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NOW, DO WE NEED SOMEBODY FROM THERE TO, UH, CHAIR THE MEETING IN MY STEAD? SINCE I'M, SINCE I'M NOT.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE DELEGATE SOMEONE.
COMMISSIONER CURRY
[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS AFTER TWO O'CLOCK.I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO AN ORDER.
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
UH, SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.[1. Approval of the minutes of the Regular meeting of the Bond Oversight Commission on February 19, 2025.]
BUSINESS THEN IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 19TH? SO MOVED.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? YES, I'VE GOT ONE CALL OUT.
I JUST ON, UH, UNDER THE STAFF BRIEFINGS, UH, SECTION, JUST, UH, CORRECTION.
I, I IS IT JAMES MAY AND NOT JAMIE MAY.
WELL THEN, UH, I'M GOOD TO GO.
ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS OR QUESTIONS IN THE MINUTES? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL? NO.
I HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THE MINUTES.
MC UH, COMMISSIONER MCNABB? UH, YES.
YOU DON'T, YOU CAN ABSTAIN IF OKAY.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, STANLEY.
WE HAVE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[2. Staff briefing from Capital Delivery Services on 2026 Bond ]
IS STAFF BRIEFINGS.AND THE FIRST STAFF BRIEFING IS FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES ON THE 2026 BOND.
HOW ARE YOU? ACTING CHAIR? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
I ALSO SAW, UH, THOUGHT I SAW YEAH.
MR. DWYER AS WELL, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES, AND TO MY RIGHT IS MY BOSS, ERIC BAILEY, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
HE'S HERE TO KEEP ME OUTTA ANY QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER.
AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP US ON THE, ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE.
SO I'M GLAD, UH, WE, AS THE PAIR OF THREE HERE, CAN BE HERE TOGETHER AS CDS TO, TO PRESENT SORT OF THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST YEAR FOR BOND DEVELOPMENT.
SO, WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BY A RESOLUTION.
WE'VE BEEN TASKED TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR, OR COMMISSIONS AND KINDA JUST PROVIDE UPDATES ON FRAMEWORK AND WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO BEFORE WE GO OUT TO THE VOTERS.
I'VE GOT OUR LITTLE CLICKER HERE.
SO JUST QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, HERE'S OUR AGENDA FOR JUST TOPICS AND DISCUSSION TODAY.
MY EYES ARE GETTING BAD, SO I'M GONNA USE PAPER HERE AS WELL TO LOOK THROUGH THIS.
IT'S GOT SOME SMALL SCREENS, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF GO OVER CDS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, WHO CDS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR GEN GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR IMPROVED BOND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING OVER THE PAST YEAR.
WE'LL TALK SOME ABOUT THE STAFF WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE, UH, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, TECHNICAL CRITERIA, AND SCORING MATRICES THAT ARE SETTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THIS BOND PROGRAM AND
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PROGRESS TO DATE AND SOME KEY UPCOMING MILESTONES.UM, BUT WITH THAT TO, YOU KNOW, HERE AS WE KIND OF REALLY TAKE THE FIRST STEP LOOKING INTO THIS, THIS SLIDE DECK HERE, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES IS A RELATIVELY NEW DEPARTMENT HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WE WERE CREATED IN 2023, REALLY WITH THE, THE GOAL OF REDUCING PROJECT DELIVERY TIME.
SO, UH, COULD KIND OF TAKE THAT BURDEN OFF THE, THE CURRENT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN AND DELIVER CAPITAL PROJECTS AND JUST LET THEM OPERATE THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS WHILE A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT FOCUSED ON THIS COULD JUST KIND OF DIAL THIS IN.
UM, BUT WE'RE A GROUP OF, UH, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, UH, PROJECT MANAGERS, AND WE PARTNER OF COURSE WITH THE CONSULTANTS, UH, THE CONTRACTING TEAMS, OUR CITY DEPARTMENT GROUPS, UH, OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY, ME, UH, MEMBERS ARE, ARE A KEY TO THIS AND ALSO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, OUR ROLE IN THIS 2026 BOND PROGRAM PROGRAM IS REALLY TO CONVENE ALL OF WHAT WE CALL THE ASSET OWNER DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ARE THE, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD OWN THE ASSET ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED.
AND THEY, THEY WOULD THEN OWN, OPERATE, MAINTAIN THAT FACILITY.
SO, UM, THAT'S OUR ROLE IN THAT.
BUT WE ALSO ARE HERE TO HELP GUIDE THAT PROCESS TO ENSURE PROJECTS ARE VETTED.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOOD CLEAN SCOPE SCHEDULES AND BUDGETS, UM, WHICH ARE A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE AND REALISTIC, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, JUST KIND OF HELP COORDINATE PROJECTS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF HELP ACHIEVE A MUTUAL BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS WE KINDA LOOK THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND WHAT DO THEY TYPICALLY FUND, WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOOD EROSION CONTROL.
UM, YOU GOT THE, THE BIG NEW OR REPLACEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES, REHABILITATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES.
WE HAVE H HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
WE GOT BIG LARGE SCALE STREET PROJECTS, SIDEWALK TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
WE OF COURSE HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS FIRE, EMS AND POLICE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, LAND PROCUREMENT.
SO LARGE SCALE, BIG, BIG, YOU KNOW, TICKET ITEMS THAT YOU TYPICALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FUND IF YOU WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO USE YOUR, YOUR REGULAR DAILY OPERATIONAL PROGRAM.
NOW, WHAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, ARE THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE OUT AT YOUR OWN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUTINE, YOU KNOW, POTHOLE REPAIR, MINOR STREET, LIKE BASIN PAYMENT REPAIRS, LANDSCAPING, ANY TYPE OF GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LANDSCAPING OR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
OF COURSE CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE LAWN MOWING, YOU KNOW, TRASH PICKUP, THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOTHING THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MINOR, OF COURSE, WE ARE NOT GONNA PAY FOR SALARIES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE POLICE AND FIRE.
AND THEN WE ALSO AREN'T TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO AUSTIN WATER OR AUSTIN ENERGY.
BOTH OF THOSE, UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE FUNDED USING THEIR OWN DEBT, WHICH, UM, IS NOT, UM, REALLY UNDERNEATH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD WITH THE GEO UH, BOND PROGRAM.
AS FAR AS THE PROCESSES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT IMPROVING, UM, AS WE STARTED TO REALLY VET AND DO SOME PEER CITY ANALYSIS, WHAT WE REALLY STARTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, FROM WHERE CITY OF AUSTIN HAD BEEN AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO IS IF YOU FOCUS JUST KIND OF ON THAT BIG LONG YELLOW BOX, AND THEN OF COURSE THE BLUE ONE UNDERNEATH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY WAS THAT THE PROJECTS WERE JUST SORT OF HAND SELECTED, BUT A LOT OF THE PLANNING EFFORT REALLY DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THEY WERE VOTED ON.
SO IT REALLY TOOK AN ADDITIONAL YEAR TO TWO YEARS TO KIND OF REALLY KIND OF VET OUT THAT WHAT IS THIS PROJECT SCOPE, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS BUDGET REALLY LOOK LIKE? UM, AND UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SHIFTING THAT, THAT PARADIGM, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT ON THE FRONT SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH OTHER MAJOR MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS TEXAS LIKE SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, ET CETERA.
SO THIS IS MORE CONSISTENT IN LINE WITH THAT.
AND OF COURSE, UM, WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS AS WE'RE VETTING THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, WE WERE, WE'LL BE READY TO GO RIGHT OFF THE GATE WITH DESIGN ON SOME OF THEM.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ALREADY FULLY DESIGNED SO WE CAN JUMP RIGHT OUT THE BOX AND GO AND EXECUTE CONSTRUCTION WITH THOSE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THE OLD STATEMENT OF A LITTLE MORE PLANNING, 10% UP FRONT, SAVING 90% ON THE BACK END.
I THINK THIS IS SIMILAR TO THAT SCENARIO HERE IN THAT, IN THAT FORMAT.
SO, UM, AS WE LOOK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF WORK COMPLETED THE DATE, THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO, UM, REALLY FROM LAST, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY LAST SUMMER, MAY, JUNE TIMEFRAME, WE STARTED KIND OF PULLING THE DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES TOGETHER.
SO WE HAD, UM, STRUCTURES OF DIRECTORS THAT MET ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND THEN LIKE THE, THE ESSENTIAL THE DEPARTMENT EXPERTS THAT WERE KIND OF WORKING ALL COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS ESTABLISHED THE FRAMEWORK AND START WORKING ON CREATING OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR
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PROJECT LIST OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. SO, UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED OUR CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS, AS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.WE DEVELOPED OUR SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS, WHICH WERE TIED TO THOSE.
UH, WE ALSO HAD THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALL CREATED THEIR TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND SCORING MATRICES, WHICH THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PRESENTING TO THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE RIGHT NOW.
UH, THEY STARTED THAT IN MARCH, AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH JULY, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE, WE GATHERED THAT LARGE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT $10.4 BILLION, SO MUCH LARGER THAN OUR CURRENT ABILITY TO FUND.
AND FROM THAT, WE ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS TO SAY, OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT YOUR BIG UMBRELLA, HOW CAN WE PAIR THAT BACK TO WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN BE DONE WITHIN A SIX YEAR BOND CYCLE? AND SO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SAID, WELL, BASED OFF OF WHAT WE THINK WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, ON AN AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE, WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE THESE PROJECTS.
AND THAT CAME UP TO 4.4 BILLION.
UM, AND IF MOST OF US HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF, UH, I THINK THE CAP AND STITCH AND KIND OF CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THAT, AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL REFERENCES THERE TO WHAT THE ACTUAL PROGRAM AMOUNT BOND PROGRAM AMOUNT COULD BE THIS YEAR, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO $750 MILLION, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE CAP PIECE THAT WOULD GO IN THERE, CAP AND STITCH PIECE.
UM, NOW WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A BIG LIST OF PROJECTS AND NOT NEAR ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT KINDA CONTINUES TO, TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
UM, NOW AS WE KIND OF CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND GO THROUGH OUR, OUR BOND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN A BIG PIECE OF THAT.
AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED OUR 2 20 26 BOND WEBSITE ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN THIS WEEK.
THERE'S A LINK RIGHT HERE TO IT, AUSTIN TEXAS US.GOV AT BOND 2026.
UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, WE LAUNCHED OUR PHASE ONE COMMUNITY SURVEY THIS WEEK AS WELL.
SO, UH, AS Y'ALL ARE VISITING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JUST ASK 'EM TO GO HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS BOND, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY WANNA PUT MONEY TO AS PART OF THIS BOND CYCLE? UH, SO, UH, WE'D ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE THE NEEDS ARE, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO, TO JUST HAVE ONGOING MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP THE, AND COORDINATE WITH THEM ON PROJECT SCOPE AND BUDGET SO THAT THAT'LL BE ONGOING.
WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OF THIS PLANNING EFFORT TO KIND OF REALLY GO THROUGH, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE B TIFF AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST REALLY WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A TON OF WORK THAT'S GONE ON THIS COLLECTIVELY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, THIS, THIS DECK WAS KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A MONTH AGO, AND WE HAD 40 PLUS MEETINGS, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING CLOSER TO TO 50 MEETINGS OF KIND OF COLLABORATING AND WORKING TOGETHER AT THIS POINT.
SO OVER THE LAST YEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, A TREMENDOUS EFFORT ON ALL PARTIES, UH, EFFORTS THERE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF TALKING MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND SCORING MATRICES, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID USE THE ADOPTED CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN ANCHORS AS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND WE HAVE THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE.
UM, AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, EACH DEPARTMENT DID DEVELOP THEIR OWN TECHNICAL CRITERIA, THEIR OWN MATRICES BASED ON THEIR DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS, THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR EXPERTISE OF KIND OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR OWN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, AND DEVELOPING THAT.
SO, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS WILL ALSO SCORE THEIR OWN INVENTORY WITH A MAXIMUM OF 100 POINTS.
SO THEY CREATED THEIR OWN RUBRIC BASED OFF OF A HUNDRED POINTS, ESSENTIALLY.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO USE PROJECT CHARTERS DURING OUR SCORING AND CRITERIA CRITERIA EVALUATION PROCESS TO KIND OF HELP FURTHER DEVELOP, PRIORITIZE, AND REFINE, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ENLISTED FOR CONSIDERATION.
UH, SO WITH THAT, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS THAT WERE CREATED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS IN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID USE THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, ANCHORS THAT AS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND WE AS A LARGE GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS AND CDS FACILITY ROTATING THOSE MEETINGS ACTUALLY CAME UP A LIST OF EIGHT GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AND AS WE WERE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WE HAD THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THOSE MEETINGS WITH US, AND THEY SAID, HEY, THESE ARE LINING UP ALMOST EXACTLY IN TANDEM WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WE STARTED TO LOOK ABOUT THAT AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND THE DEPARTMENTS ALL VOTED TO SAY, YEAH, THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE.
WE HAVE THESE TWO, LET'S ROLL 'EM UP INTO THIS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WOULD FIT UNDERNEATH THOSE UMBRELLAS.
SO, UH, FROM A VISIONING STANDPOINT, IT WAS FANTASTIC TO USE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD ALREADY ADOPTED AS PART OF THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF LIKE LED US INTO OUR JOURNEY.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR BIG PIECE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR, OUR PROCESS AND, AND OUR PROGRESS HOLISTICALLY FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO DATE TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ESTABLISHED OUR,
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OUR GOVERNANCE TEAMS BACK IN MAY OF 2024.WE INITIATED A CALL FOR PROJECTS, UM, IN JULY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN WE STARTED WORKING ON ALL THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, FRAMEWORK FOR THE BOND PROJECT GUIDING PRINCIPLE TECHNICAL CRITERIA, REALLY JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, TRYING TO LIKE, FINALIZE THOSE.
AND THEN THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN MEETING WITH THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, FLUSHING THOSE OUT THROUGH THE SPRING, KIND OF GOING INTO THIS EARLY SUMMER.
AND THEY'RE NOW PRESENTING THOSE AT, UH, THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE, UM, AND GETTING MORE ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM FROM THAT GROUP.
UM, BUT WHERE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR TO GO FROM THIS POINT IS TO, UH, PRESENT AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL IN JUNE ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT HAVING THAT FIRST INITIAL PROJECT LIST OUT, WHICH IS, I THINK WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING IS THE LIST.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUT IN JULY, INTO JULY, GOING TO THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE WITH REALLY THEN GOING INTO A ROBUST COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS INTO THE FALL AND KIND OF LOOKING AT GETTING A, UH, A RECOMMENDATION BACK, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BTIF IN EARLY OF 2026 AND, AND REPORTING THAT BACK OUT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN THE SPRING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY CALL, UM, FOR THAT BOND ELECTION EITHER IN JULY OR AUGUST, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING AND HOW IT WORKS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS CALLED BEFORE THEN, AND THEN GO INTO THE BOND ELECTION IN THE FALL AND NOVEMBER, 2026.
SO IF WE LOOK AT ALSO, THIS IS THE, THE, THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH OUR BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE, WHICH WE TERM B TIFF IS THEIR ACRONYM FOR SHORT AND SWEET, UH, OR TASK FORCE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL HEAR SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE, YOU CAN SEE FROM OCTOBER WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED, UM, JUST SORT OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BTF BRIEFING ON OPEN RECORDS, DOING A BOND 1 0 1, JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE SLIDES THAT WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAMS, WHAT DID THEY LOOK LIKE, HOW WERE THEY STRUCTURED? AND, UH, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.
AND THEN REALLY SINCE THIS SPRING WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE DEPARTMENTS COME IN AND DO A LOT MORE OF THE, THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THEY, WHAT ARE THEIR PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE, HOW MUCH DID THEY SPENT DOWN? AND THEN HERE'S THE FRAMEWORK FOR OUR 2026 BOND PROGRAM, AND HOW'S IT LOOKING LIKE GOING AS IT GOES FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY BOX, WHICH IS THE INITIAL REPORT OUT, UH, TO COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE, UM, THE BIG STAFF LIST COMING OUT, THE INITIAL LIST IN JULY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR SLIDES AND I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THE CHAIR COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, CHAIR, I'VE, I'VE GOT A QUESTION JUST, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE LIST OF PROJECTS, UM, THAT MAY BE PRESENTED, UM, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SITES SAYS WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE VS IN THE PAST VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AS FAR AS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT GOES.
SO THOSE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST, WILL THEY HAVE ANY TYPE OF SCOPING DONE ON THEM BEFORE THEY GO FOR APPROVAL? OR IS IT, IS THAT, IS THAT SORT OF THE INITIAL STEP? RIGHT.
UH, WE CAN SPEAK TO AND, AND GO AHEAD.
OH, I SAY WE COULD SPEAK TO THAT, BUT YES, WE, WE ARE INTERNALLY VETTING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE A PART OF OUR CDS TEAM DOING IN SOME OF THAT INITIAL PLANNING AND SCOPING ON, ON THE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO ARE THERE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT, THAT, UM, THE BIFF COULD RECOMMEND TO BE ON THE LIST THAT DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF SCOPING DONE THAT COULD STILL REMAIN ON THAT LIST? SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE PUBLIC PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR FROM THE BTIF IS TO, TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ADD TO THAT LIST AND SEE IF, UH, HOW THEY MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND HOW THEY WOULD KIND OF FALL IN LINE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITIES.
BUT, BUT THERE'S NO CRITERIA TO SAY THAT IN ORDER TO GET ON THE LIST YOU NEED TO HAVE SCOPING DONE ALREADY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME LEVEL OF SCOPING THAT'S DONE AND EVALUATED.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, OH, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, MY EXAMPLE, I, I WANNA BUILD A GONDOLA DOWN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTH CONGRESS.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, O OKAY, THAT NEEDS TO RUN THROUGH SOME KIND OF RUBRIC.
SO TO SAY THERE'S NO BACKGROUND THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IS NOT ACCURATE, BUT THERE, ON THE WEBSITE, THERE'S A PLACE FOR FOLKS TO SUBMIT POTENTIAL PROJECTS WHICH THEN GO IN, UM, WE'LL THEN GET ASSIGNED TO THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS FOR EVALUATION AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND RESPONSE WILL BE GIVEN IN TERMS OF, WELL, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT WE CAN CONSIDER, OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT GEO BOND ELIGIBLE, IT'S LIKE, WELL, THAT PROJECT IS NOT ELIGIBLE.
SO THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF, OF VETTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
AGAIN, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH BOTH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WITHIN ROUGHLY FIVE YEARS.
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SO WE COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE WITH MOST OF THESE MOVING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THAT SIX YEAR PROCESS.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
DEVELOPED A SIX YEAR FEASIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO THE TUNE OF $4.4 BILLION, AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE CAP AND STITCH PROGRAM.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW THAT MAY IMPACT YOUR, YOUR FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT? UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT WOULD JUST RE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN SOME OF THE BIGGER ONGOING CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY WITH COUNCIL, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE IS, IS WHAT DOES THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING AND WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY LEFT OVER FOR THE GEO BOND PROGRAM AND HOW DO WE START TO LOOK AT ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND MAYBE AS A FOLLOW UP IS, IS THERE ANY WAY WHERE, ANYWHERE WHERE WE CAN SEE THAT PRIORITY LIST? UH, SO TO SORT OF BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT MAY BE IF THE CAPTAIN STITCH PROGRAM GOES THROUGH THAT IS THE, UH, MUCH AWAITED LIST THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN, IN JULY.
UM, CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU, WHAT, WHAT IS THE SORT OF LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE OVERALL SORT OF LIKE, UM, GUIDELINES THAT YOU'RE WORKING IN IN DEVELOPING THE, THE PROJECT LIST? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S LIKE THESE SORT OF LIKE BIG PRINCIPLES, BUT ARE WE, ARE WE BOUND BY A NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN LIKE A AND YEAH.
SO THERE'S A, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THERE IN TERMS OF EVALUATING THE PROJECTS.
EACH DEPARTMENT IS COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR OWN PROJECT RANKING AND SCORING BASED ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
SO THEN, FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS WILL HAVE A RANKING ONE THROUGH 20, ONE THROUGH 25, WHATEVER THEIR LIST IS, RIGHT? SAYING THIS IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, NUMBER TWO, AND SO ON.
NOW THE QUESTION, THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, WELL, WHAT'S THE TOTAL PIE LOOK LIKE? YEAH.
THE NUMBER WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IS ABOUT $757 MILLION.
BUT THEN OFF OF THE TOP OF THAT WOULD BE KIND OF ANYTHING THAT WILL COME TO CAP AND STITCH.
YEAH, NOTHING'S REALLY SET IN STONE YET, BUT THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP SO FAR.
UM, AND THEN FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, LET'S JUST CALL IT SEVEN 50 JUST FOR MM-HMM
DISCUSSION SAKE, THERE'S THEN THE DISCUSSION OF, OKAY, HOW DOES THAT PIE GET SLICED UP? WHAT SLICE GOES TO TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, WHAT GOES TO PARKS, WHAT GOES TO HEALTH, WHAT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY? YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, THE SURVEY IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF, UH, ALLOWING FOLKS TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE PUBLIC PRIORITIES ARE AND KIND OF PRIORITIZING THOSE GENERAL LARGE BUCKETS THAT WE HAVE SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW WE SLICE THAT PIE NO MATTER HOW BIG THE PIE IS.
AND THE JULY LIST, THE BIG, THE BIG UNVEILING COMES WITH LIKE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ATTACHED YES.
TO CERTAIN ITEMS. IT'S MORE THAN 750 MILLION, I WOULD ASSUME.
THAT'S, AND THEN YEAH, IT'S, IT'S THE WHOLE THING, OR IT'S LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE SORT OF, IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE PRIORITIZE PRIORITIZED LIST MM-HMM
FROM THE, THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT'S GONNA COME FORWARD AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
OBVIOUSLY THE AMOUNT OF NEED FAR SURE EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE CHALLENGING DISCUSSIONS IS OKAY, WHAT MOVES FORWARD AND WHAT DOESN'T FROM THE NEEDS LIST INTO THE ACTUAL BOT PROGRAM.
AND THEN I THINK MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE LIKE, READY TO GO? YOU KNOW, LIKE IS THERE LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SCOPED AND SORT OF LIKE SHOVEL READY OR WHATEVER THE TERMINOLOGY IS? YEAH, I MEAN, A GOOD EXAMPLE ON THAT ONE IS STUFF LIKE THE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMATIC WORK WHERE YOU DON'T GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS ON THE WATERSHED SIDE THAT ARE EITHER AT OR NEAR A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN OKAY.
THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH DESIGN.
SO IT, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A, I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S A TYPICAL, BUT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMATIC STUFF MOVES FORWARD VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, STANDALONE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NEARING, UH, COMPLETION OF DESIGN THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD IF THEY GET FUNDED.
I, I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND THAT WAS RELATED TO THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND SCORING MATRICES.
IS, IS THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE? CAN WE SEE THAT? IT, IT ACTUALLY IS, YES.
WE SENT THAT OUT IN A, UH, MEMO.
SO, WHICH YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO A, A SEARCH.
SO IT WENT OUT TO THE B TIFF AND I BELIEVE TO COUNSEL, BUT, UH, SO IT SHOULD BE A LIVE DOCUMENT OUT THERE.
IT'S FLOATING AROUND BOND ELECTION TASK, TASK FORCE WEBSITES, PLACE FIND.
I HAVE A, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE SEVEN 50 MILLION, UH,
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DID I UNDERSTAND YOU JUST SAY FOR CLARITY, THAT CAME FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES, CORRECT? AS THE TOTAL OF THE BONDS THAT COULD BE PRESUMABLY, UH, ISSUED AND PROJECTS COMPLETED WITHIN THE SIX YEAR TIME TIMEFRAME, RIGHT? CORRECT.YEAH, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT FINANCIAL SERVICES ARE GIVEN, AND THAT'S REALLY A FUNCTION OF, UH, CAPACITY AND BOND RATING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IS CAP AND STITCH INCLUDED, IS THE INTENT TO FINANCE CAP AND STITCH THEIR BONDS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK COUNCIL'S MADE THAT DECISION YET IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT IS.
IF THEY DO DECIDE TO FINANCE IT THROUGH BONDS, THOUGH, IT WOULD COME OFF OF THAT TOTAL OF SEVEN 50 NUMBER.
SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES? I HAVEN'T BEEN THAT INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION THAT HAVE TO PART IN A SEPARATE, SEPARATE DISCUSSION, CREATED CREATIVE FINANCING.
I, HOWEVER, I SHOULD JUST, SINCE THERE IS A CROSSOVER HERE, I, KIM WILL BE AT OUR, UH, B TIFF MEETING, UH, NEXT WEEK.
SO SHE, SHE'S GONNA BE THERE TO HELP ANSWER A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE BOARD, THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE PROJECT CHARTERS CHARTER.
UH, SO PROJECT CHARTERS WERE BASICALLY, UM, WE HAVE A LONG SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT HELP DEFINE THE PROJECT.
AND AS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS US GAUGE MORE INFORMATION.
WE GET GPS COORDINATES SO WE CAN LOOK FOR EITHER CONFLICT OR OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM, UM, AND JUST PULL, JUST MASSAGE A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, FROM COST TO SCOPE TO, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU MEETING CLIMATE GOALS WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST EVERYTHING GOING DOWN THROUGH THAT, THAT REALLY CAN KIND OF, OF HELP FEED INFORMATION TO US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS COLLECTIVELY AS A, A CITY.
AND WILL THE, THOSE PROJECT CHARTERS COME OUT WITH THE LIST? SO THE PROJECT IN JULY? YEAH, THE PROJECT CHARTERS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE THINKING THAT CAN COME IN THE, UH, WORKING GROUPS BECAUSE IT'S A LOT MORE DETAILED.
BUT YEAH, THE CHARTERS, SO FOR ANY, ANY CITY DEPARTMENT THAT WANTED TO PUSH THEIR PROJECTS FROM THE BIG LIST TO THE PRIORITIZED LIST, WHICH IS THE 4.4, THEY FILLED OUT THE PROJECT CHARTERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE PULLED THE PRIORITIZED LIST AND THEY STARTED TO KIND OF RANK THROUGH 'EM.
SO THE INFORMATION IS THERE, UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THAT INFO GOING INTO THAT DETAILED INFORMATION IS INTO THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, UH, COMMISSION.
IN ADDITION TO THE, THE TASK FORCE, THE TASK FORCE HAS DIVIDED THEMSELVES UP INTO WORKING GROUPS MM-HMM
AND ARE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PROJECTS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS OR WATERSHED OR WHATEVER.
AND THOSE A LOT, BECAUSE I'M ON SOME OF THOSE WORK GROUPS AND THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS KEEP COMING UP MM-HMM
SO I THINK THE PROJECT CHARTERS WILL BE VERY USEFUL FOR THE WORK GROUPS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3. Staff briefing from the Austin Public Health on the bond programs ]
AND THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR AGENDA IS A STAFF BRIEFING FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.I'M A FACILITIES PLANNING MANAGER WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
I'M
WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PROGRESS AND ALL UPON PROJECTS.
WE, UH, FINISHED OUR LAST PROJECT, UH, LATE LAST YEAR, SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF GO OVER EVERYTHING.
AND AS YOU HEARD OUR COLLEAGUES PRIOR TO US, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR SOME NEW PROJECTS TO BE ON THE NEXT BOND.
AND, UH, WE ARE HERE TO KIND OF BRAG A LITTLE BIT HOW WE BUILD WITHIN TIMEFRAME AND WITHIN THE BUDGET.
UM, JUST THE FIRST LITTLE OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, PROVIDES, UH, A VARIETY OF SERVICES.
NOT ALL ARE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC BY ANY CHANCE, MAYBE, BUT, UH, UH, WE PROVIDE LOW COST VACCINATIONS, VARIOUS HEALTH SCREENINGS, UH, INFANT AND MATERNAL HEALTH, UH, BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES.
WE INSPECT ALL KINDS OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, UH, PROVIDE, UH, DIABETES EDUCATION.
UM, WE EVEN DO MOSQUITOES, TESTINGS AND ABATEMENT, AND THEN ALSO DO RENT ASSISTANCE, FOOD PANTRIES, SEASONAL SERVICES.
WE COULD EASILY ADD A FEW MORE SLIDES, UH, TO THIS WITH ALL THE SIDE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA.
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WE DO ALL THAT FROM SOME 30 FACILITIES.UH, MOST WERE BUILT IN THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT, UM, 14 W CLINICS, SIX NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, UH, MISCELLANEOUS CLINICS, SOME, UH, OFFICE BUILDINGS.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTED, UH, OVER 60% BY FEDERAL GRANTS.
SO AS THE POLITICAL CLIMATE CHANGES, OUR FUNDING CHANGES AND ABILITY TO DO STUFF.
BUT FOR US, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN OFFER COMMUNITY AND NEW FACILITY AND PROVIDE NEW SERVICES IS THROUGH THESE BOND PROJECTS.
WE DON'T HAVE A, A GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT CAN BUILD A BUILDING, AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE CASE.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT A HISTORY OF THE BOND GIVINGS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
IN THE LAST SORT OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY QUARTER CENTURY, WE RECEIVED, UH, 0.7% OF ALL THE BOND, UH, UH, BOND, UH, UH, GIVING, UH, APPROPRIATIONS.
UH, THE SLIDE THAT SORT OF IS VERY VISUAL ABOUT IT IS THIS ONE.
UH, IT, IT USUALLY CAUSES ALL KINDS OF REACTIONS, BUT IT IS A TRUE SLIDE.
THIS CAME FROM OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT OF THEIR, UH, TORAH ANALYSIS.
UM, UH, WITHIN THE LAST TWO BOND PROJECTS, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST.
WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, UH, ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET.
IN 2000, UH, 12, WE HAD FOUR PROJECTS, AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
UH, AND THEN ON THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2012, WE HAD PROPOSITION 17.
WE EXPENDED ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU CAN SEE OUT OF, UH, 11 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, FIRST PROJECT, UH, THAT WE, UH, STARTED AND COMPLETED IN TIME WAS A PARKING LOT EXPANSIONS.
IT WAS FOR OUR, ONE OF OUR TWO OLDEST SITES, UH, WHERE WE EXPANDED DOUBLE THE PARKING, UH, CAPACITY, UH, DID SOME DRAINAGE, UH, LANDSCAPING.
UH, IT WAS DONE IN-HOUSE BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO, UH, SAVE ON THE OUTSIDE CONTRACTING.
AND, UH, IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2016.
UH, THE PICTURES ARE THE LEAST INTERESTING OF ALL THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY, EXCEPT THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT IT'S STILL PRETTY PROMINENT ON THE MONTOPOLIS DRIVE.
OUR NEXT PROJECT WAS THE, UH, BETTY DUNKERLEY CAMPUS THAT WAS A MUCH MORE INVOLVED ONE THE, BUT THE BOND PROVIDED FOR 1.7 MILLION.
THE SCOPE WAS, UH, UH, TO SOLVE A MULTI-DECADE DRAINAGE ISSUE.
EVERY, UH, RAIN SEASON, HALF OF THE CAMPUS WOULD NOT BE USABLE WITH LIKE DEEP WATER THAT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE.
UH, WE IMPROVED CAMPUS ROAD, UH, CONSTRUCTED ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS.
UH, WE ALSO ADDED 90 NEW, UM, PARKING SPACES FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED FROM CAMPUS.
THOSE ARE OUR VITAL RECORD SERVICES AND ANIMAL SERVICES AT THAT TIME.
ANIMAL SERVICES WERE PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE, UM, COMPLETED THAT IN, UH, 2017.
ALSO ADDED, UH, A WHOLE WING OF KENNELS TO ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE ON, ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT'S LIKE A ELABORATE PLAN OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME FEW CUTE DOGS JUST FOR THE EFFECT SERVICES STILL, UH, CORRECT.
SO THAT IS THEIR MAIN AND ONLY LOCATION.
UH, THE, UH, NEXT PROJECT WAS, UH, WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER.
THAT IS THE FACILITY THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT, UH, OPERATED BY THE SALVATION ARMY.
UH, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD NOW.
UH, WHEN WE WORKED ON IT, IT PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE, UM, ANY UPGRADES FOR MAYBE FOUR DECADES.
SO WE DID A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.
WE EXPANDED CAPACITY BY ADDING A WHOLE LINK TO THE ADDING 36, UH, BEDS.
THAT WAS, UH, ALMOST LIKE A THIRD OF THE, THEIR WHOLE CAPACITY.
WE ADDED A, A WHOLE NEW FACILITY AS A DAYCARE, UH, PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF A DA UPGRADES AND, UH, SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THIS WAS 6.7 MILLION TOTAL BOND FUNDING, 3.8.
AND THE CITY PROVIDED 2.9, UH, THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2000, UH, 18.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE NEW BUILDINGS LOOK FANTASTIC IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY THAT, THAT, THAT SHELTER IS CONSTANTLY, UH, AT FULL CAPACITY WITH A LONG WAITING LIST.
SO ANY SORT OF BEDS THAT WE ADDED ARE WELL USED.
UH, NEXT PROJECT, UH, FROM THAT LAST PROJECT, FROM THAT 2012 BOND WAS, UM, ONTOP EXTRACTS AND, AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING PROJECT BECAUSE IT WAS A COLLABORATION AND CONJOINING OF, UH, TWO DEPARTMENTS, PARKS AND RECS AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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UH, UH, OUR BOND, UH, UH, APPROPRIATIONS AND SAVED QUITE A BIT, UH, BY DOING A JOINT FACILITY.SO NOW OVER THERE IT'S, UH, WE HAVE A FULL REC CENTER THAT'S OFFERED FULL SERVICE, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, AND, UH, YOUTH SERVICES.
OUR IS THE, UH, NORTH WING WITH TWO FLOORS, AND ON THE PHOTOS THAT WAS, UH, 15.5 MILLION COMPLETED IN, UH, 2020.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, UH, THE BUILDING LOOKS FANTASTIC.
UH, IT WAS BUILT ON TIME WITHIN BUDGET, UH, WHICH WE TAKE A GREAT PRIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN TWO DEPARTMENTS WORK ON THE SAME PROJECTS.
A LOT MORE COORDINATION GOING ON THE, IN THE LAST BOND, 2018, WE HAD ONLY ONE PROJECT, UH, GIVEN TO US, UH, $16 MILLION.
UH, THAT WAS COMPLETED LAST OCTOBER.
UH, AGAIN, UH, INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT, UH, WE COMPLETED IT DURING COVID DURING, DURING, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS.
DURING ALL THAT INFLAMMATORY INCREASES IN, IN THE CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO IT, UH, ON TIME WITHIN BUDGET.
THE REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS WILL ALSO BE EXPANDED WITH THE LAST CHANGE ORDER THAT CAME AFTER THE FACILITY WAS OPEN.
SO WE'LL BE VERY CLOSE TO ZERO ON THIS BOND.
SO, UH, AND THE FACILITIES, I'LL SHOW YOU A VERY NICE VIDEO, BUT FACILITIES OPEN, UH, ALL THE SERVICES PROVIDED, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 24,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THEY'RE FULL SERVICE, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, WIC CLINIC, IMMUNIZATION CLINIC, HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER, YOUTH SERVICES, UH, MULTIPURPOSE SPACES, AND, UH, COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FOR BOTH EVENTS AND, UH, CLASSES.
AND WE ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH PARK THAT, UH, GAVE US PIECE OF THAT LAND SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THIS FACILITY.
UH, WE ARE UPDATING THEIR, UH, SOCCER FIELDS AND, UH, PARK TRAILS IN THE VICINITY.
UH, THE, THE BOND FUNDING WAS 16 MILLION, AND THEN 4 MILLION WAS IN ADDITION BECAUSE A CHILDCARE CENTER WAS ADDED AFTER THE FACT.
SO THAT CAME FROM THE CITY'S, UH, GENERAL FUND, AND IT WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER, 2024.
AND THE LAST SLIDE IS, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL WORK, UM, IS TO SHOW YOU, UH, A GOOD SORT OF DRONE VIDEO OF THE NEW FACILITY.
UH, SEE IF WE CAN CLICK ON IT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, MS. ARI, WHO WAS OUR PROJECT MANAGER IN MOST OF THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS.
AND WITH HER LEADERSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO BE ON TIME WITHIN THE BUDGET.
AND SHE EVEN CAME BACK FROM RETIREMENT TO HELP US WITH THE DO SPRINGS, WHICH WAS TRULY A MIRACLE TO BE FINISHED ON TIME DURING COVID TIMES AND SUPPLY CHAIN NIGHTMARES.
AND WITH THAT, UH, OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT, TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REC AND COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER.
I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE FUNCTIONS UNDER BOTH.
I DON'T SEE ANY, I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD THINK OF AS HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE MON ON TOPLESS CENTER.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY.
THE, THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACILITY, WE HAVE THE NORTH AND SOUTH WING.
UH, THE SOUTH WING IS THE, UH, RECREATION FACILITIES, LIKE A BASKETBALL COURT, A GYM, THE BOXING GYM.
UH, AND THEN ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE, UH, YOU HAVE FULL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
WE PROVIDE SERVICES FROM, UM, UH, HELPING WITH FOOD PANTRIES, CLOSED PANTRIES, SOCIAL WORK, HELPING PEOPLE APPLY FOR JOBS.
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SERVICES THAT COME FROM VARIOUS NONPROFITS.UH, THEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WE HAVE YOUTH SERVICES THAT KIND OF TAKE CARE OF KIDS THAT NEED HELP WHEN PARENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
SO THEY CAN SPEND SOME TIME IN THE REC CENTER.
THEN ALSO GET SOME OF THE AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATION AT THE YOUTH SERVICES FLOOR.
UH, IT, IT IS A REALLY GREAT SYNERGY BECAUSE, UH, SAME SORT OF, UH, POPULATION THAT REC CENTER SERVES, WE SERVE, IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL.
THERE'S A GREAT PLACE GAPE AROUND.
SO WHEN, UH, UH, PARENTS COME TO DROP THE KIDS TO SOME AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, THE REC CENTER, THEY CAN ALSO STOP BY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND GET SOME FOOD OR GET SOME SOCIAL SERVICES.
IT, IT DOES WORK WELL, WELL TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE DO VERY SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS BASICALLY IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
SO, SO WHY WASN'T THE SAME CONCEPT USED IN DOVE SPRINGS? SO DOVE SPRINGS ALREADY HAS AN EXISTING REC CENTER, SO THAT SYNERGY CONTINUES TO EXIST AND BE IN PLAY.
UH, THE REC CENTER THAT'S EXISTING DOVE SPRING IS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM OUR FACILITY OR A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS.
SO WE ARE CONNECTED WITH THESE TRAILS THAT WE BUILD OUT TO NOW.
EVERYTHING BE CONNECTED, WE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S IN BETWEEN THESE TWO FACILITIES.
AND, UH, THE SAME THING KIND OF APPLIES THERE TOO.
THEY, THEY WERE HELPFUL, UH, BY LETTING US USE THAT LAND.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN WE GET THE BOND, IF THERE'S NOT AVAILABLE LAND, WE HAVE TO ASK FOR QUITE A LOT MORE TO PROCURE THE LAND.
SO WE DID THIS, IT WAS A HUGE SAVING FOR THE CITY.
AND THERE'S CHAPTER 26 GOING THROUGH THE PARKS BOARD AND THERE'S QUITE, QUITE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE DONE.
BUT WE GOT A FREE LAND AND SORT OF THINKING OF IT IN TERMS OF 2026.
SO, SO WE, AND THERE, THERE ALL THESE REQUESTS FOR THIS KIND OF CENTER AND THAT KIND OF CENTER.
AND I THINK I'VE HEARD SOME DISCUSSION OF HUBS.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE'RE STILL ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THAT OUTSIDE OF THE YOUR BTE COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
AND WE ARE QUITE OPEN TO SYNERGY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IF THAT WOULD SAVE THE FUNDING OR SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF APPROVAL.
UH, AS DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES BOTH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMBINED, WE REALLY CAN WORK WITH ANYONE.
UH, AND IT WORKS WELL FOR THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
BUT THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE, UM, GUEST GARCIA CENTER.
WHERE THERE'S A REQUEST TO SEPARATE THE FUNCTIONS BETWEEN RECREATION CENTER AND SENIOR CENTER.
SO THAT IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE
BUT, UH, UH, BUT, UH, IN, IN, IN OUR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PARTS AND RECS DEPARTMENT, MONIS NOW FOR FIVE YEARS, UH, WE'VE ONLY SEEN POSITIVES.
WERE NOT ANY NEGATIVE EVEN, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
WHO PAYS FOR WHAT? THAT'S USUALLY SOLVED LIKE ONCE A YEAR WITH A ONE HOUR MEETING.
SO IT'S NOT THERE, THERE'S REALLY NO EITHER TECHNICAL ISSUES ON THE SIDE OF FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
UH, AND FOR CLIENTS DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL.
LIKE I, I I CAN SEE ANY NEGATIVE THING OF THINGS BEING CONJOINED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? THANK YOU.
KA IT IS CERTAINLY GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL AROUND
AND I HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DOLLARS AND PROJECTS YES.
[4. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair]
ON THE AGENDA THEN IS THE CONDUCT OFFICER ELECTIONS FOR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.BEFORE I ASK FOR NOMINATIONS, JOHN, I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AND ASK YOU IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.
I AM, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT.
ANY, IS THERE A PREFERENCE, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION ON WHICH WE DO FIRST CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR? IF THERE, IF NOT, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WE, UH, GO AHEAD WITH THE CHAIR ELECTION AND ASK FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR FOR CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR?
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YEAH.WELL, I'LL BE GLAD TO DO IT AGAIN.
I JUST, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, I HAVE A NOMINATION.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR JOHN MCNABB FOR ANOTHER TERM AS CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS? UH, A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS MOTION IS MADE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.
AND, UM, DO WE NEED A VOTE THEN FOR THE WE CAN, YEAH.
SO I'LL ASK FOR A ROLL CALL ON ELECTING JOHN AS THE CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'LL GO TO NOMINATIONS FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? THIS IS A SILLY QUESTION, BUT WHO ARE, ARE YOU OUR CURRENT VICE CHAIR? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A VICE CHAIR.
NO, OUR VICE CHAIR, UM, FOR TERM EXPIRED COUNCIL ELECTION.
SO THEY'RE AHEAD OF STEPPED OUT.
WELL, I WOULD NOMINATE YOU CHARLES
JOHN, I'M GONNA HEY YOU BACK FOR THIS
I DID THE SAME THING TO JOHN AND ASKED HIM TO STEP UP FIRST BECAUSE I HAD SOME ILLNESS AND ASK HIM TO FILL IN FOR ME.
I WAS FORMALLY A CHAIR IN THE PAST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? OKAY.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED FOR VICE CHAIR AND, AND SEVERAL CALL PER ROLE.
COMMISSIONER MCNABB? I COULDN'T HEAR HIM.
THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS AND I'LL SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS IS THERE, DOES ANYONE HAVE
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
ANY ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA? AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE, BUT NOT IN JULY.I ASK WHAT'S ON THE, ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING? UH, WE HAVE, WATERSHED IS AHEAD.
YEAH, WE HAVE WATERSHED COMING, UM, IN JUNE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON, STILL WORKING ON OUR AGENDA, UM, FOR ANY POTENTIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES AS THEY WERE ALSO UNSCHEDULED, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR.
DO WE PLAN TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE BOND TASK FORCE AT SOME POINT? WAS THAT PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED? I'M TRYING TO RECALL.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD THAT ON THERE.
THAT, SO THAT WAS MARCUS WHAT HE DID TODAY.
THAT WAS, HE WAS INITIALLY SCHEDULED EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND SO HE JUST, THAT'S FROM THE BOND.
YES, THAT'S, WE HAD BEEN WAITING TO PUT HIM, BUT IN ADDITION TO, WE'VE, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MEMBERS ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO REPORT TO THE, UH, COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE BOND TASK FORCE TO BRIEF THE COMMISSION ON THE DISCUSSIONS.
AND WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT AS A REGULAR ITEM EACH MONTH.
HAVING IT ON THE AGENDA ALSO HELPS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE TASK FORCE GIVES A REMINDER TO BE PREPARED TO DO THAT WHEN THEY COME
UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, WHEN WE HAD THE BRIEFING, AND
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I GUESS IT WAS FEBRUARY FROM HOUSING, UM, SANTIAGO ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE, OF THE BRIEFING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR, I THINK YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR PROJECTION FOR WHEN THE BONDS WOULD BE SOLD? AND ALSO, UH, WHAT IS YOUR PROJECTION, UM, FOR, UM, I THINK IT WAS RELATED TO THE CONVERSATION SAN DIAGO ABOUT WHEN THE BONDS WOULD BE SOLD.IT WAS JUST A, IT IS A SPIN DOWN CURVE AND IF THAT CHANGES OVER TIME, WE NEED TO SEE THAT POSSIBLE.
AND, AND I THINK IT RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT INSTRUCTIONS ARE WE GIVING DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS? WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT EXPECTATION ARE WE GIVING DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT ALL THEY SHOULD SHOULD INCLUDE? BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THE BOND, THE, THE BOND PROJECTIONS IN THE PAST AND, UH, WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THOSE BOND PROJECTIONS JUST IN TERMS OF THE ACCURACY OF THEM.
UM, AND THEY SEEMED TO HAVE KIND OF DROPPED OFF THE AGENDA.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS PURPOSELY IT, IT'S NOT.
SO THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND WE KNEW, THE PRESENTATION WE SAW FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TODAY WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEPARTURE FROM THE STANDARD TEMPLATE.
WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE BEEN SHARING THAT TEMPLATE WITH ALL THE PRESENTING DEPARTMENTS AND WE WERE ON A PRETTY GOOD STREAK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THROUGH THE WINTER LAST YEAR.
AND UP UNTIL TODAY, UM, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH THAT.
UM, WITH THAT FILE ITSELF, I THINK THERE'S SOME MATERIAL THAT'S NOT THAT TEMPLATE THAT WE'VE BEEN USING TO SHARE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND IN ORDER FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THEY COULD SHARE TODAY, THEY USE THEIR OWN EXISTING, UM, WE'RE GONNA, IF WE HAVE TO RECREATE THAT TEMPLATE FROM SCRATCH SO THAT IT'S NOT LOCKED AND THE, UM, DEPARTMENTS CAN USE THAT TO MAKE THE UPDATES.
WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND DO THAT.
UM, SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN MORE TECHNICALLY SAVVY THAN OTHERS AND ABLE TO GET IN, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THOSE CURVES AND SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT WERE, WERE USED IN THE PAST ARE WHAT THIS COMMISSION'S LOOKING FOR.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY, UM, WORK WITH THE FUTURE PRESENTING DEPARTMENTS TO, TO GO BACK TO THAT STANDARD.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER POINT THAT CAME OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION, JAMIE MADE A COMMENT, UH, THAT HE WOULD NEED TO CHECK WITH TREASURY.
AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT I THINK, UH, SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED A LONG TIME AGO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THERE BOND SALE, THEIR EXPENDITURE PROJECTION, AND WHEN BONDS ARE SOLD BECAUSE OF REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS.
AND, UM, JAMIE'S POINT WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BONDS ARE SOLD.
I KNOW WHEN WE SPEND THE MONEY, AND THAT'S REALLY ACTUALLY TRUE OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHEN THE BONDS ARE SOLD BECAUSE THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION IS PASSED.
UM, WHEN THE PROJECT IS AUTHORIZED, THAT ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN SPENDING MONEY AND THEN IT WOULD BE REIMBURSED, UM, LATER IN A BOND SALE.
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE LOOKING AT A 2026 BOND ELECTION INSTEAD OF A 2024 BOND ELECTION IS BECAUSE WE HAD AN EXCESS OF, UH, AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED BONDS.
AND THE CITY HAS FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT SAY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE A BOND ELECTION UNTIL YOU'RE AUTHORIZED.
BUT UNISSUED BONDS IS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.
SO WHEN WE HAD AN EXCESS OF AUTHORIZED BID ISSUE BONDS BECAUSE OF DELAYS, PARTLY BECAUSE OF DELAYS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, THEN WE HAD TO POSTPONE BOND ELECTIONS, WHICH HAS CREATED THE ISSUE OF PENT UP DEMAND FOR BOND BOND PROJECTS.
UM, SO IS THERE, HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THAT ISSUE OF THE AUTHORIZED AND ISSUED BONDS?
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'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING, REALLY GETTING THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM CURVE, THE, THE EXPENDITURE CURVE, UH, I I SUSPECT THE ANSWER IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON, OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL IN SOME EXPERTISE FROM FSD, THE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR DEPARTMENT THAT ARE, UM, ACT ACTUALLY EXECUTING.IT WON'T HAVE THAT VISIBILITY AND WE'LL HAVE TO RELY ON THE, THE TREASURER TO, TO GIVE US THAT FIDELITY.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THAT QUESTION AND START SEEING WHAT WE CAN PULL IN, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS.
SO WE MAY REACH OUT TO YOU, UM, OFFLINE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ASKING THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
AND MAY I, IT MAY BE JUST AS SIMPLE AS, UH, AS, AS BEING A SEPARATE REPORT ON AUTHORIZED, BUT ON ISSUE BONES, I, I DON'T KNOW, FOR, FOR EVERYTHING FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN TRACK THAT DOWN HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH.
UH, THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'VE HARPED ON, UM, ENDLESSLY
AND ALL OF THAT GOES INTO A PROJECTION OF ARE WE GOING TO MEET OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECTS? WE SAID WERE GONNA BE COMPLETED IN SIX YEARS.
ARE THEY GONNA BE COMPLETED IN SIX YEARS? IT, IT DOES.
AND THERE'S A FEW, UM, LINES OF EFFORT THAT ARE STARTING TO CONVERGE THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US GET THAT VISIBILITY.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IN IN THIS COMMISSION BEFORE, THE NEW, UM, PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING NOW MM-HMM
IT'LL ALLOW US TO, TO BETTER LAY OUT THAT SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE THOSE MILESTONES.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ONES IS WHAT YOU, UM, HEARD EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW, UM, POTENTIAL NEW BONDS IN 2026, A LOT OF THAT HOMEWORK'S GONNA BE DONE UP FRONT WHERE THERE'S A MUCH, UM, CLEARER BASELINE THAT ACTUALLY HAS THOSE MILESTONES AS, AS PART OF THAT BASELINE UPFRONT BEFORE AN ELECTION EVEN OCCURS.
SO LIKE WE SAID, SOME WILL BE TEED UP FOR IMMEDIATE DESIGN OR IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE'LL KNOW ON EVERYTHING THAT MAKES THE CUT FOR THAT LIST WHERE WE EXPECT TO SEE THOSE MILESTONES.
SO TAKING TOGETHER, UM, IT, IT WON'T NECESSARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN, IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS WE'RE ALREADY, UM, SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A LOT MORE SUCCESS.
WHERE, WHERE WILL THAT INFORMATION BE HOUSED? THOSE BENCHMARKS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE 2026 BOND ELECTIONS, THOSE WILL BE HOUSED IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
SO THE, WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO COME ONLINE? IT'S COMING ONLINE IN PHASES ON ALREADY.
IT'S, IT WILL NOT REPLACE E PRE OUR SYSTEM NOW.
IT'LL KIND OF SIT ON TOP OF IT.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT OUT IN A, A MODULAR FORM.
SO EVEN BEFORE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE USING THAT AS OUR SYSTEM OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
BY THE TIME 26 PROJECTS HIT, IT SHOULD BE FULLY UP AND RUNNING.
SO THOSE, THE THE BENCHMARKS THAT, THAT YOU'RE BUILDING FOR THE 2026 ELECTION WOULD BE, UM, X MONTHS FROM THE TIME THE PROJECT IS, UH, AUTHORIZED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO YOU, YOU, FOR INSTANCE MM-HMM
YOU'RE, LET'S SAY THAT THE GONDOLA PROJECT SURE.
THEN THE BENCHMARKS FOR THE GONDOLA PROJECT FOR, FOR, AGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONTRACTS LET, WOULD BE X NUMBER OF MONTHS FROM THE TIME IT WAS PUT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
IT RATHER THAN SAYING THE GONDOLA PROJECT CONTRACTS WILL BE LET IN 2028, THE QUESTION.
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THE, THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH LAYS OUT FIVE YEARS OF PROJECTS.
THEY ALSO INCLUDE APPROVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH IS WHEN A PROJECT ACTUALLY CAN BEGIN CORRECT.
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SPENDING MONEY.AND SO THOSE, THE BROAD MILESTONES WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE USE NOW, THE, THE PRE-DESIGN, THE DESIGN, THE, UM, BID AND AWARD PHASE CONSTRUCTION, POST-CONSTRUCTION, UM, EACH PROJECT THAT WAS MOVING FORWARD AS A APPROVED CIP PROJECT WOULD THEN BE LOADED INTO THAT TEMPLATE.
SO UNDER ERI OR OUR NEW PMIS SYSTEM, IT WOULD HAVE THOSE PHASES WITH DATES ASSIGNED TO THEM AND, AND LIKE YOU'RE SUGGESTING, UM, THAT WOULD BE MORE GRANULAR.
SO IT WOULD BE LOOKING AT SIX MONTHS VERSUS JUST A FY 27 OR, OR SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY BROAD STROKE.
SO THEN THE FIRST BUDGET, FIRST CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WOULD INCLUDE 26, 20 26 BOND PROJECTS WOULD BE THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR UM, 26 27.
THE ONE THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 26.
YEAH, IT'D BE THE FY 27 BUDGET YEAR.
THAT'D BE 27 28 THEN, CORRECT.
SO OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD,
HOW MANY MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS DO WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, UH, RIGHT NOW? OH, UM, BALLPARK, STILL AROUND 6 BILLION THAT ARE IN SOME, SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT PIPELINE FROM, THAT'S GEO, GEO PROJECTS.
YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE TOTAL, THAT'S OUR TOTAL.
I, YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I I WAS GONNA SAY, IF WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE FEATURE ITEMS LIST, WE, WE CAN GO INTO DETAIL.
I'M NOT, I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD THAT AS A FUTURE ITEM.
I THE TRANSITION, MAYBE A DISCUSSION OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HOW WE'RE MANAGING YEAH.
CAPITAL PROJECTS NOW AND HOW THE 2026 AND IN THAT PART OF THAT TRANSITION WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WE CAN, I THINK WE CAN HAVE A KIND OF AN INITIAL OUTLINE OF THAT, UM, CERTAINLY BY NEXT MONTH AND GREAT.
ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA? THANK YOU.
IF NOT THREE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YEP.
AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CURTIS.