[1. Call to Order]
[3.1 Presenter: Jesus Gomez, Odessa Links, Homeless Community Coordinator Update on Homelessness programs from the Homeless Coalition.]
[3.2 Presenter: Thomas Blackstone, ODC President Discuss the General Development Plan of the Odessa Development Corporation. ]
[3.3 Presenter: Thomas Blackstone, ODC President Discuss the budget for the Odessa Development Corporation. ]
[3.4 Presenter: Monica Fuentez, Storm Water Program Manager Discuss the stormwater underground infrastructure assessment. ]
[3.5 Presenter: Joe Tucker, Director of Public Works Discuss traffic study grants and grant agreements with the Federal Highway Administration to develop a Mobility and Safety Action Plan for the City of Odessa. ]
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AND CREATE AN ACTION PLAN BASED ON THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE DIRECTION A LOT OF THIS IS DATA
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DRIVEN. YES, SIR. A LOT OF IT IS, AND THIS IS WHAT THE MONEY THAT MIDLAND GOT FROM MPO AND[01:19:07]
MPO IS ALSO ADA DRIVEN. YES. AND JUST THE ENTIRE CITY OF ODESSA. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD THAT?[01:19:13]
YES. OKAY. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. SO. BUT THE MPO WAS ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND IT[01:19:23]
IS ACCESSIBILITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SIDEWALKS. IT WILL INCLUDE THAT. IT WILL INCLUDE[01:19:29]
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. SO THERE WILL BE SOME. SO IS THERE. AND MAYBE I NEED TO READ BACK[01:19:37]
THROUGH HERE. WHAT WHAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT. I MEAN SO THAT IS TO[01:19:45]
IDENTIFY ACTION PLAN IDENTIFY PROJECTS FOR SAFETY IDENTIFY SAFETY. SO IF WE WERE LOOKING[01:19:54]
AT STONY BROOK AND ROCKY LANE, WOULD IT IDENTIFY THAT AS A HOT SPOT AND OFFER SOLUTIONS. IT[01:20:02]
COULD IF THERE'S BEEN ACCIDENTS THERE IT'LL IT'LL LOOK AT HIGH ACCIDENT PARTS OF THIS BECAUSE[01:20:10]
IN MY MIND, WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT WAS TRAFFIC SAFETY AND IDENTIFYING ROADS THAT NEEDED[01:20:18]
IMPROVEMENT AND BRINGING IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH NECESSARILY SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS AND[01:20:25]
THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT ALSO LOOKS AT PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. SO IT'LL LOOK AT TRAFFIC,[01:20:31]
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, JOE, THAT ONE OVER[01:20:36]
THERE BY PEAS, ARE THEY GOING TO DESIGN A, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, DESIGN A PLAN OR[01:20:41]
HOW TO DO THE STREET? IS THAT PART OF THIS STUDY OR IS THAT ANOTHER DIFFERENT? IS THAT A[01:20:46]
DIFFERENT STEP OR IS THAT JUST IDENTIFY THE AREAS? BECAUSE I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION. JUST IDENTIFY OR IDENTIFY AND SOLVE. WELL, I DON'T NEED A HALF MILLION DOLLAR STUDY TO IDENTIFY IT. WE CAN CALL JERKY AND. THIS. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE ON THE BACKSIDE, IF WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE ANY KIND OF FEDERAL FUNDING OR GRANT FUNDING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BE TIED TO THAT, UNFORTUNATELY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT AND THAT'S THE MONEY WORKS. ITS ACTION PLAN. ONCE WE GET THE ACTION PLAN, WE CAN GO FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ACTION PLAN TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION. WHAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AND, AND AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE IT. AND IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT EXCEPT MY OWN. IT'S JUST I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN GET ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT, AND MAYBE THIS IS IT AGAIN, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I BROUGHT UP ON MY STREET, EVERY HOUSE ON MY STREET HAS BEEN HIT BY A CAR. SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ON MY STREET. AND IF THIS IS MORE ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND BICYCLE SAFETY. AND AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THIS WAS A TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC SAFETY AROUND THE WHOLE CITY. IN MY MIND, THAT'S ABOUT ADDRESSING THE CARS HITTING HOUSES ON MY STREET. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS IS SO THAT I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED IN THE FUTURE. IF THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. IT INCLUDES THAT ONE POINT. ONE PORTION OF IT IS A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO THAT IS PART OF THE STUDY. I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY JUST BECAUSE, AND JUST BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON A STUDY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T GO AHEAD AND ATTACK. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROJECT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PAID FOR UP FRONT OR THAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE GRANT FUND WAS INITIATED. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAID IN ARREARS FOR SOMETHING. YOU DID IT. THIS WILL HELP US IDENTIFY THE AREAS, WHAT WE NEED TO DO CITY WIDE. BUT IF THERE ARE PLACES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T DO THAT. PRESUMING THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO DO IT WITH. WELL, I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS WE'RE NOT GETTING BACK TILL MAY OF 2028. NO. SO IN THE MEANTIME. YEAH. AND IT DOES HAVE A PROVISION IN HERE THAT WE CAN FILE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO AND WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO, COUNCILMAN, IS AS WE HIRE A CONSULTANT, AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN THE CONFINEMENTS OF THE GRANT, WE CAN DIRECT THEM TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT WE SEE AS THE ISSUES. AND WE'LL DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE FLOOD STUDIES WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOOK AT US AND SAY, WELL, I KNOW WHAT STREETS FLOOD, I KNOW WHAT BUILDINGS ARE CRUMBLING. I KNOW WHAT PARKS NEED NEW THINGS. WHY DO WE NEED THESE STUDIES? AND NOW IT'S MY TURN TO SIT HERE AND SAY, WHY DO I NEED TO WAIT TILL MAY OF 2028 TO TO GET MY STREET FIXED? AND AGAIN, IF I WOULD LIKE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S GOOD WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS IN THE WORKSHOP, TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT THIS STUDY IS GOING TO DO. AND THAT SCOPE WE WILL REFINE AS WE GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD, WE CAN FOCUS THEM ON WHAT WE SEE AS THE MAJOR ISSUES. EITHER WAY, I'M HAPPY TO FUND THE MATCH FOR SURE, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT I THINK SOME OF OUR FRUSTRATION. JOE, YOU HEARD IT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ODC AND FEDERAL LETTING OF HIGHWAYS, AND THEY'RE DOING IT IN 2038. GOOD LORD. AT LEAST ONE OF US AIN'T GOING TO BE HERE. PROBABLY TWO OF US, MAYBE 3 OR 4. I'M GOING TO BE HERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE WORMS. SO YEAH, THOSE WORMS. SO WE'RE JUST FRUSTRATED THAT WE I MEAN, WE'RE FRUSTRATED THAT IN 2026, WE'RE DOING IT. AND THEN IN 2028, WE GET IT. AND THEN[01:25:05]
YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S ANOTHER STUDY WE GOT TO DO TO FUND IT. AND THEN WE GOT TO FIX IT THEN. AND THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S THAT 2036 THING THAT JUST WEARS ME OUT. I'M SORRY.IT DOES. BUT BUT THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DON'T NEED THE FEDS TO TELL ME WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO GET FUNDING DOLLARS, AT LEAST. WELL, FROM THE FEDS CAN FIX CRAIG'S PROBLEM OVER THERE. WE REMOVE EVERYBODY'S DRIVER'S LICENSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY NOBODY HAVE AT IT. I PUT UP SOME PUBLIC SERVICE, COMES IN THERE. I WANT THEM TO GO BACK TO ONE WAY STREETS, AND I WANT MY STREET TO BE THE OTHER WAY. SOME BENEFIT TO ONE WAY STREETS. STREETS. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ONE WAY STREETS. THEY'RE NOT FRUSTRATING. YES, SIR. THE PACE OF SOMETHING I DO UNDERSTAND FRUSTRATING. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON, I HAVE THE SAME FRUSTRATION AT MPO. WE DO PROJECTS JUST TAKE FOREVER OUT THERE. OH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. TUCKER. HE DID SOLVE A PROBLEM FOR ME. WAY TO GO, MR. TUCKER. YOU MADE COUNCILMAN MITCHELL HAPPY FOR AT LEAST ONCE. AND I'D LIKE TO COMPLAIN. I STOP AT THAT STUPID TURN SIGNAL HE WANTED EVERY TIME I'M COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE FOR CARS THAT AREN'T THERE. SO.
COUNCILMAN MITCHELL HAD A GOOD IDEA, AND WE IMPLEMENTED IT SO SHE HAD A GOOD IDEA. EVEN A BLIND PIG DIDN'T COST US NOTHING. NO, IT DID NOT. ALL RIGHT, JOE, WE APPRECIATE IT.
[3.6 Presenter: Norma Aguilar, City Secretary Review and discuss the board appointment terms that are expiring. Public Art Committee – Council appointment - Matt Rist – Term expires September 30, 2026 - Janice Thompson – Term expires September 30, 2026 - Shanvonica Meyer – Term expires September 30, 2026 - Nicole Herdon – moved – Term expires September 30, 2028 ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM 3.6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN TERMS THAT ARE EXPIRING. NORMA. YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IS UP FOR APPOINTMENTS AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAS TERMS EXPIRED. AND THE ODESSA ARTS IS THE BOARD THAT RECOMMENDS THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, AND THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED US SOME NAMES, AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 22ND. THOSE NAMES ARE AMBER GRAY, CRUZ CASTILLO, JOHN HERRIDGE AND THOMAS DE MAURO. TO BE REPLACING THESE FOUR MEMBERS THAT HAVE EXPIRED, PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ODESSA ARTS. AND YOU WILL SEE THIS ON AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? CRUZ CASTILLO. YES. I'M GOING TO GET MY WIFE TO GET ON THAT BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN? IF NOT, I'LL CALL THIS THE GILBERT VAZQUEZ MOTION.SO MOVED. MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. MITCHELL. W
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.