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THIS IS MAYOR FORD.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ORDER AT 6:00 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE.
OUR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY PRESENT.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND MEETING PRESENTERS.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE.
PRESENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY
DID HE SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON AS IT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELENA PORTIS, PRESENT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORTING MANAGER, BOTH THE ALEXANDER PRESENT ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, LISA NELSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.
STACY WALKER PRESENT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER SHASHI KUMAR PRESENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS, CLIFF BLUE HARD RESONANT UTILITIES.
THE MANAGER, TODD UBER DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
OLDEST SPREADS, RESIDENT PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER GOMEZ, BUILDING OFFICIAL KIRK ALLEN, KURT ALLEN DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
RANDY TROXELL RANDY RECREATION, SUPERINTENDENT KEVIN BROWN GOLF COURSE MANAGER, TYSON STILLBIRTH RESIDENCE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT I DID NOT CALL YOUR NAME? THAT IS ON THE CALL? YOU CALL MY NAME, BUT I WAS ON MUTE.
UH, AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[(a) Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2021 proposed budget.]
WE WILL START WITH, TO A PRESENTATION OF THE PHYSICAL, THE FISCAL YEAR, 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS SPILL ATKINSON.AND, UH, WE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, IN NIGHT, THREE OF OUR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FYI 21 BUDGET.
AND, UH, THE FIRST NIGHT WE PRESENTED, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES REGARDING THE SETTING OF THE TAX RATE AND WHAT WAS USED IN THE PRESENTATION BEING PROVIDED OVER THE THREE DAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING.
WE MENTIONED LAST NIGHT THAT WE UTILIZE THE NEW TAX CAP OF 3.5% ABOVE THE EFFECTIVE RATE.
AND TONIGHT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME SCENARIOS ON WHAT TAX RATE, UH, COULD COULD THE TAX RATE COULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX ROLLS.
AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH ESTIMATED REVENUES, UH, CALCULATE USING THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 63 CENTS.
THE NEW, UH, 3.5% TAX CAP RATE, THE 8% ABOVE EFFECTIVE RATE, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS A, WHAT THEY USED TO CALL THE ROLLBACK RATE.
AND THAT COMES INTO EFFECT WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER DECLARED, WHICH WE ARE UNDER.
AND THEN THE OTHER, OTHER TWO ARE IN THE LAST YEARS, A RATE OF 63 CENTS.
AND, UH, THEN ALSO 2021, UH, NO NEW RE REVENUE RATE.
AND SO, UH, THAT IS, UH, THE NEW TUNNEL.
AND FOR A FACT, WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, THIS WILL PROVIDE AN IDEA OF THE DIFFERENCE IN REVENUE GENERATION AND THE IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF REVENUES GENERATED TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO ANY ENHANCEMENTS OR PROJECTS THAT WE MAY WANT TO SEE DONE WITHIN THE
AFTER PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION, WE'LL WANT TO GET YOUR IDEAS ON WHICH OF THE FUNDING SCENARIOS YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO BEGIN TO EXPLORE MARINE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, SO, UH, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE INPUT IN ORDER FOR US TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHEN BROUGHT TO YOU, UH, IS, UH, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ALL YOUR DESIRES, AS WELL AS THE, IT'S AN ALIGNMENT WITH GOALS THAT YOU HAVE SET.
ADDITIONALLY, WE MENTIONED LAST NIGHT,
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UH, WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE, THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, UH, AND UPON APPROVED OVER THE YEARS, THOSE INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS FUND BALANCE POLICY, FLEET POLICY, UH, FI UH, STUDY SALES, TAX, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORECASTING, AND, UH, OUR IT BUDGETS, UH, AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND THE PRIORITIES OF VISION.EITHER THE COUNSELORS SET FOR US TO DEVELOP A BUDGET AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE TONIGHT, AS I MENTIONED WAS A NIGHT THREE TONIGHT, FOCUS WILL BE ON A FIRST PRESENTATION, WILL BE PUBLIC WORKS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
THE SECOND PRO THE SECOND ITEM WILL BE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEN PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN OVERVIEW ON THE, UH, THE PARKS, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE RECREATION AND LEISURE GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, AS WELL AS DEBT SERVICE AND SOLID WAISTLINE.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, DISCUSSION ON THE TAXES RATE SCENARIOS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UH, BASED ON THE PRESENTATIONS QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM YOU, WE WILL, UM, UH, TAKE THE MONTH OF JULY TO WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND, AND, UH, IN MIND, AND THEN, UH, COME FORWARD WITH A DOCUMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHAWSHEE KUMAR, PUBLIC COURSE DIRECTOR
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES, YES, WE CAN.
UH, I WILL BE GOING OVER THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET TONIGHT.
I'M JOINED BY MY TEAM MEMBERS, CLIFF BROHARD AND TODD, WHO WERE, UH, JUST BEFORE I FLIPPED THROUGH THE SLIDES.
UM, JUST THREE THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS.
IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL AND BUDGET ALLOCATION IN THE CITY.
UH, NUMBER TWO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS WE CATER FOR BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS, OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, UM, IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SERVICES, SUCH AS FLEET, UH, TO SUPPORT FIRE, UH, PD AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS FACILITIES.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET.
AND NUMBER THREE IS, UH, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE DID GO OVER THE CIP PRESENTATION WITH YOU AT THE JUNE 15TH MEETING, BUT WE STILL HAVE THAT EMBEDDED EAR IN THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL SKIM THROUGH THOSE.
BUT THE FIRST YEAR OF TCIP PROGRAM IS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.
UM, OUR MISSION, WHY ARE WE HERE? AND WHAT'S WHAT OUR GOALS ARE TO BE INDISPENSABLE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
THEY SHOULD VIEW US AS A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WHOM THEY CAN COUNT ON TO DELAWARE, VITALLY NEEDED PROJECTS AND SERVICES ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET.
WHAT IS OUR VISION TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, WE INITIATED UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND, UH, UH, THE MOST NOTABLE AMONG THEM IS THE MUSTANG WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION.
UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS WHITEBOARD TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR TOP PRIORITY OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED CITYWIDE SIDEWALK AND PAYMENT ASSESSMENTS IN A RECORD NINE MONTHS TIME.
AND WE HAPPENED TO WORKSHOP THAT WITH YOU AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU MAY RECALL THAT AS WELL, THE STREET LIGHTS WITHIN THE CITY, I BELIEVE THERE WERE 3,500 OF THOSE WERE UPGRADED TO LED AS PART OF THE ENERGY SAVING INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO PAY US DIVIDEND IN TERMS OF SAVING NEARLY 50% OF THE ELECTRICITY USAGE IN THE CITY.
UH, THE, THE NEXT ONE IS THE, AN INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWING CITY PARCELS POTENTIALLY BEING IMPACTED BY RIVER INUNDATION LEVELS.
AND THIS IS, UH, THE GIS IS A TOOL THAT WE HAVE WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS THAT CATERS TO OTHER NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UH, AND THIS WAS DONE BY OUR GIS TEAM.
UH, FINALLY, THE LAST ONE IS THE COMPLETED AND PASSED THE FEDERAL, THE FEMA NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AUDIT, UH, WHICH WAS INITIATED IN 2019.
COINCIDENTALLY, YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL MAYOR, UH, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE DID PASS THAT, UH, UH, THAT AUDIT OUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IS HIRING RETENTION AND CROSS TRAINING TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AT ALL LEVELS.
AND THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, UH, UH, THAT SINCE WE'VE HAD ATTRITION OF SOME STAFF AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE COVID
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SITUATION, WE NEED TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN READY, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UH, THE, THE GOAL FOR 2021 IS TO STREAMLINE UTILITY BILLING THROUGH UP AND CONTRACTUAL ISSUES.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME PAST ISSUES IN UTILITY BILLING AND TRUE-UP, UH, WE ADD A NEW POSITION COM UH, THAT WE ADDED ON THIS YEAR, AND THIS WILL HELP US IN STREAMLINING, UH, THESE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD.
THE THIRD ONE IS THE UPDATE OF THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
UH, THE COUNCIL AWARDED THIS CONTRACT NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND THIS IS KEY TO OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND WE INTEND TO COMPLETE THIS WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THE FOURTH GOAL IS, UH, TO REASSIGN COPEN COUNTY MOBILITY BOND FUNDING HAS BEEN WORKSHOPPED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAD FOUR MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET MOVING WITH THE TWO.
THE OTHER TWO WERE KIND OF STALLED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDING.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REPROGRAM THOSE PROJECTS SO WE CAN AVAIL THE FUNDING MATCH.
THAT'S OPEN COUNTIES PROVIDING, AND THIS IS WHITE OLD, UH, FOR OUR PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.
LAST GOAL THAT WE HAVE A KEY GOAL THAT WE HAVE IS TO OFFER MICROCHIPPING SERVICES FOR PETS, AND THIS WILL HELP IN REUNITING LOST PETS.
AND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AS PART OF THE USER FEE STUDY AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC WORK STAFFING, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 42 FULL TIME POSITIONS.
UH, IT'S KIND OF BEEN THE SAME OVER THE YEARS, EXCEPT THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 20, WE WERE GRANTED AN ADDITIONAL POSITION, WHICH IS THE UTILITY CLERK TO SUPPLEMENT OUR BILLING AND THROW UP, UH, MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED, UH, AND OUR, UH, BASE POSITIVES AROUND JUST A SHY OF SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND AGAIN, THIS HAS KIND OF REMAINED CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS AS WELL.
THESE ARE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, AND AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS CATERS TO A NUMBER OF INTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
UH, THE FIRST TWO, UH, SUPPLEMENTALS THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, THE, THE LIST IS, IS A BIGGER LIST.
AND THE TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST ADDS UP CLOSE TO $460,000 OF THEM.
UH, TWO OF THEM PERTAINS TO PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH IS THE LICENSING FEES FOR THE SOFTWARE.
AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC SOFTWARE SOFTWARE UPGRADES THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR RELATED TO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, AS WELL AS THE GA, UH, GPS PREEMPTION SOFTWARE.
AND WE HAVE SOME LICENSING FEES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THAT'S THE, UH, THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.
THE NEXT ONE ALSO PERTAINS TO PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE, OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN WE'VE ADDED NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
WE HAVE SEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE MAINTENANCE COST.
OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS ABOUT 885,000, BUT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE COME CLOSE TO 300,000 IN TERMS OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND WE'RE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THE REST OF THE ITEMS ARE REQUESTS THAT I HAVE THAT PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH.
OUR FACILITIES DIVISION IS EVALUATED FOR THE FIVE AND THE, UH, PD DEPARTMENTS.
AND THESE ARE, UH, SOME ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR USEFUL LIFE, SUCH AS THEIR CONDITIONERS REFRIGERATORS, WASHERS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING REPLACING.
AND I'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, AND AGAIN, THE SUPPLEMENT REQUESTS ADD UP TO 460,000, AND THIS INCLUDES BOTH PUBLIC WORKS, FIVE AND PD.
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR.
THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE WAY THEY ARE FUNDED.
AND TYPICALLY THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE USED TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT MORE IN THE NEXT SLIDES.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE CIP LIST THAT WE WENT OVER WITH YOU NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UH, AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FIVE-YEAR CIT PLAN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FISCAL YEAR 21.
UH, AS YOU MAY SEE, BF ALLOCATED MORE FUNDING INTO THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE STUDY SIDEWALK, WE'RE MAINTAINING A CONSTANT BUDGET.
UH, WE HAVE REPROGRAMMED SOME FUNDS, UH, FOR THE
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TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, NOTABLY THE CITY HALL DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION.THAT'S THE DRIVE THAT SURROUNDS THE CITY HEALTH FACILITIES, AS WELL AS, UH, THE POTENTIAL REPROGRAMMING OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECT, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OF PROPORTION OF LEXINGTON BOULEVARD AND CARTWRIGHT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF UTILITY PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY KIND OF STUDIES.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE BEING DONE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH DEMANDS IN THE MUSTANG SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, THE STEEP BANK SERVICE AREA, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
UH, WITH THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD SKIM THROUGH THE CIT PIECE AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, I BELIEVE THIS CLIENT WAS UPDATED.
UH, THERE WERE, UH, UH, SOME CHANGES MADE HERE, AND THIS IS THE, UH, REVENUE FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS TRANSFERRED OVER TO FLEET TO COVER THE FLEET REPLACEMENT COSTS.
UH, THE PROJECTED REVENUE FOR 21 IS 517,000.
WE HAVE AN EXPENSES, UH, EXPENSE BUDGETED AT 444,000.
AND IF I MAY HIGHLIGHT ON THE EXPENSE, UH, EVERY YEAR WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLETE AND, UH, WE COMPLETED THE SAME ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR.
UH, WE IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT ARE MOVING REPLACEMENT.
WE COLOR CODE THEM AS RED AND YELLOW, UH, RED MEANING THAT, UH, THEY HAVE REACHED THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY AND YELLOW, MEANING THAT THEY HAVE SOME LIFE LEFT WITHIN THEM.
UH, WE HAD 10 VEHICLES THAT HAD REACHED RED AND THROUGH INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, WE, UH, THE CITY MANAGEMENT DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REPLACING THOSE 10 WHERE HE CALLS AND THE 444,000 FUNDING THAT YOU SEE IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE FLEETWAY GOALS.
AND THAT DOES SPAN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FONT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A REQUEST THAT I'VE, UH, THAT THE FLEET DEPARTS FLEET DIVISION HAS IDENTIFIED FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
AND THE, THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR NEW TWO TRUCKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE ESTIMATED COST IS ABOUT 83,000 THERE.
UH, THE NEXT REQUEST IS FOR, UH, UH, AIRLIFT AERIAL LIFT BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, ESTIMATED AT 25,000.
THE NEXT ONE IS A CHIPPER TRUCKS, WHICH IS FOR SHIPPING THE LANDSCAPING AND, UH, DEBRIS THAT FALLS ON THE STREETS.
THAT'S ABOUT 80,000 FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT AND NOTABLE ONE THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS HAS PUT IS THE STREET SWEEPER.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE LARGE STREETSWEEPER AND THAT'S USED FOR SWEEPING THE ENTIRE CITY.
UH, AND OUR PEAK SEASON IS BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY.
EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT WE'RE GETTING INCREASING DEMAND.
ALSO, IT SO HAPPENED THAT, UH, ONE OF THESE YEARS, THE EQUIPMENT WAS BROKEN AND WE WERE OUT OF SWEEPING EQUIPMENT FOR A YEAR.
WE'RE REQUESTING ANOTHER SMALLER SWEEPER EQUIPMENT, WHICH CAN SERVE AS A BACKUP AND WILL ALSO HELP US IN SWEEPING SOME TIGHT CORNERS AND PIPE TIGHT AREAS.
AND THAT WOULD COVER THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED SOME OF THE FUNDS WE HAVE CREATED DO FUNDS, AND THIS IS PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO GET BETTER IN THE UTILITY SIDE, IN TERMS OF TRUE UP, WE ARE CREATING, WE HAVE CREATED OR WILL BE CREATING A NUMBER OF NEW FUNDS TO SPLIT OUR COST APPROPRIATELY.
AND THIS IS WHERE IT WILL HELP US IN SHARING THE UTILITY OPERATIONS COST WITH OUR OTHER PARTICIPANTS.
THAT IS THE MONTHS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD AND COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT.
THIS IS, UH, COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, GOING BACK TO THAT STREET SWEEPER, UH, HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF LOOKING AT, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES FOR THAT, UH, TYPE OF SERVICE VERSUS, UH, AN OUTRIGHT PURCHASE OF THE MACHINE OR YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE HAD EVALUATED THAT TYPE OF A SERVICE TOO, AND WE FELT THAT, UH, IT IS MORE FEASIBLE TO OWN THE EQUIPMENT.
IN FACT, WE HAD VENDORS COME HERE AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR
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EQUIPMENT AT THE CITY HALL FACILITY TO SEE WHICH ONE WORKS BEST, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, WE DID EVALUATE THAT OPTION AND WE FELT THAT OWNING THE EQUIPMENT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND FEASIBLE IN THE LONG RUN.I'M ASSUMING YOU LOOKED AT, UH, HTA SEES BEST BUY TO GET THE BEST PRICE HE'S FOR EQUIPMENT CONNECTS HER.
UH, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU, WHEN WE ARE BUYING FLEET EQUIPMENT, UH, MOST OF OUR VENDORS ARE ON THE HTC BOARD.
SO ANY PURCHASES WILL BE, UH, UH, I THINK MORE, MORE THAN LIKELY BE OUT OF THE AGC BY BOARD.
SO I CAN, AND ONE THING I WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT ARE JUST REMIND, BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, PLANS AND HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS.
AND, UH, ONE THING SHASHI TOUCHED UPON WAS OUR, UH, FLEET MAINTENANCE POLICY OR FLEET, AND YEAH, A YEAR OR TWO AGO, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE EVALUATE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE IS IN LINE WITH, UH, BEST PRACTICES.
AND SO WE HAD AN INDEPENDENT, UH, UH, COMPANY COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLICY.
AND THEY, UH, FOUND THE POLICY WAS SOUND.
THEY HAD A FEW MINOR TWEAKS, BUT, UH, ALL IN ALL, THEY FELT LIKE THE PROCESS, THE METHODOLOGY AND THE, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE EQUATIONS THAT WE USE AND THE WAYS IN WHICH WE SERVICE OUR VEHICLES, WE'RE SERVING THE PUBLIC WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT AS, UH, AS WELL.
AND SHAWSHEE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? AS FAR AS OUR FREE REPLACEMENT POLICY GOES, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE POLICY GOES AND REPLACING THE POLICY.
YES, BILL, IF I MAY, UH, ONE THING I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL IS THIS YEAR, THIS COUNCIL AUTHORIZED LEASING OF FLEET WAY, COMES FROM ENTERPRISE, AND THAT'S A PILOT PROGRAM.
SO IT'LL TAKE US ABOUT A YEAR AND PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE NEXT, BUT WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WE'LL PRESENT THE FINDINGS FROM YOU.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE NECESSARY.
BUT NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE COME BACK AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER THE LEASE OPTION WORKS BEST OF THE PURCHASE OPTION WORKS BEST GOOD EVENING, SASHA, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WELL, I'M NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO ELABORATE ON THE, UM, REMAINING OF THE SIDEWALK PROJECT FOR THE MORNING OF THIS YEAR.
AND FOR 2021, I HAD SOME CUSTOMERS, NOT CUSTOMERS, I'M SORRY, RESIDENTS ACTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M EDUCATED AS WELL AS THEM, RIGHT.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY WE FUND, UH, WE COMPLETED THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, THE MORE SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAD, UH, LAST SUMMER, BUT WE DO HAVE ANNUAL FUNDING JUST IN EXCESS OF 400,000 EVERY YEAR.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE SIDEWALKS, UH, ALTHOUGH WE WILL NOT BE DOING TO THE SAME SCALE OR LEVEL THAT WE DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WE DO HAVE FUNDING.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO, UH, UH, GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE, THE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT AND THE SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT WE COMPLETED EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT $2 MILLION WORTH OF SIDEWALKS REMAINING.
AS OF NOW, UH, WE WILL BE FUNDING SOMEWHERE IN THE TUNE OF 400 TO FIVE, 450,000 EVERY YEAR, BUT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE SIDEWALKS BASED ON THE PRIORITY THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY IN TERMS OF SIDEWALK POLICY.
SO TO ANSWER QUESTION, WE WILL HAVE FUNDINGS INCLUDING THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING YEAR IN TERMS OF INTERESTING SIDEWALK NEEDS, BUT THE LEVEL OF FUNDING IS NOT THE SAME THAT WE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND WE STILL HAVE OUR PRIORITY LEVEL AS WELL.
CAN YOU GIVE US A DATE ON WHEN THE MEDIANS WILL BE COMPLETED? I KNOW YOU SENT US AN EMAIL LETTING US KNOW THAT WE ARE SPLITTING OUR TIME BETWEEN FRANK, BETWEEN FRIENDSWOOD, UH, BUT CAN YOU LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN THEY'LL BE BACK OVER IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FINISH THOSE MEDIUMS? OH, WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF INQUIRIES LATELY.
AND LET ME BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE SITUATION, WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
OF COURSE, THE TEXT DOT CONTRACT WAS WORKING ON THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING PROJECT.
TWO PROJECTS WERE BUILT SIMULTANEOUSLY THIS MISERY CITIES PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF FRENCH WOULD PROJECT.
SO THE CONTRACTOR HERE PREPARED THE BEDS AND HE WAS APPARANTLY WAITING ON SOME WATER METER INSTALLATION, WHICH IS BY THE MUD.
AND THEN WHILE HE WAS WAITING ON THAT, HE MOVED ON
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TO THE NEXT LOCATION, WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD.OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GROWN AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A NEW SENSE AND AN EYESORE.
THEY SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THAT THIS WEEK, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE THE METERS ARE INSTALLED, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ALSO WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, THEY SHOULD BE COMING BACK HERE TO DO THE PLANTINGS.
I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE TIMELINE WITH ME AT RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN UPDATE THAT TO YOU AS WELL AS WE CAN WORK PARTNER WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO GET THAT MESSAGING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
OH, THAT'D BE ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
IF WE CAN GET A MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO JUST GIVE AN ESTIMATE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN ANY TYPE OF LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION, LIKE WE HAD RAIN, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE DAY TO DAY THAT THAT KIND OF SLOWS PROGRESS DOWN.
SO WE CAN JUST GIVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL DO YOU, AND SHAWSHEE SHASHI THE SPILL, IF YOU COULD, AS WELL AS MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY WERE ALSO GOING TO DO A HERBICIDE APPLICATION.
AND ONCE THAT WAS THAT'S TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE WEEDS.
AND AGAIN, THERE WERE PLANNING ON DOING IT YESTERDAY AND IT RAINED SO BAD, PROBABLY TOO DILUTED THE EFFORTS.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, WE FOLLOWED UP AGAIN WITH TECHSTAR FOLKS TODAY, AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THEY'LL DO SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND THE WEEKEND.
SO, UM, I HOPE THEY WILL DO IT IF NOT, WE'LL BE ON TOP OF THEM.
COUNSEL, DOES HE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF SHASHA IN REGARDS TO YOUR PELVIC ARTS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, DEPAUL WILL BE THANK YOU AND HOPE FOR X
UM, IT EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE SPIRIT SPEAKING, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME, UM, I'LL START OFF BY GIVING A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
OUR MISSION OF COURSE, IS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A PREDICTABLE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BUILT ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONSOLE STRATEGIC PLAN.
OUR VISION IS TO EFFICIENTLY GUIDE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN, AND TO FURTHER ENHANCE A COMMUNITY CHARACTER BY ENCOURAGING AND BUILDING STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCE.
AND OF COURSE THIS IS BY CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF OUR 2020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE MADE THEIR OPERATIONAL AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY ADJUSTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 IT'S COST THE DEPARTMENT STAFF TO BE CREATIVE AND STRETCH OUR CAPABILITIES.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE CONTINUED THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND ACCOMMODATED, UM, THE PROCESS IN PERMITTING REVIEW AND ALSO PROCESS FLOW TO OCCUR.
OUR INSPECTORS ARE STILL WORKING FULL TIME IN TERMS OF INSPECTING THE BARRIERS PROJECTS.
AND THAT PROCESS IS WORKING GOOD FROM A REMOTE STANDPOINT.
AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORTIVE STAFF OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AS WELL.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT OUR CITIZENS SELF SERVICE, WHICH IS AN ONLINE PERMITTING SYSTEM AND THE ASSOCIATED E REVIEWS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO ELECTRONICALLY DO THE PLAN REVIEWS AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE APPLICANTS AS WELL AS MEETING THE GOALS.
IN TERMS OF PLAN REVIEW, WE'VE COMPLETED A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AS IT RELATED TO THE PROCEDURES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PLATS AND RELATED APPLICATIONS AND CERTAIN PERMIT APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSALS.
AND THAT OF COURSE, WAS IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PARKS, LEGAL ENGINEERING PLANNING, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT FEES, WHICH YOU'RE AWARE OF TO MAKE NECESSARILY REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE FEET SCHEDULES FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND PLAN REDUCE SERVICES.
AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, HOSTED THE TIMELY SUBMISSION AND APPROVALS OF THE 2023 CONSOLIDATED PLAN ON THE CDBG LEVEL.
UM, THE CURRENT ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING, ALL OF THIS WAS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY HUD.
AND IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS FOR 2021, WE'VE ACTIVATED ALL OF THE OPTIONS ON THE INNER GOV WEB PORTAL SYSTEM FOR CUSTOM USAGE.
BUT HOWEVER, WE HOPE TO TURN ON ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES IN 2021,
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WE PLAN TO PROMOTE AND EXECUTE THE NEW CDBG PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO COMBAT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME BLIGHTS, SUCH AS DECIDE, IMPROVE PROGRAMMING IN OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.WE WILL FULLY EXECUTE AND MARKET ALL MODULES OF THE AMENITIES OF INNER GOV FOR PUBLIC USE, AS WELL AS YOU, THE CITY LEADERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AUTOMATION PROCESS, MEANING THAT THERE WOULD BE USEFUL DASHBOARDS AND ALSO INFORMATION THAT WE CAN ROLL OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR BETTER USAGE OF THE SYSTEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS THE REQUIRED TEXT AMENDMENTS AS IT RELATES TO ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RELATED CODES CODES.
AS IT RELATES TO STATE LEGISLATION BILLS THAT ARE SIGNED INTO LAW AND ALSO RESPOND TO COUNCIL PRIORITIES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOST AND, AND ALSO HOLD WORKING AND TRAINING SESSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS AS WE DO THOSE ZONING CODE REQUIREMENT AND UPDATES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF OUR CURRENT STAFF, IN TERMS OF PLANNING, INSPECTIONS, HEALTH, AND CDBG, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, OUR BASE BUDGET PROPOSED FOR 2021 IT'S 1.7 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF SUPPLEMENTS IN THE COMING YEAR, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE TRANSITION ONE PART TIME POSITION, WHICH IS OUT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COORDINATOR INTO A FULL TIME POSITION.
THIS WAS A CONCEPT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED HIGHLY UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW STUDY THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE BY OUR OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AND WHICH THIS POSITION SERVES AS A COMMUNICATED HIGH POSITION AND COORDINATING POSITION, AND THAT VOICE BETWEEN THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND THE APPLICANTS, AS WELL AS THE CITY LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF COORDINATING STATUSES ON PROJECTS.
SO THAT IN TERMS OF THE BASE SALARY WOULD BE $48,321 WITH THAT REQUEST.
WE'RE HOPING TO UTILIZE EXCESSIVE REVENUES THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED RECEIVED ON THE BUILDING PERMIT SIDE, ACTUALLY, UM, WITH A BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE DOING SO WELL IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR, UM, BUDGET ACTUALLY BEING AT $1.20 VERY MUCH FAR ABOVE WHERE WE PROPOSE IT TO BE FOR 2020.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, THAT IS OUR CDBG GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS OF COURSE, UM, ALLOCATED FUNDS THROUGH HOOD.
UM, FOR 2021 TO PROPOSE BUDGET, OUR ALLOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY $296,000.
UH, WITH THAT AND ADDED TO THAT OF COURSE WOULD BE CARRY OVER FUNDS FROM OTHER YEARS.
SO THOSE EXPENSES ARE USUALLY PUT INTO OUR ACTION PLAN.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS UNDERWAY IN WHICH APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JULY 3RD, AND THE CDAC COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING THIS WEEK AND ALSO IN THE INTERIM TO PREPARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSOLE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL ONE, THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, SERVICES, UM, IN TERMS OF STAFF, UM, OUR, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER COMMENTS, GOMEZ IT'S AVAILABLE, KIRK ALLEN WAS INVITED ON THAT.
TURKEY'S ON THE CALL, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE.
YEAH, THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, IN LOOKING AT, UH, THE, UH, COST FOR THE, UH, NEW, UM, PLANNER, WHICH IS IT FOR A PLANNER THAT WOULD BE COORDINATOR IT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, UH, IS THAT 48,000 NET OF THE, UH, COST, UH, OF, UH, REDUCING THE, UH, PART TIME EMPLOYEE, OUR PART TIME COST? WELL, WE DO HAVE A PART TIME POSITION, UM, HALF THAT AMOUNT, UM, CURRENTLY, SO TO COMPENSATE FOR THE OVERAGE.
UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, WE'RE HOPING WITH THE NEW FEE, UM, FEE SCHEDULE IMPOSED AS WELL AS INCREASED REVENUES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THE INCREASE.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.WELL, THANK YOU, OTIS AND JENNIFER.
AND, UH, IF YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND, UH, DIRECTOR JASON MANGUM IS ONLINE ALONG WITH THE LESSON TEAM MEMBERS.
TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET WE'LL AHEAD AND FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN AS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION.
UM, OUR MISSION IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PARKS PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES THAT ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, REALLY THAT'S WHAT WE FOCUS ON.
WE BELIEVE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, FOR OUR VISITORS.
AND THAT'S OUR MISSION TO, UH, CONTINUE THAT OUR VISION IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY VISION.
AND THAT IS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SUPERIOR MUNICIPAL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'LL, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SOME OF THESE ARE, UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING COMPLETING, UH, WHERE WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, SO THESE ARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, HOPEFULLY COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UH, IT'S NOT HOPEFULLY THAT WE WILL BE DONE WITH, UH, BY, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED.
WE BROKE GROUND ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL THIS YEAR.
WE INSTALLED, UH, A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART THAT WAS DONATED TO THE CITY, UH, BY TOM AND REGINA NICHOLS.
UM, IT WAS A SCULPTURE AND, UM, CALLED PURSUE YOUR PASSION.
UM, WE'VE SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF HAVE RECEIVED RECOGNITIONS AND, AND, UH, THEN, UH, SOME, SOME PARK PROJECTS, UH, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UH, IMPLEMENTING A NEW PARK SIGNAGE AT HUNTER'S GLEN, UM, AMERICAN LEGION AND COMMUNITY PARK.
AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR, UM, WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW GETTING READY TO START ON THE NEXT THREE, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A ROME, ROME PARK, MOSLEY PARK, AND INDEPENDENCE PARK.
UM, ALSO HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, INCLUDING, UH, THE CONCLUSION OF THE OWN PARK, UH, DESTINATION PLAYGROUND.
UH, WE GOT THAT DONE JUST IN TIME FOR COVID.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, I'M SURE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE OPEN OUR PLAYGROUNDS BACK UP AGAIN AND, UM, CAN BE ON THAT IS, UH, AS MUCH AS THEY'D LIKE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UH, MOSLEY PARKS, SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLETED SOME OF OUR, OUR, UH, UH, IN PROCESS, INCLUDING, UH, THE PARKING LOT REPLACEMENT TRAIL CONNECTION AND SOME, UH, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, INDEPENDENCE PARK IS NEARING COMPLETION.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT ONE DONE, INCLUDING, UH, WE'RE TAKING THE LITTLE GRAVEL DRIVE, AN OLD, OLD GRAVEL PARKING LOT, AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, PAVED IN LINE.
WE ALSO NOW HAVE A RESTROOM OUT THERE, UM, AND A PAVILION AS WELL AS SOME LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SHOULD SEE, UM, GOING IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN BUSY, UH, ALSO, UH, STARTING NEW PROGRAMS AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THE TRENDS IN, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND, AND BE A LEADER IN OFFERING THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED AND WANTED BY OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR GOALS FOR 2021, UH, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.
UM, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, WITH RECREATION PROGRAMS AND OUTDOOR SPACES, CONTINUING TO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR SPACES.
UM, ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING HAS WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UH, IN THE PAST DOING, UH, WITH, UH, SOME, SOME GRANTS AND DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUALLY EVALUATE AND IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ALIGN WITH BEST, UH, UM, BEST PRACTICES WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY.
UH, THE BIG GOAL FOR US, UH, IN 2021 WOULD BE TO COMPLETE THE, UH, CAPRA ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
THIS IS A PRO UH, PROCESS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND, UH, WE CAN START TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND, AND, UH, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO, UM, ACHIEVE THAT ACCREDITATION, UM, NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, SOME BUDGET DOLLARS, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE ADA, UH, ASSESSMENT.
UM, SO WE, WE JUST WE'VE JUST STARTED THAT PROCESS.
AND SO OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO COMPLETE THAT THE CITYWIDE, ADA ASSESSMENT, AND IMPLEMENT THE FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE, UM,
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IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT AND, UH, THEN, UH, ONE THAT'S, UH, UM, ONE, UH, WE WANT TO DEVELOP OUR DESIGN STANDARDS WITHIN OUR PARKS THAT INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND, UM, CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER AND, AND, UH, UM, BEING, BEING, UH, CONSERVATION MINDED AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE.SO, UM, THOSE ARE OUR, ARE OUR PROPOSED GOALS FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2021.
IF WE, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT OUR FTES.
WE, UH, UH, HAVE MAINTAINED, UH, 11 IN OUR PARKS AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION.
UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, MYSELF, RANDY, AND THEN THE PARK OPS OPERATIONS.
UM, AND THAT 11 ALSO INCLUDES FORESTRY.
UM, WE INCREASED FROM EIGHT TO NINE, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR I'M IN RECREATION.
AND THAT WAS A POSITION WHERE WE TOOK A TWO PART TIME POSITIONS AND CREATED ONE FULL TIME POSITION.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, WITHIN, UH, INCLUDING BENEFITS WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED TO DO THAT.
WE'VE BEEN MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND, UM, UH, WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEN, UH, RIGHT THERE, UH, THE LAST ONE IS THE FORESTRY.
UH, IN 2021, WE WILL BE BREAKING OUT FORESTRY FROM, UM, OUR PARK OPERATIONS AND THAT'S JUST MAKES IT, UM, UH, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, UH, DRIVEN ADMINISTRATIVELY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, TRACK BETTER AND LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS.
UM, AND WHERE WERE, WHERE WERE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE, UM, UH, PERTAINING TO FORESTRY? SO WE'LL HAVE A, A NEW DIVISION, UM, JUST, WE'LL BE JUST TAKING THE PARKS AND DIVIDING IT INTO TWO.
UM, AND SO YOU SEE THAT LINE ITEM THERE.
UM, YOU SEE OUR, OUR, UH, BASE BUDGET FOR, UH, FOR THE YEAR AND SEE THE ASSOCIATED, UH, UM, COST FOR EACH, EACH OF THOSE, THOSE AREAS, THE CONTRACT SERVICES, IT'S ONE OF THE BIG ONES, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR MOWING, WHICH IS CONTRACTED.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, DO, DO MORE IN MISSOURI CITY WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, WITH LESS, UM, JUST, UH, AS, AS A REMINDER, I KNOW I'VE, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT, UH, UM, WE, WE SPEND ABOUT HALF OF THE AVERAGE OF, UM, FUNDS PER ACRE OF PARKLAND THAN THE AVERAGE, UH, AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY.
SO, UM, WE, WE, WE CONTINUE TO DO, TO, TO DO A LOT WITH A LITTLE AND, UH, SOME OF OUR, OUR NEEDS, UM, WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS.
WE WOULD GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO HIM.
UH, PREMIER TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID OUR PARKS ASSESSMENT.
UM, WE'VE MADE MANY IMPROVEMENTS ON IN OUR PARKS, BUT BASED ON THIS DATA THAT WE RECEIVE, I'M ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS THAT NEED REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT AND, AND WORK ON IT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR JUST A LUMP SUM OF $20,000.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE, THOSE THINGS, UM, AND, AND NOT GET FURTHER BEHIND ON SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WERE CAUSED BY, UM, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
AND, AND, UH, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR 20,000 THERE, UM, WE, WE SEE SOME, UH, UM, NEEDS AND SOME OF OUR, UM, UM, BALL FIELDS TO GET THOSE, UH, RENOVATED.
AND SO WE ARE BUDGETING FOR A FEW WITH US DEMO, OR WE'RE ASKING FOR A FEW AT STEAMBOAT COMMUNITY PARK TO GET RENOVATED SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE SAFE, UM, AND THAT ARE IN THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR THOSE THAT, THAT USE THOSE FACILITIES.
UM, OUR MASTER PLAN IS DUE FOR, UM, AN UPDATE.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS EVERY FIVE YEARS, OURS WILL BE SEVEN YEARS, UH, NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO GET OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
THIS WILL ENABLE US TO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR CERTAIN GRANTS, UM, DO REQUIRE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
UM, THEY DO REQUIRE, UM, UPDATED MASTER PLAN.
UM, WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR, UM, THE ADDITION TO, UM, ADD THE NEW RESTAURANT AMERICAN LEGION PARK AND, UM, MISSOURI CITY, LITERALLY RESTROOMS TO OUR CONTRACT, UH, FOR RESTROOM CLEANING
UM, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED SOME MONEY TOO,
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UM, TO DO CONTRACT LITTER COLLECTION IN OUR PARKS.WHEN, WHEN THOSE BIDS CAME BACK, UH, THEY WERE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE HAD INITIALLY, UH, UH, EXPECTED AND RECEIVE QUOTES FOR.
UH, AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, AN ANOTHER $17,000, UH, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR A CONTINUOUS 12 MONTHS, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, BEEN A 12, UH, 10 MONTHS, UM, CONTRACT THIS YEAR.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH OUR ADDITIONAL, WITH OUR PARK SIGNAGE AND, UM, EVENTUALLY HAVE ALL, ALL OF OUR PARKS WITH THE UPDATED, UH, PARK SIGNAGE.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, SOME FUNDS THEY'RE CONTINUED THAT I ALREADY MENTIONED THE, THE INFIELDS OF COMMUNITY PARK, UH, LAKE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN A, UH, A TRYING ONE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS YEAR, TRYING TO, TO KEEP THE, UH, AQUATIC PLANT LIFE AND OUR WATERWAYS AND PAWNS.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE ON, ON THAT.
UH, WE DO NEED TO PAY FOR THE IRRIGATION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON CARTWRIGHT AND TEXAS PARKWAY.
SO WE HAVE, UH, FUNDS REQUESTED TO PAY FOR THE IRRIGATION THERE.
UH, OUR PART TIME STAFF, UH, AT THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER, HAVEN'T RECEIVED A PAY INCREASE SINCE I GOT HERE.
SO GOING ON FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL, WE, WE CAN, UH, OFFER A PAIN CREASE TO THOSE FOLKS WHO GET UP EARLY AND STAY LATE AND, AND, UH, PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE HERE AT THE RECREATION CENTER, UM, AND ALIGN WITH OUR GOALS TO, UH, BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AND, AND LEAD ON CONSERVATION WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO REDUCE PAPER WASTE BY INSTALLING HAIRDRYERS OR, UH, IN A RECREATION CENTER, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS WATERFALLS WITH BOTTLE FILLERS TO HELP REDUCE, UH, PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE.
UM, AND, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ALSO THE RECREATION TEND TO CENTER.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR, UH, FENCING THAT AS, UM, SEEING, SEEING BETTER DAYS IS AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE OUR, UH, TENNIS AND BATTING CAGE FENCING AT THE RECREATION TENNIS CENTER.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, UPGRADE THAT A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR TO THE TYPE OF FENCING WE HAVE AT, UH, MCLANE PARK, UH, AT OUR TENNIS COURTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, UH, WITH A HIGHER GAUGE WIRE THAT WILL, UM, WAS ABLE TO STAND THINGS LIKE, UH, UM, TENNIS AND BEN AND CAGES, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF SOME RESIDENTS WE'VE, UH, UM, INCLUDED SOME TENNIS COURT PAVILIONS.
WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT LIKE TO HAVE SOME SHADE AND SOME KIND OF PAVILIONS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE RECORDS AND TESTS ARE ON THOSE COURTS, THE BACK COURTS.
AND SO, UH, THEIR REQUESTS WE'VE INCLUDED THAT, UH, PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION, UH, REQUIREMENTS IS TO RECEIVE AN, UH, AGENCY ACCREDITATION SITE VISIT.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BRING IN THREE PEOPLE FROM THREE, UH, ACCREDITATION SITE VISITORS FROM OTHER STATES TO COME IN AND EVALUATE OUR PROCESSES IS SIMILAR TO, UM, OTHER ACCREDITATION, UM, SUCH AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT WE BEAR THE COST OF THAT.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, IF WE RECEIVE OUR ACCREDITATION, UH, WE, WE ARE HOPING THAT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED AT OUR 2021 CONFERENCE.
UH, AND WE WERE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BRING A FEW MORE PEOPLE TO THAT CONFERENCE AS A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS.
SO THAT'S THAT NEXT, UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UM, GREEN WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING FEES.
UH, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, UM, ARE OUR NEW FEES FOR US THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, GET AWAY WITH THREE YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THOSE.
AND SO NOW WE'D HAVE TO, UM, HAVE TO DO THAT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT INCREASE.
UH, UM, WE KNOW THAT TECH STOCKS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE FOR, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT FOR THE, UH, THE FIRST YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE DO ANTICIPATE, UM, THIS IS I THINK, BUDGET FOR FOUR MONTHS, UM, IF, UH, UM, UH, WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE OVER THAT, THAT MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT AMOUNT IS FOR, UH, WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY IN A YEAR FROM NOW, IF WE WERE TO TAKE OVER THAT, UH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, STORMS OR HURRICANES, UM, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE COME THROUGH AND, AND, UH, WE, WE INVARIABLY HAVE SOME, SOME TREE DAMAGE AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME HIGH RISK TREES IN THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, FORRESTER AND ARBORISTS, THAT IS OUR EXPERT.
AND, BUT SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE BIG JOBS, OR, UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, UH, WEATHER EVENTS THAT COME THROUGH THIS WOULD BUDGET SOME, SOME MONEY THAT WE COULD, UM, HIRE CONTRACTORS TO COME IN, TO ASSIST
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WITH, UM, UH, REDUCING AND REMOVING RISKS ON, UH, TREES AND STORM CLEANUP AS WELL.UH, AND THEN ALSO OUR FORESTRY DIVISION HAS, HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF, UM, DOING SOME SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT I BELIEVE ADD TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR CITY.
UH, HOWEVER, THESE SPECIAL EVENTS WE'VE NEVER BEEN BUDGETED.
AND, UM, IT'S KIND OF BEEN, UH, UH, SCRAPE BY AND SEE WHAT KIND OF, UH, MONEY MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO PUT THESE ON THIS IS THE, UM, UH, THE OTHER BOARD FEST IN THE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S A REQUEST TO FUND THOSE WITHIN THE FORESTRY DIVISION.
SO A TOTAL OF 480, A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, UH, ALMOST $481,000 FOR SUPPLEMENTALS, UH, WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE CAN BRIEFLY DISCUSS, UH, THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS NEW TO OUR SHOP THIS YEAR.
UM, UH, THIS IS, UM, THE TOUR, THE TOURISM FUNDS, AND, UM, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY EXPECTING A, TAKE A, A BIT OF HIT ON THE REVENUE ON, UM, OUR, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BECAUSE OF COVID, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, CALCULATING OR ESTIMATING, UH, UM, UH, TO, TO RECEIVE $167,000 AND SOME CHANGE IN REVENUE.
UM, IF YOU SEE THE, UH, ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, THIS YEAR AS FUNDS, UH, OUR TOURISM PROGRAM, PUBLIC ART, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MONEY IN HERE.
THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD DO THINGS LIKE, UM, THIS IS WHERE JUNETEENTH IS, IS, UM, PAID OUT OF A COMMUNITY AND I WOULD COME FROM HERE, UH, AND, AND OTHER, UM, TOURISM RELATED ACTIVITIES, UM, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.
SO, AND I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE JASON, GO AHEAD.
THERE'S STILL A DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING WITH HERON TRACK.
AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T AFFORD IT TODAY.
CAN WE START PUTTING MONEY ASIDE IN THE FUTURE AND THEN KIND OF WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET MONEY OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET? YEAH.
UM, HERON TRACK IS, UH, UH, AS, AS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO, UM, AND A DREAM OF MINE, UM, AS YOU SAID, RIGHT NOW, IT'S KIND OF COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO, UM, BUT, AND THE UNDERGRADS THAT ARE REALLY EVEN DO, UM, UH, DO ENOUGH.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THAT PARK ZONE, NOT A LOT, UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST NEEDED, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AS, AS WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE OUR CAPACITY FOR, UM, PARKS, BONDS, AND CAPITAL, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS ONE OF OUR PRIORITY PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION YOU DID TOUCH ON STEVO, BUT THERE'S ALSO A KIND OF A DEMAND FOR CRICKET.
SO WE STILL KIND OF WAIT TO DO OUR, OUR, OUR PLAN FIRST AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT.
YEAH, SO WE BUDGETED MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO A, A, UM, TO REMASTER PLAN, UH, STANWELL PARK.
UM, WE, WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, GOT SOME INFORMATION.
WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT, UH, THE PARK DESIGNERS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS OUT AND BROKE PEOPLE INTO GROUPS AND PEOPLE WE WERE DRAWING AND HAD HAD, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS HAVE GONE BACK AND, UM, KIND OF PUT THOSE OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL LOOKING PLANS.
AND, UM, THAT, UH, THAT CONCEPT PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARKS BOARD AT THE ALASKA PARKS BOARD MEETING.
AND, AND I BELIEVE, UH, JULY 2ND, SECOND MEETING OF JULY IS ON THE, UM, ON THE CALENDAR TO PRESENT, TO, TO Y'ALL ON, UH, THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH TO RE UM, REPURPOSE AND KIND OF, UH, RENEW THAT PART.
WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
AND CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL.
THIS IS MAYOR FOR JASON, UM, WITH HERE WAS OUR MASTER PLAN
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LAST DONE.IT WAS APPROVED IN 2007, PAUL, SORRY.
AND WHEN DID I GET HERE? UM, HOLD ON A SECOND.
I'M LOSING, I'M LOSING MY MIND.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 2000 AND OKAY.
2015 WAS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.
IT WAS WRITTEN IN 2014 AND THEN APPROVED IN 2015.
UM, SO THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIVE YEAR, SIX YEARS OF, UM, DATA, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WILL BE SEVEN.
YEAH, WE NEED TO TRY TO FOCUS ON GETTING THAT DONE PROBABLY EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT IT WAS JUST, IT WAS DONE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE, BUT, UH, IN THE FUTURE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LET'S TRY TO KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE IT PREPARED FOR EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE THE GOAL.
AND ANOTHER THING, AND THIS IS MORE OF A STATEMENT THEN, UH, KIND OF A QUESTION, UH, LET'S TRY TO FOCUS ON BUILDING SOME, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, BUSINESS AROUND HERE.
UH, PARKS ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE REALLY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE AND INVEST IN.
UM, AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO ASSIST WITH TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM TO HELP US ASSIST WITH SUMMER OUR, OUR PARK RENOVATIONS AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.
AND JASON, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, ON YOUR 2020, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, YOU, UH, YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE, UM, YOURSELF AND TWO, OTHER OF YOUR, UH, OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT, UH, HAD, UH, A, UH, RECOGNITION PROVIDED.
SO WHY DON'T YOU, UH, LIST THOSE AND GIVE THOSE FOLKS AND YOURSELF, UM, A, A, A RECOGNITION OF THE JOB WELL DONE BY, UH, BY THE FOLKS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S KINDA KINDA HARD FOR ME TO DO, UM, TO, TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF, BUT I, I, I CAN TALK ALL DAY ABOUT OUR STAFF AND, UH, THE GROUP OF ALL STARS THAT WE HAVE WORKING HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, WE TRULY ARE BLESSED, UM, AT THE QUALITY OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, CA KEVIN WAS NAMED THE EAST REGION, UM, UH, RECREATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AND, AND THE, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, BY THE TEXAS RECTOR AND THE PARKS SOCIETY.
AND, AND HE HE'S, UH, HE'S BEEN, UH, AN INCREDIBLE, UH, ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
UM, AND, AND, AND HIS TEAM HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO, UH, EXCEL.
ADAM LAUFER'S WAS, WAS NAMED, UH, THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, UM, AND FOR THE EAST REGION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION, OR THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY.
AND THEN WE RECEIVED THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING OF THE YEAR FROM OTHER SON CHALLENGE.
AND, UH, THOSE ARE REALLY EXCITING.
UM, I WAS, I WAS NAMED AS THE EAST REGION, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN RECENTLY I FOUND OUT THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UH, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, THE HOUSTON CHAPTER, UH, UH, HAS RECOGNIZED ME WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP AWARD.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PEOPLE, BUT, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE, UM, REALLY THE TESTAMENT TO THE TYPE OF TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND, UM, WHAT THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND, UH, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOURSELF AND THOSE, UH, FOLKS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, NEED, UH, UH, UH, UH, RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND HONESTLY, WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AND OUR COUNCIL AND MAYOR, UH, IT ALL COMES FROM THE TOP.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO TO SUPPORT US IN OUR MISSION.
UH, ONE LAST QUESTION, UH, WHERE, UH, IS THE REVENUE THAT, UH, UH, ACCRUED FROM THE, UH, THE SERVICES OUT OF THE REC CENTER AND THE TENNIS CENTER, HOW IS THAT REPORTED ARE REFLECTED IN, UH, IN YOUR BUDGET NUMBERS? UM, YEAH, WE HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT REVENUE ACCOUNTS,
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UH, FOR, FOR THOSE, UM, ITEMS, UH, UM, WE, FOR OUR RECREATION CLASSES AND, AND, UH, FOR THOSE THAT, UM, OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE CAMPS, UH, AND THEN OUR MEMBERSHIPS HERE AT THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER.UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE, WE, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A NICE HIT, UH, THIS YEAR ON OUR REVENUES, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, OPEN BACK UP ON A LIMITED BASIS AND SEE PEOPLE, UH, AND, AND SEE THEM ENJOYING THE THINGS THAT THEY LOVE.
AND, AND, BUT YEAH, THOSE, UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO TAKE A, UM, A HIT THIS YEAR IN FISCAL YEAR 20.
HOW HAS IT REFLECTED ON YOUR, IN YOUR BUDGET, THOSE REVENUES GO DIRECTLY TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THERE'S A RECOGNITION OF THOSE, UH, WITHIN YOUR BUDGET WORKUP.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
UM, AND SO THOSE, THOSE REVENUES GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS COUNSELING AND THE STERLING.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SINCERELY COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS JUST AWESOME.
SO I LIKE TO SEND KUDOS OUT TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
THIS IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
THE FIRST BEING, HOW OFTEN DO YOU WALK AND DUCT, UM, INFRINGE INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS CHECKS AT OUR PARKS, UM, WHETHER THAT'S CHECKING OUT THE CONDITION OF THE PARKING LOT, OR FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE PARKS WITH BASKETBALL COURTS CHECKING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PAVEMENT.
HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT? UM, THAT'S A GREAT, UH, GREAT QUESTION.
AND, UH, THE ANSWER'S A LITTLE BIT, IT'S NOT, NOT SO CUT AND DRY.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PLAYGROUNDS GET, GET INSPECTED, UH, MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY, UH, THAN, THAN OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR, OF OUR PARKS.
UM, WE DID THAT IN DEPTH INSPECTION, UH, WITH OUR PARK ASSESSMENT AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE, KIND OF THE BONES OF THE PARKS.
UH, UM, AND, UH, THEN IN ADDITION, WE JUST, THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY, IT WAS A END OF LAST YEAR, NO BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE, WE, UH, CREATED A PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, DO, DO MULTIPLE THINGS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR BEING SAFE AND, AND LOOKING AT OUR TRENDS AND ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS THAT WE DO MONTHLY INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE DON'T DO EVERY PARK EVERY MONTH.
UM, SOME, SOME ARE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PART GETS LOOKED AT, UM, UM, ON, ON A BIANNUAL BASIS.
AND, UM, SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO FRESH OUT, PUT, JUST PUT FRESH EYES, UM, FOR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY HAVE A RECREATION PERSON GOING OUT INTO THE PARKS AND, AND LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE PARKING LOTS AND TREES AND BENCHES, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS.
AND WE HAVE A CHECKLIST THAT WE UTILIZE, UM, FOR THAT, UM, THE, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT PUTS FRESH EYES ON, ON OUR PARKS AND FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF, UH, INSPECTION, UM, WE DO WEEKLY INSPECTIONS ON SOME THINGS LIKE, UH, BENCHES AND TABLES.
UH, SO LIKE I SAYS, IT DEPENDS, IT DEPENDS ON THE, UH, THE I, THE AREA OF THE PARK.
UM, BUT, BUT WE DO, WE HAVE JUST IMPLEMENTED THIS, THIS SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, GOING OVER REALLY WELL, SO, OKAY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE INSTEAD OF BEHIND THE CURVE, AS IT RELATES TO THE CONDITION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME THINGS WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS BEFORE IT GETS TOO FAR OUT OF HAND, AND IT MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, US MONEY AS A CITY TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS, YOU KNOW, SOONER THAN LATER, SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, PARKS, UM, AND THE OPTICS OF PARKS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN PEOPLE APPROACH A CLEAN PARK, UM, THAT SAYS A LOT TO THEM, IT SAYS WHAT IS BEING ALLOWED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE PARK? UM, AND, AND SO LITTLE THINGS CAN GO ALONG WAY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, STRIPING IN THE PARKING LOT OF PARKS AND JUST A VERY CLEAN APPEARANCE, UM, A FRESH COAT OF PAINT WHERE IT'S NECESSARY.
UM, I THINK THE LITTLE THINGS CAN GO A LONG WAY.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THE PARKS,
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BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, THE GREATEST OF OUR PARKS IS ONLY AS GREAT AS THE PARKS WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.AND SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EQUALITY AND CONTINUITY ACROSS THE BOARD AS IT RELATES TO PARKS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THANK YOU.
AND I, AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE PRODUCTS WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR STANDARDS OF CARE OR OUR PARK MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
AND THAT REALLY ADDRESSES SOME OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS OUR STANDARD FOR THE WAY OUR PARKS LOOK, UM, WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR HOW OUR PARKS ARE MAINTAINED? UM, AND, AND, AND REALLY, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF A CHALLENGE TO WRAP OUR HEAD AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TEND TO, WE TEND TO PUT OUR STANDARDS OF CARE AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE MAY NOT BE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, AFFORD THE STANDARD OF WHERE WE'D LIKE TO KEEP SOMETHING MAINTAINED.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE STANDARDS PARK MADE A SENTENCE, IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
AND THEN THOSE, UM, THOSE STANDARDS WILL COME TO, UH, THE, THE PARKS BOARD AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL TO BE APPROVED.
AND SO WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE WANT, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UM, THAT YOU MENTIONED AS PART OF THAT.
AND SECONDLY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ART THAT WAS DONATED IN HOW THE CITY WILL GO ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT ART WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT? YEAH.
UM, SO, UH, THAT, THAT PIECE OF ART WAS, WAS DONATED, AS I MENTIONED, UM, BY, UH, TOM AND REGINA NICHOLS, AND WAS INSTALLED, UH, THERE ON LEXINGTON BY ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENTS ABOUT AN ACRE.
AND, UH, AS PART OF THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, A FOLLOW UP ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK AT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, REGARDING PUBLIC ART, THIS IS, UH, THE PIECE OF ART THAT, UM, THE ARTIST HAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IS MAINTAINED, UM, THAT IT, THAT IS, IS LOOKING THE BEST IT CAN.
UM, AND SO WE, WE DO NEED TO PUT TOGETHER AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT ARTIST, UH, AGAIN, AS PART OF OUR PARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
UM, AND, UH, BUT, BUT THAT ONE IS, IS MAINTAINED OR WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE ARTIST.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR JASON AND HIS TEAM? OH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GREAT QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INTERACTION AND, UH, AND GIVEN, UH, TAKE OF IDEAS.
AND SO, UH, UH, GOOD TO HEAR, UH, THE NEXT ITEM THAT, UH, IN THANK YOU, JASON BEGAN.
AND, UH, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND REVIEWING, UM, WHAT WE HAVE OUT ISSUE DEBT AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU, THAT AS WELL AS HOW THINGS ARE BEING FUNDED AND FINANCED THROUGH THE YEARS.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ELENA GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS USED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT, UH, THAT, THAT SERVICE FUND RECEIVES ITS REVENUE THROUGH THE INF PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, WHICH IS CALCULATED USING, UH, CURRENTLY IS CALCULATED USING THE PRELIMINARY ASSESS VALUATION.
UH, WELL, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE TO YOU TONIGHT IS JUST A LISTING OF ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT ISSUES.
AND WHEN THE DEBT WILL BE EXTINGUISHED, UH, WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR OUTSTANDING ISSUES BEGINNING WITH, UH, 2010, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FROM 2014.
WE DON'T OFTEN ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BUT WE ARE, UH, GOING TO BE ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION THIS YEAR.
AND THAT IS FOR THE IRA TRUST AND A PORTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE FACILITY.
SO WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE BUDGET FOR DEBT SERVICE.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THE DEBT THAT IS ALREADY OUTSTANDING, UH, BUT WE'RE STILL ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT THAT WE'LL BE PAYING FOR SERIES 2020, AND, UH, ESTIMATES FOR DEBT THAT WILL BE ISSUED ACCORDING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, THE, ONCE WE GO OVER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE INFORMATION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE AS THE INS RATE.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS ROOM, IF YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO, UM, IF 17 CENTS IS STILL THE BENCHMARK FOR COUNSEL, AS FAR AS DEBT ISSUANCE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL ROOM TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE
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MORE DEBT.IF THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR WHO WAS CURRENTLY PREPARING OUR DEBT CAPACITY COMES BACK AND STATES THAT ACCORDING TO ASSESS VALUATIONS, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO ISSUE DEBT FOR OTHER PROJECTS, BUT THAT MONEY OF COURSE, IS NOT PROGRAMS CURRENTLY IN THE CIP.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND? AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DEBT THAT IS BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES, MEANING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PAID BY PROPERTY TAXES.
WE DO HAVE OTHER DEBT ISSUES THAT ARE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THEY'RE PAID BY SELF-SUPPORTING SOURCES, SUCH AS THE UTILITY FUNDS, BUTTERS AND PIDS.
ANY QUESTIONS? FURTHER QUESTIONS.
AS OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE IN CITY CENTER TYSON STILL THERE, JOE GENERAL MANAGER, TYSON, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO PRESENT TOO MUCH INFORMATION.
THAT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I PRESENTED A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO IN OUR LGC MEETING.
UM, HOWEVER, I WILL JUST DO A HIGHLIGHT OVERVIEW AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION HERE AT QUEBEC GOLF COURSE IN CITY CENTER.
OUR VISION IS TO INSPIRE AND CREATE HAPPINESS WITH WARM HOSPITALITY.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO STRIVE TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A STANDARD OF SERVICE THAT PROTECTS AND ENHANCES THE INTERESTS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS WHILE MAINTAINING A PROFESSIONAL CULTURE, COMMITTED TO SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES WHILE ACHIEVING FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES.
LOOKING AT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR, UM, WE IMPLEMENTED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FEE TO OUR GREENFIELDS THIS YEAR.
UH, THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN FAIRLY WELL-RECEIVED, UH, IS NOW, UM, GENERATING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR US FOR LONGTERM IMPROVEMENTS.
WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW POINT OF SALES SYSTEM THAT INTEGRATES CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT.
UM, OUR EVENT MANAGEMENT, OUR T SHEET, OUR WEBSITE, OUR ECOMMERCE STORE, AND EVERYTHING ALL INTO ONE SOFTWARE BEFORE WE WERE PULLING FROM THREE TO FOUR DIFFERENT SOFTWARES.
AND IT REALLY WAS NOT EFFICIENT.
NOW THAT IS ALL WRAPPED INTO ONE, AND IT'S GONNA MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS IN THE LONG RUN.
WE ALSO REBUILT OUR WEBSITE AS PART OF THAT PROCESS TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING SPECIFICALLY TO NON GOLF CUSTOMERS.
WE FOUND THAT OUR NON GOLF EVENTS, THE WEDDINGS, THE KINGSTON YEARS, THE BIRTHDAY PARTIES JUST WEREN'T RECEIVING OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS OUR GOLF CUSTOMERS WERE.
SO WE REVAMPED THAT WE IMPLEMENTED A PREPAID ONLINE TEE TIMES THAT WAS A FORCED UP A LITTLE BIT ON US BY THE KOBE VIRUS.
HOWEVER, UM, IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND CONTINUES TO BE USED ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND THEN ALSO IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF ROUNDS FOR 2021.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO OUR GOLF COURSE AND MAINTENANCE, UM, CONTRACT.
AND AS TO SEE IF THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT, OR IF THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO MANAGE THAT AGREEMENT, WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL HOTEL PARTNERS AND SEE IF WE CAN STRENGTHEN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, CREATE BETTER BRANDING, UM, AND HAVE BETTER, JUST A BETTER, UM, INTEGRATION WITH THOSE PARTNERS.
WE ALSO WANT TO RECREATE AN UPDATE, NOT ONLY THE BLUE BOND ON GRILL, BUT OUR BANQUET AND EVENT MENUS.
IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS, THREE TO FOUR YEARS SINCE WE'VE UPDATED OUR MENUS.
UH, SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE A FRESH LOOK, UM, SOME NEW MENU ITEMS AND ALSO UPGRADE OUR PRICING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS KEEPING UP WITH OUR NEEDS FINANCIALLY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATING WHAT WE CALL A PLAYER'S CLUB.
THAT'S KIND OF A GENERAL TERM, BUT A CLARA PLAYER'S CLUB AS A, UH, MINIMAL FEE, UH, ACCESS THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE A BENEFITS SUCH AS MAYBE A FREE BAG OF RANGE BALLS EVERY MONTH, UM, DISCOUNTED TEE TIME, SO AND SO FORTH, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO CREATE A MORE ENGAGED CUSTOMER THAT WOULD LOOK TO US FIRST VERSUS GOLF COURSES.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A SET OF CUSTOMIZED METRICS FOR THE GOLF COURSE THAT CAN BE USED YEAR AFTER YEAR TO GIVE US A BETTER FEEL OF HOW WE ARE DOING, UM, AND DIFFERENT BENCHMARKS, REGARDLESS OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN WORK TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE'RE DOING WELL WITH OUR GREEN FEES, NO MATTER HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET, OR IF WE HAVE A HURRICANE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE TRY TO FIND WAYS TO BACK THOSE THINGS OUT, TO SEE IF WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR PROGRESS.
AS WE ASSUME, THE BUDGET NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE ARE THE SAME AS WE AS PROPOSED OR SENT TO YOU LAST WEEK.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, AGAIN, THERE'S NO FURTHER INFORMATION FROM WHAT WE, WHAT WE PRESENTED A WEEK AGO, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
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THE TYSON EMERY, YOU MIGHT JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE, UH, UH, ISSUE WHERE, WHERE, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, UH, MAYBE FEE INCREASES FOR SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND HOW YOU HAVE TO BOUNCE THAT UP AGAINST, UH, COMPETITION TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE IN A COMPETITIVE NATURE AND THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, RUNNING OFF CUSTOMERS TO, UH, OTHER, UH, GOLF COURSES BECAUSE OF OUR, OF OUR FEE STRUCTURE.WE, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE REVEALING.
WE DID INCREASE OUR FEES, A NUMBER OF OUR GOLF FEES.
AND ON TOP OF THE $3, UM, FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FEE, A NUMBER OF OUR FEES WENT UP A DOLLAR OR TWO OR A FEW DOLLARS MORE.
UH, THIS YEAR WE ALWAYS LOOK TO KEEP OUR GOLF COURSES, UH, PRICED WITHIN THE MIDDLE MARKET, GENERALLY OF, OF THE GOLF COURSE, PUBLIC GOLF COURSES WITHIN THE HOUSTON METRO MARKET.
THAT BEING SAID, THE ELDORADO COURSE DOES COMMAND A HIGHER PRICE THAN THEY LIKE HATE TO COURSE PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RENOVATIONS AND THE PLAYABILITY OF THE GOLF COURSE AND J AND J IN GENERAL, THE CONDITION OF THE GOLF COURSE, UH, OVERALL.
SO WE DO TEND TO BRAND AND PRICE THE ELDORADO COURSE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
UH, SO THAT IS TYPICALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE MEDIAN.
AND THE LAKITA COURSE IS USUALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE MEDIAN.
WE ARE CERTAINLY IN NO MEANS THE HIGHEST PRICE GOLF COURSE IN THE, IN THE MARKET, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY NO MEANS THE LOWEST PRICE GOLF COURSE EITHER.
SO WE WILL BE REVEALING THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SQUEAK OUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, IN OUR FEES, BUT AGAIN, NOT WANTING TO BREAK INTO A NEW PRICE CATEGORY, UM, WITHIN THE MARKET.
ONE THING I WANT TO, IF TYSON CAN SPEAK TO ALSO THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST PRESENTATION WAS WITH REFERENCE TO THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO DO AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR OR POTENTIALLY SEE IF WE COULD BRING THAT SERVICE IN HOUSE AND, UH, TYSON, CAN YOU UPDATE US ON WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH THAT ANALYSIS? OKAY.
SO, UM, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE IN THE INDUSTRY WHO, UM, IS ABLE TO DO A, BASICALLY A CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH US, A PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WHO WOULD COME IN AND GIVE US AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR CURRENT COURSE CONDITIONS.
OUR CURRENT, UM, EQUIPMENT NEEDS ESSENTIALLY, AND GIVE US A BUDGET OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO BRING THE GOLF COURSE AND MAINTENANCE IN HOUSE.
UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE THING FOR US TO DO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT, IS THERE A BETTER WAY FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR GOLF COURSES VERSUS A CONTRACT? UM, THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY, BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN EXPLORED BY THE CITY TO THIS LEVEL.
UM, AND WE THINK IT'S, IT'S OUR DUTY TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AT, AT ITS DEEPEST LEVEL TO SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, UM, TO GET THAT PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS, DEPENDING UPON, UM, TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND TYSON OKAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
AND, UH, THE LAST ONE THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK, A LOOK AT IS THE SOLID WASTE WAISTLINE AND, UH, THE, UH, OPERATIONAL SIDE, UH, IS HANDLED, UH, BY CITY MANAGEMENT, UH, OR THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT THE PAYMENTS AND, UH, RECEIPT OF PAYMENTS, UH, BILLING ON THOSE THAT WE BILL AND WORKING WITH THE MUDS IS HANDLED THROUGH, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, UH, ALLINA AND HER TEAM, UH, ALLINA, I GUESS YOU WILL COVER, UH, COVER THIS INFORMATION FOR US PLEASE.
UH, SOLID WASTE IS, UH, OUR GARBAGE COLLECTION ACTIVITY FUND.
UH, THE TOTAL REVENUE IS APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION AT 3,955,300.
AND THE EXPENSES ARE APPROXIMATELY 3.8, UM, WITH A NET AMOUNT OF 72, FOUR 81.
THAT IS THE CURRENT, UM, PROJECTION FOR THE SOLID WASTE MINE.
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WE ARE ALSO WORKING, UH, THROUGH OUR TREASURY DIVISION TO IMPLEMENT NEW, UM, WAYS IN WHICH TO STREAMLINE THE BILLING, UH, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ALL OF THE CITY'S UTILITIES.SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHEN THERE'S A NEW, UH, HOME TO BILL FOR SOLID WASTE.
SO I'M WORKING WITH OUR PROVIDER AND WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY THAT ARE ISSUED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VIDEO IS NOTIFIED POSSIBLY FIRST IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RECEIVING THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE BEING BUILT FOR.
UH, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE IN REGARDS TO SOLID WASTE.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THAT'S WHY IF WE COULD ALSO COVER THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST RECURRING NONRECURRING AND THEN, UH, WE WILL, UH, TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE MODELS FOR TAX ASSESSMENT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OUR RIGHT.
SO I WANT YOU TO, CAN YOU PLEASE COVER THIS FOR OKAY.
SO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, UH, INCLUDED ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION, THE DETAIL FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UH, ALL OF THE SUPPLEMENTALS TOTAL 1,954,006 76.
THIS IS NOT ALL RECURRING EXPENDITURES.
UM, THE EXPENDITURES IDENTIFIED, UH, WERE AT 1 MILLION, 145020 CENTS, $20, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND THIS, UH, SHOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND A SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
THE NON-RECURRING ONE TIME WE DO HAVE A REQUEST IN THE DONATIONS FUND, THE 12,500, AND THAT'S BASED ON DONATIONS RECEIVED A NON-RECURRING ONE TIME.
AND THE GENERAL FUND AGAIN IS $809,656 WITH THOSE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES COMING FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE TOTALS, THE TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS OF 2 MILLION, THREE 65, ONE 11, ELENA, THIS IS MAYOR FORD, THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
UM, AND I THINK BILL MENTIONED THIS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WAS IT BASED ON A 3.5 OR THE EIGHT ROLLBACK RATE? IT WAS BASED ON A 3.5%.
SO DOES THAT INCLUDE THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST? THE REVENUE WAS BASED ON A 3.5%.
SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, WE DO HAVE A SLIDE THAT A TOTAL FOR REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND SUPPLEMENTALS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, IF YOU WILL.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GREAT SEGUE BECAUSE THAT'S, WE, WE HEARD Y'ALL, UH, ON MONDAY WITH REFERENCE TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE USED AS A, AS OUR MODEL OR ON THE CURRENT MODEL.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS 3.5 JUST BASED ON THE NEW LEGISLATION.
AND WE WANT TO, WE HAVE GONE BACK THROUGH AND CREATED DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WE WILL COVER WITH YOU.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BASIS FOR WHERE, UH, CAUSE YOU DID MENTION, UH, THERE WAS SOME, UH, FEEDBACK ON MONDAY ABOUT, UH, WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO WITH THE TAX RATE, BEING THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT DIRECTION IS SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE IT TO PROPERLY PUT TOGETHER, UH, NOT ONLY THE REVENUE, BUT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF IT AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT YOU A, UH, A VERY ACCURATE BUDGET THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, ELENA IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT MODELS THAT WE HAVE.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN, UM, START WITH BATTLING.
SO THIS IS THE MODEL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE ESTIMATING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
UM, THE CITY, WE TAKE A REVENUE SIDE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, UH, REVENUE, THE CALCULATED FIRST, AND THEN ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES ARE ADJUSTED TO THE AVAILABLE REVENUES AND THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE PROVIDED, WE STATED THAT THE PROPERTY TAX IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED VALUES.
UH, THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT STATED A MINUTE AGO THAT WERE USED IN THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE PROVIDED WAS A VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
UM, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH HAS THE CAP OF 3.5%.
UH, THIS CAN ALSO CHANGE AT YOUR DIRECTION.
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THE CURRENT YEAR INFORMATION, UH, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH A 3.5% CAP, WHICH IS WHAT WAS USED AND THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO YOU A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROLLBACK RATE, UH, DUE TO THE DISASTER DECLARATION.SO WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION FOR BOTH OF THESE RATES, A HEARING WOULD BE REQUIRED.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IF YOU ADOPT A RATE THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE LOWER OF THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL RATE, IT REQUIRES A HEARING, UH, THE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE LAST YEAR WAS RIGHT, UH, WITH THE, UH, PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX VALUE PROPERTY, THE ASSESSED VALUATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS FORMED WITH FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, ALSO HAVE ANOTHER RATE, WHICH IS IF WE WANTED TO KEEP THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES LEVEL.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN THIS SLIDE, UH, IF YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY TAXES HAVE VARIOUS COMPONENTS, WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND AND WE HAVE THE DEBT SERVICE, BUT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ALSO TRANSFER OUT THE TERMS, HIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.
SO THIS SHEET SHOWS THE CALCULATION OF ALL OF THE TAXABLE VALUES.
WE USE AN ASSUMPTION FOR COLLECTION PERCENTAGE OF 99% BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS RECEIVE 100%.
IT SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND AND TURDS LEVEE, AND THEN THE AMOUNT FOR THE DEBT SERVICE LEVY.
WE ALSO HAVE A ROLE THAT SHOWS THE TOTAL ADDITIONAL REVENUE ABOVE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGETED REVENUE.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND HERS AND FOR DEBT SERVICE.
THE LOWER PORTION OF THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE AMOUNT THAT GOES INTO THE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS.
UH, THE FIRST PORTION UP UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS REVENUE, WHICH IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE, UH, OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, DEBT SERVICE PORTION THAT IS ALSO TRANSFERRED INTO THE TOURIST BUN.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IF WE GOING FROM THE LEFT, LOOKING AT THE 20, 21 INFORMATION, IF WE WERE TO, UM, HAVE A PROPERTY TAX RATE USING THE CURRENT ASSUMPTIONS, UM, THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE VOTER APPROVAL, RIGHT? WITH A 3.5% CAP, IT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 2.7 ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, FOR OFTEN, BUT THAT WOULD GENERATE 30, ALMOST $31 MILLION WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE, IN THE BUDGET.
IF WE WERE TO GO TO 8%, THE REVENUE INCREASE OF THE COURSE, AND THAT'S 4.2 MILLION, UH, WITH THE GENERAL FUND GOING TO APPROXIMATELY 32.3, THE LAST YEAR RATE EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, AND WOULD REQUIRE AN ELECTION.
UH, IF WE WERE TO USE THE CURRENT RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE 4.3 MILLION EXTRA, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR GENERAL FUND TERRORS AND DEBT SERVICE, IF WE WANT IT TO BE AT BE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UH, WHICH IS CALCULATED USING THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE LAST YEAR WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO, UM, UH, ENSURE THAT THEY BROUGHT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE, UH, NOT INCLUDING NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THE TOTAL REVENUE WOULD INCREASE MY APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION AMONGST ALL FUNDS WITH THE GENERAL FUND BEING 29,000,009 53, WHICH WOULD BE LESS THAN $200,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
IF YOU DECIDED THAT YOU WANT IT TO HAVE THE REVENUE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST YEAR, WE CALCULATED WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WOULD BE.
AND WE HAVE THAT AMOUNT ALSO, AND THAT WILL BE GENERAL FUND.
THE COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
I WERE PLANNING TO COME TO YOU ALL IN AUGUST FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED RATE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANY OF THESE RIGHTS.
UH, YOU DECIDE HIGHER OR LOWER, AND THE DEPARTMENTS THEN WILL ADJUST EXPENDITURES ACCORDINGLY.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? AND I DID WANT TO MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION, ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION, IF I COULD.
AND THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO THE TIME AT WHICH THE BUDGET IS DUE TO THE COUNCIL.
AND, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN REFERENCING AUGUST 1ST AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ELECTIONS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO, UH, AT THE, UH, 3.5 OR 8%, UH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ELECTIONS.
AND SO WE WILL TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TIME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE THOSE ELECTIONS OTHERWISE,
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UH, IT IS, UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST AT WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, IF YOU DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION, THEN YOU WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 1ST FOR BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT THE BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.SO JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS MAYOR MAYOR FORD.
WE HAVE MODELS THAT SHOW AT WHAT RATE, WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD HAVE TO CUT FROM THEIR BUDGETS.
CAUSE IT'S HARD FOR US TO DICTATE THAT RATE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT AFFECTS EACH DEPARTMENT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF YOU QUESTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, BUT THIS MIGHT HELP.
THIS MIGHT HELP START THE CONVERSATION.
BILL, DO YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE? YES, GO AHEAD.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
NOW THIS ISN'T JUST PROPERTY TAXES IS ALL OF THE, UH, UH, REVENUE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, THE GENERAL FUND BASE BUDGET.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS THAT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RATES THAT, UM, ARE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AT THOSE RATES AND THE BASE BUDGET.
SO CURRENTLY, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IS 3.6 MILLION.
UM, AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ARE 1 MILLION, NINE 54.
UH, IF YOU WANT IT TO, UM, KEEP THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE LEVEL.
UH, AND THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ADJUSTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
UH, PLUS WE ALSO HAVE INCREASES IN LICENSES AND PERMITS AND SOME OTHER, UH, AREAS.
SO I'M GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, FOR THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE LEVEL.
UH, THE TOTAL FUND REVENUE WOULD BE 58 MILLION, ONE 94 LITTLE OVER THAT, UH, THE, THE BASE BUDGET AGAIN REMAINS THE SAME AND ALL MODELS.
UH, THE VARIANCE IS 2.6 THERE'S SUPPLEMENTALS OF 1 MILLION, NINE 54, WHICH WILL LEAVE A BALANCE OF SIX 56.
SO EVEN IF WE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE LEVEL, WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS FOR THE BASE BUDGET.
AND, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SUPPLEMENTALS IF YOU HAVE A COUNCIL, DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO GO LOWER THAN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO THE CALCULATIONS.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO, UM, REVENUE CUTS.
I KNOW IN THE PAST WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE.
UM, OUR FUND BALANCE IS SUFFICIENT.
SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR US TO, UH, ADD TO OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, SORRY, I, SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF IT.
NOT ONLY WOULD WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE, UH, THE BALANCE AVAILABLE, UH, DEPENDING UPON THE RATE AT WHICH WE WANT TO DO THE PROPERTY TAX, BUT ALSO AS ELENA MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, ABLE TO REVENUES HAVE COME IN, UH, BETTER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED IN THE PAST.
AND WE'D HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY, AS YOU'LL RECALL THE, UH, FINANCE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND TALKING ABOUT, UH, GETTING OURSELVES INTO A GOOD POSITION TO KEEP OUR BOND RATING UP FOR, UH, FUTURE ISSUANCE.
WE, UH, ARE IN A GOOD POSITION AT THIS POINT.
HE WANTED US TO GET UP, UH, NEAR 30%, UH, IN ORDER TO BE IN THE BEST POSITION.
UH, AND WE ARE EXCEEDING THAT AND, UH, UH, BY, BY SEVERAL PERCENTAGE POINTS.
AND SO, UH, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE AND WE NEED TO LOOK CLOSELY AT WHAT, UH, RETURNS WILL BE GETTING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT LOOKS LIKE THE PROJECTIONS WILL HOLD, BUT HE WOULD HAVE THAT MONEY ABOVE THAT 30% MARK THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT, OF ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE MIGHT BE, AND AGAIN, IT'D BE RECOMMENDED.
THOSE TYPE THINGS WOULD BE ONE TIME ONLY.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE CALCULATED RIGHT NOW AND THESE RATES, ALL OF THEM WILL PROBABLY BE, WE CHANGE WHEN WE GET THE CERTIFIED VALUE.
THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
UM, AND, AND NONE OF THE INFORMATION IS FINAL AND THINGS COULD CHANGE.
UH, UH, WE ALSO ARE STILL KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SALES TAX THROUGH APRIL.
WE HAVE DONE A GREAT EVEN WITH COVID-19, UH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'LL BE ANY CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF AS WE APPROACH
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THIS PROCESS.I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE POTENTIAL EXEMPTIONS AS WELL.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXEMPTIONS INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE MODELS.
AND IF YOU WERE TO WANT TO EITHER INCREASE EXISTING EXEMPTIONS OR OFFER A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO DETERMINE HOW, HOW YOU PROPOSE TO FUND IT.
IS IT THROUGH REVENUE OR IS IT THROUGH REDUCTIONS IN EXPENDITURES?
SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE 30%, SO, UH, WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.
SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR BOND RATING.
UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE SUPPLEMENTAL, IF WE STAYED AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WITH THE CURRENT ASSUMPTION.
REMEMBER THESE, THESE THINGS CAN CHANGE WHEN WE GET IT.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO CERTIFY, UM, ROLES BEFORE WE APPROVE THE BUDGET.
BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDES THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND WHEN WE ANTICIPATE GETTING CERTIFIED AT THE END OF JULY, AND IN THAT MODEL ON THE NO NEW REVENUE, YOU'D MENTIONED MAYOR, UH, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE A BALANCE ABOVE, BUT JUST IN THIS SCENARIO OF WHAT'S PROPOSED OF 500, $10,000 OR 511,000, BASICALLY ABOVE THAT.
SO, AND, UH, AND THEN ELENA, AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FUND BALANCE, UH, CURRENT FUND BALANCE WITH REFERENCE TO OUR POLICY, WHERE DO WE STAND ON A PERCENTAGE? I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I DID THE CALCULATION BASED ON YEAH.
AND THE FUND BALANCE WOULD BE AT APPROXIMATELY 77%, UH, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL, I THINK, 3 MILLION OVER THE 30%.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD NOT BE TO GO TO 30%, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER JUST BECAUSE, UH, IF YOU'RE OVER 30%, WHEN IT COMES TO BOND RATINGS, THAT'S WHEN YOU RECEIVE VERY STRONG CATEGORICAL RATING.
WE WOULD RECEIVE A STRONG CATEGORICAL RATING IN THAT AREA, WHICH COULD LOWER THE INTEREST RATE THAT WE PAY.
BUT THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A $3 MILLION THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE TIME FUNDING.
SO SINCE IT'S FUN, BOUNDS, AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT, THAT IS ONE TIME REVENUE THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU SHOULDN'T COMMIT ANY RECURRENT EXPENDITURES AGAINST THAT BECAUSE IT WILL GO AWAY AFTER YOU SPEND IT.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, BILL, WHAT IS THE, UH, UH, I THINK IT'S THE ORDINANCE AS FAR AS WHAT THE FUND BALANCE SHOULD, UH, SHOULD BE.
IS THERE A RANGE THERE? IT'S A ASR, IT'S A POLICY AND A, I DON'T HAVE, YES, IT IS A RANGE.
AND DO YOU HAVE IT CATALINA? YES.
BUT AS YOU SAY, IF YOU HIT 30%, UH, ARE AIN'T JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE, WE HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR, UH, OUR, UH, OUR LENDING RIGHT IN OUR, UM, YES.
ARE WE OVER 30% RIGHT NOW? OR ARE WE RIGHT AT 30%? WE ARE OVER 30, 37.
MA'AM THAT IS, THAT IS THE PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR, RIGHT.
USING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE MID YEAR REPORT.
AND, UM, WE, AS WE SAID, ARE, UH, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND, UH, BRING BACK ANY INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH,
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UH, WITH THE PROCESS.AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE AT THAT POINT, UH, WHAT, UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AT EVALUATING WHAT REQUESTED THEM MAY LOOK, TAKE A LITTLE FOR THE CUTS TO GET TO WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE, OR ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, ARE PRIORITIES OF YOURS THAT, UH, WE MIGHT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO FUND IF WE REALLY UTILIZE SOME OF THE OTHER ONE TIME EXPERIENCE OR ONE TIME REVENUE SOURCES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THEM ALL.
THE BUILD THIS COUNSELOR AND EMORY, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY OF, UH, LOOKING AT IF WE HAD AN UNBALANCED OR 32%, WHAT, UH, UH, SURPLUS THAT WOULD, UH, CREATE AND WHAT, UH, IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON THE, UH, ON OUR TAX RATE? YES, SIR.
AND 32%, IT WOULDN'T IMPACT YOUR TAX RATE.
IT WOULD ONLY IMPACT YOUR PERCENTAGE TO THE, TO THE BOND, OR EXCUSE ME TO YOUR, UH, UH, UH, NOT JUST, I WAS SORRY, THE, UH, AMOUNT YOU WOULD HAVE IN A FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE, THOSE FUNDS I WOULD RECOMMEND OBVIOUSLY TO BE ONE TIME AS LANHAM MENTION A MOMENT AGO.
I THINK $3 MILLION IS A GOOD NUMBER TO USE AS AN ESTIMATE.
AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROJECTED FUND BALANCE, IT DOES MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO IN HOW WE PROJECT.
UM, SO IT COULD BE LESS, IT COULD BE MORE, BUT I THINK $3 MILLION IS A SAFE NUMBER TO USE.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY OF USING THAT, THAT SURPLUS TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE THAT WE CHARGE WHEN IT COMES TO, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING GENERAL FUND, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DEBT SERVICE, WHEN THERE'S A FUN BALANCE AND DEBT SERVICE, YOU CAN USE SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE TO BIND DOWN THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, WHICH WILL IMPACT, UH, THE, THE, UH, DEBT SERVED THE INS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND USING FUND BALANCE TO BUY DOWN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BECAUSE THAT IS ONE TIME REVENUE.
AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR WHEN THE MONEY ISN'T THERE, THE RATE MAY NEED TO GO UP OR, UM, UM, BUT WE COULD, IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE FOR DEBT SERVICE TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S SOME MONEY THAT WE CAN USE IN THE, UM, DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE TO BUY DOWN THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE RENT, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE TAX RATE, WHICH REDUCED THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX RATE.
IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT'D BE IN RUSSIAN THING.
THAT
AND, UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, FOR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT BILL.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO IN ADVANCE OF US RECEIVING THE, THE, UM, THE OFFICIAL, UH, ROLES THAT WE FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.
AND I GUESS START WORKING TOWARDS WAYS IF IN FACT, UH, WE HAVE TO REDUCE BASE IF NUMBERS DON'T COME IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE NOW ANTICIPATING THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET AHEAD OF THAT NOW, UH, AND, AND SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CUT.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A PROPOSED SECONDARY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, OPTION AS FAR AS US TO CONSIDER, TO SEE IF THOSE THINGS FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE AS A COUNCIL.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CUT FROM THOSE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT LAST PART? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT VERY LAST PART OF THAT.
I WAS SAYING THAT I WOULD, LIKE, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US ON COUNCIL TO RECEIVE ANY PROPOSED CUTS TO THE, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS TO SEE IF THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT TO
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HAVE CUT OR TO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE AS A COUNCIL SHOULD, SHOULD REMAIN.SO I JUST THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT NOW, UH, VERSUS WAITING UNTIL WE GET THE TAX ROLLS BACK.
AND THAT MAY BE YOUR PLANS ALREADY, BUT I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE AS A SUGGESTION.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SO THAT YOU, WE DO, UH, TAKE THE, UH, GOALS OF THE COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING MET AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND WHAT I WAS SIMPLY ASKING, JUST SO IT DIDN'T GET LOST IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE POTENTIAL CUTS, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION PRIOR, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT ARE PROPOSED, WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY EACH DEPARTMENT TO BE CUT IN ADVANCE OF US GETTING THE FINAL NUMBERS? YES.
AND ONE THING THAT WE DO ALSO DO IS, UH, PRIORITIZE, UH, WITHIN THOSE REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND THAT WAY, UH, WE CAN HAVE A MEANS TO SAY, OKAY, THE BOTTOM WE'LL START AT THE BOTTOM OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST IMPORTANT, OR EXCUSE ME, AT LEAST IMPORTANT, AND WHY AND WHY THE THINGS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE EXPLANATION THAT, UH, WE WOULD ALSO BUILD MY COUNSEL AND, UM, WHEN LOOKING AT A NEED TO DO CUTS FOR SURE.
AND ALSO MAKING SURE AGAIN, THAT THEY COINCIDE WITH THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET.
BILL IS JUST COUNCILMAN EMORY.
I THINK, UH, WE, UH, ARE REQUESTED THE, UH, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO A PRIORITIZATION OF THEIR SUPPLEMENTALS.
AND, UH, CHIEF DID, UH, AND I DID NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, I CAN SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
UH, WE GOT IT JUST IT YESTERDAY.
JANE TOOK CARE OR CHIEF CAMPBELL, EXCUSE ME, TOOK CARE OF THAT.
AND I WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT TO YOU.
UH, JUST HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO YET, I GUESS MAYBE IF WE COULD JUST ROLL WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, BONY, UH, REQUESTED IN WITH, UH, WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED ALREADY FROM THE, UH, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, RATHER THAN LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT, UH, SCENARIOS, JUST A ROLL OF BOTH OF ROLL THEM ALL TOGETHER AS, AS ONE DISPLAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IN THE 80 WAY UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING?
AND THE, THE FEEDBACK IS INVALUABLE AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, TAKE THE QUESTIONS.
WE, UH, HAVE ALL BEEN TAKEN QUESTIONS DURING THE NIGHT AND OVER THE PAST THREE NIGHTS AND EVALUATING THOSE TO GET YOU INFORMATION TO, UH, ANSWER THOSE.
AND SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP AND, UH, AND AGAIN, AS THINGS CHANGE WALL, SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, THE PRELIMINARY RATE AND THE SCHEME, THE FINAL RATE ON THE PROPERTY TAXES.
[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council may go into Executive Session regarding any item posted on the Agenda as authorized by Title 5, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Notice is hereby given that the City Council may go into Executive Session in accordance with the following provision of the Government Code: Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 – Deliberations concerning the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee: the city manager, the city attorney and the city secretary.]
THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN 48.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE 51.074.
AND WE WILL HAVE DOUG GO AHEAD AND PUT US INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[4. RECONVENE into Special Session and consider action, if any, on items discussed in Executive Session.]
EIGHT 34 AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE BACK INTO THE SPECIAL SESSION.MAYOR FLORIDA LIKES TO MAKE THE MOTION.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INTERVIEW ON THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR FOR IT? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON IS TODAY AND THEN MOTION.
YES, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER BOLOGNA.
I JUST WANT TO, TO STAY, I BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, UH, ALSO WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR PANDEMIC AND COVID-19, THAT'S RAMPING BACK UP AND
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IN THE, IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ELECTIONS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO EVEN REMOTELY BE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING IN SOMEONE BRAND NEW, TO BE THE LEADER OF OUR CITY AS THE CEO ON TOP OF THAT, I WANT TO REITERATE MY POSITION THAT WE HAVE YET TO FULLY, UH, SEARCH FOR CANDIDATES ACROSS THESE UNITED STATES.THAT COULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR MISSOURI CITY FOR OUR CITY MANAGER POSITION.
AND I BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN A RUSHED PROCESS.
AND, UH, ALSO BASED OFF OF INFORMATION THAT I'VE SEEN DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS BEING PROPOSED AS THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES OR ACTUALLY THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE MY COLLEAGUES AND THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT INFORMATION.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, MAYOR, THIS IS ANTHONY MARVELOUS.
UM, AS I'VE STATED IN MY PRIOR MEETINGS, I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WE GO OUT AND WE EXPAND OUR SEARCH BY USING THE SELECTIVE SEARCH FIRM SO THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THOSE LARGER JOB BOARDS TO HEAR US GO FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 OR MORE DOWN TO FIVE DOWN TO TWO DOES NOT SOUND LIKE WHAT WE AS A CITY SHOULD BE DOING.
UH, SO THEREFORE I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD EXPAND OUR SEARCH ON THESE TWO.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD WITH THAT FOR THE VERY REASONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY DID BRING UP IS WHY WE DO NEED TO GET A CEO IN PLACE.
UM, WE HAVE REVIEWED OVER 50 PLUS CANDIDATES, UH, TO GET TO THIS FIVE THAT CAME FROM ALL OVER THE U S UM, A VERY GOOD POOL OF CANDIDATES ALSO.
UM, SO I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THAT'S, I'M ONLY ONE VOTE.
UM, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER CONVERSATION, UM, I'M SORRY, ON AT ONE TIME, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WE NEED TO GO OUT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, THE TWO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHILE THEY'RE ADEQUATE, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE WHAT, UH, THE TALENT LEVELS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TO RUN OUR CITY.
AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'S A, UH, A MISSTEP, IF WE DON'T, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, DOING, UH, A REALLY EXTENSIVE SEARCH, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THE SEARCH FIRM, I THINK WE'RE, UH, SHORTCHANGING OUR CITIZENS BY, UH, BY NOT HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE SEARCH FOR, UH, OUR NEW CEO.
I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THE TWO THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD HAVE MORE CREDENTIALS THAN OUR LAST CITY MANAGER.
UH, THEY'RE BOTH LICENSED CITY MANAGERS, BUT I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING.
I THINK SHE WAS MAKING A COMMENT, UM, NEAR FAIRVIEW.
WE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE APPLICANTS OVER 50 APPLICANTS, AND THEN SOME OF US CHOSE NOT TO DO SO, BUT OUT OF, AND I CONCUR WITH YOU OUT OF ALL THE AFRICANS AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE TOP FIVE INTO THE TOP TWO.
UM, THEY WERE THE TOP CANDIDATES OUT OF THE POOL.
UM, AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR JUST MENTIONED, THESE ARE TWO QUALIFIED OVERQUALIFIED CITY MANAGERS THAT WE ARE BEGINNING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MENTION THAT, UM, WE HAD AN INTERVIEW PROCESS.
WE ACTUALLY SAY THE CITY MONEY THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE BUDGET BY INTERVIEWING THESE CANDIDATES AND REVIEWING THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO WERE NOT QUALIFIED.
SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND MAKING MENTION AND KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE WELL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS INTERVIEW PROCESS.
ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS POINT.
UM, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MATE, THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
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I'M MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ERRORS MADE THE MOTION.MEROLA CASTLE MEMBER MEMORIAL IS NO.
UM, DOUG IS COUNSELOR MURAL IS STILL ON THE LINE.
YES, MA'AM I AM, UH, I'M HERE AND THEY, OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UM, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE MEETING.