[1. Call to Order ]
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GOOD EVEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 6TH. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A SESSION
[2. Citizens’ Input ]
IN THE WORK. OUR FIRST ITEM IS CITIZENS' INPUT. COUNCIL WILL BE TAKING COMMENTS BY ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE TWO REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS. THE FIRST IS MARK TACHAK FOLLOWED BY MARK HULSE. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.>> COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW LIGHTING ORDINANCE REWRITE. COUNCIL APPROVED THIS BACK IN LATE JULY OR AUGUST OF 2025, I BELIEVE.
ON AUGUST THE 6TH, 2025, DEREK HALL GAVE A PRESENTATION ON LIGHTING STANDARDS TO THE COUNCIL.
ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, COUNCIL DISCUSSED AMENDMENTS TO THE NEW ORDINANCE IN A WORK SESSION. ON JANUARY 5TH, 2026, DARRYL HALL PRESENTED A LIGHTING STANDARDS COMPARISON ANALYSIS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CITIES. JANUARY 13TH, 2026, I HAD AN IN-OFFICE WITH DEREK, HIS OFFICE, WITH THE CITY, WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FELLOWS. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE.
IT'S NOW APRIL 2026, SIX TO NINE MONTHS LATER, AND THE CITY IS NOWHERE WITH THIS ISSUE OR UPDATES.
DOES THIS REALLY TAKE SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THIS? I HAVE ALSO TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER, MR. HALL, ABOUT A -- IT'S A COBBLESTONE BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE ON HERITAGE PARKWAY.
THIS IS SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. SAFETY RAILINGS ARE MISSING.
THE ELDERLY LADY THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR WOULD LIKE THAT FIXED.
THE SIDEWALKS HAVE GOT A SIX TO EIGHT-INCH DROP IN THEM.
AND NOTHING'S EVER BEEN DONE. THANK YOUMENT
>> THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVE HULL.
>> DAVE HULL, ROWLETT. YOU HAVE HAD AN INTERNL CONTROL WEAKNESS FOR AT LEAST THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
WHEN I PLACED THE GREEN CONTAINER AT PADDLE POINT PARK I SAW THE CITY WAS BEING DOUBLE BILLED.
I BROUGHT THIS TO BRIAN'S ATTENTION AND EXPERIENCED AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY EVER SINCE.
IN 2017, THE MAYOR CAME TO ME AND SAID, QUOTE, "DAVE, YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB BRINGING GOOD THINGS TO THE CITY.
WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AT PADDLE POINT PARK.
AS A REWARD, WE'RE GOING TO FIX PADDLE POINT PARK FOR YOU.
BY THE WAY, WE WANT TO ISSUE MORE CAPITAL PROJECT BONDS, BUT THE VOTERS WON'T APPROVE NEW BONDS AND PROJECTS UNTIL WE SPEND SOME OF THE PRIOR CAPITAL PROJECT BOND MONEY.
YOUR PADDLE POINT PROJECT IS AN EASY ONE AND WILL LET US CONVINCE THE RESIDENTS TO APPROVE NEW BOND PROJECTS." NOW YOU HAVE THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL LIST OF INCOMPLETE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT IS THE MILLER ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. A 2.8 MILLION PROJECT THAT IS UB UNFUNDED AND NOT APPROVED IN ITS CURRENT FORM BY THE CITY COUNCIL YET. THIS IS AN INTERNAL CONTROL FAILURE FROM AN ORGANIZATION WITH MATERIAL INTERNAL CONTROL WEAKNESSES. IT'S A CITY COUNCIL WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS AND CAPITAL BUDGETS. THREE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TO TIME TO DESCRIBE ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THIS LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. I'LL TRY AND STAY THROUGH YOUR DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM. I WOULD HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL ASK FOR MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON SOME OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAS OFFERED A PARKS EVALUATION SYSTEM WHICH INVOLVES THE RESIDENT, STAFF AND PARK ADVISORY BOARD AT LEAST TO RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PARKS CAPITAL BUDGET.
THIS IS A BETTER SYSTEM THAN WE USE TODAY.
I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE PARK ADVISE ARE IRY BOARD AND EVERYBODY ELSE. NONE OF YOU HAVE RESPONDED, HAVEN'T EVEN RETURNED MY PHONE CALLS.
LET'S LOOK AT A POSITIVE. IF YOU WERE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THIS LIST OF INCOMPLETE CAPITAL PROJECTS, THIS IS THE BEST PRESENTATION I HAVE SEEN IN THE TWO DECADES I HAVE LIVED HERE. THERE ARE MISTAKES AND PROBLEMS IN THIS LIST, BUT IT GIVES A RESPONSIBLE COUNCIL A PLACE TO BEGIN. IF YOU FIND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OCCURRING WITH THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE BOTH CURRENT AND PAST.
THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[3.A. Update regarding the Rowlett Community Centre Facility Condition Assessment Report. ]
OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA THIS EVENING.ITEM 3A UPDATE REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CENTER ASSESSMENT
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REPORT. BRIAN MULLENS.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. CITY MANAGEMENT.
RYAN MULLENS, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION HERE TO GIVE A REPORT ON THE FACILITY CONDITION WE HAD AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER. IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE BACKGROUND ON THE FACILITY, OPEN IN 1996.
THAT WAS ROUGHLY 33,000 SQUARE FEET.
EXPANDED IN 2005 WITH ANOTHER 16,000 SQUARE FEET.
CURRENTLY AROUND 50,000 SQUARE FEET, TWO BASKETBALL GYMS, RACKETBALL, INDOOR COURT, FITNESS ROOMS. THOSE NUMBERS DOWN HERE, WE HAD ABOUT 86,000 ANNUAL PASS.
THOSE ARE MEMBERS WHO COME IN AND SWIPE THEIR PASSES.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON DAILY VISITS.
ABOUT 150,000 ANNUAL VISITS TO THIS FACILITY AND WE LEARNED THIS LAST GO AROUND FOR EARLY VOTING, 6900 PEOPLE VOTE AT THE FACILITY WITH 1500 ON THAT FRONT FRIDAY THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. THE BACKGROUND.
WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE CENTER, SOME THINGS WE WERE NOTICING THAT NEEDED SOME EITHER REMEDIAL WORK OR SOME EXPLORING BECAUSE OF THE AGING OF THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE: OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, I WAS HERE AND GAVE A PRESENTATION OF SOME IDEAS AND THOUGHTS WE HAD. FROM THAT MEETING, IT WAS DETERMINED TO GET A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT FROM A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT. WE HIRED TERRA CON CONSULTANTS AND THEY STARTED IN NOVEMBER AND FAVE US A FINAL REPORT IN THE FIRST PART OF JANUARY. THE ASSESSMENT FINDINGS AND WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY. IT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME KEY METRICS AND TELL US THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX WHICH IS A COST OF NEEDED REPAIRS VERSUS REPLACEMENT OF THE FACILITY.
AND THEN THE BUILDING CONDITION INDEX, WHICH IS BASICALLY ASSESSING THE BUILDING COMPONENTS, SO THINK OF IT AS SORT OF THE COST TO REPAIR VERSUS NEW FOR THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND THEN WHAT'S THE HEALTH OVERALL RUNNING CONDITION OF THE REBUILDING FOR THE BUILDING CONDITION INDEX.
THIS GAVE US A LIST OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS, TEN-YEAR CAPITAL -- TEN-YEAR ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FORECASTED AND TEN-YEAR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FORECAST.
THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX FOR THE BUILDING YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THERE IN THE BOTTOM AROUND 96 OVERALL.
GOT A 95 FOR THE ORIGINAL BUILDING.
WE'RE STILL IN THAT GOOD RANGE. IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, PLEASE
OTHER BACK. ORIGINAL BUILDING -- THE TERRA CON BROKE THE SITE UP INTO ORIGINAL BUILDING, THE WEST ADDITION AND THE SITE, THE OUTSIDE OVERALL SITE CONDITIONS.
>> THANK YOU. >> SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT IN THE BCI COLUMN, YELLOW AND RED. ALL OF THOSE ARE BELOW SIXTY.
>> FOR THEIR RANGE, THE BCI IS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE COMPARATIVE FOR THOSE.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE RANGE FOR THE FACILITY INDEX.
IN THE BCI RANGE, WE'RE IN THAT 35 TO 70% WHICH THEY CONSIDER IS FAIR CONDITION. THE BCI WILL BE MORE OF THE HOW WELL THE BUILDING IS PERFORMING OR THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX IS BASICALLY WHAT DOES IT COST TO REPAIR THE STUFF YOU NEED TO REPAIR AND TO BUILD NEW? IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CAR AND YOU HAVE SOME DAMAGE TO YOUR CAR, WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO REPAIR THAT. ALSO THE BCI WILL BE -- IS THAT CAR IN GOOD RUNNING CONDITION? WHAT'S GOING TO BREAK DOWN IN THE FUTURE? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE HAD, 345,413 DOLLARS IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEM, IT SAYS CURRENTLY CRITICAL.
THAT BASICALLY MEANS SAYING ON THEIR WAY OUT.
POTENTIALLY CRITICAL GOING TO MEAN THEY'LL BE NEXT.
NONE WAS IN THE LIVE SAFETY CATEGORY.
49,260 IN AGE BASED COMPONENTS WAS NEGATIVE SERVICE LIFE.
KIND OF BREAK THOSE DOWN FOR YOU HERE.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS, HBAC CONTROLS, ROOFING ISSUES, SITE DEVELOPMENT, EXTERIOR WALLS, FLOORING, CONSTRUCTION, PAVING, ELECTRICAL WIRING. I'LL GO THROUGH THESE HERE.
>> HOW MUCH IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE?
>> DEFERRED MAINTENANCE -- >> WHETHER AN ARE YOU SAYING
HERE? >> IT'S STUFF WE SHOULD HAVE DONE BUT YOU DIDN'T DO. FIXING THINGS.
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WE ALL HAVE IT IN OUR HOMES. WE HAVE IT IN A BUILDING.SO REALLY THIS NUMBER WASN'T THAT LARGE FOR ME.
NOT THAT BAD COMPARED TO WHAT IT COULD BE.
>> MY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, YOU SHOW WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE BUDGET ARE FOR THESE.
DID WE NOT BUDGET FOR THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE AND HAVE
THESE IN OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET? >> WE HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE
MAINTENANCE OF THIS BUILDING. >> THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WAS THAT NO, WE DID NOT HAVE A MAINTENANCE ITEM FOR ALL THIS
>> WE HAVE SOME FUNDS BUDGETED FOR MAINTENANCE JUST NOT THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARD OF THE BUILDING.
>> CORRECT. >> THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS ON
IT THAT ARE NOT EXPENSIVE. >> THEY DON'T HAVE -- THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUILDING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GYM FLOOR. THIS ISN'T GYM FLOOR.
THIS IS ENVELOPE ISSUES. >> IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE. WE JUST -- IT WAS SUBSTANDARD.
>> WE DIDN'T FOCUS ON THESE ITEMS.
>> MY ISSUE IS IF WE DON'T GIVE IT ATTENTION, THEN IT'S GOING TO
GET WORSE AS IT GOES. >> CASE IN IT POINT WOULD BE WET ZONE BEFORE WE DID THE RENOVATION.
THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR WAS $30,000.
WAY UNDER WHAT WAS NEEDED TO KEEP IT.
>> I THINK THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT WE HAD A RECREATION STAFF THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THEIR NEEDS FOR RECREATION, GYM FLOOR, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY'RE NOT THE ONES TO GIVE US AN OPINION ABOUT THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
IT'S NOT HAVING THE RIGHT EYES ON THE RIGHT PARTS OF THE BILLION. BUILDING.
>> IS CERTAINLY BREAK ALL OF THIS DOWN IN THE NEXT ONE.
THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, HBAC CONTROL, JUST NOT HAVE CENTRAL CONTROLS. WE HAVE A CLUSTER OF THERMOSTATS IN THE WALL LIKE WE DO AT HOME. WHAT YOU'LL FIND WITH THIS IS THAT YOU CAN'T SET THE TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING WITHOUT GOING TO EACH ONE OF THESE.
PEOPLE MANIPULATE THEM. CENTRAL PATROL WILL ALLOW YOU TO KEEP THOSE TEMPERATURES SET BUT ALSO THOSE DAYS WHERE IT'S REALLY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON BUT IT'S REALLY COLD THE NEXT MORNING, WITHOUT THIS, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER TO GO SET IT BACK TO MAYBE HEAT IN THE MORNING, YOU WALK INTO A COLD BUILDING AND WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT MAY FIGHT EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCE INSIDE TEMPERATURE. CENTRAL CONTROL LOOKING AT ALL OF IT, SETTING THE PARAMETERS FOR EVERYTHING BUT HELP WITH THAT. WE HAVE HUMIDITY ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
THIS WOULD ALSO HELP CURB THOSE. THE ROOFING THAT THEY FOUND IS OVER THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND THE WEIGHT FACILITY.
SITE DEVELOPMENT HERE IS TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES. IF YOU CAN SEE IN THAT SECOND PICTURE ON THE TOP FROM THE LEFT.
WHERE THE GROUND IS SLOPING BACK SO FROM THOSE DRAINS, THE WATER'S GOING BACK TOWARDS THE BUILDING INSTEAD OF SLOPING AWAY. OVER TIME THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN OF THE RETAINING WALL. THE CAP ON THE RETAINING WALL FELL TO ALLOW WATER PENETRATION THERE.
THAT HAVE CORRODED THE METAL TIES THAT WERE HOLDING UP THE VENEER WHICH FAILED A FEW YEARS AGO.
>> DO WE KNOW ALL THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING, HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD THE ROOF REPLACED OR FIXED, REPAIRED?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
>> DOES THE ROOF DAMAGE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT BASED ON WATER INFILTRATION COMING INTO THE BUILDING?
IS THAT THE KIND OF THE -- >> SOME PENETRATION.
>> THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. >> WE HAVE SOME HAIR LINE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE STUCCO FINISHES OF THE BUILDING.
SOME OF THAT IS EXPLORATORY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND IT UNTIL YOU GET IN THERE. WE HAVE HAD SOME WATER PENETRATION HERE AND THERE. EXTERIOR STAIRS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DECKING OUTSIDE OF THE ABC ROOMS IS THAT RECYCLED PLASTIC, GREAT MATERIAL BUT THE STAIRS GO DOWN ARE WOOD.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PATIO DECK THAT'S WOOD.
REPLACING THAT STUFF BECAUSE IT'S AT THE END OF ITS LIFE.
THIS IS THE WET PATIO. YOU HAVE SOME WATER PENETRATION.
THIS IS SOME STORAGE AREAS BELOW THE BUILDING, BELOW SOME DECKING WHERE THE WATER'S COMING IN. THIS WOOD ON THE FAR LEFT IS STORAGE UNDERNEATH IT BUT IT'S OPEN.
WATER PENETRATION GOES AND THERE'S NO DRAINAGE.
SITE DEVELOPMENT, PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENT.
THIS IS STUFF YOU'LL HAVE OVER TIME.
JUST SOME UPHEAVAL OF THE SIDEWALKS.
SOME ELECTRICAL CONDUIT REPAIRS. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS FAIRLY SIMPLE. THE 49,260.
THIS MEANS IS OUR HVAC DUCT WORK HAS MET THE END OF ITS LIFE OF THIRTY YEARS AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S BAD.
SOMETHING TO EXPLORE. THE TEN-YEAR FORECAST FOR THE FACILITY NEEDS IDENTIFY $5 MILLION FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS $73,000 PER YEAR FOR ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WITH INFLATION OF 3% PER YEAR COMES UP WITH $837,000. 3.8 IS FOR REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS THA ARE FORECASTED TO REACH THE END OF THEIR USEFUL SERVICE LIFE. A TIMEFRAME OF SUPPOSED TO LAST
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TEN YEARS. THE TEN YEARS IS COME UP.DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ALL THAT STUFF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT IT THAT IT'S MEETING THE END OF ITS SERVICE LIFE. THAT 345,000 IS THE CURRENT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS. LOOKING AT THAT TEN-YEAR FORECAST, I GROUPED EVERYTHING INTO CATEGORIES TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS OVER THAT TEN YEARS. EXTERIOR WALLS AND ROOFING, THE PARTITIONS, A BIG PART OF THAT IS THE PARTITIONS AND THE ABC SPACEINGS WE HAVE, THE PARTY ROOM WHERE THOSE REMOVABLE WALLS ARE COMING IN AND OUT. THOSE THINGS HAVE STARTED -- REACHED THE END OF THEIR LIFE. THEY'RE BEING WORN PRETTY GOOD.
JUST PUT IN ORDER TO GET YOU AN IDEA OF THE TEN YEARS WHAT THOSE ARE. THE TEN-YEAR FORECAST IS A LARGE
DIAGRAM. >> HVAC, OVER THOSE TEN YEARS, WE'LL HAVE SOME HVAC EQUIPMENT THAT IS AGING OUT, AGAIN A LOT OF THE STUFF IS AGING OUT, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT FULLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT ONE OF THE THINGS COMING UP WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SAFETY EQUIPMENT IS YOUR STROBE LIGHTS, YOUR FIRE POLES, SMOKE DETECTORS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. SITE DEVELOPMENT IS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THEY FILL PARKING LOT, PARKING LOT LIGHTS, STRIEMG STRIPING. IF WE DO NOTHING, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE FCI, THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX, STARTS TO GO DOWN OVER TIME. YOU SEE WHERE IT'S MEETING -- WE'RE FALLING INTO THE YELLOW, ORANGE AND THE RED FOR THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. THAT'S BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL BUILDING BEING 1996, YOU'RE GETTING A 30 YEARS, 30, 40 YEARS AFTER THAT POINT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE THINGS THAT ARE AGING OUT IN PLACE IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF
FOUNDATION? >> DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT WAS REMOTELY WRONG WITH THE FOUNDATION.
IN THE REPORT IT WAS SLAB ON GRADE FOUND AGSZ AND THEY SEEMED TO THINK IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION.
ALSO WITH THE REPORT TODAY, GIVE YOU SOME OPPORTUNITIES OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THE FACILITY, SOME THINGS WE LOOKED AT.
THE HARDWOOD FLOORING. IT WOULD BE WRAPPED UP IN THAT TEN YEARS. A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL SAY, HARDWOOD FLOORING WILL LAST YOU SO MANY YEARS.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON ON IT. IT WOULD NICE TO GET TWENTY YEARS. IF YOU USE IT A LOT, YOU AREN'T
GOING TO GET TWENTY YEARS. >> THAT'S THE COURTS.
HARDWOOD IS THE COURTS. >> BASKETBALL COURTS.
>> WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THE INTERIOR FINISHES?
>> THAT'S NOT -- 3.8 MILLION FOR TEN YEARS FOR THE CAPITAL, YES, THAT IS INSIDE OF THERE. BASICALLY IT'S SAYING OVER THAT TIMEFRAME, YOUR HARDWOOD FLOORS ARE GOING WEAR OUT.
IT GOES AS QUICKLY AS YOU USE IT.
>> ON THE TWO SLIDES BACK ON THE INTERIOR FINISHES, THE 1.4 MILLION, IS THAT THE BASKETBALL -- THAT'S PART OF THAT?
>> THAT'S PART OF THAT. >> IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE 200,000? THAT NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT?
200,000 FOR THE GYM. THAT'S A REPLACEMENT OF THE WOOD INSIDE THERE AND WHAT WE NOTICE IS THE LAST TIME THAT THE FLOOR WAS SANDED DOWN AND REFINISHED THAT THE NAIL HEADS WERE COMING THROUGH. YOU'RE AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE ON REFINISHING. SO THE RACKETBALL COURTS AND THE
GROUP EXERCISE ROOM. >> GYM A, IS THAT THE
THIS IS JUST SOME ISSUES WE SEE COMING TO POP UP OVER TIME.
THIS IS ACTUALLY IN GYM B AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING YOU REPAIR AS YOU SAND THAT FLOOR DOWN AND RESTAIN.
>> IS IT STILL IN THAT CONDITION RIGHT NOW?
>> WE'VE HAD SOME QUOTES COMING IN.
YES, SIR. BASKETBALL COURTS, SOME REPLACEMENT, CURRENTLY STAFF IS HAVING TO GET OUT A LADDER AND HANG A LOWER BASKETBALL BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT AGE-GROUPS WILL HAVE LOWER HEIGHTS. THIS IS REPLACING BACK BOARDS WITH ONE TO TWO GO UP AND DOWN WITH A CRANE.
REPLACING GYM PADDING, SCOREBOARDS.
>> IN THE PAST THE SCOREBOARDS WERE DONE BY HASCO.
>> IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CURRENT ONES WE HAVE WERE DONE WITH A CONTRACT.
WE CURRENTLY USED PEPSI FOR AM SOME OF OUR DRINKS.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT. >> I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE DOING BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE ALL RIGHTS TO ALL THE DRINKS AND STUFF IN THERE SO THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THIS SCOREBOARD AND SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THOSE DRINK CONTRACTS HAVE DRIED UP OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN. SOME PLACES ARE STILL USING THEM. ESPECIALLY IT DEPENDS ON YOUR VOLUME LEVEL OF SALES. FLOORING, REPLACE CURRENT DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND BOTTLE FILLERS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
REST ROOM LOCKERS, YOU NOTICE, WE'VE GOT A MISMATCH OF FAUCETS IN THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE TOUCH-FREE FAUCETS.
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THESE ARE IDEAS TO MODERNIZE THE FACILITY.TOUCH-FREE FAUCETS WOULD ALLOW THE USAGE WHEN SOMEONE'S THERE, YOU CAN'T TURN IT ON AND WALK AWAY WHICH WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN A
FEW TIMES. >> I SEE THAT ALL THE TIME.
>> I'VE GONE THERE WELL BEFORE TO SHUT THE WATER OFF.
LOCKERS ON THE LEFT, JUST DATED LOCKERS.
LOOKING AT REPLACING THOSE WITH DAY USE LOCKERS WHERE YOU TYPE IN A CODE, DIGITAL LOCKERS, TYPE IN A CODE, ONE-TIME USE.
P.A. SYSTEM, CURRENTLY THE FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE A BUILDING-WIDE P.A. SYSTEM. MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS, EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR CLOSURES, LOST AND FOUND OR JUST COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEMBERS, BACKGROUND MUSIC AS WELL.
>> I THOUGHT WE ALREADY APPROVED THAT.
>> WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT. >> WHO SELECTS THE PLAY LIST FOR
>> SECURITY CAMERAS, WE HAD SECURITY CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. BUT THIS IS ADDING SOME OF THOSE
PLACES WHERE WE'RE MISSING GAPS. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECURITY CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOT, DO WE?
>> NO, SIR. AUDIOVISUAL COMPONENTS.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN TO A MEETING, A CHAMBER MEETING, AND THOSE ABC ROOMS, SO REPLACING THAT DATED PROJECTER SYSTEM WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE MODERN, TV SYSTEM, ADDING SOME TVS IN THE BACK SO EVERYONE CAN SEE. THE UPDATING THE SOUND SYSTEM.
DOORS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. THE WOOD DOORS HAVE BEEN STAINED FROM USAGE, AND DINGS AND CHIPS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DOORS THERE JUST HAND PRINTS ON IT. NO ONE EVER PUTS THEIR HAND DIRECTLY ON THE STEEL PLATE THAT'S THERE.
WEIGHT ROOM. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THE WEIGHT ROOM FACILITY THERE. THE HUMIDITY IS CAUSED THAT EQUIPMENT TO RUST. WE'VE GOT SOME RUST SPOTS ON THOSE COMING. JUST WORN OUT DATED EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING SOME FIXES FOR THE ELLIPTICALS AND TREADMILLS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING DOWN.
NEW CARDIOEQUIPMENT. PIE 16-INCH SCREENS FOR A TIME THERE WITH WEIGHT ROOMS. PUTTING TVS UP.
LOOKING AT HAVING STILL SCREENS AND YOU CAN ATTACH YOUR OWN PHONE TO THE SCREENS. YOU CAN WATCH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO WATCH FROM YOUR PHONE. IF YOU HAD NETFLIX, YOU'D WATCH NETFLIX. IF YOU HAVE HULU, YOU WATCH HULU OR DISNEY +. LOOKING AT NEW EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IN THE FACILITIES WE HAVE A LOT OF ROUND DUMBBELLS.
WHEN YOU DROP A ROUND DUMBBELL IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING.
BUILDING GENERATOR. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE USE IT AS A WARMING CENTER OR COOLING STATION, BRING IN A GENERATOR.
WE'LL STILL HAVE POWER IN THE FACILITY.
WE HAD IT THIS LAST WINTER EPISODE WHERE WE HAD A GENERATOR ON SITE THAT PUBLIC WORKS BROUGHT IN FROM RENTAL AND HAD TURNED IT ON FOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE THERE.
THIS WOULD MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS HAD ONE ON SITE.
AN OPTION HERE WOULD BE CONVERTING ONE OF THE RACQUET BALL COURTS INTO A CARDIOSTRENGTH SPIN ROOM.
SPIN CLASSES AND BIKES ARE POPULAR.
IT'S HARD FINDING AN INSTRUTOR THAT'S CONSISTENT.
YOU PUT SOME BIKES IN THERE THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO PRECANNED WORKOUTS BUILT INTO THE EQUIPMENT THEMSELVES.
DO THEIR SPIN CLASSES ON THEIR OWN, WHENEVER THEY FEEL LIKE IT, COME IN. THIS WOULD ALSO BE AN AREA WHERE SOME PEOPLE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO BE ON DISPLAY THIS THE BIG WEIGHT ROOM WHEN THEY'RE DOING CARDIO.
THEY HAVE SOME STRETCHING AREA INSIDE THERE AS WELL.
IT WOULD FREE UP SOME SPACE INSIDE THE WEIGHT ROOM WITH LESS CARDIOEQUIPMENT AND KEEP ONE OF EACH MACHINE IN THERE SO SOME PEOPLE CAN USE THE CARDIOINSIDE THE BIGGER WEIGHT ROOM.
>> RON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WE HAD A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. THE REASON YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT IS WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR TWO
RACKETBALL COURTS, RIGHT? >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RACQUETBALL USAGE. WE DO RESERVATIONS IF YOU WANT TO SECURE YOUR TIME. THE RACQUETBALL COURTS ARE OPEN FOR ANYONE WHO'S A MEMBER TO PLAY.
EVERY TIME I BY I MAY SEE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, BUT HARDLY EVER SEE BOTH USED AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THEM. LST FISCAL YEAR WE HAD $60 IN RESERVATIONS TH YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE THE SAME, $60 IN RESERVATIONS. I'VE SEEN A GENTLEMAN WALKING AROUND THERE JUST ON HIS PHONE TALKING.
I'VE SEEN SOME USES OUTSIDE OF RACKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND WE'VE
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HAD BROKEN LIGHTS. THE USAGE HASN'T BEEN OVERWHELMING TO REQUIRE TWO. MOST FACILITIES ARE NOW ARE NOT PUTTING IN RACQUETBALL. IT'S JUST NOT AS POPULAR AS IT WAS IN THE 80S, 90S. YOU'RE SEEING USAGE CHANGE TO THIS. THE COMPANY SAID THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN FEBRUARY. PUBLIC WORKS FOUND A JULY 2023 ENGINEERING REPORT ON THE RETAINING WALL.IT WAS THAT THE TOP CAP FAILED. WATER PENETRATED INSIDE THE WALL. THERE WAS AN FAUX CAP ON THE RETAINING WALL THAT THEY CORRODED, STARTED THE FALLING OF THE WALL. THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN THAT OCCURRED. WE'VE MOVED THAT OUT.
NOW WE'RE JUST EXPOSED RETAINING WALL WITH NO CAP ON IT.
THE ENGINEER SAID THERE WAS NO AS-BUILT SO THE EXISTS, THE UNKNOWN COMPOSITION OF WHAT'S BEHIND THE WALL, THEY RECOMMENDED A REMEDIAL PEER TO KEEP IT FROM SHIFTING ANYMORE.
AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR THINGS TO BE DONE AT THE RCC FROM THE 2024 BOND, WE HAVE $1.25 MILLION AND THEN CO BONDS, 335,400. WE TOOK THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT OUT OF THAT. AND FOR A TOTAL OF $1.585
MILLION. >> SO WHAT'S THE SHORTFALL
THERE? >> SHORTFALL THERE FOR WHAT WE SEE IS SORT OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH IT.
THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WE HAVE 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO REACH THE END OF ITS LIFE.
ASSESSING EACH ONE OF THOSE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE FALLS IN THAT RANGE.
1.5 MILLION IS THE SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
A LOT OF THAT IS COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE AGING OUTLINE, NOT COMPONENTS THAT ARE DEAD NOW AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.
>> WHERE THE FACADE FELL OFF THE WALL, IS THE WALL ITSELF FUNCTIONAL OR IS THAT GOING TO BE A COMPLETE REBUILD AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT WE HAD WAS SAYING THAT A REMEDIAL PIER WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED.
THAT IS ALSO ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT NEEDS PROBABLY ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AND SOMEBODY
WHO KNOWS IT BETTER THAN >> TO ASSESS WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE BEHIND THAT WALL. >> THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE WALL -- OBVIOUSLY THE FACADE'S NOT USABLE. TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN STILL SAVE THAT WALL RATHER THAN HAVE THE-TO-DEMO THE WHOLE WALL.
>> TAKING AN EYEBALL DOWN THAT YOU CAN SEE.
>> THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN FURTHER DEGRADATION.
>> YES, SIR. SINCE THE ENGINEERING REPORT ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, IT'S PROBABLY CHANGED SINCE THEN.
THIS WAS SOMETHING I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
>> IS THE WALL STILL UP? >> THAT FACADE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THAT IS ALL THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THE WALL IS STILL UNDERNEATH. >> LEFT SIDE IS IT IN DANGER?
>> THE LEFT SIDE IS GONE. >> OF THE 150,000 VISITS LAST YEAR, WHAT'S THE REVENUE GENERALLY FOR THE RCC?
>> TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE RCC IS IN THE 500,000 RANGE, THAT INCLUDES PROGRAMMING AND EVERYTHING.
>> WE DO HAVE THE $10 PER YEAR SENIOR MEMBERSHIP.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO TRACK TH DO WE HAVE AN IDEA AS TO THE NUMBER OF ROWLETT RESIDENTS VERSUS NONCITIZENS
THAT USE THE FACILITY? >> WE TRACKED IT WITH MEMBERSHIPS. I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU TO BE EXACT. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WHEN YOU COME INTO THE FACILITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO LIST YOU AS A RESIDENT OR NONRESIDENT AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT PRICE. WE RUN A REPORT.
>> WE JUST CHANGED THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WE HAD THE NONRESIDENT. JUST FOR FUTURE COUNCIL.
>> I LIKE TO KNOW THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE USE BETWEEN RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
REVENUEWISE. >> ARE WE STILL -- ARE THEY STILL -- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THIS CORRECTLY -- THERE WAS -- WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SELF-FUND THE RCC70% WITH 30% OF GENERAL FUND GOING IN. THAT WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN I WAS IN PARKS AND REC.
>> THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THOSE
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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR REVENUE AND OUR COST RECOVERY TARGETS ARE. THERE'S CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WET ZONE AND OTHERS ARE WHERE GAINING THAT KIND OF POLICY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL WOULDBE IMPORTANT. >> THE 500,000, IS THAT FROM RENTALS? IT'S A VERY POPULAR FACILITY FOR RENTALS. IN FACT, EVEN WITH THE EARLY VOTING THAT'S COME UP, IT'S RENTAL TIME.
>> I WANT TO SEE THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NUMBER.
>> YES. >> TAKE A ZERO OUT, THOUGH.
I THINK OUR TO DO ON THIS WOULD BE TO COME BACK, GIVEN THE 1.5 MILLION WE HAVE AVAILABLE OF FUNDING, GIVE YOU A PRIORITY LIST ABOUT HOW WE PROPOSE THAT BEING SPENT.
WE'LL GET YOU GUYS TO BLESS THAT OR SUGGEST A DIFFERENT
PRIORITIZATION. >> HELP ME RECALL THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CIPTF WHEN THEY WERE STOOD UP, WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE MILLION AND A HALF BOND FUNDING?
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
>> I DON'T THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT -- I DON'T THINK IT WAS THAT TEAM. I THINK WE ACTUALLY ADDED THIS
AT IN HERE. >> BEFORE THE ELECTION.
>> BEFORE WE CALLED THE ELECTION.
I THINK WE JUST SAID, OKAY, IF WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY, LET'S USE THAT CAPACITY. FOR THE RCC.
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION. I DO RECALL THAT.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDING ANYTHING FOR THE RCC. ALL THIS CONVERSATION IS MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FACILITY OTHER THAN SOME EQUIPMENT AND IT'S NOT RELATED. IT'S NOT APPEAR EXPANSION.
IT'S JUST OPERATING THE CURRENT FACILITY.
>> THE CITY HAS A FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION, RIGHT?
>> WE DO. >> IS IT UNDER FUNDED CORRECTLY?
>> IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT. >> A LOT OF FOCUS HAS BEEN ON JANITORIAL RATHER THAN DEEP MAINTENANCE.
>> THE QUICK OVERVIEW MAKES ME THINK WE NEGLECTED A LOT OF STUFF. IF WE COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS BY SHOWING A LITTLE MAINTENANCE, I MEAN, IF I LET MY HOUSE GO, YOU KNOW, THIS DETERIORATION, I WOULD BE GETTING KNOCKS ON DOORS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR FACILITIES THAT WE TREASURE LOOKING WELL AND SO WE CAN EXPAND THE LIFE.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE PROPERLY FUNDING THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
>> DO WE HAVE THE REQUISITE SKILL SETS IN THERE TO LOOK
BEYOND JUST JANITORIAL STAFF? >> SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE OPTION THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY FARM IT OUT TO SERVICES OR
SOMETHING. >> CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME AREAS LIKE THIS ASSESSMENT WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING WANT TO DO THIS ON A -- TRY TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THAT SKILL SET.
THAT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO CONTRACT THAT OUT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS SO YOU BRING PEOPLE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
>> THIS IS JANITORIAL CONTRACT, RIGHT? WE DID OUTSIDE JANITORIAL.
HAS THERE BEEN AN ASSESSMENT DONE IN THE PAST?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT. >> THAT'S THE WHY BEHIND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. THERE'S NOT ASSESSMENTS BEING DONE ON THE CAPITAL EH SETS BEING AT.
WE DON'T KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. BECAUSE RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL, I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYBODY AT CITY HALL TO KNOW IF THE AIR-CONDITIONING IS HAVING STRUGGLES.
>> THE FOUNDATION HAS FAILED. >> WE INSPECT AND GO THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND KNOW ON A TEN-YEAR CYCLE WHAT SORT OF CAPITAL NEEDS WE HAVE, WHAT SORT OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS WE HAVE, WE CAN BUDGET. TO ME THIS RIGHT HERE COMES AT THE PERFECT TIME AS WE END OUR BUDGET SEASON FOR THE RCC BASED ON THE MATH, WE NEED TO BUDGET $73,029 PER IN OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE NEEDS. AND WE NEED TO SOMEHOW AT SOME POINT LOOK AT THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT CYCLE OF 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS. 308,000 PER YEAR.
IS THAT A BOND? IS THAT COS? WHAT IS THAT? HOW DO WE FUND THAT?
>> WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER. THE OTHER PIECE GOING BACK, THIS IS AN INFERENCE, NOT AN UNDERSTANDING, BUT IF YOU SET THIS COST RECOVERY PLAN, THAT CAN ALSO LEAD TO THIS SORT OF
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SHORTFALL OVER TIME. >> IF YOU WANT TO RECOVER 7% OF Y -- 77% OF YOUR REVENUE BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO CHARGE SENIORS, SOMETIMES THAT MATH DOESN'T WORK. YOU END UP CUTTING YOUR MAINTENANCE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT MATH WORK.
AS YOU LOOK WHAT YOUR RECOVERY POLICY IS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU'RE CHARGING THE RATES TO MEET THAT
POLICY. >> TO ME, THAT'S ALMOST -- IT'S TANG TANGENTIAL.
THE ISSUE WE HAVE IS OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MOST USED ASSETS, IS FAILING AT THE SEAMS. IT'S ALSO OVER CAPACITY MANY TIMES.
IT'S OVER UTILIZED. THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING IN ANY GIVEN TIME. THAT'S A FACTOR OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A BIG COMMUNITY AND A SMALL SPACE.
>> I THINK YOU NAILED A KEY POINT THERE, MAYOR, IS WE SHOULD HAVE NOT JUST RCC BUT OUR FACILITIES SHOULD BE ON A
RECURRING ASSESSMENT BASIS. >> THIS IS SYSTEMIC.
THIS IS SYSTEMIC. AND IT'S BEEN SYSTEMIC FOR A LONG TIME. LET'S GO THROUGH THE LIST.
SO I THINK WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICS HERE, BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OVERARCHING IDEA -- PROCESS BEHIND ALL OF THESE. THEY ALL SUFFER FROM THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT'S ALL NEGLECT AND WE SPENT THREE YEARS TO TRY PATCH THINGS BACK TOGETHER. I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
BUT IT'S KILLED THREE YEARS. >> THAT'S THE POINT.
WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S REGULAR, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TO PUT AND THEN IT'S NOT ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT RAISING RATES FOR SENIORS BY ITSELF? WHEN YOU HAVE NO CONTEXT, YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE SOME REAL HARD DATA TO HELP DRIVE THOSE CONDITIONS, YOU'RE HUMMING AT THE SAME SPEED TOGETHER AND TO ME THAT MAKES DECISION-MAKING MUCH BETTER AND IT'S FACTUAL RATHER THAN --
>> IT'S PROCESS ORIENTED. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> IT'S ALSO FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, THEY CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THAT SAME PROCESS SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO COME IN AND GO, OH, MAN, THIS IS ALL MESSED UP.
>> I ALSO THINK IT'S EASIER TO DEFEND THE RATE CHANGE TO A USER BASE IF THEY CAN SHOW A REINVESTMENT IN THE BUILDING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I HAD A QUESTION.
THAT 49,260 OBVIOUSLY THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE CLOSE TO THAT COMING UP?
THAT'S IN THE TEN YEARS. >> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE THINGS IN THIRTY YEARS. THAT'S WHY I SAID IT'S A LITTLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE'RE OFTEN VERY REACTIONARY.
IF IT BREAKS, WE TRY TO FIX IT. WE'VE SEEN THE WET ZONE AND SEEN THE KIDS' KINGDOM IS THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A QUICKER REACTION THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE THINGS COMING THAT WEREN'T.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW AT MY HOUSE WHAT MY AC IS THROUGH THE SUMMER. IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.
I CAN'T SAY, WE GOT FOUR MORE YEARS OUT OF THIS AND IT BROKE YESTERDAY. IT CAN HAPPEN.
>> YOONGER THAT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SOMEHOW ESTABLISH THESE SCHEDULES I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES FOR COUNCIL TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE NEED TO HAVE OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THERE ARE STRATEGIC THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ON A REGULAR RECURRING BASIS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MASTER CALENDER SOMEWHERE THAT SAYS IN 2023, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A TOTAL WATER REASSESSMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I DO THINK THAT SOMEHOW THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MAYBE COULD DEVELOP A MASTER CALENDER THAT SAYS EXACTLY THESE THINGS. SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, WELL, THAT'S COMING UP. AND IF WE CAN FUND IT, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, AND PEOPLE, OUR NEIGHBORS, CAN TRUST THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WE HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED OUT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY KNOW WHEN AN APPARATUS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OVER THE NEXT -- OVER ITS LIFE CYCLE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ASSET MANAGEMENT WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT CONSISTENT.
>> AREN'T WE A NEW SOFTWARE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT?
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>> THERE'S A MODULE. >> WE HAVE AN ASSET MANAGER.
>> WE HAVE A RISK MANAGER. >> I GUESS I HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL THERE'S A DESIRE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ASSET MANAGEMENT CYCLICAL INSPECTIONS OF OUR FACILITIES.
>> BEST PRACTICES. >> ABSOLUTELY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A NO-BRAINER.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT OR HAVEN'T HISTORICALLY
DONE IT IS CONCERNING. >> YES.
>> SO TO ME, REMIND ME THE TOTAL FUNDING IS 1.585.
TO ME, THE CRITICAL ITEMS PROBABLY NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL QUICKLY FOR APPROVAL, I WOULD SAY.
THE RETAINING WALL TO MISA BIG QUESTION MARK.
WE DON'T REALLY KNEE WHAT THE CURRENT CONDITION IS.
WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING REPORT FROM 2023 WHICH IS NOW THREE YEARS OLD. PROBABLY WORTHLESS.
SO PROBABLY ANOTHER ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO BE DONE, I WOULD ASSUME. THEN FROM THERE, DECIDE HOW TO TACKLE THAT PROBLEM. DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF A COST ESTIMATE ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REPLACE THAT WALL VERSUS
PUTTING A VENEER BACK ON IT? >> I DON'T THINK THEY PROPOSED TO PUT A VENEER BACK ON IT. THEY PROPOSED PILLARS.
IS THAT CORRECT? >> A PILLAR AND A PIER.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT A PILLASTER IS.
>> I DON'T EITHER. IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORING OF THE FOOTING TO CORRECT DEFINITION.
IT NEEDS TO BE AT THE END OF THE WALL TO KEEP IT FROM THE SIDE ROTATION MOVEMENT THAT IT'S MAKING.
>> BASICALLY JUST -- >> THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL
>> STRUCTURAL ENHANCEMENT. THEY PUT SOME SHORING TO KEEP
IT. >> THEN BEYOND THAT, I AGREE WITH THE -- SOMEBODY SAID A PRIORITIZED LIST.
I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. WE HAVE FUNDING IN PLACE TODAY TO SOLVE THE CRITICAL AND POTENTIALLY CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, INCLUDING THE DUCT WORK WHICH IS AN ITEM THAT
HAS A NEGATIVE SERVICE LIFE. >> A GOOD P.A. SYSTEM.
>> THAT'S A SEPARATE -- THAT WOULD BE IN THAT PRIORITIZED LIST. THAT'S ALL THOSE EXTRA THINGS.
MANY OF THOSE EXTRA CAPITAL ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
BRING A PRIORITIZED LIST OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT FEELS IS THE MOST VALUABLE. BASE THIS ON EITHER WE USE THIS A TONNE OR BRING US ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
I CAN SEE -- >> WHERE ARE WE ON THE WOOD FLOOR? I DON'T REMEMBER.
>> CAN WE ADD THE WOOD FLOOR TO THIS? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CRITICAL IF WE'VE GOT NAILS SHOWING.
>> THEY IT DID THE LAST TIME THEY SANDED IT.
WE CAN'T SAND IT ANYMORE. >> THE ROOFING IS CRITICAL.
>> YES. >> AC CONTROL, THE ROOFING, SITE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS OR LIGHTING, SIGNAGE MAYBE. EXTERIOR WALLS, FLOORING CONSTRUCTION, PEDESTRIAN PAVING AND THE ELECTRICAL WIRING.
AND THEN A RETAINING WALL IS LISTED UNDER POTENTIALLY CRITICAL BUT I'M NOT SURE. THAT'S JUST THE --
>> WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE FACILITY IS WITH HE HAVE THAT RETAINING WALL WHERE YOU'RE WALKING IN. WRAPPING AROUND THE FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE IT'S BUILT BELOW THE GRADE OF THE ROAD RUNNING THROUGH THERE. THERE ARE SOME RETAINING WALLS.
-- THERE'S A LOT OF RETAINING WALLS AROUND THE FACILITY WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT. AND SOME SCREENING WALLS THERE
IN THE BACK SIDE OF IF. >> WHAT IS ELECTRICAL WIRING?
>> THERE WAS A PHOTO OF THAT. IT WAS A CONDUIT THAT WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE JUNCTION BOX AND SOME OTHER STUFF.
>> VERY SMALL. >> I THINK IT WAS LESS THAN JUST
A FEW THOUSAND. >> I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGER ITEMS I WOULD ASK YOU IS THE WHOLE GENERATOR PIECE.
THAT'S A BIG PRICE. >> MY OPINION ON THAT, THE RCC IS A VALUABLE SPACE. BUT WE HAVE A PORTABLE TRAILER MOUNTED GENERATOR THAT WE CAN TAKE AND CONNECT, CORRECT?
>> WE DO, BUT THE CURRENT WIRING DOESN'T MAKE THAT SIMPLE.
WE'VE HAD TO BRING IN AN ELECTRICIAN EACH TIME TO DO SPECIALIZED WIRING, WHICH IS NOT A FREE GOOD.
AND ALSO HAS RESULTED IN US ACTUALLY SHORTING OUT A NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. THERE'S SOME RISK IN DOING THAT
AD HOC WIRING. >> WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT QUICK AND GET YOUR PRICING ON THAT IF YOU WANT TO USE A PORTABLE GENERATOR RATHER THAN A PERMANENT GENERATOR.
EVEN THAT GENERATOR THERE, I'M NOT SURE -- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE WIRING AS WELL.
IS IT JUST THE GENERATOR NO >> THAT WAS THE PRICE GIVEN.
IT DID NOT COVER THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
WEN IT WIRED IN, IT WAS GOING TO COVER CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH AND SAY WE NEED THE GYM, THESE THINGS.
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IT DOESN'T DO EVERYTHING. YOU CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO THE FACILITY PARTS YOU'D BE USING DURING THOSE ELEMENTS.>> HOW MUCH IS IT USED WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT AND IT'S A WARMING CENTER AND THE GENERATOR GETS TURNED ON? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY IN THERE?
>> DURING THE LAST -- DURING THE FREEZE WE JUST HAD AT THE END OF JANUARY, I THINK THERE WAS A GRAND TOTAL OF ONE PERSON THAT SHOWED UP THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME.
THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOWED UP BECAUSE THEY WERE RELOCATING HERE FROM ANOTHER STATE, GOT DOWN TO THEIR APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WERE MOVING INTO AND THERE WAS NO KEY AVAILABLE AND THERE WAS NO STAFF AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WAS FREEZING. SO THEY WERE CAMPING OUT IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL. THEY HAD A WARM SPACE TO BE.
BUT THEY WERE -- THE COPS HAD BEEN CALLED AND THEY WERE BEING KICKED OUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE RESIDENCY THERE.
WE HAD A LOT MORE PEOPLE. >> ACTUALLY BOWLARAMA WAS OUR
WARMING CENTER IN '21. >> IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE TORNADO, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THE RCC DURING
THE TORNADO, WASN'T THERE? >> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> OKAY. >> THE QUESTION I HEARD WAS IT
AT RISK OF LOSING POWER NO . >> TO THAT SEEMS LOWER ON THE
PRIORITY LIST. >> THAT'S HERE I'M AT.
>> IT MAKES SENSE AT THE TIME FINANCIALLY.
BUT I THINK THERE'S TOO MANY OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS.
>> THAT'S NOT A RECURRING NEED. >> IT'S A SERVICE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. I THINK THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT WE DO WARMING CENTERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW TO HAVE A DEDICATED
GENERAC SYSTEM. >> USE IT AS A CONTRAST.
OTHER QUESTIONS? RYAN, YOU GET ALL THE QUESTIONS
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> THANKS, RYAN.
>> ALL RIGHT. ITEM 3B, UPDATE REGARDING DAP
[3.B. Update regarding the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Projects and Possible Funding Alternatives. ]
TALL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND POSSIBLE FUNDING ALTERNATIVES.>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO -- I DON'T THINK WE'VE ALL MET OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. NICE TO MEET THE NEW FACES.
HAPPY TO BE BACK AND HELP OUT. >> I DO APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
WE WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, COUNCIL, AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CIP UPDATE, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT OUR POSSIBLE RECOMMENDED ROUTE COULD BE. AND FROM THERE, ANSWER QUESTIONS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SYNOPSIS OR A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT, THE PURPOSE IS TO UPDATE YOU ON THIS PROGRAM. THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT A AND THAT'S A WILLIST OF ALL OUR PROGRAMS, RCIP PROGRAMS AND THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT ATTACHMENT IS ALSO OUR CURRENT ACTIVE PROJECTS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY PROJECTS BASED ON THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FUNDING SHORTFALLS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL FUNDING ALTERNATIVES AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND THE CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT AND THE CTC PROGRAM.
I WOULD LIKE TO DIVE INTO IT. WE HAVE 66 STREET WASTEWATER PARKS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS COLLECTIVELY.
WE WANTED TO PROVIDE OUR ROLE WAS TO GIVE YOU A FULL AS SUCCINCTLY AS POSSIBLE FULL UPDATE ON HOW IT STARTED, WHERE IS IT, WHERE DID IT PAUSE, WHY DID WE PAUSE AND WHY ARE WE WHERE WE ARE NOW? YOU KNOW THIS IS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SLIDE TO SHOW WITH EVERYBODY VIEWING AS WELL AND IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW.
TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVE PROJECTS WE'VE GOT OUR, AS WE CALL THE CTC OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM STARTED THIS IN '25. OUR TARGET COMPLETION IS THROUGH
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'26. WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE AN 18-MONTH PROJECT. WE'RE MOVING ALONG RATHER NICELY. 25 SIGNAL CONTROL CABINETS ARE TO BE REPLACED. NINE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN REPLACED. WE'RE ON TRACK AND WE'RE MOVING ALONG VERY WELL WITH THIS PROJECT.>> FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, YOU'RE DOING GREAT IT.
WHEN WE SAY QUARTERS IN THIS, WE'RE TALKING FISCAL QUARTERS FOR THE CITY, OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS --
>> IN OCTOBER. >> SO Q3 WOULD BE APRIL, MAY,
>> OKAY. WE SEE Q3, WE'LL THINK APRIL, MAY, JUNE IS Q3 FOR THAT PROJECT WHICH IS WE'RE IN IT RIGHT NOW.
>> A HUNDRED PERCENT. >> SO OUR RIGHT TURN LANES AT PG AND MILLER, OUR CONSTRUCTION START DATE IS Q3 '26 AND '27.
THIS IS TO CONSTRUCT THREE DEDICATED BIKE TURN LANES UP MILLER ROAD AND FRONTAGE ROAD INTERSECTION.
IF YOU RECALL, WE WERE BEFORE YOU WITH A BID ON THAT.
>> WHEN WE START THIS PROJECT, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COORDINATE OR TEXT OR ARE WE IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN START IT?
YEAH, YOU CAN DO THIS? >> WE'RE RENALED.
REGISTERED. >> EVERYTHING IS SORTED.
>> EQUIPMENT'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE.
>> WE DO HAVE A TAD PAUSE ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE MILLER ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND YOU YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO BOTTLENECK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE Q427 DATE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
>> WE ANTICIPATE THAT COULD BE THAT EMINENTLY.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE INSTALLATION OF AN ADDITIONAL PUMP AT THE ROWLETT PUMP STATION AND IT'S TO INCREASE CAPACITY.
WE HAVE WHAT I CALL A DRAINAGE PROJECT, THE MS4.
WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THAT Q2 2026.
WE'VE COMPLETED THAT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
EXACTLY. WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED THAT.
AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE PLANS TO TC APPROVAL.
>> WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THAT? IS THAT DRAINAGE TYPE PROJECT? MS4 ALSO IS A WATER QUALITY. WE HAVE PARTICULARLY A CREEK AND LAKE AND STUFF AND SERIOUS NS4 PROBLEMS. IS THIS MORE STRUCTURAL DRAINAGE TYPE OF PROJECTS?
>> IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE CONTROLLING THE OUTFALL INTO THE LAKE. THE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO KEEP RUSTY MATERIAL COVERED. IT'S CONTROLLING WHAT'S GOING TO THE LAKE. IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING DRAINAGE REPAIR AND ASSESSMENT OF THE CLASSES THAT STAFF TAKES FOR
EDUCATION. >> THE REASON I ASKED, AND I WAS IN A CONFERENCE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE PICTURE OF AN URBAN WATER DISCHARGE THAT WAS THE NASTIEST THEY COULD COME UP WITH WAS ROWLETT ROAD RIGHT THERE.
IF YOU GO OVER THE BRIDGE I WAS EMBARRASSED AS HELL.
I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY WHAT IT WAS.
I KNEW WHAT IT WAS. IT'S A THING.
IT WAS RATHER EMBARRASSING TO SEE YOUR HOMETOWN.
HAS BEEN DISPLAYED ON A NATIONAL MEDIA, POSTER CHILD FOR DON'T DO
THIS. >> THAT'S COMING FROM UPSTREAM.
THAT'S JUST NOT US. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THEY'RE ALL COORDINATE AND HAD WE'RE THE ONE.
>> WE'VE ALSO SEEN COMPLETION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALSO SEE THE COMPLETION OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY WHICH IS THE SAPPHIRE BAY STATION FIVE. WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING ON
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FRIDAY THE 10TH. COUNCIL, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS INCORRECT IN THE STATEMENT REGARDING THE TERMINOLOGIES OF QUARTERS. MY TEAM HAS JUST INFORMED ME AND I'M GLAD THEY DID, THIS ACTUALLY BASED ON CALENDER YEAR, NOT FISCAL YEAR. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.IT IS CALENDER. >> SO THOSE LINES WON'T BE DONE
UNTIL CALENDER FOUR? >> BISTRO LIGHTS, WE JUST HAVE A FEW MINOR THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON ACTUALLY.
>> THAT'S FROM Q2. >> WE CAN CHAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PRIORITIZED PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT SIX STREET PROJECTS AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. I WON'T READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS EACH ONE OF THEM.
NOW COUNCIL, IN YOUR STAFF REPORTS, WE DID DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE PROJECT DETAILS WITH THEIT PRIORITIZED PROGRAMS AND ADDRESSED SOME OF THE FUNDING SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND ALSO THE FUNDING SHORTFALLS. I DO WANT TO DISCUSS VERY VERY BRIEFLY WHAT OUR SOURCES ARE. WE'VE FOR THE OUR GEOBONDS, A SERIES OF BONDS THAT ARE VOTER APPROVED.
WE'RE ALL VERY WELL FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
WE'VE GOT OUR REVENUE BONDS AND UTILITY AND THESE ARE ISSUED FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER FOR GEOBONDS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THEN OF COURSE WE'VE GOT OUR IMPACT FEES. THESE ARE FEES THAT ARE ASSESSED ON NEW DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE USED TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT GROWTH.
THERE ARE TWO TYPES, STREET IMPACT FEES, WATER AND WASTEWATER. THERE IS AN IMPACT ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE TWO ZONES WITHIN THE CITY FOR WHAT I CALL ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, THE STREET IMPACT FEES. WE HAVE ZONE ONE AND ZONE TWO.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO ROAD PROJECTS THAT FALL WITHIN THESE ZONES DELIBERATELY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM AND TALK ABOUT SOME FUNDING SHORTFALLS AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH IMPACT FEES WE'LL.
HE HAVE GOT MERRITT ROAD IN ZONE ONE AND WE'VE GOT THE ROAD IN ZONE TWO. I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE USE OF IMPACT FEES THAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION TO SERVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT. THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR A REPAIR, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING OR NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR FACILITY EXPANSIONS, UPGRADING, UPDATING, EXPANDING. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT AS WE TALK ABOUT CIP FUNDING.
STREET PROJECTS. WE HAVE THE SIX STREET PROJECTS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREET PROJECTS, WE ALSO KNOW THAT STREET WORK DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION OF THE INSTALLATION OF BELOW-GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPMENT. AND WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED, WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ALSO NEED THE REVENUE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER AND SEWER FOR EXAMPLE.
THE MILLER ROAD RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MILLER ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, WE ALL KNOW IT'S AN UNFUNDED PROJECT.
I DO WANT TO PARK THIS. I'M REQUEST TO GO SPEAK TO TOLER PARK, THE RIGHT TURN LANE AND THE MERRITT ROAD INTERCONNECTOR AND I'LL EXPLAIN THE SHORTFALL. IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS TABLE REFLECTS. THIS IS ALSO IN YOU PACKETS.
THE TABLE REFLECTS THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, WHAT THAT FUNDING SHORTFALL IS AND WHAT AVENUES ARE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF AMOUNTS THAT WE CAN USE FROM OUR BONDS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE 7.3 MILLION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ENCUMBER.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THE REVENUE BONDS, OUR SPEED IMPACT FEES AND THOSE ARE SHOWING HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO START MOVING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MILLER ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, IF YOU RECALL, I APOLOGIZE -- I WAS DOING THE RYAN FOR A SECOND.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL HERE. >> HE'S LAUGHING.
>> I FEEL MUCH BETTER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM HERE WHERE THIS PIECE IS UNFUNDED SO IT IS AN EMERGENCY PROGRAM. IT'S 4,000 OF A TWO-LANE ASPHALT ROADWAY TO BE CONVERTED TO CONCRETE.
A RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE GEOTECH AND THE SURVEY ON IT. THE SURVEY AND GEOTECH.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DESIGN. WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING SEALED DRAWINGS PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO START EMINENTLY BASED ON THE DRAWINGS AND THEN WE HAVE A TARGET COMPLETION OF MID-AUGUSTS
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THE RAINY SEASON AND WHAT HAVE YOU, OUR TARGET DATES ARE MID-AUGUST. THE PROJECT COST IS 2.8 MILLION.WE DO HAVE THAT FULL FUNDING SHORTFALL.
THAT BEING SAID, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A STREET AND ALLEY FUND AND WE'RE COMING UP TO OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER THAT WE DO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FUNDING TO SUPPORT A BULK OF THE MILLER ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND THEN UTILIZE FROM
THE GEOBONDS ABOUT 838,000. >> IF THE DESIGN ISN'T COMPLETED YET, WITH RE PRETTY FIRM ON THE IT 2.77 ESTIMATE ON THE COST?
>> WE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST FROM THE ENGINEER.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOUR TASKS WE DID DO.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS AND WE NEED TO MOVE
EXPEDITIOUSLY ON IT. >> THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT AND IT'S
>> I WANT A CAVEAT. IT'S STILL AN ESTIMATE.
IT'S NOT A CONTRACT. THE PRICE IS LIKELY TO CHANGE.
>> WE'RE NOT BREAKING UP CONCRETE.
>> IS WE'RE NOT. >> THAT'S GOOD.
>> THE STREET AND ALLEY FUNDING HERE, THAT WOULD DEPLETE OUR STREET AND ALLEY CAPITAL FUNDING FOR THIS FISCAL CYCLE.
>> YES. >> WE HAVE A FEW PANEL REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE, FOR INSTANCE, PARKWAY.
ROWLETT ROAD IS ONE. >> THEY JUST POSTED IT.
ANYTHING GOING FORWARD WOULD COME OUT OF THIS 1.9
>> YES. >> CRACKED CEILING IS NOT -- IS IT PART OF THIS LINE ITEM OR SEPARATE?
>> CRACKED SEALING WOULD CONTINUE.
>> LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. DO WE BELIEVE WITH THAT DIVERSION, WHEN WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO KEEP OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM MOVING THROUGH THE END OF THIS FISCAL
>> YES. >> SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS FUNDING THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THROUGH OUR OTHER
ACTIVITIES THIS FISCAL YEAR? >> THAT HELPS PUT THAT IN CONTEXT. BECAUSE I'M IMAGINING FIVE MORE MONTHS OF EFFECTIVELY NO REPAIRS HAPPENING.
>> THAT IS NOT -- WE HAVE FUNDING TO CONTINUE WORK FOR THE
>> THIS IS MONEY THAT IS IN EXCESS OF THAT.
THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE. >> STATISTIC WORK RELATED TO THE
PANELING REPLACEMENT? >> BASICALLY WE'LL CONTINUE THE STREET AND ALLEY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WITH EXISTING FUNDS.
THIS WILL NOT IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO COMPLETE THAT PROGRAM TO THE
END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> NEXT ON OUR LIST IS COUNTRY AIRE ESTATES. WE MENTIONED THAT AT ONE POINT I'M SURE THERE WAS AN UPDATE FOR YOU WHERE THE DESIGN FOR PHASE ONE AND TWO WAS COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME AND THE CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED FOR PHASE ONE. WE ARE NOW AT THE PHASE TWO STAGE. IT'S INTERCONNECTED SUBDIVISION THAT REQUIRES THIS WORK TO HAPPEN.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2100 LINEAR FEET.
ALL THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE FROM RIGHT OF ACQUISITION AND WHAT HAVE YOU. WE'RE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS. THIS PROJECT IS COSTING US JUST A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION. AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS $2.5 MILLION. THE FUNDING SHORTFALL IS $1.5 MILLION. I'M JUST ROUNDING OUT NUMBERS.
WE DO NEED TO UTILIZE IF POSSIBLE FROM THE STREETS FUNCTION, GEOBONDS OF 7.3 MILLION NEEDING 354,000 OF THAT.
BUT THE WATER AND SEWER COMPONENT IS APPROXIMATELY $1.2
MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. >> THIS IS A STREET AND ALLEY
PROJECT OR JUST STREET IS IT. >> STREET.
>> THIS STREET PROJECT WILL, OF COURSE, NOT JUST THE STREET.
YOU'VE GOT SIDEWALKS AND YOU'VE GOT WATER AND SEWER.
NEW WATER AND SEWER HAPPENING WITH THAT AS WELL.
A TOTAL UPGRADE TO THIS PHASE ONE.
THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF PHASE -- PHASE TWO WILL BE THE
CONCLUSION. >> I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I READ THIS. THE COUNTRY AIRE ESTATES, WAS THAT PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE PREVIOUSLY?
>> SO HOW DO WE GET TO HAVING THAT SHORTFALL? IS IT BECAUSE WASN'T ACTIVATED QUICKLY ENOUGH?
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>> WE SPLIT UP HOW WE DID IT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I'M LEARNING TOO A LITTLE BIT SL.
COUNTRY AIRE DESIGN OF PHASE ONE AND TWO WAS DONE AS ONE BOND PACKAGE AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE IN THE 2021. THEN 2024 IS WHEN WE PICKED UP
COUNTRY AIRE ESTATES PHASE TWO. >> THAT WAS LIKE AN ADD-ON.
>> CORRECT. IF WE HAVE A DESIGN-READY PROJECT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE
INTERCONNECTIVITY THERE. >> IT WAS THE WAY THINGS WERE DONE IN THE PAST IS THEY WOULD FUND THE DESIGN IN ONE BOND ISSUE AND THEY WOULD FUND THE BUILDING IN ANOTHER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT.
BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW. THAT WAS DONE ON PURPOSE.
>> SO THE SHORTFALL IS THE WATER AND SEWER PIECE.
THE STREETS PIECE I CAN ATTRIBUTE TO INFLATION AND WE HAD TO DO SOME RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION WHICH WE DID.
THE WATER AND SEWER, WAS THAT NOT ORIGINALLY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT? OR WAS IT WITHIN SCOPE AND WE
JUST MISS THE MARK? >> IT WAS DEFINITELY IN SCOPE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INCREASES AFTER POST COVID.
PRICES WERE GOING UP EVERY DAY. THEY'VE STEADIED UP NOW BUT DIDN'T REDUCE. IT'S PART OF THAT DLEFRD...
>> YOU'RE STILL REFERRING TO CALENDER QUARTERS.
>> YES. >> THE WATER AND SEWER, BUT THAT COMES OUT OF THE UTILITY. THE REVENUE BONDS.
>> SO HAVE WE ALREADY ISSUED REVENUE BONDS THAT WOULD COVER THIS COST OR IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD FOR THE NEXT --
>> WE DIDN'T REALLY SKIP A YEAR. WE ISSUED MORE BONDS THIS YEAR.
>> RIGHT. >> IF WE HAVE ISSUED THE BONDS, THEN WHY IS IT THE FUNDING SHORTFALL? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T -- WE DIDN'T ISSUE ENOUGH BONDS.
>> WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE IT TO THIS PROJECT.
>> JUST A SIDE BAR QUESTION. DO REVENUE BONDS IMPACT CAPACITY
AND CF BONDS? >> THEY'RE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. IMPACTS DEBT CAPACITY IN THE
UTILITY FUND. >> THAT'S SEPARATE.
>> THANK YOU. >> TO THE BUSINESS PARK.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TOLER BUSINESS PARK.
IS IT PHASE ONE. CENTURY ROAD ALONG HERE.
THIS AREA EXPERIENCES A LOT OF FLOODING.
WE'VE GOT A CREEK HERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEN GET THIS GOING. IT IS ALREADY DESIGNED.
EVERYTHING IS READY. THE PROJECT IS READY TO GO.
WES A FUNDING SHORTFALL OF $790,000.
I'LL JUMP TO TOLER BUSINESS PARK.
IT'S THIS AREA AND THIS IS RAILROAD PARK.
THIS STREET IS VERY DEGRADED AND IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.
AND AS A RESULT, BECAUSE OF TIMING AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT TO DO IT IN ONE SHOT.
THERE IS A SHORTFALL. BUT THESE ARE THE SHORTFALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM. THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.
>> IS IT WIDENING? >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A WIDENING. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS THIS HAS A LOT OF
PARKING. >> IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY WIDER.
>> WHICH COULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT IN A PARKING ORDINANCE. YOU MENTIONED ON THIS ONE IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PHASE NOW VERSUS TWO.
>> DRUGSEDMENT. >> IN AUDIBLE 7 TWHERE WAS A SUPPLEMENT KEPT AS A PHASED PROJECT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHY WAS THAT DECISION MADE AT
THAT POINT? >> I'M GOING TO LEAN TO MY TEAM TO ANTICIPATE THAT QUESTION. ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
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THIS STREET IS 17 FEET WIDE. THERE ARE A LOT OF TRUCKS.WE ARE TRYING TO GET EXTRA TRAFFIC SIGNAL -- TEMPORARY.
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WE WILL BEGIN WHERE WE LEFT OFF. >> WILL BEGIN IN YOUR SECTION AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WASTEWATER OBJECT.
WE'VE GOT THE SANITARY SEWER REHAB PROGRAMME PHASE TWO AND OF COURSE THOSE ALONG HIGHWAY 66.
THE TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU IDENTIFIES THE PROJECT COST AND SHORTFALLS AND REVENUE SOURCES WITH THE SHORTFALL SOURCES TO FUND THESE PROGRAMMES. ONE BEING UTILITY COST AND OTHER ONE IS REVENUE THE OTHER IS THE AMENDMENT OF STATION PROGRAMMES THERE AND THAT IS IN OUR STAFF REPORTS TOO.
THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE LIFT STATION.
THIS IS A COMPLETE REVAMP OF THIS LIFT STATION REPLACING ALL THE ITEMS THE DESIGN HAS BEEN INCLUDED.
WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDING OF $600,000 THERE SHORTFALL COLLECTED AND SO THE PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY $960,000.
THE TABLE I JUST PREVENTED FOR FUNDS TO UP ACCOMPLISH OR REPLENISH THIS PROJECT. THE NEXT IS STATE HIGHWAY 66 REHAB THIS IS PHASE TWO. PHASE TWO WAS COMPLETED A LITTLE WHILE AGO BUT THE NUMBERS I TALKED ABOUT FUNDING SHORTFALL THE TOTAL PROJECT COST THEN WITH OUR FUNDING.
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A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY IS A STATE HIGHWAN PROJECT ALONG 66 AT THE ROAD -- ROWLETT ROAD WHERE YOU HAVE MCDONALD'S IN THOSE PROGRAMMES AND THE POINTS EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE SPEAKING OF.AGAIN, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT AND BASED ON THAT, WE REALLY WANT TO HIT OUR TARGET APRIL OF 27 JUST BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROJECT IS WELL OVER NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND ARE AVAILABLE FUNDING IS AT $6.1 MILLION WITH A FUNDING SHORTFALL ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. AND WITH THAT, WE WANT TO GO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT
TO REPLACE THIS LINE. >> ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN THE CENTER, THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THIS LINE THAT I THINK MIGHT HAVE BEEN EITHER REHABILITATED OR UP SIZED.
66 AND MAYBE THE CHICK-FIL-A WHEN IT WENT IN.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT STILL CALLED THAT OR THURSO WORK DONE.
>> THAT BEING SAID I STRUGGLE WITH THE POINT.
THAT WAS PHASE ONE THAT WAS COMPLETED.
>> THANK YOU. >> THIS WOULD BE THE CONTINUATION. FOR THE TOLER BAY STATION -- I
AM SORRY. >> COULD WEAGLE BACK, I HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. IS THAT BASICALLY SLEEVING OR PUTTING SOME KIND OF CONCRETE INTO THE EXISTING AREA WITH THE
EXCAVATOR. >> IT'S A HARD PLASTIC SO YOU JUST PUSH IT THROUGH THE PIPE AND IT EXPANDS OUT AND TURNED
INTO PLASTIC. >> AND THE REASON FOR DOING THAT IS WE WANT TO HAVE MINIMAL DISRUPTION ON BUSINESSES AND ACCESS POINTS SO THIS WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL WAY TO DO IT.
ALSO, IT'S A MUCH, MUCH OLDER PIPE SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA IS GOOD WITH OUR WORK TOO.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD IS THAT THIS PIPE IS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING CAPACITY AND THIS DOES TAKE IT'S TIME A
BIT AT CAPACITY. >> IT STILL ADDS UP.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, WE HAD A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT WHAT AS THE LATEST, ARE BEST ALTERNATIVE AT THIS POINT GO TO THE FRONT OPEN CUT PROCESS, BUT THAT MAY MEAN WE NEED TO BE DESIGN ELSEWHERE RELIES TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
BEST ISSUE LONGER-TERM. >> WHICH IS A GREAT SEGUE INTO THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
WE ALSO WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NOW WANTING TO INITIATE THE WASTEWATER MAP UPDATE IN CONCERT WITH THE ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE KNOW HOW THINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN RELATION TO HOW WE WOULD ACCOMMODATE GROWTH AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. OUR LAST UPDATE WAS IN 2016 SO ARE YOUR RIGHT AT THE TIME EVERY TEN YEARS AS WE LOOK AT THAT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
WE DID CONDUCT A CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT WE HAVE TWO BASINS TO BE UPDATED A FEW MONTHS AGO WE DID WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN THE SYSTEMWIDE UPDATE FOR YOU THAT BEING SAID WE ARE HOPEFUL TO COMMENCE OR INITIATE THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE THROUGH Q2 2026 AND THEN CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT HAND-IN-HAND WITH THAT AND HOPEFULLY COMPLETE THOSE STUDIES, WHERE THE PHASES OF THE STUDY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROGRAMMING ACCOMMODATING GROWTH AND MOVING FORWARD IN THAT MANNER INTO 2027.
WHY ARE WE DOING A COMMISSIONS ASSESSMENT? WE HAVE SEEN ESCALATING WASTEWATER TREATMENT COSTS AND WE ARE SEEING A 55% INCREASE SINCE 2022.
WE WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE HAD TWO NEW FLOWMETERS INSTALLED BY THE CITY IN 2023.
WE HAVE SEEN BASED ON THOSE READINGS AND INCREASING WASTEWATER VOLUMES AND AFFECT THE LAST MONITORING STUDY OCCURRED IN 2019. VARIOUS LOOKING INTO SOME OF THESE INI ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING.
WILL COME TO COUNCIL TO MAKE AN UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO THAT IN A PRESENTATION BUT AS IT IS WE DID BRING THIS UP TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT. I ALREADY GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON
THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL -- >> I'M SORRY.
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SO WASTEWATER. DO WE NEED TO DO ANY ANALYSIS OR CONDITION REPORT OF THE WATER COMING IN?>> LIKE FROM THE UPSTREAM? >> I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT AND WE KNOW WE HAVE ISSUES.
WELL, DO WE POSSIBLY HAVE ANY ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEANING WITH THE -- LOOMING WITH THE SYSTEM COMING IN.
>> THE FRESHWATER SYSTEMS. COMPLETE CONTROL OF SYSTEMS A HEALTH SANITARY SYSTEM SO IT IS SEALED.
SO IT'S A SYSTEM WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
THE CROSS CONNECTIONS AS AN ISSUE.
THE TV MINDS A COUPLE THOUSAND FEET TO CHECK FOR CROSS CONNECTION. IF OUR SYSTEM IS SEALED PRO
PROPERLY. >> THINK SHE'S ASKING ABOUT
WATER SUPPLY. >> THE WATER SUPPLY FROM NORTH TEXAS. TO POWER ALL OF THOSE PUMPS.
>> NORTH TEXAS JUST DID IN UPDATE OF ALL THE POINTS OF CONNECTION FOR NORTH TEXAS AND ALL THE SYSTEMS.
THE SEWERS NEEDS MORE ATTENTION. >> MORE DEGRADATION OF SEWER WATER. SO IT'S NOT AS DETRIMENTAL AS
HYDROGEN SULPHIDE. >> FROM HERE ON OUT TO DOT EVERY CROSS -- DOT EVERY EYE AND CROSS EVERY T.
IT'S ALWAYS WORTH AN EXTRA 2 MINUTES.
>> SO MANY ONE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND TO UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE TWO ARE SO DIFFERENT AT LEAST IN MY HEAD AT LEAST IN MY COMMON SENSE BRAIN. WITH THE FRESHWATER SYSTEM, IT'S ALL PRESSURIZED. THERE IS ALWAYS PRESSURE.
IF SOMETHING DOES BREAK OR GO WRONG IT'S VERY RICK BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. WEARS WITH THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WITH GRAVITY, THERE IS NO PRESSURE SUE COULD HAVE A COLLAPSE AND NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL OF A WAYS DOWN THE ROAD WITH A BLOCKAGE AND THAT'S WHEN THESE COME INTO PLACE AND THAT'S
NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THE SYSTEM. >> WE DO HAVE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN PLACE, BUT EROSIAN HAPPENS IN THE PIPE COULD BE DOT -- GONNA DIRT TO JUST BEHOLDING THE SEWER.
[INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MEASURES IN PLACE TO CATCH IT.
IS 257 MILES OF SEWER LINES [INAUDIBLE] SO WE HAVE TO USE
OTHER MEASURES. >> COUNCIL WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH A NEW CONTRACT PUT TOGETHER, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS IN THE CURRENT OPERATION OF OUR WATER SYSTEM.
WE DO HAVE SOME PLACES WHERE WE PUMP MORE WATER THAN WE SHOULD ON A DAILY BASIS SET SOMETHING I HAVE TO MONITOR MORE CLOSELY.
WE CERTAINLY AR SEEING WATER SUPPLY LOOKING AT ISSUES FOR TH.
>> PUT THAT PLAN ON THE CALENDAR.
[LAUGHTER] >> COUNCIL, WE SPOKE OF THE [INAUDIBLE]. THERE'S A QUESTION THAT HIM OUT EARLIER. WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TO GET THOSE REQUESTS. THERE IS THE MAPS TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL CABINETS. AND WITH THAT, ANYMORE QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD SO WE COULD START EXECUTING ON THESE PROFITS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. ON THE ALTERNATE SOURCES, THOSE ARE ALREADY ISSUED BONDS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT.
WHAT DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS WOULD THAT HAVE ON FUTURE PROJECTS IN TERMS OF JUST FUNDING AND ALL THAT CRITICAL THAT IT WOULD
HAPPEN. >> CERTAINLY WE LOOK AT [INAUDIBLE]. THIS PRODUCT MEAN THE THEY MIGHT -- WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS AS THEY COME UP.
THE REVENUE BONDS, THERE JUST LOOKING AT, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WE HAD SOME RESERVATION FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO PUSH THEM OFF PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INTO THE FUTURE FOR ADDITIONAL COORDINATION FOR THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS FOR THE SEWER. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE BEING PUSHED ON. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE FUNDED.
HERE'S THE THING THAT WORRIES ME IS FIRST CAPACITY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS THE INI ISSUE. WOULD BE A PROBLEM IF HE CAN'T
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GET A HANDLE ON THAT. PRESUMABLY THERE ARE SOME ROAD PROJECTS ONLY THINK ABOUT THESE ROAD PROJECTS AS WE COME UP WITH OTHER ROAD PROJECTS AND A PLANNER CAPACITY TO GO BACK TOTHE VOTERS. >> BACK TO THE TRACK.
FOR THESE LOCATIONS. >> AND YES AS WE ALSO SAID FOR A RECENT PROJECT TO, WITH [INAUDIBLE] HOW WE NEED TO DO THE SIGNALING. IT MIGHT BE THE SIGNALING WITH THE TIMING SETS UNDER ADVI ADVISEMENT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE TWO LOCATIONS WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT A MAJOR ROAD GRAVEL ROAD AND IT TURNS AND YOU STOP AND NOTHING TRIGGERS IT. YOU THINK OKAY, MAY BE THE SIGN IS THAT YOU TRIGGERED THE CHANGE, WHAT YOU SIT THERE AND
NOTHING IS THERE. >> DEFINITELY.
BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON-SITE MONITORING A COUPLE OF THINGS SO WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
>> THERE IS A COUPLE NORTH ON RELIC ROAD AND UP THE STREETS THAT WOULD BE GOING DOWN AND WOULD CHANGE AS YOU GET THERE.
SOMEONE WOULD COME AND TRIGGER IT.
AND THEN YOU WOULD TURN BACK. >> THAT'S ARTIE BEEN DONE.
>> THE ONE HAS BEEN DONE AT [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE].
AND I LOVE THOSE BECAUSE WE USED TO SIT THERE FOREVER.
NOW THAT YOU ARE THERE. >> I NOTICE THERE IF YOU'RE ON RELIC ROAD TO STILL TURN RED SOMETIMES NO SIDE STREET THERE'S NO 11 IN THE LEFT TURN LANE YOU GET NOTHING THROUGH [INAUDIBLE]
>> SOME SIGNALS ARE ON A SCHEDULE AND HAVE YOUR HOURS SET TO MODE. SO YOU PULL UP AND IT WOULD SWITCH. DURING THE DAY TORONTO SCHEDULE.
>> OF THEIR OWN SCHEDULE OR ON SENSOR THERE'S A CALL THAT YOU'RE THERE SPECIAL THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN LOCATION.
>> OF THE SIGNAL THAT HASN'T BEEN REPLACED YET MAJORITY OF
THEM ARE HOLDING THEIR SECTIONS. >> WITH SENSORS, PROBABLY NOT PICKING THAT UP. [INAUDIBLE]
>> SO WE WILL BE ISSUING -- I REMEMBER THAT WE DID NOT ISSUE REVENUE BONDS ONE YEAR, BUT THEN I REMEMBER WE SAID WE HAVE TO USE THESE REVENUE BONDS BUT WE DID NOT, WAS AT $4 MILLION THAT WE ISSUED EVERY YEAR OR EVERY THREE YEARS.
>> SEVEN. >> SEVEN EVERY YEAR.
SO WE WILL ISSUE FOR PORT $4 MILLION FOR THESE SHORTFALLS.
>> IT'S MORE THAN THAT TOTAL, RATE?
>> WASTEWATER IS 4.4. >> I'M ADDING IT FOR THE
BUSINESS PROJECT. >> I HAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF EVERYTHING AND 29 MILLION. 2464 [INAUDIBLE] PROJECTS AND 4.4 FOR WASTEWATER. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> SHE SAYS IT'S NOT RIGHT. >> BUT THAT'S ABOUT PATH.
>> COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS? >> WHEN WE SEE THIS ON THE
AGENDA, IS AT APRIL 17TH? >> I JUST WHAT TO MAKE SURE AWARE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS PLEASE TELL ME NO WILL MAKE THOSE MOVES AND COME FORWARD.
>> ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT
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KIND OF STUFF? >> TONIGHT PERHAPS BUT WE WILL
DEFINITELY BRING BACK. >> I REALLY THINK PUTTING [INAUDIBLE] HOUSE OFFER ANOTHER YEAR IS A LONG TIME.
>> WE WILL COME BACK. >> I MENTIONED MR. BOWERS THAT WE HAVE A PRIORITIZATION DAY ACROSS THE BOARD WE IT OUT.
FROM THIS, THERE IS 51 MORE PROJECTS THAT COULD BE PRIORITIZED BASED ON CAPACITY AND FEASIBILITY, BUT THE PARK
PROJECTS ARE AS WELL. >> I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE
PRIORITIES BACK IN 24. >> I THINK ITS TIME TO REASSESS THAT. INTO YEARS.
>> TICKETS ARE MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATED.
>> BEFORE YOU GO, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU THERE'S A COMMENDATION BY THE RESIDENT WHO SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CIP PRESENTATIONS AND I WOULD AGREE BECAUSE OF ALL THE FOUR UP POINTS THERE WERE INCLUDED IN THE DETAIL OF EACH PROJECT. THAT IS MORE DETAIL THAN HAVE HAD IN A LONG TIME ABOUT HOW A PROJECT GOT TO BE RELEASED TODAY WHICH MIGHT WE'VE SEEN ALREADY BEEN SITTING STILL BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDING SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT INFORMATION INTO NO FROM 2021 TO 2026 IS FIVE YEARS AND IN THOSE FIVE YEARS WE HAVE DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION FOR TWO OR THREE OF THEM AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN TODAY WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ACTIVATED IN A TIMELY FASHION SO THANK YOU, THIS IS A VERY HELPFUL PRESENTATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
[3.C. Presentation regarding an upcoming PID bonds issuance for the Trails at Cottonwood Creek Project. ]
>> NEXT WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3C. THE ISSUANCE OF PID BONDS TO THE COTTONWOOD CREEK PROJECT. MICHAEL SCHUPP.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
AS ALLUDED TO TONIGHT WERE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PID BONDS FOR THE COTTONWOOD CREEK PROJECT. I RECALL THERE WERE ALREADY SOME EXISTING BONDS FOR THIS PROJECT FOR 2021 AND WE WILL DO AN ANNUAL S.A.P. UPDATE FOR THOSE BONDS.
I HAVE JOSHUA, THE PAY ADMINISTRATOR AND ALSO MARTY.
[INAUDIBLE]. DIVING INTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SO PUBLIC AND PERMIT DISTRICT IS A DEFINED AREA WITHIN THE CITY PERIODS PURPOSE IS TO WROTE THERE'S PROMOTE HIGHER QUALITY SPECIAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICES WITH [INAUDIBLE]. IS DESIGNED SO THERE IS A LIMITED REPAYMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND IT IS DONE SO THROUGH A LEVY, AN ASSESSMENT WHICH CAN BE USED TO FUND MAINTENANCE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT IS INCLUDED TYPICALLY ON AT ALONG TAX BILL. OURS IS DONE SEPARATELY FOR THE ASSESSOR ELECTOR TAX SERVICES. UNLIKE PROPERTY TAX SERVICES THESE ASSESSMENTS CAN BE PREPAID AND THEY ARE SUBORDINATE TO PROPERTY TAXES. IN THESE ARE USED TO FUND WATER, SEWAGE DRAINAGE ROADS, PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT. SO TOUCHING IN ON ASSESSMENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE FURTHER, THEY COULD BE USED TO REIMBURSED FOR PROJECTS THAT THEY PURSUE, TO FUND DEBT SERVICE ON PUBLIC YOUR OFFERED LOANS WHICH HAS BEEN A PATH FOR THE TRAILS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK PROJECT AND OTHER SPOTS OF THE CITY.
FUNDING ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AS WELL AS MAINTAINING.
SO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN ESTABLISHES THE PROJECT PLAN OR THE MAINTENANCE PLAN. IT ALLOCATES THE ASSESSMENTS ACROSS THE VARIOUS LOTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHES A PUBLIC PROCESS AND TIMING. IS UPDATED ANNUALLY SO AS ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL -- IN OCTOBER SO IT WAS COMMENSURATE WITH PROPERTY TAXES ON [INAUDIBLE].
SO THE CITY WITH DEBT TO FUND PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS WHICH IS REPAID VIA THE LEVY. IT DOES NOT ENCUMBER THE CITY AT ALL. BONDS ARE SOLD BACK FROM THE ASSESSMENT FROM THE KIT SO DOES NOT IMPACT THE CITY'S CREDIT
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RATING. [INAUDIBLE].UPON REPAYMENT OF ALL THE DEBT, THEY DISSOLVE.
THERE ARE METRICS SUCH AS BUILDING VALUE TO THE LIEN RATIO THAT COULD HELP ESTABLISH HOW MUCH DEBT THERE IS WITH THE DEVELOPER. SO WHEN THESE ARE PUT IN PLACE, THERE ARE NUMBER OF CONCEPTS THAT ARE POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER BEFORE APPROVING ONE. WHAT IS A VALUE PROPOSITION WITH THE CITY'S ESTABLISHMENT. WHO IS THE DEVELOPER INVOLVED? WHERE IS THERE CONSTRUCTIONDS,- HOLD? SO WITH THE UPCOMING BOND ISSUANCE IT WILL BE A REIMBURSEMENT BOND FOR THE PROJECT OR AN ISSUANCE.
THE AFFORDABILITY WHICH WE WILL TOUCH ON IN A LITTLE BIT WITH A TAX STACK OF THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS INCLUDING THE CITY AS WELL AS
>> YOU MENTIONED THE PIT IS DISSOLVED AFTER -- YOU MENTIONED THE PID IS DISSOLVED AFTER [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE DEPEND ON THE TENOR OF THE DEBT ISSUE TO SUPPORT THE PID USUALLY BY TEN OR 30 YEARS. ALL OF OUR ISSUANCES HAVE BEEN 30 YEARS. SO THIS IS COMPLETED OVER 30
>> SO IF YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER BUYING ONE OF THESE DEVELLIS A NEW CONSTRUCTION, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU SIGN THE PAPERWORK FOR YOUR HOME IS YOU WILL SEE AN ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE SO YOU ARE AWARE WHAT IT IS BASED ON THE PRICES OF THE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED IN THE AMOUNT THAT GETS FUNDED AND THEN THE SITTING IS TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE COULD BE OUT HERE FOR 30 YEARS, SO THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE COMMUNICATION THE RESIDENCE WITH THE PID TO ENSURE THAT IS MOVING ALONG AND THAT ALL THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME AND
ACCEPTED. >> AS A PART OF THIS MET ALL THE
TIMELINES YOU WOULD EXPECT? >> THERE WERE SOME DELAYS DUE TO COVID-19. I BELIEVE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED TIMELINE WAS DELAYED VERSUS WHAT WAS INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED. HOWEVER ALL THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE FIRST BONDS WERE ISSUED WERE COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THIS [INAUDIBLE]. ANTS NOW WE ARE AT THE PHASE TWO AND THREE WHICH IS PERMIT AREA NUMBER 2 AS WELL AS FIVE WHICH
IS A PROVEN AREA NUMBER 3. >> AS THEIR FIRE STATION UP
SO THIS IS THE FIRE STATION AS PART OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE DEVELOPING TO AGREEMENT WHICH IS TO INCREASE CEMENT OF FUNDING
THE FIRE STATION. >> THE TIMETABLE.
FOR COUNSEL TO MEND THE DISTRICT FOR DEVELOP MEANT FOR THE LOT AND AFTER PROVING THE AGREEMENT FOR OFFSET [INAUDIBLE] CONSTRUCTION THE BID WAS GREETED IN 2020 AND IT WAS IMPROVED LATER IN 2025 AND THEN IN 2020 WHEN THE BONDS WERE SOLD EARLIER WITH THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN PUT IN PLACE SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING ACTUALLY CAME FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THEN LAST JUNE AND MARCH OF 2025, THE TWO BELLMAN AGREEMENT WAS INCREASE FOR THE C.A.P. INITIAL CAPITAL $11 MILLION MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DEBT FOR PID INCREASE TO 20 MILLION BY THE QUEST OF DEVELOPMENT OR -- REQUEST OF DEVELOPER DUE TO INCREASE OF HOME VALUES TO STILL KEEP THE SAME TAX RATE THAT THEY HAD ESTABLISHED DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT. YOU WILL SEE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER BUT THERE IS A PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT TO TAKE ADVANTAGES OF HOME PRICES THE CITY WAS ABLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE FIRE STATION THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY DURING COVID-19 SO [INAUDIBLE]. HAVING THAT ALL KICKOFF, JOSH.
>> THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION.
PUBLIC SAFETY YOU SAID BUT PUBLIC SAFETY WITH PID IT'S THE FIRE STATION. [INAUDIBLE]
>> MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN [INAUDIBLE].
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>> WE WILL DIVE INTO A LITTLE MORE, BUT JUST AS FAR AS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHECK AND BALANCE IT SEEMS THAT THAT, WAS INCREASE TO 20 MILLION AS MENTIONED, THERE IS A TRE, TAX RATE EQUIVALENT C.A.P. [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT LIMITS WHAT COULD BE ISSUED AS FAR AS ASSESSMENTS AND DEBT AND PROPERTY. SO THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY UPDATES THAT'S PART OF THE BOND ISSUANCE.
BACK IN 2021, THIS PID WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE DEVELOPED IN THREE PHASES, THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED NOW TO FOUR.
THE SLIDER SHOWS THE EXISTING AREA ONE PLUS THE TWO CONTEMPLATED, BUT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED LOTS WHICH WILL NOW BE I FOUR. THE ORIGINAL DEVELOP PLAN BACK IN 2021 CONTEMPLATED 706 D5 LOTS THERE CAN EXCUSE ME.
AND THAT SAME COUNT HOLDS TRUE. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
BACK IN 2021 IN THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED THE ESTIMATED BUILDOUT VALUE ONCE THE PRODUCT WAS FULLY BUILT OUT WAS A POSSIBLY $279 MILLION. WITH THE UPDATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THAT IS NOW JUST UNDER $400 MILLION, THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO TWO MAIN CAUSES. YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THIS TABLE 60-FOOT LOTS, THAT'S PART OF THE NEW LAND-USE CLASS THAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED WHEN THE 2021 BONDS WERE ISSUED. AND IN THE PRIMARY, OUTSIDE THE LARGER DRIVER YOU NOTICE THE RIGHT-HAND PORTION PORTION THE AVERAGE COMPLETED HOME VALUE FOR AREA ONE, THOSE WERE AT 300, 340, 380 CONCEALING AREA ONE THE LOT WAS ESTIMATE INTO HEAVEN BUILT A VALUE 340,000 IN PRIORITY TO THE SAME 40-FOOT LOT IS NOW 550,000. SO A LOT OF THAT GROWTH FROM THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE TO UNDER 79 MILLION TO JUST UNDER 400 MILLION AS A PROJECT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INCREASE IN
HOME PRICES. >> A QUICK QUESTION.
ON THE PID WITH THE ROADS. THAT SUBDIVISION THERE, DOESN'T REMAIN PUBLIC PUBLIC OR DOES AGO PRIVATELY.
>> THOSE WILL BE PUBLIC. THOSE PRODUCTS ARE COMPLETE, ACCEPTED BY THE CITY, THE CITY WILL ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF THOSE DESIGNATED ASSETS AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONGOING
MAINTENANCE. >> SO THE [INAUDIBLE] OF THE ROADWAY, AND PID DOES NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS.
>> THESE BONDS WOULD JUST BE FOR THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION OF THESE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST AN OVERVIEW, SORRY ABOUT THE BOTTOM PORTION WE HAD TO ORIGINAL BOND ISSUANCE IS IN 2021 AND THEN SINCE HIS PRESENTATION WAS PREPARED THERE HAS BEEN ADDITIONAL UPDATE AS I MENTIONED TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THOSE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THAT TRE CAP SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER 2 AND NUMBER 3, THOSE VALUES BOND ISSUANCES BASICALLY THAT [INAUDIBLE] UPDATED. FOR AREA TWO DEVELOP MEANT.
AND AREA THREE IT'S 1.75 MILLION.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM SO FOR EACH OF THOSE PRICES THAT NONE OF THOSE EXCEED [INAUDIBLE] ON ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA, THE DEVELOPERS TOTAL COST FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN AREAS TWO AND THREE IS ABRUPTLY 20 MILLION -- 27 MILLION. SO THE TRE CAP IS KIND OF LIMITING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD STILL PUT UP THEIR OWN FINANCING FOR THE BALANCE OF THOSE IMPROVING COSTS, IF THERE IS ONGOING DELAYS, PROJECTS AND COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, THIS ASSESSMENT WILL REMAIN AS YOU SEE.
ONCE IT IS LEVIED IN THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PASSED ON TO THE CITY OR THE RESIDENCE IT'S TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE DEVELOPER. >> ARE THERE PLANS TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL PID BONDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA FOUR? YOU MAY HAVE ARTIE SAID THAT.
>> I DID NOT. >> WHEN IS A QUANTUM PLATED TO
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INFORMATION. >> WE WOULD HAVE TO TOUCH BASE
WITH THE DEVELOPER. >> [INAUDIBLE].
>> IF AREA ONE WAS PLANNED IN 2024 I BELIEVE, THEY ARE JUST COMING FORTH TO AREA TWO AND THREE THAT'S 471 ADDITIONAL LOTS SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE DILIGENCE PART OF THE A COMPLIMENT PRO PROCESS.
>> I WILL ALSO JUST NOTE THAT THE C.A.P. IS JUST 20 MILLION SORT 12-POINT FOR WE ONLY HAVE [INAUDIBLE].
SO THE NEXT POTENTIAL BOND ISSUANCE DATE OF THAT AMOUNT
UNLESS WE ADD ANOTHER AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU.
>> EVEN WITH THAT, IF THE DEVELOPER WANTED ACCESS THE ENTIRE 7 MILLION, I BELIEVE CURRENTLY THAT FACES SMALLER BY 100 LOTS SO DEPENDING ON WHAT TAX THAT L THE CITY IS NOT OBLIGATED, THE PID IS NOT OBLIGATED TO ISSUE DEBT FOR THAT DIFFERENCE. THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE OF THE IMPACT AND WHAT CONTAINERS AND AREAS TWO AND THREE WOULD PAY. YOU CAN SEE THE ITEMS IN RED REPRESENT THE ASSESSMENT. IT'S JUST NOT ON THE SLIDE, THE ONE ITEM AS THERE WAS A CONCERN WHAT WE SEE HIS RESIDENCE IN AREA ONE ON A 40-FOOT LOT BECAUSE OF THOSE LOWER VALUES WITH $1100 THE SAME LOT AREA IN AREA TWO IS $1800.
THAT'S AGAIN DUE TO THAT LARGE INCREASE IN THE ESTIMATED BUILDOUT VALUE. SO THOSE WILL BE CONSISTENT FROM
A PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT. >> SO HERE WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SWEAT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, WE HAVE A CERTIFIED LEVY FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE EXCLUDING IMPACT OF THE SENIOR FREEZE WHICH WOULD SUBTRACT FROM THAT TAX LEVY BUT A TAX RATE OF $0.80.8 ON 1.2 BILLION ROUGHLY 74 MILLION-DOLLAR LEVY, AT THE FIRST THREE PHASES OF THE DEVELOP MEANT WITH [INAUDIBLE] VALUE THE TAXPAYER WOULD BE AN INCREASE OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] OF TAXPAYER VALUE WHICH IS ABOUT $0.03 ON THE [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAVE RUN THROUGH A LOT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT BUT SPARKLY ALL RIGHT.
>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS. >> I MEAN, THEY SIGNED AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE.
FOR TAXES AND THINGS. >> IT'S A LOVELY AREA, THIS IS
ALL CLEARLY LAID OUT. >> DEVELOPER WOULD STILL BE PAID
WITHIN THAT. >> THESE ARE PUBLICLY OFFERED BONDS. 'S OWN UNDERWRITER IS ENGAGED TO SELL BONDS SO FOR INSTANCE AFTER THERE'D BE A BUYER NOT NECESSARILY BUT STATE FARM, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES.
BUT THEY WOULD BUY THIS PAPER ASSESSMENTS TO REPAY THEIR
ASSESSMENT. >> MAYBE EVEN THE DEVELOPER ON
SALES BONDS. >> I THINK SOMEONE HAD BRIEFED ME BEFORE BUT I DON'T MEMBER. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE ANTICIPATING TO COME TO THE BUILDING OF THE FIRE STATION WE.
>> IS ABOUT $2000 I BELIEVE. [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE INCREASED IT TO 800,000 OF THE ADDITIONAL UP TO 2.2.
>> 2.1 MILLION [INAUDIBLE] OR THEY HAVE THE OPTION FOR THEMSELVES. SO I THINK THAT IS A DISCUSSION THEIR AGREEMENT, THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHAT PATH THEY WOULD GO FOR CERTAIN TO BELTON MILESTONES FOR THE PROJECT IT'S A WAY OF
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DOING COMEDIC EIGHT WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PATH THEY WOULDWANT TO GO. >> THEY COULD MAKE ANY DESIGN
ANYTHING THEY WANT. >> KNOW WE ARTIE HAVE OUR
DESIGNS. >> UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
>> CORRECT. >> WE WORK WITH THE FIRED APARTMENT TO DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS ON THE DESIGN.
>> THANK YOU. >> SO THE CAP IS 20 MILLION TOTAL AND THIS INCREASES FROM WHAT NUMBER TO WHAT NUMBER?
>> SO WE CURRENTLY, LET ME GO BACK.
IT'S ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION THAT'S CURRENTLY ISSUED WITH THOSE TOP TO BOND ISSU ISSUANCES.
THE MASTER BONDS IMPROVE IN AREA ONE.
AND THEN WITH THE CURRENT UPDATE NUMBERS IT'S MORE ABOUT 15.1.
SO IT'S ABOUT 6.9. >> I MIGHT BE DEAD SERIOUS SO BEAR WITH ME. OBVIOUSLY THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON CITY FINANCES OTHER THAN THE FACT WERE GETTING SOME ROADS BUILT IN CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, THE FOR THAT EXTRA 7 MILLION ROUGHLY, WHAT DOES THOSE WHAT ELSE DO CITY GET OUT OF THAT CLEAN MORE TOWARDS THE FIRE
STATIONS? >> NOT IN THIS BOND ISSUANCE BUT
IN THE NEXT BOND ISSUANCE. >> THE NEXT ONE.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THAT PLEA IS THAT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP THEIR NUMBERS.
>> IT JUST REDUCE THEM OF COST BECAUSE AS MENTIONED THE STRUCTURE COSTS ALONE EXCESS THIS AMOUNT SO IT'S JUST CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THEIR EXPENSES FOR PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE. >> WE KNOW TOO.
THESE BONDS ARE VAGUE. THESE ARE NOT NEW EXISTENT -- ASSESSMENTS ON EXISTING HOMEOWNERS IT'S ONLY ABOUT NEW
POTENTIAL. >> SELENA WHAT THEY'RE GETTING
INTO WHEN THEY SIGN UP. >> BUILDOUT VALUE ADDED TO THEIR ASSESSMENT, WHICH IF YOU WANT TO THE BACK TO THAT SLIDE, 340 MILLION IS ADDITIONAL VALUE ONTO YOUR EXISTING THAT YOU'RE GETTING AS A RESULT OF THOSE LOTS BEING FILLED.
>> 'S TALKED ABOUT IN THE PACKET IF I RECALL THAT USE THEM FOR THE BUILDOUT, AS I WOULD'VE S SAID? MY MISSING THAT PLEA PARKS TRAILS WHATEVER THINGS, NONE OF
>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> [INAUDIBLE] IT'S EXHAUSTING TO MAINTAIN TO GET THE TREES ALIVE ONCE WE ACCEPT OWNERSHIP.
>> WE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE DEVELOPMENT DID.
ONLY AMENDED THE AGREEMENT, WE ALSO ADJUSTED WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE COMMON AREAS.
THE COMMON AREAS ANOTHER SPONSOR ABILITY OF THE HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION. >> AND IF THE HOA WAS DISSOLVED.
>> IF WE ALLOW IT TO GO DEFUNCT, THAN IT WOULD BE OUR PROBLEM
LONG-TERM. >> AND THAT HAS HAPPENED.
>> THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A PEANUT GALLERY.
BUT HOW MUCH DO THE ASSESSMENTS GOVERN THE PRICE OF THE HOMES? BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IF I HAVE TO PAY ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY IN PID ASSESSMENTS I WOULD NOT BE GOING TO PAY QUITE AS MUCH FOR THE VALUE OF THE HOMES WAS TRADE-OFF HERE?
>> YES, GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECTED SEE BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOUR TAXES ARE $2000 MORE A YEAR TO PURCHASE THAT PERIODS ARE TYPICALLY, THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT PRICE POINT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
INCLUDING THE PROPERTY TAXES. >> 'S WAS THE BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS IS FUNDING, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPER NOT THE SELLER HOMES AT A HIGHER PRICE AND NOT HAVE
THE PID ASSESSMENT? >> THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS HERE. THE DEVELOPER BUILDING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE CELLS THE LOFT AND YOU HAVE A HOME BUILDER WHO BUILDS THE LOT. SO THIS IS MONEY THAT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH MAKES A LOT BUILDABLE. SO IT'S REALLY, WHAT IS THE
PRICE OF THE LOT. >> EXCUSE ME, I UNDERSTANDING OF
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THIS CASE, THE DEVELOPER HAS ARTIE BENEFITED.WITH THESE BE MORE REIMBURSEMENT BONDS, 27 MILLION ALREADY.
THESE PROJECTS ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION SO THE PID, EXCUSE ME, IS JUST HELPING A SMALLER PORTION OF THAT [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
>> TO YOUR POINT THERE'S A POINT WHERE THE DEVELOPER COULD EXTRACT THE MARKETABILITY OF THOSE HOME SO IT'S A HOLISTIC PROCESS WE ARE EVALUATING. THE COST ANALYSIS.
>> CERTAINLY TO ASK IF THIS WAS DETRIMENTAL IN A SUBSTANTIAL
WAY. >> AND THAT'S WHY THE TAX STAFF IS ONE OF THE METRICS WE OFTEN REFERENCE TOO BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER WHEN THE TAX SET BURDEN GETS TOO LARGE THEN IT'S A PROBLEM AND THE MARKETABILITY ISSUE.
>> THAT'S THE PID. >> IS THERE A PID ASSESSOR COMING THERE? THEY COLLECT FOR ALL OF OUR
DATES. >> HOW MANY PIDS DO WE HAVE?
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> THEN YOU IT INTO TWO PARTS.
IT'S WENT TO BE ONE BOND ISSUANCE THE IMPROVEMENT NUMBER 2 AND NUMBER 3. AS THE UPDATES.
>> SO THIS DOCUMENT, ANYTIME THAT THERE IS LARGER LEVY IN PLACE THAT'S WHEN WE UPDATE SERVICE ASSESSMENT.
AFTER THAT, AND THEN A RECURRING ANNUAL UPDATES FOR THE BUDGET, TO ASSESS -- UPDATE THE ASSESSMENT ROLE IN THE CONDITIONS TO MAKE SURE WE BILL THE CORRECT ACCOUNTS FOR THE ITEMS. SO THIS DOCUMENT WILL SET THE LEVY FOR AREAS TWO AND THREE FOR THIS -- THESE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL
[INAUDIBLE] >> I THINK YOU MENTIONED PID
PAYS FOR MINISTRY TO COSTS. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
HERE'S A BUDGET FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, THE PID ADMINISTERED HER, THE CITY'S COST AS WELL AS THE DEBT SER
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS, THIS WAS KIND OF AN UPDATE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT WAS MOVED FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPER SEEKING A BOND ISSUANCE FOR IT SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WILL COME ON THE 21ST AND THAT WILL BE FOR ON THE FIFTH. THE INITIAL STEP WHICH IS NOT LISTED ON HERE IS IN ADDITION TO THIS ITEM WILL ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR THAT BOND SO THE TENOR COULD BE EXPECTED OUT TO 30 YEARS. SO THAT WILL BE COMBINED WITH THE RESOLUTION TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN ON MAY FIFTH BACK THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING, IT WILL BE THE S.A.P. ORDINANCE APPROVAL AS WELL AS ACCESS -- ACCEPTANCE OF THE BOND ORDI ORDINANCE.
>> OKAY. COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GOOD WITH IT.
[3.D. Presentation regarding the purchase of water meter repair and replacement services from Aqua Metric Sales Company.]
>> NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 3E -- 3D.
PRESENTATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF WATER METER REPAIR AND/OR PLACEMENT SERVICES FROM AQUA METRIC SALE SERVICES.
>> WHO LET HER TAKE VACATION? >> WITH SOME SHOWING TELL TO
BRING UP. >> THIS IS THE ISSUE WE HAVE
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BEEN STRUGGLING WITH FOR A WHILE.COUNCIL HAS HAD PRESENTATIONS ON TRYING TO GET OUR WATER METER SYSTEMS TO WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR US.
AND WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER TO GET THEM TO FIX UNKNOWN ERROR THAT THEY HAVE AND THEN THEY COME IN AND ACTUALLY REPLACE SEVERAL METERS.
BUT ACTUALLY WHAT THEY FIXED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ONE OVER HERE, THEY FIXED A PIECE IN THE SIDE [INAUDIBLE].
THE MAGNET THAT WAS SWOLLEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
SO AS LONG AS THAT WAS A PROBLEM, WE HAD A GOOD OUTCOME.
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF METERS THAT THEY PUT BACK INTO PLACE AFTER REPLACING THAT. THERE WERE OTHER PARTS EVEN METER STILL WAS NOT WORKING. THERE YOU GO.
YOU HAVE A PICTURE HERE LET'S WALK THROUGH AND NEXT TO THE
REGISTER ITSELF. >> THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE CURRENT METER WE ARE USING THE SR TO METER IT'S GOT A HERE OSCILLATING PISTON TO ROTATE THAT MAGNET THAT WERE NOT THERE IS EFFECTIVE. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE MOVED ONTO THIS HERE WHICH IS NOT MECHANICAL.
IT'S ELECTROMAGNETICALLY FIT. THE WATER IS CONDUCIVE IT INDUCES A VOLTAGE WITH THE PORTION TO THE FLOW.
>> SO THE PART THAT THEY FIXED WAS NOT THE PART THAT WAS FAILING. WE ALSO HAVE CRUMBS WITH THE RADIO PART RECENT TIMES THE REGISTER HAS A BATTERY IN IT WHICH IS WARRANTED FOR 20 YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE REGISTERS GO OUT AFTER TEN. PART OF OUR PROBLEM IS THAT REGISTER WARRANTY IS FROM THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE.
NOT FROM THE DATE OF INSTALLATION.
BECAUSE THEY PUT A BATTERY IN IT AND SAY IT'S WORKING IN THE ISSUE IT. AND SO IF WE HAVE ON THE SHELF FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN INSTALL IT AND WHEN IT'S OUT AFTER TEN YEARS BECAUSE WE KEEP TRACK OF THE INSTALL DATE AND ON THE MANUFACTURE DATE, ACTUALLY THE MANUFACTURER SAYS IT'S 12 YEARS TO THAT WARRANTY. RECURRENT REPLACE AND PROGRAMME IS A 12 YEAR REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE OUT THERE FROM 14 OR 15 YEARS FROM THE MANUFACTURING DATE. WHEN RON SCHEDULE WERE LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE. SO WE SEE A LOT OF LITTLE REGISTERS ACTUALLY FAILING HONEST -- BAILING ON US.
WE DO NOT FIX THE REGISTER PERIODS RAFTER 2200 EFFORT WE STILL HAD, ABOUT HALF THAT WERE STILL PROBLEMATIC.
TO KIND OF REFRESH EVERYONE WITH A DIFFERENT ERRORS ARE.
WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] IF THE RADIO DOES NOT REACH OUR SIGNAL [INAUDIBLE]. SO WE KNOW THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT RADIO. IF WE HAVE ZERO READS, OUR SYSTEM THINGS IT IS JUST FINE. WE ARE RECEIVING NOTIFICATION FROM THE RADIO. JUST SENDING US NO DATA SO WE PUT IN PLACE NEW SYSTEMS THAT ACTUALLY TRACK THAT AS WELL SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY DONE WE PUT IN SYSTEMS THAT TRACK WITH A ZERO READS AS WELL AS THE NONREADS.
WHAT WOULD SEEM AS BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING AT IT.
ONE OF THE ART PIECES WAS OUR NONREADER LIVE A NUMBER OF FAIRLY NEW METERS SO WE PULLED IN THE TEAM ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO NOW AND SAID WHAT'S GOING ON SO HE PULLED A BUNCH OF METERS, FROM THE CENSUS AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT WERE THE CAUSES [INAUDIBLE] THIS WAS BACK TO NEEDING REPLACE THE SR TWOS, THOSE OF THE OLD ONES. AND THEN -- SO THAT WAS A WHOLE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH DID NOT QUITE GET THE ALCHEMY WANTED.
I'M SORRY, NOTICE MILLIARD THIS PRESENTATION.
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WINDY BUT SHE IS ON VACATION.
SECONDARY FAILURES WE HAVE AGAIN NOT ONLY WITH THE BATTERY ON THE REGISTER, BUT ALSO SINCE THESE THINGS ARE MORE WIRED TOGETHER,
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ANYTIME WE HAVE A WIRE CUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIKE A WEED EATER OR SOMETHING FALLS IN THEIR, THEN AGAIN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A NONREAD OR ZERO READS SITUATIN A NUMBER OF POINTS OF FAILURES IN THE OLDER SYSTEMS THAT'S WHY WE ARE PRETTY ENCOURAGED BY THE NEWER SYSTEM BECAUSE IT HAS FEWER PARTS THAT COULD ACTUALLY FAIL WHAT WE ARE FINDING WITH THESE NEWER SYSTEMS THAT FAIL IS THERE IS A TRICK. YOU MAY CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE.BUT WHEN YOU INSTALL THESE THINGS, THE ANTENNA HAS A DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS.
AND AS YOU SET IT UP, IF YOU HAVE IT OUTSIDE OF THE METER BOX AND YOU PROGRAMME IT IT GETS SET TO A LOWER POWER SETTING.
IF YOU PUT IT INSIDE THE BOX BEFORE YOU PROGRAMME IT ACTUALLY HAS A TRUE CONDITION TO GO TO A HIGHER POWER SETTING IF NECESSARY. AND THAT WAS THE TRAINING ERROR WE HAD WITH THE BIG TORN OVER THERE SWAYED A NUMBER PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT PROGRAMMING WITH THE ANTENNA BEING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX SWAYED A WHOLE BUNCH OF NONREADS ALONG WITH THE ZERO READS SWITCHED ON THAT HAPPENS YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND READ THE PROGRAMME BRING THIS TO YOUR PROCESS WOMEN TRYING TO CATCH UP. OUR GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE BOXES TO GET READY FOR THAT PROCESS SO WE HAVE BEEN FALLING BEHIND IN OUR METER REPLACEMENT.
SEE ABOUT THREE PROBLEMS. INSTALLATION ISSUES STANDARD PROBLEMS BATTERY DIP THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEY FALL BEHIND WITH THE REPLACEMENT.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT RATHER THAN US GAINING GROUND ON THIS PROBLEM, WERE ACTUALLY LOSING GROUND.
IN ORDER TO GET CAUGHT UP WE ARE PROPOSING TO BRING IN A CONTRACTOR TO FOCUS JUST ON THE CURRENT NONREADS AND GETTING ALL OF THOSE WHEN HE 500 ACCOUNTS WORKING.
WHATEVER IT TAKES. SO IF THERE IS A REGISTER GONE OR A WIRE CUT, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO FIX IT.
THEY'VE GIVEN US A LIST OF INVENTORY ITEMS FOR US TO HAVE ON BOARD WE TAKE BOTH OF THAT INVENTORY IF THERE'S ANY EXCESS INVENTORY OF THE END WE WOULD TURN IT BACK IN WITHOUT THE ISSUE AS FAR AS EVERY STOCK AND FEAR AND THING LIKE THAT.
SO TO OVER BY THEN GET GOING FOR TWO AND HALF MONTHS --
>> FOUR MONTHS. >> SO WHILE THEY DO THAT, WE WANT TO GET OUR GUYS BACK FOCUSED ON THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ISSUES IN OUR REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME.
ALSO IF WE RUN INTO REGISTERS THAT YOU STILL HAVE A WARRANTY THAT WARRANTY SO HERE'S A WARRANTY YOU COULD SEE AFTER THE FIRST TEN YEARS, IT'S A FULL REPLACEMENT COST.
AFTER THAT, THAT WILL GO DOWN. SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 13 YEARS, OUR PRICE IS 40% SO WE DO GET SOME WARRANTY REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE REGISTERS THAT ARE STILL WITHIN THE WARRANTY OF THAT GROUP FOR LESS THAN 20 YEARS FOR MANUFACTURING. SO THE NICE THING IS THAT OUR METRIC WORKS DIRECTLY WITH CENSUS TO SUBMIT THOSE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] FOR US AS
WELL. >> WHAT IS THE COST OF A THIRD-PARTY [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE]
>> THIRD PARTY CONTRACT, 735,000.
>> ABOUT, 444 AS PARTS, THE NEW METERS.
AND BY NEW METERS IT'S THE ONES CLOSEST TO [INAUDIBLE] THE FANCY
ONES. >> A CULMINATION OF NEW METERS,
DIALS. >> IT DEPENDS WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
>> WE HAVE MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS SO IS THAT?
>> THERE ALL CENSUS. >> THERE ALL MANUFACTURED WITH
CENSUS. >> IT THEY ALL ARE IT'S JUST THE SR TWO WHICH IS AN OLDER UNIT. SO YES, YOU ARE RIGHT 434,000 AS PARTS ALLOCATION IF WE DON'T USE ALL THAT WE GET REIMBURSED.
>> NEW IS THIS MODEL? IS IT JUST ROLLED OFF THE
ASSEMBLY LINE NEW? >> I THINK IT'S BEEN FOR A DECADE THEY MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO IT INITIALLY
USED TO BE A DEPOSIT MATERIAL. >>> THAT ONE HAS A SIMILAR
>> IS A 20 YEAR ACCURACY, AND IN THE BATTERY HAS THAT SAME AFTER TEN YEARS YOU GET THE REDUCED REIMBURSEMENT.
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THEY REPLACE THE PART THAT USED TO BREAK WITH A BRASS PIECE NOW THAT HAD PROBLEMS WITH BREAKING IN THE PAST.BUT THIS IS NOT BRAND-NEW OFF-THE-SHELF SORT OF THING.
WE HAVE THEM FOR A WHILE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME STUMBLE
[LAUGHTER] >> SO I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS. I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THAT NUMBER IS PARTS 434,000.
THAT COULD VERY DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE METER.
THIS GETS US CAUGHT UP, IT GETS US BACK ON TRACK WITH THE METER POSTING SCHEDULE WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE BEHIND ON.
AND THIS IS UP TO 2500 METERS FOR 290,006 -- FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND LABOR WHICH IS $116 PER METER.
I CANNOT IMAGINE US PAYING OUR TEAM TO REPLACE A METER $160.
THAT SEEMS VERY COMPETITIVE C COST.
IN TERMS OF LABOR DOLLARS. >> THE REAL POSITIVE THING ABOUT THIS IS OUR METRIC THE SUPPLY ALL THE TIME.HEIR TEAM DOES THI-
>> AND WE GET THE WARRANTY AND WE GET THE COMMUNICATION WITH CENSUS ON THE WARRANTY THE PAYBACK.
>> I THINK IT IS MORE EFFICIENT THAN WE COULD NEED.
>> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN OUTSOURCING WORK IS VERY
BENEFICIAL. >> I THINK ON THE POSITIVE SIDE ALSO THE METRIC CAME OUT AND DID TRAINING WITH OUR GUYS IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR TEAM AS WELL IN THIS PROCESS.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS WITH [INAUDIBLE] WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO CONSIDER MOVING FROM A 12 EURO PLACEMENT PROGRAMME TO ATTEND YOUR REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME.
AS YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THIS IS REVENUE LOST WHICH MEANS WE PICK
UP THE COST. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION YOU KIND OF ANSWERED. [INAUDIBLE] JUST TO GRAVITATE THE SITUATION TO HAVE AN ESTIMATE?
MILLIONS. >> IN LIGHT OF THE OVERALL LOST REVENUE, IT SEEMS A PRETTY SMALL INVESTMENT TO MAKE TO CAPTURE THAT. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO OTHER
METER COMPANIES? >> FOR A COUPLE REASONS NO.
THIS IS THE CENSUS EXPERTS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO METER CHANGE OUT, THE PROBLEM IS THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, OUR AMR SYSTEM OUR METER READING PROGRAMMES, OUR TRACKING PROGRAMME, OUR INTEGRATION WITH OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. YOU COULD NOT JUST POP IT DISH IN. YOU CAN JUST MOVE THE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING HAVE TO DO A FULL CHANGE AROUND.
>> THERE ARE METERS OUT THERE THAT WILL SAY WILL WORK ON THE CENSUS TODAY. BUT TOMORROW WHEN THE CENSUS UPDATES THE PROGRAMME YOU HAVE THE REVENUE AGAIN AND HE LET THE METER NEEDING TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND REPLACED.
>> I THINK MOVING TO A 10-YEAR CYCLE IS [INAUDIBLE]
>> WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP ON THIS?
>> IT COMES TO COUNCIL TOMORROW AND IS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA
COUNCIL, ANYMORE QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS
EVENING. >> COUNCIL, DOES ANYONE NEED A
[3.E. Update regarding the Rowlett Citizen Survey. ]
BREAK OR BE GOOD TO KEEP MOVING? >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3E
REGARDING THE SURVEY. >> LET'S HOPE HE IS PREPARED FOR
THIS ONE. >> AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE SURVEY BEFORE THERE ARE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HERE THAT ARE CONSISTENT. THEY ARE BENCHMARK QUESTIONS, SO THEIR QUESTIONS WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY ADJUST BECAUSE THE SAME QUESTION IS ASKED OF OTHER COMMUNITIES SO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO BENCHMARK. THERE ARE HOWEVER A NUMBER OF
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THEM THAT ARE JUST FOR US. THEY ARE OURS AND WE CAN CUSTOMIZE THEM TO MEET OUR INTERESTS AND INFORMATION WE ARE TRYING TO SEEK FROM OUR RESIDENCE.SO I HAVE WORKED THROUGH THESE AND ADDED THINGS AND TO BE HONEST, I ADDED THINGS THAT I EXPECT YOU TO PULL OUT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THEM.
SO PLEASE DO NOT DISAPPOINT. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO PULL OUT. HERE IS A TEAM.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PRIORITIZING NATION AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PARKS OR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PARKS.
SO THAT'S A FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY IN THE RECREATIONAL AREA.
THESE ARE OUR IDEAS AND AGAIN, LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PULL OUT? ANY OTHER ONES THAT YOU WANT TO
TEST? >> I MEAN, TO ME THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OBVIOUS. BASELINE.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THEM. THERE IS NO REASON THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE TO TELL US TO INCREASE -- IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES OR INCREASE GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
THOSE ARE EXPECTATIONS. THAT PEOPLE MIGHT EXPECT BATHROOMS THAT FUNCTION AND OPEN AND AVAILABLE.
YOU WOULD EXPECT THE PARK IS CLEAN AND WELL-MAINTAINED AND THE TRASH CANS ARE EMPTY. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BASELINE.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT. LET ME ADD ONE MORE PIECE.
YOU CAN SEE THE [INAUDIBLE] OVER THERE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE TO -- THE PICK FOUR OVER THERE.
THEY HAVE TO SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT'S NOT.
THEY ALSO IF TO SAY WHAT ARE THEIR FOUR TOP.
SO COULD HELP TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER MAINTAINING KEEPING BATHROOMS CLEAN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ADDING TO THE COMMUNITY DOG PARK. SO IT ALSO GIVES YOU WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT? NEW SINKS OR MAINTAINING YOUR TO HAVE. THAT'S WHY THOSE IDEAS ARE THERE. THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY THE
RIGHT IDEAS FOR THIS COMMUNITY? >> I WOULD ALSO SAY HAVING TALKED TO THE A.R.C. SEE THAT WE NEED TO ASK THE CITIZENS SOME
PRIORITY [INAUDIBLE] >> WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE TO.
>> JUST WONDERING OUT LOUD. >> THE SAMPLE SIZE OF THE SURVEY
>> SO SOME RESIDENTS MAY NOT BE INFORMED FOR THAT QUESTION ON
THEIR. >> WE HAVE A TENURE PLAN WHICH
IS NOT CHANGED. >> SO TO ADD TO THE TOP PART,
>> THERE IS. >> IS AT THE QUESTION.
>> YOU COULD ADD, THERE IS NO REAL LIMIT.
>> IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE ON THEIR BECAUSE IT WAS BACK TO THE DOLLARS AND IF THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND IT ADDS MORE, WE ARE ON
THE RIGHT TRACK. >> WE DID IT.
>> THE ONE THING I SEE IS IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE ASKING PEOPLE IF YOU LIKE PUPPIES.
IT IS A "YES." AND EVERYONE SAYS YES.
IT'S AN OBVIOUS YES. BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE ACCESS WHERE WE WOULD PUT ALL OF THESE TH THINGS.
I DON'T NOT LIKE THE QUESTION DIRECTIONALLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I LIKE THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AT EXPLAINED, AND IMPROVE [INAUDIBLE].
DO WE WANT A BOAT [INAUDIBLE]? >> WHAT IS THE ACCESS?
>> YES. >> THE BOAT RAMP, IS IT A
FISHING RAMP. >> IT'S JUST SUCH A BAG, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I'M --
>> YOU COULD CERTAINLY TAKE THAT TO DEVELOP NEW [INAUDIBLE]
>> WHERE DO WE ALL LAND AT WHICH DEVELOPER FOR THE BOAT LAUNCH?
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING THERE HAVE TO BE QUESTIONS FOR LA LAKE ACCESS [INAUDIBLE]. I JUST THINK THAT THAT QUESTION COULD BE FORMED IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT MAY BE THE INFORMATION,
AND I MAY BE WRONG. >> YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION?
>> LIKE I SAID, MAYBE IT'S NOT A BOAT RAMP BUT MAYBE IT'S
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INCREASED KAYAKS. IT'S DEDICATED FISHING AREA BUT SAILBOATS AN END A LITTLE SPECIFICITY IT THAT DOES NOT JUST LIKE I SAID DO YOU LIKE PUPPIES?>> I THINK THAT'S VALID. WE HAVE ONE FISHING DOCK OR YOU WANT ANOTHER DOCK WHERE YOU COULD GO FISHING? DO YOU WANT MORE ACCESS FOR SHORESIDE FISHING? THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP? DO YOU WANT BEACH ACCESS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A SWIMMING A AREA.
>> THERE ARE LIMITS BUT I THINK WE COULD DRILL IT DOWN A BIT.
>> DON'T EAT THE FISH. >> THAT ADDS TO MIKE'S POINT ON THE RCC MORE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT A BETTER BASKETBALL COURT, YOU WANT MORE SPIN CLASS AREA.
>> IF YOU GET A HIGH LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO INFORM THAT KIND OF
DECISION IN THE FUTURE. >> YOU MENTIONED OWNING LAND.
I HEAR ABOUT BUILDING NEW STUFF ON 15.
TO DEVELOPMENT SHORELINE FISHING IF YOU NEED ONE FOR DEVELOPING
ONE. >> IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF NUMBER 3 AND THEN DEVELOP NEW PUBLIC TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP A FISHING DOCK FOR NEW PUBLIC LAKE ACCESS FOR
INDIVIDUAL THINGS. >> IF YOU WANTED A PUBLIC BOAT
RAMP TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. >> ANY KIND OF DOCK.
>> IT WOULD BE SOME THING TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.
>> THERE BE SOMETHING PROBABLY WHAT PERCENTAGE INTO AN ACTUAL KAYAK TRAIL WITH SIGNAGE AND ALL OF THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS PARTICULARLY THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT EASY ONE TO DO WERE ALREADY A LITTLE BIT INTO IT.
>> YOU COULD ADD 18B OR WHATEVER IT IS, JUST HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THE [INAUDIBLE]? IS IMPORTANT TO FOR TRAILS, BOATS, FISHING? WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU ABOUT THE LAKE. TO PULL IT OUT OF ONE COMP
COMPLETELY. >> AGAIN TO HAVE HAVE LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS. COMING IN SAINT OF THE PUBLIC CAN COME IN HERE AND USE THIS FOR A FEE.
>> WHAT ABOUT KAYAKING, IS KAYAKING AND PORT YOU? MOTORBOATS, IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL MOTORBOATS?
>> [INAUDIBLE]. THAT WAS OVER DISCLOSURE.
DEVELOP INDOOR AQUATIC FACILITIES.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD EVER BE ABLE TO FUND THAT ONGOING HOW MANY LIFEGUARDS IS THAT IF PEOPLE WANTED THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED. LOOK, WE CAN BOND AND BUILD IT, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE GOT HOW MANY LIFEGUARDS AND CONCESSION
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PEOPLE THAT WAS HUGE. >> AUDITORIUM THAT'S OLYMPIC CLASS SWIMMING DIVING EVER EVERYTHING.
[INAUDIBLE] >> I JUST WOULD TAKE THAT OFF BECAUSE I DON'T SEE HOW OUR FUN WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO... STAFF
THAT. >> IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES.
AND IT'S EXPENSIVE IS HECTIC. THOSE THINGS ARE LIKE POOLS THAT YOU THROW MONEY INTO. IT'S IMPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF RESOURCE.
>> FOR THE HOCKEY RINK IS ALREADY FUNDED AND SOMEWHAT
STARTED. >> IT HAS A BIT SO IT WILL COME
TO COUNCIL. >> WE ARE REALLY PASS THE
QUESTION STAGE. >> ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE MISSING AND DEVELOPING FACILITIES IS A NUMBER OF UNDEVELOPED PARTS PRETTY OPEN-ENDED TO SAY, UNDEVELOPED PARTS ARE WORK ON ADDING AMENDMENT TO UNDEVELOPED PARTS SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVEN IF IT'S A LAW, IT COULD BE SIMPLE.
>> AMENITIES DO EXIST AND PARKS. >> UNDEVELOPED PARKS SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY UNDEVELOPED PARKS DO WE HAVE IN
READY FOR THE NEXT ONE? >> THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. SO YOU PICK ONE OR TWO.
DOWNTOWN TO HAVE ACTIVITIES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DOWNTOWN? FOR THE STATION KIND OF A COMMUNITY PAVILION WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO GO.
ADDITIONAL MIXED-USE DEVEL DEVELOPMENT.
>> THAT FOURTH POINT THERE THINK NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN IN SUCH WAY THAT THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD UNDERSTAND THE SENTENCE AND KIND OF ALL OF THAT, THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPER FRIENDLY WORDS THERE THAT THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND AS LEHMAN.
>> YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION? >> I DO NOT HAVE A SUGGESTION WE ALMOST NEED TO HASHTAG CAT GPT TO ASK PLANET LIKE ON FIVE YEARS OLD TO SAY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN [INAUDIBLE]
>> I THINK THE POINT IS WERE HERE ALL THE TIME WITH NAIL SALONS AND LIQUOR STORES TO GET THIS OR THAT IS A KIND OF WHERE YOU ARE HEADED AS FIRST TALKING ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY A DEVELOPMENT BUILD BUT INCENTIVES TO BRING IN THE BUSINESS THAT YOU WANT,'S THAT WHERE YOU WANT IT?
>> DOES THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE WORD INCENTIVES MEANS?
>> HOW ABOUT WE JUST USE THE WORD PROMOTE?
>> OR EVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION.
>> I WOULD SAY PROMOTE ADDITIONAL [INAUDIBLE].
>> ON THINK I NEED REDEVE REDEVELOPMENT.
-- JUST [INAUDIBLE]. >> PROMOTE ADDITIONAL
REDEVELOPMENT. >> ANYTHING ELSE IN THE DOWNTOWN WE SHOULD ASK ABOUT? HOW ABOUT HOUSING TIMES, YOU WANT TO ASK BUT HOUSING TIMES? [INAUDIBLE] 2 YOU COULD ASK IT
OR DON'T ASK IT IT'S UP TO YOU. >> WE CAN'T ASK IT NOW.
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO GET ASKED.
IT'S GOT TO BE PART OF THE USE TO ME AS WELL AS GET NOW TO GET A BEAD ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE SURVEY IS THAT IT'S 400 RANDOMIZED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT'S NOT ONE SUBSET OF WHOEVER'S MOST CONNECTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHOEVER IS BRAND-NEW TO THE CITY OR WHOEVER IS BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS.
IT'S A SMATTERING OF EVERYONE. SO YOU SHOULD GET PRETTY GOOD DISTRIBUTION OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
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>> IF WE USE FACEBOOK AS A METRIC, AS A BAROMETER, WHAT WILL YOU SEE? YOU WILL SEE THE COMMUNITY HAS NOW OVERWHELMINGLY SAID WE DON'T WANT MORE MULTIFAMILY AND THAT MAY BE TRUE BUT LET'S HAVE A SURVEY BEAR THAT OUT RATHER THAN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PUBLIC OPINION OF 50 PEOPLE WERE VOCAL
ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> CAN WE GET BACK TO GO BACK TO THE 18. DEVELOP NEW FACILITIES PERIODS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION ANYWHERE? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION?
>> THAT WENT AWAY. IT USED TO BE DOWNTOWN.
>> IT'S INTERESTING, TO SET A CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENT TODAY WHO IS SUGGESTING SOMEWHERE ALONG THE [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY WHERE IT KIND OF GETS TOWARDS THE LAKE TO YOUR POINT
NOT A BAD THING TO ASK. >> SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO DEVELOP NEW HISTORICAL SOMETHING.
>> DO YOU THINK ADDING THAT TO THE DOWNTOWN QUESTION WOULD BE A GOOD BAROMETER THERE? DO THINK IF ONE OF THE DOWNTOWN QUESTIONS IS FOCUSED ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT FITS INTO
PARKS SPECIFICALLY. >> I'M THINKING [INAUDIBLE] HOUSES IS IN THE PARKS. BUT EITHER WAY WOULD BE FINE WITH ME. I JUST WANTED ON THEIR
SOMEWHERE. >> FROM DOWNTOWN PERSPECTIVE, TO WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE DOWNTOWN CORE DOOR WHICH HAS MANY HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT AS WELL AS THE COTTON GIN AND ALL THESE OTHERS. IS THEIR DESIRE THERE TO
PRESERVE? >> SO WE HAD THIS BIG ARGUMENT.
[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HISTORICAL AND OLD. >> HISTORICAL IN MY EXPERIENCE IN MY OPINION HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TIE TO A HISTORICAL ACT OF SOME KIND. IT HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING OF SIGNIFICANCE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY DEFINITION IF YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND SAY THAT. SOMEONE FAMOUS WAS BORN THERE.
SOME DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED THERE. SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE THAT IS IMPORTANT. WHICH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM OLD WE DO HAVE SOME STRUCTURES DOWNTOWN THAT ARE OLD AND I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PRESERVE? ARE YOU TRYING TO PRESERVE SOMETHING WITH DESIGN SIGNIFICANCE? REPRESENTATIVE OF ART DECO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE.
NOTHING ABOUT THAT EITHER. >> LOOK AT THE [INAUDIBLE] BEHIND US. SO IT'S PROBABLY OUR OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF OUR OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IT IS -- BUT IT IS A SUBURBIA, THIS IS CITIES DEVELOP IN DIFFERENT RINGS AND THIS WAS A RING CITY AND THAT WAS THE IDEAL WAS THE BIG LOTS AND THE GRAND STYLE HOME.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, BUT SUBURBS WERE NEW. THE ONLY STARTED WHAT, IN THE 50S? SO I DON'T KNOW.
>> I THINK IT'S A SPECTRUM OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE THE ALAMO IS THE BENCHMARK BY WHICH WE SAY SOMETHING IS HISTORICAL. IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE ARE STRUCTURES HERE THAT ARE HISTORICAL AND HAVE SIGNIFICANCE. THIS BEING ONE OF THEM.
IS NOT BECAUSE ANYTHING SUPER AWESOME HAPPENED.
BONNIE AND CLYDE WERE NOT INHERENTLY HOLING UP FOR THE WEEKEND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE CITY AND IT HAS SIGNIFICANT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THE SAME WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] HOUSE. IS ONE OF THE HOMES OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS IN THE CHAMBER BUILDING WAS THE FIRST CHURCH AND ALL THAT. THERE IS JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
MAYBE NOT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF HISTORY.
>> EXACTLY. >> I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLD AND HISTORICAL, I JUST THINK WE DO HAVE HIM SOME HISTORICAL BUILDINGS THAT BEAR SIGNIFICANCE HERE IN THE CITY MAYBE NOT IN THE GRAND SCALE.
>> SO HOW DO YOU ASK ABOUT THAT? >> GREAT QUESTION.
TAKE WHATEVER I SAID AND JUST ADD IT LAUGHTER]
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>> I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL DEAL AND CHARACTER THE CULTURE WHATEVER OF THE DOWNTOWN SPACE.
>> THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR DOWNTOWN PLANET.
>> WE WILL BE HERE A WHILE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK WE ARE JUST DEBATING ABOUT WHAT GOES ON THE SURVEY BUT I DO THINK THE QUESTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, SO WHAT ROLE I THINK FOR ROWLETT TO BE WAS A SMALL TOWN DEAL.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN A SMALL TOWN? PART OF BEING IN A SMALL TOWN IS YOU KNOW PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW THAT THE PLACES. SO EVEN IF I WAS -- I LIVE OUT AT SAPPHIRE BAY. IF I COME TO OUR DOWNTOWN, SO IF I DID THIS INTO DOWNTOWN, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT'S WHERE THEY DID THAT OR THAT'S WHERE THEY DID THAT.
I AM MORE ORIENTED INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE.
AND SO I THINK THAT THOSE TOUCH POINTS ARE IMPORTANT.
>> THE ONLY REASON I WOULD PUT IT INTO THE PERSPECTIVE OF DOWNTOWN IS AWAY THE SURVEY IS WRITTEN.
IF YOU DOWNTOWN YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO PICK BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE DOWNTOWN AND MAKE
THAT YOUR PRIORITY. >> ON 27 WE WANTED PICK TWO.
AND WE WANT TO ADD PROTECT STRUCTURES OF LOCAL HISTORIC
SIGNIFICANCE? >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
AUDIT. 28, HOUSING TYPES YOU SAID WE
>> THIRTY-ONE. >> YES, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS BROADER. THAN THE PICK THREE.
>> I WOULD TAKE A NUMBER 6, BECAUSE THAT IS SO SMALL COMPARED TO SEEK ADDITIONAL DART STATION.
THERE IS NO, BARELY THERE, YOU KNOW?
>> I'M TORN A NUMBER 4. LOOKING FOR SOME HELP.
BECAUSE WE PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THIS IN THIS CURIOUS IF IT'S WORTH ASKING THE QUESTION.
THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE DISCUSSION SO THERE IS VALUE THERE BUT OF THE SAME POINT WE ARE READY AS A CREW TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WE ARE INVESTING.
SO I THINK IT'S KEY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING
TO BE LOST BY HAVING ON THERE. >> PICK THREE.
>> I DO THINK FOR NUMBER 6 IT'S SO TIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE THERE.
>> AND WHAT IS UNIFICATION ON THE MEDIAN?
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> HALF OF THE LIGHTS GET KNOCKED OVER. [LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE] >> I'M NOT REALLY JOKING ABOUT IT, BUT I SEE A LOT OF OUR MEDIANS THAT WE HAVE STUFF IN THERE THAT ARE TRAFFIC HAZARDS. YOU CAN'T SEE.
YOU CANNOT SEE AROUND IT YOU BLOCK CARS AND THINGS AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A TURNING LANE YOU CANNOT SEE.
>> SO YOU WOULD SAY NO ON THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE NO.
BUT WE GET GRANTS AND STUFF TO DO THOSE ANYWAY.
SO I WOULD SAY KNOCK IT OFF. >> NUMBER 5, REMOVE IT.
>> THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I LEARNED.
>> WE DON'T GET GRANTS FOR THAT. I'LL THICK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
WE HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS FROM GCA, THERE IS ONE GRANTED TO THE MEDIANS AND THEN IT WAS OVER THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THE MEDIANS.
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>> WE HAVE GRANTS TO DO IT BUT THEN TO MAINTAIN THEM.
>> THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING. >> WHICH I HAD GOTTEN A GRANT
FROM. >> THAT'S WHAT WE DO PLANTS THAT LOOK DEAD SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM ANYMORE.
>> MY ARE ASK A QUESTION? SO JERRY, THERE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE UNIFICATION OR PLANTS OR TREES OR WHATEVER IN THE MIDDLE?
THERE'S A REASON WE DO THIS. >> SO SOFT ESCAPING DOES HELP WITH TRAFFIC CALMING. THE PLANT IS SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER 21 INCHES SO YOU CAN SEE OVER WITH THE VEHICLS.
I KNOW THE PLANTS WERE SELECTED FOR THE MEDIAN TO MEET THE CRITERIA AS SOME STATED WHEN THEY WERE PURCHASED BUT TRAFFIC CALMING IS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WITH SOFT ESCAPING TO SOFTEN THIS HARD MEDIAN. PLANTS IN A LONG LINE OF CONCRETE. SO YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
THERE IS A COST TO IT. >> THERE IS A BENEFIT.
>> THERE IS TRAFFIC CALMING TO SOFT ESCAPING.
YES. >> ALSO TALK ABOUT AIR QUALITY
IMPROVEMENTS. >> NOISE REDUCTION.
>> SO IN THE NATURE TRAIL PROJECT MAY BE A GAZEBO AND SENSORY GARDENS AND EVERYTHING. AND THE GUY THERE HAD DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AS AHEAD OF THE UNIFICATION CREW.
I SEE THEM NODDING THEIR HEAD. I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD SUCH FOR BRAND-NEW. BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL DEDICATED UNIFICATION GROUP WITHIN YOUR PARKS MAINTENANCE CREW, THEN MAYBE IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
>> I WOULD LEAVE IT ON THERE. >> I'M GOOD.
>> JUST TAKE OFF NUMBER 6. ANYTHING TO ADD? DIGEST TAKE THE WORDS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH?
>> I THINK EIGHT ALSO IS AWE AWESOME.
>> I GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO INVESTING MORE HEAVILY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DESIRED BUSINESSES, SOMETHING ALONG
THOSE LINES. >> SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC.
>> THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT YOU ARE HEADED WITH THE OTHER
QUESTION. >> SO INVEST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOMETHING TO ADDRESS -- ATTRACT DESIRED BUSINESSES EITHER THROUGH INCENTIVES OR, DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER WORD
WOULD BE THERE. >> PROGRAMMES.
>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> DESIRED BUSINESSES IS WHAT WILL PUT IN THEIR.
>> I THINK THERE'S AN OPTION IF YOU SELECT THAT WHEN THERE'S AN OPTION TO SAY WHAT BUSINESSES DO YOU DESIRE? WAS BLANK AND THERE, BUT I THINK WE ALL THE PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT PEOPLE WILL ASK FOR PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. >> THERE IS ACTUALLY A LOT THERE, A PROPERTY THERE TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
>> WHERE? >> THE LINE COMES, RIGHT THERE.
POINT TO THAT WHITE TRIANGLE. KEEP GOING.
>> BEHIND THE HOTEL. >> RATE THERE.
>> WHERE THEY HAVE GOT THE CONCAVE PLANT RIGHT NOW.
>> AT PARTY COVE? >> THEY COULD SALTWATER WITH ONE RIGHT THERE. YOU COULD HAVE YOUR LAKE ACCESS.
>> THE DART STATION. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> IT'S THEIR DESIRE TO KEEP THAT ON THEIR I THINK YES.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO TAKE IT OFF? AND ELSE TO ADD?
ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S UP NEXT? >> THAT IS IT.
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ACTUALLY WE ADDED A SECTION ABOUT THE ACHE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO USE LAKE FOR, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO?>> WILL THE SURVEY STILL BE ACCEPTED IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS
WERE NOT FULLY COMPLETED? >> SOME ARE OPTIONAL.
BUT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GIVE US ONE THAT IS DEMOGRAPHICALLY BALANCED, SO IF THERE ARE SOME KEY ONES THERE, LIKE INCOME, WILL MOVE ON. SOME OF THE OTHERS WOULD
PROBABLY NOT. >> MAYBE TO AN AREA WHERE THEY LIVE. OKAY.
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE VARIOUS AREAS, REGIONS IF THERE IS ANY TRENDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THOSE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK WHAT THE HOUSING TAX PEACE YOU MIGHT GET A DIFFERENT ANSWER FROM THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
>> ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THIS?
[4. Discuss Consent Agenda Items for April 7, 2026, City Council Meeting ]
ALL RIGHT, IN THAT CASE I MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION OF APRIL 7TH 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WHERE THERE ANY ITEMS WHERE YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS OR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION?>> ONE MORE THING. THIS IS A LETTER THAT INTRODUCES THE SURVEY. I'VE DRAFTED IT SO YOU WOULD ALL SIGN IT. IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH
>> THAN I WILL PASS IT AROUND IF YOU WOULD MIND GIVING YOUR SIGNATURE, THAT WOULD BE MARVELOUS.
>> GO-AHEAD, MAYOR . >> COUNCIL, WE HAVE CONSENTED TO THE ITEMS THAT TAKE US ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LETTER K IN THE ALPHABET SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW PERIODS OR ANYONE'S YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON HER MULTIPLE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, ALL RIGHT, WE WILL ADJOURN TONIGHT'S
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