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[CALL TO ORDER ]
THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE WE'LL ENTER INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? NO, SIR.
AND I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE NOW 'CAUSE I'M NUMB ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE.
SO IF I SLUR MY WORDS, IT'S, I'M BLAMING IT ON THAT.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Bond Oversight Commission Regular meeting on October 15, 2025. ]
UH, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ON IN OCTOBER ON THE 15TH.EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE? ANY SUGGESTIONS, IMPROVEMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR
[2. Staff briefing regarding 2018 Bond Prop B and C. Presentation by Rachel Morris, Capital Improvement Program Manager and Liana Kallivoka, Assistant Director, Austin Parks and Recreation.]
OUR FIRST STAFF BRIEFING AND I THINK IT'S IN TWO PARTS.AGAIN, I'M LEANNA VOCA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, OUR PROGRESS.
AND, UH, I AM HERE TODAY WITH RACHEL MORRIS.
RACHEL IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER AND SHE IS, UM, RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING OUR PROGRESS, UH, FOR THE, UH, SPENDING OF THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM.
SHE'S ALSO HELPING US IN THAT RESPECT TO PREPARE FOR THE, UH, 2026 BOND PROGRAM.
SO I WILL, UH, PASS THIS ON TO HER.
THANK YOU LEONNA, AND THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR SERVING ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
UM, AS LEON SAID, I'M RACHEL MORRIS AND I WILL BE PRESENTING ON, UM, PARKS BOND SPENDING.
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW YOUR VISION, MISSION, AND GOALS.
SO I'M GONNA SKIP THROUGH THAT AND GET STARTED WITH PROP C.
UM, AND WE'RE STARTING WITH PROP C BECAUSE IT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND, UM, SO, OOPS, THE TOTAL FOR PROP C WAS 149 MILLION AND IT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS, RENOVATIONS, UM, CONSTRUCTION, AND, UH, ALSO LAND ACQUISITION.
SO THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROPOSITION IS EIGHT YEARS, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY SIX AND A HALF YEARS INTO DELIVERY.
AND OF THE 149 MILLION WE HAVE APPROPRIATED A HUNDRED PERCENT AND WE'VE SPENT 100, I'M SORRY, YES, 113.4 MILLION AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE POINT, UH, I'M SORRY, 11.7 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 84% COMMITTED.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A BALANCE OF, UH, 23.8 MILLION.
OF THAT ONLY 10.1 IS UNASSIGNED.
WE ARE KEEPING THAT ASIDE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT PROJECTS AS CONTINGENCY FOR OUR CURRENT PROJECTS AND FOR EMERGENT NEEDS.
AS WE WRITE OUT THIS NEXT YEAR UNTIL THE BO NEXT BOND, AND THIS IS OUR SPEND DOWN CHART.
UM, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE BEEN STEADILY SPENDING DOWN OUR BOND FUNDS.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE TWO LINES STARTING AT FY 25.
AND THAT PURPLE LINE IS WHAT WE EXPECT THE
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YEAR-END BALANCE TO BE ACCORDING TO OUR FIVE YEAR SPENDING PLANS.HOWEVER, DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF LAND ACQUISITION, WE NEVER INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITION IN OUR SPENDING PLANS.
AND SO THE SECOND LINE THAT YOU'LL SEE, UM, IS WHAT WE EXPECT, UM, THE YEAR-END BALANCE TO BE INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION AND SOME SPENDING DOWN OF THOSE CONTINGENCY FUNDS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, BY, UH, UM, BY FY 27, BOTH OF THOSE LINES WILL BE IN 90% SPENT.
SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON PROP C.
IT WAS, UM, IT WAS APPROVED AND WE WERE DIRECTED TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE ACCESS, RENEW, UH, AGING FACILITIES, IMPROVE EQUITY AND ADVANCE SD 23 GOALS.
UM, AND SINCE COUNSEL APPROVED THE FUNDS IN MARCH OF 2019, UM, WE ARE AT SIX AND A HALF YEARS.
AND SINCE THEN, UH, BOND FUNDING HAS CONTRIBUTED TO 130 PROJECTS AND 44 PARKLAND ACQUISITIONS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE TABLE HERE THAT, UM, PROXY WAS BROKEN INTO PROGRAMS. SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE PARKLAND ACQUISITION, AQUATICS, PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS, BUILDING RENOVATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE'LL COVER EACH OF THOSE.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE AQUATICS, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS GUIDED BY OUR 2018 AQUATIC MASTER PLAN.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO PROJECTS LEFT IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT'S THE BEVERLY S SHEFFIELD NORTHWEST POOL REPLACEMENT AND MONTOPOLIS POOL REPLACEMENT.
UM, WE, SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED TO YOU, WE HAVE COMPLETED THREE OTHER AQUATICS, UH, PROJECTS, BIG PROJECTS.
THESE ARE, UM, AND, UH, WE, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED, UM, AN OR LAB GRANT, UH, FOR THE, UM, ONTOP THIS POOL REPLACEMENT FOR 3.125 MILLION.
YES, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR BOND FUNDS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE, UM, FUNDING AND, AND, UH, BETTER PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC.
OF THE 40 MILLION THAT WAS APPROPRIATED FOR THE AQUATICS PROGRAM, WE HAVE SPENT 85% AND WE HAVE ANOTHER 5 MILLION ENCUMBERED FOR A TOTAL OF 98% COMMITTED.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE ZERO UNASSIGNED DOLLARS THERE.
WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME NICE PICTURES OF SHEFFIELD AND MONTOPOLIS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, BOTH OF THESE POOLS INCLUDE LAB LANES, ZERO DEPTH ENTRY, WHICH IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE TYPE OF ENTRY INTO OUR POOLS AND RENOVATED CHANGING, UH, AND RESTROOMS. UH, AND THEN FOR THE POOLS THAT WE COMPLETED, THE BRAND NEW COLONY PARK POOL AND GIBBONS POOL WERE OPENED IN TIME FOR SWIM SEASON LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE IMMEDIATE HIT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE BUILDING RENOVATIONS PROGRAM.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THE DOLORES DUFFY REC CENTER FOUNDATION PROJECT IN DESIGN, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE LONG AWAITED ZILKER MAINTENANCE BARN REPLACEMENT, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED SEVERAL MORE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE GIBBONS GYM, ROOF REPLACEMENT, AND A DA IMPROVEMENTS AT BOTH DIPMAR AND HANCOCK REC CENTER.
OF THE 21.5 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR THE BUILDING REV, UH, RENOVATIONS PROGRAM, 15.2% OR 73% IS CURRENTLY COMMITTED.
UM, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UH, WE HAVE EVEN MORE PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT HERE, BUT I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN BIDDING AND PERMITTING.
UM, THIS IS TIO, UM, JOHN TREVINO, JR.
METRO PARK AND THE WALTER ELONG METRO PARK.
THESE PROJECTS ACCOUNT FOR 32% OF THE PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
SO THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS UNDERWAY, AND BOTH OF THEM WERE AWARDED OUTSIDE FUNDING THAT REQUIRED SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR SCOPE.
SO FOR WALTER ELONG, WE RECEIVED 1.5 MILLION, UM, IN TEXAS, UM, PARKS AND WILDLIFE OUTDOOR URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT.
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THEN WE GOT ANOTHER 4 MILLION IN AN ORLA GRANT, UM, FOR TREVINO AND A MILLION DOLLARS IN HUD COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE INITIAL BUDGET.SO OF THE 25 UM, MILLION THAT WERE, THAT WAS APPROPRIATED FOR PARK LAND IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE, UH, 15.2 OR 61% CURRENTLY COMMITTED, AND ONLY 12.8 REMAINS UNASSIGNED.
AND NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS BROKEN OUT INTO SIX DIFFERENT SUBPROJECTS SUBPROGRAMS, FORGIVE ME.
UM, THAT'S ATHLETICS, CEMETERIES, GOLF, PARKING LOTS AND ROADWAYS, PLAY SCAPES AND TRAILS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, ALMOST ALL OF THESE ARE AT OR OVER 90% COMMITTED.
SO, UM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS THE CURRENT CRAIG, UM, MULTIUSE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD ARTIFICIAL TURF CONVERSION, WHICH, UM, WILL BE COMING ONLINE VERY SOON.
SO OF THE 17.5 MILLION APPROPRIATED WE ARE AT 15.6 MILLION, UM, OR 89% COMMITTED OVERALL IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND, UM, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.
THE HOLLY POINT PROJECT YOU SEE HERE WAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TTC AND, UH, WAS COMPLETED IN MAY.
IT FEATURES THE NEW, UH, FISHING PIER, SEEDING LIGHTING, AND NATIVE PLANT RESTORATION.
AND WE LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT PROJECTS LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT CAN ILLUSTRATE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE BOND DOLLARS TO DELIVER MORE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, THE DECIDEDLY LESS GLAMOROUS
AND SO WE HAVE SPENT 31.9 MILLION IN 2018, UM, PROP C FUNDS.
UM, AND THESE FUNDS ARE HEAVILY SUPPORTED BY OUR, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS.
SO WHICH ARE, UM, HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA.
SO SOMETIMES WE WILL PRIORITIZE THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS AND, UH, SUPPLEMENT WITH, UH, BOND FUNDING TO COMPLETE A LAND ACQUISITION.
AND THOSE ACQUISITIONS ARE MADE TO REDUCE PARK DEFICIENT AREAS TO REALIZE CRITICAL TRAIL CONDUCT, UH, CONNECTIONS AND PRESERVE GREEN BELTS.
UM, SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE A HUNDRED NEW ACRES.
WE HAVE, UH, ADDED 30 NEW PARKS OR PARK EXPANSIONS AND HAVE INCREASED, UH, BY 7% THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO PARKLAND.
SO OF THE 45 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR LAND ACQUISITION, WE ARE AT 89% CURRENTLY COMMITTED, UM, WITH ONLY 2.5% REMAINING UNASSIGNED.
AND THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO SORT OF GO OVER OUR, SOME OF OUR REMAINING PROJECTS OR, UM, PROGRAMS THAT AREN'T SPENT DOWN QUITE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE, UM, AS, AS THE OTHER ONES ARE.
UM, SO BACK TO PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE THE JOHN, UM, TRIVIO JR.
AND WALTER E. LONG, BOTH OF THOSE DID NOT HAVE VISION PLANS ACCEPTED UNTIL ADOPTED UNTIL 2020.
UM, BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN PERMITTING.
AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE NEXT BOND CYCLE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE BO THE BOMB DISTRICT PARK, UM, GRAND MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AND JAMESTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, UH, CONCEPT PLANS OR VISION PLANS IN PLACE.
AND THEY'RE MORE IN THE PIPELINE AS WE PREPARE FOR 2026.
UH, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ZILKER MAINTENANCE FARM, WHICH WE EXPERIENCED A GREAT DEAL OF UNLUCKY
THE FIRST CONTRACTOR FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, THE SECOND CONTRACTOR COULD NOT MEET BONDING REQUIREMENTS.
AND, UM, AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS, SOME OF OUR PERMITS EXPIRED.
SO WE, ALL OF THESE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME DELAYS, BUT, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION AND VERY EXCITED, UH, TO SEE PEOPLE THERE.
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UH, IT'S, UM, IT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS, SUB-PROGRAMS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM THAT IS JUST NOT SPENT DOWN AS MUCH AS THE OTHERS.AND PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, A REFOCUS ON IRRIGATION, I'M SORRY, ON, UM, IT WAS ON IRRIGATION AND WE MOVED TO ASPHALT REPLACEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION.
UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME UNEXPECTED, UH, EXTERNAL FUNDING THAT WE, WE NEEDED TO SPEND IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO WE ARE NOW REFOCUSING BACK TO IRRIGATION AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND THESE FUNDS DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND, UM, JUST A HIGHLIGHT IN THE CHARTS THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, A PR IS ABLE TO SPEND FUNDS IN EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS IMMEDIATELY, BUT THE PROGRAMS WITH THE LARGER, MORE COMPLEX PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT SPEND LATER ARE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S GENERALLY MORE OF A RAMP UP THERE.
AND THEN TO LOOK OUT FOR ARE, UM, THE CRAIG FIELDS MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS, UM, COMING SOON, THE GIBBONS RECREATION CENTER RENOVATION, UM, AND BOTH OF THE POOLS THAT WE MENTIONED.
AND THEN WE ALSO PLAN TO START CONSTRUCTION ON WALTER E. LONG IN LATE, UH, SPRING OF 26 AND TREVINO IN THE SUMMER OF 26.
AND, UM, BULL, LET'S SEE, UH, THIS ONE'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, BULL CREEK, BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS IN SPRING OF 2027, AND THAT COVERS PROP C.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT A 7% INCREASE IN RESIDENTS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE PARKLAND.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE IS NOW? IT'S THE PERCENTAGE THAT IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE NOW.
IT'S IN THE, UM, IT IS IN THE LOW, SORRY, IT IS IN THE LOW SEVENTIES.
SO IT'S ABOUT 71 OR 72% MM-HMM
GOING BACK TO THE SPENDING PLAN.
UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY IN TRYING THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE CIP SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT THIS WAS OUR PROJECTED SPENDING PLAN, WAS THIS THE SPENDING PLAN? UM, THAT WAS IN THIS ONE IN THE CIP IF IT WAS THE 2018 BOND ELECTION, IT WOULD'VE GONE IN THE WHAT, 20 19, 20 BUDGET? CIP, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, UM, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A SPENDING PLAN.
UM, BUT WE DO, WE REVISIT OUR SPENDING PLANS EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND, BUT YES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE 2019 BUDGET.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, UM, IN TRYING TO LINK THESE TWO CONVERSATIONS IS THE, THE CIP, UM, DOESN'T HAVE BOND PROJECTS BY PROPOSITION MM-HMM
SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT PROPOSITION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN FIND IT SOMEWHERE IN THE CIP AND THAT CIP ALSO, UM, ODDLY ENOUGH, DOESN'T COME TO ANY TOTALS,
AND WE ALSO, AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL, DO NOT THEN COMPARE AT YEAR END WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA SPEND AND WHAT WE SPENT.
WE ACTUALLY, YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS REPORTING ON.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES EVERY YEAR, AND WE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE MET IT OR NOT.
SO I CAN SAY THAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR, UH, SPENDING GOALS, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY EVERY YEAR CREATING A NEW, UM, UH, HIGH YES, WE HAVE RECORD YEAR RECORD SPENDING.
IT'S A RECORD SPENDING FOR, FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
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NOW WHERE IS THAT REPORTED? UM, IT'S OUR KPIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, WE ARE NOT REPORTING IT.UH, MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, VISIBLE.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT OUR SPENDING PLAN IS NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE BOND.
RIGHT? SO IT HAS SEVERAL FUNDING SOURCES, AND THESE INCLUDE GRANTS AND INCLUDE, THEY INCLUDES PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDING.
SO, UM, OVER, OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE, FOR THE LAST, UH, SIX YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND ON AVERAGE MORE THAN 50 MILLION A YEAR.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE CLOSE TO 60, HIGH SIXTIES, 70, 70, 70 MILLION.
BUT OUT OF THIS IT WAS ABOUT 40 MILLION THAT IT WAS PART OF THE BOND.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE USING EXTERNAL SOURCES AND HELPING OUR BOND FUNDING GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS, UM, OUR ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDES A BREAKDOWN.
UM, NOW IT DOES SAY, UH, BOND AND NOT PROXY PROP B, BUT IN OUR ANNUAL REPORTS WE DO, UH, GIVE OUT THAT ACTUAL, AND YOU COULD LOOK AT THE ACTUAL, THAT'S ALSO BROKEN DOWN IN THE, NOT IN THE, UM, THE FULL BRO ITEMIZED CAPITAL PLAN, BUT IN THE CONDENSED ONE WHERE IT SHOWS OUR SPENDING PLAN APPROPRIATIONS, YOU COULD SEE IF WE WERE OVER OR UNDER ON THE BOND SPENDING, IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF PROP C AND PROP B.
AND, BUT IT, BUT THERE IS, THAT'S IN, I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BEING DIFFICULT TO PIECE TOGETHER.
THAT'S IN, BUT THAT'S IN YOUR ANNUAL REPORT? THAT IS, YES.
SO JUST FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, UM, IN GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE, THE EXERCISE THAT TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING EXERCISE,
WELL, THE CITY IS PUBLISHING A SPENDING PLAN,
YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE HOW CLOSE YOU WERE TO STAYING ON THE SPENDING PLAN MM-HMM
BUT TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT INFORMATION NOT BE READILY ACCESSIBLE OR EASY TO YEAH.
BUT WE DO HAVE, WE COULD ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE THAT, AND IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO, TO SORT THAT THE CIP IN A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAY.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE THAT'S COME UP IN THE, UH, UH, 23 6 BOND HEARINGS IS, CAN WE SPEND BOND MONEY FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS? AND YOU MENTIONED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MM-HMM
UH, BUT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WERE IN CONJUNCTION, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BIGGER PROJECT, LIKE THE RENOVATION OF A PARK OR IN MANY CASES, YES.
AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS ABOUT CEMETERIES, UM, THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY IRRIGATION SYSTEM, AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
SO THOSE WERE PART OF, UM, A PROGRAMMATIC BOND PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDED.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, CAN WE SPEND MINE MONEY ON TREES? AND THAT WOULD, WHAT I TRIED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WAS, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I THOUGHT IT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LARGER PROJECT.
YOU OFTEN FUND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, A BOND SIMPLY FOR TREES OR SIMPLY FOR IRRIGATION.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT HAS COME UP IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT THE, UH, 2026 TASK FORCE IS LOOKING AT IS, UM, THAT IT UNLOCKS OTHER FUNDING.
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YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL OF THE GRANTS THAT, WERE YOU AWARE OF THOSE GRANTS WHEN YOU PUT THE BOND BECAUSE YOU, YOU, WELL, I MEAN, WE, WE ARE AWARE THAT THESE WERE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING BASED ON, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF FACTORS.SO WE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MATCH, SO WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR MATCH IS.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU DO THE APPLICATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
OR WELL, WE, WE, DEPENDING ON, WE ALSO HAVE TO, UH, BE CAREFUL WITH THE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE CANNOT APPLY TOO EARLY AND WE CANNOT APPLY TOO LATE, OTHERWISE WE ARE MESSING UP THE SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING AFTER STATE FUNDING AND AFTER FUNDER FEDERAL FUNDING, AND IN SOME CASES WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERS WHO ARE COMING WITH FUNDS.
SO WE ARE AWARE IN GENERAL OF WHAT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE AS WE MOVE FORWARD HOW TO BEST SPEND IT.
AND SOMETIMES WE EVEN HAVE CONGRESS, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN CERTAIN PROJECTS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL TO, BUT IN, IN TERMS OF THE BOND TASK FORCE AND IN SELECTING BETWEEN PROJECTS, HOW MUCH INFORMATION ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE RIGHT NOW ABOUT PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE 2026 BOND ELECTION? IN TERMS OF WHAT MATCHING FUNDS WOULD BE THERE? THAT WOULD BE QUITE OF A CHALLENGE.
UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, UM, ALSO SOME OF THESE GRANTS, THE GRANT CRITERIA HAVE BEEN CHANGING.
UM, WHEN WE WENT INTO THIS, UM, AS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE AQUATIC PROGRAM, UM, WE ARE WORKING NOW ON TWO PROJECTS, THE, UH, BEVERLY SHEFFIELD NORTHWEST POOL AND MONTOPOLIS.
UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF HAVING THEM WITHIN THE AQUATIC PROGRAM.
WE ENDED UP WITH BOTH PROJECTS BEING UNDERFUNDED FROM THOSE TWO PROJECTS, MONTOPOLIS WAS MORE APPROPRIATE AND A STRONGER CANDIDATE FOR THE FUNDING.
WE WERE ABLE TO, WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE FUNDING, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER WHATEVER WAS MISSING TO NORTHWEST AND MADE BOTH PROJECTS VIABLE BECAUSE WE WERE WITHIN THAT PROGRAMMATIC AND MOVE FORWARD AND DELIVER ALL OF THEM.
SO THAT IS OUR WAY OF APPROACHING THIS.
AND OF COURSE, SOMETIMES WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, ALSO CONTRIBUTE WITH PARKLAND EDUCATION FUNDING MM-HMM
AND ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCE THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE.
NOW WITH REGARD TO SAYING THAT ONE PROJECT WILL BE MORE, UM, MORE APPROPRIATE FOR GRANTS THAN ANOTHER, UM, IT'S HARD TO SAY EARLY ON IN THIS AS WE PREPARE FOR THE BOND, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM, IF YOU'RE GONNA USE THEM AS A RATING CRITERIA.
UM, WE HAVE HAD, WE'RE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH, UM, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE ALSO CONVEYED THEIR INTEREST IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO.
OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THAT GRANT APPLICATION IS APPROVED, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S KNOWN THAT WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT IF THEY, IF THEY COULD.
AND SO I THINK IT'S ALSO EASIER WITH PARTNERS WHO CAN, WHO EXPRESS INTEREST IN, IN THOSE.
BUT, AND THE SAME GOES FOR SOME OF THE, I I'M A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO COMMIT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE APPLIED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND WE HAD SUPPORT, UM, THEY WERE APPROVED AND THEN WE NEVER GOT THEM, SO WE HAD TO APPLY AGAIN.
THEY ARE NOW APPROVED AND WE ARE BEING ADVISED TO APPLY YET AGAIN.
SO, UH, THAT IS, UH, PART OF THE, YEAH.
I GUESS WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT THERE'S HIGH POTENTIAL, THERE IS POTENTIAL YES.
ON CERTAIN PROJECTS, FINGERS CROSSED.
AGAIN, QUICK QUESTION, IN THE EXAMPLE YOU'RE DESCRIBING, WOULD THAT HAVE, WOULD THAT POTENTIAL SHORTFALL, COULD WE NOT HAVE BEEN AFFORDED ANY OF THE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY? WOULD THAT HAVE COME UP IN ANY OF THE REPORTING THAT YOU, THAT YOU SURFACE ONLINE? THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ARE THE POOLS? YEAH.
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I MEAN, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.SO IN THE POOLS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FUNDING SHORTFALL, UM, FROM BOND REVENUES.
UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT POTENTIAL SHORTFALL WOULD'VE BEEN SURFACED IN ANY OF YOUR REPORTING.
UM, IN THIS CASE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE SORT OF BAILED OUT BY SOME INCREMENTAL FUNDING THAT WE WERE AWARDED.
UM, SO SHOULD, IF THAT HADN'T HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A CHANGE IN SCOPE OR A FUNDING SHORTFALL? SO YES, USUALLY THAT'S WHERE WE GO NEXT TO THE CHANGE OF SCOPE.
UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT DURING THIS BOND PROGRAM, AND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A HIGHER, UM, RATE OF, UH, ESCALATING PRICES.
SO THAT HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE WE HAVE TO, TO DEAL WITH.
UM, AND THAT IS ALSO WHY AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ALSO SAYING THAT INTENTIONALLY WE ARE KEEPING ASIDE SOME CONTINGENCY IN CASE WE HAVE MATERIAL PRICES THAT ARE ABOVE WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING, SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTS WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE THE SCOPE.
BUT CHANGING THE SCOPE, UH, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE, UH, FIRST THINGS WE GO TO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER.
AND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FLAGGED ANYWHERE SO THAT THE, THE PUBLIC WOULD'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THIS PROJECT IS AT RISK OR MAY REQUIRE A SCOPE CHANGE.
UM, SO THAT WE, UM, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
WE ARE, UH, COMMUNICATING, UM, THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT AND FOR ACTUALLY ANY CHANGES IN THE SCOPE, WE ARE GOING OUT FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EVEN PRIORITIZE WHAT IS THE SCOPE CHANGE THAT THEY, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT.
UM, SO IN THAT WAY WE ARE COMMUNICATING THAT WE ARE TRYING THROUGH A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH, NOT TO HAVE TO RAISE ALARM LEVELS, UH, FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE FUNDING AND MOVE FORWARD.
UH, AND MAYBE JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE? BEFORE WE START ANY PROJECT, WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT ARE THE EARLY PLANS, WHAT IS THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, AND, UM, GATHER WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES, UM, FOR, FOR THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, BASED ON THAT, WE PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN.
WE REMAIN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE ARE EVENTUALLY DELIVERING THE PROJECT THAT IN MANY CASES, LIKE FOR A METROPOLITAN PARK, WE HAVE A VISION PLAN THAT IS BEING APPROVED BY, BY COUNCIL.
THE VISION PLAN HAS BEHIND IT, UM, PROBABLY A YEAR'S WORTH OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR WHAT THE GOALS ARE FOR THAT METROPOLITAN PARK.
AFTER THAT WHOLE ENGAGEMENT AND THE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL, WHEN WE GO TO DELIVER A PROJECT, UM, WE ARE AGAIN, REACHING OUT.
SO, UH, PARK PROJECTS ARE NEVER GONNA BE DELIVERED IN VACUUM, AND WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC ON THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND THE PHASE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, TO DELIVER.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE.
I JUST, MAYBE I'M JUST NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU KNOW, IN THE POOLS EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN YOU REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE EXTRA FUNDING TO MEET OUR SCOPE GOALS, HOW, HOW DID THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, WHERE DID IT SHOW UP IN REPORTING TO INDICATE, YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS ARE AT RISK UNLESS WE CAPTURE INCREMENTAL FUNDING? I THINK WE WERE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF, UM, THE COMMUNICATION AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO INCLUDE.
UH, WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE FUNDING, AFTER WE RECEIVED THE FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TAILOR IT INTO THE PROJECT.
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UM, SOME OF THE, THESE ARE POOR RENOVATIONS, SO TO AN EXTENT, UH, AND THEY HAVE BEHIND THEM AN AQUATIC PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2018 TIMEFRAME.SO AGAIN, THEY ARE NOT HAPPENING IN VACUUM.
UM, BUT WHAT ARE THE EXTRA AMENITIES THAT A POOL COULD HAVE? THIS CAN BE IMPACTED BY THE FUNDING.
WE WERE ALWAYS COMMITTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO, UH, DELIVER THE POOLS.
WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAR WE WERE, WERE WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO.
UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED EARLY ON, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, TO OUTLINE THAT AND COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, WE, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY TRACKING THAT SORT OF THING INTERNALLY AS WELL.
LIKE, IF THERE IS A PROJECT THAT WE THINK IS AT RISK THAT IS HAPPENING INTERNALLY, IT'S, UM, AND IT MAY NOT BE COMMUNICATED OUT UNTIL WE REACH THE POINT OF DECIDING THERE NEEDS TO BE A SCOPE ADJUSTMENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF, SO THAT, THAT THIS OVERSIGHT GROUP, YOU KNOW, HAS THAT VISIBILITY.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S ALL REALLY HELPFUL CONTEXT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT PORTION, THEN WE CAN MOVE TO CROP B.
UM, SO FOR PROP B, UM, THIS WAS APPROVED FOR THE, THE TOTAL ISSUANCE OF PROP B WAS 128 MILLION, AND THAT WAS INTENDED TO FUND RENOVATIONS AT LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND CULTURAL ARTS FACILITIES.
AND SO OF THAT, THAT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THREE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND OF THAT, UH, OH, I HAVE MY OLD ACRONYM ON THERE,
AND, UH, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT APPROPRIATED.
UM, 66.3 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT, AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 44.4 MILLION IN ENCUMBERED, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF 38 MILLION OR 57% COMMITTED.
UM, OF THE 28.5 MILLION REMAINING, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT IS ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC FACILITIES.
UM, AND I JUST THINK IT'S OF NOTE THAT WE HAVE SPENT DOUBLE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED TO THIS, UH, MM-HMM
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR SPIT, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON OUR SPIN DOWN CHART.
UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING CLOSE TO 90% IN FY 27.
AND, AND I, I SHOULD SAY THAT WITHIN THE 66.5 MILLION, THESE WERE BROKEN DOWN, PROPERTY WAS BROKEN DOWN BY FACILITY.
UM, SO THERE WAS 27 MILLION FOR THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, 25 MILLION FOR THE DORY ART CENTER, 7.5 FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM, AND 7 MILLION FOR AN ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER.
AND I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE, UM, THE NEW AUSTIN ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CREATED, AND THEY WILL SOON, THESE FACILITIES WILL SOON BE MANAGED BY THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, NOW CDS WE ARE, WE'RE STAYING ON TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME PROJECT MANAGEMENT, BUT, UH, CDS IS MANAGING THE DELIVERY OF, UM, SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE HARBOR.
AND WE HAVE, UM, OF THE 7.5 MILLION APPROPRIATED, WE HAVE SPENT 6.5 OR 85, 80 6% IS COMMITTED.
AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING RENOVATIONS TO, UH, THE ROOF LIGHTING, SECURITY, HVAC, A DA IMPROVEMENTS.
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A THEATER RENOVATION.AND, UM, IT'S ONLY THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN THAT IS, HAS YET TO BE COMPLETED.
BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT, UM, NEGOTIATION, UH, RIGHT NOW AND EXPECT THAT TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THEN WE HAVE THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, PHASE TWO FACILITY EXPANSION.
IT'S CURRENTLY IN BIDDING AND PERMITTING.
UM, WE, THIS, THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY, UM, IMAGINED A LIVE PERFORMANCE THEATER AND ART GALLERY.
HOWEVER, DUE TO SOME FUNDING CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD TO SHIFT TO DELIVERING, UM, ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE PLAN THAT WE COULD DELIVER WITHIN BUDGET.
AND THAT'S THE PAVILION AT THE PAVILION AIMS TO OFFER A FLEXIBLE YEAR, YEAR-ROUND SPACE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE CULTURE AND ENGAGE IN DIVERSE PROGRAMS. AND THE MOST RECENT, UM, UPDATE IS THAT FLINTCO HAS ADVERTISED PROJECT FOR BIDS AND HAS PROVIDED, UH, A GNP IN SEPTEMBER.
SO OF THE 7 MILLION APPROPRIATED 2.4 MILLION, UH, IS CURRENTLY, OR 35% IS CURRENTLY COMMITTED, AND WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE, UM, ON THE MAC
WE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION NOW, AND WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE, UM, EXPANSION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH WINGS, UH, ANTERIOR RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ZALA.
UM, THE PHOTO THAT YOU SEE THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE NEW SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE ZALA, AND THERE IS A, A LINK TO A PRESENTATION THAT, UH, CVS PM RECENTLY GAVE THAT GIVES YOU A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
UM, WE HAVE A TARGET, UM, CONSTRUCTION SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE OF THIS MONTH.
SO, AND THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR MOVING IN AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING WITH A TARGET REOPENING IN SPRING OF 2026, IT'S 98% COMMITTED.
AND FINALLY THE DOHERTY ART CENTER.
SO, UH, THERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN, UH, CONTRACT EXECUTION FOR THE REDESIGN WITH A REMOVAL OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND PHASED DESIGN PACKAGES, UM, THAT'S ANTICIPATED.
UM, AND AT THE END OF 2025, WE, UM, THE PHASE ONE HAS, HAS BEEN ADJUSTED, UM, AND WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY P-D-P-L-D FUNDING.
AND PHASE TWO WILL BE DEPENDENT ON, UM, AN APPROVED FUTURE BOND.
UH, THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE ARE THAT THE FULL SITE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND APPROXIMATELY 20,000 SQUARE FEET SQUARE FOOT BUILDING SHELL FOR ART STUDIOS, YOUTH PROGRAM AREAS AND ADMINISTRATION, UM, SPACES IS COMPLETE.
AND PHASE TWO IS THE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 34,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING SHELL FOR PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A THEATER, BLACK BOX THEATER AND ARTIST GALLERY IN ADDITION TO THE FULL INTERIOR BUILD OUT OF THE 54,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE 11% COMMITTED.
SO, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE REMAINING PROJECTS A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE CARVER MUSEUM, WE, WE HAD ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN WAS NOT APPROVED UNTIL 2021.
UM, AND SOME UNFORESEEN LEGAL DELAYS IN THE PREVIOUS PROCUREMENT, UM, ALSO, UH, WAS AN ISSUE.
BUT WE ARE NOW IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ASIAN AMERICAN, UH, RESOURCE CENTER.
WE DID NOT HAVE A VISION PLAN APPROVED UNTIL 2019.
UM, THERE
THERE WAS THEN A FIVE MONTH DELAY DUE TO COUNCIL DIRECTION
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TO WAIT UNTIL WATERSHED COM UH, PROTECTIONS PLANNING FOR RUTHERFORD CAMPUS WAS COMPLETED.UM, THERE WERE MAJOR SCOPE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, TO PRIORITIZE VISION PLAN COMPONENT THAT COULD BE DELIVERED THE PAVILION, AND THEN, UM, JUST SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND COST ESCALATIONS, UM, DURING THESE DELAYS THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND FINALLY FOR THE DOHERTY ARTS, UM, COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THE LOCATION AND THE PARKING LOT DESIGN, UM, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DELAYS AND SIGNIFICANT COST ESCALATIONS.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, CHARGE TO THE SIDE AGAIN, THAT WE ARE ABLE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND, UM, IN ALMOST ALL OF THESE PROJECTS EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, SOME DIFFICULTIES THERE, BUT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE AND MORE.
AND I DID JUST WANNA KNOW, THERE'S ONE, THERE'S A NEGATIVE ON THIS CHART, UM, AND THAT IS A RECLASS EXPENSE SO THAT WE COULD SPEND DOWN 2012 BOND FUNDS FIRST.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT THE DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER AT THE END OF THE LAST TERM FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT HERE, PIECING TOGETHER THE PAGE 29, IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, PHASE 1, 28 0.9 MILLION IS THE BUDGET.
AND THEN PHASE TWO, DOES THAT MEAN THAT $45 MILLION OF PHASE TWO $45 MILLION WILL BE THE, THE AMOUNT THAT'S GONNA GO TO DO YARD CENTER FROM THIS APPROVED BOND AND YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND THEN YOU GET A $74 MILLION ALL IN COST? IS THAT WHAT I'M READING CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
AND ORIGINALLY, IF I GO BACK TO PAGE 25, THE PROP B UH, SAYS THAT IN 2018, THIS PROJECT IN TOTAL WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO COST 25 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE, THAT'S AWARDED WHAT WE ASKED.
WE KNEW THAT WE HAD ABOUT 4 MILLION LEFT FROM 2012, AND WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO APPLY.
UM, SO, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS A HUGE DIFFERENTIAL AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, TOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, UH, INFLUENCES TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO, UM, THE LOCATION WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAD NOT BEEN CLARIFIED OR APPROVED BY COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT, UM, WE WENT FOR THE BOND.
SO THE LOCATION THAT STAFF PROPOSED WAS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE GOT APPROVED BY COUNCIL, AND THAT ACTUALLY HAD IMPLICATIONS ON THE COST.
IN ADDITION, WE WERE PROPOSING, UM, A, AN ABOVE GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE.
WE WERE DIRECTED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE BOND TO, UM, GO FOR UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE.
AND THE LOCATION WHERE WE WERE HAD SEVERAL, UM, UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CLEAR, WHICH MEANT THAT WE COULD NOT GO, UM, FOR A LARGE, UM, ONE OR TWO STORIES PARKING STRUCTURE UNDERGROUND.
WE HAD TO GO MUCH DEEPER AND, UH, THAT IS LESS EFFICIENT.
SO THIS TYPE OF THINGS, PLUS THE, UH, ESCALATION OF THE COST DURING THE PANDEMIC HAD, UM, TOOK THE, UH, THE PROJECT WAY ABOVE BUDGET.
WE COMMUNICATED THAT TO COUNCIL STARTING, UH, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, ASKING FOR, UM, DIRECTION AND PROPOSING ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.
SO MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, WITH THIS NOW HASN'T BROKEN GROUND, BUT IT'S ALREADY TRIPLED WHAT WAS ESTIMATED AT ONE POINT, AND WHAT SORT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE THAT YOU WOULD
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JUST SCRAP THIS PROJECT? WHEN DOES THAT ENTER INTO THE EQUATION? SO THE DIRTY EARTH CENTER IS, IS CURRENTLY IN A FACILITY THAT IS FALLING APART.IT DOES NOT HAVE, UM, IT'S LITERALLY WAY BEYOND ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY.
WE CANNOT MAINTAIN IT ANYMORE.
DURING THIS PROBABLY ABOUT DECADE.
WE HAVE EXPLORED OTHER LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE EXPLORED, UM, OTHER SOLUTIONS INCLUDING CO-LOCATING WITH AN A ISD FACILITY, FIGURING OUT ANOTHER LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY'S, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BUILDINGS, UM, TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH ANOTHER, UM, UM, PROGRAM THIS HAVE NOT, UM, HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE SENT SEVERAL UPDATES TO AT LEAST EXPLAIN WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS A NEXT PHASE, AS A NEXT SOLUTION.
THE ABILITY TO, FOR US TO SCRAP THE PROJECT AND SAY THAT WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DOHERTY ARTS CENTER.
THAT'S NOT A DECISION THAT WE CAN MAKE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO COME FROM FROM COUNCIL.
BECAUSE I JUST, THE CURRENT DOHERTY ARTS CENTER WAS BUILT, I'M ASSUMING SOMETIME IN THE LAST 100 YEARS.
THERE ARE BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT ARE OLDER THAN THE PERFECT DOHERTY ART CENTER THAT ARE STILL BEING USED FOR CIVIC PURPOSES.
THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE PROJECT FROM HELL THAT KEEPS COMING UP AND EVERY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE YEARS AND SEEING THE BACKLASH FROM PROP Q, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO NOT WANT IN THIS CITY DO NOT WANT ANY MORE TAX BURDEN OR BOND BURDEN OR INTEREST BURDEN.
AND I'M THINKING THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM THAT JUST KEEPS GROWING.
AND SO I WOULD JUST, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF SOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO START BEING DISCUSSED THAT IS NOT JUST THROW MORE MONEY AT THE PLAN, IS IT'S ALREADY AT AS IT KEEPS GROWING, BUT MAYBE TO RE REGENERATE.
I MEAN, IF YOU COULD GET P TERRY'S TO, TO RENAME IT THE P TERRY'S ART CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
A ISD IS DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, NOW THAT THEY HAVE A BUDGET SHORTFALL, I MEAN, I'M IN DISTRICT NINE, THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT.
I DEAL WITH A LOT OF THIS, MY KIDS A-I-S-D-K.
SO I'M JUST THINKING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UM, THIS WAS, I KNOW WHY IT WAS THE LAST THING THAT WAS PRESENTED AND IT'S PROBLEM THAT WE ALL WANT TO FIX.
UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE MY RIGHT PIECE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S 75 MILLION, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND YET.
SO, AND I, UH, WE HEAR YOU AND I THINK WE ARE SHARING SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS AS WELL IN DEFENSE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, THAT WAS A TEMPORARY NAVAL STRUCTURE THAT THE CITY TO COVER, SO IT DIDN'T MEAN TO BE A PERMANENT BUILDING, AND AS SUCH, A TEMPORARY FACILITY WILL DISINTEGRATE MUCH FASTER.
ON TOP OF THAT, THAT TEMPORARY NAVAL FACILITY WAS, UM, BUILT ON A LANDFILL.
THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE PROGRAMS THERE.
UM, AND IT IS WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
SO IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT LOCATION, AND I WANT TO REALLY, UM, GIVE CREDIT TO OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF FOR BEING ABLE TO GO FOR AS LONG AS THEY HAVE ON A FACILITY THAT REALLY DIDN'T, WASN'T MEANT TO SERVE AS A, AS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE COSTS AND THE ESCALATION, WE ABSOLUTELY RECOGNIZE THAT THE COSTS ARE NOT, UM, OUT OF LINE WITH WHEN WE COMPARE THEM TO OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES WITH REGARD TO PER SQUARE FOOT COSTS.
SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN, WE HAVE BEEN CHECKING AND PROVIDING.
UM, BUT I CAN ALSO SAY THAT, UM, THE ITEM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TOMORROW AT COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME PLAN, UM, IS GONNA BE DELIGHT FOR A BIT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVES AS WELL.
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SO I THINK THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE SHARED BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.IF I COULD, UH, CONTINUE THE LINE OF QUESTIONING ON THE PROJECT FROM HELL, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BOND MONEY HAS BEEN USED TO SHORE UP THE EXISTING FACILITY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT YES.
AND, UH, THE REST OF THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN USED HAS BEEN USED FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY, THE, THE NEW, THE CURRENT, THE REDESIGN, THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY IN THE NEW LOCATION.
UM, FOR MY CLARITY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, A THE NEED FOR A REDESIGN WAS, UH, COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL LAST DECEMBER.
UM, AND THIS SLIDE SAYS THAT YOU'RE IN CONTRACT EXECUTION FOR THE REDESIGN.
SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENED BETWEEN LAST DECEMBER AND NOW ON THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROJECT TEAM, UM, TO, UM, FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE REMOVE THE PARKING, UH, STRUCTURE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL BE THE PHASING SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE FIRST PHASE BEFORE THE NEXT BOND, AND WHEN THE NEXT BOND IS APPROVED TO DELIVER A SECOND PHASE.
THIS IS WHAT WE SUGGESTED TO COUNCIL, THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS OUR DIRECTION.
WE HAD SOME FUNDING FOR DESIGN THAT HAS BEEN SPENT, AND, UH, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GO BACK INTO PERMITTING, WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND SO IS IT STILL YOUR PLAN TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT, DO THE REDESIGN, GET THE PERMITTING, AND DO ALL OF PHASE ONE BEFORE NEXT NOVEMBER, BEFORE THE NEXT MONTH ELECTION? AS OF NOW, THAT'S ON HOLD.
UM, WILL THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL PROGRESS ON THE SITE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT NOVEMBER AS PLANNED? THE NEW SITE, THE SITE, THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE NEW BUILDING? YES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN FLUX AS WE SPEAK.
UM, I CAN'T EVEN, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THE BOND TASK FORCE, THE RECOMMENDATION TASK FORCE IS OPERATING UNDER A FAIRLY LOW CEILING OF BOND CAPACITY RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S NEEDS, AND THAT ARTS AND CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN A HUGE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION SO FAR.
IF THIS ADDITIONAL 45 MILLION DOESN'T MAKE IT INTO THE PROPOSITION FOR NEXT YEAR, OR IF IT DOES AND THAT PROPOSITION FAILS, UM, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE
UM, AS I SAID, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE, HOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AT THIS POINT.
IF, IF, IF I MAY, I HAVE JUST, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, ABOUT THE DOUGHERTY YARD CENTER.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT COST ESCALATION, UH, TIED TO THE PARKING GARAGE BEING MOVED UNDERGROUND.
JUST FOR MY OWN INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF S YOU COULD PROVIDE, UH, OF THAT COST ESCALATION, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK JUST EVEN WITHIN 10 MILLION OR SO WOULD BE TIED TO THAT CHANGE TO AN UNDERGROUND FACILITY? IT WOULD BE MORE THAN 10 MILLION, BUT IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF REDESIGNING A LOT OF THINGS, BUT UPWARDS OF 10 MILLION.
ARE WE TALKING, DO YOU, SO I KNOW THAT THE ESCALATION WENT UP, UH, WHAT IS IT, 43 OR SO MILLION, UH, OF THAT WHOLE ESCALATION, DO WE THINK IT'S 50% LESS THAN THAT, OR ANY KIND OF THOUGHT IN THERE? UM, LESS THAN 50%.
IT, IT WAS NOT MORE THAN 50%, IT WAS LESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ONE LAST QUESTION.
OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS INTERACT WITH THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS?
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I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT THIS IS A NUMBER THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF AND WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE.UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING ATTENDED BY, UM, ALL BY, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN ALL DISTRICTS AND EVEN BEYOND, UM, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND, UH, THEIR PROGRAMS ARE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES WHEN WE OPEN FOR, UH, REGISTRATION, THEY ARE REALLY GOING EXTREMELY FAST AND THEY ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY POPULAR FACILITY.
UM, CAN I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL? UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE PHASINGS AND THE REDESIGNS, UH, IS IT CORRECT, UH, IS IT, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PHASE ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT QUITE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IN FLUX AND THEN YES.
GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS OR HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY.
I HAVE NO INTENTION OF BEATING THE DEAD HORSE.
BUT I'M TRYING TO TIE THE NUMBERS TO THE SPINNING CHART.
SO OF THE 28.9 MILLION, HOW MUCH OF THAT ARE YOU PROJECTING WILL BE SPENT BY THE END OF 2026? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GETTING DOWN TO 25 MILLION AND THEN DOWN TO 7 MILLION, UH, AND HOW THAT TIES TO WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 28 MILLION.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN FIND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, SPENDING PLAN, BUT I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS, I DUNNO THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I COULD GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU.
UM, AND I DO THINK THAT IS PUBLISHED, UH, WE WOULD ONLY BE USING PROP B FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT, SO IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO SORT OUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IN THE CIP THE, IN THE CIP PLAN, IN THE LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS IN WILL SHOW YEAR BY YEAR, UM, WHAT, HOW WE INTEND TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS DOWN.
UM, I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT THIS NUMBERS WERE PUT TOGETHER A FEW DAYS AGO WITH WHAT WE KNEW AS OF A FEW DAYS AGO, AND THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE WERE MAKING MOVING FORWARD.
SO THESE ARE SUBJECTS TO CHANGE.
YES, AND THE, AND OF COURSE, THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED BACK.
I MEAN, WE SUBMITTED IN MAY, MAY, SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
AND THE OTHER POINT THAT I THINK I UNDERSTAND FROM LOOKING AT THE, WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE 2026 BOND ELECTION, THAT THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT DOHERTY IS ALSO TRUE OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND, UM, CARVER.
THOSE PARTS OF THE, THESE BOND FUNDS THAT WERE PUT IN THE 2018 BOND ELECTION FOR A SPECIFIC AT THAT TIME DESCRIBED PURPOSE, THAT THOSE PURPOSES HAVE NOT FULLY BEEN DEVELOPED, BUT INDEED, PART OF THAT MONEY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SPENT TO DESIGN FURTHER EXPANSIONS, WHICH ARE NOW BEING REQUESTED IN 2026.
SO DARTY IS NOT ALONE IN THAT RESPECT.
A AND, AND NOT TO PICK ON THESE PROJECTS.
THAT'S ALSO TRUE, HAS BEEN TRUE OF A NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAVE GROWN OVER SUBSEQUENT BOND ELECTIONS.
THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLANS FOR BOTH, UH, A RC AND COVER WERE NOT IN PLACE WHEN WE WENT FOR THE 2018 BOND.
THE STAFF DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT WOULD BE THE, UM, THE VISION PLAN AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PHASING FOR THOSE, UM, MOVING FORWARD, THE 7 MILLION AND THE SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION THAT YOU SEE, THERE WERE ALMOST PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDERS AS, UM, IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED IN BOTH PLACES.
AND, UH, UH, THE PREPARATION FOR AN NEXT BOND PROGRAM, AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY MET
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WITH VERY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT.THE MAC, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAD A VISION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED AND THAT HAD A PHASE TWO AND A PHASE THREE.
WE WERE ABLE TO CARVE OUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE A VIABLE PHASE TWO PROJECT FOR THE MAC, AND WE ASKED FOR THE FUNDING.
IT STILL GOT A BIT HIGHER, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND DELIVER THE PROJECT.
AND IT'S GONNA BE OPENING, UM, SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW THINGS SOMETIMES DEVELOP AND WHY WE ARE, UM, REALLY HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, ASK FOR FUNDING WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE.
AND EVEN IF THAT FUNDING FALLS SHORT, SOME A BIT, WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.
BUT BOTH A RC AND CARVER WERE NOT MEANT TO BE FOR COMPLETE PROJECTS.
IT, IT IS A CLASSIC, IT'S CLASSIC ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOREVER.
AND THAT IS, DO YOU SPEND MONEY UPFRONT TO FULLY PLAN A PROJECT BEFORE VOTERS APPROVE A BOND AND THEN YOU'RE REALLY SHOVEL READY AND READY TO GO AND CAN GET IT DONE? OR DO YOU WAIT AND HAVE A CONCEPT AND PROPOSE A BOND ELECTION BASED ON A CONCEPT, AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS THAT RESULTS IN A MUCH NICER FACILITY, BUT WITH A MUCH LARGER PRICE TAG? AND THEN WHERE DO YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU THEN FINANCE THAT PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENED OVER AND OVER AGAIN? YEAH, AND I THINK WE ARE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT GETTING VISION PLANS AND FACILITY EXPANSION PLANS TO, TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN SPEND SO THAT WE'RE BETTER PREPARED, WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT A PROJECT MIGHT COST.
AND TO THAT, UM, TO THAT EFFECT, WE ALSO, UH, WE'RE PROACTIVELY PROACTIVE IN DOING A COMPLETE RECREATION CENTER AND, UH, SENIOR CENTER, UH, GAP ANALYSIS AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS SO THAT WE IDENTIFY WHERE ARE OUR, UM, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT, WHERE ARE THE GREATEST NEEDS, AND THEN HAVE A PLAN ON HOW TO, UM, ASK FOR THAT IN THIS COMING UP BOND PROGRAM.
ONE THING I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD IS, I KNOW PEOPLE OBJECT TO A COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH, BUT, UM, DO WE, DO WE HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH ON EVERY, WE BILL MULTIPLE FIRE STATIONS, WE BILL MULTIPLE REC CENTERS, WE BILL MULTIPLE LIBRARIES.
UM, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO START WITH VISION FOR EVERY NEW FACILITY? UH, EVEN RESTROOMS,
SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UH, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S USING AND BEING RESPONSIVE FROM THAT, FOR THAT WITH THE BUILDING, I THINK IT HAS A VALUE.
UM, AND A HIGH PRICE TAG, OUR PREVIOUS REC CENTER WAS ACTUALLY A COMBINATION WITH, UM, HEALTH, UH, FACILITY AT MONIS.
SO, UM, AND THAT WAS DONE MORE THAN SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, OUR NEXT ONE, THE ONE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM IS AN EXPANSION FOR THE SENIOR CENTER AT, UH, GAS GARCIA.
SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY EASY TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER A, UM, A COOKIE CUTTER, A COOKIE CUTTER, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS ONE AREA THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY EVEN LOOKING INTO IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO RESTROOMS AND PARKS, UM, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE A, AN APPROACH THAT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO DELIVER WITHOUT HAVING TO REDESIGN A RESTROOM EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TOO FAR FROM WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.
THAT'S ALSO WHY WE HAVE CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES,
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ELIANA AND RACHEL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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YOU.[3. Discussion of Austin Capital Delivery Services Project Management Information System.]
WE'LL DISCUSSION ON THE AUSTIN CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.WHAT'S THE ACRONYM FOR THAT? YEAH, IT'S PMIS.
THAT'S PROPRIETARY, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE THE PRODUCT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION.
IT'S, THIS UPDATE IS ON THE, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM CALLED PM WEB.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OVER THE, THE PAST SEVERAL, UM, MEETINGS, AND I PUT TOGETHER A SHORT OVERVIEW OVERVIEW FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, I'LL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT, UM, THIS SYSTEM IS ALL ABOUT, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, HOW WE PLAN TO USE IT.
UM, AFTER THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND THE PLAN.
WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT BOTH IN OUR DEPARTMENT, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, PARTNER DEPARTMENTS LIKE, UM, PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, THAT ALSO MANAGE THEIR PROJECTS.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL WRAP UP WITH A, A DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ADVANTAGES THAT'LL BRING TO OUR DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF PROJECT DELIVERY AND HOW, UM, HOW IT CAN BE, HOW IT CAN BE USED TO INFORM OTHER, OTHER THINGS AROUND THE CITY, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS AND THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT A NECESSARILY A SILVER BULLET THAT WILL FIX EVERY, EVERY ISSUE WITH OUR PROJECTS, BUT IT'S, UM, CERTAINLY A, A TOOL THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER.
SO WITH THAT SAID, HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON BOARD.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S A, UM, I'LL SKIP TO THE SECOND BULLET.
A PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
SO IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW OUR PROJECT MANAGERS TO WORK ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT IT ALSO, LIKE THE THREE PS, THEIR PROJECT, PROGRAM PORTFOLIO ALLOWS THAT PROJECT INFORMATION TO ROLL UP INTO HIGHER, UM, HIGHER LEVELS.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE PROJECT, UM, DETAILS AS THE PROJECT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH DELIVERY.
UM, WE CAN ALSO GENERATE REPORTS THAT NOT ONLY REPORT ON THAT PROJECT STATUS, BUT HOW THE PROGRAM THAT IT SUPPORTS IS DOING AND HOW THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO, FOR INSTANCE, UH, UM, UH, PROPOSITION OUR ENTIRE BOND, UM, IS DOING.
SO THAT'S, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IT IS, UM, IT'S, IT WILL SUPPORT THE PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF THAT PROJECT, UM, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE LIFE.
AND THAT'S THE SCHEMATIC YOU SEE THERE THAT SHOWS THE PLAN, BUILD AND OPERATE.
UM, WITHIN EACH OF THOSE MAJOR PHASES OF A PROJECTS AND A FACILITIES LIFE CYCLE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODULES THAT, UM, SUPPORT THE THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT THOSE PHASES.
THE ONES WE WILL PROBABLY KEY IN ON RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY FROM, UM, BUILDING AND DELIVERING THE PROJECTS TO CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE BUILDING THE BOND PROJECTS ARE ON THE FRONT END, THE PLANNING AND THE BUILDING.
UM, THIS PM WEB PRODUCT CAN CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE, A FACILITY WHERE AN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE UNTIL DECOMMISSIONING AND, YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT DEMOLITION.
UM, THE CITY HAS SOME OF THOSE SYSTEMS ALREADY IN PLACE, LIKE, UM, IBM'S MAXIMO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FOCUS ON THE OPERATION SIDE.
SO OUR DISCUSSION TODAY WILL FOCUS MORE ON THE FRONT END, THE, THE KEY MODULES YOU SEE THERE, LIKE THE, UM, BETTER ESTIMATING, THE BETTER, UH, PLANNING, BEING ABLE TO BRING ALL DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, UM, LOOKING AT IMPROVED SCHEDULING, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO IT, IT IS A FULL FACILITY LIFECYCLE SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE, THE FRONT END.
NOW, ONE PIECE OF EMPHASIS THERE WHERE I SAY SYSTEM INTEGRATION, UH, PM WEB AND, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE CURRENT SYSTEMS THAT USE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT E CAPRI.
IT WILL WORK WITH THE DATA THAT'S ALREADY IN THOSE EXISTING SYSTEMS. IT'LL, IT'LL PROVIDE A NEW PORTAL FOR OUR PROJECT MANAGERS TO WORK WITH, BUT IT WILL PULL INFORMATION FROM, UM, E CAPRI.
IT'LL PULL INFORMATION FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. IT WILL PULL GIS DATA, FOR INSTANCE, AND INTEGRATE IT ALL TOGETHER.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, SHORTLY, BUT IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY REPLACE IT.
THIS DOESN'T GET RID OF ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
IT JUST WORKS WITH THOSE EXISTING TOOLS OR EXISTING SYSTEMS. PROVIDE
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A, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE TOOL.SO HERE'S SORT OF A, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT, UH, PM WEB WILL ALLOW OUR PROJECT MANAGERS TO DO.
AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A WEB-BASED SYSTEM, SO THIS WILL, THIS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM ANYWHERE FOR OUR PROJECT MANAGERS OUT IN THE FIELD, IN THE OFFICE.
UM, AT HOME IT IS, UM, IT WILL BRING EVERYTHING INTO SORT OF THE, THE WINDOWS STANDARD, UM, TEMPLATE AND LOOK AND FORMAT THAT WE'RE USED TO WORKING WITH AND IS, EVERYTHING'S INTEGRATED IN, UM, ONE DOCUMENT CENTER.
IT'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE EASE OF USE THAT WAY INSTEAD OF BEING A PROPRIETARY SYSTEM THAT HAS A, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN FORMAT OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO IT'S BASED ON A, A SERIES OF MODULES, AGAIN, THAT TRACK THE PROJECT THROUGH, UM, THE PHASES OF DELIVERY FROM PLANNING THROUGH DESIGN, THROUGH ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF THE MODULES WHERE WE'LL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
UM, WORKFLOWS A GOOD EXAMPLE, A, A VISUAL WORKFLOW.
SO USING OUR, OUR CURRENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND E CAPRI AS AS THE ONLY SYSTEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR DELIVERING CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, SOME OF THAT RELIES ON OUR PROJECT MANAGERS KNOWING THAT THEY NEED TO GO AND PERFORM A TASK.
UM, SOMETHING COULD BE OVERLOOKED IF THAT PROJECT MANAGER DOESN'T HAVE A CHECKLIST OR SOMETHING TO, TO GO OFF OF, TO GO BACK AND UPDATE, UM, UH, A DATE, A SCHEDULE CHANGE, UH, OR, OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE AN INVOICE CAN BE PROCESSED IN PM WEB WORKFLOWS ARE ACTUALLY CREATED THAT WILL DRIVE THOSE STEPS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE AND SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE IT CAN PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP.
SO IT, IT ALMOST MAKES IT, UM, MORE FOOLPROOF AND IT, IT, UM, A LESS EXPERIENCED PROJECT MANAGER CAN MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING DONE IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL PREVENT ACCIDENTS OR OMISSIONS FROM THE PROCESS.
UM, THE DOCUMENT MANAGER OR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT FUNCTION IS, UM, VERY IMPORTANT TOO.
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, PM WEB WILL BE A CLEARINGHOUSE OF INFORMATION.
SO, LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IT'LL PULL DATA FROM MULTIPLE OTHER SYSTEMS, BUT IT WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT MANAGER TO HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED IN THIS ONE PORTAL.
SO WHETHER IT'S, UM, EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE DESIGNER OR WITH VENDORS, UM, WHETHER IT'S GIS INFORMATION THEY NEED TO PULL IN, WHETHER IT'S, UM, WARRANTY INFORMATION, IS PROJECT GETTING READY TO CLOSE OUT, ALL THE PROJECT DOCUMENTATION WILL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ONE, UM, THROUGH ONE SITE.
THE THE PLANNING PIECE IS, UM, UH, A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO OVER WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
IT NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO RECORD AND DRAW FROM REALTIME INFORMATION, SO WE CAN PULL COST ESTIMATES FROM SIMILAR PROJECTS WE'VE JUST COMPLETED, UM, THOSE, THOSE KIND OF DATABASES FROM OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
UM, AND IT'LL ALLOW US TO DO LIFECYCLE COST ESTIMATES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT A DESIGN AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT, UM, HOW WE WANNA PROCEED.
SO IT LETS US DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED PLANNING ON THE, THE FRONT END OF, OF THE PROJECT.
AND FINALLY, THE, THE SCHEDULING CAPABILITY IN PM WEB IS GONNA BE, UM, A LOT MORE IN DEPTH THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW THROUGH E CAPRI.
INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL, UM, FOUR OR FIVE PHASES.
IT WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT MANAGER TO PULL VERY DETAILED, UM, PROJECT INFORMATION FROM, FROM THE DESIGNER INTO OUR SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OF INTEREST TO US AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ESTABLISH THAT SCHEDULE BASELINE UPFRONT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT.
AND THERE'S, UM, UH, A BASELINE SCHEDULE THAT'S SET AND ALWAYS REFERENCED, EVEN IF AN APPROVED CHANGE MADE DOWN THE, THE ROAD, WE STILL HAVE A, UM, A WAY TO LOOK AT THAT INITIAL SCHEDULE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE NEW TOOLS THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT WE, THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE USING E CAPRI.
SO SOME OF THE, THE NUTS AND BOLTS AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE USING IT HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, THE CONTRACT TO USE PM WEB IS OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.
THE CONTRACT IS A NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION TOTAL, UM, OVER FIVE YEARS OF, UH, PERFORMANCE.
IT'S THAT PERFORMANCE INCLUDES BOTH THE, UM, WORK BY THE PM WEB SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO INTEGRATE IT AND TO, TO PUT IT IN THE FIELD FOR OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE THE LICENSING, THE, THE WEB HOSTING, THE SOFTWARE SERVICE PROVISIONS THROUGHOUT THOSE FIVE YEARS.
SO IT'S THE HOW TO DESIGN AND OFFER IT TO US, AS WELL AS HOW TO PROVIDE IT FOR THE, THE LIFETIME OF THAT CONTRACT.
THE APPROACH WE'RE USING AND THE TIMELINE WE'RE FOLLOWING TO, TO GET IT ROLLED OUT IS, UM, A, A MODULAR APPROACH.
SO, LIKE I SHOWED YOU IN THE EARLIER SLIDES THAT THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN DIFFERENT MODULES THAT WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT, BUT WE'RE
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NOT GOING TO WAIT TILL THEY'RE ALL DONE AND THEN FLIP THE SWITCH.'CAUSE THAT'LL TAKE A COUPLE YEARS.
WE FOCUSED ON THE, THE KEY MODULES FIRST, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE, THE BULLETS YOU SEE HERE.
SO, UM, THE PM WEB SOFTWARE DESIGNERS ARE INTERVIEWING OUR STAFF, OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM, OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT USE THAT SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STEPS ARE REQUIRED IN EACH OF THE WORKFLOWS.
UM, ALONG THE WAY THEY'RE CONDUCTING THAT RESEARCH, THEN THEY GO BACK, UM, AND THEY DO THE, THE, UM, DESIGN THAT THEY NEED TO, THEY CUSTOMIZE OR MAKE SURE THAT THE PM WEB WORKFLOWS MARRY UP WITH WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT COMES OUTTA THE BOX AND HOW, HOW WE DO BUSINESS, UM, TRYING TO STANDARDIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THEN THERE'S A PERIOD OF USER TESTING WHERE THEY PROVIDE THE SORT OF THE, THE BETA VERSION OF WHAT THEY SUGGEST WE ROLL OUT.
WE MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS OUR NEEDS AND THE USERS UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE IT, THAT IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL.
AND THEN WE FLIP THE SWITCH ON THAT PARTICULAR MODULE TO GO LIVE AND THE, THE AUDIENCE OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS CAN START TO USE IT.
SO, YEAR ONE, WHICH WE ARE JUST WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW, UM, FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE MODULES YOU SEE HERE, UM, BASIC RECORDS FOR PROJECTS AND FOR COMPANIES.
UM, DAILY PROGRESS REPORTS AND QUANTITY BOOK UPDATES, WHICH ARE, UM, MAINLY USED BY OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM, OUR INSPECTORS, TO MAKE SURE THAT CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTALS ARE BEING PROVIDED, UM, AND THAT QUANTITIES ARE BEING CORRECTLY, UM, COMPILED BEFORE WE CAN PAY OUT INVOICES.
AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED WITH SHAREPOINT IS KIND OF A, A COMMUNICATIONS, UM, MEDIUM.
SO THOSE 1, 2, 3, 4 MODULES ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO GO LIVE.
WE'RE IN THE USER ACCEPTANCE, UM, TESTING STAGE RIGHT NOW.
AND AS SOON AS EVERYTHING'S BEEN, ANY BUGS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT, WE'LL BE READY TO CLOSE THE BOOK ON THOSE.
AND IN YEAR TWO, WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON THE, THE NEXT SET OF, UM, PRIORITY ITEMS THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGERS WILL BE USING.
SO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, SO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND THE DESIGNERS AND THE, UM, CONTRACTORS, CHANGE ORDERS, HOW WE HANDLE THOSE, UM, SUBMITTALS, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY DOCUMENT HEAVY AND PUNCH LIST MANAGEMENT AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO CLOSE OUT, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE TAKING THOSE ON THIS YEAR.
WE WILL, AGAIN, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT MODULAR APPROACH OF, UM, VETTING THEM, GETTING 'EM DESIGNED, AND THEN GETTING THEM TESTED BEFORE WE, WE ACTUALLY GO LIVE.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR THE FINAL MODULES WILL BE, UM, SOME OF THE MOST COMPLICATED ONES, THE SCHEDULING AND INVOICING, ANY OTHER FUNCTIONALITIES.
AND THEN FOR THE, THE REMAINING TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR SO OF THE CONTRACT, IT'LL JUST BE STEADY STATE WHERE WE'LL BE PAYING PM WEB TO HOST AND, UM, PROVIDE US LICENSES TO USE THE SYSTEM.
SO OUR PROJECT MANAGERS AND THE OTHER PROJECT MANAGERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
AND THEN PM WEB WILL BE KIND OF ON CALL FOR, UM, FOR SUPPORT AS THEY NEED IT.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY CAN TROUBLESHOOT FOR US, THEY CAN HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM REMAINS ONLINE, OKAY, THE OUTCOMES, UM, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT, WHAT GOOD CHANGES IT'LL BRING.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, KIND OF THAT, THAT WARNING OF THE, SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
SO THE, THE FIRST THING, THE OUTCOMES WE EXPECT WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE MODULES, UM, IMPLEMENTED, TESTED, AND ROLLED OUT WILL BE, UM, A LOT BETTER FUNCTIONALITY IN THOSE AREAS YOU SEE THERE, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A FULL SERVICE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUITE.
AND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES NOW, OUR PROJECT MANAGERS HAVE BEEN USING E CAPRI FOR CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY.
UM, IT, IT GOT THE JOB DONE, BUT IT WASN'T DESIGNED AS A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE TOOL WE HAD, IT WAS THE ONE WE USED.
UM, IF YOU HAVE A, A GOOD SWISS ARMY KNIFE, YOU CAN DO A LOT OF STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE AND, AND MAKE DO, BUT IF YOU GET A NICE CRAFTSMAN 128 PIECE TOOLKIT, YOU CAN DO A LOT BETTER WORK.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT COMPLETE, UM, DOCUMENT INTEGRATION, LIKE I MENTIONED, ALL THE INFORMATION CORRESPONDENCE, UM, GIS DATA IN ONE PLACE AND AT THE FINGERTIPS OF THE PROJECT MANAGER, OUR SCHEDULING WILL, WILL BE IMPROVED.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IN, UM, P SIX TYPE SCHEDULES, NOT JUST THE, THE BASIC, YOU KNOW, FIVE PHASES OF A PROJECT.
UH, PM WEB COMES WITH, UM, WELL OVER A HUNDRED OUT OF THE BOX, UM, PRE-PLANNED REPORTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO A GROUP LIKE THIS.
CURRENTLY WITH E CAPRI, WE HAVE TO USE A, A THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE LIKE A MICROSTRATEGY TO ACTUALLY GENERATE REPORTS, PULLING INFORMATION FROM E CAPRI TO, TO PROVIDE THINGS LIKE, UH, SOME OF THE REPORTS WE'VE SHARED OR SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT THIS COMMISSION'S SEEN BEFORE.
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OF THE, THE SPENDING CURVES, THE, UM, THE ANALYSIS OF OUR PROJECTS AND OUR PROGRAMS HAVE COME FROM REPORTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO INDEPENDENTLY AUTHOR PM LEVEL, HAVE A LOT OF THOSE REPORTS PREBUILT.SO IT'S A, IT'S A MUCH FASTER AND, UM, SIMPLER PROCESS.
UM, AGAIN, THOSE WORKFLOWS THAT WE CAN PROGRAM ARE GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL 'CAUSE THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT NO STEPS GET OMITTED AND IF SOMEONE MISSES A DEADLINE AND PART OF THE PROCESS, IT'LL BE FLAGGED AND IT'LL LET THE PM OR THEIR SUPERVISOR KNOW THAT SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE OR NOT DONE CORRECTLY.
AND IT WILL BRING, UM, US INTO THAT STANDARD WINDOWS, UM, INTERFACE THAT IS, IS MORE INTEGRATED WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING AT OUR, AT OUR WORKSTATIONS.
UM, THE APPLICATIONS, THE, THE PRIMARY INTENT, UM, WHY THIS WAS PURCHASED IN WHY WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTING IN THE FIRST PLACE IS TO IMPROVE THE, UM, THE TOOLKIT FOR OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, BOTH MY DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT MANAGE PROJECTS FOR THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS.
BUT THE ADDITIONAL, UM, THE KIND OF THE BYPRODUCTS THAT'LL COME OUT OF HAVING A IMPROVED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIKE THIS ARE THE IMPROVED REPORTING CAPABILITIES, UM, THE BETTER DATA THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF HAVING OUR PROJECT MANAGERS USE A BETTER TOOL SO THAT, UM, FUTURE DASHBOARDS, OTHER, UM, OTHER REPORTS WE NEED TO GENERATE ARE, UM, WE HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD THE DASHBOARD LOOKS, IF THE, THE PROJECT INFORMATION'S INCORRECT.
SO THIS WILL SUPPORT THAT TOO.
UM, KEYS TO SUCCESS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION ARE, UM, ONE THAT KIND OF DELIBERATE, EVEN THOUGH IT EVERYONE WAS EAGER A YEAR AGO WHEN THIS, UM, FIRST CAME ONLINE TO GET THE WHOLE THING UP AND RUNNING QUICKLY, WE MADE THE DECISION TO FOCUS ON, UM, PRIORITY MODULES FIRST TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE UP AND RUNNING FOUNDATIONALLY BEFORE WE STARTED BUILDING THE MORE COMPLEX MODULES ON TOP OF THEM.
SO TO FOLLOW THAT PHASED INTEGRATION.
UM, BUT WHAT THIS OR ANY OTHER SYSTEM OR TOOL COMES BACK TO THOUGH, IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR USERS, SO OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, THE OTHER STAFF OR ANYONE THAT HAS ACCESS TO OR USES THIS TOOL, IS PUTTING IN THE RIGHT NUMBERS, IS FOLLOWING THE WORKFLOWS, IS DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO PERIODICALLY MAKE SURE THE DATA IS CORRECT AND NOT LEAVING ANYTHING OUT.
AND THAT, THAT LAST BULLET TALKS ABOUT, UH, PERIODIC QUALITY REVIEWS OR AUDITING IS KEY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, THE TOOL IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION WE'RE PUTTING IN AND THE, THE FREQUENCY OF THE UPDATES AND THE, THE RIGOR THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE REPORTING AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS PROJECT MANAGERS.
SO THE, THE UPSHOT IS THIS IS A, UM, THIS WILL GIVE OUR PROJECT MANAGERS A MUCH MORE ADVANCED TOOL THAN THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
IT'S A PURPOSE BUILT PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL THAT ALSO INFORMS THE PROGRAM AND THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO.
UM, IT WILL SIT ON OR WORK WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE CITY, SO IT WILL RAMP UP OUR CAPABILITY, BUT WE'RE DOING IT IN A DELIBERATE MANNER.
IT'LL TAKE, UM, WE'RE ABOUT ONE YEAR INTO THREE YEARS OF INTEGRATION AND THEN TWO MORE YEARS OF EVERYTHING BEING UP AND RUNNING.
SO WE WERE ENCOURAGED THAT SOME OF THIS, UM, QUITE A BIT OF IT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN PLACE BY THE TIME WE START LOOKING AT THE NEW BOND PROJECTS POTENTIALLY STARTING IN FY 27.
SO THIS WILL BE, A LOT OF THE MODULES WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE TIME WE START WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS.
AND, UM, I, WE THINK THAT'LL BE ANOTHER, UM, KEY TO SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I KNOW I'M, UH, GONNA GET INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ONE, BUT, UH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY, YOU WERE ABLE TO, UH, THE PORTFOLIO IS ABLE TO ALLOW IT TO GO FROM LIKE THE UP TO THE BOND TO PROPOSITION LEVEL TO THE ACTUAL ASSET OR SO, OR VENUE, LET'S SAY.
UM, SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A VENUE THAT DURING ONE BOND GETS CONSTRUCTED AND DURING ANOTHER BOND IT GETS, UH, UPDATED AND MAINTAINED.
WAS IS IT, DOES UH, DOES THE SYSTEM SUPPORT LIKE ONE, I GUESS IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CALLED AN ASSET IN THIS ONE ASSET BEING PART OF MULTIPLE PORTFOLIOS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BONDS OR PROPS THAT LED TO THAT, THAT THAT ONE VENUE, YOU KNOW, WAS PART OF, I I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF AN EXAMPLE OF A, A SINGLE FACILITY OR ASSET THAT'S BEEN FUNDED OVER MULTIPLE, UM, BONDS OR BOND PROPOSITIONS.
BUT YES, IT, IT CERTAINLY COULD.
I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD GENERATE A REPORT KEYING IN ON THAT ASSET OR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM OR THAT BRIDGE, WHATEVER THE CASE IS, YOU CAN USE AND SAY, HERE'S THE STATUS OF THE VARIOUS TRANCHES OF MONEY THAT HAVE GONE AGAINST IT AND HERE'S WHERE THE OVERALL PROJECT SITS.
SO YEAH, IT, IT WOULD DEFINITELY LET US DO THAT.
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ANYBODY ELSE? I WAS TRYING TO BE POLITE.IN TERMS OF WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BE THROUGH WITH THIS, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE THROUGH WITH THIS, SINCE THE NEW SYSTEM IS MORE DETAILED, MY ASSUMPTION IS BASICALLY SCHEDULING IS GONNA MOVE TO THE NEW SYSTEM.
AND THAT'LL BE 2028, IT COULD BE UPDATED.
AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING THAT PIECE OF PM WEB, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN WORKING ON DURING FY 28.
SO, UH, BEING SELFISH FOR OUR PURPOSES.
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHETHER, BASICALLY WHETHER THINGS ARE ON SCHEDULE UNTIL 2028, THE BEST THING WE'VE GOT IS STILL IS EQUAL FREE.
IT, IT IS, AND I, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE'RE NOT USING E CAPRI TO THE, WE'RE NOT SQUEEZING EVERY BIT OF EFFICIENCY OUT OF E CAPRI.
IF PMS ACROSS THE CITY WERE MAKING, YOU KNOW, WEEKLY UPDATES TO WHAT WAS IN E CAPRI, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SORT OF A MACRO LEVEL, SOMETHING'S IN PLANNING, DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, UH, WITH ANTICIPATED DATES, THEY CAN STILL, WE HAVE SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT EVEN JUST USING E CAPRI.
SO THAT SHOULDN'T LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE A, A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE.
EVEN THE NEW ONES THAT'LL COME OUT AS PART OF THE BOND AFTER WE GET THIS NEW IN MORE IN DEPTH SCHEDULE ROLLED OUT WITH PM WEB, WE CAN MIGRATE THAT INFORMATION OVER.
AND THEN WHEN THE, WHERE IT'S REALLY GONNA BE CRITICAL IS ONCE THE DESIGNER GETS, GETS INVOLVED AND THEY WILL LAY OUT, UM, USING PRIMAVERA SOME MORE ADVANCED SCHEDULING TOOL, UH, A VERY ELABORATE SET OF, UM, MILESTONES AND WE CAN IMPORT THAT IN.
SO THE PLANNING STILL MAY BE, YOU KNOW, JUST A CHUNK OF TIME, EIGHT MONTHS, WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
BUT THEN AS IT GETS INTO DESIGN AND FORECAST, HOW FOR CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE A LOT MORE VISIBILITY AND UM, MORE INTERIM STEPS THAT WE CAN CHECK ALONG THE WAY SO IT WON'T JUST BE A BLACK HOLE OF 24 MONTHS IN CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN 24 MONTHS COME AND GO, WE'RE LIKE, ARE YOU DONE YET? THERE'LL BE A LOT OF MORE, UM, STEPS ALONG THE WAY.
BUT FOR THE INITIAL, LIKE YOU SAID, OUR, OUR CONCERNS GETTING OUT THE GATE WITH THE NEW PROJECTS, PART OF THAT GOES BACK TO JUST USING E CAPRI AND, AND MAKING THOSE CHECKS AND HAVING THE PMS AND THEIR SUPERVISORS SAYING, HEY, GET IN THERE AND, AND MAKE YOUR UPDATES AND KEEP THINGS GOING.
I HAD JUST FOLLOWED WHEN YOU SAID THE NEW SYSTEM, LIKE ANY OTHER SYSTEM'S GONNA DEPEND ON PEOPLE.
AND MY OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IMPRESSION IS THAT ISN'T HAPPENING NOW WITH THESE BREACH.
NOT TO THE EXTENT IT, IT COULD NOW THAT EVEN
SO IF WE HAD AN OLD, YOU KNOW, BEAT UP 1973 VOLKSWAGEN, YOU COULD TAKE IT OUT TO CODA AND DRIVE IT AROUND THE TRACK AND YOU'D GET THERE.
IF HE TOOK A EXPERIENCED DRIVER, HE COULD GET EVERY LITTLE BIT OF, UM, PERFORMANCE OUT OF THAT OLD CAR.
'CAUSE HE KNOW HOW TO INFLATE THE TIRES AND WHEN TO ACCELERATE.
AND IF HE PUT A 17-YEAR-OLD KID, HE WOULDN'T DO VERY WELL.
SO EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA HIT A CEILING THOUGH, AND THEN YOU BRING IN A NEW 2025 MUSTANG AND HE'S GONNA DO GREAT.
'CAUSE HE HAS A BETTER SET OF TOOLS.
BUT IF YOU PUT THAT 17-YEAR-OLD IN THE NEW MUSTANG AND HE'S NOT GONNA DO SO GREAT.
SO E CAPRI, I THINK WE COULD SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE THAT TOOL TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE IF WE WERE HAVING STRICT ADHERENCE AND RIGOR TO HOW WE MANAGE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PROJECTS.
SO IT, IT'S NOT A USELESS TOOL.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING HERE IN THE CITY FOR A COUPLE DECADES NOW USING THAT TO DELIVER OUR PROJECTS, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU COME UP AGAINST A CEILING AND THIS, THIS PRODUCT WILL LET US DO MORE AND BETTER, BUT ALL THAT SORT OF GOES BY THE WAYSIDE IF WE'RE STILL NOT ADHERING TO THE, THE BASICS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO.
I I, I'M IN THAT WAY OF, YOU KNOW, THE NEW SYSTEM, BUT WHEN THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAVE CONSISTENTLY ASK ON THIS COMMISSION DEPARTMENT, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO OR VERY LITTLE, BUT THE, IF, IF THE INFORMATION, IF THE INFORMATION THAT E CAPRI
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CAN HANDLE, WERE THERE, THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN SAYING THIS PERCENT OF OUR PROBLEM, THIS PERCENT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE BEHIND ON GETTING THROUGH THE PURCHASING PROCESS.THIS PERCENT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, ON GETTING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
IF I COULD, IF I COULD ADD JUST I AGREE.
USING, USING THE SAME EXAMPLE, RIGHT? IS IT, UH, ALL THOSE TYPES OF CARS NEED TO HAVE GAS IN IT, SO THAT'S PART OF IT.
UM, YEAH, SO TO YOUR POINT, CHARLES, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S GOING IN, RIGHT, THE DATA GOING IN NEEDS TO COME OUT IN A, I THINK, EXECUTIVE LEVEL SUMMARY TOO WITH DASHBOARDS, RED, YELLOW, GREEN, THE SPIN DOWN CHARTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LATEST REPORTING, WHICH IS GREATLY IMPROVED.
UM, AND THEN THE CORRELATION THAT, UM, STEVEN PUT TOGETHER EARLIER, RIGHT? WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOTAL COST OF THE INITIAL PROJECT, AND THEN NOW PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO COMBINED IS THREE X THAT, RIGHT? IT NEEDS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GOTTA BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS THAT FOLKS CAN, CAN TURN IT INTO ACTIONABLE ITEMS, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO WE DO IN THE NEXT YEAR ON A QUESTION? YEAH.
SO WHAT DO WE DO IN THE NEXT YEAR TO DO BETTER THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST TWO? I WOULD BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF ARE OUR PROJECTS ON TIME? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? WELL, I WOULD EMPHASIZE BOTH FOR, FOR MY DEPARTMENT, UM, THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDING, DELIVERING PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF MANY OF OUR SPONSORS AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER SPONSOR DEPARTMENTS LIKE, UM, PARKS MM-HMM
TPW, UM, VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE MANAGING THEIR OWN TO, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE TOP DOWN TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA INTEGRITY AND PROJECT UPDATES.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR REPORTS, OUR DASHBOARDS, THE, THE PICTURE WE'RE SHOWING, UM, NO MATTER HOW GOOD WE MAKE THOSE REPORTS IS NEVER GONNA MATTER IF WE'RE NOT MAKING THE UPDATES AND DOING THE DAY-TO-DAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT TASKS.
SO CERTAINLY EMPHASIZING THAT, UM, PART OF IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE, AND, AND I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, COMMISSIONER KERR YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS HOW CAN THIS OVERSIGHT, BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS NO, UM, ANALOG, THERE'S NO DEPARTMENT ON THE CITY STAFF THAT HAS THE EXACT SAME ROLE THAT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
THERE'S NO BOND OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT ON CITY STAFF, SO THERE'S NO, UM, SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT THAT HAS THAT FULL VISIBILITY.
SO I, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY USE OUR TIME, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE, UM, SHORTLY IN TODAY'S AGENDA, BUT WHAT IS A, A TEMPLATE OR A REPORT THAT WE COULD, UM, PULL THAT INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY GOING FORWARD WITH THE NEW BOND, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE WHATEVER THE, THE NUMBER TURNS OUT TO BE 50 LINE ITEMS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, HOW DO WE START TRACKING THOSE 50 LINE ITEMS MOVING FORWARD? WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? WHEN IS THE MONEY BEEN ALLOCATED? WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR DESIGN? YOU KNOW, FOR EACH OF THESE, WE, THERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE A MATRIX AND WHOEVER'S GONNA BE MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS, SO A CHUNK OF IT'LL COME TO US, A CHUNK WILL COME TO PART, UM, ASKING FOR THEM TO MAYBE IN BETWEEN THESE MEETINGS TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, REPORT ON THINGS.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT OUR THOUGHTS ON, UM, WHAT IS SOME MEANINGFUL ACTIONABLE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE USEFUL.
AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT NOW, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO ONE OF THE THING, ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS DESIGNING THAT MATRIX FOR REPORTING.
I, I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
SORRY, IS THAT
UM, AS FAR AS THAT GOES INTO, UH, TO GO GO ALONG WITH THE CONCERNS OF, UH, COMMISSIONER CURRY, IS THAT, UM, HAVE WE, HAVE WE CHECKED TO DO DOUBLES CHECK, LIKE THE DATA INTAKE PROCESS? IS THAT AS EASY AS WE CAN MAKE IT FOR PEOPLE TO PUT THE THINGS IN SO THAT IT BECOMES LIKE A REALLY QUICK THING FOR THEM THAT WE CAN MORE, OR LIKE EITHER MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE NOT TO PUT THE STUFF KIND OF IN THERE? OR IS THERE, WHAT KIND OF ROADBLOCKS HAS THERE BEEN TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, FULL DATA INTAKE? I GUESS I, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ONE.
UM, IT'S NOT TO, TO ANY PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S BEEN WORKING HERE IN THE CITY AND WANTS TO HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, HOW OUR E CAPRI SYSTEM WORKS.
IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S NOT A HUGE HURDLE TO OVERCOME.
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AND PRIORITIZING.UM, PART OF IT MAY BE BANDWIDTH IF, UM, IF A PROJECT MANAGER'S WORKING ON 15 PROJECTS AT A TIME, HE MAY HAVE TO SET OR SHE MAY HAVE TO SET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM OFF TO THE SIDE WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING AT A HIGHER PRIORITY.
UM, BUT IT, IT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S TOO OWNERS IN IN THAT REGARD.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT DONE.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE DON'T TEND TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME PUTTING DATA INTO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE SEEMS TO BE LOOKING AT.
AND WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE IT'S GOING.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVE THE 2026 ANNUAL SCHEDULE FOR THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
[4. Discussion on the 2026 Bond Election Advisory Task Force recent meeting items.]
UM, THE BOND ELECTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE.YOU'RE RIGHT, FOLKS THAT ARE ON NOPE, THAT'S RIGHT.
ANYBODY'D LIKE TO UH, REPORT ON WHAT, HOW THE TASK FORCE IS DOING.
JC WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHARLES'S? YOU THERE?
UM, WE'RE PROCEEDING A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIVELY INTO THE VARIOUS LIST OF ITEMS THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED.
WE HAVEN'T YET WADE INTO THE COMMUNITY INPUTTED PROJECTS, UM, AND TRY AND REPLICATE THAT, UH, VALUES-BASED CRITERIA AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL AS WELL.
UM, THIS WEEK IS OUR FIRST ROUND OF COMMUNITY INPUT VIA ACTUAL PHYSICAL LISTENING SESSIONS AROUND TOWN AS WELL AS ONE VIRTUAL LISTENING SESSION.
AND SO TOMORROW IS THE LAST ONE OF THOSE.
UM, WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD HIGH LEVEL INPUT ON SORT OF WHERE FOLKS WANNA SEE PROJECTS AND WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING, NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT CHARLES AGREE NOTHING TO, UH, THE, UH, WORK GROUPS WILL BEGIN REPORTING THEIR PRIOR, THEIR LIST OF PRIORITIES, UM, TO THE TASK FORCE STARTING IN JANUARY.
SO WE WILL THEN START, UM, SEEING SOME RANKED LISTINGS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT IT IN FEBRUARY.
[5. Approve the 2026 annual schedule of the Bond Oversight Commission.]
THE ANNUAL SCHEDULE,FOR MAY WE ONLY PROPOSE THAT WE SEE WHERE WE'RE DOING, WHERE WE STAND ON THE BOND ELECTION FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.
SO THAT WOULD MEAN, UM, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN APRIL OR MAY.
DEPENDING ON WHEN THE B TIFF CONCLUDES IS I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT ONE.
UM, FOR JUNE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ANNUAL BOND SALE AND OUR ANNUAL REVIEW IS DUE AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND WE'LL TAKE A SUMMER BREAK FOR JULY AND AUGUST.
COMMISSIONER CURRY RECOMMENDED WE JUST PUT IN TPD BECAUSE BASICALLY ALL OF OUR, MOST OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF REPORTING THAT THEY CAN DO TOWARDS, IT'S JUST BASICALLY WE'RE IN CLEANUP MODE NOW AND NOVEMBER WE GET THE A PR PARKS, PARKS AND REC AGAIN, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO OUR ANNUAL MEETING AGAIN
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OR OUR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.AND YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM YOU COULD SEE THAT OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT.
THEY ARE ON THEIR LAST LEGS, SO, ALRIGHT, SO, SO WE JUST ADDED AN ITEM TO OUR WORK PLAN.
YEAH, WE DID A REPORTING MATRIX.
WHERE DOES THAT GO ON OUR SCHEDULE? FEBRUARY SOUNDS GOOD.
AND WE, AND WE CAN REVISIT IT, YOU KNOW, IN APRIL OR MAY TOO, SO.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE TO ADOPT THIS CALENDAR OR FURTHER? YES, YES.
WELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE AMENDED CALENDAR.
JUST TO CONFIRM, MR. CHAIR, UH, WE'RE NOT HAVING A MEETING IN DECEMBER, NOR IN JANUARY, SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN FEBRUARY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS