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IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
[CALL TO ORDER]
WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK TINA TO CALL THE ROLL.BENITA, COULD YOU TURN YOUR SPEAKER ON PLEASE? OR MIKE, GIVE ME A HAND WAVE.
SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT IN THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY SIGNED UP SPEAKERS? NO.
[1. Approval of the minutes of the Regular meeting of the Bond Oversight Commission on February 15, 2023]
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
UM, DID WE NOT TALK IN FEBRUARY ABOUT, UH, DOING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH? I THOUGHT WE BROUGHT THAT UP AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND I BELIEVE IT IT, ACCORDING TO THE BYLAWS OF ALL THE COMMISSIONS, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR APRIL.
I JUST REMEMBER THAT WAS TALKING POINT.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE.
I'LL ASK TINA TO CALL THE ROLL FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES NEXT ORDER
[2. Staff Briefing from Austin Public Health on 2018 Proposition E for Health and Human Services.]
OF BUSINESS STAFF BRIEFINGS.WE HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND I THINK YOU ALL PROBABLY SAW THE EMAIL, THE STAFF BRIEFING FOR OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PULLED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, MY NAME IS, UH, FELIPE ES I'M A FACILITIES PLANNING MANAGER WITH, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO MY SON A LITTLE WEIRD AND I'M WITHOUT, UH, PROJECT MANAGER.
THIS IS MY, THIS, I'M KINA SO MANAGING THIS PROJECT FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
I USED TO BE IN PUBLIC WORKS NOW IT'S CALLED CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, UH, TINA WILL JUST COVER SOME BUDGET ISSUES AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A FULL PRESENTATION ON THE PROJECT.
WE WITH THE, UM, FINANCIAL SERVICES.
TINA VAN, WE WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES.
I'M JUST GONNA COVER THE FIRST FEW FINANCIAL SLIDES, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS HERE IS JUST, UH, SHOWING OUR, UM, BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPOSITION F OF THE 2018 BOND, UM, WITH SOME REFERENCES TO THE SPECIFIC, UM, MORE GRANULAR INFORMATION WITH THE CONTRACT, WHICH THE, WITH THE VOTERS THAT JUST PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UM, THAN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, AT THE, UH, END OF, UH, QUARTER TWO IN FY 23, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUALS BEING, UM, AT 12.9 MILLION ENCUMBERED OUT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 16 MILLION THAT VOTERS HAVE AUTHORIZED.
UH, THEY'VE SPENT A LITTLE UNDER 2 MILLION.
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GOT A BIT OF WAYS TO SPEND THE DOLLARS, BUT YOU'LL HEAR THE UPDATE ON THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS.UM, AND THIS JUST LEAVES US ABOUT 1.3 MILLION AVAILABLE.
THIS GRAPH HERE, UM, REPRESENTS ACTUAL SPENDING IN THE BLUE LINE AND PROJECTED SPENDING OUT WITH THE YELLOW LINE AS OF THE FY 23 BUDGET TIME FRAME.
UM, THE OTHER LINES HERE REPRESENT PREVIOUS ESTIMATES OF THAT PROJECTED SPENDING.
SINCE THIS IS A PROPOSITION WITH A SINGULAR PROJECT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S JUST KIND OF BEEN PUSHED OUT BASED ON THE REALITY OF WHEN THE PROJECT HAS, UM, IS STARTING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT WHEN THAT PROJECT IS, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE.
UH, I WILL JUST GIVE YOU A SHORT BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT.
UM, AT THE DO SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDED, UH, SERVICES TRADITIONALLY IN, UM, COLLABORATION WITH, UH, PARKS AND RECS FROM THE EXISTING, UH, REC CENTER.
UH, BUT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THOSE LARGE FLOODS IN, UH, 2013 AND 14, UH, WE REALLY DISCOVERED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MUCH STRONGER PRESENCE THERE WITH THE EXPANDED FULL SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
UH, WE ALSO CALCULATED THAT IT TAKES THE RESIDENTS OF DOVE SPRINGS ABOUT AN HOUR OF A BUS DRIVE TO OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR, UH, REASONS FOR ASKING FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE PUT ON BOND.
AND, UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE ALL THE FUNDING.
UH, I'LL, UH, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A, A CERTAIN RUNDOWN ON, UH, SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED.
BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UH, FACILITY IS LOCATED.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE GEORGE MO MORALES, UH, DUFF SPRINGS REC CENTER.
AND IT, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, WIDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MEN MENDEZ, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO IT WILL BE A GREAT SYNERGY WITH THESE FACILITIES, UH, TO, UH, OFFER ALL THESE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, WE WILL HAVE A FULL SERVICE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE, UM, BASIC NEEDS SERVICES.
THAT'S, UH, OUR FOOD PANTRY, CLOSET, CLOSET, UH, CLOTHES CLOSET, UH, VARIOUS APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR JOB APPLICATIONS, RESUMES, SO FORTH.
UH, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING AND HEALTH SCREENING.
WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WORK SERVICES, AND THEN SEASONAL SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A FULL, UH, WOMEN INFR CHILDREN, UH, WIC CENTER WITH COUNSELING SERVICES FOR, UM, YOUNG MOMS AND THEN OUR IMMUNIZATION CLINICS THAT WILL OFFER, UH, VACCINATIONS BOTH FOR ADULTS AND, UH, CHILDREN.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE A HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER THAT WILL SERVE UP TO 75, UH, CHILDREN ON THAT LOCATION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR.
AND WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE INTO THE A PROJECT.
UH, THE FACILITY WILL HAVE, UM, MULTIPURPOSE SPACES, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO, UH, MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MEAN ADDING, UH, TRAILS, UH, ADDING LIGHTS TO THE EXISTING SOCCER FIELDS SO THAT, UH, THIS PROPERTY AND, AND, AND THIS, UH, FACILITIES WHILE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING REC CENTER.
UH, SO FAR, UH, WE'VE, UH, INVOLVED COMMUNITY AND EVERY STEP OF THE PROGRESS OF THE PROCESS.
UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY THERE.
UH, WE FORMED, UH, EARLY ON A TASK FORCE WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT PROVIDED INPUT ON ALL THEIR NEEDS.
UH, THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTED IT TO THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE FACILITY BY CHOOSING THE COLORS, THE TYPE OF SPACES THEY WILL NEED.
UM, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, EVEN DURING COVID TO BE ABLE TO STAY CONNECTED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OFFER, UH, UH, VARIOUS WAYS FOR THEM TO PROVIDE INPUT.
SO WE HAD, UH, IN-PERSON MEETINGS, ONLINE MEETINGS, WE HAD A, UH, A SURVEY THAT WENT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT THAT HELPED US DESIGN THE FACILITY.
UH, WE ALSO HAD, UM, MORE RECENTLY LAST YEAR, UH, DURING THE, UM, UH, GEORGE MORALES REC CENTER DEDICATION, WE PRESENTED OUR, UH, PROJECT.
AND NOW WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT STARTED, UH, WE HAVE A MONTHLY, UH, NEWSLETTER THAT GOES TO ALL THE, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UH, WHAT TO EXPECT.
UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE, UH, ALL THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WAS REPRESENTED AND THEY'RE STILL, UM, VERY ACTIVE IN, IN HELPING US, UH, DEAL WITH ISSUES.
UH, IF, IF WE NEED TO NOTIFY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT HELP US WITH THAT.
UH, IF THERE ARE LIKE SOME MAYBE, UH, COMPLAINTS, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM TOGETHER.
UM, SO THAT PROJECT CAN MOVE ALONG.
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UH, SO FAR, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED.UH, UH, PRETTY MUCH WE COMPLETED EVERYTHING BUT ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT, UH, STARTED, UH, WE, UH, EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED IN SUMMER OF 24 NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE KIND OF TAKE A GREAT PRIDE AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THESE TRIES DURING COVID WHERE, UH, EVERYTHING WAS SLOWED DOWN WHERE EVERYTHING, UH, WAS THREE TIMES THE COST.
THAT WAS BEFORE WHEN WE BUDGETED ALL THIS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, GET, UM, ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE FACILITIES ON THE PROJECT, UH, WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTICIPATION AND ALL DURING VERY, UH, CHALLENGE CHALLENGING YEARS.
SO, UH, UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, UH, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AND, UH, WITH THAT I WILL TURN PRESENTATION TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER KALPANA, WHO WILL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME DETAILS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT, UH, AND WHAT TO EXPECT.
UM, SO, UM, THE SITE WE HAVE IS USED TO BE PARKLAND.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THE CHAPTER 26 PROCESS TO USE PART OF THAT PARKLAND.
AND WE HAD NO SURVEY WHEN, AND WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY, THAT RED LINE THAT YOU SEE, WHICH IS THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL DUCT BANK, WHICH FEEDS THE REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF IT, I MEAN EAST OF IT.
SO, UM, WE HAD, AND WE HAD MANY CONSTRAINTS, WHICH WERE PUT BY THE CHAPTER 26 PROCESSES TO HOW MUCH WE CAN BUILD.
AND THEN THE WAY THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE SHOWN IN THE SLIDE, IT'S, SORRY, IT'S UH, IN, UM, FI IT WAS IN 500 YEAR FLOOD PLANE, BUT THEN THE FLOOD PLANES WERE REVISED.
AND SO THAT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLANE.
AND SO WE WERE TOLD, I MEAN, WE WERE NOT GOING TO BUILD ON THAT SIDE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SHOWING THAT WE HAVE SO MANY CONSTRAINTS TO PLACE THE, THE HEALTH FACILITY.
SO AT THAT TIME, WE FOUND OUT ONLY WHEN THE ELECTRICAL APPLICATION, ELECTRICAL SERVICE APPLICATION WAS MADE, AND THEY SAID, OH, YOU HAVE THIS DUCT BANK HERE AND THAT, SO WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REROUTE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S SHOWN IN BLUE.
IT'S REROUTING, IT'S THE ELECTRICAL BANK.
AND I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THIS BECAUSE THAT HAS AFFECTED TO SOME DEGREE COST AND SCHEDULE.
BUT NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY FOR REROUTE OF THIS DUCK BANK.
AND IF THEY, YOU KNOW, WE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS ALREADY DONE THE NEW DUCK BANK AND NOW AUSTIN ENERGY HAS TO COME OUT AND, UH, REDO THE WIRING SO THAT THE RED ONE CAN BE VACATED.
SO WE ARE ASSUMING OUR WHOLE SCHEDULE IS BASED ON THAT.
AND WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT AUSTIN ENERGY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT SCHEDULE, BECAUSE UNTIL WE DO THAT, WE CAN'T REALLY DO THE, THE FOUNDATION.
BUT OTHERWISE YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE RED LINE IS GOING.
IT'S THE HEALTH FACILITY, WHICH IS A TWO-STORY BUILDING.
AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE DAYCARE CENTER, WHICH HAS THREE PLAY AREAS ON EACH SIDE.
SO IT'S VERY TIGHTLY PACKED FACILITY.
SO THE, WE HAVE A, A NEW TRAIL THAT WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT PAGE, IS THIS, UM, YEAH, WE HAVE THIS NEW TRAIL SO THAT, UH, AND WE CAN NOW GO BACK.
SO THAT TAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE, SORRY, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE REC CENTER AND THE SCHOOLS.
UM, WE HAVE THE SITE, ALL LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION THERE.
WE HAVE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR STORMWATER.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH PART SO THAT THEIR PROGRAMS IN THE REST OF THE PARK CAN CONTINUE.
DUCK BANK THAT CONTRACTOR HAD TO DO IS DONE.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE AUSTIN ENERGY WORK DONE, THEY WILL START FULL BLOWN FOUNDATION WORK.
AND, UM, AND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MILESTONES WE, THIS IS VERY CLAY, SO SOIL.
SO ONCE THE FOUNDATION IS DONE,
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I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT WE WILL MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.AND RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS UNDERGROUND, SO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE LOOKS THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE UTILITY LINES ARE ALSO GETTING DONE DUCK BANK.
AND SO THIS IS HOW IT'LL LOOK LIKE FROM PALO BLANCO AND INNESS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHILDCARE CENTER'S, PLAYGROUND AREAS, WHICH WE CALL, THEY, THEY DESCRIBE THEM AS OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE NATIONALLY CERTIFIED CHILDCARE FACILITY.
AND THERE ARE ABOUT 74 CHILDRENS THAT WHO WILL BE SERVED HERE.
AND THAT'S OUR MAIN ENTRY WHEN IT'S ALL DONE.
THAT'S THE FACE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE HEALTH THING.
SO ANY FEEDBACK QUESTIONS? ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? I HAVE ONE.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDE ON THE STEPS COMPLETED.
SO YOU HAVE THE PERMIT TO PROCEED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I DON'T WHERE WOULD THAT FALL ON THOSE STEPS? SO THAT WOULD BE, IT'S A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT.
SO, UM, PERMIT HAPPENED WHEN DESIGN BUILDER PROPOSAL FOR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AT THAT TIME, ALL THE DOCUMENTS WERE SUBMITTED IN THAT, UH, BULLET.
THAT'S THE PART WHEN PERMITTING HAPPENED.
I, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IN RELATION TO ANOTHER ITEM PROCESS.
I WAS HOPING SHE KNEW BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE, LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS AND I WASN'T SEEING IT ON THAT.
WE, BUT IT'S KIND OF ROLLED INTO THE DESIGN BILL, DESIGN BILL, GMP PACKET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION ON THE STAFF BRIEFING? I HAVE A QUESTION.
FOR, I GUESS IT'S SLIDE 12 OUT OF 20 WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR AUSTIN ENERGY TO REROUTE, UH, THE ELECTRICAL WIRES SO Y'ALL COULD GET STARTED ON THE FOUNDATION.
HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN WAITING ON THAT, AND DO YOU, HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU AN ANTICIPATED, UM, TIME FOR THAT TO BE RESOLVED SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START DIGGING OUT THE FOUNDATION? SO YES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF THE DRAWINGS.
UM, SO AUSTIN ENERGY DESIGN TEAM, WHICH IS THE SOUTHEAST AUSTIN DESIGN TEAM, COMPLETED THOSE DRAWINGS IN FEBRUARY AND GAVE, GAVE US WHAT IS CALLED COMPLETION OF COMPLETED DRAWINGS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THE, OUR CONTRACTOR STARTED THE VERY NEXT DAY IN MARCH.
AND SO THAT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE TARGET DATE AUSTIN ENERGY IS GIVEN IS MAY 22ND.
AND WE JUST CHECKED A FEW DAYS AGO AND THEY SAID THAT IS STILL THE TARGET DATE TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
DID WAS THAT, DID YOU HAVE ANY THAT THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
IT SEEMED, IT KIND OF SEEMED DURING THE PRESENTATION, LIKE THAT WAS A, A, UH, RATHER LARGE, UM, HOLDUP, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND TO BE THAT, UH, THAT MAJOR NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I HAVE, REAL QUICK, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UM, ON THE CHILDCARE CENTER, WHO WILL ACTUALLY RUN THE CHILDCARE CENTER AND IS IT A, UH, FEE, A SLIDING SCALE FEE OR HOW, HOW IS THAT, UM, PAID FOR? SO, UH, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS, IT WILL BE, UH, CONTRACTED OUT BY OUR DEPARTMENT
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TO OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDER ONCE IT'S COMPLETED.UH, IN, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL SCALE, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THAT WITH OUR, UH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION TO SEE WHAT THEY EXACTLY HAD IN MIND.
BUT IT, I I, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S, IT'S A SUBSIDIZED IN A WAY THAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON, ON THAT PROBABLY THIS WEEK.
AND RELATED TO THAT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A FOOD PANTRY AND A CLOSET PANTRY.
AND HOW ARE THOSE RUN? UH, AND WHO'S IN, IN CHARGE OF YES, MA'AM.
EACH OF THOSE MA SO OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS IN CHARGE OF RUNNING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SERVICES UNIT, UH, THAT RUNS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT, THAT IS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED IN ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHERE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TERMS OF FOOD PANTRY, DEPENDING OF A CENTER CAN COME EVERY FEW WEEKS TO GET A, A, A FULL BASKET OF, OF PROVISIONS.
AND BY BASKET IT'S, IT'S USUALLY REALLY LARGE WITH ALL KINDS OF PROVISIONS.
AND THEN FOR THE, UM, UH, THE CLOTHES CLOSET, I THINK IT'S OPEN EVERY DAY THAT THE CENTERS ARE OPEN.
SO, UH, IF, IF FOLKS NEED, UH, ADDITIONAL CLOTHING, THEY CAN GET IT THERE SO THAT THAT'S RUN ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE AND IT'S BEEN GOING, UH, ON FOR DECADES AT THIS POINT.
AND I GUESS THERE'S SOME QUALIFICATIONS TO RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS.
FOR THE FOOD, UH, PANTRY, THERE ARE SOME, UH, QUALIFICATIONS, I BELIEVE FOR THE, UH, CLOSE, UH, CLOSET.
UH, THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE NEED AND THEN WE WILL JUST HAND IT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE STAFF BRIEFING FROM EMS AND FIRE IS PULLED UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
[4. Discussion and possible action on permitting process for public safety projects.]
AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PERMITTING PROCESS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS.YOU SHOULD HAVE, UH, RECEIVED A DRAFT, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS, UM, DONE BY THE CHAIR.
UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION? UH, ASK A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UM, ARE WE TO ATTEST TO THIS INDIVIDUALLY OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR A MAJORITY VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, OR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ATTEST LINE IS FOR.
UM, BUT AS A RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD BE A MAJORITY VOTE.
AND AGAIN, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FROM THAT, THE CITY CLERKS RECOMMEND REQUEST IS THAT COMMISSIONS ON ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES A VOTE, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE, AND THAT'S THE, OKAY.
AND WE'LL JUST, WE JUST TURN OVER THE RESULTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE MAJORITY ARE PLURALITY OR A ROLL CALL.
IT HAS TO BE A, A MAJORITY VOTE.
BUT IT ALSO HAS TO BE, ACCORDING TO THE CLERK NEEDS TO BE RECORDED AS A ROLL CALL VOTE.
IS THERE A, A MOTION? I ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I REMEMBER DURING SOME OF OUR PRIOR MEETINGS, WE HAD DISCUSSED THESE DELAYS.
UM, BUT WAS THERE A SPECIFIC ONE THAT WE WERE REFERRING TO THAT, UH, INVOLVED PUBLIC SAFETY? THAT WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT THAT WAS DELAYED BY CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES, BY THE PERMITTING PROCESS? EXCUSE ME.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION MYSELF.
UM, I HAD HOPED THAT, UM, THE EMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS A ABOUT THIS.
UM, THERE MAY BE ISSUES THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.
UM, I HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF, UM, THE PERMITTING PROCESS I THINK IS WELL KNOWN TO BE A CAUSE FOR DELAY ON PROJECTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, UH, AND ALL THE BOND PROJECTS EQUALLY.
UM, SO I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHY PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE
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A PARTICULAR CONCERN.AND, AND, AND AS I SAID, I THINKING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FACTORS THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF, BUT GIVEN MY PRESENT KNOWLEDGE, I WOULD'VE TO VOTE NOW ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, ONE ALTERNATIVE, UM, WOULD BE TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION SINCE IT WAS AUTHORED BY THE CHAIR WHO IS NOT HERE TO, I'M SURE SHED SOME INFORMATION ON IT I'M NOT AWARE OF.
IS THAT HELPFUL? THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
UH, COMMISSIONER NEER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD THERE? I DIDN'T SPEAK FOR THE CHAIR, BUT I BELIEVE THE IMPETUS TO THIS WAS, WE HEARD THIS THEMATICALLY THROUGHOUT A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A FIRE STATION.
IT WAS A FIRE EMS STATION DELAY FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN A SIDEWALK DELAY THAT I THINK PROMPTED HIM TO WANT TO DO THIS.
I'M, I'M SPEAKING FOR HIM, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR HIM.
I, AND I APPRECIATE THE IDEA TO TABLE IT, BY THE WAY.
UM, BUT I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO START WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY WE COULD DRAFT 50 OF THESE FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, UH, PERMITTING DELAYS.
BUT I BELIEVE THE ID BEHIND THIS ONE IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S AN EASY WAY TO START.
OR NOT AN EASY WAY TO START, BUT A SIMPLE WAY TO START.
UM, AND THAT WE HAD HEARD LIKE LITERALLY THREE OR FOUR IN A ROW, PRESENTATIONS FROM EMS, FROM POLICE SUBSTATIONS, FROM SIDEWALKS, FROM LIGHTING, ALL WITH THE SAME.
AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO ONE THING JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE, UM, THAT WOULD BE A PLACE TO START.
BUT HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, I BELIEVE TABLING IT PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE
AND I KNOW THAT SANTIAGO'S GONNA BE REJOINING US CUZ HE WAS IN REFRESHER TRAINING YESTERDAY AND I AM NOT SURE ON MY PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE WHETHER YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THE MOTION TO TABLE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WASN'T GONNA MAKE MY SPEECH UNTIL WE HAD THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR
SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS RECOMMENDATION? I SHALL MOVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED SECOND.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION HAS A MOTION AND A SECOND IS THERE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? MOTION TO TABLE.
ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? MOTION TO TABLE A.
THE MOTION TO TABLE I DON'T BELIEVE REQUIRES A SECOND.
AND I BELIEVE IT TAKES PRECEDENCE FOR A VOTE.
A MOTION TO TABLE DOES NOT REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ARE RAISING YOUR HAND.
APPEARS TO BE A MAJORITY IN FAVOR OF TABLING AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TABLED.
[5. Discussion and possible action on Annual Budget Recommendations.]
ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANNUAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.IS THERE A MOTION ON ANY BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? HEARING NONE.
WE WILL CLOSE THAT, UH, DISCUSSION.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
IS SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DID YOU WANT TO PUT THE ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS? UH, I WOULD SO MOVE THAT I, OR PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE AS AN ACTION ITEM OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM RATHER.ELECTIONS OF CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR AT THE MAY MEETING OF 2023 ADDED AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
WERE THERE OTHER ITEMS FOR THE FUTURE ITEMS TO THE SENTENCE REQUIRED TO PUT THE ITEM WE JUST TABLED ON THE NEXT AGENDA? I WOULDN'T SUGGEST WE DO THAT.
IT IS ON THE TABLE AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS AND ANOTHER COMMISSION I SERVED ON.
IF THE, IF THE ITEM IS NOT TAKEN O IT WILL TAKE A MOTION AT THE NEXT MEETING TO TAKE THE ITEM OFF THE TABLE.
IT'LL BE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO MOTION TO TAKE THE ITEM, THE AGENDA, THEN THE ITEM DIES.
SO NO, NO ACTION NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
THAT TOOK A LITTLE READING OF ROBERT'S RULES.
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YEARS.ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? UH, MAY JUST ASK.
UH, DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTERS FOR NEXT, UM, MEETING? WE'LL HAVE EMS PUNTO TILL NEXT MONTH.
YEAH, THEY'VE COMMITTED FIRE, EMS, UM, AS WELL AS WATERSHED.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? Y I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE, UM, FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR FROM THEM BEFORE A FULL YEAR HAS ECLIPSED RECALL THE, UM, DOHERTY ARTS CENTER, UH, THAT WE SPOKE ON, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER BUDGET.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE OUTGOING COUNCIL PASS RESOLUTION YEAH.
WILL TACK ON MORE, UM, FUNDING IN A FUTURE BOND.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION OF IT, BUT, UH, UH, WOULD IT BE PRUDENT TO HAVE THEM COME AND SPEAK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME DURING THE SUMMER TO SEE WHAT THEIR PLANS HAVE BEEN, HOW THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR, UM, APPROACH IF THEY'VE CHANGED IT AT ALL? I, I'M, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE UNDER ARTS OR THEY SCHEDULED TO SPEAK ANYTIME SOON IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
WASN'T THERE ALSO SOME COUNSEL ACTION ON THAT ISSUE? OUR DISCUSSION? YEAH, THEY TOOK, UM, ACTION.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS, UH, NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, BUT I EMAILED THAT OUT, UH, TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE THAT AS A, A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR SURE.
AND YOU ARE GONNA PROVIDE THE COUNCIL ACTION IN THE MEANTIME.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I WOULD SECOND
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OR RAISING YOUR HAND.
THE MO THE COMMISSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 2 45.