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          MEETING TO ORDER ON APRIL 14TH, 2026. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HAYNES TO LEAD US IN PRAYER, IF YOU'LL STAND, IF YOU'RE ABLE. GOT ME. JUST THANK YOU FOR BLESSING THIS CITY. 
          FATHER, WE WE WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE PROTECTION OVER ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK HERE. 
          FATHER. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR FOR EVERYONE. FATHER, WHO COMES TO THIS CITY. FATHER, MAY. 
          MAY THIS COUNCIL, FATHER BE A BLESSING TO YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT DONE. FATHER. 
          BECAUSE WE KNOW, FATHER, WE DON'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AS AS HUMANS. FATHER, WE. WE COUNT ON YOU, FATHER, TO PUSH US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR ALL OF THIS. FATHER, WE THANK THIS COUNCIL, FATHER, AND WE THANK THE MAYOR. FATHER, WE THANK EVERYONE HERE, FATHER, THAT THAT THAT THAT WALKS FATHER UNDER YOUR YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR GUIDANCE. AND WE SAY THIS IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. ALRIGHT. LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE COLORADO RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT UPDATE. COLE WALKER, MAYOR. HE WILL BE HERE ON THE 28TH. COLE. OKAY, SO JUST TABLE THAT FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT, LET'S 
          [4. Discuss preliminary results of the departmental needs assessment meetings conducted with GrantWorks. Data findings and opportunities]
GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSS PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT MEETINGS CONDUCTED WITH GRANT WORKS. AARON. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GRANT WORKS AND MARTHA IS HERE FROM GRANT WORKS TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, MARTHA, MAYBE COME UP AND JUST LET THE COUNCIL KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, KIND OF GETTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOGETHER FOR THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET CLOSER TO THE MIC. IT'S A LITTLE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT. AS MR. SMITH MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ON PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION FOR OUR NEEDS OR CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND THEN ANALYZING THAT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF FUNDING SOURCES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IDENTIFIED NEEDS. SO WE HAVE MET WITH A NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO MR. SMITH FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AND GIVING US SO MUCH ACCESS TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, FOR THEIR GIVING OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY AND BEING SO OPEN WITH THEIR INPUT AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND TO THE CITY OVERALL. SO WE'VE MET WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME CHANGES. 
          SO WE WILL INCORPORATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THE KICKOFF REGARDING THOSE NEEDS, BUT AND HOPEFULLY OBTAIN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN THEN WRAP INTO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. BUT WE HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. AND AGAIN, EVERYONE WAS REALLY FORTHCOMING AND HAD SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON WRAPPING UP THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF RECURRING THEMES AMONGST THE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. AND SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP INTO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEN MAPPING THOSE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND THE PRIORITIES TO AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, GRANT FUNDING SOURCES. 
          SO THOSE NEEDS RUN THE GAMUT THERE FROM THE, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE, NICE TO HAVES TO THE, YOU KNOW, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE MUST HAVES. SO WE ARE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THOSE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE BASED ON THE FUNDING SOURCE, THE TYPE OF MATCH AVAILABLE, THE TIMING OF THOSE GRANTS AND THE SUITABILITY FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE GRANTS OUT THERE, BUT NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE A MATCH FOR EVERY CITY, OR THE TIMING IS GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ANY BIG CITY IS GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. SO THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL BE INVOLVED IN. BUT SOME OF THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS, I'VE GOT THOSE UP ON THE SLIDE FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TALKED A LOT ABOUT UPGRADES TO EXISTING PARKS, PARTICULARLY THE JIM PARKER 
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PARK, AND MAKING THAT A LARGER MULTI-USE FACILITY FROM FENCE LINE TO FENCE LINE UTILIZING THE ENTIRE SPACE, ALSO ADDING POTENTIALLY SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE, AND ALSO IN A NUMBER OF OTHER PARKS. SHADE SEEMED TO BE A BIG PRIORITY, AS WELL AS LIGHTING IN SOME OF THE TRAILS. BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE ODESSA RESIDENTS LOVE THEIR WALKING TRAILS, SO LIGHTING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALL LIVE IN THE TEXAS HEAT IN THE SUMMERS. AND SO SHADE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTED A NUMBER OF ITEMS, INCLUDING SOME MUCH NEEDED UPGRADES TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS. THEY MENTIONED THAT THE HEADQUARTERS HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF REMODELINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT FIT THE FUNCTIONS THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY. TODAY. THERE IS, THEY MENTIONED, A PLANNED MOVE FOR THE COURTHOUSE FUNCTIONS, SO MAYBE THEY COULD TAKE OVER THAT SPACE. BUT AGAIN, THE BUILDING WOULD NEED TO GET RETROFITTED NOT ONLY SPATIALLY INSIDE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING AND HVAC. SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD USE SOME UPGRADES AS WELL. THE POLICE ALSO MENTIONED AS A PRIORITY THE FIREARMS RANGE, RELOCATION, AND A DESIRE TO MOVE IT 90 DEGREES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING BUILT ADJACENT TO THAT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT, SORRY, JUST THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT. AS A POTENTIAL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION CAPACITY AND THAT BASED ON THE THE GROWTH IN THE CITY AND IT'S FIRE CAPACITY NEEDS, THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS. AND THEN ALSO BACKUP GENERATORS FOR SOME OF THE EXISTING FIRE STATIONS. I THINK TWO OF THE EXISTING FIRE STATIONS HAVE BACKUP POWER CAPACITY THAT LEAVING I THINK AT LEAST FIVE WHICH DO NOT. IF I'M I MAY BE MISREMEMBERING THAT NUMBER, BUT BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT REGIONAL SERVING THE LARGER REGION AND THE NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING ON HOW TO USE DRONES AND OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE FACT THAT TECHNOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE MADE SO MANY ADVANCES THAT HAVE HELPED WITH FIRE AND POLICE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THOSE JUST KEEPING UP WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE ALL EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THOSE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IS IMPORTANT. BOTH ALSO MENTIONED PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO FOLKS DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, COOLING CENTERS OR WARMING ROOMS OR FACILITIES FOR FOLKS WHO MAY BE TEMPORARILY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALL POSSIBLE. I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE THING ABOUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. IT'S JUST A, AN OVERALL ENCOMPASSING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR WISH LIST? AND THEN YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WHITTLE IT DOWN FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT ADA RAMPS AND MAKING CERTAIN AREAS WALKABLE, PARTICULARLY NEAR TRANSIT STATION OR BUS STATIONS, AND THEN ALSO NEAR THE PARKS, BECAUSE ODESSA HAS A LOT OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF NEED FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE UTILITIES. 
          OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LINES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED OR IMPROVED IN THOSE, PARTICULARLY PERHAPS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY. BUT ANY LARGE CITY IS WATER IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALWAYS AN ONGOING NEED. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE JUST ITEMS THAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE MENTIONED. AND NOT EVEN JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF THE ENTIRE LIST, BUT WE ARE TAKING THAT ENTIRE LIST AND THEN TRYING TO MAP THOSE NEEDS TO AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, WHETHER THEY'RE FEDERAL, STATE, PUBLIC OR 
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PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY AND THE TIMING FOR THOSE FOR THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO OUR NEXT STEP IS BASICALLY TO WRAP UP THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PAST DOCUMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE, INCLUDING ITS 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SOME OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED JUST TO IDENTIFY IF, AGAIN, IF THERE ARE RECURRING THEMES THAT WE CAN THEN USE IN FUTURE APPLICATIONS TO HELP SHOW THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING NEED FOR A PARTICULAR GRANT OR A PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, FUNDING SOURCE. SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GENTLEMEN? ANYTHING. 
          SO AND REMIND ME, GRANTWORKS GOT ITS START DOING CDBG GRANTS, RIGHT? YES, YES. SO I THINK WE ARE MISSING A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY OUT OF THAT. SO I'M EXCITED. AND THEN WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK Y'ALL, THAT'S WHERE I CAME IN ON THE CONVERSATION WITH THE EDC SIDE. SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE POTENTIALLY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, THAT'S WE DO CDBG WAS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE ALSO DONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, BUT THERE ARE THE THING IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY FUNDING SOURCES. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE MAPPING THEM TO THE RIGHT ONE. AND, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, I GUESS, A OPPORTUNITY COST FOR ANY GRANT APPLICATION THAT YOU APPLY FOR BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DO REQUIRE MATCH. SO IF YOU ARE APPLYING MATCH FOR ONE GRANT, IT MEANS THAT YOU MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MATCH FOR SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT IS THE FIRST STEP IS IDENTIFYING THEM, MAPPING THEM, AND THEN FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE TIMING AND THE AND THE SPECIFIC NEEDS, WHICH ONES ARE THE BEST FOR THE CITY. I WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR TOTALITY. IT'S, IT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ASK, BUT, BUT YOU'RE SEEING AND LEARNING ABOUT OUR CITY'S NEEDS. THEY'RE NOT UNCOMMON, THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT COULD YOU DO THIS? JUST BALLPARK IT. IF WE HAD 100% OF OUR NEEDS AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNDING FROM THE GRANTS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY COVER? COULD WE GET TO 50% OF MOST OF IT OR WHAT? WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU THINK COULD BE HANDLED WITH GRANTS? IF WE HAVE 100% NEED AND IT'S AND IT'S DIVIDED BETWEEN A MYRIAD OF DEPARTMENTS, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU THINK IT COULD HANDLE? OH, LORDY, I'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE IF I SAY I AM NOT SURE IT'S A BALLPARK THING. YEAH, I AM NOT SURE. THERE ARE SOME GRANTS THAT WILL COVER, YOU KNOW, A 75% OF OF A PARTICULAR PROJECT. THAT IS THE THING ABOUT THESE GRANTS, THEY ALWAYS COME. I MEAN, THEY ARE THEY ARE ALWAYS SPECIFICALLY LINED OUT FOR A PROJECT. AND THAT PROJECT USUALLY HAS TO HAVE A VERY. SPECIFIED OR SPECIFIC BENEFIT. SO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO. THAT'S THE, THE HOOP YOU HAVE TO RUN THROUGH. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN IDENTIFYING WHICH OF THOSE PROJECTS YOU CAN, YOU CAN, THE CITY SHOULD FOCUS ON BECAUSE THE CITY ALREADY HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVENUE. IF YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR REVENUE REVENUE ON PROJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF GETTING FUNDED, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES SORT OF BUBBLE UP TO THE TOP AND YOU CAN USE YOUR GENERAL REVENUE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S A KIND OF A SIMPLIFIED WAY TO PUT IT. I THINK IT'S AN AVENUE THAT IT DOES NEED EXPLORING. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO AGENDA 
          [5. Discuss a professional services agreement between the City of Odessa and Newton Engineering, Inc. to design a portion of the roadway reconstruction of Tres Hermanas Blvd. Design road construction for 1.2 miles]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. DISCUSS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ODESSA AND NEWTON ENGINEERING TO DESIGN A PORTION OF THE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION OF BOULEVARD JOE. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO HIRE NEWTON ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE A DESIGN FOR TRACE REMAINS FROM BILLY HEX ROAD ACROSS TO FOUNDRY. TRACE SERVES AS A BACKAGE ROAD FOR THAT ENTIRE 191 AREA, AS WELL AS SOME APARTMENTS THERE. SO IT GETS 
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PRETTY HIGH VOLUME. AND WE'VE ASSESSED THE CONDITION OF IT ALONG WITH MULTIPLE OTHER STREETS. AND THIS ONE HAS REACHED THE POINT OF FAILURE TO WHERE WE'RE READY TO GO AHEAD AND, AND REBUILD IT. SO WE'VE GOTTEN WITH NEWTON, THEY'VE PROVIDED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR 137,500. AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS THERE. GIVE ME LIKE A FIVE LANE ROAD, TWO LANES EAST TO WEST AND THE CENTER TURN LANE. WHAT ARE WE DOING? IT'S ACTUALLY BUILT AS A 50 FOOT ROAD. IT'S BUILT AS THREE LANE ROAD RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. I KNOW NOW, BUT WHAT ARE WE ENGINEERING? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE LEAVING IT AS IS. WE'RE NOT WIDENING IT. WE'RE JUST REBUILDING IT. SO MANY QUESTIONS. JOE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. SURE. I THINK I'M NEXT. YOU ARE NEXT. AGENDA 
          [6. Discuss appropriating funds for the construction phase of a portion of Tres Hermanas Blvd. Construction from Billy Hext Road to Faudree Road]
ITEM SIX DISCUSS APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF A PORTION OF TRACER BOULEVARD. THIS IS THE SAME PROJECT. ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BUDGET THE THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO RECONSTRUCT THE ROAD. WE'VE GOT $3 MILLION ESTIMATE ON IT. AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TIE THAT UP IN A PROJECT ACCOUNT JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S COMING AND THAT IT JUST WORKS BETTER FOR FINANCE TO HAVE IT TIED UP IN A PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. THANK 
          [7. Discuss a professional services agreement between the City of Odessa and Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc. to assess and update the currently adopted Impact Fee Study. Funded by impact fee revenue]
YOU. NUMBER SEVEN. YOU'RE STILL HERE DISCUSSING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ODESSA AND KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES TO ASSESS AND UPDATE CURRENTLY ADOPTED IMPACT FEE STUDY. YES. AS YOU ALL KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO WE DID A STUDY AND STARTED COLLECTING IMPACT FEES. BY STATE LAW, WE'RE MANDATED TO REDO THAT STUDY EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO KIMLEY-HORN, WHO DID OUR ORIGINAL STUDY AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT A REVISION AND UPDATE OF THAT. AND THAT'S THEY CAME BACK WITH A COST OF 225,000. TO DO THAT, WE CAN USE IMPACT FEE MONEY FOR THAT STUDY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO. AND WE'RE ASKING TO EXECUTE THAT PSA TO TO GET THEM WORKING. GENTLEMEN. SO WHAT TIME FRAME, WHAT TIME FRAME THE STUDY WOULD START APPROXIMATELY PRETTY QUICKLY. IT'LL PROBABLY BE 3 OR 4 MONTHS, 3 OR 4 MONTHS, I WOULD GUESS. YES. ANYTHING ELSE? JOE? THANK YOU. SIT DOWN. 
          NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR YOU, JOE, BEFORE YOU LEAVE. YES. WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS A THING WITH REZA. IS REZA WORKING ON EIGHTH STREET AT NIGHT OR DURING THE DAY? DURING THE DAY? OKAY. IS THERE A REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE TODAY? I HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE, SO I DO NOT KNOW. SO THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS IS WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH CRANE STREET DOWN HERE, WHERE THEY STARTED OFF WITH EVERYBODY THERE AND THEN CAME DOWN TO NOTHING. WHERE, WHERE'S THE REESE? WHICH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? INTERSECTION OF EIGHTH AND DIXIE. EIGHTH. AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE WE. IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. THEY MAY BE WAITING FOR, FOR IT TO DRY. IT COULD BE WAITING FOR CURE TIME ON ON CONCRETE. THAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER SIDE'S ALREADY DONE. THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS SIDE. THE DIRT WORK'S DONE. IT'S JUST SITTING THERE. BUT. BUT CURRENTLY THEY ARE WITHIN THEIR CONTRACT. RIGHT. THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY RUNNING A LITTLE AHEAD. THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO ALL THEIR JOBS AND PUT US BEHIND, BECAUSE IF THEY COULD GET OUT THERE AND WORK EVERY DAY AND KEEP THIS THING MOVING FORWARD AHEAD OF TIME, WE GOT A MAJOR INTERSECTION SHUT DOWN OUT THERE THAT'S CAUSING ALL KINDS OF HEARTACHES. SO BUT I THINK THERE'S NO REASON WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE IS I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THOUGH, THEY ARE ON TIME. THEY ARE WITHIN SCHEDULE. YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THAT THEY POURED CONCRETE RECENTLY. THEY MAY BE WAITING FOR SEVEN DAY CURE TIME BEFORE THEY MOVE TRAFFIC ONTO THAT. AND THEY MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. SO BUT I 
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DO KNOW THIS. THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE. AND SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT. 
          FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PROJECT HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT TIME, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CONTROLS THE CONTRACTS ULTIMATELY. SO IF THE CONTRACT, IF THE COUNCIL ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH 180 DAY CONTRACT THAT THE COUNCIL COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, PUBLIC WORKS, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT BACK TO THEM FOR A 90 DAY NOW UNDERSTAND AS A COUNCIL THAT THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE PRICE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY THE PREROGATIVE. AND THAT'S ALWAYS A BALANCE, RIGHT? IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE COST AND TIME AND THE CONTRACT. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BALANCE. AND THAT SAME QUESTION DID COME UP A MONTH OR SO AGO, AND THAT WAS THE ANSWER THEY HAD RECENTLY POURED. THEY WERE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE READY TO SHIFT TRAFFIC, AND THEY COULD NOT, UNTIL THAT CONCRETE HAD CURED ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THAT TRAFFIC. SO THERE IS SOME LAG TIMES OCCASIONALLY JUST BECAUSE OF CONCRETE POURS. AND THE RAIN, I'M SURE HEARD THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE ONCE THAT SUBGRADE SATURATES, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT TO DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU CAN PROCEED. THAT'S FAIR. I JUST NEEDED AN ANSWER. I GOT PEOPLE CALLING ME, SO OKAY, THEY SAW THE SAME THING I SAW TODAY AND I WAS LIKE, YOU GOT ME. I HOPE THIS DOESN'T TURN INTO A ANOTHER CRANE AVENUE DEAL. SO NOW I'VE BEEN SATISFIED WITH THEM. THEY DO GOOD WORK AND THEY STAY ON SCHEDULE. WAS WAS CRANE ON SCHEDULE? IT WAS COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE? YES, SIR. 
          I THINK THE CONCERN FOR THE PUBLIC IS MAYBE ON SCHEDULE. THERE'S A LOT OF DAYS ARE NOT WORKING. AND THAT'S THE DAYS WE GET PHONE CALLS WHEN ALL THE CONES ARE UP, ALL THE BARRICADES ARE UP AND THERE'S NO ONE THERE. AND IT'S A SOURCE OF IRRITATION FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THEY GUARANTEE IT. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY IT'S A SOURCE, I UNDERSTAND SANITATION. WE GET THOSE CALLS TOO, AND THAT'S WHEN WE START SAYING, HEY GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SURE. OKAY, THAT WAS IT. I JUST BEFORE WE DID THIS OTHER DEAL RIGHT HERE. 
          [8. Discuss award of bid and approval of a contract with Reece Albert, Inc. in the amount $2,890,183.80 for road reconstruction of East 23rd Street from Andrews Highway to North Dixie Boulevard, Job #250750-30. Full in depth reconstruction]
SO THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JOE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. DISCUSS THE AWARD OF BID APPROVAL. THE CONTRACT REACHED ALBERT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,890,183.80 FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF EAST 23RD STREET FROM ANDREWS HIGHWAY TO NORTH DIXIE BOULEVARD. JAVON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND THE BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE OPENED ON MARCH 20TH, 2026 AND FOR RESPONSIVE BIDS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT. THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WAS REESE ALBERT. IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,890,183.80, WHICH IS 17% BELOW THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, AND THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS 3.5 MILLION, AND BID IS WITHIN BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THE PROJECT. THIS IS A FULL DEPTH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 17,000YD■!S OF ASPHALT, 1100 SQUARE YARDS OF NINE INCH REINFORCED CONCRETE FLUME, 1000YD■!S OF TWO TWO CONCRETE INTERSECTIONS, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING COMPLETING THE PROJECT WITHIN 180 WORKING DAYS, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WHY IS THIS STREET SUCH A GREAT IMPORTANCE? AND I KNOW ALL OUR STREETS ARE. BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY GO DOWN 23RD? WELL, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH IT? THAT WE JUST REALLY HAVE TO DO IT. IT IS. IT IS FALLING APART ALREADY. IT IS AN INVERTED STREET AND ALL INVERTED STREETS ARE IN. THIS IS ONE OF THE STREETS. INVERTED STREETS TAKE MORE, MORE WATER AND. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY. AND WE ARE PUTTING A CONCRETE IN THE MIDDLE TEN FEET TO KEEP THE STREET TO GO, LIKE BY THE BARN DOOR. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. JUST SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING ELSE. THE IS THERE A DATE IN OUR. I KNOW IT'S MAINLY YOUR PACKAGE. IS THERE A DATE THAT THEY HAVE? HOW MANY DAYS THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS? WHAT I'M ASKING THIS IS 180 WORKING DAYS. CAN YOU SAY THAT OUGHT TO BE QUICK? PRETTY QUICK. THEY ALL SEEM TO BE 180 DAYS. YEAH. 90 DAY PROJECTS CAN BE DONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST NO. SURE. AND AGAIN, IF IF COUNCIL ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH WITH THE DAYS WE CAN GO BACK TO OUT, WE CAN GO BACK AND SAY, HEY, LET'S REWORK A CONTRACT FOR A SHORTER TIME PERIOD. I THINK THIS IS AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW. WE'RE I'M CERTAINLY 
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NOT THE ROAD BUILDING EXPERT. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO READ, CONSTRUCT A. ALL OF THIS. 
          AND SO IF IF IT TAKES 180 DAYS TO DO IT, THEN SO BE IT. BUT IF IT CAN BE DONE IN 90 DAYS, WHY WOULDN'T WE ASK THAT IT BE DONE IN 90 DAYS? WE CAN AGAIN. WE CAN GO BACK AND ASK THEM FOR 90 DAYS. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST SAY THAT LIKELY THE PRICE WILL GO UP. I PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK EAST 23RD IS NOT THE SAME STREET. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, AS A GENERAL TALKING POINT ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, HOW HOW DO I KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DIG UP EIGHTH AND DIXIE AND PUT IT BACK? SO WHEN I HEAR IT'S 180 DAY PROJECT, I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S LIKE WORKING DAYS ALSO. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO 180 WORKING DAYS. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE ON THAT. SO I GUESS THE CONCERN WE HAVE AS A COUNCIL THAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT TAKES AS LONG AS IT TAKES. BUT IF THEY'RE LEAVING THE JOB FOR 20 DAYS OR TEN DAYS HERE AND THERE TO GO DO OTHER JOBS, AND THERE'S NOT WORKING ON IT, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YEAH. 
          WE WANT TO SEE SHOVELS AND SHE GOING EVERY DAY, UNLESS FOR SOME REASON THERE CAN'T BE. I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN. BUT NONE OF US HAVE ANY EXPERTISE. AND AND I GET THAT IT RAINS AND I GET THAT THERE'S CURING TIME. BUT IT DIDN'T RAIN LAST WEEK AND THERE WASN'T ANYBODY OUT AT EIGHTH AND DIXIE LAST WEEK EITHER. AND AND I'VE HAD MORE CALLS OUT AT YUKON AND GRANDVIEW THAN I WANT. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO THIS STUFF. AND I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE ON, ON THIS. AND I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU PUSH BACK AND SAY, BUILD IT OVERNIGHT AND SPEND TWICE THE MONEY AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. FRANKLY, I'D RATHER SPEND MORE MONEY TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE ON THIS STREET THAN ANYTHING ELSE. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT'S NOT. NOT IN THE PLAN. 
          BUT MAYOR, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK THE CONCERN IS. DOING THESE IN A TIMELY MANNER, NOT A SPEED RACER MANNER THAT'S COSTING US EXTRA DOLLARS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND. BUT LET'S NOT DRAG IT OUT. IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE 180 DAYS, THEN DON'T MAKE IT 180 DAYS. 
          HOW ABOUT DROPPING IT BACK TO 150 DAYS? WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? WHY DON'T I CHAT WITH REESE ALBERT ALBERT ON THIS ONE? YES. YEAH, WELL, I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH REESE ALBERT ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE FINAL CONTRACT COMES TO YOU ALL. I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY WAS UPSET ABOUT WAS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED CRANE AVENUE DOWN THERE, THEY HAD PROBABLY 20 PEOPLE OUT THERE. WHEN THEY FINALLY FINISHED WORKING OUT THERE, THEY HAD THREE. AND EVERYBODY'S LIKE, WELL, IF THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THEY WOULD HAVE FINISHED THIS PROJECT A MONTH, TWO MONTHS BEFOREHAND. BUT THEY PULLED EVERYBODY OFF AND WAS DOWN TO THREE PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. RIGHT. BUT THE TALKING POINT STILL IS, WELL, THEY'RE ON TIME, SO WHO CARES? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ARE WE GIVING THEM WAY TOO MUCH TIME TO DO THESE PROJECTS, OR DO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER DOING A BONUS AHEAD OF TIME? LIKE, LIKE, ALMOST LIKE TECHS DOT PROJECTS DO? FOR INSTANCE, I WANT A PROJECT DONE. I WANT A PROJECT DONE AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK LIKE THEY'RE YOUR NEXT PROJECT DEPENDS ON YOU GETTING THIS ONE DONE, JUST LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE. AND THAT, AND THAT'S TRUE. WHEN I'M OUT ON THE JOB, I HAVE THEIR I HAVE TO GET A JOB DONE RIGHT THEN I CAN'T WAIT A MONTH TO GO DO A PROJECT. I CAN'T DRAG IT OUT A MONTH JUST TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT. SO, BUT WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM BEFORE THE FINAL CONTRACT COMES BACK. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT THE ONLY BALANCE TO THIS IS I PERSONALLY RELY ON THE EXPERTISE OF OUR ENGINEER TO MAKE A LOT OF THESE DECISIONS. BUT THE COMMENTS ARE WORTHY. AND THE NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS WAS BASED ON THE ENGINEERING JUDGMENT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE RESPECT YOUR EXPERTISE. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THAT ROADWAY, SO IT COMPLICATES IT. 
          [9. Discuss the Boards and Commission appointments. Animal Shelter Advisory Committee - Council appointments - Susan Clark - Henry Lide (veterinarian position) - Amy Bell Sports Foundation: - Bob Thayer resigned District 1 appointment - Jeff Stenberg resigned District 4 appointment]
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. DISCUSS BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND AMY BELL SPORTS FOUNDATION. YES, MAYOR COUNCIL, THE ANIMAL SHELTER COMMITTEES A COUPLE OF TERMS ARE UP. SUSAN CLARK AND HENRY LIED. HENRY LIED REPRESENTS THE VETERINARIAN POSITION AS SUSAN CLARK IS WILLING TO SERVE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SENT TO COUNCIL KAREN WARD AND CARMEN HAYNES. SO IT IS JUST COUNCIL'S DISCRETION ON WHO THEY WANT TO APPOINT FOR THAT. SUSAN CLARK AND I DO HAVE A MESSAGE INTO DOCTOR LIED. HE RETIRED, SO I'M 
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HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING HOLD OF HIM. I THOUGHT HE MOVED. WE'LL NEED TO DO THAT THOUGH, DURING REGULAR SESSION. YES, YES, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT AMY BELL SPORTS OMNI SPORTS CENTER WE HAVE TWO RESIGNATIONS. BOB THAYER AND JEFF STEINBERG. IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FOUR. SO THAT'S UP FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ON WHO THEY WISH TO APPOINT. THERE IS AN APPLICATION THAT WAS SENT, JOHN WILKINS, AND THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A REGULAR MEETING. AND YOU HAVE TWO MORE EARLIER TOO. JUST AS WELL YOU SENT TWO MORE EARLIER. SO LET'S MAKE THE THIRD. IT'S JUST ONE. I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO ONE THEN. OKAY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS, TOM. APPRECIATE IT. 
          [Items 10 & 11]
LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN 1011 BE READ TOGETHER PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551 .101, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTION. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SUBSECTION A, SECTION 551 .072 DISCUSS REAL PROPERTY, LIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OF VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, DISCUSS PURCHASE OF DOWNTOWN AND GRANT STREET CORRIDOR PROPERTY NUMBER 11 PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 .101, CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION WHICH IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SUBSECTION A, SECTION 551 .087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE CITY AND WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. DISCUSS CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH A DEVELOPER. I'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THE COUNCIL MOVES INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION BY COUNCIL. SECOND CANAL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND CHRIS HANEY ALL RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.