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I NOW DECLARED THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
RECORDING IN PROGRESS. ARE PRESENT. THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM A TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODES AND ANNOTATED GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551.THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 551.071 TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE, AND DISCUSS LITIGATION.
SECTION 551.072 TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS AND SECTION 551.074 TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT JUNE OF 2025.
TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF JUNE 2025.
AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, WE DO PREPARE THIS REPORT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND IT'S POSTED TO THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S PRESENTED QUARTERLY TO YOU ALL.
OKAY. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR REVENUES COMPARED TO BUDGET BY FUND.
THE GENERAL FUND HAS REVENUES OF 318.2 MILLION FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH REPRESENTS OVER 90% OF OUR TOTAL ANNUAL ORIGINAL BUDGET.
THE WATER AND SEWER FUND HAS 163.9 MILLION IN REVENUES, WHICH REPRESENTS 68.4% OF TOTAL BUDGET.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS EXPENSES COMPARED TO BUDGET BY FUND.
AND THE WATER AND SEWER FUND HAS EXPENSES OF 127.6 MILLION, REPRESENTING 71% OF TOTAL BUDGET.
THIS SLIDE IS THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OVER THE PRIOR THREE FISCAL YEARS.
IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE OF 62.2 MILLION.
THIS IS MORE FAVORABLE THAN THE PRIOR TWO YEARS, PRIMARILY DUE TO COST SAVING MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR FISCAL ROADMAP, CHANGES TO OUR FUND BALANCE FROM 30 DAYS TO 60 DAYS.
THE WATER AND SEWER FUND BALANCE HAS DECREASED BY 7.7 MILLION.
THIS IS LESS FAVORABLE THAN THE PRIOR TWO YEARS.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OF 10.2 MILLION.
SALES TAX REVENUES HAVE INCREASED BY 7 MILLION DUE TO INCREASED CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SPENDING, AND ADDITIONALLY LICENSES AND PERMITS REVENUE HAVE INCREASED OVER PRIOR YEAR BY 2 MILLION.
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE LOWER THAN PRIOR YEAR BY 7 MILLION.
PERSONNEL COSTS HAVE DECREASED 3.2 MILLION DUE TO THE HIRING FREEZE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WAS LIFTED IN JANUARY. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ALSO DECREASED BY 1.4 MILLION, DUE AGAIN TO COST CUTTING INITIATIVES THAT ARE IN PLACE, AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CHARGES HAVE DECREASED 1.4 MILLION BASED UPON BUDGETED REPLACEMENT OF AGING EQUIPMENT.
THE HEALTH CLAIMS FUND HAD AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 1.4 MILLION.
THIS FUND IS TRENDING BETTER OVERALL AND THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE FUND BALANCE.
OUR FUND BALANCE IS NOW AT 9.7 MILLION, WHEREAS LAST YEAR IT WAS 5.6.
AND THE REASON FOR THIS INCREASE IS HOW THE PLAN HAS BEEN SET UP TO ASSIST WITH SOME COST SAVINGS.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN JUNE WERE AT 3.7%, WHICH IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN THE LAST QUARTER IN MARCH.
WE'RE STILL TRENDING BELOW THE METROPLEX AND STATE RATES.
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OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS WERE UP COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR BY 12.2%.AGAIN DUE TO INCREASED CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SPENDING.
THE REAL ESTATE RECAP SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON THE MARKET WAS AT 30 DAYS IN JUNE, WHICH IS DOWN FROM 33 DAYS IN MARCH. THE PERCENT OF ASKING WAS AT 98.2% IN JUNE, WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE 98.5% WE SAW IN MARCH. THE MEDIAN SELLING PRICE FOR A HOME IN PLANO WAS $510,000 IN JUNE, WHICH IS DOWN COMPARED TO $550,000 IN MARCH. THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IN MARCH WAS AT $228, WHICH IS NOW DOWN TO $221 IN JUNE. YEAR TO DATE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES IS UP BY $71,000 COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LARGEST PORTION IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND WHICH IS 33%.
THAT'S WHERE WE HOUSE OUR BOND FUNDS TO PAY FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THIS SLIDE IS OUR PORTFOLIO MATURITIES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 57% 0 TO 1 YEAR MATURITIES.
AGAIN TO HAVE THAT LIQUIDITY AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DIVERSIFICATION OF OUR PORTFOLIO.
THE TWO LARGEST INVESTMENTS THROUGH JUNE ARE MUNICIPAL BONDS AND INVESTMENT POOLS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THE ALLOCATION, IT'S A MIX OF PERCENTAGES.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AS A DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO.
AND WITH THAT I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
WELCOME, ABBY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.
SO JUST. I'M ABBY OWENS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
JUST AS A QUICK RECAP, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION ON ARTERIALS.
AND CURRENTLY WE DO CONCRETE PANEL REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.
ALSO GOING ON IN OUR ARTERIAL ROADWAYS IS GOING TO BE OTHER PROJECTS LIKE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, FRANCHISE UTILITIES, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WILL HAVE PROJECTS AND ALSO TXDOT AND NTTA MIGHT HAVE SOME PROJECTS GOING ON AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, WE KIND OF LIMIT OUR ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO 7 A.M.
TO 4 P.M. AND THAT'S WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PEAK TRAFFIC.
THAT'S SOME OF OUR NOISIEST WORK. THE OVERLAYS OCCUR AT NIGHTTIME.
ALSO IT'S SAFER. THERE'S LOWER TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY DARK. THEY HAVE LOTS OF LIGHTS AND THEY TRY TO MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY.
SO WITH LOWER TRAFFIC, WE CAN HAVE MORE OF THE WORK GETTING DONE AS WELL AS ALTHOUGH WE DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, THEY'RE USUALLY PRETTY MINIMAL ONCE WE TALK THEM THROUGH AND SAY WE'LL ONLY BE BEHIND YOUR HOUSE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND WE'LL TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT NOISE WHILE WE'RE THERE.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WHEN THEY WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, THEY HAVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY SMOOTH ROAD THAT THEY GET TO DRIVE OVER, SO THEY'RE MUCH MORE APPRECIATIVE THAT NEXT MORNING.
ALSO OCCURRING AT NIGHT IS UTILITY RELOCATIONS THAT MIGHT NEED TO OCCUR.
BUT ALL OF THAT LOUD CONSTRUCTION WORK ACTUALLY HAPPENS DURING THE DAYTIME.
SO WE WERE ASKED TO KIND OF CONSIDER WHAT WOULD NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE.
WHAT WERE THOSE PROS AND CONS? HOW WOULD WE KIND OF GO ABOUT THIS PROCESS? SO SOME BENEFITS THAT WE THOUGHT OF, IF WE WERE TO MOVE TO HAVING MORE NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY REDUCE TRAFFIC DISRUPTION DURING THOSE LANE CLOSURES,
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WE COULD HAVE MORE LANE CLOSURES OCCURRING AT NIGHT AS WELL, POSSIBLY FASTER PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.AND THAT WOULD HELP ACCELERATING INTERSECTION COMPLETION.
SOMETIMES OUR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WHEN THEY ARE ADDING CAPACITY TO THE INTERSECTIONS, SOMETIMES THOSE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISJOINTED.
SO HAVING SOME NIGHT WORK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL THERE.
AND THEN YOU COULD SCHEDULE UTILITY WORK LIKE WE CURRENTLY ALREADY DO.
ALSO, PREMIUMS FOR NIGHTTIME LABOR IS ANOTHER THING THAT COULD INCREASE THOSE COSTS.
AND SO NOT ALL CONTRACTORS MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER NIGHTTIME WORK.
SAFETY RISKS, ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE LESS TRAFFIC, IT'S ALSO HARDER TO SEE.
SO WE'D WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE AREAS WHEN WE'RE SELECTING THEM. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURE CONSTRAINTS MIGHT BE A BENEFIT IN THE SUMMERTIME, IT COULD ACTUALLY HINDER US IN THE WINTERTIME FOR NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE CONCRETE TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE POURED AT 40 DEGREES WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE 40 DEGREES AND RISING, OR THERE'S SOME OTHER MITIGATIONS THAT THEY CAN DO FOR THAT. INSPECTION COVERAGE.
SO IF WE WERE TO INCREASE MORE NIGHTTIME WORK, WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO EITHER LOOK AT OUTSIDE CONTRACTED INSPECTION OR POSSIBLY ADDING MORE INSPECTORS WITH LIKE A NIGHTTIME TYPE SHIFT THERE AND THEN LIMITED ACCESS TO UTILITIES.
SO IT COULD LIMIT THE ABILITY. AND THEN ALSO IF ATMOS GETS INVOLVED OR MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER FRANCHISE UTILITIES, WE MIGHT NOT GET THE SAME LEVELS RESPONSE AS WE NORMALLY WOULD WHEN THEY'RE OPERATING FROM 7 A.M.
TO I'M SORRY, 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M., WE GET EXTENDED AND ALLOW THEM TO DO TWO LANE CLOSURES FROM 9 P.M.
TO 5 A.M. IT GIVES AN EXTRA HOUR OF CLOSURES FOR DUAL LANES.
WE WOULD TELL THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNSIDE WITH THAT IS GOING TO BE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOISIER ACTIVITIES AT NIGHT IF WE ONLY DID NIGHTTIME WORK. SO ANY SORT OF BREAKING OUT OF CONCRETE OR DIGGING OR SAWING, ALL THOSE ARE VERY LOUD AND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD HEAR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
YOU'LL STILL ALWAYS HAVE ONE LANE OF WORK CLOSED, JUST LIKE WE DO NOW.
WHENEVER THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PULLING CONCRETE AND THEY CAN'T GET IT PUT BACK IN THE OPEN IN THE SAME DAY. ALSO, IF WE ONLY DO NIGHTTIME WORK, WE'LL GET LIKELY CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY WORK IS HAPPENING.
AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, YES, THERE'S NO WORK DURING THE DAYS, BUT WE HAVE WORK OCCURRING AT NIGHT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE THOUGHT OF. IF WE WERE TO DO MORE OF A HYBRID APPROACH, WHICH WOULD BE HAVING CONTRACTORS THAT DO BOTH DAYTIME AND THEN ALSO CONTINUE WORK THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTS, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY EXTEND THE TIME.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING SEVEN HOURS OF LANE CLOSURES AVAILABLE, IT COULD BE UP TO 15.
YOU WOULD ALLOW THE NORMAL 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M., AND THEN ALSO 9 P.M.
TO 5 A.M., AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO HAVE THEM DO MORE OF THE NOISIER ACTIVITIES DURING THE DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE NORMAL SAWING, BREAKING ANY SORT OF DIGGING DURING THE DAYTIME ACTIVITIES AND THEN TRY TO DO SOME OF THE, I SAY, QUIETER BUT LESS NOISY ACTIVITIES AT NIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TRUCKS AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE NIGHT.
ONCE YOU ADD THOSE NIGHTTIME PREMIUMS, THE RENTAL OF LIGHTS AND ADDITIONAL BARRICADES AND THINGS.
SO SITE SELECTION CRITERIA, WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE PIECES, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT NIGHTTIME WORK, WHAT WOULD WE CONSIDER. SO WE WOULD STILL LIMIT IT TO JUST ARTERIAL ROADWAYS. WE WOULD NOT WANT TO DO ANY SORT OF NIGHTTIME WORK IN OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
WE WOULD CONSIDER INTERSECTIONS AS PROBABLY ONES THAT WE'D WANT TO DO AS A MORE OF A PRIORITY, SOMETIMES TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE INTERSECTIONS CAN BE CONFUSING. SO IF WE WERE TO REALLY FOCUS AND WORK THAT LONGER EXTENDED SHIFT IN INTERSECTIONS, HOPEFULLY WE COULD OPEN THOSE BACK UP SOONER.
AND THEN THE NOISE ORDINANCE INCLUDES A 500 FOOT BUFFER FOR RESIDENTIAL.
SO ANY OF THE AREAS THAT WE LOOK AT, WE WOULD WANT TO PUT A BUFFER AROUND THEM AND SAY, OKAY, IF THERE'S RESIDENTIAL WITHIN 500FT, WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER THIS SECTION OF ROADWAY.
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SO PUBLIC WORKS HAS TWO PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT ONE WE JUST COMPLETED BIDDING ON, AND ANOTHER WE'LL START BIDDING HERE IN THE NEXT PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS.BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IF WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO PILOT, IF COUNCIL WANTED TO CONSIDER DOING NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION WORK, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ROAD SECTION THAT WE COULD DO FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
THE SPRING CREEK TO HEDGECOXE SECTION THAT WILL BE STARTING HERE ACTUALLY THIS WEEK OR NEXT, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OCTOBER, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM SPRING CREEK TO HEDGECOXE AND THEN FROM HEDGECOXE UP TO 121.
THAT CONTRACTOR WOULD LIKELY START IN FEBRUARY ONCE WE GET THROUGH SELECTION AND COUNCIL AWARD.
AND THAT WILL BE ABOUT THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER. WITH A HYBRID SCHEDULE, WE COULD KIND OF PAY ATTENTION TO BOTH CONTRACTORS AND SEE HOW THEY'RE WORKING, AND ONLY FOCUS ON THE AREAS IN BLUE IS WHAT WE HAD HIGHLIGHTED ARE GOING TO BE AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE RESIDENTIAL WITHIN 500FT, AND WE COULD CONSIDER THOSE. AND THEN AS PART OF A PILOT WE WOULD WANT TO COLLECT ALL KINDS OF DATA.
WHAT ARE THE COSTS THAT ARE COMING IN. WE GET LINE ITEM BIDS ON DAYTIME COSTS AND NIGHTTIME COSTS.
CONTRACTOR FEEDBACK. IS IT EASIER OR HARDER? DO WE GET ENOUGH BIDDERS? WHAT DOES THIS KIND OF LOOK LIKE WHEN WORKING THROUGH THAT? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC THINK? IS THIS BETTER OR IS IT MORE CHALLENGING? DO THEY HEAR MORE NOISE? JUST KIND OF GET SOME OF THAT INPUT FROM THEM.
SO I PICKED THESE TWO LIKE I'D MENTIONED. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE SPRING CREEK TO HEDGECOXE SECTION, THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY SEGMENTS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING FIRST. IN THIS SECTION REALLY WHAT WE COULD CONSIDER WOULD BE THE INTERSECTIONS AND WE COULD PILOT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE DOING NIGHTTIME WORK, DAY AND NIGHTTIME WORK AT SPRING CREEK, LEGACY, AND HEDGECOXE. ON THE HEDGECOXE TO SPRING CREEK.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, BUT HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE INTERSECTION.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE WHERE WE COULD GET THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING TO APPROVE AND SAY, HEY, FOR THIS, BECAUSE OF BENEFITS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND SPEED, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE NIGHTTIME WORK IN THESE AREAS. SO IF WE DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH, KIND OF MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN. I DID TALK TO THE CITY OF ALLEN BECAUSE THE EAST SIDE OF CUSTER ROAD IS CITY OF ALLEN, AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GENEROUS THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER A 500 FOOT BUFFER, BUT WE JUST SAID THAT IF WE DID DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD THIS, WE'D REACH BACK OUT, MAKE SURE WE WORKED WITH THEIR MARKETING TEAMS AS WELL, AND PUSHED OUT THAT INFORMATION SO THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTOOD WHY WE WERE DOING THIS, WHO THE CONTRACTOR WAS AND WHAT WE WERE WORKING TO TRY TO MITIGATE ANY NOISE.
SO WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, FEEDBACK, THINGS YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT MORE? SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ON THE ROAD DISRUPTION AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
WE LOOKED AT OPTIONS OF, OF WHAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE BROUGHT THIS BACK AS A PILOT TO BE ABLE TO TO TEST THIS.
IF THE COMPLAINTS GO THROUGH THE ROOF, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NOT WANT TO CONTINUE ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT ESPECIALLY THE INTERSECTIONS SEEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY UP TO THE COUNCIL IF COUNCIL DECIDE IT'S NOT FOR THIS.
WE WILL SCRAP IT AND GO BACK AND LOOK FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
BUT FOR US, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO KNOW THAT TXDOT AND OTHERS DO NIGHTTIME WORK.
WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S ACCEPTABLE IN SOME, SOME INSTANCES.
AND SO I WANTED TO OFFER THIS AS AN OPTION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
THANK YOU MARK. COUNCIL MEMBER LAVINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ABBY TWO THINGS. ONE, ONE AREA OF COMPLAINT I THINK WE SAW WAS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WAS MIDWAY AT WIND HAVEN. IS THAT ONE OF THE AREAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION? MIDWAY IS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND I THINK ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN GOING ON AT NIGHTTIME FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME.
IS THAT US OR IS THAT A UTILITY OR? THAT WAS OUR OVERLAY PROJECT.
IT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AS LONG AS WAS PERCEIVED, BUT WE DID TALK WITH THE RESIDENT EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND WHY? BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY, WHENEVER THEY DO, ONE PASS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE LANES THEY'RE BEHIND THAT HOUSE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'LL BE BEHIND YOUR HOUSE FOR ONE STRETCH AND THEN THE NEXT ONE.
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AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY LAYING OUT A LOT OF POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO IT HERE BECAUSE OF THIS, AND WE CAN'T DO IT THERE BECAUSE OF THAT.GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH FOR THIS, DO YOU THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH AREAS OF ARTERIAL ROADWAYS THAT WOULD JUSTIFY US GOING DOWN THIS PATH OTHER THAN THE INTERSECTIONS? I THINK THERE ARE AREAS THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL.
AND THAT HELPS BECAUSE YOU CAN OPEN IT UP QUICKLY.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH APPROACHING THIS IS NOT ALL LANES WILL STILL BE DONE QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW THE OVERLAYS. LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE, WE DO GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NOISE, BUT ONCE THEY WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING IN THEIR LANE NEXT TO THEIR HOUSE IS PERFECTLY SMOOTH. THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, I CAN DO THIS FIVE MORE TIMES.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH TRYING. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD SAY, BUT I'D WANT TO TRACK IT CLOSELY.
THE COST I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE COSTS ARE GOING TO OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS. AND SO WITHOUT KIND OF PILOTING IT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY FOR SURE IF IT'D BE WORTH IT OR NOT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO LET ME UNDERSTAND YOU'RE PROPOSING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPTIONS, AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPTIONS, BUT WE DON'T RECOMMEND DOING NIGHT WORK ONLY.
I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, IT WOULD BE HYBRID WHERE WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT CAN DO BOTH DAY AND NIGHT. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR INPUT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL IS IS OKAY WITH THE DIRECTION OF GOING TO NIGHTTIME HYBRID NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION.
IF COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT WANTING TO PILOT NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION, IF WE PUT THOSE PARAMETERS IN PLACE, WHICH WAS INTERSECTIONS AND NOT WITHIN 500FT OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS SO WILL THAT INCREASE THE SPEED OF GETTING OUR ROADS FIXED? IT WILL HAVE SOME INCREASED SPEED TO IT.
YES. OKAY. ANYTHING THAT WILL INCREASE THE SPEED OF GETTING IT DONE, I AM FOR.
SO IF THAT MEANS WE NEED TO DO MORE HYBRID NIGHTTIME, I AM DEFINITELY FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S JUST ME. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
THANK YOU, ABBY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED THIS.
DID YOU SAY HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT NOTIFYING NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS TO THE CONSTRUCTION? I DIDN'T SAY IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE WOULD DO KIND OF LIKE WE ALREADY DO. WE USE NEXTDOOR.
WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH TEAM AND PROVIDE ANY SORT OF NOTICES THAT WAY.
LOTS OF INFORMATION ON WEBSITES AND POSTS. BUT WE WOULD REALLY FOCUS ON NEXTDOOR.
AND IS THERE A COST SAVINGS, AND IS THERE AN INCREASED SPEED AT WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS? BUT WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS IF WE GET INTO THIS PROCESS AND FIND THAT WE ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS, AND IT'S REALLY NOT SERVING OUR RESIDENTS WELL, CAN WE CHANGE GEARS OR ARE WE LOCKING INTO SOME SORT OF A CONTRACT? SO THE BENEFIT OF DOING IT WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PUBLIC WORKS IS WE ONLY MARK AS MUCH PAVEMENT AS WE FEEL THE CONTRACTOR CAN COMPLETE.
AND SO IF WE START WORKING AT ONE INTERSECTION, WE GET MORE COMPLAINTS THAN WE CAN HANDLE.
WE COULD THEN BACK OFF AND NOT DO AS MUCH. OR IF WE STARTED ON THOSE SECTIONS THAT WERE LIKE, YEP, THIS IS WITHIN THE AREA WE COULD WORK IN, WE COULD PIVOT AND NOT DO IT.
WE DON'T RIP ALL OF THE CONCRETE OUT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY CHANGE.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHT THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS, AND THANK YOU.
SURE. COUNCILMEMBER HORNE. YES. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I LED TEAM SUPPORT, A LOT OF CONCRETE AT ACTIVE AIRPORTS.
AND, YES, NIGHTTIME WORK IS A LITTLE EXPENSIVE.
BUT WHAT YOU FIND OUT, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER THROUGH FALL HERE IN TEXAS, YOU RECOVER THAT COST IN COMPRESSING THE SCHEDULE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO HERE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE INTERSECTIONS.
WE GOT WORKERS OUT THERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
WINTERTIME MAYBE NOT SO MUCH, BUT CERTAINLY FROM MID SPRING TO MID FALL WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
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HOW MUCH WE ARE ABLE TO COMPRESS THE SCHEDULE.WE WANT TO POUR THAT CONCRETE. LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN IT'S 40 AND ABOVE AND RISING.
SO I'M HOPING WHEN WE DO GO BACK THERE AND DO THE COMPARISON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT THAT SCHEDULE FROM THE OPTIMAL TIME TO PLACING THAT HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE.
SURE. SO REALLY, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHERE I BRING THE POINT UP.
BUT I THINK BY COMPRESSING THE SCHEDULE, IT'LL BE A WASH.
AND WE CAN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BID THIS PROJECT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CUSTER ROAD YET.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY'S WILLING TO GIVE THIS A TRY, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ASTERISKS AND CAVEATS NEXT TO IT OF BE MINDFUL OF COMPLAINTS AND DISRUPTION. BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALLOWING US TO, TO TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE WILL REPORT BACK WITH RESULTS ON EXACTLY HOW THIS TURNS OUT.
YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT IT BEFORE WE REPORT BACK. SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY ALL POSITIVE NEWS.
BUT WE WILL COME BACK WITH DATA ON THIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS.
IS THERE AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT THAT A COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? OKAY. ON COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDAS.
EXCUSE ME. DID I MISS THAT? SORRY, RON. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION OF PARK FEES.
GOING TO REVIEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE 28TH OF JULY.
THIS PARK FEE, ESTABLISHED IN 1993, IS A MECHANISM THAT WE USE TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL REVENUE SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOOD OR LINEAR PARKS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN ZONES IN THE CITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BENEFIT IS KEPT IN THAT AREA.
WE CALCULATE THE FEE BOTH FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
THE METHODOLOGY IS PRESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE.
I'M GONNA SKIP THAT FOR A TIME. THE. WE HAVE 14 ZONES.
THERE'S A MAP THAT IS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU'LL SEE AGAIN.
THE FEE MUST BE SPENT IN THE ZONE IN WHICH IT IS COLLECTED.
AND IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LINEAR PARKS.
81% OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN THAT TEN MINUTE WALK.
AND SO WHEN WE USE THIS PARK FEE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR LINEAR PARK, THOSE ARE THOSE WALKABLE AMENITIES OR THOSE PARK PROPERTIES THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE LOCAL RESIDENT NEEDS. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPS US MAINTAIN OUR PARK SYSTEM AS THAT AWARD WINNING LEVEL THAT IT IS.
THIS IS THE PARK FEE ZONE MAP THAT SHOWS ALL 14 ZONES COVERING THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY.
THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2019. AND WE REVIEW THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SOONER.
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING BOARD HAS ASKED THAT WE REVIEW THIS A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM IN TWO YEARS TO TALK ABOUT TO SEE HOW THE NEW FEE IS WORKING OUT.
AND COUNCIL ADOPTED THE NEW FEE. JULY OF THIS JULY 28TH.
AND WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.
WE DID RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL VIA EMAIL THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE PARK FEE PROGRAM AND WHEN IT IS APPROVED OR ADOPTED OR PRESENTED.
AND WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR WITH THE CIP BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND SO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES IN THAT CIP IS PARK FEE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE PRESENTED FOR THE 25-26 YEAR.
ANOTHER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS WHAT SOME OF THE GOALS ARE IN THE FUTURE.
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AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.COUNCIL MEMBER KEHR. THANK YOU RON. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE PARK FEES WHEN WE APPROVED THE RATE, I WAS THINKING, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT.
AND WHAT? I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WHOEVER WAS PAYING IN A FEE, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF VALUE BACK OUT OF IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT AS PEOPLE COME INTO THIS CITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR PARKS, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT. I EXPERIENCE THAT EVERY WEEK WHEN I GO TO THE CARPENTER, THERE'S A IT'S HEAVILY USED AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A DEVELOPER IS SPENDING MONEY TO PUT IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A MULTIFAMILY FACILITY, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE VALUE OUT OF IT.
AND YOUR FEEDBACK AN TO THOSE QUESTIONS WERE VERY HELPFUL.
AND I'VE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, YES, THEY WILL GET THAT VALUE AND EVERY DOLLAR PUT IN WILL BUY A DOLLAR'S WORTH OF IMPROVEMENT. AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE EAST SIDE AND A LITTLE LESS ON THE WEST SIDE.
BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL BE THAT. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAINTAIN THIS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BOB. DEPUTY MAYOR.
THANKS, RON. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS THE AREAS, THE ZONES WHERE THERE'S REALLY LIMITED SPACE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKLAND OR AMENITIES. IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE NOT PAYING THOSE PARK FEES, BECAUSE IF WE COLLECT THOSE FEES, WE HAVE TO USE THEM IN THE ZONES WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE COLLECTED.
WE MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS MAKING A VARIANCE OR SOMETHING.
WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? THERE IS. THERE ARE OPTIONS, RENEE.
RENEE JORDAN AND KATIE DUNHAM ARE HERE FROM THE PARK PLANNING DIVISION.
I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE, I PUT THE MAP BACK UP HERE OF THE DIFFERENT ZONES.
THOSE ARE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME UNIFORM SIZE AS FAR AS SQUARE MILES.
AND WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE ZONES ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND LINEAR PARKS TO CHOOSE FROM, MANY OF WHICH NEED RENOVATION OR COULD USE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THAT WE COULD USE THE PARK FEE FOR.
WHETHER IT'S EXPANDING IRRIGATED TURF TO ADD CAPACITY, INSTALLING ADDITIONAL TRAIL TO ADD CAPACITY, ADDING LIGHTING TO ADD CAPACITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WITHIN THOSE ZONES WOULD QUALIFY.
BUT THERE IS A MECHANISM IN PLACE ALSO TO HAVE SOME OPTIONS, RENEE.
COULD YOU LEAN INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? YES.
OF COURSE THAT CAN BE AND THERE'S A PROCESS IDENTIFIED FOR THAT.
THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE APPELLANT IN THAT CASE.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE FEES CANNOT BE USED FOR REPAIRS.
WHEN YOU SAID RENOVATIONS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLORING, SINCE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR STREAM BANK STABILIZATION EFFORTS AND THE EXPENSE THAT IS COMING WITH THAT, THAT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR LINEAR PARKS WHERE SOME OF THAT MAINTENANCE, NOT MAINTENANCE, SORRY PREVENTATIVE. YEAH, IT WOULDN'T BE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. OH, SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER LEVINE.
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RON. THANK YOU. RON. THE BASIC RULE IS THAT THE FUNDS DON'T CROSS FROM ONE ZONE INTO ANOTHER.IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. BUT YOU HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE A PARK MIGHT BE NEARER TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A ZONE OR SOMETHING TO THAT IS, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANY VARIATION OR SUCH? OR ARE YOU JUST HARD AND FAST ON THAT? MICHELLE D'ANDREA MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IT'S USED IN THE ZONE IN WHICH IT IS COLLECTED.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAIVERS FOR THAT.
WE'RE STRICT ABOUT SPENDING IN THE ZONE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, BACK TO CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM P JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S KNOWLEDGE.
ANY OTHER ITEM? AND COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.
FOR FUTURE AGENDAS. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.