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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 551. THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 551.071, TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION.
SECTION 551.072 TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
SECTION 551.087 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AND SECTION 551.074 TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS. THANK YOU.
I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE ITEM IS A PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
MR. MAYOR. WE HAVE MOVED, WE MOVED TO PROMOTE KEVIN MORRIS FROM ALTERNATE TO REGULAR MEMBER. SIMILARLY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE KENNETH PITTMAN TO AN ALTERNATE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES. THOSE ARE TWO CHANGES. ALL RIGHT. SORRY.
CAN 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 GOING TO 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.
DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE. WELL, I'D MUCH RATHER HEAR FROM JENNA, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT [LAUGHS].
UNDERSTOOD. NO. WELCOME, MAYOR. WELCOME, RON.
THANK YOU. OKAY. HE'S. PUSH THE BUTTON. YEAH.
GREAT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.
AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
RON'S IN HIS SEVENTH YEAR AND I'M IN MY 12TH YEAR ON THE BOARD.
AT THE HEART OF THIS MILESTONE IS A SIMPLE IDEA ALL IN TOGETHER.
THAT SPIRIT OF COOPERATION REMAINS STRONG TODAY.
OVER THE DECADES, PLANO AND THE DISTRICT HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW IN BOTH SIZE AND SERVICES OFFERED.
OUR PARTNERSHIP REFLECTS THE STRENGTH OF WORKING TOGETHER REGIONALLY.
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.
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NEEDS OF THE FUTURE. THEY WERE ALL ON GROUNDWATER, AND THEY KNEW THOSE GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES WERE NOT GOING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS LONG TERM.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.
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.
WHEN WE BEGAN DELIVERING SERVICE IN 1956 AFTER BEING FORMED IN 51, WE SERVED 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.
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 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSIONS.
YOU CAN SEE FROM 1956 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2026, SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND JUST TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, STAFFING PROGRESSED. 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 A WAY THAT KEEPS US ABOVE THE STANDARD.
I DON'T REPRESENT MESQUITE. I REPRESENT NORTH TEXAS FOR 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.
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, THE DEDICATION OF SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHARED VISION TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY DEMAND FROM US HERE.
SO MAYOR MUNS, ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS GLASS WATER DROP SCULPTURE 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 PLANO'S GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT IN SERVING NORTH TEXAS TOGETHER.
SO AT THIS TIME, MR.. MR. MAYOR, I'D ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
AND WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. MAYOR AND INTO THE CITY OF PLANO.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU BILL [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR RON.
YEAH. 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 WHEREAS NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WAS AS CONCEPTUALIZED IN THE EARLY 40S, WHEN A GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS JOINED TOGETHER OUT OF CONCERN FOR DWINDLING GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES AND SUPPORTED OVER 32,000 PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PLANO RECOGNIZES IN 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 MUNS, 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 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 [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL LET YOU I'LL LET YOU HAVE THE THE PODIUM HERE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO TOGETHER.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY WITH US TODAY 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 ON ONE, ONE PROJECT THAT THAT WE'RE DOING. SO ITEM THREE IS THE CUSTER ROAD WATER MAIN STATUS REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO I'LL ADD ON JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CELEBRATING THE 75TH WITH US.
THEY ARE VERY WELL RESPECTED WITHIN OUR BOARD AND WITHIN OUR REGION AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS TREMENDOUS COLLABORATION THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
AND THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT.
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.
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NORTH TEXAS. BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS TAKING CARE OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.THIS IS A CHALLENGING PROJECT. I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM, WHO HAS REALLY BEEN BOOTS ON THE GROUND DELIVERING THIS LAST WEEK 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. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A MAJOR TAKEAWAY FROM ME AND VISITING WITH OUR TEAM IS THE GREAT COORDINATION THAT'S HAPPENED BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR PROJECT MANAGER, OSCAR PALOMAS, WAS WHEN I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT IT.
WHAT HE WANTED TO MAKE VERY CLEAR WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE CITY OF PLANO SIDE, 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.
IT'S A VERY NARROW CORRIDOR FOR A PIPELINE, AND THE PIPELINE IS ACTUALLY UNDER PAVEMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF CLOSE NEIGHBORS, BOTH RESIDENTS AND A SCHOOL IN THAT VICINITY.
WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE CITY AND ARE VERY THANKFUL TO SAY THAT WE'RE NEARING THE HOME STRETCH OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETION. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MARK SIMON.
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 COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING.
SO THIS LINE, THERE'S AN EXISTING LINE THERE IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
THERE WAS A LARGER MEDIAN. THE LINE IS PARTIALLY IN THE MEDIAN THERE, PARTIALLY IN THE PAVEMENT.
THAT 30 INCH LINE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME CONDITION RELATED NEEDS.
WE'VE HAD SOME REPAIRS NEEDED ON THAT LINE. AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT PART OF OUR SYSTEM, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FLOW PROJECTED FOR THE CITY OF PLANO AT THEIR DELIVERY POINT NUMBER THREE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, CITY OF RICHARDSON NEEDED ADDITIONAL FLOW AT THEIR DELIVERY POINT NUMBER TWO.
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, TRAFFIC LANE IS TYPICALLY AROUND 12FT FOR NORMAL URBAN TRANSIT AREA FOR A PIPELINE THIS SIZE OF 36IN.
SO THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO THIS PROJECT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO REALLY.
YOU KNOW, IN JUNE OF 2020, WE STARTED AWARDING A DESIGN PROJECT 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.
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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 CORRIDOR OF THE EXISTING PIPELINE.WE DID MEET REGULARLY WITH THE CITY OF PLANO TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD MANAGE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.
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.
ULTIMATELY, WE AWARDED CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS AT THE 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 BETWEEN THE PROJECT TEAM AND THE CITY.
PIO DEPARTMENT AND WITH OUR COMMS GROUP AT THE DISTRICT.
WE BEGAN BIWEEKLY UPDATES THAT WERE WERE POSTED ON THE CITY OF PLANO'S WEBSITE.
AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD SEND OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
CALLS WERE SET UP WITH THE CITY. THIS WAS MOSTLY BETWEEN OSCAR AND AND CLAY.
GOING OVER WEEK TO WEEK CONSTRUCTION PLANS, WHAT ACTIVITIES WOULD BE COMING UP TO TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WAS GOING TO BE AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT MIGHT BE TO THE NEIGHBORS NOW. THE WORK STARTED TOWARDS THE NORTH END OF THE OF THE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WAS IN THE DOLPHIN PITTMAN AREA. AND WE MOVED SOUTH, SO THE IMPACT WAS GREATER INITIALLY.
WE DID HAVE MULTIPLE SITE VISITS WITH CITY OF PLANO STAFF AND AND THE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD IMPROVE OUR IMPACT ON THE AREA.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS REAL QUICK.
WE ARE 99% COMPLETE WITH THE PIPELINE. SO THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND TESTED.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE THAT BETWEEN THREE ENTITIES THE CITY OF PLANO, OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS CITY RICHARDSON. WE WILL HAVE TO SUSPEND PUMPING OPERATION WHILE WE MAKE THE COMPLETION OF THE TIE INS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT TO AVOID ANY EXTENDED IMPACT TO ANY OF THE THE USERS.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND, AND FINALIZE THE INSTALLATION OF SOME OF THE OTHER ASSETS.
THERE ARE SOME INLINE VALVES TO RELEASE AIR OUT OF THE LINE IN CASE IT GETS DURING THE PUMPING OPERATION, SOMETIMES WE ACCUMULATE SOME AIR AND THEN WE'LL COORDINATE THAT TIE IN RIGHT NOW.
THE TENTATIVE DATE WAS THE END OF NOVEMBER. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WE WANTED TO.
AND SO I THINK OVERALL USAGE HAS BEEN A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED IN NOVEMBER OR IN OCTOBER.
BUT ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT TIE IN, THEY WILL PRESSURIZE THE LINE.
WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO TRY TO START IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SOME OF THOSE PRE TIE IN ACTIVITIES WILL BE DISINFECTION OF THE PIPELINE.
AND THEN WE WOULD FLUSH THAT LINE PRIOR TO THE CONNECTIONS.
SO ONE OF THE BIG COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THERE'S 30 INCH LINE AS I MENTIONED, RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF CUSTER ROAD.
WE DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THAT LINE IN PLACE AND EMPTY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
IT WILL ULTIMATELY COLLAPSE AND WITHOUT THE PRESSURE FROM THE WATER.
SO WE WILL FILL THAT LINE WITH CEMENT GROUT. HOWEVER, THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF PLANO TO CLOSE THE LEFT HAND TRAFFIC LANES, BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND IN SECTIONS.
WE TYPICALLY CAN GROUT MAYBE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AT A TIME.
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THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY IMPACTS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE WILL COORDINATE ALL THAT WITH OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL WITH THE CITY OF PLANO.SO PAVING, RESTORATION. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT PITTMAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO STORMWATER INLETS THAT HAVE TO BE PLACED INDEPENDENT OF THE STREET PAVING, AND ALSO DOLPHIN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
SO RIGHT NOW THE PAVEMENTS BEING PLACED SORT OF BETWEEN.
ALLEY ACCESS POINTS AND STREET ACCESS POINTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, THERE'S PANELS OF PAVEMENT BEING PLACED.
THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF PLANO TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE ORDER OF EVENTS WOULD BE, TO CLOSE THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACCESS POINTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THE PAVING, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY.
AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO IT IN SMALL PIECES LIKE THAT AS OPPOSED TO ONE LONG PAVING OPERATION, BUT IT REDUCES THE IMPACT TO THE INDIVIDUAL USERS OF THOSE ACCESS POINTS.
AND SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS KIND OF NORTHBOUND ON CUSTER ROAD AND THE KIND OF REDDISH COLOR AREA THERE TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT PAVING LIMITS WERE ESTABLISHED.
I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S PROBABLY OPTIMISTIC OF WHAT, WHEN WE PUT THOSE PROJECTS OUT TO BID THAT THE CONTRACTOR COULD MAINTAIN HIS OPERATION WITHIN THAT LIMITED SPACE. DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION RECOGNIZING THERE WAS SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE SAFETY, BOTH FOR DRIVERS ON CUSTER AS WELL AS FOR THE CONTRACTOR.
WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO CLOSE PORTIONS OF THE CENTER LANE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE BETTER ACCESS AND REDUCE THE 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 WILL BE RESTORING ON CUSTER ROAD PRETTY MUCH FROM JUST NORTH OF PLANO PARKWAY ALL THE WAY TO DOLPHIN.
THIS SHOWS SOME WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON DOLPHIN AND ON PITTMAN.
AND THOSE AREAS 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.
I KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE USE OF THE STAGING AREA THERE TO THE NORTH THAT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE CONDITION OF DOLPHIN.
AND SO WE'VE NOW REPLACED THAT ENTIRE AREA. I WILL SAY WHILE THAT STAGING AREA WAS INCONVENIENT FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A PROJECT TIME PERSPECTIVE IT REALLY, REALLY IMPACTED IT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH LONGER IMPACT TO THE OVERALL AREA IF WE HAD STAGED MUCH FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.
IT WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN MAYBE A LITTLE LESS SAFE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTING EVERYTHING MUCH FARTHER OVER A MUCH GREATER DISTANCE AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD TO REQUEST MORE LANE CLOSURES THAN WE ALREADY DID.
SO THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE COMPLETED PORTIONS THERE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL.
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AND YOU CAN SEE THE INLETS THERE. AND THEN LOOKING EAST ON DOLPHIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PAVING HAS BEEN FULLY RESTORED.SO WHAT REMAINING ACTIVITIES DO WE HAVE? SO WE HOPE TO BEGIN DISINFECTION OF THAT LINE AND THEN PURGING IT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IF THAT GETS COMPLETED AND WE GET THE COORDINATION, WE WOULD HOPE TO DO THE TIE INS AROUND.
NOVEMBER WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. AROUND NOVEMBER 30TH IS WHAT WE WERE TARGETING.
PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT MAYBE SIX DAYS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
TYPICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD MAKE THE TIE INS SAMPLE A LINE, RUN IT FOR A WHILE.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE WOULD THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHEN WE WOULD START THE ABANDONMENT OF THE 30 INCH LINE. THE PAVING WILL CONTINUE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE PAVING.
SO THAT WOULD PUT US AROUND SOMETIME IN LATE JANUARY FOR COMPLETION OF ALL THE PAVING IDENTIFIED ON THE PROJECT, EXCEPT FOR ONE AREA. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
THERE'S ONE OTHER COMPONENT OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED ON THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
THE LINE THAT WE INSTALLED IS LOWER THAN A CITY OF PLANO 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 A ANOTHER PIPE OR WE WOULD JUST IN CASE THE WHOLE THING IN CONCRETE.
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 IN TO A MANHOLE AT CARMEL. SO THAT WILL BE SPECIAL WORK THERE AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF CARMEL AND CUSTER.
AND HOPEFULLY RESTORE THE LINE IN A CONDITION THAT WHEN WE LEAVE IT, IT'S BETTER THAN, THAN, THAN IS CURRENTLY. AND THEN IT AVOIDS SOME OF THAT OTHER CONCERN ABOUT THE SEPARATION THAT ALLOWS US TO DICTATE WHAT THAT ELEVATION IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT.
SO ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES COMBINED WOULD LEAVE US COMPLETING THE PROJECT PROBABLY IN APRIL TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF MAY OF 2027. AND WITH THAT, I THINK I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A CHALLENGING PROJECT. IT'S A NARROW CORRIDOR.
ADMITTEDLY AS A DISTRICT, UNLIKE MOST OF 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 WAS TRYING TO BALANCE HOW MANY LANE CLOSURES CAN WE HAVE VERSUS HOW FAST CAN WE PERFORM THE WORK? AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME SAFETY SEPARATION FOR BOTH THE SPEED AS WELL AS THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENCES WAS A CHALLENGE. THERE WAS EXISTING UTILITIES.
WE DID ENCOUNTER A GAS LINE THAT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF 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 WITHIN THE CITY OF PLANO, IT DOES AFFECT THE OVERALL COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT.
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WHEN WE WERE EXPLORING AROUND THE DART SILVER LINE, WE FOUND THAT 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 THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT KIND OF INTERRUPT THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT THIS WAS AN IMPACT TO THEM.
WE TRIED TO COMPLETE THE WORK AS WELL AS WE COULD IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY OF PLANO STAFF.
AS MENTIONED, LIPSCOMB WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH US UNDERSTANDING THE CITY PROCESS, HELPING WORK WITH US WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ON THE PROJECT AND THEN ALL THE ASSISTANCE OF YOUR PIO OFFICE AND WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.
SO WE HAVE A PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS SOP WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PLANO.
YOU CAN SEE THERE TO THE RIGHT. WE, WE SORT OF HAVE AN EARLY MEETING WHEN WE IDENTIFY A PROJECT NOW WHERE WE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT LEVEL OF COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH WOULD BE NECESSARY AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BASED ON THE IMPACT AND THE DURATION OF THE IMPACT.
AND THIS WILL HELP INFORM US ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE FREQUENCY OF OUR COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THE CITY OF PLANO.
WE, WE MEET WITH THEM MUCH MORE REGULARLY ON UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T YET STARTED 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.
AND. WE HOPE THAT PROJECT GOES WELL. AND I THINK THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. 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 UNDERSTATEMENT.
NEXT TO YOUR LAY DOWN YARD, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE STARBUCKS, WHICH IS A CONVENIENT PLACE TO MEET.
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 VOICED SEVERAL CONCERNS.
ONE WAS DUST, ONE WAS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, NOISE AND VIBRATION.
THEY ALL CAME TO US WITH STORIES OF CRACKS IN THEIR HOMES, DUST ALL OVER THEIR, 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.
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 HAVE COST MORE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO MOVE THE EQUIPMENT AND TRUCKS ACROSS PLANO PARKWAY.
AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF. I RECOGNIZE THAT MAYBE THIS WAS THE ONLY PLACE TO PLACE IT.
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I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE ISSUE ABOUT THE SITE IS THE PLACE, THE LAYDOWN 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.
AND SO 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 LAYDOWN YARD. SO THAT'S THE LESSON I LEARNED FROM THIS.
AND GRANTED, IF IT WAS A CHANGE IN SITE CONDITIONS OR UNFORESEEN SITE CONDITIONS, DELAY IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE GOT TO PASS THOSE MESSAGES ON.
IT FELT LIKE THE CITIZENS REALLY HAD NO PLACE TO GO BUT TO COME TO US.
AND THEN I WENT BACK TO MY DIRECTORS AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES HERE.
SO AGAIN, WHEN I, WHEN I COME BACK HERE, YOU STATED IN YOUR LAST SLIDE.
LESSONS LEARNED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COLLABORATION, LET'S BRING IN THE CITIZENS ON THAT THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTIMATELY AFFECTED BY THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO 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 KEHR.
YEAH. THANK YOU. GOSH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK YOU COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HE SAID.
YOU KNOW, I WAS SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOU YOU HAD LESSONS LEARNED IN HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY LEARN TO LAY DOWN PLACE THE, THE STAGING AREA.
I THINK THAT DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED THE RESIDENTS RIGHT THERE AND THE IMPACT ON THE SCHEDULE, THE, THE, IT KEPT CHANGING. AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, COMMUNICATION, I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
I KNOW THE WEBSITE IS UPDATED REGULARLY, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS IT WAS BEHIND WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND THEY WOULD GO TALK TO PEOPLE, THE WORKERS 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 WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD REGULARLY THAT THE PROJECT KEPT MOVING, THE TIME KEPT MOVING.
WHAT WE FEEL APPROPRIATELY JUST CONTINUES ON.
AND I THINK THAT REALLY RAISED OUR LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GO AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND PERHAPS GET SOME SOME BETTER FEEDBACK AND SOME BETTER TRACTION, RATHER THAN RELYING ON US TO THEN CONVEY TO OUR DIRECTORS, ETC..
SO I THINK THAT MANAGING THE PROJECTS AND THEN AS MR. HORNE SAID HERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DO BETTER INSPECTION SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT LEVEL OF DUST, DUST AND VIBRATION AND NOISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THESE GREAT CHANGES FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT BEING FINISHED AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KNOCK THE ITEM FIVE OUT.
PLANO AQUATIC CENTER UPDATE. RON SMITH, DIRECTOR OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION THAT I THINK THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.
OKAY. JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT. THANK YOU COUNCIL.
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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 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. THIS IS INFORMATION, MUCH OF WHICH THAT I SHARED TWO WEEKS AGO.
JUST A RECAP OF THE 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 AND MANAGE AND FUND THAT 100%, WHICH WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST 49.5 YEARS. 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 SOME REALLY INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT OUR COST RECOVERY EXPECTATIONS, WHICH I WANTED TO SHOW HERE. OUR RECREATION CENTERS FALL IN TIER NUMBER THREE.
AND THIS WAS A POINT THAT SOME OF THE PATRONS BROUGHT UP THIS MORNING.
THE COMPARISON BETWEEN A RECREATION CENTER THAT HAS ALL OF THESE OTHER AMENITIES INDOOR TRACK, GYMNASIUM, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, AND HOW WE WOULD COMPARE THAT TO A FACILITY THAT ONLY HAS A SWIMMING POOL.
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% AND BEYOND.
THIS IS THE COST RECOVERY INFORMATION THAT I SHARED LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAVE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS THAT MAKE UP THE EXPENSE TO RUN THE PLANO AQUATIC CENTER 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%.
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. WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE A DISTRIBUTION MAP.
WE DID PROVIDE A HEAT MAP ACTUALLY EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THIS WAS IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE PREPARED THAT SHOWS WHERE THE PATRONS THAT UTILIZE THE 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 IS A STAFFING SITUATION THAT WE BROUGHT UP TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT A PHASED APPROACH TO TRANSITIONING PROGRAMS TO OTHER FACILITIES, WE COULD PUT INTO EFFECT. WE COULD ALSO PIVOT AND DO THINGS MORE CONVENTIONALLY, DEPENDING ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. THE, THE PHASED TRANSITION OF PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO KEEP WATER AEROBICS IN PAC THROUGH AUGUST 16TH OF 2027, WHICH IS THE MATURATION OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS TRANSITIONING OUT A LITTLE BIT SOONER.
AGAIN, MOVING A CLASS ON PAPER TO FIND A SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION IS ONE THING, BUT
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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. ANY CONDITIONS OR UTILIZATION OF THE FACILITY.
IF THE LEASE WERE TO EXPIRE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONS WOULD BE A PISD DETERMINATION, I CAN REPORT THAT IN CONVERSATIONS LATER TODAY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY TO, 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.
AT PAC, WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED CAPACITY AT AN EXISTING FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND 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.
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 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 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. AS DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH OR IN DISCUSSIONS, I SHOULDN'T SAY NEGOTIATIONS. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PISD.
WHAT WE, WHAT THE INTENTION IS, IS TO TURN THE FACILITY OVER TO PISD AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT TO ENGAGE WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT KEEPING THE WATER AEROBICS CLASS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO ENTER INTO A LEASE. SO THAT LONG TERM WE CAN KEEP THE PROGRAM IN PLACE INTACT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
AND WE WOULD BRING ANY SUCH AGREEMENT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OF COURSE, FOR ADOPTION.
BUT THE DISCUSSIONS, AS DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED TODAY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SEEM OPTIMISTIC.
SO WE THINK THAT THERE IS A PATH FORWARD THERE.
SO WHAT WE WOULD ASK IS FOR YOUR DIRECTION TO ENGAGE IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, TO EXECUTE, TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER DOWNS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
THEY HAVE BUILT A COMMUNITY THERE. EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS I'M ALSO A NUMBERS PERSON, SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT $1.4 MILLION GENERATING BACK JUST 156 7000 TO THE CITY.
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 YES. 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 FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DOWNS IN RELATION TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID.I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE BEEN USING THIS FACILITY FOR YEARS, AND PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. 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 IS SET TO NOT BE 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 SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS WHO USE THE POOL.
THANK YOU. MY DAY HAS BEEN MADE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KEHR.
I THINK GOING TO THE ISD AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, DOCTOR SMITH.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY IN THIS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY GETTING SOME EXERCISE, BUT ALSO SOME SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING WE SORELY NEED TODAY. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE AND I WANT QUESTIONS IS WE TALKED SOMETIME, I THINK IT WAS OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MADE MENTIONED THAT WE FOLLOWED OUR INSTRUCTORS OR SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
THERE'S TRUTH TO THAT. SO I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH ISD THAT IT DOES INCLUDE THE STAFFING THAT HELPS THEM WITH THE WATER AEROBICS AND THOSE THAT ALSO THE LIFEGUARDS THAT NEED TO BE THERE WHEN WE'RE AT THE POOL.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THOSE NUANCES AS PART OF THE THIS OVERALL PACKAGE SO THAT OUR OUR CITIZENS HERE ARE AGAIN, WE'RE HELPING TO SERVE THEIR NEEDS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MIND OUR BUDGETS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REACHING OUT AND DOING SOME OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING HERE.
APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAVINE.
AND I'M GOING TO GET TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER TU.
WE'RE UP AGAINST 7:00. IN FACT, WE'RE PAST IT.
SO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SPEAKERS.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU RON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS WHO REALLY LET US KNOW HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THIS [LAUGHS].
YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB. AND THAT COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED AND, AND PROCESSED.
RON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT THIS BE CONSIDERED IN THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN GOING FORWARD. AND WE NEED TO SEE OURSELVES FORWARD.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG A POTENTIAL AGREEMENT WITH PISD MAY MAY BE FOR, WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING IN THE FUTURE TO POSSIBLY HAVING ANOTHER SENIOR FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A PART OF SUCH A PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS QUICK.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING DOWN THE LESSONS LEARNED APPROACH RIGHT NOW, I DO WANT TO 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 TO DAY, I GET AN EMAIL AT 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 VERSUS LET'S BE CREATIVE. LET'S FIND OUT WAYS.
THE SECOND COMMENT I WANT TO SAY IS I SEE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SIMILAR TO OUR LIBRARIES.
THESE ARE JEWELS OF OUR CITY. THESE ARE AMENITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE.
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SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMENITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.BUT I DO WANT TO SUPPORT YOU KNOW, THE THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE IN IMPACT FOR DECADES.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE PARTICIPANTS, 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 IN TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE MESSAGES AND VOICE MESSAGES THAT IT MATTERS TO THEM.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALL LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THAT.
EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINDING OUT SORT OF AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT IT'S STILL, I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND 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 GOING TO GO TO THE REGULAR MEETING AND WE CAN COME BACK IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.
IF IF YOU'RE OKAY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ISD AND SEEING, SEEING IF WE CAN MAKE MAKE THIS ALL WORK FOR, FOR YOU GUYS. SO CHRIS STEVENSON, BARBARA WHITEHEAD, MK WERNER, AND CHRISTINE RISTOW. DO YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU STILL WANT TO SPEAK? CAN I SPEAK FROM HERE? NO, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT.
WE'RE GOING TO. WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
MAYBE TEN MINUTES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.