Sep 08, 2026 City Council

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WE'RE READY. RECORDING IN PROGRESS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, 2026 AT 9:30 A.M. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT YOU CAN JOIN OUR MEETING BY TELEPHONIC AND OR VIDEO CONFERENCE. YOU MAY DO SO BY DIALING (877) 585-3524 7 OR 8 887880099. AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. YOU MAY JOIN THAT MEETING BY CALLING 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT (409) 983-8115. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE MUTE OR TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE DEVICES OR IPADS. ANYTHING THAT MAY MAKE ANY NOISE. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION, OUR PLEDGE AND ROLL CALL. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER JONES TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGE AND OUR ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. FATHER GOD IN HEAVEN, WE COME ONCE MORE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE, ALL THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING, ALL THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT COULD GO UP ANOTHER DAY'S JOURNEY BEFORE THIS DAY OF.

THANK YOU FOR LIFE, HEALTH AND STRENGTH. THANK YOU FOR MADE UP MIND TO SERVE YOU, COMMITTED LIFE TO FOLLOW YOU. PLEASE HAVE MERCY. I SHALL BLESS EVERYBODY IN THE SOUND OF MY HUMBLE VOICE.

DEAR GOD, BLESS OUR CITIZENS, BLESS OUR CITY. BLESS OUR MAYOR. BLESS THIS COUNCIL. KEEP US IN ONE ACCORD, ALL GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PLEASE, SIR. HAVE MERCY. LEADING ALL BLESS.

REACTION TO DARLING SON. JESUS NAME FOR CHRIST 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. WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM. PLEASE, CITY SECRETARY, MAYOR MOSES HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW. COUNCIL MEMBER.

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

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

[II. PROCLAMATIONS]

I'LL COME DOWN AND PRESENT THOSE. AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE'LL HEAD INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR DOCTOR JOHN HEDDERMAN AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE'D LIKE TO JUST COME UP AND ANYBODY THAT'S COME THAT'S WITH YOU, DOCTOR HEDDERMAN WOULD THEY LIKE TO COME UP? IF YOU'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO COME UP WITH YOU, THEY CAN CERTAINLY COME UP. THANK YOU. ARE YOU SHOCKED? WELL, WE ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATION WITH YOU. IT'S YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE. WHEREAS DOCTOR JOHN HEDDERMAN, DDS, DENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE GULF HEALTH GULF COAST HEALTH CENTER INCORPORATED, IS RETIRING AFTER MORE THAN 44 YEARS OF DEDICATION AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND AS A DENTIST. HE SERVED FOR 20 YEARS AS A DENTIST AT THE PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 24 YEARS AS A DENTAL DIRECTOR AT GULF COAST HEALTH CENTER INCORPORATED. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR HEDDERMAN ORIGINALLY CAME TO PORT ARTHUR FROM NEW YORK AS A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS OFFICER WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE DENTAL CARE FOR UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE HIS PATIENTS RECEIVE THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE. KNOWN FOR HIS COMPASSIONATE, CHAIRSIDE MANNER, HIS WIT AND STEADY PRESENCE, DOCTOR HEDDERMAN BROUGHT COMFORT TO PATIENTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLLEAGUES. AND WHEREAS HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY PATIENTS AND STAFF ALIKE, AND WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR HIS

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WHEW. OKAY, MISS MY LASHES. HERE. LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG HAND, DOCTOR HEDDERMAN. DOCTOR HEDDERMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? DOCTOR THIGPEN? HE'S JUST WANT TO GET IT AND GO. YES. WELL, WELL, WELL, THIS IS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED, OBVIOUSLY. 1982, I CAME HERE FROM BROOKLYN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AS A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS DENTIST. AND I FOUND FAMILY HERE. I, I WAS WELCOMED, WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I MET MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE HERE. AND I HEAR, YOU KNOW, 44 YEARS LATER, YOU KNOW WHO YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT, THAT I'D STILL BE HERE AND STILL STILL WORKING IN PUBLIC HEALTH. AND IT JUST HAS BEEN MY NICHE. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT FROM, ESPECIALLY FROM MY COWORKERS ALL THESE YEARS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. MISS JUDITH WAS ALWAYS A GOOD FRIEND TO ME, SO IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY. I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH I'VE ENJOYED IT AND ALL. IT'S SAD TO, TO, TO HANG IT UP. BUT I HAVE A THREE MONTH OLD GRANDCHILD FINALLY. AND WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING. SO WE'RE MOVING TO MCKINNEY TO BE CLOSE TO THE GRANDCHILD. THAT'S BASICALLY THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS. SO EVERYBODY SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THAT POINT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, SO SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S BEEN A LONG AND. YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD TRIP AND A GOOD ADVENTURE FOR ALL OF US. AND HOPEFULLY YOU CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF THE POOR AND DENTAL NEEDS IN PORT ARTHUR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

DOCTOR HEDDERMAN. MAYOR. SURE. MAYOR. BEFORE BEFORE YOU, MARY, YOU GOT SOME COUNCIL COME UP FOR. COME ON UP FOR A PICTURE AND THEN I'LL LET COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK, SO I HAVE GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM OKAY. COUNCILMAN FRANK, I JUST WANT TO SAY DOCTOR HEDDERMAN. HEY, SIR. HEY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING. JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR COMPASSION, FOR YOUR CARE FOR COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY THOSE 44 YEARS AGO AND MAKING SURE THAT UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT UNDER YOUR CARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE JUST WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. COUNCILMAN JONES. COUNCILMAN JONES. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER LIGHTS? NO. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, AWESOME. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. NOW. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION FOR. GENIUS. MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS. IS ANYONE HERE? OKAY. WHEREAS

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I FURTHER CALL UPON THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL TLOD SICKLE CELL DAY OF GIVING IN SEPTEMBER. ENCOURAGE FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE TESTED FOR SICKLE CELL TRAIT AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE. SHARE ACCURATE SICKLE CELL AWARENESS INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SPONSOR A SICKLE CELL SUNDAY AT YOUR CHURCH OR PLACE OF WORSHIP. DONATE BLOOD THIS MONTH AT A LOCAL BLOOD BANK IN HONOR OF AREA PATIENTS LIVING WITH SCD. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE AFFIXED THIS EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. CHARLOTTE MARIE MOSES, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND I'M GOING TO SAY JANIYA IS ONE WHO HAS SICKLE CELL AND SHE HER MOTHER, HER MOTHER HAS A PROCLAMATION. BUT THIS IS FOR TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION AND THEIR SICKLE CELL. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION PUBLICLY. SO MAKE SURE THAT WE OPERATE IN EXCELLENCE AT THIS TIME. SPEAKER, FROM TLOD MAYOR, THIS IS FOR YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, IT'S A WONDERFUL MORNING TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHAT WE RECOGNIZE, WHY WE RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER AS SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH. WE WANT TO DO MORE TO RAISE AWARENESS. THESE ARE SOME PERSONS WHO ARE UNDERSERVED, AND I DARE SAY THAT THERE'S THEY'RE NOT LIKE CANCER VICTIMS WHERE THEY'RE THEY'RE READILY KNOWN AND WILL COME OUT AND THEY WILL HAVE EVENTS TO SHOW SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATION FOR THEM. A LOT OF OUR SICKLE CELL FAMILY AND THEIR AND THEIR INDIVIDUALS FIGHT THIS DISEASE ALONE. SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS AN INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER THAT CAN CAUSE SEVERE PAIN, ANEMIA, FATIGUE, ORGAN COMPLICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS, AND THEY'RE FREQUENTLY HOSPITALIZED. BUT BEYOND THE MEDICAL CHALLENGES, MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACED WITH THE DISEASE WITHOUT A STRONG LOCAL NETWORK. AND WE ARE CHANGING THAT AT TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. WE ARE

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GOOD MORNING. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION. THANK YOU ALL. RIGHT. WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT THOSE TWO PROCLAMATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW FURTHER INTO OUR AGENDA WITH PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE GOING

[III.A.(1) Claire Jackson On Motiva’s Update About The Downtown Adams Building Restoration Project. ]

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CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON THE BUILDING'S EXTERIOR BRICK REPAIR AND THE SURFACE PARKING LOTS FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING. PLANNING IS UNDERWAY FOR EMPLOYEE OCCUPANCY, INCLUDING FURNITURE INSTALLATION, TECHNOLOGY READY READINESS, SECURITY SYSTEMS AND BUILDING OPERATIONS. WE CONTINUE TO TARGET A PHASED OCCUPANCY LATER THIS YEAR. TODAY, I BROUGHT A SHORT VIDEO TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS OF INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THE BUILDING REMAINS AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE IN ANY WORK DISRUPTION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE BUILDING CAN BE SAFELY ACCESSED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CLAIRE. BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROGRESSING ALONG. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. LET ME SEE IF I HAVE ANY LIGHTS ON. NOPE.

OH. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. YES? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS CLAIRE, FOR BRINGING THE PRESENTATION. IT DOES LOOK GREAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR. IN ADDITION TO ADDING ABOUT THE ADAMS BUILDING UP UPDATE, ALSO PROVIDING SOME UPDATES THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM AS WELL WITH THE HIRING OF THOSE STUDENTS. OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE ON ACTUALLY SEEING THAT PIPELINE HAPPEN FROM GOING TO SCHOOL, BUT NOT JUST INTERNING, BUT ACTUALLY GETTING THE JOB THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE AND ADDING THAT AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE THE PRESENTATION. I'M A VERY VISUAL PERSON. SO SEEING A VIDEO WAS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. THANK YOU ALL FOR PROVIDING THAT AS WELL

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[III.A.(2) (PART 1 OF 2) Carletha White Addresses Safety Concerns About Speeding On Gulfway Drive, 25th Street, And Duff Drive. ]

THEY PUSH YOU OVER TO THE RIGHT. IF YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY, COMING OFF GULF, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM 25TH, THEY PUSH YOU OVER AND THEY JUST MAKE A MIDDLE LANE AND THEY DON'T GIVE YOU TIME TO EVEN GET IN YOUR, IN YOUR, YOUR WHERE YOU STAY, THE FACILITY WHERE YOU STAY, IF YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR SIGNAL LIGHT ON, BUT YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL KIND OF LOOK BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO COME AROUND YOU. THEY'RE RIDING ON TOP OF YOUR BUMPER. AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOO. THEY'RE JUST AS BAD AS THE PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR GULF WAY AS THE ONES THAT ARE COMING OUT FOR 25TH STREET. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE MONITORING. ON DUFF. IT'S VERY SELDOM WE SEE ANY. AND I DO THINK THIS IS WHY THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

THEY'RE MAKING A BIG TOW TRUCKS OUT OF PLANES. THEY'RE MAKING THE CARS ALSO OUT OF PLANES, THE LITTLE LOWRIDER TRUCKS, THEY'RE OUT OF PLANES. THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OVER SOMEONE. AND WE ALSO HAVE CHILDREN THAT GET OFF THE BUS ON 25TH STREET. IT'S JUST AMAZE. THEY PARK ALL ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY TRAVELING AND THEY'RE TRAVELING FAST. EVERYBODY'S IN A HURRY. SOMETIMES YOU JUST SEE THE TAIL END OR YOU HEAR IT, BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE TRUCK OR THE CAR BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING TOO FAST.

AND I'M AFRAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN IN SOMEONE'S YARD. THEY'VE ALREADY COME IN MY YARD AND RAN DOWN MY ADDRESS SIGN. I JUST HAVEN'T PUT IT BACK UP. AND MY SON HAPPENED TO BE CROSSING THE STREET AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED BACK. THIS GUY JUST COME ON TOP OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HE JUMPED BACK DOWN ON ON THE ROAD. GOOD THING HE WASN'T SPEEDING THAT FAST, BUT IT'S RIDICULOUS AND WE JUST NEED MORE MONITORING. OKAY. AND SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE. I HAVE TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT TEN. IF YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT RIGHT QUICK. WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME LIGHTS, BUT I'VE GOT TO GO TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING REALLY QUICKLY. BUT YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME, SEE WHAT

[IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 10:00 AM (1) A Public Hearing For The Purpose Of Receiving Public Comments And To Discuss The Following:]

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GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MAYOR. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO, 6.03 E OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ZONING ORDINANCE. IN CHAPTER 211 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, ALSO REFERRED TO AS A ZONING CHANGE OR REZONING FOR APPROXIMATELY 27.80 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF ALL OF BLOCKS 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, ONE, 18, ONE, 17 AND A PART OF BLOCK 119 AND A PART OF BLOCKS 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, ONE, 14, ONE, 15, ONE, 19, ONE, 22, ONE, 23, ONE, 24 AND 125. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED NORTH OF PROCTOR STREET AND WEST OF STILLWELL BOULEVARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ZONE CHANGE REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE AREA.

THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WILL INCORPORATE THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND ALLOW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT. UPON APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. EXISTING HOMES AND HOMES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT SHALL BE RECOGNIZED AS HAVING AN ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION BEGAN REVIEWING THIS AREA AFTER RECEIVING MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS AND INQUIRIES FROM PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN A COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT. THE AREA UNDER REVIEW IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY STILLWELL, REVEREND DOCTOR RANSOM, HOWARD STREET, ATLANTA AVENUE, AUGUSTA AVENUE AND FIFTH STREET. THE CONCERNS RECEIVED BY STAFF PRIMARILY INVOLVE PROPERTY OWNERS SEEKING TO CONSTRUCT NEW RESIDENTIAL HOMES, REBUILD OR SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOMES, REPAIR OR REPLACE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND OR A SALE OR PURCHASE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT. PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST. AND THIS IS JUST SOME ZONING HISTORY. RESIDENTIAL USES WERE PERMITTED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT, UNDER THE CITY, UNDER THE CITY'S PREVIOUS ZONING USE REGULATIONS. WITH THE ADOPTION OF APPENDIX A, THE CITY'S CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE, RESIDENTIAL USES WERE REMOVED FROM THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT. THIS CHANGE WAS INTENDED TO FURTHER THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY BY ESTABLISHING CLEAR SEPARATION BETWEEN ESSENTIAL USES IN AREAS INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. WHEN ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ARISE THAT REQUIRE FURTHER REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENTS AS THE ORDINANCE IS IMPLEMENTED. THE CONCERNS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS AREA REPRESENT ONE SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE ITS EXISTING CONDITIONS APPARENT. UPON FURTHER REVIEW. PLANNING STAFF DETERMINED THAT THIS AREA IS NOT SIMPLY A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR CONTAINING A FEW SCATTERED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. RATHER, IT CONTAINS AN ESTABLISHED AND DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WITH MORE THAN 40 EXISTING HOMES AND COMPARATIVELY LIMITED COMMERCIAL RETAIL ACTIVITY WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE STUDY AREA. AND AGAIN, CURRENTLY THIS ENTIRE AREA IS ZONED COMMERCIAL RETAIL BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL USES ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT, MANY OF THESE EXISTING HOMES ARE NOW LAWFUL NONCONFORMING USES. THIS CREATES CHALLENGES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY WISH TO REBUILD, SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE FINANCE, SELL OR OTHERWISE INVEST IN THEIR OWN PROPERTIES. THESE CONCERNS ARE PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS VULNERABLE TO HURRICANES, FLOODING, SEVERE STORMS AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS. THE CITY ZONING REGULATIONS SHOULD PROTECT THE PUBLIC WHILE PROVIDING A REASONABLE PATH FOR CONTINUED PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT OF ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE. AFTER REVIEWING THE EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN AND THE CONCERNS BROUGHT FORWARD BY RESIDENTS,

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PLANNING STAFF BELIEVES THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROVIDES A BALANCED APPROACH THAT PROTECTS ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, SUPPORTS CONTINUED NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT, PRESERVES APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND ADVANCES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. FOR THESE REASONS, THE MATTER WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION AND INITIATION OF THE ZONE CHANGE PROCESS. A COMPLETED APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON OR AROUND JULY 29TH, 2026, REQUESTING A ZONING MAP CHANGE FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY. THE ZONING CHANGE WILL ALLOW THE PROPOSED USES TO LEGALLY CONFORM ITS SET LOCATION. PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED SITES ON JULY 22ND, 2026, AND PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER ON AUGUST 1ST, 2026. A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS HELD ON AUGUST 17TH, 2026, INVITING CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED FOUR ZERO RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED. ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-340 CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PUBLISHED THE PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER ON AUGUST 29TH, 2026 AND PREPARED AND MAILED NOTIFICATIONS TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON OR AROUND AUGUST 1ST, 2026. THE CURRENT ZONING IS THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE A LOCATION FOR THE. FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ACTIVITIES. THESE LOCATIONS ARE TYPICALLY ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND HIGHWAYS. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION IN PROJECTS. HERE WE HAVE THE ZONING DESIGNATION AND AS YOU CAN SEE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. IT IS ALL COMMERCIAL, RETAIL. AND IF WE GO A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG. YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVILY DENSE. THE AREA IS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET A CLEAR VISUAL, BUT WHERE YOU SEE THE RED PINPOINTS, WE ACTUALLY

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ZERO. VERBAL OPPOSITION ZERO LETTERS RETURNED 20 AND ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026, WRITTEN OPPOSITION ZERO. AND AS FAR AS LETTERS RETURNED AND VERBAL OPPOSITION, WE DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE TODAY IS THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING. SECTION 211006 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE STATES THAT A CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE OR DENY THE PROPOSED MATTER BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE IN THE EVENT THAT A PROPOSED CHANGE OR TO A REGULATION OR BOUNDARY IS DENIED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEN THE PROPOSED CHANGE MUST BE APPROVED BY AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO VOTE. THEREFORE, A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REQUIRED WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO SAY I HAVE LIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE THE LIGHTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OR LIGHTS FROM THE PREVIOUS. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY FROM THE PREVIOUS, BUT I HAVE 1 OR 2. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON. OH, HE STEPPED OUT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE ONE NO VOTE THAT YOU GOT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THAT PERSON VOTE NO WHEN THE MAJORITY HE HE SAID HE'S NOT FOR IT OR AGAINST IT. HE JUST VOTED NO. WOW. HIS EXACT WORDS. OKAY, THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. DID ASK. AND AGAIN I'M GLAD THAT YOU PUT IN A SAFEGUARD TO FOR THOSE HOME RESIDENT OWNERS IF THEY NEEDED TO REBUILD. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? OKAY. BECAUSE THAT THAT PROTECTS THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENT OR THE CITIZEN IN THAT AREA. YES. WE DID GET A

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COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD THANK YOU. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE MORE SO A COMMENT AND JUST A STATEMENT. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUOUS WORK YOU'VE BEEN.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY IN THAT DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT I'M NOTICING IS A TREND IN DISTRICT ONE, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT YOU ALL JUST RECTIFIED. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING AS CREATIVE AS YOU HAVE BEEN WITH PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO PROTECTING THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT. IT'S NOT A SECRET. IN DISTRICT ONE, OUR GREATEST NEED RIGHT NOW IS TO GET MORE HOMES AND GET MORE PEOPLE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. AND SO, OF COURSE, WHEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS THAT CREATE A HINDRANCE FROM PEOPLE BUILDING, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, REVITALIZING PROPERTIES, IT MAKES IT A REALLY IT IMPEDES IT FOR NO REASON. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY BRINGING IT AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROPERTIES WITHIN DISTRICT ONE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AS A DISTRICT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TOO. SO THAT WAY OUR CITY CAN CONTINUE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF GETTING MORE RESIDENTS AND OF COURSE, MORE BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND ALSO TWO MORE BUSINESS TO OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR SAFEGUARDING THAT, BUT ALSO TO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF WHAT OUR DISTRICT COULD BE. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS MILO. VERY INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE POINTS OF CLARITY. I THINK THAT I WANT TO JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF. SO THE GRAPHIC ON PAGE NINE THAT SHOWS, YES, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN WE ALSO SEE THE LOTS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO TO BE CLEAR, THAT CORRIDOR ALONG THE REVEREND DOCTOR RANSOM HOWARD STREET IS CURRENTLY A COMMERCIAL HAS A COMMERCIAL ZONING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS RESIDENTIAL. BUT WE HAVE PUT PROTECTIONS IN FOR THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET WITHIN THAT CURRENT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK WE HAD LAST YEAR COULDN'T CLOSE A HOME AT CLOSING WHEN I GOT TO THE TABLE, BECAUSE BASICALLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT WAS ZONED, THEY COULDN'T REBUILD THE HOME. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS ZONING WILL CORRECT THAT TO PROTECT THOSE RESIDENTS BECAUSE SHE THEY HAD SPENT ALL OF THEIR MONEY AND GOT TO THE TABLE AND THEY COULD NOT RIGHT AT THE TABLE CLOSING TABLE OFF OF RIGHT OFF OF FIFTH STREET. AND THEY WOULD NOT CLOSE. THEY COULDN'T CLOSE, BUT THEY FOUND ANOTHER LENDER THAT WOULD CLOSE IT. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS IS NOW IN PLACE. AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ZONED STRICTLY COMMERCIAL. I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MISS BOUTTÉ, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HELLO, MY NAME IS DENISE BOUTTÉ. I'M AT 1923 FREEMAN AVENUE IN PORT ARTHUR. EXCUSE ME GUYS, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING IN THE AUDIENCE, SIR, YOU CANNOT SPEAK LOUDLY, BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE AUDIENCE. YOU WILL HAVE TO STEP OUT. MY CONCERN WAS THAT SHE SAID SHE SENT OUT 144 CONTACT LETTERS ABOUT THE MEETING AND ONLY RECEIVED 14. I THINK, AT THAT. OH YEAH. 14 CAME BACK AND I THINK 20 LETTERS WERE RETURNED. OKAY. SO DID YOU SET UP A SECOND MEETING? WE HAD.

OKAY. SO THREE MEETINGS IN THE FIRST LETTER SHOWED ALL THREE MEETINGS. THE. FIRST LETTER WAS JUST TO ORGANIZE EVERYONE WHO WAS FOUNDED WITHIN THAT AREA TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE MIC, YES, MA'AM. SO THAT THEY COULD GET THEIR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THE ACTUAL ZONE CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO PROPOSE TO THEM FOR THEIR PROTECTION. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST MEETING. THAT WAS AUGUST 11TH. THE SECOND MEETING WAS ON AUGUST 17TH. WE PUBLISHED IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. WE PUBLISHED IT ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ON THE FACEBOOK PLATFORM FOR SURE. AND WE SENT OUT NOTICES TO RESIDENTS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS. IT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND TWO DAYS ACTUAL HEARING,

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MAYBE FOUR. YEAH. YES. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE OF INTEREST. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FROM THE DAIS COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR, THIS IS MY LAST TIME. I KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT TO MRS. BOOTY'S POINT AS WELL. AND THIS THIS IS ACTUALLY I'M GLAD THAT THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED BECAUSE AS A CITIZEN AND ALSO TO AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND A FEW PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS. AND OFTENTIMES IT'S ONLY 1 OR 2 PEOPLE THAT'S THERE. AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY TO START DOING A BETTER JOB OF SHOWING UP TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS IN MULTIPLE AREAS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALSO ADVOCATE BEYOND JUST RECEIVING THE LETTER AND ALSO TO BEING ENGAGED OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY. BECAUSE, HEY, SOMEONE VERY MUCH SO MIGHT WANT TO MOVE TO THAT SIDE OF TOWN ONE DAY AND AREN'T AWARE OF THOSE, THOSE EXEMPTIONS OR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. SO WE AS A CITY HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB, AND AS CITIZENS HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SHOWING UP TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO ADVOCATE AS WELL. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE ATTENDED MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND I HAVE YET TO SEE FIVE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT ANY OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS.

AND THAT'S WHERE, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT THAT THE DECISION THAT IS MADE DOWN HERE BEFORE IT GETS TO US. SO THEY POST IT PUBLICLY. WE JUST HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SHOWING UP AND ACTUALLY PROVIDING OUR EXPERTISE AS CITIZENS TO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THOSE DECISIONS. THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M SO SORRY. WE DO HAVE SOME DRONE FOOTAGE FROM OUR GIS DEPARTMENT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU ALL. IT GIVES YOU A BETTER SHOT OF THE ACTUAL AREA. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ROOFTOPS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THAT COMMERCIAL RETAIL CORRIDOR. OKAY. IT'S. AND WE WENT ON OUR FEET AND COUNTED AND THERE WAS VERY, VERY LITTLE COMMERCIAL RETAIL ACTIVITY. THERE WAS ONE BUILDING IN QUESTION, BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH PERMITS, IT WAS JUST A STORAGE BUILDING. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND OF COURSE CHURCHES ARE ALLOWED IN ANY DISTRICT BY RATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS MARLOW.

APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING WITH NO FURTHER

[III.A.(2) (PART 2 OF 2) Carletha White Addresses Safety Concerns About Speeding On Gulfway Drive, 25th Street, And Duff Drive. ]

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CHIEF, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL IF WE CAN GET WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR THE PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. MAYBE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP THERE THAT YOU ALL CAN TAG TEAM IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S AN ACTUAL BUS LOCATION WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE, WHICH THAT MEANS THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK THERE'S A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY ON DOING SOME MORE PATROLLING IN THAT AREA. LIKE, LIKE COUNCILMAN FRANK SAID PAYING MORE ATTENTION IN THAT AREA TO PROVIDE SOME MORE RELIEF. SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENING. AND THEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS CONVERSATION AND SAY WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AS WELL. JUST TO SIT DOWN WITH CHIEF PORTER AND SEE WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON PATROLLING THAT AREA. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO OTHER LIGHTS, MISS WHITE. THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL GET WITH THE CHIEF, THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING MOVING.

[III.A.(3) Oscar J. DeJean-Dwin Regarding Boone's Wrecker Services And The Unlawful Storage Of Vehicles.]

OSCAR. JEAN. I'M GOING TO CHECK OUTSIDE. OKAY. MISTER JEAN IS NOT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE

[III.B.(1) A Presentation By Kelvin L. Solco Of The Solco Group, LLC Regarding The Status Of The Pedestrian Access To Transit Planning Study.]

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THIS IS A SOLAR POWERED SOLAR LIT CANOPY. VERY SIMPLE DESIGN. THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT LIKES IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO MAINTAIN. AND FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, SAFE WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN A SAFE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO WAIT FOR THE BUS. AND ALSO, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT ON THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE. SO THIS IS A ACROSS THE STREET FROM LEWIS MANOR, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS AGAIN THE NEXT GEN CONCEPT, A GOOD, SAFE PLACE TO GET THERE IF YOU'RE ON THE WEST SIDE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE BUS SAFELY. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE TOTAL LADIES OF DISTINCTION HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MOTIVA. SO THE LADIES OF DISTINCTION HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH MOTIVA, AND THEY'VE COMMISSIONED US. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COMMISSION US TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE OVER ON ON NINTH AVENUE. SO THERE'S A BASEBALL FIELD ACROSS THE STREET FROM DRAGO'S HARDWARE STORE. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DECOMMISSION THAT STOP AND PUT ONE OF THE NEXT GEN CANOPIES IN. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT IT'S A, IT'S A SLOW, IT'S A SLOW PROCESS. THESE ARE EXPENSIVE CANOPIES. SO WE'LL HAVE TO ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO GET GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THIS PARTICULAR ACCESS.

JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF BEFORE OR AFTER WHAT OUR REPORT IS GOING TO RECOMMEND TO YOU. WE WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY STOPS LIKE THIS. THIS HAPPENS TO BE AT LAMAR PORT ARTHUR IN FRONT OF THE COSMETOLOGY CENTER. JUST AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS JUST A BEFORE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. YOU CAN SEE YOUR STOPS, YOUR BUS STOP SIGN AND OF COURSE, SEE THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN AFTER. THIS IS WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AS A PRIORITY. AGAIN, TO GET PEOPLE WHEELCHAIRS SAFELY UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK. HOWEVER, THE CONFIGURATION NEEDS TO BE SO THAT THEY CAN SAFELY ABOARD THE BUS IN PORT ARTHUR. SO THE STUDY ITSELF WILL HAVE NEAR-TERM, QUICK PROJECTS THAT WE RECOMMEND MIDTERM CORRIDOR PROJECTS, AND, OF COURSE, LONG TERM MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE MAJOR ROAD RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH GETS A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE STEP AT A TIME.

SO WHAT WHAT THE REPORT WILL DO FOR YOU IS IT WILL RECOMMEND AN ANNUAL CYCLE UPDATE. SO DON'T JUST STOP NOW. DON'T JUST IMPROVE BUS STOPS AND THEN JUST MOVE ON. BUT EVERY YEAR, REEVALUATE, REEVALUATE YOUR STOPS. ARE WE SAFE? DO WE HAVE SAFE SIDEWALKS FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON THE BUS? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? SELECT PROJECTS, FIND THE MONEY, GET IT FIXED, AND THEN KEEP IT GOING. AND FINALLY, THE LAST SLIDE. JUST IMAGINE. JUST IMAGINE A BEAUTIFUL PORT

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AGAIN, TO GET THEIR INPUT TO MAKE THE SYSTEM BETTER. SO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YEAH, I HAVE LIGHTS, BUT I WILL HAVE YOU DOWN AND PUT YOU DOWN FOR THE 29TH BACK AT LAMAR STATE COLLEGE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE DATA AS WELL, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY OPENED MY EYES TO TO SEE A LOT MORE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. I CAN REMEMBER MAYBE NOT EVEN A FEW WEEKS AGO, MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER FRANK HAD A CONVERSATION ON TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, ON IDENTIFYING SOME MONIES, ON ACTUALLY GETTING SOME STRUCTURES BUILT AT THE BUS STOPS, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ALARMING WHEN YOU DRIVE BY AND YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE HAVING TO STAND THERE IN THE HOT SUN OR IN THE RAIN OR WHATEVER CONDITIONS WE MAY HAVE.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPERATIVE, BUT ALSO TO, TO SEE US THAT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ADA COMPLIANCE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, TO BE ABLE TO RIDE THE BUS, ESPECIALLY, AS WE MENTIONED, WITH PICKING UP ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A WALKER OR MAY HAVE A SCOOTER OR MAY HAVE A CANE OR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE AS ACCESSIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY QUESTION FOR THE CITY IS, I KNOW WE HAVE NEW BUSSES.

ARE THEY IN OPERATION? YES, I, I CAN HELP YOU WITH YOU. AND I THINK MR. MITCHELL IS HERE AS WELL. BUT YEAH, YOU HAVE. THE MOST RECENT ACQUISITION WAS EIGHT ELECTRIC PROTERRA BUSSES.

SO SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR TRANSIT DEPARTMENT IS GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING YOUR GAS BUSSES TO ELECTRIC BUSSES, WHICH IS GREAT. OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT PROCESS? HAVE WE TRANSITIONED INTO THAT PROCESS ALREADY OR. YEAH, MR. MITCHELL IS APPROACHING. YES. HELLO. WE'RE STILL, AS OF I THINK IT WAS ABOUT FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

YOU GUYS APPROVED A PURCHASE ORDER FOR FOUR NEW ELECTRIC BUSSES, BUT IT'S ABOUT A 18 TO 24 MONTH BUILD. SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE BUSSES TO SHOW UP. SO HOPEFULLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUR THAT WE'VE PURCHASED OR ACQUIRED WILL SHOW UP IN THE CITY FOR USE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW BUSSES. WE HAVE NEW PARATRANSIT BUSSES. SO EARLY THIS YEAR ALSO YOU GUYS APPROVED EIGHT CUTAWAYS. SO WE GOT EIGHT CUTAWAYS. PLUS YOU JUST APPROVED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. TWO THE KIND OF CUTAWAYS BUT THEY'RE MORE THEY'RE NON CDL VEHICLES. SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE WITH NON CDL VEHICLES. THEY STILL FIT ABOUT 15 PEOPLE BUT THEY ALLOW US TO USE A NON CDL DRIVER. SO WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FLEET. WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FLEET OF BUSSES. WE HAVE VERY FEW BREAKDOWNS. AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE GOING TO KEEP INVESTING IN MORE AND MORE BUSSES. WHEN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THOSE BUSSES DETERIORATE. OKAY. AND I JUST HAD ONE ONE OTHER LAST QUESTION FOR ME. AND THIS MAY BE, AND YOU CAN LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS UNORTHODOX OR NOT, BUT JUST MY THOUGHT PROCESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPOINTMENTS WAY IN HOUSTON WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN FIND SOME PARTNERSHIPS IN BETWEEN THAT, WHERE WE CAN DO MAYBE A POSSIBLE DROP OFF AND A HANDOFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? JUST JUST ASKING? YEAH, I MEAN, THAT THAT'S DISCUSSED THAT A LOT OF THE MPO MEETINGS, DISCUSSIONS LIKE THAT DO OCCUR, BUT AS OF NOW, THERE'S I THINK THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION NOW IS YOU IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, I BELIEVE, OKAY, THERE'S A VETERAN SERVICE THAT WILL LEAVE FROM MAYBE EVEN PORT ARTHUR THAT'LL DROP YOU OFF AT SOME OF THE VETERAN HOSPITALS IN HOUSTON. OKAY. BUT AS OF NON VETERAN AS OF NOW, NOW WE DO HAVE GREYHOUND COME HERE TO THE CITY. SO GREYHOUND DOES COME TWICE A DAY TO THE CITY. AND YOU CAN GET TO HOUSTON THAT WAY. OKAY, PERFECT. BUT IN TERMS OF ANY OTHER TYPE OF SERVICE. NO THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YES, IVAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SOCKO, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS IS WELL NEEDED, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE RESPOND TO IT IN A SUFFICIENT MANNER. AS WAS ALLUDED TO, THIS HAS BEEN AN ITEM THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PAY A PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO, BECAUSE I'M BEEN ALWAYS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO STAND ON THE BUS STOPS AND WHO ARE EXPOSED TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER, NOT

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KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT ENCLOSED, THOUGH. WHAT WHAT HE HAS IN THE PHOTOS.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THOSE THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, THOSE ARE WONDERFUL. BUT THOSE DON'T DO MUCH IN THE WINTER TIME. YEAH. SO AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED. JUST, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST, I, I HAVE ONE ON, ON THE STREET WHERE I LIVE AND IT'S ENCLOSED, THE SIDES ARE ENCLOSED. IT'S, THEY'RE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND BE OUT OF THE RAIN AND THE WHIPPING RAIN. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT IN A WAY. I MEAN, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SOLAR POWERED, BUT FROM THE JUST THE PARTICULAR POINT OF FUNCTIONALITY AND PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM WIND AND RAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT AS A CITY. SO THEN WHILE I HAVE YOU AT THE PODIUM, WE HAD A SITUATION A WHILE BACK OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TRYING TO GET TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. THEY WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE A D A, IT WAS A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS BLIND. REMEMBER THAT SITUATION? HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE WE WORKED ON THAT SITUATION? YEAH. AND WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO THAT INDIVIDUAL TO. BUT FOR NOT JUST HER, BUT FOR THE FOR THE TOTAL POPULACE. YEAH. THERE'S A SOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. SOKOL, FOR YOUR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS WHAT IS THE. AND I KNOW ACKNOWLEDGING COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK'S COMMENTARY ABOUT THE SIZE AND HAVING A BACK. THAT'S MORE OF A SHELTER FROM THE ELEMENTS AND NOT JUST THE SUN. SO KIND OF ECHOING THAT SENTIMENT, BUT ALSO JUST CURIOSITY ABOUT THE AVERAGE COST OF THAT NEXT GENERATION CANOPY. I CAN SPEAK. YOU SPEAK. YES. SO THE LATEST ONE THAT WE PURCHASED, I THINK WE'RE GETTING ABOUT, I SAID BETWEEN 11 AND 15 K THE PRICES ARE FLUCTUATING WITH STEEL AND EVERYTHING. IT'S A FULL STEEL STRUCTURE. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE SITE, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T JUST PLOP IT IN THE GROUND, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE THE SITE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT ADA ACCESSIBLE. SO THAT CAN GO BETWEEN. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. CONCRETE. CORRECT.

YEAH. CONCRETE. IF WE HAVE TO PUT SIDEWALK IF WE HAVE TO THEN EXTEND IT TO THE CURB. THERE'S NO CURB RAMP. IF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK IS CRACKED, IT CAN IT CAN VARY. SO LIKE KEVIN WAS SAYING, THESE SITES ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE TO IMPROVE. THEY CAN BE VERY COSTLY, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. AND THAT'S WHY WITH THIS STUDY, WE'VE WE'VE DETERMINED THAT OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE REALLY TO MAKE THINGS. WE NEED TO BE ADA COMPLIANT. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING. THE ADA COMPLIANCE IS CRITICAL. THE FEDS WILL GIVE ME MONEY TO MAKE THINGS ADA COMPLIANT. AND SO THAT'S THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE WRITE THESE GRANTS AND ASK FOR THE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS STUDY TO SHOW THAT, HEY, WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, WE CAN BE AWARDED SOME FUNDS TO DO ADA COMPLIANCE. TO BE HONEST, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME A LOT OF MONEY FOR SHELTERS. THE FOCUS IS ADA COMPLIANCE, SAFETY, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO GO.

FOR ME, WRITING A GRANT FOR SHELTER. I DON'T WANT TO SAY I CAN DO IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A WASTE OF MY TIME. I WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT I KNOW I CAN GET THE MONEY FOR. THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR A LOT OF THE SAFETY AND ADA THINGS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALWAYS FOCUSES ON, NOT ONLY FEDS. THE STATE DOES GIVE SOME MONEY TOO, RIGHT? AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED. BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT, WHAT THE THE REQUESTS APPEAR HAS BEEN IN REGARDS TO PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS. WHICH KIND OF LEADS ME TO MY SECOND QUESTION. WAS THERE A DELIVERABLE IN THIS STUDY THAT. THAT. PRIORITIZED WHICH SITES BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS IN GRANT.

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THEY GIVE YOU A BETTER PRICE. SO WE FOCUS, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CORRIDORS. WE LIKE TO TACKLE A CORRIDOR THROUGH IT THAT WAY. WHICH CORRIDORS ARE BEING PRIORITIZED? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FULL STUDY YET, SO I'M NOT SURE. MAYBE CALVIN KNOWS. YES. COUNCILMAN JACOBS SO YEAH, ACTUALLY WHAT THE STUDY WILL DO WILL GIVE MR. MITCHELL A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN, AND IT WILL BASICALLY GIVE HIM SOME COST ESTIMATES, SOME NUMBERS AND SOME PRIORITIES. THE PRIORITIES WILL BE BASED ON RIDERSHIP. WE'LL START WITH WHERE WE THINK THE CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE ARE. AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THEM RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT IT ALSO IS BALANCED WITH, OF COURSE, COST, COST OF A PARTICULAR SITE AND WHAT'S NEEDED. SO YES, BUT HE'LL GET A FULL CIP AS PART OF THE STUDY. OKAY. AND ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU WILL BE WILL, WILL YOUR REPORT KIND OF SPELL OUT, RIGHT, THOSE CRITERIA AND FACTORS THAT YOU USE FOR THE PRIORITIZATION? YES. YEAH. THAT'S YEAH, I GOT KIND OF AN EXAMPLE HERE, BUT YES, YOU CAN SEE HOW THICK IT IS. SO YEAH, IT'LL HAVE, IT'LL HAVE KIND OF THE CRITERIA, THE DEFINITIONS, IT'LL, IT'LL TALK ABOUT THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID AND GIVE YOU BASICALLY A JUSTIFICATION, AS MR. MITCHELL MENTIONED, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE USING THIS WHEN YOU APPLY FOR GRANTS. AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL IN WINNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE AS PART OF THIS SSSSS4 PLAN, I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY GIVING A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE OTHER SS4 AWARD AFTER US. BUT AS PART OF THE SS FOUR, THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR. SO THIS STUDY IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO APPLY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION FUNDS. AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MORE COMPETITIVE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL HELP JUSTIFY WHY YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO INVEST $1 MILLION IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK HERE. YOU GUYS GO. YEAH. AND JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT, THAT WE WE DO THE STUDY AND GET THE DELIVERABLES NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE GRANT. BUT THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE DONE OUR FULL DILIGENCE ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF PORT ARTHUR. AND WE AREN'T INVESTING IN AREAS THAT MAY NOT BE AS CRITICAL AS OTHERS. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BASIS OF MY QUESTION, BUT I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE AND PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD IS THIS THE SAME AS THE ONE FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THIS CANNOT BE THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS ONE. THIS IS A LET ME LET YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC. YES, THIS IS I DID A PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR ON THE EAST SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR ON GULFWAY DRIVE AT TWIN CITY NEAR WALGREENS. AND THIS IS A CANOPY THAT WE PUT UP BEFORE. OKAY. IS THIS THE NEXT GEN, THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO WHENEVER YOU TALK ABOUT SOLAR, IS THIS ONE SOLAR? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S GOT SOLAR LIGHTING. YES. AND THAT'S THE ONLY FUNCTIONALITY ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST THE LIGHT, JUST THE LIGHTING ITSELF. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE COST. BUT I MEAN WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT. SO THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S ROUGHLY 11 TO 15,000. YES. THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THAT THAT WAS ALL I HAD WITH SOLAR.

BECAUSE TO PUT ELECTRICAL TO IT IS EASY TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE. YES, EXACTLY. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN YEAH. SO IF IT BREAKS, WE CAN EASILY FIX THE SOLAR. IT'S A CHANGE. SO IT'S FOR US. IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT. NO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND I THINK AS A CITY WE'RE OVERDUE FOR THIS. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. I'M SORRY GUYS, I HAVE ANOTHER MAKES YOU QUESTION.

WELL, REVEREND MR. SOKOL, HOW YOU DOING, DOCTOR? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED. I KNOW YOU LOVE THE CITY. I'VE BEEN TRANSFER DEPARTMENT ARE WE ARE IN THE RED OR THE BLACK IN TRANSIT. IN TERMS OF OUR FINANCES. YES. WE WE WE'RE SQUARED AWAY. WE'RE GOOD IN TERMS OF OUR CAPITAL AND EVERYTHING. ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. AND WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE FINE.

WE'RE MAKING MONEY, NOT LOSING MONEY. WE DON'T WE DON'T MAKE MONEY IN TRANSIT. IT'S, IT'S,

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THANK YOU. 250 AND THEN THERE'S A DISCOUNTED FARE FOR SENIORS. AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED I READ THROUGH PORT ARTHUR, PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THIS WHOLE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

I RIDE DAY AND NIGHT. I SEE THE BUS STOPS AND AND I HARDLY SEE, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY AT THE BUS STOPS, YOU KNOW, RARELY. IT'S ALWAYS RAZOR THIN. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT, YOU'RE CORRECT. WE DON'T HAVE HEAVY WE DON'T HAVE HEAVY RIDERSHIP AT ALL. IT'S SPREAD OUT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE MORE FREQUENTLY. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR RIDERSHIP SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT'S NOT HEAVY RIDERSHIP, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND ARE YOU AWARE WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN ABOUT TEN BUS STOPS BECAUSE OF DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION? YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT? NO, WHICH SHUTS THEM DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME PEOPLE HAVING DRUGS, DOING DRUGS OUT THERE. PROSTITUTION. THE BUS STOPS. NO, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. I'M HEARING THAT. NO. OKAY. WELL, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER KNEW ABOUT IT TOO. THAT'S A FACT. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON THESE BUS STOPS AND, YOU KNOW, IS IT FEASIBLE, YOU KNOW, IF NOBODY HARDLY THERE, YOU KNOW. AND CAN WE. WELL, OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO GO

[III.B.(2) A Presentation By Eagle Tang Of The Goodman Corporation Regarding An Overview Of The City of Port Arthur SS4A Safety Action Plan.]

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW. OH, WE MOVED ALREADY TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION BY EAGLE TANG. IF YOU GUYS WOULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK THAT MY OUR MIC IS NOT. HELLO. I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT WE CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO IT. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. I SHOULD SAY THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.

YES. MY NAME IS ROBERT MCKINNEY. THIS IS EAGLE. TANG EAGLE WILL GIVE MOST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK EAGLE NEEDS AN INTRODUCTION BECAUSE SHE IS SO AMAZING. YOU GUYS SELECTED US IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF THIS YEAR THROUGH A PROCURE A PROCUREMENT, A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT. EXCUSE ME. AND WE HAVE COME BACK NOW TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS PLANNING.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A OR THIS PLAN OF ACTION. AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE A AGENDA ITEM AFTER THIS. SO. THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS OUR PROJECT TEAM. MY NAME AGAIN IS ROBERT MCKINNEY. I AM THE PROJECT PRINCIPAL. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS FROM ON OUR TEAM, YOU CAN COME TO ME AND I'LL HELP SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

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SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE EAGLE TANG. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN I TAKE THIS? YES YOU CAN. PERFECT. THIS IS MY STYLE. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK MR. SOKO STEIN HAD ALREADY INTRODUCED SS FOR A, WHICH IS SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL. THERE'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON TRANSIT. OUR WILL BE FOCUSED ON SAFETY CRASH DATA. SO WHAT THIS PLAN IS GOING TO DO IS JUST GIVE US A FOUNDATION UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE THESE CRASHES, WHY ARE THESE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING AND HOW CAN WE REDUCE THESE TYPE OF CRASHES. AND OUR SS FOR A PLAN WILL USE DATA ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY INPUT COMBINED FOR US TO SOLVE SAFETY PROBLEMS AND PROPOSE PROJECTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY, AND TALKING ABOUT PROPOSED PROJECTS. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OUR SAFETY PLAN TO JUST SIT ON THE SHELF FOR ANOTHER DECADE TO COLLECT DUST. AND WE DON'T WANT OUR MAPS TO JUST HAVE DOTS AND LINES. WE WANT OUR PLAN TO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE FEASIBLE, IMPLEMENTABLE AND FUNDABLE. AND I THINK MR. SOKOL'S TEAM INTRODUCED THAT AS WELL. AND IT'S ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROPOSE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND OTHER ON TOP OF SS, FOR A GRANT THAT MEXICO HAS ALREADY INTRODUCED. THERE ARE LIKE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH. THIS IS A PROJECT, A PROGRAM THAT HAPPENED EVERY YEAR. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CALLED TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE THAT HAPPEN EVERY OTHER YEAR. ALSO FOCUSED ON SAFETY, FOCUSED ON SIDEWALK, FOCUSED ON PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLAN WILL MOVE NEEDLE CLOSER TO THE IMPLEMENTATION. BUT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE WONDERING, DO WE REALLY HAVE CRASH PROBLEMS? SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME CHARTS. SO THIS IS SHOWING THE CRASH DATA FROM 2017 TO 2025. AND LOOK AT LET'S LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE FIRST. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE TREND OF THE BLUE LINE, WITHOUT READING THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, WE CAN SEE THAT THE OVERALL CRASHES ARE DECLINING. RIGHT. BECAUSE 2017 IS AROUND 1920 25 IS AROUND 1600. HOWEVER, IF WE LOOK AT THE ORANGE LINE HERE, WHICH REPRESENTS THE FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES ARE GOING UP, MEANING THAT OVERALL WE MIGHT SEE LESS AND FEWER CRASHES. HOWEVER, THE CHANCES OF THESE CRASHES BEING FATAL OR SEVERE ARE GOING UP.

AND LET'S LOOK AT THE CRASHES BY CRASH TYPES. SO IN HERE WE LISTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT CRASH TYPES, INCLUDING VEHICLE CRASHES. THIS IS ONE OR MULTIPLE VEHICLES HITTING EACH OTHER. FIXED OBJECT IS ONE VEHICLE. MULTIPLE VEHICLE HITTING A FENCE, HITTING A UTILITY POLE, HITTING A FIRE HYDRANT, OR GRANDMA'S POTATO GARDENS IN THE FRONT YARD. WE HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE AND PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CRASHES, MEANING ONE OR MORE VEHICLE HITTING A PEDESTRIAN OR BIKE. SO LOOKING TO THE BOTTOM ROW, WE CAN SEE THAT THE VEHICLE CRASH COMES UP TO ALMOST 77.6%, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF THE CRASHES. HOWEVER, THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CRASHES COMES UP TO 1.7% AND REAL WORLD CRASHES IS ONLY 0.05%. LET'S LOOK AT THESE CRASHES. SEVERITIES. SO LOOKING AT THIS CHART, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LOOKING AT VEHICLE CRASHES. FIRST LOOKING AT THE BLUE BAR LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, 77.6% OF THE TOTAL CRASHES WERE VEHICLE CRASHES. HOWEVER, ONLY 1.7 OF THE

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SIMILARLY, 1.1% OF THE TOTAL CRASHES OR PEDESTRIAN CRASHES. BUT ALMOST 40% OF THESE PEDESTRIAN CRASHES WERE FATAL OR SEVERE CRASHES. AND ANOTHER THING JUMPED OUT, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO CUSTOMIZE THE PLAN TO FIT PORT ARTHUR IS REAL ROAD CROSSING CRASHES, EVEN THOUGH REAL ROAD CROSSING CRASHES WERE 0.05% OF THE TOTAL CRASH.

HOWEVER, A QUARTER OF THOSE RAILROAD CROSSING CRASHES WERE ENDED UP BEING FATAL OR SEVERE.

SO HERE IN SUMMARY, IN PORT ARTHUR, WHEN COMPARING TO VEHICULAR CRASHES, PEDESTRIAN CRASHES ARE 23 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE FATAL OR SEVERE. SEVERE CRASHES AND THEN BIKE CRASHES WERE 14 TIMES MORE LIKELY. AND BECAUSE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, THEY DON'T GET PROTECTED BY THE METAL BODY LIKE VEHICLES, WE CALL THEM VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS AND ALSO FOR REAL WORLD CRASHES. REAL WORLD CRASHES ARE 15 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BECOME FATAL OR SEVERELY INJURED WHEN COMPARED TO VEHICLES. SO THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE IS REALLY ON TOP OF LOOKING AT DRIVING VEHICLE CRASHES, WE WANT TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHTS TO THE VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS, TO THE RAILROAD CROSSING CRASHES, BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY WANT TO PREVENT CRASHES, ESPECIALLY WE WANT TO PREVENT WE WANT TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES. AND THAT'S REALLY LEAD TO THE GOAL OF THIS WHOLE PLAN, WHICH IS SAFE LIVES ONE INTERSECTION AT A TIME. AND ROBERT AND I HAVE DONE SO MANY CONFERENCE AND SPEECH AND PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER, THIS KIND OF BECOME OUR SLOGAN. AND EVERY TIME IT HITS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IT'S BASED ON WHAT AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, BIG THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD MENTIONING ABOUT ADA AND GIVING A SPECIAL CALL OUT FOR ELDERLIES, BECAUSE MY GRANDMA FELT A NON ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALK AND SHE ENDED UP NEEDING TO GO INTO SURGERY AND SHE ENDED UP DYING FROM THE COMPLICATIONS FROM THE SURGERY. AND ALSO WE HAVE MISS WHITE, WHO WAS SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT HIS SON ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR SPEEDING. WE DON'T REALLY WANT THESE ACCIDENTS TO HAPPEN. WE WANT TO SAVE LIVES. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TRYING TO PROVIDE TRYING TO IMPROVE A BETTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND NEXT, LET'S LOOK AT OUR SCOPES. SO IN THE LATER SLIDES I HAVE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR TASKS. SO HERE I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH REAL QUICK. THESE ARE THE NINE TASKS THAT INCLUDED IN OUR PLAN FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, TO SUBMITTING THE THE REPORT. AND OVERALL, WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE AND TO HAVE A SAFER STREET FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. TEXT NUMBER ONE IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT. ALL OF THESE TASKS ARE HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY BIG SCOPE AND WE DON'T HAVE HOURS OR DAYS. I CAN BLAB IT THE WHOLE TIME. SO I'M TRYING TO HIT THE MILESTONES OR MAJOR DELIVERABLES FOR EACH TASK. SO FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE MANAGE THIS PROJECT SMOOTHLY. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY, WORK WITH JESSE AND SOHAIL'S TEAM, FIGURE OUT THE BILLING, THE MONTHLY REPORT, AND ESTABLISH A PROJECT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, INCLUDING WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN HAVE REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND THEN FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT. THIS IS A BIG TASK BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THAT JUST FROM TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. EVERYONE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED. EVERYONE CARES ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR ROUNDS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING ONE PRE ROUN THIS PRE ROUND. FIRST, INCLUDE A ESTABLISH YOUR PROJECT WEBSITE SO THAT IF PEOPLE CAN'T DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COME TO OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHERE ARE WE ON THE PROJECT. WE ALSO GOING TO ESTABLISH A INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD TO SHOW LIKE SOME CRASH DATA THAT WE DEVELOPED SO PEOPLE CAN CLICK AROUND AND READ THROUGH THE CRASHES AT THEIR OWN PACE. AND ALSO, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH A SURVEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON THE INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD AS WELL. IT'S GOING TO AND COLLECT PEOPLE'S COMMENTS. AND FOR THE REST OF THREE ROUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO SURVEYS, THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, SIX POP UP EVENTS, SIX INTERGOVERNMENTAL EVENTS AND NINE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS. AND

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AND YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A CLEAN DATA SET. SO AFTER WE COLLECTED ALL OF THOSE DATA WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THEM. SO BASED ON THE CRASH DATA WE COLLECTED WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP FOR HIGH INJURY NETWORKS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, IT'S BASICALLY A ROAD, A MAP SHOWING ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE DANGEROUS. SO IT WILL HELP THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS. ANOTHER ONE WILL COME OUT FROM TASK FOUR IS TRUCK ROUTES AND EVACUATION ROUTES. SO WE'VE HEARD FROM MISS WHITE THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES A TRUCK GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK, SEE IF THAT'S AN ESTABLISHED TRUCK ROUTE. IF IT IS, THEN WE NEED TO REROUTE IT BECAUSE THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND FOR EVACUATION ROUTE, WE CAN ASSESS LIKE IS THE EXISTING EVACUATION ROUTE EFFICIENT WHEN THERE'S A FIRE, WHEN THERE'S A CHEMICAL SPILL? SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO UNDER TASK FOUR. FOR TASK FIVE, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ACTIVITIES. WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT SOME ADDITIONAL DATA, LIKE FOR THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED. WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT SOME TRAFFIC COUNTS AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING AND IDENTIFY IF THERE'S CONGESTION ON THE EXISTING CORRIDOR OR AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COLLECT A NEAR MISS ANALYSIS. SO A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE SOME INTERSECTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE AS MANY AS CRASHES COMPARED TO OTHER INTERSECTIONS. HOWEVER, THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF NEAR MISSES, LIKE NEAR MISSES. SO THEN WE REALLY WANT TO BE PROACTIVE. WE WANT TO STOP THIS ISSUE FROM HAPPENING.

SO THAT'S WHEN THIS ANALYSIS COMES IN HANDY. LIKE WE DON'T WANT THE CRASH TO OCCUR YET. WE KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM. LET'S TACKLE IT. AND RAILROAD CROSSING ASSESSMENT AS WELL.

BECAUSE THE SEVERITY OF THE REAL WORLD CROSSING CRASHES, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT RAILROAD AND PROPOSE SOME REAL WORLD CROSSING LIKE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS FOR TASK SIX. SAFETY ORIENTED TOOLKIT. THIS TASK HAS TWO DELIVERABLES. THE FIRST ONE IS AN UPDATE TO THE EXISTING CROSS SECTIONS THAT PROPOSED IN THE 2018 COMP PLAN. SO FOR THE 2018 COMP PLAN, THE CROSS SECTIONS ARE PROPOSED BY FUNCTIONS, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS LIKE MAJOR PRINCIPLES, MINOR PRINCIPLES, MAJOR COLLECTORS. HOWEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, 25TH STREET AND THOMAS STREET ARE BOTH MINOR ARTERIALS, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH. 25TH STREET IS A 60FT RIGHT OF WAY, AND THOMAS STREET IT'S 120 RIGHT OF WAY.

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SO AFTER WE GATHERED ALL THE CRASH DATA AND ALL THE PUBLIC INPUTS, WE PLAN TO PROPOSE 100 CANDIDATE SAFETY ORIENTED PROJECTS WITH ALONG WITH HIGH LEVEL COSTS. SO THIS IS BASICALLY YOUR SAFETY CIP LIST. AND FOR EACH OF THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A COST PER MILE BASIS LIKE SIDEWALK. THIS IS HOW MUCH PER MILE DRAINAGE THIS IS HOW MUCH PER MILE. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAND OFF THIS MATRIX TO YOU GUYS AS WELL. SO THEN IF LATER ON YOU GUYS WANT TO DO IMPROVEMENT FOR OTHER PROJECTS, YOU CAN USE THAT MATRIX TO GET AN IDEA HOW MUCH THIS PROJECT GOING TO COST. BUT IF I, IF I HAND YOU THIS 100 PROJECTS, YOU GUYS MIGHT BE LIKE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THIS 100 PROJECT? SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PRIORITIZE THESE 100 PROJECTS USING DATA DRIVEN ANALYSIS. WE CAN LOOK AT SAFETY. WE CAN LOOK AT TRAFFIC COUNTS.

WE CAN LOOK AT FEASIBILITY, LIKE, DO WE NEED TO TAKE PEOPLE'S RIGHT OF WAY? NO. DO WE NEED TO? HOW MUCH IS THE PROJECT? DO WE NEED TO HAVE LIKE BIG DRAINAGE PIPES, ALL OF THESE AND TO PRIORITIZE THESE 100 PROJECTS. SO AT THE END, FOR THE TOP PRIORITY, TOP 20 PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES. THIS WILL BE A DETAILED PLANNING LEVEL. COST ESTIMATES USING TEXTILE BID ITEMS. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT LIKE THOSE ONES SHOWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE FOR THOSE THAT WE THINK MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE TWO OPTIONS, WE CAN DEVELOP TWO OF THEM AS WELL, LIKE THE BOTTOM RIGHT, BOTTOM TWO ONES. IT'S A INTERSECTION, REGULAR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT VERSUS A ROUNDABOUT JUST FOR SOME INSPIRATIONAL EXPLORE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FUNDING MATRIX.

LIKE WE SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE PROPOSED ARE IMPLEMENTABLE. SO FOR EACH ONE OF THESE 20 PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LIST OF ELIGIBLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD APPLY THIS PROJECTS FOR. AND WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE THINK ARE MOST ELIGIBLE. I'M ALMOST DONE. I PROMISE THIS IS A LOT OF BLAB FOR TASK EIGHT GRANT MANAGEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF ALREADY DOING. WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATED COORDINATING WITH THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR, TALKING ABOUT THE MONTHLY QUARTERLY REPORT. AND WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED TWO QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE TO THE FHWA. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT. AND LAST TASK WHICH IS REPORT DOCUMENTATION ACTION PLAN. SO THE FINAL PROJECT IS A PLAN PLUS. DATABASE PLUS ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M DOING ON TIME, BUT I COULD HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE. OKAY, I'LL WRAP UP REALLY QUICK AND I'LL SIT ON THIS SLIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

JUST ONE LAST THING. THIS WE ENVISION TO FINISH THIS PROJECT IN 18 MONTHS. SO IF WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO WRAP IT UP IN APRIL OR MAY 2028. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO JESSE. I HAVE A FEW LIGHTS QUESTION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GOOD PRESENT, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. MISS EAGLETON, YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HEAR I HEAR YOUR PASSION IN WHAT YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I KNOW FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SITTING AT THIS DAIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY ACCIDENTS

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AND ALSO TO IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR FAMILY AND ALSO TO JUST APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE, TO HAVE THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE AND PRESENTING WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU BOTH. THE PRESENTATION WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS A ROAD CYCLIST, I'VE HAD TO KIND OF RETIRE MY BIKE A LITTLE BIT FOR FEAR OF BEING STRUCK ON THE ROAD, HONESTLY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY FAMILY, WE WE HAD A LOSS IN DECEMBER.

ONE OF MY COUSINS WAS STRUCK ON GULFWAY DRIVE AS A PEDESTRIAN TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. AND SO THIS IS VERY, VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE A PLAN TO HAVE A VERY AGILE APPROACH AND A VERY STAKEHOLDER CENTRIC APPROACH. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE ABSOLUTELY, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED HERE. I REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO COMMEND OUR CITY STAFF FOR THIS CHOICE. IT SEEMS LIKE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE ALREADY. AND I WOULD ALSO JUST ADMONISH US THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO COUNCIL MEMBER GILBERTSON MOMMY MAKEOVER FOR THE CITY. BUT WE ARE WE'RE CONTINUING TO THINK AHEAD, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND, AND OUR JUST BUDGETING PROCESSES THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING MINDFUL OF THE THE TYPES OF DOLLARS AND THE SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S EXCELLENT TO DO THE STUDY AND GET THE PLANNING DONE. AND BUT THE EXECUTION IS A WHOLE OTHER BEAST. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING WHAT YOU ALL, WHAT YOU ALL DETERMINE. AND I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY. YOU CAN CONSIDER ME A PARTNER IN THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I'M PARTICULARLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, HELP US, WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS ARE MARRIED TO ME FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, SO WE'LL WORK GREAT. AND THEN I HELPED THE WE DID THE CITY OF AMARILLO SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND BEFORE THE PLAN OFFICIALLY ADOPTED, WE

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE HAVE ITEM REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION ON CONSENT. IT'S RIGHT HERE UNDER THIS PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE. GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THAT. RIGHT NOW. IT'S LISTED IN THE AGENDA. PR NUMBER 25125 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSULTING SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE GOODMAN CORPORATION OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, TO ASSIST THE CITY IN PLANNING AND DESIGNING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND REDUCE TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES ON ALL ROADWAYS IN PORT ARTHUR.

FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS, FOR ALL S S FOR A FUNDING PROGRAM. FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,931 $696, AND THE LOCAL MATCH OF $482,924. PROJECT NUMBER GM2401. ACCOUNT NUMBER. 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DAIS? OKAY, MR. DOUCETTE. GOOD MORNING. HAROLD DOUCETTE, 5180 CAMBRIDGE STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. I JUST LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION. ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, THAT SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO AS CITIZENS AND AS LEADERS. HOWEVER, I LOOKED AT THE FUNDING I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER TALK ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE FUND. I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER TALK ABOUT THE SOURCE. THIS WAS THE ONLY QUESTION. I WAS DEALING WITH MONEY. WELL, AT THIS POINT, IT'S IT'S COMING OUT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR STREET FUND. ALL THE MONEY IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR STREET FUND IS MONEY. THAT WAS THAT CAME FROM CERTIFICATE, BUT CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS. AND THOSE FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS. THIS IS DEFINITELY WORTH $490,000 TO DO FOR OUR CITIZENS. BUT TO TAKE IT OUT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STREET FUND. IS NOT AN ANSWER. I'M NOT GOING TO REQUIRE OR ASK FOR ANY

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I WAS ON THERE WHEN WE SOLD BONDS. IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO, IT'S WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY.

YOU'RE TAKING THIS MONEY. THAT MEANS THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM A STREET YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FIX.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND THIS IS ONLY ONE INDICATION, AND I'LL ADDRESS THEM. NOT IN THIS FORUM, BECAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT SO MUCH TIME AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OVER MY TIME. BUT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN THIS CITY TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE GET FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR STREETS ARE USED FOR STREETS. AND I'LL GET A LIST OF STUFF AND I'LL PUT OUT TO CITIZENS SO CITIZENS COULD UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT THAT IS NOT RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION STREET. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD. YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO JUST ASK, WAS THERE ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO TO FUND THIS PROJECT? WELL, YOU'RE ASKING OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.

FINANCE DIRECTOR. DOCTOR BOSWELL, YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? YES. HEY, DOC, HOW ARE YOU? I JUST WANTED TO JUST INQUIRE, WAS THERE ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT? THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TRANSFER THAT WE MAKE FROM GENERAL FUND TO CAPITAL INTO THE STREET. PROJECT IS A POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AND HE KNOWS THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW

[III.B.(3) A Presentation By NewGen Strategies And Solutions, LLC. Regarding Water And Wastewater Rates And Affordability Study.]

MY NAME IS ERIC COLLOQUIA FROM A PARTNER FROM NEW GEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS. I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF OUR WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY. UPDATE. I WAS HERE JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO PRESENTING RESULTS OF OUR INITIAL STUDY WITH YOU. I'M HERE TO PRESENT AN UPDATED RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING SET UP HERE. I, I DO WANT TO NOTE, LIKE I SAID, I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO. JUST A APPRECIATION FOR, FOR BEING HERE AGAIN AND NOTING A GENERAL SENSE OF OPTIMISM IN THE CITY. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN TERMS OF BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION. HOPEFULLY MY PRESENTATION CONTINUES THAT SENSE THAT I'M GETTING. GIVE ME ONE. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. OKAY. APOLOGIES FOR THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE SLIDES ARE COMING UP RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, I'LL BE DISCUSSING A THE UPDATE TO OUR WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY. TODAY. I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHEN CONDUCTING A RATE STUDY. AND ALSO SOME

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THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC RATES THAT YOU CHARGE TO YOUR CUSTOMERS, BOTH THE FIXED METER CHARGES AND THE VOLUMETRIC RATES. THE TWO. BOOKS SHOWN HERE ARE INDUSTRY MANUALS THAT DEFINE THIS PROCESS, BOTH FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. AND THERE'S SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ESTABLISH HOW WE LOOK AT THIS PROCESS. FIRST, THE SYSTEMS NEED TO BE FINANCIALLY SELF-SUPPORTING. THAT MEANS NO SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL FUND. USER RATES ARE WHAT GENERATE THE REVENUES TO SUSTAIN THESE SYSTEMS. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO KEEP RATES AND FEES LOW OVER TIME. THAT MEANS INVESTING IN THESE SYSTEMS WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND SUSTAINABLY. THAT ALSO MEANS FINANCIALLY MAINTAINING RESERVES AND DEBT COVERAGE, A FINANCIALLY SUFFICIENT SYSTEMS. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT SOMEONE MUST PAY. MOST OF THESE COSTS ARE FIXED TO RUN THESE SYSTEMS. MOST OF THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU MUST COMPLY WITH REQUIRE YOU TO SPEND MONEY THAT IS FIXED.

DISCOUNTS AND REBATES FOR ANY GROUP OF CUSTOMERS MEANS THAT OTHERS PAY MORE. YOU DO HAVE A SENIOR DISCOUNT IN YOUR WATER AND SEWER RATES. WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT SENIOR DISCOUNT AND WE ARE RIGHT SIZING IT FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IT INCREASES AS THE COST OF YOUR SERVICE INCREASES, AND ULTIMATELY IT IS A ZERO SUM GAME. I MENTIONED I WAS HERE LAST YEAR IN 2025. WE WERE ENGAGED BY THE CITY TO TO COMPLETE AN INITIAL STUDY. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES SOME OF THE ISSUES AND DRIVING FACTORS THAT STUDY AT THAT TIME. AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE UTILITY FUND DID NOT HAVE ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR EMERGENCIES. WE WERE FORECASTING, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOUR STAFF, THAT THE END OF FISCAL 25, WHICH WAS LAST FISCAL YEAR, WOULD RESULT IN AN OPERATING FUND DEFICIT OF 5.5 MILLION AND A CAPITAL FUND DEFICIT OF ABOUT 8.3 MILLION. THIS IS MONEY THAT WAS ENCUMBERED AND APPROVED, BUT THERE WAS NO FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY SPEND.

THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WAS HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED BY THE GENERAL FUND, TOTALING $7.6 MILLION. THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM. THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND UTILITIES OPERATIONS. THE GENERAL FUND AT THAT TIME DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE SUBSIDIZING THE FUND, AND IT WAS THREATENING YOUR BOND RATING, RIGHT? THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND INCUR DEBT TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. AS A RESULT OF THIS AND SOME HISTORY OF PREDATING FISCAL YEAR 25, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY RELATIVE TO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. AS A RESULT OF THESE DRIVING FACTORS, WE COLLECTED THE DATA AND WE CAME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE RATES 20% LAST SEPTEMBER, AND THAT RATE INCREASE WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, AND IT WAS APPROVED. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THIS STUDY, WHICH IS AN UPDATE AND A REFRESH OF THAT. AS A RESULT OF THAT 20% INCREASE IN 2025 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE CITY ACCOMPLISHED. AND I AND I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THESE THINGS. THE ESTIMATED DEFICIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26 FOR BOTH OPERATING AND CAPITAL WERE ELIMINATED. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IN 2026 TO REMOVE AND ELIMINATE THE 5.5 MILLION AND OPERATING FUND DEFICIT. WE'RE ACTUALLY FORECASTING A $4.3 MILLION SURPLUS IN THE OPERATING FUND. THE CITY WAS ABLE TO PROCURE. I WON'T LIST ALL OF THESE, BUT SEVERAL TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL DEBT TO ELIMINATE THE CAPITAL DEFICIT THAT WAS

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YOU NEED TO GO AND CATEGORIZE YOUR LEAD SERVICE LINES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT INCLUDED OVER $2.3 MILLION OR, I'M SORRY, A $2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE. ALL OF THIS AND THE ELIMINATION OF THAT GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY. SO THERE IS NO LONGER A NEED TO TRANSFER GENERAL FUND MONEY INTO THE UTILITIES. AGAIN, THIS WAS ALL A RESULT OF THE 20% INCREASE THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO COMING BACK, TAKING A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THESE ARE OUR OBJECTIVES.

THEY'RE LARGELY THE SAME, BUT THEY'RE MORE FORWARD LOOKING AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT STABILITY RATHER THAN COMING OUT OF A FISCAL HOLE. WE WANT TO ENABLE THE UTILITY FUND TO PAY TO CONTINUE TO PAY ITS FAIR SHARE OF GENERAL FUND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. SERVICES ARE BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE. THINGS LIKE ENERGY, LABOR, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FUNDING AT LEAST $3 MILLION A YEAR FOR EMERGENCIES AS THEY EMERGE WITHIN THE UTILITY SYSTEMS. WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF ITS WASTEWATER SYSTEM NEXT YEAR. IN THESE FORECASTS, WE INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL $30 MILLION OF DEBT TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO INVEST IN THE SYSTEM. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR RESERVES, AND A KEY COMPONENT OF BOTH OF THESE STUDIES WAS ENSURING THAT SERVICE REMAINS AFFORDABLE FOR CITY CUSTOMERS.

GIVEN THAT WE'VE COMPILED THE DATA FROM YOUR STAFF, BOTH YOUR FINANCE AND ENGINEERING STAFF, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT NEXT YEAR, WATER AND SEWER RATE ADJUSTMENT IS 7% ACROSS THE BOARD, GENERATING ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ISSUE $30 MILLION MORE IN CAPITAL DOLLARS TO INVEST IN THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, FULLY FUNDING $3 MILLION IN EMERGENCIES, FULLY FUNDING THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER, CONTINUING TO MEET AND EXCEED THE FINANCIAL STABILITY IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING RESERVES AND MAINTAINING LOCAL AFFORDABILITY FOR CUSTOMERS. THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES DEFINE HOW WE LOOK AT AFFORDABILITY AND THE RESULTS OF OUR STUDY. FIRST, A MAJOR OBJECTIVE IS LOOKING AT BASIC WATER SERVICE.

HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? BASIC SERVICE IS 3500 GALLONS PER MONTH FOR A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME. YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ABOUT 40 GALLONS A DAY FOR A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD IN THE SERVICE AREA. AGAIN, THIS IS TARGETED AT INDOOR USE, CLEANING, COOKING, SANITATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE TWO INDUSTRY METRICS WE USE TO DEFINE AFFORDABILITY. THE TOP ONE IS THE HOUSEHOLD BURDEN INDICATOR. THIS SAYS AT THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHAT PERCENT OF A HOUSEHOLD AT THE 20% INCOME BRACKET WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA, WHAT PERCENT OF THAT HOUSEHOLD'S INCOME IS BEING SPENT ON WATER AND SEWER SERVICE? THAT IS OUR ONE SORT OF DATA POINT. THE SECOND IS CALLED THE POVERTY PREVALENCE INDICATOR. THIS IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD. LOOK WHAT PROPORTION OF YOUR SERVICE AREA IS AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. WE LOOK AT BOTH OF THESE THINGS IN TANDEM TO DEFINE AFFORDABILITY. LOOKING AT THE LOCAL AFFORDABILITY METRICS, THESE TWO INDICATORS ARE LAID OUT. ON TOP IS THE PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE THE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FPL. BECAUSE OF THIS INDICATOR FOR YOUR SERVICE AREA. THIS BOX ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED. THIS IS WHERE YOUR SERVICE AREA RESIDES IN TERMS OF THAT INDICATOR. SO GREATER THAN 35%, WHICH MEANS REGARDLESS OF THE RATES, THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THIS AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS IS THE MODERATE HIGH BURDEN WHICH IS IN THIS BOTTOM BOX RIGHT HERE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS LOOKING AT THE SERVICE COST FOR THAT LOWEST QUARTILE, THAT LOWEST 20%, THAT BASIC WATER SERVICE.

WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT HOUSEHOLD SPENDING LESS THAN 7% OF THEIR INCOME ON BASIC WATER AND SEWER SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DO NOT WANT TO GO ABOVE THAT 7% OF INCOME FOR

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THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF $12.83 FROM LAST YEAR'S RATES. THAT'S A 20% INCREASE THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT REMAINS IN THE MODERATE HIGH BURDEN. THAT MEANS THE CUSTOMER IN THE LOWEST 20% OF INCOME IS STILL PAYING LESS THAN 7% ON WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AT THIS AT THIS LEVEL, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE $7 PER FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER SERVICE WOULD INCREASE THIS CUSTOMER'S BILL BY $5.39 FOR NEXT YEAR. STILL REMAINING IN THAT MODERATE HIGH BURDEN. THE TABLE ON THE BOTTOM COMPARES THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE BILL FOR 5000 GALLONS OF SERVICE. CURRENTLY, THAT STATEWIDE AMOUNT IS $106. UNDER THE PORT ARTHUR RATES, IT IS ABOUT $99, JUST UNDER $100. SO YOU ARE ABOUT 6% BELOW THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. AFTER THE 7% INCREASE THAT WE RECOMMEND FOR 2027, YOU WOULD REMAIN ABOUT 5% BELOW THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. I BELIEVE THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STUDY, THE UPDATES AND THE IMPACTS. WE HAVE ONE LIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU CAME LAST YEAR AND HELPED US AND WE GETTING IT DONE. WE DON'T LIKE IT BUT WE'RE GETTING IT DONE. BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I, I SIMPLY WANTED TO REMIND ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION AND THOSE WHO ARE IN THE GALLERY ON TODAY AS WELL, THAT WE DO HAVE AND DID PLACE AN EXEMPTION FOR ALL OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND US OF THAT, THAT ANY CITIZENS WHO ARE SENIOR CITIZENS HERE IN THE IN THE PORT ARTHUR AREA CAN HAVE, THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT, BUT THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT BENEFIT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN I BE RECOGNIZED? OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN JACOBS, THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. ERIC, CAN WE GO BACK TO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR HIGHLIGHTS SLIDES WHERE IT SHOWS SOME OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THE DECISION THAT COUNCIL MADE TO INCREASE THE RATE BY 20% FOR THE CITIZENS HERE PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WILL BE WATCHING SUBSEQUENTLY. THIS IS YOUR SNAPSHOT OF THE BENEFIT OF US BITING THE BULLET, RIGHT? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION, A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF EVEN CRITICISM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO COME WITH THE TERRITORY. BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SET OF INFORMATION THAT IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY. I WOULD SAY IN PARTICULAR, THAT FIRST BULLET ELIMINATING THE 5.5 MILLION OPERATING FUND DEFICIT, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A POSITIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 4.3 MILLION AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2026. THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS WELL AS THAT LAST BULLET, ALL OF THE ALL OF THE BULLETS HERE ARE IMPORTANT. BUT THAT LAST BULLET ALSO ELIMINATED GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY OF WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES. SO PART OF THE ISSUE THAT WE FACED WAS THE FACT THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS SO AGED THAT WE WERE HAVING TO PULL FROM OUR GENERAL FUND AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO, TO SUPPORT OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES. BUT AS A MATTER OF US BITING THE BULLET AND MAKING THE INVESTMENT, WHICH YES, IT CAME AT A COST TO US ALL. BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? ARE WE GOING TO WATCH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CRUMBLE AND CONTINUE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES? VERY EXPENSIVE AND REDUNDANT REPAIRS? OR ARE WE GOING TO FIX

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AND SO I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, ERIC. AND ALSO THANK YOU, SIR, FOR FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. AND TO THE CITIZENS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS COMFORTING TO YOU IN SOME WAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU FELT THE HEAT OF YOUR BILL INCREASE. BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT IN FROM THAT HIGH LEVEL VIEW, IF WE CAN PROGRESS THROUGH THAT SLIDE ONE MORE TIME BACK TO THE ONE WHERE IT SHOWS THE RATES, WHERE WE ARE NOW COMPARATIVE TO THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. THIS IS WHERE WE SIT. I KNOW EVERYONE IS WE'RE RUBBING PENNIES TOGETHER THESE DAYS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $7 MAKING SUCH A HUGE IMPACT, AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF OF $7 TO YOUR WATER BILL, BEING ABLE TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN AND MOVE FORWARD AND GROW AS A CITY. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR UP HERE FOR JUST THE HARD DECISION THAT Y'ALL MADE TO RAISE THAT WATER RATE BY 20%.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO BACK DOWN FROM THAT 20% AND GO BACK TO SEVEN AND STILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN, TO SUSTAIN WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE. BUT I JUST FELT THE NEED TO MAKE THAT EVER MORE CLEAR FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS.

COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND TO ECHO, THE SAME THING THAT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY. THANK YOU. AND ALSO TO I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE AT THAT TIME, BUT YOU ALL MADE THE DECISION THAT YOU FELT WAS BEST AT THAT TIME, NOT TO INCREASE IT. UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN WITH THAT, THAT PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I USE THE TERM EARLIER. OUR CITY IS UNDERGOING A MOMMY MAKEOVER WITH THE WITH THE THE EXPERTISE IN THE FIELDS OF. WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND UPGRADES. OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THE SAME SITUATION. AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH DILAPIDATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPECT TO SEE CHANGE OR EXPECT TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR CITY. AND OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE SEEN, EVEN JUST THROUGH THE LAWSUIT THAT WE HAD, WHEN WE DON'T MAKE THESE CHANGES, DECISIONS WILL BE MADE FOR US.

AND SO IT'S WITHIN OUR BEST INTEREST THAT WE MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS, WHILE ALSO TO KEEPING EVERYONE COMFORTABLE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO IF YOU COULD JUST GO BACK TO THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CANNOT JUST NOT EMPHASIZE HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN JUST ONE YEAR. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHERE WE WERE, AS IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU NEVER WANT TO UTILIZE, OF COURSE, YOUR GENERAL FUND TO FUND THESE THINGS. BUT LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME FROM WHERE WE STARTED. AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE TO START WITH WHY? BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG LESSON THAT I LEARNED JUST COMING HERE TO COUNCIL, AND THIS WAS THE REASON WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE IS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE STARTED. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AND WORKING ON OUR BEHALF, BUT ALSO TO WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BITE THE BULLET, BUT NOT AT THE COST OF RESIDENTS TO WHERE IT WOULD PUT US IN A BAD POSITION ONCE WE GET OUT OF THE PLACE THAT WE ARE. AND AS WE CAN ALREADY SEE AND JUST LIKE TO PUT EMPHASIS ON IT AGAIN, WE'VE COME SO FAR IN JUST ONE YEAR. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE COMING YEARS. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF AS WELL FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY ON ON FINDING THAT MONEY OTHER PLACES. SO THAT WAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET ALL THE WAY. WE JUST HAD TO BITE IT TO STOP IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO ON OUR BEHALF, TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITIZENS GET THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED, BUT AT A COST THAT IS REASONABLE FOR THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST COMING ON COUNCIL AS MAYOR LAST YEAR WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A LIKE A BLOW, BUT IT WAS CLEARLY. WE HAD TO DO IT AND WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO DO IT. WE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE. BUT TO THE STAFF, YOU'RE SO, SO OFTEN THERE ARE JUST UNRECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO. WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC, SMART PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND I THANK. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THAT STAFF THAT THOSE ENGINEERS THAT CAME TOGETHER, ALL OF THOSE THAT DID THE WORK TO PRESENT TO US, BECAUSE BEFORE IT CAN GET TO COUNCIL, YES, WE VOTED FOR IT. BUT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, ERIC, AND THEN OF COURSE, JOE. AND WE THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR CONNECTING TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS TO GET THIS DONE AND GET US TO THE PLACE THAT WE

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HOWEVER, OVER THE LONG RUN WITH THE CONSTANT INCREASE, AND IT'LL BE AUTOMATIC TO CITIZENS UNDERSTANDING INFLATION AND EVERYTHING GOES UP. SO IT WON'T BE SO MUCH OF A REBELLION. BUT I THINK COUNCIL NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON CITIZENS COMPLAINT. NOW. IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT INCREASING ANYMORE. IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE SERVICE TO BILL. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON ENSURING THAT THESE BILLS ARE CORRECT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOST CITIZENS COMPLAIN ABOUT. ONE MONTH IS SUPER HIGH, NEXT MONTH IS LOW IN ITSELF. BUT AS FAR AS THE RESULTS IS IS GOOD. IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YOU'RE GETTING THE RIGHT RESULTS. WHAT THEY PRESENTED IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THOSE FACTS THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT OUT, PROVES THAT COUNCIL MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, AND THIS PLAN IS WORKING. THANK YOU, MR. DOUCETTE. YEAH. YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE HAVE A CORRELATING ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE SIX. I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT UP IF WE COULD, AND GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT INDIVIDUALLY. IT'S PR NUMBER 25070, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A 92 DAY EXTENSION TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE SOLID WASTE. IS THIS THE RIGHT ONE? SHE SAID 25070. LET ME GO BACK TO THE CITY SECRETARY. MAKE SURE BECAUSE THEY TEXT ME. I'M SORRY, SECRETARY, IS THIS THE CORRELATING? YES, MA'AM. IT'S WITH NEW STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. YEAH. BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER STUDY. THAT'S I'M NOT GOING TO BRING THAT UP AT THIS TIME. YES. THAT'S NOT FOR THIS ONE. YEAH.

THAT'S A SEPARATE THING. I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH OUR NORMAL AGENDA. LET'S GO TO SEE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE NONE D EMPLOYEES RECOGNITION.

WE HAVE NONE. E CORRESPONDENCE WE HAVE NONE. AND UNDER F DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE ONE TWO

[III.F.(1) A Discussion And Possible Action For The Reallocation Of The 2025 CDBG Funds Declined By Catholic Charities Hospitality Center. ]

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AND THEN I HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION, ARE YOU SAYING DIRECTOR? EXCUSE ME, DOC, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE HAD TO PUT IT BACK IN THE POOL AND EVERYONE WOULD GET AN ADDITIONAL 3000 OR. WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND DECIDED ON IF WE WERE GOING TO DO SIDEWALKS. I MEAN, I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? BECAUSE MY, MY THING I WOULD WANTED TO GO BACK INTO A GENERAL POOL IF, IF WE HADN'T ALLOCATED ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD IT BE FAIR? YOU KNOW, WE DECIDE AND, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE CLARITY ON THAT PART OF IT? WELL, BECAUSE NORMALLY IT WOULD GO BACK INTO THE POOL. WELL, IT, IT, IT CURRENTLY IT HASN'T GONE ANYWHERE IS TO BE REALLOCATED.

OKAY. AND SO THERE WERE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT IF THEY WANTED TO REALLOCATE IT AS A LUMP SUM OF $30,000, THAT IT BE REALLOCATED FOR NEW HOUSING IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE WATER TAPS AND SIDEWALKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT IF COUNCIL WERE GOING TO REALLOCATE IT TO THE REMAINING RECIPIENTS, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT BE REALLOCATED EQUALLY AMONG ALL THE RECIPIENTS. AND HOW MANY RECIPIENTS ARE THERE? I MEAN, JUST ROUGHLY, IS IT APPROXIMATELY 15, 30,000? SO IT GOT TO BE 10,000 EACH. YEAH. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. NO THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU. IT WAS CLARIFIED. I WAS CONFUSED TOO, BECAUSE I HEARD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, BECAUSE I KNOW AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE RECEIVED A PAPER FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT HAD THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF GIVING 3000 EACH TO EACH ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE ON IS TO WELL, IT'S A CHOICE YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GIVE IT TO FOR THE HOUSING FOR SIDEWALKS, OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO THE THREE, THE 3000 TO THOSE IF DIFFERENT ENTITIES. OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT TO BE, AM I CORRECT? YES. MAYOR. SO WHICH WHICH RECOMMENDATION ARE WE VOTING FIRST VOTING FOR FIRST, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD BE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. RIGHT? RIGHT. WE CAN WE CAN JUST GO WITH ONE. HOW MANY WE CAN VOTE ON THE LEGACY. I THINK IT'S THE HOUSING INITIATIVE FOR THE SIDEWALKS FIRST AND THEN I DON'T. HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO HANDLE IT, I CAN I CAN DIRECT US THAT WAY. I HAVE SOME MORE LIGHTS TO ADDRESS THOUGH BEFORE. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. I'M GOING BACK AND FORTH. CAN I MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION, MAYOR? YOU SURE CAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WELL, BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR AND WHATEVER ONE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH. SO, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF, YOU'RE SAYING, DIVIDE IT UP BETWEEN THE TEN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD. THAT'S WHAT WE'D HAVE TO PUT ON THE FLOOR TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO VOTE ON IT. SO WE CAN EITHER TABLE THIS AND COME BACK WITH A. THE JUST THE ONE RECOMMENDATION, OF COURSE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PASSED AT THE COUNCIL WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR, IT'S NOT DIRECTLY ASKING US TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER. IT'S ASKING US WHICH ONE WE WANT TO DO. AND IT'S NOT. WE NEED TO COME BACK, I THINK, TABLE IT AND COME BACK WITH A DIRECT, WHICH THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GO. MAYOR, POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YES, I WAS ASKING THAT TOO, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE ON THE AGENDA UNDER ITEM NUMBER TEN, PR NUMBER 25126, THAT DEALS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO BE USED IN THAT WAY. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT IF WE ALLOCATE THAT $30,000 TO EVERYONE SEPARATELY? WHAT WHAT IS THIS AGENDA ITEM HERE FOR? IS THIS SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT'S DEALING WITH THIS IS A DIFFERENT ITEM. COUNCILMAN PR 125625126 IS A DIFFERENT ITEM.

OKAY. BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM. BUT IT SAYS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. SO IS THAT NOT DEALING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 30,000, WE ONLY HAVE 30,000 HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED. RIGHT. NO, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS NOT DEALING WITH THAT. OKAY,

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THIS IS LISTED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY, NOT AN ACTION ITEM. YES. THAT'S POSSIBLE. ACTION.

POSSIBLE. OKAY. POSSIBLE ACTION. YES, SIR. AND WE CAN WE CAN TAKE ACTION. OKAY. I'M SORRY.

YES. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE THAT. I JUST HEARD IT. YOU'RE FINE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE A AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE ON THE 3300 FOR EACH. SPECIFIC NONPROFIT. OKAY. SO, MAYOR, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY, COULD WE JUST SAY EQUALLY AMONG THE REMAINING RECIPIENTS, EQUALLY AMONG THE REMAINING RECIPIENTS? YES, SIR. WE CAN SAY THAT. YES, SIR, WE CAN. ALRIGHT. WE CAN AMEND MY MOTION. WE CAN'T AMEND YOUR MOTION, I SAID HE CAN'T AMEND MY I LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION.

ACTUALLY, I GUESS HOUSING IS SUCH A HUGE. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY MAY, YOU KNOW, DESERVE TO BE HAVE IT EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONG THEM. BUT HOUSING IS SUCH A HUGE ISSUE IN OUR CITY AND STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE THAT I WOULD AMEND THE MOTION SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOCATE IT TO GO FOR. WE'RE BUILDING NEW HOMES, TRYING TO GET SIDEWALKS, WATER TAPS, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL COST EXTRA TO BASICALLY LET IT GO FOR FOR HOUSING, BECAUSE I KNOW THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN IN OUR CITY WITH RENTERS AND JUST GETTING NEW HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THE MARKET VALUE TO GO UP TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO MARKET VALUE TO NEED TO GO UP FROM WHERE WE ARE MEDIUM TO LOW INCOME. SO HOUSING IS A VERY IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD AMEND THE MOTION TO ACCEPT. THIS 10,000 OR 30,000 TO GO TOWARDS SIDEWALKS AND WATER. WELL, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO ACT ON THE MOTION THAT I HAD FIRST. AND IF THAT FAILS, THEN YOU CAN OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT. LET'S GO. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ON THE MOTION. THAT'S ON THE AMENDED MOTION. THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. ON THE AMENDED MOTION IS TO MOVE THAT ALL CHARITIES THAT THE AMENDED MOTION IS TO EQUALLY DIVIDE AND MAKE SURE EQUITABLY IT IS GIVEN TO ALL CHARITIES, ALL CHARITIES WHO ARE RECEIVING THESE FUNDS. OKAY. ROLL CALL, VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRANK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOBS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PENA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

JONES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GATEWOOD. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM. KINLAW. YES. MAYOR. MOSES. NO.

THE MEASURE PASSES. OKAY. THE MEASURE PASSES. MAYOR WILL HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONTRACTS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON

[III.F.(2) Discussion And Presentation By The City Attorney Regarding The Differences Between The Original Ordinance And The Newly Adopted Ordinance On "No Parking On Unapproved Surfaces". (Requested By Councilmember Getwood)]

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WHILE THIS MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED, AND GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE OLD ORDINANCE AND THE NEW ORDINANCE, I THINK YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE GOAL OF THE COUNCIL WAS TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN OUR ORDINANCES, TO PROHIBIT RANDOM PARKING ON PLACES THAT WERE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND COULD JEOPARDIZE OUR PROPERTY INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON YOUR AGENDA THAT IS UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IT INCLUDES. AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT GRANDFATHERS ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TRACKS THAT DO NOT HAVE AN EXISTING IMPROVED SURFACE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THIS ORDINANCE. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS OR PARKING EXEMPTIONS ON APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARK ON A NORMAL GRASS SURFACE OR OTHER NON IMPROVED SURFACE DUE TO THEIR OWN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. AT THIS TIME, I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW AND THE OLD ORDINANCES, AND ALSO AT A LATER POINT, YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU ATTORNEY.

WE APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION. LET ME SEE IF I HAVE ANY LIGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. OH, OKAY.

IT'S OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO MADAM ATTORNEY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. AND ALSO TO LET ME FIRST FRAME THE CONVERSATION LIKE THIS. I WANTED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER ELECTED THE COUNCIL, OF COURSE, WE HAD THE FACEBOOK POST OF THE NEW ORDINANCE. IT SPARKED AN OUTCRY. AT THAT TIME, I RECEIVED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM A FEW CONSTITUENTS OF MINE THAT LIVE WITHIN DISTRICT ONE, THAT HAVE HOMES THAT THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN FOR YEARS, THAT WAS NOT BUILT WITH AN ACTUAL DRIVEWAY, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE MET AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT. THE THE EMPHASIS BEHIND THE NEED TO BE MORE STRICT, WHICH I FULLY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY UNDERSTAND. AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUST EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE, WHICH FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PRIMARILY TO NOT ONLY BEAUTIFY BUT HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL, BUT COMMERCIAL AS WELL, BUT ALSO TO, TO JUST TO EXPRESS THE NEED FOR PARKING EXEMPTION OR EVEN, LIKE YOU SAID, EXPANDING THE ASPHALT, CONCRETE BRICK AND GRANDFATHERING THOSE HOMES IN. BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CONCRETE THAT HAS TO BE LAID, IT'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ELDERLY. THEY HAVE A VERY STRICT INCOME INCOME BASE THAT THEY'RE USED TO. AND I'M JUST BEING HONEST, I CAN USE MY OWN HOUSE FOR AN EXAMPLE. I HAVE GREATER NEEDS IN MY HOUSE THAT I HAVE TO FIX BEFORE I CAN EVEN THINK ABOUT LAYING A NEW DRIVEWAY. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THOSE THINGS. AND WE ARE, OF COURSE, MOVING THINGS FORWARD WITH OUR CITY ORDINANCE WISE, BUT ALSO TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY IS PREPARED FOR WHEN THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE, THAT IT CAN BE PROPERLY ENFORCED. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU FOR LAYING IT OUT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM LOOKING AT THE OLD ORDINANCE AND NEW ORDINANCES IS NOT MAJOR DIFFERENCES. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IT'S MORE DEFINED AND MORE DEFINING NOW. AND SO I THINK THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE HAVE AS COUNCIL, TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME RECTIFICATION TO SOME THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY DID NOT CONSIDER OR THINK ABOUT PRIOR TO. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE BY ADDING THOSE THOSE NEW WELL, AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TO THOSE TO ADD INCORPORATING THOSE NEW THINGS THAT CAN MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS

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OH MAN, I DID. BUT ANYWAY, I LOVE THAT PICNIC, MAN. IT WAS HOT. OH, IT WAS ALWAYS HOT, BUT IT WAS GOOD. LISTEN, SO BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS PARK ON OUR PARKS AS WELL DURING, DURING THOSE TIMES FOR DOING, YOU KNOW, THOSE OPERATIONS AND DURING THOSE TIMES, BECAUSE THAT HELPS TO ALLEVIATE THE KIND OF CONGESTION THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE BEING FINED OR, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE SENSITIVE AND AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.

AND THEN WHEN OUR COUSINS COME FROM LOUISIANA, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARKING IN OUR YARD. AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A WONDERFUL TIME. SO WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING DECISIONS GOING FORWARD AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, I DO, YEAH, I SEE YOUR HAND. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE LIGHTS. MAYOR PRINCE, SO GIVE ME A FEW MORE MOMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER GET DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? YES. OKAY. I'M GOING TO LET COUNCILMEMBER JONES GO FIRST AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR SECOND TIME. OKAY? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND AND THANK YOU, ROXANNE, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I TOO, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE UP HERE RECEIVED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES, GETTING STOPPED IN THE GROCERY STORE, AND ALL OF THE THINGS RELATED TO THIS ORDINANCE. AND I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN LAYING OUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT HAD LITERALLY ABOUT 80% OF THESE CLAUSES. RIGHT. AND SO THIS WAS THIS WAS AN EFFORT FROM COUNCIL.

THE INITIAL BACK IN MARCH WAS AN EFFORT FROM COUNCIL TO, TO REALLY MAKE THE ORDINANCE DO WHAT THEY NEEDED IT TO DO. RIGHT. AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD THIS IS A GOOD DRAFT. BUT I DO WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILMAN FRANK. I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARKING EXEMPTIONS, AND I GUESS I'M I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS RIGHT. I CAN READ THE DRAFT. CAN I READ THE DRAFT? OKAY. IT SAYS A PROPERTY OWNER MAY APPLY FOR A PARKING EXEMPTION. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE FILED AND SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR HER DESIGNEE FOR REVIEW, CONSIDERATION AND FINAL DETERMINATION OF A PARKING EXEMPTION TO ALLOW FOR PARKING ON AN UNIMPROVED SURFACE. AND MY MY REASON FOR WANTING TO READ THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK THERE WILL BE A LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVITY THAT IS REQUIRED ON PART OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO NO MATTER THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, I THINK WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE, WHETHER IT'S THIS ONE OR ANOTHER DRAFT, RIGHT? WE ARE ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE, IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, FOR THE CITIZENS IS COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK MENTIONED, I WAS AT THAT HOT PICNIC ON SUNDAY AND THERE WERE PEOPLE PARKED THERE. I MEAN, A LOT OF OUR PARKS DON'T HAVE CONCRETE. THEY HAVE GRAVEL OR EVEN GRASS. AND SO WE KNOW WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS.

AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S FOR IT'S FOR ESTHETICS. IT'S ALSO FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S TO REDUCE BLIGHT AND EVEN TO REDUCE SOME OF THE, THE, THE SOIL SEEPAGE THAT YOU SEE FROM VEHICLES AND WHATNOT BEING PARKED ON, ON, ON THOSE UNAPPROVED SURFACES. SO NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TODAY OR NOT, IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL TWEAKS, I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO CONSIDER HOW THE HOW THIS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ENFORCED, AND ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO ARE TASKED WITH SUCH UNDERSTAND

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COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AT ONE TIME I WAS I WAS REAL DOWN AGAINST PARKING IN THE YARD, PARKING ON THE UNAPPROVED SERVICES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? AFTER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AS I RIDE THROUGH THE TOWN, I NOTICED ONE THING. THIS PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN WE THAN WE COULD THINK OF. THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME IT WAS ALL ON THE WEST SIDE. IT WAS ALL LIKE A BUSTED SARDINE CAN. WE HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO LIVE. BACK IN, BACK IN THE GAP, YOU KNOW. SO WE HAD NO WASN'T NO DRIVE WASN'T NO CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS OR NO. YOU KNOW, WE PARK WHERE WE COULD. AND I NOTICED LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS RIDING AROUND YESTERDAY, THIS IS THE BIG PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WITH PARK ON THE GRASS, PARK ON THE YARD. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WE GOT THIS THING IS A BIG THING, AND I'M NOT MAKING A DECISION TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. AND IF I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY, I'D SAY IT. YEAH, EXIT OUT, PARK WHERE YOU WANT FOR THE TIME BEING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG PROBLEM AND NEED A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT MORE WORK. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY. YOU KNOW, LEAVE THIS RIGHT NOW. DON'T DON'T BOTHER. JUST KEEP WALKING WHERE YOU'RE PARKING. THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I BELIEVE WE ARE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS TODAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE SOMETHING THERE.

BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO JUST OFFER THIS TO. IN DISTRICT ONE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING ONE.

RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY TO BECOME ONE AND POSSIBLY A POTENTIAL FOR US TO, TO MAYBE BRING BACK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE, AN ORDINANCE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I FEEL AS THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT WITHIN OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT CAN HELP US SEE THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM DIFFERENT OTHER CITIES.

AND OF COURSE, WE ALL HAVE THE NEED OF WANTING TO SEE BETTER CITY. BUT I THINK ONCE WE'RE ALL ON, ON ONE PAGE, AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, AS WELL AS COUNCIL INVOLVED, AS WELL AS THE TALENTED CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH STRENGTHENING ORDINANCES, WE CAN RECTIFY HAVING TO REVISIT THESE CONVERSATIONS IF WE HAVE IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING WITH HAVING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH SAYING, I THINK THAT'S GREAT, BUT HAVE WE CONSIDERED THIS? AND SO I THINK THIS IS POSSIBLY AN OPPORTUNITY, IF THAT COMMITTEE IS STILL NOT NOT FUNCTIONING, TO BRING THAT COMMITTEE BACK OR IN SOME SENSE HAVE A COMMITTEE AS SUCH. SO THAT WAY, WHEN ORDINANCES ARE BEING PASSED OR THOUGHT ABOUT, THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED. SO WHEN WE PASS IT TOGETHER, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BE PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN COUNCILOR PENA. YES, I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PROBATION PERIOD, BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR US TO MAKE OUR CITIZENS START POURING DRIVEWAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIMES ARE TOUGH RIGHT NOW. AND I'M THINKING ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS AND AND IF IT HAD TO GO TODAY, I DON'T I WOULDN'T AGREE JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMES WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON CITIZENS AT THIS TIME TO DO THIS. SO IS THERE A PROPOSED PROBATION PERIOD OR WHAT WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THAT? THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE COUNCIL MAY ADD ONE. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY I WOULD AGREE TO THIS. IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROBATION ORDINANCE. THE NEW ORDINANCE IS EFFECTIVE AND HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE SINCE PUBLICATION AFTER MARCH 10TH OF 2026. YEAH.

BUT AS FAR AS THE NEW CHANGE, THE NEW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO. YEAH. RIGHT. AND THEN WE COULD I'M SORRY, CITY ATTORNEY, WE CAN THIS THE ORDINANCE. ALL WE'RE DOING IS GIVING PERMISSION TO ADD THOSE THINGS. THAT'S GOING TO BE TO THE ORDINANCE, TO THE ORDINANCE, TO UPDATE IT AND GIVE US THOSE EXEMPTIONS OR WHATEVER, THOSE SIX MONTH PROBATION, WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO THAT'S GIVEN US PERMISSION TO EDIT AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT WAY. SO THAT'S WHY WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT UP IN JUST A SECOND TO VOTE ON. OKAY. AND I HAVE A QUESTION IN THE AUDIENCE. MR. ARTHUR, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. LET ME LET MAYOR PRINCE SPEAK.

MAYOR PRINCE, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK ALL OF YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH AWARE

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THANK YOU, MAYOR PRINCE. ANYONE? I THOUGHT I SAW A HAND. MR. ARTHUR, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS. THEN WE'LL WE'RE DONE WITH ALL DISCUSSIONS. WE'LL PULL UP THE ORDINANCE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. I'M NOT IN CHURCH, BUT I SEE YOUR NAME. YOUR NAME PLEASE, SIR ARTHUR ROBINSON. YES, SIR. 3130 BERNARD. YES, SIR. GRIFFIN PARK. SPEAKING. I WANT TO SAY, SPEAKING OF MIKE, FOR ME, I WANT TO SAY, MR. PENA, I'M ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I'VE BEEN TO YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS. I HAD LUNCH THERE, ME AND MY WIFE. I LEFT A MESSAGE FOR YOU TO CALL ME. DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE, SIR? TWICE A DAY. WELL, HE. HE CAN'T ANYWAY. YES, SIR. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GRIFFIN PARK GOING ON 14 YEARS. AND THE MAYOR'S RIGHT. IT WAS ABOUT 13 OR 12 YEARS AGO THAT WE GOT THE AUDIENCE, THAT WE COULDN'T PARK ON THE GRASS. I WAS ONE OF THEM THAT GOT GOD WAS TOLD I COULDN'T PARK THERE. AND I'VE BEEN GOING BY THAT RULE FOR ALL THESE YEARS. AND NOW THEY PARKING. I SEE WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO DO. BECAUSE IT IS PEOPLE MESSING UP THE GRASS.

AND I TALK TO YOU. WHEN I VOTED, I TOLD YOU THIS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANT HELP, BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU DIDN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT DO NEED TO HAVE THE ORDINANCES THERE. THE AUDIENCE. Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. YES, SIR. IT'S NOT ASKING FOR THE VOTE. THE PEOPLE KNEW THAT I KNEW IT, AND I'M ONE OF THE ONES COMPLAINING NOW BECAUSE I SEE WHAT THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT AUDIENCE BECAUSE IT'S DISTURBING. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ACROSS ME PARKING, BUT I CAN'T TELL THEM TWO, FOUR AND FIVE CARS IN THE YARD. AND I TALKED TO POLICE CHIEF. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO LOOK AT IT, AND I GUESS HE DID, BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT. IF I HAD TO GO THROUGH IT, WHY CAN'T ANYBODY ELSE GOT FOLLOW THE RULES? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU CAN PUT YOUR LIGHT ON MISS OPINION, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO MISS JOANNE. I THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND CONSIDERING IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND MR. GATEWOOD, AGAIN, I'LL SAY WHAT COUNCILMAN FRANK SAID WITH AUNTIE AND POOKIE COME OVER. YOU KNOW, WE NEED A PLACE FOR THEM TO PARK.

AND WE ALSO HAVE DISABILITY. PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE COMES OUT OF CARS TO VISIT EACH OTHER, THAT DO NOT HAVE A DRIVEWAY FOR THEM TO COME, YOU KNOW, TO DRIVE ON TO, TO GET OUT. SO WE

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IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A, AT THE POINT IN TIME IT HAS TO BE USED. AND SO I DON'T I CAN'T SEE ANYONE, A HOMEOWNER JUST GOING TO PARK SEVERAL CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY ON, ON TOP OF THE YARD AND LEAVE IT THERE FOR MONTHS. SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL THAT AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MISS COUNCILMAN PENA. YEAH. WELL, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS JUST THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE COUNCILMAN GATEWOOD JUST MENTIONED A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT HE HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE RATHER PRIORITIZE TO FIX FIRST BEFORE POURING A NEW DRIVEWAY. SO I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYONE. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND I'M IN THE SAME BOAT.

I DON'T LIKE 4 OR 5 CARS PARKED IN A, IN A, ON THE GRASS. I MEAN, I THINK THE SAME WAY I ACTUALLY HAVE MY NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A ATV PARKED IN HIS FRONT YARD. AND EVERY DAY BEFORE I CAME TO THIS MEETING, IT UPSETS ME. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THAT CAR REMOVED OFF HIS GRASS. I'M ON BOARD WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO THINK OF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY FOR THIS RIGHT NOW. SO, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I AGREE WITH MISS PRINCE EX MAYOR PRINCE. I AGREE 100%, BUT I JUST THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROBATION PERIOD TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT THIS TOMORROW AND THEN GET FINED TOMORROW $500. IT'S ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S ALREADY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDING THE AMENDMENT, THE. YEAH, THE ENFORCEMENT I'M GOING TO BRING UP AND CORRECT ONCE WE FINISH ALL THE COMMENTS. CORRECT, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT UP TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HARDSHIPS OR WHATEVER WE DEEM PROBATIONARY PERIOD OR WHATEVER. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE WE DONE? LET'S ONE MORE THING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. YES. THANK YOU. AS I SAID FOR THIS IS A BIG THING. NEED A LOT MORE WORK. WE NEED TO GET THIS THING SET UP. COUNCILMEMBER JONES, LET ME JUST POINT OF ORDER. JUST TO BE SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE ORDINANCE IS ALREADY IN PLACE SINCE MARCH OF 2025. IT'S ALREADY ADOPTED. IT'S ALREADY ACCEPTED. WE VOTED ON IT AS A COUNCIL, BUT WE GOT TO VOTE. WHAT WE'RE VOTING TO DO IS TO KIND OF AMEND THAT. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THOSE ITEMS WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE THAT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EITHER GRANDFATHER AS WE'VE COME UP WITH, OR EVEN MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THAT ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IN JUST A SECOND. DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK AT ANOTHER TIME? AND I THINK WE HAVE TO HANDLE IT. YES, SIR. SO WE CAN PUT IT TO REST. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NUMBER THREE ON PAGE EIGHT, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE WHILE WE'RE HERE. SINCE WE'VE HANDLED ALL THE DISCUSSIONS. IF WE

[VIII.B.(3) P.O. No. 7450 – An Ordinance Amending The City Of Port Arthur, Texas, Code Of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 26-13, Chapter 106, Section 106-225 No Parking On Unapproved Surfaces To Provide For An Affirmative Defense And Certain Parking Exemptions; Providing For Penalties Not To Exceed $500.00 Per Day Per Violation; Providing A Savings And Severability Clause; And Providing For Publication And An Effective Date. (Requested By Councilmember Getwood)]

NUMBER THREE, PILL NUMBER 7450. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. CODE OF ORDINANCE NUMBER, ORDINANCE NUMBER 62-13, CHAPTER 106, SECTION 106-225. NO PARKING ON UNAPPROVED SURFACES TO PROVIDE FOR AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE AND CERTAIN PARKING EXEMPTIONS PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES NOT TO EXCEED $500 PER DAY PER VIOLATION. PROVIDING A SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN BRIGETTE WOOD. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. ANY DISCUSSIONS? I THINK WE'VE HAD THEM ALL. OKAY. DO WE NEED TO? YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOBS. MAYOR, DO WE NEED TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND THIS? TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTION FOR CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. AS COUNCILMAN PINKHAM MENTIONED, THE POTENTIAL PROBATION PERIOD AND SOME OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED TODAY. CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. SO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AND THEN THESE NEW AMENDMENTS, THE NEW AMENDMENTS, ACTUALLY MAKE THE ORDINANCE LESS RESTRICTIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO VIOLATE IT MORE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY IF YOU'RE WANTING TO RESCIND THE PRIOR ORDINANCE'S EFFECTIVE DATE, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE. BUT THIS ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW LOOSENS IT.

IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BE GRANDFATHERED IF THEY HAD NO IMPROVED DRIVEWAY IN A

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SO AND I WANT TO KIND OF MAKE THAT POINT CLEAR FOR US. SO YOU SAID THERE'S A GRANDFATHER, THERE'S A PROPOSED GRANDFATHER CLAUSE AS WELL AS THE EXEMPTIONS. SO ESSENTIALLY THOSE TWO ITEMS, WHETHER SEPARATELY OR COMBINED, SHOULD REALLY KIND OF CAPTURE THE EXTENT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD HERE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATIONS FOR THOSE WITH HARDSHIPS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PROPERTIES FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES PERHAPS, AND DON'T HAVE APPROVED SERVICES. RIGHT. SO ESSENTIALLY, THOSE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR EXEMPTION AND POTENTIALLY EITHER BE GRANTED AN EXEMPTION OR ACCEPTED OR BE GRANDFATHERED INTO ACCEPTABLE STANDING WITH THE ORDINANCE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY, Y'ALL, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF LIGHTS. SO YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER PENA YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO USE THE EXAMPLE OF COUNCILMAN GATEWOOD. IF FOR SOME REASON HE HAD TO IMPROVE HIS DRIVEWAY AND HE JUST WASN'T FINANCIALLY READY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW, COULD HE APPLY FOR AN EXEMPTION? THAT'S OKAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. I JUST WANT I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. BUT JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, WE'RE VOTING ON THE GRANDFATHER AND THE HARDSHIP EXEMPTION TO ADD, TO ADD TO THE TO AMEND THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS. RIGHT. CORRECT.

YES. AMENDING. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. YES, SIR. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE GRANDFATHERING THOUGH, AT ANY POINT THAT PROPERTY, 50% OR MORE OF ITS VALUE HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED OR REBUILT, IT MUST HAVE AN IMPROVED SURFACE. YES. SO IF SOMEONE DOES RENOVATIONS TO THEIR HOME, LIKE YOU SAID, OVER 50%, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT DRIVEWAY THEN. THAT'S CORRECT. BY THAT TIME, THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAD TIME TO PLAN. IF YOU'RE PLANNING RENOVATIONS TO GO AHEAD AND PLAN FOR THAT, THAT INCREASE. IT ALSO ALLOWS THERE ARE SOME SURFACES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY FOR VARYING DIFFERENT ZONING TRACKS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE AS WELL. OKAY. IF APPROVED BY THE CITY PRIOR TO MARCH 10TH, 2026. OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF ALL OF THE I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU IN JUST A MINUTE. MAYOR. PRINCE. I'M SORRY. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AS WELL ON MY END FOR FOR MY REASONING FOR BRINGING IT. IT WASN'T ABOUT THE CARS THAT PARK ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION. SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T GET FINED ONCE IT'S BEGINNING TO BE ENFORCED. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON IT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. I JUST WANT TO BE I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. SO HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS IN THIS IN THIS AREA.

SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL, IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS THE HARDSHIP, DOES THE HARDSHIP HAVE TO BE DECLARED BEFORE A VIOLATION? OR IF AN INDIVIDUAL GOT A TICKET FOR A VIOLATION, CAN THEY THEN DECLARE HARDSHIP? CASE IN POINT. I HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD A LEG AMPUTATED, SO NOW THEY HAVE TO PARK IN THE YARD TO GET INTO THEIR HOUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CLOSEST ACCESS TO THE FRONT DOOR FOR THEM. SO DO THEY. IF THEY GOT A TICKET FOR THAT, CAN THEY THEN APPLY FOR HARDSHIP OR DOES A HARDSHIP HAVE TO BE APPLIED BEFORE? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND I THINK BOTH ARE APPLICABLE. LET ME EXPLAIN. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A PARKING EXEMPTION, YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR IT BEFOREHAND. IF SOMEONE IS INJURED, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A MEDICAL ISSUE AND NEEDS TO PARK ON IT BUT DIDN'T HAVE A PARKING EXEMPTION IS ISSUED A CITATION.

AS YOUR CITY PROSECUTOR, WE TAKE THOSE SITUATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION AND MORE THAN

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WE ARE ALL VERY PASSIONATE AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS. SO IF SOMEONE KNOWS THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A PARKING EXEMPTION, PLEASE APPLY FOR ONE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF HAVING TO PROVE WHY YOU NEEDED ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL. I HAD A QUESTION. WHO? MAYOR PRINCE. OKAY. I'M SORRY, AND I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT BEFORE YOU VOTE, I THINK I ASKED A QUESTION. DID ANYBODY ADDRESS THE. A SETBACK IN THE ORDINANCE? WAS THAT ADDRESSED? AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, THE EXEMPTIONS THAT COULD APPLY FOR A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WOULD IT APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING THEIR HOUSES AND AND NEED THE PARKING SPACES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS? ARE FRONT PARKING SPACES FOR THEIR RENTERS? WOULD THAT APPLY FOR THEM? THE GRANDFATHER. YEAH. AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE SAYING I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT. ARE YOU SAYING GRANDFATHER? WELL, I GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT.

LET ME JUST GET SOME ORDER HERE. CITY. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU ANSWER THE MAYOR PRINCE'S QUESTION ABOUT THE SETBACKS AND THE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL DEFER THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU NEED A CITY ATTORNEY IS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY LAWS AND ORDINANCES. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS NOT INTENDING TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING. BUT THERE ARE OTHER ORDINANCES THAT YOU STILL MUST ABIDE BY. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SETBACKS OR SIDE YARDS OR BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, THOSE ARE OTHER ZONING ORDINANCES THAT APPLY IN COMPARISON TO THIS ONE. SO LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ABOUT 33,501 PROPERTY TRACKS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND THEY'RE ALL ZONED DIFFERENTLY. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES. WE DO HAVE GENERALLY ZONING ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ONLY OF BUILT OUT AND REQUIRE CERTAIN SETBACKS AND SIDE EFFECTS. SO ALL THOSE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY AS APPLICABLE TO THE SITUATION. OKAY. AND THE HEART. YES. MAYOR PRINCE, THE HARDSHIP. I ASKED THE OTHER QUESTION I ASKED WHEN THEY APPLY WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR AN EXEMPTION, WOULD. I'M RENTING MY HOME TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND WE NEED THE PARKING SPACE WITH THAT QUALIFY AS AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PARKING EXEMPTION. AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS TO APPLY FOR IT. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS RENTING THEIR LAND, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. ZONING ORDINANCES WOULD BE APPLICABLE, AS WELL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE GRANTED. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A GENERAL PROCESS. I THINK IT'D BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. WE CAN'T GET ALL THE CASES OUT HERE. I THINK, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, CITY ATTORNEY. BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS. BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING. RIGHT, IS WHERE YOU HAVE TEN CARS FROM SOMEBODY RENTING ROOMS IN A HOUSE. SO THAT'S WHY WE COMPLAIN SO MUCH ABOUT THE PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD. YES, MA'AM. AND THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING, IS THAT A LEGITIMATE ISSUE? WELL, I, I THINK SHE SAID BASED UPON THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT, NOT THE PERSON RENTING. LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE. SO, MAYOR PRINCE, THE ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS. OKAY. THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THE. THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR FOR APPLYING FOR THE PARKING EXEMPTION, NOT THE RENTER. NOW THAT MAKES SENSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE ONE WHO MUST ALSO COMPLY WITH ZONING ORDINANCES. AND THE RESIDENTIAL TRACK, FOR EXAMPLE, MAY NOT ALLOW FOR A MULTI USE RENTAL UNIT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ORDINANCES THAT COME INTO PLAY FOR EACH SITUATION THAT MAY GRANT OR DENY A PARKING EXEMPTION. WILL THE NEIGHBORS BE NOTIFIED WHEN THEY DO THAT? IF SOMEBODY GOES TO APPLY FOR A PARKING EXEMPTION THAT THE OWNER AND I KNOW IT'S THE OWNER THAT HAS TO APPLY FOR IT? I'M, I'M I'M AWARE OF THAT. BUT WILL THE NEIGHBORS BE MADE AWARE OF, OF WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT DECISION. DECISION IS? OR WILL WE BE PART OF THAT DECISION? THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR PROVIDING NOTICE TO SURROUNDING OWNERS. OKAY. WE

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AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A VOTE. CITY ATTORNEY AND THE MAYOR. THE SISTER, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER MAYOR? YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT 14 YEARS, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT AUDIENCE, AUDIENCE. AND. BUT WHO'S BRINGING THE PEOPLE IN? IT'S. SOME HOUSES ARE BEING RENTED. BUT IT'S BEING RENTED BY THE OWNER AND THE OWNER.

I'VE SEEN THEM MAKE ROOMS SO THEY CAN INVITE MAKE EXTRA MONEY. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BE HONEST WITH YOU. THEY HAVE PEOPLE STANDING IN FAMILY DWELLINGS. THAT'S NOT FAMILY.

AND ON MY STREET? YES, SIR. AND I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY ADDRESSED IT WHEN SHE SAID, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS THERE'S DIFFERENT AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT ORDINANCES AND RULES THAT WILL APPLY TO EACH. IT'S NOT ALL. IT DOESN'T ALL FIT ONE. AM I AM I UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IT MAY GO BACK TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT MAY GO BACK TO ANOTHER AREA. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A ONE SIZE FIT ALL. IT WILL GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS. IT'S A STATE CASE BY CASE, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, ORDINANCE, BY ORDINANCE. AND THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE WE COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM KINLAW HAS NOT SPOKEN. YOU CAN SPEAK. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. AND THEN I THINK YOU YOU ON YOU ON YOU ON THE THE THE IDEA OF MAYOR IS EXACTLY RIGHT BECAUSE FORMER COUNCILMAN DOUCET STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY BE BEST FOR US TO NOTIFY, BUT THEY DIDN'T NOTIFY IF THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE STAYING IN THEIR HOUSES. SO IT WORKS THE SAME WAY. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE THEY COME TO GET THIS TYPE OF APPROVAL FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE. WELL, WHERE IS YOUR PERMIT? LIKE YOU STATED EARLIER, TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE STAYING IN THE HOME. SO IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE GAMUT OF THINGS. THE CITIZENS ASK US THIS COHORT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CLEAN UP THIS CITY. I KNOW IT'S HARD. I KNOW WE WANT TO JUST BE LENIENT ON IT, BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO MAKE A STANCE AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU COME FOR THIS EXCLUSION OR THIS EXEMPTION, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING OR WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON YOUR RESIDENCE, AND THAT'S GOING TO SATISFY EVERYONE. I AGREE, WE MAY

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[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

YOU CAN PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON, I WILL. NOTICE OR LOOK AT YOUR LIGHT AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. COUNCIL MEMBER GATEWOOD. THANK YOU MAYOR. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT WEEK IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT FEW WEEKS IN DISTRICT ONE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FRENCHY'S CHICKEN. THEY HAD A GREAT AND GRAND OPENING, WHICH WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME AT THE BLOCK PARTY, AND I THINK IT REALLY BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND WE REALLY ENJOYED THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE. BUT ALSO TO SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I CAN I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO GET A PIECE OF CHICKEN BECAUSE THE LINE IS EXTREMELY TOO LONG.

SO I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO SUNDAY AT 8:00 WHEN THEY SAID THE LINE IS KIND OF DIED DOWN.

BUT SHOUT OUT TO FRENCHY'S CHICKEN FOR OPENING UP AND DOING IT IN A GREAT GRAND WAY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK PUBLICLY MISS KIMBERLY KLEIN AND ALSO YOU TWO, MAYOR WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. OF COURSE, WE KNOW DURING THE THE STORM THAT WE HAD TROPICAL STORM THAT WE HAD WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR A FULL ENTIRE DAY.

AND SOME DAYS. AND SO THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND OF COURSE, WITH THE AMAZING MAYOR THAT WE HAVE, WE WERE ABLE TO SLAM DUNK IT IN AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PASS OUT OVER, I WOULD SAY, A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND HOT MEALS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE TO RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU TO MISS KIMBERLY KLEIN, AN AMERICAN RED CROSS, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME WAY FROM HOUSTON AND OTHER AREAS TO COME HELP US PASS THAT OUT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT. LASTLY TO PROJECT 2101, THEY WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ON YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE PASSING OUT WHAT THEY CALL A, A PURPOSE PACK TO OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THEY ARE A GROUP OF YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO GRADUATED MAYBE SHORTLY, A YEAR BEFORE I DID IN 2019. THEY'VE COME TOGETHER, BOUGHT A BUILDING, REVITALIZING IT FOR A GREAT PURPOSE, AND THEY ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO SHOUT OUT TO DARREN ROBINSON AND THE ENTIRE PROJECT. 2101 GROUP FOR BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO CONTRIBUTING BACK AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, BUT ALSO TO SEEING A NEED AND ACTUALLY ACTING ON IT. THAT'S ALL MY DISTRICT ONE REPORTS. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. WELL, YOU DID IT UNDER A MINUTE AND A HALF COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK. YES. JUST WANTED TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE BRENNAN FAMILY. TOM BRENNAN, WHO LIVED IN DISTRICT FOUR BUT WAS A STAPLE AT THE SACRED HEART CHURCH IN DISTRICT ONE, PASSED ON YESTERDAY. SO WE WANT TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THAT FAMILY AND JUST CONTINUE TO OFFER PRAYERS FOR THEM. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST TWO QUICK SHOUT OUTS. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE CITY STAFF, NAMELY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. LAST WEEK WHEN EDOUARD CAME THROUGH AND MAYBE CAUGHT US OFF GUARD A LITTLE BIT, SURPRISED US SOMEWHAT. JUST I WANT TO JUST COMMEND EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE QUICK ACTION, THE LATE NIGHTS. IT WAS FOR ME. IT WAS TWO DAYS OF NOT GOING TO WORK, BUT PROBABLY WORKING HARDER THAN I DID AT WORK. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE SAME THING WAS GOING ON UP HERE AT CITY HALL. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND JUST THE DILIGENCE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF EVERYONE HERE. AND THEN ALSO, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MENTIONING OF OUR ALUMNI PICNIC. SO IN DISTRICT FOUR, PRECINCT 34 PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL ALUMNI PICNIC, WHICH COMPRISES THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF EL VISTA, VISTA VILLAGE, MONTROSE, PALOMAR AND LAKESIDE. AND WE EXPERIENCE THAT SATURDAY, SUNDAY, IT WAS BLAZING HOT AND WE HAD A LITTLE MUD TO DEAL WITH, BUT IT WAS STILL A VERY, VERY GOOD TIME. A LOT OF GOOD AND GREAT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE THE COMMITTEE, THE ORGANIZING AND HOSTING AND PRODUCTION COMMITTEE OF THAT EVENT. IT IS DEFINITELY AN EVENT THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR, AND IT IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT COMMUNITY MEANS IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER

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[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

SO PULL NUMBER TWO IS YES ON PAGE FIVE AS WELL AS NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE SIX. ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE VOTED ON NUMBER. NO WE HAVE NOT. YEAH, THAT WAS THE ONE WE BROUGHT. OKAY, OKAY. IT WASN'T RIGHT. OKAY. I HAVE THOSE ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO GET A MOTION FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA. BUT WITHHOLDING. WHAT'S GOING ON? MR. DOUCETTE CAN SPEAK ON ANY ITEM. WE'LL BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE, MR. DOUCETTE. COME ON, COME ON. HAROLD, YOU SAID 5180.

CAMBRIDGE. ITEM NUMBER ONE. PR 24862. OKAY. I DON'T THAT ITEM HAS NOT BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. THE ITEM HAS NOT BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT THE CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED. SO YOU MAY ACCEPT FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCET'S COMMENTS ABOUT THAT ITEM BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PLACE IT ON COUNCIL MEMBER MR. DOUCETTE, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GIVE US. YES. PRIOR TO US VOTING YES, I HEARD THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE SO-CALLED GROUP. IT WAS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

HOWEVER, I LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT THAT YOU WANT TO APPROVE IS A CONTRACT FOR ON CALL. OKAY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED THAT THEY WILL PERFORM IN THIS CONTRACT, SOME OF THEM ARE ENGINEERING, DESIGNING. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL MAKE THE COMMENT. CHAPTER 252 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DESCRIBES HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO. CONTRACT WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION AND CONSULTING. AND THIS CONTRACT HERE, IT'S LIKE AN OPEN CONTRACT. SO ANY OF THESE THINGS WE WANT. SO IF IT'S A DESIGNING CONTRACT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE CONTRACT. BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THIS RESOLUTION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALL EXCLUSIVE, ALL INCLUSIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT, THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDS COME FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND ANY TIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR COMPETITIVE. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT THEM.

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YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. PULL NUMBER ONE IN ADDITION TO TWO AND FOUR AND FOUR. YES. AND HANDLE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE OTHER. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THE WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE ITEM NUMBER ONE, TWO AND FOUR INDIVIDUALLY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHHOLDING THOSE ITEMS. CAN I GET A ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I ANY NOS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES WITH US WITHHOLDING NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FOUR, WE'LL GO TO THOSE INDIVIDUALLY RIGHT NOW.

[VII.C.(1) P.R. No. 24862 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate A Contract With The Solco Group, LLC Of Port Arthur, Texas For On-Call Planning, Grants Research, Engineering And Program Management Services For The City Of Port Arthur; Funding Is Available In Transit's Professional Services Account 401-70-500 5470-00-60-000 And Fleet's Professional Services Account 001-13 037-5420-00-70-000.]

MAYOR THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK THANK YOU. WHILE I APPRECIATE FORMER COUNCILMAN DOUCET'S. OBSERVATION AS HE'S COME TO US ON. TODAY, WE ARE IN THE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO QUALITY BASED SELECTION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ALLOWS US TO SEND OUT FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF FIRMS AND THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON OUR LIST. AND SO JUST TO PLACE IT OUT FOR BID GOES AGAINST RFQ. SO WE DO RFQ REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS WHERE WE GATHER AND GARNER LISTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PERFORM ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, ENGINEERING SERVICES AND THE LIKE. SO THE IT AFFORDS OUR OUR CITY MANAGER AND TO GO OUT AND TO GET INDIVIDUALS AND

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THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFY THIS. WE DID PROCURE THIS. IT WAS AN RFQ.

OKAY. SO IT WAS BIDDED. IT WAS BID. OKAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND PREVIOUS BIDS.

YES. IT'S FOR A MORE ROUNDABOUT SERVICES INSTEAD OF ONE EXACT THING. BUT BY THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING SERVICES IS ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS. SO THIS MID STATE RULES OKAY. BECAUSE WE EVALUATED THE VARIOUS ONES THAT SENT IN, THEY WERE RANKED THE HIGHEST. AND NOW WE'RE JUST NEGOTIATING FOR A FINAL AMOUNT. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNLIMITED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SET AMOUNT ON WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER NEGOTIATION. SO IT WON'T BE UNLIMITED. IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO SAY THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THE AWNING, THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THIS. IT'S JUST AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS POP UP. SO WE JUST HAVING THIS SO WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO RFQ. IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING DONE IMMEDIATELY, SOMETHING SMALL, WE JUST HAVE THIS ON CALL FOR THEM TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY. BUT IT WAS PROCURED. IT WAS PROCURED. YES. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. COUNCILMAN FRANK. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THE CLARIFICATION AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER FRANK. I THINK THAT THE THE POINT OF WHAT I WAS SAYING, LIKE I SAID, I AM IN NO WAY ALLEGING THAT ANYTHING ILLEGAL IS GOING ON.

I'M PRETTY, PRETTY ASTUTE WHEN IT COMES TO PROCUREMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH GOVERNING ENTITIES. HOWEVER, MY POINT STILL STANDS ABOUT THE BREADTH, RIGHT? SO EVEN IF WE DON'T RETRACT WHAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR, IF WE'RE GOING INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER. AND I GUESS I'M SPEAKING TO DOCTOR THIGPEN. AND WHEN WHEN MR. BURTON COMES BACK TO WATCH THIS. BUT IT'S MAYBE THIS IS MORE SO MAYBE AN APPEAL TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT THE SCOPE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS OR EVEN IN THIS ONE. AND I'M SAYING PROJECTS CONTRACTS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE SERVICES ARE VERY BROAD ON CALL PLANNING GRANTS, RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. THOSE ARE VERY, VERY BROAD SPANS OF SERVICES. A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE SINGULAR CONTRACTS, RIGHT? THOSE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICE OFFERINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE SINGULAR CONTRACTS. AND SO THE PLEA OR THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT WE SHOULD REVISIT HOW WE ARE GOING AGAIN, VERY LEGALLY, RIGHT. BUT HOW WE ARE GOING AFTER THESE RFQS, HOW WE ARE PUBLICIZING OUR RFQ AND THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. ONE IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE IF WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT RFQS. AND IF THE SAME PERSON GETS AWARDED BY A LEGAL, BY A LEGAL, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA OR A LEGAL, I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT YES, IT'S A PROCESS FOR EVALUATION, A LEGAL EVALUATION PROCESS, THEN SO BE IT. BUT HAVING THEM ALL GROUPED TOGETHER AND IT KIND OF JUST BEING LIMITED TO 1 OR 2 FIRMS THAT ARE GETTING CALLED UPON FOR EVERY SINGLE LITTLE ANCILLARY THING THAT WE NEED TO DO AROUND THE CITY. IT CAN TAKE ON AN APPEARANCE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN. AND MAYOR, IF I MAY, WE I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF I MAY MAKE A MOTION.

TO THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. YES, BECAUSE IT SAYS ENTER IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE MOTION A MOTION IS THE PROPER MEASURE TO MAKE, BUT I WANT TO REVISIT HOW WE ARE GOING ABOUT THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AS FAR AS BREAKING THAT SCOPE APART, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WITH ALL FOUR ITEMS AND THE SCOPE, WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HANDLE WITH CONTRACTS GOING FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT? BUT WE HAVE THIS ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, BUT SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD AND ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY. YES, I THINK ALL CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED ARE VALID CONCERNS.

WE HAVE VERY, VERY, VERY STRICT FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO BIDDING, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING ON A GETTING A GRANT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SERVICES FOR. OKAY.

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RIGHT. SO IF THE CITY ATTORNEY I'M SORRY IF THE CITY MANAGER COMES BACK WITH ALL OF THOSE SERVICES AND THE COUNCIL CAN TURN THAT DOWN, RIGHT? IF HE ONLY COMES BACK WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SERVICES, THEN YOU CAN APPROVE IT OR DECLINE IT. SO THIS IS JUST TO GET HIM TO START THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOKOL, TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY COULD BEST SERVICE EACH OTHER. OKAY. AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT IS LISTED SO PRESCRIPTIVELY IN THE RESOLUTION, IT SAYS PLANNING, RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE GIVE THAT PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS, THAT WE AREN'T BINDING OURSELVES TO THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION, YOUR ONLY BINDING YOURSELF WHEN YOU ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER GATEWOOD. OH, IT WAS A IT WAS ALREADY STATED. COUNCILWOMAN JACOBS ARTICULATED IT VERY WELL.

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. JUST WHAT DOC HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED, THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON A PROCESS, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT PROCESS CAN HAPPEN A LOT SOONER. SO THAT WAY WE CAN WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE'RE APPROVING THINGS. WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT BECAUSE I DO AGREE IT IS AN APPEARANCE THING AS WELL. IF THAT PERSON JUST SO HAPPENS TO GET ALL FOUR, THEN LET'S BE ABLE TO SHOW THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE THAT THEY WERE AWARDED INSTEAD OF THE BLANKET CONTRACT. SO I AGREE, BUT YOU YOU ARTICULATED AND YOU ALSO EXPLAINED IT WELL. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE READY TO GO TO A VOTE. MR. DOUCETTE, THAT YEAH, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WON'T TAKE BUT A MINUTE. ONCE AGAIN, CHAPTER 252. WHEN YOU'RE SEEKING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE CONSULTING OR CONTRACTING.

IT'S A PROCESS. YOU GO THROUGH IT. NOTHING IN 252 SAYS THAT YOU CAN SEND OUT A SCOPE OF ALL OF THESE SERVICES OR ITEMS YOU WANT DONE, AND HAVE SOMEBODY TO SUBMIT A LIST, AND THEN YOU PICK FROM THAT LIST. WHAT ARE YOU PICKING? YOU HAVEN'T ADVERTISED ANY PARTICULAR JOB THAT YOU WANT DONE. YOU DIDN'T ADVERTISE IN ENGINEERING. YOU DIDN'T ADVERTISE FOR CONSULTANTS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT 252, IT SAYS FOR ANY CONTRACT. SO THIS IS GENERAL. AN ON CALL IS THE KEY WORD. THE ONLY TIME THAT WE APPROVE ON CALL CONTRACTS. MR. DOUCETTE, YOUR THREE MINUTES DURING DISASTER. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY NO'S. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. NUMBER TWO. PR NUMBER 24995. A

[VII.C.(2) P.R. No. 24995 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Amend The Contract With Holland And Knight, LLP For Legal Services Related To An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Dispute, Increasing Contract Funding By $10,000.00 For A New Total Contract Amount Not To Exceed $35,000.00; Funding Is Available In The Law Department’s Professional Services - Account No. 001-05-013-5420 00-10-000. ]

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SO I NEED PERMISSION TO GO OVER THE 25 TO PAY IT OUT. BUT THIS IS THE LAST BILL FROM THEM AND IT SAVED YOU A MILLION. YES. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. THAT ANSWERS THE EXTENT OF MY QUESTION. AND JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A $25,000 THRESHOLD IN WHICH ITEMS HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL. AND SO JUST AS A GENERAL GOOD FINANCIAL CONTROL, RIGHT? WHEN THERE ARE ITEMS THAT DON'T HAVE TO, TO MAKE IT THERE, BUT THEY COME IN JUST BELOW IS ALWAYS A GOOD QUESTION, ALWAYS A GOOD PRACTICE TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR ANY INCREASES. BECAUSE IF THE FIRST PIECE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET APPROVED, BUT NOW THE THE SECOND PIECE DOES AND IT COSTS THE QUESTION OF MY MY FAVORITE QUESTION ABOUT SCOPE AND UNDERSTANDING SCOPE. BUT YOUR EXPLANATION WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSE? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WE'RE

[VII.C.(4) P.R. No. 25070 – A Resolution Authorizing A 92-Day Extension To The Professional Services Agreement For The Solid Waste Master Plan Project With NewGen Strategies And Solutions Of Orlando, Florida, Moving The Revised Expiration Date From September 30, 2026, To December 31, 2026. There Is No Funding Impact For The Professional Services Agreement Extension. ]

COUNCIL MEMBER. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE SAME TRACK, SAME CONTRACT. RATHER, THIS CONTRACT IS ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN. MR. DAN IS HERE AND SO IS MR. KENOI. THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS TO WHY THE EXTENSION IS NEEDED.

YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS IS THE SECOND EXTENSION FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT, RIGHT. WE INCLUDED SOME DETAILS IN THERE THAT IT WAS A MUCH EARLIER THIS

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AND SO ONCE AGAIN, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, WE THAT SHOULD NOT BE OUR OUR HALLMARK BECAUSE THAT'S KNOWN ONCE, ONCE, IF IT'S KNOWN HERE, IT'S DEFINITELY KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, RIGHT? EVEN SPANNING OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSTON AREA THAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, YOU GO THERE AND YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EXTEND, YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR CONTRACTS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN SAY EVERYTHING I WANT TO SAY, BUT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US. AND SO LET'S JUST CONTINUE, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAD GOOD RATIONALE AS AS THOSE TIMES COME, WE SHOULD ALWAYS DOCUMENT THEM, RIGHT? AND BE READY WITH THE RESPONSE AS YOU WERE TODAY. BUT JUST MOVING FORWARD IN GENERAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, WE REALLY HAVE TO GET A BETTER GRIP ON IT BECAUSE THERE IS A REPUTATION, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE AREN'T AS TIGHT ON THAT AS MAYBE WE SHOULD BE, WHICH IS WHY SO MUCH HAS COME ACROSS. THIS DAY, IS ASKING US TO MAKE APPROVALS FOR EXTENSIONS AS WELL AS FOR EXTENSIONS OF OF FISCAL IMPACT AS WELL. BUT THANK YOU, SIR, COUNCILMEMBER JACOBS, REALLY QUICK. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT. SO WHEN THEY FIRST APPROACHED US WITH THIS SECOND REQUEST, I WAS PRETTY POIGNANT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE PLAN. IT WAS PRETTY POIGNANT WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, IS THIS NECESSARY? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EXTEND TO GET THE DELIVERABLE THAT WE WANT IN A TIMELY MANNER? AND THEY DID. WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEEDS WERE TO BRING IT TO APPROPRIATE CONCLUSION, ESPECIALLY WITH RECONVENING THE COMMITTEE RATHER THAN KIND OF SKIPPING THAT LITTLE STEP. SO WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION, BUT IT WAS A VERY POIGNANT OF TRYING TO GET THIS THING COMPLETED ON TIME AT THE SAME TIME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JESSE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE NOW? THREE MONTHS. OH, WOW. WELL, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO AS WELL. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I ANY KNOWS THE AYES HAVE IT. THE

[VIII.A.(1) P.R. No. 25008 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With PaveCon, Ltd., Of Houston, Texas, BuyBoard Cooperative Contract No. 800-26, For The Street Rehabilitation Program Project (District Four): 26th Street (Memorial Blvd. To 5th Avenue), 60th Street (Hazel Avenue To Jade Avenue), And Florida Avenue (29th Street To 25th Street), For The Amount Of $3,828,985.22. Funds Are Available In The Capital Streets Account No. 307-21-053-8517-00-10-000. Project Nos. ST5081, ST5082, & ST5085. ]

I NEED A MOTION PLEASE. I SHOULD KNOW THAT ALREADY. BUT I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PULL PR NUMBER 25008 SECOND. NEXT MEETING. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION WILL BE PULLED UNTIL

[VIII.A.(2) P.R. No. 25113 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of A Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of $8,566.98 Less The Deductible ($2,500.00). The Claim Is Made Against Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP). The Claim Is A Result Of Property Damage To Traffic Unit #2401, Resulting In A Final Settlement Of $6,066.98 ]

[VIII.A.(3) P.R. No. 25114 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of A Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of $22,928.20 Less The Deductible ($5,000.00). The Claim Is Made Against Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP). The Claim Is A Result Of Property Damage To The City Hall Annex, First Floor, Making Final Settlement $17,928.20. ]

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[VIII.B.(1) P.O. No. 7441 – An Ordinance Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of A Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of $31,550.00, Less The Deductible ($2,500.00). The Claims Are Made Against The Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP). The Claim Is A Result Of Property Damage To Drainage Unit #2345, Making The Final Settlement Offer $29,050.00. ]

[VIII.B.(2) P.O. No. 7442 – An Ordinance Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of A Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of $18,258.00. The Claim Is Made Against Allstate Insurance Company. The Claim Is A Result Of Property Damage To Police Unit #2211.]

[IX. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) ]