Feb 18, 2026 Bond Oversight Commission

AND I'LL CALL AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

YES.

I'M GONNA CALL RO AND THEN WE CAN, UM, GO MOVE ON TO FORTH.

OH, ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER STANLEY AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER MCNABB HERE.

COMMISSIONER CURRY HERE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

COMMISSIONER LIBEL HERE.

COMMISSIONER COURT.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

PRESENT.

GREAT.

AND WE HAVE

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

ONE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION FOR TODAY.

SANTIAGO, I HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN.

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

JUST SAY, CAN YOU ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE YES.

TOP, TOP HALF, UH, GREETINGS.

UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMISSION OR SO.

COMMISSIONERS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ONLINE CAN SEE, UH, THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN.

UM, I HAVE OVER THE PAST MONTH PRESENTED, UM, THIS, UH, AS PART OF A CHAPTER, CHAPTER 26, PROCESS OF THE TEXAS STATE CODE FOR, UM, PARKLAND, UM, CONVERSION OF USE.

UH, AND THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.

SO THE PURPLE LINE IS A, UH, 48 INCH WASTEWATER, UM, TIE IN.

IT WOULD BE PART OF A TEMPORARY, UM, UH, REROUTING OF AN EXISTING WASTEWATER LINE.

UM, AS PART OF THE EXPANDING OF I 35 TXDOT PROJECT.

UM, THIS WENT, THIS IS PART OF A PRESENTATION THAT WENT IN FRONT OF, UH, THE PARKS BOARD IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.

UM, MY NAME IS SANTIAGO.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UH, FESTIVAL BEACH FOOD FOREST.

UM, THE GREEN LINE GOES THROUGH THE, IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT IMAGE GOES THROUGH, UH, THE CORNER OF FESTIVAL, BEACH FOOD, FOREST, UH, FESTIVAL, BEACH FOOD FOR FESTIVAL BEACH FOOD FOREST HAS RECEIVED, UM, UN A LOT OF MONEY FROM PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY THE URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION, UH, TO DEVELOP THIS PARKLAND, OR, INITIALLY IT WAS TWO THIRDS OF AN ACRE, EXPANDED TO THREE ACRES ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

UH, CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR THIS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER LED ORGANIZATION TO STEWARD PARKLAND.

AND PART OF THE ONGOING, UH, AGREEMENTS CALLED THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, TO STEWARD THIS LAND, UM, TECH FESTIVAL BEACH FOOD FOREST WAS NOTIFIED 30 DAYS AGO, UH, JANUARY, BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

AND ACCORDING TO, UM, THE CITY CODE, UM, SECTION 14, UH, DASH THREE ABOUT RELOCATION SERVICES.

UH, THE CITY IS TO GIVE 90 DAYS OF, UH, NOTICE BEFORE VACATING THE LAND.

THERE ARE EXCAVATORS IN THE PARKLAND CURRENTLY.

UM, AND, UH, KEVIN KOHLER, WHO'S WITH AWESOME WATER, HAS BEEN REALLY, UH, FRONT FORWARD AND IN COMMUNICATING, UH, ALTERNATIVE OR MITIGATION FOR THIS.

AND I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL MITIGATION.

UH, I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH PARKS DIRECTOR.

I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH, UH, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES MOST RECENTLY WITH MIKE ROGERS.

UM, AND I AM HERE TODAY TO HOPEFULLY GET IN CONTACT.

I BELIEVE THERE'S STAFF HERE, UH, WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES THAT I CAN, UH, COMMUNICATE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY.

IT'S GONNA BE IN YOUR, YOUR BOX.

BUT, UH, ULTIMATELY OUR, OUR, UH, COMMITTEE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO USE PART OF THE $17 MILLION THAT RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO ACQUIRE, UM, WALLER BEACH, OR SORRY, WALLER PARKWAY AND NASH HERNANDEZ, AND VACATE THOSE ROADS AND TURN INTO A PARKLAND, UM, AND LOCATE THE EASEMENT THERE FOR THE UTILITIES.

SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UH, ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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[1. Approve the minutes of the Bond Oversight Commission Regular meeting on November 19, 2025. ]

INTERESTING ON THAT.

HMM.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IT WAS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD MEETING, .

READY FOR THE STAFF BRIEFING.

IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

AYE.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIM.

ALL RIGHTY.

AND I THINK WE'RE

[2. Staff briefing regarding 2016, 2018 and 2020 Mobility Bonds. Presentation by Anna Martin, Assistant Director, Austin Transportation and Public Works, Genest Landry, Assistant Director, Austin Capital Delivery Services. ]

Y'ALL ARE POPULAR TODAY.

? YES.

IS THERE CLICKER? GREAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

UM, MY NAME IS JANAE LANDRY.

I'M WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.

CAN I HAVE YOU PUT YOUR MIC TOWARDS YOU? THERE YOU GO.

HOW'S THAT? MUCH BETTER.

GREAT.

MY NAME IS JANA LANDRY.

I'M WITH CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY WITH ANNA MARTIN FROM TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ON THE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY BONDS.

WE'RE GONNA COVER 20 16, 20 18, AND 2020.

SO WE'LL START WITH 2016 PROP ONE.

UM, IN 2016, THE VOTERS APPROVED $720 MILLION FOR LOCAL MOBILITY, REGIONAL MOBILITY, AND FOR CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS.

THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN FULLY APPROPRIATED, UM, TO PROJECTS AND TO DATE, WE'VE COMMITTED $586 MILLION.

OF THE SEVEN 20 TO CONTRACTS OF THAT FIVE EIGHTY SIX FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR HAVE BEEN SPENT.

THIS LEAVES $133 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR UPCOMING CONTRACTS.

THIS, UM, COMMITMENT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE IN $83 MILLION IN SPENDING AND CONTRACT ENCUMBRANCES SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FOR THE 2018 BOND, WHICH WAS PROP G, UM, THE VOTERS APPROVED $160 MILLION.

ALL OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR PROJECTS AS WELL.

UM, AND $118 MILLION OF THE ONE 60 HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.

116 HAVE BEEN SPENT TO DATE.

AND THERE'S 41 MILLION REMAINING THAT'S AWAITING ENCUMBRANCE FOR ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATED PROJECTS.

THIS IS DOWN FROM 48 MILLION WHEN WE WERE LAST HERE FOR 2020.

PROP B, UM, THE VOTERS APPROVED $460 MILLION WITH ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO PROJECTS.

AS OF FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE COMMITTED $312 MILLION.

UM, IN THE FORM OF CONTRACTS OR SPENDING, WE'VE SPENT $230 MILLION AND HAVE 148 REMAINING TO BE ENCUMBERED.

SO THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE OF $116 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS OR SPENDING.

VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM BUCKET AS OF TODAY.

IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M GONNA DIVE INTO THE 2016 BOND, UM, AND I WILL COVER REGIONAL ABILITY AND THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM.

UM, THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY IN MY PURVIEW OVER AT CDS, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE ANNA, TO DISCUSS LOCAL MOBILITY 2018 AND 2020.

SO IN THE 2016 BOND, UM, THERE WERE THREE BUCKETS.

WE DEDICATED $101 MILLION TO REGIONAL MOBILITY, 482 MILLION TO THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM, AND 137 MILLION FOR LOCAL MOBILITY PROJECTS.

UM, THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS DESIGNATED A TIMELINE OF EIGHT YEARS FOR DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS.

UM, AND YOU CAN FIND BOTH THAT CONTRACT AND THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AT THE LINKS THAT ARE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

ALL RIGHT, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, THE SPENDING OF THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED, MEANING THOSE FUNDS HAVE EITHER BEEN SPENT OR THEY ARE ALREADY ASSIGNED TO CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

AS OF TODAY, THERE'S A HUNDRED, OR I'M SORRY, THERE'S 225 ME MILLION REMAINING TO BE SPENT.

THE MA THE

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UM, THERE'S ONLY 8 MILLION REMAINING FOR LOCAL MOBILITY OF SPENDING AND 27 FOR REGIONAL MOBILITY SPENDING.

WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND 90% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 27.

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE QUARTER PROGRAM HAS HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

UM, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDIES WE'RE COMPLETED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND, AND MANY OF THESE PROJECTS FACED EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE AND PERMITTING ISSUES.

WITH THAT SAID, THE COURT OF PROGRAM HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WE'VE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION, UM, RECENTLY FROM AIRPORT BOULEVARD FROM NORTH LAMAR TO 45TH STREET, UM, SLAUGHTER LANE FROM SOUTH CONGRESS TO BLUFF SPRINGS.

AND WE'VE REACHED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON A ROUNDABOUT THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE SOUTH LAMAR PROJECT AT WEST MARY AND EVERGREEN, UM, WITH ONLY FINAL PAVING REMAINING.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOCAL DEVELOPER IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, THAT WE'RE BOTH SHARING THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THEY'RE GONNA FINISH SOME WORK AND THEN WE CAN COME IN AND DO OUR FINAL PAVING.

WE'VE ALSO FINISHED ALL OF OUR SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE, UM, AS WELL AS SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS ON WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE, UM, BETWEEN BEN WHITE AND SOUTHWEST PARKWAY LAST YEAR.

IN REGARDS TO GETTING CONSTRUCTION STARTED, WE EXECUTED TWO IDIQ CONTRACTS, WHICH IS, UM, IDIQ STANDS FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERABLE, INDEFINITE QUANTITY.

AND, UM, THESE CONTRACTS WILL BE USED TO BUILD SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE PATHS ON THE CORRIDORS.

AND SO WE'VE STARTED ROLLING THOSE OUT, UM, AND ARE WORKING ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UM, EAST OF MLK.

AND THEN WE WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON BURNETT ROAD SOUTH OF 180 3 USING THESE IDIQ CONTRACTS, UM, THIS MONTH.

IN ADDITION, IN REGARDS TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION, UH, LAST SUMMER WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT AND STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON SLAUGHTER LANE FROM BRODY TO LOOP ONE.

UM, AND WE'RE CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION ON WILLIAM CANNON FROM RUNNING WATER TO, UH, TO GET THE MCKINNEY FALLS.

YES, IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE THIS YEAR.

UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH PRIOR, UM, IDIQ CONTRACTS DELIVERING, UM, PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'VE GOT ONE ON NORTH LAMAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON, ON ALL OF OUR CORRIDORS, AND THAT WORK CONTINUES.

UM, IN REGARDS TO UPCOMING WORK, WE RECENTLY AWARDED TWO LARGE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR BURNETT ROAD.

UM, THAT'S GONNA BE FROM 180 3 TO LOOP ONE THAT'S SPLIT INTO TWO CONTRACTS, AND CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA BE STARTING IN THE NEXT MONTH THERE AS WELL.

YEP.

SO IN REGARDS TO, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, THE COURT OF PROGRAM HAS ISSUED $360 MILLION, UM, THAT OF WORK THAT'S EITHER COMPLETED IN CONSTRUCTION OR AWAITING NOTICE TO PROCEED.

OF THAT 482, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO LEVERAGE A HUNDRED TO $130 MILLION, UM, IN OUTSIDE FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT THAT 482 THAT CAME IN THE FORM OF GRANTS.

UM, I MENTIONED SLAUGHTER ROAD SLAUGHTER HAD A CAMPO GRANT.

UM, WILLIAM CANNON ALSO WAS ABLE TO SECURE A CAMPO GRANT.

UM, SO THAT FUNDING IS SUPPLEMENTING THE 482.

WE WORKED WITH PRIVATE SECTOR WHEN THEY WERE DOING, UM, DEVELOPMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG OUR CORRIDORS SO THAT WE MADE SURE THAT ONE, OUR PLANS MATCHED, AND TWO, IF, IF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE DONE MORE QUICKLY THROUGH THEIR SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

WE DID THAT COORDINATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PARTNERING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN WATER WATERSHED PROTECTION, UM, TO IMPROVE NOT JUST MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO ALL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING.

UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECTS THAT I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE 42 MILLION THAT IS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT TO BID, UM, IN 2026.

AND THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, UM, AND THEN PORTIONS OF, OF NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, UM, AT THE VERY TOP END OF NORTH LAMAR.

SPRINGS ROAD STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN THE FALL OF 2023 AND IS A MAJOR, UH, ROADWAY EXPANSION WITH SHARED USE PATHS AND SIDEWALKS, UM, AND MANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'RE EXPECTING COMPLETION LATER THIS YEAR ON SPICEWOOD SPRINGS.

IN REGARDS TO REGIONAL MOBILITY, UM, WE DESIGNATED $101 MILLION FOR REGIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, AND MOST OF THAT WORK IS COMPLETE.

UM, IT CONSISTED OF TWO, UH, CITY LED PROJECTS, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD AND ANDERSON MILL ROAD.

ANDERSON MILL, UH, WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST OUTS FROM THE REGIONAL PRO PROGRAM, UM, AND WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2021.

SPICEWOOD

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UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE ALSO SET ASIDE FOR PARTNERING PROGRAMS WITH TEXDOT, AND WE PARTNERED WITH WORK ON LOOP 360, UM, SIX 20 AND ALSO PALMER LANE.

UM, T'S PALMER LANE PROJECT WAS DEFERRED.

SO IN 2022, UH, WE WENT TO COUNCIL AND HAD GOT THAT MONEY REALLOCATED TO LAKELINE DRIVE AND WERE ABLE TO START DESIGN ON IMPROVEMENTS TO LAKELINE DRIVE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE TYPICAL SECTION OF, OF THE PLANS FOR LAKELINE DRIVE HERE.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SECURE A CAMPO MATCHING FUNDS FOR LAKELINE DRIVE.

UM, SO WE'VE INCORPORATED THOSE AND WE ARE WORKING ON FINAL DESIGN.

UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS ARE COMING IN THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE PLANNING TO BID LATER IN 2026.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, AS JANAE MENTIONED, I'M ANNA MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.

I'M GONNA COVER, UM, THE REMAINDER OF 2016 AND THE REST OF 2018 AND 2020 BOND.

SO IN WRAPPING UP 2016 BOND, WE HAD 137 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE PROGRAMS YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH BY NAME, BUT WE HAD VISION ZERO SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS, URBAN TRAILS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, AND SUBSTANDARD STREETS.

THESE ARE, THESE WERE ENVISIONED TO BE SMALL TO MEDIUM SCALE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DELIVER QUICKLY.

SO THAT GENERALLY MEANS NO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, LIMITED UTILITY, UH, IMPACTS OR DRAINAGE IMPACTS.

UH, WE'VE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS ANNUALLY, UH, SO THAT WE COULD AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, AND AS ENVISIONED THIS PROGRAM HAS HAS DELIVERED, WE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

WE MET OUR EIGHT YEAR TIMELINE, AND, UM, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY.

WE LIKE TO CALL THESE MICRO PROJECTS AT A MACRO SCALE BECAUSE OF ALL THE GROUND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COVER.

UM, SO JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.

THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY PLANNED TO IMPROVE 15 MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO STRETCH THAT TO COMPLETE 18 PROJECTS.

UM, BIKEWAYS COMPLETED 47 PROJECTS, UM, SIDEWALKS, UM, COMPLETED OVER 40, I'M SORRY, 64 MILES OF REHABBED OR NEW SIDEWALKS.

SO AGAIN, UM, MICRO PROJECT AT A MACRO SCALE REALLY COVERING THE WHOLE CITY.

AND I'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU VISUALLY.

WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.

YOU CAN SEE A SNAPSHOT ON THE RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S ALL OF THE COMPLETED WORK WE'VE DONE ACROSS THE CITY.

SO 98% OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED.

UM, AND YOU LIKELY HAVE ENCOUNTERED A PROJECT ON YOUR, MAYBE ON YOUR STREET, DEFINITELY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DEFINITELY IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT.

UM, OVER 500 DISCREET PROJECTS CITYWIDE AND REALLY SEEING SOME GREAT SAFETY BENEFITS ALREADY OF THE VISION ZERO INTERSECTION PROJECTS WE COMPLETED, UM, BEFORE AND AFTER STUDIES ARE SHOWING A 38% REDUCTION IN SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATAL CRASHES.

SO, UM, REALLY GREAT RESULTS THERE THAT WE'RE PLEASED TO KEEP GOING WITH.

BLUFF SPRINGS AND PIERCE LANE, WHICH WERE TWO OF OUR KIND OF HIGH CRASH CORRIDORS.

GONNA MOVE ON TO THE 2018 BOND, UM, WHICH WAS PROPOSITION G.

AND THIS ISSUED, UM, DEDICATED 160 MILLION AGAIN TO MOBILITY, THE LARGEST, UM, ALLOCATIONS BEING TO STREETS AND BRIDGES, UM, AS WELL AS STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SELECT MO LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS. UM, I HAVE A CHART SIMILAR TO WHAT JANAE SHOWED YOU FOR 2016.

AND, UM, FOR 2018, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, UM, WITH ONE OUTLIER, WHICH I'LL GO INTO HERE.

UM, SORRY, IT'S VERY HARD TO, TO MAKE OUT THAT FAINT LIGHT BLUE LINE.

UM, I'LL JUST MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE AND TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE.

UM, IN THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION BUCKET, UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 70 MILES OF NEW OR REHAB STREETS, UM, SIGNALS AND TECHNOLOGY.

UH, WE DEPLOYED A CENTRALIZED TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY SYSTEM THAT ENABLES TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY AT ANY INTERSECTION IN THE CITY.

WE ALSO DEPLOYED A CENTRALIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION, UH, SYSTEM AGAIN.

SO THOSE A FD UH, EMS VEHICLES CAN GET THROUGH ANY INTERSECTION THEY NEED TO.

UM, LET'S SEE.

, YES, VERY FAIR.

UM, IN THE VISION ZERO BUCKET, WE LEVERAGED, UM, SOME STATE FUNDS, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE, RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION GRANT, AND WE COMPLETED EIGHT MILES OF WEIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, UM, INCLUDING, UM,

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UM, LET ME GO BACK TO THE, THE BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES BUCKET.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SPENDING CURVE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE ABOUT A $40 MILLION GAP THERE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OVER 40 MILLION.

WE HAD ORIGINALLY DEDICATED $50 MILLION FOR THE, UH, REPLACEMENT OF RED BUD BRIDGE.

UM, AS WE GOT INTO, UM, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND FINAL DESIGN, WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE, THE COST TO RECONSTRUCT THAT BRIDGE JUST WELL EXCEEDS THE ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE 2018 BOND.

SO ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE DID A SORT OF THIRD PARTY, UM, AUDIT ANALYSIS, IF YOU WILL, AND WE'RE EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO EITHER, UM, EITHER AUGMENT OR REHAB THE BRIDGE IN PLACE TO, TO GET A LOT MORE LIFE OUT OF IT, UM, WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE'LL WORK WITHIN THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT AND NOT SEEK A, SEEK ADDITIONAL BOND FUNDS.

MORE TO COME THE SPRING ON THE, UH, THE PROPOSED DIRECTION TO SPEND DOWN THE REMAINDER OF THIS BUCKET.

ALRIGHT, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE, YEAH.

CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THAT LAST BIT? SURE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS, UM, OPTIONS, UH, TO FULLY REPLACING THE RED BLOOD BRIDGE.

RED, YEAH, RED, RED PEEL TRAIL BRIDGE.

WE WOULD, UM, LOOK AT EITHER A COUPLE OPTIONS, A SEPARATE PED BIKE CONNECTION PERHAPS, OR, UH, REHAB WHAT IS THERE TO GET US, UH, MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF LIFE.

SO NOT REA SO NOT REALLOCATING THE MONEY AWAY FROM THE PROJECT, BUT FIGURING OUT A DIFFERENT OPTION FROM THE, THE DESIGN THAT WENT IN.

WITHIN BUDGET, UNLESS YOU GET A GRANT .

CORRECT.

SO, UM, JUST RECAPPING THE HIGHLIGHTS REAL QUICK.

UM, I MENTIONED THE $7 MILLION IN GRANTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE.

UM, AND AGAIN, JUST TWO REALLY SUCCESSFUL SIGNAL PROJECTS THAT, UM, ARE REALLY GONNA, UM, EMPOWER TRANSIT TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS, UM, GIVE A PD AND A FD SOME MORE TOOLS TO MOVE AROUND TOWN.

AND THEN FINALLY, OUR MOST, UH, RECENT BOND, UM, PROPOSITION WAS IN 2020.

UH, THE VOTERS APPROVED 460 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL MOBILITY BOND FUNDING, AND THAT WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO BUCKETS LARGE, UH, MOSTLY, UM, WE HAD JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION IN LARGE CIP, SO THOSE WERE NAMED PROJECTS.

UM, AND THEN THE REMAINDER ABOUT 360 MILLION AGAIN, IN FEEDING INTO THOSE LOCAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS TO KEEP THEM MOVING AT A RAPID SCALE.

UM, SPEND PLAN WISE, WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK EXACTLY HOW WE ENVISION WE WOULD BE SIX YEARS INTO THIS, UM, BOND.

UM, AND I'LL GO INTO SOME DETAIL HERE.

AND THE LARGE CIP BUCKET, UM, WE JUST BROKE GROUND ON CONGRESS AVENUE.

UM, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE URBAN DESIGN INITIATIVE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

IF YOU GO OUT HERE TO CESAR CHAVEZ IN CONGRESS AVENUE, YOU'LL SEE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE.

UM, JUST LAST WEEKEND, MAYBE THE WEEKEND BEFORE, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING ON THE WISHBONE BRIDGE, WHICH IS JUST AN AMAZING PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NOW IN EAST AUSTIN, WE HAD OVER, WE'RE VERY PROUD.

WE HAD OVER 20,000 VISITORS TO THE BRIDGE JUST ON THAT OPENING WEEKEND.

COOL.

SO VERY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROJECT.

UM, ANOTHER NAME PROJECT IS THE SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY EXTENSION.

WE ARE IN THE FINAL DESIGN PERMITTING PHASE.

WE EXPECT TO GO TO BID ON THAT LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR SUBSTANDARD STREET INVESTMENT.

THE ROSS ROAD EXPANSION PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, MOVING ALONG AS PLANNED.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE REACHING FULL DESIGN ON THE JOHNNY MORRIS SUBSTANDARD STREET.

WE ARE AWARE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS IN THIS BUCKET TO GET US ALL THE WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE JUST SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A CAMPO GRANT.

WE'RE HOPING TO BE SUCCESSFUL THERE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MOVE THIS PROJECT TO CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.

GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE SCALE THAT WE'RE WORKING AT RIGHT NOW.

AND ON THE LOC MOBILITY SIDE, UM, AGAIN, THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK OF THESE PROGRAMS HAS ALLOWED US TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH.

UM, LEVERAGING THE 65 MILLION IN VISION ZERO, WE RECEIVED TWO SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANTS, UM, GIVING US ANOTHER $35 MILLION TO SPEND ON SAFETY PROJECTS IN THE CITY.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, ACTUALLY I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE, THAT'S ANOTHER BRIDGE PROJECT IN OUR PORTFOLIO.

WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UM, DOLLARS IN THE LARGE CIP BUCKET TO SECURE A $34 MILLION CONSTRUCTION GRANT FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINAL DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL, UM, BY THE NUMBERS.

UM, JUST TO, TO

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IN 2025, WE COMPLETED SIX MAJOR INTERSECTION SAFETY PROJECTS, 48 MILES OF NEW OR REHAB SIDEWALKS, PLUS A THOUSAND NEW CURB RAMPS, UH, 13 MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANE, THREE MILES OF NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAYS, SEVEN PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS, UM, ALMOST 50 NEW BUS STOPS.

UM, SO AGAIN, JUST, UM, THE FLEXIBILITY WITH THESE PROGRAMS HAS ALLOWED US TO WORK VERY QUICKLY, UM, AND ALL AROUND THE CITY.

SO AGAIN, JUST RECAPPING HIGHLIGHTS.

I ALREADY MENTIONED THE FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, FOR VISION ZERO AND FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE.

UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE, THE INVESTMENT IN OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK SINCE 2016 TO THE PRESENT, HAS IMPROVED THE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY FROM 48% TO 80%.

UM, AND V AGAIN, VERY PROUD OF THE WISHBONE BRIDGE AND THE START OF CONSTRUCTION FOR CONGRESS AVENUE.

UM, LIKE ALL OF OUR SLIDES HERE, WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES LISTED ON THE RIGHT.

UM, AND SO THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR WEBSITE LINKS TO GET UP TO DATE PROJECT INFORMATION.

IN ADDITION TO THE BOND LANGUAGE, THERE WAS A BROCHURE THAT, UM, OUTLINED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT CALLED OUT IN THE BOND LANGUAGE.

AND JANA AND I ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

IN TOTAL, HOW MUCH IS REMAINING FOR SIDEWALKS? SIDEWALKS IS NEARING THE END OF THEIR, I WOULD SAY, SPENDING CURVE.

I I WANNA SAY THEY HAVE ABOUT SIX TO 8 MILLION REMAINING.

SIX TO EIGHT, YES.

SO, YES, WHICH IS, THEY, THEY CAN SPEND DOWN THOSE FUNDS LATER THIS YEAR.

WE WERE, UM, FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION IN OPERATING FUNDS THIS YEAR IN OUR BUDGET, AND THAT IS GOING TO SIDEWALKS.

SO THEY DO HAVE SOME SORT OF GAP FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THEM.

SO YOU'LL BE OUT OF FUNDING.

AT WHAT POINT WE ANTICIPATE BY THE END OF ALL OF OUR LOCUM MOBILITY PRO PROGRAMS WILL BE SPENT BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 27.

UM, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT NAME PROJECTS AND, UH, FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK, , THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK IS PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE, ORIGINALLY, YOU HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, BUT ONLY THE NAME PROJECTS WERE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE BOND LANGUAGE MM-HMM .

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM, YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF DRAINAGE DESIGNED, ET CETERA.

HOW MUCH OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAD CONTEMPLATED, WHAT PERCENT OF THEM WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE DONE? I KNOW THE NAME PROJECTS WILL BE DONE.

OH, I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF PROJECTS IN THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK ARE COMPLETED.

UM, WE PRIORITIZE THOSE.

SO EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAS A MODAL PLAN, LIKE THERE'S A BIKE WAYS PLAN, A SIDEWALKS PLAN THAT FRAMES THEIR PRIORITIZATION.

AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE'RE SELECTING PROJECTS, UM, AND DELIVERING THOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ANY EXCEPTIONS MIGHT BE, I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S BEEN A COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT WE'VE HAD TO, SHE, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK FOR UTILITY CONFLICTS OR OTHER CITY PROJECTS AND OFTEN DELAY PROJECTS IF THERE'S A, AN OVERLAP.

BUT I WOULD SAY FOR THE MOST PART, BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF THOSE PROJECTS, WE'RE ABLE TO GO FROM NAMING THEM TO DELIVERING THEM.

UM, WE'VE, AT THE BOND TASK FORCE, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WHO'VE COME KIND OF TO THE WRONG PLACE REALLY, UH, TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT THEY BELIEVED WERE PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM THAT THEY SAY ARE NOT BEING DONE.

HOW, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? I WOULD LOVE SOME MORE DETAILS BECAUSE THEY'RE, I COULD PROBABLY DRILL DOWN AND, AND, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION EXACTLY.

MAYBE WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE OR WHEN IT WOULD BE COMPLETE IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WELL, THOSE, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK, HOW ARE THEY DESCRIBED AND HOW DO, HOW DO, HOW DO VOTERS KNOW WHAT ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

QUESTION.

IT'S DESCRIBED AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL IN THE BOND LANGUAGE, LIKE I BELIEVE, UH, NO, IT'S NOT IN THE BOND LANGUAGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK VERSUS MM-HMM .

NAMED PROJECTS AND STAFF MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS,

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IS THAT, IS UH, THE BROCHURE THE TYPICAL APPROACH? NO, THE, I WOULD SAY THE TYPICAL APPROACH IS TO SAY THAT THE, THE FUNDS WILL GO TO PROJECTS IDENTIFIED AS HIGH OR VERY HIGH PRIORITY IN SAID MODAL PLAN.

THAT'S THE TYPICAL WAY.

SO THERE A PRECISE LIST NEVER EXISTS.

NO.

AND HONESTLY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH AND DELIVER PROJECTS IF WE, AND ENCOUNTER A VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT AND, AND PUT THAT PROJECT ON A, ON A CIP LIST.

RIGHT.

FOR A LARGER INVESTMENT.

I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE ADVANTAGES FROM A MANAGEMENT, UH, STANDPOINT AND GETTING THINGS DONE ON TIME AND ET CETERA.

BUT, BUT, UM, THE DOWNSIDE, IF THERE IS ONE, MAYBE VOTER CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE AND WHAT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THEY VOTED FOR A BOND ISSUE THINKING THAT X, Y, Z WAS GONNA BE DONE AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN DONE.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S A POINT THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP OVER THE YEARS MULTIPLE TIMES AND JUST, I WONDER IF THERE'S NOT A BETTER, IF THERE'S NOT SOME WAY OF TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.

THE PROBLEM BEING, IF YOU LOSE CREDIBILITY WITH THE VOTERS, UM, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BOND ELECTION, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE FLEXIBILITY IS GOOD FOR MANAGEMENT, GROWING, LACK OF TRUST IN BOND ELECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW CAN YOU MAINTAIN THE FLEXIBILITY MM-HMM .

AND SOLVE THE OTHER PROBLEM ON THE OTHER END.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT POSTED FOR, UM, ACTION, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EXCHANGE.

SO PEOPLE COME AND THEY MAKE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN THEY DON'T GET ANSWERS.

UH, SO THEY JUST LEAVE MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED.

ANY THOUGHTS ? YEAH.

THE, THE PUBLIC TRUST SIDE IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND FOCUS ON AS WE TALK ABOUT A 26 BOND, IF THERE IS ONE OR NOT, OR WHAT AND WHAT'S IN IT.

UM, I THINK THAT A HYBRID APPROACH OF SOME NAME PROJECTS AND SOME FLEXIBLE BUCKETS IS, IS REALLY THE RIGHT APPROACH.

WE HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS WITH THAT FLEXIBLE APPROACH.

AND THAT REALLY HELPS US, UH, JUST USE, MAKE BEST USE OF, YOU KNOW, LIMITED TAX DOLLARS.

UM, THOSE NAME PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL.

'CAUSE PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT A WISHBONE BRIDGE AND, UM, THE QUARTER PROJECTS THAT ARE, THOSE ARE THE LARGE, JUST COMPLICATED PROJECTS THAT YOU NEED TO NAME AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BEHIND.

SO I THINK A, A HYBRID APPROACH IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.

UM, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE WORK AHEAD OF TIME ON MAKING SURE THE PROJECTS ARE READY SO THAT IF IT'S NAMED ON THE BOND ELECTION AND PEOPLE VOTE FOR IT, THAT WE'RE DELIVERING WHAT WE SAID WE COULD DELIVER.

AND I THINK THAT'S A, A BIG LESSON LEARNED FROM THE 2016 QUARTER PROGRAM.

WHATEVER REASON, UH, THEY FEEL THAT THE, THERE WAS A COMMITMENT TO DO THINGS THAT DID NOT GET DONE.

I, I, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THE NAME PROJECTS.

I MEAN, EVERY, EVERYBODY I THINK IS ON BOARD WITH THE NAME PROJECTS, BUT, UM, THERE SEEMS TO BE A, UM, MORE AND MORE DESIRE TO GO TO THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK, NOT ONLY IN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, BUT UH, IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IF THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, YOU OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT GIVE PEOPLE THE LIST OF ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS IN ADVANCE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR, FOR BOTH.

I, I'M JUST SEEING THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE THERE'S A DISAPPOINTMENT IN WHAT THEY, WHETHER THEY, WHETHER THEY MISUNDERSTOOD IN THE BEGINNING OR FOR

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TO, UH, ADD ONTO THAT QUESTION, I GUESS, UH, WHAT ARE THE, I MEAN, I GUESS IS THERE VISIBILITY AS TO WHAT ENDS UP IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FLEXIBLE BUCKET MM-HMM .

AND IS THERE A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE CAN SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT'S ALREADY KIND OF REPRIORITIZED ONCE IT HITS THAT BUCKET, BUT THEN AS YOU HIT ISSUES, IT DEPRIORITIZES, IS THERE A WAY FOR MORE VISIBILITY BY VOTERS TO SEE THAT? LIKE A LOT, WE HAVE A, WHAT WE CALL A LOCAL MOBILITY, ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS WHERE, UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CHARETTE ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL THE PROGRAMS COMING TOGETHER, USING MAPPING TO LAY OUT THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR, UM, BASED ON THEIR MODAL PLANS, AND THEN SEEING WHERE THE OVERLAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE.

AND THEN, UM, ONCE WE FINALIZE THAT, THAT MAP AND THAT LIST WE PUBLISH, THAT WE VISIT THE COUNCIL OFFICES RECEIVE FEEDBACK, AND WE ALSO PUBLISH IT TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND RECEIVE COMMENTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

SO YEAH, ONCE A YEAR THAT'S PUT OUT THERE AND, UM, IT, IT GRAPHICALLY IN GEOGRAPHIC GEOSPATIALLY SHOWS THAT THE PROJECTS, THE PROGRAM TYPE, THE SPONSOR, UM, AND IN A NARRATIVE FORM DESCRIBES WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE THAT YEAR.

I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP.

YOU'VE REFERENCED THE BOND LANGUAGE MULTIPLE TIMES.

UM, CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS? IS THAT THE LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT ITSELF, OR IS THERE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BOND LANGUAGE? I'LL START AND THEN LET JANAE WEIGH IN.

I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S TWO THINGS.

THERE'S A LANGUAGE THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BALLOT THAT PEOPLE READ WHEN THEY'RE VOTING.

AND THEN, UM, SUPPLEMENTARY TO THAT, UM, FOR 2016 AND 2020, THERE WAS A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, AND I'LL LET JANAE ADD ANYTHING THERE.

AND THAT, THAT CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR THE 2016 BOND DID NAME PROJECTS AND IT NAMED AMOUNTS.

UM, AND YES, YOU CAN FIND THAT IN COUNCIL BACKUP AND ALSO IN, IN THE LINKS THAT, THAT WE PROVIDED IN OUR SLIDES.

AND SO YES, THAT CERTAINLY PROVIDES CLARITY TO FOLKS AS TO WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

IT ALSO, UM, PROVIDE SOME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE ENCOUNTER MAJOR ISSUES, YOU KNOW, IT, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY FLEXIBILITY, UM, TO REALLOCATE FUNDS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THOSE CONSTRAINTS.

AND, AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR, SO WHEN YOU REFER TO THE BOND LANGUAGE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S COMMUNICATED, UH, ON THE BOND ITSELF IN ADDITION TO THIS CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YEAH, WE, WE REFERRED TO BOTH.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OKAY.

WE HAD, WE ARE ADHERING TO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, SO THAT'S WHY WE MENTIONED BOTH.

ON UNCOMMITTED VERSUS LIKE APPROPRIATED.

YES, GO AHEAD.

UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF DUMB QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS, TO THIS COMMISSION.

UM, I ALSO HAVE A FIVE MONTH OLD, SO I HAVEN'T REALLY SLEPT IN FIVE MONTHS , SO I'M, I'M CHALKING UP A LOT OF IT TO THAT.

UM, BUT AM I, AM I READING IT RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE ABOUT $325 MILLION THAT HAVE, THAT ARE SORT OF IN THE UNCOMMITTED BUCKET AT THIS POINT ACROSS THE THREE BONDS, OR 300 AND SOMETHING? SO PROBABLY UNCOMMITTED AND JUST SO QUICK CLARIFICATION MM-HMM .

UM, SO WHEN WE USE THE TERM APPROPRIATED, WE'VE GOT EVERY, EVERY PROJECT, YOU KNOW, TOTALS TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR EACH BOND AND THE APPROPRIATION IS OKAY.

OUR, OUR BUDGET FOR EACH PROJECT.

UM, RIGHT.

UNCOMMITTED, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF UNCOMMITTED FUNDS WOULD BE, SAY, SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, WHERE WE HAVE NOT YET GONE OUT TO BID TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR.

RIGHT.

SO WE HAVEN'T, UM, ENCUMBERED OR COMMITTED THOSE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, AND TYPICALLY THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS IS, THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF THE PROJECT.

SO THAT 325 MILLION IN MOST CASES IS RESERVED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

RIGHT.

AND OF THE, OF THAT, WHAT A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS FOR THE CORRIDOR PROJECTS, IT SEEMS LIKE YES.

FOR, FOR THE 2016 BOND YES.

THE CORRIDOR PROJECTS AND FOR THE, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT LEFT FOR 2018, BUT, AND FOR 2026 OR 2020, I'M SORRY, IT'S 2020, I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY SCATTERED AMONGST LOC MOBILITY, UM, AS WELL AS THE LARGE CIP BUCKET.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE BIG PROJECTS THERE STILL TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FUNDS ARE ASSIGNED TO, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GO TO CONSTRUCTION ON A BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BRIDGE AND A SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY EXTENSION.

SO, UM,

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WHILE OUR FINANCIAL PROGRAMS MIGHT SHOW UNCOMMITTED, THOSE ARE WHAT THEY, UM, ARE NAMED FOR.

UM, AND WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE ON THE 20? SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER ON THE 2026 BOND THAN WE WERE ON THE 26 THAN THE 20, SORRY, THE 2020 BOND THAN WE WERE ON THE 2016 BOND IN TERMS OF LIKE YEAH.

THE WAY THAT WE'RE MEETING THE DEADLINES, WHAT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A TIMELINE ON THE 2018 BOND.

IS THAT I I MIGHT HAVE JUST NOT MENTIONED THAT.

WE WERE, UM, BECAUSE 2020 WAS SO COMING SO CLOSE TO 16 AND 18, UM, WE AGREED IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A YEAR OF PLANNING AND THEN A SIX YEAR DELIVERY, AND THAT SIX YEAR DELIVERY WOULD START WITH THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

SO THAT PUTS US AT, LET'S SEE, 2022.

WE STARTED THAT FIRST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN MARCH OF 2022.

THAT'S FOR THE 2018 BOND.

I'M SORRY, THIS IS FOR THE 2020 BOND.

AND SO THAT SIX YEAR WINDOW WOULD BE UP IN MARCH OF 28.

AND WE EXPECTED THAT.

SO THEN WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.

WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.

AND THEN THE 2018 BOND, WHAT WAS THE IT WAS SIX YEARS, SO AGAIN, SIX YEARS FROM THE EXCEPTION OF THE RED BUD BRIDGE, WE WERE ON TRACK.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS AROUND, YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL AGENCIES THAT YOU, THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDING CAMPO AND, AND, AND THEN PRIVATE SECTOR.

I'M CURIOUS WHAT COORDINATION LOOKS LIKE WITH THE COUNTY, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY LIKE CHIPS IN ON OR THAT THERE'S ANYTHING, AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT A ISD AND LIKE, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE LIKE SORT OF THEMES OF IS SORT OF QUESTIONING OF PUBLIC, UH, FINANCING FOR PROJECTS BECAUSE OF, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY REQUESTS THAT VOTERS ACROSS DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY AND THEN A ISD.

AND PART OF THAT IS A VERY SORT OF PERSONAL THING IN THAT, UM, MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD GOES TO RIDGETOP ELEMENTARY AND IT HAS BEAUTIFUL NEW SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS THAT WE GO UP EVERY DAY AND IT WILL NOT BE OPEN NEXT YEAR.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS HOW WE'RE SORT OF LIKE COORDINATING WITH, UH, A ISD AROUND THEIR PROCESSES AND IF, AND IN SOME WAYS I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN LIKE INCREASINGLY LIKE BUFFER AGAINST THE COSTS OF, OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

UH, BUT, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S LIKE A COORDINATION ASPECT TO THE WAY THAT THESE, AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

I'LL START WITH A ISD.

OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM DOES WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, HIRING AND TRAINING ALL THE CROSSING GUARDS AND THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, CITY EMPLOYEES YEAH.

TO, UM, ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.

I'LL SAY THAT THE, THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION CLOSURE DISCUSSION WAS NEW TO US, JUST LIKE IT WAS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE WERE ALSO REACTING IN REAL TIME, UM, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR US.

UNDERSTOOD.

I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS NOT IDEAL FOR ANYONE.

AND, UM, YEAH, I DON'T, UM, I I WOULDN'T SAY WE HAD FORESIGHT THAT THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE WHEN WE SCHEDULED THOSE PROJECTS.

AND SO IS THERE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH A SD ABOUT, LIKE, ARE THERE ANY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ALSO LIKE FRUSTRATION AROUND A ISD SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON, ON BUILDINGS THAT HAVE THEN CLOSED, OR IT'S PLANNING TO CLOSE.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE, IS THERE ANY YEAH, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING THOSE BOND DOLLARS THAT, THAT REMAIN APPROPRIATELY, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

FOR THE, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSING.

AND I'M CURIOUS, DO WE HAVE ANY OUT OUTSTANDING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS MONEY? ARE WE LOOKING AT LIKE HOW WE REALLOCATE THAT? THE SAFE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE.

I'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR STAFF.

AND JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED ON CLOSED SCHOOLS.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT.

SO MY ANTICIPATED ANSWER THAT WILL BE NO, THAT WE DO NOT, UM, FOR THIS NEXT BOND CYCLE, IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE, UM, WE WILL BE REFRESHING THOSE PLANS.

SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE NEW CATCHMENT AREAS, KIDS WILL BE COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO UPDATING THAT AS WELL AS, UM, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOLS.

UM, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THOSE PLANS WERE DONE EIGHT YEARS AGO, GOSH, 10 YEARS AGO.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR A REFRESH.

AND SO WE'LL TAKE THE NEW BOUNDARIES INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN THE COUNTY.

IS THERE ANY LIKE, UH, COORDINATION OR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO ANY OF THESE PROJECTS? WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT.

I'M AWARE OF ANY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS, BUT THERE CERTAINLY IS COORDINATION.

UM, ROSS ROAD PROJECT, FOR INSTANCE, EXTENDS A BIT INTO THE COUNTY AS WELL AS PART OF SLAUGHTER LANE.

SO THERE, THERE IS COORDINATION, UM, UH, TO DATE THOUGH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN, UM, EXCHANGE OF DOLLARS.

YEAH, WE, WE FREQUENTLY COORDINATE WITH BOTH THE COUNTY AND TDOT, UM, NOT A BOND FUNDED PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT BREAKER LANE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

2016 CORRIDORS ARE ACTUALLY TEXDOT CORRIDORS, WHICH, UM, HAS REQUIRED EXTENSIVE COORDINATION WITH TDOT, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THOSE PROJECTS APPROVED AND BUILT.

WHERE A PORTION OF IT IS ACTUALLY BEING BUILT BY THE CITY AND A PORTION BY THE COUNTY.

UM, MANY OF THE

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SO GOOD.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WAS THERE A CONTRACT WITH, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THERE WAS A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS IN 16 AND 18.

WAS THERE ALSO ONE IN 20? I MAY HAVE BESPOKE.

THERE WAS A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS IN 2016 AND 2020.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE FOR SIX FOR 18.

OKAY, THANKS.

AND WHAT WAS, WHEN DID YOU SAY SPICEWOOD SPRINGS WAS GONNA BE COMPLETE? ESPECIA SPRINGS WILL BE COMPLETE THIS YEAR.

UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING OCTOBER, SO I'D SAY END OF THE YEAR.

I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A LONG ONE.

UM, IT'S MAJOR CONSTRUCTION, SO YEAH, WE'RE NEARING THE END.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, ANNA, JANICE.

AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY? JANA, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SPELLING OF IT FROM SOUTH LOUISIANA.

, .

I GOT IT.

THANK YOU ALL BOTH.

THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT,

[3. Discussion on the 2026 Bond Election Advisory Task Force recent meeting items. ]

WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM THE BOND ADVISORY TASK FORCE, THE RECENT MEETINGS.

ANYBODY LIKE TO TAKE THAT ONE ON JC ? CHARLES, DO YOU WANNA START OR SHALL I GO AHEAD, , GO AHEAD.

UM, SURE.

WELL, JUST AS AN UPDATE TO THE GROUP, UM, THE BOND ADVISORY TASK FORCE IS STARTING TO REACH BRASS TACKS DECISION MAKING.

UH, WE'VE UPDATED THE CADENCE OF OUR MEETINGS TO TWICE A MONTH.

ALL OF THE WORKING GROUPS ARE WORKING ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL TASK FORCE.

THE, THE WORKING GROUP THAT I'M ON IS THE TRANSPORTATION AND ELECTRIFICATION WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS GERMANE TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION.

AND WE GAVE OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION TO THE FULL GROUP, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

UM, AND WE ARE MEETING AGAIN ON MONDAY.

UM, THAT RECOMMENDATION WE HAD PROVIDED ESSENTIALLY, UH, A BUCKETED LIST OF PROJECTS WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS ATTACHED TO IT UNDER THE BANNER OF, UH, OF TOTAL $300 MILLION ALLOTMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

AND WE'RE TOLD BY THE GROUP THAT WE SHOULD COME BACK WITH A COUPLE LOWER NUMBERS.

SO WE ARE RETOOLING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, A, B, C, UM, FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING LEVELS FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF WORK.

AND I DON'T KNOW, CHARLES, MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO WHAT OTHER WORKING GROUPS ARE DOING, BUT ALL THE WORKING GROUPS ARE GONNA BE PRESENTING IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO THE FULL GROUP.

UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A COUPLE MEETINGS WHERE STAFF CAN REACT TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GIVE THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DIFFER FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

UM, THERE'S ALSO, IN PARALLEL, THERE'S, UH, A COUPLE, UH, PUBLIC, UM, SORT OF TOWN HALLS AND, UM, PLACES WHERE FOLKS CAN LOOK AT THE PLANS AND COMMENT ON THEM.

WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AT THE END OF APRIL, EARLY MAY.

UM, THAT IS OF COURSE, DEPENDENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE HAVING A BOND ELECTION THIS YEAR.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAKING UP THE ISSUE ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH.

THERE'S A, A DRAFT RESOLUTION ONLINE YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT FROM THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, SUGGESTING A FRAMEWORK FOR DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT A BOND, UH, ELECTION SHOULD BE HELD.

UM, SO THAT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REACT TO THAT WITH YOUR, UH, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IF, UM, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING SO.

CHARLES, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WORKING GROUP HAS ALSO MADE ITS REPORT AND DID COME UP WITH A TIERED RECOMMENDATION OF FIRST PRIORITY, SECOND AND, AND THIRD, UM, PRIORITY.

UM, I THINK A LOT INFRASTRUCTURE I KNOW, AND I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER WORK GROUPS AS WELL HAVE, HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN DEALING WITH THE BALANCING THE ISSUE OF EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY.

UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, A SYSTEM OF PROVIDING LIBRARY SERVICE THAT HAS BRANCH LIBRARIES AND WE HAVE AREAS OF TOWN THAT DON'T HAVE ANY.

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THAT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE.

UH, BUT AS AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTION ON, UM, THE GENERAL FUND DOESN'T LEAVE ROOM FOR NEW FACILITIES.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO, IT'S DIFFICULT TO BALANCE THOSE AFFORDABILITY AND MAINTAINING A, YOU KNOW, EQUITABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

UH, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE REFERRED TO IN PRESENTATION, UH, THERE'S, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK, UM, APPROACH TO BOND PROJECTS.

AND THERE'S A CONCERN BASED ON THE PUBLIC INPUT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR NAMED PROJECTS THAT, UM, ARE NAMED PROJECTS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEPARTMENTAL PROPOSAL.

UM, SO THE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE SUGGESTION FROM THE PRESENTATION OF CONTRACT WITH VOTERS IS A WAY OF HANDLING THOSE AS WE GET TO THE LINE.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM LISTENING TO COUNCIL PRESENTATION IS THE MARCHING ORDERS FOR THE TASK TASK FORCE FOR NOW IS TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WILL BE A, A BOND ELECTION.

SO THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE PROCEEDING.

YEAH, I'LL JUST SECOND THAT.

THE, THE TENSION BETWEEN NAME PROJECTS AND BUCKETS OF WORK IS, IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IN THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP AS WELL.

AND IT, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE ARE LAY PEOPLE FOR THE MOST PART.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF EXPERTISE IN THESE AREAS AND IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR US TO WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF VALUES AND BIG BUCKETS OF SIDEWALKS VERSUS TRAILS VERSUS STREETS THAN IT IS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE RELATIVE MERITS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

UM, BUT AS CHARLES MENTIONED, A LOT OF THE PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN ON SPECIFIC NAME PROJECTS.

I THINK BECAUSE THESE FOLKS DON'T HAVE ANOTHER OUTLET FOR THEIR PUBLIC INPUT, UM, IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THEM TO ADVOCATE TO CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES OR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOME ANNUAL PLANNING PROCESS.

BUT THOSE PROCESSES TEND TO BE MUCH MORE OPAQUE AND LESS MARQUEE THAN, UH, A BOND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK GOING FORWARD IT'D BE, IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THE CITY TO SOMEHOW DEVELOP NEW PUBLIC INPUT METHODS POTENTIALLY THROUGH THIS COMMISSION OR, OR THROUGH, UM, OTHER TYPES OF PLANNING SCENARIOS WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIFICALLY NEED IN TERMS OF NAMED PROJECTS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, GIVEN THE TIMELINE WE'RE UNDER IN THE CAPACITY WE HAVE AS A GROUP FOR THE BOND DEVELOPMENT, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIVE INTO THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR THE MOST PART.

WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR GO FOR FORGOING THE BOND ELECTION ALTOGETHER? I, I THINK CITY COUNCIL WAS SPOOKED BY THE ELECTION RESULTS IN NOVEMBER.

UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT NOT HAVING ONE.

THERE IS A TALK ABOUT, UM, HAVING A, A VERY TRANSPARENT FRAMEWORK THAT WE CAN POINT TO TO EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE HAVING A BAD ELECTION TO SORT OF HELP WITH THAT POLITICAL PROBLEM.

HMM.

AND THERE ARE SOME FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF, UM, THE AMOUNT OF, UM, AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED BONDS THAT WE HAVE.

AND, UM, THEN THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S THE POLITICAL QUESTION OF HAVING HAD THE PREPOSITION Q BOND ELECTION FAIL AND THEN COMING RIGHT BACK WITH ANY, UH, BOND ELECTION.

ANY NEW BONDS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED IN A BOND ELECTION WILL RESULT IN A TAX INCREASE OF SOME SIZE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE BOND ELECTION.

THE, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM IS AT THE POINT THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, WE'RE NOT, UM, RETIRING BONDS AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE'RE ISSUING BONDS.

SO WE CAN, UH, WE ARE NOW, WE CANNOT NOW HAVE A BOND ELECTION AND SAY, WELL, WE'VE RETIRED, RETIRED ENOUGH BONDS NOW SO WE CAN SELL MORE BONDS WITH THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

ANY NEW BOND ELECTION WILL REQUIRE TAX INCREASE.

UM, AND THEY'RE, I THINK IS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION

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OF MAYBE A SMALLER BOND ELECTION, UM, FOR THOSE.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT STILL HAVE AUTHORIZED, BUT AN ISSUE BONDS ON THE BOOKS AND THAT, THAT ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAVE SOME AREAS LIKE SIDEWALKS WHERE WE'RE JUST OUTTA MONEY, WE'RE OUT OF, WE'RE OUT OF BOND MONEY.

UM, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTION OF ANY KIND, THE ONLY OPTION WOULD BE TO FINANCE SIDEWALKS THROUGH THE OPERATING FUND.

JUST TO BUILD ON SOMETHING YOU SAID THERE, UM, CHARLES, THAT WE WE'RE OPERATING UNDER A CEILING OF, UH, POLITICAL CAPACITY, BUT ALSO A CEILING ABUNDANT CAPACITY IN REGARDS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE CAN ISSUE BEFORE OUR, OUR DEBT.

UM, OUR DEBT RATING IS, COMES UN UNDER QUESTION AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPERATING UNDER A PRETTY HARD CEILING OF SOMETHING LIKE 720 MILLION FOR THIS NEXT BOND BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH SPACE WE HAVE LEFT BEFORE THE CREDIT AGENCIES START TO LOOK AT WHETHER THEY DOWNGRADE US.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.

CAN YOU REPEAT THE, THE POINT ABOUT, UM, LIKE WHAT THE, SO ANY NEW BONDING WILL RE LIKE, WE ARE UNABLE TO, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO SAY WITH THE NEW BOND THAT IT'S NOT GONNA RESULT IN A TAX INCREASE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR, AND IS, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF IT OR IS THAT, IS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE? ARE WE AT, AT, ARE WE AT THAT THRESHOLD OR IS THERE LIKE A, ACCORDING TO THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM, UH, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STAFF, ANY NEW BOND, ANY NEW BOND ELECTION, UH, WOULD RESULT IN A TAX INCREASE AT THIS POINT? DO WE HAVE A VIEW, DO WE HAVE A VIEW THAT ILLUSTRATES WHEN PREEXISTING BONDS WILL BE RETIRED? I HAVE NOT, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT PROJECTION, NO.

BUT IT COULD BE DONE, BUT I'VE NOT SEEN ANY PLACE WHERE IT'S BEEN DONE.

JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

'CAUSE THAT MAY ILLUSTRATE WHEN THERE IS, UM, AN APPETITE FOR MORE BOND ELECTIONS.

UH, I PROBABLY DIDN'T PHRASE THAT THE BEST WAY, BUT I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND MY MEANING THERE WILL, MY UNDERSTANDING.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I'M RETIRED, I'M NOT SPEAKING BEHALF OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STAFF, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WILL NOT REACH THAT POINT BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF BOND MONEY FOR SOME TYPES OF PROJECTS AND SIDEWALKS IS THE ONE THAT'S MOST, MOST FREQUENTLY MENTIONED.

AND, AND AS THEY, YOU KNOW, AS THEY JUST POINTED OUT, THEY, THEY'RE PROJECTING THAT THEY WILL BE OUT OF FUNDS FOR SIDEWALKS BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR'S SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY PARTIALLY FUNDING FUNDED OUT OF OPERATING MONEY.

SO, UH, WE WILL NOT REACH THE POINT, UM, THAT WE CAN ISSUE NEW BONDS WITHOUT, UH, A TAX INCREASE BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF MONEY FOR SOME KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BOND FINANCED IN THE PAST.

I, I DON'T WANNA GO TOO FAR DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, BUT, BUT SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OPEX, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT MEANS THAT ANY FUTURE SIDEWALK PROJECTS WILL BE MAINTENANCE AS OPPOSED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.

ANNA, THANKS FOR THE, THE QUESTION I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER IT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER FUNDING AVENUES FOR SIDEWALKS.

SO PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS ARE ONE, THOSE ARE THE ZONES WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKING METERS.

THAT REVENUE, HALF OF THAT GOES BACK TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.

SO THAT IS A DEFINITELY A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE'VE BEEN PULLING ON.

UM, THERE'S ALSO DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AS WELL AND, UM, UH, HAVING, UM, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE ADJACENT TO THEIR SITES.

AND WE CERTAINLY WORK ALL THOSE AVENUES AS WELL.

ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

HONOR

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[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, FUTURE AND, AND THANKS FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

THAT WAS FASCINATING AND BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES THAT I THOUGHT I'D PUT AWAY , AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.

YEAH, .

BUT AT ANY RATE, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR THE NEXT AGENDA.

WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL APPROVES EVERY YEAR AND HOW THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MIGHT USE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE, UH, LOOK AT, UM, WHETHER BONDS ARE BEING, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED, BUT UNISSUED BONDS ARE PROCEEDING, UH, ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE.

UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, I MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN DOING THAT AND ARE USING IT AS A, AS A TOOL WAS THAT THE CAPITAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, INCLUDES A PROJECTED SPENDING PLAN FOR ALL OF THE BOND ISSUES THAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED.

UH, BUT IT DOESN'T REACH TOTALS AND IT, UM, HAS NOT HAD, UH, A PROGRESS REPORT INCLUDED.

IT'S JUST EACH YEAR HAS A SPENDING PLAN.

HOWEVER, IN, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR, IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES HAS BEGUN TO INCLUDE IN THE, UH, QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO COUNCIL AN UPDATE, UH, THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SPENDING PLAN BY, BY DEPARTMENT, UM, TO DATE.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THE NEXT, UM, MEETING IS BRING THAT TOPIC BACK ALONG WITH THE NEW REPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US AND EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT CAN USE THAT IN, UH, MONITORING THE BOND PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

SEE HOW WE WE INCORPORATE THAT WITH, WITH WITHOUT IT.

YEP.

I, I SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, WE DO HAVE PLANNED FOR APRIL A, A PRESENTATION BY OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.

SO OUR DEPUTY, UM, DIRECTOR ERIC BAILEY WILL PRESENT, UM, A NEW REPORT THAT'S EVOLVED OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO MM-HMM .

UM, THAT, AS YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN, UM, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW, UH, POTENTIAL BOND.

AND ONE CONSISTENT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM, UM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SO FORTH WAS HOW ARE WE SPENDING THE, THE BOND DOLLARS WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO WITH TRYING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE AND IN, UM, IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, COMMISSIONER GRAY, WE DEVELOPED A, A REPORT SHARED WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, CITY MANAGER SAW IT AND SIGNED OFF ON IT.

SO I THINK WE'D LIKE TO ROLL IT OUT TO THIS GROUP IN APRIL AND SEE IF THAT GOES TOWARD, UM, THE SAME THING YOU'RE TRYING TO, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S SUFFICIENT OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO OR SUPPLEMENTAL TO THAT, THAT, UM, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.

BUT WE'LL, UM, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN APRIL.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND YET WE'RE BEHIND IN ISSUING AND EXPENDING BOND FUNDS.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT YOU GET INTO, THAT WE GET INTO IS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION IN TRYING TO MONITOR SPENDING IN PART GOES BACK TO THIS FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK VERSUS NAMED PROJECTS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETIMES, UM, PROJECTING THE SPENDING ON NAMED PROJECTS IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN PROJECTING THE SPENDING ON THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK, WHICH CONSISTS OF A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, PROJECTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MAY BE LOOKING AT IS SOME COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.

UH, BUT I, I NOTICED THAT IN KNOW, IN THE, UM, PRESENTATIONS TODAY, WE HAD THE, THE, THE GRAPHIC THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING FOR, UH, THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION.

UM, AND, UM, UH, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE GRAPHICS THAT WERE PRESENTED TODAY, BUT THE GRAPHICS, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GRAPHICS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST HAVE ALL SHOWN THAT ALL PROJECTS WOULD BE COMPLETED ON TIME

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SO THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A MISMATCH BETWEEN THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IN THE PAST AND, UM, THE REALITY OF THE, WHERE WE ARE ON ISSUING BONDS.

ALRIGHT.

SO I THINK WE'RE SET FOR THE, THE NEXT ONE FOR THE APRIL MEETING.