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>> I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER MONDAY,
[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
OCTOBER 20TH, 2025, AT 5:30.WE HAVE TONIGHT, DANNY ANDREWS, SENIOR ADULT DIRECTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
HE'S GOING TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.
WHOEVER PLAY, PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PRAYER AND ALSO OUR PLEDGES?
>> LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, FOR THE FACT THAT YOU ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO EXIST FOR OUR GOOD.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE WILLINGNESS OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS TO SERVE, FOR THEIR PERSEVERANCE WHEN THEY HAVE TO CAMPAIGN, FOR THEIR DEVOTION TO OFFICE, FOR THE GRACE TO SOMETIMES HANDLE AN UNAPPRECIATIVE PUBLIC, AND FOR THE JOY OF MAKING BURLESON A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, TO WORK, AND TO RAISE A FAMILY.
WE'D ASK THAT YOU'D BLESS THEM AND ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS WITH WISDOM TO DO THEIR VERY BEST EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.
[2.A. Proclamations]
TONIGHT, WE WILL COMPLETE 2A AND 2B PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WE GO DOWN FOR PICTURES.TONIGHT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 19TH-25TH, 2025 AS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARIES WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.
RECIPIENT IS FRIENDS OF BURLESON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
>> NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH OF 2025 AS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON, AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES IN ANY WAY THEY CAN. YOU WANT TO DO B.
[2.B. Presentations]
>> THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO 2B PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO RECOGNIZE THE LIBRARY FOR RECEIVING THE 2024 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AND LIBRARIES AWARD.
STAFF PRESENTER, DEANNA PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
>> YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS THE 29TH YEAR IN A ROW THAT THIS LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED THIS.
WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR HELP, AND ESPECIALLY THE PUBLIC'S DEDICATION TO OUR LIBRARY, AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR LIBRARY STAFF AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION, 2025 AWARDS, DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY OF THE YEAR, MONICA SOKOL, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, AMANDA CAMPOS, MUNICIPAL CLERKS OFFICE OF EXCELLENT AWARD, AND SANDRA LEAL SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR.
THE PRESENTER IS ALICIA RICHARDSON, TMCA PRESIDENT AND CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, CITY SECRETARY/CHIEF GOVERNANCE OFFICER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM NOT ALICIA RICHARDSON.
SHE ACTUALLY GOT DETAINED IN TRAFFIC THAT FAMOUS TRAFFIC COMING FROM NORTH WARTON HILLS INTO BURLESON, SO SHE SHOULD BE IN HERE ANY MINUTE.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE REST OF IT AND WE'LL FILL HER IN AFTER YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN PICTURES.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES.
>> EVERYBODY WANT TO MEET ME DOWN FROCK?
>> WHAT ABOUT OUR PET OF THE QUARTER?
IT LOOKS LIKE I MISSED A PRESENTATION, SO LET ME GO BACK.
WE HAVE THE ADAPTABLE PET OF THE QUATER PRESENTATION STAFF CONTACT DEANNA PHILLIPS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
>> WE CAN'T LEAVE MANDY OUT OVER HERE.
>> ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER SHELBY WELCH HAS BROUGHT MANDY, WHO'S A 3-YEAR-OLD.
SHE'S VERY BASHFUL AND A LITTLE SHY.
BUT MANDY CAME TO OUR SHELTER PREGNANT.
ALL OF HER PUPPIES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND NOW SHE IS WAITING FOR HER TURN.
SHE KNOWS BASIC COMMANDS LIKE SIT AND ABSOLUTELY LOVES TO BE PETTED AND CUDDLE.
THAT'S ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS CUDDLE WITH SHELBY RIGHT NOW.
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SHE'S A LITTLE COMPANION WAITING TO BE THE NEWEST LOVING MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.BECAUSE A SHELTER IS AT CAPACITY, HER ADOPTION FEE IS WAIVED AND THAT INCLUDES HER SHOTS, MICROCHIPPING, HEARTWORM TESTING, AND HER SPAY.
YOU CAN MEET MANDY OR ANY OF OUR ADOPTABLE PETS AT THE BURLESON AND ANIMAL SHELTER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND.
>> LET'S GO DOWN FOR IT, COUNCIL.
>> WE WILL BACKTRACK AND LET'S GO BACK TO THE ITEM 2B PRESENTATION, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION, 2025 AWARDS, DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY OF THE YEAR MONICA SOKOL, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, AMANDA CAMPOS, MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, AND LA SANDRA LEAL SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR.
PRESENTER TONIGHT IS ALICIA RICHARDSON, TMCA, PRESIDENT, AND CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, CITY SECRETARY/CHIEF GOVERNANCE OFFICER.
>> I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.
HI. I JUST GOT OFF THE FREEWAY.
I THOUGHT BACK IN THE '90S I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS TRIP IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME THAN WHICH IT TOOK ME. I'M JUST SAYING.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, MAYOR FLETCHER, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND MR. LUDWIG.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS A 2025 TMCA PRESIDENT.
THAT'S FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION.
I KNOW IN CITY GOVERNMENT, WE'RE USED TO A BUNCH OF ACRONYMS, SO I'M GOING TO THROW A FEW OF THEM TO YOU TONIGHT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING NOT ONLY YOUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, BUT THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN YOUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I KNOW THAT GENERALLY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, THEY WORK BEHIND THE CURTAINS, AND THEY DON'T TOOT THEIR OWN HORN, SO I'M HERE TO TOOT FOR THEM.
I WILL BEGIN WITH THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, AND I'VE GOT MY NOTES BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T FORGET ANYTHING.
THIS WAS BESTOWED TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
THIS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019, AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICES THAT MEET HIGH STANDARDS FOR POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND OPERATIONS THAT GOVERN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARIES.
NOW, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE GFOA THAT'S PRESENTED TO THE BUDGET DEPARTMENTS, WHICH THEY GET ANNUALLY.
YOU'RE ALSO PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE TPCA FOR THE ACCREDITATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIRS AS WELL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
THEN ALSO FOR THE TEDC FOR ECONOMIC DEPARTMENTS.
I SHARE THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE AWARDS THAT RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.THAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THIS AWARD THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE THIS EVENING.
AGAIN, THAT IS FOR THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.
NOW, THE AWARD COVERS A TWO YEAR PERIOD, AND AMANDA AND HER OFFICE RECEIVED THEIR PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION IN 2023. THAT'S YOUR FIRST ONE.
THEY'VE GOT OUT OF 1,000 MEMBER CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION.
YOUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS ONE OF 85 RECIPIENTS.
THAT'S HUGE. THOSE ARE METRICS THAT I LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCILS.
IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE YOUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THE MUNICIPAL CERKS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
I'M GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO HER. SHE'S GIVEN IT TO ME AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO HER.
THERE'S AT. [APPLAUSE]THEN INDIVIDUALLY, I SAID I WAS GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOUR STAFF MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.
LOS ANGLIO SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SELECTING THE CHAIRS.
I KNOW THAT WHAT I LOOKED FOR IS I KNOW THAT I HAD TO PICK PEOPLE THAT I COULD COUNT ON TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TAKEN CARE OF IN A TIMELY MANNER.
LOS ANGLIO WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.
SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE AND OR DENY REQUESTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A FUNDING BUDGET THAT HELPS THEM WITH THEIR TRAINING.
THROUGH TMCA, WE OFFER WE HAD $40,000 THIS YEAR.
WE HAD THAT WAS AFFORDABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND THEIR TRAINING.
HER METICULOUS NATURE ENSURED APPLICANTS MET THE QUALIFICATIONS AND WERE SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH LA SANDRA LEAL AND MONICA SOKOL IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.
WHEN I CAN SPEAK TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL TALENTS, I DEFINITELY CAN.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, LA SANDRA.
YOU GUYS KNOW HER WELL. SHE'S BEEN SERVING WITH YOUR MUNICIPALITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AT OUR ANNUAL AWARD BANQUET AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER IN GRAPEVINE THIS YEAR, SHE WAS RECOGNIZED BY HER PEERS FOR HER EXPERTISE IN CONDUCTING ELECTIONS AND SERVING AS A MENTOR AND INSTRUCTOR AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SHE'S PRESENTED OUR TEXAS ELECTION LAW SEMINARS, AND SHE IS ONE OF THE KNOWN EXPERTS WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS.
AMANDA IS WELL RESPECTED BY HER COLLEAGUES, AND IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR HER GOOD WORK.
CONTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT HER CAREER TO PROMOTE THE MUNICIPAL CLERK PROFESSION.
TMCA IS HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE AND PRESENT AMANDA CAMPOS WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.
THEN FINALLY, YEAR, WE HAD A NEW AWARD AT THE TMCA STATE LEVEL, AND IT WAS CREATED TO RECOGNIZE OUR MEMBERS THAT SERVE AS A DEPUTY OR AN ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL CLERK, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW AS CITY SECRETARIES THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON.
IT TAKES THE TEAM. IT TAKES A WHOLE TEAM TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN OUR OFFICE, AND WE ALWAYS COUNT ON OUR PERSON WHO IS OUR SYKICK TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND WE'RE NOT THERE.
IT'S LIKE HAND IN GLOVE. W AMANDA IS NOT HERE, YOU KNOW MONICA IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS FOR YOU, EXACTLY HOW AMANDA WOULD.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE IT'S THE FIRST INAUGURAL YEAR FOR THIS, AND WE HAD EIGHT NOMINEES, AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT MONICA SOKOL WAS SELECTED AS THE DEPUTY MUNICIPAL CLERK OF THE YEAR FOR 2025.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO RECOGNIZE YOUR WONDERFUL CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. I GOT A FAN.
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>> THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 2C COMMUNITY INTEREST, COUNSEL?
[2.C. Community Interest Items]
>> [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW YOU.
>> ALWAYS HAVE A ROSTER TO RUN THROUGH.
THIS FRIDAY HERE IN THE PLAZA.
WE WILL HAVE OLD TOWN PICTURE SHOW, AND THE HEADLINER IS HOCUS POCUS.
IT WILL START AT 6:00 P.M. AND IT IS FREE TO ATTEND.
IT'S A GOOD ONE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT IN NOVEMBER AND WE'LL BE SHOWING L. COME OUT FOR OLD TOWN PICTURE SHOW.
05:30-8:30, IT'S FREE TO ATTEND.
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CANDY.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO COME OUT AND LOAD UP YOUR KIDDOS AND TAKE THE PARENT TAX TOO.
AGAIN, IT'S FREE TO ATTEND, BUT WE DO ASK FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC TIME SLOTS IF YOU CAN GAUGE WHEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO JOIN US THAT WAY WE KNOW TO TELL THE PARTICIPANTS TO BRING ENOUGH CANDY FOR EVERYONE.
THERE IS A VOTE GOING ON, IF I CAN FIND INFORMATION. I APOLOGIZE.
1611 GOLF CLUB IS UP FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WITH TEXAS DOWNTOWN FOR BEST NEW CONSTRUCTION.
YOU CAN VISIT THE EXPLORE BURLESON FACEBOOK PAGE TO VOTE, AND THEY WERE SUBMITTED BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
GET OUT AND VOTE AND SUPPORT ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU.
DID YOU SAY BOOBASH? I WAS IGNORING YOU.
I WANT TO HATS OFF TO OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE FOR THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
YOU HAD A JOB HEARD A BUNCH OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AROUND TO MEET NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING, AND IT WAS A BLAST.
ALSO, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION AT THE CHAMBER FALL LUNCHEON.
THIS TOWN'S GOT A LOT GOING ON, SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU ALL.
[3. CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA]
CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA.ITEM 3A, ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED OR WITHDRAWN, AND ITEM 3B, ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.
>> MADAM SECRETARY, I WANT TO REQUEST THAT WE REMOVE ITEMS 5A AND J, AND WE'LL CARRY THAT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION ON ANOTHER EVENING.
>> OKAY. THAT MOVES US TO SECTION 4, CITIZENS APPEARANCE.
EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION.
A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE FILLED OUT AND TURNED IN TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED 3 MINUTES.
EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT IS SECTION 5 CONSENT AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA ]
ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
TONIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5A THROUGH 5H AND 5K THROUGH 5N.
>> IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS WITH THE EXCEPTIONS?
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, 5A THROUGH 5H AND 5K THROUGH 5N.
A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE.
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DO WE NOT HAVE A SCREEN? CS IS UNANIMOUS.>> THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 6, ETJ RELEASE.
[6.A. ETJ Release Petition for 1601 W FM 917 (Case 25-273): Consider and take possible action on a petition for release from the City of Burleson extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) for approximately 45.90 acres of land addressed as 1601 W FM 917. (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (No Planning and Zoning Commission action was required for this item)]
6A IS AN ETJ RELEASE PETITION FOR 1601 WEST FARM D MARKET ROAD 917 CASE 25-273.CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PETITION FOR RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF BURLESON, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR APPROXIMATELY 45.90 ACRES OF LAND, ADDRESSED AS 1601 WEST FARM D MARKET 917, STAFF CONTACT TONY MCLANE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MRS CONNIE K ALLEN, THE EXECUTIVE OF THE BET C R JACKSON ESTATE, FILED A PETITION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1601 WEST FARM 917 FROM THE CITY'S ETJ.
WHILE THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, YOUR OPTIONS FOR TONIGHT ARE TO APPROVE THE PETITION OR TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THE PETITION.
AGAIN, IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE NOT TO GRANT THE PETITION, THE CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL TAKE NO ACTION AS OPPOSED TO FORMALLY DENYING THE PETITION.
I'LL BE HANDS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAPPEN.
>> I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION.
IS THERE ANYBODY DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT? NO ACTION, TELL ME.
>> THAT MOVES US TO SECTION 7.
[7.A. Consider and take possible action on a contract with SYB Construction CO., INC. for construction services on the Hooper Business Park Drainage and Paving Improvements (ITB 2025-16) in the amount of $3,437,863.37 with a project contingency of $343,786.34 for a total amount of $3,781,649.71. (Project DV2201)(Staff Contact: Michelle McCullough, P.E., CFM, Deputy Director/City Engineer)]
GENERAL 7A.CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A CONTRACT WITH SYB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ON HOOPER BUSINESS PARK DRAINAGE AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS, ITB 2025-16 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,437,863.37 WITH A PROJECT CONTINGENCY OF $343,786.34 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $3,781,649.71.
STAFF CONTACT IS MICHELLE MCCULLOUGH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CITY ENGINEER.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
MICHELLE MCCULLOUGH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL AWARD OF THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK DRAINAGE AND PAVING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT BACKGROUND.
THE FUNDING WAS APPROVED FOR THE DESIGN IN OCTOBER 2022.
IT WAS AMENDED IN JULY OF 2023 TO INCLUDE THE REALIGNMENT OF COUNTY ROAD 1019 AND A MUCH MORE DETAILED DRAINAGE STUDY.
WE ARE IN THE LAST STAGES OF ACQUIRING TWO DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND A PORTION OF THE EXISTING COUNTY ROAD 1019.
AS RIGHT AWAY, THAT PORTION OF THE ROADWAY IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO RETENTION PONDS AS PART OF THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND OF COURSE, THE REALIGNMENT, AS I MENTIONED, AND THEN ALSO IT INCLUDES A RELOCATION OF A 12-INCH JCSUD WATER LINE.
THE BID WAS ISSUED APRIL 13, 2025.
THEY WERE OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2025, AND WE DID RECEIVE SIX SUBMISSIONS WITH SYB BEING THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER $3,437,863.37.
WITH THE 10% CONTINGENCY, THE RECOMMENDED AWARD IS $3,781, 649.71.
THE BUDGET WAS $6.5 MILLION, THE ORIGINAL, AND I DID INCLUDE A NOTE DOWN THERE THAT SAID THE IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPE WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE LAKEWOOD DRIVE THAT WILL COME AT A LATER DATE.
ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION HERE IS THAT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET DID INCLUDE A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION WORTH OF HAUL OFF OF THE EXCAVATION OF DIRT.
BUT WORKING WITH THE ENGINEER AND GETTING A GRADING PLAN, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT BY ABOUT $1 MILLION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD IT ON THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, IF AWARDED TONIGHT, NOTICE TO PROCEED, WILL BE ISSUED IN 2-3 WEEKS, 365 CALENDAR DAYS WITH AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION WINNER OF 2026.
THE ACTION TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A CONTRACT WITH SYB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ON THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK DRAINAGE AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS, ITB 2025-16, IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,437,863.37 WITH
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A PROJECT CONTINGENCY OF $343,786.34 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $3,781,649.71.>> DO WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH THIS [INAUDIBLE]?
>> THEY HAVE DONE A PROJECT WITH IN BURLESON, BUT WE DID REACH OUT AND TALK WITH SEVERAL OF THE REFERENCES OVER THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS, CITY OF ARLINGTON, CITY OF IRVING, CITY OF CEDAR.
>> THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE.
>> THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW, RIGHT THERE. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN, A SECOND BY ADAM, PLEASE VOTE.
>> MOVING ON, 7B IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE
[7.B. Consider and take possible action on a 380 agreement between Windmiller Properties, LLC, and the City of Burleson for the development of a new hotel located at the Standard at Chisenhall. (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director)]
POSSIBLE ACTION ON A 380 AGREEMENT BETWEEN WINDMILLER PROPERTIES, LLC, AND THE CITY OF BURLESON FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HOTEL LOCATED AT THE STANDARD AT CHISENHALL, STAFF CONTACT ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.>> THANK YOU, LE SANDRA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON.
HERE TO BRING YOU AN EXCITING PROJECT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE A RENDERING OF THE STANDARD HOTEL.
WINDMILLER PROPERTIES IS PROPOSING A NEW BOUTIQUE HOTEL WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE STANDARD A CHISENHALL DEVELOPMENT.
HOTEL WOULD BE ABOUT 80 ROOMS WITH A RESTAURANT AND TWO SMALL RETAIL LOCATIONS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
OPERATOR REPLACE A HILTON TAPESTRY FLAG BRAND AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS A HIGHER END FLAG WHERE THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DETAILS AND BE BORE CUSTOM ON THE INSIDE DECORATION WISE.
SIMILAR, BUT ON A SMALLER SCALE TO THE DROVER OR BOWIE HOUSE IN FORT WORTH, THE PRICING SCALE OF THE DROVER OR THE BOWIE HOUSE IN FORT WORTH.
HOTEL SITE HERE IN THIS IMAGE IS IDENTIFIED IN RED.
THE BUILDING CURRENTLY IS IDENTIFIED AS A FUTURE OFFICE BUILDING.
AREA SHADED IN YELLOW IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED OPEN SPACE, WITH TRAIL, FIRE PIT, BENCHES AND OTHER AMENITIES.
THE CURRENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DOES ALLOW FOR A HOTEL TO BE THEREFOR THE PLANNED BUILDING B.
THE DEVELOPERS PROPOSING THE HOTEL TO BE 5-6 STORIES TALL.
THE PROJECT WOULD BE ADJACENT TO CHISENHALL FIELDS DIRECTLY TO THE WEST.
IT WOULD BE GREATLY UTILIZED DURING THE TOURNAMENT PLAY THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT CHISENHALL FIELDS.
THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE TO THE PROSPECT OBLIGATIONS, CONSTRUCT THE HOTEL WITH AT LEAST 80 ROOMS AND DELIVER THAT HILTON PRODUCT WITH A MINIMUM CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 18 MILLION, COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT BY MAY 1 OF NEXT YEAR, COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND RECEIVE THE CO FOR THE PROPERTY BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027.
THE CITY OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REBATE OF 75% FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS OR UP TO $1.3 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOTEL PERFORMA YEAR 2.
WE STARTED MAKING OUR MONEY BACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE 10 YEAR ROI IS 186%, THE 20 YEAR ROI IS 518% WITH THOSE INCENTIVES.
HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE?
>> ALEX, I DID NOT SEE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CONNECTION TO THE BAILEY LAKE TRAIL.
>> CAN BE UTILIZED IN ANY WEATHER?
>> YES, SIR. I WILL RELAY THAT TO THE DEVELOPER THAT'S IN THE ROOM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A PAVED TRAIL OVER?
>> I DIDN'T GET A DEFINITE, BUT I GOT A NOD.
>> THEN THE CONNECTIVITY TO CHISENHALL THEY COULD STAY PARKING LOT AND THEN JUST WALK ON OVER.
>> YES, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? THIS IS EXCITING.
>> IT'S A GREAT ADDITION FOR THE STANDARD AT CHISENHALL, I APPLAUD TEAM WINDMILLER AND HIS PARTNERS TO BEING PATIENT AND GETTING THE RIGHT TENANTS INTO THAT MIX, AND IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING TO BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ON HIDDEN CREEK RIGHT THERE NEXT TO CHISENHALL. IT'S AWESOME.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK WINDMILLER, HILTON,
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AND THE EDC DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING THIS TO VERS.>> DON'T GET THE BIG HIT ON THIS, OKAY.
APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN, A SECOND BY ALEXA, PLEASE VOTE.
[Item 7.C. - Item 7.F.]
7E, AND 7F WILL BE ONE PRESENTATION.I WILL READ EACH ITEM FOR THE RECORD, AND EACH ITEM WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.
7C, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN AMENDMENT TO A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT, CSO NUMBER 5871-08-2025 WITH BURN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR PHASE 2 OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION AND REMODEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,732,768.
7D, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN AMENDMENT TO CSO 4087-01-2023, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR BURLESON POLICE HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION WITH BRINKLEY SERGEANT WIGANON ARCHITECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $146,500 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT COST IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,974,427.
ITEM 7E, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN AMENDMENT TO CON NUMBER 133-09-2024, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH UES FOR MATERIAL TESTING SERVICES FOR THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION, AND EXPANSION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $191,191,149.50 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $211,974.50.
>> CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC FOR A VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICE FOR THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $433,672.
STAFF CONTACT IS ERIC OSCARSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU, LISANDRA. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS THERE.
YOU GOT A BUNCH OF ME AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I'LL HOPEFULLY KNOCK THESE FOUR OUT JUST AS QUICKLY AS I KNOCKED OUT THOSE OTHER ONES.
TONIGHT, I HAVE FOR YOU FOUR AGENDA ITEMS WITH REGARDS TO OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION PROJECT.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT.
BACK IN MAY OF 2022, THE VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITION B FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
IN JANUARY '23, COUNCIL APPROVED THE SELECTION OF BRINKLEY SARGENT AS OUR DESIGN ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT.
IN JUNE OF '23, COUNCIL APPROVED A CMAR WITH BYRNE CONSTRUCTION TO MANAGE AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.
FROM JUNE '23 UNTIL MAY OF '24, BRINKLEY SARGENT ALONG WITH STAFF COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF STUDIES AND COMPLETED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
FROM MAY OF '24 TO OCTOBER '24, BRINKLEY SARGENT COMPLETED THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
THEN IN OCTOBER OF '24 THROUGH JULY OF '25, BRINKLEY SARGENT COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
THEN IN AUGUST OF '25, COUNCIL, YOU APPROVED THE FIRST GMP PACKAGE FOR THIS PROJECT AT A TOTAL COST OF A LITTLE OVER $9 MILLION.
THAT WAS FOR SITE ENABLING THE INITIAL EARTHWORK, SITE UTILITIES, SELECTIVE DEMOLITION, CONCRETE, ORDERING OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL FOR THE BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE GENERATOR.
THIS IS A SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE NEW BUILDING THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
THIS IS A LITTLE UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE CLEARED THE BACK HALF.
THE ORIGINAL ROADWAY THAT CAME THROUGH HERE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED, THE PARKING LOT BEHIND.
THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
THE AWNING, THE ORIGINAL TELLER SPOTS FOR THE OLD BANK HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
PIPE HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON SITE.
WE HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER MAIN THAT'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE SITE.
THIS IS A HYDRANT THAT'S BEING INSTALLED.
FENCING HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCES HAVE ALL BEEN INSTALLED.
WE'RE MOVING ALONG NICELY WITH THE PROJECT.
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JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE ISSUED DEBT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, STARTING IN 2022.
THEN IN '26 AND '27, COUNCIL, YOU HAVE APPROVED REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS TO ISSUE FUTURE DEBT OF 13.6 MILLION AND 16.4 MILLION IN FUTURE YEARS FOR A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION AVAILABLE FUNDING COST OF 45.23.
INCLUDED IN THAT 45.23 IS THE 1.2 MILLION FOR THE GAS LINE RELOCATION.
THERE'S ABOUT $44 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
WITH REGARDS TO GMP #2, THAT'S THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, NUMBER 2.
JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT A CMAR IS.
CMAR IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
IT'S A PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD THAT WE USE FOR LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
IT'S WHERE WE HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THE PROJECT AT WHAT IS CALLED A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OR GMP.
THEY PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES OR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
WE HIRE THEM ON AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.
THEY WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR ARCHITECT TO VERIFY THAT WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE BUILT AND WITHIN THE PROJECT SCOPE AND BUDGET.
GMP IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS EVENING.
THAT SETS A CEILING FOR THE TOTAL COST OF THAT SECTION OF THE PROJECT OR THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE WE STAY WITHIN THAT BUDGET AS LONG AS WE DON'T DO ANY MAJOR CHANGE ORDERS TO THE PROJECT, AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT THAT MARK.
IF WE DO COME IN UNDER BUDGET, WE GET TO REALIZE THOSE SAVINGS.
THAT SAVINGS COMES BACK TO THE CITY WITHIN THE PROJECT.
THE REASON WE DO A CMAR, AGAIN, IS THIS ALLOWS US TO SHIFT RISK OFF OF THE CITY AND ONTO THE CONTRACTOR.
BYRNE CONSTRUCTION WAS SELECTED AS OUR CMAR.
THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1923, HAVE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK WITHIN THE METROPLEX, AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM SO FAR.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BID THE PROJECT JUST AS MUCH AS WE WOULD, SO THEY PUBLICLY ADVERTISE FOR BIDS.
THEY REVIEW THE PROPOSALS, THEY RECEIVE THE BIDS.
THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR PURCHASING TEAM TO VERIFY THAT.
THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE CURRENT CRITERIA.
IN SOME CASES, WE DO MULTIPLE GMPS.
WE'VE DONE THE PD IN TWO GMP PACKAGES, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DID THE FIRST GMP.
WE TRY TO DO SITE ENABLING THINGS.
THINGS THAT WE CAN GET GOING RIGHT AWAY AS WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH UP SOME OF THE DRAWINGS, AND ANYTHING THAT HAS A LONG LEAD TIME ITEM LIKE GENERATORS AND STRUCTURAL STEEL, WE TRY TO GET OFF IN THE FIRST GMP AND FOLLOW UP WITH A SECOND PACKAGE, WHICH WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THE FIRST PACKAGE INCLUDED THESE ITEMS AND CAME IN AT 9,036,361, THAT WAS JUST ABOUT $30,000 OVER THE ESTIMATED COST.
REALLY GOOD ON ESTIMATING THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT.
THE SECOND PACKAGE INCLUDES ALL OF THESE ITEMS, LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION, FENCING, SIDEWALKS, MASONRY, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, ALL THE IT CABLING AND SECURITY ITEMS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE REMAINING SCOPE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REMAINING BUILDING.
THAT'S B, C, AND D AS WELL AS THE RENOVATION OF BUILDING A.
THIS IS WHERE WE CAME AT WITH THE BUDGET.
OUR ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST BACK WHEN WE FINISHED UP OUR CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS WAS ABOUT 39.1 MILLION.
THE FIRST GMP CAME IN, LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE BIT OVER NINE MILLION.
WE ESTIMATED THAT THE SECOND PACKAGE WOULD BE 30,100,000 AND THE ACTUAL COST CAME IN AT 30,156,000.
ABOUT JUST SHY OF $50,000 OVER THE ESTIMATE FOR A TOTAL GMP OF 39,193.
WITH THE VOLATILITY OF THE MARKET, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON TODAY, COMING IN THAT CLOSE TO THE BUDGET, WE'RE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH BYRNE AND BRINKLEY SARGENT DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE WE CAME IN AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH HOW CLOSE WE CAME.
WITH OVERALL PROJECT EXPENSES, THERE'S OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE THE GMP THAT GO INTO BUILDING THIS BUILDING.
WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS GMP 1 AND 2.
WE HAVE FF&E, THAT'S FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT.
WE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 993,000, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY AT 1.5 MILLION.
WE REDUCED IT DOWN PREVIOUSLY BASED ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THAT IS THE ARCHITECT, AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERS, THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, ALL THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT GO INTO BUILDING AND DESIGNING THE BUILDING.
WE HAD $1.2 MILLION IN PIPE RELOCATION.
AGAIN, WE HAD PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WITH BYRNE FOR A TOTAL ABOUT 45.28 MILLION, OR PUTS US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT $48,000 OVER BUDGET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT PROJECT EXPENSES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART BEFORE I MOVE ON.
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AS WITH ALL PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO.WE HAVE TESTING SERVICES. THAT'S WITH THE UES.
YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT TO APPROVE THEIR CONTRACT.
THE UES SERVICES, THAT IS THEIR TOTAL PACKAGE FOR ALL SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT.
THAT'S SOIL TESTING, THAT'S TESTING OF ALL OF OUR PEERS TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET ALL THE STANDARDS, CONCRETE TESTING, STRUCTURAL STEEL TESTING.
IT'S A HOLISTIC LOOK AT ALL THERE.
THAT 211,000 IS ALL OF THOSE SERVICES COMBINED.
WE DO HAVE FOUR ALTS THAT WE DID AS PART OF THE BID PACKAGE.
ALT 1 WAS THE OUTDOOR COOKING AREA.
THIS IS AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THEIR TRAINING FACILITY THAT CAME IN AT $26,000.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT THIS EVENING.
THE COST TO ADD THAT AFTER THE FACT OR LATER WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A LATER SLIDE.
TWO LOCATIONS HAD CANOPIES TO PROVIDE SHADE.
THE LARGEST ONE IS OVER THE WORKOUT AREA FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS.
THE SECOND ONE IS OVER THE OUTDOOR COOKING AREA.
STAFF AGAIN IS GOING TO RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE TWO ALTS TODAY.
AGAIN, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COST FOR ADDING THOSE AFTER THE FACT, AND SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DOING THEM AS PART OF THIS FIRST INITIAL PACKAGE.
ALT 3 AND ALT 4 ARE TIED TO THE EXISTING ROOF ON THE EXISTING POLICE STATION.
NOT ORIGINALLY IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WAS CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CONDITION OF THE ROOF AND THE ROOFTOP UNITS ARE TO USE AS ROOFTOP UNITS OR THE HVAC FOR THE BUILDING.
IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY IN THE SCOPE.
WE ADDED IT HERE, AS WELL AS CLEANING ALL THE DUCT WORK.
THE BUILDINGS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME WITHOUT HAVING THE DUCTWORK CLEANED OUT.
THEN POST-CONSTRUCTION, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE RENOVATING THAT SPACE.
WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE DUST AND THINGS IN THERE.
WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD AT THIS TIME WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS. THE REASON BEING IS YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE ORDER FOR PROFIT SERVICES DOWN THERE FOR $146,000.
THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT AS WELL.
DOING SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT ROOF, WE KNOW WHEN WE TAKE THOSE HVAC UNITS OFF AND PUT NEW ONES ON, THE NEWER ONES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HEAVIER THAN THE OLD ONES.
IF WE REPLACE ALL THE UNITS ON THE ROOF, AT ONE TIME, LIKE WE'RE RECOMMENDING, WE HAVE ADDED WEIGHT TO THE BUILDING.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE BRINKLEY SARGENT AND THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER GO IN AND ACTUALLY GET UP INTO THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING, LOOK AT ALL THE BEAMS, AND VERIFY AND ACTUALLY REMODEL THE ENTIRE CEILING TO VERIFY IF THE ROOF CAN ACTUALLY SUPPORT ALL THESE NEW ROOFTOP UNITS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER OF THE BRINKLEY SARGENT'S CONTRACT TO HAVE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER GO IN AND LITERALLY GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEAMS THAT ARE IN THE ROOF.
VERIFY IF IT CAN SUPPORT IT AND IF NOT, DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS TO ALLOW ALL THE HVACS TO BE REPLACED.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK AT A LATER DATE ONCE WE HAVE THAT MODELING TO SEE.
WE HOPE THAT 754 AND 127 ARE THE RIGHT NUMBERS, BUT WE NEED TO VERIFY THAT FIRST, SO WE DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO APPROVE THOSE NUMBERS TODAY.
THE LAST ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS EARTHWORK.
THERE'S $360,000 WITH THE EARTHWORK.
WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL TESTING FOR THE SOIL WITHIN THE SITE, WE CONCENTRATED OUR SOIL TESTING ON WHERE THE BUILDINGS WERE GOING TO BE.
WE DID PULL SOME ADDITIONAL SAMPLES IN THE AREA, BUT WE REALLY CONCENTRATED ON HOW DO WE NEED TO DESIGN THESE NEW BUILDINGS SO THEY DON'T FAIL.
WE DON'T SEE MOVEMENT, WE DON'T HAVE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK A LOT OF SAMPLES WITH REGARDS TO THAT AND SO WE DESIGNED THE BUILDINGS TO WITHSTAND THE CURRENT SOIL CONDITIONS.
WHEN WE STARTED GETTING READY TO LOOK AT PAVEMENT IN THAT AREA, WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL SAMPLING TO VERIFY WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE SOILS WERE.
WHEN WE DID THAT, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE DENSITIES AREN'T WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WORKED WITH THE TESTING LAB, OUR ENGINEERS, OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS, OUR IN-HOUSE ENGINEERS AND THE ARCHITECT TO FIND A SOLUTION SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PAVEMENT MOVING IN THE PARKING LOTS.
AFTER THAT, THE TEAM SAT DOWN FOR MULTIPLE MEETINGS TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WAS BEST FOR THE CITY.
WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS PULLING 3 TO 4 FEET OF SOIL OUT, REUTILIZING THAT SOIL AND PUTTING IT BACK IN LAYERS AND RECOMPACTING IT AND THEN PUTTING OUR PAVEMENT ON TOP OF THAT.
THAT WOULD REDUCE THE RISK OF THE PAVEMENT MOVING.
THAT $360,000 IS A CHANGE TO THAT TO ALLOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PARKING LOTS THAT AREN'T SHIFTING FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
FOR FF&E, WE HAVE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN HERE.
WE HAD TAKEN HALF A MILLION OUT.
WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'VE SEEN INCREASED COSTS WITH FURNITURE JUST BY DOING SOME RECENT WORK AT THIS BUILDING AS WELL AS AT OUR FIRE STATION.
WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO ADD AND INCLUDE ALL THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR NEW WORKOUT SPACE.
THE BSW INSPECTION, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.
THAT'S THE 146,500? YES, VICTORIA.
>> FOR THE EARTHWORK, IS THAT INSURED?
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IN THE EVENT THAT THE CONCRETE OR THE NEW PAVEMENT SHIFTS SUBSTANTIALLY, DO WE HAVE A WINDOW OF TIME WHERE WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE DID THIS DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY AND PREVENT THIS?>> WE HAVE ONE-YEAR WARRANTY AND ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE BONDS AND ALL THAT.
ONCE WE ACCEPT THE PROJECT AND TAKE IT OVER, WE HAVE A ONE-YEAR WINDOW JUST FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK.
>> PROP SERVICES WITH BRINKLEY SARGENT.
AGAIN, THAT IS FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXISTING ROOF AND IDENTIFY WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENT SO THAT WE CAN PUT NEW HVAC UNITS ON THAT BUILDING.
PIPE RELOCATION. WE KNOW WE COMPLETED THAT.
WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 1.2 MILLION.
WE ABSORBED INITIALLY THE $60,000 IN DESIGN, AND SO THIS IS TO BRING THIS BACK IN LINE ON THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE MOVING AND RELOCATION COSTS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO RELOCATE ALL OF OUR PD STAFF OUT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING INTO THE NEW BUILDING ONCE IT'S BUILT, SO WE CAN DO THE RENOVATION AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE THEM BACK.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES COSTS OF RELOCATING SERVERS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND SERVERS IN THE EXISTING BUILDING, WE NEED TO RELOCATE THAT. THOSE COSTS ARE IN THERE.
WE'VE HAD MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES WITH REGARDS TO CHANGEABLE METHOD SIGN, JUST DUE DILIGENCE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE FRONT END.
EDMP, THAT'S ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PLANNING, THOSE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PAYING OUR CURRENT CAPITAL STAFF FOR MANAGING THESE PROJECTS.
THAT COST HAS BEEN INCURRED ALREADY, BUT WE WILL BE SWITCHING HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
WE DO HAVE $433,000 FOR AN OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, THAT'S VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT GROUP.
WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT.
IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY SCOPED IN THIS PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE FOUND BENEFIT FROM THE CITY HALL PROJECT AS WELL AS OUR FIRE STATION PROJECT OF BRINGING ON SOMEBODY THAT IS SPECIALIZED IN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A GREAT CAPITAL TEAM WITH RANDY AND HIS FOLKS, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS REALLY HONED IN ON VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
THEN LAST THING ON THIS LIST IS PERMIT FEES.
AS PART OF ANY CONSTRUCTION, WE KNOW WE HAVE PERMIT FEES, JUST LIKE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE, A PRIVATE BUILDER WOULD HAVE, WE HAVE TO PAY OUR PERMIT FEES.
WE HAVE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, WE HAVE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, AND WE HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
OVERALL, THE BASE PROJECT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER $48,000 OVER BUDGET.
WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ABOUT 3.2 WITH A TOTAL FUNDING NEED OF 3.3.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE I JUMP? LET'S TALK ABOUT AVAILABLE FUNDING.
WE NEED ABOUT $990,000 TO APPROVE ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
WE WANT TO EXPLAIN HOW WE FOUND SOME OF THE SAVINGS AND THEN I'LL LET HARLAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE'LL HAVE FUTURE SAVINGS.
THE CITY HALL PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT GROUP WAS OUR OWNER'S REP ON THAT PROJECT.
WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET ABOUT $174,000.
THAT SAVINGS WE'RE RECOMMENDING SHIFTING OVER TO HERE.
THAT'S CASH FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR STREET PROJECTS AND THREE TRAFFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CLOSE OUT.
WHEN WE BRING ALL THE PROJECTS TO YOU, JUST LIKE MICHELLE BROUGHT TO YOU, SHE HAD A $3 MILLION PROJECT WITH $300,000 IN CONTINGENCY.
IF WE DON'T USE THOSE CONTINGENCIES, THAT MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
WITH CURRENT PROJECTS WE HAVE, WE HAVE SAVINGS ABOUT 664,000.
WE ALSO HAVE AN UNALLOCATED FUND.
AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE PREVIOUS PROJECTS CLOSE OUT, WE TYPICALLY TAKE THOSE FUNDS OUT OF THAT PROJECT AND MOVE IT INTO UNALLOCATED.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY $20,000 IN UNALLOCATED CASH FUNDING THAT WAS DEDICATED TO PROJECTS, AND $190,000 IN CIP UNALLOCATED.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING MOVING THOSE FUNDS INTO THIS PROJECT AS WELL TO THE TUNE OF 210,000.
THE LAST ONE IS IMPACT B TRANSFERS.
LATER ON THIS EVENING, RANDY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WE CAN GET INTO THE HULEN STREET PROJECT.
THE HULEN STREET PROJECT INTENDED TO HAVE IMPACT FEES AS PART OF THE FUNDING SOURCE OF THIS PROJECT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING REALLOCATING SOME OF THE COS THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE HULEN STREET PROJECT AND MOVE THEM INTO THE PD PROJECT TO THEN PAY IMPACT FEES THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE HULEN STREET PROJECT IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THE FUNDS BACK FROM HULEN STREET RIGHT BACK INTO HULEN STREET, JUST IN A DIFFERENT COLUMN.
I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR ADAM BECAUSE HE'S GOT HIS LOOKING, I SEE HIS FACE.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? YOU'RE WORKING ADAM? [LAUGHTER] THE HULEN STREET PROJECT, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE OVER 1.
SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S COMING FROM IMPACT FEES TO PAY FOR THAT PROJECT.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL REDUCE THE COS FROM THAT PROJECT, MOVE THEM OVER AND THEN THOSE WILL BE FUNDS THAT WILL BE PUT BACK IN.
HULEN STREET WILL NEVER ADJUST WHAT ITS TRUE PROJECT FUND BALANCE IS.
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IT'S JUST MOVING ONE TO MOVE OTHERS.IN WORKING WITH THE ACCOUNTANTS AND THE ATTORNEYS IS WE NEED TO PAY OUR IMPACT FEES, AND SO WE'RE PAYING THE IMPACT FEES WITH COS AND THEN IT WILL LITERALLY GO RIGHT BACK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THE IMPACT FEES, BUT IT'S LEFT POCKET RIGHT POCKET.
>> IT'S COMING RIGHT BACK FROM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT $993,000 AVAILABLE THROUGH THAT THESE FUNDING.
NOW IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FUND THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE HAVE.
WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED RECONCILIATION OF A BUNCH OF OUR ACCOUNTS, OUR GAS ROYALTY FUND IS ONE OF THOSE.
WE APPROXIMATELY $400,000 IN ROYALTY FUND THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING TO THIS PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.
ADDITIONALLY AND HARLAN WILL GO THROUGH THIS HERE IN A SECOND.
WE ANTICIPATE TO EARN ABOUT 1.5 - $2 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME ANNUALLY FOR THE BROWN PROCEEDS.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING UTILIZING BOTH OF THESE FUNDS FOR FUTURE EXPENSES.
AGAIN, ANY OF THOSE FUNDS WILL REQUIRE APPROPRIATIONS.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET HARLAN TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
WE RECEIVED THE QUESTION EARLIER REGARDING THE INTEREST INCOME PROJECTION AND HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THE 1.5-$2 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME COMING FORWARD.
WE ADDED FOUR SLIDES TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THOUGH.
I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE JUST NOW SEEING SOME SLIDES ADDED TO THE PRESENTATION.
AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE DID DO A RECONCILIATION ON SOME OF BOND FUNDS.
TRADITIONALLY, WHEN WE FUND OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, WE ANTICIPATE OUR FUTURE CAPITAL CAPACITY ONLY ON ISSUING DEBT.
HOW MUCH DEBT CAN WE ISSUE? WE NEVER REALLY INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF USING INTEREST INCOME.
PARTLY BECAUSE WE WERE RESERVED ABOUT MAKING SURE WE COMPLETED RECONCILIATION OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS BEFORE WE CONSIDER USING INTEREST INCOME GOING FORWARD.
WHEN WE DID COMPLETE OUR RECONCILIATION, WE DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING OVER $3 MILLION, ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND FUNDS WAS APPLIED TO THE STREET GO BOND FUNDS, SO THAT JUSTIFIED WHY WE NEEDED TO TO DO THE RECONCILIATION, BUT IT ALSO EXPLAINED WHY YOU SEE ZERO INTEREST INCOME FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BOND FUNDS FOR 24 AND 25 IN A SMALL AMOUNT IN 2023.
BUT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE PREMISE OF HOW MUCH INTEREST INCOME THE CAPITAL FUNDS SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
YOU SEE THE TOTAL INTEREST INCOME AND THESE ARE ALL OF OUR CAPITAL FUNDS, BUT TOTAL IN 23 WAS A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION, 2.5 MILLION FISCAL YEAR 2,041.8 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
OF COURSE, THE BIG DRIVERS OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO INVEST AND IN THE INTEREST INCOME.
IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE HAD THE LOWEST CASH AND INVESTMENT BALANCE OF THREE YEARS AND WE HAD THE LOWEST INTEREST INCOME AT 3.56%.
THE PEAK WAS IN 24, WHERE WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN CASH AND INVESTMENTS AND THE HIGHEST INTEREST INTEREST RATE.
THEN CASH AND INVESTMENTS EVEN HIGHER IN 25, BUT THE INTEREST RATE HAD DROPPED.
BUT THIS SHOWS HOW WE CAME UP WITH OUR BANDWIDTH OF FORECAST AND 1.1 MILLION- $2 MILLION.
WE ASSUME A DECREASE IN INTEREST INCOME GOING FORWARD, ALTHOUGH THE BALANCE SHOULD REMAIN STEADY BASED ON OUR FIVE YEAR DEBT SCHEDULE.
THIS SHOWS REALLY OF THE ENDING BALANCES AS WELL AS INTEREST INCOME FOR OUR PORTFOLIO, ENDING BALANCE IN FISCAL YEAR 24, AS WELL AS 25.
YOU SEE THE FOURTH QUARTER WHERE WE HAD ENDING BALANCE OF 159 MILLION IN TERMS OF BOOK VALUE IN 24,173 MILLION OVERALL, BUT ALSO THE INTEREST RATES AS SHOWN ON HERE 5.12 PLUS THE 4.33.
ALMOST AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE THE INTEREST INCOME FOR THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO OF 6.6% IN 24 AND 6.5% IN 2025.
BUT THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT'S GOING TO MATURE IN CALENDAR YEAR '26 AND '27.
I SHOWED THIS PORTION SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CITY
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CURRENTLY HAS A LADDERING INVESTMENT APPROACH.WE TRY TO GO OUT A TWO YEAR HORIZON AND INVEST THE BOND PROCEEDS THAT WE RECEIVED, YOU SOLD THE BONDS IN AUGUST, BUT RECEIVED THE PROCEEDS IN SEPTEMBER.
INVEST THOSE OUT ON THE 18 YEAR SCHEDULE BASED ON WHAT THE CAPITAL TEAM TOLD US IN TERMS OF THEIR EXPENDITURE DRAWDOWN SCHEDULE.
THE POINT IS, EVEN IF RATES DECREASE, WE'VE ALREADY LOCKED IN YIELD OVER EXTENDED TIME PERIOD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, YOU SEE THE LOWEST YIELD WE'VE LOCKED IN GOING OUT TO THE SUMMER OF 27 IS 3.97%.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT RATES DO WE'VE SECURED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INTEREST INCOME THAT'S REALLY PERFORMING WHERE THE OVERALL MARKET IS TODAY.
THEN THIS LAST SLIDE JUST REALLY TRACKS THE RATE CUTS BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE GOING BACK TO DECEMBER OF 1999.
I SHOW IT, TO SHOW THE PACE IN WHICH THEY CUT RATES.
EACH TICK IS EITHER INCREASE IN RATES, 25-50 BASIS POINTS OR IT'S A DECREASE IN RATES, GENERALLY ABOUT THAT SAME SCHEDULE.
FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE TYPICALLY WILL REDUCE RATES ABOUT 25% LESS IT'S A SEVERE CONDITION AND THE SAME IS TRUE IN TERMS OF INCREASING RATES.
WELL AFTER THE TECH BUBBLE, YOU SEE THE BIG SHARP DECREASE.
YOU ALSO SEE RATES BUILDING UP TOWARD THE HOUSING BUBBLE.
ONCE THAT OCCURRED, YOU SEE EVEN SHARPER DECREASE IN INTEREST RATES AND THEN WE WENT ON AN EIGHT YEAR PERIOD IN WHICH WE HAD PRETTY MUCH LEVEL AROUND 0% INTEREST RATES, WHERE THE FEDS KEPT THEM TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE GREAT RECESSION.
OTHER THE BIG DROP CURVE, OF COURSE, AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THEN YOU SEE THE STEEP INCREASE IN RATES FIGHTING INFLATION.
THEN FINALLY, REALLY OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THE FEDERAL RESERVE STARTED CUTTING RATES AGAIN STARTING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, THEY CUT RATES IN DECEMBER OF 24 AND THEN AGAIN, THIS PAST SUMMER.
THEY WENT ABOUT NINE MONTHS WHERE THE ARROWS POINT BEFORE THEY CUT RATES THIRD TIME SINCE RECOVERING FROM THE, SHARP INCREASES FROM THE PANDEMIC.
MY POINT HERE IS REALLY IS THAT THEY'RE NOT ON AS SHARP A DECLINE AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE TECH BUBBLE, HOUSING BUBBLE AS WELL AS THE PANDEMIC AND WE'VE SECURED AND LOCKED IN INTEREST RATES THAT WE THINK SHOULD DELIVER THE INTEREST INCOME OVER THE LAST NEXT TWO YEARS OF ANYWHERE FROM 1.5-$2 MILLION.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> HARLAN, RIGHT NOW, THE INTEREST INCOME IS IT BUDGETED ANYWHERE?
>> NO, WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED ANY INTEREST INCOME ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
WE DO BUDGET INTEREST INCOME ON THE OPERATING SIDE.
>> IN THE SCHEDULE AT LEAST THE ANTICIPATION OF USING INTEREST INCOME IS FIRST COVER ANY ARBITRAGE LIABILITY THAT WE MIGHT INCUR.
IF WE SPEND THE DEBT ISSUANCE ON THE SCHEDULE AT THE CAPITAL TEAM, AS AS DESIGNED, THEN WE CAN AVOID MAKING ANY ARBITRAGE PAYMENTS.
THEN THE NEXT LINE OR PURPOSE WOULD BE TO COVER ANY OVERAGES, AS MR. OSCAN HAD DISCUSSED.
THEN FINAL WOULD BE ONCE WE SECURE INTEREST INCOME, YOU HAVE IT IN HAND, IF WE WANT TO USE IT FOR ANY FUTURE PROJECTS OR NEW PROJECTS, THEN WE WOULD COME TO THE COUNCIL AND RECOMMEND IT.
ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED ANY INTEREST INCOME GOING FORWARD.
>> THE DEBT THAT WE ISSUE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE FUNDS IN THE MONEY MARKET FUND AND THEN WHEN THE BILL COME IT'LL EARN INTEREST AND THEN WE'LL USE THOSE FUNDS TO PAY THE BILLS AS THEY COME IN.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL HAVE EARNED THE INTEREST?
>> YES. WE'LL INVESTED IN ONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS WE USE.
IT COULD BE SECURITIES, CDS OR MONEY MARKETS.
BUT WE USE POOL CASH, A POOL INVESTMENTS, WE POOL ALL OF OUR CASH AND THEN INVEST FUNDS GOING OUT GOING FORWARD AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FUND LIMITED.
BUT WE'LL INVESTED BASED ON THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY GIVE US.
>> MY CONCERN WITH BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT IT'S LIKE SALES TAX, YOU'RE RELYING ON A FUTURE INCOME THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, COVID, THEY DROPPED THAT FUNDS 100 BASIS POINT, TO 1% ALL THE WAY DOWN.
BUT YOU ANSWERED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE OF OUR STEPPING OR HOW THE LADDERING THAT WE'RE BLOCKED IN AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WHICH IS ABOUT HOW LONG THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY BE DONE.
THEN WE'LL HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE SHORTAGE AND THEN WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED LATER, THEN IT'LL JUST AFFECT OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
>> YES. THOSE PROJECTS AREN'T RELYING ON INTEREST INCOME CURRENTLY.
THIS IS REALLY JUST BUILT IN COUNTER INFLATION OR ANY OTHER COST ESCALATIONS.
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>> BASED ON THAT, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FUTURE COUNSEL CONSIDERATIONS TO MOVE FORWARD ON SEPARATE ITEMS. IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE GET READY TO PURCHASE THE FF&E, WHEN WE HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THE CURRENT ROOF IS AND WHAT HVA COSTS, WE'D LOOK TO COME BACK TO COUNSEL FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THOSE ITEMS AS WELL AS APPROPRIATION OF ANY OF THAT INTEREST INCOME OR THE GAS ROYALTY FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT.
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE BURN CONSTRUCTION GMP.
AGAIN, THE TOTAL GMP BASED ON THE FINAL RELEASE WAS 39,000,193, $393,242.
WITH THE ADDITION OF ADULT ONE AND TWO, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL SOIL WORK, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH A GMP PACKAGE NUMBER 2 AT A TOTAL COST OF $30,732,768 FOR TOTAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW COMPLEX AT $39,769,129.
ALSO FOR THIS EVENING, IS THE FRANKLY SERGEANT AMENDMENT, AGAIN, COUNSEL, YOU APPROVED IN MARCH OF 2025, AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR CONTRACT.
WHEN WE INCREASE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE ENTIRE COMPLEX 23-38 MILLION, WE DID A CHANGE ORDER FOR A LITTLE OVER $1.2 MILLION.
AGAIN, WITH REGARDS TO THE EXISTING ROOF AND THE HVAC UNITS ON THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE ROOF AND HAC WERE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.
NOW KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
BRINKLEY SERGEANT HAS WORKED WITH THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER TO GET QUOTES FOR THE ADDITIONAL STUDY AND DESIGN AND THAT TOTAL COST IS $146,500 AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT AMENDMENT FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT COST OF $3,974,427.
THE THIRD ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT IS THE UES AMENDMENT.
UES IS UNITED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
THEY DO ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES.
WE HAVE UNITED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
THEIR SCOPE INCLUDES, AGAIN, EARTHWORK AND STABILIZATION THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SOILING. THE SOIL.
WE HAVE CONCRETE TESTING, PEER INSPECTION, THEY INSPECT THE STRUCTURAL STEEL, THE STORM SHELTER, AS WELL AS DOING PENETRATION TESTING.
STAFF INITIALLY CONTRACTED WITH UES FOR PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, THAT WAS $20,825.
THAT WAS THE SOIL TESTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, WE NEED TO AMEND THEIR CONTRACT FOR THE FULL SCOPE OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
THEIR AMENDMENT IS FOR $191,000.
WE'RE A TOTAL CONTRACT OF OVER $211,000.
THE FINAL ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT IS FOR OUR OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE.
AGAIN, VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT GROUP.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2016.
THEY HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS WITHIN THE METROPLEX RECENTLY COMPLETING PROJECTS HERE IN BURLESON WITH THE CITY HALL PROJECT.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE ON OUR FIRE STATION ONE PROJECT.
THEY HAVE DONE PROJECTS IN WAXAHACHIE, WHICH IS THE BUILDING YOU SEE HERE, AS WELL AS MID LOTHIAN AND FORT WORTH AND ELS COUNTY.
THEY HAVE ASSISTED IN PROVIDING COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY IN BOTH OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS.
WE WANTED TO TALK THROUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK ISN'T THAT THE SAME AS AN OWNER'S REP, SO WE WANTED TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES.
CMAR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION AND DELIVERING THE PROJECT AT THE GMP, WHEREAS AN OWNER'S REP IS A CONSULTANT WHO REPRESENTS OUR INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
A CMAR IS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER THE PROJECT ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET AND OWNER [INAUDIBLE] ENSURES THAT THE OWNER'S GOALS ARE MET BY MANAGING THE CMAR AND OTHER CONSULTANTS.
THINK OF THEM AS ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER FOR THE CITY.
THE CMAR REVIEWS AND EXECUTES THE CHANGE ORDERS WITHIN THE GMP.
THE OWNERS REP EVALUATES THOSE CHANGE ORDERS FOR FAIRNESS AND NECESSITY BEFORE GETTING US APPROVAL.
THEY'RE JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THAT THOSE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME GOOD THINGS ON THE FIRE STATION.
LITERALLY LIKE TWO DAYS INTO THAT PROJECT, THEY FOUND SOME DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDERS TO ALLOW US TO SAVE SOME MONEY ON THAT PROJECT.
THE CMAR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE FIELD WORK, ALL THE SUBS AND THE OWNER'S REP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THAT PROJECT.
THEY REVIEW ALL OF OUR PAY APPS, THEY ENSURE THE COMPLIANCE AND THEY REPORT TO
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US WITH ANYTHING GOING ON WITHIN THE PROJECT.WITH THIS CONTRACT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING EXECUTING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH VMG TO REPRESENT THE CITY FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THIS IS THEIR TOTAL COST.
WITH THAT, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I TALKED TO HARLAN. NOW I GET TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, ARE WE ADDING HVAC?
>> THE ROOF CAN HANDLE THE NEW ONES BECAUSE THE NEW ONES ARE HEAVIER?
>> MORE EFFICIENT OR WHATEVER.
THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO DO ANYTHING ON THAT ROOF IS TO PULL THEM OFF OF THEIR CURRENT SPOT AND PUT THEM RIGHT BACK ON.
ALL THE HOLES ARE CUT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS WIRED THERE.
FOR US TO DO THAT, THE NEWER UNITS ARE HEAVIER.
JUST WHEN YOU ADD IN, YOU PULL OFF 15 OF THEM AND YOU PUT 15 BACK ON, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEIGHT.
WE HAVE TO VERIFY IF THAT CAN SUPPORT IT.
WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED TO VERIFY THE BUILDINGS OVER 20-YEARS-OLD.
WE DON'T HAVE THE BUILDING PERMIT.
WE WENT BACK, WE PULLED THE STAMPS OFF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL, WENT BACK TO THE COMPANY AND SAID, DO YOU HAVE THE PLANS TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THIS, THEY DON'T HAVE THEM.
THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO A TRUE ANALYSIS OF THE ROOF IS TO GET ALL OF THE BEAM INFORMATION, HAVE THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER PUT THAT IN A MODEL, AND THE START PUTTING THE WEIGHT ON IT TO SEE IF IT CAN SUPPORT IT.
IF IT CAN'T, THEN WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CROSS BRACING DO WE NEED TO DO ALONG THE WAY? IT CAN SUPPORT THE NEW HVAC.
THEN IT COMES BACK AND THEY SAY, WELL, YOU GOT TO REINFORCE IT, THEN.
THAT'LL BE ANOTHER ADDITIONAL CHANGE.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT COST IS TO.
>> NOW, WITH THE FF&E AND THE HVAC UNITS, THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T PURCHASE NOW TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL COST INCREASES IN THE FUTURE? THE PROBLEM IS TO STORE THEM SOMEWHERE.
>> THE FF&E HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET.
WE'VE GONE, WE STARTED THE PROCESS, ONCE WE START GETTING IN THE BUILDING, PD WILL GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE FURNITURE, PICK OUT THE ONE.
WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT YET. THAT'S WHY THAT'S A FUTURE ONE.
SAME THING WITH THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, WE HAVEN'T LAID OUT, BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD BE WHERE DO WE STORE IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD AT THE TIME.
THE HVAC UNITS IS A GIANT QUESTION MARK.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BUY THEM IF WE COME BACK AND SAY, IT CAN'T SUPPORT IT.
WE RECOMMENDING DOING SOME CHANGES WITHIN THE HVAC SYSTEM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO STRUCTURAL REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE TO CHANGE SOME THINGS, AND SO ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE.
WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WAS LIKE, DO WE BUY THEM NOW? HOPING THAT THEY FIT? WE JUST DON'T WANT TO GO TAKE THAT CHANCE.
WE REALLY WANT TO DO THE FULL EVALUATION.
WE HOPE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION SOON AND WE'LL COME BACK.
BUT UNTIL WE HAVE A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE ROOF, WE WANT TO HOLD OFF ON DOING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
>> EVEN WITH THE RECONFIGURATION, WE HAVE TO GO BACK WITH 15 IF THERE'S 15 YEARS TO 50?
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ALL THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING A CHANGE ORDER WITH THE MEP SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT THE BEST.
>> IF IT'S LIKE WE COULD SWITCH TO A 10 TO AND IT COULD DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN YOU END UP NEEDING ONLY 12 INSTEAD OF.
>> ALL THOSE THINGS IS WHAT THEY'RE TAKING. YES, SIR.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE ON A SPAN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOAD BEAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> CORRECT. THEY'RE ALL SPANNED ACROSS THE ROOF AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, THEY'RE HAVING TO GET UP INTO THE CEILING, LOOK AT WHERE STRUCTURAL BEAMS ARE, WHERE THOSE BEAMS ARE, AND THEN WHERE DO WE SEE SPANS, IF WE HAVE TO DO CROSS BRACING.
THAT'S WHAT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER RIGHT NOW IS UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE BEEN REAL HAPPY WITH PD'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT LETTING THEM GO IN AND START STICKING THEIR HEAD UP THROUGH THE CEILING TILES TO FIND OUT WHAT ALL THE BEAMS ARE.
>> THIS GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE DIRT.
>> THE LEGALLY LOOKING AT. YES, SIR.
>> ERIC, ONE MORE THING. I KNOW WE'RE JUST DOING A2 AND 2, BUT A3 AND 4, THE TOTAL FUNDING, THE 3.2 MILLION, THAT INCLUDES ALL THE THIS.
>> THE EXTRA MONEY THAT WE'RE NEEDING, IT'S NOT LIKE WE CROSS OUR FINGERS AND THE STUDIES COME BACK AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY, WE'LL HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED THE FUNDINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH INTEREST INCOME AND EVERYTHING.
>> THAT'S AT 3.3 IS THE TOTAL.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 7A.
DON'T ANYBODY JUMP IN AT ONCE? THERE YOU GO.
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I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY LARRY.PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7D.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY, A SECOND BY ADAM, PLEASE VOTE.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE E.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA AND A SECOND BY FIELD, PLEASE VOTE.
>> SITTING PAGES HERE. IS THERE A MOTION ON 7F? I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE. PASS UNANIMOUS.
[7.G. Consider and take possible action on an ordinance amending the City operating budget (CSO#5910-09-2025) for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and the 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan. This amendment includes an increase to the operating budget in the amount of $2,914,620 and a net increase to the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) totaling $5,555,913; and time is of the essence. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Kevin Hennessey, Interim Director of Finance)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OPERATING BUDGET, CSO NUMBER 5910-092-0205 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026 AND THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO THE OPERATING BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,914,620, AND A NET INCREASE TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TOTALING $5,555,913, AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
STAFF CONTACT IS KEVIN HENNESSY, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS PROPOSED MID YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE OPERATING, AS WELL AS A REVIEW OF THE CAPITAL PROPOSALS.
THIS EVENING, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT THE FUND IMPACT, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT FUND, THE DETAIL OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
THEN WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE CIP PROPOSED UPDATES.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAIL, WE WILL LIKE TO LOOK AT HERE THE YEAR ONE OF THE SFC.
THIS IS OUR VENDOR THAT'S GOING TO BE MANAGING THE CHISHENHALL SPORTS COMPLEX.
THIS IS THEIR PROPOSAL FOR YEAR ONE OF A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, WHAT THE PROPOSED REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE AS THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
WITH SOME VARIETY OF START UP COSTS FOR YEAR 1, THERE IS A PLAN FOR IT TO GO INTO THE NEGATIVE TO BE A NET LOSS FOR YEAR ONE.
BUT AS A CITY, OUR PROCESSES ARE WHEN WE BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE AMEND THE EXPENDITURES.
WE DON'T GENERALLY AMEND OUR REVENUE BUDGETS.
THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST FOR THE CONTEXT, YOU SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF WHAT'S FEEDING INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS EVENING.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF A NEW FUND, THE CHISELH SPORTS COMPLEX FUND.
THIS WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE MORE DIRECT VISIBILITY TO TRACK THIS CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON AT THAT FACILITY, AND THEN THE 4B FUND.
IN THE SPORTS COMPLEX FUND, THE CHOSEN HALL SPORTS COMPLEX FUND.
THE CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FROM SFC, THE VENDOR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO OPERATE THE FACILITY DURING THE FIRST YEAR, INCLUDING THEIR START UP COSTS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO THESE CATEGORIES.
THEY HAVE SOME FACILITY SETUP COSTS, WHICH HAS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND SOME DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET UP AND RUNNING.
THEN THEY HAVE ONE TIME SETUP COSTS, WHICH IS THEIR STARTING WORKING CAPITAL TO BUILD UP THE INVENTORY FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND OTHER ITEMS, THE INTERNET SETUP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN THEY'VE GOT THEIR BUDGET FOR COST OF GOODS SOLD AS WELL AS THEIR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, WHICH INCLUDES THEIR PERSONNEL, COST OF OUR COST OF THE CONTRACT, AND SOME OTHER OVERHEAD COSTS.
THIS IS HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO OUR GENERAL LEDGER ON THE RIGHT AND THE DESCRIPTION COLUMN.
IT BREAKS DOWN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND SHOWS HOW IT'S GOING TO SHOW ON OUR GENERAL LEDGER.
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WHICH BRINGS US TO THE FOUR B FUND.THE 4B FUND THE PLAN IS HAVE IT SUPPORT THIS CHISHENHALL THIS NEW CHISHENALL FUND, LIKE IT DOES, THE PPF PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND AS WELL AS THE GOLF FUND, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, MAKE THAT FUND A ZERO IMPACT ON THE FUND BALANCE FOR THAT YEAR.
THIS TRANSFER IS THAT IF WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING, THE PROPOSED NET LOSS FOR THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE 4B FUND TO HELP THIS PROJECT GET UP AND RUNNING AND THE OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD.
BEFORE I MOVE INTO THE CIP, WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ANY CHANCES FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THE OPERATING PROPOSAL?
>> THANK YOU. PROPOSED CIP UPDATES.
THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED CIP UPDATES THIS EVENING, ONE FOR THE 4A, AND ONE FOR THE 4B.
FOUR A, THE INTENTION IS TO ADD A LAND BANK PURCHASE AT THAT LOCATION FOR $6 MILLION, AS WELL AS MEMORIALIZE AN ACTION THAT WAS DONE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IN THE CIP.
IN THAT ACTION, THERE IS A REMOVAL OF THE DRY SAUNA FROM THE 4B FIVE YEAR CIP, SO THIS IS TO MEMORIALIZE THAT.
THE GENERAL FUND, CIP HAS NO CHANGES, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, THE WATER AND SEWER, THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES AS WELL.
WHEN WE GET TO THE 4A, WE SEE THAT LAND BANK ITEM THERE.
WE'RE ALL WORKING ON A PROJECT AS WELL FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE 114 ELLISON BUILDING.
THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THIS SUMMER.
WE DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SAVINGS IN THE TIMING OF SOME OF OUR INCENTIVE PAYMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CASH FUND THIS THIS YEAR.
BUT IF WE DO END UP NEEDING AN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO COME IN THE FUTURE TO ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT, WE BELIEVE WE CAN PAY FOR THAT WITHIN OUR CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS, IT IS NOT A PART OF OUR PLANNED DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WILL BE CASH FUNDED.
THE 4B, WE HAVE THAT DRY SAUNA BEING STRICKEN FROM THE PLAN AS WAS DIRECTED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
THEN THE TIF HAS NO PROPOSED CHANGES.
HERE'S AN UPDATED TABLE IN SUMMARY SHOWING ALL OF THE CIP PLANS WITH THEIR PROPOSED UPDATES THIS EVENING.
I DO WANT TO MENTION IN YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, THAT WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED OR APPROVED BY THE 4B BOARD THIS AFTERNOON, THAT THE ITEM FOR THE GOLF FENCE THAT WAS ADJUSTED TO BE NOT AS SPECIFIC TO THE GOLF FENCE, BE MORE GENERALIZED.
IN YOUR ACTION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT THEY PROPOSED, THEN WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADD THAT INTO THE MOTION THIS EVENING AS WELL.
>> SPECIFICALLY, THE DISCUSSION AT 4B WAS THAT THE FENCE MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE ULTIMATE IMPROVEMENT.
IT WAS FENCE OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WAS THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE AT 4B.
IF THAT'S THE SENTIMENT FROM THE FULL COUNSEL, WE WOULD JUST SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU ECHO THAT AND WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION THIS EVENING.
>> WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS TO MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION REQUESTING A MID YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,914,000 $620, AND TO AMEND THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26TH OR 2032.
I CAN BE MADE ONE MOTION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE BUDGET, ALSO INCORPORATING THE CHANGES MADE AT 4B WITH REGARDS TO THE FENCE AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GOLF COURSE.
>> YOU HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM ON A SECOND BY FIELD. PLEASE VOTE.
>> ITEM 7H AND 7I WILL BE ONE PRESENTATION.
[Item 7.H. & Item 7.I.]
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I WILL READ EACH ITEM FOR THE RECORD, AND EACH ITEM WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.7H, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 58-4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PERMITTING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT C HIS HALL SPORTS COMPLEX.
FIRST READING, 7I IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION, ADOPTING AN ALCOHOL POLICY FOR CHISHENHALL, SPORTS COMPLEX, STAFF CONTACT JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS EVENING, I'M PRESENTING ON THE POTENTIAL ADDITION OF ALCOHOL SALES AT CHISENHALL SPORTS COMPLEX.
THE GUIDELINES THAT WE ARE PRESENTING THIS EVENING WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO CHISENHALL.
WE WOULD ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TABC, AND, OF COURSE, OUR INTERNAL CITY STANDARDS.
WE DID TAKE THE APPROACH FROM FORMAL COUNCIL FEEDBACK THAT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR YOUTH AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT CHISENHALL REMAINS A VERY SAFE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE SALE OF ALCOHOL IS BEING CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS, AND THESE ARE THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSIDERING.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY ALCOHOL SOLD DURING YOUTH LEAGUES, GAMES, OR PRACTICES.
THERE WOULD BE NO ALCOHOL AT TOURNAMENTS OR EVENTS AND PROGRAMS WHERE THE TARGET MARKET OR DEMOGRAPHIC IS CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER.
THIS WOULD APPLY TO ALL SFC STAFF AND SUBCONTRACTORS AND THE COMPLIANCE WOULD BE MONITORED BOTH BY THE CITY AND SFC.
THE SALES AND SERVICE STANDARDS, SO THE SALE OF ALCOHOL WOULD ONLY BE IN CITY APPROVED DESIGNATED AREAS WITHIN THE COMPLEX, TABC CERTIFICATION OF THE STAFF WOULD BE REQUIRED, AND THERE WOULD BE CLEAR SIGNAGE ON THE SITE STATING WHAT IS AND IS NOT ALLOWED AND WHERE AND WHERE NOT YOU COULD CONSUME ALCOHOL.
AS PART OF THIS MAIN CONTRACT WITH SFC, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CARRY GENERAL AND LIQUOR LIABILITY INSURANCE.
THEY WOULD LIST US AS ADDITIONAL INSURED ON THAT INSURANCE, AND THEN THE CERTIFICATES WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY ANNUALLY.
IF ANY CLAIMS WERE MADE, SFC WOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE CLAIMS. JUST SOME OVERSIGHT AND ANNUAL REVIEW, THE ADJUSTMENTS WOULD BE ADOPTED BY COUNSEL.
AS WITH ANY NEW POLICY OR PROCEDURE, WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME UP THAT WE'RE NOT THOUGHT OF.
AS THOSE THINGS ARISE, WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW.
WE WOULD BE COMPLETING SPOT INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE REVIEWS THAT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED WITHIN THIS POLICY.
THEN ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HEARD WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD THAT WE WANTED TO ENSURE WE HAD THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE ALCOHOL SALES.
IN THE ORDINANCE, IF YOU READ IT YOURSELF, THIS IS AT THE CITY MANAGER LEVEL, SO THAT WOULD NOT BE AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL, THE CITY MANAGER WOULD AUTHORIZE WHEN AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO OCCUR.
NON COMPLIANCE, OF COURSE, WOULD ISSUE A WRITTEN NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
THE CITY WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AND THEN IF THERE WERE CONTINUED VIOLATIONS THAT WOULD BE CAUSE FOR TERMINATION OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH SFC, AND THE CITY WOULD ALWAYS RESERVE THE SOLE DISCRETION TO PERMANENTLY PROHIBIT ALCOHOL SALES. FEEDBACK.
>> ANYBODY? THANKS, JEN FOR ALL YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS AND ALL YOUR CONCERNS AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IN PLACE.
STILL JUST TOTALLY AGAINST IT.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANY OF THESE PARTICULAR RULES IN PLACE IF YOU DON'T SELL ALCOHOL AT ALL.
BEEN INVOLVED TOO MUCH WITH ATHLETICS, CHILDREN, ADULTS TO EVER SEE ALCOHOL SALES AT EVENTS.
EVEN WITH ADULT LEAGUES, YOU HAVE ADULTS DRINKING WITH YOUNG KIDS THERE.
I GO TO MIDLOTHIAN AND BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES, NO ALCOHOL SALES WHATSOEVER, AND THEY HAVE BETTER FACILITIES AND WE'VE GOT.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE BEST FACILITIES AROUND.
BUT I'M SORRY, [INAUDIBLE] MAY FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WE GOT MONEY GRAB, AND WE WANT TO TAKE THAT MONEY, AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH IT.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THANKS.
>> JEN, ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH AND THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE TAKEN POLLS AMONGST THEIR LEAGUES CAME BACK 100%, NO ON ALCOHOL.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RESPECT THE CITIZENS AND SAY, NO.
>> IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS. YOU GOT MORE TALK.
I DIDN'T SEE Y'ALL. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T LOOK.
>> YOU GOT TO LOOK THIS DIRECTION SOMETIMES.
>> PAUL I RESPECT EXACTLY WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME, ESPECIALLY FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY.
THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU JUST GAVE OUT WERE PERFECT AS TO
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY USE THE FACILITY AND SO ON.THE OTHER PART IS, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK BACK TO OUR CITIZENS VOTED TO SELL ALCOHOL IN THE CITY OF BURLESON, AND IT DID PASS.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, OKAY, WE CAN PASS THIS, BUT WE CAN'T PASS THIS ONE, SO I'M FOR YOUR GAME PLAN THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.
>> MA'AM I'VE ALREADY STATED MY OPINION BY MAKING THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF PLAN AND THE ORDINANCE CHANGES.
>> I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AT OUR LAST DISCUSSION.
I HAD A HOSPITAL STAY WITH ONE OF MY CHILDREN, SO IT'S OUT OF COMMISSION.
BUT I TRULY HAVE LISTENED TO THE REMARKS AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED. I AGREE.
THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF YOUTH SPORTS THAT DON'T NECESSITATE ALCOHOL AND I HATE THE PERCEPTION THAT THAT CAN BRING.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT PICTURING NECESSARILY THE YOUTH SPORTS, WHICH YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THAT OUR TARGET WOULD BE OVER THE AGE OF 12 AND UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BE HIGHER, POSSIBLY LIKE 16 AND UP.
WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IS IF WE ARE TRULY ABLE TO RECRUIT THE TOURNAMENTS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO THAT ARE OUT THERE, I ENVISION, COULD THIS BE A SCENARIO WHERE A LEADING TO COLLEGE WORLD SERIES? ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF GAMES ENDS UP COMING HERE AND SO MUCH BIGGER NOT NECESSARILY YOUTH.
BUT EVEN ASIDE FROM THAT, I THINK OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS OUR FOURTH OF JULY.
WE HAVE THOSE EXCEPTIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THE CONCERT SERIES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS HERE IN THE PLAZA, AND I'M PICTURING THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF WE HAVE A CONCERT SERIES THAT IS OUT AT THE BALL FIELD, AND WE HAVE.
WE HAVE BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S A BIG GREEN SPACE.
I'M COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT HAS BEEN SHARED, THE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US.
MY BABIES PLAY BASEBALL THERE, AND SO I DON'T WANT LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYING AND A DAD HAVING BEER THERE AND PROMOTING THOSE SALES.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW FOR THOSE ADULT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND COLLEGIATE LEVEL AND HIGHER THAT ALCOHOL SALES ARE KNOWN TO GO ON AT THOSE EVENTS, AND NOT JUST THAT.
IF THEY AREN'T BEING SOLD AND THINGS AREN'T BEING DONE ON THE UP AND UP, THEY'RE MOST LIKELY OUT IN THE PARKING LOT DRINKING OUT OF THEIR CARS.
I WOULD RATHER US BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN STAND ON THAT WE CAN CLEARLY ADVERTISE AND HAVE STATED AND KNOW WHAT OUR POLICY IS AND FALL BACK ON THAT.
I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH TO GET US TO THIS POINT AND I RESPECT ALL THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED.
I DON'T WANT TO PIGEON HOLD US INTO NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT FOR THOSE RARE SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE A CONCERT SERIES OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE OUT THERE OR A SPECIAL EVENT.
WE EVEN FOR WHEN THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION IN OLD TOWN, WE PIVOTED TO HAVE THE HONEY TOUR CARNIVAL OUT THERE.
A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I SAW WERE THAT THEY COULDN'T THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SITUATION WASN'T THE SAME THAT IT WAS IN OLD TOWN.
WE DO HAVE A HISTORY AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK BACK ON TO SAY, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT MIGHT FIT.
BUT I LIKE THE ABILITY OF US SAYING, HARD AND FAST, THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES, IT DOES NOT FALL INTO YOUTH THEN AND MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE UNDER THE AGE OF 16.
BECAUSE I'M THINKING ADULTS, AND THAT WOULD BE MY TARGET OR WHAT I WOULD THINK THAT AUDIENCE FITS INTO.
THEN LIKE I SAID, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FALL BACK ON TO SAY, THIS IS APPROPRIATE AND THIS EVENT IS NOT.
THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS AND I AGAIN, APOLOGIZE THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO SHARE THAT LAST MEETING, AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW MR. MCCLINTON HAS TO BE ON THE FLOOR.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I DO HAVE A SPEAKER, BILL JANISH.
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>> I'M JANISH, I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS AS MENTIONED, VICTORIA SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT POSSIBLY COLLEGIATE LEVEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THESE FIELDS AREN'T THAT GOOD.
YOU COULD HAVE A WORLD SERIES TYPE THING.
THEY'LL BE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
IT CAN GET HUGE. IT'S NOT JUST TOURNAMENTS.
YOU'LL HAVE HOME REMAINING COMPETITIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'VE SEEN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
I'VE GONE TO EVERY STATE ON SOME OF THESE MEN'S TOURNAMENTS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FIGHTING, AT MY AGE, I PROBABLY STILL HIT SOMEBODY IN THE MOUTH.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DRUNK TO DO IT.
I USED TO BE THE CATCHER AND SOMETIMES I'D BE THE FIRST ONE.
I'D HAVE EIGHT OR 10 OR 12 GUYS BEFORE OUR GUYS COULD COME HELP ME.
IT'S JUST PART OF IT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> DO YOU THINK ALCOHOL IS A DEAL BREAKER FOR SOME OF THESE?
>> NO. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS TOO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU CAN RESCIND THE ALCOHOL.
THE THING IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN BIG SPONSORS LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS COULD BRING A BIG NAME HOTEL TO THE CITY.
IT COULD SOMEWHERE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF RESCINDING, IF YOU DO THAT AND PHIL TELL YOU BECAUSE I USED TO GET POTS AND POTS OF WATER AND PHIL WOULD SAY, DON'T DO THAT MORE BECAUSE DR. PEPPER IS ON MY ASS ABOUT YOU GUYS SELLING REMEMBER IT HAPPENED EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I COULD GET IT FOR FREE AND WE COULD MAKE MORE PROFIT, BUT DR. PEPPER COULD HAVE BACK CHARGED OF BISD.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE IF YOU DO RESCIND, SOME OF THE SPONSORS MAY WANT ALL THEIR MONEY BACK.
SPONSORSHIP PHIL CAN NAME NUMBERS TELL YOU I KNOW SOME OF THE NUMBERS, BUT HE CAN TELL YOU IN PRIVATE HOW MUCH BISD BRINGS IN.
BUT IT IS BIG MONEY. I'M TALKING ABOUT T-SHIRTS.
I PLAYED WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS WHEN DEMARINI BATS FIRST CAME OUT, WHERE THESE GUYS PAID THEM OR FRONTED THEM MONEY EVERY WEEKEND TO GO TO THESE COMPETITIONS, $500 GUARANTEED, $500 IF THEY WANT A LONG BALL COMPETITION, 500 IF THEY HIT THE MOST HOME RUNS.
THEY WOULD GET THREE OR FOUR BAGS OF BATS.
THEY USE THE BAT ONE TIME AND THAT WAS IT.
BUT IT IS THESE COMPANIES THAT INVEST THEIR MONEY IN LOCATIONS.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST ONES I'VE SEEN AROUND.
LIKE I SAID, I PLAYED BACK IN THE LATE 70S, 80S, 90S AND EARLY 2000S AND I'VE BEEN ON SOME OF THE BEST ONES AT THE TIME IN THE STATES, AND WE HAD NOTHING LIKE THIS AND THIS WILL BRING IN SOME BIG COMPETITION.
I HAVEN'T DRANK IN OVER 20 YEARS. I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH.
I GOT FRIENDS THAT DID, AND WHEN I GOT CUSTODY MY SON, THAT'S WHEN I STOPPED.
I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT DON'T BOTHER ME, BUT YOU GUY HAVE PEOPLE SNEAK ON ALCOHOL.
>> WE DO HAVE ORDINANCES AGAINST DRINKING IN PUBLIC AND SNEAKING THE ALCOHOL IN AND DRINKING IT AT THE BALL FIELDS IS MORE OF A ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, THEN LET'S JUST ALLOW THEM TO DO IT ISSUE.
IN MY OPINION, AND WE DID VOTE IN PACKAGE SALES FOR ALCOHOL, BUT WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION OR DRINKING IN PUBLIC PARKS.
I'M STILL OF THE OPINION THAT THE CITIZENS THAT TALKED TO ME AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY TALKED TO CITIZENS.
IF I'D HAVE HAD ONE YES, IT WOULD HAVE SWAYED MY BOAT, BUT I DIDN'T I COULDN'T FIND A YES ANYWHERE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU THAT BILL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGS IN A LOT OF MONEY ON ADVERTISING.
BISD IS NOT ALLOWED ANY ALCOHOL ADVERTISING AT ALL ON ANYTHING.
IN THEIR SPORTS PROGRAMS, THE MONEY I RAISED FOR THE SCOREBOARD, THE MONEY I RAISED TO STUFF AROUND THE STADIUM, NOBODY WITH ALCOHOL WAS EVER INVOLVED WITH THAT.
WE COULD NOT RAISE OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ALCOHOL JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO IT.
ALEXA, RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE ON YOUR PART ABOUT WELL, MIDLOTHIAN SELLS ALCOHOL IN TOWN, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE IT AT THEIR SPORTING EVENTS.
IF YOU MAY KNOW A COLLEGE GAME RECENTLY AND I GO ALL THE TIME EVEN RECENTLY OR JUST BACK.
I SEE SOME PRETTY DISGUSTING THINGS, WHAT FANS DO.
POOR YOUNG LADY WAS ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT BY PARAMEDICS BECAUSE SHE WAS DRUNK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT AN ATHLETIC EVENT. WE'RE TALKING YOUTH HERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUTH EVENTS.
BUT I UNDER UNDERSTAND WHERE Y'ALL COMING FROM.
I THINK WE CAN DO WITHOUT IT, SO THANKS.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR ITEM 7H, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. I MADE THE MOVE TO APPROVE.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TOO.THE OPINIONS I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE ALCOHOL SALES FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ENGAGED IN SPORTS AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THEIR KIDS, BASEBALL GLOVES ALONG WITH THEIR DIAPERS, AND THE GENERAL OPINION IS THAT FOR THE LOWER AGES, THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE, AND THE OPINIONS I'VE HEARD HAVE BEEN PRETTY SOLID THAT ABOVE THE 12 YEAR AGE, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY EXPECTED.
I WANT THIS SFC CORPORATION TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS IN THEIR BAG THAT THEY CAN GET TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL THING.
THIS WAS A BIG CHANGE IN THE WAY WE MANAGE THIS FACILITY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE.
IT'S ALREADY I THINK IN SOME WAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT OF A NEW HOTEL IN THE STANDARD, WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT FACILITY, AND I THINK THIS NEW HOTEL WILL DRAW FROM THIS ENTERPRISE, AND I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THE SUCCESS OF THAT IS WORTH IT.
IT'S NOT THE MONEY. FRANKLY, I'M GOING TO GO OVER ON THE LIMB A LITTLE BIT HERE AND SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ALCOHOL POLICY, I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE ATTENTION PAID TO THE DRINKING AT THESE EVENTS THAN WE WOULD HAVE IF WE HAD NO POLICY AND PEOPLE WERE JUST DRINKING OUT OF THE TRUNKS OF THEIR CARS OR PICK UP TRUCKS OR WHATEVER.
ATTENTION WILL BE DRAWN TO IT, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A SAFER ATMOSPHERE AS CONTRADICTORY AS THAT MAY SOUND.
IF WE KNOW WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND WE'RE WATCHING IT AND REGULATING IT AS WE EXPECTED OUR STAFF AND POLICE WILL DO.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE TO MAKE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT MAKING THIS OVERALL EVENT SUCCESSFUL.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY ADAM, PLEASE VOTE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT I PRESUME WHEN THERE ARE ALCOHOL CELLS, THEY WILL HIRE OFF DUTY BPD OFFICES OR HOW WILL THAT WORK? WHEN THERE ARE ALCOHOL CELLS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS OR WHATEVER THOSE EVENTS ARE DEEMED. HOW WILL THAT PIECE WORK? SO THE SECURITY WOULD BE AT OUR DISCRETION.
IF WE STATED THAT WE WERE ONLY COMFORTABLE HOSTING THOSE EVENTS WITH SECURITY, DO ALSO NOTE WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR SAID SECURITY BECAUSE IF THAT'S HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS.
IT WOULD BE A PASS THROUGH. IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, THEN WE WOULD INCORPORATE THAT. MR. LUDWIG.
I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THOUGH IN THE PROFORMA, THERE WEREN'T ASSUMPTIONS MADE ABOUT SECURITY.
AGAIN, CHIEF CORTES DICUSSED TO, I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
PD WILL CLEARLY BE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN BE THERE AND STAFF FULL TIME.
WE'LL TREAT IT LIKE WE WOULD ANY OTHER FACILITY.
I GUESS IF YOU HAVE A WEDDING AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALCOHOL CELLS THERE, YOU ARE REQUIRED IS IT, I GUESS, BY THE EVENT HOST, AND MAYBE YOU'LL DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT I JUST REMEMBER I HAD A WEDDING AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ALCOHOL, YOU HAD TO HAVE SECURITY THERE.
USUALLY, IT'S A VENUE SPECIFIC.
WE DO THAT AT RUSSELL FARM OR ALCOHOL POLICY REQUIRES BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATE EVENT WHERE THEY HAVE A PRIVATE TABC BAR SENDER SERVING THAT ALCOHOL.
THAT IS TYPICALLY WHY THERE'S A HEIGHTENED CONCERN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MANAGING ANY OF IT.
WE'RE JUST SAYING, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO X Y AND Z.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU HAVE ON SITE SECURITY.
THIS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER JEN, BUT COULD THAT BE LIKE TOURNAMENT.
USA TOURNAMENTS IS COMING TO TOWN AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR EVENT HERE COULD THAT BE PART OF THEIR STIPULATION, IF THIS IS ONE WHERE ALCOHOL CELLS MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO BE PART OF THEIR CONTRACT MAYBE OF, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING, BRING IT TO COUNCIL, WE'LL DO A ONE OFF SITUATION ON THIS.
THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN THIS EVENING, IT'S AT CITY MANAGER LEVEL AUTHORIZATION.
WE COULD DO IT LIKE WE DO SPECIAL AND I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN HERE, SO MR. LUDWIG, BUT IF WE WANTED TO DO IT LIKE WE DO ANNUAL EVENTS WHERE WE DO OUR DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS, WE SHOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE YEAR.
JEN IS CORRECT. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY ASSUMPTIONS MADE ABOUT SECURITY AT THIS TIME.
IF WE CAN REVIEW IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, CERTAINLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT,
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THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COME BACK AND KNOWING THAT WE MAY NEED AN ADDITIONAL PRESENCE POSSIBLE.BUT THE COUNCIL OBVIOUSLY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONSIDER THIS, TO RE-APPROACH THIS, AND WE'LL BRING THOSE NUMBERS OF WHAT IT WOULD COST PER EVENT IF WE NEEDED TO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND ONE HERE? BUT I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7I.
HAVE A MOTION BY DAN, A SECOND BY ADAM, PLEASE VOTE. PASS IS UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 8, REPORTS AND PRESENTATION.
[8.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the City’s Capital Improvement Program. (Staff Contact: Randy Morrison, P.E., Director of Capital Engineering)]
8A, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, STAFF CONTACT RANDY MORRISON, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL ENGINEERING.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS RANDY MORRISON.
I'M DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL ENGINEERING, AND I'M EXCITED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THIS EVENING AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.
YOU SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OVERVIEW OF OUR CIP THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
THIS IS AS OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, SO IT'S PART OF THE ADOPTED FY 26 BUDGET.
IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR ANY OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THIS EVENING WITH REGARD TO THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CIP.
BUT YOU SEE THERE IN FY 26, WE HAVE 82.3 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
I THINK THAT ACTUALLY GOES UP TO 87 ROUGHLY WITH THE AMENDMENTS THIS EVENING.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FY26 BUDGET, SOME OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE POLICE HEADQUARTER EXPANSION, WHICH HAD SEVERAL ITEMS THIS EVENING, OUR INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD PUMP STATION EXPANSION PROJECT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND WATER AND SEWER PROGRAMS, THE TOWN CREEK TRUNK RELIEF SEWER MAIN PROJECT, AND OUR HEIN STREET WIDENING PROJECT.
THOSE ARE OUR LARGER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FY 26.
NOW, TO COVER SOME OF THE NEWER PROJECTS IN FY 26, THIS SCREEN SHOWS A LIST OF ALL THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST STARTING IN FY 26.
THIS IS ON TOP OF ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROJECTS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE PROJECTS, COMPLETE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE GOING.
ONE THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION, IN REGARDS TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE PROJECT MANAGERS IN CAPITAL ENGINEERING, WORKING ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL PROJECT MANAGER POSITION, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO FILL VERY SOON, AND WE RECENTLY BROUGHT ON TWO NEW STAFF, A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGER POSITIONS TO BACK FILL A RECENT RETIREMENT.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BUILD THE DEPARTMENT, BUILD A NEW TEAM, AND REALLY DELIVER THE NEW PROJECTS WE HAVE.
YOU SEE HERE ON THIS LIST, JUST TO MENTION A COUPLE THAT STAND OUT THAT COUNCIL WEIGHED IN ON RECENTLY, LIKE YOU SEE WICKER HILL AND GREEN RIDGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THAT'S ON THE LIST FOR FY 26, AND WE'LL BE GETTING THAT ONE STARTED VERY SOON.
YOU SEE COUNTY ROAD 914 RECONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS SEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THE PAYMENT CONDITIONS AND SOME SAFETY CONCERNS OUT THERE.
THIS FOLLOWS A SEWER MAIN THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
WE'RE ADDING THIS ONE TO THE CIP FOR 26 TO ADDRESS THE PAVEMENT CONDITIONS OUT THERE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE SUBGRADE CONDITIONS.
A COUPLE TO NOTE IS THE TWO LIFT STATION PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE IN FY 26.
THAT INCLUDES A LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN, AND THIS ONE IS TO GET AHEAD AND PROVIDE SEWER TO THIS AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE SEWER SERVICE TODAY.
THEN YOU SEE THE CHISHOLM WEST LIFT STATION FORCE MAIN AND COLLECTOR PROJECT.
THESE ARE TWO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SEWER PROJECTS THAT ARE EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
HERE'S A QUICK VISUAL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 46 ACTIVE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR PROGRAM.
THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY.
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WE HAVE OUR LARGEST CATEGORIES OUR STREET AND SIDEWALK PROJECT TYPES, THAT COVERS ABOUT 52% OF OUR PROJECT WORKLOAD.SECOND IS OUR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 37%, AND THEN YOU SEE FACILITIES AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, WHICH MAKE UP A SMALLER PORTION.
FOR THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT THAT BREAKS DOWN WHERE THOSE PROJECTS FALL IN THE CURRENT PHASE, YOU COULD SEE THERE THAT THE BULK OF OUR PROJECTS FALL IN THE DESIGN AND RIGHT AWAY PHASE WITH 76% OF THOSE, AND THE REST ARE IN CONSTRUCTION.
BEFORE I DIVE DEEPER INTO THE PROJECTS, I DO WANT TO COVER ONE ITEM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO GET A GIS MAP PUT TOGETHER THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN CAPITAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
THE INTENT IS TO SHOW ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTIVE AND PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS COUNCIL INFORMATION ON OUR PROJECTS.
THIS SHOULD INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LAUNCHING THIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND REALLY GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM IT.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE FY 26 BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS KEY TO SHOW HERE BECAUSE IT TIES TO OUR PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE COORDINATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, NOT ONLY OUR PROJECTS, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING REGIONALLY.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT OVER $1.4 BILLION IS INVESTED IN REGIONAL PROJECTS.
SOME OF THESE WE ARE MANAGING OURSELVES, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES AS WELL IN COORDINATING THESE.
SINCE THE LAST TIME I PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL, WHICH WAS BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE REACHED COMPLETION.
I WANT TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THOSE AND THEN WE'LL DIVE INTO THE ACTIVE PROJECTS.
OUR SERVICE CENTER DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IN EARLY SUMMER OR LATE SPRING.
THE BLUE BIRD MEADOWS DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WAS ALSO WRAPPED UP IN SPRING SUMMER TIMELINE, AND THAT IS NOW OPERATIONAL.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET REBUILDS PROJECT FROM FY 22.
THIS PROJECT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
MOST OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE EARLIER, BUT WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE RAILROAD ON COMMERCE STREET, WHICH THAT CROSSING, AS WELL AS THE PAVING ADJACENT TO THAT RECENTLY GOT COMPLETED NOW THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM PROJECT FROM FY 23.
THIS IS THE SIDEWALK GAP ALONG THE PLEASANT MANOR CORRIDOR.
THAT NOW IS COMPLETE AND IN SERVICE AND BENEFICIAL USE.
THE LAKEWOOD DRIVE STREETLIGHTS, THESE ARE ALONG THE LAKEWOOD ROADWAY PROJECT, BUT THESE ARE ALL NOW IN PLACE AND IN USE.
THE SUMMER CREST REHABILITATION PROJECT.
THIS ONE INCLUDED SEWER AND WATER, INFRASTRUCTURE, REPLACING AGING MAINS, AS WELL AS REDOING THE ROADWAY SURFACE.
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW CONCRETE PAVEMENT THERE ALONG THIS STRETCH, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE GET COMPLETE OR COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ALONG ALSBURY CORRIDOR, INCLUDED SEVEN SIGNALS AND THEY RECEIVED VARIOUS TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS WAS A FEDERAL GRANT WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH TXDOT AND THEY DELIVERED THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THIS ONE IS NOW COMPLETE.
THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT HIDDEN CREEK AND GARDENS.
THIS ONE WAS TURNED ON EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS NEW SIGNALS NOW OPERATIONAL AND BENEFICIAL USE.
WE HAVE OUR WATER AND SEWER LINE REHAB PROJECT FROM FY 23.
THIS ONE, YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF STREET NAMES THERE.
THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS THAT SAW SEWER AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS NEW PAVEMENT ALONG THOSE STRETCHES.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE COMPLETE.
WITH THAT, I'LL JUMP INTO OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS GOING, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME ANYTIME DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO RUN THROUGH IT QUICKLY, SO WE'RE NOT HERE ALL NIGHT.
BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
FIRST, IS OUR QUIET ZONE PROJECT THAT'S AT DOBSON STREET IN COUNTY ROAD 714.
THIS ONE INCLUDES QUIET ZONE IMPROVEMENTS COORDINATING WITH THE RAILROAD.
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ONCE THOSE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE AT THE CROSSING, THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THE RAILROAD TO ESTABLISH A FULL QUIET ZONE.IF YOU RECALL, THIS ONE I GUESS IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCOPED AS A QUIET ZONE, AND THEN THERE WAS DIRECTION TO GO WITH A WAYSIDE HORN TYPE OF SCOPE, WHICH ISN'T A FULL QUIET ZONE, BUT THEN THAT WAS LATER CHANGED BACK TO A QUIET ZONE IN EARLY 2024.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS THE RAILROAD TO RESCOPE THIS PROJECT, AND WE ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING BEFORE COUNCIL A CONSULTANT AMENDMENT IN DECEMBER, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS QUIET ZONE PROJECT.
HOW DOES ONE THAT THE RAILROAD APPROVED, OR WE WON'T BE DOING EFFORTS WHEN POTENTIALLY THE RAILROAD SAYS, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
WILL WE? I WANT US TO BE IN LINE WITH THE RAILROAD.
I'M MAKING SENSE LIKE MAKE SURE WE AREN'T MAKING EFFORTS AND SPENDING MONEY IN DOLLARS, DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT THE RAILROADS ULTIMATELY GOING TO GO.
I THINK ANYTIME YOU WORK WITH THE RAILROAD, YOU HAVE THAT POTENTIAL OF THEM EITHER STALLING OR SAYING NO, BUT WE DID CORDINATE OR CITY STAFF COORDINATED WITH THE RAILROAD IN ESTABLISHING THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.
I THINK IDENTIFYING ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT A QUIET ZONE WERE IDENTIFIED, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE RAILROAD AND GET THEIR BUY IN ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE OUR STATE HIGHWAY 174 WIDENING PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH TXDOT.
THE CITY IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT AND WE ARE NEARING COMPLETION OF THAT DESIGN.
WE'RE AT 100% AND THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITH TXDOT CURRENTLY.
ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE, TXDOT WILL LET THIS PROJECT AND CONSTRUCT THIS PROJECT.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE TOOK ON THE DESIGN AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO COORDINATE WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET THIS ONE OUT TO BID.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY TARGETING A MARCH OF 2026 LET DATE, AND SO WE SHOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME NEXT SUMMER.
WE HAVE OUR ALSBURY AND JOHN JONES RIGHT TURN LANE PROJECT.
THIS ONE IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISING, SO WE ARE OUT TO BID ON THIS PROJECT.
THIS WILL INCLUDE THE TURN LANES YOU SEE THERE IN THE GRAPHIC.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE UTILITIES AT THIS INTERSECTION, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR RELOCATIONS.
ONCE WE OPEN BIDS ON THIS PROJECT, WE'LL BRING FORWARD A CONTRACT TO AWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE SHOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY SUMMER 2026, AND THAT GAP IN TIMELINE IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO ORDER THE SIGNAL EQUIPMENT, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES, WHICH ARE NOTORIOUS FOR LONG LEAD ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ONCE WE HAVE THEM ON BOARD TO WORK ON THAT SCHEDULE, BUT WE SHOULD BE BEFORE COUNCIL, IF NOT IN DECEMBER, THEN IN JANUARY TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
OUR OLD TOWN ELLISON REALIGNMENT AND PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE REALIGNMENT AND THE PARKING LOT ARE NOW COMPLETE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS AND REPLACING SOME OF THE TREES AND PLANTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER.
THEY SHOULD BE COMING IN IN THE COMING WEEKS TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE AND CLEAN UP THE PLANTER BEDS AND THEN THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE.
THEY THE CONTRACTOR WILL REMOBILIZE TO THE SITE TO COMPLETE THE DEMOLITION OF THE CITY ADMIN BUILDING ONCE CITY STAFF HAS MOVED OUT OF THAT BUILDING, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE LATER THIS YEAR.
WE SHOULD SEE THAT BUILDING DEMOLISHED AND THIS CONTRACT WRAPPED UP IN EARLY 2026.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS OUR OLD TOWN 116 SOUTH WARREN PARKING LOT.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTING THAT SMALL PARKING LOT THAT IS ALONG ELLISON AND FILLING IN THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE TWO PARKING LOTS.
WE RECONSTRUCT IT WITH THE CONFIGURATION YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN.
WE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO GETTING THIS ONE OUT TO BID.
WE DO ANTICIPATE HAVING THIS ONE ADVERTISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN BRING FORWARD A CONTRACT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
>> OUR HOOPER BUSINESS PARK RETENTION AND ROADWAY DESIGN PROJECT ACTUALLY WAS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
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WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION, AND SEEING THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE.WE HAVE OUR LAKEWOOD DRIVE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FULL BUILD OUT OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE FROM FM 1902 TO COUNTY ROAD 1020.
THIS ONE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, BUT THERE ARE PUNCH LIST ITEMS AND SOME CLEANUP ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON OR THE DEVELOPER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE WRAPPED UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BUT IT IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC NOW, SO THERE IS BENEFICIAL USE OF THE FACILITY.
THE LAKEWOOD LANDSCAPING DESIGN PROJECT.
THE DESIGN ON THIS IS COMPLETE.
WE DO ANTICIPATE PACKAGING UP THIS PACKAGE, THE LANDSCAPING IRRIGATION ALONG LAKEWOOD DRIVE WITH THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK, LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION AND GETTING THIS ONE OUT TO BID IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE DO ANTICIPATE SPRING OF 2026 FOR THIS ONE TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT IS THE EXTENSION OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE.
THIS TAKES IT FROM OUR CURRENT LIMIT OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE NEAR 1902, AND EXTENDING ACROSS CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE EXHIBIT.
THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN, ROUGHLY 30% DESIGN COMPLETION, BUT REQUIRES A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE TXDOT, AND NCTCOG TO IDENTIFY FUTURE FUNDING, TRYING TO GET THIS ONE ON THE TIP FOR FUTURE FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE.
THE DESIGN IS ANTICIPATED TO RUN THROUGH SPRING OF 2027, SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US ON THE DESIGN AND COORDINATING THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.
NEXT IS OUR WESTSIDE BUSINESS PARK LIFT STATION PROJECT.
THIS ONE IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S NEARING COMPLETION, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL ITEMS RELATED TO THE LIFT STATION SITE, AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO OPERATION OR GETTING IT READY FOR OPERATION.
WE DO ANTICIPATE WRAPPING THIS PROJECT UP THIS FALL.
WE HAVE OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION PROJECT.
I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THIS ONE, AND THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE THE SECOND GMP PACKAGE INTO CONSTRUCTION AND REALLY START TO SEE SOME PROGRESS OUT ON SITE.
WE HAVE OUR FIRE STATION 1 RENOVATION PROJECT.
THIS ONE IS ALSO IN CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 90% COMPLETE.
WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS FALL, WRAPPING THIS ONE UP AND BE DONE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
WE HAVE OUR CITY HALL RENOVATION, THIS ONE ALSO IS IN CONSTRUCTION, AND NEARLY COMPLETE.
THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE, WORKING ON FINAL PUNCH LIST ITEMS, BUT THERE'S ALSO BACK OFFICE RENOVATIONS AND ADA ITEMS THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED CURRENTLY.
BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS ONE BEING COMPLETE THIS FALL AS WELL.
THIS ONE, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THE SITE RECENTLY, WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
CONTRACTORS MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS OUT THERE WITH THE GRADING ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS UTILITY INSTALLATION.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THIRD PARTY UTILITIES ON THEIR RELOCATIONS, WHICH SHOULD BE STARTING VERY SOON.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE PROGRESS TOO, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS ONE CONTINUING IN CONSTRUCTION AND WRAPPING UP IN FALL OF 2026.
THIS WOULD BE THE FUTURE PHASE EXTENDING FROM THE LIMITS OF WHERE PHASE 2 TIES INTO COUNTY ROAD 1020, AND EXTENDING IT TO LAKEWOOD OR 914.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE, JUST KICKING OFF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE, AND GOING TO START WORKING WITH TXDOT, AND NCTCOG TO LOOK AT SECURING FUTURE FEDERAL FUNDING TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.
WE DO HAVE THE DESIGN, AND RIGHT-OF-AWAY FUNDING ALREADY IN OUR CIP WITH HOPES THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION AND 100% DESIGN COMPLETION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED.
THIS ONE IS NOW OPEN TO TRAFFIC AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD AND WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR ON COMPLETING THE IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE.
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WE ARE WORKING ON LANDSCAPING THE CORRIDOR NOW, AND FINAL PUNCH LIST ITEMS AS WELL.WE DO ANTICIPATE OPENING UP THE SECOND LANE IN EACH DIRECTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR UTILITY PARTNERS ENCORE AND UCS ON THE STREET LIGHTS AND THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE POWER POLES AS WELL.
WE'RE HOPING THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THAT THOSE ITEMS WILL BE COMPLETE AS WELL.
THIS PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION AND WE'RE EXCITED TO NOW HAVE IT OPEN.
OUR HULEN STREET WIDENING PROJECT.
THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE PROJECT THAT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE 60% DESIGN STAGE.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING A SUBMITTAL FROM OUR CONSULTANT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UPON THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION PHASE AS WELL.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM GATHERING ALL THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY DOCUMENTS AND PREPARING TO MOVE THIS ONE FORWARD.
WE ANTICIPATE DESIGN COMPLETION IN SUMMER TO FALL OF 2026, CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS ONE FORWARD.
MOVING THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION IS REALLY GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION, THOUGH WE DO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION.
IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, IT'LL BE ROUGHLY 12 MONTHS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO COUNCIL, AND MOVE FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.
THEN NEXT, WE HAVE OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM FY22, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED ALONG VAUGHN AVENUE.
THIS INCLUDES A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF VAUGHN AVENUE, AND WOULD PROVIDE A NECESSARY CONNECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE, AND A LOT OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
THIS PROJECT IS NEARLY COMPLETE WITH THE DESIGN, OR IT IS COMPLETE.
WE'RE JUST WORKING ON FINAL RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION DOCUMENTS.
THERE'S A FEW TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BUILD THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN ONCE THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY IS COMPLETE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE IN EARLY 2026.
NEXT, WE HAVE OUR RENFRO & JOHNSON PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
THIS INCLUDES SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG RENFRO STREET, AS WELL AS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SIGNAL AT RENFRO & JOHNSON.
THE TEAM IS WORKING ON DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT, ROUGHLY 90% COMPLETE ON DESIGN.
BUT THIS ONE ALSO REQUIRES SOME RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION, WHICH WE'RE PREPARING THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY DOCUMENTS AS WE SPEAK, AND HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-AWAY THAT'S NEEDED ON THIS ONE THIS FALL.
HOPEFULLY, WITH THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION, WE COULD SEE CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 2026.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR HILLSIDE DRIVE, ELK DRIVE & JOHN JONES PEDESTRIAN & INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
IF YOU RECALL, THIS PROJECT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES PER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
THE FIRST PHASE INCLUDES THE SIDEWALK ALONG ELK DRIVE, WHICH THAT DESIGN PACKAGE IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES, GETTING APPROVALS ON THAT, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE ADVERTISING THIS ONE FOR BID THIS FALL OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
THEN WE SHOULD BRING FORWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO SEE CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING OF 2026.
THE SECOND PHASE IS IN THE CIP, SO WE DO ANTICIPATE GETTING THE DESIGN OF THE SECOND PHASE UNDERWAY THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND POSITION OURSELVES TO PREPARE FOR CONSTRUCTION IN A LATER YEAR.
NEXT IS OUR VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY EXPANSION PROJECT.
THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE PARTNERING OR HAVE PARTNERED WITH TARRANT COUNTY.
THEY HAVE, THIS WAS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM AND THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE CURRENTLY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PARCELS THAT NEED TO BE ACQUIRED, SOME RIGHT-OF-AWAY THAT NEEDS TO BE ACQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE EVALUATING THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY CURRENTLY.
I JUST RECEIVED THE APPRAISALS ON THAT, AND SO WE ARE PREPARING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION, WHICH WOULD POSITION US FOR MOVING THIS PROJECT INTO CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN 2026,
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AS LONG AS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION.NEXT PROJECT IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET REBUILDS FY23.
THIS PROJECT IS ROUGHLY 99% COMPLETE.
YOU SEE THE LIST OF STREETS THERE.
MOST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON A FEW MINOR GRADING ISSUES OR DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON, AND THIS ONE SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN THIS ONE WILL MOVE TO THE COMPLETION STAGE.
NEXT IS OUR ITS PROJECT ALONG 174, WHICH ALSO CAPTURED ALL OF THE CITY SIGNALS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE COMPLETED ALL OF THE CITY SIGNALS THAT WERE NOT WITHIN TXDOT RIGHT-OF-AWAY.
THEN OVER THE SUMMER, WE MOVED INTO THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE TXDOT SIGNALS, WHICH ARE NOW UNDER CITY MAINTENANCE.
MOST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THOSE SIGNALS.
WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON A FEW MINOR ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING, SOME NEW CONDUITS THAT WE HAD TO BORE IN TO GET THE CONDUCTORS OR THE CABLES CONNECTED ON THIS.
BUT GLAD TO SHARE THAT WE'RE NEARLY COMPLETE WITH THIS, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON MAKING SURE THAT THE PREEMPTION IS SET UP, AND OPERATIONAL.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TESTING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING ON ROLLING OUT SOME INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS INSTALLED WITH THE ITS PROJECT.
>> RANDY, SO ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE, THEN THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A RAMP UP PHASE BEFORE IT ALL COMES ONLINE.
>> YEAH. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATIONAL AND THE COMMUNICATION IS GOING BACK TO THE CENTER, AND THEN WE'LL GET OUT SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES.
BUT MOST OF THIS IS OPERATIONAL CURRENTLY.
WE JUST GOT TO GO THROUGH A TESTING PHASE AND ROLL OUT.
>> OKAY. SINCE THIS HAS NOW BEEN ON THE AGENDA, I CAN MAKE A COMMENT.
SINCE ERIC, MR. THOMPSON'S NOT HERE, BUT THE WILSHIRE AND RENFRO LIGHT SEQUENCE IN THE MORNING IS GREAT, AND IN THE AFTERNOON, IT'S HORRIBLE.
I LIKE THE MORNING HOW IT DOES THE YIELD, LET ALL THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC GO.
JUST A NOTE FOR WHEN THIS COMES ONLINE, MAYBE TO DO THAT ALL DAY WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD PUMP STATION EXPANSION PROJECT.
SORRY. THIS ONE WAS ADVERTISED AND OPEN BIDS.
WE DID RECEIVE ALL THE BIDS ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2025.
STAFF IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THOSE BIDS RIGHT NOW, AND EVALUATING THOSE.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS, WE DO ANTICIPATE BRINGING FORWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVE THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS LARGE PROJECT, AND THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
NEXT IS OUR WILLOW CREEK 12" WATER LINE LOOPING.
THIS IS A REALLY A GAP FILL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, TYING IN EXISTING PORTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITH NEW PORTIONS OR PROPOSED PORTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION NECESSARY ON THE PROJECT, AND WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE FINAL DESIGN.
WE DO ANTICIPATE WRAPPING THAT UP LATER THIS YEAR OR BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH THE BIDDING OF THE PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT IS OUR FORT WORTH I-35 WATERLINE EXTENSION PROJECT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE REGIONAL PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
THEY'RE TAKING THE LEAD ON THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE ARE A KEY STAKEHOLDER IN THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT IS IN OUR CIP, SO WE'RE CONTRIBUTING THE FUNDING TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THIS ONE AND WORK WITH FORT WORTH.
THE LAST PLAN SET WE RECEIVED WAS AUGUST OF 2024.
WE DO ANTICIPATE GETTING OUR NEXT DESIGN SUBMITTAL VERY SOON.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE WORKING ON RIGHT-OF-AWAY ACQUISITION THAT'S NECESSARY TO GET ALL THE EASEMENTS IN PLACE FOR THIS ONE TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND WORK WITH THEM ON THIS ONE.
NEXT IS OUR UPPER PRESSURE PLAN WATERLINE LOOPING PROJECT.
THIS INCLUDES THREE SEGMENTS OF MASTER PLAN WATERLINE WITHIN THE HIGH COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINES ON THAT EXHIBIT THERE.
THIS ONE'S CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN STAGE.
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IT'S SOMEWHAT EARLY ON IN THE DESIGN STAGE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP DESIGN IN SUMMER OF 2026.WE ALSO HAVE SOME EASEMENT ACQUISITION WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THAT INTO THE SCHEDULE, AND HOPEFULLY GET THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION LATER IN 2026.
>> WHEN WE HAVE OUR TRUNK RELIEF SEWER LINE, THIS IS A CAPACITY INCREASING PROJECT, PRETTY LARGE SEWER MAIN THAT WOULD BE PARALLEL TO AN EXISTING TRUNK MAIN.
THIS ONE IS IN THE DESIGN STAGES, ROUGHLY 60% DESIGN.
CONSULTANTS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH A 90% NOW AND WE'RE PREPARING TO GET STARTED ON THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION THAT'S NECESSARY ON THIS PROJECT.
WE DO PLAN ON BRINGING FORWARD AN ITEM REGARDING RIGHT AWAY EARLY 2026 FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
>> RANDY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE UPPER PRESSURE PLANE WATERLINE LOOPING? BECAUSE THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM THIS PICTURE, THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE LOTS TO COME.
WHEN A DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN, ARE WE NOT ABLE TO MEASURE OR SENSE WHAT THE PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE LIKE? WHY IS THERE A NEED ALMOST TO GO RETROACTIVELY AND FIX THAT?
>> THE PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS ANY PRESSURE ISSUES.
IT'S REFERRED TO AS THE UPPER PRESSURE PLANE BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TWO DIFFERENT PRESSURE PLANS.
THIS PROJECT IS REALLY A LOOPING PROJECT.
>> LOOPING ENSURES THAT THEY HAVE A BACKED UP SOURCE OF WATER IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS, RIGHT?
>> WHEN A DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN THOUGH, DO WE NOT GO AHEAD AND FORECAST LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN ONE INSTEAD OF THIS.
IF THIS MAIN GETS CLOGGED UP, SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT BREAKS, IT'S OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A WHILE, DO WE NOT LOOK ON THAT AT THE FRONT END?
>> I BELIEVE IN COORDINATING DEVELOPMENT WORK, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CONNECTION TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT PROVIDES ADEQUATE SERVICE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE JUST THEIR MASTER PLAN PROJECTS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THOSE.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO TIE INTO THE SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE OR EXTEND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, SO ONE SERVICE POINT.
A LOT OF THESE LOOPING PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN, BUT THEY COME IN EITHER WITH NEXT PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT OR AS A CITY IS ABLE TO BUILD THEM.
>> I'M THINKING, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE I LIVE.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW PHASE BUILT INTO IT.
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COMES ACCIDENTS AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED TODAY, WE HAD A GAS LEAK BECAUSE OF SOME DIGGING THAT'S GOING ON.
I'M JUST WONDERING, IN PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENTS AND KNOWING PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPAND ANOTHER 200 HOMES, ANOTHER 250, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE ON THE ONSET, SAYING, YOU NEED TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WHAT DO WE DO IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE? WHILE HOMES MAY BE OKAY TO SAY FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS, YOU MAY NOT HAVE WATER BUT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT ON OUR END IN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES?
>> COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I'LL TAKE THAT.
OUR DESIGN MANUAL COVERS SOME OF THESE ASPECTS BUT FROM A LEGAL REQUIREMENT STANDPOINT, WE CAN ONLY REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF THEM CONNECTING.
ASKING THEM TO DO MORE THAN THAT WOULD BE REALLY PLANNING OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
WITH REGARDS TO THAT, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE LOOPING PROJECTS OR CONNECTION PROJECTS, IT'S MORE ABOUT US TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE WE CAN VALVE THINGS OFF AND HOW MANY HOMES ARE IMPACTED, SO THAT'S MORE OR US MANAGING OUR SYSTEM.
WE CAN HAVE THINGS IN ABOUT NOT ALLOWING DEAD END LINES AND THE WATER HAS TO BE TO A POINT WHERE IT HAS TO BE LOOPED IN SOME CAPACITY OR HAVING FLUSHING REQUIREMENTS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
BUT WE REQUIRE WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
ALAN, IF YOU DISAGREE OR YOU FEEL LIKE I'VE MISSED ANYTHING, PLEASE?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE ACCURATELY SUMMARIZED WHERE WE ARE IN TEXAS LAW AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IF YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TWO SESSIONS BACK GAVE US THE GIFT OF NEW LEGISLATION STATING,
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A CITY CANNOT IMPOSE REQUIREMENTS BEYOND THOSE IN THE IDENTIFIED INTERNATIONAL CODES WITHIN THE LAST TWO EDITIONS.WHAT THEY REQUIRE IS CONNECTION TO AN APPROPRIATE ENGINEERINGLY SAFE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM.
WHAT WE DO, OF COURSE, IN THE ENGINEERING PLANNING IS, THE BIG LOOPING IS TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN FIRE FLOW CAPABILITY THROUGH THE SYSTEM, AND THAT IS INCREMENTALLY DONE BY THE ENGINEERING STAFF, WHICH THEY'RE EXPERT IN.
AS NEW PHASES COME IN, THEY FIND OTHER WAYS TO CROSS CONNECT TO BE SURE THAT PRESSURE STAYS SUFFICIENT.
BUT WE REALLY ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO TELL A DEVELOPER SAYING A 20 LOT SUBDIVISION, YOU HAVE TO CONNECT AT TWO POINTS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T CONNECT ON THE SAME LINE.
IT WOULD BE PIVOTAL THAT THEY CONNECTED ON A SEPARATE LINE, SO IF ONE LINE FAILED, THE OTHER WOULD SUCCEED.
BUT THE LINES CAN BE SIGNIFICANT DISTANCES APART AND THE COST WOULD BE ASTRONOMICAL.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT. WITH REGARDS TO EXPANSION THROUGH YOUR DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN REQUIRE AND WE DO REQUIRE IS THAT IF WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY, WE ASK THE DEVELOPERS UPSIZE LINES.
WHEN YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT IMPACT FEE CREDITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT, THEY BUILD OR IN THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CASE, THEY BUILT A 12 INCH WATER LINE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE ON.
WE CAN ASK THEM TO UPSIZE LINES THROUGH THERE, BUT WE DON'T REQUIRE THE TWO POINTS OF ENTRY.
IN YOUR CASE IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, THE BIGGER LINES ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED TO SUPPORT THAT FUTURE GROWTH.
>> I'M JUST LIKE ALMOST IT FALLS BACK ON THE EXISTING USERS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A BACKUP LINE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSION, CORRECT? IT JUST FALLS ON THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN TOUCH ANYWAY BECAUSE IT'S STATE.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S INTERESTING. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR PARALLEL 24 INCH SEWER LINE THAT'S IN VILLAGE CREEK.
THIS IS A SECTIONALLY INCLUDES TWO DIFFERENT PHASES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S A BLUE LINE AND THEN A RED LINE THAT REPRESENTS THE TWO PHASES OF THIS PROJECT.
THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THESE SEGMENTS AND MONITORING DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
THIS IS A CAPACITY IN PROJECT, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE LINES ARE IN WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE SECOND PHASE, AND I BELIEVE THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THESE TWO PHASES IS IN FY 28 AND 29, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE DESIGN IN PREPS OF THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OR MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS.
NEXT, WE HAVE OUR LIFT STATION REHAB PROJECT.
THIS INCLUDES THREE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING LIFT STATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH ADDRESSING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY POWER, BYPASS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC OR ELECTRICAL UPGRADES.
THIS PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY BID TWO PREVIOUS TIMES.
THE FIRST TIME CAME IN WAY OVER OUR ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, AND SO COUNCIL REJECTED THE BIDS.
THE SECOND TIME WE FOCUSED ON THE LIFT STATION LOCATION, SO WE BID IT OUT WITH ONE SITE THAT WAS TOP PRIORITY, BUT WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY BIDS.
STAFF HAS BEEN RE-EVALUATING THIS PROJECT AND WE ARE PACKAGING UP ALL THREE LOCATIONS AGAIN, DID SOME VALUE ENGINEERING, TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PRIORITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
THIS ONE IS IN FINAL STAGES, TRYING TO GET THIS ONE OUT TO BID THIS FALL, SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS ONE ADVERTISING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
NEXT IS THE SOUTHEAST TARRANT SEWER EROSION CONTROL PROJECT.
THIS ONE INCLUDES EROSION CONTROL AROUND AN EXISTING SEWER LINE THAT RUNS ALONG THE CREEK BED THERE.
IT'S ADJACENT TO IT, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME EROSION OVER THE YEARS, AND WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO SHORE UP THE BANK AND PROTECT THAT SEWER THAT'S EXISTING.
THIS ONE IS IN THE FINAL DESIGN STAGES CURRENTLY AND WE DO ANTICIPATE GETTING THIS ONE OUT TO BID IN THE COMING MONTHS AS WELL.
WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A CONTRACT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION EITHER BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR IN JANUARY.
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NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ELLISON AND WILSON ADA IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.THIS IS A SMALLER PROJECT, BUT IT INCLUDES THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT CORNER YOU SEE THERE IN THE IMAGE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON THE FINAL DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT CURRENTLY, AND WE ANTICIPATE ADVERTISING THIS ONE THIS FALL AS WELL.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE OLD TOWN LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ALONG BRANSOM AND BUFFORD.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE READY TO ADVERTISE, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING ADVERTISING THIS ONE THIS FALL AS WELL, AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
NEXT PROJECT. IT'S A WATERLINE REPLACEMENT AND UPSIZING PROJECT.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER LINE SHOWN IN THAT EXHIBIT.
IT WAS AN OLD TWO INCH WATER MAIN THAT'S BEING REPLACED WITH A NEW EIGHT INCH PVC LINE.
THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION.
IT RECENTLY GOT TIED INTO THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THEY WENT FLUSHING LATE LAST WEEK.
THIS ONE IS NOW GOING TO BE IN SERVICE AND NEARLY COMPLETE IN CONSTRUCTION.
THIS WAS MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE EARLIER PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE 4A FUNDING.
WE ARE PREPARING A BID PACKAGE FOR THE DEMOLITION CONTRACT TO DEMOLISH THAT BUILDING YOU SEE THERE IN THE EXHIBIT, THE CITY OWNED BUILDING.
WE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING WITH OUR ASBESTOS CONSULTANTS.
THEY RECENTLY DID A SURVEY AND THEY'RE HELPING US PUT TOGETHER A SPEC FOR THE ABATEMENT THAT'S NECESSARY IN THIS BUILDING.
BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE ADVERTISING THIS ONE THIS FALL AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEMO.
I MENTIONED THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT AGO.
THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO RECONSTRUCT THE PAVEMENT AND ADDRESS THE SUBGRADE ISSUES AND POTENTIAL DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE ROADSIDE DITCHES.
THIS IS GOING TO STRETCH FROM 914A TO COUNTY ROAD 1021.
WE ARE GETTING THE DESIGN ON THIS ONE INITIATED.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROPOSAL FROM A CONSULTANT AND HOPEFULLY, MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT FOR THAT VERY SOON AND HOPEFULLY, MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION IN MID 2026.
NEXT IS OUR LIFT STATION PROJECT AT FM 917 AND I 35.
THIS ONE, WE RECENTLY WRAPPED UP CONSULTANT SELECTION PROCESS, WHERE WE ISSUED AN RFQ INTERVIEWED CONSULTANTS, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM TO GET A CONTRACT THAT WE CAN BRING BEFORE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN ON THIS ONE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS PROJECT INITIATED THIS FALL.
NEXT IS OUR 12 INCH WASTEWATER LINE IN VILLAGE CREEK BASIN.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S IN FY 26 TO INITIATE.
WE STARTED ACTUALLY IN FY 25, SO WE INITIATED THIS ONE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD AND UNDER CONTRACT ON THIS ONE, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN.
JUST ONE NOTE, WE ARE EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS ON THIS PROJECT CURRENTLY.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE YELLOW, THE EXISTING SEWER LINE GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE HIDDEN CREEK GOLF COURSE AND TO AVOID POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE GOLF COURSE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS, AND WE MAY BE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT THAT WOULD MOVE IT CLOSER TO HIDDEN CREEK AND DOBSON STREET.
>> DOES THE GOLF COURSE UTILIZE THIS LINE?
>> THEY DO HAVE A SERVICE CONNECTION TO THIS LINE.
>> CONNECTION TO IT. I'M ASSUMING THIS UPSIZE MS. MOORE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IF WE WERE TO GET A CONFERENCE CENTER THERE, OR ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE?
>> WE ARE EVALUATING THAT AS WELL, ALSO IN LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
>> IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD BE EVEN A BIGGER LINE LIKE AN 18.
>> POTENTIALLY, I THINK THE MASTER PLAN WOULD ACCOMMODATE IT, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY EVALUATE THAT WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM.
>> RANDY, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRENCH PIPE [INAUDIBLE] 8-12?
IT'S TYPICAL TO GO UP ONE PIPE SIZE TRENCHES.
BUT THE CONSULTANT TEAM HAS BROUGHT THAT UP TO GO UP TWO PIPE SIZES, SO THEY ARE EVALUATING THAT AS WELL AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
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>> THIS NEXT SLIDE REALLY CAPTURES A MUCH LARGER UMBRELLA OF PROGRAMS. IN THE CIP, WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET REBUILD FUNDING ALLOCATION THAT'S IN THE CIP.
THERE'S TWO ALLOCATIONS FROM FY 25 AND THEN THE NEW ALLOCATION FOR FY 26.
THEN WE HAVE OUR WATER AND SEWER REHAB PROGRAM, WHICH THERE'S STILL A REMAINING FROM FY 24 AND THEN THE NEW ALLOCATION IN FY 26.
I THREW THEM TOGETHER ON ONE SLIDE HERE, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SEGMENTS THAT WE CAN PACKAGE TOGETHER IN A LARGER PROJECT, WE MIGHT GET MORE ECONOMIES OF SCALE IF WE DO THAT AND COMPILING THE WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE STREET REHAB INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A SCOPING EXERCISE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT NEXT REHAB PROJECT LOOKS LIKE, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE IN GETTING THAT DESIGN STARTED THIS SPRING.
>> NEXT SEVERAL PROJECTS ON THIS PRESENTATION, ARE ALL NEW PROJECTS.
I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THESE BRIEFLY.
THESE ARE ALL IN THE INITIATION STAGE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON EITHER IDENTIFYING WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN THEM IN HOUSE OR BRING ON CONSULTANTS, AND SO WE'RE GETTING THESE NEW PROJECTS UP AND RUNNING.
BUT THIS ONE INCLUDES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TEN FOOT WIDE TRAIL ALONG COUNTY ROAD 910 AND FM 1902, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE EXHIBIT.
THIS IS A NEW PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET STARTED.
NEXT IS OUR WICKER HILL AND GREEN RIDGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING PROPOSED HERE, BUT THIS ONE IS IN COORDINATION WITH THE NEW JOSHUA ISD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO HELP US WITH THE DESIGN, EVENTUAL RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD TO CONSTRUCTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
NEXT PROJECT IS OUR HULEN GROUND STORAGE TANK REHAB PROJECT.
THIS IS A NEW PROJECT FOR FY 26.
WE'LL BE LOOKING IN THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT AND THEN IDENTIFYING HOPEFULLY A CONSULTANT TO COME ON BOARD AND HELP US WITH THE DESIGN.
WE ANTICIPATE MOVING THIS ONE MOVING FORWARD AND WRAPPING UP DESIGN LATE 2026.
WE ALSO HAVE THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND GROUND STORAGE TANK DEMOLITION PROJECT.
THIS IS A NEW PROJECT FOR FY 26 THAT WE'LL BE INITIATING HERE SOON, AND THIS INCLUDES DEMOLISHING THE TWO TANKS YOU SEE THERE IN THE IMAGES.
WE HAVE OUR PARK VIEW DRIVE SEWER UPSIZING TO TEN INCH.
THIS IS A MASTER PLAN PROJECT THAT'S IN THE CIP TO INITIATE AN FY 26.
WE'LL BE MOVING THIS ONE FORWARD WITH A DESIGN AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR CHISHOLM WEST LIFT STATION FORCE MAIN AND COLLECTOR PROJECT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL LINES THAT CONNECT TO THAT NEW LIFT STATION.
THIS IS A MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
THIS IS REALLY A CAPACITY INCREASING PROJECT THAT WILL SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE FUTURE PHASES OF CHISHOLM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE TALLGRASS DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT TO GET THE DESIGN STARTED ON THIS ONE QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULES AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAPACITY IS IN PLACE WHEN IT'S NEEDED.
WE HAVE OUR LEGACY HILL SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT.
THIS IS IN THE CIP FOR FY 26 AS WELL.
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING SEWER MAIN THAT RUNS THROUGH THE PRAIRIE TIMBERS DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THAT THAT WOULD HELP SERVICE THE LEGACY HILL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THERE AND LOOKING AT THE SCOPE OF THIS ONE TO GET THIS ONE STARTED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> I HAVE ONE PINING TO A EARLY PROJECT IN YOUR LIST HERE.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 34? THAT'S THE RID FRO JOHNSON.
SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A WAYS BACK. THERE WE GO.
>> SORRY, YOU HAD TO DO THAT PAGE AT THE TIME.
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WHATEVER. THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THE GREEN APPEARS TO SHOW SIDEWALK SEGMENTS TO BE BUILT.
BUT AT WILSHIRE AND RENFRO, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TELL JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO BUILD RIGHT THERE.
>> YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S A GAP THERE BECAUSE OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS UP TO THE INTERSECTION OF WILSHIRE AND THEN ALSO WHAT THIS EXHIBIT DOESN'T SHOW IS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXTEND ON THE WEST SIDE OF WILSHIRE SO THERE WAS ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK ADDED TO THE SCOPE IN 2024. WE ARE CAPTURING THAT.
>> I THINK THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHAT I WAS ASKING IS I THINK WE'RE JUST ONE WHEELCHAIR RAMP AND MAYBE TEN FEET OF SIDEWALK AWAY FROM HAVING CONNECTIVITY ACROSS ON WHAT WOULD BE THE NORTH SIDE OF WILSHIRE.
I'M SORRY. NORTH SIDE OF RENFRO CROSSING THERE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IN FRONT OF CC'S RESTAURANT AND THERE THAT WE HAVE A CURVE THERE.
MOBILITY IMPAIRED PERSON CANNOT GO THROUGH THERE.
>> YEAH. THAT IS IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S IN OUR PLANS, JUST NOT SHOWN ON THE SIDE.
>> I THOUGHT SO, BUT I JUST COULDN'T TELL FROM THE SLIDE IF THAT WAS INCLUDED. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK SO. THANK YOU, RAY.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE EIGHT [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M SO SORRY, COULD I ASK FOR A BREAK, A FIVE MINUTE BREAK?
[8.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the community park naming process. (Staff Contact: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]
RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE COMMUNITY PARK NAMING PROCESS.STAFF CONTACT JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
THIS EVENING, I AM BRINGING BACK THE NAMING OF THE COMMUNITY PARK.
I HAVE A FEW SLIDES ON JUST THE POLICY ITSELF TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY, AND THEN WE'LL DETERMINE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
THE NAMING POLICY THAT NAMES ANY CITY FACILITY OPEN SPACE PARK WAS PASSED IN OCTOBER OF 2009.
IT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO CREATE SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE NAMING OF OUR PROPERTY, AND IT DOES CREATE A METHOD FOR FORMAL FAIR AND CONSISTENT NAMING.
THESE ARE OUR CURRENT NAMING GUIDELINES.
THEY ARE VERY BROAD, PREDOMINANT NATURAL FEATURES, ADJOINING STREETS OR SUBDIVISIONS, HISTORIC OR HEROIC EVENTS, OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, NOT CURRENTLY IN OFFICE, OR A BENEFACTOR DONOR.
THE INITIATION OF A NAMING OF A FACILITY COULD BE CITY INITIATED, SO THE CITY MANAGER COULD PRESENT A LIST OF POTENTIAL NAMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
IT COULD BE CITIZEN INITIATED, SO A CITIZEN COULD WRITE A WRITTEN REQUEST.
THEY COULD PRESENT THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO WOULD THEN BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
THAT INITIAL NAMING SHOULD ALSO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
THE SAME PROCESS WOULD BE ENACTED IF WE WANTED TO RENAME AN EXISTING FACILITY.
THIS IS THE PROCESS WE'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK TO DATE.
WE BROUGHT FORWARD THE NAMING OF THE COMMUNITY PARK PROCESS BACK IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO A PUBLIC NAMING PROCESS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR SHANNON CREEK AND BURLESON BARK PARK, WHERE WE PUT A POLL OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY SUBMIT NAMES, WE BRING FORWARD THAT LIST TO PARK BOARD AND THEN TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.
WHAT WE DID NOT KNOW WHEN WE DID THAT WAS THAT FACEBOOK NO LONGER HAD A POLLING PLATFORM BUILT INTO IT, SO WE DID A TWO SIDED APPROACH TO THIS.
IN ORDER FOR US TO COLLECT ALL OF THE NAMES, WHICH WAS WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE, WE PUT OUT A SURVEY REQUESTING ANY NAMES AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THOSE NAMES.
WE HAVE THAT ENTIRE LIST, WHICH IS AN ATTACHMENT THIS EVENING TO THE AGENDA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE FULL LIST.
THAT LIST IS CONSOLIDATED SO IF THERE WAS REDUNDANCY AND NAME, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE THE NAME ONCE, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ENTRIES FOR THAT SAME NAME.
THE INITIAL SURVEY WAS OPEN FROM AUGUST 6 TO AUGUST 20 AND WE DID RECEIVE OVER 230 RESPONSES.
IF SOMEBODY SUBMITTED THEIR NAME AND THE COMMENTS, WE DID ALSO INCLUDE THAT FOR CONSIDERATION.
MOVING FORWARD, COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE BROUGHT THIS BACK BEFORE WE DID THE FINAL POLLING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS HERE THIS EVENING.
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WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF NAMES HONORING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.WE CAN SEND ALL OF THOSE NAMES OUT FOR PUBLIC POLLING AND BRING FORWARD THE FINAL RESULTS FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
COUNCIL IS ALWAYS WELCOME TO NAME A PARK WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO, OR WE COULD ALSO REQUEST THAT PARK BOARD RECOMMEND A NAME, AND THAT IS WHERE I LEAVE IT TO YOU.
I KNOW I ASKED TO REVISIT THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD SUBMISSIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE BEGIN TO CHOOSE.
EVEN MORE SO, I WANTED TO REVISIT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN REFERRING TO AS OUR COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ENCOMPASS SO MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY AND SO I REALLY IN SOME WAYS, I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE, LIKE, HOW DO WE POTENTIALLY CHOOSE A NAME THAT IS INEVITABLY, WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT SOME NAME THAT SOMEBODY DISAGREES WITH OR WANTS MORE AND I WAS THINKING, BIGGER PICTURE BECAUSE THIS IS I MEAN, IT'S, WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE SEE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AS FAR AS PARKS GO IN OUR ABILITY TO REALLY SPEARHEAD THIS AS A COUNCIL AND LOOKING AHEAD AND LOOKING FORWARD FOR A COMMUNITY.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PARK WHERE WE GET TO DETERMINE HOW IT'S SHAPED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND SO I WAS THINKING, WHAT IF WE LOOKED AT SOMETHING BROADER, MAYBE IT IS JUST CALLED BURLESON COMMUNITY PARK, BUT WE LOOK AT ELEMENTS OF THE PARK THAT CAN BE NAMED AFTER PEOPLE, LIKE MAYBE IT'S RONNIE JOHNSON TRAIL OR BYRON BLACK SOMETHING OR ANOTHER, OR IT IS SOME NAME THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN EXPERIENCED YET, THAT THE BALL FIELDS ARE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE OR THIS WALKING PATH IS NAMED AFTER SOMEONE.
THAT WAY, IT ENABLES US TO CONTINUALLY ADD AS ELEMENTS OF IT ARE DEVELOPED AND CREATED, WE CAN RECOGNIZE PEOPLE.
OR MAYBE WE GO AS SIMPLE AS, BLACKBERRY TRAIL. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT JUST WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY GOOD SUBMISSIONS, AND I KNOW, PERSONALLY, AND I'M SURE THE REST OF YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN REACHED OUT TO ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN AMAZING WAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HOW DO WE GET, HOW DO WE PICK? THIS IS SUCH A LANDMARK THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I DON'T WANT TO HURT FEELINGS AND LEAVE ANYONE OUT AND I REALLY THINK IT GIVES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND A SENSE OF PRIDE.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING IS ALONG THE WALKING PATH, YOU HAVE PLACARDS THAT RECOGNIZE PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO MISSTEP AND MISS AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE EVEN JUST READING THIS LIST OF NAMES RIGHT NOW.
ALL THESE NAMES THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT, THAT THERE'S A GOOD PART OF THEM THAT I'M JUST LIKE, WOW, THEY DID THIS AND THAT.
THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD SUBMISSIONS ON HERE, BUT HOW DO WE ENCOMPASS ALL OF THAT AND REMEMBER THAT OUR PARKS, THIS IS PART OF OUR CHARACTER.
>> ALL TIME, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STREETS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WE HAVE STREETS NAMED AFTER SOME FAMILIES, BUT HOW EVEN SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GET TO RECOGNIZE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST REALLY STANDS OUT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY.
I JUST THINK THIS IS A NEAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WE CAN BE AS CREATIVE AS WE WANT.
I MEAN, THERE ARE JUST SOME AWESOME NAMES ON HERE.
YOU SEE MISS PATSY DUMAS, STAPLES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACT.
I MEAN, I PERSONALLY IT'S MY GOAL IN LIFE TO LIKE WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE THE NEXT PATSY DO MISS AND BURLESON.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT I DIDN'T WANT US TO JUST I DON'T KNOW.
I WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AS A WHOLE.
>> HOW LONG IS THE WALKING TRAIL?
>> TBD. I MEAN, GOING ALONG WITH THE WALKING TRAIL THING,
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IF YOU WERE TO DO THE PLAQUES ON THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY, EVERY PLAQUE COULD HAVE A LITTLE STORY ON IT, AND YOU COULD ADD TO IT, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS YOU I AGREE.THEORETICALLY, IF IT'S A MILE LONG, IT'S A LOT OF PLAQUE.
>> A MINIMUM OF A MILE. THERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW, A FAMILY CAN DONATE A BENCH TO A PARK.
BUT JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE OWNERSHIP I FEEL LIKE OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE IN THIS IF LIKE, I SAW LIKE A BRANSON NAME.
WE KNOW THAT NAME IS AROUND ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU HEAR OF SOMEONE THAT'S LIKE, THAT WAS MY GRANDFATHER OR MY GREAT UNCLE THAT DID THIS OR THIS, AND THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GO BACK ON.
I SAW MATT AIKEN'S NAME ON HERE, KEN SHUTTERS NAME, RICK ROPER.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY THAT HOW DO YOU PICK?
THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL HAS PATSY DONE? WHAT ALL HAS SHE BEEN ON, BYRON BLACK.
WE SIT HERE WITH THE STAFF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HELP US DO THINGS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL HAD YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAD A FULL TIME JOB AND HERE THEY ARE TRYING TO GO OUT.
SOMEONE TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT WALMART COMING HERE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT THEY WERE SITTING ON THE MANAGER'S OFFICE IN FORT WORTH SAYING YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN BERMASON AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT STARTED.
THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS TOWN IS JUST REALLY AMAZING AND I'M NOT UNDERCUTTING YOU, ALEX, I'M NOT AT ALL, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU HAD YOUR JOB AND A LIVING TO MAKE, AND ALSO THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR YOU.
THESE GUYS DID THINGS THAT PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
I KNOW YOU ALL THINK I DON'T LIKE KIM, BUT I LIKE KIM.
KIM HAS DONE SOME GREAT THINGS.
HOW DO YOU SORT IT OUT AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING SOMEBODY ON A BILLBOARD, ONE STANDO.
YOU'RE GOING DOWN A TRAIL AND THE LITTLE PLACARD THAT SAYS, HE DID THIS, THIS, AND THIS AND MAKE IT PERSONABLE WHILE RAISING THREE KIDS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> JEN, I'VE TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN I WENT TO CENTRAL PARK THIS PAST AUGUST, AND THEY HAVE LITTLE MONUMENTS THROUGHOUT ALL OF CENTRAL PARK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY HELPED DEVELOP THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
>> I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FORMULATE.
SOMEBODY, I THINK, SAID OZZIE OSBORNE'S ANIMAL.
>> I DEFINITELY THINK IT SHOULD BE BS AND CENTRIC AND THINGS THAT IT CAN BE FOR HOW SOME WAY THAT WE CAN SOME ELEMENT, MAYBE WE DECIDE IT'S THE WALKING PATH.
MAYBE IT'S WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE SOFTBALL FIELDS COMING SOON, AND THAT'S AN ELEMENT.
DID EACH FIELD RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY OR DO WE CALL IT A SPORTS COMPLEX AND NAME THAT AFTER SOMEONE? TO DATE THAT I CAN THINK OF, RONNIE JOHNSON IS A MAJOR PROPONENT OF WOMEN'S SOFTBALL, AND HE ALWAYS SAT UP HERE AND MADE AN EFFORT TO ELEVATE THE SPORT AND BRING IT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION THAT THAT SPORT DESERVED AS MUCH ATTENTION AS ANY OTHER.
SHE HAD A FLORAL SHOP, HOW LONG HAS HER STORE BEEN IN BUSINESS.
THERE'S SO MUCH HERE THAT WE COULD DO.
I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST STEP OF HOW WE SET THE POLICY AROUND IT OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANT US TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS PARK IS GOING TO BE SO BIG FOR OUR WHOLE TOWN.
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>> I LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT NAMING THE TRAILS IN THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
WE HAVE OTHER PLACES AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 50 ACRES AND WE NEED ONE NAME.
>> I GET WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING, BUT WE'RE EITHER GOING NAME IT AFTER SOMEBODY OR WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT AFTER EVERYBODY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NAMES ON THIS LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY.
THERE ARE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST ONLY PASSED AWAY TRAGICALLY RECENTLY, AND THAT'S SAD.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO EVALUATING THE NAMES THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS LIST, THERE IS ONE NAME THAT I KNOW YOU ALL UNDERSTAND STANDS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ANY OF THE OTHERS AS FAR AS THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHANGING OF THE CITY, TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, TO THE BRINGING INTO THE MODERNITY, THE CITY, AND THAT'S KEN SHUTTER.
FROM 2004-2020, MORE CHANGES OCCURRED IN THIS CITY UNDER HIS MAYORAL SERVICE, AS ANY OF THESE OTHERS ALL PUT TOGETHER IS STACKED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER.
I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT NAMING THE PART AFTER SOMEONE OF LESSER STATUS THAN ONE WHO I THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO AGREE CONTRIBUTED MUCH MORE.
IF YOU WANT TO NAME IT AFTER A NOBODY, THEN WE NAME IT SOMETHING GENERIC AND MOVE ON.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT DOES SERVICE AND TO TAKE A PIECE OF THE PARK AND NAME ONE PIECE OF IT AFTER SOMEBODY WHO SERVED AS MAYOR FOR ONE OR ONE TERM OR SO AND ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF IT AFTER SOMEONE WHO GAVE 16 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE KEN SHUTTER COULD HAVE BEEN AN ATTORNEY.
KEN SHUTTER COULD HAVE MADE A LOT OF MONEY.
HE STARTED OUT WORKING AT A PLAINTIFF LAW FIRM.
HE COULD HAVE MADE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT HE'S A MAN OF CONSCIENCE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHAT HIS LIFE GOAL WAS, WAS TO GO AND RUN A NONPROFIT BENEFITING PEOPLE IN BAD CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO RUN A CITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU GET NO REWARD FOR, BUT THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL INTO IT AND DID THE BEST YOU COULD TO MAKE IT WHAT YOUR VISION WAS.
THERE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE MOST OF MANY OF THESE NAMES.
BUT ONLY ONE STANDS OUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
IF WE'RE GOING TO NAME ANYTHING AFTER ANYONE AT ALL, THEN I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ANY OTHER NAME.
>> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR NOW, JEN? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP?
>> OUR OPTIONS THIS EVENING WOULD BE TO SEND OUT A LIST OF NAMES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE ON FOR COUNCIL TO SELECT A NAME AT THEIR WILL TO REQUEST THAT PARK BOARD VET SOME PROCESS.
WHAT I'M HEARING AND IF I'M HEARING THIS INCORRECTLY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IS THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE A COMMUNITY SPACE AND YOU WANT SOME WAY TO HONOR THE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO TELL THEIR STORY.
STAFF CAN ALWAYS BRING THAT OPTION BACK AND SHOW AND VET A PROCESS FOR THAT TO SHOW HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HONOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TELL THEIR STORY THROUGH THE PARK AS IT'S DEVELOPED.
BUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO NAME IT AFTER A PERSON OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO NAME IT SOMETHING BROAD HAS TO BE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
>> I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH NAMES BECAUSE IF WE JUST PUT IT OUT FOR A POLL.
>> THAT POLL WOULD BE THE LIST OF NAMES.
>> RIGHT. THEN HALF THE POPULATION OF THE YOUNGER POPULATION OF BURLESON DOESN'T EVEN USE FACEBOOK.
THEY USE INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS.
>> WE CAN'T HAVE TIKTOK. WE DO HAVE INSTAGRAM.
>> WE DO HAVE INSTAGRAM. I THINK WE'RE PAST OPTION 1.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LIST, SO WE'RE EITHER KICKING AROUND, EITHER WE JUST DO A GENERIC NAME LIKE BURLESON COMMUNITY PARK OR LIKE DAN SAID, JUST PICK A NAME.
>> DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF HOW MANY NOMINATIONS CAME IN FOR EACH ONE OF THESE NAMES?
>> WE SEEM TO BE STRUGGLING IN IMPASSE NOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH THE LIST OF HOW MANY PEOPLE NOMINATED EACH THAT'S THE CITIZENS.
THAT'S THE REASON IT WENT OUT TO THE CITIZENS SO THEY COULD VOTE FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO NAME THE PARK.
IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY.
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JUST GIVE GUIDANCE.>> WITHOUT GIVING AWAY ALL THE REST OF THE NUMBERS, THERE WAS ONE NAME THAT WAS HEADS AND TAILS ABOVE THE REST.
MR. RONNIE JOHNSON HAD OVER 80 VOTES FOR HIS NAME.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT HIGHEST WAS IN THE 40S.
>> JEN, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THOUGH, NO ONE'S REALLY VOTED AT THIS TIME.
>> [OVERLAPPING] INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSION.
THE POINT OF THE INITIAL POLL WAS JUST TO GET A COLLECTION OF NAMES.
THAT'S WHY WE DID NOT PROVIDE THOSE THIS EVENING.
>> BUT WE DO HAVE TOTAL COUNTS.
>> BUT WE DO HAVE TOTAL COUNTS.
>> THAT'S HARD TOO BECAUSE THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN TO PUSH RONNIE. I LOVE THAT.
LET GO RONNIE JOHNSON'S FAMILY. I LOVED IT.
I WAS LIKE, THAT IS PRECIOUS THAT HIS KIDS WOULD BE THAT ENERGIZED BY THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I HATE TO JUST SAY, LIKE YOU SAID, IT WASN'T AN ACTUAL POLL.
LIKE IF WE PUT THESE NAMES OUT HERE OR THE HIGHEST ONES NO ONES THAT WERE MOST SUBMITTED, THEN POLLED.
I DON'T KNOW. I'M EITHER WE GO GENERIC OR WE HAVE TO PICK ONE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LETTING THE PARK BOARD PICK THE TOP 10 AND THEN COME TO COUNCIL? OR TOP FIVE.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT OF IF WE'RE TRULY LOOKING AT YEARS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEST SERVING AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY TRULY MADE TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF WHERE WE ARE BURLESON TODAY.
THAT'S HARD TO ARGUE, BUT THAT DOESN'T NEGATE WHAT THE IMPACTS THAT OTHERS HAVE AND WILL HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOMEHOW RECOGNIZE MORE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
>> DO WE JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO PICK FROM WHAT THE CITIZENS PUT OUT THERE? WHERE DO WE GO NEXT?
>> I ALREADY SAID, I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT THE LIST OF NAMES FROM THE CITIZENS.
WE JUST NEED TO PICK ONE OR GO GENERIC.
IF YOU DID CALL IT THE KEN SHUTTER COMMUNITY PARK, YOU COULD STILL HAVE THE WALL OR THE TRAIL OF CHAMPION OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, AND THEY COULD STILL BE ON THE TRAIL.
YOU COULD KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE OR JUST CALL IT A GENERIC PARK AND THEN YOU COULD. I LIKE THE TRAIL.
I THINK SPECIFIC ELEMENTS IN THE PARK CAN GET A LITTLE MUDDY, BUT AT LEAST WITH THE TRAIL, YOU COULD HAVE PLAQUES.
>> COUNCIL, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR STAFF IS, I THINK THE ONE PART IS, WE CAN COME UP WITH A SINGULAR NAME AND HONOR ONE PERSON, OR WE CAN GO WITH A GENERIC NAME AND COME UP WITH OPTIONS TO HONOR MORE PEOPLE.
I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE THAT DIRECTION, BASED ON SOME COMMON DIRECTION.
THEN HOW WE GO ABOUT NAMING IT EITHER WAY, I THINK THERE'S OPTIONS TO GET PARK BOARD INVOLVED BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
I THINK OVERALL, EITHER OPTION, I JUST THINK IS IT ONE NAME OR IS IT GENERIC? I THINK IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR US ON NEXT STEPS.
>> I JUST DON'T THINK YOU WATER IT DOWN.
I THINK YOU KEEP IT HIGH STANDARDS.
I THINK MAYBE YOU GO OUT AND YOU HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, JUST LIKE THE SPORTAL FAME YOU USED TO RUN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE THIS GENERIC AS MUCH THAT JUST WATERS IT DOWN.
YOU GET THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WITH THE SPORTAL FAME.
I HAD TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS TO PLAY, PARTICULARLY COLLEGE ATHLETICS OR WHATEVER, BUT THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED PERSON, AND THEN COME FROM THERE.
I DON'T THINK YOU GENERIC IT JUST BECAUSE YOU WARE IT DOWN TOO MUCH.
>> ARE YOU REFERENCING A STORE BLOCK OR THE NAME OF THE PARK?
>> JUST TO SAY IT IS STILL CALLED THE BURLESON SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S YOU HAD TO MEET QUALIFICATIONS TO GET INTO THAT.
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY. IF THE COUNCIL DOES IT, DO YOU GIVE US A LIST OF 10 NAMES OR ALL THE NAMES AND WE CATEGORIZE THEM ONE THROUGH 100? BECAUSE IF YOU THROW IT OUT TO THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SEVEN NAMES, MAYBE.
>> ULTIMATELY, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS 100% OF POLICY DECISIONS ON HOW YOU GUYS WANT TO NAME IT.
WE CAN BRING BACK MORE OPTIONS IF YOU SHORT LIST IT AND WE CARRY THAT TO COUNCIL OR THE TOP SUBMISSIONS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE NAMED OR YOU WANT TO CARRY IT TO PARK BOARD,
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WE CAN COME UP WITH MULTIPLE OPTIONS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO PROCEED, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.>> YOU THINK SEVEN PEOPLE THAT MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW TO RUN A CITY COULD NAME A PARK?
>> YEAH, IF THE EMOTIONS ARE INVOLVED.
>> THERE'S EMOTIONS AND THERE'S REALLY.
>> [OVERLAPPING] EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE HELPED, BUT YOU WANT TO PUT ONE NAME SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE REST.
THAT'S HARD TO DO. RONNIE'S DONE A LOT FOR THIS TOWN.
EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM. KIDS KNOW HIM FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
JUST BETWEEN THOSE TWO GUYS, WHO DO YOU PICK, RICK ROPER, BYRON BLACK? IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY ONE MORE THING AND IT MAY SOUND OUT OF SCHOOL.
BUT I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES, I HAVE ASKED, I ASKED THROUGH PROXIES AND THIRD PARTIES TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SENTIMENTS ARE ABOUT NAMING SOMETHING AFTER KEN SHUTTER.
THERE IS STILL A POLITICAL UPHILL BATTLE, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE.
KEN MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS. HE MADE SOME ENEMIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ENEMIES ARE VERY VOCAL, AND PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED KEN DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT.
JUST LIKE I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SAY IT HERE EITHER, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO SAY, THERE HE IS, IT'S KEN SHUTTER'S BOY. YOU KNOW WHAT? PUT ALL THAT ASIDE AND MAKE A CONSCIONABLE DECISION.
LOOK AT WHO HAS BEEN PROMINENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY ARE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OR THE LIBERAL SIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS DOWN HERE.
WE JUST HAVE PEOPLE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
BUT THIS WHOLE THING GETS ROLLED INTO THE OVERARCHING POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT MAKES PEOPLE OF CONSCIOUS NOT WANT TO SAY WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS, FOR FEAR OF REPRISAL FROM THE OTHERS.
THAT FACTOR IS THERE AND YOU'LL KNOW IT AS WELL AS I DO.
I'VE GONE OUT AND TALKED TO PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE FEEDBACK I GET.
I'D LIKE TO MENTION KEN, BUT I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO MAKE SOMEBODY MAD.
NOBODY'S GOING TO KICK RONNIE JOHNSON DOWN. HE'S A GREAT GUY.
BUT IF YOU CONSIDER RONNIE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF BURLESON VERSUS KEN'S, THERE'S NO COMPARISON. RONNIE'S A GREAT GUY.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING MORE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SOUND LIKE I'M DOGGING HIM.
HE'S A GREAT GUY, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IN THE STATURE OF WHO HAS BUILT THE CITY INTO WHAT IT IS NOW, THAT RONNIE COMES CLOSE.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO FILL A SPEAKER CARD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, YOU CAN SPEAK.
BUT I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT MATT AIKEN.
I THINK THAT HE MADE THOUGH HE WASN'T THE MAYOR, HE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN BURLESON.
SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN SITTING OUT HERE, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE THINGS THAT HE GOT UP HERE AND SAID AND THE THINGS THAT HE DID.
HE WAS EASY FOR ME TO RESPECT.
YES, HE'S NOT WITH US ANYMORE WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I THINK MAYBE HE SHOULD BE THROWN IN THERE TO HAVE HIS NAME THROW OUT THERE BECAUSE HE DID DO A LOT.
AGAIN, HIS FAMILY'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND HE STILL LEFT A LEGACY HERE.
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR THE ANNEX TO BE NAMED AFTER HIM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT HE HAD, IT WAS IN OLD TOWN SIGNIFICANT.
WE LOOK AT OLD TOWN AND HE IS A BIG REASON IT LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES, AND IT HAS THAT DEVELOPMENT ON ELLISON AND SUCH AND SUCH.
I THINK GOING BACK, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT OTHER IMPACTS, THERE WAS DAN MCCLINTON AND KEN SHUTTER, WHO ADVOCATE HEAVILY FOR PARKS, TRAILS, OUTDOOR SPACES, COMMUNITY SPACES, BIKE TRAILS, BIKE LANES.
>> I DID HAVE TO GIGGLE AT THE ROUNDABOUT PARK.
>> SAME ROUNDABOUT PARK, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER REALLY THUMPERS GROVE PARK.
SOME OF THESE ARE JUST CLEVER.
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OKAY. I'M GOING TO VOTE JUST TELL YOU THAT GIVE US THE TOP 10 NAMES AND I THINK WE SIT DOWN AND VOTE ON IT. DOES THE COUNSEL.>> COUNSEL MEMBER ANDERSON, WHEN YOU SAY TOP 10 NAMES.
>> THAT SHE HAS BY THE NUMBERS.
>> BASED ON THE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TIMES THE NAME WAS SUBMITTED.
>> I'M GOING TO THROW ANOTHER WRENCH IN THAT.
I WAS LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO INVOLVE PARK BOARD, YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE OPTION OF DO YOU NAME IT AFTER A SPECIFIC PERSON? AND IF SO, GIVE US YOUR TOP FIVE OR 10, OR DO YOU DO GENERIC AND OTHER THINGS AND GIVE THEM AND THEN RECOMMEND THAT TO US?
>> I AGREE. OUT OF RESPECT TO THE PARK BOARD, IT IS A PARK.
SO WE CAN DO FIVE NAMES FIVE GENERIC. IT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM THE LIST AND THEN THEY CAN THEY CAN DO MORE IF THEY WANT.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THOSE NAMES ON THERE ARE GENERIC NAMES.
>> SO A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION, COUNSELMAN BRUSSELL.
WE PROVIDE THEM WITH SAID LIST OF NAMES.
WE ASKED FOR THEM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS TO THE NAMES ON SAID LIST, NAMES BEYOND THE LIST, AND WEIGH IN WITH WHETHER OR NOT THE NAME MEANT SOMETHING GENERIC OR SPECIFIC OR COME UP WITH A SEPARATE LIST OF GENERIC NAMES IN ADDITION TO.
>> I THINK I THINK YOU WOULD THE CITIZENS HAVE THESE ARE THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED.
SO PICK FIVE FROM THERE, OR GO THE GENERIC ROUTE. PICK ONE OF.
THERE'S YOUR OPTION, EITHER PICK FROM THIS LIST, GIVE US TOP FIVE OR TEN, OR DO GENERIC.
>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN KEN SHUTTERS NAME IS NOT ON THAT LIST?
>> THEN YOU CAN OVERRIDE THE BOARD GIVE HIM AN IMPORT.
>> WE ALREADY KNOW THAT RONNIE JOHNSON HAD THE MOST VOTES THE MOST.
WE HAVE THAT NUMBER AND HE'S GOT THE HIGHEST NUMBER.
>> I'M STUCK WITH INCLUDING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR PARK BOARD, I'M SORRY, PARKS BOARD.
THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
THIS IS THE BIG THING FOR THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT EVER SINCE DAY ONE.
>> OR WE PICK THE TEN NAMES AND SEND IT TO PARKS BOARD AND SAY PICK THREE, I DON'T THEN YOU CAN ENSURE KINS ON THE LIST.
WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM THE LIST.
WE CAN LOOK AT THE 51 TONIGHT AND GO.
>> THEN DO WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE SITE OR THEY COME BACK TO US TO VOTE ON IT?
>> AS WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ULTIMATE. I KNOW.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DOG ON PARKS.
I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE THEM TOO.
BUT, IF WE'RE WORRIED THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ON THE LIST, WELL THEN WE MAKE THE LIST.
I MEAN, I'M NOT IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RIG IT, BUT IT'S JUST, HERE'S HERE'S 11 NAMES, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS MAYOR POR TIM MCLEAN.
>> JUST IN MIND THAT HOW MANY PEOPLE SUGGESTED RONNIE'S NAME?
>> OVER 80. SO IF YOU NAME A PARK AFTER HIM, YOU MAKE 80 PEOPLE.
WE HAVE 57,000 PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
HAVEN'T VOTED YET. THEY DID NOT SUBMIT.
>> RIGHT. I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT SMALLER SAMPLE? WE'RE PAID TO COME PAID.
WE COME DOWN HERE TO MAKE BIGGER THE BROADER ONLY 2000 PEOPLE SAID THAT I COULD BE ON CITY COUNCIL.
>> PEOPLE DON'T CONTRIBUTE LIKE THAT.
IF YOU PUT IT OUT FOR A VOTE, YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET MORE THAN THOSE 250 AND A WELL TRAVELED NAME LIKE RONNIE'S WILL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF SPORT.
A CONTROVERSIAL NAME LIKE KEN'S WILL PROBABLY NOT.
I'M SAYING, LOOK AT THE HIGHER PICTURE, WHO HAS BUILT THE CITY TO WHERE IT IS. HONOR THAT PERSON.
RONNIE DID NOT BUILD THE CITY AND I KNOW HE WOULDN'T CLAIM TO.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT CITIZEN OF THIS CITY.
HE'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR MAN IN THIS CITY AND HE'S A FINE MAN.
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BUT WHO MADE IT WHAT IT IS? THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT.>> DO YOU JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE? WHAT'S DO A STRAW POLE VOTE?
>> I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND AND I'M NOT GETTING THERE.
>> WELL, AND IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T AGREE THAT PARK BOARD SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
I IT'S JUST GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK TO US.
AND THEN WE COULD VERY WELL HAVE THIS EXACT SAME DISCUSSION WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US BECAUSE IT'S ULTIMATELY OUR JOB.
>> WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THIS? NAME THE PARK GENERIC.
SOTHING HONORABLE THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT SHOWING AND ALSO PICKING KENS HE FIRST INDUCTEE.
HE'S THE FIRST INDUCTEE WOULD BE WE'D HAVE THE GENERIC PART AND THE FIRST PERSON WE PUT IT.
SOMETHING NICE WITH KEN'S NAME ON IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS HERE INSTEAD OF JUST NAMING A PARK AND GOING THIS WAY.
WE LIKE THE IDEA OF NAMING PEOPLE THAT HAS DONE THINGS.
THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING REALLY REALLY GOOD AND KEN WOULD BE THE FIRST NAME ON THE LIST.
SO WE'RE INCLUDING EVERYBODY ON THIS WHERE WE JUST NAME THE PARK, WE'RE LEAVING A DESIRE TO HOLD PEOPLE UP THAT HAS GOT SOMEWHERE.
I'M FOR DOING SOMETHING FOR K. I REALLY AM.
>> I THINK THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT BE JUMPING INTO THIS TOO QUICK RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT IT AGAIN.
>> ARE THERE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS GUIDANCE NEED FROM STAFF TO HELP PUT SOME GUARD RAILS OR?
>> MY GUARD RAILS LEAD STRAIGHT TO THE PARK BOARD.
>> AND HOWEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT, GET US NAMED AND WE'LL PICK WHATEVER.
>> DO WE NEED GUIDELINES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THOUGH? YOU DON'T WANT OR DO YOU WANT CARTE BLANCHE? AGAIN, IT'S TOTALLY UP TO GAIN NINE OPINIONS ON PARK BOARD OF NAMES.
>> YOU KNOW, I'M RETHINKING WHAT CHRIS JUST SAID.
AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME MERIT TO THAT IDEA.
IF THE PARK WERE GIVEN THE NAME OF SAY, BURLESON LEGACY PARK.
AND THEN EACH PERSON'S LEGACY COULD BE HONORED BY A PORTION OF THE PARK.
THERE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGACIES BESIDES KEN.
I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PARTNERS ON. I CAN SEE THAT.
MAYBE BURLESON LEGACY PARK IS THE BIG PICTURE PARK, AND THEN THE WOMAN'S BALL FIELDS ARE NAMED AFTER RONNIE OR OTHER FEATURES.
WE FIND AN APPROPRIATE FEATURE OF A NEW FEATURE AND WE SAY, K, THAT'S THE KEN SHEDDER. I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER.
YOU'LL THINK? I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY CLEARLY, THIS IS THE KEN SHUDDER PARK OR THE RONNIE JOHNSON PARK, OR THE MATT AIKEN PARK.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET THERE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, HOW DO WE NAME ALL THE PARTS WE HAVE ALREADY? WE HAVE PARKS WITH NAMES ON THEM AND NOBODY KNOWS WHY THE NAME HISENH, FOR INSTANCE, WARREN.
I'LL TELL YOU IN PRIVATE HOW THAT HAPPENED, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.
I DON'T WANT TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT OCCUR.
I DON'T WANT TO LET A RONNIE JOHNSON TITLE WAVE, WASH OVER THE WHOLE THING AND MAKE THAT DECISION, AND THAT COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN IF WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE VARIOUS SCENARIOS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT MAYBE THE RIGHT IDEA IS TO BREAK THE PARK UP INTO FEATURES AND HONOR THE LEGACIES OF MANY PEOPLE.
>> I LIKE THAT, TOO. AND YOU CAN INVOLVE THE PARK BOARD AND THEY CAN NAME THE FEATURES.
IF THEY WANT TO DO THE RYAN JOHNSON, SOFTBALL FIELDS AND LIKE DANCE.
>> WELL, IT JUST THE THEME BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR.
VICTORIA SAID EARLIER, IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE IT FLEXIBLE WHERE FUTURE CONTRIBUTORS CAN BE HONORED FOR VARIOUS THINGS.
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>> WE DID SEND IT OUT TO THE CITIZENS AND THEY NOMINATED NAMES.
>> I DON'T RECALL THAT ONE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THERE WAS BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WAS LEGACY.
>> YEAH, SORRY. I DON'T HAVE IT PULLED UP ONE HERE.
I DON'T SEE LEGACY OR I MEAN, THERE'S HEN ASBURY PARK.
THERE'S JUST HELEN. THERE'S I MEAN.
NO. THERE IS A PLAIN BURLESON.
>> I MOVED TO CALL AT BURLESON LEGACY PARK.
>> IT'S A REPORTS A REPORT PUT IT ON THE NEXT AS ACTION ITEM.
THAT'S FINE. SO WHAT I'M HEARING DIRECTION.
>> YOUR DIRECTION IS LEGACY PARK.
>> SO I'M HEARING THAT AND I'M HEARING TO BRING BACK OPTIONS FOR EITHER AN HONOR WALK OR A NAMING POLICY FOR DIFFERENT AMENITIES WITHIN THE PARK THAT THAT THROUGH PARK BOARD AND BRING FORWARD FOR FORMAL NAMING OF THE PARK AND THE NAMING POLICY WITHIN THE FACILITY.
>> YES. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR PARK BOARDS WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW GRITTY SHOULD WE GET OR SHOULD WE STAY BIG? WHAT ARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN RECOGNIZE AND HONOR PAST AND FUTURE CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR COMMUNITY? THANK YOU, JEN. THANK YOU.
>> DON'T EVER DO THIS TO US AGAIN, OKAY?
[9. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS]
CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.>> WELL, I HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET IN A BIG DISCUSSION LIKE WE JUST GOT THROUGH DOING.
YES. LORD. I CAN'T BE A DISCUSSION. I'M SORRY.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT CLEANING OLD TOWN UP.
WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION TO DO THAT.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT.
WE HAVE PART TIME POSITIONS TO CLEAN UP THE NEW AREA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE OLD DOWNTOWN.
I'LL TELL YOU, OLD DOWNTOWN, 230 THE OTHER DAY WAS HOPPING.
WE HAVE MEETINGS DOWN THERE, WE HAVE ALL STUFF DOWN HERE AND IT'S DIRTY.
NOT ONLY BIRD FACES ON BENCHES AND SIDEWALKS, STREETS ARE DIRTY WITH CIGARETTE, BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE TRASH CANS ON SIDEWALKS WHEN YOU WALK AROUND A PARTICULAR RESTAURANT.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TRASH BARRELS AND ALLEYWAYS.
SOME WAY OR THE OTHER, WE NEED TO GET THAT CLEANED UP BECAUSE VISITORS ARE DOWN HERE ALL THE TIME, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK IF IT'S GOING TO DETERIORATE.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT A BUILDING, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE DOWN THERE IN THE 80S, THAT IT USED TO BE A DIRT ROAD.
TWO CARS USED TO BE DOWNTOWN, AND THAT MIGHT BE LUCKY, THAT MIGHT BE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
NOBODY WAS GOING TO COME. AND THEN IT STARTED DEVELOPING, GOT THINGS GOING AND NOW IT'S A HOPPING PLACE.
BUT IN 15 YEARS WHEN YOU DEVELOP OUT WEST, IF THEY PRINTED ANYTHING OUT THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE BRAND NEW, GUESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE.
BECAUSE THIS PLACE RIGHT OVER HERE SMELLS AND LOOKS LIKE A TRASH CITY.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. CITY DUMP.
IT'S FALLING APART. WALK RIGHT THERE, JUST LOOK AND SEE.
AND WE NEED TO CREATE SOME POSITIONS TO AND WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE TO GET A POSITION OR TWO DOWN THERE TO CLEAN IT.
AND IT'S GOT TO BE CLEANED EVERY DAY.
NO ONCE A WEEK, BUT ALL THE TIME. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
WE NEED TO BRING A DISCUSSION ABOUT CLEANING THE TOWN UP. VICTORIA?
>> YEAH. IN PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, BUT DO WE HAVE TO HAVE I KNOW IT'S FOR THE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE.
BUT IN THE ALLEYWAY WHERE THE DUMPSTERS ARE, DO THEY HAVE TO BE LOCATED THERE? ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER ON BUSINESS.
>> CAN WE ADD THAT ANDERSON? THANK YOU.
>> THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 10,
[10. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM AND
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CITY HALL TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY ITEM LISTED ON THIS AGENDA.THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO 551.07 01,551.07 2,551.074 AND 551.087.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? I GOT A MOTION BY ADAM.
SECRETARY VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE.
PASSAGE UNANIMOUS, WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.