May 05, 2026 City Council

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RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN PROGRESS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WELCOME TO OUR CITY

[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]

WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU MUTING THOSE AT THIS TIME. WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR INVOCATION, OUR PLEDGE, AND OUR ROLL CALL. I'M GOING TO ASK PASTOR FRANK TO LEAD US IN OUR PRAYER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. LET US BOW. OH, MOST GRACIOUS GOD, AS WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. AND WE COME IN THE MOST HUMBLE WAY IN WHICH WE KNOW HOW OUR HEADS ARE BOWED AND OUR HEARTS ARE LIFT ON. TODAY WE COME ASKING GOD FOR YOUR GRACE, YOUR MERCY, YOUR WISDOM, AND MOST OF ALL, GOD, YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR CHAMBER ON TODAY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS AND DELIBERATE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS. AGAIN, GOD. IN PRAYER, WE LIFT UP OUR OUR SOLDIERS AND OUR SAILORS AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY. WE PRAY GOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICA AND FOR ALL OF OUR ALLIES AS WELL. KEEP US FOREVER IN YOUR CARE AS OUR PRAYER. IN THE MIGHTY AND PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. CITY SECRETARY TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, PLEASE.

MAYOR MOSES HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEWIS. COUNCIL MEMBER. HAMILTON.

AIRFIELD. COUNCIL MEMBER. BECKHAM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KINLAW HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRANK PRESENT YOU HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO THE SECRETARY. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG IN OUR OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS ON TODAY. AND

[III.A.(1) Christina Knight Regarding Do For the City Of Port Arthur And Our Citizens.]

MISS CHRISTINA, IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU APPROACH THE.

ONCE YOU GET TO THE MIC, THAT'S FINE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA KNIGHT. MY ADDRESS IS 611 15TH STREET. AND YOU ALREADY KNOW PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. MY AGENDA TODAY IS HOW MANY REFINERIES DO WE HAVE IN OUR BACKYARD IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS? DO Y'ALL KNOW HOW MANY? 23. WE GOT 23 REFINERIES. WHY I DOWNTOWN OF CITY OF PORT ARTHUR LOOK LIKE GHETTO FABULOUS. WHY THESE REFINERIES IS NOT PAYING FOR OUR CITY TO GET REDONE. DOWNTOWN CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. I KNOW WE GIVE THEM INCENTIVES, BUT WHAT ARE THEY GIVING US BACK? BECAUSE THEY BUILD IN OUR BACKYARD. THEY SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. THEY USED TO. THEY NOT DOING IT NOW WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR POCKETS TO GET OUR STREETS BUILT. OUR STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS, MULTIPLE COMING FROM ALL THESE REFINERIES BECAUSE WE GIVING THEM INCENTIVES. WHAT ARE THEY GIVING US BACK? THAT'S MY QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, OUR CITIZENS, SENIOR CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING IN THEIR POCKET WHETHER THEY GOING TO PAY A BILL OR GET THEIR MEDICINE. THEY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR US ON EVERYTHING. WHY DID THEY STOP? OUR STREETS USED TO GET BUILT BY THEM. WE HAVE THE UGLY STREETS, POTHOLES AFTER POTHOLES. SINCE MY HOUSE GOT REBUILT, I'VE NEVER GOT A NEW

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WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, WE ALWAYS HAD OUR STREET REDONE. SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE REFINERIES AND THEM GIVING US INCENTIVES TO GET OUR CITY TOGETHER? OUR CITY LOOK LIKE IT'S A GHETTO FABULOUS. IT'S JUST A TRASHY PORT ARTHUR. LIKE THAT WOMAN SAID WHEN SHE WAS GOING THROUGH. OH, W COLLINS. OH, LOOK AT THIS. YEAH, SHE SAID BAD STUFF ABOUT US. IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT. WE NOT TRASHY PEOPLE. OUR CITY SHOULD BE LIKE THAT. OUR CITY SHOULD BE UPGRADED WITH ALL THESE REFINERIES IN OUR BACKYARD. THEY SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF US, NOT US GIVING THEM INCENTIVES. AND THEY DON'T PAY US. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. YOU'RE FINISHED. I'M DONE. OKAY, OKAY. LET ME Y'ALL, IF YOU GUYS COULD MAKE THAT. I'M NOT GETTING THE NAMES OF. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE I GO. MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE. YES, MISS KNIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION. AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN SERVING ON COUNCIL. THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT THAT I HEAR FROM CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY, AND I. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S US NOT INFORMING CITY CITIZENS ENOUGH TO HAVE THEM TO UNDERSTAND. WHEN YOU REFER TO THE STREETS BEING FIXED WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, EVEN THEN, THE CITY WAS THE RESPONSE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THAT. AND THEY DID IT, NOT THE REFINERIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT WE GIVE THEM INCENTIVES, BUT THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR US. WE GET OVER $30 MILLION FROM ALL OF THESE REFINERIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR JURISDICTION. OTHER CITIES AND EVERY CITY, EVERY COUNTY, EVERY STATE ONLY OPERATE FROM TAXES AND FEES. THAT'S HOW ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT OBTAIN MONEY BY TAXES AND FEES. HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, WE GET OVER 30 MILLION. OKAY, SO WE DON'T PROVIDE SERVICES. WE DON'T PICK UP NO TRASH. WE DON'T GIVE THEM WATER, WE DON'T GO FIX THEIR WATER LINES AND ALL THAT. WE GET $30 MILLION. SO WHEN WE GO TO CONFERENCES AND STUFF AND PEOPLE SAY, WE FROM PORT ARTHUR, OH, Y'ALL DOWN THERE WITH ALL THE REFINERY, WELL, WE KNOW Y'ALL GET MONEY. SO ACTUALLY WE GET MONEY FOR THOSE INCENTIVES, 30 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S LIKE GRAVY BECAUSE WE DON'T PROVIDE SERVICE. SO THE QUESTION SHOULD ALWAYS BE NOT THE REFINERIES NOT DOING NOTHING FOR US. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE MONEY? OKAY. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AND CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND. LET'S PUT THE BLAME WHERE THE BLAME SHOULD GO. LET'S QUESTION THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WHAT WE SAY IS, IS CORRECT BECAUSE CITIES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THESE REFINERIES GIVEN THAT MUCH MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE GULF COAST AND BECAUSE WE HAVE WATER, WE HAVE RAIL, WE HAVE HIGHWAY, WE HAVE AIRPORT. THAT'S WHERE THEY WANTS TO COME WITH INDUSTRY AND REFINING, WHETHER WE LIKE IT, WHETHER WE ACCEPT IT OR NOT.

PORT ARTHUR IS KEY NOT ONLY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THE WORLD, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SHIPPING LNG. AND AND WHEN IT COMES TO THESE REFINERIES, WE DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY JUST LIKE YOU. AS LONG AS OUR ORDINANCE ALLOW THEM TO BUILD THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING THINGS IN THE AIR ON US, TC, EPA, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE

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I SPENT 45 YEARS IN AS A PROCESS OPERATOR, INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN, ANALYZER TECHNICIAN.

OKAY, THEY WILL HELP OUT, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT MONEY IN A, IN A BLACK HOLE. IF IF THE CITY MANAGER, IF THEY COME TO THE CITY, IF THEY WANT TO, IF WE NEED SOMETHING, WE GIVE THEM A SPECIFIC THING TO PUT THEIR MONEY. THEY WILL DO IT, BUT THEY JUST NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU MONEY. OKAY. PORT ARTHUR SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY OPEN DITCHES. SHOULDN'T HAVE WE? PORT ARTHUR IS BY ITSELF WHEN WE WAS A CITY OF ONE. OKAY, WE SHOULD HAVE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY OPEN DISHES. BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED? WE ARE A CITY OF SIX NOW, OKAY? WE TOOK IN PORT ACRES. WE TOOK IN SABINE PASS, LAKEVIEW. THOSE WERE ANNEXATIONS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. THEY JUST REACHED OUT AND SNATCHED THEM IN BECAUSE THEY WASN'T CONSOLIDATED. BUT LAKEVIEW, PAL RIDGE AND GRIFFIN PARK WERE CITIES. THEY WERE CITIES. SO THEY WAS BROKE.

EVERYBODY GOT SUED. BACK IN THE 80S. EVERYBODY WAS SUED BECAUSE OF THE THE THE SEWERS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. THEY WAS BROKE. SO THE THE ADMINISTRATION AT THAT TIME, THE MAYOR SALLAS AND ALL THEM, WHAT THEY DID, THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM. THEY SAID, IF YOU HELP US, Y'ALL COME AND CONSOLIDATE WITH WITH US, WE WILL GIVE YOU A FREE TAXES. WE'LL FREEZE YOUR TAXES FOR FIVE YEARS. WE WILL FIX YOUR WATER AND SEWER LINES.

OKAY. WE WAS ALL THAT MONEY WAS WE WAS USING. WE HAD A 75, 25. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE US 75% GRANTS. AND WE ALL WE HAD TO PUT UP WAS 25%. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WENT OUT AND ASKED THOSE PEOPLE TO CONSOLIDATE? WE WILL FIX YOUR WATER AND SEWER LINE AND FIX ALL YOUR STREETS AND EVERYTHING. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY WAS BROKE. THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THE.

THEY VOTED AMONG THEMSELVES TO CONSOLIDATE WITH PORT ARTHUR. PORT ARTHUR VOTED AMONG THEMSELVES TO ACCEPT THEM. OKAY, NOW WE ARE A CITY OF SIX WITH ONE, WITH ONE BUDGET THAT THE MONEY IS ALL. SPREAD IT OUT NOW. OKAY. AND LET ME SHARE ONE OTHER THING WITH YOU. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I HAVEN'T CHECKED LATELY, BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE GET FROM THE REFINERIES COVERS ALL OUR FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT AT ONE TIME, COVER ALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. OKAY, THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY WE WAS GETTING AT ONE TIME BEFORE THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED HIM. WHEN HE WAS OVER THERE, ALL THE REFINERIES CONTROL ALL OF THE COUNCILS. THEY HAD ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE, SUPERVISORS AND MANAGEMENT PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL. THEY WAS ONLY PAYING $300,000. CAN YOU IMAGINE? THEY WAS PAYING $300,000 A PIECE.

THAT'S ALL THEY WAS PAYING. BUT WHEN A-Z MACCARRONE M SUED THEM AND PUT IT, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT THE APPRAISED THEM, FIND OUT WHAT THE VALUES WERE, AND THAT THING CHANGED. THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. OKAY. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE A CITY OF SIX AND WE JUST WE GOT THE MONEY. WE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY FOR YOUR STREET, BUT WE GOT OLD INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE WE CANNOT GET ENOUGH CONTRACTORS SIMPLY BECAUSE WHEN BIDEN SIGNED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE, ALL THE CITIES GOT MONEY. SO WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH CONTRACT. WE'VE DONE A LOT IN HOUSE AND WE GET SOME CONTRACT. BUT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T COME PASS GALVESTON, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT HUNGRY ANYMORE. THEY'RE WORKING IN THEIR OWN AREA. BUT THAT'S OUR

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BUT THE PEOPLE ACT, EQUALIZED EVERYTHING. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. THE CITY STREETS AND WHAT HAVE YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING BETTER. BUT BUT OUR MONEY IS SPREAD THIN. AND LIKE I SAID, WE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY FOR THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE. WE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY. WE'RE NOT BROKE. AND WE GOT. AND. AND ANOTHER THING, IF THE IF THE IF THE REFINERIES DON'T, DO NOT HIRE. WE GOT WE GIVE THEM INCENTIVES. IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH PUTTING OUR PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WE TAX THEM AT 90%. THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE.

WE TAX THEM AT 90%. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CUT IT OFF RIGHT THERE. YEAH. OH, I WAS ABOUT TO TWO MINUTES. TWO MINUTES. I GAVE YOU AN EXTRA TWO. OKAY, OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. OH, I HAVE ANOTHER LIGHT. OH, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, I'M SORRY, MISS KNIGHT. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AND SHARING. I WISH THAT MORE CITIZENS WOULD BE CONCERNED AND COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND LET US KNOW. YOU HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR ELONGATED PERIODS OF TIME IN OUR CITY, AND I THANK COUNCILMAN LEWIS FOR EXPLAINING THOSE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL IS WE FORMED A TAX INCREMENT RECOVERY ZONE, WHICH IS CALLED A TOURS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE RECOUPING MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP DOWNTOWN. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING PROJECTS AND BRINGING PROJECTS INTO THE TOUR ZONE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE ISLAND, THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT. THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND TRANSPIRING.

AND SO THOSE ARE MONIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECOVERED TO HELP INITIATE AND TO SPUR THE GROWTH DOWNTOWN. SO WE ARE WORKING. BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS KNIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR AGAIN COMING TO US. BUT I HAVE EVERY QUARTER I HAVE A MAYOR'S UPDATE MEETING, AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. THOSE MEETINGS WILL GIVE YOU THE UPDATES OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, FROM STREETS TO EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY. AND IT'S EVERY THREE MONTHS. SO OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE JULY 30TH. IT'LL BE AT LAMAR HEALTH SCIENCE BUILDING. AND SO WE TRY TO HAVE DEPARTMENTS THERE THAT WILL GIVE YOU KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. WE HAD OUR DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT LAST THURSDAY, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS CHIEF, JEREMY HOUSTON, GIVING UPDATES ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO AND THAT AT OUR FIRST MEETING, WE HAD STREETS AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO STREETS AGAIN. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITHIN THE CITY. AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE STREETS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY AND WHERE WE ARE, IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CLICK ON STREETS, THE FIRST TAB ON THE FIRST PAGE, AND YOU GO BY DISTRICT TO THE NUMBER OF STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN EACH DISTRICT. SO YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE DISTRICT ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, AND THEN YOU HAVE AT LARGE. SO IF YOU GO TO THOSE DISTRICTS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF STREETS THAT WE'VE DONE IN EVERY DISTRICT. AND IT GIVES YOU KIND OF AN UPDATE. TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE MOTIVA MOVING DOWNTOWN HERE SHORTLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF OUR FIBER OPTIC LINES DOWN OF OUR, OUR AND GOING TO FIBER OPTICS. WE ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK DOWNTOWN. AGAIN, OUR TAX REINVESTMENT, OUR TOURIST BOARD IS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE PORT ARTHUR, WITHIN THE CITY. SO OUR TOURIST BOARD IS BASICALLY PORT ARTHUR, THE COUNTY, IT'S A DD7 AND IT'S ALSO THE SABINE NAVIGATION, THE PORT. ALL OF US ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEAUTIFY DOWNTOWN AND THEN BUY IN. AND WE STARTED THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE COLLABORATIVELY WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THE ESTHETICS DOWNTOWN LOOKING REALLY WELL. SO IT'S, IT'S CONTINGENT UPON US AS A, IT'S ALL BUY IN FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. AND TO MAKE PORT ARTHUR BETTER. AND WE ARE DOING THAT. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME GREAT THINGS TAKING PLACE IN OUR CITY. AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WHAT ALL IS TAKING PLACE. SO I WANT YOU TO BE REALLY INFORMED, AND I'LL MEET WITH YOU ANYTIME AND GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON OUR PARKS. YOU JUST CALL MY NUMBER AND WE'LL SET A TIME TO MEET, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERN. BUT

[III.A.(2) Deric Outley Of Land To Sky Development Regarding Unauthorized Occupancy Of Private Property – City Of Port Arthur Foster Pump Station On Parcel 72810.]

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FUNDERS ARE AT THE TABLE. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN THIS MONTH. LAND, SKY. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL GENERATE HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN AN ESTIMATED $750 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. THAT REVENUE FLOWS TO PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE CITY TO DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEVEN, TO THE PORT OF PORT ARTHUR, TO JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. MY COMPANY IS EXECUTING THE DEVELOPMENT AS I SPEAK. I CAME TO THIS COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER 2025 WITH THE SAME POSTURE, AND I RETURNED TONIGHT IN THE SAME SPIRIT. I'M NOT ASKING THE CITY TO TAKE A POSITION ON MY PROPERTY DISPUTE THIS NIGHT. I'M NOT ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE ON COMPENSATION. I'M NOT ASKING THIS ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE MY SIDE. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT THE OFFICES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ACT ON THE COMMENTS THOSE OFFICES HAVE ALREADY MADE TO THIS BODY, IN THIS CHAMBER, ON THIS RECORD, THE FOSTER PUMP STATION IS A GENERATOR FACILITY ADDED IN 2023 IN ACCESS CORRIDOR, A COMMUNITY DRAINAGE SYSTEM OR PHYSICALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE PERIMETER BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY. OWNED CONTROLLED BY LAND TO SKY, THERE IS NO RECORDED EASEMENT, NO LEASE, NO CONVEYANCE, NO OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT IN PLACE. AGREEMENT ON FILE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR ANY OF IT. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A CERTIFIED ASSESSOR SURVEYOR BOUNDARY SURVEY SEALED BY A REGISTERED TEXAS PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR IN FEBRUARY 2026. IT IS CONFIRMED BY THE PRIOR OWNER OF RECORD AND IS CONFIRMED BY THE CITY'S OWN RESPONSE TO MY OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS WERE PRODUCED. IN 2023. I ACQUIRED AND REZONE THIS PARCEL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE CITY MADE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUMP STATION, A NEW GENERATOR AND NEW EQUIPMENT UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORIZATION. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WERE PLACED ON MY PRIVATE PROPERTY LESS THAN THREE YEARS AGO WITHOUT A RECORDED EASEMENT, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND WITHOUT COMPENSATION THAT MATTER. THAT FACT MATTERS. AND I'LL RETURN TO IT LATER. IN OCTOBER 2025, AFTER COORDINATED MEETING WITH THE CITY COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND THE CITY ENGINEER, I SUBMITTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPANCY PAYMENT PROPOSAL TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THE CITY ENGINEER. I PRESENTED THAT PROPOSAL TO THIS BODY IN NOVEMBER 2025. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPANCY PAYMENT PROPOSAL IS A SIMPLE INSTRUMENT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY'S CONTINUED OPERATION. IT PROVIDES THE CITY WITH ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL COVERAGE DURING A DEFINED PERIOD. IT PRESERVES COMMUNITY DRAINAGE SERVICE WITHOUT DISRUPTION, AND IT PROVIDES THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERATION, CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRIAL FAIR MARKET VALUE. IN THIS CORRIDOR. IT IS IN PLAIN TERMS, THE EASY PATH. I WANT TO PAUSE HERE BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL DESERVES TO SEE CLEARLY. IN DECEMBER 2025, THE CITY TOLD THIS BODY. IN THIS IN THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THAT ACCESS TO THE FOSTER PUMP STATION WAS ESSENTIAL. THAT WITHOUT IT, THIS COMMUNITY COULD FLOOD. THE CITY FRAMED THIS AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. IF THAT WERE TRUE, WHERE IS THE ENGAGEMENT BEEN? IF ACCESS TO THIS PUMP STATION IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTING THIS COMMUNITY FROM FLOODING, WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WILL RESOLVE THIS EASEMENT? QUESTION IF THE CITY BELIEVED THIS MATTER URGENT ENOUGH TO CHARACTERIZE A PROPERTY OWNER AS A PUBLIC SAFETY RISK, WHERE IS THE SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSAL I DELIVERED IN OCTOBER 2025? IF THE CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE DON'T SMILE AT ME LIKE THAT. IF THE CITY'S ATTORNEY

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THAT ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION, DOCUMENTED COORDINATION, CONTINUOUS PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION, AND A DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS JOB AND REVENUE TO THIS CITY. AND THERE'S A PATH THE CITY APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN TO DATE. SILENCE, IGNORED REQUEST, MISSED DEADLINES, CONTRADICTIONS ON THE PUBLIC RECORD. THE FIRST PATH IS EASY TO DO, RIGHT? THE SECOND IS DIFFICULT TO DO WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND TO THIS CITY THAT WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO AVOID. I WANT THIS COUNCIL TO BE AWARE THAT THIS MATTER FALLS DIRECTLY WITHIN THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE RESOLUTION 24845. THE FORENSIC AUDIT ON THIS AGENDA, THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, THE 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT RECORDED EASEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF 2025 ALL SIT SQUARELY WITHIN THAT AUDIT WINDOW. THE REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY DIRECT THE UNAUTHORIZED OCCUPATION OF PARCEL 72810 TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE FORENSIC AUDIT. ALREADY BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, I ALSO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS COUNCIL DIRECT THE OFFICES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ACT BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS THIS FRIDAY ON THE COMMITMENTS THOSE OFFICES HAVE ALREADY MADE ON THIS RECORD, INCLUDING THE SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COMMITTED IN DECEMBER 2025, WHICH HE NEVER RESPONDED, AND TO WHICH MY COUNSEL HAS NOW RECEIVED A RESPONSE. IN MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS SINCE. NO RESPONSES. I DID NOT WANT THIS MATTER TO COME BACK TO THIS PODIUM. I CAME IN NOVEMBER IN GOOD FAITH. I RETURNED IN MARCH WITH FORMAL COUNSEL. I RETURNED TONIGHT AS A PROPERTY OWNER, ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO, WHICH IS TO DIRECT STAFF TO ACT ON WHAT STAFF HAS ALREADY PROMISED. I REMAIN READY TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER COOPERATIVELY, IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE CITY TO RECEIVE ECONOMIC BENEFIT. IT PREVENTS IT PRESENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR MOSES. YOU'RE WELCOME. OH, COUNCIL LIGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON.

YES, YOU. WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, I. I WENT OUT AND TOURED THE PROPERTY WITH YOU BECAUSE I WAS UNAWARE OF IT TO THE PUMP STATION AND EVERYTHING BACK AND FORTH STATE. BUT THEN I GOT BACK WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE MANAGEMENT TOLD ME THAT THE.

THEY COULD WORK WITH YOU, BUT THERE WAS NO PROOF OF OWNERSHIP THAT I BROUGHT THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. ALSO, I THOUGHT YOU HAD. WAS MAKING PROGRESS LATER ON. I HADN'T HEARD ANY MORE FROM YOU, AND THE MANAGEMENT SAID THAT WAS. THAT WAS A PROBLEM WITH OWNERSHIP AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF OWNERSHIP. SO I LEFT, I LEFT, I LEFT IT UP TO THE MANAGER, TO THEM. SO NOW

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LET'S DO THIS. DEREK. DEREK. THAT'S. YOU TALK. YOU'RE TALKING TO THE COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. NOT TO ONE PERSON. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I'LL ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. YES, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, SHE LITERALLY TOLD MY ATTORNEY DO NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE CHAMBER. SHE SPOKE TO HIM, NOT TO ME. AND WE AGREED THAT SHE TOLD OUT OF RESPECT. HE DID, OBVIOUSLY. AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION FROM WHAT YOU DIRECTED HER TO DO. NOT ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER DOUCETTE. YEAH, I'M I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH THE SAME THING I SAID ABOUT THE OTHER PROJECT WE HAD. I'M LOOKING AT THE DATES AND I'M LOOKING AT WHAT IS WRITTEN, WHAT IS BEING SAID. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? YES, I SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS, AND IT WAS MADE ON TIME LAST WEEK. YEAH, THAT'S A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF HOW MANY TIMES I'VE ENGAGED WITH THIS COUNCIL AND NO ONE HAS RESPONDED. SO I'M SPEAKING. GIVE US A MINUTE. OKAY? I'M SPEAKING. NO QUESTIONS. OKAY.

NOW. I DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ATTORNEY. AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I KNOW. ONE, WE DO NOT TAKE CONTROL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE COURTS AND CLAIMING EMINENT DOMAIN. THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO US. AND YOU SAID YOU OWN THE PROPERTY AND THE PUMP STATION WAS ON THE PROPERTY. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION. I DON'T CARE IF IT IS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. IF IT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY, WE SHOULD WORK AND RESOLVE THAT ISSUE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE OVER CONTROL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING AND FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE SIMPLEST THING IN THE WORLD TO SOLVE. ALL YOU DO IS CALL JCAT, WHO OWNED THIS PROPERTY. SO WHO OWNS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A QUESTION. IF YOU OWN IT AND WE HAVE A PUMP STATION ON IT, WE EITHER WORK AND RESOLVE IT WITH YOU OR WE RELOCATE THE PUMP STATION. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR SPEAKING THAT YOU'VE DONE, I REMEMBER FROM THE FIRST TIME YOU CAME HERE, YOU WERE VERY CLEAR. I THINK I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED, OR IF THE CITY WANTS TO PURCHASE IT, LET ME KNOW. BUT LET'S SIT DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER. AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT RESOLVED. THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SERIOUS PROBLEM. THERE'S NO. PLEASE, SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE HAVEN'T RESOLVED THIS ISSUE. THAT'S THE QUESTION. OKAY. WHY HAVEN'T WE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE? YOU GAVE A DEMAND OF FIVE FIVE DAYS TO RESPOND AND YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T GET NOTHING. I MENTIONED THAT THE LAST TIME. THERE'S NO THREAT. WHEN PEOPLE TELL US THEY GIVE US X AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET WITH THEM. IT'S NOT A THREAT. IT'S A RIGHT. AND THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GO THROUGH PROCEDURES. YOU TELL THEM, I DEMAND TO MEET WITH YOU IN THIS TIME IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IF YOU DON'T, I'M GOING TO GO TO COURT.

NOT RESPONDING, NOT RESOLVING IT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I HAVE A SERIOUS RIGHT. SO WHAT? SOMEONE HAVE TO LET ME KNOW AFTER HEARING WHAT MR. OUTLET SAYING TODAY. WHY HAVEN'T WE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE? OR SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH HIM ON THE

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CAN WE COME BACK TO YOUR ANSWER AND LET THESE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO YOUR ANSWER, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU SURE CAN, MAYOR. OKAY, LET ME GET LET ME GET TO THE. AND IF THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME ANSWER, THEN WE'LL LET THEM LET HER SPEAK.

OKAY, SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, COUNCILMEMBER KINLAW, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MISS ALI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO REMEMBER YOU COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL GIVING DIRECTIVES OF WHAT WE WANTED TO HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW, AND MAYBE IN LETTING MY COLLEAGUES FINISH UP. BUT I DO WANT THIS ANSWER TO BE ANSWERED. MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD HAVE STAFF TO COME UP WHENEVER ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ARE THROUGH ONE, YOU KNOW WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AS WELL. TWO IS THAT CONSIDERED AN EASEMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT PUMP STATION ON? SO I NEED TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. AND DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP THAT THERE BASED UPON HAVING AN EASEMENT, BECAUSE ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY HAVE EASEMENTS. OKAY.

SO WHENEVER YOUR STAFF COME UP, MANAGER, WOULD THEY ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME? AND WHY HAVEN'T WE RESOLVED THIS SITUATION? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REMEMBER IT WAS GOING TO COST. IT WAS A COST ASSOCIATED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WHEN YOU CAME HERE BEFORE WORKING WITH STAFF. NO, SIR. I'VE NOT AT ONE TIME MENTIONED COST. THIS WAS NOT A MONEY INITIALLY. I ACTUALLY APPROACHED IT AS A NON-LITIGIOUS MATTER, A MATTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. AND I WAS MET WITH I'D BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO REFRESH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THE THING IS THAT I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT PUMP STATION OR WHATEVER STATION THAT'S OUT THERE IS CRUCIAL TO DISTRICT FOUR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. IF WE HAVE A SITUATION, IS IT DISTRICT ONE OR DISTRICT TWO? IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. THAT, OKAY. YOU KNOW, I WAS A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ANSWER TO YOU. AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH MEASUREMENTS.

AS FAR AS IS IT ESSENTIAL TO THAT COMMUNITY THAT'S OUT THERE. SO IF IF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. BUT IF SOMEONE CAN ANSWER THAT STAFF, CITY MANAGER, AND THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO THE DECISIONS AND FINDING OUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKHAM. SO THIS THIS IS BRINGING UP AN ISSUE THAT I'VE HAD SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY WITH PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE US AND START TALKING ABOUT THINGS, AND THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL. SO, CITY ATTORNEY, HAVE YOU BEEN CONTACTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS THIS GENTLEMAN? YES. SO HE IS REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL? YES. I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL IN LETTING PEOPLE COME AND TALK TO COUNCIL THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEYS, BECAUSE IF HIS LAWYER ISN'T HERE AND WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH HIM, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF ETHICAL THINGS THAT WE COULD GET OURSELVES IN A BIG OLD MESS. AM I WRONG, CITY ATTORNEY? WELL, WE NEED SOMEBODY, IF I MAY, IF I MAY 1ST THING. SO THE THE ISSUE IS NOT THE MATTER OF ETHICS. THE ISSUE IS A MATTER OF BUSINESS. I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE. YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. AND THAT'S MY QUESTION. ARE YOU REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL? DID YOU HIRE SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU WITH THIS, A LAWYER? I'VE ALWAYS HAD A RETAINED ATTORNEY, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU GUYS BEGINNING, I DIDN'T HIRE ATTORNEY. MY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN MY RETAINED ATTORNEY SINCE I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. AND HAS THAT ATTORNEY CONTACTED OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS MATTER? THIS IS AN ENTITY THIS IS A RETAINED COMPANY ATTORNEY. OKAY. AND MY QUESTION IS, HAS THAT ATTORNEY CONTACTED OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS MATTER? YES. OKAY. WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSES.

WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ENGAGEMENT. WE SEND LETTERS, DEMAND LETTERS FROM ATTORNEYS THAT THE CITY IS NOT RESPONDING TO. IF WE WANT TO GET TO THE TO THE GRANULE OF IT, NO ONE'S RESPONDING. OKAY. AND SO AGAIN, SHE SHE ASKED MY ATTORNEY NOT SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. ME AND MY ATTORNEY SAID, THE CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY IS BEING OPERATED BECAUSE WHEN I LEFT, THE COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTIVE TO ENGAGE. AND I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT YOU MET WITH. WAIT JUST A SECOND. I THOUGHT YOU HAD MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE CITY MANAGER WAS GOING TO MEET WITH YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS, AND I'M GOING TO WORK THIS THING OUT BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE ASKING THE CITY TO PAY YOU SO MUCH MONEY PER MONTH FOR NO MONEY. OH YES SIR, YES, SIR. I GAVE A A OPP THAT CONVERSATION. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE IF IT WAS INTERPRETED THAT WAY. NO, NO, NO, IT WAS A MEETING THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR 200 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS PER. WE HAVE THAT, SIR. I HAD JUST GOTTEN IN THE SEAT, SO. YES, SIR, I DO. YOU WERE ASKING FOR THAT PER MONTH AND YOU CAME BEFORE US. I WAS NOT ASKING FOR THAT. YOU NEED TO. I WAS NOT ASKING FOR $250,000 PER MONTH. THAT IS NOT THE

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JUST DON'T DON'T GO ALL DOWN MY THROAT. I'LL BE OKAY. I'LL GET YOU. LET US WORK THROUGH THIS.

YES, MA'AM. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU AN ANSWER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF OUT HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY IS A GOOD PLACE TO START WITH AN ANSWER. YOU BROUGHT YOUR PROBLEM TO US. ALL OF THIS COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU AN ANSWER.

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU AN ANSWER. OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM, WE WILL FIND YOU AN ANSWER. IF I GOT TO TAKE THIS MEETING, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR A MINUTE. COME BACK.

I WILL GET YOU AN ANSWER. SO THE EXACT QUESTION WAS I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY OF THAT TODAY. AND I JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO THE QUESTION I POSED TODAY, BECAUSE YOUR QUESTION FOR TODAY, I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO HOLD THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DO WHAT YOU TOLD THEM TO DO. 90 DAYS. THAT'S WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. GET IT DONE. GIVE ME A CHANCE. OKAY? OKAY. NOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO CAN I GIVE ME A MINUTE? LET ME GET THROUGH THIS. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT. AND WE'RE NOT. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU AN ANSWER. JUST ONE QUESTION THOUGH. WE'RE GOING TO GET HIS ANSWERS. COUNCILMEMBER DOUCETTE I'M I GOT THIS MEETING, SIR. OKAY, OKAY. HAVE YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN? YEAH, HAVE A SEAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE, YOU GOT YOUR LIGHT ON? WHAT IS IT? WELL, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN KINLAW SAID, WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT I SAID. WE JUST NEED SOME ANSWERS, THAT'S ALL. WE NEED SOME ANSWERS. WE'RE NOT POSTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS. WELL, WELL, THE THING IS. BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, SOMEBODY HAVE TO CONVINCE ME THAT THIS THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAWYER STUFF. NO, THIS IS A CITIZEN THAT OWNS PROPERTY AND WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE PERSON PROPERTY AND WE DON'T HAVE EMINENT DOMAIN. WHY IS IT WHY IS IT IF IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITIZENS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, WHY HAVEN'T WE MET WITH HIM? WHY HAVEN'T WE RESOLVED THIS? OKAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. I TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY, SURE. THAT'D BE FINE. LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT.

WE GO IN NOW INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'M GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS. 621 AND WE'LL GET AN ANSWER FROM MR. OUTLET OUT. OKAY. AND WE'LL GO DOWN FOR A MINUTE.

YOURS. YEAH. OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY. I MEAN, CITY ATTORNEY. CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU WOULD ESTABLISH A QUORUM.

OKAY, WE'RE READY TO. I'LL CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR MOSES HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEWIS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HAMILTON.

AIRFIELD. COUNCIL MEMBER. BECKHAM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KINLAW HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRANK HERE. YOU HAVE QUORUM MAYOR. AND WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD AT 6:34 P.M. MR. OTTLEY, GOOD APPROACH. THANK YOU. WE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO GET YOU A TIMELY RESOLVE. WE APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S TAKEN US THIS LONG TO GET BACK TO YOU, BUT YOU WILL HAVE AN ANSWER BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THIS IS ALL I WANTED WAS ENGAGEMENT. OKAY. THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO GET THE CITY. SHE'S LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY. AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE US. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NUMBER B PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE NONE.

SEE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE NONE. D EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. WE HAVE NONE. E

[III.F.(1) Discussion And Possible Action Regarding The 90th Texas Legislative Session Priorities For The City. (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw And Councilmember Frank) ]

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AND IT HAPPENED, AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AND I HOPE THAT THE LISTENERS ARE OUT THERE LISTENING AND AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COLLECTIVE COUNCIL TO ENSURE WE HAVE SOME OUR VOICES BEING HEARD IN THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SO I COSIGNED THIS WITH COUNCILMAN FRANK TO GET THE. CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HEAR OUR VOICE AS COLLECTIVE COUNCIL. AND WE GOT TO KEEP PUTTING IT IN THE FOREFRONT. WE CAN'T LET IT GO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SITUATION WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET TO. THOSE RESIDENTS IN SABINE PASS, WE DID HAVE A MEETING THAT WAS HELD IN SABINE SHORTLY AFTER THAT EXPLOSION, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. BUT I'M HERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AT AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN FRANK, AS AN AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, TO DISCUSS AND TO KEEP IT ON THE MAP, KEEP IT ON THE FRONT PAGE THAT WE HAVE A CONCERN AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE DISCUSSING ALONG WITH YOURSELF AND COUNCILMAN FRANK AND ALL MY COHORTS THAT'S UP HERE. WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT TO GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO HEAR US GET AT THE TABLE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WE CAN GET OUR VOICE HEARD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KINLAW. ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBER? YES. I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO ADD TO THAT. COUNCILMAN EVERSFIELD WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING SURE THAT IN SO MANY OCCASIONS, WE KEPT BEFORE OUR LEGISLATORS THE WATER BILLS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.

AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO BEFORE THEM AND TO LOOK AT THAT. ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS I WANT US TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS HIGHWAY 87 IS CONCERNED, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GOING. WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING DOWN IN SABINE PASS. TALK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS DOWN THERE. WE AS WELL MET WITH THE REFINERIES AS WELL, TRYING TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON TRAFFIC DURING THAT TIME AS WELL. AND SO OUR MAYOR WAS THERE, ALONG WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF SABINE PASS.

IT IS A MONEY ISSUE THAT HAS ALWAYS PLAGUED US. BUT OF COURSE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PLACED OVER PROFIT. AND, AND SO I WANT US TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT, THE FOREFRONT. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO WRITE LETTERS AND CONTINUE TO BE THE CATALYST OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS ISSUE GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE HALLS OF OUR LEGISLATORS AS WELL. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WATER. WATER IS NOT A PROBLEM HERE IN PORT ARTHUR, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WATER IS THE NEW GOLD. AND SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE STAY APPRIZED OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATORS, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THERE MAY BE SOME LAW THAT MIGHT COME TO PASS THAT MIGHT IMPACT ON HOW WE SHARE OUR WATER WITH, WITH

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER LIGHTS AT THIS MAYOR PRO TEM FRANK, I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM OH MY GOSH. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. CITY ATTORNEY THANK YOU.

MAYOR. ON THE DYESS, YOU HAVE A PAST RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES WERE. I'D ASK THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND IF YOU'LL CONTACT ME BEFORE THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO I CAN PLACE A RESOLUTION TOGETHER FOR YOU, FOR YOUR ACTION ON WHAT YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WILL BE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CITY ATTORNEY. I ALSO PROVIDED A PACKET THAT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE HAS PLACED REGARDING THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PASS BILLS THAT ERODE HOME RULE AUTHORITY. SO THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU'D WANT TO ADD TO YOUR PACKAGE. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT IT, AND WE'LL PLACE IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT COUNCIL

[III.F.(2) Discussion Regarding Execution Of Council’s Directives (Requested By Mayor Pro Tem Doucet) ]

UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE HERE THAT MUCH LONGER, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE VERY COGNIZANT OF. WHEN YOU ISSUE A DIRECTIVE, IS IT DONE? IS IT BROUGHT BACK TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER? BECAUSE I COULD GO ON AND LIST A LOT OF DIRECTIVE. I KEEP UP WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DON'T COME BACK TO US. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL. CITY MANAGER, I THINK YOU AND THE STAFF NEED TO BE VERY EVEN IF YOU GOT TO WRITE IT DOWN, IF WE DIRECT IT, THEN WE. WE EXPECT IT TO BE EXECUTED AND NOT HAVE TO ASK FOR IT AGAIN. SO THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, DID YOU TURN YOUR LIGHT ON? CITY MANAGER SORRY. ON ON ON THE PARTING NOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCET, I KNOW HE AND COUNCIL MEMBER KINLAW ISSUED A DIRECTIVE ON VETERANS. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RESPOND TO MY RESPONSE, THOUGH I PLACED IT IN YOUR BOX THAT I TOOK ACTION AND STAFF TOOK ACTION WITH FOR. FOR VETERANS WRITING FOR FREE, SO I GOT RESPOND TO THAT ONE. I GOTTA RESPOND TO THAT ONE. YOU CAN'T RESPOND. IT'S YOUR LAST RESPONSE. I GOT YOU GOT TIME.

YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMIND ME. LET ME TELL YOU. IF NOTHING ELSE, MAYOR, I COULD COUNT TO TWO. YOU CAN COUNT NOW. THREE. NO, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. THREE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM. TIMES TWO. TRUST ME. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REMIND ME ABOUT TWO. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND IF I WAIT A MINUTE. IF I AGREE TO IT, I COULD FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS REAL WELL.

OKAY, BUT I WANT TO. IMMA GIVE YOU A CHANCE. I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE I WANT THE MANAGER TO KNOW THAT THIS VETERAN STUFF. YEAH, THAT WAS A DIRECTIVE I GOT CALLED, I WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED, BUT I DIDN'T CONTACT ANYBODY. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT WASN'T EVEN ON MY RADAR. SOMEBODY PUT IT ON MY RADAR AND YOU ADDRESSED IT. NO, NO, NO, THIS ITEM WAS ON THIS AGENDA BEFORE THAT CAME UP ON MY RADAR. OKAY, THIS IS NOT ON HERE BECAUSE OF THAT. THAT

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OKAY. NOT BECAUSE THE VETERAN DON'T, DON'T, DON'T DO THAT. YEAH. BUT WE ACTED ON IT. WE ACTED ON IT AND THEY GOT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. THERE'S GOING TO BE A RESOLUTION. ALRIGHT.

THAT'S IT. ONE NIGHT. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PUBLIC HEARING

[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

OKAY. THANK THEM FOR THE JOB. ALRIGHT. I'LL HURT. OUR CITY SECRETARY REFERS TO. OH, OKAY.

SORRY. IT'S UNDER BOTH OF US. IT'S UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION. RIGHT? SO WE CELEBRATE YOU TOO, CITY SECRETARY. YES. AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY AND LI, THAT WHOLE STAFF.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL CELEBRATE Y'ALL THIS WEEK. OKAY? YAY! AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

BECAUSE WE REALLY COULD NOT HAVE THIS MEETING WITHOUT Y'ALL'S EFFORT AND GETTING HERE AND GETTING US CONNECTED TO ZOOM. AND NONE OF US KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. AND SO ANYWAY, I'M MOVING ON. ANY OTHER LIGHTS, ANY RECOGNITION, ANYBODY? I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GREAT 270 DAY MEETING. I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT. IT WAS ON LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE YMCA.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BECKHAM, FOR TALKING WITH MR. PEARSON SO WE CAN HAVE OUR MEETING THERE, WHICH WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT PRESENTED. IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL DONE TO CHIEF JEREMY HOUSTON, THANKING HIM FOR GIVING US OUR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION, HOW TO BE READY. IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING, AND WE GOT COLLABORATION DONE. AND TO SOME OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING THERE. WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT ONE. IF YOU'LL NOTE THE DATE, JULY THE 7TH, THE JULY 30TH. DEFINITELY NOT THE 17TH. THAT'S MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY. SO THAT WAS ON MY BRAIN, BUT JULY THE 30TH, AND IT WILL BE HELD AT LAMAR, OUR NEW LAMAR HEALTH SCIENCE BUILDING THERE.

AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HOST US THERE. AND GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DOOR PRIZES NEXT TIME. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME THERE. SO I THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS. SO

[VI.(1) P.R. No. 24875 – A Resolution Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Designating And Establishing The Port Arthur Convention And Visitors Bureau As The Exclusive Concessionaire For The Port Arthur Mardi Gras 2027 And Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With The Port Arthur Convention And Visitors Bureau. ]

RIGHT. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. AND WE HAVE PR NUMBER 24875 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, DESIGNATING ESTABLISHING THE PORT ARTHUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AS THE EXCLUSIVE CONCESSIONAIRE FOR THE PORT ARTHUR MARDI GRAS 2027 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT ARTHUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE RESOLUTION PASSES. YES.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA ]

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE NON CONSENT. OKAY? OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE OF A ROUTINE OR ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE. THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN FURNISHED WITH THE BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT MATERIAL OF EACH ITEM AND OR. IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. ALL ITEMS WILL BE ACTED UPON BY THE ONE VOTE WITHOUT BEING DISCUSSED SEPARATELY, UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR A CITIZEN, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM OR ITEMS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWN FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE. AFTER THE ITEMS NOT REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ACTED UPON AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS UNDER THE

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ITEM SIX. ITEM SIX. ITEM NUMBER SIX. ITEM NUMBER SIX. YEAH. YOU DON'T SEE ITEM NUMBER SIX. YEAH, IT'S ON PAGE FIVE. OKAY. YOU DIDN'T GET A PAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO PULL IT OR NOT? OKAY, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THERE'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ITEM. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT. SECOND, THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. DO I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE ITEM PASSED. ALRIGHT. NUMBER EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET'S MOVE OVER TO.

[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 24801 – A Resolution Authorizing The Second Year (First Renewal) Of Contracts Pursuant To Resolution No. 25-190 Between The City Of Port Arthur And Nine (9) Contractors For Grass Mowing Services Of Privately-Owned And City-Owned Vacant & Developed Lots In Areas Of The City Designated As Area A, With An Annual Projected Budgetary Impact Of $100,000.00. Funds Are Available In General Fund Account Number 001-13-039-5470-00-50-000 (Other Contractual Service). ]

NUMBER EIGHT RESOLUTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE FIRST RESOLUTION PR NUMBER 24801. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SECOND YEAR FIRST RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 25-190 BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND NINE CONTRACTORS FOR GRASS MOWING SERVICES OF PRIVATELY OWNED AND CITY OWNED, VACANT AND DEVELOPED LOTS IN AREAS OF THE CITY DESIGNATED AS AREA A WITH AN ANNUAL PROJECTED BUDGETARY IMPACT OF $100,000.

FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT NUMBER 00113-039-5470-00-50-000. OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED, SECOND, MOVED, AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. OKAY.

[VIII.A.(2) P.R. No. 24802 – A Resolution Authorizing One (1) Year Contracts Pursuant To Resolution No. 25-191 Between The City Of Port Arthur And Twenty-Three (23) Contractors For Grass Mowing Services Of Privately-Owned And City-Owned Vacant & Developed Lots In Areas Of The City Designated As Areas B-E, With An Annual Projected Budgetary Impact Of $500,000.00. FY 2025-2026 ($235,656.00) FY 2026-2027 ($164,344.00) Budget. Funds Are Available In General Fund Account Number 001-13-039-5470-00-50-000. Funding For FY 26-27 Is Subject To Budget Approval And Appropriation. ]

FUNDING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27 IS SUBJECT TO THE BUDGET APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER

[VIII.A.(3) P.R. No. 24842 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contract Amendment No. 2 Between The Department Of State Health Services And The City Of Port Arthur To Continue The Heart And Stroke Prevention Innovative Program By Revising The Contract Termination Date To August 31, 2027, And Including An Additional Funding Award Of $96,000.00 For FY 2027, For A Total Grant Award Not To Exceed $361,000.00, With No City Match Required.]

SECOND, ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE

[VIII.A.(4) P.R. No. 24845 – A Resolution Of The City Of Port Arthur Authorizing A Forensic Audit To Be Conducted For FY2021 Through FY2025 Of Finance Policies And Procedures, Purchasing To Include Outsourced Maintenance, Human Resources, Open Meetings Act, Pleasure Island, Streets Program And Landfill; Adopting A General Scope Of Work.]

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OKAY. THIS IS OUR AREAS WE WANT. BUT WHAT ABOUT. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS? WHAT? COME BACK TO THAT. PARDON ME. OH. CITY MANAGER. YEAH. THAT'S THE FIRST PART WE'RE DOING. WE'RE ADOPTING IT. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WHEN WE CRAFT THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION. BUT WHY DIDN'T WE INCLUDE IT IN IT? I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE FIRST PART FIRST AND THEN WE I WILL PUT IT TOGETHER WITH THE SOURCE OF FUNDING, BECAUSE I NEED TO LOOK AT THE SOURCE OF FUNDING AS WELL FOR IT. WE LOOK AT THE REQUEST OF FUNDING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S FINE. LET'S MOVE ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. PR NUMBER 24880. WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE A RESOLUTION

[VIII.A.(5) P.R. No. 24880 – A Resolution Ratifying Emergency Sewer Repairs At 3800 Jimmy Johnson Boulevard And Authorizing Payment To SETEX Construction Corporation In The Total Amount Of $588,284.46, With Funding From CIP Account No. 405-40-000-8516 00-00-000 Project No. WS0032.OTH.]

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON AT IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH ON JIMMY JOHNSON BY NINTH AVENUE. I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE CHURCH. AND IT TAKES US SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THESE HERE. AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE FINISHED. AND THEY'RE ALMOST FINISHED, BUT IT'S NOT FINISHED. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO GET YOUR APPROVAL. YES, WE WANT TO COME BACK NEXT. NEXT TIME. YES, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY, OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES

[VIII.A.(6) P.R. No. 24897 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Agreement With TRP Construction Group Of Beaumont, Texas, For The Street Striping Of City Streets, On An As Needed Basis, For The Not-To-Exceed Amount Of $148,000.00. Funding Is Available In The Public Works - Traffic Division's Streets Maintenance Account Number 001-21-057-5316-00-70-000. ]

[VIII.A.(7) P.R. No. 24902 – A Resolution Authorizing The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation To Enter Into An Industrial Skills Training Services Agreement With Digital Workforce Academy, Inc. To Provide Employer-Aligned Industrial Workforce Training For Up To 144 Eligible Port Arthur Residents In An Amount Not To Exceed $360,000.00 Over A Two-Year Term, Subject To Annual Appropriation And Approval Of The Budget. PAEDC Account No. 120 80-625-5475-00-00-000 (Job Training Programs).]

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THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MEAN, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, WE THANK YOU. AND I'M GLAD JT WILL PARTNER WITH THE AND COLLABORATE WITH THEIR MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR THE EDC.

I THINK DYLAN IS HERE. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THIS ALL OVER, ALL OVER EVERYWHERE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DISTRIBUTED ACCORDINGLY. I HAVE ANOTHER LIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE.

YES, YES, I LIKE SENDING SOME SOMEONE TO COME AND EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE LAST PART IS. I MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WORK TRAINING. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN 144 PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE IT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $360,000. THAT'S THAT'S EASY. BUT WHAT IS THIS, A TWO YEAR TERM? CORRECT. SO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE EMPOWERMENT CENTER IS CONTRACTED WITH AN EMPLOYER TO HIRE 300 PERSONNEL. WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR SIX OF THOSE POSITIONS OUT OF EACH CLASS. THAT IS GOING TO BE OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. BEING THAT WE RUN OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS. DURING THAT TIME, THE ACTUAL CONTRACT WOULD START THIS MONTH OF MAY 26TH AND WOULD GO INTO APRIL OF 28. SO IT'S TWO YEARS. OKAY. THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE HERE IS THE LAST PART OF THAT. YOU GO INTO SAYING IT IS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. CORRECT? BECAUSE WE DO GO ACROSS MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS. IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED UPON THAT BUDGET. WE ALREADY ARE COUNTING FOR LIKE WE'RE ALREADY IN BUDGET PROCESS NOW. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED WHAT FUNDS WOULD BE USED OUT OF THIS FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO WHAT FUNDS WOULD BE USED OUT OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL. A FUTURE PLANNING TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING. YEAH. I FIND IT FUNNY THAT YOU WANT TO SAY IT'S SUBJECT TO ANNUAL BUDGET WHEN THAT'S WHAT YOUR BUDGET IS FOR.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT AND THAT CONTRACT IS DONE, YOU PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET. YES, SIR. WE WE PUT THAT IN THERE. THAT IS THERE.

SO WHEN YOU SAY SUBJECT TO NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE, WE DO IT.

CORRECT. WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A BOARD AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL THAT ALSO APPROVES OUR BUDGET. AND SO THAT FUNDS WERE EVER POOLED. WE WERE WE WERE PUTTING IT INTO THE PROCESS OF THOSE FUNDS NEEDING TO BE APPROVED IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM. WELL, IF IT CAME TO US, IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD ALREADY. SO THE MONEY IS ALREADY APPROVED. SO IT SHOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THE THE BUDGET. YOU GOING TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET? YES, SIR. OKAY.

THAT'S KIND OF I SAID WHENEVER YOU SEE THAT TERM SUBJECT TO THE NOMINEE REFERRED TO, IF WE HAVE THE MONEY. YES SIR. THEN THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON HAVING THE MONEY. AND IN THIS CASE, YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET? CORRECT. WE'RE BUDGETING FOR IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S WHY I WANT CLARIFICATION. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NOS ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE

[VIII.A.(8) P.R. No. 24904 – A Resolution Approving An Agreement With Krystle Villarreal Muller For Professional Services & Employment As Chief Executive Officer Of The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation.]

CONGRATULATIONS MISS CRYSTAL. AND SHE IS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

[VIII.A.(9) P.R. No. 24905 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Orders No. 3, 4 And 5 For The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And Construction Managers Of Southeast Texas Of Beaumont, Texas, Increasing The Contract Amount By $61,330.37 To A New Contract Total Of $1,243,272.06 For The Phase II And III Roadway And Drainage Reconstruction At 101 H.O. Mills Boulevard; Funds Are Available In Account 307-13-037-8525 00-10-000.]

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SOMEBODY NEED TO COME ON UP HERE AND ANSWER BECAUSE MAN, I SEE HIM POINTING FINGERS IN THE AUDIENCE. HE SAID, TOO SLOW WITH HIS LIGHTS. I PUT MINES ON FIRST. SO. HEY GUYS. AGAIN, AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. LET'S TALK. COME ON, LET'S TALK. DIRECTOR.

ON A SERIOUS TIP, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SEE CHANGE ORDER, WE KIND OF GET A LITTLE FRENZY AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO QUESTION ANYTHING THAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE CHANGE ORDERS OR CHANGE ORDERS, PERIOD. SO EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZENS WHY, HOW THIS HAPPENED. AND IT INCREASED THE COST. YES. SO.

YOUR NAME FOR ME, SO I KNOW, I KNOW WE KNOW YOU, BUT YOUR NAME PEOPLE WILL BE LISTENING TO.

THIS IS SOHAIL KHAN. I'M THE CITY ENGINEER. YES. SO THE CHANGE ORDERS FOR US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE KEEP THE CONTRACT INTACT AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE CONTRACT WHEN CHANGES OCCUR. THAT'S OUR LEGAL TOOL TO INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES INTO THE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT. AS AN ENGINEER, I SEE THAT AS A JUST A TOOL FOR US TO STAY UP TO DATE, BUT I CAN GO OVER EACH OF THE CHANGE ORDER IF YOU WISH TO. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THE THE LARGEST ONE IS THE THE SIX, THE THIRD. THE FIFTH ONE. CHANGE YOUR NUMBER. FIVE WE HAD WHEN WE EXCAVATED, WE FOUND SOME CONTAMINATED SOIL AND THIS PROCESS. TO ESTABLISH WHAT LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION IT IS. AND THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL DISPOSING OF. SO THIS. THIS COST IS CHANGE ORDER IS TO REMOVE THAT SOIL AND DISPOSE OF IN A SPECIAL LANDFILL, AND THEN REPLACE IT WITH CLEAN SOIL, YOU KNOW. SO OKAY. AND I LOOK AT IT, WHEREAS THE PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 26, 102 TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, WITH THE AMOUNT OF $67,000 FOR A NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,181,941.69. SO THE THING THAT I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS WORK THAT WE WE'RE GETTING THESE CHANGE ORDERS ON, WE CAN FIND OUT IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE. SO WHEN WE START GETTING THESE RFQS RFPS.

SURE, SURE. AND IF WE CONTINUE DOING THIS, IT'S A COST TO THE TAXPAYERS. AND I NEED AND I NEED YOU GUYS TO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE GO OUT AND GET THESE COMPANIES, THEY NEED TO DO THIS IN THE BEGINNING PHASE. BUT WHEN YOU GET IN THE BACK PHASE, IT BRINGS LIGHTS TO EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE TAXPAYERS AND THE TAXPAYER FUNDING. SO, DIRECTOR, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOME WHAT IFS AND UNDISCOVERED THINGS THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIND THESE MISHAPS, HICCUPS IN THE BEGINNING PHASE. AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M GOING TO PULL IT EVERY TIME AND GET AN EXPLANATION BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET HIT. AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES HERE ARE GOING TO GET HIT ABOUT WASTING MONEY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO BETTER SPEND THE MONEY? OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCET. OH, WAIT.

NO, NO. COME ON, THIS IS DOUBLE BARREL OF DATE. 8881. SHOTGUN. YOU GOT A DOUBLE BARREL. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY, MY CONCERN IS TERMINOLOGY, OKAY? BECAUSE I ASSOCIATE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH TERMINOLOGY. THIS PHASE. PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE. WHAT I FOUND OUT WHEN I LOOK AT PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, YOU SAY THIS IS PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO, YOU ASK. YOU SAY WE WANT THE ESTIMATED NOT TO EXCEED PHASE ONE. THEN WHEN YOU GET IT, THEN WE START TO CHANGE ORDERS. PRICE GOES UP. YES. YES SIR. THEN WHEN YOU FINISH THAT PHASE TWO. THE PRICE GOES UP. FIRST OF ALL, THESE ARE PROJECTS. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE SAYING PHASES. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT PROJECT ENTAILS IS WRITTEN IN YOUR IN YOUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR BID, WHATEVER. BUT IT SAYS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH AN ESTIMATED COST. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT. WHAT ARE WE TALKING PRAISES FOR? YEAH. YOU KNOW, PHASES IS GETTING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, BUT

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YOU KNOW, WE KEEP PUTTING MONEY OUT AND TAKING PHASES. AND EACH TIME I LOOK AT THE PHASES, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE DECIDED TO DO. ADDITIONALLY, LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO PUT SOME CURVES ON THE ROAD. WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED. WHEN WE APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR IT, WE APPROVED THE ROAD. CORRECT. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHENEVER YOU COME TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL TO FUND A PROJECT, THERE SHOULD BE MORE TIME PUT INTO THE DESIGN AND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT IT TO BE. AND WHEN YOU ASK US TO FUND IT FOR $4 MILLION, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND. WE DON'T WANT TO FUND IT FOR 4 MILLION.

THEN WHEN THE PROJECT STARTS, EVERYBODY GOT THESE BRIGHT IDEAS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A TAJ MAHAL. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE SPENDING $6 MILLION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONSCIOUS THAT THAT THAT COUNCIL NEED TO BE AWARE OF. WE NEED TO START STICKING TO WHAT WE BUDGET FOR. BECAUSE ONE THING I HAVE NOT SEEN TOO OFTEN WHEN I SIT UP HERE IS WHEN WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR SOMETHING AND WE FIND OUT WE WANT TO DO AN ADDITIONAL SOMETHING, NOBODY IS TRYING TO ADJUST THE PROJECT. TAKE THIS OUT OF THE PROJECT SO YOU CAN KEEP THE MONEY WITHIN THE BUDGET. THAT'S THE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE MONEY. WE NEED MORE MONEY. NO STAFF NEED TO START LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT ARE TOTAL. AND IF YOU ASK US FOR 4 MILLION, YOU ALL NEED TO START LOOKING AT MAYBE WHERE SHOULD I CUT THIS PROJECT AS OPPOSED TO COMING UP HERE WITH THE BRIGHT IDEAS, ADDING TO IT AND ADDING TO MONEY? I'M TIRED OF THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, I GOT ONE VOTE AND ONE VOICE UP HERE, BUT TRUST ME, WHEN I GET ON THAT SIDE OF THE PODIUM, IT'S GOING TO BE AN UNACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND ALL THIS INFORMATION COMING TO YOU. I KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE IT AND I KNOW IT'LL BE LOOKED INTO AND I KNOW IT'LL BE SOME CORRECTIONS TO IT. THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID. SURE, SURE. THE CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT SO THEY CAN LOOK TO SEE THAT THIS STUFF DOESN'T CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S THEIR MONEY. BUT THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, ONE MORE. OH, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YEAH, I TOO WANTED TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THE INSTALLATION OF THE CURB AFTER THE AFTERTHOUGHT OF THE CURB THAT DREW MY ATTENTION TO IT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU YOU ARE NEW HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IS WHEN WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS, WE ALWAYS USED VALUE ENGINEERING. YES, SIR. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN TRANSPIRED IS, IS THAT WE LOOK AT A PROJECT, WE DO VALUE ENGINEERING, BUT BY THE TIME WE COME BACK, WE'VE PAID THE VALUE ENGINEERING BACK AND ADDED MORE MONEY TO IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE IT DIDN'T DO US ANY GOOD TO DO VALUE ENGINEERING AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT. THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I'M ASKED IS, I KNOW THAT WHENEVER YOU DO A PROJECT, YOU ADD CONTINGENCY FUNDS. YES, SIR. SO HAVE WE UTILIZED THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS ALREADY IN THIS CASE? NO. SO WHY AREN'T WE USING THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS AS OPPOSED TO ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF THE FUNDS? I'M SORRY. I, I I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION. I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING THE CHANGE ORDER A PROJECT. YOU HAVE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN. YES. CORRECT. YES.

SO HAVE WE UTILIZED THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS? AND IF WE HAVE, WHAT DID WE UTILIZE THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS ON SO THAT WE COULDN'T USE THEM TO PAY FOR THE CHANGE ORDER WILL COME FROM CONTINGENCY FUND AS AS FOR I UNDERSTAND IT WILL COME FROM IT. IF YOU'RE USING CONTINGENCY FUNDS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME DO A CHANGE ORDER. I THINK YOU HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, WHETHER YOU'RE USING A CHANGE ORDER, BUT NOT CONTINGENCY. CONTINGENCY IS ALREADY IN THE CONTRACT. IT'S ALREADY BUILT IN AT 15%. EXACTLY. YEAH. SO IN THIS CASE THE CONTINGENCY FUND IS 20%, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ROUGHLY TWO $200,000 ROUGHLY. I'M JUST GIVING YOU A ROUGH NUMBER. HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TRUTH. YEAH. SINCE YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CHANGE ORDER, I'M. YEAH. DO YOU UNDERSTAND

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CONTAMINATED SOIL OR WHATEVER. YES. AND SO THAT'S NOT A CHANGE ORDER CHANGE ORDER. A CHANGE ORDER HAPPENS WHEN YOU COME AND YOU WANT TO ADD THESE CURVES OR ADD MORE MONEY TO THE TOTAL PRICE OF THE. NOT NECESSARILY. SO IF WHENEVER YOU'RE CHANGING THE QUANTITIES, THEN YOU HAVE TO ADD A CHANGE ORDER. AND THAT CHANGE ORDER NORMALLY COMES FROM CONTINGENCY FUNDS FIRST.

BUT HELP US OUT THERE. OKAY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, AS PER THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, EVEN IF WE HAVE A. YEAH, AS PER THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, EVEN IF WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY FUND TO THEM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN GO DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITH THAT CONTINGENCY FUND. SO THEY REQUIRE US TO STILL COME TO COUNCIL TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THAT'S WHY IT IS, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT TO YOU ALL. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM CLIFTON, FROM A CONVERSATION WE HAD VERY RECENTLY. BUT I'M. AND AND THE THE QUESTION THAT I'M ASKING IS THE QUESTION AND HERE'S WHERE HERE'S IN SHAKESPEAREAN TERMS, HERE'S THE RUB. THE THE ISSUE IS, IS THE CHANGE ORDER COMING OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND OR IS THERE ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE CONTENT FOR THE. ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE CHANGE ORDER TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? NO, BECAUSE WATER IS NOT COMING FROM CONTINGENCY. THIS PROJECT WAS BEING HANDLED BY MR. IVAN MITCHELL. AND SO WHAT THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS WERE USED FOR, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM MR. MITCHELL HIMSELF. MR. SUHAIL WAS JUST ASKED TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION REGARDING THE NEED FOR THE EXCAVATION OF SOIL DUE TO ITS CONTAMINATION, BUT THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE TO COUNCIL FOLLOWING THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONTINGENCY FUND AND WHY ARE WE COMING BACK FOR THESE CHANGE ORDERS? YES. AND IT WAS PROBABLY TO ADDRESS SOME OTHER MATTERS. THAT WAS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROJECT. BUT WE'LL GET A PRECISE LIST FOR YOU AND THE RESOLUTION. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE.

SORRY I COULDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM DOUCETTE. YES. IT JUST JUST IN REFERENCE TO WHAT MISS LANGSFORD AND AND DOCTOR TOM WAS SAYING. OKAY. I DON'T CARE ABOUT A CONTINGENCY. CONTINGENCY IS WHAT'S BUILT IN.

AND YOU PUT IT IN THERE FOR ANY UNFORESEEABLE CHANGES. THAT'S WHAT CONTINGENCY FOR. OKAY. AND THAT MONEY IS FOR THAT PROJECT. SO IF YOU GOT A CONTINGENCY FUND AND YOU'RE COMING FOR ADDITIONAL FUND, LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE QUESTION IS HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU'VE USED THE CONTINGENCY FUND AND YOU STILL HAVE MONEY IN THERE FOR THE PROJECT? SEE, I WAS OKAY WITH EVERYTHING Y'ALL SAID UNTIL Y'ALL CAME UP WITH THAT ONE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T INCREASE THE MONEY UNTIL YOU'VE USED ALL THE MONEY. OKAY, NOW WE DO CHANGE ALL THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE FUNDED IS BY OUR SCOPE AND OUR PLAN AND OUR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE FUNDED. AND WE GAVE YOU 15, 15% FOR THAT. OKAY. SO THAT MONEY IS FOR THAT. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL, THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE CHANGE ORDER. AND, AND WHEN WE DO THE CHANGE ORDER, NOW WE HAVE TO PUT THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THERE. OKAY. SO OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. HOLD ON. LET ME, LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY THIS. I HAD TO LOOK UP THE BID PACKAGE JUST TO MAKE SURE. SO EVERY BID WE HAVE DON'T HAVE, DOESN'T HAVE CONTINGENCY IN THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IF IT HAD IT IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THIS PARTICULAR ONE DID NOT HAVE CONTINGENCY AS PART OF THE BID.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO DO THE CHANGE ORDER. OKAY. SO OKAY. OKAY. TO ADDRESS WHAT HANEY SAID WHEN WHEN IT CAME ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY AND CHANGE ORDERS, WHAT I SAID WAS IT WASN'T THAT WE HAVE TO COME BRING THE CHANGE ORDERS UP HERE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE CONTINGENCY.

MY STATEMENT WAS, IF WE HAVE CONTINGENCY, GENERALLY WHEN I DO CONTINGENCY, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 10% OF THE PROJECT TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM FOR UNFORESEEN. SO IF WE

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AND I CONSIDERED THE FIRST 10% AS A CHANGE ORDER, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T COME TO COUNCIL. BUT AFTER WE GO AFTER THAT, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT, SAY, CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T BRING THE CHANGE ORDER AT FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF CONTINGENCY, I STILL WANT TO KEEP IT AS A CHANGE ORDER IN THEORY, AS A REFERENCE. SO WE WOULD BRING THE SECOND ONE LIKE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT THAT. AND STILL COMING FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND. YEAH. IF IT'S FIRST CONTINGENCY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE THE SECOND TIME. BUT YOU DO WANT TO ADDRESS IT WHEN YOU CLOSE OUT. YEAH, YEAH. SO MAYOR, TO ADD SOME CLARITY TO IT, IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT TWO MEETINGS AGO, WE HAD THE FIRST CHANGE ORDER AND THAT WAS FOR A MANHOLE THAT WAS COVERED THREE FEET DEEP. REMEMBER THAT? RIGHT.

OKAY. SO WE ADDRESSED THAT PART OF IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONTINGENCY. NOW THE SECOND ONE IS FOR THE VOLUME OF CONTAMINATED MATTER THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE AT ALL, AT ALL.

AND IT'S RIGHT THERE BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING WHERE WE STORE ALL THIS, THE THE GARBAGE TRUCKS, RIGHT, WITH ALL THE BROKEN CONCRETE, THE VOLUME OF CONTAMINATED MATTER WAS SO GREAT THAT IT NECESSITATED ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE OF THAT. THAT IS. YES, THE VOLUME WAS VERY AND WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT VOLUME. OKAY.

BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, YES, I INTEND TO HAVE CONTINGENCY ON ALL FUTURE ONES. THIS WAS ONE THAT SLIPPED THROUGH BETWEEN US AND ENGINEERED THAT LINE. CONTINGENCY JUST GOT LEFT OFF.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR. WELL, THIS IS YEAH, I WAS I WAS THAT YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GETTING READY TO ASK, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTINGENCY OR NOT? AND YOU TOLD ME HOW YOU DID THAT. THAT'S GREAT. NOW, CONTINGENCY, IF IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT, CONTINGENCY COMES BACK TO US. RIGHT. CORRECT. CORRECT. SO GENERALLY THE WAY WE DO IS WHEN WE COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND WE COME FOR CLOSEOUT, WE WILL SAY THAT CHANGE ORDER, DECREASING THE CONTRACT BY WHATEVER AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY WE DIDN'T USE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY KNOWS THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PAGE

[VIII.A.(10) P.R. No. 24908 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement With PleasurEyeland, LLC For The Development Of A Waterpark And Public Improvements On Pleasure Island. ]

OKAY? OKAY. SO MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. YES, SIR.

I'LL BRING IT BACK. RIGHT. YES. THERE'S NO THERE'S JUST SOME MINOR THINGS. GO AHEAD. YES, DEAR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I STAND BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF SEVEN COMMISSIONERS FROM THE PLEASURE ISLAND ADVISORY BOARD, WHERE WE WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH. ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT AND THE PROJECT OF DEVELOPMENT BY MR. SALIM, I WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD. IT IS NOT A LONG LETTER. DEAR MR. SALIM, IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE THAT WE. THE PLEASURE ISLAND ADVISORY BOARD COMMISSION, SEEING THE BENEFITS OF. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. SALEEM ON HIS ACQUIRING OF THE ISLAND LEASE AND POTENTIAL WATER PARK DEVELOPMENT. WE. THE COMMISSION OF THE ISLAND ARE EXCITED AND OVERLY JOYED BY THE CREATIVE SERIES OF EVENTS YOU HAVE CREATED OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR, SUCH AS THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, THE 4TH OF JULY EXTRAVAGANZA, THE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION, AND FOR. VISION OF OPENING A BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT AND THE SABINE LAKE AND WATER PARK. IF WE IN OUR CAPACITY CAN OFFER FURTHER SUPPORT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW WE AS THE

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COMMISSIONER FRED OWENS, COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER REGINALD TRAINER, COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER PAUL RICHARDS, COMMISSIONER DONALD COLE, COMMISSIONER SUSIE SURFACE AND COMMISSIONER JOHN BEARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE. RESOLUTION TO BE REMOVED IS PASSED. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 11. PR NUMBER

[VIII.A.(11) P.R. No. 24910 – A Resolution Appointing A Charter Advisory Committee And Setting Forth Procedural Guidelines For Said Committee. ]

[VIII.A.(12) P.R. No. 24913 – A Resolution Nominating Motiva Enterprises LLC For Its Chemical Plant Operations To The Office Of The Governor, Economic Development And Tourism (OOGEDT), Through The Economic Development Bank, For Designation As A Qualified Business And Enterprise Project Under The Texas Enterprise Zone Program Pursuant To Chapter 2303, Texas Government Code.]

[VIII.A.(13) P.R. No. 24915 – A Resolution Nominating Motiva Enterprises LLC For Its Port Arthur Refinery Operations To The Office Of The Governor Economic Development And Tourism (OOGEDT) Through The Economic Development Bank For Designation As A Qualified Business And Enterprise Project Under The Texas Enterprise Zone Program Pursuant To The Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303, Texas Government Code. ]

[VIII.A.(14) P.R. No. 24916 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Tax Abatement Agreement With PleasurEyeland, LLC For The Development Of A Waterpark And Public Improvements On Pleasure Island.]

IT'S BEEN A MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I I ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES FOR REMOVAL BE UNDER ORDINANCES. NONCONSENT NUMBER ONE PO NUMBER

[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7409 An Appropriation Ordinance Amending The City Of Port Arthur Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2025 And Ending September 30, 2026, Increasing The Texas Water Development Board Fund (404) By $16,415,000.00 And Amending The Economic Development Corporation Fund (120) For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2025 and Ending September 30, 2026 By $5,613,412.00. ]

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LYNN BOSWELL, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. HOW CAN I HELP YOU? THANK YOU. OKAY, LYNN, ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. YES, SIR. WE ARE AMENDING OUR BUDGET.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND ALSO TO INCLUDE EDCS. BUT YEAH, NO, WE HAVE SEPARATE BODIES. WE HAVE A OUR BUDGET AND WE HAVE THEIR BUDGET. THEIR BUDGET IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. WHEN OUR BUDGET IS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. BUT WE APPROVED TWO SEPARATE BUDGETS. CORRECT. WE APPROVE OUR BUDGET AND WE APPROVE THEIR BUDGET. SO IF THEY'RE DOING

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YOU JUST CAN'T. WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE CAN'T. WE JUST CANNOT PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET UNLESS WE SPECIFY THE PROJECT AND WHAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR WITH THE ESTIMATED COST, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE CAN PUT WHATEVER WE ESTIMATE THE COST TO BE. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DEAL WITH BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER FIRST? AND TWO, WHY IS THE EDC REQUESTING TO AMEND THEIR BUDGET AND PUTTING 5 MILLION IN IN $326,000 IS ALMOST 60, 70% OF WHAT THEY GOT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY THEY HAVE IT IN A MEMO, WHICH THEY DO REAL WELL. AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR B DEVELOPMENT, 3.3 MILLION AND FOR A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS 0.2. SO FOR A DEVELOPMENT, WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS. THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. BUT THE FOR B 3.3 MILLION. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE. YOU KNOW THERE'S NO EXPLANATION. I MEAN YOU CAN'T PUT MONEY IN A BUDGET IF YOU DON'T SAY WHAT THE EXPENDITURE IS. I'LL ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION. AND THAT IS WHY DID I PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND IT'S IN ONE ORDINANCE I ACTUALLY CONSOLIDATED. AND IN YOUR CONSOLIDATED ORDINANCE, IT REFERENCES THE TWO ORIGINAL BUDGET APPROVALS. AND SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT I ACTUALLY REFERENCE. SO IT'S AMENDMENT SEVEN I BELIEVE FOR OUR GENERAL OR OUR REGULAR BUDGET. AND IT'S AMENDMENT ONE, AS I HAD PUT DOWN IN THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAD PASSED AS TO WHERE THOSE GO, THEY WILL BE DIRECTED AS THEY HAVE DIRECTED ME. THIS IS WHERE THEY CHOOSE THAT. THIS IS HOW THEY WANT THE FUNDS TO BE PUT IN. AND I PUT THAT IN THERE. HOWEVER, IT IS COMING OUT OF THEIR CASH BALANCE AND THAT'S ALL I ASK. THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND THEN THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING IT FOR THAT IS ON THE EDC. I JUST PUT THE ORDINANCES TOGETHER FOR YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. WELL, I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A LOT OF THIS BECAUSE ALL OF THIS GOES BACK TO THE PROPOSITION AND DOING FOUR B PROJECTS. OKAY. WHEN THAT PROPOSITION FIRST PASSED, I SAID, RIGHT. THEN WE DIDN'T

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THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED IT WHEN WE HAD THIS COMBINED THING. EVERYBODY LISTENED, NOBODY TALKED. BUT AFTER THE MEETING, EVERYBODY GOT SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT LETTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT BECAUSE IF THAT LETTER WAS SENT, THE CONTROLLER WOULD HAVE REACHED BACK TO THE CITY AND ASKED HOW MUCH OF THIS SALE AND USE TAX FOR THIS A CORPORATION DO YOU WANT US TO DEDICATE TO THESE BEES? OKAY. AND. I TALKED WITH THE CONTROLLER. SO WHAT I'M SAYING NOW AIN'T JUST ME. I CONTACTED THE CONTROLLER AFTER THE CONTROLLER. I CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY THAT KNOWS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND BECAUSE IT WAS PASSED BY CITIZENS, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. HOWEVER, IT CAN BE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHEN WE START DOING IT THE WAY WE DID IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WHEN THAT MONEY GET TO GOING. AND I DON'T WANT NO MORE EXPLANATIONS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THIS MEETING UP, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT THE RIGHT WAY.

FROM DAY ONE, I ALWAYS SAID, I DON'T CARE IF WE PUT MONEY FOR TYPE B PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS CORPORATION CAN DO, BUT LET'S DO IT RIGHT. LET'S SAY HOW MUCH MONEY WE GOING TO PUT? NOT JUST SAY WE GOING TO DO IT WITH NO MONEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF IT, BUT I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTION. MAYOR. I'M READY TO MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NOS. NO. WELL, LET THE RECORD REFLECT ONE NO. AND THE REST.

A'S RESOLUTION PASSES. LET'S MOVE NOW TO NUMBER TWO ON NUMBER ON PAGE NINE, UNDER

[VIII.B.(2) P.O. No. 7411 – An Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Adding Chapter 14, Boards, Authorities, Commissions And Committees, Article XXV, Sections 14-705 Through 14-709, Of The Code Of Ordinances, Creating The Sabine Pass Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee, Establishing Its Qualifications, Duties, Powers, And Administration. (Requested By Mayor Moses) ]

SECOND, ANY DISCUSSIONS? QUESTIONS HAVE QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM DO SAID YES. MAYOR. WHAT? WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE INFORMATION TO INCLUDE THE BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING, MY QUESTION. LET ME SEE IF THIS ONE. YES. MY QUESTION WAS WHY

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COUNCIL IS NOT ADVISING DURING AN EMERGENCY. IT'S STRICTLY YOU AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM. YEAH.

TO PUT CITIZENS AND GET CITIZENS INVOLVED IN THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS IN SABINE, THEY COULD WORK THROUGH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ALSO THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENT THEM. TAKE THOSE CONCERNS, BRING THEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

WE ADDRESS IT WITH THE EMERGENCY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND WE COULD CHANGE THAT PLAN TO BE INCLUSIVE, TO HANDLE ANY CONCERNS THAT THE PEOPLE IN SABINE PASS MAY HAVE. BUT SEE, WHEN WE GO TO MEETINGS AND WE LISTEN, WE GOTTA UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORK, BECAUSE I'M QUITE SURE EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO HAVE ONE IN PEOPLE IN PLACE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE WE WANT TO PREPARE, WE UNDERSTAND THE CONDITION. BUT THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN NEED TO GO BACK AND WE NEED TO TWEAK IT. WE NEED TO FIX IT. SO ANY OF THEIR CONCERNS THAT ARE ADDRESSED, THE PLAN. COVERS IT. THE PLAN COVERS IT. BECAUSE IF YOU CALL EMERGENCY, YOU CALL FOR EVACUATION. THESE BOARD MEMBERS, THEY AIN'T GOING TO BE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WON'T EVEN BE HERE. WE LEAVE TO. SO LET'S KEEP THIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INTO THE AREA. IT SHOULD BE. AND LET'S NOT BRING CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT. WE CAN ADDRESS THAT CONCERNS WITHOUT CREATING A BOARD. AND THE OTHER THING WAS THE HOW THEY CREATED YOU KNOW, WE WE SAYING YOU YOU APPOINT MEMBERS OF THAT. NOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE GOT COMMITTEES THAT COULD BE SANCTIONED BY THE COUNCIL, WE NEED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL APPOINTING PEOPLE THAT WAY. THE, THE, THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE IS NOT FROM ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO INCLUDE THE MAYOR. OKAY. WE WENT BACK AND CHANGED SOME OF THE COMMITTEES SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL THAT ORIGINALLY USED TO SAY THE MAYOR APPOINTED PEOPLE. WE WENT BACK AND CHANGED SOME OF THOSE WHERE EACH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL APPOINTED THEM SO THAT WE GET PEOPLE APPOINTED PEOPLE, AND NOT EVERYBODY APPOINTED BY ONE PERSON, BECAUSE IF ONE PERSON APPOINTS THEM, THERE SEEM TO BE SOME TYPE OF OBLIGATION THAT THEY MAY FEEL. WE'RE NOT SAYING IT HAPPENED, BUT IT CAN BE. THAT'S WHY WE ALLOW ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPOINT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, EVEN IF WE DID IT BE ONE. BUT MY MAIN POINT HERE IS I DON'T FEEL WE SHOULD BE HAVING CITIZENS START GETTING INTO ADVISING WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY LAID OUT. WE HAVE PEOPLE TRAINED, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE. AND ABOVE ALL, IF WE DO IT, IT LET'S AT LEAST DISCUSS THESE THINGS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. LET ME THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL RIGHT. WE ALL OF US, I THINK, MET WITH THE SABINE PASS RESIDENTS. AND THE MEETING THAT WE HELD ARE THEY HELD. AND IT WAS THE COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK,

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THEY KNEW THAT THE REFINERIES AND ALL THE PLANTS THERE HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN. AND AS THEY STATED VERBALLY, MANY OF THEM IN THAT ROOM WAS THAT WE Y'ALL KNOW AS THE REFINERIES AND INDUSTRY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW. I THINK, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU WERE THERE AS WELL. AND THEY OH, YOU WERE THERE AS COUNCILMAN COUNCILMEMBER BECKHAM. AND SO WE. AND THEN WE GOT INADVERTENTLY ACCUSED AS A CITY THAT IT'S OURS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOMETHING. SO THE RESIDENTS IN SABINE PASS WILL FEEL LIKE THEY HAD A VOICE AND THAT THEY HAD SOMEONE, A PLAN THAT THEY WOULD KNOW ABOUT HOW TO GET OUT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE COURSE. THEY ARE NOT APPRIZED OF THAT. THAT WAS THEIR GENERAL CONCERN. AND AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, AND THAT WOULD BE CALLING THE EVACUATIONS, I THINK THAT IT IS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE. AND IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE MAYOR APPOINTING PEOPLE. WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE THAT THE APPOINTMENTS, SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SOMEBODY FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SOMEBODY FROM FIRE AND POLICE. IT'S NOT JUST CITIZENS. THIS IS GOING TO MAKE UP, BE COMPRISED OF SOMEWHERE THEY FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A VOICE IN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE AND HOW THEY'LL BE EVACUATED. BUT YET NOT JUST RESIDENTS WILL BE COMPRISED OF IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE SECTION OF THE I THAT I BROUGHT UP, THE RESOLUTION, THAT ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE ADOPTING. A RESIDENT OF SABINE PASS, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. WE'RE LOOKING AT NINE PEOPLE PORT ARTHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, JEFFERSON COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND A LOCAL INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT EVERY VOICE IN THIS COLLABORATION SO THAT THEY'LL FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REPRESENTED AND THAT THEY DO HAVE A WAY OUT. THEY'RE SCARED THAT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT. AND SO MY JOB, AND AS I WAS ACCUSED THAT THIS IS THE CITY'S THAT THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF. AND THAT CAME FROM COUNTY. AND I KNEW THAT THE COUNTY HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE CITY. BUT SINCE WE'RE IN THIS, THIS IS OURS TO BE ABLE TO LET THE SABINE PASS THIS PORT ARTHUR.

MAYBE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN APPRIZED OF OUR CURRENT EVACUATION PLAN AND ALL OF OUR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LIVING OUT THERE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THAT WE HEAR THEM. AND MAYBE WE SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOME SOLVENCY. THEY'RE LIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AWAY FROM HOW TO GET OUT WHEN WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKING PLACE. AND SINCE IT'S BEEN LAID AT OUR FEET AS A CITY TO FIND HELP THEM AND TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM, IT WAS WE DECIDED TO BRING FORTH THIS ABILITY PAST EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE BUY IN, AND THEY'RE NOT LEFT OUT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS. THIS IS WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT, ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE NOT JUST APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF A WAY. LISTEN, WE HAVE APPOINTED POSITIONS THAT WE ALL APPOINT PEOPLE FOR, AND SOMETIMES WE WAIT FOR A DAY. WE GOT TO MOVE QUICKLY. HURRICANE SEASON IS JUNE 1ST. I CAN'T WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO GIVE ME TWO NAMES NEXT MONTH OR TWO NAMES NEXT YEAR. WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HELP SABINE PASS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED, THEY'RE INCLUSIVE, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING WHERE THEY HAVE A VOICE TO BE ABLE AND, AND INDUSTRY WANTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP AS WELL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST WASN'T THROWN OUT OF THE HAT. BUT WE WE HEARD THEIR VOICES. AND SO THIS IS A START TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING. I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL COME DOWN, BUT THIS IS A START SO THAT THEY WILL FEEL LIKE WE HAVE REPRESENTED THEM AND THEY'RE BEING REPRESENTED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS. YOU'VE SEEN THE IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS HERE, FOR SOMEONE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, YOU SEE THAT WE DIDN'T JUST ARBITRARILY PICK SELECT JUST CITIZENS. I WANT TO MOVE PRETTY. HURRICANE SEASON IS GOING TO BE IN MY HANDS AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN MY HANDS OR THAT I HAVE NOT ADDRESSED. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EVERY AREA. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CALLING THINGS ACCURATELY. IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. SO I ASK THAT THIS TEAM BE SELECTED BY MYSELF SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. WE ARE ONLY THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM JUNE 1ST, AND SO I WANT THEM TO KNOW THEY'VE BEEN REPRESENTED AND THEY'RE BEING HEARD. SO I'LL ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS

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WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STAFF. ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. AND I STARTED WITH LAST ONE AND THE FIRST ONE I HAD IN APRIL, WHICH WAS APRIL THE 24TH OR SO. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EVERYTHING IS BEING REHEARSED. OH YES SIR, I'M REHEARSING IT LIKE IT'S A LIKE IT'S HAPPENING.

YES, SIR. YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. KINLAW. YES, MAYOR. AND READ THAT. CAN YOU READ THAT LIST AGAIN? SURE. OKAY. NUMBER ONE QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE ON THE SABINE PASS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE MAYOR MAY APPOINT A MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING. A RESIDENT OF SABINE PASS, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, A PORT ARTHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, JEFFERSON COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW WE ARE DOING SOMETHING MAYOR OR MAYOR, PRO TEM AND LOCAL INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE.

OKAY, SO I'VE ASKED FOR. WE HAVE A SECOND AND A MOTION, AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION. OH, I'M SORRY, I'VE GOT ANOTHER COMMENT. OKAY, MAYOR, EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I AGREE 100%. EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS COVERED IN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. YOU HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY DEDICATED TO OVERSEE ANY TYPE OF DISASTER BY THE CITY CHARTER, THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES YOU HAVE DURING THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, IS OUTLINING OUR PLAN. AND WHEN YOU MEET WITH CITIZENS AND CITIZENS HAVE CONCERNS ALONG WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND YOU ALL HEAR THEM. THERE'S THERE THERE'S THEIR CONCERNS, AND WE CAN ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS. BUT WHEN THEIR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED, DO WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE AND A PROCEDURE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS IT? AND THAT IS LIKE ANYTHING WE DO HERE. BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL, DISCUSS IT, LET CITIZENS KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU TALK ABOUT, THERE'S NO REASON THAT IT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED. AND IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY, THEN IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T DECIDE THAT THE COUNCIL DO, BECAUSE WHEN THAT PLAN IS AMENDED, IT TAKES COUNCIL APPROVAL. WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT TOOK COUNCIL APPROVAL. THERE'S NOTHING A CITIZEN CAN BE CONCERNED WITH THAT WE CANNOT ADDRESS IT. AND TO ENSURE THAT IT'S LAW, WE PUT IT IN THE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE DON'T CREATE SOMETHING WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE. WHAT JUST TO SAY I'M THE YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, I WANT TO ENSURE NO, I WANT TO ENSURE IT TO. I'M QUITE SURE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON COUNCIL WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE IN SABINE PASS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. THAT'S WHY WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND IF THEY GOT A CONCERN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PLAN. YOU KNOW. SO I MEAN, WE COULD TALK ALL DAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS.

WE GET INFORMATION FROM CITIZENS SO WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS IN OUR BEST INTEREST, BUT WE DON'T CREATE SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT CAN COVER THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT CANNOT BE COVERED IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY WANT OUT THERE THAT WE COULDN'T DO, BECAUSE WHEN WE START GIVING THEM, WHY CAN'T PORT ACRES HAVE ONE? WHY CAN'T THIS PERSON HAVE ONE? THAT'S THE TYPE OF IMPACT CITIZENS MAY

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AND IF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, WHICH IS, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS BROUGHT IT TO THE COUNCIL, LET ALL OF US KNOW AND LET THE CITIZENS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BEING PASSED. AND WHAT WE PROPOSED TO HELP SABINE PASS HAD A MEETING AND WE WERE ALL THERE EXCEPT YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR. NO, NO, NO THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT MINE. BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT IN SABINE PASS, I DIDN'T HAVE IT. WELL, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD A MEETING.

BECAUSE I WAS IN ATTENDANCE. WELL. SEE, YOU WANT THE. YOU WANT TO SAY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED YOU HAD THE TIME YOU WERE AVAILABLE. OKAY. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, ONCE YOU ALL ATTENDED AND THINGS ARE ADDRESSED DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU MAKE DECISIONS. I DIDN'T THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL. IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, YOUR TIME IS UP. MR. YEAH, BUT NOBODY ELSE FOR TEN MINUTES. YEAH. YOU SPOKEN TWICE. YEAH.

OKAY. WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT LONG, BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WHAT TIME DO I HAVE? NO. I'M SORRY, CITY SECRETARY, CAN YOU TELL ME THE TIME LIMIT THAT MR. DOUCETTE.

NO, NO, NO, JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT THIS ON HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO KNOW. OKAY. WHY IS IT EVEN ON HERE? BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WHO PUT IT ON? WE PUT THINGS ON AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. SIR, I CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, NOT A RESOLUTION. YES, I CAN.

OH MY GOD. OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO. OH MY GOD, I NEED TO. I HAVE ANOTHER LIGHT ON. OH NO NO NO NO NO. SEE BECAUSE THE THE RESOLUTION AND THING GOES THROUGH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND STUFF. WHY BRING IT TO THIS LADY? WHAT, WHAT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT VOTES TO APPROVE.

THAT'S WHY YOU PUT IT ON THERE LIKE THAT. I DID NOT I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO IT. WHO PUT IT ON THERE? I DID, I ASKED THE CITY SECRETARY. YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T DO THIS. THIS WAS DONE BY WHO? WHO DID THIS? SIR? I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. YOU DIDN'T DO THIS, OKAY? OH, PLEASE. I ASKED FOR IT. I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU, SIR. I'M NOT GOING TO COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. THE QUESTION. MAYOR. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT ME OFF. OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, SINCE I'M I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, BUT I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION AS WELL. AND THE REASON WHY I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, BECAUSE OUT OF THE MEETING THAT WE DID HAVE IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY DOWN IN SABINE PASS WAS WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN COMING FROM SABINE PASS.

CHIEF DUROUSSEAU HAVE, HAVE WE HAVE WE PURSUED THAT ANYMORE? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT IDEA WE HAD ABOUT CAUSING THAT TRAFFIC TO BE NOT CUT OFF BY THAT LIGHT ON 82. HAVE WE FOLLOWED UP ON THAT? OKAY. THAT LIGHT THAT WAS HOLDING UP THE LIGHT, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, YES, WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. AND WE'VE MET WITH VALERO AND A COUPLE OTHER INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY ABOUT IT. OKAY. AND SO. 19 WHAT? AND SO WHAT, WHAT, WHERE ARE WE WITH? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MEETING? WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION.

ACTUALLY. I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TOMORROW AT 1:00 ABOUT IT. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I DID SPEAK WITH VALERO AND THEY'RE WILLING TO COME TO THE TABLE, BUT THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ALSO. MAYOR CALL FOR THE VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANY KNOWS? NO. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ONE NO. AND THE

[VIII.B.(3) P.O. No. 7412 – An Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Code Of Ordinances Amending Chapter 22. Businesses, Article XI. Game Rooms And Gaming Machines, Sections 22-601 Through 22 650 In Its Entirety By Prohibiting Amusement Redemption Machines And Game Rooms Within The City Limits Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas; Providing A Penalty Clause; Providing A Savings And Severability Clause; And Providing For Publication And An Effective Date. ]

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSE? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASS. ORDINANCE

[VIII.B.(4) P.O. No. 7415 – An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of Approximately 35.24 Acres Of Land Out Of The H.L. McKee Survey, Abstract No. 930, The City Of Port Arthur Survey, Abstract Nos. 931 And 932, Jefferson County, Texas, Located Within The Corporate Limits Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, On Pleasure Island, For The Development Of A Waterpark And Related Public Improvements; And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Special Warranty Deed For The Conveyance.]

WE HAD A NEW SURVEY DONE. OKAY. AND IT'S THE SAME SURVEY THAT YOU'VE USED. AND SO IT WILL BE A NEW LEGAL DESCRIPTION WITH THE NEW SURVEY. AND YOU'LL BE RECEIVING A RESPONSE TOMORROW MORNING. I JUST NEEDED TO TALK TO MY CLIENT BEFORE WE DID THAT. IT WOULD BE A NEW SURVEY FOR WHO. IT'S A NEW SURVEY FOR THE WATER PARK. OH, OKAY. WHICH WILL NOT INCLUDE THE ACREAGE.

2.3. YES. THANK YOU, MISS ROXANNE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY KNOWS THE AYES HAVE IT. THE REMOVAL FOR THIS ORDINANCE HAS TAKEN PLACE. LET'S GO TO NUMBER FIVE

[VIII.B.(5) P.O. No. 7416 – An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of 1.644 Acres Of Land Out Of The City Of Port Arthur, Abstract Nos. 931 And Abstract No. 932, Jefferson County, Texas, Located Within The Corporate Limits Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, On Pleasure Island, For The Development Of A Waterpark And Related Public Improvements; And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Special Warranty Deed For The Conveyance Subject To Compliance With Section 253.0125 Of The Texas Local Government Code.]

[VIII.B.(6) P.O. No. 7417 – An Ordinance Authorizing The Execution Of A Developer Participation Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And PleasurEyeland, LLC, For The Development Of Public Improvements On Pleasure Island, Specifically On A 35.24 Acres Of Land Out Of The H.L. McKee Survey Abstract No. 930, City Of Port Arthur Survey Abstract Nos. 931 And Abstract No. 932, Jefferson County, Texas And 1.644 Acres Of Land Out Of The City Of Port Arthur, Abstract Nos. 931 And Abstract No. 932, Jefferson County, Texas, Pursuant To Sections 212.071 And 212.072 Of The Texas Local Government Code, V.T.C.A.; Providing A Savings And Severability Clause; And Providing An Effective Date.]

[VIII.B.(7) P.O. No. 7418 – An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No 26-04 Calling For The Conduct Of A General Election May 2, 2026 And Providing For A Joint Election With Jefferson County Rescheduling The Canvassing Date From Wednesday, May 13, 2026 To Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Requested By Mayor Moses) ]

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RESCHEDULING THE CANVASING DATE FROM WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH, 2026 TO TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2026.

REQUESTED BY MAYOR MOSES. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE ORDINANCE PASSES. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO HAVE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND A MOTION TO SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. THE MOTION TO ADJOURN HAS PASSED. AND WE ADJOU

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