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ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UH, OUR SPECIAL SESSION IS NOW, UH, IN SESSION
[EXECUTIVE SESSION At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:]
HAVE A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE FRONT END OF THIS MEETING NOW, SO APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE, UH, IN ATTENDANCE.WE ARE GOING TO, UH, WE, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THE TIME IS NOW 12:10 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2020 FOURTH, 2021.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHILE NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DISCUSS PERSONNEL RAIL LADDERS, UH, RELATED MATTERS RELATED TO APPOINTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND OPEN MEETINGS PROCEDURES UNDER 5 5 1 0.071.
UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL RETURN FOR OPEN SESSION MOMENTARILY.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THE TIME IS 2:38 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 2021.
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO, UH, RESUME OUR SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING AND WE DO HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS
[1. Staff presentation on the FY 2022 Proposed Budget focusing on, but not limited to, the following City Departments or Initiatives: [Erik Walsh, City Manager, Scott Huizenga, Director, Management & Budget] A. Public Works B. Transportation C. Capital Budget and Debt Management Plan ]
UP, SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE'VE GOT THREE PRESENTATIONS LINED UP.
WE'LL START WITH RAZZY AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTATION, TRANSITION TO TAMIKA ON TRANSPORTATION AND THEN TO TROY ELLIOT, UM, ON OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, AND AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM REZI HOSNI, DIRECTORS CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS THROUGH THE INNOVATION AND DEDICATION WE BUILD AND WE MAINTAIN SAN ANTONIO INFRASTRUCTURE.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS A FIVE DIVISION SUPPORT SERVICES LED BY CHRISTY CHAPMAN, CAPITAL PROJECTS LED BY LOUIS MALTO STREET AND RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT LED BY ANTHONY CLIO, STORMWATER OPERATION NEFI GARZA AND TRAFFIC LILY BANDA AND MARK JACOBSON.
WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR PROGRAMMING, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, GEO BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, STORMWATER OPERATION AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
WHY IS NOT MOVING OUR BUDGET FOR F 5 22 600 17 MILLION AND INCLUDE 859 POSITIONS? OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGES SIX FUNDS, FOCUSES ON STREETS, TRAFFIC, STORMWATER, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
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A Y 2222 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE THE REORGANIZATION OF FOUR POSITION IN PUBLIC WORKS TO NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.AND ALSO THREE POSITION MOVES TO SOLID WASTE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING CREWS.
FFY 22 PUBLIC WORKS WORK PLAN CITY GOAL IS SAN ANTONIO WILL BE PROSPER THROUGH THE COMMUNITY'S LONG-TERM REINVESTMENT AND RENOVATION.
SAN ANTONIO WILL BE SAFE AND CLEAN COMMUNITY.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE 97% OF 2017 BOND PROGRAM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETED IN MAY, 2022.
DEVELOP AN EQUITABLE STRATEGIC AND SUSTAINABLE 2022 BOUND PROGRAM FOR VOTER APPROVAL IN MAY OF 2022.
COMPLETE THE 2022 INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON A SCHEDULE AND ON TIME.
REDUCE THE POLLUTION AND CONJUNCTION BY IMPROVING VE VEHICLE TIME ALONG WITH 20 OF THE TOP 10 TRAVEL CORRIDOR.
REDUCE COMMUNITY RISK AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING STREET NETWORK CONDITION.
WE HAVE 4,190 MILE OF CENTER MILE 42% IS EXCELLENT CONDITION OR 1,760 CENTER MILE 23% IS GOOD CONDITION, 12% IS FAIR CONDITION AND ANOTHER 12% ON POOR CONDITION AND WE HAVE 11% IN FAILED CONDITION.
OVERALL, 77% IS OUR NETWORK FAIR AND EXCELLENT CONDITION AND 23% IS IN POOR CONDITION.
IFFY 22 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, O I I M P.
PROPOSED BUDGET IS 110 MILLION.
WE ARE LOOKING TO DISTRIBUTE 55 MILLION OR HALF OF THAT BASED ON SIZE OF THE NET SIZE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT NETWORK AND ANOTHER 50% BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK.
OVERALL WE ARE LOOKING 1,286 PROJECT OR 370 CENTER LINE MILE AVERAGE.
WE DO BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10% MAINTENANCE OF OUR NETWORK.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SKETCH, SINCE 2018 WE HAVE SPENDING GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY AND OUR P C I HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY.
OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE EACH CONSULT DISTRICT AVERAGE P C I 70 OR ABOVE, WE ARE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION AND LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE IMPROVED 1000, ALMOST FOUR, 400 CENTER LINE MILE.
OUR NETWORK, AS I STATED, WE ARE GOING TO DIVIDE AT 110 MILLION BASED ON 50 50 FOR SIZE AND CONDITION.
THIS TABLE SHOWS WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS GOING TO GET THIS AMOUNT FOR COMMS NEXT YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION THEY'RE GETTING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT A LITTLE OVER 13 MILLION AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BIGGER AREA TO MAINTAIN, THEY'RE GETTING 12.9 MILLION FY 22 TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, 1,000,012 NEO FLASHING BEACONS 240 FLASHING BEACON MAINTAINED 210 SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN UPGRADED AND 729 SCHOOL ZONE CROSSING REMARKED ON A PAYMENT MARKING 505.6 MILLION 235 CENTER MILE, THREE YEAR CYCLE FOR PRIMARY ARTERIAL AND A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WHICH IS DOWNTOWN AND THE RISK WILL BE ON BASED ON FIVE CYCLE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMING, 1 MILLION AD LOCATION EVALUATED THREE PROJECT IS DESIGNED, TWO WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALWAYS.
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LIKE TO HAVE ONE PROJECT DESIGN READY FOR CONSTRUCTION WHEN WE GET THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.WE ARE ONE PROJECT HEAD OF THE STRUCTURE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, 26 MILLION.
THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT GOES FOR THE STREETS AND SIDEWALK.
19000005.6 MILLION FOR OPERATION EXPEN FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AND 1.5 FOR THE SIGNAL SYSTEM.
WE HAVE 5,190 MILE OF THE SIDEWALK AND OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE 1,640 MILE OF GAPS OR THERE IS NO SIDEWALK AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SKETCH.
WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK, DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE, THE AREA WE HAVE NO SIDEWALK.
COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MAJORITY OF THE GAP.
THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING ALL OF THE GAP IS SLIGHTLY OVER 600 MILLION.
OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2022 FOR SIDEWALKS IS 20.8 MILLION.
6.1 COMES FROM 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND 14.7 FROM A T D FUNDED 14.7 MILLION IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED 50% BASED ON THE GAP EACH DISTRICT HAS.
THE OTHER ONE IS BASED ON EQUITY ATLAS.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO CONSTRUCT 55 MILE OF NEW SIDEWALK, TWO MILE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK.
OVERALL WE WILL HAVE 61 MILE LOVE USABLE SIDEWALK.
AS I STATED, THE 14.7 MILLION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE GAP AND EQUITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT THREE BECAUSE OF THE HAVE LARGER GAP, WILL BE GETTING 2.3 MILLION AS PART OF A 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
JUST TO REMIND YOU, ALSO CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICT STILL HAS SOME FUNDING REMAIN FROM 2017 BOND.
THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE SIDEWALK FUND.
A STORMWATER OPERATION FUND IS 64 MILLION FOR 2022 FUND'S.
REVENUE IS GENERATED THROUGH STORMWATER UTILITY FEE ASSESSED TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FUND PAYS FOR OPERATIONAL SERVICES INCLUDING STREET SWEEPING VEGETATION CONTROL, LOCALIZED FLOOD CONTROL MEASURE AS WELL AS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
STORMWATER OPERATION FLOOD CONTROL MANAGES THE LOW WATER CROSSING.
WE HAVE OVERALL 141 LOW WATER CROSSING 102 OF THEM HAS A SENSOR.
THE OTHER IS WE MANAGE THEM BY BARRICADE WHEN THERE IS A RAIN EVENT.
ALSO WE MANAGE TUNNEL AND DAM MAINTENANCE, UNDERGROUND PIPE TELEVISING, CORRUGATED METAL PIPE REHAB CHANNEL AND CREEK MAINTENANCE CHANNEL RESTORATION, DEBRIS REMOVAL NATURAL CREEK WAGE.
WE AVERAGE 11 MILE OF CHANNEL RESTORATION DUE ANNUALLY.
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT MOVING HERBICIDE AND C I P MAINTENANCE, A LITTLE OVER 25,000 PER ACRES STREET SWEEPING.
WE DO LOCAL STREETS ARTERIAL AND OF COURSE CENTRAL BUSINESS 43 GUTTER MILE ANNUALLY.
THE Y 22 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR STORMWATER REGIONAL FUND IS 14.8 MILLION AND HAS 14 POSITION FUND REVENUE IS GENERATED WITH THE FEE IN LIEU OF ONSITE DETENTION IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTED IN 19 AND 97.
DEVELOPER PAYS THIS FEE WHEN THERE IS NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON STREAM AND ON SITE DETENTION IS NOT REQUIRED.
STORMWATER REGIONAL FACILITY FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, LARGE PROJECT WITH REGIONAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT REQUIRE LONGER TIME FOR DESIGN AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND PERMITTING.
LONGER CONSTRUCTION TIME LEVERAGE FUNDS
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TOWARD THE NUMBER OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND FIVE YEARS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, 2022 AND 2027, STORMWATER ENGINEERING, FLOOD PLAN MANAGEMENT AND PERMIT REVIEW, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REVIEW, FLOOD ADMINISTRATION AND FEMA REVIEW AVERAGE 4,700 ANNUAL REVIEW, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY, REGIONAL DRAINAGE, PROJECT PLANNING, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND COORDINATION PARTNER AGENCY COORDINATION, FIVE YEARS REGIONAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM 20 PROJECT AT THE CUSP OF 42.6 MILLION.THESE ARE THE 12 PROJECT WE ARE PROPOSING TO BE PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HELP TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, REDUCE FLOOD RISK, ENHANCE WATER QUALITY, AND PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES.
FY 22 CAPITAL BUDGET IS A 590,000,592 MILLION WHICH INCLUDE 347 PROJECT UNDER THE CATEGORIES LISTED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STREET IS THE LARGEST 1 230 5 MILLION WITH 102 PROJECTS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
80% IS COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION 83 PRO 83 PROJECT OR 46% IS COMPLETE.
60 PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR 33% 35 PROJECT UNDER DESIGN AND WE HAVE TWO PROJECT UNDER PRE-DESIGN.
OVERALL, OUR PLAN IS TO FINISH 97% OF THE PROJECT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETED IN MAY OF 2022 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH I WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATE TO COUNCIL SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, PERHAPS LATE SEPTEMBER.
I WILL BE COVERING HISTORY OF THE BOND PROGRAM, POTENTIAL PROPOSITION TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF 2022 BOND PROPOSED PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA, WHICH CONNECTIVITY, PUBLIC HEALTH RESILIENCY EQUITY BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS AND OVERALL PROGRAM TIMELINE STARTING TOMORROW.
I WILL BE MEETING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU TOMORROW THE FIRST ONE AND IT'LL GO ON NEXT TWO WEEKS.
TALK ABOUT THE BOND AND KIND OF PROVIDE YOU WHAT WE HAVE AND GET INPUT FROM YOU TO PREPARE FOR OUR B SESSION SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.
THE TIMELINE FOR BOND IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN SEPTEMBER, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER.
COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING IN OCTOBER TO DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.
COUNCIL CALLS ELECTION IN JANUARY FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME AND FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY OF 2022 WILL BE BOND ELECTION.
OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE FOR 2022 R PERCENTAGE OF BOND PROGRAM PROJECT COMPLETE ON TIME, 85% NUMBER OF THE MILE OF THE STREETS FROM BED TO EXCELLENT 118 NUMBER OF THE MILE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED ALMOST 57 MILES.
IMPROVE AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME ALONG THE 20 OF THE TOP 10 CORRIDOR, 3% TOTAL MEDIAN ACRES MOVED 12 TIMES PER YEAR.
2,354 ACRES AND PERCENTAGE OF POTHOLE IS FILLED WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAY 97%.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE AFTER OUR PRESENTATION IS DONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TODAY I AM GOING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU
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OUR PROPOSED F Y 22 BUDGET.SO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S GOAL IS DEDICATED TO CREATING A SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH SEVERAL INITIATIVES, STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND REGIONAL COORDINATION, DATA ANALYSIS, SAFETY EDUCATION AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
OUR PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, OUR F Y 21 BUDGET.
WE HAD 13 POSITIONS AND WE'RE PROPOSING 15, WHICH IS OUTLINED HERE IN THIS ORG CHART.
OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 13.9 MILLION AND THIS INCLUDES OUR SEMINAL PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE SA TOMORROW VISION ZERO, SA BIKES AND COMMUTE SMART, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A PROGRAM THAT'S DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS RAZZIE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT THIS YEAR.
OUR GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT 28 MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS WITH OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM AND THAT INCLUDES THE $5 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THIS BODY, THE $5.2 MILLION PROPOSED TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY.
AS YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH AWARE, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE BECAUSE UNLIKE A LOT OF CITIES, SAN ANTONIO HAS A NUMBER OF STATE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE CENTRAL ARTERIALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH OUR SA BIKES PROGRAM, WE'RE PROPOSING A UPDATE TO OUR 2011 BIKE MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT ALL THE MYRIAD WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO GET AROUND AND IDENTIFYING A SAFE NETWORK FOR CYCLISTS AS A KEY PRIORITY FOR US THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO THE VISION VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO, SOME OF THE KEY THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH OUR WORK PLAN THIS YEAR ARE PROMOTING OUR SAFETY EDUCATION.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY IS WE'RE UTILIZING OUR 2020 UH, SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY AREAS.
INFORMATION TO GUIDE HOW WE GO OUT AND EDUCATE AND SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHAT TYPES OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THEY CAN MAKE AND THE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE TALKED RECENTLY A LOT ABOUT STREET LIGHTS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE 28 LOCATIONS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING OUR CRASH ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS WHEN WE HAVE A CRASH OR SOME TYPE OF MOTOR VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN OR CYCLING ACCIDENT OR CRASH, EXCUSE ME, WE PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF THAT CRASH TO DETERMINE WHAT ENGINEERING EDUCATION OR ENFORCEMENT TOOLS WE CAN USE IN OUR TOOLKIT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH SA BIKES, WE'RE GONNA BE CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL CITYWIDE BIKE SURVEY.
I BELIEVE THE LAST SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED FOR OUR REGION AS IT RELATES TO BICYCLING WAS CONDUCTED BY AMPO, THE ALAMO AREA N P O.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND ASSESS HOW WELL WE DO IN REACHING PEOPLE IS CONDUCT THIS SURVEY ANNUALLY.
IN ADDITION TO THE BICYCLE AND SAFETY EDUCATION, SIMILAR PROGRAMMING, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY AND THE SEVERE BICYCLE INDUSTRY INJURY DATA TO HELP US WITH THAT.
AND WITH OUR SA TOMORROW PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CARRYING OUT TRANSPORTATION STUDIES FOR THE LAND USE STUDIES THAT ARE COMPLETED BY OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE, YOU MENTIONED COMPLETE STREETS.
WE WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT COMPLETE STREETS IS AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT COMPLETE STREETS.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY STREET HAS EVERY MODE ON THE STREET, BUT WHAT'S CRITICAL IS THAT WE ASSESS AND IDENTIFY THROUGH THE OPERATIONS, THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE, THROUGH THE DESIGN AND THE PLANNING OF ANY TYPE OF CORRIDOR.
WE EVALUATE ALL OF THE MODES WITHIN THAT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED THEM, IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE FEASIBLE TO OPERATE ON THOSE STREETS AND WE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THOSE STREETS ACCORDINGLY.
AND LASTLY, WITH COMMUTE SMART, WITH OUR COMMUTE SMART PROGRAM, WE CARRIED OUT A PRE C O V I D INITIATIVE OF A VAN POOL PROGRAM AND IN A NA, IN ANALYZING OUR PROGRAMS, WHAT WE REALIZE IS THAT ALAMO AREA N P O HAS A A VERY ROBUST CARPOOL PROGRAM AND THE BEST USE OF THE CITY STAFF IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE DIFFERENT MODES OR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES IS TO REALLY WORK
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WITH ALAMO COMMUTES AND BECOME THAT MARKETING ARM OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS.SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE REFOCUSING THE PROGRAM FOR COMMUTE SMART IN OUR WORK PLAN.
SO AS WE'VE OUTLINED, OUR BUDGET IS 13.9 MILLION FOR F Y 22 AS IT'S PROPOSED.
THIS WILL INCLUDE THE INTEGRATION OF TWO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGERS IN ORDER FOR US TO CARRY OUT THE OUTREACH TO ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND TO SHARE THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH OUR PARTNERS.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR TWO PLANNING MANAGERS AND THE THE FOCUS AREA OF THESE MANAGERS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ONE, THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT POSITION, WE WILL BE MAKING THESE INDIVIDUALS FOCUS ON SPECIFIC AREAS.
ONE WILL BE A STRATEGIC PLANNING MANAGER FOCUSING ON LONG-TERM PLANNING AND INTEGRATION AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, AS WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION.
THE OTHER MANAGER WILL FOCUS ON TRANSIT PLANNING AND COORDINATING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT VIA AND REALLY BECOMING THE THE LIAISON FOR THE CITY TO TALK ABOUT TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
THE THIRD POSITION WILL BE FOCUSED ON SHORT TERM PLANNING, INTEGRATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE 5.2 MILLION WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR THOSE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS ON THE CORRIDORS, THE NINE CORRIDORS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND LASTLY, THE 10 YEAR OLD BIKE MASTER PLAN WILL BE UPDATED.
OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR THE MID-BLOCK CROSSING.
AND A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO REALLY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN AS A PART OF OUR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ALSO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE GOING TO REEMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO OUT AND TALK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE TO GO TO FESTIVALS, WE HAVE TO GO TO POTLUCKS AND BARBECUES AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
AND THE WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IS BY DEVELOPING A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE GONNA BE INCREASING OUR FOCUS ON SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.
THE BOND WILL NOT COVER ALL OF OUR NEEDS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WHICH WE'VE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN IS OUR RAISE GRANT APPLICATION AND WE WILL BE LEADING THE CITY AND IDENTIFYING PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS MOST RECENT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND ALSO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION.
LASTLY, WE ARE GOING TO PILOT WITH OUR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, A SAFE STREETS CONCEPT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE CYCLISTS ON A ROADWAY WITH A 35 MILE PER HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND THEY'RE ALSO AUTOMOBILES.
INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO CO-SIGN THE CRAZY WHERE WE PLACE BIKE LANES ON ROADWAYS WITH 40 MILES PER HOUR AND HIGHER, WE WANT TO PILOT A STREET AND CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE ACTUALLY CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE ROADWAY SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THIS ROAD IS SAFE FOR CYCLISTS AND AUTOMOBILES TRAVELING AT SAFE SPEEDS.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A DEPARTURE FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT WE RECOGNIZE IN ORDER TO HAVE A DRASTIC IMPACT ON OUR SAFETY CHALLENGES, WE NEED TO BE DRASTIC IN OUR APPROACH TO CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE AND HOW WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE OUR ROADWAYS AND MAKE THEM SAFE FOR ALL THE USERS.
THIS HERE IS A TABLE OF ALL OF THE LOCATIONS OF OUR PROPOSED MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS AND IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR BASE VISION ZERO BUDGET, WHICH IS $1 MILLION ANNUALLY.
AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VIA WITH THE $10 MILLION THAT THE CITY PROVIDES FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE FREQUENT ROUTES THAT VIA PROVIDES.
WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM OVER THIS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MARRY LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, DISCRETIONARY AND ALSO FORMULA GRANTS.
AND WE WANNA TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE VALUE OF THIS TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE.
SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST YEAR, WE STRIPED 9.3 MILES OF ROADWAYS FOR OUR CYCLISTS.
WE CONSTRUCTED SEVERAL BIKE FACILITIES AT THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ALSO FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TO THE UH, FIVE POINTS INTERCHANGE, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR RAISE APPLICATION AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE MULTI DEPARTMENT TEAM THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER.
PARKS PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION,
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PUBLIC WORKS, AND G P A.THAT APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE DUE DATE, WHICH IS VERY RARE IN GRANTS LAND.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE COMPLETING THE SOUTH BRAZOS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR STUDY, WHICH REALLY IS GOING TO PROVIDE US WONDERFUL CONCEPTS OF HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THE ROADWAY NETWORK TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
WE ALSO HELD A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL FOR VISION ZERO EARLIER THIS YEAR.
OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT WE STRIPE AND OR SAFE STREETS PAVE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE EVALUATING WHAT OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE FOR VISION ZERO.
WE TYPICALLY JUST LOOK AT GETTING TO ZERO.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO DIFFERENTLY IS TAKING THE DATA FROM OUR VISION ZERO SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY INFORMATION AND IDENTIFYING WHAT ARE THE BEST METRICS FOR US TO GAUGE THE VALUE AND THE EXERCISES, AND ARE WE REACHING THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE EDUCATION ON VISION ZERO.
SO IF WE CHANGE THESE MES METRICS, WE WILL BE COMING TO THIS BODY TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
AND WITH THAT, THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS WE'VE PROPOSED FOR THE YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TARGETED, ACTUAL TARGETED UH, ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS SO THAT WE CAN BE FOCUSED AND STRATEGIC, WHICH IS WHY WE GO DOWN TO 21 FOR OUR VISION ZERO OUTREACH EVENTS.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL AT THE END OF TODAY'S SESSION.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY, AND TODAY I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING THE DEBT PLAN AND ALSO JUST BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEBT PLAN IS ONE OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS.
I'M ALSO GONNA BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROPERTY TAX RATES AND ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE DURING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF DEBT THAT WE ISSUE, UM, OUR VEHICLES THAT WE ISSUE AS PART OF OUR DEBT PLAN.
WE HAVE THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND VOTER APPROVED.
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS ARE TAX NOTES THAT ARE NOT VOTER APPROVED, BUT RELATIVELY SHORT, SHORT MATURITY FROM THREE TO SEVEN YEARS.
AND REVENUE DEBT THAT'S BACKED BY SPECIFIC REVENUE SUCH AS THE AIRPORT.
AND THESE ARE NOT VOTER APPROVED AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT OUTSTANDING DEBT.
UM, THE TOTAL DEBT OUTSTANDING IS $3.4 BILLION AND THAT'S MADE OF VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND TYPES OF DEBT.
OUR PROPERTY TAX DEBT, WHICH IS ADV VALOREM, UH, SUPPORTED DEBT, ABOUT 2.3 BILLION OUTSTANDING, ENJOY A RELATIVELY LOW INTEREST, EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE OF 2.07% AND AN AVERAGE LIFE OF 8.2.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN IN FUTURE SLIDES.
THAT PROPERTY TAX DEBT ALSO HAS ABOUT 315 MILLION IN SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT'S AD VALOR AND BACKED, BUT IT'S SUPPORTED FROM OTHER REVENUE SOURCES SUCH AS HOT OR, UM, AND IT'S NOT AD VALOR AND BACKED.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S INCLUDED IN THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPLE AND IT'S BACKED BY OUR AVALOR DEBT IS SUPPORTED FROM OTHER AREAS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR P S C UH, LEASE REVENUE BONDS, WHICH ARE OUR CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION.
BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AS YOU STAY IN A HOTEL OR SOMEONE VISITS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND PAYS OUR PROPERTY, UH, PAYS OUR HOTEL TAXES, THAT MONEY IS USED TO SUPPORT THE P F C LEASE REVENUE BONDS TO THE TUNE OF AN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPLE OF 538 MILLION, UH, EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE AT 3.98 AND WITH AN AVERAGE LIFE OF 14.7.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR REVENUE SUPPORTED DEBT WITH THE AIRPORT FOR OUR GARBS, WHICH ARE OUR GENERAL AIRPORT, UH, REVENUE BONDS, OUR PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES AND OUR CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGES THAT ARE ALL REVENUE SUPPORTED OUT AT THE BOND OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
I WON'T GO DOWN THE ENTIRE LIST, BUT WE ALSO HAVE STORMWATER, OUR CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS, AND THEN OUR MISSILE FACILITIES, CORPORATIONS, WHICH ALL ADD UP TO $3.4 BILLION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHEN WE TYPICALLY GO TO THE MARKET PRIOR TO GOING TO MARKET AND ISSUING DEBT, WE WORK WITH THREE RATING AGENCIES, FITCH, MOODY'S, AN SS, AND P.
THOSE THREE RATING AGENCIES USE A VARIETY OF RATINGS TO RATE OUR DEBT FROM A CREDIT PERSPECTIVE, AND THE CATEGORY IS A PRIME HIGH GRADE, UPPER AND LOW, UH, MEDIUM GRADE.
UH, PRIME IS TYPICALLY, AS YOU HEAR THE REFER REFERENCE TO AAA CREDIT, UM, FITCH, UH, AAA, MOODY'S,
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AAA AND SS AND P, WHICH WHEAT, UM, ARE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, TYPICALLY LION.THEN YOU HAVE THE HIGH GRADE, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE AA.
AND THIS NEXT SLIDE KIND OF WALKS YOU THROUGH AND GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF OUR CREDIT RATINGS ON EACH OF THE TYPES OF DEBTS THAT I WALKED THROUGH ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AS I MENTIONED ON OUR PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED DEBT, WHICH IS GONNA BE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATIONS AND CERTIFICATE OBLIGATIONS, WE, WE ENJOY AN EXTREMELY HIGH CREDIT RATING, FITCH WITH AA PLUS MOODY'S, AAA AND SS AND P AAA AS WELL.
NOW, I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT THEY'RE ALL FAIRLY HIGH GRADE CREDITS, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AIRPORT CFCS AS FAR AS OUR PROPERTY TAX DEBT OUTSTANDING.
AND THIS BREAKS THAT 2.3 BILLION DOWN INTO MORE GRANULAR LEVEL FOR YOU.
WE HAVE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AT 1.6 BILLION.
OUR TAX NOTES AT 140 AND THEN 9.1 MILLION IN WHAT WE CALL P P F C ARE PUBLIC PROPERTY FINANCE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
WE DO ENJOY A LOW INTEREST RATE, AS I MENTIONED, OF 2.07% BASED ON THE CURRENT MARKET, AN AVERAGE LIFE OF 8.2 AND HAVE EXCELLENT CREDIT RATINGS BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND OUR SOUND FINANCIAL POLICIES.
AA PLUS FROM FITCH, AAA FROM MOODY'S AND SS AND P IN MAY.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH MOODY'S.
MOODY'S, UM, BASED ON THEIR OPINION PLACE, A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK ON OUR AAA RATING.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST WATCHING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE REASON THAT HAPPENED WAS MOODY'S WAS LOOKING AT THE CONVICTION CENTER HOTEL BONDS AND THEY DREW A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE BONDS AND OUR AVALOR TAX BACKED BONDS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MOODY'S.
UM, WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE POSITION THEY TOOK, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF OUR ACTUAL DEBT VERSUS OUR LEGAL CAPACITY.
UM, OUR LEGAL CAPACITY IS DEFINED BY STATE LAW AND CITY CHARTER.
IT SETS OUR LEGAL LIMITS FOR OUR ALOR DEBT.
UM, WE SHOULDN'T EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION, WHICH PROVIDES US A DEBT CEILING OF 15.1 BILLION.
PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED FOR DEBT MUST NOT EXCEED 1.5 PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS OF OUR ASSESSED VALUATION.
OUR CURRENT PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE IS 21 CENTS FOR EVERY HUN HUNDRED DOLLARS AT AV.
IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT, WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR OUR LEGAL DEBT CAPACITY AND AS WE MANAGE OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE'RE MANAGING BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL CA UH, CAPABILITIES AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF, OF THAT DEBT PLAN THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE.
WE DON'T MANAGE TO THE LEGAL LIMIT WE MANAGE TO OUR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AND FINANCIAL CAPACITY.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS OUR ALOR DEBT PER CAPITA IN TEXAS.
UM, AND WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS, WE RETRIEVED THE INFORMATION FROM THE MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OF TEXAS.
THIS IS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST, UM, AT 1,244 PER CAPITA.
IF YOU LOOK, UM, ACROSS THE, OUR PEERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, EL PASO HAS THE HIGHEST AT 1,998 AND COMPARING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO FORT WORTH AS WELL, WHICH HAS $704.
I THINK THIS IS A SLIDE DURING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND I THINK IN THE GOAL SETTING, EVEN COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED FOR AS FAR AS OUR DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING DEBT.
AND WE'VE CARVED THE SLIDE UP INTO TWO PIECES.
YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING DEBT, UM, FOR A RESIDENT THAT LIVES IN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALSO LIVES IN BEXAR COUNTY, THE BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, ALAMO COLLEGES, WHICH IS THAT YELLOW SLIVER THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
AS A RESIDENT OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, YOU'RE EXPOSED TO ALL THOSE, UM, TAXING ENTITIES.
AND WHEN THEY ISSUE DEBT, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS I TALKED ON EARLIER, SLIDES ABOUT $2 BILLION IN DEBT.
BEARER COUNTY 1.3, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AT, UM, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME READING THAT.
UM, WHEN YOU ADD ALL THAT DIRECT OVERLAPPING DEBT UP, IT'S 4.5 BILLION.
OVER TO THE RIGHT WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, THAT'S THE DEBT THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTING YOU AS A RESIDENT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MYSELF, I LIVE IN THE NOR IN E I S D, THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL 1.1 BILLION IN DEBT.
SO AS FAR AS THAT DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING DEBT THAT I AS A RESIDENT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO, IT'D BE THE 4.5 PLUS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I LIVE IN.
AND SO WE SEPARATED THOSE OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH THOSE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT'S REALLY DEPENDENT UPON WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
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PLAN, THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS THAT WE USE TO GUIDE US IN OUR DEBT PLAN MANAGEMENT.UM, A SHORT AVERAGE LIFE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ENJOY A SHORT AVERAGE LIFE ON OUR AVALOR DEBT OF 8.2.
THE AVERAGE LIFE, UM, MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DEBT RATES, OUR INVESTMENT PROJECTIONS AND OUR ASSESSED VALUATIONS.
THE MAINTENANCE OF A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE, WHICH WE TARGET ABOUT $30 MILLION AND WE ASSUME NO CHANGE IN OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH CURRENTLY IS AT THE 22 CENTS.
SO THROUGHOUT THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE STAYS INTACT.
WE ALSO, UM, CONDUCT CAPACITY ANALYSIS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLEVERAGING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK Y'ALL MAY HAVE HEARD BEN TALK IN THE PAST.
THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PULL THEN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE OUR ASSESSED VALUATIONS DROP, WE CAN MODIFY AND PULL A LEVER WITH OUR SHORT AVERAGE LIFE AND EXPAND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
OKAY, BASED ON THOSE, UM, FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS, WE SIZE OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN BASED ON EACH BOND PROGRAM.
AS YOU SEE, PRIOR TO 2003, OUR BOND PROGRAMS WERE RELATIVELY LOW.
UM, IN 2007 WITH THE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WE LOOK AT EXPANDING OR INCREASING THE OUR DEBT PROGRAMS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
BASED ON LOOKING AT THOSE DEBT FUNDAMENTALS AND KEEPING THAT 22 CENT TAX RATE INTACT OVER THE COURSE OF THE FUTURE, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THOSE DEBT PROGRAMS. SO IN 2007 ON OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, YOU SEE US MOVE FROM THE ONE 15 IN THE PRIOR PROGRAM TO ABOUT 550 MILLION UP TO OUR CURRENT PROGRAM OF 2017 OF 850 MILLION.
BASED ON THOSE DEBT FUNDAMENTALS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO THIS COUNCIL A PROPOSED DEBT PROGRAM FOR OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION PROGRAM OF 1.2 BILLION, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 274 FOR OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS, AND THEN 185 ON OUR TAX NOTES.
THIS SLIDE HERE REALLY CORRESPONDS WITH THE INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THOSE BOND PROGRAMS. SO GOING BACK TO OUR TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT OF MAY OF 2007, AND THIS ROLLS FORWARD TO TODAY WHAT OUR TOTAL CURRENT OUTSTANDING DEBT IS, AND IT SHOWS HOW WE GET THERE TO THE $2.3 BILLION.
THE 923 WAS OUTSTANDING AS OF MAY OF 2007.
WE HAD TOTAL DEBT ISSUANCES TO ADD TO THAT 923000004.5 BILLION.
WE ALSO, BASED ON OUR, UM, CREDIT RATING AND BASED ON THE LOW RATE ENVIRONMENTS, ARE ABLE TO REFUND DEBT, UM, TO THE TUNE OF 1.3 BILLION.
PAY DOWN OUR PRINCIPLE BASED ON THAT SHORT AVERAGE LIFE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO OF EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS, UM, PAID DOWN AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 1.8 BILLION.
THE FEES 4.9 AND IT TAKES US TO OUR CURRENT OUTSTANDING DEBT OF 2.3.
LOOKING AT THOSE DEBT FUNDAMENTALS IS ALSO, UM, THE RESULT OF OUR, OUR GROWTH IN OUR ASSESSED VALUATION AS WELL.
OVER THE PAST YEAR IN OUR RECENT FINANCINGS, WE HAD SEVERAL, WE HAD 16 MILLION IN TAXABLE CFOS.
WE HAD, UM, THE M F C REVENUE BONDS AND TAXABLE CFOS IN TERMS OF 47 MILLION.
AND WE WERE ALSO IN THE MARKET EARLIER THIS MONTH, UM, FOR 229.1 MILLION OF OUR GO BONDS AND OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS.
UM, THE MARKET REALLY COOPERATED WITH US AND WE GOT A GREAT RATE, UM, A TRUE INTEREST COST OF 1.88% AND THAT COMPARES TO, UM, THE MARKET FOR THE, UM, M F C, UM, BACK IN JUNE OF 2.58%.
SO THE MARKET REALLY WAS ABLE TO COOPERATE WITH US AND WE GOT A GREAT RATE FOR THE CITY AT 1.88%.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES.
SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES ON THE NEXT SLIDES, TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, SHARE SOME SLIDES WITH YOU, AND ALSO SHARE SOME SCENARIOS WITH, UM, WITH YOU AND COUNSEL AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT THE IMPACT OF REDUCTION OF OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WOULD BE OR AN INCREASE IN OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
AND ALSO IF WE LOOKED AT DECREASING OUR TAX RATE, SHOW YOU SOME SCENARIOS AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE TAX BILL FOR OUR CITY RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT BASED ON OUR 2021 CERTIFIED BEARER APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS OF JULY 24TH, THESE ARE, THIS IS THE TAX LEVY THAT THAT IS ADOPTED OR BEING PROPOSED AND ADOPTED BEING PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
UM, OUR GENERAL FUND AMOUNT FOR THE TAX LEAVE, ABOUT 410 MILLION WITH AN M AND O TAX RATE OF POINT 34 OR 35 CENTS.
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THAT 410 MILLION GOES TO PROVIDING BASIC SERVICES IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE, POLICE, LIBRARIES, PARKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.AND THEN YOU HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF 22 CENTS, WHICH LEVERAGES 250 MILLION FOR 2022.
AND THAT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND, UM, GOES TO PROVIDING CAPACITY FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO A TOTAL TAX LEVY OF $661 MILLION.
THAT'S BASED ON A TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF $156 BILLION WITH A TAXABLE VALUE OF 131.8 BILLION.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, THESE RATES, UM, WE'LL HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, I BELIEVE ON THE EIGHTH AND THE 14TH, AND THEN YOU AS A COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY THOSE OR ADOPT THOSE DURING THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
UM, AND THERE'LL BE TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS.
ONE WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF THE M AND O TAX RATE AND A SEPARATE ACTION FOR THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON.
UM, THIS IS BASICALLY SHOWING OUR PROPERTY TAX TAXABLE VALUATION.
IT'S OUR PERCENT CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEARS OR YEAR OVER YEAR.
IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT FROM 2011 TO 2013, UM, BASICALLY HAD NEGATIVE GROWTH.
THAT NEGATIVE GROWTH DURING A RECESSION PERIOD, WE ARE ABLE, BASICALLY WE WERE UNDER AN 8% ROLLBACK RATE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT NEGATIVE GROWTH AND REINSTATE CITY SERVICES THAT OTHERWISE MAY HAVE BEEN REDUCED.
UM, SO BETWEEN 2011 AND 20 AND 2020, BETWEEN OUR BASE VALUES AND OUR NEW VALUES WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 5.29% GROWTH.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT, UM, THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SSB TWO.
SB TWO BASICALLY MOVES THAT 8% REVENUE CAPITAL ROLLBACK RATE DOWN TO 3.5%.
SO THERE IS A REVENUE CAP OF 3.5% THAT WILL BE IN PLACE ON OUR BASE VALUES, UM, MOVING FORWARD FROM 2021 FORWARD.
SO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THAT REVENUE GROWTH IN THE PAST WILL BE CAPPED FOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, THROUGH THE FUTURE.
UNDER PROPOSED, UM, OUR BASE, GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER FOR 2022, WE EXPERIENCED ABOUT 2.1% REVENUE GROWTH ON OUR BASE AND A 1.6 ON OUR NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR TOTAL TAX RATE, A TOTAL INCREASE OF 3.7%.
PROVIDE YOU A COUPLE OF STATISTICS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.
UM, THIS IS OUR F Y 22 TAXABLE VALUE.
AS I MENTIONED ON THE EARLIER SLIDE, OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUATION IS ABOUT $131.8 BILLION.
THAT 131 BILLION IS SPLIT INTO THE TWO CATEGORIES ON THE SLIDE.
COMMERCIAL AT 67.8 BILLION, ROUGHLY 51% OF THE TOTAL AND RESIDENTIAL AT 64 BILLION, ROUGHLY 49%.
THAT'S MADE UP OF ABOUT 480,000 TOTAL PARCELS, OF WHICH RESIDENTIAL IS 370,000 AND COMMERCIAL IS 110,000.
OF THOSE 370,000 RESIDENTIAL PARCELS, 235,000 ARE RESIDENT HOMESTEADS.
45% OF THE RESIDENT HOMESTEADS HAVE OVER THE AGE 65 AND DISABLED EXEMPTIONS AND HAVE FROZEN TAX BILLS.
THAT RESULTS IN ABOUT, UH, 72.4 MILLION IN CITY TAX RELIEF.
UM, 106,000 SENIORS AND DISABLED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND FROZEN 45% TOTAL CITY TAX PAYMENTS RESULT IN THAT 72.4 $72.4 MILLION IN TAX RELIEF.
THERE'S ALSO 28,000 PLUS SENIOR AND DISABLED HOMEOWNERS THAT PAY ZERO CITY PROPERTY TAXES.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT, UM, BEN HAD SHOWN IN GOAL SETTING.
UH, THE SLIDE IN GOAL SETTING WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE PRIOR YEAR BASED ON THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL.
WE HAVE UPDATED THIS FOR THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD MARKET VALUE AND THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE.
I WON'T GO THROUGH IT ALL, BUT FOR ALL 10 DISTRICTS, THOSE ARE THE AMOUNTS FOR BOTH THE MARKET VALUE AND THE TAXABLE VALUE.
UM, AS FAR AS A CITYWIDE AVERAGE, 222,000 IN YOUR AVERAGE HOMESTEAD MARKET VALUE, ALSO A 208,000, UM, AVERAGE HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED FOR THESE DURING THE GOAL THING AND ALSO DURING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS IS A SLIDE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION SCENARIOS.
SHOWING THIS AGAIN, UH, WALKING THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY ON THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE, YOU HAVE YOUR HOMESTEAD VALUE RANGING FROM A HUNDRED
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THOUSAND TO 600,000.YOU HAVE THE TOTAL TAX BILL BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMESTEAD VALUE, YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL IS ABOUT $2,300.
OF WHICH $530 OF THAT IS THE CITY TAX BILL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE 0.01 EXEMPTION HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN PLACE THAT IF YOU RECALL, RESULTS IN A $5,000 MINIMUM EXEMPTION.
AND WE WENT WITH THAT 0.01 TO BASICALLY KICK OFF THE PROGRAM AND GET THE LOWEST EXEMPTION WE COULD WITH RESULTS IN THAT 5,000.
THAT $5,000 EXEMPTION FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD VALUE PROVIDES A 2020 $8, UM, RELIEF IN THE TAX BILL FOR THE, UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD VALUE.
IF YOU GO ACROSS TO TAKING THAT SAME A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMESTEAD VALUE GOING FROM THE 1% ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 5% EXEMPTION, YOU NOTICE THAT $28 DOES NOT CHANGE.
UM, 'CAUSE YOU REALLY NEVER EXCEED THE $5,000 EXEMPTION AMOUNT FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD VALUE.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF, UM, EXEMPTION OR TAX RELIEF THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO THAT HOMESTEAD.
CONVERSELY, MOVING DOWN TO THE $600,000 HOMESTEAD VALUE, YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL IS ABOUT $16,500 WITH A, WITH A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF OUR CURRENT 0.56 CENTS, UM, $3,322 CITY TAX BILL.
AT OUR CURRENT EXEMPTION, THEY ENJOY THE $28 THE SAME AS THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD VALUE.
BUT AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE 1% OVER TO THE 5%, WHEN YOU GET TO THE HIGH 5%, THAT $167, IT PROVIDES RELIEF OF $160, $167.
AND WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE $16,000 TOTAL TAX BILL AND THE CITY TAX BILL WOULD BE $167 TOTAL RELIEF.
THE ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT $167 WITH THAT 5% EXEMPTION ALSO INCLUDES THE $28 FOR THE CURRENT EXEMPTION.
SO IF YOU WANNA SEE THE INCREMENTAL IMPACT, YOU'D HAVE TO DEDUCT THAT $28 UNDER THE 0.1% EXEMPTION, ALSO SHOWING YOU THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE.
AND THEN SKIPPING DOWN, BASED ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS, THE REVENUE LOSS TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, UNDER OUR CURRENT EXEMPTION IS $3.8 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THE REVENUE LOSS TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS 2.3 MILLION.
SKIPPING ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR RIGHT COMPARED TO THE 5% EXEMPTION, INCLUDING THE CURRENT EXEMPTION AT $5,000, WOULD BE A TOTAL IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF 8.3 MILLION AND $5 MILLION OF REVENUE LOSS TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, YOU WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE OUT TO GET TO THE INCREMENTAL IMPACT OF THAT 5%, THE BASE 0.01% EXEMPTION.
THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU SOME OPTIONS, UM, SIMILAR TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WILL IMPACT JUST YOUR RESIDENTS.
CONVERSELY, WITH A TAX RATE IMPACT, YOU'RE NOT ONLY GONNA FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTS, BUT WOULD BE ACROSS THE ENTIRE ROLE, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND EVERYBODY IN, IN, UM, UM, WITH A PARCEL IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THIS ONE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
WITH YOUR HOMESTEAD VALUES ON THE LEFT, THE TOTAL TAX BILLS AND THE CITY TAX BILL AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD VALUE AT A ONE QUARTER CENT REDUCTION IN THE RATE WOULD GENERATE $2 AND 38 CENTS IN SAVINGS, HALF CENTS, $4 AND 75 CENTS, THREE QUARTER CENTS, $7 AND 13.
AND A FULL 1 CENT WOULD BE $9 AND 50 CENTS, SAME WAY I DID ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
DROPPING DOWN TO A HOMESTEAD VALUE OF 600,000, UM, WITH A TOTAL TAX BILL OF 16,000 AT A QUARTER CENTS WOULD GENERATE A REDUCTION OF 14.88, UH, HALF CENT, $29 AND 75 CENTS.
THREE QUARTER OF $44 AND 63 CENTS A 1 CENT WOULD BE CLOSE TO $60.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT IMPACT, UM, BASED ON OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE, 8% COLLECTION RATE, A QUARTER CENT WOULD IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND TO THE TUNE OF 2.4 MILLION HALF CENT, 5.13 QUARTER CENTS, 7.9, AND A 1 CENT, ABOUT $10.8 MILLION.
UM, WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS WOULD JUST BE ON THE M AND O TAX SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE ALL IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, BECAUSE ANY IMPACT OR ANY REDUCTION ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE WOULD IMPACT OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE $1.2 BILLION IN ANY FUTURE CAPACITY.
MOVING AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY TAX DISCUSSION AND FINISHING UP THE, UH, DEBT PLAN DISCUSSION, UM, OUR HOT FUND, UH, THE DEBT OUTSTANDING AS
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I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 538 MILLION.UM, THIS IS OUR PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION LEASE REVENUE BONDS, UM, BACKED BY HOT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND MONITORING THE MARKET FOR POTENTIAL SAVINGS.
UM, THIS DEBT IS CALLABLE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022.
WE THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS THERE.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO THAT CALL DATE.
THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE CALL DATE, THE MORE SAVINGS WE CAN ENJOY, WHICH COULD ACTUALLY HELP THE, UM, THE HOT FUND, UM, WITH THESE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS.
THIS LAST SLIDE IS THE AIRPORT FUND IS THE DEAD OUTSTANDING 370 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT MAKE UP THAT WITH OUR GARBS OR OUR GENERAL AIRPORT REVENUE BONDS, PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS, AND OUR CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS.
UM, SIMILAR TO THE DISCUSSION WITH, UM, OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, S AND P AND FITCH ARE BOTH ASSIGNED A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK TO THE AIRPORT BONDS RATINGS.
UM, THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS AND OUR CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS ARE CHARGED BY A FEE ON THE AIRLINE TICKETS FOR PASSENGER FACILITIES, AND THEN SIMILARLY ON THE RENTAL OF OUR CARS FOR OUR CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS.
TROY, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I JUST HAVE A, TROY, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL START WITH YOU SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY UP.
AND, UH, SIMPLY ON SLIDE 11, UM, IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN 20 17, 20 22, WE'RE, WE'RE GENERALLY CARRYING THE SAME, UM, DEBT, UH, IN, IN, IN THESE TWO, UH, LANDMARK YEARS.
BUT WHAT IS THE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT IS, UH, UNDER 2017 IN THE AIRPORT? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT FOR? AND ARE WE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT? OR ARE YOU JUST NOT PUTTING IT IN THERE? BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PROJECTING AT THIS POINT FOR 22.
UH, CURRENTLY IN 2022, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SELF-SUPPORTING IN THERE.
UM, IF THAT COMES UP, THEN WE WOULD PRESENT THAT TO YOU AS A COUNCIL AIRPORT.
DO YOU HAVE TO LIST, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT IS SUPPORTED BY THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE AND THOSE AIRLINE FEES, THE SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2022, UH, I CAN'T SEE THIS.
WE HAVE 2 MILLION, UH, PROGRAM FOR GOLF COURSES, 7.5 IN PARKING.
AND THEN IN 2017, THERE'S, UM, I'LL JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
IT'S GONNA BE THE AIRPORT TAX NOTES, WHICH IS THE INTERIM FINANCE WE CAN PUT IN PLACE UNTIL WE GET THE STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN IN PLACE.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES.
FROST TOWER, WHICH WE RECENTLY JUST TOOK.
THOSE ARE ABOUT THE, THE MAJOR ONES THAT ARE IN 2017.
BUT IN 22 2 RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE OTHER TWO GOLF COURSES AND THE PARKING.
SO, SO MAYOR, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, AND, AND PART OF IT, AND TROY JUST MENTIONED IT, IS WE FINISHED THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN OUT AT THE AIRPORT AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE FALL.
THAT WILL THEN ENCOMPASS ITSELF AN ADDITIONAL FINANCING EFFORT.
WE LAY OUT HOW THAT SELF-SUPPORTING FUND OR THROUGH A P THREE OR HOWEVER WE DO IT, AND THEN LAYER THAT IN, UH, INTO THAT FINANCING GOING FORWARD.
BUT, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAXES ARE GONNA BE SUPPORTED BY THOSE PASSENGER, UH, AND AIRLINE CHARGES.
ANY SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT, UM, WOULD NOT BE, IT'D BE BACKED OR PLEDGED BY OUR AD VALOREM DEBT, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE PAID BY THE AD VALOREM DEBT.
WELL, I'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED, UM, WHAT, WHAT, UM, YOU, UH, DO TROY AND, AND BEN, UH, TO BE EXTREMELY WELL MANAGED AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO PULL OFF THESE LARGE INTERIM BOND PACKAGES.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL GO BACK TO SLIDE EIGHT, UH, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN UNDER DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, USED AS A BLUDGEON FOR CITIES.
UH, IN SOME WAYS WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT AD VALOREM DEBT PER CAPITA IN TEXAS, AND WE FARE VERY WELL JUST ON THAT BASED ON PROPERTY TAX.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US, JUST SO WE CAN BE TOTALLY CLEAR WHEN WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES WITH DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, PUBLIC OBLIGATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S AN AIRPORT, WHETHER IT'S, UH, A PUBLIC UTILITY, UH, LAYERING IN ALL THOSE.
SO WE CAN SEE APPLES TO APPLES TOTAL DEBT, UH, PER CAPITA, NOT JUST A VALOREM.
SO WE CAN COMPARE CITY BY CITY AND BEFORE WE GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES, THINGS LIKE PUBLIC UTILITIES, AGAIN, WE'RE SUPPORTING DEBT,
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SO WE DON'T PAY THE MARGINS, THE DIVIDENDS TO THE STOCKHOLDERS.WE ARE ASSUMING THAT DEBT, SO WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND THE, UH, DIVIDEND RETURN TO THE CITY.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON THERE.
UM, RAZZIE, I JUST, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET UP.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR NOW THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED, UH, AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND EQUITY AT ATLAS INTO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I WANTED TO APPLAUD YOUR TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND REFINE THAT AS IT GETS TO, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHOW HOW THAT TOOL HAS BEEN REFINED, UM, OVER THE YEARS.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR OR FIFTH BUDGET CYCLE IN A ROW THAT WE ARE USING IN AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK.
SO WHILE THE DISTRICT LEVELS ARE NOT THE SAME, OUR INTENT THERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE GOING TO WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED THE MOST AND THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE HISTORIC DISPARITIES.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN'T BE DONE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, BUT WE'RE WORKING, UH, WITH A, A CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TAMIKA.
UM, I DO NEED YOU TO COME UP, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS A LONG TIME COMING AND I APPRECIATE IT.
MY OVERALL OVERARCHING CONCERN AND QUESTION FOR YOU IS GOING TO BE WITH, WITH THE INTENSE, UH, FOCUS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPPORTUNITY.
UH, ARE WE FULLY RESOURCED IN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO PUT IN THE, UH, GRANT APPLICATIONS AND ANTICIPATE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE? BECAUSE I THINK IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS FOR US, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING AND, AND GOING AFTER EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US.
YES, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GRANT APPLICATIONS, THOSE ARE A TEAM EFFORT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO BE THE COLLABORATOR AND BE THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S BRINGING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TOGETHER.
UH, RENEE GREEN IN BEAR COUNTY, SARAH, EVERYONE OVER THERE.
AND RIGHT NOW, HOMER AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE GONNA GO FOR IN, UM, THAT'S DUE IN JANUARY.
AND PART OF THIS FIRST YEAR IS REALLY US ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID AS A DEPARTMENT WAS WE BROUGHT ON A CONSULTANT WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH VIA, WE CAN WORK WITH AMPO, WE CAN WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS.
AND REALLY IT'S CRITICAL THIS YEAR THAT WE ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE WANT TO GO AFTER.
SO THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR PARTNERS RIGHT NOW.
WE DO HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I THINK THIS FIRST YEAR WITH THIS INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST YEAR REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE FOR.
AND SO THAT'S THE KEY THING, IS THAT WE SIT DOWN TOGETHER, WHICH WE DID FOR THE RAISE GRANT AS A REGION, AND WE SAY, OKAY, THIS IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS FIRST YEAR.
AND I THINK U S D O T AND ALL OF THE MODAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND ALL OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE FIGURING THAT OUT BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST BILL OF ITS KIND.
SO I THINK IT'S US GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER IN TERMS OF STAFFING, IN TERMS OF OUR PROCUREMENT METHODOLOGIES AND BEING FLEXIBLE WITH THE GRANT APPLICATION.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
WE DON'T WANNA BITE OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW BECAUSE IT DOES BECOME OVERWHELMING.
AND THAT'S WHY IDENTIFYING WHICH GRANTS WE'RE GONNA TAKE ON IN THESE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS GONNA BE KEY RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE HAVING THE MEETINGS AND WE'RE COORDINATING, AND THAT WAS STEP NUMBER ONE.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
WELL, I, I'LL QUOTE MY FORMER COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND SAY THAT WE MISS, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PITCHES THAT WE DON'T SWING AT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING AGGRESSIVELY AFTER THE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS AT VIA WHO ARE HERE.
UH, THE APPLICATION, THE PROPOSAL WE MADE ON THE RAISE GRANT, UM, RAISED A LOT OF EYEBROWS BECAUSE WE HAD COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION FROM ALL THE PARTNERS.
SO WHEN WE PUT AN APPLICATION, IT'S A GOLD STANDARD AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE EVERYBODY UP THERE KNOWS THAT IT'S, IT'S TIME FOR SAN ANTONIO.
WE'VE BEEN IN A 10 YEAR DROUGHT IN TERMS OF D O T, UH, PROPOSALS.
AND, AND I, I HAVE A STRONG FEELING THAT THAT DROUGHT IS GONNA END, UH, UNDER YOUR TENURE, TAMIKA.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE, UM, THOSE PROPOSALS.
AND VIA HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN HELPING US TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE.
SO IN SUPPORTING THEM, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE REGION, UM, ON THE BIKE PLAN.
UM, LONG TIME COMING, ALSO GLAD TO HEAR IT.
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IS THAT, UH, WHAT ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS ARE YOU USING? AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ALSO, IT'S GONNA BE AN ANNUAL UPDATE.SO THE SURVEY IS JUST GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR WORK PLAN NO MATTER WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE UPDATING THE BIKE MASTER PLAN OR NOT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT DO THEY RIDE BIKES, WOULD THEY RIDE A BIKE? AND WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY WOULD? SO USING A LOT OF SPATIAL DATA, STREETLIGHT DATA, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS SCOPE OF WORK IS GOING TO INCLUDE A HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE I THINK A HUGE COMPONENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BICYCLING AND CYCLING ARE WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HOW CAN UPDATING THIS BIKE MASTER PLAN SUPPORT THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS IN ACHIEVING WHAT THEY WANT? BUT A KEY QUESTION IS WHAT DO THEY WANT? AND WE HAVEN'T SURVEYED THE CITY TO KNOW THAT.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE AN ANNUAL EXERCISE FOR US, SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO THE ESSAY SPEAK UP.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THE DATA COLLECTION FROM A DIFFERENT LENS AND LOOKING THROUGH EQUITY BECAUSE ALL OF THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE THAT ARE 10 YEARS OR OLDER, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE EQUITY LENS.
SO A HUGE COMPONENT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY USING NON-TRADITIONAL ENGAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, NOT JUST DOING IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE OR, YOU KNOW, THE VIRTUAL, WE REALLY DO HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN THE DATA ANALYSIS TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION.
AND THEN THAT WILL INFORM WHAT TYPES OF BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT THE MINIMUM STANDARDS ARE FOR OUR ROADWAYS.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INFORMATION PUBLIC WORKS IS DEVELOPING IN TERMS OF THE BOND AND THE SIDEWALK, UH, CONNECTION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INCLUDES A FUNDING STRATEGY.
SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE A PLAN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING STRATEGY.
SO A KEY COMPONENT WILL BE IDENTIFYING WHAT ARE THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE EXISTING BOND PROGRAMS? HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THE EXISTING, EXISTING, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAD? SO THOSE ARE THE CONNECTIONS THAT I THINK IS GOING TO MAKE THIS PLAN QUITE UNIQUE FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN.
AND THEN HAVING THE TYPOLOGY SUCH THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT VIA, AND WE KNOW IF THERE'S A BIKE CORRIDOR THAT HAS A BUS STOP, THIS IS THE MINIMUM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IN TERMS OF BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARTICULARLY ON THE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR MAJOR WORK IS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE THROUGH THE M P O.
I'M GONNA USE YOUR PHRASE, WE DON'T WANT TO CO-SIGN THE CRAZY ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO T OUT BECAUSE THE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS REALLY ARE GOING TO BE OUR FIRST FORAY INTO BUILDING THIS RELATIONSHIP AND HELPING T OUT UNDERSTAND HOW WE WANT TO MOVE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND WE ARE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US PRESSING THE PAUSE BUTTON AND IDENTIFYING WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO BUILD? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM INFRASTRUCTURE? DO WE NEED BIKE LANES ON EVERY ROADWAY? NO, WE DO NOT.
WE DEFINITELY DO NOT NEED THEM AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FIND IT JUST AS EVERYONE ON THIS DAES I'M SURE DOES VERY DISTURBING THAT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER ON PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.
UH, WE ARE A VISION ZERO CITY, AND I SEE WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE IN TERMS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO IT, 2223 GOING FORWARD.
UM, I NOTED HERE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE USING THE 2020 SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY TO PRIORITIZE THOSE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS.
THAT USES DATA FROM 2014 TO 2018.
WE KNOW WHAT A HORRIFIC YEAR IT HAS BEEN ALREADY WITH PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FATALITIES.
ARE THE FINDINGS IN THAT STUDY, THE 2020 STUDY, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES? IF WE WERE JUST TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 21? SO THE INFORMATION, THE ACTUAL CORRIDORS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THE, THE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS ARE FROM THE 2014 TO 2018 STUDY.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN IS THAT LOW INCOME AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES SUFFER DISPROPORTIONATELY.
IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT IT NATIONWIDE, IF YOU GO TO DANGEROUS BY DESIGN, UH, SMART GROWTH AMERICA DOES AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF HOW SAFE OUR STREETS ARE.
AND SO WHEN I SAY WE'RE NOT CO-SIGNING THE CRAZY, WE'RE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
AND IN FACT, JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH THE TEAM, GREG RENINGER IS OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM MANAGER.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE UPDATE FOR THE 2019 THROUGH 21 DATA FOR THE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY AND BICYCLIST INJURY.
SO $600,000 OF THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM IN OUR BASE BUDGET WILL INCLUDE MONIES FOR THAT STUDY SO THAT WE CAN COLLECT THAT DATA.
AND WHEN, AND WHEN WE SAY WE'RE TAKING THAT EQUITY LENS, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE VISITING AND GIVING VISION ZERO INFORMATION, BUT THESE ARE NOT THE VISION ZERO COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE FATALITIES AND THE DEATHS AND THE INJURIES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE REFRAMING WHAT OUR FOCUS
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IS AND IDENTIFYING THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE, THE CAUSAL, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THOSE.WE KNOW PEOPLE WHO WEAR DARK CLOTHES WHO ARE INJURED OR KILLED IN THE EVENINGS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, WHO WORK AT RESTAURANTS, WHO ARE WALKING, WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE STREET LIGHTS.
SO ALL OF THESE CAUSAL FACTORS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.
SO WE'RE CHANGING AND REFRAMING OUR FOCUS ON THE DATA AND IDENTIFYING AND TARGETING OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO SPEAK TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LEARNING.
WELL, I I THINK THAT THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY, UH, COMMITTEE WOULD BE HELPFUL IN, IN EXAMINING THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO THE PROJECT LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TAMIKA.
SO LET ME NOW TURN OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR, UM, FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND FOR THE GUY WHO IS SANITIZING THE MICROPHONE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ALONG WITH SIDEWALKS AND STREET REPAIRS, ONE OF THE CALLS THAT ARE, OR ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT OUR COUNCIL OFFICE HEARS, UH, HEARS ABOUT VERY FREQUENTLY, AND ANYBODY WHO'S CAMPAIGNED HEARS THIS AT THE DOORS AS WELL, IS THE CONCERN ABOUT UNSAFE STREETS.
AND NOT SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF LIGHTS OR A CRIME, UH, BUT A SPEEDING VEHICLE THAT ALONE, UH, MAKES A RESIDENT FEEL LIKE THEY CANNOT ENJOY THEIR STREET AND LIKE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO WALK SAFELY DOWN THEIR STREET IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
SO, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH T C I AND NOW PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE, UH, CONDITIONS LIKE, UM, OUT IN THE, IN THE NORTHWEST AREA.
UH, WE'VE ALSO HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION WITH THE NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, ABOUT THESE PROBLEM AREAS AS WELL.
UM, HOWEVER, AT, I'M GOING TO POSE A, A SUGGESTION, UH, TAMIKA RAZZI, YOU GUYS HAVE AN INHERITED THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM, UH, THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
AND THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS TO COMBINE EDUCATION, ROAD DESIGN AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY'VE SPOKEN WITH THE ENGINEERS, THEY'VE SPOKEN WITH POL, WITH SS A P D, AND THEY'RE SORT OF CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE SS A P D MAY SAY, OH, IT'S ROADWAY DESIGN AND TRANSPORTATION, OR T C I, WHATEVER IT WAS, MAY SAY, OH, THIS IS ENFORCEMENT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND IS PERHAPS IF, IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY, IF THIS ANNUAL, UM, IN YOUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN IS TO MAKE A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL WORK GROUP, YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT WITH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION.
BUT CAN WE BRING IN SOMEONE FROM PD IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT AND TRAFFIC SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT WITH A UNIFIED VOICE TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, THESE ISSUES, AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT AT A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME FORMALIZED, UH, WORK GROUP.
UM, LET'S TRY IT OUT AND, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WITH EQUITY.
UM, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH SIDEWALKS AND HOW THE EQUITY SCORE IS APPLIED IN THE SIDEWALK DISTRIBUTION, IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS.
AS I MENTIONED, CONSERVABLE, 50% OF 14.2 MILLION GOES BASED ON EQUITY ATLAS AND THE OTHER PERS 50% GOES BASED ON THE GAP.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT ALSO ADDRESS SOME DEGREE EQUITY.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE MAP, WE HAVE LOW, MODERATE, AND HIGH AREA, AND WE HAVE VERY GOOD DETAIL OF WHERE EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT FALLS.
AND BASED ON THAT, WE HAVE PERCENTAGE OF THAT DOLLAR TO GO FOR THE SIDEWALK.
AND THE OTHER PERCENTAGE BASED ON GOAL, ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE GAPS.
SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY, YOU WILL, UM, THERE WILL BE SOME EQUITY FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE A LOW SCORE, MEDIUM SCORE, OR HIGH SCORE.
ON ADDITION TO THAT, OTHER THAN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 AND EIGHT, THE REMAINING SIX COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS SOME FUNDING THROUGH THE 2017 BOND.
CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS USED MOST OF IT, AND I KNOW CONSERV DISTRICT ONE HAS STILL GOOD AMOUNT MONEY TO USE.
OH, WELL I'LL TAKE SOME OF THAT.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS.
THE 2017 DISTRIBUTION WAS NOT AN EQUITABLE, UH, ONE,
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UM, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP ACTUALLY.SO IF, UM, I WILL NOT LET THIS DIE UNTIL WE, UH, ASSIGNED THE FUNDING FOR, FOR THE NEXT BOND DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, WAS ASSIGNED $11 MILLION IN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OUT OF $450 MILLION FOR EVERYBODY.
SO, UH, WHEN WE REFER BACK TO THE 2017 BOND, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP ME
SO, UH, WHAT I, WHAT I NEED TO DO IS TRY TO KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY IN EACH OF THE BUDGET YEARS AND IN AND IN THE NEXT BOND.
UM, SO, UH, A COUPLE OF OF COMMENTS WHEN WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY IN A BETTER PLACE SINCE THE WORK THAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ DID ON EQUITY FUNDING FOR STREET CONDITIONS.
UM, EVERYONE DESERVES TO HAVE A, A GOOD CONDITION STREET IN THEIR, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THEIR DISTRICT.
I THINK IT, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO HAVE PERHAPS A SLIGHTLY MORE SOPHISTICATED TOOL.
UH, THE EQUITY ATLAS ALONE TELLS US WHERE THERE HAS BEEN HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT, BUT IT DOESN'T TELL US WHERE OUR DOLLAR IS GOING TO GO THE FURTHEST IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, ARE WE REPAIRING A CUL-DE-SAC OR SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS, UH, A LOT MORE THINGS, SOMETHING CLOSER TO A GROCERY STORE.
I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER ASPECTS.
AND, AND YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR SIDEWALKS? I THINK SO.
I, UM, I'D, I'D WELCOME PILOTING THAT OUT IN, IN DISTRICT SEVEN IS WHERE CAN WE GET THE MOST MILEAGE? HA HA HA, NO PUN INTENDED.
OUT OF OUR, OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS, THE, UH, I, I THINK SIMPLY, SIMPLY LOOKING AT, AT TWO FACTORS MAY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE.
THE OTHER THING IS WE LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE NETWORK AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE NETWORK.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THERE.
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT BETWEEN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WERE BUILT A LONG TIME AGO OVER, UH, CLAY SOILS THAT SHIFT A LOT.
AND PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WERE BUILT OVER LIMESTONE THAT DON'T SHIFT AS MUCH AND HAVE, UM, BEAUTIFUL STREETS THAT DON'T FLOOD QUITE AS OFTEN AS THOSE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
I DON'T SEE THAT ACCOUNTED FOR.
WE CAN FIX HALF MY STREETS IF WE ADD THE MONEY IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND WITHIN A YEAR OR A YEAR AND A HALF'S TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THAT WAVY THING ALL OVER AGAIN JUST BECAUSE OF THE SOIL CONDITION.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE FLAT STREETS
UM, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GAVE IN TABLES SEVEN AND 12 ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBERS WE RECEIVED IN THE DRAFT.
I M P I IMAGINE THESE NUMBERS ARE MORE UPDATED.
IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THESE THAT WE DIDN'T GET? THIS IS MORE ACCURATE.
BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ARE BETTER FOR ME THAN
UM, I WANNA TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT, UM, THE EVALUATIONS OF, UH, WRECKS AND, AND CRASHES WITH, WITH TAMIKA.
I BROUGHT THIS UP AT OUR RETREAT, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT EVALUATION AND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE PD, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, GIVEN HOW MANY PEDESTRIAN WRECKS WE HAVE A YEAR, UM, HOW MANY WOULD YOU FEASIBLY WOULD YOUR DEPARTMENT FEASIBLY BE ABLE TO ANALYZE IN A GIVEN YEAR? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR.
AND SO THE DEGREE OF THE ANALYSIS VARIES BASED ON THE CONDITIONS.
SO SOME OF THESE, THE DATA THAT WE GET WITH REGARD TO THE CRASH HISTORY IS WHAT TAKES THE MOST TIME.
AND ACTUALLY JOE CON IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THE MOST RECENT CRASHES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN LOCATIONS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME DATA.
SO NORMALIZING THE DATA FROM THE TWO VARIOUS SOURCES, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS.
SO I COULDN'T GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER IN A YEAR.
I COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU THAT DATA BECAUSE WE'VE DONE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT CRASH ANALYSIS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WE'VE HAD ONE, UM, THE JOINT AT INGRAM AND OAK HILL.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT, BUT IT'S ABOUT DOING THE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE.
SO IF IT INCLUDES THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH VEGETATION OR IF IT INCLUDES OTHER COMPONENTS, IT JUST TAKES MORE TIME.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO, TO SUGGEST TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO CITY MANAGEMENT IS THAT WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO STRIVE TO ANALYZE ALL SEVERE PEDESTRIAN
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INJURIES, UH, AND FATALITIES IN A GIVEN YEAR.IT MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK EVERY, EVERY REC, UM, OR EVERY INCIDENT DE DESERVES THAT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND MY, MY LAST COMMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, UM, FUNDING.
IT'S ABOUT $30 MILLION A YEAR.
UM, MANGER AND I WORKED ON THAT, UH, ON THAT TAX INITIATIVE A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
ONE IS, I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR MOBILITY AND, UH, MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND I JUST WANTED FOR FREQUENCY, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE 10 MILLION FOR THE FREQUENCY? NO, I'M SORRY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE, NOT THE ONE THAT WE GIVE VIA.
BUT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE TAX AND I JUST, UH, WANTED TO ENSURE THAT IT LINES UP WITH WHAT, UM, WHAT THE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR.
AND THEN LASTLY, I, I DO WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE A T D COMING TO SAN ANTONIO OR NOT, UM, AFTER VIAS, UM, BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO EFFECT IN A, IN A FEW YEARS.
A T T A T T WE SUPPOSED TO USE FOR ANYTHING.
TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION RELATED STREET IS TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
SIDEWALK IS FOR MOBILITY, ANYTHING REALLY FOR MOBILITY.
AND OF COURSE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS FOR MOBILITY AND OPERATING COST TO MANAGING THIS PROGRAM.
WE DO NOT USE A T T ANY OTHER AREA.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IS YOUR MIC ON ERIC? SORRY, MAYOR.
UM, AS WE KNOW, THE UM, UH, PROPOSITION WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS LAST, UM, NOVEMBER.
UM, WE HAVE HAD NO DISCUSSIONS WITH VIA ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPACT WHEN THAT ADDITIONAL TAX, THAT SALES TAX INCREMENT MOVES OVER TO THEM.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A POLICY LEVEL CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE.
CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY IS, UH, GETS A PORTION OF THAT FUNDING.
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD BOTH TAMIKA AND RAZZIE TALK ABOUT, WE USE IT FOR OUR OWN, THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, SIDEWALKS, UH, THE SIGNALIZATION.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, OR THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL.
UH, THANK YOU RAZZIE FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND I'M GONNA START WITH QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, DISTRICT THREE DOES HAVE THE MOST SIDEWALK GAPS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE OLDEST STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY.
SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE USING THE PRECAST SIDEWALK GAP IN INFILL OR ARE WE USING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO COMPLETE THESE SIDEWALKS? COUNCIL ROMAN, WE USED THE PRECAST SIDEWALK A FEW YEARS AGO AS A PILOT PROGRAM END UP BEING A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE WERE THINKING.
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN REGULAR SIDEWALK.
THE REASON WAS MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU GET FOR OBSTACLE OR DRIVEWAY APPROACH OR MAILBOX, THEY HAD TO USE ALSO CAST IN PLACE CONTRACTOR END UP HAVING REALLY TWO DIFFERENT CREW.
ONE TO DO A MORE REGULAR TYPE SIDEWALK.
THE OTHER ONE IS PRECAST END UP BEING MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND NUMBER OF THE CONTRACT REALLY WASN'T TOO INTERESTED USING, WE HAVE NOT BEEN USING PRECAST SIDEWALK SINCE WE USED THE PILOT PROGRAM.
AND ARE, DO WE HAVE A UNIVERSAL DESIGN OR A UNIFORM DESIGN FOR OUR SIDEWALKS MOVING FORWARD THAT TAKES IN, UH, THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR SENIORS AND THOSE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES? OR ARE WE KIND OF SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE WE PUT IN THE SIDEWALKS, UH, OF WHO'S USING THEM? ANYTIME WE BUILD A SIDEWALK, IT HAS TO MEET A D A REQUIREMENT.
WE MAKE SURE THE SLOPE CROSSES SLOPE, SLOPE UP AND DOWN IS MEETS THE REQUIREMENT.
BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO, I, I HAVE A FEW AREAS IN DISTRICT THREE WHERE WE HAVE, UH, MORE THAN ONE PERSON
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USING, UH, A MOBILIZED WHEELCHAIR OR THINGS LIKE THAT.AND IF THERE'S JUST A WAY THEY CAN LET YOU GUYS KNOW KIND OF THEIR NEEDS AS, AS KIND OF CONSTRUCTION MOVES FORWARD.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THAT ONE SIZE, THAT SOMETIMES WHAT A D A DOES IS, IS JUST THE MINIMUM AND WE MIGHT NEED SOMETHING MORE.
YEAH, COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.
CERTAIN AREA, CERTAIN HOUSE, MAYBE THEY HAVE A, A WHEELCHAIR RAMP.
WE MAKE SURE WE DO NOT BUILD ANY STEPS.
WE RAMP IT TO THE PROPERTY, WE GO AS FAR AS WE HAVE TO GO, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EASY ACCESS.
WE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION TO OUR STAFF ON THE FIELD, THEY NOTIFY US.
AND ALSO WE ARE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATION WITH THE PEOPLE WE ARE WORKING IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY.
THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS DRAINAGE.
UH, WE HAVE, IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR THE PROPERTIES AND THE AREAS THAT WE'VE ANNEXED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS? UH, FOR DRAINAGE STORM WATER RIGHT AWAY, MAINTENANCE NEEDS? DO WE HAVE THAT TIMELINE? YEAH.
SHORTLY AFTER WE ANNEX AREA, WE END UP PROVIDING SERVICES.
ACTUALLY WE PRO WE END UP EVALUATING THE AREA BEFORE WE ANNEX TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE ANNEXING AND WHAT'S THE COST OF MAINTAINING THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UNFORTUNATELY ON WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE, OUR NEED IS OVER $3 BILLION.
IT'S JUST VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING A LOT DRAINAGE PROJECT THROUGH LAST BOND PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE GOING TO BUILD MORE COMES 2022 BUMPER COUNCILWOMAN.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC AREA THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU GOT A CONCERN ABOUT? YEAH, THERE IS, BUT I'LL, I'LL TALK TO OZZIE ON THAT SPECIFIC AREA OFFLINE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A PLAN.
AND THE OTHER THING I HAVE IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE AND ALLEYS IS THAT'S WHERE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND PROBABLY IN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES DISTRICT TOO, WE'RE SEEING HOMELESS ENCAMP THERE.
AND UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS, IS CAUSING TROUBLE.
ARE WE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH OUR BUDGET THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME AREAS THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA NEED TO MAINTAIN FOR DRAINAGE, BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE ENCAMPMENTS WE MAY HAVE TO GET TO SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
PART OF OUR BUDGET, WE ARE ASKING $448,000 TO REALLY DO A GOOD VERY DETAILED SURVEY STUDY OF, WE CALL NON-SERVICE ALLEY.
WE WANNA KNOW WHO'S THE OWNER OF THEM.
MOST OF THESE ALLEY HAS BEEN PLANTED MANY YEARS AGO FOR THE UTILITY IS MEANT OR SOME OTHER MEAN.
THEY ARE REALLY NOT SERVING ANYTHING FOR US.
WE REALLY WANNA KNOW WHO'S THE OWNER OF THESE AND DEVELOP THE GOOD SETUP PLAN TO SEE IF IT BELONGS TO BOTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE MAY KIND OF WORK WITH THEM, REMOVE THE FENCE AND MAKE THAT ALLEY PART OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY CAN MAINTAIN IT.
RIGHT NOW ANNUALLY WE DO SOME MINIMUM NON-SERVICE ALLEY MAINTENANCE, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO REALLY GET THE ROOT OF THIS ISSUE.
AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE TALK WITH HOUSING SERVICES ABOUT IN TERMS OF REHAB.
MY LAST QUESTION IS ON, UM, THE TXDOT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, D THREE HOST NUMEROUS STATE HIGHWAYS, UM, PRESA ROOSEVELT, W W WHITE 35 37, 180 1 4 10 16 0 4, AND THERE'S PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON SOME OF THESE AREAS.
HOW, HOW IS ARE WE, HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT? AND IS BASICALLY, IS TDOT DOING THEIR PART, UM, TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE, AND THAT'LL GO BACK TO MY QUESTIONS FOR TAMIKA IN TERMS OF, UM, SAFETY FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS.
WE MET WITH TECHSTAR MONTHLY EVERY MONTH.
IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ME SOME OF THOSE, THOSE AREA AND CONCERN I CAN DISCUSS WITH THEM NEXT TIME, WHICH IS THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, WE ARE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROGRAM WE DO ON, UH, PAYMENT MARKING, BUT IF THERE IS A NEED WE CAN HAVE WORK WITH, WITH THEM AND HOPEFULLY EXPEDITE.
AND THAT, THAT'S MY, UH, I WANNA MOVE ON TO TRANSPORTATION AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, ON BIKE LANES, UH, AS, AND YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN THEY DID IT, BUT THEY TRIED TO PUT BIKE LANES ON SOUTH FLOSS AND IT QUITE DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I LOVE THE IDEA THAT Y'ALL WILL DO THE OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK ONE THING I WANNA STRESS IS I HAVE SOME AMAZING BIKE LANES IN DISTRICT THREE THAT PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON.
AND I THINK WHEN WE, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU NEED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT, LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE GONE BY SIX OR WHEN YOU DO THE SURVEY, WHAT TIME DO
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YOU NEED THOSE CARS GONE BY 6:00 AM THINGS LIKE THAT.ALSO CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF HOW WE, HOW WE GET THOSE CARS MOVED FROM OUR BIKE LANES.
BECAUSE I WANNA SEE LIKE YOU THAT, THAT, THAT OTHER TRANSPORTATION USE, THAT DIFFERENT COMMUTING USE, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP IF THE BIKE LANES AREN'T, AREN'T AVAILABLE.
SO I WANT, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, I THINK IT'S SLIDE NUMBER SIX A, UH, THE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS FOR THE NINE CORRIDORS IN THE FUTURE.
IS THERE SOMETHING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS CAN DO TO SEE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE MIDBLOCK CROSSING AND CORRIDORS? YES MA'AM.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH THE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS IS WE ARE, THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BASED ON PAST INCIDENTS.
BUT IF THERE ARE LOCATIONS WE WOULD LOVE TO BE CONTACTED AND WE CAN TALK TO YOU OFFLINE ABOUT AREAS WE ARE WORKING WITH G P A TO STREAMLINE OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SUCH THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME TO YOU ALL WHO ARE VERY BUSY AND GET LISTS OF NAMES.
BUT WE ARE STARTING THE PROCESS FROM SCRATCH AND SAYING, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST? AND LET'S GET ON THEIR CALENDAR AND LET'S COORDINATE WITH G P A WHEN WE AS A TRANSPORTATION OR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE ON THEIR CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN ALL GO TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT IS GONNA BE A, A SHIFT FOR HOW WE DO ENGAGEMENT.
BUT ADDITIONALLY, A PART OF THE PROCESS WITH UPDATING THE DEPARTMENT AND THE WEBSITE IS TO MAKE IT SUCH THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE AND PUT IN REQUESTS FOR MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS AND BRING TO OUR ATTENTION.
SO WE'RE A NEW DEPARTMENT, WE'RE NOT TOTALLY SEPARATED FROM PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN 3 1 1 MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S A PART OF, OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IS FIRST HOW DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS NEW DEPARTMENT 3 1 1 IS THE TOOL WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
SO HAVING THAT INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS IS GONNA HELP US.
AND THEN ALSO WITH THE PARKING AND THE BIKE LANES, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, UH, WITH THE U D C AND THE UPDATE TO THE U D C BECAUSE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS MOST DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA READ THROUGH THE U D C WHEN IT COMES TO A BIKE LANE.
THEY WANT TO GET THINGS BUILT.
SO WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE U D C AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ADD DIAGRAMS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T READ.
IF IT'S NOT A TWEET, PEOPLE AREN'T READING IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY TAKE NTO GUIDELINES AND PUT THOSE IN THE U D C WITH THIS UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH ENFORCEMENT WITH SS A P D WITH THE SIGNAGE TOO.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE NOT CO-SIGNING.
THE CRAZY IS NOT TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE GO OUT AND IMPLEMENT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THE OTHER THING I LIKED ABOUT THAT, UH, SLIDE NUMBER SIX IS THE INFRAS, THE, UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE FAITH SAFE STREETS IN 30 MILES PER HOUR.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE BECAUSE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH, UH, SPEEDING AND IN SOME CASES RACING.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, IF IF THERE'S NOT BIKES ON THE ROAD, I COULD SEE PEOPLE WANTING TO SPEED DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE IT'S A 30 MILE PER HOUR AND PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW IT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ON WITH THE POLICE, UM, MONITORING THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, AS WE TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT URBAN LIGHTING AND, AND, AND I'M SURE MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IS GOING TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND, AND DO THAT STUDY.
SO, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE ARE WALKING ARE BIKING, HAVE THOSE THAT LIGHTING ALSO THAT THAT'S IT FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIND, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
UM, AND THANK YOU TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION.
RAZZI, I'LL START WITH YOU AND I'M GONNA BE REFERENCING SLIDE NUMBER 18 AND IT'S ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND THERE'S A TOTAL OF $26.3 MILLION PROPOSED, UM, D FOUR OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MAYBE SEVEN YEARS, EVEN WITH THE LAST RISK MITIGATION PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED.
IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL OF $136 MILLION WOULD BE NEEDED JUST FOR THEM ALONE, JUST FOR US ALONE.
$8.3 MILLION, UM, REALLY IN, IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA THAT FLOODED THIS LAST GO AROUND.
AND SO I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY D FOUR PROJECTS WITHIN THIS, UM, PROPOSAL.
I DON'T SEE ANY PROJECTS FOR D TWO D FIVE OR D NINE EITHER.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALL TAKE THAT APPROACH, UM, TO, TO BUDGET SOME, SOME FUNDS FOR THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
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OF COURSE, COUNCILWOMAN, THE CAPACITY WASN'T THERE FOR US TO DO WHAT WE REALLY WANT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.WE ARE HOPING TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE DRAINAGE NEEDING YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX THROUGH THE, OUR BIG BOND PROGRAM, $1.2 BILLION.
THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT RAZZI SHOWED AND I THINK ANSWERED A REALLY IMPORTANT SLIDE AND I'M GLAD YOU YOU'VE BROUGHT IT UP.
WE, WE ARE TRANSITIONING, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING THE TRANSITION, HOW WE PROGRAM OUR STORM STORMWATER AND STORMWATER REGIONAL PROJECTS.
WE HAVE BUILT A FIVE-YEAR PLAN SO THAT WHEN WE, WHEN YOU CONSIDER DRAINAGE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE, THE BOND PROGRAM, WE'RE GONNA LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR EXISTING FUNDS WITH, WITH BOND FUNDS.
AND, AND IN, IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN VERY DISCONNECTED AND, AND JUST LIKE AN AGENCY, AN OUTSIDE AGENCY WILL COME TRY TO LEVERAGE FOR A BOND PROJECT.
WE'RE GONNA DO THAT INTERNALLY SO THAT WE CAN PUT THIS MONEY BACK INTO PRODUCTION.
I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS REFERENCED IN THE LAST RISK MITIGATION FUND THAT WE WOULD BUDGET FOR IT IN THE 20 17 20 22 BOND.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS.
SO I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED AND I, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AND MAYBE IT COULD BE JUST AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW YOU BUDGET AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEN ALSO, UM, AND COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL BROUGHT THIS UP AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO COUNCILMAN PERRY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS, UH, IN HIS DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, I WAS WONDERING HOW EQUITY IS EMBEDDED INTO THE STREET MAINTENANCE, PARTICULARLY ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY.
AND SO WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CLAY AND I KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE DONE IS MORE INTENSIVE AND OF COURSE MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR EQUITABLE SHARE, UH, UH, UH, SHARE BASED ON THAT.
COUNCIL ROMAN, SINCE P C I IS REALLY GOOD PART OF RESULT OF THE POOR SOIL.
YOU REALLY, THOSE COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS LOWER P C I MORE LIKELY THE SOIL UNDERNEATH THE PA IS HIGHLY CLAY.
REALLY, THEY'RE GETTING SOME MORE MONEY.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE ON THE ROADWAY, WHEN WE WIND UP NOT MAINTAINING THOSE OTHER GOOD ROADWAY THEN FIGURES DOWN THE ROAD, IT'LL BE MUCH, MUCH MORE COSTLY TO MAINTAIN THOSE WE HAVE TO DO LITTLE BIT ON EVERY PLACE BEFORE WE REALLY LET THEM TO GRADE A, TO BECOME B AND B BECOME C AND SO ON.
AND SO AGAIN, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE SEVENTH IN LINE IN, IN REGARDS TO THE DISTRIBUTION.
AND SO IF WE HAVE SO MUCH OF THE CLAY SOIL, I JUST MM-HMM.
UH, EVEN IN, IN MY SHORT TENURE I'VE, I'VE SEEN THAT.
SO I WAS JUST CONCERNED AND, AND AGAIN THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL UNDERSTANDING ON MY PART, BUT I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN I'M GONNA FOCUS ON SCHOOL ZONES.
HOW DO WE UP, UH, UPGRADE THEM? HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THEM? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR EVEN AS WE TRAVEL AROUND OUR DISTRICT, WE NOTICE THAT THERE'S SOME NEEDS.
BUT HOW DOES A PROJECT QUALIFY FROM FUNDING FROM THE OVERALL PROJECT BASED, UH, BASED ON NEED INSTEAD OF THROUGH OUR LIMITED NAMP FUNDS FOR SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING, WE HAVE NUMBER OTHER CRITERIA.
ONE IS WE MAKE SURE IF THERE IS NO SAFE CROSSING, THAT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
IF THE ROADWAY HAPPENED TO BE FOUR LANE AND HIGH SPEED TRAVEL, THAT'S NUMBER ANOTHER CRITERIA BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE MAKE SAFER.
AND ALSO THE SECOND, THE THIRD ONE IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ONE BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM MORE THAN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAN HIGH SCHOOL.
ANY PROJECT MEETS ALL OF THESE THREE CRITERIA.
THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE ON OUR LIST AND WE DO 12 PER YEAR.
ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING BUDGET, IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS AND IT'S ONLY THREE DESIGN PROJECTS AND TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW THOSE ARE SELECTED AS WELL.
WE DO EVALUATION OF 80 OF THEM AND MANY OF THEM DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENT AND SOME DOES.
WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY THE CURE FOR THIS UNSAFE OR COMING.
THEN WE WORK WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE, COUNCIL OFFICE.
USUALLY THEY'RE NET USING NET DOLLAR TO US TO BUILD IT.
WE USUALLY DO PAIR OF THEM, WHICH IS COST 11,000.
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AND IF IT REQUIRES MORE THAN THAT, LIKE ROUNDABOUT OR SOME OTHER GERBO, THAT'S THE ONES WE USE.UH, $1 MILLION TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT.
WE USUALLY CAN BE DONE, DO TWO PER YEAR FOR $1 MILLION.
I'M GONNA GO ON TO SIDEWALKS NOW.
UM, I KNOW THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS REJECT SIDEWALKS FLAT OUT.
DOES THAT GET NOTICED IN THE, LIKE DO WE NOTE THAT IN THE GAP, UH, IN THE SIDEWALK GAP MILEAGE? YEAH, WE KNOW CERTAIN COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T WANT A SIDEWALK.
NOT EVERYBODY WANTS SIDEWALK, THEREFORE WE DON'T BUILD SIDEWALK WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD SIDEWALK.
AND SO WE NOTE THAT SOMEWHERE.
UM, SO WHAT'S THE LONG TERM PLAN FOR UH, SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION? SO I KNOW THAT THE GOAL IS TWO MILES FOR, UM, F Y 22, BUT LONG-TERM WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, SIDEWALKS FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE PAST A LOT OF THE, UM, EXPECTATION FOR, FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN THE, SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE MOST, MOST RECENTLY BUILT.
CAN I GET A A JUST MAYBE A, A BALLPARK GENERAL LONG-TERM GOAL FOR SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION, NOT THE GAP RIGHT NOW.
I'M SORRY, I MOVED ON TO RECONSTRUCTION.
YEAH, RECONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR.
WE WORK WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE.
WE KNOW WHICH AREA ARE MORE SAFETY ISSUE REALLY WE GO AFTER SAFETY ISSUE AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, $50 MILLION, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR CAN GO SO FAR UNLESS THE COUNCILS EXTEND THAT FUNDING FOR LARGER DOLLAR FIGURE.
WE DO THAT, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.
SO IT'S A LONG-TERM PLAN 'CAUSE WE'RE, AS WE'RE ADDING SIDEWALKS, I I ANTICIPATE THAT THE THE NEED GROWS.
AND SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF INCREASING THAT OR WOULD YOU MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION? WE ARE LOOKING FOR AS PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM TO ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY FOR EACH CONSOLE DISTRICT.
AND YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY ALSO FOR SIDE OF RECONSTRUCTION TOO.
AND THEN THERE'S A MOWING MAP THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UM, BUT IS THERE A, A ROUGH ESTIMATE MAYBE OF MILES OF NATURAL DRAINAGE CHANNELS PER DISTRICT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME RAIN IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE THERE'S A JUNGLE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS' HOMES AND IN SOME, SOME AREAS.
AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL LARGE NATURAL CHANNELS AND SO, UM, THE RESIDENTS SEEM, SEEM TO ALWAYS BE CALLING ABOUT THEM, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE RAIN AND, AND JUST DRIVING AROUND YOU CAN SEE THEM.
UM, SO HOW, HOW DO WE KIND OF KEEP THAT UPDATED OR HOW REGULARLY DO WE LOOK AT THAT MOWING MAP? WE HAVE VERY DETAILED MAP OF OVER OUR CHANNEL RIGHT AWAY BUYOUTS MEDIAN, THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE OF THIS CHANNEL MAINTENANCE WHEN WE HAVE RAIN ESPECIALLY, WE HAD MAY AND JUNE AND JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE NOT JUST, WE COULDN'T DO ON THE DAY IT RAIN MANY TIME.
WE COULDN'T REALLY GO OVER THERE MORE FEW DAYS AFTER WHEN MAY RAIN BECAUSE OF THE SOIL IS TOO MUDDY.
THEREFORE, OUR SCHEDULE SOMETIME VARIES DEPEND ON THE WEATHER CONDITION.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
UH, THANK YOU TROY RAZZIE AND TAMIKA FOR Y'ALL'S PRESENTATIONS.
UM, RAZZI, I'LL START WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND MARIO'S BEEN SUCH OR MARIO'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT HELP, UM, WITH OUR DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE.
UM, THIS MORNING WE WERE AT A SITE VISIT AND HE WAS VERY HELPFUL WALKING US AND OUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FUNDING.
UM, I WANTED TO EXPRESS SIMILAR CONCERNS AROUND, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM THE DOORS AND THE CAMPAIGN, UM, EVERYONE HAD ISSUES AROUND DRAINAGE.
UM, SO AS WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THE DATA OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS ON WHERE WE HAVE, UH, DRAINAGE ISSUES WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, UM, WITH THE CURRENT REPORTED PROJECTS, IT'S ROUGHLY 167 MILLION FOR THOSE REPORTED PROJECTS.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS UH, BOND FUNDING FOR THAT, BUT IT'S ONLY 67 MILLION.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH PER DISTRICT, UH, WITH HOW MUCH OF THAT 67 MILLION IS GOING PER DISTRICT FROM THE BOND FUNDING? HOW MUCH OF 67 MILLION IS GOING FOR THE DISTRICT? YES, FOR THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN THE 2022 BOND, WE HAVE THE LIST, A VERY DETAILED LIST OF 2017 BOND REGARDING THE DRAINAGE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO MEET WITH YOU AND OTHER OFFICE FOR 2022.
I HAVE LEARNED YOU HAVE REALLY, YOU WANNA SPEND SOME GOOD AMOUNT ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECT AND WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TO INCLUDE PART OF 22 BOND.
AND WHERE DOES THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEPARTMENT'S POSITION ON
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PRE-PACKAGING F GRADED STREET PROJECTS FOR THE 2022 BOND IF STREET? YES.USUALLY WE DO FROM 110 MILLION AVERAGE, WE SPEND 20 MILLION ON, IF STREET TODAY WE DO ROUGHLY 50 MILES OF THE STREET CONSTRUCTION AS PART OF 23 BUDGET.
WE ARE PROPOSING THAT 20 MILLION TO COME FROM BOND 100 MILLION FOR F STREET FOR FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS 20 MILLION.
AND TO CONTINUE TO TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THOSE F STREET, IF OUR INTENTION IS TO IMPROVE OUR P C I, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR F STREET.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON DN, OTHER STREET IS STILL F STREET IS GOING TO PULL OUR P C I DOWN.
WE HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO IMPROVE IN THOSE F STREETS.
I WANNA MOVE ON TO TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S ROUGHLY 440 TRAFFIC STUDIES IN THE PIPELINE, UM, PLUS 32, UM, UH, TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS RATHER AND 32 TRAFFIC STUDIES IN THE PIPELINE AND THAT IT COULD TAKE THEM UP TO SIX WEEKS TO TWO MONTHS FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
YEAH, IT DEPEND ON THE, DEPEND ON THE REQUEST OF THE INVESTIGATION.
IF IT IS REQUIRE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT TAKES 90 DAYS.
IF IT REQUIRE LESS THAN THAT, WE DO MANY OF THEM.
LET'S SAY SIGN IS MISSING, WE HANDLE THOSE IN TWO, THREE DAYS.
WE HAVE SS L A, WE ARE 87% WITHIN OUR SS L A.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE TEAM THAT CONDUCTS THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE ADDED MORE FOLKS TO YOUR TEAM TO COMPLETE THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES? YES.
UM, UM, SO, UM, LIKE D THREE, WE HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH OUR ALLEYWAYS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S $150,000 FOR NON-SERVICE ALLEY MAINTENANCE, UM, WHICH FUNDS LIKE THE BASE LIKE REBASING, THE ALLEYWAYS.
UM, BUT AS WE LOOK AT SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO LOOK TO INVESTING IN OUR ALLEYWAYS, UM, FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND JUST THOSE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR NON-SERVICE ALLEYS.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S THAT GRAY AREA OF, YOU KNOW, IT BELONGS TO, IF IT'S NON-SERVICE, IT BELONGS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
HOWEVER, LIKE IF THEY PARK A CAR THERE, CODE COMPLIANCE COULD GIVE THEM A CITATION.
SO I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK TOWARDS INVESTING MORE FOR OUR NON-SERVICE ALLEYS.
SO, UM, WITH THE, WITH OUR, WITH OUR ALLEYWAYS COMES A LOT OF DUMPING IS WHAT, UM, WE HAVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO WITH THE THREE PUBLIC WORK POSITIONS, WE'LL, UM, HOW MANY POSITIONS WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING FOR THE ILLEGAL DUMPING CREW? THREE OF THEM.
WHY NOT HIRE MORE POSITIONS?
'CAUSE WE'RE PUTTING IN A BUDGET, UH, BASICALLY A TEAM TO FOCUS ON PICKING UP ILLEGAL DUMPING THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO THE NON-SERVICE ALLEYWAYS, HOW WILL NEIGHBORHOODS AND COUNCIL OFFICES BE INVOLVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 NON-SERVICE ALLEYWAY ROW FUND? I, I'M SORRY, FOR THE ROW FUND, HOW WILL OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE COMMUNITY LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BE INVOLVED IN THE ROW FUND? ON PREVIOUS FEW YEARS, WE, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER, BUT WE DID NUMBER OF THEM IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
USUALLY THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH US TO GO 3, 3, 3 1 1 AND DOCUMENTED AND WE WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE AND OTHER OFFICES TO IF, IF FUNDING'S AVAILABLE, WE END UP MAINTAINING THOSE.
UM, AND I KNOW DURING THE BUDGET TRIAL, UM, MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED INCREASING NAMP FUNDING, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M STILL IN SUPPORT OF IS INCREASING NAMP FUNDING.
UM, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DATA, IT SHOWS THAT THE CITY SEES ALMOST 6.5 TIMES THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT WHEN WE REPAIR SIDEWALKS.
UM, YET THERE'S ONLY $500,000 FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE BOND FUND FUND FUNDS GOING TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION, BUT I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, IT WOULD BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN REPAIR, UM, TO, TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING EFFECTIVE WITH OUR BUDGET ASK.
AND THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, RAZZIE, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE FOR TAMIKA, SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND I KNOW DURING THE BUDGET TRIAL MEETING YOU ALSO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW,
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LIKE NOT WANTING TO PUT BIKE LANES OVER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS REPAIR.UM, EVERY DOOR THAT I KNOCKED ON, UM, EVERY RESIDENT THAT COMES TO MY OPEN OFFICE HOURS AGREES WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, SO I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE SA BRAZOS CORRIDOR.
UM, WERE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS OR IS THAT COMING UP SOMETIME SOON? THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE BRAZOS CORRIDOR? YES.
SO FOR THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, WE IDENTIFIED FOCUS GROUPS BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS STUDIES THAT HAD BEEN DONE FOR THE WEST SIDE AREA.
SO WE TOOK SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT WAS WORKING ON SOME OF THE CONCEPTS FOR THE SOUTH BRAZOS TRANSPORTATION STUDY.
IT'S A REALLY SHORT STUDY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET IT CLOSED OUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE.
AND ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PLAN? LIKE IF I LOOK IT UP ONLINE, WILL THE STAKEHOLDERS BE LISTED ON THAT PLAN? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
IF I LOOK UP THE PLAN ONLINE, WILL THE STAKEHOLDERS BE INCLUDED ON THAT PLAN? LIKE, UH, WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION? JANA CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION, UH, IT MAY BE FOR ROSIE, IT MAY BE FOR YOU
WE HAVEN'T STARTED LOOKING, COLLECTING ANY DATA.
SO THE FIRST STEP WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY SCOPE OF WORK AND AS A PART OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS AND THE PREVIOUS STUDIES WORK, THE CONSULTANT FIRM THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE PROJECT, THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE RELATED TO BICYCLES, UM, RELATED THE AM O STUDIES.
'CAUSE AMPO HAS DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MOBILITY STUDIES AND ANY SURVEY.
SO THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND DATA COLLECTION OF THE CONSULTANT WHO'S AWARDED THE WORK FOR THE BIKE STUDY.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UH, BUT I WANNA NOTE THAT I KNOW DURING THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET MEETING, UM, THAT, UH, THERE WAS A ASK TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE VISION ZERO.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT.
UM, BUT JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE BASIC STREET DRAINAGE, SPEED HUMP AND SIGNAGE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT, UM, BEFORE WE PRIORITIZE, UH, BIKE LANES.
THAT'S A PART OF NOT CO-SIGNING THE CRAZY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE INSTALL IT IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN MAINTAINED.
AND SO PART OF THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS ALSO INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC WORKS.
DID WE, WE, DID WE ANSWER YOUR RIGHT? YOUR LAST QUESTION THERE ABOUT THE THE 2019 LIGHTING STUDY? DID WE ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I I WAS REFERRING TO THE UR THE, THE URBAN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN AND FROM 2019.
SO RAZZI AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT EFFORT.
YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE DID A STUDY AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE COSMAL BRAVO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MODERATE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND WE HAVE USED THE RESULT OF THAT STUDY AND MOST OF THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT AND ALSO ON CITY HALL AND ANY BRAND NEW PROJECT WE BUILT, WE FOLLOW THAT STUDY RECOMMENDATION.
ONE THING, A STUDY DOESN'T SHOW WHERE WE NEED TO PUT BRAND NEW LIGHT UNLESS WE HAVE A PROJECT IN THE AREA.
THEN WE DO THE LIGHT SURVEY, THEN WE COMPLY WITH THAT REPORT.
AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS INITIATED IN JUNE BY, UM, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND THE STREET INDEX, THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX OR AN INDEX CONCEPT.
UM, BECAUSE THE, THE AREAS THAT THAT, UH, RAZZY ISS DESCRIBING ARE LIKE DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO TAKING THOSE CONCEPTS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO WEAVE THEM INTO AN
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, MOSTLY JUST TALK FOR A LITTLE BIT, UM, DISTRICT TWO IS ONE OF THE LARGEST DISTRICTS.
UM, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS AMONG THE WORST IN THE CITY.
UM, WE SEE IT IN OUR ROADS, WE SEE IT IN OUR SIDEWALKS AND OUR DRAINAGE AND OUR STREETLIGHTS AND LACK THEREOF.
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HAVE FELT THIS IN ADDITION TO THE SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS OF THIS UNDERINVESTMENT FOR DECADES.AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE, UH, NEARLY $1.8 MILLION IN SIDEWALK FUNDING AND $13.2 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
UM, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND IT'S DUE TO OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY.
AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MORE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT I'M HAPPY WHERE WE'RE AT FOR A SECOND.
UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, OF COURSE, IS A PHYSICAL REMINDER OF THE STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT HAS DETERMINED WHICH COMMUNITIES IN WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WERE WORTHY OF INVESTMENT.
UM, AND FRANKLY, INFRASTRUCTURE IS A PHYSICAL REMINDER OF WHETHER OR NOT HISTORICALLY YOUR CITY, HISTORICALLY YOUR CITY HAS CARED ABOUT YOU.
AND WHEN WE HAVE CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL ON POORLY PAVED UNLIT ROADS, OR WE HAVE A SENIOR WHO CAN'T USE SIDEWALK SAFELY BECAUSE GAPS EXIST, UM, AND AREN'T CONDUCIVE TO WALKERS OR WHEELCHAIRS, OR SOMEONE HAS LONG-TERM EXPENSIVE DAMAGE TO THEIR CARS, UH, BECAUSE OF LARGE POTHOLES, THEY COULDN'T SEE IN THE DARK.
THAT HAS MADE MY CONSTITUENTS AND MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL NEGLECTED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS LENS OF EQUITY IS ABOUT.
AND I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT I'M PROUD TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND FEEL THAT THE CITY IS DOING ITS PART TO ADDRESS THE MARGINALIZATION OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I STAND COMMITTED TO DEMONSTRATING THE LENS OF EQUITY, UM, THAT I SEE APPLIED HERE.
UM, AND SO EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY.
AND SO THAT MEANS ASKING HOW DO I UNDO THE DAMAGES OF THOSE PAST? UM, HOW DOES THIS ACTION POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND NOT JUST MY OWN? AND HOW DO WE ALLOT RESOURCES SO THAT COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTED IN CAN BE GIVEN A FIGHTING CHANCE TO NOT JUST SURVIVE, BUT TO THRIVE.
AND SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
UM, ARE THERE NUMBERS FOR IF WE WERE TO HAVE A 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UH, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD? WE DID PREPARE THAT.
DID YOU BRING IT MARGARET? IF NEEDED? ESSENTIALLY FOR THE, ESSENTIALLY FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
IF YOU, UM, DID YOU BRING UP THE CURRENT SLIDE WHILE SHE'S LOOKING FOR THAT? UH, THAT WAS SLIDE 20, RIGHT? 24 0 19.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CURRENT SLIDE, AND WE HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU TOOK AT THE EXEMPTION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 5% FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMESTEAD, IT'S GONNA BASICALLY, OR TAKE THE $600,000 HOMESTEAD.
SO FOR A 20% EXEMPTION FOR A HOMESTEAD VALUE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, 10% EXEMPTION FOR THAT HOMESTEAD VALUE IS AN ADDITIONAL $28.
UM, IF YOU GO TO A 20 PER 20% EXEMPTION, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $84.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE $600,000 HOMESTEAD VALUE, UM, FOR A 10% EXEMPTION, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $307,307.
FOR A 20% EXEMPTION, IT'D BE AN ADDITIONAL 642.
HE, HE'S PUTTING IT UP ON THE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO BASICALLY, IF YOU DID A 20% EXEMPTION, UM, AND THIS IS YOUR ESTIMATED ANNUAL INCREMENTAL TAX SAVINGS TO THE HOMEOWNER, IT WOULD HAVE AN INCREMENTAL IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF 26 MILLION AT A 20% AND A $16 MILLION IMPACT TO THE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND.
MAN, JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, UM, WOW.
SO I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE REVENUE LOSS TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND I'M THINKING, HOW COULD WE AFFORD THIS IN THE FUTURE? UM, AND I'M THINKING, MAN, IF ONLY THERE WASN'T A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS IN INCREASING CONSISTENTLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, MAYBE WE COULD AFFORD THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO H THANK YOU MAYOR.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS FOR MOVEMENT IN OUR CITY.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UH, IMPLEMENTING AT LEAST A COUPLE OF CROSS TOWN CONNECTOR LANES, UH, WITHIN OUR 22 20 22 BOND AMONG OTHER ENHAN ENHANCEMENTS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR TAMIKA, YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU THOUGH, TAMIKA.
UH, YOU MENTIONED, UM, A TRANSIT PLANNING MANAGER POSITION.
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YES, MA'AM.THE TRANSIT PLANNING MANAGER WOULD BE THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD BE THE LEAD LIAISON WITH VIA.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH VIA IS GETTING REGULAR INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE DELIVERY, WORKING WITH THEM, MEETING WITH THEM PRIOR TO SERVICE CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THEM WHAT OUR CURRENT LAND USE PLANS ARE, CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND COORDINATING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE ANY PROPOSALS FOR SERVICE CHANGES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT ARE NOT IMPACTED BY SOMETHING WE'RE DOING.
ADDITIONALLY, THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT AMPO FOR ANY TRANSIT RELATED STUDIES.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN MOBILITY AND TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION, THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE A LIAISON TO VIA WHEN THEY'RE CONDUCTING STUDIES ON THEIR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE WHAT THE, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY IS SO LARGE AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT.
SO HAVING SOMEONE WHO'S DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH VIA AND ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE DO ON THE CITY SIDE IS NOT IMPEDING THEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE RELIABLE SERVICE.
ADDITIONALLY, THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE N P O HELPING US DEVELOP GRANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXUS BETWEEN TRANSIT AND LAND USE AND T O D.
SO A LARGE PART OF THE LAND USE PLANS THAT BRIDGET'S TEAM WORKS ON HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSIT.
SO WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT TALK ABOUT LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.
THE, UH, A NUMBER OF THE INITIATIVES IN THIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE TO DO WITH AREAS OF PERSISTENT PERSISTENT POVERTY.
AND WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THOSE AREAS IN SEVERAL OF YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS SUFFER FROM PERSISTENT POVERTY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ADJACENT TO TRANSIT.
SO BEING ABLE TO INFORM THE DECISION MAKING AND LEAD THAT EFFORT AND ALSO COLLECTING DATA, THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING STUDIES, LEADING STUDIES, DIRECTING CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS IN THEIR PERFORMANCE OF WORK, SO IF WE'RE DOING ANY IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO, UH, ONE OF THE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, THESE MANAGERS HAVE THAT EXPERTISE, EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE A TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS, BUT A LOT OF THEM HAVE NOT LED LARGE SCALE PROJECTS.
SO A KEY TO PREVENTING WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE IS HAVING REALLY STRONG PROJECT MANAGERS.
SO AS WE GROW OUR TEAM, WE WANNA HAVE STRONG AND SEASONED PROJECT MANAGERS AND TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS MANAGING THE, THE STAFF, AND ALSO MANAGING OUR CONSULTANTS.
THAT'S A, A WELL-REASONED ARGUMENT FOR THAT POSITION.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ONCE THAT PERSON IS, UM, HIRED AT, UH, OVER AT TRANSPORTATION.
AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I'M SURE WE'D ALL LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UM, THEIR COMMUNICATION WITH VIA, UM, YES MA'AM.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S INTERESTING.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU, TAMIKA.
UM, DID WE EAR ADD OR EARMARK ANY FUNDS FOR CITY CREW FOR STREET AND INTERSECTION? UH, RE PROFILING? UM, I'M SPECIFICALLY TO REDUCE STORM WATER PONDING.
I'M TRYING TO DO THIS WITH MY MASK RAZZIE.
UM, DID, UM, DID WE ADD OR EARMARK ANY FUNDS, UH, FOR CITY CREWS FOR STREET AND MAINTENANCE, I'M SORRY, STREET AND INTERSECTION RE PROFILING TO REDUCE STORM WATER PONDING SPECIFICALLY? WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO THOSE BY PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE LOOKING FOR? I THINK WE WILL DISCUSS WITH YOU WHEN WE MEET WITH YOU NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
THAT SOUNDS, UH, LIKE I'M BEING BLOWN OFF, BUT OKAY.
UM, AND THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, FLOODING, I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE, I'VE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT THE, THE MICRO FLOODING THAT'S HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT.
UH, OVER THIS YEAR AFTER THE WINTER STORM, WE STILL HAD A NUMBER OF STORMS THAT HAVE HIT SPECIFICALLY THE FAR WEST SIDE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, AND SO WE NEED MICRO FLOOD ABATEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE SHORT TERM OR LOCALIZED RELIEF OF FLASH FLOODING EVENTS.
UM, THEY'RE OCCURRING IN NEWER LOCATIONS.
WE, I'VE LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND THERE'S JUST AREAS OF MY DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS HISTORIC, UM, UH, HISTORICALLY ANYWAY, SEEN THIS FLASH FLOODING.
SO I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF WE'VE, UH, ANY ALLOCATED ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS.
WE ARE LOOKING, FIRST OF ALL TO DO A SMALL PROJECT WITH IN-HOUSE CREW, 300,000 OR SO IN YOUR DISTRICT TO
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DO SOME THOSE IMPROVEMENT IN NEXT YEAR.THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 600,000.
THIS WILL BE DESIGNED AND DONE.
THIS PROBABLY WILL TAKE TWO YEARS.
WE ARE LOOKING VERY SERIOUSLY MARBACH ROAD, WHICH WE HAPPEN TO BE BORDERLINE BETWEEN YOUR DISTRICT AND DISTRICT FOUR $30 MILLION.
AND WE ARE ALSO BRINGING REGIONAL FLY STORMWATER FUND TO ASSIST US BECAUSE IT'S SO LARGE PROJECT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BE THAT PROJECT TO BE PART OF THE 2022 POUND PROGRAM.
THERE WAS AREAS, UH, IN MY DISTRICT THAT THE, THIS FLASH FLOODING THAT WERE, UH, MARBACH IS, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THAT FLOODING.
I MEAN, I THINK WE CALL IT AFFECTIONATELY THE MARBACH RIVER WHEN IT RAINS.
AND, UM, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT MORE AREAS THAT WE, WE THAT ARE NEWER, UM, TO FLOODING.
I MEAN, I, I WORDED THAT STRANGELY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FLOODED BEFORE EVER.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN THOSE HOMES 30, 40 YEARS, AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE STARTING TO FLOOD.
SO THAT I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THESE NEWER AREAS, NOT, NOT PROJECTS THAT WE KNEW ABOUT.
THE AREA WAS FLOODED IN LAST FEW WEEKS OR TWO MONTHS AGO.
WE HAD THE MAIN REASON WE ARE GOING TO DO FRENCH CREEK DRAINAGE PROJECT.
IT HAPPENED TO BE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT THE BENEFIT WILL BE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DACA VIEW, CORRECT.
SO THAT IS IN THE, UM, THIS BUDGET.
RAZZY, I'M SORRY YOU SAT DOWN.
I WAS TRYING TO CATCH YOU WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING BACK OVER THERE.
UM, WHAT'S OUR TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TODAY? I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN SOME DIFFERENT FIGURES ON THAT.
WHAT, WHAT'S OUR TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TODAY TO, WHAT'S THE NEED TODAY? YEAH, WE HAVE $3 BILLION DRAINAGE NEED AND A $2 BILLION ROUGHLY.
STREETS AND SIDEWALK OVERALL, $5 BILLION NEED OKAY.
I'VE SEEN 3 BILLION, BUT IT'S UP TO 5 BILLION NOW.
AND BASED ON, UH, UH, THIS BUDGET, AND YOU'RE ALREADY SHOWING WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING IN THE BOND, UM, ARE WE GONNA EVER GET TO THAT NUMBER? ARE WE EVER GONNA GET TO WHERE IT'S MORE MANAGEABLE? OR DO YOU THINK $5 BILLION BACKLOG IS MANAGEABLE? IT IS GOING TO TAKE COUNCILMAN A LONG TIME.
WE ARE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE BOND IN A, I HAVE BEEN HERE OVER THREE DECADES.
OUR BOND USED TO BE A HUNDRED MILLION AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, THAT WE THOUGHT THAT'S A BIG BOND.
THE NEED IS THERE TOO, IS GOING TO TAKE NUMBER OF THE BOND CYCLE FOR US TO COME CLOSER.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE REBUILD THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE EXISTING ONE ALSO AGING.
WE ARE NEVER GOING TO REALLY STOP.
WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY SPEND MONEY ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO JUST OUT OF ALL OF THAT AND WHAT ARE OUR FRES, THAT MEANS THEY'RE ALMOST REALLY IMPASSABLE NOWADAYS.
THEY ARE OVER $900 MILLION, IF $900 MILLION FOR, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOTHING IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, SOME REALLY, REALLY BIG BILLS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT AND BE COGNIZANT OF HERE IN THIS BUDGET AND THIS UPCOMING BOND.
AND I'M, I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING THAT ALSO.
UH, WHAT WOULD BE GREAT HERE, I, I SEE YOUR PERCENTAGES AND THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE HAS IMPROVED.
UH, YOU WERE SAYING UP TO 70 SOMETHING PERCENT, 77, I BELIEVE IT WAS 77% IN FAIR AND GOOD CONDITION.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS ACTUALLY THE HISTORY ON THIS, UH, A METRIC SHOWING WHERE WE ARE IN EACH ONE OF THESE.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE FAILED AND THE POOR ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD THOSE IN OUR YEARLY BUDGETS.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BONDS.
AND EVEN AT THAT, WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BONDS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE, UH, TWO POOR AND FAILED, UM, STREET TYPES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO DRAW EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THAT.
WE ALMOST HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS IN FAILED STREETS OUT THERE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THIS ONE CONFUSES ME A LITTLE BIT.
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IS THAT 2023 MARK ON THERE? IT SAYS, UH, 90 AND THEN 20 ON THE TOP OF THAT.WE'RE KEEPING IT AT 110, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EVEN MORE.
BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 90 AND 20 90 MILLION IS COMING FROM SS M P 20 MILLION.
THE DARKER BLUE ON THE TOP IS WE ARE INTENDED TO PROPOSE PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
A HUNDRED MILLION TO GO FOR F STREET, WHICH IS DIVIDED BY FIVE, COMES 20 MILLION PER YEAR.
WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE ONE 10, BUT 20 IS COMING FROM BOND.
90 IS COMING FROM TYPICAL S A P PROGRAM.
COUNCILMAN, REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE BUDGET HERE.
AND IT, IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT UPON THE COUNCIL'S BOND CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE IF WE DO, TO YOUR POINT, IF, IF, IF THE COUNCIL, UH, MAKES AN INVESTMENT OF, OF THAT RECONSTRUCTION AMOUNT IN THE BOND PROGRAM, THEN WE CAN STOP DOING RECONSTRUCTIONS IN OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INCREMENT.
UM, THE MAYOR TALKED AT THE WORK, AT THE WORK SESSION, TALKED ABOUT VISION ZERO PROJECTS, YOU TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE, BUT IT GIVES US CAPACITY.
WE WE'RE SPENDING ANNUAL DOLLARS TO DO BOND PROJECTS AND IT'S KIND OF THAT SHIFT, BUT IT REALLY RELIES UPON THE COUNCIL HAVING THE BOND CONVERSATION.
WELL, I, AGAIN, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT KEPT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
I, UM, KEEPING THE LEVEL OF OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET UP AT THE ONE 10 AND, AND THEN PLUGGING IN WHATEVER WE WANNA DO IN THE, IN THE F STREETS AND D STREETS INTO THE BOND PROGRAM.
BUT MAKE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE 110 FROM OUR YEARLY, UH, MAINTENANCE BUDGET, NOT AS PART OF THE 110.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT GRAPH IS INTENDED TO DO.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE 110.
IT STILL HAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE 110 GOING FORWARD IN 2023, BUT IT'S REALLY RELYING UPON Y'ALL'S CONVERSATIONS.
BUT WE'RE ASSUMING EITHER WAY IN OUR TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET, $110 MILLION IN 2023.
AND I, I ALSO WANNA MAKE A NOTE.
AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA MENTIONED ABOUT THE, THE SOILS, UH, THE CLAY SOILS DOESN'T EXIST JUST ON THE SOUTH OR EAST OR WEST SIDES.
IT EXISTS UP ON THE NORTH SIDE.
ALSO, THERE WAS A COMMENT EARLIER THAT THE NORTH SIDE DOESN'T HAVE CLAY SOILS.
I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT, IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE, I CALL 'EM BUILT-IN SPEED BUMPS, UH, BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE THAT UNEVEN BECAUSE OF THE CLAY, CLAY SOILS THAT WE HAVE.
AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND DRIES OUT, IT CREATES THAT HEAVING EFFECT, NOT ONLY THE ROADS, BUT PEOPLE'S HOMES ALSO THEIR FOUNDATION PROBLEMS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
WE GOT 'EM UP ON THE NORTH SIDE TOO.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, ON THIS DRAINAGE, I, I, I TOO AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW OF, UH, THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE HAVING FLOODING ISSUES FROM PRIMARILY CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING ABOVE AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ABOVE THEM ARE CREATING FLOODING ISSUES FOR THOSE THAT ARE BEEN ESTABLISHED DOWN BELOW THOSE.
AND, UM, UH, I'M THANKFUL THIS FOR $300,000, BUT I GOT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S BEEN WAITING FOR THREE AND FOUR YEARS THAT THEY ARE CONTINUALLY GETTING FLOODED WHEN WE HAVE THESE HARD TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS VERY QUICKLY.
AND, UM, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT OR TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT THAT FOR THE DRAINAGE ISSUE.
ALSO, IF, UM, FOR COUNCILMAN, YES, DEPEND ON WHAT DIRECTION WE GET FROM COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER REGARDING 2022 BOND, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT 1.2 BILLION TO GO FOR EACH CATEGORY.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD 37 MILLION FROM STORMWATER REGIONAL FOR WHATEVER THE BOND ALLOCATES FOR THE DRAINAGE, THEN WE CAN DO MORE DRAINAGE PROJECT AND BIGGER DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
RIGHT? AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LOOKING AT THAT CHART AGAIN, IT SHOWED WE GOT IN OUR YEARLY MAINTENANCE PLAN, $4 MILLION DRAINAGE PROJECTS, MINOR, ALL ON THE BUBBLE, ABOUT $1 MILLION.
AND, UM, UM, COULD THOSE BE SLID INTO THE, INTO THE 22 PROGRAM INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE BOND? AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AGAIN, UM, UH, SOME BIG DRAINAGE ISSUES HERE IN DISTRICT 10.
UM, GOSH, RAZZY, THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
REAL QUICKLY, TAMIKA, I, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME UP, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE, WELL, MAYBE YOU BETTER ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
THIS BIKE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE, IS THAT GONNA
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ALSO INCLUDE, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY TIMES, IS THAT GONNA PERFORMANCE THAT INCLUDE HOW MUCH OUR BIKE LANES ARE BEING USED, THE ONES THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED, ARE THEY BEING USED? ARE WE GETTING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT? SO THAT'S A TRICKY QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF LANES THAT ARE OUT THERE.WE HAVE DATA, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED STRAVA DATA WHERE WE CAN GET INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CYCLING.
BUT WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE PEAK TIMES THAT PEOPLE ARE USING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA BUILD A SYSTEM THAT'S DESIGNED IN UNSAFE PLACES.
SO ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS WITH THE SAFE STREETS, IS IDENTIFYING THOSE STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING BIKE LANES, 30 MILE, 35 MILES PER HOUR THAT ARE ALREADY SHARED LANES.
WE WANNA IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN JUST ELEVATE THE, USE THE MULTIPLE USES OF THOSE ROADWAYS, BECAUSE EVERY ROADWAY DOES NOT NEED A BIKE LANE.
WELL, I'M, I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE BIKE LANES THAT WE'VE SPENT MONEY ON BUILDING, ARE THEY BEING USED? AND WE CAN, THEY ARE.
THEY ARE BEING USED WELL, BUT I WANNA SEE THE DATA.
AND THAT'S, THIS DEPARTMENT IS HERE.
PART OF THIS DEPARTMENT IS GONNA HELP YOU GET THAT DATA.
WE'RE DATA-DRIVEN COUNCIL HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET.
I GOT JUST, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO TO A NEXT, NEXT SESSION IT LOOKS LIKE HERE, BUT, UM, REAL QUICKLY, UM, OH SHOOT, I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
UM, ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, CAN YOU BRING UP SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT PLEASE? AND WHAT WE SAW ON THERE WAS DEBT PER PER CAPITA.
AND, UH, I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO'S DEBT PER CAPITA IS $1,244, BUT WHAT YOUR DEBT IS, I GUESS IT, UM, HOW MUCH THAT MATTERS DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH, WHAT YOUR INCOME IS TOO, RIGHT? AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, LIKE, AS A PERCENTAGE OF MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE CITIES, IF WE COULD SEE THAT, UM, FOR ALL THOSE CITIES THAT ARE ON THERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
ON, UH, TRANSPORTATION FOR THE, THE BIKE MASTER PLAN, TAMIKA, I THINK YOU AND I ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE WE WANT TO END UP.
UM, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST, I GET, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALIGNED BASED ON THIS PRESENTATION AND HOW QUICKLY WE GET THERE.
AND MAYBE EVEN, BECAUSE AS A FUNCTION OF HOW QUICKLY WE GET THERE, HOW WE GET THERE, UM, I REALLY LIKE SEEING THAT WE WENT FROM A BUDGET OF 1.4 MILLION TO 4.3 MILLION.
SO WE TRIPLED THE BUDGET, BUT OF THAT ADDITIONAL 2.9 MILLION, 2.7 OF IT'S GOING TO A STUDY.
AND I HAVE A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND SPENDING $2.7 MILLION TO STUDY WHERE WE SHOULD PUT BIKE LANES.
UM, AND I LOOKED AT, UH, IN ONE OF THESE, IN THE FINEST DEPARTMENT'S REPORT, THEY SAID THAT THE MEDIAN UNDER THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOME IN DISTRICT ONE IS $220,000.
SO WE'RE, FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND ON THIS STUDY, WE COULD BUILD 12 HOMES IN DISTRICT ONE THAT WERE THE AVERAGE, UH, VALUE OF A HOME.
AND I MEAN, WE'VE GONE 10 YEARS WITHOUT, WITH OUR CITY HAS NOT YOU, OUR CITY HAS NEGLECTED THE BIKE COMMUNITY OR JUST THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHO MAY HAVE WANTED TO BIKE SAFELY, UH, FOR A DECADE.
AND SO I JUST HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO THIS POSITION SAYING, HEY, WE'LL GET YOU IN TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GONNA START TO DELIVER SOMETHING FOR YOU.
AND WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE IS IF THAT, OF THAT $2.7 MILLION, COULD WE SPEND, I MEAN, BE, I PROBABLY RAN MORE THAN ANYBODY UP HERE ON CAMPAIGNED ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, GETTING PUBLIC INPUT.
BUT THERE'S A TIME WHEN YOU, YOU GET PUBLIC INPUT AND THERE'S A TIME WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE GOTTA GIVE YOU SOMETHING.
RIGHT? AND WE'VE GONE SO LONG WITHOUT GIVING THE BIKE COMMUNITY SOMETHING, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAYBE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 2.7 MILLION ON A STUDY, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON PUBLIC INPUT, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON MAYBE GETTING A CONSULTANT TO DO SOME BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS OR ESTIMATES OF WHERE WE NEED TO PUT THESE BIKE LANES AND SPEND ANOTHER 2.5 MILLION BUILDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
I WOULDN'T, I JUST, I REALLY WANT US TO START BUILDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO, BUT
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I'M EAGER TO, TO GIVE PEOPLE AND SAFE WAYS TO GET AROUND.AND I, I, YOU KNOW, THOSE, UM, SLOW STREETS MAY BE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS, BUT COULD WE DO A BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATION ON WHERE THOSE, THOSE SAFE STREETS ARE AND WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO GET AROUND AND SPEND 2.5 MILLION ON PROTECTED BIKE LANES? BECAUSE IF WE DO THE BACK OF ENVELOPE CALCULATION AND WE ONLY GET A 80% ALRIGHT.
I DON'T WANNA MAKE, LET GOOD BE THE ENEMY OF PERFECT.
SO YES, SARAH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND IN FACT, THAT'S WHERE THE SAFE STREETS CONCEPT CAME FROM, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH OUR I M P THIS YEAR.
SO HISTORICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE JUST PUT BIKE LANES WHERE WE'VE PUT BIKE LANES IN PLACES WHERE PROBABLY IF WE HAD A LITTLE MORE DATA, WE WOULD'VE DONE IT MORE THOUGHTFULLY.
AND SO THE COST IS GONNA BE EXTENSIVE BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA BE UTILIZING THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY TO COLLECT DATA.
WE ALSO HAVE TO GO OUT CITYWIDE AND GET INFORMATION, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THIS UPDATE OF THE MASTER PLAN IS NOT JUST GONNA HELP THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND CYCLISTS, WE'RE GONNA BE COLLECTING DATA ABOUT THE WIDTH OF OUR STREETS.
WE'RE GONNA BE COLLECTING DATA ABOUT THE LAND USE ADJACENT TO THOSE STREETS, AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE MOBILITY FOR ALL MODES.
SO WHEN WE SAY WE ARE GONNA BE DOING A TWO YEAR STUDY, WE'RE DOING A TWO YEAR STUDY, BUT MOST OF THAT STUDY IS GONNA BE DONE IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE DATA COLLECTION, THE LAST PART OF THE STUDY IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND COORDINATED TO SET ASIDE FUNDS WITHIN THE BOND TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT A MAJOR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PROTECTED BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE STUDY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR PEERS ON THIS PANEL SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT SYSTEM INTO PLACE AND START UTILIZING THE EXISTING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BIKE.
I M P FOR THE SLOW STREETS TO MEET THE NEEDS SOONER THAN LATER.
WE'VE BEEN DOING BACK OF THE ENVELOPE FOR A CYCLIST, AND I REFUSE TO DO THAT IN MY ROLE HERE.
I WANNA BE THOUGHTFUL AND I'M THINKING LONG GAME.
SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS STUDY IS DONE SUFFICIENTLY SO THAT DURING THIS ADMINISTRATION WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE FOR DISCRETIONARY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO MOBILITY ALTERNATIVES.
SO IF WE DO GET THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, HOW, WHAT, HOW BIG OF A NUMBER ARE WE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY GETTING AFTER GETTING AFTER A $2.7 MILLION STUDY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, IS VERY REPUTABLE AND, UH, MAKES US COMPETITIVE IN AN APPLICATION.
IT'S GOING TO VARY IN THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WE'LL HAVE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RAISE GRANT.
WE CAN COMPETE WITH THIS STUDY FOR SOME COMPONENTS OF IT.
IF WE DO A REALLY GREAT PLAN AND WE TALK TO EVERYONE, I LIKE TO DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO THE FEDERAL STANDARD, NOT THE STATE STANDARD, NOT THE LOCAL STANDARD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF YOU GET FEDERAL FUNDS, IT'S WHEN YOU WANT FEDERAL FUNDS THAT YOU'VE DONE THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NECESSARY TO SUPPORT YOUR GOALS.
OKAY? SO IF, IF, UM, WHAT IF WE HAD ANOTHER MILLION OR $2 MILLION IF I CONVINCED MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE TO, TO PUT SOME MORE MONEY INTO BUILDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES, NOW COULD WE DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? COULD WE BE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON THIS STUDY TO THE FEDERAL STANDARD THAT MAKES US COMPETITIVE FOR GETTING FUTURE DOLLARS AND AT THE SAME TIME DO SOME BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS AND START BUILDING SOME PROTECTED BIKE LANES? NOW? I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, SIR.
WE'RE DOING THE SAFE STREETS CONCEPT NOW, AND WE'RE DOING THE ANALYSIS IN-HOUSE RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING SOONER.
AND I THINK IF WE FOLLOW THE PATH THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE WILL INSTALL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO EVERYONE, AND THEN WE WILL REMOVE IT.
AND THAT'S NOT THE PATH I WANNA GO DOWN.
SO ON THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTATION, SLIDE EIGHT, UH, IT'S STREET NETWORK CONDITION RAZZI.
WE HAVE PEOPLE, I'M SURE THIS ISN'T JUST DISTRICT ONE, WE HAVE PEOPLE CONTACT US ALL THE TIME SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, MY STREET'S IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
HOW COME MY STREET'S NOT DONE? WHEN IS MY STREET GONNA GET DONE? OR MY SIDEWALK? AND WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS BECAUSE THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE GO AND SEE, OKAY, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THAT STREET? AND, UH, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE SCORE THAT IT HAS BASED ON THE MATRIX AND WHAT IS THIS SCORING MATRIX? HOW IS IT? AND SO WE GO AND WE EXPLAIN THAT.
WE GO AND FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT, AND THEN WE GO AND EXPLAIN THAT TO THE CONSTITUENT.
UM, AND THEN WE MIGHT TELL THEM WHERE THEY ARE IN THE LINEUP, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, GET
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THEIR STREET REPAIRED OR TO GET THEIR OR REPLACED OR, OR THEIR SIDEWALKS.AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF WE HAD A WEBSITE WHERE YOU COULD ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN THAT INFORMATION WOULD POP UP AND YOU COULD SEE THIS IS THE SCORING MATRIX, THIS IS HOW THEY'RE SCORED, AND THIS IS YOUR SIDEWALK AND THIS IS THE CURRENT SCORE THAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR SIDEWALK.
THIS IS THE CURRENT SCORE THAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR STREET.
AND, UH, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY IS BUDGETED FOR, UM, DOING THAT.
AND BASED ON THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET ALLOTMENT, UH, WE PROJECT THAT YOUR STREET WILL BE REPLACED IN 2024, AND WE REPL WE THINK THAT YOUR SIDEWALK WILL BE REPAIRED IN 2027 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF WE NEED MONEY PUT IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHERE IT'S JUST EVERYTHING'S ACCESSIBLE AT PEOPLE'S FINGERTIPS.
LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE GREAT A P C I BETWEEN 86 TO 100, ALMOST BRAND NEW STREET.
GRADE B IS 71 TO 85 GRADE C, 61 70 GRADE D IS 60, AND GRADE F IS ZERO TO 40, ALMOST FAILED THE STREET.
WE HAVE FIVE YEAR I M P PROGRAM ON THIS LINE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE SHOWING WHAT'S P C I OF EACH SEGMENT OF THE ROADWAY.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT ONE ALSO.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, YEAH, SO YOU COULDN'T TELL IT SEGMENT BY SEGMENT NECESSARILY, RIGHT? IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE HAVE IT, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE PEOPLE CAN VIEW IT.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.
SO WHEN PEOPLE GO THERE, THEY CAN SEE CLEARLY THIS IS, THIS IS THE SCORING MATRIX, THIS IS WHERE YOU FALL, THIS IS THE TIMELINE.
AND BASED ON CURRENT FUNDING ESTIMATES, THIS IS HOW LONG WE THINK IT'LL BE.
LET US, LET US TALK TO OUR IT DEPARTMENT, LET US FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I I THINK CONSTITUENTS WILL BE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT.
UH, I WANT TO TOUCH ZI ON SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD JUST ADDRESSED.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREETS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, UH, MARKINGS, BIKE LANES, UH, LIGHTING, ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND ALL OF THAT GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE FIVE YEAR I M P.
SO ALL THE MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, 2022 BUDGET, UH, WHATEVER EACH DISTRICT RECEIVES WILL BE BUILT INTO THEIR FIVE YEAR I M P.
HOW DO YOU ESTIMATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF MY DISTRICT GETS $10 MILLION FOR STREETS, HOW DO YOU ESTIMATE WHICH ONES GET PRIORITY FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THE SECOND YEAR? AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE MIGHT GET BY DISTRICT IN THE SECOND YEAR OR HOW MUCH WE MIGHT GET BY DISTRICT THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER AN I M P BASED ON ONLY KNOWING WHAT'S BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR? UH, AND AND WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FLEXIBILITY DO WE AS COUNCIL HAVE ON, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT? I M P, FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL HAS FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE SOME PROGRAM.
WE DON'T LIKE TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WE HAVE COMMUNICATE THAT PROJECT LIST WITH THE COMMUNITY.
MAYBE YOU'RE IN ADVANCE OR MAYBE TWO, HOW DO WE DECIDE? BECAUSE WE HAVE A CYCLE BRAND NEW STREET, EVERY FI SEVEN YEARS, WE GO OVER THERE TO SOME CRACK CEILING AND SO ON IS LIKE A MIL OVERLAY, HAS A 12 YEARS LIFE EVERY OTHER DAY.
AND ALSO WHEN WE GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD, WE TRY TO DO EITHER ALL OF IT OR MOST OF IT.
WE DON'T WANNA GO TO ONE ROADWAY AND WALK AWAY BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND ALSO CREATE A LOT QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOUR OFFICE OR OTHER OFFICES, WHY THEY DIDN'T DO MY STREET, HOW WE KNOW WHAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR BUDGET OR, OR YEAR AFTER.
WE MAKE BEST ESTIMATE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO FAR WE ARE HAVING PRE CONSTANT A HUNDRED MILLION TO 110 MILLION OTHER THAN 2020 BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAD CUT IT BACK.
WE DO, BASED ON THAT, IF WE HAVE MORE MONEY, WE ADD MORE PROJECT.
IF THE, FOR WHATEVER REASON BUDGET END UP BEING LESS, WE WORK EVEN WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE TO CUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WE WERE HOPING TO DO IT BACK OR PUSH FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
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YOU MIGHT HAVE A, A LOT OF STREETS OR SIDEWALKS THAT ARE SCHEDULED BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE OR THE NEED THAT'S BEEN LAID OUT.AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR CONDITION AND YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONE SHOULD BE UPFRONT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY NEED CERTAIN TREATMENTS AND AS THE MONEY ALLOWS, THEY'RE PUT AT THE, THE FRONT OF THE LIST OR, OR THEREABOUTS.
AND ONES THAT NEED THE WORK LATER ARE KIND OF PUT AT THE END OF THE LIST.
IF THIS TREATMENT NEEDS SOME APPLICATION FOR NEXT YEAR, IF WE IGNORE THAT ONE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, THE APPLICATION WILL BE MUCH, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IF WE HAD DONE THAT ON RIGHT TIME.
BECAUSE IF YOU DO IT EARLY ENOUGH, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.
RIGHT? BUT COUNCIL, IF UH, WE FIND THAT THERE'S A GREATER NEED OR THE COMMUNITY MAKES, UH, MAKES A GOOD CASE FOR A GREATER NEED, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY TO MOVE SOMETHING UP AND MAYBE MOVE SOMETHING ELSE BACK.
AND ALSO FOR 2022, COUNCILMAN, EACH COUNCIL IS PROPOSED TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION FOR A PROJECT.
AND I'M GOING TO DISCUSS WITH ALL OF YOU ONE BY ONE TO GET PROJECT LIST TO INCLUDE PART OF OUR BUDGET ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER 16, BECAUSE WE NEED TO IDENTIFY A PROJECT.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'LL BE REALLY YOUR CHOICE AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER CHOICE TO PICK UP A PROJECT FOR US TO DO WITH THAT.
SO WE GET, WE GET A MILLION DOLLARS FOR ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE MAY FIND WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
SO FAR THAT'S PROPOSED NOW WITH THE CURRENT, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DONE RIGHT NOW AND WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2022.
AND THEN EVEN LOOKING BEYOND THAT AT THE 2022 BOND, I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME.
DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY OR THE RESOURCES IN OUR CITY TO GET THESE DONE ON A TIMELY BASIS? OR ARE WE SUFFERING FROM A LACK OF PROVIDERS? COUNCILMAN IT IS REALLY NOT THE RESOURCES.
IT IS THE PROCESS COMMUNITIES DEMAND.
WE HAD A DRAINAGE PROJECT IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE HAD NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
FINALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU GET INVOLVED AND WE END UP DOING THE PROJECT, BUT MUCH, MUCH SMALLER SCALE THAN WHAT ORIGINALLY WE, WE WERE LOOKING TO DO IT.
THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF DELAYS THE PROJECT, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THEIR STAFF, WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO DO IT.
THE PROCESSES REALLY DELAYS THIS PROJECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE NOTICED IN MY DISTRICT, AND I KNOW IT'S AROUND THE CITY, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE BUILT 30, 40 YEARS AGO.
MANY OF THEM WERE BUILT BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
MANY OF THEM WERE EVEN OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AT THE TIMES THEY WERE BUILT.
BUT THE CITY HAS ABSORBED A LOT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILT WITH PRIVATE FUNDING, I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE STREETS DON'T GET CITY ATTENTION.
I'VE GOT SOME IN MY DISTRICT, AND I WOULD IMAGINE EVERYBODY HAS SOME IN THEIR DISTRICT.
CAN'T WE DEVELOP A PROJECT THAT CAN ALLOW US TO WORK WITH THOSE, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 30, 40 YEARS OLD? THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE CITY.
MAYBE THE STREET WASN'T BUILT TO THE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE WANTED AT THAT TIME, BUT NOW THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO REBUILD THEIR STREETS YET.
WE'RE SAYING, WELL, THEY CAN'T COME INTO THE CITY UNTIL THEY MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS.
CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING TO HELP? BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
COUNCILMAN, THAT'S REALLY A POLICY ISSUE.
WE HAVE ALREADY 4,194 CENTER MILE IF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLING TO ADD THOSE.
THAT'S THE EXTRA COST FOR US TO ABSORB.
IF THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO DO THAT, OF COURSE, ANSWER IS YES.
UH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO, UH, TALK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT WE GET CALLED NAMP FUNDING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE.
IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESSIBILITY MOBILITY PROGRAM, BUT UH, IT'S LIMITED TO, I THINK IT'S $250,000 A YEAR THAT'S BARELY ENOUGH TO DO ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT MIGHT COME UP, UH, IN THE AREA OF MOBILITY AND, UM, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US DOUBLE THAT SO THAT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE, UH, $500,000 AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PROJECTS FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND SAFETY THAT WE SEE THAT MAYBE
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HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED BEFORE.FOR EXAMPLE, WE HEAR SOME OF THESE FLOODING ONES THAT WEREN'T RECORDED MUCH OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUT WE'RE SEEING 'EM NOW.
WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THREE OR $400,000 COULD RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT BUDGETED IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE STAFF LOOK AT INCREASING, UH, THAT AMOUNT IN OUR NAMP FUNDING, UH, FOR ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE SEE.
AND ALSO, I WANNA ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER PEDESTRIAN AND MOBILITY SAFETY IN THE BOND.
I KNOW THERE WERE $400,000 THAT WAS AUTHORIZED FOR EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IN 2017, EXCUSE ME, $4 MILLION.
AND I'VE SPENT ALMOST THREE AND A HALF MILLION OF THAT ON PROJECTS RELATED TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND ISSUES THAT WEREN'T PART OF ANY ORIGINAL PLAN.
BUT WE'VE DECIDED REALLY NEEDED TO BE DONE AND NEEDED TO BE MOVED UP.
I THINK IT WAS VERY USEFUL IN MY COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY HELPED ME IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ADVOCATE THE COUNCIL.
THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOND PROJECT.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, FUNDING.
AND SO TROY, I NOTICED WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL BOND ISSUES THAT, UH, ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
UH, P F C, UH, LEASE FOR 538 MILLION, ANOTHER AIRPORT C F C FOR 121 MILLION.
I NOTICED THE INTEREST RATES ON THOSE ARE PRETTY BIG.
UH, 538 MILLION AT 4% AND 121 MILLION AT 5.75%.
I WOULD IMAGINE IF WE COULD REFINANCE THOSE, WE COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN, IN COSTS.
SO ARE THERE LIMITATIONS THAT ARE PREVENTING US FROM REFINANCING THOSE AT THE LOWER RATES? YEAH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, DURING THE PRESENTATION, I MENTIONED THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE P F C LEASE REVENUE BONDS, THERE IS, UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF THE SLIDES, ACTUALLY SLIDE, SLIDE 21, AT LEAST IN MY PRESENTATION THERE IS 538 MILLION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CHALLENGE IS IT'S NOT CALLABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH TO 2022.
AS A RESULT, THERE'S WHAT THEY CALL A LOT OF NEGATIVE ARBITRAGE.
WE'LL BE PAYING A LOT OF INTEREST AT THE HIGHER DEBT.
SO THE CLOSER WE GET TO THAT DATE, THE CHEAPER IT BECOMES.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE'LL PULL THE TRIGGER WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS.
UH, THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, TROY, WAS THE, UM, THE, THE BONDS, UM, EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATES.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT ONE OF THESE LINES HERE, THE CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS FOR STARBRITE AT, WHAT IS IT, 4.32%? AND I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT ONE LINE ITEM, BUT THAT ONE'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE ALEX LOPEZ AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, DOING A, DOING A SHOW AND TELL, IF YOU WILL, ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, WHEN WE DO THESE BIG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEALS.
AND THE STARBRIGHT AGREEMENT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WE'VE EVER DONE.
UM, AND WAS IT 4.32 WAS THE RATE BACK IN 2003 WHEN, UH, WHEN WE DID THESE BONDS? BUT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A WAY TO BUY THAT DOWN EARLY OR NEGOTIATE, YOU KNOW, A REFINANCING OR SOMETHING.
AND SO, UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE REQUEST, AND IF, IF YOU CAN, IF SOMEBODY CAN SIT DOWN WITH ME AND WALK ME THROUGH THE DETAILS OF, UH, THE STARBRITE AGREEMENT BONDS, I, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
OKAY, TROY, UM, FINALLY GETTING TO YOU HERE.
AND I WANNA DRAW EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO, AGAIN, THIS FIRST PAGE AND THIS BIG THICK BOOK THAT SAYS RIGHT IN THE OPENING STATEMENT, IT'S THAT, UH, PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING UP OVER $20 MILLION THIS YEAR.
3.12% INCREASE, THAT'S IN, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER $180 MILLION THAT WE'RE GETTING IN REVENUE FROM OTHER PLACES.
SO, UM, I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN I READ THAT AND I LOOK AT
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THESE CHARTS, I I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T SQUEEZE IN, UH, A LARGER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR ROLL BACK IN TAX RATE.UM, LEMME JUST ON SLIDE NINE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT SLIDE.
I THINK ALL OF OUR VOTERS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EVERYBODY THAT PAYS, UH, DEBT ON THESE BONDS, THEY NEED TO SEE THESE FIGURES AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE PAYING IN DEBT.
BECAUSE THIS ISN'T FREE MONEY.
YOU GOTTA PAY THESE OFF PLUS INTEREST.
SO I REALLY LOVE THIS SLIDE AND, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP REFERRING TO THAT HERE IN THE FUTURE FOR SURE.
UM, THIS SHOWS WHAT THE INCREMENTAL, UH, ADDITIONS ARE AND WHAT IT'S GONNA COST THE CITY.
UH, BUT GO BACK, YOU, YOU SHOWED A SLIDE AND LOOK, LOOK, ALL THE COLUMNS ARE FILLED OUT.
WHAT, WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE SAVINGS WOULD BE TO HOMEOWNERS.
GO TO THAT SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED JUST A MINUTE AGO.
IT SHOWS A 10 AND 20% ON THERE ALSO.
AND, AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SLIDES.
THIS SLIDE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE ANNUAL TAX SAVINGS.
UM, THIS SLIDE IS GONNA SHOW THE INCREMENTAL IMPACT ABOVE.
AND SEE, I I, TROY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THIS, THAT SLIDE, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SHOW THAT SHOWS A 10 AND 20 DOES NOT SHOW WHAT THE BUILDUP IS.
IT HAS A BUNCH OF ZEROS GOING ACROSS THAT.
SO TO ME, THAT'S NOT BEING TRANSPARENT ON WHAT THE TOTAL IS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE YEARS.
IT JUST SHOWS A BUNCH OF ZEROS GOING ACROSS THERE.
I WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR CHART MANSHIP AND WHAT WE'RE SHOWING TO THE PUBLIC OUT THERE.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD SHOW THESE CHARTS LAID OUT THE WAY YOU HAVE IT IN THE PRESENTATION AND NOT IN THIS FORMAT HERE.
SO, UM, LET ME, LET ME, UH, TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, IN THE SAME THING WITH THE, WITH THE ROLE, THE TAX RATE.
I THINK IT REALLY LAYS IT OUT VERY WELL TO SHOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UM, UM, IMPACTS ARE TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND TO THE CITY.
SO GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER.
BUT LET'S, LET'S BE CONSISTENT UP THERE.
UM, CAN YOU PUT MY SLIDE UP? I WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE.
ALRIGHT, TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR 10TH, 2011 THROUGH 2016.
THAT'S $130 MILLION EXTRA THAT THIS CITY WAS BRINGING IN TOTAL ACROSS THOSE YEARS.
AND LOOK AT 2016, WE LOWERED THE TAX RATE HERE BY THREE QUARTERS OF 1 CENT.
WE DID THAT IN 2016 ON $130 MILLION EXTRA TO OUR BUDGET, OUR REVENUES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT 2016 THROUGH 2022, $600 MILLION IN ADDITION.
SO WHY CAN'T WE AFFORD A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR A ROLLBACK IN THE TAX RATE FOR THIS YEAR? SO LOOK AT THAT AND JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE SAY WE CAN'T AFFORD A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE CAN AND WE SHOULD AND START THAT PROCESS IN CONTINUING TO INCREASE OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR HOMEOWNERS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.
SO I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE ROOM IN OUR BUDGET TO HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT INCREASING OUR CITY'S HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LEADING UP TO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE A PLACEHOLDER IN FOR THE CONVERSATION TO EXPLORE INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN THE F Y 23 BUDGET.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND INCLUDE THE ANALYSIS FOR THE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN THE FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE FOX HEAD IN THE DRAINAGE PORTION BECAUSE THAT'S ONE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN, UH, I, I MENTIONED THEM WAITING FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW TO GET SOME DRAINAGE RELIEF IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY STATEMENT REALLY.
I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS CHART TO ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT SHOWS YES, WE CAN AFFORD THESE TAX RATE ROLLBACKS OR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
UH, CAN WE BRING UP THE PUBLIC WORKS SLIDES AGAIN? AND I WANTED TO ASK, UM, ABOUT THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEES ON 13.
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I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERE.I GUESS IT'S ON THAT ONE AND THEN ALSO ON SLIDES 15.
RAZZY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE FEE IN LIEU OF, UH, COVERS THERE? WHAT ALL, DID YOU HAVE A, A PIE CHART THERE WITH 2.7 MILLION IN PERMIT REVIEW, 12.1 MILLION STORM STORMWATER REGIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YEAH, LET'S LET, HOW, HOW MUCH REVENUE IS EXPECTED FROM THE FEE FEES IN LIEU OF, LET ME JUST FIRST TALK ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER 13.
THIS IS THE ONE IS, UM, CHARGE ON EVERY PROPERTY OWNER THROUGH THE SOUTH BILLS.
YOU COLLECT THIS ONE, THIS PAY ONLY FOR OPERATION AND SOME SMALL PROJECT, BUT I MEAN, OPERATION INCLUDES STREET SWEEPING VEGETATION, MAGGI MANAGEMENT, LOCALIZED FLOOD CONTROL MEASURE, AS WELL AS CAPITAL PROJECT.
THIS IS MAINLY FOR MAINTENANCE.
A SLIGHT NUMBER 15 IS, ANYTIME THERE IS DEVELOPMENT COMES, MORE LIKELY THEY ARE CHANGING FROM IS A NATURAL GROUND TO PAVED GROUND ROOF STORE AND OTHER THEY HAVE TO DO ENGINEER HAS TO DO CALCULATION IF THERE IS NO DOWNSTREAM EFFECT.
IN OTHER WORDS, BUILDING THAT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT TO NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE FLOODING DOWNSTREAM AND NO ONSITE DETENTION REQUIRE THEY PAY FEE FOR US.
WE COLLECT THOSE FEE AND AFTER EVERY YEAR WE DO SOME KEPT BIG LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DRAINAGE PROJECT HAS ORIGINAL IMPROVEMENT AS PART OF 2022 BOND, WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.
38 MILLION IS COMING FROM THIS FUND TO HELP BOND PROJECT.
WE COULD DO MORE DRAINAGE BOND AS PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW IF THOSE FEE IN LIEU OF HOW WE KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW IF THOSE, THOSE FEE IN LIEU OFS THAT WE ARE CON THAT WE ARE COLLECTING THAT THEY ADEQUATELY, UH, COVER THE COSTS FOR INCREASED DRAINAGE THAT WE NEED? I THINK WE WORK WITH THE COUNCIL.
WE HAD NUMBER OF THE YEAR, ACTUALLY, LET ME ASK NEFI TO ADDRESS THAT ONE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT QUESTION.
THE FEE IN LIEU OF FEE IN LIEU OF DETENTION BASICALLY IS A FEE THAT WE USE.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE, WE'VE HAD HISTORICAL INFORMATION OF WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST AND THAT'S HOW WE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE PROJECTIONS OF WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IT REALLY IS A FUND THAT IS RESTRICTED FOR THE USE OF REGIONAL, UM, REGIONAL TYPE PROJECTS.
AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE USING THAT MONEY TO LEVERAGE, UH, THE BOND AND THE DRAIN, THE DRAINAGE PIECE IN THE BOND.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN, WHEN DEVELOPER APPROACHES YOU AND THEY CAN EITHER, UM, PUT IN A DETENTION POND OR, OR DO WHATEVER IT IS TO, TO IF THEY'RE GONNA ADD IMPERVIOUS COVER, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE TRY TO MITIGATE THE, THE WATER THERE ON THEIR PROPERTY VERSUS TAKE THE FEE IN LIEU OF WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE KNOWN AS MANDATORY DETENTION.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DRAINAGE STUDY SAYS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S SENSITIVE FEATURES DOWNSTREAM, RIGHT.
THEY HAVE TO DO ONSITE DETENTION.
THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
BUT IN THOSE AREAS, OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUTSIDE OF THOSE MANDATORY AREAS, THEN IT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM TO CONDUCT A STUDY.
UH, I I DON'T, IT, IT, IT VARIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I DON'T HAVE A, A REAL RATIO TO SAY THAT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL SEEK TO, TO, UH, TO PAY EITHER THE FEE IN LIEU OF, OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT TO DO SOME TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY A DETENTION POND TAKES UP LAND.
AND MANY TIMES THOSE DETENTION PONDS AREN'T VERY, ARE NOT VERY WELL MAINTAINED MM-HMM.
SO WE SEEK TO WORK WITH THEM TO SOLVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. UH, AND IF, AND IF THERE ISN'T AN ISSUE, THEN AND ONLY THEN ARE THEY ALLOWED TO PAY INTO THE FEE IN LIEU OF GOT IT.
I GUESS SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, IF AN ECONOMIST WERE TO LOOK AT THIS, THEY WOULD SAY THAT IF THE FEE IN LIEU OF IS PRICED CORRECTLY, THEN HALF THE TIME THE DEVELOPER WOULD TAKE THE FEE IN LIEU OF, AND HALF THE TIME THEY WOULD DO THE WORK THEMSELVES ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING IS ARE, ARE WE, ARE THOSE COSTS BEING PUSHED ON TO THE TAXPAYERS TO BE ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE THIS? ARE WE, ARE WE CHARGING THE RIGHT AMOUNT? I GUESS SINCE THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER
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VIA GRANT.UH, TROY, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS YOU WEREN'T GONNA GET AWAY.
SO IN TERMS OF THE BOND RATING, COULD YOU POSSIBLY GIVE US INFORMATION? 'CAUSE AS I LOOK AT IT ON PAGE FIVE, WHAT WOULD IMPACT OR HELP THE BOND RATING? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW, BUT IN THE FU IF WE COULD SIT DOWN AND MEET ON THAT, WHAT COULD, UH, IMPACT AND HELP THE BOND RATINGS? AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, OTHER THAN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, I DO WANT TO GIVE OUR HOMEOWNERS A BREAK, BUT 40, 45% ARE SENIORS OR LIVING WITH DISABLED.
SO I THINK THE BETTER QUESTION IS WHO ARE THESE 55% THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING AND HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HELP THEM ALSO, BUT MAYBE IT IS IN UTILITY ASSISTANCE OR MAYBE IT'S IN MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY A BLANKET ALL EXEMPTION.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN DO THAT STUDY TO SEE WHO THIS, THESE 55% IS.
ERIC, DO YOU KNOW WHO WOULD DO THAT IN TERMS OF OUR HOMESTEAD OWNERS? SO COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WE PROBABLY HAVE, WE, WE CAN BREAK THIS DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, AND YOU SAW SOME OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT INFORMATION THAT, THAT TROY PRESENTED.
WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR AND UH, CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL.
YEAH, IF WE, IF WE COULD DO THAT, MAYBE THEN WE CAN KIND OF TARGET ON HOW WE CAN BEST HELP BEFORE WE, UH, WE HAVE THIS LONG CONVERSATION.
UH, I MEAN I'M ALL FOR GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY WANTS, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT BROKEN DOWN IN DISTRICT, HOW MANY ARE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WOMEN, HOW MANY ARE LIVING WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, UH, INFORMATION LIKE THAT I THINK WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND SO IF WE COULD JUST TALK OFFLINE ABOUT WHAT IMPACTS THE BOND RATING AND IF, IF, IF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OR IF WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THE AIRPORT, UM, AND FEDERALLY WE NEED TO PUSH AND PUT THAT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT ALSO.
YEAH, WE'D BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION DAY.
I THINK WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, UH, NO PUN INTENDED.
SO, UH, IT IS 5:28 PM AND OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.