[00:00:04] AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 13TH 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AT THE WILEY MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:02 P.M. WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SET EITHER TO VIBRATE OR SILENT. AND IF YOU DO NEED TO TAKE A CALL, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR, MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER COUNCILOR DAVID R, DUKE COUNCILMAN DAVE STRING COUNCILMAN STRANG INFORMED ME HE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE THIS EVENING. THEY ARE PRO TEM, JEFF FORSTER. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER. COUNCILMAN GINO ME. WE HAVE A QUORUM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS STORM AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE LED BY MAYOR PRO TIM FORRESTER, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE TO BE LED BY COUNCILMAN HOOVER. YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TOGETHER. IN THE NAME OF THE CITY AND IN YOUR NAME FATHER. WHETHER WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US. BLESS US FATHER AND GIVE US THE COURAGE, THE STRENGTH AND THE WISDOM TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE HERE ON EARTH. FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM AND WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY PROTECT OUR CITY. FATHER IS IN YOUR NAME THAT WE ASK THESE THINGS. AMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. SO THIS EVENING. UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR PRESENTATIONS AND [PR1. Black History Month.] RECOGNITIONS. AND THAT IS WE ARE RECOGNIZING BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN THE CITY OF WILEY. UM I KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY, IT OCCURRED THE WEEKEND BEFORE. UH, WE WERE DOING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAD A STORYTELLER WHO CAME UP, UM AND HELD AN EVENT AT THE LIBRARY. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO STOP BY AND LOOK AT, UH, THE SELECTION THAT HAS BEEN CURATED THERE AND ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR ONLINE PRESENCE FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE WITHIN WILEY. WITH THAT [COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS] WE'LL MOVE TO OUR COMMENTS ON OUR NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT THIS EVENING AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY SUBJECT, WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED A FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND TURN THAT INTO OUR CITY SECRETARY. UH, WE DO, UH, ASK THAT EVERYONE LIMIT THEIR COMMENT TO THREE MINUTES AND WE ASK THAT EVERYONE BE AWARE THAT, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO ISSUES WHICH ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. BUT WE CAN DIRECT OUR STAFF TO ASSIST ANYONE HAVING QUESTIONS OR ISSUES REGARDING CITY BUSINESS. WITH THAT BEING, SAID MS STORM I HAVE ONE FORM THAT WAS TURNED IN. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OK, SO I WILL CALL FORWARD MR BRUCE MOYLAN. IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN I DO BELIEVE SINCE YOU ARE OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING THE HO A , UH YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES SINCE YOU ARE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT ORGANIZATION. UH, IF YOU WOULD I APOLOGIZE IF YOU WILL HIT THE LITTLE FACE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TALKING THE BASE OF THE MICROPHONE THERE. IT'S DOWN ON THE YEAH, OK, AND IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS , AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR YOUR SIX MINUTES WILL START WHEN YOU'RE DONE. MY NAME IS BRUCE MOYER AND I LIVE AT 210 GATWICK COURT IN CRAMER STATES HERE IN WILD TEXAS. I MOVED FROM LITTLE TO WILEY. UM BECAUSE MY SISTER OR MY SISTER, MY DAUGHTER OF A JOB UP HERE AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT. AND, UM SHE, UH UM BOUGHT A HOME KRAMER ESTATES. BUILT IT FROM THE GROUND UP. AND MOVED IN WITH HER THREE BRAND NEW TRIPLETS. ON THE DAY OF THE HAILSTORM. UM AND MOVED OUT THE NEXT DAY. SHE SPENT SIX MONTHS IN A HOTEL. WHILE HER HOME WAS REBUILT, AND, UH SO MY WIFE WHEN SHE RETIRED FROM BEING A SCHOOL TEACHER, DECIDED. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER NEAR THE TRIPLETS. YESTERDAY I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE SAY. UH, MY SON, UH, SOON FOLLOWED, AND WE HAVE THREE HOMES THAT ARE IN KRAMER ESTATES. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT NOW [00:05:05] CONSISTS OF 380 HOMES. THEY CALL THEM ENTRY LEVEL HOMES. THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE PRICE OF ABOUT $538,000. NOW, IF THAT'S ENTRY LEVEL, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT WE BOUGHT IN THE AREA BECAUSE WE HAD A PARK. WE SAW THAT WILEY AS MAYOR, PORTER SAYS. IS ONE OF THE BETTER PLACES TO LIVE, AND WE LOOKED FORWARD TO OUR RETIREMENT YEARS HERE WITH OUR CHILDREN. AND WE'VE SEEN A COMMUNITY. IT STARTED OUT AS. 54 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND IS NOW BY THE END OF 2024. THEY TELL US DURING 2025 OBESE 580 HOMES. AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY ENTERED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER. UM. AREN'T BY ORDINANCE TO TAKE DEDICATED PARKLAND. IT WAS A VERY MANAGEABLE PARK OF A LITTLE OVER 3.8 ACRES. BEAUTIFUL PARK RIGHT THERE. IT'S GOT A LITTLE PAVILION, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE SWIMMING POOL. IT'S GOT A LITTLE PLAYGROUND. AND WE'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THAT, HOWEVER, THAT PARK HAS GROWN TO A LITTLE OVER 30 ACRES. WITH THE ADDITION OF KRAMER EAST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STONE ROAD. AND LAST YEAR. UM . WE, THE HOA. THROUGH HOMEOWNERS TO DO TO SPENT ABOUT 100 AND $55,000 TO MAINTAIN THAT PARK. WE PAY FOR THE WATER WE PAID FOR THE DOGGY BAGS. WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING, UH, TO MAINTAIN THAT FOR NOW, WE'VE NOTICED SOME PROBLEMS THIS PAST YEAR. WE'VE SEEN MARKINGS ON THE PUBLIC BENCHES. WE'VE SEEN, UH, A DESTRUCTION DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS. KEEP THAT WALKING TRAIL UP. BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE EXTENSION EXPANSION OF THAT TRAIL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STONE RUN FROM WEST ALLEN ALL THE WAY DOWN FOLLOWING RUSH CREEK. WE MAINTAIN THAT AREA. IN 24. WE'RE BUDGETING, ALMOST $200,000, OR ABOUT 500 SOMETHING DOLLARS PER HOUSEHOLD. TO MAINTAIN THAT PARTICULAR PART. AND THAT'S ONLY WITH 380 HOMES. WHEN IT GETS TO BE 500. AN IMPORTANT THING HAPPENED ON JANUARY, THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR. THE DEVELOPER LEFT THE HO, A AND TURN IT OVER TO OWNERS. SO NOW. MYSELF AND FOUR OTHERS ARE INDEED MANAGING OR RUNNING THAT PARTICULAR HO. A LISTENING TO NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW THEIR HO A DUES ARE GOING UP AND ALL THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT THEY'VE GOT AND THEY'RE SAYING, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR OUR MONEY? AND IT'S HARD TO ANSWER SOMETIMES. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPER ON THE EAST SIDE. SEEMS TO HAVE. VERY LITTLE CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FROM WEST FROM WEST ALLEN DOWN TO STONE ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING CONSTRUCTION WASTE. TRASH. UM. ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN CONCRETE OVERALL. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CREEK AND WE ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM STONE. UP TO BROWN STREET. AND THERE WERE PROMISES MADE THAT THE DEVELOPER NEVER WENT THROUGH AND TOOK CARE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. WE TALKED TO THE CITY AND WE'VE HAD SOME PROGRESS MADE. EVERY TIME I TALKED TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY, I'VE GOTTEN AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. FROM THE MAYOR TO STEPHANIE TO MR FORRESTER TO ALL OF YOU. SPEND A RESPONSE. WE USED TO HAVE A CHIEF OF POLICE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE USED TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. BUT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME PROBLEMS DUE TO THE EXPANSION TO THE EAST. NOW I PUT TOGETHER A LETTER AND YOU ALL HAVE IT, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT. I PUT PICTURES IN TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND I'M DOING THIS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HO AS THE PRESIDENT OF HOI NEXT YEAR. I WON'T BE THE PRESIDENT, IT'LL BE A ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO'S ON SERVES ON ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ONES. UH UM AND THAT'S UH. I DO THE SAME. I'M ON ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION BOARDS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED. WE'RE VIBRANT COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BE ACTIVE. WE JUST ASKED FOR YOUR [00:10:01] CONSIDERATION OF WHAT I'VE WRITTEN ALONG WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAD INPUT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VIBRANT NATURE HEART. THAT IS ALL THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ENJOY IT. WE'VE GOT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WALK OVER THERE, TOO. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY DOGS COME THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR PARK. ON A DAILY BASIS. AND WITH THAT, I MEAN, I HAVE TO GIVE YOU COMPLIMENTS. AND I TOLD SCOTT THAT I WAS GONNA GIVE HIM A COMPLIMENT. THIS IS A PERSONAL THING. UM ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. I SAW SCOTT. I SAW SCOTT, UM AT THE VOTING BOOTH. AND UH, HE WAS MIXING HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO BE THERE. I APPRECIATE SITTING IN THIS COUNCIL AND HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT ACCOMMODATING HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. SO WITH THAT THAT COMPLETES OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. WITH THAT WE'LL [CONSENT AGENDA] MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS OR CONSIDERATION? UH, I AM GOING TO PUT FORTH ITEM N. UH, AND MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO PUT FORTH ITEM G. OK, SO WE HAVE ITEMS G AND ITEMS AND AN ITEM N. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS? MAY I APPROACH HIM? DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER? COUNCILMAN DUKE. I'D LIKE TO POUR A MOUTH. AND WE HAVE F. I HEARD CORRECTLY, THE FG AND N. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR CONSIDERATION? AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE REMAINING ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, COUNCILMAN MAICI. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEM ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS. COUNSEL PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 60 WITH COUNCILMAN STRANG ABSENT. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH NOW STARTS WITH [F. Consider, and place on file, the Animal Shelter Advisory Board report to City Council.] ITEM F, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER IN PLACE ON FILE THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN DUKE YOU HAD ASKED FOR THIS ONE. IF YOU ASK? YES THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, SO I WAS READING THROUGH THE MINUTES AND IT SAID THAT LOU LIEUTENANT THAT JOE WEBB ASKED ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND IF WE WOULD LOSE ANY, IF WE WOULD, IF IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO BUILD UP OR BUILD OUT, AND LMW SAID THAT HE'S RELYING ON THE ENGINEERING AND THE CONSULTANT FOR THAT KNOWLEDGE, IN MY CONCERN OR COMMENT TO THAT WAS WE JUST NEED TO ARE WE JUST RELYING ON THE CONSULTANT TO. SAY SAY ANYTHING AND TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT OR REQUESTING WHAT THE CONSULTANT BRINGS BACK FOR THE BUILDING, KEEPING THE TAXPAYERS IN MIND. OK? SO I THINK I SAW HER. DID YOU? MISS ALI. DID YOU WANNA ANSWER OR OK? SO YEP. YOU'RE YOU'RE IN. IT JUST DOESN'T SHOW UP ON YOUR, UM TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN DUKE STAFF WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT. I MEAN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT SHEILA HAS WITH THE CONSULTANT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE JUST GONNA COME IN AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S THE PLANS. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ONE MEETING THAT SHE HAD WITH THE CONSULTANTS. WE ACTUALLY DID A WALK THROUGH OF THE FACILITY THAT I WAS THERE AS WELL. SO THERE IS INPUT FROM STAFF. IT'S IT IS CERTAINLY NOT JUST A CONSULTANT. POINT OF VIEW. THANK YOU. OK? AND I KNOW I KNOW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS AS WELL AND I'M SURE IT WILL COME BACK. UH, TO COUNCIL IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. UH, SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE MINUTES AND REPORT THAT ARE BEING PLACED ON FILE. IF NOT, COUNCILMAN. DUKE. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? NO. I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. OK I AM OPEN TO A MOTION, SO GO AHEAD A MOTION TO APPROVE THE O PRESENTED WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A 2ND MAY APPROACH TIM FORRESTER . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE COUNSEL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 60 [00:15:12] WITH COUNCILMAN ST ABSENT WELL, NOW MOVE TO ITEM. G. WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION [G. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-07(R) authorizing the City Manager of the City of Wylie to execute, on behalf of the City Council of the City of Wylie, the Highway Crossing Overpass Construction Agreement between The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Collin County, and the City of Wylie, Texas concerning the construction of the bridge railroad mainline crossing of the Park Boulevard Extension project] NUMBER. 20 24-07 R AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF WILEY TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILEY. THE HIGHWAY CROSSING OVERPASS CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANY COLLIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE RAILROAD MAIN LINE CROSSING OF THE PARK BOULEVARD EXTENSION PROJECT. MR PORTER. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR. COUNCIL. UM I'VE BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER THE LAST FEW DAYS, SO I HAVE A ARE YOU? UH, COUGH SUPPRESSANT. AND SO I HOPEFULLY YOU'LL EXCUSE ME FOR THAT. YEAH UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE COUNTY, UM, APPROACHED THE CITY. REQUESTING. UH TO, UH, BE A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. UM WHICH THE RAILROAD ALSO WOULD LIKE. UM. I DID GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT. OUR ATTORNEY WENT THROUGH THE AGREEMENT. I HAD A LOT OF, UH, REMARKS AND THE COUNTY PUT IT BACK TO THE RAILROAD, AND THEY ALL CAME UP WITH AGREEMENTS. UM UM THE CITY HAD A BIGGER PART IN THIS AGREEMENT UNTIL I ASKED THEM FOR US NOT TO HAVE AS BIG A PART. UM I DID NOT WANT US TO BE A PART OF THE AGREEMENT IN ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. UM AND SO THEY TOOK THE CITY OUT OF ALL THOSE, AND, UM JUST PLACED US AT THE, UH FOR THE MAINTENANCE, FUTURE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROJECT. UM I DID RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, CONCERNING MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGES. UM I CAN'T TELL YOU. THANK YOU, JANINE. LIKE CRACK TEAM HERE IS HAS BEEN ASSISTING THIS WEEK. UM WE, UH. BRIDGES IN TEXAS ARE ALMOST ALL DESIGNED BY TECH DOT STANDARDS. UM, TEXT DOT THEY BRIDGES. UM RIGHT NOW, I THINK AVERAGE 50 YEARS OF LIFE EXPECTANCY. UM. WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST 15 YEARS BEFORE WE SEE ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS ON A BRIDGE. UM. TEXT DOT DOES SEND OUT, UM IN INVESTIGATORS EVERY TWO YEARS. WELL THE SUN ABOUT EVERY YEAR, BUT THE ONLY THEY GET TO EAT EVERY BRIDGE EVERY TWO YEARS. AND THEY SEND THE CITY A REPORT UH, AND THOSE REPORTS SHOW EACH TWO YEAR PERIOD. UH, WHERE WE ARE, AS FAR AS OUR BRIDGES AND WHAT KIND OF SCALE THAT OUR BRIDGES ARE ON, YOU KNOW, ARE WE 100% OR, YOU KNOW 40, YOU KNOW? THAT KIND OF DEAL. SO IT'S HARD TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE COSTS UM, WILL BE WE SPOKE WITH ON PUBLIC WORKS EARLY THIS WEEK AND UM TOMMY DOES PLAN ON HAVING. UM MONEY SET ASIDE IN A PROGRAM FOR, UM, MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGES. UM, AND I ALSO REMIND YOU THAT THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING A STORMWATER FEE STUDY, TOO. THAT WILL, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, FUND SOME BRIDGE MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEED. UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT TECH DOT HAS THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, USING STATE MONEY. UM, THAT UM, ARE USED TO SUPPORT UM BRIDGE MAINTENANCE SO. UM, TYPICALLY ON A LOT OF THESE BRIDGES, CITIES ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 10% OF THE FIXES. UM, ANYWAY. EVEN ON, UM NON TECH STOP ROADS. SO. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL HOW MUCH WE WILL BE SPENDING EACH YEAR IN THE FUTURE ON MAINTENANCE. UM BUT I JUST DID. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS PURELY FOR THE MAINTENANCE. FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND ALTHOUGH IT IS A COUNTY PROJECT, UM. THAT IS WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RAILROAD. UM WE? THE CITY DOES PLAN ON DOING A WALK THROUGH WITH OUR OWN INSPECTION TEAM. PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT. UM TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE TO OUR STANDARDS, BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF IT'S DONE TO TEXTILE STANDARDS, IT USUALLY HOLD UP. REALLY WELL SO. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED A FEW OK, THANK YOU, MR PORTER MAYOR PRO TEM. I KNOW YOU'D [00:20:02] ASKED FOR THIS ITEM, SO I'LL LET YOU LEAD OUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO UM, MR PORTER, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS GONE THROUGH ENGINEERING BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AS FAR AS THE TIE IN FROM PARKER AND PARK ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SKY VIEW. CAN YOU GIVE US ANY KIND OF ESTIMATE ON OR WHAT TARGET DATES? TECH START AND THE COUNTY AND THE RAILROAD ARE EXPECTING TO BEGIN THIS PROJECT AND THEN THE APPROXIMATE COMPLETION TIME. SO THE COUNTY HAS TOLD US THAT THEY EXPECT TO BEGIN LATE SPRING OR SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. ALL THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S THAT'S ON THE SPECIFICALLY ON THE TIE IN FROM PARKER OVER TO VIEW OR DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PROJECT PROJECT OVER TO 78. AND UH, THE CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS. TO THE SUMMER OF 2026. THAT WOULD BE SUMMER OF 26. OK AND AGAIN THIS DOCUMENT JUST FOR REPETITION SAKE. THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT COMMIT THE CITY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO ANY ENGINEERING. ANY CONSTRUCTION OR ANY FEES WHATSOEVER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ROADWAY OR THE BRIDGE. THAT IS CORRECT ONLY MAINTENANCE COSTS AT A FUTURE DATE AFTER THE WHOLE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, AND I THINK THAT JUST TO REITERATE YOUR COMMENT EARLIER THAT THE STANDARD IS APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS BEFORE THERE ARE ANY MAINTENANCE NEEDS ON THAT BRIDGE, WILL WE ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS ON THE ROADWAY THAT TIES TO THAT BRIDGE? YES BUT SINCE, UM ROADWAYS CAN BE FIXED AT LESSER EXPENSES. UM, THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE LIKE A CAPITAL PLAN FOR REPAIRS. BUT UM, YOU COULD TYPICALLY ANTICIPATE A ROADWAY. TO LAST A GOOD 30 YEARS . UM BEFORE ANY MAJOR WORK HAS TO BE DONE ON IT. NOW, YOU'LL YOU'LL ALWAYS GET CRACKS AND SCARFS, UM, THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO FIX BUT A TYPICAL ROADWAY. THE ANTICIPATED LIFESPAN IS ABOUT 30 YEARS ON THE ROAD. SO THEN I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS, AS WE LOOK AT THOSE MAINTENANCE FEES NOT ONLY FOR THE BRIDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH YOURSELF AND PUBLIC WORKS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SETTING ASIDE FUNDS WITHIN FUTURE BUDGETS TO HANDLE THOSE MAINTENANCE COSTS ON THE BRIDGE. MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE ROADWAY AS WELL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. OK? COUNCIL MEMBER BELLUCCI. THANK YOU, MR PORTER. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE ROAD WITHIN THE CITY, NOT THE WHOLE ROAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH BEING THAT PARTS OF IT WILL BE IN THE COUNTY SIDE, RIGHT? YES SO HAVING SOME SORT OF A DISCUSSION WITH THEM TO TAKE OVER THE ROAD AFTER COMPLETION OF THE ROAD THAT YES. THAT DISCUSSION HASN'T TAKEN PLACE YET. I WANT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY. THIS AGREEMENT IS PURELY FOR THE BRIDGE, AND THE BRIDGE IS WITHIN CITY. CORRECT SO, UM, BUT IT'S JUST THAT'S THE ONLY AREA THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS AND WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD, SAYING THAT KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW AND HOW MUCH COUNTY MAINTAINS THE ROADS AND HOW MUCH WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THEM. I'D LIKE THAT PROCESS TO START AT THIS LEVEL. OF HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND HOW THEY WILL PARTICIPATE ON SHARING THAT COST IF WE TAKE OVER BECAUSE. I DON'T WANT TO GET OVERWHELMED WITH A BRAND NEW ROAD. THAT WILL BE VERY USEFUL ROAD FOR OUR CITIZENS TO OUR CITY STAFF. IN OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM TO WORK ON THIS ROAD DAY AND NIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE GONNA GET ALL THE PHONE CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT . SO I REALLY HAVE LOVED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS NOW BEFORE WE EVEN THIS ROAD EVEN STARTS UNDERSTOOD SINCE IT'S OUT, SINCE WE CAN'T GO MUCH ANY REAL DEEPER THAN THAT TONIGHT. UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING PERHAPS YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO BRING BACK FOR A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. UH, FOR THE COUNCIL. AND OR IT MIGHT FIT INTO. YEAH, THE C IP DISCUSSIONS LATER THIS EVENING. UH, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD DISCUSS DURING THAT SINCE THAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE ROADWAY SO CERTAINLY, YEAH. WE HAVE NO PROBLEM HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS ITEM. THAT THERE ARE NONE. I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION. MAYOR PROTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE ITEM G AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I'LL SECOND IT MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE [00:25:02] COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM. AND. WHICH IS [N. Consider, and act upon, a Preliminary Plat of Lots 1-8, Block A of Ladylike Addition, creating eight commercial lots on 19.726 acres, located north of 801 North State Highway 78.] TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF LOTS ONE THROUGH EIGHT BLOCK A OF LADYLIKE ADDITION, CREATING EIGHT COMMERCIAL LOTS ON 19.726 ACRES LOCATED NORTH OF 801 NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 78. UM MR HASKINS. SO MY QUESTION ON THIS AND AGAIN I'M NOT GREAT AT READING AND ENGINEERING DRAWING. I KNOW THERE IS ONE INCLUDED. MY QUESTION IS DOES THIS SHOW. DECELERATION LANES OFF OF 78 AS PART OF THE PLAT. AND WOULD THAT BE THE PROPER PLACE FOR THEM TO BE SHOWN? THE ANSWERS TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION FIRST. NO OK, UM, THE REASON FOR THAT, UNLESS THE WELL USUALLY IT'S NOT ON A WA A ROADWAY OR RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S THAT WIDE BECAUSE THE DECELERATION LINK IS NOT PART OF , UM, WOULDN'T BE NOT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THEIR PROPERTY. IF THEIR PROPERTY LINE COMES CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE RIGHT OF WAY THEN SOMETIMES THEY ARE SHOWN. OK SO IN THIS CASE, I'M I'M NOT SEEING ONE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORKED OUT ON PROPERTY THEN THAT'S NOT THEIRS. SO TO SPEAK, AS YOU WERE SAYING, OR YES, IT CAN STILL BE REQUIRED. AND THEY WILL BUILD IT IF, UH, ENGINEERING REQUIRES IT, OK? AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN SO I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN IS WITH IT BEING AN 19 ALMOST 20 ACRE DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMERCIAL WITH MULTIPLE LOTS ON THE FRONT END THAT I ASSUME THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME REQUESTS FOR DRIVE THROUGHS AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TRAFFIC. UH, OFTEN PEAKED TOGETHER. UM MY THAT THAT WAS MY CONCERN ON IT. SO I IS THAT THAT THERE AREN'T ANY SHOWN SINCE MR PORTER IS NOT FEELING VERY WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND STEP OUT ON A LIMB AND TELL YOU THAT HE IS, UM, VERY MUCH IN FAVOR AND ALMOST DEMANDS. DECELERATION LANES, UM, FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING, UH , A ROADWAY THAT HAS THE VOLUME AND THE SPEED LIMIT. THAT'S 78 DOES. SO I'M ALMOST 99% POSITIVE AT THIS POINT THAT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A DE CELL LINE THERE. OK, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD REQUIRE. ON THE PLA. NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. NO, SIR. OK MAYOR PRO TEM, SO JASON TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT SAME QUESTION. IN THE PAST. WE'VE ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO DO TRAFFIC STUDIES ALONG 78, BUT I THINK WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE BY A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO THIS NOT FAR FROM IT ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT THEY UTILIZE THAT SAME TRAFFIC COUNT NUMBERS IN THEIR ESTIMATION. OF. PASS BY AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT AND WHETHER OR NOT, UH, UTILIZATION OF DESALT LANE WOULD BE REQUIRED OR TWO I WILL. SAY THIS, UM TIAS USUALLY DON'T SHOW. NECESSARILY A NEED FOR A DESAL LANE, BUT OUR CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL REQUIRE THEM WHETHER THE TI A DOES OR NOT. OK? FAIR I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. I WOULD AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON THIS CASE THAT WITH THE TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT'S ON 78 AND THE SPEED LIMIT THAT THEY TRAVEL ON. I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD PRACTICE ALONG 78. THAT IS, WE HAVE MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT ROADWAY. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER THAT WE INSTALLED DECENT LANES IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY MOVE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE WAY AND NOT IMPEDE FOLKS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS EXITING AND ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WE ENDED UP REQUIRING TWO DIESEL LANES THAT TRANSFER TO YES, BUT THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THEN, NOTHING THAT'S NEEDED FROM COUNCIL OTHER THAN NO, SIR. THAT'LL BE WITH ENGINEERING. YES, SIR. OK. THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON THIS. SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FROM COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MAICI, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S THESE LOTS OR BEING CREATED FOR OR THE TYPE OF. ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL BE CREATED I. I KNOW FOR A FACT, I CAN SAY THAT CITY STAFF AT MY LEVEL HAS NOT SEEN ANY PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND THAT ALL WILL COME BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL AND DISCUSSION AND ALL THAT. UH, THE PLATTS WILL THE SITE PLANS THEMSELVES UNLESS IT'S A UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE. PERMIT AN SUP. THOSE SITE PLANS WILL STOP AT PNZ FOR APPROVAL. OK, SO THE PLATS WOULD COME OVER TO US, BUT THE PLATS WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ARE NONE BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO [00:30:02] APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN HOOVER A SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 70. BUT THAT WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER. [1. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-10(R) establishing a public newspaper of general circulation to be the “Official Newspaper” for the City of Wylie] 20 24-10 R, ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION TO BE THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY OF WILEY. AND WHO IS PRESENTING THIS ONE THIS EVENING? I WILL. MAYOR OK, MISS STORM UM, EACH YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE TO DESIGNATE AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY. UM PER HOUR, UH, PER PER THE GOVERNMENT CODE. AND UH, BEFORE YOU AND YOUR AGENDA REPORT WE HAVE, UH, PUT THE FEES FOR THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AS WELL AS THE WILEY. UM, NEWS. UM THE RIGHT THE DIFFERENT DISPLAY RATES THAT WILL BE CHARGED THIS COMING YEAR, SO OK? SO DO WE HAVE UH, A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF. I APOLOGIZE. IT MAY BE IN HERE. WHEN THAT IS UP TO THE COUNCIL TO AND SO THIS WOULD BE A VERY SPECIFIC MOTION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE READ WITH, UH, THE CHOOSING OF THE NEWSPAPER. THANK YOU, MS. STORM MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF YOU'RE PREPARED FOR A MOTION UH, LET ME SEE. LET ME MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, WE HAD ONE PERSON THAT ALSO REACHED OUT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OK WITH NO QUESTION THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-10 R ESTABLISHING THE WILY NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF WILEY. OK WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I, UH SECOND OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH THE SECOND COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR [WS1. Discussion regarding the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project Status and 5-Year Plan.] AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, SO I'LL MOVE US INTO A WORK SESSION WORK SESSION ONE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, C IP PROJECT STATUS AND FIVEYEAR PLAN. MR PORTER. YOU'RE ABLE TO STILL PRESENT THIS EVENING. YES SIR. MR MAYOR LOOK LIKE YOU GET THE TIM SHOW TONIGHT. AH! MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UM WELL SPEAKING WITH, UM THE CITY MANAGER A WHILE BACK AND B WAS RECOMMENDING THAT UM. WE PUT A FIVE YEAR PLAN TOGETHER FOR THE CAPITOL. UH, PLAN. AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO PUT IT OUT IN FRONT OF THE, UH, ALL THE OTHER BUDGET ITEMS THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE SEEING IN THE COMING MONTHS. UM CAPITAL PLANS A BIT OF A OH, THANK YOU. CAPITAL PLANS A BIT OF AN AWKWARD ANIMAL SOMETIMES, UM UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE FUNDING FOR EVERYTHING. BUT, UM I DO WANT IT TO SHOW UM WHAT WE IF WE CAN GET FUNDING WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PLANNED UM AND. I HAVE TO ASK FOR TRUCKS AND PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT TONIGHT. UM WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE CITY. SO WELL, UM, I'VE I'VE, UH, PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION HERE. THAT I WILL BE GOING THROUGH. I ALWAYS LIKE TO START OUT BY REMINDING COUNSEL WHAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DOES. WE ARE A SMALL DEPARTMENT. UM WITH BIG, LOFTY GOALS. UM WE DO MANAGE CAPITAL, THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO , UM, REVIEW AND INSPECT ALL THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. UM, ACROSS THE CITY ALSO COURSE. RESPONDENT CONSISTENT INQUIRIES, REVIEW FLOOD AND TRAFFIC STUDIES AS YOU ALL KNOW. UM AND AGAIN WE TALK ABOUT INSPECTIONS WHERE WE INSPECT CAPITAL PRIVATE JOBS. AND THEN WE HAVE A, UM OR A PERSON YOU DO JUST NOTHING BUT RIDE AWAY PERMITS. UM, ALSO WHICH UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO A LOT OF WORK HERE IN WILEY. AND THAT'S GOOD. KEEPING UP WITH IT CAN BE DIFFICULT SOMETIMES, BUT THAT'S UM REALLY GOOD. UH, RECENTLY, UM WE'VE COMPLETED SEVERAL PROJECTS NOW THIS GOES BACK. UM, THEIR LISTED ON HERE FOR YOU, UM WELL, THIS GOES BACK TO THE, UH RA ROWETT CREEK. UM SPRAY REPAIR THAT WAS DONE A [00:35:01] COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I PUT IT ON THIS LIST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T UM, REALLY. SPOKEN WITH YOU ALL ABOUT AC IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SO UM, I WANNA INCLUDE EVERYTHING SINCE, UM, WHEN WE LAST SPOKE, SO THIS GETS US CAUGHT UP TO SPEED. FIRE STATION FOUR OBVIOUSLY WAS ON HERE, TOO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE BACKUP PUMP STATION GENERATORS THAT WERE COMPLETED. OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN WE WERE FORTUNATE WITH THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT THE TEAMS WITHIN THE CITY DID. UH, WHEN WE LAST FACED AN ISSUE WITH THAT, WHERE WE LOST POWER, UM AND A LOT OF QUICK THINKING AND OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING KEPT OUR WATER RUNNING WHEN LARGER, MORE AFFLUENT, AS FAR AS TOTAL TAX BASED, UH, CITIES, UH, ENDED UP WITH BOIL WATER NOTICES, SO I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED DOWN THE PATH OF BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS IN CASE OF ANY FUTURE ISSUES WHERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF POWER ARE OUT WITHIN THE CITY THAT AT A MINIMUM ARE WATER AND PUMPS. STATIONS ARE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. STILL SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT AS WELL. A HUGE KUDOS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT REALLY THEY REALLY SHINE DURING THAT TIME. AND UM, I THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR HELP. AND UH, IN THAT PROJECT, I WAS SUCCESS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE JUST COMPLETED IT. WE JUST, UM, PUT A FINAL PUNCHES TOGETHER. SO ALL THE GENERATORS ARE AT THE SITE, UH, HAVE BEEN TESTED AND THEY'RE FILLED WITH FUEL AND THEY'RE READY TO GO. SO UM, WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES IN ANY OF OUR, UH, WATER PUMP STATION SITES. WE HAVE BACKUP NOW, SO AND THAT'S GREAT TOO, BECAUSE AFTER THAT ICE STORM THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO GET BACK UP POWER POWER TO, UM ALL THEIR WATER SERVICES. SO IT HAS BEEN, UM. IT'S IT WAS BE GOOD THAT WE COULD GET THEM WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. THAT WOULD BE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PRETTY LONG. JUST TO TOUCH ON, UM, CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECTS. I'VE GOT AN INDIVIDUAL SLIDE, UM, FOR EACH OF THESE, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A MAP THAT SHOWS WE'RE DOING CAPITAL PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY IN DIFFERENT AREAS, AND, UM AND, UH, YEAH, WELL, WE'LL JUST GET IN EACH OF THOSE AS WE CAN. UM AND THERE'S A VERY SIGNAL PROJECTS TOO. THAT, UM, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT. COMING UP. YOU BANKS. UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER JUST BRIEFLY. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THE DESCRIPTION OF THESE PROJECTS. UM TOTAL COST 5.3 MILLION. UM WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING SOURCES LISTED ON HERE. THIS IS, UH MAINLY IMPACT FEES AND, UM, WATER DISTRICT FUNDING. UM WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMPLETION BY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. WE ARE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS WORK GOING ON OUT THERE. IT'S JUST SO IT'S STILL UTILITY RELOCATION. AND NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE RAILROAD, UM AGREEMENT ON WE'RE GETTING ON THEIR TIME FRAME, TOO. UM I CAN'T TELL YOU TODAY AN EXACT DATE, BUT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR, YOU KNOW TO START HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. I THINK WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT. OR SO OR YOU'RE AGREEING TO THE AGREEMENT. EXCUSE ME. UM. FM 544 WAS APPROVED. ALL THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN AWARDED. AND WE ARE AT THE UTILITY LOCATION PHASE FOR THAT PROJECT. UM, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UM ALL THE FOLKS THAT NEED RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE NEED RIGHT AWAY FROM AND OR EASEMENTS FROM. AND UH, HAD THOSE, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. UM WE ARE CURRENTLY WE'RE PRO. YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE AT THE VERY NEXT MEETING. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. SOME OF EAST FORK SUDS. WATER LINES ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THOSE AND SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT. BUT, UM THE THIS, UM THESE FORKS THAT WILL BE PAYING SOME OF THAT AND THE CITY WILL BE PAYING SOME OF THAT, AND THAT'S PURELY BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WHAT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE RIGHT WAY. BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER ON THE RELOCATION OF THOSE WATER LINES DO WE HAVE MONIES WITH INSIDE THE BUDGET IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE MOVEMENT OF UTILITIES THAT WAS FORECASTED. SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY THINK OF WE WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY THINKING OF THAT WHEN IT WAS AWARDED CONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER, FORTUNATELY, THERE IS ENOUGH IN, UM ANTICIPATED. UM CONTINGENCIES. THEN IT WE HAVE PLENTY OF FUNDING AND CONTINGENCIES FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, UM COUNCILOR MAICI SORRY. I'M SORRY. WELL, THIS DELAY. THE PROJECT AT ALL. WILL THIS PUSH THE TIMELINE IN TERMS OF THE [00:40:06] COMPLETION OR WITH THE START OF IT AT ALL? OR IS THIS GONNA GO IN THE SAME TIMELINE AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED BEFORE? THIS IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY, UM AND GET IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR REALLY WANTS THEY THE REALLY WANT TO START THE WATER LINE WORK FIRST. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. UM IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S GONNA HELP THEM TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY SO THEY COULD GET ALL THE WORK DONE. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONSTRUCTION START THAT'S RESTING ON. WHEN THIS AGREEMENT GETS APPROVED. UM HOWEVER, IT'S A VERY MUCH EASIER APPROVAL PROCESS WITH THE EAST FORK SU SO IT HOPEFULLY BY OUR NEXT MEETING. UM. RIGHT AFTER THAT MEETING IN EAST FORK WILL BE DOING THE RELOCATION OF THE LINES AND AM I CORRECT? NO, OUR OUR CONTRACTOR WOULD BE DOING A RELOCATION. THESE FORK IS GONNA PAY US. SOME OF THE FUNDING AND THERE IS NO OTHER PERMITS THERE ARE NECESSARY FROM COUNTY OR OTHER SOURCES THAT WILL HINDER OR WILL UM, PUT HIGHER TIMELINES ON THIS. WATERLINE BEING MOVED. WELL, THERE ARE, UM. AND I SAY THERE ARE OTHER FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND I SAY THIS. COMING FROM A DIFFERENT BOARD WITHIN THE CITY AND MOVING LARGE WATER LINE FROM A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAT TOOK AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. WITH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PERMITS. THAT PUSHED THE PROJECT IF NOT 14 TO 18 MONTHS LATER. IN THE COST OF IT WENT FROM ZERO TO A LOT. THAT I JUST WANT TO COME UP WITH THOSE QUESTIONS AND FORESEE THESE THINGS IMMEDIATELY IF WE HAVE TO, SO WE ARE BETTER. SO PREP MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LINE ON IN OUR CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION TO RELOCATE THE WATER LINE. THE CONTRACTOR AT THIS POINT HAS AGREED TO HONOR THAT. AMOUNT. SO AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION INCREASES, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE INCREASES IN THE COST OF DOING THAT BUSINESS. ALSO THE LINE IS OWNED BY THE EAST FORK SIDE. THE AGREEMENT IS GONNA ALLOW US TO PUT IT IN FOR THEM. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO THEIR INSPECTORS WON'T BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE IT'S DONE TO THEIR STANDARDS. BUT THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN HURDLE IS GETTING PAST THEIR INSPECTIONS. UM DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO AND. I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THAT, UM ASIDE FROM THE IL A. THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST HURDLE THAT WE HAVE. ONCE WE HAVE THE IL A IN PLACE. THERE AREN'T ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, PERMITS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WE'VE SEEN WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY DELAYS LIKE THAT. APPRECIATE IT, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG THERE'S NO RAILROAD ON THIS ONE. SO AND MAYOR PRO T. THANK YOU. I THINK ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO ASK IS DO THESE LINES RUN PARALLEL TO THE ROADWAY? OR ARE THEY GOING TO RUN PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND CAUSE TRAFFIC ISSUES ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. THEY THEY RUN BOTH DIRECTIONS. IT'S MAINLY PARALLEL TO THE ROADWAY WITH CROSSINGS. UM, AT VARIOUS INTERVALS TO SERVICE THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. YEAH, IT'S UH. I COULD START ENGINEER SPEAKING A LOT OF ENGINEERING, TOO. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TIE INS. THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF TIE IN TO EXISTING LINES ON OTHER SIDES OF THE ROAD. UM, TO GET THE WATER TO WORK. UM THE CONTRACTOR. WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR SINCE IT'S THEY COULD BE PUT IN WITHOUT LEAVING ANYONE OUT OF WATER, SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SHUT THE ROADWAY DOWN TO PUT A WATER LINE IN. UM THEY'LL JUST DO PART OF TIME AND GET IT ACROSS. BUT THAT WHOLE PROJECT UM, CONTRACT IS GONNA TRY TO KEEP TRAFFIC OPEN THE WHOLE TIME. BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN YOU KNOW TRAFFIC IS GONNA HAVE TO BE REROUTED FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME TO FACILITATE AND THE ONLY REASON I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE OF AS WE LOOK THROUGH THESE ITEMS, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE BEING IMPROVED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND AS WE APPROACH THE START DATES ON ALL THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING THIS CONUNDRUM WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T GET FROM ONE SIDE OF TOWN TO THE OTHER AND THAT WE DON'T OVERLOAD. CURRENT ROADWAYS THAT ARE THAT ARE OPEN AND FLOWING. WELL, I GUESS IT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT AT THIS POINT. UM JUST LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION COMING UP THIS WEEKEND ON THE RAILROAD THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A HUGE CASH AND A THREE DAY GASH IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE OVER [00:45:03] COMMUNICATING ANY KIND OF ROAD CLOSURES OR ANYTHING THAT WILL CREATE UM, ANGST OR ANXIETY WITH TRAFFIC THROUGH TOWN. YES, SIR. WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. I WAS JUST GONNA ADD WITH MCMILLAN . THAT'S KIND OF THE EXCEPTION WITH ACTUALLY CLOSING THAT STREET DOWN. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING ANY MAJOR CLOSURES FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER ROADWAY PROJECTS LIKE OUR PARK BOULEVARD FROM COUNTRY CLUB TO PARKER WILL ESSENTIALLY BE ABLE TO BUILD THE EASTBOUND LANES AND LEAVE THOSE WESTBOUND LANES OPEN. FOR THE MOST PART. SAME THING WITH EUBANKS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD THE NEW HALF AND LEAVE THE EXISTING AND THEN REROUTE TRAFFIC ONTO THE NEW AND FLIP IT . SO FOR THE MOST PART, THERE WON'T BE MAJOR CLOSURES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RAILROAD TIMES THINGS LIKE THAT. OK, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE ACTIVITIES. SO THAT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, CLOSING THE SAME THINGS AT THE SAME TIME SIDE OF TOWN. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON THAT. UM. SO WE S. WE STILL ANTICIPATE COMPLETION OF FALL 2025 ON THIS PROJECT. MCMILLAN ROAD IS IN FULL SWING. UM AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DRIVEN DOWN THERE, BUT I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK ALREADY. UM UH, WE ARE STILL IN THE PER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE STILL IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THE WETLAND AREAS DOWN IN THE S CURVE. UM SO WE ARE DOING THE CONTRACTORS DOING WHAT THEY CAN, UM UNTIL WE GET ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEES AND EVERYTHING ALL WORKED OUT SO WE'LL BE BACK. TO SEE YOU ALL IN A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT PART OF IT. SO ON ON THAT WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE HOLDING UP THAT PROGRESS ON THAT ROADWAY? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WERE HELD UP BY A GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION THAT THAT LACKED FUNDING AND WAS UNABLE TO GET THINGS MOVING THROUGH THEIR BOARD. THAT'S A SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION. ARE WE ARE WE HELD UP BY SOMEONE LIKE THAT AGAIN THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO AND FIND OUT. THIS IS FEMA THIS TIME, SO IT'S UM UM, YEAH, IT'S UH. I. I DON'T I DON'T ANTICIPATE GETTING HELD UP. ON FM. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING IN THAT PROCESS, SO, UM, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIVE THAN THE SOIL WATER AND CONSERVATION. YES YEAH. GREAT THANK YOU. AND I WOULD I WOULD JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND JUST SAY IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE SURE TO LET US AS A COUNCIL KNOW, UH, IF YOU DO RUN INTO A LACK OF RESPONSE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WITH FE MA, UH SO THAT WE CAN GO WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVES IN DC, WHO MAY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET THE BALL MOVING ON THINGS SO NOW WE'LL LET YOU GUYS HANDLE IT. BUT IF WE HIT THAT WALL, SO TO SPEAK AGAIN, PLEASE JUST COME AND LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO ASSIST Y'ALL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE WILL SO PROJECT IS TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE LOOKING AT A WINNER 2025 OPENING ACTUALLY COMPLETION, PROBABLY OPENING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THAT, SO. PARK BOULEVARD. SO. WE'RE AT 90% COMPLETE ON THE PLANS. UM WE GOT RAILWAY CO ORDINATION. WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON BIDDING THAT PROJECT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM AND WE WILL BE MOVING FULL SWING ON THAT ONE. WE WANT. WE WOULD LIKE CONSTRUCTION TO START THIS SUMMER IF POSSIBLE, UH, WITH A COMPLETION. UM SPRING SPRING 25. OK? MAYBE SOME 25. UH, THERE IS A BRIDGE ON THAT PROJECT, TOO. UM, SO WE'LL, UH BUT BUT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH SOME, UM HO AND PROPERTY OWNERS. JANINE'S DOING SOME GREAT WORK, SO FOLKS OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, CLEARING SOME PATHS, SO WE CAN, UH GET THAT PROJECT UNDER WAY. SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD AND THIS WOULD BE AN OPEN ROAD WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAPPEN. WE HAVE AT LEAST FOLKS COMING IN AND OUT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, THE EXISTING ROAD SO WE DO WE DO PLAN ON DOING A LOT OF FIXES TO THE EXISTING ROAD. NOW IT'S JUST GONNA BE LIKE NO. NO OR DO THEY'LL BUILD THE OTHER TWO LANES, THEY'LL PROBABLY COME BACK AND FIX. AFTER YEAH, OK. IS THERE ANY WATER LINE IN THIS ONE? BESIDES THE BRIDGE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH? IS THERE ANY PERMITS OR ANYTHING THAT WILL DELAY THIS PROJECT? ALL THIS IS COMING FROM I'M EXCITED. WHAT'S GOING? WHAT'S WHAT? WE'LL EXPECT OUR CITIZENS IN 2025 BECAUSE I THINK THE TRAFFIC WILL BE A LOT EASIER TO HANDLE. I UNDERSTAND. I'M WORRIED FROM NOW UNTIL END OF NEXT SUMMER SOMETIME FALL NEXT YEAR. UH, ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING AROUND. SO IS THERE [00:50:06] ANYTHING? DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING THAT YOU'RE AT 90? SO. THERE IS A BRIDGE, SO THERE IS SOME MITIGATION THAT WE HAVE TO DO. IN THAT IN THE, UH MM. YEAH, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET WE WON'T GET UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? UM THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT YOU KNOW IF WE DON'T DISTURB VERY MUCH WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS BIG OF A PROCESS. SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEER TO COME UP WITH, UM OUR NEXT MOVE ON THAT SO THIS IS IN. ALL THESE DATES ARE ARE ANTICIPATED. I MADE SURE I WROTE THAT IN JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ON HERE, UM, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. UM, YOU ALL KNOW, CONSTRUCTION AND UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS, SO UM . THEN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE USING, UM, UH, COUNTY FUNDING AND BOND PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. ANYTHING ELSE? WATER TOWER. EVERYBODY SEES THAT ONE GOING UP. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. THEY'VE THEY'RE NOW, UM, GOING TO START PAINTING. THEY'VE JUST DONE SOME INSPECTIONS OF THE OUTER COATING. UM, THEY'VE HUNG A CURTAIN AROUND THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO START PAINTING. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING THE LOGO ON THE SIDE HERE PRETTY SOON AND THEN LIFTING IT UP SO UM, THAT'S MOVING ALONG. PRETTY WELL, UM. FAULT FALL 2024. WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING LANDMARK WHO'S OUR CONTRACTOR STILL WANTS TO HIT THE YOU KNOW, HIT THE DATES, SO WE'RE, UM WE'RE LOOKING GOOD ON THAT PROJECT, SO . AND MAYOR PRO. YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA ASK ONCE THIS ONE IS UP AND IN SERVICE WHEN THE DEMOLITION PARTY NOT LONG AFTER THAT, AND WILL WE HAVE THIS TELEVISED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TELEVISED. IT'S NOT GONNA BE VERY EXCITING. IT'S NOT LIKE THE ONE IN PLANO, WHERE THEY KNOCK IT OVER AND DO THAT KIND OF COOL STUFF. THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A PART PIECES AND, YEAH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FUN. YEAH THAT MIGHT CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR THE FIRE STATION IF WE KNOCK IT DOWN AND THERE GOING ? YEAH. NO THANK YOU'S GONNA HOOK HIS TRUCKS UP. YOU'RE JUST GONNA YANK IT, REALLY. IT'S JUST GONNA PULL IT UNLESS IT GETS HIM A NEW STATION. THEN THEN HE MIGHT BE OK WITH IT. OH, YEAH, AND HE'S LIKE, YEAH, YOU CAN DROP IT IF YOU WANT. LET HIM LET HIM MOVE. EVERYTHING OUT FIRST, I THINK IS WHAT HE SAID. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN DESIGN OF THE, UH, DOGWOOD DRIVE WATER LINE PROJECT. UM, MR PRATT. VERY OLD WATER LINE. UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UM, RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THAT WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. UM AND IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THERE IS A, UH CUL DE SAC AT THE BOTTOM. UM THAT GOES, UM, THAT HAS A DRAINAGE WAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, TOO, TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THAT , UM, DRAINAGE WAY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO BE ABLE TO OR NOT. BUT WE'VE GOT THE ENGINEER WORKING ON THAT SO UM SPRING 2025. THAT'LL THAT'LL BE, UH, INTERESTING PROJECT WE'RE GONNA GET WE'RE GETTING OUT EARLY AND OFTEN WITH THE HOMEOWNERS OVER THERE, BECAUSE IT IT'S JUST IT JUST CAUSES A LOT OF DISRUPTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM AND, UH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE TALKING WITH FOLKS, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THINGS SO. AS EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON THE DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE. UH, AGAIN. WE'RE WE ANTICIPATE. GETTING THE ONE WAY CONFIGURATION TOGETHER. UM WITH WHAT? I'M CALLING THE PHASE ONE. IF YOU NOTICE IN HERE UNDER A TOTAL COST, I MADE SURE JUST TO CALL IT A PHASE ONE. UM BECAUSE THERE. THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE HERE DOWNTOWN. AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE, UM, FUNDING LINED UP FOR EVERYTHING AT THIS TIME, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS . UM, THE SIGNALS AT 78 AND BROWN IN THE BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, SO WE'RE GONNA YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR GOAL TO TRY AND, UM TRYING TO HIT THAT AND USING THOSE, UM 2021 BOND FUNDS. AND WE'D LIKE TO START EARLIER. 2025 DOING SOME OF THAT, UH, ON THE GROUND CONSTRUCT WORK. AND THERE ARE THINGS PROCEEDING WELL WITH TECH STOCK AROUND THOSE DISCUSSIONS, OBVIOUSLY. THAT ADDS THE LIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM IN 78 AND CHANGES THERE. YES SO WE REACH OUT TO TECH DOT WE SENT HIM A UH, DETAILED EXHIBIT AND A LETTER AND ALL. UM, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE INITIALLY. BEEN OK WITH, UH, WITH THAT THEY WE THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THERE'S UM EXCUSE ME. AT BIRMINGHAM. THEY. WE WANT TO MAKE IT A U-TURN ONLY LEFT LEFT [00:55:10] TURN AT BIRMINGHAM GOING FROM 78. LIKE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE A LEFT THERE ANYMORE. UM FROM 78 ON TO BIRMINGHAM. BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A ONE WAY GOING SOUTH. SO WE PROPOSED A AU TURN ONLY LANE THERE, AND THEY DON'T LIKE THAT. THEY LIKE US TO JUST CLOSE THE LANE OFF. SO IT'S LIKE LITTLE THINGS WERE WORKING. EXCUSE ME. NO AND I THINK I THINK WE UNDERS UNDERSTAND THERE'S STILL SOME TIME AND BACK AND FORTH THAT YOU GUYS WILL HAVE. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THEY HAD BEEN OPEN TO THE IDEA AND AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, WE'RE BATTLING UPHILL AGAINST THE INITIAL, NO SO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU UP TOO LONG. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM, AND WE'VE GOTTEN AN INITIAL APPROVAL. DO YOU NEED A SECOND? EXCUSE ME. DO YOU NEED A SECOND? YEAH. JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND THERE. SO TH. OK, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE FINE. YEAH, WE HAVE GOT AN INITIAL APPROVAL FROM THEM. SO, UM THEY? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THAT THEY'RE OK WITH THE PLAN, SO WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT? WHAT I REALLY HEAR TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. AND I'VE BROKEN THIS UP INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS THE STREETS. UM WHAT I WANNA OUTLINE ON HERE. UM, EXCUSE ME. THE NUMBERS OUTLINED IN RED ARE CURRENTLY UNFUNDED NUMBERS, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE FIRST THESE TOP FOUR PROJECTS. EUBANKS 544 MCMILLAN PARK. ALL OF THOSE ARE IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE SEEING FY 25 AND 26. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT FUNDING. IN PLACE. THAT IS JUST WHEN THAT IS FUNNY IS GOING TO BE SPENT, SO TO SPEAK, OK? UM BEGINNING IN 25. I HAVE A KRAMER LANE FROM 78 TO TROY. AND ACTUALLY UP UNTIL LAST YEAR. THE PROJECT WE REALLY WANTED TO WORK ON YOU BANKS FIRST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON IN EUBANKS LANE. HOWEVER, THE SCHOOL DECIDED THEY WANT TO BUILD THREE NEW SCHOOLS. OVER IN THAT AREA, TWO OF THEM ON KRAMER. AND SO. UM THAT KIND OF BUMP THAT PROJECT UP? UM IN MY DETERMINATION NOW, THIS IS A TWO WAY STREET. SO Y'ALL CAN YOU MEAN FEEDBACK YOU'D LIKE UM BUT I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF MOVED KRAMER UP. UH, WE REALLY WANNA GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT BASICALLY FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY AND UM AND START ENGINEERING IN NEXT BUDGET YEAR. YES, SIR. NOW HAVE WE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE I SEE THAT YOU LISTED IS GOING DOWN TO TROY IN ORDER TO DO THAT THERE IS A SMALL SECTION. KIND OF BETWEEN. I HAVE BOZEMAN FARMS AND THE EXISTING CRAMER, SOME OF KRAMER'S COUNTY ANYWAY AND THEN IT HAS A WEIRD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT A YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE A LITTLE JOG THERE THAT YOU GOTTA TAKE A QUICK RIGHT. QUICK LEFT, AND IT IT. I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY, IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THAT. UM, AND SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM ABOUT THEIR SECTION OF KRAMER, UH, AS WELL AS THEIR SECTION OF TROY. UM A BUDDING STONE ROAD. SO UM, I'LL JUST BE 100% UPFRONT, HONEST I. I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT WITH THE COUNTY AND HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM. MY NEXT THOUGHT AND I. I WILL REACH OUT TO THE CANDIDATE. THAT'S THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DOES CROSS STONE IN THAT AREA OVER THERE IS IN THE E TJ IN THE COUNTY. UM HOWEVER, SINCE IT IS, UM. SUPPLYING TRAFFIC TO SCHOOLS. UM I WAS GOING TO SUBMIT TO THE COG. FOR TO SEE IF IT FALLS UNDERNEATH THEIR PROGRAMS TO GET SOME FUNDING FROM THEM. SO THAT WAS GONNA BE MY PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. I'LL PROBABLY BE SENDING IT TO SOME FOLKS AT COG, SEE IF THEY CAN'T MAKE SOME WHEELS TURN OVER THERE. UM FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. YEAH, I WILL. I WILL, UM. BUT I TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YEAH, SINCE THIS KIND OF MOVED IN MY ORDER, III. I WAS JUST WORKING ON THIS LAST WEEK. SO I YEAH, I CAN. I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THEM. MAYOR PRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME, SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE STREET PROJECTS, I SEE THEY'RE STRADDLING THREE BUDGET CYCLES. AND I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR THAT THAT FIRST NUMBER THAT COMES OUT IS BASICALLY YOUR GROUNDWORK. LEGWORK YOUR ENGINEERING WORK, ETCETERA PLANNING DESIGN PHASE, THEN WE MOVE INTO THE, UH, RIGHT AWAY. ACQUISITION UTILITY [01:00:03] MOVEMENTS, ET CETERA. AND THEN THAT STRADDLES PART OF THAT MONEY FROM THE FROM THE SECOND PART GOES BETWEEN THE 2ND 3RD POT FOR CONSTRUCTION. IS THAT A PRETTY GENERALLY? YES, YES. YES THE FIRST NUMBER IS TYPICALLY ALWAYS ENGINEERING SOME RIDE AWAY. MAYBE IN THERE, UM AND THEN THE LAST NUMBERS, SO YOU IT'S USUALLY STRETCH IN THAT CONSTRUCTION DOLLAR AMOUNT, RIGHT? OK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS THESE ARE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS CAN SEEM TO BE OMINOUS. HOWEVER IF WE REMEMBER THE PROGRAMS AND THE PLANS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE FOR EAST FM, 544 MCMILLAN, EUBANKS AND PARK BOULEVARD, ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THOSE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED BY BOND PACKAGES, AND THEN BY COOPER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NOT ONLY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, BUT IN SOME INSTANCES, THE CITY THE RAILROAD TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETED. SO I KNOW THESE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE BIG, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE SHOW THESE NUMBERS, AND WE TALK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS ON THE RECORD THAT CITIZENS AREN'T THINKING THAT NEXT YEAR, YOU'RE GONNA COME BEFORE US AND SAY OK, I NEED $13,500 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO BUILD A ROADWAY AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO GET IT DONE. SO THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE FIRST NUMBERS ENGINEERING AND WE WORK OUR WAY OUT TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND THAT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO AND THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY OF THE EXPENSES RIGHT NOW. ALL WE'RE DOING IS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM YOUR OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR PLANNING AND BUDGETING. THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND GETTING READY FOR OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S NONE OF THIS FUNDING IS, UM BEEN APPROVED BY YOU ALL COUNCILMAN MELLI. UM, WE WANTED TO MENTION CAR BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED COBB. AND THOSE HAVE TO BE OPEN DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL. I BELIEVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE MAYOR THAT SITS ON COBB AS AN ALTERNATE. AND WE'RE MAKING. WE'RE MAKING INQUIRIES THAT SOMEONE FROM COUNCIL MAY OR SHOULD HAVE A FULL SEAT AT CAR. AND THE RELATIONSHIP THEY ARE BEING CREATED FROM THIS. COUNCIL WITHIN C. THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOUR OFFICE IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE. SO WHEN ANY OF US IS ATTENDING. ANY OF THESE MEETINGS WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THESE FOLKS. WE SHOULD WANT TO PUSH THOSE AND HELP YOU AND YOUR TEAM. GET TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. A LOT OF THESE THINGS WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS. IS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROJECT OR WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IT AND WHAT EXACTLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GUESS THE WHOLE POINT IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP. AND OPEN DOORS AND PUSH PERMITS AND CO INFORMATION AND WHATNOT, SO RELY ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, THANK YOU. COGS AN INTERESTING ENTITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS, BUT THEY ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY DEFINED AS TO WHERE THE FUND COULD COME FROM. SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC FOLKS AT THE COG. OF WHOM I CAN SEND A PROJECT OVER TO AND SAY, HEY, COULD YOU ALL HELP US FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS A FUNDING? PROGRAM THAT THIS WOULD FIT INTO AND I HAVE MR MORRIS'S COMMITMENT THAT IF WE WANT TO SEND SOME STRAIGHT TO HIM, HE WILL ASSIST WITH THAT AS WELL. AND SPECIFICALLY, LIKE MANY OF THESE MAY MAY NOT SHOW UP ON A COG LIST BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCAL STREETS, BUT ANY STREET THAT PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO SCHOOLS. UM THERE COULD BE POSSIBILITY FOR FUNDING IN THERE. SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I WANNA REACH OUT AND SEE. SO YEAH, AND I WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW THAT GOES. THEY ALSO HAVE A NEW PROJECT. HOPEFULLY, IT'LL STILL BE IN PLACE. WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN SHOW ECONOMIC IMPACT TO A CITY AND THEY HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR THAT AS WELL. SO YOU THEY, THEY HAVE BRANCHED OUT IN A FEW LITTLE AREAS LIKE THAT. SO BE HAPPY TO ADVOCATE FOR ANY OF THOSE THAT THAT WOULD ALSO IMPACT FROM THAT DIRECTION. SO ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU YOU ALL WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS WHILE WE WALK, WALK YOU THROUGH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT ARE THERE ANY OF THESE UH, ROADWAYS OR ANY OF THIS TIME FRAME THAT YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT I THINK FOR ME, THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL LIST. DO YOU HAVE THESE? ARE THESE LISTED OUT IN THE PRIORITY WITH ASSIGNED TO THEM. WOULD BE MY QUESTION TO YOU WOULD KRAMER WOULD BE YOUR MOST URGENT TO COMPLETE AND HENSLEY WOULD BE IS THAT FIFTH OF THEIR FIVE THEY ANTICIPATE OPENING THOSE SCHOOLS AND AUG AUGUST OF 25. MHM. SO. THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THIS TOGETHER, THE BETTER. UM WELL, [01:05:02] THAT AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL. UM, UNLESS. AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE. UNLESS WE WERE TO FIND A WAY TO COME UP WITH $13.5 MILLION, WHICH I DON'T EXPECT TO FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET. UH, THAT'S A BOND PROCESS FOR US TO BE LOOKING AT SO UM AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD. TILL THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN, SO UM, THAT'S WHY I ASK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE GET TO THE VOTERS WITH A BOMB PACKAGE. AND WHAT THINGS ARE INCLUDED. HOW FREQUENTLY ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY UH, YOUR LIST OF THE PROJECTS YOU WOULD PUT YEAH, TOP FIVE AND IN THE ORDER. YES NOT YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT NOT TO GET TOO DEBBIE DOWNER ON THIS, BUT I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF OTHER PRO WHOLE LONG LIST OF PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THIS CUT. SO OK? OK UM, MOVING ON TO UTILITY PROJECTS. HAS SEPARATED THESE BY, UM WATER AND WASTE WATER. UM OBVIOUSLY. UM. YOU DON'T SEE AS MUCH RED ON THIS AS YOU DID ON THE LAST ONE. UM WE ANTICIPATE, OF COURSE, BALLARD STORAGE TANK IS ALREADY FUNDED. UM THE WATER DOGWOOD, UM, WATER LINE REPLACEMENT. UM WE'RE GONNA USE A WATER FUNDS FOR, UM. HILLTOP WATER LINE REPLACEMENT WE SO I'VE SPOKE WITH, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT WITH, UM MELISSA LAST WEEK. AND WE WENT THROUGH. UM YOU KNOW WHERE WE COULD GET SOME OF THIS FUNDING FROM, UM WHETHER WHETHER IT BE THROUGH IMPACT FEES. UM. THE 78 DISTRIBUTION LINE. UM IN THE CAR AND THE COTTON BELT, I BELIEVE ARE GONNA BE IMPACT FEE FUNDED PROJECTS. UM. REALLY AS WE'RE GETTING TO FY 2829. THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GETTING TO PROJECTS. WE HAVEN'T EXACTLY OUTLINED WHERE THE FUNDING WAS GOING TO COME FROM YET, BUT AND WE'RE THERE. WE DO HAVE A I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INCLUDED WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR RIGHT STUDY AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. AND SHE SHE'S NODDING BEHIND YOU. SO YES, YES, YES. UM . AND THEN AS WE MOVE TO WASTEWATER, UM WE DO HAVE, UH, A LOT OF IMPACT FEES. UM AND WASTEWATER. WE IS. THE RUSH CREEK LIFT STATION IS A VASTLY UNDERSIZED RIGHT NOW AND NEEDS. BASICALLY TO BE DOUBLED IN SIZE. UM AND SO IT'S AND IT'S A PRIORITY PROJECT. UM, IT'S BEEN ON, UM PUBLIC WORKS LIST FOR SOME TIME NOW. UM WORKING WITH MELISSA AT? I BELIEVE WE FOUND, UM THE FUNDING THROUGH, UM THROUGH SEWER SEWER FEES AND, UM IMPACT FEES TO FUND THAT PROJECT. UM THE. RUSH CREEK TRUNK SEWER CAN BE USED FOR IMPACT. WE COULD USE IMPACT FEES IF WE HAD, UM, THOSE BUILT UP BY THAT TIME. AND THEN I, UH, ON THIS LIST, I. I KEPT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. DEMO. UM. I DON'T KNOW HOW COUNCILS GOING TO FEEL EACH YEAR. I HAVE MONEY. GET LOUDER. ALL OF A SUDDEN I DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING. UM, SECOND MICROPHONE ON I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY WIRE STEPHANIE'S OVER THERE LIKE, UM. BUT UM, REALLY JUST WOULD NEED COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. THESE NUMBERS ARE ON HERE. I'VE SPLIT THAT PROJECT UP, UM, INTO BASICALLY FIVE DIFFERENT PHASES. IF WE WANTED TO PHASE IT. UM NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT COUNCIL'S NEXT MOVE IS ON THAT I IT'S ON HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, UM IT'S UP TO COUNCIL AS TO WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO. SIGNALS I AS WE GROW IN POPULATION, UM WE NEED MORE SIGNALS. UM A DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS. RIGHT NOW. WOODS WOODBRIDGE AND HENSLEY. UH, SIGNALS. UH, THAT SIGNAL IN THE MCCREARY HENSLEY SIGNAL HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND THE SAXY ROAD TO CREEK. CROSSING UH, IS UNDER DESIGN AND SHOULD BE, UH, COMPLETING DESIGN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. WHAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COMBINE ALL THREE OF THOSE PROJECTS. INTO ONE. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TRYING TO GET A BETTER BID PRICE FOR BIDDING. YEAH, GETTING BETTER BID PRICE. MORE BIDS. UM. AND WE THINK WE'LL JUST GET BETTER PRICES ON AT THAT POINT, UM THE NUMBERS REFLECTED HERE ARE WHAT WE THINK THAT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UM SO THAT. AND THEN OH, AND WE HAVE FUNDING WE'RE GONNA [01:10:10] WE'RE LOOKING AT USING IMPACT FEE FUNDS TO, UM TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS AND THE WOODBRIDGE HENSLEY. DO. WE CARRY THAT FORWARD FROM THE PRIOR BUDGET SINCE IT WASN'T SPENT SOME OF THAT FUNDS SO IT WAS ABOUT 600,000? I THINK THAT WE KEPT FROM THAT LAST ONE. SO, UM, THERE'S 650 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OK SO YEAH, SOME OF THAT'S CARRIED FORWARD. SOME OF IT WILL BE USED, UM AT IMPACT FEES, OK? UM. UH, KIRBY AT BIRMINGHAM. UM Y'ALL KNOW THAT INTERSECTION. IT'S CURRENTLY A FOUR WAY. STOP. UM IT IS, UH, WE HAD A STUDY DONE ON IT THIS YEAR THAT RECOMMENDED UM A SIGNAL AT THAT INTERSECTION BASED ON TRAFFIC COUNTS. AND THEN, UM. FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK IN C IP HISTORY HERE AT THE CITY OF WILEY, UM, I'VE PUT ACTUAL NUMBERS IN HERE FOR WORKING AND PUTTING SOME STREET LIGHTS AND, UH, ALONG SOME MAJOR, THOROUGH SOME OF OUR ARTERIALS. UM AND THOROUGHFARE JUST START PROGRAMMING SOME MONEY TO PUT IN SOME LIGHTS ALONG SOME OF THESE ROADS, SO I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL INVARIABLY COME UP. THAT I SEE. TALKED ABOUT IS EAST BROWN WHEN IT WAS EXPANDED. I BELIEVE THERE'S ELECTRICAL RUN TO THE MEDIAN, BUT NO LIGHTS PUT IN, UM IS THAT PART OF THE COST THAT YOU HAVE OUTLINED HERE? ONE OF THE STREETS YOU LOOKED AT? IT IS WHAT THAT IS ONE OF THE STREETS WHAT WE UM. I TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT IT. THE GENERAL WAY THAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT IT IS IF THE STREETS NOT AT THE FULL WIDTH OF THE ROAD, LIKE IF IT'S GOING TO BE SIX LANE, BUT IT'S ONLY FOUR LANE TODAY. WE WON'T PUT THE STREET LIGHTS IN YET BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUILD THE OTHER TWO LANES. LOT OF DAMAGE HAPPENS. A LOT OF YOU, YOU END UP SPENDING MORE MONEY. SO WE WAIT UNTIL ALL SIX LANES AND USUALLY WHEN YOU BUILD THOSE LAST TWO LANES OUT, THAT'S WHEN YOU END UP PUTTING ALL THOSE LIGHTS IN THERE. UM BUT I FORGET . IF BROWN IS THE ULTIMATE FOUR LANE OR SIX LANE, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE, UH, BASED ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. BASICALLY, IT'S THOSE STREETS THAT ARE BUILT OUT TO THOSE, UM TO THE EXTENT THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE AND I. I THINK PART WELL, THAT'S IN OUR PARK PLANS, BUT I THINK OUR PARK BOULEVARD IS GONNA HAVE STREET LIGHTS ON IT. BUILD THAT. UH AND THEN, AS FAR AS THE OTHER PROJECTS, UM, I DID WANT TO HAVE THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT ON HERE. AS YOU SEE THE FIRST NUMBER THAT IS BASED ON THE UH, 2021 BOND. AND THEN THOSE OTHER NUMBERS ARE THE FUTURE AMOUNTS THAT COULD BE SPENT. UM, TO UPGRADE THE DOWNTOWN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IMPACT THE STUDY. AND I APOLOGIZE TO, UM TO, UM MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, THAT THAT THE IMPACT FEES COMING BACK THIS YEAR AND DIDN'T COME BACK AT THREE YEARS LIKE, UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE, BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING LATER THIS YEAR, AN IMPACT THE STUDY. AND THAT WHOLE PROCESS GOING THROUGH AGAIN. PROBABLY A NEW THOROUGHFARE. UM, PLAN. UH AND ALL THAT I THINK IS COMING THROUGH THIS YEAR, SO ANY QUESTIONS ANY OF THOSE. AND THEN JUST TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS BY OTHERS. UM I CALL HIM PARTNER AGENCY PROJECTS. UM BUT THESE ARE JUST TYPICAL TECH START COUNTY. UM, PROJECTS. UM WE ALL KNOW THAT THE MUDDY CREEK EXPANSION THAT'S COMING, UM FINANCE WILL HAVE MANY MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ALL ABOUT THAT. AND A COMING DATE. UM THE, UM. PARK BOULEVARD EXTENSION, WHICH WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, UM, WELL, WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. UH, THIS EVENING. THE 2514 IMPROVEMENTS. UM THEY ANTICIPATE. BIDDING THE PROJECT THIS SUMMER. EXCUSE ME RE BIDDING THE PROJECT THIS SUMMER. UM FOR PARKER ROAD. AND WITH A WINTER 26 COMPLETION. AND THEN, UM. YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AT 544 COUNTRY CLUB. I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR IS OR IS NOT MEETING THEIR GOALS ON THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW, UM, HER I'M IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH TECH DOT ON NEARLY DAILY BASIS REGARDING THAT PROJECT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO. UM LATE, 2024. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL. [01:15:01] WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP PUSHING THEM ALONG. UM UP AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. UH, THIS IS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT. UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DALLAS COUNTY PROJECTS THAT ARE IMMINENT. UM I SAY THAT, HOWEVER. UM THEY RELY ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. UM NOT ALL OF OUR OWN. SO UM, I PUT THEM ON THE LIST AS SOMETHING FOR US TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT, HOWEVER. IS SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNER, PARTNER, AGENCIES OR CITIES. THAT ARE ADJACENT TO US. DON'T AGREE, THEN THOSE PROJECTS DON'T MOVE FORWARD. SO UM WE ALREADY HAVE, UM FUNDING FOR THE SAXY ROAD. UM, PORTION THROUGH OUR BOND. HOWEVER, THE, UH PLEASANT VALLEY IS ON THEIR LIST ALSO. AND UM, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL. OR CAPITAL PROGRAM BY ANTICIPATED CAPITAL PROGRAM. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY OK FIRST. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A FEW, THOUGH. COUNCILMAN MAICI. SAXY ROAD. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SEXY? HAS. TAKING THEIR PART OF THE PROJECT UP TO THE BRIDGE. AND CITY COUNCIL AND SAXY HAS GIVEN DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER CITY MANAGER IN SAXE TO START DESIGNING IN ENGINEERING THE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE BRIDGE. IN THEIR MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. IN THEIR OWN. I GUESS THEIR OWN BUDGET. NOT WAITING FOR DALLAS COUNTY TO PUT UP THEIR PART OF THE BUDGET. SO. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SPEEDS OUR PROJECT UP. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IMPACTS US IN TERMS OF DOING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOND. THAT MONEY WAS DESIGNED FOR IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COST IS WHERE IT WAS TODAY THAT IT'S GONNA BE THERE SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT COMPLETING OUR PORTION TO THE BRIDGE. THEN I GUESS THE BRIDGE PORTION OF IT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS AND SAXY AND TRIGGER THAT POINT POINT OUT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN THAT BOND THAT PASSED THE MONEY THAT WAS DEDICATED FOR SAXY ROAD WAS ALL THE WAY TO THE BRIDGE. FROM THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BOND WAS. UH, IT WAS IT WAS THE WHAT WAS PASSED IN THE BOND WAS OUR PORTION OF THE FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY THAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO BUILD. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF ITS CITY. BOTH SEXY AND THE COUNCIL AND SAXY. HAS APPROVED THE DESIGN AND THE ENGINEERING TO MOVE FORWARD. IN THEIR. DISCUSSING ABOUT PUTTING IN THEIR BUDGET AND NOT WAITING FOR THE COUNTY. JUST BRINGING IT UP THERE BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER INFORMED US DURING A CITY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP MEETING OF ALL TIMES. UM LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE PLANNING ON MOVING FORWARD WITH SAXY ROAD. UM, WITH OR WITHOUT THE COUNTY TO SOME EXTENT. YEAH, THEY WERE GOING TO COMMISSION ENGINEERING, BUT TO COUNCILOR MELLI'S POINT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE BRIDGE. IT'S A VERY EXTRA , YOU KNOW, SMALL, OLD, VERY OLD , VERY NARROW, TWO LANE BRIDGE AND, OF COURSE, UM. FROM MY EXPERIENCE. EVERYONE IS KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERYONE ELSE AS TO WHOSE BRIDGE IT IS. UM SO I. I DON'T HONESTLY KNOW WHERE IT FALLS, BUT THE COUNCIL YEARS AGO , WE SAT DOWN WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR DALLAS. AND THEY WERE THE ONES PUSHING THE PROJECT. THEY WANTED THE PROJECT DONE. THE BRIDGE SPLITS. YOU KNOW, HALF THE HALF WILEY AND HALF TAXI. SO YOU KNOW THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE THE BEST. ORGANIZED THAT P. I MEAN, IT NEVER REALLY WORKS OUT WELL. WE DESIGN HALF A BRIDGE AND THEY DESIGN HAD HALF A BRIDGE. HOPE HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IT DOES, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT I THINK I THINK THE COUNCILMAN'S POINT. MOVING FORWARD TO SOME EXTENT, ACCORDING TO THEM. WITH TRYING TO GET ENGINEERING AND THINGS IN PLACE, SO I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US. UM NOW OR AS A CITY AND AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO REACH OUT AND FIND OUT. WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING? HOW INVOLVED IS DALLAS COUNTY? THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND WHAT KIND OF WE'LL CALL THIS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR US? SO YEAH. I JUST HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YEAH, AND WE'D BE ABLE TO IT AT THE END OF THE DAY. THIS IMPACTS OUR CITIZENS AND THEIR CITIZENS. IT IMPACTS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHERE THAT GOES ALL THROUGH, SO IT DOESN'T ONLY [01:20:05] BEHOOVE US IN US TO MAKE A CALL ABOUT THE BEHOOVES THEM AS WELL. TO MAKE A CALL TO US KNOWN FULLY WELL THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS BOND PASS YEARS AND BE AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. THAT PART TO COME TO SO YOU KNOW WHAT KINDLY WOULD ASK THAT YOU KNOW? I THINK WE. CAN GO AHEAD AND TELL THEM WE'RE READY. LET'S WORK TOGETHER ON FIGURING THIS OUT THE END OF THE DAY. IT'S ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CITIZENS, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT WHOSE BRIDGE IS IT? AND WHERE THE BRIDGE IS GONNA GO ON AND AGAIN AGAINST THOSE PROBLEM. WE'LL REACH OUT THIS WEEK. I'LL REACH OUT. YEAH, ASK HIM THIS WEEK. I JUST NOT HEARD OF THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME KNOW MAYOR PROTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO TIM, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE ON C IP AND ESPECIALLY DRAWING IT OUT FOR NOT ONLY THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOU KNOW, GETTING READY FOR OUR BUDGET SESSION? I THINK ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOME OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS AS THEY EITHER COME TO FRUITION, UH OR ADDITIONAL COST AS WE MAY SEE THEM. UM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF ROADWAYS, I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A LIFE CYCLE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL YEARS OF PAST COMPLETION BEFORE THEY REQUIRE ANY MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, AS WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE UH, STREET LIGHTS VARIOUS STREET LIGHT PROJECTS. IT WOULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL COSTS. IN EACH ONE OF THESE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT, IF IT IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S WILL AND THE AND THEY FIND THAT TO BE PALATABLE, AND I ALSO THINK THAT SOME OPTIONS WOULD HELP ON THAT AS WELL. UH, I KNOW THAT, UH TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, ELECTRICITY MAY BE RUN DOWN THROUGH BROWN. BUT WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY RUN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET YET TO LOOK AT A SOLAR LIGHTING OPTION OR AN OPTION THAT WOULDN'T COST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF WE TAKE AND RUN ELECTRICAL LIGHTING THROUGH BROWN STREET, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THAT. OTHER THAN THE 200,000. WE PUT UP THE LIGHT POST. AS SOON AS WE START USING THOSE LIGHTS, WE'RE GONNA INCREASE OUR ELECTRICAL COSTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S ANOTHER BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE IS OUR USE OF UTILITY. UH ON TOP OF THIS, 200,000. SO EXCUSE ME AS WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE THESE ARE THE C IP ITEMS, AND I THINK, IN ADDITION TO THAT THE M AND O ITEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THESE MIGHT HELPFUL SO THAT THAT WAY WE CAN SEE NOT ONLY A TOTAL OUT FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF , BUT WHAT ARE WE INHERITING ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS? AND I THINK THAT THAT HELPS US ESTABLISH NOT ONLY SHORT TERM GOAL AS FAR AS UH, BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM TAXES, BUT IT HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH THE, UH, PROJECTIONS OF REVENUE PROJECTIONS OF EXPENSES IN THE NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT TWO YEAR CYCLE. UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE APPROACH BUILD OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AS WE APPROACH, BUILD OUT AND HIT BUILD OUT THAT THAT'S WHERE, UH THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THIS HUGE INCREASE IN THE TAX BASE ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS DUE TO NEW HOMES BEING BUILT OR DUE TO NEW BUSINESSES COMING THROUGH TOWN AND I. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU. ALL LISTENING AND EVERYBODY'S DRIVEN THROUGH WILEY IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, BUT THE GREEN SPACE AND THE SPACE BETWEEN HOUSES IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER. SO THAT TELLS ME THAT WE'RE ALSO GENERATING LESS REVENUE YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND I THINK THAT OUR GOAL IS TO BE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE AND ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE MONEY AND UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT PLAN AS YOU PRESENT AND AS EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL PRESENT IN THE FUTURE, BUT HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THESE WITH THE LEAST IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYER AND PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES THAT THEY REQUIRE, UH WHILE ENSURING THAT THE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN WILEY CONTINUES TO GO UP . UH I APPLAUD YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU WORK WITH TO ENGINEER THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE PASSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE SPLASH PADS WITH THE DOG PARK, AND THESE THINGS ARE COMING TO FRUITION VERY QUICKLY, AND THERE ARE THEY ARE ASSOCIATED COSTS OF THOSE YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE HAVE TOLD US THEY WANT TO SEE YOU'RE DELIVERING ON THOSE REQUESTS. AND I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE REMAINING STAFF FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE BALL FORWARD AND KEEP WILEY AT THE TOP OF THE MAP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOT A PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE IT. THOSE ARE ALL UM, SOME GREAT POINTS. YEAH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WHILE IT CAN BECOME MORE OF A CITY OF, UM, REHAB THAN IT IS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND SO WE WILL HAVE WE HAVE TO PROGRAM DOLLARS DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, AND I AGREE WITH YOU WHEN WE COME TO YOU WITH A MORE IN DEPTH BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR OUR BUDGET, UM, REQUESTS UM JUST [01:25:05] KNOW THAT LIKE WHEN I SAY STREET LIGHTS ON HERE. YOU'RE IT'S GONNA BE OUTLINED. THIS IS THE ROAD THAT WE WALK WITH STREET LIGHTS ON. AND THEN THAT IS A GOOD POINT. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN HERE, TOO. THOSE ONGOING O AND M COST. WE SHOULD REALLY NEED TO BE OUTLAY. THOSE TOO, SO THAT WE'RE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT ON ALL THE COSTS INVOLVED IN THIS, SO I TOTALLY AGREE. THANK YOU. OK COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SUPPORTER UM, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, FOR ALL Y'ALL'S WORK, COULD YOU CLARIFY FOR ME? UH, THE SECOND PROJECT. UM I'M GONNA TALK REALLY SLOW SO YOU CAN FINISH YOUR DRINK, AND I JUST WE KEEP GOING, WHICH ON WHICH TEXT DOT FM FIVE. YOU'RE ON IT RIGHT THERE. OK, YEAH. IMPROVEMENTS COUNTRY CLUB TO BROWN. WHICH ONE IS THAT? UM THAT IS PARKER ROAD. THAT'S THE EXTENSION OF PARKER ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AROUND TO PARKER THROUGH SAINT PAUL BY INSPIRATION TO THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN MEANING TO START CONSTRUCTION. I KEPT GOING TO IN MY MIND. WAIT A MINUTE, EAST BROWN BROWN THE HIGH SCHOOL, OK? YEAH YEAH, ONE I STARTED MOVING STUFF. YEARS COUPLE OF YEARS NOW IT SEEMS RIGHT. HAVE TO RE BID IT AGAIN. OH, MAN. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YEAH, NOT A PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT, SO. UH, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. LAYING THIS OUT, HELPS US A LOT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THE MAYOR, PRO TEMPS POINT AND LOOKING AT LONG-TERM STRATEGIES AND WHAT THINGS THESE DEPARTMENTS SEE AS. HIGHEST PRIORITY TO TRY TO GET COMPLETED. UM AND AS WELL WHEN WE POTENTIALLY, I'LL SAY BECAUSE IN ONE VOICE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT BONDS OR SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS. IN THE FUTURE, SO THANK YOU AND AGAIN. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, OR THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ASSIST YOU ALL. PLEASE LET US KNOW. YEAH, THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK TONIGHT. SO WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP WITH THIS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, COUNCILOR MEUCCI OK? GETS FEELING BETTER. YES. SO WITH THAT THAT COMPLETES. OUR [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION] WORK SESSIONS FOR THE EVENING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE US BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. MISS STORM DID WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? NO MAYOR. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND I'LL THEN I'LL FORGET TO ASK WHEN THERE ARE, UH BUT WITH THAT THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, SO I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION TO ADJOURN. COUNCILMAN STRANG MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR PRO. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNSEL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.