Nov 16, 2022 Bond Oversight Commission

COMMISSIONER NEER PRESENT.

WE'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM HERE.

COMMISSIONER CURRY HERE.

AND I AM COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

WE WILL, UM, NEXT GO INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

IS THERE ANY SIGNUPS THERE? NO.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 18TH MEETING CHAIR.

JUMP OVER TO THE

[1. Approval of the minutes of the Special Called meeting of the Bond Oversight Commission on October 18, 2022.]

I MOVE TO APPROVED MINUTES.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.

THERE WE HAVE A SECOND.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 18TH, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY, ANY OPPOSED? NA.

ANY SLEEP PAST? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING

[Items 2 & 3]

INTO STAFF BRIEFINGS.

UM, WAS THIS ALREADY, UH, ALTERED THE AGENDA? NO.

SO WE'LL START WITH NUMBER THREE, TWO.

UH, SO STAT BRIEFING FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON PROP A OF THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING .

I BELIEVE ITEMS TWO AND THREE NEED TO BE POSTPONED.

IS IT TWO AND THREE? TWO AND THREE.

SORRY, I MISSED THAT.

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON PROPERTY OF 2018 BOND PROGRAMS FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND CULTURAL FACILITIES.

STAFF RE FROM

[4. Staff Briefing from Economic Development, Austin Public Library, and Parks and Recreation Department on Proposition B of the 2018 Bond program for Libraries, Museums and Cultural Facilities.]

JUMPED WHAT WHEN? ONE, THERE WE GO.

I, THERE WE GO.

UM, I'M TINA VAN, WE WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES.

UM, UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE PROPOSITION.

UM, WHILE IT'S ONE, UH, KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKING AT LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES IS ACTUALLY DOUBLED UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO I'LL GET THIS KICKED OFF, AND THEN WHAT, UH, THE PLAN IS, IS THAT FIRST EDD WILL GO AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THEIR, UH, WORK.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO LIBRARIES, TAKE QUESTIONS THERE, AND THEN MOVE ON TO PARKS AND THEN TAKE QUESTIONS.

AND, UM, THAT SHOULD CONCLUDE.

SO, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE 2018 BOND PROPOSITION B, UH, THIS TOTALS 128 MILLION.

UM, THIS IS, UH, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS FOR THIS ONE IS A BIT MORE PRES PRESCRIPTIVE, UH, THAN SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PROPOSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHEN THE DEPARTMENTS ARE GIVING THEIR PRESENTATIONS, THERE'S QUITE A FEW NAMED SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN HERE.

THIS, UH, AGAIN, IS BROKEN UP, UH, BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY, IN PART WITH EDD GETTING, UH, THE SMALLER SLICE OF THE PIE.

THEY HAVE TWO PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT THIS IS FUNDING FOR 27 MILLION.

AND THEN WE HAVE LIBRARIES, UH, THEY HAVE ONE NAME PROJECT, UH, FOR, UH, FALL, WHICH IS 14 AND A HALF MILLION.

AND THEN THE REST OF THEIR PROJECTS ARE GOING INTO VARIOUS INTERIOR RENOVATIONS, UH, ROOFS, UH, HVAC AND, AND PROJECTS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THEN WE HAVE PAR WHO HAS THE LARGEST PIECE OF THIS PROPOSITION AT 66 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, AND THEIR, THEIR PROJECTS ARE ALSO NAMED.

THE LOWER SIDE FOR THE COMMITTED, UH, RANGE.

SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THE PROPOSITION AS A WHOLE.

YOU WILL SEE THESE SLIDES LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, WHICH ARE BROKEN UP BY DEPARTMENT.

UH, BUT AS A WHOLE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 128 MILLION.

RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE 9.2 MILLION ENCUMBERED AND HAVE SPENT ABOUT 10.2.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON

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AND, UH, WE HAVE ISSUE TO DATE, 9.7 MILLION.

SO HERE WE HAVE, UH, THE GRAPH THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION LIKES TO SEE, WHICH KIND OF PROVIDES SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT ON ACTUALS AS FAR AS, AND ALSO PRIOR PROJECTIONS.

SO THAT BLUE LINE, THERE ARE THE ACTUAL, SO WE CAN, UH, TO SEE HOW THAT HAS BEEN TRENDING.

THE SOLID ORANGE LINE WAS THE PROJECTION AT THE, UH, FY 21, UH, BUDGET TIMEFRAME.

AGAIN, THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE, UH, CAPTURED AT A SINGLE POINT IN TIME.

THESE NUMBERS MOVE AND CHANGE, UH, AND THEN THE ORANGE DOTTED LINE IS FY 22.

AND THEN THE, OR, UH, DASHED YELLOW LINE IS THE CURRENT PROJECTION FOR FY 23.

UM, AND, UH, WE CAN SEE HOW THAT HAS MOVED ALONG, THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT RED DOT REPRESENTS, UH, 90% SPENT.

AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT OVER TIME THAT THE CURVE HAS JUST GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT STEEPER.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE TARGET UPON COMPLETION IS STILL ROUGHLY THE SAME.

UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES IN FRIENDS OVER THERE.

HELLO, I AM MICHELLE CLEMENTS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE COUPLE OF CULTURAL FACILITY BOND ITEMS AND THEN ALSO DISCUSS GENERAL BOND FUNDED ITEMS THAT GET, UM, DEDICATED TO ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.

EDD HAS A TOTAL OF $27 MILLION FROM THE 2018 PROPOSITION B BOND, AND MOST OF OUR FUNDING IS STILL AVAILABLE AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SPENT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THAT OUR ORIGINAL SPENDING PLAN THAT WAS PROJECTED IN 21 WAS SLIGHTLY DELAYED.

HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE DOT, WE ARE ON TRACK TO CONTINUE TO SPEND 90 PER 90% OF THE PROJECT, UM, ON TIME.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT GETS A LITTLE BIT STEEPER WHERE MORE SPENDING IS OCCURRING TOWARDS 25, 24 AND 25.

BUT WE ARE ON TRACK, UM, WITH OUR ORIGINAL SPENDING PLAN.

THIS IS THE, UM, CULTURAL ARTS FACILITY BOND, AND WE HAVE MARTIN BURRERA WHO WILL BE DISCUSSING THE FUNDING ADDED FOR MEXI RTE FROM THE 2018 BOND.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, UH, MICHELLE FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

AND, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR INVITING STAFF TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR PROJECTS.

AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, A MARTIN BARRE AND ARCHITECT AND OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND THE REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE MESH MUSEUM PROJECT.

AS NOTED ON THE SLIDE, THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF A THREE STORY ME MUSEUM BUILDING AT FOUR 19 CONGRESS AVENUE.

ALSO NOTED ON THE SLIDE, THE PROJECT HAS TWO SOURCES OF BOND FUNDING, 5 MILLION FROM THE 2006 BOND, AND 15 MILLION FROM THE 2018 BOND TOTALLING, UH, 20 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING.

UH, ED D STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE ME GOT STAFF AND THEIR BOARD, AND ALSO WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO DIRECTLY MANAGED THE CONTRACTS WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TEAM.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CITY STAFF SUCCESSFULLY SOLICITED AND SELECTED AN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAM, WHICH COUNCIL APPROVED IN DECEMBER, 2021.

AND CITY STAFF ALSO SUCCESSFULLY SOLICITED AND SELECTED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TEAM WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL, UH, RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND THE TEAM IS WORKING TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMING AND EARLY SCHEMATIC DESIGN, AS WELL AS EARLY CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES.

UH, THE EDD AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TEAM OF CONSULTANTS ARE PROJECTING THAT DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND PERMITTING WILL BE COMPLETED BY SUMMER TO FALL OF 2024, AND IS NOTED ON THE SPENDING PLAN GRAPH.

THAT IS WHEN ANNUAL SPENDING IS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

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HELLO, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS MEGAN WELLS AND I'M THE CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE 12 MILLION FROM THE 2018 BOND THAT WAS DEDICATED TO CREATIVE SPACE.

UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE, UH, COST OF LIVING FOR AUSTIN HAS BEEN RAPIDLY INCREASING, UH, DUE TO THE RAPID, YOU KNOW, GROWTH OF OUR CITY.

AND THIS HAS PUT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY AT A, A SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, POSITION TO, UM, TO ST TO STABILIZE THEIR SPACES.

MANY OF THEM ARE RENTERS AND DO NOT OWN PROPERTY, SO THEY'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE MARKET, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO, UH, TO MANY WHO DO NOT OWN THEIR THEIR PARCELS.

SO THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO INTERVENE, UH, WITH, UH, UM, FUNDING THAT WOULD CREATE A COMMUN CREATIVE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC.

UH, SO IN 2018, THE COUNCIL, UH, RESOLUTION THAT, UH, CAME FORWARD AFTER THIS BOND WAS PASSED, UH, UH, DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP A PROCESS AND CRITERIA TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING.

UH, THIS IMMEDIATELY SORT OF TRIGGERED A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, THROUGH THE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMISSIONS INVOLVING, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE FACING, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH, UH, KEEPING THEIR SPACE OR ACQUIRING SPACE, UH, AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.

UM, WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, THERE WAS ALSO MOVEMENT TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UH, THESE TWO SORT OF PATHWAYS FORWARD, UM, CONVENED TOGETHER, UH, IN, UH, OCTOBER OF 2020.

SO THE 2018 BOND FUNDING, UH, WILL NOW BE UTILIZED BY THE NEWLY CREATED AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UH, AS PART OF THE INITIAL LAUNCH OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE CULTURAL TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED AND THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ISSUED TO THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

UH, THAT REPRE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CLOSED IN MARCH OF 2022 WITH 45 SUBMISSIONS.

AND SO WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT AT WHICH THOSE SUBMISSIONS ARE BEING ANALYZED AND DUE DILIGENCE IS BEING EXERCISED TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTMENT OF THAT 2018 BOND FUNDING FOR CREATIVE SPACE.

UH, THE POINT AT WHICH, UH, ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY COUNCIL IS COMING UP VERY SOON.

WE EXPECT THAT TO COME FORWARD IN DECEMBER FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

AND THESE ARE INITIAL DEALS THAT, UM, ARE VERY UNIQUE IN NATURE.

EACH ONE HAS SEPARATE CONDITIONS AND, UM, AND NEEDS WITH THE MONEY.

AND SO THESE, EACH OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE DEAL STRUCTURED INDIVIDUALLY AND FUNDED IN PHASES.

UH, AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO CONSTANTS WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO FUNDED BY BOND FUNDING.

UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.

THESE ARE COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, AS MEGAN SAID, MY NAME IS CONSTANCE WHITE.

I AM THE NEW, UH, MANAGER OF THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, AND I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS A I P P, WAS ESTABLISHED BY CITY ORDINANCE IN 1985.

IT IS THE OLDEST AND CURRENTLY THE MOST PROLIFIC PERCENT FOR ART, PUBLIC ART PROGRAM IN THE REGION AND IN THE STATE.

UM, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THERE ARE OVER 700 MUNICIPAL PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY.

UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PROJECTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH A PERCENT FOR OUR 2% FOR ART ALLOCATION OF ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE NEARLY 400 DISTINCT OBJECTS AND DISCRETE INSTALL INSTALLATIONS IN OUR COLLECTION.

MOST OF THE ARTWORKS WERE CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISTS OR ARTISTS LOCAL TO THE REGION, UH, WITH SOME IN MANY CREATED BY NATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS.

UM, ARTWORKS IN THE CITY'S COLLECTION CAN BE EXPERIENCED IN LIBRARIES, IN PARKS, RECREATION CENTERS, IN STREET SCAPES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE AIRPORT.

A I P P IS A PROGRAM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 60 ARTISTS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH ACTIVE PROJECTS RANGING FROM $30,000 TO $700,000.

AND THERE ARE 19 OPEN OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL CLOSE, UH, THE END OF DECEMBER.

AS THE CITY GROWS, MORE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR BOTH LOCAL ARTISTS AND NATIONAL ARTISTS.

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES NOT ONLY FUNDS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS TO DO WORK IN THE CITY.

IT ALSO REFLECTS THE CITY'S VALUES AND CONTRIBUTES TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

THESE ARTWORKS ARE OUR CULTURAL ARTIFACTS

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AND BECOME A POINT OF PRIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OBJECTS OF ATTRACTIONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE VISITING THE CITY.

AND I PUT SOME EXAMPLES HERE ON THIS SLIDE THAT ARE IN VARIOUS, UM, ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLETION, UH, FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

GREAT.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ONTO THE Q AND A PORTION.

JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE VIRTUAL DICE? YES.

UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL THE PRESENTERS.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT ART HAS A REALLY RELEVANT PLACE IN OUR CITY.

UM, UH, MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR MR. BURRERA.

UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, REGARDING THE MEKI ART MUSEUM.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THE MUSEUM WAS EMBROILED IN A LITTLE BIT OF LOCAL CONTROVERSY, SO, UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY AND OF USING ADDITIONAL FLOORS.

SO I GUESS I WAS JUST CURIOUS NOW THAT THERE IS BEING SIGNIFICANT, UH, AMOUNT OF RESOURCES BEING DEDICATED TOWARDS IT MORE AND MORE OVER THE COMING COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S IN PLACE? OR IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW MUCH PARTNERSHIP DO YOU HAVE WITH THAT LEADERSHIP IN THAT BOARD? WE, WE HAVE A VERY, UH, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF AND THE BOARD.

UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE DELIVERING JOINTLY, AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST AS TROUBLED, UM, BY THE REPORTS AS ANYONE SINCE WE ARE THEIR CLOSEST PARTNER IN DELIVERING THE NEW FACILITY.

AND I THINK, I THINK WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THOSE, UH, THE SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY INDICATED IS THE TRUE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT AND FOR, AND FOR THE REHABILITATION.

AND I THINK IT JUST, UH, WHAT IT DID FOR THE TEAM WAS JUST STRESS THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK IN DELIVERING A FACILITY THAT, UH, CAN BE, UH, THE FACILITY THAT THIS, UH, THIS INSTITUTION NEEDS.

UH, THE, UH, STAFF AND THE BOARD WERE RESPONSIVE AND, UM, AND, UH, TOOK, TOOK STEPS TO, UH, TO STORE, UH, ART IN SOME OFFSITE LOCATIONS AND TEMPORARY STORAGE.

AND IT JUST, IT JUST REALLY REITERATES THE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE IMPORTANCE FOR THESE CULTURAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE CITY CAN WORK WITH NON-PROFITS SUCH AS MEHI TO DELIVER, UH, INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN BE, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE CITY.

I HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF YOU WANT IN MIND.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUPTA.

THAT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

UM, AND THIS ONE IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE FOR, UH, MR. BERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT FOLLOWING UP NOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THAT ART NEEDS TO BE, NEED TO BE PLACED IN A MORE SECURE FACILITY OR MORE SAFE FACILITY FOR THE HANDLING OF ART.

UM, WAS THAT INVOLVED WITH, WAS THAT, UH, USED OR, OR WAS THE COST OF THAT ASSOCIATED WITH 2018 BOND FUNDS? JUST CURIOUSLY? NO.

THAT WAS INDEPENDENTLY COVERED THEN.

I ASK, ASK A QUESTION.

SURE.

SO I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE TWO TRANCHES OF, UH, FUNDING FOR THIS, UH, FACILITY.

UM, IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO GET THE JOB DONE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COSTS HAVE GONE UP, YOU KNOW, PRECIPITOUSLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO DO YOU STILL HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO GET THE JOB DONE? WELL, WELL, NO, SOON THE, UH, THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TEAM ARE INVOLVED IN, UH, PROGRAMMING AND EARLY SCHEMATIC DESIGN AS WELL AS, UH, EARLY, UH, PROJECT BUN, UH, BUDGET PROJECT, BUDGET FUNDING, UH, COST ESTIMATE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPLETION OF THEIR, OF THOSE SERVICES, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, A VERY GOOD IDEA OF HOW MUCH FUNDING IT'LL TAKE, UH, TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT AND, AND IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND DO YOU HAVE A PLAN B IN CASE YOU NEED MORE, UH, TO SORT OF DOWNSIZE THE PROJECT? UH, SO WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY? YOU KNOW, WE MUST BE THINKING OF PLAN B AT SOME POINT.

FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ARE KEEPING AT LEAST 10% OF THAT, UH, ASIDE FOR, FOR CONTINGENCIES.

UH, WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, CURRENTLY WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING, UH, THAT WE NEED THAT'S AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO HAVE CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THE, THE PROJECT FUND.

NOT ALL 20 MILLION ARE DESIGNATED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, UH, UH, WE'VE DEDICATED 14 MILLION

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SO TO, UH, TO, UM, THE, TO, WELL FOR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS AND OF COURSE PRICE ESCALATION.

SO, UM, WE'LL KNOW MORE IN THE COMING MONTHS.

IT'LL BE EARLY ENOUGH WITH THE DESIGN TEAM, UH, AND, AND PROCESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, UH, AT RISK TEAM FOR US TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IF NECESSARY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? OKAY.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC.

I'M SORRY, TO AIP P UM, IS THAT YOU OR SHE WAS ONLINE TOO.

YEAH, I'LL ASK YOU BOTH.

WE CAN TAG TEAM, JUST KIND OF A ETHEREAL, UM, ABOUT 60 ARTISTS PLUS 19 MORE BEFORE THE END.

THAT'S ABOUT 80 ARTISTS.

IS THAT TYPICAL OF A YEAR OR IS THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS WE'VE ENGAGED? UM, IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE OUR PROJECTS RUN WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH VARY, UM, IN THEIR SCHEDULES.

UH, SOME CAN SPAN FOUR, FIVE YEARS.

UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, I GUESS ON AN AVERAGE YEAR OUT OF THIS 80 YEARS, SO WHAT'S THE MIX OF LOCAL ARTISTS FIRST OUT OF STATE OR EVEN INTERNATIONAL? MORE, I WOULD MORE OR LESS, A ROUGH ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 90% ARE LOCAL.

OKAY, GOOD.

I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER.

NO, THAT'S 90 PERCENT'S GOOD NUMBER.

I WAS JUST AFRAID WE WERE JUST GIVING MONEY AWAY TO PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES.

UM, JUST ONE IDEA, I'M NOT SURE THE LEGALITY OF THIS OR THE LOGISTICS, BUT HAVE WE ALSO CONSIDERED, UM, AND WE CAN PUNT THIS FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT SORT OF AN INCON COMPENSATION AS WELL FOR ARTISTS TO SORT OF KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE IF THERE'S HOUSING COST CHALLENGES AND WE NEED THEIR ARTISTIC CREATIVITY, UM, A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, PAY THEM OBVIOUSLY TO, YOU KNOW, BUY FOOD AND GAS, BUT ALSO SOME SORT OF PROGRAM WHERE THEY GET A DISCOUNT OR A HOUSING VOUCHER, GET, YOU KNOW, EXPEDIATED INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE NATURE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS IS REALLY RESTRICTED TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

OH, NO, NO.

NOT USING THIS MONEY.

I'M TALKING ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL TO, TO PAY THEM FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR CREATION, BUT ALSO TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN STAY IN THE AREA.

I DON'T KNOW, JUST AN IDEA.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPEAKING, YOU'RE SPEAKING OUR LANGUAGE.

I LOVE THE INTENT OF THAT.

UH, WE'RE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO OUR HOUSING FRIENDS AND SEE IF, IF THEY WOULD HAVE IDEAS ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY YOU'RE TOUCHING ON A REAL, YOU KNOW, TRIGGER POINT FOR ALL THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO MAINTAIN THAT DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE OF STUDIO SPACE AND HOME LIVING SPACE.

AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY HITTING HARD.

AND WHETHER THERE WAS A GROUP TO LAUNCH A FLAGSHIP OR BETA PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE THE GROUP THAT'S ALREADY ENGAGED ON THE ART SIDE, THE AAP P SIDE.

WE'D LOVE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE FEASIBILITY IS THERE, BUT WE'D LOVE TO.

WELL, IF YOU NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT, TELL ME.

CUZ I'M INTERESTED IN FINDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR TEACHERS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE GENERAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEFINES IT, THEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN DESIGNS IT.

UM, BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE LOSING EM.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I DO MUCH PROFESSIONALLY.

LIKE, APPRECIATE THE HELP.

SO, UH, SO FAR WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHERE THE SPONSORS FOR THE BOND FUND PROJECT.

THANK YOU ALL.

OH, I JUST WANNA MENTION ONE LAST THING.

I'M SORRY I WON'T, I WON'T BELABOR THIS, BUT, UM, I WILL SAY OF THE, UM, AND S CAN SPEAK TO THIS TOO, OF THE BUDGETS THAT DO CODE TO ARTISTS WHO ARE NOT FROM, FROM AUSTIN OR FROM TEXAS, UH, VERY FREQUENTLY THEY WILL SPEND THEIR COMMISSION FUNDS LOCALLY DOING FABRICATION OR INSTALLATION.

SO A LOT OF THAT MONEY DOES STAY WITHIN AUSTIN.

SO FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH, THAT WAS GREAT.

UM, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, LAST QUESTION FOR, UH, MR. BRERA IF HE'S STILL AVAILABLE.

UM, AND THAT WAS JUST GONNA BE ABOUT, UH, THE COMING COUPLE OF MONTHS OR, UH, PERSPECTIVE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WITH THE ME CAR, UH, MUSEUM AND JUST ABOUT HOW THAT WILL PROGRESS.

OBVIOUSLY WE SAW THE SPENDING OF THE FUNDS, BUT I WAS LOOKING MORE FOR LIKE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL WORK, UM, WITH THAT BOARD, GIVEN THAT THERE WERE SOME NEW MEMBERS WHO JOINED.

UM, AND, AND THE REASON I, I KEEP ON GOING BACK TO THIS IS JUST CUZ I DO CONSIDER THIS TO BE LIKE A REALLY AWESOME POTENTIAL MUSEUM FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, UH, WITH A, WITH A TRUE, UH, LIKE A POSSIBILITY TO REALLY PROPEL, UH, AN AWESOME LEGACY FOR ART IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL BE MOVING FORWARD, UM, AND WHAT THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION WILL BE LIKE BOTH IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST AND HOW YOU THINK IT IT WILL WORK MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE EQUALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE, UH, THE PROSPECTS FOR THIS MUSEUM AND, AND FOR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

UH, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND WE'VE ENJOYED THE PROCESS.

UH,

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UM, BUT WE WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND COLLECTIVELY, UH, WORK TO, TO PARTNER WITH MEHI.

YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I MENTIONED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, UM, UH, CONTRACTS DIRECTLY WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS, BUT ANOTHER GROUP THAT WORKS CLOSELY WITH THEM, AND I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO TO, TO THEIR ROLE NECESSARILY, BUT I CAN, CAN INFORM YOU THAT THE, OUR, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MANAGES AND, AND WILL MANAGE THE LONG TERM, UH, CULTURAL CONTRACT AGREEMENT.

SO FOR THE LENGTH OF THE TERM THAT WE'RE RETAIN THE BOND, UH, MEKO WILL DELIVER, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, CULTURAL ARTS BENEFITS, UH, TO THE CITY.

AND THAT IS A CONTRACT THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL, WILL MANAGE.

AND SO THAT, THAT LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WITH, UH, MEHI GA WILL BE MANAGED BY PARTS.

I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

I CAN JUST SAY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC IN WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM AND, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STAFF AND BOARD THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, A GREAT INSTITUTION FOR, UH, FOR, FOR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

IT'S, IT, IT BUILDS ON THEIR ALREADY GREAT LEGACY AND WHAT THEY'VE DELIVERED, UH, THUS FAR AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK TO HONOR THEIR PAST AND, AND, AND MOVE, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT CAN GIVE DECADES OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY.

APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.

SURE.

UH, MR. BARRE, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME.

YES, I CAN.

UH, MY QUESTION IS, WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, RE OR THE RENOVATIONS BEGIN FOR THE MUSEUM, WILL UM, THE ART AND PROGRAMMING NEED TO BE MOVED OFFSITE WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE? OR ARE Y'ALL WORKING TO, UM, DO THE WORK AROUND THE, UM, THE CURRENT, UH, PROGRAMMING? THE WORK WILL NEED TO BE MOVED OFFSITE.

THE FACILITY WILL NEED TO BE EMPTY AND, UH, THERE WON'T BE ANY, ANY OPERATIONS OTHER THAN CONSTRUCTION, UH, THROUGH THE TERM OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND HOW LONG IS THAT? THE, UM, THE, UM, WELL, ROUGHLY A TWO.

WE ROUGHLY HAVE ALLOCATED A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE FOR THAT.

OKAY, LET'S, UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO LIBRARIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE JOHN DANIELS HERE FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.

I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND KICK OFF WITH THE FIRST, UH, COUPLE OF FINANCIAL SLIDES THOUGH.

SO, UM, HERE WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION FOR THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT AT BEING AT 34.5 MILLION.

UM, WE ARE ABOUT 18% COMMITTED, UH, WITH, UH, THAT BEING 1.8 ENCUMBERED AND ABOUT TWO, UH, FOUR, EXCUSE ME, 4.3, UH, SPENT.

AND WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF 28.4 MILLION.

OF PROPOSITION BS FUNDING EXPENDITURES, UM, UM, BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2023.

AND HERE WE HAVE AGAIN, UM, THE, THE GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE ACTUALS AND PROJECTED SPENDING.

UM, WE CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, UH, SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL PROGRAM, THAT KIND OF END TARGET HAS REMAINED ROUGHLY THE SAME.

JUST THAT, UH, SPENDING CURVE HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT STEEPER, UM, AND, UH, STILL PROJECTING, UH, TO COMPLETE IN A GOOD TIMEFRAME.

AND, UH, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE MOVING ALONG.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO, UH, JOHN.

THANK YOU, TINA.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING, UH, ME TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.

MY, AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOHN DANIELS.

I AM DIVISION MANAGER FOR FACILITY SERVICES WITH THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY ALLOWING US TO UPDATE YOU ON THE STATUS OF OUR 2018 BOND, UH, PROGRAM, BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY OVER THE YEARS TOWARDS, UH, HELPING US TO KEEP OUR, OUR, OUR FACILITIES IN IN TOP SHAPE.

UH, AS TINA INDICATED EARLIER, UH, UH, WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE, WE DO, UH, BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TRACKING TO, TO COMPLETE PROBABLY ABOUT 70%

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AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE ABOUT 18 MILLION OF THAT 35 IS TIED UP INTO ONE LARGE PROJECT, WHICH IS OVER AT THE, UH, FALL, UH, BUILDING IN AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER.

IT'S AN ARCHIVAL REPOSITORY UPGRADE TO THE FACILITIES.

WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY BRING ON BOARD OUR CMAR AS WELL AS, UM, ARCHITECTS AND, UH, COUNCIL, UM, HAS APPROVED BOTH.

AND, UM, WE EXECUTED A NOTICE TO PROCEED OF THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THAT PROJECT, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH.

UM, AND THAT PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO LAST FOR ABOUT, UH, A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

SO ROUGHLY HALF OF OUR BOND FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED IN THAT ONE LARGE PROJECT.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A PRECIPITOUS DROP IN, IN, UM, UH, FUNDS, UM, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER 2023.

NOT TO MENTION THAT OUR OTHER 15 ACTIVE PROJECTS WON'T BE CONTINUING IN SOME, UH, UH, PHASE OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S THE LINE.

SHE, OKAY.

TO LET US KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.

UH, BEGINNING WITH OUR SITE PLAN PROJECTS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TAKE A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

SO AS OPPOSED TO 15 SEPARATE PROJECTS, WE JUST CATEGORIZE THEM IN FOUR SEPARATE CATEGORIES.

SITE CIVIL INTERIOR DESIGN, UH, ROOF AND AIR CONDITIONING, AND, UM, UM, INTERIOR DESIGN, ROOF AND AIR CONDITIONING.

OH, YES.

AND THE FOURTH ONE IS THE FA BUILDING AND BY A LOT BY GROUP AND THE PROJECTS, UH, UM, BASED ON THEIR, THEIR, UM, UM, BASED ON, ON THEIR, UM, THE, THE SCOPE OF WORKS BEING, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH.

AND, UM, THEY WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CAPITAL CONTRACTS OFFICE, WHO ALLOWED US TO, UH, SEND OUT A PACKAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH, UH, EDTA, UH, BRANCH TRAIL AT HAMPTON, AT OAK HILL PARKING LOT IN THE SAME PACKAGE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE, THERE WAS SOME UTILITY IN, IN HIRING ONE ARCHITECT FOR BOTH, OR ONE ENGINEER FOR BOTH, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, HAVING INDIVIDUAL RFPS AND RFQ GOING OUT FOR EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

WELL, UH, THE, THE SITE AND CIVIL PROJECTS AT THAT ARE AT, UH, EDTA BRANCH TRAIL AND HAMPTON AT OAK HILL.

AND MOVING ALONE, WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO 90% COMPLETE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AT THE EDTA BRANCH TRAIL.

AND IT'S A PROJECT THAT, UH, PROPOSES A TRAIL, IF YOU WILL, UNDER THE SEVENTH STREET BRIDGE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONNECT OUR SEPATA BRANCH LIBRARY DIRECTLY TO THE, THE G VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEVENTH STREET AND PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, BUT IT IS A AWFULLY BUSY ROADWAY, AND IT'S A FRIGHTENING PROSPECT TO HAVE OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, AND THEIR CHILDREN, UH, CROSSING THAT INTERSECTION, THAT BUSY INTERSECTION TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY WHEN WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DIRECT ROUTE UNDER THE BRIDGE.

SO IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA AND IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

IN FACT, OUR PARTNERS OVER AT PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING WITH US, THE STREET AND, AND, AND SIDEWALK DIVISION IS WORKING WITH US TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE GENERAL CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, UH, UH, BEING ABLE TO START THAT PROJECT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, UM, ABOUT JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

THE HAMPTON AT OAK HILL PROJECT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

IT'S AN EXPANSION PROJECT THAT CONSISTS OF, UH, UH, UH, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 30 PARKING SPOTS AT THE HAMPTON AT OAK HILL BRANCH.

IT'S AN EXTREMELY POPULAR BRANCH IN THE CITY.

AND OUR PARKING LOT THERE IS OFTEN AT CAPACITY, UH, ON WEEKENDS AND IN THE EVENINGS, AND, AND WE HAVE TO USE ADJACENT, UH, UM, PARCELS OF LAND THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CITY, QUITE FRANKLY, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO PARK AT.

SO EVERYONE IS, IS, UH, THAT USES THIS BRANCH IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO, TO ACTUALLY EXPAND BY ADDITIONAL 30 PARKING SPACES.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA INCLUDE EV STATIONS, UM, UH, AND MAKE UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING DETENTION POND AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, UH, THAT MEET CURRENT CO COMPLIANCE.

WE, UH, WHEN THE, WHEN THE ORIGINAL PARKING LOT PERMIT WAS PULLED AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE, THE, THE, UM, UH, CODE REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR SITE DRAINAGE AT THAT SITE WERE DIFFERENT.

THEY'VE BEEN UPGRADED, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO UPGRADE THE, UM, UM, RETENTION POND AND THE DETENTION POND AT THAT SITE TO ME, CURRENT COAT CONDITIONS.

BUT, UH, WE THINK THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A, A DESIGN PROPOSAL IN HAND, UH, UH, BY THE END OF DECEMBER.

UH, OUR ENGINEERS THAT WERE ON BOARD, WERE DOING A LOT OF THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK AND MAKING A LOT OF THE CALCULATION IS NECESSARY

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SO WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR A PROPOSAL.

WE BELIEVE THAT THAT PROPOSAL WILL BE IN HAND BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT AN EIGHT MONTH DESIGN PERIOD WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S, WELL ON ITS WAY.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE FA BUILDING AND THE, UM, UM, AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, UH, RENOVATION PROJECT I SPOKE TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

THIS PROJECT IS LARGELY A INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, UM, MEANING THAT INSIDE OF THE FA, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1978, OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, OUR PLUMBING SYSTEMS, OUR ELEVATORS, OUR, OUR, OUR CHILLERS ALL NEED TO BE, UH, UPGRADED AS WE, UH, BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, UH, PUT THIS BUILDING BACK IN INTO USE FOR THE NEXT, UH, 15 TO 20 YEARS.

SO IT'S LARGELY A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN EXTEND THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE FACILITY.

AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A, UH, ARCHIVAL REPOSITORY UPGRADE.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE ARCHIVES OUT OF THE 1933, UH, HISTORY CENTER BUILDING OVER TO THE JOHN HENRY FAULK BUILDING ON THE SECOND AND A THIRD FLOORS.

AND WE'RE GONNA USE COM HIGH DENSITY COMPACT SHELVING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE ALL OF THE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S DOCUMENTS THAT ARE STORED OVER IN IRON MOUNTAIN AND BRING THEM INTO THIS ONE STOP SHOP, IF YOU WILL, FOR STORAGE, FOR CLIMATE CONTROL STORAGE.

UM, WE, WE'VE HAVE INQUIRIES FROM TRAVIS COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO JOIN WITH US TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE, UH, ARCHIVAL SPACE FOR THEIR DOCUMENTS.

AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THAT, THAT THIS ARCHIVAL REPOSITORY NOT ONLY HOLDS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH OTHER LIKE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BECAUSE OF THIS SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE.

UM, AGAIN, THIS PROJECT FOR US STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

WE'RE INTO CONSTRUCTION.

WE KNOW THAT, UH, BASED ON OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A 12 MONTH PROJECT.

UH, THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE IS UP, AND THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE, UM, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ABATEMENT ON THAT SITE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, REPRESENTS OUR, UM, INTERIOR RENOVATION PROJECTS.

AND WE HAVE FIVE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS GOING ON, UM, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, AND AT OUR WILLIE MAY KIRK BRANCH, OUR OLD QUARRY BRANCH, OUR LITTLE WALNUT CREEK BRANCH, OUR ST.

JOHN BRANCH, AND OUR MENCHACA BRANCH, AGAIN, WE TOOK THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH AND HIRED ONE, UH, AE FIRM TO ACTUALLY, UH, UH, DEVELOP THE, UH, UH, PLANTS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE FIVE.

WE BELIEVE THAT FOR THE FIVE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, UM, SOME UTILITY AND, AND, AND, AND, UM, UM, EFFICIENCIES AND, AND THE USE OF, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, OF DETAILS FOR, FOR ADA AND RESTROOMS. OKAY.

THEY SHOULDN'T CHANGE FROM, FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING.

SO BY GROUPING 'EM ALL TOGETHER, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, REALIZE A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAVINGS TO THE CITY AS WE MOVE THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

BUT, UH, WE'RE JUST NOW FINISHING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS WITH THIS PROJECT.

UM, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE COST IN HAND, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR, WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR VALUE ENGINEERING OF THE FIVE INTERIOR RENOVATION PROJECTS AND PREPARING TO, UH, MOVE INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL START DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY 23, AND IT'LL TAKE, UH, ABOUT AN EIGHT MONTH PERIOD TO DO THE DESIGN FOR ALL OF THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS OF THESE FACILITIES.

AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO CIRCLE BACK AND COME TO COUNCIL FOR A, UM, A, A, UM, UM, UM, A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, A CF P APPROACH, SO THAT WE, UH, ARE NOT PLACING THIS IN THE HAND THIS PROJECT IN THE HANDS OF THE LOWEST BID CONTRACTOR, BUT INTO A NEGOTIATED CONTRACTOR WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT BETTER PRICING.

AND UNIVERSITY HILLS, WE'VE HAD COMPLETE ROOF, UH, REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENTS.

UM, THIS IS OUR ROOF REPLACEMENT AND SYSTEM UPDATE PROJECT.

UM, AND I, AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THIS, TO THIS, TO THIS BODY FOR THE, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND, AND REALIZING, UH, UH, SOME OF THE HELP THAT WE NEED AS WE MOVE IN FROM YEAR IN AS WE MOVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE NEED DONE AT THE 20 FACIL, UH, BRANCH FACILITIES IS, IS IN THE MAINTENANCE CATEGORIES, BUT SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE, A LOT MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM CAN, CAN, CAN DO.

UM, AND FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED HERE, HOUSE AND YUR, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS, RUIZ CARVER,

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UH, WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS THAT HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED.

AND, UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, IS, IS APPROACHING THE, UH, THE, OR THE DESIGN WORK IS APPROACHING THE 90% COMPLETE ON OUR ROOFING, UH, REPLACEMENT AND SYSTEM UPGRADES.

UH, A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS ON THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE, WE REALIZED A, UH, VERY, VERY EARLY ON THAT THREE OF THESE PROJECTS COULD BE DONE IN HOUSE, MEANING WHAT? UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY FACILITY STAFF.

SO WE PULLED THEM FROM THE BUN AND, UH, WE COMPLETED THE ROOFING UPGRADES AT UNIVERSITY HILLS, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS, AND RUIZ BRANCH, AND THEY'RE 100% COMPLETE.

AND WE LEFT THE YARBOROUGH HOUSE AS WELL AS THE CARVER BRANCH INSIDE THE BUN, CUZ THOSE ROOFING SYSTEMS WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX, AND WE WANTED THE BENEFIT OF HAVING ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION TO YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

GREAT, THANKS.

UM, I'VE GOT A QUESTION OUT OF THE GATE.

FIRST OFF, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND ALL THE ONGOING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

UM, YOU MENTIONED 18.5 MILLION FOR THE ARCHIVAL AT THE FOX CENTER.

WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTS ARE, ARE STORED THERE, JUST FOR OUR OWN SORT OF KNOWLEDGE? EVERYTHING, IT SOUNDS, IT SOUNDS AWESOME, MYSTERIOUS, AND AWESOME.

THE, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THERE ARE PROMINENT FAMILIES, UM, UM, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT HAVE DEDICATED THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PERSONAL DOCUMENTS TO THE ARCHIVES OF THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER.

SO THEY, THEY VERY WELL MAY RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, PAPERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HISTORIANS.

UM, AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ANYTHING, UH, ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S FROM ITS ORIGINS TILL NOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE IT IN THE ARCHIVES OKAY.

AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER.

AND SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE QUITE OLD AND FRAGILE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED IN CLIMATE CONTROL CONDITIONS AND, UH, UH, WITH, WITH GLOVES, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT THE DOCUMENTS DON'T FRAY.

AND YOU, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW HISTORIANS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, QUITE FRANKLY, TO DO RESEARCH IN OUR, UM, ARCHIVAL CENTER JUST SO THAT THEY CAN, CAN DO THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

IS IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR A CERTIFIED HISTORIAN.

OKAY, GREAT.

YES, SIR, IT IS.

IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

FANTASTIC.

THEN JUST ADD ON, DO YOU HAVE THE OTHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THE OTHER BUCKETS THAT YOU HAVE? UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, LIKE CIVIL PROJECT BOND ALLOCATION, UH, YOU SAID THE FLOCK WAS 18 AND A HALF, THEN INTERIOR AND THEN ROOF, HVAC TYPE STUFF.

BUT IF, YES, SIR, I DO, BEGINNING WITH OUR SITE AND CIVIL PROJECTS, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO COMBINE THE ALLOCATIONS.

THEN WE HAVE A 1.9 MILLION BUDGET.

ARCHIVAL, UM, UM, REPOSITORY, UH, COMMISSIONER ACUTA.

FOR THAT PROJECT, FOR OUR FIVE INTERIOR RENOVATION PROJECTS, OUR ALLOCATIONS TOTAL 9.8 MILLION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMBINE.

AND FOR OUR ROOF REPLACEMENT AND SYSTEM UPGRADE PROJECTS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 4.4 0.0 MILLION.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

OKAY, COOL.

UH, COMMISSIONER VI THIS.

HI.

UH, CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON, ON THE, THE NATURE OF THE ARCHIVAL SYSTEM AT THE FALK AS, UH, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD REPLACE, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO IRON MOUNTAIN.

IS THAT LIKE ALL THE CITY'S DOCUMENTS, LIKE OPERATIONAL, FINANCIAL BLUEPRINTS, EVERYTHING, OR SOME SUBSET OF THAT? I WAS CONFUSED IF, IF WE WERE SHIFTING EVERYTHING TO BEING HOUSED IN, UM, WITHIN THE CITY AND NOT REMOTELY.

YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THE CITY DOCUMENTS FINANCIAL, UM, UM, AS WELL AS THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING STORED IN A, UH, 1833 BUILDING, WHICH WE'VE OUTGROWN AND WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF RENTAL SPACE OVER AT THE, UM, UH, IRON MOUNTAIN ARCHIVES, UM, OURSELVES, UH, UM, ARE BEING MOVED BACK OVER INTO THE CITY OWNED FACILITY.

UM, AND, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA REALIZE QUITE A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UH, HIGH DENSITY, UH, SHELVING, BUILDOUTS THAT WE ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE PLANNING FOR, FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR, SO THE JOHN HENRY FA BUILDING.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ALL CITY DOCUMENTS, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL MOVE OVER INTO THE, INTO THE FA UH,

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YEAH, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

LET'S START WITH THE ONE WITH THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

UH, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE EXPANDING IT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ADDING BUILDING SPACE OR IS IT, UH, BY MOVING DOCUMENTS TO IRON MOUNTAIN? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WHEN, WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING OF EXPANSION IS, YOU KNOW, UH, AT 800 GUADALUPE, BOTH FACILITIES SHARE THE SAME SITE.

YOU HAVE THE 1933 BUILDING AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL, UM, UM, CENTRAL LIBRARY, WHICH IS A FA BUILDING ON THAT SITE.

BY, UH, EXPANSION, I MEAN THAT WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THE, UH, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN COAL STORAGE OUT OF THE 1933 BUILDING AND MOVING THEM OVER, QUITE FRANKLY, TO THE, UM, TO THE FA BUILDING.

AND WE'RE REMOVING, UH, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS ALSO FROM IRON MOUNTAIN INTO THE FA BUILDING.

WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE FA BUILDING FOR THAT TYPE OF EXPANSION, WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE 1930 BUILD THREE BUILDING AND, AND RENOVATE THE INSIDE OF IT.

IT'S GOT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, IT'S DATED, YOU KNOW, THE ELECTRICAL PLUMBING SYSTEMS IN THAT BUILDING, UH, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE IN NEED OF SOME MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION.

AND BY US BEING ABLE TO MOVE EVERYTHING OUT OF THAT BUILDING OVER INTO JOHN HENRY FA GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RENOVATE.

UM, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR THIS, THIS ESTEEM BODY TO LOOK AT THE TWO BUILDINGS AS A CAMPUS.

WE NOW VIEW THAT, UH, BOTH FACILITIES ARE, ARE, UH, UH, THROUGH THE LENS OF BEING A CAMPUS WHERE ONE WILL SUPPORT THE OTHER AND BOTH WOULD BE A DESTINATION, UM, UM, FOR OUR VISITORS AND, AND GUESTS THELIKE.

UM, BEFORE I GO WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEXT QUESTION I WANT TO ADD, UH, ONE COMMENT ABOUT RELATING TO THE QUESTION BEFORE AS TO WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTS ARE HELD IN THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

WELL, UH, AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, UH, MANY DOCUMENTS THAT, UH, HAVE ACCUMULATED IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.

UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, I AM A FOUNDER OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THE, THE, THE DOCUMENTS THAT LED TO THE FOUNDATION OF THAT, UM, OF THAT ORGANIZATION, UH, ARE IN THE LIBRARY CENTER.

PLUS THE WORK WE DID FOR THE CENSUS ARE IN THE, IN THIS HISTORY CENTER.

SO THESE THINGS ARE, IT'S, IT'S A LIVING, IT'S A LIVING ORGANIZATION.

UH, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS, UM, UH, TO THIS MUSEUM.

SO, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE NOW, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE RELATES TO THE UPGRADES THAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE DIFFERENT LIBRARY FACILITIES.

I MEAN, CLEARLY THE AUSTIN, THE MAIN PUB MAIN, UH, LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN IS A PHENOMENAL, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, UM, YOU KNOW, CENTER.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, I I I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE NORTHWEST, FAR UP IN THE NORTHWEST CAN TRAVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN, UNLESS IT'S A WEEKEND AND MOPAC ISN'T CLOUD CROWDED TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FACILITIES.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY, THAT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS NOT A KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'LL TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, WHEN I WORKED IN THE CENSUS, THAT THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE UNDERCOUNT, WHICH IS WHY THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS UNDERCOUNTED BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, BROADBAND, ET CETERA, WHICH IS WHY THEY COULD NOT ACCESS ALL THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE CENSUS OVER THE WEB.

SO THEY WERE UNDERCOUNTED.

SO LIBRARIES LIKE WALNUT CREEK NEED TO BE LIKE A MINI VERSION OF THE MAIN LIBRARIES SO THAT CHILDREN FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT DEPRIVED OF THE FANTASTIC FACILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MAIN LIBRARY.

SO WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO UPGRADE MANY OF THESE LIBRARIES THAT ARE OUT IN THE FAR FLUNG AREAS OF THE CITY? WELL, WELL, THANKS TO THIS BODY, WE WERE GIVEN FUNDS FOR 15 SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

IT'S A, IT'S A FANTASTIC ONE.

AND LITTLE WALNUT CREEK, UH, IS IN, UH, THE 2018 BUN FOR COMPLETE INTERIOR RENOVATION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND ACTUAL, UH, UM, LIBRARY BY, UH, ABOUT 800 SQUARE FEET ON THE INSIDE.

QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THE DESIGN, WE'RE REMOVING THE, THE, UM, UH, RAMP, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACILITY, WE'RE REMOVING THE RAMP THAT'S, UH, IN THE, WHAT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING.

AND WE'RE ENCLOSING ALL OF THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT RAMP, THAT ADA RAMP IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

UM, UM, UM, FACING THE STREET.

WE'RE GONNA ENCLOSE IT ALL, NEW ROOF, NEW INTERIOR DESIGN, NEW F FINISHED FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND OUR RENOVATION PROJECTS, ONCE THEY'RE COMPLETE, OUR FACILITIES ARE, ARE, ARE,

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ARE, ARE QUITE POPULAR.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN EXTEND THE LIFE CYCLE OF THIS BUILDING PROBABLY ABOUT 30 YEARS ONCE WE FINISH SPENDING THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO, UM, UM, TO, TO DO THE UPGRADES AT LITTLE WALNUT CREEK.

AND, AND THAT SAME APPROACH WILL BE TAKEN WITH THE OTHER FOUR THAT'S A PART OF THIS PACKAGE.

AND THAT INCLUDES WILLIE MAY KIRK, THAT INCLUDES, UM, OLD QUARRY THAT INCLUDES MANCHACA AS WELL AS THE, THE ST.

JOHN BRANCHES.

UM, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE TOOK A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN, UH, UH, ADDRESS ALL OF THEM, IF YOU WILL, AT THE SAME TIME.

UH, AS OPPOSED TO ONE SINGLE PROJECT AT A TIME, LINEAR APPROACH WOULD TAKE JUST A, UH, A GASTLY AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GET 'EM COMPLETED.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COMPLETE ALL OF THESE RENOVATION PROJECTS, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.

WE'RE IN DESIGN, THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE, BUT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL OF GETTING THAT RENOVATION COMPLETED.

WE CAN'T SHUT 'EM ALL DOWN AT THE SAME TIME, MIND YOU.

SO ONCE WE GET TO A POINT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO DECIDE WHICH BRANCHES ARE SHUT DOWN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD.

OR WE MAY BE ABLE TO SHUT DOWN TWO BRANCHES AT THE SAME TIME WHILE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RENOVATION OR, OR THE PUSHBACK FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT BECAUSE OUR, OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES ARE AS POPULAR AS THE NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY THAT'S DOWNTOWN.

WE'RE AL.

ONE ADDITIONAL THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

WE ARE ALSO COMPLETING OUR, OUR, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN AND FACILITIES, UH, MASTER PLAN.

WE SHOULD BE ROLLING OUT WITH, UH, OUR VISION FOR THE NEXT, UH, 20 YEARS, UH, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY NEEDS HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO THAT INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED, IT WILL GUIDE US INSOFAR AS OUR NEEDS ARE CONCERNED WHETHER OR HOW WE GO ABOUT CENTRALIZED, DECENTRALIZED SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DETAILED ANSWER.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE DICE? ANYBODY ONLINE? ANYONE ELSE? I CAN'T TELL? NO.

UM, UH, THANK YOU SIR.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UPS.

THIS IS MOSTLY FACILITY, BUT SOME BOND, AND YOU JUST ACTUALLY ANSWERED IT IN PART BY THIS MASTER PLAN OR STRATEGIC PLAN.

I ASSUME WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BOND COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.

BUT, UM, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, UM, WHAT ARE THE OTHER FLOORS THAT THE FA BEING USED FOR? WHAT WILL THEY BE USED FOR, I SUPPOSE AFTER THE SECOND, THIRD FLOOR COMPRESSION OF EXCELLENT QUESTION.

WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE FOURTH FLOOR FOR, UM, UM, UM, LIBRARY STAFF.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ALTHOUGH EVERYONE MOVED OUT OF THE FA IN THE NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR EVERYONE.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE PEOPLE BACK OVER INTO FA WHETHER THOSE SERVICES ARE IN HR, WHETHER THEY'RE INTO, UH, UH, CIRCULATION OR, OR SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, UH, UNITS THAT ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE ARE GONNA PROGRAM THE ENTIRE FOURTH FLOOR FOR THE USE OF, OF, OF, OF, OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE FIRST FLOOR IS BEING SUGGESTED AS A MUSEUM.

PERHAPS WITH A GIFT SHOP.

UM, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO AGAIN, UH, TURN THAT CAMPUS INTO A DESTINATION.

UM, UM, AND OUR, OUR AND OUR, OUR PUBLIC SPACES, OUR MUSEUM AND PUBLIC SPACES OVER AT AUSTIN, OVER AT OUR NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY ARE VERY, VERY POPULAR.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE A ART GALLERY THERE.

WE HAVE, UH, OTHER PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE THERE, UM, UM, UM, FOR USE OF THE PUBLIC AND, AND, AND PEOPLE DON'T SO MUCH COME TO THE LIBRARIES ANYMORE FOR THE STACKS FOR THE BOOKS TO CHECK OUT.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND USE THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES, WHETHER IT'S A SMARTPHONE OR A TABLET OR PERSONAL COMPUTER, LOG IN AND, UM, UM, UM, UM, MAKE USE OF OUR, OF OUR INTERNET SYSTEMS. OKAY.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES ON THE FIRST FLOOR THAT MEET, THAT, THAT EVOLVING NEED, UH, FOR SERVICES.

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE.

YES, SIR.

TYPE OF, YES, SIR.

AND THEN JUST WILL THAT 18 MILLION PLUS THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, WILL THAT INCLUDE THE UPGRADES TO THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FIRST FLOOR? I MEAN, THESE BATHROOMS AND ELECTRICAL, NOT TO FINISH OUT, BUT AT LEAST THE, THE BARE SOME FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE WE'RE USED IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT, THOSE FUNDS FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, CHILLERS, AND SO FORTH.

BUT, UH, IT'S A VERY OLD BUILDING.

IT'S A VERY LARGE BUILDING.

I, I DO BELIEVE, UH, JUST BASED ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THAT BUILDING, WE CAN ADDRESS PROBABLY ABOUT 65 TO 75% OF THE NEEDS, AND WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE UPGRADES AND THAT, AND THAT'LL BUY YOU ABOUT 15 TO 20 MORE YEARS OF LIFESPAN IN THE YES, SIR.

AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN, UM, TO THE NEWLY AVAILABLE SPACE, IT'S NOT, IT'S A HUNDRED YEAR OLD BUILDING, BUT THE NEWLY AVAILABLE SPACE AT THE HISTORY CENTER, THEN ONCE THAT, THAT MIGRATION OF THE PHYSICAL DOCUMENTATION MOVES.

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GREAT QUESTION.

WELL, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF PROGRAMMING IT AS WE SPEAK.

THAT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED, BUT ACTUALLY ENLARGE IN THE READING ROOM.

UM, UM, ACTUALLY ADDING EXHIBIT SPACE, UM, ACTUALLY ADDING MUCH NEEDED OFFICE SPACE, UM, IS GONNA BE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

SEPARATE PHASES, PHASE ONE A AND ONE B FOCUSED ON EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PROGRAMMING AND WE HADN'T GOTTEN TO THE END OF IT JUST YET, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER STAFF WILL BE PRIMARILY QUARTERED OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, AS WELL AS SOME EXHIBIT GALLERY SPACE AND READING ROOM SPACE WILL BE IN THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.

AND WE WANT TO CONNECT THE BUILDINGS AS WELL.

REMEMBER, WE'RE, WE'RE VISIONING IT AS A CAMPUS, SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO ONE BUILDING AND THEN THAT LEADS THEM TO THE, TO THE, UM, BUILDING THAT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMPUS AND VICE VERSA.

WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, HERE A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.

JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, UM, ON VIRTUALLY I'M HERE.

I WAS, UH, UNABLE TO LOG ON, LOG ME OUT.

I WAS AN ATTENDEE AND NOT A PANELIST, BUT I'M HERE.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

UM, I'M STEVEN LYNETTE, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION.

UM, THANKS FOR WELCOMING ME BACK AND I'M JOINED HERE BY, I'M LIANA KVO AND, UM, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

GREAT.

SO TO START OFF, WE HAD 66 AND A HALF MILLION.

AS GINA SAID EARLIER, IN THIS BOND PROPOSITION DEDICATED TO FOUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

WE'RE ABOUT 20% COMMITTED NOW.

AND AS WE'LL SEE ON OUR NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHERE WE EXPECTED TO BE AT THIS POINT.

MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PRETTY LARGE FACILITY PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, A FEW HEAD FACILITY EXPANSION PLANS, UM, JUST AN ENTIRE PLANNING EFFORT THAT HAD TO HAPPEN BEFORE ANYTHING STARTED.

WE BROUGHT IN ARCHITECTS, UM, AND THEN ARE REALLY GETTING TO GO ON CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, UM, ON THE BIG ONE.

SO YOU'LL SEE A BIG STEEP DECLINE IN THE REMAINING BALLOTS IN 20 TOWARD THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND INTO 20 25, 26.

SO AGAIN, IT'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

UM, CITY COUNCIL'S CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS FOR THIS 2018 GO BOND GAVE US AN EIGHT YEAR TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION.

UM, AND AGAIN, 66 AND A HALF MILLION WAS PRESCRIBED BY FACILITY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

UM, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHART, UM, I'VE SHOWN THE FOUR FACILITIES THAT RECEIVED DEDICATED FUNDING.

UM, WE RECEIVED 27 MILLION FOR THE MAC, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, 25 MILLION FOR THE DARTY ARTS CENTER REPLACEMENT, SEVEN AND A HALF FOR THE CARVERY MUSEUM CULTURAL AND GENEALOGY CENTER, AND 7 MILLION FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS INTO THE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE NOW, FROM WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVED FUNDS IN SPRING, UM, 2019.

THE FIRST SITE I WANTED TO DISCUSS IS THE CARVER.

UM, WITHIN THE SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION WE RECEIVED, UM, WE WENT THREE ON THREE DIFFERENT PATHS.

UM, WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS FUNDING, WE ACTUALLY HADN'T COMPLETED A FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN FOR THE SITE YET.

SO THERE WE KNEW ABOUT EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH THE SITE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE RENOVATED.

WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS GOING FORWARD WOULD BE.

SO CONCURRENT WITH, UM, THIS INITIAL FIRST PROJECT WE HAD OF RENOVATIONS, UM, FOCUSING ON ALL KINDS OF BUILDING SYSTEMS, ROOF SLIDING SECURITY, HVAC, UM, SOME EXTERIOR ADA IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WE HAD THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN PROCESS GOING ON AS WELL.

UM, THAT WAS THE CAR CARVER ATX PLAN.

UM, IT WAS, THERE WAS ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR PLUS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPENED, AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY APPROVED IN JUNE, 2021.

UM, ONCE THAT, OR DURING THAT PROCESS, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE THEATER AS A ITEM THAT REALLY NEEDED SOME HELP IN THE NEAR TERM.

SO WE STARTED GOING ON THAT PART OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.

UM, WE HAVE A SEPARATE DESIGN TEAM WORKING ON THE THEATER NOW.

THEY'RE AT ABOUT 90% CD AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO GO TO BED EARLY NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING EARLY SUMMER IF ALL GOES TO PLAN.

UM, THE THIRD PIECE OF THIS IS THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN, PHASE ONE A AND ONE B.

SO THE CARVER PLAN WAS LAID OUT INTO THREE

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SO WE'RE BUILDING AN EVENT LAWN, AN OUTDOOR PAVILION, UM, AND SOME OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACE, AND ALSO KIND OF DOING SOME SITE RECONFIGURATION OF THE EXISTING, UM, FACILITIES OUT THERE AND, UM, STATUES OUT THERE.

UM, AND THAT IT'S ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT INTERIOR SPACE WITHIN THE CARVER MUSEUM.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A PIECE OF THE BUILDING THAT HAS, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE, UM, DEDICATED TO IT.

PHASE ONE OF THESE PHASES IS LOOKING AT PUTTING IN A SECOND FLOOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FA SPACE AND, UM, CHANGING THE FIRST FLOOR SPACE THAT INTO, UM, PROGRAMMABLE SPACE AS WELL.

UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE'RE GOING TO COUNSEL IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, UM, WITH THE DESIGN TEAM FOR THAT CONTRACT.

UM, AND ON THE RIGHT OR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS, UH, SLIDE, I SH I SHOW LIKE THE EXISTING THEATER PLANS.

UM, SO WE'RE DOING LIGHTING UPGRADES, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, AND THEN ALSO SOME INTERIOR ADA WORK AS WELL IN THAT SCOPE.

THE NEXT FACILITY IS THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, UM, PHASE TWO EXPANSION.

UM, WHEN THE BOND WAS PASSED, THAT WAS EVENTUALLY APPROVED IN FALL 2019.

SO ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS.

SO THIS PHASE SET OUT TO BUILD, UM, THE PHASE TWO AS SHOWN IN THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN, WHICH THE MAIN POINT OF THAT WAS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH IS A SEPARATE BUILDING FROM THE EXISTING A ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

UM, WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON BOARD, WE'VE COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO BUILD THAT ENTIRE, UM, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WITH THE $7 MILLION.

WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO NOW IS TO PURSUE A TWO A PATH WITH TWO PATHS.

ONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DESIGN TEAM FINISH OUT THE COMPLETE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.

SO WE'RE READY FOR A FUTURE BOND PACKAGE.

THE OTHER PIECE OF IT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE, UM, SITE CONSTRUCTION SCOPE THAT WE CAN AFFORD WITHIN THE $7 MILLION.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO BOTH OF THESE THINGS, AND BY THE TIME WE HAVE SOME OF THAT SITE CONSTRUCTION DONE, WE WILL HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THE FULL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WILL COST AND WILL BE AS SHE READY, AS WE COULD BE FOR WHEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE THROUGH A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM OR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DRAWING OR A DESIGN, UM, PERSPECTIVE THERE SHOWING THE PLAZA, UM, THAT'S GOING TO EXIST BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

AND THEN, UH, THE SIDE VIEW OF THE NEW ART CENTER THAT WILL BE PLANNED ON THAT CAMPUS.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER EXPANSION.

UM, THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY HAD A, A FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN COMPLETED SHORTLY BEFORE THE BOND PROGRAM PASSED IN MAY, 2019 OR 2018 RATHER.

UM, SO WE HAD SOME IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE THE PHASE TWO.

UM, THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THAT WERE, UM, COMPLETING THE CRESCENT DESIGN.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S THE ONE SECTION OF THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE PERSPECTIVE THERE, THERE ARE THE TWO SIDES OF IT BUILT OUT AS WELL.

THERE'S ALSO A LARGE FOCUS ON THE EXTERIOR WORK ON THAT OUTSIDE THEIL, UM, WHICH IS THE KIND OF THE PATIO SPACE ON FACING, UM, LADYBIRD LAKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SO THERE'S LIKE THE LARGE SAGE SHADE, UM, SOME TREES GOING IN THERE, AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY EXCELLENT OUTDOOR PROGRAMMABLE SPACE AS WELL.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S TONS OF WORK GOING ON, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DOWN ON RAINY STREET.

SO THERE'S ACTIVE COORDINATION WITH A NUMBER OF CITY PROJECTS.

UM, FOR ONE, THERE'S THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT COOLING, UM, COOLING PLANT THAT AUSTIN ENERGY'S BUILDING.

UM, RIGHT NEXT TO OUR SITE.

THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE WALLER CREEK CONFLUENCE PROJECT, WHICH WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AS CREEK DELTA, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WALLER CREEK CHAIN OF PARKS.

UM, THAT'S ALSO RIGHT BY THERE, UM, AS WELL AS THE 64 RAINY PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MAC.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 31 MILLION PROGRAM FOR THIS PROJECT.

NOW, 27 CAME FROM THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM.

WE HAD A REALLY SMALL AMOUNT REMAINING FROM A EARLIER PHASE IN 2006, UM, AS WELL AS SOME PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS, UM, THAT WERE AVAILABLE FROM DEVELOPMENTS NEARBY.

UM, LASTLY AT THE DARTY ART CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT, UM, THIS ONE WENT BACK TO COUNCIL IN, UH, LATE 2020 INTO 2021, UM, TO DECIDE THE FULL

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SITE PLAN OR THE PREFERRED OPTION FOR THE DOUGHY ART CENTER SITE.

UM, SO THIS SITE CURRENTLY EXISTS BY THE LONG CENTER.

UM, NOW IT'S BEING RELOCATED BEHIND THE PARKS AND RECREATION MAIN OFFICE, UM, OVER JUST ON SOUTH LAMAR, RIGHT ACROSS THE WATER FROM HERE.

UM, THE CURRENT, THE, THE PROJECT, OR SORRY, THE PROJECT BUDGET IN THE 2018, WE RECEIVED FROM THE 2018 BUNDLES, 25 MILLION.

UM, WE'VE GOTTEN UP TO 32 MILLION FROM OUR REMAINING 2012 MONEY, AS WELL AS PARKLAND DEDICATION AND SOME EXPECTED MITIGATION FEES COMING FROM, UM, AUSTIN WATER THERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH LIKE THE ADDITIONAL DESIGN, UM, UM, DESIGN, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE ADDED IN THE PROJECT FOR SUBGRADE PARKING AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION ESCALATION AND JUST THE INCREASED SIZE OF FACILITY, UM, WE WERE AT OVER A 25 MILLION DEFICIT IN CONSTRUCTION FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT.

WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF WORK AS YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR, UM, CULTURAL ARTS.

UM, EXPANDING THE EXISTING FACILITY BY PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO DOUBLING THE CURRENT SIZE OF THE FACILITY, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOW.

UM, A LARGER THEATER, A BLACK BOX THEATER GALLERIES, UM, STUDIOS, YOUTH PROGRAMMING AREAS, AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF SITE WORK, UM, TO IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE AROUND, UM, THE BUILDING AS WELL.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LARGE PROBLEM HERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COST DEFICIT.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF OPTIONS NOW.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE UNDERGROUND PARKING, UM, THAT WAS ADDED TO THIS PROJECT, OR POTENTIALLY ELIMINATING STRUCTURED PARKING ENTIRELY FROM THE PROJECT.

UM, WE MIGHT CONSTRUCT SHELL SPACES AND DO FINISH OUT IN FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS OR FROM ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.

UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, UM, WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE DAUGH ARTS CENTER.

UM, WE'VE TRIED TO PURSUE SOME PRIVATE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM AS WELL.

UM, AND LASTLY, I MEAN, IT'S, IF, IF IT COMES TO IT, WE MAY NEED TO PLACE THIS PROJECT ON HOLD FOR FUNDING TO COME AVAILABLE.

UM, WE'RE AT ABOUT 90, WE'RE GETTING APPROACHING 90% CD RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, WE ARE KIND OF AT A PHASE WHERE IT'S, IT'S GETTING TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND THAT WAS THE LAST I HAD.

UM, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, FROM THE VIRTUAL DAYS.

YEP.

MR. DURAN.

IS THERE A NEW PLAN FOR WHENEVER FUTURE BONDS ARE PASSED TO PREVENT THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? AND IS THAT ON THE P A R D SIDE OR IS THAT ON THE CITY FINANCE SIDE OR A COLLABORATION ? I THINK IT'S A COLLABORATION.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE YOU OUTLINING ALL THOSE, UH, SEPARATE PROJECTS.

UM, I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION, UH, JUST BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU LAID IT OUT WITH, UH, SOME INSIGHT, OBVIOUSLY IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT INFLATION, THE RISE OF COST OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ALONG WITH COVID.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE 2018 BOND DIDN'T NECESSARILY PROJECT A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHY DO WE THINK THAT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF THE BOND WAS IN WAS SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, INSUFFICIENT FOR THESE PROJECTS? YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT STORIES DEPENDING ON THE FACILITY, BUT GENERALLY THE OVERALL MESSAGE IS WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE PROJECTS FULLY SCOPED BEFORE WE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THEM.

UM, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECTS WE'RE PLANNING TO DELIVER NOW.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AND CARVER MUSEUM, WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPLETED PLANS FOR THE EXPANSIONS DONE.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE NUMBERS TO TIE BACK TO, OR EVEN KNOWLEDGE WHAT EXACTLY WE WOULD BE BUILDING WHEN WE STARTED BEYOND THE, THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING SITES.

UM, THE DOUGHY ART CENTER WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

UM, WE WENT THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS, UM, PRELIMINARY PROCESS AFTER THE BOND WAS PASSED.

AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS THERE WERE ADDITIONAL, UM, REALLY DESIRED COMMUNITY ITEMS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT EXPANDED THE SIZE OF THE FACILITIES.

THAT WAS A SMALL PART OF IT.

A LARGE PART OF IT WAS THE DESIRE TO ADD UNDERGROUND PARKING, UM, WHICH WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 15 MILLION OF THIS OVERALL BUDGET NOW, UM, THAT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE 25 MILLION ESTIMATE BEFORE.

SO THAT, THAT IS THE LARGEST ONE.

UM, CONSTRUCTION ESCALATION IS ANOTHER HUGE ONE THAT ALSO IS AFFECTING THAT PROJECT.

AND GIVEN THAT THERE WASN'T, UM, APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT THERE.

UM, BUT GIVEN THAT THERE WASN'T ANY, UH, PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR SOME OF THESE, WAS THIS, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT A A R D, UH,

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UM, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE PROCESS, WE WERE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON RENOVATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT OUR BOND PROPOSAL INITIALLY WAS SET UP TO DO.

AS THOSE PLANS STARTED ROLLING, UM, I THINK THE ASIAN AMERICAN PLAN UPDATES STARTED DURING BOND DEVELOPMENT OR TOWARD THE END OF IT.

UM, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO SECURE SOME FUNDING AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO IT WAS NOT IN PARS INITIAL PROPOSAL, BUT IT WAS ADDED AFTER THE FACT.

UM, I THINK AFTER BIFF ACTUALLY PUT IN ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IN FEBRUARY, UM, THERE WAS FUNDING ADDED FOR THE ME, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER TO FUND THAT PHASE TWO EXPANSION, OR AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE PHASE TWO EXPANSION, UM, MORE FUNDING ADDED FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.

I THINK MESH GAR WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT RECEIVED EXTRA FUNDING AFTER THE BIFF RECOMMENDATIONS HAPPENED.

UM, SO I I I THINK IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS HERE.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND YOUR TIME.

I'LL JUMP UP TO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, PLEASE.

HI, I ON THIS PAGE, WHAT PAGE IS THIS? 31 OF THE 34 OF THE MASTER POWERPOINT WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER THE DOHERTY ART CENTER.

I GUESS IT WAS TWO BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO THE QUESTIONS.

WHEN YOU WRITE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, 32 MILLION.

AND THEN THE NEXT BULLET POINT IS CURRENT CONSTRUCTION COST DEFICIT EXCEEDS 25 MILLION.

YOU ARE SPEAKING HYPOTHETICALLY THAT RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU HAVE BUDGETED FOR TOTAL CONSTRUCTION IS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 57 MILLION.

NOT THAT YOU HAVE SPENT 57 MILLION ALREADY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE HAVE 32 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROJECT.

OKAY, GOOD.

HAVE A 20, THAT'S WHAT, YEAH.

AND ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ISN'T, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT? CAUSE SHOULDN'T THIS PRETTY WELL LAND UP WITH PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STATION COMING OUT RIGHT AROUND THE SAME, YOU KNOW, QUARTER MILE RADIUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE CONSIDERED THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR PARKING? UH, PROJECT CONNECTS GOING DOWN SOUTH FIRST STREET, RIGHT? NOT SOUTH LAMAR SORT OF TUNNEL OR SOMETHING THAT POPS OUT UNDER THE WATER AROUND HERE? SOUTH LAMAR, NOT SOUTH.

I THINK RIVERSIDE, SOUTH LA OR SOUTH FIRST IS WHERE THAT ONE IS, AND THEN THE OTHER BRIDGE CROSSING AT TRINITY STREET.

WELL, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE IS, YEAH, WITH IT BEING SIGNIFICANTLY OVER BUDGET RIGHT NOW, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE VARIOUS GROUPS THAT COME IN IN THE END TO THE SCOPE OF YOUR PROJECT AND YOU KNOW, THAT DELAYS THINGS.

AND RIGHT NOW WITH INFLATION, THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM.

BUT, UH, WHAT IS THE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, WAY FORWARD THAT Y'ALL SEE RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S, UM, I DON'T, NOT ANY ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS SOLVES IT.

UM, I MEAN IT'S, IT MAY BE A COMBINATION EVEN THEN WE, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR TO BUILD SOMETHING AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO WE DID PURSUE, I DIDN'T MENTION ON THE SLIDES, BUT WE DID PURSUE OPTIONS WITH AUSTIN TRANS TRANSPORTATION TO, UM, USE REVENUE BONDS TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE TO SERVE THE BROADER AREA THERE.

UM, WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL IN THAT OPTION EITHER, SO, YEAH.

SO IS IT, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS PROJECT WILL MOST LIKELY GO ON HOLD WITHOUT, I I, I MEAN, WITHOUT PUTTING IT IN CONCRETE, RIGHT, NO FUND INTENDED.

I MEAN, WITHOUT EXTRA, WITHOUT EXTRA FUNDING, WE, WE DON'T, I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD HERE.

SPACE CONSTRUCTION, HOPING THAT WITH THE NEXT BOND WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH, UM, THE PROJECT.

BUT I WANT TO MENTION THAT THE EXISTING FACILITY IS ALSO PUTTING PRESSURE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CONDITIONS ARE REALLY, UM, AWFUL.

SO, UM, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT FACILITY, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE.

SO HAVING PUT THIS PROJECT ON HOLD WILL ACTUALLY, UH, CREATE AN ADDITIONAL PRESSURE FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OFFER.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD IN SOME WAY, EVEN IF IT IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING TO ONE LEVEL RATHER THAN TWO, OR TO CONTINUE WITH SHELL

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SO I THINK THAT PART OF, UH, COMBINATION WOULD BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR, FOR THE DECK.

WELL THE, SO YOU SAID 15 MILLION FOR PARKING, SO WAS IT ABOUT 400 SPACES? THE SPACES ACTUALLY ARE ABOUT LESS THAN 200, BUT BECAUSE IT IS UNDERGROUND AND IT IS WHERE IT IS WITH THE WATER TABLE BEING HIGH AND IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVERAL, UM, EASEMENTS FOR WASTE WATER AND OTHER UTILITIES, IT MAKES IT QUITE COMPLICATED.

SO, SO WHAT WOULD A REDUCTION LOOK LIKE? 75, A HUNDRED SPACES? YES.

BUSINESS HOURS, BASICALLY.

AND WHAT HOURS OF THE DAY WOULD THEY BE? THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH AT LIKE, LIKE NO THEATER SHOWS AT EIGHT OR NINE.

RIGHT? IT'S MOSTLY LIKE 10 TO SIX KIND OF THING.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THERE IS ALSO AN AFTERSCHOOL, UH, PROGRAM THAT BRINGS PARENTS AND KIDS, UH, LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND OF COURSE THERE ARE THE PERFORMANCES AND THE ARTIST, UH, EVENTS IN LATER IN THE EVENING.

AND RIGHT NEXT TO, TO THE D TO THAT LOCATION IS THE ZACH, UH, THEATER.

SO THAT MAY CREATE SOME PEAK, UH, PARKING DEMAND IF BOTH FACILITIES HAVE, UH, PERFORMANCES AT THE SAME TIME.

THE DEVELOPER THAT'S PUTTING IN THAT NEW TOWER WHERE THE SCHLOTZKY'S IS MM-HMM.

LITERALLY OVERBUILD HIS PARKING BY 75 SPACES.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING ACTUALLY THAT BOTH THE ZACH AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS LOOKED INTO.

WE NOW HAVE A, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT TO, TO HAVE, UH, SOME, A FEW SPACES FOR, UH, STAFF, UH, PARKING AND ALSO, UM, I BELIEVE 50 SPACES AT REDUCED RATE FOR EVENTS.

SO SOMEBODY ELSE HAD LIKE DESERVED YES.

TWISTED IDEA.

UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS WERE TO PROCEED AND, UM, NOT SO MUCH TIMING WISE, CUZ THE OVERLAP, YOU WANNA CONTINUE PROGRAMMING AT THE EXISTING BUILDING, UM, WHILE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON.

THAT'S AN IDEAL WORLD, BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING DOHERTY THEN ONCE THIS THING BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL? SO FINAL DECISIONS ARE NOT BEING MADE YET, UM, BUT THE CURRENT BUILDING IS, UH, SITS ON TOP OF A LANDFILL.

SO THAT BY ITSELF CREATES, AND IT IS WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN, SO WE MAY, IT'S GONNA BE, AND IT IS IN, UH, IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS, SO WE CANNOT REALLY RENOVATE OF ANYTHING.

THAT WOULDN'T BE SO, UH, IT MAY SERVE AS SUPPORT SPACE AND PARKING SPACE FOR THE BUTLER PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

ANY CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO SELLING IT? THE TRACT? IT IS PARK OR LEASING, AND I SHOULD SAY IT IS DEDICATED PARKLAND, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IF THERE IS, UH, ANY KIND OF, UM, SO THE ANSWER IS NO.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER SUPTA? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ADD LITTLE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION TO THE EARLIER DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSIONER DRAWING.

UM, UM, CHAIR RODRIGUEZ AND I WERE PART OF THE BOND ELECTION TASK FORCE, AND, UH, I, I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER IN A DIFFERENT ROLE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE I, I WAS THE LEADER, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKED WITH THE CITY TO MAKE THE FIRST PHASE OF ARC HAPPEN.

SO I'VE BEEN CONTINUING MY PARTICIPATION.

SO IN MY ROLE AS, UH, THE MAYOR'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS TASK FORCE, I BROUGHT UP THE POINT THAT, BY THE WAY, THE ARC PHASE TWO NEEDS TO BE PART OF THIS OVERALL PACKAGE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS TIME, THERE WAS A TOTAL, YOU KNOW, LACK OF TIMING THERE, THE MASTER PLAN HADN'T BEEN UPDATED.

AND, UH, EVEN THEN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, UH, BASED ON SOME BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS AND SOME EXTRAPOLATIONS FROM THE FIRST DESIGN FROM PHASE ONE PLAN, WE SAID, WE FIGURE IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT 15 MILLION.

SO EVEN THEN, WHEN, WHEN THE, THE THEN AT THAT TIME, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CAME AND PRESENTED, HE WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTING AT LEAST 12, BETTER 15 MILLION, BUT THEN THEY ALLOCATED 5 MILLION.

AND EVEN THEN WE KNEW 5 MILLION WOULDN'T CUT IT.

AND, UH, BUT THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY TOVA AND COUPLE, FEW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY ADDED A COUPLE MORE MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE IT 7 MILLION.

BUT EVEN THEN WE KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH.

WASN'T BAD PLANNING, IT WAS JUST LACK OF BAD, POOR TIMING.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT

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THE MASTER PLAN WASN'T READY.

THE BEST WE HAD WAS BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS.

I SEE.

THAT, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT.

THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

SURE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE AGREE.

HOW DOES THE DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE DOTY FIGURE IN INTO YOUR PROJECTED SPENDING PLAN, WHICH SHOWS IT'S SPEND OUT BY 2025? YEAH.

UM, SO THAT'S 25 MILLION OR ALMOST 25 MILLION OF THE SPEND PLAN.

SO IT, YEAH.

IF IT, IT, IS THIS A PROPOSITION THAT HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS EIGHT YEARS, EIGHT YEARS TO COMPLETE IT? SO YEAH, WE, WHAT ARE YOU, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU CAN HAVE A, ONE OF THE OPTIONS CAN BE JUST PUTTING IT ON HOLD AND YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS TO COMPLETE THE BOND SPENDING IN EIGHT YEARS OUT OF THOSE TWO THINGS GO TOGETHER.

IS THAT AN EXCELLENT QUESTION? YEAH, I, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD, I MEAN, I THINK THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS ITSELF SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAR ARTS CENTER REPLACEMENT.

I, I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR BOND COUNCIL.

WELL, BUT I THINK IT, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE VOTERS IS THE CONCEPT THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE VOTERS WITH A FUND PROPOSITION, WE'RE GOING TO THEM WITH SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY PLAN TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO GET IT DONE IN EIGHT YEARS.

UM, I MEAN, THERE WAS A TI A PREVIOUS TIME WHEN WE HAD TROUBLE PASSING BOND ISSUES BECAUSE OF EXACTLY THIS ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, VOTERS HAVE PROVEN APPROVE A BOND PROJECT AND THEN THAT IT NEVER SEEMS TO MATERIALIZE.

SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONCERN ABOUT HOW WE KEEP THE CREDIBILITY AND THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE PAST BOND PROPOSITIONS AND DON'T GO TO THE VOTERS WITH FULLY FORMED PROJECTS IN MIND, PUT A PRICE TAG OUT THERE AND THEN CAN'T DELIVER.

, I THINK IT'S A POLICY, POLICY DECISION FROM COUNCIL.

THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, NOT OURS.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.

UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

WELL, THANK YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INPUT.

[5. Discussion and possible action on 2023 Meeting Schedule and topics for agenda.]

UH, POSSIBLE ACTION ON 2023 MEETINGS, SCHEDULE AND TOPICS FOR AGENDA.

UM, THERE SHOULD BE AN ATTACHED DOCUMENT.

UH, WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS.

THIS IS FOR DATES AND TIMES ALONE, THE TOPICS CAN FLUCTUATE.

SO, WANTED TO SEE IF FOLKS WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK VIEW OF THIS OR, UM, AND SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION TO PASS.

I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, THE MARCH 15TH DATE IS THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK.

SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO, UM, ADJUST THAT PARTICULAR DATE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

IS A LIST OF TOPICS THAT'S GIVEN.

, YES SIR.

HOW DO THE, THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ITEMS ON HOUSING AND ALSO THE, THERE'S AN ITEM UNDER IN THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER MEETING, AN OVERVIEW OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE BOND PROGRAMS, HOW DO THOSE THINGS FIT INTO THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE? RIGHT.

SO WE, WE WOULD, UH, LOOK AT DATES AND TIMES FIRST AND THEN GO BACK AND FIT IN EVERYTHING ELSE ACCORDINGLY.

UM, SO THE, THE ITEMS THAT WERE MISSED TODAY, WE'D HAVE TO RESCHEDULE, UM, YOU KNOW, Q1, UH, JANUARY FAT MEETINGS, UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF WORK EVERYTHING UP AROUND THAT.

UM, THE, THE PART OF THE QUESTION WAS MM-HMM.

, BEFORE WE HAD THE POSTPONEMENT, THERE

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AND I WAS WONDERING IF THE JANUARY MEETING, OVERALL FINANCIAL UPDATE IS THE SAME AS THE OVERVIEW OF ALL BOND PROGRAMS THAT WE REQUESTED.

UH, IT SHOULD BE, YEAH.

, WE CAN ALSO DO LIKE A, AN EXTENDED MEETING IF WE WANT TO TRY AND TACKLE MORE IN A MEETING TO DO SOME CATCH UP IN JANUARY, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED BY AN ADDITIONAL HOUR OR WHATNOT.

SO THE, THE, THE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE BOND PROGRAMS WAS THE ACCUMULATION OF THE SPENDING PLANS.

AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE, THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL, UM, I THINK THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS AS OPPOSED TO AN OVERVIEW INCLUDED WITH THE PS REVIEW.

SO YEAH, WE'LL WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UM, CHAIR.

UM, IN RELATION TO THAT, UH, QUESTION ABOUT, UH, MARCH 15TH, UHHUH, UH, I PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE IT TO THE 22ND.

WOULD THAT WORK? THAT WOULD THE NEXT WEEK? YEAH.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

WOULD THAT WORK, TINA? YEAH, SECOND THAT.

DO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR OVERALL VOTE ON THE ENTIRE PACKAGE? THE WHOLE THING? DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL DATE? UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE, UM, ON, UM, EACH INDIVIDUAL DATE, BUT I DO NEED A VOTE COUNT FOR THE CALENDAR.

FOR THE CALENDAR ITSELF? YEAH.

AS I DID WITH THE 22ND.

UH, SAME TIME, UH, SAME TIME, RIGHT? YEAH.

ARE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES BEFORE WE TAKE A LOOK? JUST SORT OF GO THROUGH APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THE CALENDAR FOR ARTS AND PUBLIC SPACES.

UM, IS THAT REALLY NEEDED OR CAN WE SWAP SOMETHING ELSE IN THAT PLACE? WE CAN DEFINITELY SWAP, UH, AS WE GO ALONG.

IT CAN BE SWAPPED.

UM, TODAY WE'RE JUST VOTING ON, UH, TIMES AND, AND DATES.

UM, BUT YES, THIS IS A GENERAL OUTLINE AND WE CAN GO IN AND AMEND AS NE NECESSARY FOR SURE.

I MOVE WITH THE MODIFICATION TO MARCH 22ND THAT THE REST OF THE CALENDAR BE VOTED ON IN ITS ENTIRETY.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY? NOPE.

AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I HAD SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING FROM ANYONE, UM, FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.

PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, TINA.

UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY THING ON DISCUSSION ACTION.

SO FUTURE

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

IF YOU, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, FIRE EMS WAS, UM, IN THEIR PRESENTATION TO US TALKING ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

UM, IT'S MY THOUGHT TO PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT THERE'D BE A PRIORITIZATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PERMITS WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION.

UM, SO WANTED TO JUST GET SOME IDEAS.

I MAY, UH, DRAW THAT UP AND PRESENT IT TO THE DIAS NEXT TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU FOLKS CAN TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WE CAN VOTE ON IT.

SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA.

GREAT.

WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UH, HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAY SEASON AND, UH, GOOD DEAL.

WE'LL, WE'LL TALK TO YOU, UH, IN THE NEW YEAR, NOT BEFORE THEN.

CHALLENGE SAFE TRAVELS EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THIS YEAR.

YEP.