Mr.

Creel will say the uh prayer and uh let's have the mayor say the pledge today.

Okay.

Will you bow your heads with me, please, Father in heaven?

Lord, we come to you tonight thanking you for your goodness, your mercy, your salvation, your grace, your forgiveness, and your healing.

Lord, as we gather to conduct the business of the city of Belitzi, we just pray that you'd give us the wisdom to make decisions that would uh honor Belitzi, but also honor and glorify you and your will for everything you are and everything you do.

We give you the praise, the glory, the honor, and the thanks, and we ask it all in Jesus' name.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag, the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

All right, play ball.

Good move.

All right, I'll just have to check Mr.

Shoemaker.

Are you ready?

All right, Mr.

Gray, are you ready?

We're ready.

All right, Council.

Let's get to work.

Um, I need a motion to approve the agenda.

So moved by Mr.

Tislow.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creel.

Any discussion?

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Motion carry 6-0.

Mayor's report.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

President.

Welcome to from uh council Congressman Tisdale's office.

Here we've been working on the last month.

Welcome to our uh meeting.

And I think Walt's back there with you, right?

So and welcome everyone else to our meeting.

And uh a lot of smiling faces.

But uh uh I have a brief report, but I'd ask you as a matter of fact, to uh spread the minutes uh uh spread to the minutes the expenses of the boxy travel club travel credit card.

Um and I think that's pretty much one question.

Can you give us an update on what happened with the flowers and Columbia and all that kind of stuff?

Well, it's back on the table.

And uh this is in seven years ago.

We had uh uh Mayor Rivas from uh they have three or four names, but I know his last name was Rivas, and we've had uh H C D C had opportunity to put a whole uh you know uh uh scenario together, but uh seven years ago we went down to uh actually Rio Negro uh uh Colombia, which is the sort of the uh international airport and trade center for Metay.

And uh there was a tremendous opportunity to uh extend a shelf life on some of these flowers that are delivered to the East Coast that normally would come through Miami.

Well, we had the opportunity to fly directly to Guffort and radiate and do all those things that you need to do to get them in the country and give you about another 48 hours of shelf life.

We had the 757 with ability to take tons and tons of flowers, but we've had an issue of filling the plane with something to send back.

But that has changed, I think, with pecans.

And uh uh so there is some opportunity shipping tons and tons of cons to India.

And uh so it was an exciting uh uh I guess uh visit uh with the with the mayor, and we signed sister uh boxing up and uh uh Rio Negro uh signed the sister agreement.

So uh he had a tremendous, tremendous visit.

He and his actually he's a he's a a physician, his wife is a physician, his daughter's a physician, and is he's got a 16-year-old in high school.

But they came and they uh they were kind of uh uh felt a little warm here because in Columbia it they're they live at about 5,000 feet, and you have two seasons, wet and dry.

Everything else is 72 degrees.

That's why those flowers are are uh so tremendous.

But that they felt the heat.

I said, come back in a few weeks, it'll really get hot.

So uh but it was a good opportunity, and I think you know that we may uh light that up too, but uh again there'll be some uh some research to see what we can make it work with.

But uh yeah, it was uh I think uh our our visibility uh in South America is up there now.

And I believe uh Rick, I think that concludes my report, right?

Thank you, Mayor Kewe.

Uh there being no departmental reports, we'll move on to council reports.

Mr.

Gray.

Yeah, uh we had to call leg it or the point leg at fish tournament.

Real real nice.

Uh a lot of kids turned out, a lot of fish turned in.

Um it's good to see all the kids out there turning fish.

Councilman Nell, he fished it, but I didn't say his name on the board.

Uh we don't know what happened there.

I mean get a lot of call on the homeless.

People are wanting to see if we can try to get them somewhere else than whenever you get off the bridge around there.

Lady Collmany Day said that a lot of stuff I'm not gonna mention here, but I'll get with the chief after this about the homeless.

When it may be finished, sir, good afternoon, good evening, council.

Um I talked to the installer, they were actually on site today.

Um the equipment has been delivered.

They received the mulch today, and they will begin installation today, tomorrow.

As long as the weather holds up, they think that we'll be done with it maybe Thursday.

Um give it over the weekend to set, and then hopefully if everything's ready to go, we can open it up on Monday.

Oh, good deal.

All right, thank you.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

Marshall.

I'd like to come back.

Can I come back?

Okay.

You want to come back to you?

Yes, please.

Okay, Mr.

Navy.

I just wanted to say that uh Hill Park starting to look good.

I think it's gonna be a showpiece during the next two or three years.

I hope so.

Two or three years.

Yeah, about two or three years.

And uh and uh homeless people has came back to uh um broadwater property pretty good bit.

And uh wonder why they quit the grass over there.

Uh I'm not sure exactly, but I think we've had some conversation with uh uh some of the folks Rick might want to update us with uh I just didn't want it to stop.

You know, I knew Dixie did all the time and stuff was getting done, and now I think we need to start mentioning it again.

Now it's like relaxed over there.

I think that Rick can update you on the conversation you had with Hunter Lipscomb, which is uh one of Cotton's uh people.

Yes, sir.

We're in uh contact, boy Anderson and along with Cotton that own the property working with Hunter Lipscomb, but we also there's multiple other properties there as well, too.

So that's where we're taking a look at it.

Matter of fact, me and the chief had that discussion yesterday on there.

So we've got the agreements with them that we're able to move those people away without having to contact them from a trespass standpoint, but going back in and we'll have to take a look at exactly how that property is laid out because it's multiple different owners throughout there.

So we're working with different owners with it.

But we are aware of it.

Chief is aware of it, Jerry's aware of it, and the mayor's been tied back in as well.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Creel.

Uh I just wanted to thank the mayor, Rick, and Peter Abide for the tour of the Sanger.

Um, you know, I fully envisioned walking in with scaffolding everywhere, but no, it's uh it's coming along really nice.

Um it's it's getting close.

Uh we got the carpet um I see on the agenda today, so hopefully that can uh be installed sooner than later.

And um, as you keep saying, weeks, not months, right?

That's it.

Yeah.

Uh just uh real quick an update on the vacant director positions, uh, how we're are we moving along with those or yeah, you we're we're pondering it.

Okay.

We're actually very lucky.

We had uh 26 applications in for parks and parks and rec director, and then we're looking through them currently right now, and uh, we're still on a whole status with the uh public works director, so you're still stuck with me currently right now.

No, no, no.

I'm I'm I'm good with that.

Have we uh have we think everything has been working out well as a team?

Um you know, I always quote what the mayor's got in his office.

We are Beluxy, so from team Biloxy, I think we uh are showing a lot of different improvements from around of what y'all are asking for us.

Uh it's so have we I know we we put the uh parks job out.

Have we put the no we have not put uh advertisements on hold?

Okay, uh and just so you know the parks from what everything looking around, it's looking good, shaping up, and uh so I appreciate all that.

Thanks, Jamie.

That's it, Mr.

Tuesday.

Uh yes, just uh reminder since we lost some of our audio last week.

Next ward five meeting is Monday, September 8th, five th excuse me, 5 30 to 7 at the Snyder Center on Pass Road.

Uh Mayor audio issues.

Uh we're looking at fixing them.

How are we this been going on for years?

We need to resolve this.

To the outside world are within this.

There's a couple of different variations.

What audio issues do we have?

Right.

I I think it's inside here.

Sometimes the mics mics work, sometimes they don't.

I don't know if the transmission's an issue.

I don't know if the connectivity is an issue.

But I know I've I've had constituents say, What's what's with the sound?

There's no sound.

And it and it happens infrequently, so it's it's just something that has to be resolved.

Are we gonna budget any any repairs or new equipment?

We need to identify what the issue is.

You know, the sound system was not for the outside world that was put in, you know, the BFF or 44.

Okay.

But you know, the room is I think is you know not an issue.

The transmission to YouTube or whatever the channel, I think is what we're trying to define.

And we'll get we'll ask somebody to come in and take a look at it.

Well, it may be, but this has been going on for several years.

Well no, we just got a result.

It has been several years.

I'll give you a date when I first mentioned it if you like.

Yeah, tonight, I'll research it and get back to you.

Yeah.

Well, anyway, that that's the problem.

That's defined the problem.

I think everybody can hear this this uh transmission here right now, right?

But I don't know, you know, uh in South America where they can pick it up or not.

No.

That's all.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Mr.

Schumacher.

Hey, just a couple of things.

Uh mentioning the homeless.

I've kind of gotten an uptick myself and phone calls lately just on homeless in general in the city, which they had kind of slowed down or almost I hadn't gotten any calls for a while, but anyway, so I agree.

Maybe that's something we need to if there's anything we can do like before.

I don't know what the answer is.

But um, second thing, Finch's coffee house in World War at Ward 7 just opened recently.

They've been running out of a trailer.

They just opened their business finally, uh recently last couple weeks, right there.

We'll walk the road.

Um, so hopefully everybody can get by and uh support another local business.

And lastly, the grand uh Rick, I appreciate last week.

I mentioned something in the council meeting about grass getting cut under the I-11, and that was taken care of immediately after that, like within the next day or two.

So I appreciate that.

I think it looks a lot better too.

Thank you.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

Shoemaker.

Mr.

Grave had something else you wanted to say.

Yeah, I want to thank the uh code enforcement.

I mean, they they've been really out there getting the grass cut.

Parks and racks been doing great and public works.

I mean, it it's showing, showing they're getting out picking up and trying to do their part to help clean up.

I mean, it's being noticed all over the city.

I appreciate them for sure.

Thank you.

Mr.

Marshall.

Uh yes, to uh parks and recreation.

Uh I mentioned earlier about the uh defense in the bathroom.

Um I appreciate you uh letting me know you will be taking working on getting that taken care of as soon as possible.

Um I put off the parking recreation ideals and thoughts.

I was gonna do working with the uh Mr.

Weaver and with the uh chief of police in order to work on uh in the bank part.

Um I want to say that I have it's not your fault.

I have not got back with you on that, but I do fully intend to.

Uh I've engaged with several members of the committee of our community, and they are a hundred percent in favor in enforcement of the existing park rules.

And it's just a matter of us sitting down and uh with the mayor also and coming to a conclusion as to how we're gonna fix that.

Uh I want to address the issue that we're coming up for I 110 onto division street, right up under that bridge, is always someone sleeping on the sidewalk, uh laying out, and it's that's not very reckling to come into the city of Biloxi.

And if someone could like look at that for me, address it, and we'll I think we're gonna be okay if we get that fixed.

If the first thing they see is someone lay out there on that sidewalk or about that bridge sleeping, it's that's not what we want to see.

All right.

Yes, sir.

If I could respond, you in both situations.

Yeah, I think you know there was some law passed about what is laundering and and uh those kinds of things.

We have a little bit of uh the Supreme Court leverage at this point in time.

Uh just that I notice all the time is a lot of grocery carts walking down the street with someone, okay.

Now, I don't think anybody bought these groceries carts, right?

Do they have a trail of evidence?

So I mean, we may have some opportunities to make a statement and that uh we'll get around and uh you know what we see and what we want people to see when they come out of city, we may have to take a little bit stronger position and uh you know inconvenience some of these uh uh these folks that uh I think well it's a lot of them are new to the area, Chief.

I think uh especially up at the broadborder.

These folks drift in, and I can see them at St.

Mention De Paul and uh you can see the new ones.

Some of the ones and literally, I think some of them have moved across the bridge too.

I I know one and two.

Uh and so they move towards Gulfboard, but it's an only, you know, I can't we can't uh say that it's not a problem.

It is a problem.

It's a problem a lot of places, but we have a little bit more leverage to uh, you know, we need to be compassionate and we need to help where we can help.

But uh we uh we do have a responsibility to keep this place safe, clean, and beautiful.

Well, what I'm asking is that uh Chief don't mind if you explain to the officers that need they're riding up and down the street.

They see the people there, you know.

Just take a moment and say keep moving.

Keep moving.

If they have to do that a hundred times a day, we're okay with that.

But until we can figure out a better way to address the homeless situation, I don't think that the first thing you getting off of our one team to come and visit our city is you need to see that.

So if you can just that little square block, when he gets out there one team, you know, you know, it's work on that getting some progress on that, and we're gonna work on our plans to uh address the issue further.

Well, while we're on that on that subject, you know, the chief and I, and actually both our board of supervisors.

We have an issue on the beach.

Most of the folks that uh you know go go to the day center, sleep on the beach, okay.

And we've been working with uh the the sheriff in the county to have a uh ability because we can't rest them those folks on the beach after 10 o'clock, but we will be able to.

But uh Dan Aquinas and and uh Nathan Barrett, and as well as uh uh Trey McDermott, Trey McKnight, who is the uh City Beach authority, uh recognize that there's a group right at the foot of you know, right at the Lighthouse Park and parking area.

There's an overhang that 10 or 15 that when we leave when we leave this council, they'll be there right now.

They'll be there when we leave.

So we've uh unfortunately uh Trey said we're gonna remove that, you know, because they want they want uh they want the shade and you know, with all our visitors, especially on you know in in July, where there were tourists all around it, and and it just not right.

It's not good.

So but unfortunately we're gonna remove that overhang.

Uh and uh but those are the steps we're gonna have to take.

So I think uh the Board of Supervisors are aware of the problem.

And Chief Miller, uh, you know, two or three times I've called, you know, and going out the policeman going out with me to engage, you know.

Just it's just not right, you know, that we have to remove a facility, you know, to keep them from gathering underneath it.

But we're not gonna be able to remove the I110 bridge, but no, I'm not talking about that.

But I mean it's it's all part of it.

It's all on the beach, and it's all, you know, that they to get in different different uh positions.

Right.

So right now, like I said, just gonna reiterate that came out of that bridge.

If you can tell your officers as they pass through, make the circle, come back around, tap them on the shoulder, ask them keep moving, and because they we can start addressing you know the issue further.

Uh also want to add that uh uh in reference to Hillary Bay Park.

I've asked that the community start participating more in the park.

Uh one of the things that they did was the uh they've been doing it for years is uh Reverend Farrell, he was here in attendance.

Um his church had uh three evenings of revival out there in the park.

They came out of their church, went out there to the park.

Before they did anything in that park, they walked around and made sure that everybody knew that they were coming every day they did this.

And he invited them to come and sit and uh talk to them and and they went they went to their park, they picked up the trash, if there was anything out there, they cleaned up before they started services.

The people were very receptive of that.

If I can get every church and everybody to come out, start doing it more, and start paying more attention, and I think we can get further.

Uh I asked that the uh city help with the key to the restroom and get the grass cut, things like that, and you guys did it right on time.

I mean, they were very pleased.

They gave me the credit for it, which I I accepted on your behalf, but it was done because I simply I did call and wrote no hoopla, you guys say okay, we take care of it.

So I do appreciate that.

And I'm trying to get more and more of the community to get involved in that park on Main Street also.

Um we got an event coming up with Mr.

Talon.

Uh he's getting his historical marker, and the city's working with me also on that.

I appreciate that because these are things that community events we want the community to become more and more uh involved in the community.

Uh one of the things I work with uh Miss Debra back there, the uh she's member the second liners, and the second one is uh it's gonna I've talked to the president of the second line is also they're gonna be more involved in participating in the park activities, but we have to do our part to to to get the rules enforced.

And I'm gonna be looking forward to work with the mayor, Mr.

Weaver, and the chief in order to to address the enforcement issues there.

Thank you.

Say that all right.

Anyone else miss anything?

I got uh uh just got three things.

Uh the first one is uh Destiny Plantation.

Uh we had uh public works come out there and check the height of the limbs to make sure that they're at the proper height so vehicles aren't touching them.

We did also have an arborist uh come out and clean some things out that needed to be cleaned up.

There's at least one resident out there that was under the assumption that they were gonna touch up some of his oak trees a little bit.

If we can touch base with that, I'd appreciate it.

Uh Director Creel.

Okay, thank you.

Um next is Rose Ferry.

Um they're having problems with speeding.

Uh they had requested consideration of a speed table.

I asked them if they would consider speed limit signs first.

Uh they said they were amicable to that.

So if I could get the traffic committee to do an assessment, um they talked a little bit at length, uh, maybe a 15 mile an hour uh speed limit out there.

Uh maybe adding verbiage, either children at play and or um speeding monitored or or something of that sort, whatever the traffic committee recommends.

So if y'all would look into that maybe two or three weeks, I I could follow up with them.

There is no HOA out there, but there's a loosely put together group that's pretty influential in the neighborhood uh and getting the word out.

And then last, if I could have uh director Levitar to give a little update on some dredging.

I've been seeing the the barge out there, they've been doing some work.

The residents are keenly tuned in to what's going on.

I think there were some low tides recently, and they haven't seen any work and they're worried that they went away forever.

Yeah, no, they haven't gone away forever.

I did hear back from them today that they expect to be back out there tomorrow, depending on the weather.

Okay, probably the tides.

Um, but they should be showing back up.

But they're showing about 30% complete, so they're making good progress.

It's going a lot quicker than I thought it would go, actually.

Awesome.

I got videos.

I don't know if I forwarded that if y'all got to see the videos, but they were working pretty hard making uh significant progress.

Thank you.

That's all I have.

That concludes my report.

We move on to citizens' comments.

Um depending on how it goes, you have three minutes.

Uh, we're gonna uh stick as close to that as possible, unless we don't have a lot of people coming up uh during citizens' comments.

We may give you a couple more seconds.

Um, but keep in mind you have three minutes to speak on any topic.

This is not a question and answer.

So if you have uh some thoughts or ideas you want to present to the administration and the council, this is your uh time to do it, but there is no give and take in this portion.

Uh so I'll start on my left, your right, raise your hand to be recognized when you're recognized.

Come up to the front, sign in and state your name clearly for the record so the uh clerk can record it.

Kate, put your hand up in the back.

Come on.

Yep.

My name is Rebecca Muarrow, and I am with the St.

Baldricks Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research.

Um, some of you know me from years prior.

Um, we've always had our event in Golfport at Jones Park, but they are moving cruising the coast to Jones Park this year, so we do not have that venue.

Um, ground zero luckily stepped up and said, Hey, we want you to have your event there.

So we are now having our rock the bald event next Sunday, August 17th at ground zero.

Um, we do motorcycle rides, face painting, head shaving, and live music.

It's open to all ages.

All yeah.

See, some of you could use a haircut, yeah.

What's take care of that policy?

But uh no, it's a fun event, and it's a great way to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer.

Um, some of you may know there are quite a few kids in Biloxi, actually, that um have lost their lives to cancer, and there's quite a few adult survivors of cancer and kids survivors.

Um, one of your police officers actually has a son who is going through cancer treatments right now, and he's one of our honored kids.

So we just take the day to have fun, um, listen to some good music, eat some good food, and raise some money for childhood cancer research.

We'd love to see you guys there.

Um, it's a great opportunity to kind of show the community that you care um about these kids.

I've been a volunteer with St.

Baldrix for about 12 years now, and I absolutely love it.

Um, they're a great organization that donates money to childhood cancer research, which is one of the least funded from the government um of all cancers.

We actually donate money to St.

Jude and other hospitals like that.

So we work together with all of these hospitals.

And as an organization here on the coast.

We provide Christmas gifts and funding to parents and kids locally here as well to give back.

Um so it's gonna be Sunday, August 17th at ground zero.

We'd love to have you guys come three to seven.

Um, but we're also doing a rock the cure for brunch that same day at ground zero um from 11 to 2, and there'll be 15 bottomless mimosas.

So leave the kids at home for that one and bring them to the next one if you want.

But it's all ages, um great time, like I said, at ground zero.

Um, and we're hopefully gonna be going gold in September with the proclamation with y'all again.

And I just heard Pascagoula is in, so I don't know if you remember from last year, but we had almost all of the coast cities go gold for childhood cancer month in September.

And if we get Pascagoula, that will be all of the co cities going gold um for childhood cancer, which means a lot to the families locally.

So I appreciate your time, and I hope to see you guys next Sunday.

Thank you, Miss Marlowe.

That's that's my daughter wooing me, sorry.

Come on.

Yes, yes.

Good evening.

My name is Deborah McGee.

And I'm at my address is 201 Keller Avenue.

And I just want to speak on pick back on Mr.

Marshall.

The second line is have maintained the house on Beck's part for the last 10 years or more, and we've kept it up.

We keep it clean inside the house.

Uh, former president Anthony Mitchell, who is now deceased, was retired.

So he was there every day to monitor it since he has deceased our current president Marvin Dickett Jr., he works, so he can't be there.

I myself is retired, but the people are hanging out on they they cutting hair on the front porch.

They got a crop pot on the porch where they're cooking.

You know, they just have taken over the house as well as the porch.

So me myself is scared to go there unless I got two or three people with me.

And I know the police patrol the area, but I was just thinking if they got out and walk over there, patrol it and see because they are doing everything.

I mean, we're cutting hair, they would have a mattress up there, they sleep in there, they got their fan, they got it by the time we'll come, they're gonna have a heater out there.

I'm afraid it might catch on fire.

I don't know.

But it's a scary thing for us to go there.

We maintain the house inside the house.

It's beautiful.

We got TVs, computers in there, but they it's just a matter of time, I'm afraid, before they try to get in.

They've cut the screen, but we got dead boats locked on all the doors, but they are doing everything that they possibly can, drugs and everything on that front porch and the back porch.

But I just want to let you know that that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else on my left, your right lady in the front row.

Hey everyone, uh Lori Silvestro, 181 Iris.

Um I just wanted to um actually come up here and give some thanks to some people who really have helped us out a lot over the last couple of days.

Um I'm gonna piggyback on what Mr.

Nail talked about with um behind the ball field of the old school property.

Um, an encampment was there, got noticed, and people are acting to clear that out, and there were concerns also that there were encampments further back in the woods.

So when that was all happening um before the clean out, um I, you know, my husband reached out to Mr.

Nail.

Um, he also reached out to assistant chief Chris, and I had even reached out to Roy Anderson um to let him know that maybe there was something on his property line.

We pretty much quite tell if it was going back to his property.

I want to say thank you to Mr.

Nail um for acting, and thank you to Assistant Chief Chris for acting, and uh really special thanks to Roy Anderson because he and I have been conversing back and forth.

He was very responsive, went out there himself, um, took pictures, sent me pictures, sent me a map marking where everything was.

And he did say that everything was um across his line on to on the school property, so it wasn't his responsibility this time around, but I'm truly grateful that he responded with all that information.

Um we have a ways to go, but you have no idea how greatly appreciated your support is when you respond like that to calls.

So for that, thank you.

Thank you, Miss Sebastian.

Gentleman in the front.

Good evening.

My name's Charles Forbes.

I live at 39 over Broach Ride.

And I believe everybody from Mr.

Shoemaker over to the CAO are very familiar with who I am.

I have an issue with a drainage ditch as I refer to it.

Will you remember his last name?

Prefers to refer to it as a weird name.

Well doesn't like it.

But is it installed allegedly within a 12 foot ease?

According to Reyers Pins, I find about a foot and a half to two feet before it even begins.

And then it extends approximately 24 feet out into my backyard.

Well beyond the 12 foot east, which is registration.

It has eroded terribly beyond where it should have.

And that's because the city has done absolutely nothing to maintain it.

When I first contacted Cleo, he didn't even know it existed.

And right now Christie is in the process of getting a surveyor to come out and survey it, which they just don't do on private property usually.

So there are steps beginning to happen, but last I heard they wanted to just double out the slope, which still makes it 12 foot outside the easement, and I'm losing 12 foot of property I paid for, which is not acceptable.

And I'm expecting to have a culvert put in and leveled out, sodd, and give me back the property I bought.

I realize I'm running out of time, so I just wanted to make everybody here understand that you have an upcoming expense to make things right.

That's all I've got to say.

Thank you, sir, Mr.

Forbes.

Anyone else on the left, Mr.

Frisbee?

Was that a question for the good evening, Mayor Council?

My name is Philip Frisbee.

I'm representing Pitcher Point Investments.

We're here today on item 4A, and if any of the council have any questions, I'm here, and I will do my very best to answer them.

Thank you.

Anyone else on my left to your right?

Raise your hand to be recognized.

I'll move over to my right, your left.

Anybody over on this side of the room?

Yes, ma'am.

Good afternoon.

Most of y'all know me.

I'm Annette Agriguard.

I live in Baleck Seabard 2 for 60 years.

My questions are I've listened for about a month and a half now since the new administration has come up about the different things that we should be doing to try and put more pressure, maybe on parks and recreation or public works.

But as a community, I think we ought to take leadership in our own properties that we own in our own communities and take care of them so we can lead by example.

I've lived in my ward, which is on the other side of the tracks, most people say, but it's my ward, it's my house.

It's off of Howard Avenue.

At one time it was considered a very prominent area.

It is now going blight.

There is a lot of abandoned homes that some cannot seem to be resolved.

Um question is for a few things to happen.

A couple of weeks ago, Mr.

Marshall, you said something about this grant money to help people with their homes.

My question to you, and you don't have to answer it tonight, but it's just a challenge that maybe on the next meeting.

How many people in our ward, ward two, that are property owners that live in our homes and generate property taxes that are registered voters?

Because I know on my little street, there is seven homes, four property owners, two registered voters.

On the corner, there are seven rental properties that have made my property go down in value.

So as my leader, what can we do to make our properties go up?

I think taking ownership of cleaning our properties, maybe finding out who owns these homes, who who owns the rental properties, who is responsible for taking care of cutting the grass.

It shouldn't be my job to have to call the inspectors every month and say, Hey, Keller Avenue and Peyton Drive has grass up to the windows.

What are we going to do about it?

They have busted windows.

It needs to be a community, not just your ward, but in a whole.

Thank you, Ms.

Avergard.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else on my right?

Raise your hand to be recognized if you'd like to uh speak.

Anyone?

Anyone in the back of the room?

Anyone at all that I may have missed?

All right.

Public comments is now closed.

We'll move on to the policy agenda.

Ordinance to approve a zoning map amendment to authorize a change in zoning for a portion of two parcels of land from RS10 Low Density Single Family Residential to R bean Regional Business for 15039 Lorraine Road.

This was moved by Mr.

Shoemaker and seconded by Mr.

Tisdale.

Mr.

Shoemaker.

Director Creel, do you mind if if Director Creel is going to go over a few things, I think, to simplify what this is, but it's it's fairly simple what's being done here, and I think it's great for the the community and great for the neighborhood.

If you will allow me, I'm gonna walk over to the map just so you can see what we're talking about.

This uh is the Frisbee property.

It was approved many years ago as uh what's called uh well, this part down here was approved as what's called a PD, a planned development district.

This property up here is already zoned, what you see, but the request that's before you tonight has to do with this piece of property right here, the white piece.

What it is is a first piece of approval on this piece of property to establish a certified retirement community, and uh what they want to do is to move that certified retirement community further to the north.

It'll be 1,800 feet off of Lorraine Road.

This the reason they're doing this is because they've been approached about building single family houses on this piece of property here, which is actually a good use for this because it's right across the street from some other single family homes that are there.

So all that's before you tonight is to change the zoning of this piece of property from RS10 to RB, which will allow the retirement retirement community that they're asking for.

Yeah, I again I'll just reiterate.

I think it's great for the area.

It's a it's up and coming development.

Obviously, there's a lot going on now and a lot more in the future, and I think this will really truthfully only make sense to do this, I believe.

Yeah, I have no excuse me.

I I have no objection and uh the two parcels.

I think there's a like a two-acre difference in size or or whatever.

Uh, but I attended the planning commission meeting and of course read the transcript or anything, so I would support this as well.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tuesday.

Anyone else who have any questions or concerns about this?

Only only have one question.

With this being there, I mean I know Walsh Fayard has been having trouble because so much growth around there.

Is this gonna be another way out?

Is this gonna be another way out or is everybody funnel through Wars Fayard?

Well, the the city has been in discussions with the Frisbees about adding some additional roads up there.

I'm sure the mayor is going to be talking to the council about that in the future.

Uh they already have two ways in and two ways out on the west side of the property, one that goes into Hidden Springs and one that goes into the subdivision that Hortons about the bill called Mallard Creek.

The infrastructure is already there, and they're already pulling permits to build houses in there.

Uh ultimately, what's being proposed is a connector road that would go from Lorraine Road that will ultimately wind up on Three Rivers Road right now.

It's just gonna go over to uh um Woolmarket Road on this piece of property.

But uh this area up here, there's a lot of energy up here.

A lot of these properties you're looking at are already under contract with Horton Homes or DSLD or or other uh Meritage, other large home builders, and you're gonna see a lot of activity up here in the near future.

No, I I think it's a great thing.

I I really do.

I just want to make sure that you know we're not flooding one little bitty small road.

Yep.

And that's all that's all I have.

I have a question.

So if I understood what you just said, uh there's two ways in, two ways out, but the the ingress and egress is gonna go into another neighborhood to get out of the neighborhood.

Not into a neighborhood, no.

Uh are you talking about the main road that we're talking about?

I just what I want to so I I'll give you an example.

Uh hinge place, Pops Ferry Landing.

Is it gonna create a situation similar to that?

No, where you have one neighborhood and you have another neighborhood, and they're kind of at odds with each other because they're passing through each neighborhood.

All the properties that you're looking at are owned by the Frisbees right now, and the builders that are building there know exactly what they're getting into.

Okay.

You're not gonna have a situation where you have very expensive homes on one side and smaller homes on the other side.

So uh and the issue, just to clarify while I make that comment that they the hinge and place residents were told they were gonna be basically a gated community, and that that the road in between those two subdivisions would eventually uh be gated or would be closed off, and it created some conflict.

And I'm just saying I'm just I mentioned that just in case anything like that develops in this area.

Maybe there needs to be a plan to advert that.

It doesn't sound what you do how you responded that that is the case here.

Okay.

All right, just had to throw that out there.

Any other comments?

Yeah.

Mr.

Marshall.

I can wait.

Oh, yeah, Paul.

No, any comments on this subject?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Um, Mr.

Frisbee.

Um you're planning to do you think what type of development you're gonna put up there.

The parcel before you today, Bellow V phase 13 is for retirement community.

That's actually the the hub the hub where you'll have the nursing services, the food service, the more the extended care facility, and that's on a commercial corridor, so it's you call extended care, what do you mean?

No, I'm sorry.

Um, they have the dining, where they'll have nursing care, so it's retirement community.

Would it be similar to Bay Cove?

Assisted living, perhaps.

Assisted living, yes.

Um, and so the the folks that would it would be independent living would would not be on that site.

They would be on on the other site that remains.

Um please does that answer your question?

So what I'm trying to find out the uh you say in business, what what type of business is it?

So the community itself, what type of business is well when we say retirement community, I'm thinking houses and things like that, but residential, what you see in business.

Retirement community.

I think medical, it's retirement and medical facilities.

So the regional business zoning is what's in the city of Bilexi required for that type of development.

Okay.

So you guys somewhere along you've done some type of studies and found that that is needed in our community.

Yes.

So you also are uh uh true need for senior citizens in our community.

Yes, very concerned.

Appreciate that.

Thank you for that.

Let me add a little something too, Phil.

This north-south or the you know, the the we're relocating the the uh retirement community up north, uh close to that east-west.

Yes, so that's what I think.

That could be you know, it could be financed a lot of ways.

We're talking probably millions, seven million dollars to do both both roads east and west and north and south, but uh there's an opportunity with MDOT and with uh with the county too to tie that together.

So we're not you know throwing money at this, but that move to that area for the community is strategic, I think, because it's you know east west and north south.

You go and instead of where it was now to uh you you don't have to go north or go south to sort of make sense, but you know the velocity, I think that's a uh a place that we'll astound people, you know, and we can't uh we talked a little bit about uh the gap in in the uh we don't want the building is going on rapidly, and we want to make sure the roads and and the trans the infrastructure stays up with the with the building, and I think that's it will be a huge opportunity.

Um we talked about 1500 to 2,000 homes.

Is that fair?

We just built that, but we've been talking about this since 2016, have we?

That's right.

Okay.

So it's not really new, but it's it's the velocity is is uh unbelievable, I think, at this point.

It's really picking up yeah, yeah.

I was thinking along the lines of you know, just me talking into the people in the community.

Uh Katrina scale a lot of people off the coast.

And a lot of things isn't we would know for the cost, we would know them well while the people came to have their second home, retirement home, and they were comfortable and they were safe.

And when Katrina did it kind of that mindset.

So what you're doing is you're bringing it to an area that's there's way for growth and is necessary.

Yeah, let me jump in too.

Yeah, we have the folks that are community here from California.

Somebody we talked about today, some guy sold a house in in California in San Francisco and bought 12 houses here.

And you know, you've seen that sort of move, but it's not just you know, it's not the economic times, it's a it's the uh we have people from Florida moving this way and understanding you know we're the lowest uh tax uh uh and the lowest, I guess uh affordability is right here where we are, and we're experiencing I think some uh uh some opportunity there.

People are coming in right now, not just you know, Katrina's over with now the COVID and now the you know inflation and and taxation everywhere else, even Texas.

We got uh folks coming from Texas, which is you know uh styling.

Yeah, folks have the ability to to have the the base, yeah.

And the BX and the hot and the awesome hospital out there.

So I mean it's really an and it's beautiful.

Mr.

Schumacher, anything to add?

Uh just real quick, I'll just finish it up.

You know, out in this area is is huge for development.

Uh, I mean, that's where we've got land.

These are nice houses, nice subdivisions.

There's nothing, um, they're not small, they're not, you know, there's it's everything's pretty much new and growing.

It's only going to get bigger out there, which is great.

And that east-west road where the excuse me, where that retirement, if you were retirement center, is is is being proposed now would be along that road that we're proposing and that at some point in the future, hopefully near future, that east-west road will be developed and built and constructed, and that's where that'll be.

So that's honestly, I think that's a lot better place there than it was at where it is right now, honestly.

The other single family, so we regard us the single family.

Both of them were single family anyway, I think.

But that just I think it's a perfect area for it.

Everything's moving out that way, and I just think it's it's a it's a I mean, I think with some hopefully we can do and get it approved tonight and move on and get the other things done in the near future that need to be done.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

We can get that head towards East Beloxie, and me and you'd be all right.

All right, all right.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Uh call for the question.

All in favor?

Yeah.

Those opposed.

Motion carries unanimous.

Item B.

Ordinance to amend chapter two, Article 14 pertaining to municipal facilities.

Moved by Mr.

Creel, seconded by Mr.

Neil and Mr.

Creer.

Um, if I could get Ms.

Quave up just to give us uh some insight.

Uh we we had a meeting um last week, and if we could just get some results and some collaboration on uh what occurred and where we are last the 30th day of the week that was with my groups again.

They continue to have some concern not so much about their first year.

Can you hear me?

Yeah, gotcha now.

Not so much about the first year as it is multiple year bookings.

That they need some consideration in some way to hold multiple years out, because they need to plan these years in advance without having to come up with immediately rent and deposits for each year that they book.

So we have this ordinance on tonight that actually reads to bump it out to 11 months before their rent would be due.

But I think we may have some changes beyond this, even to make to extend that a little bit more.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

At this point, if there's no further discussion, I'd I'd like to move to Mr.

Nail.

Yeah.

I'll wait until Mr.

Neil.

Okay.

I I have some comments on it.

Um I've gotten some calls.

Um I understand it the 11 months seems like too much.

That's that's too much time.

That's unreasonable.

Put that burden, in my opinion, uh, on these uh groups, I'll call them.

I'm not gonna single out any one particular industry or or or whatever.

I I would like to see it uh this ordinance amended and to include a right of first refusal clause that would be the lesser of ten percent of the of the total or a hundred dollars, whichever is less.

So if it comes out ten percent is fifty dollars, then it would be fifty dollars.

If it comes out to be um, you know twenty thousand dollars, it would be a hundred dollars uh for that right of first refusal clause.

And what does that do?

Um that allows you to put it on the books for beyond one year or two years, however many years they that they want to go.

I don't know what our cap is.

I don't know why we would be booking anything past three years.

Most most hotels really don't book anything past that, or they would be given significant considerations for doing so.

You never know what the market's gonna do.

Um the other thing I would like to see uh amended to this ordinance is the rental due 90 days before the event, not 11 months.

Um, and and you could read and I don't know if this is legal, but I think it is.

I've seen it in other um verbiage, rental due 90 days before the the event more or less as determined by the designated facility uh designee.

Now we're talking about for like the second or third year out of the year.

That's right.

The second, the second or third year, it'd be 90 days, um, not 11 months or two weeks after they signed the agreement and you're paying something two years in advance, that that's a significant amount of money that some organizations haven't even collected dues or have that ability.

I realize there are certain crew certain organizations that still this may be a burden, they may have to look at when they collect dues or when they have to have a minimum amount due to be able to satisfy this.

Um that is a simple way to move this forward.

I'd also recommend that if we make these revisions tonight, that um that it doesn't stop there, that if that we see other opportunities, at least we can move forward, put to bed, start booking these things, and if we run into some other uh nuances that we need to come back and make another amendment, then we can come back and make those subtle changes uh so that we can move forward.

Um that's my two cents.

Mr.

Gore, you have anything?

Um get back to me.

All right, Mr.

Marshall.

Get back to me also.

All right, get back to both of y'all, Mr.

Shoemaker.

All right, Mr.

Creel.

All right, so regarding your your proposed amendments, the first right of refusal refers to future dates beyond one year.

So these Mardi Gro groups, they don't have a calendar date, they have a time.

So it's the second Saturday after the first Tuesday, or what have you figured it's all in relation to Mardi Gras, and as Martigras moves, so does their ball dates.

Correct.

So it would be for example, 2026, they're reserved.

If they wanted to reserve or hold the date for 2027, they would have to pay the 10 percent or the 100 dollars or the deposit plus the 10 percent or the 100 dollars.

No, just the 10 percent, I believe.

So just the 2%, just the 10% to hold that future date for the for the next year.

10% or $100, whichever is less.

At the center, the deposit is $1,500.

So that would be $100 to hold the date at the brewage center, the deposit is $600, so that would be $60.

Okay.

So it's for the one year, not two years past.

So if they wanted it to do it for the second year, that would be $200.

So if they during 2026, they got the ball book.

They want to hold that date for 2027, it's 100% 100 or 10% less.

They wanted to do it for 2028, it would still be the same thing, but that's as much as we're gonna let them go.

That's right.

All right, next thing you had mentioned earlier.

Okay, that's gone.

That's right.

Okay.

Um as long as I I guess the point I'm trying to make here is Mardi Gras's been here since before me, and all of a sudden now we're having an issue with holding dates, reserving venues, and it for some reason we got way out of line, and we're putting hardships on the groups that are generating revenue to the city during a time that is that's what they do.

I mean, it's one after the other Friday, Saturday.

You got some that are booked on both nights.

I I just don't understand how we're putting hardships on these organizations all of a sudden.

Well, let me kind of say that uh as a perception, but we've always accommodated, you know, like I said, based on what it's early or late, or and you know, numbers are we maybe schedule it based on the moon.

I mean, we might go ahead.

That's right.

But uh, you know, the the thing is there's a perceived set of problems, but in reality, we're gonna work with people.

You know, we we've been successful over 11 years with regard to working with these folks when it comes to uh using our facilities.

I think uh Rachel in the you know a spirit of uh you know working together, we've eliminated a lot of cost related to what's available and what you need to be uh charged for.

But you know, the whole idea is we're gonna make it work, and we may have to tweak this or that, even after if this is done.

But we'll make well, you know, we're gonna accommodate all of those groups.

Yeah, I mean, some are larger, some are smaller, and and you know, these up new and upcoming groups, you know, some of these groups can't hold money past a year because of the type of organization that they are.

They they have to zero out the account in order to avoid paying a tax or and then for the next administration to take over.

So if we're gonna put a hardship, but I I think this right here, with you taking our previous conversation, just putting that in paper.

I think that is something that both parties can live with.

Um, I think the two biggest keys that I've heard is them being able to hold their their historical dates, and then the timely process of when they have to pay their money because some of them don't start collecting dues until April, and so that's that's why it makes it difficult for them.

So if I could, I don't know if this is out of the realm.

I see Miss Sandra Covid here, she's a representative of one of the groups.

Is there any way I can call her up to ask her if she would be any any opposition to what's being proposed?

Good.

Thank you so much for all of your questions.

Mr.

Glavin, I appreciate that.

And you too, Mr.

Creel.

And yes, I think all of your suggestions are something that we can actually work with.

As you stated, the 11-month one that was in there.

Well, because Mardi Gras fluctuates from year to year, you might be paying that full amount on the day of your ball the previous year, the the year that you're having that ball, and the officers for that year have not taken over or the membership fees.

I know our membership, we have moved ours from August to July to June, and this year we had it in May, just to assess to get our monies in so that we can do things, because as you know, the cost of everything is going up.

Well, I don't want to steal the mayor's vote, but you but we are Mardi Gras.

That's exactly right.

Like I said, I really appreciate that.

So the the proposal that's being presented by the president is is acceptable from from your standpoint.

Very much so.

Okay, now real quick and without going into huge detail, just off the top of your head, and in those that tablet of notes that you have, what would other concerns be that we could possibly address as well that you may have an issue with?

The like I said, the main one was the historical dates and how we fall in line, and as we've done for many, many years, that was a huge huge issue.

I'm sure the mayor has heard about it.

From family.

A little bit he said.

And and and the other thing was the cost.

I know I'm gonna use Southernets as an example.

Okay.

Uh our deposit was $1,500.

And to pay everything in full, we wrote a check for $17,000 under the new old ordinance that was passed and are read in October.

Uh October, December, March.

Okay.

That check was uh shredded, I think it was.

But yeah, I mean, as I said last time, we can do that, but the majority of these people did not.

That that's impossible.

So addressing these two concerns.

Something we can actually work with, not just us.

I'm talking on behalf of everybody.

Yes.

A hundred dollars is easy.

Something that they can set aside.

Perfect.

I appreciate it so much.

Thank you all.

Don't don't leave.

I have a while.

While they were there, thank you.

While you're there, it is do you foresee any issues other than that?

I know that was a big concern, but it seemed like you I know you can't answer for other crews or anything, but but everybody's situation is different.

Were there any other issues that are unaddressed that you feel may need to be addressed at this?

You and I were at that meeting last week, and uh I just perceive that there were quite a few issues that still remained, not just the financial end is Mr.

Glavin uh related.

I had mentioned maybe it would be productive to have a workshop.

Do you think still think a workshop is necessary talking about the revisions and if this suggestions that Mr.

Glavin made go into effect or and are amended into that, I don't think there would be a need for a workshop.

Okay.

I think that pretty much covers everything that everybody was um concerned about that night.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for attending.

Any other comments?

Yeah, I got one.

Mr.

Gray.

On here on their first year, when is their their uh fees are due?

90 days.

On our first year?

Yep.

Okay.

No, that that's all I have.

I just want to make sure I'll see you need to take the blow notes.

Thank you.

All right, okay.

Any other comments?

Call for the question.

All in favor?

Those opposed?

Well, that's all in favor as amended, correct?

As amended, uh this is on voting on the amendment.

Okay, okay.

No one moved the amendment.

Oh, did I not make the amendment?

I just talked about it.

Thank you.

Make that motion.

I'll I'll uh make a motion to amend the ordinance to include a writer first refusal that will be the lesser of ten percent of the amount uh of the amount of the rental or a hundred dollars, whichever is less.

And that the ruler will be due 90 days before the event, more or less as determined by the uh designated uh facility manager or a person.

A second.

Second by Mr.

Creel, any discussion?

All in favor.

Those opposed, the amendment carries now we'll vote on the ordinance as amended.

Um in favor?

Those opposed?

Motion passes unanimous.

Move on to the next item.

Resolution granting conditional use approval to authorize a short-term rental located at 132 Duke Street.

Motion.

I make a motion.

All right.

Motion by Mr.

Gray?

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creole, Mr.

Gray.

There's a short-term Jerry, can you come up?

On its property on Duke, where is all the short-term rental around it?

Uh you have a lot of short-term rental up on uh Howard Avenue right across from my office there.

Um to give you a perspective on this, if you're on Water Street and you're turning north onto Ducate, the first house on the right is the one that we're talking about, the first house that faces Ducate.

Right.

It's it's owned RM 30, which is conditional use.

The two houses just north of that are already zoned, uh, RB, which would allow use by right.

Uh short-term rental is a use by right.

The property right across the street is on downtown zoning in RB, so you could do short-term rental as a use by right there too.

So all the houses behind this house is short-term rental.

There's a multifamily that were built there.

Uh if you'll recall where the Southport line used to be the restaurant there, uh those buildings that are built right there on Howard and the two behind it are all short-term rentals.

The little Creole cottage right there on the corner, that is a short-term rental that's uh right across from our office over there is already short-term rental.

So this very reasonable request and uh should be approved.

Yes, I I have no problem with it.

Thank you.

What is the zoning on that?

Is it single family residential?

Oh no, sir, it's a multifamily, which allows it as a conditional use.

All right, Mr.

Crew.

Yeah, the only thing I'd have to add, it's actually the second house up, but it's in that same uh that same area right there on that faces uh Duke, correct?

Yeah, yeah, it's a second house, but yeah, it's it's surrounded by short-term rentals.

Um right there by the preference and all of that.

So thank you.

Any other comments?

There being none call for the question.

All in favor?

Those opposed?

One motion carries 621.

Next item.

Resolution adopting the 2025-2029 consolidated plan and 2025 action plan for the city of Biloxi through the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program.

Mr.

Marshall, do I have a motion?

I mean, I'm sorry, do I have a motion?

I'll make that motion.

Moved by Mr.

Tisdale.

Do I have a second for discussion?

Second.

Mr.

Gray raised his hand just for you to better.

All right, Mr.

Tuesday.

Sure, I I think as we all understand, and correct me if if I'm wrong, but if we don't approve a consolidated plan today, then uh or or yeah before I guess mid-August, whenever the deadline is, then all these federal funds disappear.

They're off the table.

However, once you present a consolidated plan, it can be substantially amended.

So I I hate to say a placeholder, but almost sounds like a placeholder.

We're getting our bid in here's what we plan to do, but plans change all the time.

And that having been said, particularly, we have a new new council.

Uh a majority of the council, in fact.

So I have no problem approving uh this consolidated plan and the 2025 action plan.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Tuesday, Mr.

Gray.

I echo what Mr.

Tisdale said.

I mean, we don't have much time to redo this, so that's all I have.

Mr.

Schumacher, anything?

Mr.

Creole, you have anything?

Mr.

Nell, Mr.

Marshall.

Oh, if uh the other council members, I guess.

We just got to deadline, we got to meet that deadline.

That's fine.

Uh once we get to meeting that deadline, uh, we do know that there is a process for a substantial uh amendment.

And uh that time we'll we'll cross that bridge and you'll go for it.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

Any other discussion, gentlemen?

I'll call for the question.

All in favor.

Those opposed.

Motion carries unanimous.

Next item.

Resolution to establish just compensation inside administrative settlement for two parcels for the East Biloxi, East West Neighborhood Access Road.

Chair entertain a motion.

I'll make that motion.

Motion by Mr.

Tisdale, second.

Sir Second.

I'll search it.

Second by Mr.

Gray, Mr.

Tuesday.

Yeah, this is uh I think in in conjunction with the east-west neighborhood access road phase two.

And uh it regardless of how it's funded in the future, it's still gonna have to be uh constructed at some point, whether it's city funding or C D B G.

Uh and again, most of this, correct me if I'm um wrong, Mr.

Mayor.

Um a lot of the these extensions of the east-west roads, neighborhood roads, or because we've got a number of railroad crossings that have to be closed, and this allows first responders to respond in a more timely manner, since they can't go across obviously these closed railroad crossings.

I wanted to be sure to mention that.

Um I don't know if you have anything to add, Mr.

Mayor.

If not, just shake your head because once you get rolling.

Okay, good, good.

Outstanding.

That concludes my comments.

Thank you, Mr.

Tuesday.

Mr.

Gray.

Living right here, um, where this corridor is going to be.

We always there's so many wrecks and people losing their lives right here.

So closing these railroad crossings is a must.

I mean, it's all hours of the night.

They've I don't know how many people's done lost their lives, and this will be a good thing um to help people get through if there is a a wreck, they can at least come that way, you know, travel this road to get where they need to go.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mr.

Gray.

Mr.

Marshall, anything to add?

Yeah, I um no one from my from use collections I know of is against anything as far as the roads.

Uh we'll just have a problem with the source of the funding.

So we're gonna we can we can address that so that the source of the funding isn't coming from the CBT.

We need to get rolling with it.

Mr.

Neil.

I think it would be a good idea.

Mr.

Crew.

So the the $7,000 plus increase that was based on the estimate, and then the actual came in and it was up.

Is that is that where the 7,000 increase come?

Yeah.

I see you back there.

Moving around.

I'm Craig, hi with Neil Schaefer.

Um I I'm basically doing the acquisition for the city, and uh that's my role.

And when I approached the property owner, she uh requested me change some of the the basically the improvements changed, and that's what the additional money is.

Um we had an appraisal done to begin with, and so for us to be able to change, I can't change the appraisal, but I can do an administrative adjustment, and that's what we're doing now.

And so it just increased by that seven thousand dollars.

Okay, perfect.

Thank you.

Okay.

One more question for us, Craig.

Greg.

How long is this project has been going on trying to get it done?

Okay.

Well, I actually started in 21.

So we've been working on trying to get the property purchased.

We did the first phase from Porter over to uh Quarons.

So now the goal is to go on over to Banackey, so that allows us to come close Banackey and Quarons.

And uh that first little phase has worked out pretty good.

Uh I don't know if y'all realize I mean, but when you go down Quarons now, since we they worked on Division Street and they put the median down, you can only go right on both of those streets.

So this will help people be able to go the other direction and get out.

All right, that's all I have to do.

Okay, thank you.

Mr.

Shoemaker, uh my question's been answered already.

All right.

I do have another question.

Mr.

Marshall.

I don't know where the phones are coming from right now, are we?

Somebody want to answer that question, outlining whether funds are sources of funding.

That's it.

I need you to come up here.

That would be nice.

I need you to come up here, Miss Pickett.

Uh recording the microphone, so everyone, everyone here and everybody out there can hear you.

No, before you say anything.

Let me be clear.

I did not call you up here.

I know.

Thank you very much.

To answer your question, that the funding for that 38,000 is already in the current pre-24 CDBG budget.

Okay.

So it's already in place.

And that has nothing to do with this what we just voted on to go forward.

No.

That's all I need to make sure of.

Thank you.

We don't need to do it today.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Pickett.

All right.

Call for the question.

All in favor.

Those opposed, motion carries, I believe unanimously.

We'll move on to to the consent.

Do I have a motion for the consent agenda?

Moved.

Move by Mr.

Tuesday.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Creel.

Mr.

Tuesday.

Um yes on item.

On the item F, uh, Christy.

That's a the drain at Nativity School.

And do you know you may or may not know what the history of the drain is.

I went I went and looked at it.

Uh I suspect you did as well.

Do you know the history behind that?

Um like how that drain came to be there.

I actually don't know how the drain came to be there.

But it drains basically the residents that live on Banacki and that parking lot.

The school came to us and asked if we could assist because they're that parking lot where they do student drop-off is flooding, it it connects into the city storm drain, so they're just asking if we can come in and flush it.

Okay, thank you.

I just wanted to know if there was any history there is, but I don't know if I'm not sure.

Nobody in this room would remember, I don't think.

All right, thank you.

That's all.

Oh, let's see.

Uh item item K.

If uh I read this correctly.

Let's see, we're requesting permission from the Mississippi municipality and county water infrastructure to move the remaining balance.

We're closing one project, and we're moving the remaining balance of uh it says six hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-three to the water lines project.

And but the anyway, and looking at the remaining balance in item I, which deals with closing the tanglewood project.

There was a there was a difference in balances of about seven thousand dollars.

Right.

Okay, we are rescinding the prior resolution.

Right.

It was slightly more.

Okay.

$7,000 more.

That accounts for it.

I was in J.

They asked that we hold it till the end.

We did.

Okay.

Well, that's fine.

Thank you.

And item, let's say.

Uh it deals with the Sanger project.

Any and you want to hazard a guess on when the doors might open for business and no, I don't want to Mr.

Creel may know.

Mr.

Crew, you had them in.

We got carpet.

We have carpet, yeah.

Your opinion means as much as his, right?

It's nice.

Yeah, yeah, it's weeks, not months.

The other thing, and when when those doors open, hopefully soon.

The cities, that's not gonna be a site that the city manages or requires any employees.

We look at I know that we had uh requested RFP some years ago and then and then made more improvements or whatever, and just kind of let that lapse.

For the new council, I'm gonna kind of visit this.

We have a number of millions of dollars to seal the Sanger, totally.

Do HVAC, new roof, new uh, you know, pointing the ball of bricks.

That was the exterior project.

Uh Rachel was at 5.5 million.

And we had we had strings to attach to uh and all kinds of history and a lot of things, so we finished that, and that left what we needed to do in the interior.

And uh some of the surfacing that you that you saw, the painting, uh the the restoration of of uh the the uh uh seats and and of course the uh the floors and all of that has taken place.

The uh we're trying to figure out you know what exactly is needed to to turn the lights on, new lights, okay.

Uh new uh audio and new uh video.

We were hopeful of a a pretty significant investment to the two or three or four hundred thousand dollars for this video wall that most new venues have, and no one, you know, no auditorium will have like we would have.

Um we engaged uh uh we did sent an RFP and we we kind of selected venue works out of Iowa.

And there was a number of things that they told us we had to do.

Well, we had you know, I mean you hit four or five million dollars to do them, but we've through uh doing what we did, you know, over the course of time, we're in a better position to say, okay, this is the this is the uh venue that you're gonna manage, or if we go out again for RFP, we'll have a better position on what we've already supplied and and uh you know the the uh uh the bathrooms and ADA and all these things are in place now.

So I mean substantially uh we're in a better position when we say could now you come manage this as well as possibly the uh you know the the uh capabilities of the civic center.

Um so the civic center company maybe grew it sooner too, but there's a uh was a in this one proposal had a pretty significant amount of money that they would invest for food and beverage that would maybe the Sanger as well as the Civic Center, as well as the Group Center, and maybe the ballpark when it's our opportunity to dick those things.

So there's a to tell them 200,000 that they would set up.

This is what made uh you know, Vivi works attractive.

But uh you know, and they they manage some some significant places, but we're in a better position to negotiate.

Hey, this is what we really want them to do.

To answer your question, no, we're not gonna manage it, you know.

And these, you know, after we have the ability to say, okay, this is exactly what we want you to do, and this is exactly the commission that we want to do.

Like unlike we did at the ballpark, we're gonna do it the right way because we have invested significantly in that facility, as well as the civic center.

Take a breath.

What was the name of that company again?

Venue were thank you.

We have the RFP too.

I mean, we'll revisit that, but it was at the time we didn't have anything finished.

We didn't have anything from the lighting or the you know, the uh uh the audio visual and some of the state of the art things that that they would say this is you gotta you gotta go put it up and you will manage it.

Well, we put it we've done everything except for the lighting and the audio visual.

Would they be interested?

No, and no, no, and dealing with you know, we have 10 event days at the baseball stadium.

Would they be interested in we would visit the Civic Center?

And uh Sanger, but specifically food and beverage, you know.

Just kidding.

That's all I have we make them a deal.

Thank you, Mr.

Tuesday, Mr.

Korea.

Just to follow up what the mayor said, uh as far as the Sanger, the carpet, that's that's one thing that's that's missing.

Uh kudos goes out to uh your public works department that uh did a lot of the work in-house that we were able to save some money by doing it in-house, the the wood floor restoration, the seed restoration, uh the painting, and um I'm telling you it it it it really looks good.

It's first class.

Let me also say along the lines doing doing this we were on you know uh uh taking off uh plywood cabinets, and we found a nine foot 1972 Steinway concert grand.

If you had to buy a concert grain today, it's about a $200,000 uh uh deal.

We've already paid for that restoration.

So it's waiting to be put back in there.

And literally it's it's you know, it we've already done that, so that that piece is has its own room now and it has uh you know a place where it'll be stored.

I think you're waiting for it to get put in there just so you can try to do it.

I am I am not sure.

But I mean that's you know that's pretty significant because it you know uh I uh I I know uh the impact center at uh the junior college admit their piece was I mean it it was a big fundraising event to put that one in it, but we have one and it's ready to rock and roll.

Good, yeah.

That's all I have.

Colonel, it sounds like that acting uh public works director's working out.

Maybe we keep it in place a little while on the active um that's all you had, Mr.

Shoemaker.

Speaking of colonels, an acting public works director.

I just just F.

Sir, you have done a fantastic job thus far.

But all I'm gonna say is F is the nativity drainage.

No doubt they need drainage over there, but I've got drainage in Ward 7.

You weren't here, Rick, but I've got drainage and ditches, I mean some small jobs that hadn't been done in a year and a half.

So not that we don't need to get this done.

I just want to call that to the attention here tonight that I've got many, many, many drainage issues that we haven't taken care of.

And I get this is this may be a bigger one, but I've got much smaller ones that I would love to see get taken care of as well.

That's all I have.

Mr.

Clare.

On uh sing at theater.

I just hope to put a councilman parking spot for David.

That's all he wants, one councilman's.

I gave him the permission to park in our spots.

Maybe you'll have yours open up, Mayor, if you get him one.

We got one right over that drainage uh mayor hole over there.

Uh Christy, thank you, Miss Lobata.

The drainage at the uh nativity.

Is there this is an ongoing problem for the last few years?

I mean, it every few years this happens, correct?

Um I'm not sure.

To my understanding.

It may.

I mean, we it's not something we routinely take care of because it is it is on the nativity site and not in the city right-away, which is why we put it to y'all for permission to get on there and do it.

Um, much like we do with the county when they come in and pay.

So it might be a continuing issue.

Um this is the first time I've ever had to address it.

But this is our our drainage, correct?

It's actually the school property drainage, it's Catholic Diocese drainage, it's not city drainage.

Oh, okay.

I thought it might have been the city that connected through there.

No, it's it's we didn't find an easement for it, but it does drain the properties that that um along division, not division street, Banaki.

Those backyards drain that way too.

So there's some some mutually benefit benefits to the city going in and cleaning this and helping the school out for one as a nonprofit, you know, school district, but also it's gonna help our residents out because that water is backing up into their yards as well.

Right.

I guess while y'all doing it, um my question is can you look at maybe doing it where we're not doing this all the time, maybe find a better solution?

We can we can definitely look at that, yeah.

That's fine.

My understanding this happens every yeah every two to three years.

It probably does.

There's a lot of trees there, so I imagine it does.

That's all I have.

Yeah, absolutely.

Mr.

Marshall.

Anything on the consent.

Well about the uh the uh thing of theater.

Uh the uh first event, one of the major events, I believe it should be uh I was blessed to hear our mayor thing with the band.

And it'd be nice if you do it at Mayor Curns.

There has the inaugural event and fundraiser.

You want you looking for fundraiser?

That's a fundraiser.

Uh 100 ticket.

You go out there and you you perform, we'll help you buy we'll buy you a suit.

How many things?

No, how many theses?

Wait a minute.

No, we're working on something, and actually it's November 20th.

We're actually working on a single keep I keep the vote.

You're gonna sing the night.

I'll sing.

I'll sing the night too.

551 is that what you told me?

No, November 20th.

Uh 971.

Ticket for Lamar, we allow how many rows of carpet is there?

99,000.

I'll take care of it.

I know what it is.

Okay.

Uh no, literally, you know, that's an absolute great idea.

I mean, and and we were we were working on something that didn't work out as shooting for August 9th.

The guy who just won American Idol from Marin, anyway, he had been booked at round zero, and you can only sell 200 tickets.

But there was some contract stuff where we were going to shoot.

And you know, we would have the opportunity, uh, but they would be bringing all of their all, you know, the lighting and stuff that they do, but they couldn't work the contractual thing out since he won all it the thing.

But uh we'll we'll buy a tickets.

You got seven tickets sold for a hundred dollars a fee.

Yeah, okay.

Right here, and you guys are your screen.

No, it's gonna be really good.

I mean it's it's it's gonna be tremendous, I think.

All right.

All right, Mr.

Neil.

Uh uh, if you sing, I'll play to get back to the case.

Okay.

I'll do it none.

All right, gentlemen, I think we've wrapped up this.

Uh we'll go ahead and uh vote on the consent agenda.

I'll come back for exceptions.

All in favor of the consent.

All opposed.

Motion carries unanimous.

Uh any exceptions, Mr.

Gray.

Mr.

Marshall.

No.

Mr.

Nail?

No.

Mr.

Creer?

No.

Mr.

Tuesday?

No.

Mr.

Shoemaker.

And I have none.

No, no exceptions.

Um move on to code enforcement.

Item A.

Long 10, phone T Win.

334 Maple Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item B, Red C.

Chester et al.

391 Holly Street, that case has been resolved.

Item C, LeVar and Seymour et al.

361 Holly Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item D, Laver and Seymour et al.

506 Morning Street, that case has been resolved.

Item E, Laverne Seymour et al 508 Morning Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item FJ Trust 2 LLC.

Uh 13301 Green Hill Circle.

That case has been resolved.

Item G, Mark A.

Robinson, 230 Baptist Alley.

We'd like to ask for an extension to September the second on this one.

Chair entertain a motion.

Moved.

Moved by Mr.

Creer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Second by Mr.

Tuesday.

All in favor?

Opposed?

Motion carries.

Item H, Heather and Robert J.

Greer, 843 Lackland Drive.

That case has been resolved.

Item I, Norma J.

Laney, 827 Elder Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item J, Stone Edge, LLC, 1195 Judge Sinkle Avenue.

This property is still in violation.

There's your shopping cart.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Stone Edge?

LLC 1195 Joe C Cool.

There being none this case is closed.

Item Kis win to 85 model court.

That case has been resolved.

Item L Century Homes L L C 114 Cedar Street.

This property is still in violation.

Sir, anyone here to speak on behalf of Century Homes LLC 114 Cedar Street?

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item M, Grosnya Potaska, uh 185 Jefferson Davis Avenue.

This property is still in violation.

Great.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Groznia?

185 Jefferson Davis Avenue.

You got Jefferson Davis, right?

Yeah.

No one here to case is closed.

Item N, Robert L.

Anderson Jr., 226 Iberville Drive.

This property is still in violation.

There anyone here to speak on behalf of Robert L.

Anderson Jr.

226 Iberville Drive.

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item O, Robert M and Joanne Jerry Meganson, 1734 State Street.

This case has been resolved.

Item P2 S MK3 LLC 274 Dewey Circle.

This property is still in violation.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of K2 SMK3 LLC 274 Dewey Circle?

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item Q, Gail Priest, 179 Jefferson Davis Avenue, that case has been resolved.

Item R, Gulf Shore Hospitality Incorporated, 950 Beach Boulevard, that case has been resolved.

Item S, Mary Wynne, 408 Fowler Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item T, Helen Pinkelite, Zero Bayside Drive.

We would ask for an extension to August 19th.

Chair entertain a motion.

So moved.

Moved by Mr.

Creel.

Second by Mr.

Tisdale.

Any discussion?

All in favor?

Oh, hold on.

What do they need a uh why do they need extension?

I mean, we don't have any pictures up here.

Typically, typically what we do is if someone asks for more time and it's reasonable what they're asking for, we will ask the council to provide them with more time, especially if we've already advertised the property.

In this case, it's overgrowth.

Okay, it's gonna when's it gonna give it to August to what?

It's the 19th.

Is that another council meeting date?

Should be, yes, sir.

Or is that but after?

No, it should be another council meeting date.

It's another meeting.

Right.

Okay.

All right.

That's fine.

Asking those tricky quail.

All right.

Um all in favor.

Those opposed?

Motion carries.

Heart on the Baptist Church.

Yeah.

Item U, C Breeze Homes LLC, 827 T Street.

That case has been resolved.

Item V, Baptist Church of Biloxi 218 Elmer Street.

This property is still in violation.

Which one is it?

Um Baptist Church.

All right.

Anybody here to speak on behalf of Baptist Church of Biloxi 218 Elmer Street?

There being no one, this case is closed.

Item W, M Markup LLC 2381 Pass Road, that case has been resolved.

Item X, Michael Discouse, 163 Rosetti Street, that case has been resolved.

Item Y, the same name, 165 Rose 80.

That case has been resolved.

And item Z, Ramonda and Ramoris Barnes, 215 Spanning Lane, that case has been resolved.

All right.

Move on to the uh routine agenda.

Do I have a motion?

So move.

So moved by Mr.

Tisdale.

Second by Mr.

Shoemaker.

Mr.

Tisdale.

You have that look.

I don't see Walt anywhere.

So I have no questions.

Nothing.

All right, Mr.

Shoemaker.

You're up.

I have nothing.

Thank you.

Anyone else have anything on the routine to question?

Anyone for the administration know how much money we got in the hopper?

Nothing.

That is in, I think phase four or something.

We're nothing to be spent, you know, uh until it comes.

We'll be still 60 days up.

Okay.

All in favor?

Opposed?

Motion carries.

The chair will entertain a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

So moved by Mr.

Creel.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Shoemaker.

Any discussion, Mr.

Creel?

Any discussion, Mr.

Shoemaker?

All right.

All in favor?

Those opposed?

We're adjourned.