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GOOD[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
EVENING, EVERYONE.WE ARE HERE GATHERED TODAY FOR OUR GENERAL MEETING FOR PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:35 PM THE, LET'S STAND FOR A PRAYER.
MR. DOUCETTE, DO YOU MIND PRAYING? YES.
LET'S RE, LET'S REPEAT THE LORD'S PRAYER.
I ALREADY HAVE, HAVEN'T PROBABLY DONE ANYTHING THEM COME.
AS HONOR GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY, AND GIVE US OUR TPA TRESPASSED AGAINST US AS WE FORGIVE THOSE TO TRESPASS AGAINST, AND LEAD US NOT DELIVER EVIL.
THE KINGDOM, KINGDOM, THE POWER FOREVER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WISHES STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
CITY SECRETARY, MAY WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WILL CONDUCT THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, BEGINNING AT 5:36 PM BY TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCE.
IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE, A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
FIFTH FLOOR CITY HALL 4 4 4 FOURTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING IN PERSON OR BY DIALING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOLL FREE NUMBERS AND ENTERING THE MEETING ID 8 1 4 8 5 4 3 8 6 0 7 AND PASSCODE 9 8 4 5 7 8.
ALSO TOLL FREE 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 AND 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WILL PROVIDE FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO BETTER SERVE YOU.
REQUEST SHOULD BE RECEIVED 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5 OR THE WEBSITE@PORTARTHURTEXAS.GOV.
FIRST SPEAKER, MS. PATRICIA PARKER.
[III.A.(2) Wayne Dolefino Regarding Ambulance Investigation]
MR. WAYNE DINO REGARDING AMBULANCE INVESTIGATION.MR. DINO, WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? SURE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1951 RICHMOND AVENUE IN HOUSTON.
I RUN AN INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA FIRM.
I'M A LONGTIME, UH, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST IN HOUSTON.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME, MAY KNOW ME, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN INVESTIGATION OF CYPRESS CREEK EMS, AND, UH, MY INVESTIGATIONS LED TO THE SHUTDOWN OF THAT AMBULANCE COMPANY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO THE FOLK STEALING THEIR MONEY FOR ONE THING.
UM, I I GET INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS OF FRAUD AND CORRUPTION ALL OVER THE, THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY.
AND WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN FIRE AND EMS ISSUES.
I HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN HOUSTON, UM, HELP THE UNION A LOT IN THEIR TROUBLES WITH THE MAYOR.
I STARTED INVESTIGATING ACADIAN AMBULANCE AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE REPORTS HERE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTRACT.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO WHETHER OR NOT YOU FOLKS SHOULD HAVE SIGNED A DIFFERENT CONTRACT OR DONE IT A DIFFERENT WAY, LET YOU FOLKS FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT AS WE STARTED INVESTIGATING, UM, AND TO THIS MOMENT, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN VIRTUALLY ANY OF THE RECORDS I ASKED FOR MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, WHICH I THINK NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
I WAS HOPING TO GET THEM TODAY, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE WAY OVERDUE.
BUT WHILE I WAS INVESTIGATING, WE FOUND RESPONSE TIMES OF 35 AND 40 MINUTES
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TO INCIDENTS THAT HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED.COUNCILMAN KINLAW BROUGHT IT UP AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE LISTENING AND I HEARD THE ACADIAN FOLKS SAY, WELL, WE MAY HAVE MADE SOME MISTAKES, BUT THEY DIDN'T EXACTLY SAY WHAT THOSE MISTAKES WERE, BUT I KNOW SO DOES YOUR FIRE CHIEF THAT THOSE RECORDS ARE FALSIFIED NOW.
I CALL 'EM COINCIDENCES WHERE YOU MAKE A MISTAKE OR TWO.
BUT WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ON A 35 MINUTE CALL AND YOU SAY YOU DID IT IN SIX MINUTES, AND THEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ON A 40 MINUTE CALL AND SAY YOU DID IT IN SEVEN MINUTES AND 48 SECONDS, UM, THEN IT'S TIME FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, SOMEONE'S NOT TELLING US THE TRUTH.
AND, UH, I GO TO CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO TALK.
I DON'T, THEY DON'T BOTHER ME, RIGHT? I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE LYING TO THE FOLK, TO THE PEOPLE THAT PAY FOR ALL THIS SERVICE.
AS SOMEONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CAR ACCIDENT YEARS AGO IN WEST TEXAS, I GET IT.
UM, I THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD MOVE TO TERMINATE THAT CONTRACT.
IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE A MISTAKE OR TWO, BUT WHEN YOU FALSIFY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, IT IS A CRIME.
AND I'VE ALREADY NOTIFIED THE POLICE CHIEF THAT I PLAN TO FILE THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT WITH HIS OFFICE ONCE THE CITY SECRETARY ACTUALLY GETS ME SOME RECORDS.
AND I'LL FILE THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AND I'LL TESTIFY TO THE GRAND JURY, AND I'LL LOOK AT ALL THESE RECORDS AND WE'LL FIND MORE.
THIS SHOULD BE AUDITED IMMEDIATELY.
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE SCAMMED.
I TRIED TO INTERVIEW THE ACADIAN FOLKS WHEN I CAME HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND I SAID, DON'T YOU THINK THE THE TAXPAYERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW? AND MR. MERCER NOT ONLY DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT HE SAID HE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME.
I'VE GIVEN ACADIAN EVERY OPPORTUNITY, AND I GOT FROM THEM WHAT YOU GET FROM THEM, WHAT I CALL WORD SALAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT WORD SALAD IS WHEN YOU ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION AND THEN SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF, BUT DOESN'T EVER ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO HOLD SOMEONE'S FEET TO THE FIRE WHEN I GET THESE DOCUMENTS.
AND AS WE CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIP, OUR INVESTIGATIONS INTO RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE BELIEVE EXIST WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF, FORMER CITY STAFF, AND OTHERS WITH THIS COMPANY.
AND LOOK, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
THESE AIN'T FOLK THAT JUST LIKE GOT AN AMBULANCE AND GOT A CONTRACT.
I DON'T THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU SHOULD ORDER AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION.
MY COMPANY IS MORE THAN WILLING TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU NEED AS I INVESTIGATE THESE RECORDS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE ME SOMETIME IN 2024.
UH, WE WILL GET DEEP INTO THIS.
I'M HERE NOT TO CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO HELP EXPOSE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
DOLCE CONSULTING, WE'RE ON FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, I'VE BEEN AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS AND, UM, I, I GET IT.
AND I JUST, I JUST THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO REALLY TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND HOLD PEOPLE'S FEET TO THE FIRE.
I'M OUT HERE CARRYING WATER FOR THE OTHER COMPANY.
WE INVESTIGATE FIRE AND AMBULANCE FOLKS AND JUDGES AND LAWYERS AND POLITICIANS AND ALL KINDS OF FOLK.
UM, SO IF I CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU, AND MAYOR, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THAT, ARE YOU THE MAYOR? I KNEW YOU'RE NOT THE MAYOR
BUT, UM, IF I COULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
UH, I'LL LEAVE MY NUMBER WITH WITH YOU GUYS.
IF I CAN DO ANYTHING, I'LL SHARE EVERYTHING WE FIND TO HELP SAVE YOU SOME TIME AND MONEY.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I INTERVIEWED THE, THE, THE HUSBAND OF A WOMAN ON GREEN STREET WHERE IT TOOK 35 MINUTES AND THEN I'LL SHUT UP AND GET OUTTA THE WAY.
UM, WAS MARRIED TO THIS WOMAN 54 YEARS.
HE SAID TO ME, ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, SHE'D BEEN SICK.
BUT HE INTERVIEWED AND I SENT THE VIDEO TO ALL OF YOU TO LOOK AT THIS GUY'S CRYING BECAUSE HE'S LIKE, THE COP COMES, THE TRUCK COMES, AND THEN HE IS, WHERE'S THE AMBULANCE? WHERE'S THE AMBULANCE? AND HE'S CRYING, SCREAMING FOR THE AMBULANCE.
THESE ARE POOR FOLK THAT JUST GOT SCREWED OVER.
AND IT WOULD'VE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED IF QUITE HONESTLY, THE CHIEF AND OTHERS, UM, BEGAN TO ASK QUESTIONS.
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'CAUSE PEOPLE WANNA BELIEVE THAT THEIR CONTRACTORS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.I DON'T BUY MISTAKES WHEN I SEE MISTAKES LIKE THIS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I WILL FILE THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, I'LL CARRY THE WATER, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
IT'S TIME TO SAY WHAT'S THE DEAL, GUYS? OKAY.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYBODY QUESTIONS MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.
IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME AFTER, I'LL BE HERE.
KNOWS QUESTIONS, DO YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
I LIVED IN THE, IN HOUSTON IN THE EIGHTIES, AND I REMEMBER WELL, WATCHING YOU AND MARVIN LER ON TV.
SO, UH, WHAT IS YOUR CONNECTION TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, IF ANY? I, I DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
MY FIRM IS, IS ENGAGED, USUALLY SIMILAR DRILL LAW FIRM.
AND IF WE DESIRE AND WE BELIEVE EDITORIALLY APPROPRIATE, WE CONTROL THE EDITORIAL PRACTICE, WE WILL BROADCAST.
UM, AND SO YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE ENGAGED, SO YOU'VE BEEN ENGAGED BY SOMEONE TO DO THIS HERE IN PORT ARTHUR? YES, MA'AM.
I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE GONNA HAVE THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE BEING, I'M NOT OFFENDED, YOU'RE BEING PAID TO DO THIS.
YOUR, YOUR FIRM IS BEING PAID TO DO THIS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING.
BUT, BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS ARENA, EMS FIRE ARENA THAT WE DON'T REALLY CHARGE FOR.
SO IF THAT MAKES SOME SENSE TO YOU, WE DO BILL, BUT WE REDUCE BILLS WHEN WE'RE DOING THINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT MY POINT IS, YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN PAID TO DO THIS BY SOMEONE.
I'M CONNECTED TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
I'M, I DON'T PRETEND TO BE A SAINT HERE.
MY FIRM WAS HIRED TO INVESTIGATE AMBULANCE SERVICES.
UM, AND NOT JUST HERE, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST PLACE I STARTED.
I ASKED FOR RECORDS, DIDN'T GET 'EM, DELAY, DELAY, DELAY, STILL DON'T HAVE THEM, UM, WHICH IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
BUT I DID LEARN ALONG THE WAY ABOUT SOME RESPONSE TIMES THAT WERE VERY LONG.
I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE HOUSE ON GREEN AVENUE.
UM, NO ONE FROM ACADIAN EVER APOLOGIZED TO THIS FAMILY OR EXPLAINED TO THEM.
AND I FOUND THE HUSBAND AND THE SON, AND I INTERVIEWED THEM ON CAMERA.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT, AN ASSAULT INCIDENT THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT IT TURNED INTO A SEIZURE AND THE AMBULANCE TOOK 40 MINUTES TO GET THERE.
BUT ON THEIR REPORTS, THEIR MONTHLY REPORTS TO YOU, THEY CLAIMED ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES.
NOW, I'M GONNA GET THE OTHER REPORTS EVENTUALLY, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT OTHER THINGS THEY LIED ABOUT.
AND SO WE, WE GO INTO CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WAS IN LA A FEW WEEKS AGO INVESTIGATING, UH, CONSERVATIVE FRAUD.
WE HAVE REPLACED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WHAT WE USED TO DO IN TV.
UM, YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS THAT ARE BEEN THERE AROUND A LONG TIME EITHER BEGAN A NONPROFIT MODEL COUNCILWOMAN, RIGHT.
WITH SOME BIG AND AIR PAID FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND DO GOOD FOR THE WORLD.
UM, AND I, I CREATED A FOR-PROFIT MODEL WHERE PEOPLE HIRE US TO EXPOSE THINGS THAT THE MEDIA IN MOST PLACES EITHER ARE AFRAID TO EXPOSE OR JUST DON'T CARE.
RIGHT? I MEAN, CITIES, EVEN BIG CITIES LIKE HOUSTON, THE MEDIA HAS BECOME, THE INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA HAS BECOME NON-EXISTENT, WHICH IS SAD.
UM, SO YES, MA'AM, WE ARE, WE ARE PAID, UH, TO INVESTIGATE.
BUT I, I WOULDN'T COME UP THERE AND TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T BACK UP OR BELIEVE.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS TOO LONG AND HAVE TOO MUCH CRED TO DO THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? MR. KIMO? UH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, I'VE BEEN KIND OF FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SERVICES BETWEEN, UH, OUR TWO SERVICES AT THIS POINT.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT FACTS STAND ALONE WITH ANYTHING.
SOMETIMES THEY STAND ALONE BY THEMSELVES.
SO, UH, CITY, CITY SECRETARY, THE INFORMATION THAT HE REQUIRED, CAN WE GET A TIMEFRAME ON WHEN HE CAN EXPECT, UH, THAT INFORMATION OR OPEN RECORD RECOURSE INFORMATION AND WHY? SO THERE'S ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH MR. DINO REGARDING THE, THE BROADNESS OF HIS REQUEST.
THE, HE HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH US WEEKLY WHEN WE HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF ENGAGED IN THAT.
BUT IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DAILY.
SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, OF COURSE THAT HE WOULD GET
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THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNICATION.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
AND I'M HERE IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION LATER.
WE'RE GOING TO, LET'S CHECK THAT OUT.
UM, PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
NOW, JUST BE AWARE, UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING STARTING AT SIX O'CLOCK, SO IF WE GO PAST THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO PAUSE AND GO BACK.
[III.E.(1) To Discuss The Relationship Between The City Of Port Arthur And The Greater Port Arthur Chamber Of Commerce (Requested By Councilmember Doucet)]
BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE GREATER PORT ARTHUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE.I PUT THIS ON AGENDA SIMPLY FOR, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL SINCE JULY, BUT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY COME FROM THE CHAMBER AND UPDATED COUNCIL ON WHAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING HERE IN THE CITY, UH, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, AND, UH, ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO FOR 'EM OR WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS IN THE, UH, CITY WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND STUFF.
I THINK WE NEED, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS START TAKING A LOOK AT WHO ACTUALLY ARE PARTNERING WITH US.
UH, WHO ACTUALLY COMES BEFORE US.
SEE, 'CAUSE WHEN THEY COME BEFORE US, THERE'S TWO THINGS.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT CITIZENS HERE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, CITIZENS GET TO KNOW, UH, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST TIME I SEEN SOMEONE COME BEFORE US ON REPORT WAS WHEN THEY PUT THE, UH, SYMBOL, UH, ON THE, UH, WATER TOWER.
SO CITY MANAGER, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO TALK WITH THE CITY, UH, WITH THE CEO OVER THERE, OR THE PRESIDENT.
'CAUSE I MENTIONED IT, I MENTIONED IT TO THE OUTGOING WHEN SHE WAS PRESIDENT.
THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT US TO ATTEND EVENTS, IF YOU WANT US TO SPONSOR TABLES, THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS COME BEFORE US AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM OR THEY COULD PROVIDE US.
SO LET'S MAKE THESE PARTNERSHIPS BE A TWO WAY THAT, JUST DON'T SEND OVER HERE A MESSAGE TO SPONSOR TABLES.
DO WE HAVE TO THANK YOU MR. DOUCETTE.
DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL SIX O'CLOCK TO, SO LET'S JUST, WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES, WE CAN SKIP, COME BACK AND START WITH, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
YEAH.REPORTS, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO TWO, A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES PER COUNCIL MEMBER PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0.0415 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCES INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY SCHEDULES AND HONORARY OR SALUTARY RECOGNITION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, OR OTHER CITIZEN.
EXCEPT THAT A DISCUSSION REGARDING A CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF A PERSON'S PUBLIC OFFICE OR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT IS NOT AN HONORARY OR SALUTATORY RECOGNITION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A REMINDER ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY, INFORMATION REGARDING A SOCIAL, CEREMONIAL OR COMMUNITY EVENT, OR ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY AN ENTITY OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BODY THAT WAS ATTENDED, OR IS SCHEDULED TO BE ATTENDED BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, OR AN OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ARISEN AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA.
POSSIBLE ACTION MAY NOT BE DISCUSSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE REPORT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOW UP TO SOMETHING THAT I REQUESTED.
UH, I GUESS IT WAS AT THE END OF DECEMBER WHEN THE PORT NATURES GROVES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, I ASK THAT WE DO SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
SEVERAL OF THEM ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, AND ARE ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'VE MADE ANY STRIDES TOWARDS DOING THAT.
YES, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DO, WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING UP A SMALL PROGRAM AND AS
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TO WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO CALL HIM BEFORE COUNCIL, UM, GET THE SUPERINTENDENT INVOLVED AND THAT SORT OF THING.THANK YOU, MAYOR TIM, CITY MANAGER, JUST, UH, JUST FOR RECORD.
SO I THINK YOU REALLY TRACKING ON WITH THIS E UH, EAP WITH THE CITY AND NOTIFICATION OF THIS FREEZE.
UH, WE SEE A LOT OF THE TRUCKS THAT'S OUT THERE AND THE NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN HITTING MY PHONE AND ALONG WITH, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS ALMOST DAILY ABOUT SOME OF THE PRECAUTIONS TO DO BECAUSE OF THIS FREEZE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU KUDOS ON MAKING SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR IS GETTING THIS INFORMATION, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, WARMING SHELTERS.
THOSE THINGS ARE BENEFICIAL TO OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
UH, JUST CONTINUE PUMPING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE, GIVING THEM INFORMATION WHERE TO GO, HOW TO GO, WHEN TO GO TIMES, AND JUST BE SAFE OUT THERE.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN STAFF HAVE BEEN ON THE BALL.
UH, WE HAVE THE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS THAT HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY OUT THERE AT WARMING CENTERS LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN SPITE OF THE FRIGID WEATHERS, YOU KNOW, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF TO THE RED CROSS.
TO THE RED CROSS PARTICULARLY.
SO, UM, WHO CONTINUE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US, YOU KNOW, UM, TO, TO GET IT DONE.
YES, I WANTED TO ADD MY THANKS AS WELL TO, UH, COUNCILMAN KINLAW FOR, UH, STAFF AND TO ADD THANKS AS WELL, UH, TO NEW HARVEST CHURCH ON JADE AVENUE AND PORT CITY, UH, RESCUE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR OPENING UP THEIR FACILITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS, UH, WHO MAY HAVE NEEDED WARNING A WARMING, I'M SORRY.
AND SO, UH, THOSE FACILITIES WERE UTILIZED.
THANK GOD THAT IT WAS NOT TO THE DEGREE, UH, THAT WE PERHAPS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, BUT THEY WERE OPEN AND AWAITING, UH, OUR CITIZENS.
I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK AS WELL THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SUPPORT GROUP.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDER, UH, MS. HARDY FE SAVOY AND THE PRESIDENT, UH, TERRY SAVOY HADLEY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, ON, UH, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SUPPORT GROUP.
UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT YESTERDAY, UH, AT THE BOB BOWERS, UH, CENTER.
UM, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED, UH, ON YESTERDAY.
UH, AND WE HAD A DYNAMIC, UH, SPEAKER, UH, FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, BISHOP, UH, JAMES WE DIXON, WHO CHALLENGED US, UH, AND CALLED US TO REMEMBER, UH, AND AS WELL TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THE MOVEMENT OF, UH, BRINGING BACK, UM, JUSTICE, UH, AND EQUALITY IN OUR, IN OUR NATION.
SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, THAT ORGANIZATION.
UH, IT WAS NOTED AS WELL THAT THAT WAS THE, THAT YESTERDAY, UH, WAS THE 38TH CONSECUTIVE, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION HERE, UH, IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND SO THEY ARE TO BE COMMENDED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND SUPPORT.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME MORE FACTS ABOUT OUR WARMING STATION, THE WARMING STATION IN PORT ACRES.
THE ADDRESS IS 6 3 6 6 JADE AVENUE, AND THAT'S NEW WORLD HARVEST.
THEY ARE READY AND AVAILABLE WITH FOOD.
UM, WE BROUGHT COATS OVER THERE YESTERDAY AS WELL.
AND, UM, BEDDING ALSO, THE ADDRESS FOR PORT CITY'S RESCUE MISSION IS 6 0 3 FIFTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
BOTH FACILITIES ARE READY AND AVAILABLE.
THEY OPENED AT 5:00 PM AND ARE EXPECTED TO, UM, BE ABLE TO RELEASE AT 8:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING.
HOWEVER, NO ONE WILL BE PUT OUT.
THIS INFORMATION IS ON EVERGREEN AND ALSO ON 2 1 1.
SO PLEASE PASS THE WORD FOR THOSE THAT YOU SEE THAT DO NEED ASSISTANCE.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE, LET'S JUST SIT TIGHT FOR ONE MINUTE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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EVERBRIDGE MESSAGING SYSTEM, NOT EVERGREEN, MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE, THE WEATHER IS ON EVERBRIDGE.IT IS NOW 6:00 PM WE'LL BEGIN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CONSIDER.
I APOLOGIZE, Y'ALL, THAT'S MY SIX O'CLOCK ALARM.
TO REMIND US TO START A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED CHANGE ZONE MAP AMENDMENT Z 2 3 10 BDS CON CON CONSTRUCTORS, L-L-C-D-B-A, MK CONSTRUCTORS TO CHANGE FROM HDR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS MF, MULTIPLE FAMILY TWO CR, FORMALLY REFERRED TO AS L, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR POT.
TIM, I THINK WE START OFF WITH NINE, OR YOU HAD 10 HAD NINE.
[IV.(1) A Public Hearing For The Purpose Of Receiving Public Comments To Consider The Proposed Amendment Of The Following: Proposed Change: A Zoning Map Amendment (Z23-09) EAdvantage Inc. To Change From “LDR” Low-Density Residential (Formerly Referred To As “SF” Single Family) To “CR” (Formerly Referred To As “LC” Light Commercial) To Allow For The Development Of An Extended Stay Hotel Legal Description: 4.000-Acre Tract Or Parcel Of Land Being Out Of Port Acres, Consisting Of TR2, Lot 8, Block 12, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas The Public Will Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City's Website At www.portarthurtx.gov. Any Person May Participate In The Public Hearing And Address The City Council]
CHANGE A ZONE, A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT Z 2 3 0 9 E ADVANTAGE INCORPORATED TO CHANGE FROM LDR, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, FORMALLY REFERRED TO AS SSF, SINGLE FAMILY TO CR, FORMALLY REFERRED TO AS LC LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTENDED STATE HOTEL.LEGAL DESCRIPTION, 4.000 ACRE TRACTED OR PARCEL OF LAND BEING OUT OF PORT ACRES CONSISTING OF TR TWO, LOT EIGHT, BLOCK 12 PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW PORT ARTHUR TX.GOV.
ANY PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. MILO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO, TIM CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.
THE PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TODAY FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES OF LAND TOTALING INTO 174,240 SQUARE FEET.
TRACK TWO LOT EIGHT BLOCK, 12 PORT ACRES, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 26 89 60 FIFTH STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SINGLE FAMILY TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS LIGHTS COMMERCIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTENDED STAY.
THE APPLICANT ATTENDED A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT WAS INFORMED THAT THE USE TYPE, FOR EXAMPLE, IE THE HOTEL, IS PROHIBITED IN THIS CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL REQUIRING A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
A COMPLETED APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER 13TH, TWO, 2023, REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY.
THE ZONING CHANGE WILL ALLOW THE EXTENDED STATE HOTEL TO OPERATE AS A LEGALLY, AS A LEGALLY CONFORMING USE ON THE PROPERTY.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023, AND MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 17TH.
THE PLANNING IS ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023, WHERE CITIZENS WERE INVITED TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THE SAID REQUEST.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED FOUR ZERO.
RECOMMENDING THE REQUEST APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH FIVE FOUR, CALLING FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.
THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PUBLISHED TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING IN THE DECEMBER 30TH, 2023, PORT OUT THE NEWSPAPER AND PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATIONS TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS ON JANUARY 9TH, 2024.
THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL ZONE DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE A LOCATION FOR LIKE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ACTIVITY.
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THESE LOCATIONS ARE TYPICALLY FOUND ON MA ALONGSIDE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND MAJOR HIGHWAYS.THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF THE SITE HERE.
HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE.
THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE FRONT AND REAR VIEWS OF THE SITE, AND THESE ARE ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF THE PROPERTY.
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS SURROUND THE PROPOSED SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
CODE SECTIONS 2 1 1 0.006 AND 2 1 1 0 0 7.
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS SCHEDULED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND TIMES TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DECEMBER 4TH AT 5:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THERE WERE ZERO WRITTEN OPPOSITION, ZERO VERBAL OPPOSITION AND ZERO LETTERS WERE RETURNED.
AND ON JANUARY 16TH, TODAY AT SIX O'CLOCK, TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING WITH CITY COUNCIL, THERE WERE ZERO WRITTEN OPPOSITION, ZERO VERBAL OPPOSITION, AND NO LETTERS RETURNED.
ANY QUESTIONS MR. DOUCETTE? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, IS THE PERSON FOR THIS THE DEVELOPER? YEAH, THE DEVELOPER HERE? YES.
SORRY, LET ME ASK YOU QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM ARIES MALOW, THE CITY SENIOR PLANNER ABOUT TIME
HOW YOU DOING TODAY? I'M DOING ALL RIGHT.
UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND I RESIDE IN, UH, 7 2 11 RAVENSWOOD, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
YOU KNOW, SHE SAID THOUGH, NO WRITTEN RESPONSE.
A LOT OF TIME WHEN THEY SEND A LETTER JUST OUT TO 200 METER, THAT'S NOT IMPACTING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET THE LETTERS, IT'S ONLY WITHIN 200, BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY CALL ME.
SO I HAD SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT THIS.
NOW, WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS ZONE SINGLE FAMILY, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ZONED.
AND FOR IT TO HAVE THAT, UH, HOME BEFORE IT'S PROBABLY WAS DONE UNDER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH ALLOWED THAT TO BE PLACED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT ONCE THAT OPERATION OR THEY SOLD OR THEY NO LONGER HAVE IT, WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS IT REVERTED BACK TO IS PREVIOUS ZONING, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PUTTING COMMERCIAL, LIGHT COMMERCIAL IN RESIDENTIAL AREA.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME AREA THAT WAS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL? THAT'S FOR BUSINESS.
WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT REZONING WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME THAT WERE ACCUSTOMED TO THAT BEING RESIDENTIAL.
BUT WHEN WE START REZONING AND BRINGING LIGHT COMMERCIAL INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL, IT MAY BE PROFITABLE TO YOU AS A BUSINESSMAN, BUT THE CAUSE I GOT THE CITIZENS WOULD OF UPSET THAT YOU'RE GONNA NOW BRING A COMMERCIAL INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO DO A BUSINESS, WHY NOT GO INTO A AREA THAT DESIGNATED FOR THAT? BECAUSE, UH, LIKE COMMERCIAL, AS SHE STATED IN HER BRIEFING IS, IS NORMALLY COMMERCIAL RETAIL IS NORMALLY OFF HIGHWAYS AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARES NOT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO I JUST DON'T SEE US REZONING, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS AMENDMENT AND I GOT KIND OF CONFUSED WITH THE AMENDMENT.
WE SAY AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING, WE MEAN REQUEST FOR REZONING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AMENDING OUR
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ZONING.THEN SEE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING HERE.
SO I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T SEE, BASED ON MY CALLS, WHY WE WANT TO REZONE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO ALLOW LIKE COMMERCIAL, WELL COMMERCIAL RETAIL TO GO INTO WHAT IS RESIDENTIAL.
AND UH, THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I GOT CALLS FROM, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THIS AREA THAT'S SUPPOSED TO IT, ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T RESPOND MAYBE 'CAUSE IT WAS 200 METERS.
BUT, UH, I'M AGAINST, I'M AGAINST ANYBODY BRINGING LIGHT COMMERCIAL INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TOO LOOSE HERE IN PORT ARTHUR AND A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING DISTURBED ABOUT IT.
AND I FEEL IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS PERSON AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS, I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE IN AREAS THAT IS ZONED FOR THAT.
AND, AND, AND I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE A BAD PRO THING, BUT BASED ON MY CAUSE AND CONSTITUENTS, THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THIS FROM RESIDENTIAL, I MEAN FROM RESIDENTIAL TO ZONE TO COMMERCIAL.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I MEAN, I, I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD SOME CITIZENS THAT DID, UM, COME ON THE ZONING COMMISSION, UM, MEETING AND THEY ACTUALLY DID SPEAK TO US ABOUT, ABOUT IT AS WELL.
AND ONE IN SPECIFIC WAS A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS LIVING RIGHT BEHIND, UM, AS WELL.
AND I DID, UM, ANSWER SOME OF HIS QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH IS A EXISTING COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE THAT WAS A, A NURSING HOME.
CURRENTLY IT'S A, IT'S AWAKENED BUILDING, UM, THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY WILL BE VANDALIZED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BE MISUSED BY OTHER CHARACTERS.
UM, TO YOUR QUESTION, AS FAR AS THE, THE ZONING, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED INTO.
UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST BUSINESS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
UM, IN HINDSIGHT, I SHOULD HAVE DONE MANY THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UH, I, I MOVED KIND OF FORWARD WITH IT AND IN HINDSIGHT, I SHOULDN'T HAVE, I SHOULD'VE DONE SOME BETTER FEASIBILITY ON THIS, UM, WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A EXISTING BUSINESS IN PLACE.
UM, AND FROM WHAT THE REALTOR TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BASICALLY KIND OF SELLING ME THIS.
AND IT'S LIKE, YES, THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD AND I THINK THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO THIS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY I WAS TO A RUDE AWAKENING AS SOON AS I WENT TO TURN ON ELECTRIC POWER AND THE, AND THE CITY SAID THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
WELL, UM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M HERE CURRENTLY, UM, AT THIS POINT I CAN BASICALLY APPEAL, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A PROJECT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, TO, TO THE, UH, CITY'S NEED OF, OF HOUSING, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND, WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN MIND.
THAT IS WHY I'M BASICALLY DOING AND PROPOSING AN EXTENDED STAY WHEREBY BASICALLY THESE, THESE RESIDENTS ARE COMING IN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME INTO THIS, UH, IN, IN, INTO THE BUILDING.
NOT SORT OF A, UH, GATE KIND OF COMING IN AND OUT WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND OUT AND WE, WE, WE PLAN ON SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND BEAUTIFYING THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY AND THEN ALSO SECLUDING THE PROPERTY, MAKING IT SAFE, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, UH, DISTURBED BY THIS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I I I KNEW THAT, UH, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T FIND OUT ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ZONING AND PROBABLY GETTING INTO IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED BECAUSE YOU SEE YOU'RE GOING INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THEY'LL SEE A COMMERCIAL TYPE RETAIL BUSINESS AND THEY WOULD ASSUME THAT IS ZONED.
BUT BASICALLY IF IT WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, IT FALLS IN THE CATEGORY OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT YOU COULD HAVE IN RESIDENTIAL ONE OR TWO.
THEY HAVE WHAT YOU CALL A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE THAT IN THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA.
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IS NON-EXISTENT ANYMORE, THEN THAT PROPERTY REVERSED BACK TO IS ORIGINAL ZONING AND THAT'S RESIDENTIAL.SO I, UH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTIFICATION AND I WELCOME ALL BUSINESS AND ANYTHING, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED WITH THE EXTENDED STAY AND ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING FOR US TO REZONE IT SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW YOU TO BRING COMMERCIAL RETAIL INTO RESIDENTIAL.
ONE THING THAT I COULD JUST, UH, APPEAL TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A BUILDING THAT THAT'S BUILT FOR, UH, AND HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN PLACE.
AND WE'RE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THAT, THAT VACANCY THAT'S, THAT'S THERE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND FOR THE, FOR THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S, UH, NOT THEIR PROBLEM.
UM, I, I DO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, SIGNIFICANT, FOR ME, AT LEAST SIGNIFICANT CASH THAT'S INVESTED INTO THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT WOULD MEAN A GREAT DEAL.
BUT, UM, I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE FOR ME.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. MILO.
MS. MILO, WITH THIS BEING AN ABANDONED COMMERCIAL BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
MM-HMM
SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WELL, I WILL SAY THIS, UM, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALSO REACHED OUT TO MYSELF AND THEY WERE JUST CURIOUS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE.
AND I DID EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING, WHAT THE DEVELOPER WAS PROPOSING.
THEY WERE JUST, THE ONES THAT I SPOKE TO WERE RECEIVED THE LETTER, WERE JUST HAPPY THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING TO THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING.
HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT, THEY MENTIONED THAT IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE IN AND OUT TRAFFIC FOR LIKE SHOPPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE HAPPY.
BUT I DID INFORM THEM IF THE ZONES CHANGE IS APPROVED TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL, IF THE DEVELOPER DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS MIND, HE COULD DO SO AND THAT TYPE OF, UM, USE COULD BE POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S IN A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
SO IT WOULD, IT COULD BE USED FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY PURPOSES AT THIS POINT.
UNLESS THE ZONE CHANGE IS APPROVED.
SO IF THE ZONE DOES NOT CHANGE, THEN WE MAINTAIN A DILAPIDATED BUILDING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. MARLOW.
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THE PROPERTY IS, IS, IS, IS WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, WAS COMMERCIAL.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S ZONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE ON IT.
AND WHERE WE PERCEIVE FROM HERE IS THE FACT THAT IF WE LEAVE THE RESIDENTIAL AREA ZONE AT THE ZONE RIGHT NOW, THEN SOMEONE WILL BUY THE PROPERTY.
OR AS YOU STATED, SOMEONE WILL UH, TEAR IT DOWN.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS IF WE APPROVE THIS, YOU ARE ACTUALLY SAYING THAT YOU'RE GONNA REZONE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL WHEN IN FACT IT'S LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH MEANS SINGLE FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHO SAYS, NO, WE WANT RESIDENCE, WE WANT TO KEEP IT THIS WAY.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE SAYING, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD ON AND REZONE THIS.
REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL
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RIGHT NOW.THIS IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
AND, AND COUNCIL, NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT, BUT AROUND CITY, WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT GOING INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND CHANGING TO COMMERCIAL WHEN THERE'S PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AVAILABLE.
SO THE BUILDING IS NOT COMMERCIAL, IT IS RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW THE ONLY WAY IT BECOME COMMERCIAL, THAT'S IF WE RE REZONE IT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER IS ANY USE FOR THE, I'M JUST ASKING FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
JUST YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE, THERE IS NO SINGLE FAMILY, THE THE USE THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO IT.
IF, IF A USE IS GIVEN TO ME, HAVE SOME COMPASSION TOWARD ME, THAT I HAVE THIS PROPERTY, BUT I CAN'T USE THIS AS SINGLE FAMILY WHATSOEVER.
BUT THERE'S, YOU HAVE TO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR CONCERNS WITH THE CONSTITUENTS AND SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD, THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE AN EYESORE FOR THEM AND WOULD BE A, A SOURCE OF THINGS THAT THEY, THAT DON'T WANT.
THERE'S ALREADY, I'M, I'M SPENDING ON GRAFFITI ON THE PROP PROPERTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, AND THOSE THINGS JUST CONSIDER THOSE THINGS IS, IS WHAT I MEANT.
I HAVE, AND TRUST ME, I UNDERSTAND AS A, AS A DEVELOPER, I WANT, I WANT DEVELOPERS TO WANT TO COME TO PORT ARTHUR AND, AND AND, AND WE NEED IT.
AND I'VE BEEN OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP DEVELOPERS AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
BUT DEVELOPER WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS.
IF YOU GOING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU COULD GO TO COMMERCIAL IS YOU HAVE TO COME TO REZONE.
AND THAT WAS UP TO THE COUNCIL? YES.
AND ALL I SAID WAS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT THERE WHO HAVE CONTACTED THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN THEY SAW THIS RIGHT.
THEY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT WANT THE, UH, WHAT YOU CALL IT, THE EXTENDED STAY.
AND THAT'S WHY I JUST MADE SURE THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS KNEW THAT I HAD RECEIVED CALLS AND HOW THE CITIZENS FELT.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE A COUNCIL MEMBER UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT PLACE IS RESIDENTIAL IS NOT COMMERCIAL RETAIL.
AND WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, YOU MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE.
YOU SAID YOU PUT MONEY INTO IT, BUT IF YOU DID PART OF YOU DEVELOPING, YOU GOT TO KNOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IF I PUT MONEY INTO THIS, I NEED TO MAKE SURE, I THINK THIS WAS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
'CAUSE IF YOU'D HAVE FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAD TO REQUEST REZONING, SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT COUNCIL MAY NOT APPROVE IT, MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PUT YOUR MONEY.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE THE COUNCIL IS AGAINST DEVELOPERS OR WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT YOU WANTING TO TURN A EYESORE INTO A NICE PLACE.
BUT I REPRESENT CITIZENS AND THE ONES THAT CALL ME ARE THE ONES THAT ARE AFFECTED.
YOU KNOW, I I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU.
BUT DEVELOPERS NEED TO START FINDING OUT WHAT YOU ARE UP AGAINST WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT GARNET TOWER RESIDENTIAL AREA.
'CAUSE I, I THINK RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, A LOT OF DEVELOPERS WANT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 'CAUSE IT'S CHEAPER THAN COMMERCIAL.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU, YOU, YOU GET, YOU GET RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
RESIDENTIAL IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN COMMERCIAL.
AND WHAT I SAY WAS ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL, BUT YEAH.
WHAT I ALWAYS SAY, COMMERCIAL.
WELL, THEY COULDN'T, WELL, THEY SOLD IT TO YOU GOT HAD BY THE REAL ESTATE 'CAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESIDENTIAL.
SO I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE WITH YOU WITH IT AND I THINK WE DONE TALKED ABOUT IT LONG.
I JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU DOING GOOD.
BUT I'M JUST REPEATING WHAT MY CITIZEN, WHAT THE CONSTITUENT TOLD ME AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE ZONING AND WHAT IT IS.
UM, DEVELOPER, UM, DID YOU HAVE, UH, I HEARD YOU SAID YOU HAD A ZOOM MEETING.
WAS THAT WITH THE PNZ OR DID YOU HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ZOOM
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MEETING WITH SOME OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DEVELOP PRIOR TO THIS MEETING? WE, WE, WE, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, AT THE ZONING AND, AND PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE, UH, WHICH WHICH WAS A PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT A MONTH AGO, UH, IN DECEMBER.UH, AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE THERE THAT, THAT, UH, HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, AND, AND I DID SPEAK TO THEM.
YEAH, I, I TOO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT COMMERCIAL BEING INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT'S OUR FIRST PRIORITY.
SO, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD, UH, PUT OUT SOME OF THESE FIRES PRIOR TO HAVING THAT MEETING.
SO, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, INFORMATION.
IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, YOU'RE GONNA GET ALL KIND OF THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS OR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO INTO DEVELOPMENT THAT AREA.
I DO AGREE WITH YOU, IT'S AN EYESORE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THAT WAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BEST THING FOR THE CITIZENS SUPPORT.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE THING THAT I I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MENTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, THIS WAS A COMMERCIAL ZONED STRUCTURE WHERE THEY BASICALLY HAD A VERY SIMILAR SORT OF, UM, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A NON-PROFIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY FOR SORT OF, KIND OF LIKE A HALFWAY HOUSE OF SORTS WHERE IT WAS PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, HOUSING FOR A CERTAIN, UH, PURPOSE.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT, TO THAT PROPERTY AND THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
UM, SO I'M NOT REALLY ASKING FOR A, UH, A, A USE ON A PROPERTY THAT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T USED AS COMMERCIAL TO BEGIN WITH, OR I'M NOT GETTING AN EMPTY LAND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENT IN BRINGING THAT INTO IT.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SORT OF PREEXISTING THERE, UM, THAT IS BEING PUT OPERATIONAL AGAIN.
UM, AND, AND, AND ON THE, ON THE SAME TOKEN, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I'LL LEAVE, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
WOULD YOU CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE YES.
UM, I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I DO HEAR WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID WITH THE FORMER SHEPHERD'S WAY GASPER CENTER.
I'M TRYING TO SEE THAT FROM THE PICTURE.
SHEPHERDS IN GAS PARK CENTER SHEPHERDS IN GAS PARK CENTER HOSPITALITY.
HOW WOULD WE PUT SINGLE FA, MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MS. MALLOW.
HOW WOULD WE PUT SINGLE MAKE THIS SINGLE FAMILY WITH THIS STRUCTURE HERE? YES.
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SINGLE FAMILY? IT'S ZONED SINGLE, IT'S ALREADY ZONED LOW DENSITY.
RIGHT? SO I DON'T THINK YOU CAN, IF IT IS ZONED LOW DENSITY, HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH THE STRUCTURE HERE? HOW DO WE REMOVE THAT TO, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THE ZONING, HOW DO WE REMOVE THE STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY USE THE PROPERTY? UH, MAYOR PRO TIM, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT IS TO REMOVE IT AND MAKE IT, IF IT IS, UH, LOW DENSITY CITY RESIDENTIAL, THEN YOU CAN PUT UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY.
YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO, ISN'T, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY YOU CAN MAKE THAT BUILDING OUT OF A SINGLE FAMILY.
DO WE OWN THIS PROPERTY? NO, THE GENTLEMAN OWNS, I'M SORRY.
NO, WE DON'T OWN THE STRUCTURE.
HE BOUGHT THE STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTY.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE O WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU HAD, SIR? UH, NO.
UM, IF YOU COULD HOLD TIGHT FOR A MINUTE, WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYONE IN THE GALLERY? PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
UH, ADDRESS IS 2 3 6 6 60 SECOND STREET, 6 1 5 OH GARNET, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF PORT ACRES.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A NURSING HOME.
IT WAS OWNED BY MINE AND VELMA GASPER FAMILY MEMBERS OF MINE.
SIR, DO YOU KNOW THAT BUILDING HAS ASBESTOS IN IT? IT'S FULL OF MOLD.
THAT WAS BEEN PART OF THE BUILDING.
INSPECT, SIR, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO COUNSEL.
I'M A STATE LICENSED AIR CONDITIONING REFRIGERATION CONTRACTOR.
I WORKED ON THAT PROPERTY FOR MANY YEARS.
EVERY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN THAT BUILDING'S FULL OF MOLD HAS ASBESTOS IN IT AND HAS TO BE REPLACED UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.
THAT PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN AND CHANGE THE SINGLE FAMILY DRUG,
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SELL THE PROPERTY AND GET, BUILD SOME HOUSES.UM, ANOTHER REASON I'M AGAINST IT IS IT IS IN, UH, MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T WANT THE EXTRA, YOU SAY IT'S, UH, EXTENDED STAY AFTER IT WAS, UH, THE NURSING HOME.
IT WAS TURNED INTO SHEPHERD'S INN.
WHAT'S USED AS A, UH, EXTENDED STAY FOR FAMILIES THAT CAME INTO PORT ARTHUR TO, TO VISIT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE IN PRISON AT THE LOCAL PRISONS.
THE MAIN REASON IT HASN'T BEEN SOLD IS THE CONDITION THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN.
I ALSO DID WORK ON THAT PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS TURNED INTO SHEPHERD'S INN.
SO I GOT TO GO BACK IN THERE SOME MORE AND LOOK AROUND AND SAW THE, AND AND SAW IT AGAIN.
IT'S IN POOR CONDITION IN EVERY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE YOU HAD TO PICTURE UP ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE WINGS IN THESE MAJOR STRUCTURAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT THE EXCESSIVE NOISE.
WE HAVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC IN, IN BETWEEN GARNET AND JADE AVENUE, WHICH IS RIGHT BETWEEN WHERE THIS IS.
NOW YOU SAY YOU WANNA MAKE IT AN EXTENDED STAY.
ARE YOU GONNA PUT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN IT OR ARE YOU GOING TO PUT UH, UH, HOMELESS IN IT?
SO IF HE WANTED TO KEEP THE BUILDING AS IT IS, I ALSO KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO ALL THE NEW LOCAL CODES THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH.
THAT STRUCTURE CANNOT BE DONE THAT WAY.
HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS POCKETS ARE THAT DEEP BECAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN'T PASS.
I'M TELLING, I'M TELLING YOU HISTORY ON IT.
IT'S TRUE ON THE PROPERTY, NOT ON HIM.
WELL, THIS IS STUFF HE NEEDS TO HEAR TOO.
UM, BUT IT HAD TO BE ALL BROUGHT UP TO EXISTING, UH, TO THE NEW CODES THAT HAS TO GO BY NOW.
UH, MR. DOUCETTE WAS RIGHT WHEN THAT PROPERTY WAS BUILT, THERE WAS SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS MADE FOR IT TO BE PUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THEN ONCE THAT PROPERTY WAS SOLD, IT DID GO BACK TO THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
AND IT STAYED THAT WAY UP UNTIL NOW.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTS IN PORT ACRES THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY.
THEY CONTACTED ME ABOUT WHAT I KNEW ABOUT THE AIR CONDITIONED SYSTEMS, THE MOLD IN THE BUILDING, THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
LIKE I SAID, WHEN THE PORT ACRES PUBLIC ACTION GROUP ACTUALLY WENT THERE UNDER SHEPHERD'S INN, BROUGHT IT UP TO SOME CONDITIONS, WE CUT THE TREES, WE CUT THE GRASS, WE DID SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO HELP IT OUT BECAUSE IT, IT HAD BEEN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG.
WE WERE TRYING TO HELP IT OUT AND STAY AND SEE WHAT WOULD, UH, WHAT IT WOULD, WHAT IT WOULD BECOME.
IT ST IT STAYED THERE A LITTLE WHILE AS THE EXTENDED FA UH, EXTENDED STAY FOR THE FAMILIES AND THEN THAT WENT AWAY AND IT'S BEEN VACANT EVER SINCE.
I DON'T FEEL IT'D BE AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY IN ANY CONDITION THAT IT'S IN NOW.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HERE AND THANK Y'ALL.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE GALLERY? YES SIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CLAR A CLARIFICATION ON A STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE.
THIS WAS NOT DONE WITH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THIS WAS GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE OF THE OLD ORDINANCE AT THAT TIME ALLOWED A NURSING HOME IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T AFFECT THAT IT'S BECOMING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AT THIS POINT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE GALLERY? YES SIR.
WHEN YOU A APPROACH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO SHEPHERD'S END, GASPAR NURSING CENTER, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
TWENTY SIX NINETY ONE SIXTY FIFTH STREET.
I AM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ABOUT 60 FEET OUT MY, I COME RIGHT THERE.
THE MAIN POINTS I WANNA BRING UP IS ONE GARNET AVENUE.
65TH STREET IS A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY ROAD.
IT'S GOT MORE POTHOLES THAN THEM POTHOLE DOES.
JADE AVENUE, THE OTHER MAIN ROAD DOWN THROUGH THERE.
IT'S STARTING TO CAVE IN ON THE SIDES.
WE HAD A NEW OVERLAY PUT ON ABOUT 10, 15 YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE STARTING TO FALL OFF ON THE SIDES, END OF THE DITCHES.
THAT ROAD CAN'T HANDLE HEAVY TRAFFIC ANYMORE.
SECOND THING, WHEN THE RAIN COMES AND FILLS THE DITCHES, YOU CAN'T FLUSH THE TOILETS IF THEY HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING, JUST LIKE THE NURSING HOME DID.
THEY WERE ALWAYS HAVING BACKUPS JUST LIKE SHEPHERD IN DID.
IF THEY GET MORE PEOPLE IN THERE, WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE BACKUPS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I'VE BEEN TELLING, I'VE BEEN AT THE CITY CALL 'EM MANY A TIME, A LONG TIME AGO, AND I GOT TIRED OF CALLING.
I JUST WENT AND BUILT ME A HILLBILLY
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TOILET.THAT WAY WHEN IT BACKS UP, I CAN'T FLUSH.
BUT I JUST KNOW THAT THAT BUILDING IS GONNA BE A MESS AND IT'S STILL A MESS.
IT WAS GOOD WHEN SHEPHERD'S END WAS THERE BECAUSE AT FIRST THEY HAD PEOPLE THAT TOOK CARE OF IT.
IT WAS NOT TOO LONG OF AN EXTENDED STAY TYPE PLACE.
I THINK THEIR REQUIREMENT WAS TWO TO THREE DAYS.
THEY HAD TO, THEY COULD STAY THEN THEY HAD TO LEAVE, THEY HAD TO BE OUT AT SET TIME IN AT SET TIME.
I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A CONSTITUENT ON ZOOM.
WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? UH, MY NAME IS GLORIA SANCHEZ.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WANNA SEE CAN YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES.
MY NAME IS GLORIA SANCHEZ AND MY ADDRESS IS 6 6 2 5 JADE AVENUE AIRPORT, ARTHUR, TEXAS 7 7 6 4 0.
AND UM, I, THIS AFTERNOON I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M AGAINST TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE SHEPHERDS INN.
WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY TRAFFIC IN JADE AVENUE AND IN 60 FEET AND STREET.
I DON'T LIVE IN 60 FEET STREET, BUT I USE THE STREET TO GO OUTTA MY HOUSE EVERY DAY TO AVOID JADE TRAFFIC AND IT SCHOOL.
60 FEET STREET, THE STREET IS IN VERY BAD CONDITION.
THE STREET CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE TRAFFIC.
AND TO GO TO 60 FEET STREET, YOU HAVE TO USE GATE OR GARNET STREET.
AND BOTH OF THEM ARE IN BAD CONDITION TOO.
WE REALLY DON'T NEED MUCH MORE TRAFFIC ON THIS AREA.
AND, UM, PLEASE LEAVE BUSINESS IN BUSINESS AREA.
DON'T PUT BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN KIDS PLAY ON THE YARD OR ON THE STREET, LEAVE THE BUSINESS AND THE NEIGHBOR ON THE BUSINESS AREA.
WE NEED THE BUSINESS TO GROW, BUT EVERY SINGLE THING WHO NEED TO BE ON THE AREA.
AND, UM, AND REMEMBER, IF YOU APPROVE THIS, CHANGE IT AND THEN IN THE FUTURE HE SOLD THE PROPERTY OR DECIDE TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT TO PROTECT US.
AND REMEMBER, YOU ARE THERE TO TRY TO PROTECT AND HELP THE CITIZENS OR OUR DOOR.
LIKE I, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I'M NOT AGAINST THE BUSINESS, BUT ME BUSINESS NEED TO BE IN BUSINESS AREA.
FOR THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU.
PLEASE DON'T SUPPORT AND DON'T CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE CHEAPER ENDS.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND PUBLIC.
I WANNA MAKE A, I'M SORRY, SIR.
DID YOU, I WANNA MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT, SIR.
MY NAME IS RACHEL NUNEZ AND WE LIVE ON, UH, 26TH 25 60 FIFTH STREET.
UM, WE MOVED INTO PORT ACRES LAST OCTOBER.
UM, AND, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE PORT ACRES THRIVE AND GROW.
AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE MOVED INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD A HOTEL OR AN EXTENDED STAY, UM, FACILITY ON THE SAME, UM, YOU KNOW, ROAD.
WE, WE LIVE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET DOWN THE ROAD, SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE A LETTER IN THE MAIL.
UM, AND UH, I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MANY LETTERS WERE SENT OUT.
IS THAT AVAILABLE TO KNOW? 'CAUSE LOOKING AT OUR ROAD, I, I WOULD ASSUME THERE WAS MAYBE TWO TO FOUR PEOPLE THAT GOT THAT LETTER BEING THAT WE LIVE THREE HOUSES DOWN AND WE ONLY, AND WE, AND, AND THAT'S 500 FEET.
UM, SO MY CONCERN WOULD MAINLY BE WITH TRAFFIC.
AS A PARENT, I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE ADDED TRAFFIC.
UM, I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE SAFETY WISE, UM, WITH THE PEOPLE HAVING THAT MANY PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF A PLACE.
UM, ALSO, UH, AS HAS BEEN STATED MANY TIMES, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO OTHER THINGS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS I, I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, THAT THIS PROPERTY COULD BE BEAUTIFIED AND, AND MADE BETTER.
HOWEVER, I WOULD JUST MAKE AN APPEAL THAT I DON'T THINK TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS EVER ALLOWED TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE JUSTIFIES UH, FURTHER ACTION TO PROCEED MAKING IT A EXTENDED SAFE PLACE.
SO, UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY AND THE MANY PEOPLE I KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE ROAD COULDN'T COME.
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CHILDREN.THEY WERE AGAINST HAVING, UM, THIS TURNED IN.
SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU NOT ALLOWING IT BEING CHANGED.
THANK YOU MA'AM FOR YOUR COMMENT.
JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, A STATEMENT, THE CIRCLE AROUND THE, ON THE, UH, UH, PICTURE ABOVE MM-HMM.
IS THE 200 FOOT RADIUS AND WE SENT OUT 14 NOTICES.
DID THAT ANSWER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING MAP PLEA, MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SIR, YOU ALREADY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH RESTRICTIONS IN THE HEARING.
SO MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT? I, I DID.
SO MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? MAY I PLEASE HAVE A SECOND.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED AT 6:41 PM WE WILL MOVE TO
[IV.(2) A Public Hearing For The Purpose Of Receiving Public Comments To Consider The Proposed Amendment Of The Following: Proposed Change: A Zoning Map Amendment (Z23-10) BDS Constructors, LLC D.B.A. MK Constructors To Change From "HDR" High-Density Residential (Formerly Referred To As "MF" Multiple Family) To "CR" (Formerly Referred To As "LC" Light Commercial) To Allow For The Development Of A Park And Ride Facility Legal Description: 21.308-Acre Tract Or Parcel Of Land Being Out Of And Part Of The W. Kyle Survey, A-414, And Consisting Of All Of Lots 10-25, Block 27, A Portion Of Oleander, Violet, Gardenia, Camellia, Cox, & Daisy Streets, And A Portion Of Willow Drive, A Portion Of Blocks 25 & 26, And All Of Blocks 14, 15, & 16 Of The Palomar Addition, Section 1, An Unrecorded Subdivision Plat, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas The Public Will Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City's Website At www.portarthurtx.gov. Any Person May Participate In The Public Hearing And Address The City Council]
THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS.TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED CHANGE A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT Z 2 3 10 BDS CONSTRUCTORS, L-L-C-D-B-A MK CONSTRUCTORS TO CHANGE FROM HDR, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, FORMALLY REFERRED TO AS MF, MULTIPLE FAMILY TO CR, FORMALLY REFERRED TO AS LC LIKE COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK AND RIDE FACILITY.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION 21.308 ACRE TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND BEING OUT OF AND PART OF THE W KYLE SURVEY, A 414 AND CONSISTING OF ALL LOTS, 10 THROUGH 25 BLOCK 27, A PORTION OF OLENDER, VIOLET, GARDENIA, CAMELIA, COX, AND DAISY STREETS, AND A PORTION OF WILLOW DRIVE, A PORTION OF BLOCKS 25 AND 26, AND ALL OF BOX 14, 15 AND 16 OF THE PALMORE EDITION, SECTION ONE AND UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION PLATT, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW PORT ARTHUR TEXAS, PORT ARTHUR TX.GOV.
ANY PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
HEAR FROM TIM CITY, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY MANAGER, AND MEMBERS OF THE DES UH, THE CITY COUNCIL.
AS, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TIM SAID, UH, CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A ZONING CHANGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 21.308 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF, AND PART OF W KYLE SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER FOUR 14 AND CONSISTING OF ALL OF LOTS, 10 THROUGH 25 BLOCK, 27 UNIMPROVED PORTIONS OF OLENDER, VIOLET, GARDENIA, COX, DAISY, AND WILLOW STREET'S RIGHT OF WAY PORTION OF BLOCKS 25 AND 26 IN ALL OF BLOCKS, 14, 15 AND 16 OF THE UNRECORDED PALOMA EDITION, SECTION ONE SUBDIVISION, PLATT, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED SOUTH OF TEXAS, SPURD 93, WHICH IS, UH, KNOWN AS, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS WEST PORT ARTHUR ROAD BETWEEN SHIRLEY STREET AND 58TH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS MULTIFAMILY FAMILY TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL, FORMALLY REFERRED TO AS LIKE COMMERCIAL TO DEVELOP A PARK AND RIDE FACILITY.
A COMPLETED APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023, REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE.
FURTHER ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY, THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPING A PARK AND RIDE FACILITY AS A LEGALLY CONFORMING USE ATS LOCATION.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED, PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON, UH, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023, AND MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED SITE.
ON NOVEMBER 17TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023, INVITING CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ONE, RECOMMENDING THE REQUEST BE DENIED.
THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICATION FOR REZONING BE DENIED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS, THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARKING RIDE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF THE AREA.
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THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION 23 DASH FIVE 13 CALLING FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING.THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 9TH, 2024 AND PUBLISHED A, UH, PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2023.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO ESTABLISH AREAS APPROPRIATE FOR MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL, WHICH WAS FORMERLY LIKE COMMERCIAL, AND THIS DISTRICT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A LOCATION FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ACTIVITIES.
THESE LOCATIONS ARE TYPICALLY ALONG MAJOR THIRD FAIRS AND HIGHWAYS.
THE SITE LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDER RING OF THE PROPOSED PARKING RIDE.
APPROXIMATELY 800 PARKING SPACES IS PROPOSED FOR THE SITE.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY WITH, UH, CIRCLE SHOWING THE 200 FOOT RADIUSES WHERE, UH, NOTICES WERE SENT.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS A STREET VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AS IT IS TODAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS ALL UNDEVELOPED LAND AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, SECTIONS TWO 11, UH, 0.006 AND TWO 11.007.
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS SCHEDULED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND TIMES TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS OF DECEMBER 4TH.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD ITS MEETING AND WE RECEIVED, UH, A NO WRITTEN OPPOSITION, ONE VERBAL OPPOSITION AT THE MEETING, AND, UH, A NO LETTERS RETURN ON JANUARY 16TH.
FOR TODAY'S MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED, UH, NO WRITTEN OPPOSITIONS, NO VERBAL OPPOSITIONS, AND ONE LETTER WAS RETURNED.
SECTION TWO 11 DASH OH OH SIX F OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE STATES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE OR DENY THE PROPOSED MATTER BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
IN THE EVENT SUCH AS THIS, THAT A PROPOSED CHANGE TO A REGULATION OR A BOUNDARY IS DENIED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEN THE PROPOSED CHANGE MUST BE APPROVED BY AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS VOTES OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO VOTE.
THEREFORE, A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE FOR THE CITY CO OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
WE HAVE THE PERSON HERE FOR THE PROPERTY.
WELL, IT WAS THIS, TO BE SHORT, I'LL JUST, UH, TELL COUNSEL THAT I GOT THE SAME, UH, THING.
I GOT CALLS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY HAS COME UP BEFORE FOR SO MANY TIMES.
THEY, LIKE, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY SEE THE PROPERTY, THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING COMMERCIAL IN IT.
THEN WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEY CAN'T DO IT, THEY GO AWAY.
THIS NOT THE FIRST RODEO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO REZONE IT.
THE REASON THEY HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY INTO COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND THEIR CITIZENS IS RESIDENTIAL, THEIR HOMES ALL BACK AROUND IT.
OKAY? SO THAT'S BEEN THE PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN.
UH, AND NOT THAT, BUT THEY TALKING ABOUT A PARKING RIDE AT THAT.
YOU LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, WEST PORT ARTHUR ROAD AND YOU GOT 73, UH, THERE, AND THEY TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN A PARKING RIDE IN THERE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT'D BE LIKE FOR THE CITIZENS WHO LIVED ANYWHERE IN THAT VICINITY ON 58 SHIRLEY OR ONE OF THE STREETS GOING IN 73.
YOU KNOW? SO I, I APPLAUD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR, UH, DENYING THIS.
YOU KNOW? YES, YOU, YOU'RE CORRECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER THIS BE A, AT ONE TIME IT WANTED TO BE A, I THINK A MEAT RENDERING PLANT, AND THEN ONE TIME IT WANTED TO BE SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY.
AND SO, UH, THEY NEVER, IT WENT, NEVER WENT ANYWHERE, SO, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BRING COMMERCIAL INTO RESIDENTIAL AND A AND A RESIDENT SAYING IT.
AND YOU KNOW, IT GOES BACK TO IF I LIVED THERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BRING IN NO COMMERCIAL HERE, GO BUY YOU SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY,
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BUT A PARKING RIDE, I WAS KIND OF LIKE REALLY SHOCKED.AND I THOUGHT THAT THING WITH SEARS WAS BAD, BUT I COULD NOT IMAGINE THAT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY.
SO WE COULD LET THIS ONE SHORT THEN MR. LEWIS.
SO WHO APPLIED FOR THIS IS, IS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE ONE THAT APPLIED FOR, FOR THIS REZONING.
I DON'T THINK, UH, YOU WOULD, YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION OR THERE'S A DEVELOPER? I THINK IT'S A DEVELOPER IS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
I THINK THEY MAY WERE GOING TO LEASE THE PROPERTY AND WANT TO DEVELOP A, USUALLY WHAT THEY'LL DO TO TRY TO GET A, THE, IF I WANNA BUY SOME PROPERTY, I DON'T WANNA FIGHT THE BATTLE OF GETTING THE ZONING CHANGED.
SO IF YOU WANNA SELL IT TO ME, WELL, YOU GET THE ZONING CHANGED AND ONCE YOU GET THAT, I, I'LL BUY IT.
UH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IS GOING ON.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS PROBABLY TRYING TO GET THE ZONING CHANGED.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS THE DEVELOPER AND WELL, THAT BE THE SMART THING FOR THE, THE BUYER TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET TRAPPED.
IT WAS A, UH, WELL THE PROPERTY OWNER NAME IS THE, UH, BDS CONSTRUCTORS, LLC.
LLC, MK CONSTRUCTORS,
BUT ONLY THE OWNER, LARRY, ONLY THE OWNER CAN APPLY FOR ZONING CHANGE BY TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
O ONLY IF THE OWNER AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASER BY AFFIDAVIT OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN MAKE A ZONING CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHO, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME IS.
UH, PROPOSED OWNER CANNOT DO THAT.
WE CAN, ARE WE DONE ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE HAVE ANY YES SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE GALLERY? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE GALLERY? DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WITH COMMENTS? I, OKAY.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 6 52.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
WE CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD TO SECTION SIX FOR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT STAFF HAS REQUESTED FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR TO BE TABLED.
WE WILL HAVE TO DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, PRO CITY ATTORNEY.
YOU WANT NUMBER FOUR TABLED AS WELL.
WE DID YOU, 'CAUSE THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE EDC HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW DID HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THEIR REQUEST ALSO.
[VI.(1) P.R. No. 23469 – A Resolution Approving The First Amended And Restated Agreement For Professional Services And Employment As Chief Executive Officer Of The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation]
LET'S BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.PR NUMBER 2 3 4 6 9, A RESOLUTION APPROVING, THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO THE PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND NO, NO SIR, TO TABLE.
THE REQUEST WAS TO TABLE CORRECT OR TO REMOVE TO TABLE PLEASE.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER 2 3 4 9.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND FOR PR NUMBER 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 TO BE TABLED.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[VI.(2) P.R. No. 23494 – A Resolution Approving A Training Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation And Lamar State College Port Arthur For Tuition Reimbursement For Five (5) Port Arthur Resident High School Graduates Attending A 2-Year Associate Degree Program Not To Exceed $67,500.00; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80- 625-5475-00-00-000]
NUMBER TWO, PR NUMBER 2 3 4 9 4 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TRAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND LAMAR STATE COLLEGE PORT ARTHUR FOR TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR FIVE PORT ARTHUR RESIDENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ATTENDING A TWO YEAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED $67,500 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN EDC.ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 8 0 6 2 5 5 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.
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YOU HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM TO BE ON THE TABLE ON THE FLOOR.MAY I PLEASE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? THAT IS WHAT YOU, THE TABLE? OKAY.
WE STILL GOT MOTION? ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[VI.(3) P.R. No. 23495 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation To Utilize PreEmployment Workforce Training Funds To Implement A 2024 Youth Employment Program In An Amount Not To Exceed $83,200.00; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625-5475-00-00-000]
NUMBER THREE, PR NUMBER 2 3 4 9 5 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR.A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO UTILIZE PRE-EMPLOYMENT WORKFORCE TRAINING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT A 2024 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $83,200 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN EDC.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 8 0 6 2 5 5 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GET ON THE FLOOR? SO MOVED.
YOU OKAY WITH THAT? ANY DIS UM, DISCUSSION? I MAKE A MOTION.
WE GOTTA PUT IT ON THE FLOOR FIRST.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT PR NUMBER 2, 3, 4 9 5 BE TABLED.
OKAY, SO CITY SECRETARY AGAIN FOR THAT ITEM.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. DOUCETTE AND SECONDED BY MS. BECKHAM.
AND THEN THEY MADE A MOTION TO TABLE.
[VI.(4) P.R. No. 23543 – A Resolution Approving Water And Sewer Adjustments To Valero Services Utility Accounts Due To Leaks And/Or Equipment Malfunction]
2 3 5 4 3.A RESOLUTION APPROVING WATER AND SEWAGE ADJUSTMENTS TO VALERO SERVICES UTILITY ACCOUNTS DUE TO LEAKS AND OR EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR? SO MOVED.
SECONDED TO, UM, ANY DISCUSSION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2, 3 5 4 3 BE TABLED.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA ]
TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE OF ROUTINE AND ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT MATERIAL ON EACH ITEM AND OR IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING.
ALL ITEMS WILL BE ACTED UPON BY ONE VOTE WITHOUT BEING DISCUSSED SEPARATELY UNLESS REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A CITIZEN.
IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM OR ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE WITHDRAWN FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE AFTER THE ITEMS NOT REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION HAVE BEEN ACTED UPON.
COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK? NO, I'M SORRY.
MR. DOUCETTE NUMBER FOUR ON SIX.
MR. LOOK, WERE YOU, THAT WAS ALL, UH, HE GOT IT.
I WANTED MR. KEN LAW, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM.
UH, PR NUMBER 23 23 5 14 ON PAGE SIX.
OKAY, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL OTHER ITEMS OTHER THAN PR NUMBER 2, 3, 5, 1, 4.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE REMOVE THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED ITEMS. ALL IN FAVOR? A.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[VII.C.(2) P.R. No. 23514 – A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of Four (4) F-250 Pick Up Trucks For The Fire Department From Silsbee Ford Of Silsbee, Texas Through TIPS USA 210907 In The Amount Of $275,295.51; Funding Is Available In Equipment Account Number 625-00-000-8523-00-00-000]
PR NUMBER 2 3 504 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF[01:25:01]
FOUR F TWO 50 PICKUP TRUCKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM SILSBY FORD OF SILSBY, TEXAS THROUGH TIPS USA 2 1 0 9 0 7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $275,951 51 CENTS.FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 6 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MAYOR PRO TIM.
UH, CITY MANAGER, YOU BRIEFLY GAVE ME AN EXPLANATION OF OF WHY, UH, WE ARE PURCHASING FOUR TRUCKS, UH, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DUAL USE OF THE OLD TRUCKS.
CAN YOU JUST KIND OF OPENLY EXPLAIN THAT TO, UH, THE CITY TO ENSURE THEM THAT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY WISELY? UM, UM, THE FOUR VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE PAST, UH, HAVE AGED.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, WE ARE TRYING TO, SINCE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PAYS A VERY CRUCIAL RULE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE INSPECTIONS, UM, THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDED WITH THE PROPER EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THEIR DUTIES OF THEIR, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE ARE REPLACING THOSE FOUR VEHICLES SO THAT THESE, THESE VEHICLES CAN BE REASSIGNED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, UM, LESS, MORE STRENUOUS, UM, ACTIVITIES RUNNING ON A DAILY BASIS, LIKE TOWING OF THE BOATS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO WE NEED TO ASSIGN, BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE OLD VEHICLES, WE NEED TO ASSIGN THESE NEW VEHICLES FOR THE D TO D FUNCTIONS OF THE, UM, THE FIRE MARSHALS, UM, BOTH IN COMMERCIAL AND REFERRAL, BOTH FOR COMMERCIAL AND FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
WERE THESE, UH, TRUCKS CO-OP? YES.
UH, IT'S THROUGH TIPS, I BELIEVE.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CITIZENS? ALL RIGHTY.
ANY OPPOSED? MOVING TO NUMBER FOUR,
[VII.C.(4) P.R. No. 23533 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order No. 1 To The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And Kraftsman Commercial Playgrounds And Water Parks Of Spring, Texas, Decreasing The Contract Amount By $20,992.74 To A New Contract Total Of $728,965.01 For The Construction Of A Playground At 1520 West TB Ellison Pkwy (Lakefront Park) On Pleasure Island]
PR NUMBER 2, 3, 5, 3, 3.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND CRAFTSMAN COMMERCIAL PLAYGROUNDS AND WATER PARKS OF SPRING TEXAS DECREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $20,992 74 CENTS TO A NEW CONTRACT TOTAL OF 728,965 1 CENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PLAYGROUND AT 1520 WEST TB ELLISON PARKWAY, LAKEFRONT PARK ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? GET ON THE FLOOR.
AND SECOND, IT'S ON THE FLOOR.
WHOSE ITEM WAS THIS? OKAY, MR. DOUCETTE.
I'LL LOOKING AT THIS, UH, BACKGROUND ON CRAFTSMEN.
AND I JUST COULDN'T MAKE, MAKE, UH, TAILS OF IT.
UH, INITIALLY WE HAD CONCRETE, INITIALLY THE BASE FOR WAS RIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S THE, THE MINUS 85.
UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR 85,000.
AND THEN THEY WENT WITH THE BASE.
SO THEN THEY CAME OUT AND THEY CAME OUT WITH A SUB TOTAL THAT LEFT OVERS LIKE TH UH, 30,992 WHEN I SUBTRACT THAT.
BUT SEE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S WHY I GOT CONFUSED.
WHAT'S THAT? UH, THEY SAY INSTALL 10,000.
WHAT? WHY, WHY WE PAYING 10,000 FOR THE INSTALLER TO STILL INSTALL THE BASE? WELL, THEY GONNA INSTALL THE C MAN.
WASN'T THAT IN THEY, UH, UH, UH, BID? YES, SIR.
I I MEAN IF THEY HAD, IF WE HAD, IF THEY GAVE YOU A BID OF UH, WHATEVER IT WAS BEFORE THEN THEY HAD THE COST TO, TO DO THE CEMENT.
SO THEY CHANGED CEMENT TO BASE.
TO, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY GONNA CHARGE US? UH, FOR, REGARDLESS OF THE BASE, YOU STILL HAVE TO INSTALL IT, RIGHT? IF IT WAS CEMENT
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OR THE MATERIAL.BUT, BUT IT WAS THE CEMENT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YOU DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO INSTALL, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO INSTALL IF IT WAS CEMENT, CEMENT IS A LOT HARDER PUTTING DOWN THAN, THAN THAN THE BASE.
I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT'S THE COME, I ASKED, YOU ASKED HIM WHY DID THEY EVEN PUT ON THIS INVOICE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO.
WHAT? BECAUSE I'M, I'M CONFUSED ON, OKAY, LEMME SAY IT THIS WAY, GEORGE.
IF YOU HAD A CONTRACT AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO A CEMENT, OKAY, AND THEY CHARGE US 80, 85,000 AND AND SOMETHING, OKAY.
IF THEY SAID, OKAY, YOU DON'T NEED CEMENT, WE'RE GONNA USE BASE.
OKAY? SO THEY SUBTRACT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT, BUT YOUR CONTRACT THAT YOU SIGNED ORIGINALLY INCLUDED THEM DURING CEMENT AND THE WHOLE WORK.
OKAY? SO NOW YOU CHANGING MATERIAL, YOU CHANGING THE MATERIAL.
BUT WHY ARE WE GETTING CHARGED THE $10,000? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE IF WE, IF WE HAD A CONTRACT, LEMME EXPLAIN IT THIS WAY AND MAYBE YOU COULD, WE COULD GET TOGETHER ON THIS ONE.
OKAY? LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE BASE.
NOW, IF THEY, WERE WE GONNA PAY THEM $85,000, THEY'RE GONNA GO IN THERE AND DO THE BASE.
AM I CORRECT? IN OUR CONTRACT? YES SIR.
OKAY, SO THEY'RE GONNA GO AND DO THE CON, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE CEMENT THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
SO NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE CEMENT.
RIGHT? BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA USE BASE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE ME TO INSTALL BASE.
WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS I PAID AN INSULATION.
I MEAN NOT AN INSULATION, BUT I PAID THE COST FOR THE, IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
WE'LL, WE'LL I'LL GET BACK ON WITH YOU.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I NEED TO PROBABLY COME AND SEE YOU.
WE'LL, WE'LL PULL THE WHOLE CONTRACT.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING HERE? IF YOU DO A CONTRACT FOR SOMETHING, THEN YOU PAYING FOR IT.
RIGHT? IF I PAY YOU TO COME AND LAY ME A, A, A A FOUNDATION, WHEN YOU GIMME YOUR CONTRACT, YOU GIVING ME COST OF LABOR AND MATERIAL, RIGHT? SO IF YOU HAD THAT IN YOUR CONTRACT, THEN YOU DECIDE TO CHANGE THE MATERIAL.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE IMPACT WHERE I GOTTA PAY ADDITIONAL LABOR NOW.
SO I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO HOLD UP EVERYBODY ON THAT.
RIGHT? WE'LL WE'LL GET TOGETHER ON, 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OKAY THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GET EM.
YOU OKAY? I'LL TALK TO HIM NOW.
[VII.C.(9) P.R. No. 23550 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Reject Bids For The Rehabilitation Of Nineteen (19) Rental Units Owned By Tender Loving Care DBA As Legacy Community Development Corporation]
NUMBER NINE, PR 2 3 5 50 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REJECT BIDS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF 19 RENTAL UNITS OWNED BY TENDER LOVING CARE DBA AS LEGACY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GET ON THE FLOOR? SO MOVED.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
WHO WAS NU THIS? MR. DOUCETTE.
I LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE BEDS, UH, IN THERE.
CLIFF, I THINK I, YES, GO AHEAD.
WE DID HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND CITY MANAGER MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE LIGHT THE BUSINESS FOR THE 19 HOUSES.
UM, ANSWER COUNSELOR DOUCETTE.
WHO GONNA YIELD? WHAT'S THE QUESTION? YOU HAD A WHAT'S THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION? YES.
WHAT'S THE QUESTION? WELL, WHAT I WANT TO ASK IS I LOOKED AT ALL OF THE BIDS.
OKAY? THE TWO BIDS THAT WERE COMPLETE AND ACCEPTED, ONE BID TOTAL CAME OUT TO LIKE 250, SO THOUSAND AND THE OTHER ONE WAS A LITTLE HIGHER.
BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, GROUPS, A, B, C, D, AND I LOOKED AT THE VARYING PRICE ON THE RIGHT, MOST OF 'EM WAS IN THIS AREAS.
THIS GUY MIGHT BE HIGH HERE, THIS GUY HIGHER, BUT THIS GUY LOW, THIS GUY LOW.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY PRETTY MUCH SETTLED.
I MEAN THEY WERE LIKE CHARGING NOTHING.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, IF WE GOING OUT TO
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REBID THIS, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE WE GOT 260,000 AND WE GONNA REBID IT OUT AGAIN.ARE WE THAT SURE ABOUT WHAT WE SAYING IS TOO HIGH OR WE JUST TRYING TO GET SOMETHING LOWER THAN WHAT IT IS? I DON'T THINK THE BIDDING HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE COST HE CAN BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH THE LOW BIDDER.
UM, SO THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT THEIR BID BOND, WHICH, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS A DISQUALIFICATION FOR US.
AND WE FEEL THAT THE PRICING, BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR PERSON WAS LOW FOR EVERY GROUP AND WE FEEL THAT WE REALLY LIKE THAT PRICING OR WE MIGHT EVEN, I KNOW OF A COUPLE OTHER CONTRACTS, WE MIGHT EVEN GET A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
SO I FEEL IF WE BID IT, WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER PRICING.
OR AT LEAST LOW PRICING COMPARED TO GOING TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER.
NOW WHAT NEXT LOWEST IS BIDDER? THIS LOWEST IS BIDDER THAN I SAW ON HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT BID IS RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT ALL OF THE BIDS, THIS, THAT BID THAT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DOING.
BID WELL HE'S DONE A NUMBER OF, UH, HOUSES FOR THE HOUSING A DEPARTMENT AND THEY REALLY LOVE HIS WORK.
SO BASED ON THAT, UH, SO WE FEEL HE'S A QUALITY CONTRACTOR.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH HIM.
I'M NOT GONNA MONITOR THIS ONE BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING OUT FOR REBIDS.
WE KEEP HOLDING THE PROCESS, BUT LIKE WE NEED TO MANAGE THE MONEY.
SO IF YOU'RE TELLING ME WE COULD GET THIS OUT, GET IT, REBID IT AND SAVE MONEY, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF WE GET THE BIDS COME BACK IN AND THEY COMING BACK IN UNDER WHAT WE ALLOCATED, THIS WAS A WASTE OF TIME.
NO, I DON'T, DON'T HAVE TO DEBATE IT.
UH, CLIFF, I NOTICED Y'ALL REJECTED SOME OF THE BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT THE BOND AND I ALSO LOOKED AT THE ADVERTISEMENT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOND.
UH, THESE EXPERIENCED CONTRACTORS, HOW DID THEY MISS THAT? THAT THAT'S WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION CAME IN? SO WHEN WE DID THE PRE-BID MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, PAYMENT OF PERFORMANCE BONDS ARE REQUIRED IF IT'S OVER 50.
BUT IF IT'S NOT, 'CAUSE WE'RE AWARDING 'EM BY GROUP, IT'S NOT ONE BIG CONTRACT.
SO WE COULD HAVE HAD MULTIPLE AWARDEES IF, IF PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN LOW.
SO WHEN I MADE THE STATEMENT, YOU DON'T NEED TO SUBMIT A BOND IF YOU'RE NOT OVER 50 FOR THE GROUP, THEY ALSO TOOK CONSIDERATION.
THAT MEANT THE BID BOND AS WELL BECAUSE THE LOW BIDDER, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS BIDS, HE'S UNDER 50 FOR EACH GROUP.
SO HE DIDN'T THINK HE HAD TO TURN IN INTO BID BOND, WHICH IT WAS ONE OF THE MIS LIKE I SAY MISCOMMUNICATION BECAUSE I USED THE WORD BOND.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I, IT'S, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC I THINK.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S PRICE IS GONNA STAY THE SAME 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA IMMEDIATELY REBUILD THIS OR REQU IT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF CHANGING IT UP AGAIN TOO, LIKE THE GROUPS AND GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER PRICING ON HOW WE GROUP IT.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA COME OUT WITH A BETTER PRICING ON THE REBUILDING PROCESS AND THE ADVERTISING.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF COST ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, I'M ACTUALLY PLANNING ON NOT ADVERTISING IT.
SO BECAUSE THE LOW BIDDER, LIKE I SAY, WAS UNDER 50 FOR EACH GROUP.
SO I, I I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY END OH YEAH.
DISCUSSION ON THIS AT THIS POINT? YES.
I THINK THE COURT, THE QUESTIONS ARE YOU YEAH.
HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IT GERMANE TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS.
BUT I WOULDN'T GO INTO ANY FUTURE PLANS.
CLIFF, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE THE SCOPE WHEN YOU REBI IT OUT? WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, THE GROUPING, THE GROUPS, WELL, WELL THAT'S, YOU GONNA BE CHANGING.
IF YOU CHANGED ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOU HAVE NOW YOU'RE CHANGING IT.
YEAH, I WAS CONCERNED OF THIS BENEFIT, THE HOMELESS, THIS PROJECT 19 UNITS THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE HOMELESS.
NO, UH, WHAT AM I MISSING? NO, THESE, THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL PLACES PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN, UH, UNDER LEGACY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. WILLIAMS. OKAY.
UM, MS. MARY, YOU GOOD? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO SECTION NUMBER EIGHT.
[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 23549 – A Resolution Honoring Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Accomplishments (Requested By Councilmember Lewis)]
RESOLUTION OF RESOLUTIONS OF NON-CONSENT,[01:40:01]
PR NUMBER 2, 3, 5 4 NON RESOLUTION HONORING CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.MR. LEWIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.
CITY ATTORNEY COULD YOU, YEAH, GIMME SOME WATER.
I, UH, WHAT THE PROCEDURE ON THIS, YOU GONNA GET THIS TO THE FAMILY? FAMILY? YES.
DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO IT.
YES, WE WILL SEND IT TO THE FAMILY.
OKAY, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DONE TOMORROW.
UM, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? A.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES ORDINANCES
[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7226 – An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2 (Administration), Article VI (Finance), Division 2 (Purchases And Contracts) By Adding Section 2-287 (No Contact Period) To The Code Of Ordinances]
OF NON-CONSENT PO NUMBER 7 2 2 6.AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE SIX, FINANCE DIVISION TWO PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS BY ADDING SECTION TWO DASH 2 87.
NO CONTRACT, NO CONTACT PERIOD TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
MAY HAVE A MOTION TO GET ON THE FLOOR, SO MOVE SECOND CITY SECRETARY.
UM, ANY COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. DOUCETTE MAKE I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOIN.