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Home My WebLink AboutMIN NOV 24 1998 M I N U T E S - CITY OF BEAUMONT Lulu L.Smith DAVID W. MOORE, MAYOR Bobbie J. Patterson, Mayor Pro Tem Guy N.Goodson CITY COUNCIL MEETING Andrew P.Cokinos John K.Davis NOVEMBER 24,1998 Becky Ames Lane Nichols,City Attorney Ray A. Riley,City Manager City Clerk The City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, met in a regular session on November 24, 1998, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 801 Main Street, Beaumont, Texas, at 1:30 p.m. to consider the following: OPENING Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call * Presentations and Recognition * Public Comment: Persons may speak on scheduled agenda items Mayor Moore called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. The Reverend Wayne Rhodes, Westminister Presbyterian Church, gave the invocation. City Manager Ray A. Riley led the pledge of allegiance. Present at the meeting were: Mayor Moore, Mayor Pro Tem Patterson, Councilmembers Smith, Goodson, Cokinos, Ames, and Davis. Also present were Ray A Riley, City Manager; Lane Nichols, City Attorney; and Barbara Liming, Deputy City Clerk. *Presentations and Recognitions Dr. Bill Cale, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Lamar University, approached Council to make a presentation. He was accompanied by members of the Lamar Brass Quintet playing When The Saints Go Marching In. Members of the Quintet included Dr. Jimmy Simmons, Dr. Raul Ornelas, Miss Stacy Clark, Dr. Wayne Dyess, and Dr. Robert Culbertson. Dr. Cale and the Quintet extended greetings on behalf of Lamar University. Dr. Cale announced that Lamar is celebrating its 75th anniversary; a moment when they will look back upon their history and look forward into the future. This year, during the Cardinal Lights ceremony on December 7th, a new, annual tradition of honoring distinguished alumnus who have been important to Lamar's past and future will begin. On this occasion, the first individual to be honored will be Mayor Moore, a distinguished Lamar University alumnus and long-time supporter. Dr. Cale said the event will begin at 6:00 p.m. and distributed invitations and 75th anniversary booklets to City Council. Ms. Camille Mouton gave Council another special publication designed for Lamar's anniversary. As the Lamar representatives exited the Council Chamber, the Quintet played Big Red, the Lamar fight song. Ms. Debbie Magliolo and staff members: Tuesday Lord , Kim Lagusis, Carrie Magliolo, Tracye Venable, and Dana Retzlaff with the Beaumont Bone and Joint Clinic thanked Mayor Moore for joining them last week during their collection of food for Some Other Place and announced that they collected over 1,200 food items. They challenged other doctors and medical offices to do the same. A picture of Mayor Moore, the volunteers from Beaumont Bone and Joint Clinic, and the food collected for Some Other Place was displayed. Mayor Moore said they were a very energetic group and congratulated them on their spirit of the season and efforts in helping other less fortunate people. He added that perhaps this will serve as a jump start for other groups to meet the challenge offered by them. As spokesperson for the Celebrate Family Celebration held this past weekend, Ms. Charlotte Walker thanked Council and City staff for their support and help with the event. She said that more than 2,500 persons throughout the community attended the celebration activities that included a variety of games, booths, and family exhibits. Ms. Walker also thanked Council for their participation in the Interfaith Service held Sunday afternoon, and expressed special thanks to Councilmember Smith for serving on the Steering Committee and to Mayor Moore for his inspirational speech. She added thanks for use of the Civic Center, to Baptist Hospital, the chief underwriter for the celebration, Channel 12 and the Beaumont Enterprise for publicity, and the more than 80 organizations who participated and made the event a success. In the absence of Mr. Dale Jones, Mr. Fred Jordan announced that next year a live, televised parade between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. is being planned. He said there will be bands, horses, clowns and dancers amount the parade participants. Mayor Moore and Councilmembers expressed their appreciation for the celebration, especially for the performances by children, and said they all had a good time. Other committee members present were: Princess Hopson, K. T. Douglas, Wanda Grimes, Sheila Fredeck with the Enterprise, William Lee- Family Services Board, Marshall Hayes, Lettie Lanza- Family Services, and Dora Nisby-Family Services Board and YWCA Board. Mayor Moore added that one of the winners of the Essay Contest stated that "fuel in the automobile is like fuel in the family." He said that the unrehearsed comments from this 7th grader were extremely well expressed from her heart. Ms. Mary Williams with the Pear Orchard Plaza Complex introduced young men from the complex and recognized their efforts in collecting food within the Complex for the needy and the people in Central America and issued a challenge for other complex residents and organization to meet their efforts. Mayor Pro Tem Patterson commended their successful efforts, joined in issuing the challenge to everyone in the community, and expressed appreciation for Ms. Williams' work with the Pear Orchard Complex-Life Resource group. Students with Ms. Williams were: Jamail Lemell- Odom Academy, Malcom Williams-Roy Guess, Robert Johnson- Blessed Elementary, Darrell Wood-Blanchette Elementary, Cory Jordon-Odom Academy, Michael Williams-Roy Guess, and Milton Lemell-Blanchette Elementary. *Public Comment: Persons may speak on scheduled agenda items - No one wished to address these subjects. *Consent Agenda The following consent agenda items were considered: Minutes;11/24/98;Page 2 Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting held November 17, 1998; Confirmation of committee appointments - Resolution No. 98-223 A) Approve a contract for the resurfacing of eight tennis courts at the Athletic Complex (with Courts-N-Stuff in the amount of$34,456) - Resolution No. 98-324 B) Approve an annual contract to provide uniform jackets for the Fire Department (with Lawman's Uniform &Equipment Co. in the amount of$98.49 per jacket for a total estimated expenditure of$23,145.15 ) - Resolution No. 98-325 C) Authorize a request to the Texas Historical Commission for a 1999 Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant (travel for two Historic Landmark Commissioners and one staff person to the CLG Workshop and funding of a tour brochure) - Resolution No. 98-326 D) Accept the donation of a Sanitary Sewer Easement (a ten foot wide Sanitary Sewer Easement out of the Daniel Easley Survey, Abstract No. 20 located on the north side of State Highway 105 a distance of 623.48 feet east of Keith Road) - Resolution No. 98-327 E) Approve the granting of an easement to Entergy Gulf States, Inc. to serve the Water Production Plant on Pine Street (a 50 foot wide utility easement on a tract of land in the James Drake Survey, Abstract No. 18) - Resolution No. 98-328 F) Approve the purchase of additional components for the City's opticom emergency priority control system (from Consolidated Traffic Controls, Inc. in the amount of $16,346) - Resolution No. 98-329 Councilmember Cokinos moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Goodson seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Moore, Mayor Pro Tem Patterson, Councilmembers Smith, Goodson, Cokinos, Ames and Davis Noes: None GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Consider a request for a zone change from RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) to GC- MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property at 3500 Chaison Avenue Minutes;11/24/98;Page 3 Mayor Pro Tem Patterson moved to approve Ordinance No. 98-71 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT,TEXAS,AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS,AS INDICATED UPON THE ZONING MAP OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS,BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY PRESENTLY ZONED AS RS (RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING)DISTRICT TO GC-MD-2 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL-MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING-2) DISTRICT,FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3500 CHAISON AVENUE, BEAUMONT,JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. Councilmember Davis seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Moore, Mayor Pro Tem Patterson, Councilmembers Smith, Goodson, Cokinos, Ames and Davis Noes: None 2. Consider a request for a zone change from RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) and A- R (Agricultural-Residential) to GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) and RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling-Highest Density) District for property located north of Folsom Drive as extended west of Dowlen Road Councilmember Cokinos moved to approve Ordinance No. 98-72 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT,TEXAS,AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS,AS INDICATED UPON THE ZONING MAP OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY PRESENTLY ZONED RS (RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING)DISTRICT AND A-4(AGRICULTURAL-RESIDENTIAL) DISTRICT TO GC-MD(GENERAL COMMERCIAL-MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING)AND RM-H(RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING- HIGHEST DENSITY)DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT NW CORNER OF DOWLEN ROAD AND THE PROPOSED FOLSOM EXTENSION, BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. Councilmember Goodson seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Moore, Mayor Pro Tem Patterson, Councilmembers Smith, Goodson, Cokinos, Ames, and Davis Noes: None 3. Consider a request for a zone change from HI (Heavy Industrial) to GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District for a 5.75 acre tract at 3380 Fannin Street (Former BPM Club for a Girls Haven residential care facility) Councilmember Cokinos moved to approve Ordinance No. 98-73 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT,TEXAS,AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONING MAP OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY PRESENTLY ZONED HI(HEAVY INDUSTRIAL)DISTRICT TO GC-MD(GENERAL COMMERCIAL- MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING) DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3380 FANNIN STREET, BEAUMONT,JEFFERSON COUNTY,TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL Minutes;11/24M;Page 4 AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. Mayor Pro Tem Patterson seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Mayor Moore, Mayor Pro Tem Patterson, Councilmembers Smith, Goodson, Cokinos, Ames, and Davis Noes: None OTHER BUSINESS *Annual Photometric Index for the City of Beaumont Lamar University Industrial Technology students, Jason Wornick, Team Leader, and Waylon Dupree, presented results of the 1998 Photometric Index (P.I.) Litter Survey for the City of Beaumont and their recommendations for improvement as shown in Exhibit "A." Their results indicate that the overall incidence of litter is down 44% from last year's survey and is the lowest the City has seen since 1993. Professor Brendon Duffy served as the facilitator, and other Lamar students on the team were William Condron, Nilesh Kucheriya and Paris Juneau. Councilmembers expressed appreciation to Lamar University, the students, and City staff for the progress made in reducing the amount of litter in Beaumont. COMMENTS * Councilmembers comment on various matters Councilmembers Smith, Davis, and Patterson congratulated Mayor Moore for receiving recognition and the life-time membership award at the YMCA this morning. Mayor Pro Tem Patterson added that Mayor Moore has attained another first in being the first Black African American to receive this recognition in Beaumont. * Public Comment (Persons are limited to 3 minutes) The Reverend Brice Mandaville, 1426 Johnson Avenue, Port Neches, and pastor of Triangle Baptist Church, addressed Council as a representative of Mr. Ken Copra from Rural Fire District No. 1 in Jefferson County. The Reverend Mandaville requested that Council consider entering into negotiations with the Fire District to provide fire protection to the area of the County in Beaumont's ETJ that is currently without fire protection. The Reverend Mandaville listed five reasons for the request. Minutes;1124196;Page 5 Ms. Wilmeretta Lowe, 1645 Hildebrant Road, and Mr. James Sterling, 3111 Hubert Road, added their requests for consideration of fire protection for the area outside of Beaumont, but in its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Commissioner Ed Moore stated that he is present to give support to the fire protection request. Mayor Moore reported that he has had some preliminary discussions with the City Manager regarding this subject, and that it will be brought back in a workshop with facts and figures to present to Council. Mayor Moore said the coverage is costly, but Council will investigate the request to consider what level of coverage might be possible. He requested that the City Manager and staff compile the necessary information for Council review for an informed decision. Mr. William Buck, 990 Hill, addressed Council to request a two month extension of his regular pay. Mr. Buck stated that he is a 17 1/2 year Fire Department employee and suffered an accident on November 20, 1997, that resulted in a ruptured back disk. He explained that he received recent notification that the time period for regular pay will soon lapse, and that he will be transferred to worker's compensation pay. Mayor Moore explained that this is not the forum to discuss this matter and asked the City Manager to get updated information on Mr. Buck's status. Mrs. Kathryn Wiggington addressed Council in appreciation for construction of a new fire station in South Park, renovation of the former Giles School for a post office, and reconstruction of Chaison Street, and mentioned monitoring the rehabilitation progress of the former Lamar Theater. Mayor Moore responded that the deadline for the old Lamar Theater rehabilitation is December 31 st. Mayor Moore wished everyone a"Happy Thanksgiving," thanked the young people for being so mannerly and encouraged them take pride in their neighborhood, thanked Commissioner Moore for attending the Council meeting, and announced that there not be a Council meeting next week because members will be attending the Annual Conference of the National League of Cities. EXECUTIVE SESSION *Consider matters related to employment, evaluation and duties of a public officer or employee in accordance with Section 551.074 of the Government Code: Municipal Court Magistrates City Clerk Minutes;11124196;Page 6 There being no further business, the meeting recessed at 2:28 p.m. to reconvene in executive session. Mayor David W. Moore Barbara Liming, Deputy City Jerk Minutes; 11/24M;Page 7 il998 PHOTOMETRIC FNDEX AND LIFTER ANALYSIS 'This years photometric index and litter analysis was conducted by the Lamar University Industrial Technology Department. In an effort to be consistent with the baseline and future PI, the project team took photographs (slides) of four pre-selected areas of Beaumont. These areas include the `Nest End, North End, Central, and South Park. Each slide was categorized by either street facings, right of ways, dumpsters, loading docks, parking iots, or vacant lots. Each individual slide was also analyzed for its litter content (ex. paper, plastic, food wtiappers), and a calculation performed in accordance with previous years indices. J� , J 9 I) " --- -- ......... . .. . n Lin r gaga, s There were a total of 125 pieces of litter observed while doing the 1998 Litter analysis. The most observed type of litter was paper, including lottery tickets, cigarette butts, paper cups, 4 and food wrappers. Very few plastic bottles were noted as well as polystyrene. Although the Overall index was down 44.3% from 2.28 to 1.27, tie bulk of the litter was seen at the L oo,.'ing.Doc a. At this point the tears realized how one slide can be a determining factor in % increase 1 OALOH yG DOCKS or decrease. Of the _- three slides taken of 25 -- -. _ loading docks, one 20 - - --- site nad 25 - observances. T_1ese ao - - - �,; observances include d 5-roken pallets, rood a ' wrappers, paper 1997 ---_ -ups °ct... 9 998 The index for Right pj lvs moved from !.78 up to 1.83 a percent finer°ase of 5-3%. This is a high vehicular traffic area as well as high pedestrian area. The ream r_:ade no determination of cause of the slight increase. Righf-(01,,?fflays - ------------ { z?I fl.3 1997 . "3 993 TAW fight-of-ways were .he only areas to !n ruse in litter from 1997. Ail other.factions of this years ?l decreased. Dumpsters were down 14.1% in ;0Q7 from 1.91 to 1.04. Most of these sites observed were clean. The common types of litter was cardboard and wooden pallets. 't DU Im PST E=R8 zs J.5 � 199% 1998 Vocant Lots fell :iom 2.0 in 1997 to 1.0 this year, a decline of`O%. The tearn observed these to he clean overall but in ;geed of a mowing service. VACANT L 07S 4997 fir. 3998 Parkin lots were considerably lower than last , from an index of 4.29 to .5. Parking Y A huge drop of 88.3%. The team inquired about this decline. Lot owners attributed this drop to litter awareness on the part of their employees. As with last year, convenience stores parking lots were the biggest contributor to parking lot litter. PARKING LOS'S s $ - - 3 I ... f PI 2 I ll i 1997 -' NPI f '1998 Streets which were down 34.2% from an index of.38 in 1997 to .25 in 1998 bring up ?he rear with the least amount of litter per sample size. In 1997 the low index was attributed to high winds. The project team witnessed multiple groups of students cleaning the streets this year and reel this to he a k--y part STREETS in the low index.; ....... .. . I 0.3 - - 0.2 = , n.1 - I o ! ;a 1997 1998 "1 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT The IT department project team that conducted the 1998 Photometric Index and Litter Analysis has a list of recommendations for the city of Beaumont. • Continual recycling; and inclusion of residential pickup of recyclable goods. • Additional, permanently installed trash containers throughout our city. Continue the anti-litter campaign and include a new slogan specifically for- Beaumont. • Hold a city sponsored competition for junior high to high school age children and use their ideas for the slogan. This will 'benefit Beaumont and the children of Beaumont. Increase public awareness through advertisements via newspaper, °adio, and billboards. FINAL. RESULTS The overall PI decreased 44.3% from an index of 2.28 to 1.27. This is the lowest ?I since 1993, when it was at. 1.04. -39.98 PH®TOMETRJC NDEX 1- _. - # I 2 OVERALL 9.3 j9 t 3 r YEARS I I - - i Nava" womew no I KM 0 Till, -ALL 0Bt,*,, E -- t. (-J)v E F ui I �0K5 rS ! i I S i 'm i. b ikca :.yes' h �� II Sam BOOM / 2 0", D-0-11 I'D !131 w Iii _:>`• i�"�`�°�; ��'.E,Y$� � z��,. � '�.? I' ii II . Lf v? w PHOTOMETRIC INDEX i I! I STREETS RIGHTS OF WAY VACANT LOTS PARKING LOTS I DUMPSTERS LOADING DOCKS' I i � i 1991 '12 i 1 ,. 24 '1 4 . 2 1 . 4?8% 1 1 . 571 5 . 1 -7 19, 92 0 . 64 1 . 63 2 . 67 1 . 2511 . 5 2 . 2 1993 ® . 41 1 . 66 1 0 . 62 0 . 3 1 . 67 4 . 33 I I i 1 ► 1 . 28 0 . 7 11 . 8 16 . 5 1131 ! 1995 1 . 46 1 . 78 14 . 3 1 , 0713 7 19961 ® . 66 ; 1 . 5 1 2 . 17 ' 1 . 71 1 . 55 18 1997 0 . 38 1 . 78 2 4 . 29 1 . 91 20 . 33 � I i i 1 1 0 . 5 11 . ��4 . � 7; i i f