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B
A
B
Let
us
pray
dear
wise
and
loving
creator
of
all.
Thank
you
for
life
itself
for
the
measure
of
health.
We
need
to
fulfill
our
callings.
Thank
you
for
the
ability
to
be
involved
in
useful
work
and
the
honor
of
bearing
appropriate
responses.
We
pray
for
our
mayor
for
our
city
officials
and
for
this
body
of
community
leaders.
B
We
pray
for
a
sense
of
welfare
and
true
needs
of
our
people.
We
pray
for
a
keen
thirst
for
justice.
We
pray
for
confidence
in
what
is
good
and
fitting.
We
pray
for
the
ability
to
work
together
in
harmony.
Even
when
there
is
honest
disagreement,
we
pray
for
the
agenda
set
before
this
body
today
and
an
assurance
of
what
would
please
you
and
what
would
benefit
those
who
live
and
work
in
and
around
our
city
of
beaumont
amen.
A
A
A
A
A
A
G
G
Thank
you
so
much.
You
all
have
been
so
very
kind
to
this
organization
for
many
many
years
beginning
in
2005,
when
the
organization
first
was
organized
and
each
year
we
come
before
the
council,
no
matter
how
many
faces
change,
every
new
group
seems
to
welcome
each
each
one
of
us
every
year.
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
thank
you
very
much
and
for
recognition
purposes
because
you
deserve
it.
Mayor
mouton
is
a
past
honoree
as
well.
Thank.
G
G
Some
feathers
so
come
out
on
thursday
on
august
5th,
at
11
30
a.m
to
the
luncheon,
where
we're
going
to
showcase
each
one
of
our
honorees
this
year,
with
some
background
information
about
the
things
they've
done
in
the
community
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
organization
and
the
work
that
we
do
with
our
college
assistance
program,
our
ged
programs
and
other
programs
that
we
have
going.
Thank
you
all
your
standards
so
much
that
attention
you
make
us
feel
so
special.
A
If
you
bear
with
me
just
one
minute
before
you
leave
pioneer
and
ladies.
J
K
A
A
Now
is
the
time
for
any
citizen
who
would
like
to
speak.
If
you
would
like
to
do
so,
make
a
public
comment
on
the
schedule
agenda
items
please
go
to
the
back
of
the
room,
make
sure
that
you
fill
out
a
green
slip,
bring
it
to
the
clerk
by
sitting
to
my
right
and
your
left,
so
that
she
can
call
your
name
at
the
time.
A
L
Good
afternoon,
I've
emailed
all
of
you
multiple
times
about
my
opposition
to
the
purchase
of
this
building.
It
seems
to
be
a
foregone
conclusion
within
the
community
that
this
is
a
done
deal
that
slam
dunk,
that
the
town
hall
we
had
was
nothing
but
a
sham.
Just
a
horse
and
dog
and
pony
show
that
way.
That
very
well
may
be
the
case.
L
L
L
Don't
take
water,
don't
take
them,
treats
go
just
as
you
sit
and
you
go
look
at
each
and
every
one
of
those
people
living
under
that
bridge,
and
you
tell
them
to
their
face
how
seven
million
dollars
to
destroy
a
perfectly
good
building
benefits
them
go,
find
curtis
the
man
I
saw
at
a
red
light
and
gave
a
cold
bottle
of
water.
To
smiled,
like
I
had
handed
him
a
million
dollars,
you'll
find
the
man
light
was
green.
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
get.
L
L
M
M
So
I
think
that
if
we
would
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity
now
and
purchase
that
building
from
tom
flanagan,
he
stopped
and
put
his
money
into
it,
where
we
should
have
we're
losing
another
investment
in
this
area.
Ford
park,
I'm
a
life
member
of
the
ymba,
and
I
asked
our
membership
to
purchase
ford
park.
M
M
N
N
N
O
Nine,
madam
mayor
members
of
council,
I
rise
to
speak
on
item
nine.
It's
the
18t
building,
which
has
come
a
whole
new
fame
in
and
of
itself,
but
I
guess
the
one
thing
that's
bothering
with
this
whole
project.
I
love
the
idea
of
something
on
the
water
make
use
of
it.
I
remember
the
riverfront
when
I
was
a
kid
when,
when
you
go
down
main
street
and
then
you
could
like
drive
right
into
the
lake
into
the
river
and
not
be
stopped
by
anything,
that's
that's
1950s,
but
also,
I
remember
the
alyssa.
O
When
the
elissa
docked
and
the
people
came,
the
kids
came,
it
kind
of
gave
a
whole
fresh,
refreshing
attitude
to
the
city,
and
I
keep
thinking.
Why
aren't
we
looking
at
something
to
do
to
draw
people
in
we're?
Looking
at
spending
a
lot
of
money,
I'm
not
seeing
a
business
plan,
I
mean
any
business.
If
you
go
to
the
bank
they're
going
to
say,
I
want
to
see
a
business
plan.
What
are
you
going
to
do
to
make
enough
money
to
pay
for
the
money
we're
going
to
give
you?
O
I
think
if
the
money
we're
going
to
spend
on
a
t-
and
we
can't
do
something
that
generates
revenue
to
help
pay
it
back
and
we've
got
needs
which
you
hear
about
a
lot
of
honest,
legitimate
needs
and
we're
not
swinging,
we're
not
doing
anything
that
says,
guaranteed
we're
going
to
get
any
money
back.
It's
going
to
be
there
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
tear
it
down,
make
a
space
available,
apparently
put
some
grass
and
hope
that
someone
comes
and
makes
something
with
it.
O
I
mean
maybe
tell
them
if
petit
has
got
some
space
in
this
schedule.
I
don't
know
it's
what
he
did
to
down
down
to
kemah,
but
you
know
he's
not
around
here.
So
I
just
ask
you
to
think
about
looking
from
a
business
viewpoint
and
are
you?
Are
you
going
to
generate
enough
revenue
to
pay
for
itself?
If
you
don't,
maybe
we're
spending
too
much,
maybe
giving
them
too
much
money.
O
7
million
seems
like
a
lot,
but
if,
if
we
can
generate
flat
property
revenues,
tax
revenues,
business
people
coming
in
town,
I
say
go
for
it,
but
only
in
those
circumstances-
and
I
mean
just
let
the
people
be
act
like
your
banker,
you
know
we're
gonna,
look
at
it
say:
okay,
where'd,
you
watch
your
business
plan.
What
do
you
do
to
make
the
revenue
you
know
not
just
throw
money
away,
because
you
know
that's
going
to
come
back
to
haunt
you,
and
you
know
me
I'll
tell
it
as
it
is,
and
I've.
O
L
O
P
Good
afternoon
council
mayor,
I
didn't
want
to
fly
off
the
cuff
today.
I
prepared
some
notes,
if
you
don't
mind
I'll,
just
read
them
out
loud.
First,
I
want
to
thank
councilman
mike
getz
for
his
consideration
to
appoint
me
to
the
community
development
advisory
committee.
P
P
P
Q
Hello,
my
name's
steve
kurtz,
I'm
a
direct
descendant
of
nancy
and
noah
tevis
noah
tevis
was
born
in
baltimore
in
1783.
His
grandfather,
robert,
was
born
in
1709.,
noah's
father
took
his
family.
Peter,
took
his
moved.
His
family
to
kentucky
in
1793
noah,
moved
to
tennessee,
then
moved
south
into
louisiana.
Q
Q
They
loaded
up
their
wagon
and
moved
west
on
the
appaloosa
trail,
which
is
a
south
trail
and
as
austin
in
milan
were
pushing
west
on
the
nakadish
nakadochis
trail
noah
built
a
log,
cabin
cleared,
20
acres
of
far
farm
and
built
a
pen
for
livestock,
and
he
ran
a
ferry
and
fed
the
people
that
came
along
the
trail
before
she
died.
Q
Nancy
tevis
donated
the
land
along
the
river
to
be
a
park
to
be
used
by
the
citizens
of
beaumont
in
perpetuity
when
the
foundation
for
the
att
building
was
dug,
the
cistern
and
the
junk
pile
was
discovered.
So
the
the
family
went
down
there
and
we
picked
up
a
bunch
of
junk.
You
know
broken
broken
doorknobs
and
pottery
and
such
and
it's
been
lost.
Nobody
put
a
thing
that
so
the
att
building
is
very
near
the
actual
site
of
their
cabin.
Q
If
we're
going
to
tell
the
story
of
bulma,
we
have
to
start
at
the
beginning.
If
we're
going
to
sell
beaumont,
we
must
tell
the
story
of
beaumont
the
whole
story
of
beaumont
of
slaves
and
slavery
of
domestic
help,
lumbermen
oil
field
and
refinery
workers,
the
shipbuilders
we
went
halfway
with
the
downtown
development,
no
support,
nor
complements
comprehensive
plan
and
we're
still
cut
off
from
the
natchez
river.
If
we
build
a
hike
and
bike
trail,
people
will
come
and
hang
out
just
like
they
did
at
cattail
marsh.
Q
I
didn't
think
that
they
would
come
and
hang
out
at
the
passive
water
treatment
plant.
We
can't
develop
downtown
beaumont
without
access
to
the
river.
The
natchez
river
festival
will
take
on
a
whole
new
meaning.
We
can
have
a
homecoming
festival
coinciding
with
the
south
texas
state,
fair.
We
can't
know
where
we
can't
know
where
we're
going
unless
we
know
where
we
came
from.
Q
I
encourage
the
beaumont
city
council
to
vote
yes
to
purchase
the
att
building
and
proceed
with
the
proposed
park.
I
have
just
a
couple
of
little
stories
here.
This
is
a
letter
1836
from
joseph
pulsar
to
his
sister.
We
then
continued
on
perhaps
a
half
a
mile
further
when
we
came
to
the
house
owned
by
a
man
named
tevis,
a
most
singular
being,
who
quickly
set
spirit
and
cups
to
drink
out
of
he
had
a
large
field
embracing
perhaps
20
acres
cleared
from
trees,
except
for
a
few
peach
and
fig
trees.
Q
Just
around
his
dwelling,
his
house
was
likewise
built
of
logs
consisted
of
two
ten
feet:
two
halves
separated
by
ten
feet
and
the
hole
was
covered
with
a
continuous
roof
and
floored,
and
this
is
where
the
stranger
sitting
so
I'll.
Q
We
are
informed,
so
this
is
from
the
newspaper,
telegraph
and
texas
register
san
felipe,
the
austin
26
october
1835..
We
are
informed
that
a
new
town
has
lately
been
laid
out
on
the
tidewater
of
the
river
natchez
at
a
place
known
as
tavis's
bluff,
30
miles
from
the
sabine
bay.
Its
situation
is
said
to
be
one
of
the
most
delightful
in
texas
and
it
has
already
commenced
improving
at
a
rapid
rate.
It
is
spoken
of
as
a
town
which
promised
to
be
of
considerable
importance
importance.
Q
So
I
would
like
to
encourage
you
all
to
it
and
I
believe
that
it's
not
people
who
want
this
versus
people
who
don't
want
this,
I
believe,
michael
gets
it.
I
believe
councilman
goetz
is
not
against
moving
forward.
I
don't
think
the
people
of
that
are
opposing
this
particular
project
are
against
people
moving
forward,
and
I
don't
think
that
we
can
be
the
beaumont
that
I
would
like
to
see
that
many
of
us
would
like
to
see
without
the
development
on
the
river.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Q
R
Here,
just
to
as
a
member
of
the
council
of
garden
clubs
and
to
speak
on
item
number
three,
which
is
the
contract
between
the
city
of
beaumont
and
the
beaumont
council
of
garden
clubs.
R
R
R
We've
got
a
new
council
on
board
with
the
botanical
gardens
and
with
this
new
contract,
which
gives
us
a
little
more
assistance
from
the
city.
I
believe
that
we
will
be
able
to
beautify
the
gardens
and
they'll
recover
we'd
like
to
also
ask
that
you
all
come
out
and
visit
visit,
the
gardens
we
are
making
improvements
out
there.
R
S
S
Is
I've
spoken
to
the
council
before,
on
the
subject
of
the
purchase
of
the
att
building,
I'm
against
the
purchase
of
that
building?
I'm
still
against
it.
Each
one
of
you,
council
members,
as
well
as
the
mayor
and
the
city
manager,
received
a
letter
from
me
with
three
alternatives
that
you
could
use.
S
Instead
of
that
purchase,
I'm
going
to
kind
of
repeat
some
of
what
I've
already
sent
you
in
a
letter,
but
I'm
supportive
of
downtown
restoration
and
development,
and
especially
of
the
riverfront,
but
I
don't
think
you
have
to
buy
the
atnt
property
to
do
that.
My
understanding
is
that
the
city
has
federal
money
to
restore
the
riverfront.
S
S
I
have
noticed
that
the
council
in
the
past
keeps
comparing
the
city
of
beaumont
to
other
cities
and,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
letter,
we
were
compared
a
lot
to
port
nations
and
I
pointed
out
in
my
letter
that
we
are
not
port
nations
and
obama
and
import
nations
is
not
beaumont
and
we
need
to
let
bowman
be
beaumont.
There's
big
differences
between
the
river
front
and
important
ages
and
the
one
in
beaumont,
the
one
import
nations
does
not
have
the
railroad
tracks
dividing
the
property
in
the
river
we
do.
S
One
is
that
the
city
owns
the
parking
lot,
which
is
own
river
level.
Does
everyone
know
where
I'm
talking
about
as
you
go
down
beyond
the
tracks?
I'm
not
getting
information
from
anyone
on
the
council.
That
might
be
one
approach
anyway.
I
used
to
park
there
when
I
worked
for
the
city,
because
I
went
on
an
early
morning,
riser,
but
anyway,
I'd
get
here
at
eight
o'clock
runs
those
two
I
parked
down
below
that
property
could
be
used
for
anyone.
S
Any
private
person
that
wants
to
develop
a
venue
on
the
river,
the
city
could
work
with
them
on
that.
The
second
piece
of
property
is
that
the
parking
lot
over
here
to
the
north
side,
I'm
already
through
to
can
I
finish
the
parking
lot
to
this
side
over
here
on
the
north
side
over
there
by
the
dumpsters.
S
There
is
area
there
that
a
venue
could
be
put
in
working
with
the
city.
The
third
place
is
in
back
of
the
att.
Building
is
cypress
street,
which
the
city
owns
cypress
street,
that
whole
piece
of
property
could
be
used
for
development
so
anyway,
I'm
against
making
this
purchase
because
of
the
reasons
that
have
been
stated
in
the
past.
We
have
many
problems
that
need
to
be
addressed
in
the
city
and
the
money
could
be
used
in
better
areas.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
Thank
you.
T
How
y'all
doing
today,
city
council?
Madam
mayor,
I
wanted
to
come
speak
on
this
issue,
because
I
did
the
records
request
form
and
I
got
the
emails
that
you
spoke
about
councilman
getz
on
the
news
about
this
issue,
and
I
just
want
to
read
a
couple
of
them.
T
This
one
is
from
katherine
nichols
and
the
issue
that
I
have
with
these
emails
is
because,
like
everybody
else
that
came
to
comment
today,
they
gave
their
address
and
they
gave
their
name.
So
we
know
that
they're
residents
here
in
beaumont.
These
are
just
email
addresses,
but
this
is
catherine
nichols.
She
says
the
city
of
beaumont
does
not
need
to
purchase
the
att
building,
it's
a
waste
of
taxpayers,
money
that
could
be
spent,
improving
drainage
and
streets,
all
right,
here's
another
one!
T
This
is
alan
werkley.
Please
do
not
waste
our
tax
dollars.
Purchasing
a
t
building
our
sewerage,
drainage
and
police
protection
should
be
yours
and
our
priorities.
Now
I
went
through
these
hundred
emails.
Most
of
them
fall
in
this
category,
which
is
really
not
they're,
not
saying
they're,
saying
that
they
don't
want
to
purchase
the
att
building,
but
they're
saying
that
the
the
drainage,
the
sewer
and
the
streets
are
a
priority.
T
One
of
the
people
that
I
found
in
this
category
was
somebody
you're
familiar
with
councilman
pelshaw.
Is
dr
steven
samuels
he's
a
good
friend
of
mine
all
right,
so
I
called
him-
and
I
asked
him
about
this,
and
he
said
yes,
I
have
drainage
issues,
sewer
issues
here
at
my
house
and
that's
more
important
to
me.
I
explained
to
him
that
the
city
has
already
committed
like
was
it
57,
60
million
dollars
towards
infrastructure
and
that
five.
C
T
Dollars
would
be
towards
this,
which
is
something
a
recreational
investment
after
I
explained
to
him
that
and
informed
him
and
gave
him
the
information
and
the
knowledge
says
yeah.
I
don't
see
any
problem
with
it
and
that's
where
most
of
these
emails
that
you
got
on
the
news
and
you
said
was
82
percent
of
them
was
against
it.
39
of
them
fell
in
this
category,
and
so
I
just
decided
to
reach
out
to
stephen
and
councilman
gets.
T
I
think
that
you're
misusing
this
information
you're
twisting
it
and
you're,
taking
advantage
of
some
people
not
being
aware
of
the
investment
in
the
millions
of
dollars
of
projects
and
infrastructure
that
the
city's
already
committed
to
and
you're
making
it
seem
like
they're,
just
wasting
taxpayers
money.
It's
not
it's
not
a
waste,
it's
an
investment
for
recreational.
T
I!
What
I
see
this
city
council
doing
is
that,
instead
of
just
saying
we're
going
to
put
infrastructure
as
a
priority
there,
they
understand
that
people
also
need
in
the
city
need
something
recreational
to
do,
and
so
they're
just
trying
to
give
the
city
and
the
citizens
all
of
that
at
one
time.
Instead
of
waiting.
Seven:
six:
seven,
eight
years
down
the
road,
these
infrastructure
issues
have
been
resolved
and
then
decide
they
want
to
do
something,
recreational.
T
Why
can't
we
do
it
all
at
one
time
when
we
have
the
capacity
to
do
it,
you're
gonna
need
to
take
on
check
on
sunbury
street.
I
feel
sorry
for
the
people
that
live
around
that
area.
That's
your
award!
Thank
you.
Y'all
have
a
good
day.
U
Hello,
everyone
once
again,
you
know
I
am
all
for
growth.
I
am
all
for
beaumont
being
better
and
I
want
to
see
good
things
happen
here.
I
want
places
for
active
people
to
go
out
and
play.
I
want
people
that
work
at
exxon
mobil
to
want
to
live
in
beaumont,
because
they've
got
so
much
of
that
good
stuff
to
do.
U
At
the
same
time,
the
part
of
the
property
that's
wanted
to
be
developed
is
already
owned
by
the
city.
We
already
have
it,
we
could
develop
there,
we
could
go
ahead
and
do
it.
Maybe
the
guy
that
has
the
building
looks
over
there
and
says
hey.
The
city
is
really
wanting
to
develop
this
riverfront.
I
am
sitting
on
a
gold
mine.
U
I
could
I
could
develop
this.
I
could
have
apartments.
I
could
have
a
restaurant
there
right
next
to
the
restaurant.
Here,
it's
really
not
going
to
change
the
view
of
the
river.
Any
we've
got
a
nice
white
sand
beach.
Sometimes
you
can
see
it
sometimes
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
boats
over
there.
We
don't
have
ships
going
past
like
the
wheel
house
has,
but
that's
that
view
is
kind
of
worth
that
20
mile
bike
ride.
I
take
occasionally
but
it'd
be
a
whole
lot
nicer
if
I
could
just
ride
downtown.
U
But
why
are
we
waiting?
Why
are
we
waiting
to
destroy
something
before
we're
gonna
build
anything?
We
could
already
do
that.
We
don't
have
to
wait.
We
don't
have
to
say
we're.
Not
gonna
do
this
that
we
could
already
do
unless
we
get
this
kind
of
seems,
childish
and
throwing
a
fit
type
things.
Maybe
there's
a
bigger,
broader
plan.
Maybe
there's
bigger
ideas
of
what
we're
going
to
do
and
maybe
we're
not
all
you
know
in
the
clique.
U
That
knows
what's
going
to
go
happen
after
that's,
purchased
and
torn
down,
but
I
do
hope
that
no
matter
what
happens,
we
finish
the
job
because
we
didn't
finish
the
job
with
the
event
center.
We
didn't
finish
a
lot
of
jobs.
We've
got
beautiful
parks,
but
we
don't
have
restrooms.
We
don't
have
a
place
for
anybody
to
buy
something
to
drink.
D
D
D
V
Hi
good
to
see
y'all
555
main
street,
I
want
to
see
the
city
move
forward.
I
don't
want
to
see
the
city
tear
a
building
down.
We've
had
enough
destruction,
we've
had
enough
homes.
We've
got
enough
vacant
lots
in
this
town.
V
If
we
want
to
see
the
city
grow,
we
need
to
get
whoever
owns
that
building
to
develop
it.
I
know
several
people
who
are
in
real
estate
that
if
that
was
their
property,
it
would
be
bristling
with
activity
right
now.
We
need
people
downtown.
We
don't
need
a
parking
lot.
We
don't
need
a
park,
we
don't
need
grass.
We
got
the
most
modern
park
facility
in
southeast
texas,
a
thousand
feet
from
here
three
blocks:
it's
beautiful!
It's
magnificent!
It's
incredible,
but
it
hasn't
made
downtown
or
it
hasn't
made.
Beaumont
grow
because
beaumont
needs
people
downtown.
V
Imagine
if
555
maine
were
actually
residential
property
and
you
had
the
ability
to
live
there
and
overlook
the
river
every
morning
when
you
woke
up
or
if
it
was
a
party
venue
and
you
were
having
a
wedding
or
a
or
a
funeral
of
a
life
memorial
there
on
the
property
to
to
commemorate
your
family,
and
you
have
this
beautiful
view
of
the
river.
We
want
to
destroy
that
and
it
doesn't
make
any
sense.
V
V
It's
surrounded
now
by
high-rise
luxury,
living
and
hotels
and
event.
Centers
that
have
all
you
know
developed
around
the
park.
Well,
the
park
is
necessary
when
there's
that
much
development
people
need
space
when
there's
that
much
development,
but
there's
no
one
down
here,
you
don't
have
to
look.
When
you
drive
your
bicycle
around
downtown.
You
can
just
ride
it's
crazy.
We
need
people
down
here.
We
need
to
develop
that
building
and
we
need
to
put
pressure
on
the
people
that
own
the
buildings
down
here
to
develop
them.
V
There's
lots
of
codes
violations
that
go
on
constantly
because
those
buildings
are
not
developed
and
and
those
need
to
be
addressed.
The
other
thing
I've
I've
written
you
all
about.
Reading
the
book
strong
towns,
one
of
the
things
that
strong
towns
talks
about
is
relaxing
some
of
those
codes
violations.
So
it's
not
so
expensive
to
rehabilitate
these
older
buildings
or
make
a
plan
that
whoever
gets
it
once
they
become
profitable,
begin
to
layer
on
things
that
bring
it
more
up
to
code.
W
Hello,
I'm
david
aldridge
and
I'm
I'm
not
much
of
a
speaker,
but
I
want
I
want
to
tell
y'all:
please
don't
throw
this
money
away
on
this
18t
building
this
town,
this
downtown
area
you're
dead.
There's
nobody
going
to
come
here,
you're
not
going
to
stop
anybody
on
the
highway.
With
this
thing,
I
I
kind
of
like
the
idea
that
mike
gets
about
bringing
the
battleship
texas
to
this
city.
That
would
not
only
stop
people
on
the
highway,
but
it
bring
revenue
into
this
town.
W
Just
spending
that
money
on
that
att
building
is
a
waste.
It's
just
throwing
your
money
away.
Also,
I
want
to
say
something
about
the
item.
15
and
16
on
the
agenda
about
raising
tax.
The
taxes
on
the
water
is
sewer
and
garbage.
Look
you're
fixing
to
get
a
big
windfall
off
of
this
crazy
reevaluation
of
property.
W
You
should
be
thinking
about
cutting
taxes,
not
raising
taxes
on
something
the
the
the
the
people
of
beaumont
can't
afford
to
just
keep,
throwing
them
taxes
away
and
away
and
away
like
that,
and
also
you
might
all
consider
putting
a
ceiling
on
the
senior
citizens
of
this
town.
W
You
know:
freeze
tactics
for
the
senior
citizens
in
this
town,
you,
unless
that's
where
you
get
all
your
money
from
maybe
maybe
you're
getting
all
your
money
from
the
senior
citizens,
because
maybe
the
young
people
just
don't
want
to
buy
nothing
or
own
nothing.
W
X
Thank
you
guys
for
your
time.
I
want
to
tell
you
a
quick
story
in
june
2020
during
a
very
rainy
week
in
the
city
of
beaumont,
and
while
my
young
son
was
just
home
from
houston
recovering
from
a
surgery
our
home
became
uninhabitable,
because
sewage
was
backing
up
in
great
quantities
into
our
home.
We
had
to
evacuate
our
house
and
then
play
a
familiar
game
with
the
city
that
we've
played
for
years
called
whose
line
is
it
anyway?
X
We
played
that
with
plumbers
and
with
the
city
we
had
in
complete
desperation,
we
had
to
replace
all
our
outdoor
plumbing
and
we
installed
two
new
brand
new
cleanouts
at
the
at
the
recommendation
of
the
city
of
beaumont
one
month
and
thousands
of
dollars
of
my
own
money.
X
Later
we
still
had
a
problem
and
water
sewage
was
coming
in
whenever
it
rained
we
begged
the
city
to
fix
their
line
and
for
our
efforts
we
received
a
crew
that
sprayed
two
geysers
of
sewage
water
into
both
of
our
bathrooms
and
left
without
telling
us
or
cleaning
it
up.
X
Y
X
X
It
was
signed
by
more
than
2
500
people
to
date
on
february,
9th
councilman,
samuel
cited
water
and
drainage
issues
as
a
contributing
factor
for
why
this
dog
park
wasn't
feasible.
He
said
quote
when
we
begin
to
talk
about
dog
parks
and
the
citizens
looking
at
this
can't
flush
their
commode
when
it
rains
there
is
a
problem.
Yes,
sir,
there
is
a
problem,
one
I'm
uniquely
acquainted
with.
X
In
fact,
I
would
have
appreciated
having
a
dog
park
at
that
time,
because
I
had
to
board
my
dog.
I
couldn't
use
my
yard,
it's
ironic,
that
the
city
took
away
my
right
to
use
my
own
property
because
of
drainage
issues,
which
I
had
to
spend
thousands
of
dollars
to
prove,
and
it's
also
ironic
that
they
took
away
my
dream
of
having
a
dog
park
because
of
drainage
issues.
X
Therefore,
I
cannot
reconcile,
while
we
don't
have
enough
money
to
install
fencing
for
a
new
dog
park
at
rogers
park.
Can
I
finish
that
a
good
portion
of
your
citizens
want
and
would
use,
but
we
do
have
enough
money
to
purchase
the
att
building.
My
mama
would
call
that
talking
out
of
both
sides
of
your
mouth
also.
I
do
not
understand
how
you
could
possibly
consider
raising
taxes
for
the
brown
water
you're
shamelessly
pumping
through
our
pipes
and
the
sewage
that
works.
X
I'm
sorry
and
the
drainage
that
works
in
reverse
in
our
city,
members
of
council,
something
is
going
on
and
I
implore
you
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
it.
Beaumont
citizens
are
paying
to
have
the
price
as
it
is.
Please
do
not
vote
to
raise
our
taxes
and
instead
spend
your
time
and
your
money
on
fixing
your
lines.
Thank
you.
A
City
clerk
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
allow
this
gentleman
to
go
ahead
and
make
his
comment
so
that
he
doesn't
have
to
wait
till
the
end.
Mr.
Z
I
didn't
know
the
att
building
was
gonna,
be
discussed.
I
have
a
handout.
Z
I
didn't
realize
that
you
know
who
had
another
idea.
I
didn't
know
this
being
discussed.
What
I'm
handing
out
here
is
a
picture
of
the
uss
alabama
in
mobile
alabama
and
the
view
is
from
interstate
10..
Z
Z
Z
That
would
be
the
view
of
the
battleship
texas
off
the
interstate
10
bridge.
When
people
would
see
it,
you
could
have
great
big
signs
visit
the
battleship
texas
in
downtown
beaumont
texas,
on
top
of
that,
instead
of
spending
four
million
dollars
to
knock
down
this
building,
why
not?
Let's
have
the
battleship
texas
water
park
on
the
natchez
river
right
over
here,
where
all
this
green
grass
is
on
top
of
that,
instead
of
knocking
down
the
att
building,
why
don't
you
turn
it
into
the
naval
museum
of
texas?
Z
You
could
have
the
battleship
texas,
you
know
visitor
center.
You
could
have
beaumont's.
You
know
contribution
to
the
liberty,
ships
that
we
built
here,
the
petrochemical
industry,
you
fight
for
world
war
ii.
You
could
have
all
the
contributions
from
every
single
war
while
bringing
up
the
civil
war
is
not
a
great
thing.
The
greatest
naval
battle
of
the
civil
war
was
20
miles
away
from
here
by
dick
dowling,
where,
like
15
confederate
soldiers,
defeated
an
entire
united
states
navy
and
prevented
the
invasion
of
texas
by
the
union.
Z
Z
So
if
you
want
to
have
people
come,
and
on
top
of
that
then
suddenly
now
people
go
to
water
parks,
you
got
to
have
a
hotel
boom
hotel,
beaumont
bang.
You
got
people
at
crockett
street
all
with
a
battleship
that
they
want
to
give
you.
I
talked
to
the
regional
major
for
the
texas
parks
and
wildlife.
Today,
a
guy
named
doug
huggins
he's
from
here
they
want
beaumont
to
have
it
it's
the
only
freshwater
port
that
can
hold
it,
but
you
people
have
not
sent
in
any
type
of
request.
Z
You
wonder
why,
because
it's
mike
goetz's
idea,
y'all
are
freezing
him
out.
You
won't
even
sit
around
and
talk
about
it.
I've
just
said
here
the
entire
redevelopment
of
the
city
of
beaumont,
nature's
river
and
y'all
sit
there
on
your
hands
if
convo,
if
mr
samuel
had
suggested
we'd,
have
it
right
now.
So
that's
my
idea.
So
that's
what
you
ought
to
do.
A
K
F
Thank
you
mayor
on
item
number,
seven,
mr
manager
does
this
also
include
the
police
chief
and
the
fire
chief.
AA
Yes,
but
they
were,
they
were
included
the
last
time
you
approved
it
because
they're
not
sworn
employees,
so
this
is
three
sworn
two
in
the
police
department,
one
in
the
fire
department
that
are
sworn
they're
covered
by
the
contract,
but
their
wages
are
not
in
the
wage
table,
so
this
would
provide
them
the
two
percent
all
right.
Thank
you.
AB
On
the
botanical
gardens
is
that
building
there
is
that
available
to
the
city
to
use
whenever
they
need
to
use
it.
AA
I
think
they
would
allow
us
to.
We
have
an
excellent
relationship
with
them.
We
work
very
he's
in
the
back.
We're
we've
been
working
on
this
proposed
agreement
for
a
number
of
months,
and
I
think
the
short
answer
is
yes.
What.
AA
AA
A
Anything
else
all
in
favor
of
approving
the
consent
agenda
I'll
oppose
the
motion
pass.
May
I
have
the
reading
of
the
next
item.
Mr
manager.
AA
The
property
is
approximately
3.7
acres
in
size
and
includes
the
former
att
building
that
has
been
vacant
for
many
years.
The
property
is
located
west
of
the
natchez
river
and
is
surrounded
by
city-owned
parking,
lots
and
streets,
specifically
the
civic
center
parking
lot
main
street
tevas
street
and
cypress
street.
AA
All
of
the
above
expenditures
would
be
paid
for
with
available
cash
in
the
general
funds
fund
balance.
The
fund
balance
is
the
city's
rainy
day
account
in
essence,
it'd,
be
a
savings
account
at
your
home,
so
the
fund
balance
has
approximately
50
million
dollars
in
it,
which
is
36
of
expenditures
in
the
general
fund.
The
financial
policies
adopted
by
the
city
council
as
a
part
of
the
2021
budget
state
that
the
general
fund
ending
fund
balance
not
be
less
than
20
percent
of
that
fund's
annual
operating
expenditures.
AA
AA
A
K
K
He
said
that
the
dog
park
that
there
was
a
process
and
even
though
the
process
may
be
slow
at
times
the
process
needs
to
be
followed.
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
Many
people
in
this
city,
including
myself,
want
to
see
our
riverfront
developed
and
we
came
to
the
event
center
for
a
town
hall
meeting
to
see
quote
the
plan,
but
it
turns
out
there
was
no
plan
just
some
pictures
of
the
site
that
were
photoshopped
with
amenities
from
other
cities
to
give
people
an
idea
of
what
could
go
on
the
site
of
the
att.
Building,
no
restaurants
or
retail
development
is
being
proposed
for
the
site
of
a
t
building
none.
K
K
So
the
att
property
is
not
even
needed
and
how
would
a
proposed
restaurant
on
the
back
property?
The
civic
center
work?
Would
we
cut
down
the
beautiful
trees
at
the
back
of
the
civic
center
parking
lot
to
make
room
for
the
restaurant,
and
what
about
when?
There
are
events
scheduled
at
the
civic
center
or
the
beaumont
children's
museum,
which
is
inside
the
civic
center.
Would
there
be
enough
parking
for
everyone,
especially
if
the
restaurant
is
going
to
take
up
part
of
the
parking
lot?
But
I
digress.
K
The
point
is
that
the
development
site
is
already
owned
and
controlled
by
the
city
of
beaumont
and,
as
mr
rothenberg
said,
the
ata
location
is
not
needed
and
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
that
if
you
want
a
restaurant
with
a
view,
the
best
place
would
be.
On
the
top
floor
of
the
att
building,
I
have
been
told
that
this
building
is
the
most
structurally
sound
building
in
downtown
beaumont
by
people
in
the
construction
business.
K
I
have
been
inside
the
building
and
I
would
have
to
agree
instead
of
buying
it
and
tearing
it
down.
Why
are
we
not
working
with
mr
flanagan
to
get
it
occupied?
Now?
I'm
not
suggesting
make
sure
you
note
this,
I'm
not
suggesting
that
we
use
taxpayer
dollars
to
fix
up
the
building.
That's
not
appropriate,
but
maybe
we
reach
out
to
kfdm
and
ask
them
to
consider
downtown
as
their
new
studio
since
I-10
is
going
to
cut
right
through
where
they
are
right
now
for
good
measure.
K
The
beaumont
enterprise
is
looking
to
downsize,
put
them
in
the
at
t,
building
also
and
create
a
media
center
and
a
restaurant
on
the
top
floor,
maybe
dedicate
part
of
the
building
to
lofts
or
apartments.
With
the
view
of
the
river
getting
more
people
working
downtown
living
downtown
is
the
key
to
revitalization
of
downtown.
K
It
might
even
jump
start
crockett
street
if
you
want
to
get
activity
going
in
downtown
on
the
waterfront,
instead
of
dreaming
about
a
developer,
putting
in
a
restaurant
on
land
that
they
do
not
own.
I
have
suggested
on
social
media,
for
the
city,
to
partner
with
the
private
sector
and
put
in
the
infrastructure
for
an
upscale
food
truck
park
on
land
the
city
already
owns
last
week.
K
I
showed
you
an
illustration
as
to
where
the
battleship
texas
could
be
birthed
if
the
various
local
entities
were
to
get
together
and
pursue
that,
but
to
date,
as
mr
watson
said,
no
council
member
has
indicated
even
a
willingness
to
second
my
request
to
have
a
workshop
to
discuss
the
feasibility
of
that
idea.
So
I'm
taking
that
as
a
sign
of
lack
of
interest.
K
AC
A
AA
Mayor
council
line
number
10
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
granting
a
specific
use
permit
to
allow
a
sports
bar
in
a
gcmd
general
commercial,
multiple
family
dwelling
district
for
property
located
at
2455,
south
11th
street,
the
city
of
beaumont,
jefferson,
county
texas,
william
griffin,
is
applying
for
the
specific
use
permit.
The
facility
will
be
located
in
an
existing
strip
center
on
11th
street,
a
joint
public
hearing
held
on
july,
the
19th.
The
planning
commission
recommended
seven
to
one
to
approve
the
request
with
the
two
conditions
that
are
listed
in
the
in
your
staff
memorandum.
AA
I
Yes
mayor,
please
thank
you
for
claire
for
clarification
purposes
to
the
public.
We
understand
it's
a
snow
cone
stand,
but
in
the
in
the
public
hearing
she
did
explain
that
alcohol
would
not
be
added
to
the
snow.
Cones
it'll
be
actually
something
totally
separate.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that's
clear
to
the
public
that
they
understand
what
we're
approving.
A
AA
Mayor
and
council
number
12
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
granting
a
specific
use
permit
to
allow
a
beauty,
spa
salon
and
a
gcmd2
general
commercial.
Multiple
family
dwelling,
two
district
for
property
located
within
within
the
6500
block
of
delaware
street,
the
city
of
beaumont,
jefferson,
county
texas.
AA
AA
AA
Number
13
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
grant
issuing
an
amended
specific
use
permit
to
allow
condominiums
in
a
gcmd2
general
commercial,
multiple
family
dwelling,
two
district
located
at
4515
north
major
drive
in
the
city
of
beaumont
jefferson,
county
texas,
a
joint
public
hearing
held
on
july,
the
19th.
The
planning
commission
recommended
eight
to
zero
to
approve
the
request.
The
administration
recommends
approval
as
well.
F
You,
mr
manager,
so
on
north
major
drive
and
then
all
the
way,
all
the
way
to
where
you
turn
the
corner
on
105
there,
that
entire
area
is
just
getting
covered
up
with
apartments,
which
is
not
necessarily
a
bad
thing,
but
my
concern
is:
is
the
amount
of
traffic
that's
pulling
in
and
out
all
those
cross
streets
in
this
in
this
area?
AD
Txdot's
actually
conducting
a
corridor
study
for
the
entirety
of
major
drive
for
the
purposes
of
looking
at
not
only
the
traffic
now,
but
the
traffic
as
it
would
exist
with
future
developments
to
have
an
overall
recommendation.
So
that's
still
in
motion.
We
are
working
with
them
as
well
on
major
and
northwest
for
that
signal.
AD
The
hang
up
right
now
there
is
there's
potential
development
across
the
road
from
where
northwest
connects
into
major
drive
and
there's
still
some
uncertainty
as
to
how
that's
exactly
going
to
be
developed
because
there's
one
small
property,
where
there's
a
house
to
be
demoed
that
they're
in
discussion
trying
to
acquire
that
that
house.
If
that
house
gets
acquired
by
the
developer,
then
there'll
be
a
drive
put
into
that
commercial
development.
That'll
mirror
the
connection
with
northwest
and
it'll.
AD
I
AD
I
A
AA
Mayor
council
item
number
14
is
an
ordinance
entitled
an
ordinance
meant
in
chapter
20.,
article
20.03,
section
20.03.003
of
the
code
of
ordinances
of
beaumont
texas,
by
changing
and
amending
speed
limits
and
speed
zone
boundaries
to
the
schedule
for
college
street
u.s,
highway
90,
providing
for
severability,
providing
full
repeal
and
providing
a
penalty.
AA
AB
They
look
at
maybe
some
kind
of
way
just
having
one
speed
limit
for
the
whole
distance,
because
I
mean
it's
it's
it's
four
different
speed
limits
on
here.
That's
gonna
equal
to
well!
No,
it's
gonna
equal
to
a
lot
of
tickets,
you're
driving
along
with
35.
Then
it
skips
up
to
45.
You
drive
along
skips
up
to
50
and
it
skips
up
to
55.
what
about
if
it
was
40
miles
per
hour.
For
that
whole
that
whole
distance
or
does
the
state
have
some
type
of
limitations
on
that
txdot.
AD
It
stays
well,
I
guess
it
still
transitions
the
same
number
of
times,
but
it
stays
at
40.
Well,
it
doesn't
it
stays
at
45.
It
used
to
go
from
45
to
50
at
23rd,
and
then
it
went
from
50
to
55
down
the
road.
Now
it
stays
at
45
from
just
at
that
canal
or
that
ditch
that
dd6
ditch
that
goes
across
close
to
I-10
and
it
stays
at
45
all
the
way
down.
AB
AB
Does
transition?
That's
what
I
was
saying
like
from
the
the
canal,
all
the
way.
AD
A
So
bart,
I
have
a
question
please
so,
starting
at
23rd
it
dropped
to
40
or
45.
AD
It
at
i10,
if
you
look
at
the
the
map
and
flip
to
the
the
second
page
at
the
the
bottom
small
photo
that's
at
I-10,
so
right
now
and
going
forward,
it's
35
miles
an
hour
until
you
get
to
that
dd6
ditch
and
then
it
jumps
to
45
and
then
currently
right,
past
23rd.
It
goes
to
50.
it
it's
very
soon
after
that
intersection,
but
with
this
change,
it'll
stay
at
45
all
the
way
to
dowling
road.
A
Well
because
I
had
calls,
while
I
was
ward
4
council
member,
because.
AD
AD
A
Y
K
K
AD
A
AD
A
AB
Yeah,
I
I
would
agree
with
that
and
and
not
having
so
many
changes
along
the
way,
like
I
said,
40
or
45,
all
the
way
from
the
bayou
all
the
way
to
major
drive
and
then
once
you
get
to
major
drive
and
cross
major,
then
they
could
up
it
to
50
or
55..
Okay,.
A
W
A
Thank
you
at
this
time.
We
have
two
discussion
items,
mr
city
manager.
Can
you
please
take
us
into
the
first
discussion?
Please.
AA
AA
Those
are
the
those
are
set
up
by
the
charter
to
be
self-sustaining
again
and
they
do
pay
for
themselves.
The
the
water
fund,
which
accounts
for
all
water
and
sewer
operations,
including
the
water
plant,
the
sewer
plant,
is
all
paid
for
by
water
and
sewer
charges
on
your
water
bill.
It's
based
on
utilization
and
the
water
and
sewer
revenue
again
pays
for
the
system
and
the
second
discussion
item
we're
going
to
have
which
goes
together.
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
F
Thank
you
mayor,
mr
manager,
so
we
received
one
round
of
cares,
act,
money
and
we're
supposed
to
receive
another
one
here
in
the
next
six
months
or
so
right
next
year.
We
think,
could
you
use
any
of
the
karzak
money
to
shore
up
this
fund
balance.
H
So,
just
to
make
a
clarification:
the
cares
act
money
was
received
over
a
year
ago,
you're
talking
about
the
american
rescue
plan
funds
that
we
received
a
month
ago.
So
we
did
allocate
13.3
million
dollars
towards
water
and
sewer
projects
out
of
the
16
plus
million
received.
H
E
H
The
money
we
received
you've
already
authorized
us
how
to
spend
it.
I
know,
but
I'm
saying
we
have
more
money
coming
sure
if
you
want
to
do
if
you
wanted
to
wait
till
next
may
and
do
something
like
that
you
could
as
long
as
as
long
as
those
funds
are
used
for
projects
approved
by
the
tceq
for
drinking
water
or
and
solid
waste
water,
then
so,
basically,
clean
water
and
drinking
water
has
to
be
approved
for
those
projects.
H
AE
AE
AF
AF
AE
AF
Do
have
a
supervisor
that
is
on
call
the
calls
come
to
him.
If
he's
where
he
can,
he
will
go
out
and
flush
the
hydrants
himself,
if
there's
a
crew
close
by
the
neighborhood
working
on
a
leak,
something
like
that
then
he'll
turn
it
over
the
crew
to
go
up
open
hydrants.
C
AE
AE
How
will
that
impact
our
ability
to
get
a
better
handle
on
the
water
issues
if
we've
identified
the
the
basis
of
the
problem,
because
I'm
not,
I
know
nothing
about
water,
but
I
was
told
that
the
more
flushing
that's
done
when
I
talk
about
flushing,
not
dead-end,
not
the
dead-end
flushing,
but.
AE
AA
Well,
I
think
I
think
I'm
missing,
that's
correct.
I
mean
it
if
the
council
chooses
not
to
move
forward
with
the
rate
increase,
which
I
I've
never
seen.
The
council
do
this
and.
N
AA
Years
that
I've
been
here
so
because
they've
always
said,
look,
we
know
what
the
fund
needs
to
operate
properly.
AA
So
you
know,
but
to
answer
your
question:
if
you
get
down
close
to
15
percent
in
violation
of
your
own
goals,
that's
a
problem.
Second,
when
we
borrow
money
when
we
issue
water
revenue
bonds.
The
reason
we've
worked
so
hard
over
the
last
five
years
to
get
the
fund
balance
up
is.
It
affects
your
interest
rates
when
you
borrow
money,
which
means
we
have
to
pay
more
for
it.
AE
K
Could
you
explain,
we
talked
about
flushing
and
you
and
I
had
a
conversation
at
lunch.
Also
about
this.
Isn't
there
a
difference
between
the
regular
flushing
that
we
are
doing
now
and
unidirectional
flushing?
So
so,
would
you
explain
what
that
difference
is?
I
know
we
talked
about
it,
but
for
the
benefit
of
the
council.
AF
AF
AF
You
want
to
isolate
each
section
of
line,
basically
make
a
dead
end
out
of
it
at
the
end
of
the
main,
preferably
through
a
fire
hydrant.
You
want
to
open
the
fire
hydrant
and
flush
at
a
high
volume
like
850
gallons
per
minute.
A
lot
of
it
depends
on
what
size
of
the
main
is
you're.
AF
AF
AF
Like
I
said,
we've
done
some
of
it
around
wellington.
The
welcome
place.
We've
had
pretty
good
success
with
it.
We
were
getting
a
little
complaints
from
the
departments
about
sediment.
In
the
lines
we
went
over
did
the
direction
of
flushing,
and
so
far
we
haven't
heard
anything
any
other
complaints,
departments.
K
This
this
unidirectional
flushing
that
you
just
described
you
you
believe
it
to
be
fairly
effective
of
clearing
the
lines
of
discolored
water.
AF
AF
Financial
wire
hasn't
been
done
in
the
past.
We
just
looked
into
it
and
saved
in
about
the
last
six
months
laying
out
plans
to
where
we
can
get
started
in
certain
areas
where
the
hot
spots
are
like.
So
we
we
generate
our
heat
maps
off
of
the
complaints
that
are
called
in
to
tell
us
where
the
areas
are
most
susceptible
to
the
discolored
water.
That's
when
we
go
in
there
with
the
maps.
Look
at
the
valves.
AF
Look
at
the
lines,
see
how
we
can
isolate
these
sections,
and
so
we
can
go
in
and
get
started.
One
of
the
things
that
has
kind
of
slowed
us
down
on
it
is
we're
currently
waiting
for
the
load
well
to
come
back
in
service.
AF
Once
the
load
well
comes
back
into
service,
it
will
increase
the
pressure
in
in
the
west
end
area.
That's
one
of
the
hot
spots.
It's
one
of
the
areas
we're
looking
at
doing
the
directional
flushing.
First,
once
we
get
the
pressure
increased
it'll
do
more
it'll,
do
a
better
job
of
pulling
sediments
out
right
now.
Currently,
we
run
probably
around
46
49
psi
on
the
west
end
we're
hoping
to
boost
that
pressure
up
into
the
mid
to
upper
50s.
E
K
And-
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
that,
it's
probably
a
good
thing
that
we
are
making
these
improvements
to
the
lobe
wells
that
we
are
because
we
just
learned
that
we're
not
going
to
be
getting
the
harvey
funding
for
the
100
million
dollar
new
water
plant
in
the
west
end,
which
was
supposed
to
be
built
in
an
effort
to
create
additional
pressure
and
redundancy
in
our
water
distribution
system.
But
without
that
we're
going
to
be
relying
on
the
load
wells.
Is
that
right?
K
Okay,
mr
manager?
Is
there
anything
in
our
city
charter
that
would
prohibit
the
city
from
taking
2.35
million
dollars
out
of
our
rainy
day
fund
and
put
into
our
enterprise
fund,
so
that
we
could
stay
at
the
proper
percentage
level
and
not
have
to
increase
our
water
rights?.
AA
You
could
do
that,
but
no
one
would
recommend
it
and
here's
why
the
water
fund
by
the
charter
and
the
solid
waste
fund
transfers
money
to
the
general
fund.
So
what
you'd
be
doing
is
you'd
have
to
find
additional
money
in
the
general
fund
and
then
next
year.
Let's
say
you
need
additional
funds
or
another
increase.
AA
K
And,
and
so
there's
nothing
that
would
prohibit
it,
and
you
talked
about
the
need
to
find
additional
money.
Well,
we
just
found
additional
money
to.
I
think
2.8
million
dollars
to
buy
and
tear
down
that
building,
that's
additional
money
that
could
have
been
used
to
transfer
into
the
water
fund,
the
enterprise
fund,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
go
to
our
customers
for
a
rate
increase.
K
AA
H
So,
like
mentioned
earlier,
when
we
go
to
the
rating
agencies
to
issue
our
water
and
sewer
bonds,
that's
one
of
the
things
they
look
at
is
the
fund
self-sufficient.
Is
it
sustaining
its
own
operations?
Are
you
charging
the
correct
fees
for
the
services
that
you're
providing?
H
H
Also,
you
know
when
we,
when
we
get
audited
every
year,
we
have
to
follow
different
sets
of
rules.
We
have
to
follow
rules
from
the
gasby,
which
is
the
governmental
accounting
standard
board.
The
fasbi,
which
is
a
financial
accounting
standards
board
gaap
generally
accepted
to
print
accounting
principles
and
standards
issued
by
the
aicpa,
which
is
the
american
institute
of
certified
public
accountants.
All
of
them
say
the
same
thing.
They
say
that
these
proprietary
funds,
in
this
case
the
water
funds
and
enterprise
fund,
needs
to
be
self-sufficient
and
again
you
could.
H
H
It's
a
it's,
a
temporary
stop
gap
loss
for
one
year,
but
then
the
year
after
fiscal
year,
2022.
What
are
you
gonna?
Do
you
can't
continue
to
drain
the
general
fund
so,
like
you
know,
like
the
manager
said,
instead
of
a
five
percent
rate
increase,
you
might
be
looking
at
eight
to
ten
percent
rate
increase
to
try
to
catch
back
up,
get
your
fund
balance
where
you
need
it
also.
H
You
know
just
keep
in
mind.
I
said
this
last
week
too,
you
know
the
the
fund
balance
is
looking
at
18
percent
projected
right
now,
but
we
have
you
know
the
hurricane
lower
fund.
We
have
the
covet
fund,
we
have
the
harvey
fund.
All
of
those
funds
are
in
a
negative
fund
balance,
which
means
we've
spent
cash
and
have
not
received
reimbursements
from
fema.
Yet,
as
you
saw
with
imelda
imelda
did
not
you
know.
H
E
E
K
Has
anybody
done
a
comparison
of
what
a
five
percent
rate
hike
would
do
with
our
water
and
sewer
rates
compared
to
our
neighboring
cities?
Do
we
know
how
we
would
stand
in
that.
I
I
noticed
earlier,
we
said
out
of
curiosity.
I
think
it
would
be
a
better
and
more
proactive
to
flush
prior
to
until,
instead
of
waiting
to
get
a
call,
I
noticed
we
said
we
didn't
want
to
do
the
overtime,
because
we
said
we
wanted
to
wait.
You
know
until
we
got
the
calls,
mr
manager,
mr
harris
me
personally.
I
think
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
kind
of
proactively
flush
prior
to
getting
the
calls
instead
of
waiting
to.
I
After
you
know,
we
see-
and
this
is
one
thing-
that's
unfortunate
on
facebook-
a
lot
of
people
complain
about
the
brown
water
and
we
look
to
see
it
being
reported
to
311
or
emailed
to
3-1-1,
but
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
the
citizens
are
not
emailing
it
to
3-1-1
they're,
contacting
direct
council
members
and
they're
complaining
on
social
media.
So
I
understand
that's
the
process
that
we
operate
within,
but
currently
the
math
of
the
people
are
doing
more
communicating
via
social
media.
I
AA
We
are,
we
are
flushing
specific
locations
every
week.
What
he's
saying
is,
if
you
have
a
specific
area,
let's
say
a
specific
neighborhood
or
residents
within
a
specific
block
or
two
that
are
calling
saying
they
have
discolored
water,
then
we'll
send
a
crew
out
and
flush
and
open
hydrants
within
that
area
to
move
water
and
get
the
pressure
up.
So
we
are
proactive
every
week,
you're
always
going
to
have
hot
spots.
Some
days
we
have
zero
calls
out
of
42
000
plus
customers.
AA
Most
days
we
have
less
than
10
people
call
out
of
42
000
customers.
So
what's
changed,
the
only
thing
that's
changed
is
social
media
and
people
talking
that's
what's
changed.
The
people
that
have
been
here
for
30
plus
years
go
back
and
go
talk
to
former
mayors.
This
has
been
an
issue
for
a
long
time.
No
one
likes
it.
No
one
wants
it.
We
were
talking
to
an
expert
out
of
denver
yesterday.
AA
AA
That's
we've
had
that
happen,
many
many
times
so,
where
you
have
those
main
breaks
and
you're
turning
off
valves
and
turning
them
back
on
yes,
you're
going
to
have
some
issues
and
crews
are
going
to
go
out
to
that
specific
area
and
do
more
flushing.
So
that's
what
he
means
by
you
know
we're
going
to
go
respond
because
you
respond
to
the
hot
spots,
but
I
don't
want.
I
mean
we
are
proactive
because
we're
flushing
in
specific
areas
every
week.
I
Another
thing
is
the
lord:
will
I
notice
this
came
up
again,
and
I
know
we
projected
that
on
the
12th
of
last
month.
This
will
be
back
up,
so
you
know
we
that,
with
it
being
a
priority
and
they're
being
able
to
really
be
beneficial,
I
kind
of
like
to
see
again
you
know
like
where
we
at
on
it.
I
AD
We
can
actually
have
it
up.
We've
got
a
36
inch
valve
that
we're
trying
to
get
installed
we're
waiting
on
a
coupling
the
coupling
actually
came
in
today
and
we're
also
having
to
cut
that
36
inch
pipe.
So
we
had
to
work
find
a
contractor
that
could
cut
that
pipe
to
the
proper
length
to
install
that
coupling.
So
right
now
we're
thinking,
maybe
by
the
end
of
this
week,
weather
permitting,
we
should
be
able
to
get
that
that
valve
in,
unfortunately,
also
we
exercised
well
too
this
week
and
the
motor
windings
burned
on
that.
AD
So
we've
got
that
motor
in
the
shop
being
rewound.
That's
going
to
be
about
six
days
to
get
that
motor
wound.
I'd
like
to
have
well
one
and
two
available
when
we
come
up.
So
if
we
have
any
issues,
we
don't
shut
down
again,
the
goal
being
when
we
come
up
to
stay
up
and
not
come
up
shut
back
down,
come
back
up
so
we're
looking
at
into
next
week.
I
understand
I
I
mean
believe
me:
we've
been
trying
like
heck
to
get
this
thing
up.
It's
just
construction
issues,
so
you
buy
the
valve.
AD
I
I
AB
AH
Thank
you
mayor.
My
question
was
answered
during
the
discourse
between
kyle
and
todd
and
councilman
goetz.
AE
Okay,
well,
I
did
not.
I
hope
it
wasn't
taken
that
I
was
insinuating
that
we
had
stopped
doing
what
we
previously
did,
but
it
was
my
understanding
because
I've
seen
over
in
one
area
off
of
helbig
road,
I've
seen
them
continuing
to
do
the
flushing
and
it's
routine
flushing,
and
I
did
stop
to
talk
with
the
worker
and
I
was
explaining.
AE
They
explained
to
me
that
they've
been
doing
the
continual
flushing,
the
directional
flushing,
as
well
as
the
dead
end
flushing,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
that
program
was
not
going
to
be
impacted
or
how
it
would
be
impacted
if
we
did
not
do
the
rate
increase
because
we
have
gone
down
before.
Am
I
correct?
Yes,
sir?
So
I
I.
AE
Wanted
to
make
sure
it
was
understood
that
my
question
was
not
insinuating
that
we
had
stopped
doing
what
was
necessary
to
reduce
the
brown
water.
K
You
know
next
to
councilmember
samuel,
I'm
now
the
most
senior
member
on
this
city
council
been
here
since
2011.,
and
I
do
not
recall
the
volume
of
complaints
for
the
first
five
years
of
discolored
water
that
we
seem
to
be
having
now.
So
I
understand
the
manager's
comments
that
we've
always
had
this
problem.
K
AE
AE
So
I
know
that
that
has
been
an
improvement,
but
just
because
there's
a
reduced
amount
of
bound
water
anywhere
doesn't
mean
it's
acceptable.
We
have
to
continue
to
try
and
find
a
solution
for
reducing
that,
as
I
see
it
and
from
others
that
I've
asked
about
it
in
other
cities.
That's
a
problem
across
the
country.
It's
not
just
unique
to
beaumont
but
as
I
understand
it,
from
a
contractor
for
some
reason
in
this
area,
there's
more
magnet.
Is
it
magnesium.
AE
AB
Yes,
mr
manager,
thank
you
mayor
just
to
pick
back
on
what
councilman
turner
said
a
lot
of
times
we're
getting
calls
and
emails
from
citizens
about
the
groundwater,
the
sewage
in
their
house,
and
things
like
that,
and
that
makes
it
hopefully
understand
why,
of
course,
I
understand
you
wouldn't
ask
for
increase
if
you
didn't
need
it,
but
why
would
questions
because
we
have
to
go
back
to
the
citizens.
They
want
to
know
why
they're
getting
the
increase
and
I'm
having
all
these
problems.
That's
and
that's.
AA
You
always
have
problems,
meaning
every
city
in
america
has
problems
with
their
infrastructure
if
you're
older
than
if
your
city's
older
than
20
30
years
old,
we're
180
something
years
old.
You
have
issues
constantly
with
streets
with
drainage,
with
water
with
sewer
and
it's
a
matter
of
how
much
work
do
you
want
to
do?
How
much
is
the
public
willing
to
pay?
AA
How
much
are
they
willing
to
pay
water
and
sewer
rates?
They
could
pay
a
lot
more.
We
could
do
a
lot
more
work,
meaning
you
could
hire
more
crews
and
do
a
lot
more
work
or
the
problems
going
to
go
away.
If
you
did
that,
no,
you
want
to
maintain
the
system
in
good
order,
so
you
can
provide
potable
water
to
the
public
and
provide
proper
sewer
to
the
public
people.
We
have
42
000,
plus
customers,
42
000.
We
track
every
day
monday
through
friday.
AA
How
many
sewer
problems
do
we
have
that?
Are
our
responsibility?
How
many
stoppages
out
there
in
a
we
track
it
every
day
how
many
water
line
breaks?
Do
we
have?
How
many
repairs
did
we
make
every
day,
and
so
we
know
how
we're
doing
so,
the
highest
number.
I
think
we
had
in
the
last
two
or
three
years
we
had
some
major
breaks.
I
think
it
was
less
than
400
people.
That's
a
lot
called.
That's
one
percent
of
customers
in
the
city
of
beaumont.
AA
AA
You
know
we
do
the
best
that
we
can,
but
if
you
have
a
break
and
water's
not
moving-
and
you
have
a
lot
of
manganese
in
the
system
that
settles
down
in
your
pipes,
you're
going
to
have
discolored
water.
So
to
answer
your
question,
the
challenges
never
go
away.
If
you
doubled
the
amount
of
money,
if
you
spent
instead
of
53
million
dollars
a
year
on
water
and
sewer,
and
you
spent
over
a
hundred
million
the
phone
calls
social
media
and
so
forth,
it's
not
going
to
go
away.
AA
You
do
more
work
and
you
change
out
more
main
water
lines
and
you
change
out
more
sewer
lines,
but
you're
still
not
gonna
have
a
perfect
system.
It
would
mean
you
could
double
the
amount
of
money
and
double
it
for
10
years
in
a
row
and
you're
still
you'd
make
a
lot
of
improvements,
but
you're
not
going
to
get
to
that
point
where
you
don't
have
any
challenges,
so
the
people
that
have
problems
again,
they
need
to
call
3-1-1.
AA
AA
I
just
I
spent
25
000
at
my
house
in
the
last
two
years.
It
happens,
meaning
if
the
problem's
on
your
line
on
your
side,
you've
got
to
fix
it
or
otherwise
I
mean
it's
not
going
to
get
to
the
main
line.
There's
a
big
problem.
If
it's
our
responsibility,
we're
going
to
fix
it,
that's
why
they're
paying
those
bills?
That's
why
they're
paying
the
charges
so
a
lot
of
people.
It's
a
tough
situation,
a
lot
of
people
don't
have
the
money
to
fix
their
steward
line,
and
we
even
talk.
You
know
we
set
aside.
AA
The
council
did
some
federal
money
earmarked
for
that
purpose
and
we
just
didn't.
Have
we
had
some
renters
come
forward,
but
we
didn't
have
many
owners
come
forward,
so
that
was
something
we
tried
that
didn't
work
very
well.
But
but
to
answer
your
question
I
mean
it's
all
based
it's
the
same
thing
with
property
taxes,
people
pay
property,
taxes
for
streets
and
drainage,
and
it
goes
also
towards
police
and
fire.
How
much
is
the
public
willing
to
pay?
AA
AA
F
E
F
Going
back
to
one
of
the
comments
councilman
guests
made
talking
about
you
know
more
complaints
than
y'all
had
back
several
years
ago,
and
so
one
of
the
other
things
that
I've
noticed
is
that
we
talk
about
our
pressure
being
down
a
lot
more
and
that's
because
a
couple
different
reasons,
one
low
being
down
two
having
issues
at
the
water
towers
and
then
but
one
of
the
other
things
is:
we've
added
a
lot
of
industrial
facilities
on
our
system
in
the
last
several
years,
which
what
kind
of
role
do
you
think
that's
doing
as
far
as
taxing
taxing
our
system
and
just
being
able
to
produce
the
amount
of
water,
that's
necessary.
AA
AA
AA
So
before
harvey
the
city
was
getting
this
again
for
the
public,
getting
primarily
most
of
your
water
out
of
the
natchez
river,
but
you're
also
getting
every
day
a
certain
percentage
of
three
from
two
basically
ground
wells:
groundwater
up
in
hardin
county
that
we've
had
for
a
long
time.
Pumping
water
in
that
was
mostly
servicing,
going
down,
say,
105
out
to
major
drive
the
west
end
of
beaumont.
So
you,
when
your
pressure,
it
was
a
blending
the
two
waters
out
of
the
natus
river,
which
is
surface
water
and
then
the
groundwater
up
and
low.
AA
But
blending
that
water
and
you
had
better
pressure
across
the
entire
city
of
beaumont,
so
with
low
being
down
you're
pumping
from
the
pine
street
plant
all
the
way
out
across
the
entire
city
of
beaumont.
And
it's
it's
been
difficult,
so
you
know
been
working
really
hard.
Staff
has
to
get
low
back
up.
AA
I'm
I'm
pleased
with
where
we
are
with
the
work
that
bart
barkowiak,
molly
villarreal
mike
harris
and
hit
all
their
staff
are
doing.
I
think
you
know
it's
been
very
difficult,
but
they've
made
a
lot
of
progress
over
the
last
say
two
plus
years,
so
I
think
we're
definitely
on
the
right
track
and
when
loeb
gets
back
up,
I
think
we'll
even
be
in
a
better
situation.
AA
We
did
make
application
the
state
of
texas
to
the
general
land
office
for
that
hundred
million
dollar
new
water
plant
and
it
was
not
awarded
and
there
will
be
a
round
two
and
we'll
see
what
see
what
happens
there.
We
don't
think
they're
going
to
approve
anything
near
100
million.
We
may
get
it'll
go
through
the
council
of
government,
southeast
texas,
regional
planning,
commission
and
you
know
if
we're
awarded
it'll
be
much
less.
So
that's
going
to
be
another
consideration
for
the
council.
Do
we
still
try
to
do
that?
AA
Do
it,
or
do
we
get
low
back
up
and
see
how
it
works
and
continue
to
make
improvements
out
there
to
you're,
never
going
to
have
a
fail
proof
system,
but
you
want
to
put
in
again
the
best
you
make
improvements
and
prioritize
your
projects
to
better
ensure
that
the
public
has
potable
water
and
again
the
council.
The
previous
council
voted
six
to
one
for
a
new
pump
station
and
we're
close
to
getting
approval
on
that
project.
We
think
that's
a
20
million
dollar
project
bart.
C
AD
To
to
councilman
neil's
question,
though,
we're
not
maxed
out
at
the
pine
street
plant,
so
we're
not
being
over
taxed
by
demand
and
that
causing
low
pressures.
It's
just
that
you're
pumping
into
a
system.
That's
got
a
lot
of
pipes
that
are
older.
We
can't
over
pressure
coming
out
of
the
pine
street
plant
or
we'll
blow
a
water
line,
so
we
hold
about
72
psi
out
of
the
pine
street
plant
consistently
and
where
we're
having
the
lower
than
normal
normal
being
when
lobe
is
up.
A
AA
AA
AA
AA
We
do
it
all
once
a
week
with
different
crews
coming
by
your
house
and
they
do
an
unbelievable
job.
Councilman
samuel
will
tell
you
that
15
years
ago,.
AA
A
lot
more
complaints,
we
rarely
get
complaints
with.
You
know
you
know
42
000,
plus
customers.
Again
they
do
an
excellent
job.
They
work
really
hard
and
next
slide.
So
this
shows
you
again,
your
your
goals
are
to
have
at
least
15
percent
in
the
fund
balance,
and
things
were
really
good
in
this
fund.
After
a
storm,
you
have
so
much
activity
and
people
using
the
landfill.
AA
Your
revenue
goes
up
quite
a
bit
and
expect
one
at
the
landfill
specifically.
So
when
the
fund
is
not
when
the
fund's
doing
well
again,
we
don't
ask
for
an
increase.
The
last
thing
you
want
to
do
is
charge
the
citizens
more
unless
it's
needed.
So
in
this
case,
without
an
increase,
your
fund
balance
is
going
to
get
down
to
an
estimated
15
percent,
which
again
your
goal
in
the
financial
policies
to
be
at
least
15,
and
so
that's
why
we're
recommending
the
5
next
slide.
AA
AA
Questions
so
mayor
with
two
new
council
members.
The
way
this
works
is
you're
not
voting
on
today,
but
we
need
to
know
if
there's
agreement
to
move
forward
and
put
these
numbers
in
the
budget
because
again
it
has
to
be
turned
into
by
august.
The
15th
you're
not
voting
on
today,
but
when
you
do
normally
the
rates,
the
new
rates
are
effective
october,
the
first
the
start
of
the
new
fiscal
year
and.
AA
AA
E
AA
AH
AH
I'm
not
city
manager.
Just
to
summarize
this,
I
I
think
we
all
agree
that
we
want
to
continue
providing
the
basic
services
to
our
citizens,
which
are
most
important
to
continue
increasing
the
quality
of
our
water
and
sewer.
AH
AH
It's
not
it's
just
necessary
for
us
to
to
continue
providing
the
services.
If
we
don't
do
this
increase,
then
we
start
falling
behind
and
it
compounds
the
problem
next
year
when
we
come
right
back
to
the
same
place-
and
this
is
pretty
common.
There's
been
a
few
years
when
we
haven't
had
to
do
this,
but
overall
it
seems
like
pretty
con
on
a
regular
basis.
AH
We
have
to
do
an
increase
as
a
cost
of
living
increase,
just
to
keep
up
with
doing
the
cost
of
doing
business
and
transferring
the
money
from
the
general
fund,
which
I
I
understood,
the
question
about
councilman
goetz,
and
that
was
my
question.
But
again
you
do
not
recommend
that,
because
of
where
that
puts
us
in
regards
to
our
rating
that
this
fund
should
be
self-sufficient.
A
A
Well,
it
appears
that
we
only
just
have
one
one
council
member
that
opposed,
and
so
I
would
suggest
that
a
quick.
I
H
A
H
And
and
all
of
the
and
all
the
like,
the
main
rehabs,
that's
all
done
out
of
the
cip
program,
but
the
flushing
is
done
out
of
the
operational
one.
A
But
if
all
possible,
if
we,
if
we
move
forward
on
this-
and
we
see
that
we
can
go
back
and
take
that
2.5
million
dollars
from
that
16
million
that
we're
that's
coming
in,
we
can
go
back
and
move
2.5
million
from
the
money.
That's
coming
in
to
replace
what
we're
doing
at
this
time.
Could
we,
after
the
fact.
AA
The
debt
service
is
paid.
What
he's
trying
to
say
is
that
the
additional
13
million
dollars
that
y'all
earmarked
for
water
and
sewer
that's
additional
capital
expenditures
that
you
normally
would
have
borrowed
for
right.
So
we
didn't
replace
what
we
were
doing
from
an
operational
standpoint,
we're
doing
more
capital
work,
we're
changing
out
more
main
sewer
lines,
more
main
water
lines
throughout
the
city.
So
what
that
federal
money
allowed
you
to
do
is
just
do
more
capital
work
out.
There
that's
needed
within
the
system
at
lift
stations.
AA
So
it's
basically
speeding
up
capital
work
that
we
wanted
to
do
above
and
beyond
the
25
million
dollars
that
you
you
issued
in
water
revenue
bonds
last
october,
just
allowed
you
to
do
more
work
out
there
within
the
system,
which
was
great
because
you
don't
have
to
pay
that
back.
It's
a
I
mean
we're
all
paying
for
it
as
as
taxpayers.
F
Thank
you,
mayor
back
to
answer
councilman
turner's
question.
He
had
the
I
mean
the
main
objective
would
be
to
have
your
rate
meet
your
expenditures
and
then,
but
every
year
your
expenditures
goes
up.
So
if
you
were
to
take
the
the
money
like
what
I
was
recommending,
whenever
todd
responded,
it
would
get
you
out
of
a
short-term
bond,
but
next
year
you're
gonna
be
coming
back
and
and
asking
for
a
much
larger
rate
increase.
F
F
A
A
551.071
of
the
governmental
code
claim
of
lnl
general
contractors
and
claim
of
christopher
shaw
now's
the
time
if
anyone
would
like
to
speak.
If
you
have
not
already
done
so,
please
fill
out
the
green
form
to
the
back
of
the
room,
bring
it
to
the
clerk.
She
will
call
your
name
when
it's
time
for
you
to
speak.
A
E
O
Members
of
council-
I
guess
this
is
a
continuation
of
my
previously
speaking
moment,
I'm
still
back
on
the
that
uss
texas.
I
think
that's
a
that's
a
big
item
for
us,
we're
a
town
that
lives
on
museums
in
history.
That's
a
lot
of
what
we
got
to
offer
our
background
and
lumber
and
our
background
in
the
oil
industry,
and
now
we
can
bring
that
if
we
can
bring
the
texas
it's
part
of
that,
it's
at
the
last
surviving
ground.
Not
that's
a
good
thing.
O
I
guess
I'm
biased,
because
somewhere
during
the
90s,
when
things
were
tough,
people
were
selling
memorabilia
and
I
bought
a
memorabilia
of
the
uss
texas.
It
was
a
commemorative
navy
day
postcard
that
was
sent
in
1933
with
a
picture
of
teddy
roosevelt's
etching
on
it
and
a
picture
of
the
ship
under
under
steam
in
the
ocean
right
now,
it's
it's
a
cool
thing
and
I
think
that's
reminds
me
of
what
we
could
have
in
beaumont
with
the
real
thing.
O
If
y'all
can
make
it
happen,
and
it
sounds
like
people
want
to
make
it
happen
here
for
us
it
just
do
we
want
it,
I
mean
I
don't
understand.
I
haven't
heard
the
reasons
one
way
or
the
other,
that
it's
a
pro
and
cons,
but
I
wish
y'all
would
talk
about
it
and
think
about
it.
I
I
know.
O
To
mention
to
people
right
now,
grocery
stores
out
and
about
they
all
are
for
it
that
I'm
everybody
I've
talked
to
said
they're
for
it,
I'm
not
what
wasn't
marketing
it.
I'm
just
talking
about
it
just
in
a
moment,
and
that
I
think
it's
an
item,
that's
going
to
have
ground
swell
if
you
get
behind
it,
so
think
about
that,
maybe
that
the
building
and
the
grounds
there
could
be
tied
into
that
and
that
would
that
justify
people's
anchor
or
upset
about
the
building
cost
and
what's
going
to
happen
to
it.
O
So
you
know,
let's
get
smart
operate
a
little
smart
about
things
I
mean
being
on
the
water
and
opening
the
waterfront
up
is
a
good
idea.
I
just
kind
of
reached
the
point
of
this
property
may
not
be
the
best
place,
maybe
there's
something
else
you
know
so
that
was
just
kind
of
where
I
was
coming
to,
but
I.
O
O
If
nothing
else
is
going
on
that,
doesn't
sound
like
a
good
thing
to
try
to
promote,
to
give
somebody
to
bring
a
ship
to
you
fund
a
lot
of
the
cost
and
which
will
definitely
you
put
a
sign
on
on
the
freeway
coming
into
beaumont
you're
gonna
have
people
stopping
you
know
just
when
the
kids
see
it
alone,
the
kind
of
stuff.
O
So
I
mean
you
know
it's
it's
a
good
thing
and
it
it
puts
bulma
kind
of
a
spot
because
we're
going
to
hold
a
jewel
in
the
texas
history,
so
I
mean
that'll,
be
in
beaumont,
that's
something
we
can
be
proud
of
and
we
need
things.
We've
been
proud
of
right
now,
we're
not
having
ground
water
on
brown
water.
I
did
find
an
advertisement.
Excuse
me
of
all
places.
San
francisco,
plumbing
company
was
advertising
about
how
they
could
help
you
with
your
brown
water
problem
and
all
the
filtering
they
can
put
in
everything
else.
S
AG
Oh,
how
y'all
doing
today,
I
paid
child
support
in
this
city,
and
my
child's
report
is
287
a
week
and
I've
been
trying
to
get
in
touch
with
the
attorney
general
to
go
to
court
to
talk
back
to
a
judge
to
get
a
job,
so
I
can
go
back
to
work,
but
my
background
that
the
police
ruined
all
my
life
is
so
bad.
I
can't
pay
child
support.
I
don't
even
know
where
to
go.
Get
a
job
at
that
page,
just
child
support
287
a
week.
AG
Y
Good
afternoon,
councilman,
congratulations.
S
Y
Mayor
muton,
thank
you
hey,
I'm
up
here
today,
because
a
few
weeks
ago
I
came
up
here
to
asked
about
the
hydraulic
chair
at
the
alice
keith
pool.
It
has
not
been
fixed.
No.
Y
AG
Y
The
main
lifeguard
says
he
knows
a
couple
of
people
that
want
to
go
up
there
that
have
a
disability,
but
they
can't
because
that
chair
ain't
working.
So
I'm
back
here
requesting
again
that
y'all
talk
to
whoever
y'all
got
to
this
woman's
woman.
Does
us
good
helps
us?
You
know
we
don't
got
very
much
mobility,
but
you
know
when
we're
swimming
we're.
AG
Y
Y
J
For
many
reasons,
it's
been
a
weird
weird
life
experience.
Since
I
took
on
the
first
homeless,
client
cheyenne
monks,
she
was
murdered
on
pine
street.
She
was
raped
for
three
days.
She
was
burned
and
she
was
lied
upon
that
she
broke
into
a
house
with
a
dead
boat
on
it.
Since
that
time,
I've
helped
about
100
homeless
people
under
the
bridge
and
at
some
other
place
with
tents.
J
Sleeping
bags
and
chairs
literally
50,
have
sold
the
tents
in
the
sleeping
bags
for
five
dollars.
This
gentleman
just
now
just
negative
transference.
So
for
me
I'm
stuck.
I've
been
a
social
worker
for
20
years.
In
los
angeles,
I
work
with
suicidal
homicidal
children.
I
came
to
beaumont
to
take
care
of
a
mother
who
had
a
stroke.
I
came
for
two
weeks.
I've
been
here
11
years.
I
left
my
job.
I
left
my
house.
I
left
my
husband.
J
I
left
my
business
in
downtown
l.a,
where
we
made
50
000
a
week
to
come
here
and
make
zero
dollars
to
care
for
a
parent.
I
went
to
magic
johnson
20
years
ago.
I
approached
him.
I'm
a
member
of
the
screen
actors
guild.
I'm
a
member
of
action
after
I
need
you
to
build
me,
a
shelter
for
runaways
in
hollywood.
J
J
I
don't
know
what
I
stepped
into
because
of
cheyenne
and
what
happened
to
her,
the
other
lady
who
was
a
witness
she's
in
jail.
I'm
followed
every
day
by
police.
I've
gotten
five
trespass
warrants
in
two
days
everywhere
I
go.
I
stepped
on
the
grass
to
give
a
lady
a
cot
and
a
sleeping
bag.
The
gentleman
said
private
property.
Just
like
you
mentioned,
sir.
You
can't
step
on
it.
I
got
a
trespass
warrant
for
giving
someone
a
sleeping
bag.
J
J
J
J
T
How
y'all
doing
I'm
back
I
wanted
to
I.
I
was
sitting
back
there
listening
to
the
issues
about
the
water
in
syria
were
talking
about,
and
I
wanted
to
ask
a
couple
questions
along
the
lines
of
what
you
brought
up:
councilman,
neil
and
councilman
turner.
You
mentioned
about
possibly
getting
another
16
million
american
rescue
aid
fund,
whatever
y'all
got
and
me
listening
to
it.
T
Basically,
I
get
what
y'all
was
trying
to
do
you're,
seeing
if,
if
there's
a
way
to
tap
into
that,
to
help
our
water
and
sewer
systems
here,
and
I
I
had
a
question
from
what
he
said-
todd
said
that
the
way
the
rules
are,
how
are
you
supposed
to
use
that
money?
T
Is
it
possible
with
the
well
being
down
in
hardin
county?
Is
it
possible
to
drill
another
well
and
maybe
allocate
some
of
those
funds
towards
that
being
a
new
project?
Would
it
fall
into
that
category?
Also?
I
know
that
the
city
of
groves-
I
actually
worked
on
that
project
with
placo
plumbing
and
helped
them
the
city
of
groves
had
a
grant.
T
Some
years
ago.
This
was
like
2011
to
replace
all
the
sewer
lines,
because
a
lot
of
the
shorelines
had
the
the
clay,
the
clay
lines
and
the
the
old
iron
lines
and
there's
a
lot
of
rust
and
breaking
in
the
lines
and
stuff
like
that,
and
I
was
wondering:
is
it
possible
that
maybe
there's
there's
issues
like
that
with
some
of
our
water
lines
and
it's
obvious
that
y'all
spoke
of
the
manganese
being
a
composition
in
our
dirt
and
that's
why
we
have
so
much
of
that
in
our
water?
T
So
maybe
some
of
that
which
I
was
talking
about
the
the
rinsing-
that's
what
settles
and
gets
caught
up
in
there.
So
is
it
possible
that
maybe
y'all
consider
maybe
a
a
project
of
redoing
some
of
the
water
lines,
and
maybe
some
of
those
funds
could
be
allocated
to
that
as
a
new
project.
Just
some
questions,
I'm
just
asking
and
the
reason
I
bring
up
drilling
another
well
is
possibly
so.
T
When
you
the
further
you
drill
down,
you
start
to
get
into
like
some
fine
sediment
and
rock
some
really
really
really
fine
rock
and
that
that
actually
helps
as
a
as
a
filter.
You
know,
and
I'm
asking
about
drilling
another
well
and
could
y'all
possibly
drill
deeper,
to
get
some
some
fresher,
cleaner
water,
where
you
won't
have
so
much
of
the
manganese
and
the
sulfur
and
stuff
that
gets
caught
up
in
it.
T
AA
AA
U
All
right
looks
like
we
are
getting
a
new
park
which
I
am
mad
about.
I,
like
green
stuff.
You
know
I
like
to
ride
my
bicycle
all
of
this
stuff
about
the
water
and
the
sewage.
U
U
Now,
maybe,
instead
of
just
saying
yes
to
every
condo
and
apartment
out
there
on
the
periphery,
maybe
we
should
do
something
to
try
to
get
them
a
little
closer
to
home,
a
little
closer
to
that
new
park.
We're
going
to
have
a
little
closer
to
all
the
nice
parks.
We
already
have
and
things
we
can
enjoy,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
every
time
we
drive
down
beaumont,
which
is
downtown
my
favorite
place
to
ride
my
bike,
because
anything
you
don't
have
to
look.
U
You
can
just
ride
your
bike
and
have
a
good
time
every
empty
parking
lot
that
I
pass
used
to
be
a
beautiful
building
every
empty
parking
lot
that
you
pass
when
you
leave
here
today.
Look
at
it
and
think
of
what
used
to
be
here
and
think
about
what
made
us
give
up
on
beaumont
on
beaumont's
downtown,
so
much
that
we're
going
to
invest
on
the
periphery
and
look
at
everything
we
have
built
for
ourselves
and
be
so
happy
to
tear
it
down
and
then
not
finish
the
job.
U
If
we're
gonna
have
bathrooms
at
this
new
park,
can
they
at
least
be
unlocked
so
that
people
can
use
them?
Are
we
gonna
have
that
place
for
someone
to
get
a
cold
drink?
Because
unless
you
go
to
the
park
and
you
pack,
your
pack,
your
ice
chest,
get
the
kids
out
there,
you
get
everything
unloaded.
You
start
having
a
good
time
and
little
johnny
has
to
go
to
the
restroom.
U
Please
think
about
all
the
people
you
want
to
use
this
stuff
when
you're
building
it
think
about
the
end
result.
Are
they
going
to
be
able
to
comfortably
do
it?
Is
it
going
to
be
an
enjoyable
day
out
with
the
family?
Is
it
going
to
be
so
good
that
they're
going
to
want
somebody
else
to
come
by
and
the
gentleman
that
I
was
sitting
next
to
earlier
made
an
excellent
point?
Weiss
park
has
beautiful
oak
trees,
the
center
sit
underneath,
but
you
know
what
it
doesn't
have
a
splash
park
and
we
already
own
that.
U
V
I
understand
that
emails,
don't
count.
If
someone
wants
to
voice
their
opinion
about
something
that
city
council
wants
to
do
emails,
don't
count
only
letter
mail.
Is
that
correct?
I
know
I
can't
ask
questions
but
and
if
there's
a
letter
in
the
mail
it
needs
to
have
your
address
your
name,
your
phone
number.
It
needs
to
have
your
information.
You
need
to
validate
your
response
so
for
people
who
are
concerned
about
things.
V
I
believe
I
understand
that
clearly
that
emails
are
not
being
considered
as
a
vote
or
an
opinion
by
council
members
and
our
city
leaders.
I
think
it's
helpful
for
the
public
to
understand
that,
because
there's
all
those
little
email
contact
things
when
you,
when
you
go
to
the
city
website,
but
you
don't
you
don't
get
that
bit
of
information
when
you
look
at
that
website.
V
Y
V
The
riverfront,
what
I
saw
the
day
we
had
this
presentation
was
nothing
really.
It
just
doesn't
look
like
there's
a
plan
and
it's
disappointing.
V
V
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
that
we
can
do
that
and
it
doesn't
make
sense
the
way
I've
seen
there
was
a
gentleman
in
the
back
here.
That
was
almost
arrested
a
number
of
times
because,
when
it
rained
his
mother
was
95
year,
old
mother
was
literally
cut
off
from
the
rest
of
the
world
by
deep
water
and
one
day
hours
after
the
rain
I
went
by
where
his
mother's
lived.
I
found
the
place
not
that
I
was
looking
for
it.
V
I
was
so
blown
away
by
the
problem
and
why
didn't
we
as
a
community,
and
why
did
we
not
see
that
as
an
emergency
it
took
over
a
year
to
get
that
fixed
and
these
people
that
are
having
sewer
problems?
I
understand
sewer
lines
collapse
and
I
understand
sometimes
it's
not
the
city's
problem,
but
why
don't
we
treat
this
like
an
emergency?
V
X
I'm
sorry
you
have
to
hear
from
me
again,
but
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
add
that
mr
hayes,
the
comments
that
you
made
about
the
protocol
and
what
happens
with
the
city
when
people
have
sewage
issues
was
not
my
experience
for
the
experience
of
my
neighbors
who
were
having
problems.
At
the
same
time
that
I
was
having
problems,
I
did
call
3-1-1
multiple
times.
There
are
many
wonderful
people
who
work
at
the
water
department.
X
I
had
sweet
gentlemen
who
gave
me
their
personal
cell
phone
numbers
and
came
out
on
their
father's
day
to
try
to
help
us.
I
I
will
not
deny
that,
but
the
problem
was
y'all's
lying
and
it
you
would
not
hear
that
plumbers.
No
one
would
hear
that
until
I
spent
thousands
of
dollars
to
prove
that
there
could
not
be
a
problem
on
my
outline.
I
also
take
exception,
mr
hayes,
when
you
say
that
there's
a
social
media
problem
at
the
time
that
this
was
happening
to
our
family.
X
We
were
in
a
hotel,
and
I
was
watching
city
council
at
that
time,
because
I
was
concerned
about
the
water,
and
I
heard
you
say
we
don't
have
a
water
problem.
We
have
a
social
media
problem.
I
didn't
post
on
social
media.
What
was
going
on
with
our
our
family.
I
was
trying
to
go
through
the
proper
channels.
X
A
few
weeks
ago,
my
good
girlfriend
had
water
coming
out
of
her
pipes
that
looked
like
coca-cola.
She
called
3-1-1.
No
one
had
yet
responded.
She
needed
to
give
her
kids
baths,
she
posted
on
social
media
and
immediately
mr
turner.
Thank
you,
mr
neil.
Thank
you
checked
on
her
and
took
care
of
it
immediately.
The
reason
people
are
going
to
social
media.
When
I
had
my
problem,
I
eventually
called
mr
gutz,
who
is
my
councilman,
who
came
to
my
home
and
checked
on
us.
X
Q
Yes,
just
just
one
more
thing:
a
couple
of
things
all
this
land
that
nancy
tevis
donated
to
be
a
park
was
all
of
this
land.
I
understand
up
here
on
the
bluff
and
all
of
these
city.
Buildings
are
built
on
that
land
that
was
donated,
and
somehow
you
know
it
was
for
the
city.
Q
I
mean
it's
for
the
the
good
of
the
citizens,
but
all
all
of
this
all
these
buildings,
I
believe,
is
on
the
land
that
she
donated
to
be
the
park,
the
police
department,
the
the
julie
rogers,
the
library,
the
city
hall
and
the
civic
center,
and
so
I
would
just
like
to
see
a
a
park
up
here,
so
the
development
could
proceed
from
there,
but
I
was
against
my
first
reaction
was
against
the
uss
texas
coming
here,
but
I
changed
my
mind.
AB
Only
thing
I
have
is
well
thanks
to
everyone
for
coming.
Thank
you
for
your
comments
and
your
input.
I
would
hope
that
we
will
continue
to
get
your
input
as
we
move
forward
with
this
project.
Also
harvest
for
los
souls
church
are
giving
away
free
meals.
Tomorrow
from
four
to
six,
it's
called
a
grab-and-go
they're,
also
going
to
have
covered
testing.
There
said
a
33
95
highland,
it's
for
free
meals
for
kids,.
K
K
K
K
K
K
Celebration
park:
it's
located
on
a
waterway,
not
the
beach
in
naples
florida,
but
on
the
waterway
in
what
was
actually
a
fairly
under
privileged
part
of
town.
It
was
not
the
I
mean.
I
know
when
you
talk
about
naples
is
anything
underprivileged
in
naples?
Well,
this
area
of
town
was
but
not
since
I
put
this.
K
The
project
in
the
bayshore
arts.
District
of
naples
provides
spaces
for
eight
food
trucks,
a
waterfront
tiki
bar
and
an
entry
structure
including
restrooms
and
storage
space,
david
corbin,
architects,
design,
the
park
master
plan
and
the
structures
on
the
site
and
guided
it
through
the
difficult
permitting
and
approvals
process.
Due
to
the
unique
nature
of
the
project.
K
E
K
K
This
bar
is
licensed
by
the
people
that
have
celebration
park
to
people
that
have
all
their
licensure
to
serve
alcohol.
We
could
do
the
same
thing
here.
We
do
it
regularly.
Imagine
imagine
the
boat
traffic
that
we
would
get.
There's
nothing
right
now
for
boaters
and
there's
lots
of
them
to
pull
into
and
enjoy
on
the
river.
K
K
K
So
at
some
point
like
I
did
with
the
battleship,
if
this
council
would
like
to
talk
about
this,
I
would
ask
for
somebody
to
second
this
in
a
workshop,
so
that
we
can
discuss
it
further
because,
right
now,
I
can't
answer
any
questions,
I'm
just
making
the
comments
that
I'm
allowed
to
make
during
my
time.
Thank
you.
I
We
had
a
know
your
worth
brunch
this
previous
sunday,
where
we
had
over
40
young,
ladies
between
the
age
of
13
and
18,
and
we
actually
talked
to
them.
We
had
a
brunch
with
them
and
we
helped
them
find
themselves.
I'm
a
big
advocate
of
what
are
we
currently
doing
in
leadership
to
have
impact
on
our
youth.
I
The
whole
entire
city
council,
to
my
understanding,
will
have
input
on
what
we
do
in
our
riverfront.
So
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
chime
in
and
have
the
ideas
that
we
want
to
present
on
our
riverfront.
I
think,
prior
to
moving
forward
with
this,
we
had
a
presentation
and
our
city
manager
did
inform
us.
The
riverfront
and
everything
we
do
is
solely
upon
what
we
decide
to
do
as
a
whole,
so
we'll
take
all
of
us
working
together
in
order
to
get
some
of
these
projects
on
our
riverfront.
I
I
think
it's
a
great
thing
that
we
all
have
enthusiastic
ideas,
but
it's
better
to
for
us
to
present
them
to
each
other.
So
we
can
see
how
we
can
work
with
working
on
as
far
as
getting
them
done.
We
have
a
basketball
camp
coming
up.
If
you
know
any
youth
that
want
to
do
basketball,
it's
a
free
basketball,
chemical
camp.
I
Coming
up
this
saturday,
former
professional
player,
nigel
pearson,
he
plays
ball
overseas
and
he
was
the
north
texas
leading
scorer
in
the
history
of
beaumont,
texas,
young
man
right
here
from
beaumont
texas,
proud
of
the
beaumont
coming
back
to
this
community.
Giving
back
so
I
think
we
as
a
community
should
appreciate
that
and
we
should
support
him
if
possible.
If
you
know
any
kids
that
may
be
interested
and
other
than
that,
I
thank
everybody
for
coming
out.
Emails
do
work.
I
do
want
to
address
that.
I
It's
unfortunate-
and
I
will
say
this
again-
it's
unfortunate
that
it's
a
3-1-1
process,
but
a
lot
of
people
are
going
to
that
stream
of
social
media
and
I
think
we
got
with
our
city
manager
and
we
are
addressing
you
know
more
proactive
social
media
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
beaumont
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
you
know
updating
where
we
are
with
that
project.
I
know
he
has
met
with
several
different
entities
and
companies
in
reference
to
our
social
media.
I
AH
AH
There's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
and
there's
different
ideas
that
have
been
presented,
and
I
do
know
this
though
I
I
am
convinced
to
this
at
the
town
hall
meeting,
there
seem
to
be
more
people,
speaking
for
it
than
against,
but
there
were
others
who
spoke
through
emails.
As
eric
said,
I
I
sat
down
myself
and
personally
answered
60
emails,
and
eventually
I
just
I
wore
myself.
I
just
wore
myself
out,
but
I
do
try
to
answer
the
emails
that
I
get
as
a
council
member.
AH
I
try
to
return
all
the
phone
calls
that
I
get,
but
I
do
know
this
the
night
of
the
town
hall
meeting.
The
one
thing
that
I
did
take
away
from
that
meeting
is
that
there
is
a
good
portion
of
beaumont
those
that
are
speaking
for
it
are
against
it.
There's
just
there
is
a
good
portion
of
beaumont
that
is
asking
for
hope,
leadership
that
is
willing
to
take
calculated
risk
leadership.
That
is
bold
and
that's
willing
to
step
out
and
do
something
to
try
to
move
our
city
forward.
AH
AH
So
once
again,
this
council
is
trying
to
be
bold,
to
think
outside
the
box,
to
dream
and
to
bring
hope
to
the
city
to
try
to
awaken
our
city
to
move
it
forward.
Beaumont
is
declining
in
its
population,
it's
declining
as
a
community
and
either
we
either
we
move
forward.
We
take
bold
steps
to
move
forward
or
we
can
continue
to
decline.
It's
not
either
or
do
we
fix
the
water
in
the
sewer
or
do
we
do
the
att?
Building
it's
not
either
or
it's
both.
AH
AH
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
samuel,
thank
you,
councilmember
neal
city
manager,
city
attorney.
Well,
I
would
like
to
say
that
I
don't
think
anyone
has
heard
about
the
att
project
more
than
I
did
I
have.
I
worked
in
that
building
for
32
years
my
entire
career
of
working
in
that
building
for
32
years.
I
was
told
that
I
would
never
retire
from
that
that
address
555
main
well.
I've
been
retired
11
years
as
of
2010
after
working
32
years
there
and
then
my
next
career.
A
But
I
think
for
six
council
members
to
move
forward
to
to
see
a
change
and
make
a
bold
move
for
our
city
is
showing
a
direction
in
unifying
our
city.
So
I
would
also
like
to
say
for
the
town
hall
meeting
we
did.
We
halt
the
process
of
moving
forward
because
the
citizens
asked
us
to
have
some
transparency
to
let
them
see
and
be
able
to
comment.