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          >> MAYOR JONES: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY HERE. THE TIME IS 2:09 ON AUGUST 27, 2025, AND THE BUDGET SESSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL 
          THE ROLL. >> CLERK: 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THIS MEETING IS TO HEAR ABOUT BUDGETS FOR THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT AND CAPITAL BUDGET AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          ERIK, OVER TO YOU WALSZ THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'LL START WITH TROY ELLIOTT AND THEN TRANSITION TO MIKE SHANNON WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES AND THEN FINALLY RAZI WILL BE GIVING HIS FINAL BUDGET PRESENTATION, SO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, SO... 
          TROY. ELIZ >> ELLIOTT: GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AS ERIK MENTIONED, I'LL BE KICKING OFF THE FIRST OF THREE PRESENTATIONS WITH THE EXCITING DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. THIS WILL BE PROBABLY MY FOURTH YEAR OF DOING THIS, SO I THINK A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL SEE WILL BE KIND OF DUPLICATIVE. I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO GIVE THE CONTENTS ON THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT'S MADE UP OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IN THE PRESENTATION, WHAT DEBT DO WE HAVE OUTSTANDING, ISSUED, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THE DEBT OVERTIME. ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE ISSUED AND ANY FUTURE DEBT WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE. THE PLAN IS A COMPILATION OF SEVERAL DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE AD VALOREM AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT AVIATION AND STORMWATER. AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL SPEND THE BULK OF MY TIME. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, THIS IS THE PRIMARY TOOLS OR THE DEBT THAT WE ISSUE AS PART OF OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. WE ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. 
          BY STATUTE, THOSE ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND THEY'RE VOTER APPROVED. THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD OUR AUTHORIZATION FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND WAS IN 2022 FOR THE $1.2 BILLION. 
          THAT WAS -- AND MIKE WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT WE HAD THE SIX PROPOSITIONS, PROBABLY 180 PLUS DIFFERENT PROJECTS EMBEDDED IN THAT GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. THE NEXT THREE TO THE RIGHT, ALL THREE OF THESE ARE NOT REQUIRED UNDER STATUTE TO BE VOTED, THEY ARE TWO CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS AND TAX NOTES, ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THERE IS A NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CAME TO Y'ALL WITH A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS I THINK IN THE JUNE, JULY TIME FRAME. THAT BASICALLY PUTS A NOTICE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. THE NEXT ITEM ARE TAX NOTES, THOSE ARE ALSO BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THEY ARE NOT VOTER APPROVED. TAX NOTES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THEY HAVE A SHORTER MATURITY. WE CAN ISSUE TAX NOTES WITH MATURITIES UP TO SEVEN YEARS. WE TYPICALLY ALIGN IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM USES THAT ARE -- HAVE SHORT MATURITIES, WE DON'T WANT TO BE PAYING DEBT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS A USEFUL LIFE LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF TAX NOTES, WE HAVE HVAC FOR THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE WARRANTIED TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS, WE HAD A HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT FOR SAPD, WE ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENTS. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS ALSO IN SUPPORT OF OUR CIP, VERY SIMILAR, FOCUS ON OUR CITY FACILITIES, THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN OUR COS, ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES AND PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES. THOSE TYPICALLY HAVE A LONGER USE OF LIFE AND WE TIE THOSE TO THE C OF OS. 
          LASTLY, REVENUE BONDS, THEY'RE BACKED BY A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF REVENUE. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES WILL BE OUR AIRPORT, WE ALSO HAVE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS. OTHER EXAMPLES OF REVENUE BONDS THAT COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, TOO, WOULD ALSO BE CPS AND SAWS THAT ARE UNDER OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT ARE MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITIES. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOND RATING SCALES. 
          THE BOND RATING SCALES REPRESENT HOW THE CITY'S DEBT ISSUANCES ARE GRADED. IT'S LIKE A REPORT CARD, A, B, C, D, F. 
          THIS IS BASICALLY THE THREE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES USE A PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGY TO LOOK AT US AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SYMBOLS FOR RATING OUR BONDS OR ISSUANCES. DIVIDED INTO PRIME, HIGH 
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GRADE, UPPER/MEDIUM GRADE AND LOWER/MEDIUM GRADE. AND YOU SEE WITH EACH OF THOSE RATING AGENCIES HOW THEY ASSIGN A RATING TO OUR BOND ISSUANCES. 
          PRIME IS WHERE WE TEND TO ISSUE OUR BONDS. IT'S THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE. AND AS A CITY WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE NATION, YOU LOOK ACROSS TEXAS, YOU LOOK AT POPULATIONS WITH CITIES, A MILLION OR MORE, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST BOND RATING COMPARISON TO THOSE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS AND THE NATION WITH THAT IDENTICAL POPULATION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CITY BOND RATINGS, LOOK AT OUR AD VALOREM TAX. AS I MONEY SHUNNED MOODY'S AND S & P, FITCH IS SLIGHTLY LOWER INTO THE  HIGH GRADE AT AA PLUS. 
          ALL THESE ARE ON A STABLE OUTLOOK. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER BONDS THAT WE HAVE ISSUED, YOU HAVE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION LEASE BONDS FOR OUR CONVENTION CENTER, SLIGHTLY LOWER. 
          YOU HAVE THE AIRPORT AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE GENERAL REVENUE BONDS, OUR  PFCS, PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE, THESE ARE ALL INVESTMENT GRADE, SLIGHTLY LOWER, BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY ARE NOT BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES. THAW EAR BACKED BY SPECIFIC REVENUE PLEDGE OR AN APPROPRIATION OR A LEASE. . 
          THIS IS OUR CURRENT DEBT OUTSTANDING AS OF THE LAST ISSUANCE THAT WE HAD HERE ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO. OUR GO, OUR COS AND OUR TAX NOTES, WE'VE GOT ABOUT $2.6 BILLION OUTSTANDING, FAIRLY LOW EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE OF 2.8 AND AVERAGE LIFE OF 6.8. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AVERAGE LIFE HERE IN A COUPLE MINUTES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS IN OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. GOING DOWN THE LIST, LOOKING AT HOW MUCH IS OUTSTANDING IN TERM OF OUR PFC, LEASE REVENUE BONDS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION, 537 MILLION. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW OR KEEPING AN EYE ON FOR A POSSIBLE RESTRUCTURING, FOR SAVINGS AND FOR GAINING CAPACITY IN OUR CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION BONDS. THE AIRPORT -- GENERAL AIRPORT VEF REVENUE BONDS, $106 MILLION. OUR PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE REVENUE BONDS, ABOUT 68.1 MILLION, AND THOSE PASSENGER CHARGE FACILITY-- PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE REVENUE BOND, THAT'S ACTUALLY BACKED BY $4.50 PER IN-PLANE PASSENGER. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY APPROVED BY THE FAA AND THIS RATE IS APPROVED BY THE FAA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE REVENUE BOND, THEY'RE BACKED BY A $6.50 PER TRANSACTION DAY ON OUR RENTAL CARS TRANSACTIONS, AND THAT SUPPORTS THE CONRACK. MOVING DOWN THE LINE AND WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE -- HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION HERE IN STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS, I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THERE. 
          OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL, RELATIVE INTEREST LIFE OF 3.34 AND AVERAGE LIFE OF 2.2. WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS FOR STAR BRIGHT THAT SUPPORT THE TOYOTA, THAT WAS ISSUED -- WE HAVE 10.9 MILLION OUTSTANDING, THAT WAS FOR THE PROPERTY AND SUPPORT OF TOYOTA AS WELL AS THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES CORPORATIONS. FOR BROOKS, 3.9 MILLION, THAT WAS FOR TWO FACILITIES ON THE BROOK CAMPUS. 
          OUR CITY  TOWER, 58.4 MILLION IN FIXED RATE BONDS, 28.4 IN VARIABLE RATE AND WE HAVE 30 MILLION OUTSTANDING FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER REVENUE NOTES FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND LAND PURCHASE, A TOTAL OF ABOUT $3.6 BILLION OVERALL. FLIPPING BACK UP TO OUR GO AND COS AND TAX NOTES, THAT ALSO INCLUDES A SMALL PORTION OF SELF-SUPPORTING. SELF-SUPPORTING ARE ITEMS LIKE OUR GOLF COURSES THAT WE RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE GOLF COURSES INTO OUR DEBT PLAN AND IT SELF-SUPPORTING, IT IS NOT PAID BY THE PROPERTY TAX, IT'S BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES. ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER IS APPROXIMATELY $469 MILLION IN TAX NOTES FOR THE AIRPORT. THAT IS BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES. IT'S A LARGE NUMBER, I PULLED IT OUT FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT THAT IS BEING PAID BY THE AIRPORT. 
          PROGRAM UNTIL WE GET THE PERMANENT FINANCING IN PLACE. 
          TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT AIRPORT, I MENTIONED WE HAVE 287.5 MILLION OUTSTANDING, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THE LIST, BUT THAT'S BEING SUPPORTED BY OUR GENERAL AIRPORT REVENUE BONDS, PASSENGER FACILITY REVENUE BONDS AND CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE REVENUE BONDS, WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, YOU'LL NOTICE 
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THERE'S $2.2 BILLION IN THE CIP. SO WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST AND JESUS WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT WEEK ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF, BUT TO PAY FOR THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING TO Y'ALL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, FIRST OF NEXT YEAR WITH A REVENUE BOND ISSUANCE ASKING OR YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THAT BOND IN SUPPORT OF THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          THAT BOND WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AFTER THAT FIRST ISSUANCE, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUANCES IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, SO THERE WILL BE SOME FREQUENCY IN CADENCE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT. THERE IS ABOUT, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ABOUT $470 MILLION OF TAX NOTES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. THAT IS TEMPORARY FINANCING THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP UNTIL WE CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE THE REVENUE BONDS. OF THAT $469 MILLION, THERE'S A LARGE PAYMENT COMING DUE IN FEBRUARY THAT WE WILL NEED TO PAY. AND SO WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THE FINANCING IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COVER THAT DEBT PAYMENT. 
          THEN ALSO ADDITIONALLY ADD THAT COUNCIL APPROVED LAST MONTH SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH A COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM AND A DIRECT PLACEMENT PROGRAM, THAT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS TIMING IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO DELAY THE ISSUANCE OF THE REVENUE BOND. 
          BUT WE WILL BE COMING FORWARD HERE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE DEBT FOR THE AIRPORT BACKING THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. ALSO MENTIONED THE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS AS FAR AS WHAT'S OUTSTANDING, WE HAVE $24.5 MILLION. THOSE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS ARE BACKED BY THE STORMWATER FEE. THE STORMWATER FEE NOT ONLY BACKS THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, IT'S ABOUT $7.5 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE PAY FOR THESE REVENUE BONDS, ALSO FINANCES -- PAYS FOR THE OPERATIONS FOR THE STORMWATER OPERATIONS AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THESE BONDS MATURE IN 2030, SO THERE'S ABOUT FIVE YEARS LEFT. AND SO THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, ONCE THOSE ARE OVER, OR ONCE THOSE HAVE EXPIRED, WE CAN EITHER CALL THE BONDS NOW AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL DEBT TO FUND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME -- WHEN I FINALIZE MY PRESENTATION -- OR AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE MAY HAVE TO USE THESE BONDS TO BASICALLY FINANCE SOME ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS. I HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT PRESSING INTERESTS IN ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS, THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRICING AUGUST 14TH, WE HAD THE NEXT FOURTH ISSUANCE OF OUR 2022 GENERAL BOND PROGRAM. 
          WE ISSUED ABOUT 221.6 MILLION. WE ALSO ISSUED 126.4 MILLION IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS AND TAX NOTES IN SUPPORT OF OUR CIP FOR A TOTAL OF $402.4 MILLION. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AS PART OF THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAD OVER $1.1 BILLION IN ORDERS FOR THE $402.4 MILLION IN DEBT. 
          BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASED ON OUR CREDIT RATING, BASED ON THE NAME AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BRINGS TO THE MARKET, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM INVESTORS TO PARTICIPATE ON OUR BONDS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO SAW 11 NEW INVESTORS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE PAST. THAT IS A -- THAT IS REALLY DUE TO THE SAN ANTONIO NAME, OUR CREDIT, BUT ALSO OUR UNDERWRITING IS REALLY BEATING THE PAVEMENT, MAKING SURE THEY CAN FIND THESE INVESTORS TO ACTUALLY PREMARKET AND PURCHASE OUR BONDS. THERE'S ALSO A REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY OF $81 MILLION THAT GENERATED $3.3 MILLION IN GROSS SAVINGS AND $3 MILLION IN PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS FOR A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT OF THE CITY. 
          OUR OVERALL INTEREST RATES THAT WE ACHIEVED ON THE ISSUANCE'S BOND IS A REALLY GOOD RATE OF 3.93%, AND, AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR CREDIT RATINGS FROM MOODY'S ARE AAA, AAA FROM S & P AND AA FROM FITCH WITH A STABLE OUTLOOK. SWITCHING GEARS TO THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX, I SHOWED THIS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, MAKING IT DOWN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULARITY. $2.6BILLION BROKEN DOWN INTO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF 1.7 MILLION, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF 804, AND TAX NOTES OF 91.9. JUST AS A REMINDER, THOSE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONTDS ARE ISSUED IN SUPPORT OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS. THE COS AND TAX NOTES ARE ISSUED IN SUPPORT OF OUR CIP. EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE OF 2.79, AVERAGE LIFE OF 6.72. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO SHOW, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO OUR PROPERTY BACKED DEBT, IS WE L LOOK AT 
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IT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS ACROSS TEXAS CITIES. WE ARE AMONG THE LOWEST IN COMPANY WITH HOUSTON, ARLINGTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI. 
          AND FORT WORTH IS SOMEWHAT LOWER. THEN YOU HAVE AUSTIN, EL PASO, DALLAS AND PLANO THAT'S ABOVE US IN A PER CAPITA IN TEXAS. 
          WE DO NOT INCLUDE OURSELF-SUPPORTING DEBT, AND WE DO NOT INCLUDE OUR REVENUE BONDS. THOSE REVENUE BONDS BEING PAID FOR FROM A SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCE THAT IS NOT PROPERTY TAX BACKED, SO THIS IS PURELY JUST PROPERTY TAXES IN TEXAS. QUICKLY ONE OF THE MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS IN OUR DEBT PLAN IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WE ALSO LOOK AT VALIUMS. THOSE ARE THE TWO -- VALUES. THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY THINGS THAT DRIVE WHAT CAPACITY YOU HAVE AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD. OUR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX RATE IS 54 CENTS. I THINK WHEN I MET WITH Y'ALL IN THE GOAL-SETTING SESSION, WENT THROUGH THE BREAKOUT OF THE RATE, 33 CENTS ON THE M & O AND THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF 21 CENTS. I'D LIKE TO REALLY DEVIATE FROM THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND INTRODUCE OR LET JEFF COME UP AND TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE SPECIAL SESSION WITH RESPECT TO OUR M & O TAX RATE, GIVE Y'ALL SOME COLOR ON THAT. 
          >> COYLE: THANK YOU, TROY. JEFF COYLE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THE CITY MANAGER ASKED ME TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE M & O TAX RATE FOR JUST A SECOND, THE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS RATE. CURRENT STATE LAW HAS WHAT'S CALLED A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 3.5%. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES CAN COLLECT UP TO 3.5% MORE REVENUE THAN THE PRIOR YEAR, ABOVE WHICH WE WOULD NEED TO SEEK VOTER APPROVAL. 
          AND SO IT'S EFFECTIVELY A REVENUE CAP UNLESS YOU GO TO THE VOTERS. 
          DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION, SENATE BILL 10 WAS FILED BY SENATOR BETTENCOURT, AND IT LOWERS THE 3.5% THRESHOLD TO 2.5%. 
          THIS WEEK, WHEN THAT SENATE BILL MADE IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR, THE SAUSAGE MAKINGE ENSUED AND AMENDMENTS WERE MADE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WHICH LOWERED THAT TO 1% WITH A CARVEOUT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY THE BILL SAID, YOU CANNOT GROW YOUR PROPERTY TAXES -- REVENUES MORE THAN 1% WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL, UNLESS YOU'RE SPENDING IT ON PUBLIC SAFETY. LATE LAST NIGHT, THE SENATE RECEIVED THE HOUSE-AMENDED BILL AND REFUSED TO CONCUR WITH IT, MEANING THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT THE CHANGES. BOTH CHAMBERS ESTABLISHED CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REJECT THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE HOUSE MADE AND GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BILL, WHICH WOULD LOWER THAT RATE FROM 3.5% TO 2.5%. IT GOES INTO EFFECT -- IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT, ASSUMING IT'S PASSED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR JANUARY 1 OF '26, SO IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT IT WOULD COME INTO PLAY IF 
          APPROVED THE NEXT YEAR. >> ELLIOTT: THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          AS WE TALK ABOUT THE M & O TAX RATE AND WE TALKED ABOUT GOAL-SETTING, WE'VE SEEN PROPERTY VALUES DECLINE. IN OUR FORECAST, WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 2026, ABOUT A GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN A PERCENT, ABOUT .8. IN OUR FORECAST MOVING INTO THE -- MOVING INTO THE NEXT YEAR IN 2027, WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT A GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT HALF A PERCENT. THEN IT STARTS TO INCREASE BASED ON OUR MODEL AND ASSUMPTIONS. WE ARE UNDER THE 2.5% CAP CURRENTLY. 
          SURE AS THE MARKET TURN AND THE VALUES START INCREASING, THAT CAP COULD CERTAINLY COME IN AND PLAY A ROLE IN THE FUTURE REVENUE AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE CAPPED. ON THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE PLAN, OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH INFLUENCES OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT 21 CENTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN 2026, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT $303 MILLION BE PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THAT 21 CENT TAX RATE. WITH THE LOWER PROPERTY VALUES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, OUR CAPACITY ON THE DEBT PLAN IS GOING TO BE REDUCED, AND AS I SUMMARIZE MY PRESENTATION, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BASED ON SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS WE'VE MADE, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING IN TERMS OF CAPACITY. THAT 21 CENTS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK THROUGH HISTORY, THAT 21 CENT TAX RATE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2004, IT HAS NOT CHANGED. THAT IS -- I GUESS WHAT I'LL SAY, THAT'S A SELF-IMPOSED RATE BY HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS BODY AND COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE NOT MOVED AWAY FROM THAT RATE HISTORICALLY. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY MANAGE THE TAX RATE AND HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR DEBT PLAN, THEY MAY MANAGE THEM A LITTLE 
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DIFFERENTLY. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CITIES LIKE EL PASO, DALLAS, HOUSTON AND AUSTIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, THEIR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE WILL CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR, BECAUSE BASED ON THEIR CAPITAL PLANS, BASED ON THEIR BOND -- INTERNAL OBLIGATION BONDS, THEY ADJUST THAT TAX RATE TO MEET THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE DO NOT DO THAT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT. WE KEEP THAT TAX RATE IN PLACE. SO AS VALUES GO UP OR VALUES GO DOWN, BASED ON OUR CONSTANT TAX RATE, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE YOU HAVE AND THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR DEBT PLAN. 
          >> WALSH: TROY, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE REAL QUICK JUST TO ADD A LITTLE PIECE.  SO WHEN JEFF IS TALKING ABOUT OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 3.5% CAP ON PROPERTY TAX RATE, THAT IS ONLY APPLIED TO THE M & O. 
          IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE DEBT SERVICE UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW. 
          SO THAT'S HOW OTHER CITIES FLEX THAT DEBT SERVICE RATE TO BE ABLE 
          TO ACCOMMODATE FOR DEBT NEEDS. >> ELLIOTT: THANK YOU THAT -- ONE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD ON THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE DOES NOT REQUIRE ELECTION, THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED BY YOU AS THE COUNCIL BODY. SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, IS THAT SHORT AVERAGE LIFE. THAT'S A KEY LEVER WITHIN OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITY IN A -- A LITTLE LATER. 
          WE USE THAT SHORT AVERAGE LIFE, WE CAN ACTUALLY EXTEND THE MATURITIES ON OUR DEBT. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON A 20-YEAR DEBT HORIZON. WE CAN MOVE THAT OUT TO 25 YEARS, WE CAN MOVE THAT OUT TO 30 YEARS. SO IN PERIODS OF LOW VALUES, WE CAN USE THAT BY LENGTHENING THAT AMORTIZATION OF OUR DEBT BY INCREASING OUR CAPACITY. CURRENTLY, OUR DEBT PLAN HAS AN AVERAGE LIFE IN THERE AS FAR AS MATURITY ABOUT 20 YEARS. AND WE CAN FLEX THAT AS NEEDED, BASED ON WHERE VALUES ARE. WE HAVE MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS. I TALKED ABOUT OUR PROJECTIONS IN TERMS OF VALUES. A DEBT PLAN FORECAST IN TERMS OF OUR VALUE GROWTH ALIGNS WITH OUR GENERAL FUND OR OUR M & O TAX RATE, IT DOESN'T REALLY BEHAVE THE SAME. RIGHT NOW IT'S LOW, BUT SHOULD THE MARKET CHANGE QUICKLY, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT TYPE OF CAPACITY THAT HAS. WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE OF A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE IN THERE. IN OUR DEBT PLAN, WE KEEP A BALANCE IN THERE, ABOUT $25 MILLION THAT BASICALLY ACT AS A BUFFER OR A SHOCK ABSORBER TO CATCH ANY FLUCTUATES IN OUR DEBT PLANS.  WE KEEP THAT IN THERE. 
          AS I MENTIONED, IT ASSUMES NO CHANGE IN OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. 
          WE KEEP THAT AT THAT 21 CREPTS THERE.  IS AN -- CENTS. 
          THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF COUNCIL WANTED TO, WE COULD ACTUALLY MODIFY THAT AND ALIGN THAT TO WHATEVER THE CAPITAL NEEDS ARE OF THE CITY. 
          WE ALSO DO CAPITAL CAPACITY ANALYSIS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, BASED ON ALL THESE VARIABLES I TALKED ABOUT, HOW MUCH DEBT DO WE HAVE OUTSTANDING, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT ISSUING, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, WHAT CAN WE AFFORD IN TERMS OF CAPACITY, AND ALSO WE DO "WHAT IF" ANALYSIS, IF RATES DIE, IF RATES GO UP, WHAT HAPPENS, THEN WE LOOK AT THE SENSITIVE BASED ON THAT AS WELL. SO LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE PIECES HISTORICALLY GOING BACK TO 1994 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION PROGRAMS PRODUCED IN TERMS OF CAPACITY, 94 AND I'LL FOCUS ON THAT DARKER COMPONENT OF THE BARS ON THE CHART, 110 MILLION IN 1994  STAYS RELATIVELY THE SAME FOR 2003. 
          IN TWO 2007 BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS AND DEBT PLAN WE IMPROVED. 
          2022  UP TO THE $1.2 BILLION BOND PROGRAM THAT WE TALK ABOUT TODAY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING. ABOVE THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE BETWEEN THOSE BOND PROGRAMS, OR BETWEEN 2017 AND 2022, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SEE THAT GREEN BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT OF 421, THOSE ARE THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED DURING THAT TIME HORIZON AS WELL AS TAX NOTES AND THE SELF-SUPPORTING PIECE ON TOP. 
          SO VERY QUICKLY, THAT SUMMARIZES MY PRESENTATION, AND AS I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP THAT DEBT PLAN, IT'S MADE UP OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. WE HAVE OUR EXISTING DEBT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. WE HAVE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE IN THERE IN TERMS OF OUR TAX RATE. WE HAVE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE IN THERE IN TERMS OF OUR VALUE GROWTH AND WE ALSO HAVE THOSE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT IN MANAGING OUR DEBT PLAN AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE DEBT CAPACITY. WHEN WE BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER IN 2022, WE HAD THE $1.2 BILLION PROGRAM, TODAY WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 
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$500 MILLION. THAT IS PURELY THE RESULT OF THE DROP IN VALUES. 
          AND SO WE'RE ABOUT $500 MILLION IN TOTAL. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD OFFER THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT ON THIS SLIDE THAT CAN ACTUALLY INFLUENCE THAT CAPACITY OVER TIME ARE THE FREQUENCY OF THE BOND PROGRAMS. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME -- YOU KNOW, THE MARKET RIGHT NOW IS SOMEWHAT VOLATILE IN TERMS OF HOUSING VALUES. 
          THERE'S A HIGH INVENTORIES IN TERMS OF HOMES. 
          WITH RATES POTENTIALLY CHANGING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR NEXT YEAR, IT CAN ACTUALLY INFLUENCE THOSE VALUES, SO WE COULD LOOK AT THE FREQUENCY OF THE BOND PROGRAMS RATHER THAN DOING A FIVE-YEAR BOND PROGRAM, WE COULD SKINNY THAT UP TO THREE YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR SOMETHING LESS. GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE CAPACITY, LOOK AT THE MARKET, SEE WHERE IT'S GOING AND COME BACK MAYBE WITH A DIFFERENT CAPACITY OR A DIFFERENT AMOUNT THATWE CAN ACTUALLY INTRODUCE -- SERVICE TAX RATE IS CONSIDERATION. WE LOOK AT HOW THAT IS -- OTHER CITIES OPERATE THAT. WE COULD ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, OR WE COULD KEEP IT AT THE 21 CENTS, BUT THERE IS SOME DISCRETION IN TERMS OF THE TAX RATE. IF WE WANT TO, OF COURSE, INCREASE CAPACITY, YOU CAN INCREASE THAT DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. 
          THE TIMING OF THE NEXT BOND ELECTION, BOND ELECTIONS, OF COURSE, ARE MAY AND NOVEMBER. WE CAN LOOK AT PUSHING THAT OFF TO NOVEMBER LATE 2026 OR WE COULD PUSH IT BACK TO GIVE US SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY, AGAIN, LET THE MARKET RECOVER TO DETERMINE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR CAPACITY IN THE BOND ELECTION. THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, AND I MENTIONED THIS, ARE THE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS. SO THERE'S ABOUT $24.5 MILLION THAT WAS OUTSTANDING. THAT RATE, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL RATE, CAN BE USED TO LEVERAGE MORE DENT AND MORE CAPACITY. 
          WE COULD SUPPLYMENT THAT $500 MILLION IN THE GO BOND CAPACITY WITH THE REVENUE BOND. WE COULD LOOK AT TAKING THAT $24.5 MILLION THAT HAS THE FIVE-Y-YEAR REMAINING LIFE ON IT, WE CAN REFINANCE IT, WE CAN CALL THAT BOND. IT IS CALLABLE. WE COULD ACTUALLY RESTRUCTURE THAT AND WE COULD USE THAT MONEY TO ACTUALLY -- AND LENGTHEN THE AMORTIZATION OR REFINANCE IT FOR DEBT SAVINGS, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY PRODUCE SOME CAPACITY ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WE COULD DEDICATE TO DRAINAGE PULLING THAT OUT OF THE $500 MILLION FOR THE BOND PROGRAM AND USING THAT FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN LIEU OF THE GO BOND. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT, WE CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE STORMWATER BONDS, SO SEE HOW WE COULD RESTRUCTURE THOSE, LOOK AT THE RATE POTENTIALLY AND COME BACK WITH A CAPACITY ANALYSIS AS FAR AS WHAT WE COULD DEDICATE TO DRAINAGE IN TERMS OF A REVENUE BOND. THESE ITEMS, I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS AS FAR AS THE CAPACITY AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE BOND PROGRAMS, THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, THE TIMING OF THE NEXT BOND ELECTION, AND IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE USING THE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS OR THE STORMWATER FEE FOR PRODUCING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          AND THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE, AND I THINK MIKE WILL PROBABLY GO INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL, VERY GENERALLY, IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE TIMING OF A BOND ELECTION, BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE, THIS IS WHAT HAS TAKEN HISTORICALLY TO ACTUALLY PREPARE FOR BOND ELECTION. 
          IN TOTAL ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS, THROUGH LOOKING AT THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IDENTIFYING THE PROJECTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DRAINAGE, STREETS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, HAVING CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS, GATHERING COMMUNITY INPUT AND THEN CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY APPROVES THE PROJECTS AND CALLS THE ELECTION. MIKE WILL GO INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR BUCKET IN MORE DETAIL. WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS. 
          >> WALSH: BEFORE MIKE STARTS, LET ME JUST EMPHASIZE WHAT TROY SHOWED ON SLIDE 14. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET FROM THE COUNCIL IS SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE KEY AREAS. I MEAN -- THAT ARE ON THE SLIDE, THE ASSUMPTIONS, AS HE SAID, THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS DRIVE OUR CURRENT CAPACITY, AND AS HE SAID, IT'S ABOUT $500 MILLION RIGHT NOW. THERE IS -- I WOULD RECOMMEND STRONGLY THAT WE -- THAT WE LOOK AT THE STORMWATER REVENUE BOND AS A SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE WORK. 
          THAT BOND THAT WAS -- IT WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY IN 2004? 
          >> 2003, 2004. >> WALSH: 2003, 2004. WHEN THE CITY DID THAT AT THAT TIME, THEY WENT AND USED THE ENTIRE CAPACITY, SO WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR DEBT SINCE THEN. 
          NOW THAT THOSE BOPPEDS BONDS ARE CALLABLE AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS, WE SHOULD -- WE SHOULD DO THAT AND POTENTIALLY LEAVE OURSELVES CAPACITY 
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ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION SIDE OF THE BOND CONVERSATION FOR OTHER NEEDS AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT. 
          THE FREQUENCY, I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF YOU ALL ABOUT THIS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN ON FIVE-YEAR PLANS. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME TO ADJUST THAT, WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT, RATHER THAN DOING FIVE-YEAR LARGE PROGRAMS, THEY WOULD BE SHORTER TERM, THREE OR FOUR YEARS. YOU KNOW, 500, 600, $700 MILLION IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THESE EVERY FIVE YEARS BILLION DOLLARS PROJECTS. SO IT'S A BALANCING ACT. AND THEN -- AND THEN THE TIMING OF THE NEXT ELECTION, THE STAFF, TROY, BEN AND THE FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND MARIA AND I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE AS WE'RE LAYING OUT THESE ASSUMPTIONS, WE'RE DOING SO IN A PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE NEGATIVE TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT NEXT YEAR, WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE APRIL, MAY TIME FRAME, WHAT '27 LOOKS LIKE, AND AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO DO, THAT WE BRING BACK TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION, IS DOES TIME HELP US OR NOT? AND I THINK -- I THINK THAT GOES TO THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO DO.  THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IN ADDITION TO YOUR FEEDBACK, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND MAYBE OTHERS TO HELP STRESS TEST OUR ASSUMPTIONS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALISTIC, BUT NOT OVERLY LIBERAL IN TERMS OF ASSUMPTIONS LIKE THIS. IT'S CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES BACK TO THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, AND AS TROY SAID, WE HAVE TREATED THAT DEBT SERVICE RATE AS AN ORGANIZATION THE SAME FOR 21 YEARS. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME BENEFITS TO DOING SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT WITH THOSE BENEFITS COME A LITTLE BIT OF RISK, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT AND GIVE YOU ALL SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND 
          THOUGHTS, SO THANKS. >> SHANNON: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIK. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M MIKE SHANNON, AND I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT AS CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS COMING YEAR WITH OUR NEWLY FORMED DEPARTMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, CERTAINLY OUR DEPARTMENT REORG, ERIK MENTIONED IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN HE PRESENTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR FOCUS MOVING FORWARD AND REALLY THE SOLE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS REORGANIZATION TO HELP US DO THINGS REALLY BETTER, FASTER FOR OUR SIGNIFICANT BOND PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, BUT MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET REVIEW THAT WENT THROUGH AND SOME OF THE REMEMBERING PEN DAITIONS THERE AND HOW WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THOSE AS WELL AS AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT STUDY THAT WE HAD AS WELL, CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND THE BOND PROGRAMS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, DISCUSSION ON THE POTENTIAL '26 AS TROY MENTIONED. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION, A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS AS WELL AS LAID OUT BY ERIK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT REALLY WE ARE TAKING THE CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS DIDN'T AND SEPARATING IT INTO TWO DEPARTMENTS, AND WE WANT TO TAKE CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY AND HAVE IT STAND ALONE AND FOCUS SOLELY ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, REALLY OUR BOND PROJECTS, AND THEN FROM OUR ONGOING MAINTENANCE, AS RAZI WILL TALK AFTER ME, AND YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUCH A LARGE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, CONTINUOUSLY, A LOT OF NEED THERE, SO WE WANT TO HAVE EACH DEPARTMENT FOCUSED ON THEIR PERSPECTIVE ROLES SO WE CAN FIND WAYS TO DO IT EVEN BETTER. 
          AND SO WE'LL HAVE 188 POSITIONS OVER IN THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT, WE TAKE ABOUT $250 MILLION, I'LL BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT FOCUS HAS TO BE ON OUR DELIVERY OF THESE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S ROADS, DRAINAGE, CITY PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE TO BE ALIGNED WITH OUR PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS, NOT ONLY WHEN WE DESCRIBE THEM TO GO OUT TO VOTER APPROVAL IN THE BOND PROCESS, BUT FROM START TO FINISH AND ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND CUSTOMERS ALONG THE WAY THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AND CONSTRUCTION IS TOUGH. 
          IT'S MESSY, IT'S CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS. AND THEN, AGAIN, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE'LL BE PLANNING FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS, HOWEVER THEY'RE LAID OUT THAT WE DECIDE. THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, 698 WITH PUBLIC WORKS, RAZI WILL TALK MORE ABOUT IT WITH THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR FOCUS BUT IT'S OUT THERE ON THAT SLIDE. THIS IS REALLY THE SLIDE 
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THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE ERIK, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, SAID, YOU KNOW, THE 188 PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO CAPITAL DELIVERY, WE'RE GOING TO WAKE UP AND GO TO SLEEP EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON THIS. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY TRUE, AND REALLY SINCE THAT PRESENTATION AND QUITE FRANKLY A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THIS HAPPEN, THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE LAID OUT IN TALKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND JOHN PA TER ECK IN FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN DO T HESE THINGS. THREE PRIORITIES, THE THREE BULLETS AND IT'S WL RUN A, 1-B AND 3. 1A AND 1-B ARE SO CRITICAL, ALL WE'RE GOING DO  IS REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. THAT'S NOT UNLIKE ANY LARGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT FOR A LONG TIME IN MY PRIVATE SIDE IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE HERE WITH THE CITY, BUT WE NEED TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS ON TIME WITHIN BUDGET. 
          WE DO A LOT OF THAT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO DO IT BETTER, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY OUR MAIN FOCUS. I CALL IT 1A, BECAUSE JUST AS IMPORTANT, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, AS -- WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT OR YOU'VE BEEN HERE JUST A FEW MONTHS, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS FROM START TO FINISH. 
          AND WHAT I -- WHAT I THINK OUT THERE IS OUR STANDARD HAS TO BE EXCELLENT OVERCOMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS FROM START TO FINISH. WE OWE THAT TO EVERYBODY ALONG THAT CONSTRUCTION ROUTE, PASSING THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION ROUTE, WHETHER IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS, RESIDENCE GOING TO AND FROM WORK. 
          WE HAVE CUSTOMERS LIKE OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE EXPECTING A LIBRARY RENOVATION OR A NEW CITY FACILITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, BUT WE -- WE CAN'T JUST DO THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER. 
          WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT EXCELLENT OVERCOMMUNICATION, AND THOSE -- THAT COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE EARLY AND OFTEN, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO FIND NOT ONLY WHAT'S WORKING WELL, BUT MAYBE WHAT'S NOT WORKING WELL AND FIND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO THINK OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE WAY, ALONG THAT CONSTRUCTION ROUTE. THEY'RE OUR CUSTOMERS. WE NEED TO HELP THEM STAY IN BUSINESS THROUGHOUT IT SO THAT IT CAN ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THE NEW PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO THEIR RETAIL OR THEIR RESTAURANT OR BUSINESS. SO THEY'RE OUR PARTNERS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR PART OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, FINDING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THEN SE CERTAINLY IMPROVED COST ESTIMATING. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN AND LEARNED JUST AS I'VE JUMPED INTO THIS, JUST IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT WITH THESE LONG BOND PROJECTS, WE PUT AN ESTIMATE TOGETHER AND WE ALL KNOW CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE JUST REALLY SKYROCKETING, AND THEY HAVE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. THEY PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE. 
          WE NEED TO FIND SOME IMPROVE PTS IN OUR COST ESTIMATING SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PULL BACK SCOPE AS MUCH OR REALLY HIT THOSE -- YOU KNOW, THOSE PROJECTS WITHIN BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT REALLY I'M GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT WITH OUR TEAM AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING, WE TALKED ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO REORG THE DEPARTMENT, PULL OUT TO BE THE CAPITAL DELIVERY, SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT. 
          I'VE LOOKED AT OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN ALREADY. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. WE HAVE SOME IDEAS FROM OUR STAFF, AND WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND ACCOUNTABLE, WE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR COMMUNICATION. IF WE DO IT WELL, GREAT. 
          IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT WELL, WE NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND FIND WAYS TO MEASURE THAT MOVING FORWARD AND IMPROVE ON IT. 
          AND THEN CERTAINLY, WE NEED TO STANDARDIZE AND FREQUENTLY UPDATE COST ESTIMATING TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING TODAY AND THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S THE SLIDE, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON MY WALL IN THE OFFICE, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE DRIVING US HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR. SO I DO WANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET REVIEWS. PUBLIC WORKS WAS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THIS PAST YEAR THAT WENT THROUGH THAT, THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT, AGAIN, I'M JUST PULLING OUT SOME KEY RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS. AND REALLY, I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT WE NEED TO FIND SOME IMPROVED COMMUNICATION METHODS, WE NEED TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE. THEY IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT OUR COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG PERSONNEL WAS MAYBE A LITTLE INCONSISTENT AND VARIED A LITTLE TOO MUCH. 
          WE NEED TO FIND SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE, AND THEN, AGAIN, WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS, BEEN TWEAKED OVER THE YEARS, BUT WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH IT OURSELVES, AND THEN WE NEED TO FIND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SAME THING WITH COST ESTIMATING WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THAT WE HAVE SOME -- WE HAVE SOME TEMPLATES THAT AREN'T USED OR AREN'T -- USED CONSISTENTLY. 
          WE HAVE SOME UNIT COST OR COST PER SQUARE FOOT MEASURES THAT WE USE ON 
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THESE THAT MAY BE A LITTLE OUTDATED, NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, INFLATION CONTINUES THE ASSUMPTIONS. 
          WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE SO THAT WE CAN STANDARDIZE PROCESSES, BE MORE CONSISTENT AND, AGAIN, BE MORE ACCURATE. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. 
          THE OTHER STUDY THAT WE LOOKED AT, WE BROUGHT IN A CONSULTANT, ROBERT KISTNER TO LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATION AND, AGAIN, SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT STUDY WE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. 
          THE  BIG RECOMMENDATION WAS TO SEPARATE THE TWO FUNCTIONS. 
          BUILDING NEW THROUGH THE BOND PROJECTS AND THEN CERTAINLY MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TO DELIVER BETTER. IT WAS REALLY -- THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE RECEIVED. AND THEN, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST GOING TO HELP US WITH FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES LIKE BUDGET, OUR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND PROJECTS CONTRACTS COMPLIANCE, REAL ESTATE, ET CETERA, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ONE WAS OUR COMMUNICATION STAFFING, NOT ONLY AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, BUT REALLY UTILIZING OUR C & E DEPARTMENT, COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. OUR COMMUNICATION OVERSIGHT, WORKING WITH C & E, HAS TO BE REALLY STREAMLINED. 
          AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, WE HAVE TO DO MORE -- AND REALLY MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. SO, AGAIN, JUST THOSE TWO STUDIES OR TWO LOOKS AT OUR DEPARTMENT AS WE WERE IN FY '25 IS KIND OF LEADING SOME OF THESE CHANGES, WE'RE TAKING SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS IS OUR BUDGET HERE. 
          28.2MILLION WILL BE REALLY OUR. >> 222 MILLION OF THAT IS THE ACTUAL CAPITAL PROJECT. I JUST HAVE A SLIDE HERE BREAKING IT DOWN OF THE 222 MILLION OF DRAINAGE, PARKS, FACILITIES, STREETS AND -- I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND JUST ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL CITY'S CAPITAL DEPARTMENT -- I'M SORRY, CAPITAL BUDGET PROGRAM, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDES OVER $1.1 BILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR. 
          THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION AT THE AIRPORT, AIR TRANSPORTATION AT 650 MILLION, BUT IT ALSO CLUES THE STREET, CITY FACILITY, DRAINAGE, HO HOUSING, OF COURSE, SOME TECHNOLOGY, PARKS. 
          AND, AGAIN, I MENTIONED IN THE LAST SLIDE, THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ABOUT 222 MILLION OF THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OVERSEEING. OTHER DEPARTMENTS MANAGE SOME OTHER PIECES OF THAT, BUT, AGAIN, THAT'S A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE $4 BILLION OVERALL PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I'LL TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE STEP BACK IS JUST TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, AND THAT WAS, AS TROY MENTIONED, THE $1.2 BILLION VOTER APPROVED LARGEST THAT WE EVER HAD IN OUR HISTORY, AND IT WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO THESE SIX PROPS, THESE SIX VOTES FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND FACILITIES, DRAINAGE CONTROL, PARKS, HOUSING, LIBRARY, ET CETERA. THERE'S JUST A BREAKDOWN OF IT. AND I'M GOING TO TALK ON THE NEXT SLIDE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT THERE WERE 187 PROJECTS TOTAL, SO THAT'S A BIG LIFT. 
          AND WHATEVER WE LAND IN THE NEXT BOND, WHATEVER THAT IS AND HOWEVER BIG WE CAN AFFORD AND/OR DECIDE ON, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF PROJECTS IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES -- OR AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEED IS THERE. SO JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF THE END OF LAST MONTH, WE TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT. THIS IS WHAT THIS TELLS US, SO AT THE END OF JULY, ALMOST HALF OF THE PROJECTS -- 29% OF THE PROJECTS WERE EITHER COMPLETE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT'S VERY -- THAT'S VERY NORMAL IN TERMS OF WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 2022 BOND PROJECTS, SO EARLY ON, EVERYTHING'S IN PREDESIGN OR DESIGN, RIGHT, FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS. AND SO IT'S MOSTLY GREEN, OR LIGHT GREEN. AND AS WE START GETTING THE PROJECTS DESIGNED, OUT FOR BID, APPROVED, WE PICK THE CONTRACTORS, THEY GO INTO CONSTRUCTION AND THEN WE FINISH THEM OFF. SO BY FALL OF THIS YEAR, THAT WILL MOVE TO 65% OF THE PROJECTS, OR 122 WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETE. AND BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, OR, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, WE'RE PREDICTING THAT WILL BE ABOUT 91% OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETE AS WE MOVE TO THE END OF IT IN '27. SO A LOT OF PROGRESS IS HAPPENING, BUT THIS IS A REAL BIG YEAR FOR US TO TRANSITION A LOT OF THOSE THAT ARE FINISHING UP DESIGN AND IF THEY'RE NOT IN CONSTRUCTION, THEY WILL BE. 
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SO WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES BICEP OPERATING THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH, DECIDE UPON, BUT I JUST THREW A COUPLE OF SLIDES TOGETHER HERE TO REMIND YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING ON, WHICH IS EXCITING. 
          IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME PROJECTS, RIGHT, AND ALL AROUND THE CITY -- YOU ALL KNOW WHICH ONES THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING, WAITING FOR, YOUR RESIDENTS ARE WAITING FOR, BUT SOME REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS HERE AS WE -- AS WE MAKE THIS TRANSITION WITH THE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE, BUT THE WORK CONTINUES. 
          DAY-TO-DAY, AND YOU JUST SEE THE LIST HERE, PICK ONE YOU LIKE, CERTAINLY THE POLICE STATION HAS COME UP IN A FEW COUNCIL BUDGET TOWN HALLS, WHICH IS EXCITING, BUT THEY'RE ALL EXCITING, SO WE CAN GET TO WORK. 
          SO THESE WILL START CONSTRUCTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I NOTICED ONE DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST THAT I AM VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          IT'S BECAUSE OF MY STOP LAST YEAR IN ANIMAL CARE, WE WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION OF THE VET HOSPITAL AT THE ACS FACILITY NEXT YEAR AS WELL. I THINK WE MUST HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH ROOM ON THE SLIDE, BUT I AM -- I AM PARTIAL TO THAT ONE, TOO. 
          NOT ONLY WILL THINGS START UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR FROM THE '22 BOND, BUT CERTAINLY WE'LL COMPLETE A LOT FROM THE '22  '22 BOND, CERTAINLY SOME THAT WILL BE COMPLETED FROM THE 2017 BOND AS WELL. 
          FINISHING UP THE WORK AT THE ZOO, A FEW CITYWIDE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS, A LOT OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS, FRIESENHAHN, SOUTH SIDE LIONS, ALL THOSE STUFF, THOSE ARE ALL ACTUALLY COMING ONLINE COMPLETE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND LASTLY, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO THE POTENTIAL 2026 BOND PROGRAM. AS I WAS TALKING TO ERIK ABOUT MAKING THIS CHANGE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT BONDS, I SAID TO HIM, I SAID YOU MEAN THE 2027 BOND, AND HE SAID, WELL, WE'LL SEE. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I SAID, OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          BUT NO MATTER HOW WE SHAPE THIS OUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DO CERTAIN THINGS TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. NO MATTER HOW MUCH CAPACITY WE HAVE, NO MATTER WHICH PROJECTS WE CHOOSE, WHEN WE DO IT, WE HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE PUT ON THE SLIDE AND ON TROY'S, IDENTIFYING PROJECTS, COST ESTIMATING, ET CETERA. FORTUNATELY, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME OF THAT -- SOME OF THAT INITIAL LEG WORK, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, RIGHT? WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, SO WE CAN REALLY GET STARTED ON THAT. WE HAVE TO HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND GET YOUR INPUT AS TO WHICH PROJECTS THAT YOU THINK ARE WORTHY FROM OUR RECOMMENDED LIST THAT WE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WE'VE USED COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEES FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR OF THESE, AND CERTAINLY THE LAST ONE IN 2022, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMITTEES AND INVOLVEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN CERTAINLY BRING IT TO YOU ALL AFTER THAT PROCESS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM SO YOU CAN VOTE ON IT, CALL AN ELECTION AND THEN REALLY PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON IT. 
          THAT'S SOME OF THE TIMELINES, SOME OF THE KEY STEPS THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          WE'LL NEED FEEDBACK, BUT WE'RE READY TO GET TO WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS SOON AS WE CAN, AS SOON AS YOU'RE READY. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. SO, AGAIN, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, AGAIN, THERE'S OUR FOCUS. WE NEED TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET CONSISTENTLY AND PROVIDE THAT EXCELLENT OVERCOMMUNICATION TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE EARLY AND OFTEN COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS TO US, THEY FEEL PART OF THE PROCESS, AND CERTAINLY COST ESTIMATED, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING TO IMPROVE ON THAT TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. 
          WITH THAT, I WILL -- THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO RAZI 
          TO FINISH US OFF. >> HOSSEINI: THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM RAZI HOSSEINI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU TODAY AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT, FY '26 PROPOSED BUDGET, INFRASTRUCTURE, PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, DEDUCTION AND SUMMARY. 
          PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MANAGE THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS:  STREETS, WHICH INCLUDE STREET MAINTENANCE, SIDEWALK PROGRAM, RIGHT OF WAY, STORMWATER FLOOD MANAGEMENT, CHANNEL RESTORATION, VEGETATION 
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MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC PAVEMENT MARKING, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN AND SAFETY, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC CALMING. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PUBLIC WORKS' DEPARTMENT FUNDING FROM 2019 TO 2026. FOR 2025 AND 2026, AS YOU CAN REALIZE, THERE'S A REDUCTION OF 11 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS WE ARE 56 IS 5 MILLION AND WE HAVE 4 MILLION EFFICIENCY TOTALING. 
          THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS 303 MILLION AND INCLUDES 698 POSITIONS. 130MILLION IS BUDGETED FOR GENERAL FUND, WHICH FUNDS STREET ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND CITYWIDE PROGRAMS SUCH AS STREET GLIDE. 
          70.6MILLION IS BUDGETED FOR RESTRICTED FUND THAT INCLUDES ATD, RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT, STORMWATER OPERATION AND STORMWATER ORIGINAL FUNDS. CAPITAL BUDGET TOTALS 117.4 MILLION AND INCLUDES STREET MAINTENANCE, SIDEWALKS, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER, TRAFFIC CALMING, SCHOOL PED AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED 2026 INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR IMP, TOTALING 159 MILLION. OTHER PROGRAM ARE LISTED AND INCLUDE THE NAP, SIGNAL, TRAFFIC CALMING AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS MORE IN DETAIL IN TH NEXT NEW SLIDES. REGARDING THE COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION WHICH INCLUDE QUARTERLY FORECAST REGARDING PROJECT  CONSTRUCTION TO COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND THE STAKEHOLDER, SA SPEAK UP AND DISTRIBUTED VIA MAIL. MONTHLY UPDATE THE COUNCIL OFFICE REGARDING UPCOMING IMP CONSTRUCTION, FIVE DAYS' NOTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION, AND, OF COURSE, IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OUTREACH. THIS SLIDE THOUGHS THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, 122.4 MILLION AND WILL DELIVER ESTIMATED 1,064 PROJECT. 102MILLION IS ALLOCATED PER COUNCIL DISTRICT BASED ON STREET CONDITION. ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS STREET CONDITION LOWER THAN OTHER, THEY WILL GET MORE MONEY. 
          20MILLION FUNDED FOR F STREET AND IS ALLOCATED PER COUNCIL DISTRICT BASED ON 50% STREET CONDITION AND 50% SIZE OF THE STREET, AS SPECIFIED IN 2022 BOND PROGRAM. FOR LESS -- FOR LESS NUMBER OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE FUNDED OUR S & P PROGRAM OVER 100 MILLION ANNUALLY; HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT CERTAIN WE ARE MAKING MAXIMUM IMPACT ON PAVEMENT CONDITION. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2026 INCLUDES 600,000 TO HIRE CONSULTING TO EVALUATE THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE VIEW EXISTING PAVEMENT CONDITION SURVEY AND TELL US IF WE ARE DOING THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO SURVEYING. ASSIST THE PROJECT SELECTION RELATING THE SOIL CONDITION OF THE AREA. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW INSIDE THE LOOP 410, WE HAVE VERY HIGH CLAY. 
          THE IDEA IS ARE WE USING RIGHT APPLICATION ON THESE AREAS. 
          PACKAGE S & P PROJECT TO ASSURE MINIMUM INCONVENIENCE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANT TO SEE, HEAR, ARE WE PACKAGING THESE AND ADVERTISING FOR CONTRACTOR TO BUILD, IS IT -- ARE WE MAKING MINIMUM INCONVENIENCE FOR PUBLICS. PEER-CITY COMPARISON OF THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX AND, OF COURSE, REFINE S & B LONG-TERM GOAL. OUR SIDEWALK, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HISTORICAL 
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INVESTMENT MADE TO SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. FOR FY '26, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 17 MILLION OF WHICH 12 MILLION WILL BE CONSTRUCTED 21-MILE OF GAP SIDEWALK. GAP SIDEWALK MEANS THERE'S NO SIDEWALK TODAY. 5MILLION WILL BE USED FOR REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, RESULTING IN 34 USABLE MILE, OVERALL TOTAL OF 55 USABLE MILE. 
          GAP FUNDING, 50%'S BASED ON GAP MILES AND 50% BASED ON EQUITY. 
          ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE GAP, THEY WILL GET MORE MONEY BASED ON THIS FORMULA. REPAIR FUNDING, 50% WILL BE BASED ON DISTRESSED AND 50% EQUITY. AGAIN, ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY OLDER PART, THEY HAVE THEIR SIDEWALK NOT IN GOOD CONDITION, THEY GET MORE MONEY. FY '26 SIDEWALK WILL BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 2027. 
          TOTAL OF 1.8 MILLION IS BUDGETED OVER THREE YEARS FOR SIDEWALK CONDITION ASSESSMENT. THE ASSESSMENT WILL PROVIDE THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALKS TO INCLUDE CRACKING, SLOPE, DISPLACEMENT, OBSTRUCTION AND MISSING OR NONCOMPLIANCE CURB RAMPS. 
          THE RESULT WILL BE USED TO PRIORITIZE REPAIR IN FUTURE. 
          PHASE 1, WHICH IS IN THE [INDISCERNIBLE] WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. PHASE 2, EVERYTHING IN LOOP 410 WILL BE DONE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, AND PHASE THREE WILL BE STARTING OCTOBER AFTER BUDGET APPROVED AND WILL BE COMPLETED MAY 2026. ON SIDEWALK, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AT GAP MILE PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          GAP MILE OR LOCATION WHERE SIDEWALK DOESN'T EXIST, WE USE THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA LISTED ON THIS SLIDE FOR PROJECT SELECTION, WHICH THEY INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT, PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, TRANSIT ACCESS, ARTERIAL RODEO ACCESS, ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. NAMP PROGRAM IS USED TO ADDRESS MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC CALMING IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ELIGIBLE PROJECT INCLUDES COMMUNITY-REQUESTED INFRASTRUCTURE IMBROIMPROVEMENT, WHICH DRAWS SAFETY, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE PROJECT RIGHT OF WAY. 
          PROJECT EXAMPLE IS LIKE ADA RAMP, FLASHING BEACONS, PAVEMENT MARKING, TRAFFIC STUDY AND ET CETERA. PROJECT RECOMMENDED IN TWO ROUNDS AND DISTRICT MAY SUBMIT EIGHT PROJECT PER ROUND. 
          FY '26 BUDGET MAINTAIN 11.3 MILLION FOR PAVEMENT MARKING. 
          THIS WILL BE RESOLVED IN 1,153-MILE TO REMARK IN FY '26 AND WE WILL BE IN THREE AND A HALF YEAR MAINTENANCE CYCLE. THIS IS WITHIN THE THREE TO FOUR YEARS INDUSTRY-ACCEPTED SERVICE LIFE STANDARD PROVIDE SAFE ROADWAY FOR TRAVELING PUBLIC. SERVICE ALLEYS, 1.5 MILLION. THERE ARE 952 SERVICE ALLEY USED WEEKLY BY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TO COLLECT GARBAGE. FY '26 BUDGET INCLUDES 1.5 MILLION TO IMPROVE 63 ALLEYS. NONSERVICE ALLEYS. 
          THERE ARE 3,522 NONSERVICE ALLEYS OF WHICH 412 IDENTIFIED WITH NO UTILITIES. PHASE 1 ADDRESS 80 PS F AND B ALLEYS AND WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. PHASE 2 WILL IMPROVE ALLEY WITH C RATING, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE COMPLETING 120. PHASE THREE, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR FOR FY '26 INCLUDE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON 20 NONSERVICE ALLEYS WITH NO UTILITY, AND ALSO IN 2026, STAFF WILL BE DEVELOPING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE, 
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SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INCLUDES 1 MILLION, UPGRADE SIX EXISTING SCHOOL ZONES WITH 12 NEW FLASHING BEACONS, MAINTENANCE JOB 230 EXISTING FLASHING BEACONS, MAINTAINING 729 SCHOOL ZONE CROSSWALKS, MAINTAIN 210 SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS. TRAFFIC CALMING, 1 MILLION, THE FY '26 PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS -- IS 1 MILLION TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT TO REDUCE THE SPEEDING AND CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC. THESE PROJECTS ARE NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS AND THAT MAY INCLUDE FUTURE LIKE A ROUNDABOUT AND [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
          TRAFFIC SIGNAL, 3.1 MILLION, IN FY '26 INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEVEN TRAFFIC THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT IN FY26. 
          ENHANCED VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN DETECTION. IMPROVING DETECTION AND SIGNALIZING THROUGH SECTION ENABLES THE INTERSECTION TO OPERATE AT MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY WHICH IMPROVES SAFETY, REDUCE THE DELAY, AND REDUCE THE VEHICLE [INDISCERNIBLE] IS CRITICAL ENSURING OUR SIGNALS OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. TODAY WE HAVE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM ON THE SIGNAL. AUDIBLE PED SIGNALS ALLOWS PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE SIGHT IMPAIRED TO KNOW WHEN THE ROADWAY IS SAFE IS CROSS. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MAJOR DRAINAGE PROGRAM AND SERVICE FUNDED UNDER THE STORMWATER OPERATION FUND. THIS ENSURES PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY, PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENSURE WATER QUALITY. 
          AS PART OF THE PROPOSED 2026 BUDGET WE HAVE $11.45 MILLION FOR REPAIRS TO DAMAGED ROADWAYS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THEY ARE THE BEITEL CREEK AT VICAR ROAD, OLD O'CONNOR, AND OLD GRISSOM. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH BEXAR COUNTY TO ENHANCE A FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM. TO IMPROVE THE LOW-WATER CROSSING, WE ARE PLANNING TO INSTALL CAMERAS AT EACH LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR REMOTELY WHEN THEY ARE IN SEVERE WEATHER. TODAY WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN THERE IS AN HAPPENING HAPPENING ON THAT LOW-WATER CROSS. THIS CAMERA ALLOWS US TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THAT LOW-WATER CROSSING. THERE ARE FY26 BUDGET INCLUDES FIVE PROJECTS AT THE VALUE OF $3.7 MILLION TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT AND MAKE THOSE PROJECTS SHOVEL READY FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE BONDING. 
          STORMWATER UTILITY FEE. AS TROY MENTIONED, THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993. STREET SWEEPING, CHANNEL RESTORATION, GREENWAY MAINTENANCE, AND CAPITAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS. FEES ASSESSED TO RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BASED ON IMPERVIOUS COVER. LAST FEE INCREASE WAS IN 2020. 
          THE FEE INCREASE PROVIDES MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE 2026 IN PREPARATION FOR 2027 
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POSSIBLE FEE INCREASE. LATE LAST YEAR AND EARLY THIS YEAR OF COURSE PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET REVIEW AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED CERTAIN AREAS NEEDED TO IMPROVE. ON THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, IDENTIFIED EVERY YEAR WHEN WE END UP ADDING THE FOLLOWING YEAR WITHOUT REALLY DOING ANY REFINEMENT. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORECAST THE ENTIRE FIVE YEARS' PLAN. ON THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, DIFFICULT FIELD. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH A DEPARTMENT TO HELP US TO SEE HOW WE CAN FILL THESE POSITIONS. ALSO THE TRIAGE PROCESS IS NOT FULLY STAFFED FOR 311 WORKLOAD. LACK OF PROJECT REPOSITORY FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING REQUESTS. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION IS DEVELOP PROCESS TO ATTRACT AND HIRE QUALIFIED TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, DEVELOP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON THAT ONE, AND OF COURSE DEVELOP PROJECT REPOSITORY. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT ONE ALSO. ON NAMP, 49% OF THE COST ESTIMATES DO NOT BECOME APPROVED PROJECTS. ALMOST 50% DOES NOT END UP BEING A PROJECT. 
          HISTORICALLY, UNSPENT FUNDS RESULT IN CARRYFORWARD AND BALANCES. 
          TWO ROUNDS AND OUT OF CYCLE REQUESTS IS INEFFICIENT. THE RECOMMENDATION: INCORPORATE PROJECT SELECTION IN ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, INCLUDE PROJECTS IN BUDGET ORDINANCE, AND LIMIT OUT OF CYCLE REQUESTS. ON EFFICIENCY, MOVING $2 MILLION FROM STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO RIGHT-OF-WAY FUND. 
          RIGHT SIZING NON-SERVICE ALLEY, SINCE WE HAVE COMPLETED C, D, AND F. 
          THAT WILL SAVE US $793,000. REDUCTION IN $1 MILLION FOR FLASHING STOP SIGNS AND RADAR FEEDBACKS. AND OF COURSE WE HAD TWO POSITIONS ALSO IN REDUCTION. 
          THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE FOR NEW IMPROVED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          STREET DIVISION, MAINTAINING OVER 2,400 ROADWAYS ANNUALLY. TRAFFIC DIVISION MAINTAINS OVER 1,400 TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC CAN ARRIVE AT THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY AND ON TIME. TRAFFIC DIVISION MAINTAINS OVER 1,000 LANES OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THE ROADWAY IS VISIBLE AT NIGHT AND DURING A RAIN EVENT. 
          STORMWATER DIVISION PERFORMED FRAUD MANAGEMENT, AND STREET SWEEPING TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENHANCE WATER QUALITY . 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS MYHI LAST PRESENTATION. WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 
          QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THE VERY HELPFUL PRESENTATIONS. MR. ELLIOTT. 
          YOU AND ERIK CAN TAG TEAM THIS ONE. IT WAS YOU OR ERIK THAT TALKED ABOUT DOES TIME HELP US IN THIS INSTANCE. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE MAJOR FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS OR DECISIONS, TIME ALWAYS HELPS YOU BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. UNLESS IT WAS MORE -- WAS THAT 
          YOU, ERIK, THAT MADE THAT STATEMENT? >> WALSH: I THINK WE BOTH 
          DID, YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR JONES: CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT YOU WOULD CONDUCT AND HOW THAT WOULD HELP US WITH THE MOST IMMEDIATE DECISIONS WE 
          NEED TO MAKE? >> YEAH. KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE TIME. AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE HOUSING MARKET LIKE IT IS, IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ASSESS WHERE IT'S GOING AND WHAT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF VALUES. AS FAR AS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, WE'LL TAKE THAT DEBT PLAN AND WE WILL STRESS IT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE DO ANY TYPE OF BOND ISSUANCE IN THE FUTURE OR WHATEVER OUR CAPACITY ANALYSIS IS, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE CAN AFFORD IT. 
          WE WILL STRESS IT IN TERMS OF VALUES, IN TERMS OF GROWTH TO MAKE SURE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS A $500 MILLION BOND PROGRAM, THAT IF THINGS GET WORSE WE CAN STILL AFFORD IT. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE COUNCIL IN THE POSITION IN THE FUTURE TO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A TAX RATE INCREASE 
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BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE DEBT. WE WILL LOOK OVER TIME AND 
          STRESS THAT MODEL TO SEE HOW IT PERFORMS. >> WALSH: MAYOR, THERE ARE CREDIT IMPLICATIONS TO THAT STRESS TESTING. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION AND THE FOUNDATION WE SET, IF WE DON'T ALIGN THE ASSUMPTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, THEN THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE CREDIT IMPLICATIONS AS IT GETS REVIEWED. WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH. COULDN'T AGREE MORE WHICH IS WHY I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR YOU MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU HAVE TO AND YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. 
          ON THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE MOST -- WITH YOUR RECOMMENDED, MOST IMMEDIATE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, WHEN IS THE SOONEST DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING AND WHEN WOULD YOU PRESENT THAT SENSITIVITY 
          ANALYSIS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE? >> THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. I DON'T THINK -- I MEAN, CERTAINLY IF $500 MILLION IS A NUMBER Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE CAN START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE $500 MILLION BOND. WE CAN PUSH IT OFF TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, OR 2027. 
          THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US MORE TIME TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE MARKET AND CONDUCT THAT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS. BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN GIVE YOU A FIRM ANSWER ON WHEN WE 
          SHOULD PULL THE TRIGGER ON THE BOND. >> MAYOR JONES: WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY AT LARGE, ARE OTHER ENTITIES MOVING FORWARD IN THIS SPACE OR ARE FOLKS FRANKLY NOT UNLIKE CONSUMERS IN OUR OWN ECONOMY, OUR OWN COMMUNITY, 
          KIND OF HOLDING BACK? GO AHEAD. >> WE LOOKED AT CITIES ACROSS TEXAS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE STATE STATUTES. 
          EVERY CITY OPERATES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. A LOT OF THEM LOOK AT THEIR TAX RATE AND THEY GO OUT AND LOOK AT WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT OR BOND. AND THEY WILL ADJUST THAT TAX RATE TO MEET THE NEED. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESTRICTIONS WE IMPOSE ON OURSELVES IN TERMS OF A PLAT TAX RATE. THEY MOVE THAT TAX RATE BASED ON THE NEED. 
          THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE KIND OF FOLLOWED OUR LEAD, I GUESS I'LL SAY, THAT HAVE A SELF-IMPOSED TAX RATE FOR A POLICY, BUT IT'S SPLIT IN HALF 
          ACROSS THE STATE. IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH, I MEAN, BASED ON THE SENTIMENT OF FRANKLY REGULAR FOLK THAT ARE KIND OF KEEPING MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET AS THEY ALSO TRY SO SUS OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING WHEN MIGHT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO DO. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE VOLATILITY IN THE MARKET, $500 MILLION IS WHERE ANYBODY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AT THIS POINT. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK TO EVEN THREE MONTHS AGO WOULD YOU HAVE SAID WE WERE GOING TO LAND AT $500 MILLION? AND IF IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE THEN IN FRANKLY HOLDING OUR CARDS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, CONSIDERING WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN 
          THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. >> THREE MONTHS AGO I COULDN'T HAVE GIVEN YOU A NUMBER OF $500 MILLION. THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE MOVING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD THE BOND SALE ISSUED IN AUGUST. THAT PLAYS A ROLE. 
          WE'RE GETTING THE CERTIFIED ROLL. THAT PLAYS A ROLE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN STRUCTURE THE MODEL. I KNEW IT WAS GOING DOWN, JUST BASED ON VALUES ARE GOING DOWN. I COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN YOU A 
          NUMBER BACK THEN FOR CERTAIN LIKE WE HAVE TODAY. >> WALSH: I THINK, MAYOR, THAT PART OF THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF ART AND SCIENCE HERE THAT THERE IS THE SENSITIVE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT AND WE HAVE TO BLEND THE RISKS AND ALTERNATIVES FROM A POLICY-MAKING STANDPOINT INTO ONE. IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. 
          THERE ARE SOME RISKS ON THAT GREEN BOX THAT WE WOULD LIKELY STILL WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE ON. BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OF THOSE THAT MA MAYBE WE ADJUST 
          ACCORDINGLY AND ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT RISK THROUGH ANOTHER WAY. >> MAYOR JONES: I APPRECIATE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF IT BUT WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD LEAN ON AS MUCH OF THE SCIENCE BASED ON WHAT YOUR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR US. 
          OKAY. IN TERMS OF NOT GUILTY WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE STORMWATER BOND PIECE, HOW SOON WOULD IT TAKE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND -- AGAIN, THAT'S 14 PROJECTS, 
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$411 MILLION WORTH JUST ON THE STATE'S FLOOD PROJECT PLAN. HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT 
          CAPACITY LOOKS LIKE, HOW SOON COULD WE UNDERSTAND THAT? >> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE TIME-FRAME. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND LOOK AT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE TO RESTRUCTURE IT AND ALSO LOOKING AT TARGETS AND HOW WE MEET THAT NEED. ERIK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO -- 
          >> WALSH: I THINK WE COULD BRING BACK, ON THE STORMWATER PIECE, THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS. 
          AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? 
          30, 45 DAYS? >> AT THE MOST, WE COULD DO THAT. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. MR. SHANNON. I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS JUST ON THESE MAJOR PROJECTS. I THINK IN PART BECAUSE IT HELPS FOLKS THAT ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE SPEED AT WHICH CURRENT PROJECTS ARE DONE. IT BRINGS INTO QUESTION CAN WE DO BIGGER PROJECTS WHEN SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SO DELAYED. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE PRIORITIES. ONE THING I WOULD ADD ON THERE, JUST BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THIS SIGNIFICANTLY -- A SIGNIFICANT FRUSTRATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT IT ALSO NOT ONLY COSTS US IN TERMS OF HAVING TO PAY FOLKS WHEN THERE ARE DELAYS, BUT IT'S ALSO MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO TO YOUR PRIORITIES, I WOULD ASK -- THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE WOULD DO THIS, WHICH IS ON SLIDE 4 IT WOULD BE MINIMIZING COSTS TO GENERAL FUND. 
          WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF THESE THINGS GOING ON LONGER? HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE NOT GET IN THE GENERAL FUND AS A RESULT OF THAT DELAY? THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK. 
          MR. HOSSEINI. YOUR PRESENTATION IS HELPFUL AND IT SPEAKS TO A LOT OF ACTIVITY. WHAT STILL -- AND IT'S NOT JUST YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S SOME OF THE OTHERS AS WELL, BUT IN PARTICULAR YOURS JUMPS OUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF YOUR BUDGET AND THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS. BUT HELPING US GET A SENSE OF IF WE DO THIS, THIS GETS US TOWARDS X PERCENTAGE OF WHERE WE HAD LIKE TO BE. 
          WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT -- WAS IT 412? SLIDE 16, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO NON-SERVICE ALLEYWAYS. OKAY. SO 412 ALLEYS. 
          IS THAT ALL OF THEM? IS THAT HALF OF THEM? I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO SOME APPRECIATION FOR HOW YOUR ACTIVITY HELPS US MEET GOAL AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE GOAL IS. AGAIN, MAINTENANCE I GET IS KIND OF ONGOING. 
          BUT SOME APPRECIATION OF BY DOING THESE THINGS IN FY26 WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SATISFIED THAT 80% OF OUR STREETS HAVE BEEN -- HAVE ACTIVITY X BY THIS TIME. 
          SOMETHING THAT HELPS US SPEAK TO THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING VERSUS JUST THE ACTIVITIES THAT 
          WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING. >> HOSSEINI: MAYOR, THERE'S 3,020. 
          412 THERE'S NO UTILITY. AND ON THOSE, WE HAVE DONE THE ONE IS REPAIR. 
          WE DID A SURVEY ON ALLEYS LIKE WE DID ON PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX. 
          WE CATEGORIZE IT AS A BEING EXCELLENT AND F AS BEING FAILED. 
          WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING AND BY PHASE 2 WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING ALL OF THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THEN NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN THE ALLEYS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T FALL TO F CATEGORY. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE UTILITY TO HAVE A UTILITY LINE ON THOSE ALLEYS, THEY NEED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE COSTS TO MAINTAIN THOSE ALLEYS. 
          >> WALSH: GREAT CONTEXTUAL QUESTION, MAYOR. PRIOR TO THE SCORING THAT RAZI TALKED ABOUT, THE CITY WAS NOT MAINTAINING THOSE 412 ALLEYS. AND SO WHEN THEY DID THE SURVEY, WE PUT IN PLACE A PLAN TO, AS HE SAID, TAKE CARE OF THE ONES THAT NEEDED TO AND ONCE THOSE GET RESOLVED THEN BUILD THOSE INTO AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR US. 
          BECAUSE WE WEREN'T DOING IT BEFORE. >> MAYOR JONES: THE SLIDE 17, KIND OF SIMILAR FEEDBACK. HOW THESE ACTIVITIES GET US CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE. 
          SO 12 UPGRADED FLASHING BEACONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY REQUESTED TO BE UPGRADED. AGAIN, AN IDEA OF HOW THESE 
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INVESTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES GET US CLOSER TO WHATEVER THE GOAL IS. 
          ON SLIDE 21 -- AND TO CONFIRM, BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF ATTENTION ON THE FLOOD PROJECTS. NONE OF THESE ARE -- THESE ARE NOT ONE OF THE 14, IS THAT CORRECT? THE 14 ON THE STATE'S FLOOD PLAN? ARE SOME OF THEM? SOME OF THEM ARE? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: I'LL START WITH TROY, ALSO. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STORMWATER REVENUE BOND. I THINK SENDING US A MEMO WHEN YOU DO SOME WORK, HOW THAT COULD HELP WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. 
          IT WOULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT THEY JUST SHOWED WITH THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF THOSE WAS IN DISTRICT 4 AND OUR LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE DIFFERENT ACROSS THE CITY BUT I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT WITH THE ORIGINAL STORMWATER REVENUE BOND AND WHAT CAPACITY WE COULD HAVE. 
          IF Y'ALL WOULD LOOK INTO THAT ABOUT REFINANCING. THAT COULD HELP US TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF THE GO BONDS. AND I ALSO AGREE THE FREQUENCY OF BONDS AND THE TIMING OF THE ELECTION IS REALLY GOOD AND WORTH LOOKING AT. I THINK EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH THOSE LARGE BOND PACKAGES HAS PROBABLY BEEN PART OF THE REASON WHY THERE'S BEEN SOME DELAYS IN THOSE PROJECTS. THAT'S A LOT OF PROJECTS. AND EVEN IF WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT A BOND THIS UPCOMING MAY OR EVEN THE FOLLOWING MAY, YOU SAW THE '22 IS STILL NOT EVEN HALFWAY DONE. I THINK MORE TIME ALSO HELPS GET THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETED IN A MUCH FASTER MANNER THAN IF THE STAFF HAD TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PROJECTS. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WE DO, WE ARE ABLE TO PUT ON THAT BOND, REQUIRE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THAT BOND, A TAX A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE TO COVER THE PAYMENT OF THAT BOND. AND IT TAKES OFF THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE. 
          IS THAT TRUE? CAN YOU ELABORATE BRIEFLY? >> LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TAX RATE AT THE 21 CENTS, WE HOLD THAT FLAT. IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADJUST THAT UP AND DOWN. BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS BODY, WE WANT TO KEEP IT FLAT. BUT IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE AN ELECTION. 
          YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THAT TAX RATE BY VOTE. >> MUNGIA: BUT LET'S SAY WE WERE GOING TO DO A BOND JUST FOR ZARZAMORA, JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE. 
          WITH A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WE COULD ASK FOR A PAYMENT FROM THE VOTERS TO SPECIFICALLY 
          COVER JUST THAT BOND. IS THAT TRUE? >> I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH OUR BOND COUNSEL BUT YOU COULD DO A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT, IF WE COULD ISOLATE A TAX RATE SPECIFIC FOR THAT PIECE, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR BOND 
          COUNSEL. >> MUNGIA: I THINK BEN IS GOING TO ADD SOMETHING. 
          >> SO, COUNCILMAN, WHEN WE SELL GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WE'RE DOING IT BASED ON FULL FAITH AND CREDIT IN THE CITY. THAT'S OUR TAX RATE. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CARVE THE TAX RATE UP FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS BECAUSE NOW WE'RE LOSING THAT FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY. ANY TIME WE GO OUT -- TROY MENTIONED THAT 21 CENTS HAS BEEN BY FINANCIAL POLICY. WEWE'LL SAY THERE'S NO PROJECTED INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. IT'S PROJECTED. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE ISSUE BONDS AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON THE GO SIDE, WE'RE LEGALLY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE IF WE HAVE TO TO PAY FOR THAT DEBT. 
          THROUGH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DO THAT. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 
          2004. >> MUNGIA: ALL RIGHT. >> WALSH: COUNCILMAN, ARE YOU SUGGESTING OR MAYBE ASKING -- BECAUSE OTHER CITIES DO DO THIS SOMETIMES IN TEXAS. 
          I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE. THE COUNCIL OF A CITY PUTS ON THE BALLOT $500 MILLION, $400 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. AS PART OF THE PROPOSITION TO THE VOTERS, IN ADDITION TO THE LIST OF PROJECTS, IT'S THAT YOUR PROPERTY TAX WILL GO UP THREE PENNIES TO PAY FOR THOSE PROJECTS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 
          ABOUT? >> MUNGIA: YES. >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE 
          CAN EXPLORE. >> WALSH: WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BUT OTHER TEXAS CITIES 
          HAVE DONE THAT. >> MUNGIA: IT'S WORTHWHILE EXPLORING, ESPECIALLY IF WE LOOK AT SPECIFIC PROJECT-TYPE BONDS. IF WE DO THAT THREE PENNIES, 
          THAT TAKES IT OFF OF OUR CURRENT CAPACITY, CORRECT? >> WALSH: YES. 
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          IT ADDS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO IT. >> MUNGIA: I THINK THAT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR CAPITAL DELIVERY. SO WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY, 
          YOU'LL EXCLUSIVELY BE DOING BOND WORK? >> I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 98% BOND WORK. I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NON-BOND WORK THAT MY TEAM WORKS ON THAT HAPPENS TO FLOW IN THAT PROJECT. 
          MAYBE A SMALL PIECE OF THE I&P CAME IN THERE. THAT'S THE IDEA IS WE ARE WORKING ON BOND PROJECTS. IF THERE'S SOME NON-BOND WORK THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ME AND MY 
          TEAM TO OVERSEE AND PACKAGE TOGETHER, WE WILL. >> WALSH: BUT IT'S BEING 
          FUNDED BY C OF OS. >> THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE . 
          >> MUNGIA: WE HAVE DONE SOME PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY FUNDS WITH BOND FUNDS. 
          I HAD AN IMP SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. USED PED MOBILITY FOR THE OTHER SIDE. TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS, TWO DIFFERENT SIDEWALKS. 
          ONE HAD CURBS AND ONE DIDN'T. AND SO TO THE RESIDENTS, THAT'S JUST THE CITY DOING TWO SIDEWALK PROJECTS. OF COURSE IT COMES DOWN TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE CURB MUST KNOW SOMEBODY AT THE CITY BECAUSE THEY GOT A CURB OR RETAINING WALL WHEN WE DIDN'T GET A RETAINING WALL. SO IT COMES DOWN TO THAT. BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT WE GET SOME CLEAR-CUT DESIGN STANDARDS BETWEEN Y'ALL AND THOSE PROGRAMS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> I WILL ADD, COUNCILMAN, WE STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          THE TEAM -- WE KNOW THE FIRST-YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE SOME OF THIS STUFF OUT. WE WANT THE END PRODUCT TO BE EXCELLENT FOR BOTH SIDES OF THAT STREET. WHATEVER OVERLAP THERE IS INITIALLY, AS WE KIND OF CARVE THIS INTO TWO DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE COLLABORATION, COORDINATION, NO MATTER WHICH T-SHIRT YOU HAVE ON. CAPITAL DELIVERY OR PUBLIC WORKS. I THINK WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS SO WE CAN DELIVER THAT CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE SAYING. IS THAT GOING DOWN THE STREET IT LOOKS LIKE ONE CONTRACTOR DID IT AND DOESN'T MATTER WHAT FUND. 
          THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALREADY STARTING. >> MUNGIA: THAT'S GREAT. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK INTO THE CONTRACTS THAT WE DO WITH CONTRACTORS ABOUT THE TIMELINESS OF PROJECTS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS TALKING WITH RAZI AND I JOKINGLY BROUGHT UP ST. MARY'S AND HE SAID ACTUALLY IT'S ON TIME. 
          HOW IS IT ON TIME IF ALL OF THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING? HOPEFULLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTRACTS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET INTO ALSO. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR RAZI. I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU MENTION SOIL CONDITIONS. 
          AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR MANY YEARS NOW. THE QUESTION CAME UP AT OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL LAST NIGHT, ACTUALLY. THANKFULLY ANTHONY WAS THERE. 
          I SAID I PROMISE I DIDN'T PLANT THE QUESTION. BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID WHY IS IT THAT ZARZAMORA IS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN I DRIVE AROUND TOWN? AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN THE SOIL CONDITIONS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT BUDGETS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE, I IMAGINE, TO DO A STREET WITH CLAY SOIL CONDITIONS. WE'RE SEEING THAT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S NEEDED. AND I THINK RESIDENTS HAVE EVEN TOLD ME WE'RE WILLING TO SEE LESS STREET WORK IF IT MEANS A HIGHER QUALITY. THEY KEEP TELLING US DON'T COME TO THE DISTRICT AND TEAR UP THE STREET AND THEN IN TWO, THREE YEARS IT'S BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE IT'S NOT THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION, IT'S JUST THE SOIL UNDERGROUND. WE'RE NOT BUILDING TO THAT SPEC. AND IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY HAVE EFFECTS ON THE UDC ALSO. 
          I HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH REX AND I TOLD HIM BE PREPARED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION. IT MIGHT COST MORE TO BUILD BUT IT'S BETTER LONG TERM. 
          I HAVE PROPERTIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT THAT OLD WHERE THE DRIVEWAY IS SEPARATING FROM THE HOUSE AND YOU CAN SEE REBAR COMING OUT. THAT IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE 
          SOIL CONDITION UNDERGROUND. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. >> HOSSEINI: COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE CORRECT. A CONCRETE ROADWAY HAS TEN YEARS LONGER THAN ASPHALT. 
          ASPHALT ROADWAY IS DESIGNED FOR 20 YEARS. OF COURSE IT COSTS MORE MONEY IN THE BEGINNING. CONSTRUCTION IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE IF WE LAY THE ASPHALT BEFORE NOON, AFTER NOON WE OPEN FOR THE TRAFFIC PEOPLE TO GO TO THEIR HOUSES. FOR CONCRETE, THREE OR FOUR DAYS THEY CANNOT USE THAT. THE OTHER AGENCY DOESN'T LIKE CONCRETE IS UTILITIES BECAUSE 
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IT'S MUCH DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DIG IN TO DO THE REPAIRS. BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO 
          DO. >> MUNGIA: ABSOLUTELY. A QUICK NOTE ON YOUR STREET CONDITION MEASURING. WE DID A TOUR IN QUINTANO. I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL I TRUST THE SYSTEM. I SEE PROJECTS BEING APPROVED, GILLETTE BEING ONE, WHERE YOU SAY THIS IS THE APPLICATION WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THE STREET. 
          WHEN YOU GO TO THE STREET IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS AND WE HAVE HAD TO DO CONCURRENT MEMOS TO SUBSTITUTE AND SWAP OUT PROJECTS. IF I'M GETTING STREET FUNDING BASED ON THAT MEASUREMENT, AND I CAN TELL YOU ALREADY THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS YOU HAVE LISTED THAT ARE INCORRECT, THAT TELLS ME MY CONDITION IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK IT IS, WHICH MEANS I'M NOT GETTING ALL MY MONEY THAT I NEED. A THOUGHT. 
          BUT I'LL COME BACK AROUND. I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          ALDERETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU, TROY. THANK YOU, FIRST OFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO TO KEEP OUR RATINGS SO HIGH. I THINK THAT THAT'S -- WE OFTEN DON'T EXPRESS ENOUGH GRATITUDE FOR THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL CONSISTENTLY USING CONSERVATIVE DEBT MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING METHODS, BECAUSE I THINK IT KEEPS US SAFE SO WE CAN HAVE REALLY GOOD BONDS. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. I STARTED TRYING TO LOOK UP WHAT OTHER CITIES DO. 
          TO YOUR POINT, ALL THE OTHER CITIES ARE DIFFERENT. AUSTIN IS DIFFERENT, HOUSTON IS DIFFERENT. CAN Y'ALL HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE SET IT WHERE IT'S AT AND HOW LONG AGO THAT WAS SET? WHAT WAS THE THINKING? WHAT WAS THE PAST COUNCIL'S 
          THINKING ON KEEPING IT THERE? >> THAT'S WHERE THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN PLACED SINCE 2004. 
          BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST, IN KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE SAME, I GUESS THERE REALLY WASN'T THE THE APPETITE TO INCREASE THE RATE. 
          AND SO BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS COUNCILS, THAT WE SELF-IMPOSE THAT TAX RATE. BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU AS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO, WE CAN ADJUST THAT TAX RATE TO BASICALLY INFLUENCE OUR CAPACITY. 
          >> GAVITO: IF WE'RE LOOKING AT -- SO JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. 
          IF WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE FREQUENCY OF OUR BONDS, WOULD IT HELP TO POTENTIALLY INCREASE 
          OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE? >> I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK, LIKE I SAID, IF WE CHANGE THE FREQUENCY OF OUR BONDS, I THINK IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK I HEARD THE COMMENT OF MAYBE IT GIVES US MORE BITE-SIZE DOLLARS AND PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON, BUT IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHERE THE MARKET IS GOING. RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE BOTTOMED OUT IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING MARKET. OUR ASSUMPTION IS SO NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. BUT DEBT SERVICE PERFORMS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS WELL BECAUSE IT IS CAPPED AS TO HOW HIGH THE VALUES CAN GO. VERSUS THE M&O WHICH IS CAPPED 
          AT 2.5%. >> GAVITO: INTERESTING. I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF AND HOW -- YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROS AND CONS OF, YOU KNOW, OF MORE FREQUENT BOND SCHEDULE. I KNOW WE HAVE DONE THE FIVE YEARS FOR A WHILE NOW SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF WE WERE TO DO IT AT THREE OR FOUR YEARS -- I COULD SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF MORE BITE-SIZED CHUNKS. 
          ALSO, AS COUNCILMAN MUNGIA SAID, THE EXECUTION OF IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM. 
          SO ALSO TOO JUST HOW THAT WOULD FACTOR INTO US KEEPING OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE THE SAME OR NOT. JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THERE. 
          >> WE CAN CERTAINLY MODEL THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AND IF THERE WAS AN APPETITE BY THE COUNCIL, I COULD SHOW YOU IF WE WANTED TO MODIFY THAT DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHAT IT COULD PRODUCE IN 
          TERMS OF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. >> GAVITO: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CHANCE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          MIKE, FOR CAPITAL DELIVERY. FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ROLE. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO BE TIRED OF ALL THE CONGRATULATIONS. I DO WANT TO THANK RAZI FOR LEADING THE WAY. WHERE IS RAZI? THERE HE IS. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH. YOU HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL TO DISTRICT 7 AND GOTTEN US A LOT OF PROJECTS EXECUTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING THE WAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW THAT MANAGING MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IS NO EASY TASK. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
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POINTS I WANT TO HONE IN ON IS THAT IMPROVED COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT FROM RESIDENTS. 
          THEY PREPARE FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THEN THE DAY COMES AND NOTHING HAPPENS. 
          AND IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO THEIR DAILY LIVES. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE CURRENT COMMUNICATION PROCESS IS AND POTENTIALLY WHERE THERE ARE GAPS? 
          >> SURE. SO THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION HAPPENING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE USE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, E-MAIL. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR SA SPEAKUP EVERY TIME THERE'S AN UPDATE. YOU CAN GET PUSHED OUT SOME INFORMATION. 
          WE DO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT AS WE KIND OF PROPOSE THE PROJECT, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK THIS PROJECT COULD AND SHOULD LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY ON THE MUNICIPAL FACILITY SIDE. 
          AS WE GO, WE'RE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION IN THOSE VARIOUS FORMS. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE SEEN AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IS CERTAINLY NOT EVERY PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE THE SAME COMMUNICATION EXECUTION. SMALLER PROJECTS MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT LESS TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. SO IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE LARGER ONES NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AS THEY ARE TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS ALONG THAT STREET HALF CLOSURE OR FULL CLOSURE. A LOT MORE IN-PERSON PHONE CALL COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO LISTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE, I THINK. THAT'S USUALLY WHERE I HAVE FAILED IN THE PAST IN MY COMMUNICATION IS LISTENING. AND HEARING FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, HOW DOES THIS PLAN AFFECT YOU, WITH ENOUGH TIME IN ADVANCE, SO THAT IF THERE IS A BIG OH NO FROM THEIR SIDE OF IT, HOW CAN WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERY REQUEST THAT WE GET -- ACTUALLY, I'M PROBABLY SURE OF THAT. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, FINDING WAYS IN OUR PROCEDURES TO BUILD THAT IN. AND THEN ALSO HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, EXECUTIVE TEAM, OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM, ENSURE WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT STANDARD. SO I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING. THOSE REPORTS THAT I MENTIONED IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT. I HAVE ALREADY STARTED TALKING WITH THE EXISTING TEAM ABOUT WHERE CAN WE DO BETTER. AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME IDEAS WITHIN. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LISTENING FROM YOU ALL AND OUR RESIDENTS 
          AND BUSINESSES AS WELL. >> GAVITO: YEAH, WELL, I WOULD JUST OFFER OUR DISTRICT 7 TEAM, WE BLOCK WALK YEAR ROUND TO CHECK IN ON RESIDENTS. IF YOU NEED US TO BLOCK WALK, PROBABLY MYSELF AND SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, TAKE US UP ON IT. 
          WE ALL NEED TO GET OUR BLOCK WALKING SHOES ON. I AM GOING TO RUN SHORT ON TIME, SORRY. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN MUNGIA BROUGHT UP IS, YOU KNOW, THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROJECTS. I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FACTOR IN, I KNOW IT IMPACTS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S DISTRICT IN DISTRICT 5 AND 7 IS DRAINAGE. AND HOW BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE REALLY IMPACTS US. 
          WE LOOK AT THE RATINGS ON OUR STREETS -- AND WE COULD HAVE A B BUT IT'S REALLY NOT A B. 
          IT'S PRETTY BAD. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANT US TO CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SEE THE FREQUENCY TO EXPEDITE THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS WITH HIGH DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE I ALWAYS TELL MY RESIDENTS YOU CAN'T DRIVE DOWN ST. CLOUD WITH COFFEE BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. 
          THAT IS THE REALITY WE SEE IN A LOT OF OUR STREETS, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND FACTOR THAT INTO THE FREQUENCY OF HOW -- INTO THE LIFE SPAN OF THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HEAR A LOT OF WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S WHY I FILED MY UTILITY COORDINATION CCR. 
          AND WE HAD AN AMAZING UTILITIES TOWN HALL WITH SAWS, CPS, AND OUR FIBER COMPANIES, GOOGLE FIBER, PRIMARILY. BECAUSE THE LEFT HAND NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS DOING AND WE'RE SEEING OUR STREETS -- THIS IS A COMMON CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS. 
          THEY'RE SEEING CERTAIN STREETS TORN UP AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
          ONE TIME FOR CPS, NEXT TIME FOR GOOGLE FIBER AND WHATEVER ELSE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT WE NEED THAT COMMUNICATION TO BE LOCK STEP WITH OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ARE THE ONES IMPACTED AT THE END OF THE 
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DAY. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH A WOMAN AT THE ELECTION SITE. SHE SAID -- AGAIN, IT GOES TO COUNCILMAN MUNGIA'S POINT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WORK. SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL GET SO EXCITED ABOUT FILLING 3,000 POTHOLES. IF YOU'RE FILLING THAT MANY POTHOLES, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT DOING THINGS RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I DO THINK WE FIX A STREET AND THEN IT'S BROKEN AGAIN OR WE FIX THE TRAIL AT WOODLAWN LAKE AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER IT'S ALREADY CRACKED. I THINK IT'S WORTH US TAKING TIME -- I KNOW COUNCILMAN MARC WHYTE AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PAST MAYORS ABOUT THIS. 
          HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK? IS SOME PARTS OF THE DISTRICT CONCRETE STREETS? I DON'T KNOW. I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO YOU ALL BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH OUR TIME TO SAY HOW DO WE DO THIS RIGHT AND NOT JUST CHECK A BOX. BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS WE CHECK A BOX. MY INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTOR, FRANK AND I, WE DO INFRASTRUCTURE WALK-THROUGHS ONCE A MONTH. WE LOOK AT THE COMPLETED PROJECTS AND WE'LL WALK THEM. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I HAVE HAD TO SEND TEXTS TO SAY THIS IS SUBPAR WORK. Y'ALL WOULDN'T DO THIS ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE ME HAVING TO DO THAT TO HAVE A GOOD JOB DONE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH TROY AND THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          IN LOOKING AT THE DEBT SERVICES TAX RATE, SEEING HOW WE CAN USE THAT TO LEVERAGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD . AND THE AD VALOREM MANAGEMENT PLAN, I WOULD NEED TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ON THAT IN A ONE-ON-ONE -- BEN AND YOU, TROY, HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT BEING CONSERVATIVE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- Y'ALL KNOW I THINK Y'ALL ARE A LITTLE TOO CONSERVATIVE. WHEN Y'ALL TALK ABOUT RISK I'M LIKE, IS IT REALLY A RISK? I KNOW ERIK SAID MORE RISKY BUT I'M LIKE, IS IT REALLY? SO ON THE FEEDBACK. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THE BONDS, AT LEAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, A LITTLE MORE OFTEN IN THOSE BITE SIZES, IF IT IS THE $500 MILLION AND THEN ANOTHER $500 MILLION IN TWO TO THREE YEARS, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT GO EITHER MAY OF 2026, IF THAT'S TOO SHORT OF A NOTICE, THEN IT HAS TO GO BY FALL OF 2026. AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT IF 2028 IS THE NEXT ROUND IN FALL OR -- IN MAY OR FALL. I LIKE KEEPING IT IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THE -- WE'VE ALREADY GOT AN ELECTION GOING ON IN NOVEMBER OF 2026. BUT I AM NOT OPPOSED TO MAY BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN OTHER SCHOOL ELECTIONS HAPPEN. IF I COULD GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. IN TERMS OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STORMWATER FEE AND LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE -- AND THIS IS FOR BOTH MIKE AND RAZI TOO -- IS WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE I NEED TO SEE WHERE THE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE BUILDUP IS COMING IN SOME OF OUR CREEKS AND DRAINAGEWAYS. IF IT IS COMING FROM ENCAMPMENTS, IF IT IS COMING FROM THE SHOPPING CARTS, LARGE FURNITURE, WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND WRITE POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT FROM GETTING INTO THE CREEKWAYS, THE DRAINAGE DITCHES. I KNOW SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT 3 ALONG THE BROOKS AND MILITARY DRIVE IS AT ONE POINT WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE SIX TO EIGHT SHOPPING CARTS IN ONE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCHES. WE'VE GOT TO HELP THE PROCESS. IF WE ARE JUST MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND THE RAINS COME OR THE FLOODS COME WHEN THEY COME, WE'RE JUST SEEING DAMAGE HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE WERE THINGS IN THERE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THERE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS PROBLEM. IF WE COULD GET THAT. 
          I HOPE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS, ERIK, YOU WANTED IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK. 
          MIKE, THE NEXT STEP IS FOR YOU ON THE CAPITAL AND DELIVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          WHERE IS THE SLIDE ON THE 2017 PROJECTS? YOU KNEW THAT WAS COMING. 
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BECAUSE I HAVE 2017 PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED. SO WHERE ARE WE PRIORITIZING 
          THAT? >> WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          NOT DONE YET. >> 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN, YOU ARE CORRECT. WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS, 2017 AND 2022 FUNDS. ROOSEVELT IS ONE AND PROBANDT AND OTHER. 
          ROOSEVELT AND PROBANDT WAS GOING TO TURN FROM TXDOT TO US. 
          UNFORTUNATELY THEY BACKED OFF THAT IDEA. OUR DESIGN, WE WERE ALMOST DONE. WE HAD TO GO BACK, REDESIGN IT TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND IT'S MOVING FORWARD. BUT, YOU'RE RIGHT. AND ALSO IN DISTRICT 5, THE ZARZAMORA OVERPASS. WE HAVE '17 AND '22 BONDS. BUT THE PROJECT IS MOVING 
          FORWARD. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, JOHN AND RAZI. 
          I KNEW Y'ALL WERE PREPARED FOR THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING. 
          BUT I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BONDS AND WE TALK ABOUT DO WE HAVE TIME, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER AS A COUNCIL THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, IN PARTICULAR TXDOT. AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN EXPECTED. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M FOR MAKING THE BOND CYCLE A LITTLE -- MOVING THAT UP. 
          DOING IT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. BUT UNDERSTANDING IF THERE ARE PARTNERS INVOLVED THAT MOVE SLOWLY OR IT TAKES MORE POLITICAL BACK AND FORTH, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SO FAR, AND THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT BEFORE IT WAS, THAT WAS THE CONCEPTION DOG PARK, THE DISTRICT 3 AQUATIC FACILITY. WE OPENED THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE. MARIA VILLAGOMEZ AND THE LEADERSHIP WITH THE NEW SOUTH SIDE SUBSTATION AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THERE BECAUSE RAZI AND THE 
          TEAM -- I MEAN, IT'S 18 ACRES WE HAVE THERE? >> YES, MA'AM. 
          >> VIAGRAN: 18 ACRES TO WORK WITH. THIS IS JUST INVESTMENT IN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO GROW. AND THE TEAM DOES REALLY WELL WITH THAT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF SEEING HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD. BUT I DO WANT TO MOVE ON IN MY LAST FOUR MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS. RAZI, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RETIRE UNTIL I TERM OUT. BUT I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. 
          IN TERMS OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE SOIL AND THE PROJECTS, I THINK THE IMPORTANCE IS -- SO WITH THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE MAKING, WE ARE NOT SEEING A REDUCTION TO NAMP OR CIP. OR ARE WE SEEING A REDUCTION IN THAT? 
          >> HOSSEINI: YES, WE ARE ON BOTH. >> VIAGRAN: BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THIS WHOLE PROCESS GETS PROBLEMATIC. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK BIGGER -- AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOND COMING A LITTLE MORE FASTER. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME TO PUT A HOLD ON NAMP AND CIP, I'M GOING TO NEED A BOND TO KIND OF DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE BIGGER PROJECTS. BECAUSE FOR DISTRICT 3 IN PARTICULAR, OUR F STREETS, OUR PROBLEMS ARE JUST GOING TO TURN INTO BIGGER PROBLEMS. BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT SOIL WE HAVE OUT THERE. WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING. 
          AND I KNOW THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE AREA. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THAT. THE NUMBER OF F STREETS IN MY DISTRICT ARE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING BUT I STILL HAVE SO MANY D STREETS AND I STILL, AGAIN, HAVE NO STREETS. 
          AND I'VE GOT DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TOOLKIT AND TIRZ AVAILABLE. SO I THINK AS WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER IF WE DON'T KEEP MOVING FORWARD, DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO GET STUCK AND DISTRICT 3, IN PARTICULAR. BECAUSE WHILE I WOULD LOVE CONCRETE STREETS EVERYWHERE, THE FACT IS IF I DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE FIBER AND SAWS DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF PIPES WE HAVE OR HOW OLD THESE PIPES ARE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HELPFUL. YOU CAN PUT CONCRETE STREETS IN BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK -- MY UTILITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND CHANGE IT BECAUSE OF THE OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE. I DON'T HAVE FIBER. YOU KNOW, OUR INTERNET SERVICE, 
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WE'VE GOT TWO. SOMEBODY MENTIONED GOOGLE FIBER. 
          I HAVE AT&T AND SPECTRUM. WE DO NOT HAVE IT UNDERGROUND. THIS IS STRUGGLING. 
          SO WHILE I WANT THE BETTER STREETS, RIGHT NOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. SO IT'S SO MULTILAYERED THAT THAT CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING NEEDS TO START PRIORITIZING WHAT WE'VE GOT IN DISTRICT 3, ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY. AND THE OTHER THING IN TERMS OF THE PROBLEMS, IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE. BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. 
          THAT IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THIS PROBLEM ALSO. SO WE CAN GET THE BEST MATERIALS OUT THERE BUT IF WE STILL HAVE THE HEAT COMING THE WAY WE HAVE THE HEAT COMING AND THEN THE FLOODING COMING -- I TELL MY RESIDENTS IT'S NOT IF, IT'S WHEN THE RAINS COME AND IT FLOODS AGAIN. WE'RE BACK TO THE SAME PROBLEMS WE HAD BEFORE. 
          SO THIS IS GOING TO BE MULTILAYERED. AND SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO BE EFFICIENT BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS THE BOND SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ON THIS PROJECT. AND LAST THING -- AND RAZI, YOU CAN SIT DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS 
          JUST MY SPEECH ON ALLEYWAYS. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR, CAN I ASK YOU TO COME BACK IN THE 
          NEXT ROUND? >> VI COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          >> IF I COULD CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS MOBILITY, SO WE DID A BUDGET -- THERE WAS A BUDGET AMENDMENT APPROVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO INCREASE IT $100,000 PER DISTRICT. THAT WAS A ONE-TIME AMENDMENT. 
          SO IT WAS BACK -- THE 2026 BUDGET IS BACK TO THE 550. THAT WAS A ONE-TIME AMENDMENT. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANKS, EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. I WANTED TO THANK TROY FOR ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS THAT JUSTIN ON MY TEAM HAD REGARDING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. 
          WITH THE APPETITE FROM COUNCIL TO RESTORE THE FUNDING TO CIP, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO HELP SUPPLEMENT CIP FUNDING? 
          >> TODAY THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BASED ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE USE COS TODAY TO SUPPLEMENT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          I GUESS LET ME CLARIFY THAT. BETWEEN OUR MAJOR BOND PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OPERATIONAL NEEDS ON FACILITIES, I.T., AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO EVERY BUDGET WE LOOK AT OUR CIP. WE LOOK AT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WE WILL ACTUALLY 
          ISSUE COS OR TAX NOTES TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT THAT. >> CASTILLO: I'M REFERENCING 
          THE DISTRICT-SPECIFIC CIP ALLOCATION. >> I'M SORRY. 
          >> WALSH: SO WE DID NOT PUT IT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURES WE HAD ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. WE ALSO INCLUDED, WITHIN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, THE $11.5 MILLION FOR UNSEEN AND UNPLANNED WORK WE NEEDED TO DO WITH THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY . OBVIOUSLY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO LOOK AT, WE'LL LOOK AT DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES TO FREE UP SOME DOLLARS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL -- AND MAYBE WE CAN DO IT AS PART OF THE FOLLOW-UP MEMO -- WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF THE SPENDING OF THE CIP. BUT REALLY, IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO DO THAT THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU SOME ALTERNATIVES ON HOW THAT AFFECTS THE CAPITAL 
          BUDGET. >> CASTILLO: I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATIVES. 
          OFTENTIMES WE USE CIP TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MINOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AN EXAMPLE IS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A RESURFACING THAT TURNED INTO A POTENTIAL DRAINAGE PROJECT. SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT BALANCES FOLKS CURRENTLY HAVE. FOR EXAMPLE WITH OUR REMAINING BALANCE WE'RE WORKING ON PARKS ON ADDRESSING A HEAT ISLAND. THE DOLLARS AREN'T NECESSARILY SPENT BUT WE ARE WORKING ON PLANS HOW TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. I'M HOPING WE CAN REVIEW WAYS 
          TO REINSTATE THE IMP DOLLARS. >> THE ONLY THING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN USING COS IS 
          MAKING SURE IT QUALIFIES. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THAT, TROY. 
          I WOULD LIKE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING IN TERMS OF THE POLICY KEY DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR US TO TALK OFFLINE AND FOR ME TO PROVIDE DIRECTION BASED OFF ON SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          TO COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN'S POINT IN TERMS OF TIMING FOR BOND ELECTIONS, IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE CIP RESTORED, WHICH I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE FREQUENCY OF THOSE BOND CYCLES TO HELP MEET THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANKS, TROY. A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MOVING 
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PIECES. WITH THE DISTRICT 5 BUDGET TOWN HALL, MY HEART WAS VERY FULL. 
          ONE, BECAUSE OF THE INPUT THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I THINK IT WAS EVIDENT OF THE WORK OF MY TEAM WITH THEIR DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH AND SO MUCH MORE. ALSO, I HAD ASKED A QUESTION REGARDING HOW MANY OF YOU ALL MAY HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE NEED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THE HANDS RAISED WERE VERY MINIMAL. AND THEN I WAS ASKED TO RESTATE THE QUESTION AND IT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF HANDS. ALL THAT TO SAY I THINK THAT'S THE GREAT WORK OF NOT JUST THE DISTRICT 5 TEAM ATVING FOR INCREASING IMP, CIP, NAMP DOLLARS AND CIP BUT OF COURSE THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTOR STEPHANIE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON BUDGET AND ON TIME WITH THESE PROJECTS. 
          REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. OF COURSE I SEE MARCO AND I KNOW JAMES FOR FOR HIS, MAKING SURE WE'RE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS. 
          A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE FOR MIKE SHANNON. IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THAT MAY NOT BE BOND PROJECTS, IS IT A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THE PROJECT WILL FALL UNDER 
          YOUR UMBRELLA? >> NO. IT'S NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          WE LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A CERTAIN TEAM MEMBER OR A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM COORDINATE THOSE TOGETHER. WE DON'T MOVE FUNDING AROUND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST WHO'S TAKING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ROLE OF THAT. I THINK THE EXAMPLE BEING THE MORE WE CAN HAVE THE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER TO DELIVER THE PROJECT WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          I THINK STILL SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO MOVE 
          MONEY AROUND FROM DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. >> CASTILLO: OKAY. 
          IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPLORE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS AT THE LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND ONE OF THE LAST QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED WAS REGARDING A PROJECT TAKING PLACE. 
          THEY SHARED NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT. I SAID TYPICALLY YOU GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL. SHE SHARED, YEAH, WE GOT THE LETTER. 
          ALSO UNDERSTANDING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE CAN OVERCOMMUNICATE BUT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUES IN TERMS OF WE DIDN'T KNOW. I THINK A WAY TO HELP ADDRESS THAT IS POTENTIALLY THOSE BILLBOARDS FOR IMP PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE THOSE BIGGER. SHE HAD A LETTER WITH HER AND SHE SAID SHE WASN'T AWARE. 
          I WAS LIKE, THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING THAT WORK AND OF COURSE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO OVERCOMMUNICATE. SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION ASKED REGARDING THE COMMUNICATION WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL INTEND TO STREAMLINE? AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS AN APRON, IT WAS NOW A CURB AND CUSTOMERS CAN'T PARK TO ACCESS THE BUSINESS. 
          IS THERE GOING TO BE A COMMUNICATION WITH LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRANSPORTATION 
          TEAM, IN TERMS OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS CAN LOOK LIKE? >> THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, YES, YES. ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FOR IS NOT ONLY TALKING WITH YOU IN YOUR EXPERIENCES AS YOU TALK WITH YOUR RESIDENTS, LIKE THAT ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, TALKING WITH OUR TEAMS, TALKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE'RE ALL THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER. CERTAINLY, THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE 
          YES. >> CASTILLO: THANKS, MIKE. I APPRECIATE IT. 
          RAZI, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH. WHEN I LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS ON THE PRESENTATION, IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S THE RESULT OF A THREE-SIGNATURE MEMO WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND PERRY. YOUR TEAM AND NEFI WHO WAS WITH THE TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT DISTRICT 5 CONTINUES TO RECEIVE THEIR FAIR SHARE OF INVESTMENT. AND OF COURSE ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS MY TEAM MAY HAVE. 
          EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF RAZI AND THE TEAM YOU HAVE. 
          OF COURSE YOUR STORMWATER TEAM IS AMAZING. I KNOW THIS IS A BUDGET MEETING BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD KNOW THE GREAT TEAM YOU HAVE LED OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS AND THE IMPACT THEY HAVE HAD ON DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE KNOWS TODAY IS MY FAVORITE DAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY WORE PURPLE TIES. 
          MIKE, JOHN, ERIK, ANDY. I'M LOVING IT. I WANTED TO -- SEE? WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU WALKED IN. I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH DEBT MANAGEMENT. SO, TROY, CAN I ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? WITH THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, AS WAS MENTIONED, I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. 
          IS IT DECREASING THE M&O RATE TO 2.5%? IS THAT DONE? 
          . >> WALSH: NO, MA'AM, IT'S NOT. 
          >> KAUR: IF IT DOES, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR US. OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT HAVE AS 
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MUCH CAPACITY IF WE DO NOT INCREASE OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. 
          >> M&O IS SEPARATE FROM THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. THE M&O IS STATUTORILY GOVERNED BECAUSE OF THE CAP. THE DEBT SERVICE DOESN'T APPLY TO OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. 
          >> KAUR: I UNDERSTAND BUT OUR TOTAL TAX RATE IMPACTS WHAT WE CAN TAKE OUT, ALL OF OUR BOND 
          CAPACITY AND ET CETERA, RIGHT? >> NO. ONLY THE 21 CENTS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR DEBT SERVICE, OUR BOND CAPACITY. THE 33 CENTS IS GOING TO FUND 
          $460 MILLION GOES TO THE FUND OUR OPERATIONS. >> KAUR: THE ONLY THING THE 
          M&O IS GOING TO AFFECT IS GENERAL? >> WALSH: YES. 
          >> KAUR: WE SHOULD AT LEAST CAPITALIZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO TRY TO TAKE ON -- ALMOST LIKE 
          ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THAT. >> CERTAINLY, IF YOU INCREASE THE TAX RATES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CAPACITY FOR MORE PROJECTS. 
          >> KAUR: I'M SAYING IF WE HAVE AN IMPACT TO OUR M&O AND OUR GENERAL FUND GETS HIT, DOES 
          THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YEAH, YOU COULD, BASED ON ANY CAPITAL IN THE GENERAL 
          FUND, YOU COULD SHIFT THAT TO THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. >> KAUR: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF THAT HAPPENS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH -- WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO INCREASE OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE LOSS WE HAVE IN OUR GENERAL FUND? 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> FOR CAPITAL NEEDS. >> KAUR: YEAH, FOR CAPITAL NEEDS. ALL RIGHT. SO FREQUENCY OF BOND PROGRAMS. THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED THERE. THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE FACED WITH MY COMMUNITY FOR BOND PROGRAMS IS AS SOON AS THE BOND PASSES, PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED. AND WHEN I HAVE TALKED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM PREVIOUSLY, IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT THAT IS NEVER THE INTENT. THAT IT IS ALWAYS AN INTENT TO DO A PHASED FIVE-YEAR APPROACH. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE GET OUR PUBLIC WORKS MONTHLY UPDATES, IT SAYS IN DESIGN FOR THREE YEARS AT A TIME. 
          AND SO IF THAT WERE TO CHANGE, IF WE WERE TO DO SHORTER TIMELINES, I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR FOLKS. BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE EXPECTING A PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED IN A YEAR THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT PLANNED FOR YEAR FIVE. THE SECOND CHALLENGE WITH THE FIVE-YEAR PERIODS IS THAT FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED IN FIVE YEARS. SO ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FACILITIES, LIKE FIVE YEARS IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE CHANGED FOR OUR PARKS AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS. IT'S HARD TO PREDICT THAT FAR IN ADVANCE WHAT THE NEED IS. SO I THINK IF WE CAN TURN AROUND PROJECTS QUICKER, OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BETTER PIVOT AND ADJUST FOR WHAT THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          SO MAYBE ONE YEAR THE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER PARK UPGRADE IS NEEDED AND IN A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT MIGHT CHANGE. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT -- I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT IF WE DO DO A BOND IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. AND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FOR EVERYONE IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AS FAR AS THE STORMWATER REVENUE BOND, MY QUESTION IS THE SLIDE WITH $25 MILLION. IS THAT THE CAPACITY LEFT ON IT 
          OR IS THAT HOW MUCH WE COULD CALL? >> THAT'S WHAT'S LEFT ON THE 
          BOND THAT WE HAVE TO PAY OFF. >> KAUR: HOW MUCH CAN WE CALL ON THAT? 
          >> THE FULL $24.5 MILLION IS CURRENTLY CALLED. >> KAUR: NOT ON THIS ONE BUT IF WE WERE TO REISSUE A STORMWATER REVENUE BOND, WHAT WOULD ITS CAPACITY BE? 
          >> IF Y'ALL WANT ME TO LOOK AT IT, WE WILL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND COME BACK TO 
          Y'ALL WITH A RECOMMENDATION. >> KAUR: I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THAT. 
          I THINK IF WE CAN TIE IT TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO WAS SAYING IS THAT STREET REPAIR IS OFTEN TIED TO DRAINAGE. IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MANY OF OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES, IF WE DID THEM WITH STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS, WOULD AFFECT SOME OF OUR STREET RATINGS. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPACTING WHAT WE WOULD NEED FROM OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. FOR CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT, MIKE, YOU HAVE BEEN SO GREAT ALREADY COMING TO MEETINGS AND MEETINGS WITH FOLKS. 
          I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS FOR YOU SO WE COULD DO WEEKLY MEETINGS AND I COULD GIVE YOU ALL THE IDEAS. WE NEED A DASHBOARD. WE NEED A PUBLIC WORKS UPDATED DASHBOARD. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE IMP ONE LAST WEEK BUT WE NEED A DASHBOARD. WE NEED TO SEE THE TIMELINE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK ON A STREET AND IT SAYS EXPECTED TO BE WORKED ON APRIL OF 2026. DASHBOARD THAT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING SOURCES, PERCENTAGE OF WORK COMPLETED, PROJECT MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION THAT'S EASY TO USE THAT DOESN'T TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOAD. ALL OF THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FILTER BY IMP, BY BOND. 
          BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK ON A STREET AND KNOW ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILWOMAN. THERE IS AN EXISTING DASHBOARD THAT HAS LOTS OF WHAT YOU'RE 
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DESCRIBING. HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT IT SOME 
          MORE. BUT -- >> KAUR: IT DOESN'T GIVE PROJECT UPDATES ON IT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO. THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPOSED TO IS. AND IT'S ALSO NOT USER FR FRIENDLY. 
          ALSO I WOULD ARGUE THAT PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- YOU MENTIONED THIS. 
          IT'S STAKEHOLDERS. IT STARTS FROM THE BEGINNING. WE NEED TO GET TIMELINES IN THE BEGINNING VERSUS RETROACTIVELY AFTER IT'S COMPLETE. ESPECIALLY FOR BIG STREET BOND PROGRAM, LET'S SHOW THEM THE TIMELINE AND ASK THEM ON THE FRONT END IS ANYTHING GOING TO COMPLETELY CONFLICT HERE. IS THERE A CONCERT HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AS MUERTOS FEST THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. 
          I THINK THAT, STARTING IN NOVEMBER, IS SUPER IMPORTANT. THE RA BA KISNER IS IMPORTANT . I THINK THEY CAN PROVIDE OVERSIGHT. 
          WE HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT IN OUR BUDGET HOW DO WE SUPPORT C&E BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING SO MUCH. I THINK THEY WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO PUBLIC WORKS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION. SOMETIMES YOU SAW IT. WE GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE SENT OUT LAST WEEK AND WHAT IS THIS TRYING TO SAY. 
          >> I'LL JUMP IN ANDND SAY I THIK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CERTAINLY USE OUR C&E STAFF. 
          I TALKED TO ALANNA ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER -- I KNOW SHE HELPED ME A LOT WITH MY DSD TEAM AND HOW WE WOULD COMMUNICATE TO DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND DIFFERENT SIZE GROUPS FROM GRASSROOTS TO LARGE ORGANIZATIONS. SOME OF IT WE NATURALLY DID WELL OURSELVES. AND SOME OF IT I THINK OUR C&E TEAM DOES EXTREMELY WELL. 
          WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO BRIDGE THOSE WITH OUR TEAM STAYING WITH OUR CAPITAL DELIVERY ALONG WITH RESOURCES THAT ALANNA AND HER TEAM BRING TOGETHER. THAT'S WHY I PUT IT UP HERE. 
          IT'S AN IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION THAT I THINK OUR CONSULTANTS SAW AND IT'S 
          SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY JUMP INTO. >> KAUR: I AGREE. 
          THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT'S A PRIORITY. THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO COMMENT ON WAS THE COST ESTIMATING PIECE WHERE YOU MENTIONED THE COST ESTIMATING ISN'T ALWAYS THE SAME. COST ESTIMATING IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH AND IT'S HARD FOR US. WE JUST HAD THIS CHALLENGE WITH MAVERICK PARK WHERE THE COST ESTIMATES CAME OUT TOO HIGH. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT TOOL AND THE STANDARDIZATION OF THAT GO INTO EFFECT. AND THEN COMMUNICATING THAT TO US AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL SO WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. AND FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO GET BIDS ON THINGS. 
          MAYBE IT'S JUST PEOPLE, BUT PRIVATE FOLKS, WHEN I TELL THEM HOW MUCH THINGS COST IN PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE SHOCKED. MAYBE FOLKS KNOWING WE'RE THE CITY SO THEY INCREASE THE BIDS FOR US. BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE GET MORE NEGOTIATING 
          HEAVY ON SOME OF THE BIDS THAT COME BACK. >> WALSH: COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK MIKE HAS ON THE SLIDE THE INFLATION AND CONTINGENCY ASSUMPTIONS. 
          ESPECIALLY NOW THERE'S A LOT OF -- THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS IN TERMS OF CONCRETE, ASPHALT, AND STEEL AND SO FORTH. AND I GET ACCUSED OF THIS AS CITY MANAGER BECAUSE I WANT ALL OF THIS FOR THIS AMOUNT. AND PARTLY IS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE SET THOSE BUDGETS THAT THEY'RE REALISTIC. AND TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO PROJECTS RATHER THAN TRYING TO SPREAD THEM ACROSS. WE STRUGGLE WITH THAT INTERNALLY. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THOSE CONTINGENCY ASSUMPTIONS IN EVERY PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT, WHETHER IT'S JUSTJUST, YOU KNOW, A BLOCK OF SIDEWALKS OR THREE STREETS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          >> KAUR: THE LAST THING I'LL END WITH FOR YOU, MIKE, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO COME BACK TO A TRANSITION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR SHOES ALREADY AND TALK ABOUT GOALS THAT YOU HAVE FOR COMMUNICATION, FOR OUTREACH. LET'S SET SOME NUMERIC OUTCOME-BASED GOALS. I'LL COME BACK FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          >> WALSH: MAYOR, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE STORMWATER BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED, AS WE WORK ON BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS, LAYER IN SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE STORMWATER FEE. 
          BECAUSE THAT LIKEWISE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE CAPACITY. AND JUST AT LEAST GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO REACT TO. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DO AS WELL. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANKS, MAYOR. 
          FIRST ON THE DEBT, I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT -- IT JUST STUCK OUT TO ME THAT OUR DEBT OBLIGATION 
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FROM 2012 TO 2022 HAS RISEN ABOUT $600 MILLION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. THE SAME WITH OUR NON-VOTER APPROVED DEBT AS WELL FROM 2012 TO 2022, IT'S INCREASED ABOUT 200%. I THINK WE'VE GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS TO ME THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL TAX RATE THAT ISN'T GOING TO STREETS OR SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING. 
          IT'S GOING TO DEBT SERVICE. JEFF, YOU MENTION IT HAD PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT'S AT THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A POSITION IN OPPOSITION TO THAT, 
          ARE WE? >> COYLE: WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A FORMAL POSITION, PERIOD. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVING FAST THROUGH THE SPECIAL SESSION. >> WHYTE: AND I HOPE THAT WE CERTAINLY DON'T AND THAT WE DON'T OPPOSE THAT BILL. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS THIS COULD HAVE TO CITY REVENUE DOWN THE LINE, BUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS THAT ALL TEXANS, INCLUDING THOSE IN OUR CITY, ARE VERY, VERY MUCH IN NEED OF AND SO I HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT 
          GOING TO TAKE ANY SORT OF OPPOSING POSITION. >> COYLE: I'LL JUST SAY, COUNCILMAN, REAL QUICK, THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT THE BEST CITY TO MAKE THE CASE ANYWAY THIS SESSION. WE'RE WELL BELOW THE 3.5. THAT HASN'T BEEN A FACTOR. 
          SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES WHO ARE ENGAGED ON IT. BUT WE HAVE ADJUSTMENT IN OUR 
          BUDGET IF WE NEEDED TO WITH THE TAX RATE. >> WHYTE: I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE NOW BUT, AGAIN, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS MUCH NEEDED AROUND THE STATE. 
          ON TO CAPITAL DELIVERY -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE TERRY IS. I WANTED TO TALK WITH TERRY. 
          THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS WE WANT, RIGHT? MORE CIP MONEY, MORE NAMP MONEY. YOU KNOW, ALL THINGS THAT I AGREE WITH. 
          BUT WE CANNOT HAVE IT ALL. $4.8MILLION FOR HOMELESS HOTELS. 
          $100,000 TO HIRE LAWYERS FOR PEOPLE. 100 GRAND LAST YEAR TO A MUSEUM IN MEXICO. $500,000 FOR ART MAINTENANCE. LIKE, YOU GOT ALL THIS IN THE BUDGET YET, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU SAY -- WE ALL SAY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT'S A CORE SERVICE. IT'S A PRIORITY. WE NEED TO BE PUTTING OUR MONEY THERE. WE CANNOT HAVE IT ALL. I AGAIN WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ADJUSTMENTS WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON CORE CITY SERVICES, THE BASICS. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, YOU'RE FAVORITE SUBJECT, IS OF COURSE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS WHAT MY RESIDENTS ARE CALLING ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND I THINK IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO, MIKE, ON THE CAPITAL DELIVERY, ONE OF YOUR SLIDES UP THERE TALKED ABOUT FINISHING PROJECTS ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. MY QUESTION HERE WOULD BE I LOVE THAT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? REALLY, A LOT OF THAT COMES DOWN TO HOW WE SELECT CONTRACTORS. RIGHT? WE HAVE TO SELECT CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE A GOOD HISTORY, IN MY OPINION, OF COMPLETING PROJECTS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. 
          WE NEED TO BE HIRING THEM BASED ON MERIT AND REALLY NOTHING ELSE. 
          SO, WHAT'S THE PLAN THERE? >> WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE KNOW THERE'S SOME GOOD CONTRACTORS OUT THERE THAT PRODUCE QUALITY WORK ON TIME, UNDER BUDGET REGULARLY AND SOME THAT DON'T. CERTAINLY, I HAVE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THEM. 
          I HEARD FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS CONTRACTOR IS GREAT TO WORK WITH AND OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH. WE HAVE SOME TOOLS IN PLACE ALREADY. RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ORDINANCE. WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO ADD OR MODIFY TO THAT. 
          THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE BRING TO THIS BODY. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING A CONTRACT OR COMING IN ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. YOU KNOW, AND THEN JUST TO BE QUITE FRANK, WE NEED TO DEVELOP 
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SOME METRICS INTERNALLY THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO BECAUSE NOT -- CONSTRUCTION IS MESSY. IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S CHALLENGING BUT THERE'S A ROLE THAT WE PLAY AS WELL. I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR OUR TEAM TO DEVELOP SOME METRICS WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE CAN SHOW YOU OUR GOALS AN METRICS AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. 
          IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. BUT WORKING WITH QUALITY CONTRACTORS IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE TOP WAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S STREETS, 
          >> WHYTE: GREAT. >> SEGOVIA: COUNCILMAN, IF I MIGHT CLARIFY, WHEN WE REPER TO THE RESPONSIBLE -- REFER TO THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, IT REFERS TO STATE BID WHICH UNDER STATE LAW WE HAVE TO DO. 
          ON LOW BID, WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE LOW BID. >> WHYTE: I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED INCENTIVES, BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED IT THESE WEEK AT SOME POINT, AND I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT. 
          AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN PUT MONEY IN THESE CONTRACTS, INCENTIVES, PENALTIES, ET CETERA, I THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT. 
          INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SEPARATING DELIVERY AND MAINTENANCE AND STRENGTHENING COORDINATION AND ELIMINATING SILOS, WHAT'S THE GENERAL PLAN ON HOW 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT? >> SHANNON: RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WANT TO SET THE EXPECTATION THAT COMMUNICATING IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 
          THE EXAMPLE I THINK THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN USED THAT WE HAD SEPTEMBER OUT -- WE HAD SENT OUT THE CARD,  SHE HAD IT IN HER HAND TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T LAND WELL FOR THAT RESIDENT. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHY. IT WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE PERFECT, BUT OUR STANDARD HAS TO BE EXCELLENT OVERCOMMUNICATION. JUST COMMUNICATING, JUST SENDING OUT AN E-MAIL -- AND WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THAT. 
          WE'RE DOING A LOT ALREADY BECAUSE I'VE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT, BUT REALLY SITTING DOWN TALKING WITH PEOPLE, I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN HAD TALKED ABOUT VERY EARLY ON SETTING THE STAGE, OPTIONS, BIG CRITICAL ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, HEY, WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT'S WORKING WELL? I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT. BUT CLEARLY SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ON CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS AT CERTAIN STAGES AND WE NEED TO BUILD PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE CAN STICK TO AND BE CONSISTENT. AND THEN, AGAIN, HOW EFFECTIVE OUR COMMUNICATION IS, I THINK WE NEED TO MEASURE THAT AS WELL. 
          I'M NOT EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE IT YET, BUT WE WILL. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL TELL US, ARE WE MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THAT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. IS IT QUALITY PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED? SO I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FOR THAT ONE YET, BUT I HAVE SOME IDEAS, AND I REALLY WANT TO SET THE VISION AND FOCUS THAT 
          WE HAVE TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ON THAT. >> WHYTE: GREAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC WORKS, I DO WANT TO VOICE, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT US TO REDUCE OUR CIP DOLLARS, I DON'T WANT US TO REDUCE OUR NAMP 
          MONEY. >> WANT TO REDUCE IT FROM WHERE WE WERE. IS THAT NOT WHAT I SAID EARLIER? I DON'T WANT TO REDUCE IT. 
          >> WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR THIS STUFF. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT -- THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR. 
          OUT OF CYCLE NAMP REQUESTS, I SAW -- I SAW THAT IN THERE, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS WE NEED TO REDUCE OUT OF CYCLE NAMP REQUESTS. 
          WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THERE? >> HOSSEINI: WE DO TWO ROUND, EACH ROUND IS EIGHT PROJECTS, MULTIPLY BY TWO, 16. 
          THEN MULTIPLY THAT BY 10 COUNCIL, THAT'S 160. WHEN WE ADD OUT OF CYCLE ADDITIONAL AND WHEN YOU END UP SELECTING ONLY -- I DON'T MEAN YOU, JUST OVERALL, 49% OF THE PROJECTS SELECTED, JUST COST ESTIMATE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THOSE, NOT REALLY DELIVERING THE 
          PROJECT YOU'RE WANTING. >> WALSH: SO WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING, NOT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE SUGGESTING AND WE CAN WORK ON IT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, FOR THE F FISCAL YEAR '27 BUDGET, THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR NAMP PROJECTS ARE AND WE WOULD PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET ORDINANCE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026 SO WE CAN START EXECUTING. 
          BUT I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF YOU THAT THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED. 
          >> WHYTE: YEAH. >> WALSH: YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. WHAT THEY LAID OUT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK IT GOES MORE TO PROCESS, BUT NOT IN THIS 
          YEAR'S BUDGET. >> WHYTE: OKAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING. THE FLEXIBILITY, I THINK, WE ALL APPRECIATE AND NEED. SO, RAZI, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. >> WALSH: ONE OTHER 
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THING, REALLY NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A MAJOR PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THE MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THAT HAVE GIVEN ME GRAY HAIR, AND THEY ALL DEAL WITH UTILITY COORDINATION. AND IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT YOU ALL APPROVED THE NEW ILA WITH THE UTILITY AND CPS, SAWS, TO MAKE THEM EITHER SIGNATU SIGNATORIES TO OUR CONTRACTS OR COORDINATE AND OVERSEE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT'S LESS OF AN ISSUE WITH CPS BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THAT MANY UNDERGROUND GAS LINES, IT'S BEEN MORE OF AN ISSUE WITH SAWS. 
          I THINK WE'RE WORKING BETTER WITH SAWS, AS WE LOOK AT COUNCILMAN MUNGIA, COUNCILMAN GALVAN, THE MARBACH PROJECT, THE SAWS COMPONENT ON THAT. AS WE GO INTO THAT PROJECT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO COORDINATE, RATHER THAN HAVE THE CITY UNDERTAKE THE UTILITY WORK ON BEHALF OF SAWS. SO THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE THAT I'M LOOKING TO SEE SOME BENEFIT ON. AND IT'S AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THANKS, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN MEZA 
          GONZALES. >> GONZALES: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO START WITH THE DEBT MANAGEMENT. 
          SO QUICKLY JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THE DEBT FINANCING OPTION ON THE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS. ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE SMALLER PACKAGES, SUPPORT THE SMALLER PACKAGES, BUT MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE CRITICAL NEEDS, FLOODING INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE. 
          HOUSING I KNOW WAS MENTIONED, SO WOULD THAT BE THE PLAN, I GUESS, ON HOW THOSE ARE STRUCTURED VERSUS HOW THEY ARE NOW WITH PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING GOES IN, IF WE DO THOSE SMALLER PACKAGES? 
          >> COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM YOU AS A BODY ON WHAT WOULD GO IN THOSE SMALLER PACKAGES. 
          >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR DEBT MANAGEMENT. 
          JUST MAKING SURE I GOT THAT NOTED THAT SUPPORTING THAT SHORTER PACKAGES, THOSE SMALLER PACKAGES AND USING THOSE STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS, SO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. FOR THE CAPITAL DELIVERIES, WE'VE TRIED THIS BEFORE, RIGHT, WHERE WE'VE SEPARATED PUBLIC 
          WORKS AND CAPITAL DELIVERY? >> WALSH: YES. 
          YES, THE CITY WENT THROUGH THAT CYCLE IN HISTORY. 
          >> GONZALEZ: SO JUST MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME, RIGHT? 
          >> WALSH: ROGER THAT GONL. >> GONZALEZ: THAT WOULD BE GREAT, RIGHT? JUST SAYING THAT TO THE ROOM, NOT LOOKING AT ANYBODY WHEN I SAY THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT -- I WAS LOOKING AT THE BOND DASHBOARD AS I WAS TALKING -- SPEAKING OF DASHBOARDS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD, 14% OF MY PROJECTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, THAT'S A COMPLETION RATE RIGHT NOW. THERE'S ONLY FOUR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ABOVE 20% COMPLETION RATE. I KNOW THEY VARY AND I KNOW PROJECTS ARE -- IT'S NOT EVERY PROJECT, BUT THAT NUMBER JUST SEEMS SO SMALL. AND CURIOUS WHY OR HOW OR -- WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT 
          THAT? >> YEAH, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN KAUR MADE THE POINT FOR US FROM THE BEGINNING WE INTEND FOR THE BOND CYCLE TO BE 
          PHASED, RIGHT. >> GONZALEZ: YEAH. >> AND MAYBE WHICH NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ABOUT COMMUNICATING ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S ALWAYS BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHEN PROJECTS ARE GOING TO START. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM GO UNDER DESIGN WORK AND THEY'RE DELIVERED IN PHASES, COUNCILWOMAN. THAT'S INTENTIONAL, SO 
          MAYBE THE DASHBOARD NEEDS TO REFLECT THAT. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. AND I THINK SLIDE 4 TALKS ABOUT STREET MAINTENANCE, HOW WE FALL BEHIND ON THIS. WE HAVE EXAMPLES ON THIS, I KNOW EVERY DISTRICT DOES, BUT DE ZAVALA AND PRUE ROAD ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF DISTRICT EIGHT. IF YOU SAY PRUE ROAD, THE WOODRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT, SO IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE ON THESE PROJECTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO WOODRIDGE. 
          AND PART OF THAT, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, TOO, WITH THE CONTRACTOR CAPACITY AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH ANY SORT OF INCENTIVES OR PENALTIES FOR THESE CONTRACTORS. ALSO DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF, LIKE, MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM FOR THESE CONTRACTORS? HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? I KNOW WE HAVE THAT IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          >> 
          >> GONZALEZ: CAN WE DO THEM ALL? >> HOSSEINI: ON THAT PRUE ROAD WE HAD CONTRACT THAT HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEM. 
          JOHN AND I GOT THE FUNDING COMPANY -- IT WAS TOO LATE TO FIRE THE 
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CONTRACTOR BECAUSE IT WAS MAJORITY OF THE WORK DONE. 
          WE WORKED WITH THE BONDING COMPANY AND CONTRACTED -- OF COURSE, 
          YOU KNOW WE FINISHED THE PROJECT. >> GONZALEZ: DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE CONTRACT -- THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM FOR THESE 
          PROJECTS? >> WALSH: WE DO, UNDER CERTAIN SOLICITATIONS. 
          NOT UNDER LOW BID, BUT WHEN WE DO SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS, HORIZONAL AND VERTICAL WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK OR COMPETITIVE 
          SEALED PROPOSAL. >> HOSSEINI: OR DESIGN-BUILD. 
          >> WALSH: WE CAN ENCOURAGE THOSE TO BE PART OF THAT. 
          >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND THEN ON THE -- I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT OVERCOMMUNICATING A LOT, BUT MAKING SURE IT'S TIMELY COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST OVERCOMMUNICATING. 
          WE RAN INTO A PROBLEM A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAVE A BOND PROJECT ON GEORGE ROAD, LOW WATER KRO CROSSING, AND FOLKS GOT NOTICE OF THAT THE DAY OF. SO THEY WENT TO THE HARDBERGER PARK AND NOBODY WAS THERE, SO WE HAD TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE. 
          SO JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S TIMELY COMMUNICATION. 
          AND WE REALLY ARE THE BEST FOLKS TO GO TO WITH, YOU KNOW, THESE COMMUNICATION GOALS YOU HAVE BECAUSE A LOT OF US HAVE COME OFF OF CAMPAIGNING, SO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING INFORMATION AND SO JUST REALLY LOOK TO US AS A RESOURCE IN HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO RESIDENTS. AND THEN IS THERE A SPECIFIC -- I GUESS IS THAT INTERNALLY WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT, A COMMUNICATION'S PERSON, 
          OR ARE YOU BORROWING FROM C & E? >> SHANNON: RIGHT NOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS A COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE AND LEAVE THEM IN CAPITAL DELIVERY, SOME OF THOSE WILL STAY WITH PUBLIC WORKS. CERTAINLY, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COORDINATION THERE, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOU SHARED IT, COMMUNICATING TO A BOND PROJECT, SOME OF THE SAME CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTAINLY AN IMP PROJECT THAT STAYS WITH PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO BE -- WE NEED SOME CONSISTENCY THERE AND COLLABORATION, SO THAT'S OUR STRATEGY RIGHT NOW IS TO JUST KIND OF PUT SOME IN CDD AND SOME IN PUBLIC WORKS AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO 
          BE EFFECTIVE. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL FOR CAPITAL. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC WORKS. 
          JUST REALLY REITERATING WHAT OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID ABOUT SUPPORTING NAMP A AND CIP. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THOSE CIP DOLLARS ARE HELPFUL TO US IN OUR DISTRICTS, MAKING SURE THOSE SMALL PROJECTS DON'T BECOME LARGER AND MORE HAZARDOUS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THAT INVESTMENT. 
          AND I THINK ALSO, AGAIN, SUPPORT EFFORTS ON OUR FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO-ANGUIANO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMAN KAUR MADE A GOOD POINT THAT THEY'RE TIED WITH DAMAGE, I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO THAT. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION, WHAT FACTORS DO WE CONSIDER WHEN WE MAKE THE DECISION TO TAKE OUT BONDS, AND HOW DO WE KNOW IF PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE 
          ENOUGH REVENUE TO PAY THAT BACK. >> ELLIOTT: WE LOOK OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE, IT'S ANALYSIS, AND BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE PLAN THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE  ASSUMPTIONS. 
          >> CASTILLO-ANGUIANO: OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. WE MENTIONED A BOND ELECTION IN 2026, PARTICULARLY FOR PROJECT MARVEL, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO BRING IT UP, BUT DO WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A '27 BOND PROGRAM AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? 
          >> ELLIOTT: I THINK IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON A LOT OF THE FACTORS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IN TERMS OF THE FREQUENCY, THE TIMING, LOOKING AT THE TAX RATE. BASED ON ALL THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, LIKE WE MENTIONED WE CAN COME BACK WITH A CAPACITY ANALYSIS, AND ALSO DETERMINED THE PROPER TIMING FOR THAT BOND 
          PROGRAM. >> WALSH: SO COUNCILMAN, RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, THE NEXT PLANNED, ACCORDING TO OUR PLANS, MUNICIPAL BOND PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY OF 2027, SO PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT INITIATED IN TROY'S PRESENTATION IS DO WE LOOK AT THE FACTORS AND 
          ASSUMPTIONS TO POSSIBLY DO IT EARLIER IN 2026. >> CASTILLO-ANGUIANO: MMM. 
          >> WALSH: AND SO IF THE ANSWER IS YES, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, THEN THERE WOULD NOT BE A 20/27. 2027. WE'RE PULLING IT UP EARLY. AND THEN WE WOULD SET THE FREQUENCY OF HOW OFTEN WE DO IT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. 
          THAT HELPS CLARIFY. LET'S GO TO CAPITAL DELIVERY. 
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I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS, VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION WITH THE ACS ANIMAL HOSPITAL. I KNOW OUR DISTRICT FOUGHT PRETTY HARD FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE 2027 BOND. 
          SO WE WANT TO STAY UPDATED. PUBLIC WORKS, SO THE REVAMP ON THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, THIS IS PROBABLY EXCITING AND THIS PROBABLY TIES INTO CAPITAL DELIVERIES AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE JUST HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS BEING REDONE AND THEN WE HAVE GOOGLE FIBER AND OTHER UTILITIES KIND OF JUST TEARING IT UP. AND THIS COULD PROBABLY JUST BE A COMMUNICATION ISSUE AS WELL, SO I THINK OVERCOMMUNICATING IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO. I WANT TO ECHO MY SUPPORT, OF COURSE, WITH NAMP AND CI PIVMENT DOLLARS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS BETWEEN BUDGET CYCLES, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE PCI SCORE AND F STREET MILES 
          ARE PER DISTRICT. >> HOSSEINI: WE HAVE THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          PERFECT THAT.  CLARIFIES IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS? >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I GUESS I WANT TO START WITH CONGRATULATIONS RAZI AND MIKE -- RAZI FOR RETIRING AND MIKE ON YOUR PERCEIVED PROMOTION, I GUESS. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> SPEARS: BUT LET ME SEE HERE. I THINK I WANT TO START WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT. SO, TO ME, YOU DEFINITELY GO HAND-IN-HAND, BUT THIS IS CORE SERVICES. I AM SERIOUSLY FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR SPENDING, BUT I DO SEE ALREADY IN THE SHORT TERM TIME I'VE BEEN HERE THE NEED FOR THE CIP AND THE NAMP IN MY DISTRICT. 
          I DO HAVE 14 PROJECTS FROM THE '22 BOND THAT WE DID FOR D9, ONLY THREE COMPLETE, TWO IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE REST ARE IN DESIGN. 
          AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE BREAKING DOWN THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON TIMELINESS AND TRYING TO KEEP THE COST DOWN. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN KAUR, THEY DO DI -- THEY EXPECT IT LIKE NOW, THE MINUTE THEY VOTE, THEY WANT IT DONE. 
          SO IT'S VERY HARD THERE. I WANTED TO ASK IF WE CAN FOCUS ON IN DISTRICT 9, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THIS INCLUDES COLLABORATING WITH THE UTILITIES AND WITH TXDOT, BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTING MY SMALL BUSINESSES A LOT AND THE DETOURS ON TOP OF THE DETOURS ARE KILLING US, LIKE WE'RE GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS FOR -- AND IT'S -- IT'S REALLY IMPACTING EVEN THE ROADS THEN, BUT I AGREE THIS COMMUNICATION PIECE COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL AND HOW OUR OFFICE CAN HELP AND HOW WE CAN COME UP WITH IDEAS, TOTALLY WILLING IN MY OFFICE TO DO THAT. 
          THE STORMWATER, I NOTICED THERE WAS NOTHING THERE IN DISTRICT 9, YET I HEAR CONSTANTLY ABOUT FLOODING ISSUES IN DISTRICT 9. AND WE CAN'T OVERLOOK THE COUNTY IMPACT, AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEY DEVELOP, TOO, IN THEIR ETJ AND THEY MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THEY PAY THE FILO AS WELL, AND THE DEVELOPERS PAY IT IN AND WE DO OUR OWN ASSESSMENT AND GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YET THEY'RE FLOODING OUT MY NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I'M FRUSTRATED WITH IT, AND NOW I HAVE TO LOOK AT PUTTING IT IN A BOND WHEN -- WHEN -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I FEEL LIKE THE FEES ARE THERE, THAT'S WHY WE DO IT FOR THE IMPERVIOUS COVER. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT. I KNOW I'M JUST EXPRESSING A LITTLE FRUSTRATION THERE, BECAUSE WE'RE OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE, SO IT SEEMS SUPER IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH STORMWATER IN D9. BUT THIS IS A CORE SERVICE AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO. AND I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT. MY NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS JUST LOVE IT, SO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. BUT I WOULD -- AND I DO, TOO, WANT TO SEE THE COORDINATION, AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP, ERIK, I HAD IT ON MY LIST, ABOUT THE UTILITY -- WHAT DID I HAVE, SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING, THAT WAS THERE, TOO. SO WHEN WE GET TO DEBT SERVICE, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SO HOW -- SO I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF OUR SHORT-TERM DEBT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO LONG-TERM DEBT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND HOW MUCH OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST WE'VE INCURRED IN DOING SO. AND -- DO YOU KNOW THAT OFFHAND, OR IS THAT A 
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          FOLLOW-UP? >> ELLIOTT: TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK, IN TERMS OF CONVERTING SHORT-TERM TO LONG-TERM, I CAN'T THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT WE'VE DONE THAT. 
          OUR TAX NOTES ARE TYPICALLY THE SHORT-TERM VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THEY HAVE A SHORT AMORTIZATION, WE PAY THEM OFF VERY QUICKLY. 
          I CAN GO BACK AND CONFIRM THAT FOR YOU. SPH 
          >> SPEARS: OKAY. AND ARE WE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR RESERVES? I KNOW THAT WOULD BE A KEY. YOU HAVE THAT ON SLIDE 12 
          AS BEING -- >> ELLIOTT: THAT'S A MAJOR ASSUMPTION AND A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF OUR DEBT SERVICE PLAN, I GUESS I CALL IT A SHOCK 
          ABSORBER IN THERE ABOUT 25 MILL. >> SPEARS: AND WE EXPECT 
          TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT. >> ELLIOTT: YES, MA'AM. 
          >> SPEARS: MY INITIAL CONCERNS IS THAT IF WE SHIFT TO MORE FREQUENT BOND ELECTIONS WITH A VARIABLE RATE, IT -- IT WOULD SEEM THAT THAT WOULD YIELD A HIGHER OVERALL RATE AND MAYBE AFFECT OUR CREDIT RATING, 
          IF WE'RE DOING BOTH. NO? >> 
          >> SPEARS: BECAUSE WILL WE NOT BE INCURRING MORE INTEREST-HEAVY PAYMENTS AT THAT POINT, TOO, AND NOT REALLY AFFECTING OUR PRINCIPLE? 
          >> SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHORTENING THE DURATION OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO VARIABLE RATE DEBT. WE'RE STILL ISSUING FIVE-YEAR DEBT. WE MIGHT DO A THREE-YEAR BOND PROGRAM, WE MIGHT DO THEM MORE OFTEN BUT WE'RE STILL DOING FIXED RATE DEBT. 
          >> SPEARS: AND WE'RE NOT TALKING DOING A VARIABLE RATE DEBT. 
          >> NO, MA'AM. THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE 
          WE'VE DONE THAT BUT VERY LIMITED. >> WALSH: BECAUSE OF THE 
          INTEREST COSTS. >> SPEARS: YEAH. OKAY. 
          OKAY. AND I NOTICED, TOO, THAT WE WERE SHIFTING TO AN INTEREST HEAVY BOND PAYMENTS ALREADY. DID WE REFINANCE ALREADY, 
          OR WHAT WAS THE SHIFT IN THAT? >> I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THE INSTANCE YOU'RE TALKING. WE DO -- LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION LIKE THIS, WE DO WORK WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT TO REFINANCE -- FOR REFINANCING OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHEN THEY ARISE, WE 
          TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE. >> SPEARS: OKAY. SO -- AND THAT'S NOT 
          GOING TO LIMIT OUR FUTURE CAPACITY AT ALL? >> ANYTHING WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, IT WOULD HELP US INCREASE OUR CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SAVINGS FROM REFINANCING. 
          >> SPEARS: OKAY. FIVE MINUTES LEFT OVER. WOW. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN I WANTED TO ECHO, TOO, WHAT COUNCILWOMAN KAUR AND COUNCILMAN GALVAN AND COUNCILMAN WHYTE SAID ABOUT THE INCENTIVIZING THE PROJECTS AND PENALIZING AND YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT VEHICLE. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD WITH THE CONTRACTORS, AND IT'S COMPLICATED AND WE DO HAVE TO TAKE THE LOWEST BID, BUT MAYBE IT IS ABOUT BUILDING THAT CASE AT SOME POINT, REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE -- AND, YES, INCENTIVIZING LOCAL PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THEIR BUSINESSES, I THINK THAT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE WAY FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO GET INVOLVED. 
          BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN WE HIT, YOU KNOW, A UTILITY LINE OR SOMETHING AND IT SETS YOU BACK A YEAR AND THEN NOW THEY WANT MORE MONEY AND -- IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR A GALVAN? >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. 
          I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO 5:00 AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS GOOD CONVERSATION. I THINK I'M GOING TO ECHO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS TODAY THAT IT'S BEEN A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE PIECES, IF ANYONE'S COUNTING. I DO WANT TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND CAPITAL DELIVERY, THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH SO I'LL TRY TO GET THEM ALL -- AUDIO] -- ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING THESE PIECES ON TIME, WHETHER IT IS DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SOMETHING I WANT ODD TO ASK ABOUT, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED UTILITIES AND THE ILA WITH THAT, ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT -- MAYBE THIS GOES FOR MAINTENANCE, TOO, A LITTLE BIT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THE MOU WITH THE FIBER COMPANIES AS WELL. 
          >> SHANNON: I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT CERTAINLY CAN. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE AN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ENTRY AGREEMENT THAT APPLIES TO THOSE UTILITIES. THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS FROM STATE LAW THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR US, BUT CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO IF YOU'D 
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          LIKE. >> GALVAN: YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THEN I ALSO THINK MAYBE PO 10  10 SHALY LOOKING AT THE GOOD NIGHT CONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE, THAT'S A TOUGHER ONE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE OUR RESIDENTS MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD, BUT IT IS SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT, TALK TO SOME RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CAL PAIN CYCLE. 
          ONE WEEK IF IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE OVER THREE MONTHS OF A HEADACHE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE WORTH DISCUSSING OR THINKING ABOUT IF YOU WEREN'T ALREADY LOOKING AT IT. 
          >> SHANNON: IT ACTUALLY DID COME UP IN THE FIRST 10 DAYS HERE DOING THIS. 
          I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT ORDINANCE. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM IN THAT ORDINANCE BUT MAYBE IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL EXCEPTIONS WE CAN MODIFY AND LOOK AT OPTIONS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND I'LL WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM THAT OVERSEES THAT AS THEY ISSUE PERMITS. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK THAT CAME UP WITH ONE OF OUR MEETINGS ALREADY. 
          >> GALVAN: GREAT. PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND YESTERDAY I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ABOUT TOMORROW PLAN, BIKE NETWORK, TOD, VISION ZERO, COMPLETE STREETS, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES, I WANTED TO ASK RAZI AND MIKE WHAT DOES THAT COORDINATION LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS AND THE BOND PLARNING AND DELIVERY OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE WORK, WHERE WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE VISION ZERO, MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE ON COMPLETE STREETS AS WELL, WHERE DOES THAT COME IN. 
          >> WE'RE FULLY INTEGRATED WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] WORK. 
          AS BOND PROBABILITIES ARE DELIVERED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,  THOSE PIECES ARE WEAVED INTO THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN AS MAINTENANCE PROJECTS HAVE AVAILABILITY, ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> GALVAN: OKAY. >> SO THOSE ARE FRONT OF MIND BOTH FOR BOTH STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS BUT ALSO ANY SIGNAL WORK THAT'S DONE AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE, ANY SIDEWALK WORK THAT'S DONE. SO, YEAH. 
          >> GALVAN: OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THOSE PIECES THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 
          I THINK THERE ARE SOMETIMES WHERE WE DO SEE -- OF COURSE IT DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT, RIGHT, SIMPLE MILL OVERLAY IS NOT GOING TO BE TOO MUCH THERE. THERE'S STILL THAT LACK OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST THAT'S BEEN PUT IN THERE OR NEED. SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S ALSO A LARGER CONVERSATION ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST PIECE, THIS IS A REQUEST OR CAN WE ALREADY SEE THIS STREET IS DANGEROUS BASED ON OTHER INFORMATION WE ALREADY HAVE AND ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN BE PROACTIVE ON THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THOSE ARE THINGS THAT Y'ALL LOOK AT BUT MAYBE FIGURING OUT SOME 
          WAYS TO GET THINGS MOVING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. SIMILAR QUESTION ON COORDINATION. 
          WITH DRAINAGE, I KNOW THIS WORK ALREADY DOES HAPPEN AS WELL WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY, BUT I WANTED TO ASK A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD OR WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE NOW A LITTLE BIT WITH THE SPECIALTY FUNDING FLOODPLAIN FEATURES, I KNOW THEY'RE UPDATING THEIR CASES AS WELL WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING NATURAL SOLUTIONS, TOO, NOT JUST ALWAYS CONCRETE. 
          >> HOSSEINI: COUNCILMAN, PART OF PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE 11.3 MILLION TO IMPROVE THOSE [INDISCERNIBLE] DAMAGE WHICH WAS CAUSING THE JUNE FLOODING. WE ARE WORKING -- JOHN AND I HAVE ATTENDED MANY OF THE -- SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE FUNDING IMPROVING ALL OF OURS AND THEIR OWN WATER CROSSING. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD CAMERA. TODAY, WE CANNOT REALLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN THERE'S A RAINY DAY. WHEN THERE'S A CAMERA WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE, PEOPLE ARE USING THAT KROSESING, DO WE HAVE TO BARRICADE, WHAT'S THE 
          DANGERS THERE. >> COUNCILMAN, I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THOSE WATERSHED IGNORE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, RIGHT, AND SO THERE'S BEEN A RENEWED EFFORT OF THE GROUP THAT EXISTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW WE'RE TREATING NOT ONLY LOW WATER THE CROSSINGS BUT OUR EXISTING FLOOD MODELS THAT EXIST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ALL THAT IS A PART OF WHAT SARA IS DOING THAT THE COUNTY HAS FUNDED SO WE CAN EM BE SHEN SHUN L ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN THE AREA, IN 
          THE WATERSHED. >> GALVAN: RIGHT, NOT ALWAYS RIGHT AT THE DAMAGE CENTER BUT AROUND, TOO, WHERE THE WATER FLOWS.  ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN IDENTIFY 
          THESE LOCATIONS. >> YEAH, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ACTIVE 
          AND ONGOING AND FRUITFUL. >> GALVAN: GREAT. 
          ON THE STORMWATER FEE, I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS, I THINK -- I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE GOAL SETTING OR THE OTHER PIECE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO ASK IF WE -- IF I CAN GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT RATES ARE FOR STORMWATER FEES AND WHAT THEY ARE FOR DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENT TYPES, I GUESS, OF USAGE, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPES, VARYING FROM SINGLE 
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FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY, C1, C3, ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES. 
          AND LARGELY KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THOSE -- WHAT ARE THOSE STORMWATER FEES COMPARED TO OTHER TEXAS CITIES OR NATIONAL PEER CITIES -- FUND NEEDS BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, BUT, OF COURSE, NOT BE TOO BURDENSOME TO OUR COMMERCIAL USERS AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTIAL USERS. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO THROW OUT THERE AS WELL. AND ON THAT NOTE, I THINK LAST COORDINATION ASK ON INFRASTRUCTURE OVERALL, WHERE DOES THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY COME IN TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK WITH URBAN HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION, COOL NEIGHBORHOODS OR EVEN 
          SOME OF THE LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT WORK? >> YEAH, COUNCILMAN, ABSOLUTELY, YOU MAY BE AWARE, BUT ON THE COOL PAVEMENT EFFORTS THAT ARE INVOLVED THERE, PUBLIC WORKS DELIVERS THOSE. SO THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVE COORDINATION ALSO AROUND WHERE TREES ARE PLACED WITHIN OUR PROJECTS, SO THERE'S AN INTEGRATION INTO WHAT'S GOING ON. IN OUR PREVIOUS BOND CYCLES THERE'S BEEN A A REVIEW OF PROJECTS BY THOSE GROUPS AND HELPING 
          US UNDERSTAND HOW WE MIGHT RANK THEM, SO... >> GALVAN: OKAY. 
          GREAT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING OVERALL FOR THE FUTURE BOND CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, FINDING OUT WAYS IF WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT CAPACITY A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING MET ON A WIDE SCALE, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ONLY DOING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS BUT ONES THAT ARE A BIT MORE NATURAL, RIGHT, NOT ALL THE TIME CONCRETE, OTHER WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH A BETTER SOLUTION AND TO ALSO, IN A WAY, BEAUTIFY, TOO. WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WEST SIDE CREEKS A LOT, DISTRICT SIX IS A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY BUT THEY ALSO FEEL VERY SIMILAR ABOUT THESE PIECES ABOUT -- LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN, LOVE SEEING THIS RENALIZATION, WHEN DOES IT COME OUR WAY, TOO? (NATURALIZATION) I APPRECIATE THE SIDEWALK INDEX THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN USING FOR A WHILE AND WORKING ON, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK CONTINUE WITH EVEN THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WORK. I THINK IT'S A GREAT MODEL WE CAN LOOK AT DELIVERING OUR PROJECTS OR WHAT'S NEEDED ON SPECIFIC LEVELS, LEVELS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INNER CITY AND GOING OUT. 
          A LOT OF MY FOLKS ALSO MENTION MY MOM LIVES IN THE INNER WEST SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE, SO I WOULD RATHER WAIT FOR MY STREET THAT'S MAYBE A B, WHICH OF COURSE ALREADY DOES, WHEN I KNOW MY MOM OR MY DAD IS GETTING -- STILL HAS MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND GAPS. 
          SO I REALLY WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THAT WORK BEING DONE OVER THERE WITH THAT ONE. DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE STORMWATER REVENUE BOND, LOOKING INTO THAT AND SEEING HOW WE CAN EXPAND OUR -- OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND CAPACITY. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE DEBT SERVICE RATES, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE. I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON -- WELL, AND THE DEBT SERVICE ONE'S A BIT DIFFERENT, BUT OVERALL OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO VOTE WHETHER THEY WANT TO SEE A TAX INCREASE TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THEY'RE ASKING FOR. 
          ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, I HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS MENTIONING IF IT MEANS I HAVE TO PAY A TINY BIT MORE ON PERCENTAGE, I'M WILLING TO DO IT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THIS PARK IMPROVED, INFRASTRUCTURE, WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AROUND ME. I THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL DELIVERING ON THESE PIECES, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY 
          COMMENTS THAT I GOT IN IN 10 MINUTES. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          MUNGIA? >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU. AND JUST TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN KAUR WROTE UP, AS A STAFFER I WROTE A CCR FOR THE DASHBOARD, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT PHASES, SO HOPEFULLY AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, WE WILL BRING THAT UP AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE ON THAT CCR PROCESS, BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, INCLUDING NAMP, CIP, BOND, ALL THOSE CATEGORIES, SO I'M HOPING THEY'LL HAVE A GOOD UPDATE ON THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO NAMP AND CIP, AND I SPOKE TO ERIK ABOUT THIS, TOO, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY. THERE'S SOMETIMES WHEN AN ISSUE ARISES AND WE HAVE TO BE NIMBLE ENOUGH TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO FIX THAT ISSUE, THAT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES, SO THAT'S A FUTURE DISCUSSION WE'LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT. ALSO, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW RECENTLY THE TEAM, PUBLIC WORKS AND JOHN PETEREK HELPED ME WITH SOME THINGS THAT WERE VERY BEHIND. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY SOME OF US SAVE MONEY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INITIAL REQUEST, THEY DO SOME STUDYING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SAVE MONEY TO FUND THE EVENTUAL CONCLUSION OF THAT PROJECT. AND THAT WAS SEVERAL PROMPPROJECTS I 
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HAD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ULTIMATELY WHAT THE FINAL COSTS WOULD BE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON AND MOVE ON THESE OTHER PROJECTS WHEN I'M WAITING ON SOMETHING FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT NOW ALSO. AND ALSO, WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO JENEVIEVE AND MARK ON THE TEAM, THEY'RE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. ANY TIME I HAVE A SITE VISIT REQUEST, AND SOMETIMES I SURPRISE Y'ALL AND SHOW UP THERE, TOO. Y'ALL ARE THERE. AND SO WE PUT Y'ALL THROUGH A LOT OF WORK. RAZI KNOWS HOW, YOU KNOW, EXPEDITIOUSLY WE WORK AND HOW DETAILED OUR OFFICE CAN BE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TIME AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH SHIRLEY YESTERDAY ABOUT WHAT SOME RESIDENTS, TRYING TO GET CREATIVE ON SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. ONE THING I'M NOT SURE IF TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BECOME CAPITAL OR IT WILL STAY IN PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME ALSO THAT ARE BEHIND, SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TWO-YEAR PROCESSES, ONCE THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED. THERE ARE SOME IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE TAKING THREE, EVEN LONGER YEARS TO SOLVE. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES BEYOND THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO 
          HAVE -- >> YEAH, COUNCILMAN, AS WE VISITED ABOUT THOSE SIGNALS, I ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AS WE'VE REORGANIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF TRAFFIC, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A RENEWED FEE FOCUS ON HOW WE DELIVER THOSE, SO I HEAR YOUR 
          CHALLENGE. >> MUNGIA: I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SINCE IT WAS MENTIONED THE COOL PAVEMENT, I WAS BLOCK WALKING ONE OF THE STREETS THAT HAD THAT, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DUSTY VERSUS BEING A COOL PAVEMENT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG TERM THOSE PROJECTS ARE. 
          I TALKED TO DOUG AND THEY SAID THEY'RE TRYING TO REWORK THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK THE APPLICATION STAYS AS LONG AS WE THINK IT WILL STAY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE DOES, BASICALLY, AT THIS POINT. SO IT WAS KIND OF RUBBING OFF ALREADY. 
          AND THEN WE DID DO A TOUR OF QUIN TANYA RECENTLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF NONSERVICE ALLEYS IN THAT AREA THAT DO NEED HELP. IF YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR THOSE ALLEYS, I'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          FOR CAPITAL DELIVERY, WILL OFFICES HAVE A LIAISON LIKE WE DO AT PUBLIC WORKS OR DO WE JUST CALL MICHAEL SHANNON? 
          >> SHANNON: I WOULD SAY THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE -- I TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, WE NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CALLS GO TO YOU FIRST, AND YOU HAND THEM OFF TO US OR, SAY, GO TO 3-1-1, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT PART FIGURED OUT, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE ACCESSIBLE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PERSON FOR EACH ONE OF YOU OR HOW WE TIE OUR PROJECT MANAGERS TO YOU, BUT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT KIND OF CLEAR ACCESSIBILITY AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOU ALL. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. I NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I'LL KEEP THAT -- SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT 
          SOON. >> MUNGIA: APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND I BELIEVE, ERIK, CIP HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH DEBT -- IT HAS BEEN? OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN ASKED, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. SO STILL IMPORTANT TO US 
          ALSO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          KAUR? >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          RAZI, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE NEXT YEAR WISHING YOU WERE AT THESE MEETINGS, TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS WITH US. 
          >> HOSSEINI: ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO MISS THIS BUDGET MEETING. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> KAUR: I KNOW, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND PARTNERSHIP. I KNOW OUR DEMANDS FROM DISTRICT ONE HAVE BEEN PRETTY HIGH ON PUBLIC WORKS. I ALSO HAD NO IDEA YOU GUYS SHARED MARCOS WITH US. I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST FOR DISTRICT ONE.  NOW I FEEL EVEN WORSE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          WE LITERALLY HOPPED FROM THREE SITE VISITS THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, ME AND HIM WERE JOKING AT 7:00, FINALLY READY TO GO HOME. 
          YOU'RE AN ABSOLUTE CHAMP. YOU DO IT WITH SUCH A SMILE AND I WANT TO SHOUT YOU OUT FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE YOU JUST AS A DISTRICT ONE LIAISON. 
          OKAY. QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, ON ONE OF THE SLIDES IT SAID FIVE-DAY MINIMUM FOR COMMUNICATION. I I'D LOVE FOR US TO HAVE THAT AS TWO WEEKS. THE MORE COMMUNICATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR FOLKS, EVEN IF IT'S A SIMPLE SLURRY SEAL, IT'S -- IF WE CAN REACH FOR TWO WEEKS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOAL -- A GREAT GOAL TO HAVE. 
          FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE WORK, THE 12 UPGRADED FLASHING BEACONS, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHICH SCHOOLS THOSE ARE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UPGRADED FLASHING BEACONS ARE. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHICH ONES ARE BEING UPGRADED THIS BUDGET CYCLE, AND THEN THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS -- I HAD NO IDEA HOW EXPENSIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS 
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ARE. I HAVE TWO SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT NEED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND THEY'RE LIKE 600K. THE REASON WHY I STILL HAVE MY BALANCE AND ERIK KNOWS THIS IS BECAUSE I CAN'T DECIDE WHO GETS TO WIN, WHO GETS THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHO GETS THAT CROSSWALK, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED IF POTENTIALLY THEY'RE ANY OF THE ONES WE HAVE RESEARCHED AND HOW WE DECIDE WHICH OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS GET INSTALLED OR MAYBE NOT INSTALLED IF YO YOU'RE COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. IS IT 3-1-1 CALLS, IS IT DATA FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW WE'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS FOR THAT. AND THEN FOR THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECRUITING, I'M SUPER GLAD WE'RE GETTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW -- PREVIOUSLY, I THINK BENE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECRUIT MORE. WE HAD SOME OF THE FOLKS GO OUT TO FOX TECH WITH US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE PUBLIC REALLY WANTS TO HEAR FROM OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A STRONGER POLICY -- I KNOW THEY HAVE, LIKE, BEST PRACTICES BUT EVERYTHING KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A BEST PRACTICE VERSES, LIKE, A POLICY. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE'VE UPDATED THE SPEED BUMPS ONE A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT IF THERE'S OTHER ONES FOR LIKE STOP SIGNS, YOU MENTIONED THIS AT OUR TOWN HALL YESTERDAY, YOU GUYS KNOW WE HAVE SOME REALLY STRONG ADVOCATES FOR STOP SIGNS AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN ALDARETE GAVITO DEALS WITH THESE, TOO, WITH SPEEDING. THEY DON'T WANT SPEED BUMPS, STOP SIGNS,S THEY JUST WANT PEOPLE TO STOP SPEEDING. AND SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HELP THAT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIG WAYS IS THROUGH THOSE RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO RECONSIDER HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THOSE FLASHING STOP SIGNS AND RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY REQUESTS FOR THEM. 
          AND I KNOW THEY WERE BACKORDERED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT. SO AS THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO ADD FOR THE CIP FUNDS, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FEEL THAT THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT, I HAVE FUNDING STILL THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DECIDE ON HOW TO SPEND, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I -- BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AT LEAST WITH THE NAMP, WE NEED FLEXIBILITY AND JUST WANT TO FIGURE OUT OVERALL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          I THINK THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US, BUT I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE CALLED ME OUT ON THAT WHEN HE'S NOT HERE ANY MORE, BUT A LOT OF US USE THE SAYING OF WE CAN CHEW GUM AND -- WHAT SIT, TALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME -- WALK AND -- SORRY. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> KAUR: ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE, CLEARLY. BUT WE SAY THAT FOR THINGS WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR US WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE FOR SIDEWALKS AND STREETLIGHTS AND OUR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING. I THINK IT'S TRUE ACROSS 
          THE BOARD, BUT... OKAY. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR 
          VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO LOOP IN ONCE MORE, I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO, FIRST, MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HIGH LAND PARK, MISSION SAN JOSE AND HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM WHO ALL KIND OF INPUTTED ON HOW IMPORTANT THAT NAMP AND CIP ARE, SO THANK YOU, JUSTINA, FOR STRAIGHTENING THAT OUT IN TERMS OF THAT WAS A BONUS AND WE'RE BACK TO OUR REGULAR BUDGETED, BUT I DO THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IT IS CRITICAL TO WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ASK FOR AND I FELT LIKE A TAYLORTAYLOR SWIFT SONG, HI, I'M THE PROBLEM, IT'S ME, BECAUSE WHEN COUNCILMAN WHYTE WAS MENTIONING OUT OF CYCLE, THAT IS DISTRICT THREE AND WE CAN -- WE OWN IT. WE ADMIT THAT. 
          SO THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE ALLEYWAYS ON SLIDE 16, THE NONUSE ALLEYWAYS. AND I DON'T KNOW, ERIK, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS OR JOHN, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY WE COULD POSSIBLY PILOT SOMETHING, AND I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, TO TRY AND GET RESIDENTS TO PURCHASE THE 
          PROPERTY BEHIND THEIR HOMES THAT THEY NEED? >> WALSH: YES. 
          >> VIAGRAN: OKAY. BECAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE. 
          I THINK NOW WITH -- IN THINKING OF THE CASITA PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ROLLING OUT, WORKING WITH OUR UTILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT BACK THERE, IF THERE ARE LEGACY HOMES -- AND WE CAN START IN DISTRICT THREE, BECAUSE DISTRICT THREE LOVES TO PILOT, BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF Y'ALL ARE IN THE SAME POSITION, IF WE COULD START IN THE DISTRICTS WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE LEGACY HOMES, WHERE WE HAVE FAMILY HOMES AND THEY -- THEY NEED THAT -- THOSE TWO STRUCTURES, ONE FOR GRANDMA AND ONE FOR THE 
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FAMILY OR ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY MEMBER THAT JUST CAME BACK HOME FROM THEIR JOB, IF WE COULD DO THAT SO WE COULD HELP WITH THE HOUSING AND KIND OF SELL THAT BACK TO THEM, SO THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, IF THEY'RE BEING USED AS A BACK ENTRANCE -- IF IT'S A NONUSE ALLEYWAY BUT THEY'RE USING IT TO ENTER IN AND PARK IN THE BACKYARD, I THINK WE NEED TO TRY AND MONETIZE THAT, BECAUSE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, FOR ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHERE WE GET THE DOLLARS THAT WE NEED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO THE PERMITTING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THAT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE A NONUSE ALLEYWAY TO DRIVE-IN TO YOUR BACKYARD, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE PERMIT -- AUDIO] -- WE NEED TO LOOK AT POLICIES AS A COUNCIL, SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S POLICIES TO MAKE MONEY. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO CAUTION, AND, JEFF, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND JUST BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP IS, I DO THINK WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE STATE IS DOING REGARDING PROPERTY TAX. BECAUSE WE ARE A STATE THAT IS PROPERTY TAXED. WHENEVER THEY WOULD -- REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT WE COULD CHARGE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, I'M VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY, WE HAVE A GDP HERE IN TEXAS THAT WE EXPECT, WHERE IS THAT GOING TO COME? AND I'M AFRAID IT'S GOING TO START COMING FROM SALES TAX AND SCHOOL TAXES. 
          AND WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE HIGHER SCHOOL TAXES OR THE BORD NOBODY IN TEXAS WANTS TO HEAR, AN INCOME TAX. SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE MINDFUL, AND, JEFF, PLEASE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW IS THE STATE GOING TO RECONCILE THIS IF WE -- IF WE -- IF WE KEEP ON REDUCING THIS? AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED, AS YOU MENTIONED, WHAT HOUSTON AND DALLAS AND AUSTIN ARE DOING ON THIS ISSUE, IN ADDITION TO OUR SMALLER COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON THIS. AND THAT WOULD BE NEUBZ, NEW BRAUNFELS, BOERNE, WHILE SAN ANTONIO'S IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN, I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT TEAM TEXAS AND SEE WHAT THE REGION IS DOING AROUND HERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO PILOTING AN ALLEYWAY PROGRAM THIS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: HAS EVERYONE SPOKEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. ON SLIDE 21, MR. HO HOSSEIN ANY, THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PROJECT, THE 18 PROJECTS IDENTIFIED HERE, WHERE IS THE PINN ROAD PROJECT. I KNOW WE'VE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE AND I'D 
          LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST. >> HOSSEINI: PINN ROAD IS ALREADY FUNDED. WE ARE GOING TO PUT GATE, WHEN THERE'S A RAINFALL, WE WILL CLOSE THE GATE. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: YES. >> HOSSEINI: WE PRO PEWSED TO BE PART OF THE '22 BOND PROGRAM, IT WASN'T SELECTED. NOW WE HAVE SELECTED CONTRACTORS GOING TO START NEXT WEEK OR TWO PROVIDING THAT GATE. 
          WHEN THERE'S A RAINFALL, GATE WILL BE CLOSED. THE PEOPLE CANNOT DRIVE 
          THROUGH. >> WALSH: BUT THAT'S NOT A PERMIT -- I MEAN, THE 
          GATE -- THAT IS NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. >> MAYOR JONES: RIGHT. 
          >> WALSH: THE PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN 2022 WITH THE COUNCIL WAS ELEVATING THAT ROAD AND WAS DARN NEAR 40 OR $50 MILLION. 
          THAT IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION IN THAT AREA, SO THAT -- THIS HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN COMES FROM THAT REQUIRED FEMA DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE 
          GOT TO SUBMIT EVERY FIVE YEARS. >> MAYOR JONES: YEP. 
          >> WALSH: AND THERE'S A TOTAL OF $660 MILLION OF PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN 
          THAT HAZARD MITIGATION FUND -- OR PLAN. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. 
          AND I GO BACK TO CERTAINLY CHIEF MCMANUS, BUT MRS. CHIEF FR FROSTO, WHE IT'S THEIR WORKLOAD, CERTAINLY THESE PROJECTS MAY HELP US WITH THE COST THAT WE MAY NEED TO SEE ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE. 
          OKAY. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, IT SOUNDED LIKE BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID -- WHAT YOU INDICATED, JOHN, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THE 18, ARE PART OF THE 14 -- OR PARTIAL MAYBE 14 ON THE STATE'S FLOOD 
          MITIGATION PLAN, IS THAT RIGHT? >> MAYOR, THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE FOR YOU. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH, PLEASE. >> IN THE RESPONSE MEMO. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COVERED HERE MAYBE WHAT MAY BE COVERED AS PART OF THE STORMWATER BOND RELATED, JUST SO IF WE WANTED TO, SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN THE STATE IS EVER GOING TO HELP US WITH THESE, SO 
          MAYBE WE JUST TAKE CARE OF THESE OURSELVES? >> UNDERSTOOD. 
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          >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. TO THAT POINT, ERIK, THE -- ON SLIDE 20, SO THE 1145, THIS THEN LEAVES STILL A BALANCE OF 10 MILLION FROM THE DAMAGE ON JULY -- JUNE 13TH; IS THAT 
          RIGHT? >> WALSH: IT DOES. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF $21 MILLION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND -- BUT THE REMAINING DAMAGES -- WE'LL GIVE THAT -- WE'LL PROVIDE THAT LIST IN THE 
          FOLLOW-UP, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH, OKAY. 
          >> WALSH: THESE WERE THE THREE MAJOR ITEMS ON THAT LIST. 
          >> HOSSEINI: CLEANUP, WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS, THE 
          COST OF CLEANUP. >> WALSH: THAT'S RIGHT. THE COST OF CLEANUP, THE COST OF THE TEMPORARY REPAIRS WERE ALL PART OF THAT $21 MILLION, BUT 
          WE'LL BREAK THAT BACK OUT FOR YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: HONESTLY WHAT I WAS REALLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS WHAT'S THE BALANCE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT IF WE'RE NOT GETTING REIMBURSED BY THE STATE. HELP US UNDERSTAND, NOT BEING REIMBURSED BY THE STATE, THE 21 MILLION, WHAT IS NOT BEING FUNDED AS A RESULT. 
          AND THEN ALSO SEPARATE IS THE COUNTY, ERIK, IS STILL EXPECTING US TO REIMBURSE FOR THE LOW WATER CROSSING, IS THAT RIGHT? 
          >> WALSH: WELL, THEY -- IN THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET, MAYOR, BUDGETED FOR ALL OF THOSE LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN BEXAR COUNTY, INCLUDING 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. >> MAYOR JONES: I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, THEY WERE GOING TO COVER IT, AND WINK, WINK, THEY WERE GOING TO REIMBURSE US. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU AND I SPOKE FOR IT. 
          I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT ON THE HOOK -- >> WALSH: WE'RE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING. SAN ANTONIO'S INSIDE BEXAR COUNTY. 
          I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: WELL, THAT'S GOOD. >> WALSH: I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME POTENTIAL BROADER DRAINAGE PROJECTS WITH THE LARGER REGIONAL DRAINAGE GROUP THAT JOHN AND RAZI MENTIONED THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY AND STORMWATER AND -- SORRY, COUNTY AND THE RIVER AUTHORITY, AND IF THERE ARE SOME JOINT PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON, THAT'S ANOTHER 
          OPPORTUNITY FOR US. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IS MODIFIED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THAT. 
          GREAT. OKAY. I'M AG NOT TICK IN TERMS OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE BONDS I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION, THOUGH, THAT MORE FREQUENT BONDS MEANS MORE TIMELIER COMPLETION OF PROJECTS, AND SO HOW CAN WE HELP OURSELVES UNDERSTAND IF WE DO WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY -- OR ISSUE THAT DEBT FASTER, THE ANALYSIS THAT ENSURES WE HAVE SUFFICIENT LABOR TO MEET THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE PROJECTS. 
          >> WALSH: MAYOR, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE 
          TYPE OF PROJECT. >> MAYOR JONES: ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. >> WALSH: IF WE'RE DOING TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AT A 
          PARK, THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 410. >> MAYOR JONES: RIGHT. 
          >> WALSH: I THINK AS WE MOVE INTO THAT, WE SHOULD BE -- THE STAFF SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF LENGTH OF TIME AND 
          COMPLICATIONS. >> MAYOR JONES: YEP. >> WALSH: AND SOLICITATION METHODS THAT'S JUST NOT LOW BID, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HEAVY DESIGN. SO WE NEED TO DO SOME REFLECTION ON THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. THERE WON'T -- IT WON'T 
          BE A COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH. >> MAYOR JONES: RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. >> WALSH: I THINK A LOT OF TIMES FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE CITY HAS TAKEN THOSE FIVE-YEAR INCREMENT AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 90% OF THEM DONE BY THE TIME THE VOTERS GO BACK IN FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE TWO EXAMPLE, ZARZAMORA WHICH RELIED UPON TWO OTHER ENTITIES FOR FUNDING, AND HERE WE ARE FINALLY GETTING CLOSE TO, AND WE 
          NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC. >> HOSSEINI: MAYOR, MY SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE BOND, HAVE FEW PROJECT FUNDED FOR DESIGN ONLY. 
          IT TAKES ESPECIALLY DRAINAGE PROJECT, TWO OR THREE YEARS TO DESIGN AND PERMIT. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET PERMIT. 
          AND NO MATTER HOW GOOD IS OUR COST ESTIMATE, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH UNTIL YOU 
          DESIGN THE PROJECT. >> MAYOR JONES: UH-HUH. >> HOSSEINI: WHEN YOU DESIGN A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT THROUGH THE BOND FUNDING, WE HAVE A GOOD COST ESTIMATE, THEN YOU NEED -- YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE ASKING FOR FUTURE 
          BOND THOSE PROJECT TO BE FUNDED. >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH, THANK YOU MR. HOSSEINI, I THINK THAT ALSO DISCUSSES WHAT MR. SHANNON JUST DISCUSSED IS HOW DO WE BETTER COMMUNICATE TO FOLKS AND BETTER MEET PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THESE THINGS. 
          ON THE BOND PIECE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BOND, ERIK WHEN WILL WE HAVE -- AGAIN, I KNOW THE FIRST PHASE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BOND FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, WE'D ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT 220 TO 250. 
          WHEN WILL WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE MINIMUM, THOUGH, THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BY WHEN? I KNOW THESE ARE MOVING, 
          RIGHT, SO... >> WALSH: YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH. 
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          >> WALSH: SO THAT 220 TO 250 WE GAVE TO COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THAT, AND IN PARTICULAR AS IT RELATES TO THE TXDOT COORDINATION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE NEXT -- WE HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO THAT, WE'VE BEEN FOE KITION CUSSED ON BUDGET. 
          WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT PROBABLY OVER A 60-DAY TIMEFRAME. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. >> WALSH: I THINK PART OF THAT ALSO PLAYS INTO LOOKING AT THE TIMING OF IT, AND THEN YOU DIDN'T ASK THIS, BUT IT'S HANGING OUT THERE, WE HAVE OVER MAYBE A 10-YEAR -- 11-YEAR CYCLE, MAYBE ANOTHER BOND INFRASTRUCTURE DOWNTOWN AS IT RELATES TO OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER -- NOT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE ALAMODOME. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, WE SLIDE OFF -- BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY AROUND 'DOME, BUT WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST ANOTHER 60 DAYS TO DO SOME REFINEMENTS ON THAT 220 TO 250. 
          >> MAYOR JONES: HELPFUL. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          GREAT. THAT 500 NUMBER WAS NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR, BUT APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH HERE IN THE NEAR TERM AS WE, FRANKLY, YOU HEARD A LOT OF TYPES OF PROJECTS -- AUDIO] -- HOW TO PAY FOR THOSE IS GOING TO BE THE MOST HELPFUL. 
          OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 5:20 AND THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. 
          >> WALSH: MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO EXEC? >> MAYOR JONES: YEP. 
          NOT ADJOURNED, NOT ADJOURNED. OKAY. 
          HERE WE GO. THE TIME IS NOW 5:20 P.M. ON AUGUST 27TH, AND THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW -- HOLD ON. SORRY. 
          WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 551 OF THE TE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ECONOMIC GOPMENT KNOW GOATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOAD SECTION 551.087, THE PURR, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072 AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE
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