EMERGENCY MEETING AGENDA

August 30, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, of the following imminent threat to public health and safety or reasonably unforeseeable situation necessitating this emergency meeting:

Hurricane Harvey, a storm event that began on or about August 23, 2017 and is actively causing the displacement of the citizens of the City of Bevil Oaks due to mandatory evacuation and catastrophic intrusion of flood waters throughout the City has produced a City-wide emergency situation.  The impact and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has created dangerous physical conditions that are preventing the City’s citizens from using the road and highway infrastructure to return to the City and is currently preventing the City Council from meeting in a single physical location and from posting its customary notice.

The City Council will meet in an OPEN PUBLIC MEETING on Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 10:00 A.M. at the office of the City Attorney, Dru Montgomery, The Heartfield Law Firm, 2195 Dowlen Road, Beaumont, Texas 77706 to consider the following matters:

1. Call the meeting to order
2. Roll call (both for members physically present and present through the use of teleconference)
3. ACTION ON ONLY THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
   1. To discuss, vote on and implement a plan for the continuity of functions of the City Council, including but not limited to suspension of the quorum requirements, pursuant to the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code (“Texas Disaster Act”). (Requested by City Attorney)
   2. Declare a quorum pursuant to provisions of the Texas Disaster Act. (Requested by City Attorney)
   3. To discuss, vote on and authorize the issuance of a declaration of a local state of disaster relating to the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Harvey pursuant to the Texas Disaster Act. (Requested by City Attorney)
4. Adjourn Meeting

_/s/ Rebecca M. Ford (signed with permission by M. Dru Montgomery)_

Rebecca M. Ford, Mayor

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above City of Bevil Oaks, Texas – City Council EMERGENCY MEETING AGENDA is a true copy of said Notice and has been posted on the City’s official website, www.cityofbeviloaks.com. 

Further, due to the dangerous situation referenced above, posting in the City’s customary locations noted in the following list is not physically possible and would not provide notice to any of the City’s citizens:

• City of Bevil Oaks Office at 7525 Sweetgum Road, Bevil Oaks, Texas
• City of Bevil Oaks Bulletin Board at 7390 Sweetgum Road, Bevil Oaks Texas
• Community Bulletin Board, Sweetgum Road at Highway 105, Bevil Oaks, Texas

 The only place being convenient and readily accessible to the general public is the City’s website.  Said NOTICE WAS POSTED at www.cityofbeviloaks.com on August 30, 2017, BEFORE 11:30 P.M., remaining posted continuously for at least two hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.  

_/s/ Rebecca M. Ford (signed with permission by M. Dru Montgomery)_

Rebecca M. Ford, Mayor