Jun 07, 2022 City Council

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.

WE HAVE PASTOR WANDA BARTON REGARDING A MULTI SPORT TOURNAMENT.

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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KIDS TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT FROM PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

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.

ANYBODY TO COME? AND DO WE LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR REFINERIES? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CITIES THAT WISH THEY'D HAD ONE THING THAT WE CAN POSSESS THREE OFF.

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.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

PASSIVE SHOULDER TO MERCY.

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

COUNCIL MCCAIN LAW.

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.

IT'S A MULTI-SPORT TOURNAMENT.

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.

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.

EXPOSURE BRINGS OPPORTUNITY.

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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IN A MARRIOTT HOTEL.

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.

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.

HI.

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

THE GLORY TOURNAMENTS, BRINGING BACK THE GLORY TOURNAMENTS.

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.

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.

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

PULL OUT THE LITTLE LEAGUE BY AN HEB.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WE NEED TO MOVE TO A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM.

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

[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.

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 FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, MOVE BACK TO THE NORMAL FLOW OF PARTICIPANTS HERE ON OUR AGENDA BACK TO PAGE ONE.

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.

REGARDING THE HOME ARP GRANT PROCESS.

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

ISSUES, BUT IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPACTS OF COVID AND ALSO, UH, SORTA THE EXPANDED IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY.

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.

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.

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.

IT ALSO ADDRESSES OTHER POPULATIONS.

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.

IS A BIG EMPHASIS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.

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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UH, STRUCTURE AND THE PORCHES AND OTHER, UH, AMENITIES THAT YOU FIND IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

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.

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.

SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MS. GHILLEAN.

UH, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON CAUTIONS POINT FROM COUNCIL, IF THERE'LL BE ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS MOVE TO PAGE FIVE ABOUT AGENDA, UH, UH, UNDER ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN, WHICH IS CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THERE IS A RESOLUTION PR NUMBER 22, 5 70.

IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE 2021 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, AND THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HOME, A R P ALLOCATION PLAN THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS HUD AND ME.

I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR COUNCILMAN OR KENALOG MEGA.

THE SECOND COMES FROM MARK.

THE SECOND JIM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5 70 AS RED, AND IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRESENTATION.

UM, BUT IF THE QUESTION WITH NO QUESTIONS, WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED, NAY AYES HAVE IT TOWARDS AUDIT PR NUMBER 22, 5 17 WILL BE APPROVED AS READ.

THANK YOU, MS. KELLY.

WILL NOW MOVE TO A PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE APRIL FINANCIAL REPORT.

[III.B.2. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The April Financial Report]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YES, I HAVE MY, UM, SHORT, UM, MONTHLY REPORT.

THIS IS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL TONIGHT.

UM, THIS IS OUR SEVENTH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING DOWN INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS TO START ON NEXT YEAR.

UM, NEXT PAGE, LINDSAY, WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

UH, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS CURRENTLY 65.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 2.9 MILLION ABOVE ESTIMATE.

AT THIS TIME WE HAVE 15.7 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH ARE ABOVE THE BUDGET AT LEVEL FIVE, ALMOST 700,000.

UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE TAXES ARE RECEIVED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

SO WE'LL GET IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT.

UM, 33.2 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS, AND THOSE ARE ALL SUBSTANTIALLY RECEIVED SALES AND USE TAX FOR THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH APRIL IS 8.5 MILLION OR ONE AND A HALF MILLION ABOVE THE CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE IN 24% ABOVE LAST YEAR.

SO A SALES TAX CONTINUES TO

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DO VERY WELL.

UH, THERE IS A TWO MONTH TIME LAG AND RECEIPTS.

SO THE APRIL RECEIPTS REPRESENT FEBRUARY SALES.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY HERE, WE'VE GOT THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, 35.7 MILLION THROUGH APRIL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BELOW THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 4.4 MILLION.

UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NEEDED.

UH, THE AMENDED BUDGET HAS AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 24 MILLION OR 121 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

UH, THE TOTAL REVENUES OF 65.3 MILLION AND TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 43.1 MILLION RESULTS IN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF 53.3 MILLION AT THE END OF APRIL, THEN THE SPEND BALANCE IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 60 DAYS, PLUS ONE AND A HALF MILLION.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY GOT THE WATER SEWER FUND, UH, REVENUES TOTAL 18.4 MILLION AT APRIL 30TH.

THIS IS ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 371,000.

THE REVENUE FROM INDUSTRY IS 650,000 ABOVE THE EXPECTED AMOUNT AT THIS TIME AND OPERATING EXPENSES, TOTAL 11.2 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 1.3 MILLION.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY, WE HAVE SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE REVENUES, TOTAL 5.5 MILLION THROUGH APRIL, WHICH IS BELOW, UH, ESTIMATES BY ABOUT 670,000 OPERATING EXPENSES ARE CURRENTLY 3.6 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER BUDGET BY 392,000.

UH, THERE WAS A RATE INCREASE DECEMBER 1ST, WHICH WILL BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

AND THIS INCREASE ALONG WITH FUNDING FROM OTHER POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, SHOULD ALLOW THE FUND TO BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING.

AT SOME POINT, GOING FORWARD, UH, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FUND TO ENSURE THAT EXPENSES REMAIN IN LINE WITH AVAILABLE REVENUES.

JUST A MOMENT.

YOU WANT ME TO STOP? YEAH.

W WE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT WHEN YOU BRING UP SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.

SO YOU HAD ADDITIONAL REVENUE WEST.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATE REVENUE WITH THE RATE INCREASE WILL BRING FOR THIS PARTICULAR, WITH THE RISING CRAZE? UM, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME TODAY.

THE REVENUE, THE RATE INCREASE IS NOT GOING TO QUIET BALANCES, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UH, WE ARE, UH, DR.

TOMI IS STILL LOOKING INTO SOME OTHER REVENUE SOURCES TO TRY TO BRING IN SOME NEW CUSTOMERS TO THE LANDFILL.

AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HE'S DISCUSSED WITH YOU, UH, IN THE PAST, UM, TO HELP US TO BALANCE THAT.

I MEAN, OUR OTHER OPTION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CUT BACK ON THE EXPENDITURE SOME OR, YOU KNOW, LOAN FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS YOUR ONLY CHOICE.

RIGHT? EXACTLY.

SO IF YOU GET OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WOULD SHARE IT WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, OUR DOCTOR DOMAIN TO GET THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE IF IT'S GOING TO BALANCE OR IF IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS A COUNSELOR.

I'LL TRY TO GET INFORMATION FOR THAT ON THAT FOR YOU NEXT TIME.

UH, IT'S TWO QUESTIONS.

WE WERE MOVING A LITTLE A LITTLE QUICKLY, SO, UM, I MISSED THE ONE ON THE GENERAL FUND.

WE GO BACK TO A PAGE THREE OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

UH, THE VARIANCE AS OF TODAY IS 4.4 MILLION.

CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME DETAIL THERE? THAT'S, UH, UNDER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT WILL CREATE SOME OF THE, UM, UH, DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL A POSITION BECAUSE WE DO BUDGET FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME BY DEPARTMENT.

UM, WELL ACTUALLY I DO, THEY'RE ON THIS OTHER REPORT.

UM, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK ON, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PAGE NUMBERS THIS TIME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE BY DEPARTMENT AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS PROBABLY THE LOWEST.

I THINK THAT THEY HAVE SOME, MAYBE SOME BIG ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE NOT PURCHASED, OR MAYBE ON AN ORDER HAVEN'T COME IN.

UM, YEAH.

SO THAT'S JUST THIS POINT IN TIME.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

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SPEND IT.

THAT JUST MEANS THEY HAVEN'T SPENT IT YET.

SO WE'VE GOT A SNAPSHOT OF JUST TODAY IN TOWN.

THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IS BACK TO PAGE FIVE, SOLID WASTE, THE TRANSFERS OUT.

UH, CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE POINT OR TWO? YEAH.

IF YOU GO TO YOUR OTHER REPORT, THE BIG REPORT AND YOU LOOK AT THE SOLACE WAIST PAGE, LET'S SEE.

DOES IT DETAIL THIS ANY BETTER? NO, IT DOESN'T.

I DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, THAT IS PRIMARILY, UM, DEBT SERVICE, UH, CAPITAL THAT WAS BUDGETED, UH, ANY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, UM, VEHICLES, THAT SORT OF THING, UH, WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND PAID OUT OF THAT FUND.

UM, THERE IS SOME DEBT SERVICE IN HERE.

THERE'S, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, A LEASE, MAYBE TWO LEASES I BELIEVE ARE IN THAT, WHERE WE LEASE SOME GARBAGE TRUCKS AND WE STILL HAVE, WE'RE STILL PAYING ON THOSE.

I CAN GET THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU THOUGH, TO BREAK OUT THE TRANSFERS, IF YOU LIKE.

WOULD YOU DO THAT PLEASE? THANK YOU.

3 MILLION WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH AN EDA GRANT.

SORRY.

I'LL JUST MAKE MYSELF A NOTE.

SO I DON'T FORGET.

UM, OKAY.

ARE WE MOVING ON NOW OR IS ANY MORE QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY.

UH, WHERE I'M AT OR I'M PLEASURE ISLAND.

I BELIEVE.

UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT HERE.

UH, REVENUES ARE 609,000 ABOVE, UH, SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE ESTIMATE.

UH, OPERATING EXPENSES ARE 484,000, JUST 71,000 BELOW THE ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME.

SO EXPENSES ARE IN LINE WITH AVAILABLE REVENUES.

UH, EVERYTHING'S GOOD THERE.

UM, NEXT PAGE, LINDSEY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

WE HAVE THE STREET, UH, SUMMARY ALLOCATION BY YEAR IN DISTRICT.

THIS PAGE I PUT IN HERE EVERY TIME, BUT IT PRETTY MUCH STAYS THE SAME.

IT'S GOT YOUR YEAR ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR THREE AND YEAR FOUR ALLOCATIONS THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED 19.5 MILLION, 14.4 IN YEAR TWO, 15.2 MILLION YEAR THREE AND 13.5 MILLION YEAR FOUR.

AND, UH, THEY ARE BROKEN OUT IN A PERCENTAGE THAT WAS SELECTED BY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

AND THE ALLOCATION FOR YEAR FOUR IS THE SAME AS THE ALLOCATION FOR YEAR THREE.

SO, UH, IF YOU DECIDE TO CHANGE THAT THAT COULD CHANGE.

UM, NEXT PAGE LINDSEY, WE HAVE THE STREET SUMMARY EXPENSE.

22.3 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH APRIL LEAVING A BALANCE OF 40.3 MILLION OF WHICH 25 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO OPEN STREET PROJECTS.

AND THERE'S CURRENTLY 15.3 MILLION REMAINING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE YEAR ONE THROUGH FOUR ALLOCATIONS AND AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY, WE HAVE THE OPEN STREET PROJECTS AS OF APRIL 30TH, 38.5 MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR OPEN STREET PROJECTS.

13.5 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 25 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE OPEN PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE, UM, GENERAL FUND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, EXCUSE ME.

UM, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS 31.7 MILLION.

UH, THESE EXPENDITURES TOTAL SEVEN EXPENDITURES, TOTAL 7.3 MILLION WITH 24.4 MILLION REMAINING TO BE SPENT.

AND THESE INCLUDE, UH, CITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE OF A FIRE VEHICLE, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE.

UH, THESE ARE OUR OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS PAGE.

WE HAVE DRAINAGE.

CURRENT BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IS 69.1 MILLION PRIMARILY FUNDED FROM FEMA AND MITIGATION, FEMA MITIGATION, GRANTS AND CDBG 5.8 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY LEAVING A BALANCE OF 63.3 MILLION DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION BUDGET IS 5.1 MILLION PRIMARILY FOR PARKING LOT EXPANSION AND FIBER OPTIC IMPROVEMENTS.

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773,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 4.3 MILLION.

NEXT.

WE HAVE THE WATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 84.9 MILLION.

THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN.

A 9.9 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY WITH 75 MILLION REMAINING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS.

UH, PLEASURE ISLAND 590,000 HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR A BOAT LAUNCH PARKING LOT REPAIRS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT.

UH, 57,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE, UH, THE EDC PRESS BUILDING RENOVATION BUDGETED AT 10.9 MILLION OF WHICH 4.7 MILLION IS FUNDED FROM A GRANT FROM EDA TODAY.

10.3 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT LEAVING A BALANCE ABOUT 600,000 TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

IT'S ALMOST THERE.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE, UH, ARP GRANT PROJECTS, MARCH OF 21 CITY WAS AWARDED 26.7 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT FUNDS.

THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENTS AND RESPONDING TO THE ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF COVID-19 OR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND TO MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER, SEWER, OR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE 22 BUDGET TO BE FUNDED FROM ARP, INCLUDING 18 MILLION FOR WATER WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

TOTAL OF 1.5 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT LEAVING A BALANCE OF 25.2 MILLION.

NEXT PAGE IS JUST THE SNAPSHOT OF THE 2021 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR 32.9 MILLION, WHICH WERE ISSUED IN FISCAL YEAR 21.

UH, THIS INCLUDES STREET PROJECTS, DRAINAGE, PUMP STATIONS, ANIMAL SHELTER, NEW HEALTH BUILDING, RENOVATIONS AND WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.

1 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR LEAVING A BALANCE OF 31.9 MILLION AND LAST PAGE LINDSAY, WE HAVE THE DISASTER FUND HURRICANE HARVEY.

IT'S 30.2 MILLION RECEIVED PRIMARILY FROM FEMA AND INSURANCE AND 34.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES LEAVING A $4 MILLION DEFICIT AT THIS TIME WITH PENDING REIMBURSEMENTS OF 253,000, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE DEFICIT TO ABOUT 3.7 MILLION IN RECOVERY.

UH, COVID-19 UH, 3 MILLION HAS BEEN RECORDED IN REVENUES AND DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.

TODAY ARE 3.5 MILLION HURRICANE LAURA 217,000 HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS.

AND 3.1 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES SAID HE DOES CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S ALL HAVE PAGE 13, THE LAST ONE DISASTER FUNDS.

UH, WE HAVE A, UH, ON THE HARBORING HERE'S A 3.96 DEFICIT.

AND YOU SAID THAT THERE'S ABOUT 250,000, UH, OUTSTANDING FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH WOULD, UH, MAKE THE DEFICIT, UH, REDUCE THAT DEFICIT TO, TO 3.7.

YEAH, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

AND, AND THE SAME WITH COVID AND YES, YES, SIR.

SO TO, TO FUND OR TO TAKE CARE OF THAT DEFICIT, WHERE WERE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM? WELL, I KNOW OUR DURA IS STILL WORKING.

THERE'S STILL PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT CLOSED OUT YET.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

SO THERE IS POTENTIALLY STILL MORE MONEY TO COME IN FOR THAT THERE WILL, AT SOME POINT, UM, PROBABLY WON'T BE COMPLETELY EVERYTHING WON'T BE COMPLETELY COVERED.

SO AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW TO FUND THAT.

SO AS OF RIGHT DOWN, THOUGH, UH, WITH THE 250, THAT TURNED INTO 50,000, THAT'S OUTSTANDING AS FAR AS PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON BY OUR DURA, UH, TO, TO RECOVER RECOVERY FUNDS THAT WILL LEAVE US 3.7.

SO IF THOSE OTHER OUTSTANDING PROJECTS DON'T COME TO FRUITION, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO, TO FUND THAT DEFICIT OR TAKE CARE OF THAT DEFICIT.

AND THOSE MONIES WOULD COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND MOST LIKELY.

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THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THANKS.

MY CONCERN ALSO IS I'D GO VERSUS THE INCOME.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT ON HIS, ON HIS INSURANCE, WE GOT COMING IN AND GETTING MS. SCOTT SPLITTING MORE MONEY GOING OUT.

WE GOT COMING IN, YOU KNOW, HOW DID RECOVER FROM THAT? IF WE KEEP GOING THAT ROUTE AND COUGH WITH BE, KEEP HAVING A STORM, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE GOING OUT TO PAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD GOT COMING IN.

HOW DO YOU OVERCOME THIS? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION? WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT.

IF I'M ON THE JOB, MAKE A 200 A WEEK OF SPENDING 500 A WEEK, YOU DON'T TRY TO SPEND 500 A WEEK.

I'M GOING TO GO NONE THERE.

SO HOW DO WE OVERCOME THIS? WE WERE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE HURRICANES THIS YEAR.

I KNOW WE HAVE WHEEL COOPER DOWN MONEY.

DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM YOU CAN USE TO PUT PRESSURE ON THIS INSURANCE COMPANY? SOMEBODY GET PUT MORE MONEY.

WHAT CAN WE DO? NO ANSWER.

I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU THERE.

COUNCILMAN CAUSE WOMAN HOME.

UM, MS. DANIELS, WHERE D WHERE DO WE ANTICIPATE? THEN HE MENTIONED THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN IT.

WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN THROUGH INSURANCE COMPANY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE INSURANCE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN SETTLED, I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, THERE'S POSSIBLE, THERE'S STILL SOME OUTSTANDING.

WE CAN GET A REPORT TOGETHER FOR Y'ALL FOR NEXT TIME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE'LL GET ALL DURA UP HERE AND POSSIBLY, UH, TAMIKA OR SOMEONE FROM INSURANCE TO, UH, PUT THAT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT STILL POSSIBLE OUT THERE FOR US TO GET BACK.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NOPE, NO MAYOR.

UH, SHE, YOU GOTTA TO PROVIDE A REPORT.

UM, SO THIS POSSIBLE THAT 3.7 MAY BALLOON TO EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

AND WE MAY HAVE TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, UH, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR.

CAN WE MOVE THE DISCUSSION OF, UM, ON MY ITEM UP, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE DISCUSSION FOR THE SUMMER EVENT ON THE SEAWALL, LIKE TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, IF I CAN'T, I HAVE TO LEAVE.

DISCUSSION REGARDING SOME EVENTS.

WE MOVE NOW TO WE INTO PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND HE'S ASKED THAT WE WOULD JUST, UH, MOVE UP, UH, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS AT DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SUMMIT EVENT ON THE SEAWALL.

ON THE SEAWALL TO MOVE IT.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY, WOULD HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO DOING IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO, UH,

[III.E.3. A Discussion Regarding A Summer Event On The Seawall ( Requested By Councilmember Frank)]

AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRANK, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UM, TO, UM, THE COUNCIL AND TO ALL WHO ARE LISTENING ON TODAY.

UH, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PAMELA LANKFORD, AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN, UH, UH, GETTING INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT, UH, ABOUT STAGING, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, SUMMER ON THE, UM, SUMMER ON THE SEAWALL.

UM, I, I HEARD A PASTOR, UH, BOND AND TALK ABOUT, UH, TODAY AS SHE CAME BEFORE US ABOUT NEEDING THINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN TO DO, UM, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, WE, WE HAVE TO BE ABOUT A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, AS I'VE GONE TO OTHER CITIES.

OTHER CITIES HAVE MOVIES IN THE PARK, OTHER CITIES HAVE, UM, MANY OTHER, UH, FUNCTIONS WHERE THEY, UH, GET TOGETHER DURING THE PARK, UH, IN THE PARK DURING THE SUMMER AND STAGE, UH, EVENTS, UM, MAYOR FREEMAN, UH, HAD THIS EVENT, UH, UH, SEAWALL, UH, SUMMER ON THE SEAWALL OR SUNDAYS ON THE SEAWALL.

HE HAD AN EVENT, BUT THAT EVENT WAS, UH, I AM TOLD AS I WAS GARNERING INFORMATION, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE HAD PUT TOGETHER PERSONALLY.

UH, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW HE DID THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, UH, EXACTLY HOW HE, UM, FORMULATED THAT, BUT I DO KNOW, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY IS IN NEED OF, UH, OF SOME ACTIVITY, UH, THAT AS A CITY WE CAN COME TOGETHER, UH, AND, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD FELLOWSHIP, UH, UH, BE INVOLVED WITH ONE ANOTHER,

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UH, CON UH, CONGREGATE, UM, WITH A, A LEVEL OF, UH, DECORUM, UH, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN OUR CITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR PROPOSITION, UH, WE DID, UH, HAVE ON THE BALLOT A PROPOSITION AND WE ARE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT ON PLEASURE ISLAND AND ALL OF THAT, UH, IN OUR CITY, BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AS OF YET.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENING AND BEING ACCOMPLISHED, BUT THAT'S FUTURISTICALLY LOOKING.

AND SO, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT AND THINKING ABOUT, UH, HAVING, UH, SUMMERS ON THE SEAWALL OR SUNDAYS ON THE SEAWALL, THE WAY THAT IT WAS FORMULATED, IT WOULD BE FROM THREE O'CLOCK ON SUNDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST, UH, FROM THREE O'CLOCK UNTIL SUNDOWN, UM, HAVING VENDORS ON THE SEAWALL, AWARE, UM, FOODS, UH, COULD BE SOLD, UH, MAYBE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE, UH, SELLING, UH, SOME OF THEIR JEWELRY OR SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD SELL ON THE ITEM ON THE SEAWALL.

UH, BUT IT WOULD BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, WHERE WE COULD SHOW CASE AND USE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, UH, TO, UH, TO THE DEGREE THAT IT WOULD BRING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

UH, I DID TALK TO, UM, TO, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, LANG FOR TODAY.

AND, UM, UM, THERE ARE SOME NUANCES TO IT THAT, UH, MIGHT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH IT, UH, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ADVANTAGEOUS FOR OUR CITY.

SO I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL TODAY, UH, TO SEE WHERE, UH, WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF IT, UH, IF IT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHABLE OR, UM, UH, OR HOW WE MIGHT APPROACH IT, YOUR INPUTS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK, I THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.

I THINK THE CAMARADERIE, UH, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LANKFORD WITH, UH, SHARE THAT WITH US.

I MEAN, HOW MUCH INPUT WOULD THE CITY HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, GALA OUR, UH, EVENT, UH, THAT STARTS AT THREE SECURITY.

UH, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES STATED, UH, MY, MY OTHER QUESTION, WOULD THESE VENDORS NEED PERMITS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF CROWD CONTROL WHEN WE DIRECT TRAFFIC ON THE SEAWALL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT RIGHT NOW.

UH, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TIE INTO A CITY OVERALL CITY, UH, EVENT.

AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE CITY INPUT, WHAT WE NEED TO BE LEGALLY, UH, OKAY.

TO DO THIS TYPE OF EVENT.

ABSOLUTELY GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE DAY IS, UM, THIS WAS SOME OF THE, UM, CONVERSATIONS THAT I IN COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK HAD ABOUT ORGANIZING SUCH AN EVENT ON THE SEAWALL.

UM, AS HE STATED, UM, WHEN THE FORMER MAYOR WAS IN OFFICE, UM, DEREK FREEMAN, HE DID ORGANIZE INDEPENDENTLY SEAWALL SUNDAYS, UM, ON THE SEAWALL.

HE ASSUMED ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIZING SUCH AN EVENT.

UM, IF THIS IS TO BE A CITY ORGANIZED EVENT, THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION WITH, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, ENSURING THAT, UM, ANY VENDORS THAT WERE PARTAKE IN THIS CVS WOULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT PAINTING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, UM, PERSONAL GENERATORS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, TO OPERATE IF IT'S FOOD VENDORS, UM, ON THAT LOCATION OF THE SEAWALL, BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WITH ANOTHER CONSIDERATION, UM, WOULD BE THE NEED, UH, FOR PORTABLE POTTIES HAND WASHING STATIONS.

UM, ALSO THERE WOULD BE THE NEED TO HAVE STAFFING BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A CITY SPONSORED EVENT VERSUS AN INDEPENDENT EVENT.

UM, SO WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WITH OVERTIME FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD HELP OUT, UM, WITH GETTING THIS, UM, THIS EVENT ACTUALLY GOING, UM, THERE WOULD BE PERMIT FEES, UH, FOR VENDORS, UM, AS PART OF CITY ORDINANCE, WE DO REQUIRE APARTMENT FEES, EVEN WHEN WE DID THE HOLIDAY DOWNTOWN EVENT, UM, FOOD VENDORS WERE REQUIRED.

OTHER VENDORS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY THOSE PERMIT FEES.

AND SO THAT STILL WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE.

UM, WE DID MEET WITH STAFF, UM, ACTUALLY TODAY AT 11:30 AM TO GO OVER,

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UM, ORGANIZING THIS EVENT.

THERE WERE SOME OTHER PROPOSED AREAS OF THE CITY, UM, THAT WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WELL, WHICH WE CONSIDERED WOULD BE LOGISTICALLY MORE FEASIBLE IF IT WAS TO BE CITY ORGANIZED.

UM, NOW DISCREDITING THE SEAWALL.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PAVILION IN PEOPLE'S PARK.

UM, AND IT'S TO ADD TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK BROUGHT UP DURING THE MOVIE IN THE PARK, AS YOU ARE ALL ARE AWARE, THE EDC HAS THE LARGE SCREEN ON SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT COULD BE UTILIZED TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO SUCH EVENT ALSO WITH THE PAVILION, BECAUSE THERE IS, UM, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS THAT ARE THERE, UM, THAT COULD BE UTILIZED TO HELP ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT.

UM, IT'S ALSO SCREENED IN A COVERED AREA, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND SOMETIMES WITH THE EXTREME HEAT THAT WE EXPERIENCED HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT OF COURSE IT IS A DECISION FOR COUNCIL AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO TAKE ANY DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO LEAD US IN.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

UM, THE, UM, WHEN THE EVENT WAS DONE, UH, BEFORE BY, UM, AND BY THE FORMER MAYOR, DID HE GET MONIES FROM COMPANIES OR WHEN YOU SAY THAT HE COMPLETELY FUNDED THE EVENT AND AT THAT, AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WHERE ALL OF THE, UM, THE SEAT, THE, THE, UH, FOOD TRUCKS AND ALL OF THAT, THEY HAD TO HAVE, UH, PERMITS AS WELL.

ALL OF THAT HAD TO BE IN PLACE AND AS WELL WERE, UH, PORT-A-POTTIES OUT THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME AS WELL.

IT'S BEEN QUITE SOMETIMES.

SO TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE WERE A PORTA POTTIES OR NOT, AGAIN, IT WAS ORGANIZED BY MR. FREEMAN.

AND SO HE DEVELOPED, UM, IT'S ONLY ITS OWN SEPARATE EMAIL ACCOUNT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO IF THERE WERE FUNDS THAT EXCHANGED HANDS, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WAS AWARE OF.

IT DIDN'T GO INTO ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL CITY ACCOUNT TO FUND THIS EVENT.

IT WAS SOLELY SOMETHING THAT HE ORGANIZED.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IN AIR.

I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MR. FREEMAN REGARDING THE EVENT THAT HE ORGANIZED AND HOW THAT WAS FACILITATED.

UM, I REMEMBER I DO REMEMBER THE VENDORS THAT WERE SET UP ON THE SEAWALL.

UM, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO PORT-A-POTTIES THAT WAS OUT THERE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IN AIR IN REGARDS TO THAT.

AND I WILL, UM, SPEAK WITH MS. LACEY BROWN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

SHE SERVED AS A SANITARIAN DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, UM, TO ENSURE THAT PERMITS WERE ISSUED TO THOSE, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED AS VENDORS, UM, BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION TODAY.

UM, THAT IS WHAT, UM, THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVED THAT DID TAKE PLACE, BUT I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH HER QUESTION, PAM, EVEN THOUGH THE MILL, UH, COVER HIS OWN, HIS OWN FUNDING SUPPORT, THE WHOLE THING, HE HAS SOME KIND OF LIABILITY.

WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY DOES HE HAVE ON WHO COVERED IT? LIABILITIES? UM, WHEN SPEAKING WITH, UM, THE SECRETARY FOR ME AND COUNSEL, UM, THERE WASN'T MUCH INFORMATION THAT HE SHARED, THEREFORE THERE ISN'T ANY TYPE OF FILE OR ANY TYPE OF RECORD FOR US TO REFER BACK TO, UM, IN REGARDS TO WHAT TYPE OF LIABILITY, UM, HE WAS UNDER, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENTS THAT WE'LL PUT IN PLACE WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, UM, HE DID ALL OF THE CONTEXT, HIM CONTACTS HIMSELF.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

THERE WAS NO PRECEDENT THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND FOR US TO FOLLOW.

UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF SCARY IF WE, UH, EVEN IF WE PUT THIS THING OVER THAT COUNTABLE, FRANK SAID WE'LL COLLECT PERMIT FEES AND RENO SPACE.

RIGHT.

SO THAT HELPED COUPLE, SOME EXPENSES.

THE ONLY THING WE DISCUSSED WAS DEFINITELY THE PERMIT FEES, UM, NOT NECESSARILY RENTING OUT SPACE TO THE VENDORS.

UM, OF COURSE WE WOULD WANT TO ATTRACT AS MANY VENDORS AS WE COULD TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTAKE IN SUCH AN EVENT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, HOWEVER COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WOULD BE THE PARK WITH THE BIG SCREEN ON THE SIDE OF THE EDC BUILDING, WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT SCREEN WAS FUNDED, THAT'S ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, WAS EARMARKED FOR A REGULAR EVENT OCCURRENCE.

UH, JOHN'S REMARKS.

UH, YES.

MS. LANGFORD, UM, YOU SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING TO ME, A CONCERN IN THE, UH, MOVIE, UH, IN THE PARK OR YEAH, YES.

THAT

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IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ACTUALLY DRAW PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, FAMILIES TO DOWNTOWN.

AND I THINK AGAIN, IN THE TIME THAT IT'S BEEN THERE, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN AND I, OUR ON EDC, WHEN THAT THING WAS, UH, ACTUALLY FUNDED AND INSTALL, I THINK THERE MAY BE, HAVE BEEN MAYBE TWO, TWO MOVIES, TWO OR THREE MOVIES THAT, AND, AND IT'S SITTING THERE FOR, IT'S NOW ABOUT THREE YEARS, THREE, THREE TO FOUR YEARS.

BUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THAT, THAT, THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR US TO UTILIZE, TO, TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE DOWNTOWN, WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.

YOU'VE GOT THE WATER PARK AND EVERYTHING, UH, THERE, I, AND I THINK, UH, JUST IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS IN PLACES IS A GOOD IDEA, UH, TO, UH, TO BRING ACTIVITY TO DOWNTOWN AND, AND THAT WOULD HELP US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REVITALIZATION.

UH, AND, AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, TAKE A LOOK CLOSELY AT, AT, AT USING THOSE, THOSE, UH, UH, FACILITIES AND EVENTS OR EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN INVESTED AND FULLY PAID FOR.

SHITTY MANAGER.

YEP.

UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LET ME CONTINUE TO DISCUSSION WITH STAFF IN HOUSE TO SEE HOW WE COULD BRING THAT TO FRUITION.

UM, WE'LL LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL AS TO WHAT THE FORMER MAYOR DID, BUT TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT VIABLE FOR THE CITIZENS.

BECAUSE I THINK THE SEAWALL IS AN AREA THAT CITIZENS, EVEN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, GO OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE SCENERY, UM, WEBER, WEATHER PERMITTING, YOU KNOW, SO WE LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

UM, IT'S VERY MUCH LIKELY THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD HAVE A BUDGET ATTACHED TO IT.

I MEAN A TICKET MANAGER.

WE WILL MOVE TO, UM, ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM OF DISCUSSION, UH, RENAMING.

UH, NOW

[III.E.1. A Discussion Regarding Street Renaming ( Requested by Councilmember Jones)]

UH, THE STREET HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A COUNCILMAN JONES.

THEY CAN BILL ME AND COUNSEL SOMETHING HAD BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME.

AND ON MY HEART, I LOOK AT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

I RIDE AROUND ALL THE TIME THROUGH THE CITY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.

AND, UH, I, I CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THE TRAILBLAZERS THAT CAME BEFORE US.

AND WE'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT ARRIVED THROUGH THE PART OF TIME WHERE I SEE SOME STREETS.

I SEE POLI HERGET WILFORD, ROOSEVELT, HEART AND DE WALL DUNBAR GRANT IS MARIN.

ALISON ORANGE.

DAD IS NIGGLING WHO ALL THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I HEARD THEM, BUT WE GOT PEOPLE BACK IN THE CITY.

IT DID A LOT WITH THE CITY TEACHERS, PREACHERS, COACHES, ENTREPRENEURS, LEMONS.

I HAVE THE NAME NO NOWHERE IN THE CITY.

AND THAT BOTHERS ME.

SO WHAT LEAVE THIS COUNCIL THAT CAN HAVE, WELL, ON MY WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE, GLORIA, I GET THERE.

I WANT TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE SOME CREDIT WHERE CREDIT WAS DUE.

SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THE, UH, THE GET WILLARD WEST AGAIN, WAS SEEING HIM ON A TOUR, ALSO EVER KNOWN JOE WASHINGTON, JOE HARRIS.

IT'S AN ACRONYM, A LOT OF NAMES THAT WE COULD RELATE TO.

I CAME, WE NEED TO DUMB BALL D WALL HARD.

AND THAT WAS HERE BEFORE I GOT HERE, THE PEOPLE DID IT DURING THAT ERA.

THEY RESPECTED THOSE PEOPLE IS OUR TOWN THAT PUTS THEM OUT.

PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW 12 BRIDGES THAT WILL BE IN OUR TAM WERE NAMED FOR THIS PIECE OF BUSINESS AND BEHIND HIM, MAN, THOSE PEOPLE AND THAT'S MADISON MAYOR MAY WANT TO CALL ME ON IT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO IF YOU WILL, I PROBABLY BUILD SOME NAMES BACK FOR THE, FROM AGAIN, SIR.

I PROBABLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE BEND SOME NAMES BACK WITH A CONSTABLE GET.

SHE COULD TELL YOU WHAT SPECIFICATIONS OR WHAT, UH, PARAMETERS YOU HAVE TO WORK UNDER RIGHT NOW.

I THINK AS, AS THE, RIGHT NOW THERE, YOU WOULD GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY,

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BUT WHEN YOU PREPARE A BED, PREPARE THAT AND GET THAT BACK TO US.

THANK YOU ON THAT.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.

[III.E.2. A Discussion Regarding The Processing Of Requests For Public Information ( Open Records) — ( Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]

UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, ITEM REGARDING THE, UH, PROCESSING OF OUR REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON OPEN, UH, RECORDS.

AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW.

I LIKE TO DEVIATE ALL ACCOUNTS COUNCIL.

BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS CITY SECRETARY, OR YOU HAVE, OR SOMEONE, YOUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THIS PROCESS BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION, PLEASE.

ORDINANCE 1161 APPOINTS ME AS THE CHIEF RECORDS MANAGER.

SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PROCESS GUIDELINES THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY ORDINANCE 1161.

WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PROCESS IS TO BE EXECUTED IN HARMONY WITH OTHER CITY POLICIES, STATE STATUTES, AND THE CITY CHARTER, I'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME DETAILED SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION FOR YOUR REFERENCE AT YOUR LEISURE.

I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS TO A MINIMUM AT THIS POINT.

UM, THE, AN AVERAGE OF 80 TO A HUNDRED INFORMATION REQUESTS TO PROCESS THROUGH AND BY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY EACH MONTH, THERE ARE TWO APPLICABLE DEADLINES THAT MUST BE MET UPON RECEIPT OF REQUESTS THAT REQUIRE THE LEGAL REVIEW BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THE FIRST IS A REQUIREMENT OF FIVE BUSINESS DAYS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE, TO SUBMIT A PREDETERMINATION LETTER.

AND IN THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED, I EXPLAINED THAT, AND THEN THERE IS A HARD 10 BUSINESS DAY DEADLINE TO REQUEST AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION, UM, WHICH I'VE EXPLAINED AS WELL.

THE PURPOSE OF THE, MY UNDERSTANDING, THE PURPOSE OF THE AGS PREDETERMINATION OPINION WAS MADE WITH THE INTENT TO STREAMLINE THE PROMPT RELEASE OF REQUESTED INFORMATION.

IT PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR EXCEPTIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED BEFORE THE RESPONDING DEPARTMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND UNNECESSARY TIME COMPILING THE EXEMPTED INFORMATION.

JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, UM, THAT I HAVE TO SAY THAT FOR A WHILE, I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF THE, I PROVIDED YOU WITH 113 PAGE DOCUMENT OF EXCEPTIONS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY MUST REVIEW IN THE CONTEXT OF EACH AND EVERY REQUEST BEFORE THE 10 DAY BUSINESS DAY DEADLINE.

THESE KINDS OF IN-DEPTH REVIEWS REQUIRES THAT ALL OF THESE STEPS THAT I'M ABOUT TO LAY BEFORE YOU, UH, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE HAVE TO WORK ALL AT THE SAME TIME, OR THERE IS NO REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THIS MUCH COULD BE DONE IN JUST A MATTER OF FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.

PREPARE INFORMATION REQUEST FORM FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO CONTAIN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION COMPLETED BY THE CITY SECRETARIES, DESIGNATED STAFF.

UM, I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO OVER THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS LAID OUT BY ORDINANCE 1161.

THE FIRST OF COURSE IS ACCEPTING REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, UM, WRITTEN REQUEST, ALL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE CITY MUST BE IN WRITING ORAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE PROCESSED PERSONS REQUESTING INFORMATION ORALLY SHALL BE OFFERED AN INFORMATION REQUEST FORM TO COMPLETE AND RETURN TO THE CITY.

SECRETARY.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REC, UM, A WRITTEN REQUEST IS LISTED IN THE INFORMATION THAT I GAVE YOU.

THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS.

AS LONG AS THE WRITTEN INFORMATION REQUEST CONTAINS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION.

WE ARE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT THAT NOW, AFTER WE ACCEPT A WRITTEN APPLICATION OR AN INFORMATION REQUEST FORM THAT HAS BEEN FILLED OUT ONLINE OR PROVIDED BY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND RETURNED, WE THEN GO INTO THE METHOD OF SUBMISSION AND JUST TO CLARIFY, MUST BE RE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, AND IT CAN BE DELIVERED IN PERSON BY HAND DELIVERY VIA FAX US MAIL, OVERNIGHT DELIVERY OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.

ALL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION IS RECEIVED BY AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE SHALL BE SENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING RECEIVED,

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UM, AS THE CHIEF RECORDS MANAGER, I HAVE INSTRUCTED ALL STAFF IF THEY RECEIVE ANYTHING THAT IS A RECORD THAT CAN BE DETERMINED TO BE A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT THEY SEND IT TO ME IN THAT FORM.

AND THEN MY OFFICE WILL TAKE CARE OF FILLING OUT THE ACTUAL INFORMATION REQUEST FORM THAT WE'RE REQUIRING TO DISSEMINATE THE REQUEST.

THE THIRD THING THAT, OR I DON'T MEAN TO NUMBER THEM, BUT THE THIRD ITEM I HAVE IS ENTER THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IN THE CENTRAL DATABASE FOR MAINTAINING THE PROCESS DISPOSITION OF EACH REQUEST.

THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MY OFFICE AND MY STAFF NEXT WOULD BE FORWARD ALL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING RECEIVED.

I'M TAKING YOU BACK TO THE FIVE DAYS THAT A PREDETERMINED LETTER HAS TO BE A DEADLINE, HAS TO BE SUBMITTED.

AND THE 10 DAY DEADLINE AS WE REVIEW ALL OF THIS, WE ARE IN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, EXCEPTIONS, UM, WHETHER IT BE PREDETERMINED EXCEPTIONS OR DISCRETIONAL EXCEPTIONS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE RELY HEAVILY ON HER ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, CONTACT THE APPLICABLE DEPARTMENTS TO COMPILE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EVERY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IS DIFFERENT.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE CITY SECRETARY AND OR THE CITY ATTORNEY ASSIST STAFF AT LEVELS OF FULFILLING AND COMPLETING THE REQUEST, UM, THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I BOTH HANDLE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER, IS THERE MAY BE A NECESSITY TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL SCOPE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE REQUEST OR THE INTENT OF WHAT THE PERSON IS TRYING TO REQUEST.

UM, WE MAY OR MAY NOT CONTACT THE REQUESTER TO GET CLEAR INTENT OF THE REQUEST ACQUIRE MISSING DATES, SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES, UH, TO DETERMINE OVERLY BROAD REQUEST.

IF THEY'VE JUST SAID THEY WON'T EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO BRING THEM IN TO A, A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME, PROPER REQUEST FOR BODY CAM IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS REGULARLY, UH, DISCUSSED WITH THE REQUESTERS.

UM, ALL THAT BEING SAID, I DID PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR YOU, UH, PROVIDED ORDINANCE 1161 AND THE 113 PAGES OF EXCEPTIONS THAT THE CITY SEC CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO REVIEW WITH EACH REQUEST IN CLOSING, THIS IS OUT JUST OF LIKE TO SAY, THIS IS A LIVING PROCESS THAT IS CONTINUALLY APPROVED AS VERY SITUATIONS PRESENT THEMSELVES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, STATE LAW DOES NOT SPEAK TO HOW THE REQUEST IS COMPILED OR COMPLETED.

THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ORDINANCE 1161 STATE LAW SIMPLY REQUIRES THE CITY TO GET THIS DONE IN 10 BUSINESS DAYS.

THE CITY CHARTER STATES, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE LEGAL ADVISOR FOR THE CITY AND REPRESENTS THE CITY IN ALL LITIGATION AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

THE RECORDS I MAINTAIN IN MY CARE ARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

IF THE PROPER PROCEDURES ARE NOT FOLLOWED, THE CITY ATTORNEY CANNOT REPRESENT THE CITY.

AND THEREFORE IT BECOMES DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ALSO, AS IN CLOSING THEIR CIVIL REMEDIES FOR VIOLATING STATE LAW.

AND THE PROCESS IS THAT WE FOLLOW.

SO WE'RE NOT OUT THERE DECIDING WHAT WE ARE AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO WE DO IT BY WHAT WE ARE GIVEN IN THE GUIDELINES AND STATE LAW.

AND YOU HAVE WHAT, 10 DAYS, HOWEVER, IN, IN MY OPINION, AND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CLEAR YOURSELF FOR ME IS WHEN THESE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS COME TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS, THEY HAVE 24 HOURS TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

UH, SHE CHECKED CARE NOW, UH, REGARDING THE PROCESS PROCESSING OF, UH, REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND OPEN RECORDS THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW.

YOU MAY PROCEED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND A THANK YOU SHERIFF FOR YOUR, YOUR DETAILED, UH, PRESENTATION ON THIS.

BUT I HAD SOME, UH, QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OPENLY.

AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, I HEARD THAT YOU SAID THAT, UH, ATTORNEYS, UH, OBJECTIVE IN THIS IS ILLEGAL AND FOR COMPLIANCE.

UH, WHEN WE, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY DOING THESE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS

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AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER THAT INFORMATION INTO A CITY FORM.

AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY? YES.

SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WHEN OUR, HOW DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY'S DEPARTMENT OR, UH, VIEW OUR, UH, COME INTO PLAY WHEN YOUR DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GET THAT INFORMATION WHEN I'M HERE.

I'M SORRY, WHEN I'M HERE, THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION IS VERY DETAILED AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS.

UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING AND FOR THE RECORD, SO DOES THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT ANY TIME GO OUT AND GET THAT INFORMATION FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS? ABSOLUTELY.

THEY DO.

AND THAT'S THE LEGAL ASPECT OF, COULD I GIVE YOU THE, THE, UH, WHAT IS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY? ONCE MY DEPARTMENT GETS THE INFORMATION WRITTEN IN HOWEVER MANNER WE GET IT IN, WHETHER IT'S THE INFORMATION FORM OR NOT, WE SEND IT, WE NOTIFIED THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE SEND IT OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN 24 HOURS.

I MAY HAVE LEFT THAT OUT.

SO YOUR FIRST THING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US SIMULTANEOUSLY ON IS IF THERE IS ANYTHING, ANY PREDETERMINED EXEMPTION EXCEPTIONS, I'M SORRY, THAT CAN BE DETERMINED.

AND OF COURSE SHE IS THE PERSON THAT IS THE AUTHORITY AND THE KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSONAL NET.

SO SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THERE, ISN'T A CLEAR, NOT, NOT REACH OUT FOR THE INFORMATION.

WE ARE ALL DOING THAT AT THE SAME TIME, BASICALLY, BUT THERE IS NO DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WHAT I AM TRYING TO COMPILE OR WHAT SHE ASSISTS ME ON, OR DECIDES TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT.

I DON'T SEE A, UH, CLEAR ANYTHING IN THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED THAT MAKES IT CLEAR STATE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS, DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING TO HOW YOU DO IT.

SO THEN YOU GO TO ORDINANCE 1161 AND THE WHOLE, UM, THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF HOW WE HANDLED THIS IS TO GET IT DONE IN 10 BUSINESS DAYS, YOU MAY HAVE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST THAT TAKES THE DEPARTMENT FIVE DAYS TO GET IT.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT BETWEEN US, THE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THIS TIMEFRAME GOING.

AND THE FLOW GOING THERE IS REALLY NO ROOM FOR THINGS TO BE DONE IN A 1, 2, 3 MANNER.

BECAUSE IF WE, IF WE TRY TO DO THAT, OR EVEN IF WE CONTEMPLATED DOING THAT, WE WOULD BE FOREVER MISSING OUR DEADLINE.

IT'S FAIRY.

IT'S VERY COMPLICATED AND VERY, UM, HARD TO STAY WITHIN THE 10 DAY DEADLINE.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT SO MANY OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, YOU'VE GOT SO MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE STAYING ON TOP OF TO RESPOND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT FOR ALL THE CITY MANAGERS, DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING ALL OF THESE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS ON TOP.

AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR NORMAL JOBS, IT REALLY DOES.

IT'S A, IT'S A BURDEN TO A LOT OF SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS TO RUN THEIR DEPARTMENT, DO THEIR DAILY DUTIES AND WORK ON ALL THIS.

SOME OF YOUR OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS REQUIRE A LARGE VOLUME OF PAPERWORK AND MEDIA FILES IN RESPONSE.

SOME DON'T IT JUST PENS, BUT CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO STOP AND THEN COMPILE SEND IT TO YOU.

THE CITY SECRETARY AND I ARE ALWAYS ON THE ALERT TO TRY TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS DONE FOR ONE THING.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT ENDS UP BEING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO WRITE THE EIGHT G LETTER, HOWEVER, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS WHAT SHE NEEDS TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

EACH DEPARTMENT'S JOB AND WHEN THEY OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THREE FOLDS IS IF A REQUEST IS GIVEN TO A DEPARTMENT HEAD OF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, THAT DEPARTMENT HAS SO MANY HOURS TO GET TO YOU JUST AS WELL AS ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT TO GET THESE.

AND, AND I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I, I JUST WONDER IF FOR THE RECORD

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BUT, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, WE'RE KIND OF HANDICAPPED BECAUSE OF THIS 1161, WE HAVE TO DO IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY BE A BURDEN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ORDINANCE, WE STILL HAVE TO DO IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THAT IT'S A PROPER PROTOCOL THAT WE FOLLOW WITH THESE 1161, THAT WE, WE DO IT IN THAT MANNER.

AND IF WE SKIP, I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE I WAS CONTACTED REASON.

I PUT THIS ON IS, UH, I WAS CONTACTED UP IN CIVIC GROUP ABOUT TRYING TO GET CERTAIN RECORDS AND IT WAS TAKING THEM A LONG TIME.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OPENLY, THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO EVERYONE IN THIS TYPE OF FORM THAT IF THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO GET INFORMATION, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

AND I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT EACH DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN PACIFIC DUTIES AND HOW THEY GET THIS INFORMATION.

UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO A ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE, WHICH IS REPORTS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.

DID THOSE DUTIES DO OVERLAP AND WE TEND TO REPEAT OURSELVES, BUT IT'S ALL IN THE EFFORT TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BY THE LAW.

THERE'LL BE NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

EXCUSE ME.

[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]

UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER AS ANY ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST HAD TO BRING FORWARD COSMIC WALKS? UH, YES, SIR.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS. UM, FIRST ONE, UH, UPON RETURNING FROM DALLAS THIS MONDAY, I SAVED A, AN EMAIL CONCERNING THE, UH, EAGLES PORK OUT IN, UH, PORT ACRES, UH, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT.

AND ONE OF THE, UH, CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE RESIDENTS AT, UH, SENT SEVERAL EMAILS TO, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN MOSES CONCERNING THE CLEANLINESS OF THE PARK PRIOR TO THE, UH, HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

AND, UH, SHE WAS PRETTY UPSET.

SHE ACTUALLY SENT SOME MESSAGE, UH, SOME PICTURES AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT WAS AGAIN A SERIES OF ABOUT SIX, SIX, UH, SIX EMAILS NORMALLY.

UH, AND I THINK I'M ON A RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF THAT WHEN I'M CONTACTED BY, UH, MY CONSTITUENTS, I DO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER, WHETHER IT BE BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL OR HOWEVER, THEY, THEY, THEY CONTACT ME AND I WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THIS, BUT IN SPEAKING TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, THE, UH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, UH, WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAY, THE, THE PARKS WERE ACTUALLY THOSE PARKS THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE HIGHLY UTILIZED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, OR PREPARE FOR, UH, FOR THE, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT WERE GOING TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND THAT THEY WERE GONNA, THEY WERE CUT CLEANED AND, AND, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, UH, THE GARBAGE PICKED UP THE PARKS WERE READY.

AND, AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT IS THE FACT THAT, UH, WHEN THE SYSTEM CITY MANAGER AND PARKS DIRECTOR WHO WERE OUT OF TOWN WHEN THEY CAME BACK, UH, AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT WERE, UH, OUT THERE, UH, THAT THERE WERE SENT ZED.

UM, IT, IT, DIDN'T WHAT WAS SENT TO US WAS NOT WHAT ACTUALLY WAS OCCURRING OUT THERE.

AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, THINK THAT MY CONSTITUENTS AND I'M, I'M MAKING A PLEA TO THEM.

AND IN THE FUTURE, UH, PLEASE, UH, COUNSELING ONE WOMAN, MOSES IS AN AT LARGE COUNCIL PERSON.

IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF DISTRICT FOUR.

AND AGAIN, UH, WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE IN DISTRICT FOUR AS CAN BE ATTESTED TO BY THE, UH, THE CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS OUT THERE IN DISTRICT FOUR, THAT I RESPOND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN 24 HOURS, THAT YOU GET A RESPONSE FROM ME.

AND, AND WE DO, UH, HANDLE THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROPER PROTOCOL THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND THOSE, UH, DEPARTMENTS, WE TAKE CARE

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OF THOSE ISSUES.

AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT AS, AS, AS A COUNCIL PERSON, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT, UH, THAT SAID, UH, I HOPE THAT THE, UH, THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY SENT THOSE EMAILS IS LISTENING TO THIS MEETING, UH, SO THAT SHE CAN CONTACT ME EITHER VIA EMAIL OR, UM, OR BY PHONE.

NOW ALL THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO, UH, AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, AT THIS POINT SAY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING FOLLOWED UP ON THIS WHEN, WHEN YOU FINALLY RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, BECAUSE THERE WAS A PERIOD OF ABOUT FIVE DAYS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE INFORMATION WENT TO, UH, OUR, UH, AT LARGE CITY COUNCILPERSON WHO IS NOT HERE WITH US TODAY DUE TO HER HAVING, UH, UH, UH, ILLNESS IN, IN A, IN A SURGERY.

SO SHE, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO, UH, DO FOLLOW UP ON THINGS LIKE, UH, THE REST OF US COULD HAVE HAD WE BEEN NOTIFIED.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE GOT THAT INFORMATION OUT.

FAIR.

SECOND THING IS, IS THAT, UH, ON AUGUST THE 13TH, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM PORT ACRES IN MONTROSE, UH, UH, MS. B SANDERS AND A COMMUNITY GROUP, OR PUTTING TOGETHER A, UH, A GOSPEL FEST, UH, THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, ACTUALLY FUNDED BY DONATIONS AND EVERYTHING.

UH, SHE HAS TALKED TO THE CITY ABOUT THESE, UH, ABOUT THE CITY HELPING OUT WITH, WITH SOME THINGS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TOTALLY SELF-SUSTAINED.

AND, AND, UH, SHE'S ASKING THAT, UH, WE PRAY THAT, THAT I, AS, AS HER REPRESENTATIVE AND THAT I ACTUALLY JUST GET THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC, THE FOOD'S GOING TO BE FREE.

UH, THEY ASKING THAT YOU BRING YOUR OWN WATER COOLERS AND DRINKS AND EVERYTHING, BUT NO ALCOHOL IS GOING TO BE FAM FAMILY FRIENDLY.

AND, AND, AND, UH, THERE WILL BE A LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT, BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT IS GOING TO, TO TRY TO, UH, BRING SOMETHING OF, UH, FAMILY VALUES BACK INTO THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, I'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN IN JULY PRIOR TO, UH, UH, THE EVENT TAKING PLACE, UH, ON AUGUST SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE.

TO GUN VIOLENCE IN LOUIS MANNER, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS A WEEK OR SO AGO.

COUNSELOR IN WHAT ELSE? I LIKE TO TAKE THIS, UH, JUNCTURE TO EXPRESS SOMETHING FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE, UH, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MIRRORS.

I ADORN MY, UH, ORANGE JOB SPORT JACKET TO DATE WITH, ON MY LAPEL.

IT SAYS, STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE.

UH, WE HAD A PROCLAMATION THAT WAS SIGNED ON LAST TUESDAY.

I BELIEVE IT WAS FALL MEETING.

AND, UH, ON THE 3RD OF JUNE MAYORS ACROSS THE, UH, ACTUAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE AT THAT TIME, WERE MEETING IN RENO.

AND I DID COMMUNICATE WITH, UH, TWO OF THEM IN RENO, ON A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

AND THE MIRRORS ARE THERE, UH, AT, AT THE, UH, SOME OF MILL'S CONFERENCE.

BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH GUN VIOLENCE, UH, EVEN HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE HAVE, UH, INCIDENTS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

SO, UH, IN HONOR, OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN, UH, ON OF THOSE AND, UH, MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.

AND, AND IN RESPECT OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE, I ADORN THIS ORANGE ON TO DATE, AND I JOINED MY COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY VOTED ON, UH, THIS PAST MEETING TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE AND ALL OVER AMERICA, ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND FOR SURE, IN THE CITY OF PORT, ALL ARTHUR, AND EVEN ON THIS WEEKEND, UH, LIFE WILL BE CELEBRATED OF A YOUNG LADY WHO LOST HER LIFE

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SO IF SOMETHING THAT HITS HOME AND WE'VE GOT TO BE CONCERNED WITH SOLDIERS, THE CITIZENS, AGAIN, IT'S CAUSING A BOX TO SAY WHO WOULD BE, UH, TUNING IN TO THIS PARTICULAR MEETING TODAY.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, UH, PRESENT IN PERSON AND CHAMBERS THAT TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO CURTAIL GUN VIOLENCE DID ON THE CHORUS THAT GOES AROUND AMERICA RIGHT NOW AT 18.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET ALONG WELL.

YOU CAN GET A REALLY BAD CAR.

I DON'T BELIEVE UNLESS YOUR PARENTS ARE WEAK OR CO-SIGNED FOR YOU YET, YOU CAN WALK IN THE STORE AND APPROACH IT IN AN ASSAULT RIFLE AND THEN DECIDE TO USE IT ON INNOCENT LIVES.

AND THEN YOU VALIDATE IT'S IN BUFFALO, CHATTANOOGA, PHILADELPHIA.

THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN THE CITIES, CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM IT AGAIN, EVEN HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD JOIN ME AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ORANGE, WHEREVER IT IS I'VE DONE ON TODAY, BECAUSE WE NEED TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU AGAIN,

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

WE'RE NOW LIKE TO MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND THESE ARE ITEMS THAT THE COUNSELOR HAS BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION ON PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND THEY MAY ALL BE PASSED WITH ONE SINGLE VOTE.

IF THERE WOULD BE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD WANT REMOVED, PLEASE DO.

SO AT THIS TIME, BY INFORMING ME, I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE ON PAGE FOUR PR NUMBER TOWARDS THE TRUTH.

FIVE TO SIX WOULD JUST BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA WITHOUT ANY ACTION ON IT.

AND PR NUMBER 22, 5 7 0 HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTIVE ON, ON PAGE FIVE.

WOULD THAT BE ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA THAT WE WOULD HAVE WITHDRAWAL COUNSEL MCKINNON LAW? YES.

MA'AM PR NUMBER 22, 4 73, OVER SPRAYED YOU THIS ON PAGE FOUR, PAGE FOUR AND PR NUMBER 22 5 5 5 ON PAGE FOUR.

PR NUMBER 2, 2, 4, 7, 3, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH SOUTHERN TIRE MARK AND THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS THROUGH THE BIBLE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PLAN PRO PROGRAM BROTHER CONTRACT NUMBER 6 36 DASH 21 FOR THE PURCHASE OF TIRES AND TUBES WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $400,000 FUNDING AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENTAL

ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL, ANY OTHER ITEMS OR WITHDRAW AT THIS TIME? I'M READY TO IN THE MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BY COUNCILMAN KEN LAW AND THE ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVE ON AND REMOVED FOR NON-ACTION COUNCILMAN JONES.

SO MOVE MAN, SECOND COUNCILMAN HOMES IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN AT, UH, DENOTED READY FOR QUESTION.

AND OF COURSE, ONCE WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HABITS, ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED WITH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, EXCEPT THOSE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY NOW,

[VII.C.1. P. R. No. 22473 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Contracts With Southern Tire Mart And The Goodyear Tire And Rubber Company Of Beaumont, Texas, Through The BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Program, Contract No. 636- 21, For The Purchase Of Tires And Tubes, With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of 400, 000. 00; Funding Available In Departmental Accounts Delineated In The Resolution]

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ACCOUNTS DAILY AND NEEDED IN THE RESOLUTION.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN KEN LAW, SOMEONE THERE MAY GET A SECOND COW'S REMARKS.

THERE'S BEEN MOVED TO SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 4 7, 3 AS WRIT.

WE'RE READY FOR COERCION COSMIN KENALOG.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MANAGE, IF YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE OR MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS.

I LOOKED UP THE BACKGROUND IS A 23 DIFFERENT ACCOUNT CODES FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

NOW DO MY FIRST QUESTION.

DO WE HAVE A TIRE REPAIR OPERATOR FOR THE CITY? I CAN CAN'T SEE ANY.

I HAVEN'T DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE ON.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SORRY ABOUT THAT WILL GIVE ME, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

UM, OKAY, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? YES.

I MEAN, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A TIE REPAIR OPERATOR THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY, THAT REPAIR TIRES ONCE THEY'RE DAMAGED? YEAH, SO WE HAVE A TIRE SHOP.

SO THE TIRE SHOP IS AT ATRIAL MILLS.

WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PERSON.

EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS OUT THERE IS TRAINED AND OUT OF A PAIR OF TIMES.

AND THIS AMOUNT THAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FOR NEGOTIATION, WITH THE MANAGER AND THESE TWO SEPARATE, UH, TIRE COMPANIES, UH, DOES THAT INCLUDE REPAIR? SO IF A VEHICLE IS BROKEN DOWN ON GFE WAYNE AT 2,800 BLOCK, DO THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY COMES OUT AND REPAIR IT, SOUTHERN TAMARI.

DO THEY COME UP AND REPAIR THOSE TIRES OR WHAT? YEAH.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MECHANIC ON DUTY 24 7.

SO ANYTIME AFTER HOURS, THAT MECHANIC IS REQUIRED TO RESPOND ANY BREAKDOWNS, TIRES, ENGINES, ANYTHING, UM, AND DOING THE DAY HE BECAME AVAILABLE AND PREPARE AND FIX THE TIRE.

SO THERE ARE CASES WHERE, UM, MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPEN.

WE'LL MEET, WE'LL CALL GOODYEAR AND OF THE TIME TO DO A REPAIR, BUT THAT'S VERY RARE WHEN WE UTILIZE THEM.

YOU USUALLY HANDLE EVERYTHING IN HOUSE.

BUT THANK YOU.

AND THEY DO SOMETIMES DO COME OUT, UH, TO REPAIR IT.

AND THEN THE LAST, UH, COMMENT, UH, LAST YEAR, BUDGETARY IMPACT, HOW MUCH DID WE PAY ON TIRES? BECAUSE I LOOKED IN THE BACKGROUND AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IT SAID APPROPRIATE TIRE BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES.

SO I'D IMAGINE THAT IF IT'S A LARGE OVERSIZE TYPE TIRE THAT WE USE GARBAGE TRUCKS OR WHATEVER TYPE TIRES THAT DEPENDS ON WHICH COMPANY USE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY, WE ACTUALLY WON'T GET QUOTES SOMETIMES FROM NOTE AND THE PRICES WILL VARY.

SO IF SOUTHERN TAIWAN GIVES US A BETTER PRICE FOR A TIRE RESCUE A YEAR, THE LOWEST AT A TIME.

SO, UM, IT JUST VARIES DEPENDING ON WHAT WILL BE QUOTED, WE'LL GET THE POTENT, THE PRICE.

AND WITH THESE 23 DIFFERENT, UH, ACCOUNTS.

SO, UH, WHAT WAS THE LAST YEAR? BUDGETARY IMPACT LAST YEAR? HOW MUCH WE PAY FOR TIRES? I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO I CAN ALWAYS, UM, I CAN ASK STAFF TO PULL IT, UM, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER, BUT THE REASON WHY YOU SEE 23 ACCOUNTS IS WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL PURCHASE ALL THE TIRES.

UM, THERE'S SOME TIMES WE USE STANDARD.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL DO, UH, ANY, A LARGE ORDER OF, LET'S SAY, 50 TIRES.

THOSE WILL BE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND ONCE THE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT NEEDS THAT TIRE, WE'LL THEN CHARGE IT TOWARDS THIS SPECIFIC BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE 23 DIFFERENT, UM, I GUESS THE COUNT NUMBERS ON THERE.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S THE POINT MADE IS GETTING THE TIRE PHONE THIS.

HEY, THANK YOU, MARY.

THEN REMOVED 2, 2, 5, 2, 6.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION? OKAY.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT TOWARDS THE ORDER.

WE WERE APPROVED PR NUMBER 22, 4 7 3.

NEXT WE HAVE PR NUMBER 22, 5 5, 5, THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

THE ACTUAL REQUEST FOR TWO TO FIVE TO SIX WAS TO PULL IT FROM CONSENT AND REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT ONE, TWO TO FIVE, PICTURE TWO TO FIVE TO SIX.

SO I NEED TO GET A MOTION TO, UH, REMOVE IT.

GO CAKE.

UH, CATHERINE MARKS REMOVAL OF TWO TO FIVE TO SIX WEEKS.

SO MOVEMENT A SECOND, COUNCILMAN KELLOGG, OR GETTING TO MOVE TO SECOND.

AND WE WERE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA TWO TO FIVE TO SIX, UH, IN HAVE QUESTIONS ON IT.

NO, OF COURSE IT WAS READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

IT IS APPROVED.

ACT ON PR NUMBER 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT OF A PHYSICAL DAMAGE CLAIM IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,028 AND 78 CENT MADE AGAINST TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, INTER GOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL, T M L I R P AS A RESULT OF PROPERTY THEFT TO A GENERATOR AT THE RODEO LANE LIFT STATION ON PLEASURE ISLAND.

NOW WE WILL

[VII.C.4. P. R. No. 22555 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of A Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of 18, 028. 78 Made Against Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool ( TMLIRP) As A Result Of Property Theft To A Generator At The Rodeo Lane Lift Station On Pleasure Island]

[02:00:02]

I GET A MOTION, COUNCILMAN JONES UP I A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN HALL.

UH, OKAY.

WE ARE RID OF THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, UH, KENALOG.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, CITY MANAGER.

UH, I GOT SOME CONCERNS WITH THIS PARTICULAR PO I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE HAD A GENERATOR THAT WAS STOLEN IN FIRST OF ALL, IN PLEASURE ISLAND.

NUMBER TWO, UH, I READ THE BACKGROUND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A FI 5,000, UH, DEDUCTIBLE, UH, THAT WAS MADE.

SO, BUT I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL OVER THE PAST YEARS INVESTED IN CAMERAS OUT THERE IN THE ISLAND, SO WE CAN COMBAT SOME OF THE DUMPING, SOME OF THE CRIME THAT WE HAVE IN PLEASURE ISLAND.

SO ONE, MY FIRST QUESTION, WHY WASN'T WE NOTIFIED ABOUT A THEFT PHONE PLEASURE ON IT.

AND NUMBER TWO, DO WE STILL HAVE CAMERAS S OUT THERE THAT'S OPERATIONAL? SO WE CAN TO DETER SOME OF THE CRIME THAT WE HAVE IN, IN PLEASURE ISLAND.

LET ME ASK ME SOME WILLIAMS AND COGNITIVE STEP FORWARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YES.

THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION.

YES, WE DO HAVE CAMERAS ON PLEASURE ISLAND.

UM, BUT THOSE CAMERAS ARE FOR A DIFFERENT USE AS IT RELATES TO THE COMING AND GOING OF PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER VISITORS ON PLEASURE ISLAND.

AS FAR AS THESE GENERATORS IS CONCERNED, IT'S BEEN SPECIFICALLY USED TO OPERATE, UM, PART OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT OUT THERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

RIGHT.

AND WHAT DAY WAS THAT? IT'S GOING TO PULL THE MIC UP FOR YOU SO THEY CAN RECORD YOU.

GET YOU SHARED IT.

MY, MY, IS IT ON? NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ON.

THE GENERATOR WAS STOLEN, UH, DECEMBER 20TH OF 20, 20 20.

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY STOLEN BEFORE I GOT HERE, BUT I REMEMBER HANI TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID THEY WENT THROUGH THE VIDEO AND THERE WAS NO, THEY COULDN'T FIND IT BEING TAKEN ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON A JEW WITH A TRUCK OR ANYTHING SO THAT I REMEMBER PEOPLE SAYING THAT THIS POSSIBLY TAKEN OFF ON A BARGE.

SO WHOEVER STOLE IT, WENT TO PLANT IT, CAUSE IT, IT WAS NOT A TRAILER AMOUNT OF GENERATOR.

THEY DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP AND HOOK IT UP AND TOW IT AWAY.

SO IT WAS TAKEN OFF ON A TRAILER AND OFF THE ISLAND SOMEWHERE.

AND DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YOU SAID DECEMBER 20, 20, 20.

SO THIS IS WAY BEFORE HERE.

SO THEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN I GOT HERE.

SO I THOUGHT IT HAD JUST BEEN SPELLED, SO W WHY NOW IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE TRY TO GET THIS LIFT STATION OPERATIONAL OR THE LIFT STATION.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MEET THE SEWAGE? OKAY.

THE LIFT STATION, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE GOLF BALL WATER TOWER IS AT THAT SITE IN THE CORNERS OF SEWAGE LIFT STATION THAT PUMPS THE SEWAGE UNDERNEATH THE SHIP CHANNEL, BACK TO THE CITY.

AND IT GOES TO THE MAIN TREATMENT PLANT THAT'S BEING UPGRADED, UH, THAT HANDLES ALL THE SEWAGE ON PLEASURE ISLAND.

I BELIEVE AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A TREATMENT PLAN, A THERAPIST THAT WAS LONG AGO, UH, AND IT BASICALLY WITHOUT KNOW PERMANENT GENERATOR INSTALLED.

IF WE LOSE POWER, YOU HAVE NO SEWAGE DISPOSAL OFF THE ISLAND.

SO WITH THE SIZE OF THE LIFT STATION, AND ALSO DICTATES THAT IT SHOULD HAVE A GENERATOR, THIS WAS STOLEN.

AND I KNOW THAT THE REPLACEMENTS ABOUT 13,000 INSTALLATIONS ABOUT, WELL, IT COMES TO 18,000 AND A DEDUCTIBLE IS 5,000.

GENERATOR IS THAT, IS THAT WE KNOW? YEAH, IT'S HERE.

I, I JUST HAD CONCERNS.

I DIDN'T, I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS STOLEN SINCE 2020, AND WE REALIZE IT WAS STOLEN IN 2020.

I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN I GOT HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.

[02:05:01]

IT'S A GROUND WORK.

IT'S A 27 KILOWATT.

SO IT HAS A 2.4 LITER ENGINE, UH, 27 KILOWATT.

SO DO YOU HAVE THE SPECS ON IT? I MEAN, HOW BIG IS IT THAT, I MEAN, I JUST THINK I GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

I CAN GET A CUT SHEET BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE QUOTE FROM GENERATORS OF HOUSTON, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL DIMENSIONS OF IT LIQUID.

YOU DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GET YOU A CUT SHEET ON IT? NO, THAT'S OKAY.

I THINK THAT WE CAN JUST SAY, MAN, YOU'RE LIKE, NO, I'M GOOD.

GO AHEAD.

UM, MANY TIMES IF INCIDENTS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, WE DO NOT WANT TO IMPEDE THE INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE AS WELL.

AND UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICE HAS EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

WHILST WE, THEY COLLECT THE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED BEFORE IT'S BEING BROUGHT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC.

UH, COSMIN JONES.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

SEE, THE MANAGER, IS IT COM AS A COMMON PRACTICE THAT YOU REPORT TO US ABOUT SOMETHING BEING STOLEN OR DID YOU HAVE TO, OR JUST YOU'D ACHIEVE HELEN? HOW YOU YES.

CHIEF AND MYSELF HANDLING.

AND BECAUSE AS THE CHIEF HAVE TOLD ME ON MANY OCCASIONS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW MUCH INFORMATION YOU PUT OUT THERE.

IT IMPEDES HIS INVESTIGATION AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THEIR JOB.

YEAH.

BUT SAME TIME WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE INSURANCE THAT COVERED SUCH PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT WE'LL RE COVER HOLE WHEN THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

THAT'S GOOD.

NEXT WE HAVE PR NUMBER 22, 6 11, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR, SECTION FOUR EIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH NEXT MOVE GROUP, LLC, FOR EXECUTIVE SEARCH SERVICES TO RECRUIT ITS NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,110 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER ONE 20 THAT'S EIGHT ZERO OH DASH 6 2 4 DASH 5 4 9 4 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0 A.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION? WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, AIR POSES AS AVERAGE.

SO IT IS APPROVED NEXT.

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT.

A NON-CONSENT AGENDA, EXCUSE

[VIII.A.1 P.R. No. 22589 - A Resolution Authorizing An Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation For The Use Of Property Located At The Jade Avenue Business Park As A Temporary Debris Management Site In The Event Of State Or Federally Declared Disaster]

ME.

UH, PR NUMBER 22, 5 8 9 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT AUTH AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR EIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FOR THE USE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE JADE AVENUE BUSINESS PARK AS A TEMPORARY DEBRIS MANAGEMENT SITE IN THE EVENT OF STATE OR FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER MAY GET MULTIPLE APPROVAL.

COSMIN MARKS MAY GET A SECOND.

COSMIN KEN LAW IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 5, 8, 9 AS READ WE READ IT FOR COURSE, THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT TOWARDS AUTO WE'VE APPROVED PR NUMBER 22, 5 8, 9.

[VIII.A.2. P.R. No. 22611 - A Resolution Approving The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation Entering Into An Agreement With Next Move Group, LLC For Executive Search Services To Recruit Its Next Executive Director In An Amount Not To Exceed $25,110.00; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80- 625-5494-00-00-000]

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILMAN HOLMES.

I GET A SECOND COSMIN JONES.

THEN MOVING SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 22, 6 11 IS READ.

WE READ IT FOR COURSE COUNTS FOR MARKS.

UH, YES.

HAVE WE USED THIS FROM BEFORE? UH, AS AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM.

THIS IS NOT A NICE NAME.

GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM MEMBERS? NO, SIR.

WE HAVE NOT, UH, NOT THE EDC.

WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, IF I MAY,

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UH, W WHAT'D YOU, DO YOU RECALL, WHAT PART WERE YOU USED A FEW MONTHS AGO OUT BACK? UH, UM, THE LAST TIME THAT WE, UM, WENT OUT FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WE DID NOT USE A FIRM.

IT WAS DONE IN HOUSE.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT THIS AVERAGE.

THAT ALRIGHT? YEP.