Jun 26, 2021 City Council Special Meeting

COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THANK YOU, MS. KAHN, KATHY GILSON GOOD MORNING.

I'M KATHY GILSON.

I'M PRESIDENT OF CAL QUILTERS.

I LIVE HERE IN KYLE AND PLUM CREEK AND, UH, WE ARE A PART OF THE CALVES.

WE ARE PART OF THE SENIOR ZONE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE 10 YEARS THAT WE HAVE USED A CRUDE BUILDING.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'VE GIVEN IT TO US LOVINGLY.

THE CENTER IS NICE, BUT WE HAVE OUTGROWN IT.

WE NEED MORE SPACE.

WE NEED MORE SPACE TO HAVE TABLES THAT ARE NOT STACKED UPSIDE DOWN.

SO WE HAVE TO GO IN AND REMOVE THEM.

AND WHAT THAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE LESS TABLES TO USE.

WE CANNOT GET THEM DOWN.

UH, MORE SPACE IN THE KITCHEN.

THREE IS DEFINITELY A CROWD MORE SPACE.

SO WE DO NOT GET OVERBOOKED AND ASKED TO PLEASE LEAVE THE BUILDING FOR THE RENTERS, MORE SPACE

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FOR SPONTANEITY.

WE HAD NO PLACE TO MEET.

WE CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE A MEDIAN.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO HAVE IT.

WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR LARGER QUILT SHOW.

AND I WANT YOU TO, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW THIS OR NOT, BUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE CAME TO US YEARS AGO AND SAID, PLEASE, CAN YOU HAVE A QUILT SHOW ANNUALLY? SO WE ADD THE SAME DAY AS THE BIG CELEBRATION.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STORAGE.

WE, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT FROM OUR QUILT SHOW IS UPSTAIRS AND WE EITHER HAVE TO BEG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME HELP US.

OR WE HAVE A FIRE BUCKET LINE DOWN TO TRY TO GET ALL THOSE DOWN.

AND THEN OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK UPSTAIRS AND WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR HELPING US TO HAVE A BIGGER FACILITY.

YEAH, DOMINGO CASTILLO.

MY NAME IS DOMINGO AND I LIVE AT 2 95 PAINTED CREEK WAY HERE IN KYLE, TEXAS.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN KYLE PRIOR TO MOVING TO SAN MARCOS, A GRADER GRADUATING FROM SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, I SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SENIOR STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY POINT OF VIEW IN SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE KYLA ERAS, SENIOR SOMEONE DURING MY 60 YEAR LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THIS AREA, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE MY MILITARY OBLIGATION TO MY COUNTRY, COMPLETED, COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH VERIZON CORPORATION.

I SPENT 12 YEARS AS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR FOR THE DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY CALLING SCHOOLS DISTRICT UPON RETIREMENT.

I RETURNED TO KYLE DUE TO MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF A CITY TO CARRY FOR CITIZENS.

I HOPE THIS STILL HOLDS TRUE.

THE CORPORATIONS, THE CITY GOVERNMENTS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE ITS CITIZENS AND TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE IMAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS SERVES.

THIS PUBLIC IMAGE IS MAINTAINED AND REINFORCED BY VOLUNTEERING THE USE OF ITS ASSETS AND INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS PROCESS IS KNOWN IN A CORPORATE WORLD AS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE POSITIVE SOCIAL VALUES.

MAY I SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CALL, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND EXCEED YOUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES BY PROVIDING US WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BUILD A FACILITY FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY.

THE AREA HERE IN HAYES COUNTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY VARIOUS ECONOMIC PUBLICATIONS.

ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE, UH, BASICALLY IT INCORPORATES MOVING TO THIS AREA IN OTHER AREAS ARE THE, ARE AS FOLLOWS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESS GROWTH, POTENTIAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION, NOW EXPECTATIONS, AND ESPECIALLY EMPLOYEE SOCIAL AND HEALTH BENEFITS.

I BELIEVE IF YOU BUILD THIS FACILITY, YOU CAN MEET A LOT OF THIS CRITERIA.

I KNOW WHEN I USED TO LIVE IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, WHAT IT USED TO BE GT, WHICH NOW I CALL VERIZON, WE DECIDED TO RELOCATE TO THE DALLAS AREA.

AND THIS ARE THE MAIN FACTORS THAT WE USED IN THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS TO DECIDED TO LOOK TO RELOCATE TO DALLAS.

AS YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNTIES ARE ALSO COMPETING FOR THIS SMALL BUSINESSES AND OFFICIAL CORPORATIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU BUILT THIS FACILITY, YOU CAN USE THIS AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL.

LASTLY, A WEEK FROM TODAY, WE ALL WERE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION, WHERE THE FRIENDS AND FRIENDS MAY NOT RUSH YOU NOT TO FORGET THE MILITARY VETERANS OF OUR ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE DELAYED THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS GOALS IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.

SO THERE ALL OF US CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY TO REFRIGERANT THAT WE SHARE.

THANK YOU, EDWIN.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, SHITTY COUNCIL STAFF.

MY NAME IS EDWIN WYNN.

I LIVE AT 1 0 9 PER DENALIS DRIVE IN SILVERADO.

PRIOR TO THAT, I LIVE FOR 42 HERE AT 7 0 4 BLANCO.

UH, I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

I'M IN

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A MINORITY.

I KNOW BECAUSE I STILL HAVE A MASK WHEN YOU'RE 92 YEARS OLD AND YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU CARRY AS MANY GUNS AS YOU CAN LOADED.

SO I HAVE A MASK AND PLEASE EXCUSE IT.

IF YOU FEEL OFFENSIVE TO THIS, I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY JAMES WHO'S STAYED HERE FOR SO LONG AND SAW US GROW.

I MOVED HERE IN 1973 IN 1979.

I WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, SERVED TO COUNCIL, UH, TWO TERMS AS COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, TWO TERMS, FOLLOWING THAT AS THE MAYOR OF KYLE BACK THEN OUR BIGGEST WORKSHOP PROBLEM WAS, WELL, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL ENOUGH WATER TO PAY FOR OUR TWO MAINTENANCE PEOPLE IN THE TEAM, NEW OFFICE STAFF.

THIS WAS OUR BUDGET.

UH, WE STILL BURN TRASH BACK OFF, OUT ON THE INNER CENTER STREET.

UH, THE MAYOR, UH, THE, THE GOVERNOR WOULD CALL ME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

AND REMIND ME, ED, UH, YOUR TRASH, YOUR, YOUR DUMP GROUND IS ON FIRE.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE HAD HER WAY OF GETTING AWAY WITH IT.

UH, YEAH, IT WAS ELATION, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU STRETCH WHERE YOU CAN AND GO FROM THERE, BUT CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, I'M HERE TOO.

SPEAK TO YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE.

SPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL.

I THINK THAT YOU ARE SOLID CITIZENS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE TILL YOU GET TO BE 92 YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME.

I KNOW THAT YOU WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A FACILITY FOR YOUR SENIORS TOGETHER.

LARRY AND AL PROBABLY GONE A LONG TIME FROM NOW AFTER, BEFORE, UH, I'M, I'M HERE TO PLEAD FOR YOU.

WE WILL BLACK TO BILL FOR YOU AND YOUR FUTURE AS SENIOR CITIZENS, UH, A PLACE THAT YOU CAN REALLY CALL HOME.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING IT'S, YOU'VE DONE WITH IT, THE OLD CITY HALL.

AND I STILL REMEMBER IT AS THE OLD CITY HALL BECAUSE IT WAS MY ERA.

MY OFFICE WAS UP IN THE UPPER STAIR IN THE STORAGE ROOM, WHATEVER IT IS NOW, UH, AND THE, SEE THE COUNCIL MET UP THERE, BUT WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

I WAS NOT A CHARTERED MEMBER OF CASH.

CASH WAS FORMED IN 2006.

I GOT HERE, I GOT TO BE A MEMBER IN 2007, BECAUSE IN 2006, I WAS STILL OUT IN THE STATE HAVING A BIG TIME AND ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT.

BUT I COUNSEL WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER EVERY WAY THAT YOU CAN IN STRETCHING THIS BUDGET TO COVER YOUR FUTURE AS WELL AS OURS IN HELPING US TO DEVELOP WHAT LARRY AND HIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE, HAVE, UH, PRESENTED, EXCUSE ME, TO YOU OVER AND OVER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE WILLINGLY ALLOWED US TO BUILD ON.

WE'RE HOPING THAT, UH, AND THEN JUST STAY OFF IS, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IS IT WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY IN DEVELOPING THOSE FUNDS THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD THAT KIND OF BUILDING, BUT PLEASE, AS YOU, AS, AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR BUDGET TODAY, CONSIDER YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO PREPARE A GOOD PLACE FOR YOU SO THAT YOU'LL BE HAPPY.

AND THAT THERE'LL BE A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR YOU AS A SENIOR CITIZEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TO KYLE TO LIVE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND KYLE HAS BEEN A BLESSING IN MY LIFE.

HONORABLE MAYOR.

WHEN, UH, CHARLOTTE CLAYTON.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO CAZ MEMBERS.

WE, UM, UH, I LIVE IN STEEPLECHASE SUBDIVISION BY THE WAY, AND, UH, JOINED IN 2009 WHEN I MOVED

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IT'S THE ONLY PLACE WHERE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE AND MAKE FRIENDS.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE IN, UH, WAS MOSTLY YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO WENT TO WORK.

SO I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYBODY TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH EXCEPT FOR ONE WHO LAST YEAR MOVED TO MISSOURI.

SO KAZ IS THE PLACE WHERE I, AS A MEMBER COME TO BE AROUND PEOPLE.

AND I'VE DISCOVERED THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY AND IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I NOTICED I CAME BACK THAT A YOUNGER GROUP HAS COME IN.

SO CONSIDER THIS, LIKE ED SAID, YOU'RE HEADING THERE AND YOU WOULD WANT TO LIVE AND WORK IN A COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES A WONDERFUL SENIOR CITIZEN, SENIOR, UH, ACTIVITY PLACE FOR THEIR CITIZENS AND THE PLANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM ARE EXCELLENT BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE DIFFERENT ROOMS FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES HELD AT THE SAME TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO I, UH, ENJOYED MY TIME, UH, JOINING A CHOIR, UH, WHICH BECAME DEFUNCT, BUT WE'RE FRIENDS.

SO WE STILL MEET ONCE A MONTH JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LIVES.

AND, UH, THERE'S OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER US IN YOUR BUDGET.

THANK YOU, STEVEN BUTLER.

UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN BUTLER.

UH, BEEN WORKING WITH THE CAS PEOPLE FOR, UH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

NOW, I, AS THE ARCHITECT, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF CAST.

IT'S SENIOR CITIZEN, MYSELF, 67 YEARS OLD AND PLAN ON BEING ABOVE THE GRASS A LITTLE LONGER.

WE, UH, WE, UH, HAVE PUT TOGETHER THE PLAN.

SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT, 33,000 SQUARE FEET AND AMPHITHEATER AND SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY AS A GROUP LONGER, I'VE RECENTLY TOUCHED, REACHED OUT TO A CONTRACTOR.

AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT INTO YOUR BUDGET OF 10 MILLION, $500,000 TODAY, PRICE, THAT'S WHAT IT WILL RUN.

SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU, UM, SEE YOU INCORPORATE THAT IN YOUR BUDGETS IF YOU CAN, OR, BUT I, I WON'T DRAG ON L LONGER.

YOU'VE SEEN THE PLANS I'M HERE TO, FOR, UM, FOR QUESTIONS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACILITY AS YOU ALL, UH, COME UP WITH THEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR, AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES HERE.

MARY JANE VASQUEZ.

NINETEEN TWELVE, NINETEEN TWELVE.

MY NAME IS MARY JANE VASQUEZ, AND I'M NOW A CITIZEN OF HAYES COUNTY.

I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, ALL OF MY LIFE.

AND, BUT GUESS WHAT? I'M A BABY BOOMER.

HOW MANY BABY BOOMERS DO WE HAVE HERE? AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DID NOT EVER GET TO THIS AGE, BUT WE DO.

LET ME TELL YOU, UH, WE HAVE VISITED SOME OF THESE SENIOR CITIZENS AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BOY, I WAS BLOWN AS TO WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR CITY.

AND I CAME TO HAZE AND I THOUGHT, IS THIS IT IS THIS ALL WE HAVE HERE? COULD WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT? HOW OLD IS THAT BUILDING? THEY WERE IN NOW, DOES ANYBODY KNOW? I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WITH CITY COUNCIL.

NO.

IS ANYBODY BORN 1912? I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE CITIZENS THAT ARE BABY BOOMERS AT THIS TIME, HAVE THE NEED

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TO GO TO.

AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU RETIRE.

WHAT IS THERE TO DO? SIT DOWN AND WATCH TELEVISION EVERY DAY, EAT, UM, CITIZENS AND SENIORS.

NOWADAYS, WHEN THE STATE AT DIFFERENT, THEY WORK OUT, THEY DO LINE DANCING.

THEY, UM, THEY QUILT.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

IF THEY WERE GIVEN A PLACE TO ENJOY AND HAVE MORE SENIORS AND MORE BABY BOOMERS THAT ARE COMING INTO HAYES COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE ON A DAILY BASIS.

RIGHT NOW, THE CALENDAR IS FULL.

AND I TELL LARRY HOW MUCH FOOD IS GOING TO GET.

AND LARRY'S GONE EVERY DAY.

I SEE HIM ONCE A DAY.

I MEAN, ONCE A WEEK, IF I'M LUCKY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME FOR THESE VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID.

THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER WORK.

AND THIS IS AMAZING FOR THESE GUYS TO HAVE HELD UP SO MANY YEARS, VOLUNTEERING WITH NO PAY WHATSOEVER.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, THE FUTURE FOR US, FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY OF KYLE AND KNOW THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PLACE FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT IS ROBERT FERGUSON, MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL AND OVERWORKED CITY STAFF.

I'VE BEEN IN YOUR SHOES.

THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 2000 RESIDENCES.

MY NAME IS ROBERT FERGUSON.

I LIVE AT 1 0 1 BRITTANY LOOP.

KYLE WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2015.

WE CAME HERE BECAUSE OUR SON WAS IN SOUTH AUSTIN, A DISABLED VETERAN, A PERSPECTIVE FROM A CENSUS TAKER.

SOMETIMES YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

I SPENT 30 TO 50 HOURS A WEEK FROM JULY 26 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020 CANVASSING FOR THE CENSUS AND KYLE KYLE ETA, E T J AND HAYES COUNTY.

I VISITED AN AVERAGE OF 40 RESIDENTS A DAY RESIDENCES A DAY, SIX TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND I VISITED SOUTHERN THOSE RESIDENTS AS MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T HOME AND LEFT NOTES.

THE VISITS ARE CATEGORIZED BELOW.

APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD NOT ANSWER THE DOOR FOR FEARS OF COVID.

10% WERE NOT HOME AFTER REPEATED TRIPS TO THE RESIDENCES.

20% HAD MOVED HERE AFTER APRIL 1ST REFERENCE THE REFERENCE DATE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CENSUS FOR THIS AREA, WHICH GIVES YOU THE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BY THE WAY, 30% INVITED ME IN ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND EXPRESS OPINIONS.

MOST WERE POSITIVE.

SOME WERE NEGATIVE.

THE POSITIVE GROUP TENDED TO BE MORE SENIOR THAN THE NEGATIVE GROUP, THE NEGATIVE GROUP, WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING THEIR TUSHES OFF, TRYING TO SURVIVE DEPENDING UPON THEIR PARENTS THAT WERE COMING INTO THE AREA TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN, BECAUSE IT TOOK TWO, TWO PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THE INCOME TO SURVIVE IN THIS AREA.

I OBSERVED MANY SENIOR CITIZENS IN POOR OR SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, CARING FOR MULTIPLE CHILDREN, AND THEY WERE WORN OUT SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

THEY HAD NOTHING TO SUPPORT THEM.

A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE POSITIVE OR, WELL, IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY.

WE LOVE IT HERE.

WE HAVE A GOOD GOVERNMENT.

THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION.

BASICALLY SOME OF THEM SAID THAT, UH, CONCERNS WERE SOMETHING LIKE I CAN'T GET AROUND.

I CAN'T GET TO THE CITY.

THERE'S NO BUS SERVICES.

THERE'S NO SENIOR, UH, SUPPORT GROUPS.

LIKE YOU HAVE AEC UP IN AUSTIN.

YOU HAVE THOSE BIG GROUPS IN AUSTIN THAT HELPS SENIORS.

THEY COME DOWN HERE PERIODICALLY TO HELP,

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BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SEE HERE, THE YOUNGER POP INTENDED TO BE BOTH WORKING AND INDICATED THAT THEIR PARENTS MAY BE MOVING HERE TO HELP THEM WITH FAMILY RAISING.

I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING DOING THE CENSUS.

A CENSUS SOMETIMES HAD ADDRESSES WHERE THE PLUMBING WAS JUST COMING OUT OF THE GROUND.

SO THERE WERE NO HOUSES YET.

SO YOU HAD TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND SAY, YEAH, I WAS THERE.

I WASN'T THERE.

YOU KNOW, UH, THERE WERE HOUSES THAT I, UH, FOLLOWING SITES THAT I VISIT AND TWO WEEKS LATER I'D GO BACK AND THERE WAS A HOUSE THERE AND IT WAS ALREADY SOLD MORAL TOWARDS BUTTON CREEK IN THAT AREA.

A LOT OF, A LOT OF BUILDING THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT HAVE A HUGE TASK WITH FINANCES PROVIDED.

AND IF WE COULD DO A CENSUS AGAIN AND GET IT RIGHT INSTEAD OF WAIT TWO MONTHS, AND WE ONLY GETTING TWO MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET A LOT MORE MONEY OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

TEXAS IS INCREASING IN POPULATION BY MILLIONS A YEAR IN HAYS COUNTY AND KYLE THEY'RE GROWING.

NO, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM CENSUS DATA IS THAT AT A MINIMUM OF 16.5% ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.

WELL OVER 65, THAT'S THE LOW END.

THE HIGH END IS AROUND 25%.

IF WE REALLY HAD A GOOD STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, UH, WITH THIS AREA GROWING, I SUBMIT THAT THE UNDERSERVED SENIOR POPULATION NEEDS TO BE SLOWER, SUPPORTED TO IMPROVE FAMILY LIFE AND CONTINUITY OF THE ELECTORATE.

I MEAN, GUYS, WE PAID THE BILLS.

THE LAST, THE LAST BUDGET, UH, ELECTION FOR THE COUNTY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THE HAYES CISD 1 49 $0.5 MILLION.

SO THEY COULD SIT ON THEIR TUSHES IN AN OFFICE ALL TOGETHER.

THEY GOT BUILDINGS WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

AND HE GOT SENIOR CITIZENS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

10.5 MILLION IS CHUMP CHANGE COMPARED TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SENIOR CITIZENS ONE DAY.

IF NOT NOW, IF YOU'RE OVER 50, PLEASE TAP THE RESOURCES OF YOUR SENIOR POPULATION BY PROVIDING FUNDING AND LAND FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, RUN BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT RUN BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

YOU GUYS HAVE MORE SKILLS AND MORE VIGOR.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING OLD GUYS.

YOU BUILD IT.

THEY WILL COME.

AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL GROW.

IF YOU DON'T BUILD IT, YOU'RE JUST OPENING YOURSELVES UP TO MORE PROBLEMS. SO IF I CAN RELATE ONE SITUATION, I WAS IN THE VERY WELL-TO-DO PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY WATER LEAF.

I WENT INTO THE HOUSE BECAUSE THE WOMAN INVITED ME IN.

I MEAN, SHE WAS ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD.

I WALKED IN AND A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ON THE OUTSIDE.

INSIDE WAS TOTALLY DISARRAY.

I MEAN, DISHES PILED TWO FEET ABOVE THE KITCHEN.

I MEAN, SHE HAD NOTHING, NOBODY VISITED HER OR DID ANYTHING.

THERE WAS NO ACTIVITIES THAT SHE COULD BECOME A PART OF.

SHE HAD LOST HER HUSBAND A COUPLE OF YEARS EARLIER.

SHE HAD TWO LITTLE DOGS SCURRYING ON THE FLOORS AND THAT WAS IT.

AND SHE WAS SITTING THERE FOR, IN FRONT OF A TV.

I SAT WITH HER FOR A HALF AN HOUR.

WE TALKED AND THEN I REFERRED HER TO THE CHURCH BECAUSE THERE'S NO NOTHING ELSE I COULD FIND TO REFER TO.

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

AND ANOTHER SITUATION I RAN INTO, I WENT INTO A HOUSE OR A TRAILER AS YOU MIGHT CALL IT, UH, AND THREE OR FOUR KIDS RUNNING AROUND, BUT THE WOMAN BARELY HAD ANY FOOD IN THE HOUSE.

I MEAN, THIS, THE OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.

AND WE KNOW THAT SOMEDAY THE GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GET YOU THE MONEY YOU NEED.

BECAUSE AS I REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE OVER 50,000 POPULATION, YOUR FINANCES GET GREATLY EXPANDED.

AND SUPPOSEDLY 52,000 GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU, KYLE DOESN'T HAVE 52,000.

THEY GOT 60,000 AND IT'S GOING TO BE 70,000 WITHIN ANOTHER YEAR.

IT'S GROWING SO FAST.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

ARE YOU GOING TO DON CROW.

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MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF KYLE.

YOU ALL DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT AND A LOT OF KUDOS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR FOR THE SENIORS OF THIS CITY.

WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE ON SUPPORTING US.

AND YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWN THAT DESIRE BY FURNISHING A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND PUT A NEW SENIOR CENTER ON, WHICH IS BADLY NEEDED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF THE INNER CITIES.

UH, PEOPLE ARE GROWING OLDER AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE LIKE KYLE, MY WIFE AND I CAME FROM ANOTHER STATE AND WE CAME BECAUSE OF OUR CHILDREN WERE TRANSFERRED HERE FOR THEIR UNEMPLOYED, FOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

AND SO WE'VE MADE MANY, MANY TRIPS OUT TO THIS AREA.

AND WHEN WE CAME, THEY ALWAYS TOOK US AROUND TO VARIOUS TOWNS, NORTH AND SOUTH.

AND WE LOOKED, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LITTLE TOWNS AND CITIES, BECAUSE MY WIFE AND I ARE GROWN UP.

I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

AND WE WERE GETTING UP IN AGE, NOT AS OLD AS ED, BUT ALMOST, BUT ANYWAY, WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE TO KYLE.

NOW, WHY DID WE PICK KYLE? BECAUSE FROM THE TIME WE CAME AND MOVED HERE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE MET WERE LIKE ED, AND YOU FOLKS KIND CONSIDERATE, WELCOMING US.

SO MY WIFE AND I DECIDED, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO KYLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID OUT OF ALL OF THESE VARIOUS TOWNS THAT WE WENT TO.

WE PICK KYLE.

AND THAT REASON WAS YOU FOLKS.

AND PEOPLE LIKE ED THE WAY YOU'VE TREATED US AND GREETED US.

NOW, MY WIFE AND I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO KEEP OURSELVES ACTIVE.

AND WE REALLY FULLY BELIEVE THAT AS WE AGE, WE NEED TO KEEP OURSELVES ACTIVE, NOT SOME OUTLANDISH THING, BUT KEEP YOUR MIND MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY KEEP YOURSELF CAPABLE.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU ISOLATE YOURSELF, YOU BE ISOLATION.

YOU CAN TO FORGET AND LOSE YOUR MENTAL ABILITIES AND YOUR PHYSICAL.

SO WE SAID TO OURSELVES, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OURSELVES ACTIVE AND BUSY.

AND THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, I, I, I DON'T KNOW I WAS HITTING HIM ABOUT HIS GRAY HAIR AND THERE'S HIS AGE.

HE'S 92.

AND HE ALWAYS TOLD ME, AT LEAST I GOT HAIR.

WELL, ED AND I ARE PRETTY CLOSE IN AGE.

HE'S 92, I'M 91.

MY WIFE IS 90.

AND, UH, WE DECIDED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO LET OURSELVES FALL INTO THE TRAP THAT WE SEE SO MANY SENIORS FALL INTO.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ACTIVITIES.

AND AS A RESULT, THEY START LOSING THEIR AND THEIR MEMORY EVENTUALLY GO INTO DEMENTIA.

AND ALZHEIMER'S.

SO WE DECIDED THAT WE MOVED TO KYLE AND WHAT WAS IT? 2005 OR 2006.

AND WE RAN INTO SOME INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE WERE ASKING PEOPLE, WHERE IS IT THAT SENIORS, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE FOR SENIORS? BECAUSE WE HAD KEPT OURSELVES ACTIVE AND WANTED TO CONTINUE.

AND THEY TOLD US THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE HAD, WHEN I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, DALE HORST, TOM CRC, WE RAN INTO THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE ARE WORKING, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND WE HAVE A PLACE THAT WE CAN ALL MEET.

AND SO THEY, WE JOINED THE SENIOR CENTER THAT THEY HAD DEVELOPED THROUGH YOUR FOLKS HELP AND ALL OF THEIR WORK AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAD DONE AND, UH, BECAME CHARTER MEMBERS

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OF KAZ.

AND WE HAVEN'T, UH, REGRETTED IT.

ONE BIT OF MOVING HERE INTO KYLE, NEVER REGRETTED BEING A PART OF, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND WE OFTEN PEOPLE OFTEN WONDER WHAT REALLY DEFINES A SENIOR CITIZEN.

IT'S NOT JUST AGE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO AGE, BUT IT'S, TO ME, SENIOR CITIZENS ARE, FIRST OF ALL, NOT ONE ETHNIC GROUP.

IT'S COMBINED ALL ETHNIC GROUPS.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE THE DESIRE TO KEEP ACTIVE AND ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO GO AND THEN JOIN IN WITH A GROUP TO BECOME ACTIVE.

AND YOU GET INTO THEIR, UH, ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES THAT THEY PROVIDE IN THE SENIOR CENTER.

WE'VE JOINED THE SENIOR SENIOR CENTER IN 2006 IN THAT AD.

AND I'VE BEEN ARGUING AND FIGHTING EVER SINCE, BUT BEST OF FRIENDS, BUT ANYWAY, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE WANTED TO KEEP OURSELVES ACTIVE.

AND WE, WE JOINED THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE SENIOR CENTER, THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE IN THE SENIOR CENTER IS OUTLINE TO HELP PEOPLE, OKAY, WHERE THERE BALANCE WITH HER MEMORY THINKING THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE EXERCISE CLASSES, THEY HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING CARDS.

BOLT GOT, GOTTA USED HER MIND AND NOT TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, DEALING THE CARDS AND FIVE THINGS, DANCING, THAT TYPE OF THING.

ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS WHAT KEEPS A PERSON ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES.

I MEAN, PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT FOLKS LIKE ED AND MYSELF ARE AT THE AGE WE ARE, AND AS ACTIVE AS WE ARE, WE DON'T FEEL THAT OLD THERE'S THINGS WE CAN'T DO NOW THAT WE USED TO DO.

WE JUST ACCEPT THAT.

YOU FOLKS IN GENERATIONS TO COME.

BUT ALL OF THE FOLKS IN, IN THE CACHE SENIOR CENTER, AGAIN, I POINT OUT ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE OUTLINED AND THERE'LL BE MORE COMING IN, IN, IN THE FUTURE.

UH, ACTIVITIES IS OUTLINED TO THE POINT OF PEOPLE USING THEIR MIND AND PEOPLE USING THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITY.

AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, EXERCISING, DANCING, PLAYING CARDS, CHECKERS, AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO WE WANT TO THANK KYLE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE HELPED US TO GET THIS FAR, WE NEED TO GO FURTHER.

AND AS A COUPLE OF POINTED OUT, YOU FOLKS AND FOLKS AFTER YOU ARE GONNA BECOME SENIORS, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH YOU.

THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT SENIOR CENTERS, CITIZENS, PEOPLE OF AGE FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO WE ASKED THAT WE APPRECIATE AND KNOW YOU'VE DONE QUITE, QUITE WELL WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR THIS CAST GROUP.

AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, BUT THERE NEEDS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

HAS BEEN POINTED OUT.

WE NEED MORE ROOM AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES.

AND WE NEED A PLACE TO DO THAT.

AND US TAKING THE DIAGRAM OF THE BUILDING AND THE DRAWINGS AND THE OUTLINE OF THE INTERIOR AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT COULD BE, COULD BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS IS ON A DRAWING.

WE GOT THE DRAWING, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH BLUEPRINTS THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAVE TO BE DONE GOING THROUGH YOU BOOKS FOR PRINT, FOR, FOR, UH, PERMITS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, INSURANCE, THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT THAT PIECE OF GROUND, WE CAN'T JUST PUT THAT DRAWING ON THAT PIECE OF GROUND THAT YOU SOLD WILLINGLY GAVE TO US TO USE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO DO A THING, EXCEPT SIT THERE.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

WE'VE GOT TO PUT A BUILDING THERE AND JUST BUILDING THAT CAN BE USED NOT ONLY FOR OUR GENERATION, BUT FOR

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SO AGAIN, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THANKFUL SENIORS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US, BUT WE NEED TO ASK THAT YOU'D TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TRY TO FIND OUT SOMEWHERE IN YOUR BUDGET.

YOU CAN ALLOCATE AND HELP US.

WE KNOW THAT WE, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL.

WE'VE GOT OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES OF GETTING DONATIONS AND GO AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN THIS TYPE OF THING TO COME UP WITH A MONEY, MONEY TO BUILD THAT SENIOR CENTER.

SO WE'RE ASKING YOU FOLKS, IF IT'S ANNUALLY IN YOUR HEART, TAKE A HARD, LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND SEE IF SOMEWHERE IN THERE YOU CAN FIT IN SOME HELP FINANCIALLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT NEW SENIOR CENTER THAT WILL BE THERE FOR YEARS AND HELP OUT MANY, MANY SENIORS.

SO THANK YOU.

AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND CITIZENS AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE OTHER CITIZENS HERE.

AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON BECAUSE IT EVIDENTLY YOU ALL GOT A GOOD HEART BECAUSE YOU'VE CERTAINLY BEEN WELL TREATED US WELL.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND GOD BLESS YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THESE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS I HAVE.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS SEEING NO ONE ELSE? SEE NOBODY ELSE WILLING, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.

UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.

UM, WE'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS, UH, ME PERSONALLY THIS WEEK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH THIS VERY TOPIC, UH, BEING THE POINT OF CONVERSATION, UH, SCOTT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.

UH, PAUL, JUST FOR HAVING MY BACK TO EVERYONE DON'T LIKE THAT, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LAST TIME WE'VE REALLY BEEN TOGETHER AND SPOKEN MY HAIR HAS GROWN A LITTLE LONGER.

AND I THINK THE MOST SURPRISING THING BESIDES MY HAIR IS ROBERT'S BEARD.

SO THAT WAS A DEFINITELY A SURPRISE.

WHEN I SAW YOU UP THERE, WE'LL CALL IT THE COVID HERE RIGHT.

TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S ABOUT MINE TOO.

UH, SENIORS, WE WE'VE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.

UH, LARRY DEFINITELY, UH, I THINK THE FIRST REAL WE'LL CALL IT HURDLE THAT WE CROSSED WAS WHEN WE MET OVER AT, UH, OUR LINEBARGER LAKE PROPERTY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AND WE'VE GOT, UH, WHAT FIVE ACRES OVER THERE FROM THE CITY THAT, UH, BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY.

I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALL SEEN THAT IF NOT, SHE WANTS ME TO SING TO YOU.

UH, THIS IS NOT ON YET GRANT.

SO, UH, THERE WE GO.

UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU WITH MR. BUTLER, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A DECENT PLAN NOW, LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BEHIND THE SCENES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND, UH, AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT, $10 MILLION, UH, AT A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, $300 A FOOT, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR, FOR THAT SIZE CENTER.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE, IN THE RIGHT LINE OF THINKING, UH, IN TODAY'S PRICING, UH, THEY'RE NOT GREAT SOURCES OF FUNDING OUT THERE FROM A FEDERAL STANDPOINT.

UH, BUT THERE, THERE ARE SOME, AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING AROUND TO SEE WHERE THE BEST BUCKET OF MONEY IS FOR A PROJECT.

THIS AMBITIOUS, ESPECIALLY ONE, THAT'S MORE ON THE BRICKS AND MORTAR SIDE AND LESS ON THE PLANNING SIDE.

WE HAD TALKED EARLIER ON ABOUT, UH, GOING TO HAYES COUNTY AND SEEING IF THEY WOULD PARTNER WITH US.

I STILL HOPE THAT THAT BECOMES A REALITY, UH, AS WE FLESH OUT THE PLANS MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT FROM FROM MORE OF A, UH, JUST A CONCEPT PLAN TO MORE OF LIKE A 50% OR 30%.

AND WE CAN THROW SOME, SOME BETTER NUMBERS AT IT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO GO APPROACH THE COUNTY.

UH, I'LL SHARE ONE POTENTIAL BUCKET OF MONEY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE NEW FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TOO.

SO I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO TOO FAR INTO IT, UH, BECAUSE

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IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY HAVE TO EXPLORE.

BUT, UH, AS THE CITY OF KYLE GROWS, AND AS WE HEARD A FEW NUMBERS HERE A MINUTE AGO, WE ARE ABOVE 50,000 POPULATION, WHICH MAKES US WHAT, UH, THE, THE GOVERNMENT CALLS US AN ENTITLEMENT CITY.

UH, AND THAT'S THROUGH A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME CALLED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS, CDBG FOR SHORT, THOSE CDBG ARE, ARE GIVEN COMPETITIVELY FOR CITIES UNDER 50,000 AND ENTITLED, UH, TO CITIES OVER 50,000 BASED ON A POPULATION FORMULA.

SO OUR POPULATION, UH, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT 60,000 NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE CENSUS WE'LL HAVE AS PEG SOMEWHERE ON 51, 52, RIGHT IN THERE, UH, THAT SHOULD GIVE US SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND MAYBE MORE PER YEAR NOW IN THESE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.

UH, THE THING ABOUT CDBG MONIES IS THEY TYPICALLY ARE USED FOR WHAT'S CALLED LMI PURPOSES OR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, UH, PURPOSES, AND AS DEFINED BY THE CENSUS TRACKS THAT WE BELONG TO HERE IN KYLE, OUR CENSUS TRACT, UH, DOESN'T REALLY APPLY FOR LMI MONIES.

UH, THEY, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE SO SUBURBAN TO, UH, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, UH, OUR, OUR ONE CENSUS TRACKS THAT THE WHOLE CITY FALLS INTO, UH, IS OUTSIDE THAT THRESHOLD OF TYPICAL LMI.

SO WE HAVE TO FIND, UH, NON LMI ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SENIOR FACILITY IS CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT UNDER CDBG.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, TO THE COUNCILS.

I NOW TURN TO YOU, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION, UH, BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE OUR, OUR FORMULA.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR ALLOCATION IS.

AND, UH, AGAIN, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF BECOMING AN ENTITLEMENT CITY.

WE STILL HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND APPLY IT THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO OFFICE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN EVEN RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT COMING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OF POTENTIAL I'LL CALL IT, AND IF WE CAN, UH, BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS.

AND AGAIN, IF OUR CENSUS TRACKS ARE TRACKED, PRECLUDES US FROM, UH, THE MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF FUNDING, THEN PERHAPS WE CAN USE THAT, UH, ANTICIPATED ANNUAL ALLOTMENT FOR SOME SORT OF DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT ON A CENTER LIKE THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR OR $500,000, WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE.

AND ESPECIALLY AS WE GROW THAT, THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH OUR GROWTH.

UH, WE CAN APPLY THAT TOWARD DEBT SERVICE, MANY CONVERSATIONS STILL TO COME, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROMISING TODAY.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND, AND THIS OFF TO MAYOR TO START WALKING US THROUGH THE BUDGET SO WHERE ARE WE AT? WE'RE STARK NEXT AGENDA ITEM, SCOTT COUNSEL SCOUT SELLERS FOR THE RECORD.

WE LOVE BEING HERE ON A SATURDAY MORNING WITH ALL OF YOU.

UM, I KNOW THAT SENTIMENT IS SHARED AND RETURN BASED ON, UM, THAT I DID SHARE THE, THE, UH, PRESENTATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND HOPE YOU'VE EACH HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

YOU'RE YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, YOU HAD THE BUDGETS IN A LITTLE EARLIER, AND THIS IN THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN PRIOR YEARS.

THIS IS OUR BUDGET NUMBER TWO.

SO YOU RECALL WE'VE ADDED A THIRD BUDGET WORK SESSION IN THIS MEETING.

OUR GOAL IS TO BASICALLY TAKE WHAT WE THOUGHT WE HEARD FROM YOU FROM THE FIRST MEETING BASED ON EVERYTHING ELSE WE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS.

UH, THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, THE STAFF

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PRIORITIES, THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES FROM, FROM GROUPS LIKE KAZ.

AND WE, WE PUT ALL OF THAT INTO THE BUDGET AND, UH, BALANCED THE BUDGET AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO.

AND, UH, WITH OUR, OUR FUND BALANCE IS STILL IN INTACT, EVEN AFTER ALL THAT WORK.

UH, IT WAS A LOT OF A HEAVY LIFT TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, A MONTH OR SO BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING, UH, AT THE END OF JULY.

AND, UH, COME UP TO, UH, WHAT WE HOPE IS TO BE A FINAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR ADOPTION IN AUGUST.

WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE BUDGET PRIORITIES.

HERE'S OUR, OUR OUTLINE.

THIS OUTLINE IS GOING TO FOLLOW THE MEETING FOR THE LAST, FOR THE, THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO TOO DEEP INTO THIS.

THE PRIORITIES YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE SIX PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UH, MASSAGED A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD AGAIN IN THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, ALL FUNDS TOTAL, UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE LARGEST BUDGET IN OUR HISTORY THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS IN GREEN IS DUE TO $120 MILLION CIP, UH, ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES.

SO THE CITY IS DEFINITELY GROWING AND AS A GROWING CITY, UH, USUALLY THE, THE HIGHEST NEEDS ARE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE.

GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS ALSO AT 33, ALMOST $34 MILLION.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH TRANSFERS.

AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE HERE IN A FEW, OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS 172 MILLION TOTAL, UH, KIND OF 24 CIP.

WE HAVE 18 NEW, UH, POSITIONS.

SO THERE WERE ABOUT 300 PROPOSED BY BY STAFF.

SO WE HAVE CALLED THAT DOWN TO THE TOP 18.

OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, WILL NOT BE GIVEN UNTIL THE JULY 25TH DEADLINE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COUNTY, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, GEO BONDS WE'VE WE WERE ABLE TO DEFER THE RATE INCREASE BY ANOTHER YEAR, SO THAT WON'T HIT UNTIL FYI 23.

YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ABSORB A LITTLE MORE GROWTH, UH, AS WE LOOK AT HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE RIGHT, WE ARE NOT PLANNING AN INCREASE IN STORM DRAINAGE FEES OR IN WASTEWATER RATES.

UH, WE HAD A THREE-YEAR 10% RATE INCREASE PLANNED FOR A WATER UTILITY.

WE ARE HOPING TO BRING THAT DOWN.

WE HAVE A PLAN FOR 6% INCREASE THIS YEAR.

OUR GOAL WAS TO KIND OF BREAK THAT INTO A 6% AND 4% INCREASE INTO NEXT YEAR.

UH, WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE ALSO ANTICIPATING THAT OUR GROWTH CAN HELP TO, INTO THE 4% NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE OUR ALLOCATION TO US YET.

AND THEY'RE STILL KIND OF CRAFTING THE RULES AROUND THAT.

UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING AROUND $12 MILLION IF, UH, THOSE RULES STAND IN PLACE THAT THEY HAVE TODAY WITH $12 MILLION, WE WOULD, UH, APPLY THAT TOWARD OUR 1626 TANK, UH, TAKE POINT FROM ARWA OR, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO WHERE THE CITY'S, UH, PRESSURE PLAYING ONE PRESSURE PLANE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE, UH, THAT IS YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE ABOUT AN $8 MILLION YEAR ONE EXPENDITURE IN OUR CIP.

ASSUMING WE GET THOSE FUNDS AT $12 MILLION, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT, THAT EXPENDITURE.

AND IT IS OUR HOPE THAT WE WILL NO LONGER NEED THAT 4% AND CAN ACTUALLY BRING EVEN THE 6% INCREASE DOWN, UH, FOR THE WATER RATE PAYERS.

SO THAT'S, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS AND HOPEFULLY BY OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER PERCENTAGE INCREASE PLANNED, UH, 2.5% INCREASE, UH, IN SOLID WASTE PER HER CONTRACT, AND NO OTHER INCREASE IN FEES OR CHARGES FOR SERVICES, SLIDE SIX $21 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AND TRAILS.

AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN OUT BETWEEN, UH, CENTRAL PARK CULTURAL TRAIL, HERE'S MEMORIAL PARK SPORTSPLEX, A CITY SQUARE PARK PARK IMPROVEMENTS SYSTEM-WIDE AND PLUM CREEK TRAIL 15 MILLION FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, 20 ALMOST 21 MILLION FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, AND THEN ALMOST $9 MILLION FOR DOWNTOWN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

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AND WE'LL GET INTO EACH OF THOSE HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL LATER, UH, BY SEVEN $30 MILLION, UH, WATER SYSTEM UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS OUR PAYMENT TO ARWA.

UH, 26 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS 2 MILLION FOR STORM DRAINAGE, UH, ALMOST A HALF A MILLION FOR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, REHAB AND CONSTRUCTION, 2 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE BEAUTIFICATION, UH, 9.94, THE CITY'S DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS 2.2 FOR NEW EQUIPMENT, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS 1 MILLION FOR THE NEW POSITIONS AND 165,000 IN LEASE PAYMENTS FOR NEW VEHICLES.

SLIDE EIGHT AT 300,000 FOR LOBBYISTS TO SECURE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.

SO MOST LIKELY TWO SEPARATE FIRMS, UH, IN, IN THAT AMOUNT, $230,000 FOR OUR UBER VOUCHER PROGRAM.

AND WE HEARD A LITTLE EARLIER THE COMMENT ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THIS COUNCIL IS INVESTING HEAVILY INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, 155,000 FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ON OUR 54 AT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING SERVICES.

AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, 150,000 FOR PAY PARODY GENTLEMAN'S AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE 50,000 FOR ARTS, OUR ARTS PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD PRESENTATION PLAN FOR COUNCIL IN THIS UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING $50,000 FOR THE KYLE BRAND AMBASSADOR SERVICES, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY 317 TURNING 18,000 FOR A PAY INCREASE ON AVERAGE FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, THAT'S PER THIS CIVIL SERVICE CONTRACT.

THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF THAT THREE-YEAR PAY INCREASE FOR, FOR THOSE SWORN OFFICERS.

AND THEN A $323,000, UH, OR 5% AVERAGE PERFORMANCE-BASED MERIT PAY INCREASE FOR ALL NON-SWORN CITY EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WHILE THIS HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL, IT IS ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

WE'VE FROM SEVERAL OF YOU THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS IN THIS MEETING.

SO WE DID ADD THIS AS A BULLET TO THE SLIDE, THE DESIGNATION OF JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY, AS IT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

HM.

MOVING INTO, UH, THE TABLE HERE OF THE NEW POSITIONS ON SLIDE NINE.

SO THIS WOULD BE A POSITION IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO FUND THAT THIS YEAR TO BASICALLY BIRTH AND GROW THAT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOP.

UNDER THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO POSITIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

SO THIS IS A POSITION THAT WAS HEAVILY DISCUSSED DURING THE, UH, WINTER STORM YURI.

AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DISPOSITION OVER SEVERAL WE'LL CALL IT DISASTERS OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS.

UH, THIS POSITION, WE HAVE IT REPORTING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UH, WE WOULD HAVE THAT PERSON REPORTING TO JERRY IN PARTICULAR, UH, TO BEGIN AND THEIR, THEIR ROLE FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS WOULD BE TO, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S TRAINED, MAKE SURE THE FUNDING IS, IS COMING OUR WAY, OR WE'RE, WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FOR A DISASTER WORK WITH THE MAYOR WHO WOULD BE PART OF THOSE DISASTER DECLARATIONS.

AND IN PARTICULAR, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS WE HAVE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF EMERGENCY GENERATORS BUDGETED.

MOST OF THOSE ARE OUT OF THE WATER UTILITY.

WE HAVE ONE FOR THIS FACILITY, WHICH WOULD ALSO APPLY FOR THE POLICE STATION NEXT DOOR.

UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD ALSO BE GOING TO TEACH THEM OR SOME OTHER FEDERAL SORES TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET THOSE EMERGENCY GENERATORS PLAN OR APPROVED THROUGH THAT FEDERAL MONEY RATHER THAN THE GENERAL IN WATER FUNDS.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON, UH, AS THE SECOND POSITION IS AN LGC THAT STANDS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.

UH, I THINK MOST OF THE COUNCIL HAS, HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT POSITION UPFRONT.

NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY COMBINED, EVEN WITH SOMEONE THAT WOULD FOCUS ON MAIN STREET PROGRAM, BUT THE LGC IN GENERAL WOULD BE A, UH, A FUNCTION OF A DESIGNATED NON-PROFIT BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, BUYING, SELLING, NEGOTIATING, REHABBING CERTAIN PROPERTIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

AND SINCE WE ARE MOVING INTO THAT SPACE A LITTLE MORE, WE DO HAVE A, A FACILITY PLANNED, UH, FOR ACQUISITION AND THEN A REHAB IN THIS BUDGET.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT A LITTLE LATER IN THE CIP.

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UH, WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, THE LEON, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT POSITION? OKAY.

VERY COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER RIGHT NOW, OUR STAFF, UH, UH, THAT WE HAVE IS SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.

UH, WE GET A LOT OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS GOING ON.

WE'RE MONITORING THE INVOICES THAT COME IN.

SO WE EACH ONE OF US TAKE OUR PROJECTS.

WE LOOK AT THOSE INVOICES, MAKE SURE THEY'RE CORRECT.

AND THEN WE PROCESS THOSE.

EACH ONE OF THOSE TAKES TIME, OBVIOUSLY FOR US.

AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON.

THERE'S THINGS IN THE ORDINANCES THAT WE WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO CHANGE OR ADD OR IMPROVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN'T WORK ON BECAUSE WE KEEP GETTING PULLED OFF.

WHEN A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE CHARGE.

I HANDLE THOSE MYSELF.

UM, IT'S ALL BASED ON YOUR, THE METER SIZE AND THE PLANTING DATE.

AND IT DOESN'T TAKE ME LONG TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT SO MANY TIMES, BUT I HAVE TO VERIFY THE NUMBERS, DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHARGING THE RIGHT FEES.

AND THEN I HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DEVELOPER CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USING THE RIGHT SIZE METERS AND THAT WE'RE CALCULATING THE RIGHT NUMBERS, BUT THAT TAKES TIME.

IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT DIFFICULT.

IT'S JUST LOOK AT THE CHART AND MOVE ON, BUT I'VE GOT TO DO THAT.

SO THAT PULLS ME AWAY FROM THE PROJECTS THAT I NEED TO FOCUS ON.

I NEED TO LOOK AT, I GET INVOLVED WITH EASEMENTS ON A ROUTINE BASIS.

UM, EVERY EASEMENT THAT WE ACQUIRE, I HAVE TO TOUCH IT.

I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED.

I HAVE THERE'S QUESTIONS.

THERE'S THINGS THAT I NEED TO GET INVOLVED WITH.

THIS PERSON WOULD HELP ME WITH THOSE TRACK.

THOSE MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, HANDLE THOSE PROPERLY AND REVIEW THOSE AND, AND PREPARE THOSE.

BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY ENGINEERING.

THEY'RE JUST MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE THINGS.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF POSITION THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S A SPREADSHEETS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.

EVEN THE SMARTSHEET.

I DO THAT UPDATE THAT ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS IN MY SPARE TIME, TRY TO GET THAT UPDATED.

UH, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THIS PERSON WOULD HELP ME WITH AND HELP THE OTHER STAFF WITH.

THANK YOU, LIAM.

WE HAVE A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT BROKEN OUT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND A CHANCE.

DID YOU WANT TO MENTION HER TIM, TIM, PROBABLY IN THE FACILITY MANAGER CURRENTLY, UM, BETWEEN CHANCE AND SORRY, SORRY ABOUT THAT FACILITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, UM, CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, CHANCE WHO RUNS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION AND MYSELF, WE ARE OPERATING WITHOUT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

UM, WE DO ALL OF OUR OWN PAPERWORK, INVOICING, UM, SCHEDULING, UM, DISPATCHING, UM, AND ALONG WITH OUR OTHER DUTIES.

AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO HELP TAKE SOME OF THAT LOAD OFF OF US.

UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH WORK FOR ONE PERSON, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO PEOPLE.

SO W WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU IS TO SPLIT THAT DIF UM, POSITION BETWEEN THE TWO DIVISIONS, UM, AT ABOUT 26, 3 56 ON EACH SIDE.

AND THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD FREE US UP TO DO MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT A MANAGER SHOULD BE DOING RATHER THAN BEING HANDS-ON IN THE FIELD OR DOING THE DISPATCHING, ANSWERING THE PHONE, UM, RECONCILING THE BUDGET AND THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

UH, THAT'S THE REASON IT'S UP ON THERE.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING I'M AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME? THANK YOU.

YEAH, MY, MY GOAL WAS ACTUALLY TO KIND OF GET THROUGH THESE AND THEN GO INTO QUESTIONS ABOUT SINCE TIM, SARAH AT THE PODIUM, IF YOU WANT TO ASK THAT, THAT'S FINE.

GO AHEAD AND STOP US.

NO, AND I'LL CERTAINLY DIVE DEEPER INTO ALL OF THESE POSITIONS ONCE WE GET TO IT.

BUT, UH, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT POSITION IS ACTUALLY ONE PERSON THAT WE WOULD HIRE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.

YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER.

I AM ASKING FOR AN HR ASSISTANT.

UM, CURRENTLY IT'S THREE OF US, SO WE HAVE THE DIRECTORS MYSELF, AND THEN WE HAVE AN HR MANAGER AND HR GENERALIST, HR JOURNALIST FOCUSES ON RECRUITING 85% OF HER TIME RECRUITING AND, UM, WHICH I ENDED ELEMENT IS THE OTHER PERCENTAGE THAT IS MISSING BECAUSE WE, RIGHT NOW, OUR TURNOVER IS HIGH, BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T EMPLOYER, THEIR TURNOVER IS HIGH.

UM, WE CAN'T FIND QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, SO WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE.

AND, UM, MY HR MANAGER, SHE ALSO SERVES AS A CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR.

SO THE MAJORITY OF HER TIME IS SPENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH NEW, UH, BRINGING IN NEW OFFICERS, PROMOTIONAL

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TESTING, AND ASSESSMENTS, ALL THE RECORDS, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGING CHAPTER 1 43, WHICH IS VERY COMPLICATED.

YOU KIND OF NEED TO BE A PARALEGAL TO DO THAT.

UM, SHE ALSO HANDLES RISK MANAGEMENT, WHICH RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEING DROPPED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION PER SE.

SO WE MANAGE THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION ASPECT OF IT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND REVIEW THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT THAT, UH, TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY.

SHE'S ALSO THE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR AN ASSISTANT TO HELP WITH THE WORKLOAD THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, IT'S IT'S UP TO YOU.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ANY ONE OF THESE POSITIONS, WHETHER THEY'VE GOT THE FLOOR, THAT'S FINE.

COMMENTS TO SET THE END.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A SPOT KIND OF NEAR THE END, JUST TO REALLY GO THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

UH, ALRIGHT, MARIANNA.

MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR A RECREATION MANAGER, ALL 18 PARKS AND RECREATION EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY REPORT DIRECTLY TO ME, THAT INCLUDES FROM EACH DIVISION ADMINISTRATION, RECREATION, TRAILS AND MAINTENANCE.

UH, THE RECREATION MANAGER WILL OVERSEE THE THREE RECREATION.

PROGRAMMERS WILL ALSO OVERSEE ALL OF OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAMMING, AQUATIC, PROGRAMMING, PARTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, AND THEN RECREATION PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH ELEVATING STEPPING UP RECREATION PROGRAMMING ALL AROUND, UM, WITH DEFINITELY CHALLENGES OF NOT HAVING AN INDOOR FACILITY.

AND SO BEING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WITH OUR EXISTING FACILITIES IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING AND HENCE THE NEED FOR RECREATION PROGRAMMER.

UH, WE WERE ASKED FOR A PARKS CREW LEADER, UM, ALL THE PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF, AS I MENTIONED CURRENTLY REPORT DIRECTLY TO ME.

UM, AND WHEN THE SPLIT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRES DIVISION OCCURRED, IT ALSO TOOK OUR PARKS AND GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER.

UM, THE PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF IS IN NEED OF A DAY ON SITE SUPERVISOR, UM, IN THE PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION SIDE.

AND I'M ALSO ASKING FOR TWO PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND AND GROWING ADDITIONAL PARKLAND WE'RE AT, IN COMMUNITY GARDENS AT POST OAK, UM, LINEBERGER, SETON, UM, AND LINEBERGER SETON, AND KYLE VISTA ARE ALL AREAS IN WHICH I NEED ANOTHER CREW, UM, ADDED TO.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO PARK MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WHEN THE SPLIT OF THE DIVISIONS HAPPENED AGAIN, UM, WE DID LOSE SOME POSITIONS THAT WERE ABLE TO FILL A FEW ALREADY, AND THOSE ARE OUR NEW REQUESTS.

QUICK QUESTION ON THAT, MUDDY ON IT.

UM, I TRIED TO HOLD OFF TOWARDS THE LIGHTER, BUT THIS ONE STOOD OUT TO ME.

SO THIS ONE'S A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN THE TWO PARKS MAINTENANCE TECHS WE HAD IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.

IS THAT JUST PART OF THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS THINGS GOING UP LIKE THAT? IS THAT WHERE THAT DELTA IS? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND M SHERIFF PERVEZ OR SANDRA, IF THE CALCULATIONS CAME FROM ONE OF Y'ALL, BUT FOR THE SALARIES AND THEY FILL FOR GRASS.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE PARKS MAINTENANCE TECH? YES, SIR.

UM, THESE TWO POSITIONS WE BUDGETED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SALARY RANGE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS INCLUDE FRINGE BENEFITS AS WELL AS PAYROLL TAXES.

SORRY, IT'S THE INCREASED FROM OVER LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE THREE NEW CITIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE SHIFT TO FOR PARODY PURPOSES, SAY MARCUS AND LEANDER ARE DRAGGING THIS BELOW SHIRTS PREDOMINANTLY AS DRAGONS BELOW THE EIGHT.

CERTAINLY, AND PART OF REASON ARE ASKED THIS QUESTION AS WELL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD WITH ALL POSITIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION LAST TIME ABOUT BEING COMPETITIVE IN OUR PAY AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE WON'T, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY STAFF HERE.

IT WAS COMMENTED ON BY THE SENIORS EARLIER.

WE WANT TO KEEP OUR STAFF, UH, OBVIOUSLY BEING HAPPY IN THEIR ROLES IS IMPORTANT TO THE CULTURE THAT YOU HAVE SET HERE.

SCOTT, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

UH, IT'S A GREAT CULTURE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE AND NOT LOSE OUR FOLKS.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, I JUST WENT OUT THE WINDOW HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL I'LL TOUCH ON THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE, UH, AS WE GO ON THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PARODY TO THE NEW CITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

AND THAT, THAT CAME FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION.

SO RIGHT NOW, AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE HAVE THREE COMPARISON CITIES OF WHICH KYLE IS ALSO A PART.

SO WE REALLY KIND OF FOUR, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHIRTS, SAN MARCUS IN LEANDER.

AND THEN KYLE WAS, WAS IN THE MIX.

COUNSEL, ASKED US TO REMOVE KYLE OUT OF THAT CALCULATION, BUT THEN ALSO SAID THAT OUR PARODY COMMUNITIES WERE, WERE DRAGGING US WAY BELOW.

WHAT WAS COMPETITIVELY HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS? SO WE'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

WE'VE GONE OUT, WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT CITIES AND

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SO IT WAS KYLE AND SHIRTS THAT WERE SKEWING THE AVERAGE WELL BELOW.

UH, WE ARE.

SO WE'LL JUST GET INTO THAT, I GUESS.

SO LET'S JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HIT RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, WE'LL HIT IT RIGHT NOW.

UH, MAYOR LIKES TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SAN MARCUS.

UH, WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST, UH, MOVING FROM LEANDER TO GEORGETOWN.

ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS BECAUSE GEORGETOWN, UH, DOES AN ANNUAL, UH, COMP STUDY.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT FROM A CURRENT STANDPOINT, UH, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.

AND THEY TYPICALLY WILL DO MORE LIKE TEXAS AS A WHOLE TEXAS CITIES.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, IS ROUND ROCK.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, INVEST INTO THEIR COMPENSATION.

SO SAN MARCUS, UH, GEORGETOWN AND RED ROCK NOW, SANDRA HAS GONE TO THOSE THREE COMMUNITIES AND HAS DONE A KIND OF A SPOT COMPARISON OF 20, HOW MANY CENTER? 29, ALMOST 30 POSITIONS.

AND WHAT ARE YOU COMING UP WITH? OKAY.

FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE THIS PART CAN MAKE CALLS STARTS THAT POSITION.

SAN MARCUS, 15 SECOND, FIVE SHIRTS, 13 .

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY, SO WE'LL TAKE THE MOST OF THESE OUT, BUT THE HIGH CITIES IN TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SHARE THE WHOLE POINT, RIGHT? UH, THE, THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT, WELL, WE WANT TO PAY FOLKS BECAUSE LEANDER AND ST.

MARCO SERVE ARE BOTH AT WHERE WE ARE OR ABOVE THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE LOSING PEOPLE TO LEANDER, HEY, DO, WITH THIS IDEA OF COMPARISON CITIES, SAN MARCOS, BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE COMPARABLE GEORGETOWN AND ROUND ROCK ARE NOT YEARS, DECADES AHEAD OF US IN POPULATION FUNDING.

SO, I MEAN, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

I DO THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO BE COMPARED, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO COMPARE US.

WE ENTER IN SAN MARCOS ARE MUCH, MUCH CLOSER.

AND IF IT BRINGS THE PAY DOWN TO, I MEAN, LIKE THAT'S THE POINT IS TO SAY, ALL RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON PAR WITH THESE OTHER TOWNS.

MAYBE WE WANT TO BE BETTER THAN THEM, BUT IT, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD PUT COUNCIL IN A STRANGE SPOT.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE, HEY, WE'RE NOT PAYING AS MUCH AS ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN, LIKE THAT'S, WE'LL GO BROKE CHASING THOSE TWO TOWNS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

UH, I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT SAN MARCOS KYLE, A LOT OF THE TOWNS SURROUNDING US ARE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING STAFF BECAUSE OF THE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE ON, UH, PAYING OUR STAFF A LITTLE BETTER, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE ENTRY LEVELS WHERE WE TRAIN THEM AND THEN THEY GO OFF AND, UM, FIND JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO APPROACH THAT.

I THINK THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABOVE US.

I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO BE COMPARABLE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.

I THINK THE MAYOR MAKES A SOLID POINT AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT TO FIND A MEDIUM THERE.

WHERE DID YOU SAY WE WERE AT COMPARABLE TO LEANDER AND SAN MARCOS? I THINK ANDREW IS WAY BELOW AND SAN MARCUS IS HIGHER.

SO SAN MARCUS, THAT POSITION STARTS AT 1575 AND WE STARTED AT 1499, THE STAFF MEMBER, $18 AN HOUR TO SAN MARCUS JUST LOST HER.

WHAT WERE THEY MAKING HERE? YEAH, BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS SAN MARCOS WAS A COMPARATIVE CITY, SO THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT, BUT IT'S NOT ANYMORE BECAUSE WHAT WE JUST SAID WAS SAN MARCOS ISN'T, ISN'T ENOUGH OF A COMPARABLE CITY.

AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S FOR PARK PARKS TECHNICIANS, WE'RE USING TOO MANY COMP STUDIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING AS WELL-BELOW ST.

MARCUS, EVEN.

SO WE HAD MARCUS LEANDER AND SHIRTS, BOTH SAN MARCOS AND LEANDRA HAVE HIGHER POPULATIONS AND BIGGER BUDGETS AND BETTER PAY LANDER WAS LOWER PAY.

AND SO SHIRTS, OKAY.

THIS IS ALSO

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BEGINNING.

THIS IS SOMEBODY COMING IN WITHOUT EXPERIENCE.

NOW THAT'S WE PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, LANDER HAS MADE SOME REALLY BIG MOVES ON PAY IN THE LAST YEAR.

I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH ENGINEERS, WE KNOW, WELL, THAT'S JUST WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MAKE THAT MOVE FOR A SPECIFIC POSITION SO THAT WE DO THAT, WE'RE DOING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.

YEAH, WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN.

I DON'T THINK AS OUR PRIMARY COMPARABLE CITIES, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMPARABLE TOWNS, DOES THEY BOTH HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKED THE ONES THAT WE HAD.

I THOUGHT IF, IF SAN MARCOS IS ABOVE AND THE ANDREW'S BELOW AND LIKE THAT'S PRETTY GOOD COMPARABLE CITY, WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH SAN MARCUS AND LEANDER ON VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING.

WE NEVER COMPARE OURSELVES TO ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN.

WELL MAYBE, MAYBE THE QUESTION IS BRINGING SHIRTS OUT.

I MEAN, CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BRINGING US WAY DOWN.

SO, YOU KNOW, SAN MARCUS, $18, ALMOST $19 THAT THERE, WE LOST OUR EMPLOYEE TOO.

I'D ALMOST PREFER NEW BRAUNFELS TO ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN ALSO.

SO MAYBE YOU LOOK AT PFLUGERVILLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY COMPARABLE FROM, I'M NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY PAY.

IT'S ABOUT THE COMPARABLE CITY.

IF NEW BRAUNFELS IS BELOW THEN FINE, BUT NEW BRAUNFELS IS NOT BELOW US IN ANY, LIKE, THEY ARE A TOWN OF OUR SIZE ON THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.

WE SHOULD COMPARE OURSELVES TO THEM, YOU KNOW? AND IF THEY PAY LESS THAN THEY PAY LESS, DOES THAT REQUIRE TO COMPARE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE A LOT LESS ADVANCED THAN THOSE CITIES.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING A LOT MORE FROM, FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S NOT ABOUT, IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH WE PAY.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT IT'S ABOUT WHO WE'RE COMPARING OURSELVES AGAINST.

AND I AGREE.

I AGREE.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, WE ARE FAT.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ANYTHING LIKE ANY OF THOSE CITIES.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN TEXAS AND IN THE U S SO WE WERE GOING TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE BUILDING ROADS.

WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT THESE OTHER CITIES HAVE ALREADY DONE.

THEY'RE DOING BASIC MAINTENANCE IS, IS THE POINT TO COMPETE IS THE, IS THE POINT TO SAY, I, MY OBJECTIVE IS TO RAISE, PAY.

THEREFORE I'M GOING TO GO FIND CITIES WHO PAY MORE AND COMPARE MYSELF AGAINST THEM.

NO.

OR IS THE OBJECTIVE TO SAY, I WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHICH CITIES ARE MOST COMPARABLE TO THE CITY OF KYLE AND COMPARE MYSELF AGAINST THEM.

IF THE OBJECTIVE IS THE LADDER, SAN MARCOS, NEW BRAUNFELS, UH, BUDA, LEANDER, PFLUGERVILLE, WE KNOW THE CITIES THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES AGAINST AND IT'S NEVER ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN, IF WE'RE GOING FOR ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN, IT'S JUST TO INCREASE, PAY.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT CITIES DO WE HAVE IN THEM? CAUSE I THINK YOU MAKE A SOLID POINT.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

THOSE CITIES ARE NOT WHAT WE ARE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE TWICE THE SIZE IN POPULATION THAT SOME OF THEM, UH, SO WE REALLY NEED TO, I GUESS, NARROW DOWN WHAT CITIES WE WANT.

I AGREE SHIRTS PROBABLY SHOULD GO, BUT WE COULD REPLACE IT WITH A MORE COMPARABLE CITY.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

THE LATTER IS THE GOAL.

IT'S NOT JUST THE FIRST PART.

THERE IS A, THERE'S A BALANCING ACT HERE.

WELL, I, I KIND OF LIKED THE IDEA OF COMPARING OURSELVES AGAINST THE CITIES.

WE ACTUALLY COMPARE OURSELVES AGAINST REALIZING WE'RE RIGHT ON PAR AND THEN BUMPING ABOVE TO SAY, WE WANT TO LEAD AGAIN.

IT'S NOT ABOUT COMPENSATION.

IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE.

SO IT'D BE TAKING SHIRTS OUT AND PUTTING IN, UH, UH, PFLUGERVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEREVER NEW BRAUNFELS.

SO WE'LL COME BACK OR BOTH.

WILL ALSO BE OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR.

WELL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ANALYSIS.

SO FULL CIRCLE.

WE, WE ARE JUST IN OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE THE 150 A PAY PARODY FOR THE FOUR THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PARODY ANALYSIS.

WE CAN BRING BACK SOMETHING WITH HOW IT WILL LOOK GOING AGAINST THE OTHERS.

ALRIGHT.

UH, WHO'S NEXT PLEASE.

JEFF.

SO THE STRATEGIC ANALYST, THAT'S OUR FIRST ONES ON THERE THAT IS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOME RULE, CHARTER AND PROPOSITION AF SPEAK LOUDLY, OR KIND OF BORROW THAT ONE.

IF YOU HAD TO BEGIN WITH PAYROLL, I'M SORRY.

JEFF ARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.

SO THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND PAYROLL TECHNICIAN THAT IS TO ASSIST LAURA, SHE'S OUR SOLE OFFICE TECHNICIAN THAT PERFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.

HER JOB HAS GROWN TO THE WORK OF ABOUT THREE PEOPLE AND SHE'S DOING THAT BY HERSELF.

SO IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR PAYROLL AND OUR PAYABLES, WE ARE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.

THE NEXT ONE IS STRATEGIC ANALYSTS.

THIS IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOMEGROWN CHARTER AND PROPOSITION F TO PRODUCE THE REPORTS, PULL THE DATA AND PROVIDE TIMELY INFORMATION TO BOTH INTERNAL STAFF, AS WELL AS THE MARIN COUNCIL TO MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES.

NUMBER THREE, SARGENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT IS A US ONE STEP IN A THREE-YEAR PLAN TO MORE PREDOMINANTLY ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH OUR POLICE SERVICES.

THEY

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AND THEY WILL SUPERVISE THE STRATEGIC ANALYST AND THEY WILL ALSO SUPERVISE THE FUTURE COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICERS THAT WE HOPE TO USE FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THE NEXT ONE IS ONE MORE DETECTIVE WITH THE CASE LOAD HAS INCREASED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER DETECTIVE TO MANAGE ALL OF THE CASES FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES WITH THE RETURN OF COURT.

NOW, AFTER COVID AS WELL, OUR DETECTIVES ARE BEING SUBPOENAED FOR COURT TESTIMONY FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS WORTH OF CASES THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

SO THERE'LL BE LESS AVAILABLE TO WORK THEIR CASES WHILE THEY GO TESTIFY IN COURT.

SO WE NEED THE OTHER DETECTIVE TO HELP CARRY THAT LOAD.

LASTLY, THE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR, AS I MENTIONED IN GREAT DETAIL IN OUR FIRST BUDGET MEETING, THE, UH, TASK FORCE THAT WAS BETWEEN THE HAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS HAS DISSOLVED.

THEREFORE THERE'S NO NARCOTICS TASK FORCE COVERING THE ENTIRE AREA, WHICH MEANS ALSO THE CITY OF COL, UH, WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AGREEMENT TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THEIR ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE.

UH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, ENOUGH WORK.

SO WE WERE ASKING FOR A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR TO GET THAT RESIDUAL WITH ONE POSITION ASSIGNED TO THE TASK FORCE, WE'LL GET THE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF EVERYTHING THAT SAN MARCUS HAS TO OFFER.

SO WE'LL STILL BE COVERED THEN THAT'S, THAT'S OUR POSITION, SIR.

I WANT TO JUST MAYBE MAKE THE POINT HERE BEFORE WE GET TO HARPER THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IN THESE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING THAT MUCH OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH EFFICIENCIES IN THE ORGANIZATION, RATHER THAN JUST, UH, ADDING TO LINE STAFF.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'VE GROWN THAT THE MIDDLE OF IS BEING STRETCHED.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS AS BEING SUPERVISORY OR TECHNICAL IN NATURE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE OPERATION.

THAT'S WHY YOU WON'T SEE THE POOR PATROL POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED.

UH, I'VE GOT, UH, SINCE WE'RE ON IT, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

UM, SO, UH, ACCOUNTS, PAYROLL, UH, TECH THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITIONS.

THEY WERE IN THE KITCHEN SINK, A MEETING ON MAY 1ST.

WE HAVE A LOT OF INVOICES AND STUFF TO PROCESS.

WE'LL ALSO ASSIST WITH THE PAYROLL, WHICH HAS GROWN WHERE WE'RE AROUND 85 EMPLOYEES.

AND IT'S JUST MORE THAN LAURA CAN BE EXPECTED TO DO AS A SINGLE PERSON.

SO WE'LL DIVIDE BASICALLY HER JOB INTO TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

AND THAT'S THE SUPERVISOR IS THE ONE THAT HANNAH REPORTS TO, IS THAT IN THAT DIVISION? SO NO SIR.

HENNA B THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, SHE IS OUR NOVICE COMPLIANCE TECHNICIAN AND ALSO MAKES RECORDINGS FOR NINE 11 FOR PREPARATION.

OF COURSE SHE REPORTS TO THE RECORD SUPERVISOR TO BIANCA AND THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIVISION.

LAURA REPORTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS CAPTAIN AND MYSELF.

BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS.

YOU AND I HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

IT'S MORE, MOST COMPARABLE TO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.

YES, YES.

IT IS ONE OF THE DIFF OF THE GROUP THAT WE ASKED FOR YESTERDAY.

THIS WILL NOT HELP NECESSARILY TO RECORDS DIVISION HANNAH AND OTHERS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS WILL, THIS IS REALLY TAKEN LAURA'S ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AND DIVIDING THAT INTO TWO.

SO BECAUSE THE RECEPTIONIST POSITION WAS MORE LIKE THAT RECORD SPECIALIST EQUIVALENT TO THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT'S THE ONE.

AND THE STRATEGIC ANALYSTS KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.

SERGEANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S SIMILAR TO OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH OFFICERS.

LIKE YOU SAID, THAT STARTED IN THAT DIVISION.

THEY WILL ULTIMATELY OVERSEE THAT DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE DETECTIVE THAT'S THE CID DETECTIVE.

AND THEN THE NAR NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR, OBVIOUSLY THAT COLLABORATION WITH, UH, THE COUNTY AND ST.

MARK, BUT IT'S, THIS WOULD BE THAT POSITION TO HAVE OUR CHIEF AT THE TIME.

AND THE RESIDUAL ON THAT EMPLOYING ONE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR AND THEN GETTING THE FULL FORCE IN EFFECT OF THOSE THAT WORK IN SAN MARCUS AND BRINGING THAT TEAM HERE TO WORK ON NARCOTICS CASES, IS THERE MEASURABLE? OKAY.

AND THEN THE CRIME VICTIM LIAISON, UH, THAT ONE, WE'RE STILL GETTING THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, THE VICTIMS. SO THIS WILL BE THE SECOND YEAR.

SO WE HAVE A GRANT APPLICATION FOR YEAR ONE.

WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT GRANT.

I CAN'T SAY IT'S ALL BUT ASSURED, BUT WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THAT GRANT.

AND WE HAVE BUILT INTO OUR FUNDING HERE WITHIN OUR BUDGET OPERATING BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TO COVER OUR PORTION, OUR SMALL PORTION OF THE EXCESS.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR, SHOULD THEY BE YEAR ONE? AND THEN YEAR TWO WOULD BE, CAUSE IT'S A TWO-YEAR GRANT FUNDED POSITION.

IT'LL BE FUNDED FOR TWO YEARS.

SO, UH, IN THREE YEARS WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO HOPEFULLY FUND THAT POSITION THROUGH THE CITY.

UM, YEAH, THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS POLICY, UM, POSITION AS A LIEUTENANT, I BELIEVE, OR SERGEANT, UM, THAT WAS NOT ONE WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN.

AND THEN THE, UM,

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SO, UM, ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT OR YES, SIR.

SO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IS HAVE TASK THIS SERGEANT IS GOING TO DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR YEAR ONE TO INITIATE THAT AS WELL AND DO OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND BEGIN THE WORK TOWARDS ACCREDITATION WITH THE STATE POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION CALLED RECOGNITION.

AND THEN NEXT WE WOULD PURSUE THE NATIONAL STANDARD AS WELL.

SO THAT SERGEANT IS GOING TO HAVE THOSE DUTIES UNTIL WE CAN GROW THAT, UH, DIVISION INTO A LIEUTENANT LED POSITION.

THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE WE HIRED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? I THINK WE'VE ADDED FIVE SWORN I BELIEVE WAS INFORMATION WE'VE GOT FROM, THOSE ARE LIKE PATROL OFFICERS.

UH, SOME WERE DETECTIVES.

WE GREW BY DETECTIVES AS WELL.

WE ADDED A JUVENILE, UH, JUVENILE INVESTIGATOR THAT WE HAD RECEIVED ON A GRANT PREVIOUSLY AND THAT GRANT EXPIRED.

SO WE ABSORBED THAT ONE.

UM, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT COME TO MIND GROWING.

YEAH, THOSE ARE THE, I'M SORRY.

OUT OF THE FIVE THEY WERE AT, THEY WERE AT THE OFFICER LEVEL.

WE MAY HAVE MADE SOME MOVEMENTS, LATERALLY INTERNAL.

I THINK WE ADDED TWO DETECTIVE POSITIONS A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND THEN WE ADDED THE JUVENILE OFFICER AND RIGHT NOW WITH OUR VACANCIES, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I CAN THINK OF.

SCOTT, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT IS OUR POPULATION INCREASED? BEEN TWO OR 3000 THE LAST WEEK.

NOT RELEVANT AT ALL.

SO TO BE CLEAR, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE.

INITIALLY WHEN, WHEN WE WERE SITTING DOWN FIVE YEARS AGO, THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT UNFILLED POSITIONS, POSITIONS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED THAT WERE NOT BEING FILLED.

AND SO THE REQUESTS THAT CAME WERE COMING IN TO ADD MORE POSITIONS, BUT WE WERE, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAD SOME EIGHT VACANCIES AT THAT POINT IN TIME 10.

YES SIR.

SO THE CONVERSATION CHANGED AT THAT POINT TO, UH, COMPENSATION BECAUSE WE, IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY, WE EVEN ADDED A FEW EXTRA.

AT SOME POINT WE DIDN'T EVEN FUND THEM IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'D BE ABLE TO HIRE THEM.

SO WE STARTED FOCUSING ON INCREASING WAGES, INCREASING BENEFITS, UH, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LOWER OUR STANDARDS IN ORDER TO GET THOSE OFFICER'S.

SO, SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN WHAT THE PUSH HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO NOW WE'RE TO THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO GET CLOSER TO THAT PARODY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GEORGETOWN ROUND ROCK, BUT PROBABLY IN OUR AREA, NECK OF THE WOODS, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.

SAN MARCOS AND HAYES COUNTY ARE THE TWO I THINK OF THERE.

UH, SO NOW, NOW IS THE TIME TO PROBABLY START TALKING ABOUT BEEFING UP SWORN OFFICERS AND I'LL ADD THE FACILITY TO, THAT WAS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION TO HAVE THOUGH.

IT WASN'T LIKE, HEY, OUR POPULATION IS INCREASING AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THE PD BECAUSE THEY, THEIR BUDGET HAS BEEN GOING UP TREMENDOUSLY IN THE FORM OF WAGES, WHICH WAS WHEN WE MADE THEM FORCE RANK.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.

THEY WANTED MORE THAN NEW POSITIONS.

A COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO ADD.

SO NON-SWORN POSITIONS WE'VE ADDED MAYBE 10.

WE'VE PROBABLY HAD A TAN BETWEEN DISPATCH RECORDS.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT THAT THE ISSUE WITH ADDING PATROL OR, OR SWORN POSITIONS IS IT COMES IN BUNDLES BASED ON THE SHIFTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GROUP OF FOUR, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, YOU BRING IN ADDING ONE IN ACTUALLY KIND OF THROWS OFF THE WAY THEY DO THEIR SCHEDULING.

IT JUST DISHEARTENS ME THAT WE S I DON'T SEE, NOT EVEN ONE PATROL OFFICER KNOWING THE, WELL, WE WE'D HAVE TO BACKFILL ONE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

TOTALLY GET IT.

UM, IT JUST IS A LITTLE CONCERNING FOR ME KNOWING THAT THE CITY'S GROWING THAT FAST.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERED, UH, FOR ME IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE CITY, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG YOUR POPULATION IS.

I JUST, I JUST WANT TO PROTECT A RESIDENCE.

SO, UM, THAT'S IT.

YEAH, I DO UNDERSTAND.

AND MR. SELLER SAID IT JUST RIDE, THEY COME IN BUNDLE.

SO IT, AT THE CURRENT FIVE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING, WE JUST COULDN'T SQUEEZE HIM FOUR, BUT YET IT'S ACHIEVED THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE PLACED ON THE PD.

SO, SO HOW MANY OPENINGS DO WE HAVE NOW FOR PATROL OFFICERS? WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES AND WE HAVE 15 THAT ARE IN BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE TWO FIELD BY SEPTEMBER 1ST IS KIND OF OUR GOAL.

SO IF WE DO THAT BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE'LL SEE THEM ON THE STREETS IN 18 MONTHS.

UM, IT, IT DEPENDS IF THEY'RE ALREADY CERTIFIED.

SOME OF THOSE 15 THAT ARE IN BACKGROUND, HAVE A TICO CERTIFICATION, THOSE WOULD BE ON THE STREET AND RIDING, PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES BY NEXT SUMMER.

SO ABOUT A YEAR, THOSE THAT WILL NEED TO GO TO A POLICE ACADEMY.

THOSE ARE, YES.

MA'AM, THOSE ARE ABOUT 18 MONTHS OUT.

OUT WITH A FAMILY EMERGENCY, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS POSITION MORPHED FROM OUR STREET, UH, NOT STREET, UH, MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, FLEET, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, AND ASSISTANT, UM, LOOKING AT HAVING OUR OWN DIVISION IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND WENT TO REQUESTING A MANAGEMENT ANALYST THAT WILL KIND OF, UH, ANALYZE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

HARPER MAYOR, COUNCIL, HARPER WILDER, PUBLIC WORKS THE FIRST POSITION MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

UM, THIS MORPHED HIS, I UNDERSTAND IT.

I WASN'T IN THIS MEETING.

I APOLOGIZE CAUSE I WAS

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UH, LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, UH, OIL CHANGES, A REGULAR MAINTENANCE, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, UM, KEEP UP WITH THE HEAVY CONSTRUCT, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, REGULARLY HAVE, UH, OUTSIDE THIRD PARTIES COME IN AND DO THE MAINTENANCE FOR.

SO THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT POSITION IS THEIR SECOND ONE PERMIT ADMINISTRATOR RIGHT AWAY, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR.

UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS ITS OWN DEPARTMENT REALLY, UM, THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST RECENT PAST WHERE ANY, ANY, LET'S SAY OTHER UTILITY OR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COMES IN AND THEY WANT TO DO RIGHT AWAY WORK, UH, HERE IN THE CITY.

UM, PRIOR TO US LOOKING AT THIS, THEY WOULD JUST GO INTO OUR RIGHT OF WAY, PUT A LINE IN.

UM, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A SAY, NOR DID WE KNOW ABOUT IT.

UM, IN THE LAST, I GUESS TWO YEARS, UM, WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM IN PLACE.

THERE IS A PERMIT PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO NOW AND FILL OUT TO WHERE WE KNOW WHO'S COMING INTO OUR RIGHT AWAY.

WE ALSO HAVE A SAY, WHO GOES INTO OUR RIGHT AWAY, UM, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN THE TXDOT RIGHT AWAY, WE STILL GET NOTIFIED ABOUT IT, UH, AT LEAST SO THAT WE KNOW WHO WAS IN THERE.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT CITY OF BOSTON, I'VE TALKED WITH LEON ABOUT THIS.

THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE DIVISION THAT HANDLES THESE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S AN IN-DEPTH PROCESS WHERE YOU WILL GO, UH, LOOK AT THE UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA IN QUESTION, UM, LOOK AT WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO AND STILL PRESERVE ROOM FOR YOU? UH, WHERE WE, THE CITY MAY WANT TO PLACE A LINE IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT WATER, WASTEWATER, STORM DRAINAGE, WE'RE DECIDING ALL THAT AND YOU'RE CRITIQUING EACH AREA.

SO IT'S A TIME-CONSUMING THING, UM, THAT WE'RE NOW DOING.

AND THIS WOULD BE BASICALLY BE THE START OF MAKING THIS DIVISION IN THE FUTURE.

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, UH, AS WELL AS SOMEONE THAT'S DEDICATED TO THIS TO GO OUT AFTER LET'S SAY A GAS COMPANY, UH, GOES AND LAYS A LINE, UM, THEY WOULD GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE DONE THE PROPER CLEANUP AND THE PROCESSES THAT WE WOULD EXPECT NEXT POSITIONS, ACTUALLY THE NEXT, I GUESS, THREE OR TWO OR TWO, BUT KIND OF THREE.

THE NEXT TWO ARE A CLEANUP, BASICALLY IN OUR WORKS DEPARTMENT, IN YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER STREET, CONSTRUCTION STREET MAINTENANCE, IT'S SET UP WITH SUPERVISORS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE FOREMAN'S CREW LEADERS AND WHATNOT.

UM, TIM SANFORD, OUR DIVISION MANAGER FOR OUR TREATMENT AND OPERATIONS, UM, IN HIS DEPARTMENT, IT'S NOT SET UP THAT WAY AND WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT LIKE THE OTHER SO THAT IT'S UNIFORM BECAUSE HIS GUYS DON'T HAVE THOSE SUPERVISORS, UM, LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS KIND OF CLEANING IT UP AND TIM'S TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE WATER PRODUCTION THAT MATCHES THE REST OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE TWO ARE.

UM, THE RECLASSIFICATION IS MORE ALONG THE SAME LINES, CHANGING BUDDIES, UH, POSITION CHANGES A POSITION OVER, UH, TO MATCH UP AS A PRODUCTION OPERATOR.

UM, I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS A MINIMAL DIFFERENCE IN THAT RECLASS ALSO WHEN THE 10TH MAN, AND, UH, THAT'S IT FOR OUR POSITION.

QUICK QUESTION FOR BASE, UH, FOR THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S SPLIT UP BETWEEN FOUR DIFFERENT FUNDS.

UM, REMIND ME OF WHAT S D U F UTILITY FUND IS THAT THAT'S THE STRAP, A STORM WATER UTILITY WASTEWATER YOU TOTALLY.

AND STORM DRAIN TO FUND THAT POSITION.

IS IT A VARYING BREAKDOWN PERCENTAGE IT'S ABOUT EVENLY.

I GUESS IT'S THE SAME SLIDE TWICE DONE.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? UM, SO ON THE, BOTH OF THE SLIDES, AND THIS IS JUST A CURIOSITY QUESTION, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOTAL IS 1, 2, 3, 4, 2 43 FOR BOTH.

IS, WAS THAT STRATEGIC? DID YOU JUST LIKE COME UP WITH A NUMBER AND DIVIDED IF I DO.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, THE TOTAL LOOKS TO BE THE THING IS THIS ONE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WAS FIGURED OUT.

ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE TITLE? OH, NEVERMIND.

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I WAS CONFUSED.

SO WHEN YOU'RE ON SLIDE, THE SECOND SLIDE, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THE TOTAL IS, YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, OR IF YOU'RE ON THE FIRST SLIDE YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP.

SO WE TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THE POSITIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG POINT OF CONVERSATION LAST TIME.

UH, AGAIN, A LOT OF REQUESTS AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE FELT WENT TO THE TOP FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT.

UH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED A DIFFERENT POSITION AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT LET'S, LET'S HOLD OFF ON, ON REQUESTS, WE'LL GET TO THE END.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF SEE HOW IT FITS INTO THE BUDGET.

AND THEN JUST GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL FEES AND FINES AND REVENUES, UH, THAT GO, THAT GO INTO THAT JAR.

I'M GOING TO JUMP TO SLIDE 11.

UH, SO EQUIPMENT, WE WON'T HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS GO THROUGH THAT.

I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH IT HERE WITH YOU.

THE BUILDING WE HAD DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS IS A NEW BUILDING THAT WOULD GO TOWARD, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADE FUNCTIONS.

IT WOULD BE DOWN AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY, UH, DOWN BY WATER LEAF.

UH, AND THAT INCLUDES THE FOUNDATION AND THE, AND THE STRUCTURE, UH, LIBRARY WE HAVE IN HERE.

NEW FLOORING YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN IS, IS PAINT ALSO.

SO $120,000 FOR AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LIBRARY HPAC SYSTEMS, UH, FOR CITY HALL AND LIBRARY.

THESE ARE TO REPLACE A VERY AGED UNITS, SECURITY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT SEVERAL PLACE PLACES HERE IN THE BUDGET, BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS THE FIRST ONE FLOOR SCRUBBER FOR THE ASH PAVILION FROM PARKS.

UH, WE DID GET A BACKHOE.

WE HAD A BACKHOE VERSUS A, A SKID-STEER.

WE, WE ELECTED TO GO WITH THE BACKHOE.

THERE'S ALSO SOME ATTACHMENTS FOR THAT, AS WELL AS THE VENTRAC ATTACHMENTS THAT WILL, UH, ASSIST WITH OUR TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.

UH, STORAGE STRUCTURE FOR PARKS, UH, SOME YARD EXPANSION, UH, MONIES FOR PUBLIC WORKS AS THEY CONTINUE TO PUT THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, PUSH THEIR, THEIR YARD A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH.

THEY HEATERS.

THIS IS ONE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW TEMPERATURES AS WE GET, UH, SOME OF THESE STREET EQUIPMENT, LARGE STREET EQUIPMENT, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR OIL EMOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WARM, UH, AND SAND WE HAD, WE NEED TO KEEP THE SAND WARM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, A TRAILER MOUNTED AIR COMPRESSOR, AND JACKHAMMER FOR THE PNEUMATIC TRUCK, UH, MOWER PUBLIC WORKS CLOSE TRAILER FOR THE UTILITY, UH, WATER UTILITY GENERATORS.

AND THAT'S, I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER ABOUT 900,000 IN, IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES THERE THAT, UH, WILL, WILL BE GOING TOWARD TEDIUM TO SEE IF WE CAN OFFSET THAT COST.

SOME FURNITURE SWITCH GEAR IS THE ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT, IF YOU WILL, AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

SO THAT IS, UH, IS AGED IN NEEDS.

UH, UPGRADED NEEDS REPLACED DISINFECTION STATION AT THE OUTFALL, UH, AT THE PLUM CREEK IS ALSO AGED.

IT NEEDS REPLACED.

AND THEN AN AUTOMATIC GATE THERE AT THE WATER LEAF SIDE FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THERE'S YOUR TOTAL AT 2.2 MILLION FOR EQUIPMENT JUMPING INTO THE CIP.

UH, THIS IS A, JUST AN OVERVIEW AND THIS SHOULD HELP, UH, WITH WHAT PERVEZ WAS JUST SAYING A LITTLE EARLIER, AS FAR AS, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY.

UH, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME AND DO THE ANALOGY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE FUNDS AS A DIFFERENT JAR OF, OF WATER, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES FUN, THIS WATER GOES HERE AND SOMETIMES THAT WATER GOES THERE.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF TRANSFERS BASED ON THE, THE APPROPRIATE AND ALLOWABLE USES OF THE MONIES.

UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, THE CIP IS ITS OWN JAR.

AND SO WE'RE POURING INTO IT FROM THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, UH, BASED ON THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CIP.

SO YOU'LL SEE 120 ABOUT $121 MILLION OF, UH, DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE FROM WHICH FUND THOSE ARE AL BEING ALLOCATED, ALL RIGHT, UH, INTO THE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS NOW, SO THAT THE GENERAL FUND, THE JAR OF WATER FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS, UH, FROM PROPERTY TAX SALES TAX,

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UH, WE'VE, WE'LL HAVE THIS SLIDE FILLED OUT FOR YOU AT OUR NEXT MEETING, AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING SLIDE 16.

SO, UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET.

OUR CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE, A COMBINED RATE OF DIP OF 2 65, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT, UH, IS BROKEN OUT AMONGST OUR OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS.

SO YOU SEE 19% OF ALL PROPERTY TAXES PAID BY CITIZENS OF KYLE GO TO THE CITY OF KYLE, UH, TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, 53% GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO WE ONLY GET 19% FINALISTS CITIZEN IF I'M A TAXPAYER AND KYLE AND I HAVE $1 IN PROPERTY TAX, ONLY 19 CENTS OF THAT DOLLAR GOES TO THE CITY OF KYLE.

SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE REST OF THAT THAT GOES.

UH, SLIDE 18.

YOU'LL SEE THE, THE HISTORICAL CHART OF HOW OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS FLUCTUATED.

WE'VE STABLED OUT QUITE A BIT HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT OBVIOUSLY CHANGES BASED ON BONDS, UH, INS INTEREST IN SINKING, WHICH IS DAD BOND PAYMENTS, BUT THE MNO SIDE, THE BLUE SIDE OF WHICH PAYS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, UH, IS, IS THERE IS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT AS, AS THE STAFF HAS INCREASED IN THE, THE CITY SERVICES, CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE ON SLIDE 19, YOU'LL SEE US COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS.

WE'RE RIGHT, UH, COMFORTABLY IN THE MIDDLE, UH, MOVING TO SALES TAX REVENUE IN SLIDE 20, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, UH, CONTINUE TO ARISE.

AND YOU'LL HAVE NOTICED THIS YEAR, EACH, UH, SALES TAX REPORT, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY HAVE ARISEN LATELY.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS TREND TO CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY AS WE KNOW, SEVERAL LARGE PROJECTS ARE COMING ONLINE OR WILL COME ONLINE.

SCOTT, IF I JUST WANT TO ADD, AND I LOVE THESE SLIDES, THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES IN ALL THE PRESENTATIONS.

UH, BUT LAST YEAR IT WAS A FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE OF THE CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE IN SALES TEXT.

AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 27.4.

HOW AMAZING IS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS INCREASING OUR REVENUES FROM SALES TAX AND THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING RIGHT HERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE AGGRESSIVE AND LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, WE ALL LIKE TOOK A BIG GULP, LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THAT NUMBER? AND WE'VE FAR ECLIPSED IT, RIGHT? SO IT'S, AGAIN, A VERY AGGRESSIVE NUMBER.

I ASSUME SOME OF IT IS, IS MAKING UP FROM AN UNDER ESTIMATE FROM LAST YEAR, RIGHT.

PREVIOUS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE SUPER CONSERVATIVE IN THE PANDEMIC.

NO IDEA.

AND THEN, SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO, YEAH, THE 27%, VERY BIG IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO FUND ALL THIS STUFF, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THIS YEAR SALES TAX PLUS LAST YEAR SALES DECKS IN THIS BUDGET.

ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AS WE GROW SALES TAX IS A VERY VOLATILE SOURCE OF REVENUE AS CONVERTED TO PROPERTY TAX.

SO WE JUST GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, WHAT GOES UP ALSO COMES DOWN, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

REAL QUICK.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, SIR.

WHERE ARE WE TAKING A QUICK LITTLE MOMENT? SO ON SLIDE, WHEREVER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SLIDE IS SO, UM, 120, ALMOST $121 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SPENDING OF THE BUDGET.

SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY 70% OF OUR BUDGET IS BEING SPENT TOWARDS CIPS? THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE? YES, SIR SAID THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE OUT OF EVERY $5, ABOUT 60%.

AND NOW WE'RE AT 70%.

SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST HAMMERING POINTS DOWN HERE, STORY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT INCREASED INPUT, AND WE'RE DOING TWO INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

WE'RE SPENDING MONEY TOWARDS THAT.

70% OF THIS BUDGET THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS TOWARDS THAT.

JUST LIKE I SAID, IMPORTANT POINTS TO MAKE.

I THINK WE'VE SAID THAT EACH BUDGET YEAR FOR REALLY LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, IT'S ANOTHER SPENDING BUDGET ON CAPITAL PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE STILL GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

WATER INTO THE GENERAL FUND JAR.

UH, 21 SLIDE 21.

SO A GENERAL FUND SOURCES OF FUNDS.

SO THIS IS THE SOURCES OF

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UH, YOU'LL SEE, AGAIN, PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX MAKE UP THE BULK OF THAT, BUT THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE OTHER, UH, SOURCES, SOLID WASTE, FINES AND FEES, ET CETERA, AND THEN TRANSFERS IN THAT WOULD BE WATER COMING FROM OTHER JARS THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET, UH, USES OR HOW WE EXPEND THOSE MONIES IN THE, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.

UH, YOU'LL SEE, PREDOMINANTLY IT'S FOR A SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES MADE UP FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, THE TRANSFERS OUT THAT GREEN WEDGE IS THE GENERAL FUND JAR GOING INTO OTHER JARS.

AND IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

WOULD THE CIP HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GENERAL FUND SLIDE, 23, ABOUT $41 MILLION IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT, UH, THERE'S A NET DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES.

NOW, THE REASON FOR THIS IS WE HAVE FEWER TRANSFERS THAN LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THE ACTUAL GENERAL FUND FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT IS PROBABLY INCREASING, UH, BY SEVERAL MILLION, BUT THE TRANSFERS, THE REDUCTION IN TRANSFERS IN THIS BUDGET HAS BROUGHT THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET DOWN BY $6.7 MILLION.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE END OF NEXT YEAR AT 14000008.8 MILLION IS BEING AS ACCORDING TO THAT CIP JAR.

AND THEN AT ALMOST 14 OF THE PROPOSED NEW POSITIONS ARE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SO GENERAL, GENERAL SERVICE DELIVERY AND $760,000 IN NEW EQUIPMENT SLIDE.

24 IS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 20, 21 NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IN MORE DEPTH THAN OUR LAST WORKSHOP, THIS IS FOR DESIGNING RECONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR ROADWAYS AND THE ROADWAYS ARE LISTED BELOW.

WE DID RETAIN GAP STRATEGIES, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO HELP, UH, EDUCATE ON THE BOND.

AND, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY JUST CLOSED THE, UH, WINDOW FOR THE GEC, WHICH IS THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONTRACT, UH, FIRM TO OVERSEE ALL THE BONDS.

SO THESE FIVE THAT YOU'LL SEE BELOW ARE THE GENERAL FUND BONDS OR BONDED ROADS.

UH, IF COUNCIL REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION, THERE ARE MULTIPLE ROADS IN A PROPOSED TERS, TERS THREE, UH, THAT WOULD ALSO BE OVERSEEN BY THIS GEC CONTRACT.

UH, AND THEN, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL ROADS UP IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR AREA THAT ARE ALSO PART OF THE OVERALL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO THE, THE FIVE ROADS THAT WOULD BE VOTED UPON IN NOVEMBER BY THE CITIZENRY, OUR CENTER STREET HAVE FROM VETERANS DRIVE.

AND ACTUALLY, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, AS YOU SEE FURTHER DOWN, WE'VE ADDED STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS OVERALL SCOPE OF WORK.

SO WHAT WE ARE, UH, GOING TO REQUEST PAID DAWSON, WHO'S THE ENGINEERING FROM DOING THE, THE CENTER STREET STAGECOACH PROJECT IS THAT THEY EXPAND THEIR SCOPE DOWN CENTER STREET TO BURLESON AND MATCH THE STREETSCAPE FROM BURLESON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, ALL THE WAY UP TO OLD STAGE COACH AROUND THE HORN 2 27 70.

THAT INCLUDES THE ROUNDABOUT AT 27 70 AND VETERANS THE ROUNDABOUT AT 24 AT A STAGECOACH, AND HOW STAGECOACH IS GOING TO COME THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S, UH, SIX BRICKS BOULEVARD AND THEN THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE FIVE WAY AT CENTER STREET.

SO IT'S A VERY LARGE AMBITIOUS PROJECT, BUT AGAIN, UH, COMING ALL THE WAY NOW DOWN TO BURLESON.

SO, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, ONE REASON IS WE DO HAVE TWO, UH, AN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE.

AND WITH THAT GROWING POPULATION, I THINK IT'LL MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

NICE WITH THE BACKUPS WE HAVE, THERE ARE ALREADY TODAY EXISTING, I THINK, AS WE GROW THAT MIGHTY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC FLOW.

SO WE CAN, UH, HAVE, UH, FAMILIES WALKING TO SCHOOL INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COMMUTE.

RIGHT? YEAH.

SOLID POINT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IS THOUGH, AND THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE VISIONING WORKSHOP WHERE WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

AND SO YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN THIS PRESENTATION IN FIRST CRACK AT THE BUDGET OF PULLING COUNCIL'S VISION AND DIRECTION, SO KUDOS TO YOU, SCOTT, AND THE TEAM ON THAT.

UM,

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AND SO LARGE PART OF THAT, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHY IT STOPS AT, UH, VETERANS IS BECAUSE OF THE, UM, CENTER STREET, STAGECOACH ROAD DOING THE REST OF IT THERE FROM, UH, VETERANS TOO.

RIGHT? SO THE, THE SAME CROSS SECTION THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, IT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS A VERY, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN OR ACROSS LAKES AND THE, YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE, UH, BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, UH, LIKE BURLESON.

THE BROS CROSS SECTION WAS STILL GOOD SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING.

SO IT'LL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT YES, SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTING AND THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE.

AND, UH, CUSTOMER RIZZO FLOURISH, CAROL AND MYSELF, WALKED WITH A NUMBER OF STAFF.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENTION.

WE DID THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND, UH, I HAD ACTUALLY RECEIVED SOME CORRESPONDENCE AND EMAILS FROM PEOPLE THAT SPOTTED US WALKING, UH, AND THEY WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING? AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO TELL THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, FROM OUR DIRECTION AT THE VISIONING RETREAT.

AND SO I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLKS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN STREET LIGHTING.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DIRECTION.

COUNCIL, ONE THING I'LL ADD IS I, IT'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED, BUT YET WE COULDN'T FUND IT IN THE PAST.

SO IT JUST MISSED PER FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, BUT WE ARE BECOMING SOPHISTICATED TO THE POINT WHERE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, NOW WE ARE INCLUDING UNDERGROUNDING OF OUR, OUR AERIAL UTILITIES.

WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER RELATIONSHIP TODAY WITH BEC THAN I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD TO BE HONEST.

UH, WE'VE GOT A MUCH BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHSTOP THAN I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD BOTH OF THOSE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, THEY, THEY OVERSEE AERIAL UTILITIES IN, IN RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO WE, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED SAY IN WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT REQUIRE, UH, BUT THEY THEY'VE AGREED TO WORK WITH US.

AND SO WHEREVER POSSIBLE IN THESE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECTS, UH, WHICH WE HAVE CONSIDERED OUR BEAUTIFICATION CORRIDOR PER A BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, WE ARE ADDING THE COST TO UNDERGROUND THESE UTILITIES.

I THINK A BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO BE HONEST WITH BURLESON.

UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE THAT IS STILL KIND OF GETS ME, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

ALL OF THESE ROADWAYS WILL HAVE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AS PART OF THAT.

AND THEN AS OTHER UTILITIES LIKE, UH, GRUNDY, FOR EXAMPLE, OR ANOTHER FIBER UTILITY THAT THAT'S MOVING INTO THE CITY AS THEY COME IN, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POSITION IS THEY UNDERGROUND EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD, UH, WINDY HILL ROAD AND BB ROAD ARE TWO ROADS ON THE EAST SIDE THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE SAT IN THOSE BACKUPS ON THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE LONG.

AND WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO WIDEN AND IMPROVE THOSE ROADWAYS AS WELL.

UH, AND THEN MARKETPLACE AVENUE, ESPECIALLY AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER WILL COME ONLINE HERE IN ABOUT 18 MONTHS.

UH, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A SOUTHERN OUTLET FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, POLICE VEHICLES REAL QUICK, SCOTT.

UM, SO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THESE ROADS IN THESE PROJECTS.

I THINK THEY'RE FANTASTIC.

THE OTHER ONES WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE GO FORTH AND BUTTON, UH, POTENTIALLY WITH THE, THE, THE BOND.

SO MY, MY QUICK QUESTION IS ON WINDY HILL.

SO, UH, BECAUSE I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS CAUSE WE HAVE, WE DID HAVE HARPER'S CREW COME OUT AND DO, UH, SOME STRAIGHTEN THE LINES, IMPROVE THE LOT OF THE DIPS.

I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

CAUSE I DRIVE ON THAT ROAD DAILY, UH, PERSONALLY.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD THE, THE GRANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW.

SO I CAN ALREADY HEAR IT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL BEEN OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

CAN YOU KIND OF HELP EXPLAIN THAT, GIVE US A SENSE OF WHY THAT HAS HAPPENED, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHY THIS HAS CONTINUED TO BE.

SO, UH, THE PARAMETERS WERE VERY CONSTRAINED BASED ON WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH THE STATE, WHICH IS WHY WE STARTED THAT PROJECT IMMEDIATELY.

AND I'LL JUST TRY TO PAINT A VISUAL PICTURE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MAP UP ON THE SCREEN.

UH, WINDY HILL ROAD IS, IS PARTIALLY CITY AND PARTIALLY HIS COUNTY.

SO IT'S NOT TOTALLY ACCURATE, BUT BASICALLY THE POCA LOCA, A LITTLE WEST OF POLKA LOCO OR DAISEY LANE, JUST TO GIVE US A GOOD FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT EASTWARD IS KS COUNTY.

UH, THEY HAVE A PLAN RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON ENGINEERING TO IMPROVE THAT TO, I BELIEVE LEON, A THREE, THREE LANE CROSS SECTION THROUGH THERE.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEER ON THAT PORTION, UH, WEST TO CARRY WOOD OR YEAH, BASICALLY THE CHERRYWOOD, RIGHT.

INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, UH, THAT WAS A GRANT STATE GRANT.

IT STARTED OUT AS FEMA AND THEN THE STATE TOOK IT OVER FUNDED PROJECT BASED ON THE 20 17, 15, WAS IT 15, 17, 20 17 FLOOD EVENT WHERE, WHERE THE BRIDGE WAS WASHED AWAY.

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AND WE TRIED TO DO THAT.

THREE-LANE LANE CROSS-SECTION ANTICIPATING WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD DO TO THE EAST.

WHAT THAT LEAVES IS EVERYTHING WEST OF CHERRY WOOD OR INDIAN PAINTBRUSH TO THE FURNITURE ROAD IS STILL UNDERSIZED.

UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WENT OUT THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND DID A GREAT JOB DOING THE SERVICING RESURFACING DOING INTRODUCTIONS.

SO THERE'S NO DOUBLE DIPPING.

THERE WAS A RESURFACE.

NOW THERE'S A RECONSTRUCT.

AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE RESIDENT STANDPOINT STANDPOINT, THEY THINK, OH, YOU'RE JUST GOING BACK BECAUSE LIKE, NO WE'RE TAKING WE'RE ACTION.

THAT WAS TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

SO YEAH, THE RECONSTRUCTION MEANS WE'RE BASICALLY TEARING OUT THE ROAD AND BUILDING A NEW ONE DEEPER, WIDER.

UH, THE REASON WHY DEEPER IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE W THE CURRENT ROAD IS YOU'LL YOU'LL KNOW, UH, SLOUGHED OFF SO MUCH OFF THE SIDE.

A LOT OF ALLIGATOR CRACKING, UH, ET CETERA, POTHOLING THAT'S WHEN THE BASE IS FAILING, RIGHT.

AND EAST SIDE CLAYS JUST NEED A LOT MORE WORK, A LOT MORE DEPTH.

AND, UH, WHEN WE REBUILD OUR ROADS ON THE EAST SIDE, WE, WE DO GEOGRID, WE DO, YOU KNOW, 24 INCH BASE DIFFERENT TYPE OF ROCK, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO PREVENT FUTURE CRACKING AND FALLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING.

PLUS WE'LL HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A KIND OF A HEARSE TURN CURVE IN THERE, LIKE A SERPENTINE TYPE CURVE IN THERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

SO THAT IS THE GOALS WE ENGINEER THIS PIECE FROM THE FURNITURE ROAD TO, TO, UH, CHERRYWOOD, IS THAT WE'VE WE MATCHED THAT CROSS ALL THE WAY DOWN.

FANTASTIC.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED DID TO BE ON THE RECORD, CAUSE WE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S HARD.

THAT'S A DIFFICULT CONCEPT TO GRASP REAL QUICK.

AND THEN MY FINAL COMMENT MOVING OFF OF WINDY HILL IS MARKETPLACE AVENUE.

ALL THE OTHER ONES WOULD BE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS ONE WOULD BE A NEW, NEW BUILD.

SKIPPING THE SLIDE ALL TOGETHER.

AND SINCE YOU DID MENTION THAT THE TERS THREE ROADS AND JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING, UH, YOU MENTIONED GOFORTH AND BUNTON.

THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN, JUST NOT IN THE GEO BOND PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

KYLE PARKWAY, EXTENSION FROM DACEY DOWN TO LAYMAN.

THAT IS, THAT IS IN HERE.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE RECORD THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE TWO RODEOS BUTTON IS ALWAYS COMMENTED ON, I KNOW, UH, FROM RESIDENTS AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS YEP.

TO, TO THE END OF THIS EDGE OF THE CITY LIMITS BASICALLY TO YOULAND OKAY.

UH, MOVING FORWARD NOW WE'RE IN THE WATER UTILITY FUND.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE SOURCES OF FUNDS ON SLIDE 26, THAT IS BASICALLY USER FEES, WHICH IS, UH, CORPORATIONS AND RESIDENTS PAYING THE WATER RATE.

AND THEN THE USES OF FUNDS.

YOU'LL SEE HOW THOSE, THAT WATER, THAT JAR IS POURED OUT INTO OPERATIONS AND CIP.

SO WATER SUPPLY THAT GOES TO PAY FOR THE WATER WE'RE ACTUALLY USING NOW, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

WE GET OUR WATER AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL SOURCES OF WATER.

ONE IS THROUGH GBRA.

WHEN IS THE RELIANCE REGIONAL WATER? AND THE OTHER IS THREE WELLS.

SO IT'S GROUNDWATER, UH, SLIDE 28.

THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WATER UTILITY AGAIN IS 6%.

WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HOPEFULLY USING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, FUNDS TO BRING THAT DOWN.

IF, IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT IS OUR GOAL, THE 19 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, UH, WHICH IS A ROUGHLY $800,000 DECREASE IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS AGAIN, UH, IT'S JUST, UH, REDUCED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FROM LAST YEAR AND WE'LL HAVE A $3 MILLION ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE, 16 MILLION, UH, PLAN CIP EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE FUND.

AND, UH, A LOT OF THAT'S FOR ARWA FOR THE NEW LINE COMING FROM THE CARISSA WILCOX, 60 MILES EAST TO HERE, AND THEN OUR THREE POSITIONS PROPOSED AND THEN THE NEW EQUIPMENT.

SO I, 29, ABOUT 82 MILLION FOR THE CITY SHARE OF ARWA DEBT.

AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN OUT.

UH, THE LAST DEBT ISSUANCE PLANNED IS THE 10.7 MILLION, UH, FOR THIS NOVEMBER.

AND THEN THE THREE-YEAR PLAN FOR WATER RATE INCREASES AGAIN, WHAT THE COUNCIL HAD, UH, RECOMMENDED TO HELP PAY FOR THAT ARWA LINE.

AND YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL DID SAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THREE, FOUR, EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO, AND WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GROW INTO THIS, UH, AS, AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS.

AND THAT'S OUR, THAT IS OUR PLAN HERE THROUGH THE BUDGET IS THAT, UH, OUR GROWTH HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING THAT LAST 10% INCREASE DOWN, UH, THIS SLIDE I DON'T LIKE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS IS, YEAH, WE'RE

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NOW WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA OWN OUR SPOTS OR OUR WARTS AS WELL.

AND, UH, OUR, WE KNOW OUR WATER BILL IS HIGH COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.

AND AGAIN, THIS HAS TO DO WITH NOT ONLY OUR FAST GROWTH, BUT BEING EXTREMELY PROACTIVE IN OUR PARTICIPATION WITH OUR ARWA.

UH, SO AS RESIDENTS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN IN KYLE FOR A WHILE WILL REMEMBER THIS, THE CONVERSATION WAS ALWAYS AROUND WATER, ALWAYS RAN WATER.

EVEN WHEN WE BUDGETED, YOU KNOW, 20, 15, 16, 17, IT WAS WATER, WATER, WATER, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT AS MUCH ANYMORE.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE'VE INVESTED INTO THIS PLAN TO BRING WATER FROM, FROM THE AQUIFER THROUGH ARWA AND, UH, THAT WE KNEW IT WOULD BE A HEAVY LIFT.

AND WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME PAIN AT THE PUMP, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY HERE THROUGH OUR WATER RATES.

OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THAT DOWN AS SOON AS WE CAN, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME FEDERAL SOURCES OF MONEY TO DO SO.

UH, AGAIN, THIS BEING OUR LAST YEAR OF THE, UH, THE BOND PAYMENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO OUR WHY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE HOPE WE CAN START BRINGING THIS DOWN HERE IN THE FUTURE, BUT FOR NOW IT IS, IT IS HIGH AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING FOR OUR FUTURE.

SO THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WE DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER CITIES ARE FUNDING THEIR WATER.

YOU TOLD HIM THEY MAY BE SUBSIDIZING SOME OF THEIR UTILITY OPERATIONS WITH TAX REVENUE.

WE ARE NOT.

SO THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE HIGHER RATES AS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES.

AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT POINT PER BED, BECAUSE YOU COULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT I'M COMPARING EVERYTHING TO LAST YEAR.

SO IT WAS $72 AND 83 CENTS WAS THE MONTHLY RESIDENTIAL AVERAGE BILL.

SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE SAN MARCOS, ALSO A PARTICIPANT IN ARWA DATA.

ALSO A PARTICIPANT IN ARWA, UM, BUDDHISTS WENT UP, MAYBE A DOLLAR SAN MARCOS WENT UP THREE LESS THAN THREE OH $3 AND 20 CENTS ACTUALLY.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT THOUGH.

YOU'D YOU MAKE THOUGH? HOW, HOW THAT MIGHT BE FUNDED.

IT'S STILL, UH, STILL A TOUGH SLIDE TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY SINCE NOW WE'VE JUMPED LEANDER FROM LAST YEAR, HAVE THE HIGHEST ON THIS.

WE MAKE, UM, AN ATTEMPT TO, I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY PUT LIKE MEL INSERTS IN WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR BILL, BUT CAN WE PUT SOME KIND OF MESSAGE ONLINE, THIS INFORMING THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY GO TO PAY THEIR BILL OF THE INCREASE? YEAH.

AND THE REASON FOR IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

SO SCOTT DOES, UH, THE 10%, UH, THAT WE DEFERRED IN 2020, IS THAT REFLECT, UH, THE SLIDE HERE ON 30 AS ZACK GO ACCOUNT WITH THAT PRICE? UH, NO, SIR.

SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT AN INCREASE ON THAT, UH, DEFERRED PAYMENT.

AND, AND AS SCOTT MENTIONED EARLIER, IF WE WERE TO USE THE AMERICAN RELIEF MONIES, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DEFER THE 6% AS WELL.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR US.

UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING FAR MORE APPEALING, WASTEWATER.

SO YOU'LL SEE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING A, UH, ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLON A DAY TREATMENT TRAIN, UH, BASED ON THE WAY WE CAN TREAT SOME OF THE FLOW WITH CHEMICALS, WE TREAT ABOUT 6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UH, JAR HERE.

SO WASTEWATER SERVICE AGAIN, YOU'LL, YOU'LL PAY THIS ON YOUR UTILITY BILL.

UH, THE USES OF PHONES ON SLIDE SLIDE 33.

UH, YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT IS, IS BROKEN OUT.

UH, AND AGAIN, THE LARGE PORTIONS HERE ARE THE CIP TRANSFERS AS WELL AS THE DEBT SERVICE AND THE DEBT SERVICES IS OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT.

PLANT YOUR HIGHLIGHTS, UH, NO CHANGES IN, UH, WATER RATES OR WASTEWATER RATES, UH, $10 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, A $700,000 NET INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OVER THE LAST YEAR, 2.5 MILLION ENDING FUND BALANCE 26.7 MILLION HAVE FOR CIP SPENDING AGAIN, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, ONE NEW POSITION BEING PROPOSED AND SOME EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE SLIDE 35, THE TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT.

UH, ULTIMATELY OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO, UH, I SAY ULTIMATE, OUR NEXT GOAL.

OUR NEXT STEP IS TO GO TO A NINE MGD, UH, TOTAL PLANT.

THIS EXPANSION THOUGH, UH, CREATES A NINE MGD WHEN I SAY MPDS MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF, OF FLOW.

UH HEADWORKS SO BASICALLY WE'RE BUILDING THE FULL HEADWORKS UPFRONT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT FULL NINE MGD PLANT, BUT WE HAVE A FEEDER OR TRAIN SYSTEMS THAT WILL ONLY ACCOMMODATE UP TO WHAT WE'RE PERMITTED TO TREAT.

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YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN, IN SUMMER MONTHS, WHEN FLOWS ARE HIGH TIM PROPERLY, WHAT ARE SANFORD? WHAT ARE WE AT, UH, FROM, UH, A FLOW BASIS RIGHT NOW, UH, TIM'S EVER TO RECORD GOOD MORNING COUNSEL, UH, MAYOR.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE SITTING AROUND 2.6, 2.7 AVERAGE, UH, DURING RAIN EVENTS, WE'VE SEEN FLOWS AS HIGH RECENTLY AS UP, UH, UPWARDS OF 5, 25 AND SIX.

SO WE WERE, WE'RE QUICKLY REACHING THAT, UH, THAT CAPACITY I SHOULD SAY.

AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE PEAK FLOWS.

CAUSE IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IN A RAIN EVENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S INFLUENT, INFILTRATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE ALSO, BUT IN PEAK FLOWS, IF WE ARE GOING OVER THE WEIRS, AS WE SAY, OR FOR WE'RE TAKING IN TOO MUCH INFLUENT, THEN WE HAVE VIOLATIONS THROUGH THE TCQ THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ULTIMATE PLANT EXPANSION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE, THE INI AS WELL AS JUST THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WELL ACTUALLY TO, TO AVERAGE LEFT UNDER THREE MGD.

BUT, UH, YOU WANT TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE PERMIT TO NINE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO SURE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT NOW, THE AMEND OUR CURRENT PERMIT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 4.5 POST EXPANSION.

UH, WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR IS TO ACHIEVE A 9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY PERMIT WITH TCEQ.

UH THERE'S UH, THAT'S REALLY, I SAY HOPE BECAUSE IT'S A TARGET, IT'S ALL, DEPENDING ON WHAT TCQ ALL OUT, BASED ON STREAM SURVEYS, KNOWING THAT THE PUNK CREEK IS IMPAIRED.

UM, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PLAYED INTO THIS DO WHAT DO MODELING OF THE CREEK.

SO WE CAN'T OVER ASK FOR WHAT WE CAN'T PROVE UP.

SO WE FELT THAT NOT 9 MILLION GALLONS, SEEING THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE WITH THE PHASING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CURRENT PLANT TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL AS ACHIEVABLE.

SO, SO NOT TO BELABOR THIS TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TWO DRAINAGE BASINS IN KYLE.

WE HAVE THE PLUM CREEK BASIN.

SO BASICALLY WHEN I SAY BASIN, IT'S THE GRAVITY WHERE, HOW EVERYTHING FLOWS INTO A PLANT.

SO THE PLUM CREEK BASIN IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE HAVE BUILT UP TO THIS POINT FURTHER SOUTH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR SOUTH SIDE SEWER AND LIFT STATION.

THAT'S NOT IN THE PLUM CREEK BASIN, BUT WE'VE GOT A BIG SEVEN MTD LIFT STATION, PUMP IT ALL BACK INTO THE BASIN IN THE FUTURE, ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT WEST OF LIKE SIX CREEKS, THE, THE BIG NANCE PROPERTY, THE BIG, UH, MCCOY PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S ENTITLED FOR OVER 20,000 DIFFERENT UNITS, JUST IN THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS ALONE.

UH, AND THEN IF YOU TAKE THE REMAINDER OF WHAT WE CALL THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND THAT, THAT NEW DRAINAGE BASIN IS OVER 40,000, UH, OF, OF, UH, WASTEWATER NAIL LEU STANDS FOR LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT IS HOW MUCH ONE HOUSEHOLD OR WHEN YOU HIT A UNIT GENERATES.

UH, SO THERE'S OVER 40,000 LUVS OF, OF FLOW THAT ARE ANTICIPATED IN THAT, THAT BASIN.

SO RIGHT NOW IN THE PLUM CREEK, WE'RE TRYING TO GO TONIGHT, BUT OUR ULTIMATE BUILD OUT AS WE'VE MODELED IN, WE'RE TALKING WELL INTO THE FUTURE IS ABOUT A 22 MGD, UH, ANTICIPATED FLOW INTO THE PLUM CREEK BASIN.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT THREE RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE FINE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SCARE ANYBODY, BUT AS WE GO FORWARD AND WE TALK ABOUT THE CREEK BEING IMPAIRED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET NINE BUILD OUT A 22, UH, WHICH MEANS AT THE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PLANT HERE IN THIS SPACE AND WE MAY HAVE TO LIFT THINGS INTO ANOTHER REGIONAL PLANT, ESPECIALLY THAT BLANCO BASIN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER PLAN FOR ALL THAT FLOW TO GO TO THAT PLANT.

UH, AND THEN AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES, OUR CONSUMPTION OF WATER WILL DECLINE, RIGHT? AND, AND WE SEE THAT.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF AS WE BUDGET OUT OF THIS FUND AND LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO NINE AND THEN EXPANDING THE CURRENT PLAN IS STILL JUST A ONE ADDITIONAL STEP TOWARD MANY TO GET CONTROL OF OUR WASTE WATER SITUATION.

DOES THE RECLAIM WATER, UH, GOING INTO EFFECT, UH, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE NUMBERS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT USING RECLAIMED WATER IN OUR PARKS.

SO WILL THAT AFFECT THAT? YEAH.

SO RECLAIM WATER WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PLANT

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ALREADY.

SO AS OUR FLOWS COME INTO THE PLANT, WE'LL TRADE IT.

AND THEN THAT TREATED WATER, WE PUT INTO A SEPARATE VAULT, UH, TREATED AGAIN, AND THEN SHOOT IT BACK UP THROUGH THE CITY, UH, TO STORAGE LOCATIONS.

SO UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FLOW WASTEWATER.

WELL, THE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS IT'S A DISCHARGE PERMIT.

SO WHATEVER WATER YOU DIVERT FROM THE CREEK DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST THAT NINE MGD.

SO YOU COULD BE IN EFFECT TREATING 12 MGD AT THE PLANT AND ONLY DISCHARGING NINE TO THE CREEK.

AND THE OTHER THREE COULD BE BEING RE DIVERTED INTO REUSE PROJECTS.

NO, SORRY.

YOU GOT IT.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEER RIGHT NOW ON THE, UH, RECLAIMED UTILITY.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD MEETINGS ALREADY.

AND SO THAT UTILITY, LUCKILY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, LEON AND I REALLY STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER THE RECLAIMED PLAN BEFORE IT WAS EVER DESIGNED BECAUSE WE HAD ALL THESE, THESE BIG WASTEWATER LINES THAT WE WERE PUTTING THESE INTERCEPTORS ALL OVER THE CITY AND THOUGHT, MAN, IF WE'RE LAYING THE INTERCEPTOR LINES NORTH, SOUTH EAST WEST, WE NEED TO BE LAYING PURPLE PIPE ADJACENT TO IT.

DITCHES.

THERE IS JUST THE COST OF PIPE.

SO WE STARTED DOING THAT ON SEVERAL OF OUR BIG PROJECTS AND A LOT OF OUR RECLAIMED UTILITY IS ALREADY IN THE GROUND THING.

THANK HEAVEN.

UH, SO JUST FINISHING IT OUT, ADDING THE PIPE, ADDITIONAL PIPE, WHERE, WHERE WE NEED, AND THEN THE PUMPING CAPACITY IS, IS REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TURN THAT UTILITY ON.

AH, IT FEELS MUCH BETTER TO LOOK AT THIS SLIDE.

WE'LL JUST PAUSE HERE FOR A MINUTE.

YEAH, PLEASE, PLEASE NOTICE BUDA.

SHOULD WE JUST TAKE A BREAK AT THE SLIDE? I MEAN, NEVERMIND.

I'M JUST GONNA KEEP MOVING ON.

LET'S GET INTO OURS.

IT'S JUST THE MIDDLE SCAR.

THE LOW EMAP.

THE STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY SOURCES OF FUNDS IN THE STORM DRAIN, UH, WOULD BE THE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL STORM DRAINAGE FEES.

AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THOSE COMPARE COMMERCIAL PAYS 41% OF THAT RESIDENTIAL 35 AND THEN TRANSFERS IN, UH, THE OTHER 20TH BASICALLY QUARTER PERSON OKAY.

USES OF FUNDS.

UH, MOST OF THAT'S GOING OUT TO CIP AND WE'LL HIT THAT HERE, UH, ON FLIGHT 40.

SO NO CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN THE STORM DRAINAGE FEE 2.7 MILLION IN TRANSFERS OUT.

UH, WE HAVE A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN THOSE TRANSFERS AND THEN, UH, 700,000 ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE.

2.2 MILLION FOR CIP, A QUARTER OF A POSITION AND 30,000 FOR NEW EQUIPMENT.

UH, WHILE WE'RE ON SLIDE 40, THE, THE CIP FOR THE STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY, WE HAVE SEVERAL, WE'LL HIT THOSE IN THE, IN THE CIP HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AS WE GO THROUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN DECREASES IN THE BUDGET.

SO, UH, WE'LL JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH, UH, SOME DEPARTMENTS HERE AND, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE.

YOU CAN READ ON THE SLIDES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE, YOU CAN ASK.

SO HERE'S THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S BUDGET CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AND SOME OF THESE WILL REFLECT THE EXPENDITURES WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, WHICH BY THE WAY, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THOSE EVEN PRE OCTOBER ONE, LIKE THE KYLE BRAND AMBASSADOR.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STARTING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.

SO ON THE ELECTION SERVICES INCREASE OF 25,000.

WHERE'S THAT COMING FROM? JUST, WE HAVE A THIRD.

WHAT? JENNIFER, GO AHEAD, JENNIFER.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE $25,000 ELECTION SERVICES INCREASE? HMM.

UM, THEY DO IT BASED ON OUR, OUR VOTER COUNT.

JENNIFER HOME FOR THE RECORD.

UM, LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD OUR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, UM, WE WERE SOMEWHAT BLINDSIDED BY THE INVOICE THAT CAME IN WELL OVER THE, UM, ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY AHEAD OF THE ELECTION.

UM, IT SEEMS THAT THERE WERE SO MANY ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT, UM, THE COUNTY HAD ELECTED TO USE AND,

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AND SO WE PAY OUR PROPORTION TO THE WHOLE COUNTY BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE ELECTION.

AND, UM, BY THE TIME EVERYTHING CAME THROUGH, THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD BUDGETED LAST YEAR WAS OVER SHOT BY THE ONE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

AND WE HAD ACTUALLY BUDGETED EXTRA FUNDS IN CASE THERE WOULD BE A, UM, VACANCY OR ANY KIND OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

UM, WE HAD BUDGETED EXTRA FOR THAT AND IT JUST WASN'T EVEN ENOUGH ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING ENOUGH TO COVER IT.

SO I WAS PROPOSING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PUT EXTRA IN THE ELECTION LINE THIS YEAR, UM, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF FEES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH SORT OF A LARGE PART OF THAT SUMMARIZING THAT IT'S CAUSE OF LARGE VOTER TURNOUT.

YOU SAID THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN OF THAT PERCENTAGE FOR THE COUNTY.

I THINK IT'S MORE THAT THEY HAVE ELECTED TO OPEN MORE AND MORE SO WHEN WE WENT TO WIDE VOTING, UH, THE POINT WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE LESS VOTER SITES BECAUSE YOU CAN VOTE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY ON ANY OF THESE ELECTIONS.

IF SOMEBODY DRIVES TO WIMBERLEY, THEY COULD VOTE IN THE CITY OF CALA ELECTION.

SO THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE LESS.

WELL, THE OTHER PART OF COUNTY-WIDE VOTING IS THAT WHEREVER YOU HAVE YOUR LEAST POPULATION, WHEREVER YOU HAVE YOUR MOST POPULATION, THE AMOUNT OF, UM, VOTER SITES THAT YOU HAVE IN THAT SECTION HAS TO BE PROPORTIONATELY.

YOU HAVE TO OFFER HALF AS MANY IN YOUR LESSER PROPORTIONATE, UM, LOCATIONS FOR VOTING LIKE WHERE THERE'S LESS REGISTERED VOTERS OR MORE SPARSE POPULATE LIKE POPULATION.

AND SO THE MORE THAT THEY ADDED TO THE HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS, THEY HAD TO STILL ADD MORE TO THE LESS POPULATED AREAS BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND IT'S JUST CAUSED, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR TRAINING FOR THE ELECTION WORKERS.

THEY HAVE TO PAY THE HOURLY RATE FOR THE POLL WORKERS AND EVERYTHING.

AND, AND BY THE TIME ALL OF THAT WENT IN, THEY EVEN HAD OVERSHOT THEIR OWN BUDGET FOR LAST NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.

AND OUR PROPORTION OF THAT JUST WAS WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR.

DID WE GO THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS SLIDE? NOPE.

BEAR GO FOR IT.

WE'RE ON IT NOW.

UH, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS THE POSITION RECLASSIFICATION IN THAT DEPARTMENT? OKAY.

SAMANTHA ARMBRUSTER FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A RIGHT FITTING OF A POSITION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IT'S AT A COORDINATOR POSITION, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE JOB DESCRIPTION COMPARED TO A MANAGER ROLE, BECAUSE THAT STAFF MEMBER OVERSEES THEIR OWN BUDGET, THEY OVERSEE THE VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS DEAL WITH PARTNERS AND STAFFING.

IT MADE MORE SENSE FOR THAT TO BE CLASSIFIED AT THE MANAGER POSITION AND THIS BUDGET LINE ITEM WOULD MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

AT CARGO VAN IS FOR THE CHANNEL 10 EXPENDITURES.

SO THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION SERVICES.

MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS FIRST LINE ITEM IS, IS YES.

LOOKS REALLY SCARY.

THAT'S A PASS THROUGH.

THAT'S PART OF OUR EFFORT TO USE OUR INSPECTORS MORE ON THE PLAN REVIEW SIDE AND OVERSEEING OUR THIRD PARTIES.

BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE PASTOR EXPENSES, AS WELL AS THE 50,000 ESD FIVE INSPECTION EXPENSES.

UH, AGAIN, THE COMP PLAN, UH, CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES AND CHARGES THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE BUDGET FOR AS EXPENDITURES, BUT THOSE ARE BEING PAID BY THE DEVELOPERS AND THOSE WHO ARE SUBMITTING FOR THOSE, THOSE SERVICES.

WE DO HAVE A PAY ADJUSTMENT, THEREFORE THE PLANNER POSITION AS WELL.

JUST QUESTIONS ON THAT.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR HOWARD, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW HOWARD'S HERE ONLINE.

HE'S OH, YES.

GO FOR IT.

I'M HERE.

WELL, I WAS CURIOUS JUST ABOUT THE WORKLOAD BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS HAD A STAFF OF THREE FOR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF YEARS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, INTEREST DEVELOPER INTEREST AND INQUIRIES AND WORKLOAD IS, IS INCREASED PROBABLY AT, JUST AS HIGH OF A CLIP AS EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT OR MAYBE HIGHER.

AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A,

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UM, IF THERE'S A THOUGHT FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ABOUT INCREASING THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO LIKE, ARE YOU BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE WORK CURRENTLY, UH, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE BETTER SUITED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HELP? THE WORKLOAD FOR PLANNING IS GENERALLY NOT STEADY, UH, SOMEWHAT CIRCADIAN BASED UPON BOTH COUNT ON FOR YEARS AND BUDGET YEARS.

AND, UM, WHEN IT'S HEAVY, UH, I WOULD SAY WE'RE OVERWHELMED.

AND THEN IT, UH, TONES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S, UH, AT BEST MANAGEABLE, THAT IS ONLY FOR WHAT WE WOULD TERM PROCESS PLANNING, PROCESS PLANNING WOULD BE THE HERE AND NOW THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN THE SITE PLAN REVIEWS, THE STAFF MEMOS, WHAT'S GOING TO A BOARD, WHAT'S GOING TO A COMMISSION.

UH, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING RELATED TO LONG RANGE PLANNING.

WE HAVE VERY LITTLE ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING, UH, INTROSPECTIVE, UM, TO DO TEXT AMENDMENTS OR UPGRADES TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TODAY.

SO, UM, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE BACK BURNER.

WE USUALLY KEEP WHAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, JUST WE CALL IT THE OMNIBUS LIST OF CHANGES THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT WE ALWAYS SAY, WHEN THINGS SETTLE DOWN, WE'LL GET TO IT.

AND THINGS HAVE NEVER SETTLED DOWN, UM, PERMANENT VOLUME, UH, ON THE BUILDING AND THE PLANNING SIDE, UH, CONTINUES TO GO UP STEADILY.

UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE A STOPPAGE OF THAT ANYTIME SOON.

SO, UM, W THE, THE RUBBER BAND IS PRETTY TIGHT RIGHT NOW.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, WE, WE RECEIVED A LOT MORE PROACTIVE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO VARIOUS CODES AND CODE REWRITES.

IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, THOSE, UH, THOSE PROPOSALS HAVE REALLY, UH, SORT OF DIMINISHED.

UH, AND, AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH AND TRY TO REALLY SPEND THE HOURS THAT IT TAKES TO BRING ABOUT MORE UPDATED PLANS AND, AND CODES, UH, SIMPLY FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT.

SO YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, I MEAN, RIGHT.

I AGREE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT PROACTIVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE A CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO, UM, GIVE FOLKS INFORMATION, UH, EARLY ON GIVE FOLKS INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, SO A LOT OF THAT IS FALLING ON OTHERS.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE SIZE, THE LENGTH OF AGENDAS FOR P AND Z AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS THAT COME TO THE COUNCIL ON THE COUNCIL AGENDAS, UM, WHERE WE PREPARE FOR A MEETING EVERY WEEK, WE EITHER HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING TO PREPARE FOR, OR A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING TO PREPARE FOR IT LEAVES VERY LITTLE TIME TO GET OTHER THINGS ACCOMPLISHED WHEN YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO PLAN REVIEWS AND, AND, UM, MOVE OTHER APPLICATIONS FORWARD SIMULTANEOUSLY, I'D BE INTERESTED IN CIRCLING BACK TO THAT, MAYBE NOT AT, AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, BUT AT SOME POINT ALONG THE WAY, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE BUDGET, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING THROUGH THE YEARS, IT'S THAT THE FOLKS WHO WE BRING IN AS CONSULTANTS, DON'T THEIR CITY, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS OUR CITY IN DETAIL.

SO IF THERE'S ANY GROUP THAT I WOULD WANT TO BE FUNDING TO BE PROACTIVE, TO HELP US THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE IN PLANNING, IT WOULD BE, UH, IT'D BE HOWARD'S DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S JUST MY, MY THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE GONE THROUGH SORT OF SYSTEMATICALLY AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

UH, WE INCREASED STARTING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY INCREASING HER OFFICE.

UH, THEN WE WENT THROUGH WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND WE ALSO WENT THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS ON MY LIST.

AND ESPECIALLY AS THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.

SO, CAUSE I DON'T LIKE ASKING FOR PLANNING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW THEY CAN'T DO IT.

THEY HAVE NO TIME OR ABILITY TO DO IT OTHER THAN STAFF MEMOS.

SO JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THAT, I DO NOT DISAGREE WITH THAT.

YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT ON THAT.

UM, MAY I ASK THE COUNCIL WE'RE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THESE SLIDES, THE 74, CAN WE TAKE A HARD FIVE MINUTES? RIGHT.

CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS A MOMENT OF THIS DISCUSSION.

WE ALSO HAVE INTO THAT HARD FIVE HARD FIVE THOUGH.

IF THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO, I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT.

PART 10.

HARD, 10, 10, UH, 46.

WE'LL WE'LL START BACK.

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NO, HE'S ON IT.

IT WORKS SO WELL.

GOLLY.

ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, WHERE ARE WE AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? WERE THERE OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PHYSICIAN OR THE COMMUTE DEVELOPMENT BUDGETS? SO JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT PAY ADJUSTMENT.

UM, SO THAT IS THAT SEPARATE FROM THE ONE 50? YES, SIR.

MOVING ALONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER RECLASS HERE IN THIS BUDGET.

AND THEN A CONSULTANT IS 25,000.

THAT IS TO BRING BACK THE CATALYST COMMERCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAD THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, I THINK WE, WE REDUCED THAT CONTRACT IN 2018 IF I RECALL.

AND SO THIS IS TO NOW BRING THEM BACK AND, AND REFOCUS THEIR EFFORTS QUESTIONS.

IT'S 25.

YEAH, WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING A CATALYST CONSULTING ON IT'S LISTED ROLE.

WE, YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING THEM AS, UM, AS NEEDED, UM, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE'RE PAYING THEM AN HOURLY FEE AND WE ENDED THAT CONTRACT PRIMARILY BECAUSE ALL OF THE RETAIL AT THE TIME HAD BEEN FILLED.

AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPACE TO REALLY BE PAYING THEM TO RECRUIT FOR IT UNTIL THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS REALLY GOT UP AND RUNNING.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE ENDEAVORS, UM, DRY RIVER DISTRICT AND JLL, UM, BACK ACTIVE AGAIN, AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD TO ENGAGE THEM ON, YOU KNOW, HELPING US WITH SOME VERY SPECIALIZED, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS AND, UM, SOME NEEDS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED FOR.

AND SO WE'RE PAYING, I THINK IT'S LIKE $350 AN HOUR.

UM, AND SO THEY HAVE OFFERED US TO RE-ENGAGE AT THE SAME COST THAT WE WERE AT PRIOR.

UM, SO FEBRUARY IS PROBABLY, WE HAD A MISTAKE IN WHAT WE SENT OUT.

SO IT WAS 25, WHICH IS WE CORRECTED THAT LAST NIGHT, RIGHT? YEAH.

WAS THAT A QUESTION? OH YEAH.

AND THIS, THIS SLIDE.

UH, SO THE, I KNOW WE'D TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THE ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN POSITION.

SO I KNOW WE WE'VE ALSO, UH, WENT THIRD-PARTY WITH A FEW THINGS AS WELL.

DIDN'T WE, UH, DECIDE TO GO OUT AND DO, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT WE WOULD CONTRACT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY ON THE LARGER PROJECTS.

UH, WE DO CONTRACT OUT THE, THE ENGINEERING FOR THOSE.

WE CAN DO SMALL PROJECTS IN HOUSE, AND WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID CALL CROSSING THAT THE REHAB THAT WE DID THERE, UH, THE WASTEWATER LINE ON BUTTONED CREEK INTERCEPTOR, WE, WE DID THAT IN HOUSE.

UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME POSSIBLE SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN DO IN HOUSE.

SO WE DO TRY TO DO THOSE SMALL PROJECTS IN HOUSE AND LARGER PROJECTS.

WE, THEY REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF, UH, COORDINATION OR STAFFING.

WE DO FARM THOSE OUT.

DID WE ADD AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN POSITION LAST YEAR? YES, WE DID.

THAT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE HELP PUBLIC WORKS WITH SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS IN THE REHAB AREA.

AND SO WE DID, WE DID BRING OUR ENGINEER BACK FROM LEANDER BY THE WAY.

UM, AND SO HE'S, HE CAN HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS IF WE DO NEED TO DO THOSE, BUT I DO HAVE ONE VACANT POSITION AND JUST THIS KIND OF, UH, TRIGGERS IN WITH THE WESTWATER MODEL UPDATE.

UM, I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE TO SOME FOLKS, BUT WHEN YOU HA, WHEN YOU GET THESE MODELS, THEY'RE LIVING CREATURES, YOU HAVE TO KEEP FEEDING THEM.

AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN FEEDING THE WATER MODEL OR THE WASTE MODEL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THE WHITE WASTEWATER MODEL.

LAST TIME WE REALLY DID ANY ADDITIONS TO, IT WAS IN 2017.

SO IT'S ALREADY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD.

SO, UH, THE GIS IS THERE BECAUSE WE GET THAT FROM, UH, FROM OUR GIS FOLKS, BUT WE NEED TO PUT THAT INTO THE MODEL AND ALL THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, ALL THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, ALL THESE NEW LIFT STATIONS, ALL THESE PUMPS THAT ALL NEEDS TO GO IN THE MODEL.

AND, UM, AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT ONE POSITION THAT I HAVE VACANT TODAY, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWING FOR THAT POSITION.

AND THANKS TO JAMES RECOMMENDATION, UH, THIS POSITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO FILL IS GOING TO BE, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON IS ON THE WELL WATER MODEL AND THE WASTEWATER MODEL.

SO WE CAN KEEP THOSE THINGS UPDATED.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE OR THE ONE THAT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR, THE ONE THAT WE PUT IN LAST YEAR, I HAD THAT FILLED.

SO THAT'S THIS ONE HERE.

SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE PROJECT.

AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, CAUSE I KNOW OUR HAMMERED ON THIS LAST YEAR, YOU GENTLEMEN MIGHT REMEMBER INCREASING ENGINEERING

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SO PUBLIC WORKS CAN KEEP MOVING.

HAVE WE FOUND AN UPTAKE AND MOVING A LOT BETTER WITH THAT? I'M LOOKING BOTH AT HARPER AS WELL.

I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, MAN.

THE WORKLOAD STILL.

SO YOU STILL KIND OF KEEPING PACING ON THAT.

YEAH, WE ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY.

WELL I'M, I'M ALL FOR THIS.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF THESE TWO ADDITIONS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHT TO IS AS WE'RE GOING, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, LIKE TO SEE THE ENGINEERING, UM, KEEP UP WITH THAT AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE, UH, THE TWO KEY THINGS WHERE YOU REALLY NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND MAINTAIN THIS, THAT WATERMELON, THE WASTEWATER MODEL PUBLIC WORKS DEPENDS HEAVILY ON US FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND TODAY, WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO LOOK AT THE WASTEWATER MODEL OR THE WATER MODEL, I JUST HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THEM AND SAY, I'M NOT READY YET.

WE DON'T HAVE IT UP TO DATE.

WE CAN DO SOME THINGS WITH IT, BUT IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LIVING CREATURE.

YOU'VE GOT TO FEED IT.

AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN FEEDING IT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO, SO JUST REAL QUICKLY ON, UH, AS WE'RE, SINCE COUNSELOR ELLISON TOUCHED ON THIS ON POSITIONS THAT WE ARE NEEDING AN ENGINEERING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KALE, AND I HAVE MET WITH TXDOT AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE OVER 50,000 RESIDENTS, WE'RE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROADWAYS HERE.

SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT ONCE AGO WAS MAYBE ADDING A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER AND LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF OUR ROADWAYS.

UM, AND I'M THINKING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ENGINEER TECH STOCK AVAILABLE TO US ANYMORE.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT HERE COMING UP? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND ABOUT TRAFFIC ENGINEER NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP US WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER.

WE ALSO NEED FOR THEM TO LOOK AT, UH, CAPACITIES.

UH, WE GET REQUESTS FOR SPEEDING PROBLEMS FOR ADDITIONAL STOP SIGNS.

WE GET THOSE REQUESTS ALL THE TIME, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT IN OUR SPARE TIME TO RESPOND TO THOSE.

BUT, UH, WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S, UH, PROFICIENT AT THAT.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I KNOW WE WE'VE LACKED IN, IN OUR ORDINANCE, UH, WHEN WE SEE NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, WE DON'T REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND WE REALLY SHOULD REQUIRE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GAVE ME ONE OF THOSE REPORTS, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS.

ALL I'M GOING TO DO IS LOOK AT THE CONCLUSION AND SEE WHAT ARE THEY RECOMMENDING OF THE WRECKING, MEANING DIESEL, DECELERATION LANES, ACCELERATIONS, WHAT ARE THEY RECOMMENDING? THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO LOOK AT.

BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE, UH, REPORTS IS, UH, THE ENGINEERS CAN PLAY WITH THEM.

THEY CAN MAKE CHANGE NUMBERS, THEY CAN MOVE NUMBERS AROUND.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOOD.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF WE DID HAVE A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK THEM TO DO, MAKE SURE THE REPORTS ARE ACCURATE AND THEY'RE USING GOOD DATA AND THAT WE COULD GET ANSWERS FROM THOSE REPORTS.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT IN THE CODE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING SO FAST.

WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.

ONE REASON IS THAT I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS ON, UM, THE SPEEDING, UH, LACK OF STOP SIGNS.

UH, AND NOW WITH TXDOT, UM, RELINQUISHING THESE ROADWAYS TO US, I THINK THAT THIS IS A POSITION WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT AS A CITY AND TRY TO FILL IT.

I THINK YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT BECAUSE REMEMBER WE'VE, NOW THAT WE'VE SURPASSED THAT 50,000, THE STREETS STREET LIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER THING THAT WE TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE ON, WHICH IS NOT CHEAP AS WELL.

AND YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT ABOUT THOSE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT.

UM, I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER OTHER QUESTIONS, SPEAKING OF THE LIVING MODEL.

SO WASTEWATER MODEL AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE A WATER MODEL UPDATE AS WELL.

DON'T WE A BUDGET? WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP.

WHERE ARE WE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW? THE, THE WATER MODEL IS WE JUST UPDATED THE WATER MODEL WATER.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S THIS YEAR THAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WASTEWATER, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENTERING THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES.

SO AGAIN, A NEW DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY, UH, QUESTIONS, ONE, ONE I'LL

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BRING UP HERE IS THE ELECTRICIAN.

WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS POSITION AT THE CITY BEFORE.

UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WE ALSO TAKE OVER OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

UM, BUT WE HAVE OF OUR PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING, ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LIGHTING THROUGH THE CITY, UH, WATER TOWER LIGHTING, FOR EXAMPLE, OR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A LOT TO DO JUST WITH LIGHTING, THE GATEWAY SIGNS THAT WE'VE HAD TO OUTSOURCE.

SO, UH, MANY OTHER ELECTRICAL NEEDS, BUT THIS IS A GREAT POSITION.

THAT'S GONNA HELP WITH OUR BEAUTIFICATION.

UH, FACILITIES, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE SITE, 50 C UH, UH, RECLASS, UH, SOME SECURITY THERE, THINGS WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.

UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHENEVER YOU PULL, UH, DIVISION MANAGERS OUT OF EXISTING DIVISIONS OR DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER TO WHERE THEY'RE NOW WORKING ON THEIR OWN.

SLIDE 51 FINANCIAL SERVICES, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER PAYMENTS WE'VE WE'VE HAD IN THE BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR, JUST DEPENDING ON THE PAYMENT'S DUE, UH, AUDIT FEES HAVE GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.

OUR INCODE WORK ORDER MODULE IS, IS A NEW MODULE COMING IN THIS YEAR.

INSURANCE INCREASES POSITIONAL RECLASS SLIDE 52.

REAL QUESTION REAL QUICK, SCOTT.

I APOLOGIZE.

SO GOING BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES POSITION OR A DEPARTMENT, VERY BRAND NEW DEPARTMENT THAT WAS CREATED FIRST YEAR, UH, I KNOW, UH, MR. SHARP IS OVERSEEING THAT DEPARTMENT FIRST YEAR WAS SPENT REALLY EVALUATING WHAT THE NEED WOULD, AND THE ASK WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

COULD YOU BRIEFLY KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, UM, HOW YOU KIND OF CAME TO THE CONCLUSIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD FROM THE EVALUATION OF THE FIRST YEAR? TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND WHY IT ENDED UP WHERE IT IS MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JAMES AARP ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN TRADES IS WHAT WE ENDED UP NAMING THE BEAUTIFICATION, UH, DIVISION AFTER GETTING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

AND THAT WOULD BE WORKING IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE LONG TERM VIEW AND OVERALL GOALS AND PLANS OF THE, OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE.

AND WE ENVISIONED, UM, I BELIEVE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE LAST YEAR, AT SOME POINT, INCLUDING, UH, ENCOMPASSING THINGS, SUCH AS ARBORS AND, UH, IRRIGATION, PLUMBING, FOLKS, ELECTRICAL FOLKS, THE ELECTRICIAN, WHICH IS IN HERE FOR MOSTLY FOR THE STREET LIGHTS.

UM, SO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES WHERE WE ENDED UP THE WLT CONTRACT HAS BEEN KEY AND, UH, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING, UH, THIS YEAR AND THE CORRIDORS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN THE GROWING SEASON FOR A BIT, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD MUCH IN THE WAY OF, OF FEEDBACK AND, UH, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

SO I TAKE THAT TO ME THAT THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

UH, EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN HAS BEEN TOP NOTCH WITH THEM.

WE HAVE MANPOWER ISSUES, UM, AS, AS YOU PROBABLY WOULD, WOULD GUESS, YOU KNOW, W L E HAS DESCENDED UPON OUR TOWN WITH IT, WITH THEIR ENTIRE FORCE FOR ONE DAY.

UH, AND THAT HAS REALLY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

SO IT'S THE AREAS THAT W E DOESN'T ACTUALLY TOUCH.

UM, AND IT'S THE LIKE SPRAYING OF HERBICIDE AND DOING PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND THINGS ALONG THAT NATURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FOLKS ARE, ARE KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH, IF YOU WILL, UH, CHANCE HAD ORIGINALLY, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE AFTER THE, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE AFTER, UH, ALL THE REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE COME IN AND HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESENTED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE EXECUTIVE STAFF.

UH, AND, AND WE HAVE, UH, COLD THOSE NUMBERS DOWN TO THINGS THAT CAN ACTUALLY FIT WITHIN OUR BUDGET PARAMETERS.

SO THERE WERE REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL MANPOWER TO GROW THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE FELT THIS YEAR, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE THAT WE'VE HAD IN GETTING THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION UP AND RUNNING IS NOT HAVING A HOME FOR IT.

IT'S SPLIT BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND OTHER PLACES THAT'S CAUSED, UH, ANY NUMBER OF JUST, UH, ISSUES, YOU KNOW, UH, EQUIPMENT BEING STORED AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, UH, PERSONNEL, NOT ALL REPORTING TO THE SAME PLACE, UH, AND AS WE GROW AND BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED, UH, WE DECIDED THAT RATHER THAN ADDING MORE PERSONNEL THIS YEAR, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO FOCUS ON THE FACILITY THIS YEAR, GET THEM ALL HOUSED IN THE SAME PLACE.

AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

THE OTHER KEY COMPONENT WAS,

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WE ALSO PULLED OUT THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE THAT WAS THERE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN THERE TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THE SUPPORT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OCCURRING.

HAD THEY REMAINED INSIDE OF EITHER PARKS OR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT ALSO JUST THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT HAS, HAS INCREASED BECAUSE OF OUR, UH, CONTINUED INVESTMENT AND FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR DIVISION.

UM, SO I WOULD SAY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GENERALLY BROAD ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

UM, I, I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH AND IF, AND IF THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, MY EXPECTATION IS, UH, THIS QUOTE IS FOR LIKE A PREFABBED BUILDINGS.

SO IT SHOULD BE UP AND AVAILABLE BY THE, BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

UH, SO I WOULD SUSPECT THAT WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IS CONTINUED INVESTMENT REQUESTS IN EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE WE ALSO DIDN'T REPLACE MOWERS OR TRUCKS THIS YEAR, WE PURELY ON THE FACILITY.

SO I WOULD SUSPECT IN THE FUTURE, YOU WOULD SEE CONTINUED REINVESTMENT IN THE VEHICLES AND THE EQUIPMENT, AND THEN ALSO EXPANSION OF MANPOWER.

AS WE ALSO EXPAND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK, UH, MR. SELLERS, YOU MIGHT NEED TO CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME CIP, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH WLLE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF IRRIGATION, UH, IN MEDIANS AND AREAS THAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD, OR WE DID HAVE, AND THEN IT BECAME DERELICT ELECT, AND NOW WE'RE REBUILDING IT.

SO WE WILL NEED EVENTUALLY TO HAVE THE STAFF ON, ON HAND THAT ARE OUT THERE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO REPAIR AND TO, AND TO INSTALL AND TO, AND TO UPGRADE THOSE FACILITIES.

SO I'LL PAUSE THERE AND THEN ALLOW YOU TO ASK ANY MORE POINTED QUESTIONS THAT YOU OR ANYONE ELSE ON THE DICE MAY HAVE.

CERTAINLY NO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S SCOPE THERE BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE, AS I CALL IT THE KITCHEN SINK MEETING MAY 1ST, WHERE WE GOT EVERYTHING YOU HAD ABOUT 10 ITEMS LISTED THERE, AND I KNOW ALL THE TIME Y'ALL, DON'T PUT THEM IN ORDER OF YOUR MOST DESIRED NEED, BUT IT CAN'T HELP IT HUMAN NATURE.

WE LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.

THE, SO I WAS CURIOUS, UH, WHY THE BUILDING, UH, AND IT WENT UP FROM 3 71 TO THE HALF A MILLION THERE, WHY THAT ROSE TO THE TOP AS A NEED.

AND YOU KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THAT.

UM, AND THEN IT DIDN'T SEEMS POSITIONS.

AND THEN ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT CAME WITH IT, THE TRUCKS, THE TRAILERS, THE MOWERS, UH, THE BACKHOE, UH, WAS DECIDED TO BE LEFT OFF.

KNOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND KIND OF NOT NECESSARILY UNLIMITED WANTS, BUT THE ONES USUALLY FAR OUTSTRIP THE RESOURCES.

SO IN PRIORITIZING, I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY THAT IT WAS PURELY A CHANCE AND TIM'S PRIORITY.

IT WAS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE STAFF'S, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING.

THE REASON THAT THE NUMBER WENT UP IS BECAUSE THE NUMBER THAT WAS QUOTED ONLY INCLUDED THE SHELL AND THE FOUNDATION.

IT DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE FF AND E OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS.

SO WE ADDED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS INTO THE, INTO THE, UH, BUDGET REQUESTS NUMBER, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE AC AND THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL AND THE WALLS AND THE FURNITURE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THAT'S VERY NICE.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND Y'ALL HEARD ME LAST ON MAY 1ST, AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE HR POSITION GO FROM HALF AN FTE TO A FULL FT.

ARE WE LOOKING FOR A PART-TIME POSITION? NO, THIS IS SPLIT.

THIS IS ONE HALF OF THE BUDGET IS COMING FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES.

AND THE OTHER HALF OF THE POSITION IS COMING FROM FACILITIES.

YOU'RE ONLY SEEING HALF OF IT IN MY EXPERIENCE.

IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE QUALIFIED PART-TIME FOLKS TO DO OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK LIKE THIS.

SO USUALLY IF IT'S COMING FROM ME, I'M NOT EVER GOING TO RECOMMEND A PART-TIME POSITION FOR THAT.

I ON THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, WHAT IS THE CURRENT STAFF NUMBER FOR, UM, THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES? 13 CHECKS.

AND DO WE HAVE A LOCATION FOR THIS BUILDING? SO YES, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 80 ACRES OUT WHERE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS CONSTRUCTED.

UH, IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON, WHEN YOU PULL IN FROM WATER LEAF FROM THAT ENTRANCE, THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR RIGHT.

THERE'S, THERE'S A SECTION OF ABOUT FIVE ACRES THAT SITS RIGHT THERE THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING A FUTURE CITY YARD.

AND THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY THE FIRST OF A COUPLE OF OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE PUT OUT THERE THAT ARE FILLED ORIENTED TYPE POSITIONS.

I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BUSTING AT THE SCENE.

SO I COULD SEE LIKE A SHARED JOINT YARD, YOU KNOW, AT THIS LOCATION WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY KIND OF CIRCLING AROUND THE FIVE ACRES AND SHARING THE SAME SPACE.

SO THE LOCATION IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UH, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN

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THE PLANT.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE CO LOCATED AT THE SAME PROPERTY.

AND YOU SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE A PREFAB.

WE HAVE ALREADY PICKED OUT A METAL PREFAB BUILDING.

AND SO WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS 500,000, THAT'S TAKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, ALL THE COSTS.

WELL, FOR THE QUOTES THAT WERE, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO THE QUOTES, THE QUOTES, THE CHANCE TO PULL TOGETHER WAS FROM THE VENDOR AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SLAB AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE BUILDING.

AND THEN WE ADDED IN FOR AC PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND THAT'S THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A NEWER DEPARTMENT, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GET LIKE A SMALL LAUNDRY LIST OF JOBS THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED OVER THE LAST YEAR, JUST TO KIND OF PROBABLY FOUR MONTHS, I'VE BEEN SENDING A WEEKLY REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I THINK WE CAN HARVEST THAT PRETTY QUICKLY AND EASILY THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

BUT THE FACT THAT YOU PROBABLY CAN'T TELL WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS A GOOD THING, BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT NOTICING LIKE WEEDS IN THE CRACKS OR THINGS LOOKING REALLY POORLY.

THERE ARE MORE THINGS ON OUR LIST.

WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN AREA KIND OF WHAT BRINGS IT UP.

I C W L E OUT A LOT, AND THERE, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT WE WALKED THE DOWNTOWN AND, AND I, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I JUST WANT TO LIST OF IT SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY DOWNTOWN, BUT YES, THIS STRIP DOWN CENTER STREET IS WLA.

SO WE WENT BACK THAT WAY AS WELL.

SO OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE DOING LIKE THE MAIN CORRIDORS THAT ARE NOT ALL.

SO LIKE STAGECOACH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IS ON THEIR ROTATION, THERE'S MAJOR ROADS.

WE DON'T USUALLY GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOO TERRIBLY MUCH THE RESIDENTS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WE WALKED, WE THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THAT THE SIDEWALKS MAY HAVE BEEN TOO SMALL UNTIL WE REALIZED THAT THE GRASS WAS SO OVERGROWN ON EACH SIDE, HE GAVE ABOUT TWO INCHES AND IT GAVE THE ILLUSION OF A SMALLER JUST REPORT TO US AND LET US, YOU KNOW, LET US SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR ROTATION OR NOT.

AND WE, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, HARPER, HIS TEAM GOT WITH CHANCE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THOSE SIDEWALKS.

UH, IT JUST NOT KNOWING, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS IN THE CITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE WALKED THAT AREA AND WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT, BUT WE, WE GOT THAT OUT TO THEM AS WELL.

GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS WE START CASTING A WIDE NET, RIGHT? WHICH MEANS WE'RE HITTING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND ROADS.

AND THEN AS OTHER THINGS GET IDENTIFIED, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL OUGHT TO BE HANDLED BY US, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE HANDLED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT OR, OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHAT THE RIGHT PATH IS.

AND THEN AS WE IDENTIFY MORE THINGS THAT OUGHT TO BE US, WE, THEY JUST KEEP GETTING ADDED TO, YOU KNOW, THE ROTATION LIST AND THE LIST OF PROJECTS IN ORDER TO GET DONE.

ELABORATE ON THAT JUST FOR THE RECORD.

I AM CHANCE VERDIER, I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES COUNCIL AND MEMBERS, UH, JUST TO ELABORATE ON DOWNTOWN WITH WHAT RE COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA WAS SAYING.

WE HAD GONE THROUGH WITH W LEE, A FEW CHANGES IN SOME OF THEIR, UH, PRODUCTION MANAGERS OVER OUR AREAS.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF LACK OF COMMUNICATION IN BETWEEN THEM AND CHANGEOVER ON WHAT THE DISTANCE THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF.

SO THE SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING ON THAT END, GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN TURNING AND GOING DOWN VETERANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR, OR WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH WITH A NEW DIVISION MANAGER OR PRODUCTION MANAGER THAT WILL BE STARTING SOON.

UM, SO I WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM AND, AND DRIVE WITH THEM AND I ACTUALLY SHOW THEM WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO THAT, THAT WILL BE HANDLED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND, AND, AND THE SIDEWALK THAT LEADS TO THE FRONT OF A COMPLIMENTARY THAT'LL BE HANDLED BY YOUR TEAM, CORRECT? THE ONE LEADING TO IT.

UM, THE AREAS THAT W LEE ARE TAKEN CARE OF ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN CORRIDORS, UH, THE EXTENSION ROADS ON THE SIDES, BUT MY TEAM WILL TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.

WE'VE ALSO TAKEN ON A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, KNOWN AS , UH, HERE THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND SO WE'VE, UH, SOME OF STAGECOACH ON, DOWN TOWARDS STAGECOACH CROSSING, SOME AREAS.

I KNOW THERE'S, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW OF THE WEDDING VENUE DOWN THERE.

UH, SOME AREAS THAT MYSELF AND MY CREW LEADER HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT TAKING OVER TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, AND ALSO, UH, GETTING IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE RESIDENCES OR THOSE BUSINESSES TO THAT EXTENT, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WHO'S TAKING CARE OF WHAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF AND LOOKING BETTER.

SO, SO CHANCE AND HIS CREW ARE NOT GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING NEW SIDEWALK, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE MAINTAINING AND BEAUTIFYING.

SO ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL BE THE, THE CONSTRUCTION CREW.

COATS OF PAINT OR SOME, SOME MAINTENANCE, THAT'S THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GET DOWN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL RIGHT NOW WE'RE PREDOMINANTLY MOWING AND SPRAYING AND EDGING.

I WOULD SAY THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE ON MY LIST THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT TO YET ARE THINGS LIKE REPAINTING THE 35 BRIDGES, THE HABILIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT ARE CRACKING AND, AND, AND JUST NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FRESH

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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PREDOMINANTLY DOING, UM, STREET SWEEPING AND, UH, THE, THE STREET LIGHT REPLACEMENTS.

THAT, THAT SIDEWALK DOWN ON THE, UH, GOING DOWN TO COMPLEMENTARY, IT'S JUST EDGY.

IT'S A CAUSE EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

IN OUR WHEELHOUSE.

SO DEFINITELY FOR SURE.

I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I WASN'T TRYING TO ACCUSE OR MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.

I LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION.

I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY, SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.

SO I'D RATHER JUST ASK AND JUST GET IT OUT THERE.

AND THEN I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION.

SO IN THE FOLLOWUP, IF YOU CAN JUST LIKE A LIST OF, UM, PROJECTS THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR.

MA'AM THANK YOU, JAMES.

I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT.

IS THAT METAL BUILDING? THE ONE THAT WE'VE HAD LIKE THE SHELL FOR, UH, IT'S BETTER ANSWERING? NO, THAT WE WE'VE STORED PARKS.

NO, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S SET ASIDE FROM AUDIO.

THAT THAT BUILDING CONTINUES TO TAKE UP GREAT SPACE ON THE, ON THE GROUND.

NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE A MUELLER BUILDING, RIGHT? YEAH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

IT'S A SEPARATE ENGINEERING BUILDING.

THE COMPANY'S DOING EVERYTHING FOR US BUILDING ITSELF.

WELL, I WASN'T GONNA BRING IT UP, BUT TO RICK'S QUESTION, CAN WE PLEASE PUT INTO THIS BUDGET, MAKING SURE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT THE BUILDING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE PAID FOR THIS JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND GETS ERECTED.

JUST WAIT THIS YEAR.

NO, WELL, NO, NOT THIS YEAR.

IT'S IN THIS BUDGET.

IT IS IN THIS BUDGET TO ERECT THE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PARKS ONE.

IT'S IN THE PARKS BUDGET.

OH, IT IS.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.

GREAT, GREAT NEWS.

ERECTOR.

WE CAN GET OUR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR SAYS WHAT'S UP.

Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME.

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW TWO YEARS.

EXACTLY.

WHERE'S ROBERT MAN.

DID Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME? UH, WELL, MY ONLY THOUGHTS TOWARDS THE CAUSE I LIKE WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE OBELISK AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.

IT'S JUST, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE BEST USE OF OUR MONEY SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO MOWING AND RIGHT AWAY, UH, AND MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN WLLE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, SO I MEAN, I DON'T, I, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING TO HIRE PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S OUTSIDE OF SCOPE, BUT IS IT RIGHT FOR US TO START SAYING, WELL, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WLC IS DOING.

AND SO LET'S START EXPANDING, NOT WHAT WLA IS DOING, BUT HIRING MORE, YOU KNOW, THE LITTER, ABATEMENT TECHNICIANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THOSE WERE ACTUALLY IN HIS REQUESTS.

AND, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT THEM UP AND, AND, AND HAVING THEM IN WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND IN WITH PARKS AND OVER HERE IS JUST NOT WORKING VERY WELL.

SO RATHER THAN ASK COUNCIL FOR THE DOUBLE DIG ON, GIVE US A BUILDING AND MORE PEOPLE, WE ELECTED TO GO WITH THE BUILDING AND HAVING A PLACE TO CALL THEIR HOME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT EXPANDING THE MANPOWER AND LEVERAGING WLA EVEN FURTHER BY DOING LITERAL STATEMENT AND WHATNOT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

INSTEAD OF EXPANDING MANPOWER TO EXPAND CONTRACT POWER, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.

AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, I, I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH WLA AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY'VE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY WHENEVER THEY TOLD ME, SEE, I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, MO IN THIS SECTION, ON THAT SECTION, ON THIS OTHER SECTION, WHEN THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE MOBILIZING OUR ENTIRE COMPANY TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY ON ONE DAY.

AND WHEN YOU KNOCK OUT THE ENTIRE THING ON, UPON ALL OF OUR CONTRACT IN ONE DAY, I MEAN, THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT NOW.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME HICCUPS AND HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES.

BUT GENERALLY OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN DELIVERING A VERY GOOD SERVICE AND WE USED TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR WAY BACK WHEN, AND THE EXPENSE BECAME THE PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, IT BECAME EASY TO START SAYING, WELL, THIS IS GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE.

WE NEED TO JUST HIRE INTERNAL CREWS, BUT I, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T REPLACE 40 PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MANPOWER WORK THAT HAPPENS IN A DAY WITH 40 PEOPLE HITTING THE COMMUNITY ALL AT ONCE AND HOW THAT FEELS AS A COMMUNITY.

IT'S LIKE, IF YOU ONLY CLEANED ONE ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE EVERY MONTH IS WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND NOW WE'RE HAVING SOMEONE COME IN AND CLEAN OUR ENTIRE HOUSE ALL IN ONE DAY.

AND IT JUST MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

FOR THE PRICE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A, IT'S A GOOD DEAL.

IT'S ONE OF THE BEST DEALS WE'VE GOT GOING ON FROM A BEAUTIFICATION STANDPOINT.

SO MY THOUGHTS WOULD BE LET'S, LET'S DO MORE OF THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING JUST

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ONE FINAL QUESTION.

SO I KNOW THAT, UH, THE BUILDING, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ALL THE SERVICES, ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE A WASH OR SOMETHING FOR THE MOWERS? NO, IT'S NOT SOPHISTICATED.

IT'S LITERALLY A METAL SHELL.

AND THEN WHATEVER WE CAN DO WITH THAT.

SO WE DID NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUILDING ASK FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS FUNCTIONALLY, JUST A METAL SHELL.

WE CAN FINISH OUT ON THE INSIDE.

HOWEVER WE LIKE.

BUT YOU KNOW, NO, THERE'S NOTHING FANCY OR SOPHISTICATED ABOUT IT.

IT IS LITERALLY JUST A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CALL HOME AND TO STORE EQUIPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY THAT'S THEIRS.

BACK TO SLIDE 50 IS THE OTHER HALF OF THAT POSITION JUST APPLY.

WERE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY.

LET'S DO ONE.

I TALKED THROUGH THAT.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

52.

UH, WE TALKED THROUGH THE, THE, UH, THE NEW POSITION AND THEN THE PARODY PAYMENT.

THIS IS FOR THE NON-SWORN, THIS IS YEAR THREE OF THREE.

UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE STREET'S TECHS POSITIONS, UH, AND BEING SO UNDERFUNDED.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED THAT IN THE BASE PAY AND THE PERSONNEL LINE ITEM THIS YEAR, RATHER THAN PUT THAT IN PARODY.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE CHANGED THAT, THAT STARTING WAGE TO WHAT SANDRA AND 18, 18, 18, EVEN FOR IT TO, FOR A TECH ONE.

SO BEFORE WE WERE AT 1490, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WAY, WAY UNDER.

SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH PARODY HAD PULLED US DOWN, WE WERE, WE WERE LOSING TOO MANY AND WE CANNOT FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

SO WE, WE HAVE CHANGED THAT IN STARTING A WAGE CLASSIFICATION AND PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET ALREADY.

SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE BASE SALARY BUDGET RATHER THAN IN THE PAY PARITY NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR.

SO MY QUESTION TO THAT AS A, WHAT DID WE DO FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ALREADY THERE? UH, DID WE INCREASE THEM TO THE 18 PAPER, BUT SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE, DID WE, YES.

THEY ALL CHANGE.

AND THEN WE, WE ACCOUNT FOR COMPRESSION AS WELL.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY, UH, LAST TIME I KIND OF HARPED ON THIS ON MAY 1ST.

I'M GLAD TO HAVE SEEN THE FULL POSITION.

I THINK THAT THAT IS NECESSARY.

UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PAY PARITY.

SO YOU HAVE THE 150,000.

WE, THIS IS YEAR THREE OF THAT.

SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS THE OTHER, THE EARLIER SLIDE, THE PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR THE CITY, IT'S JUST FOR THE PLANNER POSITION.

SO WAS THAT POSITION ADJUSTED FOR PAY PARITY? AND THEN THIS, THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL THAT 7,200 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, IT'S MORE OF A RECLASS.

SO PARODY AND RECLASS ARE JUST ARE DIFFERENT.

THE RECLASS FOR THAT POSITION FOR EXAMPLE, IS BASED ON A NEW CERTIFICATION BEING RECEIVED.

SO THAT'S THE REASON OF CHANGE IN THE ACTUAL POSITION CLASSIFICATION.

SO IS THAT POSITION A PART OF THIS THIRD TIER, THE PLANNER POSITION OF THE, YEAH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOW BE WITHIN PARODY BECAUSE OF THE ADJUSTMENT.

UH, I THINK THAT POSITION WAS ALREADY IN, IN PARODY, IN, ON PAR FOR THE POSITION ITSELF.

AND SO THE RECLASS AGAIN IS, IS CHANGING IT TO A NEW POSITION.

SO THAT PERSON IS ACTUALLY GOING INTO A NEW POSITION WITH IT, HIGHER WAGE PART OF PARODY.

AND THEN KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAY PARITY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RANGES.

SO THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE RANGE WHERE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT EMPLOYEES THAT AREN'T EVEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RANGE YET FROM A PARODY STANDPOINT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT ANY KIND OF ASSISTANT TO ANY MAJOR TO ANY DEPARTMENT HAS AS SUPPORT STAFF.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S OPPORTUNITY COSTS FOR DIRECTORS AND OTHER MANAGERS TO GET REAL WORK DONE THAT THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON.

SO I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT, ESPECIALLY SCOTT, ALTHOUGH HE'LL NEVER TAKE ONE OF SOMEBODY HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PARTS.

WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NON NON-CIVIL? UH, NON-SWORN IS I'M GOING TO SAY 225.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 299 POSITIONS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF THAT 56 OR SWARM 56.

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SO THIS IS THE ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, FACILITIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADE.

AND THAT IS THROUGH THE OVERALL TYLER SUITE AS, SO IT'S JUST ADDING THE NEXT MODULE.

AND THIS ONE AGAIN IS, IS THE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

I KNOW MATS, AND YOU'RE BEHIND ME, LIKE DIRECTLY DO BEHIND ME.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT AND THEN SERVER REPLACEMENT UPGRADES FOR WIFI CAPABILITY, ALSO THE PARKS, WHICH I KNOW IS A BIG QUESTION BY COUNCIL EARLY ON.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE AS WELL.

QUESTIONS FOR MATT, OR DOES YOU MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DAYS WHEN YOU HAD A ZERO BUDGET ASS? I'M JUST KIDDING.

I THINK BOTH OF THESE ARE GREAT.

UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY I'VE MADE IT CLEAR ABOUT THE WIFI AND ALL THE PARKS, BUT THE ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE A HUGE GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

AND SO, UH, KUDOS TO, UH, ON THOSE, THOSE INCREASES AND COUNSEL, THOSE, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AWHILE DEX AND, AND TRAVIS IN PARTICULAR, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE HAD CENTRALIZED IT EXPENDITURES FOR A COUPLE OF BUDGETS, AND THEN WE ENDED UP DE-CENTRALIZING THAT BACK INTO DEPARTMENTS, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO TRACK THAT WAY.

SO, OKAY.

SLIDE 54 IS THE LIBRARY.

UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE, UH, PAY PARODY ADJUSTMENTS GOING TO THE LIBRARY AND, UH, EBOOK INCREASE IN BOOK COLLECTIONS.

SO BACK TO YOUR, YOUR PAY PARITY QUESTION EARLIER.

AND THEN DON'T FORGET THE CARPET AND THE PAINT IS ALSO GOING TOWARD THE LIBRARIANS HERE, UH, SLIDE 55 PARKS AND REC SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS, UH, CAMPS IS GOING VERY WELL.

SO THAT'S TO INCREASE THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE FOR SUMMER CAMP, JULY 4TH, CELEBRATIONS THAT'S FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE FIREWORKS.

OR TELL ME ABOUT THAT THEN.

GO AHEAD.

WAIT.

NO, I A SOLID 30 MINUTES SHOW, UM, WITH INCREASED PRICE FOR THE FIREWORKS IS A SOLID $45,000.

I'M A CURRENTLY HAVE $40,000 BUDGETED.

UM, SO IF WE DON'T ONE YEAR, GET THE HEB SPONSORSHIP THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN STILL UNSURE A 30 MINUTE SHOW.

SO WE HIT 40,000, BUT THIS YEAR FOR B2B, WE GOT 6,500.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A SOLID 30 MINUTES.

SCOTT, SINCE WE'RE HERE, UH, ON THIS, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF THE PROPOSED, UH, TEAM MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS A PROPOSED, UH, TRAIL CREW LEADER, AND I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE, UM, PROBABLY TO MAKE THE CUT, BUT WHAT I WAS THINKING IS, UH, MAYBE RECLASSIFYING ONE, UH, INSTEAD OF A PARKS CREW LEADER, MAYBE A PARKS TRAIL, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, I MEAN, PARKS AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO WITH THAT AT THE SAME PRICE.

AND THIS WAY IT GIVES A MARIANNA, MAYBE A GO-TO IN BETWEEN BOTH.

UH, I'M KIND OF THINKING THAT WAY, SUPERVISOR, CAUSE NOW YOU'RE OVERSEEING TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

BUT YOU WANT TO HIT THAT? CAUSE WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

YEP.

SO IN MY INITIAL BUDGET REQUEST, I DID ASK FOR A TRAILS LEAD AS WELL AS A PARKS LEAD CLARIA.

DIDN'T MAKE THIS, UM, IN MY INDIVIDUAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH MY MANAGEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, OF ALL OF MY REQUESTS, CAUSE I DID ASK FOR MANY, THE LEAST NEEDED AT THIS ACTUAL MOMENT IN TIME WAS THE TRAILS LEAD.

BUT I DEFINITELY DO NEED A TRANSLATE AT SOME POINT.

UM, IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A PARKS AND TRAILS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR BECAUSE IT IS TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE DIVISIONS.

UM, BUT OF THE POSITIONS I ASKED FOR THE TRAILS LEAD AT THAT MOMENT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WAS MY LEAST NEEDED.

SO COULD WE CHANGE THAT PART LEADER TO A, UH, PARKS AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR? AND IT'S STILL THE SAME COST, CORRECT.

IT'D BE THE SAME PRICE IF WE PAID FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR SAW OVERTOP ALL DIVISIONS, I WOULD NOT WANT IT TO BE A PARKS AND TRAILS LEAD.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

UM, IF THE PARKS AND TRAILS

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UM, IT NEEDS TO BE A SUPERVISOR IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, I PROPOSE THAT WE CHANGE THAT FROM PORSCHE CREW LEADER TO A PARKS AND TRAILS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR IS OKAY WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ARE THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR PARKS IN PARTICULAR, THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, GRASS TYPE VENUES, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, I R GREG CLARK PARK, UH, WATERLOO PARK IN PARTICULAR, THE SPORTING EVENTS, THE SPORTING PART OF THAT WAS PRETTY LOW ON A SEEMED LIKE ON A PRIORITY STANDPOINT FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.

AND IT'S STILL SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF THERE.

SO LIKE THOSE BALL FIELDS ARE PRETTY ROUGH.

UM, AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF, UH, IF WE'RE, IF OUR PLAN IS, IF THAT'S WHAT WE JUST CONSIDER, THIS IS JUST WHAT THESE PARKS ARE.

THEY'RE JUST REALLY LIKE C D GRADE BALL FIELDS, MAYBE EVEN BELOW THAT, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO GET THEM MUCH MORE INTO THE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MAYBE LIKE A B STATUS WHERE THEY, THEY, THEY LOOK GOOD, UH, FROM THE ROAD, THE, LIKE THE PARKING AREA AT GREG CLARK PARK IS, IS JUST REALLY, IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOLD STANDARD ISN'T AS FAR FROM IT.

SO, UM, I'M NOT UPSET.

I'M JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I WOULD BE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT WITH THOSE BALL FIELDS IN PARTICULAR, IN THE PARKING AREA AND THE GRASS AROUND THOSE AREAS, THE WAY WE MAINTAIN OUR FENCES, FENCES CHAIN, LINK, FENCES, ALL HAVE WEEDS GROWING UP INTO THEM AS OPPOSED TO TREATING THEM REALLY WELL.

YOU KNOW, JUST, I COULD GO ON AND ON.

AND I'M JUST KINDA CURIOUS WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THAT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE DO WANT YOU TO GO ON AND ON JUST NOT IN THIS MEETING, UH, OUR, OUR STANDARD IS THE GOLD STANDARD.

UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT IT'S NO, IT IS, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE.

WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS OUTSIDE OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ADDRESSING, BUT THE WATER IS THE BIG THING FOR THESE PARKS.

NONE OF THESE PARKS ARE IRRIGATED.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE SPENT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BACK IN LIKE 2015, MAYBE 20 14, 20, 15, REPLACING ALL THE SALT TO GETTING EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD.

AND THEN IT LASTS A YEAR, RIGHT? UH, WITHOUT YOU'RE GETTING THAT NAP SOD IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

SO IN THIS BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE IRRIGATION PLAN FOR GREAT CLARK PARK.

UH, I NOT SURE ALL THE OTHER PARKS THAT WE HAVE IRRIGATION PLAN IN THIS BUDGET, HOWEVER, IN THE RECLAIMED STEEPLE DOG PARK, YOU KNOW, WE PLANTED TREES WITHOUT IRRIGATION.

SO WE'RE OUT THERE, HERE AND WATER, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, WE'VE GOT THE IRRIGATION OR THE RECLAIMED UTILITY PLANNING ON GOING TO EACH ONE OF THESE PARKS.

SO WE CAN START IRRIGATING THEM WITH RECLAIMED WATER IN THE MEANTIME, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE LAY PIPE.

SO WE, WE TALKED TO THE EST AND ALSO PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT, UH, UTILIZING THEIR CREW TO LAY PIPE.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T REALLY DO THAT.

UH, BY IRRIGATION PIPE IS, IS REALLY EASY.

UH, SO I THINK IF WE START LAYING SOME OF THAT PURPLE PIPE, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, AND THEN WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE HOOKED ONTO THE RECLAIM.

WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG, RIGHT.

ONCE THE RECLAIMED PIPE GETS TO THEM, BUT WATER IS THE BIGGIE, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE.

WELL, W OKAY, WATER IS A BIGGIE, BUT A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY WE MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THEY ACTUAL THINGS THAT WE DO TO KEEP THE PARKS LOOKING LEVEL AND SMOOTH.

AND EVERYTHING'S WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

AND I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH STAFF.

SO I CURRENTLY IN THE PARK MAINTENANCE DIVISION, WE HAVE A PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

THAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR IS REALLY DOING THE WORK OF APART MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.

AND SO ONE OF MY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MY PLAN WITH THE TEAM IS TO PULL THAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR OUT AND ACTUALLY LEAD A BALL, A FIELD CREW.

SO THEY'LL MAINTAIN BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO WATERLOO, THE FIELDS AT WATERLOO, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALMOST TO THAT GOLD STANDARD.

THEY'RE NOT COMPARABLE TO THE FIELD SOCCER AT CLARK.

AND SO WE NEED ALL THE FIELDS TO LOOK AT THE FIELDS AT WIRELESS, IF NOT BETTER THAN THE FIELDS AT WATERLOO.

AND SO I WANT THAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE TWO SEASONALS OR WITH THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD, THEIR JOBS IS GOING TO BE BALL, FIELD MAINTENANCE.

UM, AND THAT'S OUR PLAN.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE, AND THEY KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, BUT NO, HONESTLY, I MEAN, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE WALKED THOSE PARKS AND HAVE CALLED US OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THINGS, EMAILS ALL THE TIME, PARKS, SPORTS FIELDS.

OH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I TALKED TO MARIANA WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED AND WE WENT THROUGH GREG CLARK PARK AND SHE MADE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UPDATES.

WE WERE ACTUALLY APPRECIATIVE WHEN YOU DO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IT HELPS OUR STAFF LIKE, KNOW WHERE THE STANDARD IS.

SO, SO KEEP, KEEP THAT UP.

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AND SO I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I AM TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH TRAVIS WHEN I SAY THOSE FIELDS ARE TERRIBLY.

SO, UM, AND I WOULD EVENTUALLY LIKE TO TALK TO MARIANA ABOUT MAYBE A CITY BASEBALL TEAM, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR OPTIONS RIGHT NOW ARE PRETTY LIMITED, BUT YEAH.

IN ORDER TO EVEN DO THAT, WE NEED TO UPGRADE THOSE FIELDS.

SO I THANK YOU, TRAVIS FOR BRINGING IT.

WELL, THAT'S THE, SO I DON'T MEAN TO KEEP BRINGING WLLE UP, BUT WLV IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF BUDGETING FOR OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU SPEND.

AND SO I, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S REQUESTS FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO GET FOR THAT.

SO I THINK TO, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST CONTRACT IT OUT? BECAUSE AT THAT POINT I CAN SAY EXACTLY WHAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUDGETING FOR OUTCOMES.

SO YOU, YOU START WITH THE, YOU START WITH WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO, AND THEN YOU, YOU HAVE A PATH TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING THERE.

UM, SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A PLAN FOR BALL, FIELD MAINTENANCE AND, AND, AND SETTING UP WHAT THAT OUTCOME NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE, THE GENTLEMEN FROM TEAKS FROM A AND M COME OUT AND WALK THE FIELD WITH US.

IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO DO THAT AGAIN AND PUT A PLAN TOGETHER BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED FROM IT, RIGHT.

THEY CAME OUT, WALK, THE FIELDS SAID, YEAH, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

AND HERE WE ARE.

SO, AND I KNOW THE FIELDS HAVE, UM, BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS RESIDENTS FOREVER.

UH, I KNOW FOR A WHILE THE, THE SOCCER FIELD, THERE WAS A TRAMPLED DOWN TO DIRT, I MEAN, FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE EXCESS USE.

UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE LIMITING THAT USE NOW.

AND IT'S MORE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, IN THE AREA AND THEY'RE ENJOYING IT.

BUT YEAH, I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN DO THERE.

UH, SOME OF THE FIELDS STILL ARE VERY UNLEVEL, GOT HOLES THINKING, UH, JUST CAN THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.

SO THE SOONER WE ADDRESS THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE GREAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY BOKO SUPPORT.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH HUMIRA.

I THINK YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT AND WE ARE ALWAYS STRIVING FOR THE GOLD STANDARD.

UM, AND, UH, IT'S NOT OFTEN I'D SAY THIS FOR THE MERIT TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT.

BUT, UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THEM.

AND I THINK A DISC ABOUT GRASS.

YOU DO.

YOU DO LOVE TO TALK ABOUT NICE.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S GOOD DIRECTION.

I VOCALLY SUPPORT, UM, YOUR IDEAS ON THAT.

I AGREE.

WE NEED TO STEP THE GAME UP ON THAT.

I KNOW Y'ALL ARE UP TO TASK AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING OPEN TO THE FEEDBACK IF I CAN.

CAN I CLARIFY YOU MEAN MR. MAYOR? DO YOU WANT, WOULD YOU LIKE, LIKE WLAE TO COME IN AND THEN MAKE IT TO WHERE WE, WHERE WE SHOULD BE? NO, WE WOULD JUST THE CITY MAINTAIN IT.

I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE, THAT WE CONTRACT OUT OUR BALLPARK.

UM, CAUSE I KNOW THAT WOULD DEVASTATE OUR PARKS CREW IF WE DID THAT.

BUT RATHER JUST THAT, SO WHAT DID WE DO WITH LEE? THAT WAS GREAT.

IS WE, UH, CAUSE I WAS ASKING, I WAS LIKE DRAWING PICTURES ON MAPS.

I WAS SAYING LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THIS PART OF THE SIDEWALK? WHAT ABOUT THIS PART OF THE SIDEWALK? WHAT ABOUT THIS PART? YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT ABOUT THE CRACKS IN BETWEEN LIKE I WAS, IT'S LIKE THAT GRANULAR, THAT'S THE OUTCOME YOU WANT? SO LIKE WITH A BALL FIELD, IT'S LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE GRASS IN THE CHAIN LINK FENCE? WHAT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EDGE BETWEEN THE DIRT AND THE GRASS, WHAT DOES THAT SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE? AND YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE GRASS UNDERNEATH THE, UM, THE STANDS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU CAN JUST GO ON AND ON.

LIKE, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET ALL THAT WRITTEN DOWN AND YOU SAY, I WANT ALL OF THESE THINGS HANDLED WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR SET OF RESOURCES AND THEN YOU'RE BUDGETING FOR AN OUTCOME ESSENTIALLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND IT'S NOT THE PARK'S FAULT THAT WE'VE NEVER SET THAT STANDARD, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR ALL SO THAT WE'RE NOT EVERY TIME A COUNCIL MEMBER DRAWS BY THE PARK SEES SOMETHING AND SAYS, I CAN'T STAND THAT GRASS GROWING UNDERNEATH THOSE STATE, THE STADIUM OR THE STANDS THERE.

I CAN'T STAND THE WAY THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NO DEFINED EDGES AROUND THESE BALL FIELDS OR THE FACT THAT THE, THE SAND IN THE, IN THE FIELD HAS BLOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT.

AND IT'S JUST SITTING THERE WITH A BUNCH OF, WITH A BUNCH OF DIRT WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, ASPHALT SHOULD BE LIKE, IF WE, IF WE SET EXACTLY WHAT THE STANDARD IS, THEN, THEN WE CAN HOLD THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER ACCOUNTABLE FOR, AND THEN THEY WILL GENERALLY SPEAKING, MEET THAT STANDARD.

SO MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE ALLOW THE PARKS BOARD, UH, CREATE THE FIRST DRAFT TO THAT STANDARD AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

GOLD STANDARD.

WOULD GET THEM GET A GROUP TOGETHER.

AND I'M TRYING OUT FOR THAT BASEBALL TEAM IF WE DO THAT.

SO I WAS APPROVED.

I GOT IT.

PRETTY GOOD.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE THAT, THAT PLAY SO HARPER RIGHT.

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LET'S DO IT.

TRAVIS PLAYED ALL GROWING UP.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST PAGE.

NOW THAT WE'RE GOOD.

THAT WAS, UH, PAGE OR SLIDE 56 HERE POLICE.

SO YOU SEE OUR PARODY ALLOTMENT FOR THE DISPATCHERS THAT WAS JUST APPROVED THIS MONTH AND THEN THE POSITIONS, AND THEN THE STEP INCREASE PER AT THE CIVIL SERVICE AROUND.

LET ME PREFER QUESTIONS THAT WELL THAT'S ONE PAGE PITCH OR SLIDE 57, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT NINE NEW INTERCEPTORS AND SEDANS IS, ARE NOT NINE NEW VEHICLES.

THEY'RE NOT ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET.

THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS.

SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD EARLY ON TWO, TWO ARE NEW IN THOSE SEVEN ARE REPLACEMENTS, UH, THE LPR LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME TAKES TO MOUNT IT AS WELL AS SOME VEHICLE CAMERA MOUNTED.

UH, THAT REALLY IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR ANYTHING IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL DATABASES.

THAT'S, THAT'S ATTACHED TO LICENSE PLATE AND IT QUICKLY DINGS OUR, OUR OFFICERS TO COMPUTERS.

AND THEN WE CAN GO OUT AND TYPICALLY ON A WARRANT OVERDO WARRANTS.

THAT'S, THAT'S USUALLY BY THEIR OTHER THINGS.

SO THEY, THEY FLY.

I'D LIKE US TO GET TOGETHER AND MAYBE A TASK FORCE AND LOOK AT, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE, UH, PLATE READERS AND, UH, SEE WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO AS A CITY.

SURE.

AND COULD WE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT UH, COULD WE GET A LIST OF SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD GET WITH THAT THE LPR SYSTEM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID A WARRANT AND THINGS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A GOOD LIST OF WHAT OTHER THINGS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH THEM.

THE, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION SCALES, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED WE HAVE A LOT OF HEAVY TRUCKS GOING THROUGH THE CITY OF BARRELING THROUGH THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT MUCH MORE OF AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

YOU'RE IN KYLE.

SO DOWN CENTER STREET AND SOME OF OUR OTHER ROADS, UH, OPAL, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, STAGECOACH.

SO THESE ARE PORTABLE WEIGHTS THAT A TRUCK WILL DRIVE ONTO AND, AND BE WEIGHED IN THAT MOMENT WITH AN OFFICER IN THE FIELD.

SO THEY END UP THE FINES ARE VERY HEAVY IF THEY ARE OVERWEIGHT GOING THROUGH THE CITY, DO THOSE GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND? SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SEE ANY SET PERCENTAGE OF THAT OR NO, THE, THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR FINES IN BASICALLY EVERY FINE, IT GOES BACK INTO JUST GENERAL REVENUE AND THEN IT GETS REAPPROPRIATED RIGHT.

UM, I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DOING IN OUR STREETS.

SO MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S IN COMPLIANCE IS KEY, UH, NOT BEING OVERWEIGHT WHITE BECAUSE THAT DOES TEAR UP THE STREETS.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US NOT HAVING THE SYSTEM.

SO PROTECTING OUR ROADWAYS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, A LOT OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT.

I I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THOSE PORTABLE SCALES.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

I DON'T SEE THE CANINE DOG IN HERE.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? YEAH.

CANINE WAS NOT REQUESTED AS BUDGET.

A VERY EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN WORKING WITH CANINES.

ONE THING THAT WE, SO YOU CAN SAY CANINE IS GOING TO BE A, UH, ANNUAL REQUEST EVERY YEAR.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY OVERLY BASED ON ALL THE, THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, UH, CANINE IS USED TO SUPPLEMENT, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, DRUG RUNS OR THE CITY OR MISSING PERSONS, ET CETERA, BUT THERE'S A COST TO DO THAT.

UH, NOT NECESSARILY A FINANCIAL COST.

THERE IS ONE, BUT THE COST IS, YOU KNOW, PULLING THAT OFFICER OUT OF PATROL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SWORN IN PATROL OFFICERS.

IS IT BETTER IN THE PATROL OR IT WAS BETTER IN CANINE AND KEITH CAN TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER.

I GUESS I DEALT WITH THAT IN OUR ORIGINAL 33, ACTUALLY WE HAD A BIG ASK AT THAT MEETING.

UM, WE HAD THE CANINE OFFICER IN THAT PROGRAM.

IT'S JUST TOUGH TO NARROW DOWN WHEN WE'RE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE AN AFFINITY TO GET FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN AND PRIORITIZE THOSE, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE THIS CUT A FIVE, BUT IT WAS IN THAT, JUST IN THAT ORIGINAL ASK AND CITY MANAGERS, RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN IN THERE EVERY YEAR FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX YEARS COUNCIL CONSIDERED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEN JUST OTHER NEEDS HAVE, HAVE BEEN HIGHER, BUT IT'S ALWAYS IN THAT BIG ASS.

IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICER WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO PATROL AND HAVE THE CANINE UNIT.

IS THAT OKAY? WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS DID HAVE

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UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

MR. SELLERS IS TALKING ABOUT THE GENERALLY WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU PUT THE DOG IN THE BACK, YOU HAVE A KENNEL AND WHATNOT, BUT WE CAN HAVE CAGE THAT, THAT BACKSEAT AND STILL HAVE THEIR ROOM TO ARREST SOMEBODY AND ANSWER CALLS.

AND IT'S ALSO A BALANCE OF TIME THAT HE'S TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST ABOUT TRAINING.

THE ANIMAL TIME SPENT FURTHER, WELL, WELL CARE, THE WELLBEING AND CARE OF THE ANIMAL.

SO IT KIND OF TAKES THEM AWAY FROM YOUR TYPICAL PATROL ASSIGNMENT.

AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY, UH, ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT HOURS.

THEY WORK MORE IN THE EVENINGS A LOT OF TIMES, BUT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO CALL.

SO IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE HAD A DEDICATED OFFICER TO THAT POSITION AND ADD DAMION.

THE OFFICER THAT I'M THINKING OF SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW DOES NOT MAKE ARRESTS.

LIKE THERE'S JUST NOT ROOM IN THE CAR TO MAKE THE ARREST, UM, SHULER HE'S HERE.

ONE OF OUR WELL-TRAINED OFFICERS HAPPENS TO BE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SERGEANT SHOOTER HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY AT WORKING AT A HIGH LEVEL PROFESSIONAL LEVEL WITH CANINES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PATROL OFFICER THAT IS A TRAINED CANINE OFFICER WHO HAS EXPERIENCED.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HIS INTEREST WOULD, WOULD BE THERE TO DO THAT JOB OR NOT.

IT CERTAINLY MAY BE ANY OTHER OFFICERS.

IS THERE ANY SORT OF SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS OR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO YOU ACTUALLY, THERE ARE, THERE, THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT DON'T ACTUALLY SUPPLY A TRAINED DOG FOR FREE.

IF WE GO THROUGH THE MILITARY OPTIONS, UH, SERGEANT SHOOTER MAY EVEN HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY RESEARCHED THAT PROGRAM, BUT, UH, THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE TO GET THEM FOR FREE AND WE CAN GET THE EQUIPMENT.

SHOULD WE GO THAT DIRECTION AT A LOW COST? A LOT OF AGENCIES WILL HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE GETTING RID OF.

IF THEY TRANSITIONED FROM A CHEVY TAHOE TO SAY A FORD, AND THAT'S NO LONGER GOING TO WORK IN THEIR FLEET, THOSE AGENCIES WILL GENERALLY DONATE THAT OR SELL IT AT A LOW COST TO THE CITY.

SO WE CAN GET INTO THE PROGRAM EASILY.

WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE SOME PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WILL ALLOW FORMER MILITARY PERSONNEL, IF IT SHOULD BE ONE OF, ONE OF THOSE TO USE THEIR GI BILL TASK TRAINING FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COURSES AS WELL.

CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY OFFICER'S SHOWN IN, UH, HE, UH, INTEREST IN HANDLING THE CANINE? CAUSE NO, NO.

YOU GOT TO HAVE HIM 24 7 AND YOU'VE GOT TO CARE FOR THEM.

AND ALSO THE EXPENSE AND THE COST FOR THE ANIMAL ITSELF.

ACTUALLY, SINCE WE'VE HAD A REAL IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BUT BOTH SERGEANT SCHULER AND THE OFFICER THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND BOTH HAVE AN INTEREST IN HAVING EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THAT PROGRAM.

I WOULD IMAGINE IF WE OPEN THAT UP FOR CONSIDERATION TO ALL OF THE FOREIGN PATROL OFFICERS, THE INTEREST WOULDN'T BE HOT.

UH, SO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT TO ME AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ONE OF THE PROPOSED POSITIONS WAS A NARCOTICS, UH, POSITION.

SO IN INVESTIGATIONS.

REAL QUICK OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD FOR DEZ, CAUSE IT WAS TALKED ABOUT REVENUE FROM THE, UH, FROM TICKETS AND FINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF HAVING THE SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH THE COUNTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

DO THEY, NOT THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS? DO THEY HAVE THAT RESOURCE THERE BY HAVING A SEAT AT THAT TABLE? WOULD WE BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY USE THAT RESOURCE? SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WE CAN'T GET INTO THIS BUDGET.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING WE PLAN FOR.

IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, A ROOM FOR THAT.

SO MY ANTICIPATION IS OVER, IF IT CAN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR OVER TIME, THAT IS THE IDEA THAT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS AND PUTTING THAT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, BUT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AT LEAST A, WOULD THAT BE AN OPTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE RESOURCES FROM SAN MARCO? IT WOULD WHETHER OR NOT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE ON THEIR TASK FORCE OR NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF ACCUSTOMED TO CALL ANOTHER AGENCIES TO REQUEST THEIR ASSISTANCE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, CANINE BEING ONE OF THOSE, THE THING THAT WE FIND MOST OFTEN IS IT THAT IS, UH, THAT THEIR CANINE IS MAYBE NOT AVAILABLE AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD LIKE.

AND THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT.

OBVIOUSLY IT GOES TO WHERE THAT PERSON'S SCHEDULE IS.

AND THEN WHEN WE DO THAT, IF WE'RE CALLING THEM OUT, THAT CITY IS SUBSIDIZING THAT OVERTIME COST AND ALL OF THAT FOR THEIR CANINE OFFICER TO GET UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING AND COME TO WORK FOR US FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

SO THEIR AVAILABILITY, I WOULD SAY HAS DWINDLED, UH, PROBABLY DUE TO WORKLOAD AND FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE VARIOUS AGENCIES AS A MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IT.

I GET, IT'S NOT THE IDEAL SITUATION TO DO THAT.

UH, BUT WE, WE GO YEAR BY YEAR WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE THINGS YEAR BY YEAR.

AND CERTAINLY I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WITH THE, THE VISION GIVEN BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT BUILDING, UH, AND HAVING THAT DIVISION IS TO MOVE TOWARDS GETTING THAT IN THERE.

IT'S JUST WHERE TO WHICH YEAR DO WE FIT THAT IN? AND CERTAINLY I'VE SEEN IT IN ALL FOUR BUDGETS.

I'VE BEEN A PART OF AS THE ORIGINAL ASK.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, SOME WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CUTS AND YOU'RE ONLY GIVEN FIVE POSITIONS TO PICK, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE, MAKE THE, THE COOL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, UNDERSTANDING WHERE MAYBE WE COULD PLUG SOMETHING IN FOR THE NEXT YEAR WHERE WE COULD GET BY FOR THE NEXT YEAR, IF THEY, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES AND THEN WE MAYBE TRY AND TACKLE THAT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UM, THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAD ON THAT, BUT

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BALLPARK HOW MUCH TYPICALLY, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR ARE WE GETTING? I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S, IT'S A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN COURT FINES.

WE'RE NOW DOWN TO 470,000.

SO OUR PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR IS 475.

AND NOT TO BOP IT 470,000, OBVIOUSLY THAT DECK, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL TYPES OF COURT FINES SPEEDING.

RED LIGHTS CODE.

I GUESS MY ONLY POINT IS, IS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ROLLING THE DOUGH FROM, FROM THOSE, FROM THOSE FINDERS.

I KNOW OCCASIONALLY WE GET THE CITIZENS THAT COME IN AND TELL US, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO OVER HERE AND REALLY MAKE SOME MONEY OFF, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING TICKETS OR RUNNING STOP SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 172 MILLION, 470 OF THAT JUST COMING FROM THERE.

I LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE CANINE, CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS YEAR.

I'M LIMITED ON THE TIME I CAN SERVE ON THE STYLUS.

SO I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE AS MUCH AS I CAN.

UM, SO MY QUESTION IS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON SAID THAT HE WAS KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW CENTER TO HAVE THIS DOG HOUSED, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DOG WOULD BE HOUSED WITH THE OFFICER.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

SO CORRECT.

SO REALLY THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE ALSO.

UM, ACCORDING TO CHIEF, HE SAID THAT AS FAR AS BUDGET GOES, WE CAN GET THIS DOG PROBABLY LESS THAN 20, 30,000 PROBABLY FOR FREE.

I'M TRYING TO UP IT JUST TO BE SAFE.

UM, I'D RATHER ERR, ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY.

SO IF WE CAN GET IT FOR FREE, BUDGET'S REALLY NOT AN ISSUE EITHER.

I THINK IF WE DO THAT, THAT WE ADD THE POSITION.

SO IT WOULD BE JUST ADDING ONE SWORN POLICE OFFICER POSITION TO THAT.

NOW THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OUR PATROL DIVISION OBVIOUSLY IS VERY SHORT-STAFFED AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE 33 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

SO TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS AWAY FROM THEIR PRIMARY PATROL ASSIGNMENT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE AND JUST PUT THEM IN A MORE CHALLENGING POSITION.

BUT IF WE CAN GET THE OFFICER TO GO ALONG WITH THAT CANINE, CAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR FULL-TIME JOB, THEY'RE GOING TO THAT'S WHERE THE HELL THEY NEED TO FOCUS.

SO THE REASON WHY I LIKE THE DOG IS BECAUSE THE DOG DOGS DON'T SEE COLOR, THEY DON'T SEE RACE, THEY SMELL.

SO I THINK IT WOULD KIND OF CUT BACK ON MAYBE SOME ISSUES THAT WE COULD HAVE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AS OUR POPULATION GROWS.

AND SO WE'RE NOT, UM, I'M NOT HAVING MAYBE UNNECESSARY LAWSUITS OR SOMETHING THAT COULD AFFECT THE CITY IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

UM, AND I DON'T SEE WHERE THE HARM IS TO GO FORWARD WITH THE CANINE AT THIS TIME, SOME COMMENTS ON THIS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, ME AND TWO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS VISITED SOME REAL TIME OPERATION CENTERS.

THE, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM IS A STEP TOWARDS THAT.

BUT WHAT WE LEARNED IN THOSE REAL-TIME OPERATIONS CENTERS IS MODERN DAY POLICING AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE.

AND ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS THEY POINTED US IN WAS AWAY FROM CANINES, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF LIABILITIES THAT COME WITH THE CANINE UNITS, DOGS, BITE PEOPLE.

AND SO THEY HAD NEW SOLUTIONS FOR HOW THEY COULD GET MORE SURVEILLANCE AND EYES IN THE SKY AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEY WOULD HIT ON IT AND TALK FAVORABLY ABOUT IT.

AND THEY WEREN'T SAYING THAT CANINE UNITS WEREN'T VALUABLE.

THEY WERE SAYING THERE WAS OTHER AREAS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE VALUABLE WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE GROWTH.

AND SO IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT 50,000 TOWARDS THE LPRS, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF LOOKING AT THOSE MODERNIZED POLICING TECHNIQUES AND INVESTING IN THOSE WITH OUR BUILDING, AS OPPOSED TO JUST GOING BACK TO KIND OF THE OLD STYLE AND THAT'S BASED ON THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR EXPERTISE FOR THOSE PLACES THAT WE VISITED.

ASKED FOR WOULD BE SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT POINT.

AND JUST SO FOR ME, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT FOR ME.

I, I THINK ONE WHY YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SPACE WHILE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ALLOCATED SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, IF SPACE WASN'T NECESSARY BECAUSE EVERY, EVERY INCH OF THAT, THAT BUILDING IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE OBVIOUSLY ALLOCATED SPACE FOR A K NINE UNIT IN THAT BUILDING.

SO THEREFORE THE IDEA WAS THAT SPACE WAS NEEDED BESIDES JUST BEING AT THE OFFICER'S HOME.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S ONE POINT SECOND POINT IS I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE OTHER POSITIONS THAT I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

BEFORE I GOT TO THAT CANINE OFFICER DID I THINK ARE EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT TO RIGHT NOW AND WHAT, WHAT WE KIND OF NEED.

AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I SAT DOWN, UH, CHIEF AND I APPRECIATED YOUR TIME KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT.

AND CERTAINLY EVERYTHING YOU

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THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT IS EXCESSIVE.

UM, BUT I, FOR ME, AND WITH OUR CONVERSATIONS, THERE WERE FIVE OTHER POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN THIS FIRST PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WERE EVEN HIGHER EXPECTATION THAN THAT, RIGHT? YES.

SO INSIDE THE NEW FACILITY, UH, THE AREA THAT WE'LL HAVE KENNELS THAT WERE BOTH RUN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED BY OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN THE EARLY YEARS UNTIL WE GET OUR CANINE PROGRAM.

AND THEN, SO THE CANINE WOULD TYPICALLY LIVE WITH THE OFFICER AT THEIR HOUSE.

THEY WOULD HAVE AN OUTDOOR KENNEL A LOT OF TIMES, BUT THAT, THAT BECOMES SOMEONE, THE DOG WHO LIVES WITH THE OFFICERS.

UM, BUT THEY CAN BRING THE DOG IN ALSO AND BRING IT INTO THE PD, SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO TRAINING OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR A LONG-TERM REPORT WRITING RATHER THAN LEAVE THAT DOG IN THE CAR, POTENTIALLY RUNNING INTO THE PARKING LOT, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A KENNEL THERE THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CANINE OFFICER.

SO IT'S A DUAL PURPOSE, IT'S ANIMAL CONTROL AND CANINES.

SO WE NEEDED IT FOR BOTH.

AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT, SORRY.

IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING TO MINIMIZE OR TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A BROAD SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM AND CLEANING UP THE CITY.

SO THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE HAVE AN ANIMAL CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY.

BOTH OF THOSE DIVISIONS ARE VERY HANDED.

SO TO NOT MOVE THEM FORWARD THIS YEAR WAS THE CHALLENGE.

AND THEN OUR RECORDS STAFF IS VERY CHALLENGED WITH ALL OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THERE'S NO WAY, I HOPE YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STRESS THAT I WENT THROUGH TO GIVE YOU TOP FIVE AND IT NOT TO HAVE A PATROL OFFICER IN THERE, CORRECT.

THEY ARE OVERWORKED AND UNDERSTAFFED.

AND I DIDN'T RECOMMEND A SINGLE PATROL OFFICER IN THE TOP FIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER MANDATES FROM PROP F AND CHARTER AND WHATNOT.

UM, AND WE NEED MORE PATROL OFFICERS.

SO YOU NEED 2,500 PATROL OFFICERS.

SO IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.

AND I WANT TO SAY THEY'RE ALMOST ALL EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, BUT I HAD TO DO A TASK.

AND ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF IT IS TIME CONSUMING.

SO CAN I ASK YOU WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD BE IF WE'D HAPPEN TO PUT A CANINE IN HERE, WHAT WOULD YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE? I THINK, I THINK FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT INCLUDES THIS 70 TO QUICK ESTIMATE WOULD PREVENT US AND HIS CREW, BUT QUICK ESTIMATE OF ABOUT 79,000, WHICH IS SALARY PLUS BENEFITS AND ALL THE UNIFORMS AND WHATNOT.

AND THEN THE REMAINING BEING THE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF, BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THEM ADDITIONAL.

WE BOUGHT THEM DIFFERENT YEAR, A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR LAST YEAR.

ARE YOU SAYING WE'D HAVE TO HIRE ANOTHER OFFICER I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT YOU WOULDN'T ASK A, YOU MIGHT GET A CART OFFICER THAT MIGHT BE THE PERSON, BUT YOU NEED TO BACKFILL THEM ON PATROL BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE, EVEN IF THEY DON'T DO PATROL EVERYBODY, I CAN'T IMAGINE.

THAT'S JUST, IF IT WERE THE SERGEANT, FOR EXAMPLE, HE'S A SUPERVISOR, HAS HE HAS TO REVIEW REPORTS AND ALL THAT.

HE WOULDN'T BE OUT IN THE FIELD DOING WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO DO.

CAUSE HE'S, YEAH, I WISH HE COULD BECAUSE HE'S GREAT.

AND HE WOULD DO A GREAT JOB AT IT, BUT HE WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE IF HE WANTED TO BE A PATROL SERGEANT OR A CANINE HANDLER.

AND I'M SURE THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE, BUT YOU CAN'T MIX THE TWO BECAUSE HE WOULD DO NEITHER IT EFFECTIVELY.

IF YOU TRIED TO DO THAT CHIEF REAL QUICK, YOU MENTIONED, UH, OUR, UH, CANINE, UH, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, I GET IT.

OUR ANIMAL CONTROL.

YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, NOT ADDING TO THAT DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW WE'RE SHORT STAFFED RIGHT THERE AND WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE ON, UH, FISHES DOGS.

UM, SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THAT.

IF WE'RE SHORT STAFFED, WHAT, SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET AND THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACHIEVE A BETTER WORK SOLUTION FOR THEM, BUT WE HAVE PROPOSED A SUPERVISORY POSITION THAT WOULD SUPERVISE AND CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE JUST TEMPORARILY NAMED IT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

WE WOULD CREATE A DIVISION RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND YOU'RE TO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS INDEPENDENTLY, ALL FOUR REPORT TO ONE SERGEANT AT THE PD.

SO THERE'S NOT A GREAT EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS THERE BECAUSE THAT SERGEANT HAS A BROAD SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.

UM, WE DO THINK THAT WOULD REDUCE SOME OF THEIR OFFICE TIME SPENT INSIDE THEIR OFFICE, PREPARING CITY ORDINANCES REPORTS AND SUCH FOR, FOR THE STAFF AND COUNCIL.

AND THAT WOULD LET THEM BE IN THE FIELD MORE.

THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED ANOTHER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TWO YEARS AGO.

SO THEY'RE VERY BUSY.

UM, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THE SAME WAY AS WE ENHANCE OUR BEAUTIFICATION PLAN FOR THE CITY AND ADD THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, BOTH NEED HELP.

WE THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO GET BOTH DIVISIONS, THEY HELP FOR THIS NEXT YEAR WOULD BE TO ADD THAT SUPERVISORY POSITION.

NOW, AGAIN, THAT'S LOWER THAN THE FIVE IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE NUMBERS, BUT IT REDUCES SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON THEM RIGHT NOW.

WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE TASK ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SPEND THEIR TIME A LOT OF TIMES TO WRITE ORDINANCES AND THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NOT IN THEIR TYPICAL JOB DESCRIPTION.

WE EXPECT THEM TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD, PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES, BUT WE HAVE THEM IN DOING A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE TOP RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT THAT POSITION MIGHT BE THE BEST USE OF THE FUNDS.

I KNOW THEY'RE VERY LIMITED

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SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO.

SO YOU HAVE FIVE POSITIONS BEFORE YOU THAT WE THOUGHT WERE OUR BEST AND HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND BEST USE OF THE FUNDS.

THE NEXT FOUR.

SO NUMBER 6, 7, 8, AND NINE, THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN PATROL OFFICERS.

WERE WE ABLE TO FUND THOSE? AND THEN 10 AND 11 OR THE I RECORDS POSITION THAT CUSTOMER ALISON MENTIONED EARLIER TO HELP WITH THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE WITH OUR COMPLIANCE SIDE OF OUR JOB.

AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE ONE TO WORK WITH ANIMAL AND TRAUMA CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SO THAT WAS NUMBER 10 AND 11.

AND, AND I AGREE THAT I BELIEVE FOR ME, PATROL WOULD BE REALLY HIGH ON MY LIST, BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING.

UM, THINKING ABOUT THE STREETS ENGINEER MIGHT HELP ALLEVIATE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THAT'S FOUR POSITIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE PATROL, BUT MAYBE HAVING THAT STREETS ENGINEER COME ON BOARD, MAYBE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE WOULD PROBABLY HELP THE CITY AS IT'S GROWING.

SO, UH, BUT I, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT WE DON'T NEED THE PATROL OFFICERS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I LOOK AT THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THEY'RE SPEEDING.

THERE'S A LOT OF RECKLESS DRIVING ON A PRE PANDEMIC, WHAT IT WAS, EVERYBODY BEING SECLUDED, BUT I'VE SEEN A LOT MORE AGGRESSION ON OUR ROADWAYS HERE LOCALLY.

BUT, UM, I'M THINKING MAYBE NOW WHERE THE STREET, UH, ENGINEER, MAYBE WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT WITH STOP SIGNS, LIGHTS, UH, DARK LIGHT PATTERNS, UPSET PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.

SO MAYBE THAT'LL HELP.

AND THEN UNTIL WE CAN FILL THOSE FOUR POSITIONS THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU IN PATROL THE LICENSE PLATE READERS.

IS THAT THE SAME LESSONS PLATE READERS THAT WAS PROPOSED BACK IN 2016? IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT COMPANY, BUT SAME BASIC PRINCIPLE.

IT'S A DEVICE THAT WILL CAPTURE LOSS IN PLATE IMAGES, RUN THOSE IN THE BACKGROUND AGAINST THE STATE AND FEDERAL DATABASES.

AND IT WILL ALERT US TO AMBER ALERT VEHICLES, STOLEN VEHICLES.

UM, YOU NAME IT, ANYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE OF A CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING MISSING CHILDREN THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN LOSS IN FLIGHT.

IT WILL RUN AUTOMATICALLY AND ALERT THE, THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON DUTY OF THE PRESENCE OF THAT VEHICLE.

AND YES, SIR, BUT IT'S THE SAME BASIC PRINCIPLE.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW THAT WE COULD EXPLORE.

SO AT THE TIME THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERABLE, UH, QUESTIONING OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY CONSTITUTIONAL, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO JUST BE WHETHER YOU'RE A SUSPECT OR NOT WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH NO REALLY WITH NO RHYME OR REASON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, OUR VEHICLES WOULD BE EQUIPPED TO SCAN, JUST SCAN IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY, THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE KIND OF THING.

AND SO WE, WE TURNED IT DOWN, UH, AT THAT TIME BASED ON PRIVACY REASONS.

I THINK.

SO I THINK THE COURSE CHANGED THIS MONTH.

YES SIR.

SO THE COURTS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT IT IS OBVIOUSLY PERMISSIBLE TO GO OUT AND RECORD DATA THAT'S IN A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPACE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS.

NOW YOU CAN SIT OUT THERE AND WRITE THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS DOWN.

SO THEY'VE CONCLUDED THAT THE CAPTURE OF THAT SAME, SAME INFORMATION WITH TECHNOLOGY IS OKAY.

A LOT OF IT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? HOW LONG DO YOU KEEP IT? AND HOW LONG IS IT ACCESSIBLE? A LOT OF AGENCIES NOW ARE KEEPING THEIR DATA.

AS WE LEARNED FROM THE REAL-TIME OPERATIONS CENTERS THAT WE VISITED FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS, BECAUSE THAT GIVES YOU LONG ENOUGH TO, TO BE ADVISED OF A CRIME THAT HAD BEEN COMMITTED, MAYBE A BURGLARY, IT DOESN'T GET DISCOVERED FOR THE FIRST TWO OR THREE DAYS OR MAYBE A WEEK, BUT YOU KEEP THAT INFORMATION FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS AND THEN YOU GET RID OF IT.

IF IT'S NO LONGER USEFUL, THAT WAS A BIG COMPONENT OF IT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO ANY MORE.

I GET OUT JUST, OKAY, JUST, I WANT THIS COUNCIL TO BE AWARE THAT THAT COUNCIL LOOKED AT THAT AND TURNED IT DOWN.

SO MAYBE IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING AN AFFIRMATIVE DECISION.

AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT KIND OF SLIDES THROUGH BECAUSE WE DID SAY NO TO IT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW POLICING TECHNIQUES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THIS HELPS, UH, ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE MANPOWER.

CAUSE YOU HAVE THESE, THESE, UH, LICENSE PLATE READERS IN YOUR CITY, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT YOUR, UH, MAJOR ROADWAYS.

SO NOW THAT'S NOT, OFFICER'S LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN VEHICLE CAUSE THESE CAR READERS, OH, IT'S PAIRING THEM, FIND THIS.

BUT SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST BROUGHT A BANK OR SOMEBODY ABDUCTED A CHILD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S GREAT.

UH, THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO DO THOUGH, UH, IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IS SET UP A TASK FORCE AND LOOK AT THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN PLACE WITH THIS.

WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A TOOL TO, UH, HURT PEOPLE FINANCIALLY.

WE, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME A TOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, CHANGES PEOPLE'S LIVES.

THIS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POLICING AND TAKING, YOU KNOW, BAD PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, NOT, UH, UH, HURTING THOSE THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, UH, THAT COULD HURT THEIR CAREERS OR JOBS, YOU KNOW, PLACEMENT.

SO WE'VE GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT THE POLICIES AND SEE WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WHERE THESE CARD READERS IS, THIS HIM, THESE, THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE REAL TIME PLACING THEM, UH, HAVE SAID THAT THEIR NUMBER ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS LES LPR.

THE LICENSE PLATE, RICHARD NUMBER TWO

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WOULD BE DRONES.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLICING, SOME ARE THREE HELICOPTERS, 50 CAL AND I TANK GROUNDS.

THIS IS ABOUT PREVENTION FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, THE ROC AND THE OLDER WAY IS THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF REDUCING CRIME THROUGH PREVENTION AND FINDING ANOMALIES IN ALL THAT DATA.

AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE PEOPLE EITHER RIGHT AWAY OR SEE BAD PEOPLE COME INTO THEIR TOWN AND CURB IT.

AND SO THEIR, THEIR CRIME RATES ARE PLUMMETING AS THEIR GROWTH IS GOING UP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH THIS DIRECTION.

AND THAT'S WHY TO YOUR POINT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KALE, SAFE CITIES.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY, WE NEED TO SPEND IT IN NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT PREVENTS THE CRIME AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO REDUCE IT THAT WAY BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST, I'M I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.

BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S GREAT WAY, BETTER WAYS TO SPEND OUR MONEY TO REDUCE CRIME, UH, THEN TO LOOK AT THE OLDER SYSTEMS. AND THAT AGAIN WAS BASED ON THOSE POLICE OFFICER'S EXPERTISE IN THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE RESULTS THAT THEY'RE SEEING.

I THINK MY ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT I DO FEEL LIKE THIS, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER IS A LITTLE BIT INVASIVE.

AND IF YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY PULL SOMEONE OVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T TECHNICALLY SPED OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

WHEREAS IF YOU HAVE THE CANINE AND YOU'RE USE, YOU'RE UTILIZING THE CANINE, THAT PERSON'S PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN PULLED OVER FOR VIOLATING SOME SORT OF LAW, AND IT'S NOT, I HEAR YOU ON THE PREVENTATIVE, BUT I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE AS INVASIVE AS HAVING THIS SCANNER, THAT REAMS PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG AT THAT MOMENT, THERE'S DEFINITELY A LONGER CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.

WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY IT'S ITS OWN THING.

EVERYBODY MAKES GOOD.

SO WE HAVE ONE MORE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE IF THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE OUR LUNCH HAS ARRIVED.

UH, SO LET'S JUMP INTO PUBLIC WORKS.

SLIDE 58.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSITIONS GENERATORS I'VE MENTIONED, AND THEN THE PAYMENT SLIDE 59, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF, UH, AND SLIDE 60.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS 58 THROUGH 60, PLEASE ASK AWAY.

NO, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DO A WORKING LUNCH.

SO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE, 10 TO 10 MINUTE BREAK TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, GET YOUR LUNCH, BUT WE NEED TO ALL BE BACK HERE AND WE'LL KEEP GOING.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE HAVE MORE TO DO.

SO WE'LL UH, 12, 15 THAT'S 10 MINUTES TO BE BACK.

WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.

SO BASICALLY I'M GOING TO, FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, JUST RUN US THROUGH WHAT MAKES UP THE BULK OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPENDITURES AND THAT MAKES UP THE WHOLE BUDGET.

SO THANKS ALL FOR COMING.

AND THERE WE GO.

SO SLIDE 62.

WE'LL WE'LL JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT.

SO WE'RE GOING START WITH SOME GENERAL FUNDED, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, GENERAL FUND FUNDED.

SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR STREET MICROSURFACING ANNUAL $500,000 PAYMENT STREET MAINTENANCE AND REHAB.

THIS USED TO BE HOUSED IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT LINE AND BUDGETS WE'VE SHIFTED OVER TO THE CIP BUDGET.

UH, SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST A, UH, ACCOUNTING LOCATION, SIDEWALK REHAB.

WE HAVE $50,000 FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE F-150 EAST SIDEWALK AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS TO BEGIN THE 30% DESIGN FOR WHAT THAT, UH, WHAT THE ULTIMATE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE.

IF COUNSELOR CALLS FROM THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY SEEKING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR A MUCH LARGER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH TEXTILE FOR THAT.

UH, ONE THING I CAN SAY IS, YOU'RE YOU GO THROUGH THIS? YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF OUR, OUR DOLLARS THIS YEAR ARE BEING SPENT ON ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, SO CONSTRUCTION, FORTHCOMING, BUT WE WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE THE DESIGN READY TO GO.

AND THEN I IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCES.

SCOTT, I KNOW ON THE ONE 50 SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, UH, COMMISSIONER INGLES IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT WE COULD, UH, SEND HER A REPORT ON WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE GREAT.

LEON HAS PIZZA IN HIS MOUTH.

WE'RE RIGHT NOW.

SO, UH, LEON HAS A, I GUESS IT'S ONE OF OUR ROTATION LISTS FIRMS.

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WHAT I WANT TO SAY, NOT A PROBLEM.

WE JUST RECEIVED THE, SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FROM THE CONSULTANT YESTERDAY.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'LL GET THAT TO COUNCIL PRETTY QUICKLY.

SO THERE YOU GO.

SO LEON, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP, UH, JERRY PORTIONING UP, YOU KNOW, JUST UP TO SPEED ON OUR WILFRED'S, THEY'RE BASICALLY LANE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS, UH, A STRETCH BETWEEN KYLE PARKWAY AND SETON PARKWAY.

SO IF YOU CAN THINK OF THOSE TWO ROADS, IT BASICALLY JUST FOLLOWS THE HOSPITAL.

IT BUILDS THE SIDEWALK ALONG THAT EDGE TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT FOR YEARS.

UH, THEY'VE GOT A PATHWAY THAT BASICALLY TAKES THREE LEGS TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY WERE ASKING THE CITY TO COMPLETE THEIR WALKING PATH AROUND THEIR OLD POST ROAD.

UH, SO OUR NEXT BIT OF FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, CITYWIDE BEAUTIFICATION THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, W WHAT FUNDS DO WE HAVE TO INCREASE EITHER CONTRACTUAL AMOUNTS WITH WLLE OR ADD ADDITIONAL BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS? SO WE'VE, WE BASICALLY CARVED OUT A BUDGET OF HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR BEAUTIFICATION INITIATIVES.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT'S, THAT'S BEING HOUSED IN THE CIP.

I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF PLAN PLAN FOR SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS ZERO, THEN IT WENT TO 50 AND THEN A HUNDRED, I THINK.

SO, YES, THAT'S JUST A BIG POT OF MONEY WITHOUT ANY DIRECTION, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

AND I'M SURE WE'LL ALL HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT HOW BEST TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS.

SO, YEAH.

I KNOW JAMES, UH, WE, WE HAVE A PLAN, SO WE'LL REFINE THE PLAN AND BRING IT FORWARD.

OUR, OUR, UH, 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON PROJECT, AND THEN OUR CITY SQUARE PARK, OVERHEAD UTILITY RELOCATION, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS.

SO 200, YOU MIGHT SAY, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT'S JUST DESIGN FOR THE FIRST ONE.

AND THEN IF YOU'LL SEE IN THE CIP ITSELF, WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE SMARTSHEET, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A HALF A MILLION.

AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY RAISED THAT TO SEVEN 50.

THE LAST TIME WE MET, CAUSE WE SAID THE AVERAGE COST OF A ROUNDABOUT OR EVEN SIGNALS IS ABOUT SEVEN 50.

UH, BUT OUR, OUR HOPE IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDED IN INTERSECTIONS.

NOW BEGIN THE DESIGN, WORK ON THEM AND THEN HAVE THEM FOR CONSTRUCTION IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UH, THAT'LL BE A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE AS COUNCIL, UH, IN A, IN A COUNCIL MEETING HERE MOVING FORWARD.

BUT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING CANDIDATES SLIDE 63, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBER SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT'S FOR HARDENING OF THE DIOCESE BEHIND YOU.

SO RIGHT NOW, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SECURITY FEATURES.

THIS IS TO ADD THOSE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORE ACQUISITIONS THAT IS FOR, UH, STRATEGIC PROPERTY ACQUISITION HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

LANE EDITION, UH, I AGE 35 SOUTHBOUND.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH ME BASICALLY FROM MARKETPLACE SOUTH TO REALLY THE ONE WHAT'S UP MARTINEZ, LUPE MARTINEZ LOOPS.

SO BASICALLY 81, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES RIGHT ALONG THAT STRETCH, UH, AND A GAS STATION.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE A LITTLE LIKE DEER TRAIL MADE UP OF THE TIRE TRACKS THAT'S ON THE GRASS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, RIGHT AWAY OF VEHICLES, UH, MAKING UNSAFE TRAFFIC MANEUVERS AS WELL AS JUST MAKING A VERY UGLY, UH, POTHOLED DRAINAGE ISSUES.

SO THIS IS TO IDENTIFY A CROSS-SECTION THAT'S SUITABLE FOR THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR STRETCH, UH, BUT THEN REALLY TARGETING A PLAN FOR THAT SECTION TO CREATE A TURN LANE PREDOMINANTLY.

SO AT 55 MILES AN HOUR, IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE WENT AND WE PAVED THE SHOULDER AT MARKETPLACE, JUST SO CARS COULD HAVE A, A SAFE WAY TO TURN.

TEXTILE HAS, HAS COME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE AN ACTUAL TURN LANE.

UH, BUT THIS, IT WOULD BE TO BRING A TURN LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MARTINEZ LOOP.

AND, UH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GET REAR ENDED AT 55, 65, 70 MILES AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TURN INTO THOSE BUSINESSES.

THE LIBRARY TEAM HAVE DECIDED TO, OR HAVE VOLUNTEERED, HAVE AGREED TO TAKE THIS ON AS, AS A, UH, KIND OF A FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTATION WITH A PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES.

SO THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME, HOPEFULLY FOR THE, FOR COUNCIL.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED THIS, UH, UH, A FIRST ALLOTMENT TOWARD PUBLIC ART, UH, PAUL AND

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BUT THIS IS THE $50,000 FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, THAT WILL WE'LL FUND SEED PROGRAM.

NOW WE'RE INTO A STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY.

UH, THIS FIRST PROJECT IS BY NO MEANS DESIGNED, UH, W THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

THIS IS QUAIL RIDGE SUBDIVISION.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME, SOME STORM DRAINAGE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME, SOME WASTEWATER ISSUES THERE THEY'RE NOT ON, ON WASTEWATER, THEY'RE ON SEPTIC RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT, THAT WHOLE SUBDIVISION JUST NEEDS, UH, SOME DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WORK.

SO THIS IS TO START, UH, ON THE DESIGN PHASE OF THAT.

AND WE, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, UH, AFFIRM THAT'S PAID DAWSON.

THAT'S HELP DESIGNING THAT RIGHT NOW FOR US.

SO THIS IS TO MOVE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, ENOUGH.

HOWEVER, UH, THE BIG KEY FOR QUAIL RIDGE IS THE OUTFALL STRUCTURE WHERE ALL THE WATER RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT ALL GOES DOWN TO A COUPLE OF RESIDENCES AND THEN POOLS UP.

SO WE NEED TO WORK ON GETTING A BETTER OUTFALL FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SCOTT, WHAT WAS THAT A QUESTION? OKAY.

SCOTT AND SLEDGE STREET IS THE NEXT PROJECT.

UH, HITCHING POST PARK PLAYS NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST SUBDIVISIONS TO FLOOD IN OUR LARGER RAIN EVENTS.

UH, SO THIS TAKES THE, THE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTS IT THROUGH CHANNELIZATION, UH, ET CETERA, THROUGH THAT AREA AND THEN PLUM CREEK CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, UH, IF YOU ALL RECALL FROM THE STORM DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS BASICALLY TO GET THE WATER THROUGH THE CITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, AND, UH, PLUM CREEK AND ITS ASSOCIATED BRANCHES ARE THE WAY TO DO THAT.

SO THIS IS TO BEGIN THE DESIGN FOR A VERY HEAVY LIFT.

UH, NOW IN SPEAKING WITH SOME, SOME FOLKS IN WASHINGTON, THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT WE CAN SHIFT THAT PROJECT AWAY FROM THE CITY INTO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHICH HAS A, IT'S A HUGE MIXED BAG.

YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING IS THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT THIS COULD BE A VERY, VERY, UH, EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING FOR THE CITY OF KYLE OVER THE YEARS.

JUST THE PLUM CREEK IS SO LONG AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IT IS, IS VERY EXTENSIVE TO PREVENT OUR, OUR FLOODING, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT WAS 14.

SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORT WORTH OFFICE AND SEE IF THEY'LL TAKE THIS ON AS A PROJECT.

UH, INTO THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND.

SO, UH, FOR THOSE WATCHING THIS, THESE ARE MONIES THAT COME IN FROM A DEVELOPER FEES IN LIEU OF PARKS, UH, FESTIVE LIGHTING IN CITY STREET AND CITY SQUARE PARK.

YOU'VE ALL JUST RECENTLY HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

THERE IT IS IN THE BUDGET.

UH, THE FESTIVE LIGHTING IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WATER TOWER LIGHTING FOR HIM IS 75, A CITY SQUARE PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO 1.8 MILLION, $25,000 FOR PLAYGROUND.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON, UH, BUDGETED EXPENDITURE.

THERE'S 35,000 FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. THIS IS NOT THE GREG CLARK PARK, BUT THIS IS JUST IN GENERAL 35 FOR IRRIGATION, UH, MARIANNA, WHICH, WHICH PARK WAS THAT? STEEPLECHASE YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF, AGAIN, IRRIGATION PLAN SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHAT OF OUR PARKS IS IRRIGATED AND WHAT'S NOT, AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO OVER YEARS, YOU KNOW? OKAY.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S IRRIGATED RIGHT NOW IN ANY OF OUR PARKS.

SO, YES.

WELL, SEE, MY LAST STATEMENT, LET'S GET A PLAN TOGETHER AND LET'S LISTEN.

TH THE BIG PART OF THAT PLAN IS THE RECLAIM MASTER PLAN.

SO I THINK THEY'LL WORK IN TANDEM FOR THAT.

AND JUST TO IDENTIFY THE TIE INS, THE ROUTES THAT WE WANT TO TAKE, AND THEN, UM, GETTING THE RIGHT COMPANIES OUT THERE.

YOU GOT IT.

SO MARIANNE HAS GOT THAT TWO OR THREE TIMES ON HER LIST.

WHAT COUNCIL DID AS A FORMAL ACTION.

YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S $175,000 ALLOCATED TO THE DOWNTOWN WATER TOWER, BUT I THOUGHT WE AMENDED OUR BUDGET FOR THE 2021 TO INCLUDE THAT.

AND THE 200,000.

WHY IS THAT IN THIS ONE AGAIN? OKAY.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPENDING PLAN,

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IT AMENDED THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING.

NOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING IT IN THE CIB SPENDING PLAN, SO WE CAN INCUR THE EXPENDITURES AS WE GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THESE TWO PROJECTS.

W MAYBE LET'S, UH, SO WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING IN THE CIP, YOU CAPITALIZE IT.

SO JUST LET'S GO BACK TO OUR WATER ANALOGY.

SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ANY MONIES THAT ARE NOT USED IN A, IN A FISCAL YEAR, GO BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T DRINK IN THAT YEAR JUST GOES BACK IN THE CUP.

UH, BUT IT HAS TO BE REAUTHORIZED TO DRINK.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL GO AND SAY, HEY, YOU NEED TO DRINK THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

UH, WHEREAS IN THE CIP, THE COUNCIL DOESN'T NEED TO DO THAT ONE TIME.

SO THEY COULD SAY IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE POUR THE MONEY INTO THE, THE CUP THERE, BUT YOU CAN DRINK IT AT ANY POINT BECAUSE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE SOMETIMES 3, 4, 5 YEARS ONGOING IT, WHERE YOU NEED THOSE EXPENDITURES.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO COME SHORT OF THE DOLLARS OF A PROJECT IN YEAR FOUR OR FIVE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN A COUNCIL WAY BACK HERE HAD APPROVED THAT PROJECT, LIKE LET'S SAY THE POLITICS CHANGE AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROJECT AND THE COUNCIL WANTS TO STOP THE PROJECT.

SO BY CAPITALIZING PROJECTS, YOU PUT THE MONEY IN ONE TIME, AND THEN THAT MONEY CAN SIT AND SURVIVE THE BUDGET OVER BUDGET, OVER BUDGET UNTIL THE PROJECT IS DONE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CIP DOES.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE NECESSARY THOUGH, ON THIS, IT WORKS WELL.

IT'S JUST THE CIP.

IT'S JUST, IT.

THAT'S HOW THE CIP WORKS SO NECESSARY OR NOT.

WE WOULD NOT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEND $200,000 FOR, UH, THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30.

WE'RE SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU AUTHORIZED IT NOW, WHAT'S YOUR AUTHORIZATION DOES ONLY ALLOWS US TO EXPEND MONEY UP TO SEPTEMBER 30.

AND THIS YEAR, THIS PUTS IT INTO A SEPARATE FUND AND SAYS, OKAY, IT WAS AUTHORIZED THIS YEAR.

WE CAN NOW SPEND IT IN 22, 23, HOWEVER, NEEDED JUST WHILE WE'RE GETTING INVOICED SCOTT REAL QUICK.

I HAVE A, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

REFERENCING THE STORM RANGING, UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GETTING WITH THE FORT WORTH OFFICE ON THE PLUM CREEK CHANNEL.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR QUAIL RIDGE AND SCOTT AND SLEDGE AS WELL? NOW, IS THIS THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET FROM THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT I GUESS THE WHITE HOUSE PLANNER TRYING TO PUSH? NO, WE DIDN'T.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING THROUGH THE BIDEN PLAN YET.

UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE RELEASED IN PROBABLY SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STRINGS THAT THE RED TAPE THAT GOES WITH THAT IS, IS THEREAFTER.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT PLAN, THE 12 MILLION ISH, UH, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED AS FOR THE WATER TANK PROJECT ON 1626, ALL THESE, UH, WHEN I SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ARMY CORPS, THEY LOOK AT FLOOD REMEDIATION OR MITIGATION.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY HAS TO BE REALLY LARGE PROJECTS THAT PUT A LOT OF HOMES IN PERIL.

SO IN OUR 20 15, 20 17 FLOODING EVENT, YOU KNOW, OVER 200 STRUCTURES WERE EITHER DAMAGED OR DESTROYED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT AUTHORIZES THE FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED TOWARD THAT IN SCOTT AND SLEDS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T LOSE STRUCTURES OR ANYTHING.

WE JUST DAMAGED A FEW, FEW HOMES.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I DON'T KNOW IF I EXPLAINED THAT WELL, ENOUGH THAT ANSWER BACK TO YOU.

I DID NOT.

BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR PATRICIA, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT THAT.

LET'S JUST, YEAH.

YOU'RE SETTING ASIDE THE MONEY'S ONE TIME FOR FUTURE EXPENDITURES RATHER THAN HAVING TO SET US ASIDE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO THEN MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU SAID IF IT HAPPENS TO GO LIKE INCREASE THAT IT'S, THAT WOULD PAY FOR THE INCREASE.

NO, IT'S JUST IN THE, IN THE CIP.

IT'S NOT, IF IT HAPPENS TO INCREASE LIKE MORE, IF YOU HAVE COUNCILS THAT, UH, ARE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE THE DECISION, THIS SEVEN MEMBER BODY, IF THE EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO COME IN YEAR OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, LIKE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THEN IT PROTECTS THOSE PROJECTS.

IT ALLOWS THE PROJECTS TO, TO REMAIN IN PER CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE EXPENDITURES AND OUTLAST INDIVIDUAL YEAR, UH, APPROPRIATIONS FROM DIFFERENT KINDS.

THAT ALL MAKE SENSE, BUT THIS IS A ONE-TIME EXPENSE.

THAT'S WHY THEN IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.

WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE GET THE INVOICE FOR IT.

IF WE GET IT FOR, IF WE GET THE INVOICE THIS YEAR, WE'LL PAY IT OUT OF THIS BIGGER BUDGET AND THEREFORE $375,000 WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN NEXT FISCAL

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YEAR'S BUDGET.

NO, NO, NO.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WORKS.

SO IT'S LIKE THE POOL OF MONEY GETS SET ASIDE.

IT CAN EITHER BE SPENT THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, IF YOU SPEND IT THIS YEAR, IT'S GONE FOR NEXT YEAR.

IF YOU DON'T SPEND IT THIS YEAR, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S ALWAYS SET ASIDE.

I GET THAT.

WE CAN MOVE ON.

I CAN, RIGHT.

WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT LATER.

NOW WATERLINE, UPGRADES, AND REPLACEMENTS.

SLIDE 64, UH, STILL ON THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND, UH, BARTON PARK, WHICH IS THE NEW PARK ALONG, UH, I GUESS I'LL SAY BETWEEN MARKETPLACE AND BURLESON, UH, SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEMS THERE, ASH PAVILION.

THIS IS JUST TO FINALIZE THE PLANS THAT WE HAD FOR THAT PARK.

UH, MARIANNA, WHAT ARE THE FINAL PLANS FOR THAT STRIPING FLOOR AND, AND THE ROOF, AND THEN THE LANDSCAPE, A LITTLE BIT OF RESURFACING.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THE STREET GREW, UH, GO OUT AND FINISH BUILDING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE ASH PAVILION TO MAKE IT TWO WAY THROUGH THE PARK, INSTEAD OF JUST THE ONE WAY THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, THEN YOU JUST THE SMALL IMPROVEMENTS LATE KYLE STEEPLE, CHASE WATER LEAF, UH, MASON WOOD IS A NEW PARK ON MASON ROAD, RIGHT BEHIND THE MAILBOXES BEHIND, UH, THE OAKS ON GO FORTH.

IF YOU REMEMBER THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEN, UH, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO GRIP CLARK PARK.

NOW THERE ARE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, GREAT CAR PARK, WHICH IS COMING UP HERE, UH, PLUM CREEK TRAIL, SPRING BRANCH SECTION.

SO THAT IS, UM, THAT IS OUR STATE GRANT FUNDED TRAIL SEGMENT CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? AND WE'RE STILL NOT TOTALLY THERE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE YET IT'S BEEN AWARDED, BUT ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVERYTHING STILL HAS TO BE CLEAR TO THE STATE TO BEGIN WORK ON THEIR PROJECT.

$50,000.

WE TALK ABOUT PLANS.

UH, WE, WE WANT TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE TRAIL MASTER PLAN AND THAT'S TO FUND THAT PROJECT NOW, MOVING TO, UH, OUR, WHAT BOND FUND SOURCE, UH, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT IS THE PAYMENT, UH, FOR OUR Y AT $14 MILLION MOVING FULLY INTO THE WATER UTILITY FUND.

THAT'S A STANDING LINE THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR.

UH, THAT'S TYPICALLY FOR UNDERSIZED PIPES HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, PROBABLY CLAY, CLAY PIPES, UNDER SIZED PIPE, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE ON SLIDE 65, THAT 2.9 MILLION, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT.

UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR SOME FEDERAL FUNDS TO INCREASE THAT PROJECT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET.

CROSS WINDS WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IS THE, UH, INCREASE TO THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.

I BELIEVE, RIGHT.

TIM SANFORD CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTED THE TOOLS FOR US.

DID YOU VISIT THE SYSTEM AND SMILE? PERFECT.

AND THERE'S ALSO, UH, AN INTERCONNECT, I THINK, THERE WITH GOFORTH.

ANTHEM TANK, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW TANKS ARE GOING, GOING UP.

THAT'S OUR SHARE FOR THOSE TANKS.

UH, THE ANTHEM WATERLINE THAT IS TO BASICALLY PRESSURE PLANE, THREES, ANTHEM TO PRESSURE PLANE TWO, WHICH IS DOWN IN THE PLUM CREEK AREA.

SO THAT, THAT LINE WILL BE A, A LINE THAT GOES BOTH WAYS TO, TO HELP THE PRESSURE PLANE AND FOR BACKUP A WATER TANK REHAB PROGRAM.

THAT'S A STANDING ITEM IN THE BUDGET.

I THINK OUR NEXT TOWER IS THE ONE BY SONIC ON ONE 50.

I'LL LOOK TO LEON TO CONFIRM IT.

50,000 FOR THE WATER TANK REHABILITATION OR 500,000 THE 50 FOR WATER FACILITY REHABILITATION.

ELEVATED WATER FACILITY REHAB IS, UH, JUST SOME TIM.

YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT REALLY QUICK, 50,000

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I'M DRAWING A BLANK.

I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT $50,000.

NOW WE GET THAT DOWN THAT MIGHT TIE TO A PROJECT AND I'M JUST COMING TO, THAT CAN BE AN EMAIL.

IF YOU JUST WANT TO LET US KNOW, JUST FIGURE IT OUT AND SEND IT IN AN EMAIL WHEN YOU KEEP GOING.

IT'S JUST PRETTY GREAT.

IT MIGHT BE, THAT WAS $50,000.

IT WAS MORE, MORE FROM MY SITE TOO.

USUALLY I KNOW ALL THIS STUFF.

UH, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANNING MODEL 50,000.

WE'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL ABOUT THAT, UH, FM 16, 26 PUMP STATION.

THERE'S 8 MILLION IN THIS NEXT YEAR AND THE 2022 PLAN.

AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TO COME, BUT IF I CAN GET THE 12 MILLION, UH, THE, THE RULES FOR THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY APPLY THERE.

AND I THINK THEY WILL, UH, WILL, WILL OFFSET THAT COST PRESSURE PRESSURE, REDUCING VALVE AS WHAT PRV STANDS FOR AT MARKETPLACE IN JAMES ATKINS, AS WE DON'T BLOW OUT A BUNCH OF DOMESTIC WATER LINES, A WATER IMPACT FEE STUDY UPDATE.

UH, SO OUR IMPACT FEES PAID FOR BY NEW DEVELOPMENT ARE SET BY THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM AND EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO UPDATE THOSE IMPACT FEES, MAKE SURE YOU'RE CHARGING THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO THE DEVELOPERS.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE UPDATED OURS SINCE 20 15, 17.

SO IT'S, WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR FIVE-YEAR IT'S IT'S TIME BASED ON OUR GROWTH, JUST TO TELL US WHAT THE NEW RATES NEED TO BE.

WELL, WE, WE DON'T.

AND THERE'S ALSO ONE FOR WASTEWATER.

YEAH, WE CAN ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW, NOW WE'RE IN THE WASTEWATER UTILITY.

SO WASTEWATER LINE UPGRADES OR REPLACEMENTS IS PREDOMINANTLY INFLUENT INFILTRATION.

I, AND I, UH, AND AGAIN, DOWN DOWNTOWN AREA IS THE ONE WE FOCUS ON BECAUSE THEIR LINES ARE, ARE AGED, UH, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS, EDWARDS DRIVE.

THAT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE YEAR THIS, UH, IT TIES INTO THE SOUTH SIDE SEWER LINES.

SO AS SOON AS THAT COMES ONLINE, WE OUTTA BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT, UH, ELLIOT BRANCH WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR, WHERE WE'RE GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW, PHASE TWO IS, IS GETTING CLOSE.

AND THIS IS PHASE ONE, UH, CENTER STREET, VILLAGE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, BASICALLY FROM, I'M GOING TO SAY THE, THE INTERSTATE ALL THE WAY DOWN, FRONTAGE ROAD DOWN, UH, BEHIND GOODYEAR AND ALL THE WAY TO SONIC, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A PRETTY HEFTY TRUNK LINE THAT STARTS AT 81 81 Y'ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO IT'S A BOARD 35.

UH, CONSTRUCTION NEEDS TO BE IN THAT QUAIL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, WATER LEAF, WASTEWATER, INTERCEPTOR, UH, DOWN BY THE PLANT AND THEN A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PHASE TWO PERMIT OF 150,000, AND THEN OUR IMPACT FEE STUDY.

AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE SONIC.

I THINK IN OUR STORE, OUR WASTEWATER MODEL, THIS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF BACKUP THAT WE HAVE DURING A FLOOD EVENT, UH, PLUM CREEK GOLF COURSE INTERCEPTOR, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, IS TO TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL FLOW.

THE ANTICIPATED FLOW FROM OUR TWO HARD TO NEW LARGE DEVELOPMENTS UP THERE, GOLF COURSE RECLAIMED WATER LINE.

SO YOU SEE SOME RECLAIMED THAT FOLLOWS THE INTERCEPTOR.

I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, WE, WE THROUGH START THROWING RECLAIMED WATER LINES, UH, ALONG WITH OUR INTERCEPTOR PROJECTS, WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, UH, NORTH TRAILS, WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR UP ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY, UH, TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BACKUPS WE HAVE IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS, A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT INTERCEPTOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO ENGINEERING, QUAIL RIDGE WASTEWATER LINES.

UH, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT, WHAT OUR ULTIMATE,

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YOU THOUGHT ONE 50 WAS BAD ON THE WATER SIDE.

WELL, IT'S ALSO BAD ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE.

SO WHY DO, WHY WHEN YOU CAN DOUBLE IT FOR TWICE THE PRICE, RIGHT.

THE TWOFER? I THINK SO FOR TWICE.

NOW WE'RE IN THE CEO BONDS.

UH, THIS IS THE 2020 CEO, UH, WHICH IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PHASE ONE OF 11 MILLION, THE GEO BOND.

UH, SO LAST NOVEMBER PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, 15 MILLION.

UH, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST THAT YEAR OF PHASING OF THE CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? IT'S NOT THE TOTAL, THE KYLE REGIONAL SPORTS PLEX, UH, OF 3.5 MILLION.

AND THEN, UH, PLUM CREEK TRAIL SYSTEM AT 500 AND GREG CLARK PARK IMPROVEMENTS 500.

AGAIN, THE, THE BOND ITSELF WAS, WAS DIFFERENT.

SO THIS IS TAKING PORTIONS OF THAT BOND FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, AND THEN INITIATING CONSTRUCTION AS WE ARE ABLE, UH, THAT GREG CLARK PARK IMPROVEMENTS FOR EXAMPLE, IS GOING TO BE IRRIGATION AND THEN SKATE PARK DESIGN AND SPLASH PAD.

UH, MOVING INTO OUR 20, 21 NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION.

SO MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED ENGINEERING AND JUST A START OF THAT.

UH, WE HAVE CENTER STREET STAGECOACH, UH, WINDY HILL, BB MARKETPLACE, AND THEN THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 2 MILLION FOR CENTER STREET STAGE COACH BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'VE ALREADY ENGINEERED AND ARE AT 30% DESIGN ON DISTANCE.

SO, SO A MILLION, I THINK WE HAVE THE ESTIMATE OF ABOUT A MILLION LEON TO GO TO A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT PROPOSAL YET.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, BUT IT'S AROUND A MILLION.

ARE WE EXPECTING THAT ROAD TO BE FOUR TIMES AS EXPENSIVE AS THE OTHER ROADS FROM A CIP STANDPOINT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT COSTS FOUR TIMES WHAT THE OTHER ROADS WOULD COST TO DESIGN AN ENGINEER, TAKING THE 30% THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

THOSE OTHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE JUST TO GET TO THE 30% FOR THOSE OTHER ROADS.

SO LIKE THE 500 AND MAYBE MARKETPLACE, OR ARE WE NOT USING IT ON THE SAME ENGINEERING FIRM? NO, NO, NO.

SO WE HAD ALREADY SELECTED PAPE DAWSON FOR CENTER IN STAGECOACH WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER ROADS WE HAD NOT SELECTED AN ENGINEER, WHICH IS THEY'LL FALL UNDER THE GS.

SO, SO YOUR ORIGINAL 30, I'M SORRY.

THE ORIGINAL 30% WAS THROUGH WHO WAS THROUGH PENTHOUSE.

SO WE'RE JUST CONTINUING ON TO A HUNDRED PERCENT USING THE SAME.

PERFECT.

AND THEN FOR THE OTHER ONES WERE, YEAH, SO WE'RE HIRING THE TEC AND THEY WILL HELP US SELECT THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ENGINEERS FOR EACH OF THE, OF THE RIBS.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS TO BE CLEAR, THE 2 MILLION FOR CENTER STREET STAGE COACH GETS US TO 100% DESIGN.

AND THE OTHER ROADS IS TO 30%, THE OTHER ROADS, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT COSTS ARE GONNA BE, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST TO GET US STARTED.

AND AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET, YEAH, IT'S CRAZY.

IT'S IT'S SO IF YOU THINK OF A 10% GOES INTO SOFT COST, 2 MILLION IS 10% OF 20, JUST FYI.

UM, SO MY QUESTION IS LIKE, ARE WE TRYING TO GET A COST ESTIMATE BY AUGUST FOR THESE PROJECTS? WHAT'S THE STRATEGY ON THAT? OR BECAUSE NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, RIGHT? SO BY AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP OUR BEST SWAG POSSIBLE WITH THE GEC.

SO WHEN I SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A ROUGH RULE OF THUMB PER LINEAR FOOT OR PER MILE, RIGHT.

OF ROADWAY.

WE KNOW SOMEWHAT THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S AVAILABLE, LIKE MARKETPLACE, THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE DEDICATED, FOR EXAMPLE, OTHERS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND ACQUIRE.

BUT THERE, THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT WE COULD, THAT WE COULD HIRE TO HELP US WITH THAT CONTRACT.

SO WE'VE GOT, WHAT IS GC, THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONTRACT.

SO WE'RE HIRING FROM THE WORLD OVERALL UMBRELLA FIRM.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US WITH THOSE COSTS.

SO THE, THE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE NUMBERS FOR THE ROADS SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO BE MANAGING AND THAT WE COULD THEN POINT BACK TO THE NUMBERS THEY GAVE US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

I LIKE THAT PLAN.

THAT'S A GOOD PLAN.

AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO OUT AND HELP FIND THE OTHER SUB ENGINEERING COMPANIES AND THEN HOLD THEM TO THOSE NUMBERS.

THAT'S TRUE.

I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD PRETTY FAST.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO HIRE THAT GROUP FAST.

IS IT ALREADY OUT FOR RFQ?

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SO, OH, GO AHEAD.

WE ALREADY GOT THE SUBMITTALS IN FROM, AND WE RECEIVED THREE FIRMS THAT, UH, SUBMITTED PROPOSALS.

SO WE NEED TO EVALUATE THOSE FIRMS AND DECIDE WHICH FIRM WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH.

SO WE GOT THOSE ON THE 23RD, I BELIEVE.

SO THEY WERE READY 23RD.

WE HAVE TO CALL THAT.

WE HAVE TO CALL THE QUESTION.

AUGUST, UH, I WANT TO SAY 25TH.

SO LEANNA AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.

UH, WE WANTED TO BRING THIS UP AT RIGHT NOW, UH, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO BE ON THAT SELECTION PANEL? WE NEED THREE RIGHT HERE JUST TO SELECT THE, THE ENGINEERING TO SELECT THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR.

WHAT ELSE? OKAY.

DEFINITELY.

SO WE'RE, WE HAVE OUR THREE, WE WILL, UH, THIS WEEK WE'LL BE SETTING UP THE INTERVIEWS AND GETTING THAT THE SCORING OUT TO OUR TASKS, OF COURSE, FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY, PLEASE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM DAY ONE SO THAT THEY, THEY KNOW THAT WHATEVER THEY SAY, WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER.

UH, STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WAS JUST THE FULL KIND OF ESTIMATE PROVIDES.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? SO THE $7.8 MILLION INCLUDES $350,000 TO GET THE ENGINEERING STARTED.

AND THE OTHER 7.5 IS CONTINGENT ON THE BOND ELECTION.

WE'RE SETTING ASIDE AND WE'RE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FOR A STREETSCAPE IS ABOUT $15 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES ABOVE GROUND.

YOU TOTALLY RELOCATION, WHICH WE THINK IS THE BIG, THE BULK OF THE COST THERE IS TO UNDERGROUND ALL THOSE.

BUT WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE ENGINEERING IS DONE.

SO 350,000 OF THAT IS FUNDED FULLY FROM GENERAL FUND FOR ENGINEERING.

CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? THIS 20, 21 NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE COST TO PROMOTE THE BOND? SO WE DON'T PROMOTE.

ALL WE DO IS EDUCATE.

OH, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE HAVE, SO SAMANTHA, DO YOU WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M THINKING LIKE A REGULAR PERSON.

I'M LIKE A REGULAR RESIDENT.

AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THIS IS TO IMPROVE ROADS.

THIS IS NOT SIMPLY TO SPEND MONEY FOR DOES IMPROVE, RIGHT.

SO YES, , I'M READY, SIR, FOR THE RECORD.

I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THAT FINAL, BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE APPROVED THE GAP STRATEGIES CONTRACT, IT WAS ABOUT 65 IS WHAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR THE BOND.

DON'T MEAN TO GO ON GAP STRATEGIES.

SO I KNOW IF WE TOOK IT TO THE VOTERS, IT PROBABLY WOULD PASS.

MY, MY QUESTION HERE IS, UH, I, YES, IF WE DECIDE TO GO WITH A GEO BOND OR A SEAL BOND, WE STILL, UH, ACCRUED THOSE COSTS.

UH, ONE REASON IS I'M THINKING ABOUT IT AS WHAT WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS WITH OUR ROADWAYS.

THESE ARE MUCH NEEDED ROADWAYS.

DO WE WANT TO WAIT AND TAKE IT TO A BOND, UH, AND A BOAT, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS IT.

SO WHERE DOES SKEP STRATEGIES FALLS INTO THAT? IF WE WERE GOING TO GO SEE OBAMA, WE SHOULD NOT HIRE GAP STRATEGIES.

RIGHT? SO, BUT THE, THE, THE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A WAIT, CAUSE YOU SAID, DO WE WANT TO WAIT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BUDGET, IT STARTS IMMEDIATELY.

SO WE'RE BEGINNING THE ENGINEERING ON THESE PROJECTS BEFORE NOVEMBER.

SO THE QUESTION IS JUST, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE THEM SORT OF RATIFY WHAT WE'RE UP TO OR WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU RATHER SAY, YOU KNOW, NOT IN THE DIFFERENCES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY HEFTY TAX IMPACT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN HAS BEEN UP UNTIL THIS POINT TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS, BUT WITH A HIGH RATE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO WANT, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS NOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR THE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER, BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

SO I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE TIL AUGUST AND BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE VOTERS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION WHEN AT THE BOOTH IT'S GOING TO BE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE WE JUST NEED THESE ROADS AND WE NEED YOU TO JUST MOVE FORWARD.

SO I GUESS MY DECISION WOULD BE PROBABLY AN AUGUST TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GO G OR C A ONE.

SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT MEETING AN ARTIST.

CAUSE CAUSE THESE ROADWAYS ARE NEEDED.

I MEAN, THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THESE ROADWAYS ARE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.

I GET EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS ON THEM AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THEM.

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BUT AT THE SAME TIME AS DO THE VOTERS WANT TO WAIT TILL THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO PASS THIS, IF WE'RE NOT READY FOR THE NOVEMBER, UH, BOND ELECTIONS.

SO, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT.

AND I KNOW FROM THE VISIONING WORKSHOP, WE TALKED ABOUT GEO AND WASN'T REALLY MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT CEO, BUT I THINK YOU MAKE A REALLY VALID POINT ABOUT THIS.

HISTORICALLY RHODES HAS GOTTEN, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL, HAVE BEEN TREATED AS ONE THAT GOES TO GEO AND WE'VE DONE.

UH, ME AND JAMES WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION HAS BEEN THE ONLY CEO WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, UH, BUT IT IS THAT, THAT PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, WHAT DID WE HEAR ALL THE TIME? WHAT DID WE GET INTO SURVEY? EVERY ONE OF US IT'S ROADS, ROADS, ROADS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WE, OUR HANDS WERE TIED.

WE NEEDED TO DO THAT.

THERE WAS NO WAITING FOR A GEO, NO WAITING FOR BOATERS.

TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WE KNEW THAT WAS DIRE.

UM, SOME PEOPLE WOULD PUT THE ROADS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THAT.

AND SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING THAT POTENTIAL IDEA.

I AGREE WITH, UH, WHAT, UH, MARY MITCHELL SAID, IF WE DO GO CEO, THEN WE, WE SHOULDN'T HIRE A STRATEGY BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO DO THE WHOLE LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TAKING, TAKING THE BALL AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BITE THE BULLET AND WE'RE GOING TO FIX THIS.

UM, BUT I, I THINK I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.

AND I THINK IT IS A WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION FOR THIS COUNCIL TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY, WE'RE GOING TO GET BLAMED EITHER WAY, RIGHT? WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GET BLAMED EITHER FOR THE BONDS OR FOR THE ROADS, ET CETERA.

A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BOND IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY PROPOSED AS A 20 CENT TAX HIKE.

SO YOU'RE, IF YOU GO CEO WITHOUT ASKING, YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE FROM 52 CENTS TO 72 CENTS IN ONE YEAR WITHOUT PERMISSION.

SO JUST PROCESS ALL OF THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO SAY YES OR NO, BUT WHAT GEO ALLOWS FOR US TO DO IS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO THERE'S NOTHING EFFECTIVE FROM A TIMELINE STANDPOINT, BUT IT ALLOWS IT AND SORT OF FORCES US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEY CAN SIGN OFF SO THAT WHEN WE COME, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SET THAT NEW TAX RATE IN THAT NEW BUDGET, IT'S NOT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO THIS.

SO THEN IF WE DON'T, IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN WE DON'T UPDATE THE ROADS.

AND THEN WHAT, RIGHT.

SO WHAT ARE WE PROPOSITIONING THE VOTERS? WE'RE SAYING, LOOK, YOU ARE TELLING US TO FIX THE ROADS.

THIS IS WHAT IT WILL COST.

DO YOU WISH US TO PROCEED? AND THE VOTERS WILL BE THE ONE TO SAY YES OR NO, BUT IF THEY SAY NO, WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW? WE'RE ENGINEERING.

THE ROADS THAT MUST BE BUILT AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

SO THE ENGINEERING ITSELF, THEORETICALLY WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T BE LOSING MONEY.

IT JUST MIGHT BE A FEW MORE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY.

AND CAN WE WAIT A FEW MORE YEARS, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.

AND IF THEY, IF THEY SAY NO, AND THEN ARE THEY, SO ARE THEY GOING TO STOP COMPLAINING OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE, IF THE VOTERS SAID NO, AND THEN THEY COMPLAINED TO THE COUNCIL, WHY ISN'T WINDY HILL FIXED? WHY ISN'T DB ROAD FIXED? HAVE YOU SEEN STAGECOACH LATELY? THE RESPONSE IS YOU, YOU SAID NO.

BUT I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE TO BE A RESPONSIBLE CITY, LIKE JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY NO, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I GET IT.

I OWN A HOME.

I'M A TAXPAYER.

SO SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT THAT DEBT.

BUT WHAT THEY FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IS LIKE, IT'S REALLY FOR THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO AS LEADERS, AS ELECTED LEADERS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE MAD.

SO ARE WE WILLING TO RISK THAT WE WERE WILLING TO RISK, YOU KNOW, HOLDING IT OFF ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO OR FIVE IN ORDER TO NOT MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY WHEN WE KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, RIGHT.

A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF ROADS ALL AT ONCE.

I WOULD, I WOULD TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS.

I REALLY WOULD.

NO, I THINK THEY'LL PASS IT TOO.

SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S, YOU'RE BOTH MAKING VALID POINTS.

I THINK THERE'S GOOD AND BAD FOR BOTH SIDES.

I REALLY DO.

AND IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION, UH, REAL QUICK PERVEZ, WHAT WAS THE PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE ON THE LAST CEO WE DID WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OUT OF WASTEWATER.

SO THEREFORE I DIDN'T HAVE THAT IMPACT YEAH.

ROAD.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE, YOU KNOW, THE ROADS HAD A, I THINK 7 CENT INCREASE FOR WHAT WAS IT ABOUT $40 MILLION WORTH OF 36 36, WHICH WE TOOK OUT OF O AND M AND 3 CENTS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST DID A FORCE IN GREECE.

SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A RULE OF THUMB.

LET'S SAY THREE TO FIVE YEARS OUT.

THE VOTERS APPROVED, YOU KNOW, UP TO 20% OR 20 CENTS TO GO TOWARD PAYING THOSE, THOSE ROADS OFF.

SO WITH THE MAYOR SAYING IS VERY ACCURATE.

WELL, RIGHT.

SO IF, IF WE'RE STARTING NOW, THESE ROADS ARE BETWEEN,

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SO THAT'S THREE TO FIVE YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH, INCREASED SALES TAX REVENUE, INCREASED PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.

SO BY THE TIME YOU ACTUALLY GET TO ISSUING THE DEBT FOR THE ROADS THEMSELVES, YOU'RE PROBABLY IN A DIFFERENT POSITION.

PLUS MARKETPLACE IS GOING TO GO FASTER THAN THE OTHER ONES.

A STAGECOACH HAS ALREADY AT 30% DESIGN.

UM, AND SO THEY DON'T ALL GET BUILT RIGHT AT ONCE.

SO THEY, THEY NATURALLY SORT OF STAGGER OUT YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THAT IN THEORY, THE TAX IMPACT MIGHT NOT BE THAT BAD.

BUT THEN ONCE YOU GET TO DO IS YOU GET TO TELL THE PUBLIC, YOU AUTHORIZE THIS BIG ONE AND LOOK, WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE GROWTH PAY FOR ITSELF, UH, ESSENTIALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD DO THAT EITHER WAY.

SO THAT MIGHT BE TO YOUR POINT OF THE CEO IS TO SAY, LOOK, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND START DESIGNING ALL THESE THINGS AND JUST ISSUE THE DEBT AS IT COMES.

BUT I GUESS JUST A POLICY DECISION, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT JUST IN ORDER TO AVOID A TAX RATE IMPACT BECAUSE THESE ROADS ARE NEEDED NOW.

SO MY THOUGHT WAS ALWAYS LIKE TWICE THE ROAD AND HALF THE TIME, LIKE PUT EVERYTHING GREENLIT FROM DAY ONE, BUILD THEM ALL AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY.

UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT PROPOSAL TO THE VOTERS THOUGH.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND I GUESS I, I, I SEE THE BENEFIT FROM EACH ONE.

I DO SEE A DOWNSIDE FROM EACH ONE.

AND I GUESS I WAS GOING TO ASK PER BEDS, JUST TO CLARIFY, COULD WE DO THAT SAME TYPE OF THING THAT DELAYED THE TAX IMPACT? SIMILARLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE LIKE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTERS.

I KNOW THERE'S OTHER DEBT ISSUANCE.

WE CERTAINLY CAN.

AND WE WILL END UP DOING THAT ANYWAY, NATURALLY BECAUSE THESE ROADS WILL NEED TIME TO BE DESIGNED RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE ON DIFFERENT TIME SCHEDULE.

SO WE WILL SCHEDULE IT 20% INCREASE IN THAT FIRST YEAR.

THAT WAS THE 2013 DISCUSSION, I THINK AS WELL.

SO INITIALLY THEY WERE GOING TO DO ONE ROAD PER YEAR.

THAT WAS THEIR IDEA BECAUSE OF TAX RATE IMPACT.

AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THAT'S WAY TOO SLOW BECAUSE OF ENGINEERING AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO REGARDLESS IT'S LIKE THE GEO VERSUS CEO QUESTION IS REALLY A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS.

BUT AS FAR AS BUILDING THE ROADS THEMSELVES, WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT'S DIFFERENT IS WE'RE ENGINEERING AND GREEN-LIGHTING THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S REALLY NOT A GEO OR CEO QUESTION.

IT'S A POLICY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT PART.

IT'S JUST, I THINK THE DISCUSSION MORE IS ABOUT, DO WE LEAVE IT TO THE VOTERS? UM, I'M WILLING TO BET IT WILL BE IN THE FIFTIES PERSONALLY.

UM, OR DO WE SAY IT TO COUNCIL? WE HEAR YOU, WE'VE HEARD YOU, WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE SURVEY YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE'RE JUST GONNA BITE THE BULLET AND DO THE DIFFERENCE OVER OVER TIME THAT THAT'S REALLY THE CRUX OF THE DECISION WE NEED TO MAKE.

HMM.

YEAH, IT JUST COMES DOWN.

IT JUST COMES DOWN TO LEAD THE VOTER SPEAK.

LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT LENNON, THEM HAVE THAT VOICE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE TAXPAYER MONEY.

I UNDERSTAND WE WERE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEY VOTED US IN TO MAKE THESE HARD DECISIONS.

BUT IN THIS SITUATION, LIKE I'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WERE PAYING THE BILL AT THE BOTTOM AT THE VERY END.

AND WE'VE GOT TO LET THEM HAVE THEIR VOICE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THIS LARGE.

SURELY I RESPECT THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE SAYING NOT ALL.

LET THEM HAVE A VOICE.

I GUESS MY FEAR IS IF THEY SAY NO, I KNOW A CITY RIGHT UP THE STREET THAT DID THE SAME THING AND DID NOT GROW THE WAY THEY SHOULD HAVE.

AND NOW EVERYBODY PAYS A CONSEQUENCE.

WHETHER YOU LIVE IN AUSTIN OR YOU DRIVE IN AUSTIN, THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE TO THEIR LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TO UPDATE.

SO JUST BE AWARE THAT IF THAT, IF IT'S A NO, THAT DOES NOBODY ANY GOOD.

HIT THE C A KYLE? SO WE'VE GOT TO DECIDE AS A COUNCIL, WHICH DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO IN, BUT YEAH, IN NO WAY, IS THIS ABOUT SILENCING THE VOICE OF THE CITIZENS? CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THEM.

I TOTALLY RESPECT THAT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUBIOUS, AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M TYPICALLY IN LINE WITH THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND DECIDED WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, IT WAS NECESSARY AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT.

OR WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT THAT WAS THE COURSE OF ACTION TO GET THE VOTERS INPUT.

WE JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS THAT HIGH OF A PRIORITY.

AND I GUESS IT COMES DOWN TO DO WE THINK THAT ROADS, THESE PARTICULAR ROADS ARE ON THAT SAME LEVEL OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING ANYONE A VOICE OR DOES THE CITY HAVE A NEED? IS IT IMPORTANT TO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THERE, ARE WE REALLY DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY PROLONGING? OR MAYBE EVEN PUSHING US BACK LATER, IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING OR NOT DOING IT'S ABOUT, DOES THE CITY NEED IT? DO THE RESIDENTS NEED IT? IT GOES BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT GOES BACK TO, UM, A WAY OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT THEIR COMMUTE TO BE FIVE MINUTES OR DO WE WANT THEIR COMMUTE TO BE 45 MINUTES ONCE THEY

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UH, WE DO OUR POLLS EVERY YEAR AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM THAT THEY WANT THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WE JUST GOTTA DECIDE WHAT COURSE OF ACTION, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT GIVING YOU ONE VOICE CAUSE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN GIVING THEIR INPUT.

DEFINITELY.

ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EVERY YEAR.

WE ARE ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE HERE.

UH, UPTOWN ROUNDS OUT THE CIP, YOU'LL SEE THE CENTRAL PARK CULTURAL TRAIL ON SLIDE 68.

UH, WE CALL IT UPTOWN AND WE NOW KNOW AS THE BRICK AND MORTAR DISTRICT.

SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO CHANGE THAT FOR WORK SESSION THREE HERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER EXPENDITURES.

AND THEN FINALLY THE RELOCATION OF REAL SIDING, THE LATEST IS UNION PACIFIC WOULD LIKE THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO WAIT ON FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE OVERPASS PORTION.

SO UNTIL THEY SAY THE TWO JUST NEED TO HAPPEN FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE, WE WAIT.

YEAH, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

SLIDE 69 GOING THROUGH OUR DEPOSITION, UH, SLIDE 70.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE AT ALMOST $92 MILLION OF TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT.

UH, OUR PAYMENT IS ABOUT $10 MILLION FOR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT WE, UH, THE VOTERS HAVE PASSED IN NOVEMBER.

YOU'LL SEE THE ANNUAL REDUCTION, UH, THAT WE, WE WORKED PRETTY HARD ON, UH, EARLY ON.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF NEEDS.

SO, UH, THAT PUTS US BACK AT OUR ORIGINAL POSITION.

AND THEN THE ARWA DEBT THAT 71 MILLION AGAIN IS, IS, UH, NOT DEBT PER SE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FLOATING THE BOND, BUT WE'RE RETIRING SOMEONE ELSE'S DEBT.

SO IT DOES COUNT AS PART OF OUR DEPOSITION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK, WAIT, AND TAKE A PAUSE.

UM, BIG, UH, I LOVE THIS SLIDE AS WELL BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DEBT AND THE CITY AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DEBT AND I GET IT, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU HEAR DEBT, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT AND THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT LOOK AT THE CLIP THAT WE WERE PAYING DOWN ON THAT DEBT BALANCE TO YOUR POINT, SCOTT, ON THE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE THEIR 5 MILLION A YEAR UNTIL WE JUST HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH A WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND THEN WE STILL SPENT NEARLY $10 MILLION BRINGING IT DOWN WITHIN ONE YEAR.

SO IT'S YOUR CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO PAY OFF THAT DEBT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE DEBT, IT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO AND YOUR CAPABILITY OF PAYING OFF THAT DEBT.

AND I THINK, UH, KUDOS TO THE FINANCE TEAM AND STAFF ON, ON THAT REDUCTION AND BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH IT.

FLIP INTO SLIDE 72.

UH, THESE ARE ALL THE OTHER SMALL GLASSES OF WATER.

IF YOU WILL.

UH, THESE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE TYPES OF FUNDS IN GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING BEYOND THE ENTERPRISE AND, AND JUST GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.

SO SOME OF THESE WOULD BE CONSIDERED DEBT SERVICE, SOME SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, UH, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE, BUT IT IS YOU LOOK, YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER AREAS OF THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE ALSO DERIVING OUR, OUR FULL BUDGET FROM.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THEN SLIDE 73 FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE TO GET THAT BUDGET DOCUMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY SLIDE 74.

OUR NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSION.

NUMBER THREE IS 2 31.

AFTER WE GET THAT CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, WE'RE DONE ON OUR SIDE.

ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR WORK SESSION NUMBER THREE? YEAH, I THINK FOR ME, JUST THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, POSITIONS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE ALLOCATION OF THE, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST THE PARK MAINTENANCE, UH, CREW LEADER, MAKE IT A PART OF DRILL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISORS.

SO THAT WAY WE ARE ABLE TO ADEQUATE THOSE DOLLARS IN A, IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.

UM, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT TXDOT HAS RELINQUISHED A LOT OF THOSE DUTIES TO US AS A CITY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT POSITION.

I AGREE, LOVE TO SEE THAT THERE.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I REALLY TOUCHED ON.

UH, CAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE TWO KEY POSITIONS THAT WE'RE LACKING.

I EXPRESSED MY APPRECIATION FOR Y'ALL'S HARD WORK AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ALL THE WAY FROM THE VISIONING WORKSHOP WORKSHOP TO THE MAY 1ST MEETING, REALLY GREAT JOB OF LISTENING TO COUNCIL DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK AND WHAT OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES ARE, I THINK BY AND LARGE HALL ENCAPSULATE A LOT OF THAT.

I'VE GOT A FEW COMMENTS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I ALREADY EMAILED PERVEZ AND SCOTT LAST NIGHT AFTER I SPENT TIME GOING THROUGH ALL THESE SLIDES, APPRECIATE ONCE AGAIN, GETTING THEM AHEAD OF TIME.

UH, I GEEKED OUT ON IT LAST NIGHT AND

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SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU YOUR PUBLIC, UH, MY PUBLIC GRATITUDE FOR THAT.

UM, A FEW THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT.

UM, I CERTAINLY, UM, THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RESOS, UH, POINTS WERE WELL TAKEN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.

UM, I HAD ONE, ONE THING LET'S START AT THE VERY TOP WHERE WE HAD AN HOUR CONVERSATION TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, UH, UH, PR UH, IMPROVED PLACE FOR OUR SENIORS.

AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MANY ON THE COUNCIL HAVE, UM, WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT, IT'S JUST KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUNTY, UM, UH, COOPERATION, GRANT FUNDING, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

I TALKED TO LARRY UMPTEEN DIFFERENT TIMES, UH, ABOUT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS, PROBABLY BETWEEN 700 TO $900,000 IN LAND VALUE MAYBE, UH, OVER THERE.

SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP.

AND SO, BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE STEPS TO BE TAKEN.

AND, UM, I JUST LIKE TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOTHING PROPOSED IN THIS INITIAL BUDGET.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ANYTHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT WE COULD DO TO START TACKLING THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

I THINK THERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK HIS NAME IS STEVE BUTLER, RIGHT? THE, THE ARCHITECT, STEVE, UH, YOU KNOW, STEVE, STEVE IS AN ARCHITECT.

UH, HIS JOB IS TO CREATE CONCEPTUAL PLANS AND HE'S CREATED A GOOD ONE, RIGHT? THERE WAS A VERY LARGE FACILITY THAT HE'S DESIGNED, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL, RIGHT? IT, IT NEEDS TO HAVE A FULL PLAN SET WRAPPED AROUND IT AND TURN INTO THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE A BID FOR REAL.

SO WE HAVE A TRUE COST ESTIMATE.

SO I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE PLANS AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE COUNCIL LOOK AT THOSE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A COUNCIL FACILITY OR A CITY FACILITY.

SO IF IT'S NOT LAID OUT APPROPRIATELY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST FOR SENIORS AND YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE SOME MORE COMMUNITY ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE.

AND THEN TAKE THAT TO A DESIGN FIRM AND FINISH OUT THAT PLAN SET.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THEN WE USE CBGS OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN THE FUTURE FOR KIDS.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOLID.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE NEXT STEP.

I AGREE.

AND WE EVEN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU SAID IT, EVEN IN YOUR COMMENTS BACK TO THEM, ARE THERE TODAY? I KNOW YOU'VE SAID IT TO ME PREVIOUSLY, UH, THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOO, IN MAKING THAT APPROACH TO THE COUNTY AND MAYBE ALSO GETTING A GRANT FUNDING IS A LOT OF TIMES YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT ENGINEERING PART OF IT DONE, OR AT LEAST A LARGE PART OF IT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK, THAT, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING CONCRETE THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY TELL THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE TODAY.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT MOVES THE BALL.

I, I WOULD RECOMMEND.

AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS ME TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT FROM THE CITY, UH, THAT WE INCORPORATE NOT ONLY THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO THE SENIORS IN THAT LIFT.

SO IF THERE'S DESIGN, UH, TO BE HAD, OR TO BE, TO BE DONE ON STEVEN'S DESIGN, THAT WE, WE PUT A THIRD TOWARD THE COST OF THAT.

SO LET'S JUST SAY IT'S $300,000 DESIGN COSTS THAT WE WOULD PUT IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE BUDGET AND THEN GO TO THE COUNTY AND SAY, WILL YOU PUT IN A THIRD AND GO TO THE SENIORS THAT WE RAISED A THIRD.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT.TO THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING READY, UH, TO ANSWER AND RESPOND TO THEM.

UM, THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UM, I KNOW, UH, BACK IN APRIL, I HAD SENT SCOTT AN EMAIL WITH THE SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE GO THROUGH ON THE VISIONING WORKSHOP.

AND I KNOW HE FORWARDED IT TO Y'ALL AND I KNOW Y'ALL ENJOYED THAT READ, SO THEY COULDN'T DO THAT.

UM, BUT BY AND LARGE, ONCE AGAIN, A LOT OF WHAT I PUT IN MY, WHAT I WAS PROPOSING IS MY VISION AND THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT AS A COUNCIL.

A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INCLUDING, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN THE MAYOR BROUGHT THIS UP ABOUT RAISING THE STANDARD ON THE BALLPARKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT IS ALL A PART OF THAT, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, BEAUTIFICATION,

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THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO I'LL HAMMER OUT TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I'D WANT TO LOOK AT ONE, AND I'M, I'M SEEING HOWARD'S FACE RIGHT NOW.

SO I'LL GO ON.

I'LL GO ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PART.

OH, THEY CUT THE FEED.

SO THERE WAS $155,000.

OH, GOT IT.

AND JANE SHIRTS $155,000 ALLOCATED.

I KNOW IN THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN SINK ONE, IT WAS TWO 50.

WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THOSE NUMBERS? WHERE DO WE KIND OF FINALIZE ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN LAST YEAR WHEN, OR MAYBE IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE LAST HAD A FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT ONE 50 THAT WE HAD IN THERE.

AND WE ENDED UP NOT LIKING THE FIRM THAT ULTIMATELY WAS RECOMMENDED.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE.

SO I STAND BY THAT AND THEREFORE WE DIDN'T SPEND THE, SPEND THE DOLLARS.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS IN THE PAST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING A SOLID FROM DOING IT.

I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS THOUGH, ABOUT BULKING UP THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY KNOW OUR CITY.

AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT, BUT HOW DO WE LAND ON THAT 1 55? DO WE FEEL LIKE, AND I'D CERTAINLY LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

HOWARD, DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD REALLY GET THE TIER FIRM? WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE GOLD STANDARD.

WE WANT GOLD STANDARD CONSULTANTS.

WE WANT GOLD STANDARD CONTRACTORS.

DOES THAT, DOES THAT MEET THAT EXPECTATION? HOWARD, I WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT.

UH, SORRY.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT? GO AHEAD, HOWARD.

UM, UH, I'M STILL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE 150,000.

I GUESS MAYBE YOU MISSED THE REST.

I, UM, I'M SURE WE CAN GET A ONE FOR 150,000 HECK WE PROBABLY GET ONE FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

UH, WE CAN PROBABLY GET ONE FOR 50,000.

I'M SURE SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE THAT MONEY TOO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GO.

YEAH, SCOTT, WE PAY HIM, HE'LL DO IT ON THE SIDE, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GOLD STANDARD OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE AND, AND, AND GET TO AS A CITY AND GETTING A FIRM, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, GOLD STANDARD CONSULTANT, GOLD STANDARD OF CONTRACTORS.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE A GOLD STANDARD HERE WITHIN CITY STAFF.

DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT GETS US THERE? ARE WE HANGING AROUND THE BOTTOM RUNG AND THEREFORE WE'LL GET THE BOTTOM RUNG OF CONSULTANTS IN THE SAME POSITION.

WE WERE THE OTHER TIME WHERE WE'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE FIRM THAT ULTIMATELY COMES FORWARD.

SO, I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO HALVES TO THAT, I GUESS.

UM, I CAN'T STATE THAT.

THERE'S AN ANSWER EMPIRICALLY THAT I CAN GIVE YOU WHETHER OR NOT THE, THE ANSWER IS YES OR NO.

YOU'LL GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

IF YOU BUDGET $300,000, SOMEBODY WILL DO A PLAN FOR $300,000.

BUT I THINK WE CAN GET A VERY QUALITY PLAN IF IT'S WELL, PROJECT MANAGED, UM, FOR $150,000.

THAT WAS MY EXPECTATION TWO YEARS AGO.

AND IT'S, IT'S STILL MY EXPECTATION.

NOW YOU CAN SPEND MORE AND YOU CAN GET MORE.

THE QUESTION BECOMES THE EFFICACY BETWEEN SPENDING MORE AND HOW MUCH DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED, UM, THAT UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS JUST EFFECTIVELY SORT OF, IT'S A PHASE ONE.

I MEAN, IF, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO BE PROACTIVE, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF DEVELOPMENT, RATHER THAN HAVING TO REACT TO IT, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES TO TOWN, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUALLY PUT TOGETHER, UH, PLANS LIKE THIS YEAR ON YEAR, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP, BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS JUST GOING TO ALERT YOU TO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD.

I MEAN, TELL YOU WITHOUT QUESTION NEXT YEAR, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ASKING FOR A CODE REWRITE.

THE CODE REWRITE WILL GO ALONG WITH THE, UH, EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK A QUALITY CODE REWRITE THE STUDIO THAT BUDA JUST HAD DONE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THEY PAID RIGHT AROUND 55 OR $60,000 FOR, SO THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD BE FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.

SO THOSE TWO TOGETHER PUT US OVER 200.

IS THAT IT? NOPE.

THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO IT.

KYLE IS SO LARGE NOW 35 SQUARE MILES WITHIN OUR CORPORATE BOUNDARIES, THAT 85 SQUARE MILES IN THE ETJ, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SPECIAL AREA PLANS.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED PLANS THAT ADDRESS THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT DOWN BUNTON, WHICH TODAY ARE NOT RIGHT AT ALL FOR THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT FORWARD NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER AS THAT'S GOING TO RELATE TO THE REST OF TILE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THERE, IT'S GOING OUT WINDY HILL TO 2001.

IT'S, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S ON UPTOWN.

UH, IT'S THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.

WE HAVE A LOT OF AREA NOW AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN A ONE SIZE PLAN.

WON'T FIT ALL THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ITS GENERALITY.

YES, WE CAN GET A QUALITY PLAN THAT WILL SERVE US WELL FOR THE NEXT

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FIVE YEARS FOR $150,000.

BUT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AFTER THAT.

THAT'S BEEN MY EXPECTATION EVERY TIME THAT I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.

SO JUST REAL QUICK, HOWARD, JUST ONE REAL QUICK QUESTION.

SO, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, WHAT IS IT, THE UVC REWRITE THAT BUDA DID, THEY DID A COMPLETE OVERHAUL THERE, A REWRITE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS CHANCE BARKS AND LED THAT CHARGE.

UH, DO, UH, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR OUR, UH, CODE IS A COMPLETE REWRITE OR ARE WE DESPERATELY DESPERATELY THE CODE, THE ZONING CODE THAT WE HAVE TODAY? I DON'T FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR AN EMERGENT CITY.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 38,000 WHEN I GOT HERE, IT'S OVER 50 NOW AND WHO KNOWS WHERE IT'S GOING BE FIVE OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU TO DID WHAT'S TERMED A UDL AND UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

AND WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DETAILS, IT BASICALLY TAKES YOUR ZONING AND YOUR SUBDIVISION REGULATION AND MASHES THEM TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE DOCUMENT.

IT'S A LOT EASIER TO FOLLOW FOR MOST FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

UM, THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT KYLE'S GOING TO NEED.

THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE NOW, I DON'T THINK IS NECESSARILY THE BEST ONE FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, THE RATE AT WHICH IT'S DEVELOPING AND THE VARIABILITY IN OUR DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M, UH, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE REWRITE BECAUSE OF OUR, UH, GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD.

I MEAN, I, NOBODY EVER SAW THIS COMING.

SO, UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT 1 54, THE COMPLETE REWRITE, OR ARE WE JUST DOING AMENDMENTS THROUGH IT? NO, THE HUNDRED AND $50,000 IS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THAT WILL BE A COMPLETELY NEW PLAN.

WE ARE NOT TAKING THE 2010 PLAN AND COMMIT THE 2010 PLAN WAS APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME, BUT THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND WE NEED TO DO A SIGNIFICANT REEVALUATION OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE'VE GROWN AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE 20 YEARS FROM NOW OR 25 YEARS FROM NOW AND START MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

ONCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT WE NEED A ZONING CODE THAT LINES UP WITH THOSE IDEALS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ZONING CODE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2003 AND HAS HAD A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS OVER THE PAST, WHATEVER 17, 18 YEARS, UM, IS ALSO GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED JUST AS WELL.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ZONING CODE UNTIL THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TELLS US WHAT DIRECTION IN WHICH WE'RE MOVING.

SO THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSECUTIVE $150,000 FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022, AND IMMEDIATELY ON THE HEELS OF THAT WILL BE A REWRITE OF THE ZONING AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

UM, FOR WHAT I EXPECT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 60 TO 65,000.

I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE WERE, UH, STARTING FROM SCRATCH WHEN WE DO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE WE'VE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHICH WE WERE GOING FOR THE ONE 50.

THANK YOU, HOWARD.

NO QUESTION.

CAN'T BE ARGUED THAT IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE A COMPLETELY NEW DOCUMENT.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE AS WELL? JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE TO DO, TO FUND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE CODE REWRITE IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, COULD THAT BE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE SAME YEAR? SO IT, THAT WOULD BE NOT NECESSARILY, I WOULD PROBABLY DO.

I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.

AND I HAVE A, I HAVE A REALLY GOOD EXPECTATION THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO TAKE A SOLID 12 TO 14 MONTHS.

UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIMIT, OR, OR, OR PLACE A REQUIREMENT ON THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY OF A FISCAL YEAR.

MEANING I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO SAY, LOOK, COMP PLAN NEEDS TO BE DONE NO LATER THAN JUNE ONE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO AN ENTIRE CODE REWRITE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30.

SO IT ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE AND PUT ARBITRARY DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FREEDOM, THE ABILITY TO, UM, TO HAVE THE, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET IT COMPLETE.

AND THEN AS WELL, THEN WORK ON THE UDL AFTER THAT.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUT TO BITE IN ONE FISCAL YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STRETCH THAT OVER TO, UH, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT NOT HAVING TO BE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER.

TOTALLY.

THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT PARTICULAR POINT.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO MY NEXT ONE, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS CAUGHT PLAN GOING ONCE GOING TWICE SALT.

SUPPORT AND HELPING WITH THE DIALOGUES FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS THAT NOW, OR THREE OF THEM PER YEAR.

NEXT, UH, NEXT ONE HERE IS, UH, I'LL BE BRINGING SAMANTHA IN ON THIS.

SO I DID APPRECIATE, UH, YOU PUT IN THE, THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, UH, NO COSTS, UH, ADDITIONAL INCREASE TO THE CITY.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, SIR, THEY HAVE APPRECIATED, UH, COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND STAFF'S TREMENDOUS

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AND SO THAT'S GONE A STRONG WAY.

SO NOW THAT IT BEING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, THERE'S BEEN CELEBRATIONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS VIEWED IN SAN MARCOS AND I'M BRINGING SAMANTHA UP BECAUSE SHE WAS THE LIAISON.

IF I'M CORRECT IN SAN MARCOS AT ONE POINT, NO, NO, ACTUALLY I WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION.

I'LL PUT THAT OUT FRONT, BUT JUST IN LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE TYPES OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DONE FOR CITIES AND THE COST CITIES PAY, YOU'RE TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE $15,000 MARK PER MONTH, UH, FOR FEDERAL OR STATE LOBBYING.

THAT YOU'RE, THAT'S STILL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE THERE.

SO, UM, I KNOW A LARGE PART OF THAT IS THAT, THAT THAT WAS A NON-PROFIT THAT WAS DOING A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.

AND THEN THE CITY WOULD COME IN WITH, UM, EITHER IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, WAIVING MAINTENANCE FEES, WAVING SECURITY FEES, WHERE YOU BEING LOCATION FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHERE I'M ULTIMATELY GETTING IT.

AND I HAVE A PLAN, A AND A PLAN B PLAN A IS THE CITY HOSTS, A JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL.

UH, AND OBVIOUSLY, AND I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT THIS AND BELIEVE SCOTT AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS, A LARGE PART OF THAT IS HAVING A GROUP COME IN AND DO A LARGE PART OF THAT HEAVY LIFTING AND IN THE CITY FILLS IN THE HOLES.

CORRECT.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SAN MARCUS? YES.

SO IN SAN MARCUS, THE, THERE ARE, UH, IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HOST THE DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR JUNETEENTH.

AND YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE CITY OF THE CITY'S ROLE IS REALLY HELPING WITH THOSE IN KIND AND, AND OFFERING REDUCTION IN FEES.

BUT THEY REALLY DON'T PLAY A PART IN THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED SINCE I'VE LEFT, BUT THEY DON'T PLAY A PART IN THE PROGRAMMING OR EVEN PROMOTION OF THE EVENTS.

FAIR.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE.

I'M THINKING, I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PUBLIC CAUSE I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT THE CITY DOING THIS.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY OF ST.

MARCOS THAT LED THAT, OR EVEN WHAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN BUDA THIS YEAR.

IT IS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMING TOGETHER AND DOING A LOT OF THAT HEAVY LIFTING AND IN THE CITY, UH, SUPPLEMENTING IN WAYS TYPICALLY, AND WITH IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BUDGET SESSION, IF WE COULD TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT COST PARAMETERS THOSE LOOK LIKE, LIKE MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT SAN MARCOS AND BUDA AND SEE WHAT THOSE, UH, IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MOUNTED TO, AND JUST GET A, GET AN IDEA OF THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING ULTIMATELY, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE ON OR NOT.

UM, MY PLAN B WAS WE DO HAVE THE MARKET DAYS AND THEY RUN THROUGH THE SUMMER AND RIGHT NOW ARE THEY THEMED IN ANY WAY? AND SO MY PLAN B I DO WAS HAVING THE JUNE MARKET DAYS THEMED AS JUNETEENTH AND MAKE IT WHAT WE CAN AS IT IS A THIRD WEEKEND, A SECOND WEEK, FIRST WEEK, SECOND WEEKEND, MAYBE THE JUNE ONE GETS MOVED CLOSER TO THE JUNETEENTH DATE AND IT'S STILL THE MARKET DAYS THAT WOULD REGULARLY HAPPEN, BUT IT'S THEMED.

AND THEN THERE'S STILL A GROUP.

THEY WOULD COME IN A NONPROFIT OR SUMMIT ORGANIZATION TO COME IN AND HELP FACILITATE AND ADVISE ON ANY ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT WOULD, THAT'S THE PLAN B IDEA.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.

SO COUNCIL COULD HEAR THAT AND GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM STAFF, UM, CAUSE I'M SURE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

I THINK WHAT THEM IS, THE THEME, THIS, THE SQUEEZEBOX, THE SQUEEZE BOX IS THE VERY LAST ONE.

IT'S CLOSER TO, UM, SPANISH HERITAGE MONTH.

UM, SO THEY FOCUS ON THE ACCORDION MUSIC.

SO THAT WAY THIS YEAR WOULD BE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.

WE WERE TO DO SOME, FOR, TO TINKER.

WE'RE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING FOR A SQUEEZE BOX.

UM, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD WEEKEND TO DO IT.

SO WE REALLY LIKED THAT IDEA, BUT MICHELLE AND STACY HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING SIMILAR.

OKAY, COOL.

AWESOME.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, SO THEY'VE COUNSELOR HAS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT I, I APPRECIATE GETTING THAT, UH, CONVERSATION GOING.

THE FINAL ITEM I HAD TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON IT.

THE CON THE CONSULTANT FOR THE $300,000 FOR THE, UM, WHAT IS IT? THE LOBBYISTS, YES.

WHERE IT WAS ESCAPING ME.

UH, HOW DO WE KIND OF LAND ON THAT FIGURE? I KNOW EARLIER IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS, WHEN YOU INITIALLY MENTIONED IT, I WAS GOING TO WAIT TO ASK YOU, YOU SAID IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH TWO FIRMS. COULD YOU KIND OF FILL IN SOME MORE GAPS WITH THAT? TELL US WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

TELL US ABOUT THE TWO FIRMS, WHY IT WOULD BE THAT? SURE.

SO THE FIRMS HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED,

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AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE A FIRM IDENTIFIED FOR THE FEDERAL SOURCES OF FUNDING AND THEN A SEPARATE ONE IDENTIFIED FOR STATE SOURCES.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE DREW THAT NUMBER FROM THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAH.

PER SO WE'RE OUR, OUR HOPE IS TO, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE WELL AND GET IT TO THAT 300 MARK FOR BOTH THERE ARE TWO FIRMS, THERE'S A FEDERAL FRAUD.

AND THEN THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THE STATE.

THAT'S THE STATE.

FIRM'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE LESS, UH, JUST IN OUR EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WHAT WAS IT? TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, IT WAS AROUND $50,000.

INITIALLY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, WE WERE LOOKING AT A STATE FIRM WE'RE WE ARE, WE'RE NOT, WE JUST THREW A NUMBER.

WE THREW A PLUG NUMBER.

WE HADN'T DONE OUR RESEARCH BASICALLY.

SO, SO NOW WE'VE DONE IT.

ALL WE HAD THAT SAN MARCUS WAS DOING 300,000 BACK THEN WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO START WITH SOMETHING.

SO THE 300,000 REALLY WAS A BENCHMARK AGAINST SAN MARCO.

SO WHAT THEIR BUDGET WAS, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM INITIALLY.

BUT 50 WAS NOT A BENCHMARK.

IT WAS JUST A NUMBER.

WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET IT IN THE BUDGET TO GET IT STARTED.

I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW, GUYS.

YEAH, WE'LL STAY AROUND FOR A WHILE LONGER.

HOLD ON.

ANY NEW BUSINESS? NO, SIR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU, STAFF.