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SO WE CAN GET STARTED? NO, I WAS JUST INFORMED IN PROGRESS.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
I WAS JUST INFORMED.COUNCILMAN LEWIS HAS A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
SO WE, BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO BEGIN.
SO, UH, WE'RE GATHERED HERE AND ON, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER 19TH, 2023, UH, FOR A 4:00 PM MEETING IS ACTUALLY NOW 4:08 PM AND WE ARE AT 4 44 FORBES STREET HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AND THE MEETING MAY BE ATTENDED AND YOU MAY PARTICIPATE THROUGH TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS. HOWEVER, YOU WOULD FIRST NEED TO DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9 AND YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING ID CODE OF 8 9 1 3 9 2 9 3 8 9 4 AND THE PASSCODE OF 5 7 3 0 3 4 AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
ALSO, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU SO DESIRE AND YOU HAVE THE NEED FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
HOWEVER, YOU MUST CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE AT 4 9 9 3 8 1 1 5 AND MAKE YOUR REQUEST TO THE CITY SECRETARY STAFF AND THEY WILL DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWER TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR SPECIAL REQUEST.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO UH, BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION WITH THE PLEDGE AND WITH A ROLE CALLED COUNCILMAN FRANK.
WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN INVOCATION? YES PLEASE.
OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS DAY WITH HUMBLED HEARTS, HEAVENLY FATHER.
AND AS WE COME, WE APPROACH YOUR THRONE OF MERCY, LOVE AND GRACE TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU ARE CONTINUALLY BESTOWING UPON US AS WE COME BEFORE YOU, BEFORE THIS COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
WE PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL THAT WE MIGHT WALK IN WISDOM.
THEY MIGHT, THAT THEY MIGHT BE GUARDED AND COVERED.
AND THEN WE PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
WE ASK GOD THAT YOU WOULD CONTROL ALL THOSE THINGS, HEAVENLY FATHER AND CAUSE THEM FOR YOUR GLORY.
WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
TO JOIN US NOW IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR FORMAL OPENING.
CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH A COURT? YES.
MAYOR BARTEE, PRESENT, MAYOR PRO TIMM HAMILTON, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK HERE YOU HAVE A COURT MAYOR.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE AGAIN AS A MATTER OF REITERATION HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
[II. CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
AND WE WILL GO INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION MIGHT BE IN THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THIS MEETING.I MUST MAKE THIS FOLLOWING STATEMENT THAT WE WILL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.101 OF THE CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OPEN MEETINGS, LAW OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, THE GOVERNMENT CODE FORMERLY ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17 SECTION TWO SUBSECTION A.
IN THE CLOSED MEETING WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
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REGARDING POTENTIAL AND OR PENDING CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, LITIGATION, AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS.WE WILL ALSO COVER SECTION 5 4 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF PORT AUTHOR.
WE'RE ALSO COVERED SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE AND ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
AND WE WILL DISCUSS A COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
IF THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION ON ANY ITEM DISCUSSED IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WHEN WE RETURN TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE WILL CONDUCT THE ACTION OR THE VOTE IN OPEN SESSION ON WHATEVER THAT ITEM OR THOSE ITEMS MIGHT BE.
SO NOW AT FOUR 14, WE WILL NOW RETIRE TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AND BEGIN OUR SPECIAL EXECUTIVE MEETING.
AND WE'LL RETURN FOR SURE BY 5:30 PM THANK YOU.
ARE WE RECORDING? UH, WE'RE READY.
AND WE ARE RETURNING INTO SESSION THAT ACTUALLY BEGAN AT 4:08 PM AND WE WERE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND AT THIS JUNCTURE, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REESTABLISH THE QUARTER? YES MA'AM.
PRESENT MAYOR PRO TIMM HAMILTON.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE FIRST ONE? THE FIRST MOTION INVOLVES CARVER TERRACE PARK AND THIS IS A MOTION TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND OFFERS FOR THE CITY ON TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1101 WEST GULF WAY DRIVE AND AUTHORIZING THE RE-LISTING OF SAID LAND WITH A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 7 2 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
MAY I GET A MOTION? COUNCILMAN FRANK? SO MOVED.
MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? MAY I APPROACH HIM SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE MOTION COMING OUT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SECTION AS PRESENTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THAT FIRST ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS SHOULD PRESENT THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE LANGUAGE TO BE INCLUDED IN DEED RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SOUTH PORTIONS OF TERMINAL ROAD IN PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PROPOSED DEEDED RESTRICTION CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE THAT THE PROPERTY CAN ONLY BE USED AS A ROAD, NO OTHER USE IS PERMITTED.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DO.
IT IS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE MOTION THAT HAS BEEN SO KINDLY PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
WE READY FOR QUESTION? THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY OPPOSE US AYES HAVE SO HONOR.
WE WILL APPROVE THE MOTION AS PRESENTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THIS JUNCTURE.
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THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:36 PM HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IN OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.WOULD THERE BE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? I THINK THAT THERE ISN'T, AND BEING THE PRESIDING OFFICER I WILL DECLARE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW ENDED.
WE WILL WAIT A FEW MOMENTS AND THE CITY SECRETARY WILL REESTABLISH THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE'LL BE RECONNECTED.