* 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. AT? [00:00:01] YEAH, GENERALLY, I MEAN, WE [ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) COMMITTEE THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026 4:00 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, BAYTOWN CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM] [a. Review proposed changes to the Fiscal Year 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Plan based on results of the General Obligation Bond Referendum.] NEED TO ACQUIRE THE LAND, ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. THAT'S GONNA TAKE, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE OVERNIGHT. THAT'S GONNA BE A YEAR HALF. AND SO THIS MIGHT BE ACQUIRING THE LAND AND THEN IN THREE YEARS WE CAN GO BACK OUT FOR THE BOND FOR THE REST OF IT. THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN NEED THE 27. RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT ACTUALLY ONLY BE FIVE. RIGHT NOW, 27. I WANNA BE REAL CLEAR IN MY POSITION, WE CAMERA A LOT ON THESE ISSUES. THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WERE VOTED DOWN. SO IF WE GO BACK AND START DOING THINGS THAT THE CITIZEN SAID NO TO, WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT BACK IN THAT POT OF NOT LISTENING TO OUR CITIZENS. NOW, I AGREE WITH THE ISSUE OF LIKE IN GARTH ROAD PROCEEDING WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TARGETED THAT HAS A SECONDARY BENEFIT. I, THAT'S AN ARGUMENT DEFENSE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SAID NO TO THE PROJECT. I THINK THEY SAID NO TO ONE US TO ISSUE BONDS GO DOWN BONDS. YEAH. FOR THE, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE $27 MILLION IN CASH. OH NO. I NEVER SEE BACK. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BORROW IT FROM SOMEWHERE. I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY 'CAUSE I, THESE STREET PROJECTS ARE ALSO RIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA HELP WITH FLOODING ISSUES. UM, JUST LIKE WHEN THEY MADE THE TURNING LANE IN FRONT OF IHOP RIGHT THERE, IT HELPED WITH THE STANDING WATER ISSUE THAT WOULD HAPPEN. UM, SO WE JUST NEED TO BE REAL AWARE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE, THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROJECTS AGAIN. I LIKE THAT. DID THEY, ON THE FIRST ONE YOU'RE GONNA FOCUS ON OKAY. THINGS THAT HAVE SECONDARY IMPACTS AND BENEFITS. I CAN DEFEND AND ARGUE THAT TO TAKE A PROJECT THAT WAS VOTED DOWN, THAT REALLY IS JUST THE PROJECT THAT MAKES IT TOUGHER. OKAY. SO TO ME, DID THE LAW STAY AT THREE OR FIVE YEARS TO GO BACK OUT FOR, SO IF WE HAVE UTILITY PLANS OR NEEDS, AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT IS TARGETED, WE CAN, IF WE JUSTIFY IT AND IT'S TIED TO SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFIT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO IF THEY DID SAY THEY WANTED US TO FIND MON OTHER WAYS, OTHER DEPOSIT SAID 7 MILLION WOULD BE GOING OUT TO FIND A BOND. OKAY. UH, NEXT ONE IS LO BIT, UH, IT, UH, WAS, IT'S A ASPHALT STREET, UH, RE RECONSTRUCTION. UM, WE RECOMMEND PLACING A HOLD UNTIL FUNDING'S IDENTIFIED. UM, THERE'S POTENTIAL TO INCLUDE IT WITH OUR OTHER ASPHALT STREET IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT'S SUCH A LARGE PROJECT. IT'S, IT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR'S WORTH OF FUNDING THAT THAT WAS GONNA GO FROM MEMORIAL ALL THE WAY TO WHERE IT WAS. THEY, THEY LIMITED. UH, KEVIN, DO YOU REMEMBER IT LONG? IT, IT WAS PRETTY LONG STRETCH. UM, BUT WE, WE COULD FIND THAT INFORMATION. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS WEST MAIN DRAINAGE. UH, THIS ONE HAD, YOU KNOW, NO, UH, OUTSIDE FUNDING. WE WERE JUST DOING DESIGN ACQUISITION TO TRY TO GET, UH, A FUTURE GRANT. UM, SO WE JUST RECOMMEND PLACING THAT ON HOLD UNTIL FUNDING IDENTIFIED, UH, WEST BAYTOWN. PHASE TWO DRAINAGE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE, UM, RECOMMEND PLACING ON HOLD, BUT WE DID APPLY PREVIOUSLY FOR A GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, H-M-P-H-M-G-P GRANT HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. UM, SO WE WERE GONNA WAIT AND SEE WHAT WE HEAR FROM THAT GRANT. UH, I BELIEVE THE GRANT IS A 80% FEDERAL, 20% LOCAL. SO IF WE DO RECEIVE A GRANT, UM, YOU KNOW, DECISION HAS TO BE MADE IF WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND, UH, HOW DO WE FIND THE FUNDS? SO THAT'S 20 WOULD MEAN WE NEED TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. SAY AGAIN? THAT WOULD MEAN WE'D NEED TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, BUT IT 10 MILLION? NO, IT WOULD BE 10. 10 MILLION IS OUR 20%. YEAH. 10 MILLION. THAT IS OUR 20%. IT'S A VERY LARGE AREA. BUT THAT'S DRAINAGE AND FLOODING ISSUES, CORRECT? YES. YES. AND WEST BAY TOWNS SEVERAL HIGH WEST MAIN DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE AND FLOODING ARE IMPORTANT TO YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY VOTED FOR. I THINK THESE JUST GOT TIED UP. WHAT ARE THEY DOING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW? I JUST CAME DOWN WEST MAIN IN THE ROAD. SO FIRST ONE IS, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED ANYTHING YET, BUT PHASE ONE IS FUNDED. UH, AND WE JUST GOT A FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP WITH THE FUNDING ON THAT ONE. IT'S, UH, [00:05:01] BASICALLY GOING DOWN OKLAHOMA. IT'S A LARGE BOX CULVERT THAT WOULD GO DOWN THE, THE THE EXTENT OF OKLAHOMA AND EMPTY INTO THE BAY. WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON THERE RIGHT NOW THOUGH? 'CAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME, LIKE, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING BLOCKED OFF FROM BAYTOWN SEAFOOD ALL THE WAY TO THE GREEN CENTER. UH, THAT'S WEST MAN. THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, KNOW IN THE TOP OF THE ROAD. KEVIN, DO YOU KNOW KEVIN, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? UH, WEST MAIN. WEST MAIN? YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR. WE, UH, SKI MILLED IT, MILLED IT DOWN A QUARTER INCH, GETTING READY FOR MICRO LATER ON THAT SPRING. GET SMOOTH IT UP. GET RID OF THE HUMPS AND BUMP SO THE MICRO DOESN'T, UH, MICROS SHOULD START INTO MARCHES. THEY'RE JUST SKIMMING THE TOPS. YEP. OKAY. UH, SO LIKE I SAID, IF WE DO GET THAT GRANT, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ON THAT. UH, THE REST OF THEM ALL HAVE THE SAME RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO PUT ON HOLD UNTIL FUNDING IDENTIFIED. THAT INCLUDES, UH, ROLLING BRICK DRAINAGE, WHICH WAS JUST DESIGNED THE, UH, BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER WETLANDS, WAYNE GRAY GENE, UH, LORETTA RUSSELL PARK AND UNAD PARK. I DUNNO IF YOU WANT ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE. WE DO HAVE PARTS HERE BECAUSE ANY QUESTION, THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY ABOUT TWO BEFORE THE WELLING CENTER RELOCATION OR EDUCATION BUILDING. DO WE WANNA TRY TO FIND A COMPANY OR JUST A DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT DESIGN TO GO OUT FOR SPRING? AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA THROW OUT THERE AS A, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH A DESIGN WOULD COST? 2.6. PLEASE TALK ABOUT, UH, SO SEVEN 19, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR HOT FUNDS. YOU CURRENTLY HAVE $17 MILLION? NO, I WISH. 719,000 1700 AND 19,000 HUNDRED. THREE QUARTER MILL 700. IT'S ACTUALLY LESS, I THINK IT'S SIX 90. 690,000. BUT THE, AND WE BROKE THAT PROJECT INTO DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND, UH, TO TRY TO BREAK UP THE COST, THE MINIMUM PROJECT, UM, WE HAD ESTIMATED AT LEAST 1.2 MILLION. SO THERE WASN'T FUNDING FOR DOING THE MINIMUM PROJECT TO DO WHOLE PROJECT WAS THE 5.4 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING THAT WILL GO ALONG? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THE HOT FUNDS WILL JUST SIT THERE AND UNTIL, I MEAN, WHAT THEM, UNLESS THEY'RE ANYBODY, UNLESS, UNLESS A DIFFERENT PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE FUNDS, IF YOU GUYS WOULD JUST DECIDE. SO THAT'S WANNA SIT THERE, DECIDE IT CAN BE SPENT ON SOMETHING THAT HOT FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON THOSE. THAT'S FAIRLY LIMITED. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, GOING TO THE ONES THAT DID PASS, UH, AND, AND I JUST HAVE A NOTE HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE TIMING OF, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA ISSUE THE BONDS, UM, AND, AND, AND THE TIMING OF WHEN WE'RE ISSUING BONDS IN GENERAL, UH, MOST OF THE FISCAL YEAR HAS PASSED BY THE TIME WE GET THE FUNDING. SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF SOMETHING SAYS THE FY 26 PROJECT, IT REALLY MAY NOT START UNTIL 27 DUE TO THE DELAY IN GETTING THE FUNDING. UM, AND GIVEN THAT, UH, WE WANT TO DISCUSS STRATEGY ABOUT, UM, THE OTHER ITEMS, UH, SPECIFICALLY THERE WAS TWO ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, WAS, UM, WERE APPROVED A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER YEAR. SO, UH, ASPHALT STREETS WAS 20 MILLION TOTAL, BUT IT WAS PER, UH, PRESENTED AS $4 MILLION PER YEAR. SO THE QUESTION IS, AND AND FOR MAYBE YOU AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS, YOU [00:10:01] KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO ISSUE $20 MILLION AT ONE TIME AND THEN DO WHAT WE CAN OVER PROBABLY TWO YEARS, WE COULD SPEND THAT? OR DO YOU WANT TO ISSUE $4 MILLION EACH YEAR? UH, THERE'S ISSUANCE COST TO CONSIDER OR, UH, SO TERESA COULD SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, BETWEEN, UH, YOU AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO APPROACH THAT. EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR 4 MILLION GETS US LESS THAN WHAT WE COULD THAT YEAR, RIGHT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? EVERY YEAR, 4 MILLION GETS YOU LESS THAN WHAT YOU COULD IF THE YEAR BEFORE, BECAUSE OF INFLATION. INFLATION AND THOSE ISSUANCE COSTS WITH EVERY ISSUANCE, YOU JUST LET IT GOT IT OUT THERE. IT'S STILL GONNA TAKE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE 20 MILLION IN ONE YEAR. IT'S NOT GONNA BE 22 YEARS. SO IT'LL BE THREE OR FOUR YEARS, BUT AT LEAST GET MOVING OUT. WE DO CONSIDERED SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS AREN'T BECAUSE STAFF, THE ADDITIONAL TIME AND EFFORT MORE THESE STREETS, THE STREET, THE ASPHALT STREET IS, UH, RUNNER UNDER OPERATIONS. UH, SO KEVIN RUNS THAT ONE. WE BASICALLY ISSUE WORK ORDERS AND YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, IT, IT'S BASED ON A CONTRACTOR'S CAPACITY, NOT SO MUCH OUR STAFF CAPACITY. SO, BUT THEY COULD GET THE WHOLE 20 MILLION BUT ONLY DO $4 MILLION WORTH OF WORK WOULD BE CORRECT. UM, I'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE A CONTRACT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT LONG OF A TERM CONTRACT. SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT TWO, WE COULD COULD DO IT WITH. UH, BUT UM, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA ASSUME IF IT'S CHEAPER TO GET THE 20 MILLION UP FRONT WITH THE ISSUANCE AND OBVIOUSLY JUST KEEP, PAY THE ISSUANCE ONCE AND THEN WE GET MORE WORK DONE, I THINK PERIOD. IT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE TO GET ALL THE MONEY UP FRONT AND THEN WE COULD EITHER SPEND IT, LIKE I SAID, 4 MILLION A YEAR OR WE COULD DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND JUST SPEND IT OUT. WE COULD USE IT TOO. WE COULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM INTEREST INCOME UNTIL WE START UPING UP AGAINST THE ARBITRAGE. UH, ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP US WITH IS WE GET A GOOD YEAR, NOT TOO COLD, NOT TOO MUCH RAIN, GREAT WEATHER FOR EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS. WE MAY GET A LOT MORE THAN $4 MILLION NEXT YEAR. YOU GOT A REAL, REAL RAINY SEASON BE SLOWED DOWN BACK UP, MAY NOT BE GETTING TO $4 MILLION BECAUSE OF WEATHER, BUT THAT JUST ALLOW US TO ROLL AS FAR AS WE CAN. YEAH, THIS YEAR WOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD. YEAR HAVE 20. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT YEAR UP TILL CHRISTMAS. NOW NOW WE'RE SHUT DOWN TILL EIGHT, MARCH, APRIL RAINY. BUT UH, YEAH, WE COULD RUN AFTER CHRISTMAS. I CAN'T LISTEN IT TO YOU. SAY IT AGAIN. I WAS JUST SAYING IT'S MORE ECONOMICAL TO DO IT ALL FROM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE BONDS THAT PASSED OUT LIKE 40 STATION, THAT'S NOT MUCH FOR US TO 20 MILLION. THE FINANCIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I LIKE THE IDEA GETTING MORE OF IT DONE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 'CAUSE IT SHOWS THAT WE, WE, WE ISSUED A BOND AND WE FINISHED THE BOND AND WE SPIN IT AND WE GET ALL THIS , WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT. THE POINT OF IT WAS NOT TO DRAG IT OUT, KEEP DOING A BOND FOR SIX YEARS. SO I THINK THE GENERAL PIECE, IF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND IT REALLY COMES OUT TO BE ECONOMICALLY BETTER, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THEM POOL AND THEN DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS WE CAN KNOWING IT MAYBE TWO YEARS, IT MAY BE THREE, RIGHT? DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS. AND SO, BUT LET'S, LET'S NOT DRAG IT OUT JUST BECAUSE YEAH, OKAY. THE NUMBERS. LOOK, THAT'S, THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WANTED YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. UH, THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT THREE ITEMS WERE ALL PROGRAMMED FOR FY 26. SO, UH, THEY WOULD PROCEED AS SOON AS THE, UH, DEBT POSITION, UH, THE NORTH ALEXANDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WE, UH, DESIGNED HALF OF THAT PROJECT ALREADY. IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION TO DESIGN THE OTHER HALF AND THEN BID THE WHOLE PROJECT OUT AT ONE TIME. UH, SO IT WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY A YEAR TO FINISH THE DESIGN AND THEN ANOTHER YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO, UM, AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING IN TWO YEARS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ANOTHER PROJECT BY 20 29, 20 30, LATE, EARLY 2030 LATE. SO IF WE WE'RE NOT GETTING THE MONEY UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR, THEN [00:15:01] YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE 20, MID 28, THE END OF 28, UH, JENKIN PARK. UH, THAT'S THE TRAIL CONNECTION. UH, THAT WAS, UH, DESIGN ONLY. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD START, WE WOULD START THAT DESIGN AS SOON AS WE GET THE FUNDING, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION. YEAH. AND ONE THING I'LL ADD IS THAT IF YOU ALL DO WANT TO AUTHORIZE TO SIGN, I WOULD, I THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE BEST IF YOU ALL ALSO MADE THE POLICY DECISION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PURSUE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION. UH, SAME THING WITH FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. UM, HOW THAT HAPPENS IS, YOU KNOW, DECISION TO BE MADE DOWN THE ROAD. BUT I JUST WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU ALL, UM, GOING FORWARD WITH DESIGN IF THERE'S NO POLITICAL APPETITE TO PURSUE THE FLOODING FOR CONSTRUCTION GRANT. THAT'S VERY STRANGE TO ME TO ASK US THAT QUESTION. 'CAUSE WHY DID WE EVEN BOTHER PUTTING IT ON THE BOND AND LETTING PEOPLE VOTE ON IT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH IT? I MEAN, IDEALLY YOU WOULD AND THE INCLUSION OF IT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD INDICATE THAT YOU ALL DID. BUT YOU THINGS CHANGE. UM, OPINIONS CHANGE AND UM, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE THAT UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE THE POLITICAL APPETITE WITH THE MAJORITY OF COUNSEL TO PER PROCEED OR, UM, PUSH FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION, THEN YOU MAY WANNA RECONSIDER, I WANNA DO WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR AND THEY VOTED FOR US TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET IT DESIGNED UP AND KEEP AN EYE ON A FUTURE BOND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. NOW IT ALSO ALLOWS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAD THE DISCUSSION HERE. WE SPLIT SEVERAL OF THESE UP JUST LIKE FIRE STATION FOUR. WE SAID LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT DESIGN AND ACQUISITION AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL COME LATER KNOWING THAT WE GOTTA DO THESE THINGS FIRST. ANYWAY. SO I THINK THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION WE HAD ON, ON THE CONNECT TRAIL CONNECTIVITY WAS THAT LET'S GET THE DESIGN IN PLACE AND THEN LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT BOND, WHICH WE WERE THINKING THREE YEARS WOULD BE THE NEXT BOND. AND IN THE DISCUSSIONS WE SAID IT'D TAKE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF TO GET THE DESIGN IN PLACE AND WE WOULD BE CLOSE TO THAT NEXT BOND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO I FACTORED WITH SARAH THAT ALSO IT WENT WITH WHAT YOU HAD SAID ALL ALONG IS WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU JUST REPEATED IT AS WELL. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA SHOW THAT WE VOTED FOR THIS, WE GOT THIS DONE, WE VOTED FOR THIS, WE THIS DONE. YEAH, IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS. SHOW YOU WHAT ALL WE DID WITH THE VOTE AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS. PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS TRYING TO KEEP THAT NUMBER DOWN. AND, AND SO WE, FROM 500, WE WOULDN'T GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE IN THE THREE TO FIVE YEARS FOR THE BOND. WE SAID LET'S MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT. AND THAT WE, WE DID, WE DID. SO, SO I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND THEN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT BOND SAYING, OKAY, WE GOT DESIGN AND NOW THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST AND WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE MADE THIS HAPPEN. SO LET'S MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I HAVE SOMEBODY I WANNA PUT ON THE BOND COMMITTEE JUST FOR THE JENKINS PART, . ONE OTHER THING IS ONCE YOU HAVE A COMPLETE DESIGN, THEN YOU'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO GET WELL. AND THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE DISCUSSION. ONCE WE HAVE FULL DESIGN, THEN WE CAN GO OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME HAPPEN. AND I THROW THAT OUT THERE, NOT TO PUT Y'ALL ON THE SPOT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WHERE THE RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION, YOU KNOW, SCARED PEOPLE OFF, SO TO SPEAK. AND WE HAD DESIGNS THAT SAT ON THE SHELF FOR YEARS. UM, BUT SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING HAS CHANGED, AT LEAST WITH THE MEMBERS IN THIS ROOM. SO, YOU KNOW, THROWING THAT OUT THERE. AND THEN SAME THING WITH FIRE STATION FOUR. IT'S IT'S DESIGN AND ACCURATE COMMAND AFTER THE YES CHIEF, YOU'RE STILL GOOD WITH THAT CONCEPT, CORRECT? YES. IT'LL TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS ONCE IT'S FUNDED TO GET THE DESIGN DONE, LAND ACQUISITION, AND, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BUILD, THEN GO TO THAT NEXT ONE. UM, AS BRENT MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S SOME PREVIOUS BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED. WE HAVE, UH, UH, INTEREST INCOME AND UNALLOCATED FUNDS FROM THOSE BONDS. UH, WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, TO USE SOME OF THAT, UH, UNALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THINGS THAT WE, UH, THAT ARE FUNDED IN FY 26, BUT WE WOULDN'T RECEIVE THE FUNDING UNTIL THE SUMMER. IF WE USE THE UNALLOCATED FUNDS, WE CAN START RIGHT NOW. UH, AND THOSE WOULD BE FOR, UH, SOME OF [00:20:01] OUR CENTRAL DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ITEMS THAT, UM, THIS PLANT IS HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES, UH, AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH DCQ. UM, SO THIS WOULD HELP TO GET THESE STARTED EARLIER. AND LET'S SAY IT WOULD BE FOR DESIGN COST AND STAFF AUGMENTATION COSTS. 'CAUSE UH, WE'VE HAD ISSUES HIRING PROJECT MANAGERS, GOT LOTS OF VACANCIES AND MORE PROJECTS THAN WE HAVE PEOPLE TO MANAGE THEM. SO, UM, THOUGHT WAS WE COULD DO STAFF AUGMENTATION AND GET THESE PROJECTS STARTED. SO THIS WAS KIND OF AN F POINT. I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH USING THESE FUNDS FOR THAT, BUT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PULLING WATER AND YES, YES. SO KEEPING IT IN. YES. AND THESE BONDS WERE WATER AND SEWER BONDS. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, FINANCE TO MAKE SURE WE, WE STAY, WE STAY LEGAL ON HOW WE, BETWEEN THE LINES. BETWEEN THE LINES. THAT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND THEN, UH, I DON'T HAVE IT UP HERE. THINK THERE, UH, MAYBE A SIMILAR PROJECT FOR, UH, UH, WATER METER, UH, CONVERSION THAT WOULD FALL INTO THE SAME CATEGORY YOU WOULD USE THE ABOUT 700,000 THAT'S LEFT OVER. YES. 6 95. UM, SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP [b. Discuss Fiscal Year 2027-2031 Capital Improvement Plan.] THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GEO BOND. AND WE WANTED TO MOVE INTO PRESENTING OUR FIRST DRAFT OF THE, OUR 27 TO 31 CIP. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DECISIONS WE, WE, WE MAKE FOR 26, WE'LL FALL INTO THE 27TH, UH, THE 30 ONES, I GOT A FEW SLIDES HERE THAT ARE JUST KIND OF OVERVIEWS, UH, OR SUMMARY SLIDES. UM, YOU SEE ON THIS ONE, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORY AND UH, IT HAS THE FIVE YEARS THERE. ONE THING I WOULD NOTE FROM THIS IS, UM, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS THAN PREVIOUS CIPS IN THE OUT YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING AT THE, THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBERS, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY BALANCED, UH, FOR THE FIVE YEARS. UM, WHICH TO ME SHOWS ME THAT WE ARE DOING MORE PLANNING, MORE LONG-TERM PLANNING AND GETTING THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS OUT. UH, I KNOW I CAN GO BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. LAST YEAR, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, YEARS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE WERE PRETTY BARE. UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT YOU, YOU WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR PROJECTS MOVING, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN THE FIFTH YEAR AND KIND OF MOVING ALONG AND BEING EXECUTED IN THE YEAR ONE. SO TO ME IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE'VE DONE MORE PLANNING AND YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, THIS YEAR OR 25, WE, WE DID A 10 YEAR PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR TREATMENT PLANTS, BOTH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER. SO, UH, NOW WE HAVE, UH, 10 YEAR PLANS FOR BOTH AND THAT KIND OF FILLED OUT THE, THE WATER AND WASTE ON THE SIDE OF IT. UM, WE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING THE CONSENT DECREE. SO, UH, I'VE TRIED TO ADD A FEW PROJECTS IN THERE IN THE OUT YEARS THAT, UM, ARE KIND OF MORE, MORE OR LESS PLACEHOLDERS. UH, BUT THERE WOULD BE MORE PROJECTS COMING BECAUSE OF 'CAUSE OF THAT. ONE THING I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, IS DRAINAGE PROJECTS. AND UH, I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, GENERAL FARMS. UM, UH, HOW, I HAVE A SLIDE LATER THAT KIND OF SHOWS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS, WE'RE DOING LONG TERM PLANNING AND WITH THE RATE STUDY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FORECAST OUT THE, THE FUNDING WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM. I DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY WITH, UH, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO BASICALLY I HAVE NO CERTAINTY OVER WHAT FUNDING I'M GONNA HAVE. AND SO WHEN YOU GO INTO, WE'VE, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PLANNED OUT THESE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE WANT TO GO INTO A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, REPLACE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER. BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE GONNA TEAR UP THE STREET. UM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY [00:25:01] TO FIX SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES, BUT IF I DON'T HAVE ANY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, I CAN'T ASK UTILITIES TO PAY TO REDO THE WHOLE STREET. YOU KNOW, UTILITIES WILL FIX THE STREET WHERE THEY CUT IT, BUT IT'S NOT FAIR TO UTILITY RATE PAYERS TO MAKE THEM PAY FOR STREETS. SO, UH, THAT'S, THIS IS KIND OF MY PARKING SHOT TO YOU, TO YOU, IS THAT WE REALLY NEED SOME CERTAINTY IN GENERAL FUND TO BE ABLE TO PLAN THESE PROJECTS LONG TERM. YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND TEAR IT UP WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER NOT FIX THE STREET OR THE DRAINAGE. UH, THAT'S GONNA LOOK BAD ON ALL OF US. AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WITH ANY CERTAINTY WHAT I'LL HAVE OTHER THAN THE 4 MILLION, YOU KNOW, A YEAR FOR ASPHALT. UH, SO I'LL JUST, I SAY THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF MY OPINION. UM, MOVING ON TO THE OTHER SUMMARY SLIDES, IT JUST BREAKS IT DOWN DIFFERENT WAYS. UH, THIS ONE SHOWS YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CASH VERSUS DEBT. UH, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT WE PROGRAMMED IN OUT YEARS, BUT THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY FUNDED. UH, WE DON'T HAVE DEBT OR CASH IDENTIFIED, SO THEY'RE PUT IN AS UNFUNDED. UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE, THE BUDGET CYCLE COMES TO CURRENT, IT WOULD BE FUNDED WITHIN THE CURRENT. UH, THEN WE HAVE A SLIDE HERE SHOWING THE FY 27 TO 31, UH, GEO BOND PROJECTS. AND YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE HIT, WE SHOW $4 MILLION PER YEAR IN THE, UH, ASPHALT STREETS. WE COULD DO THAT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, I THINK. SO, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PHASE OF, UH, NORTH ALEXANDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THIS WOULD BE, UH, TO DO THE OTHER HALF OF CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE SIDEWALK BDA IMPROVEMENTS. RIGHT. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTH ALEXANDER? IT'S THE SAME PROJECT. WE JUST 6.8 MILLION VERSUS SEVEN POINT. SO THE 7.4949 WAS TO FINISH THE DESIGN AND DO HALF OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS TO DO THE OTHER HALF OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THE WAY I WOULD PROBABLY IMPLEMENT IT, FINISH THE DESIGN, BY THE TIME WE FINISH THE DESIGNS, IT'S GONNA BE FY 27 AND WE'LL HAVE BOTH HALVES OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS AVAILABLE AND WE COULD DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME. WHAT'S THE OTHER? IT WOULD BE, IT, IT'S SHOWN 26, SO IT, I DIDN'T, I DON'T SHOW 26 ON ON THIS, BUT UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE ONES THAT DID PASS, YEAH. UM, SO, SO THESE ARE 26 PROJECTS, BUT WE HAD OTHER MONEY ALREADY SET ASIDE. OKAY. OKAY. I'M, SO YOU'RE SAYING IN 27 IT'S GONNA BE 6.8 MILLION? YES, BUT WE PASSED THE 7.49. WE PASSED BOTH ALSO. WE PASSED EVERYTHING ON THAT SHEET I SHOWN. AND FY 26 OTHER WERE SHOWN AND LATER YEARS, CORRECT, WE PASSED THE WHOLE THING PASSED. UM, SO EVERYTHING ON, ON THAT SHEET THAT SHOWS FS 26 AND THE, UH, THE ONES ON THIS SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE OTHER. OKAY. AND THEN THE SIDEWALK, A DA, UH, THAT WAS SHOWN AT 500,000 PER YEAR, WE THINK IT WOULDN'T BE ECONOMICAL TO ISSUE THAT SPIRAL OF THE DEBT. SO NO, THAT'S, THAT'S GOES BACK TO THE 20 MILLION, RIGHT? I AGREE. ISSUE THAT, UH, ALL OF, YEAH, BECAUSE AS MUCH DONE AS PUT YEAH. IN, UH, THIS GETS INTO EACH PROGRAM. UM, THIS IS THE B IT DOES INCORPORATE THE 10 YEAR, UM, PLAN THAT WE HAVE, BUT NOT TOO MUCH GOING ON. UH, WITH BIO, WE GOT THE EAST PLANT THAT'S BEING EXPANDED AND IT'S TAKING UP A LOT OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR BIO. UH, THEN WE HAVE FACILITIES, CIP, UH, THIS AGAIN GOES BACK TO GENERAL FUND. UH, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS IDENTIFIED, BUT, UM, NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE COST ESTIMATES YET. SO WE PUT THOSE IN THE OUT YEAR. JUST AS TO BE DETERMINED. [00:30:01] UH, WE DID INCLUDE FIRE STATION FOUR IN 28. UM, BRENT SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, WE THINK THAT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED ON THE NEXT JAIL BOND OR IT COULD BE, UH, A GRANT POSSIBILITY. YEAH, THAT WAS AT 28. 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL GONNA BE DOING DESIGN AND THEIR ACQUISITION THIS YEAR. YES, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WENT UP TO THE BOTTOM AT 29, LESS LIKELY. SO IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY MOVE TO 29 UNLESS THERE'S A GRANT OPPORTUNITY COME. BEFORE THAT WE DID BOND THE 28TH FUND, 20 , UH, TRANSPORTATION. CIP IS REFLECTIVE OF MOSTLY WHAT'S IN THE GEO BOX. AND THEN THIS FOREST A COLLECTION, I SAID BE, WE'RE DOING PLANNING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO, UH, THE FSO UH, PROGRAM. THAT'S LOT OF FUNDING IN THERE. WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE DOING WITH JAMES STREET POSITION? THEY ARE, UM, I THINK THERE'S VARIOUS WORK THERE PRIMARILY TO ELEVATE THE, UH, THE ELECTRICAL PANEL OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN. THERE MIGHT BE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE PUMP AND UM, I THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY GENERATED. YES, 16 FEET UP AND THE . RIGHT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, THAT TRIPS GENERATED WAS PROBABLY DONE AFTER THE ELECTRICAL STUFF, . BUT YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THOSE ISSUES. UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, LIKE I SAY, WE DID A 10 YEAR PLAN. IT IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE, SO, UM, DEFINITELY FILLS OUT OUR PROGRAM. THERE'S PROJECTS THAT EACH TREATMENT PLANT THAT BE DONE. UH, THE LAST ONE WOULD BE, WELL NOT THE LAST ONE, BUT, UH, WATER DISTRIBUTION IS THERE. IT UM, REFLECTS SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE, UM, PIPE BORDERLINE REPLACEMENT, THE, UH, ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPES THAT CRACK VERY EASILY. IT, IT CAUSED THE BIG ISSUE ON BAYWAY WITH THE OUTAGE SEATED THE ANTICIPATED. YES. THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED LAST HUNDRED YEARS . THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE PARK, C-I-P-I-I DID NOT GET ALL THE UPDATES. SO BIG PARK WANTED TO TALK THROUGH AND, UH, THEIR PART PROJECT. YEAH. UH, AS OUR FAULT REC DIDN'T SEND IN THE LIST IN TIME. UH, WE SENT IT IN LATE AND THEN I THINK FRANK HAD SOME OUT STAFF OUT THIS WEEK. BUT NONETHELESS, THAT NUMBER IS NATURALLY REDUCED, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, 820 FOR THE FIRST, UH, FY TWO SEVEN COLUMN. UH, SOME OF THIS WAS PUSHED UP WITHOUT PRIOR FUNDING. FOR INSTANCE, UH, TEJAS PARK, UH, WE HAD A REQUEST FOR $350,000 TO DO A PLAN FOR THAT, UH, TRANSFORMATION OF THAT PARK. AND THE 200 OR 2.5 WAS THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS THAT FOLLOWED IT. SINCE THE PLAN WAS NEVER CREATED, WE CAN MOVE THAT THERE AS WE CAN PUSH IT OUT. SO ANYWAY, WE'VE MADE QUITE A BIT OF ADJUSTMENTS. UH, UPDATE THAT OVER TO AND, UH, FIGURE THAT OUT. YOU'RE DOWN TO EIGHT 20? YEAH, WE'RE DOWN TO EIGHT 20 AND THEN 70 OF THAT CAN BE FUNDED ON, UH, DIFFERENT SOURCES TOO. SO IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT. THAT SEVEN, WHAT ABOUT 28? DID IT 28? I I'M AT 3.13 RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THAT, THAT INCLUDES 2.5 IN CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS. CHAOS PARK FOLLOWING THE PLAN. THAT'S FY TWO SEVEN. SO DID YOU MOVE THE, DID YOU GET THE JENKINS CLUBHOUSE OVER TO 29TH? WE MOVED JENKINS CLUBHOUSE BACK QUITE A BIT. UM, 30. YEAH, TO 30 30 FOR THE DESIGN. AND 31 WE, UH, SO Y TWO SEVEN WE'RE UH, 820, UH, FY TWO EIGHT IS AT 3.1, UH, 2 9 3 0.0. UH, AND 30 IS 3.4. [00:35:02] YOU SAY 31 4 30 CLUB 31 IS SIX. YEAH, BECAUSE THE JENKINS CLUBHOUSE'S INSTRUCTIONS THERE, DEPENDING ON GOING OUT THE BONDS OR OTHER FUNDING. JUST THE PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THOUGH. I'LL GET THIS. WHAT WHAT WAS YOUR PLANNING TO DO WITH MISSY DAVIDSON PARK? UH, MISSY DAVIDSON PARK IS A TRANSFORMATION. SO TOTAL OF THE FACILITY, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT, UH, THIS BASICALLY ALL IT IS RIGHT NOW IS A BASEBALL RAPID FACILITY. THERE'S NO PARKING LOT. THERE'S NO, IT, IT'S KIND OF A, A LARGE WHAT SPACE? UH, IT'S BEING USED BY WHOLE LEAGUE, BUT IT COULD BE. SO EVALUATE THE WHOLE FACILITY. THERE'S SOME INTERESTED IN THE GENTLEMAN THAT I TOLD I GET YOUR NUMBER WITH. HE'S INTERESTED IN DOING STUFF WITH THAT. MAYBE, MAYBE DOING SOME FUNDS TOO OUT. THERE'S NO PLAN RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THAT'S THE POINT. A LOT OF THIS STUFF WE NEED TO DESIGN PLAN FIRST. THEN THE EXPRESSION WE'RE STUCK ON GO REDESIGN IS WHERE IS DUKE HILL PARK? DUKE HILL. DUKE PARK RIGHT BEHIND LEHIGH SCHOOL. DUKE, WE CALL IT DUKE PARK. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. THOSE HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH FOR REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT BROUGHT THAT UP. THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON DUKE HILL PARKING IS JUST, WHERE THE HECK IS DUKE PARK? I THINK I KNOW WHAT COUNCIL YOU'RE TALKING. YEAH. SO IS HE FROM BAYTOWN? , HUH? HE FROM COMA. WAS HE FROM BAYTOWN? SHE SAID ALL 90 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. WHERE THE HELL IS TAKE APART ON THE OTHER SIDE? THE ROAD. HEY, UM, I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. UH, ONE THING THAT WE, WE WERE MOVING ALONG WITH POINT WHILE THAT WAS KIND OF A REOCCURRING EXPENSE WAS THE, UH, SHADE STRUCTURE AT PARKS. UH, JUST SO WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WE PUSHED ALL THOSE BACK ALL THE WAY TO WHAT? THIRD TO THE NEXT OF THOSE TAKING A PAUSE PER SE. IS THAT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'D STILL BE DOING? I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A A, A HOT BUTTON AND A REALLY, UM, UH, PROJECTS THAT WERE REALLY HIGHLY REGARDED FOR A WHILE THERE. BUT THAT WE TOLD TO PUT PAUSE ON THAT. THAT PAUSE WE HAVE OUT UNTIL 1230 RIGHT NOW. WE CAN CHANGE THAT OBVIOUSLY, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. YEAH, I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD ANYBODY. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING EITHER WAY, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BEFORE. SO JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR THOUGH, THAT PUTS THAT OUT TO 23RD, IS THAT, WHICH ONE DOES THAT? UH, THAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S IT, CARVER PARK RV HOLLOWAY PARK. SO YOU JUST TIED IT TO THE PARK AND NOT CORRECT SHADE STRUCTURE? CORRECT. WE, IN THE NEW ONE, WE, WE CALLED OUT SHADE STRUCTURE AND YOU GONNA GET THAT TO US? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN THEY USED TO BE LISTED MDD AND WE HAD TO EVERY YEAR FOREVER. AND THEN WHEN THAT SHIFTED FOR A COUPLE, OTHER THAN LEGAL FUNDINGS GOING, WELL HEAVILY SHADED PARTS FOR YOU THE TRUTH. YEAH, BUT THE COURT THEMSELVES, WHEN YOU OH, JUST THE BYPRODUCT TOO. WHEN YOU PUT A COVER OVER THE COURT THEMSELVES, YOU CAN ALSO PUT LINES IN THEM. YOU EVER SEE PEOPLE PLAYING BASKETBALL AT NIGHT WHEN YOU LEAVE COUNCIL EVERY TIME THERE'S PEOPLE THAT 50 FOOT, THEY'RE REALLY WELL USED AS WELL. I MEAN THE BASKETBALL COURTS WERE WELL RECEIVED. YEAH, THIS WAS THE COVER OF THOSE, COVER THOSE UP. THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED AT EVERY PLACE THEY PUT . YEAH, THEY PLAY AND WE SPRINKLED AROUND THESE DISTRICTS IN THE PAST AS WELL. BUT, UH, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE LIKE, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE CAUGHT. SURPRISE THAT, THAT THAT PUSHED BACK. UH, RIGHT NOW TWO OF THOSE ARE IN DISTRICT TWO AND I, I THINK THAT'S FINE. I CAN GIVE INSIGHT ON THOSE TWO. THE HOLLOWAY AND LEAGUE WOMEN. LEAGUE WOMEN'S, UH, YOU OR LAURA? LAURA. LAURA LAURA'S. I ONLY HAVE THREE. I HAVE THREE. AND A BUNCH OF EMPTY FIELDS. BIG EMPTY FIELD, 40 ACRES FIELDS. YOU SEND US A NEW CHART OR WHATEVER, MAYBE ADD SOME COMMENTS TO THAT. LIKE IT SAYS LEE OF WOMEN'S VOTERS, 28, 70,029 IS 380,000. WHATCHA YOU GONNA DO WITH IT? I HAD THAT SAME QUESTION TODAY. SO , I UNDERSTAND. I JUST AN EXAMPLE. JUST GIMME AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT DOING WITH IT. I LIKE THAT YOU'RE GONNA PULL OUT THE SHADE STRUCTURES. [00:40:01] 'CAUSE THEN YOU SAY, WELL, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SPENDING X AMOUNT ON THESE YEARS SHADE STRUCTURES AT THESE PARTS. I THINK THAT CLARIFIES TO ME, MAKES IT CLEARER TO OTHERS THAT, OH, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT JUST SPENDING X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AT DUKE HILL. OH, THAT'S FOR THE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURES EVERYBODY SEEMS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM, SO NOW JUST ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. TWO O'CLOCK. I KNOW, I KNOW. YEAH. I KIND OF PULLED IT UP AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I SAW ALL THIS LITTLE CHARTS WENT. HE'S GOT A PRESENTATION. SAYS HE'S LEAVING. YEAH, I DID TELL HIM I DOESN'T SCRATCH HERE. GIVE THE KISS LIKE A JOKE BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, ARE YOU GOOD TO FRANK WHEN HE RETIRES? 'CAUSE I GAVE DOG KIDS . APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT NOT HAPPEN. SHARON. NO I HAVEN'T. SORRY. UH, SO I HAVE, UH, SHARON T SHE'S, UH, ENGINEER. WELL SHE'S WITH LAN UM, AND SHE'S GONNA BE FILLING IN MY WHILE, WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR PERMANENT REPLACEMENT. UH, SHE IS A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SHE'S OVER OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. CAN BABY ? NO WAY. YOU'RE 30 YEARS OLD. HOW DO YOU HAVE 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE? SWEET. SHE'S LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WATCH IT? SHE COULD BE MEAN . THAT'S WHAT I WANTED OF HIM. MM-HMM . I AND I WORKED TOGETHER FOR THREE YEARS IN OUR LAST CITY THAT OH, . THAT WAS MY, UH, LAST CITY THAT I FOR WHAT IS THAT? WHAT CITY? BULL. BULL. YES. BUT THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME WAS SW MISSOURI CITY. OKAY. UH, SHORT STINT RIGHT ACROSS THE BRIDGE HERE AT LAPORT. OKAY. UH, AS A FILL IN, DID YOU GET THE DIRECTION THAT YOU NEED, SIR? WE'LL COME BACK. UM, WE'LL COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND MAYBE, UM, CONFIRM A FEW THINGS THAT, UH, AND THE SCHEDULES MIGHT NOT GO IN THERE. WHEN DOES THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BE? BECAUSE I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THEY LOOK AT, MAKES SENSE TO LIKE ALL THE SMALLER. HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS WITH OFFICER? NO. ADAMS OR MS. DENNIS AND WILL AJOUR THIS MEETING? YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT HONOR. SO PETE'S BEEN GONE A WHILE. THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW. UH, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, FARROW, YOU KNOW, HE PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT APPARENTLY LUKEY PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AND THE FUNERAL WAS THIS MORNING. HE WAS JUST NOT WELL PUBLICIZED. I MISSED IT. SO, SO SHE'S, SHE'S GONE. THEY WERE COMMITTED TO THE CITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SO SHARON, OKAY. ELLIOT, I'M ACTUALLY ON MUTE TONIGHT. SO YOU WERE A SHOE IN SHOE UNTIL YOU SAID YOU WORKED. YEP. ONE DID IT RIGHT THERE. UH, CHURCH. SO MATT. * 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.