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READY.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
SIR.ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY, SOMETHING MAY BE TO DIFFER, BUT IT'S STILL A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WERE YOU AWAKEN THIS MORNING? OKAY, SO THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET, HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, THIS SPECIAL MEETING, UH, MAY BE ATTENDED BY THOSE WHO WISH TO DO IT PERSONALLY AS WELL AS, UH, VIRTUALLY.
UM, HOWEVER, A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO BE PRESENT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
YOU MAY ATTEND THE MEETING BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 2 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9, AND YOU WOULD, UH, PLACE FOR THE MEETING ID 8 6 9 8 9 0 7 1 5 7 0 AND YOU WOULD USE THE, UH, PASSCODE 33 8 3 1 3.
AND ALSO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACTS.
AND IF ANYONE HAS A NEED FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU MUST CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND THEY DO DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWERS TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR REQUEST.
NOW, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE, UH, INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE.
WOULD YOU DO THE INVOCATION FOR US UP? COUNCIL MOSES FATHER, GOD, WE THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE THANK YOU, OLD GOD, FOR WHAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO DO TO MAKE IT UNTIL NOVEMBER THE FIRST OF 2020.
YES, LORD TO GOD, WE JUST GIVE YOU PRAISE, GLORY AND HONOR.
WE THANK YOU THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID AND DONE IN THIS MEETING WILL BE TO YOUR HONOR.
PLEASURE FIGURES TO THE AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STAND.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE ESTABLISH THE CORE REPORTS? MAYOR VAT, PRESENT MAYOR PRO, TIM HOLMES.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, PRESENT.
I'M, WHY SHE TALKING ABOUT THAT
HEY, IT IS NOW 10:05 AM UH, CENTRAL STANDARD TIME HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,
[II. PUBLIC HEARING — 10: 00 A. M.]
AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND THIS FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED DIS ANNEXATION OF TRACKS OF LAND IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR NEAR TAYLORS BY YOU, THE INCO INTER COASTAL, UM, WATERWAY STATE HIGHWAY 87, KEITH LAKE SABINE NATURE'S WATERWAY SAID TRACKS ARE LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY 41.589 ACRES OF LAND THAT IS PART OF THE JOHN BENNETT SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 71, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.NOW, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING HELD PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 43.142 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, A DETAILED MAP OF THE PROPOSED AREA TO BE.
THEN, UH, THIS ANNEX, UH, IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR INSPECTION AT THE PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE PORT, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, UH, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM AND 5:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND CONTINUOUSLY ONLINE AT WWW.PORTARTHURTX.GOV.
UH, AND FOLLOWING THE TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, AND, UH, WE, THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE CONSIDERING ORDINANCE FORMULATING THE DISA ANNEXATION ON NOVEMBER 22ND, UH, 2022.
SO WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING ATTORNEY.
UH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, UM, WE'RE HERE FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE TIMETABLE BETWEEN PUBLIC HEARINGS IS SHORT, SO THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, AND SO WE JUST WANNA NOTE THAT, UH, THE NOTICES HAVE BEEN MET.
UH, THE PUBLICATION DATE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WAS OCTOBER 8TH, AND THE PUBLICATION FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WAS ON OCTOBER 15TH.
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AND THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.UH, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT DRAWING THAT, UH, YOU CAN LOOK AT AND IT WAS ALSO PASSED OUT, AND IT'LL BE UPLOADED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT SHOWS, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
THE TRACKS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF, UM, AND AGAIN WITH REGARD TO THE DIS ANNEXATION IS 41.589 ACRES OF LAND.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS CONSIDERED FOR THIS ANNEXATION ACCORDING TO THE REQUEST OF SEMPRA.
UH, LET ME JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
IN 2017, PORT ARTHUR, L N G, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS UH, PA, L N G COMMON FACILITIES IS THE OWNER OF THE, UH, L N G SITE.
AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, A NATURAL GAS LIQUID FACTION FACILITY,
THEY PETITIONED THE COUNCIL SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE HAD AT THIS POINT, TO DIS ANNEX PORTIONS OF THE SITE THAT WERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THE PETITION WAS GRANTED AT THAT TIME, AND THEN WE LATER ENTERED INTO AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT REGARDING THE SITE, WHICH INCLUDED THE PROPERTY THAT WAS DIS ANNEX.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT TIME, PA, L AND G HAS ACQUIRED OTHER PROPERTY, AND THAT'S LISTED IN THE, UM, EXHIBIT A AND WAS ALSO LISTED IN THE PAPER.
AND THEN THERE'S A MORE DETAILED DRAWING, UM, AND THAT IS LABELED PROPOSED DIS ANNEXATION.
UM, THAT'S WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY.
AND SO AS A RESULT, THEY'RE THEN PETITIONING THE CITY AGAIN TO DIS ANNEX ANY AND ALL PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT A THAT LIE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THEN UPON THIS ANNEXATION, THEN THE PROPOSAL IS TO AMEND THE P A L N G, UH, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE PARCELS IN THE IDA'S AFFECTED AREA.
SO THERE WOULD BE LO NO LOSS OF REVENUE.
THE FIRST TRACK REAL QUICKLY IS, UM, 38.23 ACRES OF LAND THAT WAS SHOWN A MOMENT AGO.
AND THEN THIS, THIS SECOND TRACT OF LAND IS 3.359 ACRES OF LAND.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING STATED, UM, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AS THE MAYOR SAID, TO FORMALIZE THE DISANI STATION ON NOVEMBER 22ND, AND THEN ENTER INTO, UM, UH, UH, AN IDA INCLUDING, UH, AMENDING THE IDA TO INCLUDE THIS AREA.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY ALL THAT I HAVE.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH STAND FOLLOWS THE STANDARD PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A UPDATED MAP THAT WE'LL ASK, UM, MR. HARRIS OR MS. GIBBS TO UPLOAD SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE, UH, NEWER MAP IN MORE DETAIL.
UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I HAVE.
WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE COMPANY AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, BASED ON THE SHORT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TIMETABLE, THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, COMMENTS.
WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING?
KELLY PROSSER REPRESENTING SEMPRA INFRASTRUCTURE'S, PORT ARTHUR L AND G PROJECT.
UM, I THINK, AND I, WE'VE GOT JIM AC, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF TAX, WHO I THINK IS CALLED IN.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISA ANNEXATION, UM, THE PARCELS, WE CAN TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I THINK WE JUST WANNA THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, UH, FOR HELPING US ADVANCE THIS PROJECT.
UM, BOTH THESE PARCELS OF LAND WE ACQUIRED ALONG THE WAY.
UM, ONE IS ROUND LAKE, WHICH, UH, UH, WE BOUGHT BACK, GOSH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN A ONE TO 12 TRADE, LAND TRADE.
SO THIS IS JUST A, UH, MOVING THAT PORTION OF LAND, ANDING THAT BACK INTO THE COUNTY.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS, UH, PART OF ANOTHER PARCEL AS WE'RE CLEANING UP IN THE ADVANCED STAGES OF THIS PROJECT THAT WE FIND THAT, OH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, DON'T OWN.
AND, AND SO WE BOUGHT THAT AND, AND, UH, NOW WE'RE ASKING TO DESEX THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? AND BE NO COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC.
UH, AND NO COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.
I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, COUNCIL MCKINLEY SIMON, MAYOR, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN MAYOR PRO JIM, UH, WE WOULD, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT BEGAN AT ABOUT 10:05 AM THIS MORNING.
NOW AT 10:12 AM WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, DEALING WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED, UH, TENANTS FOR TODAY.
UH, WE READY FOR QUESTION? AND ON ANY, WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSERS EYES HAVE IT? SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, AND WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON 22ND TO HANDLE THE OTHER BUSINESS FOR ACCORDING TO THIS MATTER.
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OH, I'M SORRY.ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THEY, WE READY TO ADJOURN? ALL IN FAVOR? IN YOUR POSES.
I HAD JUST PUT 'EM BOTH TOGETHER IN MY MIND.