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WE WILL[Budget Work Session on July 30, 2024.]
NOW COME TO ORDER IN A MEETING.DISCUSS BUDGET AND CIP WORKSHOP.
JULY 30TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM UH, ROLL CALL.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE.
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S FY 2025 DUE 29 C UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND PROPOSED FY 25 BUDGET.
ANGIE'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
IS IT ANGIE OR IS IT KRISTEN OR IS IT BOTH OF YOU? I AM GONNA DO MY BEST AND SHE'LL JUMP IN AND HELP ME IF NEEDED.
SO THERE IS A PRINTED AGENDA IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AT THE TABLE.
IT DOES START WITH A RECAP OF THE BUDGET.
WE'VE DECIDED FOR THE SAKE OF TIME FOR THE EVENING THAT WE WILL POSTPONE THAT PORTION UNTIL OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON AUGUST THE SIXTH AT 5:00 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
SO FOR TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 PROPOSED CIP.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UM, AS A WHOLE AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, SPECIFICS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH UM, 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, UM, WE HAVE IT SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
ONE IS TAX SUPPORTED, THAT'S ABOUT 45% OF THE OVERALL PLAN.
AND REVENUE SUPPORTED OR ALSO KNOWN AS UTILITIES IS 55%.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEARS, UH, MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN THE WATER, UH, PROGRAM.
THAT'S 37% OF THE WHOLE FOLLOWED BY WASTEWATER AT 19%.
PARKS IS 16% IN STREET AND TRAFFIC IS AT 13, FOLLOWED BY DRAINAGE AT EIGHT.
UM, THIS SEGMENT IS PARKS IS THE LARGEST OF THE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM AT 35%.
HOLLY PARK PROJECT STREETS FOLLOWS AT NEARLY 30% AND INCLUDES THE REMAINDER OF THE GEO BOND PROJECTS.
AND THE LARGE NORTH LANDING PROJECT DRAINAGE IS NEARLY 18% AND INCLUDES THE REMAINDER OF THE GEO BOND DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
REINVESTMENT IS AT 11% AND FIRES AT 6%, WHICH INCLUDES FIRE STATION SEVEN.
THERE IS A CHART IN THE DOCUMENT, UH, IT'S KNOWN AS TABLE THREE.
IT DISCUSSES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN THE FIVE YEARS WILL BE FUNDED.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING, UM, THE DETAIL EXISTING CITY FUNDS IS 17 MILLION.
UH, GRANTS KNOWN AS TECH STOCK, GALVESTON COUNTY, HGAC.
THE CITY OF WEBSTER IS 66 MILLION.
UM, OTHER GRANTS IS 14,000,004 B CASH IS PROGRAMMED AT 4.7 MILLION.
OUR GEO DEBT IS AT 29 MILLION AND ANTICIPATED FOUR B DEBT, WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE BAY COLONY PARK IS AT A LITTLE OVER 40 MILLION FOR THAT GALVESTON COUNTY BOND FUND.
IS THAT THE NEW MONEY WE GOT FROM GALVESTON COUNTY? NO, IT WOULD BE FOR, THERE'S SOME EXISTING PORTIONS OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO.
THEY ARE GONNA CONTRIBUTE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR STREETS, RIGHT? YES.
SO THERE'S TWO OR THREE PRO THE INTERSECTION PROJECTS ON LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY.
SO LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, HIGHWAY THREE LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY AND WALKER STREET.
AND THEN A FIFTH LANE FROM HOBBS ROAD TO I 45 ARE ALL PRE-EXISTING COUNTY SUPPORTED PROJECTS.
AND THEN THEY, AND THAT'S THE 2.45.
AND THEN THEY ALSO TODAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INCLUDED, SAID THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US 2 MILLION FOR HOBBS ROAD.
SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S, SO THE MONEY TODAY IS THE ORIGINAL 2017 BOND PROGRAM? YEAH.
AND JUST FOR THE COUNCIL? NO, THE COUNTY'S GONNA KICK AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION THAT THEY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY HAD PROMISED BEFORE FROM LEFTOVER BOND FUNDS.
WHAT IS THE 2 MILLION FOR HOBBS? THERE WAS A 2018 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S JUST EXISTING COUNTY BOND PROGRAM? CORRECT.
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WE COULD FINISH OUT HOBBS OUT TOWARDS, SO YEAH, SO WE HAD, WE'VE HAD A PROJECT TO FINISH HOBBS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIVE 17.WE'VE STRUGGLED A LOT WITH ALIGNMENT.
SO HOW DOES IT ALIGN WITH CEMETERY ROAD? DO WE MOVE CEMETERY, DO WE MOVE HOBBES AND THE COUNTY? WE'VE AGREED ON ALIGNMENT AND THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION TO HELP PAY FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THE 2.45 THAT'S SHOWN HERE.
YEAH, SO I GOT AN EMAIL TODAY.
WE HAVE TO CREATE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE COMING TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE CONSULTANT WORKING ON A DESIGN CONTRACT.
AND SO THAT'LL START MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY.
I THINK THERE'S JUST, WELL THERE'S A COUPLE LANDOWNERS WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH, NOT TO GET SIDETRACKED ON, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US NOT TO HAVE TO TEAR DOWN ANY OR TAKE ANY HOMES OR ANYTHING.
THERE'S JUST THE ONE HOME THAT'S RIGHT THERE NEAR FIVE 17.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO MAXIMIZE, BUT SOMEWHERE LEAVE A BACKYARD OF ABOUT 30 FEET AT THE CLO AT THE CLOSEST.
AND SO THAT HOME WILL STAY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL TIGHTEN UP THE RIGHTS OF WAY AND WE'LL TIGHTEN UP THE CURVES AND, AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM.
IT'S STILL GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ARGUMENT 'CAUSE HE'S GOT A PRETTY BIG BACKYARD TODAY.
SO JOHN, FOR THESE, FOR THE, FOR THE NEW $2 MILLION COMING ON, IS THAT ACTUALLY A BOND THAT WE HAVE TO PAY BACK OR IS THAT JUST MONEY THEY'RE GIVING US? THAT'S A GRANT FROM GALVESTON COUNTY.
SO IT'S THEIR BOND MONEY THAT'S REMAINS UNU DISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT THEY HAD, I THINK IS THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY IT.
YOUR OTHER POCKET PAYS FOR IT, RIGHT? THE LEFT POCKET.
SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA, SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION INTO THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES.
AND SO WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN AND THEY HAVE THE AMOUNTS LISTED THERE, THE TOTAL PROGRAM FOR 25 IS 10.33 MILLION.
THAT'S 6% OF THE TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR.
AND THE CASH TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM IN 25 IS PROGRAMMED AT $5 MILLION.
THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION THAT WE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO MISCELLANEOUS CIP CASH PROJECTS FOR THE TAX SUPPORTED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REINVESTMENT PROJECTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? THIS TAX? IAN, THAT'S THE MONEY WE'VE GOT.
WE'VE GOT THAT MONEY FROM THE TEXTILES.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S A GRAND FIRST ONE.
RE ONE 3,000,511 TEXTILE MONEY.
AND THEN THERE'S A COMPONENT THAT'S UH, WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR US TO, UM, PAY INTO.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THAT SHEET ON YOUR CI SEE BOOK HERE, PAGE 28, PAGE 28 AND YOU'LL SEE ABOUT $575,000.
UM, THAT WOULD BE CASH FUNDED FROM THE CITY.
SO CITY DOLLARS AND IT WOULD BE TOWARDS, UH, SIGNAGE AS AN OPTION.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE REALLY TALKED ABOUT GOING INTO, BUT WE HAVE THE DOLLARS AVAILABLE IF WE WERE GONNA DO THAT ROUTE.
AND THEN, UM, OUR PORTION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE METERS, WHICH IS ALREADY, HAVE WE GOT THE METERS ALREADY OR ARE WE STILL WAITING ON 'EM? WE'RE WAITING ON SOME VALVES.
THE METERS ARE HERE, THE BOXES ARE HERE AND THERE'S A VALVE BETWEEN THE MAIN LINE.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING THOSE INSTALLED THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, I'M LOOKING FOR RICK TWO WEEKS.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE METERS GET INSTALLED AND WAS THERE LIKE 20 OF THEM? UH, THERE ARE 16 OF 'EM.
THEY WOULDN'T SHOOT NEXT TO ME.
THERE ARE 16 VALVES FOR 16 METERS.
THERE ARE 16 VALVES FOR 16 METERS.
THEY SHOULD BE SHIPPED NEXT WEEK.
THEY, IT SHOULD TAKE HIM ABOUT TWO TO FOUR OF THEM TO INSTALL A WEEK A DAY.
SO WE'RE THINKING THAT THE CONTRACTOR, THE TEXTILE CONTRACTOR CAN PROBABLY MOVE IN AND START ON 6 46, WHICH IS ACTUALLY READY TO ACTUALLY MOVE IN BY MID TO LATE AUGUST AND TRY TO FINISH UP EVERYTHING BY NOVEMBER, MAYBE THANKSGIVING TIME.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO PLANT DURING THOSE TIMES? THEY'RE GONNA PLANT MOST OF THEM BETWEEN UH, THEY TEXTILE THINGS IS GONNA TAKE THEM ONLY 45 DAYS FROM MIDGUT.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S THE OPTIONAL SIGNAGE? WHAT IS THAT? DO YOU
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HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE $450,000, WHAT THE SIGNAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE OR THERE'S, SO WITH THE, I'M SORRY, 4 25 LEAGUE, LEAGUE CITY IDENTIFIER SIGNAGE, THERE'S NOT BEEN A CONCEPT DEVELOPED FOR THAT YET, SO IT'S REALLY A PLACEHOLDER AT THIS TIME.SO WHERE WOULD WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE LOCATIONS.
I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY, WHICH, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE LOCATIONS ARE? WHERE THIS MEDIAN SIGNAGE IS GONNA BE? I'LL, I'LL GET YOU A MAP.
IS THIS LIKE ON THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY? YES SIR.
SO NEXT IS STREETS AND TRAFFIC.
SO IT'S 47% OF THE TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM FOR 25 AND IT EQUALS ALMOST $80 MILLION.
THE LARGEST PROJECT IS NORTH LANDING.
THE CURRENT PHASE IS CONSTRUCTION AND THAT IS ESTIMATED AT 70.82 MILLION.
THERE'S FUNDING FROM HGAC, A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR PROP A GO BOND FUNDS AND THE CITY OF WEBSTER'S CONTRIBUTION FOR THEIR PORTION.
ANGIE FOR THE ITEM ST EIGHT FOR THE STREETLIGHT UPGRADES TO THE LED LAMPS.
IS THAT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE UH, I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WANTING TO GET MORE STREET LIGHTS, BUT IT'S, IT, WHAT I READ OVER IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS JUST SOMETHING MORE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR, AND IT SEEMS KIND OF A LOW BUDGET TO GET BETTER LIGHTING.
IT'S, SO IT'S LAMP, I'LL ALSO CALL IT LAMP REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING STREET LIGHTS FROM UM, HIGH PRESSURE SODIUMS TO, TO UH, LEDS.
THERE'S NOT A PROJECT COMPONENT TO ADD MORE STREETLIGHTS ON ANY OF THE ARTERIAL CORRIDORS OR IN ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE, OH, I'M REALLY LOUD.
UM, TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE STREET LIGHTS, I KNOW THERE'S NONE ON HERE, UM, BUT ON SOME OF THE ROADS THERE ARE EVEN ARTERIALS, THERE ARE STATE ROADS, UM, THERE'S LONG STRETCHES WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN PURSUE THROUGH HGAC? UM, WITH THE STATE? SO THE STATE'S POSITION, AND IT'S BEEN A, A LONG WHILE SINCE I'VE TALKED TO HIM, IS THEY PROVIDE SAFETY LIGHTING, WHICH IS INTERSECTIONS AND THEN IF YOU ARE URBANIZED, WHICH WERE CONSIDERED URBANIZED, THEN WE CAN FUND CONTINUOUS ROADWAY LIGHTING IF WE'D LIKE.
I DON'T HAVE AN, I KNOW IT'S EASILY A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE, PROBABLY $2 MILLION A MILE NOW IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT OTHER SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES, THEY PROBABLY HAVE MORE ARTERIAL LIGHTING THAN WE DO.
WE'RE ON THE LOWER END OF ANYTHING I'VE SEEN.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A COMMUNITY DECISION WHETHER WE MOVE A PROJECT OR PROJECTS FORWARD LIKE THAT ON THE NEW ARTERIAL ROADS.
AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, HAVE WE LOOKED AT CHANGING THE STANDARDS ON THAT WE CAN REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, IS THEY'RE BUILT WELL THE ARTERIALS ARE BUILT COMBINATION OF UH, OUR DOLLARS, OUR CRF DOLLARS AS WELL AS UH, DEVELOPER FEES AND WE, I THINK, LET ME LOOK, CHRISTOPHER'S NOT HERE SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING NOW IS REQUIRING THE STREET LIGHTING WITH THE I I FEEL LIKE IN SOME OF THEM, WHEN THEY GOT APPROVALS FOR THE MUDS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PUT ON THE, THE DEVELOPER WAS THAT THE MUD HAD TO PUT IN THE STREETLIGHTS IF I RECALL.
UH, UH, LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY JUST PROBABLY GOING FORWARD LET'S DO A BETTER JOB OF IT.
I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PRETTY BIG PILL TO SWALLOW NOW TO GO BACK IN AND DROP $2 MILLION A MILE, BUT AT LEAST GOING FORWARD ON THOSE DEVELOPER DOLLARS, LET'S MAKE THAT A STANDARD I THINK TO IMPROVE.
I, I'LL CHECK ON THAT AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT THEN WE'LL BRING SOMETHING FORWARD IF WE NEED TO.
AND, AND I ASK ABOUT IT ME, IT'S A LITTLE PERSONAL, BUT AFTER MY SON FELL ASLEEP ON UH, 96 AND FLIPPED HIS CAR, UM, I NOTICED THAT THAT AREA HAS NO LIGHTS, PRETTY DARK.
UM, AND THAT'S A PRETTY BIG ROADWAY TO NOT HAVE IT LIT, SO.
SO IN THIS STREET PROGRAM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEW PROJECTS IN 2025.
ONE IS FM TWO 70 SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE AT LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS FM FIVE 18 AT BAY AREA BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT ONE IS ALSO TO BE CASH FUNDED.
BOTH OF THESE, I BELIEVE ARE THE CASH THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
THAT'S THE $2 MILLION THAT'S TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
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NEXT IS DRAINAGE.THIS PROGRAM IS 31.4 MILLION AND IT'S 18% OF THE TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM IN 2025.
IT CONSISTS OF TWO STUDIES, THREE PROJECTS WITH LAND PHASES AND FIVE PROJECTS WITH CONSTRUCTION PHASES.
UH, THE, I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF THIS, IF NOT ALL, IS FINISHING UP THE GEO BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST FOR DRAINAGE.
NEXT IS THE FIRE PROGRAM FOR 2025.
WE HAVE 2.25 MILLION PROGRAM FOR DESIGN AND LAND IN 2025.
THAT'S ALSO TO BE CASH FUNDED.
IT'S $7 MILLION FROM TS TWO AND 5.95 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, A PRIOR PRIOR ARPA DOLLARS.
AND THE SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT IS DEPENDENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LLOYD TRACK.
NEXT ON THE LIST IS THE FACILITIES PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS $350,000 IN 2025 AND THERE'S THREE COMPONENTS REPLACEMENT OF GENERATORS FOR THE CITY HALL ANNEX GENERATOR FOR ANIMAL SHELTER AND REPLACEMENT GENERATOR FOR THE P WALK.
I BELIEVE THESE UH, WERE IN THE PROGRAM BEFORE AND WE WERE HOPING TO OBTAIN GRANT FUNDS AND WE HAVE BEEN CHASING THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I THINK AT, AT THIS TIME WE'VE DECIDED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND START FUNDING THEM.
THE GENERATOR AT P WALK, WAS THAT PURCHASED WITH THE BUILDING OR DID WE PUT THAT IN AFTER WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING? IT WAS PURCHASED WITH THE BUILDING.
IT'S 27% OF THE TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM IN 25 EQUALS ALMOST $47 MILLION.
THERE'S FOUR PROJECTS WITH THE DE DESIGN PHASES IN 25.
THERE'S SOME TRAILS ON TEXAS AVENUE AND WEBSTER ALONG WITH THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AND CLEAR CREEK NATURE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S ALSO EIGHT PROJECTS WITH CONSTRUCTION PHASES IN 25.
THERE'S FUNDING FOR PUBLIC ART, THE HERITAGE SIGNATURE TRAIL PROJECT, SOME KAYAK LAUNCH SITES, NEWPORT PARK, THE 5K LOOP PARKING ACCESS, PHASE TWO OF BAY RIDGE PARK AND ANOTHER PHASE OF LOBIT.
I WANNA ASK ABOUT TWO OF THE PARKS PROJECTS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE FM TWO 70 PUBLIC BOAT RAMP RENOVATION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT SINCE BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL AND THE MONEY IS LISTED AS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED.
WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? THIS IRON IS UM, UM, COMPLETE.
UH, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT WITH TECH STOP, UM, UNTIL THAT WE RECEIVED THAT.
UM, AND ALSO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME FORMS THAT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAS RECENTLY ASKED US TO UM, PUT IN, WHICH WE WERE, WE WEREN'T UM, AWARE OF PREVIOUSLY.
THEY JUST RECENTLY COMMUNICATED THAT TO US.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON SUBMITTING THOSE FORMS. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAS GONE THROUGH SOME CHANGES WITH UM, SOME PERSONNEL.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING TO SUBMIT THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT UH, BID OUT AND MOVE FORWARD.
BUT CURRENTLY THOSE ARE THE TWO ENTITIES THAT'S HOLDING US UP.
DID TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE PROVIDE ANY FUNDING FOR THAT? THEY PROVIDE US A GRANT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS LOBE PARK.
UM, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THE FUNDING FOR THAT, THE PHASE TWO UM, LOOKS LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE PHASE TWO IS IN FISCAL YEAR 26 INSTEAD OF 25.
IS THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE NOW OR WILL IT NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THEN? SO IF WE GOT THE DESIGN DONE QUICKER, CAN WE GET THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED SOONER? SO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS BROKEN UP BY TWO PHASES.
PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN FOR PHASE ONE.
AND PART OF PHASE ONE INCLUDES MASTER PLANNING.
ONCE MASTER PLANNING IS COMPLETE, WE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT FOR PHASE TWO AND WE COULD START INCORPORATING DESIGN FOR PHASE TWO, OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE AND AS SOON AS PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION'S COMPLETE, WE'LL GO INTO PHASE TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE HOPING TO GET PUBLIC INPUT FOR PHASE TWO AND THAT'S ALL A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.
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AVAILABLE? SO IF, IF THE DESIGN GETS DONE IT'S EASY, WE CAN FUNDING ROLL RIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR DESIGN FOR PHASE TWO IS IN 2025 AND CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE IS IN 2025.AND YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE FINISHING CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE END OF MAY.
AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTANT, WE HAVE IT FINISHING UP, UM, IN JULY OF 2026.
BUT AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, WE THINK WE CAN COMPLETELY FINISH IT BY MARCH OF 2026.
UH, BUT DESIGN SHOULD BE FINISHED BY JANUARY OF 2025.
FOR PHASE ONE WE GO THROUGH A THREE MONTH OF ADVERTISING AND BIDDING PROCESS AND THEN CONSTRUCTION'S ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
I JUST SEEMS LIKE A REALLY LONG PROCESS FOR ESPECIALLY PHASE ONE, A SIMPLE PROJECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO REVENUE SUPPORTED OR UTILITY PROJECTS? SO THE REVENUE SUPPORTED PROGRAM HAS UH, TWO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
ONE IS WATER AT 60% AND WASTEWATER AT 40%.
THERE IS A TABLE, IT'S LABELED TABLE NUMBER FOUR, IT'S BEHIND THE REVENUE SUPPORTED PROGRAMS TAB IN YOUR CIP BOOK.
AND IT SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED.
LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMS INDIVIDUALLY, FIRST IS GONNA BE WATER.
IT'S 21% OF THE REVENUE SUPPORTED PROGRAM.
THE TOTAL PROGRAM IN 25 IS 13.54 MILLION.
THE LARGEST PROJECT IS THE 20 MGD EXPANSION OF THE SOUTHEAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT.
AND THAT CURRENT PHASE IS A STUDY IN 2025 AND THE DESIGN ESTIMATE IS 15.13 MILLION AND CONSTRUCTION IS 161.87 MILLION TO BE FUNDED WITH WATER CRF FUNDS AND FUTURE DEBT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHY WE HAVE 8 MILLION IN EXCESS IN THE WATER FUND? LEMME REPHRASE THAT.
IS THERE EXCESS MONEY IN THE WATER FUND? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE UTILITY FUND FOR OPERATIONS OR ARE WE WE ARE, WELL THE UTILITY FUND IN GENERAL, IN EITHER CASE, SO SOMEBODY HAS STATED THAT WE HAVE $8 MILLION IN EXCESS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THE UTILITY FUND.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A ROBUST CIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER AND SEWER AND WE WILL USE ANY EXCESS MONIES GENERALLY BEFORE WE SELL DEBT.
SO IT'S NOT EXCESS MONEY, IT'S JUST CASH ON HAND THAT IS COMMITTED TO FUTURE PROJECT EXPENSES.
IT WOULD IN THE CIP YES, IN THE WATER AND SEWER OPERATING FUND, IS THERE $8 MILLION I'M LOOKING AT THERE? SO I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE OPERATION BUDGET IN MY HEAD AT THE MOMENT.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT.
I MEAN WHAT'S THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTS RIGHT? HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT $8 MILLION SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY $8 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT WITH IT.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, I I KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT.
I'M JUST THE YEAH, WE'RE WORK, WE, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A WATER SEWER RATE STUDY FINANCIAL PLAN.
AND AGAIN, THE CIP WILL DRIVE A LOT OF THAT AND WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE PROBABLY IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND IF WE HAD EXCESS IN THE OPERATING FUND, I WE WOULD, WE WOULD EITHER, WE WOULD ANSWER THAT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
WE WOULD MANAGE OUR DEBT ISSUANCE BASED ON HOW MUCH CASH WE HAVE.
SO WHETHER IT'S IN THE OPERATING FUND OR WHATEVER WE CALL, WHATEVER WE'RE FUNDING THE SIP OUT OF, WE DON'T HAVE EXCESS MONEY, WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECTS IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED IN THE OPERATIONS.
YEAH, I THINK YOU SAW THE NUMBER A HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN, A HUNDRED SIXTY 7 MILLION FOR WATER PLANT EXPANSION.
WE'VE GOT THE, SO WE'VE GOT THE, THE OTHER ONE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY THREE 50% OF THAT IS REPLACEMENT, 50% OF THAT IS FOR GROWTH.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE HAVE TREMENDOUS CASH NEEDS AND WE WILL USE CASH WHERE IT MAKES SENSE AND MINIMIZE OUR DEBT SALES.
SO EVEN THE THE ONGOING PROJECT
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EXPENSES ARE NOT FOR NEW GROWTH, IT'S ALSO FOR MAINTENANCE OF OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.UM, THE 24 IS THAT WATERLINE FROM FIVE 17, UH, CORRECTION ON FIVE 17 FROM CAL OR WEST MEADOW LANE? IS THAT GOING? ARE WE GONNA BE TYING, ARE THOSE LINES THAT ARE GONNA TIE MARY FOREST AND TALLOW LANE OR TALLOW FOREST AND MARY LANE INTO OUR WATER SYSTEM ALSO ON TOP OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN, SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR INTO THE DESIGN.
I THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PLAN, BUT WHERE IT CROSSES TELE FORCE AND MARY LANE, THAT'S CERTAINLY A POTENTIAL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
RIGHT NOW IT TIES INTO THE BACKSIDE OF BAY COLONY INTO HOBBS ROAD IS THE PLAN RIGHT.
THAT THAT SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A COUPLE OF THREE WEEKS.
I JUST SAW THIS FROM CALDER ROAD.
SO YOU'RE COMING OFF OF CALDER ROAD TO WEST TO PASS MEADOW LANE.
YEAH, SO IT, SO THAT LINE IS INTENDED TO DIVERSIFY THE SUPPLY TO THE NEW GROWTH AREAS AND IT'S 24 INCH AND THEN THERE'S A 24 INCH THAT GOES ROUGHLY THE GRAND PARKWAY.
AND SO ULTIMATELY THEY WILL LOOP TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER COMING TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
WE'RE GONNA DO A, WE'RE GONNA DO A WELL NEAR THE, NEAR THE CORNER OF YOUR SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN, AND THEN SECONDLY, A FEW YEARS AGO, COUNCIL UM, ACQUIRED, PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION GALLONS TO COME OUT OF THE THOMAS MACKEY PLANT.
SO AT THAT SAME WELL SITE WE'LL HAVE 5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER THAT WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE SOUTHWEST.
AND SO THAT'S WITH THE 24 INCH LINE FEED OR WHAT FEEDS THE 24 INCH LINE.
I JUST, I'VE BEEN, I HAD HOMEOWNERS OVER FROM THOSE LET ROADS REACH OUT TO ME TODAY ASKING ME ABOUT STATUS OF PROJECTS AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS GONNA TIE INTO THEIR PROJECT ALSO.
YEAH, WE HAVEN'T WORKED THAT, THOSE DETAILS OUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE PREVIOUS QUESTION FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN TRESSLER.
UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 249 IN YOUR OPERATION BUDGET BOOK, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, IT DOES SHOW THE 24 YEAR IN ESTIMATE FOR THE UTILITY FUND ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 8.45 MILLION OF WHICH 7.27 IS REQUIRED, THE 90 DAYS OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY POLICY AND THEN LOOKING AT 20 FIVES PROPOSED BUDGET, THE ENDING FUND BALANCE IS 8.12 MILLION OF WHICH 7.55 IS REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE 90 DAYS POLICY OF WORKING CAPITAL AND THAT LEAVES AN EXCESS OF $569,000 ESTIMATED.
SO THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS IN REFERENCE TO THAT.
SO NEXT ON THE LIST IS WASTEWATER PROGRAM.
THE WASTEWATER PROGRAM IN 2025 IS 79% OF THE REVENUE SUPPORTED TOTAL PROGRAM IS 50.47 MILLION.
AND THE LARGEST PROJECT IS FOR MGD EXPANSION OF THE SWF SOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.
CURRENT PHASE AS DESIGN EARLY WORKS PACKAGE IN 2025 OF 42 MILLION AND THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE IS AT UH, 55.82 MILLION TO BE COVERED BY WASTEWATER CRF FUNDS AND FUTURE DEBT.
ONE OF THE ITEMS I DID WANNA POINT OUT AFTER THE BOOK WAS PRINTED, WE REALIZED THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING FOR WASTEWATER CRFS IN 2025, IT SHOWS A TOTAL OF $44.44 MILLION IN 2025 FROM WASTEWATER CRFS WHERE ACTUALLY 42 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO BE SOLD AS DEBT FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE DEBT WILL BE PAID BY THE WASTEWATER CRFS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN CASH TODAY.
UM, IT JUST WAS BECAUSE IT'S BEING PAID WITH CRFS, IT JUST PULLED TO THE WRONG TOTAL AND IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE UNDERNEATH THE FUTURE DEBT COLUMN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON WASTEWATER? SO NEXT IS OUR GL BOND PROGRAM.
WE WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE.
SO WE HAVE PROPOSITION A FOR DRAINAGE AND PROPOSITION B FOR STREETS AND TRAFFIC.
SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE, UM, THE AUTHORIZATIONS THROUGH THE ELECTION AND THEN ALL OF THE, UH, DEBT THAT WE HAVE SOLD.
THERE IS, UM, DEBT IN 2024 UNDER PROPOSITION B OF $12 MILLION.
THAT ACTUALLY HAS NOT BEEN SOLD.
THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL NEED FOR 2024.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ON BOTH OF THE CHARTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ISSUED.
IF WE LOOK AT PROPOSITION A, IT HAS SIX COMPLETED PROJECTS, OBJECT THREE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SEVEN ARE UNDER DESIGN, FIVE HAVE BEEN REMOVED
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FROM THE PROGRAM AND ONE IS SCHEDULED FOR PURCHASE IN 2026.UM, KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE TOTALS, SOME OF THOSE ORIGINAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAD, UM, LISTED AS 21 PROJECTS, $73 MILLION UNDER THAT PROPOSITION A TITLE AS WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THEM, WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF SLICE THEM AND PIECE THEM AND PHASE THEM IN DIFFERENT PARTS.
AND SO NOW TODAY THERE'S ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY MORE THAN 21 BUT IT'S ALL THE SAME SCOPE AND ALL THE SAME INITIAL PROJECTS.
WE JUST HAD TO, TO IMPLEMENT THEM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY PRESENTED THEM IN.
ALSO LOOKING AT PROPOSITION B, ORIGINALLY WE SHOWED IT AS 10 PROJECTS, SAME CONCEPT.
SOME OF 'EM HAD TO BE PHASED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TO GET THINGS MOVING AND COMPLETED QUICKLY.
SIX COMPLETED PROJECTS, THREE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, FOUR UNDER DESIGN AND TWO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOND PROGRAM.
NEXT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PROJECTS FUNDINGS.
SO WE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, THE TRANSFERS ONE IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR TAX SUPPORTED.
WE HAVE 5 MILLION FOR REINVESTMENT CASH AND 2 MILLION FOR MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
AND ON THE REVENUE SUPPORTED WE HAVE 9.2 MILLION FROM THE UTILITY FUND TO THE MISCELLANEOUS UTILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
UM, WHEN LOOKING AT THE FUNDING CHARTS, THESE UH, TRANSFERS ARE PART OF THAT, UM, THE FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE AND THAT DOES UH, LOWER THE AMOUNT OF FUTURE DEBT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE A CHART ON OUR CIP SALES TAX AND KINDA SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW WE'RE TRENDING.
AND SO EVERYTHING IN THE UM, LIGHT COLOR IS ACTUALS, THE LIGHT BLUE IS PROJECTIONS AND THE PURPLE IS BUDGETED.
AND SO FOR 2025 WE DO HAVE $6 MILLION THAT WE ANTICIPATE MOVING FROM THE CIP SALES TAX, UM, FUND INTO THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE TO PAY FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE EXISTING DEBT FOR THE GEO BONDS.
AND IT DOES COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SOLD TO DATE AS FAR AS PAYMENTS FOR 2025.
IF WE'RE EXPECTING SOME LEVEL OF GROWTH IN THE SALES TAX, WHY IS THE NUMBER DECREASING? UM, THE NUMBER ON 6.5 TO 6 MILLION.
SO REALLY, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT FUTURE YEARS, WE CAN INCREASE IT.
WE, WE LOOK AT IT YEAR BY YEAR AND I THINK WE JUST PLUGGED IN 6 MILLION IN THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST AND CARRIED, CARRIED IT OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT THERE WILL COME A TIME THAT WHEN WE SELL MORE OF THE ISSUANCES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE OF THE CASH FROM THE CIP TO COVER THOSE.
BUT THOSE REVENUE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT COLUMN, THAT'S THE EXPECTED TO BE BROUGHT IN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND WE DO TRY TO DELAY IT, BUT WE'RE STILL SHORT BY AT LEAST SIX MONTHS BECAUSE OF JUST CASHFLOW REASONS.
SO AS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE UH, MORE GREAT IDEAS, MORE PROJECTS THAN THERE THAN THERE ARE RESOURCES.
AND SO ON PAGE SEVEN OF THE BOOK IT LISTS SOME, IT LISTS SOME OF THOSE LIST SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I GET CONCERNED WHERE WE'RE INVESTING ENOUGH IS THE OLDER CONCRETE STREETS, CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE, BAYOU, BRAY, NEWPORT TO NAME A FEW.
WE HAVE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THOSE AREAS, REHABBING SOME LARGE SECTIONS OF THE STREET IN 2026.
I'M LOOKING AT JODY 'CAUSE HE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO ME.
WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER PAVEMENT SURVEY AND JUST KIND OF SEE WHERE WE STAND AND HOW FAST THOSE ROADWAYS ARE DE ARE DEGRADING.
SOME OF THEM ARE DIFFICULT TO PATCH BACK TOGETHER AND SOME OF THEM HAVE, WE'VE HAD MORE SUCCESS WITH THAT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF FLOW AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE LIST IS ROBUST.
THE STAFF DOESN'T HESITATE TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK'S IMPORTANT.
AND SO THAT CONTINUES OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, MY GUT IS IT'S, YOU KNOW, 300 TO $400 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
UM, AND SO WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND IF WE WANNA BRING SOMETHING FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CONSTRAINED A LITTLE BIT BY THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAUSED AND TOOK A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, JULY 15TH THROUGH AUGUST 9TH, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS BUDGET.
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HAVE SOME TIME SET ASIDE ONE OR MORE TIMES, THAT'S THERE'S AVAILABLE TIME ON THE CALENDAR.AUGUST 6TH WILL BE THE NEXT TIME THAT WE MEET AT 5:00 PM WE'LL HAVE A WORK SESSION.
WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE GATHERED FROM TONIGHT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THAT WE WROTE DOWN ON BUDGET AND CIP WE'LL DISCUSS THE TAX ROLL AND THE TAX RATE AND WE WILL GATHER FEEDBACK FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR THE FIRST READING AT THE END OF THE MONTH AT 6:00 PM WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND ALSO PROPOSAL OF THE TAX RATE.
SO THIS BE A FULL COUNCIL, IS THAT GONNA BE A FULL MEETING? NO, SIR.
ON TOTAL QUESTION, AUGUST THE 13TH AT 5:00 PM WE HAVE A WORK SESSION.
WE JUST HAVE TIME SET ASIDE IF WE NEED IT.
IT WOULD BE TO GATHER MORE FEEDBACK FOR THE BUDGET ORDINANCE TO BE FINALIZED AND THE TAX RATE, AND THEN ANSWER ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS JUST FOR THE C COUNSEL BACK TO THE AUGUST 6TH.
SO WOULD IT, COULD WE JUST COMBINE BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS WITH WORKSHOP SLASH SPECIAL MEETING? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED AT FIVE AND THEN THE SPECIAL MEETING AT SIX.
YEAH, WE, WE CAN DO, IS THAT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL THEN? WE JUST PUT IT ALL IN ONE MEETING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE CAN DO THAT.
WAIT, IF WE HAVE TO SIX, WOULD YOU PREFER FIVE OR SIX? I'LL LET THE COUNCIL CHOOSE.
I PREFER SIX, BUT WE GOTTA VOTE.
AND WE'LL COMBINE WORK SESSION.
SOME NOBODY VOTED BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.
WE'LL DO SOME CLEANUP, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND STUFF AND THEN HAVE THE VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ALL IN ONE MEETING.
AND THAT IS ALL WE HAD FOR THIS EVENING.
ANYBODY? ALRIGHT THEN AT 6 38 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.