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[1. Call to Order.]
RIGHT.WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, KICK THIS, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ADVISORY BOARD OFF FOR TUESDAY, UH, MARCH 24TH.
[2. Consideration of Approval Items:]
OUR, UH, WE HAVE ONE CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR APPROVAL ITEM TODAY.UH, NUMBER TWO A IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 20TH, 2026 MEETING BEFORE WE OPEN THIS ONE UP.
UM, I DO WANNA THANK, UH, SANDY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON, ON MINUTES BEING NOT DETAILED ENOUGH AND THEN, AND THEN MAYBE TOO DETAILED.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO THESE.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE GOOD MINUTES.
SO, UM, ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MEETING MINUTES? I DID APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, JEFF, ABOUT THE MINUTES.
A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES, I THINK.
IS THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE? I THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT.
[A. Presentation and Discussion of a 5 Year Budget for the 2000 CIP Sales Tax and a 1 Year Budget for the 2017 CIP Sales Tax. ]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE HAVE A FEW HERE.THREE A IS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF A FIVE YEAR BUDGET FOR THE 2000 CIP SALES TAX AND A ONE YEAR BUDGET FOR THE 2017 CIP SALES TAX.
SO YOU GET WHY IT'S FIVE AND ONE, RIGHT? IT'S THE LAST YEAR OF OUR 2017, SO YEAH, SO WE HAVE ONE YEAR OF THE 2017.
WE WILL, WE'LL DO THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN HOPEFULLY HERE IN A MINUTE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, THE NEW 2027.
SO STAFF HAVE PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT OF THE FIVE YEAR BUDGET FOR THE 2000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX FUND.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS TODAY IS TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRIORITIES AND FUNDING.
UH, SO I'LL JUST TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE REVENUE.
UH, AS FAR AS SALES TAX COLLECTION NUMBERS GO, THIS TAX HAS COLLECTED ABOUT $12.93 MILLION SO FAR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS TRACKING FOR ABOUT 75% OF EX OF WHAT WAS EXPECTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE ABOUT 75% DONE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO, HEY, BRAD, CAN I STOP YOU FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE.
THIS IS NOT IN OUR PACKET, CORRECT? THIS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS JUST PRESENTATION MATERIALS ON THE SCREEN.
WE WERE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, RIGHT UP UNTIL WHAT, ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO.
UM, TRYING TO GET YOU THE BEST, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S YES.
ON UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE'RE AT.
YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PAPER TO LOOK AT, BUT WE DO HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN, JUST WHAT YOU GOT ON THE SCREEN THERE.
AND THIS WILL ALL BE PART OF THE MINUTES THAT GO OUT.
SO, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
WILL IT THEN COME UP AT A LATER TIME FOR APPROVAL OF THIS BOARD? CORRECT.
THIS, THIS IS JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN APRIL FOR OKAY.
UH, APPROVAL FOR SEEKING APPROVAL FROM, YEAH, PERFECT.
WE'LL GET TO KIND OF SEE WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS AND, AND, AND MAKE CHANGES IF WE WANT TO OR, OR RECOMMEND OTHER THINGS.
DO WE HAVE MAY TO APPROVE IT OR DOES IT NEED TO BE APPROVED BY MAY? WHAT'S THE TIMING ON THAT NOW? I SEE APRIL.
YEAH, FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT AT ANY TIME.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF GO LINE BY LINE HERE, THE, THE LINES THAT HAVE, UH, MONEY ON THEM.
SO, UM, I MENTIONED THE REVENUE.
IT'S TRACKING ABOUT WHERE WE EXPECTED, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UH, AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES GO.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, LET'S SEE, WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY NOTES ARE.
SO, UH, THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE, YOU SEE THE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION FOR, UH, STREET REHAB, RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT'S OUR ANNUAL FUND THAT HANDLES THE OVERLAYS AND CONCRETE RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS.
UM, SO WE HAVE FOUR AND A HALF ANNUALLY FOR THAT.
AND THEN IN THE, FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND THEN THE OUTER THREE YEARS, UH, WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LAST YEAR WAS FIVE AND A HALF.
THAT FOUR AND A HALF WOULD BUMP UP TO FIVE AND A HALF.
SO WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO NO, NO CRAZY CHANGES THERE.
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WE HAD DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE 2000 CIP UH, THE 2017 THAT'S GONNA BE REPURPOSED TO THE 2027.
WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ROADS.
SO, UM, JUST NOTE THAT AS OF NOW, THAT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION IS COMING FROM THE 2000, UH, LET'S SEE.
WE'VE GOT, UH, COVILLE PARKWAY DESIGN.
YOU SEE 200,000 BUDGETED IN FY 27 FOR THAT.
SO, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL HOT SPOTS THAT STILL EXIST ON COVE ROAD.
THE FUNDS HERE, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THEM TO BE USED TO FURTHER EXISTING DESIGN ALONG THE COVE CORRIDOR IN A LOCATION THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE PAVING THE WAY, UH, RESEARCH AND, UH, DATA COLLECTION THAT WE'RE DOING THERE WILL INFORM US, UH, KIND OF OR CONFIRM WHAT WE PROBABLY THINK.
WE KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS ARE GONNA BE, BUT THAT $200,000 IS JUST IN HERE TO FURTHER THE DESIGN IF WE NEED OF ANY SPECIFIC HOTSPOT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE QUICKLY.
UH, IF THIS 200,000 IS NOT NEEDED, IT WILL NOT BE ENCUMBERED AND THE FUNDS WILL SIMPLY ROLL BACK INTO THE RESERVES NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THE NEXT ONE I'VE GOT THERE ON THE LIST IS THE INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEMS. THAT'S THE ITS, UH, HELPING US TRY TO HIT THE LIGHTS ACROSS THE CITY AND, UH, GET DOWN SECOND STREET IN A REASONABLE MANNER.
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR THE ITS, YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY BUDGETED IN FY 27, A HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE.
THAT IS FOR, UH, FURTHERING THE DESIGN, THE 1,067,000 THAT YOU SEE IN FY 28.
THAT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE FIVE.
UH, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SOLID GRANT FOR THIS ONE.
IF YOU'LL SEE THE GRANT SUPPORT COLUMN, KIND OF MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THERE, THERE'S A NUMBER.
SO, UH, WE GET, WE'RE GETTING OVER 4.2 MILLION OF, UH, GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS.
AND WE'RE ONLY ON THE HOOK FOR A LITTLE OVER A MILLION.
SO, UH, REALLY HAVE A SOLID GRANT PROGRAM THERE TO HELP FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIFTH PHASE OF THE ITS IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT, DOES THAT COMPLETE PHASE FIVE? YEAH, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE FIVE.
THERE'S, UH, I THINK IT'S BEING HELD UP A LITTLE BIT BY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS THAT SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT THE DESIGN IS PRETTY MUCH DONE NOW.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THE TAPE NOW AND WITH THESE GRANTS A LOT OF TIMES, UH, THERE'S, IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS TO GET IT OUT.
WE CAN'T JUST PUT IT OUT TO BID WHEN WE WANT IT.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH ODOT AND WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES OR FEDERAL AGENCIES.
SO, UH, THE $4.2 MILLION IS GREAT TO HAVE.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE EXTRA COUPLE OF STEPS.
UH, WHAT'S NEXT ON THIS SECOND STREET? A DA PROJECT? MM-HMM
SO YOU'LL SEE NOTHING BUDGETED THERE.
I LOST THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF ME.
SO SECOND STREET, A DA PROJECT.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAD GRANT FUNDING.
AND THEN WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE NOTES ON THAT ONE, UH, WHERE THAT LOW BID CAME AT.
UH, THE GRANT SUPPORT AMOUNT TO THE LEFT OF THAT SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDING WE'RE GETTING.
THE CITY IS ACTUALLY ALREADY PAID 1.9 MILLION, UH, TO ODOT FOR THIS.
THE CI THE CITY SHARE IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE 1.5 MILLION.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT GETTING MONEY BACK ON THIS ONE.
SO, UH, WE WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK FOR THAT MONEY BACK YET UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROJECT.
THAT WAY WE STILL HAVE MORE MONEY THERE FOR CHANGE ORDERS IF NEEDED AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL SAVINGS AND RETURN TO MONEY, RETURN OF MONEY TO THE CIP FUND THERE.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT THAT OVERAGE TO COME BACK FROM ODOT.
NEXT YEAR PROJECT CLOSEOUT TIMEFRAME.
UH, NEXT ONE ON THE LIST THERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE WE WERE AT 805,000.
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LOOKS LIKE THE ESTIMATE ON THAT ONE HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY THERE.UH, WE HAD IT BUDGETED FOR PREVIOUS FISCAL, BUT THIS ONE'S BEEN TANGLED IN SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE JUST BUMPED IT TO FY 27.
UH, IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL 820,000, IT'S JUST SLIDING THAT 805 AND SLIGHTLY INCREASING DUE TO THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION COSTS RISING.
AND THAT ONE WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING AS WELL.
YOU'LL SEE THE 560,000, UM, THERE.
SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD, GOOD MATCH.
IS THAT ONE? IT SAYS WEST DOWNTOWN WALKABILITY.
SO IS THAT BETWEEN, LIKE, THAT'S LIKE BETWEEN WHAT, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE, UH, DE THE DOWNTOWN DETENTION POND IS THAT HAS THE LITTLE TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND IT? YEAH, IT'S, SO IT'S BASICALLY IN THAT AREA.
IT'S TRYING TO KIND OF CONNECT THAT AREA WITH SAFER SIDEWALKS TO DOWNTOWN PROPER, WHICH CROSSES THE RAILROAD.
AND THERE'S NOT GREAT PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THERE.
THERE'S MISSING SIDEWALK PORTIONS AND THINGS THAT I REMEMBER RIGHT, WHERE WE NEED TO CONNECT SOME YES.
UH, WE'LL BE CONNECTING WHAT IS THE NORTH SOUTH STREET THERE ON THE WEST FRETS.
SO WE WILL BE CONNECTING THE SIDEWALKS ON FRETS TO THAT TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND THE DETENTION POND.
AND THEN CONNECTING, UH, ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO DOWNTOWN PROPER.
ALL RIGHT, BICYCLE WAYFINDING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE HAD THE MONEY BUDGETED IN FY 26, BUT, UH, THINGS KIND OF GOT SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'RE SIMPLY BUMPING THAT TO FY 27.
NOTHING HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED ON IT, SIMPLY JUST ROLLING THAT FY 26 MONEY TO FY 27, NO EXPECTED COST INCREASE THERE.
WE'VE GOT GRANT SUPPORT ON THAT, THAT'S LISTED.
UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOOD MATCH ON THAT ONE.
UH, THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST THERE IS THE AYS KICKING BIRD BIKE LANE EXTENSION.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE, THOSE THREE IN A ROW THERE.
SO THEY ALL THREE GOT BUMPED, UH, FROM FY 26 TO FY 27.
UH, A COUPLE OF THEM, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE NEEDING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T DOING ANY DESTRUCTIVE WORK, BUT SOME OF THE PROTOCOLS ON THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO, UH, SO NO CHANGES TO THOSE PROJECTS.
WE JUST MOVE THEM FROM 26 TO 27.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMPLY JUST MOVING BACK.
THE, THE NUMBER ISN'T CHANGE THE NUMBER ON WEST DOWNTOWN BUMPED UP SLIGHTLY, BUT FOR, UH, BICYCLE WAY FINDING, AND HES KICKING BIRD, UH, BY LANE EXTENSION, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE SAME NUMBER THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED.
UH, THE NEXT ONE THERE, THAT'S OUR CORRIDOR SAFETY AND DEMONSTRATION.
SO THOSE ARE OUR SS FOUR A GRANT PROJECTS.
UH, YOU GUYS RECENTLY PROBABLY REMEMBER A COUPLE OF THE CORRIDOR STUDIES GETTING APPROVED THROUGH HERE, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, THREE PHASES.
ONE OF THE STUDIES IS ALONG FRETS, UM, ONE'S ALONG NINTH STREET, UH, 15TH AND BRYANT ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT THOSE STUDIES WERE COVERING.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT 756,000 IN THE FY 26 REVISED THAT IS ACCOUNTING FOR THE COST OF BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT YOU GUYS LOOKED AT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THEN FY 27 AND 28, UH, YOU SEE MONEY THERE AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH THIS SS FOUR A GRANT THAT THIS IS ONE WHERE THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE TO FRONT THE FULL AMOUNT, AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED.
SO, UH, IT'S FOUR AND A HALF, $4.5 MILLION TOTAL, UH, 900,000 CITY SHARE.
AND THEN OF THAT 900,000, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO, UH, CHARGE OUR STAFF TIME UP TO $500,000.
SO CIP FUND WILL ONLY ULTIMATELY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 400,000 OF THE 4.5 MILLION.
SO NOTHING, SO NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WAS ONE THAT WE HAD BUDGETED.
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WE HAD, WE KIND OF WENT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.UH, IT SEEMED THAT STAFF AND AND COMMITTEES DID NOT WANT TO WORK ON THE NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE STUFF SO THAT MONEY NEVER GOT ENCUMBERED THAT 300,000 WILL GET ROLLED BACK INTO THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE 2000 CIP BRAD.
COULD I HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? SO I'M INTERESTED IF ANYBODY WOULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHY WE ABANDONED THAT PROJECT.
YEAH, I, I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE SPECIFICS ON THAT ONE.
I KNOW THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS PULLED OUTTA EDMUND SHIFT, SO IT'S STILL A PROJECT THAT EXISTS.
AND, AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT IT, WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT IT AT A FUTURE MEETING.
IT WAS BASICALLY A, I THINK WE CALLED IT A RIGHT OF WAY RETROFIT.
SO HE IS REPURPOSING THE EXISTING LANES ON UNIVERSITY, MAYBE TRYING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SHOULDER IN SOME SPOTS, AND THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF A PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
UH, TRYING TO MAKE THINGS SAFER FOR THOSE ON BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AROUND THE CAMPUS THERE.
SO YEAH, WE, ANY OF THESE THAT YOU GUYS WANNA REVISIT, WE CERTAINLY CAN.
AND WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE END, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, UH, WHAT THE RESERVES LOOK LIKE.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL TO ADD PROJECTS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN MY PERSONAL FAVORITE THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, DANFORTH AND KELLY JUST DON'T TURN LEFT AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.
SO YOU SEE THERE, UH, IN FY 27, WE HAVE ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED.
SO THAT IS SIMPLY 10% OF THE, UH, LOW BID AMOUNT.
SO TO COVER CHANGE ORDERS THAT MAY COME UP ON THE PROJECT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT MONEY BUDGETED TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE CHANGE ORDERS.
WE HAVE THE 7.3 MILLION OF GRANT FUNDING, BUT THEY CAP IT AT THAT.
SO ANYTHING OVER WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.
NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WHEN IS THAT GONNA GET FINISHED? LAST I'VE HEARD IS SUMMER, UH, JUNE SPECIFICALLY.
UH, I KNOW ODOT ISSUED THE CONTRACTOR A 71 DAY EXTENSION ON THEIR CONTRACT, WHICH PUSHED IT TO JUNE.
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY NEW DATES SINCE THEN.
I, I TRAVEL THAT, UM, FREQUENTLY AND ACTUALLY THE TRAFFIC MOVES PRETTY, PRETTY WELL THERE.
SO YEAH, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TRAFFIC COUNT IS.
I, I'VE GOT A QUESTION OR MAYBE AN OBSERVATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN FY 27, IF I TAKE THE PARKS AND REC AREA AND I LOOK AT, UH, THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR TRAILS, UM, OR KKU MASTER PLAN, ET CETERA, AND THEN, WHICH IS THREE POINT, ALMOST 3.5 MILLION.
AND THEN IN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, I LOOK AT OVER A MILLION THAT'S DEVOTED TO TRAILS THAT'S NORTH OF FOUR AND A HALF MILLION FOR TRAILS.
AND OUR ENTIRE BUDGET FOR STREET AND HIGHWAY RECAP AND RESURFACE IS LESS THAN THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? AT LEAST ON THIS DOCUMENT, ON THE 2000 YES.
ON THIS DOCUMENT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
THE, THE NUMBERS THERE, YEAH, THEY ALL, THOSE ALL SHOULD BE ACCURATE.
AND I WILL GO LINE BY LINE ON THOSE PARKS ONES TOO.
I JUST WAS STARTING WITH STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
SO SOME OF THAT WILL MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE SHIFTED IN TRAILS.
THE THE 2000 IS THE ONLY PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN PAY FOR PARKS, TRAILS, ANYTHING ELSE? 'CAUSE THE 2017 THAT'S GONNA ROLL INTO THE 2027 IS ALL ROADS.
BRAD, LOOKING FORWARD A MONTH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET LIKE A GEOGRAPHICAL HEAT MAP OF WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY? SURE.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE THE TOP PRIORITY, BUT OH YEAH.
I MEAN IF, IF THERE IS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S LEFT BEHIND, I THINK RIGHT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE PREPARED TO KNOW THAT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LEVERAGE SOME OF THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY WE'VE GOT.
I KNOW JANE HAS A PRETTY COOL PROJECT STORY MAP THING THAT, UH, SHE KIND OF HEADS UP.
SO WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AND BE CIP PROJECT SPECIFIC AND HAVE THAT MAP WHERE YOU CAN ZOOM AROUND AND CLICK AND PROJECT DETAILS WILL POP UP AND ALL THAT.
YOU HAVE THE HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS THE ACCIDENTS AND THINGS.
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THOSE ALIGN YEAH.
WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE.
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YEAH, I THINK, I THINK PART OF THAT IS, UH, AFTER WE GET THE INFORMATION BACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, WE'LL START WORKING ON OUR EIGHT YEAR PLAN, FIVE YEAR PLAN, OUR, OUR, OUR ROADMAP, UH, AHEAD.AND THAT'LL ALL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF WHERE EVERY ROAD IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, THAT SHOULD ALL BE WRAPPED IN, INTO THAT.
UM, YEAH, AND I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REASON WHY DANFORTH AND KELLY IS ACTUALLY FUNCTIONING FAIRLY SMOOTH IS 'CAUSE WE HAVE CAMERAS AND WE HAVE ITS THERE AND WE'RE WATCHING IT ALL DAY LONG AND, AND MAKING CORRECTIONS AS NEEDED.
SO IT REALLY DOES HELP ON CONSTRUCTION WHENEVER WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.
SO ARE YOU THE PERSON WE CALL WHEN WE NEED ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR TRAVEL
I'M NOT THE FASTEST TO RESPOND, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE THAT.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN, AND JUST TO KIND OF RECAP ON, ON THE STREETS, UM, THAT ARE IN THIS FUND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION THAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE SPENT, UH, WAS IT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD, UM, FOR COFFEE CREEK ROAD, THE SECTIONS THAT WERE RECENTLY REFINISHED.
UM, JUST LAST NIGHT WE AWARDED A COUNCIL.
WE HAD, WE HAD SPOKEN EARLIER ABOUT THE AIR DEPOT AND, UH, COVAL INTERSECTION.
AND SO, UH, WE DID FINALIZE THE DESIGN ON THAT, GOT IT OUT FOR BIDS, UM, GOT IT, GOT REALLY GOOD BIDS ON IT, UM, FOR 1.3 MILLION.
UM, AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW OUT AT AIR DEPOT AND COVELL, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY CROSSINGS, CHURCHES IS WIDENING THEIR PORTION.
OUR PROJECT WILL COME IN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, UH, AND BASICALLY WIDEN THE EASTERN LEG AND THE SOUTHERN LEG.
UH, WE, WE COULDN'T JUST PUT A SIGNAL OUT THERE BECAUSE IT, THE INTERSECTION DROPS OFF DRAMATICALLY, AND IF YOU GO THROUGH THERE AT 45 MILES AN HOUR, YOU'RE GONNA BE CATCHING SOME AIR.
SO, UM, WE, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BASICALLY RAISING THE, THE EASTERN SIDE OF THAT INTERSECTION, UM, WHICH FINGERS CROSSED WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT MOVING ADDITIONAL UTILITIES, UH, COMMUNITIES CROSSING CHURCH, UH, CROSSINGS, COMMUNITY CHURCH, UH, DID MOVE A LOT OF UTILITIES, WHICH TOOK THEM A WHILE.
BUT SO OUR, OUR GOAL WITH THAT PROJECT, UH, WOULD BE AT LEAST TO HAVE, WE'RE BASICALLY ADDING A LEFT TURN LANE EACH DIRECTION.
UM, AND SO, UH, ONE THROUGH THROUGH LANE EACH DIRECTION AND A TURN LANE, UM, AND, AND, AND A SIGNAL AS WELL, UM, PRIOR TO SCHOOL OPENING IN AUGUST.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THE OTHER 1.3 MILLION OUT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION FUND THIS YEAR IS GOING TOWARDS THAT.
UM, THE, THE NEXT ONE WE'RE ANTICIPATING BRINGING TO YOU IS ANOTHER INTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OKLAHOMA COUNTY, UM, FOR, UH, MIDWEST BOULEVARD FROM COBELL TO, UH, DANFORTH.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A ROAD PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE LIST AS AS REALLY BAD FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, IT'S JUST, WE WERE DOING A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT THAT'S RIGHT IN THERE, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IN A NEW ROAD AND, AND, AND BEAT IT UP IMMEDIATELY.
SO, SO THAT ONE'S OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, KIND OF A SUMMARY OF, OF KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, UH, WITH THOSE ROAD RESURFACING PROJECTS FOR, AND THAT YEAH, THOSE WILL BE FUNDED OUT, THAT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR STREET REHAB, RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION, THE AIR DEPOT AND COVELL, AND THEN THE, UH, COUNTY AGREEMENT.
SO WE, WE TRY TO LEVERAGE THAT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION THE BEST WE CAN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WE HAVE ON THE SHELF, UH, CONCRETE RESURFACING, RESURFACING, AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING THROWING IT OUT TO BID, BUT WE WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT FUND TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE COMPETITIVE BIDS.
SO WE'RE BUMPING THAT ONE TO NEXT FISCAL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN THE COVELL AND AIR DEPOT AND THEN ANOTHER COUNTY AGREEMENT TO GET CLOSE TO THAT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION.
WELL, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
I WAS WATCHING COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AND, AND NOTICED THAT I, I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, I DIDN'T SEE IT SEPARATELY ON THE LIST, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, I ASSUMED IT WOULD GO IN THAT FOUR AND A HALF.
UM, YEAH, YEAH, WE DIDN'T CALL THAT OUT SPECIFICALLY AS A, AS A PROJECT IN ITSELF.
UM, OTHER THAN KIND OF IN THE, IN, SO, SO PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, UH, WHEN YOU SEE LIKE COVEL, UH, PARKWAY DESIGN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THAT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, AT AIR DEPOT AND COVAL, WE HAD A DESIGN CONTRACT IN PLACE, RIGHT? WE JUST WENT TO THAT AND WE NEEDED TO DO IT QUICKLY.
SO WE WENT TO THAT CONSULTANT, WE SAID, OKAY, WE, WE KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THE LARGER DESIGN FOR THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT THAT WE WANT TO DO HERE.
GIVE US A PLAN FOR THE SHORT, SHORT TERM, RIGHT? AND
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SO WE DID THAT WITH THAT IN ANTICIPATION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN ROUGHLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS, WE WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A, UH, A FULL WIDENING OF THAT INTERSECTION.UM, IF, IF IT, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS OUT IN OUR, UH, ARRANGEMENT OF, OF OUR EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
UM, BUT ROUGHLY USUALLY THESE INTERIM WIDENINGS BUY US ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF TRAFFIC, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET KIND OF THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE THAT WE NEED.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT CONSULTANT COMING BACK TO US AND SAYING, OKAY, TO COMPLETE THIS FIVE YEAR OR, OR THIS FULL DESIGN, WE'RE GONNA NEED A LITTLE ADDITIONAL MONEY.
UM, SO WE WERE EX EXPEDITING SOME PROJECTS KIND OF THROUGH, UM, BY UTILIZING EXISTING CONTRACTS, WHICH WAS MONEY THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ENCUMBERED AND JUST SITTING THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT THAT ONE MOVING FORWARD.
IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, I WILL JUMP OVER TO THE PARKS AND WRECK.
SO THE, AND MAYBE YOU'LL ADDRESS THIS ON THE 20 17, 20 27, THERE'S THE PROJECT TO PIN THE, YOU KNOW, THE BAD SPOTS THAT I THINK I'VE SEEN THROUGH THE CITY.
DOES, DO THESE PROJECTS ALIGN WITH THAT? AND IS THERE A PLAN TO PIVOT TO THOSE PROJECTS IF SOMETHING COMES OUT THAT THERE'S A SPOT THAT ISN'T ALIGNED WITH THAT? YEAH, YEAH.
SO CASEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, STEALING THE THUNDER FROM CASEY A LITTLE BIT.
HE, HE'S GOT SOME GREAT INFORMATION HE'LL SHARE ON, ON THOSE, THE DROPPING THE PINS AND ALL THAT.
YEAH, ULTIMATELY WE ARE LOOKING AT USING THAT DATA TO SHIFT THINGS AROUND IF WE NEED TO.
UH, SO ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS ON THE 2000 CIP, YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, UH, THE 84 33 TRAILS THERE.
WE'VE GOT THE VISTA LANE KICKING BIRD CONNECTOR.
IT'S GOT THAT FUNKY NUMBER IN FRONT OF IT, THAT C 0 0 0, THAT, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, THE NEW WAY THAT, UH, OUR FINANCE SYSTEM IS IDENTIFYING PROJECTS.
SO MOVING FORWARD, YOU MAY SEE MORE PROJECTS THAT LOOK SIMILAR TO THAT.
THAT IS THE VISTA LANE KICKING BIRD CONNECTOR TRAIL THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED.
THAT COUNCIL THEN FOLLOWED UP AND APPROVED TO, UH, HAVE THAT WORK DONE.
SO THE 180,000 IN FY 27, THAT'LL BE FOR THE DESIGN.
AND THEN THE 420,000 IN FY 28, THAT WILL BE OUR PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN FY 29, THAT 160,000, THAT'S 10% OF THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST, ROUGHLY TO COVER CHANGE ORDERS IF NEEDED.
AND THAT'S, YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE HAD A $1.2 MILLION TAP GRANT FOR THAT.
SO, UH, ANOTHER GOOD CASE WHERE WE'RE PAYING A LESSER SHARE THAN, UH, WHAT THE FUNDING SUPPORT IS.
UH, I WILL SKIP ONE HERE 'CAUSE I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE BRAD COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE PROJECTS.
BUT, UH, THE SPRING CREEK TO CARL REMAN TRAIL, YOU SEE THE 2.5 MILLION THAT WAS BUDGETED LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UH, IT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT'S SEEMINGLY SLOWING THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'RE JUST SHIFTING THE MONEY FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, IT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE FINE ON TIME.
THE TIMELINE FOR THAT, IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER OF 2029, WHICH WE, WE STILL SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THAT DONE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE IN THAT PROJECT? SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY SPRING CREEK PARK TO CARL ERMAN PARK.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE SPRING CREEK PARK IS, IF YOU DRIVE 15TH STREET TOWARDS THE LAKE DRIVE AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO WITHOUT DRIVING INTO THE LAKE, YOU'LL HIT SPRING CREEK PARK.
AND THEN CARL ERMAN PARK IS, IF YOU DO THE SAME THING AT 33RD STREET, DRIVING TOWARDS THE LAKE.
SO IT'S A TRAIL THAT'LL CONNECT 15TH STREET TO 33RD STREET ALONG THE LAKEFRONT.
UH, AND THEN I'LL TOUCH ON POST ROAD WESTMINSTER TRAIL.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, TRAIL PROJECT THAT'S GONNA GO ALONG.
UH, ROUTE 66 THERE FROM POST ROAD UP TO WESTMINSTER ROAD.
UM, SO THAT ONE WE'VE GOT BUDGETED
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OUT IN FY 28 FOR 1.25 MILLION, WHICH IS OUR SHARE.WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS OF, UH, TAP GRANT THERE.
AND IT ALSO MUST BE LET BY OCTOBER OF 2028.
SO SHOULD STILL BE FINE ON THE TIMELINE ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
UH, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA SEE IT, BUT I'VE GOT THE DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FEASIBILITY ON THERE.
IT'S GOT ASTERISK THAT JUST THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER COUNCIL HAS YET TO HEAR THAT ONE.
WE HAVE INFORMED THEM OF YOU GUYS' DECISION AT YOUR LAST MEETING WHERE YOU DID VOTE AGAINST THAT.
SO, UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE COUNCIL DECISION BEFORE WE COMPLETELY TAKE IT OFF THE LIST.
AND THEN, UH, IF BRAD IS READY, I'LL HAVE HIM COME AND HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SOCCER COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS, THE ARCADIA LAKE MASTER PLAN AND ER PARK POND PAVILION AND DECK.
THANKS, BRAD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS.
BRAD, BRAD RAINEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES.
UM, THE SOCCER COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS LAST YEAR, ABOUT THIS TIME WHEN, UH, Y'ALL WERE WORKING THROUGH YOUR BUDGET AND SOME OF YOU WERE HERE, WE WENT THROUGH A FEW PARK OPPORTUNITIES, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I MENTIONED.
AND THIS IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO LIGHTING AT, UH, THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
THERE'S A FEW FIELDS THAT AREN'T LIGHTED.
SO THERE THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EXPAND THERE JUST BY PUTTING LIGHTS IN, AND ALSO TO CONVERT LIGHTS TO LED AND HAVE BETTER DIRECTIONAL LINEAGE WITHOUT LIGHT POLLUTION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT PROJECT REPRESENTS.
IT'S KIND OF A PLACE MARKER FOR, FOR AN OUTER YEAR.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF HAD, HAD THAT ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE $800,000 JUST KIND OF SHOWS LIKE ROLLING THAT MONEY OVER FROM EACH YEAR.
'CAUSE WE'VE SPENT VERY LITTLE OF IT.
WE'VE JUST SPENT A LITTLE ON DESIGN.
AND THIS IS FOR RESTROOMS AT ARCADIA LAKE.
SO $800,000 WOULD REPLACE TWO RESTROOMS. WE'RE LOOKING AT SCISSOR TAIL PARK.
UM, ONE, IT'S NOT JUST RESTROOMS. IT'S A RESTROOM AND SHOWER FACILITY, AND THEN A RESTROOM ONLY FACILITY.
UM, ALL, ALL OF THE RESTROOMS AT THE, AT THE LAKE NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT, UH, PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT THAT REPRESENTS THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
AND PART OF THE REASON WHY NOTHING HAPPENED IS WE ARE WAITING ON APPROVAL FROM THE CORE, UM, AS WE DO FOR ALL THE ARCADIA LAKE PROJECTS.
AND WE FINALLY DO HAVE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE TWO RESTROOMS. SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THAT.
UM, IF IT IS APPROVED, WE COULD, WE COULD START RIGHT AS, UH, THE SEASON WINDS DOWN AT THE LAKE AND DO THE WORK OVER THE WINTER AND HAVE SOME NEW RESTROOMS THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE EIGHTIES OR WHENEVER, UH, THE PARK WAS BUILT.
UM, THE FER PARK, UH, PAVILION AND DECK, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME.
AND I THINK THE PREFERENCE WAS TO LOOK AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT'S KIND OF REPLACING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE OR AN EXISTING AMENITY THERE THAT'S REALLY POPULAR.
UM, I WILL SAY AT LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, WE, UM, WE WERE PURSUING A GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT FROM THE LAND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.
UM, SO WE APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MATCH THAT GRANT WITH PART TAX FUND JUST TO TRY TO, UM, ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN ON, ON THE CIP.
UM, SO, AND, AND JUST KIND OF THE LAST THING THAT I'LL MENTION THAT'S NOT ON THERE THAT I THINK PROBABLY JUST SHOULD BE A, A PLACE MARKER ON THERE IS THE COMPETITION POOL AT MITCH PARK, AT, AT THE YMCA, IF, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, UM, WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, DAN LINDSAY, AND I KNOW ABOUT THAT ALL TOO WELL.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A POOL AND IT'S ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, I THINK.
UM, WE KIND OF SPLIT COST 50 50 WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IT HAS SOME ISSUES CHOOSE TO PUT IT SIMPLY WITH, WITH THE, UH, HVAC THERE.
SO I, I THINK THE PARK TAXES KIND OF TRADITIONALLY OPERATED AND MAINTAINED THAT FACILITY, AND IT'S JUST PROBABLY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S SOME PROJECTS NEEDED THAT ARE BEYOND, UH, THE CAPABILITY OF THE PARK TAX TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, I GUESS MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF STUDIES BEING DONE TO, TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ASK DAN
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 'CAUSE I GET ASKED ABOUT IT AND YEAH, KIND OF WHERE IT IS AND, AND WHAT IT IS.
SO HAVING IT ON THE RADAR AND UNDERSTANDING YEAH.
WHAT IT IS, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO, TO HAVE BEFORE IT, IT COMES AND WE KNOW WE NEED MONEY FOR IT.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW THE PARK TAX IS KIND OF HANDLING, THERE'S BEEN SOME EXPENSIVE REPAIRS THAT ARE BEYOND JUST REGULAR MAINTENANCE, AND THE PARK TAX HAS BEEN HANDLING THAT, BUT EVENTUALLY THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE A SOLUTION TO IT.
AND, AND I THINK THAT IT'LL NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE PARK TAX TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
SO ANYWAYS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS?
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I JUST HAVE ONE, THE, THE, UH, POND PAVILION AND DECK.I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BALLPARK NUMBER ON THAT ONE? SOUNDS LIKE A INTERESTING PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT PROJECT, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC'S GONNA LOVE THE RESULT WHEN WE GET TO IT.
UM, IT'S, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE WHAT THE PROJECT IS, IT'S THE POND AND THE DECK THAT GOES OUT OVER THE POND.
SO AT, AT HAYFORD PARK, IT'S KIND OF A, OH, A LANDMARK OF EDMOND IF, IF YOU WILL, THERE'S A DECK THAT GOES OUT OVER THE POND WITH A NICE PAVILION.
IT'S JUST KIND OF REACHING THE END OF ITS LIFE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S, THE ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT 550 TO $600,000 FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, I WOULD SAY THE DRAWBACK WITH GOING THE LWCF ROUTE IS IT JUST TAKES US A WHILE TO GET TO IT.
THAT THAT WHOLE GRANT PROCESS IS A COUPLE YEARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECS PROJECT, WE DO HAVE ONE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM UNDER THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE COMMITTEE, PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS.
UH, THIS WAS THE EDMOND HISTORY MUSEUM.
THEY REQUESTED $200,000 TO, UH, HELP FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN RESTORATION OF SOME OF THE EXISTING MUSEUM THERE.
UH, BACK IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, THEY CAME, UH, TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR THAT AND YOU GUYS, UH, VOTED FOR IT AND SAID, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO FUND UP TO $200,000 FOR THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT BUDGETED.
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
SO, UH, IT COULD HIT THIS YEAR.
IF IT DOESN'T HIT THIS YEAR, IT'LL BE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO YOU THINK IT'LL BE THIS YEAR.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL SCRATCH OUT THAT 200,000 THAT'S SHOWN IN FY 27 AND WE'LL JUST LEAVE WHAT WE'VE GOT IN FY 26.
WE WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHY ANDY HAD 250,000.
WE HAD, WE HAD THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST 200,000, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE JUST HAD 50,000 FOR CHANGE ORDERS OR FLUFF OR WHAT IT MIGHT BE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED.
SO, UH, THAT'S IN THERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL SCRATCH THAT 200,000 OFF OF FY 27.
SO AFTER ALL THAT, I'M SURE SOMEONE IS WONDERING WHAT THE ENDING BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 27 WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THOSE PROJECTS LISTED.
WELL LUCKY FOR YOU, MY FRIENDS IN FINANCE AND I JUST MET FOR A FEW HOURS AND GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
SO WITH EVERYTHING SHOWN THERE MINUS THE $200,000 THAT WE JUST SCRATCHED OFF, WE'RE LOOKING AT A ENDING FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 27 OF AROUND 9.4 MILLION IN THE 2000 CIP.
SO, SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 12.1 OF PROJECTS WE WANNA SPEND MONEY ON NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH NINE, WOULD YOU SAY 9.4? CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? CAN YOU RESTATE THAT? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU GOT THIS.
SO, AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE, YOU CAN'T SEE THE COLUMN HEADER ANYMORE, BUT IT'S GOT 12.38 FOR TOTAL EXPENSES IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WE'RE TAKING OFF THAT 200 FOR THE MUSEUM.
SO THAT'S OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR.
AND OUR BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WOULD BE 9.4, CORRECT? YEAH.
STEVEN LAWRENCE, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
UM, AND, AND I, WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE, UH, THE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN ON ROADS RIGHT NOW, SO, ROADS, ROADS, ROADS.
UM, WE DO WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE WE MAKE OUR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, ROOM FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN A NORMAL PROJECT.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
WE'VE DONE THE SAME WITH OUR, OUR WATER FUND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, AT BUILDING A LARGE PLANT.
UM, SO WE, WE NEED TO HAVE ROOM FOR SOME LARGER PROJECTS WITHIN THE FUND.
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A BAD THING TO HAVE THAT BALANCE THERE.I THINK ONCE WE KINDA GET THROUGH OUR EIGHT YEAR ROAD PLANT, UH, ROAD PROGRAM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ORDER WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, ROADS AND TR START TRYING TO PROGRAM, KIND OF THE MAXIMIZING OUR FEDERAL, UH, GRANTS THAT WE CAN GET FOR THOSE ROAD PROJECTS IS KIND OF WHEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON LOOKING AT KIND OF THE OVERALL, UH, BALANCE THAT WE HAVE IN THE RESERVES AND BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAXIMIZE THAT, THAT, THAT USE OF THE TAXES AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
SO, AND THE REASON YOU TALK ABOUT AN EIGHT YEAR PLAN IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ODOT DOES, THEY MATCH.
WE, WE TRY TO MATCH WHAT ODOT DOES.
I THINK THEIR EIGHT YEAR PLAN HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT ALWAYS CHANGES, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A PLAN AND A PATH FORWARD.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ONE, YOU KNOW, UNOFFICIALLY OR OCCASIONALLY OFFICIALLY.
UM, WE WANT TO, WE WANNA MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF IT.
IT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD ASKED FOR IN THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH KIND OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, GETTING IT OUT THERE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
UM, ODOT UPDATES THEIR EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
YOU KNOW, IT, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT HELPFUL TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
YOUR TYPICAL ROAD PROJECT, A LARGE ROAD PROJECT CAN TAKE FOUR YEARS FROM THE TIME YOU START IT, UH, TILL YOU ACTUALLY ARE OUT THERE CONSTRUCTING IT.
SO HAVING A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIMEFRAME I THINK IS HELPFUL.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA SHOOT FOR AN EIGHT YEAR PLAN.
UM, WE MIGHT START WITH FIVE AND THEN INCREASE IT TO AN EIGHT, BUT THAT'S THE GOAL.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE POOL, WE DO, WE HAVE A HANDLE ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE REPAIRS.
AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS, IS THE SCHOOL ON THE HOOK FOR HALF OF THOSE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, POOL, THE COMPETITION POOL AT THE YMCA.
UM, I'LL SAY THAT THE SCHOOL IS ON THE HOOK FOR HALF OF THOSE REPAIRS.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OR, AND WE, WE REQUESTED THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME ENGINEERING TESTING ON THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS. AND SO ONCE THEY HAVE THAT, WE'VE, UM, ASKED FOR AN ENGINEER'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION OF SOME OPTIONS OF HOW TO ADDRESS THE LONG-TERM REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED.
SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHY BRAD'S SAYING, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW YET THE NUMBER, SO I DON'T WANNA THROW A NUMBER OUT.
THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF THE OVERALL HVAC SYSTEM THAT, THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE GRANDSTAND AIR CONDITIONING, IF YOU WILL.
AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT PLANS WERE JUST DRAWN UP.
UM, AND THE SCHOOL HAD SET ASIDE BOND MONEY FOR IT, AND THEN WHEN WE GOT ESTIMATES IT WAS QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN, THAN WE EXPECTED.
SO WE'RE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, BUT, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION FOR, FOR JUST THE AIR CONDITION THAT THE GRANDSTANDS AND, BUT THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A LARGER ISSUE GOING ON THAT WE'RE TRYING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS, AS DAN MENTIONED.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A SIMPLE FIX, MAYBE IT WON'T BE THAT EXPENSIVE, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO I LIKE YOUR GET ANSWERS TO, TO THAT
AND, AND I, I WOULD SAY BRAD RAINEY'S BEEN REALLY GOOD, UM, WITH, UH, HIS PART OF THE CITY AND LOOKING AT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND, AND MOVING THAT FORWARD CITYWIDE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT, LOOKING AT ALL OUR ASSETS, HAVING A PLAN FOR HIM IN THE FUTURE, AND TRY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MONEY BUDGETED STRATEGICALLY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE ASSETS.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
PROBABLY, STEVE, TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I JUST, I'LL SAY IT TO YOU, BUT REALLY TO THE ENTIRE STAFF, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC PROBABLY DON'T WANT, RIGHT.
TO, TO SEE THAT TAX COLLECTED WITHOUT ANYTHING BEING DONE, BUT ALSO RUSHING INTO SOMETHING THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
AND SO I PERSONALLY JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE AND, AND YOU GUYS DIVING DEEP INTO THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE THAT YOU'RE, THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND THIS IS MAYBE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT THE, LIKE THE SS FOUR A OUR NET, IF I WAS FOLLOWING CORRECTLY, OUR NET IS 400,000.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN SEE, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE OUR OBLIGATIONS AND WE HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK, BUT WHEN, WHEN WOULD WE RECEIVE THE SUPPORT BACK FROM THAT? AND CAN WE RECEIVE LIKE A NET BUDGET THAT WOULD REFLECT THAT? YEAH.
CAN YOU GET REIMBURSED PARTICULARLY, UM, EVERY QUARTER
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WE REIMBURSED RIGHT NOW FOR 80% BUDGET OF THAT.DO YOU GUYS HEAR THAT? BARELY.
SORRY, COULD YOU CON COULD YOU CONSTANT REIMBURSEMENT I THINK IS WHAT I HEARD.
UM, AS WE SPEND, WE REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT AND, UH, PUT TOGETHER A FULL, FULL BUDGET OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE THIS NUMBER WOULDN'T BE OUR ACTUAL, I MEAN, OUR NET EXPENDITURE RIGHT? IT'S REALLY THE OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN OUR NET EXPENDITURE WOULD BE THAT.
SO, SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE COLUMNS, UM, THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM ANYBODY WITH, BUT IN, IN THE REVENUE, THERE'S A REVENUE LINE ITEM THAT'S LIKE GRANT REIMBURSEMENT THAT I BELIEVE JULIANA DOES THE BUDGET ENTRIES FOR WHENEVER THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS COME.
SO, SO THAT MONEY GETS COUNTED BACK TOWARDS THE REVENUE THAT THEN WOULD BE THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE.
BUT YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES LOOK KIND OF ONE SIDED ON HERE.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THE, THE REIMBURSEMENTS COMING BACK IN AND SIMPLY WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW.
THIS SHEET DOESN'T HAVE THE REVENUE SIDE OF IT, SO, BUT USUALLY YOU SEE THOSE YEAH.
ON, AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF TIE IT BACK TO WHERE SURE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT ON THE, THE FINAL BUDGET WHENEVER WE COME BACK IN APRIL.
BUT FOR TODAY WE WANTED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR YOU TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AND TAKE ANY FEEDBACK YOU GUYS HAVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT, YOU WANNA MOVE TO THE 2017? SURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL LET STEVE KICK IT OFF WITH THE NOTE WE'VE GOT AT THE TOP OF THIS ONE.
DID YOU WANNA COVER THIS? THE 2.6? I CAN GO AHEAD.
UM, SO, SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET IS, UM, SOME SHORTFALLS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SO, UH, ONE SOLUTION THAT, UH, WE'VE SUGGESTED TO COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IS TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR FIELD SERVICES STREETS IN PARTICULAR.
UM, SO OUR, OUR STREETS, UH, OUR, OUR FIELD SERVICES, UH, STREETS DIVISION DOES A LOT OF THE KIND OF SMALLER SCALE, UH, REBUILD, RECONSTRUCT AND, AND MAINTAIN, AS WELL AS SOME INTERNAL PROJECTS THAT THEY DO, UH, WITHIN THEIR FUND, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, CONCRETE REPLACEMENTS AND, AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, AND PROPOSING IS FOR BASICALLY FOR A ONE YEAR, UH, TRANSFER INTO THIS, UH, UH, FIELD SERVICES, UH, FUND SO THAT, UH, TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH, I WOULD SAY, KIND OF A, A DEEP DIVE INTO KIND OF EVERYTHING WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM A, UH, INTERNAL, UM, FROM FIELD SERVICES TO, TO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, UM, WHICH, UH, AND HOW WE'RE FUNDING THINGS.
SO, UH, AND THAT LEADS INTO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE, UH, STREETS AND, AND ROAD PROBLEMS OR, OR ISSUES THAT THE, UH, THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA START ASSEMBLING OUR EIGHT YEAR PLAN, BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL START, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE LAST, UH, BUDGET AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ON THE 2000, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANNA DIVE BACK INTO THAT.
A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IS, IS KIND OF GOING BACK THROUGH RESEARCHING EXACTLY WHAT WAS FUNDED, WHAT WASN'T FUNDED, UH, A A LOT OF KIND OF WHAT WAS, WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN, UH, PLANNED AND, AND FIGURING IT OUT, RIGHT? SO AS ENGINEERING TAKES OVER, UH, THIS ROLE, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, AND SO, SO PART OF THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH AND RE REASSESSING, UM, THIS, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT SPENDING EVERYTHING TOWARDS ROADS, UM, AND LISTENING TO YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS AND LOOKING AT, AT VERY SPECIFIC THINGS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, STREETS, UH, AND SO, UM, AND FIGURING OUT HOW, HOW TO BEST SEPARATE, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY, UM, FROM OUR EXTERNAL PROJECTS, WHICH ARE, ARE USUALLY WHAT YOU GUYS SEE IS EXTERNAL PROJECTS.
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BEEN PROPOSED.UM, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, BOUNCE THAT OFF OF, OF THIS, THIS, UH, BOARD AND KIND OF GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE TIME TRANSFER OF 2.6 TO THE STREETS.
I MAY NOT BE UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IS LIKE LAID OUT FOR US, BUT IT, THAT GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FROM CIP IS LISTED RIGHT NEXT TO DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT.
SO IS ALL THAT FILTER? YEAH, THAT ONE WAS JUST A, A NOTE THAT'S NOT TIED TO THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE I WAS LIKE, OH, WE GOTTA PUT THAT NOTE ON THERE SO WE REMEMBER IT'S NOT A LINE ITEM ON IT.
IT'S NOT, YEAH, IT'S NOT TIED TO THAT LINE ITEM.
YEAH, I DO, I DO WANT TO HEAR SOME INPUT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME UP AS, HEY, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO COVER THE SHORTFALL OR THE, THE BALANCES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, AND, AND THE CIP BUDGET IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UM, I, I'LL BE HONEST, I'M A LITTLE TORN ON ON THE IDEA.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF MOVING MONEY OUTTA CIP TO COVER GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S PROPOSED AS A ONE TIME MOVE.
SO, UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND THEN BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ON THAT.
YEAH, I LIKE, DO WE KNOW LIKE WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT GO TOWARDS? DO YOU HAVE LINE ITEM LIST? DO YOU HAVE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LINE ITEM LIST YET.
I MEAN, THIS WAS ALL STEVE'S IDEA.
THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT TODAY,
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE.
BUT I MEAN, STEVE, UH, STEVE MENTIONED IT, WE ARE DOING A, A BUNCH OF THINGS AT ONE TIME, AND, UH, ONE OF THEM WAS WE, WE REALLY KIND OF CAREFULLY, NOT KIND OF, WE CAREFULLY WERE LOOKING AT AND SCRUTINIZING TRANSFERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND ONE OF THEM WAS TO, UH, TO FIELD SERVICES FOR, I LIKE HOW STEVE KIND OF PHRASED IT, SMALLER SCALE, UH, STREET WORK.
ALSO ANTICIPATING THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL WHILE WE GO THROUGH THE PAVING THE WAY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN THINKING FORWARD TO A COUPLE ITEMS LATER ON THIS AGENDA, WORKING WITH THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD TO COME UP WITH A LONGER TERM STRATEGIC PLAN AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, WANTED TO DO A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE WAS REDUCE THE TRANSFER OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THEN STILL USE 2017 CIP MONEY TO BE DIRECTED TO, UH, TOWARDS STREETS.
NOT TAKING IT AWAY FROM ANY PROJECT, TAKING IT OUT OF, UH, FUND BALANCE.
AND SO TO THE POINT THAT'S BEEN MADE ABOUT, UH, ONE TIME THAT, THAT, THAT'S OUR INTENT.
AND I, I WON'T STRAY TOO FAR, BUT IF YOU ARE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, IF YOU TUNE INTO OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL BE MONDAY, IT'LL BE AN OFF MONDAY, IT'LL BE MONDAY THE 30TH, UM, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT TO KIND OF CAREFULLY EXAMINE OUR FUND STRUCTURE AND THEN LOOK AT HOW WE ARE, I THINK REALLY GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHICH FUNDS, AS I LIKE TO SAY, WHICH CAPITAL F FUNDS ARE IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AND WHICH ONES WE DON'T.
LOOKING AT A PROCESS TO SIMPLIFY WHAT HAS BEEN, UH, AN ONGOING PRACTICE HERE OF ALLOCATIONS.
AND WE THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONSOLIDATE SOME, SOME CAPITAL F FUNDS, UM, SIMPLIFY THOSE ALLOCATIONS, MAKE THEM REIMBURSEMENTS FROM, YOU KNOW, DUE FROM ONE FUND TO ANOTHER.
UM, AND, UH, MAKE SOME OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, UH, THE FORMAT AND THE STRUCTURE OF OUR BUDGET, MANY OF WHICH WOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH WHAT, ON A SEPARATE TRACK OF THAT BUDGET, PERFORM TASK FORCE TALKED ABOUT DOING AND TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING.
SO WE'LL TAKE THOSE TO THE NEXT STEP.
AND I MENTIONED THAT AS, UH, AS, UH, PART OF THE OVERALL LARGER EFFORT TRYING TO SHORE UP OUR GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS IS GETTING TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL'S TARGET OF A 10% FUND BALANCE.
AND WE PROPOSED, UH, A HANDFUL OF WAYS FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
ONE OF THE STEPS ALONG THE WAY WAS THIS, UH, INSTEAD OF TRANSFERRING 2.6 OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND IN 26, 27 TOWARD THAT STREET WORK AND THE, UH, FIELD SERVICES TO USE, UH, 2.6 MILLION OF THE 2017, UH, CIP FUND BALANCE.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE IT'LL BE AN ANNUAL THING, UM, BUT THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.
SO AJ, WHAT IS THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE? SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY OF THESE, IT DOESN'T TAKE, UH, I'M GONNA DO THIS FROM MEMORY.
IT MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE BRAD AND OR KATHY HELP ME OUT, BUT
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I THINK THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE 19, UH, MILLION DOLLARS RANGE THAT IS THAT, SO AF AFTER WE GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 2017, UH, WE WERE AT 6.9 MILLION ACCOUNTING FOR THE 2.6 TRANSFER OUT.WE'RE STILL LEFT WITH, BUT THAT ALSO HAS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
SO TODAY, RIGHT, UH, NOT, NOT NETTING OUT FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND $19 MILLION.
AND, AND BY THE TIME WE, WE GO THROUGH, WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND TRANSFER THE 2.6, I THINK WE WIND UP IN THE, AROUND THE $6 MILLION RANGE.
WELL, LIKE THE CHAIRMAN SAID, I, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE HOLE YOU'RE TRYING TO DIG OUT OF, SO GOOD LUCK.
YOU KNOW, STEVE, WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? NO, I'M KIDDING.
I, I THINK OF IT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ON SELF-PERFORM AND IT'S, IT'S BETTER FOR OUR MARGINS, BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE PERFORMING THAT WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL CREW.
IT'S ACTUALLY MORE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR CUSTOMER AS WELL.
I, I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UNPOPULAR OPINION, BUT I, I COULD ACTUALLY SEE THIS OPENING UP IF, IF THE CITY CAN MAKE A BUSINESS CASE FOR IT.
I, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO ONE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THAT AS, UM, THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN DO THEMSELVES VERSUS HIRING OUT A CONTRACTOR WHO'S GONNA MARK UP ON THE OVERHEAD.
I COULD ACTUALLY MYSELF SUPPORT THIS BEING A, A ROTATING OR MORE THAN ONE TIME OCCURRENCE.
UM, I COULD, I COULD EASILY SEE SUPPORTING THAT, BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A BUSINESS CASE IF WE'RE, IF WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IT FROM A LAGGING PERSPECTIVE, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THIS YEAR TO HELP US JUSTIFY THAT? UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THOSE PROJECTS HAVE COST IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE EXTERNAL FOR THAT? UM, I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY, I, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T PUT A LOCK ON THIS BEING A ONE TIME THING IF THERE, IF THERE'S A CASE THAT CAN BE MADE FOR IT.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
AND IT, IT REMINDED ME, SO THE REASON WHY AJ'S COMING INTO A SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, 80, 90 DIFFERENT, UH, ACCOUNTS, FUNDS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE 1990S WE LOOKED AT IT, WE, WE SET UP EVERY, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, FIELD SERVICES, STREETS, STREET MAINTENANCE AT THE TIME WAS SET UP AS A BUSINESS UNIT, BILLING, HR, IT, EVERYBODY THAT THEY USED SO THAT WE COULD, WE LITERALLY WENT OUT FOR BIDS, UH, AGAINST THE, AGAINST THE PRIVATE SIDE FOR THIS.
AND SO THAT'S THE WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS DONE 30 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS AGO.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY, UH, THE, THE ONES THAT HAVE, UH, CONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE FIELD, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, VERIFIED, AT LEAST AT THAT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT WE WERE, UH, MORE, UH, OR OR MORE AFFORDABLE, UM, BETTER, BETTER BANG FOR THE BUCK, UM, WITH OUR INTERNAL CREWS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT, IS THEY ARE PERFORMING THE SAME SIMILAR ER UH, SERVICES.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP THIS AS A, AS A ONE, ONE-TIME THING.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST IN MAXIMIZING OUR, THE TAX DOLLARS AND, AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, STEVE, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND, AND I FELT TO SAY THERE IS A CAVEAT TO THAT AND, AND SELF-PERFORM IS, IS TYPICALLY A SPECIALTY.
IT'S, IT'S WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN EXPERTISE THAT YOU CAN DELIVER SPECIFIC TO THAT PROJECT.
I THINK TOO, THE OTHER ASPECT IS WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPENDING THE, THE 2017 CIP DOLLARS, WHETHER IT'S A TRANSFER TO FIELD SERVICES OR WE RECOMMEND A PROJECT, I GO, I GO BACK TO 2016 WHEN THAT ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE APPLYING IT TO THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THAT LIST.
UM, AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THE FIRST NUMBER ONE ON THAT LIST ON THE ORDINANCE IS STREET REPAIRS, UM, AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON USING TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
AND SO I THINK THIS FITS THAT.
AND SO I THINK FROM THAT ASPECT, LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS A, AN APPROVED USE OF 2017 FUNDS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT.
THAT MEANS IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT ON OUR LIST, BUT IT IS AN INTERNAL TRANSFER AND, AND WHAT IS IT GOING FOR? AND DO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL NO FURTHER ADO.
WE'LL DO LIKE WE DID ON THE LAST ONE.
SO ON THE 2017, UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE GOT FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH IS IN THE POLICE CATEGORY.
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IT IS THE POLICE, ARCADIA LAKE STATION.SO THAT ONE WE HAD 5 MILLION BUDGETED IN FY 26.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THE FY 26 REVISED OF 42 THOUSANDS.
THAT'S JUST, UH, DESIGN MONEY THAT WAS SPENT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
THE 5 MILLION, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS JUST CONSTRUCTION MONEY.
UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THE 5 MILLION FOR FY 27.
UH, AND THEN FIRE IN THE FIRE CATEGORY, YOU'LL SEE FIRE STATION THREE CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT 8.5 MILLION BUDGETED IN FY 27 FOR THAT.
UM, WHERE IS FIRE STATION THREE? WHERE WILL IT BE? SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH DANFORTH AND KELLY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT INTERSECTION, THERE'S A STREET CALLED HAWTHORNE.
WE'RE PUTTING A LIGHT IN THERE, AND THE NEW FIRE STATION WILL GO, I BELIEVE, JUST NORTH OF THAT, UH, SIGNALED INTERSECTION.
WHAT DID WE ALREADY APPROVE? DIDN'T WE ALREADY APPROVE SOMETHING FOR THIS? THAT'S THIS, THIS LINE ITEM, RIGHT? WE, YEAH, WE ALREADY APPROVED IT.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST.
IT WAS JUST WE'RE, IT'S BUMPED TO 27, SO.
AND HAD, HAD THE POLICE STATION AT ARCADIA BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST? YES.
SO AT THE TIME THAT, THAT ONE FIRST CAME ABOUT, IT WAS GONNA BE A JOINT PROJECT WITH PARKS.
IT WAS GONNA BE A PARKS FACILITY AND A POLICE FACILITY.
UH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE PARKS FACILITY OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S VERY, UH, THEY'RE INTO NATURE OUT THERE.
AND THERE'S NATURE IN THE OFFICE.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S AN OLD STRUCTURE, OLD BUILDING, AND THE POLICE IS IN, IT'S, IT'S AN OLD HOUSE.
SO, UH, THEY WERE KIND OF PARTNERING, AT LEAST AT THE BEGINNING, TO HAVE A BIG PROJECT TOGETHER.
UH, POLICE HAD A LITTLE MORE URGENCY TO TRY TO GET THEIRS DONE, SO THEY KIND OF SPLIT FROM PARKS THERE, GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT AND GET GOING ON IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT CONSTRUCTED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND I, AND I WOULD SAY KIND OF IN GENERAL ON THE 2017, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAD VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WERE, WERE LISTED, UM, IN THE, UH, IN, IN THE VOTING ON THAT.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF THIS IS CLOSING OUT THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, IT WILL STAY, UH, A SEPARATE FUND THAT WON'T ROLL INTO THE 2027 FUND THAT WILL STAY AT SEPARATE FUND.
SO PROBABLY AS WE GET THROUGH OUR, UH, EIGHT YEAR PLAN, UH, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR NEXT YEAR BEFORE BUDGETING TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF HOW TO WRAP UP THE, THE 2017 FUND, THE REMAINDER OF THAT BALANCE, IF THERE IS SOME.
SO THE, THE, THE POLICE, UH, LAKE STATION, ARCADIA LAKE STATION, UM, THAT'S ONE THAT, IT, IT IS KIND OF IN A, A HOLDING PATTERN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND A SEWER SOLUTION, UH, FOR THIS AREA AS WELL AS EAST EDMOND.
UH, BASICALLY A LIFT STATION, A PUMP STATION IS NEEDED FOR THIS BUILDING.
AND RIGHT NOW THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THAT PUMP STATION IS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UH, LOOK AT A LIFT STATION THAT SERVES MORE THAN JUST THIS, THIS ONE PARTICULAR BUILDING OR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
IT'S PART OF WHAT OUR WATER RESOURCES GROUP HAS, HAS DID A PLAN FOR.
THEY'VE GOT A, A, A, A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR, UM, EAST EDMOND AND, AND, AND HOW TO HANDLE THAT.
AND SO, UM, WORKING WITH THAT, WITH 'EM, UM, TO TRY TO FIND A SEW SOLUTION IS, IS REALLY WHAT'S, UH, KIND OF HOLDING UP THIS, THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, REPLACEMENT OF WHAT WAS, UH, AN OLD HOUSE AT THE, AT THE LAKE FOR THE POLICE.
UM, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, MORE TO COME ON THAT AS WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE EAST EDMOND SEWER SOLUTIONS.
SO, SO IS THE, IS THE LOCATION DRIVING THE NECESSITY FOR THE PUMP? UH, A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, SEPARATELY, UH, OUR WATER RESOURCES GROUP HAS TAKEN OVER MAINTENANCE OF ALL OF THE LIFT STATIONS AT THE PARKS AT, AT OUR LAKE ARCADIA.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, THEY CAME UP WITH A, A BETTER SOLUTION TO SERVE THE PARKS AS WELL.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS TO BUILD A KIND OF A LARGER LIFT STATION, KIND OF IN THE, AT, AT THE LOCATION ACTUALLY, WHERE, UH, UH, FORTUNATELY THAT THE, UH, POLICE, UH, BUILDING WAS, WAS PLANNED.
UM, SO, UH, AND, AND THEN THAT LIFT STATION WOULD PUMP DIRECTLY TO THE WASTEWATER PLANT UP UP MIDWEST.
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IT'S, IT'S PART OF AN OVERALL PLAN THAT HELPS THE, UH, WATER RESOURCES, IT HELPS THE PARKS, IT HELPS, UH, KIND OF EVERYTHING FUNCTION BETTER.AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY ENTITIES INVOLVED TO KIND OF SHARE THE COST AND THE BURDEN AND MAXIMIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT AREA.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO SET IT UP SO THAT IT'S, IT'S A, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A LOT OF PARTIES INVOLVED, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO YOU SAID FOUR AND A HALF MILLION, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION OUTTA THAT 5 MILLION IS FOR THE, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S FOUR AND A HALF MILLION SEPARATE.
OH, AN ADDITIONAL FOUR AND A HALF MILLION FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S COMING ALL FROM CIP OR IS THAT, UH, NO, THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, UH, TO FIND MORE PARTNERS, UH, TO SHARE IN THOSE EXPENSES.
YEAH, STEVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP, BUT I, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WAS GONNA WAIT TILL YOU SAT DOWN, BUT OKAY.
UH, I JUST APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE LOOK AT A PROJECT, WE APPROVE A PROJECT, AND THEN WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POLICE STATION THAT WE WERE GONNA DO? SO JUST UPDATES ON THAT IS, IS NICE TO HEAR THAT.
THERE'S THESE COMPLEXITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
AND SIMILARLY WITH THE FIRE STATION, PART OF THE REASON THAT PUSHED TO LATER FISCAL YEARS WAS BECAUSE OF THE DANFORTH AND KELLY INTERSECTION PROJECT.
WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT PROJECT COME IN FIRST, PUT THE SIGNALED INTERSECTION, UH, AND GET THAT ALL DEVELOPED BEFORE WE THREW A NEW FIRE STATION DOWN THERE IN A TOUGH SPOT THAT WAS GONNA BE IN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME METHODS TO SOME OF THE MADNESS.
UM, WE'LL GO PARK AND REC HERE.
SO THE CREEK BEND TRAIL, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY 2.5 MILLION BUDGETED IN FY 26.
SO, UH, THAT PROJECT HAD SOME HURDLES WITH SOME OF THE LAND ACQUISITION.
SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER WAY BACK, IT SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS COMPLETE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WHICH JUST HAS THE EAST AND WEST PORTIONS OF THAT TRAIL.
AND THEN, UH, THE 2.5 THAT YOU SEE BUDGETED IN FY 26 WAS FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TRAIL, UH, WHICH HAS TWO BRIDGES TO CROSS THE CREEK AND THE PORTION THAT WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION OR EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS.
UH, BUT WE, THAT'S BEHIND US NOW.
SO WE'RE FULL STEAM AHEAD ON FINISHING THE DESIGN OF THE SECOND PHASE.
AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE CONSTRUCTION COST, UH, TO COME IN SOMEWHERE AROUND 2.7 MILLION THAT WE'VE MOVED FROM FY 26 TO FFY 27.
AND DO WE HAVE A, A MORE FIRM TI TIMELINE ON THAT NOW THAT EASEMENTS HAVE BEEN? YES.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WE'RE, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT FY 27.
SO, UH, WE HAVE THE, THE ONLY THING THAT MAY, UH, COMPLICATE THIS ONE AT THIS POINT, YOU'LL SEE OVER IN THE NOTES GRANT SUPPORT POTENTIAL TAP.
SO WE DID APPLY FOR ANOTHER TAP GRANT FOR THIS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO US TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER MILLION 1.2, WHATEVER THE MAX ON THE TAP AT 1.2.
YEAH, IF WE COULD GET 1.2 FOR THIS AND THEN PULL DOWN OUR SHARE TO 1.5, I THINK IT'S WORTH DELAYING IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THERE BECOMES A POINT OF DIMINISHING RETURNS WHERE WE WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT FOR A GRANT AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION COST ENDS UP OUTWEIGHING WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR US IF WE HAD JUST DONE IT.
BUT, UH, WE SHOULDN'T HOPEFULLY HAVE TO WAIT TOO MUCH LONGER TO FIND OUT IF WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, THE TA THE TAP GRANT FOR THIS.
BUT DESIGN IS PROGRESSING NONETHELESS.
UH, IT JUST MAY WAIT A SECOND BEFORE GOING OUT THE DOOR TO SEE IF WE GET THIS TAP OR NOT.
AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT YOU HAVE THE VISTA LANE TRAIL.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A TAP GRANT ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
WE HAD 320,000 IN GRANT SUPPORT.
UH, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS 380,000.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE 60,000 BUDGETED FOR FY 27.
THAT 60 PLUS THE THREE 20 GETS US TO THAT ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF THREE 80, THE 80,000 THAT YOU SEE IN THE FY 26 REVISED.
THAT WAS FOR, UH, THE DESIGN OF THIS TRAIL, UH, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, AROUND A YEAR AGO, I BELIEVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKS, THE TWO PARKS PROJECTS WE'VE STILL GOT ON HERE? OKAY,
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR STREETS.SO YOU'LL SEE SECOND AND COLTRANE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE.
FY 26, WE HAD 3 MILLION BUDGETED.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'VE ENCUMBERED 81,000.
SO THAT'S DESIGN MONEY, UH, THAT'S IN THAT COLUMN.
AND THEN WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING NEEDING THAT 3 MILLION FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO ANOTHER ONE THAT'S PUSHED A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, MAYBE WE WERE A LITTLE OVER AMBITIOUS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED AND NOT NEED IT THAN VICE VERSA AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS TO GET IT APPROVED.
SO, UH, SIMPLY JUST SLIPPING THAT ONE FROM FY 26 TO FY 27.
UH, I DO THINK IT WILL HAPPEN IN FY 27.
THERE'S SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES NEAR THAT INTERSECTION THAT ARE GONNA NECESSITATE THAT PROJECT, GET OUT THE DOOR AND GET COMPLETED.
SO, UH, I THINK FY 27, HOPEFULLY EARLY FY 27 WILL ENCUMBER THAT CONSTRUCTION MONEY SECOND IN BOULEVARD.
THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN ONE TO DISCUSS.
WE'VE BEEN APPLYING AND APPLYING, I DON'T KNOW KNOW HOW MANY GRANTS WE'VE APPLIED FOR FOR THIS ONE TO TRY TO GET SOME HELP AND HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON LANDING ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES AT THIS INTERSECTION.
I'M SURE IT'LL POP UP ON CASEY'S NICE.
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT A PARTIAL DESIGN COMPLETE AND WE'RE KIND OF JUST TAKING A LAST STAB AT SOME OF THESE GRANTS TO SEE WHAT COMES IN BEFORE WE JUST MOVE IT OUT THE DOOR AND FOOT THE BILL WITH OUR CIP.
WHY ARE WE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT ONE? BECAUSE IN THAT ROUTE 66 YEAH, WE, I MEAN WE'VE, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY GRANTS THAT WE'VE THOUGHT, OH, THIS WILL BE A GOOD FIT.
YOU KNOW, PART OF IT'S ODOT FACILITY, ALL THESE THINGS, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH TO LAND SOMETHING.
SO, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR GRANTS TEAM HAS ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT ONE.
CHRISTIE BATTERSON, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
MY TEAM OVERSEE THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
UM, SO THE LAST ONE WE TRIED FOR WAS S-T-B-G-U-Z-A FOR THIS INTERSECTION AS WELL AS MAIN STREET AND BOULEVARD.
UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT ASKED, IT DIDN'T SCORE HIGHER THAN OTHER PROJECTS THAT APPLIED FOR IT TOO.
WE COMPETE AGAINST OKLAHOMA CITY WHEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UM, FOR THAT GRANT IN PARTICULAR, IT JUST DIDN'T SCORE HIGH ENOUGH.
UM, WE DID GET OFFERED A FIRST CHOICE OF EXTRA MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER.
IT WAS ONLY AROUND $500,000 AND WE JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT.
WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD MAKE THE PROJECT WORK.
UM, SO IT WENT TO THE NEXT PERSON.
THEN WE GOT CALLED FOR MAINE AND BOULEVARD AS WELL.
AGAIN, WE DIDN'T GET THE FULL AMOUNT AGAIN.
WE MADE THE INTERNAL DECISION THAT IT JUST WOULDN'T BE FORESEEABLE TO DO IT.
SO WE TURNED, UM, THE $500,000 DOWN 'CAUSE IT JUST WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DENT ON THE PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE BUILD GRANT.
IF YOU REMEMBER, I BROUGHT THE RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT THROUGH NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND SO WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE BUILD GRANT, UM, FOR BOTH INTERSECTIONS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND OUT BY JUNE IF WE AWARDED THAT.
IT DID SCORE WELL, UH, FOR THAT TYPE OF FEDERAL MONEY.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE.
AND WE DID PUT IN THE UTILITY RELOCATION, UM, IN THE OVERALL GRANT PROJECT.
THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST, DOWNTOWN A DA AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT.
SO, UH, THE 185 YOU SEE THERE, THAT'S PROJECT CLOSEOUT COSTS SO THAT THAT PROJECT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THERE SHOULD BE A CHANGE ORDER AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING THAT WILL RECONCILE QUANTITIES.
AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE SPENDING THAT FULL 180 5.
WE DIDN'T HIT 10% ON CHANGE ORDERS, BUT THAT'S WHAT ANDY HAD BUDGETED WAS 10% FOR CHANGE ORDERS.
SO SHOULDN'T USE ALL OF THAT, BUT WE'LL USE SOME OF IT.
AND AS I'VE MENTIONED BRIEFLY BEFORE, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE ENDING BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 27 WITH THE PROJECTS YOU SEE LISTED HERE, UH, INCLUDING THE $2.6 MILLION TRANSFER, WOULD BE 6.9 MILLION REMAINING.
AND AS IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 2017 CIP NEEDS TO USE THE MONEY ON 2017 CIP, UH, PROJECTS.
SO IT WON'T GET ROLLED INTO THE 2027, IT'LL STAY CONNECTED TO THE 20 20, 20 17, UH, VOTE THAT WAS DONE
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BY THE CITIZENS AND HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY.SO WHEN YOU, AS WE FINALIZE THIS 27 BUDGET, UM, WILL YOU BRING PROPOSED PROJECTS TO KIND OF ROUND OUT THAT 6.9 IF WE THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE? YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A NEARLY UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN SINK INTO ROADS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD QUICKLY BE SPENT.
UH, THERE'S ALWAYS OTHER NEEDS AS WELL, AS LONG AS WE STAY TRUE TO WHAT YOU WERE READING EARLIER THAT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE FROM THE VOTE IN 2016 FOR THIS TAX.
I THINK, UH, ANY, ANY PROJECT SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY BRING TO US, UH, COULD BE CANDIDATES FOR USE OF THAT, THAT REMAINING FUNDS.
BRAD, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SECOND AND COLTRANE, THAT WIDENING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT.
IS IT FINISHED JUST SOUTH OF THAT INTERSECTION? IT'S, IT'S GETTING THERE.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE MILLING DOWN THE CENTER LANES THIS MORNING.
SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A GROUP, BUT THAT DID NOT HIT FUNDING FROM THIS COMMITTEE.
SO, SO THAT GOT WRAPPED INTO THE, UH, OVERLAY PROJECT THIS YEAR.
SO THE 2000, THE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION, 2000 THAT WE, I JUST REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE WERE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THE SECOND AND COLTRANE THAT YOU SEE ON THE 2017 IS FOR THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S THERE BY THE PARK THAT'S BEING BUILT CURRENTLY.
IT'LL BE WIDENING, UH, THAT 'CAUSE IT'S, YOU GOT FULL WIDENING AT THE INTERSECTION AND THEN IT'S WIDENED ONCE YOU GET TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH OF THERE, BUT THERE'S CURRENTLY A PINCH POINT, SO IT WOULD BE GETTING, GETTING RID OF THAT PINCH POINT.
WELL, I KNOW THAT WAS A SLOG, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALL THE PROJECTS WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE WILL, WE WILL BRING THOSE BACK NEXT MONTH FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
UM, YEAH, ANY OTHER FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO SANDY OR I, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE ACCOMMODATING TO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA SEE, IF THERE'S MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE.
UH, WE WILL, WE'LL GET THAT PACKAGED UP FOR THE APRIL MEETING.
[B. Monthly Sales Tax Report.]
ALL RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO THREE B MONTHLY SALES TAX REPORT.
SO I'VE GOT A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT COMING UP HERE INSTEAD OF ME TRYING TO TRUDGE THROUGH THIS THIS TIME.
SO MATT WILL BE PRESENTING ON THIS TODAY.
MATT, YOU'VE BEEN TO ALL THESE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE EVER PRESENTED IT, SO YEAH, HORRIBLE.
JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THINGS THAT I FIND IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS, FOR THIS BOARD.
UM, SALES TAX FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, WHICH THINK ABOUT THE CITY COLLECTS IT IN MARCH.
UH, THE VENDORS WILL PAY THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY, AND THIS IS BASED OFF THEIR JANUARY SALES.
SO THINK RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, UM, WE'RE SEEING A PRETTY DECENT UPTICK FOR MARCH AT 7.27.
WE'RE STILL JUST BARELY BELOW FLAT, FLAT FOR THE FULL YEAR AT, UM, NEGATIVE 0.8% USE TAX, WHICH I THINK WE'VE COVERED BEFORE ISN'T COLLECTED BY CI IN CIP, BUT AS JUST A METRIC TO SHOW IS AT ABOUT FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT.
THAT LEAVES US AT A COMBINED RATE AT 5.25 FOR THE MONTH AND YEAR TO DATE 0.76.
SO AGAIN, RELATIVELY FLAT, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE KIND OF AN UPTICK.
UM, DON'T WANT TO CALL TO REBOUND AND THEN JINX OURSELVES.
SO I WON'T, UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE US AS A COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES.
WE'RE, UH, STILL KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM QUARTILE OF OUR PEER CITIES, BUT AGAIN, SLOWLY STARTING TO KIND OF SEE SOME PROGRESS.
AND THEN LODGING TAX, UH, WE SAW A PRETTY HARD MONTH KIND OF INVESTIGATING WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND, UH, YEAR TO DATE WE'RE 0.079 NEGATIVE OR A NEGATIVE GROWTH RATE.
UM, SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW IS I, I'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW QUESTIONS IN THE PAST OF JUST THE NS CODES AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING SOME POSITIVE GROWTH IN MOST OF OUR INDUSTRIES AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY RETAIL, WHICH HOLDS UP ABOUT 60% OF OUR SALES TAX, UM, COLLECTIONS.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING ABOUT A 5% GROWTH IN THERE, WHICH IS A PRETTY ENCOURAGING SIDE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THAT WHOLESALE TRADE CATEGORY? I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
I, I, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S, UM, LARGER PROJECTS OR, UM, HEAVY MACHINERY EQUIPMENT, THINGS
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LIKE THAT.THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I WAS THINKING IT INVOLVED LIKE THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION BUILDING MATERIALS.
SO HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU ASSESS? I MEAN, IT'S HERE MM-HMM
UM, WHY EDMOND IS UNDERPERFORMING RELATIVE TO EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YUKON.
THAT'S A'S A GOOD, GOOD POINT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE MY NOTE.
UM, WHEN I SEND OUT THESE EMAILS, I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IN THAT EMAIL AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
UM, AND WE KIND OF DISCUSSED THIS IN, UH, THE CITY OF EDMONDS STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION ON DECEMBER 2ND, THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION CONDUCTED AN AUDIT AND DISCOVERED AN ERROR, WHICH AN ENTITY PAID EDMOND SALES TAX INSTEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
SO OUR RE OUR MONTHLY REPAYMENT, UM, WHICH STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2025 AND ENDED DECEMBER STARTED, SORRY, STARTED DECEMBER, 2026 AND ENDED DECEMBER, 2025.
UM, AND, UH, WAS STORED UNDER THE UNCLASSIFIED NS CATEGORY.
SO UNCLASSIFIED, THINK OF MISCELLANEOUS, ALL OTHER ITEMS. AND SO THERE'S NO, UM, SECTOR CATEGORY THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN HERE, UM, THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER.
SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST MISCELLANEOUS.
SO WE, YOU SEE A LARGE NEGATIVE IN THERE AS, UM, A REPAYMENT TO THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION.
SO WE WERE REPAYING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS OF, OF A MISSED PAYMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY KIND OF DROVE THOSE COMPARISON NUMBERS OFF.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT OUT TO SEE HOW WE REALLY, ARE WE KEEPING UP WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES OR NOT? BECAUSE I SEEMED TO SEEM TO RECALL LAST, LAST SUMMER, LAST FALL THAT THE NUMBERS LOOK SIMILAR, SO.
I'M SURE I CAN, I CAN SENSE SOMETHING OFFLINE AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE.
[C. Discussion of Updates and Timelines Regarding the Use of Paving the Way Sales Tax Funds for Street Repairs and Improvements.]
THREE C, DISCUSSION OF UPDATES AND TIMELINES REGARDING THE USE OF PAVING THE WAY SALES TAX FUNDS FOR STREET REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.CASEY MOORE, UH, DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
I'M GONNA TRY TO MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE ALREADY, SO I'M GONNA GO DOWN HERE.
SO, UM, I CAME A COUPLE MONTHS BACK AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, OUR PLANS FOR OUTREACH, UH, FOR PAVING THE WAY, AND TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE LAST DAY OF THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS FOR YOU BECAUSE THROUGH THE END OF TODAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY STILL GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, SO I, I'LL, I'LL PUT EVERYONE ON THE SPOT.
HAS EVERYONE GONE ONLINE AND DONE THE SURVEY? ANYBODY NOT DONE THE SURVEY? 'CAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T, WE CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT FOR YOU.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY GOOD.
WE'VE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING WITH, WITH PREVIOUS YEARS AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT DATA AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT ALL THAT AND I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT IT ALL LOOK LIKE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THIS YEAR, UH, WE DID SOME SPECIFIC IN-PERSON OUTREACH, WHICH WE HAD NOT DONE BEFORE.
UM, IT IS STILL AN ONLINE TOOL, AN ONLINE MAP.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN AGGREGATE ALL THE DATA SO THAT IT'S USABLE.
UM, BUT MYSELF AND, AND JANE AND, AND BILL BEGLEY, UM, HAVE, UH, BEEN PART OF 10 DIFFERENT SESSIONS WHERE, UH, WE'RE GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THREE OF THOSE WERE WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD THREE AT UCO, UH, IN THE NY CENTER WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
UH, THEN WE HAD THREE OF THEM, UH, AT THE EDMUND PUBLIC LIBRARY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY REACH.
UM, AND THEN THIS LAST SATURDAY I WAS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY HEAR FEEDBACK FROM.
AND, AND THAT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM THOSE PEOPLE AND, AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT HOW TO TAKE THE SURVEY AND SHARE THOSE THINGS, UH, WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS WELL.
SO, UM, IF, FOR THOSE THAT THAT DON'T KNOW, I, I WILL SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ONCE YOU GOT TO THE WEBSITE, WE TRY TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR SO YOU COULDN'T MISS IT.
IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE VERY TOP.
UM, BUT IF SOMEHOW YOU MISS THAT AND MAYBE YOU SCROLLED HERE, IT IS RIGHT THERE, THE VERY FIRST THING UNDER GOVERNMENT.
AND IF YOU JUST WERE A, A SCROLLER, WE HAD THIS UP UNTIL JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
IT WAS RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU COULDN'T MISS IT THERE AS WELL.
SO, AGAIN, YOU CLICK THROUGH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BACKGROUND RELATED TO THE SALES TAX.
IT SAYS HERE FOR SEEKING THAT INPUT GIANT BUTTON TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
UH, BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE TOOLS
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THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE USING, UH, AS PART OF YOUR, YOUR LOOKING AND PLANNING.UM, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE SAID THAT WOULD BE PART OF, UM, THE, THE PLANNING FOR WHAT THESE FUTURE ROAD PROJECTS LOOK LIKE WHEN WE BEGIN TO COLLECT THESE DOLLARS IN APRIL OF 2027.
THAT WAS ALL THERE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT BEFORE THEY TOOK THE SURVEY AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA STAY UP THERE.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS PAGE FOR PAVING THE WAY IT'LL MORPH KIND OF MORE INTO A, UM, AFTER TODAY, ONCE WE GET THOSE RESULTS, WE'LL SHARE THOSE RESULTS OUT WILL BECOME ANOTHER DATA POINT.
UM, BUT WE'LL ALSO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AS, AS THIS TRANSITIONS INTO YOU ALL WORKING WITH BRAD AND, AND STEVE AND THEIR PEOPLE ON FUTURE PROJECTS.
WE WANNA MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE CIP MEETINGS SO THEY CAN COME AND THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH YOU RIGHT HERE IN THIS SETTING IF THEY'D LIKE TO.
UM, SO THIS WILL KIND OF BE A LIVING, BREATHING PAGE THAT WILL CONTINUE ONCE THE PROJECTS HAPPEN OR ARE SELECTED, THEY'LL LIVE THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS PAVING THE WAY GOING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NEXT DECADE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
I WILL BE BACK HERE, UM, AT THIS MEETING NEXT MONTH.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE RESULTS LOOK LIKE.
WE'LL LOOK THROUGH THE HEAT MAP.
UM, AS A REMINDER, I'LL SHOW YOU THE ONE FROM THE LAST TIME.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL MIRROR WHAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS IN 2022.
UM, SO, UM, AFTER THIS CLOSES TODAY, I'LL START WORKING WITH OUR GIS FOLKS.
THEY'LL START PARSING THE DATA, WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UH, WHERE ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE A LIST.
THAT LIST WILL BE TURNED INTO A HEAT MAP THAT WILL KIND OF SHOW YOU, UM, WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE HAD BEEN PLACING THOSE PINS.
AND SO, DOWN HERE, UH, THIS WAS THE TOP 10 LIST FROM LAST TIME.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME, SOME FAMILIAR FACES ON THERE AND SOME THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN TACKLED.
SO, UM, WHAT WE TEND TO SEE IS, IS THE FEEDBACK USUALLY WILL MIRROR WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, BUT IT MORE THAN LIKELY, WE'LL ALSO SEE SOME NEW THINGS POP UP AND SOME NEW TRENDS, SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL.
AND, AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL GO BACK AND, AND DO EVERY FEW YEARS EVEN, UH, EVEN AS WE'RE MOVING ALONG, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE THINK AS, AS STAFF AND, AND AS BOARDS, UH, MIRRORS WHAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE THINKING AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT WAS FAST, BUT I'M TRYING TO HELP KEEP YOU GUYS, UH, MOVING HERE.
[D. Discussion of Capital Improvement Projects Advisory Board Strategic Planning.]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3D, DISCUSSION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ADVISORY, BOARD STRATEGIC PLANNING.SO, UH, MAYBE PIVOTING OFF OF THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, THAT CASEY, UM, JUST MADE, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, TO MEET AND TALK WITH A FEW OF YOU.
AND YOU'VE EXPRESSED, UH, A DESIRE TO DO A-A-A-C-I-P ADVISORY BOARD STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, UH, SO WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO THAT REALLY INTENDED TODAY TO, TO BE THE START OF, OF THAT WORK OR THAT, THAT KIND OF A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, UH, OUR COUNCIL, IT'S TIMELY, OUR COUNCIL JUST ADOPTED THIS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE REFERENCES TO THE TWO DAY, UH, SESSION WE HAD, UH, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 25.
THERE ARE, UH, A HANDFUL OF THINGS, OR, OR SPECIFIC, UH, OBJECTIVES HERE THAT I THINK ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE, UM, UH, TO THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD.
THIS IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.
MIGHT BE A COUPLE MORE CHANGES, AND AT SOME POINT YOU'LL SEE SOME METRICS, UM, UH, THAT THAT'LL GET ATTACHED TO THIS TO, UH, MONITOR OUR, UH, OUR PERFORMANCE AND OUR PROGRESS.
BUT I DO WANT TO JUST QUICKLY POINT OUT A, A A COUPLE OF THE GOALS THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND, UH, RELEVANT.
YOU SEE ONE ON, UH, THE FIRST PAGE THERE, LONG TERM COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM.
AND THAT FIRST GOAL, DEVELOP, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE FIVE YEAR PLAN, PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT WILL SUPPORT BOTH THE MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF STREETS AND SIDEWALK, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEXT ONE DOWN TALKS ABOUT ENHANCING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU SAW OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP YESTERDAY, IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UH, SPENT, UH, TOWARD THAT END.
AND THEN THE FINAL BULLET POINT, UTILIZE THE CIP FUNDS, INCLUDING THE NOW 2027 CIP SALES TAX FUND, UH, FOR, UH, STREET AND ROAD PROJECTS.
IT, IT FEELS LIKE IN TALKING TO MANY OF YOU THAT MIGHT, I DON'T WANNA SAY DOMINATE, BUT THAT MAY TAKE THE, UH, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AMONGST THE OTHER GOALS.
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GOAL NUMBER FIVE, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED OR WOULDN'T FIND RELEVANT, SOME OF THESE OTHER GOALS, I, I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.BUT UNDER FISCAL DILIGENCE, WANT TO CALL, UM, YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO THINGS.
UH, THAT FIRST GOAL, REVISIT AND UPDATE PROPOSED PLANS FOR IMPACT FEES.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE I'M TALKING OUTTA SCHOOL, AND I DON'T BELIEVE I'M TOO FAR AHEAD OF THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, THEY PUT IT IN A, IN A, A STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT I THINK THERE IS INTEREST IN, UH, REVISITING IMPACT FEES.
UH, MY, MY SENSE IS, AND I THINK THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COUNCIL IS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IMPACT FEES ONLY FROM A, A FAIRLY NARROW PERSPECTIVE THAT WOULD, I THINK, BE TIED TO TRANSPORTATION.
UM, SO, UH, I THINK YOU COULD HELP US, UH, UH, IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE WOULD, UH, AT LEAST PARTIALLY FUND, UH, WITH IMPACT FEES.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S RELEVANT.
THE NEXT, UH, NEXT ONE DOWN, DETERMINE ASSOCIATED COSTS AND DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF CITY OWNED CAPITAL ASSETS.
I KNOW THAT'S A THEME THAT I'VE HEARD, UH, QUITE A, I SAY QUITE A BIT.
I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS, BUT, UH, I'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT, UM, FROM THIS GROUP IN PARTICULAR, THE, THE NOTION THAT, UM, WE ARE, I THINK, BUILDING RICH, UH, AND MAINTENANCE POOR, UH, CITYWIDE AS A BIT OF AN OVERALL, PROBABLY TOO BROAD A BRUSH STATEMENT.
BUT I THINK A CASE CAN BE MADE THAT, UH, WE ARE BUILDING RICH AND, UH, IF NOT MAINTENANCE, POOR, MAYBE MAINTENANCE PLAN, POOR.
SO, UH, PROBABLY, UH, CALLS FOR THIS ADVISORY BOARD TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME THINKING ABOUT WHAT A, WHAT AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE PLAN MIGHT LOOK AT.
AND, UH, FOR ANYONE THAT SAW, UH, BRAD RAINEY'S PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT AS PART OF HIS PARK PLAN, YOU HEARD SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO, UH, PARK BUDGET AND, AND, UH, PARK PLAN.
YOU HEARD SOME REFERENCES TO, UH, UH, UH, ESTABLISHING A MAINTENANCE PLAN AND, AND FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN, UM, UH, ON THE LAST PAGE, UH, THE TOP BULLET POINT, SUPPORT COMPLETION OF THE MITCH PARK MASTER PLAN AND COMMUNI, INCLUDING COMMUNITY, UH, SORRY, COMM, COMMUNICATION PLANS AND IDENTIFYING NEXT STEPS AND, UH, AND MILESTONES.
I MEAN, I, I, I GLOSSED OVER QUITE A BIT THERE.
WHAT I WANTED TO TALK AT ABOUT, AT A HIGH LEVEL TODAY IS, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I MEAN, SO YOU'VE SEEN SOME NEW STAFF MEMBERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WORKING WITH YOU.
AND, UH, WHAT I THINK YOU'LL SEE US IMPLEMENT AS A STAFF WITH YOU IS MUCH MORE OF A TEAM ORIENTED APPROACH TO TRY AND GET AS MANY, UH, RESOURCES DEVOTED TO THIS BOARD, OR AT LEAST AVAILABLE TO THIS BOARD.
AND, UH, AND KIND OF BROADEN THE, UH, THE, THE DEPTH AND THE REACH OF THE STAFF RESOURCES THAT'LL BE HERE.
UM, AND I THINK ONE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT THE KNOWLEDGE OF BUDGETS WON'T LIVE WITH ONE PERSON.
IT'LL BE MUCH MORE OF A, OF A, OF A TEAM AND, UH, MUCH MORE OF A BROADER, UH, BASE AND A BROADER GROUP INVOLVED.
UM, MAYBE SAID ANOTHER WAY AS A STAFF, WE'RE GONNA GET, UH, BETTER ORGANIZED TO HELP YOU.
THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM OF ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU IS THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION TO PLAY, UH, IN ADVISING THE COUNCIL AND PLAY AND PLAY IN THAT ADVISORY ROLE TO THE COUNCIL.
AND YOU NEED TO LOOK AT US AS A STAFF, AS A RESOURCE TO YOU AND A A WAY TO HELP GET YOU INFORMATION AND, UM, UH, AND EXPERTISE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.
BUT A, UH, A WAY TO PUT YOU IN THE BEST POSITION THAT YOU CAN TO MAKE AN INFORMED, UH, AND THOUGHTFUL, UH, SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, TO OUR COUNCIL.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S ON AN AGENDA BY AGENDA OR MEETING BY MEETING BASIS OR AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PLAN.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OF YOU.
UH, IF WE SAY STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT MIGHT MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY, UH, SLEEP ON IT AND WE CAN PICK IT UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT BE HELPFUL, I THINK, TO GET SOME, UH, SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM YOU, UH, ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAN? DO YOU SEE IT BEING A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT GETS UPDATED EVERY SO OFTEN? DO YOU SEE IT MAYBE SOME KIND OF AN ANNUALIZED SCHEDULE WHERE THAT, THAT UPDATE OCCURS? LET'S JUST SAY A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, CALENDAR YEAR, MAYBE THAT UPDATE HAPPENS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SO THAT BY MARCH, APRIL
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YOU'RE PERFECTING EVERY YEAR, UH, WHAT THOSE, UH, SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT, MIGHT BE TO THE COUNCIL.YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO SET ASIDE, UM, SOME, UH, SOME TIME FOR THIS AS A STANDING ITEM ON YOUR MEETINGS? DO YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH A SMALL OR WORKING GROUP? WHAT, WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TO TELL YOU TODAY IS THAT, UH, WE'VE HEARD THE REQUEST, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET OURSELVES ORGANIZED AND ORIENTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN BE AN ASSET IN A RESOURCE TO YOU AS YOU BEGIN TO PUT THOSE, UM, IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, WANNA TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK, WANNA TAKE YOUR THOUGHTS.
IF YOU NEED A MONTH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT IT, UH, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
BUT WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET ORGANIZED, AND WE WANT TO GET YOU TO A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT A, A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, AGAIN, WHAT WE CALL THAT A STRATEGIC PLAN OR JUST KIND OF IMPROVING, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, WE'RE WIDE OPEN, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO BE REDUNDANT.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THE, THE STAFF AS A RESOURCE TO YOU, UH, AS A RESOURCE, UH, TO YOUR OVERALL EFFORTS AND HELP YOU MAKE THE RIGHT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS IN YOUR MIND, THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
ANY, ANY IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK ON THAT? I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SOME, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY A LOT AND, AND TRYING TO TIE BACK, ARE WE DOING WHAT WE NEED? SO MAYBE AN ACCOUNTABILITY TRACKING, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE WE CAN, IF WE'RE QUESTIONED OR WE COULD PUT OUT, LIKE, WE ARE FOCUSING THE FUNDS HERE, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE UTILIZED THE GRANT MONEY.
UM, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU MEANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ERASE THAT FROM THE MINUTES.
NO, I THINK THE, THE COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN, ESPECIALLY THAT FIRST ITEM WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I THINK THAT FITS WITH WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE.
AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK LONGER TERM, UM, AND ALSO HAVING AN IDEA OF, I THINK THERE WAS A 33RD STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN A GENERAL FUND, CIP, BUT IT CAME TO US 'CAUSE THE GENERAL FUND WASN'T FUNDED WELL.
UM, AND SO JUST SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, OH MAN, I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS EVEN THERE.
UM, AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S LIKE, WE DON'T WANNA SPEND ALL OUR TIME ON THAT, BUT WE, I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT PROJECTS ARE ON THAT RADAR, UM, AS THEY COME OUT.
SO NOT ANYTHING THAT LIKE, I WANNA REWORK, BUT JUST SOME, MAYBE SOME VISIBILITY TO THAT, UM, AS WE SEE THAT, UM, STAY THERE FOR A SECOND.
AND WHAT, HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT LIKE A STANDING ITEM ON A MEETING WHERE WE JUST DEVOTE A LITTLE TIME, MAYBE AS ONE OF THE FINAL ITEMS TO HERE ARE THE PROJECTS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND, AND THOSE ARE THOSE PROGRESS SUPPORTS? OR MAYBE YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE A STANDING ITEM EVERY MONTH.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE LONG-TERM TIMES QUARTERLY, WE WANT TO LOOK AT, HEY, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? UM, IN, IN MY VIEW ANYWAY, OF MAYBE EVERY MONTH MIGHT BE TOO OFTEN IF IT'S THAT LONG TERM AND COMPREHENSIVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON, BUT QUARTERLY FOR SURE.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, A COMBINED, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF RESOURCES ON THE WEBSITE THAT ARE REALLY CLEAR ON HERE'S ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT, UM, DEDICATED TO EACH CIP FUND AND THEN MAYBE THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S COMING OUTTA WATER RESOURCES.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
JUST AN EASIER WAY TO SAY, HEY, YEAH, THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT AT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL AND EXPANSION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT THAT YOU RAISED, UH, THAT YOU WOULDN'T PROBABLY IN PRACTICE, YOU HAVEN'T NORMALLY LOOKED AT, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER KINDS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THAT MIGHT INFORM SOME OF YOUR OWN THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPANYING, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, UH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THOSE MIGHT BE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT.
YEAH, JUST A HIGHER LEVEL VIEW OF ALL OF IT, I THINK WOULD HELP US AS WE GUIDE SOME OF THAT.
I THINK WE ALSO, AJ, NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ASSETS THAT THE CITY OWNS, THE PARKS, THE POOLS, THE THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE ASSETS.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE WE, WE KEEP SAYING, OH, WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO 200 HERE, 100 HERE, WHATEVER, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTS WE ALREADY OWN ARE GONNA COST US FOR THE MAINTENANCE IN PROBABLY THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.
SO AS PART OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT I, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE COUNCIL UPDATES THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN EVERY TWO YEARS,
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WHICH KIND OF COINCIDES WITH EVERY MAYOR ORAL ELECTION, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE KIND OF DONE THAT IN THE PAST.I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO A PLAN EVERY YEAR, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO STAY IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL'S FOCUSING ON.
WE KNOW WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE FOCUSING ON, AND THEN WE CAN PRIORITIZE ACCORDING TO THAT.
SO IT, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING FOR ME IN THE, IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS TO GET A SENSE OF HOW ACTUALLY, UH, INTERESTED THE CITY COUNCIL IS IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO BE GRATUITOUS.
I MEAN, I, I KNOW IT TO BE TRUE, EVEN TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE, THE $2.6 MILLION TRANSFER.
EVEN A QUESTION WAS ASKED LAST NIGHT, HAS THAT BEEN, UH, EXPLICITLY EXPLAINED, UH, TO YOU GUYS? AND STEVE SAID, NO, HE WAS GONNA TRY AND HIDE IT FROM YOU
BUT NO, I MEAN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THE, UH, THE COUNCIL IS VERY INTERESTED IN, UH, THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD'S WORK AND YOUR INPUT.
SO, AND I VIEW US, I, I DON'T MEAN TO BE REDUNDANT, BELIEVE WITH THE POINT, BUT I VIEW US AS YOUR STAFF, AS YOUR RESOURCE TO HELP YOU MAKE YOU KNOW THE BEST, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS YOU CAN AND THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS YOU CAN.
SO WHATEVER THAT YOU THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU OVER THE COURSE OF AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, MEETING MONTH OVER THE COURSE OF A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO JUST FOR, JUST FOR ANOTHER TALLY MARK.
I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH THE MAINTENANCE ON, ON WHAT WE HAVE.
I THINK WE'LL, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE GUIDANCE AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT, I THINK A WORK, THE IDEA OF A WORKING GROUP, YOU KNOW, TO PUT SOME OF THAT TOGETHER, I THINK WOULD BE GOOD.
AND, UM, HAVING IT AS A REGULAR ITEM, UH, AS WE DISCUSS THOSE THINGS WOULD BE GOOD.
SO MAYBE WE CAN THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S PUBLIC AND WE'VE GOT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IF NOTHING ELSE, THEN TO HELP US GET ORGANIZED, UH, FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WHERE WE WOULD DEVOTE TIME FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONGER TERM PLAN.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL END MY COMMENTS WITH JUST AN APPRECIATION OF, OF YOU AND, AND YOUR STAFF THAT, I MEAN, FROM ACROSS THE BOARD, FROM EMAILS TO PHONE CALLS TO SITTING AT A COFFEE SHOP AND GOING THROUGH BUDGETS AND THINGS, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS QUICK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, AND ADVISE ON THINGS.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE THOUGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS CASEY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THIS, THIS, WE'RE BUILDING THIS EFFORT TO GET TO THE END OF THE SUMMER WHERE HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HELP US, HELP US BRING SOME, UH, SOME PURPOSE AND SOME CLARITY TO THAT PAVING THE WAY PLAN OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL THAT, THAT, UH, MULTI-YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, ROADS AND STREETS IMPROVEMENT, UH, PLAN THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS A CITY HALL AND AS A CITY STAFF RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, UH, TO IMPRESS UPON RESIDENTS THAT WE LISTENED, UM, TO THE FEEDBACK, UH, THAT WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE VOTE, AND THAT WE WERE RESPECT THE VOTE THAT OCCURRED AND, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO US THAT WE DELIVER GREAT VALUE ON THAT.
AND THAT, THO THOSE AREN'T JUST TALKING POINTS.
I, I MEAN THAT WE'VE, I THINK WE HAVE A REAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW THAT WE LISTENED AND THAT WE CAN TURN THAT INTO INVESTMENTS THAT, UH, THAT RESIDENTS VALUE.
AND THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE, UH, THAT INVESTMENT, UH, WAS A GOOD ONE AND THERE'S A RETURN FOR THEM.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
I THINK YOU ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT.
SO, UM, MAYBE, UH, HOW DO YOU WANNA LEAVE THIS GOING FORWARD? UM, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH? DO YOU WANT US, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE WHAT WE PREPARE FOR IS, UH, JUST A BROADER LIST OF OVERALL CIP PROJECTS.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA ADOPT A, UH, OR AT LEAST ADOPT A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
UM, DO YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT SORT OF BROADER RANGE OF CIP PROJECTS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING? OR DO YOU WANT, I THINK I'D LIKE TO FOCUS NEXT MEETING ON, ON THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO, TO WALK THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANNA RECOMMEND FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT THEN, UM, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE WHAT MAY'S MEETING WHERE WE COULD, COULD GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT.
IS THAT, AND MAYBE IF THE, IF THE WHOLE BOARD IS OKAY, MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT OFFLINE AND, AND GET ORGANIZED FOR, UH, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? UH, FOR LIKE A MAY MEETING? YEAH, I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT.
IS THAT OKAY WITH THE, UM, I THINK IF WE GO BACK TO THE HEAT MAP WHERE WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING PROJECTS WITH THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS AND MAKING SURE
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THAT THE PROJECTS ARE ALIGNED.[4. Citizen Comments. This is an opportunity for residents and non-residents to address the Capital Improvement Projects Advisory Board on Capital Improvement Projects Advisory Board related matters not on the agenda or scheduled for a public hearing. All remarks must be directed to the Chair of the meeting, are limited to three minutes or less, and must otherwise be made in accordance with Section I of the City Council / Public Works Authority rules, available here and upon request at City Hall. Please note that members of the Capital Improvement Projects Advisory Board cannot respond to issues brought up in Citizen Comments if they are not on the agenda, in accordance with state law.]
ALL RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
TAYLOR WILSON, UM, THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL CONCENTRATING ON THAT BECAUSE THE MATH EQUATION'S GONNA BE REAL RELATIVE TO THAT.
ALSO, REALLY LIKE THE DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO MAXIMIZING THE GRANTS RIGHT WHERE YOU CAN GET IT AND IT WORKS, IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON THE CALCULATION OF THE FUNDS THAT YOU'RE USING.
I WOULD SUGGEST BASED ON JUST LOOKING THROUGH WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF 25 TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED DOWN THOSE NUMBERS, UM, IT DOESN'T RECONCILE TO ME.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ASK STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT.
'CAUSE IF I LOOK IN THERE AT THE 2000, AT THE END OF THE FUNDING ONLY HAD 2.6 MILLION THAT YOU HAD LEFT IN IT, BUT NOW IT'S STATED THAT WE HAVE NINE AND I, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT 7 MILLION CAME FROM RELATIVE TO THE CIP 2017.
THERE WAS A PROJECT THERE RELATIVE TO, UH, FRONTAGE ROAD FOR FOUR, $4 MILLION, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THE CURRENT ONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE JUST DROPPED OFF AND IT ONLY HAD 500,000 LEFT IN IT.
SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT RELATIVE TO THE 6.9 OR WHERE THOSE RECONCILE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THOSE SCHEDULES WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDING.
PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOOK AT IT THAT YOU'VE APPROVED IT AND YOU'RE ASSUMING YOU'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MONEY BACK.
THAT WAY IT STICKS OUT IN CASE YOU DON'T.
AND THEN STAFF HAVE TO, TO BRING IT BACK AND EXPLAIN THAT WE, WE GOT, WE TRIED TO GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OR 75%, BUT WE ONLY GOT 50 OR SO, SO THAT IT BECOMES A, A RECONCILIATION COMMUNICATION BACK TO THIS GROUP.
[5. Comments from the Capital Improvement Projects Advisory Board Chair and Members.]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER FIVE, COMMENTS FROM THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
I'D ASK ABOUT THE, UM, PICKLEBALL FACILITY.
IT'S, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STORM.
WHERE DO WE STAND? BRAD SNUCK OUT EARLIER.
LOOKS LIKE OUR PARKS DIRECTOR LEFT.
WE'LL, WE'LL ASK HIM AND HAVE HIM PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND, AND FOCUS ON THIS AND, UH, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SIX FOR ADJOURNMENT.
A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO HIT IT? I HIT IT TOO EARLY.