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ME.AND I WAS JUST INFORMED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY.
THERE'S A TECHNOLOGICAL, UH, BREACH RIGHT NOW, SO WE ARE BEING RECORDED, BUT IT'S NOT VIDEO.
AND IT'LL COME ON PROBABLY IN A FEW MOMENTS.
WE'RE GATHERED HERE THIS MORNING FOR OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS DAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
UH, AT, WE ARE AT 9:44 AM WE'RE READY TO BEGIN THE MEETING AND HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
YOU MAY ATTEND THE MEETING BY THE MEDIUM OF, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCING.
OUR TELECONFERENCING, UH, BY ENTERING MEETING ID 8 24 5 7 3 6 3 2 90.
AND THE PASS CODE OF 2 5 3 7 4 1.
AND YOU MUST DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 52 47, OR 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
AND WE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
AND IF ANYONE HAS, UH, A DESIRE FOR US TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU MUST CALL IT CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT, UH, 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
AND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
WE ARE READY TO BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE, AND THE ROLE CALL, UH, COUNCIL MOSES TO DO THE INVOCATION FOR US.PLEASE, FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AGAIN.
WE PRAY, OH GOD, THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE TO YOUR GLORY.
AND TO YOUR HONOR, WE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID AND DONE IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE PRAY, OH GOD, FOR TODAY, THE SELECTION DAY.
WE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE WILL BE AGAIN TO YOUR GLORY AND HONOR IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY.
JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE THENCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE HALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTELLIGENCE IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ESTABLISH THE QUO FOR US? MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO, TIM HOLMES.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH PROCLAMATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UP HERE, CITY SECRETARY.
[III.A.1. Brittani Collins And Kirkni Richardson On Behalf Of Legacy CDC Regarding A New Program For Homeowners ]
WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, ROMAN NUMER THREE FOR SPEAKERS.UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, THIS IS BRITTANY, UH, OR BRITTANY COLLINS AND KIRK KUNEY, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME FOR SAYING YOUR NAME.
KUNEY RICHARDSON ON BEHALF OF A LEGACY, UH, CDC, UH, REGARDING A NEW PROGRAM FOR HOMEOWNERS.
ARE YOU ALL PRESENT? GOOD MORNING.
I'M KIRK RICHARDSON AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LEGACY CDC.
WE ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AT LEGACY, WE OFFER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO JEFFERSON COUNTY.
A FEW TO NAME ARE THE HOMEOWNER'S PROGRAM, RENTAL AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH I WILL BE SPEAKING ON TODAY.
TEXAS HOMEOWNERS FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AFTER JANUARY 21ST, 2020.
NOW HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL IN-PERSON SUPPORT FROM THE TEXAS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FUND.
TDH CA IS ABLE TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS ONE ON ONE PERSONALIZED HELP FROM TRAINED STAFF WHO LIVE IN OR NEAR THE COMMUNITIES.
THE PROGRAM HAS NEARLY 500 MILLION AVAILABLE STATEWIDE TO HELP ELIGIBLE TEXANS WHO ARE BEHIND ON MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY INSURANCE, HOMEOWNERS SLASH CONDO ASSOCIATION FEES AND OR UTILITY BILLS.
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS RECENTLY APPROVED 18.5 MILLION IN CONTRACTS FOR 26 SUBRECIPIENTS ACROSS THE STATE, 13 OF WHICH ARE ALREADY ACTIVATED TO SERVE AS LOCAL RESOURCES FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION, HOUSING COUNSELING, AND LEGAL COUNSELINGS.
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INTAKE CENTERS CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS ON A HOMEOWNER'S BEHALF, MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LIMITED COMPUTER PROFICIENCY OR LIMITED ACCESS TO A SUPPLY.EACH HOUSEHOLD MEMBER CAN RECEIVE UP TO $65,000 IN TOTAL ASSISTANCE FROM TX H A F FOR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY INSURANCE, HOMEOWNER SLASH CONDO ASSOCIATION FEES AND OR UTILITY BILLS.
AMONG THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY, HOMEOWNERS MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AFTER JANUARY 21ST, 2020 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND HAVE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT OR BELOW A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA, MEDIUM INCOME OR UNITED STATES MEDIUM INCOME, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
WITHIN THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE UTILITIES, PAYMENTS PROGRAM ELIGIBLE.
HOMEOWNERS CAN GET HELP PAYING PAST DUE BILLS, PLUS UP TO THREE MONTHS OF FUTURE PAYMENTS FOR ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS, PROPANE WATER, AND WATERWAY SERVICES.
IF APPROVED PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE UTILITY VENDORS IN THE FORM OF ONE LUMP SUM.
TO QUALIFY FOR UTILITY PAYMENTS, YOU MUST MEET ALL OF THE ORIGINAL TX H A F PROGRAM CRITERIA.
AND NUMBER ONE, YOU MUST HAVE A PAST DUE UTILITY BILL DATED WITHIN THE LAST 45 DAYS.
TWO, YOU MUST OWN THE RESIDENCE AT THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE PAST DUE UTILITY BILL.
THREE, THE TOTAL OF YOUR PAST DUE UTILITIES AND THREE MONTHS OF FUTURE PAYMENTS IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 10,004.
YOU HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FOR UTILITY TYPE YOU ARE NOW REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FOR.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FUTURE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO THE, IN ADDITION TO ASSISTANCE FOR PASS DUE HOME LOANS, ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS CANNOT ALSO GET UP TO THREE MONTHS OF FUTURE PAYMENT PROGRAMS. TO QUALIFY FOR MOR FOR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, YOU MUST MEET ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL TX H A F MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CRITERIA, AND EITHER NUMBER ONE, HAVE A MONTHLY DEBT TO INCOME RATIO OF 0% OR 55% OR TWO, HAVE A RATIO OF MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, EXCEEDS 31%, BUT IS, BUT IS AT OR BELOW 55%.
AND THE HOMEOWNER STATES THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE THAT MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
FUTURE FUTURE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANCE CAP OF 65,000.
YOU CAN FIND OUR MAIN OFFICE AT 3,800 PARK LANE DRIVE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS SEVENTY SEVEN SIX FORTY TWO.
AND ALSO BY PHONE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS (409) 832-2723.
AND YOU AND MS. COLLINS? I'M MS. RICHARDSON.
AND MS. RICHARDSON, UH, WE HAVE ANY REMARKS OR ANY, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, SIR? FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY, GO AHEAD, COUNSEL.
AND MS. UH, RICHARDS, YOU ALREADY, UH, LEGACY ALREADY OPERATES IN THE CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? YES.
YOU ALREADY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
YOU HAVE REFERRALS, YOU HAVE, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOU? YES, SIR.
TODAY IS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR PROGRAM AND JUST TO GIVE INFORMATION AND HOW TO CONTACT YOUR ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN? AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, UH, I SPOKE WITH MRS. OU, WHO IS THE CEO I THINK OF, OF LEGACY.
AND, UH, THAT'S SOME INFORMATION THAT I WOULD GET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SPEAKING PRIVATE WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S SORT OF THE REASON THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAME AND THEY, YOU REMEMBER THAT WITH MYSELF AND CITY MANAGER OR CITY MANAGER THAT, AND THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT CITIZENS IN PORT ARTHUR NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF.
OR ANYONE FROM THE EDC IS ANY OTHER THING.
NO ONE FROM EDC BECAUSE EDC HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.
NOW THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER INVOLVED IN IT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL AND SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER JUNCTURE.
BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
[III.B.1. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The Woodworth Boulevard Rehabilitation Project ]
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, A PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE, UH, WOODWORK BOULEVARD REHABILITATION PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE THAT WE HAVE UP HERE.UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCILMAN MEMBERS.
UM, TODAY WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU SOME CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE HIRED, UH, ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE TO DEVELOP, UM, FOR US ON WOODWORTH BOULEVARD.
UM, WE HAVE THE ENGINEER DEREK GINO, STANDING HERE WITH THE, UH, HIS, UH, BOARDS.
UM, AND THEN JOE WILSON IS IN THE BACK.
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BACK THERE.UM, BUT WE JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO KNOW, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED TO A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON THIS JOB.
UH, CULLEN COLTRANE IS WORKING WITH US AND CAME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.
UM, WE MET WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PRESENTED THESE TWO OPTIONS TO THEM.
UM, AND, UH, BASICALLY, I'M GONNA STEP AWAY FROM THE MIC HERE, I HOPE.
WELL, I GUESS I CAN BRING THIS WITH ME.
UM, THE FIRST, THE FIRST DISPLAY IS THE, UH, CROSS SECTION OF THE STREET.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REHABBING THE PAVEMENT AND THEN WIDENING THE SIDEWALK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STREET TO ABOUT 16, 17 FEET.
THAT'LL PROVIDE ROOM FOR A SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF WOODWORTH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE'VE GOT THE ORNAMENTAL LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON USING THE SAME THAT, THAT ARE DOWN THERE NOW, AND BRING THAT FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO GULF WAY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE NEW CURBING GUTTER, NEW DRAINAGE PROGRESS, NEW DRAINAGE IN THERE ALSO.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $3 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR NEXT YEAR ON THIS PROJECT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS PHASE IT SO THAT WE DO THE SECTION DOWN BY ROSE HILL UP TO ABOUT SEVENTH STREET FIRST.
AND THEN AS MORE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, WE'LL CARRY IT ON ALL THE WAY TO GULF WAY AND THEN UP TO THE RAILROAD TRACK.
UM, ULTIMATELY THIS LOOKS LIKE ABOUT A 10 TO 11 MILLION PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT 3 MILLION SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW AT ROSE HILL.
UM, IS THE TWO CONCEPTS YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
UM, CONCEPT B WOULD PROVIDE FOR SOME PARKING IN THE MEDIAN.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD DEVELOP A PARKING THERE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S BEEN OUT THERE LATELY.
ON A NICE DAY, YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PARK DOWN THERE AND WALK THE LEVEE.
SO I THINK PARKING IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT ADDING SOME PARKING OVER IN FRONT OF THE ROSE HILL BUILDING.
THAT'S STILL AN OPTION, BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE SHOWING EITHER PARKING HERE IN THE MEDIAN, OR IF YOU LOOK AT CONCEPT A, WE'RE ADDING SOME PARKING DOWN HERE ALONG LAKE SHORE.
WE ADDRESS THAT PARKING ISSUE DOWN THERE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME INDIAN HAWTHORNES WE'RE PLANNING ON PLANTING.
WE WILL BE PUTTING IN, UH, IRRIGATION SO THAT WHATEVER WE PLANT WILL HAVE WATER TO GROW.
AND, UM, WE PRESENTED THIS IDEA THAT, UH, MISS CHANDRA, AND OF COURSE, UH, WHATEVER WE BUILD, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE IDEA RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE SHOWING PALM TREES RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LIVE OAKS.
UH, SOME OF THOSE HAVE, THEY'RE NOT DOING REAL WELL.
BUT, UH, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS PALM TREES IN THE MEDIAN.
WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS, AND WE HADN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS YET.
WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING ON THIS AND SOLICIT ANY, UH, INPUT THAT WE, WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER AT THIS TIME AND AT THAT TIME.
AND, UH, I'LL OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HOLMES MAY THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS IS AN AWESOME PROJECT.
VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEGUN, AT LEAST THE DRAWINGS ON THIS.
UH, THE AREA DOES ATTRACT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE ON BEAUTIFUL DAYS.
IF YOU PASS TODAY THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CITIZENS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN THAT PART OF TOWN, BUT, UM, ACCESS THAT AREA.
SO IT'S A GREAT, UH, PROJECT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT SUMMER WITH IT.
SO WE, WE SHARE THAT ENTHUSIASM.
I, UM, GOSH, AS I LOOK AT THIS AND JUST SEE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DREAM, A VISION TO COME TRUE.
AND BEFORE YOUR EYES TO SEE, UM, MEMORIAL OR THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN PORT ARTHUR TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONTEMPLATED AND JUST WAITED FOR.
SO I'M JUST AS, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I THINK IT LOOKS AMAZING.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT, UH, LITERALLY COME TO FRUITION.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, PALM TREES TO ME, UM, JUST MY OPINION, LOOK A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN, UH,
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OAK, THAN OAK TREES.I THINK OAK TREES, THE ROOTS ARE JUST HORRENDOUS.
UM, THE WAY THEY, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LIVE OAKS TAKE UNDER, OH, I'M SORRY, UNDER, UNDER CONCRETE, THE WAY THE OAK TREES SPUN, SPAN OUT.
UNDERNEATH THAT, UM, THE ROAD.
I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF, PALM TREES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO ME.
LIVE OAKS TAKE YEARS TO DEVELOP, SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT AND SAY, MAN, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF PROJECT I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS TO BEAR THE MINDSET AND MENTALITY THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE FOR OUR CITY.
WE WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO SOME SEAWALL SUNDAYS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THAT TO WHERE WE WANTED TO, BUT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL CAUSE THAT TO COME TO FRUITION, UH, AS WELL.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY AND TO MAKE OUR CITY ATTRACTIVE TO OUR CITIZENS AND AS WELL TO OUR VISITORS WHO COME TO OUR CITY, UH, IS MUCH NEEDED.
AND SO LET'S CONTINUE TO GO, AND I'M SURE WE'LL GIVE SUPPORT AND DO ANYTHING NEEDFUL, UH, AND NECESSARY TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
UH, IT GIVE US THAT OLD CFA TYPE LOOK.
UH, BUT THE PARKING ASPECT YOU SAID ON, UH, LAKESHORE, THAT'S GOING TO, THAT CAN BE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR RESIDENTS IN PORT ARTHUR.
UH, WOULD THAT BE ON THE NEXT PHASE? OR HOW WOULD YOU INCORPORATE THAT BASED UPON WHEN YOU START THE PROJECT? NO, WE, WE'D ADD THE PARKING IN THE FIRST PHASE.
I MEAN, WE WANT TO DO THAT ROAD.
THE ONLY OBSTACLE RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE CORE OF ENGINEERS DOING THE LEVY CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT ON THAT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA COME IN.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS LOOK ATTRACTIVE.
BRICK PAVERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I'D LIKE TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT SUMMER ON THIS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THE MAINTENANCE OF, UH, THIS PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.
WHO, UH, WHAT DEPARTMENT, MR. CITY MANAGER OR, UM, MR. CANNON TELL WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE IN, IN THE BUDGET? UH, BECAUSE ONCE WE, ONCE WE BUILD THIS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN IT AND, AND, AND KEEP IT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND SO THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE MONIES EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY MAINTAIN.
AND SO, SO WHO OR WHICH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE, UM, COUNSELING WITH, UM, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, IT WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, WHATEVER THE DEPARTMENT WE SEE.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, IN RESPONSE TO, UM, LET ME JUST SHARE WITH COUNSELORS.
WELL, WE, UM, WE HAVE ENGAGED THE COMPANY TO DEVELOP THESE TWO CONCEPTS, UM, FOR WOODROW BOULEVARD BASED ON COUNCIL'S REQUEST.
AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THAT VERY CLOSELY.
THE WHOLE IDEA, AS COUNCIL INDICATED, WAS TO MAKE, UM, OF THE ENTRANCE, ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES TO OUR CITY, AND MORE PARTICULARLY SO TO OUR DOWNTOWN, VERY ATTRACTIVE TO PERSONS WHO CONTINUALLY VISIT NOW, NOT ONLY TO OUR VISITORS, BUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, ENGENDER IN A SENSE OF PRIDE, YOU KNOW, UM, IN, IN, IN OUR CITY.
AND SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED THOSE TWO CONCEPTS.
THE NEXT, UM, OUR NEXT RESPONSIBILITY, CUZ COUNSELORS COMMITTED TO IT, WE HAVE PLACED 3 MILLION, AS JOHN HAS INDICATED.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE'S A 10 MILLION FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED AS YET.
AND, UM, AGAIN, UM, FOR, WE WILL BE GOING OUT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF, UM, OF FUNDING FOR ANOTHER 10 MILLION.
SO I WOULD LIKE THE MOMENTUM, AND IF IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING AND DO IT IN PHASES AS WE MOVE ALONG TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO GAP IN BETWEEN FOR THE FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT WILL PAY DIVIDENDS TO US, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CITY AND MORE PARTICULARLY SO, MAKE IT MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE AND PLEASING TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT THERE.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE BLESSING OF
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COUNCIL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK IF IT'S YOUR WISH, UM, WITH A RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO ALLOCATE ANOTHER $3 MILLION TO THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IT.UM, BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, THERE ARE MORE OTHER PROJECTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO COUNCIL AS WELL THAT WILL LEND TO THE AESTHETICS, BECAUSE THIS WILL BUILD IN NICELY TO THE, WE FINDING PROJECT THAT MISS ALPO HAS, UM, THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY HOP TAX MONEY, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SIGNAGE FOR VISITORS AND FOR RESIDENTS ALIKE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT I PRETENDED DIDN'T IMAGINE THAT WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE GROUP FOR THE 125TH, UH, CELEBRATION FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UH, THERE'S A FANCY NAME FOR IT.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE IT.
BUT, UH, THAT BEGINS NEXT YEAR IN 2023.
AND I'M JUST AS EXCITED AS THE OTHER COUNCIL PERSONS HERE, UH, BECAUSE I LIKE TO SEE US BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, AT GULF GOING DOWN, UH, UH, AND REALLY BEAUTIFYING THAT, THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.
AND, UH, THAT THERE WAS AN IDEA THAT WE DISCUSSED EVEN WITH, UH, SOME ART, UH, BEING A SCULPTURE TYPE ART, UH, THAT, THAT YOU SEE IN LARGER CITIES, UH, IN THE MEMORIAL AREA OF HOUSTON AND SOME OTHER PLACES.
AND, UH, WE COMMISSION AN ARTIST EVEN TO CREATE SOMETHING NEAR OUR FIRE STATION THERE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, EVEN NEAR MORE, MORE, UH, A LOT, MAYBE CLOSER TO GULF WAY MM-HMM.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OTHER IDEAS WE WANT TO INCORPORATE, AND WE WERE GONNA TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 125TH, UH, CELEBRATION FOR OUR CITY THAT WOULD GO THERE ALSO.
SO THAT'S AN IDEA THAT I PUT FORWARD, AND I'LL GET WITH YOU ALL ON IT, AND WE'LL SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ON THAT CORRIDOR DOOR THERE.
AND, AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, IS OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS GONNA KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE INFLATIONARY CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY.
AND SO IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT WE, AS WE ALLOCATE THIS MONEY, WE SPEND IT BECAUSE IT, IF AS WE WAIT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, THE PRICES ARE GONNA GO UP, PRICE GONNA GO UP.
SO I, I WANNA MAKE THAT A PRIORITY TOO, THAT AS THE MONEY'S ALLOCATED, WE GET IT SPENT QUICKLY.
AND WE WOULD GET ON THE PROGRAM QUICKLY.
UH, I I I WOULD JUST BE A PROPONENT OF THE ALLOCATIONS OF THE FUNDS IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO US TO, FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
AND ACTUALLY SECURING, UH, WHATEVER'S NECESSARY THROUGH PROCUREMENT TO BE SURE THAT WE LOCK IN THESE PRICES NOW AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE COMPLETION DATE, MAYBE AT THE END OF 23.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO CARRY IT INTO 25.
YOU KNOW, I WANT IT TO BE, I WANT, I WOULD WANT IT TO BE DONE SO THAT WE WOULD MAKE A STATEMENT TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE WHAT WE WANT TO DO DOWNTOWN.
AND IF WE DON'T BUY INTO IT, I CAN'T GET ANYONE ELSE TO WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN IF WE DON'T DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AESTHETIC THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SHOW OTHERS THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT REDEVELOPING.
THE CHURCH DISTRICT WAS THE CHAIRMAN.
THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT THAT'S RIGHT HERE.
IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE CAN'T EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE TO, TO COME AND DO IT FOR US.
[III.B.2 A Presentation By Ardurra Group Regarding Funding For The El Vista And Port Acres Area - FEMA Funding Drainage Projects]
UH, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS BY THE AURAL GROUP, UH, EXCUSE ME, REGARDING FUNDING FOR THE L VISTA AND PORTUS AREA FEMA FUNDING.COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE DAIS, UM, AS WE HAD, HAVE TALKED WITH YOU MANY TIMES, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT THE HAZARD MITIGATION 4 0 4 PROJECTS.
UH, WE WANTED TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE THESE TWO PARTICULAR PROJECTS ARE.
IF YOU RECALL, WE, UH, WE HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE READY FOR BID AND THEY HAVE GONE OUT FOR BID.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AL VISTA AND PORT ACRES IN PARTICULAR THIS MORNING.
UH, AND WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS TO THE, THE RESULTS OF THOSE BIDS.
TO GIVE YOU A BACKDROP, REMEMBER THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, TOOK PLACE WAY BACK FROM AUGUST OF 18 TO MAY OF 19.
UH, WE SUBMITTED MULTIPLE PROJECTS.
THESE WERE TWO OF THE PROJECTS THAT TETUM HAD IDENTIFIED AS, UH, SELECTED.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PROJECT COMPLETION, UH, TIMELINE IS STILL PROJECTED FOR VESA TO BE FEBRUARY OF 2024,
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AND FOR PORT ACRES MAY OF 2024.UH, THE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, OR THE NEWEST CHALLENGE, I SHOULD SAY TO THESE PROJECTS IS, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE, UH, PRE-ENGINEERING BACK IN NINE, UH, 2019, UH, FOR AVISTA WAS 3.2 MILLION.
AND PORT ACRES WAS 9.4 MILLION THROUGH MULTIPLE, UM, ANALYSIS AND, UH, EXPANSION OF SCOPE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT MET THE, UH, APPROPRIATE BENEFITS.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE ESTIMATES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE WENT TO 6.2, ALMOST 6.3 FOR L VISTA AND FOR PORT ACRES, 16.4, ALMOST 16.5.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, FROM 2020 TO NOW, UM, AS WE HAVE ALL SEEN, UH, BOTH IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES, COSTS HAVE ESCALATED DRAMATICALLY, EXPONENTIALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO THE BIDS THAT WENT OUT, UH, CAME BACK IN.
THE LOW BID FOR AL VISTA IS 10 MILLION, AND FOR PART ACRES 29.8 MILLION.
AS YOU CAN NOTE, UH, DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 2020 ESTIMATE OF, OF COST AND THE ACTUAL COST BASED ON, UH, DELIVERY SCHEDULES, UH, PRICE OF COMPONENTS, CONCRETE, EVERYTHING THAT THAT GOES INTO THE PROJECT, INCLUDING LABOR, UM, HAS GONE UP.
SO THAT LEAVES US WITH A $17 MILLION, UH, GAP BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECT, UH, CURRENT FUNDING AND THE BID PRICES.
UH, WE HAVE KIND OF SCRATCHED AND, AND CLAWED THROUGH SOME, UH, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'RE HERE TO, TO PRESENT TO YOU SOME POTENTIALS.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE BLUE, UH, TO THE, THE THIRD COLUMN, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE END, RIGHT END, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A POTENTIALLY 7.9 MILLION ACCESSIBLE THROUGH, UH, UNALLOCATED FUNDS WITH TETUM.
SO WE'VE MADE APPLICATION TO THAT, THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, UH, REQUESTING, UH, THOSE FUNDS.
IF THAT COMES THROUGH, UH, THEN THE, THE L VISTA PROJECT WILL BE COVERED FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
THE, THE FEDERAL, UH, STATE LEVEL, UM, PORTION.
IF IT ALSO, IF THAT COMES THROUGH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PORTION OF THE PORT ACRES PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN COUPLE THAT WITH THE CDB GDR MONEY FROM HARVEY THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE.
UM, AND WHICH WOULD LEAD LEAVE US WITH AN 8,890 $1,000 DEFICIT.
UH, NOW THESE NUMBERS ARE BEFORE ANY VALUE ENGINEERING IS BEING DONE.
SOC, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, UH, IS PERFORMING SOME VALUE ENGINEERING ON BOTH OF THE PROJECTS, UH, BASED ON THE BIDS THAT HAVE COME IN.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, UH, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS COULD, COULD REALIZE SOME REDUCTIONS FROM THE VALUE ENGINEERING AS MUCH AS A MILLION DOLLARS EACH.
UH, AND IF THAT, OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT IS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY, UH, IN TERMS OF IT, ANY ADDITIONAL OUT OF POCKET COSTS.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE YOU THIS UPDATE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
CURRENTLY, THE BID, UH, THE BIDS ARE IN, UH, OBVIOUSLY, AND, UM, THE, THE LOW BIDDER IS HOLDING HIS PRICE.
UH, RIGHT NOW FOR US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UM, THIS MACHINATION OF, UH, RESOLVING THE, THE FUNDING GAP.
HOWEVER, IF THAT BID, IF THAT BID PRICE EXPIRES AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR BID, UH, THERE IS THE RISK THAT WE'LL SEE AGAIN, ANOTHER HIKE IN THE COST.
UH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE LITERALLY CHASING THE DOLLAR, UH, EVERY PROJECT THAT, UH, THAT IS GOING ON.
IT'S NOT JUST IN TEXAS OR PORT ARTHUR.
UH, OUR COMPANY HAS NATIONAL PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IS, IS EXPERIENCING THESE TYPES OF, UH, ESCALATED COSTS.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE YOU THIS INFORMATION.
WC IS HERE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE AS WELL, UH, TO ANSWER ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
YOUR HONOR, CONSTABLE FRANK? YES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YET WE ARE ALL AWARE OF, UM, THE INFLATIONARY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR, OUR, IN OUR SOCIETY EVEN NOW.
THE HIGH PRICE OF PLYWOOD, PLYWOOD, CONCRETE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
MY QUESTION IS THOUGH, AS YOU HAVE MADE THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU WERE SAYING THAT, THAT ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO NOW GO TO VALUE, UH, ENGINEERING.
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WASN'T IN THE ENGINEERING BUILDING AT LAMAR.I WAS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.
BUT SHOULDN'T WE HAVE DONE VALUE ENGINEERING, UH, BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION TO SEE WHERE WE ARE SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE TETUM FUNDS AND WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS? SHOULDN'T WE HAVE DONE THE VALUE ENGINEERING AT THE FOREFRONT SO WE COULD BE MORE AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SCOPE? POTENTIALLY, YES, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT A COUNCILMAN THAT, UH, THAT WE KNOW THE DEFICIT IS GOING TO BE THERE REGARDLESS.
UM, SO WE WOULD EXPECT VALUE ENGINEERING TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY, AND I'LL, I'LL HAVE WC MAYBE MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE VALUE ENGINEERING.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT EVEN WITH VALUE ENGINEERING, WE WOULD BE SHORT IN FUNDING, WE'RE GONNA NEED EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN GET.
UM, AND IF, BECAUSE THE BENEFIT IS THIS, EVEN WITH THE VALUE ENGINEERING, IF WE HAVE ANY FUNDING FROM THE CDB GDR MONEY, THEN THAT'S OUR, OUR, THE CITY'S MONEY TO UTILIZE ELSEWHERE.
SO IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THAT MONEY'S GOING TO BE ASKED FOR AND NOT USED.
SO IF WE CAN GRAB IT, WE WANT TO GRAB IT BECAUSE IT, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
THE VALUE ENGINEERING WILL SIMPLY TRY TO, TO HONE IN ON WHAT WE CAN CHANGE AND SAVE ANY COSTS SO THAT IF THERE'S MONEY, WE CAN MOVE IT TO ANOTHER PROJECT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WHEN, UM, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THOSE C B D G R FUNDS, UH, AS WELL AS THOSE TETUM FUNDS, UH, HAS THAT BEEN, HAS THAT THE WAY THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THEIR SHORTFALLS, AND WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD HAS, HAS THAT BEEN SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN DOING OR CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING TO ADDRESS THESE AND HAS THAT BEEN COMING FORWARD? SURE.
UH, UH, OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW I, I SELL THIS RIGHT
UM, BUT THE RESPONSE FROM TETUM AND FOR THE CDBG MONEY, THE GLO GENERAL LAND OFFICE, UH, THEY'RE SEEING THIS ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO BE CREATIVE IN THEIR RESPONSE TO CITIES THAT HAVE PROJECTS THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE FUNDING CHALLENGES.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THE REQUEST.
UH, I WOULD TELL YOU, I'M OPTIMISTIC, AND IF I, IF I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS, THERE WAS A REAL OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD TELL YOU WE'RE GONNA ASK, BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE.
I BELIEVE IT IS WITH THE TETUM MONEY, IF THAT MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE AND UNALLOCATED, I BELIEVE IT WILL COME TO, TO PORT ARTHUR.
THE, THE CDBG MONEY, UH, IS YOUR MONEY TO BEGIN WITH, AND IT'S JUST REPROGRAMMING IT, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ISSUE.
EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCESS.
SO I, I'M CONFIDENT, CAUTIOUSLY CONFIDENT THAT THOSE, THOSE REQUESTS WILL BE GRANTED.
AND, AND MY LAST QUESTION, I DON'T MEAN TO DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION, BUT HOW LONG IS THE PROCESS? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROCESS WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM, UH, APPLICATION TO COMPLETION OF APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATION? SO THE CDBG MONEY, I WOULD EXPECT TO, TO HEAR SOMETHING, SOMETHING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, CERTAINLY BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE SHOULD HAVE BOTH OF THOSE ANSWERS, UH, IN PLACE.
UH, AND THAT WILL DOVETAIL VERY NICELY INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, CLIFF GOING IN AND SECURING THE, THE NOTICE TO PROCEED AND THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND GIVING A, A, UH, A FIRM START DATE FOR THE CONTRACTOR.
I KNOW THAT THE CONTRACTOR, UH, THAT IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THE AWARD IS, IS READY TO GO.
UM, THERE'S NO DELAY BETWEEN SAYING IT'S, IT'S AWARDED AND IT'S, UH, SIGNED OFF ON, UH, THEY WILL BE READY TO, TO MOVE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A TIME OF YEAR THAT MANY CONTRACTORS TEND TO KIND OF TAKE OFF AND COME BACK IN JANUARY.
SO, UH, THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED THAT THE NEED TO, TO GET TO THE STARTING BLOCKS AND READY TO GO AS SOON AS THE GUN SOUNDS, IT WILL HAPPEN.
COMAN MARKS, UH, TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST, UH, WHEN IS THE EXPIRATION OF THE BID PROPOSAL? WE HAVE A, A COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW FOR 60 DAYS.
SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 45 DAYS LEFT, SO 40 DAYS LEFT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF DECEMBER, SO MID-DECEMBER.
AND, UH, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME TO COMPLETE THE, UH, VALUE ENGINEERING? UH, I WILL ASK A AWC TO, TO STEP FORWARD OR JOHN, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN UNDERWAY, AND WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
COUNCIL, UM, AWC WHO PREPARED THE DESIGN PLANS.
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GIVEN US SEVERAL OPTIONS TO REDUCE THIS COST RANGING FROM, UH, USING, UH, PLASTIC PIPE INSTEAD OF CONCRETE.UM, THAT'S A GOOD COST SAVINGS.
UH, THAT WAS BID OUT, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS AN ALTERNATE BID.
WE COULD TRIM A MILLION TO MILLION AND A HALF OUT OF THIS JOB RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND IF, IF WE HAD TO, WE COULD PULL SOME OF THE ROADWAY ITEMS OUT, WHICH WOULD NOT AFFECT THE, THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE DRAINAGE OF THE, AND THEN, BUT WE, WE'VE GOT OPTIONS THAT WE CAN, UH, GIVE TO YOU NOW, BUT I, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING TO AWARD THE CONTRACT.
AND THE REASON I ASK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY DISTRICT, AL VISTA AND PORT ACRES, SO WE KNOW THE TIMEFRAME WITH THE ESCALATING COSTS AND, YOU KNOW, THE NEW YEAR ABOUT THEM TO START.
WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, BYPASS OR, OR RUN, BLOW THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THE BID AND THEN HAVE TO GO OUT AND REBID THIS THING AGAIN.
UH, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.
YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED A QUALIFIED BIDDER WHO IS THE LOW BIDDER.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US EXPEDITE THE PROCESS WITH THE VALUE ENGINEERING, MAKE THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE GO AHEAD AND AWARD THE CONTRACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE ANSWER FROM TETUM AFTER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE'D HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CANCEL THE CONTRACT.
I GUESS IF WE DON'T, IF TETUM DOESN'T COME THROUGH WITH THE EXTRA MONEY, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE TALKED TO TETUM, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA GO THROUGH.
SO IF WE DON'T GET THE MONEY FROM TETUM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, SHELVE THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU, IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? I I, I DIDN'T, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OPTIONS AS, AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, NUMBER ONE WOULD BE AWARD TO CONTRACT SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN ORDER THE MATERIAL.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT CANCELING THE JOB IS AN OPTION RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK MY CONSTITUENTS IN PORT ACRES AND VETA WOULD BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO AGAIN, MY WISH IS, IS, IS THAT WE EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND IF TETUM DOESN'T COME THROUGH, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER FUNDING OPTION, RIGHT.
IF WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE SCOPE, DO WE? I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT OKAY.
JUST EXPEDITE THE PROCESS AND BRING IT, BRING BRING IT BACK TO US.
I MAY ONE OF THE, UM, COUNCIL MAX, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL ENGAGE IN IS, UM, ENGAGE THE MAYOR TO SEE WHETHER WE TAKE THE POLITICAL ROUTE AS WELL.
UM, WHETHER WE CAN MEET WITH CHIEF KID IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, DEVELOP THAT DISCUSSION WITH EITHER OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND WITH CHIEF GI TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL POSSIBLE.
SO IF WE'VE GOT TO GO THAT ROUTE, WE WILL GO THAT ROUTE AS WELL.
AND MS. CANELLI, UH, AND, AND, UH, I THINK YOU SAID UHC MAYBE HAD RECOMMENDED THIS CHANGING THE MATERIAL CHANGE.
IS THAT PART OF SCOPE OR, I GUESS IT WOULD BE, BUT, UH, IF YOU USE CONCRETE VERSUS PLASTIC, UH, LONGEVITY OF ITS USE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SETTING, WHAT IS THE THE, THE PLASTIC IS A COMPARABLE PRODUCT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COST SAVINGS REALLY AREN'T THAT MUCH BETWEEN PLASTIC AND CONCRETE, BUT WE BID BOTH OUT.
AND SO WE, WE CAN REALIZE, I'M THINKING IT WAS LIKE ON THE ORDER OF THREE OR $400,000, UH, COST SAVINGS WITH THE, UH, PLASTIC DRIVEWAY PIPES.
NOW THE BIG BOX CULVERTS ARE GONNA BE CONCRETE.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY.
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OKAY.WE NOW MOVE TO, UH, PRESENTATION BY STEP REGARDING THE SEPTEMBER MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AND, UH, QUARTERLY INVESTMENTS.
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EVERYONE TODAY I DO HAVE THE, UH, SEPTEMBER, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT FOR YOU AT YOUR, YOUR DESK.I NEVER DID A PRESENTATION, BUT I DID GIVE YOU THE AUGUST REPORT, UH, AND THE SEPTEMBER REPORT, AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE COVERING SEPTEMBER.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, PRELIMINARY END OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.
NOW, THE FINAL NUMBERS MAY CHANGE AFTER ALL THE ACCRUALS AND ADJUSTMENTS AND ALL THE INVOICES ARE PAID CUZ THEY'RE STILL PAYING BILLS FROM FISCAL YEAR 22.
SO, UM, THE, THE NUMBERS WILL PROBABLY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT FROM THIS, UH, IN THE END.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR THE YEAR TOTALED 83.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 5.7 MILLION ABOVE THE ESTIMATE.
THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS WERE ABOUT FI 15.1 MILLION 6% ABOVE THE BUDGET.
33.3 MILLION WAS RECEIVED IN INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS.
WITH ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED, UH, THE SALES AND USE TAX CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD.
IT'S OKAY WITH, UM, 2.4 MILLION, UM, 20% ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL.
AND THERE IS A TWO MONTH TIME LAG, I'M SORRY, IN RECEIPTS.
UH, SEPTEMBER RECEIPTS REPRESENT JULY SALES
UH, TAXES ARE ALSO UP ABOUT 2 MILLION THAT IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO YOUR LADY.
IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREAK NOW OR IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT COULD DO IT FOR YOU.
SHE, SHE HAS, SHE HAS A COUGH DROP HERE.
CAUSE YOU GET THAT TICK AS SOON AS YOU GET READY TO TRY TO TALK IT.
YEAH, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU.
THEN IF, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA COME BACK TO ME IN A MINUTE? YEAH.
HOW ABOUT THAT? OR IF YOU NEED TO CALL SOMEONE FROM YOUR OFFICE TO COME ON UP AND, UH, RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG AND THEN WE'LL, UH, COME BACK.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS, UH, PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, AND THERE AREN'T ANY, WE DON'T HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]
AND, UH, REPORTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REPORT TODAY, UH, TO REITERATE WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN MOSES SAID IN THEIR PRAYER ABOUT THIS BEING ELECTION DATE AND ASKING ALL THE CITIZENS WHO ARE EVEN, UH, MAYBE VIEWING US VIRTUALLY AND THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT HERE, UH, TO BE SURE TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND WHAT WE LIKE FOR PORT AANS TO DO, UH, IT'S BEEN SAID BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS ARE NOT AS HIGH AS THEY ONCE WERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND FOLK WOULD SAY THAT THE POLITICIANS ON THE STATE LEVEL OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL DON'T WANT TO HEAR US BECAUSE WE DON'T VOTE.
SO LET'S MAKE THAT AN UNTRUE STATEMENT AND, UH, BE VERY VIGILANT ABOUT VOTING ON TODAY.
YOU HAVE UNTIL 7:00 PM AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU MAY GO TO ANY POLLING PLACE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
IF YOU LIVE IN PORT ARTHUR, YOU PRESENT YOUR ID AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW THEM TO PICK UP WHATEVER BALLOT YOU WOULD HAVE IN YOUR HOME PRECINCT.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, BEFORE 7:00 PM TODAY, CASH YOUR BALLOT, ALL PORT AUTHORS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE.
IF THERE ARE NOT ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS, WE WILL MOVE TO JIM.
UH, DID I MISS UP? OKAY, SORRY.
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YEAH, YEAH.COUNCIL BEFORE, UM, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF, UH, DISTRICT FOUR HAD A CALL FROM ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS CONCERNING, UH, AN ORDINANCE, UH, VIOLATION IN THEIR AREA OUT IN PORT ACRES.
SO, UH, TOOK A TOUR WITH, WITH, WITH THE RESIDENT OUT IN PORT ACRES.
AND THE CONCERN IS TRAILERS THAT ARE VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE, THE CITY ORDINANCE WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN, IN, IN TRAILERS THAT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO WE CONVENED A MEETING THROUGH WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER, THE PERSONS THAT, UH, WERE INVOLVED, AND I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT, UH, MR. JOE SANDERS, UH, FROM LEGAL, JAMES BROWN FROM, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS, UH, LARRY BATON FROM, UH, I GUESS THAT'S DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.
AND, UH, CHIEF DUO WAS THERE REPRESENTING THE, UH, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THERE WAS ALSO, UH, MISS MALO WAS, UH, S MALO WAS THERE, AND I'M NOT SURE, I THINK SHE'S IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THE ISSUE WAS, UH, AGAIN, CONSTITUENT OUT IN THE PORTER CUZ THE AREA, UH, TOOK ME ON A TOUR.
AND THEN HE PRESENTED ME WITH THE LIST, WHICH I SHARED WITH THE PEOPLE.
IN THAT MEETING, THERE WERE 45, UH, INSTANCES OF VIOLATIONS IN THE PORT ACRES AREA OF TRAILERS THAT WERE EITHER PARKED IN THE FRONT SHORE WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM, CONNECTED TO UTILITY SERVICES, WHICH IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE CITY ORDINANCE.
UH, DURING THAT MEETING, UH, MR. SANDERS ACTUALLY PRESENTED US THE, UH, SPREADSHEET OF VIOLATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE LEGAL PROCESS.
AND IT TOTALED, UH, I THINK IT'S 154 THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS.
SO, UH, HE PRESENTED THAT TO US AND WE STARTED TO, TO STRATEGIZE HOW WE WERE GONNA DO THIS.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, UH, PRESENT TODAY.
UH, WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.
THEY WERE ALREADY ADDRESSING THAT ORDINANCE.
AND, UH, THEY WERE UPDATING THE ORDINANCE.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC BECAUSE ONE OF THE INITIATIVES OF THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN TO ACTUALLY BRING OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, UH, INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY ORDINANCES CONCERN CONCERNING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SINGLE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AREAS.
SO IF MR. BATON IS HERE, OR MISS, UM, SORRY.
BECAUSE IT'S ITEMS CONCERNING COMMUNITY INTEREST, WE REALLY CAN'T GIVE A REPORT ON THAT UNDER THIS POSTING.
IS IT ON FOR DISCUSSION? I THOUGHT IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT IN HERE FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, WE CAN, UM, IT'S REALLY JUST LIKE THIS, THIS SECTION IS MORE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ASKING FOR A REPORT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU PREMATURE.
WELL, I GUESS YOU COULD CONSIDER THE REPORT WHAT, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT MEETING.
MR. SANDERS HAD EXCUSED HIMSELF AT THAT TIME BECAUSE HE WAS IN COURT.
SO WE DID NOT GET A, A RULING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS TODAY.
CAUSE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, THEY ARE WORKING ON UPDATING THE ORDINANCE AND BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO GET THAT UPDATED ORDINANCE APPROVED BY COUNSEL SO THAT WE CAN LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY START ENFORCING THE NEW ORDINANCE.
AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE AS A COUNCIL AT SUBMITTED WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN THIS, THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER BACK IN 20 ENFORCEMENT IN 20, IN JANUARY OF 2021 WAS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW, UH, A NEW MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.
UH, AGAIN, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS, IS, UH, IS VERY HELPFUL IN SHOWING US WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
SO BECAUSE WE, IT WAS NOT SCHEDULED FOR THIS FOR DISCUSSION TODAY, WE CAN, UH,
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HOLD OFF ON IT AND PUT IT ON THE, PUT IT ON THE NEXT, ON THE NEXT AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM, UH, CITY SECRETARY.WOULD YOU REMEMBER THAT FOR US? OKAY.
AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.
BUT ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO NOW, IN THE MEANTIME, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A, AN ONGOING PROCESS, AND I'M GONNA BE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S MY DISTRICT THAT WHERE ALL THESE VIOLATIONS, BUT MY DISTRICT IS NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT HAS VIOLATIONS.
I'M INVITING ANY OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS TO, TO COME SIT IN ON THESE MEETINGS AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE AESTHETICS OF OUR CITY.
WE HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ENTRANCEWAY, THE MAIN CORRIDOR COMING IN HERE.
AND, AND TO CLEAN UP THE OTHER OUTLINE AREAS, IT'S GONNA BE PART OF, UH, UH, THE, THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR US TO GET OUR CITY TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? I, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT AND THANK, UM, SOME OF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME OUT TO THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CENTER BECAUSE OF CONCERNS BY RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
AND THEY WERE SO WILLINGLY ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM IMMEDIATELY.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THEY TOOK THEIR AFTERNOON AND THEY PLANNED IT VERY QUICKLY, IMMEDIATELY AND HAD RESPONSES.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT AND DO THAT AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK, BUT THEY DID, AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I DON'T WANT TO LIST ALL OF YOU, MS. LANGFORD, YOUR TEAM AND THE POLICE CHIEF.
UH, FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AWARENESS, UH, UH, THE PASSING OF MS. FOLA SMALL, UH, MY MOM'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND, UH, KNOWN TO MY WHOLE LIFE.
I JUST WANT TO PRAY FOR HER FAMILY AND, AND MAKE THE, THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR AWARE OF HER AND HER FAMILY, UH, MAY NEED THE PORT ARTHUR CITIZENS AND, UH, PRAYER.
AND THE SECOND THING, I DID RECEIVE A CALL ABOUT THE, THE MONIES THAT WE, UH, PUT IN FOR, UH, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
UH, I HAD TO DO SOME EXPLAINING.
UH, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA THAT WE INVEST IN OUR CITY, UH, WITH THIS PARADE, UH, TO GIVE BACK TO OUR KIDS AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO CHANGE.
LIKE WHAT YOU STATED EARLIER ME, THE CULTURE HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING HERE LOCALLY, DOWNTOWN, AND PORT ARTHUR.
SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE THE ADVOCATE AND IF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, CONTACT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR, UH, PARTICIPATION FOR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS LARGE PARADE.
SO WE ASKED YOU, UH, PUBLICLY, AND MY COHORTS WOULD ATTESTED THIS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY, UH, MANAGER'S OFFICE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE WE WANT THIS PARADE TO BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S WONDERFUL, UH, FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ALL THE KIDS AROUND THIS CHRISTMAS TIME.
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OKAY.SHE'S GOING TO RETURN DURING THE MONTHLY REPORT.
HOW ABOUT THAT? ON, WE'RE ON THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, THE REVENUES FOR THE YEAR TOTALED 83.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 5.7 MILLION ABOVE THE ESTIMATE.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE 15.1 IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS 6% ABOVE THE BUDGET AND 33.3 MILLION IN INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS.
WITH ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED, SALES TAX CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD.
UH, IT'S 2.4 MILLION ABOVE THE ESTIMATE ARE 20% ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL, AND THERE IS A TWO MONTH TIME LAG IN RECEIPTS.
SO SEPTEMBER RECEIPTS DO REPRESENT JULY SALES.
UH, GROSS RECEIPTS IS THE OTHER CATEGORY THAT IS, UH, EXCEEDING BUDGET.
THOSE ARE YOUR UTILITY, UH, FRANCHISE FEES FOR ELECTRIC, GAS, TELEPHONE, AND CABLE.
AND THEY EXCEEDED THE BUDGET BY ABOUT 2 MILLION AS WELL, UH, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ELECTRIC UTILITY FRANCHISE.
UH, NEXT PAGE WE HAVE THE, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES TOTALING 79.8 MILLION THROUGH SEPTEMBER, UM, WHICH IS BELOW THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 5.1 MILLION.
THE AMENDED BUDGET HAD AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 23.8 MILLION OR 120 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
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UH, SO THE TOTAL REVENUES OF 83.5 AND THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 79.8 RESULT IN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF 34.6 MILLION AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.UM, THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MAY CHANGE AFTER ALL THE INVOICES ARE PAID A YEAR END, SO, UH, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME MORE EXPENDITURES TO ADD TO THAT, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, PLENTY OF BALANCE, UH, TO DO THAT WITH.
UH, NEXT PAGE WE HAVE THE WATER FUND REVENUES FOR ALL SOURCES TOTAL 32.5 MILLION AT YEAR END, UH, WHICH IS ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
THE WATER SERVICE CHARGES FROM INDUSTRY TOTAL 6.4 MILLION, WHICH IS 1.2 MILLION ABOVE THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.
UH, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE 29.6 MILLION FOR THE YEAR, WHICH IS BELOW THE AMENDED BUDGET BY 969,000.
UH, THE WATER FUND DID END THE YEAR ON A POSITIVE NOTE WITH REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENSES BY 2.9 MILLION.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE SOLID WASTE.
UH, THE REVENUES TOTAL 9.7 MILLION AT YEAR END, WHICH IS BELOW ESTIMATE BY 783,000.
UH, THIS IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO LANDFILL CHARGES AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICE FEES.
UH, THE SOLID WASTE EXPENSES ARE 10.3 MILLION TOTAL, WHICH IS UNDER THE AMENDED BUDGET BY 201,000.
UH, ALTHOUGH EXPENSES ARE UNDER BUDGET, REVENUES CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AS WELL, UH, WHICH CREATED A NET SHORTFALL OF EXPENSES OVER REVENUES OF ABOUT 544,000 A YEAR END.
TOMA HAS DISCUSSED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY, UH, TO KEEP THE SOLID WASTE FUND SALE SUSTAINING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THOSE INCLUDE PURSUIT OF NEW CUSTOMERS AT THE LANDFILL, UH, THE IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES, AS WELL AS OTHER COST SAVING ALTERNATIVES.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE PLEASURE ISLAND FUN.
UH, THE REVENUES ARE 1.1 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOVE ESTIMATE BY ABOUT 47,000 EXPENSES TOTAL, 958,000, WHICH IS 84,000 BELOW THE BUDGET.
THE YEAR END RESULT IS POSITIVE WITH REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENSES OF 142,000.
AND, UH, NEXT PAGE, WE MOVE ONTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT SECTION, UH, WITH, WE'LL START WITH THE STREET SUMMARY ALLOCATION BY YEAR IN DISTRICT.
UH, THIS IS THE SAME, UH, PAGE THAT I, I SHOW YOU, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH.
19.5 MILLION, UH, WAS ALLOCATED FOR YEAR 1 14 4 4 MILLION IN YEAR TWO, 15.2 MILLION IN YEAR THREE AND 13.5 MILLION IN YEAR FOUR.
UH, THE REALLOCATION OF YEAR FOUR WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 30TH.
UH, NEXT PAGE WE HAVE THE STREET SUMMARY EXPENSES.
24.1 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, LEAVING BALANCE OF 38.5 MILLION, OF WHICH 30.6 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO OPEN STREET PROJECTS.
AND THERE IS CURRENTLY SEVEN, 7.9 MILLION REMAINING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM YEAR ONE THROUGH FOUR ALLOCATIONS AND AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE, UH, OPEN STREET PROJECTS.
45.9 MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR OPEN STREET PROJECTS.
15.3 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 30.6 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE OPEN PROJECTS.
UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND PROJECTS IS 31.7 MILLION EXPENDITURES TOTAL, 8.4 MILLION WITH 23.3 MILLION REMAINING TO BE SPENT.
UH, THESE DO INCLUDE VARIOUS CITY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY, PURCHASE OF A FIRE VEHICLE, PUBLIC WORKS, AND PARKS AND REC PROJECTS.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IS 69.1 MILLION, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY FEMA MITIGATION GRANTS.
AND CDBG 6.2 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 62.9 MILLION THAT HAS DISCUSSED, UH, EARLIER BY, UH, URO.
UH, THE BID COSTS HAVE, UH, ESCALATED AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING
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IS BEING PURSUED.UH, SO THESE BUDGETS WILL, UH, BE REVISED SUBJECT TO, UH, WHAT THE FINAL NUMBERS COME OUT.
UM, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION BUDGET IS 5.1 MILLION, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY FOR PARKING LOT EXPANSION AND FIBER OPTIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S A 3 MILLION, UH, ED GRANT AND 826,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 4.2 MILLION.
WATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 84.9 MILLION PRIMARILY FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUCTION.
15 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE WITH 69.9 MILLION REMAINING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
590,000 HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR A BOAT, LAMP, BOAT RAMP, BOAT LAUNCH, AND PARKING LOT REPAIRS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
UH, THE ED C PRESS BUILDING, UH, IS ABOUT READY TO BE CLOSED OUT.
UM, IT WAS, UM, BUDGETED AT 10 MILLION, 10.9 MILLION OF WHICH 4.7 MILLION WAS FUNDED FROM AN ED GRANT.
TO DATE, 10.8 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT LEAVING 33,000 TO FINALIZE THE PROJECT.
THE A R P GRANT PROJECTS, UH, IN MARCH OF 21, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY WAS AWARDED 26.7 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT FUNDS, UH, ALL OF WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED.
UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL PROJECTS IDENTIFIED TO BE FUNDED FROM A R P FUNDS.
UH, THE PROJECTS WERE REALLOCATED TO INCLUDE 13 MILLION FOR, UH, THE WASTEWATER, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND 7.1 MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
A TOTAL OF 1.9 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT LEAVING A BALANCE OF 24.8 MILLION.
NEXT PAGE, UH, THIS IS JUST THE RECAP OF THE 2021 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, UH, THAT WERE 32.9 MILLION WERE ISSUED, UH, INCLUDES STREET PROJECTS, DRAINAGE PUMP STATIONS, ANIMAL SHELTER, NEW HEALTH BUILDING RENOVATIONS, WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.
2 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR LEAVING A BALANCE OF 30.9 MILLION.
IN THE NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE, UH, THE DISASTER FUNDS.
UH, HURRICANE HARVEY, 30.3 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED PRIMARILY FOR FEMA AND INSURANCE.
30 POINT 34.4 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES WITH PENDING REIMBURSEMENTS OF 253,000, LEAVE A BALANCE OF 3.9 MILLION AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE ANTICIPATED RE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM OPEN PROJECTS, THOUGH THAT ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER REDUCE THE CITY'S OUT OF POCKET COST TO APPROXIMATELY 790,000.
IN THE END, UH, COVID 19 3 MILLION HAS BEEN RECORDED IN REVENUES AND DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE 3.6 MILLION.
HURRICANE LAURA, 217,000 HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS THROUGH JUNE AND 3.3 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2.3 MILLION ANTICIPATED TO BE REIMBURSED FROM THE OPEN PROJECTS.
THE CITY DOES CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND INSURANCE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL DISASTERS.
AND THE LAST PAGE, LINDSEY, WE HAVE THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
CASH IN INVESTMENTS TOLD 150.5 MILLION AT SEPTEMBER 30TH.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 2.6 MILLION FROM LAST QUARTER.
UH, AND THIS INCREASE IS PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE RECEIPT OF 10 MILLION IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND OTHERWISE REFLECTIVE OF THE NORMAL CASH FLOW BECAUSE YOUR NORMAL CASH FLOW WILL GO DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT IT DIDN'T BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THAT ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION AT, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH.
BANK DEPOSITS TOTALED 8.5 MILLION OR 6% OF THE PORTFOLIO.
AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT POOLS, UH, HAD THE REMAINDER 142 MILLION OR 94% OF THE PORTFOLIO.
THE AVERAGE YIELD IS 1.8%, WHICH IS UP FROM LAST QUARTER.
AND CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT MARKET RATES, INTEREST RATES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS QUARTER AND THEY CONTINUE TO RISE.
UH, INTEREST EARNED, UH, FOR THE QUARTER IS 661,000,
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TOTALING 856, 850 6,000 FISCAL YEAR TO DATE.ALL INVESTMENTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INVESTMENT POLICY AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S MY REPORT AND I GOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT WITHOUT COUGHING
UM, QUESTION, UM, ON OUR AGENDA, I WANT TO ASK IT NOW AS OPPOSED TO PULLING ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE A, UM, ABOUT FOUR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING, UH, OUT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT 2 MILLION IS GOING TO BE HELD AGAINST THE 24.8 MILLION THAT YOU REPORTED TODAY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT OR IS THAT CALCULATED ON TODAY? UH, PENDING APPROVAL, UH, THIS REPORT IS AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER, SO IT WOULDN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING ON TODAY.
SO THIS IS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, SO RIGHT.
AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET, UM, THE BALANCES OF THOSE ITEMS? I LOOK THROUGH MY BOOKLETS WHEN I'M TRYING TO APPROVE OR LOOK, GO THROUGH IT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH EXPENDITURES.
AND I WANT TO BE SURE, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS? I'M TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ALL OF THOSE.
WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES.
UH, WHAT ARE THEY RELATED TO TODAY? I'M, I'M NOT SURE.
UM, UH, THEY'RE ON OUR AGENDA ITEM, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A $732, UH, EXPENDITURE AND ITEM ONE A $342,000 EXPENDITURE IN RESOLUTION TWO $411,362 IN ITEM FOUR AND $107,298 IN ITEM EIGHT.
ALL OF THOSE ARE COMING OUT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS,
AND SO AS WE ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, OH, OKAY.
THESE, IT'LL DEPEND ON WHICH ONES IT IS.
BUT THESE, YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IN THE BACK UNDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THESE ITEMS ACTUALLY LISTED UNDER THE SOLID WASTE, UH, FIVE YEAR SECTION, OR ELSE EVEN IN THE FRONT OF THE, UM, UH, SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THESE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED? YES.
THESE ITEMS ARE ALREADY BUDGETED.
THEY ARE IN THE BUDGET, AND ACTUALLY THESE, WELL, AT LEAST NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY ALL ARE, BUT NUMBER ONE IS A GARBAGE, GARBAGE, UH, TRUCK.
AND THAT IS, IS BUDGETED IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
IT WILL BE FUNDED FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WE'RE ISSUING THIS YEAR.
UM, WE DID PASS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION, SO WE ARE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ORDER THEM NOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY WON'T BE IN YET.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ORDER THEM BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
WE DID THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN BE REIMBURSED BY THE CERTIFICATES WHEN WE ACTUALLY ISSUE THEM.
BUT IT IS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, AND I BELIEVE EACH OF THESE ITEMS IS LISTED IN THAT SECTION, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION OF THE BUDGET.
UH, IF YOU, IF YOU NEED SOME HELP FINDING IT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU.
UM, AND, UM, SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO ASK WHILE I HEAR YOU.
OH, AT SOME POINT, COULD WE HAVE A REPORT ON THE, UM, ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE HEALTH BUILDING RENOVATIONS? YES.
UM, I HAVE ASKED THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE US WITH A 90 DAY REPORT AS WE MOVE ALONG EVERY 90 DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL AND GIVE YOU A PERIODIC REPORT AS WE MOVE ALONG.
UH, COUNCILMAN MARKS? UH, YES.
UH, CANDY, UH, ON PAGE THREE ON THE GENERAL FUND, I THINK WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST TIME, UH, CONCERNING THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY $5 MILLION BELOW WHAT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, BUDGETED FOR, UH, THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION WAS THAT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE GONNA GET, UH, UH, A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, THE,
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THE, UH, THE, THE 5 MILLION AND WHERE, HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE NEW BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED FOR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST? UH, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, OR THESE ARE MONIES THAT ARE NOT SPENT.AND WE'VE GOT OUTSTANDING INVOICES.
AND SO THAT 5 MILLION WILL GO DOWN SOME.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL GO DOWN A LOT OF, I BELIEVE I DID SEND YOU A REPORT, UH, IN JULY THAT SHOWED THE, UH, BREAKOUT OF THE VARIANCES AND, UH, THE DIFFERENCES.
I HAVE UPDATED THAT, AND I CAN GIVE YOU A COPY.
WOULD YOU, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR, BUT A LOT OF THE, THE, UM, AMOUNTS THAT ARE LOWER THAN BUDGET ARE, ARE DUE TO VACANCIES.
A LOT OF IT'S DUE TO VACANCIES.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT DIDN'T COME IN.
THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT THEY'RE JUST NOW GETTING PAID THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PAID YET AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND SO WE DON'T PROLONG THE DISCUSSION HERE.
MAYBE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, ENLIGHTEN ME BECAUSE I, I KEEP SEEING THAT THOSE PARENTHESES THERE AND IT MEANS THAT WE, WE, WE'VE SAVED SOME MONEY AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT 5 MILLION, SO I JUST LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE PASSED A NEW BUDGET RIGHT.
AND WE'VE GOT THIS MONEY THAT WAS NOT EXPENDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT, IF IT'S NOT SPENT, IS IT GOES BACK INTO FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN IT CAN BE REALLOCATED IN THE CURRENT YEAR IF, IF YOU SO DESIRE.
UM, IF THERE ARE ITEMS, AND THERE PROBABLY WILL BE A FEW THAT DID NOT COME IN, IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND THEY EXPECTED THEM TO, AND THEY END UP GETTING THEM IN.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO RE BUDGET THEM.
AND SO WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, WE NEED TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE OF THIS ITEM THAT WE ORDERED IN FISCAL YEAR 22, AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 23.
SO THAT'S THE YEAR WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THAT MONEY WILL HAVE GONE BACK INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE AND YOU JUST NEED TO REAPPROPRIATE IT.
SEE, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTION COMES IN.
ARE WE PAYING WITH FISCAL YEAR 22 MONEY OR WE PAYING WITH FISCAL YEAR 23 MONEY BECAUSE WE HAD MONEY FROM FISCAL YEAR 22 REMAINED SO, AND, AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE MY CONUNDRUM MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHY WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE THIS OFFLINE DISCUSSION.
SO, SO, SO I CAN GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS IS HANDLED.
I KNOW THAT, AND GO TO PAGE 12.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON THE, I GUESS THE DESIGN FEES WHEN WE FIND OUT THEY HAD A CONCRETE WALL AND ALL THAT OLD STUFF WITH THE ANIMALS SHELTER.
AND WE STILL GOT ABOUT 6.4, UH, THAT'S IN THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.
MAKE ME, UH, UH, MS. LANGFORD SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO US ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
UH, THAT GIVES US AN UPDATE ON IT, ON THE SHELTER.
IT WAS PER YOUR REQUEST, I BELIEVE.
WELL, I'VE BEEN, YOU NEED TO CHECK THE EMAIL.
I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION.
SO SHE, SHE SENT THAT OUT TO US.
UH, THEY SHOULD BE STILL WILLING JUST TO, UM, EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DA.
UM, YES, THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION THAT WAS SENT TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
HOWEVER, WE DO PLAN TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT REG AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING, UM, THE, UM, ANIMAL SHELTER, I'M SORRY.
SO WE DO HAVE THE GROUP PAL, THE ARCHITECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH ON THAT PROJECT, AND THEY WILL HELP US MAKE THAT PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE, AT THE NOVEMBER 29TH MEETING.
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YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT.AND THANK YOU TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ENSURE OUR CITIZENS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD LENGTHLY TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THAT NEXT MEETING.
JUST, UM, TWO QUICK THINGS MAYBE TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE R MONEY, THE A R P P MONEY THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED.
I KNOW WE, THEY'VE GIVEN US THE MONEY ALREADY.
WHAT TIME, WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE WE TO SPEND THAT MONEY BY BEFORE THEY START TAKING IT FROM US? I THINK IT'S 2324.
I'M PRETTY SURE IF IT'S 23, WE GOTTA GET GOING REAL QUICK.
I KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT MYSELF.
AND 99.999% OF THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED
SOME OF THE, I KNOW SOME OF US FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAUSE WE REALLOCATED TO GO THERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, DID WE REMOVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER OUT OF HERE? AND WE PUT IT, WE TOOK THAT MONEY CUZ IT WAS GONNA BE TO HELP THE ANIMALS SHELTER, WASN'T IT? NO.
ALL, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER COMES FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
JUST WANTED MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK.
OUR SECOND THING IS SOLID WASTE.
THE, UM, I SEE THAT IT'S NOT BAD.
I'VE BEEN HERE LONG TIME AND IT'S, UM, ALWAYS RUNNING THE DEFICIT.
THE DEFICIT GETS A LITTLE BIT LOWER EVERY YEAR.
BUT CAN I GET JUST KIND OF A UPDATE BASICALLY ON OUR HEALTH, I MEAN ON THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER FROM DR.
I'M SORRY, Y'ALL
MINE IS IN THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES.
JUST KIND OF THE DEFICITS LOWER.
WE'RE GETTING THERE CUZ WHEN I, 20 MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL WAS WAY UP THERE.
YOU REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER, 2021, WE GAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT.
AND WE SHOWED YOU THAT THAT ACCOUNT WAS GONNA BE $1,325,000 IN THE DEFICIT UNLESS WE TAKE SOME SERIOUS ACTION AT THE TIME, I KNOW COUNCIL TOOK A VERY HARD DECISION TO DO A RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL RATE INCREASE.
WE ALSO MADE SEVERAL CHANGES IN THE OPERATION IN ORDER TO CUT SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES.
I BELIEVE AT THE TIME WE SAID WE'RE GONNA PURSUE SOME NEW, UH, CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD GENERATE AROUND $300,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AROUND 240,000 OF THAT.
WE ALSO PUT A SPECIAL RATE FOR, UH, WASTE.
THAT IS NOT THE STANDARD WASTE THAT, UH, WE CHARGED AT $28 AND 50 CENTS PER TON.
WE PROJECTED TO GENERATE ABOUT 120,000 FROM THAT.
AND IT ACTUALLY GENERATED ABOUT 164,000 ON THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, RATE INCREASE.
WE CAME SHORT ABOUT 160,000 FROM THE SIX 40 WE PROJECTED.
AND ON THE COMMERCIAL RATE, WE CAME SHORT ABOUT 80,000 FROM WHAT WE PROJECTED, BUT WE ALSO PROJECTED TO SAVE ABOUT $150,000 AT THE LANDFILL.
AND WE ENDED UP SAVING ABOUT 440,000.
SO ALL THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER, THE TOTALS OF THE SAVINGS AND THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE WAS ESTIMATED AROUND 1.54 MILLION AND IT ENDED UP BEING AT 1.6 MILLION.
SO ALL THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER SHOULD HAVE LED US THIS YEAR TO A BALANCED BUDGET BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAW, THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES OF THE SOLID WASTE WAS ABOUT $200,000.
UNDER WHAT HURT THE FUND WAS TWO ITEMS THAT WE DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR.
NUMBER ONE, THE CHANGE IN DIESEL COST.
JUST THE DIESEL COST ALONE WAS AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 ADDED TO THE EXPENDITURES OF THIS ACCOUNT.
IN NOVEMBER, WHEN WE PRESENTED YOU ALL, UH, THE COST WAS AROUND $3 70 CENTS PER GALLON.
IN MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, WE WERE BETWEEN FIVE 50 AND FIVE 70.
SO ABOUT A 50% INCREASE, ROUGHLY JUST ON DIESEL COST ALONE.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT REALLY HURT THE FUND WAS THE RENTAL OF THE TRUCKS.
AS YOU REMEMBER, WE GOT BEHIND BECAUSE WE HAD MAJOR EQUIPMENT FAILURES AND THE ONLY SOLUTION WE HAD WAS TO RENT TRUCKS.
SO WE HAD TO RENT TRUCKS AND THAT COST AROUND $300,000 THAT COULD NOT BE CHARGED TO THE ARPA FUND.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL $600,000,
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UH, IN COST, THE FUND WOULD ACTUALLY WOULD'VE BEEN IN 60,000 IN THE PLUS.CAUSE THE DEFICIT IS AROUND 540,000.
BUT IF WE TAKE THE 1.3 MILLION WE STARTED WITH AND ADD JUST THAT $600,000 COST THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED OR BUDGETED FOR, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE 1.9 MILLION DEFICIT.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE ONLY IN THE 540,000.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT WAS, UH, A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM STAFF, FROM MANAGEMENT, UH, FROM
UH, THE GUYS AT THE LANDFILL DID AN AMAZING JOB, UH, RUNNING THE LANDFILL UNDER BUDGET BY, BY OVER $400,000.
SO, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT STILL AGGRAVATED THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT BALANCED BUDGET.
BUT HOPEFULLY THIS COMING YEAR WILL GET THERE.
I I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING.
THANK, THANK YOU, UM, MOSES FOR, UH, INQUIRING ABOUT THAT.
BUT I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEND THE STAFF.
SOLID WASTE AND TRASH AND, UM, AND, AND GARBAGE.
UM, THEY RESPOND SO QUICKLY AND ADMIRABLY, UH, TO PHONE CALLS.
WHEN I GET PHONE CALLS, I CALL THE CITY MANAGER, UH, AND THEN HE HAS STAFF TO CALL ME AND THEY RESPOND SO QUICKLY AND SO APTLY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THEM AND THANK YOU AND THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND BRINGING US TO THIS POINT OF THIS DEFICIT.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THOSE, UH, THOSE DIESEL PRICES, UH, THOSE, EVERYBODY'S FEELING THAT, UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
AND SO, BUT I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THEM OPENLY AND PUBLICLY AND TELL THEM, AND YOU AND THE STAFF, CITY MANAGER, EVERYONE, GREAT JOB.
I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THEY FACED MANY, MANY CHALLENGES THIS YEAR.
JUST THE LOSS OF FIVE OF THE SOLID WASTE MEMBERS, UH, TRAGICALLY WAS MM-HMM.
BUT IN HAVING THE EQUIPMENT DOWN, NOT FINDING PARTS, UH, GOING THROUGH COVID AND HAVING TO QUARANTINE FOR DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN COME BACK TO WORK, THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
CAUSE YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK YOU DR.
CUZ I, I KNOW IF WE FOLLOW THE TRAIL BACKWARD, THAT THIS DEFICIT WAS A A LOT.
SO SEEING THE DIFFERENCE, UM, HERE AND THE REASONS FOR THE DEF THE DEFICIT, UM, THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING MAKES, UM, SEND TO THEM.
THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST GIVING THAT REPORT PUBLICLY SO THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN KNOW THIS IS, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
WE JUST, UM, HAVE ENCOUNTERED SOME OTHER HARDSHIPS THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE.
UM, HOPEFULLY OUR TRUCKS WILL BACK UP WORKING, BUT I WOULD RENT THOSE TRUCKS AGAIN IF IT MEANT GETTING STUFF.
SO EVERY DAY, COUNCIL KINLOCK, THANK YOU.
AND I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES' STATEMENT.
I MEAN, WE HAD TO DO IT AGAIN, WE'LL DO IT.
UH, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING AND YOU KIND OF GOT MY EYEBROW UP ON INCREASING COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS AT THE LANDFILL.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE YOU CAN CORRECT ME OR NOT.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE GOAL OF FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE REVENUE THROUGH THE LANDFILL.
NOW DID WE ALSO TALK ABOUT WATER ACCESS GOING OR GETTING TO THE LANDFILL? AND WE HAD SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT.
WHERE WE AT WITH THAT? IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS ON THAT, THE RATE ON THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS WAS INCREASED ON THE DUMPSTERS, NOT AT THE LANDFILL.
AT THE LANDFILL WE CREATED A SPECIAL RATE FOR SPECIAL WASTE.
SO THAT GOES FROM, INSTEAD OF PAYING SIX 50, UH, TON, THEY'RE PAYING $28 A TIME.
UH, THE WATERLINE DESIGN IS ALL COMPLETE, READY TO GO.
WE GOT ALL THE PERMITS FROM THE CORE, FROM THE RANGE DISTRICTS.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON SEMPRA TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
CAUSE WE ARE MAINLY BRINGING THE WATERLINE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR PROJECT AND WE ARE WAITING ON THEM BEFORE WE SPEND THAT FUND.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S COMING OUT OF THE UTILITIES FUND.
SO WE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, WE ADVERTISING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
WE JUST NEED SIMPLE TO TELL US.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CITY, MAYOR.
MAYOR, LET ME JUST SHARE WITH COUNCIL THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN FRANK AND I THINK KEN LO AT SOME TIME, UM, VISITED THE, THE, UM, HO MILL AND LOOKED AT THE CONDITION FOR STAFF IN TERMS OF THE BATHROOM.
AND, UH, THAT'S BEEN BUDGETED FOR.
UM, JUST LAST WEEK I MET WITH STAFF OUT THERE AND, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
AND WE ARE MOVING SWIFTLY TO IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS.
THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IN THE CONDITIONERS FOR
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YEARS OVER 20 YEARS.AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE GOING OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET BASE, WE, WE GET THE DESIGNS THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND WITHIN THIS FINANCIAL, YOU WILL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK PRETTY HARD IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE THROUGH AT THE END OF THE DAY TO COME IN AND HAVE A DECENT SHOWER AND A CLEAN TOWEL, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE LIVING PLACES CLEAN.
YOU KNOW, WE OWE THAT TO THEM AS EMPLOYEES AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT I MAKE SURE I TOLD THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE WHEN THEY COME BACK TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
SO WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
IF I MAY ADD ONE MORE STATEMENT, UH, I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERY UTILITIES EMPLOYEE, 2.9 MILLION IN THE PLUS.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERY EMPLOYEE WORKING AT UTILITIES AND PUTTING THE TIME THEY PUT IN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND EXCUSE ME, NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO, UH,
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
I THINK WE ARE READY FOR THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.AM I CORRECT TO THIS? UP THERE? OKAY.
WE'RE READY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THERE ARE ITEMS HERE, UH, BASICALLY ROUTINE NATURE AND, UH, COUNSEL PERSONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, UH, INFORMATION, UH, REGARDING THOSE ITEMS. EACH ITEM HERE PRIOR TO, UH, EVEN ATTENDING THE MEETING ON DATE.
UH, AND THERE MAY BE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT, UH, COUNCIL WITH, UH, WANT WITHDRAWN AND TO BE ACTIVE ON INDIVIDUALLY.
AND BEFORE WE, I WOULD, UH, OPEN IT.
EACH COUNCIL PERSON THERE IS PR NUMBER, EXCUSE ME, 2 2 8 4 0 IS ON, IT'S NUMBER NINE.
UH, I BELIEVE ON PAGE, UH, SIX.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE PULLED.
THAT WE WILL, WE WILL WORK WITH THAT.
UH, YES, THAT ONE THAT, THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN INFORMED OF.
NOW, ARE THERE OTHERS THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE COUNCILMAN MARKS? UH, ON PAGE SIX, NUMBER 12? PAGE SIX.
SO WE'RE READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE TWO ITEMS MENTIONED.
COUNCIL MCIN, I'M SORRY, I JUST, YOU READY TO, I'M ON IT.
SO WE ARE READY TO MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, COUNCIL MCIN, SAM, MAYOR, UH, SECOND.
UH, IS IT MOVED? AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE TWO ITEMS. ARE WE READ FOR QUESTION NOW? ANY QUESTIONS WE READ TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? AYE.
SO IS ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS READ NOW WITH THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED? UH, I THINK ON PAGE NINE, PAGE SIX WAS FIRST.
YOU I DIDN'T WRITE THE PAGE NUMBER DOWN, THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T FIND IT.
[VII.C.9. P.R. No. 22840 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase A JCB 3CX-14 Backhoe From Earle Kinlaw & Associates, Inc (DBA EKA) Of Grayson, Georgia Through BuyBoard Contract No. 597- 19, For The Water Distribution Division In The Total Amount Of $86,076.19; Funds Are Available In Water Utilities Account No. 625- 40-000-8522-00-00-000, Equipment ]
ITEM NINE, RIGHT.UH, ITEM NINE, UH, PR NUMBER 2 2 8 4.
AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A JCB THREE CX 14 BACKHOE FROM, UH, CANCERS EARLY KEN LAW AND ASSOCIATES.
INCORPORATED DBA E K A OF GRAYSON, GEORGIA THROUGH, UH, BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 5 97 19 FOR THE WATER DISTRIBUTION DIVISION IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $86,076 AND 19.
OUR FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN WATER UTILITIES ACCOUNT, UH, NUMBER 6 25, 40 85 22.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVE? ACCOUNT FOR MOTION? STILL MOVE.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCIL FOR MARK SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 28 40 AS RED.
WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION OF CITY MANAGER.
EITHER ONE WAS WHY I WAS SAYING, UM, THIS MR. MATTHEWS, UH, HAS WRITTEN YOU A MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN THE PRICE.
AND SO, UH, BASED UPON THE MEMORANDUM THAT HE HAS, AND WE HAVE THE UPDATED
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ONE, HE CAN COME UP AND EXPLAIN IT.THERE'S A PRICE CHANGE AND, UH, SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL, WE WOULD NEED AN AMENDMENT, UM, FOR THE NEW AMOUNT.
BUT I'LL LET MR. MATTHEWS, AND THERE IS A ONE PAGE MEMO, UH, AS WELL FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AND THERE'S A UPDATED ONE IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO AMEND IT, BUT MR. MATTHEWS CAN EXPLAIN.
UM, YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED A REVISED QUOTE.
THE ORIGINAL QUOTE WAS BASED ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THEY HAD IN STOCK THAT HAD BEEN PURCHASED SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.
UH, THEY SOLD THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE.
AND SO THEY HAVE ANOTHER IDENTICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN DALLAS THAT THEY WILL SELL US, BUT IT'S INTERNALLY, THEY'VE HAD TWO PRICE INCREASES SINCE THE ORIGINAL ONE WENT IN INVENTORY AND THIS ONE WENT IN INVENTORY.
SO IT, IT ADDS THE, ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, THE THREE, ALMOST 40,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE PRICE.
SO IT'S FOR THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT'S JUST, IT'S NEWER INVENTORY SO THAT IT HAS TWO PRICE INCREASES BUILT INTO THE PRICE.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK, MR. MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE AMENDMENT BE ACCEPTED AND THAT WE AMEND THE COST FROM, UH, THE 86,000 76 19 TO 89,000 636 19? OKAY, YOU SECOND THE COUNCIL, KEN.
I JUST, UH, SECOND, BUT, UH, IT'S NO RELATIONSHIP.
NO, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING EVEN IN GENERAL REVIEW.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
ANY OTHERS READY TO VOTE? WE VOTE.
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? IN DISCUSSIONS.
UH, WE GOOD WITH THAT? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
COUNT A VOTE ON THE ACTUAL, UH, READING OF, I THINK I JUST READ IT.
SO, UH, AND THAT MOTION WAS ALREADY ON THE FLOOR.
AM I CORRECT? IT WAS, WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE ODD HAVE, SO PR NUMBER 2 28 40 WITH THE AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED AND PASSED.
[VII.C.12. P.R. No. 22846 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order No. 5 To The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And BDS Constructors, LLC DBA MK Constructors Of Vidor, Texas For The Remediation And Mitigation Project For The Twelve (12) Lift Stations Damaged By Hurricane Harvey, Increasing The Contract Amount By $13,513.00 To A New Total Contract Price Of $1,361,178.00 And Extending The Duration Of The Project Time By 120 Days To A New Completion Date Of 610 Days; Account No. 405-40-000-8516-00-00-000, Project No. WS0005-CON]
NEXT WE HAVE PR NUMBER 20 28 46 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FIVE TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND B D S CON, UH, STRUCTURES, LLC DBA MK CONSTRUCTORS OF VIDA, TEXAS FOR THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION PROJECT FOR THE 12 LIFT STATIONS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE HARVEY, INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $13,513 TO A NEW TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE OF $1,361,178.AND EXTENDING, EXTENDING THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT TIME BY 120 DAYS TO A, TO A NEW COMPLETION DATE OF 610 DAYS.
UH, ACCOUNT NUMBER 45 40 DASH 85 6 DASH ZERO.
AND IT'S PROJECT NUMBER W S FIVE C N.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILS SOME MOVE.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCIL, FRANK.
AND SECONDLY, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 2 8 46 AS RED.
UH, I SPOKE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND HE SUGGESTED THAT I PULL, PULL IT SO WE COULD GET JUST, UH, CLARITY ON, UH, THE CHANGE ORDERS HERE.
I THINK, UH, THE 610, IS IT 610 DAYS? NOW THE PROJECT IS, UH, SCHEDULED FOR TO, UH, COMPLETE.
SO ARE WE GONNA BE ON SCHEDULE TO, TO COMPLETE, COMPLETE AT THAT TIME? I HAVE, THIS PROJECT WAS, UH,
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DESIGNED AND HAS BEEN MANAGED BY WC.I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THE ENGINEER THERE AND SAID IT'S GOT TO FINISH.
AND THE THIS LAST CHANGE ORDER IS WHEN WE WERE TO THE POINT OF CONNECTING TO ENERGY AND ENERGY NEEDED WHAT THEY CALL NINE 11 ADDRESSES FOR THE PUMP STATIONS.
IT CAME, WE LEARNED AT THAT POINT THAT MOST OF OUR FACILITIES DO NOT HAVE NINE 11 OFFICIAL ADDRESSES.
A LOT OF 'EM ARE NOT ACTUALLY ON A PARCEL OF LAND.
THEY'RE ON A, LIKE THE, THE SETBACK EASEMENTS BEHIND YOUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE PUMP STATION SETTING ON THAT AND THEY'RE NOT ON A DEDICATED PARCEL.
AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ADDRESSES.
SO WE, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, UM, TO DO, CUZ THEY DO ARE THE ONES THAT ISSUE OFFICIAL ADDRESSES.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT PROCEDURE, BUT IT'S TAKEN QUITE A WHILE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A PARCEL.
BUT, UH, THEIR STAFF HAVE PULLED OUT THESE 12.
SO PART OF THIS DELAY WAS IN THE TIME OF WORKING INTERNALLY TO GET ADDRESSES CUZ AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH GAS, BUT THE GAS COMPANY AND UH, ELECTRIC COMPANY NOW REQUIRE AN OFFICIAL ADDRESS.
AND THEN DURING THIS TIME, UH, ENERGY HAS CHANGED THEIR STANDARDS ON THE SIZE OF THE CONDUIT.
THESE HAVE UNDERGROUND SERVICES THAT COME OFF OF A POLE AND THEN OVER TO THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER AND THE ELECTRICAL PANELS.
UH, ENERGY WHEN THEY CAME OUT, WE HAD THE ADDRESSES.
THEY COME OUT TO DO THE INSTALLATION.
WE MET WITH ENERGY AND THEY HAD CHANGED ALL THEIR STANDARDS.
IT'S CALLED PERCENT FILL, HOW MUCH WIRE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT IN A CONDUIT.
THEY, THEY WANTED MORE SPARE CAPACITY OR I GUESS IT HELPS COOL THE WIRE.
I DON'T, I'M NOT AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE PRICE THAT'S HERE, THIS 13 FIVE IS TO REPLACE THESE CONDUITS ON, UM, THE, UH, FOUR LIFT STATIONS WHERE THE WIRE WAS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT FELL INTO THIS GUIDELINE.
IT WASN'T ON ALL 12TH THANKFULLY.
BUT UH, SO WE HAD TO, THEY'RE PULLING OUT THE EXISTING CONDUIT.
IT'S A CHANGE IN, I GUESS, STANDARDS.
SO THIS, THIS CHANGE ORDER COVERS THE ADDRESS DELAY WITH ENERGY PLUS THIS CHANGE AND WHERE WE'LL BE PUSHING THEM TO FINISH IT BEFORE 120 DAYS BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO SOME OF THESE LIFT STATIONS.
WE NEED TO GET THESE DONE AND THEN WORK INTERNALLY TO HELP.
CAUSE SOME OF OUR SEWER OVERFLOWS ARE RELATED TO PUMP STATIONS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND OTHER CHANGES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS ON IT? OKAY, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, ANY OPPOSERS UH, HAVE CHOICE ORDER? WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 2 28 46 AS READ NOW WE WILL MOVE OVER TO BE NON-CONSENT AGENDA.
[VIII.A.1. P.R. No. 22817 - A Resolution Appointing Or Reappointing A Member To The Planning And Zoning Commission]
AND IN THE NON CONSENT AGENDA WE HAVE, EXCUSE ME, PR NUMBER 2 2817 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A RARE APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.AND, UH, CITY SECRETARY YOU HAVE THE NAME? YES.
OKAY, THAT WOULD BE THE APPOINTEE FOR THE COMMITTEE.
RATHER ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL.
OKAY, UH, IS REMOVED IN SESSION THAT THE PERSON FOR THE, UH, PZ WOULD BE MS. TIFFANY, UH, HAMILTON.
UH, WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR IN THE OPPOSERS OURS HAVE IT.
SO IT IS OUGHT TO BE APPROVED.
[VIII.A.2. P.R. No. 22822 - A Resolution Approving The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation Engaging The Services Of The Chapman Firm PLLC For Legal Services In The Interest Of The Construction Project At 549 4th Street. For An Amount Not To Exceed $50,000.00. Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625-5420-00-00-000 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE HAVE A P NUMBER 2 28.A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR SECTION FOR A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION.
ENGAGE IN THE SERVICES OF THE CHAPMAN FIRM, UH, P LLC FOR LEGAL SERVICES IN THE INTEREST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT 5 49, UH, FOURTH STREET FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 1 28 6 25 5 2 2 0.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU ALL HOLD THIS UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY, WE'LL HOLD THIS, UH, TO, UH, TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[VIII.A.3. P.R. No. 22858 - A Resolution Authorizing The November 22, 2022 Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting To Be Rescheduled From 5:30 P.M. To November 22 2022 At 9:30 A.M.]
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NOVEMBER 22ND, 2022 REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL, MEANING TO BE RESCHEDULED FROM 5:30 PM TO NOVEMBER 22ND AT 9:30 AM MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVE? UH, UH, MOVE.WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED A MOTION AND THE SECOND, UH, FOR PR NUMBER 22 8 58 IS READ.
WE READY FOR QUESTION? QUESTION, FRANK.
WHY? BECAUSE HOLIDAY SEASON AND, UH, STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? REVERENCE? YES, SIR.
IN ADDITION TO THE CHANGE IN THE TIME FOR THE 22ND, IT WILL BE TWO ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA FOR THAT MORNING.
THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS WILL COME BACK AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 29TH AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
AT 5:30 PM SO YOU WANT TO REMIND THE ANNEX EXHIBITION? OKAY.
SO WHAT WE ARE, WE HAVE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON THE 22ND AND WE HAVE TO DO IT TO DO THE DIS ANNEXATION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE TO MEET ON THE 22ND.
AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.
SO WE WOULD, WE HAVE TO MEET ON THE 22ND CAUSE THAT'S THE DAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS ANNEXATION AND I, SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET AT FIVE 30.
YEAH, BUT SINCE IT'S THANKSGIVING, WE WERE THINKING IT'D BE BETTER TO MEET AT NINE 30.
I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE ALL OF THIS, BUT I HAD YOUR SAME QUESTIONS AT ANOTHER CITY.
OKAY? SO THAT'S WHY I JUST DID IT.
WE WERE JUST, JUST ASKING THAT THE MEETING BE AT IN THE MORNING SO Y'ALL COULD PREPARE, BUT THEN THERE WAS SOME OTHER, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGENDA.
SO WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOS US I AUDIT? WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2 28 58 AS READ.
[VIII.B.1. P.O. No. 7062 - An Ordinance Amending Section 114-130 Of Article IV (Wrecker Drivers Responsibility), Adding Subsection (j) Of Chapter 114 (Vehicles For Hire) Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur ]
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, ORDINANCES, UH, ANOTHER ONE, PO NUMBER 7 0 62 IN ORDINANCES AMENDING SECTION, UH, 1 14, 1 30 OF THE ARTICLE.UH, FOUR RECORD DRIVER'S RESPONSIBILITY, UH, ADDING SUBSECTION J OF CHAPTER ONE, 14 VEHICLES FOR HIRE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
COUNCILMAN MARK MAY GET APPROVAL MOTION PLEASE.
MAY I GET, UH, SECOND COUNCILMAN KID LAW? SECOND MAYOR IS REMOVED IN SECONDARY, WOULD ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE AS READ.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR IN THE OPPOSERS EYES.
HAVE IT? SO IT'S AUDIT, WE ACCEPT PO NUMBER 70 62.
[VIII.B.2. P.O. No. 7084 - An Ordinance Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of A Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of $20,950.00 Made Against Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP) As A Result Of Property Damage To Police Vehicle #2052 ]
HAVE PO NUMBER 70 0 84.IT'S AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SETTLEMENT OF A PHYSICAL DAMAGE CLAIM IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,950 MADE AGAINST TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, INTRA, EXCUSE ME, GOVERNMENTAL, UH, RISK POOL, TM, L I R P AS A RESULT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE TO POLICE VEHICLE NUMBER 2 0 5 2.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVE OF COUNCILMAN MARKS? SO MOVE, MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, MAY APPROACH HIM.
OKAY, I'VE GOTTA GATHER MYSELF.
AND, UH, READY FOR QUESTION? YEAH, GIMME THAT.
OKAY, COUNCIL MARK, I'M SORRY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION IN READING IS THIS ITEM, UH, SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS OCCURRED BY, UH, THE OTHER VEHICLE RUNNING INTO OUR POLICE OFFICER'S VEHICLE? I BELIEVE SO.
ARE ARE WE PURSUING, UM, THEIR INSURANCE? HE COMES MS. UH, I THINK RICH POOL THOUGH.
SHE'S GONNA TELL SOME TYPE OF SERVICE YOU'RE GONNA TELL US ABOUT IT.
YES, WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE, WE JUST GO THROUGH OUR INSURANCE TO MAKE THE PROCESS GO A LITTLE FASTER AND THEN WE SUBROGATE, UH, AFTERWARDS.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, ANY OPPOSERS EYES HAVE IT? SO PO NUMBER 7 84 IS
[VIII.B.3. P.O. No. 7107 - An Ordinance Authorizing The Retirement Of Police Canine "Ayton" And Transferring The Ownership Of The Canine To The Personal Care Of Officer Gregory Mouton ]
APPROVED.NEXT WE HAVE PO NUMBER 71 0 7 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RETIREMENT OF POLICE CANINE ITEN IF
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I SAY HIS NAME CORRECTLY.AND TRANSFERRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CANINE TO THE PERSONAL CARE OF OFFICER GREGORY MUON.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK? YES.
UH, MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PURE NUMBER 7 1 0 7.
UH, YOU READY FOR QUESTION? THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, UH, ANY OPPOSERS? IT PASSES AND ITS ACCEPTED.
[VIII.B.4. P.O. No. 7108 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 50 (Law Enforcement), Article II (Police Reserve Force), Section 50-32 (Qualifications) Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur As It Pertains To Residential And Age Requirements ]
NOW PO NUMBER 71 0 8 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 50, LAW ENFORCEMENT ARTICLE TWO, POLICE RESERVE FORCE SECTION 5 0 32 QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AS IT PERTAINS TO RESIDENTIAL AND AGE REQUIREMENTS.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? UH, MAY PROTEST AND MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN KEN LAW SECOND, EXCUSE ME, IS MOVED IN SECONDARY.
WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 1 0 8.
WE READY FOR QUESTION THE HONOR? ANY QUESTIONS? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IN THE OPPOSERS EYES HAVE TO HIS ORDER, WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 1 0 8 AS READ.
[VIII.B.5. P.O. No. 7113 - An Ordinance Adding Article II, Division 4 (Wage & Salary Administration), Section 158 (Additional Compensation) To The Code Of Ordinances And Section 17-72 To The City Of Port Arthur's Personnel Policy As It Pertains To Additional Holiday Compensation To City Employees (Requested By Councilmembers Marks And Kinlaw)]
NEXT WE HAVE PO NUMBER 7 1 1 3 IN ORNAMENTS ADDING ARTICLE TWO DIVISION FOUR, WAGE AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION, SECTION 1 58, ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO THE COURT OF ORDINANCES AND SECTION 1772 TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S PERSONNEL POLICY AS IT IT PERTAINS TO ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES.AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MARKS AND HOLMES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING READY TO ASK.
HEAD BACK TO THE SECOND COUNCILMAN MOSES SECOND.
AND THEN MOVE THE SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7 1 13 AS READ.
WE READY FOR QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN MARKS QUESTION, UH, BEFORE MEETING, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER ASKED, DID WE, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE, THE WORDING IN THIS RESOLUTION? WE DID.
THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY, THEY TOOK CARE OF THAT AFTER THE MEETING LAST, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YES.
AND THE RESOLUTION, WE COME BACK BASED ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE POLICY, AMENDMENT TO THE POLICY WE HAVE COVERED ALL, ALL CT EMPLOYEES.
THE CITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I, UM, MADE A CALL TO TL AND YES, THIS, THIS AMENDMENT WILL COVER IT.
[IX. "CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) ]
ARE NOW READY TO, UH, RECESS AND WE WERE GOING TO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.AND IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 51 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, I BEING THE PRESIDING OFFICER IN THIS MEETING MAKE THIS FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
WE WERE COVER IN THE CLOSED MEETING SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATION, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
SECONDLY, WE WERE COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR.
AND WE WILL ALSO COVER THE SAME SECTION TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTIONS AND OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 51 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS, UH, PROSPECTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE, WHICH IS AN N E Z.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY, UH, ITEMS THAT REQUIRE ACTION COMING OUT OF THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL, UH, VOTE ON THEM AND ACT ON THOSE HERE.
HEY, WOULD YOU GUYS BILL GEORGE TO STEP BACK IN GEORGE DAVIS? YEAH.
SO WE ARE READY TO, UH, RECESS DOWNSTAIRS.
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OKAY.CITY SECRETARY, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RETURN? YES, SIR.
YOU WANNA DO A REESTABLISH QUO FOR ME? THANK YOU, SIR.
MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PROTE HOLMES.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK PRESENTOR.
OKAY, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION FROM OUR EXECUTIVE, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[VIII.A.2. P.R. No. 22822 - A Resolution Approving The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation Engaging The Services Of The Chapman Firm PLLC For Legal Services In The Interest Of The Construction Project At 549 4th Street. For An Amount Not To Exceed $50,000.00. Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625-5420-00-00-000 (Part 2 of 2)]
ITEM THAT WE WILL TABLE ATTORNEY.UH, DO I NEED TO HAVE A MOTION ON IT? UH, COUNCIL, UH, FRANK, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION TO THE TABLE.
COUNCILMAN GETTING OFF? SECOND MAYOR.
OKAY, THEN MOVE IN SECOND AND WE WOULD TABLE NUMBER TWO.
UH, READY FOR QUESTION? THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY OPPOSERS I HAVE AS HONOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF, UH, OUR ORDINANCES WILL BE, UH, TABLE OR RESOLUTIONS WOULD BE TABLED.
UH, NEXT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE, I'M ENTERTAINED IN MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
COUNCILMAN, UH, MARKS SO MOVE MAN.
SECOND MAYOR IS MOVED AND SECONDARY.
WE WOULD'VE JOINED THIS MEETING THAT BEGAN THIS MORNING AT 9:40 AM ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.