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AND NICOLE, YOU WANNA DO THE ROLL, ROLL CALL? YES, SIR.
AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
[1. Approval of the minutes of the Regular meeting of the Bond Oversight Commission on August 20, 2025.]
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I HAVE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A CORRECTION, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE MINUTES OKAY.
THAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, AT LEAST AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING, UH, THIS FALL.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, A WAY OF, UM, LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT WAY OF EXERCISING OVERSIGHT, GIVEN THAT THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST THAT INCLUDED ESTIMATED SPENDING HAVE NOT PROVED TO BE, UM, ACCURATE, UH, WITH THE RESULT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A, THE CITY'S IN A POSITION OF HAVING, UH, A LEVEL OF UNSOLD BONDS THAT IS PROBLEMATIC IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING ELECTIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING, UH, PRESENTATIONS FROM, UH, ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND ALSO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND THEN PRESENTATION ON, UM, THE NEW SYSTEM THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS IS BUILDING OR MAYBE HAS BUILT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS, THE UM, BUT PRESUMABLY A SYSTEM THAT WE MIGHT BE USING IN THE PROCESS OF TRACKING THE PROGRESS ON PROJECTS.
I WONDERED, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS ADDED AS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE MINUTES, JUST SO WE HAVE A RECORD THAT WE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ORDER IN WHICH WE, THE PRESENTATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THEM, UH, PRESUMABLY ON TWO DIFFERENT MONTHS.
SCHEDULING 'EM IN THE FUTURE, BUT, OKAY.
SO YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO AMEND THEM AND THEN THEY'LL BE APPROVED AS AMENDED BY ADDING THE, UM, FUTURE PRESENTATIONS AND THE, UH, YEAH.
YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY GET, BUT BEFORE WE HAD THE MOTION TO APPROVE, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A CORRECTION 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE ALWAYS LIST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SURE.
BUT AS IN ADDITION TO THE MINUTES.
AND WITH THAT ADDITION, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AND THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE,
BUT AT ANY RATE, WE'LL GET HIM EVENTUALLY, UH, WITH ANY LUCK AT ALL.
[2. Staff briefing from Austin Fire Department and Austin/Travis County EMS on Public Bond Projects.]
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE, UH, TO THE, FOR THE STAFF BRIEFING BY THE, UH, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE EMS AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.ERIC JAKOSKIZ, DIVISION CHIEF WITH AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVEN WHITE AND, UH, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
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CHIEF THAYER SMITH.UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A SHORT LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE ON BEHALF FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES ON OUR 2018, UH, FIRE EMS BOND PROJECTS.
UM, IF WE CAN COVER, I'M HOLDING THE QUICKER, OKAY.
AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG? OKAY.
WE'D COME HERE WITH, UH, GREAT HAPPINESS AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF DELAY AND, YOU KNOW, PROJECT WORK AND EVERYTHING.
ALL FIVE OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THREE JOINT, UH, AUSTIN FIRE AND AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS STATION RENOVATIONS AND TWO STANDALONE EMS STATION RENOVATIONS ARE ALL, UH, BEEN COMPLETED, UH, OR AT LEAST INTO A STAGE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, UH, PENDING THEIR FINAL, UH, COMPLETION WALK.
UM, BUT ALL STATIONS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO ACTIVE SERVICE AND RIGHT NOW, BOTH AUSTIN FIRE RESOURCES AND AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS RESOURCES ARE ALL AT THE STATIONS.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE BY THE SLIDE.
UH, WE MOVED INTO SPAM BETWEEN EARLY MAY IS WHEN THE FIRST STATION OPENED UP AT EMS SEVEN, FIRE EIGHT, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TILL EMS FIVE.
THERE WAS A FEW DELAYS WITH SOME OF THE, UH, COMPLETION PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME, UH, AS THEY WERE GETTING SOME OF THE, UH, HVAC SYSTEMS ONLINE AT THAT POINT.
BUT ALL STATIONS HAVE NOW BEEN IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETIONS.
UH, ACTUALLY IN THE STAGE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE FINISHING PUNCH WALKS.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE PUNCH WALK CENTER TO THE FINAL POINT OF DOING THE FINAL WALK TO GET THE, UM, PERMANENT COMPLETION.
SO I WANT TO SAY NEXT SLIDE EACH TIME.
STATION ONE, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME OF THESE SLIDES BEFORE MM-HMM
BUT THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WAS ON JUNE 9TH.
UM, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE STATION'S FOOTPRINT FROM ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, THE STATION WAS, UH, DUE TO AN INCREASE OF OUR CALL VOLUME, A LACK OF SPACE FOR, UH, BEING ABLE TO HOUSE A SECOND AMBULANCE THERE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, BEING OUR FIRST ORIGINAL STATION IN, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FROM, FOR EMS, IT WAS, UH, WOEFULLY KIND OF, UH, UNDER EQUIPPED ON THE FACILITIES FOR THE CRUISE AND THE A DA.
SO IT SHOWS THE TWO PICTURES HERE, THE PRE RENOVATION PHOTO AND THE POST RENOVATION PHOTO, TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THE SECOND ONE IS GONNA BE EMS STATION FIVE.
UH, THIS IS UP ON KENIG AND LAMAR.
UH, WE HAD SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN JUNE 20TH.
UM, THIS STATION IS NOW A HUB FOR BOTH, UH, OUR FIELD EMS RESPONSE AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME.
OUR DESIGNATED MENTAL OFF, UM, DE DESIGNATED MEDICAL OFFICER AND OUR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARE BOTH OUT OF THE STATION NOW.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT DISTINCT PROGRAMS RUNNING OUT.
THE DM DESIGNATED MEDICAL OFFICERS ARE OUR CLINICAL SIDE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BASICALLY, UH, GO OUT AND DO THE CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND ALSO CLINICAL OVERSIGHT AND, UH, FEEDBACK FOR THE CREWS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS PART OF THE INTEGRATED SERVICES, UM, AND CLINICAL NAVIGATION NOW THAT WE DO WHERE THE PAS CAN GO OUT AND DO DIRECT CARE, UH, SAVING PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AS THEIR ONLY RESORT AND THEIR ONLY FINAL DESTINATION.
UH, AGAIN, THIS STATION OPENED UP ON JUNE 20TH.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, FIRE STATION EIGHT EMS STATION SEVEN.
UH, IT WAS THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS INTERESTING, IT WAS THE LAST ONE STARTING TO CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING THE FIRST THAT WAS, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO, UM, IT, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, UPGRADE FOR THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE, UH, IN LIVING QUARTERS AND FACILITY.
AND THEN ALSO FOR EMS, WE WENT FROM A SINGLE BEDROOM THAT WAS, UH, A MULTITUDE OF BED BEDS AND ONE BEDROOM TO INDIVIDUAL SLEEPING QUARTERS NOW FOR THE CREW THERE AS WELL AS EX EXPANDED SPACE.
NEXT UP ON DUVAL, WE HAVE, UH, FIRE STATION 25 EMS 10.
UH, IT WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE 13TH.
UM, THIS STATION WAS THE FIRST STATION THAT ACTUALLY WAS, UH, UNDER RENOVATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE IS GRATEFUL NOW THAT THE STATION IS OPENED BACK UP AGAIN AND IS IN FULL OPERATIONS.
UH, PRETTY, PRETTY SIGN SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, THE EMS SIDE SINCE WE WERE BASICALLY A SMALL FOOTPRINT IN THE BACK WITH A ONE BAY AND A, I WOULD CALL IT LIKE A TWO BEDROOM TYPE OF STATION.
SO IT REALLY IS AN IMPRESSIVE FACILITY UP THERE NOW, SERVING THAT COMMUNITY UP THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE FIRE STATION 23 EMS 13 OVER ON RUNDBERG EAST RUNDBERG.
UH, THE STATIONED OPENED UP ON MAY 13TH AND ALSO IT WAS
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A, A SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION WITH ADDED FACILITIES BOTH IN BATHROOM FACILITIES.THIS WAS A UNIQUE STATION WHERE OUR PROVIDERS FROM EMS ACTUALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE RESTROOM FACILITIES, UH, THE SHOWER AREA TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE APPARATUS BAY TO GO RESPOND IN.
AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THAT'S CAN BE A LITTLE BIT AN AWKWARD SITUATION MM-HMM
WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, MIXED CREWS AND STUFF.
SO THIS STATION IS NOW, UH, AN IMPRESSIVE STATION OVER ON LAMAR, UH, AND IS OPERATING BOTH, UM, EMS FIRE AND, UH, AUSTIN FIRE BATTALION CHIEF IS NOW, THEY'RE ALSO HOUSED THERE TOO.
SO, AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL SLIDES IN HERE THAT TALK ABOUT OUR SIGNIF, OUR CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION STATIONS.
THOSE REALLY TRULY AREN'T BOND PROJECTS.
UH, WE'VE KIND OF ALWAYS ADDED THEM ON BECAUSE THEY'RE RENOVATION PROJECTS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I'LL, I'LL STOP, UH, BREVITY OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.
CHIEF SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, SIR? NO, AND I'LL TAKE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR OUR QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS FOR US NOW.
SO BASICALLY YOU, YOU'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THE, THE PROJECTED TIMELINES AS REQUIRED WITH THE CONTRACTS? YES, SIR.
AND UH, AS OF THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WITHIN THE COST, ALL THE COST OF MONEY FOR THE PROJECTS.
THERE'VE BEEN NO OVERRUNS AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW WE'VE STAYED UNDER, WELL DONE.
QUESTION, UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THEN THE BOND FUNDS? THE BOND FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT, SIR? MM-HMM
UH, THEY'RE STILL WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.
THEY'RE STILL FINALIZING SINCE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE FINAL, UH, PERMITS OF FINAL CEO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LAST FUNDS THAT GET DISTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT, TO THE, UM, TO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
SO WE CAN GET A UPDATE LATER ON WHAT'S REMAINING IN THE BOND FUND.
AFTER, AFTER THE CLOSEOUT, WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE, HOW THE BOOK'S BALANCE.
AND JUST FOR THE PROJECTS IN GENERAL, WHICH IS I THINK MAYBE THE QUESTION YOU'RE AN, UH, ASKING.
UH, WE'RE AT 97, 90 8% OF THE, THE ORIGINAL FUNDING FROM 2018 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPENT.
AND WE'VE GOT JUST ROUGHLY 200,000 LEFT AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING, UH, THE PROJECT THEY WERE EARMARKED FOR CAME IN WELL OVER THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MAYBE DO SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON A STATION TO FINISH UP THAT MONEY.
YES, I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHEN YOU WERE ADDRESSING THE EMS STATION FIVE, YOU SAID, UH, THAT THERE WERE SOME UPGRADES THAT YOU DID FOR SERVING THOSE THAT USE EMERGENCY SERVICES AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CALLS YOU WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THOSE EMS UM, STATIONS GO OUT TO TREAT PEOPLE WHO USE, YOU KNOW, 9 1 1 SERVICES AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE, YOU KNOW, METHOD OF HE HEALTHCARE AS OUR OVERALL CALL VOLUME, SIR, FROM THE STATION OR JUST THAT STATION ALONE, SIR? WELL, YOU SAID FROM THAT STATION.
SO I GUESS NOW I'M THINKING FROM, FROM THAT STATION IN PARTICULAR.
'CAUSE I KNOW ON THE CORNER THERE, UH, AT D AT UM, AT BURNETT AND, UH, 2222, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRETTY, PRETTY BIG, UH, UH, TRANSIENT POPULATION.
BUT FOR THAT ONE AND FOR, UH, IN GENERAL, IF YOU HAVE THOSE ESTIMATES JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
STEVEN WHITE WITH, UH, AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. SO WHEN IN, WE TALK ABOUT LIKE, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT CHIEF, UH, JACKIE BOSQUE WAS REFERRING TO AS OUR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS THAT ARE NOW HOUSED OUT OF MEDIC FIVE BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL LOCATION, BUT COMBINED WITH OUR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, WE ALSO HAVE OUR ACTUAL PHYSICIANS, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTION THAT ALSO RUN CALLS AS WELL.
THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE INTO THAT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS, WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINED.
THEY, THEY LIKE, THEY ARE DEDICATED TO RESPONDING TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
UH, THEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS THAT, UH, ARE CASE MANAGEMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP NAVIGATE PEOPLE THROUGH THE HEALTHCARE PROCESS.
UM, WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL OF THAT WITH OUR C FOUR PROGRAM THAT'S UP IN THE COMMUNICATION CENTER, UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE HANDLING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 16 AND 18% OF THE TOTAL CALL VOLUME.
UH, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGES, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4,000 TO 4,500 CALLS PER MONTH.
UH, WE, WE RUN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 9 1 1 CALLS, UH, EVERY MONTH.
SO THE PERCENTAGE IS NOT GOING TO REFLECT, UM, UH, VERY HIGH, BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 9 1 1 CALLS.
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CAN ALSO GET YOU DATA FOR CALLS VOLUME OUTTA THAT STATION.OBVIOUSLY IT'S AFFECTED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE FOR THE LAST UH, YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS, WE HAD REALLY NO AMBULANCE RUNNING OUTTA THAT STATION.
UH, WE DID HAVE A TEMPORARY CREW QUARTERS THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT WE FINALLY HAD TO PULL THE CREW OUT BECAUSE IT REALLY WASN'T THE BEST OF ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CREWS.
SO THAT WOULD KIND OF SHOW A LAX, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK BACK WHEN THE STATION WAS ACTUALLY OCCUPIED AND GET YOU THAT CALL VOLUME INFORMATION TOO, SIR.
THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, THE AND THE OTHER MEDICAL, UM, PHYSICIANS THAT YOU MENTIONED, DID THEY RESPOND IN ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS OR IS THAT, UM, DOES THAT WORK? SO OUR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, UM, KEEP A RATIO OF ABOUT 80% LOW ACUITY CALLS AND 20% VERY HIGH ACUITY CALLS.
THEY KIND OF MISS OUT ON THAT MIDDLE GAP.
UM, THEY HAVE PROVEN TO BE VERY VALUABLE IN THOSE CRITICAL, UM, CALLS WHERE THEIR EXPERTISE REALLY COMES INTO PLAY.
UH, BUT WHERE THEY'RE REALLY VALUABLE IS BEING ABLE TO TREAT PEOPLE IN PLACE WHERE THEY ARE, UH, AND THEN REFER THEM INTO OUR NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH THEN GETS THEM INTO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
SO MANY PEOPLE USE 9 1 1 TO ACCESS THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR ONLY OPTION.
UM, IF WE, IF WE JUST TAKE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THAT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WE'RE NOT SOLVING ANY PROBLEMS AND WE'RE JUST MAKING THE PROBLEM CONTINUALLY WORSE IN THAT CYCLE BY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF CARE THERE, GET THEM STARTED, GET THEM INTO THE NAVIGATION PROGRAM AND THEN GET THEM PLUGGED IN.
AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SOMETIMES THAT'S SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WHATEVER SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH THAT WE IDENTIFY IN THAT PROCESS, THAT'S WHAT THAT TEAM IS GONNA TRY TO OVERCOME.
I GUESS WHAT PART OF WHAT I WAS GETTING TO IS THAT, IS THAT, UH, TRIAGE DONE WHEN THE CALL IS RECEIVED OR WHEN YOU GET TO THE YES SIR.
THERE'S TWO WAYS FOR THAT TRIAGE TO HAPPEN.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHEN THE NINE ONE ONE CALL IS RECEIVED AND THEN IT GOES TO THE C FOUR, THAT EXPANDED TRIAGE PORTION.
OFTEN RESULTS IN EITHER SENDING THE PA OUT TO, UM, TO THE SCENE OR SOMETIMES WE CAN JUST DO A TELEHEALTH WITH THE PA THERE FROM THE C FOUR.
THE SECOND WAY IS THAT THERE'S A CREW ON SCENE AND THEY IDENTIFY THE NEED PRIOR TO TRANSPORTING TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY CAN REQUEST THAT PA TO COME OUT AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH THE C FOUR AS WELL.
RIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
AND THE NEW FIRE EMS PROGRAM, ARE WE GONNA COVER THAT TODAY IN TERMS OF PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE BOND? UH, NO, IT'S, IT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE SLIDESHOW.
OH, THAT WAS THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SIR.
OH, THAT WAS ALL THE NON BOND I GOT, SIR.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS THE BACKUP.
I'VE BEEN CARVED ON, CARVED ON BY TOO MANY PEOPLE, BUT AT ANY RATE, OKAY,
[3. Discussion on the 2026 Bond Election Advisory Task Force recent meeting items.]
SO NOW WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON THE 2026 BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE.RECENT MEETING ITEMS, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
UH, BASICALLY THE TASK FORCE IS, THE TASK FORCE IS, HAS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, IS DIVIDED UP INTO SUBGROUPS AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY HAVING INDIVIDUAL WORK SESSIONS.
UM, AND THE PROJECTS ON THE STAFF LIST ARE ALSO DIVIDED UP INTO, INTO CATEGORIES AND THOSE SUBGROUPS ARE HAVING, UH, OPEN MEETINGS, MEETINGS, PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND, UH, TO
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DISCUSS THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED.UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE SUBGROUPS HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT YET OF RANKING THEIR OR MAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AT SOME POINT, I'M NOT REMEMBERING WHAT MONTH IT IS EARLY NEXT YEAR, I THINK THE SUBGROUPS WILL THEN MAKE A REC THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROJECTS IN THAT THEIR CATEGORY AND THE, THE TASK FORCE AS A WHOLE WILL THEN, UH, SORT THROUGH THAT AND COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC IS STILL SUBMITTING, UH, PROJECTS ON THE WEBSITE AND I THINK UNTIL SOMETIME IN OCTOBER, MAYBE OCTOBER 1ST, I'M NOT SURE, 31ST, 31ST.
UM, AND WE HAD A REPORT AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT THERE ALREADY OVER A HUNDRED ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC THAT THE TASK FORCE HAS NOT SEEN YET.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE TASK FORCE IS AT THIS POINT, UNLESS SOMEBODY ONLINE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UM, GO AHEAD.
OUR PROCESS IS GOING TO INCLUDE AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL AND PROBABLY AT THE FULL TASK FORCE LEVEL RANKING THESE PROJECTS BASED ON CRITERIA THAT WE DEVELOP AS A GROUP, BUT ALSO USING SOME ADDITIONAL EVALUATION RUBRICS THAT MARCUS AND HIS TEAM ARE GONNA BE PROVIDING US.
UM, PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS TO BE CONCLUDED BY OCTOBER 31ST IS SO THEY CAN TAKE ALL OF THOSE AND WORK THROUGH THEM USING THE SAME EVALUATION RUBRIC THAT THEY'RE USING TO EVALUATE ALL OF THEIR OWN PROJECTS.
UM, SOMEONE FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES WHO WAS ON A CALL WITH OUR GROUP THIS MORNING SUGGESTED IT'S LIKE COMPARING APPLES, ORANGES AND HAMBURGERS, BUT THEY ARE HOPING TO GET IT TO DOWN TO A SINGLE SCORE FOR EVERY LISTED PROJECT, BOTH FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN STARE AT THAT IN OUR WORKING GROUPS AND, YOU KNOW, APPLY OUR OWN LENS TO IT, POTENTIALLY TWEAK THE WEIGHTS OF THOSE VARIOUS RUBRIC ELEMENTS OR COME UP WITH OUR OWN IN THE COMING MONTHS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY,
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
FUTURE, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS AN, THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT'S A, A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP AT THE TASK FORCE, UM, HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT ONGOING PROJECTS, WHICH OF COURSE DOESN'T BELONG AT THE TASK FORCE, BUT THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME AND I THINK STEVEN HAD TOLD US THAT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, STILL ONGOING, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE STREET PROJECTS, WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT THAT HAS COME TO THE TASK FORCE.
I WAS WONDERING IF, IF I COULD GET, OR WE COULD GET THE BOND LANGUAGE, IS THAT ALL FROM ONE BOND ELECTION THAT'S LEFT OR IS IT MORE THAN ONE BOND ELECTION? IT'S FROM MULTIPLE, UH, YEAH.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT'S 2016.
THEN, UH, I BELIEVE 2018 HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MOBILITY, UH, WORK IN THERE AS WELL.
WELL, BUT IT'S, IT EXTENDS ACROSS MORE THAN ONE.
I I KNOW THAT THE, UM, SO IT'D BE 2016 AND 2018? CORRECT.
AND THERE WOULD'VE BEEN PROPOSITIONS IN THAT ELECTION.
COULD WE GET THE BOND, THE, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE OR WHATEVER? I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE.
OTHER THAN BALLOT LANGUAGE, WHAT ELSE IS SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC? UH, PRIOR TO THE BOND ELECTION, WE COULD CERTAINLY RESEARCH THAT.
OTHER THAN THE, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ITSELF, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE WAS A ENUMERATED LIST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT AND THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSIONS YOU'RE HAVING NOW IN, IN THAT GROUP.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET FOR YOU.
ANY OTHERS? ANY, ANYBODY FROM THE, THE VIRTUAL CROWD? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO.
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WELL, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, I THINK WE'RE DONE TODAY.THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.