May 12, 2026 Workshop

[1.A Employee Recognition - Years of Service - April 2026]

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THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING THE WRONG WAY FOR A MINUTE.

THANK YOU. I NOW CALL THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, EDGAR GARCIA, TO RECOGNIZE STEPHANIE MCNICHOL FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. YEAH. YEAH, WELL, SHE'S UP THERE.

YEAH, STEPHANIE AND I GO WAY BACK. I'VE KNOWN HER FOR SIX MONTHS NOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE CITY. TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO LOVES WHERE THEY WORK. SHE. SHE ALWAYS COMES IN WITH A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SHE'S SMILING ALL THE TIME, BUT CHEERFUL DISPOSITION. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN GEORGETOWN, WHERE HER PARENTS HAD A FARM, A DAIRY FARM, FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. THIS WAS OFF OF FM 1460, WHERE LA CANTERA SUBDIVISION IS RIGHT NOW. SHE ATTENDED ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL TILL EIGHTH GRADE, AND SHE IS THE FOURTH GENERATION OF HER FAMILY TO GO TO ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH THERE IN WALBURG.

AFTERWARDS, SHE ATTENDED GEORGETOWN HIGH, WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1979 GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM. WHERE GEORGETOWN HIGH DEFEATED THE LADY BULLDOGS OF SWEENY HIGH SCHOOL, 51 TO 49 IN A NAIL BITER IN FRONT OF 5240 PEOPLE.

THIS IS REAL BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO ON THE WEEKENDS. STEPHANIE HAS TWO PRECIOUS GRANDDAUGHTERS. NAMED HATTIE AND MAGGIE LIVING IN OREGON WITH HER FIGHTIN TEXAS

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THANK YOU. SHE LOVES TO PRANK AND TEASE HER COWORKERS. I WAS NOT SPARED FROM THAT.

ESPECIALLY THE NEWBIES. BUT OVERALL, SHE HAS MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE IN HER TIME IN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, CERTAINLY IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE ARE VERY LUCKY AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE SHE HAS SIGNED UP FOR 20 MORE YEARS. SO.

OKAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. AND I'M TAKING OVER FOR AN IMPROMPTU TWO RECOGNITIONS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE A LOT MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO LONG TERM EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR RETIREMENT, AND THEY'RE SUCH BEEN SUCH A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION. MANY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY WONDERING, HOW IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITHOUT THESE TWO PEOPLE HERE? AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE IT THOUGHT IT'D BE APPROPRIATE, SINCE THEY'RE BOTH RECENTLY HIT THEIR MILESTONE IN THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE, THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THEM HERE. AT THIS CELEBRATION AS WELL. AND SO THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS LAURIE BREWER. COME ON UP. LAURIE. LAURIE HAS A COMBINED COMBINE OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IN GEORGETOWN. JUST HIT THE ANNIVERSARY MARK. AS FOR 30 YEARS, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE LAURIE TOMORROW IN OUR OFFICIAL RETIREMENT PARTY AND DO A LOT OF CELEBRATING THEN AND THANKING HER, BUT THOUGHT IT'D BE HELPFUL TO RECOGNIZE LAURIE RIGHT NOW. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A PHOTO AND RECOGNIZE LAURIE.

COME ON DOWN. WE GOT ONE MORE. WE GOT ONE MORE. SO ALSO ALSO. KIMBERLY GARRETT ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT AS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST HAPPENED WAS ON SATURDAY, I BELIEVE SATURDAY. YES. SATURDAY SHE HIT 31 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. SO SHE STARTED, I THINK, WHAT DID YOU SAY? 12, 14? YEAH. IT WAS NOT LEGAL WHEN SHE STARTED AT THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. NO, BUT AND AND SHE WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION FOR KIMBERLY AS WELL. AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER 31 YEARS AND DO THAT AT THIS CELEBRATION AS WELL. SO KIMBERLY, IF YOU COME UP. IT'S APPROPRIATE. YOU'VE GOT YOUR MAROON DRESS ON AND YOU GOT TENNIS SHOES ON. IT'S RIGHT. YOU I SEE YOU WORE MY COLOR TODAY. IS THAT ON PURPOSE? THANK YOU.

SO LORI'S LORI'S RETIREMENT'S TOMORROW AT 3:00 ON THE 13TH AND THEN AT THE LIBRARY. AND THEN KIMBERLY'S RETIREMENT PARTY IS AT THE. SORRY, WHAT DID I SAY? MAY 29TH.

YES, ON MAY 29TH, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR AT THE AT THE LIBRARY AS WELL. EXCUSE ME.

AT THE LIBRARY. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THEN. YES. YOU'RE LIKE, PLEASE LET ME LEAVE AND WALK OUT OF THIS THING. I WENT TO GO CHANGE MY SHOES. THANK YOU. AS WELL.

[1.B FY27 General CIP and May 27 Bond Election Planning]

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NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THIS SCREEN. THIS IS A REMINDER OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED BACK IN JANUARY ON DEBT MODELING AND FUTURE CAPACITY THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. JUST A QUICK REMINDER, WE GET FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE IN THE OUT YEARS IN TERMS OF GROWTH IN ASSESSED VALUE. AND THEN WE GET CONSERVATIVE AND KIND OF PROJECTING OUT HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAN WE MAY HAVE. BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE. SO UNDER THIS MODEL, OVER THOSE TEN YEARS, FROM FY 29 TO 38, WE WOULD HAVE ROUGHLY $494 MILLION IN DEBT CAPACITY WITH NO TAX RATE INCREASE. THAT ASSUMES THE SAME TAX RATE AT THE TIME. IN JANUARY, WE ALSO PULLED OUT WHAT WE BELIEVED WOULD BE ISSUED IN CEOS FOR THREE THINGS POLICE VEHICLES, FIRE VEHICLES, AND THEN PARKS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT COUNCIL TRADITIONALLY ISSUES CEOS FOR. YOU'LL SEE ON A FUTURE SLIDE.

WE'VE WE'VE GONE INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN LOOKING ALL THE WAY OUT INTO THOSE OUT YEARS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THOSE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS. AND SO I'LL HAVE AN UPDATED NUMBER LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ON, ON WHAT WOULD BE REMAINING AFTER CEOS. SO IN TERMS OF FISCAL YEAR 27 AND 28, THE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE PROJECTS WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED BY THE VOTERS. I'M GOING TO HAVE JENNIFER AND KIMBERLY COME UP AND TALK THROUGH THEIR RELATED PROJECTS. A COUPLE OF NOTES. FIRST,

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KIMBERLY, REAL QUICK ON THE ON THE RECREATION CENTER, I SAW THERE'S LESS THAN 20 707,000 AND THEN SOME ON THE OUT YEARS. THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE RENOVATION. I GUESS THAT WOULD INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE RENOVATION PROJECT. THIS IS JUST THE EQUIPMENT, I GUESS THE PLAYGROUND. WELL, THIS ALSO THIS INCLUDES LIKE POOL PUMPS AND FILTERS, BASKETBALL GOALS.

I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE TWIST DOWN TO THAT IS, BUT THIS WOULD BE SEPARATE AND IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOSE OR THROW AWAY. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION. GOT IT. I JUST I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE RECREATION RENOVATION PART. THIS IS MORE OF NO NORMAL, NORMAL REPLACEMENT. GOT IT. YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. KIMBERLY. QUESTION ON. AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE SPECIFICALLY, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE SIX FIGURES. SO YOU GOT EDWARDS PARK AT 150 AND 29. AND I PROBABLY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

MCMASTER. BUT THEN LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE I WAS KATIE CROSSINGS PARK. 160. IS THAT LIKE PLAYGROUND? SO IS IT PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT OF THAT? SO HOW MANY YEARS DO WE TYPICALLY LIKE NEED A FULL, FULL GROWN PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT, USUALLY 2018 TO 20.

OKAY, SO A LOT OF THOSE PARKS WERE BUILT, YOU KNOW, 18 TO 20 YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE COMING.

SO OLD TOWN PARK 162. THAT'D BE LIKE THAT PLAYGROUND. THE PLAYGROUND SWINGS, THE MULCH, THE BORDER. IT'D BE A REPLACEMENT OF THAT. OKAY, THANKS. OUTDOOR POOL PLASTER.

OH, THE REC CENTER IS OUTDOOR POOL PLASTER. SO THAT'S NOT THE OUTDOOR POOL IS NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHED IN THE RENOVATION. VERY BIG, LONG SPREADSHEET LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO BLUFFVIEW. WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? SORRY. MOVING ON TO BLUFFVIEW TRAIL CONNECTION AND LOW, LOW WATER CROSSING. SO AS YOU SEE TONIGHT ON Y'ALL'S AGENDA, I SEE Y'ALL HAVE SOME TAX RATE ITEMS RELATED TO BLUFFVIEW. SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS LONG I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SO BLUFFVIEW SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT HAS A

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AND THAT TRAIL GOES DOWN AND STOPS AT THE END OF THEIR PROPERTY WHERE THAT RED LINE PICKS UP. THAT'S WHERE LINDA PARK STARTS. THAT'S A PARK WE'VE HAD SINCE THE LATE 80S, BACK BEHIND RIVER RIDGE SUBDIVISION. NEVER REALLY HAD ACCESS BACK THERE, NEVER HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A TRAIL WITH BLUFFVIEW COMING IN AS PART OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

THEY BUILT THAT PARKING LOT AND THEY BUILT THAT TRAIL. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT THE REST OF THE WAY TO THE RIVER, AND THEN CROSS OVER AND CONNECT WITH HILLWOOD'S WOLF RANCH TRAIL THAT THEY'RE ON. ON THE COMMITTED TO BUILD AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IS WE'RE GOING TO USE PARKLAND DEDICATION. WE HAVE PARKLAND DEDICATION IN THIS ZONE TO BUILD THIS TRAIL REMAINING TRAIL. AND AS PART OF HILLWOOD'S DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BUILD THAT CROSSING. SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM AND THEY WILL PAY US TO BUILD THAT CROSSING ONCE WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS AFTER WE DESIGN THAT. SO THAT'LL BE A REALLY COOL ACCESS POINT FROM SEAN'S OLD AREA OVER THERE. WE'VE NEVER HAD ACCESS. I USED TO LIVE IN THAT AREA, SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT ACCESS TO THE REGIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM FOR THE RIVER RIDGE AREA. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TRAIL OR I'M SORRY, OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MASTER PLAN, WE'RE DOWN TO OUR MEDIUM PRIORITY IMPROVEMENTS. SO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION FOR SAN JOSE PARK.

WE HAVE THE DESIGN GOING ON IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR SAN JOSE PARK, WHICH INCLUDES A LARGER PAVILION, THE LOOP TRAIL AND PARKING. THAT'LL HAPPEN. AND THEN WE HAVE CARLSON PLACE, AND WE HAVE A TRAIL POTENTIAL ACCESS POINT TO MEADOWS PARK.

SO WITH SOME DEDICATION OF LAND FROM WILLIAMS DRIVE, POOL SWAP WITH THAT LANE THAT'S COMING IN, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A PIECE OF LAND DEDICATED BETWEEN CARLSON PLACE AND MEADOWS PARK, SO WE CAN BUILD A TRAIL TO CONNECT THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE PARK TO EACH PARK. AND THEN WE LOOK OUT. IN FISCAL YEAR 30, WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE MASTER PLAN RELATED TO LOOP TRAILS, CONNECTIONS, AND PICNIC SHELTERS. RIVER RIDGE PARK RENOVATION. SO WE LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET, MADE THE DECISION TO NOT OPEN RIVER RIDGE POOL.

SO THIS SPRING, WE'RE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE THAT PARCEL REDEVELOPED AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THAT WOULD HELP AUGMENT THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S THERE WHEN WE REMOVE THE POOL. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. THE DEMO OF THE POOL. WE ESTIMATE THAT TO BE ABOUT $100,000.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BIDDING OF THAT. AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THE BID IS, THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF DETERMINE HOW FAST WE CAN GET THAT POOL. THAT POOL. LIKE IS IT SHUTTERED? IS IT LIKE SHUT DOWN? IT'S NOT. YES. IT'S DRAINED. RESTARTED. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S DRAINED AND WE'RE SALVAGING ANYTHING WE CAN FROM IT. BUT AND WE HAVE SIGNAGE UP THAT IT WILL NOT OPEN THAT IT'S BEEN CLOSED. BUT WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE HOA AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A PLAN FOR THAT POOL. AND THEN WE HAVE RENOVATIONS PLANNED IN 27 BASED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S INPUT OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT'S FEASIBLE THERE. IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING SITE. THE POOL IS BUILT ON A CLIFF, AND WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY FEASIBLE TO BE BUILT THERE. THAT'LL BE A NICE ENHANCEMENT TO THAT AREA. WE MOVE ON TO OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN. THIS IS PART OF THE ADA PLANNING THAT WAS DONE CITYWIDE. LOOKING AT WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE WITH 15 DIFFERENT PARKS AND FOUR TRAILS. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT LOOKS AND SEES WHAT'S OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADA, JUST SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST DID WITH THE WEBSITE. THIS LOOKS CONTINUOUSLY LOOKS AT OUR FACILITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND PRIORITIZED THE YEAR BASED ON OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN THOSE PARK AREAS. WE USE THIS SAME METHOD IN 2016 WHEN WE DID THE ADA PLAN, AND THIS IS BASICALLY CALLED ADA TRANSITION PLAN, SO THAT WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THESE PARKS IN, IN COMPLIANCE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 250,000 225,000 A YEAR TO BRING THESE PARKS INTO COMPLIANCE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PARKS, KIMBERLY? TWO

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IT'S A LOT SHOULD COME TAKE A FIELD TRIP SOMETIME. THANK YOU. KIMBERLY. OOPS, SORRY. GOING THE WRONG WAY. THERE YOU GO. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. BRINGING SOME INFORMATION TO YOU ABOUT THE FACILITIES PROJECT FOR CIP. FIRST OF ALL, CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OUR LAST PRESENTATION WITH KIMBERLY. SHE IS GOING TO BE GREATLY MISSED. BUT DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT SOME WORK FOR HER BEFORE SHE CAN EXIT. THE FIRST BIT OF INFORMATION I WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU IS IN RELATION TO THE LIBRARY FACILITIES STUDY THAT YOU'LL SEE IS ON A CONSENT ITEM FOR A CONTRACT WITH STEINBERG. HART. AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR THEY COMPLETED A FULL LIBRARY ASSESSMENT AND THEY IDENTIFIED IN THAT ASSESSMENT SEVERAL KIND OF CRITICAL AREAS THAT NEEDED ADDRESSING. WHILE WE'RE NOT READY TO DO A FULL RENOVATION, WE ARE LOOKING AT REWORKING AREAS WITHIN THE LIBRARY FOOTPRINT, INCLUDING THE CHILDREN'S AREA, WHICH, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS AN INCREDIBLY HIGHLY PROGRAMED AREA. IT IS IN NEED OF KIND OF REWORKING THAT AREA. BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ENCLOSING THE KIND OF THAT OUTSIDE AREA, THE BALCONY, FIRST FLOOR BALCONY, DO YOU CALL IT A BALCONY ON THE FIRST LEVEL LOGGIA WHERE WE CAN CREATE THAT AND ABSORB THAT INTO THE CHILDREN'S AREA? ALSO THE TEEN AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL TIME IN THEIR LIVES TO MAKE SURE IT IS MORE WELCOMING AND ENGAGING SO THAT THESE GUYS HAVE A PLACE THAT IS DYNAMIC WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND INTERACT, SOCIALIZE, STUDY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO REWORK THE TEEN AREA, A HUGE PLACE THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN BEHIND MANY DOORS IS THE EMPLOYEE WORK AREA. WE ARE LOOKING AT SHARED WORKSPACES, ADDING ADDITIONAL OFFICES IN THIS AREA, NEW CUBICLES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR WORK, AS WELL AS THEIR SEATINGS AND UPDATE THE THE CRITICAL OR THE THE FINISHES IN THIS AS WELL. AND THEN THE CIRCULATION DESK. THIS MOST OF THIS AREA OF THE LIBRARY IS UNDERUTILIZED. IT'S NOT USED THAT THE SAME WAY IT WAS WHEN IT WAS BUILT. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, LOOK, EXCUSE ME, WORK AT REWORKING THAT CIRCULATION DESK, WHICH WILL ALSO INCREASE OR IMPROVE THE SECURITY BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF EXPOSED IN THIS AREA AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW STEINBERG HART'S GOING TO COME IN. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ON ON THE THESE AREAS OF THE LIBRARY. BUT IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS WILL BE TO CREATE A BUDGET FOR THE DESIGN AND RENOVATION IN FUTURE YEARS, WHICH YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR PROPOSED CIP PLAN. THIS IS WHERE I'M PUTTING KIMBERLY TO WORK. WE JUST RECEIVED SOLICITATION RESPONSES FOR A E.

WE HAD 20 ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I HAVE THREE BINDERS THIS BIG THAT I'VE GOT READING TO DO FOR THE BEFORE SHE LEAVES, BECAUSE WE WANT HER DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF THE ARCHITECTURE TEAM. SO THE RECREATION CENTER WAS PART OF THE 2023 BOND ELECTION THAT WAS APPROVED. AND THIS ADDITION AND RENOVATION WILL IMPROVE THE

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THE YMCA THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER. YES, SIR. RIGHT HERE. OH, HI.

THE THIS IS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER. I KNOW WE COMBINED BEFORE. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY ON WHATEVER WE'RE DOING HERE? WE'VE COMMITTED MONEY AS PART OF THE 2023 BOND. AND SO OUR JOB, I OVERSEE IT AND I LISTEN TO THEM, BUT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM IN ORDER TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN REVIEW PROCESS, AS WELL AS LIKE I'VE PAID FORWARD THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NECESSARY FOR THE DESIGN TEAM AS WELL AS THEN ONCE WE GET TO CONSTRUCTION, I'LL PAY FOR IT.

SO DO THEY HAVE THE LEAD AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM, OR DO WE HAVE THE LEAD? AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING US. THEY HAVE THE LEAD. OKAY. AND SO THAT 12 MILLION OR WHATEVER IS OUR PORTION OF THAT, AND THEY'LL COVER EVERYTHING ELSE. YES, THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO NOT EXCEED 12 MILLION. OKAY. AND THE, AND THE SCOPING OF THE PROJECT AND THE SCOPING OF THE PROJECT WAS DETERMINED BASED ON OUR IMPACT OF THE, OUR EXISTING OR PREVIOUS EXISTING ANIMAL SHELTER AND OUR IMPACT OF THOSE ANIMALS INTO, INTO THEIR REGIONAL SHELTER, AS WELL AS ASSUMING SOME GROWTH AS A PART OF THE RENOVATION AS WELL. SO AND ALSO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN A PART OF PREVIOUS RENOVATIONS OR EXPANSIONS OF THE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND TERMS OF JOINING THE REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER. AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT ALSO IS OCCURRING IS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER IS USING OUR EXISTING SHELTER IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO EXPAND IN ORDER TO MANAGE THEIR OPERATIONS WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR ANIMALS IN GEORGETOWN. AND THAT WILL GO AWAY. ONCE THIS ADDITION IS CONSTRUCTED, THEN THEY WILL NO LONGER USE THEIR ANIMAL SHELTER IN THAT AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND EXPANSION OF ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE. JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S THE AGREEMENT WAS 15 MILLION, NOT 12 MILLION. THANK YOU, ERIC JOHNSON. THE YMCA, SCHAEFER ARCHITECTURE AND CHASCO CONSTRUCTORS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO KIND OF REFINE THE DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN BUDGET. THE FINAL PLAT IS IN REVIEW FOR THIS PROJECT. AS YOU WELL KNOW, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN CITY LIMITS. TCAQ LETTER OF APPROVAL HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THE BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED. RIGHT NOW THE AGREEMENTS ARE IN PROCESS, AND ONCE THOSE ARE FINALIZED, WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. AFTER. AFTER SUCH APPROVAL, THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROJECTED TO BE 18 MONTHS. OKAY.

SO LOOKING FORWARD, FY 29 TO FI 38. WANT TO START BY TALKING THROUGH THE THE FACILITIES PROJECTS THAT THAT STAFF FEELS LIKE OUR NEEDS OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD. SO THERE ARE A COMBINED $70 MILLION IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT FACILITY NEEDS OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE WATER ELECTRIC AIRPORT, ANY NON GENERAL GOVERNMENT FACILITY. AND THAT INCLUDES KIND OF THREE TYPES OF PROJECTS. ONE IS NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. AND SO THAT WOULD BE FIRE STATION NINE, FIRE STATION TEN. AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY

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THEY. SO PART OF PHASE TWO OF THE OF THAT PROJECT, WE BROUGHT IN PROPANE AND WIRED AND HARD LINED IT OVER TO THE FIRE TRAINING. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT THE PROPS INSIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY USE THAT WILL HOOK UP TO THAT GAS. AND SO EACH LEVEL ON THE TOWER, WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME EXTERIOR PROPS, WHICH THEY DO WITH. AS FAR AS FIGHTING THE FIRES AND GETTING INTO THE CARS AND THIS TYPE OF THING THAT ARE ON, ON FIRE. BUT THESE WILL BE FOR INSIDE THE TRAINING, ITS EQUIPMENT, AND THAT SIMULATE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS LIKE DEALING IN CONFINED SPACES AND CERTAIN TYPES OF FIRES. SO THOSE ARE YEAH, IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF A NEW FACILITY LIKE THE THE FIRING RANGE OR WHATEVER LOGISTICS BUILDING. IT'S. YEAH, WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR JUST COMPLETING NOW SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL RENOVATIONS TO THE TOWER, WHICH INCLUDED ADDITIONAL FIREPROOFING ON THE INSIDE THAT HAD DETERIORATED OVER TIME. AND SO NOW WOULD BE READY FOR THE PROPS TO COME IN IN THE FUTURE. COOL. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. SO ASSUMING, ASSUMING THAT WE DO ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED AND THAT NUMBER, I WOULD SAY THAT $70 MILLION NUMBER COULD GO DOWN. AND I SAY THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WE'VE ASSUMED A FULL, COMPLETE RENOVATION OF STATIONS THREE AND FOUR. AS WE GET IN THERE AND LOOK AT THOSE NEEDS, IT MAY BE LESS THAN WE ARE THINKING. WE'VE PROBABLY GUESSED A LITTLE BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE AT THIS POINT. SO THAT NUMBER POTENTIALLY COULD COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO IF WE LOOK BACK AT THAT PREVIOUS NUMBER, 494 MILLION, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD, WHAT FIRE AND POLICE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED, WHAT PARKS EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO WE'VE PULLED THOSE THREE NUMBERS OUT. AND THAT LEAVES US WITH $424 MILLION. IF WE THEN PULL THOSE FACILITY PROJECTS OUT, WE ARE AT 300 AND A LITTLE OVER $354 MILLION. SO JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN CONTEXT WHERE WE'RE AT AS WE JUMP INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND I DO NOT HAVE SLIDES FOR EACH TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, WE'VE DONE SOME INITIAL ANALYSIS TO LOOK THROUGH THE FUTURE MOBILITY PLAN, TO LOOK THROUGH SOME PREPLANNING THAT WE'VE DONE ON PROJECTS AND HAVE DONE THE BEST WE CAN TO LOOK AT WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE NEEDS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND WE'RE ESTIMATING ROUGHLY $300 MILLION IN IDENTIFIED PROJECTS. CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? JUMP BACK ONE SLIDE. IF AND YOU MADE IF YOU HAD TO BREAK EVERYTHING OF THOSE FACILITIES PROJECTS INTO LIKE FIVE YEAR CHUNKS, HOW MUCH OF THAT 70 MILLION WOULD BE IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS? THE MAJORITY IS IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. TWO PROJECTS THAT PROBABLY ARE NOT THAT ARE ONE PROJECT THAT'S NOT IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS IS FIRE STATION TEN. OKAY, THAT'S BEYOND THE FIVE YEARS. AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE STATION RENOVATIONS IS BEYOND THE FIVE YEARS. OKAY. THE OTHERS ARE PROBABLY AROUND YEAR 4 OR 5. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE ESTIMATED ROUGHLY $300 MILLION IN PROJECT NEEDS OF THAT. AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST MY OWN KIND OF LOOK AT

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AND ONE THING WE CAN ALSO DO WITH SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS IS, IS BREAK THEM INTO PHASES, WHICH WILL HELP US, AS YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE DIFFERENT AVAILABILITY OF, OF DEBT CAPACITY OVER THE YEARS. WE ALSO HAVE STADIUM DRIVE, SHELL ROAD FROM BASICALLY WHERE IT PICKS UP AT SYCAMORE TO SHELL SPUR. AND THE LOGIC THERE IS YOU GET BEYOND THAT AND YOU'RE BACK INTO THE COUNTY. SO IT'S JUST THAT NEXT SECTION OF CITY LIMITS, AIRPORT ROAD, THE SHORT STRETCH FROM AVIATION TO VORTAC LANE, WHERE THE FUTURE READY HIGH SCHOOL IS AT SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD. BASICALLY THE FINAL KIND OF MISSING PIECE FROM FAIR HAVEN TO SAM HOUSTON. AND THEN ON THAT ONE SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, WHAT IS THE TIME HORIZON? THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE OUTER EDGE OF OF TIMING, ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.

OKAY. AND THAT WOULD THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A FUNDING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY.

PERFECT. AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THEN WILLIAMS DRIVE, WE HAVE THE, THE, BASICALLY THE MISSING THE PIECE THAT WE'LL HAVE MISSING FROM SERENATA. SO WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW FROM I-35 TO SERENATA. THIS WOULD BE THAT NEXT STRETCH FROM SERENATA TO DB WOULD. SO THAT'S A KIND OF A SUMMARY OF SORT OF THE KEY PROJECTS WE THINK MAKE SENSE TO, TO RISE TO THE TOP. NICK, ARE YOU ARE ON YOUR SLIDE HERE 168 MILLION IN NEAR-TERM NEEDS.

THEN THE ROADWAY EXPANSIONS YOU JUST WENT THROUGH IS THAT THE 168? IS THAT WHAT THOSE ALL EQUAL TO? NO. OKAY. NO. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE, LIKE I THINK WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD SOUTHWESTERN A LITTLE BIT LATER. SOUTHWEST BYPASS IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE. SO THAT WHOLE STRETCH IS WILL BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. I THINK THE PRIORITY PIECE IS FROM 29 TO LEANDER ROAD FROM LEANDER ROAD THROUGH I-35 CUTS BACK THROUGH THE QUARRY. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF ISSUES THERE AGAIN WITH THE INTERCHANGE AT I-35. SO THAT LAST PIECE WOULD BE LIKE NOT A NEAR-TERM PRIORITY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE IF THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED ON A BOND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE WOULDN'T INCLUDE THAT PIECE. THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE BOND. YOU'RE SAYING OR WOULD INCLUDE IT. THIS WAS MORE JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHERE, WHERE I WOULD SAY THAT THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE CAPACITY WOULD NEED TO BE SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS FOR ALL THOSE ROADS OUT THERE? IS THAT SOMETHING? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN THAT'S FINE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A ROUGH ESTIMATE. SO YEAH, ALL OF THOSE ROADS. SO YOU CAN KIND OF YOU CAN BACK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THE SIDE ON THE SIDEWALK SIDE, WE PLUGGED IN $1 MILLION A YEAR OVER TEN YEARS. AND ON THE INTERSECTION SIDE, WE PLUGGED IN A MILLION AND A HALF EVERY YEAR OVER THE TEN YEARS.

AND THEN FOR THE AUSTIN AVENUE ROAD DIET AND HISTORIC SQUARE, I THINK WE PLUG THAT IN THE OUT YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A POTENTIAL G-TECH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO ONCE YOU PULL OUT INTERSECTIONS AND SIDEWALKS, THE REMAINDER IS IS PRETTY MUCH THE ROADS THAT YOU

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SORRY, BUT I THINK YOU YOU'LL KNOW THIS. SO THE HOW MUCH DO WE APPROXIMATELY RECEIVE EACH YEAR IN G-TECH FUNDING THROUGH THE SALES TAX. HAVE PLENTY OF SALES TAX. OH, I KNEW I WAS PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. I'M SORRY. HE GOT ME. NO, I YEAH, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE OH THERE WE GO. I THINK IT'S BETWEEN 15 AND $17 MILLION. AND I RECEIVED A THUMBS UP FROM JUST UNDER 15. YEAH JUST UNDER 15. SO AROUND $15 MILLION A YEAR FROM THROUGH.

AND AND THAT GROWS EVERY YEAR. SALES TAX REVENUES GROW THROUGH SALES TAX. BUT NOW IT'S GENERATING. SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF STRATEGIC INVESTMENT RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TYPE ROADS. YEAH. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS WE HAVE NOT FACTORED IN ANYTHING IN TERMS OF GRANTS, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES. EVEN AS WE GET ONTO THE PARK SIDE, WE HAVE NOT FACTORED IN ANY ANY PARKS FEES.

SO THOSE WILL BRING IN THOSE WILL START TO BRING IN PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MONEY THAT WILL HELP AS WELL. SO, NICK, TO THAT QUESTION, I WAS GOING TO ASK. SO IT'S NOT THAT NONE OF THESE YOU FEEL LIKE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES THEY POSSIBLY WOULD BE, BUT WE'RE INCLUDING THEM IN CASE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WEREN'T AVAILABLE OR THEY WEREN'T SELECTED FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WE'RE STILL WOULD BE PUTTING MULTIPLE OF THESE FORWARD FOR POTENTIAL GRANT AND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. ABSOLUTELY, YES.

IN FACT, WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL RIGHT NOW. IT'S ON THE CAMPO AGENDA. THE POLICY BOARD HAS NOT VOTED ON THE ON THE LIST, BUT THE THE CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT JUST WENT OUT. THE INITIAL RANKING BY THE CAMPO STAFF DOES HAVE THE 971 PROJECT FUNDED CONSTRUCTION FUNDED. SO IF THAT WAS THE CASE, THAT'LL PULL LIKE 20 I THINK IT'S LIKE $27 MILLION. THAT WOULD PULL THAT RIGHT OFF OF THIS LIST. SO THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT THAT I THINK WILL DEFINITELY HAPPEN. SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT IS PART OF THAT IS WE'RE ALSO CONSERVATIVE ON THE DEBT CAPACITY SIDE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE ON ONE SIDE AND NOT ON THE OTHER. SO WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CAMPO POTENTIALLY FOR SOME OF THE AUSTIN AVENUE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY FUNDED THE CORRIDOR STUDY. DO WE THINK THAT STILL LIKELY THEY MIGHT CONSIDER SOME OF THAT? PROJECT CAMPO HAS FUNDED THE FULL DESIGN. WE DID APPLY FOR CONSTRUCTION, THE CALL FOR PROJECTS. THE LIST THAT JUST CAME OUT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. OKAY, PARTLY BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LIMITED FUNDING AVAILABLE. AND SO THEY DO A SCORING CRITERIA THAT BASICALLY LOOKS AT THE RISK OF PROJECT, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY SMART. THEY WANT TO FUND PROJECTS THAT THEY KNOW ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAPPEN AND HAPPEN QUICKLY. I THINK THERE'S TOO MANY UNKNOWNS WITH THAT PROJECT. STILL, SINCE WE HAVEN'T STARTED FULL DESIGN, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER RIGHT OF WAY. WELL, WE KNOW THERE'S RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE NEED. SO I WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH THEM. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RISK PROJECT. AND SO THAT ONE DID NOT MAKE THE LIST. OKAY. BUT WE ARE LISTED. WE ARE RECOMMENDED RIGHT NOW FOR FUNDING THE FULL ENGINEERING OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 29 EAST PROJECT. OKAY. WHICH IS ABOUT $4 MILLION. OKAY. THANKS. YES. OKAY. SO THAT TAKES US TO PARKS AND TRAILS. SO IF WE ASSUMED THAT WE TOOK $300 MILLION OF, OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO

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BUT FROM THE INITIAL ANALYSIS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, THOSE FIRST FIVE FOR SURE COULD BE FUNDED AND NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON, ON ANY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THE SAN GABRIEL PARK PHASE FOUR, AS YOU CAN SEE, COULD NOT BE FUNDED AT THIS POINT. SO THE ONLY WAY TO FUND SAN GABRIEL PARK PHASE FOUR AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO DO LESS ROAD PROJECTS OR OR DO A TAX RATE INCREASE, AND IT WOULD TAKE ROUGHLY A TWO CENT TAX RATE INCREASE TO FUND SAN GABRIEL PARK PHASE FOUR. AND AGAIN, THAT'S DOING THE FULL SCOPE OF OF THAT PROJECT THAT COUNCIL HAS SEEN BEFORE. SO WITH THAT, I WANT KIMBERLY TO COME BACK UP AND WALK THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS. OKAY. BEFORE I WALK THROUGH THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF KIMBERLY HISTORY HERE. WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY IN 1995, THE TAX SALES TAX WAS 7.75%. WE HAD THREE QUARTER CENT TO GIVE. IN 1996, WE WENT TO THE VOTERS WITH A HALF CENT SALES TAX DEDICATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. IT FAILED BY 75 VOTES. SO I LOVE G TECH AND WHAT ALL IT'S DONE. BUT LISTENING TO THE FUNDING THAT G TECH HAS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE ROADS, THAT 15 MILLION COULD HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. AND I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE ASKING FOR MONEY. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. KIMBERLY, DO YOU HAVE SOME SLIDES TO GO OVER? I SAY WITH LOVE. I HAVE THE CAMPAIGN MATERIAL STILL, PROBABLY IN MY FILING CABINET THAT WE USE FROM 1996. SO I HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE HISTORY TIDBITS LIKE THAT. BUT FOR Y'ALL THAT DIDN'T KNOW, THE TAX RATE USED TO ONLY BE 7.75. ANYWAY, OH, SAD. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS THAT NICK MENTIONED. THAT WOULD BE IN THE OUT YEAR.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE TO INSTALL ARTIFICIAL TURF AT MCMASTER'S ATHLETIC COMPLEX.

THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR LIST THE LAST FEW YEARS. AS WE SEE HIGHER AND HIGHER DEMAND FOR FUEL UTILIZATION. THIS WOULD REALLY HELP US BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT MORE KIDS WITH A LOT LESS DOWNTIME. SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 20 HOURS PER WEEK BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE TO REST THE FIELDS. WE HAVE OVERSEEDING WITH RYE. WE AND WE HAVE THE WATER ISSUE. SO PUTTING ARTIFICIAL TURF AT MCMASTER WOULD GIVE US A LOT MORE TIME ON THOSE FIELDS. WE'D ALSO REDUCE OUR NEED FOR IRRIGATION, WHICH WE'RE USING RECLAIMED WATER RIGHT NOW. BUT WE SHARE THAT RECLAIMED WATER WITH SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL. AND THEN THIS WOULD HELP POTENTIALLY IF, IF AND WHEN WE WERE TO GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SAN GABRIEL PARK PHASE, FOR THOSE FIELDS THAT ARE THERE WOULD BE OUT OF COMMISSION. AND THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY PROGRAM INTO MCMASTER'S A LOT MORE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE RAINOUTS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO HAVING ARTIFICIAL TURF AT MCMASTER. KIMBERLY, QUESTION ON THAT. DO WE KNOW THE NUMBERS ON

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WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FOLLOW UP ANALYSIS FOR YOU ALL ON THAT. THERE IS THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE, BUT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING OF IS ALSO THROUGH OUR, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU ALL TOO IS OUR RATE RECOVERY POLICY. SO SOME OF THAT, A LOT OF FOR YOUTH AND OTHER THINGS ARE SUBSIDIZED. BUT THIS IS JUST TRYING TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE LIMITED FIELD SPACE AND TRYING TO GET MORE UTILIZATION OUT OF THE LIMITED FIELD SPACE THAT WE HAVE. YEAH. SO IF WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY IF THERE'S SOME COST RECOVERY, THAT THERE'LL BE SOME REVENUE GENERATION, BUT INSTEAD OF 20 HOURS PER WEEK, YOU COULD PLAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM EARLY MORNING TO LATE AT NIGHT. AND YOU WERE IN THE WINTER TIME. AND YOU RECALL FROM COUNCIL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WENT THROUGH THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE FOR THE BALL FIELDS, WE KIND OF HAD A SIMILAR COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE VERSUS CAPITAL AND COST BENEFIT OF THAT, AS WELL AS THE USAGE OF THE MORE USAGE OF THE FIELD. SO VERY, VERY SIMILAR KIND OF KIND OF CONCEPT AND ANALYSIS THAT WE COULD DO FOR THIS PROJECT. YEAH. THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN LOOKING AT IS OUR TENNIS CENTER. SO WE PURCHASED THIS BACK IN 1999, 25, 26 YEARS AGO FROM BERRY CREEK. THIS WAS THEIR RACKET CLUB. WE DIDN'T HAVE A FORMAL TENNIS CENTER BACK THEN, AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE PAID FOR IT, $600,000, AND WE HAD IT'S 45 YEARS OLD AND IT WAS AN OLD RACKET CLUB, 11 LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS. WE DID TAKE THE SWIMMING POOL OUT AROUND COVID 2021. THE NUMBERS ON THAT ALSO SHOWED THEY WERE REALLY IN DECLINE. AND IT WAS IT WAS IN DIRE STRAITS THAT THAT POOL WAS BEING HELD TOGETHER WITH BALING WIRE AND DUCT TAPE. BUT THE TENNIS COURTS ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE AND VIABLE. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN PROGRAMING A LOT OF PICKLEBALL ON THEM, BUT WE HAVE NOT PUT ANY ANY WORK INTO THE TENNIS CENTER. THERE'S NO ACCESSIBILITY. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE TENNIS CENTER, IT'S STEPS ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO IT'S AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS ARE ON THEIR LAST LEG AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN RESURFACING THE COURTS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE IF THIS IS A VIABLE FACILITY LONG TERM, I KNOW IN THE REC CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE ALSO KIND OF EXPLORED A TENNIS CENTER FACILITY, MAYBE WITH A WEST SIDE REC CENTER. THERE WAS JUST SOME SOME TALKS ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY YEARS, YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING, I THINK 2.5 MILLION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE TENNIS CENTER IN THE OUT YEARS. LOOKING AT OUR TRAILS AND TRAILS ARE VERY POPULAR IN GEORGETOWN. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY BRING BACK THE COUNTY'S FUNDING FROM THE BOND THAT THEY PASSED IN 23, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO, I HATE TO SAY IT, WE WERE GOING TO DO THE TRAIL SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND WE DECIDED TO REPURPOSE THAT FUNDING. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD EXTEND THE TRAIL DOWN THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL RIVER WITH THE GAPS TO GARY PARK. THERE'S A FEW PARCELS THAT ARE NOT COMMITTED FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE COULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO BUILD THOSE PIECES OF TRAIL AND GET OUT TO GARY PARK. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE WILLING THEY WANT TO USE UTILIZE THAT FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY'S BOND FROM 23.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND THE BEST PROJECT FOR THAT. CONTINUING WITH THE TRAILS.

VERY HIGH PRIORITY IN THE MASTER PLAN. THIS ONE ACTUALLY, THESE TRAIL PROJECTS ACTUALLY START BRINGING THE TRAILS INTERIOR. YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS ALL THESE YEARS HAVE BEEN ON THE SAN GABRIEL RIVERS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY TRAILS WITHIN OUR CITY CONNECTING TO THOSE OUTER REGIONAL TRAILS. SO THIS ONE WOULD BE 1.8 MILE SEGMENT FROM 1460 TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE. THE MAPS ARE NOT NOT IDEAL, BUT YOU CAN IF YOU KNOW WHERE 14, 16 AND 29 ARE, THAT THAT NUMBER FIVE WOULD CONNECT THAT PIECE. SORRY, WENT THE WRONG WAY. THE REGIONAL TRAIL ON THE SOUTHEAST GEORGETOWN UTILITY CORRIDOR. THIS WOULD BE FROM KELLY DRIVE TO MITCHELL ELEMENTARY. IT'S PRETTY LONG SEGMENT. IT'S FOUR MILES NUMBER THREE ON THE TRAIL. AND THIS WOULD FOLLOW THE UTILITY HIGH LINE. WE'VE DONE A VERY SMALL PIECE ON THE BACKSIDE OF A WEST

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PHASE FOUR. THIS IS THE LAST PHASE FOR SAN GABRIEL PARK THAT WOULD GET GET DEVELOPED. OKAY, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO NICK. OKAY, SO THE FEEDBACK WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN QUESTIONS ON PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM PROGRAMING IN THE FUTURE, FACILITY RENOVATION PROJECTS INTO THE DEBT MODEL.

WHAT PARKS AND TRAILS PROJECTS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROGRAM INTO THE MODEL, AND THEN FEEDBACK ON THE RESIDENT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. IS THAT SOMETHING COUNCIL STILL WANTS TO DO AND IF SO, HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND THE APPOINTMENTS? ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THESE? SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK ON THE THE PROJECTS, IT'S REALLY KIND OF MORE OF A QUESTION. IS THERE ANY OF THOSE THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO CONSIDER IN THE MODELING IS THE BEST WAY TO PROBABLY PUT THAT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MODELING IS NOT THE THIS IS THE COMMITMENT. YEAH, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL. YEAH. THIS IS JUST SO THEY CAN BRING US BACK THE MODEL. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE THAT SOMEONE FEELS ADAMANT DOES NOT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MODEL. I THINK THE, THE ANSWER IS HAVING TO GO MODEL IT AND BRING IT BACK. SO DOES ANYBODY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT ANY ONE OF THOSE THAT THEY WANT TO PULL OUT? OKAY. WELL, THEN WE ASK THIS. IS THERE ANYTHING PROJECT THAT ANYONE FEELS REALLY, REALLY STRONGLY THEY WANT INCLUDED IN THE MODEL THAT WAS NOT ON THEIR.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ABOUT THE FACILITIES? EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THEM MODELING OUT THE FACILITY RENOVATION PROJECTS INTO THAT 12 YEAR MODEL? YEAH. GO AHEAD. AMANDA. SO THE PARKS AND REC ADMIN, IS THAT JUST REDOING THAT? I MEAN, REDOING THAT BUILDING FOR THE MOST PART. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT WHEN JENNIFER WAS THERE. BUT IT'S JUST A. YEAH, WE HAVE OFFICES IN THERE THAT ARE LARGER THAN OUR, OUR CITY STANDARD WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICES, RESTROOMS, AS WELL AS BREAK AREAS WITHIN THAT SAME FOOTPRINT. OKAY. AND THEN LIGHT AND WATER WORKS. WHAT IS THE PLAN THERE? BECAUSE WE JUST DID A STRUCTURAL EVALUATION THIS PAST YEAR. I BROUGHT GUERRA IN. WE'VE GOT, AS YOU CAN WELL SEE ON THE OUTSIDE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EROSION ON THE BRICK AS WELL AS THERE'S CRACKING IN THE FLOOR SLAB AS WELL AS ALONG THE WINDOWS ALONG THE WEST SIDE. THEY'VE DISCOVERED A PLUMBING LEAK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING. SO WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT ALL SHORED UP ON THERE FROM THERE. THEN WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER, THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE EMPTY.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE WHERE WE WANT TO GO NEXT. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS DOING THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AND THEN JUST DECIDING HOW WE WANT TO FUTURE USE FOR THAT BUILDING. EXACTLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I WILL, I WILL SAY, JUST ADD ONE THING TO THE PARKS ADMIN WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER MOVING OUT EVENTUALLY. AND THAT WILL NOT BE FUNCTIONING AS AN ANIMAL SHELTER, EVEN TEMPORARILY FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THAT DOES ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THAT SPACE, NOT NECESSARILY RENOVATE THE BUILDING OR MAYBE, BUT TO LOOK AT HOW IT FITS IN THE CONTEXT OF PARKS ADMINISTRATION AND STAGING AND MAINTENANCE. THE OTHER THING THAT ALSO IS NEW FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE BUILDING JUST ACTUALLY ON

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OH, OKAY. YEAH. NO, I THINK YEAH, I THINK WE'RE SAYING EVERYTHING ABOVE SAN GABRIEL PARK PHASE FOUR WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 12 YEAR MODEL. OKAY, OKAY, I FOLLOW YOU. IS THAT RIGHT? IS I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING. SO YEAH, THE FOR ME, WHEN LOOKING AT THIS, THE ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT. SO THE MASTERS ARTIFICIAL TURF AND THE SAN GABRIEL PARK PHASE FOUR. AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH GEARED AROUND YOUTH SPORTS AND THE FIELDS, AT LEAST IN SAN GABRIEL PARK, THE MASTERS HAVE BEEN DONE A LITTLE MORE RECENTLY, BUT THEY'RE THE SAME. THEY WERE BASICALLY 30 YEARS AGO, ESSENTIALLY. I MEAN, NOT EXACT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO INVEST IN YOUTH SPORTS TO HELP GET MORE KIDS OUT. AND IT'S ONLY 12 YEARS FROM NOW THE POPULATION IS GOING TO BE COMPARED TO NOW AND IT'S ALREADY AT CAPACITY. I KNOW THERE'S WAITING LISTS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGNING UP FOR LITTLE LEAGUE SPORTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A TWO CENT TAX INCREASE, IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS END UP, IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO

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THE NEXT THREE I'M NOT AS KEEN ON. AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE REST OF THEM.

THANK YOU. SO I THINK I COMPLETELY AGREE. I THINK IF THE SAN GABRIEL PHASE FOUR, I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT PUSHED OUT THAT MANY YEARS, BUT I DO THINK IT BEING CALLED OUT AS A SEPARATE ITEM. AND WE SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT, WHERE THE PRIORITY IS FOR THE VOTERS THERE. BUT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IS THAT REALLY DOING ANY OF THIS, LIKE PIECEMEAL TOGETHER IS NOT GOING TO WORK WELL FOR PHASE FOUR? BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD PULL OUT AND DO NOW OR DO EARLIER? BUT. KIMBERLY, SHAKING HER HEAD AT ME. NO, THAT REALLY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I MEAN, I'D PREFER WE NOT DO THAT, BUT I WAS JUST LIKE, IS THERE A PART WE COULD GET DONE? AND BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY, IT REALLY WAS A COMPLETE ALMOST RECONSTRUCTION OF, OF THAT PORTION OF THE PARK. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT A PIECE OF IT. OKAY. WELL THEN, YEAH, I AGREE. IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT AS A SEPARATE ISSUE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT POINT UP, YOU KNOW, MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS CENTER RENOVATION, HAVING BEEN TO THE TENNIS CENTER AND KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY PLAY TENNIS AND PLAY PICKLEBALL, I WOULD SAY THAT IN GUISE OF AND I'M GLAD THAT KIMBERLY BROUGHT THAT UP. I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE WEST SIDE PARK, BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YMCA NOW AND DOING SOME OTHER THINGS, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO DO SOME UPKEEP TO THE TENNIS CENTER. IT IS IT'S A PRETTY NOT GREAT FACILITY THAT I KNOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY USE. SO, SO I'M FINE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEN FIGURING OUT HOW WE GET SAN GABRIEL DONE SOONER THAN LATER. THANKS. THANK YOU. SO LAST QUESTION IS ON THE WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A COMMITTEE FOR THESE PROJECTS AS AS WE YOU KNOW, WE DID THAT ON THE LAST ROAD BOND. PROPOSITIONS. WE DID NOT DO IT ON THE LAST FACILITIES AND PARKS. SO, I MEAN, MY THOUGHT IS THAT THE ROAD PROJECTS SEEM TO BE ALREADY PRETTY DIALED IN AND DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LEEWAY, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT IS THAT THAT I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED A COMMITTEE ON

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BUT YEAH, I, I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE WERE A TOTAL DIFFERENT SPOT. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PRIORITIES THAT NAILED DOWN. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE DROVE AROUND TOWN, WE KNEW ONES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DATA AND STUFF AS TEED UP, IF YOU WILL, ON MAJOR, PRETTY MAJOR ROADS. I GUESS IF I GUESS NICK IS THE IS THE THOUGHT THAT THE NEXT BOND PROPOSITION WOULD BE ROADS, PARKS AND FACILITIES. BASICALLY, I'M GOING TO SAY THREE PROPOSITIONS RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY MAYBE SET UP DIFFERENT THAN THAT. IS THAT KIND OF THE THOUGHT IS WOULD BE ONE FOR ALL THREE. GO AHEAD DAVID. WELL, I THINK THE ANSWER IS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I MEAN, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S WHAT THERE IS A CAPACITY, WHAT WE BELIEVE IN THE MODELING, THERE IS CAPACITY TO DO. AND IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO FRAME THAT TOGETHER. AND YEAH, I WOULD JUST PERSONALLY ON THE FACILITY, THE CHALLENGE ON FACILITY PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE RENOVATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE FIRE STATIONS NOW, DO I THINK IT'LL OVERWHELMINGLY PASS IF WE TAKE A FIRE STATION? PROBABLY. BUT THE ISSUE IF IT DOESN'T PASS IS IF IT DOESN'T PASS, YOU HAVE TO WAIT. I BELIEVE IT'S THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN ISSUE A COE. AND SO AT THAT POINT, WE MAY BE PUTTING OURSELVES IN A. WELL, I THINK LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE CAN DECIDE WHICH ONES TO GO GO, WHICH ONES TO GO SEE. OH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DECIDE THAT TODAY. I MEAN, MY THOUGHT IS JUST ON THE. ESPECIALLY IF WE START TALKING ABOUT LIKE A YOUTH SPORTS PROP, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TWO CENT INCREASE.

THAT MAY BE ONE THAT WE WANT TO FORM A COMMITTEE AND KIND OF TEST THE COMMUNITY'S TEMPERATURE FOR THAT BEFORE WE EVEN TAKE THAT OUT. AND THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WHEN WE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME AND WE ASKED TURF OR GRASS, WE HAD A REALLY STRONG REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY WANT TO GO OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE THROW THAT ON A BOND. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE VOTING BASED UPON THAT ONE SMALL THING. BUT MY THOUGHT ON IT WAS, IF WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH A MUCH MORE ROBUST ASK, IF YOU WILL, OF ROADS, PARKS AND POTENTIALLY FACILITIES, HAVING A COMMITTEE TO HELP BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF AND TO HELP ADVOCATE IN THE COMMUNITY. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY OBVIOUS. LIKE YOU SAID, ROADS ARE PRETTY COOKED, SEEMS LIKE. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING THAT BIG, YOU MAY NEED A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT AND KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE. SO, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN, WE CAN DECIDE THIS. ONCE I SEE SOME OF THE MODELING, I'M SAYING IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY LARGE ONE, IT MAY NOT HURT TO HAVE ONE, THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED AS MUCH FOR KIND OF A REPACK. YEAH. WELL, LET'S COME BACK WITH THE MODELING AND THEN WE'LL. OH, I'M SORRY RON. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE JAKE'S STATEMENT THAT WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE ROAD PROJECTS. I DO THINK THAT THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE PARKS IS A VERY VALUABLE PIECE IN THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE WE REALLY LEARN A LOT IN WHEN WE DO THAT. SO THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT. BUT I THINK THAT LAST ROAD BOND STUDY IS ONE WE CAN STILL UTILIZE WITHOUT STARTING IT OVER. ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS WE CAN WORK THE DEBT MODEL. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? NICK PUTTING ON THE SPOT AGAIN? SORRY ABOUT THAT. DO YOU THINK TO KIND OF PULL THE THE MODELING TOGETHER TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO COUNCIL BASED ON WELL, WE GOT JUNE CAMPO IS GOING TO BE A BIG SWING. HOW THAT RIGHT. YEAH. IT PROBABLY HELPS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT YOU ALL WANT WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO SEE ON THE MODEL. SO PLUGGING IN ALL OF THOSE PARKS PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF SAN GABRIEL PHASE FOUR IS PRETTY EASY TO JUST LOAD INTO SOME YEARS AND SEE HOW IT HOW IT ALL SHAKES OUT. SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SEE. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE BACK WITH, IS THERE A WAY, NICK, TO BASICALLY RUN ONE, RUN ONE MODEL WITH ALL OF THOSE LESS SAN GABRIEL FOUR AND RUN ANOTHER ONE WITH SAN GABRIEL FOR, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S AN INCREASE. AND I THINK, I THINK AND THEN HOW WE DIVIDE THEM UP ON THE PROPS IS NOT GOING TO MATTER. I MEAN, THAT'S ALL WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT SEPARATELY. AND WHETHER THEY'RE CO OR GEO IS THAT CAN ALL BE DECIDED LATER TOO. RIGHT. AND PART OF THE MODELING I WOULD ALSO ASSUME IS ALSO KIND OF PROGRAMING WHEN THEY WILL OCCUR, WHAT YEARS WILL OCCUR

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[1.C Water Resources Update]

WE ARE WORKING ON DIVERSIFYING OUR WATER SUPPLY. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING HERE. BUT A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GETTING GROUNDWATER. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GROUNDWATER PROGRESS WE'VE MADE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING MULTIPLE DEALS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO TRY AND GET MORE GROUNDWATER.

WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH RECHARGE WATER ON THE ONE HAND, AND THEY HAVE ALMOST 35000 ACRE FEET OF WATER PER YEAR PERMITTED IN LEE AND BASTROP COUNTIES. THAT WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT A 35 MILE PIPELINE TO THE CITY'S DELIVERY POINT. AND THEN SECONDLY, WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH EPCOR AND THEN THE WATER RIGHTS OWNER UP WELL, AND THEY HAVE AFTER THEY HAVE DONE WITH ALL THE PERMITTING DISPUTES, THEY NOW HAVE ABOUT 5000 ACRE FEET OF WATER PER YEAR PERMITTED, AND THAT'S IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. SO THAT'S ABOUT 60 MILES AWAY FROM THE DELIVERY POINT THAT THE CITY HAS IN CIRCLEVILLE. SO ASSUMING THE CCN SALE OCCURS, EITHER OPTION WOULD MEET THE CITY'S LONG TERM WATER DEMANDS FOR DECADES, HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN ADVANCING BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS, AND THE CITY HAS NOW REACHED A VERY DETAILED TERM SHEET.

THAT'S ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WITH RECHARGE WATER, THAT AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO COST RATEPAYERS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL DEAL WE WERE NEGOTIATING WITH EPCOR.

THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THIS, BUT THE TWO PRIMARY REASONS ARE LOCATION AND RESERVATION FEES. SO ON LOCATION, IT'S A SHORTER PIPELINE. THAT IS A MAJOR CAPITAL COST IS HOW MUCH WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUILD IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH LAND WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE FOR EASEMENTS, HOW MUCH IS THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THAT PIPELINE. THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, IF NOT THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF A GROUNDWATER DEAL. AND SO THE RECHARGE DEAL IS SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER THAN GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO ROBERTSON COUNTY. THE SECOND REASON IT'S FAR LESS IS BECAUSE UNDER THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE OR THE TERM SHEET THAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED WITH RECHARGE, THE STRUCTURE FOR RESERVATION FEES IS TO PAY RESERVATION FEES ONLY ON THE WATER THAT IS BEING RESERVED AND NOT ON THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE WATER. WHEREAS, UNDER THE EPCOR GROUNDWATER RESERVATION AGREEMENT, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING RESERVATION FEES ON THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF WATER PERMITTED FOR THE LIFE OF THE AGREEMENT. SO FOR BOTH OF

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SO ON THOSE DELIVERY SHORTFALLS THAT I MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK CITY STAFF IS REALLY PROUD OF THIS. WE NEGOTIATED REALLY HARD FOR A LOT OF THE PROTECTIONS TO THE CITY. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE DELIVERY SHORTFALLS, WE WILL NOT PAY FOR WATER THAT IS NOT DELIVERED. THE BOTTOM LINE CITY WILL NOT PAY THE TAKE OR PAY PRICE FOR WATER THAT IS NOT DELIVERED. SO HOW THAT WORKS IS THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S RECHARGES FAULT AND THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S NOT RECHARGES FAULT. AND SO HOW WE ACTUALLY PAY FOR THAT WATER DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT IF IT'S NOT RECHARGES FAULT, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF FORCE MAJEURE SITUATION, SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY CONDITION, THE CITY WILL NOT PAY FOR WATER THAT'S NOT DELIVERED, BUT RECHARGE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THAT WATER AT A LATER TIME AT WHICH THE CITY WILL PAY FOR THAT WATER THEN. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE TAKE OR PAY PRICE FOR WATER THAT MONTH IF WATER IS NOT DELIVERED THAT MONTH. BUT WHEN THE WATER IS ULTIMATELY DELIVERED DOWN THE ROAD, WE'LL PAY FOR IT THEN. NOW, IF IT'S RECHARGE IS FAULT THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING, SOMETHING BREAKS ON THEIR END DUE TO NEGLIGENCE AND THE WATER IS NOT DELIVERED. WE DON'T PAY FOR THAT WATER. SO WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY STRONG PROTECTION FOR THE CITY. AND SO THE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE THEIR FAULT, I GUESS, WOULD BE LIKE THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT CURTAILING THEIR PUMPING. FOR SOME REASON, THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT CHANGED THEIR WHAT DESIRED CONDITIONS OR WHATEVER AND LOWERED IT DOWN. THAT WOULD NOT BE THEIR FAULT THERE. THE TERM SHEET ADDRESSES THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S CONSIDERED THEIR FAULT VERSUS WHAT'S NOT CONSIDERED THEIR FAULT. SOMETHING LIKE THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT DOING CURTAILMENT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE CONSIDERED RECHARGE FAULT. SO WE DO HAVE PROTECTIONS FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECHARGES FAULT. OKAY. BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING NOW. SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING A RISK THERE. THE RISK IS THAT WE DON'T GET THE WATER THAT WE MAY SO TAKE OR PAY. IT'S WATER THAT'S DELIVERED. LET'S ASSUME THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WATER

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WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE TECHNICALITIES OF HOW WE WANT THIS WATER DELIVERED, AND IT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE REASON THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT WE, OUR ENGINEERS, ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO STORE THIS IN THE ASR SITE. AND SO I THINK THIS IS STILL A BIT IN FLUX IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANT THIS TREATED AND DELIVERED. BUT CURRENTLY THE TERM SHEET DOES REQUIRE RECHARGE TO TREAT AND DELIVER IT WITH BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. WE ALSO NEGOTIATED FOR VERY STRONG FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION RIGHTS, BECAUSE RECHARGE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE ISSUING AND ISSUING DEBT AND THEN BUILDING THE PART OF THE TRANSMISSION PIPELINE THAT DELIVERS THE WATER TO THE TAKE POINT IN CIRCLEVILLE. AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE, WE HAVE NEGOTIATED THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE THE DEBT STRUCTURE AND MAKING SURE THE DEBT IS BACK LOADED. THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO KEEP RATES DOWN LOWER. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION FOR INVESTMENT GRADE, CREDIT RATING, NON-RECOURSE FIXED INTEREST RATE, FINAL MATURITY AND OTHER TERMS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE PLAN OF FINANCE. THERE ARE A LOT MORE DETAILS TO THIS END, BUT THE OVERALL GOAL OF ALL OF THIS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP RATES LOWER FOR RATEPAYERS, SO THEY WILL ALSO BE IN CHARGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE PIPELINE THAT THEY ARE BUILDING. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO ON THAT. OKAY, COOL. RIGHT. RECHARGE WILL OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE PROJECT TO THE EAST OF CIRCLEVILLE. SO EVERYTHING KIND OF COMES TO A HEAD IN CIRCLEVILLE. EVERYTHING TO THE WEST OF THAT IS THE CITY'S PROJECT. EVERYTHING TO THE EAST OF THAT IS RECHARGE AS PROJECT. AND SO THEY WILL OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EVERYTHING TO THE EAST OF THE CIRCLEVILLE DELIVERY POINT, INCLUDING ALL PERMITS AND LEASE RIGHTS. THEY WILL PERFORM MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS AND EMPLOY A FULL TIME GRADE A OPERATOR, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH ALL REGULATIONS AND LAWS. THEY WILL MAINTAIN AUDITABLE COST RECORDS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACCURATELY REPORTING EVERYTHING, AND THAT WE HAVE VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INTO THOSE RECORDS.

SO AS WE MOVE FROM THE TERM SHEET TO FINAL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY FURTHER DIRECTION ON OUR POSITION AND LONG TERM GOALS FOR WATER SUPPLY? CAROLINE, I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION. IF OUR POINT OF DELIVERY IS AT CIRCLEVILLE AND WE HAVE TO DEVELOP AND BUILD A PIPELINE, WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF THAT ONE? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 30 AND A 60 BY RECHARGE. WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF WHAT WE HAVE TO BUILD? IT'S AROUND 30 MILES, ABOUT 30 MILES, AND WE'RE BUILDING THAT FROM THE CIRCLEVILLE AREA TO KIND OF THE NORTH WESTERN SIDE OF OF OUR WELL, CURRENTLY IT'S TO THE CENTER OF OUR CCN. BUT IF THE CCN SALE GOES THROUGH, IT WILL BE KIND OF THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL THANK YOU CAROLINE. OH YOU'RE GOING TO THE NEXT PART. OKAY. GO TO THE NEXT PART. BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, LET'S DON'T GLOSS OVER THE EIGHT MONTHS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S WAY LONGER THAN THAT THOUGH. BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE Y'ALL GOT THE EIGHT MONTH NUMBER, AS DO I, BUT LET'S GO TO THE CCN. ALL RIGHT. AS WE MENTIONED, ON MAY 2ND, VOTERS

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THERE ARE SEVERAL, NOT JUST THE ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, WHICH MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PUC. WE'RE ALSO NEGOTIATING A WHOLESALE WATER AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE CITY HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE WHOLESALE WATER TO THIS AREA FOR UP TO TEN YEARS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING A TEMPORARY OPERATING AGREEMENT IN WHICH OUR TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE SYSTEM FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS WHILE NY GETS UP TO SPEED. SO WE WILL CONTINUE NEGOTIATING THESE ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AS WELL. AND WE EXPECT THAT PROCESS TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. ANOTHER BIG EXCITING UPDATE IS ON YOUR AGENDA. TONIGHT, YOU WILL FIND AN ITEM FOR KILLEEN AND GERALD BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM AND THOSE ARE THE KILLEEN IS IN THE LIGHTER GREEN AND GERALD IS IN THE DARKER GREEN ON THIS MAP. BUT BOTH OF THOSE CITIES HAVE AGREED TO BUY THE PORTION OF OUR CCN THAT SITS WITHIN THEIR ETJ. SO THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT TO APPROVE THOSE TRANSFERS, AND THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO FILE WITH THE PUC FOR APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I WILL TALK BRIEFLY ON INFRASTRUCTURE WATER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE BIG PIPELINE THAT IS CARRYING THE WATER FROM THE CIRCLEVILLE TAKE POINT TO THE WEST. THAT IS KNOWN AS OUR GEORGETOWN REGIONAL WATER INITIATIVE. IT IS GOING TO STRENGTHEN OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENHANCE SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY AND HELP MEET INCREASING WATER DEMANDS WHILE IMPROVING RESILIENCE DURING DROUGHT. LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT JUST CARRYING WATER FOR RECHARGE, THIS IS ALSO CARRYING WATER FROM THE ASR SITE. IT IS BEING USED AS A STORAGE SITE. IT IS ALSO BEING ABLE TO CARRY WATER FROM THAT. WE WILL GET FROM RETURN FLOWS. IF WE CONTINUE OUR BRE PROJECT WITH BED AND BANKS PERMITTING IF THAT GOES THROUGH WITH THE TCMC. SO THIS IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE LINE IS GOING TO RUN THE EAST SIDE CONNECTION ON KIND OF THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT IS THE TERMINAL POINT IN CIRCLEVILLE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE POINT B, THE WEST SIDE TERMINAL, WHICH IS JUST WEST OF I 35.

OTHER EXCITING NEWS AGAIN, THIS IS ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA RELATED TO WATER TONIGHT. WE WERE INITIALLY APPROVED FOR UP TO $274 MILLION IN BOTH DEFERRED AND LOW INTEREST LOANS WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING WATER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM EVERYWHERE IMAGINABLE, AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE HAD THE INITIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS MUCH. SO THIS IS STILL A PRETTY LONG PROCESS. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE FULL APPLICATION PUT TOGETHER. HOW IT WORKS. IT'S A MULTI-STEP PROCESS WITH THE DBW WHERE YOU SUBMIT YOUR INITIAL APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY. THEY HAVE TO VET THAT, PRIORITIZE AND RANK WHICH PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING AND WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO GET THE MOST MONEY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY GET ACCESS TO THIS MONEY. SO MAY 18TH IS THE DEADLINE. WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL AGENDA THAT IF YOU APPROVE THAT, WE'LL GET THAT INTO THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY GET ACCESS TO THIS MONEY LATER THIS YEAR. ON OUR. DO WE KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WILL BE GOING TOWARDS, OR WE WILL DECIDE THAT AT THE TIME WE RECEIVE IT, OR IT WILL BE GOING TOWARD THE TREATMENT SITES IN CIRCLEVILLE AND THE WEST SIDE TERMINAL, POINT B GOING TOWARDS THIS HERE. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I WASN'T SURE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEAH. ON THE ASR PROJECT, WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE EPA. SO WE'RE LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDING FROM AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE. THE EPA APPROVED US FOR UP TO $750,000 IN JANUARY ON THE SAME CIRCLEVILLE SITE. WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL TO ADD ADDITIONAL WELLS IN THE TRINITY AND HOUSTON THAT COULD GO ON THIS SITE AND PROVIDE ANOTHER SOURCE OF WATER. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEKING FUNDING FROM THE NEW SIG PROGRAM THAT THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED THIS LAST SESSION. AND THEN FINALLY, THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING ON THAT SITE, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS PARTNERING WITH BRE. THEY HAVE A FACILITY VERY CLOSE TO THE CIRCLEVILLE SITE THAT IS GOING TO BE USING RETURN FLOWS AND TREATING THAT WATER. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN EXPANDING THAT PLANT UPSIZING THE PIPELINE. WE ALSO HAVE TO GET A TCE BED AND BANKS PERMIT THAT ALLOWS THE CITY'S DOWNSTREAM WASTEWATER FLOWS TO BE TREATED AT THAT PLANT. BUT WE ESTIMATE THAT THAT WOULD GIVE US AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 15,000 ACRE FEET PER YEAR OF WATER. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAROLYN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. KELLY, YOU'RE UP NEXT ON OUR URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN. ALL RIGHT.

[1.D Urban Forest Master Plan Review]

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SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, KIMBERLY WAS JUST HERE WITH YOU GUYS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR TO REALLY JUST DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ON HOW TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO BEST UTILIZE THE RESOURCES IN OUR TREE FUND. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT CITIES USE. OR THIS IS A PLAN THAT CITIES USE TO HELP ON THE PRESERVATION OF TREES OR REFORESTING EFFORTS OR, YOU KNOW, A HOST OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. AND IT ALSO IS GOING TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT COULD COME OUT OF UTILIZATION OF THAT FUND. AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE, SUCH AS IMPACTS TO PROPERTY VALUES, STORMWATER, AIR QUALITY, ENERGY COSTS, EVEN UNDERSTAND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND OUR WILDLIFE POPULATIONS. SO YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE PREVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COVER THIS. SO REALLY LOOKING AT OUTCOMES THAT WE AS STAFF AND HOPEFULLY COUNCIL ARE HOPING TO GAIN FROM DOING THIS PROCESS. AGAIN, IT'S JUST UNDERSTANDING OUR EXISTING TREE CANOPY, COMING UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE GREATER IMPACTS ON THE PLANTING OF TREES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. COMING UP WITH SOME STRATEGIES AND SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR EXISTING HERITAGE TREES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN FORESTRY, WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO WE, WE JUST ASK HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS ASKING ABOUT THINGS ALONG THIS LINE. WE HAVE GREAT EFFORTS GOING IN OUR CONSERVATION TEAM AS WELL. SO JUST UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES, UNDERSTANDING WILDFIRE RISKS AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION. SO I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS AND WE START TO HAVE THAT URBAN WILDLAND INTERFACE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PLAN WILL HOPEFULLY FOCUS ON AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO CREATING A SHORT TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES. SO CURRENTLY, LOOKING AT OUR RESOURCES AND SPEAKING OF RESOURCES, WE DO HAVE KIMBERLY AND ERIC HERE THIS EVENING. IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN HELP OUT WITH DURING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT MOSTLY LOOKING AT KEEPING THIS INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF A CONSULTANT ON THE PLANNING SIDE. SO LOTS OF MEETINGS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT KIND OF INTERACT WITH SOME OF THESE EFFORTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO RELY ON THE GUIDE FOR URBAN FOREST PLANS, WHICH KIMBERLY HAS PUT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO START UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS. AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME RESEARCH INTO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND TEXAS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY DONE THIS.

AND WE'RE KIND OF SIFTING THROUGH ALL THOSE PLANS AND SEEING WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD WORK BEST IN OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN FOR FUNDING RESOURCES, THIS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. SO JUST A REALLY HIGH LEVEL PROJECT PURPOSE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT REALLY JUST UNDERSTANDING THE VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR URBAN FOREST THAT WE HAVE AND OUTLINING SOME OF THOSE GOALS OF WHAT WE HOPE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY THROUGH INVENTORIES AND ASSESSMENTS, MAKING SURE WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. SO THIS PLAN WILL HELP US COME UP WITH SOME OF THOSE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND IDENTIFY THE RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN ALSO JUST LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT PLANS, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES THAT COME OUT OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

SO DISCUSSING THE SCOPE. SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, JUST THOSE EXISTING URBAN FOREST CONDITIONS THROUGH A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION. SO WE WOULD WANT THIS TO INCLUDE THE TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT. SO THAT'S REALLY JUST THE UTILIZATION OF LATEST TECHNOLOGY. WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANS THAT UTILIZE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY TO COME UP WITH THOSE ASSESSMENTS. SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPTIONS OUT THERE. ALSO, WE WANT THE CREATION OF AN URBAN FOREST STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO THAT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO, AGAIN, IDENTIFY THE BEST WAYS FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND KIND OF HAVE THE BEST ROI ON, ON THE

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KELLY. I GUESS I'LL TAKE IT THIS WAY. ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THE RFP? ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK? BEN'S GOT SOME. GO AHEAD. BEN. IT SEEMS TO ME THIS FOCUSES A LOT ON TREES IN PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS. IS THERE GOING TO BE A LOOK AT INCENTIVIZING HOMEOWNERS TO PUT TO PLANT TREES WHERE THE CITY WILL BUY THE TREES AND THEY PLANT THEM? OR MAYBE CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOMEBODY DONATE SOME LAND TO AND KIWANIS OR THE SCOUTS OR SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THE TREES ARE GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY GO OUT AND PLANT THEM. OR MAYBE H O THAT FEEL THAT THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF OPEN LAND, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT TREES ON. IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THIS STUDY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN? I MEAN, THIS WAS MONEY CAME FROM PRIVATE LAND TO BEGIN WITH. CAN WE GET SOME FUNDING TO PUT THESE TREES BACK ON PRIVATE LAND, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE PRIVATE LAND THAT IT CAME FROM? SURE. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO DURING THAT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL BE CREATED OUT OF THIS PROCESS, THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUTLINED AS GOALS AND INITIATIVES, AND EVEN PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN INITIATE TO HELP US IDENTIFY WAYS THAT WE CAN, AGAIN, REFOREST OR JUST MAINTAIN OR EVEN INCREASE OUR URBAN FOREST CANOPY. SO BASICALLY, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE ABOVE THAT YOU JUST SAID, AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ALL. SO AS THIS PLAN IS CREATED, IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WILL GET ALL THE OPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR. OKAY, OKAY. AWESOME. GO AHEAD. AMANDA, TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY TREE HEALTH. AND I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S VERY BROAD TO LOOK AT TREE HEALTH AND CONDITIONS LIKE WHERE I MEAN, IN ALL OVER THE CITY OR JUST IN OUR LAND OR ARE WE LOOKING AT HERITAGE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A REALLY BROAD.

RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS OF THE RFP, WE CAN STAFF WILL WORK TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THAT WE'LL BE GATHERING SOME INFORMATION FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH HOW MUCH OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY ARE WE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC PARKS, IS THERE A CERTAIN SIZE PARK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM GIVE US BIDS AT? AND THEN ARE THERE CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN AREAS? I DON'T THINK WE'LL REALLY NEED TO DEEP DIVE INTO DETAILS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT KIND OF STAND OUT AND WILL WANT TO FOCUS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT RFP. SO REALLY, AND I HAVE A LIST HERE.

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[1.E Unified Development Code - Streetyard Landscaping]

I'M GOING TO PROVIDE OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR IT. AND WHAT I WANT TO PREFACE HERE IS THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION I WOULD CONSIDER IS VERY TENTATIVE, AND I'D ALMOST CONSIDER MORE OF JUST LIKE A SAMPLE RESPONSE TO KIND OF THE CURRENT ISSUES WITH IT. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO CLARIFY UP FRONT, I THINK STAFF'S REAL INTENT HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FLEXIBLE ON IT.

WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING GREAT DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR HOW WE CAN DO THIS WELL. BUT REALLY, I THINK WHAT I WANT TO HONE IN ON AND HEAR FROM YOU ALL IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEVEL OF LANDSCAPING DO WE WANT TO SEE AS THE MINIMUM ALONG OUR STREETS? YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR PUBLIC STREETS. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN HERE IS LIKE RIGHT NOW, STREET YARD IS SOMETHING WHERE IT'S ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO PLANTINGS CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THAT IT CAN OVERLAP WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

AND SORRY, I'M GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS UP FRONT. AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CREATES AN INCONSISTENT OUTCOME OF WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, ESTHETIC IS ALONG THAT STREETSCAPE. I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS STAFF, WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO HONE IN ON IS SOMETHING MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH OUR GATEWAY LANDSCAPING OVERLAY BUFFER YARD, WHICH ALREADY CAUSES SOME CONFUSION BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT AND WE HAVE STREET YARD LANDSCAPING, AND DEVELOPERS ARE HAVING TO GO IN AND LOOK AT IT AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING THIS AND THAT OVERLAPS WITH THAT. AND SO IT JUST CREATES A LOT OF CONFUSING CALCULATIONS.

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GATEWAY CORRIDORS HAVE THEIR OWN LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. PARKING LOTS HAVE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS, LIKE FOR ONE TREE FOR EVERY 12 SPACES OR TEN SPACES. THEN YOU HAVE BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS WHERE YOU GO UP NEXT TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, AND THEN YOU HAVE SCREENING OF THE PARKING. AND SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE OVERLAPPING WITH EACH OTHER OR REALLY OVERLAPPING WITH STREET YARDS SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU TOOK AWAY THE RED, YOU'D SEE THAT REST OF THEM REALLY KIND OF STAY INDEPENDENT. IT'S CLEAR WHAT THAT IS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE YELLOW THERE IS YOUR SCREENING FOR MECHANICAL PARKING LOT, THE BLUE, OR IF IT'S PURPLE, I'M SORRY, I'M COLORBLIND IS FOR YOUR BUFFER YARD. BUT SO THAT BEING SAID, THAT KIND OF GETS INTO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. AND I'LL ACTUALLY HANG ON HERE JUST TO SHOW THIS VISUALLY, REALLY JUST TO BE, I THINK, HOPEFULLY AS SIMPLE AS I CAN WITH IT, WHAT WE'D REALLY RECOMMEND IS MOVING TO JUST ALMOST TAKE OUT THE STREET YARD REQUIREMENT, BUT REPLACE IT AND MAKE IT UNIFORM WITH KIND OF HOW WE DO THE GATEWAY LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT. SO THE GATEWAY LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT IS ONLY FOR CERTAIN MAJOR ROADWAYS IN TOWN, SUCH AS 195, 35, 29 UNIVERSITY OR WILLIAMS DRIVE. IT'S A 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE AREA. SO YOU JUST KNOW IT'S A CONSISTENT DEPTH. IT'S NOT LIKE HOW FAR BACK IS THE BUILDING. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE 25FT. YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ONE SHADE TREE. WE PUT IT AS LIKE PER EVERY 1000FT■!S. BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT LIKE ONE SHADE TREE PER EVERY LIKE 40 OR 50FT ALONG THERE. SO YOU'VE GOT 25 FOOT PLANTING AREA, SHADE TREE EVERY 50FT. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I THINK IT CREATES A GOOD ESTHETIC APPEARANCE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT. SO WHAT WE'D RECOMMEND AS STAFF I THINK IS TO PULL OUT STREET YARD, WHICH ALREADY CAN OVERLAP WITH GATEWAY LANDSCAPING ANYWAY AND JUST HAVE A CONSISTENT LIKE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD STILL CALL IT THE STREET YARD LANDSCAPING, BUT FUNCTIONALLY MAKING IT LIKE THAT GATEWAY LANDSCAPING, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, MINIMUM DEPTH OF PLANTING AREA ALONG THE STREETSCAPE, MINIMUM PLANTING OF TREES. IF YOU'RE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, LARGE, SMALL, REALLY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, REALLY FAR FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. IT'S ABOUT GETTING THAT MINIMUM LANDSCAPING AREA ALONG THE STREET RATHER THAN HAVING IT OVERLAP OR GET CONFUSING WITH THE OTHER STUFF. SO WITH THAT, I THINK REALLY THESE RECOMMENDATIONS KIND OF HIT AT THAT, YOU KNOW, SEPARATING STREET YARD REQUIREMENTS FROM OVERLAPPING PARKING LOT, LANDSCAPING, GATEWAY REQUIREMENTS. AND I THINK JUST TO ITERATE ON THAT A BIT, I WOULD SAY WHERE YOU HAVE GATEWAY REQUIREMENTS, YOU'RE NOT THEN ALSO DOING STREET YARD REQUIREMENTS, YOU JUST HAVE ONE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, YOU'RE DOING THESE PLANTINGS. ONE THING OF DISCUSSION IS RESOLVING CONFLICT BETWEEN P, U S THE FRONT SETBACKS AND STREET YARD REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS WHERE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC NUMBERS TODAY.

BUT REALLY, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK ON IS JUST WHAT THE LEVEL OF LANDSCAPING YOU WANT TO HAVE PUT IN ALONG DIFFERENT STREETSCAPES IS MAKE THE REQUIRED STREET YARD PLANTINGS CONTEXT SENSITIVE TO THE STREET TYPE AND ZONING DISTRICT, AND WHETHER THERE WILL BE PARKING BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE ROADWAY. I'VE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK KIND OF SINCE WE POSTED THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AN INCENTIVE LIKE WE MAYBE THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT I'LL COVER THAT A BIT MORE. BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL BEING LIKE, IF YOU'RE ON A LOCAL STREET, SO LIKE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, C1 ZONING OR IF YOU'RE INDUSTRIAL ZONING, YOU HAVE THE SAME STREET YARD REQUIREMENTS. AND IF YOU'RE A, YOU KNOW, C1 LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OR YOU'RE A GIANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, YOU HAVE THE SAME STREET YARD LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU'RE ON A LOCAL STREET, A COLLECTOR STREET, AN ARTERIAL STREET, RIGHT, WHICH ARE JUST VERY DIFFERENT STREETS. THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. RIGHT. AND SO IN OUR MINDS, IT WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO HAVE IT CONTEXT SENSITIVE TO THAT. A LITTLE COFFEE SHOP PROBABLY ONLY NEEDS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME ORNAMENTAL TREES OR SOME SHRUBS, WHEREAS A GIANT WAREHOUSE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LANDSCAPING ALONG IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ON, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR ROADWAY WHERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DRIVE BY IT EVERY YEAR, SUCH AS ON 35. ENSURE THAT THESE ARE SIMPLE.

I'VE ALREADY KIND OF COVERED THIS JUST, BUT ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SIMPLE FLAT RATES OF DEPTHS THAT ARE EITHER OR BASE, EITHER OR BASED ON. IF BUILDINGS ARE PULLED UP TO THE ROADWAY AND RIGHT OF WAY. AND THE REASON I KEEP MENTIONING SIMPLE FLAT RATES OF DEPTH OR EVEN DEPTHS AT ALL, REALLY IS BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS

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SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY, OH, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE LIKE TWO FEET DEEP, BUT JUST PLAN A BUNCH OF SHADE TREES IN IT. YOU KNOW, A SHADE TREE IS NOT GOING TO SURVIVE IN A TWO FOOT PLANTING AREA, YOU KNOW? AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY SHADE TREES ARE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE ALL THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SHADE TREES, WE HAVE STAFF ALSO THINK THAT YOU SHOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THOSE TREES TO GROW AND MATURE, NOT BE CUT DOWN BY UTILITY PROVIDERS. AND THE P YOU STUFF LIKE THAT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE AN MUDT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A GREAT POINT FROM THE DEVELOPER, LIKE AN MUDT STREET YARD LANDSCAPING STILL APPLIES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, MR. MAYOR, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE BUILDING THAT YOU WORK IN IS CALLED, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE A COURTYARD, AN MUDT IF IT LIKE JUTS BACK, YOU KNOW, OR IF LIKE MOST OF THE BUILDING WAS SET BACK LIKE FIVE FEET AN MUT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO START DOING STREET YARD LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S LIKE, IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR IN DOWNTOWN? YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT. OR AGAIN, VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN INDUSTRIAL AND THAT BUILDING IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 100FT BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A HUGE LOADING BAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU PROBABLY WANT DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS ALONG THAT STREETSCAPE THAN AN M, UDT. SO WITH THAT, YEAH, THERE'S A GOOD VISUALIZATION OF IT. YOU KNOW, I PUT THAT RED BAR FOR STREET YARD SLASH GATEWAY, YOU KNOW, DON'T MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE EITHER. WELL, I GUESS YOU'D BE MAKING IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE EITHER OR, BUT MAKING IT JUST ONE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT BASED ON YOUR STREET. SO IF YOU'RE ON INTERSTATE 35, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GATEWAY LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT. IF YOU'RE ON A LOCAL STREET, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOCAL STREET EQUIVALENT THAT IS MAYBE JUST SOME ORNAMENTAL TREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TOO MUCH OF THESE NUMBERS. I WOULD SAY THESE ARE PRELIMINARY.

I THINK, AS KELLY AND EDGAR WOULD SAY, I DREW THESE UP ON MY WHITEBOARD, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CRAZED MANIAC. BUT HEY, RYAN, LAST QUESTION, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. SO WE TALKED A BUNCH ABOUT THIS. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'VE GOT. EVERY STREET IN TOWN IS DESIGNATED AS A GATEWAY, BUT THIS SOMEWHAT HELPS ON THAT, WHERE YOU WOULD KIND OF DEFER TO WHAT IS THAT STREET DESIGNATED AS, AND IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KICK YOU TO GATEWAY LANDSCAPING, CORRECT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO TO ME, IF YOU ALREADY ARE IN THE GATEWAY LANDSCAPING, LIKE ON 35, WE WOULD JUST SAY YOU'RE DOING THE GATEWAY LANDSCAPING ON 35.

BUT IF YOU'RE ON INNER LOOP, WHICH IS NOT A GATEWAY, WHICH RIGHT NOW YOU WOULD JUST DEFAULT TO THE STREET YARD LANDSCAPING, WE MAY HAVE A SPECIFIC THING WHERE IT'S LIKE, IF YOU'RE A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY, THAT'S NOT A GATEWAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S THE SAME OR A LITTLE LESS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'D WANT TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT TOO. YEAH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION, RYAN. JUST BECAUSE I, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BETWEEN THE, THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THE GATEWAY REQUIREMENTS, THE SCENIC CORRIDOR, WHATEVER OTHER REQUIREMENTS THERE ARE AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TREES, ARE WE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT SHRUBS WITH THIS? I DON'T BECAUSE MY, MY GUT FEELING IS YOU PROBABLY MEET MOST OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THOSE OTHER CODE ELEMENTS, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT. LIKE IF YOU IF YOU WERE TO PLANT ALL THOSE RIGHT NOW, TAKING OUT THE STREET YARD WITH THE OVERLAP, LIKE YOU'RE PROBABLY. ARE YOU ASKING LIKE, YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUT THE STREET YARD IN THE EXAMPLE ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE. YEAH. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AWAY THE RED ENTIRELY, DO YOU MEET THE TREE REQUIREMENTS WITH JUST THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, THE PARKING? AND, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS ON A GATEWAY CORRIDOR ON ONE SIDE, YOU'D PROBABLY MEET THE TREE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT EVEN DOING ANYTHING IN THE RED. IS THAT ACCURATE OR NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT DOES, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT CAN GET CONVOLUTED IN THE SENSE OF LIKE, IF IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW FAR BACK THE BUILDING IS. SO I THINK IF IT WAS LIKE HEAVY ON 29 WITH HOW FAR BACK HEB IS SET BACK. NO, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T. IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO FIND SOME OTHER TREES. BUT YOU MEAN JAKE, JUST FROM A SITE PLAN PERSPECTIVE, FROM A SITE BEING A STREET YARD, YOU'RE SAYING, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU HAVE ENOUGH TREES ON THE SITE? YEAH. SO SO HERE'S, HERE'S MY CONCERN JUST FROM, FROM AN ESTHETIC AND PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE, MY CONCERN IS THE SHRUBS REQUIREMENT. I MEAN, I THINK IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR, YOU KNOW, PARKING AREAS. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A, IF YOU'VE GOT A SIDEWALK RUNNING ALONG THE STREET, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME, SOME SHADE TREES AND TREE REQUIREMENTS IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY THERE. MY BIG CONCERN IS THE SHRUBS BECAUSE AND I'M SAYING THIS FROM EXPERIENCE, I REMEMBER

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OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS, BUT YEAH, YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THIS. I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SHRUBS. I THINK WE'RE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE SHRUBS REQUIREMENTS AND STREET YARDS. LIKE IF WE HAD TO PICK ONE, I THINK REALLY WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS STAFF IS GETTING TREES ALONG THE SHADE ALONG THE SIDEWALKS SO THAT YOU HAVE SHADE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU LET THOSE MATURE AND THAT CREATES REALLY BEAUTIFUL CORRIDORS LIKE ON UNIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, BY SOUTHWESTERN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN Y'ALL'S DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST CREATES REALLY GOOD ESTHETIC IF YOU'RE GETTING TREES. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY, I THINK AS STAFF, WE'RE REALLY NOT PUSHING TO GET MORE SHRUBS OR LESS SHRUBS. I THINK IT'S REALLY DO WE GET TREES THAT'S ALONG A SIDEWALK IN A WAY THAT'S ALSO FAIR TO, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT. SO YEAH, YEAH. AND I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

I, I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE SHRUBS. I THINK MOST PEOPLE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE SHRUBS, BUT THEY WANT TO, THEY DO THE TREES, I THINK ADD VALUE. I MEAN, SHOOT, I, I CHOSE WHERE I PARKED TODAY BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A TREE ABOVE ME. SO ME TOO. YEAH. YEAH. SO WITH THAT, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'D WANT TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRENCH.

JUST ON, I THINK JUST THE STAGING, I'LL GO FORWARD TO HERE, BUT REALLY JUST KIND OF STARTING WITH LIKE STREET TYPES, YOU KNOW, I GUESS GENERALLY WHERE Y'ALL LANDING ON, YOU KNOW, FORGETTING THE BUILD TWO OPTION, EVEN FORGETTING ZONING DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I THINK AND WE MENTIONED ZONING DISTRICT BECAUSE REALLY, I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, YOU'D PROBABLY WANT TO SEE MORE THAN LIKE COMMERCIAL, BUT I GUESS LIKE WHERE I GUESS, WHERE ARE Y'ALL LANDING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST STARTING WITH LIKE LOCAL STREETS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT IN THE GATEWAY, YOU STILL HAVE THAT STREET YARD REQUIREMENT. YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU ALL LIKE? WHAT WOULD YOU ALL BE WANTING TO SEE ON A LOCAL STREET? SO EXPLAIN HOW THAT, HOW THAT MATH WORKS BETWEEN SHRUBS AND TREES. SO THAT RIGHT THERE WHERE IT'S LIKE FIVE FOOT SHRUBS, TEN FOOT SHRUBS, ORNAMENTAL, ALL I'M REALLY GETTING AT THERE, AND I THINK MR. FRENCH GAVE GREAT FEEDBACK ON THAT ALREADY IS LIKE, IF YOU WERE LIKE AN MUDT, YOU KNOW, A LOCAL STREET, LET'S SAY ON, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE. AND YOU ENDED UP SETTING THE BUILDING BACK FIVE FEET, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE WHAT I WOULD BE SAYING? THERE IS WE'RE NOT THEN SAYING, OKAY, YOU NEED LIKE A SHADE TREE. YOU KNOW, YOU NEED ONE FRACTION OF A SHADE TREE AS THE STREET YARD REQUIREMENT WOULD WOULD MAKE WOULD MAKE IT CROP UP. YOU JUST SAYING, HEY, LIKE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LIKE ABOUT THIS DEPTH FROM MAIN STREET, FROM NINTH STREET, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, PLANT SOME SHRUBS ALONG THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE HAVING A SETBACK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CONCERN THERE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THOSE ARE GETTING AT. BASICALLY LIKE IF YOU'RE GETTING FARTHER BACK, YOU KNOW, SETTING YOUR BUILDING FARTHER BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO. AND THUS SAYING YOU HAVE MORE SPACE ON THE LOT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE PUTTING MORE PAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, A BIGGER SITE, YOU WOULD BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING. SO OUR IDEA THERE WHEN WE WERE WRITING THAT WAS REALLY ABOUT LIKE TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE M U, D, T OR PROJECTS THAT MAY WANT TO COME IN AND BE LIKE MUDT BE PULLED UP TO THE ROADWAY AND HAVING LESS REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM, MAYBE PULLING OUT SHADE TREE REQUIREMENTS, PULLING OUT ORNAMENTAL TREES REQUIREMENTS IF THEY'RE GETTING THAT CLOSE TO TO THE ROADWAY. THEN GO AHEAD. SO IN THE SETBACK, SOME OF THE PLACES WE WERE TELLING PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO PUT IN THIS TEN FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATH, HOW IS THAT ACCOUNTED FOR? IF YOU'VE ONLY GOT 15FT AND THE TEN FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATH, IS THAT MAKE YOU A FIVE FOOT REQUIREMENT, OR IS THAT A 15 FOOT REQUIREMENT AND YOU JUST PLAN AROUND THE SIDEWALK? OR HOW ARE SIDEWALKS HANDLED? I GUESS MY QUESTION SIDEWALKS RIGHT NOW, WE REQUIRE THAT THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY MOST OF THE TIME. SO ESPECIALLY, YEAH, WHERE WE'RE REQUIRING THOSE TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATHS. THOSE ARE BUILT INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE THE RIGHT OF WAY STOPS AT THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN, YEAH, YOU'D HAVE ANOTHER 10 OR 15FT OR WHATEVER THE SETBACKS, LUSH LANDSCAPING AREA IS PAST THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE. SO IT'D BE IN ADDITION TO THAT SIDEWALK, THE SIDEWALK WOULDN'T ENCROACH INTO THAT AREA. MOST OF THE TIME, IT CAN HAPPEN WHERE YOU END UP HAVING A SIDEWALK ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT THE THE PRACTICE, A NORMAL REQUIREMENT IS TO HAVE IT IN THE RIGHT OF

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SPOKE PRETTY WELL. IT'S IT'S MORE ABOUT IT'S MAKING SURE THE TREE COUNTS AND THE TREE DISTANCES. RIGHT. SHRUBS ARE GOING TO BE SHRUBS, BIG INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS. SHRUBS HELP CREATE. THINGS THAT WORK TOGETHER. ON UNIVERSITY. THE. THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS CLEANING IT UP AND MAKING IT SO EVERYBODY KNEW THE RULES. YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS, WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND FOR THE SMALLER SETBACKS THAT CREATING, YOU KNOW, VISIBILITY ISSUES FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, ONLY BEING SET BACK FIVE, TEN, 15FT AND THEN HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BLOCKING VISIBILITY FOR SMALLER COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A BIGGER CONCERN. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S KIND OF ON BOARD FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS THAT THE HEAVY PROJECTS, I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND THE, YOU KNOW, CURRENT C ONE WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGER HEARTACHE THAT MOST PEOPLE FELT. YOU. TALKING TO ALL DEVELOPER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. YEAH, THAT WAS BY FAR THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT WAS LIKE, JUST CLEAN IT UP AT THE VERY LEAST. AND STAFF WAS 100% ON BOARD WITH THAT. AND I THINK HAS DONE THAT. THEN IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TO REQUIRE WITHIN THE STREET YARDS. YEAH. WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, RYAN. AND LIKE, BECAUSE I AGREE, YOUR POINT ABOUT THE THE LARGE INDUSTRIAL SITES IS A GOOD ONE.

I MEAN, HOW MANY OF THOSE AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS LIKE, LIKE, LIKE C1 AND C2 AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL C N MIXED USE DOWNTOWN. I WOULD THINK ALL OF THOSE SITES ARE GOING TO BE ON THE SMALLER SIDE AND, AND WHERE, SO WHERE THIS REALLY COMES INTO PLAY IS LIKE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS. IS THAT WELL, I MEAN, I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO COME INTO PLAY ON THE SMALLER SITES TOO. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLANT IF, IF WE REQUIRE IT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PAD SITES IN FRONT OF. WELL, I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS LIKE, MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN REQUIRE IT FOR. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE TO NOT DO IT FOR MUDTC1 OR C N AND THEN REQUIRE LET THEM HANDLE IT BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BECOME MORE COMPLICATED FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO FIGURE IT OUT. WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS TO MEET ON A SMALLER SITE WHERE IT'S LESS FORGIVING. THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT TOO, IS THAT THEN YOU RUN INTO THESE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SITE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, 1 OR 2 TREES CAN KILL A SITE WHEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO HIT THE STREET YARD REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING IT FOR THE C, THREE, M, F AND EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT. WELL, THAT'S KIND OF I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK TOO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, LIKE THERE ARE GOING TO BE, I THINK EVEN GOING OUTSIDE OF LIKE STREET TYPE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT SITES LIKE ON AUSTIN AVENUE AND WILLIAMS DRIVE ESPECIALLY, YOU

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YOU'D MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT FACE BOTH LIKE INTERLEUKIN 35 ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT LANDSCAPING ALONG IT, BUT ALSO LIKE ALONG BLUE SPRINGS BOULEVARD, YOU KNOW, THAT INDUSTRIAL PROJECT THAT FACES LIKE, YOU KNOW, EXISTING HOMES OR LIKE TERRA VISTA, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WOULD ENCAPSULATE GETTING SOME TREES.

YEAH, 100% THE OTHER THING, BUT WE DO NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL THESE GATEWAYS TO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT CLASSIFIED AS A GATEWAY, CLASSIFIED, AND THE THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE CLASSIFIED AS GATEWAYS, NOT BE CLASSIFIED.

JUST SO WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TREATING ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE. SO THE QUESTION IS ON MEDT SO I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE R BANK SITE ON AUSTIN AND THEY DID LIKE, THERE'S LIKE LANDSCAPING ON AUSTIN AVENUE SIDE. LIKE IF WE WERE TO ELIMINATE STREETSCAPE FOR MUT, WOULD THAT HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN THERE OR WOULD THAT NOT HAVE TO BE THERE? THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO UNDER. YEAH. AND I MEAN, I HAVE A CONCERN. I MEAN, LIKE THAT WOULD THAT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE. I MEAN, I'M JUST THAT'S ONE SITE, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE AREAS, LIKE HOW WOULD WE ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, AGAIN, THE MOST PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, WALKABLE AREAS HAVE STREETSCAPE AND HAVE TREES. THERE AREN'T TREES RIGHT THERE. THAT WAS JUST A NEW SITE. I WAS THINKING THAT WAS REDEVELOPED, THAT THE OLD JAIL IS GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED POTENTIALLY, WHICH IS NEXT TO THAT. THAT WOULD ALSO WHAT WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO DO ON AUSTIN AVENUE SIDE IF WE WERE TO ELIMINATE THAT IN THESE AREAS? DID THE R BANK WAS THAT A LANDSCAPE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WAS THAT A REQUIREMENT PER THE CODE, OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CHOSE TO DO? I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REQUIREMENT FOR THE CODE BECAUSE WHEN THEY PUT THAT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT A, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT A GREEN SPACE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THUS SEPARATING THE BUILDING FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE. GOING BEYOND THAT, CREATE A STREET YARD, WHICH THEN MADE IT REQUIRED. YEAH. THE FLIP SIDE IS WE HAVE A FLOWER BED UNDERNEATH THE STAIRCASE. FLOWER BED UNDERNEATH ON OURS OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS SET BACK. OH, YOU'RE BUILDING LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, NO, NO, NO, LIKE OURS BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS SET BACK THERE. AND SO THE FLOWER BED IS LITERALLY UNDERNEATH THE STAIRCASE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE CODE SAYS YOU HAD TO DO, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT AREA IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT IS DIFFICULT AND MAYBE IT IS SITE SPECIFIC AND, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST, I WOULD WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT CAUSING ANYONE TO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING IN, YOU KNOW, IN OUR MOST WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, MOST ATTRACTIVE, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF TOWN. SO BUT AND I DO CONCUR WITH WHAT JAKE SAID AS FAR AS TREES, LIKE I'M MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT TREES BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF SHRUBS AND THINGS. I CAN THINK OF SOME OTHER SITES THAT I WON'T MENTION WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF SHRUBS AND THEY NEVER GET CLEANED UP AND THEY JUST COLLECT TRASH AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK SHADE IS IMPORTANT, BUT ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND HOW ARE WE THEN ARE WE THEN GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SAY, FROM A CODE PERSPECTIVE, AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT BASED UPON THE SITE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR IT TO MAKE SENSE OR WHATEVER. RIGHT, RIGHT. LOOKING AT HIM, WHO HE WHO WOULD WAIVE, HE WHO WOULD WAIVE. I THINK WE AS STAFF, I WON'T SPEAK. THAT'S A WIZARD OF WAVERING. SO I DON'T BE THE ONLY OPINION. BUT I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF LIKE, ESPECIALLY THOSE OLDER ESTABLISHED ONES. I THINK SPECIFICALLY LIKE MONUMENT CAFE, BEING ABLE ADMINISTRATIVELY TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR THIS LONG. WE WOULD RATHER GET YOU OPERATING.

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YOU CAN APPLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTION DEPENDING ON THE CASE, AND GET UNDER COMPLIANCE THROUGH THOSE AVENUES AND NOT JUST HAVE A ROADBLOCK OF SORRY, YOU GOT TO, YOU KNOW, REDO YOUR SITE PLAN. YEAH, LIKE I SAID, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT THAT, THAT WE HEARD WAS YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO, ESPECIALLY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND THE C ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO SHRUBS BECAUSE THE VISIBILITY ISSUE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLANT TREES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR SIGNS IN THE BUILDING. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PLANT SHRUBS, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO PLANT THEM TO COMPLY, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLANT TREES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BLOCK THEIR SITES. RYAN. OVERALL, WHAT DO YOU HAVE UP HERE AS A RECOMMENDATION? I GUESS STAFF AND THE UDC COMMITTEE FEEL LIKE IT IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I WOULD SAY SO YES, SIR. YEAH, YEAH. HAVE WE LOOKED AT I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE, BUT ASK ANYWAY, IF WE LOOKED AT, I GUESS OTHER CITIES OR OTHER PLACES, LIKE KIND OF HOW THEY HAVE IT STRUCTURED. IS THIS SIMILAR TO THAT? YES, SIR. YEAH. YEAH. THEY MOST CITIES USE JUST THE BASICALLY LINEAR ALONG THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, PLUS PLANTING DEPTH AREA BASICALLY IS WHAT THE SECOND DIMENSION IS.

BUT YEAH, VERY MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD PLANTS ALONG THIS ROADWAY THIS MUCH. OKAY. I MEAN, TO ME, I CAN'T COME UP WITH ANY RECOMMENDATION OF A CHANGE OR IF I DO HAVE NO BASIS.

SO, I MEAN, I THINK IF, IF WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. OBVIOUSLY, AS SOON AS WE START IMPLEMENTING IT, IF WE START SEEING PROBLEMS, WE NEED TO COME BACK TO US AND WE NEED TO ADJUST IT. BUT IF IT'S IF WE THINK IT'S BETTER AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE, LET'S GO WITH IT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS. AND IF IT ISN'T WORKING, LET'S LET'S ADDRESS IT AGAIN. SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION JUST AND NOT TO I WANT FEEDBACK FROM FROM YOU GUYS TOO. LIKE, IS THIS THE KIND OF THING WHERE IF IT'S A WEIRD SITE, WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE PURVIEW TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT. IF IT'S HE CAN HE CAN DO IT NOW. WELL, THAT'S NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT DIRECTION FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO ENVISION EVERY SINGLE SCENARIO THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY ENVISION SOME SCENARIOS WHERE THIS COULD BE ONEROUS, LIKE MAKE A SITE PLAN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. SO YEAH, I THINK IF WE COULD GET AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTION FOR IT, WHICH WE ALREADY DO WITH LIKE ARCHITECTURE STUFF, WHICH TO ME IS KIND OF THE SAME VEIN OF KIND OF THE ESTHETICS THAT WOULD HELP A LOT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S, YEAH, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE OR. YEAH. AND I THINK NOBODY'S GOING TO AGREE WITH ME. SO I'M FINE. MOVING ON. BUT HERE'S THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD KIND OF KEEP A RECORD OF THE FOLKS COMING IN UNDER C ONE IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THIS. AND IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE LOSING PROJECTS BECAUSE OF IT, JUST LET US KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S JUST DEVELOPERS WHINING AND GRIPING OR WHETHER IT'S A VALID CONCERN, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP US APPRIZED OF THAT. BUT OTHERWISE EVERYBODY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

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