* 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. GOOD [00:00:01] EVENING. GOOD EVENING. [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. AND CITY SECRETARY, I MAY ROLL ON. WE NEED TO DO THE ROLL CALL AND CLOSE OUT EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. UH, BUT AT THIS POINT WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, DO THE ROLL CALL AND REESTABLISH THE COURT FOR ME, PLEASE? YES, SIR. OKAY. MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO. TIM HOLMES. OH YEAH. MEET COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS. COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES. THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM MAYOR. TOTALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY, THE SECRETARY. WE ARE NOW WE CONVENING OUR SESSION FROM EARLIER AT 4:00 PM AND WE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, CITY ATTORNEY. THERE AREN'T ANY, UH, MATTERS WITH THE ACTION THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. OKAY. WE ARE GOOD. OKAY. SO, UH, AT THIS JUNCTURE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, CLOSE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. COUNCILWOMAN MOSES. SO MOVED. COUNCILWOMAN HOMES SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WERE CLOSED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE READY FOR, UH, QUESTIONS? THERE AREN'T ANY. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSERS? I HAVE SO AS AUDIT, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NOW OVER. IF YOU ALL JUST BATTLES ME FOR ABOUT A MOMENT AND ALLOW THE CITY SECRETARY TO RESET OUR, UH, ELECTRONIC, UH, DEVICE DEVICES AND WE WILL BE READY TO BEGIN OUR FIVE 30 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE, I'M A, LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE HOW THEM RECORDING IN PROGRESS. OKAY. OKAY, WE ARE READY. CITY SECRETARY? YES SIR. OKAY. UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL. YOU ARE GATHERED HERE. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY IN OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS DATE BEING OCTOBER 25TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022. YOU MAY ATTEND THIS MEETING, UH, VIA ELECTRONIC FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY. YOU MAY ATTEND BACK DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. YOU MUST ENTER MEETING OR ID 8 7 2 2 6 7 2 7 1 9 5 AND THE PASS CODE OF 8 2 3 8 5 9. I'D ALSO LIKE TO INFORM THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND WE WILL PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE WHOM MAY REQUEST SUCH BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5. HOWEVER, THIS HAS TO BE DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL MEETING AND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF DEVIATE FROM THE NORMAL PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE IN COUNCIL HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR POST, OH, EXCUSE ME. WRONG CALL. VERY SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO. TIM HOLMES. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS COUNCIL [00:05:01] MEMBER MOSES. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK. YEAH, YOU HAVE A CORU MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. AS I WAS STATING, WE ARE GOING TO DEVIATE FROM OUR NORMAL PRACTICE AND WE WILL ASK THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARD POST NUMBER 48 20 TO COME FORWARD, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE. UH, AMIR, WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE TOO. NO, YOU SAID THE PRAYER. THEY'RE DOING THE PRAYER. IF YOU ALL WOULD ALLOW ME TO CHAIR MY MEETING, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF, I AIN'T WANNA GO THERE, BUT I THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE PRAYER AS YOU TOLD ME IN YOUR GROUP, ASK THAT YOU WOULD. AM I CORRECT? YES SIR. YES SIR. I'VE ALREADY BEEN APPRISED OF WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO ON. THANK YOU. I LOVE COVER. GO RIGHT AHEAD. MOST GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL OF YOUR CIVIL SERVANTS. THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE. MAY YOU CONTINUALLY BLESS THEM. MAY YOU GENEROUSLY GIVE TO EACH OF THEM WISE AND DISCERNING HEARTS TO SKILLFULLY GOVERN THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. GIVE THE MAYOR, CITY LEADERS, STAFF, AND CITY COUNCIL WISDOM THAT THEY MAY SOLVE PROBLEMS. DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG AND BRING ORDER, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. IN YOUR SON'S MOST TOTALLY NAMED JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. NOW THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR YOU LEADERS AS WELL. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO KINDLY TO THE VETERANS OF , POST NUMBER 48 20 FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION HERE TODAY IN OUR OPENING CEREMONIES AND TO EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR ASSISTING ME, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY TOLD ME 17 TIMES HOW IT WAS GONNA GO. MM-HMM. , SO I WAS WELL, WELL AWARE. IT HAD BEEN APPRISED OF HOW THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO CONDUCT THIS. NOW [III.C.1. Fire Battalion Chief Patrick Murphy, 50 Years Of Service] WE WANT TO BEGIN THE MEETING WITH, UH, PROCLAMATION. AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE THAT I AM GOING TO READ. UH, AND IT'S ALSO A PROCLAMATION THAT I ACTUALLY GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO A CITY EMPLOYEE. SO AT THIS TIME WITH FIRE BATTALION CHIEF PATRICK MURPHY APPROACH, YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. YES, I DO. WOULD YOU? THE FAMILY APPROACH AS WELL. THANK YOU'S. SO, SO BEFORE I DO HERE, THANK YOU. YOU DID YOU GIVE THAT MM-HMM. , THEY CAN CHAIR ME. GOT A SMALL FAMILY. I LIKE THAT. . THIS IS JUST HALF OF IT. . OH YEAH, WE CAN OR CHIEF, BUT YOU TAKE THIS PODIUM AND PUSH IT OVER TO THE SIDE FOR AS WE WELL, EITHER ONE OF THE CHIEFS. I FORGOT I HAD SEVERAL OF 'EM THERE. THANK YOU CHIEF. OKAY. MOTHER CHIEF TOOK CARE OF HIM, YOU KNOW. OKAY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOOD PART OF BEING PULLED OFF AND BEING SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL CHIEFS THAT YOU CAN GET THINGS DONE BY JUST MAKING A REQUEST. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION TO OUR BATTALION CHIEF PATRICK KEVIN MURPHY, BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO READ IT TO, TO HIS FAMILY AS WELL. CUZ YOU ALL HAVE ALLOWED HIM FOR 50 YEARS. SOME OF IT WAS FOR YOUR TIME. WOW. TO BE WITH US AND SERVE US HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BATTALION CHIEF PATRICK KEVIN MURPHY. THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION HONORING YOU IN RECOGNITION OF 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND WE THANK YOU WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ONCE SAID, BE NOT AFRAID OF GREATNESS. SOME ARE BORN GREAT, SOME ACHIEVE GREATNESS AND SOME HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM. WHEREAS THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTERS REQUIRE UNCOMMON VALOR, UNIQUE SKILLS AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION. [00:10:01] AND WHEREAS PATRICK MURPHY WAS APPOINTED AS A FIREFIGHTER ON OCTOBER 6TH, 1972 BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH APPOINTMENT AS A FIRE ENGINEER ON OCTOBER 10TH, 1975, FIRE CAPTAIN ON OCTOBER 23RD, 1978, FIRE MARSHALL ON JUNE 4TH, 1995 AND BATTALION CHIEF ON AUGUST 6TH, 1999. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY HAS ALSO ACHIEVED THE CERTIFICATION OF MASTER FIREFIGHTER ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1990 FIRE AND AUSTIN INVESTIGATOR 1996 FIRE, FIRE INSPECTOR 1997, FIELD OF SERVICE INSTRUCTOR 2010 AND FIELD EXAMINER 2012 BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY HAS BEEN LICENSED AS A PEACE OFFICER BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND EDUCATION IN 1996, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL REGISTRY AND A CERTIFICATION BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A CERTIFIED EMERGENCY CARE ATTENDANT IN 20 0 2. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY HAS SERVED UNDER FIVE FIRE CHIEFS, CHIEFS, HEBERT OR ABE CHIEFS BARBIE, CHIEF CURRAN, CHIEF RICHARD, OR RASHARD AND CHIEF BENSON. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY HAS SHOWN OUTSTANDING BRAVERY AND COMMAND ABILITY IN EXECUTING HIS DUTIES. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY HAS SUCCESSFULLY FACED LIFE THREATENING FIRE EVENTS, BUT ALSO NATURE'S ONSLAUGHT SUCH AS FLOODS AND HURRICANES. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY ALONG AND IN CONS WITH HIS FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF PORT ARTHUR CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS ELABORATE CAREER. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY'S EXAMPLE OF TRUE DEDICATION TO DUTY INTEGRITY IN SERVICE AND PLACING OTHERS ABOVE HIMSELF HAS IMPACTED THE GENERATIONS OF FIREFIGHTERS WITH WHOM HE HAS WORKED AND EVEN TRAINED. WHEREAS WE ALSO HONOR HIS WIFE, HIS PRIDE, HIS CHILDREN, FAMILY, AND SHARING WITH HIM ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY HAS REACHED THE QUESTS 10 CAREER, LET'S YEAH. AND ONE OF 'EM BIG WORDS QUINN SAID, DID THE MILESTONE OF 50 YEARS OF SERVICE. NOW, THEREFORE, CHIEF I THURMOND BILL BARCHI, [00:15:01] MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, HEREBY BACK ON THIS DATE IN OCTOBER 26TH THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST IN THE YEAR AROUND LORD 2022 FOR PLAYING BATTALION CHIEF MURPHY WHEAT HERE. THAT IS WHERE I GOT UP WHEAT HERE IN THE CITY FOR IT SAYS HERE WHERE FOR AND WHITNEY, I HAVE HEARING TRUTH SET MY HAND AND CAUSE PROCEED OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE GREAT CITY OF ALL OF TO BE FIT. THIS PUT IN EVERY DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR, OUR LORD 2022, PEACE, WE THANK YOU OR YOU'RE SERVING, YOU SAID YOU AS GODES UPON YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND EACH OF YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. IF YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. NO MAYOR. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THE KEY THINGS WITH CHIEF MURPHY'S SERVICE IS AS YOU POINTED OUT, THAT SERVICE, THAT DEDICATION, THAT INTEGRITY AND HOW THAT HAS AN IMPACT NOT ONLY ON THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO ON THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ALSO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. SO IT EXPANDS THAT. AND THAT'S A LEGACY THAT IS BUILT IN NOW AND CONTINUES. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS JUST AWESOME. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING THE CITIZENS. PORT ARTHUR, I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE MORE SPEECH THAN THAT. NO, NOT ONE FOR TALKING MUCH. HE'S NOT ONE FOR TALKING, BUT HE BUY YOU WHAT HAPPEN, HAPPEN, KEEP YOU ONE GOING IN TO GET YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT WE APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU COUNCIL. YES. WOW. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY, MAN. I TELL YOU, UM, TO DO ANYTHING, UH, FOR THE LONGEVITY AND VIABILITY THAT YOU'VE HAD, MAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG FAMILY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG FAITH. UH, THERE TAKES, IT TAKES SO MUCH TO HAVE A CAREER OF OVER 50 YEARS DOING ANYTHING, BUT TO DO IT WITH SUCH DISTINCTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM, UH, THIS COUNCIL AND MYSELF AND I, I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT FROM A CITY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, CHIEF MURPHY, THAT'S ALL THE WAY I KNEW YOU BACK IN THE DAY FROM 1988 AND MY TIME OF EMPLOYMENT HERE TILL I LEFT. AND I LEFT YOU HERE AND YOU HAVE SERVED THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR SO WELL. I WOULD SEE YOU ALL OVER THE PLACE, LITERALLY. AND JUST TO SEE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT. AS A YOUNG GIRL COMING TO WORK IN PORT ARTHUR, I WAS JUST MESMERIZED BY HOW YOU DID, HOW YOUR GIFT WORKED FOR YOU. SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND JUST YOUR SERVICE IS JUST THERE. THERE REALLY ARE NO WORRIES OTHER THAN CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. WELL, CHIEF, 50 YEARS, UH, THAT'S A LONG TIME. I'M 53. SO , I'M SITTING HERE TRYING TO ADD IT UP. IF YOU WERE WORKING 50 YEARS, WHAT AGE ARE YOU? AND ONE THING, UH, CHIEF ON A SERIOUS TIP, UH, SINCE I'VE KNOWN YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS THE MOD FIREMEN, YOU ALWAYS STARCH, SHOES SHINE, YOU ALWAYS DRESS RIGHT. DRESS. AND FOR THOSE GUYS IN THE MILITARY, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. SO IF I HAD TO SAY ANYTHING AND I WANTED TO MODEL MYSELF BEHIND SOMEONE, IF I WANTED TO BE A FIREMAN, WOULD BE YOU. SO, THANK YOU CHIEF. SO MANY YEARS, 50 YEARS IN THE GREAT CITY OF FORT ARTHUR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU CHIEF, AND CONGRATULATIONS 50 YEARS AS A FIREMAN IS REMARKABLE AND CERTAINLY TO YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR GIVING HIM TO US FOR THAT AND MORE. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND [00:20:01] THANK YOU CHIEF FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I'VE BEEN IN THIS TOWN A LONG TIME. I WATCH YOU FIGHT MANY FIRES. I'VE BEEN AROUND AND CHIEF MISER BEFORE YOU WATCH YOU ALL. BUT CHIEF, YOU ARE NO NOSIS TYPE CHIEF OR FIREMAN. WHEN YOU GET A JOB, YOU'RE VERY SERIOUS. I WATCH YOU COMMAND YOU FIREFIGHTERS, HOW YOU HANDLING YOURSELF. AND I ADMIRE THAT. I COULD RECALL ONE FIRE HEAD ON PORT AVENUE AND GREG MISSING CHIEF MISS REMEMBER THAT? AND THAT HEAT, I MEAN THAT IN JUNE OF JULY, BURNING HOT TWO STORY BUILDINGS BURNING DOWN. YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND I WENT TO THE STORE, I WENT TO THE STORE IN FRONT AND GOT A CASE OF GADE. REMEMBER THAT CHIEF CHIEF MISSING A CASE OF GATE AID THROWN TO THE FIREFIGHTERS? HE DON'T MOVE. HE DIDN'T WANT NO GATE AID. HE JUST STAND UP THERE, WATCH, WATCH HIS MENS MA GUY. HE DIDN'T, HE WANTED TO WATCH THAT FIRE AND WASH HIS MENS. HE WOULDN'T TAKE A GATE AID. I BOUGHT ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS GATE AID, YOU KNOW, BRING IT TO HIM AND CHEAP WAS BUSY TAKING CARE OF THE FIRE, MOVING HOSE OF TAKE CARE AS PEOPLE CHIEF, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT. APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILY. YOU'VE BEEN A HECK OF A FIREFIGHTER. HOPE YOU HAVE 50 MORE YEARS AND WE LOVE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BENSON. YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING, ANY, ANY PART WORDS YOU WANNA TELL US IN THE PORT OF, OF, UH, FOR ANY FAMILY MEMBER? I APPRECIATE PATRICK. I DO. HE'S MY SWEET HUSBAND, . THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. HE'S MY HERO. MM-HMM. . WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM. UM, AND I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S WHO WE MODEL OURSELVES AFTER, SO WE'RE JUST REAL PROUD OF OUR DADDY. . HE'S MY BROTHER AND I'M PROUD OF, I THINK HE'S ALL OUR HERO. . HE'S MY DADDY. HE'S MINE FOR SURE. UH, MI SO THANK YOU. WELL, CHIEF BAGUETTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, ALL OF THE CITIZENS WHO ARE HERE NOW, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU, WHICH CAUSES BLESSINGS UPON YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF MAY CALL HIM IN THE LAST DAY OFFICIALLY IS GONNA REALLY, REALLY BE, BUT HE MAY CALL YOU A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT TO COME BACK. JUST TO HANG AROUND AND CHIEF, YOU KNOW, YOU OWE ME A BURGER BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET MY BURGER , SO YEAH. GOOD. YEAH. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, RATHER HOLD YOU AND BEAT YOU OUT. YEP. YOU JUST DROP BY CITY HALL ONE DAY AND YOU KNOW IT'LL BE A GOOD DAY FOR, BUT WE THANK YOU ALL. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. IT'S REALLY ABOUT SERVICE AND IT'S SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS. THAT'S ALL. I, THAT'S WHY I GET UP TO WORK. GO TO WORK FOR HER. THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN TELL THAT YOU APPRECIATE IT. AND AFTER 50 YEARS, MAN, YOU APPRECIATE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YES. WOULD YOU COME BACK? PLEASE WON'T BRING IT HOUSE. I WANT TAKE A PICTURE. I'M SORRY. . WELL, I GUESS I'M GONNA MOVE IT AGAIN, HUH? ON COME. COME ON. [00:25:03] . GOOD. . I ALL RIGHT. HEY, HOW YOU DOING? COOL. I GOT A MIRROR. AT THIS JUNCTURE I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, IF YOU WILL. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF TWO CITY EMPLOYEES OVER THE PAST WEEK OR EIGHT DAYS, OR ONE IN THE PERSON OF MR. FREDERICK PETER, BILL, AND MR. JEFFREY CHRIS, BOTH EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE, IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AMEN. AMEN. NOW, [IV.1. A Public Hearing For The Purpose Of Receiving Public Comments Regarding The Proposed Disannexation Of Tracts Of Land In The Corporate Limits Of The City Of Port Arthur ( Near Taylor' s Bayou, The Intracoastal Waterway, State Highway 87, Keith Lake, Sabine Neches Waterway), Said Tracts Of Land Are Described As Approximately 41. 347 Acres Of Land Out Of The JNO & John Bennett Survey Section In Jefferson County, Texas. This Is The First Public Hearing Held Pursuant To Chapter 43. 142 Of The Local Government Code. A Detailed Map Of The Proposed Area To Be Disannexed, Is Also Available For Inspection At Port Arthur City Hall, 444 Fourth Street, Port Arthur, Texas Between The Hours Of 8: 00 A. M. And 5: 00 P. M., Monday Through Friday And Continuously Online At www. portarthurtx. gov After The Two ( 2) Required Public Hearing Have Taken Place, The City Council Will Consider An Ordinance Formalizing The Disannexation] AT THIS TIME, I AM COMPELLED BY THE LAWS THAT ACTUALLY GOVERN MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM A WELL, ONE OF SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM AND IT IS NOW 6:00 PM A PUBLIC HEARING, NUMBER ONE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED THIS ANNEXATION OF, UH, TRACKS OF LAND IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR NEAR TAYLORS BY YOU, THE INTRA IN COASTAL WATERWAY STATE HIGHWAY 87, KEITH LAKE, SABINE NATURE'S WATERWAY SAID, TRACKS OF LAND ARE DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY 41.347 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE J N O AND JOHN BENNETT SURVEY SECTION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HERE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 43.142 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, A DETAILED MAP OF THE PROPOSED AREA TO BE DX. THIS ANNEX IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM AND 5:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE CONTINUOUSLY ONLINE AT WWW.PORTARTHURTX.GOV. AND AFTER THE TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, THE CITY COUNCIL WE'RE CONSIDERING ORDINANCE FORMALIZING THE DIS ANNEXATION. AND WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. AND, UH, ATTORNEY, YOU WANT TO FURTHER DISPO? YES, YES, I CAN. I CAN JUST GIVE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. UM, ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 43 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DIS ANNEX PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR. UM, WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS THIS IS, UH, AREA OF THE AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 87, KEITH LAKE AND SABINE NATURES, UH, WATERWAY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY, AS YOU SAID, 41.37 ACRES OF LAND. UM, THIS IS LAND, UM, BASICALLY ADJACENT TO, UH, UH, LOCAL, UM, LNG PLANT. THIS PROPERTY, UH, IS ALSO ADJACENT TO PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY, DIS ANNEX. UM, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS TODAY, AND THE, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD, UH, NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST. AND IT IS THE CITY'S, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, WE, THE DIS ANNEXATION ORDINANCE WILL COME UP FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 3RD. UM, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS THE REQUEST FROM SEMPRA. UH, AND [00:30:01] ALSO, UH, IT IS ALSO, UH, PORT ARTHUR, L N G. UM, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THEY'RE, THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE PUBLIC BE MADE AWARE OF THE DIS ANNEXATION PURPOSE OF IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE? NO, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE TODAY. BUT BASICALLY THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO GIVE THEM, UH, A LITTLE MORE ROOM IN, UH, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE LNG PLANT THAT THEY ARE OPERATING. UM, AND THIS IS ALSO CONTIGUOUS WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT WAS, UM, THIS ANNEX A COUPLE, FEW YEARS AGO. SO IT'S JUST, UH, BASICALLY FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE LNG, WE DO HAVE A INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH US WHERE, UH, PAYMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO THE CITY, UH, IN LIEU OF TAXES. SO THERE WILL BE NO FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE CITY BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE IDA AGREEMENT. UM, SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE AREA AND, UM, THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR WANT TO LOOK AT ANY OF THE DOCUMENTATION, IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. AND THIS WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN ON THE, UM, FIRST THE NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, NEXT TUESDAY. AND THEN WE WILL NOT ATTEMPT ANY DIS ANNEXATION PER PROCEEDINGS UNTIL THIS 22ND. SO ALL THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY, UH, REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? SOME YOUR APPROACH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. I'M REGINALD TRAINER. I LIVE AT 35 14 12TH STREET. AND IT IS ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. I THANK YOU MAYOR. I THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL FOR ACCEPTING ME. I HAVE TWO POINTS AND THE FIRST POINT THAT I HAVE, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BACK THERE. WHAT WE GONNA DO ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE? AND THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS THAT, WHAT IS IT THE CITY GONNA REALLY PROFIT FROM THAT? CUZ I KNOW MOTIVA BUILT A BUNCH OF, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF THIS DOWNTOWN AND THEY AIN'T DID NOTHING WITH THAT. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY THEY WANT TALK. YOU SAID THAT IT DIDN'T GO HURT NO CITIZENS, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE PEOPLE LIVE. THAT'S 25TH STREET AINT RIGHT. NO, NO, NO. THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE. MR. TRAIN. OH, I'M, NO, NOT THE WEST SIDE. YEAH, THIS IS, I HAD THE WRONG THING. I APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNCIL, BUT WHENEVER THAT COME UP IT'S GONNA BE NEXT. BE READY IN A FEW MINUTES. NOT, THAT'S NOT THE ONE I'M GONNA BE READY. OKAY. CAN I DON'T GO RIGHT AHEAD. OH, LET ME JUST CLARIFY. WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF 'EM CAN BE MIXED UP. THIS IS THE AREA, LET ME READ IT OFF OF HIGHWAY SET 87 NEAR KEITH LAKE, NEAR SABINE LAKE. THIS IS PORT ARTHUR, L AND G. THIS IS THE LNG TERMINAL. THERE ARE NO RESIDENTS. THIS IS INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ONLY. YEAH. SO THIS IS THE LNG PLANT? NOT, NOT THAT ONE. . OKAY. IT'S BEING PASSED. AND I HAVE ALL THE, THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND IT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THIS IS THE AREA OF THE LNG PLANT. THIS IS INDUSTRIAL CONNECTED TO WHAT'S ALREADY SEMPRA, UH, PORT ARTHUR, L AND G. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE SOINE PASS AREA WHERE THEY WANTED TO, UH, SEMPRA WANTS TO, UH, ACQUIRE SOME PROPERTY THERE. OKAY. THERE, THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS. UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ONE LAST ONE. WE WILL ASK SEMPRA TO COME TO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON TUES ON NEXT TUESDAY, SO THAT THAT WAY ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED BY THEM. OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I SAW A LIGHT, BUT IT WENT OFF. THAT WAS YOU. OH, OKAY. OKAY. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? OKAY. IF THERE AREN'T ANY, I, I CAN OBTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL MCKINLEY, SOME MAYOR LIKE IN THE SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDARY CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE. ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION ON ANY QUESTIONS? YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. ANY POSE? US PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE IS NOW CLOSED AT 6:06 PM WE [IV.2. To Discuss And Receive Public Comment Regarding The Proposed Abandonment Of The Following: A22- 02( A) Motiva Enterprises, LLC For Approximately 4. 878- Acres Portion Of A Dedicated Public Right- Of-Way, Known As 25th Street And Being Part Of Blocks 4 & 5, Ranges " K" And " L", Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas A Precise Drawing And Description Of The Proposed Abandonment Will Be Presented At The Public Hearing And Can Be Examined In The City Development Services Department, Port Arthur, Texas. The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City' s Website At www. portarthurtx. gov. Any Person May Participate In The Public Hearing And Address The City Council] WILL NOW MOVED TO PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO IS TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF THE FOLLOWING, A 22 DASH ZERO TWO SUBSECTION EIGHT MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.878 ACRES, PORTION OF A DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, KNOWN AS 25TH STREET AND BEING PART, BEING PART OF BLACKS FOUR [00:35:01] AND FIVE RANGES, K AND L PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. A PRECISE DRAWING AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CAN BE EXAMINED IN THE CITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ARTHUR TEXAS. THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW.PORTARTHURTX.GOV, AND IN PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. SO WE ARE READY TO BEGIN DIALOGUE ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO, AND I BELIEVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LANGFORD. YES, SIR. GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DAY IS, UM, AGAIN, I AM HERE TO JUST PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF THE PORTION OF 25TH STREET. UM, AGAIN, AS YOU STATED, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER AN ABANDONMENT REQUESTS FOR A 4.878 ACRE PORTION OF THE DEDICATED AND IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, KNOWN AS 25TH STREET, AND BEING PART OF BLOCKS FOUR AND FIVE OF RANGES K AND L OF THE PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS PORTION OF RIGHT AWAY IS LOCATED BETWEEN FLORIDA AVENUE AND SAVANNAH AVENUE, ALSO KNOWN AS SPUR F TWO 15 AND LOCALLY REFERRED TO AS THE RESERVOIR ROAD. NEXT SLIDE. IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, PLANNING STAFF RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM MOVA ENTERPRISES LLC REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF THE 4.878 ACRE PORTION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY 25TH STREET. THIS RIGHT OF WAY SECTION IS LOCATED AGAIN BETWEEN FLORIDA AVENUE AND SAVANNAH AVENUE AS PART OF THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS. THE APPLICATION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNED AND WRITTEN CONSENT OF ALL UTILITY ENTITIES AND ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITH MOTIVA ENTERPRISES, LLC BEING THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES. UTILITY ENTITIES INCLUDED THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WATER, SANITARY SEWER DIVISION, PUBLIC WORKS, DRAINAGE, CHARTER SPECTRUM CABLE, TEXAS GAS SERVICE, ENERGY AT AND T TEXAS AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN. AN APPRAISAL REPORT WAS ORDERED FROM COOKS AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2019. AND AN INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE PROPERTY WAS PERFORMED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2019. BASED ON THE FAIR AND REASONABLE CONSIDERATION, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PORTION OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WAS APPRAISED THAT $127,500. THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2020. AND PUBLIC NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON MARCH 7TH, 2020. UM, THERE WERE ALSO NOTICES THAT WERE SENT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OF THAT PROPOSED SITE ON MARCH 17TH, 2020. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 83 CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THIS A PROPOSED ABANDONMENT. HOWEVER, FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION YIELDED A DECISION TO REQUEST THAT MOTIVA ENTERPRISES WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT DUE TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS POSED BY THE COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD. REPRESENTATIVES FROM MOTIVA ENTERPRISES SUBMITTED A NEW APPLICATION FOR THIS SET ABANDONMENT ON SEPTEMBER 9TH OF THIS YEAR, WITH THE REQUEST REMAINING THE SAME AS PREVIOUS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER THE 19TH. PUBLIC NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND NOTICES WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF PROPOSED SITE ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH. AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WAS NO WRITTEN OR VERBAL OPPOSITION FOR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THIS WAS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ZERO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 4 39 CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS THE HEARING TODAY. NOTIFICATIONS OF THIS PROPOSED ABANDONMENT WAS SUBMITTED TO ALL UTILITY ENTITIES SERVICING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR COMMENT AND ACCEPTANCE. THE PLANNING STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST FROM THOSE ENTITIES. AN UPDATED APPRAISAL WAS [00:40:01] CONDUCTED BY COOKS AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED OF BEAUMONT ON OCTOBER THE 10TH OF 2022. BASED ON THE FAIR AND REASONABLE CONSIDERATION, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PORTION OF PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY APPRAISED SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 2019 REPORT AT 134,000. IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED, MOTIVA WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH THE UTILITY AND ACCESS EASEMENTS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO RECORD MOTIVA'S STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS ABANDONMENT. IN CONSENSUS WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR MOTIVA SEEKS TO ENHANCE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF PORT ARTHUR AND ITS RESIDENTS THROUGH THE ASSUMPTION OF OWNERSHIP CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF 25TH STREET. AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR MOTIVA WILL ASSUME THE STREET IN ITS CURRENT STATE ALLEVIATING THE CITY FROM UNDERTAKING SIGNIFICANT NEEDED REPAIRS. PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE IMPROVED THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC TRAFFIC THAT HAS HISTORICALLY RESULTED IN BURDENS TO THE CITY, CITY RESOURCES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PRIVATE CITIZEN INTERFACES WITH THE RESERVOIRS. FURTHER, THIS STREET HAS ALSO HISTORICALLY BECOME A LOCATION WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE CHOSEN TO DUMP TRASH, APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, AND OTHER DEBRIS THAT HAS FURTHER BURDEN CITY RESOURCES TO REMOVE FROM THE ROADWAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. ACQUISITION OF THIS ROADWAY WILL ENABLE MOTIVA TO IMPROVE SECURITY HEARTENING OF ITS PARAMETER AS MOTIVA CONTINUES TO REASONABLY MEET DYNAMIC AND EVOLVING SECURITY CHALLENGES. THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP IN ABANDONING 2020 FIFTH STREET TO MOTIVA WILL ALSO ALLOW MOTIVA TO SECURE MORE OF ITS PROPERTY IN A CONTINU CONTINUOUS MANNER, WHICH DIRECTIONALLY ALLOWS CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND MOTIVA. THE NEXT SLIDE. NANCY, THIS SLIDE JUST PROVIDES AN AERIAL OF THE SECTION OF 25TH STREET, UM, WHICH IS BEING REQUESTED FOR ABANDONMENT. IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY AND UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKEND EDITION OF THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH NINTH OF THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO OUR FIRE CHIEF GREGORY BENSON, WHO WOULD DISCUSS THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN 2019 TRAFFIC STUDY, UM, OF THAT AREA. FOLLOWING THAT, I WOULD ALSO YIELD TO THE CITY ENGINEER MR. JOHN CANELLA AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MS. FLO ROBERTS, WHO WILL SPEAK TO THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE OF 25TH STREET. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. DAVID CHIEF. SO WE HAVE EVALUATED THIS, THE POTENTIAL ABANDONMENT AND IN SUMMARY HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WILL BE MINIMAL IMPACT OR INFLUENCE ON THE ABANDONMENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THAT ALSO WAS LOOKED AT IN 2019 WHEN THEY DID THE, UH, ROAD CUSTODY EVALUATION BY ALLIANCE TRANSPORTATION GROUP THAT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THERE WOULD BE MINIMAL IMPACT AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CITY ENGINEER, I BELIEVE IT IS MR. MAYOR AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M UP HERE TO, UH, NOT TO ADVOCATE OR, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME FACTS ABOUT THE STREET ITSELF. UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, ISSUES, I GUESS ALONG 25TH STREET THAT I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ARE AWARE OF. WE HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM WHEN WE GET FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN. THE STREET FLOODS RIGHT THERE AT THE SAVANNAH INTERSECTION. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF THAT. UM, UH, AND [00:45:01] THIS IS NOT JUST HEAVY RAIN EVENTS, BUT NORMAL RAIN EVENTS. UM, THERE'S ALSO THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THE ROADWAY WHERE IT PASSES THROUGH THE RESERVOIR. UH, IDEALLY WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SHOULDERS ON THAT ROAD TO PREVENT, UH, CITIZENS OR EMPLOYEES OF MOTIVA FROM RUNNING OFF THE ROAD INTO THE RESERVOIR. AND I BELIEVE THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST, THOUGH I DON'T HAVE FACTS ON THAT. UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE TWO BRIDGES ALONG THIS STRETCH ARE IN NEED OF, UH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN LISTED AS DEFICIENT BY TEXT DOT OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HAS. AND SO WE NEED TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO THAT BRIDGE TO, UH, BRING IT STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY UP TO, UH, CODE. UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NONE, NONE OF THIS IS, UH, PLANNED FOR OR BUDGETED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, UH, IN MY ESTIMATE IT WOULD BE AROUND FOUR TO $6 MILLION TO BRING THIS ROAD UP TO WHAT WE'D CALL NORMAL CITY STANDARDS. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I THINK SHE SAID ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL, UH, MS. LANGFORD QUESTION AND A QUESTION FOR, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU LATE COUNCILMAN FRANK. GO AHEAD. QUESTION. YES, YOU, YOU WERE SAYING THAT IT WOULD TAKE FOUR TO $6 MILLION, UM, TO BRING THE, UM, BRING THAT STREET UP TO CODE? YES. IDEALLY, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE STREET. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF EROSION OR SOMETHING. IT, CUZ JUST THAT SECTION OF ROAD WOULDN'T COST FOUR TO $6 MILLION. SO WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS IT, WHY WOULD IT COST SO MUCH TO HAVE THAT ROAD FIXED? UH, WELL THE PROBLEM WHERE IT'S FLOODING RIGHT NOW, WE'D HAVE TO RAISE IT FIVE OR SIX FEET AND THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL, A LOT OF EARTH WORK TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. I ESTIMATED THAT PART OF THE ROAD TO BE, UH, 2 MILLION. AND THAT WOULD BECO YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK AND REPAVE IT. AND THEN THE TWO BRIDGES ABOUT 1.2 MILLION AND THEN THE STRETCH BETWEEN THE RESERVOIR ABOUT ANOTHER MILLION. SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR OR $5 MILLION. I'M ESTIMATING. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHERS, MS. LANG? YES. OUR PUBLIC WORDS DIRECTOR, MS. FLO ROBERTS. OKAY. I BELIEVE MR. CAN COVERED MOST OF WHAT SHE WAS GONNA SPEAK ABOUT, WHICH WAS THE BRIDGE REPAIR. OKAY. SO NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM YOU? NO, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC? YES. OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE AND YOUR ADDRESS. YEAH. UH, WILLIE BAY LEWIS 2301 LAKE SHORE DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. UH, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, IT, IT'S VERY, IT CONCERNS ME AND A LOT OF CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. WHEN YOU GO TO CLOSE OFF ACCESS AND, UH, FOR ALL EVACUATION, THAT'S A WHOLE, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BALLGAME. THIS ROLE NEEDS TO STAY INTACT BEFORE YOU ALL DECIDE AS A COUNCIL AND, UH, TO CLOSE THIS OR, OR THE, OR THE DNX AND LET MO HAPPY BEFORE YOU DO THIS. YOU NEED TO CALL A REFERENDUM AND, AND ASK THE VOTERS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. MANY, MANY TIMES UNDERPASS HAS BEEN FLOODED ON MEMORIAL BOULEVARD. I WENT DOWN 25TH STREET. MANY, MANY TIMES I'VE COME DOWN SAVANNAH AVENUE. THE TRAIN HAD BEEN BLOCKED. SO I GO TO MEMORIAL BOULEVARD. YOU CANNOT, YOU CANNOT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S DRIVING THIS. AND I I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ALL ABOUT THE COST, BUT IT, UH, THE STAFF GAVE ME THE COST FOUR TO $6 MILLION. AND THAT LITTLE BIT OF FLOODING, LITTLE MINOR RANGE, THEY NEED TO EL GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE MONEY AND ELEVATE THE ROAD. THIS ROLE MUST STAY OPEN. AND I, AND, AND THAT'S A, YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS DECISION. CALL A REFERENDUM, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, LET THE CITIZEN THAT'S AFFECTED MAKE THAT DECISION. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. CAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU DO IT, THEY CAN, THE CITIZEN CAN GET 1402ND TOOLS AND PUT THIS ORDINANCE ON HOLD. NOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO FORCE YOUR [00:50:01] CITIZEN, YOU, YOU ALL BEEN ELECTED. PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. LET THE CITIZEN MAKE THE DECISION. IF THEY GO TO THE POLLS, IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO DO A REFERENDUM, GET 1400 SIGNATURE, THEY GONNA BE PRETTY ANGRY. SO IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ENHANCEMENT FOR MOTIVA. YES, THAT'S FINE. AND DANNY, BUT IT'S, IT IS A, IT'S A UNSAFE THING TO DO FOR ITS SAFETY AND ACCESS TO THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, PREP NEXT, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. WELL, I'M GONNA GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME. MY NAME IS REGINALD TRAIN. I LIVE AT 35 14 EAST 12 STREET. THE CITY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY BROUGHT ARTHUR, TEXAS. I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT ALL MR. LEWIS WAS SAYING BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT HE WAS CLOSING THE STREET, TO BE HONEST, THAT'S MY SHORTCUT. THAT'S HOW I GO TO CHURCH. I DON'T DEAL WITH ALL THEM LIKES. SO REALLY YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM ME TOO. BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE CITIZENS ALWAYS HAD A COMPASSION FOR THE CITIZENS. PEOPLE LIVE THERE. I UNDERSTAND MOTIVA WANTS TO TAKE THAT STREET AND DO WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT I STOPPED AND ASKED MYSELF. I WONDER HOW IT GOT LIKE THAT, WHO, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR, TO LET THE NEGLECT LIKE THAT. THEY GOT PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND I HEARD THAT THEY SAY, WELL, THEY COULD TAKE ANOTHER DETOUR. WHY? WE WANT TO CRIPPLE OUR PEOPLE. WE LIVE HERE. THESE PEOPLE VISITING MOTIVA KNOW THAT THEY VEHICLES WERE THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. THIS THE ONE TOUR UP THE STREETS. THEY SHOULD BE FIXING STREETS ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE TO, UH, UH, CAUSE CON CONVENIENCE WITH OUR CITIZENS. WHEN THEY MOVING IN. WE WAS ALREADY HERE. SEE, WE LIVE HERE, THEY VISITING. SO THEY GONNA COME AND TELL US FOR A FEW DOLLARS THAT, OH, THEY GONNA COME AND DO. I LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY THAT THEY PUT OVER HERE DOWNTOWN. THREE YEARS AIN'T DID NOTHING OF THAT. HOW YOU GOING TO MOVE FROM A TO B AND YOU AIN'T DID NOTHING WITH ALL TO A I I, MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT. BUT I KNOW THAT WE NEED, JUST LIKE MR. LEWIS SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE CONSIDERATION OF OUR CITIZENS. THEY VOTED YOU ALL IN. IT AIN'T ABOUT THE MONEY. SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE. SO LET'S NOT FORGET OUR MOTTO, PRO ARTHUR, THAT WE STAND DIVIDED, WE FOUGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? APPROACH? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. HI, I'M STUART SALTER, 77 36 GOLF HILL DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, GREATER PORT ARTHUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UH, SPECIFICALLY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAT AVERY. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT SHE DID ASK THAT I DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING LETTER, MR. BAYER AND PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL. I REGRET THAT I COULD NOT BE WITH YOU IN PERSON AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS YOU PREPARE REGARDING THE RESOLUTION TO ABANDON OF THE SECTION OF PUBLIC ROAD 25TH STREET IN TERMINAL ROAD TO BE ACQUIRED BY MOTIVA. I AM WRITING TO YOU ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU. THIS IS CLEAR. IT WILL MAKE BOTH THE PUBLIC AND MOTIVA A SAFER PLACE WHILE ELIMINATING A SIGNIFICANT REPAIR LIABILITY FOR THE CITY. IT MAY BE INCONVENIENT FOR SOME, BUT IT WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS AS A GREATER GOOD FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT THERE ARE KEY MOMENTS IN HISTORY OF NATIONS, STATE, CITIES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE LEADERS WILL MAKE THE FEW KEY DECISIONS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THOSE THEY SERVE. I BELIEVE THOSE TIMES ARE STARTING NOW. THE DECISIONS YOU ARE MAKING WILL SET THE PATH FOR FORWARD VIABILITY AND DIMINISHED, OR ARE DIMINISHMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS THE LEADER OF YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I HUMBLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK MORE PROGRESSIVE AND THAN EVER AND ON THE DECISION BEFORE YOU AND FOR THE KEY ONES THAT I'M SURE WILL FOLLOW IN THE FAST YEARS AHEAD OF US. WELL LEADERS HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT UNDERPIN OUR ECONOMY. FOR LONG TERM WELFARE OF THIS COMMUNITY, OUR LARGEST TAX BASE IS FACING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT WILL COME WITH THE ENERGY TRANSITION AMONG OTHER THREATS TO THE ECONOMY THAT SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S ELECTRONIC, OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS POPPING UP IN THE REGION NOW, AND IT'S COMING AND IT'S COMING BIG. THIS WILL AFFECT THE CITY'S POWER SUPPLY AS WELL AS ITS MAJOR EMPLOYERS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DOWNTOWN BEING FILLED WITH BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE. BUT OUR QUESTION IS, DO, ARE THEY GOING TO BE WILLING TO DRIVE THE EXTRA 15 MINUTES? [00:55:01] LET'S LOOK AT THE WAY TO SHORTEN OR SAFELY SHORTEN THE LENGTH OF TIME TO GET TO OUR OFFICES. SHE'S SPEAKING OF THE CHAMBER. OF COURSE, THIS DECISION YOU ARE CONSIDERING TODAY IMPROVES BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE ALSO IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THE MOTIVA FACILITY. IT FURTHER WILL PASS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LIABILITY FROM THE CITY OVER TO MOTIVA AS THE ROAD UNDER CONSIDERATION IS IN QUITE BAD SHAPE. AS, AS WE JUST HEARD. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN EVER. WE MUST BE MORE COLLABORATIVE THAN EVER. AND WE WILL FIND OURSELVES NEEDING A PARTNER WITH OTHER BUSINESSES, AGENCIES, CITIES AND DEPARTMENTS TO CAPTURE SCALE IN EFFICIENCY AS WE GO FORWARD IN EVERYTHING WE DO. LET'S START NOW AND NOT BE ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARRIVES LATE AT THE PARTY WITH YOUR SUPPORT. WE CAN PROVIDE FOR MORE THAN PRESERVATION, BUT RATHER CREATE THE CITY THAT WE'VE ALL DREAMED A REVITALIZING AND GROWING. AND THAT'S SIGN, UH, KIND REGARDS, PAT AVERY, PAT, UH, PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE GREATER PARKER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UH, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST WANNA SAY I GREW UP ON 29TH STREET RIGHT THERE AT MEMORIAL WHERE THE DRAINAGE DITCH IS. END OF OUR STREET WAS THE RESERVOIRS. MY MOMMA TOLD ME THERE WAS A BUNCH OF KIDS DROWN DOWN THERE. SO DON'T GO DOWN THERE. SO Y'ALL KNOW WHERE, WHERE I SPENT MY TIME GROWING UP, DOWN AT THE RESERVOIR. UH, I DIDN'T DROWN. THAT'S A, THAT'S A SHAME ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT I DIDN'T AND, AND THE POINT I'M MAKING IS I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THAT AS AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE. I'M IN THE INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT BUSINESS. WE LOOK AT HAZARDS AND EXPOSURES TO LOSS THAT SITUATION THERE WITH THOSE OPEN WATER, MURKY WATER AVAILABLE TO KIDS, AVAILABLE TO ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE FOR THE CITY OR WHOEVER OWNS IT. AND IN, IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT BUSINESS, WE ELIMINATE RISKS LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU CAN'T ELIMINATE IT, THERE'S OTHER SOLUTIONS IN THE BEST ONE IS SEPARATION. SEPARATE THAT EXPOSURE FROM THE PUBLIC AND YOU'LL DONE EVERYBODY A BIG FAVOR. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, COUNSEL, STAFF, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. UH, MY NAME IS JACK CHAPMAN. I LIVE AT 31 48 EIGHTH STREET IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. UH, I AM HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE, UH, ABANDONMENT OF THAT ROAD AND I WANT TO KIND OF BROADEN OUR, UH, SCOPE OF OUR PERSPECTIVE REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE MAJOR ROAD WORK THAT HAS BEGUN AT THE TURBINES, GETTING RID OF THE CLOVE BELIEFS AND EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT A SHORTCUT. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT CUT ACROSS AND IF THERE'S A TRAIN AT UH, 19TH STREET, THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK OUT TO 73, WHICH IS GETTING READY TO BE IN DISREPAIR. AND THE THE WAY THAT, UH, T DOT HAS DONE WITH 73, IT'S ALREADY DANGEROUS ENOUGH. THE WAY THAT THEY DIDN'T LENGTHEN THE, UH, YIELDS GETTING ON AND GET INGRESS AND EGRESSES, THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY SHORT AND DANGEROUS. SO THAT'S JUST GONNA ADD A WHOLE NEW DANGEROUS CAVEAT IF WE CLOSE 25TH STREET DOWN. SO THE TRUE QUESTION, WHAT THE UH, SPEAKER BEFORE ME DID WAS TRY TO FEAR US INTO GIVING THAT, UH, TO SELLING THAT. AND THAT DEFINITELY IS A TURNOFF. WHENEVER SOMEBODY TRY TO SCARE ME INTO DOING SOMETHING, I'M LEERY OF THE PROJECT RIGHT AWAY. SO TO DEAL WITH, UH, THE TRAIN BLOCKING, CROSSING OVER, GETTING OFF SAVANNAH, MOST PEOPLE CUT ACROSS 25TH STREET. SO IF THAT'S CLOSED, PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 73, WHICH 73 IS ALREADY DANGEROUS ENOUGH. THE SECOND THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IS THOSE BUSINESSES THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON MEMORIAL. YOU HAVE THE SHELL STATION, UH, THE FAMILY DOLLAR SONIC THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE WHEN PEOPLE GETTING OFF WORK THE WAY MOTIVA'S BENEFITING FROM 25TH STREET BECAUSE WHEN THEY PEOPLE GET OFF WORK, THEY TAKE THAT SHORTCUT AND THEY GOT BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY COULD, COULD STOP, GET GAS CONVENIENCES AND EVERYTHING. SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, CUZ I DON'T WANNA JUST COME WITH A PROBLEM, I WANNA COME WITH A SUGGESTION. I THINK THAT MOTIVA SHOULD PARTNER WITH US. THE CITY PAID 3 MILLION AND MOTIVA PAID 3 MILLION. LET'S GET THAT ROAD SO THE WATER CAN STOP THE EROSION BECAUSE THAT IS A, A PROBLEM. THE THE, UH, WATER ERODING ON THE ROADS. LET'S PARTNER WITH MOTIVA 3 MILLION, 3 MILLION OR 2 MILLION, 2 MILLION, WHATEVER IT IS. AND LET'S KEEP THAT ROAD OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S BENEFITING US AND MOTIVA. SO IF MOTIVA WANTS TO BE, UH, A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER, THEY WOULD PARTNER WITH US TO MAKE [01:00:01] SURE THAT THAT WATER STOPS IN STOP ENCROACHING. AND IF MOTIVA OWNED THAT ROAD, ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL ALLOW AN INDUSTRY TO ENCROACH ON THOSE HOMES THAT I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THAT STREET THAT RUN RIGHT BEHIND FAMILY DOLLAR. BUT ONCE AGAIN, INDUSTRY IS ENCROACHING ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I ASK VEHEMENTLY THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS. UH, AND IF WE'RE GONNA DO ANYTHING, LET'S ASK MOTIVA TO PARTNER WITH US TO FIX THAT ROAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. UH, MISS JOAN MENARD JONES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MOTIVA, DO THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT? IF THAT COMPANY CATCH A FIRE BY THEM CLOSING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT COMPANY CATCH A FIRE OR ANYTHING, DO THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT TO COME OUT OF THERE? WHERE WOULD THEY GO TO GET TO A BRAND UNIT OR WHATEVER FOR HELP FOR THEM? HOW WOULD FIRE, FIRE RECORDS COME IN THERE WITH, UH, FOR EMERGENCY? CUZ THE PLANT IS, I MEAN, DUE WITH FIRE OR ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN EVEN SOMEBODY GETTING HURT UP IN THERE. HAVE THEY THOUGHT OF THAT? OKAY. UH, STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE AND ADDRESS. I'M JOSEPH GILLARY. I RESIDE AT 39 37 GREENWAY POINT DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. AND I AM HERE TO OPPOSE THE, UH, CLOSING OF 25TH STREET FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED. UH, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE SAFETY ASPECT. SO, UH, ALONG WITH REVEREND CHAPMAN, IN ADDITION TO PARTNERING, WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER, UH, WIDENING THIS, UH, 25TH STREET SO IT CAN BE CONDUCIVE FOR HEAVY ROAD TRAFFIC. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS AS A TRUCK DRIVER. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A FLOOD ON MEMORIAL, WHERE IS THAT TRAFFIC GOING TO GO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE WEST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR? IF YOU'RE TRAPPED ON SAVANNAH, WHERE IS THAT TRAFFIC GOING TO GO? IF 25TH IS CLOSED, YOU CAN'T TURN THE TRUCK AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. BUT IF THERE'S AN OPTION AVAILABLE WITH A WIDENED ROAD, SPEND THE MONEY, DO THE RIGHT THING. LET MOTIVA GIVE A LITTLE BIT IN THIS CASE BY GET, BY GIVING, UH, OF THAT PAWN, THAT RETENTION PAWN THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO WIDEN, RAISE AND STRENGTHEN 25TH STREET BECAUSE IT BECOMES A VALUABLE ASSET. AS, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THEIR EMPLOYEES UTILIZE THIS ROAD MORE OFTEN THAN THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR. WE SEE IT IN THE MORNING RUSHING TO GET TO THAT GATE. NOT ONLY ARE THEY RUSHING DOWN SAVANNAH TO GET TO THE GATE, THEY'RE ALSO COMING DOWN 25TH STREET. HOW DO I KNOW? BECAUSE I'M UP AT THE SAME TIME, UH, MOVING AROUND, GETTING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL. SO I AM IN THAT TRAFFIC AND IT IS DIFFICULT. SO IF YOU CLOSE IT, YOU REDUCE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SAFE TRAVEL THROUGH THIS CITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? ROSE CHASE ON 3 40 40 SEVENTH STREET. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ALL OF OFFICERS ON THE DESK. I SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I LISTEN TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS, BUT I THINK I'M THE CLOSEST ONE TO 25TH STREET. I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE MOTIVA CLOSING 25TH ON FRIDAY, WE GOT READY TO LEAVE FROM MY HOUSE. 73 WAS CLOSED COMPLETELY. WE COULD NOT GO DOWN 73. I HEARD SOMEONE SAY, WELL Y'ALL HAVE 73. 73 WAS CLOSED. WE COULD NOT GO DOWN 73. SO WE TOOK THAT 25TH STREET, WHICH WAS EASIER FOR US RATHER THAN GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND 365. I DON'T KNOW. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CLOSE TO MY AGE IS PROBABLY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, IF YOU REMEMBER BEFORE THERE WAS A, WHAT YOU CALL IT? UNPAID. UNPAID. AND THE TRAIN WAS PASSING AND SOMEONE TOOK SICK AND THEY CALLED AN AMBULANCE. MANY PEOPLE DIED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR IN THE AREA. I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF 73. THE BACK OF MY HOUSE FACES MOTIVA. IF AN AMBULANCE CANNOT GET THROUGH WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONE ON 73, WHICH IS A MESS RIGHT NOW. 25TH IS CLOSED, WE GONNA HAVE SOME PEOPLE CAN'T GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN [01:05:01] TIME. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH MOTIVA NOT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AT THIS TIME. AND WHEN THINGS ARE PUT IN THE PAPER, I STILL GET THE PAPER. I READ THE LEGAL NOTICES. I DID NOT SEE THE NOTICE IN THE PAPER. NOT ONE TIME. AND WHEN THEY DO PUT LEGAL STUFF IN THE PAPER, IT'S SO LITTLE. AND I HAVE BIFOCALS. MM-HMM , YOU CAN'T READ IT. NOW SOMEONE OLDER THAN ME WHO IS GOING TO SIT THERE AND TRY TO READ THAT LITTLE BIT OF WRITING, THEY'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANY ONE PERSON IS AT FAULT, BUT BEFORE YOU ALL MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO GIVE MOTIVA WHAT THEY WANT. THINK ABOUT THE CITIZENS WHO BOTH YOU FOR HALF OF THE PEOPLE AT MOTIVA DON'T EVEN VOTE FOR Y'ALL. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE, THEY DON'T CARE. THE MANAGER LIVES IN PORT NATURES, WHICH YOU ARE FREE TO LIVE WHEREVER YOU WANT. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BUSINESS, AND THE ONLY REASON THIS PLACE IS NOT FULL TONIGHT WITH PEOPLE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS NOT IN THE PAPER CORRECTLY WITH THE PORT ARTHUR. I DON'T KNOW WHO PLANNED FRIENDS WITH WHO, BUT IF I HAVE TO GET THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN VETA, WE WILL DO THAT. WE DID IT BEFORE. WE'LL DO IT AGAIN. I'M NOT GONNA THREATEN ANYBODY. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THE FACTS. I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT'S UP HERE. I LOVE ALL OF YOU. WE MAY NOT AGREE CUZ YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS MOTIVA THING. I'LL TELL THE MANAGER OF MOTIVA AND I'LL GIVE HIM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND I PLAY NO GAMES. HE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ME TO LUNCH OR ANYTHING. WE CAN MEET UP HERE AT CITY HALL AND I'M GONNA TELL HIM THE REASONS WHY. YOU HAVE CITIZENS. YOU HAVE OLDER CITIZENS. I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT SCARED TO GO ON 73. SO THEY COME DOWN 25TH BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC'S SO BAD. AND WHEN I DRIVE, I BE PRAYING. LORD, HELP ME GET, LET ME GET TO WHERE I NEED TO GO. CAUSE I, I'LL TRY TO GET STUFF IN A HURRY, BUT THIS IS NOT A GOOD MOVE FOR THE CITY. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MOTIVA'S TALKING TO CRAP. WE WASTE MONEY ON SO MUCH OTHER STUFF. WE NEED TO WASTE SOME MONEY ON FIXING THAT STREET AND KEEPING THAT STREET. I HEARD, UM, STU TALK ABOUT HISTORY. DON'T, DON'T GO THERE WITH HISTORY WITH ME STUART. CAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL GO, YOU KNOW, AND STUART AND I, WE, WE GO AGAINST EACH OTHER BUT WE STILL REMAIN FRIENDS. BUT LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE BUSINESS AND STUFF, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY BUSINESSES COME DOWNTOWN YET. SO WHEN Y'ALL SHOW ME THAT, THEN MY OPINION WILL CHANGE BUT NOT BEFORE AND RIGHT IS RIGHT. I'VE SAID WHERE YOU SAID AND SOMETIME I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE OF THAT VOTING NO AND EVERYBODY SAID WHY DID YOU VOTE? AND I'M TELLING YOU WHY DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT VOTING NO AGAINST MOTIVA. DON'T FEEL BAD BECAUSE THE CITIZENS PUT YOU IN NOT MOTIVA PLANT MANAGER. OKAY? THE COMMENTS. AMEN. OKAY, WE'LL WAIT ON YOU. THEY STAND UP AGAIN. I LOOK LIKE FRED DUBLIN. I'M NOT AS SMART AS HE WAS THOUGH. AND I'M NOT FROM PORT ARTHUR. MY NAME IS ELLIS W ALLEN. I RESIDE AT 4,900 LAKE SHORE DRIVE DOWN AT THE END OF SAY ROAD. SO THIS AIN'T GONNA AFFECT ME, BUT WHAT GOES ON IN PORT ARTHUR AFFECTS ME. YOU KNOW, I COULD BE UP HERE ALL DAY TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN PORT ARTHUR THE LAST 22 YEARS. 2022 YEARS, 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. WHAT I'VE SEEN TO GO ON ABOUT THE PEOPLES OF PORT ARTHUR. I EXPECTED TO BE MORE PEOPLES IN THIS BUILDING TODAY. BUT AS THE LADY SAID, I DON'T TAKE THE NEWSPAPER. SO I DIDN'T KNOW. AND THE BREEZE RADIO STATION IS THE VOICE OF PORT ARTHUR IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND INDIVIDUALS IN BUSINESS IN PORT ARTHUR DON'T WANT THE BREEZE TO SUCCEED BECAUSE THEY WANNA SLIDE STUFF UP UNDER THE ROAD WITHOUT US KNOWING IT. YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO DO A JOB, [01:10:02] DO IT, DON'T GET PAID AGAIN NOT TO DO THE JOB. SO WHAT'S THAT CALLED TO ME? IT'S CALLED WHITE COLLAR CRIME. I'M NOT POINTING NO FINGERS, I'M NOT. BUT I GOT A SUGGESTION. THEY SAID THEY GONNA WIDEN SAVANNAH FROM UH, PROCTOR ALL THE WAY OUT TO 73. WELL GO AHEAD ON AND START THAT AND BUILD A BRIDGE OVER THAT RAILROAD TRACK. CAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN FROM HOUSTON ON 73 AND YOU MAKE THAT RIGHT TO COME DOWN TO SAVANNAH AND YOU SEE THAT TRAIN, YOU SAY, OH, DUKE 25. HERE I COME. THEN WHEN YOU GET THAT WAY AND YOU SEE THE WATER DOWN, UP UNDER THE UNDERPASS, YOU OH LORD, ON MEMORIAL. SO PUT A GOOD PUMP DOWN THERE UNDER THAT BRIDGE TO PUMP THAT WATER OUT. THAT'S PROBABLY 50 11 YEARS OLD. I'M NOT THE PORT ARTHUR, BUT I GOT HISTORY OF PEOPLES HERE IN PORT ARTHUR. PEOPLE THAT WAS ROOT BEGIN. I KNOW EVERYBODY AROUND HERE IF THEY OLD ENOUGH HAD A LOW CHOKER. RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE I COME FROM. THE LOW CHOKER BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW THE WEST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR. I WAS AT THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION. I COMPLAINED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THESE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT WENT ON GULF WAY. IT IT'S GONNA FALL ON SOMEBODY ONE DAY. OH, THAT OVER PAD DOWN THERE. WELL YOU GOTTA GO UP ON THERE WHEN IT FALL ON SOME FOLKS, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? CAUSE THEY DON'T TAKE CARE ON SEVENTH STREET. YOU KNOW THESE RAILROAD TRACKS. YOU GO TO THE SUBURBS, WE DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM BUT MOTIVA GO AHEAD ON AND PUT ME ON THE HIT LIST. YOU DEALING WITH SAUDI ARABIA BIG TIME MONEY, IT GOING BE CONSIDERED. I MIGHT BE DEAD AND GONE. Y'ALL COULD SAY REV ME UHOH ELLIS ALLEN SAID IT'S GONNA BE CALLED MOTIVA, NOT PORT ARTHUR. SO IF YOU CAN CHANGE IT WITH A PENCIL, YOU, YOU CAN MAKE IT WRONG WITH A PENCIL. THE LAW MADE IT BY SIGNING THE LAW, CHANGED IT BY SIGNING, DEVOTED YOU IN OFFICE AND VOTE YOU OUT OFFICE. I'M THROUGH WITH THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR ALLISON, STAFF, MY NAME IS STEVEN MOSLEY. I RESIDE AT 1440 BARBARA LANE IN PORT ARTHUR. I'M, UH, HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE, UM, ABANDONMENT OF THOSE ROADS TO MOTIVA AS WE ARE BROADCAST AT THE BREEZE RADIO STATION AND TRY TO INFORM OUR LISTENERS ABOUT, UH, ISSUES THAT CONCERNING THEM. UM, I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, UH, WITH COUNSEL SO COUNSEL WOULD HAVE A, A BETTER IDEA AND A BETTER PICTURE OF, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY HAVE NOT HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT, WELL, AS PASTOR CHAPMAN INDICATED WITH A LOT OF ENCROACHMENT FROM INDUSTRIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, UM, WHAT'S TO STOP MOTIVA FROM WANTING TO TAKE SAVANNAH FROM 19TH STREET TO 73 THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A COMPLETE SQUARE THAT WOULD BLOCK OUT 25TH STREET AND SAVANNAH. UH, SO THAT WOULD BLOCK FOLKS OFF FROM 19TH STREET GETTING THROUGH AS WELL AS FOLKS COMING FROM 73. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT'S A HIGHWAY COMING THROUGH, BUT WHO KNOWS IF THEY CAN CONVINCE YOU TO GIVE 'EM 25TH STREET, MAYBE THEY'LL CONVINCE YOU TO GIVE 'EM TO SAVANNAH. UH, OTHER CONCERNS WOULD BE THAT THE TRAIN, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I READ AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE PAPER ABOUT, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH THE TRAIN SYSTEM. THE INDICATOR THERE'S GONNA BE A GREAT DEAL MORE TRAINS, UH, THAT'LL BE COMING THROUGH THIS, THIS AREA, UH, WHICH MEANS THERE'LL BE MORE CARGO, MORE BOX CARS, MORE OIL CONTAINERS, WHICH MEANS NOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE TIME. YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT THAT CROSSING. AND AS ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES INDICATED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DEATH CAN OCCUR WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO PASS. AT ONE TIME I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WERE ONLY SO MANY CARS THAT COULD PASS, I THINK WAS 20, 30 OR 40 CARS. BUT I CAN REMEMBER TWICE WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS THAT I COUNTED OVER 57 CARS SITTING THERE WAITING UNTIL THE ARMS CAME BACK UP TO OPEN. SO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I'M JUST NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THIS, UM, THIS, UH, REQUISITE THE REQUEST FROM MOTIVA AND HOPE THAT AS OTHERS HAVE INDICATED, THAT MAYBE WE CAN STRIKE A PARTNERSHIP WITH MOTIVA THAT WOULD HELP TO DEVELOP THE ROAD, THAT WE CAN KEEP IT. AND IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, THEN I SUGGEST THAT THE CITY PUT MORE EFFORTS [01:15:01] INTO REPAIRING THE ROAD, PROTECTING THE SIZE OF THE ROADS, AND HAVE MOTIVA PUT FENCING UP THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM GOING INTO THE, THE DITCHES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. YOUR ADDRESS. BY NAME, YOU KNOW, ALL KNOW ME. TEJAS. MARTIN STAR BREEZE RADIO. GOVERNMENT NAME IS LEON WRIGHT. 82 32 CENTRAL MALL DRIVE. I'M PROBABLY THE OLDEST PERSON UP HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS THING. THE HISTORY OF 25TH STREET AND THE HISTORY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH SAVANNAH. IN 2013, TERRY DOYLE, JOE DESA TELL, AND MYSELF WARNED THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT MOTIVA AND THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT, MOTIVA NOW OWNS 100% OF THE REFINERY OVER ON SAVANNAH. 40% OF VALERO. LOOK IT UP. DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. THEY ALSO OWN AT LEAST 17 DIFFERENT DISTINCT PIECES OF PROPERTY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY UNDER MAT. I LOOKED THE WORD UP WHAT MOTIVA MEANT, AND IT MEANS TO TAKE OVER AND CONTROL. LOOK IT UP. DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING BUSINESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS CONTROLLING THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. COME ON. PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY HAVE ENOUGH AND WE HAVE ENOUGH. IT IS MORE THAN THE JUST THE 25TH STREET. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR POINT SOMETHING ACRES OF LAND GIVING UP THE LAND ONCE BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, NOT YOU DENIED IT. I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY IT AGAIN. THERE'S A MORAL FACTOR HERE. IT'S A MORAL FACTOR. THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR, THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT IT. I UNDERSTAND THE ATION OF, OF, OF TERMINAL ROAD IN THAT AREA. BACK OVER AT NEAR 87. YOU DID THAT. MOTIVA CAME IN AND THEY BUILT A NEW ROAD AND THEY BUILT A ROAD THAT IT'S ONLY USED BY THEIR EMPLOYEES. WHAT'S TO SAY? THE VERY THING THAT THEY DID WHEN THEY BEGAN THE EXPANSION IN 2015 WHEN ALL THE EQUIPMENT CAME IN HERE AND THERE WAS A TAX ABATEMENT MADE, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT GONNA TAKE THE MONEY BACK AND BAM, TWO YEARS LATER THEY ASKED FOR THEIR MONEY BACK. EVEN FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY DON'T KEEP THEIR WORD AND YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM. I'M AGAINST IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. THEY ARE, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES. YEAH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR SPEAKING THEIR, SPEAKING THEIR MIND, THEIR HEARTS AND, UH, DO ADVICE TO WELL TAKEN. UH, AND, UH, IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE. WE ARE FACING AS A COUNSELOR, BUT, UH, REVEREND CHAP HAS SOME GOOD, GOOD POINTS ABOUT PART MO. BUT COSMAN LEWIS HAD GOOD POINTS ABOUT PROBABLY THE CITIZEN HOUSES. SO WE'RE GOING, WE GONNA DISCUSS IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA LET NOBODY RUN OVER US, NOT THIS COUNCIL HERE. I PROMISE YOU THAT. SO THAT Y'ALL FOR COMING AND SPEAKING YOUR MIND. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. ANY OTHER CO UH, REMARKS FROM COUNSEL? THERE WILL BE ANY OTHER REMARKS. I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO END, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO, UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW. SO WILL BE, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK. SECOND MAYOR. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, AND WE WOULD IN PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO, WE READY? PRE QUESTION. THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSERS AYE. HABIT. SO IT IS AUDIT PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO HAS NOW ENDED AT 6:51 PM NOW WE WILL MOVE [IV.3. To Discuss And Receive Public Comment Regarding The Proposed Abandonment Of The Following: A22- 02( B) Motiva Enterprises, LLC For Approximately 2. 042- Acres Portion Of A Dedicated Public Right- Of-Way, Known As Terminal Road, Port Arthur Heights Addition, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas A Precise Drawing And Description Of The Proposed Abandonment Will Be Presented At The Public Hearing And Can Be Examined In The City Development Services Department, Port Arthur, Texas. The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City' s Website At www. portarthurtx. gov. Any Person May Participate In The Public Hearing And Address The City Council] TO PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE AT 6:51 PM THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF THE FOLLOWING. A 22 0 2 B [01:20:01] MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.042 ACRES, PORTION OF A DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS TERMINAL ROAD, PORT ARTHUR HEIGHTS EDITION, PORT ARTHUR JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. A PRECISE DRAWING AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CAN BE EXAMINED IN THE CITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, EXCUSE ME, SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW.PORTARTHURTX.GOV. ANY PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADDRESS THE COUNSEL. WE HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LANGFORD AGAIN, WHICH YOU BEGIN. THANK YOU MAYOR AGAIN. COUNSEL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER AN ABANDONMENT REQUEST FOR A 2.042 ACRE PORTION OF DEDICATED AND IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, KNOWN AS TERMINAL ROAD, LOCATED IN THE PORT ARTHUR HEIGHTS EDITION HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY IS LOCATED NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 82, ALSO KNOWN AS MARTIN LUTHER KING. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DRIVE AND EAST OF WEST 17TH STREET. NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY. IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, PLANNING STAFF RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF THE 2.042 A PROPORTION OF RIGHT AWAY. THIS SECTION OF TERMINAL ROAD, AGAIN IS LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST 17TH STREET. AS PART OF THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS, THE APPLICATION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNING WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE UTILITY ENTITIES AND ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITH MOTIVA LLC BEING THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES. AN APPRAISAL REPORT WAS ORDERED FROM COOKS AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH OF 2019. WE RECEIVED THAT REPORT BACK ON DECEMBER THE 11TH OF THAT YEAR, AND BASED ON THE FAIR REASONABLE CONSIDERATION, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THAT TIME WAS $80,100. THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REQUEST ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, WHERE NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER AS WELL AS NOTICES BEING SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS ON MARCH 17TH, 2020, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2083, CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT. HOWEVER, AGAIN, AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, A DECISION WAS YIELDED TO REQUEST THAT MOTIVA WITHDRAW THIS REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT DUE TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD. REPRESENTATIVES OF MOTIVA ENTERPRISES SUBMITTED A NEW APPLICATION FOR THIS ABANDONMENT. ALSO ON SEPTEMBER THE NINTH OF THIS YEAR. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. WE'LL, NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON SEPTEMBER THE NINTH, AND ALSO MAILED OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH. AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WAS NO WRITTEN OR VERBAL OPPOSITION FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ZERO REC RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THIS REQUEST. ON SEPTEMBER 27TH OF THIS YEAR, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 DASH FOUR 40 CALLING FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION AGAIN, OF THIS PROPOSED ABANDONMENT WAS SUBMITTED TO UTILITY ENTITIES FOR FURTHER REVIEW. AN UPDATED APPRAISAL WAS CONDUCTED BY COOKS AND ASSOCIATES WITH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THIS PORTION OF RIGHT AWAY REMAINING THE SAME AT $80,100. IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED, MOTIVA WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH THE UTILITY AND ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. IN REGARDS TO PURPOSE, AGAIN, I WILL READ UNTIL RECORD MOTIVA'S STATEMENT AND CONSENSUS WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR MOTIVA SEEKS TO ENHANCE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF PORT ARTHUR AND ITS RESIDENTS THROUGH THE ASSUMPTION OF OWNERSHIP CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF TERMINAL ROAD. AS MENTIONED TODAY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR MOTIVA WILL ASSUME THE STREET IN ITS CURRENT STATE ALLEVIATING THE CITY FROM UNDERTAKING SIGNIFICANT NEEDED REPAIRS. PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE IMPROVED THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC [01:25:01] TRAFFIC THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BURDENED THE CITY'S RESOURCES AS CONSEQUENCES OF PRIVATE CITIZEN INTERFACES WITH THE MOTIVA REFINERY PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY, ACQUISITION OF THIS ROADWAY WILL ENABLE MOTIVA TO IMPROVE SECURITY HEARTENING TO ITS PARAMETER AS MOTIVA CONTINUES TO RESPONSIBLY MEET DYNAMIC AND EVOLVING SECURITY CHALLENGES. THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP AND ABANDONING IN THE ABANDONING OF TERMINAL ROAD TO MOTIVA WILL ALLOW MOTIVA TO SECURE MORE OF ITS PROPERTY IN A CONTINUOUS MATTER WHICH DIRECTIONALLY ALLOWS CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND MOTIVA. THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SECTION OF TERMINAL ROAD, WHICH THE REQUEST IS BEING MADE FOR THE FOLLOWING SLIDE PROVIDES A STREET VIEW OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKEND EDITION OF THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER, AND WE DO HAVE A COPY OF THAT PUBLICATION ON RO ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AS WELL AS THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY, BASED ON THE DECISION ON, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS ENGINEERING OFFICIALS, THERE IS NO OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT OF THIS RIGHT, OF THIS PORTION OF RIGHT AWAY AS IT DOESN'T POSE ANY ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE COMMUNITY DUE TO THERE NOT BEING ANY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES OR ANYTHING ALONG THIS THOROUGHFARE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FROM THE CITY OR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS MATTER IN PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER THREE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER THREE, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. YEAH, WILLIE LEWIS JR 2301 LAKE SHORE DRIVE. I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION. UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE ABANDONING FROM THE, FROM THE MLK ALL THE WAY TO 19TH STREET OR TO GULF DRIVE ON THAT, ON THAT TERMINAL ROAD. SHE, SHE WHERE ANSWERS, HUH? OKAY. THE REQUEST IS TO ABANDON, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE SOUTH OF THE CITY'S WATER TOWER UP UNTIL, UM, HIGHWAY 82 SOUTH OF THE CITY'S WATER TOWER. YES, SIR. I CAN SHOW YOU HERE. TELL HIGHWAY WHAT? 82. OKAY. TELL, OKAY. YES, SIR. OH, OKAY. IT'S NOTHING ACROSS ON, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GULF? NO, SIR. OKAY. NO SIR. NO. ARE THEY GONNA PUT BURNS JUST IN CASE THEY GET A, A SPILL FROM A TANK FORM THAT NO, THEY GONNA ELEVATE THE BURNS THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED WITH MOTIVA. IT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THERE'S NOT A TANK FARM HERE, SO THERE, WELL, WHATEVER. IT'S FOR PARKING. IT'S WHAT? IT'S OH, IT'S STRICTLY, OH, THAT'S STRICTLY GONNA BE FOR PARKING. OKAY. OKAY. NOTHING GONNA BE CLAIRE JACKSON 25 55 SAVANNAH AVENUE. DAVID. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE FOR PARKING? YES, SIR. OKAY. YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? I'M SURE. OKAY. I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. YEAH. YOU'RE NOT BE HEARING FROM YOU. YEAH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER THREE, ANY COMMENTS? YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAIN ABOUT ALLEN? YES, YOUR HONOR. APPROACH PLEASE. AGAIN, ELLIS ISLAND, 4,900 LAKE SHORE DRIVE. I USED THAT STREET BECAUSE I GOT SOME PROPERTY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN WHEN I'M COMING DOWN. THOMAS GOING TO 82. I HOOKED THAT LITTLE SHORTCUT GO BY THERE. AND IT USED TO BE SOME, UH, WHAT WAS THAT CAR TERRACE THAT HAD ALL THOSE APARTMENTS BACK THERE? BUT THERE WAS SOME APARTMENTS BUILDING BACK THERE AT ONE TIME BEHIND THAT WATER TOWER WHERE THE WATER TOWER IS. WASN'T SOME APARTMENT BUILDING BACK THERE ONE TIME WHERE, WHERE THE WATER TOWER IS? YEAH. YEAH. I KNOW. I AIN'T EVEN GETTING SEAT NOW EITHER. NOW YOU KNOW THAT ROAD, IF YOU GOING DOWN 82 AND YOU WANT TO GO ACROSS THAT RAILROAD TRACK AND A TRAIN COMING TO SOMETHING, THAT'S WHAT I SAY. I TAKE THAT SHOT AND I GO BACK AROUND DOWN 19. [01:30:02] IT'S A TRAIN TRACK DOWN THERE ON, ON 82. NOT ON 82 ON DOWN. THEY, THEY AREN'T ASKING FOR ABANDONMENT WHERE THAT IS. NO, NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, THEY TAKING THE SHORTCUT. IF THEY TAKE THAT SHORTCUT AWAY, YOU RATHER GO ON DOWN 82. YOU CAN'T CUT THROUGH THAT NO MORE. SEE, BUT IT, ANYWAY, I AIN'T, I AIN'T FINN TO GET IN NO PHILOSOPHICAL CAUSE CAUSE SEE, LIKE I SAID, IT AIN'T GONNA AFFECT ME. CAUSE I CAN FIND MY WAY AROUND. I CAN GET A HELICOPTER RIDE IF I NEED . ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER THREE LAST CALL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER THREE. OKAY. UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM, FROM COUNCIL? PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN AN, UH, PROMOTION FOR A, I WAS GONNA SAY A DEMOTION MAYOR. SECOND MAYOR. GOOD. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDARY. WE BE HERE. THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE. WE'RE READY TO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THERE AREN'T ANY, ANYBODY READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR OF ENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING. AYE. ANY OPPOSERS? I HEAVEN. SO IT'S ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE NOW ENDED. WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK TO OUR NORMAL FLOW ON OUR AGENDA. UH, YEP. AND IF EVERYBODY'S AGREED WITH IT, Y'ALL WANT? YES. Y'ALL WANNA MOVE THAT UP? OKAY, NO PROBLEM. OKAY. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, AGAIN, MOVE OUT OF SEQUENCE AND, UH, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS GO TO PAGE 11 OF OUR PRINTED AGENDA. IF YOU HAVE ONE. UH, ON PAGE [VIII.A.3. P. R. No. 22842 — A Resolution Authorizing The Ceremonial Street Renaming Of Turtle Creek Drive From 9th Avenue To The Stonegate Manor Apartments In Honor Of Ms. Hargie Fay Savoie ( Requested By Councilmember Frank)] 11, THERE IS PR NUMBER 22, UH, 8 42. IT'S UNDER THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA. AND I'D LIKE TO READ THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE. PR NUMBER 22 842 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CEREMONIAL STREET RENAMING OF TURTLE CREEK DRIVE FROM NINTH AVENUE TO THE STONEGATE MANOR APARTMENTS IN HONOR OF MS. HARDGE FAY SEVO. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, I AM READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. COUNCILMAN FRANK. UH, I HAVE A MOTION, MAY I GET A SECOND? MAKE SENSE? SECOND. SECOND. AND MOVE, AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD COMPLY WITH PR NUMBER 22 8 42. WE ARE READY. QUESTIONED CITY ATTORNEY. YES. WE CAN READ IT. AND THEN Y'ALL CAN, UM, JUST UP ABOVE WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AND HONOR OF SERVICE BY THE, UH, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE HONORARY OR CEREMONIAL STREET RENAMING. THIS IS PR 22,842 AND THE CITY IS ASKING TO RENAME TURTLE CREEK DRIVE FROM NINTH AVENUE TO STONEGATE MANOR APARTMENTS. IN HONOR OF MRS. HARDGE, FAYE SEVO, REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN FRANK, UH, HARDGE FAYE. JACOB SEVO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MLK SUPPORT GROUP OF SOUTH TEX SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS AND HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO SERVING HER COMMUNITY. SHE IS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN, BELOVED WIFE, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS BORN TO MORRIS AND EUNICE JACOBS ON LINCOLN AVENUE AND ATTENDED LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THE 12TH GRADE. UPON COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL, SHE MARRIED JEWEL SEVO SENIOR, AND TOGETHER THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. JEWEL FAYE, JACQUELINE MADELINE, JEWEL SAVOY JR. AND TERRY HARDGE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL HONORS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS DELTA SIGMA, THETA KAPPA ALPHA PSI IN ACP OF BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR N NA, P Y W C A OF BEAUMONT JUSTICE AWARD, THE SCL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. SHE HAS SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS, INCLUDING ST. MARY'S, THE Y M C A, THE TEXAS ARTIST MUSEUM BOARDS TO NAME A FEW. ALSO TO NOTE THAT IN 1986, MRS. SAVOY MET CARRETTA SCOTT KING AND ATTENDED SEVERAL WORKSHOPS WITH HER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WITH REGARD TO WORKING TOWARD NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE. FROM THAT POINT, SHE, UH, WAS REQUESTED BY CARRETTA SCOTT KING TO START THE ML CASE SUPPORT GROUP IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, WHICH HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO HONOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE. AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW PRESENTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR CEREMONY STREET RENAMING TO HONOR OUR GREAT CITIZEN WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY, MRS. HARDGE [01:35:01] FAVO. OKAY. WE ARE GOOD WITH THE COURSES. WE'RE READY FOR VOTE. AND ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSERS EYES HAVE IT IS. SO IT IS AUDITED. WE WILL APPROVE AND ACCEPT P NUMBER 22 8 42 IN THE CEREMONIAL RENAMING OF TURTLE CREEK DRIVE FROM NINTH AVENUE TO STONEGATE MANOR APARTMENTS IN HONOR OF MRS. HARDGE, FAYE CVO. AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE, OH, SHE ALREADY HAS THE MIC . GO RIGHT AHEAD. SO WHAT MAY I SPEAK NOW? MAY TO THE, TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY AND TO THE CITY COUNCILMAN? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I WANNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY NECESSARY. I LOVE PORT ARTHUR AND ALL THIS UPS AND DOWNS AND WHATEVER. I LOVE PORT ARTHUR. MY PARENTS CAME IN 1923 AND I LOVED THIS CITY. SO I WANNA ALSO SAY THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KINDA GET THIS, YOU KNOW, THE, I'M FOUNDED BY SOME THINGS. AND WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT THE STREET THAT I LIVE ON, AND I WANNA GIVE THAT TO MADELINE, WHO'S NO LONGER WITH US, SHE SAID, THAT'S AN AREA OUT THERE, UH, MAMA, THAT YOU NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO AND BUILD. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA GROW AND IT'S GONNA BE JUST BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, SO SHE ALWAYS WOULD SAY THE RIGHT THINGS. AND, AND I FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT EVEN WHEN THIS CAME TO ME AND WAS TOLD WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, I JUST WANNA TAKE, Y'ALL KNOW, I TALK A FRIEND, BUT I WAS DUMBFOUNDED A LITTLE BIT. I SAID THAT TREATED TRUE. REVEREND REVEREND DONALD FRANK, MY COUSIN. SO , WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU. AND THEN, SO I WON'T HOLD YOU UP A WHOLE LOT LONGER, BUT I WANNA THANK MY FAMILY AND I WANNA THANK JOE SEVO, WHO I MET WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD AND MARRIED HIM. AND HE MARRIED ME. AND HE TOLD ME ON THAT DAY THAT I WAS CUTE. SO WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, SO THURMAN THE MAYOR, MY COUSIN, I GOT A LOT OF COUSINS. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I THINK YOU IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT THEN I KNOW MOST OF EVERYBODY IN PORT ARTHUR WHEN YOU'VE BEEN HERE 92 YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT IS. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE VERY DEPTHS OF MY HEART TO SAY, WHEN I WALK OUT MY DOOR, I'M WALKING OUT ON MY STREET OF MY NAME . AND, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. SO FOR EVERYTHING AND REGARDLESS, I WANNA SAY TO THE COUNCILORS AND TO THE MAYOR, AND TO THE PEOPLE OF PORT ARTHUR AND ELSEWHERE, AND LET US ALL JUST DO THE BEST WE CAN. . I GOTTA BE ON PICTURE WITH SOMEBODY. YEAH. SO, BUT WE GONNA DO THIS LIKE THIS. YEAH. YEAH. SO NOW COUNCIL, BUT YOU ALL COME DOWN, PLEASE. YEAH. OKAY. MM-HMM. THIS WAY. AND THEN WE ALL TAKE IT LIKE THIS. THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE USED TO DO THAT. GIVE WAS MORE. AND YOU ONE WITH THE COUNCIL FIRST. AND THEN WE GONNA DO, I'M GET THIS, I'M GONNA GET THE MIC IN THIS, AND THAT WAY THEY CAN GET THE SHOTS FROM BACK HERE AND GET YOU, HEY LIZ, LINDSEY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS. IT GOES, STAND OVER THERE. I GOTTA CATCH UP WITH YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU WAS THE FIRST ONE TO CALL ME. TELL ME. SHE GOT GOOD MEMORY THOUGH. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN I ATE FOR LUNCH LAST WEEK. SHE SAID IN 1952 IT [01:40:01] WAS RAINING ON A SUNDAY. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, HOW YOU DOING? I'M IT RIGHT HERE. GRANDMA'S THOUGH. RIGHT HERE GO YOU'S. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I DUNNO WHAT TO, HOW'S IT GOING? GET OUT. STAND RIGHT THERE. LOOK AT IT'S NEPHEW. COME HERE. COME HERE. OBVIOUSLY GETS ALL OF HIS ENERGY FROM YOU. THANK YOU. COME. I'M COMING. . WAIT, DON'T EVEN KNOW I'M HERE. OH, SOME IN THERE. . I I CAN'T SEE YOU RIGHT. TWICE. LOOK, WON'T SEE YOU. WON'T BE A PICTURE. OKAY. AND THEM TOO. OKAY. YOU JUST LOOK RIGHT HERE. THIS WAY, MA'AM. OH MY GOD. LOOKING AT . THANK YOU. RIGHT. YOU I'M, HOW YOU DOING? I WATCH YOU. HOW YOU I'M GOOD. THE, I'M THAT, THAT? MM-HMM. . THAT WAS THAT LIFE. WE GOTTA GET ON THE, WE MAKES THINGS HAPPEN HERE. . WE MAKES THINGS HEY, LOVE YOU. HOW YOU LOVE YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA NEED SOME HEADSHOTS. I'M GONNA NEED SOME HEADSHOTS. OH, . . [01:45:01] HEY. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. WE'RE READY TO RETURN TO NORMALCY IN THE MEETING. PLEASE. TO RETURN TO YOUR SEATS, PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GO OUT IN THE LIBRARY. IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK AND VISIT. YOU CAN GO OUT IN THE LIBRARY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I CAN'T, YEP. LET THOSE JOY BILL, OR JUST THE BEGINNING PRESENTATIONS. OH MY GOD. OKAY. WE'RE READY. PLEASURE. LET US FOR SHE MIGHT NOT WANT LADY. MIGHT BE YOU. SEE YOU. I'M FINE. CAN OKAY. TELL THE POLICE FOR US TO COME AND, UH, . OKAY. OKAY. YES YOU CAN. OKAY. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. WE'RE READY TO RETURN [III.B.2. A Presentation By Post Commander Jorg Kitchen Regarding The Status Of Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 4820] TO, UH, SECTION A ROMAN NUMERAL THREE OF THE, UH, AGENDA. AND THERE IS A, UH, PRESENTATION BY POST COMMANDER GEORGE KITCHEN REGARDING THE STATUS OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR POST NUMBER 48 20. AGAIN, WHAT YOU APPROACH PLEASE AND BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME AND I JUST STATED, AND YOU MAY BEGIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AGAIN. MY NAME IS GEORGE KITCHEN. I AM THE POST COMMANDER OF VFW POST 48 20 IN PORT HS, WHICH WE SERVE ALL OF MID COUNTY, AND THAT INCLUDES PORT ARTHUR. THANK YOU. UH, PORT ARTHUR NO LONGER HAS A BFW POST, UH, 7 97, UNFORTUNATELY LOST ITS CHARTER IN 2015. AND IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER LITIGATION WITH SOME PROPERTIES THAT IT WAS INVOLVED WITH. UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND IT ALWAYS IS. WE'VE GONE TO MANY DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN OUR AREA. AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THAT WATCHING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN PORT ARTHUR IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. UH, WATCHING HOW ENGAGED YOUR CITIZENS ARE, IT TELLS A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS LEADERS IN THIS CITY. AND, AND I DO CHARGE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE GOOD AND WISE DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON YOU AS THEY SHOULD. I AM ALSO A DISTRICT COMMANDER. I COVER THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST TEXAS AREA, AND I HAVE SEVEN POSTS UNDER MY COMMAND. AND IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I AM ABLE TO BE THE COMMANDER OF MY POST AND THIS DISTRICT, AND SERVE THE PEOPLE IN THE MID COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AREA. IT, IT'S AN HONOR TO DO SO. IT'S AS MUCH OF AN HONOR TODAY AS IT WAS THE DAY THAT I RAISED MY RIGHT HAND FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I ENLISTED IN THE, TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY. I STILL KEEP MY OATH. IT HAS NOT EXPIRED. AND I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. UNTIL I TAKE MY VERY LAST BREATH. I COULD READ ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO YOU, BUT I'VE DONE THIS ENOUGH TO WHERE I CAN TELL YOU THE STATUS OF THE VFW AS A POST. WE ARE DOING VERY WELL, AND I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A HUNDRED TWENTY, TWENTY, A HUNDRED TWENTY THREE YEARS THIS YEAR. WE STARTED IN 1899, A YEAR AFTER THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. I'M NOT READING THIS STUFF. IT'S, THIS IS JUST THINGS THAT ARE IN MY HEART AND I SPEAK FROM THE HEART. SO FOR 123 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR VETERANS AND BENEFITS THAT THEY TRULY DESERVE FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY SUFFERED IN WAR. UH, IT STARTED WITH THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, AND IT LED INTO WORLD WAR I AND IT TOOK ALMOST 30 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR I FOR THOSE VETERANS TO FINALLY RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION AND HEALTHCARE BENEFITS, UH, [01:50:01] FOR THE WAR WOUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVED. WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN 66 LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES SINCE THEN. UH, ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ONES IS THE PACKED ACT OF 2022, WHICH AFFECTS VIETNAM VETERANS BECAUSE THERE WERE FIVE ADDITIONAL IT, UH, COUNTRIES THAT WERE LIST ADDED TO THE LIST, UH, FOR AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE, THAILAND BEING ONE OF THEM, UH, GUAM BEING ANOTHER. UH, THOSE ARE JUST TWO. THEY MISSED THE PHILIPPINES. UH, AND THAT SHOULD BE NEXT. AND IT ALSO ADDRESSED THE ISSUES THAT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS FACED IN THE 20 YEAR WAR THAT WE WERE INVOLVED WITH IN AFGHANISTAN. UH, AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT THAT. UM, IT HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE HAD VETERANS THAT BEGAN THAT WAR WHO HAD CHILDREN WHEN IT BEGAN, AND THEIR CHILDREN ENDED UP SERVING AND FIGHTING IN THAT WAR AS WELL. THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY. THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH IT. AND AS VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, WE ARE HERE TO ASSIST THOSE VETERANS AFTER 20 YEARS OF WAR. UH, THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS AND THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, THE DIFFERENT AMPUTEES, MULTIPLE AMPUTEES THAT THEY'VE SUFFERED FROM THE IEDS, THE ROADSIDE BOMBS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TRAUMATICALLY AFFECTED AS WELL. PTSD DOESN'T JUST AFFECT THE VETERAN, IT AFFECTS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THEY ALSO END UP WITH TRAUMATIC STRESS. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UNFORTUNATELY, VIOLENCE IN THE HOME, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, A HIGH DIVORCE RATE, AND AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, A HIGH SUICIDE RATE. SO WE'RE FACING 22 TO 23 SERVICE MEMBERS A DAY THAT TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER CAN COPE WITH THE CONDITION AND THE LIFE THAT THEY HAVE. SO WE ARE THERE TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THE 22 A DAY. AND WE'RE ALSO HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUE TO SERVE. WE NEVER STOPPED, AND WE WON'T STOP UNTIL WE TAKE OUR LAST BREATH. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITIES. I, I COINED A PHRASE FOR OUR W AND I'M TRYING TO GET IT CAUGHT UP IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. AND FOR US, POST 48, 20, WE ARE A GROUP OF VETERANS THAT IS PUTTING THE UNITY BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO, WE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES ALIVE AND INTACT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, OUR COMMUNITIES WILL NOT SURVIVE. WE HAVE TO LEARN TO PUT ASIDE CERTAIN PREJUDICES AND CERTAIN OPINIONS, AND WE HAVE TO FIND THE COMMON GROUND WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS. JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT. I TRAVELED DOWN 25TH STREET ON FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. I MEAN, IT WAS, IT TOOK ME 45 MINUTES TO GET FROM HIGHWAY 73 TO MY HOUSE OVER ON TWIN CITY HIGHWAY. IT, IT, IT'S, IT WAS TERRIBLE. AND THERE WERE PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, JUST TO GET OFF OF 25TH STREET AND TO GET ONTO MEMORIAL. SO THAT ACTUALLY CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION THERE. AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MORE FROM YOUR CITIZENS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ABOUT HOW TO MITIGATE THAT. I THINK THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ANSWER AVAILABLE FOR YOU THERE, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOUR CITIZENS. I THINK GIVING THAT STREET TO MOTIVA WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE. AMEN. IT IS A MAJOR ARTERY. IT REALLY IS. IF YOU WANT MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK YOU SHOULD WIDEN IT INTO A FOUR-WAY STREET AND NOT A TWO-WAY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. SO ANYWAY, WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION. I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE VFW WAS ACTUALLY QUITE ESSENTIAL IN MAKING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, OUR NATIONAL SONG THAT HAPPENED IN 1931. WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE. EVERY COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET HAD ONE BUT US. SO WE GOT ONE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT. SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE OUR FLAG EITHER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WORE THE CLOTH OF OUR NATION AND WE THREW BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. WE DID WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO WHEN WE CAME BACK. SOME OF US DIDN'T. THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. THOSE ARE THE COLORS THAT WE UNDERSTAND. AND WE KNOW THERE ARE NO OTHER COLORS FOR US. IT'S RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. WHEN THE BOMBS [01:55:01] DROP AND THE BULLETS FLY AND THE BLOOD STARTS TO FLOW, THE BLOOD IS RED, PERIOD. THERE IS NO OTHER COLOR. AND WHEN THOSE COFFINS AND THOSE CASKETS COME HOME, THERE IS ONLY ONE FLAG ON THOSE CASKETS. AND IT'S RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. AND THE PAIN FROM THE FAMILIES IS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHO IS IN THAT CASKET. AND WE'VE SEEN IT WAY TOO MANY TIMES. AND IT IS AS HARD TODAY AS IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ENGAGED IT ON A RUNWAY OR IN A MEMORIAL SERVICE. ON A MILITARY BASE WHERE WE SERVE, WHEN WE SEE A FLAG DRAPE CASKET, IT IS GUT WRENCHING. WHEN YOU HEAR THE RIFLE BLEY, THE SALUTE AND TAPS PLAYS. IT'S GUT WRENCHING EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT NEVER CHANGES. NEVER. AND WE REMEMBER, AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MORNING, WE LAID TO REST ONE OF OUR OWN. HE WAS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. MR. BENNY TODD SERVED IN WORLD WAR II IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. GREAT MAN, GREAT HISTORIAN, GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE MEMBER. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM. AND, AND THE OUR GREATEST GENERATION. Y'ALL HAVE TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE HIGHLY BLESSED AND FAVORED BY GOD. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT CUZ FOR THEM TO GET SO RIPE AND OLD IN THEIR AGE, THEY WERE BLESSED BY GOD. ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE THEY WERE FAITHFUL. THEY HAD MORALS, THEY HAD FORTITUDE, AND THEY STOOD UP FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT. AND THEY NEVER GAVE AN INCH. AND THEY, THEY SUFFERED TOGETHER THROUGH SOME OF THE WORST TIMES IN US HISTORY. AND THEY MADE IT. WE'RE LOSING THEM. WE HAVE LESS THAN 1% OF THEM LEFT. AND OUR VIETNAM VETERANS ARE VERY CLOSE. SECOND BEHIND THEM. OUR AVERAGE AGE FOR VIETNAM VETERANS ARE 75 YEARS OLD FOR DEATH. THAT'S VERY YOUNG. THIS NEXT GROUP COMING UP IS EVEN YOUNGER FIFTIES. NEXT GROUP, 20 YEAR WAR VETERANS, TWENTIES AND THIRTIES. IT'S STAGGERING THE NUMBERS. SO WE GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. LAST YEAR WE HAD 706 COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT WE PERFORMED. WE DO EVERYTHING FROM PAYING FOR PARTS OF FUNERALS, BUYING FUNERAL, EARNS FOR CREMATIONS, UH, BUYING PICTURE FRAMES FOR PICTURES TO GO TO MEMORIALS FOR THESE FUNERALS. REBUILDING ROTTEN DECKS FOR WIDOWS, PUTTING PEOPLE UP IN HOTELS THAT ARE ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING HOMELESS. WE DID THAT THIS PAST WEEK. WE PUT A YOUNG LADY THAT HAD, WAS IN A HIGH RISK PREGNANCY, EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS PREGNANT WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING HOMELESS. UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE MEMBER, A PRIVATE E TWO. UNFORTUNATELY, THE REGULAR ARMY, SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT THEY RECEIVE ARE NOT PASSED ON TO OUR RESERVIST AND NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY ON THEIR OWN. THE VFW IS NOT GONNA LET THEM BE HOMELESS. SO WE TOOK CARE OF THEM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO TALK. WE'RE HERE TO DO. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE WHAT WE DO CONTINUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LAST YEAR, WE ENDED UP WITH $97,000 WORTH OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE A PULSE THAT HAS 206 MEMBERS. THE ACTIVE PART OF THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 40. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING THE RUBBER ON THE ROAD. AND AT THOSE 40, THERE'S ABOUT 20 THAT ARE ALWAYS READY TO GO. WHEN I CALL 'EM, WHEN THERE'S A NEED, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE. JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A VFW POST OVER IN NORTH MAINE AND GROVES ANYMORE AS PART OF PORT ARTHUR, DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE THE VFW BEHIND YOU. AND ONE OF YOUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBERS IS A MEMBER OF MY POST. DR. KINLAW, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND, AND WANTING TO BECOME PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S GREATER THAN YOURSELF. THIS IS EVEN GREATER THAN BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT WE DO, I PROMISE YOU IT IS. EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS SOMEHOW RELATED TO A VETERAN. THEY'VE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER OR THEY'RE A VETERAN THEMSELVES AND THEY'VE FELT THE STING AND THE PAIN OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LOSE SOMEBODY. WE ARE HERE TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY, MR. MAYOR, AT ANY TIME YOU CALL US AND WE'RE THERE. I WORK FOR A FUNERAL HOME TOO. I KNOW YOU HAVE AS WELL. SO I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE. I LOVE PEOPLE. I I LOVE PORT ARTHUR TOO. IN 1974, I IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES. SEE HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT NOW? AND [02:00:01] ON, ON MAY THE 10TH, 1974, MY MOM AND DAD WERE MARRIED RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS IN THAT COURTROOM. I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND I LIVED ON 65TH STREET OVER IN PORT ACRES. AND I MOVED AROUND. SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY. I'VE BEEN TO 27 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUTTA YOUR OWN BACKYARD, YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOU, OKAY? AND BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE. YOUR FREEDOM. OUR FREEDOM HAD A HEAVY PRICE AND WE PAID A HEAVY PRICE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE. BUT DON'T FOR ONE SECOND, THINK THAT YOU CAN RELAX BECAUSE THE MINUTE THAT YOU DO, SOMEBODY'S GONNA TAKE IT FROM YOU. MR. MAYOR, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THE CITIZEN SUPPORT ARTHUR THERE, THE FEW THAT ARE LEFT , BUT WE WILL ENGAGE THEM OUTSIDE THIS ROOM BECAUSE OUR WORK AND OUR MINISTRY IS NOT WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS OF THIS ROOM OR THE WALLS OF OUR VFW. IT'S OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. POST COMMANDER KITCHEN. UH, ANY REMARKS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN JONES? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, MR. KITCHEN. I'M A REVEREND, ALSO US ARMY. AND, UH, YOU SAID YOU GONNA KEEP THE OATH OF OFFICE TO DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY FROM ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU WHERE YOUR MINDSET WOULD BE. WHERE WILL YOU BE THINKING OF BY THE JANUARY, JANUARY THE SIXTH, ASSAULT ON THE WHITE HOUSE? HOW, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? WHAT'S YOUR FEELING ABOUT THAT? WAS THAT, WAS THAT, WAS THAT A DOMESTIC ENEMIES OR HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? THAT IS SOMETHING, ONE THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. OKAY. I, MYSELF WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WAS A, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT WAS A TRAP. AND ANYBODY THAT GOT INVOLVED IN THAT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. UH, I WOULDN'T CALL THEM DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. WHAT I WOULD CALL THEM IS SOME VERY IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE THAT MADE SOME VERY IRRESPONSIBLE DECISIONS ON THAT DAY. AND THEY, THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. REALLY. UH, YOU CAN TOUT THE FLAG OF FREEDOM ALL DAY LONG, . BUT IF YOU DON'T USE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'RE GONNA WALK RIGHT INTO AN AMBUSH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILMAN FRANK. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, I'M UNITED STATES AIR FORCE STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE WING. I PROBABLY SERVE MY COUNTRY AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THE HONOR TO DO SO. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. UH, AND, UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU RENDER, UH, TO, UH, THE VETERANS. NOW. I WAS ON THE HONOR DETAIL AS WELL, AND SO I'VE HAD, UM, THAT GREAT, UH, HONOR AS WELL TO BURY COMRADES AND TO BARRY, THOSE WHO'VE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY, UH, WITH DISTINCTION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND, UH, CONTINUE TO DO SO AND CONTINUE TO GO AROUND AND TELL EVERYONE, UH, THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET. THANK YOU. WE ARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, AND YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, MY OLDEST SON IS AN AIR FORCE VETERAN, RETIRED AIR FORCE VETERAN. AND MY YOUNGER SON, MY MIDDLE SON IS A UNITED STATES MARINE RESERVIST. SO WE, WE HAVE A LONG TRADITION IN THE FAMILY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY OLDER AIR FORCE SON HAS PTSD QUITE BADLY. AND, UH, SO, UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW INTERVENTIONS THAT I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN. I ALMOST LOST MY SON. HE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE TWICE. UM, WELL, WE ARE A MILITARY FAMILY AS WELL, AND MY SISTER SERVED IN THE GULF WAR AND SUFFERS FROM PTSD AS WELL. SO I KNOW IT'S HORRIBLE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO TRANSPIRE. YES, IT TAKES A FAMILY THAT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO HELP INDIVIDUALS COPE WITH THAT KIND OF THING. AND, AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO GET INVOLVED, AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF KNOW WHEN TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT. UH, SOMETIMES YOU GET TOO CLOSE, UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S NOT A VERY POPULAR ONE. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND STAY IN PRAYER ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU MAKE DECISIONS ON. AND I PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE WISDOM AND THE GUIDANCE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR. THANK OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN MOTORS. OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UM, TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I HAVE A BROTHER THAT SUFFERS FROM PTSD. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HANDLE HIM VERY CAREFULLY, HIS FAMILY AND BEING ABLE TO JUST KIND OF IN EDUCATE OURSELVES ON WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, HELPS US TO KIND OF KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO HELP HIM AND [02:05:01] HIS SERVE. HE SERVED IN THE, UM, AFGHANISTAN WAR AND, UH, AND THEN I THINK IN DESERT STORM, SO SEVERAL WARS THAT HE HAS, UM, SERVED IN. BUT I THANK GOD FOR YOUR SERVICE. HE WAS 10 ON DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. HE WANTED TO MAKE US PROUD, AND WE'RE STILL PROUD OF HIM. AND WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF ANYONE THAT SERVES IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY. AND TO CONTINUE DOING IT ON A DAILY BASIS, AS YOU'RE DOING EVEN RIGHT NOW, STILL SERVING. IT'S JUST, IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU'RE SPEECHLESS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. UH, AGAIN, IT'S AN HONOR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER SERVICE. IT'S A RAZOR'S EDGE. I, I PROMISE YOU IT IS. UH, IT'S A VERY, VERY FINE RAZOR'S EDGE TO WALK ON MANY DAYS. UH, WE AND AND I, MYSELF SPEND A LOT OF TIME ASSISTING VETERANS WITH THEIR VA BENEFITS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE TREATED RESPECTFULLY AND WITH DIGNITY AT THE VA FACILITIES. AND I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL, ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN BEAUMONT. UH, AND I MAKE SURE THAT OUR VETERANS GET THE BEST QUALITY CARE THAT THEY DESERVE. IT. IT IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT FOR THEM, AND IT IS NOT WELFARE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY BLED FOR. IT IS A RIGHT, THEY EARNED IT RIGHT, AND THEY DESERVE IT, AND SO MUCH MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND COUNCILMAN KINLOCK. HEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, COMMANDER KITCHENS AGAIN, UH, PHENOMENAL, UH, PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE KIND OF FORGET, YOU KNOW, WHY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN SERVE FOR THE MILITARY. WE USE WORDS LIKE LEADERSHIP, UH, DEDICATION, SELF SELFLESS, SERVICE, HONOR, INTEGRITY, PERSEVERANCE. AND MY THING TO YOU, YOU ARE DOING IT WELL AFTER YOU ACTUALLY SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY THAT SHOWS THE CHARACT THAT YOU HAVE. AND I REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND PERSONALLY, UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN OFFER SOME OF THESE YOUNG SOLDIERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GETTING OUT. SO, THANKS AGAIN WITH THAT. AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO YOU BEING ONE OF MY COMMANDERS. . THANK YOU SO MUCH, . I, I ALWAYS TELL MY TEAM, WE ARE A TEAM AND, AND I'M JUST THE LEADER OF A REALLY AWESOME BAND OF BROTHERS. THAT'S WHAT I AM. AND, AND I WILL SHARE ONE LAST THING WITH YOU. MY SON ONCE ASKED ME, HE'S, HE, HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, I WANT TO BE A HERE. I WANT TO DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. I WANT TO, I SAID, SON, I SAID, I WANT TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU. I SAID, HEROES, THEY'RE NOT BORN. I SAID, GOD PROVIDES THEM IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED THE MOST. THAT'S WHERE THEY COME FROM. THEY'RE PROVIDED BY GOD ON THE BATTLEFIELD. SO WITH THAT, I, I'LL CLOSE AND I YIELD BACK TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. AND ALSO YOUR COMRADES WHO ARE WHAT YOU ALL STAND PLEASE. WHO ARE PRESENT AND PART OF THIS POST, 48 20. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. AND EVERY VETERAN THAT'S IN THE BUILDING, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND ON, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO KEEP FOLK LIKE MYSELF, WHO'VE NEVER GONE SAFE ON GOOD SOIL, NEVER HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING CAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS YOURSELVES, BEING SURE THAT I COULD GO TO COLLEGE, HAVE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY WITHOUT HARM. I COMMEND YOU AND EACH OF YOU WHO SERVE MAKING AMERICA BE WHAT IT IS TODAY. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAN. YOU'RE GAY, MAN. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, CITY SECRETARY, WERE YOU ABLE TO CONTACT, UH, KENLEY? WE'LL RESCHEDULE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE DO NOW IS MOVE RIGHT ALONG. UH, THERE AREN'T ANY CORRESPONDENCES. [III.E.1. A Discussion Regarding E. 5th And E. 6th Street Renovation Requested By Mayor Pro Tern Holmes)] THERE IS ONE, UH, DISCUSSION POINT THAT WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, A DISCUSSION RATHER, REGARDING EAST FIFTH AND EAST SIXTH STREET RENOVATIONS. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO JAM HOLMES. UH, WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM, OH, NO, NO, NO. THEY, THEY PULLED, THEY WANTED TO REMOVE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. NO, THEY, YEAH. I COULD HAVE LOOKED OVER A LITTLE BIT. NO, THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. I WANT TO REMOVE IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. UH, I THINK Y'ALL KEEP KEEPING UP WITH ME. APPRECIATE, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS, TO DISCUSS THE FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET PROJECT [02:10:01] WITH THE COUNCIL. UM, UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, ORIGINALLY WAS, UH, ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED IN JULY 26TH, 2021. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE AGO. RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THE CONTRACTOR ASKED FOR A TIME DELAY TO OCTOBER 4TH BECAUSE OF MATERIALS AND HIS LACK OF BEING ABLE TO GET STARTED ON THE PROJECT. UM, WE RAN INTO SOME DIFFICULTIES ON THIS PROJECT, HITTING SOME UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. UH, SOUTHWESTERN BELL, WE HAD A DESIGN, A RELOCATION OF OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEM. SO WE CAME TO COUNCIL IN MARCH 21ST, AND IT, YOU, AND GRANTED, UH, CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, WHICH ADDED ANOTHER 132 DAYS TO THE CONTRACT. SINCE THAT TIME, UH, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER, CH CHANGE ORDER TWO, JULY 14TH. UM, AND WE WERE HOPEFUL WE'D BE FINISHED BY NOW. UH, THIS JOB HAS BEEN GOING SLOW. I, I'M NOT PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS THAT THIS CONTRACTOR'S MAKING. UH, HIS COMPLETION DATE, UH, HIS CONTRACTUAL COMP COMPLETION DATE RIGHT NOW WAS OCTOBER 11TH. UM, HE'S ASKED FOR A TIME EXTENSION OF ANOTHER 80 DAYS. AND SO, UM, I'M NOT ASKING THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW FOR A CHANGE ORDER. UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HIT OUR LIMIT ON THE 25% ABOVE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT. SO WE'VE GOTTA DO SOME, UH, UH, MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT THIS. AND I'M NOT READY TODAY TO REALLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS JOB, AND I'M NOT HAPPY, AND I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HAPPY. SO, UM, AFTER WE LEAVE HERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA TALK TO VAL ABOUT, UH, OUR OPTIONS. UM, WE, WE, I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE'VE ONLY SPENT 52% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT ON THIS CONTRACT RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVEN'T PAID HIM FOR ANY WORK THAT HE'S NOT DONE. EVERYTHING HE'S DONE, HE'S BEEN PAID FOR. UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET THE CURB AND GUTTER IN, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO FINISH THIS JOB. THAT'S, THAT'S MY REPORT RIGHT NOW. COUNCILWOMAN HOLMES, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. I HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS YES. AND FROM CITIZENS REGARDING THESE STREETS. UM, WHEN THOSE HOMES WERE PURCHASED, THEY WERE A PART OF A REVITALIZATION, AND THE STREETS WERE NOT A PROBLEM. NOW, PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY PURCHASED HOMES, AND NOW THE STREETS ARE IN VERY HORRIBLE CONDITION. I, I REALIZE THAT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CITY MANAGER. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IF IT MEANS CHANGING CONTRACTORS, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR TO OUR CITIZENS WHO HAVE MOVED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE'VE ENCOURAGED THEM TO DO THAT. AND BECAUSE WE'VE SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, AND NOW THEY'RE LIVING ON STREETS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THEY ARE HORRIBLE. AND THEY'RE PAYING HOUSE SNOWS ON THOSE STREETS, AND THEY WORK HARD FOR THOSE NEW HOMES THAT THEY HAVE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, BUT THEY CAN'T DO THIS THROUGH CHRISTMAS. SO WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO WORK HARD, AND I HOPE THE COUNCIL AGREES WITH THIS. WE REALLY NEED TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR THOSE CITIZENS THAT LIVE ON FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET, AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO CROSSED SAVANNAH AND THAT WHOLE AREA DOWN THERE, CUZ THIS, THIS, NOT THIS COUNCIL, BUT COUNCIL AND EDC MADE THEM A PROMISE AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT. OKAY. COUNCIL KINLOCK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I RECEIVED CALLS, UH, AND I'VE TAGGED COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM HOLMES ABOUT THOSE HOMES OVER THERE IN THE STREET CONDITIONS. UH, AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH SUNKEN COURT ABOUT, UH, CONTRACTORS. NOW, IF THEY'RE NOW DOING AN ACCIDENT FOR, UH, RAINY DAYS OR COMP DAYS, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, WHO'S ON THE CITY SIDE IS MONITORING THE PROGRESSION OF THOSE STREETS AGAIN. NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE, AND I KNOW YOU HAD JUST CAME ON BOARD WHEN WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT [02:15:01] STREETS, UH, REPAIRS, BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITIZENS, THAT THEIR STREETS ARE GONNA BE COMPLETED. NOW, I HEAR YOU SAY CURBS AND GUTTERS ARE GONNA BE NEEDED IN THERE, OBVIOUSLY. BUT WHEN I GO DOWN THAT STREET, I THINK IT'S AT THE BASE. IS IT STILL AT THE BASE? YES. WE, WE'VE GONNA TAKE THE BASE OUT AND RE OVERLAY THE PROJECT EVENTUALLY. YES. OKAY. IF THE QUESTION IS, WOULD WE DO IT WITH THIS CONTRACT OR ANOTHER? WELL, WELL, WE GOT A CONTRACT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU JUST SAID. CONTRACT WITH THAT CONTRACTOR. MM-HMM. . AND IF THEY'RE NOT DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT BY A CERTAIN DATE, WE NEED TO ENFORCE SOME TYPE OF REGULATIONS ON IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE ACTS FOR ALIBI DAYS. YES. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET PAID. YEAH. WELL, IF I COULD JUST GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, AND, AND NOT TO DISPARAGE ANYONE, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD ONE SHORT LITTLE RAIN DAY. I THINK WE HAD A, A STORM COME IN ON A SEVEN, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AND, UH, WE HAD A, THEY, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR WORK. AND OF COURSE, MR. FLOOD'S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS, AND HE, HE AND THE CITY MANAGER HAVE CONTACTED, THEY'VE TOLD US THEY'RE GONNA GET OUT THERE AND BE POURED CONCRETE. WE HAD ANOTHER CONTRACTOR IN SABINE PASSED THAT POURED PROBABLY 200 YARDS OF PAVING THAT MORNING. HE JUST WAITED TILL THE RAIN STOPPED, YOU KNOW? AND SO I, I DON'T WANT TO USE THAT AS A A, A A, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, A DISPARAGEMENT. BUT WE COULD BE GETTING SOME WORK DONE OUT THERE. AND CONTRACTUALLY, WE'VE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE THESE FOLKS. WE'VE BEEN MORE THAN LENIENT. WE'VE GRANTED THEM EXTRA DAYS. EVERY, EVERY ATTEMPT WE'VE HAD TO TRY TO GET THEM OUT THERE TO FINISH HAS FAILED. AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT I, I THINK MY PATIENCE HAS RUN OUT WITH 'EM. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. UH, ENGINEER, CITY MANAGER. YEAH. UM, MAYOR, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE, I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IN CLOSED SESSION AS TO HOW WE HANDLE THE CONTRACTOR. GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK? NO, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT HE JUST SAID. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JONES? YEAH. MY ZACH THOUGHT, UH, JOHN SAID, HAS SOME OTHER OPTIONS. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT JOHN, GET WITH THE ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, GIVE THE CITY MANAGER SPECIAL OPTIONS, AND HE'LL SEE MATTER. COME TO THE COUNCIL WITH BEST, BEST WAY TO GO. GIVE IT TO CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, Y'ALL EXPRESS YOUR OPTIONS TO HIM AND SEE IF THAT'LL WORK FOR HIM. AND, AND HE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. WE WON'T HAVE A TRIAL WET HAVING TO OPEN TRIAL RIGHT NOW. LET, LET BRING IT BEHIND CLOSING DOORS. OKAY. YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OH, I SHOULD GET LATE. YEAH, I'M GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. UH, MS. CANELLI, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND ONE THING THAT YOU DID SAY, I KNOW I DRIVE THERE EVERY DAY. I THINK THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE HAVING, UH, INTEND TO REVIEW. I ASKED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT EAST. I MEAN, THE, THE EAST SIDE OF WEST SIDE, THE FIFTH AND SIXTH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE STREETS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT SAME NAME, UH, NUMERICALLY, UH, NUMBERED. AND, UH, AND I PASSED THERE, BEEN PASSING THERE OVER A YEAR OR TWO, AND HAVE WATCHED THAT ROAD IN DISREPAIR CONTINUALLY. UH, SO WHATEVER THE CITY MANAGERS WANNA RECOMMEND AND YOU GET WITH, WITH VAL, I THINK THAT WE ARE PROTECT. I JUST WANNA ASK ONE QUESTION. CAUSE AS YOU WERE TALKING, WHEN WE GIVE THESE CONTRACTS OR WE LET THE CONTRACT AND MAYBE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, CLIFF COULD ANSWER IT. DON'T WE HAVE, DON'T THEY HAVE TO PUT, UH, PUT UP A BOND FOR THAT? UH, IS THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. YES. THERE'S A PERFORMANCE BOND IN PERFORMANCE BOND. OKAY. YEAH. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE THINK THIS CONTRACTOR CAN FULFILL THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS? OOPS. THIS IS WHAT THIS, OKAY. THIS IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXCUSE ME. I MAY SAY TOO MUCH. YEAH. OKAY. BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S OUR YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. FINANCIAL PROTECTION. YEAH. AND THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO JUST BE SURE. IT'S JUST THAT ONE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, NO MATTER HOW HE'S GOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO KINDLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO KINDLY, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. JUST LET ME THANK MR. CANELLO AND, AND MR. FLOOD AS WELL FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS IN GETTING STREETS DONE IN OUR CITY. CITY. I APPRECIATE 'EM SO MUCH. YEAH, WE DO. AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN HOMES, YOU CAN LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM ON EM. IT'S JUST OH, YES. YES. I APPRECIATE OUR, OUR TEAM. I HATE TO, I SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH IT LIKE THIS, BUT YEAH. EASTER'S GONNA BE BETTER. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING QUICKLY. OKAY. HOWEVER THAT WORKS. YEAH. OKAY. HOWEVER, THEY WERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE WILL. THANK YOU. WE'RE WILL. UH, NOW. THANK YOU, MR. FLOOD. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR. FLOOD AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU JOHN AND MR. FLOOD. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY. THERE ARE, UH, [V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)] IN SECTION FIVE, [02:20:01] A ROMAN NUMBER OF FIVE, UH, UH, REPORTS OF THE ITEMS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. I'D JUST LIKE TO GO OVER ONE WHILE WE ARE HERE ON SATURDAY. UH, THIS, THIS COMING SATURDAY ON THE 29TH OF OCTOBER FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM AND EACH, UH, COUNCIL PERSON YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOXES, IF YOU WOULD CHECK IT, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT ALREADY, A GROUP NACA WILL, OR IT'S, UH, TO A PROGRAM WHERE YOU MAY, YOU MAY BECOME HOME, A HOMEOWNER WITH AMERICA'S, UH, BEST MORTGAGE. OKAY? UH, AND IT SAYS NO DOWN PAYMENTS, NO CLOSING COSTS, NO FEES BELOW MARKET, FIXED RATE, AND EVEN BAD CREDIT. NOT A PROBLEM. YOU HAVE A FREE HOME BUYERS WORKSHOP ON THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH AT THE PORT ARTHUR OF OUR BARS, PORT ARTHUR CIVIC CENTER FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM IF YOU MAY PRE, UH, PREREGISTER ONLINE. AND WE HAVE THIS, UH, ON THE SHERIFF P IS HERE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE, UH, CITY WEBSITE. UH, IT'S POSTED YET. AND THIS, THE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, CALL IT OUTRIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT, IT'S GONNA SEND YOU YOUR YEAH, YEAH. THAT YOU ALL CODE. OKAY. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL. OKAY. IT'S THERE. AND YOU MAY REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE. THE REASON WHY I WOULD REALLY, REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS PROGRAM OVER A YEAR AGO, ASKED THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY COULD TO BE IN, BRING IT TO PORT ARTHUR. I'VE DONE ALL THAT I CAN. I, WE EVEN WORKED WITH THE MAYOR OF BEAUMONT, WHO'S ALREADY HAD THE PROGRAM THERE. BUT SHE AND I TOGETHER ATTENDED THE PROGRAM IN HOUSTON. AND WE SAW, UH, ON THE DAY THAT WE WERE THERE, I THINK THAT WAS FROM SIX TO 7,000 PERSONS IN HOUSTON, MUCH LARGER CITY. AND MANY FOLK 900 OR SO WERE APPROVED ON THAT DAY. AND OVER THAT THEY WERE IN HOUSTON FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS. AND I THINK THEY ACTUALLY INTERACTED WITH OVER 30,000 INDIVIDUALS. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WOULD LIVE IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MARKET. BUT HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, IF WE CAN DO THIS AND YOU CAN PASS IT ALONG, AND WE GONNA DO SOME OTHER THINGS ON TOMORROW AND THE, THE FOLLOWING DAY TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO PORT ARTHURS, FOR SURE. AND ONE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL HERE WHO ACTUALLY WOULD BE IN THIS CATEGORY, IF YOU HAVE A SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER, A SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER CAN EVEN HELP QUALIFY YOU FOR HOME OWNERSHIP WITH THIS NATIONAL AACK OF PROGRAM. OKAY? AND IT'S ACTUALLY, I MEAN, IT IS BONAFIDE IN THERE. IT IS. FEDERAL MONEY'S THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO WE REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. NOW, WOULD YOU ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANYTHING IF COMMUNITY INTEREST, UH, UNDERNEATH THE COMMUNITY ANSWERS? YEP. JUST WANNA MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CONGRATULATE, UH, UH, A FORMER CITIZEN OF OUR CITY, UM, MR. CHUCK MCELROY. UH, ON YESTERDAY, UH, THERE WAS A GROUNDBREAKING, UH, FOR, UH, MCELROY ESTATES HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA TO BE BUILDING, UH, 49 HOMES, UH, IN A NEW SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND SO IT GOES ALONG WITH, UH, YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, MR. MAYOR FOR NACA AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HOMES IN OUR CITY. SO I WANTED TO, UH, MAKE MENTION OF THAT ON YESTERDAY, CONGRATULATE, UH, MR. MCELROY AND THANK HIM FOR COMING BACK AND BEING A PART OF OUR CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR [VII. CONSENT AGENDA] NEXT ITEM, WHICH WOULD BE OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NU ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN. AND IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEY ARE ITEMS HERE BASICALLY, BASICALLY OF, UH, ROUTINE NATURE. AND YOU'VE BEEN, UH, PROVIDED AND GIVEN, UH, INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS. UM, AND THEY, UH, THINK IT GOES TO PAGE 11. YEAH. UH, TWO. PAGE 11. FROM PAGE FIVE TO 11, UH, THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, WITH, HAVE WITHDRAWN EVER BE ON PAGE NINE. ITEM NUMBER P, UH, PR 22 8 31, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 21. I'D LIKE TO HAVE BEVIN, WE WITHDRAWN AND WE WOULD DEAL WITH IT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY COUNCILMAN FRANK? YEAH. I WANNA PULL, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX AND ITEM NUMBER 10. SIX. YOU SAID SIX AND 10. SIX AND [02:25:01] 10 JUST TO ME. GET CHILDREN PLEASE. ITEM SIX. OKAY. AND ITEM 10 ON THAT SAME PAGE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? ANY OTHERS? ANY OTHERS? OKAY. IF THAT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE GROUP, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE APPROVED WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE AFTER MENTION THE ITEMS. UH, ITEM NUMBER 21, 10 AND SIX. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. AND WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION OF THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WE ARE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THOSE THREE ITEMS, PLEASE VOTE. AYE, ANY OPPOSERS I'S HAVE, AS ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS NOW APPROVED. OKAY. WE HAVE THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. [VII.6. P. R. No. 22802 — A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of Contracts For The Purchase Of Road Building Materials For The Public Works Streets Division With Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC Of San Antonio, Texas, And Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Gulf Coast A CRH Company, And L. D. Construction Of Beaumont, Texas, With A Projected With Budgetary Impact Of $ 1, 300, 000. 00 Budgeted Funds Are Available In The Street In Maintenance Account 001- 21- 053- 5316- 00- 70- 000 And The Capital Improvement Fund Streets Program Account 307- 21- 053- 8517- 00- 10- 000] WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, AS SOON AS I CAN FIND IT. I REMEMBER IT. ITEM NUMBER SIX. WHICH IS P R 22 802. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS STREET DIVISION WITH BCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INCORPORATED GULF COAST, UH, A C R H COMPANY AND LD CONSTRUCTION OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS WITH A BUDGET CHAIR BUDGETED, UH, BUDGETED, LET ME SEE, UH, GULF COAST. YEP. AND A PROJECTED WITH BUDGETARY IMPACT OF 1,300,000 BUDGETED FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STREET IN MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. 0 0 1 21 DASH 0 5 3 DASH 5 3 16 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH SEVEN ZERO DASH 0 0 0. AND ALSO IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND STREET PROGRAM ACCOUNT, WHICH IS 3 0 7 21 5 3 8 5 7 0 0 DASH 1 0 0 0 0. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVE OF COUNCILMAN KEN? MAKE IT A SECOND. COUNCILMAN JONES. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P NUMBER 2 2 8 0 2 AS READ. WE ARE READY FOR QUESTIONS ON COUNCIL FRANK? YES. UM, MAYOR, WE'RE SPENDING 1.3 MILLION ON OUR, UH, ON OUR CONTINUED, UH, ROAD AND STREET, UH, PROGRAM, AND I THANKED, UH, MR. CANELLO AND, UM, MR. FLOOD AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THAT. CAN I GET A STREET UPDATE AND TO FIND OUT HOW MANY STREETS WE'VE HAD FIXED? UH, HERE TO, FOR MAYOR, LET ME ASK THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE SOME UPDATE TO US ON THE, THE STREET PROGRAM. UM, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, I THINK WE HAVE CIRCULATED A MEMO AND A LIST TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UM, THE, THE, THE, UM, DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS WILL ELABORATE ON THAT. UM, GO AHEAD, MISS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THERE WAS A MEMO THAT WAS PLACED ON THE DAY AT EACH OF YOUR, YOUR PLACES AT THE DAAS. UM, LOOKS LIKE THIS. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THAT MEMORANDUM ON THE SECOND, ON THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR PACKET, IT LISTS ALL OF THE STREETS THAT THE STREETS DIVISION STAFF HAS COMPLETED. I HAVE WITH ME THE STREETS SUPERINTENDENT, MR. BATES HERE. HE AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN PLEADED ALL OF THESE STREETS, THEREFORE, A TOTAL OF 60 STREETS. AND THAT WAS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. AND, AND TODAY THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. THE ONE, TWO. THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD. THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE OF THE PACKET LISTS ABOUT 25 STREETS, NOT ABOUT, BUT LIST 25 STREETS, UM, THAT WE WILL WORK ON. AFTER THAT, WE WILL, UH, BEGIN WORKING ON THAT. WE HAVE BEGUN WORKING ON, EXCUSE ME, THOSE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, UH, THAT IS, THEY ARE IN DISTRICT ONE. WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING ON THOSE, THOSE LISTED IN RED. WE WILL BEGIN WORKING ON THOSE ONCE THOSE IN GREEN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PACKET LISTED IS AN EMAIL AND IT SUMMARIZES WHAT IS ON PAGE, UH, THE PREVIOUS PAGE, THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE. [02:30:01] ALL RIGHT. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE HAVE BEEN 60 BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1ST AND, AND TODAY. THANK YOU. HEY, MARY. OKAY. THANK, UH, IS THAT YES, PROVIDE WHAT YOU NEED. OKAY. COBY KENDALL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. SO I'M LOOKING AT YOUR LIST. SO FROM THIS DATE FORWARD TO DECEMBER 31ST AND DISTRICT THREE, THERE WILL BE NO STREETS DONE THERE. HAVE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL STREETS IDENTIFIED? UM, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL STREETS? WELL, YEAH, I'VE TURNED THE LIST IN. I, I I HAVE NOT. WHERE WE AT WITH DISTRICT THREE? BECAUSE I, WE HAVE COMPLETE, I'M SORRY. I'M, I'M SO SORRY. WELL, I, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING. WE GONNA START OCTOBER THE FIRST WHEN WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT THE STREETS TWO MONTHS AGO. SO, UH, CAN I GET AN UPDATE ON THAT? IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY STREETS DONE IN DISTRICT THREE UNTIL DECEMBER THE 31ST? I MEAN, I WAS MISUNDERSTOOD. WE HAVE COMPLETED LAKE ARTHUR DRIVE, NORTH PARK 57TH AND FERNDALE. YEAH, THAT'S FROM FEBRUARY TO DATE. YES, SIR. I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS TWO, THIS IS A MONTH AGO, MAYBE TWO THAT WE, I TURNED IN THE LIST AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME STREETS DONE. AND, UH, THAT WAS GONNA START IN OCTOBER THE FIRST, UH, UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. AND I PUT ABOUT SIX STREETS ON THERE. DID I MISS SOMETHING? WAS THAT PROVIDED TO JOHN? YEAH. YES. OKAY. SO HE CAN, HE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ON THAT. THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE OUT RIGHT NOW, 7 MILLION. YES. IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, COME ON UP HERE, JOHN, FOR THE RECORD. SO FOR, UH, DISTRICT THREE, WE DID, WE HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER. IT WAS LIKE 20, I THINK 20. AND IT'S UNDER, IT'S UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HADN'T GOTTEN STARTED YET FOR DISTRICT THREE AS FAR AS MR. BATES, I KNOW HE DID NORTH PARK, SOUTH PARK, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A FEW STREET. YEAH, THERE WAS A FEW IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT, UH, A LOT OF THE ROADS IN YOUR DISTRICT NEEDED BASE REPAIRS AND, AND CARBON GUTTER AND SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL WORK. SO WE HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT WORK. OKAY. SO WE DON'T KNOW A DATE OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. UH, IT, THE CONTRACT IS, WE'RE WAITING ON A NOTICE TO PROCEED. SO I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. THEY'LL GET STARTED. THANK YOU. YEP. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. ? YES, YES, YES, YES. I, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE YOU, THIS WAS A $7 MILLION PACKAGE THAT WE DID, OF WHICH MOST OF YOUR STREETS ARE IN THERE. AND, UM, I JUST SPOKE WITH, UM, MR. FLOOD THIS MORNING, AND, UM, HE HAD TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PRODUCING MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE NOTICE TO PROCEED THIS BID WORKED ON. SO WE ARE DILIGENTLY ATTENDING TO THOSE. BUT MAYOR, LET ME JUST ADD IN MY, IN, IN THE, IN, UM, RECOGNIZING STAFF, UM, MR. BEATS AND, AND THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN, IN WORKING. UM, I REMEMBERED IN FEBRUARY, I MADE A PROMISE TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE WERE GOING TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER IN-HOUSE, IN HOUSE, NOT FROM A CONTRACTUAL LEVEL, BUT IN HOUSE. AND MR. BATES AND HIS STAFF HAVE WORKED COOPERATIVELY TO GET THAT DONE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH ON, ON THE CONTRACTING PART OF IT AND IN-HOUSE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER, UM, AS FAR AS STREETS IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONCERNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEAST. AND THANK YOU JOHN AND MARTIN, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR LIVING UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS. UM, THANK YOU. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ROBERTS. OKAY. WE ARE READY FOR VOTING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSERS OUR ATORY ORDER, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 8 2 AS RED. [VII.10. P. R. No. 22809 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase A Ford F- 250 Truck From Silsbee Ford, Of Silsbee, Texas, Through GoodBuy Cooperative Purchasing Program, For The Water Utilities Wastewater Treatment Division, In The Total Amount Of 57, 002. 25; Funds Are Available In The Water Utilities Account No. 625- 40- 000- 8523- 00- 00- 000, Equipment] NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO PR NUMBER 2 28 0 9 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER MANAGER TO PURCHASE A FORD F TWO 50 TRUCK FROM SBY FORD OF SBY, TEXAS THROUGH GOOD BY COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR THE WATER UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT DIVISION IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $57,002 AND 25 CENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE WATER UTILITIES ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 25 8 5 23 0 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT. MAY I GET A MOTION? COUNCILMAN MOSES FOR? HELLO? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN JONES. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22 809 AS READ. HAVE YOU READ UP THE QUESTION, COSMAN FRANK? YES, SIR. UH, THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS, UH, PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, IT IS, UM, UM, SYMBOLIC OF SOME OTHER RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD BECAUSE, BUT UM, I THINK IF WE GET THIS ONE ANSWERED, I'LL HAVE AN ANSWER TO ALL OF THE OTHERS. UH, AND IT IS THE USING OF [02:35:01] A BY BOARD, UH, AS OPPOSED TO BUYING LOCAL. UH, WE'RE SEEKING TO GET SO MANY OF OUR, UH, COMPANIES AND SO MANY, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO BUY, UH, TO USE LOCAL COMPANIES AND TO CAUSE THAT LOCAL, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL TO BE, UH, USED HERE IN OUR CITY. BUT WE ARE USING A BY BOARD, UH, AS OPPOSED TO BUYING LOCAL FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM SAY, UM, A A, A COMPANY HERE, UH, WHERE WE CAN BUY THIS TRUCK AND THE OTHERS ARE BEING USED BY THE BY BOARD. EXPLAIN TO ME AND TO THE COUNCIL WHY WE USE BY BOARD AS OPPOSED TO LOCAL AND IS THAT BENEFICIAL FOR US FOR OUR CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS. I WANT TO KIND OF JUST DEL, EXCUSE ME, AGENT THAT'S COMING BEHIND. THANK YOU. I WAS GONNA WIN. I GUESS HE'S THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT. UH, I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING, UH, . OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY. BASICALLY THE REASON IS ACTUALLY COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS, UH, BY BOARD IS ONE TYPE OF COOPERATIVE, UH, LIKE THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS GOOD BUY. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE. IT'S A BENEFIT OF COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS. ONE IS THE EXPEDITING OF GETTING THESE TRUCKS, UH, CUZ YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LONG FORM PROG, UH, PROCUREMENT, UH, PROCESS. UH, IN THE PAST WE HAVE BID AT OUR VEHICLES. UM, WE DO NOT RECEIVE A LOT OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION. UM, THE ONLY DEALERSHIP THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST WAS, UM, THE DODGE DEALERSHIP BEFORE IT BECAME THE NEW NAME. I CAN'T CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY PARTICULAR LIKE ENERGY COUNTRY AND OTHER ONES HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN BIDDING IN A LONG TIME. AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OTHER LOCAL ONE JK AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS OUTSIDE OF PORT ARTHUR. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY IT. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY BID IT. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE COOPERATIVES IS THEY REPRESENT A WHOLE REGION STATE DEPENDING ON WHICHEVER PROGRAM. SO THE PRICING IS MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE WHEN YOU BID IT OUT IS FOR, FOR THAT WHOLE AREA STATE OR WHICHEVER, DEPENDING ON WHICH COOPER, UH, COOPERATIVE WE USE. OKAY. SO IT'S, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY TO DO IT IN THAT REGARD AND IN THAT MANNER THAN TO TRY TO PUT IT IN THE PAPER, GET SOMEBODY TO BE IT ON IT OR WHATEVER. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING? FROM MY EXPERIENCE NOW IF COUNSELOR WANTS, I MEAN I HAVE NO PROBLEM BIDDING IT OUT. UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S MORE TIME CONSUMING AND A LOT OF TIMES TO PULLED OFF THE PERSON DON'T END UP WINNING IT ANYWAY. I MEAN, IT, IT JUST HAPPENING IN THE PAST BUT I, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST IT. BUT IT'S JUST BEEN MORE BENEFICIAL TO DO A COOPERATIVE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WELL THERE JUST, AND THE REASON WHY IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE ONE THAT WE PULLED BECAUSE WE VOTED ON THE OTHERS, BUT AS WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, THERE WERE, SO THERE WERE OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AS WELL THAT WENT THROUGH A COOPERATIVES AND BY BOARDS AS WELL. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T ADDRESS THOSE NOW. YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE LOOKING AT UH, QUITE A FEW OF THEM, ALL OF 'EM BASICALLY THE SAME LOGIC NOW I HAVE ENCOURAGED, UM, SOME PORT ARTHUR VENDORS TO START UH, JOINING SOME OF THESE COOPERATIVES WE'RE NOT JOINING. YOU GOT EXTRA BID. IT'S NOT LIKE A MEMBERSHIP BUT UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PARTICIPATION FROM CONTRACTORS THAT WE STARTED USING PORT ARTHUR, UM, THAT HAVE WON. UH, SO I ALWAYS PUT THAT OUT CUZ WE USE A NUMBER OF COOPERATIVES SO THERE'S A LOT THEY CAN JOIN. UM, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER BUT I'LL SAY WE'RE PROBABLY A PART OF AT LEAST 10. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOODBYE. BYE BOY. H G A C, UH, OMNIA PARTNERS, UH, CHOICE PART, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH THAT WE'RE PART OF. SO I DO ENCOURAGE LOCAL VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THESE TO UH, CUZ IT HELPS CUZ I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE PROCUREMENT CUZ YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THEIR CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY SET UP. SO THAT'S THE REAL BENEFIT TO GET THINGS GOING. UM, BUT LIKE I SAY, WE ARE WILLING TO BID OUT ANYTHING WE FEEL, BUT IT'S HARD TO FIND A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FROM PORT ARTHUR VENDORS. IT REALLY IS. AND THE ONES THAT WE HAVE FOUND, I DO ENCOURAGE THE, YOU KNOW, EITHER QUOTE IT OUT OR BID IT OUT DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE CONTRACT. I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE THING. THE DUE TO ALL THE CITIES ARE BASICALLY THEY GET THEIR BUDGETS APPROVED AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF VEHICLES FROM WASTE WATER DIVISION. WE ARE, IT TOOK A LONG TIME LAST YEAR TO GET VEHICLES AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME LAST YEAR TO GET VEHICLES WHERE WE NEED THESE VEHICLES. LIKE THIS VEHICLE THAT WE'RE REPLACING [02:40:01] HAS 190,000 MILES ON IT. WE USE IT TO HAUL CHLORINE CYLINDERS, TOINE PASS AND IT'S IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. CHLORINE IS A REALLY BAD GAS TO DEAL WITH. THIS VEHICLE HAS A A LIFT GATE SO WE CAN SAFELY PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT. WE NEED THIS VEHICLE, UH, AND WE WANT TO GET IT BEFORE OTHER CITIES ORDER THINGS. SO BY BOARD ALLOWS US TO MOVE QUICKLY. AND I MEAN THERE, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF VEHICLES WE HAVE BASED ON YEAH. MR. KEN LAW'S REQUEST, I'M PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION ON VEHICLES TO HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP Y'ALL GOING FORWARD. YEAH. I FIND HAS REALLY HELPED US PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER. SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION. UH, BUT IT'S REALLY, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE RIGHT NOW. WE DO NOT WANT TO MISS GETTING VEHICLES RUN INTO A SHORTAGE. UM, BUT TO ADD ONE MORE THING CUZ I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN MY OFFICE, UM, FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU CAN GET A LOT OF PULLED OUT. THE PARTICIPATION I HAVE PUSHED FOR THE BE IT OUT QUOTE. SO THERE ARE TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO DO A CO-OP AND I WAS LIKE, NAH, WE NEED TO QUOTE CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION. BUT IN THE ONES I FEEL FROM THE PAST EXPERIENCED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION. I JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S SIMPLER TO GO WITH THE CORE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES? YEAH, CLIFF, I THINK BACK WHEN, UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT I THINK BY BOARD AND UH, COOPERATIVES, THEY BASICALLY HAVE THE VOLUME AND LOCALLY AND THE MAKE, THE MAKE MODEL MAKEUP OF WHAT YOU, THE SPECIFICS THAT ARE NEEDED IN A DEPARTMENT. UM, AND LOCALLY THOSE CARS ARE NOT, THEY CAN'T BUY 'EM BULK. UM, THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF THE HINDRANCE WHEN WE WOULD TRY TO DO PURCHASES BEFORE. UM, AND THAT THE BULK THEN THE, UM, THE COOPERATIVES COME TOGETHER. YOU HAVE BETTER PRICING ON THOSE VEHICLES AND I THINK LOCALLY THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE COOPERATIVES THAT LIKE, THAT ARE, HAVE COME TOGETHER. THAT'S WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, IS THAT STILL SOME OF THOSE ISSUES OR HAS IT CHANGED? THAT'S TRUE. BASICALLY NOW, I WON'T SAY IN EVERY CASE, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT UM, LOCALS CAN BENEFIT ON MAYBE ONE PARTICULAR VEHICLE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, DEPENDING, UM, IN A CASE SOME YEARS AGO, POUND WITH THE UH, PLANNING, UM, I BYPASSED THE CO-OP BECAUSE UM, THE LOCAL JEEP GUY WAS REALLY INTERESTED. SO WE GOT A QUOTE AND HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WINNING. UM, SO FOR AN ITEM LIKE THAT, I WILL SAY, THAT'S WHY I SAY I GO THE ROUTE OF GETTING QUOTES WHEN I FEEL WE CAN DO IT, BUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE LARGER VEHICLES, WHEN YOU ESPECIALLY PUTTING BODIES ON THEM AND EVERYTHING ELSE, OUR LOCALS ARE MORE OF A DISADVANTAGE CUZ THESE NATIONAL, UH, CO-OPS, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PEOPLE FOR BODY SHOPS, THEY WORK THESE CONTRACTS, THEY GET BETTER DEALS THAN OUR LOCAL GUY. BUT IF WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET A CARED A LOT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND GETTING A QUOTE. UH, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST A CAR OFF THE LOT, AM I? NO. THIS BODY, YES, THEY PUTTING A BODY AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON IT. YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. OKAY, THANKS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JONES? YEAH, CLIP. ARE YOU AWARE, UH, YEAH, A LOCAL DEALER CAN DO A, WHAT YOU CALL DEALER TRADE. YOU AWARE THAT, BUT IF YOU GOT SOMETHING, ANOTHER DEALER HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT, WE COULD TRADE MERCHANDISE FOR HIS MERCHANDISE? OR ARE YOU AWARE YOU COULD SPEC A VEHICLE OUT? ARE YOU AWARE ABOUT THE SPEC PROGRAM? YOU COULD SPEC SOMETHING OUT? YEAH, IN THE PAST WE'VE, WE'VE DONE TRADE ENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OR WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLES, WHICH IS, LIKE I SAID, WHEN I GO BACK, IF, UH, IF WE WERE JUST GETTING A REGULAR, YOU KNOW, 1500 OR F-150, THEN I DO GENERALLY TRY TO GET QUOTES FOR THOSE WITH THE CONTRACTORS. I MEAN WITH THE LOCAL VENDORS, UH, I TRY TO GET QUOTES FROM LOCAL PEOPLE TO GIVE 'EM AN OPPORTUNITY. UM, BUT LIKE I SAY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HINDRANCES I'VE HAD LATELY IS A LOT OF LOCAL PEOPLE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST. EVEN HE RESPECTING THEM OUT, HE'S RESPECTING LIKE, LIKE I JUST DON'T WANT CALL NAMES, BUT LIKE ENERGY COUNTRY, I'VE HAD A HARD TIME, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED IN A FOUR TYPE VIC. UM, SORRY, WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANY PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER VENDORS. IT'S ON THIS, WE'RE NOT CALLED NO NAME, BUT I'M SAYING ABOUT SPEC PROGRAM. WE NOT, HE CALLED THE NAME AND I DIDN'T NO, I, BUT I WAS JUST SAYING WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ANOTHER VENDOR'S DONE. CAUSE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. I GOT, OKAY. EXCUSE ME. UH, HEAR ME CLEAR. ASK HIM ABOUT THE SPEC PROGRAM. NOT ABOUT NO OTHER VENDOR. NOT BY, NO, UH, I DIDN'T CALL NO NAME. I SAID, DUDE, ARE HE AWARE OF THE SPEC PROGRAM? YOU COULD USE A YES, THAT'S FINE. I JUST DIDN'T WANT HIM TO TALK. I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M IN MY RIGHTS. I SOLD 31 YEARS. OKAY. [02:45:01] OKAY. YEAH. YES, I, I'M, I'M AWARE OF THOSE. OKAY. YEAH, BUT I BEEN, LOOK AT THAT. MAYBE DOWN, DOWN THE LINE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO AT ALL. RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTION? OKAY, IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSERS OUR ADVERSARIES ORDER, WE WILL APPROVE PR NUMBER 2 2 8 0 9 AS READ [VII.21. P. R. No. 22831 —A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With Downtown Decorations Of Houston, Texas Through The BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Program Contract No. 643- 21 For The Purchase, Installation, And Removal Of Holiday Decorations For City Hall In An Amount Not To Exceed $ 63, 966. 70; Funding Available In Account 001- 01- 005- 5470- 00- 10- 000, Project No. MA0019- OTH- OCS] NEXT INDIVIDUALLY, WE WILL GO TO PR NUMBER 2 2 8 31, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER YOUR CONTRACT WITH DOWNTOWN DECORATIONS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM. CONTRACT NUMBER 64 3 DASH 21 FOR THE PURCHASE INSTALLATION AND THE REMOVAL OF HOLIDAY DECORATIONS FOR THE CITY HALL. FOR CITY HALL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $63,966 AND 70 CENT FUNDING AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH 0 1 0 5 5 4 7. UH, 0 0 1 0 0, UH, PROJECT NUMBER M 8 0 19 DASH O T H O C S. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILWOMAN MOSES SHALL MOVE. MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN FRANK? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVING SECOND. WE ARE READY FOR A QUESTION IN THIS QUESTION, PERIOD. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP. WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD HAVE INFORMATION THAT WOULD FURTHER HELP US ON THE DECISION FOR THIS. YOU COME FORWARD. PLEASE LET, LET ME JUST HAVE MS. LACEY UP HERE READY TO, TO DO THAT. IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE, UM, MS. UM, BROWN TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, FOR THE HOLIDAY MAYOR, IF YOU COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, I, WE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, UM, FOR THE, UM, IN THE BUDGET. UM, FROM $25,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE ARE TAKING A MUCH MORE ORGANIZED APPROACH TO IT, UM, TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY ENTERTAINMENT FOR OUR CITIZENS, BUT FOR, UH, AT LARGE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO VISIT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND WE HOPE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROSPER AS A CITY, IT WILL BECOME AN ATTRACTION, UH, BOTH, UM, FOR TOURISM PURPOSES AND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, UM, FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. SO THAT IS THE INTENTION AS WE CONTINUE TO TO, TO PROVIDE THE, THE A HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE FOR OUR CITIZENS. WE HOPE THAT IT GROWS INTO SOMETHING, BEAT IT BIGGER AND BETTER OVER THE YEARS. GO RIGHT HERE. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED CLARIFICATION. DID YOU GUYS NEED ANY CLARIFICATION ON, JUST, JUST GO AHEAD MS. LACEY AND PRESENT THE, UM, FOUR POINT PRESENTATION. I DON'T THINK HE, IS IT ON OR NO, DON'T, COULD YOU JUST SHARE IT THROUGH BABY? OH YEAH. I DON'T HAVE IT. MEAN I DON'T, I DIDN'T FORWARD IT TO THEM. I, I CAN FORWARD YOU GUYS A, A PRESENTATION THAT THE DECORATING COMPANY SENT TO ME. I I HAVE IT. YOU HAVE IT? YEAH, IT'S RIGHT HERE. UM, THE, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU'RE PURCHASING THROUGH BIBLE WORK? NO, NO, NO. IT WAS AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION THAT THE DECORATING COMPANY SENT OF EXAMPLES OF THEIR WORK. UM, I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING AS A YES AND HE WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE IT, BUT, UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO SEND THE, THE, THE EMAIL, BUT I COULD, I COULD FORWARD IT TO YOU TOMORROW. UM, BUT THIS COMPANY PUTS UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE GALLERIA. SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT CHRISTMAS TREE, THEY DO THOSE DECORATIONS. THEY DO DECORATIONS FOR THE STATE CAPITAL FOR THE CITY OF WACO, UH, AND MANY OTHER CITIES AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THIS COMPANY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. UM, I DID TRY TO GET SOME OTHER COMPANIES, BUT WE, UH, WE WOULD HAVE HAVE TO GET ON ON CALENDARS IN JANUARY IN ORDER TO GET DECORATIONS FOR, FOR THE HOLIDAYS. UM, BUT THIS COMPANY HAS COOPERATED. WE WALKED THE PROPERTY FOR FOUR HOURS TOGETHER. WE WENT UP ON THE ROOF. UM, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING US, UM, MEETING OUR BUDGET BUDGETARY NEEDS AND FING IT UP LIKE THE CITY MANAGER STATED, WE WANT THIS TO BE, UH, AN ATTRACTION THAT GROWS. SO MISS ELIZABETH AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING PHASES, UM, THIS YEAR'S PHASE AND THEN ADDING ON TO IT IN YEARS TO COME. UM, SO THIS, THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR DECORATIONS WE'RE PURCHASING. THEY'RE GONNA INSTALL 'EM AND TAKE IT DOWN SO WE HAVE A MORE, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UH, AND CRISP LOOK AND A FESTIVE, UH, ENVIRONMENT HERE. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MCKINLEY, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO, UH, IF [02:50:01] I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS ALMOST DOUBLED WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE CHRISTMAS DECORATION, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? CORRECT. OKAY. AND, UH, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BUYING, WE KEEP, YES. AND THEY JUST COME AND PUT IT UP. TAKE IT DOWN FOR US. YES. OKAY. WHAT WILL THIS ALSO INCLUDE ENTERTAINMENT? CUZ I KNOW THAT WE STARTED MR. BROWN AS YOU KNOW, BEEN DRESSED AS THE GRINCH FOR A LONG TIME, A COUPLE YEARS. UH, IS THIS GONNA, THIS THIS AMOUNT, THIS 63 9? IS THAT GONNA INCLUDE, WHICH WE HADN'T SEEN? NO, IT IS NOT. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR DECORATION. SETTING THE TONE. UM, THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE, I WOULD SAY CITY HALL COMPLEX BECAUSE THIS INCLUDES, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL. OUR BUDGET IS 125,000 AND WE, I HAVE FIT IN EVERYTHING AND I CAN FORWARD TO YOU GUYS THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. UH, BUT WE WILL HAVE ATTRACTIONS. WE ARE EX UM, THE EVENT WILL EXPAND FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PARKING LOT, CITY HALL, PARKING LOT, THE, THE PROPERTY OF CITY HALL AS WELL AS POPEYE HOMES PARK. UM, COMMISSIONER SINEGAL IS, IS WORKING WITH US ON THIS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A, UM, A LARGE EVENT. WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, SCHOOLS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE PERFORMANCES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ICE SKATING, SO WE WILL HAVE ATTRACTIONS. UH, THE PARADE IS COMING BACK. UM, SO EVERYTHING WILL FIT WITHIN THIS BUDGET. YES, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A LOT. UH, 63,000, BUT IT WILL SET THE TONE. IT WILL SET THE TONE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING THE STANDARD THAT PORT ARTHUR IS TRYING TO, TO SET. OKAY. UH, CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU GONNA ASSURE WE GET THIS, UH, THIS LIST ITEMS? YEAH, WE, OKAY. I'LL FORWARD IT IN THE MORNING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JONES? YES. UH, RON, I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOU. THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS BIG, IT'S, UH, ESPECIALLY GIVING US DEVIL, DEVIL, DEVIL, BUT I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. BUT LEMME TELL YOU, REMIND YOU OF SOMETHING. THE LIGHTS COME ON THAT NIGHTTIME ONLY, NOT THE DAYTIME. AND I PROMISE YOU, DURING THE NICE AND WEEKEND, NOBODY ARRIVED BY THE CITY HALL SIGHT SCENE. JUST LAST ON NOBODY. I RIDE, I RIDE ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT CHIEF KNOW I RIDES. SO, SO WE SPEND THIS KINDA MONEY. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU CAN GIMME ME A SEVEN O'CLOCK UNIFORM, THE FLASHLIGHT I GET OUT THERE AND I'LL SHINE IT FOR Y OFFER THAT MONEY THAN THIS. SO, BUT I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOU IDEA, BUT TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FOR PEOPLE THAT GONNA COME TO THE END OF TOWN, BUT I'M GOING ON WITH IT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MOSES. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. THIS, I'VE SEEN THE CITY OF WACO AND, UH, CITY OF WACO'S DOWNTOWN IS FABULOUS. UH, THE TREE, ALL OF THEIR, THEY HAVE A TOWN SQUARE AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT OUR DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY GORGEOUS WITH THIS, UM, AMOUNT. WE'VE BUDGETED SMALL MONEY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PAST, UM, PROBABLY SINCE 20 17, 20 18, 20 $5,000. AND WE, WE CAN COME DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THAT'S DONE FOR US. MM-HMM. . SO I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S AN INVESTMENT AND PEOPLE WILL COME DOWNTOWN. WE'RE TRYING TO DRAW THEM DOWNTOWN. I THINK IT STARTS WITH, UM, THIS TYPE OF DEC DECOR, DECOR. EVERYTHING'S EXPENSIVE. AND WHEN I SEE HERE YOU'RE GETTING A 30 FOOT TREE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOLIDAY TREE AND SOME OF THE OTHER DECOR SANTA'S WORKSHOP ELEMENTS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GETTING, I THINK THAT THE CITY'S GONNA BE ONE SHOW PLACE, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN AND BE ABLE TO SEE. YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY COULD GOOGLE WACO'S DOWNTOWN THEIR TOWN SQUARE AND YOU CAN SEE THE FABULOUS, AND I'M SURE THEY SPEND DOUBLE OF 63 OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING NOW FOR THAT DOWNTOWN. UH, MATTER OF FACT, MY DAUGHTER GOT ENGAGED THERE BY THAT HUGE TREE THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE IN WACO. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. AND I'M SO GLAD WE'RE USING THAT COMPANY. THAT'S GREAT. I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AN AMAZING CHRISTMAS DOWNTOWN. PORT ARTHUR. OKAY. YEAH. I'M, ASK, ASK A QUESTION. YES SIR. I MIGHT BE ON THE WRONG TRACK. IT SEEING, UH, CITY HALL. NOW THIS COULD BE CITY HALL ALL DOWNTOWN. IT'S GONNA BE CITY HALL, UH, THE BUILDING, THE PARKING LOT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING. SO NU ON PARK STREET, JUST, JUST WE, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANGELS THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE. UM, IF I COULD FIT IT INTO THE BUDGET, UH, THE, WELL PROBABLY NEXT YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING, SO THIS IS IN PHASES. THIS IS PHASE ONE. UM, AND SO NEXT YEAR WE WILL, WE WILL PHASE TWO AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD ONTO IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER CUSTOMER? YEAH, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE PHASES. SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS . I MIGHT GET ENGAGED OUT THERE. OKAY. UH, ME TOO. ME THREE. THEY, IF THEY DO THAT, I MIGHT DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW. PRAY FOR IT. PRAY THAT. NOW, UH, COUNCIL JOB, DON'T [02:55:01] LEAVE ME OUT. ME THREE. OH, YEAH. WELL, I'M, I'M GONNA LET YOU DO IT FIRST. NO, YOU GO FIRST. I'M GONNA SIT. OKAY. I AIN'T WAITING ON Y'ALL. WE, WE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY, WE ARE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSERS? I HAVE TO HIS ORDER. WE WILL APPROVE PR NUMBER 2 2 8 31 AS READ NOW WE WILL GO NOW TO PAGE 11 TO THE, UH, NON-CONSENT AGENDA. AND IN THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA, [VIII.A.1. P. R. No. 22816 — A Resolution Appointing And/ Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Port Arthur Police Chief Advisory Committee ( Requested By Mayor Bartle)] WE WOULD BEGIN WITH, UH, PR NUMBER 22 816. IT IS A RESOLUTION OF POINTING END OR REAPPOINTED A MEMBER OR MEMBERS TO THE PORT ARTHUR, THE POLICE CHIEF ADVISORY, UH, CHIEF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY YOUR SHOOTER, THE MAYOR. UH, YOU HAVE THE NAME CITY SECRETARY? YES, SIR. YOU'RE APPOINTING MELANIE NED. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT LJ ROBINSON AND JIMMY DRU. OKAY, WE HAVE THE NAMES. WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILWOMAN HOMES, YOU SAID YOU NEEDED, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER JONES HAS AN APPOINTMENT AS WELL. OH, OH, YOU, OH, OKAY. MISS QUIT. I'M APPOINTING, UH, REVEREND KE GARDEN SO HE CAN NO LONGER SERVE CUZ HE HAS TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON. SO I POINTED OUT TYRANNY DE TYRANNY DE OKAY, YOU HAVE THAT NAME. CITY SECRETARY. AND WE CAN INCLUDE THAT NOW. OKAY, WE GOOD? YOU CAN DO OKAY. I DIDN'T, SO YOU GONNA DO OKAY? OKAY WITH THE NAMES THAT THE CITY SECRETARY SAID OR MOTION COUNCILMAN OWENS. SO MOVED. COUNCILMAN JONES? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE'VE BEEN MOVED. THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, INCLUDE AND ADD TO THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF'S ADVISORY BOARD. THE NAMES AS STATED BY THE CITY SECRETARY. WE'RE READY. PRECAUTION. AND ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSERS? OUR AOR AUDIT, WE APPROVE WITH THOSE NAMES. STIPULATED NAMES? UH, 2 2 816 [VIII.A.2. P. R. No. 22832 — A Resolution Amending Resolution 12- 025 Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Amended Water Service Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And Golden Pass LNG Facility, LLC] AS READ. NEXT WE HAVE 2 2 8 32. A RESOLUTION BEEN AMENDED. RESOLUTION 1 2 25 AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGERS TO EXECUTE AND AMENDED WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND GOLDEN PASS. L AND G FACILITY L L C. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN UH, KEN LAW. SO MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK. SECOND IS REMOVED. AND SECOND. AND WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 8 3 2 AS RED. UH, WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION ON THIS. ANY, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE READY. WE'RE READY TO VOTE IN. ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSERS? OURS IS ORDERED. WE WOULD APPROVE P R NUMBER 2 2 83. TWO AS READ. [VIII.B.1. P. O. No. 7103 — An Ordinance Amending Subsections ( 3) And ( 5) Of Section 78- 150 ( A) Of The Code Of Ordinances As It Pertains To Overtime Compensation] NEXT WE REMOVE TO ORDINANCES. WE HAVE P NUMBER 71 0 3 AN ORDER THAT'S AMENDED IN SECTIONS THREE AND FIVE OF SECTION 78 50 SUBSECTION A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS IT PERTAINS TO OVERTIME COMPENSATION. UH, UM, MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN MOSES, SECOND COUNCILMAN FRANK. SECOND IS REMOVED. AND SECOND. AND WE WOULD ACCEPT P OH NUMBER SEVEN. 1 0 3 AS READ. WE READY FOR QUESTION? COUNCIL MCIN. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR, UH, CAN I GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS? UH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN OVER TIME? COMPENSATION. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ORDINANCE, WHAT COUNCIL? UH, CITY MAN. THE MANAGER. YEAH. WHY DO WE PUT THIS ON MAY? I PROVIDED IT. PUT UH, THE MIC ON PAUSE PLEASE. YEAH. MAY I PROVIDED A COMMENT WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE, TO THE RESOLUTION AND UM, IT BASICALLY DEALS WITH COME TIME, UM, FOR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, UM, TO BRING IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, UM, COMP TIME THAT IS BEING ENJOYED BY AS WELL THE, UM, CIVIL SERVICE OVER THE YEARS. UM, UM, WE HAVE SEEN THE NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES HAVING A TOTAL OF 50 HOURS FOR, FOR COM FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, FOR COMP TIME AND, UM, THOSE SAME OFFICERS AND, AND, AND, AND UM, EMPLOYEES CONTINUALLY WORK, YOU KNOW, AS, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS DURING A DISASTER. YEAH. UM, A LOT OF THEIR TIME IS BEING PLACED INTO THE TRASH BEING AS FAR AS THEIR CALM TIME IS CONCERNED. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE BEING ADDRESSED AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, UM, UM, UM, DO ENJOY THAT BENEFIT AS WELL. UM, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT IS 120 SEVERAL EMPLOYEES AND THAT WILL HAVE NO BUDGETARY IMPACT AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE COMP TIME IS BEING ARRANGED BY THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT [03:00:01] THAT DESIGNATES AS TO WHAT TIME IT CAN BE TAKEN. UM, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT'S NOT VACATION TIME AND IT'S NOT SICK TIME. RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? IF THERE AREN'T ANY, WE ARE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSERS AS ADD TO ORDER, WE WOULD ACCEPT P NUMBER SEVEN, ONE ON OH ZERO THREE, UH, [VIII.B.2. P. O. No. 7104 — An Ordinance By The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Denying Entergy Texas, Inc.' s Statement Of Intent And Application For Authority To Change Rates Filed On July 1, 2022; Finding That The Meeting Complies With The Open Meetings Act; Making Other Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Declaring An Effective Date] AS READ. NEXT WE HAVE PO NUMBER 71 0 4 IN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, DENYING ENERGY TEXAS INCORPORATED. STATEMENT OF INTENT AND APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE RATES FILED ON JULY 1ST, 2022. FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND DECLARING AND EFFECTIVE DATE. I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN UH, JONES. SO MOVE I GET A SECOND. COUNCILMAN KEN LAW. SECOND MAYOR, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P NUMBER SEVEN. 1 0 4 AS READ. WE READY FOR QUESTION? ANY QUESTIONS? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSERS EYES TO ITS ORDER? WE WOULD, UH, ACCEPT P NUMBER 7, 1 0 4 AS RED. [VIII.B.3. P. O. No. 7106 — An Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Designating A School Zone Along 9th Avenue And Procter Street Adjacent To The Tekoa Academy And Providing For An Effective Date And Publication] NEXT WE HAVE PO NUMBER 71 0 6 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS DESIGNATING A SCHOOL ZONE ALONG NINTH AVENUE AND PROCTOR STREET ADJACENT TO THE DECOR ACADEMY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION. IF I GET A MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN HALLS, IF I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN FRANK. SECOND IS REMOVED. AND SECOND. AND WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 71 0 6 IS READ. ARE WE READY FOR QUESTIONING? THEY AREN'T. ANY QUESTIONS? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY POSES EYES HAVE. SO THIS ORDER, WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, P NUMBER 7 1 0 6 AS INDICATED THROUGH THE PRINTED AGENDA, THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER BUSINESS COMING BEFORE THIS AUGUST BODY AND AT THIS TIME, COUNCILWOMAN MOSES HAS ALREADY MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT. SECOND, COUNCILMAN JONES SECOND. OKAY. HE WAS WAVING HIS HAND LIKE HE WAS AT CHURCH. IT WAS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSERS? AS HAVE. SO AS ALL OF THIS MEETING IS NOW JOINED, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE FOR THIS EVENING MEETING. GOD BLESS YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. * 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.