I know they're hot.

They're human.

So it's starting to look a little bit better out there.

Pretty good.

So and the chief, I wanted to thank y'all for going to the library.

Every morning, I see a police car out there every morning.

Chasing the homeless people off.

So I want to appreciate that too.

And that that concludes my report.

Thank you, Mr.

Nail.

Mr.

Creel.

Just a couple things.

And I know we'll have another meeting before this, but August the third, the uh good Sherry Library is having a I guess there's a silver alert.

August the third, Margaret Sherry Library is having an open house that's everyone's invited to the hours are from 4 p.m.

to 7 p.m.

So have a lot of uh activities and showcasing what they offer and um a lot of things going on with the library.

So uh more details to come with that as it gets closer.

Um Jerry, and I know I keep bringing this up, but I've had a few calls from uh residents in Taylor Oaks and also in Lauren Falls, they have a major concerns about that large subdivision going right there on Pops Ferry Road, and they're experiencing flooding now.

Their their concern is with the increase in development with 219 houses, is the infrastructure going to be updated, reviewed, has it been reviewed, uh anything like that to to ensure that their issues that they currently have aren't going to get worse?

Well, the the drainage infrastructure, of course, all these projects go through DRC, and there is an engineering representative at DRC, but after DRC verbally approves the project, and after the council has approved the preliminary plat, the project goes into the hands of the engineering department.

The developer submits infrastructure plans to them where they verify that all the drainage and everything is correct.

So Christy may be able to speak to that better than me.

Okay, so once we get that, then we'll be able to uh address it more is Yes.

Basically, engineering just um validates whether or not their calculations on drainage are correct.

They go in and review those and make sure that what they're showing is the pre-development runoff and the after development runoff are exactly what's been calculated by the project engineer.

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh she's met with me out there at Lauren Falls with residents, and and that's that's their main concern, especially when that used to absorb water and now it's it's not going to.

So that that's the big thank you.

Um just uh a quick thing on the on the Sanger.

Do we have any any updates on sponsorships coming up or when when are we going to start raising money?

Any upcoming events, anything coming from we've had a couple of events and uh Mr.

Mayor, if you would pull that a little closer.

Sorry.

Uh I think we had uh the the June revenue from the the events that were taking place.

I think it was fifty, three hundred dollars, so the money's flowing back this way.

Right.

We've got a couple of events coming up, uh boxing on the the eighth, I think.

And uh so it it it's uh moving along.

Is and and I don't know that Encore needs to come monthly, but is any way that they can come and and give us an update on what anything they got coming up?

Perfect.

And that concludes my report.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Creel.

Uh Chris Thank you.

Chris Christie, a few questions.

That's fine.

Um I know Bay Vista, that water line project.

I see they're out.

I think they're filling those spots where they had uh bore or open cut or whatever you call it with asphalt.

So I would assume they might be out of there entirely by the end of July, or will it drag into August?

Well, they still have to go back and flow fill the old water lines, but for the most part, all of like the sod work, they were having trouble getting sod.

It hopefully it's on its way, if not here already.

And the asphalt work should be done.

I would expect by the end of July, if not the first week in August.

They may still be in there flow-filling old lines, but that should be.

They do have two more connections to make that we came across an issue, two issues at pop at Pass Road.

So they'll have some work to do there, but inside of the subdivision, yep, the asphalt's going down, sods starting to go down.

Yeah, two or two and a half weeks more somewhere around in there.

All right.

Um next question.

Just I think I'd sent you an email on this.

I may not have.

Um Briar Field, the north end of Briarfield.

You've got, I guess, an emergency exit, if you will, from Grandview apartments right there where it it empties into Briar Field.

And on the west side of the sidewalk in the street, there's an uncut patch there.

Okay.

And um so I don't know if it belongs to Grandview, and that's a code violation issue, or if it's in the city's right of way, or if it's a city in a city easement of some sort.

If I just Grandview apartment, then I'm sure code would just notify them and take care of that.

The uh third thing is, and I appreciate you getting back to me on a culvert there north of the railroad tracks.

That's the uh where the old Suzuki sales place was on Beauvoir Road, and just west of there, there's a big culvert.

I didn't know it existed there, but the folks in Pinewood Drive, and I think it's Arbor Street or whatever, that little subdivision just north of the tracks.

Um of those homes had 18 inches of water in that that uh tropical storm we had come come through several weeks ago.

So anyway, I went back to look at it with the resident, and I don't know if it's our responsibility.

I I assume so, but I don't know.

I'll take a look and see.

Um I don't know if something needs to be cleared.

It's it's uh it's not easy to get to.

Right.

I'll take a we'll we'll take a look and see.

Is it is it the culvert that goes underneath the railroad tracks?

No, that's farther to the west.

Okay.

But I figure you don't mind.

You went to state, and that's why you wear boots, right?

Yeah, absolutely.

Hey, I I tromped through the ditches with uh Councilman Nail last week, so we can handle it.

You do.

Thank you, Christy.

I appreciate that.

Christine, you may want to stay there.

Um a reminder that local schools open next week, so please pay special attention when you're approaching bus stops, school zones, uh speed limits in neighborhoods.

Uh it's a violation of state law, by the way, to pass a stopped school bus that's uh disembarking students or embarking with students.

Um the last thing, Mayor, uh we're looking forward to your thoughts and insights related to non-departmentals when we get to that.

I know you're I know you're pondering.

You're giving that careful thought.

We appreciate that.

All right, thank you.

That concludes my reports.

Mr.

Glavin, you're up.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Christy, I want to follow up with Mr.

Creel's uh concerns about some of this uh drainage, and you know, as we are when we have all of this development ha happening, uh all along Tribe Drive, Brody Road, Pops Ferry Road, uh there's these uh neighborhoods that are uh going up.

So can you expound on that?

We appreciate Mr.

Uh Creel's uh uh exchange with us, but when it's handed over to you, talk a little bit about that, and then specifically, do you have any concerns about these projects?

Are you confident we're gonna be able to work out the drainage uh issues with them?

So I I'm confident that we'll be able to work out the drainage issues.

Drainage issues are not new to any development.

Uh what so basically what happens is is when a new development comes in, the states, DEQ requires us to ensure that the runoff that happens before the property was cleared, pre-development runoff, the post-development runoff cannot exceed that pre-development runoff.

So that's why you see the big detention ponds, that's why you see all that.

So they have to detain that water.

Now their engineers are responsible for designing that, and they design and stamp it.

So if something doesn't work right, we go back to those engineers that designed it.

And if there are drainage issues, which we have some of those that happen, and we go back to that original developer, that that engineer, and we're like, okay, this didn't work.

You need to you need to come up with a plan to fix it.

Um but it's we do that with every single development that comes in, even private development, even uh, you know, a Walmart, a gas station, subdivision development, the whole, all of them.

We look at the drainage on every development that comes in.

So, yes, it's something that we can handle.

Um, and as far as your concerns about Lauren Falls and Taylor Oaks, that subdivision that's coming in between Potts Ferry and Tribe Drive, that's in a whole nother drainage basin.

It's not going to impact Lauren Falls and Taylor Oaks at all.

The water goes a whole nother direction.

So in that particular case, that's not going to impact them.

Um but yeah, in and what we'll do like on that subdivision, we'll make sure that the drainage is adequate enough that it gets all the way out.

Like it's gonna have to they have to show us, their engineer will have to show us that their detention ponds are big enough to hold all that water, and that when they drain out onto the ditch on Tribe Drive, and it's gonna go down and go underneath the road and into that um slough that drains essentially to the bay, that all of that can handle that.

Okay.

I I appreciate those comments.

Uh one other thing that we also have an existing issue, and it's on my report a little bit down, Belmont Gardens.

Right.

And we're trying to cure that.

In fact, I I think it's been identified in several versions of the bond uh priorities.

Um but uh one thing that we didn't expect, we actually have an existing developer that's north of this project or south of this pro south of Belmont uh that recognized that we were discussing this and he's willing to engage with us to maybe possibly um provide some property for additional drainage that may help the overall area.

Are you aware of that?

Yes, you've mentioned that to me a couple times.

So we once we get to that point with Belmont Gardens, we'll reach out to them and see if we we have easements for a lot of that area, um, but we'll reach out to that developer and see if if we can make the drainage if the drainage needs to go through that piece of property, if that makes it easier, you know.

It'll it we'll have to do some preliminary design to see kind of where the water needs to go, but yeah, we'll reach out to them.

We work with that particular developer on lots of things.

And uh Christy uh director, appreciate you, appreciate Mr.

Crew.

Uh we got a lot of development happening in the city, not just Ward 6, but everywhere.

And I know you're kind of juggling and putting these pieces together and make sure they're conform.

I do want to say this at each site when they're in the pre-construction phase or in there, they're in the middle of it, uh, there usually is a uh box that has plans on the what they are required to do as far as mitigating stormwater.

Correct.

Correct.

What's the name of that?

The stormwater pollution prevention plan.

Yeah, and it's an acronym for something.

And those can be reviewed if anybody wants to look at them, they can be reviewed because certain times maybe they get busy and they forgot to put uh the bale of hay or the silk fencing over here or the rocks over there.

Uh that is looked at periodically, correct?

Correct.

Okay.

All right, that's all I have up for you.

Anyone else have any follow up?

I did.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Hey, Chrissy, real quick.

Uh thank you, Kenny.

Um on when you said that we said you go back to the engineer, how long do you have is is the warranty period, so to speak?

Well, typically on a development, the warranty period is two years after final acceptance.

Um, but that also doesn't mean that we can't still go back.

Um, I don't know what the law would be about go how far back we can go.

Um, but you know, at the end of the day, because also over time things change in the field, you know.

So there's a there's some sort of liability of like, okay, well, because even over time, ditches fill in, trees fall, they rot, that you know, when they rot, that fills in the bottom of the ditch.

So things happen over time that wouldn't necessarily be the responsibility or the fault of like an engineer that designed it necessarily.

So it's kind of you we kind of play it by ear how far back we kind of bring them back in.

Okay, thank you.

You're welcome.

Okay.

Um there's a notice, I believe, that's been uh put out by the city.

It's starting to circulate around in the community about Coast Electric is looking at uh some of the power lines uh in Ward 6 and particularly around uh razor road.

I'm gonna name some of the roads for anybody listening out there, but these outages are gonna occur if uh the storm doesn't disrupt things on Thursday from eight to noon.

Um this includes uh Brazier, Wells, Richard, Wetzel, Bay Cove, Kennedy Lane, Alden, Michelle, Eric, Valerie, Savannah Estates, Cedar Lake Uh Road, Brody Road, AJ Holloway, and Tribe Drive.

Um so uh it there's kind of a general thing, they're saying they're doing enhancements.

Does anyone have any specifics they can talk about what what those enhancements are?

I've gotten a lot of calls and I can't really respond to that.

I know we were upgrading some of the transformers, but I don't know what connections or wires or whatever, if you can kind of give a brief on that.

Yeah, I don't have all the details, but I just know that they're going through and upgrading their their system all over in that area.

Um this hasn't been the first one.

Things like upgrading their their transformers.

I don't think they're changing out lines themselves.

I think it's just um transformers and equipment and stuff like that.

Okay.

I don't have the specifics, but if you would like, I can I can reach out and get more of it.

If you get a little bit that you can pass along, if it I know you're real busy, but if you happen to get that information, just pass it along.

I noticed on Cedar Lake they were putting like boots for lack of a better word.

Uh looks like they were trying to enhance they they look like they're doing some heavy duty uh you know work on there.

And that's a good thing.

So thank you, Director.

All right, got a few more things.

Um I'm gonna put on my tourism hat for a little bit.

Um this past weekend we had the 11th annual Gulf Coast Big Rig truck show um 11th year over a decade we've been having that event.

Um 11th year, over a decade we've been having that event.

So I was getting calls.

I don't know if some of anybody else was.

They were saying all these big rigs on the um highway 90, uh, but it was a good thing.

Over 80 trucks uh were participating.

They had a Saturday night convoy, that's what everybody was seeing.

They were hearing the horns honking.

I know the kids go crazy for all that stuff.

Really, really good event.

Some of the uh proceeds uh for this event, they they support tunnels to towers as well.

So they're giving back into our uh you know community and some of the initiatives that we have.

Um also on Wednesday of last week.

I want to uh just do a shout out for uh Rick Weaver, uh President Tisdale, Anthony Marshall, they attended the Mississippi Hotel and uh lodging associations meeting that was held at the CTA Center uh in Gulfport.

Uh they got a real good chance to listen to some reports.

Um they got to listen uh to Sam Voiceon, who's the new director, took over from Matt McDonald.

Uh they talked about all these events and they got a new signature event, and this was real important.

I saw Anthony and uh Paul was paying real attention to it as well as Sam.

They have the Barber Association coming uh to town.

It's a real big thing, actually, and uh they were really uh tuned into that.

I think they they may have got some complimentary tickets from Sam for that barber show.

Um we also heard uh from Judy Young with Coastal Mississippi.

Um, but then afterwards, the social, uh we got to sit around and really engage and network and talk, and I I noticed CTA was engaging uh with a lot of the participants, and then uh towards the end of it, uh I joined Mr.

Tisdale and uh Anthony to talk to Chad Kutchall.

Uh if nobody knows who that is, he's in in charge of the sports marketing.

He's the one who brings all of these tournaments and attracts them here, and he reported that we're shifting market share from uh Gulfport uh to Biloxi as well as other uh venues.

People are really excited, uh Jamie, uh, about the facility, and they look at it as a big amenity.

He also stressed, and uh Mr.

Marshall was uh engaged with them more than any of us actually uh about temporary fencing, uh about scoreboards.

Uh we still got a you know an initiative to try to get the main scoreboards up and running.

But what that impact means, there's an untapped market out there for softball, girls' softball, which if y'all know anything about travel ball and girls' softball, uh they are they eat it up more than they got boys do.

It's a bigger market.

There's uh you know a lot of participation in fact.

He said the participation for girls' tournaments, uh, there's much more of a following than there are with the boys' uh tournaments, by the way.

So but but anytime you can increase demand, it might be an opportunity to increase uh you know fees, and we can charge for those fences and and kind of build it into our plan here.

But I thought it was really good.

Um I would um invite my fellow councilman.

Uh, anytime we have these uh monthly meetings, if you can pop in, you don't have to make all of them, but pop in and kind of get to know some of these uh tourism leaders.

I think you'll find it uh very uh compelling.

Okay.

Let me switch uh over to the we just had a recent Billfish tournament in Biloxi, and uh we were able to take some of those fish and we cut it up and provided some of the fish to uh some local food banks.

This past weekend there was a billfish tournament in Orange Beach.

Um, and I want to shout out again to a few people here as well, Ryan Bradley and Jason Privet with Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United.

Uh these two men uh brought five fish over uh to Biloxi.

It don't sound like a lot, does it?

It there was over almost 2800 pounds of fish.

One of the fish uh won won a 700,000 uh award for one of the boats in uh Orange Beach, and uh they brought it over in a refrigerated truck.

Uh we had those two gentlemen, Donnie Parker uh was involved, uh young Emerson Glavin, my grandson uh was involved processing uh the fish along with uh his good friends, including uh Braxton Dixon.

I just want to shout out to uh Jason Parker uh came over and he actually we were gonna discard the car carcasses and he said, Look, I know some crabbers uh that would be interested in the carcasses, so we actually uh saved the carcasses and chopped them up, and now there's probably 300 pounds of uh carcasses for crab traps uh for the crabbers.

Um Father Gregory, shout out to him, he was so gracious uh to point us to the Mercy Cross Center uh to provide some of this uh much needed uh uh fish, fresh fish for the needy, along with the Pentecostal churches.

Um and then we had enough left over that we actually visited uh Biloxi PD and our local fire stations, uh so they're stocked up, whether they uh are gonna have a good uh lunch or whether they uh have somebody that they need to donate it to.

We we kind of filled up their pantries as well with some donations.

All right.

Uh to Belmont Gardens.

Uh Belmont Gardens was in the news a couple weeks ago.

Uh uh I heard the manager call me today.

She said she did an interview with WOLOX.

They are terrified, terrified of this storm coming in.

It it looks like it's gonna kind of go in the right direction and maybe not impact us, but they are terrified because of what happened with the previous storm.

Uh and they are they actually today they were filling up sandbags.

Um they have a formal event uh next Wednesday.

It's gonna be a formal event at Belmont Gardens.

This is uh she's actually having uh several tons of sand uh delivered.

Uh 871 Motsey Road is the address for Belmont Gardens, and she's asking for volunteers to simply stop by for an hour, help fill some bags.

They're gonna uh uh stock it uh somewhere uh around Belmont Gardens.

So in the event of additional flooding, they can pull those sandbags out and place them to the apartments that flooded last time.

And uh so anybody can attend that.

I'm gonna be sharing on my uh Facebook page and other uh avenues uh to get some folks out there.

We're uh we've also reached out to several youth groups.

This kind of qualifies for some of their community service hours uh that they can come out and kind of make some good deeds for us.

I'm almost finished.

Um he spoke at uh Biloxi Businessman uh last Thursday.

He's the new offensive coordinator for Biloxi High School.

And if you haven't met Sean, please make a point to meet Sean.

High energy guy went to Mill Sabs, went to Nichols uh, you know, uh university.

Uh when he went to Nichols uh as a coach, they said you can't win.

They were 0-22.

He was part of the coaching staff that turned it around, won four uh championships, and he's bringing that same mindset, enthusiasm, and willpower to Biloxi High School, but he needs our community, he needs everyone.

He needs elected officials, he needs community uh uh the community itself, he needs uh the business community, he needs the parents, the grandparents, the uncles, the aunts, you know, whoever.

Uh we need to get out and support these boys and and Sean and the head coach uh Collier and all of them.

So Stacey Drive and Shonowitz.

So we did some patches out there, and I'm gonna I went out and looked at it, and it's actually like fillings in your teeth.

The the fillings have come out and the potholes are there, and it it's probably worse than it was when we patched it.

I don't know what made the patches come out completely, but it it needs some attention if we can go look at that.

If we have any kind of emergency, these are not big roads.

Umitz and uh uh Stacy are off of uh Hudson Cron.

So if we can take a look at that, that would be good.

Uh and I don't know if the crews are out there, but I did get a call from uh Miss Hudson uh that lives on Hudson Cron that the grass is is getting a little high out there as well.

Uh and then last, I'm just gonna say this for last.

Uh and this isn't in my ward, but ma'am, some good Italian food.

You have to go to the new Italiano at the end of uh you know Division Street or Howard uh Avenue.

Uh great Italian food.

Uh ask for Joe.

Joe's kind of the manager, owner, uh cook.

Uh they actually went to Planning Commission.

They're they're just open a few weeks ago, and they're already uh planning for an outside venue with some cabana-like uh seating, and uh it's really compelling, but you can kind of feel that genuine uh Italian kind of feel, and uh uh Terra Samu is pretty pretty good as well.

I think I'm done.

That concludes my report.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Shoemaker.

Can you beat that?

Absolutely not.

I'm gonna be very brief with what I have.

Three things.

Jim Bird Road, the the the there was a section of road that had washed away.

It's finally been repaired, and Jim Bird Road is now open.

Fantasy donuts on Shriner's Boulevard is open.

It opened, I believe Friday last week.

I went by there.

I shouldn't because I can't fit my clothes now, but I had quite a few donuts since then, unfortunately.

That will not be a good thing for me, and we'll market.

And thirdly, uh Pizza Hut.

Pizza Hut is opening in the same strip mall as Fantasy Donuts.

They're having their official opening tomorrow.

I don't know what time I should know, but I don't, but they are opening tomorrow.

I I should know, but I don't, but they are opening tomorrow.

It's in the same um uh strip mall as fantasy donuts, and it's right there on Shriners, uh, just north of the interstate.

And that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Shoemaker, Mr.

Gray and Ward One.

I can wake up.

Next uh on the next business meeting.

Pull that mic close, please.

Hey, we want to hear you.

I was uh you go much okay.

The next business meeting on uh August the fifth.

It's usually held here in the council chamber.

We're gonna be talking about we got some uh businesses want to discuss cruising the coast.

So assistant chief, I hope you hear what some of your people uh Chief Geyser.

Um next one I have is the Chief Geyser.

Can you answer this question for me?

And everybody else maybe.

I get a lot of calls.

Firemen want to know why y'all don't take out Social Security out of their checks.

I don't know to answer, so maybe you can help me.

So this predates me by many years of being on the fire department from what I understand.

It was a vote conducted back in the early 90s, 9192 time frame, whereas police and fire were given the option, and they voted it the way to not have social security to reenact that.

Um I'm not sure the the overall process.

Uh we have started researching how to even do it, but it's one that um hadn't really been answered as of yet.

But that's that's the best I can tell you.

Uh when I hired on, it was told to me that I wasn't uh gonna get Social Security, and I just set up a deferred comp in its place.

So is that something our attorney can look into?

We we are currently looking into it with uh HR, uh Rick and myself and a couple firemen that have have questioned me.

Uh we're all kind of trying to work together.

We're just waiting um to kind of have a meeting once budget season kind of calms down, because it will have an impact of the overall budget and paychecks if it is voted back in.

But it's gonna have to be a collective police and fire voting it back in if we reverse that.

Okay.

Like I say, that I mean a lot of calls and texts about that.

I don't I couldn't know what we've even looked into whether a uh an individual could could have it taken out, and it's not.

It's something that we gotta do as a as police and fire, all of public safety will have to, and it's only sworn officers and certified firefighters.

Okay, it's not our office staff, so they have social security come out.

That worked.

Thanks, sir.

Councilman Gray.

We've been working with those individuals on there, and we have established a meeting set up in August to take a look at those, but I'll get with you offline and kind of give you a heads up on some of the other things that Chief Geyser was in reference to what we will affect.

Okay, Jill's very much aware of it.

Excuse me.

On the on the the police and fire social security.

Yes.

Okay.

So we've been working with the individuals on that that requested that.

And uh so they understand some of the things, so I don't know why you're getting the phone calls, but tell them to call me.

I'll tell them.

Um Jamie, on the point cadet playground, if we have can you give us an update on removal of the equipment?

We ever figure out what we can do when we can do it.

No, sir, not at this time, but it is still on the list.

Um hopefully once we get a little more time or the grass starts slowing down, then we can move forward on that and see what needs to be done about removing that playground.

But we're gonna get to it as soon as we can, yes.

Okay, thank you.

Last thing on uh June 11th, we had a cleanup for the nature trail.

We had people all the way from the Bees Road come over to help.

We had some uh city councilmen there, city employees, even our city attorney showed up.

Everybody worked hard, and we did a clean up uh I don't know, about six months ago.

We probably got about 25, 30 bags of trash this time.

We got about eight bags, eight to ten bags, so it's uh real good not to see as much trash out.

So that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Gray.

That concludes council reports.

We'll now move to the public agenda and citizens' comments.

We'll set aside up to 45 minutes uh for citizens' comments.

If you're interested in speaking, you're allotted three minutes to say what it is you wish to say.

Excuse me, it's not a question and answer period.

Um it's it's just for your comments.

Uh if you're interested, when you're recognized, raise your hand raise uh when you're recognized, come up to the table, pull the microphone close so we can hear you.

There's a sign-in sheet.

If you've not already signed in, sign it in.

I think it's your name and address is required before you speak.

State your name and address so the clerk can record it accurately in the minutes.

With that being said, is there anybody on my left your right?

Yes, ma'am.

Both ma'ams Bryant.

So I'm just gonna go with straight facts.

Facts, the homes were built on Floyd Drive first, then apartments were built on Pass Road.

There is a runoff on uh one of the apartment complex that runs down to Greenwood.

The water can go left or right.

The city could be wrong, but from my understanding, the city built a wall so that it could stop the direct the water to go left or right.

Well, anytime it rains in my home, I mean anytime it rains, my house floods.

Now how much it floods depends on how much rain.

For Arthur, it completed completely flooded.

Um where we lost everything, all our vehicles and all of that.

Um it rains, water comes.

Since then, I have Googled and have found pictures that in that runoff, grass has not been cut in over 10 years.

It is completely blocked to the left.

So the only way the water can travel is to the right that goes down to Greenwood that turns right onto Floyd.

So that explains why um my house flooded June 19th within maybe 30 minutes.

Um my concern is that a storm is coming, and while I did see Christie out there, she still said that it won't be till winter till she can get a crew out there.

My question, which I know this isn't a I'm not gonna get an answer, is can I do it?

I will go rent a brush hog and go do it myself.

If that means saving my children's lives.

If not, can the city just come cut the grass?

It's very straightforward.

The the street floods, the grass is is blocking the the drain, clear it.

If you clear it and it still drains, it's a flood zone.

But as of right now, my home is not in a flood zone.

So it I mean it's straightforward.

That's just what it is.

And I'm here because while Christy came and she addressed everything, we will more than likely flood again.

I just got walls put up.

I just got a one toilet out of the two bathrooms to flush.

I can't afford to lose everything again, all because grass is blocking the drain.

And Mr.

Mike Nell is amazing.

I still am not sure if he's even in my ward because I've been getting different answers as to who is.

Mr.

Marshall, I've been told you are from from the lady down there, not gonna say who, but you know, I'm still not sure who is.

However, Mike Dells is amazing.

He has been coming.

I know the engineer has been there.

Straightforward.

Cut the grass.

That's it.

Thank you, Miss Brian, for your comments.

She really wanted to talk.

Hi.

See you later.

Is there anybody else on my left your right that wishes to address the council?

Anybody on my left, your right?

Yes, ma'am.

Celia Dowell.

Excuse me, could you repeat your name, please?

Yes, Cecilia Dowell.

Okay.

Okay.

And so I am property manager at Elmwood Apartments in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Um, I'm new here to the area.

This is my first time doing something like this.

Well, um, behind the apartments on Lawrence Street, there is um a wooded area.

And it's also a creek back there.

Every time it rains, it floods.

It's flooding the back of the apartments.

The last time that we had, it flooded, it washed away the entire road.

So I don't know if it's drain issues or is it coming from like the it's kind of like a swamp area or something.

What street is that, ma'am?

It's Lawrence Street and below.

Okay.

Um it's on the back side of Pass Road and Terra Lane.

Between Pass Road and the railroad tracks.

Yes, sir.

Absolutely.

And so um I wanted to bring it to you all's attention because we had a number of issues with snakes, and a lot of things are going on, and so I have a lot of children and families that I'm trying to protect back there, and when the water rises, the snakes are coming up on the property, and it's really scary trying to keep everyone safe for the most part.

So I think that it may be a drain issue, or it may be a the alleyway back there needs to be cleaned, or like I don't know what happens with that, but I just want to bring it to you all's attention.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, thank you for your comments.

Anyone else on my left, your right?

Okay, anybody on my right, your left?

Jerry?

Dug down so I can see the person behind.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm sorry, I couldn't see.

I just saw a hand.

I knew it wasn't Jerry's.

Thank you.

Hello, Rebecca Morrow, uh 13574 Huntington Circle.

Golf Port.

Sorry, not Biloxi.

Um time is up.

Go ahead.

He had like an hour, I can at least get my three minutes.

Um, some of you don't.

I'm Rebecca Morrow with the St.

Baldricks Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research.

Um, we are hosting our fifth annual event on the coast, second for uh Beluxy Rock the Bald event at ground zero, which I believe is Word Two.

Um, and last year we only had two bands that played for free at the event.

This year we have 11 bands that want to play for free.

So what um I'm asking for is possible use of the stage um to set up in the back parking lot at ground zero so we can accommodate all of those bands and raise more money.

Last year we had about 500 people come to the event and we raised around 10,000, 11,000 this year with that many bands, and we have uh the Biloxi Fire Department coming out in the police department, golf port uh police and fire also gonna come out with all the bands and all of the extra support from the community.

I think we're probably looking around 500 to a thousand people coming out to the event.

Um we're gonna utilize the back parking lot at ground zero and kind of expand the event indoor outdoor, depending on the weather.

Um that 750 dollars that we would need to use to pay for the stage, we could use for six hours of life-saving research for kids with cancer.

Myself being a survivor of childhood cancer, this cause means the world to me, and I know just how far the funds can go.

So if we can get those um things provided for free as opposed to trying to find a sponsor to pay for those, um, you know, we can utilize the money in better ways and actually give it to the cause.

Um do you know who to contact with that request?

I do.

Okay, all right.

I'm not sure.

Okay, as long as you do.

Um, yeah, so we're gonna, I mean, as as a volunteer for the nonprofit, I don't actually work for them.

I don't have access to any of the funds.

So anything that we have to pay for, if I don't find a sponsor for, I pay for out of my own pocket.

And I'm already about a thousand dollars in right now.

So the more um help I can get on that front, the better.

And we would just love to see you guys.

I left a flyer in front of y'all um at the event.

It's gonna be a great time.

So thank you, Miss Morrow.

Is there anybody else on my right or left that wishes to speak?

Anybody in the back?

Thank you, Ms.

Hunt.

Uh with that we'll conclude the public agenda and citizens' comments.

We'll now move to the policy agenda.

If the clerk would read item A, please.

Ordinance to amend municipal facilities.

I'll entertain a motion.

So move.

There's a motion by Mr.

Creel.

Is there a second?

Oh second.

Second by Mr.

Gray.

First reading.

Again, this is a first reading.

We'll now move to the next item.

Again, another first reading.

If the clerk would read item B, please.

Ordinance to amend selected sections of the land development ordinance pertaining to tree committee, tree permit, tree protection, and definitions and interpretation.

Is there a motion?

So move.

Again, this is a first reading since it's an ordinance.

We'll move on to the next item, which is item C.

If the clerk would read that item, please.

Ordinance amending the leisure and recreation districts.

Is there a motion?

So move.

Second by Mr.

Creel, and a second by Mr.

Glavin.

Again, this is an ordinance and it's a first reading.

Thank you.

That brings us to resolutions.

If the clerk would read item D, please.

Resolution approving the appointment of professionals in connection with the issuance of general obligation bond.

Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion.

A motion by Mr.

Gray.

Is there a second?

Is there a second?

I'll second it.

As a second by Mr.

Nail.

Discussion, Mr.

Gray.

Yes.

Are we doing any type of um estimates yet on the roofs and uh HVAC and the uh generators?

Not any additional than what was already on the list that we gave y'all.

No, I mean are we working on the That's what we got that that's how we came up with that list of those costs?

Well, we got estimates.

So we haven't updated those estimates yet because they won't be good by the time the bonds get here.

Okay.

That's all I have.

That's it.

That's all I have to think about.

All right, Mr.

Nail.

Any comments?

How much longer will it take before we get our hands on the money?

Jane.

Mid to late August.

We've got our validation hearing set for August 11th.

So I think in the next week.

Well, I think certainly by August 31, because I'm going to Italy.

We can go with you if we need to sign documents.

Okay.

Are there any other comments?

Uh just want to note that what we're doing here is employing professionals that deal with the bonds and handle the bonds.

They include the bond attorney, Ms.

Minarty, the underwriter, Mr.

Thomas, and uh the bond counsel for the city is Mr.

A Bide, correct?

I am on the phone.

Yes.

Mr.

AI is issued.

Thank you.

Issuers counsel.

It's the underwriter, okay.

All right, gotcha.

All right, we'll call for the question.

All in favor of the resolution is presented.

All opposed.

It succeeds on a 4-3 vote.

That brings us to item E.

Resolution authorizing submission of a request for ranking and consideration for funding to the water pollution control revolving fund loan fund program.

I'll entertain a motion.

So moved.

By Mr.

Creel.

Is there a second?

I'll make that second.

Mr.

Creel.

Um based on the exhibit, are we doing a 20 or a 30 year on this?

But which way are we going with this?

Honestly, I'm not sure that we've decided yet.

Is it 30?

We because we don't this is just no.

This is just basically letting them know that we're going to be asking for the loan.

And so I think that we still have a choice later to make that determination whether we go 20 or 30.

So once that's determined, it will come back in front of us.

Oh yes, yes.

Yeah, absolutely.

They'll be like loan agreement and all that kind of stuff will come back to y'all.

This is just the initial request, letting them know, hey, we're going to be putting in for this project for for financing for this project.

And this this money would go to yield the uh match.

This is for match, right?

For the water project, yes.

Right.

Now in in the bond, is there money as well?

Is that in lieu of or in addition to?

In l it would be in lieu of.

In lieu of.

The money from the bond would be in lieu of.

We would need so much from this if you're right.

All right, thank you.

So this is the Walmart Acre Subdivision Improvements, the word, correct?

And originally, as I recall in the list of projects, the estimate for this proct project was a little under 8.6 million.

And the bond proceeds to be used for this project was a little over 2.1 million.

I don't remember.

I know.

It's and we're we're looking at borrowing if we are approved for this.

We're looking at borrowing 1.6 million.

Is that the extent of the local portion?

So here okay.

So we have currently have a $5 million water grant.

The 1.6 will provide the match for the $5 million water grant.

We have got another $5 million that we're trying to get to finish out the water and sewer in the same exact footprint.

So because that $1.6 was was the cost estimate if we would did the entire project.

We only had $5 million available, so we had to scale the project down.

So if we get the other five million, we will need to also find a match for it, but we're we don't have it, so we're not we're not really planning for that at this time.

That's where you see the differences in the cost.

I think uh it's it's 90%.

You're gonna get another five million of basically one or the other button pursuing another uh SRF time situation.

Correct.

Okay, but going back to what you said, Christy, that you're looking at two five million dollar grants.

Exactly.

One of them we already have, the other one is on the way.

All right.

And what would be the local match for each 25 percent?

25 percent.

So that's 1.6.

So to do all of Wall Market Acre subdivision?

That would be 3.2?

Well, the BAVIS is the other five million, yeah.

So that would be 3.2?

Um I'm just um and here's why I'm asking the question, because on the list of projects, it it it was an eight, eight and a half million dollar um estimate for the total project and and the local, if you will, would be a little over 2.1 million.

So now we may be talking about a match of 3.2 million.

Well no, because right now the cost that we make these companies.

Be patient with me.

I'm just trying to.

And it's it's it's hard to explain.

That's why it's so these cost estimates are are, especially in this economy, are moving targets.

Right now, when we made this list for the bond a year ago or so, the cost estimate for that project total was 8.6.

So right now, so that 2.3 that's in there will be the match for that 8.6.

We could possibly need the whole 10 million.

We don't really know because we don't we haven't revisited that cost estimate, because we're working on the first phase.

When you said a moving target, that explains that it's gonna be anywhere roughly from 8.5 to 10 million we don't know the market may change and all that good stuff, which affects the local bond.

But we don't continually update it because it's constantly changing.

We don't update it until we get to a point like for instance, with when we start talking about the bond last year.

So, like, okay, let's get this estimate up to date, and we just kind of stick with it until the money gets here whenever it's moving until we know different.

All right.

Thank you.

That explains that.

Okay.

Any other questions on this item?

Just real quickly, if I may.

Mr.

Schumacher, go ahead.

Director, I'm sorry, I should have caught you before you left.

And I know this is for five million for the wool market.

The other five million you are referring to, is that for edgewater, or is that for Wool Market as well?

We have two more five millions coming.

One will finish out Wool Market, one will edge water.

I just misunderstood what you said a second ago.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just wanted to confirm that because I misunderstood it.

Yeah, it's confusing.

That's it.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Mr.

Creel?

Christy, real quick.

You can do it from right there.

You can do it from right there.

Christy, you can't come on, come on up.

Come on up.

So we we can maybe everybody.

So we we have you in front of the mic.

Thank you.

Is there a fee associated every time you revisit that cost testament?

No.

There's no additional cost associated to the No.

Our consultants update them for us.

They don't charge us anything when we ask them to update the estimates.

Okay, thank you.

You're welcome.

Don't go anywhere.

Does this affect any adjustments to our budget at all?

No.

No effect.

No.

On what our working document right now?

No, because this is enterprise fund.

So the work at the doc the budget we're working on right now is general fund.

So it doesn't, it does and this will this we're doing a rate study for enterprise fund, and this will all be included in the rate studies.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other questions of Christy?

Mercifully.

Mercifully not.

Mercifully not.

All right.

Thank you.

Any other discussion?

Call for the question.

All in favor of the resolution is presented.

All opposed, it's unanimous a 7-0 vote.

Thank you.

All right.

That brings us to the consent agenda.

I'll entertain a motion.

So moved.

By Mr.

Creel.

Second.

Mr.

Glavin.

All right, Mr.

Creel, we'll start with you.

And are there any items you have questions of?

Item item F.

Item.

Just a quick question.

The grant, the 275-5, is that in lieu of, or is that in addition to?

So would that money be added or is it put in place and so is that an additional um revenue for for your department, or is that in lieu of monies that we we've had to back off or reduce?

In addition to.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

That's perfect.

I just want to make sure, absolutely.

Um item J.

Just we're transferring some money into um legal offenses, uh legal expenses for post fair extension.

I was just checking to see what legal expenses does that refer to.

These are the legal expenses in control in connection with the Mesa on the Orleans.

So we do this every quarter.

Okay.

Um that's all I have, thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Creel, Mr.

Glavin.

Questions?

Uh so on item F, the 275500.

If this is in addition to this would affect our budget.

It's not, is it in the four corners of of the budget, the working document, or does this now get added to it?

So this is this is gonna get added to it essentially.

Okay.

That's not not a guaranteed that we've got it yet.

Understood.

So that's why it's not added to the budget.

So once it does, then we'll come back to you and do a budget amendment and then move forward from there.

Yes, sir.

That was my question.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

That was it.

Thank you.

Mr.

Schumacher, was that uh you just grabbing the mic?

Okay.

Any any questions?

Mr.

Nale.

On T.

Um.

Is that just is that asphalt just gonna be where the hump is?

When they fixed the bridge?

That's a lot of asphalt.

Yes, that's only gonna be where they did the repairs to the bridge.

All right, all right, thank you.

You're welcome.

Any other questions from my colleagues?

All right, there being there being none, we'll uh call for the question on the consent agenda.

All in favor and we'll now go to exceptions.

Mr.

Gray, any exceptions?

Uh Mr.

Marshall, any exceptions.

All right, Mr.

Neil, any exceptions?

None.

Mr.

Creel?

No exceptions.

I have none, Mr.

Glavin.

You have none.

Mr.

Schumacher.

All right, there you go.

All right, thank you, gentlemen.

Uh next brings us to code enforcement hearings.

Holy mackerel.

We have the A team here today.

Hey, hey.

All right.

Item A.

Okay, yeah, let me uh do this.

Uh go ahead.

I'm sorry, go ahead.

Item A, 1476 Wilkes Avenue.

This property has been resolved.

Item B, 2020 Lawrence Street.

This is still in violation.

Okay.

Is there anyone here to speak on the matter of 2020 Lawrence Street?

Uh this is Elmwood Limited.

Yes, ma'am.

You're here to speak about this code enforcement issue.

Or come on up.

Yes.

And so yes, sir.

So this is the area in the back of the apartments where I was talking about when when it rains.

Yes, ma'am.

And all the things that are back there.

I didn't know.

But that's the issue that we have back there.

When it rains, it's all the water is coming up, and so that's in the back of the apartment area.

This is actually an opportunity for whoever owns the property or someone representing that property to speak about that property.

Okay.

They sent they sent me that thing and told me to come out.

They sent me a letter and told me to come here for it, but it needs to be someone who's owned.

Okay, but you're not representing the owner of of that property, are you?

Okay.

Oh, you're the property manager.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Go ahead.

Yes, sir.

It's okay.

It's my first time, too.

I don't know.

That's all right.

Go ahead.

Yes, sir.

And so um I just wanted to know if I mean what could be done about it as far as like getting that land cleared or cleaned up.

Sure.

Uh if if you're done, I'll have Mr.

Creel, excuse me, I'll have Mr.

Creel's trustee assistant, Miss Ms.

Busby.

Come on.

I forgot.

Congratulations and best wishes.

Um so it i if you would explain what what occurs at this point.

Maybe we could communicate later.

I'm unsure of whether or not they've signed a no trespass letter with the police department.

That would allow the PD to go in and get the people who are trespassing off the property.

I don't know if they've done that yet.

Um we haven't had any communications at this point with the apartment complex.

So we would just need to see where we can go from there.

Right.

Okay.

So the so the police department will go out and do what they have to do.

Yes, sir.

Only after the paperwork is filled out.

Right, only after they have a no trespass letter.

But right now this is in violation.

And uh as such, uh procedurally will proceed if the council uh uh approves this matter and get things expedited towards cleaning this up.

Yes, sir.

I got a question.

Question, Mr.

Gray.

Go ahead.

Is this done from homeless people?

I believe so.

If you look at the first slide, I actually put a map up there so you can see where it's actually located.

The library is going to be in the top left corner, and it's just south of their property of the library property.

Okay, so they can't get this cleaned up to the homeless people are off the property anyway.

Correct.

And once so uh go ahead.

The motion to give them 30 days that gives the police department time to get out there and get this cleaned up, because we can't get somebody to go out there and try to clean this up with the homeless people there with their safety.

I don't know if they're out there actively or not, but would that be accurate if we if if we approve this today with no extension?

We would work with anybody on this.

We we we would follow our procedure, all right, and uh put it out for bids, and the low low bidder would clean up this property, whether there's a no trespass letter or not.

Correct.

So if if if we um grant an extension of seven to fourteen days, nothing moves forward at this point.

And it sounds like the property manager would like things to move forward at this point.

So if we prove it as it is today with no extension, and we can communicate with her at length.

Right.

The process will will run its course.

You might want to, if you have a card with you, you might want to give her one of your cards before you leave.

Question.

Question, Mr.

Creel.

So I I just want to make sure if we move forward with them, I believe it would be at their cost, correct, not at the city's cost.

If we hire the property, the contractor to clean it up, yes, it would be at their cost.

Right.

They're gonna wind up getting about 30 days anyway, because what will happen?

This will come back to the council at the next meeting for adjudication.

And then it's what we want to be approached, contract, and that takes some time as well.

Okay, I just wanted on record that the property manager knows that if in the event the city sends someone out to clean it up, they're responsible for reimbursing the city at a at their cost.

That's correct.

It'll be added, it will be added back to the taxes once it's done as a special assessment.

And with the state law that is passed, when the owner goes in to pay the property taxes, we're supposed to pay the special assessment at the same time.

Same time, perfect.

Thank you.

Okay.

Mr.

Nail had a question.

Um, I think the homeless people are gone.

I walked that whole ground.

And I think they've been gone.

I think that's old stuff.

So I I think the homeless people are they're gone.

Any number of cats out there right now.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

So to the the apartment manager.

Still gonna take a little time.

There's still some time.

The process runs a course, cuts it's runs its course, but it'll be cleaned up.

It may be several weeks from now, but it'll be cleaned up.

Okay.

You're quite welcome.

All right.

Um else to speak on Elmwood Limited.

There's a motion, Mr.

President.

You got to clear up the motion.

What was I?

Mr.

Gray made a motion for 30 days.

There was no second, but he made those have a motion.

I'm going to withdraw my motion.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Glenn.

All right.

That being the case.

Anyone else here to speak on Elmwood Limited at 2020 Lawrence Avenue?

There being no one.

This hearing is over.

That brings us to the next item.

Item C.

Item C, 244 Elmer Street, Charles Riles, this is still in violation.

Is it just grass?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Mr.

Charles Riles or his agent perhaps to speak on 244 Elmer Street?

There being no one, this hearing is closed.

Next item D, please.

Item D 360 Lee Street.

Yin and Xin Wyn.

This is resolved.

Next, please.

Item E 376 Lee Street.

Same owners, this is also resolved.

Item F, please.

Item Fero Pine Street, Robert and Jeremiah Daly.

This property is still in violation.

That's just grass as well.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Is uh is Mr.

Robert M.

or Jeremiah R.

daily or their agents present to discuss zero pine street.

The zero designates that it's a vacant lot and that there's no address there.

All right.

There being no one, this hearing is closed.

Item G, zero base short, Robert and Jeremiah Daly again.

This one is resolved.

Okay.

Item H, 676 Division Street, monolith depths debt strategies.

This is still in violation.

Is anyone here representing monolith debt strategies?

LLC here to speak on the matter of 676 Division Street.

There being no one this hearing is closed.

Next item, please.

Item I, zero division street.

Same owners, this one is also still in violation.

Is there anyone to speak on zero division street from monolith debt strategies?

There being no one this hearing is closed.

Next, please.

Item J 176 summer place.

This property has been resolved.

That's a good thing.

Next item, please.

Item K 2475 Viator Place.

All right, is Sanjay Bakta or his agent present to speak on 2475 VietAh?

Thank you.

Please.

You're quite welcome.

There being no one, this hearing is closed.

Next item, please.

Item L, Zero Briarfield Avenue.

Pops Partners, this is also still in violation.

Is there anyone here from Pop's Partners to speak on the matter of Zero Briarfield Avenue?

There being no one, this hearing is closed.

Next item, please.

Item M, 311 Lake View Boulevard.

This property, this the violations have been resolved.

Question about that property, because it's in my ward.

And it is that house secure.

It is to my knowledge.

Okay.

It looks like I can see one window at least that isn't completely secured, but we have talked to the owner and there are some works for it to be sold.

Okay, that's an absentee owner, correct?

Are they in state or out of state?

I am unsure where she lives.

All right.

Thank you.

So that's that's been resolved.

If you don't mind, I'd request it.

Just code enforcement, go take a look in terms of whether the building is secure or not.

Thank you so much.

Next item, please.

Item N 27, I'm sorry, 257 Holly Street.

All right.

This property has been resolved.

The violations have been resolved.

Okay.

Item O, 243 Blue Eve, Silas Partman.

This is still in violation.

All right.

All right, is Silas Partman or a representative of that estate present to speak on 243 Blue Earth Drive?

There being no one this hearing is closed.

Last one, please.

Item P 772 Nixon Street, Community Baptist Church, Missionary Baptist Church.

This is still in violation.

Is uh this was also given an extension at the June 16th meeting.

Is there anyone here from community missionary Baptist Church to speak on the matter of 772 Nixon Street?

There being no one, this hearing is closed.

Thank you, Mrs.

Romage.

All right, that brings us to the routine agenda.

I'll entertain a motion.

So moved.

By Mr.

Creel.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Glavin.

Mr.

Creel, any comments?

Uh just uh I would like to abstain from the Curry Johnson invoices on this routine agenda.

All right.

Mr.

Glavin, anything?

No, I have nothing to note.

Any questions or comments from the council?

Um I do have um vendor number six four six two uh is listed now as Continental Republic.

And was it next half before that?

Did they change names?

They did.

Okay, I figure that's what it happened.

So they used to be.

So that's who it is.

Continental Republic is now uh is formerly known as next staff.

Thank you, okay.

And they're used it appears exclusively by the parks and recreation department, not other departments, which this month anyway.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

There being known, we'll call for the question on the routine agenda.

All in favor.

All opposed?

It's approved on a 7-0 vote.

For the uh clerk.

Now this is a point we've all been waiting for.

Anyone like to have the honors of making a motion to adjourn this meeting?

So moved.

Mr.

Creel's on the board again.

Second.

Second by Mr.

Glavin.

All in favor.

All opposed.

All right.

Um we'll take a 10-minute recess, five to ten minute recess, and we'll be back for a budget workshop.

Thank you all for attending today.

You're welcome to stick around for the budget workshop if you're dying to dying to know if you're still inquisitive.

Thank you.

I got some mics.

I wasn't even knowing.

Okay.

You know, I usually ask you.

Oh shit, yeah.

So uh eight T's left.

Okay.

Yeah, I'm going to get this one.

Are you thinking about this?

Oh yeah, that's why you're just that we're open.

I don't know.

Just know that it's a year after all the time.

And again, but we may not do it next year, but we need to.

Here's the easy.

I don't want to make that copy.

Oh that's right.