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TELLING YOU EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
BELIEVE IN HIS SPIRIT, BELIEVE IN HIS SORTS.
I SIT WITH STEELS, I'M HEARING HIS VOICE TELLING ME EVERYTHING'S GOING BE OKAY.
BE ONE WITH THE STILL, LIKE, GOT THE NOISE ONLY STEALS FOR YOU.
HEAR HIS VOICE TELLING YOU EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.
I SIT WITH THE STILLNESS, I'M HEARING HIS VOICE TELLING ME EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
THE TIME IS NOW 2:03 PM ON WEDNESDAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT CASTILLO.
COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAR GONZALEZ WHITE AL SPEARS.
AL JONES GRA A BRIEFING ON THE FY 20.
MY NAME'S FRED, UH, ALFREDO MARTINEZ.
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THE THE AS A REMINDER, THIS IS 26 PARA QUAD FOR THE GENERAL FUND.FOR THIS FIRST SIX MONTHS, REVENUES ARE OVER FIVE.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE OVERALL IMPACT OF OUR REVENUES TO THE JOURNAL BY CPS LAS,
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THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND, AS YOU MAY RECALL, RESULT.SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT US, SO STARTING WITH OUR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS INCLUDED IN THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST.
THIS NEXT SLIDE, DEC POINT BASED INFORMATION, THE APPRAISAL REDUCTION REVENUE AND KEEP IN MIND PROJECT TAX.
WE ARE PROJECTING FORECAST 11.2 MILLION DUE THE BASE REVENUE PROG GROWTH RATE BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TODAY FROM THE
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THE WORST HOUSING MARKET AND ALSO THE IMPLEMENTATION PERSONAL PROPERTY INFORMATION COUNSEL IS THAT THE LAST TIME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDUSTRIAL LIKEWISE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HISTORICAL DATA FOR PROPERTY VALUES LOS HIS, THE LINE OF THE PROPERTY TO, TO THE STATE TAX RATE BY UP PERCENT IN TERMS OF SALES TAX.
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C PS ENERGY SUCH AS LOS REVENUE, PROGNOS PROGNOSTIC INCLUSION LOS TO THE REVENUE GROWTH WOULD INCREASE FROM[00:25:12]
PROGNOS DISCUSSIONS TO SET THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TO THE STATE ANNUAL LOS LOSABLE POPULATIONS.JUNE 17TH WILL PRESENT THE FY 27 TRIAL BUDGET, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, SO HERE ARE TWO SCENARIOS.
THE GENERAL FUND, SO YOU SEE SCENARIO ON THE ONE ON HUNDRED 37 MILLION, THE OPERATIONS PROXIMAL.
SO THIS SHOWS THE FORECAST FOR THE TAX FUND.
THIS IS ROUGHLY A 45 THAT IS SUPPORTED BY SLIDE SHOWS REVENUE, A COUPLE EXHIBITS TO SHOW YOU WHY WE LINE 26 IN COMPARISON.
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THE IMPACTS OF THE DECLINE IN REVENUE AND THE INCREASED EXPENDITURES TO GROW THE LOCAL PROGNOSES FOR THE MANAGEMENT FUND.TO SUMMARIZE, DURING NEXT YEAR, EXCUSE ME, NEXT WEEK'S, UH, COUNSEL SIX PLUS SIX INCLUDING
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COLLABORATION, COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET REVIEWS IS TO DEPARTMENT BUDGET OF PERSONNEL GROWTH, ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS OPERATIONS WITH OTHER CITIES.PERSON ANALYSIS DEPARTMENTS DETERMINE WHAT IS REQUIRED BY CHARTER STATE OF FEDERAL LAW, THE PROGRAM.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOLO.
WE HAVE UH, AT LEAST THE STAFF HAS BEEN CLOSELY WATCHING WHAT OTHER IN TEXAS CITIES ARE GOING THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL AND ONE OF THE
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AND CPR, THE PUBLIC HEALTH ANTICIPATING, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND LAS PRO BUENO DON'T GROW TO THOSE HOST THE TOWN HALL WITH THE EMPLOYEES.AND WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH UM, ARE NOT EMERGENCY ROOM CLAIMS. A VERY TARGETED WITH THOSE PROVIDERS.
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THE CONVERSATION.THE GOOD NEWS PIECE THOUGH WAS THE DEEP DIVE ON THE PUBLIC.
INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO WE TATE IS THE THOSE CORE FUNCTION.
I'M THANKFUL THAT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND JUST FORECASTED THAT PROG IN THE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE
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ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PIECE, FRED, UM, WHEN WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION MARKET, IS THAT BUDGETED TO MARKETS SQUARE TO SOURCES SOLID WEST.WE HAD A UM, A COUPLE OF AUDITS THAT WERE CHALLENGING IN PARTICULAR FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE S GO TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
UH, THANK YOU FREDDY FOR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE AS COUNSEL NEED TO START PRIORITIZING IMPORTANT NECESSARILY.
NOT NECESSARILY COUNCILMAN WHITE PROBABLY SAID IT BEST LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE
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MENTIONED DISTRICT TO ME LOSS.IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TO MAKE YOURSELF TO THAT APPRAISAL PROCESS ALREADY BEGAN FOR THE YEAR NOTICES IF YOU WERE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS CHANGING VALUE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RECEIVING AND TROY AND HIS TEAM HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS BEFORE.
A IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT TWO CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSEL ON THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
I'D LIKE TO THERE SOMETHING ADJUSTING THE HOUSING MARKET ISN'T ANY BETTER THAN MORTGAGE RATES ARE STILL SIX STILL A BUYER'S MARKET, RIGHT? JUST ALSO REPORTING BE COUNTY HAD SIMILAR PRESENTATION LAST WEEK TAX IN BE.
I SLIDE NUMBER 3, 23 0.5% DECREASE IN RESIDENTIAL PERMITS.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE REVENUE IMPACT TO THAT? MM-HMM
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS PROJECTED TO BE DOWN 23 AND A HALF.
YES, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU COUNCILWOMAN, BUT IT MEANS YOU'RE PERCENT CAN BE DECEIVING 30 HAS THE FEEDBACK FROM STAKE CHIME IN.
BUT THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN POSITIVE.
THEY WANNA MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TODAY AND THEY AGREE.
WHAT WE DOING, WE STARTED TALKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS
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IS GON DEPARTMENTS TO AVOID MR FIREFIGHTERS SIDEWALKS.AND AT THE CPS CAN WE PULL UP SLIDE 46, WHICH IS THE BACK OF SLIDE SLIDE RESIDE BY COUNTY BACK TO 2014.
SIMILAR POSITION IN TERMS OF APPRAISALS.
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IT SHOWS GENERALLY SPEAKING TEXAS IS A GROWTH STATE.OTHER CITIES ARE SEEN, BUT US TARRAN COUNTY SEEM TO BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION THAN THREE.
AND REALLY QUICK, I KNOW THAT SOME TIME IS SPENT ON ANSWERS.
I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT BY SAYING THIS.
I MEAN YES, IT'S REALLY TOUGH TIMES, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE TIMES WHERE INNOVATION AND INNOVATIVE THINKING REALLY HAPPENS.
SO WE HAVE TO THINK THE CREATIVELY ABOUT, UM, SOLVING THESE AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY COUNCILMAN.
I KNOW WE'RE, DO HAVE ANY, ANY DEBT ON AMOUNT OF FOREGONE TO BREAK IT OUT IN THE WAY YOU ASK HIM.
WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
WE JUST HAVE THE TOTAL BREAK IT OUT LIKE THAT ANALYSIS LOS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF
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THE POSITIVE OF SYSTEM WAS MAINTEN.THERE IS SOME PROGRAM ALREADY BEING FUNDED BY THE RESERVES AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT ONE.
ARE THERE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE NORMALLY BEEN FUNDED? THE RESERVES, THE MEDICAID, THE PERFORMANCE.
THEY REPORTED REPORT COUNCILMAN ART REINHARDT PUBLIC WORK.
SO OUR, IF YOU RECALL OUR SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT WAS A THREE PHASE PROCESS.
WE'VE COMPLETED ALL I THINGS THERE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL PER COUNCILMAN.
CAN YOU GO SLIDE 15 PLEASE? AND ERIC, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY YESTERDAY, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST DUE
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THERE A TIME THOUSAND 11 THAT WAS HAPPENING LAST.THAT'S THE LAST ONE WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
BUT WE, WE'LL GO, I IN PARTICULAR PUBLIC SAFETY MORE THAN NEXT YEAR.
SO COULD HAVE A THREE INCREASE ON TAX.
AND ANOTHER QUESTION, THIS IS UM, RELATED TO CPS, BUT IF THEY DO GET CP RATE ADJUSTMENTS, DOES THAT NECESSARILY MEAN DOWN THE LINE GREATER REVENUE NECESSARY? DON'T C PS CAN FORECAST DOES NOT THE ADDITIONAL YOU'D HAVE A MEANS FOR YOU.
COULD YOU TELL ME RIGHT NOW DISCUSSION ABLE NO IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT OF PROGRAMS PROGRAM? YEAH, I CAN DO YOU, I MEAN YOU MAY GIVE AN EXAMPLE IS A CORE SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED CHARTER ARIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A NONCORE ISSUE UNDER THE, UNDER THE DEFINITIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION STATE LAW OR THE CHARTER.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT
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WAY TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TWO, IT'S NOT SUBJECTIVE IN THAT WE'RE BOUNCING UP AGAINST STATE LAW AND THE CHARTER.IT'S SUBJECTIVE IN TERMS OF, I SUSPECT THE CONVERSATION YOU ALL WILL HAVE AS POLICY MAKERS.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, WHETHER THEY'RE POOR OR NOT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE CITY DEFINITIONS.
SO ARE THESE THE HIGHEST DRIVERS? YES.
IN COMPARISON TO WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE FY 26 ADOPTED TO WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING WITH CBA OR AROUND 70%.
OKAY, SO 70% ON THE GENERAL FUND DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AND THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE EXAMPLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE KNOWN TO IMPORTANT DIDN'T I THINK YOU DO.
VERY IMPORTANT JOB WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CUTS FROM FFY 26 IS SPEAKING YESTERDAY.
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GONZALEZ, MAYOR, THANK YOU UH, FREDDY AND UM, US HERE TODAY.QUESTIONS ON JUST WANTED TO BEING UTILIZED TOWARDS THE OPERATIONS OF THE, OF THE, AND THEN I THINK JUST BASED ON THE PRIOR DISCUSSION WE HAD ON OUR, OUR, WE TALKED ABOUT AN INCREASE, THERE'S A DISTINCTION.
THOSE COMPONENTS PROGRAM, THE X-RAY LEFT TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL.
I WANNA KIND OF REITERATE THE POINTS TO THAT.
UH, COLLEAGUE MADE, COUNCIL MEMBER MIA AND JUST REALLY DEFINING WHAT THOSE CORE SERVICES ARE AND THOSE IMPORTANT SERVICES WITHIN CORE SERVICES.
I'D APPRECIATE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE AS WELL.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AT THE MOMENT ON SITE 26 WITH BEING PAST SCENARIO ONE.
I REALLY THINK WE NEED THAT GOAL SETTING CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT.
SO, BUT AT THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW I DON THAT'S AN OPTION FOR ME.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE DIFFICULT CONFIDENCE.
SO THERE IS A LEVEL OF HONESTY I EXPECT WHEN I COME UP HERE AND IT'S FRUSTRATING.
I DON'T THINK THAT BY THE END OF THIS WE'RE GOING SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN WAY AT THE DISCUSSION TO QUESTION FROM VARYING POINTS I THAN DO BASIC MATH.
WE REGURGITATE NAGA TALKING POINTS ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENTS, TOO MUCH MONEY HELPING FOR PEOPLE.
LIKE WHY ARE YOU INCENTIVIZING PRIVATE CORPORATIONS? BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE AS MANY HEADQUARTERS AS OTHER TEXAS CITIES? HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE.
I CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO, TO STAY.
AND WHY IS THE CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT? WHY DO WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FROM TO HEAR WITHOUT
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SHARING WHICH DEPARTMENTS WE ARE OVERSPENDING ON.SO I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE THE FRIVOLOUS OF WHICH ARE FRIVOLOUS POINTS BECAUSE ANY DEPARTMENT COURSE SESSION DURING TO OUR COMMITTEES CAN CRAZING THEIR WORK AND, AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO.
BUT, BUT WHEN AN ORGANIZATION BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA PROPOSE A MILLION AMENDMENT GIVES COMPLAIN ABOUT SLEEPING DRAINAGE HOUSING, YOU A LITTLE LADY NOT MOWING THEIR GRASS BUT HATE TO SEE US FIND A PROGRAM TO HELP THEM EARLIER.
THIS GUY HEARD SO AND WET GOING SIMULTANEOUSLY, NOT ALSO NOT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE SERVICES OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALSO NOT GOING DO IT IF WE, IF WE DON'T INCREASE WAGES FOR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO BE REAL FOR, FOR THIS LIKELY BECAUSE AVERAGE CBA, WHERE ARE WE GONNA CUT? THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY'S ASKING FOR IT AND 80 IMPLEMENT SUCH.
TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GOING EVERY DEPARTMENT, NO EXCEPTIONS.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A REAL SOLUTION.
UH, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 11 PLEASE? THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, THE NEED FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS POSSIBLY LOOKING AT US, HAVING SOMEONE ON WHAT IF THIS
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ISN'T RIGHT, WHAT IF THIS DOESN'T, IF WE DON'T SEE THE MARKET.2008, RIGHT? THE PROJECTIONS 29, 30 AND 31.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 27 HAPPENS FOR THE NEXT WE BUT, BUT UM, MARKET VALUES AND THE HOUSING.
MAYBE I JUST THE REDUCTION FROM 2020.
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS PART OF OUR 2026 BUDGET.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT ON, ON SLIDE 25, IT DOES SAY WE WILL TO REPLEN.
SO THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AS PRESENTED RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING AT SCENARIO ONE AS BEING ON 31 HERE.
ARE WE SEEING THIS DECLINE IN THE PERMIT ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE, DUE TO THE NUMBER OF PERMITS COMING IN, REDUCED AMOUNT OF DEVICE.
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HOUSING SLIDE 40, SLIDE 46.WHAT DID WE DO IN 2011 WHEN WE, WHAT CANNOT BE MOST MUCH AS MUCH AS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD HERE.
IMPORTANT THING WE HAVE TO DO IS IMPROVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES PROJECT MARBLE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO PRESENTATION IN TERMS,
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SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE CPSI RESPONSIBILITIES.UM, YEAH, I I'M GONNA SAY STRAIGHT OFF OFF THE JUMP THAT IT'S 1.8, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING GREAT HIKES.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP HERE HAS TO STAND UP.
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GAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO $500,000 PIECES ZUMBA CLASSES.WE MUST DO THE WORK I AND WHAT'S NOT TO THIS CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND SLIDE 13 WAS THE MOST INTERESTING SLIDE IN VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WHY ARE WE HAVING TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY, HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM AS IT'S BEEN SAID THIS WE TALKED INTENTION IS TO INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL.
AS WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT APPEAR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PUBLIC $65 MILLION, UM, IN REDUCTIONS.
WHERE WHERE WOULD THAT AND ON AND DON, UH, I WANT TO ECHO A COUPLE THINGS.
MY, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN SPEAR SAID IN TERMS OF, UM, COLLABOR DE THE A CS
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THANK YOU MAYOR RESPONSE IS A TOP PRIORITY OF MINE.I BELIEVE IT'S JENNIFER RAMOS.
AND IT SHOWS UP FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR.
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I WILL SUPPORT SCENARIO.I MEAN I DO THINK THAT THE, THE CONVERSATION AND OR NO IS HOW COULD WE BETTER PROBABLY TO SEE FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLOSE OUT, I JUST C SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
UH, I GUESS ONE POINT I'LL START OFF WITH IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS IS I'M NOT GOING TO BE THEN SUPPORTING ACROSS THE BOARD
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BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR PEOPLE COMPLAIN.AND AGAIN, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES A COULD GO INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET SEASON.
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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW THE COUNTRY CLUB TENNIS PLAYER IS ALSO THE TENNIS WHEN YOU DECREASE INVESTMENT IN ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY.[02:25:02]
I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT SUBSIDIES.I CAN WE PUT ON PLEASE ALL THE SUBSIDIES? HAS EVERYONE SPOKEN WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? ONE MORE.
JUST ONE MORE THING COMPLETED BY.
UM, SO WE WON'T SEE THEM APPRECIATE, UH, THE WILLINGNESS BY MY COLLEAGUES TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
UM, AND I MAKE FORECAST DOLLARS, IDENTIFY THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE MAYBE THE THE YEAR END NUMBER.
DOES THAT ALSO ACCOUNT ASSUMPTIONS WE MAKE OUTSTANDING, UM, OTHER PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE? FOR EXAMPLE, AROUND CIVIL FINE? NO, NO.
UM, ERIC, WHAT, HOW DO YOU, UH, ANTICIPATE TEEING THAT PART UP AS, UH, ERIC, I HAVE TO GIVE SOME, HAD CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THE BUDGET
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ON SOME OF THOSE CITY TUR.SO RICARDO, UM, YEAH, APPRECIATE.
AS I SHARED WITH SOME OF YOU, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, WITH THE JUDGE DON.