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YOU BROTHER.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
WE ARE HERE AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN THE CHAMBERS OF COUNCIL AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT ARTHUR.AND THIS MEETING MAY BE ATTENDED AND YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING THROUGH THE MEDIUMS OF TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. YOU MUST FIRST DIAL HOWEVER, 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9 AND ENTER THE MEDIAN ID OF 8 4 4 2 0 6 7 5 9 5 2 AND THE PASSCODE OF FOUR 14 AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
WE'RE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTS AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU MUST FIRST CALL AND REQUEST THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.
MAKE THAT CALL TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
MAKE YOUR WISHES KNOWN AND THEY WOULD DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWER TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.
HOWEVER, IT MUST BE DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WITH THESE THINGS BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN THE MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS THE LEADERS IN, IN VOCATION, PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON COUNSELING PLEASE.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN OUGHT TO BEAT OUR NAME.
LET THAT WILL BE DONE UPON WAY AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN THIS DAY ASKING FOR NESS AND WISDOM TO LEAD THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE THE RIGHT KIND OF DECISION THAT AFFECT ALL OF THE CITIZENS.
BUT WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS US TO MAKE GREAT DECISIONS TO INCLUDE ALL CITIZENS.
AND IF WE DO NOT, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT TO DO, LORD, WE RAISE UP SOMEONE TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEM IN THAT BEHALF.
IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ESTABLISH THE COURT? MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO.
[II. PROCLAMATIONS]
THE MEETING WITH PROCLAMATIONS.WE HAVE THE FIRST PROCLAMATION THAT IS FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORT ARTHUR AND DAVE.
WHEREAS IN 1980, RONALD WILLIAMS HAD A VISION TO CONTACT SOME KEY PEOPLE IN PORT ARTHUR IN VARIOUS CITIES TO ORGANIZE A PORT ARTHUR NATIONAL REUNION.
THE PEOPLE INCLUDED GEORGE LACY, JANETTA, LONDO, ELLIS WISE, ALFRED MCELROY, MAMIE COMO, DOROTHY MCNEIL, WILLIE BRENT, DOROTHY INGRAM, MAXILLA JOYNER, AMOS EVANS, ARTHUR GUIDRY, AND ANDERSON HARRISON.
AND WHEREAS THE FIRST MEETING WAS HELD AT THE JB MATTHEW USE COMMUNITY CENTER IN 19 80 10, PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
MAMIE, COMO, JOSE, GABRIEL, CECILIA, GABRIEL ROSA, LEE HARRIS, FEIN JACOBS, THOMAS C HANNAH, JUANITA, ALBERT JACOBS, GLORIA FREEMAN ROBINSON, HAMILTON JOSEPH AND DOROTHY INGRAM.
THEY CAME TOGETHER TO ORGANIZE A LOCAL PORT AUTHOR GROUP.
AND WHEREAS AT THE MEETING ON JUNE 26TH, 1980, PORT AUTHOR'S, LOCAL CHAPTER ELECTED OFFICERS, 22 PERSONS WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
AND THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS WERE ELECTED.
GEORGE LACEY, CHAIRMAN HAMILTON, JOSEPH VICE CHAIRMAN GLORIA FREEMAN ROBINSON TREASURER ROBERT LEE, FINANCIAL
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SECRETARY LEROY POLK, CHAPLAIN DOROTHY INGRAM, SECRETARY CECILIA M GABRIEL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY MYRTLE WILLIAMS, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY WILLIE BRENT, BUSINESS MANAGER JOSE GABRIEL PARLIAMENTARIAN.AND WHEREAS ON JULY 9TH, 1987, JACK BROOKS STOOD ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON DC TO RECOGNIZE THE PORT ARTHUR NATIONAL GROUP AS A UNIQUE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAD SHOWN A DESIRE TO MAINTAIN MEMORIES OF OUR COMMON ORIGIN.
WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A STRONG SENSE OF IDENTITY WITH OUR FELLOW PORT AUTHORS NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE.
WE ARE FROM THE BEST LITTLE HOMETOWN IN TEXAS NOW, THEREFORE, AYE THURMAN BILL BTI, MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 20TH THROUGH 24TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORT ARTHURS DAY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNITION OF THIS WONDERFUL DAY AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2023 AND IT SHINE THURMAN.
BILL, BCI MAYOR, IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL REUNION COMMITTEE HERE PRESENT? ARE THERE OUR MEMBERS? EXCUSE ME.
WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE COME FORWARD? TAKE PICTURE.
YOU WANNA SPEAK? I MEAN YOU UP TO SAY THANK YOU.
ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORT ARTHURS, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IN JULY WE'LL BE TRAVELING TO LAS VEGAS WITH ALL OUR CITY PORTAN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY VISITING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME IN OUR REUNION.
AND WE WISH YOU ALL COULD COME WITH US, BUT AS WE CAN, THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH PORT AUTHORS THERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
WE HAVE ANY, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION, AND THIS IS FOR THE NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
DEAN, CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS SAYS, WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL OR THAT ARE OF, EXCUSE ME, VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES CANNOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING
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OUR NATION'S ROADWAYS, TRANSPORTATION, SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, EXCUSE ME, CIVIC LEADERS AND THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS 2023 MARKS THE 63RD ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
I THURMAN BILL BARCHI, MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH.
2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK WITH THE THEME CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I ASK ALL CITIZENS, AND I THANK THEM AS WELL FOR BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY, 2023 AND IT ASSIGNED THE THURMAN BILL BARCHI MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT ARTHUR AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING, UH, PUB THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DURING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, UM, THAT ARE STAGED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FOR THE PUBLIC'S VIEWING.
AND THIS IS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU ALL WERE, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US TO ATTAIN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
ANY, ANY REMARKS, COUNSEL? OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, OKAY, THAT'S GONNA BE LAST PROCLAMATION.
AND THIS ONE IS FOR MEN'S HEALTH MONTH FROM THE GIFT OF LIFE FOR MEN'S HEALTH, UH, AWARENESS DAY, AND IT READS THUSLY.
WHEREAS JUNE 20TH, 2023 IS NATIONAL MEN'S HEALTH MONTH.
AND WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY DIAGNOSED CANCER IN MEN, ASIDE FROM SKIN CANCER, AND ABOUT ONE IN EIGHT MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS THE MEDICALLY UNINSURED CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH 5.2 MILLION TEXANS WITHOUT INSURANCE OR HEALTH COVERAGE.
WHEREAS IN 2023, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 17,230 MEN IN TEXAS WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND APPROXIMATELY
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2,290 WILL DIE FROM THE DREADED DISEASE.AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS MEDICAL PARTNERS MAKES AVAILABLE MEN'S FREE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INCLUDING PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN PSA SCREENING, PRIMARY CARE TEST, H I V, AND HEPATITIS C TESTS ALONG WITH ONSITE PHYSICAL CONSULTATIONS TO REVIEW TEST OUTCOMES AND NEGA AND NAVIGATE MEN TO SPECIFIC CARE.
AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE WILL HOST REGIONAL MEN'S HEALTH SCREENING EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE OR MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY.
AND WHEREAS SINCE 2000 MORE THAN 10,990 SOUTHEAST TEXAS MEN HAVE RECEIVED GIFT OF LIFE FREE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS, HELPING TO EXTEND THE LIVES OF 77 MEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 3RD, 2023 AS MEN'S HEALTH MONTH AND TUESDAY TODAY MAY 23RD AS GIFT OF LIFE, MEN'S HEALTH AWARENESS DAY IN PORT ARTHUR.
AND I ALSO URGE ALL MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PURSUE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES AND EARLY DETECTION EFFORTS IN WITNESS WHEREOF.
I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2023 AND AGAIN IS SIGNED THURMOND BILL BARTE, MAYOR OF PORT ARTHUR, AND FROM THE GIFT OF LIFE, WHOM DO WE HAVE PRESENT YOU ALL COME FORWARD, MR. MAYOR.
MR. MAYOR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL WHO, UH, TO ME WHO'S A PART OF THIS GROUP, MAY I COME DOWN TO THAT? ANYONE IN THE CROWD IS A SURVIVOR? YOU MAY JOIN HIM.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, MR. MANAGER, MR. CITY ATTOR, MRS. CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, CITY SECRETARY.
IT'S A DELIGHT TO BE BACK AGAIN ON THIS SIDE OF THE DESK.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
WE ARE REALLY THRILLED THAT ON JUNE 3RD THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR FREE MEN'S HEALTH SCREENING AT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR COLLABORATION.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY'S FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING US TO SPREAD THE WORD.
AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HIM, UH, DR.
CLINTON, UH, ALEXANDER TO SHARE WITH YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR CLINIC.
I AM A 12 YEAR SURVIVOR OF PROSTATE CANCER
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AND I'M STANDING HERE BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACE AND EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING OF THE MALIGNANCY THAT WAS GROWING IN MY PROSTATE.GLA I WAS ABLE TO GET TREATMENTS.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANY RADIATION, I'VE NEVER HAD ANY CHEMO, BUT I DO TAKE HORMONAL TREATMENT EVERY 28 DAYS.
MY PSA IS THAT OF A 15 YEAR OLD BOY
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERY MAN IN HERE AND IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM THAT'S BEING PUT ON AT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT THIS JUNE.
YOU DON'T FEEL ANY SYMPTOMS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HURT, IT'S LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
BY THE TIME YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOUR KIDNEYS HAVE DETERIORATED.
SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE MM-HMM.
IT'S HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF TESTS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE WITH PROPER MEDICAL CONSULTATION FOR EACH ONE THAT PARTICIPATE IN IT.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE'VE GIVEN OUT, WHAT WE ARE GIVEN OUT IN PORT ARTHUR.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, JUST WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING QUICKLY.
I'M SORRY IF LOOKING AROUND THIS ROOM, IF EACH ONE OF YOU WILL SEND FORTH ONE MAN EITHER IN THIS ROOM OR SOMEONE WHO IS UNINSURED OR HAS HIGH DEDUCTIBLE ON THEIR INSURANCE, WE WILL FILL ALL OUR SLOTS.
SO EVERYBODY MAKE IT A MISSION AND SEND US ONE PERSON.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALSO KINDLY, OUR FINAL, UH, PROCLAMATION IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING PORT ARTHUR TEXAS IN RECOGNITION OF ITS CHOIR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
AND WITH THE GROUP STEP FORWARD.
WHAT, I'M GOING TO READ THIS ONE AS YOU ALL COME DOWN AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE SOME THINGS YOU WANT TO PLACE PAT OR YOU WANT TO DO IT AFTER I READ THIS.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING OUR GREAT CITY FOR ITS QUI CENTENNIAL 125TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND THIS IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY'S FOUNDING, THE ONLY CITY EVER LOCATED AND BUILT UNDER DIRECTIONS FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.
AND THIS IS A QUOTE BY OUR FOUNDER, AUTHOR STILLWELL.
WHEREAS PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS IS A CHARTERED MUNICIPALITY OF GLOBAL CONNECTION AND INTERNATIONAL IMPORT LOCATED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS IS A CITY OF RICH SOCIOECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
AND WHEREAS CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS HAVE ACHIEVED WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM IN SCIENCE, SPORTS, MUSIC, ENGINEERING, THE ARTS, RELIGION, AND ALL FIELDS OF HUMAN ENTERPRISE.
AND WHEREAS ON MARCH 28TH, 1898, PORT ARTHUR WAS FOUNDED ON THE BANKS OF LAKE SABINE BY ARTHUR EDWARD STEEL WILL.
AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2023 MARKS THE QUA CENTENNIAL, THE CITY'S 125TH BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING.
AND WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DEEM IT NECESSARY
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ALL TOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER TO PAUSE, TO NOTE, AND TO CELEBRATE AND AUSPICIOUS MILESTONE.AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PORT AUTHORS QUA CENTENNIAL STEERING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CREATING ON OR PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN HONOR OF THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY'S FOUNDING.
NOW, THEREFORE, I THURMAN BILL QUE CENTENNIAL MAYOR
I INVITE ALL CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE BY CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ON TODAY FROM 4:00 PM UNTIL 7:00 PM RIGHT OUTSIDE AT THE POPEYE HOMES PARK, THE LEGACY TREE PLANTING AT 3:00 PM ON THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON MAY 28TH.
AND THE 125TH CULTURAL CELEBRATION ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2023.
I'M SORRY, I LOOKED AT 14 AND SAID 15TH.
YOU GOT, IT'S TOO MUCH READING IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2023.
AND BECAUSE IT'S FOR PORT AUTHOR, I WILL SIGN IT IN YOUR PRESENCE.
ALRIGHT? AND NOW I WILL COME DOWN AND PRESENT IT TO YOU, AND YOU ALL HAVE SOME THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
DID YOU GET YOUR COME ON? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANKS TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
THIGPEN HAS A FEW WORDS TO SHARE FIRST ABOUT THE DAY OF PRAYER.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATION.
SO WE ARE SO VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, WE ARE HERE TODAY, OF COURSE, WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE COQUI CENTENNIAL.
I HAVE WITH ME OUR CHAIR, MS. VERNON RUTHERFORD.
BEHIND ME, MS. PAT AVERY, MS. TAMMY KOK, AND ALSO ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE ARE MR. TOM NEAL AND DR UH MONROE FROM LAMAR, AND OF COURSE THE, UH, PORT ARTHUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
AND IF WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE CELEBRATION TEAM, WE HAVE LESLIE MCMAHON HERE AND WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE PART OF THE QU CELEBRATION TEAM? SO WE ARE HERE TODAY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH, AS THE PROCLAMATION SAID, DEVELOPING ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IN HONOR OF OUR HUNDRED 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU FROM TIME TO TIME TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT HAS GONE FORWARD.
WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH OUR MAY 4TH
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ACTIVITY, WHICH SEVERAL OF THE ECUMENICAL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL LED, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN DONALD FRANK MAYOR BARILLA, AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CHERYL, UH, CHARLOTTE MOSES, UH, LED THOSE ACTIVITIES.AND IF YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD LET US KNOW HOW YOU FOUND THE DAY OF PRAYER TO BE OF COURSE, GRATEFUL, UM, TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING, UH, TO MAKE OUR PORT ARTHUR CELEBRATION, WHAT IT'S CALLED TO BE, OF COURSE.
UM, BEING A PASTOR OF A C OF THE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, SO APROPO THAT WE BEGAN, UH, THIS CELEBRATION WITH THE DAY OF PRAYER.
AND SO, UH, I ATTENDED TWO OF THOSE OCCASIONS.
ONE THAT WAS LED BY THE MAYOR.
I I DIDN'T GET UP QUITE THAT EARLY, UH, AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, UH, FOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MOSES.
BUT, UH, AT NOON AND AT SIX O'CLOCK IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, VERY SPIRITUAL.
AND IT, IT WAS A, A BROAD, UM, SPECTRUM OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACROSS OUR CITY AND INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT, UH, IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE AS WE BEGIN TO CELEBRATE IT, AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND WELL ATTENDED.
OKAY, FORMER COUNCILWOMAN MOSES, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND RESPOND AS WELL? SHE'S IN THE PLACE.
SEE OVER THERE AND TRY TO HIDE.
I BE, I COULD SEE YOU
UM, GLAD TO BE HERE, MISS BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, BUT I'M STILL A SERVANT AND A CITIZEN OF PORT ARTHUR AND I LOVE OUR CITY, SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR CALLING ME UP.
THE PRAYER, UM, THAT WE HAD FOR OUR CROSS QU CENTENNIAL AND I GOT THAT RIGHT.
I LIKE GETTING UP EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR PRAYER.
SO I'M A FIVE 30 PRAYER WARRIOR, SO THAT WAS RIGHT ON TIME FOR ME AND IT WAS SO WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS ORGANIZED PERFECTLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THAT EARLY FOR PRAYER THAT MORNING.
AND WE HAD SUCH AN AWESOME TIME, UM, THAT MORNING, AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO SHARE IN WITH SO MANY OTHER MINISTERS, UM, FROM PORT ARTHUR, UM, FROM ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS JUST A MAGNIFICENT TIME.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ORGANIZING AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
AND WE WERE JUST GLAD TO BE A PART OF SUCH A GREAT CELEBRATION TO THIS ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
THANK YOU BARBARA COUNCILWOMAN, AND I WANNA ADD TO THE THANKS.
UM, OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY HAMILTON, ACTUALLY COORDINATED THAT EVENT ON THE FRONT END.
WE, WE LET LOU SUFFER FOR A LITTLE BIT IN SOME MOMENTS AS SHE WAS BUSY HANDLING OTHER BUSINESS.
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT RICH HISTORY AND THE DIVERSITY THAT WAS, UH, REPRESENTED THROUGH THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS, UM, WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INITIAL CONTACTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON MADE AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND HELPED US THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
AND, UH, TO, TO THE COMMITTEE AND TO THE CITIZENS, UH, THE COMMUNIC APPROACH WAS OUTSTANDING.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, I DON'T BOTHER GOD EARLY IN THE MORNING.
I TALK TO HIM AFTER HE ALLOWS ME TO AWAKEN IN ALL THE REST OF THE DAY.
SO, UH, I COULDN'T MAKE THE SIX 30 MEETING, OKAY,
BUT BEING A PART OF CLERGY AND A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS A HEARTFELT AND HEARTWARMING POSITION TO BE IN.
AND TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LEAD THE 6:30 PM OR 6:00 PM UH, PRAYER VIGIL ON THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE HIGH POINTS OF MY EVEN SERVING AS MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT ARTHUR AND IN CELEBRATION OF QUA CHRIST CENTENNIAL.
SO IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL AND JUST THE APPROACH OF HAVING ALL FACETS OF RELIGION INVOLVED WAS MEANINGFUL.
AND AGAIN, MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE ENTIRE CELEBRATION TEAM, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES AND COUNCILMAN FRANK FOR BEING SO WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CHILDS.
WHEN WE ASK YOU, THERE WASN'T ANY HESITATION THAT YOU WOULD DO THIS FOR US, AND WE SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE EVERYONE TO BE AWARE THAT OUR WEBSITE
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CONTINUES TO SHINE.WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT GARY DICKER HAS DONE IN DEVELOPING THAT WEBSITE, BUT WE'RE EQUALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN RESPONSE FROM THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE'RE SEEING A BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY OF MEMORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND INFORMATION THAT BRING TOGETHER PORT ARTHUR AND BRING TOGETHER ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP PORT ARTHUR.
THE WEBSITE IS WWW PORT ARTHUR FIVE.COM.
WE INVITE YOU TO GO THERE AND AS HAS BEEN REQUESTED, THE WEBSITE IS NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION ABOUT PORT ARTHUR AND PORT ARTHUR'S GREATNESS.
SO WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE THERE TOO.
WE ALSO HAVE FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER.
SO DON'T THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE.
IF YOU GO TO PORT ARTHUR ONE 20 FIVE.COM IN THE TOP, YOU ALWAYS FIND OUR LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA HASHTAGS THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO FOLLOW.
AND PLEASE SHARE THE INFORMATION.
PLEASE SHARE ALL THESE FLYERS.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY TONIGHT, WE ARE EXCITED THAT IT IS A TRADITIONAL BIRTHDAY PARTY BACK TO THE OLD DAYS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BIRTHDAY CAKE, ICE CREAM, BALLOONS, BUBBLES FOR THE KIDS VINTAGE CHILDREN'S GAMES.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO RING TOSS AND DROP THE CLOSE PIN INTO THE JAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE PRIZES ARE YO-YOS, SLINKIES, YOU KNOW, THINGS FROM BACK FROM THE THIRTIES, FORTIES, FIFTIES, SIXTIES.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE KIDS TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE OLD GAMES, EGG AND SPOON RACE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORIC TRIVIA GAME, A PORT ARTHUR TRIVIA GAME, SO YOU CAN SHOUT OUT ANSWERS WIN PRIZES THERE AS WELL.
SO FOUR TO SEVEN TODAY, IT'S GOING TO START WITH SOME PROCLAMATIONS AND SOME INFORMATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME BY DR.
MONROE AND TOM NEAL, BIRTHDAY CAKE, ICE CREAM AND GAME.
SO MAKE SURE FOUR TO SEVEN POPEYE HOMES PARK JUST OUTSIDE OF HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE MENTION HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE TREE PLANTING, UH, ON THE ACTUAL CHARTER DAY RIGHT HERE BY CITY HALL AT THREE O'CLOCK ON, UH, SATURDAY.
I'D LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DR.
UH, THIGPEN FOR ARRANGING THAT, BUT NOT ONLY TO DR.
WE KNOW THAT THE TROOPS BEHIND HIM IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN, YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING IT HAPPEN IS JUST HUGE.
IT WOULDN'T BE THAT WAY WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S DOING EVERYTHING FROM ORDERING TO DIGGING THE, THE, THE SPOT FOR THE TREE TO BE PLANTED.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REFLECT ON RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE TRULY ARE BLESSED AS A CITY TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED EMPLOYEES AND LEADERS, UM, TO, UH, GUIDE THIS CITY.
AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THIS.
AND, UM, I WANNA SAY ANOTHER SPECIAL THANKS TO PAT AVERY.
I THINK WHEN PAT FIRST APPROACHED ME ABOUT CHAIRING THIS FOR THE YEAR, UM, SHE HAD ALREADY SPOKEN OR SHE WAS READY TO SPEAK, I SHOULD SAY.
I THINK TO, UM, UH, MR. UH, BURTON AND TO, UH, MAYOR BART, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS OFFERING TO COORDINATE THIS CELEBRATION.
IT DOES INVOLVE AND INCLUDE MORE THAN 52 PEOPLE ON OUR COMMITTEE.
AND I WOULD SAY THE VERY VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE.
SOME ARE WORKING SO TIRELESSLY THAT IT'S ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF, HOW MUCH TIME AND ENERGY THAT THEY ARE PUTTING INTO IT.
AND WE'RE PROUD, UM, TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND TO SHOW, UM, YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOU IN THIS CELEBRATION.
UM, THE, UM, HIGHLIGHT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE PORT ARTHUR REUNION COMMITTEE, I KNOW COUNCILMAN LEWIS BACK IN THE DAY, BACK IN 1980 WHEN THE CIVIC CENTER WAS STARTED, AND WE WERE THERE WHEN THAT PORT ARTHUR REUNION, UH, COMMITTEE FIRST MET.
I THINK ABOUT THE PRESTIGIOUS LEADERS THAT I LOOKED TO AS A YOUNG PERSON BACK THEN AND HOW MEANINGFUL THAT WAS TO ME.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TODAY IS YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING AT US AND SAYING, WOW, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND THIS IS OUR FUTURE AND WE'RE MENTORING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THE YOUNG, THE CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG LEADERS ARE DOING.
AND SO WE CAN REST ASSURED KNOWING THAT IN 25 YEARS THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO WERE PREPARED TO, UH, HAVE THIS SAME TYPE OF CELEBRATION BECAUSE THEY WERE HERE.
AND LAST, UH, IN THAT REGARD, I WOULD JUST BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO I REMEMBER WORKING WITH THE CLOSEST I WAS WORKING AT THE CIVIC
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CENTER WHEN THAT REUNION COMMITTEE FIRST CAME IN IN 1980, IS MR. DOROTHY INGRAM.I GET A LITTLE CHOKED UP AS I THINK ABOUT OUR CENTENNIAL QUEEN AND THE IMPACT THAT SHE MADE ON SO MANY OF OUR LIVES AND WHO WE ARE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE MS. INGRAM AND MANY OTHERS, UM, WHO HAVE HELPED TO MOLD US.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I WILL CLOSE THESE COMMENTS AND I KNOW THAT PAT HAS, UH, SOME THINGS THAT SHE WANTS TO SHARE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND READ THOSE, UM, PROCLAMATIONS.
SO MAYOR, UM, I'M GONNA PRESENT YOU WITH TWO PROCLAMATIONS IF YOU'LL OPEN ONE AT A TIME, AND WE'LL HAVE VERNA READ WHAT THE PROCLAMATION SAYS.
AND SO THIS ONE IS A RESOLUTION FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
IT READS, WHEREAS ON MAY 28TH, 1898, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS WAS OFFICIALLY CHARTERED.
THREE YEARS LATER IN 1901, THE LUCAS GU LUCAS GUSHER WAS DISCOVERED AND PORT ARTHUR BECAME HOME TO THREE OF THE NATION'S OIL REFINERIES.
IT IS HOME TO THE LARGEST REFINERY IN NORTH AMERICA, NUMEROUS PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS AND THE NEWEST INDUSTRY OF L N G PLANTS.
AND OUR FRIENDS HERE TODAY, UH, MANY OF THEM, IT IS HOME TO THE ONE OF THE TOP MILITARY DEPLOYMENT PORTS IN THE COUNTRY AT THE PORT OF PORT.
AUTHOR IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS A SUPERIOR PORT FOR COMMERCIAL, SHRIMPING, COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHING AT THE PORT OF SABINE PASS.
WHEREAS PORT ARTHUR IS HOME TO THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAS A THRIVING DIVERSE POPULATION OF MORE THAN 56,000 RESIDENTS.
WHEREAS THE CITY BY THE SEA PORT AUTHOR HAS LONG BEEN A FOCAL POINT FOR THE GULF COAST REGION.
PORT AUTHOR HAS OVERCOME DEVASTATING HURRICANES AND INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION, YET PORT AUTHOR HAS MAINTAINED A, A, A FOREFRONT FRONT ROW SEAT TO TEXAS METEOR ART RISE TO INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
AND THEN WHEREAS BIRDING IN THE UNITED STATES HAS, UM, MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION, UH, TO BRINGING VISITORS TO THE CITY OF PORT AUTHORS SABINE PASS, WHERE ACCORDING TO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AUDUBON SOCIETY, 360 SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AND RECORDED.
THERE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS TO WITNESS THIS, UH, BIRD MIGRATION.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HAS MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE'S CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE.
PORT ARTHUR'S WELL-KNOWN PAST PAVED THE WAY FOR THIS PRESENT FLOURISHING ENTERPRISE TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS ON MAY 23RD, 2023, THE CITIZENS OF PORT AUTHOR TEXAS WILL GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE HUNDRED AND 25TH BIRTHDAY OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT POPEYE HOMES PARK.
SUCH AN HISTORIC PARK LOCATED IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SUB COURTHOUSE GROUNDS, AND THERE WILL BE A TREE PLANNING CEREMONY IN FRONT OF PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL SCHEDULED FOR THE CHARTER DATE ON MAY 28TH, 2023.
NOW THERE ARE FOUR, BE IT RESOLVED, COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND THIS IS SIGNED BY COUNTY JUDGE BRANNICK AND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION TO YOU.
CAN WE DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? AND THIS IS THE LAST OF THE, UM, WRITTEN PROCLAMATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL, UH, VIDEO CLIP THAT WE WILL BE SEATED WHILE Y WHILE WE
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ALL WATCH TOGETHER.UM, THIS IS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, TO ALL WHOM PRESENCE SHALL COME.
GREETINGS YE THAT THIS
AND TO A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE, THE STORIED SAGA OF THE CITY MIRRORS THE HISTORY OF THE LONE STAR STATE ITSELF.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY, THE AREA BECAME A PROMINENT HUB OF COMMERCE.
BUT IN 1886, A DEVASTATING HURRICANE ROCKED INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION AMONG THE COMMUNITY OF AURORA, THE PREDECESSOR OF PORT ARTHUR.
THE TEMPEST LEFT IN ITS WAKE A GHOST TOWN, BUT THE CITY'S NAMESAKE, RAILROAD TYCOON ARTHUR STILLWELL CHOSE PORT ARTHUR AS THE SOUTHERN MOST HERMANUS OF HIS RAILWAY.
AND BY DOING SO, HE REVITALIZED THE REGION AND BUILT THE CITY AS WE NOW KNOW IT AS.
AND HE DID THAT IN 1898 FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF BLACK OIL AT SPINDLE TOP IN 1901, PORT ARTHUR BECAME HOME TO MANY OF THE NATION'S FOREMOST OIL REFINERIES.
AND THE CITY HAS HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO TEXAS, METEOR YORK RISE TO THE INDUSTRIAL MITE AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
PORT ARTHUR HAS WEATHERED ALL MANNERS OF STORMS, BOTH ACTUAL AND ALLEGORICAL.
AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE CITY'S CULTURE IS ONE OF THE RESOLVE RESILIENCE AND SELF-RELIANCE AMONG THE MANY PRIDE.
SONS PROUD SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PORT AUTHOR ARE SUCH NOTABLE TEXANS AS GOVERNOR ALLEN SHIVERS, LEGENDARY DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL COACH JIMMY JOHNSON ROCK AND ROLL ICON, JANICE JOPLIN AND FAMED ATHLETE BABE DIETRICH AND ZAHAR, A CITY BLESSED WITH A RICH PAST AND A PROSPEROUS PRESENT PORT AUTHOR HAS MADE MANY VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LARGER STORY OF TEXAS.
BUT I KNOW THAT ITS BEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME.
THIS MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY IS INDEED A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.
AND AS YOU REFLECT ON YOUR CITY'S ILLUSTRIOUS HERITAGE, KNOW THAT TEXAS CELEBRATES WITH YOU.
FIRST LADY CECILIA ABBOTT JOINS ME IN EXTENDING THESE BEST WISHES AND IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF GOVERNOR SIGNED BY GOVERNOR, UH, GREG ABBOTT.
NOW WE'LL SEE A VIDEO, A VERY SPECIAL VIDEO.
I AM HONORED TO JOIN YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE 125 YEARS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND REFLECT UPON THE MANY GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS THIS COMMUNITY HAS REALIZED.
AS AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE HUB, PORT ARTHUR HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE BOOMING TEXAS ECONOMY, CREATING GOOD PAYING JOBS, AND BRINGING IN CRITICAL PETROLEUM RESOURCES TO THE ENTIRE NATION.
SO THANK YOU TO THE PORT ARTHUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO, TO OUR GREAT STATE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED WORK TOGETHER AS WE KEEP TEXAS THE BEST STATE TO LIVE, WORK, AND TO RAISE A FAMILY.
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS PORT ARTHUR AND MAY GOD FOREVER BLESS THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
SHALL WE PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT? WE'LL DO IT.
AND MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INDULGENCE
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AND TO OUR CROSS.SO YOU CENTENNIAL, UH, CELEBRATION COMMITTEE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING AND YOU ARE DOING A GREAT, GREAT JOB TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS GOVERNOR ABBOTT, TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS COUNTY JUDGE GRANTED AND TO ALL WHO SERVE ALONG WITH THEM, FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AND PRESENT TO THE CITY.
I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE RECOGNITION OF OUR COUNTY AND OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS IN RECOGNIZING PORT ARTHUR IN ITS QU CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 125 YEARS.
GIVE YOURSELVES A HAND, SHERRY.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PATIENCE AND INDULGENCE IN SOME MEETINGS.
UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS OR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE MEETING THAT ACTUALLY ARE A LITTLE PROLONGED OR ELONGATED, BUT I THINK TODAY WAS, UH, NECESSARY.
I THINK EVERYONE HERE CAN AGREE TO ME, AGREE WITH ME AND WITH THE COUNCIL THAT THESE HAVE BEEN, UH, NOTABLE ACTIVITIES THAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE PETITIONS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE HAVE NO PETITIONS, I MEAN NO SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE PRESENTATIONS.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I WILL TAKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND WILL
[III.B. (5) A Presentation By Selim Kiralp Regarding A Proposed Development On Pleasure Island]
MOVE ONE PRESENTATION THAT'S ACTUALLY DENOTED AS NUMBER FIVE, AND I WILL CAUSE IT TO BE NUMBER ONE.YOU WILL FIND A PRESENTATION BY CELINE.
I DON'T WANNA MESS UP YOUR LAST NAME, REGARDING A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
SO MR. CELINE, WOULD YOU COME UP AND BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION? GOOD MORNING, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ESTEEMED GUESTS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS OF PORT ARTHUR.
TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT AN EXHILARATING VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR BELOVED PLEASURE ISLAND.
THIS HIDDEN JAM HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED, THE CROWN JI OF PORT ARTHUR, AND IT IS TIME TO UNLOCK ITS FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH A TRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WILL BRING JOY, EXCITEMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
I'M THRILLED TO INTRODUCE MY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PLEASURE ISLAND.
COULD WE PLAY THE FIRST VIDEO PLEASE?
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THANK YOU.AND ANDREW, THAT HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE OF PORT ARTHUR.
JUST A NOTE TO MAKE IT CLEAR, OUR DESIGNERS ARE STILL WORKING ON IMPROVING THE DESIGNS, SO THE SHAPES, COLORS, DESIGNS OF THE SLIDES, POOLS AND BUILDINGS WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE RENDERINGS AS WE WORK ON MAKING IT WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND THE FASHION FOR THE SLIDES AND THE DESIGNS.
THE PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THREE PHASES AND IS DESIGNED TO EXTEND IN FUTURE.
CAN WE SEE THE PICTURE PLEASE? AS YOU COULD SEE ON THE PICTURE, THE GREEN, UH, PART IS PHASE ONE, AND IT'S THE INDOOR WATER PARK AND OUTDOOR WATER PARK OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE ORANGE IN THE MIDDLE IS PHASE TWO, WHICH WILL BE THE HOTEL AND SHOPS AT THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
AND, UH, PURPLE IS PHASE THREE, WHICH WILL BE MORE RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS.
AND, UH, THE GREEN AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE WATERPARK AND THE HOTEL.
TOGETHER WE CAN LAY UP, EXCUSE ME, WE CAN LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A THRIVING DESTINATION THAT ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM FAR AND WIDE.
NOW LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE HISTORY OF PLEASURE ISLAND.
A PLACE THAT ONCE THRIVED AS PORT ARTHUR'S PLAYGROUND IN 1913, A DANCE HALL AND A ROLLERCOASTER GRAZED ITS SHORES CAPTIVATING THE IMAGINATION OF BOTH LOCALS AND VISITORS.
IN 1941, A PRIVATE INVESTOR ELEVATED THE ISLANDS ELURE BY CONSTRUCTING THE MAGNIFICENT PLEASURE PURE BALLROOM, A MIDWAY AND OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL, AND THE LARGEST ROLLERCOASTER IN THE SOUTH FOR YEARS, AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE PROVIDED ENDLESS ENJOYMENT.
HOWEVER, THE PLEASURE PIER BRIDGE CLOSURE IN 1967, COUPLED WITH THE RAVAGES OF STORMS, FIRES, AND EROSION, LET THE LET TO THE EVENTUAL DEME OF THESE BLOAT ATTRACTIONS.
SINCE THAT TIME, PLANS TO RESTORE PLEASURE ISLAND AS AN IMPORTANT DESTINATION HAVE LED BEHIND.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT I'M NOT ALONE WHEN I SAY THAT IT IS HIGH TIME THAT THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH EFFORTS TO RESTORE PLEASURE ISLAND TO ITS FORMER GLORY, MAKING PLEASURE ISLAND ONCE AGAIN, AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF RECREATION AND CITY PRIDE.
I'M CONVINCED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GO ALONG WAY TO BRINGING PLEASURE ISLAND BACK.
THIS VISIONARY PROJECT HOLDS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF OPERATION, IT IS PROJECTED TO CREATE APPROXIMATELY 200 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT LOCAL JOBS WITH A PROJECTED AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY OF 32,864, TRANSLATING TRANSLATION INTO $15 80 CENTS PER HOUR FOR A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK.
THIS ECONOMY BOOST IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING THAT OUR COUNTY'S CURRENT AVERAGE PER CAPITA INCOME STANDS AT 27,097 OR $13 3 CENTS PER HOUR FOR A FULL-TIME JOB.
FURTHERMORE, THESE JOBS WILL REQUIRE SKILL TRAINING, WHICH WILL CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LAMAR
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STATE COLLEGE PORT ARTHUR TO OBTAIN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OFFICE.CURRENTLY, THE COUNTY HAS MORE THAN 15.8% OF THE RESIDENTS, 25 YEARS OR OLDER, WITH LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT CERTIFICATE.
THIS IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 12%.
UTILIZING THESE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUNDS WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL UNSKILLED AND UNDEREMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLETE TRAINING SO THEY CAN OBTAIN MORE FULFILLING EMPLOYMENT.
THE BENEFITS EXTEND BEYOND JOB CREATION.
PLEASURE ISLAND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HEAVEN FOR BIRDING ANTI THEIST ATTRACTIONS, VISITORS FROM FAR AND WIDE AND BOLSTERING OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A VISION OF PLEASURE ISLAND THAT GOES BEYOND MIRROR DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A VISION THAT ENCOMPASSES ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOB CREATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
BY JOINING FORCES AND EMBRACING THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT, WE CAN SHAPE THE FUTURE OF PORT ARTHUR FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
I INVITE YOU ALL TO DREAM BIG, TO EMBRACE THE POSSIBILITIES AND TO EMBARK ON THIS EXCITING JOURNEY TOGETHER, LET US UNLOCK THE FULL POTENTIAL OF PLEASURE ISLAND AND CREATE A DESTINATION THAT WILL MAKE PORT ARTHUR SHINE AS A BEACON OF PROSPERITY AND DELIGHT.
FINALLY, RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I ENVISION FOR THE ISLAND, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS THE WILLIAM NOT WORKING ARE FORGED, UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES ARE MADE.
FEEL THE ADRENALINE SURGE THROUGH AS YOU CONQUER THE TWISTS AND TURNS LEAVING YOU BREATHLESS AND WANTING MORE PLEASURE ISLAND'S FUTURE WATER PARK, A WORLD OF AMAZING THRILLS, EXCITEMENT AND ENCHANTMENT AWAITS YOU DIVE INTO A WORLD OF WONDER AND MAKE MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME PLEASURE, ISLANDS WATERPARK WHERE DREAMS COME TO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
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EXCUSE ME NOW[III.B. (1) A Presentation By William Fermo Regarding The 5K Running Event At Pleasure Island]
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY WILLIAM FERMO REGARDING THE 5K RUNNING EVENT AT PLEASURE ISLAND.I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT ON.
AND IT, IT, IT, IT'LL WORK, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO NEED FROM US TO, TO HELP YOU WITH THIS PROJECT? UH, WE'RE LOOKING FURTHER TO START, UH, THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD AS A PROJECT THIS SIZE, UH, NEEDS CORPORATION, NOT ONLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT ALSO THE CITY'S CORPORATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING, UH, FORWARD TO MOVE WITH THE CITY FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS.
UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND TIME ON ONCE YOU GET EVERYTHING ORGANIZED AND PHASE ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? UH, FINALIZING THE DESIGNS IS GOING TO TAKE ONE YEAR AND FINALIZING THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS.
SO AFTER THE, UH, THE PROPERTIES TRANSFER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE YEARS.
HAVE YOU TALKED WITH THE MANAGER ABOUT A PARTICULAR ZONE OR SETTING UP AN INCREMENT ZONE OR REINVESTMENT ZONE? HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT? YES, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
WE HAD A REINVESTMENT ZONE ON PLEASURE ISLAND, BUT IT DIDN'T, NOTHING REALLY CAME OF IT, BUT, UH, A REINVESTMENT ZONE WILL REALLY HELP IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, ALSO I NOTICED THAT GREEN SPACE YOU HAD DOWN THERE GOING DOWN INTO THE LAKE THAT'S BEHIND THE, UH, BEHIND THE STEPS, THE GREEN SPACE.
UH, IS THAT, IS THAT YOU PLAN TO PUT A, A PUBLIC BEACH THERE OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT? THE GREEN SPACE WE HAVE IS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE, UH, WATER PARK AND THE HOTEL, UH, AFTER ITS OPERATION PROB IT'S GOING TO SHOW US BETTER, UH, WHICH PART NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED MORE AND WHAT MARKETS NEED MORE.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DESIGNING THAT PART AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE THREE PHASES UPON ONE PART OF YOUR EXPANSION.
UH, DO YOU PLAN TO PUT A PUBLIC BEACH THERE OR PRIVATE BEACH THERE OR SOMETHING? IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS WE HAVE, BUT IT'S NOT A DECISION WE MADE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, UNDER THE COASTAL BARRIER, THE G O UNDER THE COASTAL BARRIER PRESERVATION, THERE'S, THERE'S FUNDING THERE.
HOPEFULLY IT'S STILL THERE, BUT IT WAS THERE IN 2015, 16, IT WAS THERE.
WITH YOUR PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AS A, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE MATCHING MONEY TO GET A GRANT.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A BOARDWALK AND THERE'S A RETAINING WALL ON THE LAKE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IF WE, IF WE PUT A BEACH THERE AT SAND BEACH THERE, WE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE THE BOARDWALK AND UH, WORK ON THE, YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE BOARDWALK TO PUT THE BEACH IF WE HAVE TO.
BUT THERE IS A BOARDWALK RIGHT NOW.
THE BOARDWALKS AREN'T YOU? RIGHT.
IT'S NOT THE PLAN TO DO IT ON THAT SIDE OF, UH, THE PROPERTY.
ALSO, ONE OF THE PLANS IS, UH, THERE ARE POOLS WITH, UH, SAND, UH, THAT COULD, THAT LOOKS LIKE A BEACH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE POOL.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DESIGN PLANS WE HAVE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.
IT'LL BE QUITE A, QUITE AN ATTRACTION AND IT WILL BOOST OUR HOTEL MOTEL TAXES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE TO BRING EVERYBODY'S TAX RATE DOWN.
WHEN, WHEN, UH, THIS PROPERTY WENT ON, UH, THE CITY'S RFP, I ORDERED TWO, UH, MARKET RESEARCHERS TO TWO OF THE BIG BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UH, IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
IT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU DO IS PUT YOUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.
BY DOING THAT, TEXAS HAS A A USED TAX AND PUTTING THE PROCUREMENT OFF HIS HERE AND DO ALL YOUR PURCHASES TO, TO EXPAND AND TO BUILD THAT PARTICULAR PARK.
PORT ARTHUR WILL CAPTURE THE, CAPTURE THE SALES TAX, OKAY? MM-HMM.
SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, DOING THAT, PUT THAT PROCUREMENT OFFICE HERE.
UH, NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION BY, UH, WILLIAM FIMO REGARDING THE 5K RUNNING EVENT AT PLEASURE ISLAND.
I'M THE STRATEGIC ASSISTANT WITH THREE
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ROWS RUNNING COMPANY.I'M HERE WITH THE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF THREE ROWS TO THE GUNTHER, UH, CONCEPT FOR BRINGING A RACE TO THE CITY OF POOR ARTHUR.
UM, MORNING, UH, CITY, UH, COUNCIL.
UH, BEEN TALKING TO GEORGE DAVIES OF PLEASURE ISLAND BECAUSE WE WANT TO BRING A POPULAR RACE TO THE, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UH, SO, UH, BEFORE I KIND OF GO INTO ABOUT WHAT OUR COMPANY IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF STUFF IN THE RUNNING INDUSTRY SINCE WE STARTED OUR RACE.
WE STARTED OUR COMPANY 2022, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THIS IS FROM SOMEONE FROM, UH, THE RUNNING INDUSTRY, JOS REED OF ONPATH EVENTS.
HE CALLED OUR COMPANY ROCK STARS OF THE RUNNING INDUSTRY.
AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS.
OKAY, I'M SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE SLOWER.
SO WE ARE THREE BROS RUNNING COMPANY.
WE WANT TO BRING BIG CITY RACES TO CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND THE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY DO OUR RACE, BUT TO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.
SO WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TO YOUR CITY AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
I AM FROM, UH, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN LUMBERTON, TEXAS, BUT MY FATHER USED TO WORK IN ST.
UH, SO I WAS A SPEAKER AT TRE, ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, RUNNING RETAIL STORES, UH, RUNNING RETAIL EX, UH, EXPOSED IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THEN JUST RECENTLY, UH, I WAS, UH, OUR COMPANY WAS SELECTED TO BE A SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT FOR THE RUNNING USA CONFERENCE OVER IN DENVER.
SO WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE, UH, THE REASON WHY I STARTED THIS COMPANY IS I LOVE RUNNING.
I'VE RUN SO MANY RACES, I THINK COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF US TOGETHER, UH, RUN OVER 500 RACES.
I'M AT 49 MARATHONS, SO I LOVE RUNNING.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND I THINK WE DIFFERENT FROM LIKE OTHER, LET'S SAY LOCAL, UH, RUNNING EVENTS IS WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON CONTENT MARKETING.
WE, WE WANT TO REALLY GET PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT OUR, OUR RACE, BUT ALSO TO KNOW ABOUT THE CITY.
AND ANOTHER THING WE TRY TO DO IS INCORPORATE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO THIS IS SOME OF OUR CONTENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
THIS IS ORANGE, TEXAS, WELCOME TO ORANGE, TEXAS EXPERIENCE ORANGE, TEXAS AND EXPERIENCE OUR SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED RACE.
IT'S LIKE, UH, ONLY LIKE 90 DEGREES RIGHT NOW, SO I'M STARTING TO GLISTEN A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
BUT THIS IS A NICE LITTLE WALKING TOWN.
YOU GUYS COULD DEFINITELY WALK AFTER THE RACE.
THE STARK MUSEUM WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY AFTER THE RACE.
IT'S NOT OPEN TODAY, TODAY IS NOT OPEN.
AFTER SCOUTING OUT THE FIRST LOCATION, WE HID OVER TO TOPS LE SHULA TO PARTAKE IN THEIR FOOD.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A 10 POUND BURRITO CHALLENGE, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT TODAY CUZ WE WEREN'T THAT HUNGRY.
BUT THE FOOD THAT WE HAD WAS GREAT.
DEFINITELY A PLACE THAT WE ALL SHOULD CHECK OUT IN ORANGE.
SO THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING WE DID BEFORE WE HAD OUR FIRST RACE IN ORANGE, TEXAS.
WE REALLY WANT TO DEVELOP NOT JUST OUR RACE, BUT TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN OUR CITY.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR, CURRENTLY ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE YOUTUBE CONTENTS.
THEY LOVED IDEA AND REALLY RUNNING INTRODUCES YOU TO A CITY.
SO THIS IS FROM OUR FIRST RACE, UH, IT WAS IN, IT WAS CALLED SHANNON'S RUNNING ORANGE, TEXAS.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THAT RACE.
THIS SOME DRAWING FOOTAGE, BUT YOU KNOW, OH, IT'S NOT SHOWING RIGHT THERE.
SO SEE, WE, WE REALLY TRY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE RACE IS AND GET PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN OUR CITY, INTO THE CITY.
AND THEN THIS IS SOME PICTURES FROM THE HISTORIC STARK, UH, HOUSE.
UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT GET PEOPLE TO JUST LIKE BE CARE ABOUT RACE, BUT WE'RE VERY CALCULATIVE LIKE WHERE THE ROUTE IS.
WE WANT A PLACE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY AND YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING FUN FROM THERE.
UH, ANOTHER THING WE HAVE IS LIKE QUALITY BRANDING.
AND ANOTHER THING I, I DO, I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH, BUT LIKE I WANT TO HAVE ALL MEDIA OR ANY KIND OF CONTENT WE PUT OUT THERE TO BE AS DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, UH, I WANT PEOPLE TO, ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE KIND OF RUN.
UH, WE CALL OURSELVES THREE BROS RUNNING COMPANY AND OUR, WE CONSIDER EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, PACE, OR SEX, WE WANT EVERYONE TO RUN.
AND WE REALLY PUT THAT IN OUR CONTENT WE PUT OUT THERE, OH, SORRY.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS SOME OTHER SAMPLE CONTENT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS FROM A ONE OF OUR RACE SHIRTS.
UH, I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS.
THIS IS, THIS IS MAYOR LARRY, HE, EVERYTHING, YOU CAN SEE THE SHIRT TO THE METAL DESIGN.
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AND THIS IS AFTER OUR FIRST RACE, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WORRY LIKE, HEY, UH, I THINK WHEN WE TOOK OVER LIKE DOWNTOWN ORANGE THAT MAYBE THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE, THEY WOULDN'T REALLY, UH, APPROVE OF THAT.BUT FROM OUR UH, FACEBOOK COMMENTS, YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE WERE LIKE EXCITED.
THEY ACTUALLY ENJOYED SEEING THE RUNNERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE RUN THE RACE.
THEY WERE LIKE, THEY WANT TO DO OUR NEXT RACE.
UH, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO THAT I THINK IS VERY UNIQUE ABOUT US IS WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THE CITY INTO OUR RACE.
WE DON'T JUST HAVE A RACE WEBSITE THAT JUST FOCUSES ON OUR RACE.
WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE INCORPORATED THE CITY OF ORANGE AND WE ALSO HAVE LIKE ANOTHER LINK OF THINGS, WHAT TO EAT, WHERE TO DO.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, I THINK ALL THESE, UH, LINKS HERE.
IT SHOWS LIKE OUR YOUTUBE CONTENT THAT GOES WHERE WE ATE, WHAT WE DID, UH, GET PEOPLE TO REALLY BE INTERESTED IN THE CITY.
AND THEN ALL, ALL THOSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOES TO LIKE A GOOGLE MAPS LINK.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING WE REALLY WANT TO INCORPORATE LOCAL BUSINESSES INTO OUR RACE.
SO OVER OUR OVERALL WORDS FROM, OR WERE FROM ALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, O CRC, OUR T-SHIRTS WERE FROM CCR GRAPHICS.
WE HAD OUR FRUITS FROM ROBERT, ME MARKET YARD SIGNS FROM DOMINION.
BUT THESE WERE ALL, UH, COMPANIES THAT WERE IN ORANGE, TEXAS.
AND UH, INITIALLY THERE WAS LIKE KIND OF WORRY LIKE, HEY CUZ WE'RE NEW RACE, RACE ORGANIZERS, BUT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN 40 DIFFERENT CITIES TO THE CITY OF ORANGE.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TOP 10 CITIES, UH, BEAUMONT OF COURSE IS THE NUMBER ONE CITY, BUT LIKE WE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE FROM HOUSTON COME DOWN TO OUR RACE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT DO.
WE WANNA BRING PEOPLE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO COME TO DO OUR RACE.
SO THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE, UH, GRAPHIC FROM ANOTHER CITY CALLED CELINA.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SMALLER POPULATION THAN THE CITY OF APART, AT LEAST I THINK 47 K.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THEIR FIRST EVER, UH, MARATHON, THEY HAD 817 RUNNERS AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS OVER 400 K.
AND THIS IS HOW WE COMPARED WITH SIMILAR RACES, UH, HELD IN ORANGE.
UH, THIS IS HISTORICAL NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE WE OUTPERFORMED ALL RACES THERE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN, UH, ORANGE, TEXAS.
AND THESE WERE, UH, RACES THAT HAD LIKE BIG TIME NAMED BACKING LIKE GRANGER THEN RUN YOUR BASOV WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE A BIG TIME FESTIVAL AND WE ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMED THEM.
SO, AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING.
I'M A, I'M A BIG VERY DATA KIND OF GUY.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I HAVE A DATA SCIENCE BACKGROUND AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT HELPED US KIND OF GET THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 180,000 TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE VISITING OUR CONTENT.
AND THIS IS LIKE FROM THAT PERIOD FROM JULY 18TH TO OCTOBER 15TH.
SO REACH IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN OUR CONTENT.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HEARING ABOUT OUR RACE.
UH, ONE HEARING ABOUT THE CITY, AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY.
THE, HE, SHE IS THE EDC ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF ORANGE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA HAVE YOU LIKE READ THAT WHOLE LETTER, BUT I'LL SHOW YOU LIKE THE MAIN KIND OF THING.
SHE SAID, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THREE BROS RUNNING TO HOST AN EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
SO BEFORE WE DID ANY OF THIS, WE RESEARCHED THE CITY, WE MADE SURE TO TALK TO ANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF HELPING US ORGANIZE EVENTS.
I'VE BEEN LIKE TALKING TO GEORGE DAVIES OF LIKE, UH, PLEASURE ISLAND.
I TALKED TO LIKE THE TOURISTS, UH, HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.
CAUSE I WANNA DO THIS RIGHT AND I WANT TO REALLY REPRESENT THE CITY AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS IS LIKE MY VISION FOR HOW WE WANT TO WORK WITH, UH, PORT ARTHUR AND SPECIFICALLY PLEASURE ISLAND.
SO WE HAVE AN IDEA CALLED THE TEXAS TWO LOUISIANA 5K.
AND IT'S GONNA BE AT THE SABINE CAUSEWAY.
THERE USED TO BE A RACE CALLED THE SINE SABINE CAUSEWAY 5K, BUT I THINK THEY CURRENTLY ARE NO LONGER OPERATIONAL AND WE WANT TO BRING THAT RACE BACK AND WE WANT TO ATTACH OUR OWN SIGNIFICANT BRAND BRANDING TO IT.
UH, HIGHLIGHT THE TEXAS TO LOUISIANA THING.
AND I THINK I COULD BRING MORE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY FROM THIS AREA, BUT FROM LIKE LOUISIANA AND MAYBE ABROAD.
THERE'S GONNA BE A RUNNERS BORDER BATTLE RACE IN TWO STATES.
UH, PEOPLE COULD CHOOSE TEXAS OR LOUISIANA AND YOU KNOW, WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO WHO, WHO WHO WILL LIKE, WANT TO, WHO HAVE PREVENTS FOR LIKE TEXAS OR LOUISIANA.
THE LOUISIANA SIDE WILL RUN, WILL RUNNERS WILL BE GIVEN LIKE BEADS AND THERE'LL BE ZYDECO MUSIC TEXAS SIDE.
THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BEAT COWBOY HATS WITH COUNTRY MUSIC.
AND OUR PROPOSED DATE, I SUBMITTED THE PERMIT IS FOR EIGHT, UH, FOR AUGUST 5TH AT 7:30 AM AND THIS IS THINGS I
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DON'T JUST WANT THIS RACE, I WANT LIKE FUTURE THINGS TO BE DONE WITH PORT ARTHUR.UH, THE WAY WE WANT TO INTEGRATE PORT ARTHUR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE A PACK OF PICKUP AT A HOST HOTEL.
WE WILL TIE IN THE PORT ARTHUR LOGO AND BRANDING INTO OUR SITE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
I, I INCLUDED THE COLORS AND WE WANTED TO FEATURE THINGS TO DO IN PORT ARTHUR AND WHERE TO EAT.
SO THIS IS OUR KIND OF FUTURE VISION.
CAUSE I WANNA WORK WITH PORT ARTHUR MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE DID WORK WITH ORANGE FOR LIKE A SECOND RACE BECAUSE WE, OUR FIRST RACE WAS SO, SO SUCCESSFUL.
THEY ASK US BACK TO DO A RACE FOR WITH THE ORANGE TOBER FESTIVAL.
AND I SEE THE POTENTIAL IN PORT ARTHUR.
I'VE BEEN VISITING THE CITY AND UH, ONE OF OUR IDEAS IS LIKE A ONE MILE IN DOWNTOWN WITH CLIFFORD DISTILLERY.
AND ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO, IF WE COULD DO SOME BEING COSWAY, UH, SUCCESSFUL, IS BRING BACK THE HALF MARATHON HERE AT PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT SELENA MARATHON, THEY ONLY HAVE, I THINK 47 K PEOPLE.
AND YOU SAW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, MARATHON DOES.
I WANT TO BRING BACK A HALF MARATHON TO PORT ARTHUR AND ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY AT PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND OUR GOAL IS, AS ALWAYS, TO NOT ONLY GET PEOPLE TO RUN THE RACE, BUT TO BRING PEOPLE TO YOUR CITY.
WE ARE ON ALL SOCIAL PLATFORMS, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, UH, YOU COULD CHECK OUR WEBSITE IF YOU SCAN THE QRS CODE, BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS APPROVE OF OUR RACE THIS AUGUST BECAUSE I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
AND I WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE CITY OF ARTHUR.
WANT, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS ON, SO, BUT COUNCILMAN, UH, WELL, MAYOR APPROACH, I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMAN JONES WAS GETTING NAME I WANNA RUN WITH YOU.
SO I NEED YOU TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WHAT YOU NEED FROM US? OH YEAH, I WOULD, WE WOULD, WE WOULD JUST NEED LIKE, THE CITY SUPPORT.
LIKE, I THINK THE MAIN COST FOR US, LIKE WHEN WE DID, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH BOOTSTRAPPED OUR FIRST RACE THERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, THEY DID OFFER US GRANT MONEY TO HELP, UH, DO ANOTHER RACE FOR THEM.
BUT JUST OUR, OUR MAIN COST IS LIKE POLICE AND LIKE, UH, LET'S SAY, UH, BARRICADES.
THAT'S JUST THING I'M OKAY WITH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HANDLING EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I CAN FORECAST LIKE THE SHIRTS AND THE METALS APPROPRIATELY, BUT BARRICADES AND POLICE SUPPORT IS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE AND WE WOULD LOVE SPONSORS OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANT, IF YOU CHECK OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE DID FOR THE CITY OF ORANGE.
AND I WANNA DO THE SAME THING FOR THE CITY OF ARTHUR.
AND ON, ON THAT, UH, MR. MR. UH, DAVIS IS HERE BECAUSE YOU SAID I HAVE 5K ONE, JEFFS, I MEAN ON A PLEASURE ISLAND.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH MR. DAVIS? YES, HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON WE SPOKE TO.
AND, AND ALSO MS. PAM IS HERE FROM, FROM, UH, UH, VISITOR'S BUREAU.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE HOTELS AND OTHER THINGS.
SO IF YOU THOSE WOULD BE TWO GOOD RESOURCE PERSONS THAT YOU COULD GET WITH, AND HE'LL GET BACK WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND WE CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
ANY, ANY, PROVIDE, ANY SUPPORT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL FOR US.
IF, IF YOU GIVE THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'LL SET IT UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE CAN PROVIDE, THANK YOU GUYS.
[III.B. (2) A Presentation By Charles McElroy Of ProVision Developments LLC Regarding 3D Printed Houses]
PRESENTATION WOULD BE A PRESENTATION BY CHARLES MCELROY OF PROVISION DEVELOPMENTS LLC REGARDING 3D PRINTED HOUSES.GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MAYOR APPROACH.
I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING 3D PRINTED HOUSING.
AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SUBDIVISION THAT'S COMING UP ON, UH, 39TH STREET IN, UH, PORT ARTHUR BY THE, UH, GAS COMPANY.
BUT AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT TO DO MORE, MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT, NEW DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST ON EXISTING LINE, BUT BIGGER, LARGER TRACKS OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO, AS I, UH, STARTED WORKING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BRING MORE HOUSES BACK HOME, I GOT WITH THE GROUP, WHICH IS MY NOW MY BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND I'LL LET THEM TALK ABOUT THE 3D PRINTED HOUSING.
WHEN I WENT TO GO SEE THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS INCREDIBLE ON HOW MANY HOUSES THAT YOU CAN DO AT A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WITH GOOD QUALITY HOUSING.
SO I HAVE, UM, STEVEN AND JASON, I'LL LET THEM COME UP AND TALK UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE HERE, FOR TALKING TO MIKE, PLEASE FOR US.
YEAH, MAN, A LITTLE VERTICALLY CHALLENGED THIS MORNING.
DIDN'T, DIDN'T PUT MY BIG BOOTS ON, BUT WE JUST WANNA COME TO Y'ALL AND, AND JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
MAKE THIS PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL, NOT ONLY FOR Y'ALL, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE.
UM, I GREW UP AROUND BEAUMONT AREA.
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FROM HERE.DEPENDS ON WHAT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE WE'RE ON.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO GIVE BACK.
WE SEE THE DEVASTATION AND THE NEED HERE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND SURROUNDING CITIES.
UM, AND WE JUST, WE WANNA SHOW Y'ALL WHAT WE CAN DO TO GIVE BACK TO EVERYBODY.
I'M JASON JONES, CEO OF OUR SQUARED, TEXAS.
UH, WHILE I'M NOT FROM THIS AREA, UH, I'M IN AUSTIN, WEIRDO.
UH, I, UH, I AM A TEXAN AND TEXAS VALUES ARE MY VALUES.
SO, UH, IT'S HARD TO START HERE BECAUSE, UH, 3D PRINTING IS SO NEW, UH, AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO START EDUCATING AND, AND PUTTING THAT, UH, IN PEOPLE'S MIND.
UH, BUT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO GIVE YOU THE BROAD STROKES AND, UH, MAYBE SPARK SOME IDEAS FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, THESE FINE FOLKS YOU SEE STANDING HERE WITH ME.
UH, WE'VE ALL MET, UH, FAITH BROUGHT US TOGETHER.
UH, GOOD LORDS BROUGHT US TOGETHER, AND WE'RE NOW, UH, UNDER A COMMITTED PURPOSE, UH, AND SHARED VISION, UH, AND A COLLABORATION HERE.
UH, WE'RE A AMAZING COLLABORATION OF REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, UH, FROM ALL WALKS FROM, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, FUNDING, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, MULTI-FAMILY.
WE'VE GOT IT, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL COVERED HERE.
UH, AS IT SAYS HERE, WE'VE GOT A SHARED PASSION FOR INNOVATION AND REAL ESTATE, UH, WITH A VISION TO PROVIDE ATTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE, UH, DURABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL.
UH, NOT MAKE THESE JUST HOT BUTTON WORDS THAT, UH, SOUND GOOD OR CLICKABLE.
JUST HOLD THE MIC IN YOUR HAND.
OUR MISSION, OUR MISSION IS VERY SIMPLE.
WE LEVERAGE AND INTEGRATE PROVEN CONSTRUCTION METHODS, UH, WITH INNOVATIVE 3D CONSTRUCTED, UH, PRINTED TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP HIGH QUALITY ATTAINABLE HOMES.
WE STRIVE TO INTRODUCE, UH, AND EXPAND THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, UH, AND THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE, UH, TO CREATE THE GREATEST IMPACT.
AND WE WANNA PUSH THE CAPABILITIES.
UH, 3D PRINTED CONCRETE HOMES ARE IN THEIR INFANCY IN THE US BUT THEY'RE NOT, UH, WORLDWIDE.
AND THE CONCEPT, UH, AND THE MATERIAL SCIENCE, UH, IN THE ENGINEERING HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING FOR OVER 30, 40 YEARS NOW.
SO, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN WAITING IS THE MACHINE TO BE, UH, COST EFFECTIVE, UH, AND MANAGEABLE, PORTABLE, UH, AND TRULY BE EFFECTIVE INSTEAD OF BEING A FLASHING AND PAN.
WHY RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES? UH, I ALWAYS SAY, WHY NOT? BUT, UH, IN REALITY, INNOVATIVE COMPANIES TYPICALLY GO TO PLACES WHERE THERE'S, UH, MORE OF A, UH, IT'S A CITY VIBE.
YOU HAVE, UH, MAYBE MORE OF A HIGHER POPULATION.
BUT, UH, WE FEEL LIKE PLACES LIKE PORT ARTHUR, LIKE MARTINDALE, WHERE WE'RE WORKING IN, IN, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS, UH, LEANDER, TEXAS, UH, AREAS THAT AREN'T DESPERATE NEED THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, IS 6 MILLION STRONG.
UH, AND SADLY IN, IN FOLKS THAT, THAT NEED, UH, AFFORDABLE HOMES RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY AND READY TO, TO GET STARTED ON TAKING CARE OF, UH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE TEXANS.
WHAT IS THE 3D PRINTED HOME? I'M SURE YOU'VE ASKED YOURSELF THIS QUESTION ALREADY, LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? SO 3D PRINTED HOME, UH, IS BASICALLY A 3D PRINTED CAD DESIGN.
YOU HAVE THE BLUEPRINT THAT GOES INTO THE 3D MODEL THAT THEN IS
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TURNED OVER TO US.THAT IS GIVEN THE POINTS WHERE THE PRINTER WILL MOVE, AND THEN LAY LAYER BY LAYER BY LAYER AS IT GETS TO THE TOP DESIRED HEIGHT, DESIRED WALL WIDTH, AND, UH, WALL CAVITY, UH, WITH THE TWO BEADS THAT RUN AS THE, UH, STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE OUTSIDE AS IT'S LAID OUT HERE.
WE CREATE THE BLUEPRINT, SEND THE DESIGNS TO THE PRINTER.
THERE'S ABOUT SIX LAYERS OF, UH, REDUNDANCIES AND CROSS-CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE OF THESE POINTS BEFORE THAT PRINTER EVEN LAYS, UH, ANY BIT OF MATERIAL ON THE GROUND BEFORE WE EVEN RUN OUR LASER.
TO CHECK, UH, AGAIN, ON THE GROUND TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THE EXACT PRINT LINE, UH, CENTER LINE FOR THAT PRINT IS, UH, WHERE THAT HOME OR WHERE THOSE WALLS ARE GONNA BE LAID.
AND TO THE CUSTOMER SPECIFICATIONS, IT PRINTS LAYER BY LAYER ON A SLAB STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO STICK, BUILD, BOTTOM PLATE, TOP PLATE.
UH, YOUR TIE-INS WITH, UH, REBAR AND, AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT ON THE INSIDE OF THE WALLS ARE VERY SIMILAR.
UH, WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL, UH, ONE IS WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH THE DESIGN.
TWO, UH, WE CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY CUTTING OUT A TON OF PIECES IN THE PROCESS, UH, OF BUILDING THE HOME.
UH, BUT WE CAN ALSO BE REALLY SMART WITH IT AS WE ARE PRINTING UP INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, IN A TRADITIONAL STICK FRAME.
UH, WE CAN LAY THE INTERIOR, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND INSULATION AS WE ARE GOING ALONG WITH THE PRINT.
EACH ONE OF THE OUTLETS ARE PRE-PLANNED, PRE LAYERED.
WE CAN DETAIL THIS THING OUT AND PRECISELY LAY DOWN A HOME THAT IS AFFORDABLE, UH, AND HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL ELEMENTS IN THERE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE OUT PRICED CUZ CURVES COST MONEY.
WHY IS THIS THE BEST OPTION FOR THIS AREA? RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.
YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE FROM THIS AREA.
THESE HOUSES, UH, THESE WALLS, UH, THEY'RE DURABLE.
UH, THEY ARE GOING TO LAST AGAINST, UH, FIRE, WATER, HURRICANES, UH, WOOD DESTROYING INSECTS.
THE HOME DESIGNS WE HAVE ARE SET UP FOR, UH, FLOOD-PROOFING, SEALED, UH, FROM THE ROOF, WHICH IS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW, STILL A STICK FRAME.
BUT WE ARE TESTING OUT, UH, NEW ROOFS, UH, ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW, WELL, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, AND OUR CONCRETE MIX IS, UH, TESTED TO GO AGAINST, UH, 120 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.
THEY, UH, SHOT A, UH, TWO BY FOUR AT THE WALL AT 120 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH WAS PRETTY GREAT.
SO, UH, IT GIVES YOU A COMPARATIVE STRENGTH ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE WALL.
SO, LUMBER, TYPICALLY, THOUSAND 1500, DEPENDING ON THE, THE LUMBER, UH, C M U BLOCK, CONCRETE BLOCK.
RIGHT? WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS, UH, 1500 PSI SLAB FOUNDATION.
YOUR TYPICAL POST-TENSION SLAB IS, UH, 30 505,000 PSI.
UH, OUR ADDITIVE CONCRETE, ACTUALLY, UH, WE JUST GOT A, A NEW RE REPORT ON OURS, UH, THAT SHOWS IT'S, UH, 10,500.
UH, SO THESE WALLS ARE PRETTY WELL INDESTRUCTIBLE.
UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE 3D PRINTED MARKET GLOBALLY, UH, RIGHT NOW IS PROJECTED TO BE BY THE END OF 2027, UH, 40 BILLION.
AND THE MORE IT ADOPTS OR, OR THE MORE WE, UH, REACH, UH, LARGER ADOPTION, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MUCH HIGHER, WHY DO WE WANT TO BUILD, I'M GONNA HAND THIS ONE OVER TO STEVEN HOMERS, WHERE THE HEART IS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT I HIT, UH, WITH MY INTRODUCTION IS WE'RE FROM HERE, ALL OF US, UH, IN SOME WAY SOMEHOW.
UM, SOME GREW UP HERE WITH, YOU
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KNOW, CHILDREN AND SOME ARE, UH, JUST DRAWN TO THE AIR JUST BEING A TEXAN.AND, UM, IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE FOR US.
UM, WE JUST, WE WANT TO POUR OUT WHAT, NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE STATE'S POURED OUT TO US.
UM, HURRICANES WE'RE, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH 'EM.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE OR HOW MUCH DEVASTATION THEY CAUSE, OR WHAT A HOMEOWNER DEALS WITH, TO LOSE EVERYTHING, TO BE WONDERING WHERE THE NEXT MEAL'S GONNA COME FROM.
HOW AM I GONNA HAVE A HOME AGAIN, UH, TO FILL EVERYTHING STRIPPED AWAY FROM 'EM, JUST BLINK OF AN EYE.
AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE SOLUTION TO ALLEVIATE THOSE ISSUES FOR PEOPLE.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS HERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HELPED CLEAN UP HARVEY.
UM, BOATING PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROADS, MAN, SAVING ANIMALS AND, UM, PEOPLE, UH, IT'S A LOT.
AND, UM, IT MEANS A LOT TO US.
REALLY DOES MEANS A LOT TO ME, TOO.
UM, AS, UH, MR. CHUCK HERE STATED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE MCELROY ESTATES DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO, UH, DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT I JUST STATED.
UM, OUR VISION IS TO HELP DEVELOP A COMMUNITY OF 46 HOUSES NAMED THE MCELROY ESTATE.
UM, WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH LOCAL TRADES, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN SET GUYS COME IN AND BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED.
WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, WE'RE JUST BUILDING IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
UM, AGAIN, OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AN AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY TO HELP BOOST THE ECONOMY, ENCOURAGE LOCAL FAMILIES TO BUY INSTEAD OF RENT.
UM, WE WANT TO EMPLOY PEOPLE AS HOMEOWNERS, UH, TO BE DEPENDENT UPON THEMSELVES, AND TO GIVE THEM THAT ABILITY TO ALSO GIVE 'EM THE ABILITY TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES.
NOT WORRY ABOUT KEEPING THE HOUSE MAINTAINED, WORRYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TERMITES.
UH, OBVIOUSLY BIG IMPACT HERE ALONG WITH THE WEATHER.
AGAIN, HURRICANES, UM, SALT AIR, YOU KNOW, UH, IT, WE WANT TO TAKE THOSE ISSUES AND ALL THAT TIME, THINK OF ALL THE TIME YOU SPEND FIXING YOUR HOUSE, WORRYING ABOUT THE SIDING, WORRYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING EVERYTHING SEALED PROPERLY.
IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT TIME AND THAT MONEY AND FOCUS IT NOT ONLY ON YOUR, JUST YOUR FAMILY, I, I THINK THAT'S TREMENDOUS PERSONALLY.
UH, SO THE FLOOR PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS A THREE BED, TWO BATH, TWO CAR GARAGE.
UH, AGAIN, DURABLE, UH, BEAUTIFUL CURB APPEAL.
UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE PROUD TO GO HOME TO, UM, THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE PROUD TO SEE.
UM, BASIC SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1200 TO 1500 FOOT, UH, WITH A SALES PRICE OF ONLY 200, 230 K.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LIFETIME HOME THAT YOU CAN HAND DOWN, OR IF YOU GROW OUT OF WITH YOUR FAMILY, THAT RESIDUAL RETURN IS STILL THERE.
EVERY TIME SOMETHING COMES THROUGH TEARS, THE WALLS UP, MOISTURE, MOLD, ALL THOSE THINGS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
STOP FIGHTING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
STOP FIGHTING WITH ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU YOU CAN'T REBUILD YOUR HOME THE WAY YOU WANT TO, UH, PUT OUR PRINTER USE AND THE FANTASTIC TEAM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.
WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TELL 'EM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A HOME? SO THE, THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS WE CAN PRINT THESE ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE 1200 AND AND 1500 SQUARE FEET HOMES.
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OR THE, THE, THE WALL STRUCTURE ITSELF, UH, CAN BE PRINTED, UH, IN UNDER A WEEK.THAT'S SET UP THE MACHINE AND DISASSEMBLY OF THE MACHINE.
AND THE, THE FULL PRINT, UH, THE TOTAL CARE TIME ON THE WALLS IS 28 DAYS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR RIGHT NOW IS MORE OF A PRODUCTION, UH, SET UP WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PRE-PRINT THE WALLS, UH, IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, PUT THE INSULATION, THE PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, THE PRE-HUNG OR PRE-HUNG, THE WINDOWS DOORS, UH, HAVE EVERYTHING READY.
AND SO WHEN IT GETS PLACED ON THE FOUNDATION, TIED IN WITH THE FOUNDATION, ALL OF THE UTILITIES ARE READY TO PLUG IN.
UH, THAT HOME HAS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ITS 28 DAY CARE PROCESS.
AND NOT ONLY THAT HOME, BUT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF OUR FACILITY, 50 HOMES, 25 HOMES, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVELY, UH, WE CAN HAVE THOSE READY IN A 28 DAY, LET'S SAY REALISTICALLY, LET'S SAY 90 DAY PERIOD.
WE PUT 25 HOMES OUT, UH, READY FOR A ROOF, ROOF GOES ON, BLOW DOOR, TEST LIGHTS ON, KEYS, SMILES, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.
OKAY? AND, UH, YES, SIR, JUST IN CASE YOU GUYS, THERE IS A, UH, COMPANY CALLED ICON BUILDERS IN, UH, AUSTIN.
SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM US, OF COURSE.
AND THEY DID LIKE A HUNDRED HOMES SUBDIVISION WITH WHAT, LIKE, SIX SIX IN GEORGETOWN? I THINK IT WAS LIKE SIX MONTHS, OR THEY GETTING READY TO DO ONE.
YEAH, I THINK FROM START TO FINISH, UH, SIX MONTHS.
A HUNDRED HOMES, BRAND NEW SUBDIVISION.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME, UH, PORTIONS HERE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO TIE IN, OF COURSE, A AS I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO, I DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON ALL OF THE, UH, PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US THIS MORNING, WHETHER IT IS THE WATERPARK OR THE RUNS, OR YOU GUYS COMING THIS MORNING, IT IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE COMING.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS PROJECT, OF COURSE, TO HAPPEN FOR, UH, A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND, AND YOU HAVE WORKED WITH OUR, UM, YOU'VE WORKED WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT, OUR ONE STOP DEVELOPMENT, UH, GROUP HERE AT THE, AT THE CITY.
AND THIS IS READY TO, TO HAPPEN AND TO OCCUR.
UM, I, I, I, I WENT TO THE WEBSITE TO LOOK AT THIS, UH, 3D PRINTING, AND I WOULD ADVISE ANYBODY, UH, TO PULL THAT UP ON YOUTUBE AND TO LOOK AT THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS HAPPENS AND HOW IT TRANSPIRES.
UH, AND SO, UM, IT'S JUST EXCITING.
AND, AND MAN, WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN.
OF COURSE, I, I PRAY THAT YOU FOUND IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU FOUND THE CITY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, AND WE WENT OUT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING, UH, WHERE ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, AND SO WE ARE READY TO SEE IT OCCUR HERE IN OUR CITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE, UM, UH, PLACES TO LIVE.
OF COURSE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL, UH, HELPS OUR CITY, UH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, OUR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME AND LIVE IN OUR CITY, ROOFTOPS IS THE MAIN THING THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT WHEN THEY WANT TO BRING BUSINESSES AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS TO OUR CITY.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND SO WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MARKS.
UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, INSURANCE STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER DEVELOPMENTS WE, UH, TAKE UNDERTAKE HERE IN THE CITY, THAT THEY MEET THOSE, THOSE HURRICANE STANDARDS AND THE FLOOD STANDARDS.
UH, HOW DOES THE 3D HOME FIT WITHIN THE STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY INSURANCE INDUSTRY? UH, SO WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE A, A GROUP THAT WE WORK WITH THAT IS, UH, WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THESE HOMES ARE INSURABLE, WORKING WITH STATE FARM, ALLSTATE, UH, WITH THE NATIONAL BOARD OF IN INSURERS, SO THAT WE CAN BE IN, BE SURE THAT THESE HOMES ARE GONNA DO EXACTLY WHAT WE SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO.
ONE, UH, IN STANDING UP AGAINST THE ELEMENTS, STANDING UP AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN, IN AREAS LIKE THIS.
UM, BUT ALSO IN BRINGING DOWN THAT COST OVERALL FOR THE HOMEOWNER, UH, IN REPLACEMENT COST,
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UH, AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, REBUILDING THAT HOME, UH, OR, OR THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.UH, WE CURRENTLY MEET THE STANDARDS.
THESE HOMES HAVE BEEN INSURED.
UH, THESE HOMES HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORTGAGES.
UH, FANNY AND FREDDY ARE HAPPY TO GIVE US MORTGAGES ON THESE PROPERTIES.
UH, AND SAME WITH THE INSURANCE.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE WALLS, UH, THE WALL COMPOSITION IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UH, WE CAN GET UP TO 300 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ON THESE.
UH, AND THAT IS WITH THE CURRENT STANDARD ON AC 5 0 9, WHICH IS WHAT THIS MATERIAL IS.
UH, THE AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE, UH, SETS THE STANDARD FOR CONCRETE, UH, FIRST, RIGHT.
SO, UH, WE MADE THAT AC 5 0 9, SO OUR WALL COMPOSITION, UH, ALREADY REACHES A HIGHER R VALUE THAN A STICK BUILD, UH, JUST BY ITSELF, UH, BEFORE ANY INSULATION IS PUT IN.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THE, AGAIN, WE CAN GET UP TO, UH, ABOUT 300 MILES AN HOUR ON, ON THESE WALLS, SO WELL ABOVE ANYTHING WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER IN THIS AREA.
UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS, DO YOU PRE-QUALIFY YOUR CUSTOMERS OR YOU, YOU GOING TO BUILD THEM ON THIS TRACK OF LAND, JUST GOING TO BUILD THEM AND THEN Y'ALL GONNA SELL 'EM? OR YOU GONNA HAVE YOUR CUSTOMERS? LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
CAN YOU TWEAK THAT? PICKING THE MIC OVER? SO, YES.
UM, COUNCIL LEWIS FOR THAT QUESTION.
UH, WE PLAN TO, UH, HOLD A PRE-SALE EVENT.
SO WE WANNA TRY TO GET AT LEAST 10 PRE-SOLD BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN, UH, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE DURABLE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, EFFICIENT.
AND, UM, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PRODUCT THAT WE FEEL EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH.
AND YES, SO PRE-SALES WILL BEGIN.
WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP, UM, TO PRE-SALE THESE HOMES PRIOR TO BUILDING.
SO THE FRAMEWORK IS GONNA BE CONCRETE, JUST THE FRAMES? YES.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE CONCRETE.
THE 3D PRINTER LAYS, EACH LAYER GOES AROUND, LAYS EACH LAYER FOR ALL OF THE WALLS.
THE FRAME OF THE, THE ROOF WILL BE THE SAME STICK BUILT, UM, FOR THE FRAME OF THE ROOF, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAKE, UH, A TYPICAL CONCRETE, UH, ROOF, UH, FRAME STRUCTURE AS WELL.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE TYPICAL, UH, STICK BUILT OF THE, UH, THE ROOF.
BUT THE WALLS WILL BE CONCRETE.
UH, ALEXANDER HAS, HE HAS A FACILITY LIKE THIS, HUH? HIS CLINIC IS CONCRETE.
THEY BUILT IT SEVERAL, WHAT, 15 YEARS AGO? UH, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON PROCER.
UH, HE WAS HERE EARLIER THIS MORNING, BUT, UH, IT'S A COUPLE OF HOUSES IN THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T CATCH ON.
I DON'T, MAYBE Y'ALL GOT A, A BETTER METHOD OF MARKETING IT.
PROBABLY JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUILDING.
THEY MAY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR, UH, THE SLABS IN FOR THE WALLS PRE-FABRICATED AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU CAN BE SITTING HERE ON THE IPAD AND WORK THE MACHINE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WHY, WHY HADN'T BEEN ADOPTED IS, UH, THE MACHINE NEEDED TO MEET THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE MATERIALS, UH, MOVING THE, THESE, UH, HEAVY MACHINES ON THEIR AXES.
UM, TO DO THE PRINTING, UH, REQUIRES THE PRECISION, UH, OF NOT ONLY THE MACHINE, BUT THE COMMUNICATION TO THOSE MOTORS THAT RUN IT.
UH, AND SO, UH, THAT NEEDED TO BE SET IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THIS STICK BUILD VERSUS OURS.
NOT DIFFERENT IN THE TIMEFRAME NECESSARILY, TO CONSTRUCT CITIES GET IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOVERNANCE IS, IS, UH, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WHAT, UH, IS THE, THE PART THAT, THAT KEEPS US ALL HONEST AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT PROCESS IS DONE RIGHT.
UH, AND SO WHAT MAKES IT BETTER IS THIS HOME IS MORE DURABLE.
IT STANDS UP TO THE TEST OF TIME.
UH, THERE'S CONCRETE HOMES THAT ARE UP IN THE NORTHEAST THAT HAVE BEEN BEATEN BY THE WEATHER, SIMILAR TO HERE, UH, THAT WERE PUT DOWN BY THOMAS EDISON BACK IN 1922, UH, THAT ARE STILL STANDING.
UH, MOST OF THE WORLD BUILDS WITH CONCRETE, UH, AND STEEL.
WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT STILL BUILDS WITH STICK.
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AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE SEEN HERE, UH, I GUTTED 55 PLUS HOMES IN GALVESTON, UH, COUNTY, UM, SOUTH OF, UH, BELTWAY EIGHT.PRETTY MUCH CLEAR LAKE AREA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO THE ISLAND.
UH, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING WATCHING, UH, PEOPLE TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF, UH, THEIR LIVES AND THEIR HOMES BEING PUT ON THE CURB.
UH, AND I CAN'T STAND TO SEE THAT.
SO, UH, THAT MO THAT MOTIVATES EVERY OUNCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
FOR THE, UM, ONE, I LIKE THE INNOVATION.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT UTILITY COSTS WITH IT BEING CONCRETE AND MARKETING, THE COST OF THE MACHINE IS ASTRONOMICAL, SO IT HAS TO MAKE BUSINESS SENSE.
SO FOR IT TO MAKE BUSINESS SENSE, THESE HOMES ARE, YES, WE'RE SAYING AFFORDABLE, BUT ARE WE SAYING AFFORDABLE FOR THE POPULATION OF MEDIAN INCOME FOR PORT ARTHUR RESIDENTS? AFFORDABLE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW NUMBERS OUT THERE, BUT I, I TRY MY BEST TO DO MY HOMEWORK AND THIS, THE, THE NUMBER'S NOT MAKING MUCH SENSE.
SO THE MACHINE IS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO PUT IT IN A PRODUCTION FACILITY WHERE WE CAN PUMP THAT OUT.
SO THAT MACHINE IS ALREADY PAYING FOR ITSELF AFTER 25, 30 HOMES.
UH, WE ARE STRIVING, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY IS A SLIDING SCALE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPENDENT ON THE AREA, BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE, THE ACI IS, RIGHT? WE WANNA FOCUS ON WHAT THE AVERAGE, UH, GROSS INCOME.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STICKING TO, UH, THE TWO-THIRDS RULE ON THAT ONE, WHERE WE MAKE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR, UH, GROSS INCOME, UH, ON HOUSING AND HOUSING COSTS.
UH, THE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER COST.
UH, THE MACHINE COST IS, IS REALLY ON US.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S OPERATIONAL COST THAT WE'VE ALREADY ABSORBED, RIGHT? SO THE, UH, THE BUILDING OF THE HOMES, THE, THE CONCRETE CAN BE SOURCED LOCALLY.
UH, THE, UH, TRADES CAN BE SOURCED LOCALLY, UH, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO.
WE WERE ALL RAISED BY TRADESMEN.
UH, MY BUSINESS PARTNERS IN, IN R SQUARED, STEVEN, UH, CHRIS, AND MYSELF.
UH, I BUILT HOUSES WITH MY GRANDFATHER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
SO, UH, ANYHOW, UH, THE COST ISN'T NECESSARILY THERE ON ITS FACE.
YOU CAN'T PICK OUT ONE SINGLE LINE ITEM THAT THE COST WILL BE THERE FOR THE SAVINGS, BUT IT IS TRANSPORTATION, IT IS, UH, IN THE EFFICIENCY AND SPEED OF THE WALLS, THE DURABILITY OF THE WALLS, UH, AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO DO EACH ONE OF THOSE PIECES THAT ARE INSPECTION PIECES IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, HOLDING COSTS GO DOWN.
UM, SO WITH THE AVERAGE COST OF THIS HOME MM-HMM.
WILL THAT BE THE AVERAGE COST OF THE HOME? AND FOR THE TWO TO THREE BEDROOM HOME, WHAT WILL WE CONSIDERED POSSIBLY WILL? WE DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE WILL RUN THEIR AIR CONDITIONERS, SO I KNOW YOU CAN'T GIVE AN EXACT, BUT IN A CONCRETE HOME, WOULD THE AVERAGE UTILITY COST MM-HMM.
SO YOUR UTILITIES ARE GONNA BASE WHAT WE SEE ON AVERAGE CUT IN HALF.
UM, OUR, OUR VALUE FOR THE WALLS IS MUCH GREATER THAN ANY STICK BUILD, UM, OR ANY CMU BUILT HOME.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT INTEGRATING, UH, SOLAR USE INTO OUR HOMES AND ALSO A SELF-SUSTAINABLE HOME.
SO WHEN HURRICANES DO HIT, YOU'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF FOR A MINIMUM THREE WEEKS WITHOUT REFUELING TRANSPORTATION, TRYING TO FIGHT EVERYBODY ELSE AT THE GAS PUMPS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SELF-SUSTAINING UNIT TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY.
SO THE ASK OF US IS FOR A BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO PRINT THE, THE WALLS.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YES.
IS, AM I CLEAR ABOUT THE ASK YOU, YOU SAID THAT MOVING FORWARD WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRINT THE WALLS AND ALLOW THEM TO CURE LOCALLY.
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SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR, YOU'RE ASKING THE CITY FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? YES.ONCE WE GET THERE, YES, MA'AM.
HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THAT PROPERTY ALREADY? NO, WE HAVEN'T.
WE STILL WAITING ON THE PLANS TO GET DONE FOR, WE CAN START DOING THE, UH, DOING THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO ONCE WE DO THAT, WE PUTTING TOGETHER ALL OUR NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, UH, GO.
SO WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY MANAGER ALSO, MAYBE THE EDC, MS.
WHEN WE DO GET A WAREHOUSE, WE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY 20 TO, UP TO A HUNDRED ACRES OR 200 ACRES OF LAND TO BUILD HOUSES.
CUZ THAT'S WHERE YOUR COST SAVING COME AT AS WELL.
SO THAT FOUR OR 500,000 IS DECREASED BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL WORK THAT HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAUSES STICKERS.
THE, THE, THE WAY THAT THE COSTS WORK IS THAT THE MORE HOUSES YOU BUILD AT A TIME, BECAUSE SHE TALKING ABOUT WHAT, DOING MY FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES OR SIX HOUSES A WEEK, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
SO YOUR COST IS REALLY YOUR TIME SAVING TO GET THE HOUSE COMPLETE.
SO INSTEAD OF YOU GOING ALMOST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS TO FINISH A STICK BUILD HOUSE, YOU TALKING ABOUT THREE DAYS TO 30 DAYS TO MOVE INTO A HOME.
SO YOU'RE SAVING A LOT OF TIME AND WITH TIME AND MONEY IS THAT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ON, UH, WORK LIKE YOUR CONTRACTORS LIKE YOU DO NOW.
UH, AND MR. MCELROY TO YOUR GROUP, YOU ALL HAVE A VERY GREAT INNOVATIVE IDEA.
COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AND WE'VE GONE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLY OVER THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO GIVE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE WILL SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP THAT YOU ALL COULD COME AND YOU CAN MEET WITH THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL, THIS GIVE US TIME TO GO THROUGH WHAT YOU HAVE AND BE ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WON'T BE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN, IN, IN THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, WE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNSEL.
THANK YOU ALL AND THE CHRIST, WE,
[III.B. (3) A Presentation To The Mayor And City Council By The Quasquicentennial Steering Committee And Celebration Team. Representatives: Verna Rutherford, Pat Avery, Dr. Albert Thigpen, Dr. Sam Monroe, Tom Neal, Tammy Kotzur]
UH, CENTENNIAL GROUP.YOU ALL, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED, WANTED TO DO? NO, SIR.
NOW WE'LL MOVE TO, UM, PAGE TWO AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH STAFF REGARDING THE, UH, PLEASURE
[III.B. (4) A Presentation By Staff Regarding Updates On The Pleasure Island Department]
ISLAND DEPARTMENT.UM, I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BASIC, UH, UPDATE.
I WON'T TAKE ANY OF YOUR TIME, UH,
UM, SO I THINK AUGUST, AUGUST OF, UM, WAS IT 21? I BECAME THE DIRECTOR AT PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND, UH, MR. BURTON BASICALLY ASKED ME TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, ESPECIALLY, UM, FROM THE MEDIA AND THE PRESS WE'VE BEEN GETTING BECAUSE OF THE PRICE INCREASE OF THE, UH, SLIPS OF THE, UM, MARINA.
SO I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.
UM, COUNCILMAN FRANK SAID ONE DAY IT TAKES TIME TO TURN A BIG SHIP.
AND I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE ISLAND IS TAKING TIME.
UM, WE STARTED OFF LOOKING AT THE 500 ACRES OF LAND ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
THERE WAS A GRASS CUTTING BID THAT WAS $140,000 WAS THE LOWEST BID THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, WE HAD AN IDEA WE CAN GO AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT OURSELVES, A ONE TIME COST OF PURCHASING EQUIPMENT.
UM, WE BROKE DOWN THE ISLAND AND SAID, WE'LL CUT IT OURSELVES.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, WE PURCHASED A COUPLE OF ZERO TURNS, UM, TRAILERS, AND THE TOTAL COST WAS $53,078.
AND SO JUST SUBTRACTING THAT FROM THE $140,000, JUST THAT ONE TIME WE SAVED 86, WELL ROUGHLY $87,000 THE FIRST YEAR.
SO WE PURCHASED, UH, SOME KUBOTAS FERRISS AND TWO, UM, TRAILERS TO TOTAL 'EM AROUND.
AND SO THERE WE HAVE PICTURES, UM, OF THE FRESHLY CUT ISLAND.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THERE WAS A CONTRACT AT THE RV PARK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD US SOME WASH AND DRY SETUPS IN THE RV PARK, BUT WE ONLY RECEIVED A PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUE.
SO WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER DISCUSSION WE CAN GO AND PURCHASE OUR OWN COIN WAS AND DRIVE FROM LOWE'S AND KEEP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE REVENUE
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SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOUR WAS AND DRIVES THAT AGAIN, WE, WE ARE RECEIVING ALL OF THE REVENUE VERSUS GETTING A SMALL PERCENTAGE FROM SOME COMPANY THAT'S, UM, LEASING IT OUT TO US.UM, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR SEVERAL, UM, GRANTS THROUGH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND.
AND THE FIRST ONE WAS $20,000.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A BIRD BLIND BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, TRYING TO MAKE THIS A BIRD CITY.
AND WE FELT THAT IF WE SET UP A BIRD SANCTUARY, THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN TOWN, THEY'LL COME TO THE BIRD BLIND.
UM, THIS GO ROUND, WE WENT AFTER SOME PICNIC TABLES.
HERE'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN, UH, THE LAKEFRONT PARK IN PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE WAY, PROBABLY, I THINK THEY SAID THE TURNAROUND IS MAYBE 40 DAYS.
SO WE ARE PURCHASING THESE PICNIC TABLES WITH THE PORT ARTHUR, UM, WEBSITE FROM THE VISITORS BUREAU.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A $50,000 DONATION FROM CHENIER TO RENOVATE TO HELP RENOVATE THE DISC GOLF COURSE.
THERE'S A NEW SIGNAGE THAT'S UP THERE AND THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE NEW BASKETS.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MS. TAMMY AND THE, UH, CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU THROUGH THE WAYFINDING PROJECT.
WE PURCHASED A HUNDRED TILTING TRASH RECEPTACLES, ROUGHLY $49,000 AND PUT 'EM THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.
UM, WE ALSO GOT $7,500 WORTH OF, UH, PICNIC TABLES TO GO AT THE RV PARK.
THE BIRD WATCHING BENCHES WERE ALSO, UM, UH, PURCHASED THROUGH THE VISITOR'S BUREAU.
SO WE PUT THOSE UP AT THE SANCTUARY.
AND A COUPLE OF RENOVATION PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE LEFT IS THE BEFORE PICTURE OF ONE OF THE PAVILIONS.
AND ON THE RIGHT IS A AFTER PICTURE.
WE INSTALLED KEYPAD ENTRIES FOR, UM, ACCESS TO DRIVE STORAGE INTO THE MARINA BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT THERE, PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH WENT IN AND OUT AS THEY PLEASED.
AND IN ORDER TO, UM, BETTER SECURE PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS FROM BOATS TO TRAILERS, WE DECIDED TO PUT UP, UM, THE REMOTE ACCESS, A COUPLE OF THE, UH, BEDS AROUND THE ISLAND.
THERE'S ONE AT THE MARINA, HERE'S ONE AT THE RV PARK.
AND THEN JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE MARINA AND THE DRIVE STORAGE.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT, WELL, WHEN I FIRST GOT OVER THERE, THERE WERE 67 BOATS IN SLIPS, BUT ONLY 28 WERE IDENTIFIABLE.
NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE 44 BOATS, BUT THEY ARE PAYING THE CORRECT PRICE THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED BACK, UM, SEPTEMBER 27TH, I BELIEVE.
AND EVERYBODY'S CURRENT ON PAYMENTS DUE TO THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
AND IN DRIVE STORAGE, THERE'S 44 SPACES, UM, ORIGINALLY IN THERE, BUT ONLY 23 WERE PAYING WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING.
SO TODAY THERE'S WE'RE ACTUALLY 22 CAUSE SOMEBODY JUST CAME IN.
SO 22, UH, SPACES BEING OCCUPIED AND ACTUALLY, UH, OCCURRING ON PAYMENTS.
THERE'S A VIEW OF THE, UH, BOATS IN THE MARINA TODAY.
WE HAVE THE PLEASURE ISLAND SIGNAGE THAT DR.
SO, UH, WE, WE WENT WITH THE, UH, ORANGE AND BLUE, WHICH IS THE WAYFINDING COLORS.
THAT'S JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE BIRD BLINDS ARE.
AND THEN DUE TO THE TIMING, WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE, UM, WITH THE PRESENTATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
BUT HERE IS THE ORIGINAL SIGN ON PLEASURE ISLAND THAT WAS DESTROYED.
AND SO IN THE FALL, THIS MONUMENT WILL BE SEEN UP ON PLEASURE ISLAND WITH THE WAYFINDING PROJECT.
UM, AS WE KNOW, WE TORE DOWN FUN ISLAND DEPOT.
UM, AND HERE'S A RENDERING OF WHAT THE NEW PLAYGROUND IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND THAT'S SCHEDULED TO, I BELIEVE START SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
SO AGAIN, THAT'LL BE LATE, UH, 23.
AND HERE'S THE PHOTO OF THE SAME 35 ACRES THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS TRYING TO PUT HIS PROJECT ON.
SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLEASURE ISLAND, ICONIC PHOTO, SO TO SPEAK, WITH THE ROLLERCOASTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, LASTLY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SHOW APPRECIATION TO MY STAFF.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF THE ISLAND.
UH, MR. MARK MAYFIELD, MR. JAS PATER, MR. ELIJAH GUILLORY AND MR. SHANE JENNINGS.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THEY CUT THAT GRASS WEEK AFTER WEEK.
THEY KIND OF HAVE LONG FACES NOW CUZ THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO BE OUT THERE TODAY, BUT I, I BEGGED THEM TO COME.
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AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY, UM, MY PAID INTERN.SHE DID MY SLIDESHOW PAIGE DAVIS.
SO I DO WANT TO THANK HER FOR DOING MY PRESENTATION AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT, MR. DAVIS? YES, SIR.
WELL, WELL, I, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON, ON, UH, TO SAY I'VE SPOKEN WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, SOME OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR EMPLOYEES FROM THE ISLAND.
AND I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU ALL THAT SPECIFIC CITIZENS ON THE ISLAND HAVE COME TO ME AND TOLD ME HOW THEY WERE, OR THEY ARE TOTALLY PLEASED WITH THE AESTHETIC VIEW, UH, THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE.
UH, AND I EVEN RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THOSE WHO WERE DISGRUNTLED.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, CHANGE OR EN GROWTH, IT CAUSES PAIN AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME WHO WOULD LIKE IT AND SOME WHO WOULD DISLIKE IT, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT YOU OUGHT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB PAGE, MAGNIFICENT.
MAKE SURE YOUR DADDY PAYS YOU WELL.
CAUSE YOU HELPING HIM KEEP HIS JOB AND TO YOU ALL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, MAN.
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY TOOK SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING IN TOWN, MAN.
IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
DID HE MAKE IT ALL GO OR YOU ALL WANTED TO GO?
I NOTICED YOU, HE HAD A COUPLE PAVILIONS THAT, ARE THEY JUST A PICTURE OF 'EM OR THEY EXIST? THEY EXIST, YES, SIR.
THERE'S ONE AT THE, UH, WHEN YOU FIRST COME ON THE BRIDGE, RIGHT OFF OF THE BRIDGE.
WHEN YOU GOT A PAVILION LIKE THAT, IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO SIT ON THERE AND USE IT, IT'S GONNA BE HOT.
SO YOU NEED TO, IN THE FUTURE, VENOM, VENOM ON VENOM ON TOP.
SO THE LITTLE WARM AIR GO STRAIGHT UP AND THEN WHILE THEY'RE SITTING ON, THEY'D BE COOL.
AND, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
YOU, YOU TOOK OVER THE GRASS CUTTING THING, HUH? YES, SIR.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO TAKE OVER,
KEEP THE REVENUE IN THE HOUSE.
SO KIND DAVISON, THANK EACH OF YOU AND I WANNA STAND IN THE APPLAUD AND, UH, MS. DAVIS, I THINK I, I DO SEE ONE OR TWO OF YOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, WHO IS IT? JUST MR. RICHARD.
HE'S, UH, ON OUR PLEASURE ISLAND ADVISORY BOARD AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO TOO, SIR.
[III.B. (6) A Presentation By Staff Regarding The March Finance And Quarterly Investment Report]
HAVE, UH, A PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE MARCH FINANCE AND QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.UM, MY NAME'S CANDY DANIEL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND I'VE GOT A SHORT, UH, REPORT FOR YOU TODAY.
UH, THIS IS THE MARCH FINANCIAL REPORT AND WE DO A QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT AS WELL.
UM, YOU HAVE IT UP THERE, LINDSEY.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.
IT'S JUST, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, MARCH REPORT.
IT'S THE SIXTH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WE'RE RIGHT AT MID MIDPOINT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE CURRENTLY 60 MILLION, WHICH IS 3.8 MILLION ABOVE THE ESTIMATE.
WE RECEIVED 14.9 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS.
THIS IS ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 357,000.
AND THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE RECEIVED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
UH, 28.8 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS, AND THOSE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ALL BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, THE SALES AND USE TAX FOR THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH MARCH IS 7.5 MILLION, SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE, AND 6% ABOVE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THERE IS A TWO MONTH, UH, TIME LAG AND RECEIPT.
SO YOUR MARCH RECEIPTS REPRESENT JANUARY SALES.
UH, THE OTHER REVENUES, UH, ARE ABOVE THE ESTIMATED LEVEL
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BY ABOUT 202.9 MILLION.AND THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO, UH, INTEREST EARNINGS.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, LINDSEY.
WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
31.9 MILLION HAS BEEN, UH, EXPENDED THROUGH MARCH, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BELOW THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY 5.5 MILLION.
UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NEEDED, AND THE AMENDED BUDGET HAS AN IN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 26 MILLION OR 130 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
THE TOTAL REVENUES, UH, CURRENTLY ARE 60 MILLION AND TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE 37.3 MILLION, RESULTING IN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF 57.3 MILLION AT MARCH 31ST.
UH, THE FUND BALANCE IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF 60 DAYS PLUS ONE AND A HALF MILLION.
THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE FACT, UH, THAT THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS, UH, COME IN IN OCTOBER, AND EXPENDITURES ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO YOU'LL SEE YOUR FUND BALANCED DECREASE AS THE YEAR GOES.
ON NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE WATER FUND, UH, REVENUES, UH, TOTAL, UH, 17.4 MILLION AT MARCH 31ST, WHICH IS ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT 135,000.
THE REVENUE FROM INDUSTRY IS 262,000 ABOVE THE EXPECTED AMOUNT AT THIS TIME.
UH, AND THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES TOTAL 12.5 MILLION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY 579,000.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE REVENUES DO EXCEED EXPENSES BY ABOUT 800,000 AT THIS TIME.
MOVING ON TO, UH, THE NEXT PAGE.
WE HAVE SOLID WASTE, UH, SOLID WASTE REVENUES TOTAL 5 MILLION THROUGH MARCH, AND THIS IS BELOW THE ESTIMATE BY ABOUT 325,000.
THE OPERATING EXPENSES ARE CURRENTLY 2.9 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER BUDGET BY 940,000.
REVENUES, UH, DO EXCEED EXPENSES BY 885,000, WHICH LEAVES THE FUND IN A BALANCED POSITION AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, WE DO HAVE A NEW CUSTOMER AT THE LANDFILL WHO BE, WHO BEGAN, UH, AT THE END OF MARCH AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES, UH, THE FIRST MONTH TOTAL, 230,000 ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR, UH, APRIL.
UH, AND THIS SHOULD HELP TO KEEP THE FUND IN A BALANCED POSITION, BUT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FUND TO ENSURE THAT EXPENSES RELY REMAIN IN LINE WITH AVAILABLE REVENUES.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT PLEASURE ISLAND TODAY AND, UH, GEORGE AND HIS ABILITIES TO INCREASE THE REVENUES.
SO THE REVENUES ARE 849,000, WHICH IS, UH, ABOVE ESTIMATE BY ABOUT 307,000 AT THIS TIME.
UH, OPERATING EXPENSES ARE 374,000, WHICH IS, UH, 116,000 BELOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.
SO REVENUES DO EXCEED, UH, EXPENSES AT THIS TIME BY ABOUT 426,000.
UH, THE NEXT PAGE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION.
UH, THIS IS THE STREET SUMMARY ALLOCATION, UM, BY YEAR IN DISTRICT.
SO THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR ALL YEARS ONE THROUGH FIVE IS 75.9 MILLION, 19.5 MILLION IN YEAR ONE, 14.4 MILLION IN YEAR TWO, 15.2 MILLION IN YEAR THREE, 16.8 MILLION IN YEAR FOUR, AND 10 MILLION FOR YEAR FIVE.
AND, UH, JUST A NOTE THAT YEAR FIVE, UH, WHICH IS YOUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 23 IS UNALLOCATED AT THIS TIME.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE STREET SUMMARY EXPENSE.
25.9 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH MARCH, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 50 MILLION, OF WHICH 35 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO OPEN STREET PROJECTS.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY 15 MILLION REMAIN TO BE ALLOCATED FROM YOUR ONE THROUGH FIVE ALLOCATIONS AND AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE OPEN STREET PROJECTS AS OF MARCH 31ST, 51.5 MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR OPEN STREET PROJECTS.
16.5 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 35 MILLION TO COMPLETE THESE OPEN PROJECTS.
UH, THE NEXT PAGE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS 42.6 MILLION
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EXPENDITURES TOTAL, 9.1 MILLION WITH 33.5 MILLION REMAINING TO BE SPENT.AND THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE VARIOUS CITY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY, PURCHASE OF A FIRE VEHICLE, PUBLIC WORKS, AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE'LL START WITH THE OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, INCLUDE BRIDGE AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS ARE BUDGETED AT 700,000, UH, WITH NO EXPENDITURES SO FAR.
UH, DRAINAGE, UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IS 69.1 MILLION AND PRIMARILY FUNDED FROM FEMA MITIGATION GRANTS.
AND CDBG 6.6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 62.6 MILLION.
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION BUDGET IS 5.1 MILLION, PRIMARILY FOR PARKING LOT EXPANSION AND FIBER OPTIC IMPROVEMENTS.
3 MILLION WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH AN ED, A GRANT.
AND, UH, 834,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 4.3 MILLION WATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 90.5 MILLION PRIMARILY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
27.6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY WITH 62.9 MILLION REMAINING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS.
SOLID WASTE IMPROVEMENTS CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 5 MILLION INCLUDE THE NEW LANDFILL SALE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETENTION POND, AS WELL AS NEEDED.
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, UH, FUNDED BY BONDS AND INDUSTRY DONATIONS.
1.8 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE.
NEXT, WE HAVE PLEASURE ISLAND.
UH, SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
UH, 2.7 MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED, UH, INCLUDING A BOAT LAUNCH PARKING LOT, DOCK REPAIRS, DISC GOLF COURSE RENOVATION, AND THE LAKEFRONT PARK PLACE GATE, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY BONDS AND A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT.
261,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE.
AND WE HAVE THE ARPA GRANT FUNDS, UH, THE ARPA GRANT PROJECTS IN MARCH OF 21, THE CITY WAS AWARDED 26.7 MILLION, UH, IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
GRANT FUNDS PROJECTS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REALLOCATED TO INCLUDE 13 MILLION FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND 7.1 MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
A TOTAL OF 5.8 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT LEAVING A BALANCE OF 20.9 MILLION.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT PAGE NOW, LINDSEY.
UM, AND THIS IS THE 2021 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF WHAT'S BEEN SPENT AGAINST THIS BOND ISSUE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE 32.9 MILLION IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH WAS ISSUED IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
INCLUDES STREET PROJECTS, DRAINAGE PUMP STATIONS, ANIMAL SHELTER, NEW HEALTH, FAMILY RENOVATION, AND WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.
3.1 MI 3.1 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 29.8 MILLION.
WE HAVE OUR, UH, DISASTER, UH, FUNDS.
UM, 31.5 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED PRIMARILY FROM FEMA AND INSURANCE.
UH, 34.5 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, LEAVING A $3 MILLION BALANCE AT THIS TIME.
UH, ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENTS FROM OPEN PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO FURTHER REDUCE THE CITY'S OUT-OF-POCKET COST IN THE END TO HOPEFULLY AROUND 790,000.
UH, WE HAVE THE COVID 19 FUND.
3.9 MILLION HAS BEEN RECORDED IN REVENUES AND DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE 3.6 MILLION.
HURRICANE LAURA, UH, 217,000 HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS THROUGH MARCH, UH, AND 3.4 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
THE CITY DOES CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND INSURANCE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL DISASTERS.
AND NOW WE'LL GO TO THE LAST PAGE, LINDSAY IS, THIS IS OUR LITTLE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
CASH AND INVESTMENTS TOTAL 165.8 MILLION AT MARCH 31ST.
THIS IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT 7.2 MILLION FROM THE LAST QUARTER, BUT THIS DECREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, WHICH WERE PAID IN FEBRUARY AND IS REFLECTIVE OF THE NOR CITY'S NORMAL CASH FLOW AT MARCH 31ST.
BANK DEPOSITS TOTALED 7.1 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 4% OF THE PORTFOLIO, AND THE REST WAS INVESTED IN AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT POOLS.
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UH, 1 158 0.7 MILLION OR 96% OF THE PORTFOLIO.THE AVERAGE YIELD FOR THE QUARTER IS 4.3%, WHICH IS UP FROM LAST QUARTER BY ABOUT 1%.
AND IN, IN LINE WITH CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, THE INTEREST EARNED THIS QUARTER IS 1.8 MILLION AND TOTAL IS 3.2 MILLION FISCAL YEAR TO DATE.
AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.
ALL INVESTMENTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INVESTMENT POLICY AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THEM.
MS. DANIEL, UH, ON, UH, PAGE 11 ON THE CAPITAL OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THIS, LOOKING AT THE, THE LIST HERE, UH, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET, AND I THINK I'VE ASKED FOR THIS IN THE PAST, UH, A CONSOLIDATED LIST OF ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING IN EACH DEPARTMENT, RATHER THAN HAVING TO FLIP THROUGH PAGES.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSE BETTER THAN WHAT HAVE THAT WHAT, I'M SORRY.
A CONSOLIDATED LIST OF ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT, UH, THE MONIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THOSE PROJECT PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE DOING.
THERE'S SOME THAT ARE ALREADY BEING FUNDED, SOME THAT ARE, ARE BEING PRESENTED AS, AS FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED YET.
IS, IS IT A, IS THERE A WAY FOR US AS COUNCIL PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE IN ONE PLACE? WELL, WILL YOUR, THE OTHER REPORT THAT I GIVE YOU, THE DETAILED REPORT OKAY.
DOES INCLUDE EACH PROJECT RIGHT IN IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF? WELL, YES AND, AND NO.
WELL, BECAUSE OF THE DETAIL IN HERE, AND I, AND I KNOW IF WE HAVE 20 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, CAN WE JUST LOOK AT ONE SPREADSHEET AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'VE GOT, IS THAT POSSIBLE RATHER THAN TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH 25, 30 PAGES? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU WANT BECAUSE WELL, WHEN I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A LOT OF DETAIL BECAUSE THE DETAIL IS HERE.
I JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY FINGER ON, WE'VE GOT 25 PROJECTS AND THIS IS THE LIST.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO DRAINAGE DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT FOUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT, UH, A PROJECT IN DISTRICT THREE.
WE'VE GOT PROJECT, UH, THE FIBER OPTIC PROJECTS DOWNTOWN THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AREN'T THEY? YES, SIR.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED IN, IN THIS REPORT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUMMARIZE IT ANY, ANY WAY YOU LIKE.
UH, PERHAPS WE CAN GET TOGETHER AFTER THIS AND YEAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DETAIL WE'LL AFTER THIS.
YOU OKAY? CALL COUNCILMAN LEWIS.
HAVE I MADE AN IMPROVEMENT? I'M GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TURNAROUND TIME ON, ON VENDORS BEING PAID, UH, CONTRACTORS BEING PAID TIMELY.
UH, IS HAVE THAT IMPROVED? YES, SIR.
WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE VENDORS ARE PAID TIMELY.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A PROCESS AND WE, WE DO PAY PROBABLY ONE TO 2 MILLION EVERY WEEK.
UM, WE, WE PAY AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN EVERY WEEK WITH EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION THAT, AND INVOICES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE FLOW OF INVOICES? UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS AT HOME, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTRACTORS SUBMITTED THEIR INVOICES LIKE IN APRIL, AND I'M GETTING A PHONE CALL IN AUGUST TO TRY TO HELP OUT.
THEN I STARTED CALLING, YOU KNOW, TO FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM'S AT.
AND IT CAN BE A NUMBER OF THINGS FROM, DO YOU HAVE A FLOW CHART WHEN THE INVOICES COME IN, DO YOU HAVE A FLOW CHART? AND THEN WE CAN MAKE ONE,
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WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A FLOW CHART FOR YOU.UM, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM, WE'VE CONVERTED TO A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM, SO THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THAT.
UM, THERE'S ISSUES WITH GETTING THE INVOICES INTO ACCOUNTING AND THEN HAVING ALL OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS HAPPEN IN THE SYSTEM.
UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE APPROVAL PROCESS ONCE THE INVOICE GET IN THE SYSTEM? I MEAN, I'VE CALLED YOUR OFFICE NOT TALKING TO YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS MANAGERS, WORKERS THERE AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE INVOICES.
BUT I'M HEARING FROM THE CONTRACTOR, THEY SUBMITTED THE INVOICES IN, IN APRIL, AND HERE IT IS AUGUST AND I'M CALLING THE, THE, UH, FINANCE PEOPLE AND TALKING TO THEM.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE INVOICE.
WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
IF IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE ENGINEERS AND BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF APPROVAL PROCESSES THERE THAT THEY DO BEFORE WE EVER SEE THE INVOICES.
SO I, I CAN'T TELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
SOMETIMES IT IS AND SOMETIMES IT ISN'T.
AND I'M HEARING FROM A COUNCILMAN, HE MADE ME AWARE THAT, UH, THERE IS NO FLOW CHART.
LET ME JUST, UM, MAY, IF I MAY, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, GO, GO AHEAD.
UM, COUNCILMAN LEWIS, I HAVE JUST PROVIDED THE COUNCIL ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO, 30 TO 40 DAYS AGO WITH TWO VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UM, REPORTS.
UM, THE ISSUE CAME UP SOMETIME AGO, UM, WHEN WE HAD A WORKSHOP OF THE COUNCIL.
AND, UM, THOSE TWO REPORTS, I AM WILLING TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
I WILL MAKE COPIES AVAILABLE TO YOU AS WELL.
DID INDICATE THAT WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY BEHIND, UM, IN THE PAYMENT OF OUR BILLS.
UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, FOR, UM, ORGANIZATION OF, UM, THIS MAGNITUDE WHERE WE PROCESS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PAYMENT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE WERE ONLY IN A RAISE OF SOME $22,000 THAT DATE BACK TO ABOUT FIVE YEARS OR SO.
BUT I'LL BE HAPPY I DO HAVE THOSE ON MY DESK.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND AS MS. DANIEL INDICATED, UM, WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM ONE, UM, FROM NAVINE TO TYLER, AND THERE ARE SOME HICCUPS IN THERE.
IN SPITE OF THAT, IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE MEMOS THAT I GAVE TO COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE MADE CERTAIN, WE HAVE INSTITUTED CERTAIN NEW PROCEDURES THAT HAVE ADDRESSED, UM, WHAT IS RUMOR AND THE FACTS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, UM, ON, ON, ON A TIMELY BASIS WITH STAFF.
AND, UM, WITH THE PROCESS OF PAYING OUR BILLS, WE ARE IN NO WAY BEHIND WITH THE PAIN OF OUR BILLS.
UM, BUT IT IS VERY WELL CHRONICLED IN THE REPORTS THAT I PROVIDED TO COUNCIL.
UM, SOME OF IT IS SEVERAL PAGES THICK, BUT IT IS VERY WELL CHRONICLED AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO YOU AT, AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE TODAY.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
[III.B. (7) A Presentation On The City Of Port Arthur Master Drainage Plan By Arceneaux, Wilson & Cole]
A PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR MASTER DRAINAGE PLANT BY ARSENAL WILSON.GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR.
MORNING, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE.
JOINING ME WITH THE PRESENTATION IS MARCO OCHOA.
HE'S THE PROJECT MANAGER AND ONE OF OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERS.
UM, THE CITY'S LAST UPDATES OF THEIR MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN IS WELL OVER 40 YEARS OLD.
SO WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS HAS, UH, BEEN LONG OVERDUE, UH, THAT THAT LAST UPDATE WAS ACTUALLY ONLY A DESKTOP VERSION OF AN UPDATE.
UH, IT DID NOT INCLUDE ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL UPDATE AT ALL.
SO REALISTICALLY, YOUR LAST PHYSICAL UPDATE TO YOUR MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
UM, OUR PARTICULAR PROJECT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ITEMS, UH, DIFFERENT
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ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TODAY.WE'RE GONNA START FROM THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE.
AND IT'S, UH, GONNA BE A DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WE HAVE, UH, PRODUCED AND, AND PROVIDED TO THE CITY.
THIS, THIS DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, WITHOUT, WITHOUT MANAGING YOUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND, AND MANAGING THAT PROPERLY, UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO COMPOUND OUR ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IF THAT'S NOT HANDLED CORRECTLY.
SO THIS PARTICULAR MANUAL IS GOING TO, UH, GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU A PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN USE TO, TO MANAGE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, STEPPING DOWN THE LIST HERE, UH, WE HAVE TAKEN ON THE TASK OF PHYSICALLY SURVEYING EVERY MANHOLE, EVERY INLET, EVERY STORM, SEWER PIPED IN THE ENTIRE CITY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL UNDERTAKING, UH, TO SAY THE LEAST.
THAT THAT, THAT, THAT PART OF THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY TEDIOUS AND, AND AND TIME CONSUMING.
UH, WITH, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THIS PHYSICAL SURVEY, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL THIS DATA AND CREATE A GIS DATABASE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY STAFF FOR, FOR THEIR FUTURE USE.
UH, THAT THAT'S GONNA HELP YOUR, YOUR STAFF WITH PLANNING PROJECTS, THAT'S GONNA HELP YOUR STAFF DURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
THAT'S GONNA HELP YOUR STAFF ALSO, UH, ATTAIN FUTURE FUNDING.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING OPTIONS OUT THERE, BUT THEY REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN AND DATABASE IN HAND FOR YOU TO EVEN QUALIFY FOR THESE TYPES OF FUNDS.
SO IT'S GONNA HELP YOU THERE AS WELL.
STEPPING DOWN OUR LIST, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE, THE GIS DATABASE AND, AND WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THIS IN OUR, OUR DRAINAGE MODELING SOFTWARE.
THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE IS GONNA PROVIDE US WITH, WITH AN, WITH THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE, UM, INUNDATION MAPS DURING ALL DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS.
WE CAN, WE CAN CALIBRATE AND, AND MODEL THE, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM BASED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS.
AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO DO IS REALLY PINPOINT THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE CITY.
EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT, BUT WHAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH IS BEING ABLE TO PINPOINT WHAT IS ACTUALLY CREATING THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
AND THESE PARTICULAR MODELS ARE, ARE GONNA HELP US WITH, WITH, WITH HELPING THE STAFF PINPOINT THESE ISSUES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, STEPPING DOWN THE LIST NEXT, WE'VE GOT OUR RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS WITH, WITH THE MODELING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AND, AND BEING ABLE TO PINPOINT THESE ISSUES IN THE SYSTEM AND WHAT IS CAUSING THESE ISSUES.
WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE CITY STAFF WITH RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THESE ARE GONNA BE CLASSIFIED, UH, BASED ON THE, THE NEED AND, AND, AND ALSO THE COST.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS ON ALL THE PROJECTS, SO TO WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO RANK THEM BASED ON THEIR NEED, THEIR COST, AND, AND PUT THAT INTO A TIME, TIME ORDER FOR THE CITY TO EVALUATE.
UM, AND THEN AS WE TAKE ALL THAT TOGETHER, WE WILL, WE'LL COMPILE THIS ALL IN INTO ONE BIG MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
UH, AND, AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO, AND, AND WHAT THIS IS GONNA ALLOW THE STAFF TO DO IS TO HAVE SOMETHING AT THEIR FINGERTIPS THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE ON AND USE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S NOT JUST A, THIS IS NOT JUST A, A REPORT OR A PAPER REPORT JUST TO GO PUT ON THE SHELF.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A GIS DATABASE TO UTILIZE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THIS MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR GOING AFTER FUTURE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THIS MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, UH, AS, AS THEY GO INTO THEIR BUDGET, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS, THIS RANKING SYSTEM THAT WE PROVIDE TO BE ABLE TO PLAN AND, AND BUDGET FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UH, THIS IS JUST A, A REAL GENERAL OVERVIEW OF, OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. OCHOA.
HE'S GOING TO KIND OF, HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THUS FAR, UH, THE, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN OUR, OUR FUTURE PRO PROGRESS.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR HAVING ME.
UM, HAVING US, I WANNA TRY TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER ALL THESE COMPONENTS AND TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EACH ONE OF THEM.
FIRST IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE TIMELINE.
THE FIRST DRAINAGE MAP WAS CREATED FOR THE CITY BACK IN 1962.
IN 1982, THAT DRAINAGE MAP WAS UPDATED AND ANALYZED FOR POTENTIAL UPGRADES TO THE SYSTEM.
LATER, THAT MAP WAS DIGITIZED AND IS NOW BEING USED AS A CITY'S DATABASE ARSENAL.
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AND COLE WAS AWARDED A CITYWIDE MASTER DRAINAGE PROJECT IN AUGUST, 2021.THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ESTABLISH A DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL, CREATE A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN BY UPDATING THE 1982 STUDY AND PROVIDE AN UPDATED LIST OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE FOLLOWING MONTH, AWC WAS GIVEN A NOTICE TO PROCEED AND BEGAN SURVEYING THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WHILE REVIEWING THE CITY'S DATABASE.
IN APRIL OF 2022, WE BEGAN PROCESSING OF Q A Q C N FOR MISSING INFORMATION.
THIS PROCESS INCLUDED COMPARING OUR DATABASE TO THE CITY'S DATABASE, ALONG WITH HISTORICAL DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS.
THE CITY'S DATABASE CONTAINS APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF 3,425 PIPES AND ZERO INFORMATION ON STRUCTURES.
HALF OF THE PIPES INCLUDED DO NOT HAVE ANY ASSOCIATED DIAMETERS.
THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL PIPES IN THE DATABASE THAT WERE PROPOSED THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM.
BASED ON THESE FACTORS, WE DECIDED TO USE THIS DATABASE AS A REFERENCE, BUT TO BEGIN BUILDING A BRAND NEW DATABASE, ENSURING DATA INTEGRITY.
SO FAR, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OVER 3000 OR THREE TIMES MORE PIPES AND NEARLY 12,000 STRUCTURES.
OUR DATABASE IS CREATED USING PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS WITH HIGHLY ACCURATE SURVEYING EQUIPMENT.
IN AUGUST OF, UH, 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO START BEGINNING CALIBRATING INDIVIDUAL DRAINAGE AREAS WITHIN THE MODEL.
IN NOVEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR, WE HAD OUR FIRST PRELIMINARY SIMULATION.
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE SUBMITTED A PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL TO THE CITY, AND IN MARCH, WE FINALIZED OUR SURVEYING.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY DATABASE AND THE A W C DATABASE.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE ARE, WE ADDED SEVERAL PIPES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL THE LATERALS AND INLETS ADJACENT.
OUR FIRST DELIVERABLE TO THE CITY WAS A DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL.
THIS IS THE FIRST FORMAL MANUAL CREATED FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
THIS COMPLETE DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEARLY A HUNDRED PAGES DETAILING INFORMATION TO UNIFY, STANDARDIZED, AND PROTECT THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW.
OUR NEXT DELIVERABLE WILL BE A COMPLETE ONLINE LIVING GIS DATABASE OF THE CITY'S DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS WILL REPLACE 50 YEAR OLD MAPS AND CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH TYPICAL MOBILE DEVICES.
WE HAVE CREATED ALMOST 12,000 STRUCTURES AND NEARLY 220 MILES OF DRAINAGE PIPES EACH INSPECTED WITH A CONDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TO INDICATE POTENTIAL FLOW RESTRICTIONS AND NEEDED REPAIRS.
THIS DATABASE IS UNDERGOING QUALITY ASSURANCE TO ENSURE ALL DATA IS ACCURATE AND RELIABLE BASED ON FIELD SURVEY AND HISTORICAL DATA.
THIS IS A DETAILED VIEW SHOWING TYPICAL DATA THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EACH ASSET.
WHEN YOU SELECT A STRUCTURE IN THE SYSTEM, YOU'LL FIND THE COORDINATES OF THAT STRUCTURE ELEVATION DATA, WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE IT IS, WHAT MATERIAL IS MADE OF A CONDITIONAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON OUR INSPECTION.
AND IN MOST CASES, YOU'LL FIND MULTIPLE PHOTOS OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE GROUND AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE.
FOR PIPES, YOU WILL HAVE INFORMATION IN WHICH PIPE, WHICH DIRECTION THAT PIPE IS FLOWING, THE MATERIAL'S MADE OF THE SIZE, THE SHAPE, AND THE DEPTH OF THAT PIPE WHEN AVAILABLE.
WE ALSO LOOK FOR FAILURES ALONG THE LENGTH OF THAT PIPE WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TO IT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL PROVIDE AN ONLINE DASHBOARD AVAILABLE FROM ANY DESKTOP COMPUTER.
THIS WILL PROVIDE STATISTICS OF THE SYSTEM AND WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON IMPROVEMENTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND VERIFY OVER 10,000 STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT OUR FIELD ASSESSMENT.
WE ALSO FOUND NEARLY 800 STRUCTURES THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS INACCESSIBLE, AND CURRENTLY HAVE CREATED OVER 900 JUNCTIONS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA, INACCESSIBLE INLETS OR INLETS THAT WE COULD NOT ACCESS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SOME HAVE CONCRETE TOPS WITHOUT AN ACCESS LID.
SOME ARE COVERED UP BY ITEMS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE OURSELVES, AND SOME ARE SIMPLY PAVED OVER.
THE DASHBOARD ALSO HAS A CHART TO HELP UPDATED CONDITIONS ON THE STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
THIS CHART SHOWS THE STATUS BASED ON OUR INSPECTIONS.
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RANGE FROM ACCEPTABLE NEEDS, CLEANING NEEDS, REPAIR, OR NEEDS REPLACING.HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
THESE ARE ACCEPTABLE INLETS THAT ARE CLEAR, CLEAR AND CLEAN AND CLEAR WITHOUT ANY FLOW RESTRICTIONS.
THESE INLETS NEED TO BE CLEANED TO FULL OF LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS, ALUMINUM CANS, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
WE ALSO FOUND SEVERAL THAT HAVE LARGE CRACKS THAT ARE ALLOWING FOR INFILTRATION AND SEDIMENT INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND HERE'S TWO PICTURES OF ONES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
ONE THAT HAS A MISSING WALL, ONE THAT HAS A TOP THAT IS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF.
AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT ALSO IS COMPLETELY BUILT WITH BRICK AND MORTAR, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS FOR INFILTRATION THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
AND THERE IS CURRENTLY A PLAN TO REPLACE A LOT OF THOSE.
THIS CHART SHOWS THE VARIOUS SIZES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE CITY HAS OVER 212,000 LINEAR FEET OF PIPES UNDER 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER, SHOWN IN THE COLOR OF ORANGE.
IT'S GOT A REDDISH ORANGE ON THERE, BUT IS ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND TYPICAL CITY STANDARD NOT TO HAVE PIPES THAT SMALL BASED OFF SE SEVERAL STUDIES.
THE MAIN RESULT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO COMPLETE A RELIABLE DRAINAGE MODEL OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
THIS MODEL WILL BE SIMULATED BASED ON MULTIPLE ATLAS 14 STORM EVENTS TO CREATE IN INUNDATION MAPS.
SIMILAR TO THIS EXAMPLE, EACH DRAINAGE AREA WILL ALSO BE ANALYZED FOR INTERACTION WITH ADJACENT AREAS.
WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED ACCORDING TO IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM GOALS FOR THE CITY.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN UP INTO 12 AREAS AS SHOWN WITH SABINE PASS BEING INCLUDED IN THE AREA L.
THE GREEN COLOR SHOWS ISOLATED DRAINAGE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN FULLY PROCESSED WITH PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
THEY ARE STILL PENDING FINAL CALIBRATION WITH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THE RED COLOR INDICATES AREAS THAT ARE IN PROCESS OF CALIBRATION AND PREPARING FOR SIMULATIONS.
AND THE BLUE AREAS ARE IN OUR QA QC PROCESSING.
THIS DATA IS BEING ANALYZED FOR CONTINUITY AND SYSTEM ERRORS.
I KNOW THE BIGGEST QUESTION Y'ALL HAVE IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLETED WITH THIS.
CURRENTLY WE'RE QA QC IN THE FINAL THREE REMAINING IN AREAS WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO BE COMPLETED WITH THAT QA QC BY THE END OF JULY.
WE ANTICIPATE NEEDING AT LEAST TWO MORE MONTHS TO CALIBRATE THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM AND COMBINE ALL OF 'EM TO MAKE ONE FULL RESULT.
OUR GOAL IS TO BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THIS PROJECT AND SUBMIT A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR REVIEW BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AT THIS POINT, I THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND I ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
CURRENTLY WITH THE D I S SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, ARE WE ABLE TO SEE ANY OF THE DRAINAGE LINES AS AWC WAS DESCRIBING? WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WITH THE NEW MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN WE ARE BUILDING, WE ARE BUILDING THAT DATABASE IN COLLABORATION WITH AWC.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CAPTURED WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WHATEVER WE ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY BETWEEN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE CURRENTLY CAPTURING THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LAYERING THE DATABASE.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THE DATABASE ON BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING RIGHT.
SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN, INSTEAD OF, UM, DEPARTMENTS BEING LIKE DISTANT COUSINS, WE CONNECT LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SO WE'RE ALL USING THE SAME DATA AND NOT CHASING OUR TAIL.
THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE, UM, UH, INTENTION HERE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S COHESIVE, IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, AND IT'S WELL COORDINATED.
SO FOR ONE OF THE PICTURES HE SHOWED US, THE DRAINAGE WAS PAVED OVER.
SO IS CAN THAT BE? YEAH, THERE IS, UH, UH, THERE IS A, UM, A CONTINUED DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, AND THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND IT'S BEING COMMUNICATED SO THAT WE HAVE CAPTURED ALL THE DATA THAT WE NEED.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NETWORK THAT HAS TO
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BE COMPLETELY ASSESSED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE MODELS ARE ON, WE HAVE VERY PRECISE AND CONCISE INFORMATION SO THAT THE DATA CAN BE DEVELOPED IN ON US TO THE FLOWS THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET, THAT WE HAVE A REAL SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S BEING DONE.SO, NOT FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO US AS A TEAM TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEEDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH FIXING OUR STREETS, AND THEN HAVE THESE LEAKING WATER LINES UNDERNEATH AND THEN HAVE TO UNDO THE STREET THAT WE JUST SPENT MONEY TO FIX BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ACCURATE SCIENTIFIC DATA.
WELL, WELL, WE HAVE TAKEN IT COUNSELOR.
WE HAVE TAKEN IT ONE STEP FORWARD.
WE HAVE TAKEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO IT, AND WE HAVE A VERY COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN STREETS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED.
JUST YESTERDAY, MR. CONELLO AND I, WE, WE, AND THE REST OF THE GROUP WAS AROUND THE TABLE DISCUSSING THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN STREETS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED FOR REPAIRERS, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS AT THE TABLE.
SO WE ADDRESS THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, AND THEN WE ADDRESS THE ABOVE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE DON'T GO BACK TO COUNCILOR, UM, KEN LAW'S DISTRICT AGAIN, WHERE WE DID SUN CONCORD, WE STARTED WITH $700,000 AND WE ENDED UP WITH A PROJECT FOR $1.4 MILLION.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S A MUCH MORE COORDINATED APPROACH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO AVOID THOSE SCENARIOS.
WE ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT IT AT THIS TIME.
AND TO ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, LIKE THAT'S THE IDEA OF HAVING THOSE PIE CHARTS.
LIKE Y'ALL WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE THOSE AS, AS THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT TO A ONE OR WHATEVER, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS THROUGH THAT PIE CHART AS YOU MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, AND WE WILL GO ONE STEP FURTHER.
AS I SHARED WITH THE GROUP YESTERDAY, INCLUDING AWC, THE INTENTION IS TO CREATE AN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT YOU TAKE, YOU COULD TAKE TO THE BANK OR TO OUR, OUR FINANCIAL PARTNERS AND SAID, FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THIS IS THE ASSESSMENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THIS IS HOW WE INTEND TO GO AFTER THE FUNDING THAT IS REQUIRED.
BUT WE FIR FIRST GOT TO SHOW THE QUALITY, UM, OF, OF THE PRESENT STATUS, CONDITIONAL STATUS OF THE ASSETS, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT WE CAN GO AFTER AND HOW WE CAN SPREAD IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAD TO STEP OUT, UH, BRIEFLY, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN.
AND IN RETURNING, I SAW SOME OF THE PHOTOS.
AND MY BIGGEST THING IS UNDERSTANDING AS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT THAT WE ARE GONNA DO WITH YOU A WC AND THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE BEING FIXED.
BUT TO SEE A, A MANHOLE COVERED, COVERED WITH SOME TYPE OF STREET MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, THAT BRINGS CONCERN TO ME, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE REPORTING THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THEM AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK AS A TEAM.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU SPOKE UP CITY MANAGER BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO ABOUT HOW THOSE THINGS WE CAN REPAIR AND DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR MEANS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
NOW, IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED, WE MAY NOT FIND OUT WHO DO, WHO'S DONE THAT.
BUT FROM THIS POINT ON, WE GONNA MAKE AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND YOU COLLABORATING WITH THE GIS SYSTEM IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A FACE AND EYES, A GREEN EYE ON WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON IT.
I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BECAUSE THOSE POINTS IS GONNA HELP US GET THOSE FUNDINGS THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE CORRECT WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, MR. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, I, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS REPORT BECAUSE I CAN NOW SEE, UM, THE, THE MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, UH, THAT THIS HAS BEEN FOR YOUR COMPANY.
LET ME ASK, UM, HAVE YOU HAVE, HAS YOUR COMPANY EVER UNDERTAKING, UNDERTAKEN ANYTHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE BEFORE IN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY? WE'VE TAKEN OVER, UH, LARGE DRAINAGE PROJECTS SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT NOT QUITE THIS LARGE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY.
BECAUSE WE WERE MADE AWARE, UH, ENTERPRISE OF THE FACT THAT YOU WERE HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH YOUR MODEL, YOUR MODELING IT.
WELL, IT WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT TROUBLE WITH THE MODELING ITSELF.
IT'S, IT'S HAVING MISSING COMPONENTS THROUGHOUT THE MODEL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT FIRST CAME IN, ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE GI DATABASE, I WAS SITTING THERE TRYING TO MODEL EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WHEN YOU START GOING INTO, YOU START REALIZING THERE'S A LOT OF PIPES THAT ARE MISSING OUT OF THIS.
AND THEN, AND MOST OF 'EM ARE BECAUSE THERE'S NO MANHOLE
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TO EVEN ACCESS IT.WE FOUND IT HERE, IT CAME OUT A CERTAIN SPOT, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ENDED UP.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT EXTENSIVE PROBING AND PRODDING TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHERE IT GOES.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH BEING ABLE TO GET A COMPLETE MODEL AND GET A GOOD SIMULATION, UH, IN INDIVIDUAL AREAS, UH, AS WE GO ALONG, IS TO BEING ABLE TO FIND ALL THOSE MISSING PIECES.
WELL, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND TRANSPIRED WAS THAT FROM THIS DAY, AS I WAS VERY, UH, ADAMANT ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE WERE, BECAUSE WE HAD ALLOCATED $2 MILLION TO THE FLOODING, UH, PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING PROJECT ON THE WEST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR ON 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH STREET.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS CONCERNING THAT, AND WE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE NEED THE COMPLETED, UH, MODEL, UH, MODELING THAT YOUR COMPANY IS DOING TO ACCESS THAT.
BUT I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO SELL SOME OF THE CITIZENS THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR THAT WE HAVE RUN THE CAMERAS, UH, THROUGH.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH, UM, THE ALLEVIATION OF THAT FLOODING THAT HAPPENS AND TRANSPIRES EVERY TIME IT RAINS, RAIN GOES INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS AND EVEN INTO SOME PEOPLE'S HOUSING.
UH, CITY MANAGER, YOU MADE ME A AWARE OF THAT ENTERPRISE.
DID ANYTHING COME OUT OF THOSE? UH, DID WE FIND ANYTHING, UH, FROM THOSE CAMERAS BEING RUN, UH, THROUGH THOSE, UM, THROUGH THOSE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS? WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF IS HERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WE, WE WERE HELPING WITH THE CITY.
WE PROVIDED AN UPDATED MAP OF WHAT OUR GIS WAS SAYING WAS IN THE AREA TO TRY TO HELP WITH THAT CAMERAING.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT CAME BACK TO US IS SAYING THAT THEY, THEY HAVEN'T FOUND ANY RESTRICTION AT ALL ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND I KNOW WE'VE RAN SOME PRELIMINARY SIMULATIONS, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, BASED OFF OF STAFF ASKING US TO DO THAT.
AND PART OF THE, WHAT WE END UP GETTING IN THAT INUNDATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MATCH WHAT'S OCCURRING.
AND I GOTTA, I GOTTA GET THE WHOLE THING PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT YOU KNOW, WELL, I'M SURE YOU ARE, BUT THAT AREA IS CONNECTED TO THE ADJACENT AREA AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND RIGHT NOW, WHEN I RUN THESE ISOLATED MODELS, I'M NOT GETTING THE FULL PICTURE BECAUSE THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT YOU'RE GETTING WATER FROM, FROM THE NORTHEAST SECTION.
THERE'S, THERE'S MAYBE FROM, FROM ANYWHERE ELSE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL WATER COMING FROM.
AND IT, IT COULD BE A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER UNTIL I HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA AS WELL.
AND WE FIND ALL THOSE MISSING PIPES THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOREVER, LOOKING IN, IN DATAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO I, I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, PATIENCE IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN ASK, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.
BUT AS SOON AS WE GET ALL THAT TOGETHER, I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY RUN SOME GOOD MODELS TO REALLY HELP OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND WE CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
WELL, I'M BETTER ABLE TO, TO, TO INDULGE AND TO GIVE PATIENTS FOR IT.
UH, OF COURSE, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, UM, THEIR PATIENCE OF COURSE IS BEING RUN A LITTLE SHORT IN THAT WHILE, BUT WE APPRECIATE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME JOHN, MR. CANELLA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? TELL ME.
UH, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY ABOUT THE CAMERA SURVEY WE DID ON THE WEST SIDE, UH, DR.
HANEY, UH, PROVIDED HIS CAMERA SERVICES THAT THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT HAD ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I GUESS THEY STARTED, UH, AN ASSESSMENT.
AND SO I JUST BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE DID FIND DEBRIS ALONG JOE LEWIS, TEXAS, REVEREND ROMAN SCOTT AVENUE.
THEY CLEANED THOSE CULVERTS ALONG THOSE AREAS.
THERE WAS, UH, SOME MYSTERY CULVERTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED OFF OF GRANNYS.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A LOT MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO HEAR, BUT WE DO HAVE A, A CULVERT HERE IN THE BACK ALLEY ALONG GRANNYS DOWN TO THOMAS THAT WE, WE DID NOT KNOW WAS THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT SURVEYED.
AND THEN ALSO WE RAN INTO A BLOCKAGE ON TERMINAL ROAD BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH, WHICH WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
BUT JUST BRIEFLY, JUST, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT CAMERA SURVEY IS COMPLETE.
WE APPRECIATE THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT'S HELP WITH GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED, AND THOSE, UH, FINDINGS WILL BE PUT INTO THE MODEL, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET, UH, SOME SOLUTIONS QUICKLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE.
UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND ONE THING, UH, I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR THE REPORT AND, UH, TO VICE PRESIDENT, MR. COLE.
YOU KNOW, THE DIALOGUE IS GOOD.
THE PRESENTATION INTRODUCTORY REMARKS REAL GOOD.
BUT AS, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK JUST SAID, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS WHO ARE INUNDATED BY THE, UH,
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EXPERIENCES OF HAVING WATER IN THEIR HOMES, PARTICULARLY ON THIS, UH, WEST 17TH, 18TH, 19TH STREET AREA, UH, HAS BECOME A, AS, AS PROBLEMATIC AS IT IS OF THE CITIZENS WHO ARE CITIZENS WHO ARE IN THE STONE GATE AREA.AND, YOU KNOW, THE WATER DOESN'T MOVE OUT AND IT DOESN'T DRAIN IN, IN THE PROPER WAY.
AND WHEN IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE WATER IN THEIR HOMES AND, AND THEY HAVE TO MOVE AND, YOU KNOW, LOSE EVERYTHING.
THOSE, THOSE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO WORK ON.
NOW, AS I LISTENED, I HEARD YOU SAY ONE THING AND JUST CLARIFY THIS WITH ME, OR MAYBE I JUST MISCONSTRUED WHAT YOU HAD ACTUALLY ARTICULATED.
AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU SAID MAYBE, AND I THINK YOU WERE IN TALKING IN PARTICULAR ON THIS WEST SIDE AREA, THAT WE COULD BE GETTING WATER FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS COULD BE GETTING WATER FROM ANYWHERE.
AND YOU ALL HAVEN'T NOT BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHERE THAT WATER IS COMING FROM.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT? WELL, IT'S, I MEAN, UH, I CAN'T REALLY BRING IT UP, BUT ANYWAY, THE, THE AREA THAT I WAS SHOWING, IT'S NOT SO MUCH NORTHEAST TEXAS NECESSARILY, BUT IT'S JUST THE ADJACENT AREA.
THERE'S PIPES THAT CONNECT THE TWO SYSTEMS. THEY'RE NOT JUST ISOLATED.
AND SO WHENEVER WE LOOK AT THAT SYSTEM, SURCHARGING AT A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME, SOME OF THAT WATER MAY BE COMING INTO THIS, INTO THIS AREA.
AND WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THE ADJACENT AREA, UH, I'M GONNA JUST CALL THE PINK ELEPHANT OUT IN THE ROOM.
WHEN WE TALK, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE ADJACENT AREA, IT COULD EITHER BE ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM WHEN I'M SAYING EAST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR, CUZ THAT'S ADJACENT TO THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PROBLEMATIC, UH, AREA THAT WE HAVE EVEN ADJACENT TO THAT IS ONE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, OR MORE PARTICULARLY MOTIVA PROPERTIES USED TO BE TEXAS COMPANY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S CHA EXCHANGE STANDS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE QUAD WE CENTENNIAL, WE ARE CELEBRATING NOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE PIPES RELATED.
PROBABLY THOSE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO FIND OUT, ARE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT, AND I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND OUT BY, BY DECEMBER.
SO WHEN YOU SUBMIT THE REPORT TO US, THE REPORT WILL BE ABLE TO LET US KNOW IF THIS WATER IS COMING FROM WHATEVER ADJACENT AREA.
AND BASICALLY IDENTIFY IF YOU CAN, MR. COLE, THE AREA WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PROOF AND THE SCIENTIFIC DATA, WHERE THE ACTUAL WATER IS COMING FROM.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD WANT THAT BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CORRECT WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING THERE IS FIRST TO KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM.
NO, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THAT, GO AHEAD.
JUST TO ADDRESS THAT, THAT TOPIC, UH, NOW THAT WE'VE, NOW THAT WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF OUR QA QC PROCESS, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE NEXT PHASES.
AND, AND NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INDUSTRIAL CLIENT THERE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE SITTING DOWN WITH DD SEVEN AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT, THAT COULD INVOLVE THIS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE THE, ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR PROCESS BEFORE OUR SEPTEMBER DEADLINE IS WE'RE GONNA BE SCHEDULING, UH, MEETINGS AND, AND SIT DOWNS WITH THESE GUYS TO GO OVER WHAT WE HAVE AND ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT HELP US IN COMPLETING THAT PROCESS.
CAUSE I WANT YOU TO RE WE'LL TRUST IN YOU, YOU, YOU ALL A, A COMPANY THAT, THAT CITY HAS USED, UH, LAST 40, 50 YEARS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE ARE TRUSTING YOU AND YOU ARE COMPENSATED WELL FOR IT, FOR OUR TRUST AND CAUSE OF THAT, THEN WE NEED THE, UH, INFORMATION CORRECT.
SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY AND RECTIFY, YOU KNOW, SO IN THE FUTURE WE WON'T HAVE TO, UH, BE, UH, PLAGUED WITH SOME OF THOSE, UH, DISCOMFORTS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCING NOW.
SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND, UH, IF, IF, IF WHAT YEAH, SOMETHING, UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS? YEAH.
JUST HAVE Y'ALL DONE ANY WORK IN SABINE PASS YET? UPDATE AN UPDATE WITH THAT SYSTEM OUT THERE? YES, SIR.
THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN SABINE PASS THEIR, THEIR DRAINAGE SYSTEM THERE IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MINIMAL.
BUT WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN THE FIELD DATA, UH, FROM, FROM THAT AREA, BUT WE, WE HAVEN'T, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN PRELIMINARY REMODELING PHASES CORRECTING THOSE SEWER PROBLEMS OUT THERE.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SANITARY SEWER PROBLEMS? YEAH, I, I, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT
I'LL GET WITH THE MANAGER ON THAT LATER.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO KINDLY FOR EVEN BEING PATIENT ENOUGH TO WAIT YOUR TURN.
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YOU.WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS JUNCTURE AND WITH THE TIME HAS BEEN WELL SPENT, UH, I HAVE BEEN APPRISED OF
[VII.C. (12) P.R. No. 23162 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Industrial District Agreement With Port Arthur LNG Phase II, LLC And PALNG Common Facilities Company, LLC For The Port Arthur LNG Expansion Project]
THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.SO I WILL USE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AGAIN AND AN ITEM THAT IS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT WITHDRAWN.
DO I NEED A MOTION TO HAVE IT WITHDRAWN SO I CAN BRING IT UP FIRST? YOU JUST WANNA HAVE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND ACT ON 23 1 62.
WELL, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO ON PAGE SEVEN, THERE IS AN ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ITEM NUMBER 12 23 1 62.
AM I, AM I CORRECT? IS THAT THE RIGHT ONE? YES.
UH, MOTION TO, UH, WE CAN HEAR READING.
MAY I GET A MOTION? UH, SOME MOVE.
AND SECOND THAT WE WILL MOVE NOW TO ACT UPON PR NUMBER 23 162 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH PORT AUTHOR L N G, PHASE TWO L L C, AND P A L N G, COMMON FACILITIES COMPANY LLL C FOR THE PORT AUTHOR, L N G EXPANSION.
EXCUSE ME, PROJECT, UH, WE READY FOR QUESTION? UM, IF Y'ALL HAD DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I COULD JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
SINCE WE HAD SOME, DID YOU HAVE OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU DID IS MY QUESTION.
I FIGURED Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
UH, BACK IN 2019, THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH PORT ARTHUR, L N G L L C, AND PORT ARTHUR, L N G, COMMON FACILITIES L L C, TO CONSTRUCT A NEW LIQUIFIED, UH, NATURAL GAS FACILITY IN THE CITY'S E T J.
UM, AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A NEW AGREEMENT FOR PHASE TWO.
UM, UH, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ADDITIONAL EXPANSION, UH, TO THE PORT ARTHUR LIQUIFACTION TERMINAL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT TWO ADDITIONAL LNG FACILITIES AND IT'LL INCREASE THE, UH, THE, UH, NATURAL GAS LIQUID CAPABILITIES.
UH, JUST POINTING OUT IN THE AGREEMENT, UH, THIS IS A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT AND THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TABLE THAT THE, UM, IDA COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE, UH, THE IDA COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING OVER THE YEARS TO HAVE, UH, TO HAVE CONSISTENCY IN THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE THINGS.
SO WE HAVE AN A MODEL EXPANSION AGREEMENT BASED UPON THE, UH, AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT.
AND SO THIS IS A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT, AND BASICALLY THERE'S GONNA BE A THREE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, AND THEN, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THE YEARS WILL BE POST-CONSTRUCTION.
THE DISCOUNTED RATE WILL START OFF AT, UM, 25%, THEN 20.
BUT AT THE END OF THE 15 YEAR PERIOD, UH, THE DISCOUNTED RATE WILL BE 65%.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS TO SPUR EXPANSION IN THE E T J, UH, WITH THIS NEW PROJECT.
AND I'M SURE THEY CAN EXPLAIN IT A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN ME, BUT I TOOK MY SC AT IT
BUT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE IDA COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER.
AND NOT JUST MY POINT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE OF THIS MODELING THAT WE CAN HAVE IS IT'S WITHIN OUR PRAIRIE, THE IDA AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD STANDARD THAT WE'VE DONE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, WHILE WE DEALING WITH QUESTIONS, ATTORNEY, YOU CORRECT ME OR STOP ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT EVEN, EVEN WITH THIS AND IN MIND, AND I THINK WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM PORT ARTHUR, L N G HERE, WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE TRAINING THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT LAMAR PORT ARTHUR, AND THE POSSIBILITY, HIGHER POSSIBILITY OF HIRING PORT AUTHORS AND PORT ARTHURS, HAVING DEC THE TRAINING THAT, THAT THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO PORT ARTHUR RESIDENTS, UH, INITIALLY.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ELSE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW OUR CITY MANAGER TO KNOW IT, CITY MANAGER TO KNOW IT SO THAT HE COULD PASS IT ON TO THE PROPER PARTIES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO TRAIN OUR CITIZENS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH, UH, ARTHUR L AND G.
ANY OTHER READINESS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO AS ORDER PR NUMBER 22, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, 23 1 62 IS APPROVED AS READ.
I KNOW THAT SOMEONE HAS TO CATCH A PLANE AND I HOPE WE HAVEN'T MADE YOU MISS YOUR PLANE.
NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR NORMAL FLOW OF THE AGENDA AND LET ME FIND OUT WHERE I WAS.
NOW, THERE AREN'T ANY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS CORRESPONDENCE OR DISCUSSIONS.
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UH, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ANY REPORTS ON, UH, COMMUNITY OF, OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FROM ANYONE, ANY REPORTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FROM ANYONE? I GATHER THERE AREN'T ANY.[VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]
MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, WHICH IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.AND IN THAT WE HAVE PO NUMBER 71 46, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX, A ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BY CHANGING THE ZONING ON APPROXIMATELY 1.9 OR ALMOST TWO ACRES OF LAND, A PORTION OF, UH, LOT FOUR BLOCK SEVEN PORT ACRES EDITION 61 94 JADE AVENUE, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, OR THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED BY FINE, NOT EXCEEDING $2,000, AND PROVIDED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBLICATION DATE.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THIS? COUNCILMAN MARKS? SO MOVE, MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, MAY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST TO HOLD THIS ITEM, UM, UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I NEED TO CARRY THAT? YOU GOT, YOU SAID SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO GET IT ON THE FLOOR, BUT IF YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW THAT AND HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER IT'S NO SECOND.
IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THAT TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE CAN.
NOW WE'LL PUT THE PIN IN THIS TO EXECUTIVE.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA BEGINNING ON PAGE FOUR AND THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ONE ITEM ON SEVEN THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTED UPON, UH, CONSISTS OF INFORMATION OR INFORMATION'S ALREADY BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN.AND, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY A ROUTINE NATURE THROUGH THE, UH, FIRST TWO ITEMS ON THE TOP OF PAGE EIGHT.
AND WITH, UH, THE CONSENT OF THE BODY, WE CAN MOVE ON OR IF THERE AREN'T ANY THAT YOU WANT WITHDRAWN.
UH, A TWO ON PAGE FOUR ON PAGE FOUR.
LET ME NUMBER SIX ON PAGE SIX.
NUMBER WHICH ONE? NO, CUT YOUR LIGHT OFF FOR ME.
WHAT YOU DOING? I WAS TRYING TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID.
NOBODY, YOU BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG.
PRO NUMBER, PUT YOUR MIC DOWN PLEASE.
AND NUMBER 18 ON PAGE EIGHT AND 18.
NOW I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCLUSION OF A TWO, UH, NUMBER SIX, NUMBER 16, NUMBER 17.
UH, COUNCIL MCK SUMIR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN MARKS SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THOSE ITEMS. I JUST SAID.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSERS? AYES HAPPY FOR HIS HONOR.
WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[VII. (A2) Councilmember Willie Lewis: Texas Department Of Emergency Management Conference Fort Worth, TX May 29 – June 2, 2023 $1,853.76]
INDIVIDUALLY, UH, TO BE ACTIVE ON, UH, WE HAVE FIRST ITEM ON PAGE FOUR, A TWO.COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIE LEWIS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR WORTH TEXAS, MAY 29TH THROUGH JUNE 2ND, 2023 FOR A MONETARY AMOUNT OF $1,853 AND 76 CENTS.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, LA MAYOR PROTE SECOND.
OKAY, TO MOVE THE SECOND WE ARE READY FOR QUESTIONING.
UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS, I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE TRAVEL POLICY THAT
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WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR COUNCIL? SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEAM IN THIS ABSENCE.SO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, WE HAVE APPROVED TRAVEL THAT WE HAVE TO, THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE TR UH, THE COUNCIL, NLC TML GOLDEN TRIANGLE DAY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER TYPE OF TRAVEL THAT YOU WANT TO GO, UH, MOST DEFINITELY JUST COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
SO MY CONCERN BEFORE I VOTE ON THIS TODAY, WANT TO KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS ON WHY YOU WANT TO GO BASED UPON HAVING THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TIM IS ALREADY GONNA BE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE? WELL, I REPRESENT, I REPRESENT, UH, DISTRICT ONE.
NOW, ALL OF THE COASTAL AREAS IN MY, FROM SABINE PASS ON DOWN IS I REPRESENT THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON AT THE CONFERENCE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I'M SURPRISED THAT REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT GOING BECAUSE, UH, NOW ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, UH, THAT'S WHY I WANTED THE CHIEF TO HAVE THE EMERGENCY MANAGER HERE TODAY, THE CO EMERGENCY COORDINATOR.
I WANTED HIM HERE SO I CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SO FAR.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY SIMULATIONS OR WHAT HAS BEEN, WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM JANUARY TO JUNE? THAT'S WHEN YOU PREPARE YOURSELF.
AND I DON'T HAVE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED HIM HERE TODAY.
BUT I SAID HE WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, SO HE COULDN'T ATTEND.
I, BUT I T MAY I ASK YOU ON THERE, I REPRESENTED THE, ALL OF THE COASTAL AREA.
AND ANOTHER THING, AND I RECALL BEFORE WHEN THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND WE WERE SUFFERING FROM IT TODAY, THE MANAGER HAD THE PREVIOUS MAYOR TO REMOVE MAJOR OWENS.
MR. LEWIS, WE ALL GONNA RETROGRESS NO, NO, NO, NO.
LET'S STICK TO WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THE QUESTION YOU HAD WAS YOU WANTED THE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
BUT NOW YOU COULD HAVE ASKED ME.
I, I'M, I'M, I'M OVER ALL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE FROM JANUARY UNTIL THIS DAY.
WE HAVE PREPARED OURSELVES TO GO TO THE MEETING IN MARCH SO THAT WE CAN GET THE LATEST INFORMATION ON PREPAREDNESS AND READINESS FOR ANY EMERGENCY TYPE OF SITUATION.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU HAD LEADERS, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR SIMULATION? WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS.
THERE ARE MEETINGS FOR THIS REGION THAT HE ATTENDS FOR ME.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING THAT YOU ASKED ME.
I COULD HAVE GIVEN YOU THIS INFORMATION.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT, WELL, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
NOT PROBLEM, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT'S NOT PROBLEM.
HE'S, HE'S THE, HE THE EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR.
I DON'T, I'M, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH YOUR INFORMATION.
WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN GET TOGETHER ON IT AND IT'S, I'M, I'M AN OPEN DOOR AND NOTE WHATEVER INFORMATION, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE THOSE PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL ASSIST ME.
WE GETTING GOOD INFORMATION THOUGH? OKAY.
WE, WELL, I'M, THEY GIVING ME THE INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVED.
THAT'S, AND I HOPE IT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER UNREADINESS ON THIS? NO.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, JUST THAT WE DO HAVE APPROVED TRAVEL AND IT'S BASED UPON WHAT WE APPROVE AS A COUNCIL TO CENSOR AND POLICE OURSELVES.
SO N L C T M L, GOLDEN TRIANGLE DAY.
AND OF COURSE, IF ANY OTHER TRAVEL IS UH, WARRANTED, YOU CAN AFFORD A COUNCIL.
SO BASED UPON WHAT I'VE LEARNED TODAY, WE DO HAVE THE DIRECTOR ALONG WITH THE MAYOR PRO TIM, AND ALONG WITH THE COORDINATOR'S GONNA BE ATTENDING THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE BEST INTEREST AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE INFORMATION CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AS AN ENTIRETY BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING.
SO I TRUST THAT THE DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THE MAYOR PRO TIM AND THE COORDINATOR BRING THE INFORMATION BACK.
HAVE TO HAVE, I HAVE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND GOVERNMENT GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND IT CAUSE I REPRESENT 15,000 PEOPLE ALL ALONG THE COAST LINE AND I NEED TO GET GOOD INFORMATION FIRSTHAND FOR MYSELF TO, TO BRING BACK TO MY CONSTITUENT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REPRESENTED PROPERLY.
UH, ANY OTHER, WE'RE READY FOR THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR FOR APPROVAL? AYE.
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AYE.THE MEASURE DIES FOR A TIE VOTE.
NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM
[VII.C.(6) P.R. No. 23152 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Contract With Kinloch Equipment & Supply, Inc. Of Pasadena, Texas Through BuyBoard Contract No. 676-22 For The Rental Of A Vactor Truck For Lift Station And Sanitary Sewer Main Cleaning With A Total Projected Budgetary Impact Of $67,500.00; Funding Is Available In Account No. 410-40-220-5401-00-00-000, Rent]
THAT WE HAVE AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE PR NUMBER 2 3 1 52.IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH KEN LOCK EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY INCORPORATED OF PASADENA, TEXAS THROUGH A BUYBOARD CONTRACT.
NUMBER 67 6 DASH 22 FOR THE RENTAL OF A, UH, BACK TO TRUCK FOR LIFT STATION AND SANITARY SEWER MAIN CLEANING WITH A TOTAL PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $67,500.
FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 1 10 DASH 40 DASH TWO 20 DASH 5 1 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0 0 0 0.
AND I WOULD ASSUME IT IS RENT, UH, TYPE OF, UH, ACCOUNT.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR COUNCILMAN UH, LEWIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW, SECOND MAYOR.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION.
NO, UH, MAYOR, THAT'S, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTION AND SOME DEEP DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS VECTOR TRUCKS AND WHAT DEPARTMENTS THEY'RE IN AND HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE REALLY NEED THOSE THINGS TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
SO MY CONCERN TODAY IN READING THE BACKGROUND HISTORY OF FIVE MONTHS PAYING 13,500, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS UN IT WAS MY IMPRESSION THAT WE PURCHASED ONE WHAT, A YEAR AGO? YES SIR.
AND, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, SO WHY ARE WE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYERS MONEY TO ENSURE THAT UNLESS IT'S IN SOME TYPE OF RESERVE STATUS? I JUST NEED TO GET REAL CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE STATE EARLIER, HURRICANE SEASON IS APPROACHING.
WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE, I CALL IT THE RED VECTOR.
WE PURCHASED IT USED FROM BY STAR.
WE HAVE THE, UH, THE BLUE VECTOR, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE REC.
I THINK WE RECEIVED IT FROM MOTIVA.
IT, IT WAS HERE WHEN I GOT HERE.
BUT IT, THE, A VECTOR IS A HIGH PRESSURE JET AND A VACUUM SYSTEM.
UH, THE BLUE VECTOR, THE VACUUM SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK.
AND IT, IT, THE COST TO REPAIR THAT WOULD BE WELL OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT WORTH REPAIRING CUZ OF THE AGE OF THE TRUCK.
UH, THE JET PUMP IS WORKING AND WE USE IT SOME, IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE WEAKER WITH AGE.
WE RECEIVED ONE NEW JET, SMALL JET TRUCK.
IT'S A SMALL JET TRUCK TO REPLACE.
THEY'RE LOWER PRESSURE, BUT THEY CAN GO INTO SMALLER AREAS.
THEY WERE, UH, A ZUZU VEHICLES.
WE KEEP, WE DO USE 'EM, BUT WE'VE RE WE'RE REPLACING THEM WITH TWO NEW SMALLER ONES.
WE'VE RECEIVED ONE OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE NEXT ONE WILL COME IN.
IT'S JUST DUE TO AVAILABILITY.
UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LEASE ONE TO KIND OF REPLACE THE BLUE TRUCK CUZ ULTIMATELY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SALVAGE THE BLUE TRUCK.
IT'S, WE USE THESE, I MEAN THEY'RE CONSTANTLY IN USE.
THIS IS, AS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, CLEANING SEWERS.
THIS IS HOW YOU GET RID OF GREASE AND DISPOSABLE WIPES OUTTA SEWERS.
UH, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST PLAGUE IS CLEANING PLUGGED SEWERS.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO VACUUM, LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A, A HOLE THAT'S FULL OF SEWAGE, YOU VACUUM IT UP AND YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE PLANT AND DUMP IT.
YEAH, WELL I, I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT IT PUTS US IN A DISADVANTAGE AS A COUNCIL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF PREPARING FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH THE VECTOR TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, WE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON A RENTAL INSTEAD OF BUYING AND KNOWING THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE, I, I JUST DON'T LIKE WHEN WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, START MALFUNCTIONING AND NOT PREPARE FOR IT.
UH, I KNEW I ASKED A QUESTION TO YOU MAYBE A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS MY THING TO BACK THE TRUCKS CUZ I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THE GREASE AND SLUDGE AND ALL THAT OUT OF THE LINES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE MAY AND DO IF WE BUYING, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TERM OF THE EQUIPMENT, HOW LONG IS THE, THE TERM OF THE EQUIPMENT SUPPOSED TO LAST, HOW OFTEN WE RUN IT, HOW OFTEN THE MAINTENANCE BEEN DONE ON THOSE EQUIPMENT.
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SO IF I PULL THOSE NUMBERS, ARE YOU GONNA BE FAIR ENOUGH TO SAY THAT IT'S IN LINE OF, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING THE CITY THIS SIZE OF 60,000 PEOPLE? I WOULD, I WOULD BE THE UH, I MEAN THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO, UH, SMALL JET TRUCKS, THEY'RE VERY OLD.I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD THEY ARE, THAT'S MY QUESTION, BUT THEY ARE, I MEAN, THEY, THEY'RE WORN OUT.
SO, AND THAT'S WHY WE REPLACED THEM.
I MEAN, AS I'M ASSUMING RON IS IMPLEMENTED A SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE A SIT DOWN MEETING WITH THE GARAGE.
THEY GO OVER THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THE FINAL SAY IS, SHOULD WE EXTEND IT OR, OR GET A NEW ONE.
WELL, YOU TELLING ME FIVE MONTHS, WE GONNA NEED IT MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS.
SO I MEAN, I WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A BETTING MAN TO KNOW THAT WE'LL NEED, WELL, WHAT WE'D WANT TO DO FOR FIVE MONTHS IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WANT TO LEASE ONE.
WHICH, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND THE UPKEEP WOULD BE OUR, WHAT IS COMING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN APPROVAL FOR THAT, BUT IT'S IN THE BUDGET THAT'S JUST TO LEASE IT, SO.
HOW, HOW, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE OF AVAC TRUCK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $300,000 OFF.
IT'S ABOUT 550,000 PLUS NOW 550,000.
IT WAS ALMOST 500,000 WHEN WE WERE LOOKING LAST YEAR AND NOW THEY'RE OVER 500,000.
AND THE LEASING OF AVAC TRUCK, IS THAT THAT YOU'RE PERHAPS I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A LONG TERM LEASE.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S LESS, BUT IT'S ABOUT 90,000 A YEAR WOULD BE MY GUESS.
I'D HAVE TO, I CAN GET YOU THE PAPERWORK ON THE LEASE.
IT'S, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WOULDN'T IT MAKE, WOULDN'T IT MAKE GOOD BUSINESS SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND ENTER INTO THE LEASE PROCESS NOW AS OPPOSED TO PAYING THE $67,000 FOR THE FIVE MONTH PERIOD WE COULD BE LEASING AND HAVING IT COVERED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S A CAPITAL LEASE AND IT HAS TO BE IN THE BUDGET.
SO THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR CAPITAL LEASING.
AND, AND LET ME, UM, ANOTHER THING AGAIN THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OF THAT NATURE, IT'S ON BACK ORDER.
IT'S ABOUT TWO, THREE YEARS ON BACK ORDER RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND TWO, I WOULD RATHER, I, I, I SUPPORTED THIS RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF ITS IMMEDIACY.
UM, I WOULD HATE T C Q COME AND FIND US BECAUSE, UM, AND PUT US UNDER SOME SORT OF CONSENT, UM, ORDER BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT DEPRESSANT CONDITION.
UM, AND IT THAT MAY DEVELOP AS AN OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE CITY WHERE YOU WOULD END UP PAYING FINES TO THE TUNE OF THREE, $400,000 BY TCQ.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID RIGHT NOW TO, UM, DO THE TEMPORARY FIX AND AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS, CANCEL IT AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING MUCH MORE PERMANENT.
YOU SEE, SO I WOULD RATHER DO THE SHORT TERM PIN, WHICH IS PAY $67,000, AVOID A FINAL OF HUNDRED $50,000 AND THEN MOVE ON TO INCLUDE IT IN THE BUDGET WHEN I'M COMING.
SO THAT'S, I'M, I'M PROVIDING A TEMPORARY FIX RIGHT NOW SO THAT I CAN MOVE ON TO SOMETHING MUCH MORE PERMANENT AS SOON AS IVAN IS THROUGH ASSESSING THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW BUDGET AS WELL.
UM, ALSO WE DO HAVE, UM, WE DOING, THERE'S UM, UM, WE, WE DO INTEND TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, MUCH MORE EQUIPMENT, UM, WHEN WE, UH, BEFORE THE ENDS, I WANT TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THE CAPITAL BUDGET TO SEE WHAT THE BALANCES ARE, YOU KNOW, AND AS SOON AS I GET THAT TO PUT A PRIORITY LIST TOGETHER TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU, AND THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT I PURCHASE UNDERNEATH THOSE HERE.
BUT IF, IF YOU CAN ASSIST US WITH PROVIDING THAT SORT OF TEMPORARY FIX RIGHT NOW TO AVOID A T C E Q FIND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AVOID WE GETTING UNDER ANY SUM OF CONSENT ORDER WITH T C E Q AND WITH THE STATE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THAT RELIEF TO US RIGHT NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.
ANY OTHER UNREADINESS ON THIS? UH, OKAY MA'AM,
YES, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY.
ANY OPPOSERS AS HAVE IT? SO IT IS ORDER NUMBER PR 23 1 52 WILL BE ACCEPTED AS READ.
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HAVE PI[VII.C. (16) P.R. No. 23172 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Industrial And Commercial Mechanical Of Beaumont, Texas To Replace The Current HVAC Rooftop Unit #6 Of The Civic Center In The Amount Of $123,911.00. Funds Available In Account Number 001-15-043-5312-00-20-000]
NUMBER 23 1 72.IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER CHANCE INTO AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT WITH INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MECHANICAL OF BEAUMONT TEXAS TO REPLACE THE CURRENT HVAC ROOFTOP UNIT NUMBER SIX OF THE CIVIC CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,911.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH 15 DASH 0 4 3 DASH 5 3 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 20 DASH 0 0 0.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN MARKS.
MAYOR, MAY I GET A, UH, SECOND, UH, MAYOR PROTE? SO SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 23 1 72 IS RE READY FOR
I KNOW, UH, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROOFTOP OF THE AC UNITS AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
I KNOW WE HAD A SITUATION, I SPOKE WITH YOU IN DECEMBER ABOUT IT.
I THINK I'VE SPOKE WITH, UH, ADAM.
UH, SO IN READING THE BACKGROUND, WE ARE SAYING THAT THIS, IT MAY TAKE UP TO ABOUT 35 WEEKS TO GET THIS UNIT IN.
SO, UH, DID WE HAVE ANY, UH, SITUATIONS THAT TRANSPIRED BETWEEN DECEMBER AND NOW WHERE THAT, UH, WE ARE IN THIS UNIT IT'S GONNA TAKE SO FAR TO GET, GET IN? UH, YOU MEAN WHY IS IT TAKING 35 WEEKS? YEAH, I I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
THAT'S, UH, THE H V A C COMPANY WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT WHENEVER I'VE DONE UNITS THIS SIZE BEFORE, IT USUALLY DOES NOT THIS SIZE, BUT O OTHER UNITS, THERE IS A DELAY IN GETTING 'EM IN.
THAT'S A LONG TIME, BUT THAT IS THE TIME THAT WE IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET IT IN.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S TAKING THAT LONG, BUT THAT'S THE TIME.
AND ARE WE PREPARED TO CONTINUE RENTING THAT BUILDING OUT WITH, KNOWING THAT 35 WEEKS IS A WELL, YOU KNOW, A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND YEAH.
AND ACCOMMODATING THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE RENTING THE CIVIC CENTER.
I MEAN, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP IT OPERATING WITH, UM, THE TECHS COMING OUT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT COM IT'S NOT THAT IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL, IT'S JUST THAT IT HAS TO, IT'S, IT FILLS AT TIMES.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TECHS COME OUT AND GET IT OPERATING AND IT'S REALLY ALL WE CAN DO.
IT'S THIS, THE, THE CENTER HALL OF THE CIVIC CENTER IS HALL A AND THIS, UH, COOLS AND HEATS HALF OF THAT HALL.
SO IF WE WERE TO NOT RENT THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RENT THE BUILDING.
AND UH, IT, I I'M JUST TRYING TO ADD SOME HUMOR BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR SO LONG, BUT WHEN WE WERE IN THERE FOR THE JAMES GAMBLE OR THE BASKETBALL DEAL, I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE I WAS SWEATING UNTIL I RETURNED HOME AND I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN IN ANTOINE
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY OP IT WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY IN THE, I MEAN, IT WAS OPERATING ON THAT EVENT AND OP IT'S BEEN OPERATING DURING THE EVENTS.
NO, BUT IT WASN'T, I'M TELLING YOU IT WASN'T OPERATING AS GOOD AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT.
MAYBE I DANCED TOO MUCH
UH, ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER INFORMATION WE NEED YOU ON THIS? YEAH, JUST, UH, FROM EXPERIENCE, WHENEVER YOU'RE BUILDING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT BIG, UH, THE MANUFACTURER ACTUALLY HAS TO PUT THAT INTO A PRODUCTION SCHEDULE, RIGHT? AND, AND SO IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME, RIGHT? THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE ORDERS THAT THEY CONTINUALLY RECEIVE, UH, ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY BASIS.
AND THEN THEY SCHEDULE THOSE THINGS.
AND WHEN YOU PUT IN FOR SOMETHING THIS LARGE, IT NORMALLY IS GOING TO TAKE YOU A, A, A NOMINAL TIME TO GET THAT, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BUILT.
JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
JUST ANY OTHER, GO AHEAD AND, UH, DIRECTOR AND JUST A CAVEAT THAT THIS MATERIAL WILL BE WARRANTED, RIGHT? YES, IT WILL BE.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL THROUGH ICM WHO DOES ALL OF OUR H V A C WORK.
IN YOUR OPPOSES AYES HAVE ORDERED, PR NUMBER 2 3 1 72 IS APPROVED AS READ.
[VII.C. (17) P.R. No. 23173 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Lease Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And SM Brother & Sisters Corporation DBA Island Grocery And Cajun Cabins For Approximately 2.96 Acres Located At 1900 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Port Arthur, Texas, 77640]
NUMBER 23 1 73, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND SM BROTHER AND SISTERS CORPORATION DBA ISLAND GROCERY AND CAJUN CABINS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.9 ACRES OF LAND ACRES LOCATED, EXCUSE ME, AT 1900 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.[03:30:01]
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77 6 40.MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN MARKS? SO MOVE MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND WE WILL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 23 1 73 AS READ.
MAYOR PROTE, IF I MAY, UM, ASK FOR MR. GEORGE DAVIS
AND DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE CABINS? UH, IS THAT THE SAME PROPERTY? IT'S IT'S ALL ONE PROPERTY.
SO I, I WENT OVER THERE MM-HMM.
AND WE ARE REQUESTING, WELL, THE REQUEST IS FOR A 10 YEAR LEASE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO OVER THE LAST, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUT I AM REQUESTING THAT THEY DO A HUGE BEAUTIFICATION MM-HMM.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS AN EYESORE.
AND SO IF WE'RE OFFERING THIS 10 YEAR LEASE TO THIS, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT'S ON THE LAND, I WOULD JUST WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT COMMITMENT DO THEY HAVE TO NOT MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO? I THINK ORIGINALLY THAT WAS KINDA THE DEAL.
THEY WEREN'T GONNA DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL THEY GOT THE INSTI EXTEND AT LEASE FROM THE CITY.
IT WAS MORE LIKE A, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.
AND HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY IF THEY WERE TO SELL ME THE ACTUAL LAND AND I DON'T CUT THE GRASS, THEY MAKE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE, THE GRASS, YOU KNOW, ISN'T CUT.
SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT IF THEY GET THIS LONG-TERM LEASE, THAT THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR SO LONG.
OFF OF THE, THE DEAL IS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE REASON WE'RE WANTING TO DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GAS.
SO, I KNOW THERE IS A PREVIOUS PROGRAM, UM, THAT I SPOKE WITH MR. BURTON ABOUT, ABOUT ANOTHER GAS STATION, I THINK, UM, ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH ON, UM, KANSAS, UM, AND GOWAY, THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND I, I DID FA UM, EMAIL HIM THAT PAPERWORK TO SEE IF THAT PROGRAM IS STILL AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY DID THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
AND I, I, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT JUST LIKE YOU WERE DOING NOW, SAYING THAT, OKAY, WELL WE WE'RE DOING THIS EXTENSION, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING CUZ AS YOU SEE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ON THE ISLAND MM-HMM.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT AS A ISO AS YOU STATED.
SO I'M GONNA STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT IF NOTHING ELSE, HE'LL EITHER TRY TO GET INTO THAT PROGRAM OR WE STILL HAVE IT, OR MAKE THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT HE STATED TO ME PREVIOUSLY.
SO DO WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN? IF THEY DON'T YEAH, NO MA'AM.
IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE ONE? UM, WE CAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND NOT US BE LOCKED INTO A LEASE FOR 10 YEARS AND THEY'RE NOT HOLDING UP THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN AND IT JUST, THEY JUST HAVE NOT SHOWN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO, TO WANNA GROW WITH US BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT FOR OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDRESSED AT, UM, OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
THE BOARD SAID THE EXACT SAME THING.
BUT THE, THE THING THAT I MENTIONED WAS WITH THEM OWNING THE PROPERTY, THE BUILDING STRUCTURES, YEAH.
LET'S, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S THE OPPOSITE IF WE DON'T GO THROUGH WITH THE LEASE, WHETHER THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO NOTHING WITH THE PROPERTY MM-HMM.
ANYTHING ELSE? I WANNA WORK, I WANNA WORK WITH YOU.
MAKE SURE THEY, LIKE YOU SAID, THE END OF THE BARGAIN.
WE, I, IN MY WORLD, IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING, IT AIN'T REAL.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND CAN THERE BE LANGUAGE PLACED IN THE LEASE THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE AND MAINTAIN, UH, AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, UH, EXTERIOR TO, TO THAT, TO THAT PROPERTY? I GUESS WE CAN ASK THE, THE ATTORNEY, WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO 'EM.
WELL, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL TYPE OF LEASE BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY OWN ALL OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND WE JUST OWNED THE REAL PROPERTY.
WE ALLOWED THEM TO PUT A BUILDING ON OUR PROPERTY DUE TO THE WAY, UM, PLEASURE ISLAND WAS STRUCTURED, WHERE AT ONE POINT YOU COULDN'T BUY LAND.
YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
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REQUIRED AS ANYBODY IS TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF OUR, UM, BUILDING CODES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT AS FAR AS, UH, REQUIRING THEM TO DO ANYTHING ABOVE WHAT THE PERMIT AND BUILDING CODES REQUIREMENTS ARE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE.
I MEAN, IT CAN BE PUT INTO A, A LEASE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO IT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE.
AND I'M, I'M WILLING, I KNOW THAT IT TAKES WORK.
MAY, MAY, MAY I SAY THIS AND MAYBE WE CAN MOVE ON.
YOU'VE CORRECTED EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.
UH, MR. DAVIS, CAN YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND CORRECT THAT AND I CAN MOVE ON, MAN.
ARE ARE WE ALL GOOD WITH THAT? WELL, YOU WANNA MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
YOU WOULD NEED TO EITHER TABLE THIS OR, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
WE FIX FIX IT AND BRING IT BACK.
THE SECRETARY SAYS YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE MOTION.
UH, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAYOR PROIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE TO TABLE.
THE TABLE PRRB NUMBER 2 3 1 73.
WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[VII.C. (18) P.R. No. 23176 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Extension Of The Non-Exclusive Ambulance Agreement With Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. For A Period Of Thirty (30) Days]
HAVE PR NUMBER 23 1 76.IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN EXTENSION OF THE NON-EXCLUSIVE AMBULANCE AGREEMENT WITH ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE INCORPORATED FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN, UH, KEN LAW? SECOND.
MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN FRANK? SO MOVE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, IS REMOVED IN SECONDARY? WE WITH APPROVED PR NUMBER 2 3 1 76.
READY? READY FOR QUESTION? COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN, UH, CAN YOU JUST GIMME A QUICK UPDATE OF WHY IT'S JUST 30 DAYS? IF YOU, YOU, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION? YES.
IT'LL STATE THAT IN, UH, MAY, UH, THAT, THAT IN AUGUST WE, UH, BASICALLY REWROTE THE ENTIRE, UH, ORDINANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO AMBULANCES.
UM, SO IN LIGHT OF THE REWRITE, UH, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, HAVE A BRAND NEW AMBULANCE AGREEMENT WITH MORE, UH, MORE DETAILED, UH, UPDATES IN IT.
SO, SO I CAN SAY ARE MORE DETAILED REQUIREMENTS.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE HAD, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING A LOOSE PROCESS, THE NEW ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS AN AMBULANCE AGREEMENT, UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.
BUT WE PUT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE ADVERTISED A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS AND IT WAS VERY EXTENSIVE.
WE RAN IT IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS, I THINK TWO, MAYBE THREE TIMES, AND AT LEAST ONCE IN THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE TO MAKE SURE WE P HAD PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS REQUEST WAS AVAILABLE.
UH, AND ON MAY 5TH, UH, THE APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED VIA SEALED BID AND READ ALOUD.
AND NOW THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THESE, UH, APPLICATIONS.
UH, THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT WE ARE ASKING AT JUNE 6TH OR, OR DATE THAT YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT ALL IN ONE COUNCIL MEETING, THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CHAPTER ONE 14 THAT WE HAVE THEM COME AND DO A PRESENTATION SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN HEAR WHAT THE APPLICANTS HAVE TO SAY IN ORDER TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT OFF FOR 30 DAYS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS MEETING IN JUNE.
UH, YOU CAN RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS, UH, REVIEW THEM STAFF'S REVIEWING THEM RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, THOSE PRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE.
SO THEN YOU CAN DIRECT ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING A DECISION ON WHO WOULD RECEIVE, UH, AMBULANCE PERMIT.
COUNCILMAN LEWIS, CITY ATTORNEY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION DEALING WITH THE AMBULANCES IN PORT ARTHUR? UH, I THINK THAT YOU HAD CONTACTED OUR OFFICE YESTERDAY TO FIND OUT WE ARE, UH, LOOKING FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THAT, THAT OKAY.
WE CAN LOOK ABOUT, LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS I'D NEED TO PROBABLY UPDATE EVERYBODY, UM, TO LOOK AT THE, GIVE YOU SOME NEW COPIES OF THE NEW CHAPTER ONE 14 AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE, WE WANNA HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN THE CONTRACT THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE THAT.
I, I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE HAVE TO LOCATE IT.
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A WHILE BACK THAT THEY DID THAT AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THAT THAT YOU NEED.I THINK THE APPLICATION FEE WAS YES.
CUZ HE MIGHT NOT PICK IT UP ON AN INTERNET.
YEAH, I THINK IF, AND I DON'T SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK THE APPLICATION FEE WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WAS NON-REFUNDABLE.
AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER FEES THAT WAS IN THERE.
UH, IF Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT I THINK THEY REMOVED THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
BUT THE ONLY FEE THAT I AM AWARE OF IS THE APPLICATION FEE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I KNOW WHEN WE PUT TOO MUCH ON ONE AGENDA, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ON THE SIXTH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO ANOTHER DAY, JUST LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ALL CAN HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATIONS.
THEY'RE THE, THE BOTH APPLICANTS ARE, ARE READY TO COME.
UH, ANY OTHER READY? WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION? THE, DO YOU NEED A MOTION? YEAH, I, I, I ALREADY SAID IT.
AYE, I SAID I BE READY TO VOTE.
YOU GONNA GET THE OPPOSING? ALRIGHT, COME ON.
NOW, UH, WE ARE READY TO MOVE TO THE
[VIII.A. (1) P.R. No. 23144 – A Resolution Authorizing The Execution Of Contracts For The Purchase Of Road Building Materials For The Public Works Streets Division With Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. And Gulf Coast, A CRH Company Of Beaumont, Texas, And Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC. Of San Antonio, Texas, With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $1,000,000.00. Budgeted Funds Are Available In The Street Maintenance Account 001-21-053-5316-00-70-000 And The Capital Improvement Fund Streets Program Account 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000, Various Projects]
NON-CONSENT, UH, AGENDA ON PAGE EIGHT.AND WE HAVE PR NUMBER 23 1 44 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IN THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS STREETS DIVISION WITH, UH, MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INCORPORATED AND GOV KOS, UH, A C R H COMPANY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LLC OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS WITH A PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF 1 MILLION.
BUDGET BUDGETED FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STREET.
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, 0 0 1 DASH 21 DASH 5 53 DASH 5 3 16 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH SEVEN ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND STREETS PROGRAM ACCOUNT, UH, 3 0 7 DASH 21 DASH FIVE THREE DASH 8 5 17 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0 VARIOUS PROJECTS.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR COUNCILMAN LEWIS? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, MAYOR PROTE SECOND.
IT'S REMOVED IN SECOND AND WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, PR NUMBER 23 1 44.
WE'RE READY FOR ANY UNREADINESS.
UM, NOT AN ISSUE, BUT SOMETHING TO POINT OUT, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE GONNA ASK THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IN PUBLIC WORKS TO COME UP, UH, IN THIS ITEM WE HAVE SOME IDENTICAL BIDS THAT WILL REQUIRE CASTING OF LOTS.
UH, JUST, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE THREE TIES.
SO, UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT'S LISTED ON THE FRONT PAGE.
SO UNDER 2 71 0.901 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IF, UH, THE, UM, BID BIDS ARE IDENTICAL, THEN BASICALLY THERE ARE TWO MORE IDENTICAL BIDS THEN, UH, THAT THE, THE MUNICIPALITY MUST SELECT, UH, WHO THE BIDDERS ARE BY CASTING OF LOTS.
SO, UH, PURCHASING IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
FIRST WE NEED TO SPECIFY WHICH ONE WE'RE ON.
SO IF SOMEONE CAN KIND OF GO UP AND EXPLAIN WHAT'S THE FIRST ONE AND THEN WHOEVER I THINK, I THINK IT SAYS THE MAYOR HAS TO YEAH.
FLIP THE COIN OR I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS REACHING, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS HELPING WE MONEY, BUT I THINK WE FIRST, BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE, WE NEED TO STATE WHICH ONE IT IS AND I'LL JUST LET Y'ALL DO YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THE FIRST ITEM, UH, LISTED IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE BED TAB IS SIX 10 BASE LIMESTONE.
UH, THERE ARE TWO, UH, COMPANIES, GULF COAST, A C R H, COMPANY OF BEAUMONT AND VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, L L C OF SAN ANTONIO THAT BOTH BID UH, $50 TO UH, PICK UP THE MATERIALS FROM THE PLANT.
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SHE'S LOOKING FOR A COIN, BUT THEY ALL THEM PEOPLE, DIDN'T THEY CLOSE SOME GAMBLING ROOMS DOWN THE OTHER DAY? FRANK WAS ON TV YESTERDAY ABOUT THAT.I'M NOT KICKING MY HAND IN THERE.
YOU WANT ME TO SAY WHO? HIS WHERE? THE POLICE.
OKAY, WHERE THE POLICE IT IT'S LEGAL, HUH? SO WE HAVE TO SAY WHOSE HEADS, SO WE'RE GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
UH, GULF COAST WOULD BE HEAD HEADS AND BULKING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THIS REALLY IS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 27, UH, 0.901.
CUZ SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT 27 1, 9 0 1 B AND C.
SO IT WOULD BE GULF COAST INSTEAD OF THE, THE ONE I READ, RIGHT? SO Y UH, WELL, YES SIR.
SO FOR ITEM NUMBER 4, 6 10 BASE LIMESTONE, UH, OUR FIRST UH, CON, UM, PROVIDER OR BID YEAH.
WOULD BE GULF COAST AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE VULCAN.
SO WE CAN CARRY, IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO WE HAVE TWO MORE AFTER THIS.
AFTER I HAVE TO DO EACH ONE, DON'T I? YES SIR.
ALL IN FAVOR OF GULF COAST BEING THAT, UH, AYE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSERS? OKAY, WE HAVE NUMBER ONE COMPLETE.
YOU WANT TO WAIT? WHAT'S THAT? GO AHEAD AND DO THE NEXT ONE.
YEAH, USUALLY WE, THAT'S JUST TO MAKE IT OKAY.
DO I NEED TO WAIT? MINE DO WE NEED TO WAIT, I GOTTA, OH, MAYOR, THE CITY SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE IN BETWEEN.
YOU CAN DO ALL THREE AND THEN VOTE ON THE OLD THING.
WE GONNA USE, SO WE'RE ASKING THE OFFICER TO COME FORWARD TO WITNESS NEW ONE.
SO THESE ARE TIE BIDS AS WELL.
IF, SHOOT FRANK AND TRY TO STOP.
YOU'VE ALREADY FOLDED ON THIS MAN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE SIX 10 BASE LIMESTONE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND YOU SAID THAT THE TWO BIDDING VENDORS HAD THE SAME COST ARE OR PER PICKUP? MM-HMM.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT IN THIS SPREADSHEET OR IS THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE? BECAUSE, UH, WHICH, DO YOU MIND IF I COME FORWARD? YEAH.
THE SPREADSHEET THAT I'M LOOKING AT DOES NOT REFLECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
ITEM FOUR, CORRECT? I LEFT IT BLANK BECAUSE I KNEW THAT.
OKAY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THE OKAY.
HIGHLIGHTED MY SHEET, BUT OH, OKAY.
OKAY, THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10 A.
IT'S A HALF ACK INCREMENTAL INCREASE TO THE BASE BID.
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INCORPORATED OF BEAUMONT BID, $6 FOR STOCKPILE PLANT AND WORK SITE RESPECTIVELY.
GULF COAST, A CRH COMPANY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS ALSO BIDS $6 FOR EACH ITEM STOCKPILE PLANT AND WORK SITE.
SO DO I NEED TO DO IT? DO WE HAVE TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY? YEAH, I, I I GOTTA TELL ME WHO'S GONNA BE HERE.
I'M SORRY, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
UH, MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS WOULD BE HEADS AND GULF COAST A C R H COMPANY WOULD BE TAIL.
SO HEADS THAT WOULD BE MARTIN MARIETTA.
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IS THE, UH, UM, FIRST COMPANY FOR ITEM 10, A HALF SACK INCREMENTAL INCREASE TO BASE BID, AND THE SECONDARY WOULD BE GULF COAST OF BEAUMONT.ARE WE READY FOR THE NE THE LAST ITEM? THE LAST ITEM IS ITEM 10 B, HALF ACK, INCREMENTAL DECREASE TO THE BASE BID.
THE FIRST, UH, BIDDER IS MARTIN MARIETTA.
MATERIALS INCORPORATED OF BEAUMONT.
THEY BID $6 EACH FOR STOCKPILE PLANT AND WORK SITE.
THE SECOND BID IS FROM GULF COAST, A CR H COMPANY OF BEAUMONT.
THEY ALSO BID $6 EACH FOR STOCKPILE PLANT AND WORK SITE HEADS WOULD ALSO BE MARTIN MARIETTA AND TAILS WOULD BE GULF COAST.
OH, SEE, WHERE IS IT? DO YOU SEE IT? LOOK, TAIL LOOK AT PICK IT UP.
SO TAILS IS A GULF COAST, A CRH COMPANY OF BEAUMONT.
SO THE INITIAL COMPANY WOULD BE GULF COAST AND THE SECONDARY WOULD BE MARTIN MARIETTA.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, SO MAYOR, UH, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY TIED, BUT WE ARE JUST SAYING WHO'S GONNA BE THE FIRST CHOICE AND WHO'S GONNA BE SECOND CHOICE? SO NO ONE WILL BE LEFT OUT.
IT JUST ALLOWS US TO BE FAIR AND, AND GET IN THE ORDER TO STAY TIED.
CITY SECRETARY HAS IT IN, IN, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, FILL OUT THE BLANKS.
TY WAS POSTED AND WE'LL UPDATE IT AND GIVE THE CITY SECRETARY THE UPDATED DOCUMENT.
OKAY, BUT WE HAVE RECORDED IT.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE WHOLE AGENDA ITEM.
UH, AS READ WITH THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, UH, ADDITIONS.
[VIII.A. (2) P.R. No. 23148 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Port Arthur Library Board]
WE HAVE PR NUMBER 23 1 48, A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND A REAPP APPOINTING THE MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE PORT ARTHUR LIBRARY BOARD.CITY SECRETARY STEVE, UH, STEVEN, YOU WERE HERE, BUT I THINK SHE HAS THE NAMES.
UH, I THINK IT WAS JUST ONE, RIGHT? YEAH.
RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL BE, UH, APPOINTED, EXCUSE ME, TRUTH.
UH, WE'RE MAY I GET A MOTION? COUNCILMAN OF MARKS? SO MOVED, MAN, MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, MAN, MY VOICE IS LEAVING.
OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE, UH, NAME AS THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY STATED FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD.
UH, WE, FOR QUESTION, AND I CAN EXPLAIN IT.
UH, IF THIS IS RECOMMENDATION FROM, UH, OUR LIBRARY, OUR CHIEF LIBRARIAN HEAD LIBRARIAN WHO MANAGES EVERYTHING, AND WE HAD A, THE, UH, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL RESIGNED AND WE HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO'S WORKED DEAL DILIGENTLY WITH THE BOARD IN THE LIBRARY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S GONNA BE A MEMBER OF YOUR BOARD.
[VIII.A. (3) P.R. No. 23168 – A Resolution Appointing A Member To The Planning And Zoning Commission Of The City Of Port Arthur, And Whose Term Shall Expire October 30, 2024]
HAVE A RESOLUTION APPOINTED AND MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND WHOSE TERM SHALL EXPIRE OCTOBER 30TH, 2024.YOU HAVE THAT NAME? CITY SECRETARY.
UH, WHO IS IT? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T TELL YOU, BUT JOSHUA, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IT.
I DON'T, I DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME.
UH, MR. WHITE WAGNER WOULD BE THE APPOINTEE.
UH, AND HE WOULD ACTUALLY BE REPLACING OUR MAYOR PRO YOU WHO RESIGNED FROM THE, UH, BOARD WHEN SHE TOOK OFF AS TO TUESDAY.
AND MR. UH, WAGNER WILL REPLACE HER ON THE BOARD.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR THAT? UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM? MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS? IT'S MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS STATED IN THE PERSON OF MR. DWIGHT WAGNER.
AND WILL THE TERMIN IT WILL EXPIRE OCTOBER, 2024.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTIONS? I THINK I'VE JUST ENTERTAINED EVERYBODY OF THE VOTE.
[VIII.A. (4) P.R. No. 23174 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Director Or Directors To The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation (Requested By Councilmember Frank)]
A RESOLUTION APPOINTED AND OR REAPPOINTED, THE DIRECTOR OF DIRECTORS TO CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION 48, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.FRANK, DO YOU HAVE THAT NAME? UH, CITY SECRETARY? YES, SIR.
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DARYL ANDERSON.AND WE HAVE THE NAME THEN, SIR.
UM, THAT'S WITH THE CONSENT OF MR. UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS.
HE WAS THE, HE WAS THE, UH, APPOINTEE OF, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR.
BUT HE'S, UH, HIS TERM EXPIRES IN JUNE.
YEAH, HIS TERM EXPIRES IN JUNE.
OKAY, BUT WERE YOU PLANNING ON NO, NO.
UM, I WANT TO REAPPOINT HIM, UM, TO MY SO CITY SECRETARY ON THAT.
THIS QUESTION ON THIS FOR CLARITY, UH, WOULD HE BEGIN SERVING A NEW TERM UNDER THE APPOINTMENT ON THE VOTE TODAY? OR DOES HE HAVE TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE? BECAUSE THAT WAY, UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS WOULD KNOW WHEN HE NEEDS TO MAKE YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO US.
HOLD ON, LET, LET, LET'S SAY THE SECRETARY ANSWER.
HE CAN APPOINT, HOLD, LET, LET HER ANSWER.
THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD START TODAY.
AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU CAN HAVE RIGHT? WHOEVER YOU WANT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU.
I I JUST WANTED TO GET A MOTION IN A SECOND.
DON'T MA SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
WE STILL NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND,
IF WE, BEFORE WE DO ANY MOTIONS IN SECOND, CAN I DO A POINT OF CLARIFICATION IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, HOW IT'S WRITTEN? WHAT YOU SAYING IS THE DISTRICT ONE POSITION EXPIRES IN JUNE ANYWAY.
SO YOU, THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY SIX POINT SOMEBODY AND THEY'LL HAVE A WHOLE FRESH TERM.
IT WON'T BE SIX AND HE EXPIRED EXPIRING.
AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IF WHEN YOU APPOINT MR. ANDERSON EFFECTIVE TODAY, HE WILL FEEL AN UNEXPIRED TERM.
IS THIS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION SAY? AND HE'LL BE IN PLACE TILL JANUARY 19TH, 2024.
SO YOU'LL HAVE, THIS TERM WILL END JANUARY 19.
AND THEN EVERYBODY, THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE EXPIRING ON JUNE 6TH.
BUT THE, THE ON, WHEN THE JUNE 6TH TIME COMES, THEY'LL GET A BRAND NEW TERM OF TWO YEARS OR WHATEVER THE TIMEFRAME IS.
SO HE GETS A NEW TERM BECAUSE I AM A RECENTLY SEATED IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
APPARENTLY IT SAYS HERE UNEXPIRED TERM, UH, THERE YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE TERM, THE PREVIOUS, THE POSITION SIX.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIX IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BOO.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE NEED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE FRESH NEW TERMS. OKAY? OKAY.
SOME REASON THE DATES ARE A LITTLE OFF, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
IF EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
BUT OF COURSE HE POINT VOTE ON THAT.
THESE APPOINT WE'VE APPOINTMENTS.
WE, YEAH, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE DISAPPROVE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT PERSON WANTS.
WE, UH, AND THAT'S JUST COURTESY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
WELL, I KNOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU AND I'M NOT GOING ALL THE WAY BACK 20 YEARS.
JUST TO, JUST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
THE POINT OF ALL, I AIN'T GONNA GO BACK 20, I'M, WHAT'S THE POINT OF ALL FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS CREATING AN UNNECESSARY PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU VOTE ON THAT, YOU'RE CREATING AN UNNECESSARY PROBLEM.
ALL HE GOTTA DO IS TURN IT INTO THE CITY SECRETARY.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IN, IN THAT, WHAT WE, WE ARE DOING, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE JUST HAVE THIS FOR THE RECORD, SO IT WON'T BE LOST.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE, WE DEFINITELY HONOR THAT, THAT IT'S THAT PERSON'S APPOINTMENT.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE MINUTE.
SO WE'LL KNOW TAKES FOUR YEARS TO ACCEPT THE DOCUMENTATION.
ANYBODY'S APPOINTMENT, WE NOT GOING TO REJECT ANYBODY'S APPOINTMENT.
SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO, WHOEVER YOUR APPOINTMENT, WE GONNA VOTE FOR IT.
ALL RIGHT, NOW NEXT WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE THANK YOU.
I HAD ALREADY, WE ALREADY DONE THAT.
A MOTION TO ACCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK'S APPOINTEE AS MR. DARRYL ANDERSON.
WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S GO TO ORDINANCES.
AND THERE AREN'T ANY, AM I CORRECT? NO.
[IX. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
NOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RECESS.WE'RE GONNA GO IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SOMETHING, WHATEVER WE GOING TO CALL IT.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND READ FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YEAH, YOU CAN, IF YOU COULD READ THE, UM, RIGHT.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.AND, UH, IN, IN EXEC, WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION FIVE 1.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 51 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FORM.
IT WAS ARTICLE 62, 52 0.17, SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION EIGHT.
AND PRIOR TO GOING INTO THIS MEETING MIGHT BE THE, UH, PRESIDING OFFICER I'M MUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO COVER SECTION 5 51 0.0 71 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OUR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATION, AND OTHER MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO COVER SECTION 5 51 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OF VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 51 0.0, EXCUSE MAY SEVEN OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OR INDUSTRIAL UH, PROSPECTS.
AND IF THERE BE ANY MATTERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACTION, WE WILL RETURN TO CHAMBERS AND, UH, CONDUCT THAT ACTION, TAKE CARE OF THAT ACTION ITEM OR THAT MOTION IN OPEN SESSION.
SO WE'LL NOW BE EXCUSED AND WE WILL RETURN, UH, HERE WHENEVER WE COMPLETE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE ROLL? OKAY.
MAYOR BART, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TIMM HAMILTON.
ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS OR ITEMS WITH ACTION? NOT, NOT FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DO HAVE ONE UNFINISHED, UM, MATTER FROM THE EARLIER MEETING.
UH, THE CITY SECRETARY WILL GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER.
THE MATTER OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
WAIT, THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
MAY I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO TABLE PO NUMBER 7 1 46 UNTIL OUR JULY 10TH MEETING.
MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
COUNCILMAN MARK HAS BEEN MOVE SECONDARY TABLE AT ITEM NUMBER AND UNTIL JULY 10TH MEETING.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
AND SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT OF COUNCILMAN LEWIS MOTION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND WE WOULD'VE JOINED THIS MEETING AND BEFORE WE WOULD'VE JOINED, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT IN ABOUT, UH, 49, 50 MINUTES, UH, WE WILL BEGIN THE 125TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF OUR CITY.
AND IF YOU ARE VEING US, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME OUT TO THE POPEYE HOMES PARK ADJACENT TO CITY HALL HERE ON FOURTH STREET IN THE 400 BLOCK AND BEGIN THE CELEBRATION THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BIRTHDAY CAKE AND ICE CREAM AND SOME FOOD TRUCKS GOING TO BE OUT THERE.
SO WE WANT YOU TO COME ON OUT.
AND THIS WILL LAST UNTIL 7:00 PM ON THIS EVENING.
SO COME ON OUT AND WISH YOUR CITY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
ANY OPPOSES AYE, HEAVEN TO US AUDIT AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.