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Port Arthur council directs attorney to prepare resolution for Prince Hall Apartments' housing-finance powers
Summary
At a special executive session in July 2025, the Port Arthur City Council instructed the city attorney to draft a resolution ratifying and consenting to TXPHV LP's continued exercise of powers under Chapter 394 of the Texas Local Government Code for Prince Hall Apartments at 934 West 14th Street.
At a special executive session in July 2025, the Port Arthur City Council instructed the city attorney to prepare a resolution that would ratify and consent to TXPHV LP continuing to exercise powers granted to a housing finance corporation under Chapter 394 of the Texas Local Government Code for Prince Hall Apartments, located at 934 West 14th Street in Port Arthur.
The motion was made by Council member Lewis during the public reconvening after the closed executive session. Council member Lewis moved “to instruct the city attorney to prepare a resolution that ratifies and consents TXPHV LP to continue exercising power granted to the housing finance corporation under chapter 394 of the Texas Local Government Code as amended by the 89th Texas Legislature for the Prince Hall Apartments located at 934, West Fourteenth Street, Port Arthur, Texas.” The motion was seconded and the council voted in favor; the mayor declared, “The ayes have it.”
The council conducted the decision immediately after a closed executive session called under sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act. City officials listed closed-session topics in the meeting notice and at the start of the executive session; those items included economic development negotiations ("Project Labrador"); multiple legal matters and case references involving the City of Port Arthur; an EDA grant; 2025 CDBG grant allocations; matters relating to the Summit at Prince Hall Apartments (requested by Council member Lewis); personnel items including duties and responsibilities of the city attorney and the status of the fire chief replacement (requested by Council member Beckham); and a matter involving the Sabine Navigation District. No substantive details of those closed-session discussions were disclosed in open session.
The council did not state a timeline in open session for when the drafted resolution will return for formal public consideration. The next publicly stated action was the direction to the city attorney to prepare the resolution; the meeting record shows the council then adjourned the executive session.
