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          [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Consider a request by Thunderbird ...]
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          THIS, UH, THUNDERBIRD UTILITY DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MES OR UTILITY DISTRICTS IN THE CITY. 
          IT WAS CREATED IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. 
          UH, IT'S GOT TWO DISTINCT SERVICE AREAS, THUNDERBIRD, NORTH AND SOUTH. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE ISSUE IS MORE PERTAINING TO THUNDERBIRD UTILITY DISTRICT SOUTH, UH, WHICH HAS TWO WATER PLANTS AND TWO WATER WELLS. 
          UH, RECENTLY ONE OF THE WATER PLANTS OR ONE OF THE WELLS SERVING WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO WENT OUT OF SERVICE. 
          UH, THIS, UH, DISC, THUNDERBIRD UTILITY SOUTH SERVES A POPULATION OF ABOUT 4,500, UH, POPULATION. 
          IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ALONG HIGHWAY SIX, UH, ALONG HIGHWAY SIX AND GLEN LAKES. 
          THAT IS, THIS INCLUDES LOWE'S AND WALMART AND MANY OTHER BUSINESSES TOO. 
          SO, UH, IT'S GOT TWO DISTINCT AREAS. 
          THUNDERBIRD UTILITY DISTRICT, AGAIN, UH, THE THUNDERBIRD NORTH, WHICH IS LOCATED NORTH, IS NOT INTERCONNECTED, IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SOUTH. 
          UH, THAT'S MORE ALONG MISSION VALLEY AND TURTLE CREEK. 
          THE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS THE ONE THAT, THAT HAS THE ISSUE. 
          UH, AND IT HAS TWO WATER PLANTS, WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE AND TWO, THE ONE THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED. 
          UH, THAT IS WHERE THE WELL WENT DOWN. 
          SO THEY CURRENTLY, UH, IN A NORMAL CONDITION, THEY HAVE TWO WATER WELLS. 
          ONE OF THE WELLS IS OUT OF SERVICE. 
          UH, UH, APPARENTLY IT'S 50 PLUS YEARS OLD. 
          THEY CAN'T BE REHABBED. 
          UH, THEY HAVE TO ABANDON AND DRILL A NEW WELL. 
          UH, THE CRITICAL FACTOR IS THEY'RE NOW RELIED TOTALLY ON ONE OTHER WELL, UH, WHICH CAN MEET NORMAL DEMANDS, UH, BUT DURING A PEAK SUMMER, CONDITIONS THAT MAY NOT HA BE ABLE TO SUPPLY ADEQUATE WATER, UH, FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, IF THE OTHER WELL IS NOT BROUGHT BACK IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          AND ONLINE, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER RENDERING OF THE SAME THUNDERBIRD SOUTH AND THUNDERBIRD NORTH. 
          UH, AND, UH, UH, ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS TO NOTE THAT IS THEY HAVE INTERCONNECTS. 
          THAT'S CONNECTION WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS FOR THE THUNDERBIRD LOCATED SOUTH, WHICH IS LOCATED A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, ADJACENT TO QUAIL VALLEY. 
          THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE, THEY CAN CONNECT TO THE QUAIL VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT WATER SYSTEM. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY, QUAIL VALLEY ALSO HAS THREE WELLS, AND ONE OF THE WELLS IS DOWN AT THIS TIME. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS MEANS IS IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER WELL FAILURE, THEY HAVE TWO WELLS. 
          ONE IS ALREADY FAILED, SHOULD THE OTHER WELL FAIL. 
          UH, THAT'LL BE A VERY DRASTIC SITUATION FOR THUNDERBIRD UTILITY DISTRICT. 
          UH, THE REQUEST CAME FROM THUNDERBIRD. 
          THEY APPROACHED THE CITY, THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN COMMITTEE, AND THEIR REQUEST IS IF THEY CAN BORROW APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION, WHICH IS THE COST TO DRILL A NEW REPLACEMENT. 
          WELL, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IN WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US, THEY DO NOT HAVE RESERVE FUNDS OF THE ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, UH, THIS IS A THUNDERBIRD UTILITY DISTRICT'S ISSUE, BUT STILL, THEY ARE STILL THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY DID NOT, DOES NOT ASSESS PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UH, IN 2020, UH, THEY PASSED A 14 CENTS, IT'S 15 CENTS, BUT THEY HAD TO REDUCE TO 14 CENTS BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX CAP THEY HAVE. 
          AND THAT GENERATES ROUGHLY 700,000. 
          AND THAT ADDRESSES MINOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          NOTHING TO THE TUNE OF ADDRESSING A CAPITAL PROJECT OF THIS NEED. 
          UH, NOW WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT IS MAINLY COMPRISED OF FIXED INCOME RESIDENTS, SENIOR CITIZENS, AND, UH, UH, IN THE, IN THE YEARS PAST, UH, THEY'VE TRIED TO PASS A HIGHER MAINTENANCE TAX SO THEY CAN FUND SUCH CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          UH, BUT THOSE, UH, UH, TEMPS HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO A LOT OF THE CRITICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE, INCLUDING THIS WELL REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, WHAT ARE FINDINGS AT THIS POINT IS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS, UH, ALTHOUGH THIS IS, UH, THUNDERBIRD ISSUE STILL, IT IS THE RESIDENCE OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          IF THIS SECONDARY WELL, WAR II FAIL, THIS WOULD IMPACT CITY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, BACK IN 2020, THEY HAD A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH ABOUT 16 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, PROBABLY IT'S 
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20 MILLION. 
          AND THERE ARE OTHER CRITICAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THEY DO NOT HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER. 
          UH, THEY HAVE APPROACHED THE G R P COMMITTEE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF, UH, WELL WATER USERS AND SURFACE WATER USERS. 
          UH, BUT, UH, UH, THE G P'S POSITION IS THEY DO REBATE THE GROUNDWATER USERS. 
          AND, UH, THEIR POSITION IS THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE USING THOSE REP, UH, TO SAVE FOR ANY RAINY DAY EXPENSES, SUCH AS A REPLACEMENT WELL SUCH AS THIS. 
          SO WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU WHAT THE DISTRICT IS ASKING FOR. 
          THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE. 
          SHOULD WE NEED ANY MORE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STAFF? UH, UH, WE WILL BE, WE POSSIBLY CAN DISCUSS THAT IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UH, YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, SIR. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? UH, MAYOR 
          [5. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
PRO TIM? I, I, I'M IN THE QUEUE, BUT, UM, I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND, UH, CAUSE I HAVE SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT WE GO INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS SOME OF THIS MATTER. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. 
          JOYCE GOT A MOTION? YES. 
          EXECUTIVE. 
          SO YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, THE MOTION. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          I SECOND. 
          I SECOND. 
          WE USING A CUE OR NO? YES, WE CAN DO, YOUR HONOR. 
          LET'S, UH, VOTE. 
          ARE WE VOTING ON THE SYSTEM OR WE'RE VOTING ON GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IF YOU'D LIKE MAYOR PRO TIM, WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE. 
          LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, MAYOR PRO. 
          TIM EMORY? YES. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN MARSHALL? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARLIS? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUSER? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY BONY. 
          YES. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO CHAIR. 
          [6. RECONVENE]
THE TIME IS 6:38 PM CITY COUNCIL WILL COME BACK INTO SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, HEARING NO OTHER, UM, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:38 PM.
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