HELP KIDS.

THAT'S OUR FUTURE.

OKAY.

SO MR. COUNCILMAN HALL, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY PASTOR BIDEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CARING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND I THINK YOU BRINGING THESE ISSUES TO US, NOT NECESSARILY THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION HADN'T BEEN WORKING WITH YOU, BUT CERTAINLY I'M SURE THAT MANAGER WILL WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT THIS CITY CAN PROVIDE TO YOU.

BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CURFEWS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

SO WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO, PLEASE CONTACT.

WELL, I JUST WANT IT TO BE MORE THAN, UM, UH, SAYING THAT WE CARE.

AND I WANT IT TO BE MORE THAN JUST SAYING THAT THE CHILDREN ARE FUTURE.

I WANT US TO ACT LIKE THEY ARE.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO SEE SOME INVOLVEMENT.

I WANT TO SEE SOME ACTUAL, UM, PROGRAM SET UP.

I WANT TO SEE SOME ACTUAL THINGS.

I MEAN, THE, THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UM, THE, THE CDBG FUNDING.

I MEAN, I MEAN, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? I MEAN, WE HAVE PARKS AND I MEAN, WE THINK IT'S OVER JUST BECAUSE WE PUT A, A SHED OVER, UH, THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT LOOKS LIKE, DANG IT, THE HALE.

AND NOBODY GOES OUT THERE AND PLAY.

THERE'S NO UPKEEP.

THEY, UH, I THINK A SPARKLE, UH, ICE THAT FINALLY CAME AND DID SOMETHING ON 5 0 1, 3.

WE DEPEND TOO MUCH ON OTHER THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS IN OUR CITY.

MOTIVA HAS NEVER GIVEN ME A DIME, BUT I STILL GIVE A TOURNAMENT.

LNG HAS NEVER GIVEN ME A DIME.

AND I STILL GIVE A TOURNAMENT.

SOME OF THE PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD UNIFORMS FOR THESE KIDS $150 A PIECE, AND WE STILL BOUGHT UNIFORMS. SO WHEN THEY WENT TO COMPETE, THEY LOOK JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND I'VE HAD THE GOOD OLD BOYS SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WASN'T THEIR TOURNAMENT.

THEY WILL WITHHOLD THEIR KIDS FROM TRAVELING TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TO GET EXPOSURE.

LIKE THEY OWN KIDS.

LIKE THEY PLAYED FOR A NBA TEAM THAT WAS UNDER CONTRACT THAT NOT KIDS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY OVERSEAS.

THE PEOPLE IN CAYMAN ISLANDS FELL IN LOVE WITH THOSE KIDS.

THOSE PEOPLE, I CAN PULL UP AN EMAIL IF PEOPLE ARE SITTING HERE SPENT $10,000 ON HOTEL ROOMS THAT I COULDN'T GET A DOLLAR FROM Y'ALL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UH, ON THIS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION, A PASTOR AND CITY MANAGER.

I THINK HE HE'S, UH, HE WILL, UH, GET BACK WITH MS. ALPORT WITHOUT PARKS AND RECREATION AND A DEPARTMENT HEAD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GET A REPORT TO THIS COUNCIL AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST YOU.

OKAY.

SO HOW, HOW SOON SHOULD I LOOK FOR A RESPONSE? WHETHER IT BE BY EMAIL, PHONE CALLS.

OKAY.

SO EVERYTHING.

OKAY.

OKAY.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM US.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT,

[IV. The Second 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 First Public Hearing Was Held On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 At 10: 00 A. M.]

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AND I HAVE TO DEVIATE FROM THE NORMAL, UH, PROGRESSIONS IN OUR AGENDA AND MOVE TO PAGE TWO, A ROMAN NUMERAL, UH, FULL OF PUBLIC HEARING 6:00 PM ON THE SECOND OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS CAN RECEIVE INPUT, UH, AND, UH, 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 FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 24TH, 2020, 2022, EXCUSE ME, AT 10:00 AM.

AND AS I SAID, THAT WILL REITERATE, THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:06 PM HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ON JUNE SIX SEVENTH.

EXCUSE ME, GO AHEAD, DEPUTY CHIEF.

I THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS HERE ON TODAY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN THE CURRENCY CITY ORDINANCE, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE JUVENILE CURFEW.

THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN INCIDENTS INVOLVING OUR YOUTH, WHICH HAS CAUSED REASON FOR CONCERN HERE IN THE CITY.

AND IT'S CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE CONDUCTED SOME STATISTICAL DATA.

WHAT WE FOUND THAT AS A 2021 LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 144 CASES, UH, THAT HAD BEEN FILED INVOLVING JUVENILE ACTORS AND 20 ARRESTS MADE AS OF MAY 24TH.

WHEN WE LAST SPOKE, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 245 CASES FILED AT 46 ARRESTS OF JUVENILES.

NOW THAT NUMBER HAS WENT UP A TAD BIT.

UM, SINCE WE HAVE LAST MET, I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT TO WHERE IT INVOLVED JUVENILE ACTORS AND ARREST WAS MADE AS OF RECENT, UM, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING IS A CHANGE IN THE CURRENT CITY ORDINANCE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR JUVENILES TO BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 PM AND 6:00 AM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CHANGE IN THE TIME TO BEGIN AT 10:00 PM FROM 11 O'CLOCK.

THE CHINESE WILL ALLOW OFFICERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH JUVENILES WHO ARE PAST THOSE HOURS AND GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY PREVENT THE LEGAL CONDUCT FROM TAKING PLACE HERE WITHIN OUR CITY.

UM, THIS WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARENTS HERE, AS WE WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF THEIR CHILD BEING OUT PAST THE CURFEW HOURS, AND IT SHOWED THAT THEY CAN ACCOUNT AND A TEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S WELLBEING.

THIS ORDINANCE WILL GIVE EXCEPTION TO THOSE WHO HAVE A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR BEING OUT, SUCH AS WORK CHURCH, UM, EVENTS THAT PASS THE BIDEN, SPOKE OF SPORTING EVENTS AS SUCH AND ALSO, UM, FOR RUNNING ERRANDS AS DIRECTED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WITH THIS BEING THE SUMMERTIME.

OUR HOPES IS TO TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUTH HERE IN THE CITY AND PRAYERFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UH, WE BELIEVE THAT A CHANGE IN DISORDER'S WILLIS WILL ASSIST US IN DOING SO WILL HELP IF ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CHAMBER AND THE COMMENTS ON WHAT THE SUBJECT MATTER IS, WHICH IS AMENDING THE JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY COMMENTS FROM CONSOLE, ANY DIAMONDS FROM COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

JASMINE MARKS.

SO MOVE MAYOR COSMIC, KEN LAW, SECOND MARRIAGE, IF IT MOVED IN SECOND THAT THIS SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, THE, TO RECEIVE INPUT ON, UM, THE EFFECT OF THE JUVENILE CURFEW AUTOMATES, UH, IN THE CITY OF PORT OFF, IT WILL NOW BE ENDED IN THE QUESTION.

THAT WOULD BE NO QUESTIONS ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW ENDED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY.

WE WILL NOW,

[III.B.1. A Presentation By James Gilleylen Regarding The HOME- ARP Grant Process]

AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION BY JAMES NAMES GAMES.

OKAY.

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AND ONCE HE DOES THIS, THEN THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT WILL MOVE TO GO RIGHT AHEAD.

OKAY.

UH, MAYOR BARNEY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS JAMES GILLIAM AND JAKE, WHAT PLAYED IN GROUP, I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU, UH, INFORMATION ON A RECENT, UH, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATED UNDER THE HOME INVESTMENT, UH, PROGRAM, UH, BUT ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE AND RECOVERY PLAN.

I'M GOING TO START WITH A BRIEF VIDEO THAT ILLUSTRATES BETTER THAN I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE TYPE OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO ADDRESS WITH THIS FUNDING.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEFING IN AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL BE APPROVING, HOPEFULLY IN YOUR, UH, RESOLUTION LATER ON THE AGENDA.

SO IF WE COULD START THAT VIDEO, UH, UH, MY NAME IS MAVIS A PERSON.

I HAVE THREE KIDS, TWO BOYS, ONE GIRL, FOUR, TWO, AND ONE CAN DERRICK KINGSTON AND KANAYA OH, MY GIRLFRIEND HAVING USED, WHICH IS KIND OF SOUTH OF OAK CLIFF.

UM, IT'S CALLED WOMEN WITH HUTCHINS.

I WENT THROUGH WOMEN, HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 96.

UM, I WAS RAISED BY MY GRANDMOTHER.

UM, SO WHEN WE, MY MOM AND DAD, I WAS WITH MY GRANNY, HAD MY FIRST KID AT 35.

NOW I'M 40.

SO I GET OFF AT FOUR AND, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE ME THE KEYS READY FOR OUR DAY OUT OF THE HOUSE BY NO LATER THAN 5, 5, 24.

THAT'S WHAT TIME THE BUS COME.

IT'S EITHER 4 50, 4 OR 5 24.

IF I'M ON A 5 24 BULLETS, I'M GOING TO BE EXTRA LATE.

SO WE LEAVE THE HOUSE THREE BUSES TO THE DAYCARE AND WE GET TO THE DAYCARE BOX BETWEEN 6 20, 6 30, DEPENDING ON THE BUS LATE, OR THERE'S TRAFFIC.

GO AHEAD.

GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT.

DROP THEM OFF.

BY THE TIME I GET ON THE BUS TO GO TO WORK, UM, IT'S ABOUT 6 30, 6 35.

I TAKE THE BUS FROM THE DAYCARE DOWNTOWN DALLAS TO MY JOB AT CVS.

I GET TO WORK BY BETWEEN 7 0 5 17.

I'M A CVS.

SO STILL LIKE BE THERE AT SEVEN, BUT I'M THERE BETWEEN 7 0 5 7.

I DEFINITELY DIDN'T PLAN ON BEING A SINGLE PARENT, RAISING THREE KIDS BY MYSELF.

I WOULDN'T HAVE WAITED 35 YEARS TO HAVE MY FIRST CHILD WITH SOMEBODY.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BE RAISING THEM WITH, BUT HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED.

UM, I WAS IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION WITH MY SON'S DAD.

AND SO THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER THAT IS END INCOME MAY 31ST.

SO THEN I'M BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH NO PLACE TO LIVE.

SO IT'S EITHER BACK TO A SHELTER OR HOPE THAT I CAN AFFORD SOMEWHERE FOR US TO STAY.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN TO BE IN THAT ALL MY MONEY IS GOING TO PAY DAYCARE.

SO THEY CARE FOR ALL.

THREE OF THEM IS FOUR 15 A WEEK.

UM, I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

UM, IT'S JUST, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IF I CONTINUE TO PAY THAT, THAT'S MY PAYCHECK.

AND IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF WHY I'M WORKING, BECAUSE IF I'M PAYING $830 EVERY TWO WEEKS AND I'M MAKING 800, $700, I'M WORKING JUST TO WORK FOR DAYCARE, CAN'T PAY BILLS.

I CAN'T PROVIDE FOR ME AND MY KIDS BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING TO DAYCARE TO GET A JOB THAT WOULD SUFFICE AND HELP PAY RENT, PAY DAYCARE.

I WOULD HAVE TO BE MAKING $20 AN HOUR.

PLUS IT'S HARD TO GET THAT KIND OF JOB WITH NO DEGREE, NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

I MEAN, THOSE KIND OF JOBS JUST DON'T COME BY LIKE THAT.

AND IF IT DID, I WOULD NEED A CAR BECAUSE IT WOULD BE FAR NORTH.

AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE NOWHERE AROUND HERE, NOWHERE NEAR WHERE I LIVE.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT, I MEAN, THOSE KINDS OF JOBS ARE HARD TO GET WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION.

I'M JUST LOOKING FOR HELP.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ANSWERS SOMEWHERE.

SOMEBODY, MY BACK'S AGAINST THE WALL, IT'S LIKE A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE? AND THIS IS THAT'S THE WORST FEELING EVER BECAUSE I GOT THREE KIDS LOOKING UP TO ME TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

THIS IS A REAL STORY.

UH, AND IT'S A REAL STORY FOR A LOT OF, UH, BOTH PORT OUT THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

UH, BUT IT DOES ILLUSTRATE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ENTITLEMENT GRANT, WHICH WAS A PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE RECOVERY PLAN.

THE CITY ALREADY RECEIVED ENTITLEMENT FUNDS THAT WERE INTENDED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE

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UH, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE.

SO IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE POWERPOINT, I'M GOING TO GO, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH, UH, JUST GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE ACCEPTING, UH, ON YOUR AGENDA BY RESOLUTION.

SO THE AMERICAN RESCUE, UH, PLAN ALLOCATED 1.9 TRILLION, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY PER PORT, ARTHUR GETS THIS PARADA SHARE BY FORMULA MEANING BASED ON CONDITIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED UNDER THIS GRANT PROGRAM.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, UH, CITY OF REPORTER OUT THERE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED 1 MILLION, $453, UH, AND THAT WAS APPROVED.

AND NOW, UH, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR ACTUAL CITY PLAN FOR RECEIPT OF THOSE FUNDS IN TERMS OF OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR PRIORITY NEEDS PROVING UP THE CONDITIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN THE CITY WILL RECEIVE THAT, UH, THOSE GRANT FUNDS NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THEY ARE FOUR AREAS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS, UH, WITH THE GRANT.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING.

UH, UNDER THIS GRANT, YOU CAN ADDRESS TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH INCLUDES NOT ONLY, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE SECURITY DEPOSITS AND OTHER THINGS THAT FAMILIES NEED IN ORDER TO EVEN GET INTO THE RENTAL HOUSING.

IT DOES ADDRESS AN ARRAY OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THOSE.

AND THEN THE FOURTH AREA IS WHAT'S CALLED NON CONGREGATE HOUSING, WHICH MEANS THAT IT CAN, IF IT CAN ADDRESS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED, BUT IT CANNOT BE A SHELTER.

SO THIS MEANS HOUSING, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE BASIC, UH, UH, HOME, UH, FOR A PERSON OR THEY IN THEIR FAMILY.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, IT DOES, UH, ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS NEXT LOT, BUT THE HOMELESSNESS, UH, IS INTENDED TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, BUT MOST OF ALL, THE PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, THE IMPACT, UH, ON INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CAUSING THEM TO BE, UH, BECOME HOMELESS.

IT ALSO ADDRESSES SOME OTHER POPULATIONS THOUGH THAT, UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF AS BEING IMPACTED BY HOMELESSNESS NEXT LOT.

SO PERSONS WHO ARE FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND DOMESTIC ABUSE, AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT, UH, RELATIVELY NEW IN TERMS OF, UH, CITIES ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, THEY ARE ISSUES THAT LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS.

NEXT SLIDE.

IT ALSO ADDRESSES OTHER POPULATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THOSE OTHER POPULATIONS INCLUDE, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN.

UH, AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO ADDRESS, UH, MORE OF A PERMANENT TO TEMPORARY TYPE HOUSING THAT ALLOWS A PERSON TO ULTIMATELY TRANSITION HOPEFULLY TO A PERMANENT, UH, RENTAL HOUSING.

THAT'S AFFORDABLE TO THEM AT THE SAME TIME, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE, JUST LIKE MAVIS, UH, UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, NEXT SLIDE, UH, IT'S ALSO INTENDED, UH, TO, UH, CONSIDER VETERANS AS ONE OF THE PRIORITY GROUPS.

AND IT NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE VETERAN THEMSELVES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND IT CAN EVEN BE SITUATIONS WHERE THE VETERAN IS NOT CURRENTLY LIVING WITH A FAMILY, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THEIR STAFF.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, IT ALSO, UH, MAKES VETERANS AIR I, UH, AN IDENTIFIED MEMBER OF, UH, THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING.

NEXT SLIDE ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RENTAL HOUSING.

NEXT SLIDE, UH, THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD APPLY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, AND ALSO, UH, THE COST OF, UH, UH, EXPANDING THAT SUPPLY.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AS I SAID, EARLY OR TEMPORARY HOUSING, UH, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

NEXT SLIDE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

NEXT SLIDE, UH, THAT INCLUDES A WHOLE ARRAY OF, UH, ELIGIBLE, UH, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EVERYTHING FROM SECURITY DEPOSIT, UH, AND UTILITY DEPOSITS TO GET THEM INTO THE UNITS AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE ITSELF.

NEXT SLIDE, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

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NEXT SLIDE.

SO JUST LIKE IN MAVIS A SITUATION, UH, SHE DESCRIBED ISSUES OF THE FACT THAT CHILDCARE WAS ALMOST THE SAME AS HER INCOME OR TRANSPORTATION WAS AN ISSUE WHERE YOU SAW HER GETTING UP AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO TAKE BUSES, TO GET TO AND FROM WORK.

AND, UH, THEN A WHOLE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST THEM IN NOT ONLY GETTING A JOB, BUT KEEPING A JOB.

UH, SO THIS BECOMES A HUGE SEGMENT THAT NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PHYSICAL, UH, SORT OF ASPECT OF HOUSING, BUT THOSE THINGS THAT WILL KEEP, UH, AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT THEY FACE NEXT SLIDE, UH, AND THEN FINALLY NON CONGREGATE, UH, HOUSING NEXT LOT, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, IT HAS TO GO BEYOND JUST, UH, SIMPLY PROVIDING A TEMPORARY SHELTER IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR THAT FAMILY, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO GET THEM STABLE SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, FOCUS ON THE, UH, THE ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT MARKET AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO BECOME A STABLE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THERE ARE A LIST OF NON-ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN YOUR, UH, IN YOUR BRIEFING PACKET, I WON'T GO INTO, UH, UH, UH, MUCH DETAIL IN THOSE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME COSTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RESTRICTED.

NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST, UH, FINAL, UH, NO, JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING, UH, IN, UH, RESPONSE TO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN PLAY IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE STRESSED WITH, UH, IN OUR MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS AND, UH, THE SERVICE PROVIDERS IS TO SORT OF THINK BEYOND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, NECESSARILY WITH THE FUNDING, UH, FORT WORTH AND DALLAS, BOTH, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO, UH, OR ATTEMPTING TO USE, UH, THESE FUNDS TO TAKE, UH, SMALL MOTELS AND SMALL APARTMENT COMPLEXES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND CONVERT THOSE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE SCALED TO THE AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS THAT YOU RECEIVING BECAUSE UNLIKE FORT WORTH AND DALLAS, YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING MULTI MILLION DOLLARS, JUST $1 MILLION, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, CAUSE IT COULD BE A SMALL, UH, TWO OR THREE UNIT APARTMENT THAT, UH, EXISTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD ADDRESS THAT NEXT SLIDE.

UH, ANOTHER, UH, EXAMPLE IS THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR THAT SUPPORTS, UH, FORMER CONVICTED FELONS, UH, WHERE A, UH, RESTAURANT ENTREPRENEUR, UH, ALREADY HAD A PROGRAM IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, WHERE THEY WERE PROVIDING THE JOB TRAINING AND, UH, JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR RESTAURANTS FOR FORMER CONVICTED FELONS, UH, TO WORK IN THE RESTAURANT AND CULINARY INDUSTRY.

BUT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THEY'RE EXPANDING IT TO INCLUDE A DORMITORY STYLE TYPE HOUSING FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO WORKED FOR THEM, THAT THEY WOULD THEN HAVE HOUSING SINCE THEY ALSO, AS, UH, AS A PART OF HAVING BEEN CONVICTED, MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET, UH, HOUSING, UH, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM TO, UH, GAIN THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED.

NEXT SLIDE, UH, ALSO, UH, A FOCUS ON NOT OVER HOUSING PEOPLE, UH, NOT EVERYONE NEEDS A 1500, 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOME.

UH, SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TINY HOMES.

UH, AND THIS IS A PROJECT IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND ALSO WORKING WITH FINANCE COMPANIES TO DIRECTLY CREATE A LENDING PRODUCT THAT TAKES IN CONSIDERATION, UH, THE SMALLER HOUSING, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS A, UH, VETERANS, UH, TYPE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF FINANCING.

NEXT SLIDE, UH, IN DALLAS, THIS IS A CLUSTER HOUSING FOR SENIORS.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS IS ACTUALLY THREE UNITS THAT ARE CONNECTED, BUT EACH ONE OF THEM, IF YOU'RE STANDING AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE, IT LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE SEPARATE HOUSE.

UM, BUT IT ALSO ONLY PROVIDES ABOUT, UH, 700 SQUARE FEET TO EACH, UH, THE SENIORS, UH, AND AGAIN, ADDRESSING THE WHOLE AFFORDABILITY AND THE SIZE AND NEEDS NEXT SLIDE, UH, IN QUEENSBOROUGH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.

UH, THESE ARE MODULAR HOUSES.

SO, UH, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MODULAR HOUSING CONSTRUCTED, UH, WITH THE PANELS CONSTRUCTED IN THE FACTORY FLOWN OR BROUGHT TO THE SITE AND THEN PUT TOGETHER, BUT IN SHREVEPORT, THEY, UH, ADDED THE ROOFS,

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UH, BUT BY DOING MODULAR, IT, UH, DECREASED THE COST OF THE UNIT BY ABOUT 30%.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING THIS AS LEASE PURCHASING FOR PURCHASE.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO, UH, THE PJ, UH, CAN ELECT TO NOT ONLY DO THE PROGRAM ADDICT SIDE, BUT VERY IS A SMALL COMPONENT OF THE FUNDS, UH, UP TO 5% THAT CAN BE USED, UH, FOR, UH, SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, UH, UH, UH, WHO WOULD CARRY OUT THOSE PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND, UH, CURRENTLY WE ARE FEATURING MORE INFORMATION ON, ON THE WEBSITE, UH, SO FAR, UH, I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, SEVERAL SORTA PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES.

ONE HAS BEEN, UH, A WORKSHOP THAT WE ADVERTISE IN HAIL, UH, FOR AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPERS, AND OTHERS WHO WERE ASKING TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THEN A SURVEY, UH, AND THE ADVERTISE PLAN ITSELF.

YOUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO, UH, HOPEFULLY APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FUNDS FROM HUD, UH, THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED.

AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT, UH, ALL FUNDS THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE AWARDED WILL BE AWARDED THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, UH, SYSTEM IN WHICH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, WOULD ADVERTISE AND PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU PARTICIPATED IN ENTITLEMENT GRANT FUND PROGRAMS BEFORE OR NOT, BUT OF COURSE IT WOULD BE BASED ON, UH, QUALIFICATIONS AND, UH, YOUR EXPERIENCE.

UH, AND THEN ONCE THOSE PROJECTS ARE, UH, RECOMMENDED, THEY'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION IN TERMS OF AWARDING FUNDS TO PROJECTS AND, UH, AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS.