Jan 13, 2026 City Council

RECORDING IN PROGRESS. ARE YOU READY? MAYOR. ALRIGHT.

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[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL ]

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AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE MUTE YOUR CELL PHONES.

AND WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR INVOCATION PLEDGE AND OUR ROLL CALL.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP PASTOR YOSHI ALEXANDER, WHO WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL. PASTOR ALEXANDER, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND LEADING US IN PRAYER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WOULD YOU ALL PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE? OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD. WE DO COME TONIGHT IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND WE GIVE YOU GLORY.

GOD, WE GIVE YOU HONOR, WE GIVE YOU WORSHIP AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE.

OH, GOD, EVEN IN THIS PLACE, WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSEMBLE, TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY AS WE COME TONIGHT. LORD GOD, I THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHOM YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAD THIS CITY.

GOD, WE GIVE YOU GLORY FOR THAT. AND WE LIFT UP PRAYERS FOR THEM ON TONIGHT, LORD GOD.

WE PRAY FOR A SEVENFOLD ANOINTING TO REST UPON THIS BODY.

WE PRAY GOD THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE, THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING, THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL, THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.

AND LET THE SPIRIT OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD REST UPON THESE YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AS WE COME TONIGHT, OH GOD. AND AS THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY, I ASK, OH GOD, THAT AN ANOINTING WOULD REST UPON THEM.

LORD GOD, AS AS IT DID UPON NEHEMIAH, THAT THEY WILL BUILD AND REBUILD AND RESTORE AND REVITALIZE THIS CITY.

I PRAY GOD THAT YOU GIVE THEM DIVINE STRATEGIES, DIVINE PLANS, DIVINE BLUEPRINT, AND THE KNOW HOW.

OH, GOD. ON HOW TO LEAD AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THIS CITY.

I PRAY GOD, FOR THE PROTECTION OF PORT ARTHUR, THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT OUR BORDERS AT THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, THE EAST AND THE WEST. I PRAY FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, FOR EVERY CITIZEN.

OH GOD, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, OH GOD, THAT BLESSINGS OF PEACE, BLESSINGS OF HEALTH AND WEALTH AND FAVOR WILL ABIDE IN THIS CITY. AND NOW, GOD, AS THEY CONDUCT THE BUSINESS.

IN THIS MEETING ON TONIGHT, WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE AND WE INVOKE YOUR PEACE.

WE PRAY TONIGHT THAT THE VERY SHALOM OF GOD WILL ABIDE IN THIS PLACE.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM DIVINE DIRECTION, DIVINE CORRECTION, DIVINE STRATEGY.

WE PRAY GOD THAT EVERYTHING IN THIS PLACE ON TONIGHT WILL BE DONE, DECENT AND IN ORDER.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE THANK YOU THAT WE GET TO LEAD YOUR PEOPLE.

GOD, WE GIVE YOU GLORY FOR THAT NOW. WE THANK YOU.

WE PRAISE YOU AND WE GIVE YOU GLORY. WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME AND FOR HIS SAKE WE PRAY.

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PASTOR YOSHI FOR THAT PRAYER, AND FOR COMING OUT TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO JOIN US IN PRAYER AT THIS TIME.

CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU WOULD ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR US.

MAYOR MOSES HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. LEWIS. COUNCIL MEMBER. HAMILTON.

EVER FEELS. COUNCIL MEMBER. BECKHAM. COUNCIL MEMBER.

KINLAW. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK M QUORUM. AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER THREE PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

[III.A.(1) Deloris Prince Regarding The Positive Impact Of The Police Chief Advisory Committee On The Community]

I SAY MAYOR DOLORES PRINCE. REGARDING THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE POLICE CHIEF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE IN THE COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR PRINCE, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. OH, I SEE HER LIGHT.

CAN YOU SEE ME? WE DON'T SEE YOU. I SEE YOUR NAME, BUT WE DON'T SEE YOU.

KNOW THAT'S A BIGGER PICTURE OF ME I'M HERE. OKAY.

I AM HERE, HOWEVER. OKAY. YOU MAY. YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU.

WELL, YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS POLICE CHIEF ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS CREATED IN 2017.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE 18 MEMBERS BECAUSE WE HAD NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WAS LATER REDUCED TO 14 MEMBERS WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS REDUCED TO SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ASSISTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ACHIEVING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX POLICE COMMUNITY ISSUES. STUDYING, EXAMINING AND RECOMMENDING METHODS AND APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING ACTIVE CITIZEN POLICE PARTNERSHIP IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.

PROMOTING COOPERATIVE CITIZEN POLICE PROGRAMS AND APPROACHES IN ORDER TO RESOLVE COMMUNITY CRIME PROBLEMS. RECEIVING INFORMATION CONCERNING POLICE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND OPERATIONS.

ACTING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON MATTERS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMITTEE.

PARTICIPATING IN MEANINGFUL DIALOG AND PROVIDING MEANINGFUL INPUT RELATED TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND ASSUMING OTHER TASKS AND DUTIES TO FACILITATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THOSE OBJECTIVES.

OUR COMMITTEE CURRENTLY HAS A CHAIRMAN, A VICE CHAIR AND A SECRETARY.

SLASH EVENTS PLANNER. AND AS A COMMITTEE, WE AIM TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR POLICE CHIEF, TIM DURSO, HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN ALL OF OUR EFFORTS BY HIS PRESENCE, HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND HIS LEGAL ADVICE. OUR REGULAR MEETINGS ARE NORMALLY HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 3 P.M.

AT THE RAYMOND CENTER, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

AND I SAID NORMALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED THERE.

WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN BRIDGE THIS GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WORK IN COORDINATION WITH CRIME STOPPERS. OFFICER JOHNSON AND LISA BOUDIN ARE WITH US AT MOST OF OUR MEETINGS, AND ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE POLICE CHIEF PRIOR TO INFORMING ANYBODY ELSE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING MEETINGS.

I GET HIS APPROVAL FIRST BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE PART OF ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.

NOW, WE HAVE VISITED IN THE BEGINNING. WE MET WITH PROBABLY 99.9% OF ALL OF THE APARTMENT MANAGERS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WHEN WE WERE MEETING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE ALSO HAD A MEETING AT THE PAISD THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WITH MORE THAN 50 FAITH LEADERS ACROSS THE CITY.

WE HAVE PARTICIPATED NOT ALL OF THE MEMBERS AND FEED THE HOMELESS EVENTS SERVED AS THE AT THE HOSPITALITY CENTER.

THE BLUE SANTA PROGRAM. WALK WITH FAITH LEADERS WITHIN THE CITY AND PARTICIPATED IN THE STAND DOWN EVENT AT THE CITY CENTER.

AND WHAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY REWARDING IS OUR MEETINGS THAT MANY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITHIN THE CITY LIKE FOR INSTANCE, HEATHER BROOK, CEDAR RIDGE, AMBROSE APARTMENTS, PARK CENTRAL APARTMENTS, LEWIS MANOR, PRINCE HALL, PEBBLE CREEK, O, W COLLINS, STONEGATE, AVERY TRACE, CRYSTAL CREEK, EDISON SQUARE.

WE'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AT THE TITAN BOXING GYM, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, LIKE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND THE LAST ONE WE HAD AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN PORT ACRES.

THAT WAS LAST NIGHT, AND THERE MAY BE SOME I'VE MISSED, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMED AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, AND ESPECIALLY AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, IS SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAVE BEEN THERE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, BECAUSE THEY KEEP WANTING US TO GO BACK.

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AND LIKE I SAID, AT 3 P.M. ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH, UNLESS WE GO OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS MEET AT THE ROMAN CENTER.

WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN TO PERHAPS 3 OR 4 OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS AND PERHAPS 3 OR 4 OF OUR COMPLEX MEETINGS.

WE'VE HAD A FEW HICCUPS, BUT WE ALWAYS REMAIN ON TRACK TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MEET OUR OBJECTIVES.

I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THIS COMMITTEE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OH, OKAY. YOU HAD ONE MINUTE LEFT. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR PRINCE.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY LIGHTS OR ANY COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

WE APPRECIATE IT. WHO HAS THIS? OH, COUNCILMEMBER DOUCET, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER. YES, I, I ATTENDED THE ONE LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS IN THE DISTRICT FOUR, AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED OUT BECAUSE NORMALLY I ATTEND THOSE TYPE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND IT'S NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAD A NICE CROWD OUT THERE.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND OUR ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES.

AND BY MOVING AROUND THE CITY, YOU GET A CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CONCERNS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION OF OUR CITY AND PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND BY GOING TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN JUST HAVING MEETINGS AND HAVING ONE THING, BECAUSE EVERY COMMUNITY HAS SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT THEY WANT TO ADDRESS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU KNOW, SO BY GOING TO THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEE, YOU'RE ABLE TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND TAILOR WHAT YOU GET AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, TELL ON THOSE PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, THEN WE'LL SERVE THE CITY.

SO I WANT TO COMMEND THEM ON THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING ALSO.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU SAID BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL IF WE MET EVERY THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IN A ROOM INSIDE OF A BUILDING. WE HAVE TO BE OUT VISIBLY PARTICIPATING WITH THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.

AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT AT SPECIAL EVENTS.

AND THOSE EVENTS GO TO THE CHIEF PRIOR TO WITH APPROVAL, PRIOR TO THEM GOING OUT TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAD SOME HICCUPS, BUT WE DON'T STOP.

WE KEEP DOING IT. WE HAVE ONE MORE COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRINCE, FOR COMING ON TODAY AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION AND ENLIGHTENING OUR CITY ABOUT WHAT THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS DOING. MOST PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT IN A SCHOOL SETTING, THAT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS IMPORTANT.

IF CHILDREN ARE GOING TO ADVANCE AND DO WELL.

AND I WANT TO SAY ON TODAY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

BECAUSE IF OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING EVERY TIME YOU MEET, AS WELL AS THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME, TALENTS AND ABILITIES WHEN THEY VOLUNTEER FOR ALL OF THESE COMMITTEES THAT WE ASK THEM TO SERVE ON.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO AND TO HELP US BE THE CITY WE WANT TO BE.

THANK YOU. FOR ME, IT'S A BLESSED OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL, THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FEEL THE SAME WAY. AND I KNOW OUR POLICE CHIEF DOES TOO.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRINCE. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A BLESSED EVENING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE AT NUMBER TWO. IF MR. KENNETH LOFTON WITH WAYNE F EAST VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 4820 REGARDING DESERT STORM WOULD COME FORWARD. OH, HE'S NOT HERE.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. HE IS NOT HERE. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON.

[III.B.(1) A Presentation By The Transit Director Regarding The Transit San Antonio Avenue, Reconstruction Project (Requested By Councilmember Lewis)]

THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE WORK.

AND SO I'M GOING TO PULL THIS ITEM OFF. OKAY.

IF YOU FAIL TO CORRECT IT, I'LL PUT IT BACK ON.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

[III.F.(1) Discussion And Possible Action Declaring 900 Acres On Pleasure Island A Brownfield Site Within District 1 (Requested By Councilmember Lewis)]

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DECLARING 900 ACRES ON PLEASURE ISLAND. ISLAND, A BROWNFIELD SITE WITHIN DISTRICT ONE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS.

YES. THANK YOU. WHAT? YOU'RE LIGHT ON COUNCIL MEMBER, MIKE? YES. WE SIGNED A CONTRACT. OR I NEED TO GET THE GET THE OVERHEADS ON.

THE PICTURES. OH YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT OKAY. CAN YOU ALL WHAT ABOUT ON ON THE AUDIENCE SIDE.

THAT'S. THAT IS GREAT. THAT IS GREAT. WHAT I WANT TO SAY WE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH HARRY.

HARRY. HARRY CRAWFORD IN MAY. WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT NOW, ONCE WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. AND IT'S A PART OF THE CONTRACT.

IF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DECIDED TO DEVELOP THAT TRACK OF LAND, THEY WILL.

THEY'LL HAVE TO VACATE. AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO DO THAT.

THEY HAVE FAILED. NOW, WHEN HARRY CRAWFORD SIGNED THAT AGREEMENT WITH US.

YOU KNOW HOW GREEN THAT LAND IS. THAT IS. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

OKAY, NOW TAKE IT UP TO JUNE. OKAY. NOW. SAME LAND. LOOK AT IT NOW. WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT IN MAY.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO VACATE IT. WHAT THEY STARTED DOING, THEY STARTED POLLUTING.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THAT'S IN. THAT IS IN JUNE.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. EXTENSION. FURTHER EXTENSION OF POLLUTING THAT LAND INSTEAD OF THEM EVACUATED. INSTEAD OF THEM EXITING IT.

GETTING OUT OF IT. SO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR CAN DEVELOP IT.

THEY STARTED POLLUTING. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

GO TO THE OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S EXTENSION OF THE POLLUTION.

GO TO THE NEXT ONE THAT THAT PIPE THERE IS COMING OUT OF THE INTERCOASTAL CANAL AND DUMPING ON THE 900 ACRES. OKAY. GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

YOU PICTURE THE FIRST PHASE OF IT. IT WAS NICE AND GREEN AND RECOVERING.

THEY'VE BEEN POLLUTING IT EVER SINCE. AND THEY DONE STARTED THAT IN JUNE.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT NOW. THEY CONTINUOUSLY.

AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THEY HAVE A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR IN THERE, A PRIVATE DREDGING COMPANY DOING DREDGING FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY DUMPING IT ON OUR LAND. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S THE PIPE.

THAT'S THE. THAT'S. THE MASTER PIPE IS COMING OUT OF THE INTERCOASTAL CANAL.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THAT'S THE PIPE GOING UNDERNEATH THE HIGHWAY 82 ON WAS THROUGH THE BLUE WATER GOING ON HIGHWAY 82 AND DREDGING THAT DREDGING IS BEING PUMPED IN AND SPREAD IT OUT ALL OVER THE 900 ACRES.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S WHAT I TOOK THAT.

NOW THINK ABOUT THIS. WE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH HARRY CRAWFORD.

WIND TURBINES. OKAY. THAT IS THE SAME LAND THAT THE FIRST PHASE.

NICE AND GREEN. THAT'S WHAT I TOOK THAT PICTURE.

I TOOK THAT PICTURE. CHRISTMAS EVE. THAT'S THE FINAL PICTURE I TOOK CHRISTMAS EVE.

SO IN ALL THE REASON I WANT TO DESIGNATE THIS A BROWNFIELD, I CHAIRED THE BROWNFIELDS COMMITTEE FOR YEARS. OKAY. AND THE BROWNFIELD CHANGED THE RULES.

IF YOU GOT A PROJECT AND WE HAVE A PROJECT, YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT YOU WANT TO DEVELOP.

BROWNFIELD WILL COME IN AND HELP YOU, IF IT'S REQUIRED, HELP YOU CLEAN IT UP AS LONG AS YOU GOT A PROJECT AND WE HAVE A PROJECT, THE DATA CENTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING THERE AND THEY THEY WILL ASSIST IN THAT.

SO ALL I WANT THE COUNCIL TO DO IS TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO DESIGNATE THIS BROWNFIELD SO WE CAN GET THE PROCESS STARTED.

OKAY. NOW THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

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THAT'S THE TAXPAYERS. NATIONAL SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

DISASTER RESPONSE. ENVIRONMENTAL. ENVIRONMENTAL.

THIS IS WHAT GETS ME. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LAYING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD STEWARDS. THEY'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

NOW, BY DESIGNATING THIS A BROWNFIELD THAT TAKE THE CONTROL AWAY FROM THE LOCAL PEOPLE.

AND I'M WONDERING, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, I'M HOPING THAT THE LOCAL CONTROL, THOSE FOLKS THAT'S IN CHARGE WILL NO LONGER BE ON THE TAXPAYERS PAYROLL. THE TAXPAYER PAYS FOR EVERYTHING. THE CLEANUP, ALL THE ALL THE ALL THAT EXCAVATION.

THEY'RE PAYING FOR ALL OF THAT. THEY WORK FOR THE TAXPAYERS.

ALL OF THEIR 401 AND EVERYTHING COME FROM YOUR TAX DOLLAR.

SO WHAT? WHAT? I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD YOU DELIBERATELY GO OUT AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM FOR THE TAXPAYERS? IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. NOW THEY CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE BEEN. I CAME ON BOARD WIND TURBINE THERE, HAD BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR 6 TO 8 MONTHS TO GET THAT LEASE IS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

NOW AT ONE TIME. DID DID THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND OBJECT OR ANYTHING BUT IN THE CONTRACT? IN THEIR CONTRACT CLEARLY STATES AND THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THIS IS NOT STATE PROPERTY, IT IS NOT FEDERAL PROPERTY.

THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. THERE'S NOTHING THEY THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO DEVELOP THAT 900 ACRES, THEY OUGHT TO VACATE. SO THAT DESIGNATING IT A BROWNFIELD WILL GET THE PROCESS STARTED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER NEXT TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.

IF THEY FAIL, IF THEY FAIL TO TO MOVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM EVICTED.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS, FOR THE PRESENT DISCUSSION.

I HAVE NO LIGHTS. WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER HAVERFIELD.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT THE I AM. THE.

CITY ATTORNEY. TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE TO US ON THE PROCESS OF A BROWNFIELD IS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE A BROWNFIELD, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO. WHAT THAT PROCESS ENTAILS, AND THAT MAY NOT BE INFORMATION WE HAVE TODAY, BUT IT CAN BE RETURNED TO US. I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT A A GOOD THING FOR THEM NOT TO DUMP THERE, BUT THE PROCESS WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU'RE ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME BACK WITH TO US CITY ATTORNEY.

SHE JUST ASKED, YOU GOT IT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU THAT'S WHAT SHE.

SHE'S JUST ASKING HER TO COME BACK TO US WITH THE RESEARCH THAT IF WE CAN OR CANNOT DECLARE, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO VOTE THIS UP OR DOWN TODAY.

THAT'S JUST ANOTHER DELAY. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEING DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED.

JUST ANOTHER DELAY. WE NEED TO VOTE IT UP OR DOWN.

I DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION ON HERE FOR THAT AND NO VOTING.

I DID SEE POSSIBLE ACTION, BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO I DON'T OH, YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK? I THINK WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK IN A RESOLUTION FORM.

RIGHT? NOT TONIGHT, BUT WE CAN BRING IT BACK.

RESOLUTION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER DOUCET.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AFTER LOOKING AT THAT, AND I KNOW THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, BUT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHEN THEY DECIDE TO DREDGE THIS SABINE NATURE CHANNEL, I KNOW THAT PART OF THAT

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HERE IS OUR LAND. SO WHO? WHO DID THEY COMMUNICATE WITH? CITY MANAGER. WE WOULD HAVE TO BE. WE WOULD HAVE TO.

I WOULD HAVE TO DO A BIT OF RESEARCH WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO FIND DOCUMENTATION.

YES, I SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW DID THIS GET TO DUMPING STUFF? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THEY FUNDED THE PROJECT, THEY WERE FUNDED FOR THE DREDGING.

THEY PROBABLY HAD FUNDS FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE IT AND DISPOSE OF IT.

AND WHEN HE DISPOSED OF IT, I KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A PLACE WHERE IT WAS AGREED UPON THAT THEY CAN DISPOSE OF IT.

SO I FIND IT FUNNY THAT IT'S DUMPING IT TO THAT EXTENT ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, I'M SITTING ON COUNCIL AND I'M APPALLED THAT THEY DO THAT WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THE BROWNFIELD QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR COUNCILMAN, LOU, WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ON WHY THEY ARE DUMPING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA IN COUNCIL, WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF IT OR DID NOT APPROVE IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, OH. OR IF IT REQUIRED COUNCIL'S PERMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

WE'LL FIND OUT. YEAH, WE'LL FIND OUT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. RON. OKAY, I HAVE MR. HOFFER. YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES. YES. MY NAME IS HELEN HOFFER. I LIVE AT 37, TEN, DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE.

HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? I THINK THREE MINUTES.

THREE MINUTES. OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ELSE SPEAKING ABIDES BY THAT RULE TONIGHT. THE DREDGING PROJECT WAS APPROVED A LONG TIME BEFORE THE DILIGENCE LEASE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE. TO YOUR REMARK, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT EVERYTHING.

THAT WAS A DISCUSSION LAST TIME. I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.

MY CONCERN IS THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU'RE WANTING TO ANNEX LAND SO YOU CAN PUSH THROUGH A PROJECT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY DO NOT WANT REPEATEDLY.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HERE ARE REPRESENTING DILIGENCE DIRECTLY.

THEY SHOULD BE REPRESENTED BY THEIR COMPANY, NOT BY COUNCIL.

OTHER COMPANIES COME HERE ALL THE TIME WITH LEGITIMATE NEEDS FOR COUNCIL. WHEN IT COMES TO DILIGENCE. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL REPRESENTING THEM.

THAT'S AN ISSUE. WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED PERTAINING TO THIS MATTER.

MR. SIMEON QUEEN IS ON THE BOARD OF PLEASURE ISLAND COMMITTEE, AND THAT IS A DIRECT CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE HE STANDS TO GAIN OVER $14 MILLION IF THE DILIGENCE PROJECT GOES THROUGH. HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THESE SAME ITEMS THAT PERTAIN TO THIS.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS WERE VOTED ON LAST NIGHT, THE PLEASURE ISLAND COMMITTEE, AND HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THEM.

THERE'S A PATTERN THAT'S DEVELOPING IN THIS ROOM.

IT STARTED WITH THE EX-MAYOR HEAVILY PUSHING TO CLOSE THE DILIGENCE LEASE DEAL BEFORE HIS TERM ENDED.

AND NOW WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HEAVILY FOCUSING ON PUSHING THE DILIGENCE DEALS THROUGH BEFORE THEIR TERM EXPIRES.

THIS IS A BAD PATTERN. IT STINKS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE KNOWS IT.

I'M FULLY OPPOSED TO MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY OF THE DILIGENCE PROJECT, BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN MAINTAIN AND CLEAN UP THE LEASE PROPERTY.

WE'VE GOT CARS AND TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DUMPED ON THEIR PROPERTY SINCE THEY HAVE LEASED IT, JUNKING UP THE AREA, AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE AS LEASEHOLDERS TO KEEP THAT PROPERTY MAINTAINED AND THEY ARE NOT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS HIS LIGHT ON.

YES. I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY ESTABLISH SOMETHING.

WHEN YOU YOU COME DOWN OFF OF MLK BRIDGE AND YOU TURN LEFT ON HIGHWAY 82, MLK BRIDGE, AND YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CAMERON CARS WAY THAT IS DISTRICT ONE.

THAT IS MY THAT'S THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT.

AND I DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING? WE GOT LAND THERE THAT WE CAN DEVELOP IT AND GET REVENUES FROM IT.

MR. I DO NOT APPRECIATE WHAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS DOING.

JUST A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ORDERING HERE IN THIS ROOM.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WE WILL BE DECENTLY.

AND WE WILL DO THIS IN DECENCY AND IN ORDER. OKAY.

OKAY. YEAH. JUST, JUST WE'RE GOING TO. LET'S GET THROUGH IT.

OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEWIS. YOU'RE DONE.

OKAY. NO. YOU ONLY HAVE TWO TIMES TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC IN TWO MINUTES.

AND THAT'S IT. MR.. I FORGOT THAT, MR. CRAWFORD, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. 2506 DON RIVER LANE, PEARLAND. FIRST GIVING HONOR TO GOD, TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, TO HIS HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS PRESENCE. I SAY TO HONORABLE MAYOR MOSES TO THIS COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO STAND.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE 1800S, TO BE EXACT.

THERE'S A DOCUMENT THAT WAS A BRIEF THAT WAS PUT OUT BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

BACK WHEN BURKHART, A BAKER, WAS THE MAYOR, AND AF FINE WAS THE CITY CLERK.

THIS SPOILAGE OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE ON PLEASURE ISLAND HAS BEEN GOING ON IT.

IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE RECORD, A NUISANCE.

IF YOU READ THE RECORD YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN FIND IT IN GLOW OFFICE IN AUSTIN.

OR YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE HISTORY AT THE LIBRARY.

IT'S A BOOK THAT YOU CAN'T CHECK OUT, BUT IT TELLS THE STORY ON HOW A LONG TIME THAT THOSE THAT WENT BEFORE YOU, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS ARGUING WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ABOUT PUTTING THEIR SPOILS ON CITY PROPERTY.

SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS OVER THE YEARS, THE CITY FELT LIKE THEY RUINED THE LAKE BOTTOMS. THAT'S ON THE RECORD. THEY KILLED ALL THE TOURISM THAT'S ON THE RECORD.

AND THEY'RE RAISING MOSQUITOES. THAT'S ON THE RECORD.

THAT'S WHY I GOT SO MANY MOSQUITOES HERE. IT'S COMING FROM THE SPOILAGE OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE ON THE ISLAND.

IF YOU KEEP READING, YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU RUN INTO THIS 1933 EASEMENT AND WAIVER THAT A COUPLE OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID WAS TOO OLD AND WASN'T IMPORTANT.

BUT IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT IT EQUALS TO A GOVERNMENT TAKING WHAT THE WHAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS DOING.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY, THEY TAKING IT AND THEY DUMPING SPOILS ON IT AND THEY'RE NOT THERE'S NO COMPENSATION OR ANYTHING. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME TO WHERE THERE'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SPOILAGE THAT THE CITY HASN'T GOTTEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T TELL ANYBODY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT.

THERE WAS A LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN THAT WENT FORWARD, AND IN THAT LETTER, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAD TO HAD TO STOP PUTTING SPOILS ON THE PROPERTY WHEN THAT EASEMENT, WHEN THE CITY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP IT.

WELL I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHEN THE CITY MADE A MOTION IN OPEN SESSION REGARDING OUR PROJECT SERVING THE PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BEING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

THAT'S ON THE RECORD. AND THEN THE CITY SIGNED A LEASE WITH US.

THAT'S ON THE RECORD. YOU HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE.

YES, MA'AM. WE WE WE PAID. WE PAID TO HAVE A RIGHT TO TO LEASE HERE'S WHERE I PAID THE MONEY TO THE TITLE COMPANY.

BUT YOU GUYS DIDN'T GIVE US CREDIT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF OF THE LEASE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT I JUST RECEIVED AN INVOICE FROM YOUR FROM YOUR YOUR CITY.

WHOEVER SENDS THE INVOICES OUT SAYING THAT WE OWE Y'ALL.

BUT WE DON'T. WE GAVE THE MONEY TO THE TITLE COMPANY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT AS EASY AS THIS FELLOW HERE THINKS ABOUT JUST WALKING IN AND AND CANCELING THE LEASE AND NOT HAVING TO PERFORM. IT'S NOT THAT EASY. SO WITH YOUR ATTORNEY HERE, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT.

CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? YOU GOT 15 SECONDS.

YEAH, I JUST I JUST WANT I JUST WANT TO EXTEND THE TIME.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE FINISH THE STATEMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS, THIS BROWNFIELD THAT COUNCILMAN LEWIS IS TALKING ABOUT, THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE BROWNFIELD WHERE YOU GET MONEY FOR DOING BROWNFIELD.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IT DESIGNATED BROWNFIELD. AND WE SPEND OUR OWN MONEY. WE NEVER ASK THE CITY FOR NOTHING. AND WE'RE NOT ASKING NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. GOOD DAY. COUNCIL.

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I'M AN ACTIVIST RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

I'M ALSO ON 96.9 THE BREEZE. I'VE HAD DIALOGS WITH THOSE THAT ARE FOR IT, AND I HAD DIALOGS WITH THOSE.

THAT'S AGAINST IT. I'M STANDING HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY WANT THIS.

THEY WANT IT. PORT ARTHUR NEED IT. AND WE NEED TO START SUPPORTING OUR GROWTH ON THE ISLAND.

NOW, I'VE BEEN ON PLEDGE ISLAND FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, SO TRUST ME, I KNOW WHAT GOES IN AND WHAT GOES OUT.

MY PROBLEM IS THAT IF I LEASE A PIECE OF LAND AND I'M PAYING MONEY, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH SOMEBODY PUTTING SOMETHING ON IT.

I DON'T CARE FOR WHO RIGHT OR WHO WRONG, BUT WHEN YOU COME ON MY PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION AND PUT SOME OKAY THERE LEASING.

MR. CRAWFORD IS LEASING MR. CRAWFORD AND PAID FOR HIS.

IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND LET THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS KNOW THAT.

HEY, LOOK AT YOUR CONTRACT. LOOK AT WHAT YOU SAID YOU WAS GOING TO DO.

WE GOT A DEVELOPER, AND IT'S VERY, VERY RUDE THAT WE DON'T STAND BY HIM.

THAT'S ALL OF MY TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

HELLO, SIR. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. I'M KNOWN AS DOUGLAS SMOOCH.

SO I'M CALLING ME A PREACHER, A TEACHER, BUT I'M HERE ON.

EXCUSE ME. ON THE PART OF DILIGENCE. I'LL PULL THAT MIC UP TO YOUR MOUTH, WE CAN HEAR YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

OKAY. I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK AND I HEARD SOME REMARKS ABOUT PEOPLE DUMPING, AND THEY MUST KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT. OR MAYBE THEY'RE THE ONES DOING IT.

BUT HERE I'M LOOKING OUT FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

AND I WORK FOR DILIGENCE. I'M SUPPORTING OF DILIGENCE.

AND I'LL BE GLAD WHEN Y'ALL GET THIS STRAIGHT, BECAUSE I HEARD FOR EIGHT SOME YEARS THESE ENGINEERS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE LAND.

I SAW PICTURES, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE MYSELF, AND NOW I LOOK AT IT.

AND WHAT ARE THEY DUMPING CHEMICALS ON THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S BAD FOR OUR HEALTH AND OUR WATER SYSTEM HERE.

SO THAT SHOULD BE STOPPED. THAT'S ALL I GOT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MR. HOFFER. YES. HARLAN HOFFER. 3710 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR DRIVE.

THOSE. I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT DUMP ANYTHING OUT THERE. I WAS THE ONE WHO FOUND THOSE. I BROUGHT NEWS ATTENTION TO IT. ANYONE WHO WATCHES THE NEWS THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS SEEN ON KFDM WHAT HAS HAPPENED. I'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE ISLAND CLEANED UP, THE MARINA, THE TIRES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. INSTEAD OF COMING AT ME AND ACCUSING ME OF SOMETHING, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FROM HIM.

YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

MAYOR. THIS IS ON FOR ACTION. I SAID POSSIBLE ACTION.

IT SAID POSSIBLE ACTION. YOU'RE GOING TO BRING BACK A OKAY.

YOU'RE BRINGING BACK A RESOLUTION. YOU'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK A RESOLUTION NEXT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THAT'D BE FINE. NO RESOLUTION TO VOTE ON. OKAY.

THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO. WE HAVE CANCELLATION OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THIS IS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE.

[III.F.(2) Cancellation Of Council Meetings (Requested By Councilmember Doucet)]

AND I, I DIDN'T HEAR IT BEING RESCHEDULED. SO WHEN I GOT BACK, I CHECKED EVERYTHING.

I WENT BACK AND REVIEWED THE MEETING. AND WHEN THE RESOLUTION WAS READ, COUNCILMAN FRANK ASKED, ARE WE RESCHEDULING IT? AND THE MAYOR REPLIED THAT IT WAS WITHIN THE HOLIDAYS AND WE HAD ALREADY HAD TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED.

SO WE WERE GOING TO CANCEL THE 30TH OF DECEMBER MEETING AND WE WERE GOING TO CONDUCT THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, WHICH IS TODAY. WHEN I WENT BACK AND READ THE RESOLUTION AND IT HAD THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

THEY SAID WE WERE CANCELING THE MEETING IN REFERENCE TO SECTION TWO DASH 51 C.

SO MY QUESTION IS SECTION 251 C DOES NOT ALLOW US TO CANCEL A MEETING.

SECTION 251 C SAYS THE DATE, THE TIME AND PLACE OF ONE MEETING CAN BE CHANGED

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SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THE MEETING, THEN WE HAVE THAT RIGHT WITH A MAJORITY VOTE.

BUT WE SHOULD HAVE IT RESCHEDULE IT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION 251 A, 251 A SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS EVERY TUESDAY, EVERY OTHER TUESDAY, WITH MEETING TIMES ALTERNATING BETWEEN 930 AND 5:30 P.M..

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THAT DAY FIXED OF ANY REGULAR MEETING IS A DAY DESIGNATED BY LAW AS A CITY, STATE, NATIONAL OR LEGAL HOLIDAY. THE MEETING SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME HOUR ON THE NEXT SUCCEEDING DAY, NOT A HOLIDAY. SO IF WE WERE GOING TO CANCEL THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 30TH, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE MEETING SCHEDULE.

WE SHOULD HAVE STATED IT THEN. THE REASON WE CAN'T CANCEL MEETINGS BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE.

WHAT I JUST READ, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR FOR MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COUNCIL DOES NOT DECIDE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT MEETINGS.

THE ORDINANCE TELLS US WHEN WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT MEETINGS.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO WHEN WE GET UP HERE.

WE ENFORCE WHAT IS WRITTEN. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WAS 28 DAYS BEFORE WE CAME BACK AND DO MEETING DURING ANOTHER MEETING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WAS AWARE, BUT AS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE COUNCIL NOW, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED.

WE HAVE CANCELED MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY CONFLICT WITH CONFERENCES.

THEY MAY CONFLICT WITH. HOLIDAYS. BUT EVERY TIME IT WAS CANCELED AFTER THAT PERIOD, WE CAME BACK AND.

CONDUCT A MEETING. AS FAR AS HAVING THREE MEETINGS IN ONE MONTH, BASED ON WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO ALWAYS BE MONTHS IN A YEAR IN WHICH WE WILL HAVE THREE MEETINGS.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY EVERY OTHER WEEK PANS OUT.

AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHY DID NOT WHY WE DID NOT SCHEDULE THE MEETING? BECAUSE I'M 28 DAYS. WE'VE DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES.

WHY DIDN'T WE CANCEL THE MEETING? YOU KNOW WE'RE VIOLATING THIS ORDINANCE, RIGHT? YOU READY? COUNCILMAN JUST SAID YOU'RE DONE. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND WHAT I DID IN AGENDA REVIEW. I ASKED BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN ON COUNCIL IN TWO YEARS.

I ASKED THE STAFF TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PRIOR YEARS, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE PART OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL.

AND SO I ASKED THE PROFESSIONALS AND THE STAFF TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE MEETING TO TELL ME WHAT WAS DONE, AND WE WOULD MIRROR THAT. AND I WAS TOLD THAT EITHER ONE WAS PERMISSIBLE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, SO LET ME LET ME FINISH, OKAY.

BECAUSE I DO WANT TO KNOW. I WENT BACK AND OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO ALWAYS SAY THAT YOU SHOULD INSPECT WHAT YOU EXPECT.

AND SO I WAS TOLD EITHER WAS PERMISSIBLE. I THOUGHT, WELL, WE'LL JUST CANCEL THE MEETING BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY AND BROUGHT IT TO A VOTE.

AND I DO SEE, I TWO HAD PULLED THE ORDINANCE PRIOR TO US CANCELING THE MEETING, AND IT WASN'T FROM WHAT I GOT. I EVEN ASKED LEGAL AND CITY ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY AND ALL.

AND THE DATE SAID THAT. THAT I READ IS ITEM C 251 C SAID TO TO THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF ONE MEETING CAN BE CHANGED.

AND SO WHEN THAT I'M GOING TO FINISH AND CHANGE.

AND SO THE WORD CHANGED UPON A DULY ADOPTED MOTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A FINDING THAT A TEMPORARY CHANGE IS NECESSARY OR IS MORE CONVENIENT TO CONDUCT PUBLIC

[00:45:01]

I WANTED TO ASK THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND WHO HAD DONE THIS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO I PULLED THEY PULLED THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND I SEE THAT YOU ARE CORRECT. THE MEETING WAS RESCHEDULED, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN TODAY AND IN THE DAY OF THAT MEETING, OR WHEN THAT AGENDA REVIEW IS, I DID NOT HAVE THE PROOF.

AND SO I SHOULD HAVE HAD I SHOULD HAVE PULLED FOR MYSELF.

EXACTLY WHAT TOOK PLACE. NOT. AND I ONLY DID THAT AFTER YOU PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

SO TO INFORM MYSELF. SO NOW, GOING FORWARD, I DO KNOW THAT THE MEETING ALL MEETINGS IN 23, IT SAYS IN THE RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE JANUARY 2ND MEETING TO BE RESCHEDULED IS ACTUALLY SAID TO BE CANCELED OR RESCHEDULED, AND YOU ALL VOTED TO RESCHEDULE IT. I DID NOT HAVE THIS WITH ME IN AGENDA REVIEW, BUT I ASKED THE PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY.

AND THEN IN ON 2024, YOU RESCHEDULED THE MEETING AGAIN.

SO NOW GOING FORWARD, I KNOW AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP SO THAT I COULD RESEARCH MYSELF, WHICH I USUALLY LIKE TO DO, BUT TOOK THE WORD THAT I COULD CANCEL THE MEETING AND THAT WILL BE IT WILL BE SAFE.

SO I NEVER TAKE AND TRY TO DO ANYTHING THAT I THOUGHT.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED IN AGENDA REVIEW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE AND IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND SO THERE WE GO. MAYOR. I DON'T DIRECT THE QUESTIONS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE AS COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE COME AND GO AND WHEN WE ON, WE CAN'T GO AND READ ALL THESE ORDINANCES AND CODES AND BE ABREAST OF ALL THIS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY IN A POSITION BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR JOB.

WE HAVE STAFF. SO WHEN I BRING UP THIS POINT, I'M BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE THE STAFF, EVERYONE WHO'S IN THAT AGENDA HAS BEEN PART OF CANCELING MEETINGS IN THE PAST.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START HAVING SOMEBODY BE ACCOUNTABLE, WHOEVER THEY WANT, WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THESE ARE DONE AND DO THAT SHOULD BE ADVISING THE COUNCIL.

OKAY. THIS IS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS COUNCIL IS NOT INVOLVED IN DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

THE CITY MANAGER RUNS IT WITH HIS STAFF. AND IF THEY DON'T DO, IT'S UP TO US TO ENSURE THAT IS DONE. AND THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.

AND IF YOU WERE IN THERE AND YOU ASKED, THEY THEY SHOULD HAVE GAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER.

AND IF THEY DIDN'T GIVE THE RIGHT ANSWER, THEN NOW IS THE TIME WHEN WE GO BACK AND WE DISCUSS IT.

WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT THE PROBLEM NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S MY POINT. WHEN I DO THIS, THAT'S WHY I READ THESE ORDINANCE.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY OPINION. IT'S NOT HOW I FEEL.

AND STAFF NEED TO READ. I'M READING BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT BEFORE ME IS RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I READ IT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY YOU ALL HAVE TO READ IT.

BUT WHEN I BRING IT, OH, I'VE READ IT AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I BROUGHT UP WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, SO THAT WE CAN KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DATE, THE TIME. THE PLACE OF ONE MEETING CAN BE CHANGED NOW.

INTERPRETATION OF CHANGE MEAN IT CAN BE CANCELED.

RESCHEDULED, OR AS I WAS TOLD, THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANT UPON A DULY ADOPTED MOTION, WHICH WE MADE OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL WITH A FINDING, AND THE CITY COUNCIL MOTIONED IT. I HAD A SECOND.

WE HAD DISCUSSIONS, AND EVERYBODY VOTED ON UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE MEETING.

NOW, AGAIN, AS I SAID, I ASKED FOR TWO YEARS OF WHAT YOU ALL HAD DONE IN THE PAST, AND I ASKED FOR EVEN TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO BECAUSE I TO TELL ME WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE.

SO WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS WHEN I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR BACKUP, AS I HAVE IN MY HAND NOW, AND RESEARCHED IT FOR MYSELF. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO. IT'S IT'S WE KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

YOU WANT TO. YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, SIR.

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SO THAT MEANS TWO YEARS BACK, WE WOULD SAY. I CHECKED, I HAD THE STAFF TO THE STAFF TO CHECK.

OKAY, WAS SOMEONE CHECKED? AND THEREFORE TWO YEARS BACK WE WEREN'T DOING THE CORRECT THING. AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR GOING AND FINDING THE INFORMATION.

I'M SORRY, MR. SCOTT. THEY DID RESCHEDULE THOSE MEETINGS.

OKAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DID. AND IT'S DATED.

IT IS IN THE COUNCIL'S SCHEDULE. OKAY. BUT I DID NOT ASK FOR THAT PRIOR TO US CANCELING THE MEETING.

OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU DID YOUR WORK.

DILIGENT TO FIND OUT HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS SO WE CAN DO IT PROPERLY FROM NOW ON.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS THING, THESE THESE MEETINGS ARE SET UP FOR A WHOLE YEAR, AND CITIZENS ARE AWARE OF IT, AND WE GOT SCHEDULES OF IT. BUT WHEN THE MEETING IS CANCELED, WE HAVE NO IDEA.

WHY CAN'T WE? WE HEAR WISE COUNSEL, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS IS IN PLACE, THAT IT COULD BE CANCELED BUT RESCHEDULED. SO A LOT OF CITIZENS DON'T KNOW THAT.

SO IT'S GOOD THAT IT COMES. IT CAME OUT TONIGHT AND THAT YOU ALL ARE THAT YOU ARE AWARE NOW THAT IT HAS TO BE RESCHEDULED.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GLAD THAT YOU RESOLVED THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DISCUSSION NUMBER THREE.

IT'S A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF COMMITTEES REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON EVERSFIELD MAYOR. CAN YOU PLEASE REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA? CAN I DO WHAT? OH, REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. OKAY.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO (2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]

AND YOU HAVE A LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BECKHAM. YES, I WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TO COME OUT TO CENTRAL MALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE RECENTLY, BUT SINCE JOE RF AND HIS PARTNER HAVE PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY, IT IS AMAZING. I'M A MALL WALKER. I'M OUT THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, SO I'M SEEING FIRSTHAND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, AND JOE IS KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH ME AND LETTING ME KNOW WHEN NEW STORES ARE COMING IN AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M, I'M TOLD I HAVE TO KEEP UNDER WRAPS BECAUSE CONTRACTS AREN'T COMPLETED YET, BUT THERE'S SOME AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING AT CENTRAL MALL.

THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THERE. EVERY TIME I GO, THERE'S KIDS THERE, THERE'S FAMILIES THERE.

THERE'S NEW RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO OPEN.

SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME OUT TO CENTRAL MALL, WALK AROUND, SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

THEY'RE MAKING HUGE IMPROVEMENTS. THE IMPROVEMENTS. THE PARKING LOT IS ALMOST COMPLETELY FINISHED.

ALL THE POTHOLES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. THERE'S NEW STRIPING FOR PARKING SPACES.

THEY'VE REPLACED A LOT OF THE LIGHTING. THEY'VE REPAIRED THE ROOF.

JUST A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT CENTRAL MALL. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE RECENTLY, PLEASE GO AND TAKE YOUR MONEY AND SPEND IT IN PORT ARTHUR AT CENTRAL MALL.

I'M A BIG ONLINE SHOPPER, AND HERE LATELY I'VE ACTUALLY GONE INTO A COUPLE OF STORES AND BOUGHT SOME THINGS, AND I HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN YEARS. SO PLEASE GO AND SEE CENTRAL MALL.

IT'S IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG. IT'S A IT'S REALLY A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKHAM, COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS.

YES. I'D JUST LIKE TO HEB I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MANAGER OVER THERE FOR THE FOR THE CAKES THAT WERE FOR CHRISTMAS CAKES.

THEN I I DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION, THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. I TRY TO GET THREE, BUT THEY ONLY HAD TWO RIGHT THERE.

OH. FORGET IT. FORGET YOU. YOU. YOU DON'T COUNT.

OKAY. ALRIGHTY. ALSO, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S 90 DAY MEETING COMING UP.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT NEW SAINT JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE FACILITY ON JANUARY 29TH AT 5:30 P.M..

AND WE WILL HAVE, OF COURSE, OUR CITY, THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA TO GIVE US UPDATES.

I THINK FOUR DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE JOEL REEVE, WHO'LL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON CENTRAL MALL AND THE HOSPITAL.

I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND KEEP UPDATED WITH OUR LOCAL, OUR OWN HOSPITAL.

THEY'LL BE THERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT HOSPITAL STANDS.

AND ALSO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. I THINK SO.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO START AT 530 AGAIN.

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I DON'T KNOW THE STREET NUMBER. ANYWAY I THINK, AND IF WE HAVE ANY MORE LIGHTS.

SO. OKAY. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

WE HAVE NONE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU LIKE TO WITHHOLD ANY ITEMS, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA ]

YES, MAYOR. A1 ON PAGE THREE. OKAY. A5. OKAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EIGHT A5 ON PAGE FOUR. OKAY.

AND GO TO EIGHT. EIGHT. 807. I'M SORRY. NO. PAGE EIGHT. I GOT TO TRY TO GET TO IT.

OKAY. NO, WAIT A MINUTE. THAT'S NOT PAGE. OH.

PAGE SIX. I'M SORRY. NUMBER EIGHT. MAYOR. I'M SORRY.

EIGHT. NUMBER SIX. YES. NO, NO. NUMBER NUMBER EIGHT.

PAGE SIX. NUMBER EIGHT. OKAY. NUMBER EIGHT. PAGE SIX.

OKAY. AND NUMBER NINE ON PAGE SEVEN. OKAY. THAT'S ALL.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

OH. I'M SORRY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER KINLAW? NO, NO, I WAS OKAY. ANY.

WE'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. MAYOR. CAN I GET A SECOND? WE HAVE. IT'S GOT A WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I. AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL NOW GO INTO THE SPECIFIC. AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER DOUCET.

[VII.A.(Al) Mayor Charlotte Moses: National League Of Cities Conference Salt Lake City, UT November 19 - 23, 2025 $3,707.73]

A1 IS MAYOR CHARLOTTE MOSES, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH NOVEMBER 19TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2025 3707 73. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER DOUCET. YES.

QUESTION TO THE CITY SECRETARY ON THE EXPENSE REPORT.

THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ATTENDED THAT CONFERENCE, THE REGISTRATION FEE WAS $705, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FROM INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED, AND THE MAYOR'S REGISTRATION WAS 1025.

WHY WAS THAT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD BE BECAUSE MAYOR CHARLOTTE MOSES IS NEW TO THE CONFERENCE AS MAYOR, BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON IT.

NO, NO. OKAY. REGISTRATION FEES ARE CHARGED BY ATTENDEES.

IT'S A DIFFERENT AMOUNT FOR FIRST ATTENDEES. AND IT WAS A LATE RESERVATION.

REGISTRATION? OH, OKAY. IT WAS. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU.

CAN YOU. I THINK IT WAS LATE BECAUSE I WAS ELECTED IN A RUNOFF, AND SO THEY COULDN'T REGISTER ME EARLY.

THEY COULD NOT REGISTER ME IN TIME WHEN IT REGULAR REGISTRATION WAS.

AND SO THEY HAD TO REGISTER ME LATE. OKAY. OKAY.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S THE KIND OF ANSWER FOR BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T REGISTER, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A BILL LATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ON NUMBER FIVE. OKAY. OH.

OH, WE NEED TO VOTE. CAN WE VOTE AFTER WE DO, WE HAVE TO DO EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A A1.

WAIT A MINUTE. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

MAYOR. I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION ON THAT ONE BEFORE WE VOTE.

OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION ON THAT BEFORE WE VOTE.

GO AHEAD. ALSO ALSO CITY SECRETARY, I THINK UNDER UNDER UBER, WE HAD A CHARGE OF $250. YOU WANT ME? YOU WANT TO ANSWER? OKAY. YEAH. I BECAUSE OF THE LATE REGISTRATION, I WAS NOT ABLE TO STAY IN THE HOTEL ACROSS THE STREET.

SO I WAS ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY. AND SO I UBERED BACK AND FORTH TO THE CONFERENCE.

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NO, NO. YOU. WELL, I WOULDN'T WALK TWO MILES.

MAYOR. BUT THE POINT IS IT WAS TWO MILES ONE WAY.

WAS IT A CONTRACTED HOTEL? BECAUSE ALL OUR. ALL THE CONTRACTED HOTELS HAD TRANSPORTATION ARRANGED.

SO IT WAS A NON CONTRACT AND THEY HAD NO TRANSPORTATION BACK AND FORTH.

YES, SIR. I ASKED FOR THAT FIRST. ALL I WANT IS TO ANSWER.

YES, SIR. OKAY. NOBODY KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO.

SO THIS AIN'T MY FIRST RODEO. YES, SIR. SO, YEAH.

GIVE ME THE RIGHT ANSWER. I'M GOOD. YEAH, I TRIED. I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE HOTEL THAT WAS REGISTERED, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE MY REGISTRATION WITH ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THEY TOLD ME MY HOTEL WAS ANOTHER PLACE.

SO I HAD, WHICH WAS TWO MILES AWAY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ANSWER ALL DETAILS.

LOOK, I'M GONNA EXPLAIN IT TO THE CITIZENS. IF WE DON'T REGISTER DURING THE EARLY WINTER, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE FOR REGISTRATION.

AND IF WE LATE, WE DON'T GO TO A CONTRACTED HOTEL.

THEN THERE WON'T BE NO TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO AND FROM.

SO YES, WE'RE GOING TO INCUR ONE. I ASK THE QUESTION.

YES, THE RIGHT ANSWER. I'M GOOD. OKAY. DON'T WE HAVE TO PROLONG THIS? OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON. OKAY. LET'S GO. I GOTTA TAKE A VOTE ON THAT ONE.

YEAH. OKAY, SO A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. ANYONE HAD A QUESTION? OH, YES. COUNCIL SAID I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME.

I FORGOT TO TURN MY. I PAID UBER OUT OF MY POCKET.

I FORGOT TO TO LATE TURN. ALRIGHT, SO SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE UNDER OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A ONE TRAVEL EXPENSE. I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE.

WE JUST APPROVED YOURS FOR WHAT IT WAS. OKAY, IT IS APPROVED.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE. A FIVE.

[VII.A.(A5) Councilmember Tiffany Hamilton Everfield: National League Of Cities Conference Salt Lake City, UT November 19 - 23, 2025 $1,591.41]

AND I KNOW SHE'S SICK. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.

I'D LIKE TO BE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. YOU WERE SICK.

NO. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT UTAH? CORRECT. YES.

NO. MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY HAD A SURGERY, AND I CANCELED TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE.

BUT WE STILL WERE CHARGED THAT FEE. OKAY. WE'VE.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE WITH OUR STAFF WHO'S ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR US, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS ABLE TO BE CANCELED EXCEPT FOR THE REGISTRATION AND THE AIRFARE.

WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO YOU TRANSFER THE AIRFARE? ACTUALLY, IT'S IT'S ALREADY ON. ON HOLD. IT COULD BE USED AT ANOTHER DATE FOR TRAVEL.

BUT I ALSO ASKED IF IT COULD BE USED NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR ANY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEE.

FOR TRAVEL WITH, I THINK IS AMERICAN AIRLINES.

AND WE HAVE ONE YEAR TO USE IT. YES. OKAY, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON A FIVE UNDER OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

NUMBER SEVEN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY HAMILTON AIRFIELD, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 19TH THROUGH 23RD, 2025 FOR 1005 95 FOR ONE.

AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE EXPENSES ARE APPROVED. WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE TO PAGE NUMBER SIX.

[VII.C..(8) P.R. No. 24711 - A Resolution Authorizing The Rejection Of All Responses Received To The Request For Qualifications No. P25-093 For Auditing Services For The City Of Port Arthur; Authorizing The Purchasing Department, In Coordination With The Finance Department, To Revise The Solicitation Method And Specifications And Reissue The Procurement As A Request For Proposals]

OH, LORD. ANOTHER ONE. OH, MAN. HEY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

CAN WE SCREAM? CAN WE SCREAM, PEOPLE? THIS THIS AUDITOR.

IS THAT GOING TO BE OUR AUDITOR THAT PERFORMS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT?

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SO THE CURRENT ONE IS IS ENDING AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE WE GOT TO DO THE ANNUAL REPORT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DONE AT THE END OF MARCH. SO I DIDN'T SEE US HIRING NO FIRM AND THEM DOING AN AUDIT AND IT BEING TURNED IN.

OKAY. I'M GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AT THIS TIME ON NUMBER EIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I. OKAY. THANKS. THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER NINE UNDER OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PR NUMBER 24716, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,

[VII.C.(9) P.R. No. 24716 - A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Authorizing The Purchase, Delivery, And Installation Of Furniture For The Animal Services Center Located At 3615 Gates Boulevard From McCoy Rockford Commercial Interiors Of Houston, Texas, Through BuyBoard - Texas Purchasing Cooperative Program Contract No. 767-25, In An Amount Not To Exceed $78,060.57. Funding Is Available In Capital Projects Account No. 307-13-041-8512-00-10-000; Project No. BU0008-OTH; Providing For Procurement Consistent With City Policies; And Providing For An Effective Date ]

THROUGH BY BOARD TEXAS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE PROGRAM CONTRACT NUMBER 76725, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $78,060.57. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT NUMBER 307-13041851200. DASH 10000. PROJECT NUMBER BOO ZERO EIGHT DASH OATH PROVIDING FOR PROCUREMENT CONSISTENT WITH CITY POLICIES AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER DOUCETTE? YES. WHEN I READ THIS ONE, ADAM IS THE ONE THAT'S HANDLING.

THIS IS OKAY. WHAT? WHAT WAS THAT? I THOUGHT ANIMAL SHELTER WOULD.

OKAY. PAM, YOU GOING TO? YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT WAS JUST A TYPO. I UTILIZED THE TEMPLATE AND JUST FAILED TO CHANGE THE NAME.

I PROVIDED CHRISTY AND THE CITY SECRETARY WITH THE UPDATED CAM.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN. YOU'RE DONE. YOU'RE GOOD, COUNCILMAN DOUCET.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO OUR ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION ON NON CONSENT.

[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 24496 - A Resolution Ratifying And Confirming The Authorization And Payment To Computer Information Systems, Inc. Of Skokie, Illinois, For The Annual License Renewal Fee For Maintenance Of The Police And Fire Department Computer Aided Dispatch, Record Management System, And MCS/AVL Server, In The Amount Of $61,571.78; Funding Available In 001-09-023-5241-0010-000]

ANY DISCUSSIONS? GOT A QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER DOUCETTE.

YES, WE'VE GOT THIS ONE. WHOEVER'S GOING TO ANSWER IT.

MY QUESTION IS, I, I'M READING IT AND IT SAYS RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING.

OKAY, THAT MEAN THAT WHAT? WE'VE ALREADY SENT THE MONEY? YES. THIS IS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. OKAY. WELL, YEAH. OKAY, SO LET ME. COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS. GO AHEAD. I MEAN, I'M NOT THROUGH. I MEAN, WHOEVER'S GOING TO ANSWER THAT.

NO, NO, YOU GOT IT WRONG. YES, I GOT IT. OKAY, THEN.

ALRIGHT. LET ME. CITY MANAGER. YEAH. GO AHEAD.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. WHEN I WENT BACK AND READ ALL OF THE BACKGROUND.

OKAY. WE RECEIVED THE INVOICE ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER.

WHY DIDN'T WE PAY IT? THAT'S WHEN I WENT AHEAD AND GAVE THE APPROVAL TO PAY IT, TO PAY IT IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE IF WE HAD KEPT IT, IT WOULD HAVE ACCUMULATED INTEREST AND OTHER OTHER COSTS.

SO I GAVE THEM THE, THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND SETTLE THE AMOUNT.

AND I SAID, WE'LL COME BACK AND RATIFY IT SINCE IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.

OKAY. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU NOW, WHEN DID THIS CONTRACT EXPIRE OR WHEN A RENEWING BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT FACT, BUT THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED TO ME.

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BUT IF THE CONTRACT WAS ENDED IN SEPTEMBER, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN LAST YEAR.

I'M CONFUSED AND I THINK IT I THINK IT CAME OUT IN LAST YEAR'S, I THINK IT CAME OUT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

BUT I COULD DOUBLE CHECK THAT FOR YOU. I COULD DOUBLE CHECK THAT, YOU KNOW.

BUT I CAN CLEARLY RECALL I GAVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND PAY IT BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO OCCUR INCUR THE ADDITIONAL COST.

OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT, RON.

I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO IT. WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE IT. BUT, SEE, I HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH US.

KEEP RATIFYING THINGS. OKAY, THAT'S MY PROBLEM.

IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S EXPIRING, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS HERE IN THIS GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT TO COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL.

COUNCIL DON'T MEET, BUT EVERY OTHER WEEK. SO IF I KNOW SOMETHING COMING UP WITH THIS PROCESS WE GOT, I KNOW I GOTTA BRING THAT AT LEAST TWO MONTHS UP BEFORE I COULD GET IT AND HAVE IT READY.

BUT THIS RATIFYING IT, IT TELLS ME WE'RE NOT ON TOP OF IT.

I JUST DON'T THE WORD RATIFY MEANS THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING, AND THEN WE'RE COMING TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT.

NO, BRING IT TO COUNCIL. GET IT APPROVED. BRING IT TO COUNCIL IN TIME.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S MY COMPLAINT.

SO THAT WORD RATIFYING EVERY TIME I SEE IT, I'M GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET MORE IN LINE.

AND I KEEP SAYING IT ON WHAT CONTRACTS WE GOT EXPIRING, WHO WE OH, LET'S PAY.

LET'S ADDRESS THIS STUFF IN A TIMELY MANNER. I'M GOOD.

MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I I'M SORRY, CITY MANAGER.

NO, I WAS JUST SAYING I WILL PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH A DETAILED MEMO FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT WITH THE FULL EXPLANATION OF IT.

OKAY, REALLY? THEY CAN'T SAY NOTHING IF IT WASN'T ON TIME.

JUST TALK TO THEM ABOUT GETTING IT TO US SO THAT WE CAN APPROVE IT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

OKAY. THAT'S IT. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GO DOWN THAT WAY OF HIDING ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? NO ONE I DIDN'T SAY. I DIDN'T EVEN IMPLY THAT.

NO, I'M SAYING YOU SAID SO. BUT I JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY WRITE A DETAILED MEMO TO COUNCIL AS TO WHY WE DID IT, YOU KNOW, AND FOR AUDITING PURPOSES, TOO, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL SERVE THE AUDITORS WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY AUDITED, WHEN WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THE THE AUDITING OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.

I'M NOT SAYING SO. COUNCILMAN NOT AT ALL. I'M NOT SAYING.

SO WE VOTED. THE ITEM HAS PASSED. DID Y'ALL CATCH THE VOTE, CITY SECRETARY? I SAID, ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. LET'S GO.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. NOW WE VOTED. OKAY, THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

ALRIGHT. NUMBER TWO, PR NUMBER 24690. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE PROFESSIONAL

[VIII.A.(2) P.R. 24690 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Amendment No. 1 To The Professional Engineering Services Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And Chica 8i Associates, Inc. Of Beaumont, Texas, For Additional Professional Services To The Design Of Two Stormwater Pump Stations At The Babe Zaharias Golf Course; For An Additional Amount Of $15,000.00, Increasing The Contract Amount Of $298,000.00 To $313,000.00. Funding Available In The Capital Improvement Account Number 001-21-051-5420-0070-000. Project No. DR1P11]

FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 00121051542000.

DASH 70000. PROJECT NUMBER DOCTOR 1P11. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OH, WAIT. WHOA WHOA WHOA.

I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK. YES, MAYOR, I WAS READING AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS. IT WAS IDENTIFYING AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY AS TO WHY WE WERE WHY WE WERE DOING THIS. WHY WERE WE WHY WE WERE ADDING TO THIS AGREEMENT? COULD I GET SOMEONE TO JUST REALLY SHARE WITH ME? I READ THE INFORMATION, BUT IT SEEMED KIND OF VAGUE TO ME.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE ORIGINAL ENGINEERING SERVICE AGREEMENT INCLUDED PUMPS THAT ARE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED THROUGH MOTORS.

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SO THESE ARE SPECIALTY TYPE DESIGNS. SO WE HAD TO ADD THIS FUNDING TO THE AGREEMENT.

SO THEY WILL DESIGN ONE OF THESE PUMPS IN EACH ONE OF THESE STATIONS TO BE RUN ON DIESEL.

OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS.

WELL, THAT HARRIS GOLF COURSE. HOW IS IT COMING WITH THE EXPENSES AND OPERATING EXPENSES? ARE THEY. WHOA WHOA WHOA. WE'RE NOT WE. WE'RE.

THIS IS NOT ON THAT YET. OKAY, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE STORM WATER PUMPS.

OH, YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. KINLAW. AND DOC, IS THAT ONE PUMP, OR IS THAT ACTUALLY TWO PUMPS THAT'S GOING TO BE ELEVATED AS WELL? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE TALKED TO YOU IN THE PAST ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. WE HAVE TWO PUMP STATIONS THERE. SO EACH ONE IS GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THESE PUMPS.

THANK YOU DOC. YES SIR. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[VIII.A.(3) P.R. No. 24695 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase 90 GETAC Tablets From CDW-Government Through The Texas Department Of Information Resources DIR-CPO-4547 Agreement For The Total Amount Of $243,639.00. The Computer Tablets Will Replace The Tablets In The Police Vehicles That Have Reached End Of Life. Funding Budgeted In Information Technology IT Equipment Account 001-09- 023-5241-00-10-000]

DUR CPO 4547 AGREEMENT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $243,639.

THE COMPUTER TABLETS WILL REPLACE THE TABLETS IN THE POLICE VEHICLES THAT HAVE REACHED END OF LIFE.

FUNDING BUDGETED AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 00109023524100. DASH 10000. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN KINLAW. WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER? CHIEF? CHIEF WALKED AWAY. OKAY.

MAYOR MOSES COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. AND I THINK I READ IN THE BACKGROUND THESE TABLETS, ABOUT 23,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

2600, I THINK 20. WHAT WAS IT, 2700. YEAH, 2700.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET 90 TABLETS. SO MY NEXT THING THE QUESTION I ALWAYS ASK WHEN WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES WHAT TYPE OF INCREASE OF THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE USED COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING RID OF OR WHAT'S GOING TO BE EXPIRED? SO CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN ABOUT THAT FOR ME? WELL, THE TABLETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VEHICLES ARE WINDOWS 10 TABLETS.

THESE NEW TABLETS WILL HAVE A CARD READER ON THEM.

THEY'LL HAVE A OPTICAL CARD READER THAT YOU CAN PUT IN SD.

ACTUALLY, IT'S BUILT INTO THE TABLET ON THE TOP.

SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCAN THE LICENSES. OKAY.

AND WILL IT ALSO HAVE WINDOWS 10 IN THERE OR IT HAVE WINDOWS 11 ON THESE WINDOWS 11.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE RESOLUTION PASSES. PR NUMBER 24699. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE.

[VIII.A.(4) P.R. No. 24699 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Order No. 02 To The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And Mike Barnett Construction Of Port Neches, Texas For Phase IV Repairs To Pompeiian Villa That Increases The Contract Term By Ninety-Eight Days To A New Completion Date Of April 6, 2026, At No Additional Cost]

CONSTRUCTION OF PORT NECHES, TEXAS, FOR PHASE FOUR REPAIRS TO THE POMPEIIAN VILLA.

THAT INCREASES THE CONTRACT TERM BY 98 DAYS TO A NEW COMPLETION DATE OF APRIL 6TH, 2026, AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND.

OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER KINLAW. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

WHO COULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER? THE CITY MANAGER? ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT.

DIRECTOR. ADAM. I READ THE BACKGROUND. SO WHY? OTHER THAN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RAINY DAYS OR WHAT WE CALLING THEM NOW THESE DAYS.

SO WHY ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND THOSE DAYS AND NO COST TO THE CITY? AND THE REASON THAT, LIKE I MUST SAY AGAIN, FOR THE 100 TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THAT WHEN YOU SIGN, I SIGN, IT'S CONSIDERED AN AGREEMENT AND WE AGREE UPON A CONTRACT.

AND THEN IF WE DON'T MAKE THOSE DATES, IT'S CONSIDERED SOME TYPE OF PENALTY IS ENFORCED.

SO I DON'T LIKE SEEING THIS, AND I DON'T LIKE SEEING CHANGE ORDER WITHOUT ANY DOCUMENTATION COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

EXPLAINING TO THE COUNCIL ON PERIODIC TIMES THAT THIS IS WHY, WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL ON THIS FORMAT AND THE PR, IT'S TOO LATE. SO I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO COUNCIL BEFORE THIS MEETING ON WHY AND JUST JUST NOT JUST READING THE BACKGROUND.

COULD YOU EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ON WHY THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER REQUEST FROM THE CONTRACTOR,

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AND KEEP IN MIND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FULL USE OF THE BUILDING.

SO THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY IN ANY THAT HAVE DISADVANTAGE ON THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CONTRACTOR, BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING TO GET HIS FINAL PAYMENTS UNTIL AFTER THIS COMES IN.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE TESTING BEING REQUIRED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE IT WOULD BE THIS LONG OF A WAIT TO GET THE TESTING COMPLETED. AND YOU AGREE THAT'S NOT ON US.

THAT'S ON THEM. THAT IS ON THEM, YES. YEAH. I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAID.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FULL ACCESS FOR THE BUILDING. YOU WON'T EVEN REALLY NOTICE. I WOULD HAVE TO GO POINT OUT TO YOU THESE SMALL LOCATIONS WHERE THE PLASTER NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT UNTIL ALL THIS COMES BACK BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FINAL PAYMENTS.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, ADAM, BUT MY THING IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WANT TO HOLD PEOPLE TO THE FIRE. YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT STAGES.

YOU KNOW, WHATEVER STAGE IT IS, IT'S NOT NOW, AT THIS POINT, AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU AT THIS POINT, THAT YOU WON'T GET PAID UNTIL YOU FINISH. AND IT'S NO INCREASE TO THE CITY AND IN PAY.

BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE TO SEE THIS. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING THIS EVERY TIME I SEE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA LIKE THIS THAT WE NEED TO HOLD PEOPLE CONTRACTING CONTRACTS TO WHAT WE AGREED UPON WHEN WE INITIATED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DOUCET.

YES. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND PUT IN THE RECORDS THAT COUNCILMAN KINLAW IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPLANATION OF THIS.

AND BECAUSE IT DOESN'T IMPACT ON US USING THE BUILDING, I HAVE NO BIG DEAL WITH IT.

BUT IT'S A LOT OF TIME WE GET THESE EXTENSIONS ON PROJECTS AND WE ARE INCONVENIENT, WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING OR WE CAN'T GO DOWN.

THIS ROAD IS CLOSED OR THAT IS DONE. AND PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING EVERY DAY.

THEY'RE WORKING CERTAIN DAYS, BUT THEN WHEN THEY GET BEHIND, THEY COME AND TRY TO CLAIM RAINY DAYS OR A DAYS FOR THIS OR DAYS FOR THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT SAYS EVERY DAY.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE IT'S NOT ABOUT NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

IT'S ABOUT YOU FINISH THIS JOB AND GETTING OUT THE WAY SO WE CAN GO WITH OUR NORMAL LIFE.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU BECAUSE YOU JUST EXPLAINED AND I UNDERSTAND IT REAL WELL.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR OPERATION, BUT I WANT TO SAY IF IT CHANGED, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE FULL ACCESS.

ARE WE INCONVENIENT? THEN? THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH ME.

I DON'T CARE IF THERE'S NO MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WORKING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

BUT YOU WANT EXTRA DAYS. YOU GOTTA STOP THIS SOMEWHERE.

THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE RECORD.

HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, THOUGH. AND YOURS? OKAY, ADAM.

THANK YOU. IT DON'T FIRE ON YOU THIS TIME. THIS TIME? YES, SIR. THANKS, ADAM. DID YOU SAY THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR YOU? COULD NOT. HISTORICAL CREDITS. SO IT TAKES THEM A REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME FOR ME? NO, THEY THEY KNEW THAT IT NEEDED TO BE TESTED.

THEY DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT IT WOULD BE THIS LONG OF A WAIT TO GET IT TESTED FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THE NEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER FIVE.

[VIII.A.(5) P.R. No. 24700 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Amendment No. 1 To The Professional Engineering Services Agreement With Chica & Associates, Inc., Of Beaumont, Texas, For Construction Management And Value Engineering Services For The Stonegate Drainage Improvement Project, Providing For A Change In Scope Of Work, A 151 Day Time Extension, An Increase In The Contract Amount In The Amount Of $216,666.67 For A New Total Contract Amount Of $1,334,663.05. Funding Is Available In Account No. 307-21-055-8515-00-10-000 Project No. DR1P04.ENG.CTY]

OH. OH. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU GUYS, I APOLOGIZE.

AT THIS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. DO WE HAVE ANY NO'S? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

NUMBER FIVE. PR NUMBER TWO FOR 700, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CHICA AND ASSOCIATES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE STONEGATE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN SCOPE OF WORK.

A 151 DAY TIME EXTENSION, AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $216,666.67 FOR A NEW TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,000,334 $663.05. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER 300 AND 7-21055851500. DASH 10000

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ANY DISCUSSIONS? YES. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRANK. YEAH. AGAIN, DOC, IF YOU WILL. I.

I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INCREASE TO THIS PROJECT.

GENERALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VALUE ENGINEERING, WE TALK ABOUT A DECREASE IN IN THE PROJECTED NUMBER HERE.

BUT THIS ONE WENT UP. AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT AS TO WHY THAT HAPPENED AND WHY DO WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF TIME EXTENSION.

ALSO, WHEN I WAS DOING MY READING IN THE CHANGE OF SCOPE WORK, IT SAYS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES ARE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS EVOLVING FIELD CONDITIONS, COORDINATION DEMANDS, PROJECTS, SEQUENCING CONSIDERATIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE PROJECT COMPLETION CONSISTENT WITH OBJECTIVES.

THAT SEEMS KIND OF BROAD, SO HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WITH VALUE ENGINEERING, OUR PRICE IS GOING UP.

YES, SIR. THIS THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, NOT AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.

AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, PART OF IT IS TO DO VALUE ENGINEERING ON THE PROJECT.

SO IN THIS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY BID, IT BID AT $18.7 MILLION.

TODAY OUR TOTAL FINAL COST UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP IS 17.9 MILLION.

AND THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE ADDED TO THIS JOB, LIKE CONSTRUCTING ROADS TO THESE NEW TWO NEW PUMP STATIONS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, FIXING SOME OF THE CART PATHS FOR THE GOLF CARTS.

WE HAD TO REPLACE A LOT OF STORM SEWER BEHIND THE HOUSES THAT ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF NINTH AVENUE THAT WERE COLLAPSED.

A LOT OF WATER LINES THAT WERE IN THE WAY HAD TO BE READJUSTED.

SO THE VALUE ENGINEERING ON THE CONSTRUCTION ALREADY HAD SAVED FROM THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT TO THE 17.9 MILLION WITHIN THE 800 900,000 RANGE. ALL THIS ADDITIONAL WORK AND THE WEATHER THAT HAD PASSED SINCE THIS PROJECT STARTED, HAD EXTENDED THE CONSTRUCTION TIME THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO END IN DECEMBER 25TH TO AUGUST 26TH.

AND THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS, RESOLUTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED.

BUT AGAIN THROUGH THE VALUE ENGINEERING. THIS JOB IS SCHEDULED TO FINISH IN MAY, NOT AUGUST.

SO THIS ADDITION THAT WE HAVE WE ARE REQUESTING HERE IS JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PART THAT ENDED IN DECEMBER TO EXTEND IT TILL MAY, THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL TIME THEY RECEIVED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

DO WE HAVE ANY NO'S? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER SIX PR NUMBER 24705A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SECOND YEAR,

[VIII.A.(6) P.R. No. 24705 - A Resolution Authorizing The Second Year (First Renewal) Of The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And W And W Construction Of Port Arthur, Texas, For Utility Cut Repairs At Various Locations Throughout The City With A Projected Impact Of $200,000.00. Allocated Approximately $100,000.00 In Fiscal Year 2026 And $100,000.00 In Fiscal Year 2027, Subject To Annual Budget Appropriation; Funding For This Work Is Available In Public Works Street Maintenance - City Streets, Account No. 001-21-0535316-00-70-000, And Water Utilities - Water Distribution - Streets, Account No. 410-40-215-5316-00-00-000 ]

ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $100,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND $100,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2027.

SUBJECT TO ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS. FUNDING FOR THIS WORK IS AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC WORKS.

STREETS. MAINTENANCE. CITY STREETS. ACCOUNT NUMBER 00121053531600, DASH 70000, AND WATER UTILITIES. WATER DISTRIBUTION STREETS ACCOUNT NUMBER 4104021553160000000.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER FRANK? YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT W AND W CONSTRUCTION IS A LOCALLY OWNED COMPANY.

AND SO IT IS A WONDERFUL THING WHEN OUR CITIZENS GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUILDING OF OUR CITY AND RECEIVE ECONOMIC BENEFIT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO PAGE NUMBER NINE.

[VIII.A.(7) P.R. No. 24706 - A Resolution Authorizing The First And Final Renewal Of The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And W And W Construction Of Port Arthur, Texas, For The Installation Of Sidewalks & Concrete Work With A Projected Budgetary Impact Of $200,000.00. Funding Available In Public Works Street MaintenanceCity Streets, Account No. 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000 And Other Available Departmental Accounts]

STREET MAINTENANCE. CITY STREETS ACCOUNT NUMBER 307210538517, DASH 0010000 AND OTHER AVAILABLE DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. AND WE HAVE DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE. YES. IT'S THE SIDEWALKS.

WE PUT MONEY INTO THIS FUND TO DO SIDEWALKS AND CONTRACT, TO GO AND DO SIDEWALKS AND AND WALKWAYS AND STUFF.

MY QUESTION IS HOW WE DETERMINE WHICH ONES TO DO, BECAUSE OUR CITY ORDINANCE SAYS THAT SIDEWALKS ARE RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERS. NOT CITY.

ALSO, WE HAVE A MANDATE WHERE WE START DOING THE CUTOUTS AT THE CORNERS AND STUFF FOR A HANDICAP.

SO I UNDERSTAND KNOWS, SO I SEE THOSE. BUT AS I GO AROUND TOWN AND I SEE WHERE WE'RE DOING SIDEWALKS, I'M ASKING, WHY DID WE DO ALL OF THIS SIDEWALK? I UNDERSTAND THE MANDATE, BUT THE SIDEWALK ITSELF, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE DOING IT STILL.

WELL, LEAVING OFF PROCTOR GOING TO FIFTH STREET FROM THERE, GOING BACK THE NEXT BLOCK, AND I THINK A SIDE UP.

AND WHEN YOU GET TO THAT NEXT BLOCK, WE GOT THE FOUR CUTOUTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED.

I'M WITH THAT. BUT WHEN I LOOK DOWN THAT WHOLE STRIP ON FIFTH STREET, THERE'S NOT NO HOUSE OR NOTHING THERE.

BUT WE DONE THE SIDEWALK. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE'RE DOING SIDEWALKS, WHO IS SELECTING THE SIDEWALKS AND WHY ARE WE DOING THEM? BECAUSE IT SEEMED MORE LIKE WE DOING CERTAIN PLACES.

YOU KNOW, I DRESSED THIS ONE TIME HERE ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC, WHERE THE PUBLIC GOING TO WALK ON, WHERE WE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC WALKING.

IF THE OWNER AIN'T GOING TO FIX IT, I THINK WE CAN.

THAT'S CITIZENS. BUT I'M LOOKING DOWN AT THE VACANT LOTS UP THERE AND THAT SIDEWALK.

I WONDER HOW WE DO THAT. HOW DO WE SELECT WHICH SIDEWALKS WE GOING TO FIX? HOW DO WE SELECT THAT? CITY MANAGER OKAY, APART FROM THE.

I HAD ASKED THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO PROVIDE US WITH A LIST OF ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT WHY WE HAVEN'T PRODUCED IT OR IS IT IN THE COUNCIL'S BOXES OR SOMETHING? I SAID THAT ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO.

MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN THE COUNCIL BECAUSE I ANTICIPATED THE QUESTION COMING UP.

AND TO SO I HOPE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE I ASK FOR THAT TWO WEEKS AGO.

NOW NUMBER TWO, HOLD ON. NUMBER TWO, I KNOW THAT AFTER READING THE CALM, THAT'S ONE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IS AS A RESULT OF THE MANDATED COURT AWARD THAT WE HAVE FOR $50,000.

YES. YOU MENTIONED THAT. YOU'RE CORRECT. THAT'S FOR THE CUTOUTS. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S FOR THE ADA THAT'S COMING ON TO SIDEWALK.

YES. YOU'RE CORRECT. YES. THE PROPERTY EXTENDING CROSS PROPERTY.

YEAH. AND OUR ORDINANCE SAYS IT IS THE ONLY RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN TO THE FACT THAT IF SOMEONE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HURT THEMSELF.

THE CITY IS NOT LIABLE. THAT HOMEOWNER IS LIABLE.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING WERE NEXT TO CITY PROPERTIES AND OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S NOT WHERE IT WAS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOME OWNER. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION TO BE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL MORE THAN ONCE.

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YEAH, IF YOU REQUESTED THAT. THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

AND SO YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. I WILL HANDLE THAT. YEAH, YOU NEED TO HANDLE THAT. YOU NEED TO HANDLE THAT.

THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW. THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HANDLE IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NOES? THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO NUMBER EIGHT PR NUMBER 24714.

[VIII.A.(8) P.R. No. 24714 - A Resolution Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, To Accept A Gift Deed From MBV Real Estate, LLC For The Purpose Of A Dedicated Public Roadway Between Jimmy Johnson Boulevard Ending At Southwest Area Of Medical Center Hospital And Extending To The Improved Portion Of Park Central Boulevard, Commonly Referred To As Jimmy Johnson Boulevard Extension]

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DOUCETTE? YES. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR THE RECORDS COMMENTS AND ALSO FOR CITIZENS.

THIS PARTICULAR LAND IS BEING GIFTED TO US TO DO A ROAD.

OKAY. THIS PARTICULAR ROAD AND THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY AGRICULTURE.

AND IN 2001, CITIZENS CAN GO TO OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2021 AND YOU WILL HEAR A DEVELOPER COME BEFORE A COUNCIL AND EXPRESS THE DESIRE TO DO A DEVELOPMENT THERE.

A 20 YEAR DEVELOPMENT. AND WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS REVENUE ON THE 21.

LOOK AT THAT VIDEO. AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL SAID OKAY.

THEN HE SAID, ALL I NEED THE ROAD. YOU'LL HEAR THE THE CITY COUNCILMAN KEEP ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY, HEY, HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? SHE KEPT TELLING THEM, I'LL TELL YOU BECAUSE SHE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE IT, BUT THE WAY WE CAN. AND THAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER. SO THE DEVELOPER SAID IN THAT MEETING, I NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER IN 30 DAYS OR I WILL NOT CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY. SO THE ANSWER WASN'T DONE IN 30 DAYS AND I GUESS NOTHING HAPPENED THE SAME PROJECT CAME UP AGAIN AFTER THAT, AND IT WAS ONE THAT ENTAILS EXTENDING THAT PROPERTY.

THE COUNCIL HEARD AND THE COUNCIL VOTED NO. SO THAT RESOLUTION VOTED NO.

SO FROM THERE, WE'RE NOW COMING BACK WHERE THE THE LANDOWNER IS OFFERING TO GIVE US THIS PROPERTY.

AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE COST OF IT, BUT NO ONE HAS TELLING US HOW MUCH THE STREET IS GOING TO COST.

AND I'VE QUESTIONED, WHY DID WE EVEN HAVE A FIRM TO DESIGN AND SURVEY IT, AND WE DIDN'T.

SOMEBODY MUST HAVE HAD AN ESTIMATED COST. BUT THIS COUNCIL NEVER HAD AN ESTIMATED COST.

AND I COULD TELL YOU IT AIN'T GOING TO BE CHEAP.

WE SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.

AND WHY SHOULD WE KNOW? BECAUSE WE'RE NOW HAVING A LOT OF CITIZENS COMPLAIN ABOUT FIXING STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASKING US WHAT WE DONE WITH THE MONEY. BUT WE KEEP WANTING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE GOT THE MONEY FOR.

ALL OF THE MONEY AND CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS ALWAYS STATES FOR CONSTRUCT, FOR CONSTRUCT AND RECONSTRUCT OF STREETS.

SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN YOU GO BACK AND READ THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOU'LL READ THE CONTRACT.

I DON'T KNOW. THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT IF THE ROAD IS NOT BUILT IN SEVEN YEARS, IT WILL REVERT BACK BACK TO THE OWNER.

SO HE'S DONATING THE PROPERTY TO US, BUT THE PROPERTY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE REZONED COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IF YOU BUILD SOMETHING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL. SO. SO HE'S GOING TO MAKE MONEY, BUT ARE WE TAKING A PRIORITY TO TAKE MONEY AND BUILD THIS STREET? AND NOBODY HAS PROMISED TO DO NO DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE STREET, THE, THE 100% OF THE STREET, THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IS WE DO A DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT IN WHICH WE PAY

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I COULD SEE THAT PROBABLY BEING BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.

I COULD SEE THAT IT BRINGING BIG REVENUE TO THE CITY, BUT US TAKING MONEY NOW AND DOING THAT AND STUFF. I HEARD MENTIONED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A EVACUATION ROUTE, EVACUATION ROUTES OR NO ROUTES.

THEY ALL LEAD OUT OF TOWN. JIMMIE JOHNSON DOES NOT LEAD OUT.

LEAD NOWHERE OUT OF PORT ARTHUR. OKAY. I JUST DON'T FEEL IT'S THE TIME FOR US TO GET INTO THIS PROJECT.

BECAUSE IF WE ACCEPT THE THE LAND, WE'VE ALREADY SPENT 600 AND SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THAT'S JUST TO DESIGN AND SURVEY THIS PROPERTY.

SO IF YOU'RE DOING IT, THAT'S $607,000 WE SPENT RIGHT NOW TO DESIGN.

HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST? SO I GET THAT ANSWER THEN I'M GOING TO BE THROUGH.

I'LL SUMMARIZE THIS. JUST JUST TELL ME WHAT'S AN ESTIMATED COST TO THAT STREET? SO THE ESTIMATED COST, WE WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

LET ME MAKE LET ME FIRST MAKE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THIS AMOUNT, THE THE COST OF THIS ROAD WILL NOT COME FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE THE MONIES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION AND FROM THE GENERAL FUND HAS ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED IN THIS BUDGET.

2025 2026 BUDGET. WE ARE PLANNING WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PLANNING AHEAD SO THAT THE COST WOULD BE INCURRED AND BASED ON MY CONSULTATION WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, WILL COST MAYBE IN THE REGION ABOUT $2 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S IT'S EVEN LESS THAN A HALF A MILE, A QUARTER MILE IF YOU READ THE DOCUMENT VERY CLOSELY AS WELL AS YOU'RE CORRECT.

COUNCILMAN DO SAID MUCH OF THE COURSE WOULD BE TO BUILD UP THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S PART OF THE THE GIFT OF DEED WHERE HE HAS CLEARLY THE DEVELOPERS CLEARLY INDICATED THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE US WITH ALL THE DIRT THAT IS NEEDED.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, THERE ARE TWO. THERE'S A MAP ATTACHED TO IT WHERE IT'S CROSSED, HATCHED, SHOWING THE PROXIMITY OF THE AREAS THAT ARE TO BE MINED FOR THE DIRT THAT IS TO BE PROVIDED, WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CUT DOWN ON THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

OF THAT PROJECT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IF YOU LOOK IN THE CAPITAL PART OF IT, WE HAVE ALREADY MADE PROVISIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, BUT WE COULD NOT, AS IT WAS ARGUED THEN, WE COULD NOT HAVE GONE AHEAD WITH THAT BEFORE WE GOT A COMMITMENT, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER OF THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE.

WE COULD NOT HAVE GONE WE HAD THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, SO WE WENT BACK TO THE TABLE.

WE CALLED THE DEVELOPER IN, WE CALLED IT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND HERE IT IS THAT WE ARE AT THE WHERE WE MODIFIED THE AGREEMENT AND GOT IT APPROVED.

THAT WAS ALL DONE WITH INPUT FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

THERE WERE TWO WAYS TO SKIN THE CAT. YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT WITH A DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, BUT BASED ON THE ADVICE, THE SOUND TECHNICAL ADVICE OF OUR ENGINEER SAYS, LISTEN, THIS IS A MUCH EASIER WAY TO DO IT.

WE'RE NOT COMMITTING THE MONEY RIGHT NOW. WE'LL LOOK AT THE FUTURE COURSES WITHIN ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF TO $2 MILLION, WHICH WE COULD ACCOMMODATE IN FUTURE BUDGETS.

OKAY, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND I ASKED, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND GETTING THE DOCUMENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS ADVISORS, WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY, AND THAT'S WHY I GAVE IT. I ASKED SPECIFICALLY THAT WE WORK ON THE TIME SEVEN YEARS.

SO IF I WERE IF WE COULD DO IT, IF IF THINGS REALLY GET BAD AROUND HERE AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN $5,500,000 INCREMENTS, WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL WITHOUT FORSAKING THE LIST OF OTHER PROJECTS, STREET PROJECTS IN THE CITY AND PROVIDE AND JUST

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WE SEE THE POTENTIAL AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TO PROVIDE FOR FUTURE REVENUE.

OKAY. OKAY. IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER LIGHTS. I'M NOT MAYOR.

I'M I'M FIXING TO WRAP THIS UP. OKAY. I HEARD WHAT THE CITY MANAGER.

BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE SPEAKING ALONG. OKAY. ON THIS.

MY THING IS, YOU TOLD ME $2 MILLION FOR THIS STREET.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK. CITY SECRETARY PUT THAT IN RECORD TO ME IN THIS STREET.

THERE'S NO WAY IT'S GOING TO COST US $2 MILLION.

BUT THAT'S PART OF WHEN I ASK A QUESTION. I EXPECT TO GET ANSWERS AS FAR AS CONSULTING WITH THE STAFF AND LOOKING FORWARD.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY THINGS ARE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AND WHEN ALL THE COUNCIL VOTE AND STUFF, I'M SATISFIED WITH THAT. BUT I'M, I'M I'M DOING THIS FOR CITIZEN.

I WANT CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S OUR PRIORITY? NOW OUR PRIORITY IS NEIGHBORHOODS AND STREETS.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, NORMALLY WHAT CITIES DO WHEN WHEN DEVELOPERS WANT TO DEVELOP LAND, THEY USE THE DEVELOPMENT THE THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT PARTICIPATION IN WHICH IS ONLY CALLED 30% TO GET WHAT YOU WANT DONE AS OPPOSED TO PAYING 100%. OKAY. IF THAT DESIGN AND SURVEYING WAS 600 AND SOME THOUSAND I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL COST IS, BECAUSE EVEN DESIGNING AND SURVEYING IS REGULATED BY STATE.

THEY GOT TABLES IN WHICH THEY GET GUIDELINES ON WHAT IF IT SHOULD BE.

IT GOES BY TWO THINGS ONE, THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND TWO, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT.

AND IF WE GOT THAT DESIGN AND SAID, I'LL CHECK ON THAT.

BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SAYING THAT I'M NOT.

I'M NOT. BUT Y'ALL KNOW I AM. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT RIGHT, BUT I'M COMING BACK WITH THAT ONE.

THIS IS THIS IS NOT NOT A PRIORITY. AND IF THAT PROPERTY WAS GOING TO BE DONE THAT WHEN HE WANTED TO GIVE US, I MEAN, WHEN THAT DEVELOPER SAID, Y'ALL DO THE ROAD, I'MA DO THIS.

THAT WAS A GOOD TIME TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY. THEN THAT WAS A GOOD TIME TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY, BECAUSE NOW THE DEVELOPER COULD HAVE DONE IT.

SEE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS. OKAY. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, JUST BRIEFLY WE HAVE A DEVELOPER'S PARTICIPATION PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE, AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF OF TAKING TAXPAYERS MONEY, SPECULATING.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. OH. I'M SORRY. GOT MY HEAD DOWN.

AGAIN. RAYMOND SCOTT, 3726 LAKESHORE DRIVE. WE HAD A DEVELOPER DEVELOP A PROJECT. A HOTEL OVER THERE, NOT TOO FAR FROM THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

THE PROCESS THAT WAS IN PLACE WAS ALWAYS THAT ONCE WE FOUND OUT THE DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY, THEN WE WENT TOWARD TRYING TO GET A CONTRACT.

THAT DEVELOPER BUILT A ROAD AND GAVE THE ROAD TO US.

WE TOLD THEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD A ROAD.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A ROAD. HE BUILT THE ROAD AND THE HOTEL AND THEN TURN THE ROAD OVER TO US.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALS WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY.

NOT WITH MY MONEY. MAYBE IF YOU USE YOUR MONEY, YOU CAN USE IT AS POTENTIALS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY GOING TO PUT ANY MONEY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A STREET FOR WHAT? YOU ALREADY HAVE A STREET BACK THERE THAT GOES TO 365 ALREADY, BUT YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING JIMMY JOHNSON.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING A NEW ROAD. WHERE IN MY DISTRICT AND ALL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE BAD STREETS.

SO WHATEVER $2 MILLION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING, WE CAN USE IT IN DISTRICT ONE.

WE DEFINITELY CAN USE IT IN DISTRICT ONE. OKAY.

WE CAN USE THAT MONEY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALS.

YEAH. PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE BOX, SAYING, HEY, ALL THAT IS FINE AND DANDY, BUT I BET YOU IF THAT WAS YOUR MONEY, YOU WOULDN'T BE USING IT LIKE THAT.

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WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? YOU GOT A CONTRACT? EVERYTHING'S SIGNED IN BLACK AND WHITE. YOU GOT.

YOU GOT EVERYTHING THERE THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY TRY TO GIVE THEM.

THE SAME INCENTIVES THAT WE GIVE ALL THE OTHER BUSINESS, NOT BUILDING A STREET.

IF THAT DEVELOPER WANT TO DEVELOP BACK THERE, HE HAS TO BUILD THAT STREET.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE SIT UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT POTENTIALS AND THIS AND THAT AND, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'RE NOT USING YOUR OWN MONEY. YOU'RE USING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULD RATHER USE THAT MONEY FOR EXTENDING JIMMY JOHNSON IN THE AREAS THAT WE NEED STREETS FIXED.

WE GOT A LOT OF THAT'S BEEN THE PRIORITY, BUT YOU ACTUALLY COME HERE AND WANT US TO HEAR ITS POTENTIAL.

NOW, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. GET EVERYTHING SIGNED.

THE I'S AND DOTS AND T'S CROSSED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEVELOPER OUT THERE.

CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN YOU WAS THERE.

WE DIDN'T DO THIS PROJECT LIKE THAT. WE DIDN'T DO IT LIKE THAT.

WE MADE SURE WE PUT THE HORSE BEFORE THE CART, NOT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

THAT GUY WAS OUT THERE. AND YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE HOTEL OUT THERE? HE WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING, BUT AT LEAST HE HAD EVERYTHING SIGNED, CONTRACT SIGNED, AND WE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.

SO THEN WE GAVE THEM A SENTENCE THAT THE CITY CAN GIVE INCENTIVES.

THAT'S THE SENTENCE WE GAVE THEM. WE TOLD THEM WE CAN'T BUILD THE STREET.

HE BUILT THE STREET IN THE STREET TO US. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, MAN.

WE GOT TOO MANY STREETS IN THIS CITY TO BE FIXED NOW.

I'M FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS GETTING STUFF DONE IN THEIR DISTRICT.

BUT THEN AGAIN, WHERE ARE WE AT? WE'RE OVER THERE IN DISTRICT THREE AGAIN DISTRICT BOARD FOR CLOSE TO THREE.

YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS. OKAY, SO SO WE OVER IN DISTRICT FOUR, YOU'RE SAYING.

OKAY, BUT WE STILL MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE. COUNCILMAN KINLAW.

WE'RE STILL MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE. WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE WE GOT TOO MANY STREETS TO BE FIXED.

USING TAXPAYER MONEY ON POTENTIALS. TOO MANY STREETS.

YOU WANT STREETS FIXED IN YOUR DISTRICT, RIGHT, COUNCILMAN KINLAW? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND I WANT DISTRICT FIXING MY STREET.

SO I THINK THAT SAME $2 MILLION CAN GO IN DISTRICT ONE AND FIX SOME STREETS.

COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. I'LL WAIT TILL HE FINISHES.

I'M WAITING FOR YOU TO TALK. GO AHEAD. I'M NOT DEBATING YOU, SIR.

I WANT TO HAVE WHAT I WANT TO SAY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY. I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE WITH YOU.

I DON'T NEED YOU TO STAND THERE WHILE I'M SAYING NO. I CAN'T STAND HERE.

OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE. WHOA WHOA WHOA. OKAY. COUNCILMAN.

MR.. FRANK. MR. SCOTT, ARE YOU DONE? NO. OKAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES. THE REASON WHY I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A TIME. THE REASON WHY I'M STANDING HERE. BECAUSE I'M HEARING. I WANT TO HEAR FROM A CONSTABLE. COUNCILWOMAN. WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STOOD UP.

I SAID WE WANT TO DO A CALL AND RESPONSE. YOU MAKE YOUR STATEMENT, I CAN COME BACK.

THEN YOU SAID, RIGHT, YOU HAVE TWO TIMES TO SPEAK.

YOU'VE SPOKEN ONCE. YOU HAVE A SECOND TIME TO SPEAK.

MAYOR MAYOR MAYOR. MR. SCOTT MAYOR. YOU'RE DONE.

I'M NOT DONE. BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE TELLING ME AS A CITIZEN, I GOT TWO TIMES TO SPEAK, RIGHT? YOU'RE TELLING ME HOW MANY? FIVE MINUTES. AND I'LL LET YOU GO OVER THAT.

SO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. SO? SO WHAT? I WHAT I'M ASKING YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN I SIT DOWN, I CAN COME BACK RIGHT ONE MORE TIME. YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. OKAY. BECAUSE. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. I WASN'T GOING TO.

I WASN'T GOING TO ADDRESS THIS AS WELL, BUT I THINK THAT I NEED TO SAY THIS AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN DOUCET'S DUE DILIGENCE THAT HE ALWAYS SPEAKS AND KEEPS US UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN HOW WE ADDRESS THINGS. BUT LET LET ME SAY AS WELL THAT WE TOOK MONEY AND WE TOOK TIME TO INVEST IN A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR CITY, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NEVER, EVER DONE BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY.

WE TOOK THE TIME TO GET COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO GET OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND TO GET OUR CITIZENS TOGETHER AND DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN. WHEN WE DEVELOPED THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITIZENS, OUR COUNCIL AND INDIVIDUALS WANTED GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS A PRIORITY.

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BUT WE ARE FIXING STREETS, AND I WILL ALWAYS SUBMIT.

AND I WILL ALWAYS SAY THAT WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME, THAT IT IS NOT.

IT IS NOT TOUCHING THE PRIORITY BY DOING A PROJECT THAT WILL GIVE GROWTH AND EXPANSION TO OUR CITY.

MY FRIEND FRANK NEIL, WHO NOW SLEEPS THE LONG SLEEP, ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT TAKING OUR CITY TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND DOING THINGS.

THIS IS NOT SPECULATION. THIS IS NOT. LET ME REITERATE.

THIS IS NOT SPECULATION. THIS IS NOT THROWING DICE AND WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO COME UP.

SEVENS. THIS IS SAYING THAT AS WE ASK OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO INVEST IN OUR CITY.

WE INVEST IN OURSELVES AND THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE.

THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN GROWTH. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN EXPANSION.

IT IS NOT SPECULATION. IT'S NOT SOME WILD FANCY IDE, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING.

IF WE BUILD THESE STREETS, DEVELOPERS WILL COME IN BECAUSE WE HAVE CHOSEN, CHOSEN, MADE A CONSCIENTIOUS DECISION TO INVEST IN OURSELVES, NOT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO ALWAYS DO SOMETHING FOR US.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AIRFIELD.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER, YOU JUST TO REITERATE, YOU DID SAY THAT YOU MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPER HAS OFFERED WHAT CAN YOU PLEASE RESTATE THAT? SEVEN ACRES SEVEN EIGHT.

THE LAND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE STREET, AND ALL THE DUDES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE STREET AS WELL.

YES, SIR. SEVEN ACRES OF LAND AND ALL THE DIRT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUILD THE STREET.

ALL THE DIRT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUILD THE STREET.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE. THIS IS OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS ONE, BUT I HEAR THAT WE CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME.

ALL THE TIME. YES, WE CAN, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE SELECTIVE OF WHAT WE DO.

AND AS COUNCILMAN LEWIS TALKED ABOUT THE INCENTIVE, THE PROBLEM I SEE HERE IS THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR IDEAS. AND NO MATTER WHO IT IS, EVEN IF I SAY IT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT ONE.

OKAY. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK, BUT WHEN I SPEAK, I, I SPEAK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN, THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. NOT MY VISION OR NOT WHAT I THINK, BECAUSE IT'S WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY.

IF WE FOLLOW WHAT IS WRITTEN, THE MONEY THAT WE ARE ENTRUSTED TO GOD WILL ALWAYS BE GUARDED AND SPECULATION.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T SPECULATE. YES, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ONE DAY BE DEVELOPED.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. BUT WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES? OKAY. JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT ROAD, YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT? IT'LL ALWAYS BE DEVELOPMENT. I'LL BE GONE, BUT THE CITY WILL DEVELOP.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND ALL NIGHT DEBATING.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST GAVE INFORMATION I WANT THE CITIZENS TO HEAR, AND THE CITIZENS WILL DETERMINE WHAT THEY FEEL IS BEST FOR THEM IN THE CITY, AND I RESPECT EVERY COUNCILMAN BUT CITIZEN.

THAT'S WHY I SAID IT TONIGHT FOR CITIZENS TO GET THE HISTORY AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS.

AND I'M GOING TO BRING BACK THIS 2 MILLION BECAUSE I WANT THE COST OF IT, AND I WANT TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY THINGS UP HERE, TO THESE CITIZENS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DECISION, THAT GIVES THEM A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE DECISIONS AND, AND WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT WE SAY, OKAY? I'M NOT TRYING TO KILL IT.

I JUST WANT TO DO THAT. OKAY? I'LL. I'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER. I MEAN, GO AHEAD, MR. SCOTT. YOU HAVE? YEAH. HOW MANY MINUTES? THREE, THREE. THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THREE MINUTES. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL COUNCILMAN FRANK, WE DIDN'T GET IN A DEBATE.

THE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE I WAS ONLY NINE YEARS.

I KNOW THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE. I'M ALWAYS FOR GROWTH, BUT I'M ALSO A GOOD STEWARD.

YOU SHOULD BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.

THE THING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE PROCESS IN PLACE IN THE CITY MANAGER IS AWARE OF IT,

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YOU FIND OUT THAT AND WE DON'T BUILD STREETS FOR DEVELOPERS.

OKAY, THE DEVELOPERS BUILD THE STREETS LIKE I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU, THE DEVELOPER BUILD THE STREETS.

THAT'S THE PROCESS IN PLACE. NOW, WHEN YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE THE PROCESS AND SAY POTENTIAL OR YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE GROWTH, YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE GROWTH, BUT YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.

THE TAXPAYERS MONEY IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU DON'T MAKE YOU DON'T MAKE DECISIONS AND NOT PROTECTING THE MONEY.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ONE THING.

IT'S A PROCESS IN PLACE. WE DON'T BUILD STREETS FOR DEVELOPERS.

THEY BUILD THE STREETS THEMSELVES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY OVER THERE, NO DEVELOPER OVER THERE.

WHY ARE WE BUILDING THE STREETS? WE CAN TAKE THE SAME $2 MILLION AND USE IT ON STREETS IN THE DISTRICTS THAT NEED IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR VOTE, PLEASE.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU. YES, MA'AM.

SO. OKAY, I HAVE A COMMENT ON IT. YES, MA'AM.

GO, GO. MOVE AHEAD. CLAUDIA SANCHEZ, SIX SIX, TWO FIVE JADE AVENUE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE HOPES. IT'S NICE TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE CITY, BUT YOU STINK IN THE WATER PARK.

HOW MANY YEARS? WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE WATER PARK, AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT THE STREETS. THE STREETS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITIZENS.

$2 MILLION IS GOING TO BE VERY NICE TO PUT ON SOME STREETS THAT ARE NOT STREETS ANYMORE.

IT'S JUST DIRT. SO AREAS ARE LIKE THAT. AND YOU SAID STREETS ARE PRIORITY AND WORKING ON IT, BUT WE DON'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT ON IT. WE SEE THAT THE FIRE STATION ALMOST FINISHED THE THE DOCK BUILDING ALMOST FINISHED ALL THE BUILDINGS BUT THE STREETS. WE DON'T SEE NO IMPROVEMENT.

WE NEED MORE TIME AND MONEY. EXPEDITE STREETS BECAUSE WE WE CANNOT BE LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

WE, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN RESIDENTS OF PORT ARTHUR ARE AGREE THAT THEY NEED TO FIX THE STREETS.

DOES MEAN. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU PUT MORE INTO AND MORE MONEY TO STREETS TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAYBE HAPPEN, MAYBE DON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE NOBODY HAS THE LIFE THAT WE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.

MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE DEVELOPER. WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE ALREADY SPEND MONEY ON IT.

PLEASE DON'T PUT THE HORSE IN FRONT OF THE CAR.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. KINLAW. MAYOR. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD.

AND I THINK MY COUNTERPART, COUNCILMAN FRANK, SAID IT EARLIER IN THE HISTORY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE PUT $50 MILLION. AT NO TIME IN THE HISTORY OF PORT ARTHUR HAS EVER BEEN DONE ON STREET PROJECTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP SAYING THAT IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, THAT WE TOOK A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS A COLLECTIVE COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON INVESTING BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY WITH STREETS AND STREET PROJECTS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE THIRD TIME, THANK YOU.

AND I WILL AND I WILL. I'M SORRY, MISS SANCHEZ.

WE HAVE WE HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAK, AND I WILL CALL ON YOU IN JUST A MINUTE, OKAY? THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO. AND SO WHAT? I'M. I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK BECAUSE MARY NEVER GETS TO SPEAK ALL THE TIME.

SO I HAVE TO SAY, I WORKED FOR THE CITY FROM 1988 TO 2006, AND THERE WAS NEVER A HIRED SUMMER PEOPLE TO FILL POTHOLES. CDBG MONEY, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A $50 MILLION STREETS, MONEY FUNDED STREETS NOR STREETS PLAN FROM 1988 TO 2006.

FROM 2007 WHEN I LEFT THE CITY, TO 2013, WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE EDC, THE EDC GAVE $1 MILLION BECAUSE WE HAD NO BUDGET FOR STREETS IN 2013. STILL NO PLAN.

AND ALL THESE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.

WE HAD NO STREETS PLAN. WE HAD NO PLAN TO FIX A STREET OTHER THAN THE OTHER THAN CDBG DOLLARS TO FILL POTHOLES, AND I HIRED THE WORKERS TO FILL THOSE POTHOLES.

EVERY SUMMER, I HIRED THE ENTIRE CREW. THERE WAS NEVER A PLAN.

2015. I GOT ON CITY COUNCIL. THERE WAS NOT A PLAN.

2019 IS WHEN WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN FOR STREETS BECAUSE THE COMPLAINT FOR THE CITIZENS, WE'VE HAD MONEY AND THE

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WE'VE ONLY HAD STREETS MONEY $50 MILLION SINCE 2020.

THAT'S WHEN WE WENT AFTER A BOND. NOTHING PRIOR TO THAT WAS DONE FOR STREETS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

THERE WAS NO PLAN. THERE WAS NO PROJECT. THERE WAS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND THIS IS THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH. YOU CAN GO BACK AND DO THE RESEARCH FOR YOURSELF.

NOTHING WAS DONE. FIVE YEARS. WE'VE ONLY HAD MONEY FOR STREETS FOR FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS 2025. WE'VE ONLY HAD A BUDGET FOR STREETS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

I THINK IT'S WHAT, 20 MILLION FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS? OR I HAVE IT BACKWARDS. I MIGHT BE 10 MILLION, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT IS TIME FOR US TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

IT IS TIME FOR MOVEMENT. I SAID ON COUNCIL SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AND UNTIL IT WASN'T UNTIL IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO ALMOST LEAVE IN 2020, THAT MONEY WAS AVAILABLE TO US TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

ALL THE. NOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK. STREET, STREET, STREET STREETS.

WE ARE. WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR STREETS. WE CAN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLAN IN THE PROCESS.

LOOKING FOR THE HISTORY OF PORT ARTHUR. LOOKING FOR OUR CHILDREN DOWN THE LINE FROM 1988 TO 2000 TO 2020.

THAT'S THE TRUTH. THAT'S TRANSPARENCY. NOW WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FASTER AND SWIFTER IN THIS AI GENERATION THAT WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH TO GET THINGS DONE.

IT IS TIME FOR US TO STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND WE CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE. WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY.

WE HAVE THE MOBILITY. WE HAVE THE STAFF. WE HAVE THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.

AND SOMEBODY DONATING YOU SEVEN ACRES OF LAND.

AND WE'RE SITTING HERE FOR 20 MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY DONATING SOME LAND.

WOW. HOW PATHETIC IS THAT? I AM READY TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO CALL ME.

OH MY GOD! MA'AM. COME BACK. YOU HAVE ONE TIME TO SPEAK.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THAT'S IT. YES, YES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND TO BE IN THE RECORDS.

COUNCILMAN KING LOST $50 MILLION. WHICH ONE? 33% WENT TO ONLY ONE STREET, THE BOULEVARD.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT RECORD. NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE, AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT BOULEVARD COSTS $14 MILLION.

OKAY, $14 MILLION. OKAY, I WANT TO CORRECT THAT ON THE RECORD.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

THOSE NOES, PLEASE SPEAK NOW. NO. SO I HAVE TWO NOES AND THE REST ARE I'S TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER NINE PR NUMBER 24721A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,

[VIII.A.(9) P.R. No. 24721 - A Resolution Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, To Rescind Resolution No. 25-504 And Authorize The City Manager To Execute A Non-Exclusive Ambulance Service Agreement With Viking Enterprise Inc. D/B/A City Ambulance Service, Inc.]

AND I WAS TOLD WE WERE PULLING THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT PULLING IT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OWNER OF CITY AMBULANCE PRESENT THAT PERHAPS HE'D LIKE TO GET ON WITH THE COUNCIL. OKAY. LET ME GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. IT'S MOVED. AND A SECOND. DISCUSSIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OWNER COME ON UP AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF VIKING SERVICES.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. VIKING ENTERPRISE. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS TODAY FOR RENEWING THE AMBULANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT.

WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING RELIABLE, HIGH QUALITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUATION OF COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

WE ARE IN AGREEMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU SENT US LAST TIME ON THE EMAIL.

OKAY, WE'RE READY TO ALL IN. ARE WE WAITING? WAIT A MINUTE.

HOLD ON, HE SAID AGREES TO THE CONTRACT. YEAH.

WAIT. THE CONTRACT. THAT. WAIT A MINUTE. JUST FOR CLARITY.

CITY ATTORNEY. THE CONTRACT THAT I LAST SENT TO CITY AMBULANCES.

ATTORNEY WAS ONLY ONE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, AND THAT WAS THE DEFINITION OF DISPATCH FACILITY.

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ATTORNEY, BUT I SEE THAT THE OWNER IS HERE AND SAYING THAT HE AGREES TO THAT LAST CONTRACT.

OKAY. WITH THE ONE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE WITH THAT ONE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. ANY NOS.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. LET'S GO TO ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE PL NUMBER 7388.

[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7388 - An Ordinance Amending Part II - Code of Ordinances, Chapter 114 - Vehicles For Hire, Article II. Emergency Medical Vehicle, Section 114-31 Definition Of Dispatch Facility; Providing For Severability And Savings Clauses; And Providing For An Effective Date ]

CHAPTER 114 VEHICLES FOR HIRE. ARTICLE TWO EMERGENCY MEDICAL VEHICLE.

SECTION 114 DASH 31 DEFINITION OF DISPATCH FACILITY.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND SAVINGS CLAUSES AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE THE ORDINANCE PASSES AT THIS TIME.

I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OF OUR MEETING ON TONIGHT AT 7:45 P.M..

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED.

IT'S BEEN. YOU CAN'T MOVE THAT SECOND. I NEED A SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY, I GOTTA MOVE A MOTION. APPROVAL AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE HAVE NOW.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE HAVE NOW ADJOURNED OUR MEETING AT 7:46 P.M..

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.