* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING [00:00:01] EVERYONE. UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUTTA YOUR DAYS, UH, HELPING THE CITY OUT WITH THIS, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. UM, I THINK WE START, UH, I DO SEE SOME NEW FACES, UH, AROUND THE TABLE. AND, AND JUST REAL QUICK, WE'LL JUST GO AROUND AND, AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES. MY NAME IS LONG WIND. I'M WITH HALF ASSOCIATES. UH, WE ARE ASSISTING THE SEA ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE THROUGH THIS BOND. HI, I'M TAYLOR CORY, I'M THE BUSINESS AND ASSET MANAGER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. KEVIN HARWELL, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS. I'M GREG GARY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH CITY OF BAYTOWN. UH, MICHAEL LEACH, BAYTOWN PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AARON WITH HALF SESSIONS. I'M CLIFF DIRECTOR, UH, MANAGER'S OFFICE. THOMAS RES. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY. GO AHEAD, SIR. UH, JOHN WILER. I'M THE COMMITTEE MEMBER GROUP. YOU SAY REED OSA MEMBER RHONDA LOPEZ. COMMITTEE MEMBER CHRISTINA POWELL, COMMITTEE MEMBER. UH, JOSEPH CHAP, C MEMBER MORNING, S DISTRICT TWO. UH, MIKE BEARD, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEITH COLBURN, MEMBER FROM DISTRICT SIX. DENISE GRAVES, MEMBER FROM DISTRICT THREE. BARBARA HANNAH HAS MEMBER DISTRICT ONE. RUDY COMMITTEE. MATT HOUSE BAYTOWN SON, CORDELL GORDON . UH, JASON REYNOLDS, BAYTOWN BOARD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE. UM, THIS [1. DISCUSSIONS] IS THE AGENDA WE HAVE TODAY. WE'RE, WE'RE FIRST GONNA GO OVER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. WE WANT TO ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON THIS, UH, THIS TIME AROUND. AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A DISCUSSION ON ELECTION OF A CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIR, AND A SECRETARY. UM, THIS, THIS IS REALLY THE START OF ORGANIZING THIS COMMITTEE. SO THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS, WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH THE CHAIRPERSON TO RUN THE COMMITTEE. UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE, THE DUTIES OF EACH OF THESE POSITIONS, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME DISCUSSION ON THE FEEDBACK, THE EXPECTATIONS FROM, FROM THE COMMITTEE TO COUNCIL AND THEN, AND THEN VICE VERSA. AND SO WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS PROCESS LOOK LIKE AS WE GO OUT INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THEN THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND THEN INTO THE ELECTION SEASON. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE PRESENTED. UH, I THINK THE FIRST MEETING, WE GAVE A GOOD BASIS ON EVERY PROJECT. I KNOW IT WAS A LONG MEETING, BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A START ON WHERE WE'RE STARTING WITH SO THAT THE COMMITTEE AT LEAST HAS A, A BASE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROJECTS. AND THEN AS WE'RE ASSESSING THEM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE LAST SLIDE IS THE NEXT STEPS AND MILESTONES THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN WITH QUESTIONS. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS REALLY Y'ALL'S MEETING. UM, SO ANYTHING YOU, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST, JUST JUMP RIGHT IN. SO, STARTING WITH ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, THE, THE COUNCIL REALLY WANT TO GET THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY IS DOING A BOND OF THIS MAGNITUDE IN A VERY LONG TIME. SO THE, THE COUNCIL REALLY WANTED CITIZENS PARTICIPATION, UH, TO HELP NOT ONLY PRIORITIZE A LIST OF PROJECTS, BE IN THE PROCESS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT STEP FORWARD ONCE THE ELECTION, UH, COUNCIL S THE PROJECTS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO ELECTION. UM, THE EVOLVE IN THIS COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS, THIS BOND ELECTION. UM, UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S NEEDS RESOURCES, UH, AND THEN THE, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROCESS ITSELF. I THINK WE GAVE YOU THE BASIS THIS FIRST MEETING. UM, WHAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR IS Y'ALL TO KNOW THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE VETTED THEM, THAT THE RANKINGS REALLY REFLECT THE COMMITTEE'S BELIEFS AND NEEDS FOR THE CITY. SO WHEN WE'RE OUT, UM, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, THEY KNOW THAT THIS, THIS PROJECT LIST HAS BEEN WELL VETTED, UM, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY WOULD ASK. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MEETINGS. I KNOW YOU'ALL PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE HOPE THERE. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION. UM, BRENT AND, AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON A PROCESS FOR Y'ALL TO GET YOUR RANKINGS IN SO THAT WE WE'RE DOING IT KIND OF AN ORGANIZED MANNER. AND THEN ONCE THE RANKINGS COME IN, THERE WILL BE A, A, A VETTING PROCESS. SO IT WON'T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THERE, THERE WILL BE A PROCESS WHERE [00:05:01] AFTER WE SEE THOSE INITIAL RANKINGS, THERE'S, THERE'S TIME TO ADJUST THEM AS NEEDED. UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDING A PACKAGE TO COUNCIL. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE VOTERS WILL VOTE ON? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CITY NEEDS? UM, AND, AND COUNCIL WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, AND THE LAST THING IS PUBLIC OUTREACH. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TYPE OF ELECTION, IS THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS, HAS COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT, PEOPLE AROUND YOU. UM, AND THAT SUPPORT GOING INTO THE ELECTION WILL BE CRITICAL FOR THE UPON SUCCESS. SO WE WANT TO JUST PUT THIS SLIDE IN, UM, TO, TO TALK ABOUT JUST BAYTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, WHY, WHY THE, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOT IS NEEDED. SO BAYTOWN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1948 COMING UP ON 80 YEARS. UM, APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE HOMES WERE BUILT BEFORE 1999. SO ALMOST 30 YEARS. WHEN THE HOMES COME IN, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN THE ASSOCIATE INFRASTRUCTURE COMES IN, THE ROADS, THE STORM SEWERS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AGING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS HAPPENING. UM, AND THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING GROUP IN THEIR 10 YEAR CIP HAS IDENTIFIED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN NEEDS. SO THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE CITY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE. UM, AND THERE'S ALSO $150 MILLION IN POTENTIAL GRANT FUNDING THAT WE CAN BE LEVERAGED. BUT THOSE GRANT FUNDS ALWAYS REQUIRE MATCHING DOLLARS FROM THE RECEIVING ENTITY. SO THINK ABOUT THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, $50 MILLION COMING INTO THE CITY AND PROVING THE STREETS LEVERAGING THAT. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ACTUALLY. YES. SO, UM, ARE THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE GRANT DOLLARS OR WHAT? YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VARIOUS SOURCES, BUT YEAH, USUALLY THEY COME FEDERAL AND THEN THEY TRICKLE THROUGH THE STATE. THE REASON I ASK, 'CAUSE, UM, A LOT OF GRANTS, A LOT OF THOSE MONIES HAVE BEEN, UH, GOING AWAY. SO $150, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'LL BE THERE IF THINGS CONTINUE HOW THEY ARE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. UM, GRANT PROGRAMS CHANGE BY THE ADMINISTRATION. UM, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE IN IDENTIFIED HERE HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED YET, BUT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE. UM, AND I, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THIS BOND, BUT, UH, I'LL JUST KIND OF START WITH THE BOND ITSELF. IF THERE'S GRANT FUNDING TIED TO A PROJECT, WHAT, WHAT ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL DO IS TAKE THAT PROJECT AND PROBABLY MOVE IT TO THE BACK OF THE LIST SO YOU'RE NOT TAKING OUT DEBT BEFORE RECEIVING THOSE GRANT DOLLARS. SO THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO GO OUT, TAKE OUT, TAKE OUT A DEBT WAITING FOR GRANT DOLLARS. THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GRANT DOLLARS ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT DEBT OUT. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, WE'RE GOING FOR THIS BOND ISSUE NOW FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THE CITY HAS NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE THAT FULL AMOUNT. SO I WANT TO REITERATE OR ASK A QUESTION THAT CAME UP LAST TIME. SO IF A, IF AN ITEM IS TIED TO A GRANT AND YOU DON'T GET THE GRANT, THEN THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE, IT'LL NOT MOVE FORWARD. IT'S DEAD IN THE WATER. YES. AND THAT BOND AMOUNT MONEY WILL BE MOVED TO SOMETHING ELSE. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXPECTATIONS. UM, SO CITY COUNCIL, UH, CREATED THIS GROUP AND REALLY THE DELIVERABLES OF THIS GROUP TO CITY COUNCIL OR, OR TO RANK AND PRIORITIZE THE PROJECT LIST. UM, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK THE CIP COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THIS IS A, A THEY REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ON THE PROJECT LIST. UM, ALSO WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK THE VOTERS WILL HAVE AN APPETITE FOR AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF THE, THE BOND. UM, WE DO HAVE THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND BOND COUNCIL COMING IN THE NEXT MEETING TO GIVE YOU REAL CONCRETE NUMBERS ON WHAT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UM, SAY BOND ELECTION WOULD DO TO YOUR TAXES. WHAT, 150? UM, THEY'RE CRUNCHING THOSE NUMBERS. THEY SHOULD HAVE THOSE, UH, IN THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING. BUT BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FEEDBACK ON WHAT SHOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT FOR THIS ELECTION. UM, AND THEN THE, THE LAST THING HERE IS, UM, PROVIDE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND, AND RANK THE PROJECTS. UM, AND SO WE DO IN [00:10:01] YOUR PACKET HAVE, UM, FROM THE, THE CITY CLERK A A, IT'S A TWO SHEET PAGE. UM, IT'S JUST MEETING THE FORUM. ONCE WE ELECT A CHAIRPERSON, THERE'S A WAY THAT THE MEETINGS WILL RUN. UM, SO JUST BROWSE THROUGH THAT. UH, AND THEN ALSO PARTICIPATION FROM EVERYONE WOULD BE, WOULD BE, UM, PROBABLY ENCOURAGED. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS GETTING THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THAT WE'RE VETTING THESE PROJECTS IN THIS PROCESS. SO WE TALKED ABOUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS BOND COMMITTEE IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS. AND THAT REALLY STARTS ONCE WE GET PAST THIS PROJECT VETTING PROCESS AND CITY COUNCIL SELECTS THE, THE BOND, UM, SIZE AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE GO OUT FOR. AND SO WHAT, WHAT THE CITY WILL DO, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS. WE'RE DOING A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. UM, AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT COULD BE, UM, TARGETED MEETINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, AN HOA MEETING, YOU KNOW, OR A CHAMBER, OR IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU THINK THAT THEY JUST NEED MORE INFORMATION OR YOU HEAR ABOUT SOME OPPOSITION IN, IN YOUR AREA AND YOU JUST THINK THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION. THAT'S, THAT'S THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK THAT THE CITY NEEDS THAT WE WILL GO OUT AND SUPPORT A PUBLIC MEETING. UM, AND REALLY THAT'S COMING FROM MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEEDS ARE? WHERE DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO GO TO, UM, GALVANIZE THE VOTERS AND GAIN SUPPORT FOR THIS? THIS, AND JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY, AND YOU'LL SEE THE TIMELINE, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. UM, BUT YOUR WORK IN REVIEWING, UH, PRIORITIZING AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS AND THE APPROPRIATE BOND PACKAGES, UH, WILL COME TO A CLOSE, UM, AT THE END OF MAY, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION GOING TO COUNCIL IN EARLY JUNE. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE, UM, KIND OF A TWO MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THE ELECTION'S CALLED THAT. IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, UH, OUT IN THE PUBLIC TO INFORM AS A BODY AND REVIEW YOUR RECOMMENDATION WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. YOU DON'T NEED TO DECIDE THAT NOW, BUT, UM, THERE IS THAT TIME BETWEEN THE RECOMMENDATION BEING SUBMITTED AND THE ELECTION BEING CALLED THAT YOU ALL COULD, UM, TAKE THAT ON. SO WHAT ONE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION IS THERE'S, UM, RESTRICTION AND THE BOND COUNCIL WILL ELABORATE ON THIS ONCE THE ELECTION IS CALLED IN AUGUST. CITY STAFF AND CITY RESOURCES CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR THE BOND. UM, THEY, THEY STILL PROVIDE VERY FACTUAL INFORMATION. HEY, THIS IS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, IS HOW MUCH IT COST, THESE ARE THE BENEFITS, BUT IT CANNOT BE ADVOCATED. WE CANNOT BE ASKING ANYBODY TO VOTE. WE CAN'T SAY WE SUPPORT IT. IT'S VERY FACTUAL INFORMATION FROM THE TIME THE ELECTION'S CALLED ON. ALRIGHT. UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE SELECTION OF LEADERSHIP HERE. HEY, RON? YES. DID YOU WANT ME TO TALK? OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. THOMAS TT I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU IN THE SLIDE. SO THOMAS UH, READS, UM, I GOT IT ON. GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT, THANKS EVERYBODY. THOMAS REVE, CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. SO, UM, AS LONG AS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SUCCESS OF THIS BOND INITIATIVE RELIES ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT, NOT JUST THE CITY TALKING ABOUT HOW BENEFICIAL THIS WOULD BE FOR ITS BUDGET. AND, AND SO YOUR PARTICIPATION, UH, ANY SORT OF ADVOCACY GROUP PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE. AND SO WE WILL ARM YOU WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT THIS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. SO MY TEAM HAS CREATED A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND IT IDENTIFIES KEY MESSAGES. IT IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL AUDIENCES, IT IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES, BUT IT ALSO IDENTIFIES EVERY TOOL THAT WE COULD THINK OF THAT WE MIGHT USE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. SO WEBSITES, WEB PAGES, FLYERS, POSTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, INFOGRAPHICS, POWERPOINT [00:15:01] PRESENTATIONS, YOU NAME IT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THOSE EDUCATIONAL PIECES FOR YOU THAT ARE BRANDED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THAT CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION AND KNOWS, AND, AND ALLOWS IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRUSTWORTHY COMING FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE. YOU THEN CAN TAKE THOSE AND SPREAD THEM OUT INTO YOUR NETWORKS AND INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WILL RELY HEAVILY ON YOU ALL TO HELP US AND ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCACY GROUP THAT CAN HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE. SO WE CREATED THIS FLYER, UH, AS A FIRST STEP. SO THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE THAT WAS CREATED. AND IT'S MEANT JUST TO BE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT A GO BOND IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UH, A PRETTY, UH, LARGE CHALLENGE RIGHT OFF THE BAT IN SIMPLY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. AND SO THIS PIECE ATTEMPTS TO START THAT CONVERSATION. AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE HAPPY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PIECES ONCE THE PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED, WE WILL WORK TO CREATE INDIVIDUAL PIECES THAT ADDRESS THOSE PROJECTS, DOLLAR AMOUNTS, THE DESCRIPTIONS, MAPS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO ARM WITH ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF FACT SHEETS FOR EACH PROJECT. AND, UH, AS I SAID, A WEBPAGE, THE WEBPAGE, THE WEBSITE AS PART OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED. IT'S, UH, IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT, UH, SHEET THAT YOU HAVE. AND SO FAR IT'S JUST PRETTY GENERIC IN TERMS OF EDUCATION ABOUT THIS PROCESS, THE TIMELINE, WHAT A GEO BOND IS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS WITH ACTUAL PROJECTS, WE WILL ADD ALL OF THOSE TO THE WEBPAGE AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS WEBSITE AS, UH, AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THIS COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU SO FAR, BUT ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FROM A PUBLIC OUTREACH, OUTREACH STANDPOINT THAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH? YES, MA'AM. ARE WE RESTRICTED IN DISCUSSING THE PROJECTS TO THIS POINT, OR WHEN ARE WE FREE TO, TO DISCUSS IT WITH OUR GROUPS? IT'S A GREAT POINT. UH, AND I'M GONNA ASK FOR SOME HELP MAYBE FROM GRANT YOU WANT. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. YEAH. YOU'RE, YOU'RE FREE TO MEET WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOU MEAN? YES. YEAH. YOU'RE FREE TO DISCUSS THE PROJECTS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU READ THAT WE PROVIDED. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CERTAINLY FREE TO DO THAT. THE ONLY, I GUESS CAVEAT TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE ELECTION IS CALLED THEN THERE'S A PROHIBITION ON ADVOCACY FROM THE CITY AND THAT WOULD NOT, UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THIS WITH THE BOND COUNCIL NEXT TIME, BUT, UH, IT WAS CERTAINLY EXTENDED CITY STAFF. I'M PRETTY SURE IT WOULD EXTEND TO YOU ALL AS A BODY. YES. AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT THAT POINT MIGHT BE BEST FOR US TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT NEXT TIME WITH THE BOND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES THE BOND COUNCIL, IF THEY SAY WE WANT TO SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY PERIOD? NOPE. BOND COUNCIL OR THIS BOND COMMITTEE? THE NO. LIKE, ISN'T THERE ANOTHER BOND? THE BOND COUNCIL IS JUST THE, THE LEGAL SIDE OF IT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASSISTING THE CITY AND PREPARING THE BALLOTS, BUT THEY, THEY WON'T TELL YOU HOW EARLY THE CITY HOW MUCH. SO THERE'S NEVER LIKE, WE WANNA SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY GOING INTO THIS BOND. WELL, I, I GUESS, YEAH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THE, UM, NOT SO MUCH THE BOND COUNCIL AS THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR HELP TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THE IMPACTS OF A CERTAIN SIZE BOND ISSUANCE WOULD MEAN. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE TAX RATES, UH, THAT SORT OF THING. SO THEY'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THE IMPACTS OF CERTAIN SIZE ISSUANCES. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THE BOND PACKAGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT RELATIVE TO THAT. ALSO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET, LIKE, WHEREVER WE CAN USE TO PUBLICIZE, LIKE VIA EMAIL? OH YEAH. SHARE, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I, I SIMPLY PRINTED THIS OUT JUST SO YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT YOU'LL HAVE IT ALL IN THE DIGITAL. I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH CO CREEK WITH THEIR BONDS, RIGHT? AND SO, LIKE OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FROM INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, THAT'S KIND OF AT AN GO BATTLE WITH PUBLIC OPINION WHEN IT COMES TO BONDS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT, WE, THAT, THAT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. AND WE, WE DO HAVE AN UP GO BATTLE. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE, WE HAVE A PLAN TO DO WHAT WE CAN THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL FOR Y'ALL TO, WE ALL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT BASED ON FINANCIAL ADVISOR [00:20:01] SAYS THE BOND COUNCIL SAYS TO YOU WHAT YOU FEEL THAT THE CITIZENS WILL ACCEPT. IF IT'S 10 MILLION, IF IT'S 20 MILLION, WHATEVER IT IS THAT Y'ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE AS A GROUP THAT YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN GO OUT AND SUPPORT OR TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IN A POSITIVE WAY, IS WHAT ULTIMATELY Y'ALL ARE ADVOCATING FOR OR TALKING ABOUT. UH, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE, THE WORD OF THE, OF THE PEOPLE AT THAT POINT THAT Y'ALL FEEL WILL SUPPORT THAT AMOUNT OF DEBT. YOU JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOW UP PIECES. LIKE IF YOU GO WITH JUST 10 OR 20 MILLION, YOU'LL BE DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNTS. AND THAT'S WHY SOME CITIES GO WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT WE ONLY HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF EVERY YEAR. AND SO IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL THE STRATEGY THAT YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE CITIZENS, UH, WILL ACCEPT. UH, AND TAKE THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. LAST TIME. I FORGOT WHERE. THANK YOU. SITTING SOMEWHERE HERE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS ABLE TO BE CLARIFIED. ARE WE ABLE TO DIVIDE AND IF SO, HOW MUCH ABLE DIVIDE LIKE THE BOND HE WAS SAYING? YEAH, WE DO HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT. IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION. UH, WE DID COLLECT, GET CLARIFICATION FROM BOND COUNSEL. OH, WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THAT. THANK, SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE LABEL HERE. UM, IF, IF, IF THE BOND ITEM GOES OUT FOR ELECTION, JASON AND IT FAILS, CAN HE COME BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR OR IS THERE A TIME PERIOD OF WAIT BEFORE WE CAN COME BACK IF IT FAILS? CURRENTLY IT'S A THREE YEAR WAIT BEFORE IT CAN GO BACK OUT. IF THE STATE IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT RIGHT NOW, AND IF IT FAILS, IT'LL BE FIVE YEARS. UH, WE EXPECT THAT THAT TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE. AND SO IT'LL BE A FIVE YEAR WAIT IF SOMETHING FAILS. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE OUTREACH PIECE? OKAY, THANKS Y'ALL, THOMAS. THANK YOU. SORRY. THAT'S ALL. UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE MOVE INTO SELECTION AND COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP. UH, SO WE'RE ELECTED THREE POSITIONS. UH, WE DID GET WORD FROM THE CITY CLERK THAT THE SECRETARY CAN BE SUPPORTED BY CITY STAFF. UM, SO RIGHT. HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT? UM, WELL I WOULD SAY GO AHEAD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BODY WOULD LIKE TO DO. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CIP COMMITTEE FOR EXAMPLE AND A FEW OTHER COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, STAFF DOES ASSIST WITH TAKING MINUTES AND PROVIDING, SENDING OUT MATERIALS VIA EMAIL, THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, YOU CAN SIMPLY NOMINATE, UM, DESIGNATED PERSON PERSONNEL, UH, DEDICATED SUPPORT PERSONNEL FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WE WOULD THEN FILL THAT ROLE AT THE STAFF LEVEL. SO. ALRIGHT. UM, SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT THE RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, WHAT EACH ELECTED POSITION IS GETTING THEMSELVES INTO THE CHAIRPERSON, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY THE LIAISON COUNSEL. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE COUNSEL, UH, THAT WILL BE YOUR, YOUR COMMITTEE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, WE, WE DO, UH, EXPECT THE, THE CHAIRPERSON LEAD FUTURE MEETINGS. WE'D LIKE TO STRUCTURE THESE MEETINGS TO BE MOST HELPFUL TO THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT THAT CHAIRPERSON WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN FUTURE MEETINGS, UM, HELP DEVELOP AGENDAS WITH STAFF, UM, AND THEN ALSO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC MEETING PROCESS. I THINK HAVING THAT POINT OF CONTACT THERE, UM, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS TALKING TO YOU ROUTE DOWN THROUGH THE, THE CHAIRPERSON. UM, THE VICE CHAIR IS THERE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR IF THEY'RE NOT PRESENT. UM, THEY ALSO MAY TAKE ON SPECIAL PROJECT ROLES AS DELEGATED BY THE CHAIRPERSON. UM, UM, AND THEN THE, THE SECRETARY IS THERE TO TAKE NOTES, DISTRIBUTE ITEMS, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, COORDINATE MEETINGS. SO THE ELECTION PROCESS, UM, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OPEN UP THE POSITIONS TO THE GROUP. UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHY YOU THINK YOU WOULD FIT YOUR EXPERIENCE. UM, QUICK TWO MINUTE EXPLANATION TO THE GROUP. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE PASSED OUT BALLOTS. UM, FROM THERE, THE GROUP OF VOTE ON WHO THEY THINK WOULD BE A GOOD [00:25:01] CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR. UH, AND IF ANYBODY THROW THEIR NAME IN FOR SECRETARY, UH, ALSO, UM, AND THEN WE WILL COLLECT THOSE BALLOTS AND, AND, UM, AND SEE THE RESULTS OF THE, THE VOTE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A, UM, LIST OF MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE CHAIR AND WRITE THOSE DOWN. AND VICE THE CHAIR. SO WHO'S, WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING THE CHAIRPERSON? EVERYBODY JUMP AT ONCE. I KNOW TYPICALLY YOU WOULD ASK FOR NOMINATIONS, VOLUNTEERS. THAT'S ATTRIBUTE, WELL, WHO ASKED PREVIOUS BOND COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE? I, I WOULD PERSONALLY GILBERT'S NOT HERE TONIGHT 'CAUSE HE'S OUT A COLLEGE CLUB GALA THAT HE TOLD HIM THAT HE WASN'T GONNA BE HERE WITH THE MEETING ON SET. UH, BUT I WOULD NOMINATE GILBERT FOR THE CHAIR. ME, SIR. HE WAS ON THE LAST BOND COMMITTEE WITH ME. UH, HE'S CERTAINLY BEEN THROUGH A BUNCH OF BONDS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COLLEGE. HE HAS LOTS OF BOND EXPERIENCE AND HE PARTICULARLY HAS LOTS OF BOND EXPERIENCES SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUPPORTING THE BOND. SO THAT WOULD, I WOULD PUT GILBERT'S NAME ON THERE. HUB ARE, HE'S VERY GOOD. NOT HERE. HE WANT BE THE, BE THE CHAIRPERSON. I'D BE HAPPY TO NOMINATE KEITH FOR THE CHAIRPERSON WHO ALSO HAS BOND EXPERIENCE. I MEANT NO. WOULD GILBERT WANT TO BE LIKE, YES, I HAD ALREADY TALKED TO GILBERT. HE SAID YES. CAN WE VOTE FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT HERE? YEAH, THEY'RE WON'T TURN IT DOWN. YOU CAN TURN IT DOWN AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT Y'ALL ARE FREE TO VOTE FOR WHOMEVER YOU WANT ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE. THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE ASKING FOR DATES WAY BACK SIX WEEKS AGO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, HE TOLD 'EM RIGHT UP FRONT THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA BE HERE THIS DAY 'CAUSE OF HE'S ON THE POTTY CLUB HAVING A GALA TONIGHT, BUT HE WOULD BE FOR THE REST OF MEETINGS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CRAMMING A LOT OF STUFF IN IS KIND OF UNUSUAL. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRESENT? OH, WE HAVE THREE TOTAL MEMBERS NOT PRESENT. WHO, WHO, I'M SORRY. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, UH, THE SIGN SHEET. CAN YOU RECONCILE THAT WHILE WE GET OKAY. YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE NO. SURE. UM, ANY OTHER SELF NOMINATIONS OR NOMINATIONS OF SOMEONE ELSE? RESPONSIBILITY? OH, IS THERE LIKE A ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE COME? OH, HONESTLY. OKAY. IS THERE REALLY, OR IS IT KIND? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A REQUIREMENT. I THINK IF, IF YOU'RE A CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR, IT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT MEETING TO, TO BE AT EVERY MEETING. UM, AND AS WE'LL COVER IN A FEW, UM, SLIDES DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD, UM, YOU'LL LOSE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE VOICE AND TO VOTE ON RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT SORT OF THING. SO, SO THERE ARE, YEAH, THREE MEETINGS TOWARDS THE END OF MAY WHERE WE'RE CONSOLIDATING THAT PROJECT, RANKING LIST AND, AND REALLY THE COMMITTEE'S ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE RANKINGS AND THOSE WILL BE DONE BY VOTE AT THAT MEETING. SO IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, YOU LONG. UM, I THINK SHE IDENTIFIED WHO WAS I? I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS EVERYBODY ELSE'S NAME. WELL, WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCED OURSELVES. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME I GOT THE MEMORY OF AN AUNT, SO I MAY HAVE HERE THREE OR FOUR, FIVE TIMES. TELL THREE OF Y'ALL HERE THAT I HAVE TO KNOW. SO THE THREE PEOPLE THAT MARKED HERE ARE GILBERT SANTANA, KENNETH MARTIN, AND PATRICIA SMITH. KENNETH MARTIN IS AN, IS AN EXCELLENT, UH, SPOKESPERSON. I BELIEVE HE'S PROBABLY RETIRED ENGINEER. HE'S VERY, UH, BE HERE. HE WAS NOT HERE LAST WEEK, LAST TIME ON THAT. I BELIEVE THE THING IS EVEN I KNOW BERG, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT OTHER PERSON. AND I KIND OF FEEL IF THEY WANT BE A CHAIR, THEY NEED TO SPEAK ON IT. YEAH, I I I WOULD SUGGEST KEN PERHAPS AS A, UH, AS A VICE CHAIR, UH, I ALSO LIKE SOME PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES. THE YOUNG LADY DOWN HERE, THE GENTLEMAN IN BLUE, THE PEOPLE THAT HAD SPOKEN, UH, NICELY HERE BEFORE TO BE I COULD HELP BE VICE. I JUST CANNOT TAKE ON ONE MORE. THE CHAIR DOMINATE HER FOR VICE CHAIR GILBERT. WE'RE [00:30:01] JUST DOING CHAIR NOW. GILBERT. WE'RE WE'RE DOING CHAIR NOW. UM, SO BRAD, DO YOU WANT TO VOTE THIS, THIS TIME AROUND OR SHOULD WE HOLD OFF UNTIL GILBERT'S IN THE ROOM? NO, I MEAN, IF HE, IF HE CHOOSES TO DENY THE, UH, OFFICE THAT CAN BE HANDLED NEXT, UH, ROUND. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO PUT RHONDA'S NAME IN AS, UH, CHAIR, POSSIBLE CHAIR. AND RHONDA, UM, I THANK YOU BUT MAD. ALRIGHT, AT THIS POINT SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION, UM, AND THEN GET A SECOND. AND DO ME A FAVOR. WHEN YOU DO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE TELL ME YOUR NAME. THAT WAY I CAN CAPTURE MOTION TO APPROVE, I'M SORRY. MOTION TO WHAT? UM, IF, IF YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE SOMEONE AS CHAIR, FEEL FREE. AND, AND, UH, I SAID JUST LET US KNOW YOUR NAME AND UH, FOR THE MOTION. AND SECOND. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FROM MY BOARD. , CAN YOU SAY THAT I GET YOUR GUY TO SPEAK UP? WHO? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU SAID, YOU SAID JESSICA GILBERT AND, UH, SO THEY HAVE A MOTION. I JUST GOT A TEXT ASKING GILBERT. HE SAID IF THAT'S WHAT THE GIRLS WANTS GROUP WANTS, HE'LL DO IT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AND SO, UM, THAT MOTIONAL JUST NEED A SECOND THEN SECOND. AND I'M SORRY. KEITH COBURN. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I MOTION SECOND. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. SANTANA. WE CAN MOVE ON TO, UH, VICE CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION, RIGHT? AND WHO WAS THAT NOMINATION? I WILL DO IT BY YOUR NAME AGAIN. WOULD YOU SAY THAT? OKAY. I'LL ASK YOU THAT ABOUT 12 TIMES. YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW BREE LIKE THE CHEESE. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST, I JUST LEARNED TRACY'S NAME LAST WEEK. . , RIGHT? BRI, ANYBODY ELSE FEEL FREE TOO. KNOW I SECOND ? DID YOU, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION NOMINATING YOURSELF? I DON'T THINK I COULD. OKAY. UM, THINK KEITH DID. KEITH NOMINATED KEITH. OKAY. AND SERGIO DOES THAT I YES. SECOND THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE LEADERS. ALRIGHT, Y'ALL HAVE FIVE EXTRA MEETINGS ON TOP OF THE ONES. AND SO NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN YOU AS A BODY, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, NOMINATE A SECRETARY, THAT'S FINE. OTHERWISE, UM, YOU CAN JUST NOMINATE A DESIGNATED SUPPORT, UH, DESIGNATED SUPPORT PERSONNEL FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR FROM CITY STAFF AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU. SO I, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ALLOW THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO STAFF THE CITY STAFF. YEAH. ONE SECOND. OKAY. MIKE AND BRUCE. CITY STAFF. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE NEXT MEETING, I KNOW IT'S NOT A HARD TASK TO DO BECAUSE WE DO IT ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE CITY STAFF PROVIDE SOME NAME PLATES FOR THE PEOPLE ABOVE US. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT, SO I DON'T HAVE TO SAY, HEY, YOU OR WHAT, YOUR NAME OR WHATEVER, DON, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN REAL BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU. GOOD POINT. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THAT. UM, WE'RE GOOD ON THE BALLOT. WE JUST DID IT ALL OUT. UM, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THAT. UM, THERE IS, THERE IS SOME, UM, OTHER RULES. SO WHEN THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR DO NOT ATTEND A MEETING, UM, WE WOULD GO THROUGH THIS ELECTION PROCESS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH TO DOMINATE A TEMPORARY CHAIR WHO BELIEVE THAT MEETING. JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT. SO IF IT, IF IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, DON'T GO BACK ABOUT THIS UM, PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS. UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY AND A REMINDER HERE OF, OF THE ENTIRE LIST. UM, SO MOBILITY'S, THE, THE LARGEST, UM, CATEGORY HERE, UH, THE ESTIMATED BOND FUNDS THAT ARE REQUIRED ARE, ARE JUST OVER 200, $2 MILLION. [00:35:01] UM, DRAINAGE IS THE NEXT ONE. UH, $29 MILLION. UH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE LEVERAGING GRANT FUNDING, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. UM, FACILITIES IS AT 30, A LITTLE OVER 37 MILLION PARKS IS AT, UH, JUST LOW ON 52 MILLION. SO RIGHT NOW, THE PACKAGE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS TOTALING TO $321 MILLION. UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. UM, SO AS, AS THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING THROUGH THESE PROJECTS, THE PROJECT SHEETS, THE BENEFITS, UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS TO LOOK FOR. UM, AND SO ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS WE, WE PULLED THE, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN STRATEGIC GOALS. UM, FIRST ONE IS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS THESE PROJECTS ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE CITY. UM, SO E ECONOMIC PER UH, PROSPERITY, DOES THE PROJECT CREATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY? WILL IT BRING PEOPLE TO THE CITY? UH, WILL IT CREATE MORE TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY? UM, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC FLOW. UM, THESE ARE THINGS LIKE ROADWAY EXPANSION, UH, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T SITTING IN TRAFFIC ALL DAY. UM, FLOODED, FLOODING PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS THAT, UM, CANNOT STAY NEGATIVE, UH, NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE. UM, RISK AND SAFETY, UM, BEAUTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. UM, THESE ARE RELATED TO OUR, OUR PARKS PROJECT, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE RELATED TO SOME OF YOUR ROAD PROJECTS. UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE CITY REJUVENATE THROUGH THROUGH SOME OF THESE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, REALLY DOES A, A LOT FOR THE CITY. OUTDOOR RECREATION AND AMENITIES. UM, THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR, OUR PARKS GROUP HERE IN CENTRAL PARKS PROJECT. UH, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CITY BAYTOWN MAY BECOME A REGIONAL DESTINATION FOR, FOR EVERYWHERE AROUND THE REGION. UM, AND THEN CONNECT TO BAYTOWN. ONE THING ALSO, AS WE'RE VETTING THESE PROJECTS, UM, THIS IS A CITYWIDE BOND. YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING UP BENEFITS A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION. WE'RE NOT PUTTING PROJECTS IN CERTAIN AREAS 'CAUSE THOSE JUST PROBABLY WON'T, WON'T SHOW WELL ON THE, THE VALLEY. UM, OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT COST AND TAX IMPACTS. YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEXT TIME, UH, FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. UM, ONCE VERSUS NEEDS. I THINK EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINION ON ONCE VERSUS NEEDS AND, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK, UH, ON THIS LIST IS A ONE VERSUS A NEED, UH, CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS, UM, MEDIA PUT AS YOU'RE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS DO YOU THINK THEY'LL VOTE FOR? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRO, WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS DO YOU THINK THEY'LL SUPPORT? UM, AND THEN ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, IMPORTANT ITEMS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU COULD THINK OF. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRIMER ON THE FINANCIALS BEFORE, UM, THE, THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR COME, CAME IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT. UM, THEY WILL BE HERE THE NEXT MEETING. UM, AND SO THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WHAT THEY WILL DO IS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE COST OF THE BOND WILL BE RELATED TO YOUR TAX BILL. AND SO WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD VALUE AND GO, WE PASSED A HUNDRED MILLION BOND, THAT MEANS $200 UNDER TAXES A YEAR, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. UM, AND SO YOU'LL GET THOSE NUMBERS, UH, IN, IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE 'EM TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY, THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. UM, THE SECOND THING IS, I THINK JASON TOUCHED ON THIS LAST TIME, IS THE BOND PACKAGE ITSELF. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU PASS THE BOND PACKAGE, THE CITY GOES OUT THE NEXT MONTH, PULL THE WHOLE, WHOLE WHOLE THING. UM, WHAT THE CITY WILL DO IS LOOK AT THE PROJECT. SO THE PROJECT HAS TO GO INTO DESIGN, THEN CONSTRUCTION. THOSE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS ARE NEEDED FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO THEY'LL JUST PULL THE BOND DOLLARS NEEDED FOR DESIGN. THAT WAY THEY CAN KEEP THE TAX RATE AT A, AT A CONTROLLABLE LEVEL. UM, THE CITY WILL ALSO LOOK AT PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH, UM, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE CITY. ANY DEBT THAT'S MATURING, THAT'S, THAT'S FALLING OFF AND MAYBE SCHEDULING SOME OF THOSE, THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS IN YEARS WHERE THEY COULD LEVEL OFF, UM, DEBT ROLLING OFF AND THEN THE TAX RATE. SO THERE ARE WAYS TO MANAGE THIS BOND WHERE YOU'RE NOT SEEING A, AN IMPACT RIGHT AWAY. UM, SO THE, THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS, [00:40:01] UM, CONSIDER THE IMPACTS IN, IN THE VIEW OF THE PUBLIC AND THEN MOVE ONE IN THIS ROOM AND JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT AMOUNT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD APPROVE. UM, Y'ALL HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS THE NEXT MEETING, UM, AND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REAL VALUE HERE IS THAT WE'RE GOING INTO THE RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT PACKAGE AMOUNT OF MONEY DO YOU THINK THE VOTERS WILL APPROVE? UM, VOTE COUNSEL WILL BE HERE ALSO NEXT MEETING. UM, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE VERY GOOD ADVICE ON WHAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BALLOT, BUT WE DID ASK THEM, WE HAD A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO, UM, HOW CAN WE SPLIT THE BALLOT, DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS? AND WHAT THEY SAID IS, UM, YOU CAN SPLIT THE BALLOT, UM, BY MULTIPLE, SAY, MOBILITY PROJECTS. SO IF YOU GO, THESE ARE MAJOR THOROUGH FARES OR THESE ARE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, UH, YOU CAN'T SPLIT THOSE BALLOTS. UM, ONE THING TO CONSIDER, THEY, THEY WANT US TO LET YOU KNOW IS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND GO, THIS, THIS BOND IS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE. BECAUSE IF THAT FAILS, THEN THE CITY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN STREETS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO YOU, IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET REALLY, UM, MORE DETAILED ON THE PROPOSITIONS, YOU WANT TO LIST THE PROJECTS SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING NEGATIVE IMPACT FOR ANYTHING ELSE BEYOND THIS BOND. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT THEY DISCUSSED IS THAT AS YOU'RE PUTTING THE PROPOSITIONS TOGETHER, THESE ARE CITYWIDE PROPOSITIONS. SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO PROPOSITION TO HAVE PROJECTS JUST IN ONE AREA OF TOWN THAT THAT WOULDN'T LOOK WELL AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE APPROVED. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AT THE PROPOSITION AS A, A WHOLE OF THE CITY. UM, SO WE, WE JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME, UM, EXAMPLES OF HOW THINGS CAN BE SPLIT UP. UM, SO THESE ARE ARE ALL MOBILITY TYPE PROJECTS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GROUPED BY, UM, DIFFERENT MAJOR, UM, AND THEN PARK ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, UM, AND THEN SOME, SOME JUST MAJOR STREETS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU CAN JUST GRAB THE PACK OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE, PUT 'EM IN A PROPOSITION. UM, ONE THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW MANY PROPOSITIONS DO YOU WANT, RIGHT? UM, IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY VOTERS MAY LOOK AT IT AND GO, THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH. UM, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH BOND COUNCIL, UM, AND YOU, YOU TO JUST SEE WHAT'S THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PACKAGE TO BRING OUT THERE. OKAY. AND I'LL ADD, UM, SOMETHING TO THIS, UH, MR. BEARD, I THINK YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, KIND OF ASKING ABOUT PROJECTS AND WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING FAILS OR PASSES. UM, A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE INITIATIVES YOU HAVE, HOW THEY'RE BROKEN UP BY CATEGORY, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE PROPOSITION VERBIAGE SAYS. AND SO NEXT TIME WHEN THE BOT COUNCIL'S HERE, UH, THEY CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE, UM, SCENARIOS WITH YOU ALL TO WHERE IF YOU ALL ARE LOOKING TO MAKE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FOR A CERTAIN CATEGORY, WHAT THAT VERBIAGE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS IF IT PASSES OR FAILS. UM, AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SPECIFIC, UM, EXAMPLES AND HELP TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, NEXT ROUND. BUT, UM, THERE IS, UH, A LOT TO BE CONSIDERED, UM, UH, IN THAT AREA AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, NOT JUST WITH THE CITY, BUT WITH THE COLLEGE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM , IS THAT I'M ON THE, I'M ON THE SPLIT DISTRICT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE CURRENT BOND. WE HAVE OUR LAST MEETING AFTER SIX YEARS THINGS, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER BECAUSE OF THAT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FIGHTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BASICALLY ON A LOT OF THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS CONSTANTLY COMES UP IS THE NET BOND PASSED. THEY HAD SOME REALLY GENERIC LANGUAGE IN THE BALLOT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I LOVE THE MONEY. AND THEN THEY WENT OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND THEY, THEY PRESENTED, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS AND THIS, BUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DIDN'T DO THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS. AND THEN THE ATTORNEY SAYS, WELL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT VIOLATING THE BOND LANGUAGE. I GOTTA TELL YOU HOW IRRITATED THAT MAKES ME EVERY TIME THEY SAY THAT IN THE MEETING. AND THE COMMENT [00:45:01] ALWAYS WAS, AND I CALLED 'EM OUT ON IT, I DON'T CARE WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS, I CARE WHAT YOU WENT OUT AND TOLD THE PUBLIC YOU WERE GONNA DO. AND OUR COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO ENSURE WE DID WITH THAT BOND, WHAT WE TOLD THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, RATHER THAN THE GENERIC LANGUAGE. SO I HAVE ISSUES IN BONDS WITH GENERIC LANGUAGES, AND I TEND TO VOTE AGAINST IT. I WANT TO SEE THINGS LISTED THAT I KNOW THAT WE, THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN. AND I THINK THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN ENGAGE BOND COUNCIL, UH, ON NEXT TIME. BECAUSE IDEALLY YOU WANT TO HAVE, UM, SOME FLEXIBILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, AS IT RELATES TO STREETS, BUT YOU ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TRANSPARENT TO YOUR POINT, UH, IN EXACTLY WHAT YOUR INTENT IS. NOW IF, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS THAT COULD COME UP, BUT DEFINITELY, I, I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, UH, NEXT TIME. WAS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR BOND BEING PRESENTED TO HANDLE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER ISSUES THAT THEY'RE BEING SUED OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT? UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT, UH, THAT FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AT THIS TIME. UH, THESE ARE, UH, BONDS THAT ARE GENERAL FUND, UH, IN NATURE. SO THESE ARE GENERAL FUND BACKED BONDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THE WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE, UM, OUR UTILITY ENTERPRISE FUND BACKED. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT SECTION IN THIS PROCESS AT THIS TIME. THAT'S NOT, MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT? THERE CERTAINLY BIG DOLLAR PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THE BOTTOM. SO I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I WANT TO HEAR FOR, FOR EVERYBODY. FOR EVERYBODY, YES. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SUING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT. HOWEVER, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ASKED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SUE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. OKAY? IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENED. AND THEN WE JUST GOT SUED. A PRIVATE LAW FIRM GROUP WENT AFTER THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND ASKED US, HEY, IF YOU PAY US $40 MILLION, WE WILL NOT SUE YOU. THAT WAS THE BASIC ASK. AND WE SAID, HEY, INSTEAD OF DOING THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CAN YOU SUE US? AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO GATHER TO COLLECT THEIR $40 MILLION, OKAY? WHAT THEY WERE SUING US FOR WAS SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAD A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS DEDICATED TO FIX. SO WE ALREADY HAD A PLAN WITH T-T-C-E-Q TO TEXAS, UH, COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT WE IDENTIFIED ALMOST A DECADE AGO, OKAY? AND WE WERE ALREADY WORKING TO FIX THAT ISSUE AND WE HAD SET MONEY ASIDE AND HAD SPENT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS POPPED UP, I BELIEVE IN 2021 OR MAYBE 2022 WHEN IT POPPED UP. UM, AND WE FELT THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. AND SO WE ASKED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO, TO WORK WITH US ON THIS PROCESS THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BE REMEDIED. WE FEEL A POSITIVE OUTCOME. THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHY AREN'T WE GOING FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO FIX THIS? BECAUSE THE STATE AND THE COUNCIL'S PHILOSOPHY, OKAY, THIS IS TWO PHILOSOPHIES, BOTH ON THE STATE LEVEL AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL, FEEL THAT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE OKAY TO USE FOR WATER SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES. THEREFORE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT PHILOSOPHY. THAT CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS WILL BE USED FOR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROJECT THAT MR. GR IS ASKING ABOUT FALLS UNDER. BUT I, SO I THOUGHT I KNEW THE ANSWER AND THAT WAS THE ANSWER. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT IN THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME QUESTIONS. THAT QUESTION HAS ALREADY BEEN ASKED TO AT LEAST TWO OF US THAT ARE SEVERAL COMMITTEE. AND I JUST WANNA GET THAT OUT IN FRONT. WHY AREN'T WE BONDING, FIXING THE SEWER PROPERTY AND THE DRAINS POPPING UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE? RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO SEWERS WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST POINT OUT. SO THE CUSTODY TO REITERATE, SO CO BONDS ARE USED TO PAY FOR SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. GEO BONDS ARE USED MORE FOR MOBILITY. UM, COS CAN YES AND NO. SO COS CAN BE USED CURRENTLY, THEY CAN BE USED FOR FACILITIES, SOME FACILITIES, UM, MOBILITY, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. GOTCHA. HOWEVER, THE STATE IS SHIFTING THEIR PHILOSOPHY ON WHAT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SHOULD BE USED FOR IN AN EFFORT TO DRIVE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND BEING THE ONLY PROPERTY TAX DEBT THAT IS REALLY ALLOWED. AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF THE STATE AND SHIFTED THIS TWO YEARS AGO TO START WORKING TOWARDS GENERAL OBLIGATIONS TO BE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ISSUED DEBT AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS THAT COME WITH IT. AND THAT'S, THIS IS WHY Y'ALL ARE SO IMPORTANT TO, TO [00:50:01] CHOOSING THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL FEEL THE CITIZENS WILL, UH, UH, ADOPT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE STARTED DOING THE FIRST GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. FOR THOSE REASONS, THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE IS MOVING TOWARDS GOS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND THE VOTE. UM, AND, AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL THINKS THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS OF DEBT OBLIGATION FOR THE CITIES THAT GETTING ANY FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE STATES. UM, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT WE'LL MOVE HERE. UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING THE PROJECT LIST. UM, BRENT, DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE YEAH, SURE. DO THE LIST. UM, DO ME A FAVOR, GO AHEAD AND, UH, FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I'LL, I'LL TALK THROUGH THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO, UM, AS YOU RECALL FROM AN EARLIER CHART IN PRESENTATION, WE HAVE 29 PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED AND OR CURRENTLY BEING IDENTIFIED. UM, STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH, IDENTIFIED THE SCOPE, UH, PROVIDED A STAFF RANKING TO THE CIP COMMITTEE. THE CIP COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH AND, UM, UH, DID THEIR OWN OR ADJUSTED THE RANKING TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN RANKING. AND SO IN ALL OF YOUR FOLDERS YOU HAVE, UM, YOU HAVE THESE TWO THINGS RIGHT HERE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASK ALL THE MEMBERS TO DO IS ON THIS SHEET THAT'S IN FULL COLOR ON THIS YELLOW SIDE THERE, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO RANK ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ONE THROUGH 29 AND ALSO INCLUDE JUST SOME PRACTICE SHEETS AS WELL. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SCRIBBLE ON A FEW OF THOSE. AND THEN AFTER YOU ALL DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA COLLECT THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO AVERAGE OUT THE RANKINGS FOR EACH PROJECT. AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO FROM THERE, GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUCTURE FOR ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH AND DISCUSSING THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. AND SO WE'RE GONNA START, UM, THESE RANKINGS ARE GONNA BE DUE BY MONDAY, UM, MAY 12TH. AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA AVERAGE THOSE OUT AND HAVE THOSE READY FOR THE 13TH. SO AFTER THE 12TH WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ANY, ANY RANKING SHEETS THAT AREN'T TURNED IN. AND SO STARTING ON THE 13TH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS BASED ON THE AVERAGE RANKING THAT COMES OUT, STARTING WITH THE $100 MILLION AND $150 MILLION. SO AS THE PROJECTS ARE RANKED, THERE'S A RUNNING TOTAL OF THOSE AMOUNTS AS YOU SEE KIND OF ON HERE AND, UH, ON THAT SLIDE. AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE BASIS FOR HOW WE TACKLE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE. THE STARTING POINT WILL BE THE AVERAGE RANKINGS. AND SO FROM THERE YOU ALL CAN DECIDE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE AVERAGE RANKING MAY HAVE COME OUT, MAY HAVE COME OUT TO THIS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE A VOTE AND SEE IF WE WANT TO SHIFT THIS PROJECT. WITH THAT PROJECT. YOU ALL WILL HAVE COMPLETE, UM, UH, CREATIVE CONTROL IF YOU WILL, TO ADJUST AS YOU, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS, WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS, GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU MAYBE DON'T HAVE OR ANSWER ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AND THEN KIND OF WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT FULL LIST. AFTER THE 27TH, WE WILL HAVE REVIEWED, UM, ALL 29 PROJECTS, UM, IN RANKED ORDER. AND SO THEN COMES YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS GONNA BE TO BASICALLY DRAW A LINE AT SOME POINT. AND THIS IS THE AMOUNT AND THE CORRESPONDING PROJECTS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL. AND SO THE FIRST STEP IS GONNA BE, UH, TO INDIVIDUALLY RANK THEM, WE'LL AVERAGE 'EM OUT AND THEN WE'LL START GOING THROUGH TO DISCUSS, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YES. UM, THE, UH, PROJECTS AND THE CORRESPONDING BOND BOND PACKAGE SCENARIOS ARE, ARE THEY ALL SET OR ARE THEY FLEXIBLE? AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD MOVE LIKE THIS ONE HERE TO THIS PACKAGE YEAR. OH YEAH. SEE YOUR RANKING IS, IS GONNA DETERMINE WHEN WE TAKE ALL MEMBERS AND WE AVERAGE OUT THE RANKING FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, THEN WE'RE GONNA REORDER THEM. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL ADD UP THE FIRST A HUNDRED MILLION, THEN 150 AND GO FORWARD, UH, OVER A THREE WEEK PERIOD TO COVER ALL 29 UM, UM, PROJECTS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YOU SAY YOU WANT THESE RETURNS BY THE 12TH? YES SIR. AND WHAT METHOD DO YOU LACK OF RETURN? UM, WELL I'M GIVING EVERYONE HARD COPIES AND SO YOU CAN CHOOSE TO [00:55:01] SCAN IT AND EMAIL IT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE NEXT, UH, WHO WE EMAIL IT TO. UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE NEXT GO ROUND. I'M THINKING, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THAT GO TO MAYBE TO, TO JAMIE. SURE. BUT WE'LL, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU NEXT TIME FOR FRANK. THEY, THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED TO A HUNDRED MILLION, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE QUESTION TOO. NO, UH, THAT'S JUST GONNA BE THE STRUCTURE FOR HOW WE GO THROUGH AND REVIEW. YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL HAVE A, IF Y'ALL DECIDE, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO, UM, 65 MILLION AND IT'S ONLY PROJECTS ONE AND TWO, THAT CAN BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. YOU CAN DRAW THE LINE AT ANY POINT THAT YOU ALL WANT. YEAH, I WAS KIND OF CONFUSED BECAUSE IT HAS THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT 325 MILLION NOW. THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE RUNNING TOTAL. OKAY. UM, SO THIS, YEAH, THIS LIST WILL CHANGE. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE TO THE PICTURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT? YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS LIST WILL CHANGE BASED ON THE AVERAGE RANKINGS. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT YOU, YOU GUYS HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR. YOU, ROYAL ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PACKAGE LOOKS LIKE. BUT I THINK WHAT, WHAT BRANDON AND THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER IS, IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE RANKING THINGS RIGHT NOW IN THE SILO. BUT WHEN YOU START THINKING OF IT AS THIS PROJECT THAT I RANKED FIFTH ACTUALLY FELL BELOW THE LINE, THAT'S GONNA DROP OFF. NOW ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SHOULD I HAVE RE RANKED THAT AS A GROUP AND MOVE IT UP? AND SO YOU REALLY WON'T KNOW THAT, UM, ALL THESE PROJECTS, THESE, THESE ROWS WILL END UP MOVING UP AND DOWN. UM, AND THEN WE'LL WE WILL DO A NEW RUNNING TOTAL, UM, AS AN AVERAGE. AND SO THAT WAY WE'RE, WE'RE TACKLING EACH MEETING AS A, AS A BOND PACKAGE. YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A BOND PACKAGE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE, BE INCLUDED AND WAS NOT GONNA BE INCLUDED. I, I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS IN THE PROCESS TO DECIDE EARLY ON IN YOUR MIND HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WANT TO PUT OUT FOR A BOND. I THINK THAT'S A DANGEROUS PROCESS TO DO. DOESN'T SERVE ANYTHING. I, I THINK YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ARE THESE GOOD PROJECTS AND DO WE NEED THESE PROJECTS? AND IF YOU NEED $320 MILLION OF IT, THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU DECIDE IF YOU WANNA GO OUT AND SUPPORT 320 MILLION BOND. OKAY. I COULD PROMISE YOU THIS LIST ISN'T GONNA STAY THE SAME AS IT DID. THEY'RE GONNA BE SOME THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE COMING. SO IF I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE IT. BUT DON'T GET A NUMBER FROM A BOND PACKAGE IN YOUR HEAD EARLY. YOU GOTTA GET A DECIDE ARE YOU WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE PACKAGE AND THEN GO OUT AND JUSTIFY THAT TO THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU TAKE THAT APPROACH, THEN IT HAS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF PASSING. NOW, I, I'M NOT NAIVE. OKAY. I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OUT THERE THAT WE, THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE CITY'S HISTORY IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA PASS. UH, AND THEN THAT, BUT THIS IS, THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO COME WAY DOWN THE LIST HERE, UH, WHEN YOU GET IN. 'CAUSE I SUSPECT THIS NUMBER'S GONNA SHRINK PRETTY QUICK. JUST . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND IF, UM, AT ANY POINT BETWEEN MEETINGS, IF UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING JUST UH, YOU KNOW, SHOOT US AN EMAIL AND UM, OR WE CAN RESPOND BACK TO ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT YOU GOT INFORMATION FROM. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU ALL AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, AS WE MENTIONED NEXT GO ROUND, YOU'LL HAVE SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO CONSIDER AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO JUST A, AN IDEA, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SEE IN THIS KIND OF SETUP THE, THE PHASE OF WHERE THAT PROJECT IS AT? MM-HMM . UM, BECAUSE THAT, I KNOW SOME OF 'EM HAVE THE, LIKE IN THE TITLE RECONSTRUCTION, UM, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE GONNA BE VISIBLE THINGS THAT ONCE THEY'RE DONE WHEN GARTH GETS RECONSTRUCTION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEE. MM-HMM . BUT LIKE A DESIGN PROJECT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC CAN SEE. SO THAT ALSO SHOULD WEIGH IN LIKE THE RIGHT, HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE. YEAH. ARE YOU FUNDING JUST DESIGN OR ARE YOU ACTUALLY SEEING SOME CONSTRUCTION? EXACTLY. SO JUST AN IDEA TO BE ABLE, 'CAUSE HAVING A, A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THINGS ARE AT AND THE THE PHASE OF IT CAN ALSO HELP US AND THE PROJECT SHEETS DO GO INTO THAT DETAIL CORRECT FORM. YEAH. I WANT SAY THE ONES THAT WE GONNA VERIFY THAT WE HAVE JUST YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE RED DESIGN ACQUISITION ONLY WE HAVE THE NOTED THAT IN THE PRODUCT SHEET AND THE ACQUISITION PICKING PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT'S RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY ONLY NOT RIGHT. OKAY. NO, IT [01:00:01] DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, BUT YEAH, RIGHT AWAY. SO LIKE THE FIRE STATION, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GO IN THE SAME SPOT'S GONNA GO DOWN. SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND PROPERTY CENTERS. THAT'S NOT A VERY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THAT SITE. THAT'S NOT A VERY BIG SITE FIRE. YOU GOTTA KNOCK THAT ONE DOWN. THEN YOU'VE GOT SERVICES NOT DEALING WITH THAT. YEAH. ANY PROPERTY ACQUISITION WHETHER RIGHT AWAY OR, OR A LOT OR WHATEVER WOULD BE IN THAT CASE. BUT THEN I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SAYS THAT IT'S RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BUY PROPERTY OVER FIRE HAND, NOT A PROPERTY AVAILABLE IN THAT AREA. IF YOU'RE GONNA KEEP IT IN THE SAME AREA. IT SHOULD BE, UM, THE DETAILS OF THAT SHOULD BE IN THE, UM, PROJECT SHEETS. BUT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT BREAKDOWN. YEAH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WE CONFIRM BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SOME ARE, SOME AREN'T, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. UM, THE ONES IN RED I THINK ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE SCALED BACK TO DESIGN AND ACQUISITION ONLY, OR DESIGN ONLY. SO THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR OF THOSE, UM, THAT ARE LISTED THERE. MR. BEARD, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT FOR THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO BELL STREET TO SEE THAT STATION. UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HAVE BEEN TO OTHER PIECES OF THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S ON THE LIST. AND THE QUESTION IS, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMITTEE TO DO A RIDE ALONG TO SOME OF THESE AREAS TO SEE SOME OF THIS STUFF SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND IF THAT'S, SO Y'ALL NEED TO LET THE, THE GROUP KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN COORDINATE THAT. 'CAUSE I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE PARKS, I GUARANTEE YOU CLIFF WANTS TO PITCH THAT MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM. AND YOU WANT TO BE THERE AND YOU KNOW, IF IT COMES TO STREET YOU, YOU'RE GONNA WANT KEVIN IN THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE STREETS ARE GOING ON. SO THEY'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, FOR Y'ALL TO, TO SEE THOSE THINGS. AND SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING Y'ALL WANT, PLEASE LET GRANT KNOW SO THAT THAT DISCUSSION CAN BE HAD TODAY AND REALLY GET STARTED. AND ONCE AGAIN, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THE A HUNDRED, 150, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT SCOPES, BUT THAT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU KNOW, HEY, THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SEE THIS AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT, COORDINATE THAT IN BETWEEN MEETINGS AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE. BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE, UH, THE MOST COMPLETE AND BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE. SO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED. UH, ONE OTHER THING THOUGH, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT EACH PROJECT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE NUMBER. I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND SOMETIMES, OH, WELL THAT'S A ONE FOR ME, OR THAT'S A 10 FOR ME AND NO ONE THROUGH 29, SO NO TIES. ALRIGHT. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE OVER TIME. THANKS FOR HANGING IN WITH US. UH, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE HERE BEFORE WE LET YOU GO. SO JUST, JUST LOOKING AT THE NEXT STEPS, NEXT MILESTONES HERE. UM, THE NEXT MEETING ON MAY 6TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR BOND COUNSELOR AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON BOARD. SO THAT'LL BE A GREAT MEETING FOR EVERYONE AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. UM, AND THEN STARTING AFTER THAT MEETING, UM, MAY 12TH, THE, THE, UH, PRIORITIZATION RANKINGS ARE DUE. UH, WE'LL AVERAGE THOSE, UM, THAT THAT DAY. AND THEN THAT THE NEXT MEETING ON MAY 13TH, WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE PROJECT LIST BOND PACKAGE. SO WE'LL DO THAT FOR THE NEXT THREE MEETINGS. UM, WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS, UH, BY THE END OF MAY, EARLY JUNE, UM, COUNCIL IS RECEIVING A PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THIS COMMITTEE. UM, THEY'RE GONNA EVALUATING IT. UM, AND THE REASON IT IS, IT IS WE WANT TO DO IT IN JUNE. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE, REALLY WHERE THE BOND COUNCIL COMES IN AND STARTS DRAFTING ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOND ANYTIME TO DO THAT. AND ALSO IT, IT GIVES THE CITY AND, AND, UM, EVERYONE THAT'S ROOM THE OPPORTUNITY TO START ADVOCATING FOR THAT PROJECT LIST. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY. UM, THE, THE BOND ELECTION WILL BE CALLED ON AUGUST, UM, 14TH. SO IN BETWEEN, UM, JUNE AND AUGUST, THAT'S WHERE THE REALLY MAJOR, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH, PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE PUSHED. UM, AND SO AUGUST 14TH WILL BE WHEN COUNCIL CALLED THE ELECTION. UM, AND THEN ELECTION DAY NOVEMBER 4TH, HAS COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GONNA CALL UPON THE ELECTION BY NOVEMBER YEAR. MM-HMM . ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT BONDS ELECTION [01:05:01] AT NO E AT THE LAST WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UM, BOND PROCESS THAT IS ALL DEPENDENT ON WHAT YOU AS A BODY RECOMMEND TO THEM AS WELL. SO IF Y'ALL COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, AS AN, AS A COMMITTEE, WE HAVE HEARD FROM ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND US. IF WE DON'T THINK ANY OF THIS WILL PASS, THEY MAY NOT CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE BOND. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING. BUT THE VICE VERSA, IF THEY HEAR THAT Y'ALL ARE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER IT IS, THEN, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. THANK YOU JUDGE. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? NOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU WERE DOING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.