[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 17 TH.
>> IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGES FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> 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.
[1. Announcements/Reminders:]
>>> THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. WELCOME, EVERYONE.
WE WILL JUMP STRAIGHT INTO OUR ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.
WE'LL START WITH B1. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS. MR. GARZA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US THIS EVENING?
>> GOOD EVENING. I DO HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU THIS EVENING. FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT ALL NON-EMERGENCY CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED JUNE 19 TH IN OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH. YARD WASTE AND RECYCLING SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY WILL BE COLLECTED AS USUAL. THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., AS WELL. IT IS RE- ENTERING STAGE 2 AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO RESUME NORMAL PUMPING AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR RESTRICTIONS.
UNDER STAGE 2 OF THE PLAN RESIDENTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRING LIMITING WATERING OF LAWNS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE LIMITED FROM THE HOURS OF 6:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. AND THEY INCLUDE USING A HOSE AND SPRINKLER, FILLING POOLS AND IT DOES NOT APPLY TO CAR WASHES AND SERVICE STATIONS.
PLEASE VISIT VICTORIATX. COM OR CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS AT 361-485-3380. ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN AND HOPEFULLY YOU D THAT WE HAVE BEGUN CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS SUMMER OF THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. THEY ARE ENCOURAGED IN THE CARD DESIGN CONTEST. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE DESIGN IS JUNE 28TH AND IT IS FOR SIGNUP MONTH IN SEPTEMBER. RULES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY'S FRONT DESK. PLEASE VISIT VICTORIATX.COM/LIBRARY OR FOLLOW VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. THEY WILL BE HOLDING A CHILD SAFETY COMMITTEE -- EXCUSE ME, THE MUNICIPAL COURT CHILD SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL BE HOLDING WORK SHOPS TO APPLY FOR A CHILD SAFETY GRANT.
IT WILL GIVE THEM THE TOOLS NEEDED TO SUBMIT A STRONG APPLICATION. THE WORK SHOPS WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. ON JUNE 26TH AT 700 SWEET 104.
WE WILL WE WILL BE HOLDING A BUDGET SESSION. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS SOLELY PRELIMINARY. I FORMALLY DO NOT PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST WHICH OCCURS UNTIL AFTER WE RECEIVE THE FORMAL PROPERTY TAX RULES AT THE END OF JULY.
[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THEN WE WILL JUMPJUMP ITEM B2, PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THIS
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE HERE, BUT WE DO WANT TO, AND IF THEY ARE -- THEY ARE NOT.
THEY'RE HARD AT WORK, BUT WE HAD SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS RECENTLY RECEIVE POST- SECONDARY DEGREES AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THAT.
THEY ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING, BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM NONETHELESS AND BILLY BERNARD WHO RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND WILMER CASSIA, AND KOBY CUTASH, AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
[3. Items from Council:]
. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THISTHANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM B3 ITEMS FROM COUNCIL. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THIS
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EVENING?>> I HAVE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS OF LONG TREE ROAD NEAR CATERPILLAR THAT THERE WERE SOME REPAIRS MADE THERE IN THE PAST AND NOW THAT'S BUCKLED AND THE CARS ARE HITTING THE BOTTOM OF IT. MANY EMPLOYEES OF THE CATERPILLAR AND ATC SAY IT'S A PRETTY BAD SITUATION, THAT THEY NEED THAT SPEED BUMP REPAIRED OR WHATEVER IT'S TURNED INTO.
[4. Citizen Communication:]
>> THANK YOU, MR. DE LA GARZA. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE. WE WILL MOVE INTO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. I HAVE TWO CARDS.
THE FIRST IS MICHAEL VANDARA. MR. VANDARA.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M MICHAEL VANDARA. I LIVE AT NORTH JORDAN.
>> I NEEDED ONE ENGINE AND THAT WAS IT, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN.
WE HAVE A -- THIS IS HURRICANE SEASON, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN RAINING FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN VICTORIA, AND THE TRAILER PARK OWNER EVEN THOUGH HE'S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE AND HAS ALL OF THIS MONEY TO CONCRETE THE TRAILER PARK, NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO FIX THE MAILBOXES, YOU KNOW. THE TENANTS ARE GETTING WET MAIL BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LIDS ON THE MAILBOXES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THE CITY OF VICTORIA COULD HELP HIM OUT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE HE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THOSE MAILBOXES FIXED AND STUFF, AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME UP, AND WHEN I WAS RIDING MY BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK I GOT HIT BY A BANANA LEAF AND STUFF, AND I WISH THEY COULD TRIM THOSE BANANA LEAVES SO WHEN PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES THEY DON'T GET SMACKED IN THE FACE. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, GO RIDE YOUR BICYCLE UP THERE AND YOU'LL GET SMACKED IN THE FACE. I WISH HE COULD TAKE CARE OF THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE CAN AFFORD IT. HE'S ONE OF THE STATE'S BEST PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER, AND HE'S GOOD AT WINNING MILLION DOLLAR CASES, BUT HE'S NOT GOOD AT FIXING MAILBOXES THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE TENANTS.
THEY CAN'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE THEY CAN GET EVICTED, BUT I CAN COMPLAIN BECAUSE HE CAN'T EVICT ME BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE THERE ITEM. ANYWAY, THANKS FOR THE HELP, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DONE ON THE TRAILER PARK, AND HE'S PUT SOME CONCRETE THERE, AND IT'S LOOKING NICE. I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE CITY OF VICTORIA'S HELP, I THINK HE WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO TURN A BLIND EYE AND NOT NOT IT. HE'S GOT $80 MILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENTS, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR HIM NOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
OH, AND THANKS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORING THE BOB K. RACE.
>> THANK YOU. THE LAST CARD I HAVE IS KIM PICKETS.
>> WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, I HOPE YOU'RE STAYING DRY AND THE MOSQUITOS ARE NOT TRYING TO CARRY YOU AWAY.
GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO ADDRESS A SITUATION.
I KNOW I ALWAYS COME AND TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, SO IT'S A NO BRAINER WHEN YOU SEE ME, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE REALLY AT CRITICAL MASS WITH THE SITUATIONS OF HAVING A STATE CAMPING BAN, HAVING CITY ORDINANCES THAT DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE IN CERTAIN PLACES.
THE POLICE DO WHAT THEY CAN BECAUSE÷÷ THEY FOLLOW THE ORDINANCES AND THE LAWS. THE ISSUE IS, LIKE, I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING -- I HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO RECEIVED FOUR CTWS IN ONE WEEK BECAUSE HE CAN'T FAND A PLACE TO SLEEP. HE'S DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.
HE'S A DISABLED PERSON WHO RECEIVES A CHECK, CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LACK OF NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ACTUAL, LIKE, INCOME-BASED HOUSING THAT HE CAN GET INTO.
HE'S NEVER GOING TO MAKE TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT OF RENT FOR INCOME- RESTRICTED VERSUS INCOME- BASED HOUSING. HE IS SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN A TENT. HE MOVES AROUND.
HE'S NOT TRYING TO BREAK THE LAW.
IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE SHELTER AS A CITY HOWEVER THAT LOOKS, IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE SHELTER FOR PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO STOP CTW PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO FIND
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A PLACE TO SLEEP. WE DON'T HAVE A SHELTER FOR COUPLES OR FAMILIES OR FOR MEN BEYOND THE SALVATION ARMY. THEY HAVE BEEN MAXED AT 14.WE HAVE WAY MORE THAN 14 MEN THAT NEED A PLACE TO SLEEP, SO I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO CONSIDER A MORATORIUM ON CTWS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND TRYING TO JUST SLEEP BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AT ALTERNATIVES AND THIS PERSON IS ON THE RUN FOR INCOME- BASED HOUSING. WE CHECKED ON TUESDAY.
HE'S ONLY MOVED UP TEN IN THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS.
SO IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS. IT COULD BE A YEAR BEFORE HE GETS HOUSED, AND THE THING IS IF HE CONTINUES TO BE CTW'ED IT JUST ADDS TO A CRIMINAL RECORD AND KEEPS HIM NOT BEING HOUSED. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER A MORATORIUM. LIKE I SAID, IT'S -- IT'S CREATING A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO SLEEP.
>> THANK YOU, MISS MISS PICKENS, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
[1. A public hearing and resolution for council consideration of a tax aba...]
I WILL THEN CLOSE CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS.WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM C, ITEMS OF PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM C1.
>>. >> A PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH ZEPHYROS INCORPORATED AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT BY THE CITY MANAGER AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, DANIELLE IS NOT HANDLING THIS ITEM. THE OFFICE IS.
>> HERE WE ARE AA AGO SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION AT THE FIRST MAY MEETING AND THE TIME LINE GOING BACK ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU STARTS WITH THE CREATION OF THE REINVESTMENT ZONE WHICH DESIGNATES THE AREA FOR POTENTIAL INCENTIVES, AND IT INCOMPASSES THE LONE TREE AREA, THE LONE TREE INDUSTRIAL PARK. A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS SENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH AND HERE WE ARE TONIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WANT TO THANK ALLISON, DANIELLE FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE FOR STAYING ON TRACK AND FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOLS. WE PROVIDED A HANDOUT FOR YOU ALL WHICH INCLUDES THE APPLICATION AND THE GUIDELINES. I KNOW THERE'S AMBIGUITY ON WHERE THIS PROJECT FIT AS FAR AS SCALE AND NUMBER OF JOBS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. SO THIS WOULD BE AN EIGHT- YEAR TAX ABATEMENT, AND IT WOULD BE FOR A SLIGHTLY MORE THAN SEVEN- ACRE TRACT IN LONE TREE, AND IT WAS OWNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE APPLICATION STATES THAT THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT A 53,000 SQUARE- FOOT FACILITY AND INVESTS $27 MILLION ON IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT SITE AND BEGIN IMPROVEMENT WITH 12 EMPLOYEES, AND THESE ARE GOOD PAYING JOBS.
THEY RANGE FROM 65,000 TO 130,000 ANNUAL SALARY, AND SO THIS IS ALSO A CATERPILLAR SUPPLIER. THEY SUPPLY THE PINS AND OTHER ITEMS FOR CATERPILLAR AND OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT THE POTENTIAL CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS ONE WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT. IT SEEMS TO CHECK A LOT OF BOXES FOR US, AND I KNOW CATERPILLAR IS EXCITED, AS WELL.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TITUS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, THEN I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ITEM C1, IF ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM C1 AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS ITEM.
>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
TWO SECONDS. THEY WERE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON C1? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2. Ordinance providing for the imposition and levy of an additional hotel...]
>> ITEM C1 PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM C2.
>> C 2, ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A LEVY OF AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX EQUAL TO 2% OF THE VENUE PROJECT APPROVED BY VOTERS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, TEXAS, ON MAY
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3, 2025, AND CONSISTING OF THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY CENTER AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 8 HOTEL AND MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX 8- 32 AND OTHER PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE PURPOSE OF THISORDINANCE. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO ORDINANCES THAT ARE A RESULT OF THE MAY ELECTION.
THIS IS FOR THE ADDITIONAL 2% HOTEL TAX.
THIS ORDINANCE SIMPLY AMENDS OUR CURRENT SECTION 8- 32 OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL TAX, AND WE'LL IMPLEMENT THAT.
YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER ORDINANCE COME BEFORE YOU HERE SHORTLY FOR THE SHORT- TERM VEHICLE RENTAL TAX THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, AND SO THIS IS JUST UPDATING OUR CODE TO INCLUDE THOSE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
>> WILL THIS TAKE THREE RINGS?
>> THREE RINGS, BUT WE'LL HAVE
>> THIS WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT MEETING, AS
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LACY? ALL RIGHT.
YOU, SIR. >> WITH THAT, THEN, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ITEM C2.
IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE THEN, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM C2 AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS ITEM.
>> OKAY. I'VE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR
[D. Consent Agenda:]
>> ANY OPPOSED? ITEM C2 PASSES.
VERY GOOD. LET'S JUMP INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE WILL BE REMOVING ONE ITEM AND THAT IS ITEM D1, THE, DOPGSZ OF THE MINUTES. WE'LL REMOVE THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE CORRECTIONS TO MAKE ON THAT. SO MISS WEST, WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF READING THE DER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. D2, RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH THORNTON MUSSO AND BELLEMIN NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.
>> D3, WITH THORNTON MUSSO AND BELLEMIN IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,500. D 3 FOR LIQUID PHOSPHATEPHOSPHAT E CORROSION INHITTER IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 160,500.
>> D5, APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL FOR ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTACT WITH THORNTON MUSSO, NOT TO EXCEED $297.304.32. D6, RENEWAL OF ANALL SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH THORNTON MUSSO AND BELLEMIN IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $139.177.92.
D7, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CHANGE ORDER TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH COMMAND COMMISSIONING LLC FOR COMMISSIONING SERVICES AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS. D8, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF THE ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH BRENNTAG SOUTHWEST FOR LIQUID CHLORINE NOT TO EXCEED $434,085.
D9, APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF VMWARE LICENSING WITH SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $72,893.50. D10, APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF COMPREHENSIVE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS IN A COMBINED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $408,172.47. D11, A RESOLUTION AND RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT WITH ONESOLUTION WITH CENTRALSQUARE TECHNOLOGIES LLC FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RMS AND COMPUTER- AIDED DISPATCH, CAD, NOT TO EXCEED $220,743.47 AND D12, AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR STAFF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR MODIFICATIONS TO VICTORIA MALL DRIVE FOR THE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $97,126.
>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ITEMS D2
THROUGH 12. >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
AGENDA AS READ. >> I SECOND THAT.
>> GOT A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY
[1. Adoption of Minutes of the regular meeting held on June 3, 2025. April...]
AYE.>> THAT ITEM PASSED. WE WILL READ ITEM D1,
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THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES HELD ON JUNE 3, 2025.THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ERRORS IN THE DRAFT MINUTES AND MISS LACY WILL YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT SO WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME THING.
>> YES, SIR. I APOLOGIZE TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD SOME GLITCHES IN THE SYSTEM AND WE'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME UPDATING SOME OF OUR DOCUMENTS WHEN WE ERRORS, HOWEVER, IN THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MINUTE UNDER E2 THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE VOTES. THE FIRST VOTE SHOULD READ I, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JAN SCOTT AND STEVEN KIDDER INCLUDING DUANE CROCKER, MAYOR PRO THEM.
IT SHOULD READ MAYOR PRO TEM ANDREW YOUNG AND STRIKING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL DE LA GARZA AND JAN SCOTT AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN KIDDER.
>> DO WE NEED A SEPARATE MOTION FOR EACH OF THOSE ITEMS OR DO WE DO THAT AS ONE MOTION TO MAKE THE CORRECTIONS YOU JUST READ?
>> I WOULD OPEN WITH THE FIRST MOTION TO ACCEPT THE Mâ– INUTES, ND THEN OU CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT AND VOTE ON THAT AND THEN GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND SECOND VOTE ON THAT ONE.
>> OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR AN ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES? GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND AND NOW WE'LL NEED A MOTION FOR CORRECTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CORRECTION AS READ BY
MISS LACY? >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT WHAT ALLISON JUST SAID.
SECOND THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. MOTION SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CORRECTIONS SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? AND THEN WE NEED TO VOTE AGAIN ORIGINAL MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AS
>> SO, I CALL FOR THAT VOTE. I CALL FOR THE VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
PASSED. >> THAT SEEMED EFFICIENT.
>> IT'S NOT EFFICIENT AT ALL. I'M ALL ABOUT FUNCTION AND
[1. Approve a professional services contract with Populous, Inc., for desi...]
FORM. LET'S MOVE TO SECTION E.>> E1, APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH POPULOOUS, FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANSION AND RENOVATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,999,873.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS ALLISON ALLUDED TO WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROGRESS WITH ALL OF THE ITEMS RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN MAY. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTSES ABOUT THE FINANCE ABOUT IT AND WE DO PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY BUDGET AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND WE WILL DESIGNATE SOME TIME IN JULY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT AS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE POSITIVE. AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'VE WORKED TO DEVELOP AN OPTION FOR YOU THAT WOULD NOT ISSUE $50 MILLION IN COS AND IT WOULD BE LESS AND THAT WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND THE PUBLIC AND FOCUS COS ON THINGS LIKE STREETS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> UM -- I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. BUT AS HE FIGURES THAT OUT, WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE DESIGN ASPECT OF IT, AND SO I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO TODD GROWLERGROWLER MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE MET WHO IS WITH POPULOUS AND HE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE LATEST IN DESIGN AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE DESIGN TIMELINE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE. SO, TODD, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> I CAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> EXCELLENT.
HOPEFULLY, JAMES, YOU CAN COORDINATE PULLING UP SOME OF THE ITEMS. TODD, AT YOUR DIRECTION WE WILL PULL UP THE ITEMS THAT YOU SENT US TO SHOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT TO BE BACK, IF NOT ONLY VIRTUALLY. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PROJECT TICKED OFF. IF YOU WANT TO PULL UP THE SLIDES I PROVIDED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, AND WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT.
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EXCELLENT. AS YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY REMEMBER, WE WRAPPED UP THE MASTER PLANNING STUDY AND CONCEPT DESIGN.THIS WAS KIND OF THE RESULTING DIRECTIONALLY PROPOSED FOR THE SITE AND FUTURE PROJECTS, PRIMARILY NUMBER THREE BEING THE RED PART.
THAT'S OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER AND SIGNIFICANT RENOVATIONS IN THAT SPACE IN THE DOME AS WELL AS FOOD SERVICE, BATH BATHROOMS AND PUBLIC SPACES AND THE FLAT FLOOR MULTI- USE EVENT SPACE AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SIX AND SEVEN ARE ADDED VENUES. SIX IS AN EVENT ARENA.
SEVEN IS A COVERED MULTI- USE LIVESTOCK OR HORSE BARN TO HELP HELP GROW THAT EVENT AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR ANIMALS AS WELL AS WARM- UP SPACE AND THEN A VARIOUS SITE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE BUILDINGS WHICH IMPROVES PARKING IMPROVEMENTS AND SIGNAGE AND LANDSCAPING AND SECURITY LIGHTING AND SO ON. THAT WAS THE END OF OUR MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, BUT WE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE WITH JESUS AND HIS TEAM AT THE CITY, AND ALSO WE PAID A VISIT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO BACK TO VICTORIA TO HAVE ANOTHER SESSION WITH THE LIVESTOCK SHOW STAKEHOLDERS BEING ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS CURRENTLY AT THE VENUE. THEY HAD SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT THEY'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER.
SO WE CAME BACK DOWN AT A SESSION WITH THEM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF DEPICTS SOME PROPOSED CHANGES BASED ON THEIR INPUT IN THAT SESSION. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON WHAT IS THE BEST PLACEMENT FOR AN ARENA MOVING FORWARD AND IF WE BUILD THE ARENA DIRECTLY ADJACENT IN PARALLEL WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING AND BACKING IT UP TO THE LIVESTOCK BARN, COULD IT EVER BE EXPANDED? DO WE HAVE SPACE TO HAVE CATTLE TRUCKS AND THINGS BACK BEHIND THERE, POSSIBLY RV HOOKUPS AND THINGS.
REALLY, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT, IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD INPUT AND A GOOD IDEA TO CONSIDER PULLING THAT ARENA KIND OF OUT OF THAT ARMPIT OF THE TWO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND GIVING IT A LITTLE BREATHING SPACE THAT COULD ALLOW US TO ADD A WARM- UP ARENA IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT IS CLOSED AND IT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GOOD SERVICE ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT WHICH WILL GET CATTLE TRUCKS, HORSE TRAILERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN THERE, AND THEN MOVING THE LIVESTOCK MULTI- USE BUILDING OUT WHERE NUMBER 7 IS INDICATED.
THAT WOULD PROVIDE US THE ABILITY TO ALSO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THAT BUILDING IN THE FUTURE AND CONNECT TO THE EXISTING LIVESTOCK FARM AS WELL AS CONNECT ACROSS THE ALLEY TO THE EXISTING ARENA WHICH WILL BECOME THAT FLAT FLOOR SPACE.
SO THESE CHANGES DO PROVIDE US WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE FACILITIES, EITHER INDEPENDENTLY OR COMBINED TOGETHER FOR ONE LARGE EVENT.
IT DOES GIVE US ANOTHER NICE FRONT DOOR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS PLAN NORTH THAT WOULD PARALLEL SOME OF THE NEW ENTRY WORK BEING DONE ON THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER, AND REALLY, I THINK, DOES A NICE JOB OF GIVING US KIND OF A DOUGHNUT OF PARKING AND MULTI-USE SITE SPACE ALL AROUND THE BUILDINGS WITHOUT CRAMMING ALL OF THE BUILDINGS TOGETHER.
>> SO I LIKE THESE CHANGES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS WAS JUST THE PLANNING PHASE. AS WE BEGIN THE DESIGN PHASE WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE SESSIONS WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS COME IN AND DO REVIEWS HOW THEY WORK FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS PUBLIC SESSIONS WHERE WE'LL GIVE PUBLIC UPDATES AND TAKE INPUT ON HOW THE DESIGN IS PROGRESSING THROUGH THE REST OF THIS SUMMER. ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE --
>> PARTS OF THE MASTER PLAN, AND I DID THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TO KIND OF DEPICT WHEN WE'RE FOCUSING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO THE BALL FIELD AREA IS OVER TO THE LEFT AND SOME OF THE
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OPEN SPACE AND SKATE PARK TO THE RIGHT ARE NOT REALLY THE PRIORITY AREAS OF THIS IMMEDIATE PROJECT.WE ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATIONS COMPLETED. THE EVENT ARENA AND THE COVERED LIVESTOCK BARN WITH THE RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE CORE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE ALSO STILL LOOKING AT THE EDGE TREATMENT AT NORTH STREET AND ALSO BEN WILSON, POWER LANDSCAPING AND THE WALKWAYS, AND I THINK EVEN SOME TIME COINCIDENTALLY IN THE TIMEFRAME OF THIS PROJECT THERE MIGHT BE NORTHEAST PROJECTS OCCURRING, SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE WHOLE PROPERTY AND THE REAL FOCUS ON BUILDINGS AND MAJOR PROJECT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT CORE AREA.
>> AND TODD, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROCESS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION IN MAY, WE DID RECEIVE, IN ADDITION TO THE FEEDBACK AROUND THE AMOUNT OF CS THAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE WERE RECEIVING QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED LAYOUT, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO THE SESSION THAT TODD IS REFERRING TO THAT HE CAME BACK FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WAS IN OUR EFFORT TO ENSUREENSURE WE CONTINUED TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW THIS SITE LAYS OUT IS IN -- PUTS THIS FACILITY IN A POSITION TO BE THE MOST -- AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT SPENDING THIS MONEY TO THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER IT'S BUILTBUILT FEEDBACK THAT YOU DIDN'T SPACE IT OUT RIGHT AND WE DIDN'T DO RODEOS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
IN ADDITION TO THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT TODD IS REFERRING TO, WE SPECIFICALLY INVITED SOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE ATTENDING ORGANIZED RODEOS BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
A BIG PART OF THIS ARENA IS TO BUILD IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN HOST RODEOS AND OTHER LIFESTYLE CENTRIC EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AND PULLING IT OUT AND TO THE SIDE HOW THIS DEPICTS COULD CREATE SOME GREATER SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOWED YOU THE LATEST, BUT I'LL ECHO TODD'S COMMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THIS IS FINAL EITHER AND THIS IS THE NEXT ITERATION OF IT AND WE'LL SHOW THIS ITERATION TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AGAIN TO RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE IT AND IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVEMENT BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE PROGRESS TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK AND SOME MOVEMENT TO GET THIS IN AS BEST SHAPE AS POSSIBLE IN A QUICK MANNER.
>> JAN, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> YEAH. I'M PROCESSING ALL OF IT.
I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTIONQUESTION -- IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION. IT'S A STATEMENT THAT THE RV HOOKUPS ARE NOW, I THINK, FURTHER FROM THE LIVESTOCK BARNS AND FROM THE ARENA, AND I'M NOT ONE THAT KNOWS IF THAT'S SIGNIFICANT OR NOT, BUT ONE OF THE MAJOR USES FOR THE RV HOOKUPS WOULD BE DURING THE STOCK SHOW. SO THE DISTANCE FROM -- E SPECIALLY THE ANIMAL BARN.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED.
>> GOOD COMMENT. WE DO HAVE RSHG V RV HOOKUPS IN 13.
>> OKAY. I WAS LOOKING AT 11. THANK YOU.
>> WE DO HAVE THEM THERE IN THE PERIMETER OF PERIMETER OF THE LOT.
THEY WON'T BE IN THE CENTER OF THE LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT CLEAR FOR LARGE TRAILER MOVEMENTS, AND WE ALSO WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW WHERE EXACTLY THE CARNIVAL WILL BE SITUATED, WHETHER IT'S WHERE IT'S SHOWN HERE ON NUMBER 11 OR MAYBE TO THE RIGHT, RIGHT OF THE NEW ARENA, 22, BUT THERE WILL BE ALSO UTILITY HOOKUPS AND RV HOOKUPS ASSOCIATED WITH WHEREVER THAT SETTLES DOWN. I JUST DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE -- THAT'S STILL, I THINK, A PIECE THAT'S MAYBE MOVING AROUND, BUT WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL RV HOOKUPS WHEREVER THAT LANDS ON THE SITE.
>> THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION, AND ALSO VOICES THE SAME CONCERN. SO I'M JUST GLAD TO HEAR IT'S STILL BEING CONSIDERED. THANK YOU.
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>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW WE'LL ALL HAVE COMMENTS AND WORK THROUGH THIS AS THE PROCESS UNFOLDS, BUT CERTAINLY, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO THIS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE TO COME.
>> 100%. SO, TODD, IF YOU CAN TRANSITION TO YOUR DESIGN TIMELINE?
SO THIS IS A PRETTY HIGH-LEVEL TIME LINE OF HOW WE SEE THE PROJECT COMING TOGETHER THROUGH FEBRUARY OF '27.
WE'RE VERY FIRM ON THE DESIGN TIME LINE BASICALLY THROUGH ABOUT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A DESIGN TEAM KICKOFF ON SITE, THE WEEK OF JUNE 30TH WHERE WE'LL HAVE OUR FULL DESIGN TEAM AND ENGINEERING TEAM ON SITE. WE'LL BE CRAWLING THROUGH THE EXISTING BUILDING. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE DID A LOT OF ANALYSIS EARLY ON IN THE PLANNING AND THIS IS VERY REAL NOW, SO WE HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SYSTEMS AND WHERE LOAD BEARING WALLS AND STRUCTURES ARE AND THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR LESS THAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN DEVELOPMENT INTO THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, AND THEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL HAVE COMPLETE DOCUMENTS DONE. WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH PERMITTING PROCESS, AND THERE WILL BE A MOBILIZATION PERIOD WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS ARE GETTING ALL OF THE SUBS OUT OF THE SITE, BUT ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, AND I PUT A LITTLE YELLOW DOT THERE IS WE DO HAVE THE LIVESTOCK SHOW COMING UP, WHICH IS THE FEBRUARY 19ST OF MARCH. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS STARTED IF ANYTHING STARTED PRIOR TO THAT, THAT WE DON'T IMPACT THAT.
SO WE'LL BE -- ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER'S ONBOARD WE'LL BE ALONG WITH JESUS AND THE CITY TEAM WORKING ALL TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT CAN START EARLIER? AND CAN THEY START PROCURING LONG LEAD ITEMS SO WHEN THEY START THAT WE COULD BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE OF ESTIMATED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION RIGHT NOW OF JANUARY 31, 2027, AND THAT GIVES US, YOU KNOW 30 DAYS TO KIND OF GET MOVED IN, SHAKE STUFF DOWN BEFORE WE HAVE LIVESTOCK SHOW, AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MOST LIKELY THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS WILL PROBABLY -- THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY'LL BE FINISHED BEFORE THE RENOVATION PROJECT. RENOVATION PROJECTS, THINK, ARE ALWAYS MESSIER AND TAKE MORE TIME THAN A BRAND- NEW BUILDING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO IN AND DO THIS SELECTIVE DEMOLITION BEFORE WE CAN START THE REBUILD, BUT ONCE WE DO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ONBOARD WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK ALL TOGETHER AND SET FORTH A MUCH MORE DETAILED SCHEDULE FROM DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THE COMPLETION.
>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS, IF I MAY ADD, TODD, THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP THE CAUSE OF THIS AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE IS THE TIME LINE THAT WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING INTERNALLY TO SELECT AN OWNER'S REP AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER THAT TODD WAS ALLUDING TO.
SO THIS MONTH WE WILL HAVE THE RFQ FOR THE OWNER'S REP. WE ANTICIPATE THAT OWNER'S REP COMING ONBOARD IN AUGUST, NO LATER THAN AUGUST AND WE HOPE TO GET ONBOARD BY OCTOBEROCTOBER THAT AS THEY'RE FINALIZING ALL OF THESE DESIGNS WE CAN GET TRUE COST ESTIMATION FROM THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WE SELECT AND THEY CAN START THE PLANNING, THE MOBILIZATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT TODD IS REFERRING TO, AND SO THERE IS MORE ITEMS THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU, AS IT RELATES TO THE SELECTION OF THE OWNER'S REP AND THE SELECTION OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OVER THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WHICH WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN ENSURING THAT WE MEET THIS TIMELINE.
>> HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR EITHER TODD OR I.
>> OBVIOUSLY, A VERY EXCITING PROJECT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH POPULOUS GOING FORWARD AND I WILL RESPECT TO E1.
>> A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY
>> ANY OPPOSED? ITEM E1 PASSES.
[2. Approve Change Order No. 1 for the 2025 Residential Street Maintenance...]
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HAVE A
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WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM E2.
>> E2, APPROVE CHANGE ORDERORDER NUMBER ONE FOR THE 2025 RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT TO CLARK CONSTRUCTION OF TEXAS IN THE AMOUNT OF AN ADDITIONAL $447,500.64. CONTRACT AMOUNT IS $3,872,951.24.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN.
TODAY I WOULD ASK FOR CONSIDERATION TO CHANGE THE ORDER FOR THE 2025 RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG LINGO LANE AND MCGRUDER DRIVE.
IT'S PART OF THE CFP AND IT KEPT GETTING BUMPED DOWN THE LINE AND JUST THIS PAST MARCH AND APRIL WHERE WE REWORKED VINE STREET UP TO THE END OF THE PROPERTY FROM VINE STREET TO THE RAILROADS. THIS WILL THEN COMPLETE THAT SECTION OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FROM MAIN ALL THE WAY TO COUNTRY CLUB. THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ARE TO RECLAIM AND STABILIZE THE CEMENT, THE EXISTING BASE MATERIAL AND SHAPE IT, COMPACT IT, PRIME COAT, TWO SEAL COAT AND TOP THAT WITH A COAT OF ONYX. AS WAS READ AS PART OF THE AGENDA, THE CHANGE ORDER PRICE IS $447,500. 64 FOR A FINAL CONTRACT PRICE OF $3,872,951.24.
THIS WILL ADD HALF A MILE TO THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT FOR A TOTAL OF 9. 4 MILES AND THE CONTRACTOR HAS NOT ASKED FORFOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE THIS WORK.
>> I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, TO BE MORE, I GUESS, STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING, THIS MCGRUDER PROJECT HAS BEEN VIEWED AS A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCT PROJECT AND THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION IN THE PAST ABOUT REROUTING LINGO LANE AND IT STARTED GETTING BUMPED AND IT STARTED GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AND AFTER WE STARTED DOING THE RECLAIM AND SEAL WORK ON VINE STREET, WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S JUST DO THAT VERY SIMILAR WORK TO THE REST OF LINGO LANE AND MCGRUDER AND RUDER AND LET'S JUST GET IT INTO BETTER DRIVING SHAPE AND THAT'S WHAT EVENTUALLY LED US TO THIS RECOMMENDATION. BASICALLY, IT WILL BUY US SOME TIME BEFORE WE CAN EVER GET TO A REROUTE AND WIDENING OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.
>> GOT IT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD ADDITION, CIP, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE ALREADY PUT THE WORK IN ON THE WAGNER AND VINE STREET SIDE.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEM E2.
[3. Approve the fourth amendment to the Contribution in Aid of Constructio...]
>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> E3. >> APPROVE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH THE YMCA OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT TO REFLECT CHANGES IN THE TERM EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN SWIM
FEE. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TODAY ABOUT REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE YMCA CONTRIBUTION AND AID OF CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT. I AM GOING TO GO OVER A BIT OF BACKGROUND. ON JUNE 10, 2014, THE CITY OF VICTORIA ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT OF YMCA OF GOLDEN CRESCENT AND THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE POOL ADMISSIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO HOLD A YMCA MEMBERSHIP. SO THAT WOULD BE THE BARBARA BRIGGS YMCA ON 1806 NORTH NIMITZ. HERE'S A COPY OF THE 2025 SUMMER POOL SCHEDULE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BRIGHT ORANGE, THOSE ARE THE OPEN SWIM TIMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS. TYPICALLY GOING FROM TUESDAY ALL THE WAY UNTIL SUNDAY AND THE TIMES MAY VARY DEPENDING ON PROGRAMMING. THE YMCA CURRENT POOL PRICING STRUCTURE IS AS FOLLOWS.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CHOICES HERE.
WE HAVE MEMBER ACCESS WHICH THE POOL ACCESS IS INCLUDED FOR ALL MEMBERS LISTED ON THE MEMBERSHIP AND THAT'S A $5
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ENTRY FEE THAT APPLIES TO ANY GUESTS. THE PARTICIPANT ACCESS IS A $5$5 FEE AND IT'S FOR A FULL- DAY USE.SO YOU CAN LEAVE, YOU CAN RE-ENTER DURING THE SAME DAY, AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR RECEIPT IN ORDER TO GET BACK IN TO ACCESS THE POOL. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE SOME OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES THAT ARE SHOWING FOR THE YMCA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR STARTING FROM 2018 INTO 2024. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP GRAY BAR IS SHOWING THE POOL REVENUE FOR THE YMCA AND IT'S POOL RENTSALS AND ALL OF THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPKEEP OF THE POOL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT HIGHER RATES OF EXPENSES AS IT RELATES TO THE REVENUE THAT IS COMING IN. I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE AND OF NOTICE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S TAKE STAFFING CAUSE AS IT RELATES TO LIFEGUARD RATES AND IN 2018 THE YMCA WENT FROM $9 TO $10 AN HOUR FOR LIFEGUARDS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHEMICALS IT WENT TO $1,000 A MONTH FOR THOSE SUPPLIES AND INCREASE NOW UNTIL 2025 IT INCREASED TO $2500 A MONTH.
SO WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR TODAY IS THE YMCA NOW REQUESTS TO FURTHER AMENDMENT THE AGREEMENT TO MOD FIGHT TERM OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE YMCA'S ABILITY TO INCREASEINCREASE TWO THINGS, POOL USAGE FEES AS WELL AS THE CONTRACT EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THE YMCA OF GOLDEN CRESCENT HAS REQUESTED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT LANGUAGE FROM USEFUL LIFE TO SET A TERMINATION DATE OF 2035. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE POOL'S LIFE SPAN, AND I NOTED HERE IN BOLD ALTHOUGH THE POOL'S LIFE SPANS MAY VARY, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE YMCA POOL MAY REQUIRE MAINTENANCE IN APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 YEARS, HENCE THE DATE THAT WAS PROPOSED. THE SECOND PART THAT IS REQUESTING TO BE AMENDED IS THE YMCA HAS REQUESTED CONTRACT LANGUAGE TO BE UPDATED IN ORDER TO RAISE THE GATE FEE OVER TIME WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THIS RATE CHANGE WILL HELP OFFSET THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH STAFFING, SUPPLIES, ET CETERA.
SO JUST TO MORE CLEARLY EXPLAINEXPLAIN WHAT A GATE FEE IS. THE GATE FEE IS SPECIFIC TO ONE AREA. IT'S ONLY BUYING ACCESS TO THE POOL ONLY. NO ACCESS TO ANY OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING, AND THE DAY FEE ALLOWS YOU FULL ACCESS.
A DAY PASS IS $10 AND CURRENTLY THE YMCA CANNOT RAISE THEIR DAY FEE OF $10 WITHOUT RAISING THE GATE FEE. AND SO HOW WOULD THIS WORK NOW VERSUS HOW IT WOULD WORK ONCE ONCE÷÷THIS PASSED. IT IS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SUMMER OF 2026, GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR THE INCREASE AND INFLATION RATES PARTICULARLY IF THE YMCA HAS TO ADJUST THE MEMBERSHIP RATE, THE AGREEMENT REMAINS ALIGNED.
AS IT RELATES TO THE SECOND PART OF THE AMENDED REQUEST, THE GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE ANY ADDITIONAL DEFICITS IN THE OPERATIONAL COST, STAFF WAGES AND ESSENTIALLY, THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED BY THE POOL IS A NON- REVENUE GENERATING SOURCE.
IT'S A SERVICE AND YET THE PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUE ACCESS TO THIS POOL WOULD BE AN ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I ALSO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR. BUD OLIVER HERE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THEIR REQUEST, AND IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AT THIS TIME?
>> ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?
>> NO. THANK YOU, LISA, FOR CONSIDERING THIS AND BRINGING IT FORWARD.
WE ARE JUST TRYING TO NOT LOSE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CURRENTLY ARE, AND WE -- LIKE I SAID, THE PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT. WE WANT TO BE YOUR POOL, THE CITY POOL AND WE KNOW AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE TO START FIXING THINGS AS THE USE GOES UP AND WE WANT TO ADD MORE AMENITIES, TOO.
WE HAVE A BUCKET. IF YOU DRIVE BY THAT BUCKET, IT USED TO BE RED. NOW IT'S, LIKE, LIGHT ORANGE FROM THE SUN USE AND SO FORTH. SO WE KNOW THINGS ARE GOING TO START NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE ONE THING, STAFF
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WAGES, WE STARTED FROM $12. 50 TO $14. 50 AND THE ENTRY FEE IS FIVE BUCKS AND WE HAVEN'T RAISED THOSE AND PRICES HAVE GONE UP. WE CONTINUE TO USE NORMAL CHLORINE AS THE POOL AGES AND SO FORTH. SO -->> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION . ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS?
>> SURE, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE?
>> UNDER THE PRESENT AGREEMENT, IF THE POOL NEEDED MAINTENANCE, WHO TAKES CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE?
>> IF WE DO THE TERMINATION THING, THAT MEANS THE CONTRACT IS OVER AND WE START NEW? AND YOU WANT TO -- ASK ANOTHER CONTRACT FROM US OR -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY DO YOU NEED THE TERMINATION DATE?
>> BECAUSE YOU WOULD ASK FOR MAINTENANCE FROM THE CITY?
>> WELL, THE WAY I WAS READING THE CONTRACT, RIGHT NOW IT SAYS USEFUL LIFE OF THE POOLPOOL AND DEPENDING ON WHO YOU TALK TO COULD BE A NUMBER OF -- A DIFFERENT NUMBER AND SO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS CAN WE COME UP WITH AN END DATE FOR THE POOL. THAT WAY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THE POOL NOW, WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT STILL, THE CITIES AND OURS AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, IF WE WERE TO SET THAT END DAY IN 2035, 2036 HAPPENED AND THE POOL HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WHICH WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT. PORT COMFORT, PALASUS POOL, YOU CAN NAME THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT TAKES A BIG NUMBER TO REPLACE THAT.
RESPONSIBILITY. >> IS THE INTENTION TO KEEP THE POOL OPENED FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN OR IS THE INTENTION THAT WHATEVER DATE WE END UPSETTING AS A USEFUL LIFE THAT THAT IS THE DAY THAT THE Y WILL CLOSE THE POOL?
>> NO. NO, WE WOULD KEEP IT OPEN INDEFINITELY AS LONG AS THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE TO USE IT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS INVESTING SOME MONEY IN THE POOL IN THE NEXT FIVE OR TEN YEARS. AS I SAID, THE BUCKET AND ALL OF THE OTHER AMENITIES AND WE'LL NEEDED REPAIR AND OTHER THINGS.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE'LL TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND JUST TO GET TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS THE USEFUL LIFE OF A
POOL. >> FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THIS MIGHT HELP, THE CITY CONTRIBUTED $1.5 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT THIS POOL. ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS THE CITY FRONTED THE CASH TO BUILD THIS AMENITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THE Y, OBVIOUSLY TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT WITH THE RECURRING EXPENSE OF IT, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, THIS AGREEMENT, AS YOU'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE THAT THE POOL GENERATES IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE EXPENSES AND THAT'S BEEN EXACERBATED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THANKS TO THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER THING, RIGHT? WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING, AND SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DO THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT A TERMINATION DATE BECAUSE THAT'S THE $1.5 MILLION IS ONLY GETTING US SO FAR, RIGHT? COME 2035, I THINK WE CAN EITHER, A, INVEST ANOTHER $1.5 MILLION OR $2 MILLION INTO AN AQUATIC ASSET IN OUROUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO ASK THEM TO RUN IT FOR US OR IT JUST TERMINATES AND EVERYTHING BECOMES THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND RAISE AND IMPROVE THE ASSET OR ENHANCE IT AND THEN THEY HAVE FULL FREEDOM TO DEVELOP THE FINANCIAL FORM TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT ALL ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT US.
>> THANK YOU. >> IF I CAN PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. IT DID NOT DEFINE WHAT THE USEFUL LIFE WAS, SO THAT WAS ANYBODY'S GUESS AS TO HOW LONG THIS WAS INTENDED TO LAST AT THE TIME. SO THIS, AT LEAST, GIVES SOME FINALITY TO WHAT THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE PICKED 2035 BECAUSE THAT IS ROUGHLY 20 YEARS FROM WHEN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO, AND BASED ON OUR RESEARCHRESEARCH AS LISA SAID, 15, 20 YEARS IS WHAT THAT IS, SO THAT'S TRYING TO CLEAN UP AND CLARIFY SOME
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OF THAT ALSO.THANK YOU. >> OTHER THINGS -- I'M SORRY.
>> WHEN WAS THE PLAN TO RAISE THE GATE FEE?
>> WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR.
LIKE I SAID, WE WOULDN'T DO IT, WE WOULDN'T GO FROM $5 TO $10. AS LISA SAID, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IN 2026, WE WANT TO THE GO TO SIX OR SEVEN MODELS AND YOU WOULD HAVE --
>> PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. WHAT'S THE PROPORTION OF USAGE BY PAYING YMC A PARTNERS AND ACCESS.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES AND IT'S TOUGH TO TRACK THAT. IT'S ABOUT 2500 TO 4500 PEOPLE THAT USE -- THAT ARE NON- YMCA MEMBERS THAT USE THAT POOL A YEAR. IF YOU ADD THE Y MEMBERS OF THETHE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS ALSO.
2500 TO 4500. THE OTHER AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WANT TO OPEN THATTHAT POOL YEAR ROUND. WE'VE INVESTED IN A HEATER AND WE WANT TO START USING THAT HEATER AND WE WANT TO START PROGRAMMING THAT THING SO WE DON'T SHUT IT DOWN IN OCTOBER AND OPEN IT AGAIN IN MAY. WE'VE HIRED AN AQUATICS/CHILD CARE DIRECTOR NOW WHO WILL BE WITH US YEAR ROUND, AND SO HER GOAL IS TO -- OKAY, HOW DO WE GENERATE SOME MORE REVENUE AND MORE INTEREST.
>> NOW WE'RE DOING MORE LAP SWIMMING AND MORE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO YEAR ROUND.
>> I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. AT THE TIME I WAS UP HERE AND WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE POOL AND IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND WE GOT OUT OF THE POOL BUSINESS AND THE YMCA GRACIOUSLY TOOK THAT OVER AND HAD WE OUR OWN POOL, THE CITY-RUN POOL WE WOULD HAVE THE INCREASE TO MEET THE DEMAND. I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT OF THE
ORDINARY. >> NO, I HEAR YOU. IT'S INTERESTING, WE HAD THE TERM USEFUL LIFE IS NOT DEFINED. THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD DEFINE IT WHILE WE CAN. SO, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION THEN.
>> WITH THAT THEN, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ITEM E3.
>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF E3 SAY AYE.
[4. Approve a Motorola Lease-Purchase Agreement for Public Safety Radios f...]
>> ANY OPPOSED? E3 PASSES, AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM E4. MR.
FOOTE, GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING.
>> CAN YOU READ THE ITEM PLEASE?
>> YES, SIR. E4, APPROVE A MOTOROLA LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR SPUN LICK SAFETY RADIOS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,878,191.
GOOD EVENING. SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL TO ENTER A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA SYSTEMS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 245 AN APEX PORTABLE RADIOS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WENT THROUGH THIS COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER TO PURCHASE 41 RADIOS FROM MOTOROLA, AND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT.
SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS, THE REPLACEMENT STOCK WAS WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNING FOR, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT OVER THE SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD REPLACING OUT THOSE RADIOS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT COST, FIRST, I'LL GO TO THE PURCHASE.
THE OUTRIGHT PURCHASE TODAY, IF WE PAY THEM RIGHT NOW IS $2,545,016. WE PAY THEM UP FRONT AND THE PROBLEM IS AFFORDABILITY.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE BUDGETED FOR.
WE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR, THE $245,000 FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF PAYMENTS AND EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 350,000.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR THE APEX RADIOS THAT WOULD COST US APPROXIMATELY $3.3 MILLION.
WE PLAYED WITH THIS NUMBER, AND I CAME UP WITH A %
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WHEN I CAME UP WITH THIS CALCULATION.HOWEVER, THE LAST TIME WE REPLACED OUT OUR RADIOS AND FULL REPLACEMENT RADIOS WAS 2017.
THE COST OF A POLICE RADIO AT THAT TIME, AND THE CAUSE WAS $500,000, IT HAS RUGGED HOUSING SO IT'S DURABLE.
I JUST WENT WITH THE CONSERVATIVE 4% AND JUST TO SHOW YOU AT 4% THAT COST WOULD BE 3.3%. I'M SORRY, 3.3 MILLION. WE WOULD GET THOSE UNITS DELIVERED OUT ON A YEARLY BASIS, APPROXIMATELY 40 RADIOS.
HOWEVER, AND IT IS FEASIBLE. WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO THAT ROUTE AND HOWEVER, WE DON'T FEEL THAT'S THE BEST VALUE. THAT LEAVES US WITH THE LEASE PURCHASE OPTION. SO WE WOULD GET ALL 245 RADIOS THIS YEAR. THE TOTAL PRICE OUT WOULD BE 2.845,000, AND THE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED BACK APRIL 1ST AND SEVERAL PAYMENTS OF 349,000 FOR THE REMAINING TERM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE MANAGER OF FINANCE GOING FORWARD AND HAVING IT IN THE BUDGET OF THE ONGOING CYCLE OF 350,000. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T ALREADY ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET. FEASIBILITY, IT IS MANAGEABLE AND WE HAVE THE LONG- TERM SAVINGS. ONE OF THE REASONS I BROUGHT THAT BACK ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CORE INFLATION RIGHT NOW IS 2.8%. THAT'S WITH 2025, LONG- TERM AVERAGE OR LAST TEN YEARS HAVE BEEN 3. 8% AND IT IS TO PROTECT AGAINST BUDGET VOLATILITY.
AGAIN, I'LL REMIND YOU AGAIN THAT THE HISTORICAL RATES HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
NOW I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT ON THE 4500 VERSUS THE 10,000, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT WE ARE -- THE PREVIOUS PURCHASE IN 2017 WAS FOR A FIVE-YEAR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR A SEVEN- YEAR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND IT ISN'T APPLES TO APPLES AND WHAT WE FOUND AFTER THE FIVE- YEAR REPLACEMENT, WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE IT BACK TO THE SHOP FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE BENCH. THAT'S A TOTAL REPAIR.
>> WEN'TED TO GO FOR THETHE AMOUNT FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
OF COURSE, OUR JUSTIFICATION IS WE WILL AVOID EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES. WHEN WE SEND SOMETHING BACK WE HAVE TO WAIT SO WE'RE SCROUNGING TO FIND ANOTHER RADIO TO GET TO THAT OFFICER AND THE PHASE PROCUREMENT RISK. WHAT WE WILL RUN INTO IS WE'RE LOOKING AT INFLATION AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TARIFFS. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN ALL OF THAT. ALL OF THESE ARE PRODUCED OVERSEAS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON YES WE THINK IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PURCHASE THEM NOW AND SECURE THEM AT TODAY'S PRICING AND THEN PAY THEM OUT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE JOINING A REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM AND PART OF THAT REQUIRES THAT WHEN WE REJOIN THE REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM WE WILL HAVE TO REPROGRAM THESE RADIOS.
COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT FOR THE LAST PRESSEN TALGZ I DID AT YEAR END I MENTIONED HOW LONG IT TOOK US TO REPROGRAM THE RADIOS WITH DPS. THAT WAS TWO AND A HALF DAYS WITH THE 13 PEOPLE. SO WITH THIS WAY WE WERE HOPING THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE REPROGRAMMED OR PROGRAMMED BEFORE WE EVEN SHIP THEM OUT AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THE RADIO SYSTEM CONFIGURED IN THEM. AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ITEM E4?
>> GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
[1. Overview of the rain event and its impact that occurred on June 12 th ...]
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.>> ANY OPPOSED? >> E4 PASSES AND THAT MOVES US TO SECTION F, CITY MANAGER REPORTS. MR. GARZA?
>> WE DO HAVE ONE CITY MANAGER REPORT THIS EVENING AND IT WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE RAIN EVENT FROM LAST WEEK AS I ALLUDED TO IN AN EMAIL TO YOU LATE LAST WEEK, WE KNOW THIS WAS A TOPIC OF INTEREST TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO SHY AWAY FROM IT.
AND SO YOU WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE RAIN EVENT AS WELL AS DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED UPDATE FROM KEN AND AND WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE WASTE
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WATER OVERFLOW AND FEEL FREE TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU LIKE. OUR OBJECT I HAVE HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO TO PREVENT THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.>> WELCOME. >> WE WENT FROM FAMINE TO FEAST TO SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER. TALK ABOUT THE RAIN EVENT ON JUNE 12 TH.
THIS IS STORM DATA THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE ONE- HOUR DURATION FROM 7:00 IN THE MORNING TO 9:00 WAS 2.
33 INCHES. SO ONE HOUR WE HAD ABOUT TWO INCHES OF RAIN. LOOKING AT A THREE- HOUR DURATION FROM 7:00 IN THE MORNING TO 10:00 A.M. IT WAS 2. 69 INCHES. THIS WAS A KIND OF AN UNUSUAL STORM FOR WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
IT WAS CITY WIDE AND WE'LL GET THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN EVERY PART OF TOWN AND THIS WAS EVERYWHERE. LOOKING AT OUR EQUIVALENCY OF THE 100- YEAR STORM. IT WAS A FIVE-YEAR STORM BASED ON THE NOAA ATLAS AND THE CRITERIA NIGHTMARE AND THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATION.
WE CAN DO A THREE, FOUR, FIVE-INCH RAIN IF IT'S OVER A TEN-HOUR PERIOD AND NOBODY WILL NOTE COMBIS FLOODING NOTICE ANY FLOODING OR CONCERNS AND IT'S THOSE INTENSE RAINS THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE DRENCH HISTORY, PRIOR TO 1978 SUBDIVISIONS WERE BASED ON A TWO- YEAR STORM. ONE CFS RUNOFF PER ACRE. VERY LIBERAL DESIGN BACK IN THAT DAY AND IN 1978 TO 1999. IN '78 WE DID THE FIRST STORM DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. AT THAT TIME WE DID SUBDIVISIONS BASED ON A FIVE- YEAR STORM.
COLLECTORS BASED ON A 25- YEAR STORM AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OUT OF THIS WHOLE IMPROVEMENT FROM '78 WAS SLAB ELEVATIONS 22 INCHES ABOVE TOP OCCUR AND THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, AND THEN IN 1999 WE DID THE UPDATE, A BIG MAJOR MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DRAINAGE AND SUBDIVISION BASED ON A FIVE- YEAR STORM. HOW WE CAME TO THAT IS THE COST TO DESIGN DRAINAGE AND SUBDIVISIONS AND COLLECTORS AND THANKS TO A 100- YEAR STORM IS NOT FEASIBLE, COSTLY AND REALLY NOT ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE HYDRAULIC GRADE LINES. NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES ABOVE THE CROWN OF ROADWAY EVEN ON A 100-YEAR STORM EVENT.
THAT WAS CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET EMERGENCY SERVICES INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD OR DOWN ARTERIAL STREET. IN OTHER WORDS, IF DRAINAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS SO HIGH IT HAS A WAY TO GET OUT TO THE CREEK IT OVERFLOWS OUT AND DOESN'T FLOOD ANYMORE. COLLECTORS BASED ON A 25-YEAR STORM AND AGAIN SHOWING 100- YEAR STORM NOT TO EXCEED THAT 12- INCH GROUND. WE RAISED THE SLAB ELEVATION TO 30 INCHES ABOVE THE GUTTER. BIG REASON WE STARTED AT THE GUTTER IS A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO FOUR- INCH CURB, SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT HEIGHT OF THE HOUSES WELL ABOVE THE STREET ELEVATIONS AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED DESIGN REQUIREMENTS DETENTION, AND WE UPDATEDUPDATED 12.6 INCH RAIN TO 14. 2 INCHINCH INTENSITY FOR A 24- HOUR PERIOD AND THAT'S BASED ON THE NOAA ATLAS '14 WHICH WAS ALSO IN THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. THIS WAS A VERY, THIS WAS A GREAT TOOL. WE USE IT TO THIS DAY.
THIS WAS A RAIN ON GRID THAT CIVIL TECH DID DURING THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. THEY BASICALLY TOOK THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND TOOK THE G.I. INFORMATION AND THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THEY TOOK AND DUMPED 100- YEAR STORM ON VICTORIA, AND THEY BASICALLY SHOWED AREAS WHERE WE HAVE FLOODING ISSUES, YOU KNOW, HOW DEEP IT'S GETTING.
YOU'LL SEE THOSE PURPLE, HIGH PURPLE AREAS, DETENTION BASINS. SOME OF THE CREEKS THAT ARE SHOWN. THE BLUE AREA IS LIGHT
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FLOODING AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A MAJORITY OF THE TOWN AND MAYBE SIX INCHES TO A FOOT AND THIS WAS IN OUR OPINION, A VALIDATED THE AREAS THAT WE KNOW OF KNOWN DRAINAGE CONCERNS AND IT SHOWED UP ON THEMAP EVERYWHERE. >> NEXT THING I WANT TO SHOW ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS. THIS WAS MOCKINGBIRD LANE. THESE ARE ACTUAL PICTURES DURING JUNE 12TH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT RAIN ON GRID IT GETS PRETTY DEEP, ABOUT TWO TO THREE FEET DEEP ON THAT SECTION OF MOCKINGBIRD, BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THE KEY POINT IS THAT YELLOW AND RED DOES NOT GET OUT OF THE BOUNDS OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS OF THE STREETS.
I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL. THAT'S KEY AND THAT'S THAT KEEPING THOSE SLAB HEIGHTS ELEVATED ABOVE THE CURB. THE NEXT ONE, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THE RAILROAD UNDERPASSES, THOSE ARE PURPLE.
THEY HAVE TO REGULATE BY PUMPS AND THEY JUST CANNOT KEEP UP DURING THESE INTENSE RAINFALLS. AND THE LAST ONE I WANT TO SHOW, JULIE TOOK THIS PICTURE. THIS IS WOOD WAY AND THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS BUILT IN '78 INTO THE '80S AND AGAIN, A FIVE- YEAR STORM AND THE SLAB HEIGHTS, 22 INCHES ABOVE.
THE STREETS DO FLOOD. GRANTED, WE KNOW THAT, HOWEVER, THE GOOD PART IS WHEN THEY DO FLOOD AND WHEN IT QUITS RAINING, GIVE IT 20, 30 MINUTES AND THE WATER'S GONE AND YOU'RE OUT OF THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID DURING THIS FLOOD EVENT WAS SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS THAT WERE HAVING SUMMER PROGRAMS AND SHELTER IN PLACE. DON'T CALL SCHOOL OFF.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE OUT THERETHERE TRYING TO GET THEIR WHICH WERE AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE TWO BIGGEST SUMMER PROGRAMS. KEEPING IT FLOWING, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, STREET SWEEPING. THAT IS KEEPING THAT DIRT AND DEBRIS OUT OF THIS STORM SUERS, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WITH OUR OWN SWEEBERS AND IN- HOUSE CREWS RUN
BOTH SWEEPERS. >> FOR THE CONTEXT FOR THE NEWER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE USED TO -- IT USED TO BE INHOUSE AND THEN IT WENT OUTSOURCED AND WE BROUGHT THAT BACK IN THE HOUSE ABOUT THREE YEARS OR SO AGO BECAUSE IT WAS COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY TO OUTSOURCE AND THE STREETS WERE MAYBE BEING SWEPT ONCE, AND SO IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL EFFORT ON OUR PART TO TRY AND DO MORE STREET SWEEPING. IT'S A SUPER MUNDANE KIND OF JOB AND FUNCTION, BUT IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MAKING IT FLOWING.
>> YES. THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE WHERE PUBLIC WORKS WORKED. WE HAD A VACUUM TRUCK THAT WAS IN THE WASTE WATER DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS GETTING OF AGE AND WE NEEDED TO GET ANOTHER ONE, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST THROW THAT ONE AWAY AND WE TOOK IT, MOVED IT OVER TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN USE TO CLEAN THE STORM SUERS AND INLETS, AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD THING COME UP. WE TOOK THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS AGING. TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED DEALER AND THEY REVAMPED IT AND THAT MACHINE IS RUNNING LIKE NEW. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PIECEMEAL IT, THEY TOOK THE WHOLE THING. WELL, DOING THAT, WE'VE GONE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, 30 YEARS, WE'VE NEVER CLEANED STORM SEWER AND WE STARTED CLEANING SOME OF THESE INLETS AND THE SMALL STORM SEWER OUTLETS CLEANING OUT THE DEBRIS THAT THAT PIPE WAS AROUND HALF FULL. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE IS YOU NEED TO GET THE STORM SUERS CLEAN BECAUSE YOU'RE LOSING THAT CAPACITY AND THE DRAINAGE FLOW.
THE OTHER PART OF THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN UPDATE WAS THE MOWING PROGRAM.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON DRAINAGE AND THE HIGHER THE WEEDS AND GRASSES ARE, THE SLOWER THE WATER CAN GET OUT. WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT YEARLY ON AN ANNUAL -- WELL O , ON AN ANNUAL BASES SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. THE DITCH PROGRAM,
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THE DEPARTMENT GOES OUT AND SELECTS AN AREA AND INSTEAD OF CLEANING A SMALL SELECTION OF DITCH THEY MAY CLEAN SEVERAL STREETS IN THE AREA TO GET THE WATER TO FLOW OUT THERE.FINALLY, WHAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH IS FUTURE PLANNING FROM THE STORM DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE RATE POTENTIAL.
LARGE DIAMETER STORMS, AND RED RIVER BOX CULVERT.
OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW RED RIVER AROUND BEN WILSON THAT HAS BEEN FLOODING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IS LET'S CLEAN OUT THAT BOX AND CLEAN OUT THAT STORM SEWER TO GET THAT WATER TO MAKE SURE IT HAS GOT A FREE THROW OUT. MOCKINGBIRD, SAME THING.
THAT LITTLE SECTION OF MOCKINGBIRD BETWEEN LAURENT NAVARRO AND CLEAN IT. SALEM ROAD, THAT WILL DRAIN AS WELL AS SALEM AND THEN LAVA DRIVE IN THE MAYFAIR AREA.
THERE IS FLOODING IN THAT AREA AROUND LINDA AND GAYLE THAT WE EXPERIENCED.
THE RAILROAD DITCH WHICH IS THE DITCH THAT RED RIVER DUMPS INTO THAT GOES OVER TO THE LONE TREE CREEK. JUST CLEANING THAT OUT WILL
IMPROVE DRAINAGE. >> BY THE OLD MIDAS MUFFLER.
AND ALL OF THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. AND THEN ALSO CONCRETE LINING REPAIRS, SOME AREAS AROUND THE TARGET AREA ARE FAILING THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR. BEN JORDAN, THERE'S A SECTION OF THE CONCRETE THAT HAS PULLED AWAY AND EXPOSED THE NATURAL GROUND AND NORTH OUTFALL AROUND THE AREA, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THAT IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL RAIN, VERY HIGH INTENSITY, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE WAY WE'RE MOVING WITH THE DECLINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL MOVING FORWARD, THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS ARE DOING GREAT. VERY LITTLE EFFECTS AND VERY LITTLE CAUSE AND OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE IS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR DRAINAGE AND MOVING FORWARD, AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STREET OR STORM DRAINAGE PART IF YOU'VE GOT ANY BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
GREG. >> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I THOUGHT IT DRAINED OFF PRETTY WELL.
>> THAT WAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE HAD.
IT CLEARED UP VERY QUICKLY. SO TO BE EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME WATER IN THE ROADWAYS.
THAT. >> IT WAS PRECARIOUS IN SOME SPOTS AND AGAIN, IT STAYED IN THE MIDDLE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE 12-INCH DEPTH SO WE CAN KEEP THE AMBULANCE AND FIRE TRUCKS OUT IF WE NEED TO.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GREG? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
KEN? >> AS GREG COMES UP I'LL MENTION THAT OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND WE HAVE THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES AS TO RELATES TO DOING THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND THERE'S A POSITIVE COR LAGSZ BETWEEN THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AND MANPOWER AND OUR ABILITY TO DO MORE OF THOSE THING, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT AS WE ALLUDED TO AT A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING THATTHAT ESTABLISH A STORM WATER UTILITY BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR DRAINAGE- RELATED PROJECTS THE WAYS MORE CITIES IN TEXAS DO, AND SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
NOTE THAT WHEN WE PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR ANY CHANGES TO THAT IN THAT REGARD. WE DON'T WANT TO BE RASH WITH MAKING ANY ASSUMPTIONS AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AND DISCUSS WITH YOU ON ONE-ON- ONES AND OTHER COUNCIL MEETING TO FINE- TUNE WHAT WE END UP DOING WITH THE STORM WATER UTILITY, BUT THAT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO OUR ABILITY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MASTER PLAN AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS EXISTS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ON THIS WASTE WATER OVERFLOW ON JUNE 12TH.
>> THE OVERFLOW LOCATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWED, UP TO THE
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NORTH, WE HAVE BEN JORDAN OR WE HAVE THE RACE WATER PLAN AND ONE OF THE MANHOLES ON THE 1300 BLOCKAND. >> THE WASTE WATER PLANT ON SOUTHWEST BEN JORDAN BEGAN OVERFLOWING AT 2:00.
THE PUMPS AT THE PLANT WERE TURNED OFF AT 5:30. WE NOTICED ACCORDING TO OUR TRENDS THAT IT STARTED AT 2:00.
SO ODOM STREET IS A PLANT THAT IS UNMANNED.
SO THAT'S HOW WE WENT AHEAD AND CAME TO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WE BARELY NOTICED AT 5:30.
THE TOTAL OVERFLOW PERIOD WAS THREE AND A HALF HOURS AND ALL OF THIS WAS CONTAINED ON THE CITY PROPERTY.
WE CLEARED RAGS AND DEBRIS FROM THE LINE AND THE PLANT OPERATION WAS BACK ONLINE AT 1:30 IN THE MORNING. SO WE HAD REGS IN THE LINE THAT WENT AND MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE SCREENING STRUCTURE INTO THEARIATION BASIS AND CLOGGED UP A LINE OR WENT TO THE CLARIFIER PROCESS WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF YOU LOOK AT PICTURE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE EVERYTHING WAS MATTED THERE AND THAT WAS A DUMP TRUCK FULL OF RAGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND FLUSH DOWN THE TOILETS. WIPES AND ALL OF THE NASTY STUFF THAT YOU DO NOT WANT.
>> IT WENT THROUGH THE SCREEN AND IT WAS JUST THE SHEER VOLUME, WOULD IT NORMALLY NOT GONE THROUGH THE SCREEN ON A NORMAL RAIN EVENT?
>> YES, SIR. NORMALLY IT GOES WITH THE OVERFLOW, BUT WITH ALL OF THIS WATER PUSHING IT THREW -- IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF A FIRE HOSE PUSHING PAPER THROUGH AND IT FORCES ITS WAY THROUGH THE SCREENING STRUCTURE.
THANK YOU. >> THE PLANT OVERFLOW -- EXCUSE ME. THE REGIONAL STREET WASTE WATER PLANT AT 923 U.S. HIGHWAY 59, THE OVERFLOW FROM THE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE, WE RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 75,000 GALLONS THAT WENT INTO THE ROADWAY AND INTO THE HOLDING BASIN. SO ALL OF THIS WAS ON SITE AND ON THE -- AT THE WASTE WATER PLANT THERE WAS A HOLDING BASE THERE, AND IF ANYTHING WERE TO OVERWHELM THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THEN WE WOULD GO AND SIT THERE, AND IT WON'T GO AHEAD AND BACK UP THE PLANT ASAS MUCH. SO IT GIVES US ENOUGH ROOM TO NOT BACK UP THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. LIKE I SAID, LATER, THIS WAS PUMPED INTO THE TREATMENT. IT MADE ITS WAY BACK INTO THE TREATMENT PROCESS, AND IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
THIS IS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD IN THE WASTE WATER PLANT.
OF COURSE, WE HAD HUGE RAW WATER PUMPS SHOWN ON THE LEFT.
ALL THESE RAGS AND EVERYTHING BUILT UP.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR OF THOSE PUMPS AND THAT HAPPENED RIGHT THERE ABOUT FIVE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU LOOK ON THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING OVERFLOWED FROM OUR OTHER SCREENING STRUCTURES. SO, THINK, AT THE REGIONAL WASTE WATER PLANT WE HAD THREE SCREENING STRUCTURES AND OUR HEADWORK'S AT THE TOP AND ANOTHER SCREEN STRUCTURE AT THE BOTTOM. THAT WAS THE STUFF THAT FORCED ITS WAY THROUGH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD THE MANHOLE THAT OVERFLOWED ON SOUTHWEST BEN JORDAN AND RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 14,440.
ALL OF THIS WAS CLEANED UP AND TREATED AND HDH, THE SAME THING THAT WAS TREATED ON THE ODOM AND REGIONAL, AS WELL AND IT WAS REPORTED TO THE STATE AND IN THEIR EYES, WE'RE OKAY.
SO LAST YEAR WE WENT AHEAD AND DID AN INI STUDY WITH R. J.
ENGINEERING AND IF YOU LOOK UP NORTH WHERE PRIORITY 1 AND PRIORITY 2 IS WE'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM THE MANHOLE SERVICE LINES AND THE SEWER MAINS AND REIT NOW CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO REPAIR 780 MANHOLES.
SO ON THE PRIORITY 1, LIKE I SAID, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE NUMBERS FOR GALLONS PER DAY TOTAL 2,575,000 FOR
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THE LINES WITH THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE $3,755,040 AND PRIORITY 2 BEING A TOTAL OF 752,338 FOR THE GALLONS OF DAY PRODUCTION FOR INI. THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST BEING 1,130,550, AND AN ESTIMATED CAPITAL COST OF 1,469,715. IN CLOSING, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REMEMBER THE FOUR PS. ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE CAN FLUSH DOWN THE TOILET, RIGHT? SOME OF THE FOUR PS INCLUDE -->> IT'S CLOGGING THE DRAINAGE. IT'S SLOW.
>> PAPER, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GUESS THE FOURTH?
>> I'M SCARED TO AT THIS POINT. GO ON.
>> AND PUKE. SO I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE UTILITY STAFF, THE WASTE WATER STAFF, AS WELL. THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
THEY STAYED UP UNTIL 1:30 IN THE MORNING GETTING EVERYTHING BACK ONLINE.
THEY WERE AT THE ODOM STREET WASTE WATER PLANT GETTING CUT OUT GETTING EVERYTHING OUT WITH SHOVELS AND ALMOST LIKE RAKES. LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THOSE RAGS THAT CAME THROUGH.
THAT WAS HALF A DUMP TRUCK WORTH OF STUFF THAT WAS FLOWING THROUGH THE PLANT THROUGH THE TREATMENT PROCESS.
SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THOSE GUYS. THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
>> AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT CAME THROUGH THE STORM DRAINAGE?
>> THAT CAME THROUGH THE LIFT STATIONS WILL PUMP IT TO THE RAW WATER -- I'M SORRY, THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS AND INTO THE RAW WATER -- THROUGH THE REST OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS.
ABOUT -- >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITY AREAS AND THE COST? I THOUGHT YOU HAD A SLIDE IN HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE CAP, CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT THAT? >> CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE IN THE CIP TO GO A HEND AND ABANDON THE 18- INCH LINE AND THE 36 LINE ON THE SOUTHWEST BEN JORDAN.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE ACTIVE AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP REDUCE SOME OF THIS INI.
>> THE TWO PROJECTS IN THE CIB IS THE MANHOLE PRIORITY 1 AND THAT'S IN 2026 -- 27 AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE SEWER LINE REHABILITATION WHICH GREG MENTIONED THAT'S PART OF THE AREA THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AND THAT'S AT 1.4 MILLION AND THOSE ARE IN THE CURRENT FIVE- YEAR CIP.
THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO CONVEY, RIGHT, TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS STEMMING FROM THE INI STUDY ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN INTO THE CIP, BUT IT CAN BE CHALLENGING RIGHT? I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE WITH THAT CONCEPT, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE NEEDS THAT EXCEED OUR FINANCIAL CAPACITY, AND SO WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP IN, OF COURSE, IS THE PRIORITIZATION OF ALL OF THESE THINGS AND HISTORICALLY, STREETS HAS ALWAYS ELEVATED TO THE TOP AND PROBABLY WILLWILL FOREVER, BUT KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS BOTH WITH DRAINAGE RELATED OR THAT MIGHT ADDRESS INI ISSUES THAT IF YOU SO CHOSE TO COULD RISE IN PRIORITY, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANKS, GREG.
>> MR. GARZA, ANY OTHER CITY MANAGER REPORTS?
>> I UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSIO
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