* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING TO EACH OF YOU. WE ARE GATHERED HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON TODAY, AUGUST 30TH, WE SHOULD HAVE BEGUN AT 5:30 PM. I EVER WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IT IS NOW 5:49 PM. AND WE WILL BE AGAIN, THE MEETING, UH, CITIZENS AND THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING MAY DO SO BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR EVEN 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. YOU MUST ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 8 3 1 8 9 6 6 2 0 6 AND ENTER THE PAST CODE OF 7 1 2 3 4 2. IN THIS MEETING, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. AND IF YOU HAVE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, YOU MUST DO SO BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND LET YOUR REQUEST TO BE KNOWN, AND THEY WILL DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWER TO ACCOMMODATE YOU WITH YOUR REASONABLE REQUEST. [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL] AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE WILL HAVE OUR FORMAL OPENING AND IN THE CASE, IN THE PLEDGE AND THE ROLL CALL, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, KEVIN, WILL YOU GIVE US THE INVOCATION PLEASE? YOU ALL STAND PLEASE? OH, HEAVENLY FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COLLECTIVE COUNCIL TO COME TOGETHER, TO DO BUSINESS IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT. ARTHUR, BLESS EVERYONE. THAT'S IN ATTENDANCE, BLESS EVERYONE THAT, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BENEFIT WITH THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY. WE ASK ALL THESE BLESSINGS, WE EX ALL THESE BLESSING. I PRAY. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WELL, YOU, JOHN IS PLEASED IN UNISON. AS WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS FANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING CITY, THE SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE CORE MAYOR BARTEE COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK. YOU HAVE A QUORUM ME. THANK YOU SO KINDLY AND AGAIN, GOOD EVENING AND GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING TO EACH OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED US HERE EITHER A VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON HERE IN THE CITY HALL CHAMBERS AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR, WE WILL BEGIN WITH ROMAN [II. PROCLAMATIONS (Part 1 of 2)] NUMERAL TWO OF THE PRINTED AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION WITH PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE, PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS DAY. DID YOU ALL WANT TO STAND? AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR GROUP COME FORWARD. AND I WILL BEGIN TO READ YOUR APPROXIMATION RIGHT THERE. AND IF YOU LIKE TO FACE THE AUDIENCE, YOU MAY AND THIS STAYS THE CITY OF PORT OFF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. WHEREAS SEPTEMBER, 2022 IS NATIONAL PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY DIAGNOSED CANCER IN MEN, ASIDE FROM SKIN CANCER. AND ABOUT ONE IN EIGHT MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME. AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS THE MEDICALLY UNINSURED CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES WITH MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION TEXANS WITHOUT COVERAGE. AND WHEREAS IN 2022, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 17,850 MEN IN TEXAS WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER. AND APPROXIMATELY 2,260 WILL DIE FROM THE DISEASE. AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS MEDICAL PARTNERS [00:05:01] MAKES AVAILABLE MEN'S FREE HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INCLUDING PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN, BETTER KNOWN AS P AS A SCREENING PRIMARY CARE HIV AND HEPATITIS C TEST ALONG WITH ONE ON ON-SITE, EXCUSE ME, POSITIONS WHO WILL REVIEW OUTCOMES AND NAVIGATE MEN TO CARE. AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIGHT WILL HOST TWO SIGNIFICANT SATURDAY REGIONAL SCREENING EVENTS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT THE INDUSTRY SAFETY TRAINING COUNCIL CONFERENCE CENTER IN BEAUMONT AND SEPTEMBER 17TH AT THE ORANGE BAPTIST OUTPATIENT LOBBY. AND WHEREAS SINCE 2000 MORE THAN 10,700 SOUTH EAST TEXAS MEN HAVE RECEIVED GIFT OF LIFE FREE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING, HELPING TO EXTEND THE LIVES OF 77 MEN WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND WHO WERE PROVIDED ACCESS TO DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT. NOW, THEREFORE I THURMAN BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2022 AS PROSTATE AWARENESS MONTH. AND ON THIS TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TH AS GIFT OF LIFE AND PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND I ALSO URGE ALL MEN OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PURSUE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES AND TO ACTUALLY WORK ON EFFORTS FOR EARLY DETECTION IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 30TH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022. AND IT IS SIGNED BY YOURS, TRULY THURMAN BILL BARTEE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. YOU ALL MAY TURN AROUND AND YOU MAY RECEIVE YOUR PROCLAMATION IF YOU DON'T MAKE THIS COME RIGHT AROUND HERE. Y'ALL YES, KENDALL SUPPORTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING GIFT OF LIFE TO ONCE AGAIN, COME BEFORE YOU AND SHARE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE WITH YOU AND EVERYONE HERE IN PORT AUTHOR. MY NAME IS NORMA SAMSON. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GIFT OF LIFE. AND WITH ME THIS AFTERNOON IS DR. GWENDOLYN LAVALLEE WHO'S OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH THESE HANDSOME, HANDSOME GENTLEMEN WHO ARE OUR MAC MEN, THAT'S MEN AGAINST CANCER. THEY ARE ADVOCATES AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY PORT, AUTHOR, REGISTERING MEN AND ENCOURAGING THE MEN WHO CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE OF THEIR HIGH DEDUCTIBLES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR LIFE-SAVING SERVICES. AS YOU STATED IN THE PROCLAMATION MAYOR, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT DOING A FIRST TIME JEFFERSON COUNTY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AT THE IMTC BUILDING. WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE A REALLY CENTRALIZED LOCATION WITH US, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR MEN TO COME TOGETHER AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SERVICES THAT ARE WELL OVER $300 IN LABS, AS WELL AS HAVING POINT OF CARE AND MORE REMARKABLY DR. LAVA LAY WITH OTHER PHYSICIANS, 10 ARE GOING TO BE ONSITE TO DISCUSS THEIR, THEIR OUTCOMES AND TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AND OUR, OUR PURPOSE AND THE GOAL AGAIN, IS EARLY DETECTION. AND TO HOPEFULLY DIAGNOSE THOSE MEN AND IDENTIFY THEM, I SHOULD SAY, WITHOUT OUTCOMES THAT WE'LL NAVIGATE THEM TO PRIMARY [00:10:01] CARE PHYSICIANS ARE TO THE LOCAL, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED CLINICS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE AND THIS YEAR'S NEW DEFINED INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR MEN SCREENING. SO WE'RE IMPORTANT AUTHOR EVERY MONTH AT THE PORT AUTHOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE OVERSIGHT OF JUDITH SMITH AND HER AMAZING COMPASSIONATE TEAM TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES ON A MONTHLY BASIS ALREADY, BY DOING THIS, THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL MEN WHO HAVE BEEN NAVIGATED TO THE CLINIC WITH REALLY THOSE, UH, DISEASES THAT WE SEE MORE PREVALENT FROM CARDIOVASCULAR TO DIABETES. AND WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING THAT EARLY DETECTION. SO MEN WILL NOT BE PRESENTING AT THE HOSPITALS WITH LEIGHTON DIAGNOSIS AND MORE EXPENSIVE IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC HEALTHCARE CONSEQUENCES. SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. AND YOU'RE HERE IN TERMS OF, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU'VE BEEN A LONGSTANDING, SUPPORTIVE, UH, ENTITY OF OUR INITIATIVES, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED AVAILABLE SCREENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 10TH. AND WE NEED YOU AS WELL AS EVERYONE HERE TO PLEASE SHARE THAT MESSAGE. THEY CAN CALL US. THEY CAN GO ONLINE. IT'S A SIMPLE APPLICATION AND IT IS A ROBUST, EMPOWERING HEALTHCARE EVENT WITH A, WE ALWAYS TRY TO PROVIDE LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SANDWICHES AND LUNCH AND GIVEAWAYS, AND A WONDERFUL WARM ENVIRONMENT WHERE MEN CAN COME IN ON A SATURDAY SCHEDULED TIME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SURFACES. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AT THE STC FOR MEN WHO CAN'T BE THERE, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE AN ORANGE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 17TH. SO I WOULD LIKE IF I STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, I'D LIKE DR. TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE AMAZING OUTCOMES WERE. SO WE FEEL HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE IMPORTANT AUTHOR AND TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REALLY THESE TRANSFORMATIONAL SERVICES FOR MEN. SO DR. LAVA LEE, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. UM, I JUST DID, OH. TO EVERYTHING THAT NORMA SAID. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THE WORD OUT, UH, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE MEN WHO ARE UNINSURED OR DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY THOSE HIGH DEDUCTIBLES TO COME OUT AND HAVE THOSE SCREENINGS DONE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT SAVING LIVES AND MAKING A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. AND SO IF I COULD, MAY I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE MOMENTS FOR OUR CHAMPIONS OF OUR CAUSE TO, AND THEY KNOW IT BETTER THAN ANYONE, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A MAN AND GET CHECKED. SO MACARTHUR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M MCING THIS LOSE AT 9,605 METAL BOOK DRIVE BEAUMONT. UH, I ENCOURAGE ALL THE MEN'S, UH, THIS, THIS DISEASE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. IT WILL BITE YOU. YOU HAVE TO GET CHECKED OTHER THAN DETECTION. I CA I'M A 16 YEAR SURVIVOR. I CAUGHT IT EARLY, BUT IF YOU DON'T CATCH IT IN, YOU GET IN YOUR BONES, YOU'RE GET IN TROUBLE. YOU ARGUING YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SCREENING COMING UP THE 10TH AND THE 17TH. YOU'VE HEARD THE STORY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UH, GOOD EVENING, HOW Y'ALL DOING, UH, NICE TO BE HERE IN THIS FACILITY. SEE ALL THESE FACES. MY NAME IS CHARLES RAY, PAUL I'M FROM BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I'M A 28 YEARS SURVIVOR COUNSELOR, AND A 1994. I HAD TESTICULAR COUNCIL AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH MD ANDERSON. AND LAST YEAR, MY PC PSA'S, THE NUMBERS STARTED GOING UP AND THEY WAS TELLING ME ABOUT MY, UH, PROSTATE AND I HAD TO HAVE THE BIOPSY AND WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF. AND, UH, AT THE NEW TECHNIQUES THEY GOT NOW FOR THE ROBOTIC SURGERY AND HAD MY PROSTATE REMOVED. AND I'M DOING REAL WELL RIGHT NOW. BUT, UH, THIS GIFT, THE LIGHT PROGRAM IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO GET. LIKE YOU SAID, UH, LIKE MAC WAS SAYING YOUR OTHER ORGANS CAN BE AFFECTED WITH YOUR PANCREAS, YOUR LIVER, YOU KNOW, THE BONES, ALL THAT CAN SPREAD REAL FAST, EARLY DETECTION IN THIS PROGRAM TO HELP THE MEN'S. A LOT OF US BLACK MEN KIND OF SHAME ABOUT GOING GET THE TED Y'ALL KNOW THE TEST, BUT ANYWAY, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND I'M TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD TO ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO COME. AND THEY SAY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE OR DO HAVE INSURANCE TELL SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THIS PROGRAM, UH, I JOINED, I DIDN'T HAVE PROSTATE. IT HAD, UH, THE HISTORY WITH THE TEST TICKLER, THE MEN AGAINST CANCER, MAG MEN. THEY ALSO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL HELP, YOU KNOW, CAUSE ME AND HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SEXUAL HEALTH INCONTINENCE. YOU DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES ON HOW IT DON'T JUST TAKE THE PROSTATE, BUT YOU GOT DIFFERENT AREAS OF YOUR PROSTATE CAN BE AFFECTED OR [00:15:01] JUST YOU CAN'T PEE, STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DEEP, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO, IF YOU JUST COME IN AND THEY'LL GET DETECTED, BUT I'M TELLING YOU SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR GRANDPAS AND WOMEN BE GETTING BREAST COUNCIL. SO, ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, VERY VIVID REMARKS THAT I THINK CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE. AND THAT'S THE HEARTFELT REMARKS. I MEAN, THEY LITERALLY HAVE BEEN GOING DOOR TO DOOR, PUTTING YARD SIGNS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS FREE AND IT'S FOR PORT ARTHUR MEN, AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO JUST REGISTER. AND IT'S A SIMPLE LAB TEST. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING AT THAT TIME. SO BE WITH US, SAVE YOUR LIVES, BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE MAC MEN, DR. , UH, REGINA ROGERS, WHO REGRETS THAT SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. SHE'S WAS CALLED OUT. SHE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO PASSED AWAY AND SO SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT WE ALL SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING OUR PROGRAM WITH YOUR SUPPORT. AND CERTAINLY WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, WE'LL BE SENDING EMAIL INVITES. HOPE YOU CAN BE WITH US AS WELL. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU ALL. AND THERE WAS ONE, ONE CAN SAY, YEAH, GIVE HIM A HAND, GIVE HIM AGAIN. IT'S A VERY NEEDED SERVICE I EVER, UH, SINCE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN PORT ARTHUR PROPER, UH, I KNOW I PARTOOK OF THIS SERVICE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IN THE MORNING UNIVERSITY. I MEAN, WELL, IT WAS LAMAR UNIVERSITY, THEN THE WALL STATE COLLEGE PORT ARTHUR. NOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BACK IN THE NINETIES, UH, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY, NOT IN PORT ARTHUR. AND I SEE MR. IVY MITCHELL IS ON, UH, ARE YOU, UH, THERE IVAN, IS THERE ANY TYPE WAY THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU TO GET FOLK, UH, GENTLEMAN WHO ARE IN PORT ARTHUR, WHO MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION TO THE, UH, UH, I C S FACILITY, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH YOU OF MAKING, FINDING OUT WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS OFF BEFORE THE 10TH AND PROVIDE THEM THAT, OKAY. CITY MANAGER TO SAY, HE'S GOING TO GET RID OF IVAN, HOPE YOU LISTENED. AND I HAVEN'T, AND I WON'T BE AROUND BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE OUT. BUT IF SOMEONE CALLS TO OTHER STAFF WHO WERE HERE, UH, DIRECT THEM TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, PLEASE. SO WE CAN FIND OUT, WE CAN, UH, BE SURE DOCTOR THAT YOU HAD SOME PATIENTS ON THAT DATE FROM PORT ARTHUR, WHO MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE FOR THIS SERVICE. THAT'S EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY BARRIERS. SO TRANSPORTATION COULD BE ONE, BUT WE ARE EAGER TO COLLABORATE. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT VERY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL GESTURE. AND, UH, I CAN BE REACHED ANYTIME. UM, INGRID HAS MY CELL NUMBER. AND SO, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME AT THE OFFICE AS WELL. SO, UH, WE WANT THE, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE FROM WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION CHILDCARE. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE DETERMINANTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE THERE WITH US AND FAMILIES CAN COME TO, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IN THAT LARGE, LARGE FACILITY, WE WERE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO JUST COVID AND IT PROVIDE A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE WITH SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS. SO THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED THIS YEAR, BUT WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR OF BACK WHERE WE WERE USUALLY IN PORT AUTHOR. THIS WAS JUST, WE WERE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE COVID WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT CITY MANAGER WILL, UH, PLEASE CALL ME ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, COUNCIL, ANY COUNCIL AND ANY REMARKS. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, UH, SHE'S LETTING ME KNOW YOU MAY HAVE A COPY OF THE AGENDA, BUT W UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEATER AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEGAN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AGO. AND IN KEEPING WITH THE LAW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS DEVIATE, UH, AND MOVE OVER TO OUR PUBLIC, UH, HEARING, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEGUN AT 6:00 PM. AND, UH, ATTORNEY, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS. AM I CORRECT? OKAY. THE [IV.1. A Public Hearing To Discuss And Receive Public Comment Regarding The Naming Of The City Building Housing The Development Services Department Located At 300 4th Street, Port Arthur, Texas 77640 A Request Has Been Made To Rename The Building In Memory Of Inell Ross Moore" Pursuant To Resolution No. 97- 258, A Public Hearing Shall Be Held To Receive Input From All Interested Parties Prior To Action Being Taken On The Request By City Council. Therefore, Members Of The Public Are Asked To Provide Input On This Decision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ublic Hearing To Discuss And Receive Public Comment Regarding The Naming Of The City Building Housing The Port Arthur Municipal Court Building Located At 645 4th Street, Port Arthur, Texas 77640 A Request Has Been Made To Rename The Municipal Court Building In Memory Of The " Honorable Judge Kermit Morrison, Jr." Pursuant To Resolution No. 97- 258, A Public Hearing Shall Be Held To Receive Input From All Interested Parties Prior To Action Being Take On The Request By City Council. Therefore, Members Of The Public Are Asked To Provide Input On This Decision The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City' s Website At www. portarthurtx. gov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ublic Hearing To Discuss An Amendment To Enlarge The Existing Boundaries Of The Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone # 1 Resolution No. 12- 75, As Amended By Ordinance No. 15- 55). The Modification Is Necessary To Expand The Current TIRZ Boundaries To Include The Port Of Port Arthur Navigation District' s Economic Development Area For Future Developments A Precise Drawing And Description Of This Amended Boundaries Of The Property Will Also Be Presented At The Public Hearing And Can Be Examined In The City Secretary' s Office, City Hall, 444 Fourth Street, Port Arthur, Texas The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City' s Website At www. portarthurtx.gov] HEARING NUMBER THREE. AND IF YOU WILL, I CAN LET ME, UH, INTRODUCE IT. AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE THE FLOOR. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AN AMENDMENT TO ENLARGE THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE, TWO OR 12 DASH 75, UH, AS AMENDED BY ALL AUTOMATES NUMBER 15 DASH 55, THE MODIFICATION IS NECESSARY TO EXPAND THE CURRENT TERJE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE, EXCUSE ME, THE PORT OF PORT ARTHUR NAVIGATION, DISTRICTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, THE PRECISE DRAWING AND DESCRIPTION OF THIS AMENDED, THESE AMENDED BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY. WE ALSO BE PRESENTED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE THEM WITH ANYONE WERE KILLED TO SEE THOSE. UH, AND THEY MAY ALSO BE EXAMINED IN THE CITY SECRETARY OF HIS OFFICE HERE IN CITY HALL ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT THERE. SO CITY ATTORNEY WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND WE'LL BE VERY BRIEF. UM, THE CORRESPONDING ORDINANCE FOR THIS AND THIS ONE WAS PUBLISHED. SO WE HAD TO DO THIS AT THIS TIME. UM, UH, PO 7 0 8 9 AND HIS COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED. UM, AND AS THE TERM BOARD HAS VOTED UPON, UH, WE HAD A NOTICE LAST TIME TO PUT THE ITEM IN THE NEWSPAPER AND IT HAS BEEN SO PUBLISHED THAT WE ARE GOING TO ENLARGE THE BOUNDARIES OF TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE, NUMBER ONE, UH, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOWNTOWN TIF IN CORRESPONDING, UH, WITH, UM, THE NEWSPAPER REQUIREMENTS. UH, WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES TO GO, UH, MORE WESTERLY AND INCLUDE THE PROPERTY OF THE PORT OF PORT ARTHUR. AND THERE'S ALSO A CORRESPONDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO ADD, UH, THE PORT OF PORT ARTHUR, UM, THROUGH A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN TERRORS. BUT, UM, THE, THE NOTICE HAS BEEN IN THE PAPER AND, UH, ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE OR THE BOUNDARIES, BUT WE ARE JUST ASKING THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR PERMISSION TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES AS VOTED ON BY THE TERSE BOARD. AND AT THIS TIME, IF THE PUBLIC HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THAT THEY CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE EXPANDING OF THE BOUNDARIES FOR OUR PURGE? SO NUMBER ONE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FINAL TIME, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, OKAY. ARE NOT READY TO BEGIN TO THIS. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. WE CAN ACTUALLY END MOTION, COUNCILMAN MOSES, SECOND COUNTS, BUT FRANK IS MOVED AND SECOND, EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, NUMBER THREE, UH, WE WENT, OF COURSE, THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AS ABBOTT'S ORDERS, AUDIT PUBLIC HEARING, NUMBER THREE IS NOW ENDED. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BEGIN WITH, UH, SOME ITEMS AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO THE OF FLOW OF WHAT ACTUALLY IS TRANSPIRING. UH, WE HAVE ON A [VIII.A.5. P. R. No. 22744— A Resolution Naming The City Building Housing The Development Services Division Located At 300 4th Street In Memory Of" Inell Ross Moore" ( Requested By Councilmember Jones)] PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 4, IT'S ON PAGE SEVEN. IT'S NUMBER FIVE, IF YOU WILL. I'M JUST TAKING EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AT THIS TIME TO MOVE THE AGENDA, ACCORDING TO THE WAY MAKE WE SHOULD DO IT. OKAY. AND P R A NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4 4 TO RESOLUTION NAMING THE CITY, BUILDING HOUSING, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION LOCATED AT 304TH STREET IN MEMORY OF I NAIL ROSS MORE. THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN JONES. I AM READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNSEL, MOSES, DOWNLOAD A SECOND. COSMIC KENDALL. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 4 AS RED RIVER. TO THE QUESTION THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS. WE RENTED A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES, HAVE IT SHOW AUDIT PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4 7 IN THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 304TH STREET WILL BE NAMED [01:00:01] IN MEMORY OF MS. ANIEL, ROSS MORE. AM I GOING? OH, OKAY. I'M I'M SORRY. I MAY HAVE SAID IF THAT'D BE UP TO 2 7, 4, 4, THANK YOU. AND THAT'D BE, AND IT WILL BE NAMED IN MEMORY OF I IML MORE FAMILIES HERE. UH, AND, AND WHAT I LIKE TO DO AT THIS, AT THIS JUNCTURE, BECAUSE IT MAY BECOME A LITTLE CEREMONIAL. DID YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THE COUNCIL? IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN DO, YOU MAY WANT TO BE EXCUSED. I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. IF YOU ALL CAN WAIT, WE'LL DO THEM DO THEM AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS ON PAGE EIGHT AND IT'S NUMBER SIX ON PAGE EIGHT. IT IS PR [VIII.A.6. P. R. No. 22745 —A Resolution Naming The City Building Housing The Port Arthur Municipal Court Located At 645 4th Street In Memory Of The " Honorable Judge Kermit Morrison, Jr." ( Requested By Councilmember Jones)] NUMBER 2, 2 7 4 5 2 2 7 4 5 IS A RESOLUTION NAMING THE CITY BUILDING HOUSING, THE PORT ARTHUR MUNICIPAL COURT LOCATED AT 6 45 FOURTH STREET IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE JUDGE, KERMIT CHARLES MORRISON, JR. AND WE WILL MAKE THAT CORRECTION ATTORNEY. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ATTAIN A MOTION. COUNCILMAN JONES MOVE. OKAY, COWS, UH, COSMIC KENALOG. SECOND, SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 5 AS READ WE READ IT. THE QUESTION THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS. WE RENTED A BOAT ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HABITS OR IN HIS AUDIT, WE WILL ACCEPT AND APPROVE PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 5 AS RED. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PAGE SEVEN. NUMBER ONE ON PAGE SEVEN, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE [VIII.A.1. P. R. No. 22735 — A Resolution Authorizing The Ceremonial Street Renaming For A Portion Of Bluebonnet Avenue From Gilham Circle To Memorial Boulevard In Honor Of Reverend Samuel Joseph, Sr. Requested By Councilmember Jones)] PR NUMBER 2, 2 7 3 5. IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THESE CEREMONIAL STREET RENAMING FOR A PORTION OF BLUE BONDED AVENUE FROM GILLUM CIRCLE TO MEMORIAL BOULEVARD IN HONOR OF THE LATE REVEREND SAMUEL, JOSEPH SR. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK MAY GET A SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN. MOSES HAS BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND TO THAT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 3, 5 AS WRIT RE READ IT PER QUESTION. OKAY. OH, I'M SORRY. OH, I JUST HAD ONE LITTLE QUICK THING. I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO NOTICE THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR THIRD PERSON THAT WE WERE HONORING AND WE HAVE IT ON THE DAY IS, UM, AND FOR THE DISPLAY, A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION, UM, THIS IS A CEREMONIAL STREET RENAMING, AS YOU ALL KNOW. AND, UH, THESE ARE FOR, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE MADE A MAJOR IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND TODAY WE ARE ALSO HONORING OUR THIRD PERSON, UH, WITH THE RENAMING OF THE STREET OF FAMILY AND THE FAMILIES HERE AS WELL, DIDN'T REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. YEAH, IT DID NOT LOOK TO THE FAMILY MEMBER OF THE REVEREND JOE MADDEN WANTS ME IF YOU WANT TO STAY. OKAY. STAND UP. YEAH, I SEE. OKAY. YEAH, YOU'RE ALL HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. THIS WIFE IS A WIDOW IS HERE BECAUSE THEY CAN SPEAK MS. BAY. I WENT THERE. I WISH I COULD DO THAT. YOU WANT TO SAY NO? OKAY. HER DAUGHTER, HER DAUGHTER WAS BEFORE SHE GO GET ME FOR COLOR THAT YOU KNOW THAT. HI, MY NAME IS STATE ST. JOSEPH MAY ON, AND I'M THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PASTOR, SAMUEL JOSEPH. UH, MY DAD WAS A D OH, THIS PASTOR IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. HE HAD BEEN PASTORING FOR 44 YEARS. HIM AND MY MOM THIS PAST YEAR, THIS PAST APRIL WOULD HAVE BEEN MARRIED 65 YEARS. UH, MY DAD, I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING UP HERE DOING THIS AT ALL. I JUST GOT OFF WORK. I'M NOT EVEN DRESSED. MY BROTHER, SAMUEL, JOSEPH JR. THAT'S THE TALKER. THAT'S THE REPRESENTATIVE. SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. HE LIVES IN VICTORIA, TEXAS. HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. SO, AND NOBODY ELSE WASN'T GOING TO TALK. YES, NOBODY ELSE. WASN'T GOING TO TALK. MY DAD, WASN'T A BIG TALKER AT ALL. ALL HE DID WAS STOOD BEHIND THE POOL PIT AND TOLD [01:05:03] THE TRUTH, TOLD THE TRUTH. WHAT DOES SAID THE LORD? THAT'S WHAT HE DID. THAT'S ALL MY DADDY DID. AND LIKE I SAY, HE DID THAT FOR A 40TH. HE DID IT OVER 44 YEARS, BUT AT THAT ONE CHURCH, HE DID IT FOR 43 YEARS AT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH ON BLUE BEINECKE. AND I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCILMAN JONES. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR JUST CONSIDERING THE STREET NAME CHANGE. AND UM, LIKE A SAINT. MY DAD WAS, HE WAS A HUSBAND, A FATHER, A GRANDFATHER, A GREAT-GRANDFATHER A PASS AND A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. BUT LIKE I SAY, HE DIDN'T DO MUCH CAUSE HE DIDN'T DO MUCH TALKING. ALL HE DID WAS STAND BEHIND THE PULPIT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR HIM AND WE, ME AND MY FAMILY, WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU'VE PICKED YOU OUT. WE TAKE YOU OFF THE SHARE, REVEREND JOSEPH WITH THE COMMUNITY OF FORT AUTHOR. AMY OTHER QUESTIONS I'M ON. WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. COSMIN JOAN. OH, I THOUGHT HE WANTED TO VOTE. I'M SORRY. I GO READY. WE'VE GOT BOTH. I GOT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT REVEREND JOSEPH, ANOTHER DEAR FRIEND OF MINE. I SHARED WITH YOU 400 POUND CARS. EVERY SUNDAY. IT IS HOW THE EAGLE ALSO AT HIS HOUSE AFTER IT WAS CHURCH SERVICE, I GO THERE AND HE'LL COOK AND I WOULD EAT, EAT, EAT. AND UH, UH, HIM HE'LL CALL ME IF HE HAD A PROBLEM, HE'LL CALL ME COUNCILMAN JONES. THIS IS WRONG. THAT'S WRONG. CAN YOU JUST TELL HIM ABOUT IT? I SAID, WELL, I SEE A REAL MAN. YOU WORRY TOO MUCH EXCEPT CALLING ME ALL THE TIME. AND IT'S JUST THE THINGS GO. HE WOULD WAS HIS WIFE. HE LOOKING, SHE WIPED, LOOK AT US AND SEE JUUL. HE RIGHT. SO WE WILL BE FUSSING ALL DAY WHEN I LEAVE. AND THEN HE HAVE A PROMISE HERE. I'M TO CALL COUN. HIS WIFE SAID HE CANNOT ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM. BUT THEN HE LEFT. I'M GOING TO CALL KEY. I GO, CAUSE HE DIDN'T ASK HIM. HE WILL SEE ME BY MISS. MY BOY YOU'LL CALL ME. AND I TAKE HER UP THERE FOR HIM. BUT UH, LIKE HIS DAUGHTER SAID, HE WASN'T A BIG TALKER. HE PREACHED THE GOSPEL AND HE WAS SUITED ABOUT WHAT YOU PREACH, YOU KNOW? AND THEN HE WAS THE OLDEST PASTOR IN THE CITY AND NOW I MISS HIM ALSO. BUT, UH, HE'S A GREAT MAN. UH, SADDLE FAMILY, CHOSEN FAMILY. GOD BLESS YOU. Y'ALL HAD A GOOD FATHER. GOOD HUSBAND. GOOD PASTOR. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN FRANK. YES. I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, YOU SAY THAT YOUR DAD DIDN'T SAY MUCH. LET ME TELL YOU VERY QUICKLY THAT YOUR DAD WALKED SOFTLY, BUT HE CARRIED A BIG STICK. UH, HE WALKED, HE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH REVEREND DR. RANSOM, IOWA DURING THE CIVIL WAR, UH, RIGHTS MOVEMENT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF PORT AUTH. AND HE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. AND SO WHEN WE WOULD BE IN MEETINGS OR WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING SOMETHING, UH, HE WAS THE VOICE IN THE ROOM. AND SO WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE AND I CAN UNDER STAND AND REALLY RELATE TO ALL THAT GOES INTO PASTORING PEOPLE, UH, FOR 45 YEARS, UH, THAT IS SUCH A BLESSING AND HE HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE WANT TO BLESS YOU AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR DAD, YOUR HUSBAND WITH US, MS. BAY, UH, FOR THE CITY OF PORT OFFER. OKAY. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE READY TO VOTE? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES, AS APPOSED TO HIS ORDER, WE WILL ACCEPT P R A NUMBER 2, 2 7 3 5 AS RED. NEXT, WE HAVE PR [VIII.A.2. P. R. No. 22736 — A Resolution Authorizing The Ceremonial Street Renaming Of Grannis Avenue From Gulfway Drive To Procter Street In Honor Of Mr. Russell Getwood ( Requested By Councilmember Jones)] NUMBER 2, 2 7, 3, 6. IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CEREMONIAL STREET, RENAMING OF GRANNIS AVENUE FROM GULF WAY. DRIVE TO PRACTICE STREET IN HONOR OF MR. RUSSELL GET WOOED. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER JONES AS WELL. WE'RE READY FOR SAYING OKAY. NO, NO, NO. YOU TO GO. OKAY. YEAH, IT IS ALL MESSED UP BETWEEN YOU UP HERE, BUT SEEING YOU DOESN'T GO ON WITH NAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CAUSE THE INSIDE THING, YOU KNOW, HE'S THERE JUNIOR. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT. UH, CALCIUM AND JONES. YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE? HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE HER PUT IT BACK ON THERE, BUT WE GOT IT RIGHT DOWN. YES. WE READ UP A MOTION. [01:10:01] SO MOVE MAN. OKAY. GET A SECOND GUYS. ONE SECOND. OKAY. AND THEY'VE BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P R A NUMBER 2, 2 7, 3 6. THE MAYOR. JUST AGAIN, UH, WANTING TO JUST NOTE AND WE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS A MEMORIALIZED COPY OF THIS THAT WE HAVE MR. RUSSELL GET WOODS, UH, BIO AND PHOTOGRAPH. AND UH, WE JUST, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FOURTH PERSON. AND WE, UH, THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HONORING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. AND THE STREET WILL BE, UH, CEREMONIALLY RENAMED AS WE DID FOR THE PRIOR, UH, FOR REVEREND JOSEPH. UM, AND THIS IS TO HONOR PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BY THE CEREMONIAL RENAMING. AND WE HAVE THE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION HERE AS, UH, WITH THE OTHERS. AND THIS ONE DID NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE'RE HERE FOR THE VOTE. THANK YOU. WE READY UP? OF COURSE THEN I GET MOTION YET FAMILY MEMBERS, I THINK DR. GATEWOOD AND DR. KEN LAW. I MEAN, UH, LIKE THE PIG PEN, I'M SORRY. OH YEAH. NOT IN NEW WITH THE CAPITAL WAS GOING TO SPEAK OUT. IT'S MESSED IT UP. THAT'S ALL GOOD EVENING TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR. GREAT CITY OF PORT, AUTHOR, THURMAN BOY T, AND THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE PORT AUTHOR CITY COUNCIL. I'M MELVIN GETWOOD. AND I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING REPRESENTING THE FAMILY OF THE LATE RUSSELL M GET WORD WE'RE SO HONORED AND SO PROUD THAT THIS GOVERNING BODY IS CONSIDERING THE RENAMING OF GRANITES AVENUE AND THE HONOR OF OUR FATHER RUSSELL GETWOOD. WE AS A FAMILY ARE INDENTED WITH A DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMAN JONES FOR BRINGING THE IDEA FORWARD, AS WELL AS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATION, OUR FATHER RUSSELL YET WOOD WAS A LOW KEY, HUMBLE BAND WHO NEVER SOUGHT RECOGNITION OF ANY KIND. HE WAS A NO-NONSENSE PERSON WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO GOD. HIS WIFE LILO MADE HIS FAMILY, HIS JOBS, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE YOUTH OF THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR. HE WAS A VERY PASSIONATE, HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL, RECEIVING A QUALITY EDUCATION AND BECOMING PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. ANY ASSIGNMENT GIVEN TO HIM WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM, AND HE ALWAYS FULFILLED TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITIES. HE WAS TRULY THE PATRIARCH OF HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY. IN FACT, EVERYONE AFFECTIONATELY, AFFECTIONATELY REFERRED TO HIM AS UNCLE RUSSEL AND HIS QUIET UNASSUMING MANNER. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO SERVE OTHERS AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO HIS FAMILY. RUSSELL M GETWOOD WOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONSIDERING THE SIGNAL ON HIM TO BE RESTORED ON HIM THROUGH THE RENAMING OF GRANITE'S AVENUE. IN HIS HONOR, HE WAS VERY PROUD OF PULLED OFF AND OFTEN SPOKE WITH GREAT PRIDE OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CITIZENS FROM PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. WE, THE FAMILY ARE THANKFUL AND MOST APPRECIATIVE OF YOU. THE HONORABLE MAYOR BARTEE AND THE EXTREME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING TRULY A LASTING RECOGNITION TO THE LEGACY OF RUSSELL M GET ROARED KNOWN AS A GREAT FATHER, A HUMBLE SERVANT, AND A TRUE FRIEND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AMOUNT OF MATERNITY. IT IS INDEED MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY, AS IT WAS TO GET WITH ACNE TO, TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO HAVE THE SINGULAR PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING MY FRATERNITY KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED, UH, EX MY BROTHERS WHO ARE HERE TO PLEASE STAND WHILE I MAKE MY REMARKS. MY WALKS ARE GOING TO BE BRIEF IN THAT I HAVE KNOWN HIM IS TO GET WITH ALL MY LIFE. UH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF [01:15:01] KNOWING MR. GOODWIN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UH, DR. MELVIN IS REMEMBERING THAT AS A KID, I USED TO GO AND VISIT THE HOUSE, BUT BEING YOUNGER THAN MELVIN RUSSELL AND MYRA, I WAS THE KID THAT GOT ALL THE PRIVILEGES. I GOT THE ICE CREAM, I GOT THE COOKIES. AND THEN THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT DEEP VOICE THAT WOULD COME THROUGH. BOY, WHY ARE YOU IN MY CHAIR? WHY, WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE? AND OF COURSE, MISS LEILA MAY BE IN, WELL, YOU LET THAT CHILD ALONE, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THE FATHER OF A QUESTION. ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL? HOW ARE YOU DOING IN SCHOOL? AND IT WAS THIS ABOUT HIM THAT MADE HIM A SINGULAR DISTINCTION. HIS RESOLUTION WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT HIS ATHLETIC PROWESS. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HE INDEED WAS APPEAR AMONG ATHLETES. IT WOULD ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT A LOT OF HIS FIRST BEING FIRST, UH, AS A JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER WITHIN THE CITY, IT WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HE'S DONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO STRENGTHEN IT AND MAKE IT BETTER. IT WOULD TALK ABOUT HE BEING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PORT ARTHUR ALUMNI, CHAPTER OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI AND OVER 50 YEAR MEMBER OF THAT, NO BODY. BUT THE THING ABOUT MR. GET WITH IT, I REMEMBER IS THE THING THAT HE LEFT TO US ALL. AND THAT BY HAVING LIVED, HE LEFT A STRONGER COMMUNITY, A CITY THAT IS BIGGER, BETTER AND BRIGHTER BECAUSE HE WAS HERE. AND I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING IT. OH, YOU KNOW, I AM I COULD STAND HERE AND TALK ALL NIGHT AND NOT SAY ENOUGH, GOOD THINGS ABOUT RUSS UP, GET WOOD. BUT I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME TODAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT HIM, THERE'S PICKUP A LITTLE SIMON STOPPED BY THE HOUSE. I'LL BE GLAD TO SAY MORE. UH, RUSSELL GETWOOD WAS JUST LIKE MY FATHER, BUT I'M A LITTLE BIT TOO OLD FOR THAT. UH, HE WAS NO NONSENSE AS MELVIN POINTED OUT AND I WANT TO SAVE THIS, UH, CAUSE I CAN NEVER FORGET IT. UH, MELVIN GETWOOD IS MY SON BECAUSE RUSSELL GAVE HIM TO ME. YEAH. UH, MELVIN WAS A LITTLE OLD QUARTERBACK IN FOOTBALL, BUT I TOOK HIM INTO THE BASKETBALL COURT AND, AND PUT HIM ON FIRST STREET. SO, UH, RUSSELL SAID HE'S YOURS. AND I, I I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED HIM FOR THAT. HE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. UH, I CAN'T SAY LIKE MY FATHER, BUT LIKE A BROTHER, WHATEVER THE COUNSEL I AM. I AM REALLY PROUD OF YOU FOR SELECTING HIM FOR, FOR THE HONOR OF RENAMING, UH GRANNIS AVENUE. AND I JUST WANT TO, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT RUSSELL GETWOOD, BUT A MAN NAMED HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SAID ONE DAY, HE SAID, TELL ME NOT IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS. THAT LIFE IS BUTTONED. EMPTY DREAM FOR THE SOUL IS DEAD. THAT'S LAMBOS AND THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY MAY SEE. NOT ENJOYMENT, NOT SORROW IS RUSSEL'S DESTINED IN O WAY, BUT TO ACT SO THAT EAST TOMORROW FOUND HIM FATHER THAN TODAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, THEY CAN BE. AND AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO START WITH THE KIDS. UH, I DIDN'T KNOW MYRA THAT WELL, SHE WAS LIKE YOUNGER THAN US, BUT I REMEMBER MELVIN QUARTERBACK AND PUT A BS. I WOULD BE ON THE SIDELINE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'VE BEEN GOING TO SADDLE AMBER 37 YEARS, LIGAND, SAL, AND [01:20:01] EVERYBODY CAUGHT MY COACH JONES. NOW COACH COME UP. I GO IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THE BALL HALF TIMES THE COACH, COACH, CAL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, MAN? I SAID, MAN, WE GOT IT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WE, WE BEHIND BY 30 SOMETHING, NOTHING, BUT WE FIRED IT UP. WE GO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT, BUT UH, MR. GET REAL HIS KIDS AND PUT OFF ALL OF THEM WITH THE CARDS, CAME BACK AND STAYED IN THE PORT. ARTHUR GAVE BACK TO THIS CITY, NOBODY LEFT TO GO ANYWHERE. A COACH RUSSELL, RUSSELL COSTAL, WHILE HAD COACH. HE CAN REMEMBER COACH LINCOLN DID A GOOD JOB. THEY COULD CALL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FIRST REAL GOOD TO THE KIDS. THE KID RESPECTED HIM CARE, RESPECTED REVENUE. HE WAS POSTING IT ON LINKEDIN FOR A GOOD WHILE. MR. GATEWOOD. AND, UH, HE DID A GOOD JOB IN LINCOLN. NOW WE'LL COME DOWN TO THE DEAD IMAGERY. I, OR SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAD. AND I, HE WAS A POST MINORITY CHEWING OFFICER THAT I KNEW OF AND PULLED HER UP AND TOOK HER OFF THE, YOU SKIPPED SCHOOL. COME LOOKING FOR YOU. HOW'S THE BEST CUSTOMER BEST CUSTOMER. WE'RE GO TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND WE GO TO GO EAT LUNCH. ME AND MY OTHER BOSS, MY GANG, AND LOST HAVING TO GO TO PEYTON CORNER POOL HALL. HEY MAN WAS GATEWOOD SEEMS TO GABE WOULD COME, COME AROUND THAT CORNER WHILE WE BREAK OUT OF THEM, STOLE SOMETHING, EVERYBODY HITTING THE TREES, HIT THE ALICE MAN, YOU KNOW? SO HE WAS, UH, HE MEANT WELL. AND ONE DAY, ONE DAY HE THREW OUT ONE DAY I SKIPPED SCHOOL. WE CAME MY HOUSE NOT GOING TO DO ALL. I ASKED HER TO DO ALL YOU AT HOME. IT WAS TO GET WHERE I'M AT HOME. I USED TO GO TO SCHOOL THAT DAY, BUT UH, WE RESPECTED HIM AS WE DID COACH GAMBLE CALLED DICK WILLIAMS. OH, JOE HARRIS, RESPECT. THESE GUYS JUST GOT TO TALK TO US. THEY CAN CORRECT US. NO DAYS THEY COULD GRAB OUR CARLOS, PULL OUR PANTS, YOU KNOW, SHAKE US. WE DIDN'T DO THAT. BUT YES, COACH. YES SIR. NO, SIR. BUT THIS DAY AND TIME YOU GRABBED FROM HIS KIDS, CARLOS AND YOUR TEAM. THEN YOU WANTED HIM TO HAVE THE RIGHT THING. BUT THOSE, THEY RESPECTED OUR COACHES TO THE MOST, UH, CAUSE GAMBLE COACH, BIG WILLIAMS, JOE WASHINGTON, COACH JOE, UH, JOE HARRIS. IT'S LIKE, THEY WAS A FATHER TO US LIKE A FATHER WHOSE PET GOES GAS. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD TALK TO US AND ASK THEM TODAY WITH THE MEN'S WE ALL TODAY BECAUSE THEIR LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, THEIR CORRECTION AND THEIR CONCERN. SO, UH, TO GIVE WITH FAMILY POWER, YOU GUYS, ME AND DAD DID A GREAT JOB. YOU SEE, WE LOVED HIM. WE RESPECTED HIM AND WE NEEDED A QUOTE GAMBLES IN THE SCHOOL. JOEL HARRISON, DICK WILLIAMSON, EVERYBODY. I SEE MY GOOD FRIEND IN DR. GLENN MICHONNE. WHERE'S YOUR HANDOUT WHEN DOING A GOOD JOB AT BOTH SCHOOLS? UH, GOD BLESS Y'ALL GOD. KEEP YOUR RUBBER MOLDS. THAT HAPPENED. HOW YOU DOING NOW? WELL, I BASICALLY GOT BYE-BYE. OKAY. THANK YOU, COWS, MIGUEL COSMIC AT THE ACCOUNT NAMED EVERYBODY AND AUDIENCE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT A GOOD JOB. COUNCILMAN JONES, UH, JUST REAL BRIEFLY AT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE SENSE OF THING AND I, YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF BEING RESERVED ABOUT IT, BUT MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH, UH, MR. GATEWOOD, UH, 11 GRADE AND LIKE HE STATED EARLIER, MR. GATEWOOD WAS THE TRUANT OFFICER. SO, UH, UH, BACK WHEN WE WERE KIDS, SO BACK WHEN I WAS KIDS, WE, WE, WE RESPECT, UH, ADULTS AND RESPECT TO, UH, POLICE AND AUTHORITIES. SO THIS PARTICULAR MORNING, UH, I'M GETTING READY TO GO TO SCHOOL. MY BROTHER AND I, WE HEAR A KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND IT WAS MR. GATEWOOD. SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE FEARED THE TRUANT OFFICER AND BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT HE ALWAYS KNEW WHERE ALL THE HIDING SPOTS WERE FOR KIDS WHEN THEY SKIPPED SCHOOL, BECAUSE PEOPLE TOLD HIM WHERE THE KIDS WERE GOING TO BE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR TIME HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND UH, MR. GATEWOOD KNOCKED AND I WAS SO THANKFUL HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE WRONG KID. HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR ME AND MY BROTHER, BUT I WAS SO THANKFUL BECAUSE HAVING TO EXPLAIN IT TO MY MOM AND MY DAD AT THE TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE CAME IN AND HE ACTUALLY JUST DISCUSSED SOME THINGS ABOUT HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT KID, BUT I RESPECT BROTHER GATEWOOD, UH, THE GET WOODS, HIS SYNOPSIS, UH, BEING CAP WAS IN, IN OUR AREA FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 70 YEARS. AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT RECOGNIZED BROTHER GATEWOOD AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU'VE DONE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. SO I LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO HIS FAMILY AND THANK MY COHORTS ABOUT GIVING THIS, UH, RENAMING FOR BROTHER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. [01:25:02] I HAVE SAT AND I'VE LISTENED TO ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND THE COMMENTS FROM THE FAMILIES. IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE A PART OF A COUNCIL THAT RECOGNIZES THE GENTLE GIANTS THAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED TODAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND TO COUNCILMAN JONES, BUT BRINGING IT TO US. WE ALL HAVE STORIES TO TELL. I GREW UP IN THE GETWOOD HOUSE, SO THEY KNOW ME PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW THEM AND, UH, JUST MEANS A LOT JUST ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE, COUNCIL? UH, CONSTABLE MOSES, I JUST HAVE TO SAY CAL JONES, UM, FOR CALC, UH, BEING ON COUNCIL. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE HONORING AND RECOGNIZING, UM, ALL THE FAMILIES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN SALUTED ON TODAY AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY. WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF IT. AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT HAS DONE THIS, BUT TO SIT HERE WITH A COHORT LIKE CAL WHO HAS THE BIGGEST, HARDEST TEXAS COUNTY, AND I GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT MY COOKING AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, BUT COW, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU PUBLICLY. AND BECAUSE SO OFTEN CO CO UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T APPRECIATE AND, AND CONGRATULATE THOSE COHORTS THAT WORK WITH THEM. SO I'M GOING TO SAY PUBLICLY, GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU LIVE, AS MY MOM SAYS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT? IS THAT OKAY? COUNCILMAN JONES. SO, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE PICTURE WITH THE TABLETS. OKAY. AND YOUR, AND YOUR, YOUR OKRA IS ON THE TEST. YOUR OPRAH IS READY FOR YOU. I GOT YOUR OLD CRUNCHED RUBBER READY FOR YOU. OKAY. WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON, EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN FRANK. OKAY. WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR AND THEY'LL POSES AS HABITS OR THIS ORDER, WE WILL ACCEPT A P R A NUMBER 2, 2 7, 3 6 AS RED. NOW WE HAVE [VIII.A.3. P. R. No. 22741 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Participation Agreement With The Port Of Port Arthur Navigation District To Participate As A Taxing Entity In The Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1] ON PAGE SEVEN, NUMBER THREE, PR NUMBER 2, 2 7 4 1. IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT OF PORT ARTHUR NAVIGATION DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN A TAXING ENTITY IN THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNCIL ON THE MOSES MIGHT GET A SECOND. COUNCILMAN, KEN LAW. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P R NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4 1 AS REV. RID OF QUESTION. OKAY, WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. AYES HAVE IT. SO IT IS AUDIT. WE HAVE A COMPANION, UH, PREPOSITION, EXCUSE ME. UH, POA GOES ANONYMOUS. THAT GOES ALONG [VIII.B.3. P. O. No. 7089 — An Ordinance Enlarging The Boundaries Of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One ( TIRZ No. 1) Downtown TIF) City Of Port Arthur, Texas; And Containing Other Matters Related To The TIRZ No. 1 ( Downtown TIF)] WITH IT. AND IT'S APPEAL NUMBER 7 0 8 9. IT IS AN ORDINANCE ENLARGE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CHURCH. NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN T I L, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND CONTAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE CHURCH. NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN T I F MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN REMARKS? COSMIN KIM UP SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WENT TO CARE. P OH OH 7 8 7 0 8 9 AS READ. WE'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION. THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT. SO IT IS AUDIT AND I'M GOING TO MOVE SWIFTLY BACK TO PAGE ONE. AND WE KNEW THAT THIS MEETING WOULD BE A LITTLE LONG TONIGHT, SO JUST PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US. BUT AS SHE SAID, COUNCILMAN JONES, WHO'S LEAVING NOW TO GO TAKE A BREAK. AS I GIVE HIM HIS KUDOS. GREAT, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO HONOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND WE WANTED TO DO IT ALL ON TONIGHT. AND I ASKED THAT IT WOULD BE DONE ON THIS EVENING BECAUSE, UH, I LEAVE IN A FEW HOURS TO GO TO HOUSTON FOR A SURGERY. AND I WANT IT TO ACTUALLY BE IN OFFICE OR IN THE SEAT, NOT THE COUNSEL OF MY HOMES, MY GUILTY TRUSTED ME APPROACH HIM COULD NOT DO IT, BUT I JUST FELT IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON ME TO HAVE IT DONE DURING MY PRESENCE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT. AND I WISH THAT YOU ALL WOULD JUST BEAR WITH US A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND WE SHOULD HAVE TO BE ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY. OKAY. NOW [II. PROCLAMATIONS (Part 2 of 2)] I HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION BECAUSE WE, IF YOU RECALL, WE STOPPED ON PROCLAMATIONS AND I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND WE WANT TO PROCLAIM, IT'S GOTTEN TO BE A LITTLE LATE, BUT WE CAN [01:30:01] DO IT HALF A DAY TOMORROW TO A DREAM TEAM DATE. SO, UH, I SEE ONE OF THE COACHES OF THE HILL OR THE DREAM TEAM. Y'ALL JUST COME ON UP TO THE FRONT. Y'ALL I KNOW Y'ALL WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT THEY WERE A GOVERNMENT CLASS. DON'T EITHER SOME OF OUR FINER STUDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT OFF. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR OLYMPIANS COME ON UP COACH AND THE COACH HAPPENS TO BE A KAPPA AS WELL. I MEAN, NOOPS IS DO WELL IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, UH, PROUD OF THAT FACT. OKAY. AND THE YOUNG LADY SAYS, I WANT YOU TO LET THEM STAND IN FRONT OF THAT AT, AT THAT PODIUM YET, I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR ME. IF YOU DON'T MAN, HIT ME AT NOON. TAKE THAT PODIUM AND PULL IT OVER THAT WAY. JUST PUT IT. IT'S GOING TO MOVE STRONG TOO. YEAH. YEAH. JUST KEEP GOING WITH IT BECAUSE IN A MOMENT, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME PICTURES. I WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE THEM. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. AND Y'ALL TAKE A STEP UP NOW. Y'ALL GOOD. OKAY. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN THERE, WHICH ALL RIGHT. I COME DOWN HERE. HEY, ALRIGHT. I GOTTA HAVE MY STICK AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. HE GOES, HE CAN START SINGING A SONG AND I CAN DO IT, SIR. THE BOY GOT A COLLEGE DEGREE, BUT HE COME TO MY CLASS, ALWAYS WANTING TO SING AND PLAY AT CHURCH. I CHOKED HIM. YOU KNOW WHAT I DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOUNG LADIES, HOW Y'ALL DOING. ALL RIGHT. HEY MAN. I LOVE MANNERABLE KIDS. COME ON. I CAME DOWN HERE SO I CAN GO GET YOU A JOB. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW THE CITY OF PORT ON THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND GETTING TO READ THIS IS 10, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF 100, LIKE YOU SAY, 66, 60 POINT 97. OKAY. OKAY. I GOT YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE GREAT CITY OF PORTLAND THAT WOULD LIKE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING DREAM TEAM FOR COMPETING IN THE 2022 U S JUNIOR OLYMPICS. WHEREAS WE OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO PARENTS, CHLOE GONZALEZ, AND LAYLA BOOKER FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. AND WHERE IS KAREN RAN? PERFECTLY. RIGHT. OKAY. AND WHAT'S STRONG COMING OUT OF THE JACKS AND RAN THE CAR. WELL, I WAS SECONDLY, HELP ACHIEVE THE TEAM AND GET THE TEAM TO A LEAD. AND PEYTON WAS THIRDLY AND DOMINATED THE CURVE. WOW. CAME IN AS OUR ANCHOR AND ALICE SECOND STRONGEST STRIVING TO HOLD AND MAINTAIN THE LEAD AND CLOSE IT OUT. AND WHERE IS THIS? THE DREAM TEAM DOMINATED THE EIGHT U GIRLS RELAY TEAM WITH BALL GOLD METALS. ALL RIGHT NOW WITH THE NATION'S BEST TIME, THEY DETERMINED TO WIN EVERY MEAT. WHEREAS THE GIRLS WENT INTO REGIONALS RUNNING. THAT WAS A TEN THREE ONE ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE AND THREE SECONDS. ALL THE GOAL METAL PAVING THEIR WEIGHT INTO THE NUMBER THREE SPOT IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JUNIOR OLYMPICS. WHEREAS WITH PRAYER, KEEP GOING AND YOU'RE MIXING THE HARD WORK [01:35:02] AND THE DETERMINATION TO BE THE BEST. THESE GIRLS RAN A ONE MINUTE AND 97 SECONDS PLACING THEM AT THE SECOND BEST TIME IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN THE TITLE OF JUNIOR OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST AND WERE NAMED TO THE FIRST TIME ALL AMERICAN TEAM. WOW, NOW THEREFORE I THURMAN BILL BARCHIE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT, ALL THE TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TODAY, AUGUST 30TH AND EVEN TOMORROW, AUGUST 31ST AS DREAM TEAM DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT OFF IT. AND I ASK ALL OF YOU MY CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AS I CONGRATULATE THESE YOUNG LADIES AND THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND WITNESS RELO, I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OR PORT OF THE TEXAS TO BE A FIXED THIS 30TH DATE OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2022 AND YOUNG LADIES AND SIGNED BY ME AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. AND SOMEONE HANDLING THIS WOMAN TOMORROW, TELL CHRIS, I NEED THREE MORE CAPITAL I'M GIVING. I NEED FOUR MORE COPIES OF BINS, PLEASE. FOUR MORE COPIES OF THIS SO THAT EACH ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE THEIR OWN COPY. I WOULD GIVE THIS COMPETENT COAT. I'M GOING TO Y'ALL HOLD IT. OKAY. AND Y'ALL GOING TO GO, OKAY. AND THEN Y'ALL TURN IT AROUND AND Y'ALL COME ON, TAKE THE PICTURES WITH THEM. FAMILY COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM, NONE OF THAT AND BRING HIS LITTLE UP THE NEW JACKETS WE HAVE TOOK THEM OVER AND MUCH ALL OF THE PARTY. OH, I KNOW THAT'S FAIR. [01:40:06] [01:46:51] [01:50:39] [01:55:42] LADY FROM PENNSYLVANIA. SHE'S HERE. SHE GOT TO GET ON THE [02:00:02] MY BODY TO FORGET. EXCUSE ME. UH, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION IN THE NORMAL SEQUENCE AND WE ARE OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL AGAIN? WE PUT YOU DOWN AS A RECESS. YES, SIR. MAYOR BARTEE MAY APPROACH TIM HOLMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YOU HAVE A CORE MAN. THANK YOU SO KINDLY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND THE LITTLE CEREMONY OR PARTS THAT WE JUST HAD TO COMPLETE FOR THOSE CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED. WE WILL NOW MOVE [III.B.1. Emilie Zalfini Regarding The National League Of Cities Service Line Warranty Program ( Requested By Mayor Bartie)] TO, UH, SPEAKERS. UH, WE HAVE MEN, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE, UM, MS. , I HOPE I DIDN'T MESS UP YOUR NAME REGARDING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES SERVICE LINE WARRANTY PROGRAM AS REQUESTED BY MAYOR BARCHIE WE HAD SPOKEN AND SHE HAD SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO HEAR. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I'LL TRY AND GET THROUGH IT AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. I APOLOGIZE. IT WON'T BE AS ENTERTAINING AS ANY OF WHAT WE JUST SAW, BUT AGAIN, MY NAME IS EMILY DELPHINE. I REPRESENT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES SERVICE LINE WARRANTY PROGRAM. UM, IT IS OF COURSE THE ONLY SERVICE LINE ACTUALLY ENDORSED BY THE NLC QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE COMPANY THAT I WORK FOR. I WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED HOMESERVE. UM, WE ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 19 YEARS NOW. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NLC SINCE 2010, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO MENTION THAT IN BOTH 2013 AND 2018, WE WANT TO TOWARDS THE WORD FOR MARKETPLACE ETHICS, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. SO WE ALWAYS TRY AND WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO MAINTAIN SOME PRETTY HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS WITHIN THE PROGRAM. UM, BUT WHAT IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO DO IS TO TRY AND HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO AGING UNDERGROUND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY STARTING TO PLUG A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, SO WE KNOW COMMUNITIES LIKE YOURS ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN ALL SORTS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT ON THE HOMEOWNERS SIDE, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH YOU CAN DO. UM, THAT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY THE NLC STARTED LOOKING INTO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE. THEY WANTED TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THEY WENT AHEAD. THEY DID THE RESEARCH TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU ALL. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE THE COMPANY THEY CHOSE TO WORK WITH. SO NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE OUR VOLUNTARY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FOR YOUR RESIDENTS. THEN OUR FIRST GOAL IS REALLY JUST TO EDIT, EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEIR WATER AND SEWER LINES ON THEIR PROPERTY. WHILE WE ALSO OFFER THE OPTION OF PROTECTION ON THEIR EXTERNAL WATER LINES, EXTERNAL SEWER LINES, AND ALSO THEIR IN-HOME PLUMBING. UM, IT'S DONE AT NO COST WHATSOEVER TO THE CITY. IT'S VERY TURNKEY. WE HANDLE ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM FROM MARKETING, BILLING, CLAIMS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, REALLY EVERYTHING. UM, AND WE ACTUALLY OFFER A SMALL INCREMENTAL REVENUE BACK TO THE CITY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. UM, SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS MOST BENEFICIAL ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THE AWARENESS PIECE. UM, THERE'S USUALLY A PRETTY SIMILAR STORY IN MOST AREAS. AND WHEN A RESIDENT HAS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR WATER SEWER LINE, THEY CALL THE CITY, SOMEONE COMES OUT AND OFTENTIMES THAT CITY EMPLOYEE FINDS IT'S ON THE RESIDENT'S SIDE AND KIND OF HAS TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS AND TELLING THEM IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. AND IT'S PROBABLY ALSO NOT COVERED BY THEIR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE POLICY. UM, SO I KIND OF LIKE TO THINK OF THE PROGRAM, ALMOST LIKE A FREE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IS SEND OUT INFORMATION, LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHICH PORTION OF THEIR LINE IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY IS WORKING WITH US JUST TO HELP MAKE SURE SOMETHING IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM. IF THEY WANT THE PROTECTION. OBVIOUSLY FOR THOSE WHO ENROLL, WE OFFER A LITTLE PEACE OF MIND, BASICALLY FOR A FEW DOLLARS A MONTH, THEY'RE TRANSFERRING THE RISK OF THEIR LINES TO US. AND THEN IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S A BROKEN, CRACKED OR LEAKY PIPE, TREE ROOT PENETRATION, CLOG, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THEY GIVE US A CALL. WE HAVE US-BASED CALL CENTERS, THEY'RE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR. AND WE WORK WITH LOCAL AREA CONTRACTORS FOR OUR REPAIRS. SO WE THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO TRY AND KEEP THE MONEY WITHIN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS BEST WE CAN. AND ALSO WE EXPECT THAT CONTRACTORS WHO ARE LOCAL SHOULD BE AWARE OF ANY CODES OR REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING AT ALL THAT MIGHT BE UNIQUE. SO WE EXPECT THEM TO GET THE JOB DONE UP TO YOUR STANDARDS AS WELL AS OURS. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SELECTION OF OUR CONTRACTORS, WE DO ALLOW OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TO BE AS INVOLVED OR UNINVOLVED IN THAT PART OF THE PROCESS [02:05:01] AS YOU'D LIKE, BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH OUR OWN VETTING PROCEDURES. SO WE ESSENTIALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET ALL STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. UM, AS FOR THOSE CONTRACTORS, THEY ARE NOT ASKED TO PAY ANYTHING TO JOIN OUR NETWORK. WE DON'T TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN CHARGE. THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO CHARGE US THEIR STANDARD RATES ON THE HOMEOWNER SIDE OF THINGS. THEY HAVE THREE COMPLETELY SEPARATE, COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY OPTIONS FOR PROTECTION. SO THERE'S ONE FOR THE EXTERNAL WATERLINE, ONE FOR THE SEWER LINE. AND ONE FOR IN-HOME PLUMBING. THE TWO EXTERNAL OPTIONS ARE SET UP PRETTY MUCH IDENTICALLY AS FAR AS HOW THEY WORK. UM, SO IF A HOMEOWNER ENROLLED INTO EITHER OF THOSE, WHAT THEY WOULD GET WOULD BE UP TO $8,500 OF PROTECTION PER INCIDENT. THERE ARE NO SERVICE FEES, NO DEDUCTIBLES, NO ANNUAL OR LIFETIME LIMITS. AND WE WOULD NOT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS THEY CAN FILE IN A YEAR. THIRD OPTION IS THAT IN-HOME PLUMBING. BASICALLY. IT JUST PICKS UP WHERE THOSE TWO LEAVE OFF. UM, FOR THAT WE OFFER UP TO $3,000 PER INCIDENT AND THAT'S FOR ANY WATER, SEWER OR DRAIN LINE IN THE HOME. IT DOES INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE EMBEDDED UNDER A SLAB OR A BASEMENT FLOOR, AS WELL AS SOMETHING SIMPLE, LIKE A CLOGGED TOILET. AGAIN, NO SERVICE FEES, NO DEDUCTIBLES, NO ANNUAL OR LIFETIME LIMITS. UM, ESSENTIALLY WHEN THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER, THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT, LET'S SAY A A HUNDRED DOLLARS SERVICE FEE TO STOP SOMEBODY FROM GIVING US A CALL TO GET THE ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF. AND PEOPLE TEND TO BE A LOT MORE PROACTIVE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SEARCHING FOR A CONTRACTOR. IF THEY DON'T KNOW SOMEONE OR PAYING A TON OF MONEY OUT OF POCKET. UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT IT IS NOT A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. SO THE WAY THAT IT WOULD WORK IS IF A RESIDENT HAS AN ISSUE, THEY GIVE A CALL TO US. WE FIND THEM A LOCAL AREA CONTRACTOR SEND THE CONTRACTOR TO THEM. AND THEN ONCE THE JOB IS COMPLETE, WE PAY THOSE CONTRACTORS DIRECTLY. SO NO MONEY IS EXCHANGING HANDS THERE. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER FEATURES I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING IS THE INCREMENTAL REVENUE THAT WE DO OFFER BACK TO THE CITY. THE WAY THAT WORKS IS WE OFFER 50 CENTS PER MONTH PER PAID WARRANTY. SO WITH THERE BEING THREE WARRANTY OPTIONS, IF A HOMEOWNER GETS ALL THREE, THE CITY'S ELIGIBLE FOR A DOLLAR 50 A MONTH. UM, SO UP TO A DOLLAR 50 PER HOUSEHOLD, BASICALLY, UM, THAT IS PAID OUT ONCE A YEAR, RIGHT AROUND JANUARY. AND OF COURSE WE DON'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH THE REVENUE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S OPTIONAL. IF YOU WANTED TO TURN IT DOWN, YOU CAN, IN THAT CASE, WE BASICALLY JUST PASS THE SAVINGS TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHO ENROLL BY LOWERING THEIR PRICING BY THAT 50 CENTS. UM, SO REALLY THE LAST THING I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE I GO OVER IS HOW WE MARKET THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE MEAT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MY COMPANY AND THE CITY. UM, SO WE REALLY ONLY MARKET BY DIRECT MAIL. THERE'S NO DOOR TO DOOR, NO TELEMARKETING TRY NOT TO BOMBARD PEOPLE WITH TOO MUCH MAIL. WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF THREE CAMPAIGNS EACH YEAR. EACH OF THOSE DOES CONSIST OF TWO MAILINGS. SO AN INITIAL LETTER GOES OUT TWO TO FOUR WEEKS LATER AND ALMOST IDENTICAL REMINDER LETTER GOES OUT. UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE FORMATTED TO BE PRETTY MUCH AS EDUCATIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL AS WE CAN JUST STARTING OFF LETTING THE HOMEOWNER KNOW THEIR ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND AGAIN, LETTING THEM KNOW THE CITY IS WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVE OPTIONS FOR PROTECTION. IF THEY WANT IT, WE MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. IT'S OPTIONAL. IT IS NOT MANDATORY. AND THAT IT IS COMING FROM US AS AN OUTSIDE COMPANY AND NOT FROM THE CITY. SO WE DIRECT THEM TO CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTION OR INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WHERE THE CITY'S PART REALLY COMES INTO PLAY IS WITH THAT MARKETING. UM, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PROBABLY NEVER SEEN OUR LOGO BEFORE. IT'S PROBABLY GONNA END UP RIGHT IN THE TRASH IF THEY GET OUR LETTERS. UM, SO WHAT WE DO ASK FROM THE CITY IS FOR THE USE OF THE CITY LOGO ON SOME OF OUR MARKETING MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY THE OUTER ENVELOPE, REALLY TO GET PEOPLE, TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE LETTER AND READ IT, OF COURSE, THE MORE WHO READ IT, THE MORE WHO ENROLL BETTER PRICING AND PROTECTION AND BETTER LOCAL AREA CONTRACTOR NETWORK, WE CAN BUILD UP AS WELL NOW BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR THE LOGO. THE SECOND THING WE ASK FROM THE CITY IS ACTUALLY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MARKETING MATERIAL BEFORE EACH CAMPAIGN. SO ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR, WE'D SEND ALL OF THAT OVER, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU ON IT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FLEXIBLE. UM, ONCE WE DO GET THE APPROVAL, WE LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO MAIL. SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THE HOMEOWNERS GET IT IN THE MAIL. AND THEN REALLY THE KEY IS IF, FOR ANY REASON, THE CITY DOES NOT GIVE US AN APPROVAL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN. UM, EVEN IF YOU JUST SAY, LET'S SAY WANT TO PUT IT ON HOLD FOR SOME REASON WE JUST DON'T MAIL ANYTHING. UM, AND OF COURSE IT HAS A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NLC, BUT ALSO JUST KIND OF THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF THE COMPANY WE WANT TO REMAIN TRANSPARENT AND KEEP YOU INVOLVED IN THAT MESSAGING. UM, SO YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHEN SOMETHING'S GOING OUT AND WHAT IT IS. UM, SO TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE, UM, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE AROUND A THOUSAND PARTNERS OR A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND PARTNERS ACROSS THE U S CURRENTLY INCLUDES 48 IN TEXAS. UM, AND IN JUST THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE SAVED TEXAS RESIDENTS OVER $3.5 MILLION IN REPAIR COSTS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'D LOVE TO BRING THIS PROGRAM HERE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IN PORT ARTHUR AS WELL. UM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING PATIENTLY. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? [02:10:06] YEAH. SO YOU HAVE NOT STARTED CAUSE I HAVE, UM, I, UM, GOT A MAILER IN FROM HOMESERVE. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS BACKED BY NLC. SO SOMEONE HAD SENT AND I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP BECAUSE IT WAS, UM, FOR ONE, WE JUST GOT ONE THE OTHER DAY FOR HOT WATER HEATER. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME OUT FOR, UM, TO COVER YOUR PLUMBING, COMING OUT ABOUT THE PLUMBING, UM, HOT WATER HEATERS LAP THAT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS BACKED BY IN-HOUSE NLC AND DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS INITIATED. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE MAKING THE PRESENTATION SO THAT CITIZENS WILL KNOW WHEN THEY GET THAT. I SAVED THE COPY, MADE A FILE FOR IT WHEN WE SIGNED UP. SO, UM, AND SO IT ACTUALLY, WOULDN'T BE THE ONE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, SOME ELECTRIC COMPANIES IN TEXAS. SO THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE WHERE IT CAME FROM. UM, YOU MAY GET BETTER PRICING IF THE CITY DECIDED TO OFFER IT, YOU MAY GET BETTER PRICING ON THE WATER AND SEWER LINE AND IN HOME PLUMBING COVERAGE, DID YOU HAVE OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE SENDING HOME? CAUSE IT SAYS SPONSORED BY HOMESCHOOL. YES. YEAH. HOMESERVE IS OUR PARENT COMPANY. UM, AND WE DO PARTNER WITH BOTH, UM, MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS WATER OR ELECTRIC UTILITIES. SO I GOT THE LETTER I GOT WAS FROM ANOTHER ENTITY, NOT THIS ONE FROM HOMESERVE BECAUSE IT SAYS IT'S SPONSORED BY HOME. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM HOME SERV, UM, BUT MOSTLY MOST LIKELY THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER UTILITY, ANY ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. AND WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I, WE, WE HAD SPOKEN AND EVEN I WAS APPRISED OF IT. UH, I BELIEVE THOSE OF US IN WASHINGTON, WE WENT IN THERE AND SEE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I HAD SPOKEN WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THE BEST THING WAS AT THE IMAGINARY SPOKEN THAT THEY WOULD COME DO A PRESENTATION AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM THEM BECAUSE ONCE THE CITY MANAGER WILL GET BACK WITH YOU AND THEN HE'LL DIRECT YOU TO WHATEVER, UH, PERSON WITHIN HIS, UH, ONE OF THE, HIS DEPARTMENTS, SO TO SPEAK AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU ALL WOULD, AND THEY WOULD COME UP WITH, IF IT'S FEASIBLE FOR PORT ARTHUR TO, AS YOU SAID, UH, MY, MY SCRIPT AND IT WAS THAT NLC OF THE STAFF AND THOSE ACTUALLY STOOD BACK AND, AND, AND SAW THE PRESENTATION THERE. AND AT THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, YEAH, Y'ALL GET A GOOD, GOOD PRESENTATION THERE WITH, AND WORK WITH THEM. WE'LL WORK WITH THEM WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. RIGHT. I KNOW THAT, UM, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT USE OF OUR LOGO. WE HAVE A PROGRAM ALREADY WHERE WE HAVE INSERTS WITH THE BILLS THAT NORMALLY GO OUT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT THE LEGAL PART OF IT. UM, WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, WE GET TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF IT. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. YEAH. SO, NO, BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH MUNICIPALITIES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A SLOW MOVING PROCESS I EVER IT'S SO THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE PROPERLY. OKAY. AND THE CITIZENS WOULD GET THE BEST, BEST SERVICE THAT WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFORD TO GIVE THEM AND PRESENT TO THEM SO THEY CAN. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO RUN BACK AND GO EAT DINNER CAUSE I DIDN'T GET SO YOU ALL GET TO EAT SOON TOO, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET. IT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. [III.B.3. UGK Day 10th Anniversary ( Requested By Mayor Bartie)] NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, ABOUT FOUR UGK DATE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE MADE A REQUEST ABOUT. UH, GENTLEMEN HAD, UH, COME BY AND MET WITH ME A ZOOM CALL. I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, ABOUT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UGK DATE THAT ORIGINALLY HAD BEGUN WITH, UH, MAYOR, UH, PRINCE ME A PRINT. I BELIEVE SHE, UH, INITIALLY THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. SO YOU ALL ARE ON AND UH, OKAY, WE'RE READY. YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. EVERYONE. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OFFICIALS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR REPUTATION HERE WITH RESPECT TO THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY, EASY PAY DAY, JUST TO GET YOU UP AND GET A BRIEF, UM, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO MYSELF. MY NAME IS TROUGH PARKER. THIRD, I'M AN EXECUTIVE IN DM CONSULTANT WITH THE CLARK NICOLA MUSEUM CONSULTANCY JUST A SHORT BIT ABOUT US. WE HELP DMS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IMPROVE PERFORMANCE [02:15:01] AND ADOPT NEW WAYS OF WORKING. WE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH PROJECTS AND ACUMEN LISTENED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CREATE MORE EFFECTIVE PARTNERING SYSTEM COLLABORATIONS ACROSS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PREDICT EFFECTIVELY A IMMERSIVE AND REFLECTIVE, UH, PROGRAM EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS AND FANS OF UGK. SO YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, THIS GROUP, UH, UH, THIS GROUP OF RESIDENTS WITH A MIX OF SOME OTHER, UH, CONCERNED, UM, CITIZENS FROM THE CULTURE, NOT NECESSARILY PORT ARTHUR CAME TOGETHER IN DECEMBER OF 2020 TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE STATE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN PORT ARTHUR WITH RESPECT TO UK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE JUST MENTIONED, UH, MAY OR A PROCLAMATION FROM, UH, BOBBY, UH, FRANCE FOR ME OR FOR ME OR MY FRIENDS. SO YOU SAID THE SECOND 2012, UM, THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND I WON'T SPEAK ON THESE. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HERE TO SPEAK ON ME AND AT THIS POINT I'LL ACTUALLY TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO CHAD JUDE. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING THERE, COUNCIL? UM, GOOD TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL. YEAH. SO IT'S A TEAM WENT OFF WHAT CHARLES SAID SINCE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS, UH, STARTED, UM, I'VE MOVED TO COLORADO, MYSELF, UH, OUT OF ALL THAT. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE FAMILY HOME ANYMORE ON THE STREET OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE HOME WHERE OF SOME OF THE MOST LEGENDARY ITEMS WITH GRADED IN PORT ARTHUR, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF A FEW OTHER THINGS, UH, OBVIOUSLY PASS IT ON. UH, SO NOW TODAY, YES. YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. WEIRD. HUH? UH, YEAH. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR OF OUR TEAM IN PORT OFF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVE HALLS. I'M A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AS WELL AS THE MUSIC PRODUCER AND DEAR FORMER ARTISTS SIGNED TO VIRGIN RECORDS, UM, POISONED MY EFFECTS, THE BIG CONCERN, UH, ER, TORN DOWN MURAL AND FUTURE CELEBRATION DAYS. SO ONLY THE SECOND PLACE THING GET US OUT FROM THE PORT, ARTHUR, TEXAS SINCE 1992, WHICH IS THE FORMATION OF THE SOUTHERN RAP UNDERGROUND CANES, AKA GK THEN CAME MURAL. WASN'T JUST A PAIN, BUT CLAIM TO FAME, UH, FOR OUR CITY, IT LITERALLY REPRESENTED A MILESTONE BA, BUT IT WAS A STEROID NOT CARING ABOUT ITS COASTAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT WILL BE SEEN AS TEARING DOWN YOUR OLD JOHNNY SAIL OR AMAZED. FRANKIE BEVERLY SINCE MARDI GRAS WAS TAKEN FROM US WITH CELEBRATION, THEY WERE UGK TO RESPECT THAT THEY CALL IT GK DAY. WE CAN FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING, UH, MONUMENTAL THAT'LL IMPACT THE CITY AND GUARANTEE REVENUE FOR YEARS TO COME GIVE CITY ALL IT TAKES IT SERIOUSLY. AND I SUPPORTING PEOPLE OF ALL RACES ALL OVER THE WORLD, 18 TO 81, CELEBRATE UGK AS ONE OF THE STAPLES OF PROGRESSIVE HIP HOP MUSIC THROUGH SERIOUS MARKETING AND PROMOTION UGK A WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO BOTH REGULAR AND RICH AND FAMOUS FANS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, FROM ALL MY EXPERIENCE, UH, HANGING OUT WITH THE VARIOUS THINGS, UH, MUSIC, ARTISTS, COMEDIANS, ACTORS, ATHLETES, AND MORE SO THIS THING THAT THEY SPEAK OF EACH DAY AS THEIR FAVORITE AND THEIR FAVORITE MUSIC, UH, FOR PORT ARTHUR, THAT MEANS EXPOSURE, TOURISM, BUSINESS, PRE SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE, LITERALLY THOUSANDS TO POSSIBLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE CITY EACH YEAR IN CLOSING OF CITY OF PORT OFFICERS RECOGNIZES SOME MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS THAT CAME FROM HERE. AND I ASKED, UH, CITY OF BOYLE IS NOT THAT OUTDATED THINKING. GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES ARE OUTSIDE OF DISLIKE FOR CLASSIC HIP HOP MUSIC INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BRING CHANGE AND CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. I'M ASKING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, MEGHAN, AND IT GENDER WELL THOUGHT OUT DECISIONS TO EMPLOY UGK DATING AS A MAJOR CATALYST TO BRING PORT OFF OF TEXAS, BACK TO THE VEGGIE DAIRY ARRIVING WEALTHY CITY ABUSE TWO DECADES AGO. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MITCH MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK. MY NAME IS MITCHELL QUEEN COUNTY TROUT. I AM AN AUDIT AND I'M ALSO THE DEEPER AND OLDER. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT MY USE, THE LAPTOP SHOW. IT WAS SURPRISED THAT I WOULD RECEIVE AN INVITATION FROM THE LORD FOR SUCH AN HISTORIC, A PATIENT THAT HE'D BEEN NO OTHER BATS LIKE THE RODEO BEFORE AND THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON DECIDED TO APPROACH. AND HE'S GLAD THAT HE FELT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SPECIALIST. SOMEONE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS IS LARGER [02:20:01] THAN LIFE AND PRESENTED THIS TO A PREMIUM WITH A CERTIFICATE FLEX TO COMMEMORATE THIS MAJOR MILESTONE AND PULL OFF ON STAGE LEVEL. HE WAS REAL TO SEE ALL AND I LOOKED AROUND AND THE STADIUM WAS FIELD FROM BOTTOM TO TOP 3000 FEET. AHMED STOLE OUT 5,000 PEOPLE THERE TO SEE ONE OF THE FOUR OFFICES ON A STELLAR SHOW, BRINGING HIS NAME. YOUR TOP COAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD AND FUN. HAD A DRESSING ROOM WITH CHAD'S NAME ON IT. SO REPRESENTATIVES BEING THAT THINGS NETWORK WITH BIG NAME ARTISTS, INCLUDING FUN WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THE PINK AND PEOPLE ARE MORE PROUD ME TO BE THE FOUNDER OF THIS ARTIST OF ALL TIME. WHEN YOU PK AS MENTIONED, YOU RECEIVED THE UTMOST RESPECT FROM OUR PEERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND OVER THREE AMERICANS, THE BEST BURGER IN AMERICA AND FUSION TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO EXPERIENCE WHAT'S CALLED FAMILY. AND TOGETHER WE GO UP TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO SEL, UH, LEISURE. UH, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS GOING TO COME UP. WE STARTED, WE WERE, WERE THE ONE THING YOU WERE, YOU BECAME EMPTY AND PORNOGRAPHY, UH, FOR EUGENE FADE, UM, BARRY PARKING. AND HE COMES UP WITH Y'ALL KNOW FROM THEIR EXACT SAME ANSWER, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DIRECT WRITE BACK SOMETHING I BELIEVE IN CAPITALIZE ON. AND LASTLY, WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR ARTHUR ITSELF, YOU DON'T PUT TEXAS BEHIND IT. THE FIRST THING YOU GET IS ARTICLES ABOUT FROG AUSTRALIA, FUNNILY ENOUGH. UM, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, IT MAY, MAY BE DIRECTED TO SOMETHING LIKE A HISTORY THEY HAVE THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I BELIEVE IN US, THEY WERE MAN TO LEAVE, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF WHAT AUTHOR AND A UK THEY AND THE TEAM AT DREW. I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF THEM, ALL THREE OF THESE, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS. CAUSE I BELIEVE THEY ALL WENT BACK TOWARDS US AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY SAID, UM, CAPITAL ON THESE, THESE TOURISM DOLLARS AND THE PEOPLE DOING RESEARCH ON UGK AND PMC EVERY DAY AND LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE THE HISTORY AND WHERE IT ALL STARTED. UM, NOT ONLY THE HISTORY OF UK AND THRILL, BUT ALSO COUNTRY RAPID THREE DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, GROUPS AND CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE TO THAT WANT TO KNOW. SO I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ON, UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, AND WE ENVISIONED THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH SOME OF THIS BRIGHT SILENCE, BOTH LOCALLY AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPERSED THROUGH THE VARIOUS. UM, SO IN SUMMARY, UM, YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE TO KNOW WHERE YOU BECAME OFFENSIVE FROM, UM, AND PORT ARTHUR BE EMPHASIZED IN POSITIVE PROMOTION AND NOT ONLY HEIGHTENED THE PROFILE OF UGK, BUT IN TURN ALSO THE CITY. SO, UM, IT TURNS A PROGRAM AND YOU SEE HERE, UM, WE PRESENT REALLY, UH, THE MATIC MULTIDISCIPLINARY SHELTER, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH PROGRAMMING TO INCLUDE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS. THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UM, SYMPOSIA, UM, AS WELL AS INVITING MULTICULTURAL FOOD VENDORS TO REFLECT THE CITY WORLD-CLASS CUISINE. UM, AND THEN ALSO A TRAVELING EXHIBITION WITH MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE TO ENGAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGLISH SPEAKERS, A LOT OF SPANISH SPEAKERS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE A PROGRAM OUTLINE FOR WALKING LOOK AT, UH, SO THIS YEAR AT THE ANNIVERSARY LANDS ON FRIDAY, UH, [02:25:01] SO ON DAY ONE, THURSDAY, I WOULD INCLUDE HIP HOP MEDITATION AND THEN AN EXHIBITION RECEPTION WITH, UH, WITH, WITH SMALL TALK. UM, AND THAT EXHIBITION GOES OUT THERE. WE INCLUDE A SILK SCREEN PRINTS. UM, YOU SAW THE ONE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE DO INCLUDE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, UM, UM, MAMMA WEST, HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE STREET OR AVENUE HOUSE WHERE, UM, CHAD JUST SPOKE ABOUT A MOMENT BEFORE A SHORT FILM, UH, 33 MINUTES, UH, 26 HOURS OF ORAL HISTORIES, UM, WITH RESPECT TO COUNTRY RESTROOMS, UM, OF COURSE A COMMISSIONED ARTWORK, UM, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO DAY TWO FOURTH WOULD BE THE FILM AND THEN ALSO A PANEL, UM, THAT EXPLORED THE ENTERTAINMENT LEGACY OF BLACK PORT ARTHUR FROM THE 1960S TO THE 1980S. AND THIS IS THIS, THIS WAS BORN OUT OF SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD THROUGH MY ORAL HISTORY PRACTICE IN PORT ARTHUR, ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR PAUL REMEMBERED AND FORUMS ON THE FLOOR WHERE JOE SIMON PLAY LIVE, WHERE, UM, WHERE BOBBY WOMACK PLAYING LIVE. SO THESE ARE SOME INTERESTING, UH, BEING THERE FROM THE CITY MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY THREE, UM, THE BIRTH OF COUNTRY RACCOONS, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION AND, UM, AND INCLUDE THE PERFORMING ARTIFACT THAT WILL BE THE SYMPOSIA. AND THEN OF COURSE THE CAP OFF THIS THREE DAY EVENT, UM, BRINGING IN K THE EFFICIENT DJ DJ BIRD TO TAKE US FROM THIS CONCEPT FROM THIS LITERAL SPACE TO VENTURE EXHIBITION SPACE, TO THIS CONCEPTUAL SPACE, THAT HE IS AN ARTIST, UM, CALLED THE GHETTO PALLETS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT. UM, IT WOULD GLEAN REALLY IN, IN A MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF HOUR FOR HISTORY THAT WE RECORDED. UH, SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RETINOL TALK ABOUT AUDIENCE, UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, IT WAS REMOTE, UH, SO WHERE THEY HAD PROBABLY BEEN MUSIC HISTORICALLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHO LEGACY THIS EVENT, UH, WHAT, UH, FOOLISH, UH, PETER ANDREWS, THAT ARTICLE ISN'T GREAT AND READ THAT, BUT THE NEXT MUSIC ARE FOSTERED AND TEXAS CITIES. ALSO, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, AS AN AUDIENCE MYSELF, WANTING TO KEEP IT FULL AN EXPERIENCE, UM, UH, FOR ARTHUR, TEXAS IN THIS TRUTH, , , UH, WANTING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT, UH, AND SO TRYING TO CREATE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS, UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO OVERALL THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBITION, WHICH INCLUDE THE THREE-DAY PROGRAM IS SCALABLE. UM, IT CAN BE DONE ON A BUDGET OF 10 GRAND OR A $40,000 BUDGET, AND THAT $40,000 BILL ENDED UP BEING FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE OF A THREE-DAY PROGRAM. AND YOU ALL HAVE THIS SLIDE HERE, HE, HE LOOK OVER AND WE WOULD ACCEPT THE QUESTIONS OF COURSE, AFTER, UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PACKAGES THAT WE HAVE A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES OF THE FIRST BEING FLATTENED MATERIAL. WE HAVE THREE SPOTS AVAILABLE OF COMMUNITY AND BRAND INVESTMENT BEING A THOUSAND DOLLARS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE NEXT BEING THE GOLDEN TRUTH PACKAGE, WE HAVE THREE SPOTS FOR THIS ONE AS WELL, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRAND NEW INVESTMENT OF $5,000, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, THERE'S A SILVER AND REAL PACKAGE WHERE WE HAVE FOURS FIVE, A $4,000. UH, NEXT SLIDE, UH, THERE'S A BROAD PACKAGE, UM, WHICH IS, UH, IS GOING TO BE ON BASE PACKAGE AND AT THE VERY GROUND LEVEL, BUT HE'S ONE OF THE PACKAGES THAT CAME BEFORE IT, UH, THERE ARE TWO PASSES TO VIP EVENTS AND EVERY PATIENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MIXER. UM, THE USE OF THE COMPANY, UM, NAME INCLUDED IN ALL PRINT MATERIALS THAT WILL BE , UH, AND THE CITY LOGO ON ELECTRONIC MARKETING MATERIALS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT AND THEN PERMISSION TO BE NAMED THE PROGRAM [02:30:01] NAME AND THE MARK, UM, AND MARKETING EFFORTS AND COLLABORATING THROUGH THROUGH THE BUSINESS, THAT CONVENTION BUREAU, IF I'M DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, GO FURTHER NEXT. LASTLY, THIS IS JUST MY PRETTY MUCH, UM, DESIGNATED FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO ACTUALLY PROVIDING SPACE TO INVITE PEOPLE IN FEEL POTENTIALLY THE SAME WAY WE DO ABOUT OUR CITY, BUT ALSO ABOUT, UM, COMMEMORATING SOME OF OUR CULTURAL ICON FROM THE CITY, THESE SPOTS MOVIE OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE WHO FEEL AND LOVE AND RE . UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO OBVIOUSLY THE PA PARTY CODE USING CONSULTANCY, UH, EVEN WITHIN THERE'S ALSO, UH, USING K RECORDS OR BY BYRON AMOS PARTNER TO NEW INITIATIVE, AND THEN ALSO A DECENT COMMUNICATION, WHICH IS A BLACK OWNED MARKETING FIRM OUT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. SO, UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR, YEAH. UM, WE'LL GO ON TO THE CHAT. UM, UM, YOU GOT TO GET, OKAY, YOU READY FOR SOME OTHER COMMENTS OR YOU, UM, MICROPHONE? UM, SO BASICALLY WITH US IN TERMS OF SUPPORT TO HELP PLAN AND EXECUTE THE QUALITY OF THE ASSISTANCE WITH THIS WILL LOOK LIKE A LIVE SUPPORT, LIVE PERFORMANCE AND VENUE, SELECTION OF ARTISTS CALL AND ALLOW THEM EURO WHEN YOU PUT THAT CALL OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES CREATIVE AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, ORCHESTRATE ALLOW THEM YOUR PAINTING, UM, ASSISTANCE WITH ACQUIRING AND TALKING BOXES, BUT THEN ALSO ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACE, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING PUBLIC ART. SO LET'S SAY AT THIS POINT, THE FREE SPACE AFFECTED ME AND YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT OKAY. WITH ANY, ANY COUNCIL PERSON FOR HAVING ANY, UH, ANY COURSES ON FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. WELL, WHAT WE HAVE IS YOU'VE GIVEN US A PRESENTATION, UH, IDEAS SPEAK WITH YOU, CITY MANAGER WILL, UH, BEGIN TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE HOW THIS WOULD FIT IN. I DID TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE DATES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE HAPPENING. YOU GAVE ME A DATE THAT YOU ALL WERE TRYING TO, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE IT. YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW, I SHOE THAT WOULD FIT IN AS CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE CLOSING DATE, BUT WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ON, ON, UH, OUR AGENDA HERE IN THE CITY, BUT IT WOULD BE LOOKED AT AND, UH, WE'LL BE IN CONTACT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YET WE WERE RIGHT ON TIME AND NOW THE BILL GOES ON. OKAY. NOW OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS APPRECIATE [III.B.4. A Presentation By City Engineer John Cannatella Regarding Streets] PRESENTATION BY A CITY ENGINEER, JOHN CATTLE KELLER REGARDING, UH, STREET, UH, PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE THE CITY A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR STREETS PROGRAM. UM, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS UP HERE LAST IN THE SPRING TIME TO DISCUSS, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE WERE WORKING ON. AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE DILIGENTLY TRYING TO WHITTLE AWAY AT THESE PROJECTS. UM, I HAVE A LIST OF, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT, UH, I WANT TO GO OVER WITH YOU. UM, AND THEN MY MAIN GOAL HERE IS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN TO YOU THIS ITEM. THAT'S FURTHER ON THE AGENDA ABOUT AWARDING THE $10 MILLION CONTRACT TO GULF COAST TO GET THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECTS GOING. UM, BUT I THOUGHT I'D GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE LATELY. UM, IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WERE, UM, THEY'RE BEING WORKED AND COMPLETED BY THE CITY, UH, FORCES, [02:35:01] AND THEN I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF ORANGE AVENUE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS TYPICAL OF THE OVERLAY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? UM, DISTRICT TWO, THERE'S A LIST AND THIS LIST IS, UH, CURRENT AS OF JULY 1ST, I THINK WAS THE LAST UPDATE THAT, UH, MS. FLO JAIL, UH, SENT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, OF THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING WORKED BY, UH, HER CREWS, UH, AGAIN, A PICTURE THERE OF 10TH AVENUE, UH, THAT WAS COMPLETED, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF, UH, MUNIES. UH, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW WHERE THAT IS. UM, MAYBE THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE GREAT SANDWICHES THERE TOO, ALSO. YES. UM, ALSO IN A DISTRICT TOO, I WANTED TO MAKE A BRIEF MENTION ABOUT PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE $10 MILLION CONTRACT. IT IS UP FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. THE ISSUE WITH A PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION IS THAT TRUCKS ARE STARTING TO USE THIS FROM THE PORT OF PORT AUTHOR RUNNING WEST AND EAST. AND SO THIS TRUCK ON THE RIGHT, I FOLLOWED IT FROM THE PORT DOWN PROCTOR STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PROC PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION. AND, UH, I HAVE TOLD THE PORT I'VE EXPRESSED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PROCTOR STREET WAS NOT INTENDED AS A TRUCK OR OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ASKED THEIR TRUCKERS NOT TO USE THIS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OF HOW THE TRUCKERS USED WHEN THEY LEAVE THE PORT WHERE THEY GO. BUT BASICALLY WHAT I CAN TELL IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 73, THEY'RE STARTING TO USE THIS AS A, A DIRECT ROUTE TO THE BOARD. UM, AGAIN, WE HAD THIS SET UP TO COMPLETE, UH, USING THE, LET THE TECH TECHNOLOGY IN THIS $10 MILLION CONTRACT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT KIND OF AT THE END, UM, GOING, MOVING TO DISTRICT THREE, I'VE GOT A PICTURE HERE OF SOUTH PARK DRIVE, WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF TERRELL ELEMENTARY. IT WAS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER. UM, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE DIDN'T DO A LOT IN DISTRICT THREE THIS SUMMER. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS NEXT ROUND THAT I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR A AWARD OF THE CONTRACT LATER, WHEN I TALK TO YOU AT THIS LAST SLIDE. AND THEN OF COURSE, DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE STREETS ARE IN OUR PROGRAM. THIS IS THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DONE NOW, AS WE SPEAK, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THROUGH BY, I THINK THE END OF THE YEAR IS THE PLAN. UH, AGAIN, THERE'S A PICTURE OF 60TH STREET JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE OUT THERE IN PORT ACRES AREA. ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS KIND OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM THAT, UH, KANDY SENDS YOU THE REPORT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. UM, THE HIGHLIGHT THAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EXPENSES, THE 22 MILLION THAT'S, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT SO FAR IN THE STREET PROGRAM. AS OF TODAY, IF YOU LOOK OVER ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE 15.2 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED FUNDS, THAT'S KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO USE SOME OF THAT ALLOCATED UNALLOCATED FUNDS IN THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEFORE US TONIGHT. UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED WAS BACK IN MAY, WE FINISHED THE SET OF PLANS FOR 22 STREETS, WENT OUT FOR BID RECEIVED BIDS ON JULY 27TH. WE ONLY HAD ONE BID OR BID IT. AND THOSE BIDS CAME IN AT $10 MILLION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART, WE EXCEEDED THE BUDGET AMOUNTS IN VIRTUALLY ALL OF, OF STREETS IN SOME CASES, ALMOST MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE BUDGET WAS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN THE REQUESTS FOR THESE UNALLOCATED FUNDS IS BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET AMOUNTS CAME IN CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY WERE ESTIMATED BACK IN 2018. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, YOU'LL SEE, IN DISTRICT TWO, THERE'S A NET UNDER RUN OR OVERRUN OF 2.2, 5 MILLION, AND THEN IT DISTRICT THREE IT'S 4.2 MILLION [02:40:02] THAT BASICALLY WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS THAT WE CAN, UH, IF YOU LOOK ON THIS LAST SLIDE, UM, THE 15.2 IS ON ALLOCATED FUNDS. I NEED 6.5 OUT OF THAT ON ALLOCATED FUNDS TO LET THIS CONTRACT TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT TONIGHT. AND THEN THAT WILL LEAVE YOU $8.7 MILLION IN THE UNALLOCATED FUND BUDGET. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO KIND OF COMPREHEND, BUT, UH, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. YES, THEY CAN BE, UH, HAVE A CONCERN, UH, JOANNE, BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, IT WAS AMANDO. THEN I BROUGHT TONIGHT AS YOU, WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THESE STREETS, WHICH IS THIS MY UNIT? YES, SIR. W W WE'VE GONE TO THE TRASH AND WITH THIS NET, YOU KNOW, ROLL KICKED THEM, KICKING THE BALL DOWN THE ROAD AND GET NOTHING DONE. SAME THING, KEEPING THE DEAD HORSE AS OUR CONCERN IS COUNCIL. THIS COUNCIL HERE WANTS TO MOVE WALL, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT I WALK THESE PEOPLE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE MEAT, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THESE STREETS DONE, PEOPLE BEATING US UP, NOT BEING NEW OR CALLING US WHATEVER IT SAYS, GET THIS THING DONE. I DON'T KNOW MUSTARD. IMAGINE TAKE, TAKE THE GRIP ON THIS. WHATEVER IT TAKES IS GETTING STUFF DONE. EVERY MONDAY DO MONEY, BUT WE CAN MEET UP WITH MS. COUNCIL EVERY DAY BY THE STREETS. THIS 10 MINUTES THING MOVES HAPPEN. LET'S DO THE MONEY. LET'S DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. UH, AS THE CITY ENGINEER INDICATED, UM, FUNDING IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE. WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST IS A METHOD OF ALLOCATION WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH DISTRICT BASED ON THE STREETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, THERE WAS A METHOD OF ALLOCATION THAT WAS ASSIGNED. AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAD TWO GROUPS THAT WOULD DEVELOP ONE WAS REHAB AND ONE WAS RECONSTRUCTION. UM, WHEN WE WENT OUT EARLIER IN THE GAME, WE FOUND OUT THAT THOSE FOUR TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION, WE HAD NEVER FACTORED IN THE UTILITIES FACTOR OF THOSE STREETS. AND SO WHEN WE GOT THERE, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD SPENDED IN SOME DISTRICTS, UM, THAT THE PRICE, UM, FOR TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION HAD DOUBLED IN SOME AREAS. AND SO IT LEFT SOME DISTRICTS AT A DISADVANTAGE, BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, WE STILL HAD TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING WITH MOMENTUM, WE HAVE COMPLETED. AND AS I PROMISED YOU IN JANUARY, WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 40 STREETS JUST IN HOUSE. WE HAVE KEPT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION DOWN BY DOING IT. IN-HOUSE GETTING THE ASPHALT, WHICH IS HALF, HALF THE PRICE OF LETTING THOSE OUT TO A CONTRACTOR. NO, WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAN WE ARE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE WORK. NOW, THOSE ARE THE STREETS THAT WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON, HAS TO GO THROUGH A OF, OF ENGINEERING OF DESIGN AND THAT SORT OF WHICH TAKES MORE TIME APART FROM THOSE STREETS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THE OVERLAY ON IN TERMS OF ASPHALT AND GETTING IT DONE. THOSE STREETS THAT WE'RE CONCENTRATING ARE IN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO, YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION IS LET US GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE STREETS. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST APPROVED IT AND ANOTHER BOND OF $10 MILLION, THAT IS JUST NOT, HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED. WE HAVE $10 MILLION AGAIN, THAT SITTING IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT APART FROM THAT, WE HAVE USED $3 MILLION FOR THE GULF. WE WOULD WITH STREET PROJECT 500,000 FOR THE JIMMY JOHNSON EXTENSION, WE HAVE $10 MILLION SITTING THERE. SO OUR PROBLEM IS NOT FUNDING THOUGH. WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING. OUR PROBLEM IS ALLOCATING BECAUSE WE HAVE TIED OURSELVES INTO A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION THAT IS NOT WORKING AS FAST AS WE GET INDUSTRIES. AND SO WHAT THE CITY ENGINEER'S ASKING US TO DO TONIGHT IS WE HAVE A POT OF MONEY THAT ARE SITTING, LET US GO AHEAD AND LET US ALLOCATE THAT. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN AMENDMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU KNOW, UH, MINUS THE PROP, THE STREET EXTENSION ON IT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE OUT THERE, BUT THAT WOULD FACILITATE US TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR JONES, THAT WOULD FACILITATE US GETTING WORK DONE IN DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON DISTRICT FOUR. UM, WE FORESEE THE POSSIBILITY AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN HOUSE. AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN DISTRICT FOUR AND IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT THAT WILL GIVE US, UH, A TOTAL HEADSTOCK ON DISTRICT DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, JOHN WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. YES, SIR. UM, WE [02:45:01] HAVE, WE HAVE ANOTHER SET OF PLANS COMING OUT FOR JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD. WE HAVE DISTRICT ONE COMING OUT AND THE DISTRICT FOUR COMING OUT, FOLLOWING UP RIGHT BEHIND THIS SET OF PLANS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER. WELL ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, BUT IT BECOMES TOO LARGE OF A CONTRACT FOR ANYONE TO BID LOCALLY. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE BEST I COULD DO ABOUT $10 MILLION. IF WE CAN AWARD THAT, THAT'LL GET US MOVING FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS WORTH OF WORK OUT THERE. OKAY. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE TOOK A BIG BEATING ON TRASH AND WE FINALLY GOT ON THE CONTROL AS COUNSELING AND THE BIG BEAT, NO STREETS. I GOT A CALL A DAY MEETING ABOUT GROUPING PLUG AND MY DISTRICT TO BUY POTHOLES ON LAS PALMAS. I'M GOING TO GIVE A FLOOR IN THE MORNING ABOUT IT SO WE CAN READ ABOUT ALL THE TIME BY THE STREETS. SO, UH, SILVERMAN GAVE GOOD EXPLANATION. HAVE YOU ON THE SAME PAGE, THIS MOVE WITH THE STREETS WE TALLY CAN MEET UP AND WE CAN MEET UP EVERY DAY. IT'S ON THE AGENDA. YES. THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA COUNCILMAN TO BE APPROVED LATER IN THE BUTTON, THE AGENDA. YES. UM, THE QUESTION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMAN, UH, JONES IS CORRECT ABOUT THE STREETS AND ALL THAT. UH, WE'RE SEEKING TO HAVE DONE, MAN. UH, SINCE I'VE GOTTEN ON COUNCIL, THE NUMBER OF STREETS YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED CITY MANAGERS TO BE COMMENDED, THE NUMBER OF STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON AND FIXED. AND I KNOW OUR CITIZENS ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AS WELL. SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR ALL THAT. YOU'VE DONE. ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE THOUGH, AND I PROMISE YOU THAT I'M NOT LOBBYING FOR ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE RACE, BUT IN THE, IN THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, WHERE WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE COMPANY TO BID ON STREETS, AND THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US, CORRECT THAT ONLY ONE COMPANY HAS COME FORWARD TO BID FOR STREETS, GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT. GIVE IT TO ME FAIR. WHAT IS THE, WHAT, WHAT HAS, WHAT HAS PROHIBITED US FROM USING LYFT TECH LYFT THAT CAME WITH, UH, HAS BEEN COMING FOR YEARS WITH A PRESENTATION TO DO STREETS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT. OFTEN THEY PUT A CONCRETE, UM, UH, UH, FORMATION IN WATER TO SHOW US THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN OUR CITY. THAT WOULD CAUSE US A SAVINGS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT IS PROHIBITING THE UTILIZATION OF LIFTECH IN OUR AREA FOR OUR STREETS? IS IT, IS IT MORE COSTLY? IS IT, IS IT, IS IT THAT WE'VE NOT ACCEPTED THE PROCESS OF THAT? I PROMISE YOU, I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS RACE. I DON'T, BUT WHAT IS THE DEAL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO DO STREETS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FIX STREETS AND TO MAKE THEM A VIABLE FOR YEARS TO COME. AND THERE'S A PROCESS THAT APPARENTLY DOES THAT WHAT'S STOPPING US FROM UTILIZING THAT PROCESS? WELL, COUNCILMAN RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ISSUE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IS MONEY. WE HAD ALLOCATED A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION AND THE BIDS CAME IN AT 1.8 MILLION. SO FOR ME TO DO THAT, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH ALLOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE BID IN FRONT OF US TO AWARD IT, BUT THE MONEY WASN'T ALLOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO. AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE, AS, AS A COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO ALLOCATE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS. OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST REBID IT OUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BUT WELL, AND LET'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. AND, AND, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OTHER AREAS AS A COUNCIL, AS WELL ABOUT BEING DOGMATIC TO ASSIST THEM, THAT HINDERS US AS OPPOSED TO A SYSTEM THAT HELPS US. AND I THINK WHAT I HEARD THE CITY MANAGERS SAY, AND IF I'M NOT, IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME. BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD THE CITY MANAGERS SAY IS THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE TIED OURSELVES TO ASSIST THEM. THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO BE, UM, DOES NOT ALLOW US TO BE, UH, AS, AS, AS AGGRESSIVE OR, YOU KNOW, AS FUNCTIONAL AS WE CAN BE. AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THIS COUNCIL TO DO AWAY WITH THAT SYSTEM AND FREE, FREE IT UP SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND MR. CITY MANAGER, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU RIGHT NOW, OPENLY AND PUBLICLY, IF YOU BRING US A RECOMMENDATION, LET US CONSIDER THAT RECOMMENDATION TO FREE YOU UP TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR STREETS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER THAT WE CAN, WE WANT TO FREE YOU UP. WE DON'T WANT TO HINDER YOU AND TIE YOUR HANDS TO DO IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE ANY, I MEAN, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MY POSITION AND WHERE I AM, BUT [02:50:01] I THINK THE HEART OF THIS COUNCIL IS, UH, TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S THE, AT THESE STREETS FIX AND TO HELP YOU ALL, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO FRUSTRATE OUR, THE STAFF. YES. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION IS, IS A PROBLEM. WE WERE, WE'RE SEEING FAILURES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE, WE BID IT OUT. WE, WE FOLLOWED THE STATE GUIDELINES AND WE BID IT OUT AND, UH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO AWARD IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S A MONEY ISSUE. I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT TO, UM, NOW A LITTLE BIT LATER, I THINK VAL EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE BIDS CAME IN AT 10.2. WE NEGOTIATED WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO BRING THEM DOWN TO 7.7, BUT HER, UH, UH, INTERPRETATION OR HER ADVICE IS TO AWARD IT AT 10.2. AND THEN WE WOULD CHANGE ON CHANGE, ORDER IT OUT. UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROAD, WE CAN DO IT. I'M PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. I'VE SEEN THE PRODUCT. I'VE BEEN TO HARRIS COUNTY AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE ROADS THAT WERE DONE OVER THERE. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT. I STAND BEHIND IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND IT WOULD HAVE HELPED IT WOULD HELP REINFORCE A ROAD THAT'S BEING HEAVILY TRAVELED BY TRUCKS RIGHT NOW. COOL. OKAY. MARK'S MR. CANNON TELLER. UM, THIS IS LOOKING AT, UH, DISTRICT FOUR AND, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FOUR IS THE, UH, UH, THE DISTRICT WITH THE MOST STREETS AND, AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE CURRENT UN ALLOCATED FUNDS IS 5 MILLION, 769,784. IT'S ON THAT, ON THE BACK PAGE HERE? YES. LAST PAGE THERE. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, THEN WE MOVE OVER TO, UH, TO, TO, TO THE ADJUSTMENT COLUMN. AND YOU SAY, UH, THINK IS DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FOUR, YOU WANT TO ADJUST THOSE BY ONE, $1,798,000 EACH. AND THAT, THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE REALLOCATED IN THE DISTRICT THREE. IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO AND THREE? YES, SIR. TWO AND THREE. AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD STILL HAVE, I WOULD STILL HAVE, OR MY DISTRICT WOULD STILL HAVE 3 MILLION, $971 AND SOME CHANGE LEFT TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE STREETS, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. AND YOU SAID WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BIDDING OUT THE NIGHT FOR, OR APPROVING THE NIGHT AT 10, 10 MILLION. YES. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WORK ON THE STREETS IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, FOR ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS IS I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID THAT THOSE MONIES WOULD COVER THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. NOT IN THIS CONTRACT, THAT CONTRACT IS JUST TWO AND THREE IS DOING THREE. YES, SIR. AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER JOB COMING OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT WOULD COVER FOR DISTRICT FOUR. AND SO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO LIKE, I'M LIKE COUNCILMAN JONES AND I'M GETTING CALLS TO, UH, UH, IN FACT, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO YOU AND MR. AND MS. MR. BURTON KNOWS. SO I'M JUST WANTING TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY CONSTITUENTS, THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, AND WE BE AS CLOSE TO, TO BEING ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD SOMETHING AND I'VE TOLD SOME FOLK, AND THEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND IT STILL HADN'T HAPPENED. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING OUT AT, IN THE MONTROSE AREA RIGHT NOW. AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT AREA IS, HAS BEEN FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BEEN NEGLECTED, UH, COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS HERE AND, AND THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHEN WE DID, I THINK IT WAS TEXAS. YES. PLEASED AS PUNCH. IT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, JUST AS HAPPY AS THEY CAN BE, BUT THEY'RE READY FOR BILL WILSON AND, AND THE OTHER STREETS, UH, BECAUSE WILSON IS, IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE FROM, FROM, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THAT STREET, BUT FROM THERE TO 360, ALL THE WAY TO 365 AND THEY USE THAT AND THEY TALK ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY DOING STORM SEASON. CAUSE THAT WILL BE A MAIN WAY FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF HERE. UM, AND WE KNOW HOW THEY FLOOD OUT THERE. [02:55:01] SO I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO TELL ME SO I CAN TELL THEM WHEN OR WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO START THAT PARTICULAR STREET, UH, WILSON AND THE OTHER STREET SAID THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED. I GUESS WE WENT THROUGH AND WROTE THROUGH CAUSE UH, MR. FLOOD AND I RODE THROUGH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, UH, UH, THAT WAS IN THE EARLY SPRING. AND WE IDENTIFIED ROADS IN NOT ONLY IN, IN MONTROSE, BUT IN PORT ACRES, OUT IN LAKESIDE, PALOMAR, NOT SO MUCH LAKESIDE, BUT PALOMAR AND IN EL VISTA AND I'M TELLING FOLKS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD. AND THEN I HAVE TO SIT BACK AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT LIMITED RESOURCES AS FAR AS MANPOWER AND ALL THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN I TELL THEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED ON THIS AND IN A MONTH, OR WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED ON IT IN TWO MONTHS, THAT IN TWO MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED THOUGH. YES. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CITY CREWS WORKING OUT THERE NOW, BUT THE CONTRACT PORTION OF THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME PLANS READY AND, UM, LET'S SAY A MONTH, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO BID IT OUT AND THEN WE HAVE TO AWARD IT. SO IT'D BE THREE MONTHS BEFORE WE'LL GET TO WORK OUT THERE. YEAH. SO THREE OF US, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING. SO WHEN I'M TALKING TO FOLKS, I'VE GOT SOME CONCRETE, UH, INFORMATION THAT I CAN RELY ON THAT THAT THAT'S ACCURATE. YES. OKAY. AND, AND, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, UH, GREG GREG STEEL HERE, GREG CASHMERE HAS COME ON BOARD WITH US. HE'S OUR, AN ENGINEER WITH US IN OUR STAFF NOW. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE PICKING UP THE PACE ON THESE SCENES AND I, I HOPE TO GET THEM OUT EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. ANOTHER PACKAGE TO CONTRACTORS. YEAH. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST JOHN REAL QUICK OR TOOK SOME NOTES AND I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, FRANK STATED EARLIER. NOW, THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE WITH FUNDING IS NOT THE ISSUE AT THIS POINT. IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO APPROVE, WHAT'S RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TODAY, AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE NEXT THING WE HAVE, WHAT, 15 AND 19 APPROVE INDUCED, OR WE DO WORK IN THE CITY. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN THEY ARE TURNING IN THEIR BIDS, THE AMOUNT IS EXTREMELY HIGH THAN WHAT IS ALLOCATED THERE. THERE'S BASICALLY TWO ASPHALT PLANTS, BOTH IN BEAUMONT. ONE IS RUN BY GULF COAST. WHO'S THE WINNING BID ON THIS PROJECT. THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, TROY DOT. AND, YOU KNOW, I CALLED TROY, UH, HE'S BUSY, HE'S WORKING IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. HE, HE, HE CHOSE NOT TO BID IT. SO THOSE ARE NOW YOU CAN GET, YOU CAN GET CONTRACTORS TO BUY ASPHALT FROM THESE GENTLEMEN, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MARK IT UP. AND SO YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT TWO VENDORS THAT ARE ABLE TO SUPPLY AS, AS YEAH. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING WITH THE MANAGER ABOUT. I, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU MANDARIN SHARE AGAIN FOR, YOU KNOW, THINKING OUT OF THE BOX AND TRY TO GET THIS WORK DONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING ELSE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO GET CONTRACTORS TO COME TO WORK IN A CITY, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THIS MONEY, THE MAJOR THING THE MANAGER CAME UP WITH THE PLAN, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING AT FIRST. NOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING. NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS AND SCHEDULING. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE MANAGER AGAIN FOR THINKING OUT OF THE BOX, YOU KNOW, BRINGING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE LUCRATIVE, BUT I JUST HOPE THAT THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR BID VENDOR THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE MADE APPROVED IS GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THE WORK, THE AMOUNT OF WORK. CAUSE I THINK 19 IN DISTRICT THREE. YES. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DISTRICT TWO, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IN A MONTH TO ADDRESS ONE AND FOUR. SO YES. I MEAN, AS LONG AS HE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE, I MEAN, AND YOU OKAY. THE MANAGER IS OKAY WITH, UH, WITH THIS PROCESS AND THEY'RE GOING TO WARRANTY THE WORK. I MEAN, IF SOMETHING FAILS, ARE THEY WILLING TO COME BACK AND CORRECT SOME OF THOSE MISTAKES THAT MAY HAPPEN? YES. WELL, GEE, YOU KNOW, LD OR TROY DOT'S AND DID THE LAST ROUND OF PROJECTS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN GULF COAST COULD POTENTIALLY DO THIS ONE. AND, UM, MR. DOTSON HAD EXPRESSED TO ME THAT HE'LL BID ON THE NEXT ROUND OF STREETS. SO LIKE I SAID, IF WE COULD GET BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN WORKING IT'S GULF COAST, WHICH IS A HUGE OUTFIT ALL ALONG THE GULF COAST OF TECH OF TEXAS, LOUISIANA, IF WE CAN GET THEM BOTH WORKING, THEN IT WOULD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF STREETS WE COULD GET DONE. THANK YOU. MA'AM OKAY. COUNSEL AT HOME? YES. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. NO, I'M FINE, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. WE [03:00:01] MAY HAVE THE INTENTION HERE IS TO GET OURSELVES OUT OF A BOX THAT WE HAVE PUT OURSELVES IN OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. UM, I DON'T THINK WE GO TO A SALES DAY INTENTIONALLY, YOU KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THAT BOX IN ORDER TO GET SOME WORK DONE. AS, UH, AS JOHN INDICATED, THE PRICE OF ASPHALT IS WHAT, 80 SOMETHING DOLLARS, A FEW YARD, A TON OF TIME, YOU KNOW, UM, IF THE CONTRACTOR DOES IT FOR US, THE PRICE DOUBLES, YOU KNOW, I HAVE PLACED MONEY IN THE NEW BUDGET FOR NEW EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STREETS WE CAN DO. IN-HOUSE THEREBY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT WE COULD COVER FOR OUR DISTRICT AND GETTING A BETTER BANG FOR BUCK. SO WE ARE ON A TRAJECTORY TO GET MORE WORK DONE WITHIN THE CITY OF PORT ALPHA, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND WE CAN GET IT DONE. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS TO TIE OUR HANDS BASED ON THE COMMITMENT THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE BOUGHT TO BE VERSATILE AND WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT BOX IN ORDER TO GET SOME WORK DONE BECAUSE THEY CON OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE DEPENDING ON US, YOU KNOW, TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORK, YOU KNOW, IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME, UM, UM, AS CONSULAR MAP, RIGHT? THE STATED, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT YOU, THEY'RE CALLING CITY OR, AND THEY EXPECT US TO DO SO. IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO GET OUT OF THAT BOX AND WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, I WILL CONTINUALLY ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE FOUR DISTRICT MEMBERS AND THE ENGINEERING TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY IN WHAT WE DO AT THE SAME TIME, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE RESPECTIVE FOUR DISTRICTS. WE WILL NOT FAVOR ANY ONE DISTRICT OVER THE OTHER. NOPE. WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS BASED ON THE PURE SCIENCE THAT'S AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND, AND THE COUNCIL, THE VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE OF THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. WE'LL HAVE A C, WE WILL BRING YOU TO THE TABLE AND WE WILL BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. I THINK FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE TIED OURSELVES INTO THAT BOX TO SAY THAT THE DISTRICT ONE OR DISTRICT OR WHATEVER DISTRICT HAS SO MUCH MONEY, NO, WE WILL WORK WITH EVERY DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE OVER $2 MILLION SITTING IN THERE FROM THE EDC, YOU KNOW, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT OURSELVES INTO A BOX, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT BALLOT PROPOSITION IS LONG OVER, BUT WE CANNOT GET OUT OF THE BOX IN UTILIZING THAT MONEY. YOU KNOW, IT IS TIME THAT WE UTILIZE THE MONEY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT THE COUNCIL TO ASSIST ME IN DOING AS YOUR CITY MANAGER. OKAY. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. I'M GLAD TO HEAR. AS SOON AS THE MANAGER SAY, SAY WHAT HE'S SAYING, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BY GETTING OUT OF THE BOX BECAUSE, UH, MY MINDSET IS, BUT LAST SIX YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE STREETS YOU WASN'T HERE. THEN, YOU KNOW, 3, 3, 3 DIRECTORS FOR YOU EMPLOYED OUT HERE, BUT THE GETTING BEAT UP BEHIND STREETS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, WE CAN GET UP WITH IT BEHIND STREETS. OKAY. SO, UH, THE MANAGER MADE IT PLAIN IS HAVING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BECAUSE IT DON'T MATTER WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE IN. IF YOU HAVE LARGE, UH, COUNCILPERSON OR DISTRICT, IF SOMEBODY HAD A BAD STREET IN , THEY COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE ALL NOT DOING ENOUGH. THEY COULD ADDRESS THE WHOLE COUNCIL BY THE POTHOLES THAT WE AIN'T GET NO CALL FROM NOT GETTING NOTHING DONE. IT, JUST TALKING TO A MAN WITH DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, QUALITY, WHAT WE WANTED TO DONE EVERY TIME AND JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. SO SHE DIDN'T NEED TO GET YOU GO AHEAD AND WHATEVER IT TAKES, JUST MOVE IT ALLOCATION MORE, MAN, POWER, YOU KNOW, TAKE HASTA. WELL, PEOPLE CAN WAIT TO SEE GREG ON BOARD. THAT'S A BIG HIP, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBOR. WELL, LET'S JUST MOVE IT FORWARD. YES. OKAY. COUNSELING. YES. JUST QUICKLY, JOHN, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOUR STAFF. UH, FLOZELLE JOHN, UH, . THIS IS THE MOST I'VE SEEN DONE SINCE 2017. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PUTTING A FEW DOLLARS ASIDE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOND. UM, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BIG NOTEBOOKS, AS I STATED IN THE PAST WITH A LOT OF STREETS ALLOCATED, BUT THIS IS THE MOST I'VE SEEN US MOVE FORWARD TO GET DONE. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. AND THE SHORT TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE, AS WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE BEFORE US, I'VE STUDIED THE BOOKS. I'VE, I'VE ALMOST TRASHED THEM ALL NOW AND JUST KIND OF GONE WITH, CAUSE WE STARTED OVER, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO THE CITY MANAGER. UH, UM, I HATS OFF TO YOU FOR ZELL YOUR STAFF, AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE A NEW ENGINEER OR ANOTHER ENGINEER ON BOARD TO HELP OUT, UH, WE NEED THE HELP. AND SO I JUST WANT, I DON'T WANT THE STAFF TO GO, UH, UNNOTICED. THIS STAFF HAS NOT BEEN TOGETHER, BUT MORE THAN A YEAR, UM, WITH, I DUNNO HOW LONG [03:05:01] FLOZELLE HAS BEEN DEPARTMENT HAD MAYBE A YEAR. I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, BUT MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF, SIX MONTHS. YES MA'AM YEAH, THAT THING. YEAH. AND, AND, AND THE LAST THING, THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS GO BACK AND REPLANT ANYTHING. I WANT TO GET THIS STUFF OUT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOUR HELP WITH. THIS IS THE FASTEST I'VE EVER SENT ANYTHING DONE. I'VE BEEN IN SINCE 2015 AND I GOT ABOUT A WHOLE STACK OF NOTEBOOKS. OKAY. JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. JOHN OWNED THE UNALLOCATED BALANCE IN DISTRICT FOUR, THAT 3 MILLION, $971, THAT MONEY IS SITTING IN A POT RIGHT NOW, READY TO DO TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND AGGRESSIVELY GO AFTER AND REPAIR THE STREETS IN MY DISTRICT. YES, SIR. SO, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. YES. THAT, THAT FITS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT FOUR AND ONE TOGETHER AND YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE ABOUT $8 MILLION WORTH EIGHT TO $10 MILLION WORTH OF WORK GO OUT FOR BID. OKAY. YEP. OKAY. UH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND SAY A YOU MR. BLOOD WHILE YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. UH, NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, OUT OF NUMBER, UH, ROMAN NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS, UH, REPORTS [V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] ARE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WITH ANY COUNCILPERSON, HAVE ANY IN YOUR COMMUNITY INTEREST IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON CAUSE MUM WALKS. UH, YES. UM, MR. MAYOR, UH, GOING TO, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE GOSPEL FEST THAT TOOK PLACE OUT IN THE MONTROSE AREA ON AUGUST 13TH. UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, UH, MR. BURDEN, UH, MS. LANGFORD, UH, FOR WORKING WITH MS. B SANDERS OUT THERE, UH, AND, AND PROVIDED HER WITH SOME RESOURCES TO, UH, TO GET THAT GOSPEL FEST OFF THE GROUND. I WAS NOT HERE. I WAS OUT OF TOWN, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE MORE THAN, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 102 HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED AND THAT THERE WAS A REAL GOOD TURNOUT, DID HAVE SOME BAD WEATHER, BUT IT ACTUALLY, UH, THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT OF THE EVENT AND HOW IT ACTUALLY, UH, TRANSPIRED AND, AND BROUGHT, UH, SOME COMMUNITY PRIDE TO THAT AREA. AND, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO MISS B. UH, I TALKED TO HER RIGHT BEFORE THE, UH, THE EVENT TOOK PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS LINED UP. AND SHE TOLD ME THAT, UM, MR. BURDEN AND, UH, MS. LANGFORD, UH, HAD, HAD, HAD DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO AS FAR AS PROVIDING, UH, UH, RESOURCES. SO THANKS FOR THAT. AND, AND, UH, JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT TO, UH, MS. B SANDERS AND HER MONTROSE COMMUNITY FEST. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO, [VII. CONSENT AGENDA] UH, OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE BASICALLY THAT ROUTINE, UH, AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, BY NATURE. UH, IF THAT WOULD BE AN ITEM THAT A COUNCIL PERSON WOULD LIGHT WERE WITHDRAWN AND HANDLED, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE AND FOLLOW ME NOW, ANY ITEM ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'D WANT WITHDRAWN. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO INFORM ME OF IT. AND I GATHERED IT THAT ISN'T IN HIS, I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED OR COUNCIL MOSES, BACK IN THE SECOND COLUMN IN THE FRONT IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED A READ. OF COURSE. YEAH. AND WE READ IT A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS ADDED SWORDS OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ACCEPTED AND PASSED. NEXT. WE WILL DEAL WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE, EXCUSE ME, [VIII.A.4. P. R. No. 22743 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And Gulf Coast A CRH Company Of Beaumont, Texas For The Various Street Roadway Improvement Project II, For The Amount Of 10, 208, 437. 93. Funding Is Available In Capital Improvement Project Account 307- 21- 053- 8517- 00- 10- 000] A PR NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 3. IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND GULF COAST, A C R H COMPANY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS FOR THE VARIOUS STREET ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NUMBER TWO FOR THE AMOUNT OF 10 MILLION, $208,437 AND 93 CENTS. AND THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS AVAILABLE IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT ACCOUNT NUMBER 3 0 7, THAT'S TWO ONE DASH 0 5 3 DASH 8 5 1 7 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0. MAY I GET A MOTION APPROVAL COMES FROM AN OLD, SOME MOVED, GET A SECOND COUNSELING JONES. IF IT MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR [03:10:01] NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 3 AS RED RED, RED, OF COURSE. DID YOU KNOW THAT ANY WERE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS EDITORS AUDIT THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT? P R NUMBER 2, 2 7, 4, 3 AS RED. SO Y'ALL GO TO WORK. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MISS [VIII.B.1. P. O. No. 7069 — An Ordinance Amending Chapter 110 ( Utilities), Article II (Water), Division 3 ( Service Charges And Billing), Sections 110- 91 ( Rate Schedule) And 110- 92 ( Consumers Outside City Not Having Special Contracts) Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur, As It Pertains To Rates For Residential And Commercial Customers, And Providing For Publication] A PO NUMBER 7 0 6 9 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10, WHICH IS UTILITIES, ARTICLE TWO, WATER DIVISION, THREE SERVICE CHANGE AND BILLING SECTIONS. UH, ONE 10, UH, THAT 91 RATE SCHEDULE AND 1 10 92 CAUSE, UH, CONSUMERS AS YOU, THE OUTSIDE CITY, NOT HAVING SPECIAL CONTRACTS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AS IT PERTAINS TO RATE TO RATES RATHER FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. AND MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COMES FROM MOSES. I GET A SECOND OF THE MARCH 2ND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 6, 9 IS RIVER. BUT OF COURSE THERE AREN'T ANY, WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED AS ADDED TOWARDS AUDIT PO NUMBER 7, 0 6 9 IS ACCEPTED, UH, AS PRESENTED, UH, IN FINALLY WE HAVE A PO [VIII.B.2. P. O. No. 7088 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code] NUMBER 7 0 8 8 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO FOUR 18 DASH 1 0 8, SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ALL. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK. AND MAY I GET A SECOND, A SECOND? I GOT A SECOND FRUIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WELL WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT. THEY ON INTERVIEW READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR AND IT POSES. I, THAT MAJORITY IS AUDIT. THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE LAST AND FINAL ITEM ON THIS AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING, READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. IT MOVES SECOND AND PAINTS AND WE VOTE. EVERYBODY GET NIGHT. YOU ALL BE CAREFUL AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.