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YOU'RE[Industrial Development Corporation]
CORRECT.WE HAVE A $75,000, UH, EARMARKED IN THE FORECAST OF, AND THE PARK SILO FORECAST FOR JONES PARK.
UM, AND, UH, THE FOOTNOTES IS, UH, SAYS THAT IT'S TO BE USED AS A MATCH FOR A PUBLIC PRIVATE GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S FROM THE SASSER'S AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE, UH, SAT THERE AND IDENTIFY, UH, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO BARBARA, UH, FOR HER TO, TO BRIEF US ON EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN AND WHAT, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MONEY THAT THERE'S ANOTHER $25,000 OUT THERE OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDS FOR THAT.
THERE'S SO MANY, 5,000 EARMARKED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD THOUGH.
IT'S IN THE, YEAH, IT'S IN THE FINANCIAL FORECAST.
SO THERE'S NOT AN ACTUAL PROJECT AGREEMENT.
UH, DAVID, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WHAT JOHN'S SAYING, THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SOURCES.
EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO WORK THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PARTS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S LIMITED BY THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD AND DO THIS AND THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANTED, UH, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY VISION GALVESTON.
UH, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD HERE AT THE BOARD? UH, NO, JUST WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
THAT'S GONNA WORK ON THIS AND I HAVE MICHELLE BRIGHT FROM US.
ACARA IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH BRANDON AND MICHELLE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO GET SOME DESIGN WORK AND ENGINEERING WORK GOING ON THESE TWO PARKS AND, UH, ON THE, ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A THIRD COST SHARE, WHICH IS 35,000.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S THAT'S UH, JOHN PAUL AND I HAD OUR NUMBERS OFF A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME IN THE MEETING.
DISCREPANCY IS, BUT WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS, UH, AS SOON AS WE GET GOING WITH YOU ALL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THESE SEPARATELY BOARD, UH, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AND OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR SHIELD PARK AS OUTLINED IN OUR PACKET HERE.
IT'S 10,000 AND THE AMOUNT OF THE FOR SHIELD PARK IS $10,000.
WE HAVE SECOND FROM, UH, MURRAY ROB AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
AND, UH, MOVING TO JONES PARK.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE SAME MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR 25,000 FOR, UH, JONES PARK IS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LIST, ASKING ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING TO ITEM EIGHT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE SILO ITEM EIGHT EIGHT, PLEASE DO.
NOW
AND, UH, BRANDON, UH, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
BEN, BRANDON, LET ME TRY TO, UM, SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.
I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON HOW NICE IT IS THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S ON CAMERA WEAR BLUE TODAY.
YOU'RE ALL VERY WELL COORDINATED.
UH, SO, UM, IS MY SCREEN SHOWING, CAN YOU ALL SEE IT? YES.
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UM, WE'VE UPDATED, UM, THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST FOR THE IDC INFRASTRUCTURE SILO, UM, MATCHED THE PROJECTED REVENUES FOR SALES TAX FOR THIS YEAR, UM, AND PIGEONHOLED THE OPERATING EXPENSES THAT'S PROVIDED, UH, THE OPERATING EXPENSES THERE AND HEADLINE EIGHT HAS ABOUT A 2%, UH, INFLATIONARY FACTOR.UM, WE MAY NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT GOING FORWARD SINCE INFLATION IS NOW TICKING ABOVE A 2% ON KIND OF A ROLLING AVERAGE AND ALL SIGNS ARE KIND OF POINTING THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH SOME UPWARD PRESSURE THERE.
UM, IN LINE 10, UH, BRANDON, WATCH ME WHAT FALLS UNDER THE OPERATING EXPENSES.
THAT IS THE, UM, THAT IS THE IDCS, UH, BUDGET.
I CAN ACTUALLY PULL THAT ONE UP AS WELL.
UM, YEAH, LET ME, UM, LET ME GO IN AND PULL THAT ONE UP.
IF WE GO IN AND PROPOSED BUDGET, THIS IS THE, UM, CAN YOU CAN SEE, SEE THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY, RIGHT? YEP.
SO HERE IS, UM, HERE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SILO, UM, PORTION OF THE IDC BUDGET.
UM, SO RIGHT HERE, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IS THE 580 $877, THAT'S THERE AND IT CONSISTS OF, UM, OPERATING, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, PLEASE LIKE ONE 50.
SO IT CONSISTS OF, UH, OPERATING COSTS.
UM, IT CONSISTS OF, UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
UM, AND THEN IT CAN, UH, PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE JUST SMALL AMOUNTS.
THIS IS MORE OF A ADVERTISING LEGAL NOTICES FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLICATIONS THAT WE PUBLISH.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, UM, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN COME TO FRUITION.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE ELECTION EXPENSES IN THERE FOR, UH, $15,000 PER SILO TO MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, $60,000 THERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UM, ANYONE EVEN REALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, HOLDING AN ELECTION, UM, BUT I BELIEVE, UM, MARY YARBROUGH WANTED THAT PUT IN THERE, UM, PRIOR TO HIM LEAVING OFFICE, UH, JUST BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO, TO KIND OF START THINKING ABOUT EXTENDING THE SILO SINCE WE'RE, WE ONLY HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO APRIL OF 2029.
SO I THINK HE KIND OF WANTED US TO KIND OF LEAVE THAT IN THERE.
UM, AND YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT THREE CREWS IN THERE, BRANDON THE SHARE FROM INFRASTRUCTURE.
YES, THE HERE, UH, THE CONCRETE WORK CREW, UH, THAT'S A SIDEWALK AND CURB PROGRAM IN THERE AND ALSO, UM, THE PARKS WORK CREW, UM, IS ALSO IN THERE AS WELL.
THEY'RE CHARGED WITH, UM, WITH MAINTAINING A LOT OF THESE STREETS.
AND IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL ACTUALLY, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET BACK OVER TO THE FORECAST.
UH, SO ACTUALLY ONE OF THE, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO, UH, INCREASE THE, THE WORK CREW FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE STREETS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE.
NOW WE HAVE THE REMAINDER OF, UH, 20, 25TH STREET COMING ONLINE, THE REMAINDER OF 27TH STREET COMING ONLINE, UH, 45TH AND WEST MARKET.
ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE KIND OF CLOSING OUT AND COMING OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR'S HANDS AND, UM, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING IT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE INCLUDED HERE IN THE FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO PUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND ASIDE, UM, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE STREETS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, MAINTAINING STREETS, WE, WE CAN, UH, BRANDON, YOU WANT TO, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN, ROB, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MAINTAINING STREETS IT'S IT'S FOR THE, UH, LAWN CARE MAINTENANCE TYPE ACTIVITIES? UM,
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YEAH, IT'S FOR CUTTING GRASS.IT'S FOR, UH, MAINTAINING THE BOWL BOUTS AND THE VEGETATION, THE LANDSCAPE, AND THAT WE PUT THERE AND LIKE ON 27TH STREET, UM, BUT THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ROUTINELY MAINTAINED STREETS, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BROADWAY MEDIANS, UM, ALSO THEY, THEY EVEN, UM, SUPPLEMENT SOME OF, UH, TEXT DOTS WORK BECAUSE TEXTS DIED ONLY MOST LIKE MAYBE FOUR TIMES A YEAR ON I 45.
AND SO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, KIND OF SUPPLEMENTS, UH, THEIR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES THERE TO TRY TO KEEP IT, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, NICE LOOKING CONDITIONS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE, UH, DRIVE INTO THE ISLAND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THEY SEE IS, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY MAINTAINED KIND OF A LANDSCAPE IN THERE.
ANSWER BRANDON WITH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHATEVER THEY USE TO HELP WITH SAY LIKE, BODECKER DRIVE OUT TO ANY OF THE CITY ASSETS, UH, THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WOULD WE EVER HAPPEN TO THIS SILO? THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN, UM, EXPEND, UM, MAINTENANCE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, A PARTICULAR ASSET WOULD BE IS IF, UH, YOU'VE INVESTED IDC MONEY INTO THE CAPITAL ASSET ITSELF.
AND THAT, THAT TRIGGERS THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO NOW SPEND MAINTENANCE MONEY ON THAT PARTICULAR ASSET.
SO, UM, SHOULD, I MEAN, BODECKER EVER RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF IDC MONEY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO REPAIR IT, UH, REPLACE IT, OVERLAY IT, UM, THEN IT COULD TRIGGER, UH, THAT TYPE OF MAINTENANCE MONEY.
AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT.
WHEN YOU CREATE THE PROJECT, MAINTENANCE HAS TO BE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN IT, THAT HAS TO BE DONE AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE COULD BRING SOMETHING BACK TO IDC FOR ANY OF THESE STREET REPAIR TYPE PROJECTS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A CITY STREET THAT DOES NEED SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE THAT DOES GO TO A CITY ASSET.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST, LAST IMPROVEMENT THERE WAS THE CITY PAVED IT OUT HERE, RIGHT.
BUT WE COULD REQUEST THEM FUNDS FROM THIS.
SO TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT THE CITY PRIORITIZES ITS, UM, ITS MAINTENANCE, UH, ACTIVITIES FOR MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECTS ON THE CONDITION OF STREETS, AS WE DO, UM, A STREETS ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE ENGINEERING FIRM, PERFORMANCE STREETS, ASSESSMENT, APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS, UM, THAT RANKS THE STREETS THAT, UH, NEED TO BE FIXED.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THEN TAKES THAT DATA AND THEN HE MAKES A SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR ON, UM, HOW WE ADDRESS THOSE STREETS, UH, IN WHAT PRIORITY AND WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE IN.
SO THAT'S GENERALLY HOW THAT, HOW THAT PROCESS GOES.
AND THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP BRANDON IS WHAT THAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO AT EASTERN LAGOON AND COUNCIL APPROVING THE FUNDING AND ALL THAT.
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE STREET REPAIRS, UM, TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
SO KNOW OUR RESIDENTS AND THE OTHERS CAN GET OUT THERE EASILY.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BRANDON? I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2,000,023.
COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? UH, YES SIR.
THAT IS, UM, CONTEMPLATED TO BE A MATCH FOR A LOT OF THE, UH, PUMP STATION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE APPLICATIONS OUT PENDING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM OUT THERE.
WE HAVE ONE FOR, UM, THE SOUTH SHORE DRIVE AREA.
WE HAVE A PROJECT PENDING FOR, UH, THE 37 STREET, UH, PIER 37 OUT THERE IN THE SLIP.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER APPLICATION THAT'S PENDING FOR THE 51ST STREET AREA RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT
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PLANT.AND THEN, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF BREAK GRANT APPLICATIONS, ONE FOR KIND OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THEN ANOTHER, JUST FOR THE DESIGN ON THE 37TH STREET ON 30 PIER, 37 THERE.
UM, SO THAT, UM, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE APPLICATIONS OR WHICH ONE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO KIND OF RISE TO THE TOP IN THE VARIOUS GRANT APPLICATION PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR.
UM, I CAN SAY THAT, UM, THE GLOO HAS ASKED US SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOUTH SHORE DRIVE PROJECT APPLICATION.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING THAT THAT ONE IS KIND OF RISEN TO THE TOP OF, OF THAT POOL THERE.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL SEE, UH, IF, IF THAT ONE GETS FUNDED, BUT, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT MONEY IS THEY'RE EARMARKED FOR.
AND, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT, ABOUT THE, UH, DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE 3 MILLION FOR 22 AND THEN WE HAVE 2.4 FOR 25.
NO PLANS BEEN PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT.
HAVE THEY DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UP? THERE'S NO PLANS, UH, BRANDON THOUGHTS FOR THAT 2.4, THAT'S KIND OF A PLACE ODOR.
UM, BUT I, YEAH, THAT'S A PLACEHOLDER, BUT UM, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD SEGUE FOR US TO START TALKING ABOUT DEADLY HAS A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON THE DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE WANT TO TRANSITION OVER TO THAT DISCUSSION AND HE CAN KIND OF GIVE A BACKGROUND ON THAT WHOLE PROJECT AND HOW WE GOT TO THE CURRENT STATE THAT WE'RE IN.
AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY COMING TO DISTRICT SIX BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY A ROAD THAT IS, ARE LITERALLY CAVING IN.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, WHERE SEWER AND DRAINAGE, UH, I CAN THINK OF PINE STREET.
UH, I KNOW SOME PROJECTS ARE STARTING AND LIKE MADELINE CAB, PG COV, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, ALL THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WE SEEM TO HAVE A BIG VOID WHERE IT COMES TO DISTRICT SIX.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PART THIS DISCUSSION FOR MAYBE OUR NEXT MEETING, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DAYCARE'S MONEY COMING IN.
THAT IS, UH, WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY SEEN IT, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LIMITED TO WATER AND SOAR.
SO HOW CAN WE PARLAY THE TWO TOGETHER AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REPLACE ONE? YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS THAT CAN BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW CAN WE BEST BENEFIT THE ENTIRE ISLAND.
UM, ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE US TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK MAY 11TH IS THE DATE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO RELEASE ALL THOSE GUIDELINES ON THAT.
SO SURELY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR SEVEN A, WHICH IS THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENT? OKAY.
MOVING TO ITEM, UH, EXCUSE ME, IS EIGHT A MOVING TO ITEM EIGHT B UM, CHANEL, IF YOU COULD READ THAT, PLEASE.
MAY I SEE THE PRESENTATION ON THE DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS? 23RD STREET PROJECT.
UH, DEADLY, UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, MORNING CHAIR.
UM, IF BRENDAN COULD STOP SHARING, THEN I CAN START SHARING.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT.
SOMETIME BACK WE BROUGHT IN DESIGN WORKSHOP TO HELP US WITH THIS.
PAUL WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE QUITE STUDY, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ACTUALLY A PROJECT.
THIS IMAGE THAT YOU SEE IT SAYS DRAFT ON IT.
THE INFORMATION IS THE SAME AS IN THE FINAL REPORT,
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BUT THIS AREA WAS BOUNDED BY HARBOR SIDE TO THE LOWER CHURCH, TO THE SOUTH 20TH, TO THE EAST AND 25TH STREET TO THE WEST.AND THE DIRECTION WAS TO, TO GO INTO THAT AREA AND LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THE VESTRY OF THE EXPERIENCE.
AND WE STUDIED THE TRAFFIC FLOWS, THE LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY SECURITY TYPE LIGHTING, UH, THE ABILITY TO WALK AND SHADE, UM, VEGETATION AND ACCESSIBILITY FROM THAT, UM, STUDY DESIGN WORKSHOP CAME BACK TO WITH A PLAN, A CONCEPT, UM, SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE THIS.
SEE IF I CAN STRENGTHEN IT A LITTLE BIT.
THAT RUNS FROM HARBOR SIDE TO CHURCH DOWN 23RD.
THAT WAS THE AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS GIVING US THE MOST BANG OUT OF OUR DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT HAD, UH, BUSINESSES ON IT, COMMERCIAL.
IT HAD RESIDENTIAL, UH, AND IT HAD HAD A NEED.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WAS IN PARTICULAR TO TIE THAT POST OFFICE AREA BACK INTO THE STRAND AND USE THIS AS A MODEL TO THEN GO OUT INTO THE BROADER AREA FROM 20TH TO 25TH AND CONTINUE ON A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE ENTIRE AREA.
UH, WE ACCEPTED THE STUDY FROM DESIGN WORKSHOPS, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE REST OF THE WORK.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN HOUSE AND WE'VE TAKEN THE CONCEPTS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH AND THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH AND THE GUNS TRANSLATED INTO REALITY OF WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, WITH SOME MINOR EXCEPTIONS, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY PARTICULAR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS WITH ONE EXCEPTION THERE DURING THE TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, IT BECAME A FOCUS TO SEE IF WE COULD HELP MANAGE SOME OF THE STORM WATER THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA.
UM, TO SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE BUILD SOME BIO SWALES WITH SOME RAIN GARDENS, THEIR CONCEPT INCLUDES SOME OF THAT.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND INCORPORATED THAT INTO SOME OF THE OTHER DESIGNS AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, AN ISSUE CAME UP ABOUT A WHITES THAT WHEN THERE'S HIGH WATER IN THAT AREA, THAT PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN IT, UH, KICK UP WAKES AND THOSE WAKES COME LAPPING IN THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES THE DOORS.
SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO SEE IF WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME ELEMENTS THAT HELPED US CONTROL THOSE WAKES A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE HAVE STARTED THE, UH, THE PROJECT, UH, AND WHAT WE HOPE TO HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR YOU HERE IS THAT COMPLETE PLAN LAYOUT WITH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN MAY AND THEN TO AUGUST FROM THE END OF MAY TO AUGUST TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND HAVE A PROPOSAL PACKAGE READY, UH, SEPTEMBER GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
AND THEN WE WOULD COME TO, UM, HOPEFULLY BEGINNING STARTED AT THE FIRST OF 20, 22.
THEN WE CAN GO HOME AND WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM FROM HARBOR SIDE AND GO SOUTH TO CHURCH STREET.
THIS BLOCK BETWEEN HARBOR SIDE OF STRAND ON 23RD.
IF YOU LOOK UP AT THIS IS THE EXISTING LAYOUT, UM, SORRY IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THAT EXISTING PLAN.
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IS IN THE PROPOSED LAYOUT BELOW THIS BLOCK HAS VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY IN IT THAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH THE EXCEPTION IS CROSSED THIS ALLEY DOWN HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SANGER FEST PARK.THE ACCESSIBILITY IN THIS AREA IS NOT VERY GOOD.
SO WE WANT TO REWORK THIS AREA IN HERE TO GET A LITTLE BETTER VESTRY OF MOVEMENT.
WE'VE JUST WORKED ON THIS CORNER AND STRAND AND 23RD, OR REPLACING THE BRICKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I REALLY DON'T FORESEE ANY PARTICULAR ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT BLOCK WE'RE CALLING IT A BLOCK TWO IS FROM, SORRY.
I, YOU PUT UP THE, UH, THE PLAN AGAIN.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YEAH, PROBABLY THE PLAN.
WE, WE ONLY SEE YOUR SCHEDULE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT SEEING, UM, THE LAYOUTS ARE DEPICTING WELL, THAT WILL MAKE IT INCONVENIENT JUST TO COOL THINGS BACK ONTO THERE.
HOW DO I GET BACK UP SOON? ARE YOU SHARING, ARE YOU SHARING IT IN AUTOCAD, DEADLY SHARING? THE SCREEN IMAGE IS WHAT IT THOUGHT I WAS DOING.
SO, UM, GO AHEAD AND STOP SHARING BECAUSE YOU'RE SHARING, UM, A DIFFERENT APPLICATION WITH THIS AND THEN RESTART IT TO WHERE YOU CAN AIR IT THROUGH AUTOCAD, YOU RELAUNCH IT.
AND, UH, WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT DUDLEY, UM, DAVID, YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? ARE THE, UH, SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WHAT IDC INTENDED? UM, THERE'S, I, I THINK YOU RAISED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS MUTATED SOMEWHAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ORIGINALLY, I, I W I DIDN'T SIT ON IDC WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO, UH, 2.3, $2.4 MILLION ABOUT TREESCAPE IMPROVEMENTS DOWNTOWN.
SO A COMMITTEE WAS SPLIT TOGETHER.
I WAS INVITED INTO THAT COMMITTEE AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, ALONG WITH, UH, BRANDON DUDLEY, UH, THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, UH, MITCHELL CORPORATION, UH, CITY STEPS, UH, AND SEVERAL MERCHANTS DOWNTOWN.
WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT IT, AND IT WAS, UM, VERY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THE $2.3 MILLION, IT WASN'T GOING TO REDO THE STREETSCAPES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK.
AND AS DUDLEY SAYS, WE LOOKED AT THOSE AREAS CHOSE 23RD STREET IS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE STRAND AND A POST OFFICE AS A GOOD FIRST, FIRST CUT.
AND SO I KIND OF WANT TO ASK YOU IF JOHN PAUL WAS ON THAT TIME AND I SUSPECT TERRIBLE MORRIS AS WELL.
UH, WAS THIS WHAT YOU INTENDED? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, WE DID A DESIGN WORKSHOP, DID SOME GREAT WORK ON THIS AS PROBABLY SAYS, GAVE US SOME VERY NICE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S ALL 23RD STREET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT JUST, IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT TO DO ALL OF, ALL OF DOWNTOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF TRAFFIC CALMING.
UM, THE GRAIN INSTANCE, THE, UH, WEIGHT BREAKS THE PLANTERS TO KEEP WEIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM TRAFFIC PUSHING STORMWATER INTO THE BUILDINGS.
THERE'S SOME GREAT IDEAS IN HERE.
ALSO PLENTY OF PLACES FOR ART, UH, SHADE STRUCTURES ON IS ANYBODY SEEN THE NEW SHADE STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING UP, UH, OVER BY ET CETERA, ON 25TH STREET, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND JUST WALKING UNDER TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SPACE.
IT MAKES IT IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS DESIGN WORKSHOP DID WAS TRACK A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND WHETHER IT'S SUNSHINE OR RAIN, UH, PEOPLE START OUT TO BE LIKE THE AMAZON GOING FROM ONE SHADE, THE LOCATION TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THE SOUND OF THE RAIN AND THE SIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE'D DESIGNED, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT TREES, WE KIND OF TOOK TREES OUT OF IT, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T PROVIDE A GREAT DEAL OF SHADE, THEIR LOT.
THEY'RE BIG, THEY'RE BIG PROBLEM.
AS WE ALL KNOW, TO MAINTAIN IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND STARTED PUTTING CANOPIES IN, UH, FOR THE DESIGN, UH, BOLLARD LIGHTING TO GET RID OF THE COBRAS AND BRING THE LIGHTING BACK DOWN TO HUMAN SCALE.
SO THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS IN HERE, BUT I JUST, AGAIN, I WANTED TO VET WITH THIS GROUP WITH IT THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE, BECAUSE, WELL, I, YOU KNOW,
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I'LL, I'LL SPEAK UP BECAUSE FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, UH, UH, UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US ORIGINALLY BY BRIAN MAXWELL.AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS STREETSCAPES CHANGES FOR THE STRAND.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
NOW I'M NOT AGAINST HOW IT IS EVOLVED.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE, BUT I DO THINK THAT IDC, WHEN WE EVALUATED IT, WE WERE THINKING OF STRANDS.
AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS, I BELIEVE THERE'S A GAP AND UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT IDC ENVISION TO WHAT WE THEN PICKED UP AND DECIDED AND RAN WITH IN THAT COMMITTEE.
THERE, THERE WASN'T, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH.
SO AS YOU SAY, THIS IS GREAT, IT'S A GREAT PLAN, BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS GROUP WANTS.
WELL, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT, I'D TAKE KIDS A GRADE TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN, BUT THERE AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CITIZENS WHY WE'RE PUTTING IN A PAPER WALKWAY, OR PUTTING IN THINGS TO KEEP, UH, YOU KNOW, FLOODING FROM WASTE FROM FOOLS THAT DRIVE TOO FAST WHEN IT FLOODS, UM, EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY THEY GET STRANDED AT THEIR HOUSE AND CAN'T COME AND GO, UM, BECAUSE OF FLOODING THAT THIS IS MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN OUR RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT IS IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.
AND WHEN YOU, UH, LOOK AT IDC, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BASIS IS QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE WHOLE ISLAND, NOT JUST WHAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE TOURISM AND AREAS.
I MEAN, I, I, I, THIS, THIS QUESTION I GET ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY IS IT WE GET STRANDED IN OUR HOMES, AND YET WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THIS.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IMPROVING DOWNTOWN.
UM, BUT I JUST THINK THAT PUTTING THAT RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIKE THE MAJORITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING INTO DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENT.
AND IT'S JUST, I KNOW, SAME WITH JOHN POLES DISTRICT.
CAUSE GOD, I GET LETTERS FROM YOUR PEOPLE TOO.
ESPECIALLY IN THAT 73RD 70TH, WHATNOT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE CAN'T GET TO OUR HOMES.
WE HAVE THE DITCHES OVERFLOWING WHERE WE'RE TRAPPED.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.
OH, BUT THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE NEED TO JUST BE A LITTLE MORE BALANCED WITH HOW WE'RE ALLOTTING MONEY SO THAT IT BENEFITS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ENTIRE ISLAND.
LET'S, LET'S KIND OF, UH, FOCUS BACK NOW ON WHERE WE ARE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UH, JOHN, YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR, OKAY.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THE, UM, LOVE, HOW YOU'RE GOING, I THINK, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PLANNERS, THE PLANTS AND ALL THAT, I JUST THINK THAT'S MORE MAINTENANCE.
UM, LOOK AT THE PRAISE WE JUST HAVE THAT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE, UM, AUTO FRIENDLY PEOPLE ARE.
I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ACCIDENTS WITH THE TOURISTS THAT WE HAVE TRYING TO PEEK AROUND IS SEE, CARS ARE COMING OR PEDESTRIANS ARE COMING.
I, I JUST DON'T SAY THAT WE NEED A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, LANDSCAPING COMING OUT OF THESE PLANTERS.
YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THAT DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE, MAYBE THAT'S A ROUGH DRAFT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S JUST PICTURES THAT ARE UP THERE.
UM, WE, WE, WE ELIMINATE THREES THERE'S CONSIDERATION.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S HIGH ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, CAUSE
SO THAT'S MY CONCERN CONCERNS ME.
THAT THAT'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN BECAUSE MAINTENANCE WAS THE FIRST THING WE TALKED ABOUT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANY PLANNING, ANY OF THIS MAINTENANCE HAS TO BE BUILT IN YEAH.
WITHIN THE TEXTILE PROJECT OF THE DEAD PALM TREE.
SO MAYBE IF WE GET INTO THIS, JUST, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE COULD,
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YOU KNOW, SCALE BACK MAYBE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THISNOT IMPROVEMENT THEN IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING THE WALKABILITY OR THE LOOK OF IT, WELL THAT'S LEVEL STREET LEVEL FIVE BLOCK.
THAT WOULD BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT FOR DOWN.
UH, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR OUT ON THIS, LET'S LET A DEADLY FINISH.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HE'S PRESENTING HERE.
DOES THEY GO RIGHT AHEAD AND WRAP THIS UP IF YOU WOULD, SIR.
UM, CAN EVERYBODY SAY THAT NOW? UM, AND THE NEXT SEVERAL WE SEE WILL BE IN THE SAME FORMAT ON THE TOP.
THERE'S THE EXISTING, UM, SURVEY THAT SHOWS LOCATIONS OF QUITE A FEW THINGS.
UH, TREES INCLUDED, UM, RAMPS, CROSSWALKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IS LOWER IN THE PROPOSED PART.
AND LIKE, THIS IS THE FIRST BLOCK FROM HARBORSIDE STRAND AND THERE'S VERY, VERY LITTLE WORK.
UM, THERE IS SOME WORK DOWN HERE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE THIS AREA HAS IT'S BUILT RIGHT NOW, UH, IS KIND OF A BOTTLENECK FOR PEOPLE MOVING UP AND DOWN.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC RIGHT IN HERE.
SO WE'RE NOT FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THIS, THIS BLOCK.
HOPEFULLY YOU SEE THIS NEXT BLOCK, WHICH IS THE SECOND BLOCK.
AND YOU SEE UP AT THE TOP, YOU SEE WHERE THE TREES ARE LOCATED TODAY.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE, YOU CAN LOOK DOWN AND SEE WHERE TREES ARE LOCATED.
WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING REALLY THERE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME WORK DOWN IN HERE, UH, TO MAKE SOME, UH, WAKE BREAKS AND OVER INHERENTLY QUICK BREAK, AND THEN TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN.
UH, WE'RE GOING BACK IN WITH THE BALL BOUTS IN THE CORNERS, AND WE CAN USE THOSE TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET, UM, DISABLED OR ABLE BODIED AND, UH, HAVE A LITTLE BETTER MOVEMENT.
IT'S TAKING THE CORNER AND EXPANDING THE CORNER SO THAT, UM, IT CAUSES THE STREET TO APPEAR SLIGHTLY NARROWER AND PEOPLE SLOW DOWN FOR THAT.
UH, WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO SLOW DOWN, THE INTERSECTIONS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
IT PROVIDES PEOPLE A SAFE SPOT TO STOP IT, LOOK, UH, TO CROSS THE STREET AND IT DIRECT THEM BETTER.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE SECURE, A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF CROSSING THE STREETS.
IF WE GO DOWN TO BLOCK THREE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BLOCK, UH, THAT RECEIVES THE MOST WORK.
UM, UP AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE SHOWING TREES AND THE EXISTING, THE SAME TREES AND THE BOTTOM.
NOW WHAT WE IS, WE PULL INTO THIS AREA HERE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE SIDEWALKS AND MAKING THEM ALL SMOOTH LEVEL.
UM, SO THERE'S LESS CHANCE OF STUMBLING.
UH, MOVING AROUND THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING BRICK PAVERS IN THAT MATCHES.
UH, BASICALLY WHAT'S ALREADY DOWN HERE IN THESE AREAS.
UM, WAS THERE, WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THE WEST SIDE OF THIS BLOCK YET.
UH, THERE'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES ON THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
THIS AREA IN THAT BLOCK WILL HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
THIS IS A LITTLE CANOPY STRUCTURE HERE IS, IS DERIVED FROM A SKETCH THAT DAVID WATSON ACTUALLY GAVE US.
WE LOOKED AT A DOZEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF CANOPIES AND COVERINGS, SO PEOPLE COULD WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT TOO MUCH SUN AND THE RAIN.
UM, IT TAKES A GAP IN THE DRIVEWAYS, BUT THERE'S A SHADE STRUCTURE
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HERE.AND THE SHADE STRUCTURE HERE AND SHADE STRUCTURE HERE.
WE CAN HAVE A LIGHTING TO THOSE SO THAT WE GET SECURITY.
UH, BUT ONCE THOSE ARE UP, THE MAINTENANCE IS VERY MINIMAL.
BUT ONE THING THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT, WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING A PARRAIN GARDEN BACK, LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THE STREET.
WE'RE JUST MAKING THE SIDEWALK A LITTLE NARROWER, LOWERING IT SO THAT WATER HAS A PLACE TO GO AS IT GOES DOWN HERE.
AND THERE'S NO, UM, BUSINESS ON THIS BLOCK.
THIS IS A FAIRLY SMITH FACILITATE, USED TO BE A BANK.
UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TAKING, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, SIDEWALK AREAS AWAY FROM THEM BY DOING THAT.
SO, UH, PUT SOME BENCHES IN HERE, THESE MINOR AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING, AND THERE HELPS US TO FILTER OUT SOME OF THE STORMWATER AND GIVES IT A PLACE TO SIT FOR AWHILE.
UH, UNTIL IT RUNS BACK OUT INTO THE REGULAR STORM SEWER SYSTEM, THIS IS A CANOPY, UM, THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE NEXT BLOCK, WHICH IS WALK FOR, UH, THIS IS, UM, THE EXISTING.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE THE EXISTING TREES AND PLANNING.
WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING MUCH THERE EXCEPT IN THIS AREA WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE EXISTING WALKWAY AND REPAIRING IT, PUTTING THE SURFACE IN IT.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT IN HISTORY, THIS ROAD WAS WIDENED KIND OF, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE, UH, DELIVERIES TO PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND, UH, MAKE YOUR DELIVERIES THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THAT BACK OUT TO THE NORMAL WIDTH, THE 16 FOOT WITH, OF RIGHT AWAY LAND BUILDING LINE TO THE CURB LINE.
AND GO AHEAD AND PUT ANOTHER SERIES OF BIO SWALES IN HERE.
SO AS THE WATER RUNS DOWN THE GUTTER, IT WILL START COMING IN HERE.
AND AS IT RUNS DOWN, THEN IT COMES OUT AND GOES BACK INTO THE STORM SEWER.
IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY AND THE STORM SEWER CONTROL, AND IT HELPS US CLEAN OUT SOME OF THE CONTAMINANTS THAT MIGHT GET INTO OUR STORM SYSTEM.
WE WILL HAVE TO COME IN AND, AND, AND PICK THE TRASH OUT OF THERE, BUT, UH, IT WILL PROVIDE A CLEANER STORM SYSTEM WE'RE LIMITED AROUND IN HERE BY THE TROLLEY TRACK.
I APOLOGIZE FOR COUGHING OCCASIONALLY, BUT, UM, ALLERGIES ARE KILLING ME.
WELL, WE WANTED TO PUT A CANOPY AT LEAST RIGHT HERE ON THIS INTERSECTION OF MARKET AND 23RD, SO THAT IF IT'S RAINING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND IN THE RAIN BEFORE YOU'RE ABLE TO CROSS.
YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL IT'S SAFE TO CROSS, AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CROSS THE STREET.
AND WE GO TO A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BLOW UP OF THIS BLOCK, AND IT BEGINS TO TELL YOU SORT OF HOW IT WORKS.
ALL OF THE ALLEYWAYS, WE'RE CREATING A WALKWAY ACROSS THOSE IT'S, UM, TO AVOID THE TRIPPING HAZARDS THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE QUITE A BIT, AND TO ALLOW PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO MOVE UP AND DOWN THOSE AREAS QUICKLY, UH, IT SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT LARGER VERSION OF THE RAIN GARDEN AND THEN BEGINS TO MENTION IT, TO IDENTIFY WHAT GOES THERE.
THIS IS THE FINAL BLOCK AND WE'RE, WE DON'T SHOW THE NEW PAVING, NEW, UM, SIDEWALK PAVERS HERE, BUT WE DO SHOW THIS AREA DOWN HERE.
THAT'S NEXT TO THIS COASTAL COMMUNITY, UM, FINANCIAL, UH, BUSINESS WITH A SHADE STRUCTURE ON THAT.
THIS HAS SHADE STRUCTURE ON THE EAST SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST THE STARTED DRUG.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANT TO PUT ANY IN THIS AREA OR NO, THESE NEXT TWO ARE JUST SORT OF HOW WE GET ACROSS THE ALLEYS AND HOW WE TREAT THE CORNERS TO BOLT THOSE THINGS OUT.
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AGAIN, WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THESE THINGS, UM, TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UH, TALKING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT THEY DO NOT WANT.SOME OF THEM DON'T WANT, UM, ANY PLANNING IN FRONT OF THEIR, UH, BUSINESSES OR ANY RESTRICTIONS TO THE SIDEWALK THAT BECOME USED TO DOING BUSINESS ON THE SIDEWALK NOW WITH, UH, HEATING OUTSIDE OF RESTAURANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH DEVELOPING THE STRETCH AND WE HOPE TO FINISH THAT UP BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
LET'S, LET'S KIND OF BRING THIS TOGETHER HERE.
UH, BRANDON, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS HERE? WE, WE FORGET THAT.
HAVE WE HAD A, UH, AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD TO SHED ON THIS PROJECT? UM, NO SIR.
UM, WELL WE HAVE, BUT IT WAS FOR THE ACTUAL, THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT, UM, DEADLY KIND OF STARTED OUT THE PRESENTATION WITH.
UM, SO, SO THAT FUNDED THE, YEAH, THE, THE OVERALL PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN.
AND NOW, UM, WE COULD NOT COME TO AN, UH, UH, AGREEMENT WITH, UM, DESIGN WORKSHOP ON A FEE.
UM, WHENEVER WE STARTED NEGOTIATING IT, UM, IT WAS EXORBITANT, UH, GIVEN THE, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY KIND OF STANDARDS.
SO DEADLY AS, UM, DECIDED TO JUST BEGIN DO THE DESIGN IN HOUSE AND RIGHT PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT, BRANDON, BUT THE $3 MILLION THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE BUD IN THE SILO HERE, HAVE WE HAD AN AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION BROUGHT TO, TO THE BOARD ON THAT? NO, SIR.
WE WERE PLANNING, UM, TO GET THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK ON THE CURRENT DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, COME TO YOU AT A LATER DATE FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS ON IT.
BUT THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED ONLY THE DESIGN OR THE, IN THE CONCEPTUAL KIND OF WORK.
AND HOW MUCH WAS THAT? $200,000, UH, WAS APPROVED UNDER THE, UM, INITIAL PROJECT.
UM, AND THERE'S STILL ABOUT $80,000 OR SO LEFT.
UM, THAT THAT DEADLINE HAS BEEN BILLING AGAINST TO, TO DO THIS DESIGN.
UH, WE ONLY CONTRACTED FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR SO.
I MAY BE OFF ON NOW AND I HAVE TO GO CHECK THE NUMBERS WITH DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR THAT, UH, INITIAL STUDY.
IT PROBABLY WAS LESS THAN THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, BUT SO THERE'S, THERE'S STILL ABOUT $80,000 LEFT IN THE PROJECT THAT, THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN BILLING AGAINST JUST IT TO DO THIS IN-HOUSE DESIGN WORK.
UH LET'S SHOULD YOU STOP SHARING? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND STOP SHARING IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
OH, NO, I KNOW WE, WE NEED TO BRING THIS TOGETHER.
THIS HAS BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
UH, AND, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT THE BOARD DOES.
ANY THOUGHTS THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO MAKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT HERE.
YOU HAVE 5.4 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, MONEY, UH, DEDICATED FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS.
AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.
UM, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT.
AND, UM, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF IT TO ME SEEMS A LITTLE OVERBOARD, UM, UM, CERTAINLY IN DESCENDING MONEY TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURES THROUGH OUT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.
AND I THINK PUTTING ALL THE MONEY INTO ONE AREA IS NOT FAIR TO OUR CITIZENS.
DAVID, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PRESENTATION? IT WAS GIVEN PRETTY CLOSELY.
I'VE NOT SEEN THAT RENDERING, BUT, BUT THIS GENERALLY COMES FROM THE DESIGN WORKSHOP
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EFFORTS THAT, THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED THAT WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR.LIKE EVERYTHING COVID GOT IN THE WAY OF GETTING THOSE GROUPS, RIGHT.
I'M FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD I SAY, JOHN? I'M SORRY, I GUESS SO WHERE ARE WE STANDING ON FINISHING THAT DESIGN SINCE WE PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO IT AND THEN ACTUALLY CREATING A BUDGET BASED OFF YOUR DESIGN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUMP THE BUDGET, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, JUNE TO JULY.
AND THEN THAT'LL BE KIND OF LINE ITEM DOW, YOU KNOW, SHADE STRUCTURES, ALL ABOUT SLIDING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE MAKE, MAKE SOME BETTER DECISIONS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
WHAT'S NOT IMPORTANT IN AND HOW MUCH WE REALLY WANT TO SPEND ON, ON THIS ONE PROJECT.
I, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO PUSH FORWARD ON THIS.
I MEAN, I, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS AND A LOT OF MONEY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND $3 MILLION IN THERE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE DOWN THERE.
I THINK THAT, THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE DOWN THERE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT TAKES INTO THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED PERSONALLY, WE NEED TO FOLLOW IN THE PATTERN THAT WE HAVE BEEN THAT DEADLY IS, IS PRESENTED HERE BECAUSE THIS CAME THROUGH A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF A LOT OF DOWNTOWN REPRESENTATIVES.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THIS HAS JUST BEEN OFF IN LEFT FIELD.
NO, THIS HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR ABOUT 18, 18 MONTHS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.
AND DAVID, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, IF MAYBE YOU COULD BRING THIS TOGETHER HERE, WORK WITH BRANDON AND LET'S BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD HERE WITH THINGS THAT, WITH THE DETAILS THAT JOHN IS MENTIONING HERE.
SO THIS IS, UH, PROBABLY EARLY JULY.
SO THE JULY MEETING PROBABLY, PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE READY FOR YOU.
SO THE JULY MEETING, WE COULD POSSIBLY GET THIS BACKGROUND ORIGIN AND HAVE THIS NAILED DOWN IN ACTUAL REQUEST AND OUTLINE OF BROKEN OUT ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THAT MONEY THEN.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION OF HIS BODY, SO, OR, OR IS WILLING TO GO THERE NOW, BECAUSE AS I SAY, YOU KNOW, IT WENT FROM STRANDS OF, I MEAN, LOOKING BACK THROUGH IT, I WASN'T PART OF THAT ORIGINAL CONVERSATION.
IT WENT FROM STRAND TO DOWNTOWN THE 23RD STREET AND WE DID THE 23RD STREET BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO EVERYTHING.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE, SOME GREAT DEMONSTRATIONS CONCEPTS IN HERE.
THE BUMP-OUTS AWAY, THE REGISTRATIONS OF THE LANDSCAPING IS USED TO BREAK, BREAK UP AWAY, UH, THE LIGHTING AND TRES STRUCTURES AND PLACES FOR ART, THAT OF THING.
SO 23RD FREE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT WORKS HERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING OVER TIME WE COULD DO FROM THE TARGET DOWNTOWN OR NOT DO THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SAY LET'S NOT PUT ANY MORE MONEY INTO DOWNTOWN.
I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THIS GROUPS OF CENTER.
WELL, W WE'RE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT AT A POINT TO REALLY, IT'S NOT DOWN TO VOTE ON THIS.
WE'RE GETTING DIRECTION ON THIS PERSONALLY.
I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW THIS DIRECTION HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH MORE DETAILS AND THEN LET'S BRING IT TO A HEAD HERE AND BRING IT BACK TO THEM.
I JUST THINK A LOT OF IT WAS, WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE A LOT OF PRESENTATION FOR THAT FIRST TIME.
WE'VE ALL BEEN REFRESHED AND I'LL BE SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE.
IS THERE ANY MORE INPUT, JOHN? I ALWAYS NOTICED ABOUT THE IDC.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN'T FINISH THAT UP.
WE KEEP DELAYING AND DELAYING AND BLAINE PUT MONEY THERE.
I'M SO TIRED OF ALWAYS PUTTING MONEY ASIDE AND DOING 200,000 FOR A CONSULTANT.
AND IT WAS JUST SHELVING EVERY SINGLE TIME.
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IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PROJECT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, THE IDC VOTED TO GO THIS ROUTE.I MEAN, I WILL WORK WITH DUDLEY.
WE CAN GET IT DONE BY NEXT JUNE.
LET'S GET IT DONE AS SOON AS WE CAN THEN AND MOVE IT FORWARD.
UH, PLEASE, UH, JANELL AND WE HAVE NINE, EIGHT PLEASE.
NINE EIGHT, DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE TREASURER ON EXPENSES AVAILABLE FUNDS, FORECAST AND INVESTMENTS.
UH, BRANDON, I GUESS THIS IS FOR YOU.
THIS IS JUST A STANDING AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TO COMPLY WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ALLOWS THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS ON ANY EXISTING PROJECTS THAT THE BOARD HAS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
DID YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE OR, UH, JUST SEE IF WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD HERE, LORD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS OUTLINE? WELL, JUST ONE QUESTION.
SO ON A FOUR BASE SALES TAX, WE HAVE KINDA THE SAME NUMBER ALL THE WAY ACROSS, WHERE ARE WE THIS YEAR OR ON COLLECTION? SOME FOR BASED SALES TAX.
UM, RIGHT HERE, I CAN PULL UP THE SCHEDULE HERE, SEE WHAT I CAN SHARE, SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO YEAH, YOU CAN FIND, UH, OUR CURRENT, UH, STATUS HERE ON, UH, THIS SHEET.
UH, WE STARTED OUT THE YEAR WITH ABOUT $13.2 MILLION WORTH OF CASH AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE CURRENTLY RECEIVED THROUGH APRIL 29TH, 2021.
WE'VE CURRENTLY RECEIVED ABOUT $1.7 MILLION AND WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER 3.4.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THIS, THE SALES TAX GENERALLY RUNS 60 DAYS IN ARREARS.
IT JUST TAKES THAT THAT MUCH TIME TO GO FROM A CASH REGISTER TO THE STATE TO TRICKLE BACK DOWN TO THE CITY.
UM, BUT MOST OF, UH, I THINK JUST LAST MONTH, WE, WE BOOKED ABOUT $94,000 PER SILO AND THERE, SO EACH SILO INCREASED, UH, TO ALMOST IN THE ENTIRE, UH, POT ALMOST INCREASED, UH, ABOUT $400,000 FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, GALVESTON, MOST OF THE SALES TAX THAT WE RECEIVE IS ALL IN THE SUMMERTIME.
AND JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ACTIVITY THAT WE HAD ON THE ISLAND FOR SPRING BREAK, UM, WE'RE GONNA MEET OR EXCEED, UM, THE REVENUES THAT WE'VE PROJECTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, MR. LOFTON HAD A MORE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, UH, IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WHILE WE WERE COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF COVID.
UM, HE HAS A SALES TAX MODELING THAT KIND OF HAS A, A CONSERVATIVE, A MODERATE AND A, IN A HIGHER KIND OF PROJECTION ON THE SALES TAX.
UH, HE OPTED TO GO WITH THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, JUST GIVEN THE, UH, THE NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE TIME, BUT JUST LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, UM, ON THE ISLAND SINCE, SINCE THE SPRING OR SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DUE TO MEET OR EXCEED THOSE REVENUES.
UH, YEAH, NO, I WAS HOPING THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SAY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY SAYS THAT BUSINESS IS UP THERE.
SO OUR NUMBERS, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE.
UH, BRANDON, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FORECAST FOR THE PARK SILO.
UM, YOU HAVE DOWN THERE, I SEE THAT, WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU HAVE DOWN THERE.
THIS IS BASED ON, UH, OUR LOAN AND DEBT SERVICE FOR SANDHILL CRANE PARK.
UH, SO WE KIND OF SEE WHERE WE STAND IN.
I SEE THAT WE HAVE IN THAT, UH, IN THAT LOAN PACKAGE, WE HAVE INCLUDED MONEY
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FOR OUR PARKS PACKAGE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, 2.3 MILLION, UH, COMING UP ALL THE WAY TO 29.YEAH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE INTENT THERE.
THE DEBT SERVICE THERE FOR THE SANDHILL CRANE PARK IS GONNA JUST BE THE LOAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT AND, UM, AND THE PARKS PACKAGE MONEY ARE GOING TO BE THE, UH, REALLY THE, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT, THAT WE'RE PROJECTING WILL BE, UM, INCREASE IN AS WE GO ALONG IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING CASH THAT WE, WE KIND OF HAVE IN THE, IN THE COFFER NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS OR, ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING TO ITEM, UH, NINE B CHANEL, IT CAN BE DISCUSS, UH, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON CURRENT OR COMPLETED IDC PROJECT.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE ITEMS WHERE, UM, WE JUST PUT IT ON THERE TO COMPLY WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT, UH, JUST IN CASE ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATUS OF ANY EXISTING PROJECTS.
WE CAN UPDATE THEM AT THIS TIME OR GO BACK AND INVESTIGATE AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THE STATUS OF ANYTHING THAT'S CURRENTLY PENDING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR SO NOW I'M BRINGING THE OTHER ONE ON MY NECK.
I SAY, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE 21 CALENDAR.
WE SAW IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, THE CALENDAR, UM, YOU SEE WHEN OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS ARE, UH, AND MOVING TO ITEM 10 SCHEDULED FUTURE MEETINGS.
CAN I ASK HIM A QUESTION, MIKE, IT'S GREAT THAT BILLY COULD ATTEND FOR YOU.
ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THE HYBRIDS THINGS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD BE HERE OR SAY, IF SOMEONE IS TRAVELING DURING AN IDC, THEY CAN DO IT REMOTELY.
I HAVE A QUESTION THEN OUR PAST TO DO THAT IS STILL ALL RIGHT.
IS THIS A QUESTION FOR ART REALLY? UM, WE'RE STILL OPERATING UNDER EMERGENCY RULES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR MEETINGS, RIGHT? FROM THE OPEN MEETING STAMPS THAT YES, THERE WAS A VERY FUNNY OPEN MEETING, SAM.
WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT LOOKING LIKE 30 DAYS, 60, 90 DAYS? WELL, I KNOW, BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, ARE WE GOING TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC BACK TO THESE MEETINGS, BUT FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ONLY ON THE LEGAL ASPECT OF IT IS THAT FROM ALL THE DISCUSSION IS THAT, IS THAT THE GOVERNOR IS PROBABLY GOING TO, TO MOVE, TO DO SOMETHING SOMETIME AT THE, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WAITING TO, TO SEE THE TWO MORE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS HAVE THIS ORDER, WASN'T WASN'T FOR US NECESSARILY, IT'S ALL THAT.
SO THAT INDIVIDUALS FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH WOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO ATTEND MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE COVID EPIDEMIC.
AND SO AS SOON AS SOON AS THE GOVERNOR FEELS LIKE THAT, THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE, CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, THAT IT'S SAFE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ATTEND MEETINGS, THEN HE'S GOING TO CHANGE HIS EXECUTIVE WATER.
AND WE FELT LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN THE, IN THE FALL.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN PLAY AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS, AND THAT YOU CAN EVEN SEE NOW IT'S BETTER HOW THEY HAVE EVERYONE ON THE SCREEN THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THIS MEETING BY ZOOM AND BE SEEN, WHICH WE HAD DONE.
BUT THEY, I THINK BECAUSE OF BARBARA REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK AND BE PRESENT WELL.
SO THEN TO YOUR QUESTION, THE ORIGINAL QUESTIONS, THEN WE TALKING ABOUT GETTING EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER IN A ROOM, GETTING STAFF IN THE ROOM, CONTINUING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ZOOM IN IF THE OTHER MORE COMFORTABLE, UH, WHAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION, MARIA, ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS IN THE FUTURE.
I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO GO BACK TO NORMAL MINDS, BUT I THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE IT STAFF HAS MADE IT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE 30 MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT COULD COME AND COMMENT DURING A MEETING, WHICH THEY
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COULDN'T DO BEFORE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING, WITHOUT BEING SEEN.AND THEN I GUESS THERE'S ALSO A THING THAT FALLS UNDER OPEN MEETINGS.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON CAMERA, THEN YOU CANNOT VOTE.
IF YOU'RE, THAT'S NOT CORRECT, REMEMBER THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON CAMERA TO, TO VOTE.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE PRESENT, YOU CAN, YOU CAN OPERATE.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS SAME MEETING JUST BY, BY PHONE, YOU COULD DO THIS MEETING BY PHONE.
YOU CAN OPERATE THIS MEETING, BUT BY PHONE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ON CAMERA.
IT'S IT'S, IT WORKS A LOT BETTER TO BE ON CAMERA AND IN, AND IN SOME MEETINGS YOU HAVE HYBRID MEETINGS WHERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE, SOME OF THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE ARE, OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ON THE PHONE.
ALL OF THEM ARE PRESENT UNDER THE, UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES.
ANY OF THOSE CAN WORK THE ISSUE, WHAT I FOUND AS, AS HAMPERED, SOME CITIES AND IN GETTING BACK TO BACK TO FULL SPEED IS THE SIX FOOT GUIDELINES.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR ROOMS JUST, UH, THEY DON'T DON'T HOLD THAT MANY PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR SIX FOOT, UH, GUIDELINES, SPACING GUIDELINES, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES THAT ARE BACK IN, IN FULL, FULL SWING.
IT'S JUST, THEY'RE NOT FULL CAPACITY BECAUSE OF THE SIX FOOT SPACING REQUIREMENTS.
LET'S, LET'S, UH, THIS, THIS TOPIC IS MORE OF A COUNCIL TOPIC, BUT, UH, WE'RE A HYBRID AT THIS POINT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KIND OF FOLLOW THIS PATTERN HERE UNTIL WE DISCUSS THAT MORE AT COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAVE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, I WANTED TO NOTIFY THE BOARD, UM, COUNCIL, WOMAN, ROB AND I HAVE VISITED THIS MORNING.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, UH, SPECIAL MEETING CALLED, UH, FOR THE BOARD.
IT WILL BE FOR AN ITEM, UH, THAT WILL APPLY TO OUR BEACH SILO CANDIDATES ABOUT, UH, THE DISCUSSION OF AN ITEM, UH, CONCERNING, UH, EXPANDING THE KEPPRA 11 GRANT THAT THE PARK BOARD HAS.
WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE PARK FOR, UM, THE GLO, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UM, AND THE CITY.
AND, UM, THE GLO, UM, IS ESPECIALLY IN TUNE TO THIS, WE HAVE SORT OF A, UH, NOT SORT OF, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT IS HAPPENING AS, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE AREAS OF LIKE EIGHT MILE ROAD TO PROBABLY ABOUT 11 AND A HALF 12 MILE ROAD.
AND, UM, WHAT, UH, PARK BOARD, THAT PART OR WHAT THE, UH, GLO THINGS WOULD BE THE BEST APPROACH IS FOR THE CITY TO PUT IN A KEPPRA APPLICATION TO THE NATE OUTSET, SPECIFICALLY TO PUT IT IN THIS WAY, TO AMEND THE PARTS OR, UM, KEPPRA 11 APPLICATION THAT IS IN THERE THAT DOES A DESIGN ENGINEER PROJECT THAT EXTENSIVE TO 13 MILE ROADS.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A NURSE MAP.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE FAB SITUATION.
WE'RE SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING THE DESIGN AND ENGINEER PROJECT.
SO THAT LET'S SAY GO, I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT ON THIS ITEM, YOU CAN JUST SAY WHAT THE BASIC ITEM YOU'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING.
AND THEN COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PLACE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT A POSSIBLE SPECIAL MEETING.
IT'LL BE ON MY TEAM AND IT WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING, AND IT WILL BE PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE HOLD.
SO THERE'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE MEETING.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 13TH, A SPECIAL MEETING.
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YOU.WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE AGENDA.
IT IS 10 25 HERE, CAROLYN AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.