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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.[Call to Order ]
FISH.UH, WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2023 REGULAR SESSION OF LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL, UH, AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING IN, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE HOLIDAYS, AND, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SETH.
I PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, TEXAS FLAG FLAG ONE STATE INDIVIDUAL.
IF YOU JOIN ME IN AN INVOCATION HERE, A HEAVENLY FATHER IN THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU BESTOWED ON US.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT OUR TROOPS AS THEY CONTINUE TO PROTECT US FROM THOSE THAT WANT TO TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOMS. PLEASE PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY LOOK OVER US EVERY DAY.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR TROOPS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY GIVE UP SO MUCH OF THEIR LOVED ONES TO PROTECT US ALL.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.
BE WITH THEM IN THE, IN THEIR DAILY LIVES AS THEY SERVE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE SERVE OUR CITIZENS, AND THAT YOU LOOK OVER THOSE WE REPRESENT.
[PRESENTATIONS ]
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF THE PPEG FUND, UH, COLLABORATION WITH BISD LAURA MARIE.YES, MAY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY.
THE COLLABORATION IS BASED ON THE USE OF PEG FUNDS AS A REMINDER, AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE PEG FUNDS ARE FUNDS THAT COMCAST GIVES US FOR FRANCHISE FEES, AND THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED USES.
WE USE THEM TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED TO CREATE CONTENT FOR THE MUNICIPAL CHANNEL.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PREVIOUS COUNCILS DETERMINED THAT THESE FUNDS WERE NOT BEING UTILIZED, AND THEY ENTERED INTO A COLLABORATION THAT WAS QUITE POPULAR AT THE TIME.
SIMPLY PUT, THE STUDENTS CREATE VIDEOS IN EXCHANGE FOR EQUIPMENT THAT HELP THEM TO DO THAT, AND WE'VE WORKED ON THIS ARRANGEMENT WITH THE BISD TO MAKE IT MORE ROBUST.
UM, SHERRY AND ALSO JOSE SANCHEZ HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING MAKE THAT COLLABORATION BETTER.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR WE BEGAN WORKING WITH A NEW TEACHER, ALEX MOLINA IS A FORMER BBC PRODUCER WHO NOW TEACHES AT BRAZOSPORT HIGH SCHOOL.
HE HAS CREATED A VIDEO CREW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN DURING OUR HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT EVENT.
AND ON SATURDAY AT THE PARADE OF LIGHTS.
TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT THOSE STUDENTS PRODUCED, BUT BEFORE I SHOW YOU THE HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT VIDEO, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. MOLINA AND LET HIM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW HE CREATED THE CURRICULUM FOR THE STUDENTS.
THEN WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO, AND FINALLY, WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE STUDENTS.
UM, AS MS. BERNARD SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M A TEACHER AT BRASS SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL.
I TEACH AUDIO, VISUAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN.
THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR, AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE KIDS RIGHT HERE, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER ONES.
UH, MY, UM, CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF, UH, REAL WORLD, UM, EXPERIENCE IN THE TELEVISION AND FILM, UH, INDUSTRY.
SO IT'S ALL HANDS-ON NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN UPGRADED PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE A STUDIO, WE HAVE A, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, AUDIO PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION SUCH AS, UH, PODCAST PRODUCTION AND VIDEO PRODUCTION AND, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN.
LIKE I SAID, UH, WE ARE, WE WORK, UH, HANDS-ON DAY IN, DAY OUT.
UH, WHEN WE COME IN, WE START, WE GET TO WORK, UH, ON, UH, PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, TELEVISION PRODUCTION, AND FILM PRODUCTION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, I I TAKE MY EXPERIENCE AND GIVE IT TO THE KIDS AS FAR AS HOW TO, UH, PRE DO PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION FROM, UH, IDEA TO PRODUCTION, TO DELIVERY OF MATERIAL SUCH AS VIDEO OR GRAPHIC DESIGN.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR DOING IT, AND THE KIDS ARE HARD WORKERS.
YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU SEE THEIR PASSION
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WHEN THEY DO THEIR WORK.SO YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WHAT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND AS AN ASIDE, WE LOST THEM DURING PARADE OF LIGHTS.
WE HAD A MAKESHIFT STUDIO, WHICH I HAVE TO THANK DAVID WALTON AND, UH, TINA AND TINA AND TINA FOUR.
AND AS SOON AS, UH, WE GOT BACK, WE LOOKED UP AND THEY WERE GONE.
THEY TOOK ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THEY STARTED INTERVIEWING PEOPLE ON THE STREET,
SO WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO WHEN IT, UH, WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED WITH IT.
UM, MILFORD, CAN YOU PLAY THE VIDEO? THERE IT GOES.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR NAMES JANICE? FREE.
AND WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? UH, CASHIER.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT, UH, THIS ENTIRE TRADITION?
ALL THE KIDS AND ALL THE GOOD SPIRIT.
HEY GUYS, WE'RE HERE WITH AN ALIEN.
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? I TAKE CARE OF THE FINANCES FOR THE CITY.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS TRADITION? UM, OH, AND I GUESS THE HUMAN BRAINS.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE SWEET.
AND I CAN BLEND IN WITH THE REST OF THE CROWD ON HALLOWEEN.
AND, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? I'M IN PERSONNEL.
I'M AN HR, A PERSONNEL GENERALIST, HUMAN RESOURCES.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS WHOLE TRADITION? THE KIDS.
I LOVE SEEING THE KIDS' COSTUMES, HOW HAPPY IT MAKES 'EM.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHAT'S HER NAME AND WHAT ARE Y'ALL? JESSICA, UM, MCKAY.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? IT'S VIVIAN AND I AM AN ARCHIVIST.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS TRADITION? WHAT? WATCHING THE KIDS, THEIR FACES.
THEY'RE JOY WHEN THEY COME AROUND, IS EVERYTHING.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? I AM JASMINE AND I AM THE PUBLIC WORK SECRETARY HERE.
HOW DOES IT, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS TRADITION AND HOW DOES IT FAIL TO KNOW YOU DECORATED THIS HALL? I WAS TIRED BECAUSE I DID IT BY MYSELF, BUT I LOVE THE, IT'S MY FAVORITE 'CAUSE MY BIRTHDAY'S LIKE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE WEEK.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS MILFORD JOHN WILLIAMS. UH, WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? UH, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON HERE IN CITY HALL.
AND I AM THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT HOSTING THIS HALLOWEEN? OH GOSH.
YOU'RE REALLY, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
UM, I ACTUALLY LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR ME 'CAUSE I GOTTA, I GOTTA LET THE KIDS HAVE SOME OF THE CANDY, SO.
AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMETHING LEFT OVER FOR ME TO TAKE.
HELLO, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? UH, MY NAME'S AMY CARPENTER AND I AM ENGAGED TO THAT GENTLEMAN OVER THERE.
HELLO, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? I'M VICKI MURRAY.
I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS HALLOWEEN TRADITION? OH, I LOVE SEEING ALL THE COSTUMES AND THE KIDS, THEY JUST ENJOY IT SO MUCH.
AND THE EMPLOYEES, WE REALLY ENJOY DRESSING UP AS WELL.
SO IT'S FUN AND DECORATING OUR HALLWAYS.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? I AM GERALD ROSKI AND I AM THE MAYOR.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS HALLOWEEN TRADITION? OH, JUST SEEING ALL THE KIDS.
UH, WE ENJOY SEEING 'EM ALL COME IN AND STUFF.
AND SOME OF 'EM ARE CITY EMPLOYEES, KIDS, AND SOME OF 'EM ARE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS, YOU KNOW, KIDS FROM COMMUNITY AND STUFF.
SO WE REALLY ENJOY JUST MAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO KIDS THAT COME OUT AND TRICK OR TREAT.
WHAT'S THIS ROOM? THIS IS WHERE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY DOES THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO YOU HAVE AREA HERE IS WHERE, UH, ASSISTANCE CAN COME IN AND SIT.
AND THEN THIS IS, THE DESK UP HERE IS ACTUALLY CALLED
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A DAIS.AND THIS IS WHERE WE SIT FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHAT DO YOU, JUST AS A DOCTOR.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE HALLOWEEN CANDY? YE AND MS. YE AND MS.
SO, UH, SOME PEOPLE GOT NEW NAMES, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO, UM, THE STUDENTS DID ALL OF THAT.
THEY DID IT ALL BY THEMSELVES AND THEY DID IT WITHIN THREE DAYS.
UM, SO NOW I WOULD LIKE THEM TO STAND UP AS I CALL THEIR NAMES.
UH, SABRINA, OR I'M SORRY, SANTANA URBANA.
THESE ARE THE TWO REPORTERS THAT YOU SAW.
WE HAVE THE CAMERA OPERATOR, JOAQUIN MORENO,
UM, JASMINE BROOKS IS A CAMERA OPERATOR AND AN EDITOR, AND THE BOTH OF THEM ARE THE FILM EDITORS.
I JUST HAPPENED TO PULL JASMINE'S VIDEO TODAY, BUT IF I HAD PULLED EDWARDS, IT WOULD'VE BEEN JUST AS GOOD AND JUST AS MUCH FUN.
UM, AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT FILM EDITING.
IT IS THE HARDEST PART OF ALL OF THIS.
AND, UH, THE FINAL PERSON IS MCKENZIE SMITH, WHO IS A CAMERA OPERATOR.
AND WHEN I MET HER, SHE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND SHE WAS GONNA COME.
IF SHE WAS GONNA BE IN A WHEELCHAIR, SHE WAS STILL GONNA SHOW UP.
SO, UM, THE STUDENTS HAVE A WHOLE LIST FOR THE NEXT SEMESTER.
UM, SO WE PLAN TO HAVE THEM BACK NEXT SPRING AND TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE AND SHOW YOU SOME MORE OF THE VIDEOS THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM.
I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH MR. MOLINA, AND I AM JUST VERY, VERY GLAD THAT THIS COLLABORATION IS WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD.
UM, IN CLASS, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH LEAVING WHENEVER YOU WANT TO, SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA HURT OUR FEELINGS.
SO YOU HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE SCHOOL.
NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS, UH, VISITORS' COMMENTS.
I THINK ALL OUR VISITORS HAVE LEFT.
SO WE HAVE VISITORS' COMMENTS.
IS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL ON ANY ITEM THAT IS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE CURRENT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR AGENDA? NOT SEE ANY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
[1. Consideration and approval of Ordinance No. 2279 authorizing the issuance of “City of Lake Jackson, Texas Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2023,” entering into a paying agent/registrar agreement and approving all other matters related thereto, first and final reading. – Joe Morrow/Dan Martinez ]
OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDAS.IS THERE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? ALL RIGHT.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.I'LL TRY TO READ THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
UH, ITEM ONE IS, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023, EXCEPT ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FOR PLANNING, COMMISSION, TRAFFIC COMMISSION, AND KEEP LAKE JACKSON.
UM, SECOND ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO NOVUS WOOD GROUP FOR WOOD GRINDING SERVICES AT THE UNIT RATE OF $2 AND 31 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD IN THE AMOUNT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $120,000 AS BUDGETED.
UH, SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 2 7 8, UH, RELEASING A PORTION OF THE CITY'S E EXTRA THAT WORD, UH, JURISDICTION EXTRA.
ANYWAY, TOO MANY T'S UH, JURISDICTION IN, UH, CITY TO THE CITY OF BRAZORIA.
UH, ITEM FIVE IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 3 5, APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL FISCAL YEAR 2023.
2024 TO THE AMOUNT, UH, FOR $5,000 IN GRANT REVENUE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
AND, UH, THE OFFSET EXPENSE OF $5,000.
RE UH, NUMBER SIX IS RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 9 3 6 AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2023.
GENERAL FUND, CIP BUDGET, $400,000 FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE RESTROOM RENOVATIONS.
ITEM SEVEN IS REDIFY THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, KING SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $94,289 FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF THE 300 BLOCK OF ACACIA SEWER LINE.
UH, AND 100 BLOCK OF ACACIA, UH, AND THE 100 BLOCK OF INDIAN HAWTHORNE, HAWTHORNE.
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ALL RIGHT.ITEM EIGHT, APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW AMBULANCE CHA UH, CABIN CHASSIS, UH, WITH A PATIENT COMPARTMENT, UH, REMOUNT FROM NAP CHEVROLET THROUGH HGAC CONTRACT, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 AS BUDGETED.
IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT AS PRESENTED.
HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SHANYA.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
NOW WE'RE JUMPING OFF IN REGULAR, UH, AGENDA, CONSIDERING APPROVE, UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 7 9 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS LIMITED TAX BOND SERIES 2023, ENTERING INTO A PAYING AGREEMENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO FIRST AND FINAL READING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JOE MORROW WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, ALSO HERE, DAN MARTINEZ WITH WINSTED, SERVING AS BOND COUNCIL.
UM, JUST I'LL START OFF THIS EVENING WITH A QUICK NOTE ON YOUR RATING.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE DID HAVE A CALL WITH BOTH MOODY'S AND STANDARD IN HOS.
UH, IN THAT CALL WAS JAMES, RIA AND MODESTO.
ALONG WITH THE, UH, ANALYSTS THAT WE, WE MET WITH SEPARATELY, BOTH AGENCIES CONFIRMED THEIR RATINGS.
MOODY'S AT AA ONE AND STANDARD IMPORTERS AT A DOUBLE A PLUS.
AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM, FROM PRIOR DISCUSSIONS RE REGARDING YOUR RATING, YOUR CREDIT STRENGTHS STILL REMAIN TO BE A VERY, VERY, VERY STRONG FINANCIAL, UH, RESERVE STRONG MANAGEMENT.
UM, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTS THAT YOU HAVE HELP PROVIDE STABILITY TO YOUR REVENUE SOURCES, AND YOU'VE GOT A ROBUST ECONOMY, AND THE CITIZENS HERE ARE ABOVE AVERAGE IN THEIR INCOME LEVELS.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE CREDIT CHALLENGES THAT THEY LIST ARE THE ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION IN PETROCHEMICAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE YOU THE GOOD, THEY GIVE YOU THE BAD, UM, ABOVE AVERAGE LEVERAGE.
THAT IS TRUE OF ABOUT EVERY CITY IN TEXAS, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GROWTH AND PEOPLE MOVE IN, WHICH IS, UH, NOT LIKE, UH, A CITY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THAT, UH, HAS NOT SEEN THE GROWTH THAT, UH, WE'RE SEEING HERE IN TEXAS.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THEY MENTIONED, UH, AND, AND POINTED OUT WAS AGING CAPITAL ASSETS.
AND, UH, THEY POINTED TO A METRIC OF, UH, 65%, I THINK IS WHAT THEY HAD THEY, THEIR METRIC AT FOR, UH, A DEPRECIATION RATIO.
BUT, UH, ALL IN ALL, AS YOU MAY RECALL, A DOUBLE A ONE AND AA PLUS IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS YOU CAN GET.
THE ONLY ONLY RATING ABOVE YOU IS AAA.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THE STRONG MANAGEMENT, UH, OF THE CITY AS YOU CONTINUE TO, UH, DO THE THINGS THAT SET YOU APART FROM YOUR PEERS.
THEN, REAL QUICKLY, BEHIND TAB NUMBER ONE, WE'VE GOT THE BOND BUYER INDEX.
THIS IS FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AND THIS IS A WEEKLY DATA POINT.
IT, IT SERVES THE PURPOSE OF GIVING US AN IDEA OF MARKET DIRECTION, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WHERE WE WOULD END UP.
BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, THAT WE BOTTOMED OUT IN LATE, UH, 2022 AND, UH, THEN RATES ROSE RAPIDLY AS WE CAME INTO THIS YEAR.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP, AND THEN THEY SPIKED BACK UP.
AND CURRENTLY WE'RE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNDRAFT HERE AS IT APPEARS THAT THE MARKETS BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE INCREASES IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE RATE MAY BE COMING TO AN END, AND THE ECONOMIC METRICS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWING IN THE ECONOMY.
UH, BEHIND TAB NUMBER TWO IS A LIST OF THE FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED BIDS TODAY.
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BIDS THAT CAME IN.I WAS, UH, A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS GOING INTO THIS SALE JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, UH, A VOLATILE MARKET, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL.
RATES HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN AND JUST, UH, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A WHIPSAW.
WE HAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, BE OPERATING, UH, TODAY OR THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION, UH, NOT PASS.
AND THEN WE HAD ALSO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UH, GOING AFTER SOME, SOME MORE COMPANIES, UH, THAT THEY CALL THE NET ZERO ALLIANCE FOR, UM, ENERGY.
UM, UM, I'M MISSING THE WORD HERE, NOT BEING NICE TO ENERGY, PUT IT THAT WAY.
NOT BEING ECONOMICALLY NICE OR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ENERGY COMPANIES.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN A WHILE.
I HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY BIDS, UH, IN A WHILE.
SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ANXIOUS THAT WE WERE THANKSGIVING WEEK AND THE MARKETS MIGHT BE SHUTTING DOWN, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
WE KIND OF CAME OUT AND WERE THE STAR OF THE SHOW.
WE WERE THE ONLY CITY IN TEXAS.
THERE WERE FIVE OTHER SALES, BUT, UH, THEY WERE NOT CITIES.
AND WE WERE THE HIGH GRADE CREDIT COMING TO MARKET WITH A A ONE AA PLUS.
I THINK THAT ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION ACROSS, UH, THE COUNTRY AS A LOT OF THESE THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE BASED, UH, OUTSIDE OF TEXAS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD FOR US.
WE GOT THE, UH, WE GOT THE VISIBILITY THAT WE WANTED.
3.86 WAS THE WINNING BID FOR, UH, RW BAIRD.
AND JUST TAKE NOTE OF THE SECOND PLACE BID THERE OUT BY A 0.005.
SO THAT'S FOR US, THAT'S A PHOTO FINISH THERE.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON A VERY GOOD, UH, SHOWING IN THE MARKETS, UH, BEHIND THE NEXT TAB.
UH, TAB THREE IS JUST A, UH, DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE WITH THE SEMI-ANNUAL PAYMENTS IN THE, IN THE FISCAL TOTAL THERE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UH, WE DID RESIZE THIS ONCE THE BIDS CAME IN AND WE KNEW WHO OUR WINNER WAS.
I RESIZED TO BE SURE THAT WE WERE GONNA WIND UP WITH 16,500,000 INTO CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
THEY DID SELL WITH A PREMIUM, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THE BOND PAR SIZE AT 15,000,830.
THEY PAID US MORE THAN THE FACE VALUE.
UM, AND, UH, THAT GOT US TO THE 16 AND A HALF MILLION PLUS PAID OUR COST OF ISSUANCE.
THEN AGAIN, BEHIND TAB NUMBER FOUR, YOU WILL FIND THE RATING REPORTS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN YOU HAVE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND READ THROUGH THOSE, UH, THAT IS THE OPINION THAT WE PAY TO HAVE PUT ON OUR BONDS TO HELP US SELL THEM, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE DO PAY THEM FOR THEIR OPINION AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO US, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GET AA ONE AA PLUS.
UH, SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU AWARD THE BONDS TONIGHT TO RW BAIRD.
UH, DAN, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE AWARD OR WHERE WE GO FROM HERE? WELL, UH, I THINK, UH, I MENTIONED SOME OF YOU, UH, JOE HAD TO CRYSTAL THE BALL.
WE WENT TO THE MARKET RIGHT TIME, UH, GOT LUCK WITH NINE BIDS AND REAL COMPETITIVE RATE.
YOU SEE, UH, NEXT STEPS THAT THE COUNCIL SO APPROVES, UH, WE'LL NOTIFY THE WINNING BIDDER.
AND THEN THE JOB GETS MONTH FOR ME, WE'LL OUT EVERY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL MOVE OUR
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE READ? YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THAT COUPON? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT SIGNIFY? THE, UH, THE COUPONS THAT YOU SEE, THERE ARE THE RATE THAT THE CITY PAYS ON THE DEBT, AND THE WAY THAT THEY GET TO THE PREMIUM IS THEY SELL, UH, AT A YIELD TO, TO YIELD LESS THAN THAT.
MOST OF THEM WERE A THREE HANDLE YIELD.
SO SAY IF I'VE GOT A 5% COUPON AND YOUR, YOUR YIELD IS A 3.21, FOR INSTANCE, THEN YOU ARE PAYING MORE THAN THE FACE VALUE OF THE BOND TO GET THAT YIELD.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GENERATED ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY US, UM, MORE THAN THE 15,000,830.
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ACTUALLY WOUND UP PAYING US 16 MILLION, ABOUT $16,640,000.SO THEY GENERATED PREMIUM OFF THAT.
SO CHANGES THROUGH THE, TO THE TERM TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IN 2042, IT'S ONLY 4.125, YOU WOULD THINK THAT'D BE FIXED, RIGHT? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT TERM MEANS.
YEAH, UM, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING AND I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE IN HERE THAT, UH, WOULD, UH, SHOW THIS, BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN INTO THE LONG YEARS, LIKE 2038, THAT BOND, UH, IS A 4% COUPON AND A 4% YIELD.
SO THAT PARTICULAR MATURITY SOLD AT PAR.
THAT NEXT ONE DOWN BELOW IT, THAT'S A 4% AND 2039 THAT SOLD AT A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCOUNT BECAUSE ITS PAR VAL OR ITS YIELD WAS JUST OVER 4%.
SO IT IS JUST A MATTER OF THE WAY THAT THEY STRUCTURE THE BID, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE WE AWARD ON A TRUE INTEREST COST THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY.
SO WE'RE, THEY, WE DISCOUNT BACK, WE FIND THE RATE THAT DISCOUNTS EVERYTHING BACK TO THE PART AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SELLING.
AND, UH, SO ON THE LONG END THERE, IT, THEY, THEY LIKE TO HAVE THE LOWER COUPONS, WHICH IS WHY THEY STRUCTURED THEM TO SELL AT A DISCOUNT.
PLUS THOSE BONDS THAT WENT OUT LONG FROM ABOUT 2038 TO 2043 PROBABLY DID NOT GO TO INSTITUTIONS.
THOSE PROBABLY WENT TO INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A BARGAIN.
I PAID LESS THAN FACE VALUE I BOUGHT AT A DISCOUNT.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S MORE, UH, A DIFFERENT FEELING THAN AN INSTITUTIONAL BUYER HAS.
THE INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ACTUALLY WANTS THE PREMIUM BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM SOME PROTECTION WHEN RATES MOVE AGAINST THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW MANY BIDDERS DO WE NORMALLY HAVE? WHAT'S AVERAGE DO YOU THINK? YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND FIVE BIDDERS.
DO YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR US TO APPROVE? I DO HAVE THE, I HAVE THE ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF LEE JACKSON, TEXAS LIMITED TAX BOND SERIES 22 3, ENTRY INTO A PAID AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.
HAVE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE.
DO WE GOTTA DO WAIVE THE, WE'RE GONNA DO FIRST AND FINAL.
DID WE GOTTA, IS MESSING UP? UH, I GUESS WE HAVE TO FIRST AND FINAL.
SO FIRST I NEED TO REQUEST A WAIVING THE FIRST AND FINAL.
I WOULD MOVE THAT WE WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE TWO READINGS AND, UH, GET IT DONE ON FIRST AND FINAL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW, MOTION FOR THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE ON FIRST AND FINAL MR. MAY MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE, UH, ON FIRST AND FINAL AS PRESENTED BY, UH, CITY MANAGER.
JUST NOW SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A SIGN OPPOSED SOMEBODY? OKAY.
[2. Award bid and authorize the City Manager to enter a contract with HTI Construction for North Shady Oaks, Pin Oak, Pin Oak Ct., Forest Oaks, and Sycamore residential street reconstruction in an amount not exceeding $4,008,500. - Sal Aguirre ]
UH, ALL RIGHT.NEXT ITEM IS ITEM TWO IS AWARD BID AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER OF INJURY CONTRACT WITH HT HTI, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR NORTH SHADY OAKS, PINE OAKS, PINE OAK COURT, FOREST OAKS, AND SYCAMORE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
RECONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,008,500.
SO, MILFORD, COULD YOU GO TO THE, UH, LITTLE SKETCH EXHIBIT? YES, THANK YOU.
UH, WE, UH, OPEN UP BIDS ON NOVEMBER THE FIRST ON THE FULL NEIGHBORHOOD THERE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON SCREEN, PRIMARILY NORTH SHADY OAKS AND ALL THOSE STREETS THAT ARE FORMED, THAT PARTICULAR NETWORK.
UH, WE ALSO INDICATE TWO LITTLE SECTIONS THERE THAT I WILL, UH, GET TO.
UH, WHENEVER I READ THOSE, UH, THOSE BIDS, THERE WERE TWO, UH, BIDDERS.
UH, TYPICALLY THESE WOULD BE, TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL BIDDERS, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO LOCAL STREETS,
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A LOT OF THE CONTRACTORS, UH, STAY AWAY FROM THE CITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WHOEVER BIDS ON US, THE LOCAL IS USUALLY, UH, SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN'T REALLY COMPETE WITH.UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAD TWO, UH, UH, HTI AND MATULA OUTTA LAKE JACKSON, UH, HTI WAS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER HERE WITH A BASE BID OF ABOUT 3.6 4 4 7 0 2, WITH 365 DAYS CALENDAR DAYS AS IS TIMELINE.
UH, MATULA, YOU, YOU CAN SEE FROM THERE, YOU, THEY HAVE ABOUT, UH, CLOSER $200,000 OVER THAT AMOUNT WITH A 480 DAY CALENDAR DAYS.
UH, WHEN WE, UH, WE, UH, REVIEWED THE SUBMIT SUBMITTALS TO US, ALL THE MATH WAS, UH, CONFIRMED AND, UH, THERE WASN'T ANY ERRORS IN THE, IN THEIR MATH.
SO, UH, THE BASE BID, THE BASE BID IS PRIMARILY, LIKE I SAID, ALL THOSE STREETS THERE THAT, THAT ARE CROSS HATCHED AND NOT THE ONES THAT ARE INDICATED IN COLOR.
UH, THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT WAS IS BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY VERY TIGHT ON THE PARTICULAR BUDGET.
UH, AND, UH, WHEN WE SAW THE RESULTS THERE, WE TRIED TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD SOMEWHAT, UH, UH, FACE THE PROJECT IN, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, DO ALL THOSE JOBS WITH THE ALLOWANCE THAT WE SET ASIDE.
BUT WE CAN'T PROMISE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PROMISE THAT DELIVERY UNTIL THE PROJECT IS WELL INTO IT'S, UH, IT'S PROGRESS.
UH, SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WE HAVE SELECTED, UH, JUST ONE OF THOSE, UH, ALL THE COMMERCIAL AREAS WERE THE ONES THAT WE SEPARATED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS BECAUSE THE VOTERS, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEIR INTEREST WAS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY VOTED ON WHEN, UH, THE BOND ISSUE WAS, WAS PUT OUT FOR, FOR VOTING.
SO, UH, WITH THAT IN HAND, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UH, THAT YOU AWARD THE BID, UH, TO HTI, UH, OF ROSENBERG, HTI HAS DONE WORK BEFORE HERE IN LAKE JACKSON FOR US.
AND, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THIS PARTICULAR JOB.
WE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THEIR NUMBERS AND ALSO ON THE TIME ELEMENT, BECAUSE THE TIME WAS SOMEWHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT WE SAW WAS A LITTLE BIT, UH, HAD A DIFFERENCE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CALENDAR DAYS, UH, THEY WERE TAKING THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD US THAT THEY HAD GIVEN THEM, THAT THEY HAD PUT ALL A GOOD THOUGHT TO WHAT IT WAS, THAT THEY HAD COVERED THEIR COST ASSOCIATED WITH TIME.
SO, GIVEN THAT WE THEN DECIDED TO GIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD, UH, THEY, UH, WE HAVE ALSO, THERE'S, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDED THAT HTI BE THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE AMOUNT OF 3.7 3, 4 8, 3 $8 MILLION.
UH, AND, UH, THAT CONSISTS ALSO OF THE PORTION, THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF SYCAMORE BEING ONE OF THE MAJOR, UH, IT'S REAL, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD COLLECTOR OR, AND, AND IN SOME CASES SERVES AS A, UH, AN ARTERIAL FOR, FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND NOT ONLY THAT PARTICULAR AREA, BUT ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN INTO, INTO THE, UH, OYSTER CREEK, UH, CONNECTION.
UH, SO, UH, AND WE HAVE ALSO NOW PUT IN A CONTINGENCY THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU COULD ALSO APPROVE OF TO 7.3%, 273,000 6, 6 6 2, UH, TOTALING A TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED OF $4,008,500.
THE, UH, ADD ALTERNATES THAT REMAIN IN QUESTION THAT WE HOPE, THAT WE HOPE THAT WE CAN, UH, COMPLETE WITH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THAT, UH, ALLOWANCE ITEM THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE PROVIDED IS, UH, THAT $185,000 THAT YOU SEE AS AN AT ALTERNATE.
SO THE ALTERNATES ARE THE RED SECTIONS UP THERE, OR THE COLORED SECTION? THAT'S THE COLORED SECTION, YEAH.
THE TWO RED SECTIONS, UH, AMOUNT TO 185,000.
HCI, THEY'VE DONE WORKFORCE US IN THE PAST, OR? YES,
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UH, YES.THEY HAVE DONE SEVERAL JOBS ALONG THE, ALONG THE PAST.
THEY WERE PRIMARILY A UTILITY, A UTILITY COMPANY, A DRAINAGE COMPANY.
UH, THEY DID THE YON STREET, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECT, UH, BRIDGE AND DRAINAGE PROJECT FOR US.
BUT THEY HAVE ALSO DONE OTHER, OTHER, SEVERAL OTHER TYPE OF CONCRETE PROJECTS.
ANYTHING THIS BIG, THE SAME SCOPE? UH, YES, THE, UH, THE, THAT PARTICULAR JOB WAS BIG.
THE ONE FOR DRAINAGE, UH, WAS IN THE SAME ORDER.
WHAT PERCENTAGE AND CHANGE ORDERS DID YOU GOT FROM THEM LAST TIME? UH, VERY LITTLE.
IF NOT, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.
THEY KNOW HOW WE WORK, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE INTO IT.
AND THAT'S INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING TOO? YES, CORRECT.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES EVERYTHING AND WATER, SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS, SO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, AND AL ALSO, UH, MAUL AND TULA BEING A LOCA.
UH, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT IN BETWEEN THEM TWO, THAT THEY BEAT THEM BY BIG AMOUNT, JUST BEING LOCA AND THE CATTLE DAYS.
AND DID THEY REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT, HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT THAN THE CALENDAR DAYS OR ANYTHING? UH, NO.
UH, DEPENDING, IT ALL DEPENDS ON REALLY THE WORKLOAD THAT THEY HAVE.
AND, UH, HT I IS SMALLER CONTRACTOR, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THE WORKLOAD IS THAT THEY PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE, UH, NEED TO HAVE ALL THESE, UH, ENGAGEMENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP ON GOING.
UH, SO, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS, THAT CREATES A TIME DIFFERENCE.
I MEAN, THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE IN, IN, IN CALENDAR DAYS, WORK TIME, THAT THEY PROPOSE IT ON OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
WHAT THE STANDARD WIDTH IS 27 FOOT, THAT'S A STANDARD LOCAL STREET.
SO, I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STREET PARKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ONE OPTION WE HAD WAS TO REDUCE THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE SIDEWALKS TO MAKE OUR STREETS A LITTLE BIT WIDER.
THERE'S, MY QUESTION IS, IS AS WE'RE DOING THESE RENOVATIONS, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE STREET PARKING IS A PROBLEM.
UH, OR SO IS THE COST OF CONCRETE, SO CORRECT.
WHAT DO WE DO IN ALL THE RECONSTRUCTIONS LATELY, AND FOR, FOR SOME TIME NOW, IS THAT WE CONNECTED THE SIDEWALKS TO THE STREET MAKING AN ACTUALLY WHAT LAST, WHAT SEEMS TO BE A, A LARGER EXPANSIVE CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
THERE, IT HELPS US IN TWO WAYS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE SIDEWALK ITSELF IS MECHANICALLY TIED TO THE, THE STRONGER YEAH.
IT'S ACTUALLY ACTUALLY TIED MECHANICALLY THROUGH DOWELS AND, AND BEAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHAT THAT CREATES IS, FIRST OF ALL, STABILITY TO THE SIDEWALK, WHICH WE KNOW TENDS TO JUST MOVE EVERYWHERE WITH DROUGHTS AND WITH, UH, WET PERIODS, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA.
UH, ALSO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A, UH, WE, I MEAN, IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT A LOT OF PE A LOT OF THE PARKING PEOPLE START JUMPING INTO THAT SIDEWALK, MAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM BETWEEN, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE DO NOT REALLY RECOMMEND THAT, BUT, UH, THAT DOES HAPPEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A COMBINATION, BUT WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING THE SIDEWALKS IN.
WE'RE NOT WIDENING THE STREETS OUT TO THE SIDEWALK.
NO, WE WOULD'VE TO WIND THE PAVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE COST ITSELF WOULD ALMOST MISS HAVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
LOOK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BACK THE NAPKIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE OF WIDENING THE STREET, I THINK MAYBE TWO OR THREE FEET, AND THAT WAS ABOUT A, I WANNA SAY A 30% INCREASE IN THE, IN THE PRICE.
IT COST, IT DOES CREATE A LOT OF COST.
IT WAS, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE JUST DIDN'T COST PROHIBITIVE, DIDN'T REALLY EXPLORE.
I MEAN, WE CAN, UH, IN THE FUTURE, IT'LL JUST, THE NUMBER OF STREETS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO WE'LL, WE'LL DWINDLE, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAVE DONE A, UM, A, A FORMAL BID WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR TWO OPTIONS BECAUSE REALLY, IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO ENGINEER.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND ENGINEER IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS, UH, REQUEST TO AWARD BID.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD THE BID AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH HTI CONSTRUCTION FOR NORTH SHADY OAKS PIN OAK PIN OAK COURT FOUR STOKES AND SYCAMORE RESIDENTIAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION, IN AN AMOUNT, NOT EXCEEDING 4,008,500.
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ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH.I SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[3. Award bid and authorize the City Manager to enter a contract with Noble Construction for the Fire Station No. 1 Restroom Renovation project in an amount not exceeding $358,450. – Sal Aguirre ]
ON TO YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP THERE.YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT RESTROOM? COME BACK.
ITEM THREE, AWARD BID AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ENTER, ENTER A CONTRACT WITH, UH, NOBLE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FIRE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE, RESTROOM REST RENOVATION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO, NOT EXCEEDING 358.
DO THOUSAND DOLLARS $450, SORRY.
UH, THIS IS A RERUN OF, UH, THE BID THAT WENT BEFORE IT.
THAT, UH, WE HAD TO REJECT PRO, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF CONFUSION.
CONFUSION IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL, UH, THE, THE BID WAS ACTUALLY FRAMED.
UH, AND, UH, THAT CREATED, UH, SOME CONCERN FROM US THAT THE, UH, CONTRACTORS DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT, UH, SCOPE THE WAY, UH, THE WAY IT WAS FORMULATED BY THE, UH, BY THE ARCHITECT.
UH, WE DECIDED THAT TO, UH, MAKE EVERYTHING SQUARE, UH, WE HAD TO REJECT THAT, UH, THE LOW BID AND GO BACK AGAIN TO, TO BID.
SO WE ARE COMING IN HERE NOW WITH THAT SECOND, UH, SECOND TRY.
UH, THE, UH, CONT THE CO THE COMPETITORS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
UH, NOBLE CONSTRUCTION WAS THE SECOND LITTLE BIDDER THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
GAM UH, CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, WAS NOT IN THAT, UH, IN THAT GROUP LAST TIME.
UH, THEY ARE THE ONES DOING THE CITY HALL, UH, UH, RESTROOM, UH, WORK RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE FIRST TIME AROUND, NOBLE CONSTRUCTION CAME OUT WITH 378,000.
SO THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THAT FIRST TIME OF ABOUT $20,000.
AND, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GONE TOO MANY TIMES TO THE WELL TO, UH, WE DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE MOST PRUDENT THING TO DO NOW, IS TO ACCEPT THAT BID FOR THAT 358,450 AND, UH, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 300 8300 $80,000.
UH, THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE ORDER POSSIBILITIES IF, IF WE NEED THAT OR AN ALLOWANCE ITEM.
UH, THE AVAILABLE BUDGET AMOUNT IS THREE 80, SO THEREFORE THAT'S THE, THE LIMIT THAT WE SET FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, AS A SIDE NOTE, THE, UH, ORIGINAL LOW BIDDER, UH, BROUGHT IN A BID, BUT HE DROPPED IT AT THE WRONG PLACE.
WE WEREN'T AWARE, WE NEVER OPENED IT BECAUSE WE CANNOT OPEN ANYTHING THAT IS NOT OPEN.
SO WE RETURNED THAT BID, UH, UNOPENED.
SO WE DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT THEY INTENDED TO, OR WHAT THIS, UH, THEIR NEW BID WAS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT? AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR, THIS IS FOR REPIPING, THE WHOLE CORRECT.
FULL FIRE STATIONS, NOT, THAT INCLUDES A COUPLE POTTIES.
THEY, THEY HAVE TO CHANGE ALL THE PLUMBING.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, THIS ITEM THREE, MR. MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE, UH, AWARD THE BID AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH NOBLE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 358,450 AS REQUESTED.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
ANY FURTHER? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[4. Approve the selection of Bass Construction and WeBuildTexas as shortlist candidates for Construction Manager at Risk for the contract of the Animal Control Facility and authorize the City Manager to request the proposal from the shortlisted general contractor. – Riazul Mia ]
ON TO ITEM FOUR.APPROVE, UH, THE SELECTION OF VAST CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE BUILD TEXAS A, A SHORT LIST, UH, CANDIDATES FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE CONTRACT OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST A PROPOSAL FROM THE SHORTLISTED, UH, GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
UM, WE WENT OUT FOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION IN OCTOBER, AND WE JUST RECEIVED LAST THURSDAY, UM, TWO QUALIFICATION.
UH, SO THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS.
SO WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE TWO.
SO NOW WE WILL GET THE PROPOSAL WITH THE MAXIMUM GUARANTEED PRICE OF $3.7 MILLION CONSTRUCTION.
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THIS WILL BE NO CHANGE ORDER.AND SO ONCE YOU COUNCIL APPROVE, WE'LL SEND THEM THE NOTICE TOMORROW AND THEY WILL HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER EIGHT TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL.
AND WE HOPE TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER.
SO AGAIN, EVERYBODY THAT PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT, THEY KNEW OF WHAT OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WERE.
THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT, THAT NOW WE PROVIDE US THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THEIR BEAT COST, THEIR PROFIT, EVERYTHING.
SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL BE THE COST.
AND BASED ON THAT, WE WILL, WE'LL SELECT ONE SO'S THE SAME PROCESS THAT BISG IS USING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
AND THIS, THIS COST INCLUDES THE WITHDRAWING OF EVERYTHING.
THE
SO THAT'S A, RIGHT, THAT'S, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE COST.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, SEVEN, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
THE PART OF THIS COST WILL BE, HAVE A DETAILED COST ESTIMATE BASED ON THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
SO THE, ALL THE ARCHITECTURAL COSTS WE'VE SEPARATED OUT AND WE'VE JUST KEPT WITH A 3.7 MILLION, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUC, BUDGET CONSTRUCTION.
SO REALLY WHAT WE FUND THE A, THE ARCHITECT WITH IS THE, UM, WITH THE INTEREST THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE BOND AND JUST KIND OF SET ASIDE THE 3.7 MILLION COMPLETELY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE THOUGH, FOR SURE.
SO THIS IS A RISK AT THE, AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE WINDSTORM, RIGHT? THIS TYPE OF, UH, YES.
SO SOMEBODY HAS TO WATCH FOR THAT.
SO I'M TRUSTING THAT YOU'LL BE YES, SIR.
AND THAT'S WHY THE ARCHITECT, WE DIDN'T LET HIM FINISH THE DESIGN.
HE ONLY DID 60% SO HE CAN MEET WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN $3.7 MILLION.
AND THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE'RE DOING FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE BIDS TO THIS POINT IS REMOVING THE SECOND, SECOND STORY, AIR CONDITIONING AND CHANGE IN AIR CONDITIONING.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? CHANGING AIR CONDITION? UH, CHANGING THE SIDES, BECAUSE INITIALLY IT WAS ALL CONCRETE, UH, PARKING LOT WE GET RID OF THAT WE DON'T NEED.
SO WE, WE TRY TO CUT WHATEVER WE CAN TO BUILD THE FACILITY.
SO WHAT KIND OF PARKING LOT WE TALKING ABOUT? IT'S GONNA BE ASPHALT, ASPHALT, PARKING LOT, TEXAS HEAT.
THEY DON'T SURVIVE VERY WELL EVERYWHERE.
COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE ASPHALT PARKING LOT.
SO I APPRECIATE RHE AND SAL, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGING THE ARCHITECT TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, PROJECT BACK INTO BUDGET.
SO ON THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA START THE NEW PROCESS WHERE WE BRING WINDSTORM INTO TO VERIFY EVERYTHING AHEAD OF TIME.
YES, WE WILL HAVE THE ARCHITECT HIRE THE WINDSTORM, NOT THE IN ADVANCE, NOT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM? YEP.
NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM FOUR, MR. MAYOR, TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF BASS CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE BILL TEXAS AS A SHORTLIST CANDIDATES FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE CONTRACT OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST A PROPOSAL FROM SHORTLISTED GENERAL CONTRACTOR AS PRESENTED.
AND, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[5. Approve the selection of consultant Gauge Engineering, LLC, and authorize the City Manager to negotiate a contract to assist in applying for flood control project grants. - Riazul Mia ]
ON TO ITEM FIVE.APPROVE THE SELECTION OF CONSULTANT, UH, GAGE ENGINEERING LLC AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT TO ASSIST IN APPLYING FOR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT GRANTS.
MR. MIA? YES, MR. MAYOR? UH, THIS IS, WE, I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL TO GET THE COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO WE ARE SELECTING THIS ENGINEER.
UH, THERE IS A GRANT AVAILABLE COMING IN IN JANUARY.
AND THE BOND YOU JUST APPROVED, WE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, UM, TO DO THIS PROJECT.
SO THE IDEA IS IF WE CAN GET SOME GRANT MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT THE, THE BOND, UH, SO THAT WILL FREE UP BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE CAN, WE WILL BE NOT ABLE TO FINISH THOSE PROJECTS.
AND SO THIS WILL BE, UH, FOR THE GRAND MONEY, WHICH REQUIRES 25% MATCH, UH, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE BECAUSE OF THE BOND SALE YOU GUYS DID.
AND MR. ME IS, SPEAKING OF THE BOND, IT'S REALLY THE $12.1 MILLION PROJECT OUT OF THE 16 AND A HALF, WHICH IS THE MOSS CHESTNUT WISTERIA PROJECT.
WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY PROJECTING THAT'S GONNA BE A SHORTFALL.
SO THAT'S THE PROJECT WE'RE SUBMITTING, YOU KNOW, HOPING WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND IT REALLY WILL BE THE DRAINAGE COMPONENT OF IT.
YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $10 MILLION DRAINAGE, WHICH WILL BE JUST THE DRAINAGE.
CLEARLY THESE ARE, UH, THESE ARE FEDERAL FUND COMING FROM
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THE STATE THROUGH THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.AND WE'LL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT STRINGS ARE ATTACHED WITH ANY GRANTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, ITEM FIVE? I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF CONSULTANT GAGE ENGINEERING, LLC, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT TO ASSIST IN APPLYING FOR FLOOD CONTROL GRANT PROJECT GRANTS.
ALRIGHT, A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH.
SECOND, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER.
UH, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WITH THIS.
I MEAN, THIS IS, I MEAN, NO, THEY DON'T GET PAID IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, IS IT? NO, NO.
WE, THEY'LL GET THE, WE HAVE TO PAY THEM TO APPLY THE GRANT.
THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK AND SO, WELL, SO WE'LL NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR, UH, I BELIEVE APPROVAL, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND I, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE UP TO THE THRESHOLD.
SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF THESE.
SO WE, YOU HAD GIVEN A, THERE'S 50,000 OR LESS.
SO IF IT'S LESS, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE IT.
IF IT'S MORE, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
LET'S LET US KNOW, REGARDLESS, I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY.
[6. Approve change order #1 in the amount of $17,612.88 and change order #4 in the amount of $5863.53 for the foundation of the Beechwood Chemical Building and the extra cost of the door to comply with the windstorm requirement. The new design of the slab was submitted after the contractor received feedback from the Windstorm Engineer, and the inspector recommended the change. ]
WE HAVE, UH, ITEM SIX, APPROVE, UH, CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,612 AND 88 CENTS.AND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,863 AND 53 CENTS FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE BEACHWOOD CHEMICAL BUILDING.
AND THE EXTRA COST OF THE DOOR TO COMPLY WITH WINDSTORM REQ, UH, REQUIREMENT.
THE NEW DESIGN OF THE SLAB WAS SUBMITTED AFTER THE CONTRACT RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM WINDSTORM ENGINEERING, UH, THE INSPECTOR, UH, RECOMMENDED THE CHANGES.
UM, WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT BEACHWOOD CHEMICAL BUILDING ONE MORE TIME.
AND WE HAVE GONE BACK AND GONE THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS.
WE'VE MET, UM, SAL AND R AND I HAVE GONE OVER THIS THING AGAIN.
UH, I KNOW LAST TIME YOU ASKED FOR A ROOT COWS ANALYSIS, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY DO WE NEED THIS CHANGE? SO BASICALLY, IF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, IF THE WINDSTORM WAS SPECKED OUT BY US, THEN WE WOULD'VE KNOWN GOING INTO, UM, BEFORE WE GAVE IT TO THE CONTRACTOR, WE WOULD'VE KNOWN WHAT CHANGES NEEDED TO BE MADE.
UM, THE WAY WE DID IT, WE LEFT IT UP TO THE CONTRACTOR TO HIRE THE WINDSTORM ENGINEER, AND THEN HE BROUGHT BACK TO US THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO, UM, PASS THE INSPECTION.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, HAVE A WINDSTORM REVIEW BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE SLAB OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, IS NOT UP TO SNUFF, WE'LL KNOW THAT IT WON'T BE ON THE CONTRACTOR.
AND I WOULD ADD, WE NORMALLY DO THAT ON, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS, LIKE WHEN WE BUILD AN ANIMAL SHELTER OR THE REC CENTER AND STUFF.
BUT I THINK THIS, THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE IT WAS A UTILITY, AN ANCILLARY UTILITY TYPE BUILDING, IT WENT PAST OUR, YOU KNOW, RADAR.
'CAUSE USUALLY WE HAVE AN ARCHITECT THAT DOES THAT AND THE ARCHITECTS ARE VERY FAMILIAR ON MM-HMM.
BUT SINCE IT WAS AN ANCILLARY BUILDING, IT JUST KIND OF WENT, IT JUST PASSED OUR RADAR WITH THE ENGINEERING STUFF AND DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE SAME, YOU KNOW, VETTING PROCESS OF, SO WE SHOULD HAVE A CHECKLIST FOR ANY ITEMS TO BE SENT TO BID.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A CHECK MARK THIS EVERYTHING WAS COVERED.
AND I REALLY WOULD THINK, MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THAT TO THE CHECKLIST THAT WE DON'T, I'M NOT GOING THROUGH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE, WE DIDN'T LEARN FROM OUR PREVIOUS, UH, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED ON, I I, I DON'T RECALL IT EVER HAPPENING ON A MAJOR FACILITY LIKE THE REC CENTER CIVIC CENTER, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY OF THE MAJOR FACILITIES WHERE WE, I THINK THERE WAS SOME ROOF ISSUES THAT WE REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT, UH, THAT THEY WERE NOT, UH, WINDSTORM RADIO.
YOU NEED TO HAVE IT ON A, A CHECKOFF LIST.
WE AGREE, ESPECIALLY ON, ESPECIALLY ON THESE UTILITY BUILDINGS AND STUFF.
AND, AND ALSO MAYOR, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS, WE HAVE A PREVIOUS ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE BUILDING, THE NEW CONSULTANT, WE DIDN'T ALLOW THEM TO REDESIGN IT, SO WE FORCED THEM TO USE THE OLD DESIGN.
SO, AND WHY DID WE END UP WITH A NEW, WHEN WE HAD OUR WATER EVENT, WE BROUGHT HR GREEN ON, AND THEN DURING THAT PROCESS WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO RE-LOOK AT OUR WHOLE CHLORINE IZATION SYSTEM.
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BID WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROJECT.WE HAD BID THAT AND IT'D COME IN HIGH, WE WERE GOING TO BID IT AGAIN.
BUT RATHER WE, WHAT WE WIND UP DOING IS WE MARRIED THESE TWO, TWO PROJECTS SINCE WE WERE GOING OUT FOR OUR MAJOR CHANGE IN REORGANIZATION.
THE WAY WE CHLORINATED, UH, THE WATER, WE DECIDED TO USE HR GREENNESS AS THE LEAD.
AND WE SAID, HERE'S THE PLAN FOR THE BUILDING, PLEASE USE IT.
AND I THINK THEY WERE REALLY ASKING TO REDESIGN IT AND WE SAID, WE HAVE A LOT INVESTED IN THE DESIGN
AND SO, UH, THEY TOOK THE LEAD ON, ON THE PROJECT AND THEN TOOK THAT, THOSE PLANS AND INCORPORATED INTO THEIR, AND THEN WINDSTORM CAME IN AND THEY SAID, NO, WE NEED THAT.
THE WINDSTORM WAS A CATCHALL LANGUAGE AND THEIR, AND THEIR BED THING.
BUT IT WASN'T IN ON, ON THE DESIGN, ON, ON THE, THE, ON THE DRAWINGS.
IT'S BASICALLY, I MEAN, WHEN WE, WE DID A COST PLUS CONTRACT BASICALLY.
'CAUSE WHAT WE SAID WAS WE, WE HAD THEM BID ON THE PROJECT UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE TO GO HAVE A WINDSTORM COME IN AND THEY WOULD TEND TO TELL US WHAT THE COST WAS GOING TO BE.
AND THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ENDED UP ENDED UP DOING.
THERE'S THIS BEACHWOOD BUILDING HAS BEEN, UH, A THORN IN OUR SIDE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND I THINK ANOTHER REASON WHY WE, WE, I WAS JUST THINKING BACK WHENEVER THIS ALL GOT STARTED, WAS IS THAT THE, THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS THAT THAT MAY HAVE GOT US INTO, UH, THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT THE, THE ADDITION OF A WINDSTORM FOR A UTILITY BUILDING LIKE THIS IS THAT THIS IS A CHEMICAL BUILDING THAT'S WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHLORINE BEING STORED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND I, SO WE, I THINK WE THERE, I REMEMBER SOME DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT IT, UH, SAFE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN INCIDENT THERE.
SO JUST A LOT OF, AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN THE PROJECT FROM HELL.
IT HAS REALLY, AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, WE JUST ABOUT HAVE IT WRAPPED UP.
WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING GOING OUR WAY, BUT WE JUST TO GET THAT INSPECTION TO PASS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE CONCESSION ON THE SLAB AND, AND GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE LEARNED TO, YOU KNOW, NOW SPEC THAT OUT EARLIER AND NOT LEAVE IT UP TO THE CONTRACTOR.
AND NOT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR'S ENGINEER IS WRONG.
NO, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S AFTER WE YEAH.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE WAS.
WE, WE ASKED HIM TO GET THE PRICE.
IT WASN'T, YEAH, IT WASN'T IN, IN THE INITIAL DESIGN.
IF IT HAD IT BEEN IN THE INITIAL DESIGN, THE PRICE WOULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, MOST LIKELY THE SAME.
IT WOULD'VE, WE WOULD'VE HAD THIS COST INCREASE AT THE BIDDING INSTEAD OF NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDERS.
MR. MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,612 88 CENTS AND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,863 AND 53 CENTS FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE BEACHWOOD CHEMICAL BUILDING AND THE EXTRA COST OF THE DOOR TO COMPLY WITH THE WINDSTORM REQUIREMENT AS REQUESTED.
HAVE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA.
I SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN, STAFF UPDATES.UH, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO, UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES COMING UP, YOU KNOW, FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER WE'VE KICKED OFF THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, ALL THE STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED ON FESTIVAL LIGHTS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THAT'S A HUMONGOUS TEST FOR REALLY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PULLED TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT.
BUT I'LL SPECIFICALLY MENTION JUST A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS, ROBIN, MALLORY AND ASHLEY FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
ASHLEY DOES THE PARADE AND LEADS THAT.
UM, BUT ROBIN MALLORY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE DAY OF EVENTS, UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, BRYCE, UH, AND HIS GROUP, THE PARKS GROUP FOR GETTING ALL THE LIGHTS UP IN TIME AND WORKING, UH, IS A HUMONGOUS TASK.
UH, BRIAN REALLY FOR COORDINATING ALL THE, THE SECURITY, UH, THAT, THAT WE SEE.
UM, SINCE HE HAS BEEN, UH, ROLLED INTO PART OF THE TEAM, UH, THE SECURITY OF, OF THE EVENT IS, UH, DRAMATICALLY INCREASED.
AND HE'S ALSO VERY GOOD ABOUT BRINGING IN ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HELP US DURING THE PARADE.
AND FINDING DONATED EQUIPMENT TOO.
ALL THE, ALL THE BARRICADE FENCES AND STUFF THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS BORROWED WE'RE GETTING PAYBACK FOR HIM TEACHING CLASSES ALL OVER.
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THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT YOU SAW, A FEW OF 'EM, THE WAGONS AND STUFF, THOSE WERE FROM BISD.THE BSD WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL, UH, LAURA MARIE FOR GETTING OUT ALL THE, THE INFORMATION.
IT WAS A LOT EASIER THIS YEAR WITH GOOD WEATHER, SO EVERYBODY WAS KINDER TO HER TOUR
AND THEN, UH, VICKI AS WELL, UM, UM, BEING INVOLVED, UH, ALL DAY AND BEING A TROOPER, STAYING THERE, UH, UH, THROUGH THE WHOLE DAY.
AND I'M MISSING TONS OF OTHER PEOPLE, UH, AND STUFF, UH, THAT, UH, WORK ON THAT EVENT.
BUT, UH, AND THEN, UH, I KNOW WILL GOES OUT AND DOES ALL THE INSPECTIONS, UH, FOR THE RIDES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE.
UH, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, GET TO SEE THAT OR NOTICE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, DAVID'S GROUP FOR INSPECTING ALL THE FOOD BOOTHS AND STUFF FOR SAFETY.
SO SAFETY'S ALSO A BIG COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, OF THE DAY.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO DO WELL.
AND AGAIN, FOR, YOU KNOW, PDS, UH, THERE BEHIND THE SCENES WATCHING SECURITY ALL DAY LONG.
AND, BUT WE DON'T SEE THEM, BUT THEY'RE WATCHING US, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE EVENT.
SO, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND AGAIN, LIKE BASD DONATING, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE, THE BUSES, UM, AND FINDING DRIVERS FOR US TO, TO DO.
AND THEN THE, THE CAMERA WORK AND STUFF OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE LAST ONE WAS THE STUDENTS COMING OUT AND FILMING THE EVENT AND GIVING US A GREAT VIDEO.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT DAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PUT ON, UH, UM, STILL A, A SMALL EVENT, BUT THANK YOU.
IT'S GOING EVERY, IT'S NOT THAT SMALL.
AND THEN, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY ACTIONS COMING OUT OF DISCUSSIONS TODAY.
UH, FOR US OUT OF THE AGENDA? NO, JUST, UH, BRINGING BACK, UM, THE, WE BUILD, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND THEN LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, OUR CONTRACT IS FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.
[8. Construction Updates ]
CONSTRUCTION UPDATES SUCH A SERIOUS LOOK.I GOT A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE IN DOWNTOWN.
A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE, THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
EVERYBODY'S SAYING GOOD STUFF.
SO ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE? YEAH, I'M TALKING TO RIGHT PEOPLE.
BEEN DRINKING
UH, WELL, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WIDE OPEN EVERYTHING LOOKS NOW.
SO IT'S, IT DOES, IT, IT, IT REALLY LOOKS NICER NOW.
IF ONLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A LANDSCAPER TO FINALLY FINISH HIS JOBS.
UH, WE STILL HANDLE, WE STILL LACK THE, OF COURSE, THE, UH, THE GRASS TO BE GOING IN THERE.
AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE LOCAL, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, LOCAL, UH, BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR OWN LANDSCAPE, THANK GOD, I SAW AMERICAN SAVINGS, AMERICAN, UH, GREAT AMERICAN TALENT DO THAT.
UH, TODAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A NICE LOOKING, UH, FRONT AREA THERE.
UH, THE, UH, AND I, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE RAILING THAT'S GONNA GO IN FRONT OF THAT, UH, TACO, TACO DOWNTOWN TACOS.
UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL PUT IN SOME TYPE OF A FINISH, UH, TOUCH INTO THAT GENERAL AREA.
AND BEYOND THAT, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE STREET MARKERS, ON THE STREET, UH, SIGNS TO COME IN THAT WE, UH, ARE, WE OURSELVES ARE, ARE PLACING, UH, THAT WASN'T PART OF THE CONTRACT.
UH, E EDDIE MADE THE, UH, PUT THE ORDER SOMETIME BACK, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRACK BACK, SEE WHERE, WHAT IT IS THAT'S HOLDING ALL THESE THINGS OUT.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL ALL COME TO, TO SOME TYPE OF A BETTER TIE IN.
UH, WE, ON THE BOND, UH, ON THE BOND PROJECTS, WHICH PRIMARILY IS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT YOU JUST APPROVED, UH, THAT WE WILL NOW, UH, GO MOVE INTO THE AWARD TO THE ACTUAL NOTIFICATION OF AWARD TO THE CONTRACTOR.
WE WILL THEN START, UH, PLANNING, SCHEDULING A, UH, TOWN, UH, TOWN MEETING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, ALL THE STREET, UH, UH, STREET OWNERS AND RESIDENTS, UH, TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT IT IS THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW, WHAT TO EXPECT AND, UH, GIVE THE PROPER INFORMATION CONCERNING, UH, ANY PROBLEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ONE.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE ALSO MAKING 'EM AWARE, AWARE OF WHAT THE, WHAT TO EXPECT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, SEVERAL, SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE KNOW WHAT, UH, WHAT IS A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TYPE OF PROBLEMS. SO CAN YOU KINDA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, FOR RHONDA, HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL STREET CONSTRUCTION BEFORE? WE WERE ON WITH SYRIA OVER THERE.
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OKAY.WERE YOU, YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETING, DID YOU? I WOULD'VE MET YOU THEN, AND THEN I WOULD'VE STAYED AWAY FROM HIM.
UH, SO YES, WE TYPICALLY WOULD SET UP A TOWN MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE FOR, WE, UH, DOWN HERE AT CITY AT, IT'S EITHER THE, UH, CIVIC CENTER, OR SOMETIMES WE HAVE IT HERE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE EXPECTING THERE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
IT'S SUCH AN ENCOMPASSING, A WIDE, UH, AREA THERE.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE IT AT CIVIC CENTER, UH, AT THE, UH, AT THE BALLROOM AND, AND, UH, TRY TO PUT ON ALL THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THIS IS WHERE WE ASK EVERYBODY TO BE VERY NEIGHBORLY BECAUSE, AND WE NEVER GET THAT
AND THEN IT CORRECT, IT REVERSES.
SO EVERYBODY'S AND WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL ALSO GET WITH A CONTRACT FOR THEY, FOR THEM ON, ON A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US WHAT THE PLAN IS, HOW THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY ATTACK FEE, THE PROJECT.
UH, ON THE, UH, ON THE ADDITIONAL BOND PROJECTS I HAVE, UH, WE HAVE PUT OUT THE RF QS.
WE RECEIVED THE RF QS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN ON THE, UH, ASPHALT PROJECTS AT, UH, AT, UH, SLEEPY HOLLOW AND, UH, AND WILLENBERG AND BALSAM.
UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE'LL BE VETTING THOSE, UH, PE PEOPLE THAT HAS SHOWN INTEREST TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE, THE MOST, UH, THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS, UH, THE CONSULTANT FOR US FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE, UH, UH, FOR THE, UH, I JUST DREW A BLANK, THE MOSS CHESTNUT, UH, PROJECT WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU DECIDED TO, UH, TO GO FOR ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR THE ACTUAL PORTION, THE COMPONENT ON DRAINAGE THAT WE FEEL IS GONNA, UH, IS GOING TO BE NEEDING, UH, SOME, UH, SOME TYPE OF SUPPLEMENT.
UH, AND, UH, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, UH, WHAT WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THEY VERY TIGHT TYPE CONDITION ON THE ACTUAL MOSS DRAINAGE, THE STREET PORTION AND THE ADJUSTED STREET AND THE, UH, UTILITY PORTION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, BECAUSE JUST TO THE SIGN OF THE TIMES, NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THIS THING GOING.
UH, THE, UH, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE UTILITY.
AND I LET, UH, I'LL LET YOU, DEBBIE, YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON YOUR PROJECTS, SIR? YOU HAVE ONE.
UM, SO ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE OPENING BIDS FOR THE STREET PANEL REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME, UH, GOOD BEDS AND, AND START ON ANOTHER ROUND OF STREET REPLACEMENT PANELS.
UM, I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE GET MORE THAN ONE BED, BUT, UM, WE HAVE HAD INTEREST IN THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, AND THIS IS PHASE TWO OF THAT'S THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST 1 MILLION THAT WE HAD.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE WENT OUT FOR BID AND DID, YOU KNOW, SOME STREETS AND WE HAD LEFT, WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF LEFTOVER MONEY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PHASE THAT YOU, YOU APPROVED TONIGHT WITH THE BOND.
SO THIS IS, WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET ON THIS ONE? SEVEN IS, UM, 7,000 LESS, SEVEN 50 OR SO.
SO IS THERE A PRIORITY THIS ON THIS THAT SURE.
COUNCIL, I WOULD, UM, YES, WE DID THE DESIGN.
WE CAN PROVIDE YOU YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE LIST.
I'M SURE FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE.
WE CAN SEND YOU THE LIST OF, SURE.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 21 OR SO DIFFERENT, UH, SECTIONS, SECTIONS ON THERE.
SO, UM, IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
MARIA, CAN YOU DO THAT TOMORROW? YEAH, YEAH.
FOLLOW UP ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM TWO.
WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT CDBG PROJECT APPROVED, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER MR. MUNDO HAS GOT ANY RESPONSE TO THAT THING.
BUT, UH, THAT WOULD ALSO DOVETAIL WITH, UH, THE SPOT REPAIR PROJECT, UH, IN THE ORDER OF 200, 200 AND THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YEAH, 2 35 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FROM THE CDBG IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS
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AND ADD TO THAT LIST THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, UH, ON THE, UH, ON THE CDBG, NOT CDBG, BUT ON THE, UH, UH, LOCAL, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PROJECT THAT, UH, ROBIN HAS BEEN WORKING FOR IN ORDER TO GET THAT PARKING AREA AT PEEWEE, UH, REDONE, SINCE SHE HAS ALREADY DONE THE, UH, THE RESTROOM AREA AND NOW IS TRYING TO TIE IN EVERYTHING, THE LOOSE ENDS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.UH, THERE HAS BEEN AN, I MEAN, THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED, THE C THE LO THE, UH, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED, BUT IT'S HIT A SNAG.
THE REASON WHY IT HIT A SNAG, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THE, UH, THE WINDOW, THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE WEATHER, YOU KNOW, UH, IS SO SHORT BETWEEN NOW AND, AND, AND THE COOL WEATHER AS IT SETTLES IN.
AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SUPPLY OF ASPHALT THAT THE TDO IS TAKING ALL THE SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR PROJECTS SO THEY CAN FINISH THEIR PROJECT ER, WITHIN THAT SAME WINDOW.
SO THEREFORE THAT MAKES IT ALMOST, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF HARD FOR, FOR THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, UM, DETOURED OVER TO A PROJECT OF OUR, OF OUR MAGNITUDE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA, EVEN A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WOULD'VE A HARD TIME, A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
SO NOW COUNTY'S HAVING PROBLEMS. I, I WAS TALKING TO COMMISSIONERS.
SO, SO WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND REDO THE BASE YES.
IN THE SPRING WHEN IT GETS WARM AGAIN.
SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE DOWNTOWN.
I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
SO I NOTICED THAT THE IRRIGATION PIPES WERE LAYING ON TOP OF THE FLOWER BED.
ARE THEY GONNA STAY EXPOSED LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA WALK ON THEM AND BREAK 'EM.
UH, THERE, THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME DRESSING UP OF ALL THOSE AREAS THERE.
NOW THEY, THEY WON'T HAVE THAT MUCH COVER.
YEAH, THAT IS, SOME OF THOSE ARE DRIP LINES, RIGHT? YEAH.
SOME ARE ROSE ROSES ARE DRIP LINES AND STUFF.
SO THOSE MULCH ON TOP OF OKAY.
THAT BROWN, THAT BROWN TUBING THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE ARE YEAH.
FOR THE MOST TIME THEY'RE EXPOSED.
PEOPLE GO, NO, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY, WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DRESS IT UP.
UH, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO YOUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ON THE ROADS AND STUFF, I JUST WAS THINKING BACK SOME OF THE ONES WE'VE HAD HERE, UH, PAST PROJECT WE FINISHED UP.
I REMEMBER SOME OF THE, JUST SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS THAT WE GETTING, 'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE RUNNING REALLY LONG AND STUFF WAS, UH, ONE WAS NEIGHBORHOODS DIDN'T LIKE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE THE STEEL TRACKS GOING DOWN AND DOWN THE ROAD 'CAUSE IT'S RATTLING STUFF OFF THE WALLS.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER COMPLAINT WAS, WHICH I AGREE WITH WAS THERE WAS TOO MANY INCIDENTS WHERE, UH, STREET WAS BUSTED UP AND REBAR WAS LEFT STICKING UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND, AND STUFF.
SO IT WAS JUST, OKAY, IT WAS BASIC SAFETY STUFF THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO SURE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, MAKE IT BE SURE THAT THEY LEAVE IN THE WORK SITE CLEAN AND SAFE.
THE, THE CLEATS OF THE, UH, OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE.
WHEN THEY DON'T, WHEN THEY'RE NOT HAVING, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A RUBBER RIGHT.
THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE HARP ON THEM.
WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE ANYONE GOING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THAT TYPE CHEWING OF THE, OF WHATEVER CONCRETE THERE IS.
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RIGHT.UH, NEXT THING IS, UM, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
UH, WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE, UH, AT THE, UH, PARADE AND THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PARADE I'VE BEEN TO IN THE LAST 12 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY ON THE HB HEB SIDE.
ONCE WE GOT DOWN THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
AND ALSO WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE, UH, LIGHTING OF THE, UH, CHRISTMAS TREE AND, UH, AND THE PAJAMA.
THE, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS JUST SUPER WELL DONE, UH, ALL THE WAY AROUND AS A MOM.
THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR BOTH THE KIDS.
THERE WAS, IT WAS JUST VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND FELT VERY SAFE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CITY STAFF THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE THAT WAS HUGE, HUGE UNDERTAKING AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY.
BENE UH, WHAT MISS COUNCIL MEMBER SETH SAID, YOU KNOW, ABOUT
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THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, THERE IS A VERY BAD SPOT ON PAVEMENT ON THE OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE LANE, NORTH YON BETWEEN, UH, BANYAN AND OYSTER CREEK BRIDGE.
IT'S SAYS CON CONCRETE IS ALL BROKEN UP ON THE SURFACE AND IS IT'S DAMAGING PEOPLE'S VEHICLES.
THE OUTSIDE LANE MEANING, UH, UH, CLOSER TO THE CURB.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, NO, WE HAVE DOWNTOWN LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
AND EXCEPT, UH, JUST ONE THING I NOTICED, UH, OVER DOWNTOWN TACO THERE, THERE'S OLD, UH, AUTO PARTS STORE AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, BOARDED WOODEN BOARDS HAVE ROTTEN AND THEY'RE ALL LOOKING PRETTY SHABBY.
CAN WE, UH, GET ORDINANCE GROUP TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET 'EM REPLACED SO THEY LOOK NICER? WE, WE'LL SEND DAVID TOMORROW.
ROD, YOU'RE, IT'S STILL CURLY.
UM, YEAH, NO, I HAD A GREAT TIME.
THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME RIDING THE PARADE AND EVERYTHING WAS, SEEMED LIKE IT WENT WELL.
WE WENT TO THE RIDE THE RIDES AFTER THAT ALL WORKED GREAT AND EVERYBODY WAS VERY POLITE AND NICE AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
AND WE STAYED OUT MUCH LATER THAN MY KIDS WOULD NORMALLY GET TO STAY OUT, BUT, ALRIGHT.
TRYING TO TRACE IT DOWN, BUT NO, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, HARD WORK ON THAT DOESN'T, I KNOW.
WELL, LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, THE, THE FESTIVAL WAS GREAT AND, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND, UH, JUST GIVE EVERYBODY, JUST GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE ON, UM, WE HAD THIS ONGOING ISSUE WITH SOME PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE'VE GONE TO TXDOT FOR TO GET DONE AND THEY JUST DON'T SEEM TO GET DONE.
I FINALLY JUST PICKED UP THE PHONE AND I TALKED TO REPRESENTATIVE VASU TO, UH, 'CAUSE HE, I HEARD RUMOR THAT HE WAS GOING BE SPEAKING WITH TXDOT AND SO I BROUGHT UP THE, UH, GETTING APPROVAL FROM TXDOT TO PUT IN THE SIDEWALK OVER THERE OFF OF 2004.
AND HE ASSURED ME THAT MARIA SAID THAT SHE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
HE SAID IF I, IF WE DON'T HEAR ANY WORD IN A MONTH TO GET, I MEAN BY THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS NOT VERY FAR DOWN, HE SAID TO GIVE HIM A CALL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO CREATE, GIMME A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET DONE.
SO MR. VASU SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE, CARRY THOSE FORWARD FOR US.
SO LET'S, LET'S USE THE, USE HIM IN HIS PLACE OF AUTHORITY.
UH, DON'T ANYTHING ELSE, JUST, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, PLEASE STAY SAFE.
UH, OVER THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE ROAD.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHEST TRAVELED, UH, VACATION OR HOLIDAY IN A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, UH, STAY AWAY FROM AIRPORTS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND BE SAFE ON THE ROAD.
UH, STAY AWAY FROM HOGS DRIVING ON THE ROAD.
'CAUSE I'VE RECENTLY HIT ONE, UH, AND STUFF.
UH, MODESTO, ANYTHING FROM STAFF? NO.
AND JUST, JUST ONE LAST THING IS IF, IF YOU'RE NOT SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, PICK UP THE PHONE AND TALK TO FAMILY.
YEAH, FACETIME OR A TEXT DOESN'T GO VERY FAR ANYMORE, SO FACETIME OR UH, A PHONE CALL.