[A. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY MAY THE 19TH WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL AT DELAGARZA COUNCILOR KIDDER BUTLER, MAYOR YOUNG COUNCILOR LOFFGREN, MAYOR CROCKER. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND >> THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. ONE QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE JUMP IN OUR AGENDA. WE WILL BE PULLING ITEM D FIVE OFF OF THE AGENDA THIS EVENING AND THAT WILL COME BACK TO US AT ANOTHER MEETING. [1. Announcements/Reminders:] WITH THAT WELCOME EVERYONE GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE AND WE WILL JUMP STRAIGHT INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS. MR. DELAGARZA. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCES, THEY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY MAY 25TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. ALL GARBAGE RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE WILL BE COLLECTED AS NORMAL AND OFFICES REOPEN AT 8:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY MAY 26TH. ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER FUN FEST IS BACK ON SATURDAY MAY 30TH FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. THIS EVENT KICKS OFF THE ANNUAL SUBMARINE PROGRAM WITH HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CHICK FIL A, VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND MORE. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND GET READY FOR THE BEST SUMMER EVER AT THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND EVERYONE AT THE CITY, WE WANT TO INVITE OUR RESIDENTS TO A TOWN HALL MEETING ABOUT OUR PROPOSED STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE THAT WOULD FUND MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY MAY 28TH TO SIX TO 8:00 P.M. AT THE GARY MOSES COMMUNITY CENTER. RESIDENTS CAN LEARN ABOUT THE PROPOSED FEE, DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND THAT CITY STORMWATER SYSTEM WITH A STAFF PRESENTATION AND Q&A BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. MORE INFORMATION AND QUESTION SUBMISSIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT VICTORIA.GOV/DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION, RESIDENTS CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THE CITY'S LATEST TOWN TALK PODCAST FEATURING MYSELF AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGEMENT. Q NEEDS AND THE MASTER PLAN AND THIS PROPOSED STORMWATER UTILITY FEE AND OPERATION COULD HELP FUND AND IMPROVE THESE ABBOTT DRAINAGE SYSTEM. AND TO THAT END, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY AND PREPARATION OF THIS EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND OUTREACH EFFORT AS WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE STORMWATER UTILITY OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR LITERALLY YEARS BUT AS WE EMBARK ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERTAKE UNDERTAKE WHATEVER INITIATIVES TO INFORM OUR PUBLIC AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND TO THAT END OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS PUT TOGETHER A PSA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. KUDOS ASHLEY AND SAM AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THAT. >> WHEN IT RAINS IN VICTORIA WHERE DOES THAT WATER GO? MOST OF IT DOES NOT SOAK INTO THE GROUND, IT FLOWS OCCUR HARD SURFACES LIKE ROOFTOPS AND PARKING LOTS AND STREETS IN CAR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. FROM NEIGHBORHOOD STORM DRAINS TO CONCRETE CHANNELS THAT RUN OFF TRAVELS THROUGH MILES OF INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE REACHING OUR WATERWAYS LIKE THE RIVER. MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE SYSTEM IS ESSENTIAL FROM EVERYDAY UPKEEP TO MAJOR FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECTS THE NEED IS GROWING. THE RECENT STORM DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED OVER $129 MILLION OF NEEDED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING CLEANING AND REPAIRS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. TO HELP FUND THIS WORK THE VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING STORMWATER UTILITY FEE THIS FALL SO FEES THAT HAVE BEEN -- ESTABLISHED IN OTHER TEXAS CITIES. MOST RESIDENTS AS A FLAT $5 A MONTH BUSINESSES APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WILL PAY BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF THEY GENERATE. IT'S ALL ABOUT PROTECTING OUR HOMES, ROADS AND FUTURE, RAIN OR SHINE. [00:05:02] LEARN MORE VICTORIA TX.COM - --/GOV. >> KUDOS TO THAT COMMUNICATION TEAM I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT GIVE KUDOS TO KEVIN WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER. AKA NEW AJ. MAYBE NOT SO NEW EVERY MORE, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. [2. Public & Employee Recognitions:] THOSE ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU, WE WILL JUMP IN TO PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH A PROCLAMATION FOR EMS WEEK. >> EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL STAND READY TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING CARE 24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WHEREAS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY. AND WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONALS HELP BRIDGE CRITICAL HEALTH CARE GAPS BY DELIVERING OUT OF HOSPITAL CARE INCLUDING PREVENTATIVE SERVICES FOLLOW UP CARE AND ACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE. AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF FIRST RESPONDERS EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PREHOSPITAL NURSES, EMERGENCY NURSES, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER OUT-OF-HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. ANYWHERE WHERE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WHETHER CAREER OR VOLUNTEER DEDICATE THOUSANDS OF HOURS TO SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING TO EDUCATE TO MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE LIFE SAVING SKILLS. NOW THEREFORE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA PROCLAIMED MAY 17TH TO THE 23RD AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK. IN VICTORIA TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO HONOR THE EMS PROFESSION AND RECOGNIZE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THE MEMBERS PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, EMS WEEK IS A SPECIAL WEEK WHERE WE RECOGNIZE SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT RUN TOWARDS DANGER AND ARE WILLING TO STEP IN AND USE LIFE-SAVING SKILLS TO INTERVENE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOMEONE'S LIFE. TRULY PROUD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE REALLY GREAT FROM THE ACCOLADES FROM WINNING THAT MISSION LIFE AWARD TEN YEARS IN A ROW TO -- BEING ON THE CUTTING EDGE WITH THAT PROGRAM THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE TRYING TO EMULATE. WE ARE TRULY A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE ON THE FOREFRONT LEADING OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO EMULATE US AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU CHIEF. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING? >> I DO HAVE A COUPLE BOTH STEM FROM THE UTILITY SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE DOUG ELLIOTT WHO IS OUR -- NETWORK ENGINEER HE'S EXCITED TO STAND IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. FOR PASSING HIS CERTIFICATION FOR CLASS A WATER LICENSE, THE WATER LICENSE REFERS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION FOR WATER SYSTEM OPERATOR TYPICALLY SIGNIFYING A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO MANAGE COMPLEX PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. THIS LICENSE REQUIRES SEVERAL YEARS OF HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN WATER TREATMENT OPERATIONS IN TEXAS AND WITH HIM SPECIFICALLY WE ARE BLESSED THAT HE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE TO ALSO SERVE THE I T SIDE OF IT WHILE ALSO UNDERSTANDING FIRSTHAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OPERATOR THAT IS VERY RARE AND SO WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AND HAVE HIM PART OF THE TEAM ESPECIALLY AS WE EMBARK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE SYSTEMS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> IN ADDITION CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER FOR RECEIVING HIS CERTIFIED WATER PROFESSION CERTIFICATE FROM THE TEXAS ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE. THE CERTIFIED WATER PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PROGRAM RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AND TRAINING EXPERTISE WITHIN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INDUSTRY. THE PROGRAM AWARDS THE DESIGNATION TO SENIOR INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS WHO COMPLETE OVER 250 HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND WERE ALSO EQUALLY BLESSED TO HAVE AUSTIN BE PART OF OUR TEAM SINCE TAKING OVER THE UTILITY OPERATION MAINTENANCE AFTER THE PROMOTION TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WE HAVE CERTAINLY CONTINUED TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE UTILITY SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND SO WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE AUSTIN'S INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HIS COMMISSION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BEST PRACTICES. CONGRATULATIONS. [3. Items from Council:] >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. [00:10:04] >> I WILL JUMP INTO ITEMS FROM COUNCIL, I HAVE TWO QUICK ITEMS THIS EVENING, ONE IS A CONGRATS TO THAT SAINT JOSEPH'S HIGH SCHOOL CACTUS TEAM ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> IF YOU SEE THOSE ATHLETES AND PARENTS OUT AND ABOUT PLEASE TELL THEM CONGRATULATIONS AND THEN SECONDLY, THERE IS COOKIES SO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE WERE HERE THIS MORNING, I MET WITH THEM FOR A BIT. GREAT GROUP OF KIDS AND THEY JUST CAME BY TO SAY THANKS TO THE CITY AND STAFF FOR ALL THAT WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEY BROUGHT COOKIES AND DOUGHNUTS SO YOU GUYS DIVE IN, HELP YOURSELF. I PROMISED THEM I WOULD SAVE YOU [4. Citizen Communication:] SOME. ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION I HAVE TWO CARDS THIS EVENING. I WILL START WITH I BELIEVE IT IS JOHN SWANSON. GOOD EVENING, SIR, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, I LIVE HERE IN VICTORIA BUT I WANTED TO COME DOWN AND LET YOU KNOW MY APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A CHALLENGE HERE. THAT THE ELECTORATE AND I'M TO BLAME IS NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE GUIDANCE, THESE ELECTIONS ARE NOT REAL UNREPRESENTATIVE. WE HAD A $240 MILLION BOND APPROVED BY 3%, 3.5% OF THE POPULATION? WE HAD A STUDENT UNION BUILDING APPROVED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING, WE ARE GETTING THE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE. AND YOU GUYS GOT SCAMMED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE ELECTION ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND HOW DID SO LITTLE GET A VOTE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT MORE IMPORTANT, I HAVE A TRUST IN YOU THAT YOU ARE SMART PEOPLE AND HOW ARE YOU GETTING YOUR GUIDANCE ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT WHEN SO LITTLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I FIND IT -- I. TRIED TO BE INFORMED BUT I CAN'T SPEND ALL MY TIME ON YOU GUYS, I CAN'T SPEND ALL MY TIME I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I GET THE ESSENCE OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT OR NEED AND WE DO THE RIGHT THING. THE SCHOOL BOND MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GREAT THING BUT FOR ONLY 3% TO APPROVE IT THE FIRE MIGHT BE UNIONIZING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IT MIGHT BE A GREAT THING. TO GET, WHAT WAS AT, LESS THAN 9% OF THE PEOPLE VOTED, THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SIGNIFICANT. WE ARE MISSING SOMETHING. SO, I WANT YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE DOING A GOOD JOB, I APPRECIATE IT BUT I WANT YOU TO SOMEHOW YOU HAVE TO GET THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO MAKE. IN THE TIME I HAVE LEFT, TO SAVE 25% OF THIS BUDGET COMING UP IN AUGUST YOU WILL BE FIGHTING SOME TOUGH ISSUES, IT WILL BE A LAMINATE FIRE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, YOU GUYS ARE SMART BUT THAT IS A BIG CHUNK THAT CAN BE SAVED. THAT IS WHAT MY INPUT IS. THE BIG ISSUE IS, WE ARE NOT GETTING COMMUNICATED ABOUT IT. ARE THE ANSWER -- IN THE TIME I YIELD BACK WHAT MY TIME IS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THEN THE SECOND CARD I HAVE GOOD EVENING WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I LIVED AT 2107 NORTH BEND SHERIDAN, JUST RECENTLY, SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED A DOG AT A TRAILER PARK 2501 LONG TREE ROAD, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CASE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE PUT IT ON THE INTERNET IT'S NOT THE TRUTH. BUT I DO WISH THE PEOPLE THAT DID THAT GET PROSECUTED INCLUDING THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE TWO OF THEM. WE HAVE LAX LAWS ON ANIMAL ABUSE, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR JUST TO KILL A DOG WITH A GUN AND YOU CAN WAIT A COUPLE MORE MONTHS AND KILL HIM AGAIN IT JUST [00:15:02] ANOTHER MISDEMEANOR, YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON THE THIRD SHOT. BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED A FELONY AND I WISH THERE WAS STRICTER LAWS BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. AND ALSO THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS BY THE VICTORIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE RAILROAD AND THE LAST TWO DAYS THE RAILROAD POLICE HAVE BEEN CLEANING IT UP, INCLUDING TODAY, THEY HAD 20 DIFFERENT CARS AND PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF IT. I WOULD LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VICTORIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TAKE CARE OF THE SECURITY AND CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT, HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING THAT CLOSE TO THE VICTORIAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. EVEN IF IT IS A RAILROAD RESPONSIBILITY I DO THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND I UNDERSTAND SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT CLOSING THE SCHOOL DOWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND I WOULD LIKE THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS TO MAKE MORE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE JUST MAKING $75 A DAY AND THAT JANITORS ARE MAKING $11 AN HOUR, WHY THE SUPERINTENDENT MAKING 250,000 A YEAR AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT $12,000 BONUS WHICH IS UP TO 262000, THE LAST ONE WAS REPORTED IN MAKING 565,000 A YEAR. THAT WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED SUPERINTENDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND I HOPE THAT INFORMATION I READ WAS WRONG BECAUSE THAT A LOT OF MONEY. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A LAW DEGREE OR NOT EVEN A CPA AND THEY ARE MAKING MORE THAN LAWYERS AND DOCTORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND CERTAIN WAGES ARE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. THEY ARE NOT SHARING ANYTHING WITH THE LOWER PAYING PEOPLE LIKE THE JANITORS AND THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BUT THERE IS A BUNCH OF TIRES ALL OVER THERE AND IT'S STILL NOT COMPLETELY CLEANED UP I WISH SOMEONE COULD CLEAN THEM UP THOSE TIRES ATTRACT MOSQUITOES. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. [D. Consent Agenda:] WE WILL MOVE ON DOWN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE NO ITEMS OF PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH AGAIN ITEM D FIVE PULLED SO MISS WEST. IF YOU COULD READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> D ONE ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR HEARING HELD ON MAY 5TH 2025. D TWO, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE BY AQUATIC STUDY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST THROUGH NOVEMBER 2027. D THREE, RESOLUTION AWARDING THE 2026 CLEANING PROJECT TO SWEEPING CORPORATION OF AMERICA LLC, AND THE AMOUNT OF $137,000, D4A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AMENDMENT WITH TEXAS LAND AND RIGHT OF WAY COMPANIES LLC FOR THE EASEMENT OF ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR DRAINAGE AND UTILITY AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH STREET TO BEN WILSON STREET AND THE AMOUNT OF 30,200. FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT OF 302,000. >> THANK YOU MISS WEST I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. >> SECOND. >> EMOTION F SECOND ALL IN FAVOR ANY OPPOSED? AND CONSENT AGENDA PASSES AS [1. Authorize the City of Victoria to apply for a Safe Streets and Roads f...] READ. WE WILL JUMP INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM E ONE. >> E1A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF VICTORIA TO APPLY FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS OF ALL SS4A PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 150,000, IT INCLUDES A 20% COST SHARE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY OF 3000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE ROADSIDE -- ROADWAY SAFETY ACTION PLAN. >> GOOD EVENING MISS CONNOLLY. >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS THE SAFE STREETS SAFETY ACTION PLAN. WHAT THE PROGRAM IS AND ALSO WHAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR. THE FUNDING IS DIRECTLY FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AS THE NAME SUGGESTS IT IS FOCUSED ON SAFETY, FOR FISCAL YEAR '26, THEY HAVE ABOUT $305 MILLION TO DISTRIBUTE FOR PLANNING PRO PROJECTS. THIS PLAN WOULD SUPPORT OUR CURRENT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND BECAUSE THEY ARE [00:20:01] VERY DIFFERENT. BUT THEY ARE COMPLEMENTARY. ONE IS FOCUSED ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND DOES NOT ADDRESS AT ALL MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION AND WHILE SAFETY IS PART OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN FOR THIS PLAN SAFETY WOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS HERE BUT THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT APPLYING FOR AND CONDUCTING A SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS THAT IN ORDER TO ACCESS IMPLEMENTATION FUNDS FROM THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SAFETY ACTION PLAN. THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR IT. WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT. SAM CROSSOVER AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FOCUS IS, BUT OBVIOUSLY MOST OF US KNOW, WE HAVE SOME HIGH RISK FACTORS, WE HAVE SOME MAJOR CORRIDORS, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE CALLED THE CROSSROADS. OUR SCHOOL AREAS NEED SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE AS THE CITY GROWS, WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE LIMITED BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY AND SOME GROWTH RELATED TRAFFIC. I WANTED TO TALK TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND A LITTLE BIT OF DATA NOT TOO TERRIBLY MUCH BUT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAD 27 FATAL CRASHES AND ONE UNDER 39 SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS THAT'S A POINT OF CONFLICT FOR TRANSPORTATION ESPECIALLY MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION ALTHOUGH PEDESTRIANS ARE IMPLICATED IN THAT SAFETY OF INTERSECTIONS AS WELL. WE COULD GET SOME IMPROVEMENT THERE. SIDEWALK APPS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN AS BEING A SAFETY CONCERN RAISED BY RESIDENTS NOT JUST THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AND THAT THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED BUT UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF OUR SIDEWALKS THAT ARE EXISTING ARE PRETTY OLD SO THEY ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT, THEY ARE NOT SAFE FOR EVERYONE. WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHERE THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK IS CONCENTRATED THAT WE CAN IMPROVE AND OF COURSE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THESE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ARE VULNERABLE. SO SOME POTENTIAL FOCUS AREAS FOR US AS A RESULT OF THIS PLAN OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS AND UPDATED ENTRY NETWORK, AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, THAT WOULD UPDATE IT. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE WOULD HAVE IS THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN FOR SIDEWALK GAP AND WHAT THIS COULD ALLOW US TO ACCESS IS FUNDING TO IMPROVE SIDEWALKS AND AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ADA COMPLIANCE. WE WOULD BE ASSESSING LOCAL QUALITY -- POLICIES AND DESIGN STANDARDS, STRATEGY LIST, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACTION PLAN IS A FORMAL LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING SAFETY IN VICTORIA FOR TRANSPORTATION AND GENERAL. AND THEN THE COMPLETED ACTION PLAN WILL HELP US POSITION WELL FOR ACCESSING FUNDING IN THE FUTURE FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT AND THAT COULD BE ANYTHING BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF AND 25 MILLION PROJECT. OUR TOTAL REQUEST WILL BE 150000, 20% OF THAT WHICH IS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS 3000, THE APPLICATION IS DUE NEXT TUESDAY, THE AWARD SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE DECEMBER, AND THEN IF WE -- WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT TWO YEARS, THE RANGE IS A FEW MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS FOR THAT FOR ANYTHING INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION 20 YEARS IS ENOUGH FOR AN ACTION PLAN. AND THE INTEREST OF INCREASING CAPACITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE IN TIME, WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO HELP ME DEVELOP THE PROPOSAL FOR IT AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING A GOOD COMPETITIVE APPLICATION FOR US. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE COMING UP AT THE END OF JULY THAT I AM ALSO GETTING HELP WITH THAT WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER PROJECT THAN THIS. AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I AM CERTAIN I HEARD THIS RIGHT, I THINK I NEED TO HAVE YOU [00:25:01] REPEATED THAT IF I HEARD CORRECTLY THERE ARE SOME FACETS OF THIS THAT OPENED FUNDING SOURCES IN THE FUTURE FOR US. >> ABSOLUTELY. ANY PLANNING DOES, THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, THE INPUT WITH IT, ALL FUNDERS LIKE TO SEE THAT. IT WASN'T JUST A CITY DECISION AND WASN'T -- IT WAS A WHOLE COMMUNITY PUT INTO IT. AND WHEN YOU GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING PROCESS, THEN YOU CAN ACCESS FUNDING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES. THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED FOR THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL IMPLEMENTATION BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER GRANTS THAT YOU COULD ACCESS FROM HAVING THIS. >> I THINK THAT WAS THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY, WITHOUT THIS WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THESE OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING MECHANISMS, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE SOME OVERLAP IN SOME OTHER MASTER PLANS. >> IT'S ALL TRANSPORTATION, ONE IS ALL TRANSPORTATION, ONE IS ACTIVE. SAFETY IS A MAJOR THING THROUGH BOTH OF THEM. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ITEM E ONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE E ONE. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? [1. Overview of the FY 2027 through FY2029 Draft Capital Improvements Prog...] AND E ONE PASSES. OKAY WE HAVE CITY MANAGER REPORTS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US THIS EVENING? >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE TWO UPDATES ONE IS AN OVERVIEW 27 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 29 DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AND THEN WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE UPCOMING HOT FUNDS AWARD PROGRAM. I WILL KICK OFF THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE CIP AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID TO CREATE THE PRESENTATION. I WILL SPEND TIME TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A NEW STREET SCHOOL AND TURNED IT OVER TO DAVID TO HIT ON THE ACTUAL PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YE YEARS. >> BEFORE I SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A NEW GOAL, BRIEFLY I WILL VERBALIZE THE RECAP YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 22 WE DEVELOPED A GOAL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MILES AND STREETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 AND FISCAL YEAR '26, TO 50% GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF MILES ADDRESSED BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 21, IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL OBJECTIVE WE LAID OUT TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE US AND PUSH US TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE HERE AND NOW THAT WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE TIME FRAME OF THAT GOAL IT BEHOOVES US TO ESTABLISH A NEW GOAL. BUT WITH THAT COMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE A DIFFERENT METRIC. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED AROUND HOW IT WAS MEASURED BEFORE WAS THAT IT WAS BASED OFF OF CENTER LINE MILES. AND WHILE THAT WAS A GOOD METRIC TO UTILIZE, IT DOESN'T TRULY CAPTURE THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR INVESTMENT. AS THE SLIDE POINTS OUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CENTER LINE MILES AND LAY MILES BECAUSE SOME ROADS ARE TWO LANES SOME ARE THREE LANES SOME ARE FOUR LINES. THE WAY THAT WE ARE QUALIFYING PREVIOUSLY THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE WERE DOING IS BASED ON CENTER LINE MILES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THAT ROAD HAD TWO LANES OR FIVE WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE A NEW METRIC WHICH IS LANE MILES SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A NEW GOAL FOCUSED ON THOSE MILES PER THE LANE MILE TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD. AND IT UTILIZES A METRIC OF 12 FEET SINCE THAT IS THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF A LANE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND SO WHEN WE UTILIZE THE MATH, WE ESTIMATED 930 TWO-LANE MILES PER PREVIOUSLY UTILIZING IT WAS 326, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THAT. AND BELOW SHOWS HOW WE WOULD QUALIFY THAT PREVIOUSLY STATED TIME FRAME TO HAVE CONVERTED THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN TWO-LANE MILES. AND SO THERE WERE 100 -- CLOSE TO 173 MILES AND THEN 221 MILES DONE BETWEEN 22 AND 26 TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THAT. NOW THAT MATH DOES NOT MATH EXACTLY THE WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE MATH DID HAD WE USED THE CENTER LINE MILE APPROACH BUT THE POINT IS LET'S LOOK AT LANE MILES AND SO AS MENTIONED WE HAVE 932 MILES ACROSS CITY, [00:30:02] ON THAT LEFT-HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TABLE HOW MANY LANE MILES GOING BACK TO 2020. THIS POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, POINTS OUT THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INVESTMENT THAT STARTED TO OCCUR IN FISCAL YEAR 22 AS YOU CAN SEE PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 22 THE NUMBER OF LANE MILES WERE 30, 18, AND IT WAS EVEN LESS EVERY YEAR BEFORE THEN AND SO AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE DRASTIC INCREASE BEGINNING IN 22 ALL THE WAY 26, AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT DAVID WILL PRESENT WHICH SHOWS LANE MILE IS DROPPING DOWN TO 26, ROUGHLY 30 AND THEN ROUGHLY 32. AND AS WE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS CIP OR BUDGET CAPACITY PRESENTATIONS THAT IS HEAVILY DRIVEN BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LESS MONEY GOING TOWARDS STREETS IN THAT CIP OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND WE WERE JUST BLESSED DURING FISCAL YEARS 20 TO 26 TO BE ABLE TO INVEST HISTORIC LEVEL OF FUNDS INTO STREET MAINTENANCE. ONCE YOU ADD UP ALL OF THOSE STREETS, YOU GET TO ROUGHLY 355 LANE MILES WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 38% OF THE TOTAL LANE MILES. THE NEW ASPIRATIONAL GOAL THAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU AND THAT I WANT US TO UTILIZE IS TO TARGET ADDRESSING 50% OF LANE MILES IN A 10-YEAR. THAT EQUATES TO ROUGHLY 466 LANE MILES. THIS IS NOT A PLAN THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A CONCRETE PLAN, NO PUN INTENDED BUT IT'S INTENDED TO BE AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. AND SO AFTER THEY PRESENT THAT CFP THROUGHOUT 27 AND 29 THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF THAT, WE WILL STILL BE SHORT OF REACHING THAT GOAL. AND SO HOW I WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THIS NEW ASPIRATIONAL GOAL IS TO FORCE ALL OF US TO THINK AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENHANCE OR SUPPLEMENT THAT CIP OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE SOME CREATIVE IDEAS WE'VE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY, THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU AT A DIFFERENT MEETING. BUT JUST NOTE THIS NEW ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF TACKLING 50% IN THE LANE MILES WITHIN A 10-YEAR. IS THIS NEW METRIC AND THIS NEW CHALLENGE THAT WE WANT TO EMBARK ON. AND BASED OFF RECENT CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH YOU WE KNOW THERE IS A DESIRE FROM YOU FOR US TO DO MORE RESIDENTIAL STREETS WHETHER THAT BE BLUE RIDGE, WHETHER THAT BE FOX CREEK OR STREETS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE STREETS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NECESSITATE ADDRESSING. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING TO YOU WITH THOSE CREATIVE IDEAS ARE BUT TODAY IS NOT THE DAY FOR THAT. AND I WILL PAUSE THERE BEFORE I TURN IT TO DAVE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ON THIS NEW ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. >> I DO HAVE A THOUGHT I LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE WE USED TO CONSIDER OR ON COMMERCIAL STREETS YOU CONSIDER TRAFFIC COUNTS. I AM NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING THAT WE CONSIDER TRAFFIC -- TRAFFIC COUNTS WITH RESIDENTIAL BUT WHEN WE'VE GOT A BALANCE, WE MIGHT LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT OR HOUSES IMPACTED. SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK IF THERE WERE MORE HOUSES ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET THAT WAS ONE LANE MILE VERSUS THIS PARTICULAR MILE, NOT SAYING THAT SHOULD BE THE FINAL DECISION BUT SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED. >> I THINK THAT'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION TO HAVE ON HOW WE DECIDE WHICH STREETS WE WANT TO ADD INTO THAT CIP. FOR NOW THE MESSAGE IS FOCUSING AN OBJECTIVE ON CENTER MILES -- ON LANE MILES. >> I AGREE WITH THAT BUT I FEEL IN THE PAST I THINK WE GOT ONE TIME HUNG UP ON WE CAN GET MORE MILES -- MILES THIS WAY AND THE REALITY IS WE MAY HAVE IMPACTED MORE PEOPLE WITH LESS MILES PER HOUR IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL INSTEAD OF -- WE CANNOT DO THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A SMALL. >> I'M NOT SURE I AGREE THAT WE HAD INTENTIONALLY GOT -- GOTTEN AWAY FROM ADDRESSING STREETS THAT MAY NOT IMPACT A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS, MAY BE UNINTENTIONALLY BUT THERE [00:35:01] CERTAINLY HAS BEEN AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO TRY TO CAPTURE DEAD END STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT BE CAPTURED. AND SO I DON'T THINK THE MOTIVATION THERE WAS SIMPLY LET'S ADD MILES I THINK THE MOTIVATION THERE WAS TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THIS APPROACH OF FOCUSING ON HOLISTIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRYING TO ACTUALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE STREETS THAT ARE NOT PART OF COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALSO NEED ADDRESSING. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE HISTORICALLY OF AVOIDING STREETS THAT HAD FEW RESIDENTS ON IT BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE A BETTER JOB OF BALANCING THAT IN RECENT YEARS TO TACKLE STREETS THAT ARE PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ALSO PART OF DEAD END STREETS OR OTHER SMALL SEGMENTS OF STREETS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FUNDED UNDER A NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY APPROACH. WHICH I THINK WAS A HISTORIC VIEWPOINT OF IT, DOES -- SENSE? >> IT DOES AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. IT POINTS OUT THAT IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE. I WANT TO POINT OUT TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON WHAT'S BEEN DONE HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN CORRECT. >> CONDITION AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, AND PART OF THE DECISION MAKING THAT HAS GONE IN WHEN WE DO THAT CIP. ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE AND I WANT TO CLARIFY I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE TWO THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED QUITE A BIT, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THESE PROJECTION. >> THESE LANE MILES INCLUDE BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND THOROUGHFARE STREETS AND THEY'RE INCLUSIVE OF THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE STREETS THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE FISCAL YEARS. >> IT INCLUDES THE TOTALITY OF IT. IT DOES INCLUDE THE TOTALITY OF NORTH STREET BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW NORTH STREET WILL BE A MULTIYEAR PROJECT. >> I LIKE THE GOAL, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT GOAL IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND WE ARE REDEFINING IT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF I THINK IT'S A BETTER METRIC, LANE MILES AND CENTER LANE MILES. I THINK YOU ALWAYS WANT AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO WORK TOWARDS AND IF YOU HIT IT GREAT. THAT IS A PLAN. >> VERY GOOD. LIKE I SAID, AT A SEPARATE MEETING YOU WILL PRESENT SOME OF THOSE CREATIVE IDEAS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH TO HELP PUSH US TOWARDS THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. >> ONE MORE CLARIFICATION HERE AND MAYBE MY MISUNDERSTANDING BUT I THINK JUST NOW YOU SAID I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH STREET CHARACTERS PART OF IT. YOU SAID IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF GUY GRANT OR IS IT FROM MOCKINGBIRD? NOT FROM BAUER, FROM MOCKINGBIRD TO SALEM, DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE THE CONCRETE STREET FROM SALEM TO NAVARRO. >> IT DOES NOT. >> THAT WAS ALL OF THE PROJECT. THE SECTION THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS NOT EVEN IN THAT CIP. >> IS STILL CONSIDERED THAT STREET AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WATCHING UNDERSTOOD. >> WE ARE SOLELY REFERRING TO THAT PART -- I. UNDERSTAND, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT INCLUDING BEGINNING AND END POINTS. >> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS. >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF OUR CAPITAL AGREEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE ARE LOOKING TO SOLICIT COMMENTS FROM YOU REGARDING IT. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE ARE LOOKING TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY 69.2 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2027, WE LOOK FOR 33 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 28 AND ALMOST 31 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 29. AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS GRAPH HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE SEPARATED OUT TO VARIOUS TYPES OF PROJECTS. FOR NOW GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS FAR AS PROJECTS WE ARE ANTICIPATING THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27. THE STREET AND RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM, WE ARE LOOKING TO IN THREE DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS TO GO IN AND DO A MAINTENANCE COATING AND A SEAL COAT AND ONYX HERE AND THEN UP IN THE SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOME [00:40:05] RECONSTRUCTION THAT ARE IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION. THESE STREETS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE WAS INCLUDED IN THAT STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT THAT WAS LAST MONTH BUT DUE TO BUDGET REASONS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THE STREETS, WE WERE TRYING TO INCLUDE THOSE INTO THE RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM IN 27 AS ALTERNATES AND THE BIG PRIZES WILL COME IN SUCH THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THESE AS FAR AS INCLUDING IT IN THE PREVIOUS ROBERT THIRD PROJECT 27 OUR BRIGGS BOULEVARD FROM MARLETTE DRIVE TO PARKWAY AND MARLETTE DRIVE FROM THE PARKWAY TO THE BOULEVARD. THESE STREETS WERE OVERLAID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT WITH THE BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION IT'S BEEN GREAT, WE DECIDED WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WAS THROUGH AND WE COULD DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO THOSE TWO STREETS, IF WE NEEDED TO DIG UP OUR PROPOSED WORK. ALSO WE WERE LOOKING TO RECLAIM MEAL AND OVERLAY, MAIN STREET STARTING AT RAIL GRANT ALL THE WAY DOWN. THAT STREET IS IN NEED OF THAT FOR A GOOD WHILE. >> THAT IS A NEW ADDITION TO THE CIP ALSO IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON MENTIONING THIS, BUT WE DO PLAN TO BRING A CHANGE OVER TO YOU THAT BASICALLY REMOVES THE SECTION A SECTION OF EDINBURG THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN THAT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW DOESN'T -- IS IN DECENT SHAPE AND WE BELIEVE THE MAIN STREET NEEDS THE OVERLAY MORE SO THEN THAT SECTION OF EDINBURG STREET. >> THE UTILITY PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. WE WILL BE READY TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE GRANT UTILITY PROGRAMS BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER OCTOBER 1, OFTEN WE BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE UTILITIES IF NOT BY THE END OF THE YEAR SHORTLY AFTER JANUARY 1 OF 27, NORTH STREET PHASE THREE IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN AND WE LOOK TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE SOMETIME IN SPRING IN 27 AND THE REASON THAT ONE IS PITCHED BACK A BIT IS BECAUSE A LATER START IN GETTING THE ENGINEERING DESIGN STARTED ON THAT PROJECT BY THE TIME WE WENT OUT FOR PROPOSALS, CONTRACT BID AND ALL THOSE THINGS BORDERLINE REPLACEMENT, THEY ARE DESIGNING IN-HOUSE IT'S ALMOST COMPLETED, AND WE'RE ADVERTISING FOR BIDS EARLY ON IN THE FISCAL YEAR, CURRENTLY IN THE AIL -- IN THE AREA INDICATED ON THE MAP, THE SEWER LINES ARE IN THE BACKYARD, DIFFICULT TO ACCESS, DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS REDIRECT THE SERVICES FROM BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE DRAG THEM AROUND TO THE FRONT, AND TIE INTO THE SEWER MAINS THAT ARE OUT IN THE STREETS, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO ACCESS THE SEWER MAINS IF THERE'S A BLOCKAGE ON THE CITY SIDE,. >> THOSE ARE EXISTING SEWER MAINS? >> YES, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS REDONE THEY WERE ANTICIPATING THE PROJECT AND THE EXTENDED SERVICES OUT BEHIND THE CURB SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT TO THE PAVEMENT TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GREAT REMOVAL STRUCTURE WE ARE PERFORMING THE DESIGN THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS, THIS IS FUNDED, THE DESIGN IS OVER 60% COMPLETED, ABOUT NINE MONTHS FROM NOW. WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUR APPROVAL. [00:45:06] THAT IS NOT SHOWN BUT IT IS A CITY WIDE PROJECT AND THEN OUR FINAL PROJECT WILL BE THROUGH OUR REDUCTION PROJECT, MANHOLE REHABILITATION, IT IS MANHOLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO NEW TO INDICATE ON THIS MAP. WE'RE PROVIDING A MORE DETAILED MAP ON THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE PLANS READY THIS IS PART OF THE WATER FEASIBILITY STUDIES, THE INTERCONNECT PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE THE LOWER LEFT HAND COUNTER -- CORNER THOSE ARE THE PODS, OF GENERAL RESERVOIRS. IT'S IN THE DESIGN TO CONNECT THESE RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY THE ONES SOUTH OF 1685, THE WATER HAS TO BE HOT FROM -- PUMPED FROM THERE WHICH IS THE PERMANENT PUMPING STATION WHICH PUMPS IT TO THE SURFACE WATER PLANT. THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS TO MANUALLY MOVE PUMPS AND HOSES TO DIFFERENT PODS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS INTERCONNECT THOSE PODS SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANY MORE. WELL NUMBER 19, IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT OF THE ASR. WE'RE PROPOSING TO FINALLY FINISH THE TESTING FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PUT THAT INTO SERVICE. THE GROUNDWATER WELLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING THEY HAVE NOT BEEN USED IN A WHILE OTHER THAN MAY BE SOME GROUNDWATER INTERCHANGE INTO THE RIVER. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EXAMINE THEM, DO AN ASSESSMENT, DO PRODUCTION TESTING ON THEM AND SEE WHAT CAPACITY THEY HAVE AND THEN WE CAN ADD THAT IN AND HAVE A HARD NUMBER AS FAR AS WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS CURRENTLY. WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT THEY HAVE NOT PRODUCED IN THE PAST. ANOTHER UTILITY PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS WATER TABLET REHABILITATION, TOWERS, ONE, THREE AND FOUR. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PHOTOS THERE IS A LOT OF DETERIORATION OF THE CODING THOSE LADDERS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THOSE ARE IN THE INTERIOR OF TANK NUM NUMBER 3. IF SOMEBODY NEEDED TO GET INSIDE THAT TANK TO DO SOMETHING THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR LIFE IN THEIR HAND GIVEN THAT CORROSION OF THOSE MOUNTING BRACKETS. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THERE PHOTO INDICATES IT'S SHOWING HOW THE PAINT HAS FAILED, MOISTURE HAS GOTTEN INTO AND THE METAL IS STARTING TO SEPARATE. THIS IS PART OF AN OVERALL PROGRAM WHERE AFTER NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A COMPLETE REHABILITATION, SANDBLAST AND REPAINTING OF TOWERS ONE, THREE AND FOUR, AND IN UPCOMING YEARS -- MINOR MAINTENANCE WORK IS COMPLETED, THE PROJECTS IN 27, THE CHILDREN PARK -- SPLASH PAD, FOR STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THAT. DESIGNING THE MULTI-USE TRAIL ON RIVERSIDE PARK WE WILL FINISH THE INSTALLATION FOR AN ERP AND WE WILL BEGIN THE COMMUNITY CENTER UPGRADES. AND PHASE TWO OTHER RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES HERE'S A RECAP OF THE EXPENDITURES THE RESIDENTIAL STREET PROJECTS TO IMPROVE 21.46 FOR A TOTAL COST OF 4.6 -- 4.7 MILLION LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE THOROUGHFARE STREETS, AND THE COST OF 6.7 MILLION. THE GLO PROJECT AND 21.4 FOR, THE UTILITY PROJECTS OF 12.1 AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECTS 23.57, THE PROJECTS THE ERP AND SPLASH PAD FOR TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN 26 AND 27, THE 69.17 MILLION. >> LET'S PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT. THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR THAT DAVE HAD JUST WENT THROUGH IS [00:50:03] THE MOST CRITICAL FOR US TO REACH CONSENSUS OR ALIGNMENT ON BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WOULD INCORPORATE INTO THE UPCOMING BUDGET THAT -- FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE CERTAINLY ASK THAT YOU GO THROUGH IT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, ET CETERA THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT OVER THE NEXT -- THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE FINALIZING FISCAL YEAR 27 IS A PRIORITY. ANOTHER OBSERVATION ARE THOUGHT TO HELP CLARIFY IS THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS WERE SPREAD OUT OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS. AND SO DON'T LET THAT FIGURE THEREOF COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS THROW YOU OFF. THE PROJECT IS STILL NEARING $40 MILLION, WE SIMPLY INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRENT YEAR 27 BUDGET, SOME FUNDS FOR THE DESIGN WORK AND TO KICK IT OFF AND THAT WILL CONTINUE IN 27 AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ALLOTMENT, TO WRAP THAT UP. AND WE WILL GO THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 28 IN A LITTLE BIT, THERE WILL BE A LOWER AMOUNT IN FISCAL YEAR 28 ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT BUT THAT IS STILL ROUGHLY $40 MILLION AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. ON D4 WE ALLOCATED 30,000 MORE FOR THE ACQUISITION IS THAT GOING TO BE ALL THAT'S IN ACQUISITIONS,. >> THAT WAS FOR THE CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION WE DO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED FOR THE ACQUISITION AND THE... >> THAT IS JUST FOR THE CONTRACT OF THE COMPANY, THE ACTUAL DOLLAR WE WILL USE FOR THE ACTUAL ACQUISITION IS IN THE PROJECT BUDGET. >> THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS THE AMOUNT FOR THE CONSULTANT. >> THE PURPOSE OF THAT AMENDMENT WAS BECAUSE THEY DETERMINED THERE ARE MORE TRACKS, THE INITIAL CONTRACT PRICE IS BASED ON A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT WERE ANTICIPATED. >> DO WE NEED TO DO ANY ACQUISITIONS FOR THE BACKGROUND. >> THAT IS UNDER WAY NOW WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THAT. >> THAT IS PART OF THE UTILITY THING OR IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? >> THAT WILL START NOW. AND THAT I THINK IS COMING OUT OF A SEPARATE ACTION ITEM. >> IT ALREADY CAME TO COUNCIL SO WE AWARDED THAT AND RIGHT AWAY -- ACQUISITION. >> MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE DATA PROJECT AND THE ACRES. IS NOT GENERAL FUND MONEY, HAS THAT ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND BEEN OKAYED FOR THE CDBG MONEY, HAS THAT BEEN OKAYED? >> IT HAS BEEN OKAYED YES. >> THESE ACRES, YOU NEED SOME ACQUISITIONS OF LAND AS WELL? >> THAT IS, NCBI, IF SHE'S STILL HERE, THEY ARE NEEDED TO BE A REEVALUATION OF PROJECTS BECAUSE THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN THE APPLICATION YEARS AGO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ARE GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, ON THAT GLOW TO FULLY FUND THAT SYSTEM, AND THEN ALSO THE IMPROVEMENT AT THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, WITH A REDUCED OR ADAPTED SCOPE WE WOULD NOT NECESSITATE ANY EASEMENT OR ACQUISITION FOR A LOAN TREE. >> THERE IS A TIME FRAME ON THIS MONEY, RIGHT? IS IT 27 OR 28,. >> 28 OR 29, JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, THE CONTRACTS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THE RIGHT OF [00:55:01] WAY ACQUISITION ARE STRICTLY AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRM THE MONEY THAT WE USE TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY OR THE EASEMENT IS ALREADY ALLOCATED THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED IN THE RESPECTIVE FISCAL YEAR. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> WILL BEGIN DISCUSSING FISCAL YEAR 28 THE PROPOSED STREET FOR THE RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM, THE DRIVE TO FINISH OUT THE STREET IN THE SPRING WOULD -- SUBDIVISION, COMMERCIAL STREET BLUE RIDGE PHASE ONE AND THE BELL TOWER PHASE ONE WE ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE AND BEGIN TO WORK IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS, BLUE RIDGE AND BELL TOWER BECAUSE THESE WOULD BE FAIRLY LARGE TO DO AS A WHOLE WE'RE DIVIDING THAT UP INTO PHASES AND MAKE THEM MORE PALATABLE. THE THOROUGHFARE PROJECT, IN FISCAL YEAR 20 -- 28 IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE THE ACTUAL STREET IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION ON DEI GRANT WILL BEGIN AND THEN NORTH STREET, PHASE THREE A WHICH IS FROM LAURENT TO AVENUE C RIGHT ACROSS THE PADDY, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT YEAR IN 29 TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION OF 3B FROM AVENUE C TO BEN JORDAN. BEN JORDAN TO BEN WILSON IS IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO THERE WILL BE TO JUST BUILD AN OVERLAY IN THE AREA TO SMOOTH THAT OUT, TO DO POINT REPAIRS AS NECESSARY AND THEN THAT WILL BE A LOT BETTER LOOKING THAN WHAT IT IS NOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IMPROVED LOOKS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. >> TO BE CLEAR THAT PART OF NORTH STREET WOULD NOT BE INCLUSIVE IN THAT UTILITIES UNDER THE ARE THE STREETS? >> IT WOULD HELP IMPROVE THE RIDE QUALITY IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO ALIGN WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER? AND THEN BUY US SOME TIME BEFORE WE EVENTUALLY GET TO REPLACING ALL THE UTILITIES IN THAT SECTION? NEAR THE INTERIM OUR FOCUS WILL BE AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH PHASE THREE WHICH IS THE PIECE IN FRONT OF PADDY WELDER AND ON THE WAY TO BEN JORDAN, THE PLAN IS TO THEN TRY AND TACKLE THAT SEGMENT OF THERE THAT GO TOWARDS DOWNTOWN. >> WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BEN WILSON STREET BEGINNING AT THE HIGHWAY, AND CONTINUING ON TO LINDEN LANE WHICH GOES ALONG THE EAST -- SIDE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THE STREET ALSO HAS BEEN IN DIRE NEED OF SOME WORK. AIRLINE ROAD BETWEEN THE MAIN STREET WILL ALSO GET AN OVERLAY PICK. UTILITY PROJECTS FOR 28. WE ARE PROPOSING THE BEGINNING DESIGNING OF REPLACEMENT OF 20-INCH CAST IRON LINE FOR LOW RENT TO BEN JORDAN. THAT LINE HAS BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WHERE LEAKS ON THAT WATER LINE, WHEN IT BREAKS A LOT OF WATER CAN COME OUT. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE THAT. ONCE THAT WATER LINE CAN BE REPLACED, THAT STREET ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE SOME PAVEMENT WORK DONE. BUT DON'T WANT TO DO THAT NOW TILL WE GET THE WATER LINE. SYCAMORE STREET AND WILLOW STREET, WATER LINE REPLACEMENT THAT'S A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN, -- TOWN. CURRENTLY THOSE WATER LINES ARE 2-INCH, GALVANIZED, THEY WILL UPGRADE THE MAIN STREET. THE 8-INCH THE CITY USES NOW, IMPROVED THE FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE HYDRANTS. AND THAT REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THAT GROUP REMOVAL STRUCTURE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED PIER AND ALSO THEY WILL BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE INTERCONNECTS, AS YOU CAN SEE THE PHASE ONE CONNECTING A POND FOUR 2.5, SIX AND SEVEN. JUST AS AN ILLUSTRATED NEEDS OF SHOWING THOSE INTERCONNECTS. NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO UNLESS WE ALLOW THEM TO OPEN THE CARD, [01:00:09] 36-INCH PIKE -- PIPE A LOWER AND THEN THAT WAY IT WOULD CONNECT INTO AN EXISTING CHANNEL ON -- CHANNEL AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ELIMINATE HAVING TO MANUALLY MOVE THE POSES TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. >> THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE STUDY WE JUST DID. >> YES, IT IS. >> THEY RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PONDS THAT THEY DID NOT NECESSARILY GIVE A PLAN OR PHASING OF AT, THIS IS OUR IDEA OF THE BEST WAY TO GIVE US BANG FOR THE BUCK IN THE EARLY ST STAGES. >> IN THAT STUDY IS TECHNICALLY COMPLETE, WE ARE SIMPLY AWAITING THE FINAL PHYSICAL REPORT AND WE PLAN ON BEING INTENTIONAL WITH BEING INTENTIONAL WITH THE PRESS RELEASES, ONCE WE -- WE RECEIVED THOSE FINAL DOCUMENTS. FOR ALL PRACTICAL SENSES IT IS COMPLETE. >> IMPORTANT ABOUT THE WRAPPING PAPER AND THE BOW ON IT. >> KEVIN WILL MAKE A NICE VIDEO AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE DOLLARS, I JUST DUMPED OUT TO ME AND MAY BE MISSING SOMETHING ON THAT SLIDE YOU HAVE THE OCR AND THE CONNECTED 8.68 AND ON THE HANDOUT IT IS 7.9. IS THERE A SECOND PART? >> SOME OTHER FUNDS WERE MOVED FROM FISCAL YEAR 28 INTO 29 AND I DID NOT -- UPDATED THE HANDOUT DID NOT UPDATE THE SLIDE. ALL MY GRAPHS REFLECT. >> THE HANDOUT IS CORRECT WHICH IS LOWER NUMBER SO THANK YOU. >> OTHER PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 28, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION TO DO THAT. ONCE AGAIN A RECAP OF THE EXPENDITURES. WERE ANTICIPATING IMPROVING 11 MILES FOR A TOTAL COST OF 4.0 3,000,009.83 LANE MILES OF THOROUGHFARE STREETS FOR A COST OF 13.8 MILLION, UTILITY PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO COST 12.6 MILLION AND FINAL IMPROVEMENTS 2.54 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF $33.5 MILLION. ANY QUESTIONS -- ANY QUESTIONS ON FISCAL YEAR 28? >> I IMAGINE WITH THE OVERLAY FOR NORTH, WILL THAT BE DONE AFTER ALL THE WORK THUS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER? >> WE WILL TRY TO TIME IT THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC. >> EARLY TO ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS THE REAL QUESTION, I KNOW WE DON'T CONTROL VISD BUT WHAT'S THE PLAN FROM THERE, OR THAT BRAND NEW ROAD? >> WE CAN SIMPLY COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE. >> WE NEED TO DO THAT ANYWAY, SOME OTHER ENTRANCES THERE PARKING LOTS. >> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE DEMO. >> THAT IS FAIR THANK YOU. >> WE DO NOTE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER SPECIFICALLY THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE TO THE PROJECT WOULD BE THE PROJECT THAT IS ON BEN WILSON. EVEN IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF OVERLAP THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY EXPECTED HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON NORTH STREET. >> AND PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 29. >> WE HAVE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM PROPOSED FOR YEAR 29. WE DO THAT SEALCOAT, AND THAT TANGERINE SUBDIVISION. SECOND PHASE OF BLUE RIDGE SUBDIVISION, HIGHLAND VILLAGE SECTION TWO, STEVENSON SUBDIVISION. THE SUBDIVISION, SECOND PHASE OF BELL TOWER SUBDIVISION, WEST SOUTH STREET AND WALDEN STREET AND WE WILL BEGIN WORK ON TANGLEWOOD SUBDIVISION TO A. SURFACE STREETS FOR FISCAL YEAR [01:05:10] 29 WE ARE PROPOSING JOHN STOCKBAUER BETWEEN MARK AND -- MOCKINGBIRD AND BEN JORDAN. NORTH EAST STREET BETWEEN CAMERON AND MONLEON, BEN WILSON STREET FROM LINDA LANE TO REAL GRANT STREET PIER ONE THAT ONE IS DONE THAT WILL COMPLETE THE ENTIRE RUN OF BEN WILSON AND THE HIGHWAY TO SAND EASTERN DRIVE -- SAM HOUSTON DRIVE. THE SAM HOUSTON DRIVE TO THE HIGHWAY WAS PART OF THE BEN WILSON CORRIDOR PROJECT, THIS PAST YEAR THE THOROUGHFARE PROJECT THEY BUILT AN OVERLAID FM RIO GRANT STREET THE HOUSTON HIGHWAY ON BELL -- BEN WILSON. SO THEY HAD TO BE NICE STREETS. NORTH STREET PHASE THREE, CONSTRUCTION TO BEN JORDAN, AND WE WILL BEGIN DESIGN THE NORTH STREET PHASE ONE WHICH STARTING AT RUDEE STREET AND GOES TO NAVARRO. >> THE SUB THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND HAVE YET TO DETERMINE AN EXTRA PROJECT ON THAT. >> AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE. THAT'S ON PURPOSE TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY, WE DO INTEND GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 28 GOING BACK TO A FIVE YEAR CIP AND SO THIS GIVES US A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, WE ALSO STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO PHASE IN -- NOT PHASE IN, TO INCORPORATE OTHER FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE KNOW ARE NEEDED WHETHER THAT BE THE BUILDING WE ARE IN NOW, WHETHER THAT BE A RELOCATED OR REFURBISHED FIRE STATION OR WHATEVER ELSE. MAY ARISE. SO WE WANTED TO NOT COMMIT A FEW MILLION DOLLARS ON PURPOSE JUST TO GIVE HER SOME FLEXIBILITY AS WE TAKE A DEEPER DIVE ON PLAYING IT OUT ALL THE CIP PROJECTS AND NEEDS WE HAVE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. THE JOHN STOCKBAUER HERE, THE MILL AND OVERLAY, WAS THERE A PICTURE OF HIM ON THE FISCAL YEAR 28 ALSO? COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE FOR THE MAP FOR IT 28. >> NO,. >> THAT WAS A GUY GRANT THAT I SAW. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON 29? >> I HAVE ONE. I SAW BOX CREEK WAS ON THERE AND I THINK WE AGREE THERE ARE ROADS WITHIN BOX CREEK THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BUT HOW IS PRIORITIZATION DETERMINED WHEN MAK THAT'S A RELATIVELY NEW SUBDIVISION, I THINK IT WAS 2014. SOUTH CERTAINLY OLDER SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY HAVE HAD GENERAL PUBLIC MIGHT BE WATCHING THINKING MY SUBDIVISION COMPARED TO THAT. >> I WILL TAKE IT. I THINK THE BEST WAY I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN HISTORY WE HAD A BIT OF A CONVERSATION EARLIER DURING THE INTRO THAT HISTORICALLY THERE IS AN APPROACH TO NEIGHBORHOODS TO ADAPTING STREETS, THERE WAS AN APPROACH THAT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND TRYING TO FIND THE BALANCE BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, STREETS AND SOME DATA THAT WAS BEING COVERED INTERNALLY AND FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL? IN 2020 HAD A VERY SCIENTIFIC STUDY DONE ON THE CONDITION OF STREETS WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD TRANSITION TO A VERY DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO ADDRESSING AND SELECTING STREETS IN THAT TIME FRAME WE LEARNED WE SHOULD NOT ALWAYS FOCUS ON ALL THE DATA AND THAT WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE FOUND BETTER BALANCE BETWEEN DATA, COMMON SENSE AND FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRP. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR OR SO WE HAVE BEEN MORE INTENTIONAL WITH ASKING YOU [01:10:02] WHICH STREETS ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU, HAVE SENT EMAILS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ASKING YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR STREETS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECAUSE WE WANT TO COMBINE YOUR PRIORITIES WITH THE DATA WITH SOME COMMON SENSE, WE WANTED TO BRING SOME COMMON SENSE CHANGES TO, CHANGES TO THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS PROGRAM THAT SHIFTED THAT CO2 AWAY AND OVER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE IT NEEDED A MORE COMMON SENSE CHANGE THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER SUCH AS DELAYING EDINBURGH BECAUSE IT'S IN A GOOD SPACE -- SHAPE AND DOING MAIN STREET. THE INCORPORATION OF THE FOCH STREET WAS AN ATTEMPT TO INCORPORATE SOME OF COUNCIL FEEDBACK WHICH QUITE FRANKLY IS NOT JUST INCLUSIVE OF -- FOX CREEK THE BLUE RIDGE SUBDIVISION THAT COUNCILOR DELAGARZA INCLUDED IN HIS RESPONSE, IT'S VERY MUCH IN THERE. WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN OF DOCTOR YOUNG'S REQUEST TO LOOK AT THE STREETS IN THE DISTRICT. WHEN YOU, YOURSELF, COME FROM THE DRIVE AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WORK TO INCORPORATE THAT. AND SO THIS JUST FALLS IN LINE WITH THAT APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO INCORPORATE YOUR FEEDBACK. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. MY ASK WAS IN NO WAY CONTRARY TO THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT SO BRINGING IT IN -- ASKING THE QUESTION WERE FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO NEEDS THAT CLARIFICATION. WHY NOT HEAR? THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT IT UP. >> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PIECE EVERYTHING TOGETHER. >> I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE BLUE RIDGE ADDITION BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT SPLIT UP. >> THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THERE FOR ONE, YOU'VE ONLY SAW THIS FISCAL YEAR 28 AND 29 BUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE OVER FOUR PHASES. >> PHASE FOUR WOULD BE IN 2031? >> CORRECT. >> WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THAT MEDIAN, THE TRAFFIC HAS PICKED UP TREMENDOUSLY ON THE WINDSOR, TAYLOR, THEY'RE ONLY DOING TWO FLOORS OF THE ADDITION THE RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING A LOT OF VEHICLE DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THE ROADS, IT WILL NOT LAST TO 2031 AND THAT WAS NOT THE INITIAL CONVERSATION WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT MOST LIKELY WOULD BE DONE BY 2028. THAT WHOLE AREA NOT JUST ONE-THIRD OF IT OR ONE FOURTH OF IT OR TWO FOURTHS OF IT. I WOULD LIKE EVENTUALLY TO DISCUSS WHY IT'S BEING SPLIT UP INTO FOUR PHASES WHEN IT SHOULD BE DONE, IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE IN ONE SQUARE AREA. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO ONE OF THOSE SLIDES THAT SHOWS IT. WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW AND IT GOES DOWN TO FUNDING. AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS 27 AND 29 WE ONLY HAVE ROUGHLY $10 MILLION THAT ARE ALLOCATED FROM THE OA TO GO TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL STREETS. DURING FISCAL YEARS 22 TO 26 WE ARE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PUT OVER $20 MILLION INTO RESIDENTIAL STREETS EVERY YEAR. BY US HAVING THE LIMITED DEBT CAPACITY IT FORCES US TO HAVE TO LOWER THE AMOUNT OF STREETS THAT WE FIX. IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION WE SHARED THAT ADDRESSING ALL OF BLUE RIDGE WAS ROUGHLY $5 MILLION IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. IT WOULD TAKE UP 50% OF ONE YEAR'S BUDGET IF THAT'S ALL WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON. AND SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS TO TRY TO INCORPORATE THESE REQUESTS THAT COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN A MANNER THAT STAYS WITHIN THIS CONFINED BUDGET. AND THAT IS WHY IT SPLIT, CERTAINLY COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THAT AND IF COUNCIL DECIDES YOU WANT TO TACKLE BLUE RIDGE ALL IN ONE YEAR YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION HOW WE ADJUST STREETS, WHICH ONES GET DELAYED AND WHICH ONE CHANGES. THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE TO DO THAT, WHEN WE BRING FORWARD THIS RECOMMENDATION OR THESE PLANS IT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SUGGEST CHANGES THAT BETTER ALIGN WITH YOUR PRIORITY AS A GROUP. >> THE INITIAL CONVERSATION ALL THREE PHASES THOSE RESIDENTS, I CHALLENGE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TO DRIVE THOSE ROADS AS SOON AS -- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TAYLOR, LONGDALE, FILLMORE, WINDSOR, THOSE ARE SOME OTHER STREETS EVER, EVEN RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING VEHICLE DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THOSE ROADS. I CANNOT SEE EXTENDING IT TO [01:15:07] 2031,. >> THAT IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE ANY CHANGES THAT YOU MAY WANT TO MAKE OR PROPOSE TO BETTER ALIGN WITH YOUR OBJECTIVES. >> THIS IS A FRUSTRATING THING ABOUT HAVING SO MANY STREETS IN NOT GOOD CONDITION BECAUSE MY TANGLEWOOD SUBDIVISION WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN 2024 TO FINISH IT AND WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE SECOND PHASE IN 2029 IF IT HOLDS. I'M NOT UNSYMPATHETIC BUT THE PHASING HAS REALLY HELPED TO ADDRESS THE STREETS THAT NEED THE WORK THE MOST. >> I WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DRIVE THOSE STREETS I THINK IT IS UNSYMPATHETIC FOR YOU TO BRING THAT UP AND TO COMPARE IT TO. THAT'S NOT NOT -- THAT'S NOT RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT. >> I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE STREETS THROUGHOUT TOWN AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN THAT ONLY WORK, WE ALL KNOW THAT. YOUR DISTRICT YOUR DISTRICT, THEY EXIST. THEY EXIST. I THINK THE REASON WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL OVER THE PAST IS THAT WE HAVE NOT SAID I HAVE TO HAVE THIS IN FACT WE HAVE NOT SAID I HAVE TO HAVE THIS BECAUSE THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT. WHAT WE'VE SAID WAS WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR THE COMMUNITY IF WE LOSE THAT APPROACH THEN WE'VE LOST WHAT MADE US SUCCESSFUL TO MEET THIS 112 MILES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IF WE LOSE THAT APPROACH WE WILL NOT GET TO THE NEW GOAL. MY CHALLENGE TO EACH OF YOU IS NOT TO GO DRIVE A STREET BUT TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY PEER NOT THE BEST THING THAT I WANT TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. IF WE DO THAT AND WE CAN STAY CONSISTENT AND OUR APPROACH SHOULD STAY WE NEED TO ADDRESS EACH OF THESE, WE NEED TO HAVE PRIORITIES WE HAVE TO SAY HOW CAN WE SPREAD THIS OUT IN A MANNER THAT WE CAN GET TO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, MAYBE NOT ON THE TIMING THEY WANT, MAYBE NOT AS SOON AS WE HAVE TO HAVE IT AND SITUATIONS ARISE OVER THE YEARS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THAT POINT FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS UNFORESEEN. WE'VE SEEN THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT. I WOULD URGE ALL OF YOU I KNOW WE HAVE CERTAIN STREETS WE WANT THIS DONE AND THAT DONE BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IN THAT TOTALITY OF THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IF WE GET SILOED, IF WE START SAYING I HAVE TO GET THIS AND I HAVE TO HAVE THIS THEN WE ARE LOSING WHAT MADE US SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR IN MY OPINION. >> IT WAS EXTENDED FROM 2028 TO 2031 AND I JUST DON'T UNDE UNDERSTAND. MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION YOU CAN HAVE TO FIND OUT WHY IT GOT EXTENDED BUT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. >> I ANSWERED THE QUESTION, THERE'S A FINANCIAL LIMITATION THERE. I DO NOT RECALL A CONVERSATION COMMITTING TO TACKLING THAT OVER A TWO YEAR. THAT CONVERSATION ON BLUE RIDGE JUST BEGAN A FEW MONTHS AGO, WITH EMAIL EXCHANGES WHEN I PUT OUT THE REQUEST IN PREPARATION FOR THE DECEMBER WORKSHOP. AND THAT'S WHERE AIRLINE . AGAIN I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL UNDERSTAND IT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE AS A GROUP IF YOU CHOSE TO TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CIP AS YOU WISH. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. >> CAN YOU SPEAK A BIT BETTER TO THE MIC. >> UTILITY PROJECTS -- PROJECTS FOR UTILITY 29, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT WATER LINE REPLACEMENT ON THE ROAD, COUNTRY CLUB REPLACEMENT, THAT AGAIN IS AN AREA WHERE THE SEWER LINES ARE IMPACTED, WE'RE LOOKING TO DESIGN TO REPLACE THOSE LINES PUT THEM OUT ON THE STREETS, REDIRECT SERVICES TO THE STREETS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON THE AIRLINE ROAD AND AIRLINE ROAD WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT HAS EXISTING DOMAINS THAT WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE. AFTER WE REPLACED OR WHILE WE WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPORT -- TO REPLACE ON AIRLINE WE WILL BE DESIGNING FOR THE 20-INCH WATER LINE REPLACEMENT ON BEN JORDAN FROM AIRLINE GOING NORTH TO CRESTON. AND OUR FINAL INTERCONNECT PROJECT WILL BE TO CONNECT POND ONE TO POND TWO AND THREE AND FOUR RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN ACTUAL CONNECTION BUT BECAUSE [01:20:02] IT'S NOT DEEP ENOUGH WE CANNOT GET ALL THE WATER THAT'S AVAILABLE AT THE POND THREE INTO POND FOUR, WE WANT TO DEEPEN THAT CONNECTION, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DEEPEN THE CHANNEL FROM POND FOUR TO I FORGET THE ROAD NAME RIGHT THERE BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOWER THE CONNECTION ACROSS THE ROAD WITH A 48-INCH PIPE DEEPER THAT WILL ALLOW US TO UTILIZE MORE OF THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF THOSE PONDS. CURRENTLY WE ARE LIMITED A LITTLE BIT FOR ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES. >> THIS WORK, AGAIN AND I'M GOING BACK TO THE STUDY AND TRYING TO REMEMBER. THIS WORK WAS CERTAINLY CONNECTING THE PART OF IT. WAS THERE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET MORE DEPTH IN THOSE PONDS BEYOND THIS OR IS THIS STEP WORK THAT WILL NOT ONLY CONNECT THEM BUT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO TAKE MORE WATER OUT? >> IT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE MORE WATER OUT OF IT. I DON'T RECALL IF THERE WAS TO DEEPEN THEM OR NOT. >> NO, IT IS THE CONNECTING THEM THAT ALLOWS THE PUMP TO GRAB MORE WATER. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE USED THE ANALOGY OF A STRAW,. >> MIGHT SIMPLE BRAIN, WE NEED A DEEPER STRAW. >> THE WAY WE CAPTURE MORE WATER IS TO HAVE A -- A. DEEPER STRAW IS TO CONNECT THE DIFFERENT PONDS AND LEAD THE WATER TO THE STRAW. >> THIS PROJECT, THUS CONNECTING THEM WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE MORE WATER THAN WE COULD BEFORE. >> CORRECT. >> GOT IT 100%. >> IT'S NOT JUST A FUNCTION OF IT'S A PAIN TO MOVE HOUSES, IT IS A FUNCTION OF WE CAN ACTUALLY GET MORE WATER OUT OF THESE AFTER WE COMPLETE THIS. >> THAT IS CORRECT. RECAP OF EXPENDITURES, FOR 29 FISCAL YEAR 29, LOOKING TO IMPROVE 16.2 LANE MILES OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS AT A TOTAL COST OF 9.97 MILLION. 7.46 LANE MILES OF THOROUGHFARE STREETS AT A COST OF 11.9 MILLION. AND OUR UTILITY PROJECTS WILL COME IN AT 8.63 FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED EXPENDITURE OF 30.5 MILLION. NOW GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES, THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE GRAPH THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. I'M HOPING THAT THESE NUMBERS, THESE LINES WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MEANING FOR YOU THAN IT DID WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THEM. THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED EVERYONE IS STILL STARING INTENTLY. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THAT WHILE WE ALL GET THE CALLS ABOUT STREETS, LOOKING AT THE GRAPH IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO UTILITIES THAT NOBODY SEES UNTIL THERE'S A PROBLEM. SO THAT IS A COMPLIMENT TO ALL OF YOU TO HAVE REALLY BALANCED THAT. >> THE TABLE PRESENTED IN THIS SLIDE INDICATES THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AS YOU SEE IN 27, WE WERE LOOKING AT USING 3.46 MILLION OF GENERAL FUNDS GONCO BONDS, 28.02. >> CO BONDS. >> IT'S OKAY. >> UTILITY FUNDS AND BONDS 7.83 MILLION AND THE STDC FUNDS 8.5 MILLION. THE GRANTS AND OTHER THAT IS REFLECTED OF THE CDBG FUNDS. IN 28, GENERAL FUNDS F 2.77 MILLION, 10 MILLION IN GEO BONDS, UTILITY FUNDS, 13.969, 5.58 MILLION, 295.2 9 MILLION OF GENERAL FUNDS, ANOTHER 10 MILLION OF GEO BONDS, 10.41 MILLION IN UTILITY FUNDS AND BONDS, AND 5 MILLION THE STDC. FOR A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF 132 MILLION -- 132.99 MILLION. >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE DO NOT PURSUE GEO BONDS WE UTILIZE CO BONDS, I GUESS THAT'S [01:25:02] HOW IT'S CATEGORIZED BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT TECHNICAL DISTINCTION THAT WE PURSUE CO BONDS TO FUND THE CIP PROJECTS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY IDENTIFY THAT COLUMN MOVING FORWARD. NOT ALL BONDS ARE CREATED EQUAL. >> THERE ARE TECHNICAL DIFFERENCES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. >> I WILL WRAP UP THE TOPIC TO SIMPLY JUST REMIND YOU OF WHERE WE STARTED AND WHAT I SUGGESTED EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE CLEARLY THE PASSIONATE CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE IS QUITE FRANKLY WHAT IS DRIVING MYSELF AND STAFF TO TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO BE CREATIVE TO TACKLE MORE STREETS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. AND AS I MENTIONED CURRENTLY THERE IS LIMITED FUNDS. AND SO SOME OF THE CREATIVE IDEAS THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME IMPLICATIONS THAT MIGHT LEAD TO BLUE RIDGE BEING DONE IN LESSER PHASES AS AN EXAMPLE. IT MIGHT LEAD TO TACKLING STREETS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE. AND SO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AS STAFF TO PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS TO YOU BEFORE WE CONSIDER DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE CIP THAT MIGHT DELAY PROJECTS UNNECESSARILY. SO THAT WE DON'T COMPOUND THE SEDIMENT OF DELAYED PROJECTS. I RECOGNIZE THAT HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN UNINTENTIONAL DELAYS AND I WOULD NOT WANT US TO FOR THE SAKE OF CATCHING UP CONTINUE ADDING NEW DELAYED PROJECTS. AND SO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THOSE CREATIVE IDEAS TO YOU AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T ACHIEVE AN OBJECTIVE THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET BEHIND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE CIP AT THAT TIME. BUT FOR NOW I HEAR YOU, WE HEAR YOU, AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT. >> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU MR. SHEBLAK. [2. City of Victoria HOT Funds Awards Program Update. Joel Novosad, Direct...] WE HAVE ONE MORE CITY MANAGER REPORT. >> HE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON HIS FUNDING PROCESS COMING UP I FORGOT HE WAS GOING TO DO UNTIL JUST NOW. >> MR. NOVOSAD WELCOME, WE DID NOT FORGET YOU. >> IT'S ALL RIGHT I HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I AM COMING TO YOU AHEAD OF OUR ANNUAL HOT FUNDS AWARDS PROCESS THAT HAPPENS EVERY JULY SO IT WILL BE OPEN FROM JULY FIRST TO 31ST WE WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND IN LAST YEAR'S AWARDS CYCLE, IF YOU RECALL WE AWARDED AN EXTRA ORGANIZATION THE VICTORIA COUNTY -- COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE ONE ROOM NIGHT LESS THAN THE NUMBER 10 SPOT. THAT PROMPTED OUR TOURISM ADVISOR, THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME REVISIONS TO THE PROGRAM. SO WE MET A FEW WEEKS AGO ON APRIL 29TH AT A WORKSHOP THAT LASTED ABOUT TWO HOURS, WE HAD ABOUT HALF OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IN ATTENDANCE WE HAVE JAMES, BRIAN KEITH, JENNIFER JORDAN IN ATTENDANCE. AND IT WAS A PUBLICLY POSTED MEETING, AND SO THEY DISCUSSED DIFFERENT IDEAS AND CAME TO A CONSENSUS ON SOME SLIGHT CHANCES -- CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE APPEAR WHAT I WILL DO FIRST IS GO OVER THE CURRENT DETAILS OF HOW WE CALCULATE EVERYTHING, HOW WE SPLIT UP APPLICANTS. WE SPLIT ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS INTO TWO SEPARATE GROUPS, WE HAVE GROUP ONE. THESE ARE EVENTS, 65% OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING GOES TO THEM. IT HAS BEEN $135,000 THE ENTIRE POT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO 65% THAT IS 87,750 IS DIVIDED AMONG THIS GROUP AMONG THE APPLICANTS. IN THIS GROUP. THEY CAN BE NONPROFIT OR A FOR PROFIT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO PROVE ROOM NIGHTS FOR THE MOST RECENT EVENTS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION. AND THEN WITHIN THAT GROUP 70% OF THAT 87,750 IS EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AND 30% IS DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE SHARE OF THE TOTAL HOTEL AND THEN ONLY THE TOP TEN ROOM NIGHT GENERATORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS. IN GROUP TWO, 35% OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING IS FOR THIS GROUP. SO THAT COMES OUT TO $47,250. THERE'S A BIT MORE FRIEND GENT [01:30:08] REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE MAKEUP OF THE APPLICATION APPLICANT. THEY MUST BE A REGISTERED NONPROFIT. THEY MUST BE AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE THE ARTS OR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEY MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO EVENTS EXHIBITS OR OPERATE CONTINUALLY. THEY MUST BE ABLE TO PROVE ROOM NIGHTS FOR THE MOST RECENT EVENT SEASON PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND MUCH LIKE THE GROUP ONE FUND, THE FUNDS $47,250, 70% IS EVENLY DIVIDED AND 30% ROOM NIGHT SHARE. THESE WERE THE CHANGES SUGGESTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE. GROUP ONE WOULD GET A SLIGHTLY LARGER SHARE OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING. 70% WHICH WOULD COME OUT TO $94,500. ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION ALSO OF THERE-- THE APPLICANT MUST PRODUCE A MINIMUM 25 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS TO QUALIFY. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM THRESHOLD. IT'S JUST WHOEVER IS IN THE TOP TEN. AND AGAIN ONLY THE TOP TEN ROOM NIGHT GENERATORS IS ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD AND IT WAS THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S CONSENSUS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF NUMBER 10 HAS 30 ROOM NIGHTS, THIS NEXT YEAR AND THE NUMBER 11 HAS 29 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. AND JUST TAKE THE TOP TEN. NOW IF FEWER THAN TEN APPLICANTS REACH THE MINIMUM 25 HOTEL ROOM NIGHT THRESHOLD, SAY ONLY EIGHT OF THEM DO THEN WE HAVE EIGHT AWARDEES, WHICH DON'T HAVE TEBB. WE HAVE THE-- TEN. WE HAVE THE TOP EIGHT, IF YOU WILL. THEN IN GROUP TWO 30% OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING OF THE $35 THE $35-- $135,000 GO TO THIS GROUP. ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SAME. IN THIS GROUP 90% OF IT IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND 10% IS BASED UPON HOTEL ROOM NIGHT SHARE. THE REASON THIS WAS DONE IS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THE NUMBER ONE AWARDEE IN THE GROUP HAS TYPICALLY THE MUSEUM IN THE COAST A BEN. THEY ARE COLLECTING ROOM NIGHTS ON A CONTINUAL BASIS AND THEY'VE HAD ALMOST DOUBLE OF WHAT THE NEXT PERSON HAS AND THIS CLOSES THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE THE INTENTION FOR THIS GROUP TWO WAS NEVER, LET'S SEE HOW MANY HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS THEY'RE GENERATING, AN ARTS GROUP IS ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE FEWER ROOM NIGHTS THAN A HUGE GOLF TOURNAMENT. THAT'S JUST THE CASE. THE ARTS ROOMS ARE HERE ON A CONTINUAL BASIS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN A GOLF GROUP APPEARS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN IT'S GONE. BUT THE INTENTION OF THIS GROUP IS STILL TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE ARTS GROUP CONTRIBUTING TO THE CULTURAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. FINALLY, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT OF $15,000. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A MAXIMUM AWARD NIGHT BUT TELL THEM TO APPLY WHAT THEY LIKE. YOU GET IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOME PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR $7,000 AND SOME ASKING FOR $65,000. WE NEVER HAD ANYBODY IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING THE PROGRAM SINCE 2021 WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY GET THAT MUCH, 15,000. THIS GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO STRIVE FOR WHEN THEY'RE FILLING OUT THEIR APPLICATION. I GET THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH CAN I APPLY FOR? I TELL THEM, APPLY FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT. IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO WORK FOR BUT ALMOST EVERYBODY WILL JUST APPLY FOR THE 15,000. ALSO BRIAN KEITH IN OUR GROUP HAD A GREAT POINT IF THERE'S A MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT AND THEY'RE GETTING $10,000 THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY GOT A HUGE SHARE OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR RATHER THAN APPLYING FOR 40,000 OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT WE CAN NEVER GIVE ANYBODY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE PROGRAM. THAT IS IT. THOSE WERE THE CHANGES THAT WERE SUGGESTED AND BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> QUESTIONS ON THOSE CHANGES? NO? APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT STRIKES A NICE BALANCE OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE. VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS. [H. Executive Sessions:] WE WILL HAVE A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION, CORRECT? >> YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TAKE A TEN-MINUTE BREAK. WE WILL BE BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:45. >> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 19TH DAY OF MAY, 2026 AT 6:35. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE [01:35:02] EXECUTIVE SESSION DELIBERATION IS TEX GOVERNMENT CODE 551-0087, 551072 * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.