[Community FY 2025 Budget Forum on June 27, 2024.]
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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET STARTED. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS ISOM CAMERON, AND I AM THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER HERE FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. FOR A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS. SO, FIRST, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE TO TONIGHT'S COMMUNITY BUDGET ENGAGEMENT FORUM, BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE ROOM, STARTING WITH DOCTOR DONNA MARKS. PLACE FIVE. AND, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, PLAY SIX. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE A TON OF STAFF MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. SO IF STAFF, IF YOU COULD JUST WAVE YOUR HANDS, LET THE CROWD KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT'S MEETING IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR BUDGET. A BUDGET PROCESS AND ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT GO INTO PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY INVOLVED PROCESS. IT'S A TEDIOUS PROCESS. STAFF CAN TELL YOU THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING FOR US HERE IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND PROBABLY IN OTHER GOVERNMENT AS WELL, BUT YOU'RE EITHER IN BUDGET SEASON OR YOU'RE JUST COMING OUT OF IT. IT IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. IT NEVER STOPS FOR US. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS, ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, REALLY FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS, BUDGET FORUM, THEY WORK REALLY HARD ON IT. AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT THE FRUITS OF THEIR EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, STAFF, MYSELF, THE FINANCE TEAM COUNCIL AS WELL. WE, WE TAKE THIS BUDGET VERY SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S FUNDS. AND SO, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY A HUGE UNDERTAKING. AND SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT TONIGHT, WE DID A FORM FORM SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE PAST, BUT THE ADDED COMPONENT TO TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE THAT, ONCE WE FINISH THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THEN WE'LL MOVE OUT INTO THE ATRIUM. AND IF YOU CAME IN, I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU CAME IN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ACTION CENTER, YOU SAW THE BEAUTIFUL SETUP WITH ALL THE TABLES AND EVERYTHING. SO WE'LL HAVE STAFF POSITIONS OUT THERE REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THAT'LL BE THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MINGLE WITH THE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OR GET ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU, FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO GET, AND SO, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS TURN YOU OVER TO THE HANDS OF, MISS SHALONDA OLIVER, WHO IS OUR BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, AND SHE WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME AGAIN. I'M SHALONDA OLIVER AND I AM THE BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HERE AT DESOTO. TONIGHT, OUR TOPICS OF DISCUSSION WOULD INCLUDE THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE CITY FUNDS, THE PROPERTY TAXES, BUDGET POLICIES. WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO COME SPEAK UP ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWER RATES.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND ONCE THE PRESENTATION IS OVER, WE WILL EXIT TO THE LEFT. MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT, INTO THE ATRIUM FOR THE MEET AND GREET WITH THE STAFF. WHEN WE DID CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER, WHEN WE'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER, SUCH AS THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE, COUNCIL BUSINESS PLAN, THE ROAD PROJECTS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS INPUT THAT COME FROM THE SURVEYS, AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT THE OPERATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS NOT JUST ABOUT CRUNCHING NUMBERS. IT CONSISTS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT ALIGNS WITH THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY OF DESOTO, WITH THOSE NEEDS, WE HAVE, THE FOUR BASIC STEPS. WE'RE PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. THE FIRST, WE WOULD DEVELOP THE BUDGET, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE, BUDGET REVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THEN AT THAT AFTER THAT, WE'LL DO THE ADOPTION AND THE APPROVALS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET. DEVELOPING THE BUDGET. FIRST, WE
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DO A CALENDAR. WE DO COME UP WITH A CALENDAR WITH SOME IMPORTANT DATES TO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, MEET OUR DEADLINES AND HAVE THIS IMPLEMENTED BY THE DUE DATE OF OCTOBER. THE FIRST. WE WILL HOLD BUDGET, KICK OFF MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF GIVE THEM INFORMATION, GET THEIR INPUT ON, WHAT GOES INTO THE BUDGET, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.THEN WE HAVE TRAINING, WE PROVIDE TRAINING TO THE STAFF AS THEY ARE INPUTTING THEIR BUDGETS AND THEIR INFORMATIONS IN. THEN THE DEPARTMENT GO BACK AND THEY DEVELOP THEIR BUDGET INTO OUR, FINANCIAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM. THEN WE WILL HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, FINANCE WILL HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF GIVE A FIRST OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO KIND OF REVIEW, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD BALANCED BUDGET BEFORE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL. ONCE THE BUDGET IS, ALL TOGETHER, WE HAVE, WE WOULD GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT IS DUE TO COUNCIL ON JULY THE 11TH THIS YEAR. AND AFTER THAT, WE WOULD HAVE A ONE AND A HALF DAY BUDGET, WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL THAT STARTS ON THURSDAY, JULY 25TH, I THINK 6 P.M. AND THEN IT CONTINUE ON THE NEXT DAY, ON FRIDAY, JULY 6TH, 26. ONCE WE HAVE THOSE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL, WE, HAVE A APPROVAL RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE CHECK TO ACCEPT THE TAX ROLLS, DISCUSS PROPOSED TAX RATES AND TAKE RECORD VOTE. THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON OUR AUGUST THE 15TH, COUNCIL MEETING. THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, THE BUDGET AND THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IF NECESSARY.
AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE SEPTEMBER 4TH, COUNCIL MEETING. THEN A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, THAT THE SEPTEMBER 17TH COUNCIL MEETING TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, THE TAX RATE, THE BUDGET AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THE IMPLEMENTATION BEGAN AGAIN. WE OUR BUDGET YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS INCLUDE, THE GENERAL FUND, SPECIAL REVENUE, DEBT SERVICE, AS WELL AS CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS . AND THESE ARE THE GENERAL FUND PRETTY MUCH IS OUR IT IS OUR MAJOR FUND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT OPERATES ALL OF OUR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, THEN WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH ARE MORE OF YOUR GRANT FUNDS OR YOUR STATE AND FEDERAL SEEDS FUNDS. THOSE ARE SPECIAL REVENUES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THEN WE HAVE THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS THAT IS DESIGNATED TO MEET OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE DEBT REQUIREMENTS.
AND OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT. THEN WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, AND THOSE ARE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CAPITAL ASSETS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. OUR ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH IS LIKE OUR BUSINESS TYPE, BUSINESS TYPE FUNDS AND THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH YOU THINK OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. THOSE ARE CHARGES FOR SERVICES. WE GET OUR REVENUE FOR CHARGES FOR SERVICES. SO WHEN WE PROVIDE WATER TO THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO. RIGHT. AND. YEAH, OUR MAJOR FUND, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS TAX SUPPORTED. SO OUR PROPERTY TAX, OUR SALES TAX IS OUR MAIN GENERAL, REVENUE SOURCE. AGAIN, IT'S COVERED THE MOST SOURCES THE POLICE, FIRE PARKS AND RECS AND OUR ADMINISTRATION. AGAIN, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES THAT'S COMING THE REVENUES. AND IT'S THE OPERATION FOR OUR WATER AND OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, OUR SANITATION, THE REVENUES IN EXPENSES ARE RELATED TO, SOLID WASTE OPERATION. SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR THREE MAJOR FUNDS AND HOW THEY ARE BUDGETED IN 2020 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR REVENUES WAS BUDGETED AT $58 MILLION, $58,613,440, TO BE EXACT. AND YOU SEE THAT 60 TO 62% OF THAT REVENUE IS COMING FROM OUR, PROPERTY TAX, WHILE 18% IS COMING FROM OUR SALES TAX. THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND WAS 58,065,005 67. AND YOU SEE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND
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FIRE IS WHERE THE BULK OF THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE, BUDGETED AT, COMING IN THIRD WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN CITYWIDE. OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND OR OUR WATER FUND, THERE WERE BUDGET REVENUES WAS BUDGETED AT $28,060,920. AND THE , MOST OF THAT REVENUE COMES FROM OUR SEWER SERVICES AT 53.3, FOLLOWED BY OUR WATER SALES AT 45. THE EXPENDITURES WAS BUDGETED AT 28,003,000 $888,088, AND THOSE ARE FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THE MAJORITY OF THAT, AND THOSE ARE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THAT 70% COMES FROM THE WATER PURCHASES. SANITATION THE REVENUES WAS BUDGETED. AT $6,989,424, AND THE BULK OF THAT REVENUE IS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL FEES AT 85.5. SANITATION EXPENDITURES WAS BUDGETED AT 6,998,009 22, AND 89% OF THAT IS, FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, OUR TAX RATE FOR 24 WAS OF 0.685092, THERE YOU CAN SEE A NOTE FOR AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU WOULD COLLECT, HOW YOU WOULD CALCULATE YOUR PROPERTY TAX, IT'S CALCULATED BY DIVIDING BY 100 MULTIPLIED BY THE TAX RATE. SO IF YOU SEE THE EXAMPLE, IF YOUR HOUSE IS TAXED AT ITS VALUE AT $200,000 DIVIDED BY 100 TIMES 0.685092, YOUR TAX WILL BE $1,307 $70. AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. OKAY, OUR TAX RATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR HAS NOT BEEN SET. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. THE CITY OF DESOTO ALSO OFFERS EXEMPTIONS FOR PERSONS OVER 65 AND WITH DISABILITIES PERSONS. PEOPLE OVER 65 GET A $40,000 TAX EXEMPTION WHILE THOSE WITH DISABILITIES GET 25,000. OUR BUDGET POLICIES. SO PRIOR TO AUGUST 1ST, WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE BALANCED BUDGET PREPARED FOR ALL THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE BUDGET NEEDS TO BE CLEAR AND TO SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN UNDERSTAND IT. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKSHOPS.WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKSHOPS, AND WE INVITE YOU FOR THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONS AND COPIES OF THOSE BUDGETS CAN BE FOUND. YOU CAN. THEY'RE LOCATED AT THE ACTION CENTER RIGHT HERE, OUT TO THE OUT TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT. WE HAVE THEM IN THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND WE HAVE IT, IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WHICH YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND IT ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE. A PART OF OUR BUDGET POLICIES. WE WOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, REPORT THAT'S PRESENTED TO COUNCIL EACH MONTH. AND OUR FEES, WHEN POSSIBLE, FEES AND CHARGES ARE SET BY THOSE SET FOR THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER WILL REVIEW THE FEES AND SERVICES ONCE A YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN A COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY AT THIS TIME, I WILL BRING UP THE MEMBER. I HAVE THE MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO COME UP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRANDON LACEY. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER A BRIEF, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR MAIN KEY FUNCTIONS. SO OUR DEPARTMENT IS COMPRISED OF THREE DIVISIONS, FIRST IS OUR ADMINISTRATION. WE MANAGE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO ASSIST THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS. BY WAY OF PROVIDING SUPPORT AS FAR AS, BUDGETING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR WATER, WATER AND SEWER MAINTENANCE TEAM, WHICH WHICH IS LED BY OUR OUR UTILITIES MANAGER, MR. ALAN MCDONALD. THOSE ARE THE ROCK STARS THAT
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YOU SEE OUT THAT YOU PERHAPS GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH EVERY NOW AND THEN. IF THEY GOT THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, TORN UP OR YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND BECAUSE THE ROAD WE HAVE DETOURS UP, BUT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS OPERATING PROPERLY AND THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE CUSTOMED TO ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR UB TEAM, WHICH I LIKE TO CONSIDER AS KIND OF THE FACE OF THE UTILITY.THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE IF YOU ELECT TO COME DOWN TO TOWN CENTER AND DO ANY BUSINESS RELATED TO UTILITY BILLING, THEY'RE ALSO THE ONES THAT ANSWER THE PHONE AND ANSWER YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES AND PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF WORK ORDERS TO OUR WATER MAINTENANCE TEAM IF IT IS NECESSARY. SO THE CITY OF DESOTO'S WATER SYSTEM, SO OUR WATER SYSTEM ACTUALLY COMPRISES OF ABOUT 22MI■S. SO WE HAVE, THE CITY IS BROKEN UP IN TWO MAJOR PRESSURE ZONES. SO WE'LL START WITH THE BOTTOM PORTION HERE. THIS IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS OUR 860 PRESSURE ZONE. THAT IS THE AREA THAT SERVES THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF OUR CITY. THIS AREA IS KIND OF IN THE GREENER COLOR IS THE NORTHEAST AREA OR THE 798 ZONE. AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL AREA UP NORTH OF TOWN THAT'S, THAT IS CALLED OUR BOLTON BOONE ZONE. AND THAT IS THE AREA THAT PRETTY MUCH ENCOMPASSES, IN BETWEEN DANIEL DALE AND WHEATLAND ROAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. I WON'T BELABOR THAT TOPIC JUST NOW BECAUSE I, MY, COMPADRES AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL GO OVER SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THAT A LITTLE LATER. BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 22MI■S. WE HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 18 MILLION GALLONS OF STORAGE WITHIN THE CITY, BOTH GROUND AND ELEVATED.
SO WHEN YOU WALK AROUND, YOU SEE THOSE ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS. THOSE TANKS ACTUALLY SERVE A PURPOSE. THEY ACTUALLY KEEP OUR SYSTEM PRESSURIZED AS WELL AS MAINTAIN, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY PER OUR REGULATORY STANDARDS. WE SERVE, ABOUT 57,000 CITIZENS THROUGH 19,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS. AND HAVE ABOUT 30 MILLION GALLONS WORTH OF PUMPING CAPACITY. SO THE CITY OF DESOTO IS WHAT'S CALLED A PURCHASE WATER SYSTEM. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TREATMENT PLANTS HERE. RIGHT? SO WE ACTUALLY SEND OUR SEWER TO TRA FOR TREATMENT, BUT WE ALSO PURCHASE, IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO, MISS OLIVER ALLUDED TO THIS. WE ACTUALLY, PURCHASED OUR WATER THROUGH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT GOES IN TO THAT 70% ON THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE, VIA OUR PURCHASE WATER AS WELL AS OUR SEWER TREATMENT SERVICES. SO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF PULLING WATER FROM SIX RESERVOIRS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, WE GET MOST OF OUR WATER FROM THE EAST SIDE PLANT THAT'S MANAGED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS. THEY GET THE MAJORITY OF THEIR WATER FROM LAKE RAY, HUBBARD, LAKE TAWAKONI, AND ALSO LAKE FORK. SO THAT IS WHERE OUR TREATED WATER COMES FROM. AND THAT'S, WHERE WE RECEIVE OUR TREATED WATER FROM. SO KIND OF TRANSITIONING FROM AN OPERATIONAL, STANDPOINT TO OUR UTILITY BILLING, MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTUALLY GOES IN TO OUR WATER AND SEWER BILL AND HOW OUR CHARGES, WHAT KIND OF CHARGES ARE ACTUALLY INCLUDED? I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO YIELD THAT FUN PART TO MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MISS NOREEN MITCHELL, AND SHE WILL GO OVER THE METHODOLOGIES BEHIND THE BILLING AND HOW WE ACCEPT YOUR MONEY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AGAIN, AS HE STATED, I'M NOREEN MITCHELL, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. AND SURELY WE'VE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT OUR DRINKING WATER AND THE UPCOMING SLIDES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WATER AND SEWER RATES, AS WELL AS WHAT IS INCLUDED ON YOUR WATER BILLS. AND SO WATER RATES ARE DETERMINED BASED UPON BASE CHARGES. IS THE SIZE OF YOUR METER. AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY, MOST OF THE METERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE GROUND. OF COURSE, THERE ARE LARGER ONES BASED UPON SERVICE NEEDS, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE FALL WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES. THEN YOU'RE ALSO BILLED FOR VOLUME CHARGES, WHICH IS YOUR ACTUAL USAGE. AND IT IS BROKEN OUT INTO THREE STEPS OR THREE TIERS AS REFLECTED, ON THE VOLUME CHARGES PER THOUSAND GALLON. AND THEN THERE ARE SEWER RATES, WHICH IS YOUR WASTEWATER OF COURSE, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS SEWER IS ASSESSED BY THEIR WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE WHERE WE CALCULATE YOUR WINTER PERIODS. SOLELY BECAUSE GENERALLY YOU USE LESS WATER DURING THAT TIME. AND WE TAKE THE LOWEST TWO MONTHS OF THAT PERIOD TO DETERMINE YOUR WINTER SEWER AVERAGE TO BILL FOR SEWER CHARGES. AND THE THAT IS ALSO BILLED IN 1000 GALLONS, WITH THE BASE CHARGE AS REFLECTED THERE. WE ALSO OFFER SENIOR DISCOUNTS TO, OUR CONSTITUENTS OR CUSTOMERS THAT
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ARE, THAT HAVE REACHED 65 AND OLDER. AND THE DISCOUNTS ARE THAT ARE APPLICABLE THERE FOR WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE AND GARBAGE. HERE IS A SAMPLE OF A REGULAR WATER BILL. YOU CAN SEE THAT OF COURSE WE BREAK DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE DETAILS OF THE CHARGES. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS PREVIOUS, TRY TO GIVE A GRAPH TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT, USAGE IS. HISTORICALLY, AND THEN WE HAVE A SAMPLE OF A SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNTED BILL THAT ALSO REFLECTS THE, CREDITS THAT ARE GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SENIOR DISCOUNTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? AND, I JUST HAVE. IN, AUDIO. I CAN BRING IT UP HERE AND SHOW YOU IT'S, IF YOU GET A DISCOUNT.THIS IS REALLY NOT A DISCOUNT. IT IS THE SAME DISCOUNT, WE HAD ALL BETTER. IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW, LIKE 12. I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT. IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $9.50, MAYBE SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK IS OKAY FOR THEM, IN WASHING CLOTHES, AND I THINK THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM AND I USE IT AND. I I HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. I USE THAT, SO IT'S LIKE NONE OF IT. AND THEN IF YOU, USE A LOT MORE WATER, THEN YOU GET KNOCKED IN THE HEAD FOR THAT BECAUSE IT. I'M SORRY. I DON'T MEAN TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S JUST THAT'S THAT'S NOT REALLY A DISCOUNT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. IT REALLY ISN'T. AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK AT YOUR ACCOUNT AND TALK TO YOU OFFLINE. SURE. OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. THERE'S A FORM AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. AND IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. BUT YES, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY RECORDING AND BEING STREAMED. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE QUESTIONS ON THE MIC SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR, EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING US. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WANT TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU ON THE MIC. THANK YOU. YOU CAN GO. TESTING I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BE DISCUSSING THIS OR NOT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WANTED TO KNOW OR IDENTIFY HOW THE WATER IS FILTERED. IS IT WITH AMMONIA OR CHLORINE, OR IS IT WITH BOTH? FOR OUR MUNICIPALITY HERE IN DESOTO, COULD THAT BE DISCUSSED? SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE AREN'T PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT AGAIN, I COULD YOU COULD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE TREATMENT PLANS HERE AT THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO THE WATER THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ALREADY TREATED. AND IT GOES THROUGH A FILTRATION PROCESS, EITHER A CONVENTIONAL FILTER OR EVEN ADVANCED FILTRATION VIA MEMBRANES. WHAT WE DO HERE, WE BOOST WITH WHAT'S CALLED CHLORAMINES, WHICH IS ABOUT A 4 TO 1 OR A 5 TO 1 RATIO OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, WHICH IS, COMMON TERM HOUSEHOLD BLEACH, ALONG WITH AMMONIA THAT FORMS A DISINFECTANT PER THE T-C-E-Q. WE HAVE TO HAVE DISINFECTANT RESIDUALS AT THE FURTHEST REACHES OF OUR SYSTEM. SO JUST THINK ABOUT IT. IF WATER IS COMING ALL THE WAY FROM DALLAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BY THE TIME IT GETS TO US AND THEN IT'S ACTUALLY REDISTRIBUTED INTO OUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TO MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY, WE DO ACTUALLY DO WHAT'S CALLED BOOSTER CHLORINATION. TAKING FURTHER EXISTED IN MY SEARCHING FOR A FILTRATION SYSTEM FOR MY HOME BECAUSE THE WATER TASTES AWFUL HERE IN DESOTO. NO COMPLAINTS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING YOUR BEST GETTING IT FROM DALLAS. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR MY HOME I'LL BE GETTING A
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FILTRATION. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO I BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS COMING UP NEXT. MR. CHARLES BURR. NEXT UP, CHARLES BREAUX, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION, OTHER THAN ONE SLIDE, IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, I DID HAVE HAND SURGERY TODAY, SO I'M STILL A LITTLE OFF, UNDER THAT ANESTHESIA, BUT SHE'S. WELL, SHE'S ONLY BEEN HERE A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SHE'S DEFINITELY PICKED UP ALL OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. SO IT'S ONLY ONE SLIDE THAT I REALLY WANT TO GET DEEP INTO. SO RIGHT NOW THE PRESENTATION IS BY JACKIE COLTON . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, GLAD TO SEE ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAFF. SO AS MY GREAT BOSS SAID, I'M JACKIE COLTON. I AM THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT A LITTLE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.OKAY SO WHAT IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? YOU MIGHT BE ASKING? OR WHAT IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. SO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY'S PLANNING, WE CONSIDER A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AS ONE HAVING A COST OF AT LEAST $100,000 AND A PROJECT LIFE OF FIVE YEARS. SO INCLUDED IN THAT ARENA OR OUR ROADWAY WIDENING PROJECTS ARE EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE'VE GOT ALLEY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT SIDEWALK PROJECTS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS INVOLVED IN A WHOLE LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND WE, SEE A LIST OF THEM HERE IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, PUBLIC UTILITIES RELATED, FACILITIES AS WELL AS UTILITY PROJECTS. SO WE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE OVERSEEING CURRENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE SERVICES THAT OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS AND BUSINESSES EXPECT FOR US TO PROVIDE. OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME OVER 20 PROJECTS, MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE AMOUNT OF IN EXCESS OF $200 MILLION, WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO THESE PROJECTS ARE PERTINENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, $220 MILLION, YOU'VE GOT TO PLAN FOR THAT. SO WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THEN PLAN TO FINANCE THE PROJECTS. AND WE WORK, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE BUDGET OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS OVERALL PROCESS . OKAY I WANTED TO HIT THIS ONE. THAT SLIDE WE SHOWED BEFORE IT SAID $220 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. DO YOU THINK THIS CITY RIGHT NOW CAN PAY $220 MILLION IN ONE FISCAL YEAR? THE ANSWER IS NO. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, WE'RE HERE IS REALLY A BREAKDOWN. PROJECTS. WHY THEY MAY START WITH ALL THE BEST INTENTIONS ON THE WORLD IN THE WORLD THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT A CERTAIN TIMES. THEY GET DELAYED. AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE? WHAT IS YOUR BONDING CAPACITY? WHAT IS YOUR CITY'S DEBT CAPACITY? THE WAY I LIKE TO READ THIS CHART IS FROM THE BOTTOM UP . WHILE THIS CHART YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TEN YEARS, THE ONE COLUMN THAT IS SOLID IS ONLY THE FIRST
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COLUMN. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRST COLUMN, THIS IS THE CURRENT BOND THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR CITY COUNCIL TO GO OUT AT THIS POINT, IT'S GOING TO BE COMING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. THLAST BOND THAT THE CITY WENT OUT FOR WAS TWO YEARS AGO. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF THAT BOND UP TO NOW. SO IF YOU START AT THE BOTTOM AND SEE WHAT IS THE CITY'S BONDING CAPACITY, THAT THEY ARE GOING OUT FOR BONDS ON, THAT'S, 50 MILLION. TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, WE HAVE TO GO FROM THE BOTTOM UP. WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? SO IF YOU WOULD SEE GOING UP WATER AND SEWER, INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TYPE PROJECTS, 10 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES IT TO 40 MILLION. THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCCOWAN PARK, WHILE IT'S A $53 MILLION PROJECT, 53 MILLION CANNOT BE OBTAINED IN THIS ONE BONDING PERIOD. SO THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED IT NEEDS TO SPLIT IT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT BOND PERIODS. SO DURING THIS FIRST CYCLE THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST COMMITTING OF THIS $50 MILLION BOND DEBT, 27 MILLION. WHEN YOU CUT THAT OUT OF THE PIE, WHAT'S LEFT? WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? GET A SMALL SLICE. BUT THAT'S SMALL SLICES IS IMPORTANT. AS YOU SEE HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 MILLION IN ASPHALT STREET REPAIRS. BUT I DO WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT THAT IS NOT MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET IN HAND BECAUSE THAT IS ALREADY MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR A 2021 PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY COMPLETED. SO THIS IS PAYING BACK PROJECT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. THE NEXT ONE UP 2 MILLION IN CONCRETE.WELL, AS JACKIE WILL SHARE WITH YOU LATER, WE ALREADY HAD COMMITTED A 2023 ALLEY PROJECT, WHICH IS CONCRETE ALLEYS TO WHERE WITH THE NUMBER OF STREETS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT'S ESTIMATED OPINION OF PROBABLE CAUSE 1.5 MILLION. SO FOR CONCRETE REPAIRS, WE ARE LOOKING AT, 500,000 150,000 LEFT FOR THE CONCRETE REPAIRS. AND THOSE WILL BE FOR MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS. WHEN WE DO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, YOU'VE SEEN US GO CUT OUT THESE LARGE SECTIONS OF CONCRETE ON THE MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS. WE DO SMALL ALLEYS. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT 2 MILLION IS ABOUT. THERE AND THEN THE REMAINING IS 9 MILLION. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE DANIEL DALE PROJECT. THE CITY HAS THREE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS COMMITTED WITH DALLAS COUNTY. JACKIE WOULD DEFINITELY GO INTO MORE DEPTH LATER. IS THE WESTMORELAND PROJECT. THE DANIEL DALE PROJECT, AND ALSO THE PLEASANT RUN, PLEASANT RUN AND WESTMORELAND WAS FORECAST TO GET KICKED OFF A LOT EARLIER WHILE ENGINEERING HAS BEEN DONE. UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ON, WESTMORELAND RELOCATED UTILITIES. THE REALITY OF IT IS YOU SEE ZEROS THERE BECAUSE THAT PROJECT HAS HAD TO MOVE OUT FOR FUNDING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO MOVE ON THE DANIEL DALE PROJECT. BUT THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY REALIZE. WHILE WE MENTIONED WE HAD 220 MILLION, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING LED BY THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT CAN ONLY BE DIVIDED UP SO MUCH AT A TIME. SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THIS IS WHAT JACKIE IS ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT. WITH CURRENT COMMITTED PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, GOING FROM NEXT YEAR ON, THIS COULD TRULY CHANGE. SO JUST REALLY, IF YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON THIS, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO OCCUR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE IT COULD BE MOVED UP. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT'S THE PRIORITY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE. AND ALSO THE BOTTOM LINE IS GOING TO BE AT THAT TIME, WHAT IS THE CITY'S BONDING CAPACITY WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DEBT THAT IT HAS? SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY ASK, IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FIRST COLUMN AND WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO? OR YOU CAN WAIT TO SEE THEM AND ASK US LATER. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. BREWER. OKAY. THIS PROVIDES A GRAPHIC SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN OR IN CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'LL GO MORE INTO THE DETAILS AS WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION. SO THIS IS THE PLEASANT RUN, M CIP PROJECT THAT MR. BREWER TALKED ABOUT. SO BASICALLY IT WOULD WIDEN PLEASANT RUN BETWEEN COCKRELL HILL AND WESTMORELAND.
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SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL NOT ONLY INVOLVE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE WILL BE, RENEWING THE, SUBSURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE WATER, THE SEWER, THE STORM UP UNDER THE PAVEMENT SURFACE AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE AND ADDING LIGHTING AND SIDEWALKS. SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY, IS PARTICIPATING IN WITH DALLAS COUNTY. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED A MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY, YOU SEE, THE CIP AND THE TITLE SO PLEASANT RUN IS MCP NUMBER ONE. SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY IS THAT NOT ONLY DOES DALLAS COUNTY PARTICIPATE WITH DESOTO IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THEY CONTRIBUTE FUNDING TOWARDS THE PROJECT. SO DESIGN IS 100% COMPLETE. AND AS MR. BREWER STATED, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. THE NEXT PROJECT IS WESTMORELAND ROAD, MISSISSIPPI, NUMBER TWO, AND IT WILL WIDEN WESTMORELAND BETWEEN BELTLINE AND PARKVILLE. SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS AS ON THE PLEASANT RUN, BUT THIS ONE WILL ADD TWO NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND THIS ONE ALSO INVOLVES RELOCATION OF THE IMPACTED DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. WATER PIPELINE. AND SO THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE WITH DESOTO 5050 ON THE COST OF RELOCATING THEIR WATER MAIN. OKAY. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE DANIEL DALE ROAD PROJECT, AND THIS IS ONE THAT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED. $9 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PHASE OF THE PROJECT. IT IS 90% OR SO OF DESIGNED AND IT IS ANOTHER COST SHARING PROJECT WITH DALLAS COUNTY. ANOTHER EXCITING PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS UNDERTAKING IS THE HAMPTON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS A REIMAGINED HAMPTON ROAD. IN ORDER TO MAKE IT, MORE, WALKABLE , MORE INVITING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DESOTO AS WELL AS VISITORS TO THE CITY TO COME. AND, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF SO THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT IS 15% COMPLETE. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL BE THE DESIGN WILL BE FULLY COMPLETE IN THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND SO CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE OF THE COST OF $48 MILLION, WILL NEED TO BE, ALLOCATED AND DETERMINED. SO AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. AND OF COURSE, THIS PROJECT IS PART OF A LARGER, PROJECT FOR HAMPTON ROAD, THERE IS A CHARACTER CODE, DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE LISTED A WEBSITE ON THIS SCREEN, AND WE INVITE YOU ALL TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK TO SEE ALL THAT IS ENVISIONED FOR HAMPTON ROAD. WE ALSO HAVE SOME STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. ONE OF THEM, THE 2021 STREET RECONSTRUCTION JOB, IS ESSENTIALLY ALMOST COMPLETE. THE CITY, PAID FOR CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS ON EWELL WINTERGREEN ROAD AND THE MEADOWS PARKWAY, WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKVILLE. THERE IS A ISSUE WITH CRACKING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO RESOLVE. AND THERE'S AN UPCOMING, ASPHALT REPLACEMENT. REJUVENATION, WHAT[00:40:07]
WE CALL MILL AND OVERLAY, WHERE THE TOP LAYERS OF ASPHALT IS MILLED DOWN TO REMOVE THE POOR, SURFACE ROAD SURFACE AND REPLACE BACK WITH NEW ASPHALT. SO TO MAKE THE ROAD ALMOST, YOU KNOW, LIKE, BRAND NEW. SO THAT IS A PROJECT, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTRACTING WITH DALLAS COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE, WHO WILL DO THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE'RE INTERACTING WITH THEM NOW TO KIND OF GET A COST AND SCHEDULE FOR THAT. THE CITY WILL ALSO BE MILLING OVERLAND SOUTH HAMPTON BETWEEN PARKERVILLE ROAD AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY WITH GLENN HEIGHTS. AND SO THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED. BIDS ARE EXPECTED, BACK IN MID-JULY. IT IS ANTICIPATED WE WILL SEEK CITY COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD A BID IN AUGUST. AND, CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START THEREAFTER. AND IT'S A SHORT PROJECT, SO HOPEFULLY BY OCTOBER WE WOULD HAVE HAD THOSE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED. OKAY, THIS IS AN ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THERE ARE ALLEYS ALL OVER THE CITY, WHERE WE PERIODICALLY, REVIEW THE CONDITION OF THE ALLEYWAY AND WE MAKE DETERMINATIONS REGARDING THE SCHEDULING OF IMPROVEMENTS. SO, WE HAVE ENTERED A DESIGN, AND ACTUALLY DESIGN IS 100% COMPLETE FOR ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS AT ALL OF THESE, STREETS. OAK MEADOWS, WOODBROOK, GLENN AVENUE, BETWEEN PINE TREE, JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND THE ANTICIPATED COST IS 1.5 MILLION. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT MR. BREWER, TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. AND SO OUR SCHEDULE FOR THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE BIDS IN AUGUST, THAT SCHEDULE IS DICTATED BY THE, TIME THAT WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THE BOND FUNDS. AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE IN A AWARD THAT JOB AND, HAVE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES IS WE WORK WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES ON, WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AND, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS SO THAT A ROAD IS NOT INADVERTENTLY IMPROVED TO FIND OUT LATER THAT WE NEED, SOME UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. SO IN ORDER TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS THAT YOU ALL ENTRUSTED US, WE HAVE THIS AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAVE A, 2023 RENOVATION. AND REPLACEMENT PHASE ONE AND TWO PROJECT WHERE THE DESIGN FOR THE UTILITIES PORTION IS 100% COMPLETE, AND THEN THE STREET PORTION IS 70% COMPLETE AND IT WILL EFFECT IMPROVEMENTS IN THESE, LISTED, SEVEN DIFFERENT AREAS. I CAN I CAN FEEL BRANDON LOOKING AT ME. SO I WANT TO BE SURE I SAY THIS WHILE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE PROJECTS, OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE CAUSE OF AN ENGINEER SHOWED 5.3, CURRENTLY, PUBLIC UTILITIES DO HAVE A CURRENT LIST OF PROJECTS. AND AT THIS TIME, DOING ALL 5 OR 6 OF THOSE STREETS IS NOT DOABLE AT THIS TIME. SO WHILE WE HAVE STARTED ENGINEERING, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PHASE THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS OUT OR DIVIDE THEM UP INTO TWO AND THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. BUT ALL OF THEM WILL NOT BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. BECAUSE WITHIN THE CITY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CREEKS AND, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE AREAS THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DRAINAGE AND[00:45:01]
EROSION CONTROL IMPROVEMENT WORK THAT IS NEEDED, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN IS THE WOLF CREEK DRAINAGE PROJECT, AND IT IS TO ALLEVIATE DRAINAGE WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR, SUBDIVISION, OR I SHOULD SAY FLOODING WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION. AND SO THE DESIGN CURRENTLY IS 15% COMPLETE. AND, IT IS ANTICIPATED THE DESIGN WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO CONSTRUCTION. FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. AND SO, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IN ADDITION TO, LOOKING AT A DRAINAGE PLAN SO WE CAN IDENTIFY ALL THE CURRENT NEEDS. OKAY. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN IS THE METHODIST CARE CENTER. SLOPE STABILIZATION PROJECT. SO OFTENTIMES BECAUSE OF OUR STORM OR WATER OR WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MIGHT TRANSVERSE A CREEK, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BANK THAT THE, UTILITY IS ATTACHED TO IS STABLE. SO THAT'S ONE OF, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE DOING THAT. WE'RE FORTIFYING THE CREEK BANK IN ORDER TO STABILIZE THE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT HAS STARTED AND IS EXPECTED TO CONCLUDE IN AUGUST. ESTIMATED COST AROUND 260,000. OKAY. THERE IS ANOTHER, PROJECT, EROSION CONTROL. THE LAKE GROVE PROJECT. THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR INSTALLATION OF STORM INFRASTRUCTURE AND, OUTFALL AND, THE CONTRACT FOR THIS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY AWARDED IN JUNE. AND IT THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, SHORELINE DRIVE BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT, THE NOTEWORTHY THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY A FEDERAL, ARPA FUNDS. AND SO THE CITY WILL OFTENTIMES SEEK OUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, IMPROVE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING FUNDING TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT. AND SO THAT PROJECT SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION IN JULY. AND COMPLETE BY OCTOBER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACILITIES RELATED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AROUND THE CITY. WE'VE LISTED THREE DESIGN PROJECTS HERE, NUMBER ONE, FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, RENOVATIONS. FINANCE COURT, PUBLIC UTILITIES IMPROVEMENTS OR REMODELING IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THIS FACILITY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE NANCE FORM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN IN SOME, PHASE AND ROUTINELY THE CITY, MAINTAINS ITS SIGNALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY TALKING WITH ONCOR. WE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ONCOR TO, CHANGE OUT OVER 600 OF OUR STREET LIGHTS TO LEDS. SO NOW THE BIG PROJECT, THE MOST EXCITING PROJECT FOR THE CITY IS THE NEW RECREATION AND AQUATIC CENTER AT MCCOWAN PARK. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND, AS MR. BREWER TALKED ABOUT, IT'S A $43 MILLION, LET TO MANHATTAN. AND THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF 2026.[00:50:03]
SO THAT'S THAT'S BIG NEWS. AND THEN ALSO BIG NEWS. WE HAVE SENIOR CENTER RENOVATIONS GOING ON. WE'RE RENOVATING THE RESTROOM FACILITIES. UNDERSTAND THATE RECEIVED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. AND OF COURSE , RENEWING OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS ALWAYS ONGOING. SO, AS A PART OF, MR. BRANDON LACY'S, PUBLIC UTILITIES TEAM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BECAUSE OF THE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUMP STATIONS AND THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS AND THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS. THEY HAVE PLANS AND THEY PERIODICALLY IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY. SO THEY'VE IDENTIFIED, IMPROVEMENTS AT WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY PUMPING, PROBABLY TO MEET, T-C-E-Q REGULATIONS, THEY'VE GOT A WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION REHABILITATION AND THEN WE HAVE THE BOLTON BOONE PROJECT THAT MR. LACEY, BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR NEW, ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AS WELL AS WATER TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE. AND, THAT BOLTON BOONE SUPPORTS THE, NORTH NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY. AND WE CAN'T LEAVE WASTEWATER OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT AS WELL. A LOT OF WORK GOING ON WITH OUR WASTEWATER PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO, TWO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE. HEATH CREEK BRANCH AND WESTLAKE DRIVE SEWER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD NOTE ABOUT THIS, THESE TWO PROJECTS IS THIS IS ALMOST A MILE WORTH OF SEWER MAIN THAT'S BEING REPLACED UNDER THESE TWO. SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. YEAH WE'RE ADDING A. QUESTION. YEAH I'M SAYING WE'RE TRYING TO GET A RECORDING. OKAY. WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ADDING ON THE AQUATIC CENTER THOUGHT IT WAS 42 MILLION, THEN IT JUMPED TO 52 MILLION. BUT NOW MANHATTAN IS DOING, 43. IS GOING TO BE, HAS A CONTRACT FOR 43 MILLION. WHAT IS THE OTHER 10 MILLION? GO. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AQUATIC CENTER, WE HAVE, IN THIS CITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS OR WE GET AN INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT WE GET IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. I WAS LOOKING FOR SIDEWALKS. HELLO? JUST ONE MINUTE. OKAY AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ADDING UP ALL THIS MONEY, THAT'S 200 MILLION. WHERE ARE WE GETTING THAT MONEY FROM? IT'S TAXPAYERS. ARE TAXES GOING UP HIGHER OR OR WHAT? I'M I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE MONEY. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT. AND THEN WE BRING IN THE PLEASANT RUN PROJECT, AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THE OTHER BOLTON BOOM AND NANCE PROJECT. WHERE IS ALL THIS MONEY COMING FROM? FIRST TO TALK ABOUT THE AQUATIC, THE AQUATIC CENTER? I DID MENTION 53 VERSUS 43. THERE ARE SOFT COSTS, INTERNAL COSTS TO MAKE THAT FACILITY OPERATIONAL.THE 43 IS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, NOT FOR THE INTERNAL, FURNITURE EQUIPMENT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS OF THE INTERNAL FOR THAT. SO. THE 43 IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE OKAY, 43 WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUSINESS, THE PARK AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE GOT $10 MILLION. I'M SURE THERE'S POOLS AND ALL OF THAT. IS THAT PART OF THAT, BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT AND I'M LOOKING AT WHERE ARE WE GETTING ALL THIS MONEY? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 200 MILLION, ABOUT GEORGE. YEAH. SO, MISS WILLIAMS, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS SO THE THAT 10 MILLION THAT YOU
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MENTIONED THAT SO REMEMBER THE PROJECT HAD TO BE DESIGNED RIGHT. SO DESIGN COST WE HAD ALREADY ISSUED. WELL OKAY. WELL IT'S ABOUT WHAT ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS IT CHRIS. ABOUT SIX. 6 MILLION. 6 MILLION FOR DESIGN. YES MA'AM. WHEN WE HAD THE ORIGINAL, HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT, AND I AND I KNOW THINGS HAVE GONE UP, PRICES COST HAVE GONE UP $6 MILLION FOR JUST THE DESIGN WHEN BACK THEN WE WEREN'T UP TO 25. OR 250,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY THAT SOMEBODY IS DESIGNING. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN WE COME IN HERE, WE WOULD HAVE A VIRTUAL, DESIGN WITH $6 MILLION. RIGHT. SORRY. YES, MA'AM. USUALLY, WHEN PROJECTS ARCHITECTS, DESIGN A PROJECT. THE DESIGN COST IS USUALLY A PERCENTAGE OF THE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION COST. SO THIS PROJECT DID COME IN AT ABOUT SIX, 6.5 MILLION FOR DESIGN COST . SMITHGROUP. SMITHGROUP SMITHGROUP OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THE DALLAS AREA, WE DID A WE DID AN RFP FOR, ARCHITECTURAL. WELL, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. SHALL I SAY, FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. AND THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE SELECTED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND SO AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THAT GOES TO THE OTHER SOFT COST. THE BALANCE OF THAT 10 MILLION GOES TO THE OTHER SOFT COST THAT, DIRECTOR BREWER MENTIONED. BUT. YES, MA'AM, THAT'S THAT'S THE NUMBER.AND THEN TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT 200 MILLION, THAT NUMBER THAT MR. BREWER MENTIONED, THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PHASING THESE PROJECTS IN. WE DON'T PAY FOR WE DON'T TRY TO DO THEM, CAN'T DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. WE PHASE THEM IN. YEAH ALSO SIDEWALK, WE HAVE SOME SIDEWALKS, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST DAY ON ALL OF THAT, WALKING ON AND ALL KIND OF HELPING, BUT ANYWAY, SIDEWALKS JUST UP AND DOWN, AND THEN WE SAID, WE'VE GOT TO PAY FOR THE SIDEWALKS, TOO, RIGHT? YES MA'AM. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PROGRAM NOW. IT'S IT USED TO BE 5050. I THINK MR. BREWER CAN HELP ME OUT. I THINK WE INCREASED THE CITY'S PORTION, IS IT 75, 25, MR. BREWER? WE INCREASED THAT TO 7525. SO IF THERE'S A IF SO, THE LET ME MAKE CLEAR, THE RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER OWNS THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME, BUT WE REALIZED THAT THE COST, YOU KNOW, FOR MAKING REPAIRS TO SIDEWALKS CAN. YEAH THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEVELOPED, THE BUILDER BUILDS THAT PORTION OF SIDEWALK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME. AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT HOME IS BUILT, THAT BUILDER BUILDS THAT SECTION OF SIDEWALK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, UNTIL THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS BUILT OUT.
BUT BUT THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE. AND SO BUT WE DO REALIZE THAT THAT COST IS, IS, IS CAN BE ENORMOUS TO SOME HOMEOWNERS. AND SO WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM, WHERE WE, WE, THE CITY WILL, SPLIT THE COST 75% TO THE HOMEOWNERS, 25% TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE SIDEWALKS. BUT THEY BUT IT IS IT IS CAN WE GET CAN WE GET YOU ON THE MIC, MR. WILLIAMS? SURE OKAY. 1989, BASICALLY ABOUT 87, WHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT. AND, SO NOW WE'RE COMING UP AND MOST OF US ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, A LOT OF US. SO WHERE ARE WE GETTING THAT MONEY AT 25? I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE ON A BUDGET.
SO GOT TO HELP US MORE THAN 75% RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER PART TO THAT IS WHEN WE COME, WHEN WE COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD, IF WE COME INTO A, IF WE COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO A COMPLETE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, THEN WE'LL ADDRESS SIDEWALKS AT THAT POINT. BUT IF WE'RE NOT DOING A RECONSTRUCTION AT THAT POINT AND THE RESIDENT WANTS THE SIDEWALK DONE, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT THAT 25% FOR LAST, WHATEVER, TEN YEARS, YEAH. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? OKAY. DID YOU GET A MICROPHONE, PLEASE? THANK YOU, FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT. I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME COST ALLOCATED. I KNOW THERE'S, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, STILL BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT. DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING OUT THE MONEY. IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO. AND IT SAID DESIGN WAS AT 15. SO IS THAT SAYING THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY APPROVED A PLAN TO GO FORWARD? AND IS THAT
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ONLY COST FOR CHANGING IT FROM THE. WAS IT THE FOUR WAY ROAD TO THE TWO WAY OR WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SPECIFICS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH HAMPTON FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR? AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSIONS GOING ON. THE LAST PROCESS THAT WAS TAKEN THROUGH WAS TO REZONE PROPERTIES. THE CITY ADOPTED REGULATIONS FOR A NEW HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE AREA TO GET THAT LOOK THAT IT'S LOOKING FOR. THEN WHEN IT AFTER ADOPTED THE REGULATIONS, IT MADE THE ATTEMPT TO GO TO THE ZONING PROCESS. CITIZEN KANE CITIZENS CAME OUT, VOICED THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY WEREN'T INFORMED ENOUGH OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE DID COMMUNITY OUTREACH THE LAST SESSION THAT WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT WAS THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED FORWARD AT THAT TIME, BUT TO REMAND THAT CASE BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS AND CONCERNS THAT CAME OUT THAT TALKED ABOUT QUESTIONS ON NON CONFORMITY. QUESTIONS CAME OUT CONCERNING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, PROPERTIES WERE GOING TO BEWHAT ACTUALLY CHANGED FROM CONFORMING TO NON-CONFORMING. AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OUR ANSWERS TOGETHER. SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS NOW BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THAT, ONE OF THE TASKS THAT I'M FAMILIAR THAT OUR MAYOR HAS IDENTIFIED IS SHE'S DEFINITELY HAS TASKED OUR NEW CITY MANAGER COMING IN TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SET UP WITH BOTH CONSULTANTS ON THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE PHASE OF IT AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEW THOUGHTS COME TOGETHER. SO THERE ARE A LOT MORE DISCUSSIONS GOING TO COME UP. I DEFINITELY GUARANTEE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE TABLE TO DO SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS. I GUESS SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY PUTTING IT ON THE BUDGET, WAS THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHANGING OF THE STREET CODE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE ALREADY BUDGETING MONEY FOR THE PROJECT NEXT YEAR? WELL, ENGINEERING HAS ALREADY STARTED. OKAY. BUT THAT FIRST CHART THAT I SHOWED YOU, THERE WEREN'T FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT IN THIS CURRENT BOND THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR. THE OTHER COLUMNS IS, AS I INDICATED, THOSE ARE PLANNING YEARS THAT WE ARE PUTTING MONIES IN FORECASTING THAT IF IT MOVES FORWARD OR WHEREVER WE GO, THAT WE WILL HAVE THOSE MONIES THERE. BUT WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT BOND PERIOD . OTHER THAN THE FIRST COLUMN. EVERYTHING IS JUST A PROJECTION. MOVE OUT COMMITMENTS OF CITY SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SO MUCH IN CONCRETE, SO MUCH ASPHALT AND SO MUCH INTO THESE OTHER PROJECTS. BUT ALL THOSE COLUMNS DEFINITELY COULD BE CHANGING DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE AT. THAT TIME. BUT WE'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, AND DEFINITELY THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION, SO WHEN YOU ALL DECIDE TO EXPAND THE ROADS, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED LIKE PLEASANT RUN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S COCKRELL HILL, THE WESTMORELAND IS THAT BASED ON JUST SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES, OR IS THAT BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT OR WHAT IS THE DECISION MAKING WHEN YOU'RE DECIDING WHICH ROADS YOU WANT TO EXPAND AND DO THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS? I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TAMED DURING MY TEEN YEARS WITH SOME OTHER CITIES. HAVING WORKED WITH DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY PUTS OUT A CALL FOR PROJECTS, ON ON ROADWAYS THAT HAVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THAT COUNTY. THIS CITY IN THE PAST HAS PUT IN A REQUEST TO HAVE DANIEL DALE WESTMORELAND, PLEASANT RUN INTERSECTION OF I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT'S THE OTHER STREET IS BUT THEY AT THOSE TIMES PUT THOSE PROJECTS IN TO GET JOINT PARTICIPATION WITH DALLAS COUNTY. SO AT THIS POINT, WITH ME ONLY BEING WITH THE CITY TWO YEARS, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT THAT HISTORY WAS. THEY GOT THOSE THREE STREETS ESTABLISHED, BUT THERE WAS A DECISION MAKING PROCESS. IT WENT THROUGH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THOSE WERE THE AREAS THAT WERE CALLED FOR. AS FAR AS PROJECTS. AND AS YOU'RE SEEING, IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO EVEN GET TO THIS POINT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM A VIEWER ONLINE, THEY ASKED WHEN WILL YOU START ENFORCING SIDEWALK VIOLATIONS AND WORK WITH CITIZENS ON REPAIRS? I AM LOOKING AT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN MY JURISDICTION, AND HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP AND RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M UP HERE A LITTLE SOONER THAN I EXPECTED. MY NAME IS TAMMY WASHINGTON. I'M A MANAGER OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL. AND TO ANSWER THAT, CITIZEN'S QUESTION,[01:05:03]
ANY IF THERE IS A SIDEWALK, THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS A VIOLATION, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD NOTIFY THE HOMEOWNER BY NOTICE TO CONTACT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO SO. AND IN THAT TIME, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR THAT WILL WORK WITH THEM. ONCE THAT 7525, FINANCIAL OBLIGATION IS WORKED OUT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S NOT A TIME FRAME OF ENFORCEMENT. IT'S A MATTER OF, OF THAT, ISSUE BEING IDENTIFIED AND THAT HOMEOWNER BEING BEING NOTIFIED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE 25? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE 25, YOU YOU ALREADY BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MANAGE THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M TRACY CORMIER, INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, THIS ENDS THE PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM AND WE CAN MOVE TO THE ATRIUM. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. ONE O ONE, AND THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. YEAH I THINK I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. BUT I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DO AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO SAY THAT ON ON MONDAY, JULY 1ST, WHICH IS THIS COMING MONDAY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MEET WITH OUR, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, MANAGER, TAMMY WASHINGTON, AS WELL AS THE CDBG, AND HAPPY.
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