Jan 11, 2025 Work Session

O AND M, TAX RATE, STRATEGY AND HOMESTEAD, SENIOR EXEMPTION UPDATE.

AND AGAIN, WE WILL COME BACK TO ITEM TWO AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.

SO ITEM THREE,

[3. O&M Tax Rate Strategy and Homestead/Senior Exemption Update – Jud Rex, Matt Watson, Allyson Steadman ]

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AND, AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR WEEKEND TO, UH, BE HERE AND, AND TALK ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT TOPICS.

UH, WE'VE, UH, INCLUDED QUITE A BIT ON THIS AGENDA AND, AND ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT ALL TODAY, UH, EVEN WITH OUR DELAYED START THERE AND, AND, UH, GET YOU HOME BEFORE 7:00 PM TONIGHT.

SO, , WE APPRECIATE THAT .

UM, WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF WITH A COUPLE OF TOPICS THAT, UH, CAME UP DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS PAST YEAR.

UM, SO REFLECTING BACK TO LAST SUMMER, YOU'LL RECALL THAT, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, UH, PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE, AND, UH, WITH THE EFFECTS OF INFLATION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND WITH THE OPENING OF, UH, NEW FACILITIES THAT WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE REALLY SEEKING TO OPTIMIZE OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX RATE, UH, AND COME UP WITH A STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO REINFORCE, UH, THE IMPORTANT REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED FROM THAT TAX RATE.

UM, AND ALWAYS BEING RESPECTFUL THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN IMPACT ON RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAX RATES.

AND SO, UH, IT'S WITH THAT IN MIND THAT WE, UM, WANNA REVISIT, UH, OUR, OUR PREVIOUS PLAN TO, UH, GO TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 TO MOVE SOME TAX RATE FROM OUR DEBT SERVICE SIDE BACK TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SIDE.

AND, AND, UH, WHAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM MATT AND ALLISON HERE IN A MINUTE IS A PROPOSAL TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2026, UH, TO MAKE THAT SHIFT, UH, VERSUS GOING THIS YEAR.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR, OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAM AND LET 'EM TAKE IT FROM THERE.

GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.

MAYOR.

UH, THIS, UH, CHART HERE SHOWS, UH, BASICALLY WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS ON PUSHING OUT THE TAX RATE SHIFT TO 2026 NOVEMBER, 2026.

AS JUDD SAID, WE WERE PLANNING ON MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO GO TO THE VOTERS, UM, THIS NO, NEXT NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, 2025.

BUT WITH, WITH A LOT OF THE, BASICALLY WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON, WE HAVE ONE PRO, WE HAVE OUR PROPOSITIONS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER FOR OUR BOND PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN STREETS.

AND THEN ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RIGHT NOW GEARING UP TO PLAN FOR A TAX RATE INCREASE ON THEIR SIDE AS WELL FOR NOVEMBER OF 2025.

WE FEEL THAT IT IS PROBABLY BEST TO WAIT ONE MORE YEAR FOR THIS SHIFT.

AND WHAT THIS CHART IS SHOWING IN BLUE IS OUR O AND M RATE, WHICH IS TIED TO SB TWO, WHICH YOU'LL SEE SB TWO WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2019 20.

AND OVER TIME YOU CAN SEE THAT BLUE PIECE, THE O AND M TAX RATE HAS CONTINUED TO DWINDLE DOWN.

AND WITH, WITH THAT, UH, WITH, UH, INFLATION, YOU KNOW, CPI IS RUNNING, YOU KNOW, BELOW 3.5%, WHICH IS OUR CAP.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES SUCH AS HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH IS TRENDING ABOUT 7%, OUR PREMIUMS ON OUR PROPERTY WITH ALL THE WEATHER, WHICH WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA

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IS EXPERIENCING THO UNDERWRITERS ARE INCREASING THOSE PREMIUMS AT A ROUGHLY SEVEN TO 8%.

WE ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT COSTS WITH CYBERSECURITY RUNNING ABOUT 7%.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR, OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM THAT ARE COMING ONLINE WITH INCREASED SQUARE FOOTAGE, INCREASED IN SERVICES.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAFF THOSE FACILITIES.

SO WITH ALL THAT, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL NEED A SHIFT FROM THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OVER TO THE M AND O SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE OUR SERVICE LEVELS AT THE, AT THEIR CURRENT LEVEL.

SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS, UH, BY SHIFTING THAT OUT, WE'RE BASICALLY WANTING TO MOVE ABOUT 2.40 CENTS OVER TO THE M AND O SIDE OF THE COIN, RATHER THAN HAVING IT ON THE DEBT SERVICE.

AND THAT WILL GENERATE ABOUT $7 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND.

OF COURSE, THAT MEANS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, WE WILL FOREGO THAT REVENUE, BUT WE HAVE BUILT THAT ALL INTO OUR PROJECTIONS.

WE SHOWED YOU, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION, WHAT WE CALL OUR DEBT DONUT.

WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET ALL THE FUTURE NEEDS THAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY, AND THAT SHIFT WILL NOT IMPACT THOSE.

AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY IS IF WE, IF COUNCIL STILL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TAX RATE SHIFT FOR THIS NOVEMBER, WE NEED TO KNOW BY TODAY.

AND THE REASON IS DUE TO THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS, WE WILL HAVE TO PUSH UP OUR BUDGET PROCESS BY ABOUT A MONTH.

MEANING WE WOULD NEED TO START THE BUDGET PROCESS, LITERALLY PROBABLY MONDAY .

UM, AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND, BY PUSHING THAT UP, WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO, WHEN WE GET INTO THE SUMMER, WE WILL BE HAVING TO BASE ALL OF OUR BUDGET NUMBERS FOR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OFF ESTIMATES.

WE WILL NOT HAVE CERTIFIED NUMBERS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'LL HAVE MOVING FORWARD.

SO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO REALLY, THERE'S THREE OPTIONS.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO AHEAD AND PUSH THIS OFF TO NOVEMBER OF 2026.

UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THE PATH Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

ALRIGHT, UH, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, AS FAR AS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF COVERED SOME OF THIS THE OTHER NIGHT.

UH, THE QUESTION REALLY IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.

DO WE WANT TO, UH, DELAY UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 26 OR PROCEED WITH 25? SO WE'LL TAKE, UH, THE DELAY FUR.

IS THERE ANY, WELL, ACTUALLY, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 25 MOVING THIS TO, OR KEEPING THIS AT NOVEMBER OF 25? THAT WOULD, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY AS THOUGH WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING TO NOVEMBER OF 26.

THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS.

THAT WAS EASY, MAN.

WE'RE JUST KNOCKING THINGS OUT RIGHT AND LEFT HERE TODAY.

UH, SO THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE STARTED ADDRESSING LAST, UH, DURING THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, AND THIS WAS AT OUR JUNE WORKSHOP, WAS, UH, CONSIDERING, UH, CHANGES TO OUR HOMESTEAD AND SENIOR EXEMPTIONS.

AND SO THAT'S THE NEXT TOPIC, UH, FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

UM, WE'VE DONE A, A COMPARISON TO A LOT OF OUR CITIES IN THE METROPLEX AND, AND WHAT APPROACH THEY TAKE.

AND I'LL KIND OF START WITH A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, AND THEN AGAIN, LET FINANCE AND BUDGET MATT AND ALLISON, UH, ADD SOME DETAILS TO IT.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE GENERALLY IS, UH, TWO APPROACHES THAT CITIES TAKE.

ONE IS THAT THEY, UH, FOCUS ON THE SENIOR EXEMPTION AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT THEIR EGGS IN, IN THAT BASKET, UH, AS IT COMES TO TAX RELIEF.

AND SO CITIES LIKE RICHARDSON THAT, UH, DON'T HAVE, HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BUT HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT SENIOR EXEMPTION, UM, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY THAT TAKES THAT APPROACH.

UH, SOME CITIES TAKE AN APPROACH LIKE WE HAVE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR, UH, HOMESTEADERS AND SOME ON SE ON THE SENIOR SIDE.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT A, A ESSENTIALLY A BALANCED APPROACH WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING SOME TAX RELIEF TO SENIORS AND SOME TO, UH, ON THE HOMESTEAD SIDE.

AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 56,000 FOR OUR SENIOR EXEMPTION AND 10% FOR OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THE, THE, I DID WANNA NOTE PROCEDURALLY THAT THIS ITEM IS GOING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE, UH, LATER THIS MONTH, UH, IN A A WEEK OR SO.

AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE TODAY, AND I'VE, I'VE TALKED WITH THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM, LUCK ABOUT JUST PROVIDING SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT AND INFORMATION, UH, LEADING UP TO THAT MEETING, AND THEN ANY SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS AT A, AT A WORK SESSION.

SO THAT, UM, WE'RE COMING TO THIS WITH, UH, KIND OF EYES WIDE OPEN AND, AND UNDERSTAND

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HOW THE EXEMPTIONS WORK, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF SB TWO.

SO, UM, NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE HERE.

THIS IS GONNA GO TO COMMITTEE, UH, BUT WANTED TO AT LEAST, UH, OPEN THE DOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND EXACTLY HOW THE EXEMPTIONS WORK AND, AND THE BACKGROUND THERE.

SO, UM, I'LL CHIME IN AND LET THE, LET THE TEAM TAKE IT FROM THERE.

HANG ON ONE SEC.

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION NOW OR ASK, OKAY.

MEMBER WILLIAMS, UH, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER WOULD, WOULD YOU BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE IMPACT ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUSINESS SIDE FOR BOTH OF THOSE SHIFTS? COULD YOU GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE.

UM, AND I'LL, I'LL ASK MATT TO, TO JUMP IN HERE, BUT GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF SB TWO IS THAT AT LEAST ON THE, UH, THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THE TAX RATE, THERE IS A SHIFT THAT HAPPENS ANYTIME YOU, UH, MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO AN EXEMPTION.

SO IT, IT'S NOT JUST A, WE'RE FOREGOING, UH, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, IF WE INCREASE THAT EXEMPTION, IT ACTUALLY SHIFTS THAT BURDEN OVER TO, UH, YOUR NON-HOMESTEAD NON-SENIOR PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND, AND SO WE'VE, WE HAVE A COMPARISON THERE, MATT, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

SURE.

SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS ON THE, SO THERE'S AN M AND O PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, AND THERE'S A DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF A TAX RATE.

THE ACT, WHEN YOU INCREASE AN EXEMPTION, AS LONG AS YOU STILL GO UP TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE 3.5% SB TWO REQUIREMENT, THE ONLY ACTUAL FOREGONE REVENUE IS ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

WHAT HAPPENS ON THE M AND O SIDE IS THE CALCULATION WILL LOOK TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE SLIGHTLY TO TAKE OFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET 3.5% WHEN WE TO SHIFT THAT TAX BURDEN OF THE LOSS, REV LOSS VALUE THAT WE HAVE FROM THE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS WHEN YOU INCREASE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS OR SENIOR EXEMPTIONS, THE SENIORS IN THE HOMESTEAD, WE'LL SEE THE RELIEF.

BUT ON THE M AND O SIDE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY HALF OF THE TAX BILL HERE AT GARLAND WILL BE SHIFTED TO THOSE THAT OWN RENTAL PROPERTIES AND THOSE THAT OWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BASICALLY THOSE THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR EITHER ONE OF THESE EXEMPTIONS.

SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, THIS EXAMPLE IS A 1% INCREASE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND A $4,000 INCREASE TO THE SENIOR EXEMPTION.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SENIORS WOULD'VE SAW LAST YEAR A $39 REDUCTION IN THEIR TAX BILL, ASSUMING A $200,000 VALUE OF A HOME.

THOSE THAT ARE OVER THE, UH, UNDER THE AGE OF 65 WITH JUST THE HOMESTEAD WOULD'VE SAW A $10 INCREASE BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY GETTING THAT 1% HOMESTEAD.

THEY DO WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THE 4,000 WITH THE SENIORS.

BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THOSE THAT OWN RENTAL PROPERTIES AND THOSE THAT OWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, IF YOU HAD A $200,000 RENTAL PROPERTY HOME, IT WAS ABOUT A $4 INCREASE TO THEIR TAX BILL.

AND THIS IS ANNUAL, BY THE WAY.

AND ON A COMMERCIAL, FOR EVERY $1 MILLION OF VALUE, THAT'S ABOUT $21 ANNUALLY INCREASED TO THE BILL.

SO WHAT HAPPENS AGAIN IS THERE IS A SHIFT OF THE TAX BURDEN ONLY ON THE M AND O SIDE AND ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, IT'S JUST FOREGONE REVENUE FROM THE CITY.

AND IN BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS THAT WE PROVIDED YOU, SO THIS ONE IS A 1% WITH A $4,000 INCREASE OF THE SENIOR, WE HAVE IN OUR DEBT SERVICE CAPACITY ABOUT $764,000.

THAT ISN'T PROGRAMMED.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE COULD, COUNCIL COULD EITHER MAKE THE DECISION TO FOREGO THAT REVENUE AND GIVE TAX RELIEF, REMEMBER ONLY TO THOSE THAT ARE SENIORS OR HOMESTEAD.

IT WOULD NOT GIVE TAX RELIEF TO RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR COMMERCIAL, OR WE COULD PROGRAM THAT AND LEAVE IT IN THE CIP, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT A $10.5 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THESE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE'RE SHOWING ARE.

THEY'RE JUST KIND OF BASELINE OPTIONS.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

BUT KNOW, IF YOU GO ABOVE THESE, THE $764,000 THRESHOLD, WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK TO MAKE REDUCTIONS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THE BOND PROGRAM OR ANY OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR, FOR THE FUTURE.

AND JUST, I WANTED TO THROW OUT, IT'S NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, JUST KIND OF A RULE OF THUMB.

SO FOR EVERY $1,000 OF INCREASE FOR IN THE SENIOR EXEMPTION, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF CAPACITY

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IN THE CIP.

FOR EVERY 1% INCREASE TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT A $6 MILLION CAPACITY DECREASE IN CIP.

AND IF, IF I MAY, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT, IF ANY, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLAN? DOES IT HAVE ANY IMPACT AT ALL? WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION.

QUESTION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER OR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ANDY.

BUT FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL.

IT'S, IT'S, TO ME IT'S ABOUT KIND OF A GRASSROOTS, GETTING OUT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES IS WHO I THINK WOULD BE IMPACTED THE MOST AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN FIND ALL THE DIFFERENT MEMBER, WE HAVE TONS OF TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, I THINK WE COULD FIND A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THIS SHIFT DOESN'T COMPLETELY DESTROY THAT SECTOR.

AND HOW THAT LOOKS, I THINK, WOULD REQUIRE SOME PLANNING AND PART WOULD BE PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SMALL BUSINESSES IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT Y'ALL PASSED.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A, A HUGE DEAL.

'CAUSE REMEMBER AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $21 ANNUALLY.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EASILY COME BACK AND, AND MAKE SURE IS NOT AN ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT A REAL MATERIAL SHIFT IN TAX UNDER THESE SCENARIOS.

NOW, OF COURSE, IF YOU WANTED TO DO A DEEP DIVE RELIEF AND SIGNIFICANT RELIEF TO SENIORS, IT COULD THEN BE START BECOMING MATERIAL FOR COMMERCIAL.

AND I, I'D BE, I MIGHT ADD, GO AHEAD.

UH, TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.

THE, UM, AS FAR AS AN IMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AND KEEP AN EYE ON.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR EXEMPTIONS IN FIVE YEARS.

AND SO, UM, WHILE WE REVIEW IT EVERY YEAR, AGAIN ON THE COMMERCIAL TAX BURDEN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WANNA MONITOR AND KEEP IN MIND, UM, MAKING A CHANGE EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, OR AGAIN AT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AS A FACTOR WHEN LOOKING AT ADJUSTING THE, THE TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT, THAT SHIFT.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S ONLY THE HALF OF THE TAX RATE, OUR O AND M SIDE, BUT, UM, OVER TIME, IF YOU LET THAT ACCUMULATE, IT REALLY COULD SHIFT THE, THE BURDEN OVER TO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER.

SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR SURE.

WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THE STRATEGIES YOU PLAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, BRINGING TO US, YOU KNOW, TO LESSEN THAT IMPACT ON PARTICULARLY THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

QUICKLY, I, THIS IS OPTION TWO AND WHY WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS OPTION IS IF, IF IN THIS OPTION, YOU'RE GIVING ALL THE RELIEF TO JUST THE SENIOR EXEMPTION, SO YOU COULD INCREASE BACK TO THAT $764,000 OF REVENUE THAT COULD BE FORGONE, YOU COULD INCREASE THE SENIOR EXEMPTION BY $11,000.

AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS ONE THAT BY DOING THAT, BECAUSE THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS NOW THAT ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT ARE SENIORS, THE TAX BURDEN IS NOW SHIFTED TO THOSE WITH HOMESTEAD AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND YOU'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 65, YOU WITH A $200,000 HOME, YOU NOW WOULD'VE SAW ALSO A $4 INCREASE IN YOUR TAX BILL IF THIS WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH IN OUR LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

SO THE SHIFT ALWAYS OCCURS TO THOSE THAT DO NOT RECEIVE THE BENEFIT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THEN JUST QUICKLY, THE NEXT STEPS, UH, I BELIEVE THE NEXT, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING IS JANUARY 22ND.

AND, UH, FROM THERE THEY WILL START REVIEWING, UH, PROPOSALS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL COUNSEL.

UM, THE, THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE ACTUAL REAL DROP DEAD DATE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THESE IS THE END OF JUNE.

SO BASICALLY WE HAVE TO DO THIS BY JULY 1ST.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET A EARLY START ON THIS TO GIVE AMPLE TIME FOR THE A, THE, UM, A SC TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT, BUT THAT IS THE DEADLINE.

WE CAN GET IT TOGETHER, THE MORE PREPARED WE CAN BE, UH, PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE.

SO, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WILL TAKE THIS UP ON THE 22ND.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AS FAR AS REPORTING OUT, UH, ON THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

UM, DO WE ANTICIPATE, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY OR ARE WE GOING TO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMITTEE JUST KIND OF LET SEE HOW IT GOES, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE, THE FASTER

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SO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.

NEXT UP, I BELIEVE WE'RE MOVING

[4. Overview of 2025 Proposed Bond Program Propositions – Jud Rex, Andy Hesser, Matt Watson ]

INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM AND SPECIFICALLY THE PROPOSITION.

SO, UH, MONDAY WE TALKED IN DETAIL ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE, UH, BOND STUDY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS WERE, AND ALSO PROVIDED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR BOND COUNCIL SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY TO PUT THE GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS PROPOSITION THAT THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMENDED AND ADDING THAT TO THE STREETS PROGRAM.

SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT INSTEAD OF FIVE PROPOSITIONS, WE HAVE FOUR PROPOSITIONS NOW, AND THE STREETS PROPOSITION WILL INCREASE BY $20 MILLION TO 230 MILLION, MAKING UP ABOUT 64% OF THIS TOTAL BOND PACKAGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S ABOUT, AT ABOUT 75 MILLION AND REPRESENTS ABOUT 21% MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IS REALLY SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE GRANDVILLE ART CENTER AT 25 MILLION.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACCESS TRAILS OR OTHER PARK AMENITIES IN THE HARBOR POINT AT $30 MILLION, OR ABOUT 8% FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED PACKAGE OF $360 MILLION.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE PROPOSITIONS ON WHAT THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE WAS RECOMMENDING FOR, FOR INCLUSION IN THESE PROPOSITIONS.

AND THEN JUST QUICKLY TALK THROUGH THE PRO THE PROPOSED PROPOSITION LANGUAGE THAT STAFF AND OUR BOND COUNCIL HAS COME UP WITH FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PROPOSITIONS.

AND THEN JUST LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL ON IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO RESEARCH FURTHER, OR ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED.

SO STARTING WITH THE STREETS, UM, THE 210 MILLION, AGAIN IS PART OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN TO INCREASE OUR OCI.

UM, TONY, OUR STREETS DIRECTOR PROVI, HAS PROVIDED SOME REALLY GOOD PRESENTATIONS TO BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND OUR BOND STUDY COMMITTEE.

AND IN ORDER TO INCREASE THAT OCI, THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT ABOUT $210 MILLION IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE OCI PAVEMENT, UH, CONDITIONS ON THE GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING MECHANISM TO GET FUNDING FOR GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS.

THERE ISN'T, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN, THE, THE, THE LOOK OF THESE CORRIDORS WILL COME AT A LATER DATE.

THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS AT 20 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 230 MILLION.

SO, AGAIN, QUICK, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE BOND PROPOSITION LANGUAGE THAT WE CAME UP WITH, IT IS DESIGNED TO READ, TO BE, GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO ISSUE DEBT, BASICALLY ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH STREETS.

SO AGAIN, THE, THE, THE INTENT OF THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND OUR ALLEYS OCI IS INCREASED AS WELL AS PROVIDING ROUGHLY 20, WELL, $20 MILLION FOR GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STREET SCAPING AND BEAUTIFICATION IN MAJOR CORRIDORS.

BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE LATITUDE TO MEET UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES IN THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS BASICALLY ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STREETS HERE.

SO IF WE GOT INTO, SAY, ONE STREET, AND WE NEED TO DO, SAY A RETAINING WALL, WE NEED TO DO TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS NEED TO BE REPLACED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.

SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE WAY THIS BOND PROPOSITION LANGUAGE READS, UH, AND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CITY COUNCIL.

UM, ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS I'VE ALSO ADDED THE LANGUAGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW UP ON THE BALLOT, WHICH IS A MUCH SHORTER PIECE OF INFORMATION, WHICH IS USUALLY JUST A ONE SENTENCE, YOU KNOW, $230 MILLION FOR STREETS THROUGH THE WORK WITH THE BON CITY COMMITTEE.

WE, WE LOOK TO TRY TO BUCK IT, SP SPECIFICALLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITIONS INTO REALLY TWO THINGS.

LOOKING AT CATALYST AREAS.

WHAT, WHAT, WHERE DO WE HAVE MASTER PLANS? WHERE HAVE WE IDENTIFIED WHERE PROJECTS ARE, ARE READY TO START? AND TWO, BUCKETING IT INTO ITEMS THAT ARE, WE CALL CHARGE BUCKETS BASED OFF OF OUR

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ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS BASICALLY LAND ASSEMBLY, ROUGHLY $25 MILLION FOR LAND ASSEMBLY.

AND HOW WE LOOKED AT THAT IS LOOKING AT OUR CATALYST AREAS AND LOOKING AT SPECIFIC PARCELS OF LAND THAT WE FELT WOULD BE FAIR.

ONE WE COULD ACQUIRE.

THERE'S NOT A, SOME SIGNIFICANT BURDEN SUCH AS STRUCTURES ON THAT, THAT MAY INCREASE THE COST.

SO WE DID A DEEP DIVE ANALYSIS AS BASICALLY EVERY OPEN PARCEL IN OUR CATALYST AREAS, AND WE'VE CAME UP WITH $25 MILLION AS A TARGET FOR THIS AREA, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES OF $33 MILLION.

WHAT THIS MONEY WOULD REALLY BE, AND I'VE BEEN CALLING IT GAP FINANCING.

AND, AND EVEN WITH LAND, AND EVEN WITH DOING REVITALIZATION, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF, OF THE TOWN WHERE WE WANT SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED HERE IS SOUTH GARLAND MEDICAL DISTRICT WITH A MEDICAL FACILITY AND HARBOR POINT.

WE FEEL THAT EVEN WITH THESE INVESTMENTS TO BRING, TO BRING A MEDICAL FACILITY TO BRING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO HARBOR POINT, IT WOULD REQUIRE AN INCENTIVE OR GRANT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET WHAT WE NEED TO, TO FINISH OUT THOSE MASTER PLANS.

AND WE'VE COME UP WITH $33 MILLION IN THIS CATEGORY.

WE ALSO HAVE A REVITALIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE A NEW PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

AND WHAT THIS WOULD BE IS LOOKING AT, UM, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SHOPPING CENTERS.

COULD BE A HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.

BUT REALLY THIS WOULD BE JUST THE FUNDING MECHANISM SET ASIDE FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISION POLICY DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD TO PROVIDE SOME FORM OF REVITALIZATION PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

UM, I'M THINKING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE AT DOWNTOWN WITH THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, WHICH HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2004, JUST PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED IN 2019, WHICH IS A $7 MILLION TO CONTINUE FUNDING THAT PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL OF 75 MILLION.

AND HERE IS THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, UH, AS DRAFTED BY OUR BOND COUNCIL FOR THIS PROPOSITION.

UM, ONE THING TO I WOULD WANNA POINT OUT IS THERE MIGHT BE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.

UH, BOND COUNCIL'S STILL WORKING ON THAT, BUT, UH, THEY STILL, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE, THEY CHECK ALL THE BOXES BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.

SO, UH, IF THERE IS A CHANGE WITH THIS, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.

PROPOSITION C IS CULTURAL ARTS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE GRANDVILLE ART CENTER RENOVATION.

AMY AND CHIP DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING ON THE DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT, UH, MONDAY NIGHT.

UM, SO THIS PROPOSITION IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, WE HAVE TRIED TO AGAIN, MAKE THIS FLEXIBLE IN CASE ONE, SAY THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER COMES IN UNDER BUDGET AND THERE'S TWO $3 MILLION LEFT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO OTHER CULTURAL ARTS PROJECTS, SAY A MAYBE A MONUMENT PIECE OR SAY TRAILS PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT THE INTENT IS STILL FOR THIS ENTIRE PRO PROPOSITION TO BE CULTURAL ARTS RELATED.

THE FINAL PROPOSITION IS PARKS AND RECREATION, AND IT'S $30 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, THE, UH, BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, THE SPECIFIC AREA THEY LOOKED AT WAS HARBOR POINT.

AND A CONCEPT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE, THE DRAWING THERE BELOW IT IS THAT OF SOME WATERFRONT ACCESS, BOARDWALK OR SOME SORT OF OTHER CONNECTIVITY IN THAT AREA TO THE WATER.

SO WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT THAT WOULD COST ABOUT $30 MILLION.

SO THAT'S THAT PROPOSITION.

BUT AGAIN, IN THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY IN CASE SOMETHING FALLS THROUGH, WE NEED TO PIVOT, OR COUNSEL WANTS TO CHANGE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGNS OF, OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING WITH THIS TO BASICALLY INCLUDE

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EVERYTHING PARKS AND REC RELATED.

SO AGAIN, IT WILL BE ANYTHING, TRAILS, RECREATION, FACILITIES, PARKS, FACILITIES, UH, SO THE PROPOSITION FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AND A BOND ISSUANCE PERSPECTIVE IS MADE TO BE FLEXIBLE.

SO WITH THAT, UH, OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND OR CHANGES, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

IS ACTUALLY, WE WOULD BE AT ITEM FIVE, COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS REGARDING PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM PROPOSITIONS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ON THIS PORTION, THIS

[5. Council Discussion and Questions regarding Proposed Bond Program Propositions]

ANY QUESTIONS GOOD WITH THE FOUR MOVING FORWARD? AND OBVIOUSLY THE LANGUAGE, UH, IS, IS IN THE WORKS ON ONE OF THEM, BUT I SEE THAT WE'RE ALL GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD.

TO, EXCUSE ME, ITEM SIX, OVERVIEW OF 2025 PROPOSED CIP, MR. REX.

UM, SORRY, JUST MAKING A QUICK NOTE HERE.

UM, THAT MOVES US AND, AND, UM, I'VE ASKED, UH, STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND GET, UH, STAFF PRESENTATIONS STARTING TO QUEUE UP BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET TO THEM, UH, WELL BEFORE LUNCH.

UH, SO THAT MOVES US

[6. Overview of 2025 Proposed CIP – Jud Rex, Matt Watson, Allyson Steadman]

TO CONFIRM, UH, COUNCIL DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.

UM, SO TO INTRODUCE OUR CIPI WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE VISITED ABOUT MONDAY.

UM, THE FIRST IS, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES GOING INTO THE CIP? AND, UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF COPY AND PASTE FROM LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, THE THEMES REMAIN RELEVANT AND REMAIN THE SAME, WHICH ARE THE, ARE OUR GOALS ARE TO FINISH WHAT WE HAVE STARTED, TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

UH, MEANING THAT, UH, FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED.

WE HAVE MANY, MANY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF AND ARE EITHER, UH, CONTEMPLATED TO BE UNDER DESIGN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS OR CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN OR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

OUR EMPHASIS IN THE CIP HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE TO COMPLETION, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO THAT, THAT MEANS THAT, UH, FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS, UH, NEEDS TO BE SUSTAINED IN ORDER TO MEET THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS.

AND, UM, REALLY JUST WANT TO, WE WANT TO DELIVER ON WHAT WE'VE PROMISED, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ESPECIALLY THE 2004 AND 2019 BOND PROJECTS.

UH, TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE.

UM, COUNCIL, WE'VE CREATED A PRETTY AMBITIOUS PLAN, ESPECIALLY ON, ON TWO KEY ASSETS THAT THE CITY HAS.

ONE IS OUR FACILITIES, UM, ACROSS THE CITY, UH, A PRETTY AMBITIOUS PLAN TO FUND THOSE.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS AND FUNDING THAT, THAT ARE HEADED TOWARDS OUR FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BONES OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE MAINTAINED WELL.

AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER BIG SPEND HERE IS, UM, ON OUR STREETS PROGRAM AND COUNSEL, YOU'VE SET A, A AN AMBITIOUS GOAL ON OUR, ON OUR, UH, PCI TO GET THAT TO WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.

AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE BOND PROJECTS, THE BOND PROGRAM FOR, UH, THAT'LL BE VOTED ON THIS MAY.

UH, SO, UH, WE WANNA DELIVER ON THAT AS WELL AND RESERVE THE FUNDING AND CAPACITY NEEDED TO DO THAT.

UM, AND THEN REALLY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF, UH, KEY SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY AND THE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THAT ARE NEEDED TO DO THAT.

UM, OUR, OUR PROPOSED CIP IS BUILT IN, UH, A LOT OF SPEND IN REGARDS TO EQUIPMENT, AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS TODAY AND THEN PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, SO THE, THE TOPICS WE'VE COVERED SO FAR REALLY HELP US PLAN FOR THE FUTURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TAX RATE, UH, EXEMPTIONS, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM COMING UP.

AND, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON, ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, NOT JUST FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT REALLY OUR DEBT SERVICE MODEL GOES OUT DECADES, UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE ISSUING 20 AND 30 YEAR DEBT, UH, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP AN EYE ON HOW THAT STACKS UP OVER TIME.

AND SO REALLY WANT TO GIVE A HUGE KUDOS, UH, TO OUR BUDGET STAFF, UH, ALLISON AND HER TEAM, AND MATT AND HIS TEAM, UH, FOR HELPING US PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND, AND ALWAYS KEEP THAT LONG-TERM PICTURE IN MIND.

UH, THE SECOND SLIDE HERE THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY, AND, AND YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY GET TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE DEBT DONUT, BUT, UH, THERE'S JUST NO BETTER WAY TO SHOW WHAT, UH, WHAT OUR INITIATIVES ARE THAN, THAN, UH, IN A DONUT FORUM, I GUESS.

SO , UM, THIS IS REALLY WHAT OUR, OUR CIP AND OUR OTHER FUTURE INITIATIVES ARE.

UM, THEY TOTAL UP TO JUST OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SPEND FOR THE CITY.

UH, WE ARE GONNA TOUCH ON HERE IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT, UM, OUR BOND RATINGS AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS, UH, BILLION DOLLAR SPEND WILL HAVE ON OUR BOND RATINGS AND OUR STRATEGY AROUND THAT, UM,

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BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DEBT DONUTS MADE UP OF, OF SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PIECES HERE, INCLUDING THE CIP, UH, INCLUDING OUR BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING FOR 25, UH, MAY OF 25, UM, WITH SOME PRETTY HEFTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND STREET SPEND.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE, WE ALWAYS LEAVE ROOM FOR EMERGENCY AND INFLATION RESERVES AND, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, THAT NUMBER'S GROWN A LOT.

COUNCIL, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE HAVE, UH, PER YEAR DIRECTION, UM, INCREASED OUR STORM WATER FEES IN ORDER TO, TO HELP FUND DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

AND SO, UM, THERE'S A, A BIGGER PIECE OF THE DONUT NOW IS ON DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS ANOTHER ASSET THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND IN THE SPIRIT OF TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE.

UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WANT PRESENT ON THE CIP, UH, TO CONTINUE TO, UM, PROVIDE CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND AROUND IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY TO DRAW FROM FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND SO, UH, WE WANNA RUN THROUGH THOSE AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF, OF WHAT OUR BUCKETS ARE AND, AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO THIS DEBT DONUTS, UH, WHETHER IT'S INTEREST RATES OR UM, UH, CAPACITY THAT'S AVAILABLE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE CRITERION STRUCTURE AND, AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE IN THAT.

SO, UM, PLEASE JUMP IN WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT AS WE, AS WE RUN THROUGH THIS.

AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR TIME FOR YOUR BENEFIT, UH, AS YOU LOOK TO MAKE SOME KEY DECISIONS ON OUR UPCOMING INITIATIVES.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, IS FOR ALLISON.

WELL ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS JET.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE, UH, 2024 CIP, UH, CAN YOU SHARE ANY, ANY EXPERIENCES OR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT EXERCISE THAT WE'VE, WE MODIFIED AND, AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE IN THE 2025 CIP FROM, FROM, FROM THAT ONE TO THIS ONE.

WERE THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED EXPERIENCES, UH, THAT, THAT YOU SAW TO SHIFT? ANY, ANYTHING FROM THERE? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS HOW WE ARE MANAGING OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS.

SO IN PAST CIPS, UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS CREATED A, A PROGRAM BUCKET OF MONEY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT BREAKING OUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND.

SO, UH, WE'VE KIND OF, WE'RE, WE'RE CHANGING THAT.

AND SO THE, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SECTIONS IN YOUR CIP HAVE GOTTEN A LOT BIGGER.

NOW, THE NUMBERS HAVE GROWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, WE ARE GETTING VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT, UH, WHERE THAT BUCKET OF MONEY GOES TO IN TERMS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS, UH, WHETHER THAT'S WATERLINE REPLACEMENTS, UM, ENHANCEMENTS AT THE PLANTS OR OTHER SPENDS ON OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER.

UM, THAT'S ONE BIG CHANGE THAT YOU'LL HEAR.

AND, AND MIKE BRINKMAN AND, AND CRYSTAL OWENS WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS.

BUT, UH, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY OF, OF THAT FUNDING AND ALSO JUST BE ABLE TO BETTER TRACK AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS IN OUR, IN OUR UTILITY SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S ONE, THAT'S ONE CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS YEAR THAT MAKES THIS DOCUMENT A LITTLE BIT THICKER.

UM, NOW IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT WE HADN'T BEEN SPENDING THAT MONEY AND THAT, THAT THAT WAS THE SORT OF THE WRONG WAY OF DOING IT.

IT WAS JUST WE THOUGHT WE'D PUT A LITTLE MORE RIGOR IN AND TRANSPARENCY INTO THOSE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS.

SO, UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE AND HEAR ABOUT THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OTHER LESSONS LEARNED, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE ONE THAT POPS INTO MIND AND I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO MATT AND ALLISON IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS TO ADD, ADD TO THAT TOO.

UH, WE, WE ALSO, UH, KUDOS TO CRYSTAL WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

WE ALSO TOOK ON AN INITIATIVE TO CREATE A, A PROJECT MANAGEMENT FACILITIES BOARD IN ORDER TO EVALUATE PROJECTS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE CIP.

SO REMEMBER, THERE'S SOME TIGHT TIMELINES TO GET PROJECTS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND, AND SUBMIT IT TO US TO THE, TO THEN PROVIDE TO Y'ALL.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME TO, TO PLAN AND TO EVALUATE PROJECTS BEFORE YOU SEE THEM.

AND WHAT THE INTENTION OF THAT IS, IS TO HOPE TO CUT DOWN ON SCOPE EDITION SCOPE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE OR IN IN INFLATION COSTS TO BASICALLY LOOK, TO TRY TO REALLY GET A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE IT GETS TO COUNCIL.

AND NOT SAYING THAT THERE WEREN'T GOOD PLANS PREVIOUSLY, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING COULD ALWAYS USE A LITTLE MORE PLANNING.

SO KUDOS TO CRYSTAL OWENS AND, UM, UH, PHIL AS

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SO THAT STARTED THIS YEAR AS WELL.

AND BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE SLIDE, I WILL PLUG APPENDIX G, WHICH OUTLINES THE CHANGE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROGRAMS THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT LATER TODAY.

I ALWAYS PLUG A SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT BEFORE I GET STARTED.

UH, SO I THINK YOU'VE ALL HEARD THIS SLIDE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO START FROM THE BASICS CIP 1 0 1, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL PLAN.

UM, THIS, THE CIP IS A FIVE YEAR, UH, FINANCIAL PLAN FOR OUR CAPITAL ASSETS.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING, YOU KNOW, AS JED MENTIONED EARLIER, AT A 10 TO 50 YEAR LOOK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR DEBT MODEL.

BUT THE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE OCCURRING OVER THOSE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AS WELL AS THE DEBT ISSUANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TO QUALIFY FOR THE CIP, IT MUST MEET OUR POLICY CRITERIA IN THAT IT HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND TYPICALLY EXCEEDS AT LEAST $50,000 IN TODAY'S PRACTICE.

THAT'S REALLY MORE YOUR STARTING POINTS CLOSER TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UM, SO THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE EXPECTED COSTS, THE METHOD OF FINANCING, AND ANY ANTICIPATED UTILITY OR TAX RATE IMPACTS.

AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET WE WILL BE ASKING COUNSEL TO APPROVE, UM, IN FEBRUARY, UH, OF THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT CIP, ANYTHING IN THAT 2025 COLUMN.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING CIP PROJECTS, THEY OFTEN SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS.

SO EVERYTHING MUST BE VIEWED FROM A MULTI-YEAR PERSPECTIVE.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE DEBT INSTRUMENTS INVOLVED WITH FUNDING OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE HAVE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH ARE PAID BY THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.

THESE ARE USED TO FUND OUR 2004 AND 2019 BOND PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

THESE ARE ALSO PAID BY OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, OR CAN BE REIMBURSED BY OTHER PLEDGED REVENUE SOURCES SUCH AS OUR SANITATION UTILITY RATE, OR OUR STORM WATER UTILITY RATE.

UM, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE ISSUED BASED ON THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSET, SO WE TYPICALLY ISSUE THOSE IN 5, 10, 15, OR 20 YEAR INCREMENTS.

FINALLY, WE HAVE REVENUE BONDS THAT ARE UTILIZED BY OUR CITY, ELECTRIC WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES.

UM, THESE CAN ONLY BE ISSUED FOR, UH, UTILITY RATED CA UTILITY RELATED CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ARE AMORTIZED BASED ON THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSET.

WE DO HAVE TWO SHORT TERM MECHANISMS. OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM, UM, WHICH BEGINNING IN 2025, UM, IS ONLY BEING UTILIZED BY OUR UTILITY UH, DEPARTMENTS.

RIGHT NOW IT'S AN INTERIM FINANCING SCHOOL TOOL.

ESSENTIALLY IT'S A SHORT TERM INSTRUMENT THAT IS ISSUED IN ORDER TO KEEP BORROWING COSTS DOWN.

UM, WE ACCUMULATE UP TO A CERTAIN THRESHOLD AND THEN WE GO OUT AND ISSUE THE LONG TERM DEBT SUCH AS A REVENUE BOND.

AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR TAX NOTE.

THIS IS OUR PRIMARY FUNDING MECHANISM FOR OUR STREETS PROGRAM IN THE FY 25 OPERATING BUDGET.

UM, AND THIS IS ISSUED AND PAID UNDER THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE FOR LESS THAN A ONE YEAR INCREMENT.

OUR CIP IS COMPRISED OF THREE PRIMARY PROGRAMS ARE TAX SUPPORTED, ARE UTILITY SUPPORTED, AND OUR INTERNAL SERVICE, UM, OUR TAX SUPPORTED IS COMPRISED OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS AND LARGE CAPITAL ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PARKS AND RECREATION ENGINEERING OR LIBRARY.

UM, THESE ARE FINANCE WITH GO BONDS OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND REPAID THROUGH THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.

OUR UTILITY SUPPORTED CIP IS INCLUDES OUR ELECTRIC WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES, SANITATION UTIL AND STORM WATER UTILITY.

UM, THESE ARE FINANCED EITHER WITH REVENUE BONDS OR SARATOGA'S OBLIGATION AND REPAID THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUAL UTILITY RATES.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL SERVICE SUPPORTED CIP.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE ONLY DEPARTMENT ACTIVE IN THE THE CIP IS OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD FLEET SERVICES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE PROJECTS IN THE PAST.

UH, THESE ARE FUNDED WITH CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION AND THEN REPAID THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET BY CHARGES TO OTHER FUNDS THAT UTILIZE THAT FUND SERVICES.

WE CONTINUE TO SET RECORDS WITH OUR ANNUAL CIP.

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WE DO HAVE THE LARGEST CIP YET WITH OUR 2025 PROPOSED CIP OF ALMOST 575 MILLION.

HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE ON THE TAX SUPPORTED SIDE, PRIMARILY DUE TO US COMPLETING OUR OH FOUR AND 19 BOND PROJECTS, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, THIS YEAR'S INCREASE IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED, UM, WITH OUR UTILITY FUNDS GETTING INTO THE TAX SUPPORTED CIP OUR PARKS.

CIP MAKES UP THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF THE TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM AT ALMOST 30%, UM, WITH A PROJECTED SPEND OF 71.4 MILLION IN 2025, FOLLOWED BY OUR STREET AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AT 50.9 MILLION AND PUBLIC SAFETY AT 34.6 MILLION.

OUR TOTAL TAX SUPPORTED CIP FOR 2025 IS 239.2 MILLION.

THIS IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT 6.4 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR'S CIP.

THE BOND PROGRAMS ARE A MAJOR PART OF OUR TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM.

HERE WE SHOW OUR PROJECTED COMPLETION RATE RATES FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, BY YEAR.

UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT PARKS AND UH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIBRARY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2026.

AND OUR PARKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE OVER 90% OF COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS CURRENT YEAR WITH REALLY ONLY ONE PROJECT REMAINING ARE 2019 STREET AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND 2019 PARKS PROGRAMS, UH, WILL BE COMPLETE IN 2030 AND 2031 RESPECTIVELY, PRIMARILY DUE TO THOSE HAVING PARKS, CATALYST AND STREETS CATALYST FUNDING APPLIED TO A NEW PROJECT IN THIS YEAR'S CIP, UH, CALLED SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

THE ONLY, UH, PROGRAM THAT WILL EXTEND PAST 2030 IS OUR DRAINAGE PROGRAM, AND THAT'S REALLY JUST BASED ON THE PROJECTED SPEND OF OUR FLOOD PRONE PROPERTIES PROGRAM.

UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, INVOLVES, UH, INTERACTION WITH OTHER AGENCIES, UM, AND A PRETTY STRENUOUS PROCESS THAT CRYSTAL OWENS AND MICHAEL HICK COULD TALK MORE ABOUT.

UM, SO THIS IS JUST A PROJECTION BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.

AND THEN FINALLY FOR OUR 2004 BOND PROGRAM, UM, WE ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS THAT, UM, ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE EXPENDITURES PAST 2026.

UM, AND THEY ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OR STREETS PROJECTS THAT JUST TAKE TIME TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT.

BUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2029.

OUR TAX SUPPORTED CIP, UM, IS PROJECTED TO REQUIRE AN ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF 19.8 MILLION.

AND OUR TAX SUPPORTED CIPS ALSO ANTICIPATED TO REQUIRE A, UH, LARGER ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THIS YEAR OF ABOUT 63.9 MILLION FOR TOTAL TAX SUPPORTED DEBT ISSUANCE OF 83.7 MILLION.

I WILL NOTE, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, COUNSEL UH, APPROVED THE UTILIZATION OF UH, 30 YEAR DEBT IN VERY SPECIFIC IN INSTANCES THIS WOULD BE FOR SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS.

UM, THE ONLY PROPOSED USE OF 30 YEAR DEBT IN 2025 IS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HOLFORD ROAD SEGMENT, A PROJECT MOVING INTO THE COMPOSITION OF OUR TAX SUPPORTED DEBT.

UM, THIS PIE CHART MIRRORS EXACTLY WHAT JUDD OUTLINED AS HIS PRIORITIES.

WE HAVE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2025 AT ALMOST 47.3% OF OUR DEBT ISSUANCE GOING TO PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UM, WE HAVE 21.8% OF OUR DEBT GOING TO PROJECTS EITHER STARTING DESIGN OR BEGINNING THAT CONSTRUCTION IN 2025, WHERE YOU SEE US TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE PRIMARILY THAT'S ISOLATED UNDER OUR EQUIPMENT AND ONGOING PROGRAMS. OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS IS INCLUDES MAJORITY OF OUR FACILITIES RELATED SPEND ASSOCIATED WITH THE COM COMPLETION OF THAT FACILITY, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ADDRESSING THE FINDINGS THERE AS WELL AS JUST GENERALLY MAINTAINING OTHER NEEDS WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY AND INCLUDING OUR EQUIPMENT.

THIS YEAR'S DEBT ISSUANCE INCLUDES A VERY SMALL AMOUNT FOR WHAT WE WOULD CLASSIFY AS NEW PROJECTS IN 2025 OF ABOUT 2 MILLION.

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AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT IMPACT OUR TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM.

THANKS ALISON.

SO WE ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE A DEEPER DIVE TO SOME, SOME OF THE, UH, FACTORS THAT WILL IMPACT HOW THE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY OUR COST OF BORROWING OR HOW MUCH REVENUE WE HAVE, HOW MUCH CAPACITY WE HAVE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST ONE IS THE TAX BASE AS THE TAX BASE INCREASE THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO PROVIDE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BUT OF COURSE, UH, ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF THE TAX BASE DROPS, THAT MEANS THAT CAPACITY WOULD SHRINK.

INTEREST RATES ALSO PLAY INTO HOW WE DETERMINE OUR CAPACITY.

SO IN IT, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT INTEREST RATES, YOU KNOW, AT 2%, TWO AND A 5%, WHICH IS EXTREMELY LOW, HISTORICALLY LOW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, INTEREST RATES HAVE MOVED BACK INTO WHAT ARE REALLY NORMAL INTEREST RATE MARKETS, BUT THEY'RE HIGHER, MUCH HIGHER THAN THOSE HISTORIC LOWS.

SO WE ARE NOW MORE IN AN INTEREST RATE MARKET OF 3.5% TO FOUR.

UM, WE WE'LL SHOW IN A SLIDE MOVING FORWARD.

WE ALWAYS ASSUME THOUGH, THAT WE'RE IN AN AN INTEREST RATE MARKET THAT WILL INCREASE AND THAT IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS.

SO ONCE WE ISSUE THE DEBT, THAT IS NOW A COMMITMENT TO THESE INVESTORS TO PAY THAT.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT THE TAX RATE ALSO IMPACTS YOUR CAPACITY.

JUST SIMILAR TO THE TAX BASE.

YOU KNOW, THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAD A SIX AND A HALF CENT TAX RATE INCREASE TO FUND THAT.

BUT AS ADDITIONAL NEEDS COME IN, AS INTEREST RATES SPIKE AS TAX-BASED DROPS, THAT'S ANOTHER LEVER THAT COUNCIL HAS IS TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS GET COMPLETED.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE CHANGE IN PROJECT COST.

AND THIS REALLY CAME TO LIGHT WITH THE, THE SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES INFLATION THAT WE EXPERIENCED AFTER COVID.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INFLATION RESERVES NOW IS BECAUSE INFLATION HAS REARED ITS UGLY HEAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED SEVERAL OF OUR PROJECTS.

SO INCREASED COST ALSO, UM, CAN CAUSE LESS CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

AND ONE THING NOT LISTED HERE THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY, UH, IS BOND RATINGS AS WELL.

SO AS BOND RATINGS GO DOWN, THEY PLAY INTO THIS INTEREST RATE CATEGORY.

SO IF A BOND RATING GOES DOWN, UH, THE INTEREST RATES WILL GO UP.

AND I'LL GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL AS I AND TALK THROUGH UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH WHEN IT COMES TO BOND RATINGS HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR TAX BASE GROWTH IN THE GREEN IS THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT.

SO IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEBT DONUT, AS WE CALL IT, THERE'S OVER $500 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR FUTURE NEEDS.

THOSE THREE YEARS PLAY RIGHT INTO THAT.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A TAX BASED GROWTH SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE OUR, OUR HISTORICAL NORM, WHICH IS THAT RED LINE THAT IN THAT HAS CREATED THE CAPACITY TO DO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE ALWAYS CONSERVATIVE ONE IN OUR PROJECTIONS ON TAX BASE.

BUT TWO, I WANNA MAKE COUNCIL AWARE THAT BASED OFF OF HOUSING PRICES IN THE MARKET WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE TAX BASE GROSS WILL NOT BE AT THESE HISTORIC LEVELS MOVING FORWARD.

AND IN FACT, IN 2026 WE ARE PROJECTING A 4.9% INCREASE.

AND REALLY WHAT THIS IS RELATED TO IS THE CARRYOVER OF WHAT WE CALL CAP LOSS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO THE ASSESSED VALUE OF YOUR HOME CAN ONLY GO UP 10% PER YEAR.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE 16.4%, 12.7 AND 11.2, THERE'S A PORTION THAT'S CALLED CAP LOSS THAT WILL ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT AFTER THAT, WE ANTICIPATE IN ACTUALITY THAT THAT RED LINE, OUR HISTORICAL NORM IS WHERE WE WILL BE.

BUT AGAIN, FROM A DEBT MODEL PROJECTION METHOD, WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS, BOTH OUR EXISTING DEBT AND THE UPCOMING DEBT THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.

AND HERE'S A LOOK AT INTEREST RATES.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT WAS AT HISTORIC LOWS.

I MEAN IT GOT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 2.1% IN 2022.

AND REALLY THE KEY HERE IS TO LOOK AT WHAT FROM FEBRUARY TO MAY, WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THIS COULD EASILY HAPPEN AGAIN BASED OFF OF FEDERAL RESERVE POLICY.

YOU

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CAN SEE THERE THAT WHEN INFLATION REALLY STARTED TAKING OFF, IT SPIKED QUICK.

NOW IT WASN'T A A A A AN OUTRAGEOUS PERCENTAGE, BUT IT WAS A HUGE SHIFT FROM WHERE WE WERE AT.

SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO REACT FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WE, YOU KNOW, AND MANY OF YOU WERE THERE FOR THAT JUNE RETREAT WHERE WE HAD TO, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW INFLATION WAS IMPACTING OUR CIP, BUT THIS IS MAINLY SHOWING TO SHOW YOU WHY WE SHOW AN INFLATION ON OUR INTEREST RATES OUT INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT CAN SPIKE RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

SO MOVING FORWARD, WE ALWAYS ASSUME THAT INTEREST RATES WILL GO UP.

SO AS A COUNCIL, Y'ALL ALL RECALL LAST SPRING WE HAD A DOWNGRADE IN OUR FITCH RATING.

PRIOR TO THAT WE WERE AAA WITH FITCH AND AA PLUS WITH S AND P FITCH MADE A DRASTIC CHANGE IN THEIR RATING CRITERIA AND WHAT THEY DID IS MADE 40% OF THEIR RATING ASSOCIATED WHAT THEY CALLED DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THREE THINGS, POPULATION GROWTH, MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AND EDUCATION LEVELS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS COMPARE THOSE THREE THINGS TO THE OTHER CITIES THAT THEY ARE RATING AND DETERMINE WHERE WE FIT COMPARED TO THOSE.

AND BASED OFF THEIR ANALYSIS, THEY CLASSIFIED US AS WEAK.

SO WHEN YOU'RE WEAK IN 40% OF YOUR CRITERIA IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE UP THAT DI THAT CHANGE IN ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES WHICH ARE FINANCIAL RESILIENCE, WHICH WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TRIPLE A IN AND ALSO OUR LONG-TERM DEBT BURDENS.

BUT AS YOU COULD SEE, OUR INTENT IS TO INCREASE OUR DEBT ISSUANCE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE Y'ALL AWARE THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT FITCH WILL MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR BOND RATING.

AND WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS WHAT A RATING CHANGE MAY LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO AAA.

SO AAA IS THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN RECEIVE.

HIGHEST CREDIT QUALITY OUT THERE, MOVING TO AA PLUS, WHICH WHERE, WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY LOWER CREDIT BUT STILL EXTREMELY GOOD.

YOU SEE ABOUT A FIVE BASIS POINT TO 10 BASIS POINTS SHIFT FROM BEING AAA.

THE AA IS WHERE I WANNA FOCUS 'CAUSE WE ARE AA PLUS RIGHT NOW.

AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF NEEDS AND INVESTMENTS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR OUR COMMUNITY, I WANT THAT IS REALLY THE TARGET AREA WHERE I'M THINKING BASED OFF OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS WHERE FITCH MAY PLACE US IN THE FUTURE.

NOT SAYING IT WILL BE THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS AT AA.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AT AA PLUS TO AA, AGAIN THAT'S ANOTHER FIVE BASIS POINT CHANGE.

AND TO PUT THAT INTO FINANCIAL, UH, TERMS ON A BILLION DOLLAR CAPACITY, IF WE ISSUE A BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT'S ABOUT $150,000 OF INCREASED INTEREST COST PER YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT AND IT'S WELL WITHIN OUR DEBT MODEL AND WELL WITHIN OUR CAPACITY.

HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO START MOVING FURTHER DOWN THAT LIST, THE CHANGE IN THE INTEREST RATES BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT.

AND IN FACT AT THAT POINT I FEEL THAT THERE IS STRONG DECISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT THE GIVE AND TAKE ON AND REWARDS OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN PLACE.

BUT AGAIN, WE DID A THOROUGH ANALYSIS WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS LOOKING THROUGH BOTH S AND P AND FITCH'S RATING CRITERIA IN MINUTE DETAIL.

AND WE FEEL THAT THE AA IS THE AREA WHERE WE MAY BE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THAT.

UM, IF WE WERE STILL WANTING TO TRY TO STAY AA PLUS, I WILL SAY THAT IT WILL REMAIN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THE CIP THAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY OR THE BOND PROGRAM.

AND WHEN I SAY SIGNIFICANT, PROBABLY AT LEAST HALF OF THAT 500 MILLION GONE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

AND THE REASON AGAIN, IS WHEN 40% OF YOUR RATING CRITERIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS OUT OF YOUR CFO'S CONTROL, FINANCIAL CONTROL, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.

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MOVING BACK TOWARDS OUR 2025 PROPOSED CIP YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, MOVING INTO OUR UTILITY AND INTERNAL SERVICE AREAS, UM, OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST OF THIS CATEGORY AT ALMOST 64% OF OUR 2020, UH, FIVE PROPOSED CIP AROUND 213.8 MILLION FOLLOWED BY OUR WASTEWATER AND WATER UTILITIES.

OUR TOTAL UTILITY AND INTERNAL SERVICE PRO PROGRAM FOR 2025 IS PROJECTED TO BE 335.3 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 21.7 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR.

CIP.

THE UTILITY PROGRAM AND INTERNAL SERVICE PROGRAM IS PROJECTED TO BE SUPPORTED BY A PROJECTED UTILITY REVENUE BOND ISSUANCE OF 149.8 MILLION AND A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION IN ISSUANCE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH OUR SANITATION UTILITY PRIMARILY FOR EQUIPMENT OF 7.5 MILLION FOR A TOTAL, UH, REVENUE SUPPORTED DEBT REQUIREMENT IN 2025 OF 157.3 MILLION.

IN THIS YEAR'S CIP WE ARE PROPOSING OR CONTINUING THE USE OF SOME OF OUR STORM WATER UTILITY FUND.

UM, THE PROJECTION YOU SAW EARLIER IN THE DEBT DONUT THAT 43 MILLION HAS ALREADY BACKED THESE PROJECTS OUT OF THAT.

WELL YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL IN FY 2324 OPERATING BUDGET, WE HAD CLOSER TO 47 40 8 MILLION PROJECTED BASED ON THAT THREE YEAR, UH, GRADUAL RATE INCREASE TO BRING US TO THE METROPLEX AVERAGE AT THAT TIME.

BASED ON THAT STRATEGY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY 5.7 MILLION OF THAT DEBT, ER, INCREASED DEBT SERVICE CAPACITY TO PROJECTS IN THE CIP LEAVING APPROXIMATELY 43 MILLION IN OUR, UH, RESERVES FOR FUTURE YEARS TO BE APPLIED TO DRAINAGE PROJECTS AS STUDIES OR NEEDS ARISE.

SO HERE IS THE PROJECTED USE BY PROJECT AND THIS YEAR, CIP, UM, OF THAT STORMWATER UTILITY RATE, UM, EITHER THE ISSUANCE OF COS OR A CASH TRANSFER.

FINALLY, WE GET TOWARD THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE OUR REVIEW CALENDAR.

UM, WE'LL HAVE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS MONTH AND HOPE TO BE READY, UH, TO SEEK COUNSEL APPROVAL IN EARLY FEBRUARY.

AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, UH, OVERVIEW PRESENTATION.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? I SEE NONE.

AND, UH, COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL WORK SESSION, UH, RIGHT NOW ON THE 28TH.

ON THE 21ST WE'LL MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THAT'S NEEDED OR NOT, UM, WHICH UH, HONESTLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE USED THAT SPECIAL MEETING, BUT, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL KEEP THAT ON THE CALENDARS, UH, JUST IN CASE.

AND THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT THERE.

SO, UH, WE WILL,

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UH, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR STAFF PRESENTATIONS.

UH, UP FIRST, UH, THIS IS UNDER ITEM SEVEN, SEVEN A IS PARKS AND RECREATION.

GO, GO AHEAD, COUNCIL, WHILE THEY'RE, UH, GETTING THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP, I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OTHER NOTES.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGED THIS YEAR.

IT JUST HAS MY WHEEL SPINNING.

AND, AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR TOO, AND, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT EVIDENCED HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS, IS THAT, UH, WE REACHED OUT TO YOU TO ASK WHAT PROJECTS YOU WANT TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.

UM, TRYING TO CUSTOMIZE, UH, THIS WORKSHOP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE'RE PRESENTING NOT ON EVERYTHING, BUT ON PROJECTS THAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT.

UM, WE ALSO LEFT THE OPTION OPEN FOR, UM, DOING WRITTEN BRIEFINGS ON PROJECTS LEADING UP TO THE PRE UP TO THE WORKSHOP AS WELL.

AND SO, UH, YESTERDAY WE EMAILED OUT, UH, WHAT THOSE WRITTEN BRIEFING PRESENTATIONS WERE.

UM, AND WE DO HAVE THOSE IN OUR BACK POCKET IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALSO ASKED, UM, ARE THERE SOME PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT ARE TOWARDS COMPLETION OR OTHERWISE THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT PRESENTED, UH, TODAY? AND THERE WERE THOSE,

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UH, THERE WERE A FEW HANDFULS OF THOSE AS WELL.

SO, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON, ON HELPING US KIND OF CUSTOMIZE THIS WORKSHOP.

AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR TIME FOR YOU.

WE WANNA MAKE IT AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

AND, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THIS PROBABLY, UH, IS GONNA PLAY OUT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST.

UM, HOPEFULLY IN A, IN A GOOD WAY, UM, SINCE WE TRIED TO CUSTOMIZE, CUSTOMIZE IT TO, UH, FIT YOUR NEEDS.

SO I'M GONNA STOP TALKING , AND YOU CAN START TALKING.

UH, HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER.

WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO GO OVER THE PARKS AND RECREATION.

CIP OUR FIRST PROJECT IS NOT PULLING UP.

HMM.

VERY WEIRD.

UH OH.

OH, WELL, I JUST, OKAY.

UH OH.

THAT IS NOT OUR PROBLEM.

NOT OUR FAULT.

WHERE'S THE, OH, THERE.

CRISIS AVERTED FOR NOW.

DON'T GO TOO FAR, .

SO OUR FIRST PROJECT IS SURF AND SWIM.

UH, THIS, UH, PROJECT IS FOR THE COMPLETE, UH, REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FACILITY WITH A MODERN REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTER.

UH, SUPER EXCITED.

THIS PROJECT IS UNDERWAY.

UH, TO REMIND YOU, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE SLIDE TOWERS, LOTS OF SHADE, UH, KID PLAY AREA.

WE HAVE A LAZY RIVER, SO, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE PARTY ROOMS, THE ADMIN BUILDINGS, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OUT THERE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WAS EXISTING IS NOW GONE, AND THEY'RE QUICKLY WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OF THE AQUATIC, UH, AMENITIES.

AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE PARKING LOT AND THE OVERFLOW PARKING TO GET THAT GOING.

THERE IS AN INCREASE FROM THE 2024 CIP OF $6.4 MILLION, AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE INFLATION RESERVES BEING APPLIED TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION BID AWARD AMOUNT.

THIS IS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE QUARTER ONE OF 2026, WHICH WOULD GIVE US AMPLE TIME TO GET READY AND BE OPEN FOR THAT 2026 OPERATING SEASON.

SO THIS WAS FOR THE COMPLETE, UH, RENEWAL OF HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER AND THE AQUATICS, UH, FACILITY.

THIS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UH, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF.

IT IS A TWO STORY FACILITY ON THE RECREATION CENTER, APPROXIMATELY 37,000 SQUARE FEET.

LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES, INDOOR WALKING TRACK, DOUBLE GYM, UH, GROUP FITNESS, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, GAME ROOM.

IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALLER COMMUNITY SIZE AQUATIC FACILITY WITH A COUPLE OF SLIDES, SHADE STRUCTURES, AND THEN ALSO LAZY RIVER KID PLAY AREA.

THIS IS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE THE, THIS QUARTER, UH, QUARTER TWO OF 2025.

OUR, UH, CONTRACTOR OUT THERE, HILL AND WILKINSON, HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING ON SCHEDULE.

THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BE OPEN FOR THAT OPERATING SEASON.

WE SEE NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE STARTING PUNCH WALKS HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

SO STAFF HAS JUST BEEN PREPPING ON ORDERING FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THAT FUN STUFF, GEARING UP.

SO, SUPER, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

I'M MATT BRANDS US, UH, TO JOHN PAUL JONES.

JOHN PAOL IS A, A GREAT PROJECT.

UH, THIS HAS SOME TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT TOO.

UH, THE MAIN, THE MAIN PART OF THIS PROJECT IS REDOING THE BOAT RAMP, UH, REDOING THE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS, IS SORELY NEEDED.

UM, ADDING A COURTESY DOCK, REDOING THE FISHING PIERS, ADDING A KAYAK LAUNCH STATION, UH, AND REALLY KIND OF TAKING, UH, THE ONE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN BACK TO ITS, ITS FULL GLORY.

SO THERE WAS, UH, AN INCREASE OF 2.2 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S CIP.

THAT IS TO DESIGN THE ENTIRE PROJECT OUT AND TO COVER COST ESCALATIONS FOR COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION.

UM, THE REASON THAT YOU SEE A A A A COMPLETION DATE OF 2027 IS BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT, THE WATER EASEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THE PLAN HAS TO BE REVIEWED BOTH BY THE CITY OF DALLAS AND BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

UH, WE WILL PUSH THOSE AS HARD AS WE CAN, BUT WE ESTIMATE THAT THAT'S GONNA TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS TO GET DONE.

UH, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT ON THEIR REVIEW PROCESS, UH, TILL WE CAN MOVE FORWARD INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SECOND, UH, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, THIS WAS, UH, ADDING A EIGHT FOOT, UH, WR IRON FENCE AROUND THE SKATE PARK.

UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INCREASES IN POLICE ACTIVITY OUT THERE IN POLICE CALLS.

WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN, UH, GRAFFITI AND IN VANDALISM AND A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE SKATE PARK.

AND SO ONE

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WAY THAT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HELP CONTROL SOME OF THAT AND TO BRING SOME CONTROL BACK TO THE PARK IS BY FENCING THIS OFF.

UH, SO THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING CAMERAS.

UH, WE ACTUALLY WILL START TRENCHING FOR THE FIBER OPTICS AND THE ELECTRIC NEXT WEEK.

UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER REPAIRS WE NEED TO DO, AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS FENCE WILL BE GOING UP SOMETIME MID-MARCH.

UH, SO THERE'LL BE COMMUNICATION THAT WILL BE, UH, COORDINATED WITH WHEN WE DO THIS.

WE ANTICIPATE A LITTLE BIT OF BLOW BACK WHEN WE FIRST PUT IT UP.

BUT I THINK, AND LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, HAVING THAT CONTROL BACK IN WILL HELP WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD.

SECOND NEXT IS WIND JOICE COMMUNITY PARK.

THIS IS AN EXCITING, IT DIED AGAIN.

I'LL KEEP TALKING UNTIL IT CATCHES UP.

UH, THIS IS AN UN CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED PARK, UH, THAT IS RIGHT ALONG LAKE RAY HUBBARD, WHICH IS, UH, SO BE ABLE TO AMEN.

ANIZE THIS PARK IS GONNA BE AWESOME.

UH, TBG DID A FANTASTIC JOB, I THINK, IN THE DESIGN AND KEEPING THE NATURAL FEEL OF WHAT THIS PART CURRENTLY IS AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN.

UH, THIS IS AT THE 90%, UH, PLAN REVIEW STAGE IS CURRENTLY WITH ENGINEERING.

UM, THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE A NEW PARKING LOT.

UH, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS WAS NOT TO HAVE PARKING ON STREET.

SO HAVING A PARKING LOT WAS A, UM, A BIG PIECE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREET, UH, RESTROOM, UH, A PLAYGROUND, UH, FISHING, UH, PIERS OR A BOARDWALK AREA.

UH, AND LOTS OF WALKING AND NATURAL AREAS TO BE ABLE TO HANG OUT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS UNDER THE 90% REVIEW.

UH, EVERYTHING GOING TO, TO AS PLANNED.

WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE GOING OUT TO BID, UH, LATER.

AND WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER WITH CONSTRUCTION, THAT WILL BE STARTING, YOU KNOW, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER TIMEFRAME.

UH, GREEN BELT, THE MEADOW CREEK GREEN BELT, UH, DRAINAGE PROGRAM.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ENGINEERING PROGRAM I CHECKED WITH ENGINEERING.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN FOR THIS.

UH, THIS IS TO FIX AND REPAIR OLD GIAN BASKETS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, UNDERMINED.

AND SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING OUT THAT DESIGN.

AND WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS, UH, LATER IN THE YEAR.

UH, AND IF THERE'S, UH, MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I KNOW MIKE'S HERE AND HE COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THOSE.

UH, SO SUMMARY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL, UH, CIP IMPACT THIS YEAR IS 71, UH, RIGHT AT 71 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, WE GOT LOTS OF GREAT PROJECTS.

THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PROJECTS BREAKING GROUND THIS COMING YEAR, WHICH IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.

UH, PLUS WE'LL ALSO BE DOING THE RIBBON CUTTING ON, UH, HOLFORD, UH, REC CENTER AND AQUATIC CENTER, AND ALSO THE TENNIS CENTER, UH, IS RIGHT ON TRACK.

AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, BEING DONE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING, UH, GROUNDBREAKINGS AND SOME REALLY EXCITING RIBBON CUTTINGS, UH, THIS YEAR WITHIN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

AND SO, JUST AS A QUICK COMPARISON FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL CIP PROJECTS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THOSE, UH, IN YOUR SHEET AND WE COVERED WHAT THOSE INCREASES WERE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

UH, WE'RE GETTING SOME VERY STRANGE MESSAGES ON OUR SCREENS.

UM, I MAY NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE BOARD.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM LUCK BECAUSE ELECTRONICS HAVE GONE OUT THE WINDOW HERE TODAY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A NEW ONE.

I DIDN'T LIKE THE COLD EITHER.

GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND, AND I, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR MIC ON BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GONNA HAVE THAT OPTION SPEAK.

NOT WORKING.

SPEAK WITH YOUR PRESENTATION VOICE.

NICK CAN TURN.

NICK CAN TURN MIC SIGNING OFF FROM THE, HOPEFULLY LET'S REBOOT THIS.

GO AHEAD.

ACTUALLY, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR PARK COUNT WILL BE AFTER WE COMPLETE THESE NEW PARKS IN THE CIP, WHAT OUR PARK COUNT WILL BE.

SO OUR OVERALL PARK COUNT, UH, ISN'T GONNA CHANGE.

WE HAVEN'T, YEAH.

63 PARKS.

WE HAVEN'T ADDED ANY NEW PARKS.

WE'RE JUST DEVELOPING PARKS THAT WE HAD BEEN UNDEVELOPED, UH, OR REPLACING OLD, UH, THINGS IN, IN EXISTING PARKS.

AND I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE IS NEXT UP.

JOHN PAUL JONES, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY NOW FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND WE'RE STILL TALKING MAYBE, UH, TWO MORE.

CAN YOU GIVE ME SOMEWHAT OF A, A GUIDELINE OR THOUGHTS ON PROCESSES IN THE WAY OF, WE'RE LOOKING AT

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AND THE WIN JOYCE PARK, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME TIMELINES? I SEE HERE YOU'RE SAYING SECOND QUARTER MAYBE FOR, UM, WIN JOYCE PARK.

SO YEAH, WIN JOYCE, WIN JOYCE IS, IS, IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.

WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE 90% REVIEW STAGE, SO EVERYTHING IS LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD THERE.

UM, I ANTICIPATE THAT'S GONNA GO TO BID, UM, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A CONSTRUCTION, UM, LET ON THAT ONE OF PROBABLY LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER TO BE CONSERVATIVE, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES WELL.

UM, SO THAT ONE'S MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES.

UH, JOHN PAUL JONES, UM, IS A VERY CHALLENGING SITE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE WATER EASEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THAT ONE.

UM, ALSO WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

AND ANDY'S PROBABLY GOT SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO THAT ONE THAT I'LL LET HIM ANSWER.

I, I DO.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, FRUSTRATIONS RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS IT'S A TWO STEP GRANT.

THE, THE BEGINNING OF THE GRANT WAS FOR THE DESIGN ONLY.

AND THEN, SO ONCE THE DESIGN IS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, IT GETS NOT ONLY SUBMITTED TO DALLAS, IT CAN BE A CONCURRENT REVIEW, BUT ACTUALLY THE LONGER REVIEW IS LIKELY TO BE THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, WHICH THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY REVIEWING AGENCY.

IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT.

AND SO IT GOES TO, UH, UNCLE SAM TO REVIEW FISH AND WILDLIFE, UH, UH, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, UH, SEVERAL REVIEWS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT EXTENDED TIMELINE IS THERE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL, UH, FUNDING, IT REQUIRES THEM TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TIME THAT IT TAKES.

SO IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT, BUT IT IS, IT IS ULTIMATELY GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT.

AND YES, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE INFLATION, BUT THAT SECOND REVIEW, OR I'M SORRY, THAT SECOND PART OF THE GRANT IS WHEN YOU GET DETERMINED HOW MANY OF THE DOLLARS YOU'VE REQUESTED ARE THEY GONNA GRANT.

SO IT'S AN UP TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT, WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED.

SO THAT, THAT'S PARTIALLY, WELL, MOSTLY WHY THAT TIMELINE IS LIKE THAT.

RIGHT.

JOHN PAUL JONES, REALLY, WE'RE JUST IN THE, WE'RE AT THE MERCY YES, SIR.

OF THE REVIEW PROCESS.

UH, IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE THING ON WHEN JOYCE, JUST TO KIND OF MANAGE EXPECTATIONS THERE.

I IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE DO HAVE, UM, THE, THE FISHING PIER BOARDWALK ITEMS AS AN ADD ALTERNATE IN THE BID PROCESS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND THE INFLATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

IT MAY BE FINE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD HAVE A CLEAN DESIGN, A CLEAN BREAK, AND THEN MAYBE IN FUTURE CIPS, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE THE, THE CUT IN THE BUDGET, WE COULD COME BACK WITH TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS FOR JUST THE FISHING PIER AND THE LITTLE BOARDWALK PIECE.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PARKS AND REC? YOU KNOW, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, PUNCH IN AND SEE IF IT, SOMETHING HAPPENS.

SAYS MIC IS ON.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, IT'S NOT COMING UP IN MY QUEUE SYSTEM.

IS YOUR MIC ON NOW? TESTING? YES.

, WE'LL CALL THAT A 50% SUCCESS RATE , UM, ON THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER COURTS CONVERSION? YES.

UM, ARE YOU IN, ARE YOU KEEPING ANY OF THE TENNIS COURTS YES.

OR TENNIS PLAY, OR HOW WILL YOU JUST GO INTO IT QUICKLY? 'CAUSE I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, GOING TO, WE JUST FINISHED UP THE REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE, THE NEW OPERATOR.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE GETTING ANNOUNCED VERY, UM, SHORTLY.

SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR PROGRAMMING IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, AND THE PLAN WILL BE TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE AS TENNIS, UH, AND SO THAT IF THEY HAVE AN OVERFLOW TOURNAMENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT.

BUT, UH, I REALLY WANNA MEET WITH THE OPERATOR BEFORE WE MAKE THAT FULL DECISION, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST REAL QUICK, CAN YOU PUNCH IN TO SPEAK JUST TO SEE IN TESTING? ALL RIGHT.

TWO TWO .

UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, LOU HUFF PARK.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS DROVE BY, UM, ON A WEEKEND WHEN THEY'RE HAVING, UH, GAMES OUT THERE, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE STREETS IS JUST JAM PACKED.

UM, DO WE HAVE PLANS ON A PARKING AREA FOR THAT? YEAH, SO LOU H PARK AND THE, AND THE DESIGN HAS A, A REDO OF THE PARKING LOT THAT'S THERE, PLUS ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SERVICE ROAD LEADING INTO THE GPL SUBSTATION.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE ADEQUATE PARKING, I FEEL OUT THERE FOR WHAT THIS PARK IS GONNA OFFER AND PLENTY OF LIGHTING.

I'M GONNA ASK KIND OF A, A SILLY QUESTION.

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WE'RE ADDING? AND THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE FIRE STATION THAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT, UM, TRIANGLE,

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SO I JUST WANTED TO, IT WAS FRESH IN MY BRAIN, SO YEAH, WELL, THE, THE, THE ATHLETIC FIELD'S GONNA GO AWAY AND THAT'S GONNA BE A, A LOOP TRAIL OKAY.

IN THAT AREA.

UM, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED, AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVEN HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU GUYS ARE ALL DONE HERE TODAY.

ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PARKS? RIGHT.

I SEE NONE.

THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT WILL MOVE US TO SEVEN B ENGINEERING DRAINAGE AND STORM WATER.

YEAH, I THINK JUST, UM, JUST A NOTE, COUNSEL, IF YOU'RE, UH, IF YOU'RE QUEUED IN TO SPEAK, UH, IF YOU CAN GET THE MICS A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU.

WE'RE HAVING SOME, SOME ISSUES PICKING YOU UP.

SO FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, MR. POLO CHECK, GOOD MORNING.

LEMME HIT.

AND AGAIN, THERE WAS A DELAY IN THIS PROJECT, AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING.

UM, HERE TO PRESENT THE STREETS DRAINAGE AND A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE FOR THE 2 20 25 BOND PROGRAM OR THE CIP AND GETTING STRAIGHT INTO IT.

FIRST PROJECT ON THE LIST THAT, THAT WE'RE MANAGING IS CAHO ROAD FROM PATELLO TO CAMPBELL.

AND I CAN SAY AT LONG LAST IS AN OH FOUR BOND PROGRAM PROJECT.

AND AT LONG LAST, THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND I CAN ATTEST TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S, IT'S FORCED ME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ON HOW I GET IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

, AFTER 20 SOME ODD YEARS OF DISCUSSING IT, IT IS, I I CAN, I CAN PROMISE YOU IT IS HAPPENING, .

AND, AND SO THIS PROJECT STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER AND IT'S, UH, PROJECTED COMPLETION BE THIRD QUARTER OF 2026.

BUT AT LONG LAST, IT DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FROM THE 24 CIP OF A LITTLE ABOUT 1.7 MILLION.

AND THAT'S BASED ON ACTUAL BID PRICES.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS BRAND ROAD.

I WAS HOPING TO HAVE THIS ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY NOW, BUT THERE WE RAN INTO A FEW LITTLE SNAGS.

PROJECT SCOPE REVISIONS HAS IMPACTED THE PROJECT DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND IT'S RESULTED IN SOME DELAYS.

UM, ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE, WE NEEDED TO PERFORM IN TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

WE SENT THIS TO TDOT FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT THEY REQUESTED.

PLUS THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PRICE ESCALATION.

WE REDESIGNED THE ROUNDABOUT AT, UM, RIVER OAKS PARKWAY, THAT, THAT CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF A SCOPE CHANGE.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, SOME OF THE DELAY WE SHOW IS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR IS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY, UH, JUST PEOPLE AREN'T WILLING TO PART WITH THEIR PROPERTY AS MUCH AS WE THINK THAT WE THEY SHOULD.

BUT, UM, BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WE HAVE ONE PARCEL LEFT.

AND THEN ONCE THAT PARCEL IS ACQUIRED, THEN GPNL WILL HAVE TO MOVE THEIR FACILITIES AND THEN SPECTRUM SUBSEQUENTLY SINCE THEY SHARE A POLE.

SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME IN THIS JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO.

WE'RE NOT EXACTLY CER CERTAIN HOW MUCH LONGER THIS ONE PARCEL'S GONNA TAKE, BUT THEN ALSO TO HAVE GPL RELOCATE SPECTRUM AND THEN US BID OUR PROJECT AND GET IT OUT TO CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE PUSHED THIS BACK A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UM, BUT IT SHOULD BE, HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN GET THIS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, I WOULD BE ECSTATIC.

AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR.

IF NOT, IT'LL PROBABLY BE BE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN THE COMPLETION DATE WOULD BE FIRST QUARTER OF 28.

UM, THE NEXT PROJECT, NAMAN SCHOOL ROAD, UH, COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN BID AND AWARDED BY COUNCIL.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO FINISH ALL THE SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO, TO HAVE TO HOLD OUR PRECON PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING SOON.

IT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET, BUT WE HAVE ALL THE PLANS BEING PRINTED UP FOR THE CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.

UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL PROBABLY START IN FEBRUARY BASED ON THE CONTRACTORS, UH, UH, SCHEDULE.

THIS PROJECT DID INCREASE A LITTLE OVER $900,000 BASED ON THE ACTUAL BID PRICES.

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AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

NUMEROUS PARCELS ALONG THIS AREA, AND AGAIN, FRANCHISE UTILITIES DEPENDENT ON US TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY SO THEY CAN MOVE THEIR FACILITIES.

SO IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT.

UH, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE DELAY ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, BUT THIS SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IT WILL BE A LENGTHY CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

AGAIN, PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA, I URGE THEM IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT ROUTE FOR THE TIME THAT THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ADVISABLE TO PROBABLY TAKE THAT DIFFERENT ROUTE 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE TORN UP FOR A WHILE.

UM, NEXT PROJECT, SHILOH, KINGSLEY TO MILLER.

THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE.

WE, WE PERFORMED, UM, THE WIDENING FROM A FOUR LANE TO SIX LANE DIVIDED THOROUGHFARE, UM, ON SHILOH ROAD FROM 6 35 TO KINGSLEY A FEW YEARS AGO.

JUST COMPLETED THAT PROJECT.

THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE.

THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE RTC, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT, BOND MONEY, AND DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING.

UH, WHAT I CAN SAY ON THIS ONE IS THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THIS PROJECT, BUT THERE IS A DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS JUST FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THERE IS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RIGHT OF WAY PARCELS THAT WE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, TO CONSTRUCT IT PROPERLY.

AND THEN ALSO JUST RELOCATION OF UTILITIES.

THERE'S ALSO, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR ON THIS PROJECT, THERE'S FEDERAL FUNDING INVOLVED, WHICH IS THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.

AND WITH THAT, THE STATE REQUIRES, UM, CERTAIN MILESTONE CHECKPOINTS THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THEM FOR THEIR REVIEW.

AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THEIR REVIEW CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM A MONTH TO THREE MONTHS IN SOME CASES.

AND THEN EVEN THIS PAST YEAR ON A, ON ANOTHER PROJECT, THERE ARE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING ON, UH, IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

AND, AND ON ONE OF 'EM, IT TOOK ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS TO GET THE RESPONSE BACK FROM TXDOT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF AT THEIR MERCY WITH SOME OF THIS SCHEDULING.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE DELAY.

I'M NOT GONNA, UH, ACCOUNT ALL OF IT TO THAT, BUT, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE, UM, A NUMBER OF PARCELS AND IT'S GONNA BE LENGTHY.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE, WE'VE PUSHED THIS BACK BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA GET THE RIGHT OF WAY BEFORE UTILITIES CAN MOVE AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT 90% DESIGNED.

IT'S JUST ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, UM, RALLY ROAD CYCLE TRACK.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I'VE BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

THIS PROJECT IS LED AND MANAGED BY DALLAS COUNTY.

AND WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, IS AN ADDITION OF AN INTERIOR LANE.

RIGHT NOW, ETTE ROAD IS BASICALLY A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY, AND THIS WILL ADD A, AN INTERIOR LANE, BASICALLY ON THE NORTHEAST BOUND SECTION OF THE ROADWAY FROM GARLAND TOWARDS ETTE.

AND THEN THEY'LL BLOCK OFF THE OUTSIDE LANE OR THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE CURB AND CREATE A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK ON THIS AREA.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME.

I'VE SEEN CYCLE TRACKS IN MY TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND EVEN IN OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE.

THERE ARE CYCLE TRACKS OUT THERE.

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT I'VE SEEN IN, THAT WILL BE IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA.

I HAVEN'T SEEN REALLY A CYCLE TRACK THAT I KNOW OF OR HAVE SEEN IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE A, ONE OF A KIND FOR US ANYWAY IN GARLAND.

AND I THINK, UM, IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE METROPLEX AREA, BUT IT'S, IT'S A EXCITING PROJECT.

THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED THIS PROJECT OR THIS, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE 1.85 MILLION, UM, BACK MONDAY NIGHT AT THE WORK SESSION.

AND YOU'LL BE SEEING IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THE JANUARY 21ST.

ONCE WE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, IT GOES BACK TO DALLAS COUNTY, THEY APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AND THEY WILL AWARD THIS PROJECT, THEIR PS TO AWARD THIS PROJECT, I BELIEVE MARCH 4TH OR MARCH 7TH.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH DAY IT WAS.

AND THEN, UM, I'M EXPECTING THEM TO START CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY THIS SUMMER, PROBABLY JUNE OR JULY TIMEFRAME.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS FROM YES, MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE.

MORNING, MIKE.

GOOD MORNING.

APOLOGIZE FOR STOPPING YOU RIGHT THERE, BUT NO, THAT'S FINE.

I'LL GET IT RIGHT NOW.

I WON'T GET IT.

TWO-WAY CYCLERS, UM, HAVE MORE SAFETY, IF YOU WILL.

, , UH, IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO REQUIRE ANY PROPERTY ACQUISITION? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE WIDENING THE, THE ROADWAY THERE.

NO, SIR.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY WIDENING TO THE INSIDE TO THE MEDIAN.

SO THE NEW LANE WILL BE BUILT WHERE THE, UH, RAIL ROAD HAS A VERY WIDE MEDIAN RIGHT NOW DOES.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING THE LANE AND THE LEFT MO AND RECONSTRUCTING THE LEFT TURN LANES WHERE THEY EXIST TODAY.

WE'LL JUST BE MOVING THAT PAVEMENT TO THE INSIDE.

AND THEN WE'LL BE BUILT, THEY'LL BE BLOCK OFF THE CURRENT OUTSIDE LANE, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE CURB.

AND THERE'LL BE A, A BARRIER BETWEEN THE DRIVING LANES AND THE CYCLE TRACK SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE

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AND THEN, SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO ACQUIRE ANY RIGHT OF WAY.

I WON'T BE GETTING ANY CALLS REGARDING THAT .

I'M, I'M HOPING NOT.

WE, WE ARE CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS, , WE ARE CONSTRUCTING NEW SIDEWALKS WITH THIS AS WELL.

SO, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE TOO MANY PHONE CALLS.

UM, SO WE SHOULD BE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

THAT SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER.

UM, DOWNTOWN DART SIDEWALKS, WE INCLUDED THIS SLIDE, THIS PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED WITH THE NEW SIDEWALK PROGRAM, AND WE SPLIT THIS PROJECT OUT AS A STANDALONE PROJECT THIS YEAR.

IT ACTUALLY HAS $3.3 MILLION FROM FEDERAL FUNDING.

AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM THAT HAS FEDERAL FUNDING.

FORTUNATELY FOR THIS PROJECT, THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD TO GO THROUGH THE HOOPS WITH THE DESIGN AND THE SELECTION OF A CONSULTANT AND THAT TYPE OF THING, UH, TO HAVE EACH ONE REVIEWED BY THE STATE.

BUT, UM, THIS PROJECT IS 90% COMPLETE AS FAR AS DESIGN.

WE WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS BASICALLY FROM THE DOWNTOWN DART STATION TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO THE EAST ALONG WALNUT STREET, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THAT AREA.

UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER EXPRESSION, THERE'S WHAT WE CALL COW TRAILS THAT ARE WORN OUT, WHERE PEOPLE WALK ON THE DIRT ALL THE TIME.

WELL, THIS COW TRAIL'S NOT JUST ONE THIS WIDE, IT'S ABOUT TWO OR THREE FEET WIDE, IF YOU'VE EVER WALKED OR, OR DROVE ALONG WALNUT STREET TO SEE THIS.

UM, BUT ADDING SIDEWALKS TO THIS AREA IS A BIG, IS A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMUTERS THAT COME IN ON THE TRAIN AND WORK OVER THERE IN THIS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING SIDEWALKS THERE.

THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THIS YEAR, WE, THERE'S TWO RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

WE ACTUALLY CROSSED THE DG AND O RAILROAD AND WE CROSSED THE CPKC, WHICH IS THE CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY, WHICH USED TO BE THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILROAD IF, IF YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THAT.

BUT, UM, WE'RE CROSSING THOSE.

AND MOST LIKELY, MUCH OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS YEAR IS, IS CONTRACTING WITH DGNO AND CPKC TO INSTALL THE PANELS SO THAT WE CAN CONSTRUCT OUR SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

WE HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH THEM SEPARATELY, THEY GO OUT AND BUILD IT.

ONCE THEY BUILD THAT, OR AT LEAST HAVE IT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEN WE WILL BID OUR PROJECT AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE REST OF THE PROGRAM OF, OF THE SIDEWALKS ALONG THERE.

THERE'S ALSO ONE OTHER SIDEWALK.

UM, THERE'S SIDEWALKS DOWN FIRST STREET AS YOU SEE BETWEEN WALNUT AND AND MAIN STREET.

AND THERE'S ALSO A SIDEWALK THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING, UM, RIGHT THERE AT MARS AND CASTLE, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE NEED A SIDEWALK THERE AS WELL.

SO THIS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S BEEN PLANNED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND, AND WE'RE FINALLY FI GETTING TO SEE THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR FOR THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, FRANK.

OH, MR. WILLIAMS. HEY MICHAEL.

HOW YOU DOING? WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION.

I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER.

I'M GONNA ASK IT ANYWAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE COG FINDING, IS THERE ANY DART FINDING OR IS DART IN ANY WAY INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT DART DART IS FUNNELING THEIR FUNDS THROUGH COG AND THAT'S THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FOR THIS.

SO IT'S A TA SET ASIDE, BUT IT DOES, I BELIEVE IT COMES FROM DART, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY, THEY DID A, WHAT THEY CALL A FINAL MILE OR A FINAL HALF MILE OR MILE.

AND THEY DID A STUDY A FEW, ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO TO SHOW ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT WERE NECESSARY AROUND THAT NEEDED TO BE CONSTRUCTED NEAR THEIR DART RAIL STATIONS FOR PEOPLE WALKING TO GET TO THE, TO THE RAIL STATIONS.

THIS INCLUDED THE DOWNTOWN STATION AS WELL AS OUR JUPITER FOREST STATION AND THE LAST MILE, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, THE LAST MILE.

AND, UM, THEY SUBMITTED FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS, BUT THEY ARE, THEY'RE FUNNELING IT THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BACK TO THE CITIES.

AND THAT'S HOW WE ACQUIRED THIS FUNDING.

BUT THEY'RE NOT REVIEWING THE PLANS, IT'S TDOT THAT REVIEWS THESE PLANS.

TO THREE MONTHS ON SOME OF THE BIDS.

THANK YOU MIKE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS INVOLVED.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, A SUMMARY OF THE CIP PROJECTS IN 25 AS FAR AS THE STREETS, UM, ALL THE PROJECTS WE PRESENTED TODAY, AS WELL AS THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE CIP FOR THIS YEAR AND THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR EACH ONE OF THESE IN 25.

SO WE'RE REQUESTING JUST A LITTLE OVER $40 MILLION.

UM, THERE, THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE THE COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS AND THE TARGETED TARGETED COMPLETION DATES.

SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME HAVE INCREASED, SOME HAVE STAYED THE SAME.

AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING SOME UPTICK ON JUST IN THE LAST TWO

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THE ONE BID THAT DALLAS COUNTY BID WITH THE, UM, R ROAD CYCLE TRACK AND A COUPLE OF THE BIDS THAT WE'VE BID RECENTLY, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PAVING COSTS JUST RECENTLY.

UM, IS THAT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA STAY? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST TEMPORARY? WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT ON THE LAST FEW PROJECTS THAT WE BID.

IT'S, IT'S NOT HUGE, BUT IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE THAT WE HADN'T EXPECTED.

AND THAT'S SOME OF THE INCREASE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RALLY ROAD CYCLE TRACK AS WELL AS, UM, THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER PROJECT, THE, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT IN THERE THAT WE JUST BID.

SO LONG STORY SHORT, HOPEFULLY THIS IS JUST TEMPORARY AND THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING HERE TO LAST.

SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE STREETS? I SEE NONE.

AND JUST A QUICK NOTE.

UH, THE NEIMAN SCHOOL ROAD, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAPPENED THURSDAY, WE CANCELED IT BECAUSE OF WEATHER.

UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT, THAT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD.

SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE GOING OUT, UH, AND IT'LL BE SIX 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT THE NORTH GARLAND BRANCH LIBRARY.

RIGHT.

SO THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD FOR EVERYBODY THAT YES, SIR, UH, IS INTERESTED IN THAT ONE.

UH, THAT, AND I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE.

ALRIGHT, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE SUPPORTED, THERE'S A STORMWATER PROJECT.

UM, THIS PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME TO US.

THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE DUCK CREEK GREEN BELT AREA.

UM, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME TO US A FEW YEARS, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I THINK IN 23.

UH, THEY STARTED ON THIS PROJECT AND THEY SAID, LOOK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT ENGINEERING'S HELP WITH.

AND SO WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU OUT.

UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE TIME, BECAUSE OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAD AND, AND WE HAD A, A VACANCY OR TWO IN OUR, IN OUR CIP DESIGN GROUP, WE HAD BEEN UN UNABLE TO BEGIN THIS PROJECT UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR IN 24, ONCE WE STARTED, PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

SO, UM, SO THE FUNDING THAT WE, WE SHOWED LAST YEAR HAS INCREASED BY TWO POINT, ALMOST 2.8 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE TWO ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS.

THIS IS EROSION ALONG DUCK CREEK THAT HAS BEEN THREATENING NOT ONLY TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT ALSO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO GO OUT AND GET, UM, SOME EROSION PROTECTION DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IN THESE AREAS TO PROTECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOW ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE IS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE, WE TALKED WITH MATT UCH ON THIS PARKS DEPARTMENT, HAVE HAS REROUTED SOME OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN THE AREA AWAY FROM THE CREEK BANK, WHICH MAY HELP US FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT WE CAN GO BACK.

AND, AND SPEAKING WITH MATT, I SAID, WHAT ABOUT LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME MORE VEGETATED, UM, SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN HARD ARMORING WITH GABON'S OR SOMETHING SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY MOVED THIS, WE COULD MAYBE SLOPE THIS BACK.

SO HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN, IN HOPEFULLY LOOKING AT GETTING SOME KIND OF A VEGETATED ANSWER.

IT WOULD ALSO HELP REDUCE THE COST OF THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL.

SO IT'S, IT'S PUSHED THESE PROJECTS BACK A LITTLE BIT.

ONE THAT WE COULD NEVER GET TO IT TO WORK ON IT DUE TO OUR STAFF LEVELS AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL WORK ON THESE OTHER TWO AREAS HAS ADDED, UM, AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR TO THIS PROJECT AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO POSSIBLY REDUCE THE COST OF THIS PRO THIS PROJECT.

BUT THIS IS ONE THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY WANTING TO TRY TO GET, UM, CONSTRUCTED AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AND, UM, WE SHOW THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT TO BE IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 27.

AGAIN, THE SUMMARY OF THESE PROJECTS AND OTHERS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE, UM, THERE'S STORMWATER MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND THE FLOOD DETECTION DEVICES AND THE AUTOMATED GATES, AND THEN THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE IN COST ON THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THESE, THESE PROJECTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK.

THANK YOU MAYOR, COULD YOU JUST TELL US THE LOCATION OF THE AUTOMATED GATES, PLEASE? I HAVE THEM.

I, I WROTE THAT DOWN 'CAUSE I, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER ALL THE LOCATIONS I WAS, THERE ARE FIVE LOCATIONS ON THE AUTOMATED GATES THERE, THERE'S BRAND ROAD, UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY NORTH OF CAMPBELL TOWARDS THE CITY LIMIT AREA.

THERE'S CAMPBELL ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SAME LOCATION BETWEEN BRAND AND WATERHOUSE OR WATER OAK, EXCUSE ME, NOT WATERHOUSE WATER, OAK STREET.

SORRY.

WATERHOUSE IS ON THE SOUTHERN END.

I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S OLD.

THAT'S A SLIP.

THAT THAT, YEAH, THAT'S A BIG REACH.

THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG YES.

NO, I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S CAMPBELL ROAD BETWEEN WATER OAK

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AND BRAND ROAD.

HOLFORD ROAD, WHICH IS THE HOFER ROAD SEGMENT C PORTION, UM, WHERE THAT BRIDGE CROSSES, UH, SPRING CREEK, THEN MILES ROAD AND MILES ROAD IS IS A SECTION JUST SOUTH OF PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.

THERE'S A SECTION UP THERE AND THEN CASTLE DRIVE.

SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE LOCATIONS FOR THE GATES.

AND THE AUTOMATED GATES.

YEAH, WE CAN'T GET THIS OUT SOON ENOUGH, SO, RIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND WATERHOUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOUR MIND JUST PROBABLY WENT, BUT BECAUSE WATERHOUSE AND BOB TOWN WERE CIP PROJECTS FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 10 YEARS EVER .

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANKS.

THANKS AGAIN.

MICHAEL, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE ON THE, THE EROSION, UH, PROJECT? YES, SIR.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TOTALLY SEPARATE.

UH, WITH THAT PROJECT, UM, HOW DOES THAT PROJECT RELATE TO THE KATE WOOD EROSION PROJECT? THIS, THIS PROJECT SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE GATEWOOD PROJECT.

THIS, THIS IS AN EROSION ALONG DUCK CREEK AND PROTECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE'S A STREET AND THEN ON THE, THE TRAIL, THE PARK TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE GREEN BELT AREA, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, THIS PROJECT IS ADDRESSING.

AND SO THIS, THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON, ON, UH, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FLOODING OR DRAINAGE.

IT'S JUST STRICTLY THE EROSION ALONG THIS.

ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU GONNA ADDRESS ANY ASPECTS OF GATEWOOD ON GATEWOOD ON THIS ONE? NO SIR.

NO, NO ON, NOT ON THAT ONE AT ALL TODAY? YES SIR.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL LEAVE THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WONDERFUL SEGUE.

MY QUESTION AT, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS .

UM, I'M PRESENTING GR GATEWOOD DRAINAGE TODAY AS, AS A POSSIBLE UNFUNDED PROJECT, UH, TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

UH, MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, UM, I, I HAD THESE WONDERFUL SLIDES BACK IN AUGUST, I DIDN'T KNOW OH, NO, NO ENOUGH.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINE.

YOU'RE FINE.

AND, UH, I HAD THESE SLIDES BACK IN AUGUST.

UM, JUST A QUICK BRIEF HISTORY.

UH, WE GAVE A, I GAVE A PRESENTATION ON GATEWOOD PROBABLY ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF IMPROVING THE ROADWAY.

AND, AND AT THAT TIME WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED UPSTREAM AND DOWN OR, OR DOWNSTREAM IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE OFFSITE FROM THE ROADWAY ITSELF.

THAT LED TO THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, PROVIDING FUNDING OR APPROVING FUNDING FOR A, A DRAINAGE STUDY OF, OF GATEWOOD ROAD IN THE IMPACTS THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE DOWNSTREAM, UH, DOWNSTREAM PROPERTIES AS WELL AS THE, AS THE CREEKS AND STREAMS. SO WITH THAT, WE PERFORMED THAT, I GAVE A PRESENTATION IN AUGUST OF THIS PAST YEAR ON, ON THE DRAINAGE STUDY.

AND THEN WE'RE BACK FULL CIRCLE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES.

WE'RE MAINLY FOCUSING ON THE GREEN BROOK, WHICH IS THAT NORTHEASTERN DRAINAGE BASIN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT BASICALLY SPLITS GATEWOOD IN HALF.

BUT THE GREEN BROOK SECTION IS WHERE I WANT TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON.

AND AS SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, THIS IS THE INUNDATION MAP OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM EVENT ON THE GREEN BROOK SECTION.

WIND JOCE IS UP AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE PHOTO OR THE, OR THE EXHIBIT.

AND GATEWOOD IS KIND OF IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT PORTION OF THE, OF THE EXHIBIT.

AND THEN ALSO BROADWAY IS OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA BE CONCENTRATING MAINLY GATEWOOD SOUTH TOWARDS BROADWAY BETWEEN GATEWOOD AND BROADWAY.

AND THEN THOSE PROPERTIES THAT YOU SEE INUNDATED THERE.

AND THEN ALSO CONTINUING, AS YOU SEE UP ON THE TOP OF THE, OF THE EXHIBIT ON THIS PAGE, THERE'S THE STREAM OR THERE'S A CREEK, UM, THAT COMES IN, A CHANNEL THAT COMES IN AND DISCHARGES INTO A PIPING SYSTEM UNDERNEATH BROADWAY THAT CONTINUES UNDERNEATH OATS AND THEN INTO STREAM TWO C ONE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INUNDATION MAP ON BOTH OF THESE, THESE PROPERTIES ARE INUNDATED ANYWHERE FROM A HALF A FOOT TO A FOOT, UM, OF WATER ON SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES.

AND THEN EVEN IN BROADWAY AND OATS ROAD INTERSECTION, WHERE DURING A HUNDRED YEAR FREQUENCY EVENT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM AT LEAST A FOOT TO A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE INUNDATING THIS ENTIRE ROAD SECTION DURING THAT TIME.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD NOT

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PROPOSE ANYTHING WITH GATEWOOD AND THE BOX SECTIONS UNDERNEATH GATEWOOD, BECAUSE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED WITH THE ROADWAY AT THE, AT THE TIME WE WORK ON THAT PROJECT.

BUT AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD BE LOOKING DOWNSTREAM, STARTING AT OATS ROAD AND, AND PROPOSING TO INSTALL THE, THE PIPE NECESSARY TO ALLEVIATE THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING AT BROADWAY AND OATS.

AND THEN ALSO THE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN BROADWAY AND GATEWOOD THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING ON THOSE PARCELS OF PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE THAT WE SAW INUNDATED BACK UP A COUPLE SLIDES FURTHER BACK, RIGHT IN THIS AREA ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM HAND CORNER OF, OF THIS EXHIBIT.

SO WITH THAT IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 5.6 MILLION.

AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION, ALL OF THIS, I'M GONNA BACK ALL OF THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE IMPROVED IF AND WHEN WE EVER IMPROVED GATEWOOD ROAD, THESE DOWNSTREAM IMPROVEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE.

SO THE IDEA WOULD BE BREAK IT UP IN SECTIONS.

AND THIS IS WHAT COUNCILMAN WOULD BE PROPOSING IS, IS TO UPSIZE THE BROADWAY AND OATS CULVERTS, WIDEN THE CHANNEL BETWEEN GATEWOOD AND BROADWAY.

TOTAL COST WITH CONTINGENCY.

AND THE REASON WE'RE ADDING THE CONTINGENCY IS, IS ONE, UH, WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR, OUR WORKLOAD AND OUR RESOURCES, WE COULDN'T BEGIN THIS PROJECT UNTIL ABOUT 27, 20 27, BUT THE PROJECT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WATER, UH, THE STORMWATER FEES AND THE STORMWATER RATE.

BUT WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE ABOUT A $6.7 MILLION PRICE TAG TO IMPROVE THIS AREA.

BUT YOU WOULD ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING DOWNSTREAM OF GATEWOOD AND ALL THE PARCELS.

THERE'S 12 PARCELS THAT ARE FLOODING.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME AND RECOMMENDATION.

AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. WELL, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, SAY THANKS TO MICHAEL FOR, UH, FOR HIS RESEARCH AND REPORTING ON THIS PROJECT.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY IF YOU TO APPROVE TO, TO ALLEVIATE THIS FLOODING, UH, UH, TO ACCEPT MICHAEL'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BEGAN ON THE FLOODING, JUST THE FLOODING PORTION TO ALLEVIATE, UH, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN BEEN, UH, WALKING IN FLOODED HOUSES FOR, FOR YEARS AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE.

SO I APPRECIATE, UH, MICHAEL'S, UH, TENACITY, UH, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HEAVY NIGHTMARES WITH ANSWERING MY CALLS, UH, ABOUT THIS.

AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE CAN AND 27, UH, BEGIN TO, TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES SO THAT THESE FOLKS WILL GET SOME RELIEF, UH, DOWN IN, IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU MICHAEL, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

QUESTION FOR MR. CITY MANAGER.

UH, IT IS SAID IT WAS A POSSIBLE UNFUNDED PROJECT.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS? I KNOW WE'VE INCREASED OUR STORM WATER FEE.

IS THIS PROJECT, COULD WE GO FORWARD WITH IT SOONER THAN 2027 WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE? OR DOES IT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME? WELL, FROM A, FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S CAPACITY AND I MIGHT ASK, YEAH, I'M GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM THE MONEY PEOPLE.

SO , OKAY, SO THEN MONEY'S THERE.

IT'S MORE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE, UM, QUESTION I'LL TURN TO, YEAH, THE ENGINEER FOR THE DESIGN, THE, THE SECOND TIME, THIS IS THE SECOND PROJECT YOU BROUGHT UP.

YOU DON'T HAVE CAPACITY AND YOUR ENGINEERING STAFF TO DO THIS PROJECT.

IS THERE ANY REASON WE CAN'T PUT THIS PROJECT OUT FOR BID FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO HAVE SOME OTHER ENGINEERING FIRM DESIGN IT? 'CAUSE IF IT'S GONNA TAKE TILL TWO YEARS TO EVEN START ON DESIGN, I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE A RAINFALL THIS SUMMER AND JUST FLOAT 'EM OUT AGAIN.

I WOULD HATE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, RIGHT? NO, I, YES, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND IN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE HAVE CONTRACTED OUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND WE'VE, WE'VE CONTRACTED OUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE TO OUR, OUR STAFF SHORTAGES.

UM, WE WERE BACK UP TO FULL STAFF, UNFORTUNATELY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A GENTLEMAN DECIDED TO TAKE ANOTHER POSITION WITH ANOTHER CITY, AND SO WE'RE BACK DOWN TO 75% MM-HMM .

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A ROLLERCOASTER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT, UM, WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL MANAGING THAT CONTRACT, PLUS YOU'RE STILL MANAGING THE, THE, THE, UM, THE DESIGN CONTRACT.

IT, IT STILL, IT, IT DOESN'T ALLEVIATE US FROM HAVING, YOU KNOW, OH, WELL THEY CAN GO TAKE CARE OF IT.

IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE

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BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO, UM, GUIDE AND LEAD AS WELL.

THEY, THEY DO SOME OF THE HEAVY LIFTING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MANAGING THE CONTRACTS IN, IN ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS, IT'S, IT'S STILL TAXING ON THE, ON THE STAFF.

UNDERSTOOD.

I, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TAKE THAT HEAVY LIFT, LIKE YOU SAID, OFF OF THE LIMITED CAPACITY THAT YOU HAVE.

AND I KNOW SOME GOOD CIVIL ENGINEERS THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THIS AND GET THE DESIGN DONE VERY SOON.

SO, UH, AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTED, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, OF GETTING THIS MOVING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

LET'S, IF THE FUNDING IS THERE, LIKE HE SAYS, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET ENGINEERING BE THE DELAY THE ENGINEERING DESIGN ABILITY.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR.

I COULD ADD TO THAT.

I, I THINK COUNCIL, IF YOU'RE GIVING US A THUMBS UP ON THE PROJECT, WE'LL GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND RESOURCES AND, AND SEE IF THAT CAN BE HONED, UM, A LITTLE BETTER.

YEAH, I AGREE.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK, THANK YOU.

I SAY THANK YOU.

HANG ON.

OH, I'VE GOT MORE MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE.

I, I WAS GOING TO ALSO ECHO, UH, THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT HAS BEEN STATED BEFORE.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AGO, TOOK ME THROUGH THAT AREA, GATEWOOD AND, UH, THE OTHER AREA THERE, UH, GREEN GREENWOOD, AND I WAS ABLE TO SAY, AND HE TOOK ME THROUGH DURING A TIME THAT IT RAINED AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE AND TO SEE WHAT THOSE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING THROUGH.

SO I ALSO LET CODY SENTIMENT THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, RELIEVE THAT SITUATION, THAT WE DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UH, I DID NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS ONE TO YOU, BUT THERE IS ALSO A BUILDUP OF THE DRAINAGE PIPE ON COUNTRY CLUB AND KERNEL AND, UH, WANTED TO KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT TO YOU TO HAVE IT POSTED THIS MORNING, BUT IS THAT A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, I'M SURE IT IS PART OF SOMETHING, BUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE? I, I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, ONE OF OUR LOCAL FLOODING PROJECTS.

THEY, THE CONTRACTOR WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE PIPE AT A REDUCED COST AND HE, AND HE WANTED TO STOP AND, AND SO, BUT IT'S OVER NEAR TOBIN TRAIL IN THAT AREA.

AND, UM, THERE, THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR STREETS.

I STARTED THE STRAY OUT OF CIP FROM THE OKAY.

AND, AND WE CAN DO IT OFFLINE, BUT THAT I, I SAW THAT SITUATION AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TELA, UH, WE ALREADY GAVE A THUMBS UP, BUT I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK TO GET THE GATEWOOD PROJECT MOVE FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THIS PORTION? ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE CLEAR.

UH, COUNSEL, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UM, OUR LUNCH BREAK.

UM, SO WE, UH, WILL GO INTO RECESS FOR LUNCH AND LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT 1230 AND WE WILL PICK UP WITH FIRE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE IN RECESS.

SO NEXT IS, UH, THE ONGOING PROJECT OF THE FAST BUILDING RENOVATION AND UPGRADE.

UH, WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS.

THIS IS OUR, UH, 2025 BOND PROGRAM AND 2025 CAPITAL, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SPECIAL SESSION.

WE'RE COMING BACK FROM RECESS.

UH, WE ARE GONNA COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN D, WHICH IS FIRE.

AND JUST A REMINDER, WE ARE NOT, UH, THERE'S NOT A POLICE PRESENTATION TODAY.

UH, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AGENDA, THE SLIDES ARE INCLUDED IN EITHER THE WRITTEN BRIEFING OR THE FACILITIES PRESENTATION.

AND WITH THAT CHIEF, MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL CITY STAFF, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING YOUR SATURDAY TO ALLOW US TO COME AND PRESENT OUR PROGRAMS FOR YOU.

UH, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF ON THIS, AND SINCE POLICE IS NOT HERE, IF YOU WANT TO SEND ANY OF THEIR FUNDS MY WAY ON, ON THE , SO I KNEW THAT WAS COMING.

YES, SIR.

IT'S, IT'S A GIVEN, SIR.

I'M SURE JEFF WOULD DO THE SAME.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

OUR, OUR FIRST PROJECT TO PRESENT ON IS RELOCATION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN.

THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT TO BID.

UM, THIS IS A FUNDING CHANGE, UH, FROM THE CIP OF ABOUT 5.6 MILLION.

THIS IS INCREASES DUE TO PROGRAMMING, UH, AND DESIGNING A LARGER STATION TO ACCOMMODATE A DUAL COMPANY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

UM, AND IT'S ALSO BASED UPON THE, UH, OPINION OF PROBABLE COST, UH, FROM THE 95% DESIGN SET OF PLAN.

SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE THIS PROJECT COMES IN.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS ONE WAS A PRETTY MAJOR CHANGE FROM A ENGINE AND AMBULANCE ONLY HOUSE TO NOW A, UH, ENGINE TRUCK AND AMBULANCE IN THE FUTURE HOUSE.

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THE ONLY THING LEFT ON THIS PROJECT IS THE EXPANSION OF THE EIGHT BAY.

WE ARE DOING A 900 SQUARE FOOT ADD-ON TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

UH, IT WILL INCLUDE RESTROOMS, UH, FOR THE BUILDING, UH, AS WELL AS A SCB, A SHOP AND COMPRESSOR FIELD STATION AREA BACK THERE.

SO, UH, THIS WILL BE A PRETTY SMALL PROJECT.

UH, AND, AND THE SCOPE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS RIGHT AT A MILLION.

UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT, TO FINISH IT OUT AROUND 2 68, SUMMARY OF ALL OF OUR, OUR CIP PROJECTS INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF FIRE APPARATUS.

WE DO HAVE THREE ENGINES IN A LADDER TRUCK THAT'LL BE IN THIS YEAR.

UH, BY END OF YEAR WE ANTICIPATE, UM, AMBULANCES, WE ARE STILL FIVE AMBULANCES BEHIND.

WE'RE ADDING THREE MORE IN THIS CIP.

UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO EXPEDITE AMBULANCE PURCHASES, WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE FOR US.

SO ON, ON THESE PROPOSED THREE, UM, FIRE STATION ONE BIDS HAVE BEEN OPENED.

UH, WE HAVE NOT AWARDED THEM YET.

UM, FIRE STATION REMODELING IS IN YOUR WRITTEN BRIEFING WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT WE ANTICIPATE MAYBE GETTING A START ON THAT APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME.

UH, WE, WE'VE ALREADY LET THAT, THAT BID AND, UH, OUR, UH, THEIR STAGING EQUIPMENT GETTING LAG TIMES CLOSED UP SO THAT THEY CAN GET STARTED AND GET MOVING.

COMPARISON 24 25, OUR ONGOING PROJECTS LOOK, UH, PRETTY ARDUOUS WITH, UH, 40 MILLION AND WE'RE REPLACING FIRE APPARATUS, BUT AGAIN, THIS YEAR IT'S 6.9 MILLION.

UH, LOCATE RELOCATE STATION SEVEN AND INCREASE 5.6.

STATION ONE.

WE'RE ABOUT 3.9 SHORT AMBULANCES.

YOU SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT THERE.

THE 3.1, UH, FIRE STATION REMODEL, 1.7 AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

THERE WAS 340,000 OUTSTANDING ON IT.

UH, AND THAT THAT EQUIPMENT, UH, IS, WE BOUGHT NEW HEART MONITORS AND 23 RAN INTO ISSUES OF THE ONES WE BOUGHT.

WE WOUND UP CANCELING THAT CONTRACT, BUYING OTHERS, AND WE WERE ABOUT THREE 40 SHORT.

SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED ON OUR NUMBERS.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU CHIEF.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, AT DIFFERENT VENDORS.

CAN YOU GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE RENOVATION OF THE BEDROOMS FOR THE FACILITIES? YES, SIR.

UH, THE BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT IS THAT CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET, UH, WE HAVE A, A SLIGHT INCREASE ON THAT ONE.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS.

UH, ABOUT 3.9 MILLION, UH, INCREASE ON THAT.

UH, BIG PART OF THAT IS, UH, THE BUDGETING FOR THAT WAS 2018 COSTS.

WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD SIGNIFICANT, UH, INFLATION.

YOU HEARD MATT TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER.

UM, AND THEN ALSO SCHEDULED DELAYS RESULTING FROM EXTENDED EFFORTS AND TIME TO RESOLVE CONCERNS.

OH, THAT'S ON STATION ONE.

SORRY.

THE BEDROOMS, THE DELAYS WE HAD ON IT WERE, UH, BIGGEST ONE WAS HVAC.

WHAT WAS DESIGNED, UM, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR WENT TO SEND OFF THE PLANS AND GET TAKE OFF DONE FROM IT, THE MANUFACTURER SAID THE SYSTEM WON'T WORK.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A REDESIGN ON THE HVAC.

UH, WE'VE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE ON THIS.

THE DECISION WAS MADE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL NEW, UM, BEDROOM AREAS IN THE BACK HALF OF THE BUILDING TO GO AHEAD AND REFRESH THE FRONT HALF OF THE BUILDING WITH FLOORING, UH, PREFACE CABINETS, COUNTERTOPS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, BUT THAT PROJECT IS, UH, IN LINE HOPEFULLY TO START CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL, MAY TIMEFRAME.

AND SO THE AMBULANCE SITUATION, UH, I'M SURE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES ACTUALLY MATTER, MATTER OF FACT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IS WHY WE CAN'T GET THEM.

UH, SO WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? ? THE, THE ALTERNATIVES ARE, UH, TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT VENDORS AND SEE IF THEY'VE GOT A BETTER DELIVERY TIME.

UH, THE, THE DODGE CHASSIS THAT WE USE, UH, ARE, ARE HEAVY DUTY DODGE CHASSIS.

UM, OUR CURRENT VENDOR HAS QUIT SUPPLYING DODGE CHASSIS.

SO WE HAD TO SEEK OUR OWN CHASSIS.

AND THEN ONCE WE SECURED OUR FIVE AMBULANCE CHASSIS, WE GOT IN LINE TO START BUILDING AMBULANCES.

UH, IT ALMOST MADE THE FIRE CHIEF'S HEAD EXPLODE.

WHEN, WHEN WE FOUND THIS OUT, WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT LETTERS OF INTENT WHEN THEY WERE SIGNED, UH, TO, I THOUGHT PUT US IN LINE FOR AMBULANCES.

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WE MAY STICK WITH THE SAME ONE.

WE MAY HAVE TO CHANGE TO A FORD CHASSIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE, WE CAN'T FALL THREE YEARS BEHIND RIGHT ON AMBULANCES, RIGHT WHEN, WHEN WE'RE SCHEDULED TO REPLACE 'EM EVERY FIVE YEARS, THAT OUR FLEET WILL SUFFER SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.

UH, THEY ALWAYS SAY YOU DON'T WANNA BE THE GUY RIGHT AFTER LUNCH, BUT HERE I WAS.

NEXT UP, ITEM SEVEN E, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE, OH, HOLD ON.

OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE HAVE A FIVE PROJECT IN TOTAL, BUT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE PROJECT THIS AFTERNOON.

FIRST PROJECT IS A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION ON THE FIRST STREET.

IT'S BETWEEN MILLER ROAD AND THE MAIN STREET.

THIS IS REALLY TIED TO THE BOTTLENECK, UH, PROJECT.

UM, PACKAGE FOUR, IT'S ON THE BOTTOM.

IT'S REALLY BETWEEN AVENUE D AND THE MAIN STREET.

THAT SECTION IS STILL, UM, RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION.

THAT'S DELAY.

THAT'S THE REASON THAT THIS PROJECT IS DELAY.

HOWEVER, WE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THE FIRST STREET IS ENTRANCE TO DOWNTOWN.

WE, UM, SEE THE LANDSCAPE SIDEWALK BEAUTIFICATION IMPROVEMENT IS NEEDED BUT STILL DESIGNED AND EVERYTHING IS UNKNOWN DUE TO THE, UH, PACKAGE FOR ON THE BOTTLENECK PROJECT.

NEXT PROJECT IS A MEDICAL DISTRICT STREET SCAPING.

UM, WE HAVE A VA REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE CAME, UM, GAVE US, GAVE US UPDATE LAST WEEK, BUT VA CONTINUE INVESTMENT IN OUR MEDICAL DISTRICT.

AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE START DISCUSSING THE, UH, MOU DEVELOPING MOU FOR THE WELLNESS PARK ON THE TRAIL ALONG THE, UH, CREEK SOMETIMES THIS SUMMER.

UM, JUST UPDATE ON THE PARIAN.

THEY ARE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND A MEDICAL DEVELOPER.

THEY OWN A THREE BUILDING IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.

CURRENTLY THEY HAVE THOSE THREE BUILDING.

THEY, UH, ABOUT 80%, UM, OCCUPANCY.

UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, STRONG PROSPECT THEY ARE WORKING ON.

SO THEY ARE EXPECTING ABOUT CLOSE TO 90% BY SECOND QUARTER THIS YEAR FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, WE HAVE LAND USE PLAN ADAPTED 2021.

AND, UM, UH, STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN WAS ADAPTED 2023, BOTH PLAN CALLED OUT.

UM, HIGHLY NEEDED, UH, REVITALIZATION, UH, REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, BUT DEFINITELY MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT.

ALSO, WE WANTED TO TIE TO ALL THE PROJECT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT COMING TO THIS AREA SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR INVESTMENT.

FOR PARTICULAR, THIS FUNDING IS CLARA BARTON CONSTRUCTION DESIGN INCLUDE REDUCED, REDUCED LANE, UM, ENHANCED SIDEWALK SIGNAGE, LIGHT LIGHTING, AND THE LANDSCAPE ON THE CLARA BARTON BECAUSE THIS IS ENTRANCE TO MEDICAL DISTRICT.

BUT AGAIN, THIS, WE ARE GONNA WAIT UNTIL THE, UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN IN THIS AREA, THE LAST PROJECT HALL FORD AND THE NAIMAN FOREST IMPROVEMENT, UM, TO, UM, SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.

UH, THIS FUNDING IS FROM THE, UH, HALL FORD ROAD, SEGMENT B AND C PROJECT.

AND, UH, DESIGN WILL BE BEGIN IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL FOLLOW.

HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE, UH, PROJECT 2025.

WE ARE PROPOSING 23.9 MILLION.

AND IN COMPARISON, THIS IS SLIDE, INCLUDE THE FIVE PROJECT AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE.

AND OF COURSE, UM, REDEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.

UH, I DIDN'T MENTION, HOWEVER, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONGOING PROJECT AND IT'S ON OUR PRIORITY LIST.

WITH THAT, I'M HERE TO, OKAY, EXCUSE ME.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM LUCK.

HI.

HELLO.

UM, SO WITH ALL OF THESE, LIKE STREETSCAPE, MOST OF THESE INVOLVE STREETS MM-HMM .

GATEWAYS AND CORRIDOR TYPE PLACES.

UM, DO YOU HAVE PLANS FOR LIKE AD SPACE THAT WE COULD INCLUDE TO POINT PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION OF DOWNTOWN OR, OR EVEN SOMETHING LIKE A BILLBOARD THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT EVENTS GOING ON AROUND THE CITY? IN THE ONE THAT SHE PRESENTED IS THE REVITALIZATION PROJECT.

I WOULD SAY IN ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, YOU COULD FIND A WAY TO, SO THAT PARTICULAR, THAT ONE'S IS A TRICKY ONE, AND, AND PERHAPS CRYSTAL OR MICHAEL CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL, BUT THE CHALLENGE THERE IS

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THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS.

AND SO THE, THE REVITALIZATION PROJECT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOTTLENECK.

AND SO YOU MIGHT RECALL THE CHALLENGE IS HOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS ACTUALLY, UH, REQUIRED BASED ON THE DESIGN.

SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LIMITED SPACE TO PROVIDE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

LIKE LARGE SIGNS, I, I WOULD SAY IT MIGHT ACCOMMODATE SMALL SIGNAGE, LIKE THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM THAT WE RECENTLY PRESENTED.

UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

I THINK, UH, PRIORITIZING SOME ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK WIDTH TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THERE WAS PART OF THE PRIORITY.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, IT VARIES BETWEEN BLOCKS, SO IT'S HARD TO ANSWER, YOU KNOW, REAL SUCCINCTLY.

BUT, UM, I THINK FROM A SINUS STANDPOINT, IT'S ALWAYS PART OF A PROJECT.

AND I THINK WE WOULD LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR GATEWAY PROGRAM.

UM, BUT I THINK ANYTHING REALLY LARGE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

WELL, IF YOU COULD INCORPORATE ANYTHING THAT WOULD JUST, OF COURSE, MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

UH, ON THE, UH, FOLLOW UP LANDSCAPE, SIDEWALK BEAUTIFICATION, YOU SAID THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, UH, THEY'RE RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF, UH, LAND ACQUISITION.

CAN YOU GIVE US SOME, SOME, A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT ON, ON, ON THAT? HOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS, UH, WITHOUT BEING SPECIFIC, YOU, YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS ON THE LAND ACQUISITIONS NEEDED TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD ANSWER THAT SPECIFICALLY.

WE COULD CERTAINLY GET BACK WITH YOU IN AN EMAIL THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE OF AN ENGINEERING PMO, UH, FUNCTION AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO I THINK, UNLESS CRYSTAL, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD, OR IS THAT SOMETHING IT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THAT BACK TO COUNSEL IN AN EMAIL, UM, BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S SOME FUNCTIONS THERE RELATED TO EXACTLY HOW MANY LANES ARE BEING ADDED FROM WHAT BLOCK TO WHAT BLOCK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, .

SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS ON SOME OF THE LAND ACQUISITION WILL REQUIRE US TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS.

AND THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN AND CAN CONDEMN, CAN AND CANNOT CONDEMN FOR.

SO WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW, IS TRYING TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE STANDARDS THAT, UM, WE'RE ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION? I SEE NONE.

THAT MOVES US TO SEVEN F FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL.

WELL, AFTERNOON, MORNING .

LIBRARY FOLKS TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT THE SCOPE IS GONNA ENTAIL.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

UM, HERE, CAN YOU MAKE HERE TO A FULL SCREEN FOR US, PLEASE? OH, SORRY.

LET ME, YOU CAN TELL HOW OFTEN I DO THIS.

YEAH, GOTCHA.

YEAH, WE CAN DO IT RIGHT UP THERE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR FACILITIES PROGRAMS. UM, HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE EXISTING FACILITY PROGRAM AND, OOPS.

AND PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH LIBRARY, UH, REMEDIATION FROM THE FCA, WE DID THE FCA, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE BUILDINGS, ALL THE NEEDS OUT THERE.

UM, SOME OF THE, THE MONEY FOR THE LIBRARY'S, UH, REMODELS WAS SHIFTED OVER TO HANDLE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.

UM, THE PROJECTED COSTS ON THAT WAS AROUND TWO AND A HALF MILLION, UH, TO 4 MILLION.

AND, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST NOW WORKING WITH MCKINSTRY TO KIND OF NARROW IN WHAT THAT SCOPE LOOKS LIKE.

UM, SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH PMO AND THE

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UM, BUT IT SHOULD ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THE HVAC ROOF, FIRE SUPPRESSION, ELECTRICAL ISSUES.

UM, BOTH OF THESE LIBRARIES RECEIVED A PRETTY POOR RATING IN THOSE AREAS.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT BY ADDRESSING THESE, WE WILL HAVE A SOLID FACILITY, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEN WHEN WE START REMODELING, WE'RE NOT JUST PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A BROKEN BUILDING.

SO, UM, RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, ANYWAY, SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO KIND OF NARROW THAT IN.

BUT THIS WORK, UH, FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, UH, IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR AS PART OF THE 2025, UH, CIP AND, UM, IT, I'M LOOKING FOR WORK TO PROBABLY BE STARTING SUMMERTIME ISH ON THAT.

THE, UH, PARKING LOT LIGHTING, UH, PHYSICAL SECURITY UPGRADES.

UM, ANOTHER PRO, NOW LEMME GO BACK.

ANOTHER PROJECT IS, UH, THE UMBRELLA PROJECT OF THE POLICE STATION SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THIS INCLUDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, UH, AND ONE OF THOSE IS SOME SCREENING FOR THE, UH, THE PARKING LOT.

I KIND OF BLOCK VIEW FROM THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY, THE OFFICERS CAN'T BE SEEN AS THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT TO THEIR VEHICLES.

UM, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME HOLES IN THE CAMERA COVERAGE FOR THE FACILITY.

SO, UH, THOSE PORTIONS OF THIS PROJECT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

UH, THE OUTSTANDING PART IS, UH, IN THE, ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING, UH, BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITY HAVE, HAVE CHANGED SINCE IT WAS INITIALLY BUILT 20 SOME ODD YEARS AGO.

UM, AND ONE OF THOSE IS THE, UH, THE NPO AND GANG UNIT AREAS.

UM, THEY'RE REDESIGNING THAT SPACE BECAUSE THE, THE, THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE, UH, IT HAS 'EM CONFLICTING AND GETTING IN, IN EACH OTHER'S WAY FREQUENTLY.

SO, UH, THIS PORTION, THE NEW DESIGN ON THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

UH, IT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE, THE GROUPS, UM, AND, UH, WORKS BETTER FOR THE WAY THAT THEY FUNCTION.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A, UH, LOCKER ROOM PROJECT THAT EXPANDS THE LOCKER ROOM, PROVIDES MORE SPACE FOR THE LARGER CLASSES, UH, AND THEN ALSO AN, UH, AN EXERCISE AREA.

UM, THE BIDDING, UH, FOR THAT IS A, A NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY.

UH, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE LONG LEAD ITEM THAT'S KIND OF HOLDING, UH, THE LOCKER ROOM PROJECT UP IS THE HVAC.

SO, UH, THAT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A FEW MONTHS OUT IN ORDER TO GET THAT.

SO THAT PROJECT IS, SHOULD BE STARTING IN, UH, AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER.

AND I DIDN'T ADDRESS THE COST THERE, BUT THE OVERALL COST IS 2.1 MILLION, BUT THE 2025 IS 770,000.

UM, HERE'S A QUICK LIST OF OUR, OUR PROJECTS.

UH, OF COURSE THE BIG, THE BIG ONE IS THE EXISTING FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, THIS IS A KIND OF A NEW LINE ITEM BUDGET TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE FACILITY'S ASSESSMENT.

UM, AND, AND WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS, UH, PRIOR WE, WE HAD AN HVAC BUDGET.

WE HAD A FIRE BUDGET, WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM FOR EACH MECHANICAL SYSTEM.

THIS ROLLS ALL OF THAT INTO A SINGLE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE THOSE ISSUES, UH, OUT OF THE SAME LINE ITEM BECAUSE IT REALLY ALL CAME OUT OF THE FCA THAT ADDRESSES HOLISTICALLY, ALL OF THEM.

UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS.

THERE'S A POLICE AND COURTS BREAK ROOM IMPROVEMENT.

UH, SOME CABINETRY WAS DAMAGED IN THERE, UH, DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.

AND IT'S, UH, IT'S AN OLDER BREAK ROOM.

SO WE'RE GOING IN THERE AND KIND OF REFRESHING THAT SPACE.

UH, THE ELEVATOR OUT HERE THAT EVERYBODY LOVES, UH, IS, IS ON THE LIST FOR AN IMPROVEMENT.

UH, WE'LL DO A MODERNIZATION AND, UH, CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE BADGE, UH, READER ON THAT SO THAT IT'S, UH, SIMILAR TO THE FRONT ELEVATOR, MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO PIGGYBACK IN AND RIDE AROUND AND GET ELSEWHERE IN THE BUILDING.

UM, UH, THE PARKING LOT UPGRADES ARE, ARE, IT'S A BIT OF AN INCREASE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, IN ORDER TO HANDLE IF WE HAVE ASPHALT, UH, AND THOSE KIND OF ISSUES.

WE'D BEEN BUDGETING, AND IT REALLY WASN'T A BIG ENOUGH BUDGET IF I NEEDED TO REDO A PARKING LOT.

ASPHALT'S EXPENSIVE.

AND SO WE'VE WE'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN CASE WE NEED TO GO AROUND AND START TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THOSE AND DOING SOME PATCHING AND, AND THAT KIND OF WORK.

UH, PLUS, UH, IT HELPS US HANDLE

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THIS IS THE TAIL END OF, UH, THE CAMERA UPGRADE.

AND, UH, THE, THE SECURITY, UH, SOFTWARE WE'VE COMPLETED THE GENENTECH, UH, CONVERSION AWAY FROM AN OBSOLETE SYSTEM THAT WAS KIND OF FRANKENSTEIN INTO PLACE, UH, PRIOR FOR SECURITY.

UM, THAT CONVERSION HAS ALL BEEN COMPLETED ON ALL THE BUILDINGS.

AND, UH, NOW WE'RE JUST, UH, TAKING CARE OF THE OBSOLETE CAMERAS.

AND, UH, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH LIBRARY AND THE POLICE STATION COMPARISON OF THE BUDGET.

UH, IT'S LIKE I SAY, THE, THE, THE BULK OF IT IS THE SHIFT FROM, UH, INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS OVER TO A SINGLE LINE ITEM FOR THE EXISTING FACILITIES.

UM, AND ELIMINATING ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE JUST THE SMALLER PROJECTS, LIKE THE UPGRADES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING IN.

AND THAT LEAVES US WITH QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION? I SEE NONE.

MOVING ON TO SEVEN G.

FIRE WHEEL BALLPARK.

WOW, THIS IS PROPS.

THIS IS DEFINITELY A NEW, UH, A NEW TWIST ON STAFF PRESENTATIONS ABOVE AND BEYOND.

LET ME GET MY GLASSES.

YOU GOT A ROAD SHOW? WE GOT A LOT GOING ON UP HERE.

ARE THERE ANY LIZARDS IN THERE? THERE ARE NOT.

ALLISON, PLEASE COME HELP HIM.

NO, I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

HANG ON.

SLIDE IN BEHIND YOU.

OH, YOU ALMOST GOT IT.

ROCK.

YOU GOT IT? GO.

I GOT IT, BABY.

YOU GOT TIME FOR THAT.

UH, I, I'M KEVIN SLAY.

UH, THIS IS JOHN ROWE, OUR SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OUT AT FIRE WHEEL GOLF PARK.

AND THIS IS RUSTY WILSON, A NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AT FIRE WHEEL.

RUSTY HAS CAME IN AND BEEN ASSIGNED OUR OLD COURTS.

AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, LAST YEAR DURING THE CIP, WE ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS.

AND, UH, I WANNA ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US, UH, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

ONE OF 'EM WAS THE OLD COURSE RENOVATION.

AND, UH, WE HAD COME TO YOU LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT OUR FAIRWAYS, OUR TEE BOXES, OUR GREENS ON THE OLD COURSE.

UH, WE, WE KINDA SHARED WITH YOU THE, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS OUT THERE AND HOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT TURF WAS 40 YEARS OLD.

OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS FAILING.

AND YOU, UH, APPROVED AN OLD COURSE IRRIGATION, UH, RENOVATION PROJECT, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY NEW, UH, SPRINKLER SYSTEM, AS WELL AS SOD, I'M, I'M SORRY, UH, SPRINGING.

AND AS WE GOT INTO THAT PROJECT, WE DISCOVERED WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THESE GUYS ARE HERE TODAY WITH THESE PROPS.

BUT, UH, WE PULLED SOME CORE SAMPLES ON OUR GREENS ON THE OLD COURSE, AND WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE FOUND.

WE SENT THOSE CORE SAMPLES OFF FOR TESTING.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CORE SAMPLES HERE.

AND, UH, THIS KIND OF LEADS INTO THE FIRST ITEM, UH, ON OUR, UH, AGENDA TODAY.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN, IN THIS YEAR'S CIP, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS FUNDS TO, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OUR OLD COURSE GREENS.

AND I'M GONNA LET JOHN ROWE KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR GREENS AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT WHY WE, UH, WE THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY TO DO SOME EXTRA WORK OUT THERE, JOHN.

ALLOW WATER OR AIR TO GET THROUGH TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

SO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS A NO-TILL RENOVATION, WHICH, IF YOU REMEMBER, WAS THE SAME PLAN THAT WE DID ON THE BRIDGES COURSE OVER THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS, UM, WHICH IS MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE SURFACE.

WE, UH, WE DID TESTING ON THE OLD COURSE, WHICH WERE BUILT 43 YEARS AGO, AND FOUND THEY WERE BUILT TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAN CURRENT GREENS, WHICH IS USGA STANDARDS.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS TERRARIUM, IS WHAT A GREEN IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

WE'VE GOT A GRAVEL LAYER IN, IN REAL LIFE.

IT'S FOUR INCHES AND 12 INCHES OF SAND.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT GREEN GREEN CORE THAT WE PULLED OUT.

THE TOP OF IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS, WHICH IS SAND.

AND IT IS, IT IS ABOUT 12 INCHES OF ORGANIC, DECAYING, ORGANIC MATTER, WHICH AFTER OUR TESTING DOESN'T

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ALSO, OUR GRAVEL LAYER AT THE BOTTOM IS SEIZED UP.

IT'S CALCIFIED SO WATER CAN NO LONGER MAKE IT THROUGH.

SO DOING A NO-TILL RENOVATION ON THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WASTING MONEY.

IT'S JUST THROWING IT AWAY.

WE'RE WE'RE PRO PROPOSING TO A FULL USGA RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS POURING EVERYTHING OUT TO THE GRAVEL LAYER, NEW DRAINAGE, NEW GRAVEL, 12 INCHES OF SAND.

AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL STILL SPRIG ON TOP LIKE WE DID ON THE BRIDGES COURSE.

AND THIS JUST SLIDE WITH SOME OF THE PICTURES COVERING SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT UP HERE.

UM, UH, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL ONCOURSE RESTROOMS OUT AT FIRE WHEEL.

WE HAD ONE OF THEM BURNED DOWN.

UH, I, I'M THINKING IT WAS AN ACT OF VANDALISM.

UH, BUT ANYWAY, WE LOST ONE OF OUR ONCOURSE RESTROOM.

UH, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ABOUT 340,000, UH, TO REPLACE THAT STRUCTURE.

UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE CHALLENGE, IT'S NOT A CHALLENGE, BUT THIS RESTROOM IS DOWN IN THE FLOODPLAIN, SO THE PAD HAS TO BE RAISED.

UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ELEVATED, UH, OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, BUT THE NEW STRUCTURE THAT WE PUT IN HERE, I THINK THE PAD'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

SO SOME MINOR CHALLENGES, BUT WE NEED TO GET ANOTHER RESTROOM OUT HERE.

THIS, THIS RESTROOM SITS AT A VERY POPULAR SPOT ON TWO GOLF COURSES, OUR LAKES AND OUR BRIDGES COURSE.

IT'S RIGHT OFF BRAND ROAD, BUT, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, FUNDS TO REPLACE THAT ON COURSE RESTROOM.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR FIREWALL MAINTENANCE BUILDING.

UH, THAT IS THE, UH, THE SHOP THAT, THAT JOHN AND RUSTY ARE IN, AS WELL AS ABOUT 30 OTHER EMPLOYEES.

IT WAS BUILT SOME 40 YEARS AGO.

AND, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, 547,000, UH, TO KIND OF ADDRESS THIS FACILITY.

IT'S IN DIRE NEED OF SOME ATTENTION.

JOHN, DO YOU WANNA WE CAN, IT, IT WAS BUILT 42 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS BUILT FOR ONE GOLF COURSE FOR 18 HOLES.

WE NOW RUN THREE GOLF COURSES OUT OF THIS FACILITY, AND A LOT MORE EMPLOYEES.

UM, WITH THE SNOW THIS WEEK, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT WAS OUT IN THE SNOW.

UM, SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY WITH BETTER STORAGE SO WE CAN KEEP ALL OF OUR OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT COVERED DURING THESE, UH, THESE EVENTS.

UM, AND JUST A 40-YEAR-OLD BUILDING, IT'S BECOME CORRODED IN THE BACK, RUSTED THROUGH.

WE HAVE RODENTS THAT CAN ENTER OUR BUILDING VERY EASILY, AND IT'S NOT, NOT A HOSPITABLE SPOT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES EQUIPMENT.

THEN IT'LL GO INTO EQUIPMENT NEXT.

SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T ASKED FOR A TON OF EQUIPMENT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WITH THE, THE TWO MOST NEEDED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

OUR GOLF CARTS THAT GET OUR MAINTENANCE CARTS, THAT GET OUR EMPLOYEES OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE.

AND OUR GREENS MOWERS, WHICH ARE USED EVERY DAY, WE MOW GREENS EVERY DAY UNLESS WE'RE COVERED IN SNOW .

UM, AND WE HAVE TWO SPECIALTY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE NEVER ASKED FOR BEFORE.

ONE OF THESE IS A MATERIAL HANDLER, WHICH HELPS US TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT WITH TAKING MATERIAL FROM OUR SAND OUT.

WE HAVE 640 ACRES WITH A THREE MILE DRIVE TO PARTS OF THE GOLF COURSE.

SO WE'RE NOT MAKING TRIPS BACK AND FORTH.

THIS IS ALLOW, ALLOWS US TO HAUL MORE MATERIALS.

THE FILL THE TOP MAKER WE THINK WILL BE VERY USEFUL DURING THE RENOVATION.

IT ALSO HELPS US IN THE FUTURE WITH CUTTING OUR OWN SPRIGS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE SOD, UM, WHICH WILL SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

IT'LL ALSO HELP US TO DO SOME IN-HOUSE PROJECTS SUCH AS LEVEL AND TEE BOXES AND FAIRWAYS, AND WE WON'T HAVE TO CONTRACT THOSE OUT.

AND HERE'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW SUMMARIZING THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU SEE AN ITEM DOWN HERE, FIRE WHEEL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

I THINK Y'ALL ARE ALL AWARE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO THOSE BUILDINGS.

IF YOU GO INTO OUR OLD AND LATE SCORES, PRO SHOP RESTAURANT AREA, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THOSE WINDOWS THAT, THAT THE SEAL IS BROKEN.

THEY ARE CLOUDY, THEY ARE FOGGY, AND THOSE ARE HUGE WINDOWS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OVER AT THE BRANDING IRON.

IF YOU LOOK INTO THE CORNER OF THE BRANDING IRON, THAT ONE PANE IS JUST TOTALLY FOGGED UP.

AND THOSE ARE BIG, BIG WINDOWS.

THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.

BUT, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME FUNDS TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS OUR WINDOWS AT, AT BOTH OF OUR CLUBHOUSES.

UH, GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY ON COURSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BRIDGE REPAIRS, CAR PATH REPAIRS, TREE TRIMMING, TREE CLEARING, EROSION CONTROL, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL AND COMMON EACH YEAR IN OUR CIP.

HERE'S SOME COMPARISONS OF 24 VERSE 25, UH, WITH, WITH OUR NEW PROJECTS ON THERE, THE ADDITIONAL 1.4 MILLION FOR THE, UH, THE OLD COURSE GREENS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CART REPLACEMENTS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM.

EVERYBODY JUST SET BACK 'CAUSE THAT'S 2027.

UH, OUR CARTS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FIVE YEARS AND THEY ARE DOING FANTASTIC.

SO WE'VE REALLY GOT SOME GOOD CARTS OUT THERE, BUT WE WON'T NEED NEW

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CARTS UNTIL 2027.

AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING GUYS, I THINK YOU COVERED IT.

ANYBODY WANT THIS? ? WE ? YES, SIR.

WILLIAMS, ACT TO YOUR EQUIPMENT SLIDE PLEASE.

THERE YOU GO.

I RECALL, I THINK I SAW IN THIS PACKAGE, GOLF COURTS REPLACING, I THINK IT WAS 24 OR 29, IT WAS 20 SOMETHING.

IS, ARE YOUR GOLF CARTS STILL ON A FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE? YES, SIR.

YOU SAID YOU, YOU SAID THEY WERE NOT AT THE END, SO CLEAR THAT UP FOR ME.

UH, THE GOLF CARTS ARE ON A FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE.

THEY ARE DUE TO BE REPLACED IN 2027.

2027, RIGHT, DON? CORRECT.

AND YOU'RE REPLACING HOW MANY? UH, 230.

GRADUALLY, BUT FOR, FOR THIS PERIOD, YEAR ONE, I THINK THESE ARE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES HAVE SEVEN GOLF CARTS FOR MAINTENANCE.

THESE ARE SEVEN GOLF MAINTENANCE VEHICLES FOR OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF.

THESE ARE NOT FOR GOLFERS.

THESE ARE NOT OUR GOLF CART REPLACEMENTS.

YEAH, THESE ARE LIKE LITTLE GATORS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UTILITY VEHICLES.

THE GUYS HAUL THEIR TOOLS AND SHOVELS IN.

THEY'LL PULL A LITTLE WAGON.

GOT A BED ON THE BACK OF IT.

THEY GO FAST.

THEY DO GO FAST.

BUT OUR GOLF CART FLEET IS ABOUT 230 GOLF CARTS THAT, THAT WE RENT OUT FOR DAY USE.

AND, UH, WE'RE ABOUT THREE YEARS INTO THAT, THAT PERIOD.

SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE YEARS ON OUR GOLF CARTS.

AND AT THAT TIME YOU PROJECT TO REPLACE HOW MANY GOLF CARTS? ALL OF THEM AT ONE TIME.

AT ONE TIME WE USED TO BE ON AN ALTERNATING PROGRAM, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE.

OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE.

AND, UH, MR. ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN ENTER ALL THIS INTO THE RECORD, EXHIBITS A AND B, I GUESS AS YOU WOULD CALL IT, IF YOU CAN FILE THOSE AWAY FOR FUTURE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, DO WE? THANK YOU.

I WANNA SEE HIM TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

, WE'LL GET THIS OFF THE TABLE.

THANK Y'ALL.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS ITEM SEVEN H LANDFILL.

IT'S GONNA BREAK SOME TRASH IN.

SO YEAH, ANY SAMPLES FROM THE LANDFILL? I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT.

LITTLE BOX OF GARBAGE.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, TOY, TOY BULLDOZER.

LET'S SEE.

ABOUT 7,000 BIRDS .

BRING A STUFFED BIRD.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL.

SO RATHER THAN TAKE THE MACHINE OUT OF SERVICE FOR THE COUPLE OR EVEN MORE THREE WEEKS MAYBE TO HAVE THEM RESURFACED, WE'D LIKE TO JUST GET AN EXTRA SET OF SHAFTS SO WE CAN REMOVE AND REPLACE, PUT THE MACHINE BACK IN OPERATION.

WE GET THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.

I'LL RESIST MY URGE TO PRAISE THE STAFF AT THE LANDFILL, WHICH THEY DESERVE MORE THAN WE COULD EVER DO.

THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT.

, UH, GO ON TO THE FIRST SLIDE, WHICH IS OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

JUST A FEW THINGS.

UH, THE FIRST TWO ARE WHOLE EQUIPMENT, WHOLE NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

THE OTHER THREE ARE COMPONENTS TO OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

SO I'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS A BULLDOZER, A D EIGHT BULLDOZER, WHICH IS THE 30 TON CLASS.

IT'S THE LARGE BULLDOZER, OBVIOUSLY USED EVERY DAY AND A TRASH OPERATION.

AND IT'S JUST BEING REPLACED AS A ROUTINE, AS RE AS IT HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.

SAME STORY FOR THE TRACTOR.

WE HAVE A FARM TRACTOR THAT WE USE FOR MOWING THE SLOPES AND THE TOP OF BOTH THE HINT AND LANDFILL AND THE CASTLE DRIVE LANDFILL AS PART OF OUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

AND, UH, THE MACHINE WE HAVE IS, IS OLD AND IT'S RUN THROUGH ITS USEFUL LIFE.

UM, SO THAT'S A ROUTINE REPLACEMENT AS WELL.

UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIFT LIST IS GRINDER SHAFTS.

SO THE GRINDER WE BOUGHT LAST YEAR, WE'VE PUT IN TWO OPERATION.

IT'S WORKING VERY WELL.

THE SHAFTS ON IT THAT ARE THE BUSINESS END OF THE OPERATION, THEY WEAR DOWN ABOUT EVERY 750 TO 1000 HOURS.

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THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY GIVE US CONTINUITY TO OUR PROGRAM, BUT ALSO ENABLE US TO RESURFACE THEM IN-HOUSE WITH OUR OWN STAFF, SAVING SOME MONEY AND ALSO KEEPING THE OPERATION WITH AS MUCH UPTIME AS WE CAN HAVE.

THIS WAS SORT OF THE PLAN WHEN WE BOUGHT THE MACHINE, BUT WE DECIDED TO DO IT IN TWO STEPS AND COME BACK NOW FOR THE, FOR THE SHAFTS, BECAUSE THE MACHINE, GETTING THE MACHINE AND FIGURING IT ALL OUT AND LEARNING HOW TO USE IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK FOR EVERYONE.

SO IT'S A NATURAL NEXT STEP TO, UH, THIS PROGRAM.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A TANK FOR THE WATER TRUCK.

WE HAVE AN OLD WATER TRUCK.

THE TRUCK'S IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION, BUT THE TANK IS RUSTED AND LEAKY.

WE USE THE TRUCK PRIMARILY FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION NOW, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EMPLOY IT AS OUR DUST SUPPRESSION, UH, TANK FOR THE GRINDING OPERATION, WHICH IS REQUIRED AS THE PERMIT FOR THAT OPERATION.

SO RATHER THAN BUY A WHOLE NEW TRUCK, THIS TRUCK NEVER LEAVES THE SITE.

IT'S PERFECT FOR WHAT WE NEED IT FOR.

WE JUST NEED A NEW TANK SO THAT WE CAN USE IT ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AND THEN FINALLY, OUR UH, OUR, OUR BUCKET LOADER NEEDS NEW TIRES.

THE, THE, THE, THE TIRES THAT CAME ON, WE, WE ACQUIRED THE MACHINE FROM ANO FROM THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE USING IT IN THE TRANSFER STATION.

THEY REALLY NEEDED A TRACK VEHICLE FOR THAT, NOT A RUBBER TIRE VEHICLE.

SO WE'VE BEEN USING IT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

IT HAS SOLID RUBBER TIRES LIKE YOU SEE ON SKID STEERS, AND IT'S NOT REALLY SUITED WELL FOR OUR SITE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MUDDY, WHICH WE FOUND OUT DURING THE, UH, WINDSTORM LAST YEAR.

THAT MACHINE REALLY GOT A LOT OF USE, UH, WORKING ON THE BRUSH PILE.

SO, UM, GETTING THESE TIRES ARE GOING TO JUST MAKE IT MORE SUITABLE FOR USE AT OUR SITE.

THAT'S ALL WE GOT.

NO NEW STUFF.

WE'RE NOT GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH, A COUPLE BUCKS .

OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS, OKAY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM.

THIS IS, UM, AN ADDITION AND AN ENHANCEMENT.

DID IT MOVE? UH, YEAH, IT JUMPED ONE.

OH, THANK YOU.

THIS IS AN ADDITION AND AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR EXISTING ODOR MITIGATION SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE A MACHINE, IT'S POSITIONED, IT'S STATIONARY MACHINE ALONG THE EAST PERIMETER OF OUR SITE, AND OUR OPERATION HAS MOVED TO THE WEST SIDE OF OUR SITE.

SO WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT SYSTEM.

AS WE GAIN ELEVATION, IT'S GOING TO BECOME, UH, IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR US.

IT WOULD BE ERRONEOUS FOR ME TO SAY ODORS NEVER LEAVE THE SITE.

BUT IT'S VERY, VERY RARE.

AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, AS AS WE CONTINUE TO GAIN ELEVATION, IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ADD TO THAT SYSTEM, A MOBILE UNIT THAT WE WANT TO POSITION RIGHT AT THE WORKING FACE INSTEAD OF AT THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE.

THIS IS KIND OF AN EVOLUTION IN THE THINKING OF THE ODOR MITIGATION WORLD, BUT ALSO THIS IS THE REALLY NEAT PART.

THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES AN ARRAY OF SENSORS AROUND THE SITE THAT ARE GOING TO COLLECT NOT ONLY WEATHER DATA, BUT ALSO, HOW DO I SAY THIS, UH, SPECIFIC ODOR CAUSING COMPOUNDS, SENSING DEVICES.

AND THAT DATA WILL INFORM US AS TO WHEN TO TURN THE MACHINE ON AND WHERE TO POSITION IT.

IT EVEN WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TURN THE MACHINE ON AUTOMATICALLY.

SO IF WE'RE NOT THERE IN THE EVENING AND SOMETHING'S HAPPENING WITH THE WEATHER, THE PROGRAMMING WILL BE ABLE TO TURN THE MACHINE ON AUTOMATICALLY.

THIS IS ALSO A BIG COMPONENT OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE WANNA BE THE BEST NEIGHBORS WE CAN TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND THIS ODOR MITIGATION SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT IN, IN THAT WORK.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

SAVE THE QUESTIONS FOR LAST.

COME TO US WHEN WE CAN, WE DIRECT THEM THERE SO THAT WE'RE STOCKPILING THE SOIL.

AND MY LAST, THIS IS THE LAST ONE, UM, AT WHAT'S GOING ON AT CASTLE LAND.

THIS IS A PROJECT AT CASTLE AND IT'S, UH, THE, THE POST CLOSURE CARE PERIOD LASTS FOR 30 YEARS.

WE'RE ABOUT 13 YEARS THROUGH THAT.

AND REALLY WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO IS TAKING CARE OF THE CAP, THE COVER THAT WAS PLACED ON THE LANDFILL WHEN IT WAS CLOSED.

SO WHAT WE'VE NOTICED OVER TIME, YOU'RE GETTING DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS TO SITE.

SO THERE'S PONDING WATER ON TOP, THERE'S EROSION IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE SITE THAT REALLY NEED TO BE REPAIRED.

UH, THIS IS, UH, WE'RE ATTACKING THIS IN KIND OF A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.

SO LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN, WE BEGAN ACCUMULATING SOIL AT THE SITE TO LOWER OUR COST OF HAULING SOIL THERE IN THE FUTURE.

WE COLLECTED ABOUT 68,000 CUBIC YARDS THERE LAST YEAR.

SOME OF THAT CAME FROM THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER PROJECT, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.

UM, SOME OTHER BIG JOBS THAT

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WE GET PAID WHEN THAT SOIL GOES THERE.

THAT'S REALLY NICE.

AND SO THIS NEXT STAGE, THIS PROPOSAL IS, UH, TO PAY FOR THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN WORK.

SO WE'RE GONNA GET A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP DRAWN FROM A FLYOVER, AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT TO DO THE ENGINEERING WORK TO DECIDE HOW MUCH SOIL TO PUT WHERE AND SORT OF PLAN THE PROJECT OUT.

THAT WILL INFORM US HOW MUCH SOIL WE REALLY NEED IN TOTAL.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROJECT HOW FAR DOWN THE LINE BEFORE WE GO TO EXECUTE THE WORK.

MAYBE NEXT YEAR, MAYBE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, DEPENDING ON THOSE FACTORS.

BUT THAT'S THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE.

AND THIS IS JUST THE ENGINEERING COMPONENT OF THAT.

AND AS YOU'RE OBLIGATED FOR THE 30 YEAR PERIOD, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF STEPS THAT IT WOULD TAKE.

SO IF SOMEONE CAME ALONG AND SAID, HEY, THERE'S A PROBLEM.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? WE HAVE THIS WHOLE STORY TO TELL WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY TO MANAGE THIS SITE AT THIS TIME.

THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE.

SO THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF OUR, UH, CONCURRENT PROJECTS AND THE COMPARISON SLIDE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HAD TIME TO REVIEW.

AND THAT'S IT.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK.

MAYOR.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD ALIGNMENT STUDY AND ANY FUTURE TIMELINE ON CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT STUDY IS COMPLETE? I WISH I COULD.

THAT'S A PROJECT THAT I'M NOT MANAGING.

I THINK TRANSPORTATION'S MANAGING THAT.

MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH IS LITTLE TO NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

DALLAS COUNTY IS INVOLVED IN THAT AND, AND NOT SAYING THEY'RE THE HOLD UP, BUT I JUST, I DON'T, HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY PROGRESS ON THAT AT THIS TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT HE SAID, OH, THANKS.

OH, CRYSTAL'S HERE.

, THE VALLEY ROAD, THE ALIGNMENT STUDY.

IT IS ACTUALLY A DALLAS COUNTY LED PROJECT, BUT IS IT AS A CIP PROJECT? IT IS IN THE CIP, YES, THEN GOOD.

ABSOLUTELY.

THEN WE'RE CLEAR.

CIP OKAY.

RIGHT HERE ON THE LIST.

UM, IT IS A DALLAS COUNTY LED PROJECT AND AT LAST CHECK THERE REALLY HAS NOT BEEN ANY ACTIVITY, UM, PERFORMED ON THAT AT ALL.

SO I DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE OR A TIMEFRAME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT I CAN OFFER.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEE NONE.

MOVING ON TO SEVEN I SANITATION, UH, MORE PROPS.

LET'S TALK TRASH .

UH, SAME AS, UH, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MOR.

UH, TODAY, UH, OUR REQUEST IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR FUNDING.

UH, WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT WE INTEND TO USE AS RESERVE UNITS GOING FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH OUR FIRST REQUEST.

AND SO WE'RE SEEKING FOR ONE POINT, UH, $5.1 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO REAR LOADERS AND FOUR BRUSH TRACTORS WITHIN THE BRUSH AND BULKY DIVISION SIX ASLS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL WASTE DIVISION AND TWO COMMERCIAL FRONT LOADERS WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES DIVISION.

FOR THE TRANSFER STATION, WE'RE ASKING FOR $215,000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ONE TRANSFER TRACTOR.

ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THESE, UH, TRUCKS ARE ON THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, AND THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED IN 2025.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR $1.6 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR BRAND NEW AUTOMATIC SIDE LOADERS.

THREE OF THESE ARE GONNA GO TO THE RESIDENTIAL WASTE DIVISION, AND ONE OF 'EM IS GONNA GO TO THE RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING DIVISION.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THIS UNITS ARE GONNA BE USED 100% AS RESERVE UNITS.

HISTORICALLY, THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN THAT WHEN WE REPLACE A UNIT, WE HOLD ONTO IT AND WE USE IT AS A BACKUP.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, THEY'RE VERY UNRELIABLE.

THIS MORNING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

WE STARTED OFF WITH 28 UNITS, AND WITHIN TWO HOURS WE LOST TWO.

IN TALKING TO THE FLEET DEPARTMENT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT BY TAKING ON THIS NEW INITIATIVE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE RELIABLE UNITS GOING FORWARD, AND IT SHOULD ALSO DECREASE THE WORKLOAD FOR A FLEET DEPARTMENT.

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WE'RE ASKING FOR $405,000 FOR A FRONT LOADER FOR THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES DIVISION.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE 100% A RESERVE UNIT.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR $252,000 FOR A COMMERCIAL ROLL OFF TRUCK.

ALSO PART OF THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES DIVISION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT I, I DO WANT TO ADD ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES DIVISION.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING QUITE WELL OVER THE, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, SO FAR THROUGH THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OR REVENUE'S UP ALREADY BY $210,000.

DECEMBER.

REVENUES NOT, HASN'T BEEN, UH, RELEASED YET, BUT WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT.

IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE FIRST, UH, TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, SO WE'RE, HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING YEAR AS IT PERTAINS TO COMMERCIAL REVENUE IN THIS DIVISION.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR $480,000 TO PURCHASE ONE TRANSFER STATION TRACTOR IN TWO TRAILERS.

AND THE PLAN IS TO USE THIS, UH, EQUIPMENT WITH THE BRUSH AND BULKY DIVISION DURING PEAK SEASON.

ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE MAY 28TH STORM WAS THAT CAPACITY HAULING CAPACITY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE PICKING UP DEBRIS.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST FACTOR THAT ALLOWED US TO BE SO EFFICIENT THAT, UH, WE HAD TWO OF THESE TRUCKS OUT IN THE FIELD.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE DOES.

WE, WE DECIDED TO TRY IT AND IT WORKED OUT.

SO THIS IS GARLAND.

WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER EVENT, , WE JUST, WE JUST WANNA BE RARITY FOR IT.

SO, UH, BUT, BUT ALSO DURING THE SLOW SEASON, WE INTEND TO USE THIS TRUCK AS A RESERVE UNIT FOR THE TRANSFER STATION.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S, UM, UH, APPROVAL TO TRANSFER $240,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CIP.

THIS IS A PROJECT MANAGED BY THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AND IT JUST PROVIDES A, A BETTER VISIBILITY BY TRANSFERRING THE FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CIP.

THIS FUNDING WAS ALREADY APPROVED AS PART OF THE FY 24 25 BUDGET, AND WE, UH, WE ALSO ANTICIPATE SOME ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 IN 2026.

AND HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT IN 2025.

IN TOTAL, WE'RE ASKING FOR $8.4 MILLION.

HERE'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025.

SO HAPPY.

THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS BASICALLY THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT.

AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SLIDE.

AND NOW TO PAY FOR THIS, WE ANTICIPATE A 50 CENT RATE INCREASE ON THE MONTHLY SANITATION RATE, AND WE ALSO ANTICIPATE A 3% INCREASE ON THE COMMERCIAL RATES.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE MONTHLY SANITATION RATE IN GARLAND IS $24 AND 8 CENTS.

SO EVEN IF WE ADD THE 50 CENTS RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE STILL THE LOWEST.

WE, WE HAVE THE LOWEST MONTHLY SANITATION RATE IN COMPARISON TO CITIES THAT ARE SERVICED BY CITY EMPLOYEES.

NOW, ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THESE CITIES, THEY ARE GONNA GO UP NEXT YEAR.

UH, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GIVEN, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE THAT EVEN IF, UH, WITH THIS, UH, 50 CENT INCREASE, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE THE LOWEST AS IT PERTAINS TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES, UH, WE TYPICALLY SEE INCREASES FROM ANYWHERE FROM 20% TO 80%.

SO WITH US GOING 3% INCREASE, IT'S, IT'S, I I I DO NOT ANTICIPATE LOSING ANY CUSTOMERS OVER THIS.

WE'RE BY FAR THE MOST COMP, WE HAVE THE MOST COMPETITIVE RATES IN THE, IN THE METROPLEX.

AND WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. BASS.

THANK YOU, YURI.

UM, SO ON THE, I UNDERSTAND IN THE PAST WE'VE USED OLD EQUIPMENT AS RESERVE, AND NOW WE'RE WANTING TO USE NEW EQUIPMENT AS RESERVE.

SO WILL IT BE ON THE SAME REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA LOG AS MANY HOURS AND MILES AND SUCH.

SO WHAT'S THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR? EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT QUESTION.

NO, IT WILL NOT.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL BE EITHER THREE, FOUR, POTENTIALLY FIVE YEARS BEYOND THE REGULAR, UH, REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

SO WE, WE DO NOT REPLACE EQUIPMENT UNLESS WE IDENTIFY THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.

UP DISC CONTAINERS, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO CURRENTLY IS OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE EQUIPMENT BASED UPON NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE, HOURS OF SERVICE, OR MILES OF SERVICE.

HOW DO WE, WHAT'S OUR CURRENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE? ALL OF THOSE.

SO EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HAS A DIFFERENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

UH, THE AUTOMATIC SIDE LOADER ARE THE ONES THAT PICKS

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IT'S ON A FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

SO EVERY YEAR WE GET WITH THE, WITH THE FLEET DEPARTMENT, WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL, HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT ON REPAIRS, HOW RELI, HOW MANY, HOW MANY DAYS PER PER MONTH THIS TRUCK WAS DOWN DUE TO A SERVICE.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

AND BASED ON THAT, IF WE DETERMINE THAT WE CAN PUSH IT OUT ONE MORE YEAR, WE DO THAT.

BUT IF WE DON'T, THEN WE REPLACE IT ON THE FIFTH YEAR.

LIKE IT'S, UH, LIKE THE SCHEDULE SAYS.

SO IT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE PROCESS, SO CORRECT.

WILL BE LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY, NOT LIKE WE'LL LOOK AT MULTIPLE THINGS.

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS, BACK TO THE RATE INCREASE SCREEN.

WHEN WILL THAT RATE INCREASE GOING TO AFFECT AND HOW WILL OUR PUBLIC BE NOTIFIED OF THAT RATE INCREASES? MR. CITY MANAGER OR YOU? UH, EITHER ONE.

GOOD.

AND, UM, SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A, THIS IS A PROJECTED, UH, RATE FOR FY 26.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF WHAT WOULD COME IN THIS SUMMER.

NORMALLY WHAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IN THE, UH, DURING THE OPERATING BUDGET OF WHAT OUR RATES ARE.

SO IT'S NOT, SO THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON.

AND IS OF COURSE, SUBJECT TO COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.

UM, SO OKAY.

MORE TO COME THIS SUMMER.

IT'S NOT FOR NOW.

NO, SIR.

WE JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU NOW THAT WE ANTICIPATE THIS, BUT NO, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL PROBABLY BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET YOUR PROCESS.

AND, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE IN THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT SHEETS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR BUDGET BOOKS.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE INCREASING THE STRENGTH OF OUR RESERVE FLEET.

UM, YOU KNOW, I I, IF I HAVE A CALL WITH YOU, SOMEBODY'S PICKUP HASN'T HAD, YOU KNOW, IT'S OFTENTIMES IT IS EQUIPMENT FAILURE.

IT IS A TRUCK WENT DOWN AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE BACKUPS AND SO ON.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING A STRONGER RESERVE FLEET, BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE BUILDING UP A FLEET OF VEHICLES THAT ARE JUST GONNA BE SIT.

I MEAN, THOSE, THOSE RESERVE VEHICLES GET KICKED INTO DUTY QUITE OFTEN.

YEAH, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE TRUCKS THAT DO A VERY TOUGH JOB.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT, PEOPLE JUST THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE GOING INTO THE RESERVE FLEET, THAT THOSE RESERVE FLEET ITEMS WILL BE ON THE ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, WEEKLY, DAILY SOMETIMES, BUT IT, IT GOES TO CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR RELIABILITY AND, AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WE HAVE IN SANITATION OF, OF KEEPING THOSE VEHICLES OUT THERE AND KEEPING THINGS GETTING PICKED UP.

SO I, I'M GLAD WE'RE, I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

SURE.

AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT FOR YOU.

MOVING ON TO SEVEN J.

WATER WASTEWATER, COFFEE, SLIDESHOW, .

I ALWAYS LIKE WATCHING THIS PROCESS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.

UM, WELL, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROPOSED 2025 CIP PROGRAM FOR THE WATER UTILITIES.

AND IN 2025, YOU MAY REMEMBER, UM, IN 2024, WE WERE STARTING TO GO THROUGH, UH, INCREASED SCRUTINY OF SOME OF OUR CIP PROJECTS BEFORE THEY WERE KIND OF BUNDLED INTO BIG PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE ITEMIZING THOSE AND WE CONTINUE TO ITEMIZE THOSE THROUGHOUT 2025.

AND TO DO THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, INCREASE THE SCRUTINY ON THOSE PROJECTS, AND MAKE SURE WE CAN PRIORITIZE THOSE CORRECTLY, UM, BASED ON WORSE CONDITION FIRST.

UM, WE'VE ALSO GROUPED SOME PROJECTS AND DOING THAT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME PROJECTS OUT MANY YEARS, AND WE GROUPED SOME TOGETHER SO THAT WE GET BETTER ECONOMIES OF SCALE WHEN WE, WHEN WE BUY OR WHEN WE BID THOSE FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING OUT INTO 2028, BUT WE'LL, WE WILL BRING THOSE UP LATER, UM, NEXT YEAR.

SO WHAT I MEAN BY PROGRAMS, WE USED TO HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE NON-SPECIFIC WITH REGARD TO PROJECTS OR WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS.

UM, AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WE HAVE IN THE 2025 CIP, WE HAVE SOME WATER TOWER PROJECTS, UM, TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECTS, DISTRIBUTION AND UPGRADING OF, UH, EXISTING WATER MAINS.

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UM, AND WE'VE ITEMIZED WHAT THOSE ARE GONNA BE AND REALLY PUT A TIMELINE IN A, IN A, IN A, UM, SOME MORE ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR TEAM WITH REGARD TO COMPLETING THOSE ON TIME AND, AND, UM, ON BUDGET WITH WASTEWATER.

WE ALSO USED TO HAVE, UM, SOME BIGGER POTS, UM, UH, BUCKETS OF PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT PROJECTS WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, WHAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE ARE THOSE PROJECTS, AND IDENTIFY THOSE AS, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ON 2025.

AND THEN PUT TIMELINES AND SCHEDULES TO THOSE AS WELL.

AS WELL AS LOOK AT THE INCREASED SCRUTINY OF PROJECTS.

UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THE REQUEST FOR 2025 IS ABOUT $112 MILLION.

UM, OVERALL IN A FIVE YEAR CIP, THAT'S A REDUCTION OF 18 MILLION.

BUT WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT YEARS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, WE STARTED REALIZING, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CERTAINTY ON THOSE PROJECTS, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA ELIMINATE THOSE.

WE MAY END UP BRINGING ALL THOSE BACK NEXT YEAR'S CIP, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TODAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE DOLLARS.

SO RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A PERMIT REQUEST IN FOR TO TCEQ.

WE'RE NOT SURE OF WHAT THEIR NEW PERMIT REQUIREMENTS WILL BE.

AND SO THAT COULD COME FORWARD NEXT YEAR WITH REGARD TO ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE IN THE PROGRAM, UH, A NEW PROJECT.

IT'S AN A MI PROJECT.

WE HAD PUT IT INITIALLY IN LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT, UH, DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY WITH AN A MI VENDOR.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE SOME INCREASES BASED ON THE VENDOR SELECTED, UM, WHERE WE DID INCREASE SOME COST ON THOSE.

UM, BUT, UM, WE'RE STILL UNDER NEGOTIATIONS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH REGARD TO THAT VENDOR.

WE HAVE A FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER THAT WE'RE SUBSTANTIALLY IN AND OCCUPYING, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME COMPONENTS WHERE WE AREN'T QUITE FINISHED WITH THIS FACILITY.

WE HAVE SOME CONTROL ROOMS, UM, FOLKS WHO CONTROL OUR WATER SYSTEM AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM THAT ARE STILL IN ANOTHER FACILITY THAT WE NEED TO BRING OVER.

BUT IT WAS A TIMING ISSUE BASED ON SOME SOFTWARE AND SCADA UPGRADE ISSUES.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME PARKING AND OTHER THINGS STILL, UM, UNDERWAY WITH REGARD TO THIS FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER BEFORE.

WE'RE 100% READY FOR THAT TO BE OPERATIONAL, BUT A LOT OF STAFF IS ALREADY REPORTING, UH, THROUGH THIS.

AND, UM, BUT, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, ACTIVITIES TO COMPLETE FOR WATER REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE INCLUDE WASTEWATER WHERE WE'VE PARTNERED, UM, ON PROJECTS AND IDENTIFIED THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE BAD WATER AND BAD HAVE BAD WATER AND SEWER REMAINS AND ROUGHLY.

UM, WELL, UM, AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE MIGHT AS WELL GET BOTH OF THOSE UTILITIES DONE AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SOME OF THAT IS BEING AN ASSISTING, UH, ASSISTING US THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS IS ENGINEERING AND TRYING TO BID THOSE PROJECTS AND MANAGE THOSE.

AND THEN SOME OF THOSE WATER OR SEWER ONLY PROJECTS ARE BEING MANAGED BY OUR OWN INTERNAL WATER TEAM.

AND THEN THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE'S ON OUT.

UM, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE SOME LINEAR FOOTAGE HERE ON WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT TO NINE MILES WORTH OF WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.

AND THEN I THINK, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SEWER REPLACEMENT IN A MINUTE.

UM, BUT THESE ARE THE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF BUDGET THAT WE HAVE FOR A CIP FOR WATER UTILITIES.

UM, THESE TRANSMISSION MAINS ARE OUR LARGER MAINS THAT CONVEYED LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER, LIKE 16 INCH AND LARGER MAINS.

THEN WE HAVE THE DISTRIBUTION, DISTRIBUTION LINES, WHICH ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF RELOCATION OF MAINS, UM, PRIOR TO STREET PROJECTS.

AND SO THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS TO REHAB A STREET AND THEN HAVE A WATER MAIN BREAK OR SEWER AND RAIN BREAK.

AND, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TIME THOSE AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH OUR CITY, UH, STREETS TEAM AND OUR STORMWATER TEAM.

UM, BUT, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS HERE WITH REGARD TO WATER UTILITIES.

UM, A LOT OF THOSE THAT WE PRESENTED LAST YEAR.

BUT, UM, QUITE A BIT OF WORK.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, ON BOARD FOR 2025.

UM, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION.

THE WATER SYSTEM S SKI A UPGRADES IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH AND I'M EXCITED TO GET, UM, GET THAT COMPLETE.

UM, IT'S JUST DUE FOR AN UPGRADE.

BUT, UH, OVERALL 36 MILLION, ALMOST $37 MILLION REQUEST FOR BUDGET ON THE WATER SIDE, UH, WASTEWATER, UM, THIS IS, THIS FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER ON FOREST LANE, UM, IS PARTIALLY FUNDED WITH WATER DOLLARS, PARTIALLY FUNDED WITH SEWER DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S WHY IT SHOWS UP AGAIN HERE.

UM, BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY NEW DOLLARS NEED BEING REQUIRED FOR THIS, UM, FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS FACILITY AND SOME WASTEWATER MAIN PROJECTS.

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UM, SOME OF THESE ARE COUPLED WITH WATER PROJECTS.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE SECOND COLUMN WHERE THEY ARE COUPLED WITH WATER PROJECTS.

SOME OF 'EM ARE ISOLATED AND ONLY SEWER AND THE COST ARE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED ON COLUMN THREE.

AND THEN THE COMPLETION TIMELINES OUT UNTIL 2027.

SOME OF THOSE WERE DESIGNING IN 20, 25 OR 26 AND COMPLETING ON OUT TO 27.

AND HERE, I WANNA SAY IT'S ALSO ROUGHLY AROUND EIGHT TO NINE MILES OF WASTEWATER.

SO WE'RE REPLACING ABOUT 1% OF OUR SYSTEM EACH YEAR, ALL IN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS.

UM, ON, ON THE PIPELINES, UM, WE HAVE A LIST HERE OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, VERY SIMILAR TO WATER, UM, OF THE TYPES OF WORK WE DO WITH REGARD TO REHAB AND REPLACEMENT OF SEWER FACILITIES.

UM, AND THESE ARE MOSTLY MAINS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM ARE MAINS AND PIPELINES.

AS WE GET INTO THIS SHEET, YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET, UM, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OR A QUARTER OF THE WAY DOWN, YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE STARTED GETTING INTO THE WASTEWATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS.

THESE AREN'T THE BIG, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

THE DUCK CREEK PROJECT, UM, WAS AWARDED THIS PAST YEAR.

AND THEN THEY'LL, MOST OF THE WORK WILL BE GET DONE THIS, UH, 2025.

BUT, UM, SOME OF THOSE, UM, UM, UPGRADES AND WHY WE REDUCED THE CIP OUT FIVE YEARS IS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE REGULATORY AGENCIES ARE GONNA REQUIRE US TO TREAT TO.

AND SO THEY MAY ASK US TO TREAT TO ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS, WHICH COULD, COULD THEN FORCE US INTO MAKING SOME UPGRADES ON THOSE PLANTS.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING WITH BATED BREATH TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TS SEC IS GONNA ASK US TO DO WITH REGARD TO THOSE PLANTS.

AND SO, UH, BUT BEST IN OUR BASE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THIS IS WHAT OUR PROJECTION IS FOR ALL OF THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS, IS $75 MILLION.

UH, THE RATE IMPACTS, UH, THIS SHOULD NOT IMPACT, UH, THE FIVE YEAR RATE PROJECTIONS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER CUSTOMERS.

OUR WATER RATES FROM NORTH TEXAS CONTINUE TO INCREASE BY 5%.

WASTEWATER RATES CONTINUE TO, UM, HIT ABOUT 4.5%.

UM, AND UM, A LOT OF THAT'S DRIVEN FROM THE WATER SIDE, FROM NORTH TEXAS WHOLESALE RATE, IT'S ABOUT 50% OF OUR, OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

UM, WE HAVE SOME OTHER PRESSURES WITH REGARD TO LEAD AND COPPER RULES.

WE'VE ACCELERATED THAT IN THE L AND M BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN ONCE THE EPA FIGURE OUT, IT FIGURES OUT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH REGARD TO THE MAINS THEMSELVES THAT ARE LED, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING LIKELY FORTHCOMING IN THE FUTURE YEARS.

OF COURSE, THE EPA IS PUSHING THE TCEQ TO REGULATE WHAT WE CALL P-P-F-A-S AND PFAS.

IT'S FOREVER CHEMICALS.

IT'S STUFF YOU PUT IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

IT'S TEFLON COATING ON PANS, CARPETS, YOU NAME IT.

UM, AND THAT STUFF ULTIMATELY GETS INTO THE WATER STREAM, UM, AND HITS OUR PLANTS.

AND, UM, WE MAY BE ASKED TO REGULATE THAT AND, AND, UM, TREAT FOR THAT.

BUT, UM, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF GREAT TREATMENT METHODS FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND THEN ANDREW, UM, IF YOU CAN HELP ON THE FIVE YEAR RATE FORECAST, 'CAUSE YOU WERE SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED IN THIS.

YEAH, SURE.

SO HERE'S A, A QUICK, UH, SLIDE ON THE FIVE YEAR WATER AND WA WASTEWATER RATE FORECAST.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE, UH, BLUE PORTION OF THE COLUMN IS, UH, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER BILL FOR A A TYPICAL GARLAND, UH, CUSTOMER.

AND IN THE GREEN SECTION IS, IS THE WASTEWATER PORTION.

UH, THOSE ARE BASED OFF OF, UM, 6,500 GALLONS OF WATER AND 4,500 GALLONS OF WASTEWATER, WHICH, LIKE I SAID IS, IS OUR AVERAGE CUSTOMER.

UM, SO IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WE WERE LOOKING AT AT FOUR AND TO 5% RATE, UH, INCREASES EACH YEAR.

UM, AND, AND WE'VE ILLUSTRATED THAT HERE ON, ON THIS GRAPH.

UH, THE OTHER YELLOW LINE THAT, UM, I'VE INCLUDED IS THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT RATE PER A THOUSAND GALLONS.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PAYING TO, UH, BUY THE TREATED WATER THAT WE THEN, UH, TRANSPORT TO GARLAND CUSTOMERS.

UM, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ABOUT A 50% INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A MAJOR RATE PRESSURE FOR US ON THE WATER SIDE.

UM, THESE ARE THE LATEST PROJECTIONS THEY'VE GIVEN US.

UM, THEY, THEY KIND OF TAKE AN ULTRA CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO THESE RATE PROJECTIONS.

UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN EACH YEAR IS THAT WHEN UH, NORTH TEXAS COMES IN UNDER BUDGET, THEY ACTUALLY COME BACK AND GIVE THE, THE, THEIR CUSTOMER CITIES A REBATE.

SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS KIND OF WORST CASE SCENARIO ON THESE THINGS, BUT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE, UH, KIND OF PROJECTING CONSERVATIVE WORST CASE SCENARIO, BUT WHEN WE COME DOWN TO TAKE IT TO THE CUSTOMERS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE COST SAVINGS THAT ARE PASSED ON TO US FROM NORTH TEXAS.

SO, UM, YEAH, LIKE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE LOOKING AT A FOUR TO 5%, UM, INCREASES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER BILLS

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EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I FEEL REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE CIP SCRUTINIZING EVERY PROJECT SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED EARLY, UM, AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE FULLY REQUIRED AND VETTED BEFORE WE PUT 'EM ON THE CIP.

AND SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE EVERY NICKEL GO AS FAR AS IT CAN GO.

SO, UM, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT SHEETS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DETAIL AND, UM, HELPING HOLD, UM, UH, THE TIMELINES AND COST ESTIMATES, UM, UM, PUBLICLY SO WE CAN BE ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION? COUNCILOR HEDRICK.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

ONE GENERAL QUESTION OVERALL, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE WASTEWATER, YOU'RE WE'RE DOING ABOUT 1% REPLACING.

WE HEARD SOMETHING SIMILAR WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR ROADS, WE WERE DOING SOMETHING IN THAT BALLPARK AND NOW WE HAVE A BIG BOND PACKAGE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.

IF WE'RE ONLY DOING 1% A YEAR, THAT'S A HUNDRED YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE.

SO WHAT IS OUR PHILOSOPHY GOING FORWARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE? 'CAUSE PIPES DON'T ALWAYS LAST 100 YEARS .

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT BALANCE BETWEEN IMPACTS TO THE CUSTOMER, UM, AND THE NEED FOR MAIN REPLACEMENT IS REALLY WHY I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON THOSE WORST MEANS FIRST.

AND CAN WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO PRIORITIZE THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH MEANS ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT ARE WORSE AND WHICH ONES CAN BE HELD OFF A FEW MORE YEARS? UM, NOWHERE IN THE NATION ARE PEOPLE FUNDING, UM, TO THE AMOUNTS THEY NEED TO BE ON INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENTS.

AND, BUT AT A 1%, WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY DOING BETTER THAN MANY OTHER TEXAS CITIES.

UM, SO, UM, WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE, UH, CCTV OF MAINS.

WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT ACTIVE LEAK DETECTION TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THOSE THAT ARE, THOSE AREAS THAT ARE WORSE AND THEN BRING THOSE FORWARD INTO A CIP AND HIT THOSE, UM, AND THEN TRY TO PROJECT.

SO I'M TRYING TO GO BACK AND FOCUS ON THOSE INITIATIVES, FOCUS ON THAT, UM, ASSESSMENT OF ARE WE, ARE OUR MAINS FAILING? SOMETIMES OUR MAINS ARE FAILING IN SOME DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THEY WERE USING OLD METAL PIPES, OLD CAST PIPES, AND MAYBE NOW WE USE PVC AND GET A LONGER LIFE OUT OF THEM.

SO SOMETIMES THOSE MAINS THAT ARE PVC ARE LASTING MUCH LONGER, CLAY IS LASTING MUCH LONGER, BUT THEN SOMETIMES THE CASTES IS FAILING EARLY.

SO, UM, WE MAY WANNA REPRIORITIZE OUR FOCUS ON REPLACEMENTS OF WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THOSE FAILURES HAPPEN FIRST.

AND SO, UM, BUT IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT.

UM, WE ALSO ARE SEEKING FUNDS.

ANDREW HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN SEEKING FUNDS FROM THE STATE TO HELP WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AND TRYING TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE TWDB.

UM, BUT TRYING TO BALANCE THAT WITH REGARD TO THE RATE IMPACTS ON THE CUSTOMER IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KIND OF WORRY ABOUT AS WELL.

UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND I, I KNOW DEALING WITH THAT IN MY PROFESSION AS WELL.

IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

YES SIR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEE NONE.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE PLAN ON HAVING IN OUR SYSTEM IS TO HAVE NOTHING BUT STEEL TRANSMISSION POLES FOR RELIABILITY.

MOVING ON TO SEVEN K GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT.

I'M GONNA SET DRILL UP FOR THIS ONE.

OH, YOU JUST SET IT UP FOR ME.

WE'LL BE HERE A WHILE.

YOU DID IT.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, I HEARD THIS MORNING THAT I'VE GOT TILL 7:00 PM SURE.

SO THOUGHT WE'D GO THROUGH IN DETAIL SO COUNSEL MAY RECALL SOME DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY AND ALSO JUST MAYBE FOLLOWING IN THE NEWS UM, OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THAT ERCOT HAS SEEN WITH REGARDS TO ELECTRICITY DEMAND.

AND IN FACT, UH, ERCOT HAS ONE OF THEIR FORECAST SHOWS THAT ELECTRICITY DEMAND ALMOST DOUBLING BY 2030.

NOW, ME PERSONALLY, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING AN INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY DEMAND WITHIN ERCOT DUE TO JUST PEOPLE MOVING IN NEW

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BUSINESSES.

YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, CRYPTO MINING DATA CENTERS, AI, ALL THAT'S COMING DOWN.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'RE SEEING A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL GENERATION, BUT IN PARTICULAR AS IT RELATES TO GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION, WHETHER IT'S NEW TRANSMISSION OR UPGRADING AND ADDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON EXISTING SYSTEM.

AND SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR CIP, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE EVIDENCE OF THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, UM, THE INFLUENCE OF THAT INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY DEMAND.

NOW, THAT'S ALSO A GOOD THING FOR GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT BECAUSE IF YOU'LL RECALL, OUR TRANSMISSION COSTS ARE RECOVERABLE THROUGH OUR, WHAT ARE CALLED TCOS RATES, OUR TRANSMISSION COST OF SERVICE RATES, AND WE EARN A RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT.

SO WE GET OUR COST RECOVERY BACK PLUS A RETURN ON TOP OF THAT.

SO ACTUALLY, THE TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR RATE PAYERS.

SO WE'LL START WITH TRANSMISSION FIRST.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM, AND THESE ARE ALL NEW FUNDING REQUESTS EXCEPT FOR THE VERY LAST ITEM THAT I'LL DISCUSS.

UH, THESE ARE NEW FUNDING REQUESTS FOR 2025.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE PERMIAN BASIN RELIABILITY PLAN, $13.5 MILLION FOR 2025.

UH, TOTAL COST FOR THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY 35.5 MILLION.

AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE DOING.

AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS PERMIAN BASIN RELIABILITY PLAN WAS, UM, VIA LEGISLATION THAT HAPPENED THE LAST SESSION WHERE THE LEGISLATURE WANTED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION BUILT INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AREA, WHICH IS PART OF THE WEST TEXAS AREA.

AND SO THAT IS 13 TO $15 BILLION OF INVESTMENT.

THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED IF IT'S GONNA BE THE 3 45 KV OPTION OR THE 7 65 KV OPTION.

IF IT'S THE 3 45 KV OPTION, WE WILL BE ADDING TO THIS NUMBER, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUT AS FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST SHOWING THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN, REGARDLESS OF WHICH OPTION IS SELECTED.

AND THAT SHOULD OPTION DETERMINATION SHOULD BE BY MAY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

UH, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASING CAPACITY ON THE SYSTEM.

UH, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT LINE SEGMENTS THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO INCREASE CAPACITY ON AS IS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, LOAD IN THE NORTH GARLAND AREA.

THAT'S, UM, RELATED TO ENCORE.

MOST OF THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA CENTER LOAD.

UH, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS A GRID AND IT'S SHARED, THOSE ELECTRONS FLOW THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.

SO THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED.

UH, THAT'S 10.6 MILLION FOR 2025.

AND LET'S SEE, 20.5 MILLION FOR ALL THE PROJECTS.

UH, THE ERCOT LINE LIMITATIONS, UH, THESE ARE LIMITATIONS ON OUR EXISTING SYSTEM THAT ERCOT IS IDENTIFIED THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY 2028.

THOSE ARE ALSO THREE LINE SEGMENTS.

UH, IT'S 5.3 MILLION FOR 2025 AND $11.2 MILLION TOTAL, UH, FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, THE LAST ONE ON THIS SLIDE IS FAIRDALE FAIRDALE TO SHILOH.

WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SOME LINE CONFIGURATION CHANGES, UH, IN PARTICULAR AROUND WHERE THE, UH, PLASTIC PACK FACILITY IS.

UH, IN ADDITION, THERE'S SOME RELAY COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE IN THE STATIONS, UH, TO UPGRADE FOR, UH, SYSTEM RELIABILITY.

UH, THAT'S $3.1 MILLION FOR 2025 AND A TOTAL OF $7.1 MILLION.

UH, THE NEXT TRANSMISSION PROJECT WE HAVE IS A WALNUT SUBSTATION BYPASS.

UH, SO THE WALNUT STATION THAT'S HERE ON FIRST AND WALNUT, UH, THE NEWMAN LINE THAT COMES FROM THE NEWMAN STATION THAT GOES TO OUR FAIRDALE STATION.

THE LINE THAT COMES THROUGH, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT WALNUT STATION IS ONE OF THE LINES THAT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED AS FAR AS CAPACITY.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN THE WALNUT STATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THE INCREASES IN CAPACITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UM, UH, THAT PARTICULAR STATION.

SO AN ALTERNATIVE IS WHAT'S CALLED A TAP.

AND BASICALLY WE ARE GOING TO BE CREATING A TAP AT THE WALNUT SUBSTATION RATHER THAN MAKING THE IMPROVEMENTS OF EXPANDING THE WALNUT SUBSTATION JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SIZE LIMITATIONS THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAD THE ELM GROWN TO BEN DAVIS POLE REPLACEMENT.

UH, WE NEED TO INCREASE CAPACITY ON THIS LINE, BUT ALSO THESE ARE ALL WOODEN POLES.

AND SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ELM GROVE STATION IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY UP BY WHERE THE LANDFILL IS.

AND THE BEN STATE BEN DAVIS STATION IS THERE BY FIRE WHEEL.

SO THAT PARTICULAR LINE RIGHT NOW IS ALL WOODEN POLES.

UH, IT'LL BE CONVERTED TO STEEL.

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SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 15% OF OUR TRANSMISSION POLES ARE WOOD, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO PHASE OUT, UH, WOOD POLES OVER TIME AND HAVE NOTHING BUT UH, STEEL POLES.

EVENTUALLY.

MOST OF THE SUBSTATION PROJECTS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR RECOVERY FROM OUR TCOS RATE OR TRANSMISSION COST OF SERVICE.

UH, RATE, UH, THIS NEWMAN SUBSTATION EXPANSION, THIS IS OVER WHERE THE OLD NEWMAN PLANT IS.

UH, THIS IS AGAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE CAPACITY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, NEED TO BE INCREASED, UH, WITH EITHER ENCORE OR JUST LOAD GROWTH IN OUR AREA OR AROUND OUR AREA.

SO WE'LL BE INCREASING THE SUBSTATION CAPACITY THERE AT, UM, AT, UH, THE NEWMAN FACILITY.

THEN WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, KING CREEK SUBSTATION.

THIS WOULD BE A NEW SUBSTATION.

IT'S GONNA REPLACE OUR COLLEGE AND FAIRDALE STATIONS, WHICH ARE LOCATED BY THE, UH, KING CREEK.

UH, RIGHT NOW THE COLLEGE STATION NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED AND THE DALE STATION WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE AND EROSION.

PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EROSION IN THAT AREA.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NEW SITE, AND OUR PLAN IS TO MOVE TO THAT NEW SITE.

AND WE WOULD HAVE JUST THE ONE SUBSTATION RATHER THAN THE TWO SEPARATE STA STATIONS THAT ARE BASICALLY SIDE BY SIDE, UH, TO EACH OTHER.

RIGHT NOW.

UH, THE GRAND FALLS SUBSTATION TERMINAL, THIS IS FOR A, UH, SOLAR FARM THAT'S OUT IN WEST TEXAS THAT WANTS TO CONNECT TO OUR, UH, KING MOUNTAIN STATION.

AND SO FOR 2025, THAT'S $3.5 MILLION, AND THE TOTAL IS $5 MILLION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE THE SAVANNAH OAKS POINT OF INTERCONNECTION.

THIS IS A NEW GEN, UH, SOLAR GENERATION FARM THAT WOULD BE CONNECTING TO OUR GIBBONS CREEK TO LIMESTONE TRANSMISSION LINE.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S CLOSE TO THE BRINE COLLEGE STATION AREA THAT WE CONSTRUCTED, OH, PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND THE INITIAL COST FOR 2025 IS 3 MILLION.

AND BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A NEW STATION, UH, OVERALL COST IS $22.8 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND IF I CAN GO BACK REAL QUICK, NEWMAN, THE TOTAL COST FOR THE NEWMAN EXPANSION IS $9.1 MILLION.

AND THE TOTAL COST FOR THE NEW KING CREEK SUBSTATION IS ESTIMATED TO BE $20 MILLION IN OUR PRODUCTION PROGRAM.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM AND THE THIRD ITEM, UH, THEY'RE BOTH MOTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING.

BOTH OF THESE MOTORS ARE SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE.

THE UNIT THREE FOUR DRAFT FAN MOTOR IS, UH, 48 YEARS OLD, AND THE OLINGER FOUR CRANKING MOTOR IS 24 YEARS OLD.

AND SO IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT.

WE WILL REFURBISH THOSE AND KEEP THOSE AS SPARE.

BUT, UM, AGAIN, SINCE THEY'RE SINGLE POINT OF, UM, FAILURE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING THEM THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND THEN THE SECOND AND FOURTH ITEMS, THESE ARE BOTH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND WE KNOW THINGS BUILT ARE MADE IN THE SEVENTIES ARE THE GREATEST AND THE BEST.

THAT'S GOOD, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING OUR TURBINE OIL, HEAT, AND PURIFICATION SYSTEM, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, FOR OUR SPENCER TOWERS OUT AT THE, UH, DENTON FACILITY, UH, THE COOLING TOWER OVERFLOW SYSTEM.

UM, AND SO BOTH OF THOSE COMBINED IS $290,000.

SO THE LAST ITEM HERE IS NOT A NEW FUNDING REQUEST, UM, BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR, UH, A MI OR ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS WHERE WE'LL BE PLACING IN SMART METERS.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2025 IS WE WOULD BEGIN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE METER, THE METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

THIS IS BASICALLY THE BACKBONE OR THE ARCHITECTURE THAT'S BEHIND ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT TIE INTO THE CUSTOMER INFORMATION SYSTEM TO THE GIS SYSTEM, TO OUR OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

THIS IS THE BACKBONE PORTION THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN, UH, 2025.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VENDOR THAT WAS SELECTED, UH, ONCE WE FINISHED THOSE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

AND I, I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE AND I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO STEVE HINES AND THE CITY OF THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO HAS SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS WITH US GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE, THE CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE VENDOR.

BUT, UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET THIS IN PLACE HERE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

THEN START WITH THE METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, MAYBE WE CAN DO OUR PILOT PROGRAM WITH SOME OF THE SMART

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METERS.

'CAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE YOU GO AND REPLACE, UH, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF METERS, YOU WANT TO DO A TEST OF IT.

SO WE'LL DO A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM.

WE'RE HOPING THAT WOULD BE DONE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A THREE YEAR TIMEFRAME AS FAR AS REPLACING ALL THE METERS.

SO IF EVERYTHING GOES AS EXPECTED, ALL THE STARS ALIGN, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT SOMETHING OF A FULL REPLACEMENT BY THE END OF 2028.

SO THAT MEANS WE'LL PROBABLY BE 2029 .

WE KNOW THE STARS DON'T ALWAYS ALIGN, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

I, I KNOW THIS WAS PART OF THIS UPDATE WAS ALSO IN RESPONSE TO, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON HAD A QUESTION ABOUT AS FAR AS THE, UH, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH CUSTOMERS ABOUT WHEN THEY HAD AN OUTAGE.

UM, THE ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT SMART METERS, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS, UM, DON'T HAVE POWER.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY NEED THEM TO CALL US RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET THE SMART METERS.

AND ONCE THE SMART METERS ARE IN PLACE, IT WILL SEND TO US INDICATION THAT THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL METER DOES NOT HAVE POWER.

AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO, IF THEY'VE GIVEN US A NUMBER TO CONTACT, WE CAN CONTACT THEM, TEXT THEM, AND SAY, WE KNOW THAT YOUR POWER'S OUT.

SO ONCE WE START GETTING THE SMART METERS IN PLACE, THEN THAT COMMUNICATION WHERE WE CAN TELL THE CUSTOMER WE KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE POWER, UH, WOULD BE IN PLACE.

OH, AND JUST KIND OF GO BACK.

TOTAL OVERALL COST FOR AT LEAST THE, THE ELECTRIC PORTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE A MI, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ESTIMATED AT $20.8 MILLION.

SO HERE'S THE SUMMARY OF ALL OF OUR CIP PROJECTS FOR 2025.

AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, THIS IS BY FAR THE LARGEST DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED.

UH, THE LAST LARGEST THAT WE HAD WAS BACK IN 2017.

I THINK WE WERE AT $157 MILLION THAT WE REQUESTED THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.

WHAT'S DRIVING THIS IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSMISSION.

IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, LAST YEAR FOR 2024, WE WERE AT $40 MILLION FOR TRANSMISSION.

THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 109 MILLION.

SO YOU'VE GOT NEW PROJECTS, WE'VE GOT CONTINUATION OF PROJECTS THAT HAD STARTED IN 24 THAT ARE NOW GOING THROUGH IN 25, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE EXPERIENCING INFLATION AS WELL THROUGH THIS.

THEN WE LOOK AT 2024 VERSUS 2025.

AS FAR AS THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, UH, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE TWO BIG AREAS ARE.

TRANSMISSION AND SUBSTATIONS.

AGAIN, THIS GETS BACK TO THE ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE FRONT END.

UH, THESE ARE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN EITHER WITH CAPACITY NEEDS OR WE HAVE, UH, TYPICALLY AT SOLAR FARMS, WE DO HAVE SOME BATTERY FARMS THAT ARE LOOKING AT INTERCONNECTING INTO THE GRID.

AND, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND, AND SUBSTATIONS, UH, THE INCREASE THERE IS, UM, 200 AND ALMOST $225 MILLION, UM, OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF THAT INCREASE JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS. AND WITH THAT, THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM, LOOK, WHERE EXACTLY IS THE KEEN SUBSTATION GOING TO BE LOCATED? SO I, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT SITE BECAUSE WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE LAND.

UH, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WALNUT, SHILOH, JUST TO YOUR EAST, THERE'S THE, THE TWO STATIONS, RIGHT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON KEEN CREEK RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE CHURCH THAT'S RIGHT THERE BY WHERE THE, THE, UH, TWO STATIONS ARE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I'VE COURSE THE, UH, THE WALNUT SUBSTATION TAP THAT YOU MENTIONED IS, AND, AND IT'S A SPACE ISSUE.

IS THIS, UH, IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AGAIN DOWN THE LINE? IS THIS GOING TO GET US TO A CERTAIN POINT OR IS IT, IS THIS A WORKAROUND? IS IT A BANDAID? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT DOWN THE LINE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THE SYSTEM OF SPACE, LOCATION, SOMETHING TO THE, I MEAN, IS THIS A SUSTAINABLE FIX? AND IF SO, FOR HOW LONG? I DON'T KNOW IF I'D CALL IT A BANDAID.

I'D CALL IT AN ALTERNATIVE .

WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT ANOTHER SITE AND RELOCATE THAT STATION.

THE, THE, THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO EXPAND THE STATION, RIGHT? UM, IT, IT ALL DEPENDS UPON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LOAD GROWTH COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

IT, IT MAY GET TO A POINT

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THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU RELOCATE THAT STATION, ALL THE FEEDERS, THE DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS THAT ARE HEADING OUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO FORTH, THAT COMING FROM THAT STATION, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO RELOCATE.

SO IT WOULD BE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE EFFORT.

UM, IT MAY BE THAT WE CAN FEED FROM THE NEWMAN STATION IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, SOME DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS, WE'VE GOT SPACE THERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE OLD NEWMAN PLANT.

SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF ROOM TO EXPAND THERE.

SO IT MAY BE THAT THAT'S OUR ALTERNATIVE IS THAT WE EXPAND THE NEWMAN STATION OVER TIME AND KEEP THE WALNUT STATION AS IS.

RIGHT.

BUT THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO EXPAND IT.

THAT'S THE, THE BEST LONG TERM.

BUT THE TAP IS AN ALTERNATIVE.

AND IT, AND IT MAY BE THAT IT COULD BE THERE FOR ANOTHER 25, 30, 40 YEARS BEFORE ANYTHING'S DONE, OR IF WE HAVE ENOUGH LOAD GROWTH, MORE DATA CENTERS COMING THROUGH IT, IT MAY BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT.

IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE, WE HOPE THERE'S GOING TO BE LOAD GROWTH.

UM, BUT OKAY.

ITEM EIGHT, COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED CIP ALLISON.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR G, P AND L? I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND COUNSEL, THAT WAS OUR LAST, UH, LAST DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION.

UH, WE WILL, ALLISON WILL COME JOIN US AGAIN, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[8. Council Discussion and Questions regarding the 2025 Proposed CIP ]

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US BEFORE WE GET MOVING? I CAN PUT THE CALENDAR BACK UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, SURE.

WHY NOT.

REVISIT IT ONE LAST TIME.

ENGAGEMENT TYPE OF SCANNING THAT WOULD HELP US HOPEFULLY IDENTIFY ANY, UM, I GUESS MORE, UH, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC TYPE OF, UH, TYPE OF CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT COME UP OR, OR HISTORICAL TYPE OF, UM, INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP WITH DESIGN.

SO, UM, COUNSEL AGAIN, REMINDER THAT ON THE 21ST WE'RE DOUBLING UP, UH, WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING.

UH, AND THAT WILL BE THE NEXT TIME WE WILL HAVE THIS ON OUR AGENDA AND ON, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, WE'LL MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT NIGHT IF THE 28TH IS NECESSARY.

UM, AND IF NOT, THEN UH, WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DIRECT STAFF, UM, ON THE THIRD OR EVEN BEFORE THAT, SO THAT ON THE THIRD, UH, THE FINAL DOCUMENTS AND DRAFTS CAN ALL BE READY FOR APPROVAL ON THE FOURTH.

ANY QUESTIONS TO THAT? MAYOR? I DID THINK OF ONE THING TO SAY.

AH, GOOD.

UM, AS YOU CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND EVERYTHING GIVEN TO YOU TODAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL TO EITHER TO JUDD OR ME, AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR CIP STAFF TO GET THOSE ANSWERED.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS FROM TODAY HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR ANY OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE.

VERY GOOD COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ANY REQUESTS, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. I WANT, SO ONE, HAVE TO SEND THIS TO ALLISON.

I I'LL ASK IT NOW.

I'M CITY MANAGER ON ALL THESE PROJECTS.

UH, HOW DO WE, UH, ASSESS, DO WE HAVE A SET PROTOCOL FOR ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THESE PROJECTS ON SURROUNDING AREAS OUT OUTSIDE OF, I GUESS I WOULD SAY STATE AND FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS? UM, PROBABLY NOT.

UM, SO SHOULD BE, I'LL TAKE AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, SHILOH ROAD.

I THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED AS A, A PROJECT THAT HAS FEDERAL DOLLARS TIED TO IT.

AND SO IT HAS TO GO THROUGH, UH, THE, UH, NEPA PROCESS.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS ANY INTERNAL CITY CRITERIA FOR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING I'M AWARE OF THAT THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED BY POLICY.

SO, SO YOU FEEL THAT THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS PLUS THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE, ARE SUFFICIENT, UH, TO MAKE, TO, TO GIVE SUFFICIENT OVERSIGHT TO THE WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUFFICIENT TO DO THAT? MAN, I, I HATE TO SAY WHETHER THEY'RE SUFFICIENT OR NOT, BECAUSE THERE'S, WITHOUT DOING A, AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT ON, ON A LOT OF OUR CITY PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND RECREATION TYPE OF PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY, WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND, UM, I GUESS COMMUNITY

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UM, I HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT IN IT.

IT JUST ESCAPED ME.

UH, WE, WE DO, SO A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS AS WELL, LIKE WHEN WE ACQUIRE ANY RIGHT OF WAY OR, UM, LAND ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS THERE, THERE'S DUE DILIGENCE THAT DOES THAT, THAT TAKES PLACE WHERE WE'RE DOING, UH, PHASE ONE OR SOMETIMES EVEN A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, STUDY, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WITH THE PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO SOME THINGS WOULD COME UP THROUGH THAT AS WELL.

BUT AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF ANY, ANY OTHER POLICY GUIDANCE FROM, FROM COUNCIL OR HIGHER AUTHORITIES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, I THINK THAT KIND OF CAPTURES EVERYTHING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE RELATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YEAH, I ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS POSED TO ME, WAS POSED TO ME.

AND, UH, PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD ON, PARTICULARLY ON EROSION PROJECTS, UH, UH, WASTEWATER PROJECTS, THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS.

THAT QUESTION WAS POSED TO ME AND I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT.

SO PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GIVE CONSIDERATION TO GOING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY ON EROSION, UH, EROSION TYPE PROJECTS.