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          [CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:07]
          I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM UH, ITEM A IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. 
          MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WE ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY, UH, CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT. 
          ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE? 
          [B. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR LIAM MCNEELEY, SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF  THE 2025 NBA DRAFT BY THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS]
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR LIAM MCNEELY, SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2025 MBA DRAFT BY THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS. 
          MR. MAGNA, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, I WANT TO, UH, WELCOME, UH, EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THIS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, RECOGNITION. 
          UH, VERY EXCITED, UH, TO HAVE ALL OF, UH, YOUR FAMILY AND, AND GUEST HERE, UH, LIAM. 
          AND, UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THE MAYOR READING THE PROCLAMATION, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY UP TO, UH, TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN, UH, THE MAYOR MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER SURPRISES THAT HE'LL ON THAT. 
          SO, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 
          , UH, LIAM, YOU COMFORTABLE GETTING UP HERE AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY, UH, THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO, UH, CELEBRATE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          UH, LIAM, WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY, ESPECIALLY ON THE HEELS OF WINNING THE SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH OF COURSE, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IS APPROPRIATE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING YOU WITH A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF WHEREASES AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR HISTORY. 
          UH, SO IF YOU'LL HANG IN THERE WITH ME, UH, WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT TOGETHER AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, WONDERFUL PHOTOS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO STARTING OFF, UH, WHEREAS LIAM MCNEELY, A NATIVE OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS AN ELITE ATHLETE EARNING NATIONAL CLAIM FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SKILL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. 
          AND WHEREAS LIAM WAS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2025 NBA DRAFT BY THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A PROMISING PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. 
          AND WHEREAS STANDING SIX FEET, EIGHT INCHES  AND WEIGHING 215 POUNDS, LIAM HONED HIS TALENT AS A CONSENSUS FIVE STAR RECRUIT, RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE PREMIER PLAYERS IN THE CLASS OF 2024, HAVING COMPETED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF YOUTH BASKETBALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WHEREAS LIAM'S JOURNEY BEGAN AT THE RICHARDSON YMCA AND THEN ONTO RICHARDSON, ISD SCHOOLS, BEFORE JOINING MONT VERDE ACADEMY AND WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS IN HISTORY, HE THEN WAS RECOGNIZED AS A MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN AND JORDAN BRAND CLASSIC MVP. 
          AND WHEREAS IN COLLEGE, HE CONTINUED HIS RISE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE AS A STANDOUT WING AND LEADING SCORE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HUSKIES, ONE OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S MOST STORIED PROGRAMS WHERE HE MAINTAINED A 3.9 GPA AND NAMED 2025 BIG EAST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR. 
          AND WHEREAS THROUGH HIS RELENTLESS WORK ETHIC, HIGH BASKETBALL IQ AND TEAM FIRST MENTALITY, LIAM HAS BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG ATHLETES BRINGING PRIDE TO HIS HOMETOWN, HIS SCHOOLS, AND THE BROADER TEXAS BASKETBALL COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS LIAM NOW TAKES THE NEXT STEP IN HIS ATHLETIC CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER WITH THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS CARING WITH HIM, THE VALUES, SUPPORT AND SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HELPED SHAPE SHAPE HIM. 
          AND NOW THEREFORE, I AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND LIAM MCNEELY FOR HIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN REACHING THE NBA AND HONOR HIS INSPIRING JOURNEY FROM RICHARDSON, TEXAS TO THE NATIONAL STAGE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, LIAM. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, WILL YOU, UH, JOIN US IN A, IN A PHOTO AND WE'LL LOVE TO HAVE FAMILY AS WELL. 
          AND THEN AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THAT PHOTO, LIAM HAS, UH, SAID THAT HE WAS OKAY. 
          IF ANY OF THE YOUNG FOLKS IN THE CROWD WANT TO JOIN US FOR A ADDITIONAL PHOTO, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO HANG, HANG TIGHT ON THE, ON THE REST OF Y'ALL. 
          BUT, UH, WE'LL DO THE FIRST PHOTO FIRST AND THEN WE WILL, WE WILL INVITE EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO BE A PART OF IT. 
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THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          TELL YOU WHAT, UM, YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBERS, LET'S BALANCE OUT, RIGHT? ASSUME WE WOULDN'T . 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE MR. BECKER AND ASK, PLEASE, BOARD, PLEASE, AND RIGHT THERE AND THEN STEP YOUR SHOULDERS. 
          LET'S HAVE YOU THREE MOVE OVER JUST THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT AND BRING YOU RIGHT BETWEEN THERE. 
          PERFECT. 
          GO. 
          ALRIGHT, HOLD THAT SPOT. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GIVE TO YOU FOR HERE AND GONNA THINK, UH, CAMERA. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          . 
          STAY RIGHT THERE FOR ME. 
          AND BIG SMILES. 
          BIG SMILES. 
          THAT SPOT. 
          HOLD ON. 
          AND WE'RE GOOD. 
          HOLD THAT SPOT. 
          ONE, TWO. 
          ALRIGHT, THINK SO. 
          AWESOME. 
          THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT WANT TO JOIN US, THE YOUNGER FOLKS WOULD BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO NOBODY ELSE. 
          YOU CAN BE DOING IT HARD, JOIN THEM. 
          . 
          YOU WANNA GET ONE OF ON THE OTHER SIDE? OR YOU'RE GOOD? SORRY. 
          HOLD. 
          NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          [C. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ONCOR RATE REQUEST AND SUSPENSION OF RATES RESOLUTION]
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM C. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ITEM C IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENCORE RATE REQUEST AND SU SUSPENSION OF RATES RESOLUTION. 
          MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, TODD GASTRO, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WELL DESERVED, AND, UH, ALLIE DUBIN, OUR PURCHASING MANAGER, IS JOINING US. 
          ALLY IS GOING TO, UH, BEGIN HELPING US WITH OUR FRANCHISE WORK, UM, UH, TAKING OVER FROM GREAT WORK THAT TODD'S DONE PREVIOUSLY. 
          UM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL BRIEFING NOW THAT, UH, YOU'RE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH, UM, ENCORE HAS MADE SOME, SOME REQUESTS, UH, TO, UH, INCREASED, UH, RATES. 
          UM, TIDE'S GONNA EXPLAIN A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH EACH YEAR, UM, AND MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND, UH, YOUR ACTION ON THAT, UH, UM, AND SO THAT OUR STEERING COMMITTEE CAN DO ITS GOOD WORK AND, UH, WORK WITH ENCORE AND, UH, NEARLY 170 OTHER CITIES, UH, TO, UM, TO FINALIZE, UH, THAT REVIEW THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO, UH, TODD, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO GET US HERE TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER WITH YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER. 
          MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M NOT SURE THIS WILL BE A SLAM DUNK LIKE THE LAST ONE, BUT WE'LL TRY AND KEEP IT LIGHT. 
          SO AS DON HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE LIBERTY. 
          SO AS DON MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS A PROCESS WE GO THROUGH, UH, EVERY YEAR, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UH, WE RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM ENCORE AND THEN WE BRING THAT FORWARD, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. 
          UH, AS MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE AND RECALL, WE'RE A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF 170 DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          UH, WE GROUPED TOGETHER OUR RESOURCES TO REVIEW THESE REQUESTS AND OTHER FRANCHISE ISSUES 
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ON AS A, AS A LARGER GROUP, WHICH, UM, HELPS US FROM THE NEGOTIATION STANDPOINT. 
          AND AS A PART OF THAT, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL REVIEW OF THESE REQUESTS, BOTH THE ATTORNEYS AS WELL AS SPECIALIZED RATE CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE SPECIALIZED, UM, KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO REVIEW THESE THAT WE AS STAFF DON OURSELVES. 
          UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN OVERVIEW FOR ENCORE. 
          THERE'S A MAP SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR, UH, THE COVERAGE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, SO ENCORE IS ABLE TO FILE A COMPREHENSIVE RATE CASE EVERY YEAR, OR THEY CAN SEEK INTERIM RATE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UH, PREVIOUSLY THIS WAS ONCE PER YEAR, AND THEN IN THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THEY HAD SOME CHANGES TO THE LAW THAT ALLOWS 'EM TO SEEK INTERIM REQUESTS TWICE PER YEAR. 
          UH, SO THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE RATE CASE, UH, MUCH LIKE THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AND DISCUSSING TONIGHT WAS BACK IN 2022. 
          AND IN THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD FROM THEN TO NOW, WE'VE HAD FIVE INTERIM RATE ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE RATE FILINGS FOR THE CURRENT REQUEST. 
          IT WAS FILED BY ENCORE, UH, IN JUNE OF 2025. 
          WE HAVE 35 DAYS TO TAKE ACTION, UM, REGARDING THE REQUEST. 
          SO WE'RE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THAT AND RECOMMEND SOME ACTION. 
          UM, IT COVERS ALL OF THE ENCORE SERVICE AREA. 
          UH, THERE ENCORE IS SEEKING A SYSTEM-WIDE INCREASE TO THEIR RATES TO, UH, FOR $834 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 13% INCREASE OVER THEIR PRESENT REVENUES. 
          AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE FILING THEY HAD THREE YEARS AGO WAS A $251 MILLION INCREASE. 
          SO WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT VERSUS THREE YEARS AGO. 
          IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NO CHANGES, UH, FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, UH, NEARLY AN $8 PER MONTH INCREASE, UH, TO THEIR, TO THEIR BILL WOULD BE EXPECTED. 
          AND THEN FOR HERE AT THE CITY AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, IF WE LOOK AT OUR STREET LIGHTING PORTION, THERE'S A, A REALLY SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE PROPOSED IN THEIR RATE STRUCTURE FOR STREET LIGHTING IN PARTICULAR 51%. 
          AND WE PUT A CRUDE ESTIMATE OF THAT BASED ON OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND HOW MUCH OF THOSE, UH, HOW MUCH OF OUR BILL IS TIED TO ENCORE'S PORTION OF THE CHARGE. 
          AND WE'RE THINKING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR IMPACT TO THE BUDGET IF APPROVED. 
          AS, AS PROPOSED, THE FILINGS ALREADY BEING REVIEWED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE'S, ATTORNEYS AND SPECIALIZED RATE CONSULTANTS. 
          UH, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 35 DAYS TO ACT. 
          UM, AND IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, IF COUNSEL DECIDES NOT TO TAKE ACTION, THEN THE DEADLINE, UM, TO HAVE RATES GO INTO EFFECT WOULD BE AT THE END OF JULY. 
          UH, STATE LAW DOES ALLOW US TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THOSE IN, OF THE INCREASED RATES FOR 90 DAYS, WHICH WOULD PUSH THAT TOWARDS THE END OF OCTOBER. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS TO DO JUST THAT, IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT MONDAY NIGHT ON THE 28TH, UH, WHICH WOULD BE WITHIN THAT, UH, FILING DEADLINE OF THE 35 DAYS. 
          AND DURING THAT PERIOD, THEN IT WOULD ALLOW OUR CONSULTANTS AND ATTORNEYS THE TIME TO REVIEW THE REQUEST MORE FULLY AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT. 
          UM, SO OUR OPTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS ACTION, WOULD THEN BE TO TRY AND HAVE THEM NEGOTIATE SETTLEMENT THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE PUC FOR THEIR ULTIMATE DECISION ON THE RATES. 
          UH, OR IF THE PUC MAKES A DECISION, UH, WE COULD CHALLENGE THAT DECISION, BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE BEARING THE LEGAL COSTS ON OUR OWN FOR THAT. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE, UH, I'M SORRY, I DO HAVE A FEW NEXT STEPS. 
          SO I, I'M JUST GONNA CONTINUE. 
          IF, IF COUNSEL TAKES ACTION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING NEXT MONDAY TO SUSPEND THE INCREASE IN THE RATES, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO, TO MONITOR AND REVIEW THE FILING AND HOPEFULLY REACH A, A SUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENT DURING THAT 90 DAY PERIOD. 
          AND THEN ANY, ANY SUBSEQUENT ACTION, UH, TAKEN BY THE PUC OR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WE'LL BRING FORWARD AND, AND BRIEF YOU ON THAT AS WELL. 
          WITH THAT, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE FILING OR WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          CAN YOU REPEAT AGAIN THE DEADLINE, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SUSPENSION? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO OUR DEADLINE, WE HAVE 35 DAYS FROM THE FILING, SO JUNE 26TH WAS WHEN IT WAS FILED. 
          OUR DEADLINE IS JULY 31. 
          BUT IN REVIEWING THE CALENDAR, THE LAST DATE TO ACT WOULD BE NEXT MONDAY, JULY 28TH. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          [D. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2025-2026 STREETS AND ALLEYS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES]
MOVING ON TO ITEM D, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 STREETS AND ALLEYS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES. 
          MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR. 
          MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, FOR A DOZEN YEARS NOW, UH, THIS HAS BEEN PART OF OUR, UH, ANNUAL DEEP DIVES, UH, AS WE GET READY FOR OUR BUDGET RETREAT. 
          UM, NICK IS GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU 
          [00:15:01]
WITH AN UPDATE, UH, ON OUR PROGRESS, UH, UH, FROM OUR PRIOR YEAR MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR STREETS, ALLEYS, UH, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, FOR STREETS, ALLEYS, AND SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, I WILL, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE, MAKE NOTE AGAIN, UM, JUST TO, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, WE ARE BUILDING THIS, UH, CURRENT PLAN AROUND, UH, SUSTAINING FUNDING LEVELS AND THE, AND THE TRANSFERS OUT THAT WE DO FOR STREETS AND ALLEYS, UH, UH, BASED ON, UH, LAST YEAR'S, UM, UM, TRANSFER OUT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD POTENTIALLY BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, AS WE, UH, BEGIN DISCUSSIONS ON BUDGET, UH, DURING, DURING THE WORK SESSION. 
          AND SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE NOTE. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE STILL REFINING, UM, STRATEGIES AND, UH, AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          BUT, UH, THESE PLANS THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT WILL ALL BE BASED ON, UH, SUSTAINING LEVELS FROM FY UH, 25. 
          SO NICK, THANKS FOR, UH, PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO KIND OF GET INTO THE BUDGET FOR, UH, STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALK PROGRAM. 
          UH, A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THE MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL SIDE FOR THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AND SIDEWALK PROGRAMS. I'LL JUST START OFF WITH STREETS. 
          UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS OUR MAINTENANCE TRIANGLE. 
          UM, WHAT YOU SEE WHEN IT'S, WHEN AN ASSET IS NEW, THE MAINTENANCE IS VERY MINIMAL. 
          AND AS IT GOES THROUGH ITS MATURITY AND LIFE CYCLE, IT REQUIRES MORE AND MORE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP IT IN A FUNCTIONAL STATE. 
          AND WHAT THE PYRAMID HERE KIND OF ILLUSTRATES IS AS IT GOES THROUGH THAT CYCLE, WHAT, UH, TACTICS WE USE AND METHODS WE USE TO KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IN PARTICULAR, THE ROADS AND ALLEYS IN GOOD FUNCTIONAL SHAPE. 
          UH, WHEN WE DO OUR, WHEN WE DO OUR ASSESSMENTS, WE DO LOOK AT, UH, CATEGORIZING THE STREET CONDITIONS IN GOOD, SATISFACTORY, FAIR AND POOR THAT, UH, THAT, UH, THOSE CONDITIONS ARE USED. 
          SO WHEN WE GET TO OUR, UH, REPLACEMENT SIDE OF THINGS, UM, UM, WE LOOK AT THE POOREST, THE POOR CONDITIONS WHEN WE ARE SETTING UP THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S HOW THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED. 
          AND WE'LL CARRY THAT SAME METHODOLOGY FORWARD INTO THE, UH, FUTURE BOND WHEN WE PROPOSE THAT, UH, JUST A LITTLE PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES ON SOME OF OUR PREVENTATIVE AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. 
          WE PARTNER AN AWFUL LOT WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, CONCRETE REPAIRS, UH, WITH CRACK CEILING TO KEEP OUR ROADS, UH, NICE AND TIGHT AND SEALED UP SO THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUBGRADE FAILURES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON STREET LEVELING, WHICH IS FOAM INJECTION TO, UH, CORRECT EITHER DISPLACED JOINTS OR KIND OF LOCALIZED FLAT SPOTS AND KEEP EVERYTHING DRAINING PROPERLY. 
          UH, ONE OTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX IS OUR ASPHALT OVERLAY PROGRAM. 
          WE USE THIS, UM, WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY OVERLAID. 
          WE WILL COME IN AND MILL OFF THE ASPHALT WHEN IT GETS INTO A DEGRADATED STATE, MAKE ANY MINOR, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONCRETE PANELS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR CORRECTED AT THAT POINT. 
          AND THEN, UH, RESURFACE THE ROAD. 
          IT BUYS US, UH, TYPICALLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF ADDITIONAL SERVICEABLE LIFE TO IT. 
          AND IT COSTS ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF THE COST OF DOING FULL CONCRETE, UH, PANEL REPLACEMENT AS WE KINDA MOVE INTO THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM HERE. 
          UH, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE MAP IS, UH, SOLID RED LINES ARE SECTIONS OF ASPHALT OVERLAY THAT WE HAVE ONGOING RIGHT NOW, UH, IN PARTICULAR ON BELT LINE BETWEEN WATER VIEW AND WEATHERED. 
          UH, THEN WE'LL HAVE WATERVIEW BETWEEN ARAPAHOE AND BELTLINE, AS WELL AS COT BETWEEN DUMONT AND ROUND ROCK. 
          AND THE DASHED RED LINES REPRESENT OUR ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR CONTRACT. 
          UH, WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS, UH, TO Y'ALL FOR AWARD IN AUGUST, AND THAT WILL FOCUS ON RENTER BETWEEN US 70 75 AND BRAND THAT WILL BE MELROSE, BETWEEN CUSTER AND S 75 FLOYD, BETWEEN BELTLINE AND 75. 
          AS WELL AS, UM, BELTLINE BETWEEN, UM, EXCUSE ME, BELTLINE BETWEEN WALTON AND PLANO, UH, ROAD. 
          UH, AND THEN THE BIG GREEN BOXES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN ARE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, STREET REHAB. 
          LAST YEAR WE PROPOSED DOING AREAS 27 AND 28. 
          WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ALL THOSE. 
          WE DID MANAGE TO, UH, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDUAL BUDGET FROM THAT. 
          SO WE JUMPED RIGHT INTO THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD AREA, UH, 29 A. 
          AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FY 26 PROGRAM, UH, WE DO PLAN ON CONTINUING, UH, TO DO SOME WORK ON OUR COLLECTORS, WHICH, UH, WE PLAN ON FOCUSING ON WATERVIEW BETWEEN CAMPBELL AND SYNERGY AND PRESIDENTIAL BETWEEN ARAPAHOE AND COMMERCE. 
          WE PLAN ON DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE ASPHALT OVERLAY ON VERNET BETWEEN LOWELL AND CUSTER, AS WELL AS ST. 
          LUKE BETWEEN BELTLINE AND LAUREL. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE PLAN ON CONTINUING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS, FINISHING OUT AREA 29, WHICH IS THE COMPLIMENT, UM, 29 B, AND THEN GETTING INTO AREA 30 A, UM, 
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THIR AREA, AREA 30 IS VERY LARGE, SO THAT MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THROUGH THAT AREA. 
          UH, MOVING INTO THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THINGS FOR THE STREETS, UH, IN YEARS ONE THROUGH FOUR, WE ISSUED, UM, $83.4 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT IN THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ARE ON YEAR FIVE, WE'RE ISSUING THE LAST 450,000 OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE DEBT FOR THE 2021 BOND. 
          AND WE DID HAVE OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDS THAT WERE INCLUDED WITH THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UH, THAT TOOK IN, UH, VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH EQUATED TO ALMOST AN ADDITIONAL $60 MILLION FOR SOME TOTAL OF 143.7 MILLION IN THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN THAT, UH, ARE VERY CLOSE TO LAUNCHING INTO BID. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR THE, UH, LA THE LARGE BLUE ONE THERE, UM, THAT KINDA LOOKS LIKE A T JUST LEFT OF CENTER IS WEST SHORE AND FONTANA, THAT PROJECT IS ADVERTISING RIGHT NOW, AS A MATTER OF FACT. 
          SO WE WILL BE AWARDING THAT, UH, VERY SOON AFTER WE OPEN BIDS AND VET THE VET THE BIDDER OUT. 
          UH, SOME OF THE, UH, THE OTHER LONG BLUE LINE AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS OUR GREENVILLE SEWER AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT IS ACTUALLY A TWO PART PROJECT WITH A LARGE DAMER SEWER LINE THAT GOES TO THE FLOYD BRANCH WA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A ROAD COMPONENT OF THAT BETWEEN CENTENNIAL AND HUFFINES THAT WE'LL, WE WILL BE RECONSTRUCTING THAT SECTION OF ROAD AS WELL. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO BID THAT AS ONE, ONE CONSECUTIVE PROJECT AND, UH, THAT WILL LIKELY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ONGOING AT THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS MUL WATER DISTRICT, FLOYD BRANCH, UH, WASTEWATER PLANT. 
          THEY HAVE TO DO SOME, UH, PLANT UPGRADES INCLUDING THE, UM, LIFT STATION AT THE FRONT END OF THE PLANT BEFORE WE CAN MAKE OUR TIE IN, WHICH IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THAT WHOLE PROJECT. 
          SO WE'LL LIKELY BE LATE 27, EARLY 28, UM, CONSTRUCTION START ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          UH, MOVING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP AND TURNING FROM RED TO GREEN HERE ON, ON THE VERY, UH, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, EXCUSE ME, OUR EAST PRAIRIE CREEK PROJECT THAT, UH, WE ARE FINISHING THE FINAL WATER TIE-INS AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CONCRETE REPLACED AND RESTORED BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UH, SO THAT'LL BE FLIPPING REALLY QUICK. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LAKESIDE AND LAWN VIEW PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS JUST EAST OF THE, JUST EAST OF THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 75. 
          THAT PROJECT IS GOING VERY WELL AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RE, UH, COMPLETED WITH THAT PROJECT BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. 
          I'LL MOVE ON TO THE ALLEY MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THINGS. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE RED AND GREEN ARE, UH, SEGMENTS ARE PART OF OUR ONGOING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THIS YEAR'S ALLEY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          THE GREEN ARE COMPLETED SECTIONS, THE RED ARE ONGOING, AND THE BLUE ARE WHAT WE PLAN TO TAKE ON NEXT YEAR IN THE PROGRAM AND CONTINUE ON IN THE CAPITAL SIDE. 
          OUR ALLEY GROUPS ARE VERY CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP. 
          WE, WE HAD EIGHT ALLEY GROUPS IN THE BOND. 
          WE HAVE COMPLETED, UM, ALL BUT TWO OF THEM TECHNICALLY. 
          UH, I SAY THAT WE HAD, UH, SOME OF THESE SEGMENTS. 
          I LITERALLY JUST GOT AN EMAIL BEFORE I WALKED IN. 
          WE FINISHED UP ONE OF THE ALLEY GROUPS. 
          WHAT WE HAD, WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT, OR TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WERE WAITING ON FRANCHISE UTILITY LOCATES TO MOVE POWER POLES TO CLOSE THEM OUT. 
          AND ONE OF THEM, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT THAT HAPPENED AND WE GOT THAT POURED AND THAT'S CLOSED UP. 
          SO WE HAVE BASICALLY COMPLETED ALLY GROUPS 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, AND WE ARE, THE LAST ONE WE'RE WORKING ON IS FIVE. 
          UH, WE ARE, THERE'S TWO ALLEYS OPEN IN THAT GROUP. 
          AND, UH, ONE OF THEM WILL BE FINISHED LIKELY BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR SO. 
          AND WE ARE STARTING ON THE LAST ONE IN THAT GROUP. 
          UH, THAT ONE WAS ALSO HELD UP BY FRANCHISE UTILITIES, BUT IT IS, UH, COMING TO A CLOSE, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          UH, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE ALLEYS IN YEARS ONE THROUGH FOUR, WE SOLD ALL OF THE DEBT WITHIN THE BONDS, UH, BOND PROGRAM. 
          WE SOLD ALL $10.5 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT AT THAT POINT. 
          SO WE HAVE NO ISSUE IN COMING THIS YEAR. 
          UH, PAIR THAT WITH THE RAINER OF OUR FUNDING, WHICH IS PRIMARILY WATER AND SEWER FUNDING TO FUND ANY SEWER THAT WAS IN THE ALLEYWAY SEGMENTS, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER THREE $11.3 MILLION, KIND OF CRUISING ON INTO OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE ALSO MADE A PRETTY GOOD DENT IN THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE FINISHED FIVE OF THE AREAS WE'VE, UH, COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL AREA A OR ONE A AND RESIDENTIAL AREA TWO A AS WELL AS ALL THREE OF THE COMMERCIAL AREAS. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE RESIDENTIAL ONE B, UH, LAUNCHED IN JUNE. 
          THAT WILL BE WRAPPED UP NO LATER THAN JUNE, UM, 2026, 
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RESIDENTIAL TWO B, IT WILL ACTUALLY BE WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          UH, SO WE'LL BE OUT OF THERE BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THEN RESIDENTIAL TWO C WILL, UH, BE COMING FOR WARD IN AUGUST. 
          AND MUCH LIKE THE ALLEYWAYS, WE ISSUED ALL THE DEBT IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS, AND WE HAVE NO NEW DEBT ISSUANCE ON, UH, ON THE, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM PAIRED THAT WITH THE, UH, SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          UH, AND OUR TOTAL BUDGET WAS JUST OVER 10, $10.1 MILLION. 
          AND KIND OF NEXT STEPS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINALIZING OUR STREET SALARIES AND SIDEWALK PROGRAMS AS CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUES ARE RECEIVED AND THE CITY MANAGER PREPARES TO FILE THE BUDGET. 
          WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO YEAR FIVE OF IMPLEMENTING OUR 21 BOND PROGRAM AND PLANNING THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS PROVIDING UPDATES, UH, ON OUR CIP IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND WITH ALL THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          MAYOR, IF I, IF I MIGHT JUST ADD, UH, I WANNA, UM, JUST CON UH, GIVE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO CHARLES AND, AND TO NICK, UM, AS WELL AS MANAGING, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF PROJECTS HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE, THE GUIDANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN IS, IS TO REALLY FIND WAYS TO COMMUNICATE THE STATUS OF THESE PROJECTS AND, AND HOW, UH, WE'RE PROGRESSING, UM, AND WHAT RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT. 
          AND THROUGH THE NEW MAP THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU, UH, NOT THAT LONG AGO, OPEN HOUSES AND THIS VERY ROOM, UH, TAKING THIS OUT TO NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATIONS, I THINK THESE GUYS HAVE REALLY, UH, MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT, UH, NOT ONLY TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THESE PROJECTS ARE PROGRESSING IN A TIMELY WAY, BUT TO BE REALLY COGNIZANT OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR RESIDENTS AND TO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO MINIMIZE THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN. 
          AND SO, UH, UH, VERY, UM, GOOD GUIDANCE FROM YOU AND, AND, AND, AND THAT CAME THROUGH IN MANY OF YOUR TACTICS FROM, UH, FROM THE PRIOR TERM. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE GUYS AS, AS THEY TALK ABOUT ALL THE, THE WORK THAT'S COMPLETED. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, CITIZEN INTERACTION, UH, THAT WENT ALONG WITH THIS. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF CITIZEN EDUCATION AND, UH, AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS MANY OF THESE, UH, KIND OF CROSS INTO, INTO COMMERCIAL AREAS AS WELL. 
          SO, GOOD JOB ON THAT, GUYS. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SAM. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU NICK FOR PRESENTING THIS ALL THE UPDATE. 
          APPRECIATE, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHAT, UH, DON HAD MENTIONED. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I CAN WITNESS AND SAID THAT SAME THING. 
          UH, I HEAR LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH I SOMETIMES READ SOMETHING ON THE FACEBOOK, BUT IN PERSON, ACTUALLY, I READ LOTS OF, I HEAR LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHOEVER IS LISTENING, UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY ISSUE OR FEEL LIKE THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER. 
          UH, AND THAT WAY THINGS WILL BE RESOLVED VERY FAST. 
          AND I'VE SEEN THAT THOSE WERE RESOLVED VERY FAST. 
          CONTRACTOR DID WORK AROUND THE SCHEDULE OF THE NEIGHBOR THERE, THERE, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE ISSUE AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT, UH, CONTRACTOR WORKS, UH, MINIMIZING THE IMPACT ON THEIR DAILY LIFE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE, AND, UM, THANKS. 
          KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          BUT ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UH, THE CRACK PATCHING OR CRACK CEILING, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT. 
          ALL THIS IS NO COMPLAINT, BUT IF WE CAN, I WISH WE HAD A LITTLE MORE BUDGET THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THOSE MORE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT MORE BUDGET ON THE MAINTENANCE. 
          JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [E. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2025-2026 TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY WORK PLAN]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM E REVIEW AND DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY WORK PLAN. 
          MR. MACKER. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MARK NELSON, OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY, IS GOING TO LEAD THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, AND I'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE HIS TEAM HERE SHORTLY. 
          UM, AGAIN, UH, JUST AS A, AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION HERE, THIS IS A, A WORK PLAN THAT WE'RE, UH, LAYING OUT HERE. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ARE, ARE CONTINUING ON WITH OUR F 25, FY 25 LEVELS. 
          BUT I, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MARK PRETI AND, AND DANIEL FOR, UH, THE PUNCHLINE OF THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH WE'VE SHARED WITH EACH OF THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, IS JUST HOW, UM, SUCCESSFUL THEY'VE BEEN IN LEVERAGING, UH, GRANT DOLLARS, UM, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE MOBILITY, UH, REALM, BUT ALSO IN OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL REBUILDS. 
          UM, THEY HAVE DONE JUST AN AMAZING JOB, AND YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS THAT HOW MUCH MORE WE'RE, UH, HOW MUCH MORE WORK WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, GET COMPLETED, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO DO IN THAT WAY. 
          AND SO, UH, MARK, THANKS, UH, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, AND I'LL 
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TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR BRIEF. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER. 
          UM, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EVENING, TO TO VISIT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR BUDGET AND OUR, UH, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE WORKING THROUGH. 
          UM, AS, UH, MR. MAGNER SAID, WE DO HAVE, UH, PRE TIM DE, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OUR OFFICIAL TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE CITY. 
          AND THEN DANIEL HARIG IS OUR, UM, IS OUR MOBILITY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER. 
          UH, SO EXCUSE ME, MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, QUICK OVERVIEW. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OPERATIONS, UH, OUR CAPITAL, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, OUR MOBILITY INITIATIVES. 
          AND THEN, UH, FINISH UP WITH OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          SO WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNS, YOU SEE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 22,000 OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, VARIOUS TYPES. 
          UH, WE ENDEAVOR TO, UH, UPDATE THOSE, UH, REPLACE THOSE ON A 12 YEAR CYCLE. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE IN FY 25 WE'RE, UH, FINISHING UP IN, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL RICHARDSON. 
          AND THEN IN FY 26, WE'LL MOVE TO SOUTHWEST, UH, SOUTHWEST RICHARDSON. 
          AS FAR AS PAVEMENT MARKINGS GO, WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 400 LANE MILES OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH 27 MILES OF BIKE LANES, AND THEN 14 MILES OF, UH, THE SIGNED, UH, BIKE BIKE ROUTES. 
          AND HERE WE LOOK TO, UM, MAINTAIN A FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR, UH, REPLACEMENT CYCLE ON THOSE. 
          HOWEVER, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHEN WE SEE SOME ICE, UH, AND SNOW, UH, THE SAND AND SALT DOES, UH, SERVE AS A, AN ABRASIVE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO HIT THOSE, UH, SOME, PRIMARILY SOME OF THE HIGHER VOLUME, UH, INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO WE MIGHT HIT THOSE IN A, A MORE FREQUENT OR ORBIT WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL ZONES. 
          UM, WE, UH, REALLY PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO THOSE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, HIGH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THOSE AREAS, AND WE DO, UH, WE DO, UH, MAINTAIN THOSE ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENTLY, UH, JUST DEPENDING ON, UH, WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE. 
          IN FACT, UH, UH, TYPICALLY IN THE JULY AND FIRST PART OF AUGUST, THAT'S, UH, WE'RE KIND OF ALL HANDS ON DECKS WITH OUR, UH, FIELD STAFF MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          MOVING ON TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN OUR STREETLIGHTS. 
          WE HAVE 134 SIGNALS HERE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ONE COMING ON BOARD THERE AT, UH, WATERVIEW FRANK JOHNSON THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF, UH, UTD. 
          THAT IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND, UM, STREETLIGHTS THAT WE OWN AND OPERATE. 
          MOST OF THOSE, UH, ARE OUT IN THE PANHANDLE. 
          UH, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A, A GRANT TO UPGRADE THOSE, UH, TO LED PLATFORM OF REPLACING THE OLD HPS. 
          AND THEN ALONG, UM, ANOTHER, UH, ELEMENT OF OUR STREETLIGHTS IS ALONG THE T CORRIDOR, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH TDOT. 
          THEY'RE REPLACING THOSE AS PART OF THE PROJECT, UH, UH, UH, THOV TECH CLAIM PROJECT. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'VE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, REPLACING ALL THOSE, AND AGAIN, MOVING THOSE TO AN L-D-L-E-D PLATFORM. 
          SO QUICK, UH, QUICK LOOK AT OUR, UH, OPERATIONS BUDGET. 
          YOU CAN SEE AN FY 24 FROM FFY 24 TO FY 25. 
          UH, WE HAD A MARGINAL REJECTION, UH, OVERALL FOR THOSE, UH, UH, MAJOR, UH, CATEGORIES. 
          AND THEN WE'RE HOLDING STEADY WITH THE FY 25 AND OUR FFY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, TO FACILITATE OUR, OUR WORK PLAN. 
          SO THE TECHNOLOGY FUND, UH, WE HAVE A, UM, A FUND THAT BOTH, UH, IT AND, UH, TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT UTILIZES, UH, TO FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE, UH, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, UH, NEW EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA. 
          THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH, UH, BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE WATER SEWER FUND. 
          WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS A CONSISTENT PAY AS YOU GO METHOD WITHOUT GETTING INTO SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL, UH, DOLLARS, UH, CAPITAL, UH, FUNDS, UH, AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH THE, THE CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, AT THE END OF THIS, AS WE CYCLE THROUGH THIS, UH, WE WILL BRING THOSE, UM, WE'LL BRING THOSE, UH, PROJECTS BACK IN, IN HOUSE, UH, ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT TECHNOLOGY FUND LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT WORK PLAN LOOK LIKE? UH, REALLY WANT TO JUST FOCUS PRIMARILY ON, ON TWO OR THREE OF THESE. 
          UH, WE'VE, AND THAT IS THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS MASTER PLAN. 
          AS WE ONBOARD NEW TECHNOLOGY, BANDWIDTH, UH, BECOMES A REAL ISSUE. 
          UH, WE PLAY REPLACED, UH, AN OLD SYSTEM, UH, IN 2019 WITH A 4G. 
          AND SO AS WE BRING THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY ON BOARD, UH, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, UPDATING OUR, OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
          WE HAVE LAUNCHED ON THAT AND, UH, LOOK TO COMPLETE THAT, UH, COMMUNICATE, UH, COMPLETE THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS MASTER PLAN, UH, AND FY 26. 
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AND THEN WHAT THAT'LL REALLY DO IS FEED OR OTHERWISE, UH, INFORM THE ITS, OUR INTELLIGENT, UH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MASTER PLAN, UH, WOULD BE A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE, UH, PURCHASE OF VIDEO, UH, NEW VIDEO CAMERAS, UH, FOR, UM, MANY OF OUR INTERSECTIONS. 
          UH, WE'VE DONE THAT IN A PHASED APPROACH. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE PURCHASED THAT HERE IN FY UH, 25. 
          WE'LL COMPLETE THE INSTALL IN 26. 
          UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD TIME ON THAT TECHNOLOGY ON SOME OF THAT STUFF, UH, UH, BASED ON THE LOGISTICS CHAIN MOVING OVER TO OUR CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT AND, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS. 
          THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH, UH, BOND AND GRANT FUNDING. 
          AND SO THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AS PART AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT WORK PLAN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE, UH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ON THE PLANNING STAGE, MOVING THROUGH THE, UH, ENGINEERING DESIGN, AND ON THROUGH CONSTRUCTION INTO COMPLETION. 
          SO WITH THAT, THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM, WE'VE COMPLETED FIVE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS, TOTAL REBUILDS OF THOSE, UH, PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS. 
          UH, WE'RE FAST, UH, FAST APPROACHING THE COMPLETION OF OUR FY 25, UH, WORK PLAN. 
          IN FACT, UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, WELL, WE HAVE, UH, GREENVILLE, ARAPAHOE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. 
          WE'RE JUST TWEAKING SOME WORK WITH THE, UH, SIGNAL PROGRESSION ON THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, MAY RECALL THAT HAS SOME BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN IN FY 26, WE'LL SWING IN, UH, AND PICK UP FOUR MORE, UH, INTERSECTIONS THAT, UH, WILL COMPLETELY REBUILD. 
          SO THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, IS AN INTERESTING PROGRAM. 
          IT'S BEEN, WE'RE VERY FORTUITOUS, UH, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THAT, UH, WE'VE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE QUITE WELL, UH, WITH THIS. 
          WE HAD SUBMITTED AN FY 2020, OR, I'M SORRY, IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020 AND CALENDAR YEAR 2021, UH, FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROJECT CALLS TOTALING, UM, UH, 18 SIGNALS IN ONE OTHER PROJECTS. 
          UH, BUT ALL WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, WITH RESPECT, RESPECT TO THE SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, OR TEXTTO HAS COMPLETED THREE OF THOSE THAT ARE IN PROCESS WITH, UH, SIX AS WE SPEAK NOW. 
          AND THEN TO HAS INFORMED US THAT THEY'RE GONNA ADVANCE OR LAUNCH, UH, THE REMAINING NINE INTERSECTIONS AS PART OF THE FY 26. 
          SO, AGAIN, THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT GOOD NEWS ABOUT GRANTS IS YOU LEVERAGE YOUR MONEY. 
          THE BAD NEWS ABOUT GRANTS, YOU'VE GOT SOME GRANT ASSURANCES AS WELL AS YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEIR SCHEDULE, IN THIS CASE, TEXT OUT TO ADVANCE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. 
          SO, UM, THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE IN CER IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THESE WITH THE 2020, UH, WE'RE BASICALLY, UH, 14% OF THE COST LOCALLY, UH, ON THE 2021 AT 16% OF THE COST OF, UH, PRETTY GOOD RATE OF RETURN ON THAT. 
          MOVING TO OUR MOBILITY INITIATIVES, UM, THOSE ARE, THAT'S THROUGH OUR FUNDED, THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, BOND FUNDS AS WELL AS GRANT FUNDS. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN ADVANCING OUR, UH, ACTIVE, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          SO IN FY 25, UH, WE COMPLETED, UM, SOME NEW FACILITIES DOWN IN SOUTHWEST RICHARDSON TO INCLUDE BIKE LANES ON FLOYD, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BYWAYS ON DUMONT, DUBLIN AND WEATHERED. 
          AND THEN IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT ON GREENVILLE, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN, UH, THE ENHANCED, UM, UH, PHYSICAL SEPARATION FROM A BUFFERED BIKE, UH, BIKE LANE TO A PHYSICAL SEPARATION THERE ON GREENVILLE FOR THAT HIGHER SPEED, UM, ROADWAY, UH, WITH THE, UH, NETWORK, THE, THE BIKE NETWORK NETWORK THERE. 
          AND THEN THAT TIES INTO THAT GREENVILLE, ARAPAHOE, UH, SIGNAL THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN TERMS OF, UH, HAVING SOME, UH, PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS AT THAT LOCATION. 
          SO ON FY 26, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST EMPHASIZE THE, UH, COTTON BELT TRAIL. 
          UM, SO IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE CITY LINE AREA, CITY LINE BUSH STATION, UH, EASTERN, UH, END OF, UH, COTTON BELT TRAIL THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ANYWAY, UH, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF WORKING ON THAT. 
          WHEN I SAY THEY, IT IS, IT'S, UH, DART WITH FUNDING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO COOPERATING, WORKING WITH HIM ON THAT, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE EASEMENT. 
          AND THEN THE SPRING CREEK BRIDGE. 
          UM, DART HAS INDICATED THAT, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT COMPLETED IN THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER OF CALENDAR, YEAR 26. 
          SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION INTO PLANO, UH, THERE AT PGBT, UNDERNEATH PGBT, AND THEN PROVIDE CONTINUOUS TRAIL, THEN OVER TO ALMA. 
          AND OF COURSE, THAT TRAIL THEN WILL, UH, UH, CONTINUE, UH, WESTBOUND, 
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UH, THROUGH UTD AND, UH, THEN CONNECT, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF, UH, WATERVIEW WITH THE DALLAS SEGMENT. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, WE WERE AWARDED OR RECOGNIZED AS A BRONZE, UH, COMMUNITY FOR BIKE FRIENDLY. 
          UM, WE DID GET, UM, GREAT COMMENTARY BACK FROM THE LAB AND THAT, UH, WE HAD PROGRESSED TOWARDS THAT SILVER. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, PART OF THE, PART OF OUR ISSUES WAS IS THAT, UH, LA THE, THE LAB DOES NOT ACTUALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE PROJECTS UNLESS THEY'RE COMPLETED. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE GROUND AND COMPLETED. 
          ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD GREAT FUNDING, GREAT EFFORT MOVING NOT ONLY, UH, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS PROJECTS FORWARD, BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE GROUND, WE DIDN'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT. 
          SO WE BELIEVE WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION NOW WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE OUTLINED, UM, FROM FY 26, UH, THOSE THAT WE HAVE, UM, ON TASKS THAT I JUST MENTIONED FOR FFY, I'M SORRY, FFY 25 THAT WE COMPLETED, THOSE THAT WE HAVE ON TA ON ON TASK FOR FY 26. 
          AND THEN, UH, THESE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, THE DOVER ELEMENTARY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S IN ITS FINAL, UM, THAT'S IN ITS FINAL STAGE. 
          WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, SAFE SCHOOL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AT SEVEN DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, UH, WITHIN THE RSD SYSTEM. 
          UM, AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE BPAC FOR OUR, UH, PERFORMANCE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UH, FOR OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND, AND THEN, UM, ALSO MOVING FORWARD, TAKING A LOOK AT ADVANCING OUR A DA TRANSITION PLAN. 
          THIS IS A COMPLIANCE, UM, THIS IS A COMPLIANCE ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, UM, REDUCING OR, UM, ADDRESSING THOSE DEFICIENCIES WITH, UH, ANY A DA ELEMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN OUR FACILITIES OR WHETHER THEY'RE OUT IN, UM, ON THE SIDEWALKS AT OUR INTERSECTIONS. 
          AND SO WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS, UH, REALLY GOES THROUGH, PROVIDES THAT INVENTORY FOR THAT, AND THEN IT LINES UP AND IDENTIFIES, UM, A PLAN TO SYSTEMATICALLY APPROACH, UH, THOSE PROJECTS ON A PRIORITY BASIS AS FUNDING'S AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADVANCING THE, UH, SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          SO WHAT'S THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN? WELL, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE, UH, THAT'S A COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE DATA DRIVEN PROCESS TO REDUCE, UM, HIGH INJURY ACCIDENTS, TO INCLUDE FATALITIES. 
          AND SO IT IS ALSO, UM, FUNDED THROUGH A US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE RECEIVED THAT, UH, LAST YEAR, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          I'VE GOT A UPCOMING SLIDE THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, ON THE SCHEDULE WITH THAT. 
          UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT, SAFETY IS A PRIORITY FOR US IN TRANSPORTATION. 
          THAT'S ALSO AN ELEMENT, UH, AS, AS PART OF OUR, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS WELL AS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON. 
          AND THEN IT FEATHERS INTO TDOT'S EFFORT AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT IN TERMS OF ELIMINATING THOSE, UM, FATAL CRASHES. 
          IN FACT, UM, TXDOT HAS THEIR VISION ZERO PLAN FOR 2050, WHICH SEEKS TO ELIMINATE ALL CRASHES, UM, ALL FATAL CRASHES BY, UH, 2050. 
          SO PLAN ELEMENTS ARE OUTLINED THERE ON THE RIGHT IN THE RIGHTMOST COLUMN. 
          WE'LL SHIFT TO THIS SLIDE HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          AGAIN, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR, WE'VE GOT A CONSULTANT ON BOARD WITH THAT, UH, FOR THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO ASSESS, UH, THE CONDITIONS WE'VE INITIATED INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UH, IN, IN AUGUST, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP AT THE, UH, PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, EXPO AT THE END, UH, LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THEN AT CULTURE, AND NICOLE CORE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, IN EARLY NOVEMBER, OF COURSE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN THE SPRING TIMEFRAME, UH, AS PART OF THAT, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THEN PLAN ADOPTION, UH, WITH THE INTENT TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED IN, UH, IN THE MAY TO JUNE TIMEFRAME. 
          SO REALLY JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEIR, THEIR CAPACITY, THEIR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN, THE AV 2.2, 2.3, THAT'S, UH, THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR, UH, UH, PILOT PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS THE, THE IQ TO CHINATOWN, AND THEN, THEN DOWNTOWN, AND THEN BACK OVER TO THE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT SOME PROJECTS IN HERE SUCH AS THE WEST, UH, WEST SPRING VALLEY P SAFETY, AND THE EAST SPRING VALLEY AND ABRAMS, 
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WHICH IS PTI, WHICH IS THE DARK PTI PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE REALLY ALL OVER THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE FUNDING THAT. 
          WE'VE GOT FUNDING FROM DALLAS COUNTY ON A NUMBER OF THESE. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE'VE ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER AS PART OF THESE, UH, VARIOUS STUDIES. 
          SO, UM, THIS ONE SLIDE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT UPWARDS TO 60 PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE'RE ALMOST AT A ONE THIRD, TWO THIRD SPLIT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ON THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RUB WITH SOME OF THE, THE, THE SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING, UH, THOSE, UH, PROJECTS, UH, WITH TXDOT AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, OTHER AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THAT OVERALL COORDINATION ASPECT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, YOU KIND OF STEP BACK AND YOU CAN KIND OF ACCEPT SOME OF THOSE, UH, SOME OF THE, THE, THOSE, UH, SETBACKS WITH RESPECT TO THAT. 
          SO IN CONCLUSION, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS, UH, LOOK TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK, UH, FROM YOU, THE COUNCIL, AND THEN AS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, FINALIZE THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY WORK PLAN AS RECEIVED, UH, WE RECEIVE THOSE, UH, CERTIFIED VALUES AND, AND WORK WITH THE MANAGER AND, AND FINALIZING OUR, OUR PORTION OF THE BUDGET. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. 
          OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, YEAH, I MEAN, RECEIVE COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON OPERATIONS. 
          I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY FEEDBACK. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE DOING NO, REALLY, LIKE, I MEAN, I, I, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND CARE TO ALL THE DETAILS, AND ALWAYS, Y'ALL ALWAYS COMING TO US WITH NEW PROJECTS AND NEW, YOU KNOW, JUST A WHOLE LIST OF NEW INITIATIVES AND THINGS YOU'RE WORKING ON. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S THAT, THAT SLOW MARCH TO SILVER, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA GET THERE FOR SURE. 
          AND I REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR SURE. 
          UH, ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT IS, UM, A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM? SO SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          IT'S, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO IT OKAY. 
          THAT IT IDENTIFIES YOU WORK WITH, YOU GO IN, YOU WORK WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOLS MM-HMM . 
          UH, THE, UH, IDENTIFY A PARTICULAR SCHOOL, THEN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT MAY BE HAZARDS OR WHAT MAY BE IMPACTS TO ACCESSING A SCHOOL. 
          UM, EITHER BICYCLE, BUT PRIMARILY PEDESTRIAN. 
          SO IS IT, COULD IT BE, UM, COULD IT BE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH A, A SIDEWALK? UM, UNEVEN, UNEVEN SIDEWALK? MM-HMM . 
          OR NON-CONFORMING SIDEWALK. 
          UM, ALSO IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIKE BIKE EDUCATION. 
          OH, GOOD. 
          AND, AND WALKING EDUCATIONAL ELEMENTS TO, TO TEACH THE YOUNGER, UH, THE YOUNGER STUDENTS OR EVEN HIGH SCHOOLERS MM-HMM . 
          ON HOW, HOW TO DRIVE, UH, AROUND A HIGH SCHOOL, UH, YEAH. 
          CAMPUS, UM, WHEN THERE'S A HIGH NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS IN THAT AREA MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SORT OF DETAILS THAT GO INTO IT. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF CUSTOM BUILT FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR EACH GOING FOR YEAH, YEAH. 
          FOR EACH COMMUNITY, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND WITH RESPECT TO EACH CAMPUS. 
          THAT'S REALLY GOOD IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF, UH, BOTH FOOT AND PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL LOOK LIKE IN THE, INTO THAT, UH, INTO THAT CAMPUS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I LOVE, I LOVE TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS Y'ALL ARE PUTTING IN. 
          AND I, UH, I DO WANNA SAY, I MEAN, ALL THE STUFF ALONG DART, UM, AROUND CITY LINE IS FANTASTIC. 
          I ACTUALLY USED THAT NEW BRIDGE TO COMMUTE TO WORK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND IT, IT WAS AWESOME. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY, I MEAN, EVERYTHING Y'ALL ARE DOING IS JUST, JUST FANTASTIC. 
          I, I THINK I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ON HERE. 
          UM, REAL QUICK, CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT GOES INTO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT? SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 
          UM, THE MAP, WE HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS YES. 
          THAT WERE GONNA BE IMPROVED. 
          CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT GOES, WHAT GOES INTO THERE? WHICH GOES INTO THIS ONE? WELL, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE NEW SIGNALS, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE ARE THE ONES, GIMME ONES, LIKE, YOU PRESS THE BUTTON AND YOU HEAR THE VOICE AND MM-HMM . 
          IT, IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT'S, RIGHT. 
          SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO A, WHEN WE DO A SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION MM-HMM . 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA DO STEM TO DISTURBS, OR IN MOST CASES, UM, SOMETIMES WE CAN REUSE THE FOUNDATION, BUT IN MOST CASES, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH AND TAKING THE ENTIRE FOUNDATION OUT, PUTTING UP NEW, UH, SIGNAL POLES, CROSS ARMS. MM-HMM . 
          THE NEW SIGNALS ACROSS THAT, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, VEHICLE DETECTION AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION. 
          LIKEWISE, UM, WE'RE UPGRADING THOSE, UH, RAMPS. 
          UM, THE A DA RAMPS AROUND, UH, ALL FOUR LEGS OF THE INTERSECTION AND, UH, INCLUDING THE, THE NEW PED BUTTONS THAT DO, UH, 
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INCLUDE THE AUDIO MM-HMM . 
          AUDIO, UH, WALK, WALK BUTTON, OR WHO, WHOSE VOICE IS THAT ON THERE, BY THE WAY? SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          SAY WHOSE VOICE IS, IS ON THAT BUTTON? YOU, I HAVE NO IDEA. 
          YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY NOT MINE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE YOURS A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY , UM, OKAY. 
          UH, SO WHAT I'M, I'M SORRY TO KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS ON THIS. 
          WHAT DETERMINES THE SCHEDULE FOR THESE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS? JUST 'CAUSE, I MEAN, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT WE'D WANT TO PRIORITIZE THE ONES ALONG, LIKE THE 75 CROSSINGS. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW. 
          SO WITH OUR BOND PROGRAM MM-HMM . 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH A 20, 25 YEAR, UM, REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR THOSE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFETY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM MM-HMM . 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, UM, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE HSPS ARE THE MM-HMM . 
          UH, HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT ARE BASED ON WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT. 
          I SEE. 
          IDENTIFYING SAFETY ISSUES WITH THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, WHETHER IT'S ON SYSTEM. 
          SO ONE SYSTEM WOULD BE, SAY A BELT LINE AND 75 OR A SE, UH, ARAPAHOE 75, THAT'S ONE SYSTEM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ON THE TXDOT SYSTEM. 
          AN OFF SYSTEM MIGHT BE A WATERVIEW CAMPBELL I SEE. 
          OR CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT MAYOR PRO TE HUTCHEN RIDER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO JUST ECHO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CORCORAN SAID, I THINK YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE EIGHT, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THAT WE'RE, AS A PART OF THE TRAFFIC WORK PLAN THAT WE'RE UNDER THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC SPECIAL PROJECTS, IT SAYS THAT WE'RE DOING 4G NETWORK. 
          JUST A QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AT A 5G AT THIS POINT IN TIME, RIGHT? SO IS, AND I, I I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, AND IN FISCAL YEAR 26 IS PROPOSED, WE'RE GONNA SPEND $78,000 TOWARDS THE 4G NETWORK. 
          IS THERE, IS THERE A RATIONALE, IS THERE A REASON WHERE WE WOULDN'T START TRYING TO MOVE UP TO A 5G? RIGHT? IS IT NOT REQUIRED OR THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, MASTER PLAN'S ALL ABOUT. 
          WHEN WE, WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE 4G, THE 4G WAS NOT UBIQUITOUS, IT WAS NOT THROUGHOUT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE, WE LAUNCHED ON THE FOUR 4G NET NETWORK BACK IN THE, UH, LATE IN THE MID TO LATE 2019 TIMEFRAME. 
          AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          WE'RE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT OTHER COMMUNICATION SHOULD WE LOOK AT A DIFFERENT, SHOULD WE LOOK MOVE FORWARD TO, TO A 5G PLATFORM? SHOULD WE LOOK AT, UH, SAY BACK TO A WIRELESS RADIO SYSTEM? ARE THERE ELEMENTS THAT, UM, MAY WARRANT OR POTENTIALLY, UH, BE AVAILABLE TO DO, UM, FIBER NETWORK? BUT OF COURSE THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          BUT YES, UH, TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT 4G OR UPGRADE IT. 
          MARK, MARK. 
          EXPLAIN THOUGH. 
          UH, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A NUANCE TO THIS QUESTION. 
          WHY AREN'T WE GOING TO 5G 26? BECAUSE I THINK THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE A PART 4G AND A PART FIVE B 5G SYSTEM, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, SO PRO THAT MAKES, THAT'S WHAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS. 
          SO MAYOR PRO TIM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE MAKE THAT DECISION, OR IF WE MAKE THAT DECISION TO GO 5G WHERE WHEREVER WE'RE HEADED NEXT, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE AN ORDERLY PLAN TO, TO SWITCH OVER THE WHOLE, WE JUST CAN'T DO IT MIDSTREAM AND HAVE TWO SYSTEMS WORKING. 
          YEAH, NO, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          YEAH, RIGHT. 
          I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. 
          IF ANYONE ELSE LOOKS AT IT, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHY ARE WE STILL INVESTING, IF YOU WILL, IN OLD TECHNOLOGY? BUT IN ESSENCE, IT ALL HAS TO BE ON THE 4G NETWORK. 
          YOU CAN'T HAVE LIKE A PART AND A PART. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IN PART, PART OF THE OPERATIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT 4G. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          JUST, THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE CLARIFIED THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OTHERWISE, GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SORRY, MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION. 
          OH, NO, NO, NO. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHAUL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, THANK YOU MARK, AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE DOING ALL THE GREAT WORK. 
          APPRECIATE TO ALL THE STUFF THEY'RE DOING. 
          IT DEFINITELY, THIS IS A TEAMWORK. 
          UH, ONE QUESTION. 
          I SEE THAT, UH, HOE AND GREENVILLE, UH, INTERSECTION, THAT SIGNAL SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR, UH, OR NEXT YEAR, THAT'S, UM, ARAPAHOE AND YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          THAT'S, UH, AUGUST, ARAPAHOE GREENVILLE, AUGUST, 2025. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS NOT GRANT FUND. 
          THIS LOOKS LIKE IT IS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF THE THINGS HAS, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED  FUNDING. 
          AND THIS IS NOT, IS, THIS IS LITTLE FAR FROM THE 75. 
          THAT'S WHY, OR THIS IS, OR THEY HAD LIMITED GRANT THAT THAT COULD BE USED. 
          SO GREENVILLE, ARAPAHOE, THE, THE FEDERAL FUNDING 
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COVERED THE BIKE PAD PORTION. 
          AND ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES FUNDING IS IT DOESN'T COVER SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND SO WE USE THE BOND FUNDS OUTTA THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO UPGRADE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPONENT OF IT. 
          THE FUNDS, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDS HELPED WITH LIKE THE BIKE COMPONENTS OF IT, UM, BUT OTHER MORE KIND OF REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGNAL, UH, WE SUPPLEMENTED WITH BOND FUNDS. 
          SO WOULD THIS PROJECT, I MEAN, COULD WE HAVE, GET SOMETHING FROM THE, UM, THE COUNTY FUNDING FOR THIS? BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE USED BY WIDER, YOU KNOW, BIGGER, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THE RESTRICTION. 
          SO, SO THE COUNTY TYPICALLY DOESN'T INVEST IN TRAFFIC SIGNALS. 
          OH, THAT'S NOT, UM, REALLY KIND OF WITH WITHIN THEIR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          AND SO, UM, WHILE THEY WILL FUND AN INTERSECTION MM-HMM . 
          RECONSTRUCT THE INTERSECTION, RIGHT. 
          THEY WOULDN'T FUND THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THEMSELVES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO RECONSIDER IN THE FUTURE? MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, OR, I MEAN, WE'LL SEE. 
          UH, NOW I HAVE, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION IS THAT DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF LIKE STATISTICS THAT, WHICH ARE THE INTERSECTION OR WHICH ARE THE ROADWAY, NOT MAJOR INTERSECTION, MAYBE JUST NEIGHBORHOOD INTERSECTION. 
          THE T WHEN IT COMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU HAVE THE STOP SIGN MAKE RIGHT TURN, LEFT TURN, UH, IF THERE IS ANY LIKE, ISSUE WITH THE, THE, YOU KNOW, STOP SIGN WHERE IT WAS INSTALLED IN THE PAST, NOT REALLY WORKING ANYMORE. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU STOP AT THAT T SECTION, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OR RIGHT SIDE. 
          YOU MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE STOP SIGN AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, BASICALLY THIS IS REGARDING THE SITE SITE VIEW SITE. 
          THE SITE LINE, YEAH. 
          50 SITE VIEW. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SOME METRICS IN TERMS OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT WARRANT FOR, FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WHEN, WHEN THEY DO WARRANT FOR STOP SIGNS, WE ADVANCE WITH THAT. 
          BUT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING A QUESTION, IS THIS SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, WHERE, UH, AN INTERSECTION WHERE A STOP SIGN IS NOT PERFORMING, UH, AN ALWAYS STOP IS NOT PERFORMING AT AN INTERSECTION? YEAH, I MEAN, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU PUT THE STOP SIGN, YOU PUT THAT ON THE CAR RADIO. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT? FIVE FEET OR 10 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION. 
          BUT SOMETIMES YOU ARE, IF YOU STOP THERE, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ON THE LEFT IF YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT TURN BECAUSE OF THE, THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TREE HAS GROWN, MAYBE SOMEONE HAS THEIR FENCE EXTENDED. 
          UH, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LINE OF SIGHT ANYMORE. 
          UH, MAYBE IT WAS RIGHT IN THE PAST, BUT THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, I WOULD NOT SAY WE ARE OLD CITY, BUT I WOULD SAY WE ARE A VERY MATURE CITY. 
          SO, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IN TERMS OF A, UM, A, A METRIC IN TERMS OF TOTAL NUMBER OF THOSE, UH, NO SIR. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THAT WE KIND OF TAKE THOSE ON A, UH, ON A COMPLAINT BASIS AND WE TAKE OR WE PULL THOSE IN AND THEN FACILITATE, UH, UH, OBSERVATION, UH, AND AN ENGINEERING, UH, REVIEW. 
          SO, SO LET ME, LET ME, LET ME ADD, JUST, SO IF, IF THERE'S A STOP SIGN, THERE IS A VISIBILITY CLIP THAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, WHETHER IT'S A FENCE OR VEGETATION, ANYTHING. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE'S A STOP SIGN, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE TURNING RIGHT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE LEFT WITHOUT BEING OBSTRUCTED. 
          SO WE HAVE WAYS OF ADDRESSING THAT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, DEFINITELY, UH, SHARE THOSE WITH US. 
          BUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE, UM, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A, A, A STOP SIGN WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A PERMANENT OBSTRUCTION, RIGHT. 
          THAT YOU COULD, SO, SO I THINK THAT, I THINK THE ANSWER IS WE CAN ADDRESS A VISIBILITY OBSTRUCTION. 
          IF THERE'S A CLIP THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, CODE CAN GO AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREE IS TRIMMED, OR IF A FENCE WAS ERECTED ILLEGALLY, WE CAN MAKE HIM MOVE THE FENCE IF THAT, IF THAT'S THE CASE. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A STOP SIGN WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE, UM, ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, THA THANKS FOR CLARIFICATION. 
          I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT. 
          UH, WHOEVER IS LISTENING, THAT MEANS IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, JUST COME FORWARD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND INFORM CITY. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BUDGET. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF ONE OF THE STOP SIGN OR A COUPLE OF THE STOP SIGN THAT WAS INSTALLED BY TECH STOP. 
          YOU GUYS HAD CORRECTED THAT AS SOON AS YOU GUYS FOUND IT. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS NOT OUR CITY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT YOU GUYS TOOK CARE OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YEAH, TO THAT POINT, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT, UH, 
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JUST OUTSIDE MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SOME RESIDENTS REPORTED IT, AND I THINK WITHIN 24 OR 48 HOURS, THE TREE THE OBSTRUCTION WAS, WAS CLEARED, AND IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD ADVICE FOR PEOPLE TO CALL. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND DANIEL AND  DO, UH, TO GET GRANT FUNDING. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I MEAN, WE WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND, AND SORT OF HOW TIGHT IT ALWAYS IS, UH, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND YOU ALL GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND TRYING TO FIND ALTERNATE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT COUNCILMAN CORCORAN WAS, WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING IT. 
          UH, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A THIRD NOW THAT WE'RE FUNDING. 
          LET'S SEE IF WE CAN BE A QUARTER NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER THAT. 
          SO I, I, I WOULD JUST SORT OF PUSH YOU AND, AND KEEP ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT, IT IS SUPER HELPFUL, UM, AND IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND, AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          MARK, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          ONLY QUESTION I HAD, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S COMING UP AUGUST 26TH, UH, WHICH IS THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, AND WANNA JUST SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME OR JUST FOR US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE SHOULD BE, UH, ENCOURAGING, UH, RESIDENTS THAT WE RUN INTO TO BRING TO YOU, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THAT COMMUNITY MEETING? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BRING YOU THEIR TOP THREE LEAST FAVORITE INTERSECTIONS THAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF? OR WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THERE? CORRECT. 
          I MEAN, JUST WHERE, WHERE THEY SEE OR HAVE CONCERNS WITH, UH, WITH, UM, WHETHER IT'S INTERSECTIONS OR WHETHER IT'S, UM, AT, YOU KNOW, UNCOMFORTABLE SPEEDS ALONG A CERTAIN ROADWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE PEDESTRIANS OR WHERE YOU MAY HAVE, UH, UH, AN ISSUE, UH, WITH, UH, WITH TRAFFIC. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE TEAM AND INTRODUCING THAT THAT INFORMATION WILL GO, I UNDERSTAND THAT'LL BE GOING OUT IN THE AUGUST EDITION OF THE RICHARDSON TODAY. 
          OH, PERFECT. 
          IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, THAT PARTICULAR MEETING AND NOT, YEAH, I HAVE A FEELING YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME POTENTIALLY BUSY MEETINGS, BUT, UH, MAYBE OUR EMAIL EMAILERS WON'T SHOW UP, SO MM-HMM . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [F. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2025-2026 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORK PLAN]
MOVING ON TO ITEM F, UH, THAT IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORK PLAN. 
          MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, UH, DAN D OUR, UH, UH, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, DIRECTOR OF IT IS GOING TO START OFF THIS PRESENTATION AND IT'LL, UH, FEEL FAMILIAR IN THE RHYTHM AS WE GO THROUGH OUR IT WORK PLAN FOR FFY 26, OUR PRELIMINARY PLAN. 
          UH, BUT I ALSO WANNA WELCOME KEISHA MORRISON, WHO IS OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER. 
          UH, PART OF, UH, THE, UH, WORK PLAN THAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, DAN COVER WILL BE, UH, THE CONTINUATION OF OUR UTILITY BILLING TRANSITION FROM OUR LEGACY SYSTEMS OVER, UH, TO OUR NEW SOFTWARE. 
          UH, KEISHA IS GOING TO, UH, WRAP UP THE BRIEFING BY, UH, REALLY COVERING THREE TOPICS FOR YOU. 
          ONE IS, UH, KIND OF A, UM, A SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES NEEDING TO MAKE A CHANGE AS WE, UH, TRANSITION TO THE NEW SOFTWARE AND, UH, CAPABILITY NOT BEING AVAILABLE TO US. 
          BUT TWO, ARE, UH, TWO KIND OF, UH, POLICY KIND OF QUESTIONS WE WANNA, UH, PUT TO YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND, AND, AND GUIDANCE. 
          UH, AS KEEL MENTIONED, THEY'RE IMPORTANT IN THE TIMING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT MIGRATION FROM THE OLD SYSTEM TO THE NEW SYSTEM. 
          AND SO WE KIND OF FIGURED, UH, ALL THINGS EQUAL, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD BRIEFING, UH, AS DAN SETS THE TABLE FOR THAT BIG, UH, PROJECT. 
          AND, AND ALL THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          KEISHA CAN KIND OF, UH, DELVE INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF, OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED. 
          SO, UH, DAN, UH, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM, UH, THAT'S HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. 
          NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. MAGNER, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, JOINING ME TONIGHT ARE, UH, EDS NAVELY, OUR DEPUTY, CIO, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, JOSH OLO, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER APPLICATIONS IN GIS AND LEO GONZALEZ, WHO ARE, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PRESENT OUR WORK PLAN THIS EVENING. 
          AND STARTING WITH OUR, UH, UH, OVERVIEW, REALLY, WE'RE GONNA BREAK THE, UH, PRESENTATION DOWN INTO THREE COMPONENTS, UH, STARTING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT, UH, OVERVIEW. 
          THEN WE'LL WORK, UH, THROUGH IT FUNDING AND, UH, PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP WITH, UH, LEGACY SYSTEMS AND, UH, IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO, JUMPING RIGHT INTO OUR IT DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, TEAM STRUCTURE, THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND, UH, CHALLENGES WE FACE, WHICH ARE MANY. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'LL DO A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT DOES THE IT DEPARTMENT LOOK LIKE. 
          SO STARTING WITH OUR, UH, TEAM STRUCTURE, UH, REALLY WE'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE DIVISIONS. 
          UH, SO THE FIRST DIVISION IS OUR APPLICATION SERVICES DIVISION, AGAIN, HEADED UP BY, UH, UH, JOSH . 
          UH, THAT TEAM DOES ANYTHING FROM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TO SOFTWARE SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT GIS 
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TEAM THAT HANDLES ALL OF OUR MAPPING, UH, UH, CHALLENGES. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES TEAM, AGAIN, HEADED UP BY, UH, LEO GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES TEAM STARTS WITH OUR, OUR INTAKE MECHANISM, WHICH IS OUR HELP DESK. 
          UH, THEN IT GOES THROUGH DESKTOP SUPPORT, SERVER STORAGE, NETWORK, UH, SUPPORT. 
          UH, AND THERE'S ALSO A, UH, RADIO SERVICES COMPONENT THAT REPORTS UP THROUGH, UH, UM, LEO AND LITTLE BIT MORE ON RADIO HERE IN THE, UH, NEAR FUTURE. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE OUR, UH, PROJECT, UH, SERVICES AND, UH, SECURITY TEAM, UH, AGAIN, HEAD UP BY, UH, ED SNAVELY. 
          UH, SO THAT'S OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE WHERE WE DO OUR, OUR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, RUN THEM THROUGH, UH, THAT, THAT GROUP. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, WHAT WE CALL A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OFFICE, WHICH DOES OUR FINANCIALS. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR, UH, CYBERSECURITY, UH, ELEMENT. 
          UH, SO YOU MIGHT DO THE MATH AND SAY, HEY, DAN, IF I ADD UP THOSE NUMBERS ACROSS THE GREEN BLOCKS, OR THEY EQUAL 31, I'M ACTUALLY THE 32ND POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, THEY LET ME BE IN THERE, WHICH I APPRECIATE. 
          SO, OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES, IT STARTS WITH OPERATIONAL READINESS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IS KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, RIGHT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RUNNING, UH, PROPERLY INTO, UH, OUR SPECIFICATIONS. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE, NOW WE ALSO WORK WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS, UH, ON PLANNING AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS AND HOW DO WE ALIGN WITH THEM, UH, IN MEETING THOSE NEEDS. 
          SECOND PRIORITY, WHICH AGAIN, IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY, IS SECURITY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO BE SECURITY CONSCIOUS IN EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          UH, IN THE PAST, YOU'VE, UH, BLESSED US WITH, UH, FUNDING FOR SECURITY TOOLS, WHICH GIVEN PAST EVENTS, I THINK HAVE BEEN VERY, UH, EFFECTIVE. 
          UH, SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S SYSTEMS, DATA, UH, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE HAVE TO BE SECURITY CONSCIOUS. 
          UH, AND WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, SCENARIOS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS SECURITY. 
          ANYTHING FROM TOOLS TO, UH, USER, UH, AWARENESS PROGRAMS, UH, TESTING. 
          UM, SO WE, WE HAVE A, A MULTIFACETED PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL, FOR SECURITY, UH, NEXUS INTEROPERABILITY. 
          SO WE NEED THESE SYSTEMS TO TALK SEAMLESSLY WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHETHER IT BE ON THE NETWORK ELEMENT OR, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE HERE TO SERVICE OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT HERE TO DO TECHNOLOGY JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALTHOUGH THOSE OF US IN THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD LOVE DOING THAT. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UH, IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS, ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND CONSULTATION. 
          UH, SO THEY COME TO US WITH QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I USE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND SO FORTH. 
          AND WE TRY TO ASSIST. 
          SO WE'VE GONE TO CHALLENGES. 
          UH, SO I THINK OUR FIRST CHALLENGE IS WE HAVE MANY LINES OF BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY, UH, AND THEY ALL HAVE VERY DIVERSE NEEDS. 
          BUT THEN IF WE TAKE IT THE NEXT STEP DOWN, EVEN WITHIN DEPARTMENTS, THERE CAN BE VERY DIVERSE NEEDS. 
          UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE RAPID CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE ADVENT OF THINGS LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE JUST RATCHES UP THAT, UH, THAT CHALLENGE. 
          THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, LABOR CHALLENGE, RIGHT? SO THE, UH, DALLAS AREA IS, UH, UH, VERY COMPETITIVE AND TRULY THE WHOLE NORTH TEXAS, UH, AREA, VERY COMPETITIVE IN TRYING TO, UH, FIND AND RETAIN, UH, RESOURCES, UH, WHICH CAN BE ABSOLUTELY CHALLENGING. 
          AND THEN, I WISH I COULD SAY THAT IT IS, IS CHEAP, UM, BUT IT'S NOT, THERE'S ALWAYS A, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE A COST INCREASE IN EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          UH, WE DO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN CUT COSTS AND DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT, IT IS A, A COSTLY ENDEAVOR. 
          SO, NEXT, MOVING INTO OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT SNAPSHOT. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THESE ELEMENTS. 
          UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO CALL OUT. 
          UH, SO AS WE DO OUR DESKTOP, OUR WORKSTATION DEPLOYMENTS, UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR LAPTOPS DESKTOP, UH, RATIOS. 
          WE'VE BEEN MOVING MORE TOWARDS A, UH, MOBILITY SCENARIO. 
          UH, WHAT WAS INTERESTING THIS YEAR, WE HAD A LITTLE RETRACTION, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO WE HAD A FEWER LAPTOPS THAT WERE DEPLOYED, UH, AND MORE DESKTOPS. 
          NOT A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT, UH, JUST KIND OF AN INTERESTING, UH, TWIST, UH, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, AGAIN, THE PRIOR YEAR WAS 70 30 SPLIT. 
          SO, UH, NOT A HUGE, UH, SPLIT, UH, MOVING ON TO WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS. 
          UH, SO THESE ARE THE DEVICES THAT ALLOW US TO CONNECT WIRELESSLY. 
          UH, WE INCREASED THAT FOOTPRINT, UH, 17%, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN MOVING INTO, UH, APPLICATIONS, UH, REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT OUR LOTUS NOTES, UH, ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR, JOSH AND HIS TEAM HAS REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF REDUCING, UH, OUR NOTES FOOTPRINT. 
          UH, WE REDUCED THAT NUMBER BY 69 OVER THE YEAR. 
          AND IF WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 20 THROUGH 25, UH, OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE'VE REDUCED ALMOST 400 LOTUS NOTES APPLICATIONS OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO QUITE 
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A, QUITE A FEW. 
          UH, AND THEN EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE IS THE NUMBER OF MAP REDUCTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, IN THE GIS SPACE. 
          SO WE REDUCED THE NUMBER BY 251, UH, OR 48%. 
          UH, SO OUR TOTAL NUMBER RIGHT NOW IS 268. 
          AND WHAT THAT WAS IS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME UPGRADES AND SO FORTH, WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY GO OUT AND LOOK AT, DO WE HAVE OLD MAPS OUT THERE THAT REALLY AREN'T USED ANYMORE, OTHER MAPS THAT QUITE FRANKLY AREN'T USED. 
          AND WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REMOVE THOSE. 
          SO, FOR, UH, FUNDING SOURCES, WE, WE DO GET OUR FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE, UH, UH, MULTIPLE POTS, IF YOU WILL, STARTING WITH, UH, THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDING TO DO OUR ONGOING MAINTENANCE SUBSCRIPTIONS, UH, OPERATIONS AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND IS WHERE WE DO THE TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT. 
          SO REALLY ALL THE HARDWARE REPLACEMENT. 
          UM, WE HAVE OTHER SOURCES, UH, AGAIN, WITH THE, UH, CEO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, UH, RADIO SYSTEM, UH, LATER. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL, UH, PROJECT FUNDS WHERE WE DO ONE TIME, UH, SCENARIOS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THE, UH, SCADA SYSTEM, UH, FLEET SYSTEM, UH, PART OF THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL SERVICES FUND, UH, OUR TECH TECH FUND, UH, WHICH FUNDS ARE A LEGACY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT. 
          SO FOR 24, 25 MAJOR PROJECTS, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, UH, PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE THAT STANDS OUT IS THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SOFTWARE UPGRADE. 
          UH, THAT'S A $0 AMOUNT, UH, CO, UH, PROJECT, UH, WHICH I THINK MR. MAGNER, UH, IS VERY HAPPY TO SEE. 
          UM, I WISH WE COULD DO ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WAY. 
          UH, SO THE REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT FOR $0 IS BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. 
          SO THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL COST TO DO THE, UH, THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE THERE. 
          UH, OUR NORMAL, UH, ANNUAL DESKTOP REPLACEMENTS. 
          UH, SO WE TRY TO DO REALLY A FOURTH OF THE ENVIRONMENT EACH YEAR. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY HALL OF FIRE THREW A LITTLE MONKEY WRENCH IN THAT, AND WE HAD TO DO QUITE A FEW, UH, SYSTEMS AT ONE TIME. 
          BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THAT, UH, CONSTANT ROTATION OF A QUARTER PER YEAR. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE GOT SOME BIG DEPLOYMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING TO TRY TO GET CAUGHT UP. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR SWITCHES, UH, CISCO SWITCHES THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY IN A TWO PHASE. 
          UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 56 SWITCHES THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THIS YEAR. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE, UH, NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM, UH, WHERE WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER 111, UH, SWITCHES. 
          UM, I, I MENTIONED THE, UH, SCADA SYSTEM. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE ASSISTED THE PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM WITH, UH, PUTTING IN A NEW SCADA SYSTEM. 
          UH, THAT WAS VERY CRITICAL. 
          AND AGAIN, I WANNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE, UH, RADIO SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, THE LAST ONE HERE ON THE LIST. 
          SO THAT WAS A, UH, $70 MILLION, UH, UH, TWO YEAR, I'M SORRY, NOT 70 MILLION, $17 MILLION. 
          UH, PROBABLY ALMOST GAVE SOMEBODY A HEART ATTACK. 
          UH, $17 MILLION, UH, UH,  $17 MILLION, UH, PROGRAM, UH, TOOK US LITERALLY TWO YEARS TO, UH, TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE, UH, THE PROJECT. 
          UM, SO IT, YOU KNOW, QUITE A LONG DURATION, UH, UH, IN THAT, WE REPLACED 541 RADIOS. 
          UH, AND NOW THOSE RADIOS WENT TO, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS. UH, THE PLAN IS TO TAKE, UH, THOSE RADIOS, UM, THAT WE REPLACE, UH, LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THOSE AND REUSE THOSE ON THE, UH, GENERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE. 
          SO IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING IN WITH 541 NEW RADIOS, AND WE'RE THROWING THE OLD ONES AWAY. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO REUSE THOSE IN A SMART WAY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, REPLACED THE EQUIPMENT AT THE, UH, FOUR MAIN, UH, RADIO SITES, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS LIKE THE, UH, PD DIS DISPATCH, UH, THEIR BACKUP LOCATION AT OEM, UH, ALL THE FIRE STATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DID A REPLACEMENT FOR, OR, OR I SHOULD ASK, UH, SHOULD SAY WE, UH, INCLUDED AUTOMATED ALERTING AND AUTOMATED DISPATCH, WHICH WERE TWO MAIN ELEMENTS FOR A FIRE THAT THEY WERE, UH, UM, VERY KEEN ON GETTING INTO THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, REALLY COOL TECHNOLOGY. 
          AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM AN EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THIS ALLOWS IS FOR, AGAIN, WHEN A CALL COMES IN, AN AUTOMATIC, UH, DISPATCH ANNOUNCEMENT GOING OUT, AND THEN IT TAKING AUTOMATIC, UH, STEPS, LIKE IDENTIFYING WHICH APPARATUSES IN A FIRE STATION ARE GONNA ROLL AND AUTOMATICALLY ROLLING UP THE DOORS. 
          UH, IT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT EVERY SECOND COUNTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TRYING TO GET TO THE, UH, TO THE VICTIM. 
          UH, SO I KNOW IF I WAS A VICTIM, I'D WANT THEM THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO THIS, THIS HELPS, UH, EXPEDITE THAT. 
          SO, MOVING OVER TO OUR FY 26. 
          UH, SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'RE DOING RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS, UH, A NEW FINGERPRINT SYSTEM FOR A PD. 
          UH, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE OUR, OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, 
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SYSTEM. 
          NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T DO A, UH, UM, $0 AMOUNT FOR THIS ONE. 
          SO THE, THE HARDWARE IS, UH, QUITE EXPENSIVE ON, ON THAT SIDE. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE DOING THE SECOND PART OF THE, UH, SWITCH REPLACEMENT, SO THAT'S 111. 
          AND THEN, UH, SOME SERVER AND DESKTOP REPLACEMENTS. 
          UM, THE OTHER ONE I'LL CALL OUT IS THE, UH, NETWORK FIBER CABLE MAINTENANCE. 
          SO WE'RE OPEN TO GET FUNDING TO, UH, GO THROUGH AND RECERTIFY OUR FIBER RING THAT WE USE FOR CONNECTING ALL OF OUR FACILITIES TOGETHER AS FAR AS THE IT PROJECT FUNDING. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, WE STARTED WITH THE RADIO SYSTEM, UH, AFTER THE HEART ATTACK. 
          IT'S NOT 70,000,017. 
          UH, SO THE ONE THING I'M NOT SHOWING HERE IS THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          UH, WE HAD A $2.23 MILLION SPEND. 
          SO RIGHT WHEN THE PROJECT KICKED OFF, THERE WAS A MILESTONE PAYMENT THAT WE DID AT THAT POINT, UH, TO GET US TO THE, UH, FULL 17 MILLION HERE. 
          UM, AS I STATED, THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND, UH, WE RUN CONSTANTLY, UH, THAT SLIGHTLY UNDER $1.5 MILLION. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING THAT WE GET TO CONTINUALLY KEEP OUR, OUR TECHNOLOGY UPDATED THROUGH THAT FUND. 
          UM, AND THEN THESE, UH, NEXT GENERAL FUND ITEMS, UH, REALLY MAKE UP THE BULK, UH, OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, THE ONE THING THAT'S NOT SHOWN THERE IS OUR, OUR PERSONNEL COSTS, UH, AND A FEW OTHER MINOR, UH, CATEGORIES. 
          UM, SO ALL IN FOR FISCAL YEAR, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY ALL IN, BUT FOR THESE CATEGORIES FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, 26, WE'RE LOOKING AT 4.6 MILLION REQUESTS. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SLIGHT SLIGHTLY, UH, MORE THAN WHAT WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THE TEAM REALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF CONTAINING COSTS. 
          UH, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A 3% INCREASE, UH, OVERALL. 
          SO, UH, UH, AGAIN, I THINK, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, UH, DID A GOOD JOB IN CONTAINING THOSE COSTS. 
          UM, NEXT, LET'S MOVE INTO THE, UH, LEGACY SYSTEM, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UM, OR REPLACEMENT. 
          I'LL TALK QUICKLY ABOUT BACKGROUND AND THEN WE'LL, UH, AND STATUS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUNDING. 
          AND THEN, UM, AS MR. MAGNER, UH, STATED, I'LL BE TURNING THE, UH, PRESENTATION OVER TO, UH, MS. MORRISON TO DO THE, UH, LAST BULLET THERE. 
          SO, AGAIN, AS FAR AS THE, UH, LEGACY SYSTEM BACKGROUND GOES, UH, OUR OLD, UH, UH, CORE SYSTEMS WERE DATED BACK TO THE LATE 1980S. 
          UH, WE JOKINGLY TALKED ABOUT PACMAN BEING, UH, UH, VIABLE BACK AT THAT TIME, UH, THE OLD GREEN SCREENS. 
          UH, SO THOSE SYSTEMS JUST DIDN'T PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE REALLY NEED IN THIS DAY AND AGE. 
          UH, AND, AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD TO USE A LOT OF LOTUS NOTES, UH, DEVELOPMENT TO, UH, FILL IN GAPS WHERE THOSE SYSTEMS DIDN'T PROVIDE THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE NEEDED. 
          UH, AND HENCE THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MANY LOWEST NOTES APPLICATIONS TODAY. 
          UH, WE DID AN IT MASTER PLAN, AND AS PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DO A REPLACEMENT, UH, OF OUR LEGACY SYSTEMS. UH, WE CHOSE, UH, TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, WHO'S REALLY THE, UH, THE BIG PLAYER, UH, IN THE GOVERNMENT SPACE. 
          UH, AND THAT SELECTION WAS MADE IN, UH, MARCH OF 2020. 
          UM, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE MADE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS TO DATE, WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD A FEW HURDLES TO GET OVER ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, WE HAD COVID THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A MONKEY WRENCH IN THERE FOR US. 
          THEN WE HAD THE CITY HALL FIRE AND, AND CERTAINLY STAFF TURNOVER AND CHALLENGES THERE. 
          SO, TALKING ABOUT STATUS, WHAT HAVE WE DELIVERED TO DATE? WELL, WE'VE DONE THE PERMISSIBLE COURT SYSTEM. 
          WE'VE DONE THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. UH, WE'VE DONE TIME ENTRY AND PAYROLL, WHICH WERE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS. AND WE'VE DELIVERED ON HR. 
          CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON UTILITY BILLING. 
          UH, WE JUST STARTED THE, UH, BUILDING, UH, CODE IN, UH, HEALTH, I SHOULD SAY, BUILDING INSPECTION CODE IN HEALTH. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE, UH, UH, FLEET SYSTEM, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DEPLOYING, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, AS WELL AS ASSET MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL ROUND IT OUT WITH THE, UH, CITIZEN PORTAL, THE ANALYTICS AND TRANSPARENCY, UH, TARGETING MARCH OF 2029. 
          SO QUICKLY ON OUR TECHNOLOGY FUND, UH, OR THE IT FUNDING PAR, UH, COMPONENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY FUND. 
          UH, REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO ELEMENTS HERE. 
          THE LEGACY SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENTS, AS WELL AS SECURITY, UH, SYSTEMS MAN OR SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE, UH, PURCHASED AS WELL. 
          UM, SO YOU'LL SEE AN, AN INCREASE FROM 2.4 MILLION TO 2.7 MILLION. 
          UH, REALLY THAT DIFFERENTIAL IS BECAUSE WE STARTED THE, UH, BUILDING INSPECTION CODE AND, UH, HEALTH COMPONENTS. 
          UH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES THAT UP. 
          I WILL SAY WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, UH, SO WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS, UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON, UH, OUR PLAN. 
          UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE LEGACY SYSTEM ROLLOUTS, UH, GOT A LITTLE WAYS TO GO THERE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE REALLY WANNA 
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SERVICE OUR, OUR CUSTOMER, OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS NEEDS SO THEY CAN SERVICE OUR, OUR CITIZENS. 
          AND WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY IN WHICH TO DO THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE WANNA FINALIZE THE IT WORK PLAN AS WE RECEIVE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUES AND CITY MANAGERS PREPARES, UH, TO FILE THE BUDGET. 
          SO, WITH THAT, LET ME PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MS. MORRISON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          DAN, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          THIS IS, UH, SOMETIMES A LITTLE OVERWHELMING FOR THE, WHAT, THUS THEY'RE NOT IN IT. 
          BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          UM, WITH AI, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY COMING ONLINE, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA BE UTILIZING THAT IN THE FUTURE WITH SOME OF THE, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WITH, UM, I DON'T KNOW, CODE, UH, MAYBE CODE, UH, REQUIREMENT OR CODE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, ONLINE ANSWERING PHONES. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA IMPLEMENT THAT? OR CAN YOU EVEN DISCUSS THAT AT THIS POINT? NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UH, I THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH AI IS IT THE RAPID PACE OF CHANGE EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW COMES OUT. 
          AND, AND PERSONALLY I LOVE IT. 
          I LIKE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH IT. 
          I LEVERAGE THOSE TOOLS. 
          UM, BUT NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING NEW TOOLS IN THAT SPACE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING MORE EXISTING SOFTWARE COMPANIES ARE TAKING AI AND PUTTING IT INTO THEIR PRODUCTS. 
          SO TO YOUR POINT, TYLER HAS PLANS ON INTEGRATING AI WITHIN THEIR PRODUCT SET. 
          NOW, CAN I TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY ON EVERY SINGLE, UH, SCENARIO? NOT THIS TIME. 
          IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'LL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, BUT, UH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AI WILL PLAY A PART IN, UH, IN EVERYTHING. 
          WE'RE ALSO TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS. 
          UM, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT A, UH, PRESENTATION THAT I'M DOING INTERNALLY. 
          MATTER OF FACT, MY NEXT ONE IS, UH, WITH THE, UH, LIBRARY, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, AI AND ITS USE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A, UH, ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR AI MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THEN WE, WE TELL FOLKS IF YOU HAVE INTEREST, UH, MATTER OF FACT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF GREG'S STILL AROUND HERE, BUT GREG EVEN TODAY, APPROACHED ME ABOUT A PRODUCT THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO HELP DO AN EVALUATION WITH THAT. 
          UH, THE ONE KEY THING WE DO TELL EVERYBODY IS DON'T PUT SENSITIVE INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S THE THING YOU'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT. 
          BUT, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          A AI IS HERE. 
          UM, I, I SAID A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT IT WAS HERE, THAT IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW FAST THAT TECHNOLOGY IS, IS CHANGING. 
          YEAH, I, I AGREE. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO UTILIZE IT TODAY. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE ALL EXPERIENCE THIS IS, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS MOVING THIS DIRECTION OR NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WHEN PEOPLE CALL IN FOR A DEPARTMENT, WE'LL, WE'LL SAY, GENERALLY AI PICKS UP WHETHER YOU CALL YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY OR, OR ANYONE. 
          I MEAN, AT TT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. 
          YOU ALWAYS, IT ALWAYS PICKS UP WITH AI. 
          NOW GETTING OUT OF THE LOOP OF AI IS ONE THING. 
          'CAUSE UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE A KIND OF A, A LITTLE LAUGH IN THE OFFICE IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO CALL AT AND T JUST TAKE OFF FOR A COUPLE HOURS. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROJECT, IT'S AN UNBILLABLE HOUR PROJECT, . 
          RIGHT? SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF OUR, I KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING AT THAT POTENTIALLY OF IF WE ARE GONNA UTILIZE IT IN THAT CAPACITY AND, AND NOT JUST BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IF WE COULD CONTINUE, YOU POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN GET A LITTLE AGITATING FOR MOST WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO A LIVE PERSON. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING A HOLD OF A, A LIVE REAL PERSON. 
          RIGHT? SO, UM, AND, AND THERE'S EVEN EVOLUTION THERE. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AGENT TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOMETHING NEW CALLED GENIC AI, WHICH IS REALLY TAKING THAT CHAT BOT, IF YOU WILL, TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 
          SO NOT ONLY CAN YOU CALL AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS, BUT IT WILL ACTUALLY EXECUTE ON THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          IT, IT, IT'LL TAKE ACTION. 
          UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW WORLD. 
          AND, AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADOPT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, OR WE'RE GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S INEVITABLE. 
          THANK YOU, DAN. 
          APPRECIATE Y'ALL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION AND, AND GREAT WORK. 
          UM, JUST SUMMARIZING THE VAST AMOUNT OF THINGS Y'ALL HAVE PLANNED, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS, JUST MAYBE MORE FOR UNDERSTANDING. 
          UH, THE EASIEST ONE IS HOW OFTEN DO WE REPLACE OR UPGRADE OUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE? SO, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL WHERE OKAY. 
          AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE, ON THE LIST. 
          IT WAS, THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO XDR IS REALLY THE NEXT ONE, UH MM-HMM . 
          THAT WE'VE ALREADY MOVED TO. 
          UM, SO THAT I EQUATE XDR TO BEING, UH, ANTIVIRUS ON STEROIDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO NOT ONLY DOES IT DO THE ANTIVIRUS LOCALLY, IT EXTENDS INTO THE NETWORK, IT EXTENDS INTO EMAIL, SO IT EXTENDS INTO SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS AS WELL. 
          SO IT, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY THERE. 
          SO I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION THEN IS, YOU KNOW, WE UPGRADED THIS TIME, WHAT'S SORT OF LIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF PAYING 
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TO KEEP THAT UPGRADED VERSUS, UM, I GUESS LIKE THE COVERAGE THAT WE GET? DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING? LIKE HOW OFTEN DO WE SURE DO THAT? WELL, I, I'LL SAY IT'S LIKE WE WERE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO OUR VENDORS MM-HMM . 
          UH, DOING RESEARCH, UH, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          UM, BUT EVEN, UH, PRIOR TO THAT, UH, THE XDR SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS, IF YOU WILL, ARE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING THEIR SOFTWARE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO USUALLY THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE NEXT GENERATION, RIGHT? SO THEY, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE A ROADMAP. 
          AND AGAIN, AS WE MEET WITH THOSE VENDORS, WE TALK ABOUT THOSE ROADMAPS AND WE IDENTIFY THOSE ELEMENTS. 
          UH, USUALLY WE DON'T LIKE TO BE ON THE BLEEDING EDGE 'CAUSE I'D RATHER NOT BLEED, . 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE ON THAT ROADMAP AND WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO MAKE THAT MOVE, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE MAKE THE MOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING ELSE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SORT OF THE, THE LIFE CYCLE OF REPLACING THINGS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT THAT WE'RE SPENDING IS REPLACING LIKE ROUTERS AND SWITCHES. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF LIKE MY ROUTER, I MEAN, I KEEP THAT AS LONG AS I CAN UNTIL I HAVE TO CHANGE IT. 
          SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT THE RIGHT TIME IS TO CHANGE ALL OF OUR ROUTERS AND SURE. 
          KIND OF ALL OF OUR SWITCHES THROUGHOUT OUR FACILITIES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT GOES BACK TO THE VENDOR. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO TYPICALLY THE VENDOR WILL, WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE LIFESPAN IS FOR A PIECE OF HARDWARE MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU'LL GET TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE THEY'LL SAY, WE, WE WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT THAT HARDWARE. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          IN THOSE SCENARIOS, IF SOMEBODY FINDS A SECURITY HOLE, THE VENDOR DOESN'T PATCH THE SECURITY HOLE. 
          I SEE. 
          SO YOU, YOU WANNA BE OFF THOSE SYSTEMS PRIOR TO, UH, THOSE SCENARIOS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT HELPS. 
          UH, AND THEN WHEN WE DECOMMISSION SORT OF LIKE GIS MAPS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          THINGS THAT AREN'T USED, I MEAN, IS IT THAT LIKE NOT ONLY IS THE MAP JUST NOT BEING UTILIZED THAT MUCH, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST NOT BEING UPDATED? OR ARE WE, IS THAT REALLY KIND OF WHAT THE IDEA IS BEHIND THAT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          AND THEN, UM, JUST DOES IT, I GUESS THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION I IS, DOES IT SAVE US MONEY WHEN WE HAVE LESS GIS MAPS? JUST THAT EXIST? LIKE I KNOW WHERE I WORK, I MEAN WHEN WE HAVE LIKE LESS USAGE ON LIKE THE SAAS SERVER WHEN WE HAVE LESS USAGE ON LIKE ALL THE POWER BIS THAT WE'RE DOING, IT DOES SAVE US MONEY JUST AS FAR AS THE RESOURCES. 
          DO WE HAVE A SIMILAR THING? YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          THERE'S INDIRECT COST SAVINGS IN THOSE SCENARIOS. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, I MEAN, A LOT OF THE LOTUS NOTES APPS BEING DECOMMISSIONED, I'M JUST TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS, ARE A LOT OF THOSE BEING DECOMMISSIONED BECAUSE THE TYLER SYSTEMS HAVE COME IN AND REPLACED IT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING LIKE THE BIG SUCCESS BEING ABLE TO DECOMMISSION THOSE Y YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHA. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU DAN FOR DOING LOTS OF GREAT THINGS, ESPECIALLY UPDATING THE GS GIS MAPS AND ALL THIS. 
          UH, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTRIDGE, DURIAN HAD MENTIONED THAT AI THINKS HOW THIS GONNA BE WORKING, BUT IF WE UPDATE OUR SYSTEM REGULARLY, THE CONNECTING THE.DOT WOULD BE DONE BY AI SOMEONE ELSE. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND RESEARCH ON OUR WEBSITE WHAT INFORMATION IS THERE. 
          YOU ASK YOUR PHONE, FIND OUT THE INFORMATION, THEY'LL SEARCH IT UP, GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION WITHIN A SECOND. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE INFORMATION ALREADY UPDATED, UPLOADED SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY DON'T PUT SOMETHING, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT NOBODY'S GONNA FIND IT. 
          IF YOU PUT IT UP THERE, THEY'LL, SOMEBODY WILL FIND IT. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEARCH FOR IT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE FOR DOING ALL THIS WORK. 
          UH, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JOE CORKER HAS ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ROUTER, BUT I SEE THE NUMBER IS LIKE 600,000 PLUS 400,000 IS ONE PLUS MILLION. 
          UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE OF THE FIRE THAT WE HAD ON THE CITY HALL, NOW WE ARE, UH, WE NEED TO UPGRADE ALL THOSE THING OR NEED TO GET A NEW ROUTERS? WHY THE COST IS SO HIGH, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. 
          IT IS, IT IS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN I MAKE. 
          SO YEAH. 
          LOTS OF NUMBER AFTER ONE. 
          WELL, IT KINDA GOES BACK TO MY PRIOR COMMENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT CHEAP. 
          UM, AND, AND IF YOU'RE GONNA USE A REPUTABLE UH, COMPANY, UH, YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO, AND CISCO WITHOUT QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THEY SET THE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          NOBODY DOES NETWORKING LIKE CISCO DOES. 
          UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE A TAXPAYER WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL. 
          UH, SO IT'S KIND OF A WIN-WIN FOR, UH, FOR BOTH OF US, I THINK. 
          SO IT IS JUST, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME THAT WE JUST HAVE TO UPGRADE THE WHOLE THING AND THEN YES. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND AGAIN, GOES BACK TO THAT. 
          US WORKING WITH CISCO TO IDENTIFY AT WHAT POINT DO THEY NO LONGER SUPPORT OR THEY'RE GONNA STOP SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO TRY TO DO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT A MAD SCRAMBLE. 
          SO WE TRY TO PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT IN, IN ADVANCE OF THAT, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING REPLACED BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY DROP ALL THE, UH, SUPPORT. 
          ALRIGHT, 
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THANK YOU. 
          DANA. 
          IT MIGHT BE JUST KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHAT PERCENT JUST PICK UP HARDWARE, PIECE OF HARDWARE, WHAT PERCENT OF YOUR OVERALL, UM, I GUESS INVENTORY. 
          I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE REPLACING THE ENTIRE INVENTORY OF ROUTERS EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT, IT'S, IT'S, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          AND I'LL USE THE, UH, SWITCH, UH, SCENARIO AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO, UH, THERE'S STILL 140 SWITCHES THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN TOUCHING, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN, IN DOING THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY JUST A FRACTION OF THE, UH, OF THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, CURRENTLY. 
          UH, AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, FOR THE, UH, DESKTOP, UH, THE WORKSTATION SCENARIOS. 
          SO FOR BOTH THE LAP LAPTOP AND DESKTOPS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO A, A FOUR YEAR CYCLE. 
          SO BASICALLY 25% EACH YEAR, UH, EVERY YEAR, UH, SERVERS ARE AND STORAGE ARE, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE SAME, SAME SCENARIOS. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT MORE NOW, BUT THIS MIGHT NOT BE, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ANSWERED FOR THIS. 
          MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN CLARIFY HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE RIGHT PRICE? UH, I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN OUR NEGOTIATION. 
          UH, AND ESPECIALLY MR. SNAVELY OVER HERE. 
          I, I THINK, UH, WHEN I STICK HIM ON THE, UH, VENDORS, THEY, THEY START SHAKING. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, WE, WE TYPICALLY DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING AT FACE VALUE. 
          UH, THERE'S ALWAYS A NEGOTIATION AND WE'RE ALWAYS, AND SOMETIMES WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO THROW ADDITIONAL THINGS INTO THE DEAL. 
          YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET TRAINING DOLLARS THROWN INTO THE DEAL. 
          SAY, DAN, YOU MIGHT ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE COOPERATIVES YOU USE. 
          'CAUSE YOU LEVERAGED THE STATE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          PURCHASES. 
          YEAH, AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE, WE UTILIZE, UH, REALLY PRE-NEGOTIATED, UH, DEALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO THE TEXAS DIR, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES, UH, IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST, UH, CO-OP THAT WE, WE UTILIZE. 
          SO THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE AND USED THEIR STATE INFLUENCE, UH, TO NEGOTIATE DOWN REALLY GOOD PRICES. 
          AND SO IT, IT, IT'S AN EXCELLENT STARTING POINT FOR US. 
          SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE CAN COMPARE WITH THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS PAYING THIS, WE'RE PAYING CORRECT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          IF, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UH, FROM MY TIME IN THAT INDUSTRY, I, I THINK ON THE CISCO SIDE IN PARTICULAR, THE STATE RATES ARE AS GOOD AS ANY FORTUNE 100 COMPANY WOULD GET AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY GREAT NEGOTIATION FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. 
          YES. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          UM, I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, WHICH WAS SOME OF THE SMART TECH AND KIND OF CONNECTING ONE THING TO ANOTHER. 
          I, I'D LOVE AT SOME POINT, ESPECIALLY AS THOSE THINGS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO HIGHLIGHT HOW WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY AND REALLY KIND OF PUT US IN THE, IN THE FORERUNNER POSITION, UH, HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING. 
          SO IF THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES LIKE THAT, FEEL FREE TO, YOU KNOW, START EVEN LOOKING AT THOSE. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, THAT EXAMPLE, I THINK IT TELLS A GREAT STORY AND IT IT LEANS IN ON, ON WHAT WE ARE FROM A BRANDING PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, KINDA ILLUMINATING US ON THAT PIECE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE PRESENTATION STILL TO GO. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          UH, SO I AM GOING OVER THE UTILITY BILLING IMPLEMENTATION, UM, UPDATE. 
          SO AS DAN MENTIONED, UM, OUR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UM, OUR SYSTEM UPGRADE IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS. 
          SO WE DID START THIS PROCESS IN THE SUMMER OF 20, UH, FOUR. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE HOPING TO GO LIVE, UH, NEXT OCTOBER. 
          SO CURRENTLY WE BILL OVER 33,000 ACCOUNTS MONTHLY FOR WATER, SEWER, UH, DRAINAGE AND FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          UM, AND THAT NUMBER CONSISTS OF BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, ABOUT 135 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE ACROSS ALL OF THOSE BILLING SERVICES. 
          AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF FUN FACTS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE 61% OF OUR ACCOUNTS ARE PAPERLESS, UM, AS WELL AS 90% OF OUR ACCOUNTS ARE, UH, BEING, UH, PAID ELECTRONICALLY. 
          SO I HAVE, UH, THREE KEY POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON TONIGHT. 
          UH, CUSTOMER DEPOSITS, UH, WQA, WHICH IS OUR WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE, UM, AND IS OUR CALCULATION FOR SEWER BILLING AND OUR RESIDENTIAL BUDGET BILLING. 
          SO WHEN YOU START SERVICE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, EACH UH, NEW CUSTOMER PAYS A $75 DEPOSIT PER METER WHEN THEY START SERVICE. 
          AND WE TYPICALLY HOLD ON TO THAT DEPOSIT UNTIL THE ACCOUNT IS TERMINATED. 
          UH, DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS, THEY DO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS. 
          UM, AND THAT IS BY ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION. 
          UH, SOMETIMES IT IS 
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DIFFICULT TO ISSUE REFUNDS ON TERMINATED ACCOUNTS, UM, SHOULD AN ACCOUNT HOLDER, UH, SHOULD THAT PERSON BE DECEASED. 
          AND SO, UM, IN THIS CASE, SOME OF THOSE, UH, DEPOSITS WILL END UP GOING TO THE STATE IF WE CAN'T, UM, FIND, UH, THE PERSON TO, TO GIVE THAT DEPOSIT TO. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPLY DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNTS AFTER A ONE YEAR OF A GOOD PAYMENT HISTORY, AND THAT WOULD BE ON TIME PAYMENTS. 
          UM, A SURVEY OF SURROUNDING CITIES, UH, DO SHOW THAT THAT IS A VERY COMMON BILLING PRACTICE AND, UH, THAT DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE HOPING IS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL, UM, IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, UM, SO THAT WE CAN START, UH, REFUNDING DEPOSITS BACK TO ACCOUNTS IN, UH, 20, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, MAKING THIS CHANGE, UM, WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE CONVERTED WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TYLER CONVERSION. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT CUTS BACK ON THE NUMBER OF, UM, OR THE AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS THAT WE'RE HOLDING ONTO. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MONEY, UH, MONEY BACK TO THE ACCOUNT HOLDERS. 
          UH, COMMERCIAL DEPOSITS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD, UM, UNTIL THEIR ACCOUNTS ARE TERMINATED. 
          SO THAT, UH, WILL NOT CHANGE. 
          UH, THE SECOND POINT, KEISHA, WHY DON'T WE, UH, JUST AS WE GO, MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU SURE. 
          IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS, OH, SORRY. 
          WE CAN, UH, RESOLVE EACH ONE AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR. 
           OR NOT HEAR . 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THE NEXT ONE, I HAVE A WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE. 
          UH, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. 
          SO SEWER, SEWER SERVICES ARE NOT METERED. 
          SO THE MONTHLY BILLING IS BASED ON WATER CONSUMPTION. 
          SO WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE, UH, DOES CALCULATE THE WINTER USAGE AND, UH, PROVIDES A CAP, UM, ON THE AMOUNT OF SEWER THAT WE CHARGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 28,000 ACCOUNTS THAT CURRENTLY USE THIS, UH, METHODOLOGY OR THIS CALCULATION. 
          AND 1500 ACCOUNTS HAVE A SEPARATE IRRIGATION METER, WHICH MEANS ON THEIR IRRIGATION METER THEY ARE NOT CHARGED A SEWER ON, UH, THERE'S NO SEWER CHARGE ON THAT. 
          SO IN OUR CURRENT METHODOLOGY, WE TAKE THE BILLINGS FROM NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE AVERAGE THAT OVER THE THREE YEAR SPAN. 
          THEN WE TAKE THAT 12 MONTH AVERAGE AND THEN WE CALCULATE 98% OF THE ONE OR QUARTER AVERAGE CAP. 
          IT'S A LOT. 
          SO NEW CUSTOMERS THAT MOVE INTO AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, LOCATION IN RICHARDSON, UM, AT ANY GIVEN TIME FOR THREE YEARS MAY USE A COMBINATION OF BOTH THEIR CONSUMPTION AND THE CONSUMPTION OF THE PREVIOUS RESIDENT. 
          A LITTLE UNFAIR. 
          SO, UM, SO, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE BASIS OF, UH, CALCULATING THEIR SEWER CAP IS. 
          CURRENTLY WHAT WE PROPOSED IS TO CONSIDER, UH, USING THE SAME MONTHS, UM, SO THE, THE CONSUMPTION BILLINGS FROM, UH, NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY AND, UM, CHANGE THE CALCULATION FROM THREE YEARS TO ONE YEAR AND THEN WE WOULD DROP THE, THE HIGHEST MONTH. 
          UM, NOW WE DID DO A SURVEY OF SURROUNDING CITIES AND THAT IS A VERY STANDARD BILLING PRACTICE. 
          UM, THIS ALSO ADDRESSES CONCERNS FOR PEOPLE WHO STILL WOULD LIKE TO WATER IN OCTOBER, AND THAT IS DUE TO A LOT OF FACTORS, UM, CONSIDERING IT COULD STILL BE HOT, UM, MAYBE A LACK OF RAIN, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO IF THEY CHOOSE TO WATER IN OCTOBER, THEY'RE NOT PENALIZED AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY CAN KEEP THEIR CAP LOW FOR THE, THE REST OF THE YEAR. 
          UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CALCULATE CONSUMPTION AT A HUNDRED PERCENT INSTEAD OF 98%. 
          THE REASON BEING TYLER, UH, ROUNDS, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 6,600 UM, GALLONS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT CITY'S, UH, WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE. 
          SO THAT WOULD ROUND TO 7,000. 
          SO THE EASY MATH WOULD BE TO KEEP IT AT A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THEN NEW RESIDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT THREE YEARS TO, UM, ESTABLISH THEIR OWN USAGE. 
          THE IMPACT, UM, OF CHANGING THE WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE METHOD METHODOLOGY, UM, IS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO DETERMINE BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS BASED ON THE RESIDENTS WINTER USAGE. 
          SO, AND THEN THERE'S A FEW VARIABLES. 
          SO IF IT'S HOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT HASN'T RAINED, UM, ALL OF THOSE FACTOR IN, UM, DURING THOSE WINTER MONTHS, UM, 
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ANY SORT OF LIFESTYLE CHANGES, CHANGES IN HABITS IF SOMEONE BUILDS A POOL DURING THAT TIME. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, CHANGING FAMILY DYNAMICS, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT OF A HOME. 
          RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, UH, THAT HAVE USAGE BELOW THE CITY'S, UH, WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE WOULD SEE A MINIMAL IMPACT. 
          AND OF COURSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IS ALL WITHIN THEIR CONTROL. 
          SO, UM, IT IS BASED ON, UH, THEIR WATER USAGE AGAIN FOR THEIR BILLINGS FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS CHANGE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026 BEFORE OUR GO LIVE DATE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR OKAY. 
          ANY EVERYONE'S AWFUL FEELINGS ABOUT THAT. 
          ARE WE GOOD? ALRIGHT. 
          UH, YES COUNSEL, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. 
          SO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT TO, YOU'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT TO 98, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT FROM 98%. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU HAVE THE DATA THAT WHAT'S OUR, THE RESIDENTIAL WATER USAGE VERSUS SEWER BILLING? I MEAN THE USE SEWER, THE SEWER THAT WE DISPOSE, YOU'LL, IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE DATA TODAY, YOU'LL FIND THE DATA IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO IN REALITY, A HUNDRED PERCENT WATER DOESN'T GO TO THE SYSTEM. 
          THAT'S THE FACT. 
          UH, UH, SO, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE, IF WE GET, WE SHOULD NOT BE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME NUMBER LIKE IN THE FUTURE THAT, UM, THAT WILL SAY THAT HOW THAT'S WE'RE GETTING BILLED, UH, FROM OUR, UH, FOR THE SEW TREATMENT. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND HOW MUCH ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE USAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF RAINWATER THAT GOES TO THE SYSTEM, SAME TIME, UH, I AND I GOES TO THE SYSTEM. 
          SO I MEAN, HOW, HOW, HOW YOU'RE JUSTIFYING THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT INSTEAD OF FROM THE 98%? WELL THE, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT WOULD JUST BE, UM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT TYLER ROUNDS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE CURRENTLY IS 6,600. 
          UH, SO THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ROUND TO 7,000 GALLONS. 
          AND SO, AND SO INSTEAD OF ASKING THE SYSTEM TO DO EXTRA MATH, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ROUND ANYWAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALCULATE AT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT INSTEAD OF 98% PLUS IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO EXPLAIN THAT TO CUSTOMERS, UM, ON HOW WE COME UP WITH THEIR SEWER CAP. 
          SO, SO, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, , IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION RIGHT, IT'S UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT YOU, YOU'RE THINKING A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, OF THE WATER USE WE'RE ASSUMING IS TURNING INTO WASTEWATER, RIGHT? WELL, IN REALITY, WE, IT'S NOT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, NOW JUST THREE, A THREE MONTH SNAPSHOT WHEN THE LARGEST, UM, A REASON FOR WATER CONSUMPTION IN MO IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, IRRIGATION WILL NOT BE TAKING PLACE OR WILL BE TAKING PLACE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS. 
          AND SO IN MOST CASES, WHEN YOU TAKE THIS THREE YEAR, WHEN YOU TAKE THIS THREE MONTH SNAPSHOT, UM, WHICH WILL LIKELY END UP PROBABLY BEING DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY, AND YOU HAVE A VERY, VERY LOW WATER CONSUMPTION FROM IRRIGATION, UM, IF YOU APPLY THAT TO THE OTHER NINE MONTHS, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HIT, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE CHARGING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF, IT WON'T BE A ONE TO ONE, WE'LL NEVER BE CHARGING THE SAME AMOUNT, UH, FOR SEWAGE CONSUMPTION THAT WE'RE CHARGING FOR WATER CONSUMPTION. 
          'CAUSE THOSE OTHER NINE MONTHS, THE WATER CONSUMPTION IS GONNA BE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. 
          UH, PROBABLY BUTCHERING THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK THE SPIRIT OF YOUR QUESTION WAS IS WE SHOULDN'T CHARGE FOR A GALLON OUT FOR EVERY GALLON IN BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. 
          AND WE AGREE WITH THAT. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE YEAR, THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT RESULT IN A ONE FOR ONE, IT IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WASTEWATER, UM, CHARGE THAN IT WOULD BE WATER CONSUMED WASTEWATER DISCHARGE VERSUS WATER CONSUMED. 
          YES. 
          IS THAT TRUE? YES, YOU DID EXPLAIN THAT CORRECTLY. 
           NO, I, I DO UNDERSTAND. 
          I THINK THAT'S THAT STANDARD PRACTICE ALSO, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HOW THE OTHER CITY HAS BEEN DOING THIS THING FOR YEARS. 
          RIGHT? UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UH, BUT MAINLY THIS IS, YOU ARE DOING THIS THING BECAUSE OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE JUST EASY TO ROUND UP AND THINGS BECAUSE OF THE TYLER SYSTEM THAT YOU ARE SAYING. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, I GET IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO MY, SORRY. 
          OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          OKAY, SO, UM, MY NEXT TOPIC WOULD BE OUR BUDGET BILLING. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, 
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A BACKGROUND. 
          SO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND HTE DOES HAVE A BUDGET BILLING FEATURE. 
          THE MONTHLY BILL IS AN AVERAGE OF THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF CONSUMPTION AND IT'S RE AVERAGED EVERY QUARTER. 
          SO APPROXIMATELY 255, UH, CUSTOMERS USE THIS FEATURE AND THE TYLER SYSTEM DOES NOT OFFER THIS AS AN OPTION. 
          SO COMMON CONCERNS THAT YOU'LL GET WHEN A CUSTOMER IS RECEIVING AN AVERAGE BILL FOR THREE MONTHS IN A ROW IS THAT SOMETIMES LEAKS ARE NOT DETECTED. 
          AND DUE TO THE TIMING OF, UM, WHEN A LEAK MAY OCCUR, UM, SOMETIMES IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PAYING, THEY WON'T REALIZE THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON FOR ANYWHERE FROM UH, THREE TO SIX MONTHS. 
          AND SO, UH, ALSO CUSTOMERS CAN ACCUMULATE A LARGE CREDIT OR DEBIT, UH, BALANCE DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S NEVER REALLY TRUED UP UNTIL THE ACCOUNT IS TERMINATED. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, DISCONTINUING THIS PROCESS AND THAT WILL BEGIN, UH, JANUARY OF 2026. 
          UM, WE WILL OFFER PA PAYMENT PLANS FOR THOSE WHO, UH, DO HAVE LARGE DEBIT BALANCES. 
          UM, AND WE WILL ALWAYS WORK WITH PEOPLE ON THOSE AND THEN CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, BETTER BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHEN THEY HAVE A LEAK. 
          AND USUALLY, UM, SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG IS WHEN YOU SEE THAT SPIKE IN YOUR WATER BILL, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF SIGNAL SIGNALS THEM TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ACTUALLY MAY BE GOING ON AT THE PROPERTY. 
          ANY EXISTING CREDIT BALANCES WILL BE APPLIED TO CUSTOMER'S ACCOUNTS. 
          AND THEN WE WILL CONTACT, UH, THOSE 255 CUSTOMERS BY PHONE AND BY MAIL TO UH, LET THEM KNOW, UM, THEIR OPTIONS ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, SORRY. 
          YEAH, I RECOGNIZE IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO USE THIS, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WHO, WHO NEED TO BUDGET BALANCE, THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY BIG CHANGE FOR THEM. 
          UM, AND SO I, UM, UH, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT SORT OF WHAT OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WILL BE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE AROUND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO SORT OF MAKE ENDS MEET RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I I ONLY HAVE $150 A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT IS TO PAY, UM, AND YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SORT OF SAVE THAT MONEY TO SET OFF BALANCES THAT ARE LARGER IN OTHER MONTHS THAN, AND SO YEAH, I, I GUESS I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SORT OF THOSE 250 ISH OR CUSTOMERS AND, AND CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SORT OF MAKE THEIR ENDS MEET. 
          UM, I'M THINKING THIS IS PROBABLY SENIORS AND THOSE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ARE ON A FIXED INCOME. 
          UM, SO THIS STANDS OUT TO ME AS A POTENTIALLY HUGE PROBLEM FOR THOSE 200 AND SOMETHING, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT, AND SO I, I'LL STOP THERE AND SORT OF LET YOU ADDRESS IT, BUT THAT STANDS OUT TO ME AS, AS SOMETHING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT FOR THOSE FOLKS. 
          YES. 
          UM, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I, THAT IS, UM, A, A CHANGE DEFINITELY TO, UM, THOSE RESIDENTS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A, A HUGE NUMBER. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THE UM, CUSTOMERS OR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD CONTACT, UH, WITH, UM, UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE AND IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY VERY POSITIVE. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN ONE BUDGET BILLING CUSTOMER THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO YET, UM, AFTER EXPLAINING TO THEM ALL THE BENEFITS OF COMING OFF OF BUDGET BILLING. 
          SO EVERYONE HAS BEEN PRETTY RECEPTIVE TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WE DO WORK WITH RESIDENTS ALL THE TIME. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES DURING THE SUMMERTIME THOSE BILLS ARE SHOCKING. 
          UM, AND AS LONG AS THEY REACH OUT TO US, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          UM, WE, IN TYLER, THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE A, UH, PAYMENT PLAN FEATURE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO FORMAL PAYMENT PLANS. 
          SO LET'S SAY THEY DO HAVE A SURPRISE BILL, SOMETHING HAPPENS AT THEIR, UM, AT THEIR HOME. 
          UH, WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO, UM, THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HOW WE HELP THEM OUT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY INDIVIDUAL, UH, THING. 
          YEAH, SOME PEOPLE ONLY NEED HELP FOR TWO MONTHS, SOME PEOPLE NEED THREE. 
          UM, SO WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DO NOW AND SO THAT, THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          AND SO WE DID, UH, REACH OUT TO A FEW CUSTOMERS, UM, THAT HAD CREDIT BALANCES AND WE'RE HAPPY TO COME OFF OF BUDGET BILLING FOR THAT REASON. 
          AND SO, UM, WE, WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONCERN AND SO WE, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I MEAN, I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE CONTACTING THESE CUSTOMERS, YOU'RE IDENTIFYING FOR THEM THAT SHOULD THEY NEED HELP, IT'S AVAILABLE AND TO JUST REACH OUT, UH, THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO THEM AB ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND ACTUALLY THAT WILL BE IN THE DISCUSSION WHEN WE REACH OUT TO THEM. 
          SO WE ARE PERSONALLY MAKING PHONE CALLS TO THEM. 
          UM, WE CAN ALREADY SEE WHAT'S ON THEIR ACCOUNT, WHETHER THEY HAVE A DEBIT OR A CREDIT. 
          UM, IT'S A REALLY GOOD 
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TIME TO COME OFF WHEN YOU HAVE A CREDIT SO WE CAN APPLY THAT TO YOUR ACCOUNT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE LITTLE INTRICACIES, BUT UM, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH THEM AT THE TIME AND LETTING THEM KNOW AND THEN SETTING THAT PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT UP IF THEY NEED IT RIGHT THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT'S PART OF YOUR STRATEGY. 
          THAT JUST REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME. 
          I WAS REALLY CONCERNED FOR THOSE 200 AND SOMETHING PEOPLE, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE ON IT FOR A REASON. 
          YES. 
          THIS COULD REALLY IMPACT THEIR LIVES, UH, IN A NEGATIVE WAY. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING THEM A POSITIVE SORT OF, UM, OPTION, UM, A AS THEY'RE MOVING OFF OF THIS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY GOOD EXPLANATION. 
          I'M EXPLAINING THINGS AS YOU AS YOU ARE GOING. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UH, UH, RIGHT NOW SOMEONE CAN PAY THEIR BILL. 
          IT'S LIKE AUTOMATED. 
          UH, THEY SET UP THE BILL THAT AS IT COMES, IT'LL BE PAID AUTOMATICALLY CERTAIN DATE. 
          SO IF SOMEONE HAS MULTIPLE ACCOUNT, MULTIPLE HOUSE, AND UH, CAN THEY PAY BOTH PROPERTY AUTOMATICALLY OR IS LIMITED JUST TO ONE OF THEIR ADDRESS, UH, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT MUCH DETAIL ON THAT? YES. 
          SO PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE PROPERTIES CAN BE ON, UH, LIKE RECURRING CREDIT CARD OR BANK DRAFT? BOTH OF BOTH ACCOUNT COULD BE PAID. 
          THEY THEY CAN, YES. 
          OKAY, I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU AFTER THAT TO FIGURE OUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEY CAN, THEY CAN. 
          I PROMISE THEY CAN, THEY CAN BOTH BE ON THERE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          SINCE WE'RE ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AMAZING THAT THERE'S 90%, UH, THAT ARE ON AUTO UH, PAYMENTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY COOL AND GREAT TO HEAR. 
          UM, I'M ASSUMING TODAY AS NEW ACCOUNTS ARE STARTING, UH, OR IF SOMEONE REACHES OUT TO US TO ASK, TO GO ONTO THE, UH, THE BUDGET BALANCING, WE, ARE WE ALLOWING NEW FOLKS TO GO ON EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA GET TURNED DOWN FOR A WHILE, BUT ARE WE ALLOWING ANY NEW FOLKS ON? UH, NO, WE'RE NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT BUDGET BILLING IS A FEATURE THAT HASN'T BEEN ADVERTISED IN YEARS. 
          SO IF, IF ANYTHING THERE HAS BEEN A STEEP DECLINE IN THE USE OF THAT FEATURE. 
          SO MOST PEOPLE, UM, TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE'S POINT, UM, MOST PEOPLE HAVE, IF THEY'RE ON BUDGET BILLING, THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE. 
          SO, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE'VE SET UP A NEW CUSTOMER ON BUDGET BILLING. 
          SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT NORMALLY A PROBLEM. 
          AND I, I WAS GONNA DIG INTO OUTREACH, BUT I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT YOU GUYS ARE MOVING THIS FAR AHEAD PROACTIVELY TO TRY AND TAKE PEOPLE OFF. 
          SO, GREAT JOB THERE AND, AND REALLY GOOD WORK BY THE TEAM ON THAT FRONT. 
          SO THE 200 SOME ODD THAT YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH, UH, CURRENT CUSTOMERS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A CURRENT NUMBER. 
          AWESOME. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE'RE OKAY ON THAT ONE BY THE WAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, OUR NEXT STEP, OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, UH, COUNCIL ACTION AUGUST OF 2025 FOR RESIDENTIAL DEPOSITS. 
          AND THAT'S SO THAT IN SEPTEMBER WE CAN, UH, BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING THOSE DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNTS WITH GOOD PAYMENT HISTORY. 
          UM, AND THEN AS MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE COMMUNICATION TO IMPACTED RESIDENTS, UM, WHO WILL BE COMING OFF OF BUDGET BILLING. 
          UM, THAT WILL BEGIN SOON AS, UM, NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THEN WINTER QUARTER AVERAGE WILL TAKE, UH, COUNCIL ACTION AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026. 
          SO THAT, UH, WE CAN, THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH GOING LIVE, UM, ON THE TYLER SYSTEM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I, YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, COUNSEL, SO I MEAN, I, I JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY DO WE HAVE TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION ON THIS? WE'VE IS THERE, OR IT SAYS CITY COUNCIL ACTION. 
          I MEAN, ARE WE LIKE IF LIKE ADOPT LIKE A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING OR IT, IT WOULD BE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT, THAT ADDRESSES OUR DEPOSITS. 
          INTERESTING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [G. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2025-2026 DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM STRATEGIES]
GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM G. 
          UH, REVIEW AND DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          5, 20, 26 DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM STRATEGIES. 
          MR. MAGNER. 
          GREAT. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IF YOU THOUGHT NICK WAS JUST INTERESTED IN THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, YOU WERE WRONG, UM, WE DID WANT TO GIVE HIM A BREAK. 
          UH, GREAT JOB ON THE FIRST ONE, NICK. 
          UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, AS WE LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE FEE, UH, UM, AND THE DRAINAGE FUND, NICK IS GOING TO, UH, COVER SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING ON. 
          I GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF KIND OF OUR PREFERRED WORK PLAN, UH, FOR THE COMING YEAR, AND THEN I'VE ASKED THEM TO, TO, TO KIND OF CONCLUDE WITH A, A RECAP OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, FEE HISTORY, 
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AND THEN PROVIDE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT, UH, DIFFERENT CHANGES IN THAT FEE, UH, WOULD, UH, NET AND WHAT THOSE, UH, FUNDS COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR. 
          THERE WAS A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION, UH, AT COUNCIL, UH, LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME, ABOUT THE DRAINAGE FEE, AND, UM, WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO DO MORE PROJECTS, UM, NOT NECESSARILY STUDIES AND CITY OPERATIONS, BUT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE STUDY WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, IN THESE DIFFERENT, UH, BASINS AND BE ABLE TO START COMPLETE PROJECTS. 
          AND TO DO THAT, YOU, WE, WE AT LEAST NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AROUND AS A INCREASE IN THE DRAINAGE FEE. 
          MAKES SENSE, IF, PARTICULARLY IF THE, THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS, WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BIGGER PROJECTS. 
          AND SO NICK, UH, UM, NICK, I'LL UH, TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND, UH, YOU CAN KIND OF, UH, WRAP THIS UP TONIGHT. 
          THANKS. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, MR. MAGNER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THE DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM, AS DON MENTIONED. 
          UH, JUST HITTING ON A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON THIS EVENING, A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE WORK PLAN AND MOVING THROUGH, UH, THE CITY RICHARDSON HAS 12 WATERSHEDS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          THAT IS ABOUT 44.5 MILES OF CREEK WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND THERE'S 10,000 FOUR HUNDRED AND FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN INLETS IN OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, AND 362 MILES OF STORM DRAIN PIPELINE. 
          JUST SOME FUN FACTS. 
          AND ALL THOSE SYSTEMS DRAIN EITHER TO WHITE ROCK LAKE OR LAKE RAY HUBBARD. 
          AND IN THE CASE OF DUCK CREEK, THAT GOES JUST DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE RAY HUBBARD . 
          BUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE DRAIN UTILITY, UH, PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2011, PRIMARILY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS TO OUR STORM WATER PERMIT FROM TCQ AND THE EPA. 
          IT DOES HAVE A COUPLE OTHER COMPONENTS TO IT, LIKE OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, ILLICIT DISCHARGE MONITORING AND, UH, ELIMINATION, AS WELL AS OUR CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER AND POLLUTION PREVENTION PLANS THAT GO ALONG WITH SEDIMENTATION FROM SITES, MANAGING OUR FLOODPLAINS, AS WELL AS COMING UP WITH CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE PLANS FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE DRAINAGE FUND IS, UH, SUPPORTED BY A DRAINAGE FEE, WHICH IS ASSESSED TO RESIDENTIAL AND, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AND THAT THOSE FUNDS GO TO SUPPORTING VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          THE DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM IS COMPOSED OF THREE BASIC ELEMENTS, CONTRACT SERVICES, CITY OPERATIONS, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. 
          UH, YOU CAN KINDA SEE EACH ONE OF THE BULLETS, UH, THAT OUTLINES WHAT GOES UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THOSE, AND IT'S TYPICALLY COVERED. 
          UH, ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT UNDER CONTRACT SERVICES AND CITY OPERATIONS, YOU WILL SEE STREET SWEEPING. 
          THAT'S NOT A TYPO. 
          WE DO CONTRACT OUT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES, AND WE DO SELF PERFORM SOME OF THOSE SERVICES, UH, IN THE CITY WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          KINDA MOVING INTO THE WORK PLAN FOR THE DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM, UH, YOU KINDA SEE BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK ON CONTRACT SERVICES AND A DOWNTICK ON PROJECTS. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK BETWEEN 24 AND 25, UM, I'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU THE STORY TO THIS. 
          SO IN FY 24, IN OUR CONTRACT SERVICES, WE HAD, UH, WE HAVE OUR FULL CONTRACTS WITH, UH, STREET SWEEPING WATERSHED STUDIES, AS WELL AS WE HAD FUNDED A PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR OUR LOWEST BRANCH, UM, FLOOD STUDY PRO OR, UM, FLOOD FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND IN 25, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DESIGN TO FUND FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          WE WERE, UH, WE REDUCED SOME OF THE STREET SWEEPING AND SOME OF THE WATERSHED FUNDING SO THAT WE COULD, UM, FUND THE, THE COTTONWOOD CREEK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT YOU SEE SUCH A, A LARGE NUMBER UNDER THE PROJECTS. 
          UH, FOR FY 25. 
          MOVING INTO FY 26, WE'VE KIND OF REBOUNDED SOME OF THE EFFORTS, UM, ON THE WATERSHED STUDIES AND, UH, OUR STREET SWEEPING EFFORTS UNDER CONTRACT, AS WELL AS, UH, WE HAVE SOME PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF GIAN PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, ALONG CHEYENNE, UH, NEAR CHEYENNE AND GRASS MIRROR, AS WELL AS CHEYENNE AND NAVAJO TRAIL. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT REASSESSING SOME OF THE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT REDOING OUR EROSION ASSESSMENT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, POTENTIALLY PRIORITIZING A PROJECT OUT OF THAT REASSESSMENT, UH, AS ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE FY 26 PROGRAM. 
          BUT ALL SET IN, WE ARE MATCHING OUR FUNDING LEVELS FROM LAST YEAR. 
          UH, TOUCHING ON THE WATER STUDIES OR WATERSHED STUDIES, EXCUSE ME. 
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UH, THEY ARE A CR CRUCIAL PART OF WHAT WE DO. 
          THEY HELP US LINE UP, UM, AND IDENTIFY FLOODING CONCERNS AND OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          THEY ALSO PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION WHEN WE DO EROSION CONTROL, UH, KNOWING WHAT THE VELOCITIES ARE, HELP THE DESIGNERS UNDERSTAND WHAT LEVEL OF ENERGY IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CARE INTO THOSE RO CONTROL EFFORTS. 
          UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS, WE USE A HIGH, MEDIUM AND, UH, HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW RANKING FOR THESE, UH, PROJECTS. 
          IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE EROSION CONTROL ASSESSMENT AS WELL, OR THE EROSION ASSESSMENTS. 
          UH, PREVIOUSLY IN FY 24 AND 25, WE DID FUND THE PURPLE AREA THERE, WHICH IS THE FIRST HALF OF THE SPRING CREEK BASIN. 
          AND WE ARE LOOKING AT FUNDING UP THE SECOND HALF IN THE, UH, NEXT COMING FISCAL YEARS. 
          WE HAVE COMPLETED THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY ALREADY, AND WE'LL BE KIND OF WORKING FROM OUR HIGHER PRIORITIES TO THE, TO THE LOWER INTO THE CHANNEL MAINTENANCE. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER VERY CRITICAL PART OF OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM. 
          ANYTIME THERE'S AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE WATERWAY THAT SLOWS DOWN WATER AND RAISES THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION, WHICH PUTS OTHER THINGS AT RISK, IT COULD BE HOUSES THAT COULD BE OVER TOPPING OF THE ROADWAY, WHICH COULD IMPACT CARS, HELPING THEM GET SWEPT OFF THE ROAD, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE VEGETATION IS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN THE CHANNELS, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, CONCRETE, UH, RIP WRAP, THAT'S ALONG THERE. 
          THEY, THE, UM, VEGETATION CAN GET IN THE JOINTS AND DESTROY THE, THE CONCRETE OR IN GIAN BASKETS, UH, IF WE GET TREES GROWING IN THE GIAN, THAT THAT GROWTH CAN EXPAND AND WRECK THE WIRES ON THE GIAN CAUSING THEM TO FAIL. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR, OUR PROGRAM. 
          AND LAST YEAR WE COVERED 14 LO LOCATIONS, UH, WITH THREE OF THOSE, THE BIGGER AREAS IN THAT PROJECT, BEING COTTONWOOD CREEK, BECK BRANCH, AS WELL AS RENER CREEK. 
          AND IN OUR FY 26 PROJECT, WE ARE, WE ARE STILL PUTTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO IT. 
          WE'RE GONNA ONLY BE FOCUSING ON SIX AREAS BECAUSE THREE OF THE AREAS ARE LARGER IN SCOPE AND NATURE. 
          THEY'RE GONNA JUST TAKE UP MORE OF THE BUDGET. 
          SO WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON FOX CREEK, TEXAS CHANNEL AND SANTA FE CHANNEL. 
          KINDA MOVING INTO THE LITTER ABATEMENT, WHICH IS ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL PART OF OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE 190 INLETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HAVE INLET BASKETS INSTALLED IN THEM. 
          AND THESE INLET BASKETS COLLECT, UH, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT DEBRIS. 
          THE EVERYTHING FROM PAPER WRAPPERS TO PLASTIC BOTTLES, PAPER CUPS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THOSE BLUE DOTS GENERALLY FALL. 
          THEY ARE TYPICALLY THROUGH OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IN AREAS THAT WE DO EXPERIENCE A LOT OF TYPICAL TRASH DISCARD, WHICH YOU WOULD SEE FROM FAST FOOD OR GAS STATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UH, AND WE DO GENERATE GENERALLY PICK UP ABOUT 40 TO 45,000 POUNDS OF TRASH A YEAR OUT OF THE INLET, UH, CAPTURE THAT WE GET. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE LITTLE TABLE THERE, LAST YEAR TOOK A PRETTY BIG SWING UP. 
          WELL, THAT WAS THE BIG WINDSTORM WE HAD, AND ALL THE DEBRIS THAT WAS GENERATED FROM THAT. 
          UM, A LOT OF THAT WAS WOODY, UM, JUST DEBRIS THAT CAME FROM THAT GENERAL EFFORT. 
          BUT ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE DON'T PAY BY THE POUND. 
          WE, WE PAY A FLAT MONTHLY RATE TO A CONTRACTOR THAT COMES IN AND EMPTIES THE BASKETS. 
          SO WE GOT ONE HECK OF A VALUE OUT OF THAT LAST YEAR IN PARTICULAR. 
          UM, AND JUST FOR FUN FACT, UH, THE AVERAGE CAR WEIGHS ABOUT 4,500 POUNDS. 
          SO THAT A HUNDRED AND ROUGHLY 118,000 POUNDS WORTH OF TRASH EQUATES TO ABOUT 26 AVERAGE SIZED CARS. 
          WE KEPT OUT OF OUR WATERWAYS JUST THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE ON TRACK TO KIND OF HIT OUR AVERAGE GOAL, WHICH IS AROUND 40,000 POUNDS. 
          UH, KINDA MOVING INTO OUR STORM WATER INSPECTIONS, UH, PORTION OF IT. 
          WE ALSO, WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND ON AVERAGE, WE LOOK AT ABOUT 30,000 LINEAR FEET OF PIPE A YEAR. 
          AND, UH, THAT INCLUDES CCTV AS WELL AS SOME OTHER INSPECTION METHODS. 
          UH, THIS YEAR WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER, HALF AN ASSOCIATES TO, UM, DO A PILOT PROGRAM WITH A COMPANY CALLED JP ROBOTICS. 
          AND, UH, THEY'VE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM, A ROBOT THAT NOT ONLY DOES CC HIGH DEFINITION CCTV, BUT THEY ALSO DO, UM, UH, 3D SCANS OF THE PIPE. 
          THEY DO, UM, A COUPLE OTHER OPTIONS WITH I AI THAT LOOK FOR DIFFERENT FORMS OF FAILURE. 
          AND, UM, ON TOP OF THAT, THEY, THEY ALSO CAN GEO-REFERENCE THE PIPE. 
          SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET THREE, UM, ACCURATE 2D OR, EXCUSE ME, ACCURATE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LOCATION OF THE PIPES. 
          SO WE CAN IN TURN IZE OUR GIS 
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MAPS AND MAKE THEM, UM, MORE TRUE TO SCALE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS BEING PART OF THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM ARE WE GET THE, WE GET A DISCOUNTED RATE, UH, FOR BEING A PARTICIPANT IN THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AND IF WE ELECT TO CONTINUE BEING PART OF THE PROGRAM WHEN THIS COMPANY SCALES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT THEIR PREFERRED RATE. 
          SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL HELP COMBINE A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO THE INSPECTIONS ANYWAY, BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE IT FASTER AND MORE ECONOMICALLY FOR US IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL OF WHAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF THIS YEAR'S STUDY. 
          AND IN FY 26, WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE AT LEAST PLANNING ON DOING THE, ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF INSPECTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT AND INTO THE STORM WATER REPAIRS THAT ARE THE, ULTIMATELY THE RESULT THAT COMES OUT OF THE INSPECTIONS. 
          UH, THOSE TAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACES AS WELL. 
          UH, WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE PIPES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE INSPECTION, THAT COULD BE A DISPLACED JOINT, A PIPELINE THAT'S COLLAPSING, UH, UTILITY LINE THAT GETS BOARD THROUGH ONE OF OUR PIPES, ANY, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          AND, UM, IN OUR 25 PROGRAM, WE HAD 11 LOCATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. 
          10 OF THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN COR, UM, ALREADY COMPLETED. 
          ONE OF THEM IS ONGOING, AND THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF ARAPAHOE AND NORTHBOUND 75. 
          WE DO HAVE A, UH, PIPE, MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S THE PICTURE IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF WHAT WE ARE THERE TO CORRECT. 
          UH, IT'S A PIPELINE THAT GOT INSTALLED THROUGH OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, AND IN OUR FY 26 PROGRAM, WE'LL HAVE NINE LOCATIONS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE WORKING TO CORRECT, AND WE EXPECT TO KICK THAT OFF IN FALL OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MAP RECAP OF WHAT I WAS JUST SHOWING FOR PROJECTS. 
          ALL THE, UH, GREEN DOTS ARE THE COMPLETED LOCATIONS IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM. 
          THE RED.IS THE ONGOING WORK AT ARAPAHO, AND THEN THE BLUE DOTS ARE THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ON NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM. 
          OKAY, MOVING INTO THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THINGS, ON THE DRAINAGE UTILITY, WE HAVE, UH, TOP, TOP ON THE LIST THERE IS OUR LOWEST BRANCH FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECT. 
          THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT. 
          IT'S ABOUT $25 MILLION. 
          WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THIS PROJECT, SINCE IT'S A VERY LARGE SCALE, UH, PROJECT, WE, WE HAVE COMMISSIONED THE DA 30% PRELIMINARY DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT IN OUR FY 24 PROJECT. 
          WE'VE JUST WRAPPED UP THOSE EFFORTS. 
          THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO INCLUDE A COUPLE OF UNDERGROUND DETENTION FACILITIES FOR STORM WATER. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT PHASING THAT AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD IN PART OR IN WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM. 
          UH, THE PINK LINE THERE, THAT IS OUR BELT LINE AT HUNT BRANCH PROJECT, WHICH IS COMING TO A CLOSE. 
          WE, UH, WE BROUGHT THAT, THAT'S AN 11 BY SIX BOX CULVERT THAT WE CROSS BELT LINE WITH. 
          WENT UP COTTONWOOD DRIVE AND IT'S KIND OF ENDING AT THE RECYCLING CENTER PROJECT HAS, UH, GONE VERY WELL THAT PROJECT. 
          WE COORDINATED AN AWFUL LOT BETWEEN SOME OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE CITY WITH TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE OF THE IMPLICATIONS TO TRAFFIC CROSSING BELTLINE, AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECKED THE BOX AND GOT OUT OF THERE BEFORE THE COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL, WHICH WE DID. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, MOTHER NATURE KIND OF THREW A KIND OF A CURVE BALL AT US AT THAT ONE, BUT, UH, NONETHELESS, WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT. 
          UH, THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE ROCHE CONTROL PROJECTS SHOWN THERE IN THE BLUE AND ORANGE LINES, WHICH ARE GIAN PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN OUR, UH, LAW, OUR LAWN MEADOW DRIVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IS THE GREEN LINE THAT, UH, IS A SUBSTANTIAL STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, OFF OF LAWN MEADOW, JUST, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAP ROCK. 
          AND THEN MOVING DOWN THE FIVE DOTS, THE FIVE TOP DOTS THAT ARE THERE ARE THE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR COTTONWOOD CREEK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT ARE REFERENCED BEFORE. 
          THAT IS VERY LARGE PROJECT. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT TO BID IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LOOKING TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          THE PROJECT HAS A COUPLE OF VERY INTERESTING NUANCES TO IT. 
          THERE'S SOME LARGE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THAT GOES WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THROUGH SOME OF THE OUTLETS TO WHERE WE HAVE TO DAYLIGHT INTO THE CREEK, THEY ARE MULTI BARREL BOX CULVERT. 
          THEY'RE VERY LARGE AND TRYING TO FIT THAT BETWEEN SIDE YARDS OF HOUSES AND MAKE THAT TO WHERE THAT'S A VIABLE OPTION, HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THROUGH DESIGN. 
          UH, IT ALSO HAD SOME COST. 
          IT, WELL, IT WAS ALREADY SCALED, A VERY LARGE SCALE PROJECT. 
          WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING THE COST DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS ALSO PALATABLE. 
          SO IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT TO GET TO THAT POINT, BUT WE ARE ON THE HOME STRETCH, JUST ABOUT TO HIT THE FINISH LINE ON DESIGN AND GET THAT OUT TO BID. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL TWO DOTS THAT ARE ON THERE ARE CHEYENNE DRIVE AT GRASS MIRROR, AS WELL AS CHEYENNE AT NAVAJO TRAIL. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THOSE ARE BOTH, UH, 
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GIAN PROJECTS AND WE, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT, UH, THE REASSESSMENT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO FUND ANOTHER, UH, PROJECT WITH THE, WITH THAT, THE BUDGET OUT OF FY 26, WE ALSO WERE BLESSED TO GET A NEW STORMWATER PERMIT, UM, IN FFY 20, OR EXCUSE ME, IN 2025. 
          AND THAT HAS SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS TO IT. 
          WE NOW ARE REQUIRED TO RETROFIT 20% OF OUR STRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL DEVICES TO REDUCE POLLUTANTS AS WELL AS DEVELOP SOPS FOR MAINTAINING EVERY ONE OF THE, UH, STRUCTURES THAT WE OWN. 
          UH, THESE ARE NEW REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON THIS, WE ARE PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER, AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE HAD TO DO WITH TCQ AND, UH, GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF AND SUBMITTED TO THEM. 
          SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF KIND OF WORKING THROUGH ALL THESE PROCESSES. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY WE HAD A CHANGE IN SOME OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE REST OF OUR STORM WATER DEVICES. 
          WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD TO INSPECT 20% OF THEM ON A YEARLY BASIS. 
          WE NOW HAVE TO INSPECT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEM ON A YEARLY BASIS. 
          THOSE EFFORTS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HANDLED BY OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE 20% LEVEL. 
          HOWEVER, AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THAT LEVEL OF EFFORT IS BEYOND WHAT THEIR AVAILABLE, UH, BANDWIDTH IS. 
          SO WE WILL BE MOVING INTO CONTRACTING THOSE SERVICES OUT AND THAT, UH, THAT'LL BE ABOUT $40,000 A YEAR FOR THOSE SERVICES. 
          UH, AS WE DEVELOP THE PLAN FOR WHAT THE, AS FOR WHAT THE RETROFIT IS GOING TO TAKE ON THE VARIOUS PONDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, AS WE DEVELOP THE FINANCIAL NEED THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK AND, UH, ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT MATTER. 
          MOVING INTO OUR CREEK BANK EROSION ASSESSMENT IN 2020, WE COMMISSIONED A, UH, ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF THE CITY'S CREEKS, AND 300 SITES WERE IDENTIFIED FOR CAUSES OF EROSION FROM HIGH, MEDIUM TO LOW. 
          AND THAT WAS USED TO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE LIST. 
          SINCE 2020, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EIGHT OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          UH, GABON ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          THREE OF THEM WERE COVERED IN OUR 21 BOND PROGRAM. 
          FIVE OF THEM HAVE BEEN COVERED THROUGH THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FUND IN 2025. 
          WE ARE, UH, LEADING STAFF. 
          THE STAFF WILL BE REASSESSING 140 OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE HIGH AND MEDIUM LOCATIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE 2020 ASSESSMENT. 
          AS WE, UH, GO THROUGH THAT ASSESSMENT, WE'LL LOOK AT RE-RANKING AND RETIMING WHAT THE COSTS ARE FOR THOSE VARIOUS ELEMENTS. 
          AND WE'LL BE USING THAT TO REPRIORITIZE OUR LIST FOR PROJECTS OUTTA THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FUND, AS WELL AS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE UPCOMING BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND AS MR. MAGNER MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE. 
          HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP ON WHERE WE STAND RELATIVE TO, UM, OUR SISTER CITIES OR IN OUR BENCHMARK COMPARISON CITIES. 
          UM, BUT THE DRAINAGE FEE IS CHARGED ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTIES. 
          IT IS PART OF THE MONTHLY WATER AND SEWER BILL, AND OUR RATE CURRENTLY IS FIVE AND A QUARTER PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. 
          AND ON THE NON-RESIDENTIAL SIDE, IT IS 14.70 CENTS PER HUNDRED FOOT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA WITH A MINIMUM OF FIVE AND A QUARTER, UH, A MONTH. 
          AND THAT IS JUST TO GET AN EQUIVALENT AVERAGE, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL, ALL USES OF THE PROPERTY. 
          UH, WE ARE, WE ARE NOT AT THE MIDPOINT WE ARE, WE CHARGE LESS THAN WHAT OTHER CITIES DO, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE AS WELL. 
          SO MOVING FORWARD, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION AND COMPARISON, WHAT, UH, WHAT A, WHAT EACH INCREMENTAL RATE COULD BE AND WHAT IT COULD GET US, UH, USING OUR PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET HOLDING OUR CONTRACT SERVICES AND CITY OPERATIONS CONSTANT, WHAT THAT WOULD EQUATE TO IS A, A 50 CENT PER MONTH RAISE WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT $400,000, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT ONE GIAN PROJECT A YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE. 
          A 75 PER A 75 CENT RAISE TO THE FUND WOULD GET US ABOUT $600,000, WHICH WOULD GET US ONE GIAN PROJECT AND MAYBE THE START AND DESIGN ON THE SECOND ON A SECOND PROJECT. 
          AND THEN A DOLLAR INCREASE WOULD GET ABOUT THREE QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT TWO GABON PROJECTS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I, I GUESS JUST FINAL STEPS, WE, UH, WE WORK, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FINALIZING THE DRAIN UTILITY PROGRAM AS THE DRAIN UTILITY FEES ARE FINALIZED AND THE CITY MANAGER PREPARES TO FILE THE BUDGET, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO UTILIZING THE ASSESSMENT FINDINGS TO INFORM THE FUTURE BOND PROGRAM AND OUR FUTURE PLANNING AND, AND DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          LET ME 
          [02:15:01]
JUST ADD ONE THING. 
          UH, I'M SORRY. 
          LEMME JUST ADD ONE THING ON THE, GO BACK TO THE PRIOR SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THESE EXAMPLES THAT, UH, NICK PROVIDED ARE GREAT EXAMPLES. 
          I MEAN, HE GAVE, AND WALL, WE CAN ALL KIND OF IMAGINE WHAT THAT IS. 
          AND SO YOU, YOU KNOW, GET ONE OF THOSE AND ONE AND A HALF, UH, ONE IN A DESIGN. 
          THE OTHER THING IT WOULD DO IS, UH, IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE CHART THAT NICK DESCRIBED, UH, PRESENTED FIRST, UM, ON THE FUNDING, IF, IF, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT LARGER PROJECT THAT JUST SHY OF $2 MILLION PROJECT, YOU SAW A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          AND SO, UM, IN, IN ESSENCE, IT REALLY HAD TO, AT LEAST FOR THAT ONE YEAR, REALLY HAD TO CHANGE OUR APPROACH TO A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, SOME OF THE STREET CLEANING, SOME OF THE STUDY WORK. 
          AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY, IT MAY RESULT IN SOME SMALLER PROJECTS, OR IT MAY PROVIDE US WITH THE ABILITY, UH, TO LOOK AT A TWO YEAR VIEW, FOR INSTANCE, AND SAY, THOSE NEW DOLLARS COULD HELP US ACCOMPLISH A, A MUCH LARGER PROJECT THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS PART OF THE DRAINAGE FUND. 
          AND SO ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE POTENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS AS WE WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH YOU TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO, TO APPLY ANY NEW FUNDS. 
          I THINK, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK YOU COULD SEE OUR MAIN PURPOSE IN EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS WOULD BE, UH, THE COST OF THE LARGER PROJECTS ARE, ARE RISING. 
          THE FUND IS NOT. 
          AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING LESS AND LESS EACH YEAR, NOT EVEN REALLY HOLDING GROUND, UM, AT, AT THE CURRENT, AT THE CURRENT RATE. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          NICK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT, I LIKED THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 
          I, UH, HAVE A QUESTION ON THE LITTER ABATEMENT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, WHAT, I MEAN, I'VE NOTICED RIGHT NOW FOR 2025, THERE'S 40,000 POUNDS, UH, DOWN FROM 47,000 POUNDS, AND I'VE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF LITTER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ARAPAHOE AREA, AND IT'S, IS THAT GENERALLY JUST, WHAT TYPE OF LITTERS ARE Y'ALL, ARE YOU FINDING? IS THAT JUST, UH, DEBRIS JUST BLOWN INTO THE, THE DRAINAGE? OR IS IT PEOPLE THROWING THINGS OUT LIKE THEY DID IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S OR WHATEVER, THEY JUST THROW IT OUT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU FINDING IN THAT, IN THAT IT'S REALLY A MIXED BAG. 
          UM, AND JUST LAST MONTH WHEN WE WERE GETTING THE NUMBERS FOR THE PRESENTATION, THESE ARE, THESE NUMBERS ARE GOOD AS OF THE END OF JUNE. 
          SO WE, WE DO GET PICTURES EVERY NOW AND THEN OF WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING. 
          LITERALLY, THERE WAS A PAIR OF WORK BOOTS IN AN INLET, WHICH REALLY SURPRISED ME BECAUSE USUALLY A, THE INLET THROAT IS ONLY SO WIDE AND THE SOLE USUALLY WOULD HANG UP ON THAT. 
          BUT YEAH, IT WAS A, THEY WERE TIED, UH, TIED TOGETHER AND IN THE BASKET, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY SHOVED THEM THERE OR WHAT, BUT THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN THAT, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF, IT TENDS TO BE WHAT MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE STORM DRAIN DURING A RAIN EVENT. 
          IT'S JUST WHAT GETS CARRIED ALONG WITH THE STORM WATER, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO EFFECTIVE. 
          BUT, UH, WE DO END UP WITH EVERYTHING FROM LEAVES, WOODY DEBRIS FROM YARDS THAT WASHES OFF TO, UH, A LOT OF IT IS TRASH, UH, JUST PAPER TRASH FROM DISCARD, UH, GENERAL DISCARD PEOPLE THROWING STUFF OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES THAT, OR THEY THROW IT IN THE BACK OF PICKUP AND IT BLOWS OUT OR DITCH THOSE PICKUP PEOPLE. 
          YEAH. 
          WALKING IN, THEY PITCH IT ON THE GROUND. 
          , I GUESS  WELL, LOOKS LIKE PLACE THREE HAS A LOT OF, UH, ANYWAY,  WON'T GO. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF THE DRAINAGE AREAS HAVE THE, UH, YOU'LL HAVE THE, THE SCREEN ON THE FRONT, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A BASKET UNDERNEATH AS WELL IN THE YES, WE HAVE A, AND SOME HAVE 90, WE HAVE 190, UH, INLETS WHERE THERE'S A BASKET THAT IS ACTUALLY INSIDE THE INLET. 
          SO YOU HAVE THAT MANHOLE RINGING COVER ON THE TOP OF THE INLET. 
          THAT'S THE ACCESS POINT THAT THIS CONTRACTOR GOES IN AND THEY EMPTY THE BASKETS AND TAKE THAT AND OUT. 
          UH, BUT THESE ARE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE IN THERE. 
          YOU, YOU REALLY WOULDN'T SEE THEM UNLESS YOU WENT AND LOOKED AT THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THE SCREENS THAT, I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING OF AS THE INLET PROTECTION FOR THE, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SEDIMENT STORM WATER, THAT'S OUR INLET PROTECTION THERE FOR SOME OF OUR TEMPORARY EROSION CONTROL. 
          BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE SEPARATE, THESE ARE KIND OF AN AREAS WITHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, SEPARATE AND APART. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. 
          OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, REAL QUICK, UH, CAN YOU, YOU CAN EVEN JUST DO IT ON THIS MAP, I, AN EARLIER SLIDE REFERENCE, THE SANTA FE CHANNEL AND TEXAS CHANNEL IS 26. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ITEMS, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY, MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE CHANNELS ARE, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT ON A PRIOR SLIDE. 
          TEXAS CHANNEL IS NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          I DON'T HAVE A MAP OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 
           BY TEXAS STREET, I GUESS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WHAT ABOUT IN SANTA FE, I GUESS IS BY A STREET NAMED SANTA FE IS, UM, OKAY. 
          [02:20:02]
I KNOW WHERE FOX IS, BUT STREET, I PROMISE NEXT YEAR I'LL PUT A MAP UP. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          FIX THAT. 
          I'LL, FOR REFERENCE ON THAT, , I'LL LOOK UP, UH, SANTA FE STREET. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING SOME TAMBO SHANTER STUFF UP THERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF 25. 
          UM, AND BY THE WAY, ALSO GREAT PRESENTATION, JUST ALL AROUND WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND HAVING TO, TO SIT THROUGH EVERYONE ELSE'S. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST I GUESS AS FAR AS KIND OF FEEDBACK GOES AHEAD OF THE BUDGET, I MEAN, I GUESS IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASE OF CONTRACT INSPECTION SERVICES ALONE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, WITH ALL THE NEW REQUIREMENTS ON THIS, THIS NEW PERMIT, I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE'D HAVE TO, WHY WE'D HAVE TO INCREASE THE DRAINAGE FEE. 
          I MEAN, JUST TO, JUST, EVEN AS WE'RE LOSING GROUND TO HOLD THE LINE ON LOSING GROUND, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          I, I DO WANNA JUST, UH, ASK A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. 
          SURE. 
          UM, FIRST MORE OUTTA CURIOSITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THE BASKET THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED, UM, DOES THAT CREATE AN OBSTRUCTION? SO IF YOU HAVE, LET'S SAY BACK TO BACK LARGE RAIN EVENTS, UH, DOES THE LITTER COLLECTED IN THE FIRST RAIN EVENT CREATE A PROBLEM FOR THE SECOND RAIN EVENT? OR, OR IS IT SOMEHOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I GOT THIS IMAGE OF OUR, UM, UH, RECYCLING, UH, UH, THE RECYCLING CENTER AND HOW THEY USE CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY TO KIND OF SEPARATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELEMENTS. 
          SO IS THERE A WAY TO WHERE IT GETS KIND OF LIFTED OUT OF THE WAY AS A PART OF THIS, OR IT, IT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UH, THE BASKETS ARE RATHER DEEP. 
          SO WHAT ENDS UP, I WISH I HAD A WHITEBOARD, IT PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE, BUT THE BASKETS GO IN THERE. 
          YOU HAVE THE THROAT IS ABOUT SIX INCHES, UH, ON THE INLET, AND IT LETS WATER IN. 
          THE BASKETS ARE RATHER LARGE. 
          THEY'RE, I THINK 18 INCHES BY 18 INCHES, AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY STRUNG TOGETHER FOR THE FULL OPENING LENGTH OF THE INLET. 
          UH, AND THE BASKETS ARE MAINTAINED AND EMPTIED MONTHLY BY A CONTRACTOR. 
          SO THE ACCUMULATION OVER A MONTH NORMALLY DOES NOT FILL AN ENTIRE BASKET. 
          AND THERE IS FREEBOARD THAT IT WILL, THE FLOW WILL PASS OVER THE TOP WHILE THE DEBRIS IS KIND OF SETTLING IN THE BASKET. 
          I GOTCHA. 
          SO I THINK HYDRAULICALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT OUR, UH, FUNCTION OF OUR INLETS. 
          IT JUST COLLECTS THE DEBRIS AND BYPASSES THE WATER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO PROBABLY A LOT OF TRASH ACTUALLY EVEN FLIES RIGHT PAST IT, BUT IT PRETTY, BUT SOME OF IT SETTLES IN PRETTY, THE BA THE BACKSIDE OF THE BASKET GOES UP TO THE TOP OF THE INLET, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLOAT OUTTA THE BASKET. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST THE BASKETS ARE RATHER DEEP TO ALLOW THAT CAPACITY TO CAPTURE AND NOT OBSTRUCT. 
          UM, PERFECT. 
          SO THE SECOND THING I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT WAS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY SORT OF, OR, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY ANECDOTES ON IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN THANKS TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. 
          SO, UH, A BC NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN SEEING RECURRING ISSUES, LET'S SAY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING QUITE THE SAME DRAINAGE, UH, THROUGHPUT AND NOW AFTER OUR INVESTMENT OF X, THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE LESS FLOODING OR LESS, YOU KNOW, BACKUP OR OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT. 
          UH, ARE, ARE WE SEEING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS OR ARE THESE ELEMENTS FUTURE LOOKING ENOUGH TO WHERE IT'S NOT EVEN NECESSARILY A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S HAVING A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S PREVENTING A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE? AND MAYBE IT'S BOTH. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON ADDRESSING THE, I THINK WHAT'S PRIMARILY THE END. 
          WE ONLY HAVE A FEW AREAS THAT ARE REALLY TERRIBLE AREAS FOR, FOR DRAINAGE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UH, WE HAVE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          WE BUILT A VERY LARGE DETENTION POND AT THE CORNER OF CAMPBELL AND UNIVERSITY, WHICH KIND OF HELPS THE, THE COTTONWOOD CREEK AREA. 
          WE DO HAVE A SECOND POND THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROJECT THAT WE JUST DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO CONSTRUCT. 
          SO THAT PROJECT, FOR THE MOST PART IS SHOVEL READY, WAITING ON FUNDING. 
          UH, BOTH THOSE IN CONCERT WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE STORM WATER. 
          UH, THAT WILL ALSO WORK WITH OUR LOWEST BRANCH PROJECT THAT WE'RE BUILDING, UM, SOME UNDERGROUND DETENTION WITH AS WELL, WHICH WILL LOWER SOME OF THE STORM WATER, UM, ELEVATIONS AND TAKE THE HOUSES OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          UH, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE THAT. 
          I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, MY PREDECESSORS HAVE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH LISTS AND WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO CHECK THE BOXES AND LOWER ALL THESE, UH, WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS. 
          UH, I, I KNOW OUR WATER, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR LAWN MEADOW PROJECT THAT, UH, THAT WAS ONE LOCALIZED AREA THAT HAD SOME FLOODING. 
          UH, THERE'S TWO OR THREE HOUSES THAT THE WATER SURFACE GOT VERY CLOSE TO THE FOUNDATIONS ON. 
          WE ARE MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND KIND OF GETTING THAT OFF THE LIST. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE 
          [02:25:01]
SOME NUISANCE AREAS, UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING THING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. 
          ONE EXAMPLE I, I CAN THINK OF IS OUR RICHLAND PARK, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT THAT'S ADVERTISING FOR CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          THE BOND PROJECT WAS TO, TO JUST REBUILD THE STREET. 
          HOWEVER, DURING THE COURSE OF THE, UH, DESIGN, WE WERE VISITING WITH ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HE BROUGHT UP A LOCALIZED FLOODING AREA THAT'S GOING ON AT, UM, WEST WENTWORTH AND RICHLAND PARK. 
          WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT ENHANCING THE PROJECT AND UPSIZING SOME OF THE STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. 
          UM, JUST LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE. 
          AND AS THINGS BECOME MORE IDENTIFIED WITH OUR WATERSHED STUDIES, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO IDENTIFY THE METHODOLOGY THAT GOES INTO WATERSHED STUDIES IS A TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL VERSUS OUR TRADITIONAL 1D MODEL. 
          AND IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, UH, TIME STEP IN THINGS, SO YOU KIND GET THE REAL TIME AS SOMETHING FLOODS. 
          IT KINDA SHOWS YOU THE INUNDATION AND WHERE IT DISSIPATES. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION, UM, AND KIND OF PLUG THAT IN TO THE VARIOUS DESIGNS. 
          UH, SO WE, WE END UP GETTING DESIGN BENEFIT ON THE, ON THE, UH, DRAINAGE SIDE OF THINGS. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT ALSO GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON VELOCITIES, WHICH PLAYS INTO THE EROSION SIDE OF THINGS IN OUR WATERWAYS. 
          SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT BETTER PREDICTION METHODS ON WHERE WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME OF THE EROSION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. 
          THAT WAS GREAT. 
          UM, LAST QUESTION I'VE GOT, WHICH IS, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE MONTHLY FEE AND, AND WHERE WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES SPECIFICALLY ON THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          ARE WE SIMILARLY COMPARED ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE? I KNOW THE COMMERCIAL IS BASED ON, UH, A RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT FOR THE SAME NUMBER OF ROUGH FEET, BUT IS THAT HIGH? IS THAT LOW OR IS IT ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT? I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, EVERY, EVERY CITY DOES THEIR CALCULATION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          UM, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART THEY TRY AND TRACK SIMILAR. 
          UH, ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, I DON'T THINK THEY, ONE CITY GETS MORE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          I THINK THEY GENERALLY TRACK LIKE THAT. 
          NOW, THAT IS A GENERAL STATEMENT. 
          UM, NOTHING IS COMING TO MIND AS FAR AS ONE THAT'S REALLY OUTTA WHACK VERSUS THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY TENDS TO TRACK ALONG THE SAME THING. 
          SO THEY, THEY USE THE IMPERVIOUS, UH, EQUIVALENT TO A AVERAGE HOUSE AND THEY CALCULATE TO ABOUT THE SAME. 
          SOME WORK OFF OF LOT SIZE, SOME WORK ON LAND USAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE, THERE'S SOME NUANCES THAT GO INTO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND EVEN SOME OF THE CITIES THEY WORK ON LOT SIZE, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A LOT THAT'S, UH, ZERO TO 6,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN 6,000 TO 10,000 AND, UH, THEY'VE LOW GRADED SCALE ON THAT FRONT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO EVERYBODY'S GOT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY OF GETTING TO THE SAME GENERAL IDEA. 
          UM, WISH I COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXACT TO THAT. 
          THAT'S ANSWER, BUT THAT THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. 
          IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          MY INCLINATION, AND IT'S JUST ONE VOICE, BUT I, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO EXPLORE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE WHATEVER INCREASE, PERHAPS SHIFTING MORE TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL SIDE IN TERMS OF LEVERAGING THAT INCREASE AND SEEING WHAT THAT IMPACT MIGHT BE. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL MATH, BUT I'D LOVE TO AT LEAST UNDERSTAND IT. 
          IT, AND, UH, I THINK THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RATE FOR A RESIDENT, UH, IS CONSIDERABLY MORE IMPACTFUL THAN IT IS TO A COMMERCIAL, UH, APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY IF THESE ARE THE KINDS OF DOLLARS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO JUST, OKAY. 
          I'D BE INCLINED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THAT, SPECIFICALLY ON THE COMMERCIAL, IF THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED. 
          UH, I SAW A LIGHT ON, BUT I DON'T, SO COUNCIL MEMBER SHA THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, TO THE QUESTION OR POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL. 
          THE RATE, UH, YOU KNOW, I DO KNOW THAT SOME CITIES DEFINITELY GO PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO THIS FORMULA. 
          ONE OF THE EXAMPLE IS CITY OF FOR ROAD. 
          THEY DO, I DON'T REMEMBER THE RATE, BUT THEY DO PRETTY MUCH. 
          AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, 14 CENTS PER A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET IN AREA, IF SOMEONE HAS 30,000 SQUARE FEET IN PERVERSE AREA, WHICH IS THE PARKING LOT, SO THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          THERE'S ABOUT 300 TIMES THAN THE RENT. 
          SO IT'S LIKE HUGE. 
          UH, SO DEFINITELY THEY'RE PAYING MUCH MORE THAN, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL IT SEEMS LIKE. 
          BUT ACTUALLY IT'S NOT SAME TIME, BECAUSE THE RAINWATER, IF IT WAS IN, IT WAS LIKE PURVIEW, LIKE UNIMPROVED, IT GOES THROUGH THE GROUND. 
          IT'S NOT REALLY TAKING SPACE OF, OF OUR, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 
          BUT IF IT IS A P THE WATER CANNOT RUN THROUGH THE GROUND, SO IT GOES TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN THE FLOODING OR CAPACITY ISSUE HAPPENED. 
          THAT'S, I THINK IT'S PRETTY FAIR, UH, FORMULA. 
          SO, 
          [02:30:01]
UH, I MEAN, IT, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY GOOD, UH, FORMULA AND, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH BUDGET FOR THE DRAINAGE. 
          I WISH THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE BUDGET, OTHERWISE THERE IS NO WAY, NO WAY WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE FLOODING THAT WE HAVE. 
          SOME OF THE AREA WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY FOR THOSE PROJECT. 
          SO WE, WE DO HAVE TO BE LITTLE BIT CREATIVE TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEM. 
          BECAUSE OUR CITY WAS BUILT MANY YEARS AGO, WE ARE VERY MATURE CITY AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE DAY ONE LONG TIME AGO. 
          SO TYPICALLY SYSTEM GOES WHEN THE SOMETHING IS ELSE IS BUILT. 
          SO NOW WE ARE GOING BACKWARD DOING SOME OF THE INSTALLATION AND MAKING IT LESS FLOODED AREA. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTATION AND FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU ARE DOING AS OF TODAY TO COLLECT ALL THE DEBRIS AND OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT WE CAN'T STOP DEBRIS COMING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY OR OTHER CITY THAT WE SEE LOTS OF DEBRIS RIGHT NOW. 
          SOME, SOME PLACES IT'S NOT REALLY FROM OUR STREET, IT'S COMING FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S CREEK. 
          AND, UH, IF WE DON'T THROW THE TRASHES ALONG THE CREEK BANK, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEEK TRASH IN THE CREEK. 
          SO THOSE ARE GOOD EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING SO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST, UH, FOR A BASELINE PERSPECTIVE, 30,000 FEET, UH, COSTS COMMERCIAL ROUGHLY $44 A MONTH. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, I DON'T, I THINK IF WE WERE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF AN ADJUSTMENT PERSONALLY, I WOULD, I, IF, IF I DID THAT MATH RIGHT, I THINK I'D DIVIDED BY A HUNDRED AND THEN MULTIPLIED BY 0.147. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE THAN A RESIDENT, BUT I THINK IF THERE'S GONNA BE AN INCREASE SOMEWHERE, I'D, I'D LOVE TO AT LEAST SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, STAY WITHIN REASON, STAY WITHIN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK, BUT, BUT PERHAPS BE A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THAT SIDE POTENTIALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT IT. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE THE INPUT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          [H. RECEIVE THE JULY 9, 2025, SIGN CONTROL BOARD MINUTES AND CONSIDER FINAL APPROVAL  OF SCB CASE #25-02, ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CLASSICAL SCHOOL.]
UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM H, UH, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE JULY 9TH, 2025 SIGN CONTROL BOARD MINUTES, AND CONSIDER FINAL APPROVAL OF SCB CASE, UH, SORRY, SIGN CONTROL BOARD CASE, UH, 25 DASH OH TWO ST. 
          PAUL CATHOLIC CLASSICAL SCHOOL. 
          MR. MATTHEW. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR VERY MUCH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, CHARLES IS GONNA LEAD THE, THE BRIEFING ON THIS, UH, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. 
          UM, SO, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION, UH, YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO OPTIONS. 
          YOU CAN ACCEPT THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD MINUTES, THEREBY, UM, UM, RESOLVING THE MATTER OR IF THERE WAS, UH, A INTEREST IN CALLING IT UP, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO CALL IT UP. 
          WE WOULD SET IT FOR A FUTURE DATE, INVITE THE APPLICANT TO COME AND PROVIDE IT A, UM, A PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE YOUR TWO ACTION ITEMS, AND, UH, CHARLES, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR BRIEFING. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. MAGNER. 
          UM, THE, THE PROPERTY TONIGHT IS, UH, A ST. 
          PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL. 
          IT'S ZONED R 1100 M RESIDENTIAL. 
          IT'S ABOUT 11 ACRES, UH, AN AREA SHOWN THERE ON THE MAP. 
          IT'S SURROUNDED TO THE NORTH AND WEST BY RESIDENTIAL OF, UH, VARIOUS TYPES. 
          AND THEN TO THE EAST AND, AND KIND OF SOUTHEAST BY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ZONED AS PART OF THE WEST SPRING VALLEY, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. 
          AS, UH, I PRESENT TO YOU THE SIGNS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TONIGHT, THERE'S REALLY TWO APPLICABLE ORDINANCES, UH, FOR YOU TO HAVE IN YOUR MIND. 
          THE FIRST IS, UH, SIGNS THAT PERTAIN TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WHERE, UH, SUCH INSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED. 
          ONE ATTACHED SIGN THAT CAN BE A MAXIMUM OF 40 SQUARE FEET, UH, IN AREA. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE RELATES TO TRAFFIC RELATED DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, WHICH THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER THAT A PROPERTY CAN HAVE. 
          UH, BUT SUCH SIGNS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT, UH, SQUARE FEET IN, IN AREA. 
          AND, UH, THE VARIANCE, UH, BEFORE YOU IS, UH, REQUESTING EXCEPTIONS TO THOSE, UH, TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, THE SIGN PACKAGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, FOR, UH, THE SITE. 
          UH, THE APPLICANT'S REASON FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, REQUESTS IS THAT THE, UH, TO, TO COMPLY WITH THE, PARTICULARLY ON THE, THE, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, CONTROL SIGNS. 
          THE LETTERING THEN HAS TO BE SO SMALL THAT THEY'RE AFRAID. 
          IT PROPO, UH, POSES A LEGIBILITY ISSUE, UH, AND IS DIFFICULT, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND THE CAMPUS AND KIND OF DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL AND KIND OF KNOW WHERE PICKUP AND DROP OFF IS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UH, ON A SITE THAT HAS A LOT OF VISITORS. 
          SO, UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SIGNS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE ON THE PROPERTY AND ARE CHANGING ON THE PROPERTY, THESE ARE THE TWO SIGNS THAT ARE ALONG, UH, FLOYD. 
          THOSE ARE NOT CHANGING. 
          THOSE ARE EXISTING SIGNS AND THEY'LL REMAIN. 
          UM, HERE ARE THE, UH, SIGNS THAT ARE, UH, PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED. 
          THERE'S TWO ATTACHED SIGNS, AND THEN THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXISTING, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGN THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UPGRADING. 
          HERE'S JUST SOME, UH, MAP ON THE PROPERTY, UH, WHERE THOSE SIGNS ARE LOCATED. 
          SO THOSE TWO BLUE DOTS, UH, UH, IN THE MIDDLE ARE WHERE THE ATTACHED SIGNS ARE. 
          AND THEN RIGHT NOW 
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THERE ARE THREE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS, UM, IN THE LOCATION SHOWN, UH, THERE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. 
          SO THEY'RE GOING FROM, UH, FIVE SIGNS TO ABOUT 12 SIGNS. 
          MOST OF THOSE, AGAIN, ARE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS JUST TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, NAVIGATE THROUGH, UH, THE SITE. 
          NOT ALL THE SIGNS, UH, REQUIRE VARIANCES, BUT JUST SO YOU HAVE THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          UH, THESE, UH, THESE SIGNS ARE, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS, UM, BUT THEY'RE MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT SIX FEET IN HEIGHT. 
          UH, THERE'S THREE BEING PROPOSED, UH, ON THE PROPERTY. 
          UH, BUT THE AREA OF THE SIGN ITSELF IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN SEVEN SQUARE FEET. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE COMPLY, UH, THOSE WILL BE IN THREE LOCATIONS. 
          THOSE ARE SHOWN, UH, IN YELLOW THERE ON THE INTERIOR SITE. 
          JUST TELL PEOPLE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT KNOW WHERE TO WALK TO, UH, ON THE SITE. 
          UH, ANOTHER SIGN THAT DOES NOT, UH, NEED A A VARIANCE IS, UH, THEY'RE UPGRADING THE SIGN ON THE LIBRARY. 
          UH, THIS IS THEIR ONE ALLOWED, ATTACHED SIGN. 
          UH, IT'S 33 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, SO IT'S UNDER THE 40, UH, SQUARE FOOT LIMIT. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT, THAT DOES NOT NEED A VARIANCE. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A, A SECOND ATTACHED SIGN. 
          THIS WOULD BE KIND OF THE MAIN, UH, SIGN FOR THE SCHOOL NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL HAS AN EXISTING SIGN, BUT THEY WANNA UPGRADE IT WITH A LOGO. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE A SECOND ATTACHED SIGN, WHICH TRIGGERS A NEED FOR VARIANCE. 
          IT'S ALSO ABOUT 190 SQUARE FEET, UH, IN AREA. 
          SO IT EXCEEDS THAT 40 SQUARE FOOT, UM, A LIMIT. 
          THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS, UH, OF, OF THE SIGN. 
          SO THE, THE YELLOW BOX ON THE LEFT IS WHERE THE LIBRARY SIGN WOULD BE. 
          AND THE YELLOW BOX, UH, ON THE RIGHT, UH, INTERIOR TO THE CAMPUS IS, IS WHERE THE SCHOOL SIGN, UH, WOULD BE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE FOR THE OTHER TYPE OF SIGN THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR ARE SIX, UH, DIRECTIONAL SIGNS THAT ARE INTENDED TO DIRECT VEHICLES THROUGH, UH, OUT THE CAMPUS. 
          UH, THEY, UH, ARE REQUIRED, UH, TO HAVE VARIANCES BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT 23 SQUARE FEET AN AREA, AGAIN, AS OPPOSED TO THE EIGHT SQUARE FEET THAT'S ALLOWED, YOU COULD SEE THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS AND, AND DIRECTIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. 
          SO, UH, THEY JUST FELT THAT IT WAS HARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE, THE NECESSARY CONTENT, UH, AT A LEGIBLE SCALE, UM, FOR VEHICLES, UH, WITH THE, UH, LIMITED, UH, SQUARE FOOT FOOTAGE. 
          HERE'S, UH, AGAIN, ON THE CAMPUS WHERE THOSE ARE, ARE LOCATED. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, AROUND THE MAIN DRIVE ISLES, UH, AS YOU ENTER THE SITE AND NAVIGATE THROUGH, UH, THE SITE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST SIGN, UH, THAT, UH, IS ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL SIGN TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS, UH, HANGS UNDER THE COVERED WALKWAY AS YOU APPROACH THE FRONT DOOR TO IDENTIFY THE, THE ENTRY OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE SIGN ON THE BACK AS, AS PEOPLE ARE EXITING, UH, THE BUILDING. 
          UM, IT'S 17, ALMOST 18 SQUARE FEET IN AREA. 
          SO AGAIN, EXCEEDS, UH, THE MAXIMUM OF EIGHT SQUARE FEET ALLOWED TYPICALLY, UH, BY THE CODE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, IT'S THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS, UH, AS YOU APPROACH THE ENTRANCE TO, TO THE SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT'S A, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF, OF THE THREE SIGN TYPES THAT, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES FOR THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD, UH, AT THEIR, UM, JULY 9TH. 
          UH, THAT'S A TYPO. 
          UM, JANUARY, IT SHOULD BE JULY 9TH, UH, CASE REVIEWED, UH, THIS CASE AND VOTED FIVE OH, UH, FOR IT TO APPROVE. 
          AND SO, AS, UH, MR. MAGNA MENTIONED, YOU CAN APPROVE THE SIGN CONTROL MINUTES, UH, AS PRESENTED, YOU CAN CALL THE CASE UP FOR FULL CONSIDERATION. 
          OKAY. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, 
          [ADDITIONAL ITEM]
MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHEN RADER, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, EXCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 SIGNED CONTROL BOARD. 
          JULY 9TH. 
          SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT? JULY 9TH. 
          LET'S JANUARY THERE. 
          I'M SORRY, IT'S A TYPO, BUT IT'S ON, ON THE AGENDA. 
          IT'S JULY 9TH. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          JULY 9TH. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS, I WAS JUST READING STRAIGHT OFF THAT, I APOLOGIZE. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, I SECOND THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHEN RIDER. 
          SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          DORIAN, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HUMMEL? NO. 
          OH, NO. 
          NO DISCUSSION AT ALL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, UH, BEING ABSENT FOR THE VOTE. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [I. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM I REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          ANYONE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE AN ITEM OR TWO. 
          UM, I DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, UM, GO OUT TO TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE FOR THE, UM, UH, NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL TRAINING. 
          UH, IT WAS REALLY COOL, UH, SEEING FORMER CITY MANAGER, DAN JOHNSON, UH, UH, DO HIS TYPICAL SONG AND DANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY, UH, OUTSIDE 
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OF THE WHITE BOX, UH, AREA WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS. 
          IT WAS, UM, UH, AGAIN, A PRIDE POINT I THINK FOR RICHARDSON TO HAVE, UM, UH, SOMEONE LIKE HIM, UM, BEING IN THE, UH, IN THE POSITION THAT HE'S IN AND, AND, UH, BEING AN AUTHORITY ON, ON THAT TOPIC. 
          UH, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS, UM, UH, I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UH, AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR, UH, THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE NEW CLASS. 
          UH, APPARENTLY THIS CLASS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE VERY BEST CLASS EVER AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE FOR US. 
          ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, HAVE THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED AT 8:41 PM.
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