Jul 28, 2021 Special City Council

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IT WAS FIVE 30.

I CALL THE MEETING

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UM, TONIGHT, UH, UH, COUNCILOR EDWARDS IS STILL OUT AND THE MAYOR IS ALSO OUT.

UM, NOW MAKE A REQUEST I'D LIKE TO REQUEST IS, UH, DR.

ANSELL DOULA IS STILL COMING AND HE'LL BE HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

OH, IT'S SEVEN.

YES.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL MOVE THAT ITEM BEFORE THE, UH, TO BE CORRECT FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE.

YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM TWO C BEFORE TWO B.

THANK YOU, CUSTOMER RECLOSERS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILLOR KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

THANK YOU.

AT

[2 (a) Interview, discuss and consider candidates to serve various city boards, committees and commissions. (Proposed presenter: City Secretary Maria Jackson)]

UM, MARIA WILL HELP KIND OF ESCORT BACK AND FORTH.

UH, THIS IS FOR ITEM TWO WEEK TO A POINT, UH, OR RATHER TO INTERVIEW FOR ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSIONS, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, AND THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE PLANNING ZONING CONFERENCE ROOM.

WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME IN AS, UM, AS THEY ARRIVE.

UH, THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.

WE, UH, ALL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY.

UH, HE LOST HIS MOTHER LAST WEEK.

HE'LL BE RETURNING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

UH, SO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO

[2 (c) Safety measures and protocols while traveling to hotspots/ high level areas. (Proposed presenters: Councilmember Edwards)]

TONIGHT, YOU HAD ASKED THAT WE BRING DR.

HANS AND JULIANNE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO COVID.

AND SO HE IS IN ATTENDANCE AND, UH, DR.

ANTHONY, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MISSOURI CITY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME OUT.

UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AS OF LATE REGARDING COVID-19, ESPECIALLY WITH A DELTA VARIANT AND THE REVISED CDC GUIDELINES.

SO I'M GOING TO SPEND MOST OF MY TIME UPDATING THE COUNCIL ON THIS.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

SO AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL MANDATE FOR VACCINATION AND THE PREVIOUS CDC GUIDANCE WAS THE VACCINATED.

PEOPLE COULD REMOVE THEIR MASKS INDOORS.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO VERIFY VACCINATION STATUS.

SO MORE THAN LIKELY THAT WOULD ALLOW ANYONE TO NOT WEAR A MASK INDOOR PLACES.

THAT MEANS THAT IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNVACCINATED, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT WEARING MASKS IN HIGH RISK AREAS MAY BE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE WEARING MASKS DUE TO THE HIGH TRANSMISSIBILITY OF THE DELTA VARIANT THAT WE NOW HAVE.

THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE THE SPREAD OF THE CORONA VIRUS, ACCORDING TO THE CDC FROM JUNE 19TH THROUGH JULY 23RD, HAVE 19 CASES IN THE U S INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 300%, WHICH HAS LED TO MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS, THE DELTA VARIAN BEING THE MAIN CULPRIT AND BEING DRIVEN MOSTLY BECAUSE OF UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.

THE DELTA VIRUS IS CONSIDERABLY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A VERY HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, UM, ESPECIALLY INDOORS INDOOR SPACES DURING PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME, UH, OR PLACES THAT ARE POORLY VENTILATED AREA.

AND TO START TO BE ABOUT TWO TIMES AS CONTAGIOUS AND WITH A VIRAL LOAD ABOUT 1000 TIMES THAT OF THE WILD TYPE, WHEN YOU HEARD THE WORD WILD TYPE THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE ORIGINAL, UM, VIRUS, IT WAS DISCOVERED AND THE ONE TERRITORY IN CHINA.

SO, UM, TO VARIANTS NOW COUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 83% OF THE INFECTIONS THAT WE FIND HERE IN THE U S THE MRN VIRUSES, UH, VACCINES RATHER, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S THE PFIZER AND THE MADONNA ARE STILL CONSIDERED TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT, REDUCING THE RISK OF ILLNESS BY 88% AND REDUCING THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION BY 96% SAID ANOTHER WAY UP TO 97% OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND 99% OF DEATHS ARE AMONG UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS.

SO LET THAT SINK IN A LITTLE BIT.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN, UP TO 90% OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND 99%

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SHE BE KEPT IN MIND THAT THESE VACCINATIONS WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE A ZERO RISK OR ALL OR NONE PROPOSITION.

SO THESE VACCINES, WHILE REDUCING THE RISK DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE RISK TOTALLY OF CONTRACTING OR TRANSMITTING THE INFECTION, UM, TRANSMITTING THE INFECTION AMONGST UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.

SO AS A SPREAD OF THE DELTA, VARIANT IS INCREASING ACROSS COUNTRY REPORTS ARE COMING IN OF INFECTIONS IN VACCINATED PEOPLE, THE SO-CALLED BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, BUT WITH THESE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, SERIOUS ILLNESS, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS ARE EVEN MORE UNCOMMON.

IF NOT RARE.

AS OF JULY 12TH, MORE THAN 159 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U S HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID 19 OF THOSE, A LITTLE OVER 5,000 HAD BREAKTHROUGH CASES THAT RESULTED IN ILLNESS AND A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DIED.

THIS IS LESS THAN ZERO, 0.0% OF THE VACCINATED POPULATION.

SO AGAIN, NOT IN THAT PERCENT OF DEATHS FROM COVID 19 ARE AMONG THE UNVACCINATED.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IF YOU ARE VACCINATED, IT IS UNLIKELY TO LEAD TO SEVERE ILLNESS, HOSPITALIZATION, OR EVEN DEATH.

IN FACT, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT IF A VACCINATED PERSON BECOMES INFECTED, THEY WILL EITHER HAVE LITTLE OR NO SYMPTOMS. SO THE MRN VACCINES ARE DOING THEIR JOB IN RECOGNIZING THE VIRUS, IN FACT, IN THE BODY AND PREVENTING SERIOUS ILLNESS.

AND THE OTHER CONCERN, ALTHOUGH NOT STATISTICALLY WELL-DEFINED IS IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY AND IT PRESUMED VERY LOW PROBABILITY THAT VACCINATED PEOPLE COULD TRANSMIT THE VIRUS TO OTHERS.

SO TO BE CLEAR, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT A PERSON WHO IS VACCINATED AND BECOMES INFECTED, COULD TRANSMIT THE VIRUS TO OTHERS.

THE RISK OF BREAKTHROUGH, HOWEVER, CAN NOT BE ELIMINATED 100%, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF INCREASED TRANSMISSIBILITY OF THE DELTA VARIANT.

SO OUT OF CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS, AND IN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, IT IS CONSIDERED REASONABLE AND PRUDENT FOR VACCINATED PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK WHEN, AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK, SUCH AS THOSE WITH IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ILLNESSES, UH, PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS, ADVANCED AGE PREGNANCY, AND EVEN CHILDREN, TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED.

AND MANY MEDICAL EXPERTS STILL BELIEVE THAT THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS WEIGHTED TOWARDS THE FACT THAT MASKS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THE RISK OF CONTRACTING AND TRANSMITTING SARS COV TWO.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YESTERDAY THE CDC CHANGED THEIR GUIDELINES AND ARE NOW RECOMMENDING THAT EVEN VACCINATED PEOPLE SHOULD WEAR MASKS IN HIGH RISK SETTINGS, SUCH AS SHOPPING MALLS, AIRPORTS, CONCERT HALLS, ET CETERA.

SO THIS ESSENTIALLY REVERSES THEIR PREVIOUS GUIDANCE THAT ONLY UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WEAR MASKS.

THE CDC ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT SCHOOLS REOPENED THIS FALL WITH ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF WEARING FACE MASKS, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A MINUTE, JUST AS IT PERTAINS TO DATA, TEXAS.

SO WE NEED TO PUSH THE MESSAGE THAT GETTING VACCINATED IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IF WE ARE TO PUT A STOP TO THIS PANDEMIC, IT MUST BE KEPT IN MIND THAT FOR THE MRN VACCINES, IT TAKES ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO BE CONSIDERED FULLY VACCINATED.

AND ONLY AFTER BOTH DOSES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED, THE USE OF X FACE MASK, AND EVEN VACCINATIONS ARE CONTROVERSIAL WITH MANY WANE IN AND DIFFERING OPINIONS.

ALSO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND GUIDANCE HAVE PUT OUT WHAT APPEARS TO BE INCONSISTENT AND CONFLICTING INFORMATION CONTROVERSY AMONGST EXPERTS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MEDIA AND EVEN POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, PROVIDING MIXED MESSAGING AND CONFUSING INFORMATION HAS NO DOUBT LED TO DISTRUST AMONG A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO MESSAGING HAS BEEN INADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

THIS HAS NOT MADE IT EASY FOR US.

PEOPLE LIKE ME TO PROVIDE A UNIFIED MESSAGE WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

LIKE YOU ALL, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE REPORTS INDICATING RISE IN COVID-19 CASES, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER IS ALSO REPORTING AN INCREASE IN COVID-19 EFFECTIVELY PRODUCTION RATE, AS WELL AS P TESTING POSITIVITY RATES.

IN ADDITION, MORE BREAKTHROUGH CASES AMONGST PREVIOUSLY INFECTED, AS WELL AS VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE BEING IDENTIFIED AND REPORTED.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT BEING MENTIONED A WHOLE LOT IN THE NEWS AT THE MOMENT, BASED ON THE CURRENT RICK, UH, CURRENT NUMBERS, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ENTERING OR

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RECENTLY, HARRIS COUNTY COVID 19 THREAT LEVEL WAS RAISED FROM YELLOW TO ORANGE, AND IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF FORT BEND COUNTY FOLLOWED SUIT BY GOING BACK TO THEIR PREVIOUS HIGHER COMMUNITY RISK LEVEL.

AND ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, THE GENERAL BEDS AND THE ICU, THIS CURRENT SURGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO OVERWHELM OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. AND HOPEFULLY THAT REMAINS THE CASE.

THE RISING CASE CASES IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE INCREASED TRANSMISSIVE TRANSMISSIBILITY, BUT NOT MORE VIRULENCE OF THE DELTA VARIANT.

AND THE FACT THAT VACCINATION RATES APPEAR TO BE FLAT OR DECLINING.

BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OBJECTIVE IS THIS.

WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT A PEAK AS BAD AS THE PREVIOUS ONE, IN TERMS OF CASE NUMBERS, LONG COVID SYMPTOMS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON AND EVEN MORE ARE BEING REPORTED.

SO THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN.

IN ADDITION, INCREASED TRANSMISSION GIVES WAY TO THE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN MORE VARIANTS, WHERE A VACCINE MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE FOR VARIANTS THAT ARE MORE, VERY OLD.

AND AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE STILL HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION THAT CANNOT BE VACCINATED AND ARE THEREFORE VULNERABLE FACE MASK ADVISORY.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO MANDATE TO WEAR MASKS PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT'S RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT AT THIS TIME.

AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE USE OF FACE MASKS ENDORSED FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS UNVACCINATED AS WELL AS PARTIALLY OR FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ENCOURAGING THE USE OF FACE MASKS INDOORS IS IN CONFLICT WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.

SO NO MANDATE TO STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT, AND IN ORDER NOT TO STIGMATIZE THOSE THAT WANT TO WEAR A MASK, MAYBE WE SHOULD USE THE WORD MASK OPTION APPROACH.

IT'S A, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO RE-INSTITUTE OR EMPHASIZE SOME NON-PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS, SUCH AS THE THREE W'S THAT I'VE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR IN THE PAST.

AND THAT'S WHERE A MASK WATCH YOUR DISTANCE AND WASH YOUR HANDS IN CONCLUSION.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE KEY TO ENDING THIS PANDEMIC IS VACCINATION.

WE ARE NOT LIKELY TO ERADICATE SARS COV DASH TWO IN OUR LIFETIME, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN, AND WE'LL PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS PANDEMIC TO THIS END.

WE MUST STILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE GETTING VACCINATED.

WE NEED TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS ON GETTING THIS MESSAGE OUT.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR, AND MOVE ON TO ITEM.

I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, IS, HAS THERE BEEN ONE VACCINE, UM, THAT I GUESS IS MORE FAVORED FOR THESE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS? I DON'T THINK ONE IS FAVORITE OVER THE OTHER.

AND MOST OF THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE WITH PFIZER AND MADERA, NOT, NOT WITH JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, UH, AND OF THE TWO.

I THINK PFIZER HAS DONE MOST OF THE STUDIES, BUT AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL THEY'RE BOTH ABOUT THE SAME.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND THEN LAST QUESTION IS WITH THE RE UM, RESURGENCE OF A LOT OF THESE COVID CASES.

I KNOW YOU ARE THE PHYSICIAN FOR MOST OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, CITIES, OUR TESTING SITES.

UM, I KNOW WE SAW KIND OF LIKE A DIP IN THE TESTING SITES.

WOULD THOSE BE INCREASED NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE CASES? I HOPE I HOPE THAT'S THE CASE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF TOOK A PAUSE BECAUSE THINGS WERE ROCKING AND ROLLING AND GETTING REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

AND PEOPLE LOST A LOT OF INTEREST IN TESTING AND STARTING DIRECTING THEIR FOCUS, THEIR ATTENTION, ENERGY TO VACCINATION.

BUT WHEN THINGS GOT REALLY, REALLY GOOD, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF, KIND OF GOT LESS ENERGY ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED.

SO AS THIS, AS THIS GOES ON, I'VE GOT NO DOUBT THAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO START DOING SOME OTHER METRICS AND SURVEILLANCE ON THIS STUFF.

OKAY.

WILL YOU KEEP US UPDATED ON YES.

I'M SURE I WILL BE GIVING A COUNCIL A REPORT OF THAT.

I JUST GAVE YOU A WRITTEN FORM.

UM, AFTER THIS, UH, REGARDING THE HOTSPOTS, I THERE'S INFORMATION THAT I DID TYPE IN THERE FOR THE HOTSPOTS.

THE PROBLEM WITH HOTSPOTS IS IT IT'S A MOVING TARGET.

SO WHAT'S A HOTSPOT THIS WEEK MAY NOT BE A HOTSPOT NEXT WEEK AND VICE VERSA.

HOWEVER, THE CDC HAS GOT A GREAT, UH, WEB, UH, WEBSITE, UH, REGARDING, UH, TRAVEL GUIDANCE DURING THE COVID 19 VACCINE.

AND YOU CAN LITERALLY PLUG IN COUNTRY.

YOU WANT TO GO VISIT OR THINKING ABOUT VISITING, AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE SITUATION IS THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU HAVE ANY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS

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WE'RE STILL STATUS QUO.

SO RIGHT NOW, NOPE, NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED.

HOW THE COUNTY PROVIDED ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANY UPDATES THAT ARE DIFFERENT AS FAR AS I KNOW.

NO, DEFINITELY.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THEY INCREASED THEIR, THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY RISK LEVEL.

UH, LIKE WE WERE A FEW MONTHS AGO.

UH, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT, UH, HARRIS COUNTY DID AND INCREASE THEIR, THEIR RISK LEVEL.

AND, UM, I ASKED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE BROUGHT ON THE AGENDA TO PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE CONSIDERING SUCH AN INCREASE.

UM, BUT AS WELL AS ENCOURAGED THE STAFF RESIDENTS AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS VIRUS.

I AM NOW AWARE OF 16 PEOPLE THAT ARE INFECTED AND HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON AS FAR AS RAPID RESPIRATORY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC, YOU TO CHOOSE THE WEARING OF MASKS AND GET VACCINATED.

PLEASE DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER

[2 (b) Presentation of the Bond Exploratory Committee.]

AND COMING UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO YOU TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, CHAIRMAN LAND, VICE CHAIRMAN LYNNVILLE AND, UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, VICKY.

UH, I'M SORRY.

SO ANYWAY, UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING YOU AND, UH, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM AT THIS TIME.

AWESOME.

AS YOU APPROACH, UH, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THE TIME YOU'VE SPENT SPENT ON THIS.

OKAY.

OH, AGREEMENTS, COUNCIL.

UH, WE MET A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND WE WENT OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

AND, UM, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE FINAL.

IT WAS FULL AS WELL WE CAN DO FROM THE COMMUNITY OR THE BOND.

SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE WATCH THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE GOOD.

CAN MOVE IT UP HERE.

YES, SIR.

YOU WANT TO READ IT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK TO HER.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE AGENDA.

OF COURSE, THIS IS THE STEPS THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND, UH, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, OF, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE, UH, THE BOND ISSUE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, OF COURSE, THEY, UH, UH, APPOINTED US THEN, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COMMITTEE DID, UM, OUTREACH, UM, AND, UM, WE WENT THROUGH BOND FINANCING SCENARIOS AND OUR MEETINGS.

AND THEN, UM, WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING ABOUT, WHICH WAS TRANSPORTATION, THE PARKS FACILITIES.

AND, UH, WE HELD A COUPLE OF OPEN HOUSES THAT WE, UH, WE'LL TALK THROUGH AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE PRESENTATION.

NOW, THE, UH, BOND, UH, EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL APPOINTED BY BY COUNCIL, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU'VE HAD GREAT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD AND WE'VE HAD, UH, VERY GOOD SESSIONS BONDING AND GETTING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE GOING, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

AND WE, OF COURSE, WE'RE UP TO TODAY, WHICH IS OUR PRESENTATION, UH, JOINT PRESENTATION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OKAY, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

WE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND YOU'LL STOP ME IF YOU, IF I DON'T COVER SOMETHING, UH, WE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE, UH, PUT OUT, UH, PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS.

WE HAD FLYERS, UH,

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MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WENT DOOR TO DOOR, UH, PUTTING FLYERS OUT AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT WHAT, IN WHATEVER MEANS THAT WORKS IN OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.

WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE IN, UH, FINDING OUT WHAT WORKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, QR CODES WERE PUT ON THE SURVEYS OR SOME DURING THE ACTUAL EVENT WHERE WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE, THEY COULD JUST CLICK ON IT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE RANKING PROCESS, NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNAGE.

SO PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE MEETINGS.

UM, AND OF COURSE WENT OUT TO HOA MANAGEMENT, UH, MANAGEMENTS, AND OF COURSE, CIVIC CLUB, UH, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

AND JUST TO ADD, WE, A LOT OF US ARE PRESENCE OF HOS I'M THE PRESIDENT OF LAKE OLYMPIA.

SO WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, UM, AS WELL AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE.

SO A LOT OF OUR HOS ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN THE CITY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE OVER THE, A BOND ISSUANCE.

SO WE BASICALLY LOOK WITH THE, THE POLICY, UH, WAS DESCRIBED TO US BY THE CITY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE AND THE MAXIMUM DEBT SERVICE.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.

SO WE HAD A GOOD EDUCATION ON THAT.

WE LOOKED AT BASICALLY THE THREE SCENARIOS, THE LOW MEDIUM, THE HIGH, THE 17 CENTS BEING THE LOW AND THE HIGH BEING THE 19 CENTS.

AND WE LOOKED, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE REMAINING DEBT CAPACITY, THAT IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS THAT BY THE 17 CENTS, IT WAS 55.3 MILLION.

A MEDIUM WAS 68.3.

AND THEN THE HIGH AT 19 CENTS WAS ROUGHLY 86.36.

UM, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE 15 HERE.

OKAY.

UH, WE DID, UH, JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 15 MILLION, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING THE HIGH, THE 86.3 MILLION TO YOU GUYS.

UM, AND, BUT THERE'S 15 MILLION OF THAT, THAT WE CAN SUBTRACT FROM THE 86 MILLION, WHICH IS MONIES FROM THE ACTUAL COUNTY FOR THE ROADS AND SERVICES.

THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE, THE PROPERTY TAX SCENARIO BY THE, BY THE DIFFERENT RATES.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING LEVEL THREE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $121 ROUGHLY IN FORT BEN, OUR AVERAGE HOME FOR OUR AREA IN, UH, HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.

IT'S 76, BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR SIDE, WHICH IS THE 1 21 PER YEAR ADDITIONAL INCREASE.

SO YOU MAY KEEP GOING.

OKAY.

SO, UH, WE DID LOOK AS THE CITY, UH, EACH OF THE STAFF PRESENTED, THEY DID PROVIDE A DETAILED ANALYSIS BEHIND THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, ABOUT THE VARIOUS AREAS ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS OF WHAT ROADS SEEM TO NEED TO BE, UH, REDONE.

UM, IT HAD A TYPICAL LIFE SPAN OF 30 YEARS.

SO ALL THOSE THAT ARE MARKED ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICT WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.

AGAIN, THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF MONIES, UH, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

AGAIN, HERE'S A STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

THIS NEEDS TO BE MORE DETAILED IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE EYES ARE NOT OKAY.

YEAH, THIS IS THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE STREET.

SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MANY STREETS THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE AND IT IS ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS.

SO WE LOOKED ACROSS BASICALLY THE FUNDING OF THE, EXCUSE ME.

AND AGAIN, MY EYES ARE NOT THE FIRST ONE THAT HE SHOWED ON THE STREETS.

WELL, THE ONES THAT WERE IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONCENTRATED ON FIRST.

THE NEXT DRAFT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THOSE THAT HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WORKED ON UNTIL WE FINISHED THE FIRST SHEET.

SO THEY'RE DONE IN SUCCESSION BECAUSE WE KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE IN STEPS.

AND THIS IS THE WAY THOSE STEPS LOOK OKAY, HERE'S THE PARKS PROJECT.

UM, THIS HAS ALL OF THE PARKS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US THAT WE DECIDED THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THERE AS A STAY MOBILE SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH HAS SHOWN LISTED AT 10 MILLION, UH, FOR BEING COUNTY HAS AGREED ALL OF THIS VERBAL THAT THEY WERE GONNA PUT IN 15.

SO IT'S A REALLY 15 MILLION THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX FREEDOM TREE PARK, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE, ARE THERE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES DONE TO IT? WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA THERE SOME LAND ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS GOING TO, UH, TAKE UP A PORTION OF THAT

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BUT LOOKING AT THIS, WE ALSO, WE HAD, UH, IN THE SHEET AND THESE WERE LISTED IN THE TYPES OF TIME THAT THEY WANTED THEM DONE FIRST, UH, WE HAVE PERCENTAGE, THEY JUST CHOSE STAY MORE SPARKS, AND IT WAS DONE IN TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.

AND SO THESE ARE KINDA LIKE THE WAY THAT WE SEE THE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEM DONE.

IT'S NOT, I WOULD DO IT AS THEY'RE DOING.

THIS IS STAY MODE.

YOU CAN SEE THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS THAT IS IN, UH, THE DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT WHEN IT RAINS, THE KEY IS CAN I GET UP AND PLAY BECAUSE THERE'S WATER DOES NOT DRAIN.

IT TAKES A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR IT TO DRAIN.

SO IT'S REALLY LOSING MONEY AND WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE IT FIRST BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE AND SIT AND WATCH KIDS AND PLAYING BASEBALL AND THAT KIND OF AREA.

SO IT'S A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AT, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO IT.

UH, CRICKET, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE, GO FIX THE BANK BASEBALL, CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BASKETBALL AND OTHER THINGS, ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE INTERCHANGEABLE TO BE USED FOR THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE NEIGHBOR, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THIS IS THE COPY OF, UH, THE MASTER PLAN THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO US, THAT WE LOOKED AT.

AND WE DEFINITELY DO NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO THAT.

SPORTS COMPLEX HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE THOSE PARKS ARE BEING USED.

OKAY.

AND THEY DO NEED TO BE UP KEPT.

AND THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE 15 MILLION TO DO ON THAT.

THIS IS THE FREEDOM TREE PARK.

I'M GONNA LET YOU TALK ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

THIS IS IN LAKE OLYMPIA.

SO THIS IS THE FREE PARK, UM, BONDS, ROUGHLY 3.5 MILLION.

WE ARE ACTUALLY, EVEN IN OUR ASSOCIATION HOA, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH JASON, ACTUALLY.

WE'RE THINKING HERE IN OCTOBER OF DOING A FUN RUN TO ACTUALLY, UH, GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP.

AND SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, HOA WILL BE DONATED TO, UH, UH, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK.

SO WE, AS A COMMUNITY LIKE OLYMPIA ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, OUR COMMUNITY'S BEHIND IT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE BONDS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE FOR THIS.

CAUSE I THINK THIS IS A VERY EXCITED, UH, PART FOR OUR TOWN AND OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A, THE RIDGEVIEW PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE HERE.

UH, SOME PAVILIONS RESTROOMS, REPLACEMENTS, UM, IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED BY CENTENNIAL PARK IS THE SAME THING I WAS IDENTIFIED IN 2015 AND MASTER PLAN, UM, IMPROVING THE FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH THE CITY AND STAFFORD S COSTS ABOUT $500,000.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THE QUINTA, UH, GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS, UH, ELDORADO BEFORE ELDORADO AFTER THIS WAS AFTER THE EMINENT DOMAIN, UH, THE CITY TAKING OUT OVER, UH, LET ME SEE.

THIS IS SOME OF THE, THE TRAILS, THE PARK PASS TRAILS THAT, THAT ALSO NEED TO BE DONE UPDATED, UH, AMONG THE, AMONG THE CITY.

IT MAY WANT TO MIRROR BASICALLY UPON THE EDIBLE AIR ARBITRARY, VERY SIMILAR.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT FACILITIES, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE THE PROJECT FACILITIES.

MINE IS ABOUT 17.5 MILLION TOTAL ON THAT AND NEED TO BE DONE.

WE LOOKED AT THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS.

ONE WAS THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH WAS $8 MILLION, UH, FOR, TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FACILITY IN MISSOURI CITY FOR THE TRAINING FOR, UH, POLICE DEESCALATION TRAINING AND ALSO SHOOTING VERSUS THEM RUNNING.

I THINK OUT IN ROSENBERG, I BELIEVE IS WHERE THEY'RE RUNNING RIGHT NOW, GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE SHED.

THIS WAS A KIND OF A SHOCK ACTUALLY TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE THAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING IN A BUILDING LIKE THIS.

I'M SURPRISED THAT OCEAN, SOME OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HASN'T GOT AFTER THE CITY FOR THIS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY DILAPIDATED.

UM, IT IS NOT IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION TO HAVE ANYBODY I WOULD THINK EVEN WORKING IN THERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WIRES AND THE, AND THE, UH, DILAPIDATION.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WE HAD SOME OPEN HOURS, UH, ARE OPEN, OPEN HOUSES, I'M SORRY, UH, WHERE WE WENT AND TALKED.

AND, UM, WE HAD, UH, ROUGHLY 29 RESPONSES AND ENGAGEMENT AND WE ASKED BASIC SOME SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR RESPONSE OPTIONS? YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST HERE WAS LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, ABOUT $2 MILLION DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FOR SECOND GOLF COURSE WAS THIRD.

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ADA COMPLIANCE ACTUALLY BECAME FIRST WITH LIFE SAFETY.

UH, I S BEING TIED FOR FIRST PLACE WITH DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND THEN THE GOLF COURSE BEING FOURTH WITH 20 RESPONSES WHEN WE RANKED THE FACILITIES, UM, AND COMBINE THEM BOTH TOGETHER.

THIS IS WHERE IT FALLS OUT.

LIFE SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS, A REMODEL, UH, EXPANSIONS WAS TO ADA COMPLIANCE WAS THIRD.

AND THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE FACILITY WAS FOURTH.

WHEN WE GO TO THE PARK AND RECREATIONS ON THAT ON JULY 8TH, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE RANKINGS HERE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT LAQUINTA GOLF COURSE.

RENOVATIONS WAS NUMBER ONE, I'LL DO THE TOP THREE.

YOU HAD A MCFADDEN PARK AND THE FREEDOM TREE PARK WHERE THREE.

AND THAT WAS ON THE FIRST SESSION THAT WE HELD ME.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 22ND, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SWITCH.

THE FREEDOM TREE BECAME NUMBER ONE, STAY MOE BECAME TWO.

AND HUNTER'S GLEN CLAIM THIRD.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY BASED UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF WHO WAS AT THE MEETINGS, RIGHT FROM THE VARIOUS AREAS.

SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COMBINE BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER, FREEDOM TREE WAS RANKED FIRST, THE QUENTIN GOLF COURSE, SECOND AND HUNTER GLEN WAS THIRD WITH ALL THE OTHERS.

UH, FOLLOWING WHEN WE WENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE RESPONSE, ARE YOU IN SPORE, THE POLICE FACILITY, THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD 85% SAY, YES, WE WENT TO THE SECOND MEETING.

WE HAD 65% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAY YES.

AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM BOTH, IT WAS 77, 6% OF THE PARTICIPATION HAS BELIEVED THAT THE TRAINING FACILITY WAS WARRANTED.

YOU LEFT THE, THE STREETS AND MOBILITY.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE EIGHTH, YOUR P M M P RECONSTRUCTION WAS FIRST TRAFFIC SIGNALS, SECOND SMART CITY INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS THE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS AT LIGHTS, THIRD TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS FOR LANDSCAPE.

IT WAS FIFTH.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON THE 22ND, WE HAD PMP, UH, RECONSTRUCTION, FIRST SMART CITY INITIATIVE.

SECOND TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THIRD LANDSCAPE FOR DRIVING SIGNAL CABINET UPGRADES WAS FED.

AND HERE'S THE COMBINED RISK RESPONSE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BIG ONE, THE RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE 30 MILLION IS NUMBER ONE IN REGARDS TO THE STREETS AND MOBILITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL COST, RIGHT.

OF ALL THE PROJECTS, WHICH THERE'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $87 MILLION, RIGHT? WHAT LEVEL OF FUNDING AND TAX RATE WHEN YOU SUPPORT? SO ON THE EIGHTH, YOU'LL SEE.

YEAH, I'VE AT LEAST 54% OF THE PEOPLE SAID WE, WE WOULD DO A 19 POINT, UH, 19.5, 6 CENTS INCREASE.

YOU LOOKED AT THE 22ND.

BASICALLY THAT GROUP SAID, WELL, 17 CENTS WAS BETTER, BUT IT WASN'T TOO FAR BEHIND ON THE, ON THE 19.56.

SO IF YOU COMBINE THEM THE 19.56 INCREASE THE DEBT ACTUALLY, UH, 40 US, 43% BOSS RANKING OF THE PROPOSITIONS.

RIGHT? SO IF WE RANKED THE PROPOSITIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THE EIGHTH, THEY BASICALLY SAID, STREETS, FIRST PARKS PUBLIC IS THE THIRD AND FACILITIES FOURTH.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE, THAT, IS THAT STILL EIGHT? AND THAT WAS JULY 8TH.

YEAH.

PRETTY LINKED LENGTH.

THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION AREAS IN ORDER OF PRIORITY.

THIS IS THE COMBINED NOW.

YEAH.

SO STREETS WAS FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY, SECOND PARKS RECREATION, THIRD FACILITIES.

FOURTH.

YEAH.

SO HERE'S THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION YOU WANT TO THINK OF.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THIS IS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO IN DEVELOPMENT AND NEEDS ANALYSIS, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND CAPACITY, CITIZEN INPUT, DELIBERATIONS, AND FEEDBACK OF THE BC.

THIS IS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT AND WE ALL VOTED ON JULY THE 26TH.

THE COMMITTEE VOTED 10 IN FAVOR.

I WANT TO POSE TO RECOMMENDING THE RATE OF 1956 OR $86 MILLION BOND PACKAGE WITH THE AMENDMENTS.

IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, ON THE RIGHT, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE WORKED ON AND WE FIGURED OUT AND DO THE PERCENTAGES.

UM, THEY DO CHANGE SOMEWHAT, AND THERE ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER FROM THIS.

AND THEY DECIDED TO PUT MORE OF IT ON STREETS, UH, WENT FROM 30 MILLION TO 38 MILLION NOW ON THIS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS AND THE WAY

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UH, IT WAS TAKEN OUT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF STREETS THAT WE KNEW NEEDED REPAIRS, WHO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF STREETS THAT WEREN'T PUT IN AND I'VE RECOMMENDED SOMETHING MYSELF.

SO THE NUMBERS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON A, WE CAN DO THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH.

OKAY.

JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

WHEN WE TOOK THE 8 MILLION OUT OF THE, UH, THE PLACE WE TOOK THAT 8 MILLION.

AND WE SAID, OKAY, BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN I'VE DONE BUDGETS FOR COMPANIES, YOU HAVE YOUR PROJECTS AND THEN YOU USUALLY HAVE A CONTINGENCY BECAUSE EVERY PROJECT USUALLY HAS A 20, 30% OVERAGE WHEN IT COMES.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THAT 8 MILLION AND WE TOOK THE RATIOS OF THE THREE BUCKETS.

AND WE SAID, IF WE DID THE RATIOS OF THAT, IF WE TOOK THAT 8 MILLION, WHERE DOES THAT 8 MILLION, IF YOU CAN APPLY THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE, HOW ARE YOU? YOU DID DO THAT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE BASICALLY HAVE A CONTINGENCY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE BUCKETS.

SO THAT WAY, IF DURING THE PROJECTS OF, OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION OR IN FACILITIES, WHEREVER THEY FIND SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS INCREASED, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND DO THAT THE POLICE FACILITY FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE WAS SEEN AS A NICE TO HAVE, NOT AS WE WERE BASICALLY TALKING OF WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE LIFE THAT WE NEED TO DO? WHAT ARE THOSE STRATEGIC THINGS AND WHAT ARE THOSE MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO? AND THEN WHAT ARE THOSE NICE TO HAVE? SO THE, THE POLICE FACILITY AT THE MOMENT WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE, THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS A NICE TO HAVE OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD ON THE PLATE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DIVID THAT FUNDS UP ACROSS THE BUCKET.

SO THAT WAY IT WAS EQUALLY VERSUS DOING 33, 3, WE JUST BASICALLY SPLIT IT BY RATIOS.

AND I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE POINT IS THE REASON THAT WE WANTED TO DO THE 19TH 19 CENT RATE IS BECAUSE THE COST OF MONEY IS ACTUALLY DOWN NOW.

AND IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL BE GOING UP.

AND IF WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO DIVIDE INTO THE THREE BUCKETS, WE SHOULD DO IT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE COSTLY TO COME UP WITH PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE YEARS WITH FEATURE EXPENSE, THAT WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FUND ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

SO IT'S BETTER TO DO THAT NOW AND HAVE THE RESERVE.

SO, UH, US DECISION MAKERS WILL HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN FUNDING PROJECTS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND JUST TO ADD, YOU'LL SEE IT, THAT IT'S 86, BUT TAKE 15 OFF OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING 15 FROM THE COUNTY.

SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY NET BOND IS GOING TO BE 71 POINT, WRITE IT DOWN 71.361.

OKAY.

AND, UM, THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE POTENTIAL BALLOT LANGUAGE WILL LOOK LIKE, UH, THAT IS THIS, THIS IS THE REQUIRED LANGUAGE.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF WAY.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THAT LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN THEY GO IN ON NOVEMBER 2ND, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SPELLED OUT THE WAY THEY GOTTA BE THINKING IT, THINKING IT IS IT'S GOING TO BE WORDED TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

AND SO THEY NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF, UH, THE WORDING ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S AN EITHER AND ALL, OKAY.

SO THEY HAVE TO VOTE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PROCESS.

YES.

THE 100%, NO, UH, THE ROADWAYS AND MOBILITY, IF THEY VOTE THIS DOWN, THE STREETS ARE GONNA LOSE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY, WHEN THEY CAME IN, THEY TOLD US THEY WANTED IT FIXED.

SO WE NEED TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR BEST.

I DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM HOW TO VOTE.

WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT TO LOOK FOR SO THEY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.

SO THEY CAN BE EDUCATED WHEN THEY WALK IN THE BOOTH.

OKAY.

TODAY IS THE 28TH.

THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL, ALL, WE HAVE A, ANOTHER DATE ON AUGUST THE SECOND, UH, W YOU'LL BE GIVEN A FINAL LIST OF PROJECTS TO TAKE THE ACTION AND CALL ELECTION.

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE READY AND YOU'LL HAVE A MEETING ON AUGUST THE 16TH TO, UH, TAKE ACTION ON THAT, TO HOLD A VOTE FOR THE BOND ELECTION FOR THE NOVEMBER, THE SECOND, UH, SEPTEMBER 16TH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPEN HOUSE TO PRESENT THE FACTS ON THE BOND ELECTION ITEMS. UM, IT SAYS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, STYLE, I GUESS THAT'S TO BE ANNOUNCED.

YEAH.

AND NOVEMBER THE SECOND IS ELECTION DAY.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET OUT AND EDUCATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE VOTING, AND WE HAVE TIME TO GET OUT AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE VOTE ON.

SO WITH THIS, WITH OUR PRESENTATION TO YOU, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE IT.

AND, UH, EXCEPT WHAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU

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I KNOW THERE'S THINGS, THERE'S OTHER THINGS.

SO LIKE IN LAKE OLYMPIA, I'VE ALREADY ASKED BILL TO COME DO A PRESENTATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY ON EVERYTHING.

AFTER WE GO THROUGH YOU GUYS SELECT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE.

WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THIS BECAUSE AS, UM, EVERETT BASICALLY SHOWED THE LANGUAGE, IT DOESN'T REALLY SPECIFY ALL THE STREETS ARE THE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO THE MORE EDUCATION WE GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MOST VOTERS, IF THEY'RE LIKE ME, IF THEY DON'T KNOW THEY VOTE, NO.

RIGHT.

AND I'M BEING HONEST BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY I AM.

IF I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T VOTE, I VOTE.

NO, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MORE TAXES, BUT IT SEEMS IMPERATIVE, UH, WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE ON THE PLATE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO COMMUNICATION.

SO I WOULD REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS AND FIGURE HOW WE CAN FURTHER COMMUNICATE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME AS WELL.

I HAVE, I HAVE A SUGGESTION.

UM, I SPOKE TO BILL ABOUT THIS AND I WANT TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION.

UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES OR MAYBE GROUPS, SMALL GROUPS ATTEND HOA MEETINGS.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE A PRESIDENT AND I SEE ANOTHER PRESIDENT HERE, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T BEING REACHED.

SO MAYBE IF TWO PEOPLE CAN DESIGNATE WHATEVER AREA THAT THEY LIVE IN, GO TO THOSE HOS PRESENT A SMALL, UM, PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I KNOW IT WAS SUCCESSFUL ON THE LAST BOND THAT WE WORKED ON.

WELL, NOT WE, BUT THAT WAS PRESENTED IN 2003.

SO COMMUNICATIONS HAVE THE WHOLE OUTLETS.

IF YOU GUYS WANT WORK WITH THEM, I'M SURE THEY'RE WILLING TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH TARGET DIFFERENT AREAS AND HAVE A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, BE EDUCATED ON THE BOND.

SO THAT'S NOT A CONCERN, UH, WELL, ON THIS, UH, WHEN WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE MEETING, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HOMES, GLEN FIVE.

AND I HAD MY MANAGEMENT COMPANY SEND IT OUT.

UH, THE LETTER THAT THE FLYERS THAT WE GOT TO, ALL OF THE COMPANIES THAT THEY MANAGE THAT ARE IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO THERE WAS A ATTEMPT TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT.

OH, THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS ASK, BUT YES, WE CAN FORM SUBCOMMITTEES.

I'LL GO BACK TO DOING WHAT I DID BEFORE I WILL HAVE MY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UH, SEND IT OUT.

I'LL PAY FOR IT IF THEY WANT, THEY, THEY GAVE IT TO ME THE FIRST TIME IF I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

AND I'LL ADD TO ADD TO THAT.

IF WE CAN FIND OUT ALL THE HOS, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THEM ALL.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF US REPRESENTED HERE.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE CITY, I THINK THE CITY KNOWS PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE HOS WE CAN ALL DIVIDE IT UP AND GO FORTH AND CONQUER.

CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE MORE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE, THE BETTER WE'RE GOING TO BE.

I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BILL, CAN YOU COORDINATE THAT WITH COMMUNICATIONS? WE'RE PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.

YES.

I HAVE A QUESTION BILL.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE AGENDA FOR THE HOA SUMMIT ON THIS SATURDAY, BUT CAN WE POSSIBLY ARRANGE FOR THIS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE HOA SUMMIT? YES, I WAS ASKED TO DO SO.

AND I'D PLANNED TO DO SO.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

UM, SOMETIMES I'M SURE IT FELT LIKE DRINKING WATER THROUGH A FIRE HOSE.

UH, GETTING ALL THIS INFORMATION THROWN AT YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HADN'T BEEN AWARE OF HOW WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, BILL, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, AND OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS, UH, THE PROJECTS UNDER THE BOND PROPOSAL RELATIVE TO THE STREETS THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN A, B, C, AND D.

UH, I SEE THOSE LISTED HERE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE BASED OFF OF THE CONSULTANT THAT WE USED, UH, BEFORE THAT HAD THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, AS FAR AS, UH, PRIORITY OF REPAIR, HOW WERE THESE DETERMINED? WERE THESE THE LOWEST, UH, TO THAT, TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OR YES, SIR.

AND SHASHI IS HERE AND WE USE, AS HE GETS UP HERE, WE USE FUGRO, AS YOU RECALL.

AND THEN PRESENTATION WAS PROVIDED TO COUNSELORS, TO RANKING THE STREETS WITH THEM DOING ANALYSIS OF THE STREETS CONDITIONS AND, UH, THOSE STREETS THAT RANK LOWEST RANK HIGHEST WITH REGARD TO THE BOND PROPOSALS.

AND AGAIN, WE LOOK AT AND BY DISTRICT, BECAUSE AGAIN, NOT ONLY IS IT A, UM, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH DOING THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY BY FUGRO, BUT ALSO THERE IS A PART OF THIS IN WHICH WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL OF THE CITY.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT IT BY, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO, TO TRY TO DISTRIBUTE THAT WORK ACROSS THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

SO SHAWSHEE, IF HE COULD, UH, IF, UNLESS I ANSWERED IT, BUT MORE ABOUT FUGRO, VERY CONCISE PRESENTATION, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALLAH, I THINK, UH, THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED IT.

WELL, I'LL EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON IT.

UH, YOU ARE AWARE MOST OF THE COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED WITH THE FUGRO STUDY LAST YEAR.

WHAT FUGRO DID WAS THEY EVALUATED ALL THE PUBLIC STREETS, UH, THAT THE CITY MAINTAINED CITYWIDE.

UH, THEY GAVE A RATING INDEX FOR ALL THE STREETS AND THEY DETERMINE WHAT STREETS NEED TO BE FIXED.

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NOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE IT IN TWO FORMS. ONE IS WHAT WE CALL THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, UH, PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

WE DID PART OF THE CIP PRESENTATION THAT WE DID THAT IS OPERATIONAL FUNDS, WHERE WE GO AND TACKLE WHAT WE CALL SMALL REPAIRS OR PANEL REPAIRS.

SO THOSE STREETS ARE ALSO FAILING, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME LIFE LEFT.

SO WE CAN DO PANEL REPLACEMENTS AND EXTEND THE LIFE.

THEN THERE ARE STREETS WHICH HAVE TOTALLY FAILED OR REITS HAVE TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY BAND-AIDS, BUT WE GOT TO GO FIX IT.

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST SHOT.

WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL LIST OF STREETS.

AND AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE FUNDING LEVEL WILL BE THERE, BUT WE WILL GO AND FEEL VERIFIED AGAIN.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, UH, THE BOND MONEY IS SPECIFICALLY BE USED FOR TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION.

WHEN, I MEAN, TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, ASHMONT STREET, WE WENT AND REBUILT THE ENTIRE STREETS.

SO WE'LL IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN GO TOTALLY REBUILD.

IT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF, UH, MAXIMIZING DOLLARS, IF WE CAN IDENTIFY CANDIDATES, STREETS THAT WE CAN TOTALLY REBUILD.

AND THOSE ARE THE STREETS THAT WILL BE PACKAGED THROUGH THE BOND PROJECT, POTENTIAL BOND, PROJECT FUNDING, THE OTHER STREETS, WHICH MAY NOT BE HERE.

AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS DID GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AT THE PUBLIC MEETING.

MY STREET IS NOT YOUR A WHY IT'S NOT MADE IT ONE.

IT'S STILL THE DRAFT LIST.

WE'RE TWEAKING IT AND WE'LL HAVE IT.

UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, THE, THE DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT WHERE THE DATA INDICATION WHERE THE NEED IS AND WORK, TWEAKING THAT LIST AS WE SPEAK.