Jul 28, 2026 City Council

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READY, WE'RE READY. AWESOME. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL REGULAR

[I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL]

CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR MOSES HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PENA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

CITY SECRETARY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO MOVE FROM OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE OUR BOND COUNSEL HERE. THAT'S AND THEY ARE VERY PATIENT. THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS. BUT. AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DRIVE BACK TO DALLAS I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER TEN ON OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA UP. IT'S ON PAGE NUMBER NINE. AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO

[VIII.A.(10) P.R. No. 25049 – A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Authorizing The Publication Of The Notice Of Intention To Issue City Of Port Arthur, Texas Combination Tax And Revenue Certificates Of Obligation, Series 2026B In A Principal Amount Not To Exceed $50,000,000.00 For The Construction Of Public Works And Any Items Related Thereto And For The Payment Of Contractual Obligations For Professional Services; Authorizing The Distribution Of A Preliminary Official Statement Relating To Such Certificates; And Containing Other Provisions Relating Thereto.]

AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT RELATING TO SUCH CERTIFICATES AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSIONS? COUNCIL. OKAY. COUNCIL. WE HAVE NONE FROM THE THIS MR. DOUCET. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. HAROLD DOUCET, 5180 CAMBRIDGE AVENUE. THIS $50 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION. AND I SEEN A. THE FIVE MAJOR CATEGORIES. THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THERE. AND THOSE ARE WHAT SPECIFICALLY AND HOW

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ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NOES. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE.

NUMBER THREE PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS A SPEAKERS WE HAVE NONE. PRESENTATIONS. WE

[III.B.(1) A Presentation By Wanda Bodden Of The Port Arthur Beautification Commission Regarding The Garden Of Hope Initiative And The Ongoing Beautification Planting Projects Across The City.]

FIRST, I WANT TO ADDRESS MAYOR MOSES, CITY MANAGER RON BURTON AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHEN I FIRST SCHEDULED THIS MEETING, MY INTENTION WAS TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE FOR THE THE ACQUISITION OF THE RAISED GARDEN CONTAINERS FOR THE STAFF SERGEANT LUCIAN ADAMS GARDEN OF HOPE INITIATIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING PROGRESS, BOTH THE PORT ARTHUR BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION AND I ARE LEFT FEELING FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED DUE TO THE UNPAID INVOICE FOR THE PURCHASE. DESPITE THE COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION AT THE JUNE 30TH,

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THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY WITH THE MOU TO APPROVE THE MOU TO RELEASE THE $5,000, BUT I THOUGHT IT COULD. SO I THINK THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.

MISS BOWDEN WE HAD TO WAIT ON THE MOU ON OUR ON BOTH PARTS BECAUSE WE ARE BECAUSE WE WILL BE DOING THIS ON THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S NOT CITY PROPERTY. AND ONCE WE ONCE THE MOU WAS PASSED, THEN THE $5,000 WILL BE RELEASED IF. AM I CORRECT? AND SO WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TO TO BE APPROVED TODAY. SO ONCE ONCE IT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THE $5,000 SHOULD BE RELEASED FOR THE PROJECT TO, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THIS IS THE QUICKEST MEETING THAT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

YEAH. BUT I THOUGHT JUNE 30TH IT WAS. AND THAT'S WHY WE I HAD GONE BEFORE. YES, YES, BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND I SPOKE WITH DOCTOR PORTER RE I GOT AN EMAIL FROM DOCTOR PORTERIE, ALSO FROM DOCTOR FOWLER, WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL AT THAT CAMPUS. AND MY WHOLE DEAL WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, ALL THE. AND MISS ALPOUGH REITERATED THAT ALL THE ANSWERS FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW A DATE. THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE ASKED FOR THE DIRT TO BE RELEASED FOR THE RAISED GARDENS. IT'S A SPECIAL DIRT THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE, AND THAT IS ONLY A 30 DAY BID. AND SO THIS IS THE THIRD TO FOURTH BID THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE DIRT. BUT WE WE'RE TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THAT BUDGET. THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASES EVEN IN THE CONTAINERS. SO LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I DID NOT WANT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I KNOW NOTHING COULD GET DONE UNTIL THIS IS APPROVED. SO HOW.

AS CITY MANAGER, AFTER THIS IS APPROVED, HOW SOON CAN THEY GET THE MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND START THEIR PROJECT? OH, SOON AS WE ISSUE APPEAL, WHICH COULD BE TOMORROW OR SO. HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE TOMORROW? ALSO WE SHOULD APPEAL BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET DATES. YEAH. AND I'M TRYING TO GET SOME AFFIRMATIONS HERE. YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE WHEN THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OR WE'RE NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS, WHICH I THINK WE WERE, AND WE WERE RESOLVING EVERY QUESTION AND THEY WERE GONE BEFORE. WHO WAS IT GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU, MISS ROXANNE, THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE I WAS SAYING THAT I WAS BEING TOLD THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD TO APPROVE SOME THINGS. WE DRAFTED THE MOU FOR YOU, MISS. OKAY. SO WE GOT THAT DONE. OKAY. WE GOT IT ON THE AGENDA. THE AGENDA. WE COULD GET IT ON TO BE APPROVED AND WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE IT. AND BECAUSE YOU SAID YEAH. AND THEN HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT YOU CAN GET IT. THE REASON I'M UP HERE TONIGHT AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S

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IT WAS JUST WE HAD TO WAIT ON THAT ACTUAL MOU ON OUR END. THE EMAILS AND THE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THE MOU WERE GREAT, BUT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOU ON PAPER SO WE CAN SATISFY OUR REQUIREMENT AS A CITY TO USE THAT MONEY. AND THIS IS JUST WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM LAST MEETING, WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT WE CANNOT USE MONEY, CITY MONEY ON THEIR PROPERTY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DISTRICT. AND SO WITH THAT AGREEMENT NOW BEING PUT IN PLACE, IT WILL BE RELEASED. CAN WE OR CAN WE GUARANTEED TOMORROW SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. IT'S ALPO HAS A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MISS BIDEN. WE'LL GET IT TO WORK. WE'LL GET IT TO WORK. SO LET'S GET IT. LET'S GET THAT DONE TOMORROW AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD. AND AND LET'S USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT ON BEFORE WE CAN CAN EXACERBATE THE FUNDS AND USE THE FUNDS ON CERTAIN PROJECTS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU, MISS BIDEN, FOR WORKING SO CLOSELY ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS IT RELATES TO PARTNERING AND FOSTERING AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN CITY AND DISTRICT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR YOUTH. BUT THERE'S JUST CERTAIN PROCESSES THAT I SEE. WE WE NOW HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT I'M GLAD WE ARE GETTING DONE AND THAT RECTIFICATION WILL BE DONE TOMORROW. SO THANK YOU, MISS BIDEN, FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU. AND LET ME ASK OUR. SINCE YOU YOU GUYS WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, OUR BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AND OUR PARKS, MAYBE THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOME ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES ON HOW THINGS ARE DONE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN KNOW THE FIRST STEP. AND WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON AGREEMENTS AND HOW WE GO THROUGH THAT. SO THAT MAY HELP IN THAT BEAUTIFICATION MEETING.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT THIS IS A PERSONAL ATTACK. OH, NO, NO, NO, THIS IS STRICTLY BUSINESS. RIGHT. BUT THAT THAT HELPS TO KNOW HOW BUSINESS WORKS. I MEAN, IT HELPS YOU TO GO FORWARD. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MISS ALPO SAID WE NEEDED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO THEN WE START TO WORK TO START SATISFYING THAT. WHAT I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH IS CONCRETE DATES, DEADLINES, JUST LIKE ANY BUSINESS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE DEADLINES. ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU HAVE TO MEET YOUR DEADLINES. WE CAN'T GO ON, YOU KNOW. WELL, MAYBE WE'LL DO IT OR WE MIGHT NOT DO IT OR THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. IT'S LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF BUREAUCRACY THAT GOES ON. WE'RE READY TO SATISFY AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS GET THIS GARDEN. BUT I THINK WRITTEN HELPS IF YOU HAVE IT IN WRITING. AND GOING FORWARD, I HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT. YOU'LL KNOW HOW IT'S DONE AND WHAT THOSE STEPS ARE BECAUSE IT'S FIRST AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING AFTER YOU GET THIS AND WHAT THOSE STEPS ARE, I THINK IT WOULD JUST HELP IN FUTURE PROJECTS TO HAVE IT. YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. AND MAYOR, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH DO FOR MOVING FORWARD, NOT JUST FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION, BUT FOR BECAUSE IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON WITH THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS THAT WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO. AND I THINK THAT THAT. EXACTLY. I THINK THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE CONSIDERING APPOINTING NEW PEOPLE. ON UNDERSTANDING THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF PERSONS ON GETTING GETTING INITIATIVES DONE. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE CAN I'M A CITY SECRETARY. I KNOW WE HAVE WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THOSE COMMITTEES ARE BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED I ASKED FOR THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL AND CITY SECRETARY, THEY GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THAT ROLE ON THOSE ON THOSE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. YES, MA'AM. AND I THINK EVERY COMMITTEE COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT. I JUST NEED SOME DATES. YES, MA'AM. AND IT HELPS US OVERALL THOUGH. EXACTLY. SO IT HELPS EVERY AS COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD HAS SAID, IT WILL HELP US WITH EVERY COMMITTEE THAT COMES ON BOARD TO KNOW WHAT THAT AREA OF FUNCTION AND HOW THEY FUNCTION. OKAY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US OUT. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW

[III.B.(2) A Presentation By The Sabine Pass Emergency Preparedness Committee.]

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BUT GIVEN THE UNIQUE RISKS OF SABINE PASS IN THE ONE WAY, IN ONE WAY OUT NATURE OF HIGHWAY 87, THERE WAS A FEW THINGS FOR US TO ADDRESS. AND SO WHAT WE DID, WE SAT DOWN, WE CONSULTED WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROFESSIONALS, WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE COUNTY. WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE PREPARED A RESPONSE TO THAT. THAT TAKES IN, AGAIN, THE UNIQUE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY IN LIGHT OF WHAT IS ALREADY PLANNED. AND I WILL LET CHIEF HOUSTON EXPLAIN FURTHER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY. TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON APPENDIX FOUR OF ANNEX OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, THE SABINE PASS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS APPENDIX, AND TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON THE WORK OF THE SABINE PASS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TONIGHT, I'LL COVER SIX THINGS WHY THIS EFFORT BEGAN, HOW AND WHY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF APPENDIX FOUR. AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE APPENDIX CONTAINS. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPLETED SO FAR, AND FINALLY, THE STATUS OF THE DOCUMENT AND ACTIONS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING OF COUNCIL. SO EFFORTS BEGAN WITH THE RESIDENTS OF SABINE PASS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, SABINE PASS RESIDENTS RAISED CONCERNS DIRECTLY WITH OUR MAYOR ABOUT EVACUATION, ISOLATION AND COMMUNICATION DURING EMERGENCIES. THOSE CONCERNS ARE WELL FOUNDED. SABINE PASS HAS ONE PRIMARY ROADWAY BEING STATE HIGHWAY 87. IT SITS ALONG THE COAST WITH REAL EXPOSURE TO FLOODING AND STORM SURGE. IT IS HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AND RELIES ON PART.

IT RELIES IN PART ON MARINE TRANSPORTATION AND COULD FACE LIMITED ACCESS DURING SEVERE WEATHER INCIDENTS. TAKEN TOGETHER, THOSE FACTORS ARE WHY SABINE PASS NEEDED HIS OWN PLAN.

IN RESPONSE, THE CITY ESTABLISHED THE SABINE PASS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 7411. THE COMMITTEE CHARGES THREEFOLD. NUMBER ONE, IT IDENTIFIES HAZARDS UNIQUE TO THE SABINE PASS COMMUNITY. IT DEVELOPS COMMUNITY SPECIFIC EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PROVIDES QUARTERLY PREPAREDNESS OVERSIGHT. MEMBERSHIP DRAWS ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS, JEFFERSON COUNTY OFFICIALS, FIRST RESPONDERS, INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHICH IS EXACTLY THE RANGE OF EXPERTISE THAT THIS KIND OF PLAN NEEDS. NOW, APPENDIX FOUR IS NOT A FREESTANDING PLAN. IT IS A COMMUNITY SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX E, WHICH IS THE CITY'S EVACUATION ANNEX, WHICH ITSELF IS UNDER SITS UNDERNEATH THE BASIC PLAN. IT WORKS ALONGSIDE WITH SEVERAL EXISTING ANNEXES.

APPENDIX THREE TO ANNEX OF THE HURRICANE EVACUATION AND S Q FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND OIL

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BEFORE I ACKNOWLEDGE LIGHTS, I HAVE SEVERAL ON. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND AND THANK YOU, CHIEF HOUSTON AND THE TEAM OF THE EIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WORKED SO DILIGENTLY. WE STARTED OUR FIRST MEETING IN MAY 5TH, AND HERE WE ARE IN JULY, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. AND HURRICANE SEASON WELL BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON. BUT WE WE MET DILIGENTLY. AND I JUST THANK CRAIG AS PART OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE REFINERIES AND FROM INDUSTRY. YOU GUYS WERE AT EVERY MEETING AND YOU YOU WERE SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND WENT TO WORK WITHIN RECORD TIME. I THINK THAT WE GOT A WORKING PRODUCT AND SABINE PASS COMMUNITY WAS SO GLAD AND THANKFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT THEY COULD KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A WAY THAT SOMEONE CARED ENOUGH TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM A WAY OUT OF BEING PASSED OTHER THAN JUST HIGHWAY 87, IN CASE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF AN INCIDENT. SO, CHIEF HOUSTON, AS OUR PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, FANTASTIC JOB TO ALL OF THE TEAM THAT WORKED WITH US. DANTE MILLER, MARY ANN REED, CHRISTY HYDE, CHRIS DESOLATE, CRAIG LEWELLYN, AND RONNIE FISHER FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR THAT ENTIRE TEAM THAT MADE IT. IF I MISSED ANYBODY, THIS AREA OF THE HEAD, NOT OF THE HEART. SO I HAVE LIGHTS. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME LIGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOUSTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH, OFFICER HOUSTON, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND WE APPRECIATE THE PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE PAINSTAKINGLY PUT TOGETHER. MR. LLEWELLYN, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR COMMITTEE PUTTING FORTH THIS EFFORT. AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT STEMMED THE MEETING THAT BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER THERE IN SABINE PASS. AND I KNOW THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE OF SABINE PASS WERE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT THAT WE ALL SHOWED UP. IT WAS LET ME QUICKLY RUSH TO SAY, THOUGH, THAT IT WAS QUITE SHOCKING THAT THERE WAS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM VALERO THERE AT THE MEETING, PER MY UNDERSTANDING, AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THAT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WHEN WE WERE MEETING, VALERO'S INCIDENT CREATED THE SITUATION, BUT THERE WAS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE THERE FROM VALERO. HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS SITUATION, AND IT'S BEEN A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY STORMS, AND THE FACT THAT SABINE PASS STILL HAS ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT IS VERY ALARMING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALARMING. AND SO I WANT TO KNOW MR. LLEWELLYN AND PERHAPS CHIEF AS WELL, THAT IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU WERE HAVING, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE ARE DOING TO ULTIMATELY GET TO A PLACE WHERE THE REINSTITUTION OF HIGHWAY 87 IS GOING TO BE PUT BACK, SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN QUICKLY AND RAPIDLY DRIVE OUT OF A SITUATION THAT MIGHT BE LIFE THREATENING TO THEM, TO CHILDREN, AND TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN SABINE PASS. LET ME SAY THAT WHILE I AM SPEAKING ABOUT THIS, THAT I REALIZE THAT THESE ARE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS AND THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE ABILITY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE EAR OF LEGISLATORS, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE PLANT'S GOLDEN PASS. SEMPRA, VALERO AND CHENIERE TO COME TOGETHER AND PUT A ROAD BACK IN PLACE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN GET OUT, OUT, OUT THERE. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS NOT A CONSIDERATION, WHY THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, WHY THAT IS NOT TRANSPIRING. WE CONTINUE YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS NOW THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED, NOTHING HAS TRANSPIRED. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THAT IT IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN. AND IT IS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 50 KIDS BEING VOTED OUT AT MIDNIGHT TO A PARK IN PORT NECHES IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND NOBODY AT THAT PLANT, NOBODY ANYWHERE, WOULD WANT THEIR CHILDREN ON A BOAT AT MIDNIGHT BEING TAKEN OUT. AND THAT'S THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE BEING GIVEN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING OFFERED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME AS AN EVACUATION PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE. SO I NEED TO KNOW, I NEED TO WEG ABOUT GOING TO LEGISLATING AND, AND, AND ULTIMATELY SITTING BEFORE OUR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TALKING TO THEM

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COUNCILMAN FRANK, YOUR CONCERNS ARE VERY WELL FOUNDED AND THEY ARE SHARED BY EVERYBODY IN MY COMPANY. EVERYBODY IN SABINE PASS. I BELIEVE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE STAND ON REBUILDING, REPAIRING, EXTENDING HIGHWAY 87, I BELIEVE WE HEARD FROM TXDOT AT THE MEETING BACK IN APRIL THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT ROAD, THAT THEY'VE SHIFTED THE OWNERSHIP FROM TXDOT TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, AND THAT COMPLICATES THINGS. I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY INCLUDE REVIEWING AND CALLING FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE HIGHWAY, CORRECT? YES. AND THAT IS SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY THAT WE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT I'M SURE OTHER COMPANIES WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS THAT ROADBED THAT THAT ROADS ARE BUILT OFF OF HAS WASHED AWAY THROUGH NATURAL EROSION, NOT JUST FROM STORMS, BUT JUST FROM NATURAL EROSION. AND SO IT IS A VERY LONG AND COMPLICATED AND AS YOU SAID, EXPENSIVE PROCESS. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF. I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS AND EVERYBODY ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS WELL. AND THANK YOU, CRAIG, FOR RESPONDING. AND I THINK THE TASK AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, FOR THE QUESTION, BECAUSE IT IS VERY ESSENTIAL. BUT WHAT WE WERE TASKED WITH AS THIS SABINE PASS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS APPENDIX WAS SABINE PASS, KNOWING WHAT WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO DO NOW WITH THEM COMING IF IF A IF AN EMERGENCY WOULD COME TOMORROW.

THEY HAD NO PLAN THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT. AND SO THIS TEAM WAS TASKED WITH THAT. WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT. NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO HELP THEM. THAT'S WHY WE COLLABORATED WITH THE EIGHT PEOPLE THAT WE DID. AND I LEFT OUT ANTONIO, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF, ANTONIO MITCHELL, OUT OF THAT GROUP OF EIGHT PEOPLE THAT THAT ORDINANCE PUT INTO IN PLACE. AND SO WE MET DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE THERE WERE WAYS THE COUNTY COULD WORK AND WE COULD GET THEM OUT BY MARINE CONTRACTS, THE COAST GUARD AND TO IF THERE WERE HURRICANE OR IF THERE WERE ANOTHER SOME TYPE OF EXPLOSION, GOD FORBID THAT. HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THAT. NOW, WHAT WE COULD DO IMMEDIATE. AND SO THAT WAS OUR GOAL. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LONG STANDING ISSUE, AND WE'RE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO LEGISLATION, AS YOU STATED, AND DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS A COUNCIL COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY. BUT THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEY HAD NO NO IDEA OF WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE. THEY SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE INDUSTRY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN CASE OF A STORM OR IN CASE OF THIS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW AS RESIDENTS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AWARE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN PLACE TO ASSURE THEM THAT NOW, TODAY, THEY HAVE A WAY. THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THEM. WELL, MAYOR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE THAT WE ASK THE QUESTION IF IF THEY WE NOW HAVE A PLAN, HOW QUICKLY CAN HOW QUICKLY CAN THE PLAN BE IMPLEMENTED FROM THE TIME THAT THERE'S SOME. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU GET THE MARINE EVACUATION IN PLACE AND GET PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY? GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILOR FRANK. THAT'S JUST A PHONE CALL TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL COORDINATE WITH THEM AND WE'LL GET THEM OUT WITH A MARINE. I'M GOING TO DO A WANDER ABOUT HOW SOON TODAY. IF IT HAPPENED TODAY, IT COULD HAPPEN. IT'S IN TODAY. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THEM WITH DRAFTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER. SO THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE THEY ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A PHONE CALL TO ROBERT GRIM OVER THERE AT JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND WE CAN GET THAT GOING WITHIN AN HOUR. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET ME. OKAY, I HAVE A FEW MORE LIGHTS. CITY MANAGER. I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND, BUT LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMEMBER KINLAW HAD HIS LIGHT ON COUNCILMEMBER KINLAW. HEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF QUESTION. AND THAT'S ALONG THE LINES OF MY COHORT HERE, COUNCILMAN FRANK. I WANTED TO KNOW HOW FAST AND AND ALSO IS IT SOME TYPE OF MOU WAS HAD TO BE SIGNED BY ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR US. I WAS ON THE THE MAYOR AND I, WE WERE THERE WHEN THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED, BOOTS ON THE GROUND

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OKAY. AND AND IF WE HAD THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, DID YOU GUYS CONSIDER IN YOUR MEETINGS, JUST NOT THE RESIDENTS, BUT THOSE LOCAL REFINERIES, THEY COULDN'T MOVE. THEY COULDN'T GET OUT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE PAST? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT AND, YOU KNOW, AND GOD FORBID, LIKE THE MAYOR STATED EARLIER, IF WE HAVE A RELEASE OR A FIRE EXPLOSION, WHAT WOULD WE DO IMMEDIATELY TO GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIME IS SO CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT. YEAH. GREAT QUESTION COUNCILMAN. WE WORK SPECIFICALLY AS FAR AS FOR THE PLAN FOR SABINE PASS. NOW, ALL OF THESE INDUSTRIES INDUSTRIAL. THEY HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GET THEM OUT IN INCIDENTS AS SUCH. SO WE'RE ALL WORK IN CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THEM TO ASSIST THEM IF THEY NEED OUR ASSISTANCE AS WELL, OUTSIDE OF THEIR PLANS, DO YOU HAVE A AVAILABILITY WITH STATE RESOURCES TO COME IN? YES, SIR. YES WE COULD. OKAY. AND YOU SAID I DIDN'T HEAR IF YOU SAID YOU HAD TO BE SIGNED OR NOT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SIGNED. IT WAS JUST A MEETING ASPECT OF IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OH, AWESOME. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM TOO, BECAUSE I, I LEARNED SOME THINGS. I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE MEETING THERE, AND IT WAS AT THE MEETING THAT I ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE THERE WAS A PLAN PUT IN PLACE. IT JUST WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS SPECIFIC FOR US TO BEING PASSED. AND SO THAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THIS COUNCIL HAVING TO BE CONVENED. SO THAT WAY THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING PASSED, COULD KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AS CITIZENS, AS RESIDENTS, THAT THEY HAVE A WAY OUT. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE INDUSTRY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS AS TO HOW THEY GET THEIR EMPLOYEES OUT. BUT SABINE PASS DIDN'T. AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW SABINE PASS FALLS WITHIN. I CALL IT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ONE. THAT'S MY MY BABY BACK THERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TOO, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER WAY OUT IS GOING TO BE A WHILE, BUT THAT'S WHY THIS WAS SO IMPERATIVE BECAUSE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TODAY OR TOMORROW, WE ARE ALL IN ONE ACCORD. AND I HATE THAT THAT WE HAD AN INCIDENT HAD TO HAPPEN FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING ALREADY PUT IN PLACE ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT PLAN PUT IN PLACE, I CAN HONESTLY SAY EVEN AS A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING TO THEM, THEY WERE MORE COMFORTABLE, THEY'RE MORE CONFIDENT. AND EVEN IN THAT MEETING, THEY ASKED QUESTIONS TOO, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO LEAVE WITH ANSWERS. QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE A BOAT HERE? WHAT'S THE RESPONSE TIME IF A BOAT COMES HERE? AND IT WAS ALSO THEN TOO, THAT I LEARNED THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE RESOURCES THERE WITH THIS, THE COAST GUARD, THEY HAVE BOATS THERE ON HAND, HELICOPTERS THEY'RE ON HAND, AND THOSE THINGS ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION TOO, BECAUSE YOU ALL MENTIONED THIS AT THE MEETING, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE, EVEN KIND OF LIKE SAFETY DRILLS, FIRE DRILLS, PUTTING THAT INTO PRACTICE AS WELL. SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALWAYS BE PREPARED. SO WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT OCCURRED WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, OR AT LEAST TO THE MAGNITUDE OF WHERE OUR RESIDENTS WON'T UNDERSTAND OR KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, KNOW HOW TO GET OUT AND HOW TO MANEUVER THROUGH THOSE SITUATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR CONVENING. AND ALSO TOO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE ALSO WHEN YOU PUT COUNCILS TOGETHER, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THINGS DONE, BUT YOU ALL MOVE VERY, VERY FAST WITH MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS DONE PROPERLY, WELL THOUGHT OUT, EVERY POSSIBLE OUTCOME AND OPTION. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR GETTING THAT DONE FOR THEM.

AND THEY WERE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THIS. WHAT TRANSPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SOME OF THEM DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS AND SOME OF THEM ARE SLIGHTLY ADJACENT. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS. I MAYBE YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOME OF THE DETAILS AROUND THE, THE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED. FOR INSTANCE, THE PORT ARTHUR TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAY, SAY AN INCIDENT WERE TO AFFECT THE WEST SIDE AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT'S AFFECTING SABINE PASS. AND THERE'S AN ALLOCATION OF PORT ARTHUR TRANSIT ASSETS TO SABINE PASS. WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WERE MADE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON? I'LL SAY THE MAINLAND, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE IN PORT ARTHUR PROPER, ON THE FENCE LINE. THEY FALL UNDERNEATH THE CURRENT EVACUATION PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE CITY. RIGHT? SO WE ALREADY HAVE ASSETS ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS AS WELL, RIGHT. SO THE, THE ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR A POTENTIAL INCIDENT, AGAIN, GOD FORBID A POTENTIAL INCIDENT IN SABINE PASS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE ASSETS THAT WERE BEING DISPATCHED FOR SUCH AN INCIDENT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, YOU ALREADY KIND OF GOT TO IT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE IN EOP FOR THE CITY. IS THAT SOMETHING? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL DID A SEMBLANCE OF

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[III.B.(3) A Presentation By Harold Doucet Regarding The Lack Of Accountability Resulting In Billions Of Dollars Wasted.]

WE ARE THE ONE THAT HOLDS THE COUNCIL ACCOUNTABLE. SO IF COUNCIL IS NOT DOING IN THE BEST OF THE CITY AND AND THE CITIZENS, THEN IT'S UP TO US, NOT COUNCIL. SO I THINK CITIZENS NEED TO REALIZE THAT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR JOBS ARE AND WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING FOR US, IN ORDER FOR US TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. THEN WE MOVE FROM US TO THE COUNCIL. IF YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB AND IT'S FINE WITH US, BUT THERE'S STILL PROBLEMS. YOU HIRE A CITY MANAGER TO RUN THE CITY. THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITIZENS OR THE EMPLOYEES, THE CITY MANAGERS ACCOUNTABLE TO COUNCIL. SO COUNCIL MUST UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS SHOULD GO IN ORDER TO HOLD THE MANAGER ACCOUNTABLE. YOU MUST KNOW HIS JOB AND WHAT HE SHOULD DO. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MANAGER, AND I SHOULD ADD THERE THE ATTORNEY, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT LOOK AT

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WHAT'S WRONG WITH RUNNING OUT OF GAS? LEE POINTED AT. OKAY. EXAMPLES. IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. SOMEONE MUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I USE HERE IS THE RED BIRD PROJECT. AND UNDER THERE YOU SEE WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS. THE CITY AND COMPANY AGREED TO. OKAY. THEN THE SECOND THING SAYS, DID THE CONTRACTOR DELIVER WHAT WAS AGREED UPON BY THEM AND THE CITY? THE LAST PART OF THAT BEING THE QUESTION REGARDING THE $18,000 FOR RESHAPING CLEANING OF DITCHES HAS NOT BEEN EXPLAINED OR JUSTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC AS OF THIS DATE. THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN WHEN ACCOUNTABILITY. I ASKED THE QUESTION TWO MEETINGS AGO AND COUNCIL DID NOT GET THE ANSWER. COUNCIL TABLE IT AND THE NEXT MEETING WE CAME BACK AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ANSWER. BUT WHAT WAS SAID WAS FROM INFORMATION GIVEN TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL NOW UNDERSTAND IT BETTER AND COUNCIL APPROVED IT. WELL, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED IN PUBLIC. THE REPLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN PUBLIC. SO WHATEVER WAS TOLD TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPROVE, ALLOWING THAT CONTRACTOR TO HAVE $18,000. YOU ALL NEED TO TELL THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S OUR MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THAT ANSWER. EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT IT. I'M GOING TO GIVE US EXAMPLES SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IF SOMEONE COME TO MY HOUSE AND I WANT MY LAWN MOWED AND THEY SAY I CAN DO IT, I SAY, OKAY, HOW MUCH? THEY SAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO CHARGE YOU $20 TO CUT IT. AND IF YOU WANT IT, WEED AN EDGE, I'M GOING TO CHARGE YOU TEN MORE DOLLARS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE ME $30 TOTAL. OKAY. GO AHEAD. SO THEY GO OUT THERE AND CUT THE GRASS. THEN THEY COME TO GET PAID AND THEY WANT $30. I LOOK OUTSIDE AND THERE'S NO EDGING, NO WEED EATING. AM I GOING TO GIVE THEM $30? YOU WON'T, I WON'T, AND NOBODY'S SAYING IT'S GOING TO DO IT. SO COUNCIL WITH THAT, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT ANSWER. NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING, REMEMBER WHAT WE SAID BY YOUR STAFF, YOUR FIRST MEETING, YOUR STAFF SAID, WE DECIDED THAT THE DITCHES DIDN'T NEED TO BE RESHAPED AND CLEANED. THE LAST MEETING, A STAFF MEMBER CAME AND TOLD YOU, WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL BECAUSE THE HAD THE RIGHT FLOW, BUT WE DID PART OF IT. IF YOU DID PART OF IT, YOU DIDN'T DO IT ALL. SO WHY SHOULD I PAY YOU FOR? THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECT AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT YOU TO DO. THAT $18,000, THAT CONTRACT IS NOT ENTITLED TO IT. CITIZENS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT STREET AND THAT JOB IN WHAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

AFTER THAT JOB. THE LAST THE NEXT EXAMPLE IS THE FREEZER NICHOLS CONTRACT. THAT WAS THERE WAS REAL INTERESTING. THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR US TO DESIGN, MANAGE, DO REPORTS AND OVERSEE THE RENOVATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE MAIN WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THEY CHARGE US

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SO YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ONE YEAR AND YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE US 9000. NOBODY'S ASKING ABOUT THAT. NOBODY WANT TO KNOW WHY. I'M APPALLED AT THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY THAT KEPT EXTENDING THE ONE WE HAVE OVERSEEING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO EXTEND IT EACH TIME THEY CAME AND ASKED YOU TO EXTEND IT AND SAID, NO FUNDING. IF IT WAS 15 DAYS, THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID, IF WE EXTENDED 15 DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAID FOR 15 DAYS. THEN YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. BUT THE WHOLE THREE YEARS, NOBODY SAID NOTHING. AND THEN AT THE END, WE'RE GOING TO NOW WANT OUR MONEY. THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR MONEY. DO NOT ACCEPT WHAT SOMEONE IS SAYING THAT DOESN'T MEET THE COMMON SENSE TEST. WE GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT. SO SOMEONE NEED TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT. YOU NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHY DOES THIS CONTRACT AVERAGE $500 A YEAR? SO YOU WANT TO EXTEND IT A YEAR. YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING. WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY $900,000? THAT'S HOW CONTRACTS ARE DONE. SCOPES. NOW LET'S LOOK AT. REDBIRD. YOU SAID YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO MORE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW YOU KEEP TIME. THAT'S NOT SURPRISING.

EVERYBODY ELSE ON THESE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES. LET ME. AND YOU DON'T HEAR ME COMPLAINING. HAHAHA HAHAHA. OKAY. YOU GET YOUR STUFF RIGHT. YOU DIDN'T TOOK TWO MINUTES. I NEED TO SEE THESE PICTURES. CAN YOU HELP ME? OKAY. WHERE ARE THE RED TRUCK? IS THAT REDBIRD? BEFORE ANY WORK DONE, THE ONE BENEATH IT TO THE LEFT. REDBIRD. THOSE TWO ON THE LEFT IS REDBIRD. THAT'S THE STREET THAT THEY SAID NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED. THAT STREET WAS GOOD. I SAID IT WHEN IT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL. THAT WAS A WATER UTILITY PROJECT AND A DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A STREET PROJECT IN ORDER TO DO WATER UTILITIES.

THAT IS THAT STREET. LOOK AT IT. THE ONES YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT ARE WET. THE DITCHES, THE WATER IN THE DITCH. THEY. CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE MORE SO I COULD GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE THEY START TELLING ME, OKAY, THE WATER IN THESE DITCHES YOU SAW THAT WAS SOMEONE SAID THAT THE DITCHES DIDN'T NEED TO BE RESHAPED AND CLEANED. WATER STAYED IN THOSE PEOPLE DITCHES. I WENT AFTER I LEFT THE LAST MEETING WHEN IT WAS RAINING AND TOOK THOSE PICTURES. WATER SITTING IN THE PEOPLE DITCH AND I WENT TO THE CORNER AND TOOK A PICTURE OF THE STORM SURGE AND NO WATER WAS HARDLY RUNNING IN THE STORM. IT WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE'S HOME. BUT IN ORDER TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, RATHER THAN SIT AND ACCEPT WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GET OUT LIKE I DID. I DID THAT WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL. I DID IT AFTER I GOT OFF COUNCIL, AND SOMEBODY ELSE BETTER START DOING IT BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY LIKE THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE

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[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

COUNCILMEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING OR BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU MAY DO. SO. COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD, WE'LL START WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OUT OF SABINE PASS. THE SABINE PASS CHEERLEADERS TOOK HOME THIRD PLACE AT THE U. C A CAMP, AND THEY COMPETED IN THE SMALL VARSITY DIVISION ONE A TO SIX A.

SO DEFINITELY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE GIRLS FOR GOING OUT AND REPRESENTING THE CITY AND COMING HOME WITH AN AWARD. SO SHOUT OUT TO SABINE PASS CHEERLEADERS AND ALSO TO. WE'VE HAD A MOLD, A MAGNITUDE OF THINGS TO GO DOWN IN DISTRICT ONE. GREAT THINGS OF COURSE, THAT HAS TRANSPIRED. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING OUT SOME THINGS INTO BEING PASSED, THOSE RESIDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE OKAY, BUT ALSO TOO FEW EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW EVENTS COMING UP AS WELL. THE EDC HAS AN EVENT COMING UP WITH THE YOUTH AND A FEW OTHER THINGS TO TRANSPIRE. SO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT ONE. JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL.

AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YES, MA'AM. I WANTED TO TELL COUNCIL, THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR MRS. BEATRICE KEYS BRANCH THAT YOU SENT TO OUR CHURCH AT THE NEW HOPE CHURCH. WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT AND TO SHARE THAT WITH THE WORLD THAT MRS. BRANCH TURNED 100 YEARS OF AGE THIS MONTH. AND SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND BLESSED TO STILL HAVE HER. AND SHE IS DOING WONDERFULLY WELL, LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. AND SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND WISH HER AGAIN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AWESOME.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANT TO SHARE A FEW DIFFERENT EXCUSE ME, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS COMING UP WITH SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAYS, FREE IMMUNIZATIONS, ETC. THERE ARE SEVERAL. THERE'S ONE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY AT THE THOMAS BOULEVARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. THERE ARE ALSO. LET'S SEE, THE JUNIOR DEPUTY CAMP HOSTED BY CONSTABLE CHRISTOPHER BATES ON SATURDAY, AUGUST THE 6TH, AS WELL AS EXCUSE ME, AS WELL AS THE FIRST SIXTH STREET YOUTH DEPARTMENTS FOURTH ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, WHICH WILL ALSO BE ON AUGUST 6TH. AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE EVENING. AND THEN I CAN USE SOME SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS TO KIND OF SHARE ABOUT SOME OTHER EVENTS COMING UP. BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN PORT ARTHUR, A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT. AWESOME. CITY MANAGER. ARE YOU GOING TO MENTION ABOUT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MAYOR ORTIZ ON MONDAY? YES, BUT YOU JUST DID.

SO YOU WANT TO FINISH. YOU GO AHEAD. RIGHT ON AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO US. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE WE'VE GOT A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT TRIUMPH CHURCH ON AUGUST THE 3RD, 2026, HIGHWAY 69 IN NEDERLAND AT 5 P.M. ON MONDAY, MILITARY HONORS AT 5:00. AND THEN WE HAVE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT 6 P.M. FOR FORMER MAYOR OSCAR G. ORTIZ, OKAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. YES. WE WANT TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. YES, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE REVEREND ALBERT MOSES AND MAYOR CHARLOTTE MOSES ON THIS 42ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY. 42ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY. WOW. THANK YOU CAL, YOU SPEECHLESS? ALMOST. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. DON'T FORGET ONE MORE THING. FIVE YEARS AGO, HE HAD BLACK HAIR AND NOT TURNED GRAY. BUT HANG IN THERE.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMAN JONES. THURSDAY AT 530. I DIDN'T PUT THAT GRAY HAIR THERE AT THURSDAY AT 530. REMEMBER, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S 365 DAY, WHICH IT'S BEEN A YEAR. AND SO WE WANT TO DO A COMMUNITY UPDATE AND MAKE SURE

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[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BUT NOTHING TO BE WITHHELD. SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR. OKAY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAROLD LOOKS AT 5180 CAMBRIDGE, ITEM NUMBER ONE ON PAGE THREE. PR NUMBER 25012. I HAVE ONE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER.

DID WE ADVERTISE FOR THAT? DID WE ADVERTISE? DO I HAVE A. CLIFF? WHAT'S THE. CLIFF? YEAH WE ADVERTISE. YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO. HE SAID YES. HE NEEDED THAT ANSWER BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE THING. IT DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE SELECTED. SO I'LL I'LL CHECK AND SEE WHO AFTER.

THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA TO BE APPROVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I. ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO

[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 24725 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase Two (2) 2026 Ford E350 Paratransit Vehicles From Texas Bus Sales, Inc. Of Houston, Texas, For Use In The Port Arthur Transit Paratransit Program, In An Amount Not To Exceed $235,592.00; Providing That The Purchase Shall Be Funded With Eighty-Five Percent (85%) Federal Transit Administration Grant Funds And Fifteen Percent (15%) Transportation Development Credits, Resulting In No Required Local Cash Match; And Providing For Funding In Account No. 401-70-530-8523-00-60-000 CAP.MOT. TR127-1.]

[VIII.A.(2) P.R. No. 24970 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Change Orders Nos. 6, 7, And 8 To The Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur And Construction Managers Of Southeast Texas, LLC, Of Beaumont, Texas, For Phase II And Phase III Roadway And Drainage Reconstruction At The H.O. Mills Maintenance Facility Located At 101 H.O. Mills Boulevard, Increasing The Contract Amount By $38,486.25 For A New Total Contract Amount Of $1,313,094.56; Funding Is Available In Account No. 307 13-037-8525-00-10-000. ]

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MAYOR, I THINK MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY A BIT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE. IT'S FOR THE CITY MANAGER. IN LOOKING AT THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, I NOTICED THE STYLE OF THE CHANGE ORDERS. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DOCUMENT OR MAYBE EVEN REQUEST OUR CHANGE ORDERS TO BE PRESENTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT SHOWS THE ACCUMULATION OF CHANGE ORDERS AND THAT PERCENTAGE TO THE THE CONSTRUCTION TOTAL, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IN MIND, AND THIS IS ME MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ELSEWHERE. BUT IN MY LINE OF WORK, I'M USED TO SEEING IT ON THE FACE OF THE CHANGE ORDER. WE SEE AN ACCUMULATION OF THAT COMPARED TO THE CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION TOTAL. TO BE ABLE TO FIRST, OF COURSE, RATIONALIZE, RATIONALIZE WHAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE RELATED TO SAID CHANGE ORDER OR CHANGE ORDERS, BUT ALSO TO MAINTAIN THAT PERCENTAGE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF YOU EXCEED A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE RELATIVE TO THE CONTRACT, THEN YOU ARE KIND OF FORCED INTO ADDITIONAL LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS. YES, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION. OKAY. TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YEAH, MAYOR, I WAS READING THOSE AS I READ THOSE REASONS FOR THE CHANGE ORDER. ONE OF THEM WAS, WAS THAT FOR THE REMOVAL OF CONTAMINATED SOIL? BEFORE ANY DIGGING IS DONE, WE DON'T TEST FOR SOIL TO MAKE SURE. ISN'T THAT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE TO TO TEST SOIL BEFORE DIGGING? NO. YES, YES, YES IT IS. BUT WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS MUCH MORE CONTAMINATION IN THAT AREA THAN WE EVER ANTICIPATED. THAT GOES BACK FOR ABOUT 30 OR MORE YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE AREA. THAT WAS THE AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THAT WE WORKED ON WAS THE AREA WHERE WE WERE PARKING ALL THIS.

THE GARBAGE TRUCKS OVER THE YEARS. SO YOU HAVE SEEPAGE THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS HERE, AND IT WENT MUCH DEEPER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. AND THE INSTALLATION OF A LARGER DRAINAGE INLET TO IMPROVE STORMWATER COLLECTION CAPACITY. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T MEASURE TO SEE WHAT SIZE DRAINS NEEDED TO BE PUT IN AT THE INITIAL PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT.

THANKS FOR COMING UP, IVAN. I GUESS YOU KNEW YOU WERE SOMEWHERE. I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO YEAH, SO WE DID. INITIALLY IT WAS DESIGNED FOR A CERTAIN SIZE, BUT AS THEY AS THE FIRST ONE WAS INSTALLED, WE SAW SOME HAIRLINE CRACKS. SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GET IT FIXED. NOW BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT ADDITIONAL HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THE SAME SIZE DRAINS. SO THIS WAS A MEASURE WE DID TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE NEXT 3040 YEARS. SO LET'S FIX IT NOW INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S GONNA COST US MORE MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IVAN. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK KIND OF PROMPTED ANOTHER THOUGHT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTAMINATED SOIL, WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THAT? LIKE MITIGATION? HAVE WE DONE SOME OTHER EXTENSIVE I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE GEOTECHNICAL TESTING OR BORING, OR DO WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE EXTENT OF THE CONTAMINATION AND ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY REMOVE IT? YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO IT'S REALLY TECHNICAL AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL ANSWERS, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL JUST A RESPONSE.

WE WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE CU TO TEST UP TO A CERTAIN POINT. ONCE A CERTAIN RADIUS IS TESTED AND THE NUMBERS COME IN WITHIN THE SPECS, WE STOP WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE SOIL THAT'S CONTAMINATED. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT, GO OUT, GO OUT UNTIL FINALLY THE NUMBERS HIT. WHAT THE TECH ALLOWS. ONCE THOSE NUMBERS WERE FOUND, WE STOPPED. WE REMOVED THE SOIL, AND THEN WE HAD TO PUT IN A NEW SOIL IN THE CLEAN SOIL AND REMOVE THE CONTAMINATED SOIL. CONTAMINATED

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AS OF YESTERDAY. WE DID A WALKTHROUGH INTERNALLY. WE GAVE THE COMPANY A CHECKLIST TODAY.

SO THAT'S DOING THE CHECKLIST. SO THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP. SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DONE IN THE NEXT MONTH MONTH AND A HALF. WE'LL HAVE THE CLOSEOUT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TO PAY THEM THEIR RETAINAGE. SO WE'RE DONE. OKAY. MORE OR LESS COMPLETE TODAY.

YEAH. SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AS OF TODAY WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. YEAH. JUST TO CLEAN UP THE CHECKLIST AND WE'LL BE READY TO OPEN THE ROAD. OKAY. AND CITY MANAGER, PER MY REQUEST THAT I MADE AT THE MOST RECENT MEETING, IF WE CAN ENSURE THAT ANYTIME WE'RE COMING TO COUNCIL REQUESTING A RELEASE OF RETAINAGE, PLEASE PROVIDE PHOTO DOCUMENTATION TO VALIDATE THAT SAID WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED BEFORE WE BASICALLY RELEASE OUR LEVERAGE AND CLOSE OUT. YES. YEAH. PRIOR TO CLOSE OUT. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU SAID YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU WOULD LIKE PHOTOS OF THE FINALIZED PRODUCT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. IN GENERAL, YES. AND KIND OF TO THE SENTIMENTS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY THE THE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE EARLIER, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT LED ON TO ME MAKING THAT REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE JUST PICTORIAL EVIDENCE OF THE SOME OF THE KEY SCOPE ITEMS, RIGHT, OF THE PROJECT, HAVING PHOTO EVIDENCE THAT THESE ITEMS WERE COMPLETED PER SPECIFICATION, SO THAT IF COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE IT OUT TO THE SITE, TO THE PROJECT SITE WITHIN THE TIME OF RECEIVING THE AGENDA TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE SOME LEVEL OF COMFORT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT VALIDATION FOR OURSELVES AND BE ABLE TO CONFIDENTLY VOTE TO RELEASE THE RETAINAGE AND PROCEED WITH CLOSEOUT. YEAH, WE HAVE THOSE PHOTOS. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, IVAN, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION

[VIII.A.(3) P.R. No. 24988 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With Gametime C/O Cunningham Recreation Of Charlotte, North Carolina Through Buyboard Cooperative Purchasing Contract No. 781-25 For Park Improvements To Griffing Park ($186,576.46), Herman Park ($246,650.44) And Lions Park ($294,702.99), For A Total Amount Of $727,929.89. Funds Are Available In The Parks And Recreation Capital Improvement Account Number 307-25-067-8525-00-10-000 Project Codes PR0025.CON, PR0026.CON, And PR0027.CON. ]

PROJECT CODES PR0025 DOT CONPR0026 DOT CON AND PR0027 DOT CONI GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MAYOR. YES. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR PARKS AND RECS. SO I THIS IS RENOVATIONS TO THE PARK. I'M I'M FROM LOOKING AT IT. THEY'RE GOING TO REDO THE PARK AM I CORRECT. WHICH ONE ARE YOU. ALL THREE. YES. MOST OF THEM. THEY'RE REMOVING PLAYGROUND THESE OLD OUTDATED PLAYGROUND SYSTEMS AND REPLACING THEM WITH NEW ONES.

SO MY MY QUESTION IS A QUESTION SLASH COMMENT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A RHETORICAL QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN US REPLACING THE ORIGINAL SETS THAT WERE THERE, THAT THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE KIND OF THE SIMILAR SIZE, SIMILAR IN SIZING. I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST THAT WERE OF A SUBSTANTIAL SIZE, AND THEN WHEN WE REPLACED THEM, IT WAS MUCH MORE SMALLER AND NOT AS APPEALING TO PLAY ON OR PLAY WITH, REGARDLESS OF IT BEING UP TO DATE, DIFFERENT COLORS AND THE ESTHETIC OF IT.

BUT IT WASN'T AS LARGE AS AS IT AS THE ORIGINAL PARK WAS. SO WE, WE LOOK AT THINGS FROM VARIOUS ANGLES AND SOME, IN SOME INSTANCES YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT WE MAY BE REPLACING A PLAYGROUND SYSTEM, BUT ADDING ADDITIONAL AMENITIES TO THAT PARK, LIKE SOME OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE A SWING SET. SO YOU'RE GETTING A SWING SET IN ADDITION TO A PLAYGROUND SYSTEM, SOME OF

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SO IN LOOKING AT THE FINANCE PART OF IT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THE COST OF HOW MUCH THINGS COST, THE VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM BACK THEN. BUT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE, ESTHETICALLY PLEASING AS WELL AS DIFFERENT AMENITIES, WE DEFINITELY TRY TO LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO ASK, I WAS LOOKING AT THESE PRICES. I WAS LIKE, YES, FOR $186,000, THIS, THIS SWING SET, BETTER TO ROTATE MY CHILD BY ITSELF. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN US, IN US SPENDING THIS MONEY AND REDOING THEM, THAT, THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT'S JUST TRUTHFUL. LIKE EVEN I REMEMBER GROWING UP GOING ACROSS PLEASURE ISLAND AND LOOKING AT THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL WOODEN PARK, EVEN THOUGH I GOT SO MANY SPLINTERS IN MY THIGH FROM, FROM SLIDING DOWN THE SLIDE. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING THAT WOODEN PARK THERE AND THEN LOOKING AT IT NOW AND, AND OF COURSE, WE LOVE NEW THINGS. AND OF COURSE, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THINGS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT PRICE OF TODAY'S TIME. BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING COGNIZANT TOO OF JUST OF WHAT THE ORIGINALITY OF IT WAS AND TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THAT SAME ORIGINALITY, BUT UPGRADING IT IN A WAY. AND YES, LET ME ADD ANOTHER POINT. SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE PARK IS A LOT MORE INCLUSIVE. SO BEFORE PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COULDN'T GET ON IT. SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ADD THOSE INCLUSIVE ASPECTS OF THE PARK, IT DOES DRIVE THE PRICE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EACH PLAYGROUND SYSTEM THAT WE ADD IS VERY IT'S ACCOMMODATING FOR EVERYONE. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I LONG FOR THE DAY THAT IT COMES ACROSS OUR DESK, THAT WE GET AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AT ONE OF THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE PLAY PARKS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY INCORPORATE SOME OF THE ARTISTIC SIDES OF, OF THE COMMUNITY AT THESE AT THESE PLACES OF RECREATION. OKAY. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER PENA. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH. MY QUESTION WAS, IF WE GOT SEPARATE BIDS FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES FOR THESE PLAYGROUNDS. SO FOR THIS ONE, WE ACTUALLY DID. WE DID. SO GO OUT TO ANOTHER COMPANY. AND IN LOOKING AT FOR WHAT WE GOT FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THAT'S WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION TO GO WITH THIS ONE. OKAY. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT MY QUESTION WAS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPARING WE ARE BIDS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING. YOU KNOW, AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING APPLES TO APPLES WITH EVERY CONTRACT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I'M SORRY.

OKAY. RAYMOND SCOTT 3726 LAKESHORE DRIVE ON THE LEFT. THE MIC FOR ME. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? IT'S BETTER NOW. OKAY. YES. I JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL IN EDC, DID WORK ON THE VARIOUS PARK. WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THE RENOVATIONS IN THE PARKS, WHERE THE CITIZENS WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PUT IN THE PARKS WAS THE CITIZENS INCLUDE WITH WAS THE DISTRICT DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ABLE TO DISCUSS WHAT WOULD BE PUT IN THE PARKS TO THE CITIZENS OF THAT DISTRICT? YEAH, YEAH, I THINK THAT. SO WHERE ARE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM? IS THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE ACTUALLY DID SEVERAL IN EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND GOT WHATEVER THEY DESIRED FOR THAT AREA. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GOING EXACTLY BY THE PLAN. IF YOU REMEMBER, THE PLAN WAS RATED BY THE PARKS FROM FAIR, MEDIOCRE, POOR. WE WENT FROM THE POOREST. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING UP A LITTLE MORE TO UPGRADE THE PARK. SO YES, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE TIME. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITIZENS ARE INVOLVED.

YES, SIR. YES. THANK YOU. MISS. YEP. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. MISS. AIRPORT. I'M CURIOUS. CURIOUS, WHERE'S WHERE'S HERMAN PARK AND WHERE'S LIONS PARK? HERMAN PARK. LIONS PARK IS SABINE PASS. THEY HAVEN'T. YEAH. HAD ONE IN. YEAH BUT HERMAN PARK IS GRIFFIN IS IN GRIFFIN PARK. IT'S KIND OF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LAS PALMAS. WHAT'S ON DISTRICT THREE? OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ADD JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION. I GOT YOU, MA'AM, I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY

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SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY OF THAT PLAN. OKAY, AWESOME. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. OKAY. WE'RE

[VIII.A.(4) P.R. No. 25007 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Professional Engineering Services Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And Soutex Surveyors & Engineers, Inc. (Soutex) Of Port Arthur, Texas, For Surveying, Engineering, Design, And Construction Management Services Associated With The Improvement Of The Unimproved Portions Of Sassine Ave, Renee Street, And Wilson Avenue, In The Montrose 2 Addition, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; Providing For A Contract Amount Not To Exceed $121,000.00. Funding Available In Streets Capital Improvement Account No. 307-21-053-8515-00-10-000, Project No. STRR-D4.COM.REH.]

PROJECT NUMBER STRR-D4.COM.REH. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NO'S? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NUMBER FIVE. PR NUMBER 25011. A RESOLUTION

[VIII.A.(5) P.R. No. 25011 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Submit The City Of Port Arthur's 2026 Annual Action Plan As Part Of The U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Consolidated Plan Process; To Apply For A Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) In The Amount Of $1,041,727.00 And Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program Funding In The Amount Of $317,919.18; And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute All Documents Necessary To Effectuate The Applications And Acceptance Of Such Grants, If Awarded. ]

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM HOMELESS, AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THAT ON SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT'S BEEN A BIG TALK. BUT THE HOMELESS SHELTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH WITH THE WILLIE OUTREACH CARTER CENTER. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR INCORPORATING THOSE SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY MORE NOW THAN EVER. YEAH. MAY I ON THAT NOTE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. MARY ESSEX HAS JUST SUBMITTED HER RETIREMENT. OH, WOW. AND SHE HAS DONE THAT FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS. YES.

WOW. FLAWLESSLY, FLAWLESSLY. I DON'T KNOW. BUT YEAH. WOW. ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MISS MARY. NUMBER SIX. PR

[VIII.A.(6) P.R. No. 25033 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Solid IT Networks, Inc., Through The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) Cooperative Purchasing Program Contract No. TIPS-230105, For The Purchase And Installation Of Ten (10) Verkada PTZ Camera Systems For The Port Arthur Police Department In The Amount Of $103,586.36. Funding Available In Account Number 001-17-045-5488-00-30-000. ]

[VIII.A.(7) P.R. No. 25034 – A Resolution To Enter Into An Agreement With Industrial And Commercial Mechanical (ICM), Utilizing Buyboard Cooperative Purchasing Contract No. 638-21, For The Purchase And Installation Of A New Samsung Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) HVAC System For The Port Arthur Police Department In The Amount Of $296,494.04. Funding For This Purchase Is Contingent Upon The Approval And Appropriation Of The City’s Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget. Upon Approval And Appropriation, Funds Will Be Available In The Capital Improvement Account No. 307-17-045-8512-00-30 000.]

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UPON APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION, FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 307 DASH 17-045-8512-00-30-000. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED SECOND, MOVED IN SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NO'S. THE AYES

[VIII.A.(8) P.R. No. 25035 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Contract With Soutex Surveyors And Engineers Of Port Arthur, Texas, For A Construction Manager For The Construction Of Fire Station No. 2, To Be Located On The Corner Of Reverend Dr. Ransom Howard Street And Texas Avenue, In The Not To Exceed Amount Of $661,440.00; Funding Available In Fire Department Capital Improvement Account No. 307-19-047-8512-00-30-000, Project No. BU0012.0TH.]

$661,440 FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 30719-047-8512-00-30-000. PROJECT NUMBER BU0012 DOT OTH, MAKING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, I CELLULITES OKAY. YES THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY QUESTION IS FOR CITY MANAGER FOR RON RON BURTON.

OKAY, SO I'M LOOKING AT HERE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION HOURLY RATE IS $120 FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND 95 FOR THE CLERICAL THE RATE. SO HOW MUCH DOES THIS AFFECT? LET'S JUST SAY IF A COMPANY WERE TO CHARGE 240 OR $360 PER HOUR, HOW MUCH DOES THAT AMOUNT WEIGH IN ON THE ON THE OVERALL SCORE? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS. WHAT IF I HAD A COMPANY IN CHARGE, $400 PER HOUR? HOW MUCH DOES THAT WEIGH ON MY SCORE TO GET THIS CONTRACT? LET ME ASK THE PURCHASING MANAGER BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS A MATRIX THAT THEY DEVELOP IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THE VARIOUS PRICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, AND HOW THEY COME UP WITH A CALCULATION AT THE END OF THE DAY TO DETERMINE THE BEST PRICE AS PART OF THE THE TAB, THE. THE EXHIBIT B YEAH, THE THE MATRIX SHOULD BE IN THERE. IT IS. OKAY. YEAH.

BECAUSE I HAVE THE LIST OF ALL THE SCORES, BUT THAT IS NOT MY QUESTION. WHAT MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH WEIGHT DOES THE PRICE FACTOR IN ON THE SCORE. THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS. THAT'S WHAT I SAY IT SHOULD BE. AND IT SHOULD HAVE LIKE HOW MANY IS IT WORTH? IT SHOULD BE ON THERE.

OKAY. SO THE COST HAS A WEIGHT OF 105 OUT OF 300. OKAY. YOU GOT IT RIGHT HERE. OKAY, WE GOT IT. IT'S AN ENGINEERING JOB. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO DISCUSS PRICE AND THE PROPOSAL. YOU CAN ONLY. IT IS AN ENGINEERING JOB. IT'S WITH A CONSULTANT. A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL. OKAY. YOU GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH ENGINEERING. OKAY. YEAH. AND I'M NOT QUESTIONING BECAUSE TO ME, SOUTH TEXAS, I THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST COMPANIES. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A VERY GREAT COMPANY AND THEY'RE LOCAL. BUT MY QUESTION IS JUST MORE ON ON THAT. BUT I GUESS IT'S IT'S ON THE WEIGHT THAT'S I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND COMES IN AFTER YOU DO THE SELECTION DURING THE NEGOTIATION, I'LL LET CLIFF HANDLE. OKAY. SO THE POINTS, THE POINTS ARE ON THERE. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN'T REMEMBER GENERALLY PRICES ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 35 OF THE 100 POINTS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S ON THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT. SO IF IT'S 105 AND I THINK 33, THEN I THINK THREE PEOPLE WERE EVALUATED. SO IT HAD BEEN 35 POINTS. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.

AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION. I DID HAVE A COMMENT. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I

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I GAVE THE EXAMPLE TO THEM TODAY. THAT'S LIKE ASKING SOMEBODY TO WORK INTO THE HEAT AND PROVIDE THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. AND IF WE WANT OUR SERVICE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING IN RETURN. AND HONESTLY, IF I'M BEING TRUTHFUL AND IT'S NOT A SECRET, ANYONE WHO STAYS ON THE WEST SIDE KNOWS IS WE VERY RARELY GET NEW CONSTRUCTION ON OUR SIDE. AND IF WE DON'T START TO INVEST IN THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE ON THE WEST SIDE, OTHERS WILL. AND WHEN OTHERS DO, WE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT IT BECOMES. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE WILL BE GETTING A NEW FIRE STATION, I THINK, IS GREAT BECAUSE IT IMPROVES THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE WEST SIDE.

IT CAN TRIGGER DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL AND IT SHOULD REVITALIZE HOPE. PART OF THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE STATION WILL BE A COMMUNITY ROOM THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO UTILIZE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS WHAT IT'S THERE FOR. AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVE HAVE HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, IF WE NEED TO ADD EMS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO IT, WE WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITIES RATHER THAN HAVING TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO PRESENTATIONS ABOUT WASTING MONEY, WE'RE DOING IT ON THE FRONT END AND NOT HAVING TO COME BACK AND WASTE, WASTE EVEN MORE MONEY WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW. SO I SEE THIS AS A PLUS. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THE EXHIBITS WITHIN HERE, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO SEE, OF COURSE, HOW YOU ALL SELECTED THIS BID. OF COURSE, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, PENA SAID. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE COMPANIES RIGHT HERE THAT CAN DO THE WORK. AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR LAYING IT OUT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU ALL FOR REINVESTING IN THOSE THAT INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO TURN DIRT ON IT AND FOR IT TO COME TO FRUITION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY COMMENTS ARE FOR, I GUESS, OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE. MR. CITY MANAGER. SO I NOTICED THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. AND I ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE IS LIKE IN OUR DOCUMENTATION, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN HOURLY RATE LISTED. AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO TO SAY THIS, BUT IS THERE AN IS THERE A PLAN TO, TO ATTACH A PERCENTAGE TO THAT AMOUNT, OR WILL IT REMAIN AN HOURLY BILLABLE RATE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER? WITH THE ENGINEERING. THIS IS YEAH, THIS IS ABOUT THE ENGINEERING COMPANY. YES. THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WITH THE ENGINEERING COMPANY. YES, MA'AM. SO THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE BILLED IS THE HOURLY. SO IT'S NOT BASED ON A PERCENTAGE. IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY CALL THEM OUT. NOW THAT AMOUNT IS ON THERE. WE DON'T EXPECT TO GET NOWHERE NEAR. BUT IN PREVIOUS CONTRACTS THINGS HAVE GONE OVER. SO WE'RE JUST PUTTING ENOUGH IN CASE SOME THINGS HAPPEN. WE MIGHT HAVE TO CALL THEM OUT MORE THAN WE PLAN TO. BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE DON'T EVEN THINK WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. WE PROBABLY SPEND NO MORE THAN HALF OF THAT AMOUNT. OKAY. YEAH.

AND THAT'S A GOOD WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S VERY OPTIMISTIC. AND I THINK THAT WE, WITH ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS, JUST NEED TO BE VERY PRUDENT ABOUT HOW THEY'RE BEING MANAGED. BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE SEEN WHERE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS IN PARTICULAR, THAT PARTY IN PARTICULAR WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE BY PROLONGING PROJECTS. IT'S SOMEONE CALLED OUT EARLIER PROLONGING PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THOSE CHANGE ORDERS GETTING HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH CHANGE ORDERS THAT IN TURN INCREASE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

AND IF THERE'S A PERCENTAGE APPLIED, WE COULD REACH THAT 600, WHATEVER AMOUNT MUCH FASTER THAN WE ANTICIPATE. AND SO THIS IS JUST ME ADMONISHING US TO BE VERY DILIGENT AND PRUDENT ABOUT OUR MANAGEMENT OF THAT CONTRACT. AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, I UNDERSTAND. LET ME CLARIFY THIS. SO AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, THEY ARE NOT RUNNING THE PROJECT WHAT THEY ARE BASICALLY, I GUESS WE CAN SAY THEY'RE MORE OF A PROJECT MANAGER. ARE THEY GOING TO DO IS FOLLOW BEHIND AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS DOING THINGS ACCORDING TO WHAT THE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT HAS DESIGNED. SO THEY WE REALLY DON'T EXPECT THE CONTRACT MANAGER TO BE OUT THERE NO MORE THAN TEN HOURS A WEEK. SO THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BASICALLY, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE PROJECT FOR US JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK IS GETTING

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IT'S VERY EXCITING. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS PROGRESSES. AND I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY PRUDENT ABOUT THOSE RATES AND ALL OF THE PARTIES AT PLAY, NO MATTER IF IT'S THE ENGINEER, THE ARCHITECT OR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR THE SUBCONTRACTORS, MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PORT ARTHUR AND PILING US UP WITH UNNECESSARY CHANGE ORDERS TO CAPTURE THE MOST IN THEIR FEES FROM US. BUT THANK YOU, I AGREE, I AGREE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY KNOWS THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR NUMBER

[VIII.A.(9) P.R. No. 25045 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Port Arthur Police Chief Advisory Committee. (Requested By Councilmember Jones and Councilmember Getwood)]

YOU WANT TO STEP AWAY FROM STEPPING AWAY? YES. THANK YOU. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? OR. WE WANT TO INSERT THE NAMES. CITY SECRETARY. COUNCILMAN, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. OH. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? OH. I'M SORRY. LAWRENCE GATEWOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M SORRY, I DO NOT HAVE THE OTHER NAME.

COUNCILMEMBER JONES, YOU HAVE A NAME? YES. BELINDA MOUTON, I THINK SHE GOT SWORN IN ALREADY.

YES. SHE'S ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED. YEAH. SWORN IN? YEAH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, SISTER. I'M LOOKING AT THE EXHIBITS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, YOU DID POINT BELINDA MOUTON. MOUTON MOUTON. I'M SORRY. AND I. AND I THINK THAT THE NEW ONE IS DOLORES BOBBY PRINCE. RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO BE SORRY. EXCUSE ME. SO DID WE ENDED UP APPOINTING COUNCILMAN TAYLOR'S OTHER APPOINTEE. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. SO THERE'S TWO APPOINTEES? I FORGET WHAT? IT'S TERRY SAVOY, HADLEY AND LAWRENCE GATEWOOD. OKAY. TERRY. TERRY. SAVOY. HADLEY. OKAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PENA. DID WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY I, I OKAY, ANY NO'S. THE AYES

[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7432 – An Ordinance Amending Appendix A, Zoning, Of The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, By Approving A Zoning Map Amendment For Approximately 15.48 Acres Of Land Out Of And A Part Of 65 TR 6&7, I W Burton, 12.610 383 TR 6, R Wilson Labor 2.890, City Of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (Located West Of Dowling Road And North Of S. 8th Street) Changing The Zoning Classification From Agricultural (AG) To Heavy Industrial (HI) To Allow For The Development Of Two (2) Batch Plants; Providing That Any Person Violating Any Provision Of This Ordinance Shall Be Deemed Guilty Of A Misdemeanor And, Upon Conviction, Shall Be Fined In An Amount Not To Exceed $2,000.00, As Provided In Chapter 1, Section 1-13 Of The Code Of Ordinances, And That Each Day Such Violation Continues Shall Constitute A Separate Offense; Providing For Publication In The Official Newspaper Of The City Of Port Arthur; And Providing That This Ordinance Shall Become Effective Immediately Upon Publication.]

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