Jul 20, 2021 City Council

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 20TH, 2021.

WE WILL BEGIN BY ASKING THE CITY SECRETARY TO CALL THE ROLL.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> SITTING IN THE CITY CHAMBER REMAINS LIMITED TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THERE ARE STILL MANY RESIDENTS IN OUR HIGH-RISK POPULATION.

FORM THOSE REASONS WE WILL CONTINUE ALLOWING CITIZENS PARTICIPATION THROUGH VIDEOCONFERENCING. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN WATCH THE EMEETING PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT WWW.VICTORIATX.GOV/TALKTOCOUNCIL

>>> THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT RANGING FROM WATCHING ON TV OR SPEAKING OBCITIZEN COMMENTS THROUGH ZOOM. FOR THOSE CITIZENS THAT WISH TO SPEAK IN PERSON TO THE COUNCIL, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION DURING A PUBLIC HEARING WE ASK THAT YOU

[B. Communication:]

THE OATH OF OFFICE AND APRIL WILL. >> THEM, THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE THE OFFICIAL OATH OF OFFICE GIVEN TO I MAYOR BALK IMIEGHT.

I -- BAUKNIGHT. >> OH, GOOD. IF YOU WOULD, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, JEFF BAUKNIGHT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE]

>> OKAY, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO SIGN YOUR. >> OKAY, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION. IN THE ABSENCE OF JEANNE MORRISON SHE HAS ASKED MAYOR-ELECT BAUKNIGHT'S DAUGHTERS TO PRESENT THE FLAG. THE TEXAS FLAG HEREWITH IS PRESENTED TO HONORABLE JEFF BAUKNIGHT BY JEANNE W. MORRISON IN HONOR OF HIS SWEARING IN AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THE FLAG WAS FLOWN OVER THE CAPITOL OF THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF TEXAS IN WITNESS THEREOF AND PURSUANT TO TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED UNTO ME I SET MY HAND AT SEAL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ASSIGNED BY JEANNE MORRISON. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. >> IF Y'ALL INDULGE ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES I HAVE A COUPLE OF

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Y'ALL KEEPP ME GROUNDED BY MY NIGHTS AT STUDENT COUNCIL. YOU LOVE AND SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR MY PARENTS FOR TEACHING MY VALUES SUPPORTING ME IN WHATEVER ENDEAVOR I CHOOSE AND CAMPAIGNING FOR ME THANK YOU TO MY SISTERS ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY IN-LAWS WHO CAME IN FROM FORT WORTH TONIGHT AND DEAR FRIENDS, BYRON, LAURIE, JACKSON, TELLA, MIKE, LYNN, JORDAN AND SAM GEESELER, BLAIR, CHRISTIE CULLEN, JACK AND JEANNE MORRISON.

EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLES HAS BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME AND EXTREMELY GOOD AT KEEPING ME GROUNDED AND REMINDING ME WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO REPRESENTATIVE MORRISON FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO BE A CIVIL IS HAVEN'T.

SHE IS DEFINITELY THE GOLD STANDARD. ALSO, THANK YOU TO DR. DELOSS SANTOS. THANK YOU TO LUPE CARDENAS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE PAST 17 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR JUDGE ERNST I'M SO HONORED AND ELATED THAT YOU AGREED TO SWEAR ME IN TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO MY COWORKERS AT THE BUSINESS THAT SUPPORT ME BY BEING GREAT PEOPLE AND HELPING WHEN I NEED TO LEAVE OFFICE FOR CITY BUSINESS.

AND THANK YOU TO THE NEARLY 5,000 CITIZENS THAT VOTED IN THE JULY 3RD ELECTION.

AND A BIG THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. I SAID NUMEROUS TIME TEMPERATURE THE CAMPAIGN THAT THIS IS THE BEST COUNCIL I HAVE SERVED WITH DURING THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.

I AM HAPPY TO CONTINUE SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT, DISCUSSIONS AND TML TRAININGS WE HAVE SHARED TOGETHER.

TONIGHT I WANT TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE ONE PERSON, MAYOR PRO-TEM,GES FEIN SOLIZ.

MS. SOLIS ROSE FOLLOWING MAYOR MCCOY'S UNEXPECTED PASSING. SHE HAS DISPLAYED A TRUE CIVIL SERVANTED HEART, THE ENTIRE CITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE WONDERFUL JOB SHE DID FILLING THAT ROLE.

AS A SMALL TOKEN OF THE APPRECIATION FELT BY MANY I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GAVEEL DE NOTING THE TIME YOU LED THE CITY COUNCIL, ADDITIONALLY FLOWERS FROM ME TO LET YOU KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I VALUE OUR FRIENDSHIP. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORKING WITH ME AND GOING TO MISS BEING YOUR SEATMATE. I'M READY TO SERVE ADDRESS MAYOR THANK YOU, AGAIN.

GET A PICTURE WITH JOSIE AND WE'LL GET STARTED WITH BUSINESS. [APPLAUSE]

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS LAST FIVE MONTHS.

I JUST DON'T HAVE WORDS TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE TRUST AND YOU KNOW, THEY PLACED ON ME.

AND I'M HOPING THAT I DID EVERYBODY PROUD. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS LONG WINDED ENOUGH TORE ME, SO LET'S GET DOWN TO THE CITY'S BUSINESS.

FEEL FREE IF Y'ALL WANT. THAT WAS YOUR CUE, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO

CLEAR EVERYBODY OUT. >> THANK YOU ALL, LOVE Y'ALL. >> SERVE GOING TO HAVE DINNER IN

YOUR HONOR. >> YES, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE SUPPER.

THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE'RE GOING START WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

MR. GARZA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCE NBCS FOR THIS EVENING? >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BAUKNIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS NO FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF CITY ADMINISTRATION AND OVER 630 EMPLOYEES WE HAVE WITH THE ORGANIZATION, WE WANT TO SAY

CONGRATULATIONS AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. >>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.

>> ANY PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION? >> NO, SIR.

>> OKAY. >> SO ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM COUNCIL?

>> NO? >> NO. >> OKAY.

GOOD, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, JUST LIKE I LIKE IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. IT CAN EITHER BE DONE IN PERSON OR THROUGH VIDEOCONFERENCE.

FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS TO DO VIDEOCONFERENCE IT IS VICTORIATX.GOV/TALKTOCOUNCIL AND

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PLEASE SILENCE ANY CELL PHONE, TELEVISION OR OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE IF YOU'RE ON-LINE.

THAT IS GENERALLY A PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL NOT TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS MADE DURING THIS TIME, BUT CITY STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FOLLOW UP AS NEEDED. WE HAVE THREE COMMENT CARDS TONIGHT IS THERE ANYBODY ON-LINE MR. FOOTE? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING START WITH

MICHAEL VON DERHOFF. >>> GOOD E, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND CONGRATULATIONS BEING MAYOR

THIS TIME. >>> THANK YOU. >> AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK OFFICER KENIMORE, HE WORKS THE TRAILER PARK FROM TIME TO TIME. AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE ABUSING THEIR ANIMALS. AND THERE ARE TWO SIBERIAN HUSKIES PRACTICALLY DEAD.

AND THEY WEREN'T BEING FED AND THEY WERE TRAPPED UNDER SOME FURNITURE.

AND ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME AND RESCUED THEM.

AND ANIMAL CONTROL REACHED OUT TO SOMEONE AND N CANADA AND NOW THEY'RE SLED DOGS.

THEY'RE DOING GOOD, YOU KNOW. THEY DON'T BELONG IN THIS HOT HEAT IN TEXAS.

MAY BELONG IN ALASKA OR CANADA SO I DO APPRECIATE OFFICER KENIMORE AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL.

AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO DETECTIVE COLLINS FOR GETTING THE NEW CRIME STOPPERS OUT.

I THINK IT IS MUCH APPROVED AND I ENJOY LOOKING AT. AND I THINK THERE IS A ABOUT 20 UNSOLVED MURDERS IN VICTORIA THERE IS NOT A SHORTAGE OF WORK TO DO.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN MR. BAUKNIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, AND NEXT UP WE HAVE DR. STARKY. >> THANK YOU.

I WANTED TO BRIEFLY COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE MONEY AVAILABLE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. ONE OF THE -- AND I DID FILL OUT THE THING ON-LINE.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO COME TO THE COUNCIL INSTEAD OF TALKING TO Y'ALL INDIVIDUALLY, AND I HAVE LESS THAN 2:42, I JUST NEED ABOUT $10 MILLION FOR WHAT I WANT TO DO.

>>> WE ALL DO. >> YEAH, MINP MALAMOUNT. NO, THIS IS IN THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT. I HAD TALKED TO SOMEBODY WHO HAD COME INTO THE CLINIC A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WHERE THEY WORKED THEY SAID THEY WORK AT A WATER PARK NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. AND THEY SAID ONLY PEOPLE I'LL SEE OVER THERE IN THE WATER PARK EVERY DAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY SAID, SHE SAID ABOUT TWO OR THREE,000, BUT SOME DAYS IT IS MORE BUSY AND WE SEE ABOUT 5,000. WE HAVE ABOUT 5,000 GUESTS AND I'M LIKE, INTERESTING. HOW MUCH DO THEY CHARGE TO GET IN THERE AND SHE SAID $28.

BUT SOME PEOPLE GET IN A LITTLE CHEAPER AND I'M LIKE, 2,000 TIMES 28, THAT IS $56,000 A DAY.

AND IT IS OPEN FROM MAY TO OCTOBER. AND SHE SAID, WELL, WE MAKE MONEY OFF CONCESSIONS, TOO. IT IS NOT JUST THAT MUCH. AND THEY HAVE AN RV PARK THAT IS VERY POPULAR YEARAROUND. AND I'M THINKING AND SHE SAYS, I HOPE -- THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT ANYWAY. SAID YEAH, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT OPENING NUN BAY CITY AND I STARTED THINKING, WHY COULD THE CITY OF VICTORIA DO SUCH A LANDMARK SIGNATURE PROJECT THAT WE COULD BRING 2 TO 5,000 PEOPLE A DAY INTO OUR TOWN.

WE COULD HAVE AN RV PARK. WE COULD HAVE NICE RV SITES AND INDIAN TEPEES AND VINTAGE TRAILER AND SO FUNNY WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT THIS AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND SOME ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS. BUT THERE IS SEEMS TO BE INTEREST IN IT. BUT YOU KNOW IT IS FUNNY HOW OFTEN PEOPLE FROM VICTORIA GO TO SPLASHWAY TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. AND WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE TO YOU IS LET'S LOOK AT THIS.

IT IS AN EXPENSIVE THING. BUT IT COULD BRING A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE TO VICTORIA.

IT COULD PUT US ON THE MAP. IF WE PUT IT IN A VISIBLE PLACE LIKE ALONG 59, PEOPLE WOULD BE DRIVING BY AND SEEING THE WATER PARK AND THE TEPEES AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF GOING ON.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD ASK, IS IF THAT IS SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER, IS A TOURISM PART OF THE ARPA THAT WE START A COMMITTEE AND LOOK INTO IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU DR. STARKY. >> AND OUR FINAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM MR. KENNY JONES. THAT GUY IS ALL THE, ISN'T HE.

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>> CONGRATULATIONS MR. MAYOR. AND I'VE GOT FIVE SHORT MINUTES TO GIVE YOU A 30-MINUTE PROPOSAL. I'M JUST GOING GET RIGHT INTO IT.

I WAS ENCOURAGED TO COME BY OUR GREAT CITY MANAGER AND HIS ASSISTANT.

SO HERE I AM. I MET TODAY WITH PASTORS AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER NON-PROFIT AGENCIES AND THE LEADERS THAT RUN THOSE AGENCIES. TWO YEARS AGO THE CITY CAME TO ME WITH ACTUALLY MR. GARZA CAME TO ME OF PUTTING A DAY CENTER ON OUR PROPERTY TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT ON THE STREETS. AT THE TIME I WAS ALL FOR IT, THERE WERE SOME, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT CAME IN THE WAY AND COVID CAME AND JUST CAME BY THE WAYSIDE. BUT NOW THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN. AND I HAVE GONE ON-LINE AND APPLIED FOR FUNDING THROUGH THES ARE SKEW PLAN ACT. I THINK THAT NOW WE ARE READY AND WHAT WHAT I'M DOING IS GETTING THE CHURCHES AROUND THE COMMUNITY TO BACK ME ON THIS.

AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO MEET NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS ABOUT INITIAL FUNDING OF $150,000 TO GET THE BUILDING AND PUT IT ON OUR PROPERTY. FROM THEN ON OUT WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS OURSELVES.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCHES IN THIS COMMUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.

IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING BE SURPRISED AT HEARING ME SAY. THAT BUT THAT IS THE TRUTH. IT IS GOD GAVE US THAT MISSION AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO FUND IT ALL WE SNEED A LITTLE HELP TO GET STARTED. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE JUST ANOTHER PLACE FOR FOLKS TO COME AND HANG OUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THAT IMPRESSION THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER. THIS WILL BE A CENTER THAT CHANGESES PEOPLE'S LIVE.

MOVE THEM FROM HOMELESSNESS. MOVE THEM FROM MENTAL HEALTH TO GET THEM INTO SELF-SUFFICIENT LIFE. SO THAT THEY'RE NOT DEPENDENT UPON US.

I DON'T WANT TO BE DEPENDENT UPON ANYBODY. TWIENTD DO WHAT I NEED TO DO AND I DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT I NEED TO DO.

AND I KNOW MOST OF THESE FOLKS OUT OF FEAR AND OUT OF THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN ANY LONGER.

WE NEED TO STEP IN AND HELP. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I WAS IN THAT CONDITIONING MYSELF. AND I HAD A HAND-UP. I DON'T WANT THE A HANDOUT.

THEY DON'T WANT A HANDOUT. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. WE WANT A DAY CENTER THAT CAN ENCOMPASS ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY BUT NOT SPREAD OUT AND ORGANIZED AND WE NEED A PLACE PEOPLE CAN COME AND GET THE HELP THEY NEED AND GET THEM OUT OF THAT SITUATION.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT HELPS THEM REMAN ON THEETTE VIDEOS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER A NEW PROGRAM, A NEW PLACE FOR THEM TO GET A NEW START AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT ON-LINE, PLEASE GIVE IT YOUR

CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU. >>> THANK YOU, MR. JONES.

>>> ALL RIGHT NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS FROM CITIZENS. SO WE'LL GO INTO ITEMS WITH

PUBLIC HEARINGS. >> ITEM C1 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AN NEXT CANDIDATE

[1. Approve the annexation of two tracts of land totaling approximately 12...]

>>> WE DO HAVE IF MAP UP ON THE SCREEN THIS IS AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES FOR THE

NEXT PHASES OF LAKE FOREST. AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >>> OKAY.

AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM C1 PLEASE STEP FORWARD. SEEING NOBODY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING. AND INTERTAKEN A MOTION. >> SO MOVEED.

SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. SOLIS AND A SECOND BY DR. YOUNG, ANY

DISCUSSION THON ITEM? >> NO. I'LL CALL THE QUESTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN, THANK

YOU. >> ITEM C2 IS DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE BY THE

[2. Discuss and Approve an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Vi...]

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THIS TEAM IS AN EMERGENCY MEETING TONIGHT. >>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL I DO HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF PRESENTATION FOR YOU. I FIGURE YOU'D LIKE THAT,

WOULDN'T YOU? >> WE HAVE MICROPHONE CONTROL OVER HERE, FLIGHT.

>> IT IS RIGHT OVER HERE, MAYOR. NO, AS WE RECALL EVERY TIME THIS PAST CIP PROGRAM, ONE OF OPTIONS IN STRATEGY IS TO LOOK FOR AN OPPORTUNITIES TO REFINANCE BONDS AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD. WE'VE DONE THIS EVERY YEAR AND LOOKING AT THE HELP OF DUSTY WITH RBC, HE'S HERE TO ADD MORE INFORMATION. HOPE I DON'T TAKE US DOWN THEIR WAY. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TO REFINANCE A SET OF BONDS.

WE'VE TAKEN OUR SERIES 2012 UTILITY BOND AND PRINCIPAL BALANCE $4.2 MILLION.

AND AVERAGE OF 3.39% AND FLIP IT OVER TO FINANCE ANOTHER BOND AND SELLING AT 2021 AT A LOWER COUPON RATE ABOUT 1.5% WHICH COMES OUT TO A PRESENT VALUES SAVING ABOUT $321,000.

WHICH OVERALL BY 7%. WE HAVE A MARK AND WE LIKE TO DO ANYTHING ABOVE 3 OR ABOVE, NOTHING BELOW THAT. DUSTY IS GOING TO ADD MORE INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT I

JUST SAID. DUSTY, WOULD YOU MIND? >> THANK YOU.

MAYOR BAUKNIGHT, FOR REST MY NAME IS DUSTY TAYLOR. WE HAVE THE HONOR IS OF SERVE AS CITY OF VICTORIA FINANCIAL ADVISER. FOR THE MOST PART GILBERT STOLE

MOST OF MY THUNDER. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> THE DATA BEFORE YOU TALKS ABOUT THE REFUNDING ANALYSIS AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS WITH AS GILBERT INDICATED THOSE SERIES 2012 UTILITY BONDS ARE OUTSTANDING AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 3.39%.

AND IN TODAY'S MARKET, WHO WOULD BE LOOKING AT AN TRA RATE OF 1.55%, 1.55% TO REFINANCE THOSE BONS AND ACHIEVE A NET SAVINGS OF $332 THOITION. THAT WORKS OUT TO AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY $30,000 PER YEAR BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINAL MATURITY OF THOSE BONDS.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS REFINANCING IS A STRAIGHT YEAR-FOR-YEAR REFINANCING.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE FINAL MATURITY. THESE BONDSND MATURE IN FISCAL YEAR 2032 AND WHEN THEY WILL RETIRE IN 2032. WE'RE GOING KEEP THAT THE SAME.

IT IS A GREAT TIME TO BE IN THE MARKET. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN INTEREST RATES HAVE ACTUALLY KINDS OF CONTINUED TO MOVE IN OUR FAVOR HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS. WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS INTO THE MARKET AND LOCK IN

THOSE RAIDS HERE VERY QUICKLY. >> USUALLY WE DO A HIGHER TYPE OF REFUNDING BUT I'LL TAKE ANY

NICKEL AND DIME. $300 THOUSAND IS A GOOD DEAL. >>> THAT IS PART OF THIS IS THESE BONDS ARE ALREADY OUTSTANDING AT A PRETTY LOW RATE, YOU KNOW, 3.39% ON THOSE OUTSTANDING BONDS IS ALREADY A NICE RATE. BUT IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. AND THIS SOMETHING YOU AS A COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF JUMPING ON THESE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY COME UP.

>> THANK YOU, MR. TRAYLOR AND MR. REYNA, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? NO. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING THEN? ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM C2 PLEASE STEP FORWARD. MR. GILL? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ONE STEP FORWARD WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>>> MAKE A MOTION. >>> SECOND. >> OKAY, MOTION FROM MR. DELAGARZA AND SECOND FROM MS. SOLIZ. THANK YOU THERE REYNA FOR ALWAYS BRINGING THESE FORWARD TO US AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY AND SAVING US MONEY,

APPRECIATE IT. ALL KNOWS FAVOR. >>> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. >> ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

>> ITEM D1 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 6TH 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ITEM D2 IS ADOPTION OF THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEDMENTS WITH THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

>>> I MOVE WE ADOPT THE CONSENT JEAG SECOND. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, WE HAVE A FIRST BY MS. SCOTT AND SECOND BY DR. YOUNG. ALL THESE IN FAVOR?

AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED? >> THANK YOU.

[1. Approve the third renewal of a contract with Yellowstone Landscaping f...]

ONTO E1. >> ITEM E1 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE THIRD RENEWAL OF A CONTRACT WITHIOL LESTONE LANDSCAPING FOR MOWING IN THE AMOUNT OF $394,5957.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IF YOU'LL NOTICE I PUT A DUCK UP THERE BECAUSE IT

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THE CONTRACT WITH YELLOWSTONE LANDSCAPING. THIS IS THEIR THIRD AND FINAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT. THE ORIGINAL ACCURATE WAS $331,000 985 IN 2019.

AND IN 2020 WE ADDED $15,072 TO THE CONTRACT AND WE ADDED FIVE ADDITIONAL SITES.

AND I WANT TO GO OVER -- WON'T GO OVER THOSE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND 2021 WHICH IS THIS YEAR, WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER SEVEN SITES TO THE CONTRACT THAT HAVE COME UP OVER THE, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE ON, WE FIND OTHER PLACES. WE'VE ADDED THEM TO INCREASE OUR EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR MOWING IN OUR EASE SEATICS OF OUR CITY. AND THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL $47,900. IN SMUR, WE RECOMMEND THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $394957.

>> TY JACKET COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LINE. >> OKAY.

>> WHAT IS EXACT LOCATION OF THE WEST GOODWIN OUTMALL. >> LET ME LOOK.

I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THOSE MAPS WITH ME. >> THAT WOULD BE IN DISTRICT 1.

>> LET ME SEE. >> BEAR WITH ME. >> HE WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO

FIND A GOOD PICTURE OF A DUCK, JUST MISSED REVIEWING THE MAP. >> I'VE GOT LIKE 300 MAPS.

IF I COULD. >> WE CAN TALK AFTER. >> YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, GOING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OF WAL-MART THE OTHER DAY, I NOTICED THE OUTFALL RIGHT THERE IS VERY, VERY DIRTY. WHO IS DOING THAT ONE?

>> WE GET TO THOSE AND I'LL GET WITH THE STREET DOAPT CLEAN THOSE OUT.

WE DO CLEAN THOSE PERIOD MAGICALLY THE ONE IN FRONT OF WAL-MART AND GOES ALL THE WAY

THROUGH THE MALL WE DO CLEAN THOSE OUT. >> OKAY, BECAUSE ONE LOOKS.

>> WE'LL GET THAT ON TASK. >>> UH-HUH. >>> I WILL JUST PUT IN WE ALSO IN FRONT OF TARGET THAT GETS CLEANED THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

>>> OKAY. OKAY, APPRECIATE IT. >> ONE MORE QUESTION, THERE WAS -- THERE IS AN OUTFALL. PLEASANT GREEN, ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY, THAT ONE THAT GOES THAT WAY. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT ONE AGAIN.

>>> THAT ONE WOULD BE JIM BRANCH. >> THAT ONE NEEDS ATTENTION.

>> OKAY. >> I JUST DROVE BY THERE. >> A LOT OF THEM RIGHT NOW, TO BE HONEST ARE REALLY GETTING GROWN BECAUSE OF THE RAINS, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE READY TO GET THEM

STARTED AS SOON AS WE GET THIS ONE APPROVED TONIGHT. >>> AND WE COMPLETELY

UNDERSTAND. >> THAT WAS THE DUCK WAS THERE. >> IT WOULD BE BIGGER THAN IF

DUCK. >>> THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE MOST SKITED TOW CONTROL LAST WEEK. THEY WENTTO FROM REALLY THICK TO GONEP.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM E-1.

>> SO MOVE. >>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION BY

MS. SOLIZ AND A SECOND BY MR. DE LA GARZA. >> ANY DISCUSSION?

HEARING NONE, CALL TO QUESTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM E2.

[2. An ordinance amending Chapters 5 and 9 of the Victoria City Code by ad...]

>>> ITEM E TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS OF 5 AND 9 OF THE VICTORIA CITY CODE BY ADOPTING 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE SERIES AS AMENDED. THIS IS ON SECOND AND THIRD

READING. >> I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND DUE TO THE

CHANGES WE DISCUSSED A LAST MEETING. >> CAN YOU HOLD OFF ON THAT ONE,

FIRST, I THINK MS. SOLIZ HAS A DIFFERENT MOTION. >>> I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD, OR I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE CHANGE THIS FROM A SECOND AND THIRD READING TO A SECOND READ SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

AND WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. >> SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT?

IS THAT A MOTION YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

>>> I SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? >> NO.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >>> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED?

>> OKAY. SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ITEM NOW AND IS THERE MAKE THE YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT RIGHT NOW? OR ARE YOU GOOD?

>> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SKYLIGHTS, I THINK TOM HATS A LOT MORE

ANSWERS FOR Y'ALL. >>> THE FIRE MARSHALL DISCUSSED SOME CHANGES THE LAST MEETING.

AMENDMENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE. >> THOSE AMENDMENTS, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, THOSE WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK THAT ARE CHANGES FROM

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THE INITIAL SUBMITTAL FROM NEXT MEETING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE

CHANGES. >> I SECOND THAT. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

SECOND TO AMEND IT AS SECTIONS 9394 RIGHT. >> AS PRESENTED.

>> I HAVE TO TURN ON MY MICROPHONE. MAYOR BAUKNIGHT, MR. LEGLER HAS SUBMITTED CHANGES THAT YOU ARE ALL SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU HERE AND MR. GARZA'S AMENDMENT WOULD INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY JUST FOR MR. LEGLER TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE. IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO READ ALL OF THEM NECESSARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT. WE COULD STREAMLINE THAT WAY.

BUT I THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR HIM. >> OKAY.

>> SECTION 93 IT TALKS OBTAIN DELETIONS TO THE CODE ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE RES TRO ACTIVE SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND OTHER FACILITIES LIKE THAT. IN ORDER TO DELETE THAT FROM THE CODE, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY REMOVE IT FROM SECTION 94 AND ADD IT TO SECTION 93. UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY THE CHAPTERS ARE SET OUT IT IS CUMBERSOME. BUT INSTEAD OF AMENDING IT WE'RE ACTUALLY DELETING I. WE'RE DELETE IT FROM ONE SUCCESSION AND ADD IT TO ANOTHER SECTION. THE OTHER ONE IS JUST TO CLEAN UP A DEFINITION FOR SPECIAL EVENT TERMIT TO -- PERMIT TO WHERE WE SPECIAL PERMITS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR STADIUMS ATHLETIC OWE VENTS, PARADES, LARGE FACILITIES WERE THAT IS NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> I THINK I ALREADY MADE A PROCEDURAL ERROR.

I DON'TP HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ON THE SECOND READ SO THERE IS NOTHING TO AMEND.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SO. >> SO WE NEED A MOTION TO

APPROVE ITEM E2. >> MOTION APPROVE ITEM E2. >>> SECOND.

>> COMMOTION A SECOND AND NOW MR. DELAGARZA REMAKE THE MOTION. >>> MOTION TO AMEND.

>> AS PRESENTED BY THE FIRE MARSHALL. >> BY MR. LEGLER.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? NO? OKAY. ALL KNOWS FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED? >> OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM E2 AS AMENDED. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YES, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU DID ON THE POWERPOINT, THE POINT YOU'RE REFERENCING, THE HIGH RISK OPERATIONS. CAN YOU GIVE US A DEFINITION AGAIN SO THAT WAY WE ARE CLEAR ON WHAT THE HIGH RISK DEFINITION IS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE REQUESTING THAT WE GET PERMITS, OPERATIONAL PERMITS.

>> SO WHAT I'M CLASSIFIED AS HIGH-RISK OPERATION, IT VARIES. THERE IS NOT JUST ONE SIMPLE DEFINITION. FOR EXAMPLE, A HIGH-PILE STORE STORAGE WOULD BE STORAGE GREATER THAN 12 FEET. WHEN IT EEXCEEDS 2500 SQUARE FEET OF STORAGE SPACE.

SO ONE OR TWO SHELVES ABOVE 12 FEET IS NOT THAT MUCH, DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT.

BUT AS YOU EXPAND INTO A HIGH PILE STORAGE WAREHOUSE. FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE. THEY ARE THRESHOLDS IS WHERE THEY STAND AS OPPOSED TO THE TYPE OF LIQUID WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK FOR LET'S SAY GASOLINE IS LOWER THAN DIESEL BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT HAZARDS. THERE IS NOT ONE SPSK WAY OF DOING IT. I DO HAVE INFORMATION I CAN PROVE WHERE I DO AS FAR AS WHAT

THE THRESHOLDS ARE FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HAZARDS. >> OKAY, AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO SECTION 105.5.39, IT READS THAT IN OPERATIONAL PERMANENT SIT REQUIRED TO OPERATE A PLACE A BAR, A NIGHTCLUB, A DRIMPGING ESTABLISHMENT OR SIMILAR BUSINESSES RELATING THE STATUS, WITHOUT STATUS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS A HIGH RISK OPERATION.

>> THAT IS ACTUALLY, WE AMENDED THAT IN THE ACTUAL FIRE CODE THERE ARE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY WHICH IS MORE BROAD WHICH INCLUDES HOUSES OF WORSHIP WHICH INCLUDES STADIUMS AND MOVIE

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>> IN ADDITION, TYPICALLY THE LIGHTS ARE LOWER. TO MORE UNSAFE LOCATION.

WE'RE ALREADY DOING TYPICALLY FIRE INSPECTIONS EVERY YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF ON BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS THIS PROVIDES US AN ABILITY TO GO THROUGH WITH THEIR SAFETY PLANS, THEIR SAFETY PROCEDURES. HOW IS THE STAFF GOING TO RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY AND

VERIFY THAT IS BEING DONE. >> OKAY AND IT ALSO STATES THAT THAT -- IT IS S THE PERMIT

REVOKABLE 1234. >> YES. >> SO IF THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE, HOW SOON WOULD THEY GET BACK THEIR PERMIT OR WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO OPEN UP AGAIN?

>> DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VIOLATION IS. AND BEFORE WE EVEN REVOKE IT THERE ARE STEPS THAT WE HAVE. AND WE WORK WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND WE WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES TO TRY TO GAIN COMPLIANCE THROUGH EDUCATION. JUST LIKE OUR INSPECTIONS NOW, WE GO THROUGH AND ONLY MAYBE GO BACK FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTES TO TRY TO GAIN COMPLIANCE. AS SOON AS THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED.

IF IT EVEN COMES DOWN THE POINT WE'VE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED A PERMIT, AS SOON AS WE GAIN ECOMPLIANCE WE WOULD REGAIN THAT ISSUE THAT PERMANENTITY AND THIS OPERATIONAL PERMANENT SIT IN ADDITION TO THE LETTER OF OCCUPANCY THAT ALL BUSINESSES HAVE TO HAVE, CORRECT?

>> THE OCCUPANT LOAD CERTIFICATES ARE ISSUED TO I BELIEVE ALL ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES, SO IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE IN A HIGH HAZARDOUS WAREHOUSE.

>> OKAY. >> IS THAT DIRECT. >> YES.

>> SO OCCUPANT CERTIFICATES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO OCCUPANCY. >> IT WOULD BE IN A

BAR/NIGHTCLUB. >> YES. >> OKAY.

>> FOR EXAMPLE IF WE HAVE A BAR/NIGHT CLUB THAT IS OPERATING IN LET'S SAY THEY'RE USING OPEN FLAMES THERE WITHOUT A PERMIT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OVEROCCUPANT LOAD

BUT INTRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WE NEED TO ADDRESS. >> OKAY.

AND WHO MAKES A DECISION TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO AS WHEN YOU GO IN THERE AND INSPECT? IS IT IS A PROCESS, WHAT IS THE

PROCESS? >> IT WILL BE A PROCESS, SIMILAR TO OUR FIRE INSPECTIONS ARE NOW.

WE GIVE THEM NOTICE AND ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF THE FIRE CODE IS THE REQUIREMENT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM NOTICE AND SET TIME FRAMES TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SHUT ANYBODY DOWN. BUT IF WE DON'T GAIN COMPLIANCE, JUST LIKE BEING ABLE TO WRITE A CITATION, JUST LIKE BEING ABLE TO WRITE A STOP WORK ORDER. THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER LACK OF BETTER TERM TOOL IN THE TOOL BOX IF WE HAVE SOMEONE NOT COMPLYING WITH US AND REFUSING TO COMPLY

WITH US. >> OKAY. >> AND THIS SECTION, YOU MENTIONED THE WORD "SAFETY PLANS" IS THAT REQUIRED NOW, A SAFETY PLAN OR ESCAPE PLAN?

>> THEY ARE REQUIRED IN THE FIRE CODE, YES THEY ARE. >> OKAY, THAT IS NOT AN UPDATE,

THAT IS A CONTINUANCE. >> RIGHT. >> IS THIS A NEW SECTION OF THE

CODE OR ONE WE'RE NOT DELETING THIS TIME AROUND? >> THIS IS A SECTION THAT TRADITIONALLY SINCE WE SWITCHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES IN 2000 WAS DELETED SO WE'RE JUST

NOT DELETING THESE SECTIONS NOW. >> AND WHAT IS THIS COST OF AN OPERATIONAL PERMANENT SIT IN

THERE ARE NO FEES FOR OPERATIONAL PERMIT. >> NO TEAS.

-- FEES. OKAY. >> SO EVEN IF THE STATE SAYS THEY'RE THEY CAN SELL ALCOHOL, THE STATE DOESN'T COME AND CHECK OUT THE ACTUAL BUILDING

NECESSARILY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY.

>> I THINK I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE WORKSHOP THAT A LOT OF THIS IS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND CAN HANDLE IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT IS INSIDE OR WHAT IS AROUND THAN JUST ME DRIVING UP TO THE BUILDING AND GOING, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. THAT IS A LOT OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND PROBABLY WHY THERE IS

NO FEE FOR IT, BECAUSE IT IS A BENEFIT TO US. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

WE WANT TO CAPPTURE THE INFORMATION IN THE PERMIT PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS AND CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT TO OUR RESPONDERS THAT MAY BE RESPONDING THERE AT 2 A.M. OR AT 4 A.M. OR WHEN NORMAL BUSINESSES NOT OPERATING OR WHEN THEY'RE AT A HIGH

OCCUPANT LOAD CAPACITY. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYWHERE QUESTIONS OR

DISCUSSION? >> MR. BAUKNIGHT, ONE ITEM, AGAIN A PROCEDURAL ITEM, I THINK

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THIRD READING IF SHE STILL DESIRES TO DO SO. >> YES, OKAY.

I MOVE THAT WE CHANGE THIS FROM A SECOND AND THIRD READING TO A SECOND READING AND THEN DO A

THIRD READING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. >> THANK YOU.

>> I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SPLIT IT AS WELL.

WE HAVE A SUPPOSE THAT IS AMENDED -- MOTION THAT IS AMENDED.

ALL APPROVE THAT. >>> I THINK I HAVE DOUBLE MOTIONS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT

WE'RE DOING. >> YES. >> I THINK WE'RE COVERED.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >>> THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CITY ITEMS FROM COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND NOW WE'RE ONTO CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

>> YES, SIR. GO EVENING AGAIN. WE HAVE TWO REPORTS FOR YOU THIS EVENING THE FIRST IS AN UPDATE FROM OUR BROADBAND COMMISSION THROUGH DARREK FARRELL FOR--

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OVER A YEAR AND A HALF I WENT TO HIS OFFICE AND SAID WHICH NEED HAVE A BROADBAND ISS SHOE AND NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND HE DIDN'T LOOK BACK SINCE. AND HERE WE.

>> ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF THE RESULT OR WHAT

YOU JUST SAY THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL THAT IS THE FIRST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THIS WAS NOT JUST MY WORK THIS WAS A GROUP OF FOLKS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

OUR BROADBAND COMMISSION GROUP AND STAKEHOLDER ISES AND EVERY OTHER PUBLIC ENTITY THAT WE COULD THINK OF THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR EXPERTISE.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. NOT ONLY TO HAVE THEM, BUT ALSO TO HAVE THEIR WILLINGS ON THE PARTICIPATE. AND ALL OF YOURS AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THAT WE DID WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS ATTRACTIVE OF A COMMUNITY IF NOT FOR YOU AND THESE OTHER FOLKS PUT INTO THIS EFFORT.

SO THANK YOU ALL. A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I DID GIVE YOU THIS PROCESS.

AND LET ME TELL YOU IN A YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE ONLY DONE THE TOP ROW.

SO IF THE PRESS RELEASE AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR HAVE LED YOU TO BELIEVE WE'RE DONE, WE'RE NOT WHICH HAVE A LITTLE FARTHER TO GO. I KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN FOLKS COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SIGN UP FOR SPARKLIGHT SERVICES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE READY BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT. SO I'LL TELL YOU WE HAVE VANITA RAM SHE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MIDDLE ROW, THE PROCESS WHERE WE ENGAGE IN A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE STUDY.

WE DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND HOMEWORK AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED.

WE'RE GOING TALK YOU AABLY, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PLUG, WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WE'RE GOING TALK TO YOU OBTAIN A SURVEY SO FAR THAT RECEIVED 680 RESPONSES. THE INTEREST AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. THAT IS THE PROCESS WE'RE FOLLOWING WITH COBBFENDLEY.

WITH SPARKLIGHT WE JUMP DOWN TO THE NEXT ROW AND GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THAT PROVIDER ENGAGEMENT AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HELP SPARKLIGHT IN MAKING SURE THEY GET THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH THE CHANNELS EASIER, FASTER, BETTER. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING BE TALKING WITH THEM HOW THEY ENSURE QUALITY OF SERVICE. HOW THEY ENSURE WE REMAIN A PRIORITY ON THEIR LIST, HOW WE STAY AS CONNECTED TO SPARKLIGHT AS THEY ARE TO US.

AND THE NATURE OF A TRUE PARTNERSHIP IN THAT AGREEMENT. SO THAT IS THE FULL PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING BOTH DIRECTIONS SO WHILE WE'VE BEEN WE'VE TAKEN TIME TO DO THAT FIRST ROW, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING IN TWO DIRECTIONS NOW. SO IF FIRST DIRECTION I'M GOING TO ASK MANY RAMM TO COME UP AND TALK WITH YOU OBTAIN THE COBBFENDLEY STUDY.

>> HI, MY NAME IS MONICA SILVER. AND THIS IS VANIFA RAMM. FIRST, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR BAUKNIGHT. COBBFENDSLEY WE'RE EXCITEDDED TO BE MART OF THIS BROADBAND COMMISSIONING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IF I COULD JUST TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COBBFENDLEY SO YOU KNOW WHO IS HELPING YOU IN THIS AREA ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE FIRST, I HAVE BEEN WITH COBBFENDLEY ALMOST 30 YARDS, ENGINEER AND MY BACKGROUND AL

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WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR OUR 41 YEARS SO WE ARE ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS AND RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION FOLKS AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE. YOU CAN SEE JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT TOGETHER OF OUR COMPANY. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THIS CITY AND THIS EFFORT. AND THEN ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, MY PARENTS ACTUALLY LIVE IN THIS AREA AND HAVE A BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA, SO MY PATIENTS WILL BE REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR TODAY WHEN I TOLD THEM I'M COMING HERE, THEY WERE LIKE, YES, WE NEED THE BROADBAND HERE.

IT IS GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT YOU IN

THIS EFFORT. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, AGAIN, I AM VINEETA RAMM AND I'M WITH COBBFENDSLEY AND I LEAD THE BROADBAND SERVICE WITH OUR COMPANY. I'M GOING GET INTO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. OUR PLAN DURING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PHASE IS TO ENGAGE EVERY STAKEHOLDER POSSIBLE, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS, AND PLAN FOR A FIBER NET PORK WHICH WILL ADDRESS ALL THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE SO FAR AND THEN BASED ON A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN WHICH UTILIZES ALL THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, WE WILL GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE WHICH WILL BE THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. RIGHT NOW PER THE SCHEDULE WE ESTIMATING THAT WE'LL HAVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPLETED BY END OF AUGUST.

AND I THINK TENTATIVELY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PLANS TO GO OVER THE FINDINGS OF OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THE SEPTEMBER 7TH COUNCIL MEETING. NEXT.

SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WHICH WE ARE LOOKING INTO IS WHERE THE CHALLENGES ARE WITH THE ADOPTION. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE NON-ADOPTERS ARE NOT PRESCRIBES FOR -- SUBSCRIBING FOR THE BROADBAND ON THE MAP. THE DARKTER COLOR GETS, THE LESSER THE BROADBAND SUBSCRIPTION IS AND LESSTER ADOPTION IS.

THERE COULD BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS LIKE LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, QUALITY OF THE SERVICE BEING ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE FINDING OUT THROUGH THE SURVEY.

LACK OF OPTIONS AND THE CURRENT PRICING. AND I WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE SURVEY DAREC JUST MENTIONED ABOUT.

IT JUST OPENED A FEW DAYS BACK AND IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN 675 RESPONSES ALREADY. BUT JUST LOOKING AT THESE FOUR SUMMARY SLIDES WE HAVE PUT UP, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS, THE QUALITY OF THE CONNECTIVITY IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS. THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COVERAGE OF AVAILABILITY S HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. AND ALSO, THE INTERNET PRICING

HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS. >> I WANT TO MENTION THAT THE SURVEY WILL BE COMPLETED ON THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH AND AS SOON AS THE SURVEY IS COMPLETED THE SUMMARY WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE COMPANY'S BROADBAND PAGE. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE WITH DARREK'S HELP MADE SURE WE REACH THE COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY WHERE THE ADOPTION IS LOWER. AND WE ARE ENGAGING WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS TO GET TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND GET THEM TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY. SO WE BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN. TO TOUCH BASE REGARDING THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, I MEAN WE ALL KNOW THIS IS WHY YOU ALL HIRED US AS TO ESPECIALLY POST THE PANDEMIC HOW IMPORTANT THE BROAD BAND GOOD QUALITY BROADBAND SERVICE ISF AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, WE'RE LOOKING INTO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED WHETHER IT BE THE DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT OR OVERALL UPLIFTING THE COMMUNITY. AND OUR BROADBAND PLAN WILL BE ALIGNED TO THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN YOU HAVE FOR THE CITY. NEXT.

TALKING ABOUT ENGAGING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. THERE IS A LIST OF ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WE ARE ENGAGED WITH RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO THE MAP SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE INTERCITY CONNECTIONS BASED ON THE DEMAND POINED WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR THIS IS JUST A HIGH-LEVEL MAP TODAY. THIS IS GOING CHANGE AS WE TALK WITH MORE STAKEHOLDERS BOTH THE ONES ON THE LIST AND SERVICE PROVIDERS SUCH AS SPARKLIGHT. AND IN ADDITION TO THIS WE ARE

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NEXT? >> I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS UP TO YOU ALL THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PROJECT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IT IS THE REGIONAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE GOLDEN REDELETE S CRESCENT. THEY ARE FACILITATING A MULTICITY AND COUNTY BROADBAND PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE CITY AND COUNTY OF VICTORIA AND THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUT IT ALSO HAS A BIGGER IMPACT, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE RED, GREEN AND BLUE LINES YOU SEE ON THIS MAP.

I KNOW IT IS NOT VERY CLEAR, BUT IT SHOWS AN OVERALL BROADBAND EXPANSION THROUGH THIS WHOLE REGION. AND THE PROJECT, THE CITY OF VICTORIA BROADBAND INITIATIVE WOULD CONNECT TO THIS PLAN AND HELP PROVIDE COMMUNICATION TO THE NEIGHBORING COUNTIES ENROLLED IN THIS LARGER SCOPE OF WORK. I INCLUDED THE COST OF THE BIGGER PROJECT IN THIS. COBBFENDLEY IS THE ONE DOING THE BIGGER STUDY ON THIS PROJECT.

WE HAVE DIVIDED THESE INTO INTO THREE DIFFERENT PROJECT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GOLDEN CRESCENT AND COASTAL BEND COG IS LOOKING AT MECHANISM TO FUNDS THIS PROJECT WHICH IS THE DCDBG FUNDING PLAN. IT IS EXCITING THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT NOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

AND YOU MAY AWARE OF THE CGDGB FUNDING PLAN. BUT THERE ARE OTHERRABLES TO ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE THE PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT ALLOWS FOR SOME OF THESE

FUNDINGS. >> I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE OF AN OPEN ACCESS NETWORK THAT REALLY MEANS IT IS A GREAT WAY TO BRING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE CITY WILL UTILIZE INITIALLY ALL THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE TO BUILD THIS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A OPERATOR, ONE OR TWO OPERATORS THAT MAINTAIN THIS NETWORK THAT HAS A MUCH HIGHER CAPACITY THAN WHAT THE OPERATOR REQUIRES FOR THEMSELVES. SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LEASE OUT THE REST OF IT TO OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS. THEREFORE, YOU CAN BRING IN MORE SERVICE PROVIDERS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THUS, HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS OF THIS NETWORK. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE GO THIS ROUTE, THE CITY WOULD BE UTILIZING ALL THE GRANT MONEY TO BUILD IT, BUT THE OPERATOR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE COST OF OPERATING IT AND MAINTAINING IT. LASTLY, ONE PART OF THIS NETWORK WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UTILIZE ALL THE BENEFIT PROGRAMS THERE SUCH AS THE EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT PROGRAM. AND THIS IS POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. I WANTED TO END MY PRESENTATION BY REMINDING EVERYONE AGAIN, THAT THE SURVEYS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER "BROADBAND.

WE HAVE A SURVEY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IT TAKES LESS THAN 5 TO 6 MINUTES. SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE THE SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND I'M HERE IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY WITH ANY QUESTIONS?

I HAVE ONE. >> THE BIG REGIONAL BROAD BAND INITIATIVE.

YOU SAID YOU'RE IN THE STUDY RIGHT NOW, FEASIBILITY STUDY, IF EVERYTHING LOOKS FEASIBLE, WHAT

KIND OF TIMING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? >> SO THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED ALREADY. THE TWO COGS HAD A MEETING WITH ALL THE CITIES AND COUNTIES. AND I BELIEVE ON YOUR BEHALF, THE NEXT STEP IS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THEY ARE GOING TO SET UP AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALL THE CITIES AND COUNTIES AND THE REGARDING THE CDBG GRANT HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT ALL THE DETAILS OF HOW MUCH TOGETHER THE TWO COGS CAN DIVVY UP BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES.

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AND THE IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE JUST PUTTING OUT AN RFP TO SEE WHO THE BEST OPERATOR WOULD BE

FOR THAT BIGGER PROJECT. >> YOU WERE TALKING 5 TO 7-8 YEAR PROJECT.

>> IF YOU'RE ASKING ME THE TOTAL DURATION OF THE PROJECT, WE HAVE GOT INPUT FROM A FEW OPERATORS.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALTOGETHER SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE ALREADY.

SO UTILIZING THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS 3 TO FOUR YEARS PROJECT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND I'LL HAND IT OVER.

>> THANK YOU, BOTH. JUST FOR REFERENCE, I KNOW IT IS EASY TO FEEL LIKE OR THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A PROVIDER WAITING INCOMING WHY DO WE NEED THE STUDY.

THE TRUTH IS THE STUDY WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO SPARKLIGHT AND ANY OTHER PROVIDE THEY ARE MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY. UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE NEED IS AT, UNDERSTANDING WHY WE CHOOSE NOT TO ADOPT IN SOME PLACES EVEN IF INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS.

AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE BETWEEN OUR CITIZENS -- THAT IS IF ECHO ACROSS THE DIVIDE. BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IS CRUCIAL TO WHATEVER WE DO NEXT, RIGHT WITH SPARKLIGHT OR ANYONE ELSE. BUT IN TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO NEXT, I WILL ASK KENNETH CONNOR TO GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS GOING BRING NEXT.

>> MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. YEARS BACK I CAN LOOK BACK AND

SAY "I WAS THERE". >> NICE MEET YOU THIS MORNING. >> LY TRY TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THIS. THERE IS A LOT OF WORDS SO YOU KNOW IT IS A PRESENTATION.

BUT I DO WANT TO GO OFF-SCRIPT FOR A SECOND. I THINK COBBFENDLEY STUDY WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DICTAL BROADBAND THERE IS THE LONG-HAUL PIECE OF IT BUILDING FROM HOUSTON TO SAN ANTONIO.

THERE IS THE MIDDLE MILE FROM HOUSTON TO VICTORIA NOT QUITE AS LONG.

AND THEN THERE IS THE LAST MILE, WHICH IS GETTING IT TO THE HOME. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT AT SPARKLIGHT. WE'RE GETTING IT TO THE HOME. SO IT IS REALLY MILE FOR MILE, IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF GETTING BROADBAND OPTICALLY DELIVERED TO THE INDIVIDUALS.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, BECAUSE THEY ALL BUILD UPON EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE ALL INTERDEPENDENT. BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENT COST ASSOCIATED WITH TEACH TYPE -- EACH TYPE THAT IS HAPPENING. SO WITH THIS YOU ALWAYS WANT TO NO THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE. THERE ARE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER ISES AND I WON'T GROW THROUGH THIS CHART. YOU KNOW THE BROADBAND COMMISSION IT'S THE CITY, THE COMMISSION, THE PERMITTING AUTHORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO THE TASK FORCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STAKEHOLDER LEDGER. ON THE OTHER IS WHO ARE WE? YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF SPARKLIGHT BEFORE DARREK STARTED MENTIONING IT.

WE WERE FORMERLY CABLE 1. WE CHANGED OUR NAME BECAUSE WE WERE THE TYPICAL CABLE COMPANY AND PROVIDED DIG STALL AND THAT IS OUR BREAD AND BITTER AND WE SAID HIGH SPEED DATA IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO CUSTOMERS NOWADAYS. AT 1.3 BILLION IN REVENUE IN 2020.

ALMOST A $12 BILLION MARKET CAP. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING STABLE SERVICE.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY WHO CAN BUILD IT, BUT WHO IS GOING OPERATE IT, WHO IS GOING TO MAIN IT WOMB HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE HERE THAT TAKE CARE OF IT.

WE'LL HIRE GM TO BE THE LOCAL FACE HERE LOCALLY. CABLE 1 IS A FAIRLY CHARGE COMPANY, 24 STATES WE SERVICE, 1.1 MILLION CUSTOMERS. YOU CAN SEE OUR CLUSTERS NOT ONLY DO WE BUILD MARKETS LIKE IN VICTORIA, BUT WE'RE AN ACQUIRER OF OTHER CABLE COMPANIES, DATA COMPANIES. THE WHAT IS REALLY OUR NETWORK. FINER TO THE HOME.

SO IT GOES FIBER FROM OUR CO, HEAD-END WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT STRUCTUREETHER TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL HOME. FOR LARGER BUSINESSES WE HAVE SERVICES TAYLORED TO -- TAILORED TO THEM. BUT REALLY IT IS THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT BENEFIT THE MOST. WHAT WE DO IS BREAK THE CITY UP

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TO OUR SYSTEM. >> THE WHEN. AT THE ENDSP OF THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING START A WALKOUT. WE SENDS PEOPLE INTO VICTORIA. LOOK AT POLLS, DRAW GIS DATA AND ABILITY TO GO AERIAL, WHERE WE HAVE TO GO UNDERGROUNDS. THEY PULL ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER. TAKES ABOUT TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO DO THAT AND COME UP WITH A DESIGN. AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITY SAYING ONCE WE GET THAT DESIGN BUILT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY'S NEEDS AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU KNOW, WHAT AREAS DO YOU KIND OF WANT CONSTRUCTED FIRST? HOW CAN WE EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION WHETHER PERMITTING OR IDEAS WERE THE FIBER COULD BE BEST UTILIZED.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLAN THIS OUT AND WHERE THE FIBER NEEDS TO BE.

PERMITTING TYPICALLY IS THE MOST PAINFUL PROCESS FOR US, WHETHER IT IS -- AND I'M TOLD HERE IN VICTORIA PERMITTING IS EASY FROM THE CITY STAPPED, BUT -- STANDPOINT, BUT THE POLE OWNERS, TXDOT TAKE A LONGING LONG TIME IT IS A ARDUOUS PROCESS FOR US. IF THAT IS SMOOTH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TARGETING PROBABLY THE END OF JUNE OF 2023 TO BE COMPLETE.

THAT IS SMOOTH THEY COULD KNOCK OFF 6 TO 9 MONTHS OFF OF OUR CONSTRUCTION.

>> SO THE WHERE. THE WAY WE LOOKED AT WE SAID NEFERG THE CITY LIMITS WE'RE GOING TOUCH. WE CREATED A BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

IF WE HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, WE'LL CERTAINLY BUILD TO OTHER LOCATIONS, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IF THERE IS NEIGHBORHOODS, COUNTY VERSUS CITY, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY. TAKAWAY IS FIBER NOT CO-AX, NOT TWISTED COPPER IT IS FIBER.

THE NICE THING ABOUT THAT, I WON'T CALL IT FUTURE-PROOF, BUTIO HAVE THE MEDIUM THAT IF YOU CHANGE THE ELECTRONINS OUT ON EITHER ENDS, YOU CAN INCREASE THAT BAND WITH.

-- BANDS WIDTH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING IS. SOME PROVIDERS ARE LIMITING THE UPSTREAM NOW. OURS IS GOING BESY MEDTRICKAL. I THINK ONE IMPORTANT PART OR ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS IS WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IF WE GET A GRANT FROM SOMEBODY AT SOME TIME SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO START HAPPENING.

IT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON GRANTS IT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON MONEY FROM THE STATE HOUSE, NOT DEPENDENT ON MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ADD WAIT TO GET THE GRANT FUNDED AND IF YOU'RE PROGRAM THE ENTIRE THING, YOU DOBB SO TO WAIT UNTIL EVERYTHING TO FALL IN PLACE.

TIME AND COVERAGE IS GOING TO DEPEND ON PERMITTING. WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOWNTOWN. HOW DO WE SERVICE DOWNTOWN? AS TIGHT ADDRESS EVERYTHING IS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, ACTUALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO COVERAGE EVERYWHERE LIKE I SAID JUNE 2023 IS WHAT WE'RE TARGETING HURRICANE COMES IN HERE, I IT ALWAYS HOLDS UP CONSTRUCTION. WE THINK GIVEN, YOU KNOW DECRINE WEATHER, DECENT OPPORTUNITY NO ISSUES WITH PERMITTING WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THIS DONE IN TWO YEARS. I JUST THREW THIS ON. THIS IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT REDUCING THE CABLE AND INTERNET UPLOAD SPEEDS. I KNOW YOU CAN'T READ THAT.

BLEW UP THE CHART. THERE IT IS FOR YOU. IT IS PUBLISHED.

DARREK WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE ME THIS THIS IS CONSUMER REPORTS.

IT SHOWS SPARKLIGHT AS NUMBER FOUR ON CUSTOMER FASHION OF HIGH-SPEED DATA.

THAT IS OUR TRADITIONAL HYBRID FINE EVER CO-AX WE STILL RANK NUMBER 4.

YOU SEE WHERE SUDDEN LINK IS AT & T IS. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT

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ONE I WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF SUDDENLINK SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH VICTORIA, TYLER, COLLEGE STATION, BRIAN, WEST TEXAS. VICTORIA IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY. IT IS GROWING FASTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IT HAS GREAT DEMOGRAPHICS. AND EWE HAVE OTHER MARKETS AROUND HERE. VICTORIA WOULD BE A GREAT REGIONAL HUBS TO MANAGE THOSE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND HERE. WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPETITION.

AND WE SAY, WHO IS EASY TO COMPETE AGAINST? AND WHO IS DIFFICULT TO COMPETE AGAINST? VICTORIA STUCK OUT. SO THAT IS WHY VICTORIA IS ON THE TABLE. WE'RE TALKING A MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES.

BUT THE RECEPTION I GOT WITH DARREK AS I TALK WITH HIM, HE MADE IT KNOWN THAT VERY OPEN, VERY PROGRESSIVE ON DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO THAT IS WHY I'M IN VICTORIA NOW TALKING TO YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION YOU SHOULD BE ASKING YOURSELF, WHY SPARKLIGHT? WHY DON'T WE GET SOMEONE ELSE IN HERE? I HEAR OF THIS COMPANY I HEAR OF THAT COMPANY. AGAIN, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LONGEVITY OF WHAT WE DID AS CABLE ONE SPARKLIGHT HOW MANY CUSTOMERS WE HAVE WE'RE HERE TO BUILD IT, OPERATE IT AND MAINTAIN IT FOR THE LONG RUN. AND THAT IS WHAT WE DO BEST.

I ACTUALLY THINK WE MAINTAIN THAT CUSTOMER, WORK WITH OPERATIONS, GETTING THEM INSTALLED TAKING CARE OF THEM BETTER THAN WE INSTRUCT. THAT IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

BUT OTHER THAN, THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I'M SURE WE'LL BE TALKING MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COBBFENDLEY STUDY COMES OUT. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO

FOR. >> YOU ALREADY SERVICE SOME PEOPLE IN VICTORIA.

>> SMALL BUSINESSES, YES. >> ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PHONES, SOON?

>> THIS WHOLE INTENT IS TO OPEN IT UP, RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS.

>> WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME. >> IT IS THE TWO YEARS. JUNE 2023.

>>> YOU WOULDN'T OPEN PART OF IT UP. >> YES.

IF WE BUILD IT AND CLUSTERS BECOME AVAILABLE, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVICED IN THAT CLUSTER AND CONTINUE TO BUILD AROUND VICTORIA. EVERYTHING IS GOING BE DONE BY JUNE 2023.

THAT IS OUR TARGET. IN 9 MONTHS 9, 12 MONTHS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, DEPENDING OBPERMITS. WE'LL START OPERATING AS SOON AS A CLUSTER IS READY TO HANDLE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITED PEOPLE. AND APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT VICTORIA AND COMMITTING TO THIS.

>> AGAIN, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE COBBFENDLEY HELPING US AND SPARKLIGHT PREPARING TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 P.M. WE DO EXPECT IT TO END IN ENOUGH TIME FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO IF THEY CHOOSE TO TO GO ACROSS THE STREETTO ON COMMUNITY PUBLIC MEETING.

WE'RE MAG MANAGING THE OVERLAP AND THEN FINALLY WE TOLD YOU THAT WE'D TRY TO FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE, AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE INTERNET. AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? NO, THANK YOU, AGAIN, DARREK.

I TOLD EVERYONE THIS MORNING, HOW LUCKY WE ARE THAT DARREK IS LEADING THIS BROADBAND COMMISSION GROUP AND ALL THE INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND DARREK'S LEADERSHIP IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND I SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> ALL RIGHT, I'M UP NEXT. I WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR FUNDING

[2. Update on American Rescue Plan Act Funding Recommendations. Jesús A. G...]

MANY OF YOU ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE WAY SOME OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED IN GENERAL.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT CITIES RECEIVED A DIRECT ALLOCATION.

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WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO GET SOME OF THE FUNDING.

THIS IS DIRECT CASH TO US. PARTLY BECAUSE WE ARE A METRO AREA ABOVE 50,000.

AND TO HOPEFULLY YOU SAW THE NOTE TODAY THAT THAT THRESHOLD IS GOING TO STICK AT 50,000.

SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. IN ANY CASE, FROM THE THAT POT OF MONEY, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE A TOTAL OF $14.5 MILLION. 50% OF THAT WAS TO COME WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EXECUTED AGREEMENT WHICH WE RECEIVED. WE ALREADY RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $7.25 MILLION. WE'RE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE BALANCE OF THAT A YEAR FROM THAT

DATE, WHICH PROBABLY LOOKING AT AROUND MAY OF NEXT YEAR. >> AND I THINK 7 FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT WE MUST ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS BY THE ENDS OF 2024. THAT OBVIOUSLY GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO USE THE MONEY. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT CAME WITH THE ACT WAS VERY BROAD. AND I THINK ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED COMPARING THE ORIGINAL CARES ACTED TO THIS ACT WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE. AND SO I QUOTED THIS FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT WHICH SAYS THAT WITHIN THE CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBLE USES, RESIP YENS HAVE BROUGHT FLEXIBILITY TO DECIDE HOW BEST TO USE THIS FUNDING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. YOU MAY RECALL FROM A PRESENTATION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THAT THE DOCUMENTEDS THAT CAME WITH THE ACT SPLIT IT UP INTO SOME OF THESE CATEGORY, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, ADDRESSING THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC, REPLACING LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE, WHICH WAS A BIG ASK OF CITIES, BECAUSE THAT WASN'T AN ALLOWABLE USE OF THE FUNDS WITH THE ORIGINAL CARES ACT. PROVIDE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES. AND INVESTING IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AND WE THOUGHT, AND WE THOUGHT, THAT IS A LOT. THERE IS A MILLION DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WE CAN GO WITH HOW TO SPEND THESE FUNDS. WE MADE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION ON CATEGORIES AND THOSE CATEGORIES WERE BROADBAND, UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, LOSS OF REVENUE, ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS.

TOURISM TRAVEL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY GRANTS FOCUSED ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND SOME OF OUR CDBG AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AT THE TIME WAS TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND SO WE DID THAT.

-- I'M MISSING A SLIDE. >> SO WE DID THAT. AND WITH RECEIVED OVER 60 RESPONSES. YOU COULD TELL THAT PEOPLE ARE WAY MORE INTERESTED IN RESPONDING TO A BROADBAND SURVEY THAN RESPONDING TO THIS. YOU KNOW WITH NEARLY 700 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY, I FEEL A LITTLE EMBARRASSED STANDING UP IN FRONT OF YOU TALKING ABOUT LITTLE OVER 60. BUT NONETHELESS, WE WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE AND I DO THINK THERE WAS VALUE GOING THROUGH THE EXERCISE. BECAUSE IT VALIDATES WHERE WE WERE HEADED WITH THE CATEGORIES AND GIVES US A SENSE HOW TO MAYBE SPLIT UP OR HOW TO MAYBE PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS YOU SEE ON RIGHT-HAND SIDE MANY COMMENTS WERE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY GRANTS. I'LL HIT ON THAT, FOLLOWED BY UTILITIESP NOT MUCH FOCUS ON BROAD BADGED AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THE CLOSE TO 1700 RESPONSES TO THE BROADBAND SURVEY THIS IS NOT TRULY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS FEELINGS ARE. BUT NONETHELESS IT WAS A GOOD EXERCISE TO GO THROUGH.

>> I WANT TO BACK UP SINCE I HAVE THESE OUT OF ORDER. I WANT TO TAKE THEM ONE CATEGORY AT A TIME. AND TALK ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS VERSUS ITEMS THAT NEED FURTHER LOOKING INTO INTO. I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN START ALLOCATING SOME OF THE FUNDS ESPECIALLY SINCE WEED V17.25 MILLION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK ON HOW TO SPENDS THE REST OF IT. LOSS OF REVENUE, WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. THE TRIAL BUDGET THAT WE PROPOSED TO YOU, IN JUNE, ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR US INCORPORATING THIS $3 MILLION. AND I DO PLAN AT THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING WHEN I FORMALLY PROPOSE THE BUDGET IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, SAME.

THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT NOW WE WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE SPECIFICS BEHIND IT.

HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE DWIGHT DIVIDED THAT UP. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR FISCAL YEAR 20. YOU MAY RECALL FROM THE VERBAGE FROM THE LOSS OF REVENUE LEGISLATION THAT IT IS TO RECUPERATE WHERE WE WERE IN 2019.

AND NOW IN 2021 WE'RE PRACTICALLY RECOVERED FROM WHERE WE WERE.

THE BULL SUCCESS STRICTLY FROM THE LOSS OF REVENUE SO TO SPEAK EXPERIENCED DURING FISSIAL YEAR

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AND I'LL TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME. THE ONE THAT IN MY OPINION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, AT LEAST FROM MY PER SPECTSIVE THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PIECE.

I THINK IT IS EASY FOR US TO THINK THAT THE PANDEMIC IS BEHIND US.

BUT THE REALTY IS THAT WE'RE STILL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE THIS SHOWS OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS BEGINNING TO INCREASE.

I COULD ALSO TELL YOU THAT EVEN JUST THE IMPACT ON OUR EMPLOYEES, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE AN INCREASE AS WELL AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE A POSITIVE CORRELATION WITH OUR POSITIVE CASES OF EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T V AND SO THE TALENT THAT THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY IS SHOWING THAT IF YOU HAVE THE VACCINE, WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE POSITIVE KAYS.

-- CASE. BUT IN ANY CASE WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH IT IS MY POINT.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ALLOCATE $500 THOUSAND OUT OF THE $1.5 OUT OF A WELLNESS BUCKET DO HHSA CONTRIBUTION TO OURLIES SO THEY HAVE THE -- EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THE FUNDS TO MITIGATE AND MANAGE HEALTH EXPENSES IN GENERAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY PREDOMINANTLY COVID.

I CAN ALSO TELL YOU WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS EVEN OF OUR OWN EMPLOYEES, CONSISTENT WITH THE INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SEEING AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IS FACILITATE COVERING THE COST OF TESTING BECAUSE FOR US IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE.

CRITICAL AND ESSENTIAL. AND SOME OF THE FUNDING CAME FROM THE CARES ACT FROM OVER A YEAR AGO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WE WOULD LIKE TO USE MONEY FOR THAT.

WE ALSO ADDRESS I MENTIONED WE HAVE THE DATA NOW TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP THE FACT THAT IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED.

WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ENTERTAINING A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. BUT WE ARE THINKING CREATIVELY HOW WE CAN HIGHLY ENCOURAGE OUR EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. AND EWITH WOULD LIKE SOME FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT EFFORT. THE NEXT BUDGET WE WANT TO TAP INTO OR CATEGORIZE IS TECHNOLOGY. A LOT OF THIS CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY TO WORK FROM HOME. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IS UPGRADING OF TIME CLOCKS THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYEES USE TO CHECK IN OR CLOCK IN, I SHOULD SAY. AND SO HAVING A BETTER SYSTEM WHERE FOLKS CAN DO IT REMOTELY, FROM HOME, YOU KNOW, COMPUTER, ET CETERA.

WE HAVE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES BUT NEED TO UPGRADE THOSE A LITTLE BIT.

WE ALSO WANT THE TO DO A WORK-ORDER SYSTEM. YOU MAY RECALL THIS FROM JAMES I. T. PRESENTATION FROM THE JUNE BUDGET WORKSHOPS WERE HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT REALLY DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER. AND SO IT MAKES IT VERY ING EFFICIENT FOR US TO OPERATE AND PROVIDE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE IN GENERAL.

BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AND REPORT DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO NAWND EFFORT OUT OF THESE FUNDS WITH FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS. YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK PLENTY OF ABOUT OUR NEED TO ENHANCE OUR FACILITIES, REGARDLESS OF BEING IN THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE SOME OF THESE FOUND HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPENSE OF A FACILITY MASTER PLAN THAT MANY OF YOU KNOW WE PLANNED ON DOING ANYWAY. BUT WE DO WANT TO INCORPORATE A FACILITY IN THE MASTER PLAN TO MAKE OUR WORKPLACES AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND TAKING CERTAIN THINGS INTO ACCOUNT THAT PERHAPS MAYBE BEFORE WE WEREN'T TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, THINGS LIKE PERMANENT, YOU KNOW, BARRIERS BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC THAT IS ACTUALLY WE'D LIKE TO USE THE MONEY FOR ALREADY, WORK SPACE ENHANCEMENT. IF YOU WALK IN THEY DON'T HAVE PERMITTED GLASS STRUCTURE LIKE THE SEC TAPE'S OFFICE HAS. THEY HAVE LITERALLY A DANGLING FROM THE SINGLING PLASTIC AND NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE UPGRADES THROUGHOUT. WE WILL VAST GHAWSTLED THERE THE FACT THAT OUR WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE THAT WE COULD DO BETTER AT HAVING GENERATEDDOR POWER AVAILABLE FOR OUR LIFT STATIONS. IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE TO PERMANENTLY INSTALL GENERATORS AT EVERY SINGLE LIFT STATION, BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MOBILE GENERATOR TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND WHEN NEEDED DEPENDING ON JUST WHAT IS GOING ON. WE SOMETIMES ARE DEPENDENT ON ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVE OR

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IN ANY CASE WE WANT TO ALLOCATE $425,000 FOR FACILITY ENHANCEMENT.

LASTLY WE WANT TO ALLOCATED $175,000 FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION TO HIRE TWO GRANT SPECIALISTS WHO WOULD WORK DIRECTLY UNDER KATIE, OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.

AND THESE FOLKS WOULD HELP US NOT ONLY APPLY FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT STEM FROM THE SAME ACT, BUT ALSO ADMINISTER FUTURE GRANTS AND I'LL HIT ON WHAT THOSE FUTURE GRANTS MAY LOOK LIKE HERE IN A SECOND BUT TRAIN OUR STAFF AND HAVE TECHNICAL SUPPORT ASSOCIATED

WITH IT AND THAT IS $175,000 AND THIS TOTALS $1.5 MILLION. >> THAT IS RADIO UPGRADE, YOU

SORT OF SKIPPED OVER THAT. >>> NOT MY INTENTION. SO THE RADIOS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT DISPATCH NEED UPGRADING. WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IMPROVING THE COMMUNICATION THAT THEY HAVE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL. AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT.

OKAY, SO MOVING ON. SO ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS OR PROPOSALS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOMMEND TO TONIGHT ONE OF THEM IS AN ALLOCATION OF $100,000 FOR THE INNOVATION COLLECTIVE. YOU'VE PROBABLY READ ABOUT, IT HEARD ABOUT IT AND MANY HAVE PROBABLY MET NICK SMUTE. AND CURRENTLY UHV SPEARHEADING THE EFFORT WITH THE INNOVATION COLLECTIVE AND SPEARHEADING THE CAPITAL FUND-RAISING ASPECT IF YOU WILL. AND JEFFREY IS HERE IN CASE ANY OF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM. BUT BRIEFLY, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE LOCATED DOWNTOWN.

AND WOULD REALLY BE AN INNOVATION HUB, A PLACE FOLKS LOOKING TO START BUSINESSES HAVE IDEAS, NEED FUNDING, THIS TWO WOULD BE PLACE FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER TO HOPEFULLY MATCH THEM WITH INVESTORS AND SOME ASSISTANCE AND THINGS OF THAT. THAT INNOVATION COLLECTIVE MODEL HAS EXISTED IN SEVERAL STATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. DEPENDING HOW QUICKLY WE MOVE ON IT, WE COULD BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN THE STATE THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE INNOVATION COLLECTIVE. SO EVERYBODY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THERE IS HAS ALREADY BEEN FUNDING APPROVALS, IF YOU WILL FROM SOME KEY PLAYERS.

WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY YOU OOZE WELL FOR AN AL LOCAL INDICATION OF $100,000 AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE COUNTY 64 PLAYERS AS WELL. ALSO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE $500,000 FOR BUILDING IMPROVE PROGRAM OR BIG FOR SHORT.

YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT IS VERY MINIMAL. AND THAT PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE YOU KNOW, PAINT JOB, TRULY FACADE ELEMENTS EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE LARGE EVER ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN. THE INTENTION IS TO CREATE A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY BUILT FOR LARGER ELEMENTS. WHILE THE SPECIFICS AREN'T SPECIFICALLY BUILT OUT YET, WE WANT TO START OUT BY ALLOCATING FUNDS TO IT THIS WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY PLACE WE WOULD RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT. WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE PEOPLE FUND PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE SLATED TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK FROM THAT PROGRAM, CONSIDERING THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO BUSINESSES THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT MONEY WHEN WE RECEIVE IT AND MATCH IT WITH THIS TO CREATE A LARGER POOL FOR THIS BIG GRANT PROGRAMP. SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED THAT NEED FURTHER REVIEW IS ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. TOURISM AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY A RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLAR FOR DOWNTOWN VISITOR CENTER THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFORT WE TALKED ABOUT, HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS. AND IT IS REALLY RAMPED UP RECENTLY. WE'D LIKE TO ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLAR TO KICK OFF THAT EFFORT TO GET THINGS FLOWING AND MOVING. SOME OTHER THINGS THAT NECESSITATES FURTHER REVIEW INCLUDES AN IDEA OR PROPOSAL TO INVEST THE MONEY INTO THE TEXAS ZOO FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS, A LOSS OF REVENUE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR MUSEUMS. THAT MODEL WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO OURS. WE RECOVERED FUNDS FOR US IN COMPARISON TO 2019. AND THERE ARE SOME HUGH SEEIUMS THAT LOST OUT ON EITHER ENTRANCE

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I MIGHT ADD, THERE WERE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER PARKS. SOME BEING MORE EAST COAST THAN OTHERS. A SUBMITWALL FOR WATER PARK SUGGESTING THAT WE ONLY NEED $14,000 FOR THAT WATER PARK RANGING TO A MORE REALISTIC $10 MILLION FIGURE AS ELUDED TO EARLIER THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY A LOT OF THESE ELEMENTS NEED FURTHER REVIEW, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE FUNDING OR THE BUDGET THAT WAS SUBMITTED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT, THAT CONFIRM, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? IT LEGIT? IS IT NOT? THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE THERE. ON THE UTILITY SIDE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION TO FUND A COUPLE OF ONE STUDY AND ONE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT. ONE OF THEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR SYSTEM, YOU MAY RECALL WHEN WE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF WHEN WE LOST WATER PRESS SURE BACK IN FEBRUARY, THAT ONE OF THE -- I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT ISSUES, THANK YOU DELETE S THANK YOU ONE OBSERVATION BY STAFF IS SAME SCATA SYSTEM, WE KNOW WE NEED TO UPGRADE THAT SCATA SYSTEM. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO COST. WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME OF THAT PRELIMINARY WORK SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND REALLY HAVE GOOD DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO STUDY AN INFILTRATION STUDY.

I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THAT DELETE S THIS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE INFILTRATION INTO OUR SEWER SYSTEM FROM RAINWATER AND SO WE NEED TO FIND THOSE AREAS AND ADDRESS THOSE JUST TO KEEP THE SYSTEM FLOWING AND NOT HAVING TO SHUT ANYTHING DOWN.

THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO NOAH WE NEED TO FIX UNTIL WE GO THROUGH A FORMAL STUDY.

WE KNOW THOSE ARE NOT CHEAP. AND SO WE THINK THESE FUNDS ARE A GREAT RESOURCE OR SOURCE OF FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT STUDY. OTHER ELEMENTS THAT NEED FURTHER REVIEW ARE THE INTERCONNECT PROJECT. I THINK COUNCIL IS FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT CURRENTLY OUR OFF-CHANNEL RESERVIORS ARE NOT CONNECTED AND NECESSITATE A MANUAL PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO PUMP WATER FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.

THERE HAS BEEN FEEDBACK ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL HAVING A MORE RESILIENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

AND ALSO THE ASR WELLS THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN PRIORITY, BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL INTEREST AT LOOKING MORE INTO THAT THROUGH THIS SOURCE OF FUNDS AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, TONIGHT WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING THE $650,000 FOR THIS CATEGORY. BROADBAND, AS YOU HEARD, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

FOR NOW, WE'D LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOMMEND THE $100,000 WHICH COVERS THE STUDY CURRENTLY UNDER WAY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM CONNECTED NATION AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CONNECTED NATION AS THEY HELP BE A GOOD ADVISER FOR US THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO BROADBAND WERE LITERALLY ALL HAVING TO DO WITH NEED ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS, BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE. BUT I BET THOSE 700 RESPONSES WILL HAVE BETTER DATA THAT THE FOUR WE GOT FOR BROADBANDP. COMMUNITY GRANTS ALL OF THIS NEEDS FURTHER REVIEW THIS IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE BASE? SUBMITTED IDEAS AND PROPOSALS. YOU HEARD CAPTAIN KENNY JONES DURING CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TALK ABOUT THEIR IDEA. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS.

I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS OTHER THAN CONVEY THAT THEY NEED FURTHERRO VIEW TO CONFIRM THE NEEDS, CONFIRM AMOUNTS. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC RESULT FOR THIS AND ENTITYS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CDBG FUNDS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

WE REALLY JUST NEED SOME TIME TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER. BUT CLEARLY, A LOT OF INTEREST IN COMMUNITY GRANTS. THERE WAS ALSO MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

SOME OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL OR FACILITY NEEDS FOR US, CENTERED AROUND LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK SOMEBODY GOT THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A MEETING TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS.

WHICH IS GREAT. BUT SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE THE ENHANCING OF THE CURBSIDE OPERATIONS, SINCE WE DO HAVE THAT PROGRAM, MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN FAMILIAR OF THE IDEA OF HAVING A PATIO THAT FACES MAIN STREET AND DOUBLE AS AN INTEREST TO MAIN STREET AND EXTENDING SERVICES TO THE NORTH SIDE AND SUBMITTALS ABOUT HAVING A BETTER TRAIL NETWORK FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. AND AS YOU IRTHINK LAST COUNCIL MEETING OR TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS THERE WAS PROPOSAL RELATED TO SOLAR PANELS AND SOLAR ENERGY AND THAT PROJECT.

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$650 FOR UTILITIES. AND $100 FOR BROADBAND. AND WHAT WE WOULD DO NEXT IF WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT, IS TO OBVIOUSLY ALLOW SOME TIME FOR THESE STUDIES TO BE COMPLETED SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO YOU WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW YOU WANT TO SPLIT UP THE REMAINING FUNDS, WHICH, AGAIN, WE WON'T GET UNTIL MEXICO MAY -- NEXT MAY ANYWAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN HIRE STAFF TO FORMALIZE SOME OF THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

WE DO THINK THAT -- WE DO THINK THAT OR BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME GRANT PROGRAM THAT COMES THROUGH COMMUNITY GRANTS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE FOR THAT EFFORT. WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES TO FORMALIZE A MORE RIGOROUS, IF YOU WILL -- THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT WORDS -- A MORE COMPLETE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE NON-PROFITS TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVEIOR SUPPORT FROM THAT. AND I'D BE LEAP TO V ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT ADD.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING. >> GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS EACH THING. THE TOURISM, YOU WANT A MILLION DOLLAR.

>> FOR THE VISITOR CENTER. >> BUT YOU'LL LOOK FOR EDA GRANT FOR TOURISM CENTER BEFORE YOU

SPEND THE MILLION DOLLAR. >> MY RECOMMEND CANDIDATE SAYS ACTUALLY TO JUST GET THE $1 MILLION FOR THIS PROCESS. I THINK IF OUR NEED WAS $3 TO 5 MILLION OR GREATER THAN THAT, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO AFTER AN ADA GRANT. WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AFTER GOING FOR A GRANT. I'M NOT SAYING WE WON'T, BUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON ADA GRANTS ON MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO THE MILLION DOLLAR.

AND THE REALTY, TOO, IS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW QUITE FRANKLY IF WE WOULD NEED ALL MILLION DOLLAR, WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO SET THE ALLOCATION TO GET SOME THINGS GOING WITH THE PROJECTGY STILL THINK YOU SHOULD GO FOR EDA GRANTS FOR TOURISM. BECAUSE CERTAIN MONEY IS SET

ASIDE IN THE EDA FUNDS FOR TOURISM. >> RIGHT.

>> I WANT YOU TO GO FOR ALL THE GRANTS, ANY GRANT THAT IS AVAILABLE.

>> FAIR ENOUGH. SOE. >> SO YOU WANT TO DEDICATE THIS MONEY DISPOIT GRA GET GRANTS IF YOU CAN AND YOU MAY NOT USE ALL THIS MONEY.

>> CORRECT. THE BIG PRIORITY IS THE PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING, RIGHT.

AND SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT UNDER THE REAL ESTATE EXCEPTION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT THAT WILL NECESSITATE POTENTIALLY THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, MILLION.

>> WHERE ALL R ALL OF THE MASTER PLANS GOING BE COMPLETE? >> TALKING ABOUT THE ONES

ONGOING RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH, DOWNTOWN, EVERYTHING, DRAINAGE.

>> SO SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER TIME FRAME. >> OKAY I JUST SEE US SPENDING MONEY BUT NOT HAVING AN IDEA WHAT THOSE PLANS SAY AND I AM FEARFUL PUTTING MONEY ASIDE WHEN OTHER PRIORITIES WE PRESENT THEMSELVES AND MISS THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE

CONCRETED IT OVER. >> THAT'S FAIR, THAT'S FAIR. >> I'M A LITTLE APP HNSIVE WHEN WE IS V -- APPREHENSIVE WHEN WE HAVE A PROCESS OF GETTING THE PLANS.

LET'S GET THE PLAN. >> THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. LET'S TALK THROUGH WITH THE PLANS. DRAINAGE MASTER PLANS WE CAN'T YOUS THROUGH PARKS AND IMIMPROVEMENTS WE COULD PROBABLY USE SOME OF THE MONEY FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, MAYBE.

>> WE CAN'T USE ANY OF THIS FOR DRAIN ENGINE. >> CORRECT.

THEY ALLOW YOU TO USE IT FOR STORM/SEWER, BUT OUR -- IT DEPENDS HOW YOU WORD IT, RIGHT.

I MEAN THE BULK OF OUR NEEDS AND WE'LL FINDS OUT WHEN WE PRESENT -- OR YOU'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE PRESENT YOU THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. A LOT HAS TO DO WITH OPEN DITCHES DITCHES AND WHICH AREN'T PIPES. SOME OF THE ELEMENTS WITH STORM/SEWER, STORM/SUER IS NOT STORMWATER. AND SO THE VERBAGE IS

STORM/SEWER, NOT STORMWATER AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. >> IS THERE REALLY, THOUGH?

>> I MEAN, IN WHAT I'VE READ SO FAR THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME

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BUT AS IT STANDS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT APPROACHING IT AS I GUESS AS BROAD IN TERMS OF THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT, CURRENTLY. DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WILL HIT ON SOME TOURISM-RELATED ITEMS. I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD THAT SAW FIRST DRAFT OF IT IN ESSENCE THAT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION IN THERE FOR THE ENTRANCE OF THE LIBRARY OFF OF MAIN STREET AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR STAND-ALONE VISITOR CENTER.

YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY INCORPORATING INTO THIS. BUT THAT IS WHY WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING A COMMITMENT FOR LITTLE SHY OF $7 MILLION SO THAT COUNCIL STILL HAVE THE BALANCE

TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. >> I'M A LITTLE BIT -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY -- I KEEP LOOKING AT THIS MONEY AS TRANSFORMATIONAL. AND MAKING IT BIG POP DIFFERENCE. AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING SO FAR THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IN IN THIS $6.8 MILLION THAT REALLY FITS THAT. IT IS A LOT OF NICKEL AND DIME STUFF THAT ADDS UP QUICKLY. SO I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND LIKE VACCINE ADMINISTRATION, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES THOSE FREE. WHY DO WE MEAN MONEY FOR VACCINE ADMINISTRATION? EMPLOYEE GO DOWN, TAKE YOUR VACCINE IF YOU WANT IT.

I JUST DON'T SEE THAT THERE IS ANY NEED FOR VACCINE ADMINISTRATION BY THE CITY WHEN

WE PARTICIPATE. >> WE ACTUALLY DO IT OURSELVES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS VERY INVOLVED AND EMPLOYEES THERE ISN'T A NEED TO GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE SET UP SOME OF THESE THINGS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WHEN WE SAY VACCINE ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE NOT LITERALLY JUST MEANING GETTING THE VACCINE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SETH UP PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. IF WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT HAVING IT, YOU

HAVE A BETTER SHOT AT NOT TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. >> AS FAR AS DELIVERING WALGREEE WALGREEN, CVS, ALL DOCK'S OFFICE DO IT, HEB. I JUST DON'T SEE US ADMINISTERING IT AND IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T NOTICED THE DATA ON VACCINES ANOTHER THIS POINT I

DON'T THINK WE NEED A PROGRAM. >>> THIS IS STRICTLY FOR CITY EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE $6 -- THE 600+ EMPLOYEES I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OVER THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE HAVE AS MANY

OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. >> AND I WOULD ADD TO THAT, THAT JUDGE ZELLER HAS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY COUNTY CITIZEN IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FROM THIS ACT AS WELL, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER -- DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIGURE OFF OF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD?

>> THEY WERE GETTING MORE THAN $18 MILLION. >> THAT SHOULD BE SOME OF THEIR

RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. >> I'M NOT GOING STANDS UP HERE AND SPECULATE WHAT THE COUNTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO WITH THEIR MONEY. BUT YES, THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING SOME FUNDS AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THE SAME, ALLOWABLE CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, AS WE DO AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON GUIDANCE AND DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT UNTIL ANOTHER FEW MONTHS OR SO AND I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU IF THEY'VE RECEIVED

THEIR FIRST HALF. >> AND I THOUGHT THE COBBFENDLEY STUDY A WE AFTER PROVEED.

YES. >> AND HAD FUNDING ALREADY. >>> THROUGH THIS.

>> IT WAS THROUGH THIS? >> YES, SIR. >> THERE ARE A ZILLION WAYS TO SLICE IT UP, BUT WE JUST, WE HAVE SO MANY NEEDS. AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THINGS BEING TRANSFORMATIONAL. BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU MAINTAINING OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL AND SO I AM IN FAVOR OF THAT. I GUESS THE ONE THAT WAS NOT ON THE CORRECT SIDE OF THE LIST WAS THE OFF-CHANNEL STORAGE. I DOILY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND

FLESH THAT ONE OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT. >> AND I THINK, KEN, ARE YOU HERE? I THINK THAT WAS ROUGHLY $3 MILLION, CORRECT?

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IF COUNCIL IS STILL UNDECIDED WHETHER THE $3 MILLION SHOULD GO INTO THE BUDGET OR NOT, I NEED TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'M PROPOSINGPOSING THE BUDGET ON AT 3RD.

AS AN EXAMPLE. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT PART. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT.

>>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL THE $3 MILLION. >> I'M OKAY WITH IT, TOO.

>> AND THE BROADBAND HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT. >> YEAH.

>> I'M FINE WITH THE UTILITIES. THE UTILITIES THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>>> THE TWO STUDY? >> THE 1 ENGINEERING AND ONE ASSESSMENT?

>> YES, WHAT WAS THE INFILTRATION. >>> THE INFLOW AND FILTRATION

STUDY. >> AND THE OTHER. >> THE OTHER WAS ENGINEERING

DATA. >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND IGAR THAT, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TOURISM AND USING THAT FUNDS, WE COULD PUT THAT ON THE

CHALKBOARD AND CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE. >> IT IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE TOURISM ONE ESPECIALLY THE TOURISM. I DON'T MIND SETTING THE MONEY ASIDE BUT I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE SEARCHED OUT TO GET KNOWN FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.

>> SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PUT TO THE SIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, PLUS ASIDE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR FURTHER REVIEW? J THE OTHER FIVE ARE GREAT.

>> I'M A LITTLE HUNG UP ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS. >>> IS THERE.

>> HERE IS AN APPROACH. >> THERE MAY BE QUITE A BIT OF IT WE CAN AGREE ON.

>> WHILE I GET TO IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IS COMING UP WITH AN AMOUNT.

SO IF COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS BUT $1.5 MILLION IS TOO MUCH, MAYBE A MILLION IS BETTER AND THEN JUST GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEED IT DOWN TO GET IT TO THE $1

MILLION. >> SEE DISPATCH RADIO UPGRADE WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT IN THE

BUDGET AND WE COULDN'T SQUEEZE IT IN AT THIS TIME? >> WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD SOME OF OUR EXPENSES OUT. I COULDN'TP TELL YOU IF THAT ONE WAS O WAS IN THE TRIAL BUDGET OR

NOT. >> I'M SORRY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT, BUT GILBERT SAID THAT HALF OF THAT PROJECT IS BEING PAID FOR THROUGH A GRANT WE'RE PROPOSING PAYING HALF OF IDENTITY -- OF IT OUT OF HERE.

WE COULD EASILY PULL THAT ONE OUT. THAT WAS ROUGHLY $60,000?

>> $40,000. >> SOME OF THESE LOOK LOOK NORMAL ORDER OF BUSINESS ITEMS

SUCH AS UPGRADING OF TIME CLOCK. >> YEAH. >> THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO IN

MY OPINION, STEER AWAY FROM NORMAL ORDER OF BUSINESS ITEMS. >> UNDERSTOOD.

>>> BEING LUMPED INTO THIS. THE LIFT STATION GENERATOR, PUTTING SOME TYPE OF TRANSFER SWITCH AND GETTING A GENERATOR TO HOOK UP WHEREVER, THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED FOR

RESILIENCY. >> I GUESS. >> I'M SORRY.

>> I GUESS I ALSO LOOK AT THIS, THOUGH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS MONEY. AND IF WE SPEND THIS MONEY ON THESE THINGS THAT, YES, WE NEED TO DO JUST IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF THINGS WE TAKE AWAY THE TIME CRUNCH OF THERE WILL THINGS WE NEED TO DO ANYWAY, AND SPEND MONEY AND TAKE AWAY THE TIME CRUNCH OF HAVING TO SPEND THIS MONEY, WE LEAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET WHICH CAN BE I MEAN IT IS JUST BUCKETS OF MONEY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MADE ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY.

>> WELL, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT, GO THROUGH ANOTHER SCRUB OF THE ITEMS TO TAKE OUT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS AS NORMAL BUSINESS AND JUST RE-PRESENT IT.

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>> WELL, I WANT THE GRANT SPECIALIST. WE SHOULD BE OUT OF GRANT MONEY.

THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE. >>> THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH THROUGHOUT AND I AGREE WITH YOU, WE NEED IT. IT IS NOT A FULL-TIME POSITION.

IT IS GOING TO BE A -- IT IS FULL-TIME, BUT IT IS NOT PERMANENT.

>> IF I HAD TO PICK IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED, I GUESS DIRECTION ON SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE AS PREPAREDP AS POSSIBLE FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WE WANT TO MOVE ON THAT QUICKLY.

THE OTHER ELEMENTS ARE, IF WE ARE GOING PULL OUT SOME OF THE I. T. ELEMENTS BECAUSE OF THEM BEING NORMAL BUSINESS, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT NOW, AGAIN SO WE CAN PROPERLY ACCOUNT FOR THEM IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WOULD COME FOR YOU AUGUST 3RD.

AND THIS FEEL THAT I'M GETTING IS THAT, YES, WE NEED TO PULL SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT.

AND INCONSIDER RATE THAT INTO THE AUGUST 3RD PROPOSED BUDGET.

AM I SENSING THAT CORRECTLY? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AND OKAY.

>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HSA CONTRIBUTION, PART OF THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER PEOPLE FEEL. >> I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.

>> IF I WANTED TO KEEP THEM IN I WOULD PICK THE HSA CONTRIBUTION, THE PROBABLY THES AES MANAGEMENT OUT OF THE 3. THE LIFT STATION GENERATEDDOR AND GRAFT SPECIALIST FOR SURE.

THE OTHERS WE CAN WORK -- THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE IF WHICH WERE TO PICK ONE.

>> ONE FROM EACH BUCKET. >> YES. I DON'T KNOW IF HOW EVERYONE ELSE FEELS ONE OR TWOING BUT DEFINITELY THOSE. I MEAN DON'T SHOP THOSE OUT.

>> I THINK THAT FACILITY MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT, TOO. SELECT ONE FROM COLUMN A AND ONE FROM COLUMN B, I WOULD PICK A COUPLE FROM A COUPLE OF COLUMNS. BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MOST OF

WHAT YOU SAID. >> WHILE SOME MAY NOT APPEAR TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL, SOME CAN LEAD TO THAT ESPECIALLY IF THE STUDIES THEY CAN LEAD TO EVENTUALLY HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THOSE TRANSFORMATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT I THINK SERVE LOOK FOG FOR.

IF COUNCIL DOES WANT TO FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT EVEN MEANS TO EACH OF YOU, BECAUSE IF WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO SPEND THESE FUNDS NOW, IT IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A DISCUSSION WHEN WE GET TO THE COMMUNITY GRANTS AND WE HAVE MORE DETAILS. AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL GOING INTO THE MEETINGS THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS IF COUNCIL CAN GET ON THE SAME PAGE WITH, OKAY, HOW ARE WE DEFINING TRANSFORMATIONAL, SO THAT THE SMALLER PROJECTS OR IDEAS SUBMITTED BY NON-PROFITS THAT MAYBE DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD, MAYBE WE JUST DON'T WASTE TIME MEETING WITH THEM AND SCRUBBING THOSE NUMBERS IF THEY DON MEET THE TRANSFORMASTAL --

TRANSFORMATIONAL THRESHOLD THAT YOU WANT TO SET. >> THE ONLY STUDY YOU IN HERE IS

THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN? >> FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS, YES.

AND AT THAT IT IS NOT EVEN FUNDING THE WHOLE THING. WE SIMPLY AGAIN ARE TRYING TO THINK CREATIVELY ON HOW WE CAN QUITE FRANKLY ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES WE'VE LAID OUT.

ONE OF THEM WAS TO GO THROUGH THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN WHICH WE DO PLAN TO BRING TO COUNCIL SOON. BUT OVERALL WE'LL SCRUB THE NUMBERS AND GET THE NUMBERS DOWN AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. FOR THIS CATEGORY. AND IT SOUNDS AS IF GOING BACK TO, THAT WE'RE GOOD WITH LOSS OF REVENUE. WE'LL SCRUB ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS. UTILITIES WE'RE GOOD, BROADBAND WE'RE GOOD.

TOURISM, WE'RE PRIORITIZING GRANTS BUT NO ISSUE ALLOCATING THE FUNDS NOR NOW.

AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE, THAT WAS $100,000 FOR INNOVATION

COLLECTIVE. IS COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF THAT? >> YES.

>> OKAY. AND $500,000 FOR BIG GRANT PROGRAM.

THAT CAN BE TABLED FOR A CONVERSATION LATER BECAUSE THAT ISN'T SOMETHING WE FIGURED TOUT SPECIFICS YET. AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE WAITING THE COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN BEFORE WE THE IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOWNTOWN.

>>> THAT WOULD BE GOOD. >>> THAT WOULD BE GOOD. >> GREAT, I THINK I GOT WHAT I NEEDED FROM THE CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FEEDBACK.

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>> ALL RIGHT. >> THOSE ARE ALL THE CITY MANAGER ROARS FOR THIS EVENING

AND SO, WE CAN MOVE ON. >> OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE

SESSION. >> TIME IS NOW 6:50. >> AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL

[G. Executive Sessions:]

NEGOTIATIONS OF THIRD PARTY. >> THANK YOU, WOULD ANYBODY

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