3. Recognition and memorialization of the passing of Joseph Johnson, in acknowledgment of his service and contributions to the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1) Board.

[3. Recognition and memorialization of the passing of Joseph Johnson, in acknowledgment of his service and contributions to the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1) Board.]

MOVE NOW. TO OUR RECOGNITION AND MEMORIALIZATION OF THE PASSING OF JOSEPH JOHNSON AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE BOARD. AND. AND AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

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SLIDESHOW IN HIS HONOR AND JOSEPH JOHNSON'S HONOR, HIS LIFE, HIS LEGACY, HIS SERVICE HERE. AND. THE ONE THING. I. KNOW WE THANK YOU AND TO OUR STAFF FOR PREPARING AND PLAYING A SLIDESHOW IN COMMISSIONER JOE JOHNSON'S STAY AT. WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIS SERVICE AND HIS LEGACY HERE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THE SERVICE TO OUR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TO OUR BOARD. THIS TIME, I THINK, MISTER COUNCILMEMBER FRANK, DID YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON? JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE AND ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS, MAYOR. I AM OFFERING THE CONDOLENCES AS WELL TO COUNCILMAN KINLAW AND HIS FAMILY. HE'S A PART OF THAT. AND AS WELL, WE'RE GRATEFUL ALWAYS FOR THE PRESENCE OF COACH GAMBLE, WHO IS HERE. AND JOE PLAYED FOR COACH GAMBLE ON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS. AND THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT WE CAN IN IN WORDS, EMPHASIZE THE LOSS AND THE THE GRIEF IN OUR HEARTS OVER JOE'S PASSING. IT WAS JUST SO SUDDEN. BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO DO IS OFFER CONDOLENCES TO HIS MOTHER, MRS. BARBARA HANNAH, AND TO RENEE AND FAITH. AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT PRAYERS WOULD BE CONTINUALLY MADE FOR HER STRENGTH IN THE PASSING OF HER ONLY SON AND, OF COURSE, A HUSBAND AND A FATHER. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR COUNCILMAN KINLAW AND HIS FAMILY AND LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATE THEM. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL WE CAN. WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER JOE AND KEEP JOE IN OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS.

YES, AND IN HIS MEMORY I HAVE. FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR PREPARED A RESOLUTION FROM US.

I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM HAS A RESOLUTION THAT. FROM THE TOURIST BOARD. I HAVE ONE FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE. IT SAYS IN MEMORY OF MR. JOSEPH JOHNSON. WHEREAS WITH HEAVY HEARTS AND DEEP GRATITUDE, WE PAUSE TO HONOR THE PASSING OF MR. JOSEPH JOHNSON, A CHERISHED COMMUNITY LEADER WHOSE LIFE WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF SERVICE, OF KINDNESS, HUMILITY AND LOVE FOR OTHERS. AND WHEREAS JOSEPH JOHNSON TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY THROUGH SINCERE COMPASSION, FAITHFUL LEADERSHIP. AND A GENEROUS SPIRIT THAT BROUGHT COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOPE TO THE PEOPLE AND PLACES HE SERVED. AND WHEREAS, WHETHER OFFERING GUIDANCE, LENDING A HELPING HAND, SPEAKING A WORD OF WISDOM, OR SIMPLY BEING PRESENT WHEN NEED IT MOST, HE MADE OTHERS FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND SUPPORTED. AND WHEREAS THE MEMORIES, LESSONS AND ACTS OF GOODNESS SHARED BY JOSEPH JOHNSON WILL REMAIN A LASTING SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR FAMILY, FOR FRIENDS, FOR NEIGHBORS, FOR COLLEAGUES, AND ALL WHOSE LIVES WERE BLESSED BY THIS REMARKABLE LEGACY. AND WHEREAS JOSEPH JOHNSON FAITHFULLY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE TERS FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 2019 UNTIL HIS PASSING. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE LOVINGLY HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF JOSEPH JOHNSON, GIVING THANKS FOR THE GRACE, FOR HIS COURAGE AND HIS DEDICATION SO GENEROUSLY SHARED, AND EXTENDING OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY, TO HIS FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY WHO MOURN THIS GREAT LOSS. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE RECORDED AS A HEARTFELT TRIBUTE TO A LIFE

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WELL LIVED AND A LEGACY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE THROUGH. THE PEOPLE SERVED, THE KINDNESS SHARED, AND THE ENDURING LOVE HE LEFT BEHIND. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HEREUNTO SET MY HAND.

AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO BE AFFIXED. THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. CHARLOTTE MARIE MOSES, MAYOR, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME ON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM CAN GO BACK AND LOOK OVER. THANK YOU MAYOR. HIT YOUR LIGHTS, GUYS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AT THIS TIME. JUDGE GUILLORY. YOU KNOW. ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IN LIFE IS TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN TRULY ADMIRE. NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY, NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE, BUT JUST ABOUT WHO THEY ARE. FOR AS LONG AS I'VE EVER KNOWN JOE, HE'S ALWAYS HAD THIS PEACEFULNESS ABOUT HIMSELF. THE COUNTLESS TIMES THAT HE'S COUNSELED ME PERSONALLY, IT WAS ALWAYS WITH CALMNESS AND PEACE FIRST AND. TO THE FAMILY. I OFFER MY CONDOLENCES AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAD, AND I JUST WANT THE FAMILY TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THEM FOR ALLOWING HIM TO SPEND THIS TIME WITH ME. AND TO MY FRIEND, COUNCILMAN KEN LOGAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE MY CONDOLENCES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT WE CAN NEVER, EVER, EVER PREPARE FOR. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FRIEND. CLASSMATE. RELATIVE, UNCLE, BROTHER, MENTOR. I MEAN, HE WAS ALL OF THAT. LOVE YOU BROTHER. COACH GAMBLE. WE COULD WE CAN TALK ALL DAY AND NOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT JOE. I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS JUST A VERY, VERY LITTLE.

HE WAS A TODDLER. OR REALLY. AND AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT WAS MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT JOE PLAYED BASKETBALL ON SOME STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I WAS PRIVILEGED TO WORK AND COACH HIM AND OTHER YOUNG MEN LIKE HIM. AND IT'S ONE THING THAT I TRIED TO TEACH ALL OF THE YOUNGSTERS THAT PLAYED BASKETBALL. AND I JUST I'M GOING TO SAY IT. I'M GOING TO SAY IT. IT'S WHAT I HAD THEM TO SAY IT PERIODICALLY. TELL ME NOT IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS THAT LIFE IS BUT AN EMPTY DREAM. FOR THE SOUL IS DEAD THAT SLUMBERS.

BUT THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY MAY SEEM. NOT ENJOYMENT, NOR SORROW SHOULD BE YOUR DESTINED END OR WAY, BUT TO ACT SO THAT EACH TOMORROW FIND YOU FARTHER THAN TODAY. JOE HAS NO MORE TOMORROWS. BUT HE HAS DONE WELL OUT THERE. HE. LIKE I SAID, WE COULD TALK ALL DAY, AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COACH GAMBLE. ANY OTHER DIRECTORS, STAFF. A MONTH AGO. COMMISSIONER JOE AGREED TO BE AT THIS MEETING. LITTLE DID WE KNOW WHEN HE AGREED AT THAT MEETING THAT HE HAD A MORE IMPORTANT MEETING TO ATTEND. AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE IS A MEETING THAT

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EACH ONE OF US HAVE IN OUR LIFE, THAT WE WILL NOT BE TOO EARLY FOR, NOR TOO LATE FOR, BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT ON TIME, FOR IT IS NOT OUR TIME, BUT OUR GLORIOUS FATHER'S TIME. FOR JOE DID SO MANY WONDERFUL AND GREAT THINGS, AND EVEN I, AS ONE WHO PROBABLY KNEW HIM THE LEAST, HAVE THE WONDERFUL MEMORY OF HIM SMILING AND LAUGHING AT THIS DAIS. HE BELIEVED IN US.

HE BELIEVED IN OUR LORD. OUR LORD. YOU MUST BE SO GRACIOUSLY AWARE OF US, FOR YOU HAVE TAKEN TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE ON OUR TOURS BOARD. YOU TOOK ART, YOU TOOK JOE. SO WE KNOW WITHOUT DOUBT THAT YOUR FAVOR IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROSPER US AND LEAD US INTO A DIRECTION THAT HONORS ALL OF YOUR CHILDREN ON THIS EARTH. JOE, UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN, OUT OF ALL OF OUR HOME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE STAFF FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. VERY, VERY NICE TRIBUTE TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY. JUST GOING TO JUST KIND OF CAVEAT WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID. I WENT HOME AND I PULLED SOME PICTURES OUT, SOME OLD PICTURES, AND IT WAS ME AND MY BROTHER JOE. AND I THINK JOE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. I WAS SIX, MY BROTHER WAS FIVE, AND WE HAD SOME BIG OLD COWBOY BOOTS ON. AND BACK IN THE DAYS. EITHER YOU'RE A COWBOY, YOU'RE AN INDIAN. AND THAT'S HOW IT USED TO BE. WE ONLY HAD THREE STATIONS, WHAT, FOUR, SIX AND 12? AND IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT AT THE RIGHT TIME, YOU WOULDN'T. YOU WASN'T ABLE TO SEE BONANZA.

AND BONANZA WAS OUR SHOW BACK IN THE DAYS. SO MY BROTHER AND I WAS ALWAYS BEING PICKED TO BE INDIANS, AND JOE WAS ALWAYS THE COWBOY OR THE SHERIFF OR THE MARSHAL CHASING US AROUND. AND THAT'S SOME OF THE STORIES I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS, BECAUSE IT HURTS. IT HURTS. OUR LAST MEETING, HE SAID, I SICK ON HIM FOR NOT BEING ON TIME. BUT IT JUST HURTS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW JOE. HE ALWAYS WOULD GET ON ME ABOUT EATING AND EXERCISING. THE LAST PHONE CALL I REMEMBER HE SAID, WHERE YOU AT? I SAID, I'M IN HOUSTON. I HAD JUST LEFT VA HOUSTON. HE SAID, WHERE ARE YOU ABOUT TO DO? I SAID, I'M GOING TO FRENCHY'S CHICKEN. HE SAID, WELL, CUSS, I TOLD YOU, YOU NEED TO EAT HEALTHY. SO THAT'S JOE RANDOM CALL. HE WOULD JUST DO THAT. HE CARES ABOUT EVERYONE. HE ALWAYS SMILED. ALWAYS. SO IT REALLY HURTS BECAUSE I WOULDN'T. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. BUT. ARE WE GOING TO GET PAST IT? I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. JOE, I LOVE YOU, MY FAMILY, MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES RIGHT NOW, AND HE JUST WANTED ME TO ALSO LET JOE KNOW IN THIS MEETING THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS, ALWAYS, FOREVER MISS YOU AND YOU'RE IN A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE. THANK YOU. ALL

[4. Approval of Minutes from the previous Downtown Tax Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1) Board Meeting held on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.]

RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS AGENDA. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS DOWNTOWN STORAGE REINVESTMENT ZONE BOARD MEETING THAT WAS HELD AUGUST 27TH, 2026 AT 2:30 P.M. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES ON AUGUST 27TH, 2026 AT 2:30 P.M. ANY QUESTIONS? IF IT'S NO QUESTIONS, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE

[5. Discussion and possible action to approve invoices associated with the purchase of uniform shirts featuring the new TIRZ #1 logo and professional headshot photography services for Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1) Board Members.]

MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER FIVE. DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO APPROVE INVOICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE OF UNIFORM SHIRTS FEATURING THE NEW TERMS NUMBER ONE LOGO AND PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT PHOTO SERVICES FOR THE DOWNTOWN TAX

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INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. TERMS NUMBER ONE, BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT WE GOT TO. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. SO IF YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKETS AND ON THE SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AS WE APPROVED AT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, THE NEW LOGOS. AND WE ALSO WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO ORDER NEW SHIRTS FOR EVERYONE WITH THE NEW LOGOS. WE HAVE IT BEFORE YOU. THE TOTAL FOR EVERYONE TO GET THE NEW POLO AND THE NEW LONG SLEEVE IS $564.24. SO I NEED YOUR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORDER SO I CAN GET A VOTE FROM YOU ALL. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? BOARD MEMBERS? THE PURCHASE AND THAT'S THE DESIGNS OF THE SHIRTS. I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE A SHIRT SIZES. YES, SIR. YOUR SHIRT SIZES AND A COUPLE PARTICULAR ITEMS. IT'S ALL SQUARED AWAY. SO I JUST NEED THE APPROVAL. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PURCHASE AND THE HEADSHOTS. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE. YOU HAVE SOMETHING, PAM? GO AHEAD. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. MISS TB. YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE IT'S THE BOARD. IT. WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED TAX EXEMPT? LET ME PIVOT THAT QUESTION TO MR. TRAN. I BELIEVE IT IS TAX EXEMPT, BUT I THINK MR. CHAIR WOULD BE BETTER PRIVY TO ANSWER IT. WE TAX EXEMPT. YES. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE THE 564, 24 MINUS THE 4294. YES, WE WILL CONFIRM, BUT WE'LL APPROVE THIS PRICE. AND IF IT'S LESS THAN THAT, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND GET YOU YOUR DISCOUNTED RATE. THANK YOU.

PAM, I'M LOOKING AT IT. WHY IS THE MAYOR ALWAYS LOOKING BETTER THAN ALL THE GUYS? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? YOU TAKING IT? YOU TAKING IT TOO FAST? I NEED THE APPROVAL FOR THE SHIRTS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL APPROVE THE HEADSHOTS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO CAN I GET A VOTE FOR THE THE NEW SHIRTS? IS THERE. NO QUESTIONS? NOW, CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. IT'S BEEN PASSED. THANK YOU. PERFECT. NO. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE INVOICE FOR YOUR HEADSHOTS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. SO YOU HAVE AN INVOICE FROM BART BRAGG FOR HEADSHOTS THAT WERE TAKEN. WE STILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SHOWN UP TO TAKE THEIR HEADSHOTS. WE WILL SCHEDULE FOR THEM TO COME OUT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN INVOICE OF $200 TO GET APPROVED FOR MR. BRAGG. IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT PAGE AND ON YOUR SCREENS, THE HEADSHOTS ARE THERE. MAYOR MOSES DOES LOOK GORGEOUS IN HER HEADSHOT. THE REST OF YOU GUYS LOOK GREAT AS WELL. LOOK AT. YES, THANK. SO THE LIGHTING IS THE LIGHTING. LIGHTING. WE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR PICTURE, COMMISSIONER MARTIN, AND I'LL GIVE YOU. YEAH, WE'LL DARKEN IT BACK UP. I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU, BUT THE REST OF EVERYBODY ELSE, MAYOR MOSES IN PARTICULAR LOOK GORGEOUS. OH, WOW. THANK YOU. TORI. Y'ALL LOOK GREAT TOO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CAN I GET AN APPROVAL FOR THE INVOICES? OKAY.

YEAH. CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? AT THIS TIME. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOTION. AND SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. YOU HAVE THAT. THE HEADSHOTS BEEN APPROVED. THANK

[6. Report from the Finance Department regarding the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1) financial budget.]

YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER SIX GUYS REPORT FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE, FINANCIAL BUDGET. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY CONDOLENCES TO MR. JOHNSON AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL. THEY HAVE MY PRAYERS AND SYMPATHIES. NOT AN EASY PROCESS. TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME AND GLAD TO SEE YOU THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS FAR AS THE INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE REPORT AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2026, WE HAVE REVENUES FROM ENTITIES AT 20,000 TO 95. WE HAVE TRANSFERS FROM GENERAL FUND 82,347, WHICH GIVES A TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFER OF 102,000 642. AND WE ALSO HAVE A FUND BALANCE AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2026, 2000 236,480. ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE FINANCIAL REPORT? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION AND

[7. Presentation and discussion regarding the condition, quantity, and location of fire hydrants within the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1), presented by the Water Department.]

DISCUSSION REGARDING CONDITIONS, QUALITY AND LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN'S TURF. DOWNTOWN'S TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE TURNS NUMBER ONE PRESENTED BY WATER DEPARTMENT. HELLO. MY NAME IS KEVIN MATTHEWS. I'M THE WATER UTILITIES DIRECTOR. FOR SOME OF YOU ALL THAT I HAVE NOT MET, WE PUT TOGETHER OR WE WERE ASKED TO PUT TOGETHER THREE OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. THE FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE WELL, IN ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA OF THE

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CITY, ARE VERY OLD, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND THEY'RE IN VARIOUS STATES. THERE'S BEEN A FEW THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT NOT MANY. THERE WERE A COUPLE AROUND MOTIVA THAT WERE REPLACED BY MOTIVA. THERE ARE SOME THAT THEY FUNCTION, BUT NOT THAT WELL. WE'RE STARTING TO DO SOME FIRE HYDRANTS. WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AROUND THE MALL AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO IN THIS AREA WE PUT TOGETHER A. I GUESS FIRST OFF, THERE'S A FIRE HYDRANT WORKS AND IT'S JUST A STATIC FOR ABOUT $120. WE COULD HAVE A COMPANY COME OUT AND THEY SANDBLAST IT AND THEY PAINT IT. SO IT, IT JUST BASICALLY IMPROVES THE ESTHETICS AND GETS RID OF ALL THE RUST. SOME OF THE HYDRANTS NEED CAPS. WE PROVIDE THEM TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ROUTINELY GO OUT AND PUT ON CAPS. IF THE FIRE HYDRANT IS THE VALVE ISSUES OR STEM ISSUES, WE GENERALLY REPLACE OLD FIRE HYDRANTS, WHICH MEANS EXCAVATION TIED INTO THE LEAD FROM THE MAIN LINE AND COMPLETE REPLACEMENT AND REBUILDING THE BASE OF THE HYDRANT. THAT'S ABOUT $9,000 ON AVERAGE PER HYDRANT. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 110 HYDRANTS PLUS OR MINUS ONE. IF YOU IN TERMS. SO THAT GIVES YOU A KIND OF A TOP END. IF YOU. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THREE AREAS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT, ONE WAS THE VERY CORE OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. AND THERE'S TEN HYDRANTS IN THAT AREA. WE LOOKED AT THE THE ONES THAT ARE IN WORSE SHAPE AND TAKE AT LEAST FOUR REPLACEMENTS AND THEN SIX TO BE REPAINTED AND CLEANED UP. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FINAL SELECTION IS REALLY BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GO OUT AND TEST HYDRANTS AND LOOK AT THEM. OUR CREWS DO NOT TEST HYDRANTS. WE USE THEM FOR FLUSHING. YOU SEE HYDRANTS RUNNING. IT'S TO FLUSH OUT WATER. BUT THE ACTUAL DO THEY WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE, THE FINAL SELECTION WOULD BE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHICH HYDRANTS THEY NEED FOR FIGHTING FIRES. IT'S NOT OUR EXPERTISE. AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU SAID DO THIS, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY DO THAT. SO THE CENTRAL CORE IS BASICALLY WACO TO FORT WORTH AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN FOURTH AND PROCTOR AND THEN UP AT UP AROUND ALLEY ABOVE FIFTH STREET. THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER THE CENTRAL CORE. THE NEXT AREA WE LOOKED AT WAS BASED ON MARDI GRAS, THE AREA THAT WE WERE TOLD MARDI GRAS, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED WATER FOR VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE MOST OF THAT'S TAPPED OFF THE FIRE HYDRANTS. AND IT'S IT'S A LARGE AREA. IT HAS A TOTAL OF LET ME FLIP OVER MY OTHER SHEET, 21 HYDRANTS. AND WE LOOKED AT THE WORST ONES ARE SIX HYDRANTS THAT NEED TOTAL REPLACEMENT. THE REST WE THINK WE CAN PRIMARILY JUST PAINT AS A MINIMUM. SO THE. I THINK IN YOUR HANDOUT YOU HAVE THE COSTING. THAT'D BE A WE'RE RECOMMENDING ABOUT 65 TO $100,000 TO GO WITH THAT OPTION. THE FIRST OPTION WAS 40 TO 55,000. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE TOURS DISTRICT, WHICH IS QUITE LARGE, TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SO LARGE. THERE'S A TOTAL OF. TO PUT ALL THIS ON 110 HYDRANTS, WE FIGURED AT LEAST 25 NEED TO BE REPLACED COMPLETELY, AND THEN 85 WOULD NEED TO BE RECONDITIONED AND PAINTED. SO FOR THAT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT UPWARDS OF 350,000. AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE MINIMUM IF YOU IF YOU HAVE MONEY AND YOU WANT TO DO MORE, WE RECOMMEND REPLACING MORE. BUT THIS IS A KIND OF A MINIMUM TO GET THAT AREA SOMEWHAT SERVICEABLE. OKAY, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. WELCOME TO ANSWER. ANY QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS.

AND LET ME START THIS OFF. I THINK I WAS TELLING OUR CITY ATTORNEY EARLIER THAT I REMEMBER THE CITY MANAGER TALKING ABOUT GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL FIRE HYDRANTS, POSSIBLY GETTING ALL FIRE HYDRANTS. HE WAS GOING TO APPLY FOR THAT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK IN THE COUNCIL MEETING AND LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER HE SAID THAT YOU ARE CORRECT, COUNCILMAN KINLAW, HE WE DID APPLY. WE APPLIED TWICE. THE GRANTS WERE NEVER FUNDED.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY THROUGH THE LIKE FISH AND WILDLIFE. IT WAS KIND OF A WEIRD AREA TO FUND

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GRANTS FOR FIRE HYDRANTS, BUT WE QUALIFIED UNDER IT. BUT THE GRANTS WERE NEVER FUNDED. SO TECHNICALLY I THINK THE APPLICATIONS ARE STILL IN, BUT THEY WERE NEVER FUNDED. WE DID GET THE WATER LINE MONEY AND EVERY WATER LINE THAT WE REPLACE, WHICH IS THEY'RE ALL OVER THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY ARE. THERE WILL BE SOME IN THE TOURS, I THINK, BUT THEY'RE MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY BEFORE WE GET TO THIS AREA. WE ARE REPLACING ALL THE FIRE HYDRANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER LINES THAT WE REPLACE. LIKE ALONG ATLANTA. WE REPLACE SEVERAL FIRE HYDRANTS AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WE REPLACE WATER LINES, REPLACE HYDRANTS, AND WE DO REPLACE HYDRANTS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GET HIT OR WHATEVER. WE GOT THROUGH ABOUT 50 A YEAR AND WE STILL HAVE THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT GOES OUT AND CHECK THE PRESSURE OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS. HOW OFTEN DO THEY DO THAT? THEY ROTATE THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY EVERY THREE YEARS, AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR DATABASE. NOW THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT HIGHLIGHTS THEM, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING.

THERE'S FUNDING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR HYDRANTS. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT MAKING SURE THAT THE WORST HYDRANTS ON THE LIST GET PICKED UP AND THAT THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET, THE WATER LINE JOBS, AND WE HOPE TO GET THAT OUT SOON ONCE THE NEW YEAR STARTS, BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED UNDER THE NEW BUDGET. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTORS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE DO HAVE A IT'S POSSIBLE. WHEN, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GET THIS INFORMATION IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS, YOU JUST YOU ANY, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHICH PROPOSALS, JUST CALL ME AND SAY I'VE GOT IT'S BASICALLY 120 TO PAINT A HYDRANT. IT'S 9000 TO REPLACE A HYDRANT. SO WE'LL DO ONE HYDRANT. WE'LL DO 110 HYDRANTS. I'M PRETTY FLEXIBLE. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT. OKAY.

YEAH. IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK COLLECTIVELY AND JUST DECIDE ON BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE MARDI GRAS IS COMING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S BRIGHT, PRETTY, LOOKING GOOD WORKING PROPERLY. SO IF WE CAN KIND OF GO IN EXACT AND I GUESS POSSIBLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO TALK ABOUT WHICH ONES WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, I'M AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, MY CELL NUMBER, JUST CALL ME. AND IF YOU WANT TO REPLACE WATER LINES OR HYDRANTS OR WASTEWATER, I'M AVAILABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. CHAIRMAN. YES, MA'AM. YES. YES, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE IF THE IF THE TOURIST BOARD WAS TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE WANT TO DO ALL OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS LOCATED IN THE MARDI GRAS AREA. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY GET THE BID IMPLEMENT AND PROBABLY FINALIZE. IT'D PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT A. WELL, IF WE GO WITH BY BOARD, IT'S QUICKER. THERE ARE SOME BY BOARD COMPANIES, BUT IF WE PUT A BID TOGETHER, IT PROBABLY TAKE, LET'S SAY A MONTH TO PUT THE BID TOGETHER AND THEN I THINK 3 TO 4 WEEKS TO BID IT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MOBILIZE AND GO. SO PROBABLY TWO MONTHS IF WE REALLY PUSHED HARD, TEN WEEKS IF IT JUST KIND OF FLOWED, AND HOW LONG DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE FOR ONE TO, TO REINSTALL A HYDRANT? LIKE IT'S PROBABLY IF WE CAN SHUT THE WATER OFF, WHICH IS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THE VALVES ARE, I WOULD SAY YOU COULD DO TWO, A CREW COULD DO ONE A DAY, PROBABLY TWO A DAY. IT'S, IT'S ACCORDING TO HOW MUCH CONCRETE WORK YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU BUST OUT THE HYDRANT WHERE IT'S LOCATED. SO AND DO WE HAVE ANY STATS OR DATA TO COMPARE HOW A WORKING FIRE HYDRANT MAY IMPROVE THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IN THE AREA? I DON'T, I MEAN IT AS A GENERAL OVERALL, IT IMPACTS THE INSURANCE COST PREMIUM. TO DATE, THE FIRE MARSHAL AND FIRE CHIEFS, PAST AND PRESENT, HAVE KEPT OUR RATING AT A FAIRLY. ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY RAISED IT THIS LAST TIME WITH ADDITIONAL TESTING AND WORKING. BUT WE ARE WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE DO NEED TO DO THESE REPLACEMENTS, BOTH FROM THE WATER LINES AND THE FIRE HYDRANT REPLACEMENT, MAYBE WITH TOURS TO KEEP OUR FIRE INSURANCE RATING, WE NEED TO GET THE FIRE CHIEF TO REALLY EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS, BECAUSE HE KIND OF WENT THROUGH HOW THEY DO IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE AUDIT, BUT I DIDN'T TOTALLY FOLLOW IT. WOULD A CONTRACTOR HAVE A PROBLEM REPLACING THE FIRE HYDRANTS DURING A WINTER SEASON? NOT REALLY. NOT HERE. I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T HAVE FROZEN GROUND HERE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE UP NORTH. SO IF THE BOARD DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO

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REPAIR THE FIRE HYDRANTS FOR THE MARDI GRAS, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD MAKE A DECISION WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. YEAH, BECAUSE MARDI GRAS WENT IN MARCH. THAT'S FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY. IT'S EARLY THIS YEAR. SO YEAH, I MEAN, ACCORDING TO HOW MANY HYDRANTS THEY WANT TO DO THE MORE HYDRANTS EARLIER. BUT IF IT'S 4 OR 5, WE CAN. AND EVEN THOUGH WE TALKED ABOUT REPAIRING FIRE HYDRANTS AND ACTUALLY JUST MAYBE RESTORING THEM WITH COAT AND PAINT, THEY COULD JUST RESTORE AS OPPOSED TO REPLACE. RIGHT, RIGHT. THIS IS MOVABLE FOR SURE. I MEAN, THAT'S, IT'S A, THERE'S, WE'VE GOT TWO COMPANIES JUST TO EXPLAIN IT. ONE IS $60 AND WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN DO IT FOR $60. THEY SAY THEY CAN. WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. AND WE JUST TALKED TO ONE FOR 120 AND THEIR PROCEDURES MAKE SENSE. THEY THEY PUT SOME KIND OF BAG AROUND IT. THEY SANDBLAST IT. THE BAG KEEPS THE SAND FROM CONTAMINATING THE AIR. THEY PRIME IT. THEN THEY PAINT IT. AND THAT'S THE 120. SO AT MINIMUM, IF WE GO TO THE PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO FOR THE MARDI GRAS AREA, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCH A LARGE VOLUME OF PEOPLE DOWN HERE, EVEN COATING AND PAINTING. THE 15 WORKING FIRE HYDRANTS WOULD ONLY COST ABOUT $1,800. AND THAT, OKAY, IT'S THE THAT'S A BIBLE. NOW, THE THING IS, IS A MINIMUM OF 100 FOR THAT. BUT OUT OF OUR BUDGET, I'LL FILL OUT THE 100. YOU CHOOSE HOW MANY YOU WANT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A BUDGET FOR FIRE HYDRANTS IN OUR BUDGET AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, HOWEVER MANY YOU WANT TO DO WILL FILL OUT THE 100. CAN I SAY THAT THERE'S MY BOSS THERE. SO SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S SAYING, OKAY, SO BECAUSE I WANT TO DO SOME FIRE HYDRANTS. BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE. SO ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE, THE OTHER 85 INTO THE, WITH THE 50 TO, TO GET THAT PRICE? BECAUSE IF WE DO LESS THAN 100, THE PRICE GOES UP, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD ADD YOURS TO OUR, OUR LIST THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH NOW WITH THE FIRE CHIEF. OKAY. ONE LESS. YES. GO AHEAD ON THIS PROPOSAL. NUMBER TWO, THE MARDI GRAS AREA. YEAH. DO THOSE SYMBOLS MEAN SOMETHING LIKE DOES THAT SHOW ME WHICH ONES WOULD YOU JUST REPAINTED OR WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS ALL BASED ON FLOW DATA. LIKE THE X'S ARE VERY LOW FLOW. RED IS KIND OF IN BETWEEN. ACTUALLY. WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS IF YOU CAN COME BY WHEN JESS IS BACK, SHE HAS ACCESS TO THIS AND YOU, YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF DATA OFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY WHICH ONES WOULD JUST BE REPAINTED AND WHICH ONES WOULD BE REDONE. YEAH. AND IF, IF THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD REQUIRES US TO GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. YEAH. I THINK WE PROBABLY WANT TO SEE THAT JUST TO KIND OF FOR THE FOR THE MARDI GRAS AREA, MARDI GRAS AREA. OKAY, I'M YOUR SIDEBAR WITH THE DO I GIVE IT TO YOU, DOCTOR KINLAW OR YEAH, YEAH, YOU CAN AND, OR, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR, I AND THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE WE WANT. AND THE THING THAT I'M WE WERE SIDEBAR OVER HERE IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BRIGHT, PRETTY LOOKING GOOD DOWNTOWN. LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN HERE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED AT ALL TIMES IF WE NEED IT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEWS CAMERAS HERE TOO. SO REMEMBER THAT YOU WANT TO BE ON THE NEWS FIRST YEAR BACK. YEAH.

IF YOU CAN GET THAT DATA TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT TO JESS IS BACK ON MONDAY. SHE'S ON VACATION. SHE HAS ACCESS TO THIS. SO WE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER EARLY NEXT WEEK AND GET IT TO YOU. IT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING. YEAH. JUST TO FOLLOW UP THOUGH, IF WE WANTED TO COAT AND REPAINT ALL THOSE THAT WE NEED TO JUST COAT AND REPAINT, THAT WOULD FOR THE ENTIRE TOURS, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $10,000. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. I DIDN'T MEMORIZE THEM. SO A $2,000 OR A $10,000 FOR JUST COATING AND REPAINTING? OH YEAH. YEAH. 85. YEAH, 10,200. THAT'S ALL OF THEM. YEAH. THERE'S 110 HYDRANTS IN THE TOUR. SO AND LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THEM NEEDS TO BE FOR SURE REPLACED. SO THIS REPORT THAT YOU SAID IS DONE EVERY THREE YEARS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE PRESSURE I'M CONCERNED WITH THE LOOK, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE PRESSURE FLOW THAT GOES THROUGH THOSE HYDRANTS. YEAH. AND HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR REPORT, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COLORS, I FREAKED OUT AND THEN I STARTED READING THE DATA. AND SOMETIMES IT'S MISSING A CAP AND THEY SAY BAD AND IT'S A 2.5IN CAP. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THE COLORS. YEAH. IF YOU SEE THE REPORT, GO IN, CLICK ON THE HYDRANT AND ACTUALLY READ ALL THE STUFF. THAT'S THAT'S THE DEAL. CHAIRMAN. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO IF, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE MARDI GRAS

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AREA, THAT WE IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT JUST NEED TO BE COATED AND THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT IN IN REPLACEMENT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE FIRE CHIEF OR THE FIRE MARSHAL TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHICH MINIMUM NEED TO DEFINITELY BE REPLACED, TO BE ABLE TO BE SAFE AND SECURE FOR MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTORS BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ANY TIME. ALL

[8. Discussion and possible presentation regarding a proposed mural to be commissioned by Lamar State College, Port Arthur, for the installation on City-owned property located at 901 Proctor Street, within the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ#1)]

RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER EIGHT DISCUSSING POSSIBLE PRESENTATION REGARDING PROPOSED MUTUAL TO BE COMMISSIONED BY LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, PORT ARTHUR, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 901 PROCTOR STREET WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE. WHO'S GOT THAT? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. I WAS ASKED ABOUT TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE I GOT HERE TO RUN DOWN HERE AND BE AVAILABLE. SO I WOULD SAY IF I HAD TO GIVE A CLEAR UPDATE, IT WOULD BE THAT WE MET WITH LAMAR STATE COLLEGE A FEW DAYS AGO. THE PROFESSOR OR GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTRUCTOR LEADING THIS ON BEHALF OF LAMAR IS MORRIS ABLEMAN, WHICH WHO I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL MET AROUND TOWN. HE RECENTLY DID A MURAL IN CENTRAL MALL, BUT HE'S BECOME A PROLIFIC MURALIST AROUND TOWN, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO MEMORIALIZE THE OLD FLOAT BARN, WHICH IS 601 PROCTOR. IT HAS TWO PARTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. ONE PART WOULD BE THE BLUE. IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN, IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT MORRIS HIMSELF PAINTS THE BLUE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, SINCE WE WILL NEED LIFTS AND AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. AND THEN TO RESERVE THE BAYS, WHICH THERE'S SEVEN DOORS AS ACTUAL STUDENT PROJECTS. AND IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, IF WE SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE THE BUILDING MEASURED, POWER WASHED AND PRIMED BEFORE THE END OF NOVEMBER SO THAT MORRIS CAN GET STARTED ON HIS PART, THE BLUE PART, IN DECEMBER. AND THEN ONCE HE'S FINISHED WITH THAT, THE STUDENT PROJECTS, WHICH HE WOULD BE WORKING ON IN A SEVEN PART PHASE, WOULD BE WRAPPED UP. AND THEY COULD START COME JANUARY 1ST IN ADVANCE OF MARDI GRAS. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SINCE THE FLOAT BARN HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE USE OF IT DURING MARDI GRAS, THAT THE FRONT BAYS WOULD BE OPEN. THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT, BUT WE STILL WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE PROJECT. AND THEN HOPEFULLY, HAVE I PROPOSED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME STUDENTS AND MAYBE LAMAR HAVE A TENT INSIDE OF THE BUILDING DURING MARDI GRAS, AND PERHAPS WE WOULD HAVE A CANVAS THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD PARTICIPATE IN PAINTING AS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE MURAL, OR JUST SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALL GET INVOLVED IN DURING MARDI GRAS. AND THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. DIRECTORS, ANY COMMENTS ON THE MURAL? YOU, MAYOR. YES, THANK YOU, KELLY, FOR COMING. I MET WITH DOCTOR HAYEK ABOUT THIS PROJECT. YES, MA'AM. WEEKS AGO, AND I THINK YOU GUYS MET PRIOR TO ME MEETING WITH HIM. SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. BUT HE SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH LAMAR TO BE ABLE TO PAINT THIS MURAL, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE AN AWESOME THING TO SEE A MURAL AS YOU COME IN ON THAT FRONT PHASE ABOVE THE DOORS AND THEN IN BETWEEN. AND HE JUST, HE JUST WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING SOMETHING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY FOR THIS, FOR MARDI GRAS. SO YES, MA'AM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IT. THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT DONE, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT REQUIRES ANY MONEY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK HE ASKED. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO, AND THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THEM THAT THE STUDENTS AND DOCTOR ABLEMAN, IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL, HE HAS ONE OF JANIS JOPLIN. OH, WOW. AS YOU ENTER. AND IT IS FABULOUS. OKAY. IT'S WELL REPRESENTS THEM ALL. AND SO HE'S VERY TALENTED AND HIS STUDENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP, LAMAR STATE COLLEGE WOULD JUST BE AWESOME. YES, MA'AM. OUR CITY ATTORNEY MAY KNOW ABOUT THE MORE OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. I JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FUN WITH DOCTOR DOCTOR HYATT TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP COULD BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY FROM MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. THE LAW DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND LAMAR STATE COLLEGE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOURS WAS AWARE, BECAUSE THIS BUILDING IS IN YOUR TOURS BOUNDARIES, AND IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HELP IMPROVE AND BEAUTIFY THE AREA. AND WE