* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING] [00:00:04] I NOW DECLARED THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS 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 ANNOTATED GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 51. THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 5 51 0 71 TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION SECTION 5 51 0 72 TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS, SECTION 5 51 0 87, TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AND SECTION 5 51 0 74 TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS. THANK YOU. AN ATTIC CLEAR THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, THE ITEM IS A PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT, UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, MR. MAYOR. UM, WE ARE MOVED. WE MOVED TO, UH, PROMOTE, UM, KEVIN MORRIS FROM ALTERNATE TO REGULAR, UH, MEMBER. SIMILARLY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, KENNETH PITTMAN TO AN ALTERNATE. ARE THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES? THOSE ARE TWO CHANGES. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. AND I SECOND, SO WE'RE JUST DOING A HAND VOTE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPOINT KEVIN MORRIS AS A REGULAR MEMBER, AND MR. PITTMAN AS AN ALTERNATE. CORRECT. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. OUR NEXT ITEM IS NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. I'M GONNA CALL FORWARD JENNA COVINGTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER, FORMER MAYOR PHIL DYER AND RON KELLY, WHICH ARE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF PLANO. YOU WANNA I I DEFER TO SHE'S NOT STEVE GENTLEMAN. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO, WELL, I'D MUCH RATHER HEAR FROM JENNA, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. . UNDERSTOOD. NOW WELCOME MAYOR. WELCOME, RON. THANK YOU. OOPS. OKAY, HE'S GONNA PUSH THE BUTTON. YEAH. GREAT. YOU GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY, I'M PHIL DYER, AND JOINING ME IS RON KELLY. WE ARE HONORED TO SERVE AS PLANOS APPOINTED DIRECTORS TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD. RON'S IN HIS SEVENTH YEAR, AND I'M IN MY 12TH YEAR ON THE BOARD. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US. THIS YEAR'S WATER DISTRICT CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY. AT THE HEART OF THIS MILESTONE IS A SIMPLE IDEA, ALL IN TOGETHER. 75 YEARS AGO, LOCAL LEADERS RECOGNIZED THAT WORKING TOGETHER REGIONALLY COULD ACCOMPLISH MORE THAN WORKING ALONE. THAT SPIRIT OF COOPERATION REMAINS STRONG TODAY. THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE WATER DISTRICT AND OUR 13 MEMBER CITIES NOW SERVING MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS 80 COMMUNITIES OVER THE DECADES, PLANO AND THE DISTRICT HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW IN BOTH SIZE AND SERVICES OFFERED. WHEN THE DISTRICT BEGAN, PLANOS POPULATION WAS 2200, AND WHEN RECEIVED ONLY WATER SERVICE FROM THE DISTRICT, NOW PLANO IS A CITY OF 300,000, RECEIVING WATER, WASTE, WATER, AND SOLID WASTE SERVICES FROM THE DISTRICT. OUR PARTNERSHIP REFLECTS THE STRENGTH OF WORKING TOGETHER REGIONALLY. WE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR YOUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND THE TRUST YOU PLACED IN THE DISTRICT. TOGETHER, WE CARRY FORWARD THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. NOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A SHORT VIDEO COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY, AND CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND UNITY THAT HAS SHAPED OUR LEGACY. WE STARTED WHEN OUR ORIGINAL MEMBER CITIES CAME TOGETHER AND ASKED THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO FORM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL [00:05:01] WATER DISTRICT TO MEET THEIR WATER NEEDS OF THE FUTURE. THEY WERE ALL ON GROUNDWATER, AND THEY KNEW THOSE GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES WERE NOT GONNA MEET THEIR NEEDS LONG TERM. THE CORE OF ENGINEERS HAD A PROJECT UNDERWAY TO CONSTRUCT LVO LAKE, AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION TO SURFACE WATER. OVER THE DECADES. THERE WAS THE EXPANSION AT THE REQUEST OF OUR MEMBER CITIES TO INCLUDE WASTEWATER SERVICES AND SUBSEQUENTLY SOLID WASTE SERVICES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FORESIGHT THAT THE CITY LEADERS IN THE 1940S HAD THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN OUR OPERATION. AND I AM JUST AMAZED AT THE GROWTH IN OUR REGION THAT IS POSSIBLE AND HAS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THAT FORESIGHT. AND WE HAVE 75,000 PEOPLE MOVING INTO OUR SERVICE AREA EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY, THEY'RE NOT BRINGING WATER WITH THEM. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY AHEAD OF ALL OF THAT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE POPULATION GROWTH THAT'S COMING. WHEN WE BEGAN DELIVERING SERVICE IN 1956, AFTER BEING FORMED IN 51, WE SERVE 32,000 PEOPLE. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR SERVICE POPULATION MORE THAN SIX TIMES. AND WHEN WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, WE'RE AGAIN PLANNING TO DOUBLE IN OUR PLANNING HORIZON. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED OR ON THE BOARD LONG BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN. NOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR THINGS 25, 30, 50 YEARS OUT THAT I HOPE THAT LEGACY WILL BE HERE AND PEOPLE WILL FILL OUR SHOES AS ALL DIRECTORS WITH THE SAME MINDSET AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE ARE A REALLY COLLABORATIVE GROUP THAT WANTS EACH OTHER TO SUCCEED, AND THROUGH THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES. I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD AT THE RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, BOTH IN THE STATE AND NATIONALLY, AND HOW THEY VIEW OUR ORGANIZATION TO WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 75 YEARS, TO SEE WHERE IT STARTED, TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, AND TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING, IT'S AWESOME. HOW HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP A LOT OF PLANNING AND, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSIONS? YOU CAN SEE FROM 1956 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2026, SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND JUST TREATMENT, TECHNOLOGIES, STAFFING, PROGRESS, JUST THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE INDUSTRY. WE ARE STILL DOING OUR OWN REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS IN THE WAY THAT KEEPS US ABOVE THE STANDARD. I DON'T REPRESENT MESQUITE. I REPRESENT NORTH TEXAS WITH THE BENEFIT OF MESQUITE. THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS BOARD HAPPEN. AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S LEGACY, WE ENDURE, WE INNOVATE, AND WE ADAPT AND ARE THERE FOR THE REGION FROM THE BEGINNING. THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE SAID WE'RE ALL IN TOGETHER. ALL IN TOGETHER FOR INNOVATION, ALL IN TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, ALL IN TOGETHER FOR OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, ALL IN TOGETHER FOR MY COMMUNITY, ALL IN TOGETHER FOR ONE WATER, ALL IN TOGETHER FOR HIGH QUALITY SERVICES, ALL IN TOGETHER FOR OUR DISTRICT FAMILY, ALL IN, TOGETHER WITH THE 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF TODAY MEETING THE NEEDS FOR THE PEOPLE OF TOMORROW AND CONTINUING THAT LEGACY OF SERVICE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M SO HONORED TO BE WITH YOU HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE, AND AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, THE THEME IS ALL IN TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. AND WHAT IT TAKES IS OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT OF THE DEDICATION OF SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHARED VISION, UH, TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY DEMAND FROM US HERE. SO MAYOR MUS, ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS GLASS WATER DROP SCULPTURE, UH, TO THE CITY OF PLANO IN CELEBRATION OF THE DISTRICT'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY. HERE. NOW, THIS WATER DROP SHAPE, IT REMINDS US OF THE RESOURCE THAT BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER MANY YEARS AGO, AND THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IT FOR, FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO WE'RE ASKING HERE TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE ACCEPT THIS SYMBOL OF GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY OF PLANOS, GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT IN SERVING NORTH TEXAS TOGETHER. SO AT THIS TIME, MR. UH, MR. MAYOR, I'D ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD PLEASE, AND WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, MAYOR AND UH, AND TO THE CITY OF PLANO. UH, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND FOR THE NEXT 75 YEARS, WE'RE GONNA KEEP CONTINUING THESE CRITICAL SERVICES [00:10:01] AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, PHIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. LEMME, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR THE COMMITMENT YOU'VE MADE TO ALL OF THE MEMBER CITIES, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE HERE IN PLANO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. I DON'T, WE'VE NEVER BEEN MORE COGNIZANT OF THE RESOURCE OF WATER AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR ALL OF US. AND SO WE THANK YOU EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF KNOWING THAT WHEN WE'RE DISTRIBUTING WATER THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE'RE GETTING CLEAN GOOD WATER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF PLANO. SO WE WANT TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO YOU, JENNA, COME ON DOWN. AND JUST, UH, WHEREAS NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WAS CONCEPTUALIZED IN THE EARLY FORTIES WHEN A GROUP OF, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS JOINED TOGETHER OUT OF CONCERN FOR DWINDLING GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES AND SUPPORTED OVER 32,000 PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PLANO RECOGNIZES THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, 75 YEARS OF REGIONAL LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP, AND ITS VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN MUS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 26TH, 2026 AS NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT DAY IN PLANO, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, AND RECOGNIZING ITS ENDURING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP RESIDENTS HEALTHY IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I'LL LET YOU, I'LL LET YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE PODIUM HERE, . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. UH, WE ARE TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO TOGETHER. UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY WITH US TODAY AND, AND BEING A PART OF THIS YEAR LONG CELEBRATION THAT WE'VE GOT. OKAY. LET ME INTRODUCE THIS NEXT ONE, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE, UH, ON ONE, ONE PROJECT THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING. SO, ITEM THREE IS THE CUSTER ROAD WATER MAIN STATUS REPORT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. GOOD. UH, SO I, I'LL ADD ON JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR CELEBRATING THE 75TH WITH US. I DO WANNA MENTION THAT PLANO HAS TWO EXCELLENT DIRECTORS WHO SIT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. UH, THEY ARE VERY, VERY WELL RESPECTED WITHIN OUR BOARD, UH, AND WITHIN OUR REGION AND YOUR COMMUNITY. UH, DIRECTOR DYER IS A FORMER PRESIDENT, AND THEY'RE BOTH CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES WITHIN THE BOARD. SO, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL FOLKS THAT Y'ALL HAVE APPOINTED TO BE A PART OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UH, WE'RE HONORED TO SERVE THE CITY OF PLANO WITH WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE SERVICES ON A WHOLESALE BASIS. UH, THERE IS TREMENDOUS COLLABORATION THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS ON AN ONGOING BASIS. UH, AND THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT. UH, WE HAVE 141 ACTIVE PROJECTS GOING ON AT NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WITH A CURRENT VALUE OF $4.4 BILLION. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF NORTH TEXAS. UH, THERE'S VARIOUS DRIVERS FOR THEM. UH, GROWTH [00:15:01] OFTEN GETS A LOT OF THE ATTENTION IN TERMS OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO KEEP UP WITH THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS TAKING CARE OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS REALLY DRIVEN BY AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PIPELINE IN TIME IN THE UPCOMING BRIEFING. THIS IS A CHALLENGING PROJECT. UH, I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM WHO HAS REALLY BEEN BOOTS ON THE GROUND DELIVERING THIS LAST WEEK, UH, AND HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THEM ABOUT THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT THAT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT. AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PAST YEAR. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A MAJOR TAKEAWAY FROM ME IN VISITING WITH OUR TEAM, UH, IS THE, THE GREAT COORDINATION THAT'S HAPPENED BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS. OUR PROJECT MANAGER, OSCAR PALOMAS, UH, WAS WHEN I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT IT, WHAT HE WANTED TO MAKE VERY CLEAR, UH, WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE CITY OF PLANO SIDE. UH, CLAY LIPSCOMB HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS, AND HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO TOGETHER TO WORK THROUGH THIS VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT. UH, IT'S A VERY NARROW CORRIDOR FOR A PIPELINE, AND THE PIPELINE IS ACTUALLY UNDER PAVEMENT. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CLOSE NEIGHBORS, UH, BOTH RESIDENTS AND A SCHOOL IN THAT VICINITY. AND WE'VE DEFINITELY LEARNED SOME THINGS AS WE'VE UNDERTAKEN THIS PROJECT THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT. UH, WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE CITY, UH, AND ARE VERY THANKFUL TO SAY THAT WE'RE NEARING THE HOME STRETCH OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETION. UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MARK SIMON. HE IS A OUR ENGINEERING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, AND HE'LL TALK YOU ALL THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MUS, UH, COUNSEL. UM, SO I'M MARK SIMON. I'M DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING FOR THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY AND THEN THE STATUS. AND THERE'S SOME, SOME, UH, COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD THAT, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING, WHERE WE'VE, UH, WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PLANS WITH THE CITY OF PLANO AND, AND NOW IT'S ABOUT DELIVERING ON THOSE RESULTS. SO THIS, UH, LINE, THERE'S AN EXISTING LINE THERE, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AND IT RUNS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF CUSTER. NOW, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, CUSTER WAS A NARROWER CORRIDOR. THERE WAS A LARGER MEDIAN. UM, THE LINE IS PARTIALLY IN THE MEDIAN THERE, PARTIALLY IN THE PAVEMENT. THAT 30 INCH LINE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME, UH, CONDITION RELATED, UH, NEEDS. WE'VE HAD SOME REPAIRS NEEDED ON THAT LINE. UH, AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT PART OF OUR SYSTEM, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FLOW, UH, PROJECTED FOR THE CITY OF PLANO AT THEIR DELIVERY POINT. UH, NUMBER THREE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON NEEDED ADDITIONAL FLOW AT THEIR DELIVERY POINT NUMBER TWO. SO WE COMBINED THE PROJECTS TO DELIVER A 36 INCH LINE THAT WOULD CONNECT TO A 48 INCH LINE THAT RUNS DOWN RENNER ROAD. THE CHALLENGE IS WE COULD NO LONGER GO DOWN THE MEDIAN, UH, IN CUSTER, BECAUSE IT'S NOW NARROWER, AND THAT ROAD HAS GOTTEN WIDER. UH, THE ONLY AVAILABLE CORRIDOR NORTH OF PLANO PARKWAY WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND TRAFFIC LANE. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THAT'S LIKE, THE TRAFFIC LANE IS TYPICALLY AROUND 12 FEET FOR A NORMAL, UH, URBAN, UH, TRA TRANSIT AREA. UH, FOR A PIPELINE THIS SIZE, A 36 INCHES, WE WOULD NORMALLY REQUEST A MINIMUM OF 20 FEET FOR THE ACTUAL PIPELINE ITSELF, AND THEN A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT OF ADDITIONAL 20 FEET. SO TYPICALLY A 40 FOOT EASEMENT SO THAT WE COULD WORK ON ONE SIDE AND INSTALL THE PIPE IN THE OTHER 20 FEET. SO THIS WAS GONNA BE A CHALLENGING PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS THAT WE IMPROVE THE ASSET CONDITION AND WE CAN DELIVER ADDITIONAL FLOW TO DELIVERY POINT NUMBER THREE. SO THIS PROJECT STARTED A, A LONG TIME AGO, REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, IN JUNE OF 2020. UM, WE STARTED, UH, AWARDING A DESIGN PROJECT, UH, TO A CONSULTANT. AND WE STARTED COORDINATION WITH THE CITY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, LIKE IN THE SPRING OF, OF 2021. THIS WAS MOSTLY TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS FOR CORRIDORS, AND WE REALLY EVALUATED, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, CORRIDOR OPTIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE PIPELINE AND, [00:20:01] UM, HOW MANY PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE IMPACTED. WE LOOKED AT GOING FURTHER WEST. WE LOOKED AT GOING FURTHER EAST, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO, TO CHOOSE TO GO DOWN THE SAME QUARTER OF THE EXISTING PIPELINE. UM, SO THIS, THIS PIPELINE, UH, ALIGNMENT WAS CHOSEN. WE PRESENTED THAT AND THEN WE WORKED THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES. UM, WE DID, UH, MEET REGULARLY WITH THE CITY OF PLANO TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD MANAGE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT, SOME, SOME AREAS THAT WE WEREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH, AND HOW WE WANTED TO DO THAT, AND THEN USE SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT THE CITY OF PLANO HAS. UM, ULTIMATELY, WE AWARDED CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS AT THE, UH, END OF THE YEAR IN 2024. THE CONTRACTOR BEGAN MOBILIZATION IN THE SPRING OF 2025, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE HAD A COMMUNICATION PLAN, UH, BETWEEN THE PROJECT TEAM AND THE CITY. NOW, DURING CONSTRUCTION, I KNOW WE ENCOUNTERED SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PLANO, UH, PIO DEPARTMENT AND WITH OUR COMMS GROUP AT THE DISTRICT. UM, WE BEGAN, UH, BIWEEKLY UPDATES THAT WERE PRO WERE POSTED ON THE CITY OF PLANOS WEBSITE, AND, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD SEND OUT, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. UM, CALLS WERE SET UP WITH THE CITY. UH, THIS WAS MOST BETWEEN OSCAR AND, AND CLAY, UH, GOING OVER WEEK TO WEEK CONSTRUCTION PLANS, UH, WHAT ACTIVITIES WOULD BE COMING UP TO TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WAS GONNA BE AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT MIGHT BE TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORS. NOW, THE WORK STARTED TOWARDS THE NORTH END OF THE, OF THE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WAS IN THE DOLPHIN PITMAN AREA. AND WE MOVED SOUTH. SO THE IMPACT WAS, UH, GREATER INITIALLY THE FURTHER SOUTH WE MOVED, WE EVENTUALLY REACHED PLANO PARKWAY, AND WE MOVED INTO AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS, UH, NO RESIDENTIAL IMPACT. UM, WE DID HAVE MULTIPLE SITE VISITS WITH CITY OF PLANO STAFF, UM, AND, UM, AND THE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD, UH, IMPROVE OUR IMPACT ON THE AREA . SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS REAL QUICK. UM, WE ARE 99% COMPLETE WITH THE PIPELINE. SO THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND TESTED. UH, WE HAVE TO TIE IN AT THE PLANO DELIVERY POINT AND AT, UH, THE CONNECTION TO THE 48 INCH LINE AT, AT RENNER ROAD IN CUSTER. UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE THAT BETWEEN THREE ENTITIES, THE CITY OF PLANO, UH, OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS CITY OF RICHARDSON. UM, WE WILL HAVE TO SUSPEND PUMPING OPERATION WHILE WE MAKE THE COMPLETION OF THE TIE-INS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, UM, TO AVOID ANY, UH, EXTENDED IMPACT TO ANY OF THE, THE USERS. UM, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND, AND FINALIZE THE INSTALLATION OF SOME OF THE OTHER ASSETS. UM, UH, THERE'S SOME INLINE VALVES, UM, TO RELEASE AIR OUT OF THE LINE IN CASE IT GETS, UH, UH, DURING THE PUMPING OPERATION. SOMETIMES WE ACCUMULATE SOME AIR. UM, AND THEN WE'LL COORDINATE THAT TIE IN. RIGHT NOW, THE TENTATIVE DATE WAS, UH, END OF NOVEMBER. UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WE WANTED TO. WE HAD WANTED TO DO THAT ON NOVEMBER 2ND. BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THE RAINS IN EARLY OCTOBER, WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE SHORT ON, ON RAIN. AND SO I THINK, UH, OVERALL USAGE HAS BEEN A LITTLE HIGHER THAN, THAN WE ANTICIPATED, UM, IN NOVEMBER OR IN OCTOBER. UM, BUT ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT TIE IN, UM, THEY'LL PRESSURIZE THE LINE. WE ACTUALLY ARE GONNA TRY TO START IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. SOME OF THOSE, UH, PRE TIE-IN ACTIVITIES, WHICH WOULD BE DISINFECTION OF THE PIPELINE. UM, AND THEN WE WOULD FLUSH THAT LINE PRIOR TO THE CONNECTIONS. SO ONE OF THE BIG COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT, UM, SO THERE'S 30 INCH LINE, AS I MENTIONED, RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF CUSTER ROAD. WE DO NOT WANNA LEAVE THAT LINE IN PLACE AND EMPTY, UM, OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IT WILL ULTIMATELY COLLAPSE AND WITHOUT THE PRESSURE FROM THE WATER, AND IF THERE'S CORROSION OR ANYTHING ON THAT LINE, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, TO HAVE THAT THEN CAUSE A DEPRESSION. SO WE WILL FILL THAT LINE WITH, UH, CEMENT GROUT. UM, HOWEVER THAT IS GONNA REQUIRE US TO, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY OF PLANO TO CLOSE THE LEFT HAND TRAFFIC LANES, BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND IN SECTIONS. WE TYPICALLY CAN GROUT, UH, MAYBE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AT A TIME. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS GROUT SOME AREAS MOVE ON DOWN, AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD DO THAT AS WE PROGRESS, UM, UH, THROUGH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PIPELINE. [00:25:01] UM, THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY IMPACTS, UH, DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. BUT WE'LL COORDINATE ALL THAT, UH, WITH OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL. UH, WITH THE CITY OF PLANO, WE ESTIMATE THAT IT'LL TAKE ALMOST TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT BECAUSE, UH, REMEMBER WE HAVE TO GROUT, UH, REALLY FROM 15TH STREET ALL THE WAY TO RENTER. SO PAVING RESTORATION, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT PITMAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO STORMWATER INLETS THAT HAVE TO BE PLACED INDEPENDENT OF THE STREET PAVING. UM, AND ALSO DOLPHIN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE PAVING ON DOLPHIN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THEY STARTED WORKING ON CUSTER AT PLANO PARKWAY AND MOVING NORTH. UM, SO RIGHT NOW, THE PAVEMENT'S BEING PLACED, UH, SORT OF BETWEEN, UM, ALLEY ACCESS POINTS AND STREET ACCESS POINTS. SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, PANELS OF PAVEMENT BEING PLACED. UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLACE AS MANY PANELS AS WE CAN WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE CROSS TRAFFIC OR INTERRUPTING TRASH PICKUP OR THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF PLANO TO IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT THE ORDER OF EVENTS WOULD BE TO CLOSE THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACCESS POINTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THE PAVING, YOU KNOW, UH, TOTALLY. UM, AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LONGER RIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO IT IN SMALL PIECES LIKE THAT, AS OPPOSED TO ONE LONG PAVING OPERATION. UM, BUT IT REDUCES, UM, UH, THE IMPACT TO THE INDIVIDUAL USERS OF THOSE ACCESS POINTS I'M SHOWING HERE, UM, RECENTLY THE DISTRICT BOARD AUTHORIZED A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE CONTRACTOR, UM, THAT ADDED, UH, QUANTITY OF PAVING. AND SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS KIND OF NORTHBOUND ON CUSTER ROAD AND THE KINDA REDDISH COLOR AREA THERE TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT PAVING LIMITS WERE ESTABLISHED. UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT'S PROBABLY OPTIMISTIC. UH, WHAT, WHEN WE PUT THOSE PROJECTS OUT TO BID, THAT THE CONTRACTOR COULD MAINTAIN HIS OPERATION WITHIN THAT LIMITED SPACE. UM, DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, RECOGNIZING THERE WAS SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE SAFETY, BOTH FOR, UM, DRIVERS ON CUSTER AS WELL AS FOR THE CONTRACTOR. WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO, UH, CLOSE PORTIONS OF THE CENTER LANE, UM, SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE BETTER ACCESS AND REDUCE THE, UM, PROXIMITY OF THE DRIVERS TO SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO SOME OF THE DRIVING LANES ON CUSTER. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PURPLE AREA. THERE IS ADDITIONAL PAVING THAT WE'LL BE RESTORING, UH, ON CUSTER ROAD, PRETTY MUCH FROM, UH, UH, JUST, UH, NORTH OF PLANO PARKWAY ALL THE WAY TO, UH, DOLPHIN. THIS SHOWS SOME WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON DOLPHIN AND ON, UH, PITTMAN. AND THOSE AREAS, UH, WERE IMPACTED. YOU CAN SEE WE REPLACED ROUGHLY HALF OF PITTMAN, AND THEN DOLPHIN ENDED UP BEING ALMOST COMPLETELY REPLACED DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THAT AREA. UH, I KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER OF, UH, UM, COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE USE OF THE STAGING AREA THERE TO THE NORTH, UM, THAT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE CONDITION OF DOLPHIN. UM, AND SO WE'VE NOW REPLACED THAT ENTIRE AREA. UM, I WILL SAY, WHILE THAT, UH, STAGING AREA WAS INCONVENIENT, UM, FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, FROM A PROJECT TIME PERSPECTIVE, UM, IT REALLY, REALLY IMPACTED IT. IT WOULD'VE BEEN A MUCH LONGER IMPACT TO THE OVERALL, UH, UH, AREA. IF WE HAD STAGED MUCH FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, IT WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS SAFE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE BEEN TRANSPORTING EVERYTHING, UH, MUCH FARTHER OVER, A MUCH GREATER DISTANCE, AND PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD TO REQUEST, UH, MORE LANE CLOSURES THAN WE ALREADY DID. SO THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE COMPLETED PORTIONS THERE. I I SHOWED A FEW AREAS THERE, RIGHT BOUND LANE, NEAR WESTLAKE DRIVE ON CUSTER. AND THE OTHER ONE'S, UH, UH, NORTHBOUND LANE, NEAR GRANDVIEW, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL. AND THEN THESE SHOW THE COMPLETED PORTIONS ON PITMAN NEAR THE, UH, HERITAGE FARMSTEAD MUSEUM [00:30:01] AND NEAR SHADOW TRAIL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE INLETS THERE. AND THEN, UM, LOOKING EAST ON DOLPHIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PAVING'S BEEN FULLY RESTORED. SO WHAT REMAINING ACTIVITIES DO WE HAVE? SO WE HOPE TO BEGIN, UH, DISINFECTION, UH, OF THAT LINE AND THEN PURGING IT, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. UH, IF THAT GETS COMPLETED AND WE GET THE COORDINATION, WE WOULD HOPE TO DO THE TIE-INS AROUND NOVEMBER. IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, AROUND NOVEMBER 30TH, IS WHAT WE WERE TARGETING. UM, PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT MAYBE SIX DAYS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UH, TYPICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD, UH, MAKE THE TIE-INS, UH, SAMPLE A LINE, RUN IT FOR A WHILE. ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE WOULD THEN BEGIN, UM, THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHEN WE WOULD START THE, UM, ABANDONMENT OF THE 30 INCH LINE. THE PAVING WILL CONTINUE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. UM, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE PAVING. SO THAT WOULD PUT US AROUND, UM, SOMETIME IN LATE JANUARY FOR COMPLETION OF ALL THE PAVING, UH, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROJECT. UH, EXCEPT FOR ONE AREA, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. UH, THE GROUTING, ASSUMING THAT THE TIE IN GOES SUCCESSFUL, WHICH START THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WHICH WOULD BE EARLY DECEMBER OF 2026, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT ACTIVITY. SO HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE DONE WITH THAT IN THE FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME. UM, WE WOULD COMPLETE, UH, WALKTHROUGH OF THE PROJECT, UH, WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND HOPEFULLY WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE COMPLETION OF THAT. THERE'S ONE OTHER COMPONENT OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED ON THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW. UM, THE LINE THAT WE INSTALLED, UH, IS LOWER, UH, THAN A CITY OF PLANO, UH, SANITARY SEWER LINE. WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SEPARATION ACCORDING TO TCQ TO HAVE A WATER LINE BELOW THE SANITARY SEWER LINE. SO WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE CONTAINMENT. AND HOW WE WOULD NORMALLY DO THAT IS IN CASE THE WASTEWATER LINE IN EITHER, UH, ANOTHER PIPE OR WE WOULD JUST ENCASE THE WHOLE THING IN CONCRETE. HOWEVER, WHEN WE DID OUR EXPLORATION OF THAT, WE FOUND THAT LINE CONDITIONED TO NOT BE, UH, HOW WE WOULD WANNA LEAVE IT. SO WE'VE ALTERED THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT TO TUNNEL A NEW LINE ACROSS CUSTER FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE, AND TIE INTO A MANHOLE AT CARMEL. SO THAT WILL BE SPECIAL WORK THERE AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF CARMEL AND CUSTER. UM, AND HOPEFULLY RESTORE THE LINE, UM, IN A CONDITION THAT WHEN WE LEAVE IT, IT'S A BETTER THAN THAN IT IS CURRENTLY. AND THEN IT AVOIDS, UM, SOME OF THAT OTHER CONCERN ABOUT THE SEPARATION. IT ALLOWS US TO DICTATE WHAT THAT ELEVATION'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT. SO ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES COMBINED, UH, WOULD LEAVE US COMPLETING THE PROJECT, UM, PROBABLY IN APRIL TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF MAY OF 2027. AND WITH THAT, I THINK I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, THIS WAS A CHALLENGING PROJECT. IT'S A NARROW CORRIDOR. UH, ADMITTEDLY AS A DISTRICT, UNLIKE MOST THE CITIES, AND I WORKED AT A CITY PRIOR TO JOINING THE DISTRICT, THIS WAS A NARROWER CORRIDOR THAN WE'RE USED TO WORKING IN. AND WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM WORKING WITH YOUR FOLKS WHO ARE MUCH MORE ACCUSTOMED TO WORKING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT THAN WE ARE. IT'S A ROAD THAT HAS A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME AS, AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE. AND SO IT WAS TRYING TO, TO BALANCE, UH, HOW MANY LANE CLOSURES CAN WE HAVE VERSUS, UM, HOW FAST CAN WE PERFORM THE WORK? AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN, UM, SOME SAFETY SEPARATION, UM, FOR THE, BOTH THE SPEED AS WELL AS THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. UM, THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENCES, UH, WAS A CHALLENGE. UM, THERE WAS EXISTING UTILITIES. UH, WE DID ENCOUNTER, UH, A GAS LINE THAT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF AN ALIGNMENT, AND WE HAD TO WORK WITH ATMOS TO RELOCATE THE GAS LINE SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE THE LINE, OUR LINE FURTHER OUT INTO THE ROAD. SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES WHEN YOU GET UNDER THE PAVEMENT THAT THINGS AREN'T EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU HAD HOPED TO FIND THEM. AND THEN WHILE THIS DIDN'T OCCUR, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF PLANO, IT DOES AFFECT THE OVERALL COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT. AND WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES ON THE SOUTH END TUNNELING UNDERNEATH GEORGE BUSH AS WELL AS WE HIT SOMETHING. UM, [00:35:01] WHEN WE WERE EXPLORING AROUND THE DART SILVER LINE, WE FOUND THAT, UH, DART HAD PUT THEIR FIBER OPTIC LINES DEEPER THAN THEY HAD PROVIDED US IN THE PLANS. AND SO WE STOPPED THE PROJECT AND MADE OUR PIPELINE DEEPER IN ORDER TO AVOID A CONFLICT WITH THEM. SO, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT KIND OF INTERRUPT THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK. BUT, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE PATIENTS, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS OF PLANO, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THAT PROJECT AREA. UM, WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT, UM, THIS WAS AN IMPACT TO THEM. UH, WE TRIED TO COMPLETE THE WORK AS, UH, WELL AS WE COULD IN A TIMELY MANNER. UM, WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY OF PLANO STAFF. AS MENTIONED, CLAY LIPSCOMB WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH US, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE CITY PROCESS, HELPING WORK WITH US WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ON THE PROJECT. AND THEN ALL THE ASSISTANCE OF YOUR, UH, PIO OFFICE AND WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO LEARN, UM, WE, THERE'S SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AS PART OF THIS, UH, THE PROJECT S SO WE HAVE A PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS, SOP, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PLANO. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TO THE RIGHT, UM, WE, WE SORT OF HAVE A EARLY MEETING WHEN WE IDENTIFY A PROJECT NOW WHERE WE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT LEVEL OF COMMUN COMMUNITY OUTREACH WOULD BE NECESSARY AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BASED ON THE IMPACT AND THE DURATION OF THE IMPACT. AND, UM, THIS WILL HELP INFORM US ON HOW WE'RE GONNA APPROACH COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE FREQUENCY OF OUR COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THE CITY OF PLANO. UH, WE, WE MEET WITH THEM MUCH MORE REGULARLY ON UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, YET STARTED. UM, JUST TO TRY TO COORDINATE THEIR ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH OURS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS OVERLAPPING IN AREAS AND CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINED IMPACT TO A, TO A GIVEN AREA. UM, AND WE, WE HAVE A PROJECT STARTING HERE IN NORTHWEST PART OF CITY OF PLANO THAT WE HAD SOME EXCELLENT COORDINATION WITH, UH, CITY ON. AND, AND WE HOPE THAT PROJECT GOES WELL. UM, AND I THINK THAT, UH, COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. UH, THANK YOU JENNA. THANKS FOR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU DIRECTORS FOR ATTENDING HERE. AND MR. SIMON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING AN UPDATE. I REALLY HAVE A, WE HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS ON PITTMAN CREEK, AND THEY WERE, TO USE THE TERM IRATE IS AN UNDER UNDERSTATEMENT. THEY WERE CONCERNED. AND WE, THREE, THREE OF US COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILMAN CARE, COUNCILWOMAN DOWNS, AND I MET WITH THEM QUITE REGULARLY NEXT TO YOUR LAY DOWN YARD, WHICH IS NEXT TO STARBUCKS, WHICH IS A CONVENIENT PLACE TO, TO MEET. I HAVE, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SELECTION OF THAT LAID ON YARD BECAUSE IT IS IN A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA. UH, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. CLEARLY IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, NO QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES YOU HAD WITH PARTICULAR WANTING A 20 FOOT WIDE AREA TO PLACE THIS, THIS LARGE PIPE. BUT THE ISSUE REALLY IS THE RESIDENTS VOICE. SEVERAL CONCERNS. ONE WAS DUST, ONE WAS STORM WATER, UM, MANAGEMENT NOISE AND VIBRATION. THEY ALL CAME TO US WITH, UH, STORIES OF CRACKS IN THEIR HOMES, UH, DUST ALL OVER THEIR, UH, LIVING SPACES. AND THE NOISE WAS, WHILE WE WERE THERE, WHILE TRUCKS WERE BACKING UP AND USING THEIR DUMPS, IT WAS UNBEARABLE. AND WE WERE JUST THERE DURING THE DAY. I UNDERSTAND THE DISRUPTIONS IN THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF UNFORESEEN SITE CONDITIONS, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE GAS LINES AND THE FIBER OPTIC LINES. SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED, REALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT IT FROM THE, THE CUSTOMER'S PERSPECTIVE. 'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING FOR THE SERVICE, REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT WERE NEXT TO THAT LAY DOWN YARD. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THAT. I KNOW IF WE WENT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF PLANO PARKWAY, IT WOULD'VE COST MORE. 'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE HAD TO MOVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE TRUCKS ACROSS PLANO PARKWAY. AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF. I RECOGNIZE THAT MAYBE THIS WAS THE ONLY PLACE TO PLACE IT. MAYBE WE COULD HAVE PLACED IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TOWARD THAT, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT'S [00:40:01] OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE ISSUE ABOUT THE SITE, THE, THE LAY DOWN YARD ITSELF, ALL THIS, THE, THE DUST, THE NOISE, THE VIBRATIONS, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE MANAGEABLE. AND THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T DONE HERE. I MEAN, IT WAS QUITE EVIDENT WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE. UH, AND SO I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO WORK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIGHTER INSPECTIONS OF YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, INDEED, THE WORK HAS TO BE DONE. I RECOGNIZE THAT I'M NOT DISMISSING IT, BUT DO IT IN A MANNER THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE LIFE OF THOSE THAT ARE LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT LAY DOWN YARD. SO THAT'S THE LESSON I LEARNED FROM THIS. THE SECOND IS THE SCHEDULE. THEY WERE TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THE PROJECT WAS GONNA BE COMPLETED AT A CERTAIN DATE. AND GRANTED, IF IT WAS A CHANGE IN SITE CONDITIONS OR UNFORESEEN SITE CONDITIONS, DELAY IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT AGAIN, WE GOTTA PASS THOSE MESSAGES ON. IT FELT LIKE THE, THE CITIZENS REALLY HAD NO PLACE TO GO, BUT TO COME TO US. AND THEN I WENT BACK TO MY DIRECTORS AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES HERE. SO AGAIN, WHEN I, WHEN I COME BACK HERE, YOU, YOU STATED IN YOUR LAST SLIDE, LESSONS LEARNED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COLLABORATION, LET'S BRING INTO CITIZENS ON THAT, THAT ARE GONNA BE INTIMATELY AFFECTED BY THE WORK THAT'S GONNA BE DONE. AND MAYBE WE CAN HEAD OFF SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARE. YEAH, THANK YOU. UH, GOSH. UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM, I THINK YOU COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER. AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS THAT HE SAID. YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I WAS SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOU SELL, YOU HAD LESSONS LEARNED IN HERE. 'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY LEARN, UH, THE LAID DOWN PLACE, THE, THE STAGING AREA. I THINK THAT THAT DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED THE RESIDENTS RIGHT THERE. AND, UH, THE IMPACT ON THE SCHEDULE, THE, THE, THE, IT KEPT CHANGING. AND I, WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT, THE BETTER COMMUNICATION, I THINK WOULD'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW THE WEBSITE IS UPDATED REGULARLY, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS BEHIND, UH, WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND THEY WOULD GO TALK TO PEOPLE, THE WORKERS, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGERS, AND THAT ISN'T THEIR JOB TO SHARE WITH RESIDENTS WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND MAYBE THEY'RE BEING OPTIMISTIC, BUT THAT WAS A BIG IMPACT. AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD REGULARLY THAT THE PROJECT KEPT MOVING, THE TIME KEPT MOVING. THEY WERE EXPECTING THEM THIS TO BE GONE, THAT THE VIBRATIONS AND THE DUST AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WERE NOT BEING MITIGATED, WHAT WE FEEL APPROPRIATELY JUST CONTINUES ON. AND I THINK THAT REALLY RAISED THEIR LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENT RESIDENTS CAN GO AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND PERHAPS GET SOME, SOME BETTER FEEDBACK AND SOME BETTER TRACTION, UH, RATHER THAN, UH, RELYING ON US TO THEN CONVEY TO OUR DIRECTORS, ET CETERA. SO I THINK THAT MANAGING THE PROJECTS, AND THEN AS, UH, MR. HORN SAID HERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DO BETTER INSPECTION. SO, SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT LEVEL OF DUST, DUST AND VIBRATION AND NOISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING, I THINK THAT'LL MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'M OPT I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE NEXT PROJECT YOU HAVE COMING ON. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THESE GREAT CHANGES FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT BEING FINISHED AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS, UH, FOR ALL YOU DO AND THE RECOGNITION YOU GAVE TO THE CITY OF BUENO TONIGHT. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. WE APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE, UM, WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST THE, UH, THE REGULAR MEETING, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET TO EVERYTHING. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KNOCK THE, UH, ITEM FIVE OUT, PLANO AQUATIC, UH, CENTER UPDATE. RON SMITH, DIRECTOR OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME, UH, SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION THAT I THINK, UH, THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. OKAY. JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT, UH, LESSONS LEARNED. IT WAS KIND OF A THEME THAT WE'VE HEARD. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WISH THAT I HAD DONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WOULD BE MAYBE ENGAGING WITH THE PATRONS THAT USE THE FACILITY FOR PARTICULAR [00:45:01] CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TONIGHT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MANY OF THEM THIS MORNING. AND WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT, UH, NOT JUST MOVING A CLASS IS ALWAYS SUFFICIENT. WHAT I RECOGNIZE AND LEARNED THIS MORNING IS THAT THE, SOME OF THE CLASSES AT THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER HAVE BEEN OPERATING NOT JUST FOR A DECADE OR TWO, BUT THREE, AND THE, THE FAMILY, THE UNITY AND THE CULTURE THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THOSE CLASSES IS REALLY MEANINGFUL. AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT HAS SHARED WITH ME AND WITH THE COUNCIL THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT THAT COMMUNITY THAT HAS FORMED AT PAC MEANS TO THOSE PATRONS. UH, THIS IS, UH, INFORMATION, MUCH OF WHICH THAT I SHARED TWO WEEKS AGO, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THIS SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR SWIMMING POOLS IN RELATION TO THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER THERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL PLANO. JUST A RECAP OF THE, UH, HOW WE GOT HERE. AUGUST OF 1977 IS WHEN THE CITY LEASED THE LAND FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUILT THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WOULD OPERATE, MANAGE, AND FUND, UH, THAT 100%, WHICH WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST 49 AND A HALF YEARS. UH, WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, AS WE WERE PREPARING OUR BUDGET FOR 26 27, AND LOOKING AT THE CITY'S FISCAL ROADMAP, WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, UH, SOME REALLY INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT OUR COST RECOVERY EXPECTATIONS, WHICH I WANTED TO SHOW HERE. OUR RECREATION CENTERS FALL IN TIER NUMBER THREE. UH, AND THIS WAS A POINT THAT, UH, SOME OF THE PATRONS BROUGHT UP THIS MORNING. AND VIA EMAIL IS THE, THE COMPARISON. AND I BELIEVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BROUGHT THIS UP TWO WEEKS AGO, THE COMPARISON BETWEEN A RECREATION CENTER THAT HAS ALL OF THESE OTHER AMENITIES, INDOOR TRACK, UH, GYMNASIUM EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, AND HOW WE WOULD COMPARE THAT TO A FACILITY THAT ONLY HAS A SWIMMING POOL. WHEN WE COMMISSION THE COST RECOVERY CONSULTANT, WE GAVE THEM THE INSTRUCTION TO LOOK AT EACH FACILITY THROUGH ITS COST CENTER. WE DID NOT ASK THEM TO BREAK OUT WET VERSUS DRY. SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CONSULTANT WAS SPECIFIC FOR EACH RECREATION FACILITY. I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT AGAIN HERE THAT ALL OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS FALL IN THIS TIER THREE, WHICH HAS AN EXPECTATION COST RECOVERY OF A MINIMUM OF 41%, UH, AND BEYOND, UH, THIS IS THE COST RECOVERY INFORMATION THAT I SHARED LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS THAT MAKE UP THE EXPENSE TO RUN THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER, UH, TOTALING 1.3, 1.4 MILLION, TOTAL REVENUE 157,000. SO WE WOULD NEED REVENUE EQUALING 572,000 TO BRING THE FACILITY UP TO THE COST RECOVERY EXPECTATION OF 41%. THESE ARE SOME CHARTS THAT I SHARED THAT JUST DEMONSTRATES HOW THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES COMPARE TO ONE ANOTHER. UH, I WANTED TO AGAIN REITERATE THAT SOME OF THE CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE COMPARING COST RECOVERY OF A POOL ONLY AGAINST THE COST RECOVERY OF A FACILITY THAT GENERATES A LOT MORE USAGE AND HAS A LOT MORE TO OFFER, WHICH MAKES THOSE FACILITIES FINANCIALLY MORE SUSTAINABLE. AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. UH, WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE A DISTRIBUTION MAP. UH, WE DID PROVIDE A HEAT MAP ACTUALLY, UH, EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS WAS IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE PREPARED THAT SHOWS WHERE THE PATRONS THAT UTILIZE THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER FOR WATER AEROBICS, WHERE THEY LIVE, THE DISTRIBUTION. AND WE DID PROVIDE TO COUNCIL A HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS MORE OF THE DENSITY OF WHERE THEY LIVE IN RELATION TO THE OTHER FACILITIES. THIS SHOWS WHERE OUR POOLS, THE DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER AS WELL. UH, THIS IS A STAFFING SITUATION THAT WE BROUGHT UP TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT A PHASED APPROACH TO, UH, TRANSITIONING PROGRAMS TO OTHER FACILITIES, WE COULD PUT INTO EFFECT, UH, WE COULD ALSO PIVOT AND, UH, DO THINGS MORE CONVENTIONALLY DEPENDING ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. THE, THE PHASED, UH, TRANSITION OF PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO KEEP WATER AEROBICS IN PAC THROUGH AUGUST 16TH, 2027, WHICH IS THE MATURATION OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS TRANSITIONING OUT A LITTLE BIT SOONER. AGAIN, [00:50:01] UH, MOVING A CLASS ON PAPER TO FIND A SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION IS ONE THING, BUT RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT THAT DOING SO WOULD HAVE ON THE PATRONS THAT HAVE CREATED A FAMILY FEEL IS ANOTHER THING. AND SO I WANT TO, AGAIN, RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A BIG PART OF HOW PAC IS USED AND WHAT IT MEANS. UH, ANY CONDITIONS OR, OR UTILIZATION OF THE FACILITY, IF THE LEASE WERE TO EXPIRE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE TO, UH, BE IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONS WOULD BE A-P-I-S-D DETERMINATION. I CAN REPORT THAT IN CONVERSATIONS LATER TODAY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY TO, UH, IF NECESSARY, RENEGOTIATE A LEASE AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER PROGRAMS AT PAC, EVEN IF IT WERE TO TRANSITION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS TO SEE IF WE CAN KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS INTACT. AT PAC. THIS IS THE, THE MATRIX. WE, WE REFERENCED A PLAN LAST, UH, MEETING OF WHERE WE WOULD PUT SOME OF THESE CLASSES. THIS IS A MORE VISUAL THAT SHOWS, UH, IF YOU WERE IN A SHALLOW WATER AEROBICS CLASS, LOOKING AT THE TOP AT 9:00 AM AT PAC, WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED CAPACITY AT AN EXISTING FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND, UH, WHAT WE SHOW ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN WHERE WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT. BUT AGAIN, MOVING THE CLASS IS ONE THING, BUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THE USERS OF THAT FACILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. WE TALKED ABOUT A COMMUNICATION PLAN, AND WE WERE PREPARED TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT OUR PLANS WERE. ONE ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE'VE ADDED THERE IS THE LOGO OF OUR PLANO RIDES, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF THE PATRONS THAT USE PAC RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, RELIANT ON DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION. AND OUR PLANO RIDES PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY WE WOULD LEVERAGE FOR THAT. IN SUMMARY, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO MAKE THE FINANCIAL DECISION THAT IS APPROPRIATE WITH CONSIDERING HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THE USERS OF THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER, AND PERHAPS LEVERAGING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF A PROGRAM THAT COULD ALLOW THE, THE, UM, USAGE OF THE PAC TO REMAIN IN PLACE WHILE WE LOOK AT A NEW LEASE. MR. CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? SURE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, AS DR. SMITH MENTIONED, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UH, OR IN DISCUSSIONS, I SHOULDN'T SAY NEGOTIATIONS, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, PISD. WHAT WE, WHAT THE INTENTION IS, IS TO TURN THE FACILITY OVER TO PISD IS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT KEEPING THE, THE WATER AEROBICS CLASS AT THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO ENTER INTO A LEASE SO THAT LONG TERM, WE CAN KEEP THE PROGRAM, UH, IN PLACE INTACT. AND SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE, AND WE WOULD BRING, UH, ANY SUCH AGREEMENT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OF COURSE, FOR ADOPTION. UM, BUT THE DISCUSSIONS, AS DR. SMITH MENTIONED, UM, TODAY WITH THE, UM, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEM OPTIMISTIC. SO WE THINK THAT THERE IS A PATH FORWARD THERE. SO WHAT WE WOULD ASK IS, UH, FOR YOUR DIRECTION TO ENGAGE IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS TO EXECUTE, TO, TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE AND SEE IF WE COULD BRING THAT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER DOWNS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT US GOING WITH PISD AND NEGOTIATING A LEASE OPTION SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THESE PROGRAMS GOING FOR PAC. THEY HAVE BUILT A COMMUNITY THERE. UM, EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I'M ALSO A NUMBERS PERSON, SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT $1.4 MILLION GENERATING BACK JUST 156, 7,000 TO THE CITY. UM, SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT WE CAN'T FORGET IS THE INTANGIBLE THAT WE CAN'T QUANTIFY WITH DOLLARS. THE INTANGIBLE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO FORM COMMUNITIES BY GOING TO THOSE PROGRAMS, THE DISRUPTION THAT IT WOULD HAVE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL FARTHER TO A DIFFERENT PROGRAM, COULD IT ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEEDS? SO, UM, YES. UH, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE THIS MORNING. ONE WAS INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PISD TO LEASE BACK AND CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT IS A YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THANK YOU [00:55:01] FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DOWNS. UH, IN RELATION TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID, UH, I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE BEEN USING THIS, UM, FACILITY FOR YEARS. AND PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE, UH, REGARDING HOW TO, TO FUND THIS AS WE WORK WITH PLANO, ISD TO SEE WHAT THE BEST OPTION IS. I KNOW THAT THE, THE LEASE, UH, IS SET TO, UH, NOT BE, UH, IS SET TO DISSOLVE IN AUGUST. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THAT. WHAT IS THE PLAN TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST? BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO SEE A LAPSE IN, UH, SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS WHO USE THE POOL. I'M HAVING COFFEE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT IN THE MORNING. WE WILL SET A SCHEDULE TO BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT BRINGING THIS BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. MY DAY HAS BEEN MADE. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CARE. UM, HEY RON. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I, I, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS AND THE FINANCIALS AND THAT WE, WE MEET OUR GOALS. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE, UM, VERY OPEN-MINDED ABOUT HOW WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I THINK, UH, GOING TO THE ISD AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, GREAT IDEA RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT A NUMBER OF IDEAS ON HOW TO, TO PERHAPS GROW OUR INSTRUCTORS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. SO PLEASE BE OPEN TO OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN A FINANCIALLY SAFE WAY WHILE TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIMM. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN. DR. SMITH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY. APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY IN THIS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY GETTING SOME EXERCISE, BUT ALSO SOME SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IS SOMETHING WE SORELY NEED TODAY. AND, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE, AND ON ONE QUESTIONS IS WE TALKED SOMETIME, I THINK IT WAS OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM MAY MENTIONED THAT WE FOLLOWED OUR INSTRUCTORS OR SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE. THERE'S TRUTH TO THAT. SO I THINK, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH ISD, THAT IT DOES INCLUDE THE STAFFING THAT HELPS 'EM WITH THE WATER AEROBICS AND THOSE THAT ALSO THE LIFEGUARDS THAT NEED TO BE THERE WHEN WE'RE AT THE POOL. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THOSE NUANCES AS PART OF THE, UH, THIS OVERALL PACKAGE SO THAT OUR CI OUR CITIZENS HERE ARE, AGAIN, WE'RE HELPING TO SERVE THEIR NEEDS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MINE OUR BUDGETS. SO THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REACHING OUT AND DOING SOME OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER LEVINE, AND I'M GONNA GET TO, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER TWO, WE'RE UP AGAINST SEVEN O'CLOCK, IN FACT, WE'RE PAST IT. SO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SPEAKERS. UH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, UH, RON, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS WHO REALLY LET US KNOW HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THIS . UM, Y'ALL DID A GOOD JOB, UM, AND, UM, THAT COMMUNICATION, UH, WAS, UH, RECEIVED AND, AND, UH, PROCESSED. UH, RON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT, UH, THIS BE CONSIDERED IN THE, UH, PARKS ERECT MASTER PLAN, UH, GOING FORWARD. AND WE NEED TO SEE OURSELVES, UH, FORWARD WHAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, UH, A, A PO POTENTIAL AGREEMENT WITH PISD MAY, UH, MAY BE FOR. UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING IN THE FUTURE TO POSSIBLY HAVING, UH, ANOTHER SENIOR FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A PART OF, UH, SUCH A PROGRAM. AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US PLAN FOR THAT RATHER THAN, UH, GET OURSELVES INTO A CRISIS MODE AGAIN, UH, SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR, I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS QUICK. SO IT'S BASICALLY TWO AREAS, BUT BEFORE THAT, I DO ECHO WHAT THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES ON CONSOLE SAID ABOUT ALL OF THIS. BUT IF WE'RE GOING DOWN THE LESSONS LEARNS APPROACH RIGHT NOW, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. INSTEAD OF WAITING TWO WEEKS AND THE DAY OF, AND THE DAY TODAY, I GET AN EMAIL 1 45 ABOUT CONVERSATIONS TAKING PLACE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TWO WEEKS AGO. SO IF WE CAN JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC, A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE IN THESE ASPECTS, I DON'T WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO TERMINATING SOMETHING WHERE IT SAYS, LET'S BE CREATIVE, LET'S WHY NOT WASTE. THE SECOND COMMENT I WANT TO SAY IS, I SEE OUR PARKS RECREATIONS SIMILAR TO OUR LIBRARIES. THESE ARE JEWELS OF OUR CITY. THESE ARE AMENITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF BRINGING IN LARGER CORPORATIONS. [01:00:01] THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A STRONG TAX BASE. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMENITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO BASICALLY, THOSE ARE THE TWO COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TWO. I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY OR TO ADD, BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS LEFT OUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT. BUT I DO WANNA SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN IN, IN PLACE IN, UM, PAC FOR DECADES. AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UM, THE RESIDENTS AND THE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE USERS ARE LETTING US KNOW THAT IT MATTERS TO THEM. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T, SOMETIMES WE THINK IT'S JUST A NUMBER GAME, AND IT REALLY DOES TAKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY COMING OUT OR WRITING US EMAILS AND TELLING US AND TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE MESSAGES AND VOICE MESSAGES THAT IT MATTERS TO THEM. AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALL LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THAT. AND ANYWAY, I, I APPRECIATE THIS HAPPEN, AND I'M APPRECIATING A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES AND TALKING THAT'S GOING ON, UM, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINDING OUT SORT OF AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT IT IS STILL, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND I, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RON. APPRECIATE IT. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE REGULAR MEETING. WE'RE, AND WE CAN COME BACK IF, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, IF, IF YOU'RE OKAY, UNDERSTANDING WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH PISD AND SEEING, SEEING IF WE CAN MAKE, UH, MAKE THIS ALL WORK FOR, FOR YOU GUYS. SO, CHRIS STEVENSON, BARBARA WHITEHEAD, MK WERNER, AND CHRISTINE AU. DO YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU STILL WANNA SPEAK? CAN I SPEAK FROM HERE? NO, NO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT. WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? YOU TAKE IT NINE O'CLOCK OR HOW LONG ARE YOU ASKING MR. WAIT, MAYBE 10 MINUTES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OF COURSE, OF COURSE. ALRIGHT. I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.