[Budget Town Hall Meeting on June 22, 2023.]
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WELL, WELCOME TO OUR ANNUAL, UH, BUDGET PROCESS TOWN HALL.I'M CHRISTOPH BOWER, DEPUTY STATE MANAGER OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE COMMUNITY AN ORIENTATION TO OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR ANNUAL KICKOFF TO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET PREPARED YET, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY OR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, BUT YOU ARE GONNA HEAR ABOUT HOW WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF MAKING THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT WILL LEAD THIS COMMUNITY INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE HAVE OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS LINED UP FOR YOU TONIGHT, AND OUR FIRST ONE IS SALANDRA OLIVER, WHO IS OUR NEW BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR FLOOR IS YOURS.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF DESOTO BUDGET PROCESS TOWN HALL MEETING.
I AM SHEDA OLIVER, AND I AM THE BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
WE WILL BEGIN SPEAKING ABOUT THE BUDGET TOPICS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE TYPES OF THE CITY FUNDS, PROPERTY TAXES, BUDGET POLICIES.
WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE SPEAKING FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE WATER AND SEWER RATES, AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECT PLANS.
THE CITY ANNUAL BUDGET REFLECTS ON THE CITY CIVIC PROB PRIORITIES.
IT PROJECTS THE CITY REVENUES AND COST, AS WELL AS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE FOUR STEPS, UM, IN PREPARING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY, THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE, THE BUDGET REVIEW REVIEW BY CITY COUNCIL, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET.
THE FIRST STEP IN IS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHERE WE SPEAK OF THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
WE HOLD BUDGET KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE PROVIDE TRAINING FOR STAFF.
WE ALSO DEVELOP, UH, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT, THE BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENTS DEVELOP THEIR BUDGETS.
WE HAVE REVIEW, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, HAVE REVIEWS WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER HAS REVIEWS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THE BUDGET, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WAIT A MINUTE, I THINK WE WENT TOO FAST.
SO THIS, THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 6TH, 2023.
THEN WE WILL HOLD A ONE AND A HALF DAY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS PROPOSED BUDGETS, AND THEY MAKE DECISIONS, AND THAT WILL BE HELD ON JULY 21ST AND THE 22ND OF 2023.
THE NEXT STEP IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET IN EARLY AUGUST.
WE WILL HOLD A SERIES OF MEETINGS THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.
THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST THE 15TH, 2023, IN WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, UH, CONSIDER A RES IN WHICH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX ROLL, DISCUSS PROPOSED TAX RATE, AND TAKE RECORD VOTE ON A PROPOSED ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD, AND AT THAT TIME, DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET RATES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE HELD AT THAT.
AT THAT SAME TIME, CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS SHOULD START BY ATTENDING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DURING THE SUMMER RETREATS WHERE THE STRATEGIC PLANS IS REVIEWED AND UPDATED, AND IT DRIVES, UM, PART, IT TURN DRIVES PARTS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.
IF YOU COME IN, SEPTEMBER IS A LITTLE LATE BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS PRETTY MUCH SET, BUT YOU ARE, THE PUBLIC IS ALSO AVAILABLE, CAN COME TO THE PARTICIPATE IN THIS, CAN PARTICIPATE BY SPEAKING AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
NEXT, THE FINAL STEP OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THE IMPLEMENTATION ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, WHICH IS THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2324.
THE BUDGET WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
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AND PART, AND THE DEPARTMENTS CAN BE BEGIN SPINNING THEIR FUNDS.THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, KINDA STARTS EARLY ON.
UM, WE START IN JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY WHERE WE HOLD MEETINGS AGAIN TO SET A BUDGET CALENDAR IN MARCH.
WE HOLD KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
MOST OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS IS COMPLETED BY STAFF, AND DURING THAT TIME, TAX STAFF WILL WORK ON POSTING, UH, TAX NOTICES IN JULY AND AUGUST.
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD WITH CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS IN SEPTEMBER, PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE THERE AND ARE APPROVED, AND OCTOBER ONE, AGAIN, THAT'S WHEN THE BUDGET YEAR BEGINS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, BUDGET DOCUMENTS ARE PUT TOGETHER TO THE, SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUBMITTED, UH, FOR THE GFOA TO RECEIVE THE BUDGET AWARD.
THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL DISCUSS THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS IN WHICH FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR GOVERNMENTAL TYPE ACTIVITIES.
THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS INCLUDE THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAJOR OPERATING FUND FOR THE CITY.
IT ACCOUNTS FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECOUNTED FOR IN OTHER FUND TYPES.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE SPECIFIC, UH, FOR, FOR, ARE USED FOR, ARE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS DESIGNATED TO MEET OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE DEBT, UH, SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.
ON THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEBT, WE HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, WHICH IS USED TO, UH, FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CAPITAL, UH, ITEMS AND FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
THE NEXT FUND TYPE WILL BE OUR ENTERPRISE PUMP FUND OR OUR BUSINESS TYPE FUND.
AND THIS FUND IS RECEIVED, UH, BY CHARGES FOR SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS OR WATER SANITATION AND DRAINAGE.
NOW WE'LL DISCUSS THE THREE MAJOR FUNDS THAT THE CITY, UH, OPERATES UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAJOR, UH, IS, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PARKS.
WE HAVE THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, WHICH IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE CITY WATER AND WATER WASTE SYSTEM.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE SANITATION FUND, WHICH IS ANOTHER ENTERPRISE FUND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE, UH, GENERAL REVENUE FUND FOR THE YEAR 2023, WHERE MOST OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM TAXES.
ABOUT 80% OF OUR REVENUE COME FROM TAXES, MAINLY THE PROPERTY TAXES OF 61%.
FOR THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT THE EXPENDITURE IS MAINLY FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 43% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITY, UH, FUND, UH, 53% OF THE REVENUE IS GENERATED BY THE SEWER SERVICES, WHILE 73% OF THESE EXPENDITURES IS FOR THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
IF WE GO TO THE SANITATION REVENUE FUND, IT'S, UH, RECEIVED ITS FEE, UH, FUNDS BY RESIDENTIAL FEES ABOUT, UH, RESIDENTIAL FEES, AND FOR EXPENDITURES, WE SPEND ABOUT 89% FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY RATE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
IT IS ESTIMATED CALCULATION FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO BILL, WHICH INCLUDES OTHER TAXING ENTITIES.
THE TAX RATE IS CALCULATED BY THE ASSESSED VALUE DIVIDED BY A HUNDRED, THEN MULTIPLIED BY THE TAX RATE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR TAX VALUE IS AT $200,000 DIVIDED BY A HUNDRED, MULTIPLIED BY THE TAX RATE OF 0.6 9 1 5 5 4, YOUR TAX BILL WILL BE $1,307 AND 33 CENTS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE TAX EXEMPTIONS, AND OUR TAX EXEMPTIONS ARE FOR PERSONS OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE AND FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, A CALCULATION FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY, IT DOES AS
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THE TAX RATE HAS NOT YET BEEN ADOPTED.THE CITY OF DESOTO HAS ADOPTED POLICIES AS IT PERTAINS TO THE FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.
A COMPREHENSIVE BALANCE BUDGET IS PREPARED IN A MANNER TO FACILITATE CITIZENS UNDERSTANDING.
PRIOR TO AUGUST 1ST, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKSHOPS ARE HELD FOR, ARE HELD FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
COPIES OF THE BUDGET CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SENIOR CENTER, THE ACTION CENTER, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, UH, SHALL BE REPORTED MONTHLY AND FEES AND CHARGES ARE SET TO ENSURE THAT BENEFICIARIES OF THE SERVICES ARE PAID AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER WILL REVIEW THE CITY, UH, FEES AND, UH, CHARGES ANNUALLY AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I WILL NOW, UH, BRING UP THE, HAVE THE, UM, TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES, UH, DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE WATER AND SEWER RATES.
I AM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER A HIGH LEVEL, UH, OVERVIEW JUST OVER OUR UTILITY OPERATION AND, AND AS WELL AS HOW WE CHARGE FOR WATER AND SEWER RATES.
OUR UTILITY PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT IS COMPOSED OF THREE DIVISIONS, UH, UTILITY ADMINISTRATION, UTILITY BILLING, AND ALSO WATER MAINTENANCE.
UH, WE'LL DISCUSS TONIGHT WHERE YOUR DRINKING WATER COMES FROM AND HOW WE CHARGE FOR THOSE, UH, SERVICES.
SO FIRST, TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF DESOTOS WATER SUPPLY.
WE ARE A WHOLESALE CUSTOMER FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
SO THAT MEANS WE PURCHASE WATER FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE PRIMARILY GET, UH, OUR WATER FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS IS EAST SIDE PLANT, WHICH, UH, PULLS FROM THE LAKE FORK, LAKE NEY, AND LAKE RAY HUBBARD, UH, RESERVOIRS.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CITY, OF OUR CITY WATER SYSTEM HERE.
JUST A FEW FUN DESOTO WATER FACTS HERE.
OUR CITY SERVICE AREA COVERS ROUGHLY 22 SQUARE MILES, AND WE SERVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 54,000 PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH 200 MILES OF SERVICE MAINES.
AND WE GET WATER TO YOUR HOMES IN PLACES OF BUSINESSES THROUGH 18,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
WE HAVE ROUGHLY 18 MILLION GALLONS OF PUB, UH, POTABLE WATERS, UH, STORAGE CAPACITIES.
WE RECEIVED WATER FROM DWU THROUGH TWO ENTRY POINTS.
UH, OUR FIRST ENTRY POINT UP HERE AT OUR HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION, WHICH IS OVER ON THE CORNER OF, UH, HAMPTON ROAD AND CENTER PARK.
UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER THERE.
HERE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'RE ABOUT 50% COMPLETE ON A $7 MILLION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON A NEW PUMP STATION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PUMP STATION THAT'S THERE IN THE OTHER AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS OUR ENTRY POINT AT OUR WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION, WHICH IS ON WESTMORELAND ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF DESOTO, WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE REHAB OF THAT STATION.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, BOTH OF OUR, UH, PUMP STATIONS UNDER, UM, CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THE NOT SO NEAR FUTURE.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY GREAT NEWS FOR US.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, NOREEN MITCHELL, WHO WILL GO OVER HOW WE CHARGE OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES AND HOW YOU INTERPRET YOUR BILLS.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS HOW, UH, THE UTILITY BILLS ARE CALCULATED.
UM, THEY'RE CALCULATED USING SEVERAL BILLING COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST COMPONENT IS YOUR BASE CHARGES, AND THIS IS DETERMINED BY THE CUSTOMER'S, UH, METER SIZE.
THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE VOLUME, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY YOUR USAGE, AND IT'S CALCULATED, UM, BROKEN OUT IN THE TIER AS, UH, REFLECTED UNDER THE USAGE CHARGES PER THOUSAND GALLONS.
THE SEWER FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IS DETERMINED BY YOUR WINTER MONTHS AVERAGE.
SO YOUR WSA, WHICH IS THE ACRONYM FOR WATER SEWER AVERAGE IS PERFORMED ANNUALLY IN APRIL TO DETERMINE NEW SEWER AVERAGES, AND THEY'RE REFLECTED ON THE BILLS GENERATED IN MAY.
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THE TWO LOWEST WATER USAGE BILLING PERIODS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH.THE CALCULATION INCLUDES THOSE PERIODS AS CUSTOMERS GENERALLY HAVE LESS USAGE DURING THAT TIME.
THE SEWER BASE RATE IS $11 AND 70 CENTS FOR THE FIRST THOUSAND GALLONS OF VOLUME AND THE $11 AND 70 CENTS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL THOUSAND GALLONS.
WE ALSO OFFER SENIOR DISCOUNTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, AGE 65 AND OLDER, AND THESE SENIOR DISCOUNTS CAN ADD UP TO APPROXIMATELY $12 AND 66 CENTS EACH MONTH DEPENDING ON THE SERVICES.
THIS SLIDE REFLECTS A SAMPLE, UH, REGULAR WATER BILL TO NOT INCLUDE SENIOR DISCOUNT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT REFLECTS PREVIOUS ACTIVITY OR THE PREVIOUS MONTH'S ACTIVITY.
IT HAS A GRAPH SHOWING YOUR HISTORICAL USAGE FOR ONE YEAR IN MESSAGING.
THE NEXT SLIDE REFLECTS A SENIOR, UM, BILL, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE SENIOR DISCOUNTS.
IT HAS OF COURSE, THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE REGULAR BILL.
UH, HENCE THE CREDITS PUSH THE BUTTON, THE CREDITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BILL TO THE RIGHT.
YOU'LL SEE SOME, UH, CREDIT CHARGES, AND THAT IS RELATED TO THE SEWER TO THE SENIOR DISCOUNT.
UM, AS A REMINDER, WE'D LIKE TO ADVISE AND OF COURSE, INFORM YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO REGISTER FOR THE AQUA HAWK TO MONITOR YOUR WATER USAGE.
OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME GREAT BENEFITS IN THAT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? AQUA? YES, MA'AM.
AND I COULD PROVIDE YOU THAT, UM, INFORMATION AT LENGTH.
QUESTION, COULD YOU SPEAK TO, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO BUDGET SEASON, OUR WATER RATE? SO CURRENTLY, I KNOW WE HAVE A FUND THAT, THAT, UH, WHAT LIKE OUR SEWER GOES INTO AND SUCH MM-HMM,
AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, THIS YEAR, DO WE GO OVER WHAT THE BUDGET DO WE HAVE? UM, WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE.
IT'S A FUND BALANCE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? I PROBABLY CAN'T, BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW, I, I COULD TELL YOU THAT WE ARE ON POWER WITH OUR REVENUE.
UM, IF YOU REFLECT ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE ISSUED ON TUESDAY, WE ARE ON POWER WITH OUR REVENUE.
SO RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OR DECREASE OUR FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON OUR EXPENDITURES AND HOW MUCH REVENUE WE BRING IN THIS YEAR.
AND HOW DO WE CALCULATE WHETHER WE NEED TO HAVE AN INCREASE ON SANITATION FOR WATER VERSUS NOT? WELL, THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RATE STUDY.
UM, IS THAT, YEAH, SO WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF CONDUCTING OUR, UH, RATE ANALYSIS WITH OUR CONSULTANT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TRANSMITTING THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BASED ON OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND ALSO OUR PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET FOR THEM TO COME BACK WITH, UH, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT THOSE EVENTS WHERE, WHERE THE INCREASE MIGHT BE NOT, OR, OR, SO WHAT USING, I KNOW YOU GOTTA BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL TO SEE, BUT, UM, WHAT ARE THEY CALCULATING AS TO WHERE INCREASES NEED? I GUESS I'M GET THE FUNDAMENTALS OF IT, JUST SO, SO, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
SO I THINK YOU, YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOUR QUESTION IS COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, BASICALLY, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE RATES AND HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN INCREASE NEEDED OR WHETHER OR NOT THE RATES REMAIN THE SAME? SO A LOT OF IT, UH, AS WE EARLIER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON, UH, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR WATER AND SEWER AS WELL AS SANITATION, A BIG PART OF THAT, UH, IS, IS DETERMINED ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE COSTS ARE FROM OUR PROVIDERS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROVIDERS COSTS ARE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AS WELL AS WHAT OUR INTERNAL COSTS ARE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND WE LOOK AT ALL THAT IN ADDITION TO, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE MAY HAVE PLANNED.
AND SO, UH, ALL OF THAT, OUR, OUR OPERATIONAL COST CAPITAL PROJECT, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, COST FROM OUR PROVIDERS, ALL THAT TAKES GOES INTO THE RATE, THE RATE STUDY.
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THAT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO INCREASE OR
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DECREASE RATES.USUALLY, AS YOU CAN TELL BY ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THE BOTH PUMP STATIONS, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS WATER SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THAT, ALL THAT TYPE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON, IT TYPICALLY SIGNALS, UH, OR RATE INCREASE.
THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS THAT, UM, THERE IT IS, IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF SUMMER WE HAVE.
'CAUSE USUALLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, YOUR USAGE IS PRETTY MUCH AVERAGE SUMMER MONTHS.
TYPICALLY, WHEN IT'S HOT AND DRY, YOU, UH, YOUR REVENUE PICKS UP.
BUT IF WE HAVE A RAINY SEASON, OF COURSE, WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY BE, WE, WE, WE WILL COME OUT, UH, EITHER EVEN OR IN THE NEGATIVE ON REVENUE.
AND SO THAT IS WHERE THAT FUND BALANCE THAT, UH, THEY MENTIONED EARLIER WHERE THAT COMES INTO PLAY BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF OFFSET THAT IF WE DO HAVE ANY, UH, DOWN DOWNTURN IN REVENUE, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFSET THAT WITH THE FUND BALANCE.
SO, LONG STORY SHORT, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT IS A, AN EQUATION OF A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF VARIABLES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ELIZABETH OSI ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS HERE IN DESOTO.
UH, AND WE LIKE TO CALL THEM CIP FOR SHORT.
SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT CIP PROJECTS ARE.
WE, WE DO A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
SO WE VALUE CIP PROJECTS AS OH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE.
THEY HAVE ALSO HAVE A LIFESPAN OF FIVE YEARS OR MORE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROADWAY WIDENING, STREET RECONSTRUCTION, WATER AND WASTEWATER DRAINAGE, SIDEWALKS, PARKS, SIGNALS, FACILITIES, AND ALLEYS.
UH, A LOT OF, UM, ITEMS THAT THE CITY WOULD CONTRACT, HIRE A CONTRACTOR AND DO THOSE OURSELVES.
SO WE CALL THOSE CITY LED PROJECTS OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UH, DURING THESE PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION IS INCONVENIENCE AND SO I THINK ALL THE RESIDENTS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, THE END PRODUCT IS DEFINITELY WORTH IT.
SO A PURPOSE OF A, UH, CIP, UH, IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR A FIVE YEAR HORIZON.
IT DEFINITELY IMPACTS THE CITY'S BUDGET.
AND WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING COMMITMENTS.
SO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AREN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE CITY.
SOME, UH, WE'D GO A PORTION FUNDED WITH DALLAS COUNTY OR FEDERAL GRANTS, UH, CDBG, WHICH ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, ALSO ARPA FUNDING, WHICH IS THE MISS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BOND ELECTIONS AND BOND SALES TO ALSO FUND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OVER HERE.
THIS TABLE JUST INCORPORATES SEVERAL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS, AND WHEN I USE THE TERM ACTIVE, I MEAN PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN DESIGN OR IN CONSTRUCTION.
THERE ARE LOT MORE PROJECTS THE CITY OF DESOTO HAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE BOOKS, BUT EITHER THEY'RE NOT FUNDED OR WE DON'T HAVE STAFFING AT THIS TIME TO CONTINUE THEM.
BUT THIS TABLE SHOWS, UM, JUST A SUMMARY.
IT'S NOT EXACT, I'VE ROUNDED SOME NUMBERS, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS HERE.
AND AS YOU SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, 196 MILLION, THAT'S NOT FOR ONE YEAR, AND IT'S NOT ALL FUNDED BY THE CITY OF DESOTO.
LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES WE GET GRANTS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THIS FIVE YEAR HORIZON, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT, UM, TO SPEND.
SO SOME OF THE COSTS OF INDIVIDUAL CIP PROJECTS, SO THESE INCLUDE THE ROAD WIDENING, ROAD WIDENING PROJECT, GOING FROM A TWO TO A FOUR LANE, COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 16 TO 18 MILLION IN THIS ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S FOR A ONE MILE LONG STRETCH OF ROADWAY.
WE HAVE, UH, THREE ROAD WINDING PROJECTS.
I'M GONNA BRIEFLY DISCUSS ALSO, RESIDENTIAL ASPHALT RECONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER MILE WATER AND WASTEWATER RENOVATION REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, WE ALLOCATE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
AND THEN WE SELECT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS WITHIN THAT RANGE.
A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS ABOUT 350,000.
BUT IF I WANT TO DO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION.
AND A ONE MILE LENGTH OF SIDEWALK PROJECT WOULD BE ABOUT 470,000.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF A MAP OF DESOTO AND SOME OF THE ACTIVE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE BLUE OR PROJECTS IN DESIGN AND FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
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RED ARE AWARDED PROJECTS OR PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION.SOME, UM, MIGHT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED.
SO, AND THESE ARE OUR STREETS AND EROSION PROJECTS ARE LABELED ON THIS MAP HERE.
SO FOR ROAD WINDING, THE FIRST PROJECT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS WESTMORELAND ROAD ROAD WIDENING.
THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT WITH DALLAS COUNTY WHO'S CONTRIBUTING $3 MILLION.
THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 95% COMPLETE.
THIS IS VERY NEAR CONSTRUCTION.
WE HOPE TO START LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, WE JUST HAVE TO FINALIZE, UM, LOOSE ENDS, UH, A CONTRACT WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES BEFORE WE COULD GET THIS PROJECT GOING.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS DANIELLE DEL ROAD, THE, UH, THE CITY OF DESOTO AND THAT DALLAS COUNTY IS GOING 50 50 ON THIS PROJECT, NOT TO INCLUDE UNDERGROUND WATER AND WASTEWATER, UH, OR LANDSCAPING.
THOSE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT CITY FUNDED.
WE'RE QUITE A BIT ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT, AND WE SHOULD BE HEARING BACK LATER THIS WEEK IF WE GET, UH, AN ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, BUT WE DO EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO BE GOING, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR.
UH, BUT IF IT'S FEDERALLY FUNDED, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK WITH TDOT.
SO IT WOULD, UH, THE PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION DATE WOULD BE LATER.
THIS PROJECT IS VERY NEAR COMPLETION OF DESIGN, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON ONE MORE PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
THE FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AND THEN WE COULD START OUR CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL OF THESE ROAD WINDING PROJECTS.
CONSTRUCTION IS ANYWHERE FROM 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE MILE LONG.
AND WE ARE DOING ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, WATER, SEWER, STORM DRAIN, AND THE ROAD SURFACE AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, ET CETERA.
SO IT DOES TAKE QUITE A WHILE FOR THESE ROAD WINDING PROJECTS TO GET COMPLETED IN CONSTRUCTION.
BUT ONCE WE'RE DONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS.
SO HAMPTON ROAD IS AN EXCITING PROJECT, ABOUT 20 YEARS PLANNING FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT IS A, UH, THE STREET SECTION IS NEARLY 40 MILLION.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT IS WE ARE UNDERGROUNDING THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL WIRES ON BOTH SIDES OF HAMPTON ROAD.
THIS IMAGE DOWN HERE KIND OF SHOWS THE STREET SECTION.
WHAT WE PLAN, UH, IT IS A ROAD DIET, SO WE ARE PLANNING TO GO TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, BUT WE'LL HAVE A MIDDLE TURN LANE.
WE'LL HAVE SOME LONG STREET PARKING, WE'LL HAVE A BIKE PATH AND ALSO SIDEWALK AND A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UH, WE REALLY WANT THE HAMPTON ROAD TO BE A DESTINATION LOCATION, SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE ARE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, MULTIMODAL PEOPLE COME SIT, TALK, UM, SIT OUTSIDE IN RESTAURANTS, JUST A REALLY GATHERING PLACE.
THE VER DESOTO, UH, KIND OF LIKE A DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE DO HAVE OUR WEBSITE, ENVISION HAMPTON ROAD.COM, WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UH, THIS IS ONE, UH, OR A COUPLE ACTUALLY, ONE WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED AND THEN ANOTHER IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UH, PARKVILLE ROAD IS ON THIS LIST RECENTLY COMPLETED THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS MOVED ON TO YU ROAD AND HE'LL CONTINUE TO WINTERGREEN IN THE MEADOWS AFTER HE'S COMPLETED YU ROAD FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF, UH, STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED A PAVEMENT CON CONDITION INDEX REPORT, WHICH GAVE US A 10 YEAR, UH, PLAN, BASICALLY OF WHICH STREETS WE SHOULD RECONSTRUCT AND ALSO DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON.
AND WE'RE ALSO GETTING INPUT FROM CITY COUNCIL AND STREET MAINTENANCE TO DEVELOP THE, OUR NEXT STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR OUR ALLEY PROJECTS.
WE'VE JUST FIN WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP ONE, UH, THEY ARE ON THEIR LAST ALLEY ON LIVE OAK THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE IN DESIGN ON ANOTHER FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER RENOVATION REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY TWO PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST PHASE IS THE WATER AND SEWER REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY PIPE BURSTING.
WE'LL GO IN AND BURST THE PIPE AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW WATER AND SEWER PIPE, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR AND DO THE SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO FOR THIS 2021 R AND R, PHASE ONE IS NEARLY COMPLETE PHASE TWO SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, HAS STARTED.
AND FOR OUR NEXT R AND R PROJECT, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY IN DESIGN 60% FOR OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FLEX MAT CONSTRUCTION,
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AND WE REALLY TR NORMALLY THE EROSION PROJECTS HAPPEN NEAR CREEKS.THEY COULD APP IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL.
SHORELINE, UH, IS A PROJECT THAT'S ARPA FUNDED, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN FOR THAT ONE.
AND ANOTHER LARGE, UH, PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO DESIGN FOR IS THE WOLF C CREEK ESTATE ESTATE SUBDIVISION.
FOR OUR WASTEWATER PROJECTS, WHICH IS ALSO MANAGED BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE, UH, THE METHODIST CARE HEATH CREEK BE BRANCH AND WESTLAKE DRIVE TRUNK LINE.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY TRUNK LINE REPLACEMENTS, SO THE SEWER LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED, UH, BUT WE ALSO PROTECT THE SEWER OR WASTEWATER PIPE FROM EROSION.
SO THEY COULD ALSO BE THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS, FACILITY PROJECTS.
SO THE CITY OF DESOTO OWNS OUR, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR OWN BUILDINGS.
SO WE DO HAVE TO RENOVATE THEM, CREATE NEW OFFICES.
UM, AND WE, UH, SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE MAJORITY ARE THE RENOVATION OF A KITCHEN OR OFFICES OR RESTROOMS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR NANCE FARMS MASTER PLAN AND THERE'S SOME DISPLAY BOARDS OUT, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CONFERENCE CHAMBERS, IF YOU WANNA LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
FOR OUR SIGNS AND SIGNALS, WE HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES GOING ON.
WE'RE UPDATING SEVEN LOCATIONS OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH ARE OLD AND OUTDATED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SPEED RADAR SIGN INSTALLATION ONGOING, AND THAT IT HAS TO BE APPROVED LOCATIONS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO NOT EVERY STREET COULD GET A SPEED RADAR SIGN, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH ENCORE TO UPDATE OUR STREETLIGHTS TO LEDS.
SO NOT ALL PROJECTS ARE MANAGED BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SOME PROJECTS ARE MANAGED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR DESOTO.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS A LARGE RECREATION AND AQUATIC CENTER ONGOING WITH THEIR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE.
AND HERE'S AN IMAGE OF WHAT THAT BUILDING IS GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
AND FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES, THEY ALSO MANAGE SOME OF THEIR OWN PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE A NEW PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING THAT, UM, CURRENTLY IS GETTING READY TO GO TO DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, AND THEY ALSO UPGRADE THEIR PUMP STATIONS.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR OUR PRESENTATION ON THE CIP PROJECTS.
AND, UM, I HOPE THE RESIDENTS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT THE CITY, UM, LEADS.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, I'VE BEEN FOR 33 YEARS AND, UM, YEARS SUPPOSED TO GO FROM WEST TO THEY, UM, UH, SAVED HIM, BUT WE HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ACTUALLY THERE.
AND THE, THAT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM THE WEST GOES THROUGH THE EAST, AND IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEAR UP NOW STARTING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEAK THAT'S IN THE STREET, THE CRACKS AND IS PROBABLY, THERE'S GONNA FROM THERE ALSO.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR US.
AND WE'RE TRYING THAT WE, YOU GOT OF CONCRETE ON THAT STREET, THAT IS THE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING AND, UH, THOSE THINGS.
AND, UH, WE HAD CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE DID
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NOT PUT UP WITH THAT MESS.AND THEN, UH, UH, WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS NICE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
UM, I WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DISCUSS FUTURE DRAINAGE AND EROSION PROJECTS.
UH, JUST TO RESPOND BEFORE WE FINISH
ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY FEES AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A UTILITY FEE STUDY RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT, UM, IF THE COMMERCIAL SITES SPECIFICALLY ARE CONTRIBUTING THEIR FAIR SHARE INTO THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, ANOTHER INITIATIVE, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, HOPES TO BRING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE, UM, KIND OF LIKE A, A PROGRAM TO HELP RESIDENTS ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTIES WITH SOME OF THEIR DRAINAGE AND EROSION CONCERNS.
I THINK IF YOU'RE IN A CREEK, A CREEK DID, AND YOU, LIKE RIGHT NOW, I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO PLANTATION, THE CREEK THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COME DOWN PLANTATION, THIS, I'M LIKE, PLEASE DON'T HAVE ANY 20 YEARS BECAUSE BE NO.
WE'LL TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO TRACY TO, UH, FINISH UP.
I'M TRACY, ER, FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY, AND I AM THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO, UM, SUBMITTING IT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO, UH, COUNCIL.
AND I WILL SAY THIS PROCESS IS NOT EASY, BUT WE DO WORK WITH A COOR EFFORT WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, TO GET A BALANCED BUDGET AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH PROPOSING IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL ANSWER ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS AND IF THAT'S NO QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE'RE GOOD.