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OH, THAT'S BETTER.[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]
OKAY.WE ARE GATHERED HERE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AND YOU ARE NOW SITUATED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY HALL.
AND WE ARE IN, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON TODAY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2024 IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024, AND IT IS NOW 9:46 AM WE WILL BEGIN THE MEETING AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU WOULD WANT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY DO SO VIA TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE MEDIUMS, HOWEVER YOU MUST FIRST DIAL 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.
YOU WOULD ENTER THE MEETING ID OF 8 1 0 7 4 6 4 5, UH, 5 2 8 7 AND THE PASSCODE OF 0 7 4 2 8 7 AND YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING.
ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT HERE IN THIS MEETING.
AND IF THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU WOULD ONLY NEED TO CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HOWEVER, 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE AND MAKE THE REQUEST KNOWN TO HER EFFICIENT STAFF.
AND THAT NUMBER IS 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.
AND THEY WOULD DO ALL WITHIN THEIR HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR REQUEST.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BEGIN OUR RECORD ON THIS SCHEDULED MEETING.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WE WANT YOU TO SILENCE THOSE IF YOU WILL, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR INVOCATION TO PLEDGE AND THE THEN THE ROLL CALL.
QUEEN, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO GRACE US WITH THE INVOCATION ON THIS MORNING? WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND? GOD, OUR FATHER, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS SPACE, GOD, A SPACE THAT YOUR LOVE IS FLOWING, GOD, A SPACE THAT YOUR PEACE IS FLOWING, GOD, A SPACE THAT YOUR JOY IS FLOWING.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR DEAR PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE TOUCHING EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN GOD, THAT YOU'RE TOUCHING OUR LEADERSHIP, GOD, THAT YOU ARE MOVING LIKE YOU'VE NEVER MOVED BEFORE.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR A PRODUCTIVE MEETING, GOD, GOD, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING THAT WOULD ENLARGE OUR TERRITORY.
GOD, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING THAT WOULD EXPAND GOD, UH, MAN, THE PRODUCTIVITY IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
SO WE YIELD TO YOUR PRESENCE, GOD.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR AN ORDERLY MEETING.
GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE CONTINUOUSLY BLESSING, UH, THIS CITY TO BE THE BEST CITY IN THIS WORLD.
IT'S IN THE GLORIOUS NAME OF YESHUA, JESUS TO CHRIST OF NAZARETH THAT WE PRAY AND LET THE PEOPLE OF GOD SAY AMEN.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING 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, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY FOR YOUR INDULGENCE IN OUR OPENING CITY SECRETARY.
WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO ESTABLISH THE CORP MAYOR TI PRESENT? MAYOR PROTE BECKHAM, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON, EVER FIELD COUNCIL MEMBER ETT HERE.
[II. PROCLAMATIONS]
WE WANT TO BEGIN OUR MEETING TODAY WITH THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS.AND AT THIS JUNCTURE, IT ISN'T PRINTED, BUT I WOULD TAKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND INSERT IT.
WE HAVE HERE THE DEPUTY DISTRICT DIRECTOR FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN WEBER'S OFFICE IN THE PERSON OF MR. BLAKE HOPPER.
AND BLAKE HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US.
UH, MAYOR BARTEE AND I JOKE ABOUT PRESENTING AN ARTIFACT, BUT UH, HOPEFULLY THIS REALLY WILL BE AN ARTIFACT ONE DAY TO COME.
UH, I HAVE A PRINTED COPY OF CONGRESSMAN WEBER'S SPEECH HE GAVE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR IN HONOR OF THE PORT ARTHUR'S HUNDRED FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, HONORING OUR CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, AND CONGRESSMAN WEBER'S FAVORITES, UH, 500 YEARS FROM NOW, ANYONE CAN SEARCH.
UH, EVERY WORD IS METICULOUSLY
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CURATED AND CATALOGED.SO 500 YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEONE CAN SEARCH PORT ARTHUR'S, HUNDRED 25TH, IT'LL BE THERE FOR HISTORY TO SEE.
AND SO I WANTED TO PRESENT A FRAMED COPY OF THIS FOR YOU.
WE'LL PLACE THIS CITY MANAGER.
WE PLACE HERE WHERE THE ABSOLUTELY.
DICKMAN, DID YOU GET THIS FAR? PLEASE AND CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATION.
AND NOW WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS THAT ARE PREPARED HERE.
THE VERY FIRST HALF IS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS DAY.
AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THE GROUP HERE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO RECEIVE IT.
AND I DONE SOME PINK ACCESSORIES TOO.
THANK THERE ARE ALL HERE WHO HAVE ACCESSORIZED WITH PINK.
GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, EVERYONE, UM, PRESENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS AND YEARS OF SUPPORT.
GIFT OF LIFE IS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SAVING LIVES THIS YEAR, AND I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR 30 YEARS.
PROBABLY PLUS THAT'S, SO IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG EXISTENCE WITH THEM.
UH, WE HAVE WITH US TODAY DIANE MARKS, WHO IS A REGISTERED NURSE WHO IS ALSO A FACILITATOR FOR OUR ALAC PROGRAM AND A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND DEFINITELY A GIFT OF LIFE ADVOCATE.
WE HAVE SADIE CHICK WHO IS A RIBBON AND RUN EVENT CHAIR ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS.
AND SHE'S WITH THE PORT OF BEAUMONT.
WE HAVE CAROL HEARN, WHO IS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND, UH, ONE OF THE CHAIRS AND I BELIEVE AN ANGEL AMONG US.
AND WE HAVE TARA HOLDER, WHO IS ALSO AN ANGEL AMONG US HONOREE.
SO, AND WE HAVE MARYANNE REED WHO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, A GIFT OF LIFE ADVOCATE, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN VARIOUS POSITIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND FOR YEARS OF SUPPORT.
GIFT OF LIFE HAS, UM, UH, PROVIDES FREE BREATH, BREAST HEALTH SCREENING, DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS, ULTRASOUNDS, AND BIOPSIES FOR PORT ARTHUR WOMEN WHO HAVE HIGH DEDUCTIBLES ON THEIR INSURANCE OR WHO DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE AND ARE NOT COVERED IN ANY WAY FOR MEDICAL CARE.
THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE ALREADY DIAGNOSED 19 WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED THEM THROUGH THEIR DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS AND WE HAVE GIVEN THEM EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL WOMEN WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR MAMMOGRAMS, MAMMOGRAMS TO CALL.
IS SOMEONE COMING ON? WOULD YOU PLEASE MUTE? IF YOU'RE COMING ON ELECTRONICALLY, WOULD
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YOU PLEASE MUTE? OKAY, THANK YOU.UH, TO CALL THE GIFT OF LIFE OFFICE TO SCHEDULE THEIR FREE MAMMOGRAM.
WE HOPE ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHO KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS IN NEED OF THAT SERVICE WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE THIS FREE SERVICE, AND ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS GETTING PEOPLE TO CALL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
SO WE HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE ADVOCATES FOR THIS AND ALL OF YOU WILL HELP US GET THE PEOPLE OUT.
RAGINA AND NORMA WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN WORK MAGIC MOST OF THE TIME, BUT THEY JUST COULDN'T GET THEMSELVES IN TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME.
SO WHEN YOUR MEETING CHANGED FROM TUESDAY TO MONDAY, THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED AND WERE UNABLE TO COME TODAY.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE YOU AND FOR YOUR LONG TIME SUPPORT.
UM, WE HAVE THE RIBBON RUN COMING UP ON OCTOBER THE 26TH.
ALL BREAST CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER, AND GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER SURVIVORS ARE COMPLIMENTARY FOR THE RUN.
UH, THEY GET FREE ADMISSION AND SO WE ENCOURAGE THEM ALL TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
EACH OF YOU HERE TODAY HAVE GOTTEN A BROCHURE WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN ANY WAY, WHETHER FINANCIALLY SUPPORTIVE OR REGISTERING FOR PARTICIPATION.
WE HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL GET A GROUP TOGETHER AND COME OUT AND JOIN US.
IF YOU DON'T WANNA RUN, YOU CAN WALK.
AND SO, UH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN FOR ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THIS 5K WALK RUN, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S JUST NOT YOUR REGULAR KINDA WALK.
THERE IS A LOT OF FANFARE AND A LOT OF FUN.
SO WE HOPE YOU'LL COME OUT AND JOIN US.
UM, I INVITE ANY OF THESE LADIES.
OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU COME, I'M SORRY.
GIGI IS THE, UH, CEO OF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION, A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR GIFT OF LIFE, AND ALSO SHE SERVES ON THE MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR GIFT OF LIFE.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU SNEAK IN, SO I KNOW DIANE HAS A LITTLE BIT TO SAY ABOUT OUR ALAC PROGRAM.
ANY OF YOU OTHER LADIES ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME.
UM, ONE PROGRAM THAT IS FAIRLY NEW, BUT NOT BRAND NEW IS ALAC, WHICH IS THE ACRONYM FOR ACTIVE LIVING AFTER CANCER.
AND, UM, THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS GRANT FUNDED THROUGH MD ANDERSON AND GIFT OF LIFE AS A SUB-RECIPIENT OF THE GRANT.
AND SO THE PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE SURVIVORS OF ANY TYPE OF CANCER, BE IT BREAST CANCER, LUNG CANCER, COLON CANCER FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN OR TO ADHERE TO A LIFESTYLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AFTER THEIR TREATMENT.
ALL CANCER SURVIVORS QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY DO, THAT BECOMES THE FUN PART, I GUESS, IS TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR STEPS, LINE DANCING, WALKING AROUND THE BLOCK.
ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUALIFIES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AFTER CERTAIN TYPES OF TREATMENTS SUCH AS CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, IT CAN RENDER THAT CANCER PATIENT FATIGUE.
THEY'RE TIRED, THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING ANYTHING.
A LOT OF US DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING ANYTHING ANYWAY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR CANCER SURVIVORS.
AND SO THE BENEFIT, OF COURSE NOW IS THE OVERALL HEALTH BENEFITS.
SO THE, THE PINPOINT IS ON THE CANCER SURVIVORS, BUT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS JOIN IN TOO.
IT'S A 12 WEEK PROGRAM AND WE'VE BEEN TEACHING THE CLASSES EITHER VIA ZOOM OR IN PERSON.
SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES GOING AND THE CLASS SIZES DON'T MATTER.
UM, THE INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL EXCEPT IT'S PUT INTO A DATA BANK FOR MD ANDERSON BECAUSE THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE IMPROVING AND IT'S TO HELP HOPEFULLY KEEP THE CANCERS AT BAY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RECURRENCE.
SO THAT'S A, A RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM, BUT ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED CAN CALL GIFT OF LIFE AND, UM, OUR SURVIVORS WHO PARTICIPATE CAN ALSO HAVE A CAREGIVER WITH THEM ALONG TAKING THE CLASS WITH THEM AND THEY REAP ALL THE BENEFITS AS THE SURVIVOR DOES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
SO THIS IS MY FRIEND CHARADE CHICK WITH THE PORTER BOMA.
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I'M MARYANNE REED.I'M WITH GOLDEN PASS, LNG AND CHARADE AND I ARE REPRESENTING THE SOCIAL CHAIRS FOR THE EVENT, AS YOU CAN TELL, BY HER T-SHIRT.
UM, AND WE REPRESENT SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN IN INDUSTRY.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND THREE YEARS NOW.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE PULL IN YOUNG LADIES IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EXPOSE THEM TO ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN INDUSTRY HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
THEY GET A CHANCE TO MEN BE MENTORED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR POSITION, WHO ARE OPERATORS, WHO ARE ELECTRICIANS, WHO ARE PIPE FITTERS, WHO ARE ATTORNEYS, WHO ARE NURSES, PE, ALL THE TYPE OF POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH TO BRING ALL THESE YOUNG LADIES TOGETHER.
WE DO THIS DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH, FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, FIRST WEEK IN MARCH.
AND WE HAVE EVENTS EVERY DAY THAT FIRST WEEK OF MARCH EVERY DAY, INCLUDING AN A BEAUTIFUL LUNCHEON, UM, COFFEE CHATS WITH THE COLLEGES, UM, MENTORSHIP, UH, SPEED MENTORING THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, AND I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING ELSE.
OUR GOAL, THOUGH IS TO PAIR YOUNG WOMEN WITH LEADERS IN INDUSTRY TO SEE WHAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF.
AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH UNITED WAY, OR SORRY, UNITED WAY,
YOU'RE SHOWING WOMEN HELPING WOMEN, AND THAT'S WHAT GIFT OF LIFE DOES, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION DOES.
SO IT WAS A PERFECT MARRIAGE OF THOSE, THOSE INITIATIVES.
UM, AND SO WE HOPE TO MOVE FORWARD THEIR INITIATIVE AS WELL AS OURS.
AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE CAN SHOW STUDENTS WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF, BUT ALSO SHOW THEM THE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO THERE ARE FIVE, FIVE OF US ON THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE, UH, CHAIR, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO BE PART OF GIFT OF LIFE.
OH, CAN WE GET A QUICK PICTURE? WELL, LET, LET ME DO THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, IF MS. DAVIS STARTS SPEAKING, YOU DON'T STOP HER.
SO NOW I HAVE SOMETHING HERE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND REEVES LEY.
WHEREAS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE NATIONAL OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTHS WITH CAMPAIGNS ESTABLISHED TO HEIGHTEN INFORMATION ON THE RISK AND SYMPTOMS OF THESE DISEASES TO ADVANCE EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION.
AND WHEREAS OVARIAN CANCER IS KNOWN AS A SILENT DISEASE AND IS THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND CAUSES MORE DEATHS THAN ANY OTHER GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER.
AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE, JULIE RICHARDSON, PROCTOR OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRATEGIES AND INFORMATION TO AFFECT REAL CHANGE AND SAVE LIVES.
WHEREAS BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN EXCEPT FOR SKIN CANCERS.
AND APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DURING HER LIFETIME.
AND WHEREAS THIS IS, WELL, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
WHEREAS THIS YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 340,400 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH EITHER BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER.
AND 54,900 WOMEN WILL DIE FROM THESE DISEASES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS IT IS VITAL THAT SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST TEXANS HERE ARE EDUCATED ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FREE MAMMOGRAMS FOR WOMEN WHO CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH GIFT OF LIFE, WOMEN'S BREAST HELP AND CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE ANNUALLY PROVIDES AT NO CHARGE,
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THOUSANDS OF BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS, DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS, ULTRASOUNDS, BIOPSIES WITH ACCESS TO CANCER TREATMENT, TO MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN.AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE HAS HELPED DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER IN MORE THAN 300 WOMEN THROUGH ITS LIFE SAVING MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS GIFT OF LIFE IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY WILL HOST THE 14TH ANNUAL JULIE RICHARDSON PROCTOR 5K RIBBON RUN MONSTER DASH IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH, TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS, WHILE ALSO RAISING FUNDS FOR ITS PREVENTION AND THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH.
NOW THEREFORE, I THURMAN BILL BARTY MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2024 AS GIFT OF LIFE BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS DATE HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I URGE ALL WOMEN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO PURSUE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES AND EARLY DETECTION EFFORTS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OF THE CITY OF FORT ARTHUR TO BE AFFIXED THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024.
AND IT IS SIGNED THURMAN BILL BCI, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
AND I'LL COME DOWN AND PRESENT THIS TO, I WANT INVITE YOU, COME NOW THERE'S ANOTHER PROCLAMATION, AND I BELIEVE THE GROUP IS HERE.
AND THIS IS FOR THE WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE APPROACH?
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AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL.AND I HAVE A DOCUMENT HERE THAT I'M GOING TO BEGIN TO READ.
AND THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS OVER 100 YEARS AGO, THE WHITE CANE WAS CREATED AS A MOBILITY TOOL FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH BLINDNESS AND VISION IMPAIRMENT.
THIS TOOL WAS DESIGNED NOT FOR STABILITY PURPOSES AS THE BLIND WALK, BUT AS A NAVIGATION DEVICE THAT WOULD AID IN THEIR ENTERING A ROOM OR SPACE, AVOIDING OBSTACLES IN THE WAY WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER HUMAN OR EVEN A SERVICE ANIMAL.
AND TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE SIGHTED THAT THE PERSON USING THE CANE HAS SOME FORM OF BLINDNESS OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT.
AND WHEREAS IN OCTOBER, 1964, CONGRESS APPROVED PRESIDENT LYNDON BAIN JOHNSON'S SIGNING INTO LAW THAT YEAR ON OCTOBER 15TH, WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS WHITE CANE SAFETY DATE.
IN OCTOBER, 2011, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PROCLAIMED THAT OCTOBER 15TH OF EACH YEAR SHALL BE NAMED BLIND AMERICANS EQUALITY DAY, CALLING ON ALL OFFICIALS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, EDUCATORS, LIBRARIANS, AND AMERICANS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY WITH PROPER CEREMONIES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS REALIZING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BLINDNESS, THERE ARE ALSO DIFFERENT COLORS OF THE WHITE CANE.
THE ALL WHITE CANE REPRESENTS SOMEONE WHO IS COMPLETELY BLIND WITH NO USABLE VISION.
THE WHITE CANE WITH THE RED BOTTOM IS USED BY PEOPLE WITH LOW VISION, WHICH SIGNIFIES THAT THEY HAVE SOME SIGHT, BUT STILL NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH AVOIDING OBSTACLES IN THE WAY.
AND THE RED AND WHITE STRIPED CAN SIGNIFIES BOTH COMPLETE BLINDNESS AND COMPLETE DEAFNESS.
BUT MOST OF ALL, THE ACTIVE USE OF THE WHITE CANE REPRESENTS LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND INDEPENDENCE.
AND WHEREAS ALL AMERICANS HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO DIGNITY, UH, TO DIGNITY AND RESPECT, AND TO FULLY TAKE PART IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY, PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AND OTHER PRINT DISABILITIES IN ENRICH OUR SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, AND THE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATING THE INHERENT WORTH OF EVERY PERSON.
ALTHOUGH THE NATION HAS SET ASIDE ONE DAY EACH YEAR TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AMERICANS, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE RESILIENCE, CONFIDENCE, AND SELF-DETERMINATION THAT THE BLIND AND THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED EXHIBIT.
EVERY TIME WE EXTEND OUR CANES, WE DON'T STOP THERE.
IN THAT TIME, WE HAVE BUILT A MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.
HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE THAT WILL ENSURE THAT ALL AMERICANS HAVE A FAIR SHOT AT SUCCESS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I THURMAN BILL BOYCE, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS,
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WHICH HAPPENS TO BE PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 15TH AS WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ENGAGE, ENCOURAGE, AND EMPOWER EACH OTHER, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CHALLENGES WE LIVE WITH DO NOT DEFINE US, HOWEVER, SHOWS US THAT WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN BRINGING UNITY INTO THE WORKPLACE, THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHILE ENRICHING OUR LIVES.
SO LET US TAP INTO THIS FOR OUR EDUCATION AND THE INDEPENDENCE AND THE FUTURE OF ALL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HERE IN S SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER AND THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024.
AND I PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL FOR THE WIFE KANE DAY.
DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY REMARKS? YES.
PULL A MIC UP FOR EXISTING LETTER HAND.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR READING OF THE PROCLAMATION, UH, IS BROUGHT TO YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF EXTRAORDINARY VISION.
EXTRAORDINARY VISION IS NOT YOUR ORDINARY SUPPORT ORGANIZATION, BUT IT'S YOUR NEW EXTRAORDINARY SUPPORT ORGANIZATION.
WE WERE CREATED JULY 17TH, 2024 TO, UM, BRING AWARENESS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR THOSE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BUT IT'S FOR ANYONE WITH A DISABILITY THAT HAS A SETBACK AND NEED A SET UP TO KNOW THAT THERE'S LIFE AFTER THEIR DISABILITY.
AND THE WHITE CANE DAY IS JUST GONNA BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE GO AND SUPPORT AND REPRESENT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A DISABILITY, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOUSE.
WE ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, WE'RE IN YOUR CHURCHES, WE'RE IN YOUR WORKPLACE.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE ME ON YOUR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M RUNNING, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE MOVING.
WE'RE NOT STAYING AT HOME ANYMORE.
WE ARE UTILIZING OUR LIBERTIES AND OUR FREEDOMS. WE'RE GETTING OUR EDUCATION.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL, WE ALL LOOK DIFFERENT, BUT WE STILL BLEED THE SAME CREATED IN HIS IMAGE.
THIS ONE THING I WILL PROCLAIM BIG OR SMALL, SHORT OR TALL, JUST LIKE DAVID GIANTS DO FALL.
SO DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A DISABILITY THAT WE ARE GONNA BE SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING WHITE CANE AWARENESS AND KNOWING YOU SEE OUR CANE, WE'RE GOING PLACES.
DID YOU ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING? JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND I SO APPRECIATE, UM, NOT ONLY WHAT YOU SAID, BUT YOUR ATTITUDE, UH, FOR IT.
UH, ALL OF US, UH, BENEFIT FROM YOUR BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALLOWING US TO SEE, UH, FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, HELEN KELLER WAS A SEMINAL SITUATION.
SHE WAS A, THE WORLD IS, THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF HELEN KELLER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS REMEMBERED FROM HELEN KELLER WAS SHE STATED, SHE WAS ASKED A QUESTION, IS THERE ANYTHING WORSE THAN BEING BLIND? SHE SAID, YES,
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SHE OKAY.OKAY, THAT COMPLETES OUR OR NUMERAL TRUTH SECTION WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS.
[III.A.(1). Charles Prince Of The Family Heirloom Private Foundation Regarding Public Private Partnership]
TO PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.AND THE FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS DR. CHARLES PRINCE OF THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM PRIVATE FOUNDATION REGARDING P THREE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS.
I STAY AT 32 0 1 BIRCHWOOD TRIANGLE HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
SO WAS GLAD TO BE BACK HOME, UH, WITH A COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME AND A-P-I-S-D GRADUATE AS WELL.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A, A PUBLIC POWER PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED.
SO THE, THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM PRIVATE FOUNDATION IS ONE THAT ME AND MY WIFE BEGAN BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE AROUND THE GULF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
AND SO THERE IS A COMPETITION CALLED THE GULF FUTURES CHALLENGE.
IT'S $50 MILLION THAT ARE GIVING TO GULF COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE STEM, OR PARTICULARLY STEM IN ENERGY, ENERGY TRANSITION, AND HEALTH AND EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND SO I APPROACHED THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO TALK ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE APPLIED TO, TO SAY IF WE GET EITHER THE $1 MILLION PRIZE OR THE $20 MILLION PRIZE, THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY, THE EDC, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE THE STEM PROJECTS, ENGINEERING, MATH, SCIENCE, TO HELP US THINK ABOUT CLIMATE, HOW IT'S CHANGING, HOW IT'S AFFECTING NOT JUST THE HURRICANES THAT HAVE AFFECTED PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE BECOME MORE EV FRIENDLY, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA, IN THIS STATE.
AND SO OUR FOUNDATION, THE WHY WE CALL IT THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM FOUNDATION, IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE THING THAT PEOPLE LIKE THE MOST, OR WHAT THEY GIVE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IS AN HEIRLOOM.
UM, AND SO FOR US, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LEAVE A GENERATION, LEAVE A COMMUNITY, LEAVE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION BEHIND US.
UH, AND SO WE STARTED THIS FOUNDATION AND WE'RE STARTING THIS PROJECT JUST AS ONE.
UH, BUT OVER THE, MY LAST 15 YEARS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, I'VE RAISED OVER $65 MILLION TO HELP HBCUS AND MSIS DO A VARIETY OF PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, WHY NOT JUST DO IT FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED US? AND SO WE'RE BACK HOME HERE TO DO THE WORK, NOT JUST TO IMPORT ARTHUR, BUT FOR ALL GULF COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER, THAT WE WERE TRANSPARENT IN OUR PARTNERSHIP.
AND JUST TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NO, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL BENEFIT, NO ONE'S MAKING MONEY HERE.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE CITIZENS HERE, GET US THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED, AND TO BUILD AN ENERGY TRANSITION ENERGY, UH, EFFICIENT COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH STEM.
DR. PRINCE, UH, COSMAN FRANK, DR. PRINCE.
UH, SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO BE HERE TODAY AND SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE BACK HOME.
UM, MAN, I THINK ALL OF US ARE THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE WEATHER AND THE CLIMATE NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, AND TRANSPIRING.
AND LET ME JUST QUICKLY RUSH TO SAY WE ARE PRAYING, UH, FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN FLORIDA, EVEN NOW, RIGHT? AS HURRICANE MILTON IS BEARING DOWN ON THEM YET AGAIN, UH, AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED WITH HURRICANE HELENE.
UH, HURRICANES ARE ON OUR MIND PERPETUALLY AND CONTINUALLY, UH, HERE.
UM, IT IS ALWAYS OUR DESIRE THAT WHEN WE RAISE A BJ PRINCE, UH, AND SEND HIM OUT INTO THE WORLD TO DO GREAT THINGS, THAT AT SOME POINT HE WILL RETURN YEAH.
AND THEY WILL RETURN TO COME BACK HOME AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
PRINCIPAL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MAYBE WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AT SOME POINT.
ANOTHER, WHAT YOU CALL CHRISTIE, AND WE SET UP SOMETHING AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FOUNDATION SURE.
AND HOW, UH, IT CAN WORK WITH, WITH, WITH THE CITY.
I MEAN, I HAPPY TO, WE DON'T JUST DO ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WE'RE ALSO DOING COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
I MEAN, AND YOU SAID SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE GROWING, YOU SAID GROWING
[III.B.(1). A Presentation By Garrett Sullivan Of The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineer – Galveston District Regarding An Update Of The Port Arthur Project]
A B PORTION OF OUR PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, BY, UH, GAR SULLIVAN OF THE US COURT, UH, ARMY OF, UH,[00:40:01]
CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN THE GALVESTON DISTRICT REGARDING AN UPDATE OF THE PORT AUTHOR PROJECT.GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY, UH, TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE PRESENTATION ON THE PORT ARTHUR LEVY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UH, THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY AND WE STILL HAVE MANY YEARS TO GO, BUT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT'S AHEAD.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW INTRODUCTIONS OF SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE TRAVELED HERE TODAY TO, UH, TO BE PART OF THIS.
I HAVE, UH, MY BOSS AND THE CHIEF OF MEGA PROJECTS DIVISION, WHICH OVERSEES THIS PROJECT.
MS. ETTE ADDISON, IF YOU COULD STAND UP PLEASE.
I HAVE, UH, WITH US DR. KELLY BERKS COPES, WHO IS THE CHIEF OF OUR PROGRAM SUPPORT BRANCH.
SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY BOBBY PETTY AND NICOLE SNYDER, WHO ARE BOTH STRATEGIC OUTREACH SPECIALISTS AND WORK WITH, UM, MS. BUR COPES.
WE HAVE KEITH HOWARD, WHO IS THE RESIDENT ENGINEER FOR THE PORT ARTHUR PROJECTS.
SO HE'S HERE ON THE GROUND IN PORT ARTHUR.
DAY TO DAY, MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS OF OUR CONTRACTORS.
WE HAVE MR. ARNON BAYSMORE, WHO IS THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR PORT ARTHUR AND WORKS WITH ME.
AND THEN OUR NON-FEDERAL PARTNER.
AND LET ME JUST SAY, UH, MAYOR BARTEE, THAT OUR NON-FEDERAL PARTNER, DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, IS AWESOME.
UH, THEY REPRESENT YOUR CITY VERY WELL AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DELIVER THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DESIGNING AND AND BUILDING, WE HAVE MR. ALLEN SIMS, WHO IS THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, AND MR. TOBY DAVIS, WHO IS THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT ENGINEER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, JOINING US TODAY.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PORT ARTHUR PROJECT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE, UH, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TOOK AN APPROACH TO LOOK REGIONALLY AT THE TEXAS COASTLINE AND TO INVEST IN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO PROTECT THE COASTLINE INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENCES, BUSINESSES, THE ENERGY FACILITIES FROM FUTURE HURRICANE EVENTS AND SEA LEVEL RISE.
THE PROJECT, WHICH IS KNOWN AS S TWO G SABINE TO GALVESTON BAY FOR SHORT, UH, FOCUSES ON THREE AREAS.
WE HAVE FREEPORT TO THE SOUTH, WHICH HAS AN EXISTING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE ORANGE TO THE NORTH NEAR BEAUMONT, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF A LEVY PROTECTION SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE PORT ARTHUR IN THE CENTER, WHICH HAS AN EXISTING SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT BACK BETWEEN THE MID SIXTIES AND THE EARLY EIGHTIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING.
OVERALL, THESE THREE PROJECTS REPRESENT ABOUT $3.9 BILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENT THAT THE US GOVERNMENT IN COMBINATION WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, IS GONNA INVEST TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCY, THE HEIGHT, AND THE OVERALL PROTECTION STATUS THAT, THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR THE, UH, THE COMMUNITIES THAT BUSINESSES AND THE ENERGY FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM.
NUMBER ONE IS TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE.
NUMBER TWO, TO PREVENT, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACTS TO THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.
AND NUMBER THREE, THIS BEING THE ENERGY CITY OF TEXAS.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS MAY MAYOR BARTEE, BUT THIS PORT ARTHUR PRODUCES MORE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DAILY THAN ANY OTHER LOCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU ARE NUMBER ONE, UH, PROTECT THE, UH, ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, UH, THAT ARE THE LIGHT BLOOD OF THIS, OF THIS AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE PORT ARTHUR PROJECT.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU SEE A MAP OF PORT ARTHUR, AND YOU HAVE COLORED LINED THAT
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RUNS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE COMMUNITY AREA THAT REPRESENTS THE EXTENT OF THE LEVEE SYSTEM.AND WE BROKEN THE PROJECT INTO 10 CONTRACTS, AND THEN WE BID, WE DESIGN AND BID THESE CONTRACTS OUT, UH, PERIODICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
AND THE 10 CONTRACTS ARE REPRESENTED BY THE NARRATIVE BELOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING FIVE MILES OF EXISTING CONCRETE FLOOD WALL.
WE'RE GONNA BE RAISING A LITTLE UNDER 11 MILES OF EXISTING EARTH AND LEVEE.
WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING OVER FOUR MILES OF NEW EARTH AND LEVEE.
WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING 21 CLOSURE GATES THAT WERE EITHER RAILROADS OR ROADS PASSED THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM.
WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, ELIMINATING ONE CLOSURE GATE.
AND THIS IS A GOOD NEWS STORY UP, UP WHERE FM 365 CROSSES THROUGH THE LEVEE DID DD SEVEN.
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH TDOT WHO HAS FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PARTNER WITH THEM TO RAISE THE BRIDGE AND LIFT THE FM 365 ROADWAY OVER THE LEVEE SYSTEM.
AND THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO CLOSE THAT OPENING AND PUT IN AN EARTH AND LEVEE LEAVING AN ALL WEATHER EVACUATION ROUTE THAT WOULD BE OPEN 24 7 DURING A HURRICANE EVENT FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD NEWS STORY.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE CLOSURE GATE WE'RE GONNA BE ELIMINATING.
THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING A ROSE AND PROTECTION, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER IN A FUTURE SLIDE.
AND BUILDING CONCRETE FRONTING PROTECTION, LARGE CONCRETE MONOLITHS IN FRONT OF THE PUMPING STATIONS THAT ARE ON THE PERIMETER OF THE LEVEE SYSTEM, UH, TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM THE STORM SURGE WHEN IT DOES COME.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF OUR PROJECT.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU IT'S VERY UNCOMMON, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT OUR PROJECT, THE S TWO G PROJECT OF WHICH PORT ARTHUR IS AN ELEMENT, WAS FULLY FUNDED FROM THE GET GO.
MOST OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECTS ARE FUNDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
YOU GET A PIECE OF THE FUNDING ANNUALLY UNTIL YOUR PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
BUT IN THE CASE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT TO THE TEXAS GULF COAST, CONGRESS APPROVED ALL $3.9 BILLION AND, AND PROVIDED THAT FUNDING UPFRONT OF WHICH WE ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF 863 MILLION.
SO THAT MONEY WAS MADE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, UH, TO BUILD THE PROJECT.
YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN AND A COST SHARED RELATIONSHIP, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYS 65% OF THE COST AND THE NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR 35% OF THE COST.
AND THEY RECEIVE THEIR FUNDING THROUGH THE GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT, WHO WORKS WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND, AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO BRING IN THE 35% OF THE FUNDING THAT WE MERGED TOGETHER TO, TO BUILD THE PROJECT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA COST MORE THAN IT WAS INITIALLY ESTIMATED AT THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE 2017 TIMEFRAME WHEN THE ORIGINAL STUDIES WERE DONE.
NOW IT'S 20, 24, 7 YEARS LATER, THINGS COST MORE.
THERE'S BEEN CONSTRUCTION INFLATION, FUEL COSTS, MORE BUILDING MATERIALS COST MORE LABOR COSTS MORE.
AND SO WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT THE COST TO BUILD THE PROJECT OUT TO COMPLETION IS GONNA BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1.7 BILLION.
AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING THAT FUNDING FROM CONGRESS SO THAT WHEN THE, UH, THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE YOU STILL LET TO BID ARE COMPLETED, THE FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CONTI CONTINUE THE, THE PROGRAM.
NOW, THERE'S FOUR MAIN PROJECT FEATURES THAT MAKE UP THE PROJECT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THE CONCRETE FLOOD WALLS THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 25% OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING CURRENTLY.
YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AN EYE WALL.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, THIS IS THE EYE WALL.
IT IS JUST A VERTICAL CONCRETE WALL EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE AN EYE.
WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING THOSE WITH T WALLS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS AN INVERTED T AND IT HAS A MUCH MORE
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RES RESILIENT, UH, IT IT'S MORE RESILIENT TO THE IMPACTS OF STORM SURGE SO THAT, SO THAT IT WILL WITHSTAND, UH, THE FORCES OF THAT WATER.WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ALSO GONNA BE RAISING 11 MILES OF EARTH AND LEVEE AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT LEVEE IS ALONG THE SYSTEM.
IN BOTH CASES, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING EROSION PROTECTION.
WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING 21 ROAD AND RAILROAD CLOSURE GATES.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THE, THE GATE THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT IS THE EXISTING GATE ON FM 365 AS IT WAS COMBATING THE STORM SURGE FROM HURRICANE IKE BACK IN 2008.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FLOOD SIDE, THE WATER LEVEL WAS ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY UP THE GATE, AND THAT GATE WAS HOLDING THAT WATER BACK.
WE HAVE 21 GATES LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING ALL ACROSS THE SYSTEM WHERE BOTH RAILROADS AND ROADS PASSED THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE PUMPING STATIONS CRITICAL TO PUMPING OUT WATER FROM THE PROTECTED SIDE TO THE FLOOD SIDE OF THE LEVEE.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD LARGE CONCRETE MONOLITHS CALLED FRONTING PROTECTION IN FRONT OF THOSE PUMP STATIONS TO TAKE THE IMPACT OF THE STORM SURGE AND PROTECT THE PUMPING STATION SO IT CAN CONTINUE ITS OPERATIONS DURING THE HURRICANE EVENT.
AND THEN IN FRONT OF THE FRONTING PROTECTION AND ALSO IN FRONT OF THE FLOOD WALLS AND THE EARTH AND LEVEES, WE HAVE EROSION PROTECTION.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN A SECOND.
THIS IS OUR TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING COMPLETE WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION BY 2033.
SO WE STILL HAVE ABOUT NINE YEARS TO GO.
TWO OF OUR 10 CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN BID OUT, ONE IS COMPLETED, ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WE HAVE A THIRD CONTRACT THAT WE INTEND TO, UH, START CONSTRUCTION ON IN, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AND TO AWARD NEXT, NEXT SPRING, BUT TO BE COMPLETE WITH ALL PROJECTS BY 2033.
NOW, CONTRACT, PAV STANDS FOR PORT ARTHUR AND VICINITY OH ONE IS A CONTRACT THAT WAS BID OUT AND AWARDED BACK IN 2020.
IT BUILT, IT RAISED ONE MILE OF EARTH AND LEVY IN FRONT OF THE VALERO FACILITY IN THE AIR HIGHWAY 87 IN THE WEST BASIN AREA.
THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING READY TO FISCALLY CLOSE IT OUT.
CONTRACT, PAVO THREE A IS GONNA BUILD FRONTING PROTECTION IN FRONT OF THREE PUMP STATIONS, ALLIGATOR, LAKESIDE, AND PORT ACRES.
THIS CONTRACT WAS AWARDED LAST SEPTEMBER, A LITTLE UNDER $97 MILLION AND WE'RE UNDERWAY.
THIS MAP ILLUSTRATES THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT SITES INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT, ALLIGATOR AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM, THE LARGEST PUMPING STATION IN YOUR SYSTEM.
THEN YOU HAVE LAKESIDE IN THE MIDDLE AND PORT ACRES UP NEAR FM 365.
ALL OF THEM WILL RECEIVE THE FRONTING PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FM 365.
WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING THE GATE WELL STRUCTURE AND CULVERT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THAT AREA.
THAT SYSTEM PENETRATES THE LEVYING, SO WE'RE PUTTING IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN CONTRACT FOUR.
UH, THIS PROJECT CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY IN THE BID SOLICITATION STAGE.
WE ANTICIPATE A AWARD THIS CONTRACT NEXT SPRING.
IT IS A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT, WHICH MEANS THAT THE CONTRACT WE HIRE WILL ALSO COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE ANTICIPATE THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT BEGIN WORK UNTIL THE SPRING OF 2026.
THIS IS THE LARGEST CONTRACT OF THE 10.
UH, LET ME HIGHLIGHT ALSO, UM, MR. MAYOR, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, THOSE LARGE BOULDERS, THE ROCK, THAT IS WHAT THE EROSION PROTECTION LOOKS LIKE.
WE PUT IT ON THE FLOOD SIDE OF THE LEVEE SYSTEM, PROTECT THE EARTH AND LEVEES THE FRONTING PROTECTION AND THE CONCRETE FLOOD WALLS FROM EROSION FROM THE STORM SURGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE CONCRETE FLOOD WALLS THE EYEWALL WILL BE REPLACING.
AND AS I SAID, THIS IS THE LARGEST CONTRACT WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING OVER TWO AND A QUARTER MILES OF NEW LEVY IN
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A VERY DENSELY POPULATED PORTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT ALONG THE SABINE NATURES WATERWAY, REALLY JUST UP THE STREET FROM WHERE WE ARE.SO THIS WILL BE PROTECTING A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UH, ABOUT 1.8 MILES OF NEW FLOOD WALL AND ABOUT A HALF A MILE OF NEW EARTH AND LEVY.
AND THEN FRONTING PROTECTION IN FRONT OF THE THREE PUMPING STATIONS THAT ARE SHOWN.
AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE AWARDING THIS CONTRACT NEXT SPRING AND THEN STARTING CONSTRUCTION THE SPRING AFTER THAT.
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, ANNUALLY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS A STAKEHOLDER PARTNERING FORM, AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THIS NOVEMBER 6TH AND SEVENTH IN THE, UH, THE GALVESTON AREA AT THE, IT'S SHOWING THE TREMONT HOUSE HOTEL.
AND, UH, IT'S NORMALLY ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM YOUR NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR, DD SEVEN, AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS CONTRACTORS.
IT'S A, A GATHERING WE HAVE ANNUALLY WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE HOW WE DESIGN, BE IT, AND BUILD OUR PROJECTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, WE PUT A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION OUT ON OUR WEBSITES AND WE PROVIDED WEB LINKS, UH, TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.
AND THIS INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS 24 7, UH, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE SISTER PROJECTS AT FREEPORT AND ORANGE, AND THE OVERALL STG PROGRAM.
MR. MAYOR, THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU OR THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE FOR MYSELF.
MR. SETTLEMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENTATION ON TODAY.
YOU DID MENTION THAT YOUR BOSS IS BACK THERE, AND SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER ON TODAY.
UH, MY COMMENT IS NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION AS IT IS A COMMENT.
UH, I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THE PROJECT THAT YOU ARE DOING TO KEEP, UM, THE SEA WALL VIABLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTED AND, AND TO HAVE THIS, THIS PROJECT, A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
IT BODES WELL FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AS WELL.
BUT PART OF MY JOB IS TO ALWAYS, UH, TO BRING THE NEEDS AND NECESSITIES OF OUR CITIZENS TO THE FOREFRONT.
AND I JUST WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I SEE ALL OF THESE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING SPENT ON THIS SEA WALL, BUT THERE IS A HIGHWAY IN, UH, SABINE PASS HIGHWAY 87, UH, THAT NEEDS THE ATTENTION.
AND WE NEED THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
WE NEED EVERYONE WHO CAN TO REALLY HELP US TO TALK.
WE'VE TALKED TO OUR, UM, SENATOR, UH, UH, MR. NICHOLS.
MR. LOU WELLON, UH, IS HERE FROM THE L AND G.
WE NEED THE LNGS, WE NEED ALL OF THEM.
WE NEED A, A CON A, A, A, AN EFFORT, UH, THAT IS, UM, COLLABORATIVE TO TRY TO RESTORE HIGHWAY 87 BACK.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.
AND YOU ALLUDED TO THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT LNGS, TRYING TO PROTECT, UH, THIS AREA THAT IS, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS, UH, KNOWN FOR THE ENERGY AND ALL WE PRODUCE.
BUT WE HAVE A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN IN SABINE PASS BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.
WE HAVE SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY ARE TRAPPED LITERALLY INTO BEING PASSED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A, A WAY OUT FOR THEM.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ALWAYS MENTION THAT AS THESE MONIES ARE BEING SPENT, UH, ON THESE PROJECTS, THAT IS WONDERFUL.
BUT WE NEED HIGHWAY 87 RESTORED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I NEEDED TO SAY THAT.
OH, HOW YOU DOING TODAY? VERY GOOD, SIR.
TO AVOID ANY HICCUPS, I I WANT YOU TO ASK, YOU SAID THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED OR, OR YOU ALL HAVE CONTROL OF THE MONIES OR IS THE MONEY ALLOCATED AND YOU AS YOU COMPLETE PROJECT AND YOU DRAW DOWN? CONGRESS HAS ALREADY APPROPRIATED $863 MILLION FOR PORT ARTHUR.
THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY.
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OKAY, GOOD.IN, UH, ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ABOUT WHAT, WHAT COUNCILMAN FRANK WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE ONLY THING IS GOING TO REALLY LAST AND BE, UH, AFFORDABLE AND, AND LONG TERM STABILITY IS TO, FROM WINNING TO SABINE PASS A A NEW BYPASS HIGHWAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT GOING TO TAKE.
THEN GOING BACK DOWN THAT, UH, UH, COASTAL THING IS JUST A, IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THING I NOTICED, I LIKE YOU BROKE UP THE CONTRACTS, YOU GOT ALL THE CONTRACTS BROKE UP THAT AVOID HICCUPS OF DISPUTES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND ONE PART YOU GOT A DISPUTE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE OTHER PORTION.
AND WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE ON COMPLETION? 2033, SIR? FOR ALL CONTRACTS TO BE COMPLETE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. LEWIS.
AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THE, UH, UPDATE.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE.
AND WE, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
AND TO ALL OF YOUR STAFF WHO, WHO ARE HERE, WE APPRECIATE THE, UH, CONTINUUM, I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT THAT, OF BEING SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTED.
AND FOR SURE WE THANK GOD THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO STOP RIGHT NOW WHERE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OVER IN FLORIDA ARE DEALING WITH THE, UH, ATROCITIES OF HURRICANES.
RIGHT NOW, GOD HAS GIVEN US OPPORTUNITY FOR PREPARATION SO THAT WE ARE NOT INUNDATED, UH, SO BADLY.
AND, AND, AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UH, CONTRIBUTION OF 35%.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR THAT.
[III.B.(2). A Presentation By Bob Hope High School Students Regarding Road Conditions]
WILL GO TO A PRESENTATION BY THE BOB, BOB HOPE HIGH SCHOOL, REGARDING ROAD CONDITIONS.AND I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY ON, UH, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
I HAVE THE TEACHER, MS. AU, WOULD YOU STAND PLEASE? AND, AND, AND ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS.
AND I THINK I EVEN HAVE MR. SMITH BACK THERE.
COSTA THE, UH, UH, PRINCIPAL AT AT AT BIBLE.
WE THANK YOU ALL AND JUST, UH, COUNCIL PERSONS.
UH, I, UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE DATE I WENT.
IT WAS SEPTEMBER 15TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING, UH, UH, ON, ON THAT DATE THAT I, UH, WAS A GUEST OF THIS GREAT CLASS OF ONE OF THESE.
THIS WAS WHAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERIOD YOU ALL WERE THE FIRST.
AND, UH, I WAS THERE FOR A FEW PERIODS AND THEY, UH, INVITED ME THERE TO TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND, AND, UH, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT NATIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO ON THAT DAY.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR CITY.
AND I SAID, WELL, LOOK, LET'S SEE AND LEARN HOW GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS.
AND I INVITED THEM TO BE HERE WITH US.
AND ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE WAS ACTUALLY THE CONDITIONS OF STREETS AND THE NEEDS FOR REPAIR.
AND, UH, I SAW YOUR PRESENTATION AFTER I HAD SPOKEN WITH THE YOUNG MEN, BUT, UH, I THINK I HAVE TWO OF YOU ARE GONNA SPEAK.
Y'ALL COME ON UP AND WHAT YOU, YOU, I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT ON THERE.
YOU GONNA STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES GOING FIRST, BUT YOU ALL AND COUNCIL PERSONS, YOU HAVE, UH, IN YOUR PACKETS, UH, THIS PRESENTATION BY MS. AU, UH, FROM HER, UH, US HISTORY CASE.
TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS JOSE ARDO AND MY ADDRESS IS 2333 COX STREET AND DISTRICT FOUR.
MY ADDRESS IS 41 30 SUNSET DRIVE AND I BELIEVE IT'S DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.
I, I REPRESENTING MY CLASSMATES FROM BOB HOPE HIGH SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR BART FOR INVITING US OUT TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MORNING'S PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY, MY FELLOW STUDENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO REPRESENT SOME OF THE STREET CONDITIONS IN OUR CITY AND, AND OUR SEEKING REPAIRS TO THOSE AREAS.
IN DISTRICT TWO, WE FOUND SEVERAL AREAS THAT ARE SEVERELY NEGLECTED AND NEED TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO LARGE POTHOLES, CRACKED ASPHALT AND OTHER DISREP REPAIRS SUCH AS
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9 1 7 TRINITY AVENUE AND SECOND STREET VIA STREET, THE WHOLE HOME SIDE OF THE ROAD.LOUIS DRIVE TO THE, TO THE DOVE INTERSECTION AND LAKEVIEW AVENUE BY TRAVIS ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
SEVENTH STREET HAS LARGE POTHOLES AS WELL AS 10TH STREET SIDES OF THE STREET ARE JUST THE ROAD AWAY NARROWING THE DRIVABLE ROADWAY J JEFFERSON DRIVER COMING FROM GULF WEIGHT RIGHT BEFORE THE OLD OCAW HALL BETWEEN DRYDEN AND GULF ON THAT NINTH AVENUE.
AND THIS NOW, THIS ONE SECOND.
NOW I WANT YOU TO SPEAK WITH THE, UH, DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL PERSON NOW, UH, DISTRICT TWO WOULD BE YOURS.
WOULD YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO, UH, OUR STUDENTS? GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO ACTUALLY HEAR THE REST OF Y'ALL PRESENTATION TOO.
BUT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT Y'ALL HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR US.
YEAH, BUT I AM TIFFANY HAMILTON EVER FIELD.
YOU SAID YOU WERE DISTRICT TWO, RIGHT? UH, THREE THREE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANT HIM NO, FOUR.
SO YES, I AM TIFFANY HAMILTON EVER FIELD, AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
AND I HAVE SEEN ALL OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING IN HERE, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR, OKAY.
BUT NO MA'AM, CAN YOU START RIGHT THERE? BECAUSE WHAT, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THEM.
SO NOW THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU SOMETHING IN YOUR DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT TWO.
NOW I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ELABORATE ON HOW YOU WOULD ADDRESS WHAT THEY PRESENTED TO YOU.
SO THE PROCESS IS, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SOME OF THESE SAME PICTURES I'VE TAKEN PICTURES OF, OR CITIZENS HAVE TEXTED ME OR EMAILED ME PICTURES OF THESE POTHOLES.
AND THEN MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THEN FOLLOW UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SHARE THAT SAME INFORMATION WITH HIM.
AND THEN HE REACHES OUT TO HIS STAFF TO SAY, THIS IS A DANGER.
LIKE ONE OF THE ON TRINITY AVENUE YOU FALL, WELL NOT FALL, BUT RIDE OVER THAT POTHOLE, THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD SKEW AND COULD HIT ANOTHER CAR OR DAMAGE YOUR CAR, RIGHT? SO WE CAN SAY THAT THAT'S A SAFETY HAZARD.
AND SO HE WOULD ASK FOR HIS STAFF TO GO OUT AND MAKE THAT REPAIR.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT CURRENTLY IMPEDED SO THAT THE ROAD CAN BE FIXED.
IF IT IS IMPEDED, THEN IT WOULD'VE MAKE SENSE TO PUT A BANDAID ON IT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO TEAR IT UP.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT NOT JUST FOR DISTRICT TWO, BUT FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
UM, THAT IS THE SAME PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO KNOW.
BUT YES, I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE BEFORE.
OKAY? NOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY, BECAUSE I THINK ON THE DAY THAT I WAS THERE, SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO MM-HMM.
AND I THINK THIS AND MS. TIP, AGAIN, YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE RESEARCH.
YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL PRESENTATIONS OF HOW IT LOOKS.
NOW, IF YOU LISTENED CLOSELY, COUNCILMAN EVER FIELD TOLD YOU WHAT HER STUFF WOULD BE, WHAT? THOSE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT, YOU, NOW YOU'VE BROUGHT TO HER ATTENTION WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AS SHE SAID, SHE IS AWARE, BUT NOW SHE'S EVEN BEING MADE MORE AWARE BECAUSE YOU'VE NOW BROUGHT IT HERE IN A FORM OF A PRESENTATION.
AND I MEAN, THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
YOU ALL, IF YOU WILL, IS, AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TEACH THE HOW GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.
SO NOW WITH THAT, IN, WITH THAT BEING SAID, SHE EVEN GAVE YOU THE PROCEDURES THAT YOU WOULD FOLLOW.
THE CITY MANAGER IS RIGHT HERE, MR. RON BURTON.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD MS. UM, COUNCILMAN EVER FIELD MENTIONED THAT, UM, WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS NOT ONLY WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE, BUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE AS WELL.
BECAUSE WHAT MAY BE COMPROMISING THE SURFACE AND THE PORTALS THAT YOU SEE, MAYBE IT'S LEAKING PIPES OR MANHOLES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH HERE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, THERE ARE THREE PROGRAMS IN PLACE.
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THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS.THERE IS THE STREET REHAB AND THEN STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
OKAY? WHAT DO YOU DO FOR REHAB? SO IF WE GO TO A STREET AND WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE STREET, AND WE CAN'T ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ACCOMMODATE IT WITH PATCHING, THERE IS AN ANALYSIS THAT COULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THAT STREET.
AND SO WHAT WE DO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH, FOR THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS, WE ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH A BUDGET THAT'S CALLED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET.
WHERE THE COUNCIL PRESENTLY, FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I ALLOCATED $10 MILLION FOR REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION.
OKAY? SO BASED ON THE CONDITION, IF IT'S NOT TOO BAD, WE PATCH IT ALMOST WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO, WE WOULD PATCH IT.
BUT IF THE ANALYSIS IS DONE BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT MEMBER AND THE MEMBER OF STAFF, IT WOULD BE MR. BEAT, WHO'S OUR STREET SUPERINTENDENT, AND MS. ROBERTS, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAVE A CONSULTATION WITH THE MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS ALLOCATED TO THAT DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE EITHER GET IT ON THE REHAB OR RECONSTRUCTION LIST.
SO NOW YOU, YOU, DOES EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING IN THE PROCEDURE? YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, YOU INFORM THE COUNCIL OF YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
TODAY WE DEALING WITH THE SITUATIONS OF THE, UH, DISREPAIR OF STREETS OR THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS.
HE'S SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON.
REMEMBER I TOLD Y'ALL THAT? I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR DOESN'T HAVE IT.
IT, IT'S NOT EVERYBODY BLAMES THE MAYOR, BUT THE MAYOR, MY JOB IS TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW IT'S ACTUALLY DONE.
OKAY? SO YOU WOULD SPEAK WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSON IN THE AREA THAT YOU HAVE THIS, NOW YOU'VE DONE THAT.
AND NOW SHE HAS TOLD YOU THE PROCEDURE THAT SHE HAS TO FOLLOW, SPEAKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND HE'S TOLD YOU HOW HE GETS THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS MORE THAN JUST GOING OUT PUTTING SOMETHING ON IT BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR THE LONG HAUL, OKAY? AND TO DO IT THE CORRECT WAY.
SO THIS FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU GOT IT? MM-HMM,
NOW I THINK YOU ARE IN DISTRICT FOUR, AM I CORRECT? YES SIR.
NOW I DON'T SEE DISTRICT FOUR IN THIS ONE.
SO YOU'RE PREPARED JUST TO GO ALONG COX, IT IT IS.
HE LIVES ON COX DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS HERE.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE DISTRICT FOUR? UH, I OH, YOU, YOU HAVE, OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
AND, ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH DISTRICT THREE, OKAY? BUT LISTEN, CAN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO AHEAD TO DISTRICT THREE? I DON'T WANNA MESS YOU UP BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR FLOAT.
GO RIGHT AHEAD AND YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW YOU HAVE IT.
AND DISTRICT THREE AVENUE HAS MAJOR CRACKS AND 46TH STREET WEST OF TWIN CITY NEXT TO WALMART HAS POTHOLES, DIPPING DIPPINGS AND PARTS OF THE ROAD FALLING OFF INTO THE DITCH AS ONE OF THE
26TH STREET, AS YOU CAN SEE, ALSO NEEDS TO BE PROB PROBABLY BE COMPLETELY REDONE AS THERE IS BARELY STREET LEFT TO DRIVE ON.
NOW LOOK, LET'S STOP RIGHT THERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT THREE.
NOW COUNCILMAN KINLAW WAS THE, UH, COUNCIL PERSON FOR THAT DISTRICT.
MAYOR PRO TEM IS NOT HERE ON TODAY.
SO I HAD ALREADY SPOKEN TO HE AND COUNCILMAN FRANK BECAUSE THEY ARE AT LARGE COUNCIL PERSONS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS ON THIS SIDE.
THEY REPRESENT EACH SINGLE DISTRICT.
OKAY? AND THEN ON THIS SIDE YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AT LARGE AND AT LARGE MEANS THAT THEY REPRESENT EVERYBODY THAT'S OVER HERE.
THEY REPRESENT THEM IN THEIR DUTIES ON COUNCIL.
SO COUNCIL KEN LAW, UH, I SEE YOU ARE LIGHT ON.
WOULD YOU ADDRESS THE, THE SITUATION WITH DISTRICT THREE? LIKE, LIKE WAS ALREADY SAID BEFORE, UH, BY MY COHORTS, UH, THE CITY, ALONG
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WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WELA ESTABLISHED, UH, UH, FUNDING $10 MILLION A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.SO WENTWORTH, AND I THINK IT WAS WHAT, 46TH STREET THAT IS ALSO ON THE LIST.
I REMEMBER PUTTING THAT ON THE LIST ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
SO THE, THE PROCESS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN EVERFI SAID EARLIER.
YOU CONTACT, UH, THE CITY OR IE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE THEN RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER.
AND HE RELAYS THAT TO A STAFF.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF HOW WE ATTACK THOSE THINGS BASED UPON THE NEED OF THE STREET.
NOW, YOUR STREET MAY HAVE SOME UNDERLINED, UH, UNDERWEAR THAT'S UNDER THOSE STREETS THAT MAY CAUSE THOSE POTHOLES OR THE MATERIALS THAT'S BEEN USED ON THOSE STREETS, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS HAS TO BE DETERMINED BY STAFF AND MANAGEMENT WHEN WE ARE DOING THOSE STREETS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, KEEP CALLING.
LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THIS IS OUR JOB.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVICE THE CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE POTHOLES BY YOUR SCHOOLS, BY YOUR STREETS, BY YOUR HOMES CONTACT COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR NUMBERS IS LOCATED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS SITUATIONS AND TO PUT OUT FIRES.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE.
IT TAKES A GREAT STAND TO STAND BEFORE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT MAKES DECISIONS FOR YOUR CITY.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCILMAN FRANK? NO.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR COMING, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, SUCH A PRECISE REPORT.
AND I'M GOING TO, UH, EVEN GO FOR, UH, GO, UH, FURTHER AND PLACE THIS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S HANDS,
YOU GET IT DONE AND GET IT DONE.
AND SO THEN, UH, YOU CAN CONTACT ME AGAIN AND LET ME KNOW IF IT'S BEEN DONE.
OKAY, NOW WE READY FOR DISTRICT FOUR? YES SIR.
AND THIS REPORT HAS 6,400 ACRES AVENUE.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT SIDE SPOT HOLE THAT HAS DONE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES NUMEROUS OF TIMES.
AND IN POSITION, 8 32 STREET SEEMS TO HAVE CRACKED AND PART OF THE ROAD HAS SUNKEN WHERE AREA'S AT 3 1 0 1 30 FOURTH STREET STREET THERE IS YET ANOTHER MAJOR POTHOLE DIT IN THE OTHER, IN THE STREET.
AND, UH, NOW OTHER GENTLEMEN, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND LET THEM KNOW YOUR ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS JUAN ALO AND I AM, UH, IN 41 30 SUNSET DRIVE, UH, DISTRICT THREE.
BUT I THOUGHT YOU ASKED ME ABOUT COX.
YOU ASKED ABOUT COX WAS, WAS, I JUST GOT Y'ALL MIXED UP.
NOW, THE PERSONS WHO IS FOR DISTRICT FOUR IS COUNCILMAN DE SIT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT PARTICULAR, THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVE.
AND ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET.
AND YOU, YOU HAVE SOMETHING HERE ON ACRES AVENUE.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT YOUR STREET.
YOUR STREET IS ONE IN THE STREET THAT'S GONNA BE FIXED.
IT'S LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
BUT WHAT EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT UP HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EXPLAINED THE MAGNITUDE AND HOW WHAT WE SEE IS A RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF NOT DOING MAINTENANCE.
OKAY? UH, YOUR STREETS COXES IS, IS THE STREETS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET FIXED BECAUSE YOU, YOU CAN'T HARDLY DRIVE DOWN IT WITHOUT TRYING TO DUCK A POTHOLE.
BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME STREET THAT YOU, THAT I SEE HERE THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT IN WHERE THERE'S SOME ASPHALT GOING THERE, A POTHOLE HERE, A POTHOLE THERE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TAKE YOUR CLASS BASE TO YOUR STREET ON COX AND LET THEM SEE ABOUT THE STREET WITH THE FEW POTHOLES.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AND THE REAL WORLD IS WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX ALL THE STREETS.
AND THERE'S SO MANY STREETS WITH PROBLEM.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, PEOPLE CALL US.
MY STREET GOT POTHOLES, MY STREET NEED REPAIR.
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AND THE ONES WE SELECT, WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING THOSE STREETS.WE SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT YOU ALL LOOK AT AND SAY, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT ONE BEFORE YOU CHOOSE MINE? BECAUSE COX SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I GOT ON COUNCIL IN JULY, I'M GONNA GET WITH THE STAFF.
I'M GONNA SELECT STREETS IN THE DISTRICT.
AND ABOVE ALL, I WANT TO DO IT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO WE GET X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
THIS IS HOW DISTRICT FOUR DOES.
I DON'T DO ONE PART OF THE DISTRICT.
I MAKE SURE I DO STREETS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
'CAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT TO GET SOME TYPE OF RELIEF AND SOME, A PIECE OF THE PIE.
IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN'T, I CAN'T HAVE THE WHOLE DISTRICT FIXED.
SO I HAVE TO SELECT SO MANY STREETS EACH YEAR.
THEN I HAVE TO DIVIDE 'EM THROUGH THE WHOLE DISTRICT, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE IF I STAY IN ONE COMMUNITY, IS THAT FAIR TO THE OTHER PEOPLE? SO THAT'S WHAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE AS A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY OUR SELECTION OF STREETS.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHY WE SELECTED THIS ONE YOURS.
YOU KNOW, I SAW SOME STREETS THAT WE FIXING FOR, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT COX SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAY AHEAD OF THOSE.
BUT I RIDE IT, I'LL BE IN THE DISTRICT AND THIS YEAR WHEN WE SELECT THEM, WE'RE GONNA SELECT THEM.
WE'RE GONNA START GETTING THE STREETS THAT ARE REALLY BAD AND I'M GOING TO DIVIDE THE MONEY.
SO SOME THAT ARE REALLY BAD OVER HERE, AFTER I FINISH SELECTING, THEY GONNA BE BAD OVER THERE NEXT YEAR TOO, BECAUSE I CAN'T FIX 'EM ALL.
AND I WANT YOUR GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T FIX THEM ALL, BUT WE SHOULD BE FAIR ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
WE SHOULD JUSTIFY WHAT WE DO, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIX THEM.
COUNCILMAN KELLOGG TOLD YOU I SELECTED THIS STREET TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THAT JUST TELLS YOU THAT ALTHOUGH YOU SELECT THE STREET AND FUND THE STREET, IF A STREET NEEDS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, IT HAS TO GO OUT FOR DESIGN.
THEN AFTER WE GET A DESIGN, THEN WE GOT SENT OUT FOR BIDS.
THEN AFTER WE GET THE BIDS BACK, WE GOT SELECTED BY IT AND GIVE 'EM A CONTRACT.
AND NOW THE CONTRACTORS COME IN.
THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO REDO THE ROAD LIKE COX.
THEN THERE ARE SOME ROADS WE CALL REMEDIATION.
REMEDIATION MEANS THAT THE BASE OF THE ROAD IS NOT BAD.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE MILL THE TOP OF IT, LEVER IT, PACK IT, THEN WE COME WITH ASPHALT.
SO IT'S TWO TYPE OF APPROACH TO FIXING THE STREETS THAT ARE TERRIBLE.
ONE, A STREET MAY HAVE TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
IF IT TAKE, IF HAD TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, WE HAVE TO SEND THAT ONE OUT.
AND NORMALLY CONTRACTORS DO THOSE.
IF IT'S JUST RESURFACING REMEDIATION, THEN NORMALLY WE DO A LOT OF THOSE IN-HOUSE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND WE COULD GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED AND DO IT FOR A LOT CHEAPER COST.
SO NOW THE POTHOLE, THAT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT CALL IT IN THOUGH.
IF IT'S BAD, WHERE IT CAN BUS RIMS, BUS TIRES, CALL IT IN BECAUSE THERE'S A SAFETY FACTOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA STAY ON TOP OF NO MATTER WHAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LET IT BE UNSAFE FOR PEOPLE DRIVING.
AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE SHOULD CALL 'EM IN AND THEY SAY, WELL, I CALL IT IN NO RESPONSE.
WELL, WE GOT SO MANY THEY TRYING TO GET AROUND.
PEOPLE THINK THEY AIN'T GETTING IT OR THEY DON'T CARE.
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S SO MANY POTHOLES THAT IT TAKES TIME TO GET AROUND.
NOW, WHEN I SAY TAKES TIME, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT NO MONTH.
I AIN'T TALKING ABOUT NO TWO WEEKS.
AND IF IT'S UNSAFE, WE SHOULD GET THERE WITHIN TWO DAYS
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OR A DAY IF IT'S UNSAFE.THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS COUNCIL PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
AND YOU GUYS GOING AROUND AND TAKING THESE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, BUT, UH, FOR YOUR PART, JUST UH, GET ONE OF THE STAFF BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE AND GET MY TELEPHONE NUMBER, GIVE ME A CALL AND I'LL PERSONALLY, LET ME LET YOU RIDE WITH ME THROUGH THE DISTRICT SO YOU COULD REALLY SEE SOME OTHER COX STREETS.
OKAY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HAMILTON, YOU AT, YOU LIKE TO SIT ON, GO RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED A, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE WORKED ON.
SO PART OF IT, FOLK, I'M Y'ALL, I'M TALKING TO Y'ALL TOO, I'M SORRY.
UM, PART OF IT IS, UM, ALL OF IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE A CITY TO RUN.
IT JUST DOESN'T MEAN STREETS OR WATER LINES.
IT COULD ALSO MEAN THE SCHOOL THAT IS A PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT MAKES THE PART OF WHAT MAKES THE COMMUNITY RUN OR A HOSPITAL IN THOSE PLANS.
THERE'S CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR EACH OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR, UM, FUNDING SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HELP US AFFORD THE THINGS THAT WE NEED, WHICH INCLUDES THE PROPERTY TAXES, INCLUDES GRANTS, INCLUDES INCOME THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS SUCH AS THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE MONEY THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR GENERAL FUND, MEANING OUR OVERALL BANK ACCOUNT.
AND THEN WE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT WE NEED.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE MANAGE PROPERLY.
AND THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
SO TOO OFTEN THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENED WITHIN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN WE ARE SET FIVE STEPS BACKWARDS WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE 10 STEPS FORWARD.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU SEE VISIBLY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE A FIX IT LIKE A MICROWAVE.
AND I GET IT 'CAUSE I WANT IT THAT WAY TOO.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO FIXING THAT ONE POTHOLE.
SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS THE LINE TO BE CRACKED, BUT WE'RE MAKING THE TOP, THE WATERLINE UNDERNEATH TO BE CRACKED, BUT WE'RE MAKING THE TOP OF IT PRETTY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE'RE WORKING OUR BEST TO BE DILIGENT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT FOUNDATION BEFORE WE PUT THE ROOF ON.
AND THIS PRESENTATION WAS PUT TOGETHER VERY, VERY WELL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, I'M NOT DISTRICT ONE, IT IS NOT LISTED IN HERE, BUT I DID OBSERVE DISTRICT ONE IN YOUR OO OVERVIEW.
AND THAT IS NINTH AVENUE RUNS RIGHT IN FRONT OF BOB HOLE SCHOOL.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT THAT STREET, WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN IT.
FUNDING IS THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO, AND IT'S IN BAD SHAPE, OKAY? AND I'VE BEEN PATCHING POTHOLES OVER AND OVER, BUT I'M GONNA BE TALKING WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO GET THEM TO COME IN THERE AND, AND OVERLAY THE WHOLE STREETS.
THAT'LL LAST US FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS UNTIL WE GET ALL OF THE DESIGN WORK, GET THE UTILITIES FROM GULF STATES MOVED.
CITY MANAGER MADE ME FULLY AWARE THAT AS A, AS A GRANT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED TO MOVE THE UTILITY LINES.
WE BOUGHT THE RIGHT OF WAYS 20 SOME YEARS AGO.
SO ONCE WE REMOVE THE UTILITY LINES, WE'RE GOING TO Y NINTH AVENUE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM, FROM FROM HIGHWAY 73 UP TO 36TH STREET IS TWO LANES.
THEN IT'S FROM 36TH STREET TO TO TO, TO THE RAILROAD TRACK BY OLD ST.
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FROM HEADING, HEADING SOUTH ON 36TH.WHEN YOU GET TO 36TH STREET, IT'S TWO LANES FROM THERE TO SEVEN THREE.
WHEN YOU GET TO 36TH, IT DROPS TO ONE LANE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE AT NOW, BUT WE'RE NOT NOW.
MY DISTRICT ONE, JUST IN CASE Y'ALL ARE WANDERING AROUND, I GO FROM SABINE PASS TO NINTH AVENUE, TURN RIGHT ON NINTH AVENUE TO SEVENTH STREET AND GO TO STADIUM ROAD, TURN RIGHT AND COME BACK.
I GOT FROM 19TH STREET TO THE INTERCOASTAL CANAL.
I HAVE THE LARGEST DISTRICT OF BASICALLY LANDMASS OVER HALF OF THE CITY.
OKAY? NOW WHY WE HAVE SO, SO MANY, HOW DID WE GET BEHIND ON BAD STREETS? HOW DID THE STREETS COME ABOUT? WE, WE HAD A BUDGET TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THOSE THINGS.
BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A BUDGET AND YOU ARE, YOU HAVE A FAMILY, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FAMILY, YOU, THE MONEY THAT COMES INTO THE HOUSEHOLD COMES INTO YOUR BUDGET.
BUT IF YOU GO OUT AND ADOPT THREE MORE SEPARATE FAMILIES, NOW YOU GOT ONE BUDGET AND A FAMILY OF FOUR.
THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY, THE DRAINAGE, THE STREETS, UH, ALL THAT IMPROVEMENT COMES TO, TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
THOSE OTHER THREE CITIES RESPONSIBILITY.
SO, BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, WE GOT CONTRACTORS OUT.
AND I, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO SHARE SOME OTHER THINGS WITH IT'S TOO LONG DRAWN OUT.
LIKE ON THE AVENUES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO CLOSE SOME OF THESE AVENUES.
NOBODY LIVES ON THEM, SOME OF THEM.
THEM WE NEED TO RE WE NEED TO GO OPEN THEM.
AFTER THREE YEARS, TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM, ALL THE, ALL THE AVENUES NO ONE LIVES ON.
GIVE IT TO THE, GIVE IT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, CLOSE THE DISHES, GIVE IT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY'LL HAVE AN EXTRA DRIVEWAY.
THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S, UM, LET ME ASK MS. LANGFORD TO COME FORWARD, PAM.
SO YOU HAVE ELOQUENTLY MADE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UM, CONCERNS KNOWN TO THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ELOQUENTLY INFORMED YOU AS TO WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
I, I LIKE HOW COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE AND KINLER PUT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT A BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'VE GOT PRIORITIES.
SO THIS IS WHAT I DO WHEN I GET YOUR LIST, MS. PAMELA LANGFORD IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR OPERATION.
AND SO I TELL MS. LANGFORD, HERE IS THE LIST.
YOU'LL HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND YOU HAVE THE CITY ENGINEER FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
AS COUNCILMAN ETT INDICATED, WE DO PATCHING.
SO IMMEDIATELY HE SAID IT CAN BE DONE IN A FEW DAYS, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DONE IN A WEEK.
SO IMMEDIATELY MS. LANGFORD WOULD PRESENT IT TO MS. ROBERTS, WHO WOULD GET WITH MR. BIT, WHO IS THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF IN THE VARIOUS DAYS.
WOULD YOU CALL MS. ROBERTS IN THE FRONT PLEASE?
ISN'T THAT EVERYBODY PASSING THE BOOK? YEAH, IT'S EACH PERSON WHO IS OVER A DIFFERENT AREA HOW IT GOES.
NOW, THIS IS MS. ROBERTS, SHE'S THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
AND THIS IS WHO THE CITY MANAGER SAID HE GIVES IT TO HIS ASSISTANT, WHO REVIEWS IT, MAKES SURE IT MEETS EVERYTHING.
AND THEN SHE IN TURN WILL GIVE IT TO MS. ROBERTS.
AND THEN MS. ROBERTS WILL GO AND GIVE IT TO HER SUPERVISORS.
IT IS WHO WILL GIVE IT TO THEIR WORKERS.
AND SOMETHING WILL BEGIN TO HAPPEN.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WANTED YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THE DAY THAT YOU ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE ROOM, I, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE THE MOST TEACHABLE MOMENT.
SO YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND HOW GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS WE ARE USING TODAY, THE CONDITIONS OF STREETS.
BUT YOU MAY HAVE SOME OTHER TYPE ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT, IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS THE PROCEDURE THAT YOU EMPLOY OR THAT YOU ACTUALLY BEGIN WITH TO GET SOME POSITIVE RESULTS.
AND IN FACT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN KEN, I MEAN COUNCILMAN DO SAID, SAID, DON'T THINK THAT NO ONE IS LISTENING, BUT YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THE PROCEDURES
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THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO GET THE THINGS DONE.AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? AND COUNCILMAN LEWIS STEPPED OUT FOR A SECOND.
HE WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, MANY OF YOU WENT TO, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW HOW THE STREET IS THERE.
I DON'T, I LIVE DOWN IN THAT AREA CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY.
I DON'T EVEN DRIVE DOWN THERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT.
THE STREET, IT'S SMALL AND THEN IT'S NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION.
BUT HE EXPLAINED TO YOU, SO YOU CAN LET YOUR LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOW.
EVEN YOUR PARENTS KNOW, HEY, THEY HAVE A STUDY.
IT'S SOMETHING GOING, GOING ON FOR IT RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING TO WIDEN THE STREET OUT.
YOU PROBABLY WILL HAVE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE BY THE TIME THAT HAPPENS.
SO WHEN YOU COME HOME WITH YOUR NEW CAR AND YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE, IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT STREET.
OKAY? BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE THIS PARTICULAR DAY.
AND I KNOW WE CUT INTO YOUR LUNCH PERIOD.
'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS AT YOUR SCHOOL THAT Y'ALL START EATING AT 10 45.
BUT YOU HAVE LEARNED SOME VALUABLE LESSONS.
YOU'VE LEARNED SOME VALUABLE LESSONS.
HAVE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY? Y'ALL DID.
BUT SINCE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING, I WANT ALL OF YOU TO COME UP HERE.
WE ARE GOING TO STAND AND SOME FOLK GONNA TAKE SOME PICTURES SO YOU CAN BRING THE PICTURES BACK TO DR. LOPEZ, OKAY? 'CAUSE DR. LOPEZ CALLS ME WHEN HE HAS A SITUATION AT ANY ONE OF HIS CAMPUSES, OKAY? AND I IN TURN CALLED THE CITY MANAGER.
WE DID THIS ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OR SOMETHING LAST WEEK WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH MR. MATTHEWS, WHO DEALS WITH THE WATER.
IF, IF, IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION.
AND HOPEFULLY IT, IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED REAL QUICKLY AND REAL GOOD.
ALRIGHT? BUT I WANT YOU ALL, ALL OF YOU COME UP AND THEN, UH, SOMEONE CAN GET SOME PICTURES FOR US.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL WANNA GO TO LUNCH, BUT WE THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, CAN I TELL THEM ONE MORE TIME? OH, YES MA'AM.
PLEASE DON'T LET THIS BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE SEE YOU ALL.
PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE THE LAST TIME.
COME BACK HERE, COME BACK HERE AND WE COULD STAND UP.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE GOING TO CHURCH.
WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? I REMEMBER YOU.
I KNOW YOU WERE THE ONE KEPT EATING, RIGHT? I REMEMBER THAT
SHE HAD A BIG, NICE, BIG LUNCH.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE YOUR NAME COACH, BUT COACH, I KNEW IT WAS COACH.
YOU SURE Y'ALL GET THE MALEO SUIT?
WHY YOU ALL NOT DIDN'T JOIN Y'ALL.
DON'T Y'ALL, Y'ALL NOT FULL TO DO.
WE GONNA DO ONE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO TELL YOU ALL, YOU ALL DIDN'T, DIDN'T HAVE, BUT Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE A LEGAL CONCERN.
SO THE CITY ATTORNEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU, BUT SEE THAT SHE'S OUR CITY ATTORNEY THERE, OKAY? WHO HANDLES ALL OF OUR LEGAL, UH, BUSINESS.
AND LOOK HERE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL MAN.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL.
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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.READY? ALRIGHT, ALL YOU THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND, AND THOSE IN THE CHAMBERS.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND, AND 1131.
WE, WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK, OKAY? ALRIGHT.
GOOD? YEAH, YOU THE CLOSEST ONE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE REESTABLISH, PLEASE? UH, CITY SECRETARY? YES SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER EVER FIELD PRESENT.
AND NOW WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING.
AND WE'LL NOW MOVE TO, UH, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS ON PAGE TWO.
EXCUSE ME, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY? OH, OH, OH, THE ATTORNEY.
SHE MUST BE THE ONLY ONE HERE TODAY.
AND I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF HER STAFF.
I'M GLAD THAT JUST, I USED TO HAVE A BUNCH.
[III.B.(3). A Presentation By Building Official Phil Vilardi Regarding The Permitting Process For Large And Small Projects (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]
ATTORNEY'S GOT HERE.LET, LET'S, LET'S GO TO PAGE TWO, UH, ROMAN NEWMAN WITH THE, WE HAVE PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY BUILDING OFFICIAL, UH, PHIL ARDI REGARDING THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR LARGE AND SMALL PROJECTS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINLAW.
UM, FIRST I WANNA APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY GREAT, UH, UH, GRAPHICS IN MY PRESENTATION.
BUT THAT FIRST, THAT LAST ONE IS GONNA BE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
UM, SO QUICKLY, JUST, I WANNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW FIRST OF, OF WHAT WE DO.
AND THE INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE CITY HAS SAFE HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
PERMITS ARE ISSUED TO INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES WHEN ALL CODE REQUIREMENTS OR CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING DIVISION SHOULD BE CONTACTED FOR THE, REGARDING THE, UH, PERMITS FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL AND NEW, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELS, INCLUDING SIGNS, DRIVEWAYS AND FENCES, RESIDENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELS OR ADDITIONS, INCLUDING FENCES, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, AND DRIVEWAYS, PLUMBING PERMITS, IF THEY'RE JUST DOING PLUMBING, WORK ON A BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND GAMING PERMITS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND THE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
NOW, BEFORE OUR PROJECT EVER GETS TO, UH, INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING, PLANNING AND ZONING.
ZONING DETERMINES THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROPERTY ZONED FOR THE PROPOSED USE IS A REPL REQUIRED.
MEANING IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY LINE INVOLVED, THAT MAY HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, MAKE THAT PROJECT HAPPEN, IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIRED.
IN SOME DISTRICTS, EVEN THOUGH SOMETHING IS ALLOWED, YOU MAY NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT BEFORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PUT THAT BUSINESS THERE.
IS THE DEVELOPER REQUESTING A VARIANCE OR REZONING? IS THE CITY COUNCIL REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE PROJECT? AS WITH RV PARKS, IS A NEW SUBDIVISION BEING PROPOSED? THE SUBDIVISION WOULD'VE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE ANYTHING COULD BE BUILT UPON IT.
AND WE DO PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS.
UH, A DEVELOP HAS A DEVELOPER REQUESTED
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A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING.UH, THE CITY PROVIDES THESE MEETINGS AS A COURTESY AND ALL DIVISIONS THAT MAY HAVE TO REVIEW A PROJECT, HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT TO STATE THE REQUIREMENTS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD SERVICE, AND A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THAT.
ANY, THERE'S ONE OTHER AREA HERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO PERMITTING.
A DD SEVEN PERMIT, A STORM WATER PERMIT, TCEQ PERMITS FOR THINGS LIKE GAS STATIONS, TANK FARMS, AND ASBESTOS ABATEMENT.
THE ABATEMENT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE A PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.
A REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR A LARGE PROJECT, THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, WHICH NEEDS TO INCLUDE A SITE ADDRESS, THE VALUE OF THE WORK, THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CONTRACTOR, THE FLOOD ZONE THAT THE PROJECT'S IN A LIST OF SUBCONTRACTORS, THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT CAN USUALLY BE A COUPLE OF WORDS.
WE'RE BUILDING A RESTAURANT, WE'RE BUILDING A, A WAREHOUSE, WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, BUILDING OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS OR A COMM CHECK COM CHECK GIVES US COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2021 ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE.
IT TELLS US THAT THE BUILDING ENVELOPE HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN ORDER TO, UH, KEEP IN HEAT, KEEP IN COLD, WITHOUT, UH, TRANSFERRING TOO MUCH FROM THE OUTSIDE.
THE TDLR NUMBER IS A, IS A NUMBER THAT'S GIVEN, THAT TELLS US THAT, UH, THE BUILDING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH A DA AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT'S DONE THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, THE DD SEVEN PERMIT SHOWING ZERO IMPACT TO THE STORM WATER SYSTEM ELEVATION CERTIFICATES.
IF THE PROJECT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COMPLY WITH THE ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS.
A STORM WATER PERMIT SHOWING THE ACREAGE AND AN EROSION CONTROL PLAN.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF STUFF RUNNING OFF OF THE SIDE INTO, UH, THE STREET.
AND THEN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
AND THOSE ARE PROVIDED TO US ON A LARGE PROJECT BY ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS THAT ARE DULY REGISTERED WITH THE STATE TO PERFORM THAT KIND OF WORK.
SO PLANS FOR A LARGE PROJECT, YOU'RE GONNA GET CIVIL DRAWINGS.
THE CIVIL DRAWINGS ARE GONNA IMP INCLUDE, INCLUDE A, A TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY, WHICH SHOWS US THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SITES, WHAT THE ELEVATION IS ON THE SITES AS IT STANDS, A UTILITY DRAWING, A GRADING DRAWING.
THAT'S GONNA, GONNA SHOW US THE, THE GRADING THAT THEY'RE, THEY PLAN TO DO FOR THE SITE.
A UTILITY DRAWING THAT'LL GIVE US WHERE THE SITE UTILITIES NEED TO ARE GONNA BE LOCATED.
AND IF THERE'S ANY, UH, FIRE, FIRE HYDRANTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED, IT'LL BE ON THOSE DRAWINGS.
A SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS US THE EXACT SITE AS IT'S GONNA LOOK WHEN IT'S FINISHED, INCLUDING PARKING, ANY DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES, AND ALL OF THOSE, UH, UH, THINGS THAT, THAT LET US KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE SITE.
THE, AND THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATIONS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO TIE BACK TO ANY ELEVATION CERTIFICATES.
THE ARCHITECTURAL PLAN WILL GIVE US FLOOR PLANS, BUILDING ELEVATIONS, FINISH SCHEDULES SUCH AS THE DOORS, THE, THE WINDOWS, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA MEET THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE, UH, ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, THE REFLECTED CEILING AND DETAILS OF HOW THE WALLS ARE BUILT.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT ELEVATIONS HERE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE ELEVATION VIEW OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE GET AN IDEA OF HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK.
AND THEN THERE'S THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING PLANS.
THOSE WILL DETAIL OUT THOSE SYSTEMS AND SHOW US THAT THEY MEET THE, UH, THE APPLICABLE CODES.
STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS WILL, WILL SHOW US THE FOUNDATION AND THE LOAD SUPPORTING DETAILS AND WHAT THOSE ARE, ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM.
SO WE'LL SEE THAT WHAT TYPE OF DRYWALL HAS BEEN SPECKED OUT, WHAT BUILDING COLUMNS ARE GONNA BE USED, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE METAL OR WOOD, AND THAT THEY'RE GONNA CARRY THE PROPOSED LOADS ON THAT BUILDING.
AND THEN THERE'S LANDSCAPE, UH, DRAWINGS, WHICH BASICALLY SHOWS THE PLACEMENT OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THE SPECIES OF THE PLANT.
NOW WE GET INTO THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, THE FUN PART.
SO THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS REVIEW THE DRAWINGS, PLANNING AND ZONING REVIEWS FOR ZONE COMPLIANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE, WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SETBACKS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, ENGINEERING REVIEWS, THE CIVIL DRAWINGS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND THE SITE SITE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS PARKING, DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
WATER AND UTILITIES WILL REVIEW THE CIVIL DRAWINGS FOR WATER AND SEWER ACCESS AND THE APPROPRIATE SIZING AND LOCATIONS OF THE METERS AND TAPS.
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WE GET TO INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING.WE REVIEW THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, THE MEP DRAWINGS, ALL AND WINDSTORM, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS, AND MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, WHICH AS I SAID, WAS THE 2021 IBC, THE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
AND THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE.
IN THIS AREA, IT'S KIND OF U WE'RE KIND OF UNIQUE BECAUSE WE ARE A CUSTOM, UH, CLO COASTAL, UH, CITY.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OTHER AREAS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE NAILING UP A ROOF, YOU HAVE TO USE GALVANIZED HOT DIP NAILS BECAUSE THINGS CORRODE FASTER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN THE MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR THIS PROJECTS.
AND THE FIRE MARSHAL, HE REVIEWS THE DOCUMENTS FOR LIFE SAFETY, FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, FIRE ALARMS, SITE ACCESS, MEANING CAN THE TRUCKS GET IN AND OUT AND BUILDING EGRESS, CAN FOLKS GET OUT OF THE BUILDING TO THE PUBLIC WAY IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE.
AND THEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REVIEWS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND OTHER FOOD RELATED OCCUPANCY TYPES.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SMALL AND A LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT? IN SOME CASES, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SUBMIT.
A SMALL PROJECT THAT'S OUT OF GROUND, WHICH WE MEAN SOMETIMES CALLED A GREENFIELD PROJECT, HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS I'VE GONE OVER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND OUTTA GROUND PROJECT IS ANY NEW COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE PLACED ON A VACANT LOT, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, THESE PROJECTS WILL CONFORM TO THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS A LARGE PROJECT, AND THEY'LL SUBMIT, UH, MUCH OF THE SAME DOCUMENTATION.
FOR THIS PRESENTATION I'M GOING TO USE, UH, TENANT IMPROVEMENT AS A SMALL PROJECT.
THAT'S WHERE WE BUILD SOMETHING WITHIN AN EXISTING BUILDING.
AND ALL THE, ALL, ALL DEPARTMENTS REQUIRED TO REVIEW LARGE PROJECTS MAY NOT BE REQUIRED FOR A SMALL PROJECT TO BE ISSUED A PERMIT.
SO THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ARE, ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.
WE STILL NEED THE BUILDING PERMIT WITH ALL THE SAME THINGS ON IT.
THE SITE, UH, SITE ADDRESS, VALUE OF THE WORK, THE CONTRACTOR LIST, ET CETERA, A-T-D-L-R NUMBER.
IF THE PROJECT REACHES $50,000 OR GREATER, ALL PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
UH, PLANS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS ALREADY BUILT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE A LOT OF THE SAME PLANS THAT WE WOULD ON A LARGER PROJECT.
IT'LL HAVE THE LAYOUT OF THE INTERIOR OF THE SPACE TO BE IMPROVED.
A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE PARKING LOT AND ACCESS POINTS TO THE PROPERTY.
IN SOME CASES, A NARRATIVE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK MAY BE REQUIRED.
SO IF IT'S A SMALL ENOUGH PROJECT, THEY MAY HAVE TO TELL US, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE GONNA INSTALL THESE SINKS.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE BUILDING ENOUGH TO MAKE IT INTO A RESTAURANT.
OR WE'RE CHANGING IT FROM A RESTAURANT TO AN OFFICE, OFFICE BUILDING.
AND WHATEVER THOSE CHANGES ARE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO NOTE IS, UM, ALL OF THESE REVIEWS ARE GONNA CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY TYPE.
SO IF IT'S A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY, YOU'RE GONNA GET ONE TYPE OF REVIEW.
IF IT'S AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT ARE GONNA BE ASSEMBLING INTO THE STRUCTURE.
AND SO EGRESS MAY BE DIFFERENT.
UM, FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY BE REQUIRED.
ONCE WE GET OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE MORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHEN THEY'RE INSIDE THE BUILDING.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT AS WE GO.
UH, SOME TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, REQUIRE ONLY A TRADE PERMIT.
SO IF THEY'RE GONNA MOVE INTO A BUILDING, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THEY WANT IT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA ADD SOME ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, THEN THEY'LL ONLY GET AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT.
THAT DESIGN PROCESS AND REVIEW PROCESS IS VERY SHORT.
THEY CAN DO THAT OVER THE COUNTER.
AND THEN THERE'S TYPES OF WORK THAT DON'T REQUIRE PERMITS AT ALL, SUCH AS PAINTING AND FLOORING.
UH, CABINET WORK, IF YOU'RE MOVING IN YOUR DISPLAY CASES OR ANY FI UH, FINISHES LIKE, UH, FURNITURE FIXTURES AND, UH, EQUIPMENT.
THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR A SMALL PROJECT, AGAIN, IT GOES THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING TO MAKE SURE IT'S AN APPROPRIATE BUSINESS FOR THAT, UH, ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE ALSO OUTLINED USUALLY BY PLANNING AND ZONING.
WHEN WE'RE IN A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING OR WHEN WE TALK WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPER ENGINEERING MAY BE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE PARKING LOT IF THE REQUIREMENT IS CHANGED DUE TO A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TYPE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT AND YOU'VE GOT, UH, 50 TABLES IN THERE,
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THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK AT PARKING FOR THAT IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY THREE SEATS AT A TABLE.AND IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT INTO A STRIP MALL THAT ALREADY HAS PARKING AVAILABLE, IT MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING TO SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF, UH, OCCUPANCY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ENGINEERING WOULD LOOK AT AT THAT TIME.
USUALLY IN AN EXISTING BUILDING, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT WATER AND SEWER, SO WE MAY NOT REQUIRE WATER AND UTILITIES TO REVIEW THAT DOCUMENT.
THE FIRE MARSHAL, AGAIN, REVIEWS, REVIEWS FOR THE SAME THINGS.
HE'S GONNA LOOK AT IT FOR LIFE SAFETY, FOR THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, FOR FIRE ALARMS AND ACCESS TO THE BUILDING.
AND IF THERE'S A FIRE HYDRANT WITHIN 400 FEET, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, REVIEWS FOR THE SAME THINGS THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL, WILL, UH, REVIEW.
THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOK AT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S ANOTHER CODE THAT WE USE CALLED THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE.
IT'S THE 2021 EXISTING BUILDING CODE.
A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU COME INTO A BUILDING AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A BUSINESS INTO IT AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT MUCH WORK, OR IT DOESN'T EQUAL 50% OF THE FLOOR SPACE BEING AFFECTED, WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE WHICH SAYS, HEY, OKAY, ONLY THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE DOING ARE THE ITEMS THAT'LL NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE CURRENT CODE.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU'RE DOING MORE THAN THAT, THEN THE ENTIRE TRUCTURE WILL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE CURRENT CODE AS FAR AS THE, UH, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING, UH, UH, FACILITIES.
SO FOR BOTH TYPES OF PROJECTS, ONCE ALL THE REVIEWS ARE COMPLETED AND REQUIRED, CORRECTIONS TO THE PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SUBMITTED, A PERMIT'S ISSUED.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WHERE WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS AT THIS POINT.
SO THEY MAY HAVE ISSUED A SET OF PLANS TO US.
WE FIND SOME ERRORS ON IT, OR WE FIND OUT IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CODE.
WE SEND COMMENTS BACK TO THEM AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO CORRECT THAT.
ONCE THEY SEND US THE CORRECTED DRAWINGS, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS COMPLIANCE.
THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE IS THE MINIMUM STANDARD OF BUILDING, AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONTRACTORS COME IN AND THEY BUILD THINGS THAT EXCEED THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT WE HAVE A MINIMUM STANDARD HERE BEING THE CODE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH.
SO IF THE PLANS CAN'T BE CORRECTED AND, AND COMPLY WITH THE CODE AND THE CITY ORDINANCES, THEN THE PERMIT IS DENIED.
BUT ON VERY RARE OCCASIONS, ALL THE FEES ARE DUE AT THIS TIME, AND THE PERMIT CAN ONLY BE ISSUED TO THE CONTRACTOR OF RECORD OR A TRADE CONTRACTOR.
SO THE CONTRACTOR OF RECORD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY PICK UP THE PERMIT AFTER IT'S DONE.
WE CAN HAVE SUBMITTED, YOU CAN HAVE SUBMITTED THIS BY THE ARCHITECT, THE ENGINEER, THE THE OWNER.
ANYONE CAN SUBMIT THAT PROJECT, BUT IT CAN ONLY BE PICKED UP BY THE CONTRACTOR ONCE ALL FEES ARE PAID.
AND ALL PROJECTS ARE SUBJECT TO FIELD INSPECTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES AND ORDINANCES.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW WE DO IT HERE AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT HERE.
UH, COUNCILMAN DEUCE, UH, COUNCIL OPERATOR.
UH, MR. TI, UH, I HAVE A CO A COUPLE OF CONCERNS WITH YOU, UH, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE HAD A PROJECT, A MAJOR PROJECT THAT CAME, UH, IN OUR AREA, DISTRICT THREE THAT I WAS UNHAPPY WITH.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL THEY WERE CLEARING, UM, LAND THAT THAT TYPE OF PROJECT WAS GONNA BE BUILT IN AMONGST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE BACK OF THOSE YARDS.
I HAD NO NOTIFICATION BEING ON CITY COUNCIL.
SO I ASKED YOU TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO NOTIFY YOU, UH, FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS AND YOU HADN'T RETURNED MY CALL.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU TO PRESENT TO ON TODAY AND GIVE INFORMATION TO EVERYONE BECAUSE I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT PERMITTING IS IN YOUR LANE, YOUR PURVIEW, UH, THAT YOU HAVE, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, THE LATITUDE TO GET PROJECTS DONE.
AND IT'S IN NO WAY IN FORM OR FASHION THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTING PROJECTS AND IN PUERTO ARTHUR, BUT I LOOK ON YOUR PRESENTATION, THE VERY FIRST THING, VERY, VERY FIRST LINE YOU SAY IS HAVE SAFE HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
NOW, THAT AREA FLOODS RIGHT NOW, IT FLOODS.
I'VE TALKED WITH YOU, I'VE TALKED WITH, UH, DD SEVEN.
YOU GUYS SAID THERE'S ZERO IMPACT TO THE, THE SYSTEM, BUT IT FLOODS.
YOU ARE BUILDING, YOU ARE ELEVATING HOME.
I MEAN, ELEVATING THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
YOU HAVE A, A RETENTION POND, BUT IT FLOODS ALREADY.
SO TO ME, IF YOU HAVE MORE CONCRETE, YOU ELEVATE BUILDINGS, YOU'RE GONNA FLOOD IT JUST FOR ME, JUST SIMPLE MATH FOR ME.
BUT NOBODY IS TELLING THE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUSHING PROJECTS.
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NOT HAPPY WITH THIS TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT SLIPS, UH, AND GO BETWEEN THE CRACKS TO THE CITY.SO I, I KIND OF TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND SOME OTHER, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM ABOUT BRINGING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THOSE MAJOR PROJECTS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MOM AND POPS HOUSES ROOFS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR PROJECTS.
LIKE THIS IS, UH, 204 APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, AND IF IT SLIPS THROUGH THE CRACKS, I THINK THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, WE'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I GET TOLD ABOUT IT WHEN THEY'RE CLEARING THE DIRT AND I GET CALLED FROM THE DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, IS IT GONNA BE THE BEST THING FOR PORT ARTHUR? OR NO, IT'S NOT.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE AND CITIZENS ALWAYS BE FIRST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING MAJOR PROJECTS.
I'M NOT TALKING AGAIN, LITTLE PROJECTS, BUT WHEN YOU TELL ME A ZERO, OH, NOT YOU, BUT WHEN, WHEN OTHER ENTITIES TELL ME THAT IT'S ZERO IMPACT TO THIS AREA.
AND I'VE CALLED EVERYONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CAN HEAR MY PHONE CALL, UH, ABOUT THE FLOODING EVERY TIME, JUST NOT SOMETIME A, A LIGHT RAIN, BUT NOBODY CAN COME UP WITH THE ANSWERS.
BUT IN THE CITIZENS THAT ARE CONTACTING US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SAYING WHAT YOU GUYS GONNA DO ABOUT IT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU FOR RECORD.
I WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO CONTACT YOU FOR FOUR WEEKS.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING FISHING OR ANYTHING, IT'S JUST THAT I WANT TO GET THE INFORMATION AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE, WE CAN'T INQUIRE ABOUT INFORMATION.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, IF THIS THE WAY WE GOTTA DO IT, I DON'T MIND AT ALL IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT.
BUT MY THING IS THAT WE GOTTA GET THE INFORMATION OUT AND I WANNA FIND A WAY, THOSE LARGE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL SO WE DON'T GET BLINDSIDE ABOUT PROJECTS THINKING THAT WE SUPPORT DEVELOPERS ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S A VALID POINT, AND I THINK THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED BY HAVING LARGE PROJECTS GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THAT'S OF COURSE, BEFORE IT GETS TO ME, BECAUSE MY ONLY CONCERN IS ACTUALLY IF THE BUILDING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO THE CODES THAT, THAT I ADMINISTER, I DON'T ADMINISTER THE REST OF THIS AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING IS BUILT SAFELY.
NOW, AS FAR AS DRAINAGE IS CONCERNED, THE CITY ENGINEER, WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IS, IS AWARE OF THESE ISSUES TOO, AND CAN BRING THOSE UP IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IF THEY GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COULD BE BROUGHT UP THEN AND ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME.
WELL, I, I DON'T MIND SHARING PHOTOS, VIDEOS TO WHOEVER YOU, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER.
I AGREE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FLOODS IN THAT AREA.
IT'S A BLOCK AWAY FROM MY HOUSE.
AND I DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT OF GETTING NOTIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS MORE THAN 200 FEET.
AND I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT, A MAJOR PROJECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN AND NOTIFIED.
BUT IF IT'S NOT THAT WAY, MAYBE WE SHOULD GET IT THAT WAY.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO CONTACT YOU FOUR WEEKS AGO TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO I IMPLEMENT THIS AND BRING IT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND, AND DISCUSS IT.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK MY OPINION, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UH, CITY, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, FOR CLARITY THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND, UM, AS MR. ARDI STATED AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, THERE IS, UM, NO POLICY THAT PRESCRIBES THAT NOTIFICATION GOES OUT THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WE DO ADDRESS THESE MATTERS A LOT OF TIMES THROUGH ZONING.
UM, WHEN WE DO IT THROUGH ZONING, IT IS A SITUATION WHERE IT DOES REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF CHANGE OR SOME TYPE OF PERMITTING THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THAT'S STILL TIED INTO THE USE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHERE WE DO SEND NOTIFICATION OUT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE 200 FOOT RADIUS, UM, RE REQUIREMENT COMES IN THROUGH STATE LAW, NOT LOCAL STATE LAW.
UM, IN REGARDS TO, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE DEFINITELY EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING THAT MATTER.
WE HAVE ASKED PLANNING STAFF TO BEGIN PROVIDING OR, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, A REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES THROUGH, UM, THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, AT THAT TIME, THE REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, SO THE CITY MANAGER CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH COUNCIL.
IF IT IS MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE TRANSPIRING WITHIN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UM, THEREFORE THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE SHARED NOT TO AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT TO
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THE DAY AS A WHOLE.UM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE ARE, UM, GETTING READY TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR.
ONCE A PERMIT IS ISSUED, THERE IS NO, UM, POLICY, UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION TO THE CITIZENS NOR COUNCIL REGARDING DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH ZONING, THROUGH CIVIL DRAWINGS, WHICH IS THROUGH THE CITY ENGINEER DD SEVEN, AND ANY OTHER OFFICIAL WHO HAS TO SIGN OFF ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
IT'S NORMALLY DONE WHEN YOU START THE C EM, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SOME TYPE OF ZONING CHANGE OR SOMETHING THAT'S TAKING PLACE WHERE THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE TO STATE LAW.
BUT WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS MORE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION.
AND IN SPEAKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WE WILL START PROVIDING THOSE REPORTS.
I I MADE PHONE CALLS TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I KNOW, MAYORS THAT I KNOW, AND THEY, THEY GO THROUGH THE CITY, THEY GO THROUGH THE DIOCESE, THEY CAN, THROUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW, HEY, WE GOT THIS MAJOR PROJECT COMING THROUGH.
WHAT'S YOUR FEEL ABOUT IT? LEAGUE CITY? UH, WOODLANDS.
IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT TO STOP OR I WANT TO STOP ANYTHING, I JUST WANNA BE NOTIFIED BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50 PEOPLE IN THE GALLERY LOOKING AT ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER SAYING I SUPPORT AN ENDEAVOR THAT I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, AND THEN I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO TRY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION AND I'M NOT GETTING IT FROM THE INSPECTOR BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RETURN MY CALL.
SO WHAT DO I DO? I HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA WITHIN MY WRITING PREVIEW SO OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IT, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
WHAT, WHY CAN'T WE DO IT? WHY CAN'T SOMEONE SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS AND, AND BECAUSE THEY LEGALLY CAN DO IT.
WHY CAN'T THE COUNCIL BE NOTIFIED? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY ATTORNEY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS? LARGE PROJECTS COME TO THE CITY AND THEY APPLY FOR PERMITTING.
BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH PERMITTING.
THEY APPLY FOR PERMITS TO GET THINGS DONE.
WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT? SO WE CAN JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF THIS REALLY WHAT WE REALLY WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU PUT THAT ON THERE.
BUT THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE, I THINK PAM IS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
DONE A BETTER JOB OF GOING OVER THESE PLAN.
I'VE SEEN AND BEEN INVOLVED WITH CASES WHEREBY WE APPROVE THINGS ON A PLAN AND THEN WE DECIDE, OH NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
ONCE WE APPROVE A PLAN AND THE DEVELOPER START BUILDING IT, IF WE GO BACK AND WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVE, WE ARE THE MERCY OF THE DEVELOPER.
BECAUSE IF THE DEVELOPER HAVE ANY TYPE OF PRINCIPLES, THEY'LL PROBABLY TELL US, YOU APPROVED IT.
I STARTED, DON'T COME TO ME AND TELL ME NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT.
SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ENFORCE THESE ORDINANCES.
AND CAUSE THE CITY ENGINEER LOOKING AT DRAINAGE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PART OF THAT PLAN IS A SITE PLAN.
THEY, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT, JUST THE SITE.
AND THEN THE SITE INVOLVES DRAINAGE.
HOW THAT WATER GOING TO DRAIN.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS LOOK AT THAT PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PLAN MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CODES.
BECAUSE ONCE THEY SEND THEM, SEND IT TO HIM.
IT'S NOT HIS JOB TO SEE IF IT DOES THAT.
YOU SIGNED OFF AND SAID, MADE IT SO HE'S GOING TO ISSUE THE PERMIT.
HE ISSUED, HE ISSUED THE PERMIT.
SO O WE NEED TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON THE DEPARTMENTS LOOKING AT THESE PLANS AND ENSURING THAT THEY ARE CORRECT.
AND THE NEXT PART OF THAT IS WHEN EVERYBODY
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GET TOGETHER IN A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, ANY QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED SO THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, NOBODY SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT, HOW IT'S GONNA BE BUILT, AND IT'S NOW LEGAL OF THE BUILDING.THE LAST PART THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS WHAT COUNCILMAN KINLAW WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
WE DON'T NEED PO WE DON'T NEED TO COME UP WITH OTHER CITY.
I HEAR PEOPLE ASKING ME WHAT THEY BUILDING OVER HERE OFF WESTPORT, ARTHUR ROAD.
WELL, YOU THE COUNCILMAN, YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT FALL OUT OF THE ROUTINE PROCESS IN PERMITTING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE COUNCIL.
SO THEREFORE WE ARE NOT GOING ENOUGH.
BUT YOU CAN HELP US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF YOU PROVIDE US A HANDOUT AT EVERY MEETING ON ANY PERSON WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR A NEW BUSINESS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS ASK US.
WHAT THEY BILLING OVER THERE? I DON'T KNOW.
THEN THEY ASK, WELL, YOU ON COUNCIL, YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE COULD LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THIS.
NOW IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING, I'M NOT THE PERSON.
GO TO CITY HALL ALL AND GO SEE THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT OR YOU GO TO THE INSPECTION.
ANY PROBLEMS YOU HAVE, YOU NEED TO CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHO HANDLES THAT, NOT ME.
WE DON'T NEED TO INVENT A WILL FOR THAT.
BUT PROVIDING US INFORMATION THAT WE FEEL WE NEED IN ADDRESSING OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND KIND OF MAKE 'EM SEEM LIKE WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT I THINK WE'LL KNOW FROM NOW ON AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WOULD BE A SURPRISE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I THINK AS COUNCILMAN, WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO CITIZEN THE PROCESS.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, BUT THE PROCESS IS WHAT IT IS.
AND WE DON'T GET TO CHANGE IT.
SO WE NEED BETTER COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT THESE P DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN THAT PLAN GO FROM DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER SAT DOWN, THEY BETTER TAKE THEIR TIME AND GO OVER THAT PLAN AND NOT JUST SIGN OFF ON IT.
UM, MR. VITI, YOU READ OFF A, A LITANY OF, UM, PERMITS, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, ALL OF THAT.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO CAME BEFORE US A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
HIS NAME ESCAPES ME AT COUNCILMAN LEWIS.
MAY BE, UH, AWARE OF HIS NAME, UH, OVER THERE.
BUT HE CAME BEFORE US BECAUSE HE WAS GRAVELY CONCERNED, UM, THAT A HOME WAS, UH, I, I THINK YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UH, HE WAS GRAVELY CONCERNED BECAUSE, UH, ELECTRICAL WORK WAS BEING DONE AND HE HAD SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PERMITTED.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT? YEAH.
THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL WORK THAT WAS DONE.
THERE WAS SOME RECEPTACLES THAT WERE REPLACED.
THEY TOOK OUT THE OLD RECEPTACLE, PUT IN A NEW ONE.
BUT HE DID TRESPASS ON THE PROPERTY, LOOKED AT THEIR, UH, UH, SERVICE AND, AND SAID, OH, THAT SERVICE DOESN'T MEET CODE.
WELL, THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1962 AND WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT, IT MET CODE.
AND BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE, WE CANNOT REQUIRE THINGS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE TO THE CURRENT CODE UNLESS THEY'RE DOING A COMPLETE REMODEL.
I JUST WANTED TO, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I JUST WANTED AN UPDATE.
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I WANNA TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION.SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, THIS MAY BE TO CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF A, UM, MUNICIPAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN? SO THAT IT IS, THE PROCESS IS STREAMLINED AND EACH DELIVERABLE IS INCLUDED AND IT WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR CITIZENS TO, UM, FOR US AS A CITY TO OFFER TRANSPARENCY.
AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE HAS DONE THAT VERY WELL.
THEY'VE DONE IT WITH THEIR, UM, PART OF THEIR DRAINAGE PLAN.
AND IT IS LITERALLY A DOCUMENT THAT IS POSTED ONLINE.
AND OF COURSE IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT BECAUSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE, UM, HOMES AND BUILDINGS.
NOT, NOT HOMES, I'M SORRY, BUILDINGS, BUSINESSES.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL OPEN OUR HEARTS, UM, A LITTLE BIT WIDER AND BE ABLE TO, UM, SUPPORT MORE OF THOSE BUSINESSES TO COME INTO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHURTON.
BUT THIS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPERATIVE.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE USE THE TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED IN ORDER FOR US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES.
AND EACH DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE ACCORDING TO AN EMAIL OR A PHONE CALL ONLY THAT THE MESSAGE IS SENT.
WE SHOULD HAVE CHARTS, WE SHOULD HAVE TIMELINES, YOU KNOW, MADE AVAILABLE SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING IS BEING BUILT ON GULF WAY DRIVE, YOU LITERALLY TYPE IN THE ADDRESS OR TYPE IN THE STREET NAME AND YOU CAN SEE WHATEVER IS ACTIVE IN THAT AREA.
AND SO THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS EXIST AND JUST NOW, I EMAILED IT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND, UM, I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I MET A WHILE BACK THAT CREATED THIS PLAN SO THAT WE CAN JUST USE TOOLS, USE RESOURCES TO STREAMLINE THINGS.
WE, WE ARE ON A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM CALLED TYLER, UM, TYLER.
IT ACTUALLY DOES KEEP A LOT, KEEP TRACK OF THESE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A, A KIND OF A TICKER GOING THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS IN THIS CITY, THIS PART OF THE CITY'S, UH, MM-HMM.
AND THEY HAVE TILL THIS DATE TO COMPLETE IT.
AND THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN ALSO BE PUT OUT IN ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT AVAILABLE ON THAT SYSTEM.
THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THAT JO MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO.
UH, PAM, WHERE, WHERE DO WE GO NOW SINCE WE, WE'VE GOT SOME DISCUSSION DIALOGUE, UH, YOU KNOW, STREAMLINING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, NO ADVANCE WARNING FOR LARGE PROJECTS.
WHERE DO WE GO TO GET THIS NOTIFICATION TO SEND TO THE ENTIRE, UH, DICE ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE PLAN FOR LARGE PROJECTS WHERE WE GO? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT TO COME RIGHT AFTER THIS AND SAY, WELL, WE CAN DO IT, BUT WE HAVE NO NOTIFICATION.
WHERE DO WE GO AND HOW CAN WE PUT IT ON FOR WHATEVER, PER THE CITY MANAGER? THE IMMEDIATE SOLUTION IS, AGAIN, WE HAVE ALREADY INSTRUCTED PLANNING STAFF TO PROVIDE THESE REPORTS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH CITY COUNCIL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AGAIN, JUST FOR CLARITY, WHEN PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED, UM, SOME PROJECTS COME INTO FRUITION AND SOME DON'T.
BUT AT LEAST IT DOES, UM, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE, SOME INSIGHT THAT WHAT'S, WHAT'S ABOUT THAT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED.
UM, SO IF YOU START TO SEE DEVELOPMENT TAKE PLACE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO BACK AND REFERENCE THOSE, THAT INFORMATION.
UM, AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAY BE TRANSPIRING AT THESE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WE'LL GO TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE SITE AND REACH OUT, UM, TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS ENTAILS.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO WORK WITH OUR GIS TEAM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO, THE STREETS, UM, TO SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PERMITTED.
UM, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE POST THAT ONLINE.
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THERE ARE INQUIRIES ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE VARIOUS DIFFERENT ADDRESSES, UM, CITIZENS WOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GET BASIC GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE PROJECT IS AND, UM, PO ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.SO WE WILL CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AMONGST, NOT JUST COUNCIL, BUT OF COURSE OUR CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.
BUT OUR IMMEDIATE WILL BE TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS AWARE OF WHAT THESE MAJOR PROJECTS ARE.
SO WHO WOULD BE THE PLC? UM, THE POINT OF CONTACT WILL BE LARRY BATON.
SO WE'LL START GETTING UPDATES AS OF THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ANY OTHER, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
ANY OTHER, UH, REMARKS? THANK YOU ALL SO KINDLY.
[III.C.(1). A Presentation By Staff Regarding The Pleasure Island RV Park(s)]
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO, UH, PRESENTATION BY THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, STAFF REPORTS.AND WE HAVE, UH, THE FIRST PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE PLEASURE ISLAND RV PARKS.
UH, I WANT TO, UH, COME TO YOU TODAY ABOUT, UM, SEEING THE POSSIBILITY OF OPERATING AND MANAGING, UM, AN RV PARK THAT WE HAVE ON THE ISLAND THAT WE CURRENTLY LEASE OUT.
SO, FIRST, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEASE HISTORY ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2007, PIRV, RESORT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
SIGNED A FIVE YEAR LEASE WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERMS. THE FIRST RENEWAL WAS EXECUTED IN 2012, AND IT EXPIRED IN 2017 ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2016.
A LETTER REQUESTING THE SECOND RENEWAL WAS RECEIVED.
HOWEVER, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, PIRV RESORT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION HAS BEEN PAYING MONTH TO MONTH PAYMENTS SINCE THEN.
THE PAYMENT HISTORY, PIRV AND PIRV RESORT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION INITIALLY PAID $2,750 MONTHLY IN IT, IN ITS AGREEMENT WITH PLEASURE ISLAND.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY PAYING 3020 $5 A MONTH, WHICH IS $36,300 ANNUALLY.
THEIR CURRENT RATES IS $40 A DAY, 200 A WEEK, 5 35 A MONTH FOR A BACKEND PAD, 5 35 A MONTH FOR A WATER VIEW PAD, AND 5 75 A MONTH FOR A PULL THROUGH PAD.
AND THEY HAVE 76 TOTAL SPACES.
AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT WE GO WITH OUR, UM, ORIGINAL RATES THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022 FOR OUR CURRENT RV PARK.
UM, $50 A DAY, 2 25 A WEEK, AND WE WOULD HAVE OUR, UM, OUR RATES BASED OFF OF OUR AMPAGE FOR THE RVS.
SO EVERY SPACE WOULD HAVE THE SAME PRICE, 600 A MONTH FOR 30 AMP, AND FIVE, EXCUSE ME, AND SIX 50 A MONTH FOR THE 50 AMP CONNECTIONS IN EACH OF THOSE SPACES.
AND THEN THE, THE CHART THAT I HAVE HERE IS JUST BASICALLY SHOWING CURRENTLY WHAT THAT COMPANY IS RECEIVING.
SO I HAVE THE REVENUE MINUS EXPENSES AS TO PROFIT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE JUST TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE, UH, A QUARTER OF THE RV PARK FULL FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, THEY WOULD BRING IN OVER A PROFIT OF OVER $85,000 AFTER PAYING US.
UM, IF IT'S HALF FULL FOR THE YEAR, OVER $207,000 A YEAR AFTER PAYING US, UM, THREE QUARTER FULL OVER $329,000 IN PROFIT.
AND THEN IF IT'S FULL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, THEY WOULD PROFIT OVER $451,000.
AND ON THE NEXT PAGE IS THE POSSIBLE REVENUE IF WE TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OPERATING AND MANAGING IT.
AND, UM, THE GREEN WOULD BE BASED OFF OF OUR 30 AMP SPACES.
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THAT, UM, AND THE GOAL WOULD BE OFF OF 50 AMP SPACES.SO THAT'S JUST A PICTURE OF HOW MUCH WE WOULD GENERATE OFF OF REVENUE.
UH, IT'S A QUARTER, FOUR HALF, THREE QUARTER, FOUR OR FULL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND LASTLY, THE RECOMMENDATION IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOW THE PLEASURE ISLAND DEPARTMENT TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THE RV PARK CURRENTLY RUN BY PR, PIRV, RESORT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
THIS WILL BE ANOTHER MEANS OF GENERATING REVENUE FOR PLEASURE ISLAND.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHY WE NEVER TAKEN OVER THAT.
WHY SHOULD WE PAY SOMEBODY TO JUST COLLECT MONEY AND REGISTER SOMEBODY TO, UH, DO THAT
AND ALL IT IS, IS JUST RESPONDING TO MAINTENANCE AND ALL AND, UH, COLLECTING IT.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOUR CHART THOUGH? MM-HMM,
GO BACK, GEORGE TO THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE IT WITH THEM OPERATING.
THE PROFITS YOU HAVE IN GREEN, IS IT GREEN? OKAY.
YEAH, I, I WENT BY THE, UH, THE LEASE AMOUNT, WHICH THEY OPERATE OFF OF THE 535 BUCKS.
AND SO MULTIPLYING THAT 5 35 BY THE $76, UH, TIMES 12, AND THEN SUBTRACTING THE, THE, THE FULL, UH, ANNUAL PAYMENT THEY GIVE US UNDER 36,300
OKAY? THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.
YOU KNOW, AND I I, I, I GET WHY YOU QUESTION IT, BUT THAT'S IT, SIR.
YOU KNOW, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, THIS IS A NO BRAINER, UH, WITH THE $50 A MONTH YOU PROPOS, AND WELL, DID WE APPROVE THAT YET? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ALREADY CHARGED, AND THE ONE THAT WE OPERATE THE $50 A DAY.
SO, AND SO WE JUST BASICALLY USE THE SAME RATES.
OKAY? WE'RE GONNA USE THE SAME RATES.
WELL, LET, LEMME SAY THIS, THE ORIGINAL RATES YOU GUYS APPROVED, UM, AT THAT DATE IN 22, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE, UM, WIFI IN THAT PARK.
SO REMEMBER WE RAISED IT UP $50.
WE WOULDN'T, WE GO WITH OUR ORIGINAL RATES BECAUSE THERE IS NO WIFI IN THAT PARK.
SO WE JUST GONNA GO UP TO, WE'LL GO TO OUR, OUR RATES MINUS TO $50, UM, THAT WE HAD AT OUR PARK.
SO IT'D BE 600 FOR 30 AMP AND SIX 50 FOR 50 ON.
SO THAT SOUND LIKE A WINNER TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHO CONCOCTED THAT LEASE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECT, UH, DIRECTION OVER THERE TO GET THE REVENUE.
I, I'M OVER HERE SCRATCHING MY HEAD.
THE NUMBER THING, THAT'S WHAT I REALLY, YOU KNOW, MIND BOGGLING TO ME THAT WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS.
AND I'M GLAD WE ARE CORRECTING, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE IT OVER, HOW ABOUT YOU MARKET TO GET IT FULL OR HALF FULL, UH, WHAT WILL WE DO? WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN OF MAKING SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE IN THAT RV PARK? WE CAN, UM, WE CAN DO OF COURSE, THE, UM, MARKETING LIKE YOU'RE SAYING OR WHATEVER, BUT, OKAY.
JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UM, YOU HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO TAKE ON THAT? WELL, WE, WE WERE, WE WERE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL STAFF OR WHATEVER.
BUT AS FAR AS THAT GOES, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, A LARGE, UM, AMOUNT OF OUR, UM, CLIENTELE COMES FROM THE REFINERY OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? SO I JUST GOT A CALL THE OTHER DAY.
I THINK THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN ANOTHER 6,000 TO, UH, OFFSET THAT 2,500 THAT GOT, UM, RELEASED BY ZACHARY.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL PRETTY MUCH FILL BACK UP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, IS THERE A ONE QUESTION, IS THERE A REASON WHY
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WE DON'T HAVE WIFI OR IS IT NOT, ARE WE NOT ABLE TO HAVE WIFI AT THAT PARK? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR, RIGHT.UH, TO YOUR TENURE, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD JUST CANNOT GO UNANSWERED BECAUSE LITERALLY BOOKS HAVE DISAPPEARED FOR HOW THE ISLAND, YOU KNOW, WAS PREVIOUSLY BEING MANAGED.
BUT WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO YOU HAVE THAT COULD ALSO HELP US TO IMPROVE, TO GROW REVENUE? WELL, YOUR FIRST ONE, WE CAN GET THE CONTRACT FOR THE WIFI.
UM, I THINK THAT PROBABLY WAS A ISSUE SIMILAR TO OUR OWN, THERE WAS THE CABLE SET UP AND THAT WASN'T A PROBLEM.
BUT NOW SPECTRUM TOLD US THEY'RE ENDING THE, UH, CABLE BOXES, SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE WIFI.
SO I'D PROBABLY SAY THAT'S THE SAME DEAL OVER THERE.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, UM, OTHER THINGS TO GENERATE REVENUE, I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OTHER THINGS AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT ON LEDGE HAR JUST AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN ONE SUGGESTION, MS. TAMMY, I'M NOT THROWING YOU UNDER THE BUS, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT AND NOT, I KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UM, CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU
SO, UM, THAT'S ALSO A GOOD PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO A, A GREAT PLACE WHERE WE CAN ADVERTISE, RIGHT? YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE, COUNCIL, I THINK WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PLEASURE ISLAND RV PARK.
SO WE'LL BE, NEED A MOTION COME? OKAY, GOOD.
THE CONVERSATION AND BROUGHT UP ANOTHER QUESTION.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT GETTING MORE PEOPLE.
WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO THIS RB PARK IF WE ALREADY GOT PEOPLE THAT IS DEALING WITH THIS ONE? WE HAVE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST MAINTENANCE, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS REQUIRED.
IF YOU'RE DOING ONE, IT'S JUST DOING THE OTHER.
LET ME JUST, AND THE, AND THE OTHER THING IS, WHAT IS IT THAT IS PEOPLE FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION, GETTING THEM COLLECTING RENT? I MEAN, UH, 'CAUSE YOU GOT THE OTHER R RV PARK, SO THAT'S OURS WE'VE BEEN DOING, SO WE DOING THAT.
ALL WE DOING IS ADDING THE SAME THING WITH OTHER, WE JUST, IN OTHER WORDS, WE GOT MORE SPACES NOW.
CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
YEAH, SO WHAT WE, UM, I'M IN DISCUSSION WITH GEORGE.
WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
AS YOU SAID, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COLLECTING THE MONEY.
WE'LL REVIEW THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PERSON WHO'S ALREADY THERE AND SEE HOW WE CAN ADD THOSE.
IT'S SIMILAR RESPONSIBILITIES.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE TAKING CARE OF AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.
AND WE WILL AS IT, IT IS NOT ADD, I DON'T WANT TO ADD STAFF BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR ADDING STAFF.
THERE HAS TO BE A JUSTIFICATION TO ADD STAFF.
THAT WAS PLEASE, THAT WAS MY POINT WHEN I HEARD THAT.
SAY, MAN, THAT'S THAT REASON I MADE MY COMMENTS IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT'S JUST ADDING, JUST LIKE IF YOU HAD MORE.
THAT, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
[III.F.(1). A Discussion Regarding Grass Cutting In The City Of Port Arthur (Requested By Councilmember Doucet)]
NEXT, UH, ITEM, WE MOVE DOWN TO DISCUSSIONS AND THERE IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, EXCUSE ME.UH, DISCUSSION REGARDING GRASS CUTTING IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ETT.
UH, I DONE THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT COUNCIL THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, WE INITIATED, UH, A PROCESS THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE, UH, REQUESTED AND THAT ONE, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES, AS WE'RE
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CUTTING, WE PUT THESE LIENS ON THESE PROPERTIES, WE NEED TO MONITOR THE LIEN.SOME OF THE PROPERTIES VALUE IS NOT EVEN WHAT THE PROPERTY IS GONNA BE APPRAISED OUT.
SO WHY ARE WE STILL CUTTING THIS GRASS ON THIS PROPERTY FOR AMOUNT OF MONEY? THE PROPERTY, NOT, IF THEY CAN'T PAY THE LIEN, THEY SHOULD NOT GOING TO PAY US.
SO WE JUST GONNA KEEP LETTING THIS KEEP CUTTING THIS PROPERTY AND WE KEEP ADDING TO THE LIEN.
WHEN WE ALSO HAD THE CITY ATTORNEY GET WITH THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COUNTY ALLOWED US, WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY OFFER PROPERTY WHERE THEY'RE BEHIND OF THAT NATURE, TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WOULD, INSTEAD OF AUCTIONING IT, GIVE THE PERSONS THAT LIVE IN THE ADJACENT OWNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BEFORE THEY JUST AUCTIONED IT OFF.
WE HAD ALL THESE THINGS IN PLACE, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP CUTTING GRASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, PUTTING A LIEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE THEY OWE US MORE THAN WHAT THE PROPERTY IS WORTH.
WHY? BECAUSE WE ARE PAYING THE PEOPLE TO CUT IT.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY TAX FROM THE PROPERTY.
BUT IF WE JUST TURN THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE COUNTY, LET THE CO COUNTY AUCTION THE PROPERTY OFF, NOW WE DO NOT PAY ANYBODY TO CUT THE GRASS.
AND THE PROPERTY NOW GOES ON THE TAX ROLL.
SO WE COLLECT MONEY, WE CANNOT KEEP DOING THIS.
WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO DETERMINE WHICH PROPERTIES WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CUT TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE FROM ROLLING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT WASTING OUR MONEY AND TIME ON PROPERTIES THAT NOT WORTH IT.
TURN IT, IT, TURN IT IN, GET IT OFF.
NOW IT COMES BACK ON THE TAX ROLL AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY NOBODY.
NOW WE STARTED THAT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE, BUT I KEEP SEEING THESE GRASS CONTRACTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO IT FOR, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES, BUT JUST TO KEEP IT GOING LIKE THAT, WE CANNOT KEEP IT GOING.
IF WE ARE PAYING TO CUT GRASS ON PROPERTY THAT THEY OWE MORE, THEY OWE US MORE THAN WHAT THE PROPERTY IS WORTH WORK.
SO I, I WOULD ASK THAT WE GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THOSE TIES, WHAT WE GOT LIENS.
AND IN THAT SAME NOTE, PART OF THAT WAS WE GOT LIENS THAT, UH, WE HAVE ON PROPERTIES ALL WE HAVE LIENS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA NEVER COLLECT FOR, BUT WE STILL CARRYING THEM.
WELL DON'T WE JUST WRITE 'EM OFF? YOU KNOW, UH, I SEEN WHAT I THINK BEAUMONT JUST DID SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE DON'T JUST KEEP STACKING PAPERWORK AND KEEP UP WITH STATISTICS OR DATA OR INFORMATION OR INVOICES AND STUFF THAT'S NOT NEEDED.
UH, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH SPENDING MONEY ON PROPERTY.
THEY OWE MORE, THEY OWE US MORE THAN THAT.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY TAKE A LOOK IN THAT.
AND, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN A PRESENTATION.
IT COULD BE IN A FORM OF, UH, INFORMATION LETTER TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN IF WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION, YOU CAN, UH, PUT A RESOLUTION TOGETHER ON WHAT YOU NEED US TO DO.
WE WOULDN'T DO IT WITH OUR MONEY.
WE SHOULDN'T DO IT WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY.
I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE.
UM, WE GOT A, IN THAT LAND BANK WE HAVE, WE PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF THE MORE 25 FOOT LOTS THAT'S
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NEXT DOOR TO SOMEONE.UH, JASON, I INITIATED AN ORDINANCE TO FORGIVE THE DEMOLITION AND FORGIVE THE, THE LIENS.
IF THE, AND IF THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, JASON PURCHASED IT, NOW WE CAN AGGRESSIVELY ADVERTISE THAT OR PROMOTE IT OR SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, WE GOT PEOPLE ON THE STREET EVERY DAY.
UH, GET THIS, GET THIS BACK ON THE TAX ROLL AND, AND GO AHEAD AND FORGIVE THE LIENS.
GRASS CUTTING LIEN DEMOLITION LIENS.
AND ONE OTHER THING YOU CAN DO, YOU SEE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S AT? WE GOT WITH THE, THE TAXING ENTITIES.
WE, NOT ONLY DID WE FORGIVE THE LIENS WE GOT WITH ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES TO SIGN IT OVER TO US, FORGIVE THE TAXES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT A COMMUNITY CENTER OVER THERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST TOOK IT OVER AND TOOK CONTROL OF IT.
BUT WE CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH LITTLE 25.
GET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE, THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, ALL TO FORGIVE THE TAXES AND LET US HAVE IT AND GET IT BACK ON THE TAX ROAD AND, AND GET OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE BUSINESS.
WE, IT CAN BE DONE IF WE AGGRESSIVELY GO OUT THERE.
AS COUNCILMAN LEWIS, AS YOU SAID, WE DO HAVE THAT PROGRAM IN PLACE.
IT'S BEEN ADMINISTERED BY MS. BEVERLY AT THE BACK THERE, THE SIDE LOT TRANSFER WE CALL IT, OF SUBSTANDARD LOTS.
WE HAVE THE SIDE LOT TRANSFER OF SUBSTANDARD LOTS SEVEN FEET.
EVERY NOW AND THEN I GET SOMEBODY THAT OWNS THE LOT.
BUT A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES IS THE ADJOINING LOT IS ALSO AIR PROPERTY.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT'S SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE COME UP WITH GREEN.
BUT FOR THE TRANSFER OF SUBSTANDARD LOTS, YES.
WE DO, WE DO HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE.
AND BOTH ON THE CITY, WHAT COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE SAID, BOTH THE CITY AND TONY AND I ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL FOR THE GRASS CUTTING PART OF IT ON A DAILY BASIS.
YOU KNOW, I SIGNED ABOUT, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR TITLES I SIGNED ABOUT TWO EVERY DAY.
WHEN, UM, MS. THITO PROCESSES IT, IF THE PERSON AS, AS COUNCILMAN DOUCETTE SAID, IF THE PERSON OWES ABOUT $5,000 IN, IN, IN LIENS SEVEN MONEY.
AND THE LORD WILL SELL
SO THE CITY MANAGER ON THAT, THE ORDINANCE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FORGIVE.
AND THEN MOST OF THE, THE, THE, THE $5,000 IS ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS FORGIVE IT AND PUT THE LOT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE CITY CAN THEY HAVE REVENUE FLOWING.
YOU KNOW, AND THE CITY CAN GET ITS TAXES BACK FROM IT.
SO THOSE, THEY ARE WORKING SLOWLY.
BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I ARE WORKING, I WANNA REMIND YOU.
MR. LEWIS, THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU, ME MENTIONED IT WAS INITIATED.
DID IT FOLLOW THROUGH OR WAS A SUGGESTION? NO, IT'S, IT'S AN ACCIDENT.
IT'S ACTUAL ORDINANCE, NOT RIGHT NOW.
I PUT IT IN PLACE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.
WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT ADVERTISING THAT OPPORTUNITY, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO, SINCE IT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, WE WE GOTTA DO BETTER WITH ADVERTISING WHAT IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE? WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SOME IDEAS AND I'M GONNA WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THE IDEAS TOGETHER.
AND WE, UM, WE CAN FACILITATE IT AND ALSO EXPEDITE IT, WHAT WE ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, IT HAS A LOT OF VALID VALIDITY TOWARD THE CITY ATTORNEY AND IT'S MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL GO AFTER WE WE'LL WE'LL TRY IT.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A MARKETING DEPARTMENT, BUT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, MARKETING DEPARTMENT, UM, I'M STILL SUGGESTING THAT THAT BE ROBUST ACTION TO GET THAT IN PLACE SO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION TO THE CITIZENS FOR WHATEVER YOU ALL CHOOSE TO PUT, HOW YOU ALL PUT THE PROGRAM TOGETHER.
ON FROM THE MARKETING STANDPOINT, WE GOT INSPECTORS IN THOSE AREAS WORKING ALL THOSE AREAS.
TAKE A FLYER AND PUT IT ON THE DOORS IN IT, WHAT THE LOTS ARE WHENEVER WE WORKED THE PROGRAM OUT.
[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO (2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO, UH, ACTUALLY ROMAN NUMER FIVE ON PAGE TWO.[02:45:01]
UH, THAT REPORTS ANY REPORTS OF, UH, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FROM ANY COUNCIL PERSON? ANY, ANY REPORTS OF, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, INTEREST FROM ANYONE? I SEE ANY LIGHTS? YES MA'AM.SIMPLY, UH, ON THURSDAY FROM 10 TO TWO.
THE JOB FAIR HERE IN PORT ARTHUR WILL BE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
OCTOBER THE NINTH FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO TWO O'CLOCK.
ANYTHING ELSE? OCTOBER THE NINTH.
I DON'T SEE ANY AT WHAT TIME COUNCILWOMAN EVER FROM 10 TO TWO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILMAN FRANK? NO, SIR.
THERE, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WITH ANY INFORMATION? WE WOULD
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE NOW TO, UH, ROMAN NUMER SEVEN ON PAGE THREE, WHICH IS THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.AND IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE ARE ITEMS BASICALLY OF ROUTINE NATURE.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE ITEMS THAT A COUNCIL PERSON WOULD WISH FOR THAT ITEM TO BE DEALT WITH INDIVIDUALLY, IF THAT WOULD BE, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE PAGE NUMBER AND THE ITEM? UH, CAN'T HEAR WITH COUNCILMAN.
UH, ETT, I ITEM NINE, PAGE FIVE.
AND SEE ON PAGE SIX, YOU SAID? UH, 15, NUMBER 15 AND 21 ON SEVEN ON PAGE 7 21.
I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION IF WE WILL.
OH, WELL, COUNCILWOMAN EVERFI YOU.
WELL GOT A MOTION FROM YOU AND COUNCILWOMAN EVERFI TO APPROVE.
MAY I GET A SECOND? UH, COUNCILMAN LEWIS SECOND IS REMOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, I CAN'T FIND THEM NOW.
UH, UH, NUMBER WITH EXCEPTION OF NUMBER NINE ON PAGE FIVE, UH, NUMBER 15 ON PAGE SIX AND NUMBER 21 ON PAGE SEVEN.
ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? NO QUESTIONS.
READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSES AYES HAVE, SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED NOW
[VII.C.(9). P.R. No. 23919 – A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager's Decision To Authorize The Emergency Repair Of 8" Sewer At Railroad And Thomas, For The Total Not To Exceed Amount Of $154,400.00 With Global Drilling, Inc. Of Winnie, Texas, From Water Utilities Account No. 405-40-000-8516-00-00-000, Project No. WS0016-CON]
FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE WITHDRAWN, WE WILL BEGIN WITH PAGE ON PAGE FIVE WITH ITEM NUMBER NINE OR THIS, THIS IS PR NUMBER 23 9 1 9.IT IS A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION TO AUTHORIZE THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF, UH, AN EIGHT INCH TOOL AT RAILROAD.
AND THOMAS FOR THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $154,400 WITH GLOBAL DRILLING INCORPORATED OF WINNIE, TEXAS FOR WATER UTILITIES.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 5 4 0 8 5 16 0 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
AND THIS PROJECT NUMBER FOR THIS IS WS 0 0 1 6 DASH CONN.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN KINLOCK.
SO MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN FRANK.
SECOND, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONING, UH, QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IT SAID THAT, UH, ENERGY, UH, BUSTED.
THIS IS A SEWER LINE THAT IS ON THE
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WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.IT CROSSES THOMAS BOULEVARD AND SERVES LEWIS MANOR APARTMENTS.
IT ENTERGY IS INSTALLING A CIRCUIT TO BEEF UP THE SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT IT'S A VERY LARGE CIRCUIT WITH LARGE METAL POST ALONG THOMAS AND THEN DOWN MARTIN LUTHER KING.
THEY HAD CALLED FOR 8 1 1 LOCATES AT THIS LOCATION.
WE DON'T RESPOND TO MANY EIGHT ONE ONES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE, A STAFFING AND A TEAM SET UP FOR THAT.
IT WOULD REQUIRE QUITE A FEW ADDITIONAL STAFF.
SO THEY BASICALLY DRILL A, ABOUT A THREE, FOUR FOOT DIAMETER HOLE WHEN THEY INSTALL THESE POSTS AND THEY HIT THE SEWER LINE.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO EXCAVATE IN THE, IN THAT AREA OR SEND PEOPLE INTO THE HOLE.
THEY, TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE THE CLAY BROKE ON EACH SIDE.
WE TVD THE LINE BEFORE WE PIPE BURST IT AND FOUND THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE WAS A SECTION OF CAST IRON PIPE AND IT REQUIRED A SPECIAL PIPE BURSTING MACHINE TO BREAK THE CAST IRON.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WAS THE REPAIR.
MY QUESTION ONCE AGAIN IS FROM THE BACKGROUND, IT SAID THAT IT WAS DAMAGED BY INGE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY CUT IN HALF BY GY.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
SO MY QUESTION NOW IS WHY ARE WE FOOTING THE BILL? TYPICALLY WITH 8 1 1, SINCE WE'RE A MEMBER OF 8 1 1, AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LAW ON THIS, UH, I'D HAVE TO RESPOND TO LEGAL ON THAT, IS IF YOU, I KNOW ON OUR SIDE, WHEN WE CALL 8 1 1, IF THEY PROPERLY MARK THE PIPE AND IT WITHIN THREE FOOT OF THE LOCATION, WE HIT IT, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.
IF THEY FAIL TO SHOW UP AND WE DIG ANY ANYWAY, WE END UP REPAIRING IT.
IF THEY MIS MARK THE PIPE AND THEY HIT IT, THEN THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SO, LIKE, IF ENTERGY, MISS, OR GAS COMPANY HAS DONE THIS WHERE THEY'VE MARKED A LOCATION OTHER THAN WHERE THE PIPE IS AND WE'VE HIT THEIR PIPE AND THEY'VE REPAIRED IT.
BUT IF WE DON'T SHOW UP AND MARK IT, I BELIEVE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, SO WE DID GO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS HAPPENED, WE MARKED THE 24 INCH LINE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING.
WE HAD TO HIRE SOUTH, UH, A WC TO ACTUALLY SURVEY IT.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE PIPE WAS.
SO WE MARKED IT ON THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SITE.
SO MY QUESTION, ONCE AGAIN, WHO WAS AT FAULT? WAS IT US OR WAS IT THEM? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
ONE, THE APARTMENTS HAD NO SEWAGE, SO WE HAD TO GO IN AND DO THE REPAIR.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DON'T SHOW UP IN MARK, WE DO THE REPAIR.
IF I'M MISTAKEN, LEGAL CAN CORRECT US AND WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO THE REPAIR TO GET IT FIXED 'CAUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH.
BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PURSUE REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION REALLY, CALVIN? YES.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
THEN MY COMMENTS NOW IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JU SAID, I AGREE WITH YOU.
WHEN THIS AGENDA ITEM CAME ACROSS MY DESK, I ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED.
SO OUR, OUR LAW DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO THAT.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED.
BUT I'M LOOKING TO FILE ANY CLAIM THAT'S, THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
THAT'S THE ANSWER I'M LOOKING FOR IS ONE, IF THEY BUSTED, WAS IT OUR FAULT? THEIR FAULT, NOT JUST BRING ME, WE PAYING 154,000 FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO GO AND BREAK A SEW LINE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, QUESTION ON THIS, UH, COUNCIL FROM EVER FIELD? UH, MR. THANK YOU MAYOR.
MR. CALVIN, YOU MENTIONED, SORRY.
YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, WHEN AN ENTITY WILL CONTACT 8 1 1, WE DON'T HAVE DEDICATED STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE CALLS AT THAT TIME.
SO IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY SO THAT YOU, WE DON'T ARE AWARE, WE DON'T, WE GET A STACK LIKE THAT EVERY DAY.
I MEAN, YOU'D BE TALKING ABOUT A
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CREW OF AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOCATE.I MEAN IT'S, I'M, I WAS NOT THE ONE THAT JOINED 8 1 1.
I'M NOT REAL SURE WHY AS A CITY WE JOINED 8 1 1, BUT WE DID, AND WE'VE NOT STAFFED FOR THE LOCATION.
BUT HOW, HOW IT WORKS IS, UM, WHEN YOU SAID THAT ENTERED OR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ENTERGY, ANYBODY OR ANYBODY A CITIZEN CONTACT 8 1 1, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A RESPONSE.
COULD THIS PART HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? IS MY QUESTION Y IF WE WOULD'VE PROPERLY MARKED THE, THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE SEWER.
SO THE SITUATION WAY IS, DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 8 1 1.
REALLY? I JUST WANT TO, EIGHT ONE NOTIF GETS A NOTIFICATION FROM A A THIRD PARTY THAT THERE'S GONNA BE DIGGING AT A LOCATION.
THE MEMBERS, THEY GO OUT AND MARKET AND WE, WE PAY A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME THEY CALL US.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE, WE MARK IT PRIOR TO 8 1 1.
THE BIGGER ENTITIES LIKE ENTERGY AND TEXAS GAS CALL DIRECT.
SO ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS, IF THEY NEEDED A CALL, CAN WE MAKE THAT REQUEST TO HAVE TO BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY, KNOW WE'RE A MEMBER AND THEY, THEY NOTIFY US THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM, THROUGH THEIR SO CITY.
BUT IS, THIS MAY BE BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF THE PROGRAM, BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE AN ANSWERING SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO, WE COULD PAY, RESPOND TO THOSE SO THAT WE DON'T MISS THINGS LIKE THIS? THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT WILL DO IT, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UH, I MEAN IT'S NOT FREE.
BUT I WOULD ASSUME IT MAYBE 154,000 PEOPLE.
YOU TALKING ABOUT HALF TO A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR PROBABLY TO SUBCONTRACT IT OUT.
I WOULDN'T PAY SOMEBODY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR AN ENTRY SERVICE.
I JUST, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SOMEBODY THAT CAN USE LOT, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY SHOW UP, THEY'VE GOT GROUND PENETRATING RADAR.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PERSON ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST SO THAT WE ARE MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CALL THAT WE NEED TO ATTEND TO.
WE, WE KNOW THAT WE GET A STACK OF PAPER.
YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO GO THROUGH 'EM.
SO I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH 'EM FOR YOU TO, TO RECOGNIZE EMERGENT ISSUES TO, I MEAN, TO DO THAT, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH DOING IT, BUT HE RETIRED.
A LOT OF OUR LINES, THE LOCATION IS NOT WELL KNOWN.
PEOPLE THAT ARE, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT MARKED.
IT'S LIKE IN THEIR, YOUR BACK ALLEY.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING AND THEY, THEY KNOW THE, GENERALLY WHERE IT IS, IT'S UH, IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK.
I MEAN, SEWER LINES ARE RELATIVELY EASY 'CAUSE YOU CAN FIND A MANHOLE ON EACH BLOCK AND THE PIPE BETWEEN THEM IS RELATIVELY STRAIGHT.
SO, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE SO THAT WE, WE HAVE A GIS SYSTEM THAT GIVES YOU THE GENERAL LOCATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S IN THE BACK ALLEY.
IT'S IN THE ROAD, BUT IT'S NOT TIED DOWN.
IT'S, SO WE WORKING ON THAT? WE ARE WORKING ON IT SLOWLY WHEN WE CAN.
WE HAVE A SURVEYING INSTRUMENT.
WE'RE GOING OUT AND FINDING VALVES.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN.
WE HAVE A, AN ENGINEER THAT GOES OUT AND DOES IT WHEN HE HAS AVAILABILITY.
AND DARRELL ONE OF, ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE FIELD THAT CAN GO WITH HIM.
CAN WE WORK ON TIGHTEN THAT UP? LET, LET, LET WE YEAH, A BIT.
I THINK WE ARE MEANDERING INTO AND MAKING A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS HERE.
THERE IS A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, UM, ENGAGING OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT FOR THE NEED OF TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF GIS.
UM, I WANT TO AVOID THE MEANDERING THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND YES, WE HAVE MOST, YES, THE MOTION, YOU MADE THE POINT WE, WE MOTION, WE STRUCK UP THE LINE.
THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE LINE WAS.
YOU DID NOT HAVE GIS LOCATES FOR THE LINE IN TERMS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.
WE ARE GONNA PAY FOR IT AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH ENTITY TO SEE TO IT LEGALLY THAT IT, IF THE, IF THE RESPONSIBILITY JUST BE WE GOING TO TEAR TAG ONTO THEM.
COUNCILMAN LEWIS HAD THIS LIGHT ON IT IN JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE.
SAY THAT I I WANT TO UH, NO, NO.
REMIND US THAT WE ARE ON THE QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION.
YES, BUT HE CAN'T SAY WHAT HE JUST SAID.
YEAH, HE CAN'T SAY WHAT HE JUST SAID.
NO, HE HE SAID IT, BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT.
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SO, SO, SO IT IT IS OKAY.I MEAN, YOU COULD SAY WHATEVER IS, ACCORDING TO HOW I REACT TO IT, I DIDN'T REACT.
WELL, I'M, I'M, I'M SATISFIED.
LINES WAS PROPERLY MOCKED, ENERGY DRILLED, AND THEY, AND THEY STRUCK IT.
WE, ON THE HEALTH AND WELFARE, WE HAVE TO RESPOND AND THEN WE'LL CHASE THE, WE'LL CHASE THE RABBIT LATER ON.
OKAY, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WE BEATING THIS DOG.
IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT'S JUST MADE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANNA KNOW, SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD AND PAY THIS AND JUST, AND JUST CHECK, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S ALL.
BUT I, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE IN QUESTION, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT'S ON THE CON CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S THE THING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A FAULT OF SOMEONE ELSE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS? YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO PR NUMBER 23 9 1 9 IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[VII.C.(15). P.R. No. 23940 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Permanent Easement Agreement With Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC C/O Sempra Energy For The Construction, Installation And Maintaining Of A Forty-Two Inch (42”) Natural Gas Pipeline Within The Corporate Limits Of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas]
WE WILL GO OVER, OVER PAGE SIX.THIS IS PR NUMBER 2 39 4 2 3 9 4 0.
IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PERMANENT, UH, EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PORT ARTHUR.
PIPELINE, LLC, UH, CO ACTUALLY, OR THE CARE OF WOULD BE, UH, SEMPRA ENERGY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INSTALLATION AND MAINTAINING OF A 42 INCH NATURAL GAS PIPELINE WITHIN THE COOPERATE LIMITS OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
MAKING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILMAN LEWIS.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN EVER FIELD SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23 9 40 AS PRESENTED.
UH, WHEN I LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL, THE, THE APPRAISAL FOR THIS, UH, WAS IT THEIR APPRAISAL FROM WHAT I WAS, FROM WHAT I GATHERED, WE USING THE APPRAISAL FROM AN APPRAISAL THAT WAS WORKING FOR SEMPRA? OR DID I MISS SOMETHING ON THAT? WHO WOULD, EXCUSE ME? UH, CITY MANAGER AS A GENTLEMAN IN THE, OKAY.
I'M, I'M NOT, I I I HADN'T BEEN APPRISED AS HE WOULD SPEAK.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW FOR WHAT THE QUESTION THAT ON THE MOTION THAT YEAH.
NOW IF WE NEED THE EXPERT, YOU BRING THE EXPERT WITH YOU.
AS, AS, AS LONG AS IT'S ON, AS ON THE MOTION, WHAT WE DID WITH THE QUESTION ON THE MOTION AND, AND STATE YOUR QUESTION AGAIN.
MY QUESTION IS, I ASKED WHO IS THE APPRAISAL? DID THE CITY HIRE THE APPRAISAL OR DID THE COMPANY SIMPLE HIRE THE APPRAISAL? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
THAT NOW THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO ANSWER.
IS, IS, IS, IS THAT, SIR, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? COME ON.
BECAUSE YOU, YOU COME BEFORE COUNSEL, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM PARKER YON.
AND IT IS CORRECT AT THE COMPANY HIRED THE APPRAISER.
NOW WHY, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND AG AND WON'T AGREE TO THIS? AND WE ARE USING THEM AND THEIR APPRAISAL.
WHY DIDN'T WE HIRE THE APPRAISAL? LIKE NORMALLY BECAUSE THE GUY WORKED FOR US THEN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DEALING WITH OUR HOLD UP COUNCIL, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, OKAY, I WANT JUST TO ASK WHAT YOU ANSWER, WHAT YOU ASKED WHY COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER AND IT'S UNREADINESS, HE'S ASKING WHY DID NOT THE CITY ENGAGE, UH, UH, AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL OF THAT F OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND WE ARE USING THE APPRAISAL THAT THE PURCHASER WANTS IT, IT HAD HAD, UH, SUBMITTED.
SO IS IS THERE ANY REASON WHY? UH, IT'S THE NORMAL PRACTICE.
MM-HMM,
UM, WITH THE, BASED ON THE PIPELINE CODE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS A COMMITTEE, PAM, THAT REVIEWS COME ON.
THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THOSE APPLICATION PROCESSES.
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AND IT HAS GONE THROUGH THE STAGES OF REVIEW BY THE, BY THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE.YOU KNOW, ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE FIRM WHO NORMALLY APP APPLY FOR THOSE, UM, PIPELINE PERMITS.
AND THEN WE JUST PROCESS THEM, UM, BASED ON THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAWS AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED.
THE ORDINANCE, REALLY PIPELINE COMMITTEE THAT DOES REVIEW MAJOR PIPELINES.
HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE TO SEE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY POINT HERE.
WHENEVER WE DEALING WITH OUR PROPERTY, YES SIR.
IF WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE ON A PAID VALUE MARKET RACE, IF WE DO APPRAISAL, WE HAVE APPRAISAL EVEN IF WE INCLUDE THE FEE IN THE TRANSACTION.
WORKING ON OUR BEHALF, NOT THE APPRAISAL WORKING ON A PERSON BEHALF.
THEY, I I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE PERSON WE HIRED WORKING FOR US.
YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY, I REALLY, I MEAN I COULD SEE WHAT THE COMPANY APPRAISAL THEY HAVE, BUT YOU KNOW, NOBODY DOES BUSINESS THAT WAY.
PEOPLE DON'T GO ON SOMEBODY'S ELSE APPRAISAL.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT QUESTIONING HIS APPRAISED VALUE, BUT DIFFERENT APPRAISALS, DIFFERENT VALUES.
IN ORDER FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE GETTING THE BEST APPRAISED VALUE, WE SHOULD HAVE INITIATED THE APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY WE WANT TO LET THEM HAVE.
AND THEN WE TELL THEM THIS IS WHAT OKAY, COUNCILMAN DO SAID ON THIS.
ARE YOU, UH, ASKING OR REQUESTING THAT WE JUST REMOVE THIS FROM, BECAUSE I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I'M ON, I'M ON THE QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
AND, AND, AND I MEAN WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF DIALOGUE, BUT THEN IT, IT, IT, IT'S, IT, WE NEED TO SAY ON THE QUESTION, WE HAVE FOUND OUT WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS THAT THAT THAT, THAT APPRAISED VALUE.
NOW THE, THE, UH, MANNER IN WHICH WE RECEIVED IT, WE CAN'T, OR RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK WE ARE GETTING OFF TOPIC DISCUSSING ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE ACTUAL QUESTION WITH THE MOTION.
NOW IF WE DON'T WANT THIS, UH, PR APPROVED, THEN I'M, I WOULD ACCEPT REMOVAL OR MOTION TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
WE, WE, WE, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME SPEAKING ON SOMETHING, BUT IT IS ALREADY DONE.
SO WOULD YOU WANT THIS REMOVED? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE MAYOR RIGHT HERE.
THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, CAN THIS BE HELD? AND WE DO IT AND WE, UH, GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR APPRAISAL WITH, AND THEN WE INCORPORATE THAT IN THE COST TO THEM.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GETTING THE BEST PRICE WE CAN FOR IT.
CAN WE DO THAT WITHOUT CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS PROJECT OR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
UM, HONESTLY, I DON'T DEAL WITH PIPELINE PERMITS.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, RECEIVED A FEW CALLS WHERE THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN DELAYS IN GETTING THESE, UM, THESE PERMITS EXECUTED.
UM, I BELIEVE SEMPRA IS ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN QUITE SOME TIME, UM, TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE.
UM, HOWEVER, I WOULD ASK IF COUNSEL WOULD ALLOW US TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE AND MAKE THE NECESSARY UPDATES FOR THE FUTURE.
SO IF YOU WANT, YOU WOULD WANT TO REVIEW THE AU YOU SAID, RIGHT? AM I CORRECT? OKAY.
I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.
YOU TELL ME IF I'M CORRECT, UH, ATTORNEY THAT WE WOULD JUST REMOVE THIS UNTIL YOU REVIEW IT.
NO, BECAUSE YEAH, I MEAN WE GOING TO SPEND 30 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEN PASSING IT.
NO, I MAY, I I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
I'M TRYING, TOM, TRYING TO KEEP US ON POINT.
WELL, MAY I JUST LET US SPEAK AND THEN WE GET IT.
FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
I'M THE ONE THAT PULLED THE MAYOR.
LET ME, LET ME ASK MY QUESTION.
SO SINCE THEY'RE COMPLAINING, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THIS TO GO.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
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YES, SIR.I DON'T WANT US TO SEEM LIKE WE GONNA DO THAT.
WE NOT GONNA HOLD THIS UP ANY LONGER.
ANY OTHER UNREADINESS? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ANY OPPOSES? AYES HAVE THAT ONE IS COMPLETED AND APPROVE.
[VII.C.(21). P.R. No. 23958 – A Resolution Authorizing An Agreement Between The City Manager And Sherrariums Company Of Houston, Texas, Through The BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Program Contract No. 735-24 For The Rental, Installation, And Removal Of Holiday Decorations For City Hall In Amount Not To Exceed $37,475.00; Funding Available In Account 001-01-005-5470-00-10-000, Project No. MA0019-OTH-OCS]
TO THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE SEVEN.PAGE SEVEN IS PR NUMBER 2 39 58.
IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND CRANIUMS, IF I'M CORRECT, COMPANY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.
CONTRACT NUMBER 7 35 DASH 24 FOR THE RENTAL INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF HOLIDAY DECORATIONS FOR CITY HALL IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,475.
FUNDING AVAILABLE IN IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH ZERO ONE DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 5 4 7 0 0 0 DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0.
PROJECT NUMBER MA 0 0 1 9 O TC DASH OCS.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK? SO MOVED.
MAYOR, MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN KENMORE SECOND MAYOR IS REMOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 2 39 58 AS PRESENTED.
COUNCILMAN ETT, CITY MANAGER? YES, SIR.
LAST, LAST, LAST YEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST OF THIS TREE AND ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD BUY DECORATION AND WE SHOULD HAVE OUR PARKING RECREATION OR SOMEONE FROM THE CITY DECORATE.
AND DURING THAT MEETING, YOU SAID YOU WILL LOOK INTO IT TO TRY TO GET US MORE IN LINE WITH THE GETTING STUFF.
IF WE BUY THIS STUFF AND WE BUY QUALITY STUFF, IT CAN LAST A WHILE.
THEY BUY IT, THEY STORE IT, AND THEN DURING CHRISTMAS THEY PUT IT UP.
BUT THIS $37,500 EVERY YEAR, I JUST, I JUST CAN'T SEE US SPENDING THIS MONEY BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND, THE COST IS THEM I INSTALLING AND TAKING IT DOWN IN RENT.
NOW MAYBE WE WOULD DO BETTER IF WE RENTED IT AND PUT IT UP AND TAKE IT DOWN.
BUT SOME WAY SOMEHOW $37,500 EVERY YEAR FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE AND STUFF.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO BETTER.
SO TELL ME CITY MANEL, WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS? UH, I MEAN IT IS, IT IS GONNA COME BACK NEXT YEAR.
IT IT, CHRISTMAS COMES EVERY YEAR.
UH, LET ME, LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
THAT WAS LAST YEAR'S RESOLUTION.
AND HOW MUCH COUNCIL DU SAID I COST, I CUT THE COST IN HALF.
THIS TYPE O OKAY, GIVE, GIMME GIVE THE LAST SENTENCE WAS $80,000.
LOOK, I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SAY THAT WHAT I SAID BECAUSE THIS 30 IT'S DEALING WITH A TREAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THAT TREE, THAT TREE COMES IN SECTION AND IT'S LIT IT WITH THE BALLS.
SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASSEMBLE IT AND ANCHOR IT AND ANCHOR IT.
AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THAT, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.
AND, AND SO I, I, I WAS ABLE TO WORK, UM, WITH THE VENDOR TO CUT DOWN THE COST EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE THERE WAS COST IN THERE LIKE THE LIFT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS GONNA COST US $5,000.
SO I WORKED OUT WITH SOME OTHER FIRM AROUND
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HERE THAT WE COULD GET THE LIVE FROM THEM OR WE COULD GET IT FROM PARKS AND RECREATIONS.SO THAT'S THE PROGRESS I'M MAKING NOW.
ONE OF THE, THE THE THINGS OF STORING IT IS WE HAVE TWO CONTAINERS OUT THERE IN, IN THE PARKING LOT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND OUT WITH THE HEAT INTENSITY DURING THE SUMMER, I LOSE ALL THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS BECAUSE IT GETS TO 150, 160 INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER.
AND THEN ALL THE LIGHTS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM THAT WE STORED, YOU KNOW, I'VE LOST THEM, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING, I'M WORKING TO GET A PERMANENT PLACE THAT'S, UM, UM, CLIMATE CONTROLLED.
THAT WE OWN FOR US TO STORE OUR OWN, OWN, UM, CHRISTMAS DAY, NOT ONLY CHRISTMAS, BUT FOR OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE, CAN I SAY THAT AN EVICTION ORDER? NO, WE GOOD.
WE, WE, WE, WE, WE WILL GET WHAT WE, WE NEED.
WE, WE, A LITTLE BIT OF PAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THEN WE'LL GET WHERE WE NEED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ANY OTHER UN READINESS ON THIS? ANY LIGHTS? WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
SOLE PR NUMBER 2 39 58 ON PAGE SEVEN IS APPROVED AS, UH, PRESENTED.
[VIII.A.(1). P.R. No. 23925 – A Resolution Supporting The Acceptance Of The Fiscal Year 2025 Texas Department Of Transportation Selective Traffic Enforcement Program ( S . T . E . P. ) Grant In The Amount Of $24,654.76 With A 24.23% InKind Match. The In-Kind Match Is Covered By Existing Fringe Benefits And Administration Functions. Fund 107 Pending Budget Amendment P. O. No. 7284 On October 7, 2024]
NEXT WE'LL GO TO PAGE EIGHT.PAGE EIGHT IS THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, NUMBER ONE ON PAGE EIGHT UNDER, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT PR NUMBER 23 9 2 5.
IT IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, STEP IS THE ACRONYM FOR IT.
THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,654 AND THE 76 CENTS WITH A 24.23% IN KIND MATCHED THE IN-KIND MATCH IS COVERED BY EXISTING FRINGE BENEFITS AND ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS.
AND THIS ACTUALLY IS PENDING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, PO 72 84 ON OCTOBER 7TH TODAY.
THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, SUBSEQUENT TO ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, I BELIEVE.
UH, SO MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN LEWIS? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN EVER FIELD SECOND MOVE.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PO NUMBER 23 9 2 5 AS PRESENTED.
WAIT, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN LEWIS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT? YES.
UH, IS THIS, IS THIS GOING TO, THIS IS SPEEDING OR EN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT? WHAT THIS GOING TO COVER CHIEF? I DON'T KNOW CHIEF WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT BETTER.
WELL, I'M, I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT INSURANCE RATES.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE HIGHER THE CRASHES, THE, THE, OUR RATE CHANGES.
RIGHT AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS? UH, WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CRASHES IN THE CITY AND SLOW DOWN SPEEDERS.
IT ALSO COVERS SEAT BELTS AND THEY HAVE TARGETED AREAS.
THE GROUND'S BASICALLY BASED ON THE LOCATION OF CRASHES.
ARE THEY INCREASING OR DECREASING? I DON'T HAVE THOSE FEARS, BUT I WOULD'VE TO SAY THEY'RE DECREASING.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN GET ME LATER ON.
BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT CRASH AND, AND AND, AND THE, UH, THE DEATHS.
IT, IT, IT IMPACTS OUR INSURANCE RATE, RIGHT? IT DOES, YEAH.
UH, ANY OTHER UNREADINESS ON THIS? OKAY, IF THERE WOULDN'T NOT BE ANY OTHERS WE WOULD, UH, VOTE.
SO PR NUMBER 2 3 9 2 5 IS APPROVED AS READ.
IT IS NOW ONE 12 OF PM WE BEGAN AT 9:48 AM AND WE HAVE STAFF INVOLVED.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE WOULD RECESS DOWN TO OUR, UH, TO, TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD BEGIN WHEN WE RECESS NOW WE WOULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY? WE WOULD GO DOWN AND WE WOULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AND THAT WE STAFF WOULD HAVE LUNCH.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE OUT THERE, THERE'S SOME LUNCH THAT BEEN PROVIDED FOR COUNCIL AS WELL.
UH, SO WE WOULD GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ONCE WE COMPLETE THE SESSION, WE WILL RETURN AND COMPLETE THE CONSENT OR NON-CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN ANY
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ITEM THAT WOULD, UH, NECESSITATE ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.[IX. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION)]
NOW IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO, TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.10, ONE OF THE CHAPTER OF OF 5 5 1 OPEN MEETINGS LAWS, UH, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY, UM, ARTICLE 62 52 DASH 17 SECTION TWO SUBSECTION EIGHT PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE MEETING.AND THIS IS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, AND FOR US TO BE PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS, I MUST MAKE THIS FOLLOWING STATEMENT IN THE CLOSED MEETING WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO MEET WITH OUR ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ON LEGAL ADVICE ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST ITEM, WATER, UTILITIES, UH, PENALTIES, UH, IN THE PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS AT 85 80 PARK CENTRAL AVENUE, PARK CENTRAL RATHER, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND B CITY OWNED FACILITY LOCATED AT 34 51 50 SEVENTH STREET IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
C KIRK THOMAS AND KT TRUCKING AND CATTLE LLC VERSUS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS AND F ROBERTS.
IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS IN A CIVIL ACTION IN NUMBER ONE DASH 1 23 DASH CV DASH 2 8 2 ALSO WILL COVER D, WHICH IS ROAD USE PERMIT APPLICATION AND SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT FILED BY KIRK THOMAS.
WE ALSO COVER E, WHICH IS A BONITA BROWN VERSUS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
CAUSE A CAUSE NUMBER A DASH 2 9 1 1 1 4 9.
UH, ALSO F, WHICH WOULD BE POSSIBLE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE PI OR PLEASURE ISLAND RV RESORT AND INVESTMENT COOPERATION, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.
G, WHICH IS LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX.
AND ALSO AGAIN, THE ITEM WITH PLEASURE, PLEASURE ISLAND BUILDINGS A AND B.
AND THEN WE WILL COVER SECTION 5 5 1 0.0 87 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, NEGOTIATIONS.
AND WITH THAT PLEASURE ISLAND, UH, BUILDINGS, UH, A AND B.
AND WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ITEMS, IF THERE WOULD BE ACTION FROM THOSE ITEMS AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN WE RETURNED, WE WERE ACT UPON THEM IN OPEN SESSION HERE.
AND WE WERE AGAIN FOR, UH, SIMPLICITY RETURN TO ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT AND BEGIN WITH NUMBER TWO ON NUMBER EIGHT WHEN WE RETURN TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE.
SO NOW WE WILL, UH, RETIRE DOWN INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'VE NOW RETURNED TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, CITY OF SEC, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE REESTABLISH MAYOR TI PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON, EVER FIELD PRESENT.
AND WE ARE RETURNING TO, UH, WELL, FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, AM I CORRECT CITY SECRETARY? AM I CORRECT? EXCUSE ME.
MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A MOTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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OKAY.THAT'S WHY I WAS GONNA ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WOULD YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, YOUR HONOR, I'D ASK THE COUNSEL TO PLEASE PROVIDE A MOTION ON THE POSSIBLE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PIRV RESORT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
MAY I GET A, A SECTION? WELL, YOU DO.
SHE'S SAYING WHAT THE MOTION IS.
IS THAT RIGHT? SHE WAS JUST STATING THAT SHE HAS ONE.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TERMINATE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PLEASURE ISLAND RV RESORT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION FOR WATERVIEW RV RESORT ON PLEASURE ISLAND.
I SECOND THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, TERMINATE A LEASE ON PLEASURE ISLAND WITH THE RV RESORT.
UH, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
HAVE IT SO THAT MOTION IS APPROVED AND CARRIES, WOULD THAT BE ANY OTHER CITY SECRETARY? I MEAN CITY, UH, ATTORNEY? NO, YOUR HONOR.
THANK YOU SO KINDLY, UH, AT THIS JUNCTURE, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANK, YOU MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I MAKE THAT MOTION MADE YOU SECOND THAT COUNCILMAN LEWIS? YES, SIR.
IS REMOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD CLOSE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THE OPPOSES A HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS NOW ENDED.
DO WE NEED TO REESTABLISH? WE CAN GO ON, ON WHAT WE JUST ESTABLISHED.
UH, WE CAN GO, WE CAN GO MOVE RIGHT ON.
[VIII.A.(2). P.R. No. 23926 – A Resolution Of The Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas Approving And Ratifying An Amendment To The Certificate Of Formation For The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation, For Purposes Of Establishing A New Entity Name; And Addressing Related Matters]
WE WILL, UH, RESUME OUR, UH, NON-CONSENT AGENDA AND WE WILL START WITH NUMBER TWO ON PAGE EIGHT.IT IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS APPROVING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FOR PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING A NEW ENTITY NAME AND ADDRESSING RELATED MATTERS.
IF THE MOVE IS SECONDARY, WE WOULD APPROVE PR NUMBER 23 9 2 6.
AS AS PRESENTED, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION.
THERE AREN'T ANY LIGHTS, NO QUESTIONS.
ANY OPPOSES AYES HAVE SO THAT RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.
[VIII.A.(3). P.R. No. 23938 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Inter-Local Agreement Between Jefferson County, The City Of Beaumont And The City Of Port Arthur For The 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) And Receive Funding In The Amount Of $29,086.00, No Cash Match Requirement, Fund 107 Pending Budget Amendment PO 7284]
NEXT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 9 38.A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN JEFFERSON COUNTY, THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR THE 2024 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT, BETTER KNOWN AS JAG, AND RECEIVED FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,086.
NO CASH MATCH REQUIREMENT FUND, UH, NUMBER FUND 1 0 7 PENDING HOWEVER, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ON PO 72 84, MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COUNCILWOMAN, UH, EVER FIELD.
AND WE WOULD APPROVE PR 23 9 38 AS PRESENTED.
ANY UH, QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO QUESTIONS.
WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO IT IS AUDIT PO NUMBER 23 9 38 IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.A.(4). P.R. No. 23939 – A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager's Decision To Authorize The Emergency Repair Of The Existing 42-Inch Sanitary Sewer Line Located At 3835 Gulfway Drive, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed $247,611.66, From Water Utilities Account No. 405-40- 000-8516-00-00-000, Project No. WS0016-CON]
WE HAVE NUMBER FOUR, I BELIEVE.UH, 23 9 3 9 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION TO AUTHORIZE THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF THE EXISTING 42 INCH SANITARY SEWER LINE LOCATED AT 38 35 GULF WAY DRIVE FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $247,611 AND THE 66 CENTS FROM WALL UTILITIES.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 4 0 5 DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 8 5 16 0 0 0 DASH 0 0 0.
AND THIS IS PROJECT NUMBER WS 0 0 1 16 DASH KAHN.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNCILMAN FRANK.
MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN? UH, LEWIS.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PER OR NUMBER 23 9 3 9 S PRESENTED.
WE READY FOR QUESTION? I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.
ANY OPPOSES? THE AYES HAVE IT.
UH, PR NUMBER 23 9 3 9 IS APPROVED AS READ ONTO
[VIII.B.(1). P.O. No. 7205 – An Ordinance Authorizing The Separation Of Police Canine "Harley"]
PAGE NINE.UH, UNDER ORDINANCES WE HAVE, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 7 2 0 5.
IT IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN THE SEPARATION
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OF POLICE CANINE HARLEY.SECOND HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PO NUMBER 7 2 0 5.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO IT IS AUDIT, UH, THAT WE, EXCUSE ME? YEAH.
SO HARLEY WILL NOW BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE AT THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[VIII.B.(2). P.O. No. 7284 – An Appropriation Ordinance Amending The City Of Port Arthur Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 And Ending September 30, 2025, Increasing General Fund By $5,973.00 And The Public Safety Fund By $53,741.00]
WE HAVE PO NUMBER 72 84.IT IS APPRO AND APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING GENERAL FUND BY $5,973 AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUND BY $53,741.
MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD APPROVE PO NUMBER 72 84 AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS? THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSES? AYE HAVE PO I MEAN YES.
PO NUMBER 72 84 IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[VIII.B.(3). P.O. No. 7285 – An Ordinance By The City Of Port Arthur, Texas Authorizing The Settlement Of Texas Gas Service Company, A Division Of One Gas, Inc.’s Statement Of Intent To Increase Rates Within The Central-Gulf Service Area, Filed On June 3, 2024; Finding That The Meeting Complies With The Open Meetings Act; Making Other Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Declaring An Effective Date]
AND FINALLY WE HAVE PO NUMBER 72 85.IT IS AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS AUTHORIZED IN THE SETTLEMENT OF TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANY A DIVISION OF, UH, ONE GAS INCORPORATED STATEMENTS OF INTENT TO INCREASE RATES WITHIN THE CENTRAL GULF SERVICE AREA FILED ON JUNE 3RD, 2024.
FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MAY I GET A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND IN THE MOTION THERE.
AND THAT IS WE DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU'RE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO IT IS APPROVED PO NUMBER 7 2 8 5 AS PRESENTED AND READ CITY ATTORNEY, BE THERE NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS OFFICE BODY.
AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS THE PRESIDER OF THIS SESSION NOW, DECLARE THIS AUGUST'S BODY DISMISSED UNTIL THE NEXT TIME.