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FURTHER BUSINESS, THAT MEETING, THAT MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 3:02 P.M. AND SO WE'LL NOW START WE'LL NOW CALL THE MEETING OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. ON AUGUST 4TH, 2026 AT 3:03 P.M. SO WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. AND WELCOME TO ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED HERE. WE GOT A NICE LITTLE CROWD HERE AT THE THEATER GALLERY HERE IN DOWNTOWN WACO. WELCOME TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME ON THE WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. WE HAD A LITTLE SUMMER OFF. WE HAD A 2ND JULY OFF. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY, BACK HERE, MAYOR JIM HOLMES AND WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE UP HERE ON THE DYESS TODAY WITH THE ANDREW BAREFIELD FROM DISTRICT ONE. DISTRICT TWO. JED COLE, DISTRICT THREE, DARIUS EWING FROM DISTRICT FOUR. AND MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGE CHASE HERE NEXT TO ME, ON THE ADJACENT DIAS OVER THERE, WE HAVE CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTIN HAMILTON, AND CITY SECRETARY MICHELLE HICKS. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS HERE. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD SUMMER. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. EVERYBODY READY TO
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GO OUT THERE TODAY? GET THIS THING CRANKED UP. LET'S DO IT. ALRIGHT. FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS A RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION SPEAKERS. SECRETARY HICKS, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGISTERED? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY. SO, WE WILL RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH THE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT. CITY MANAGER, HOLT. MORNING, AFTERNOON OR GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. WELCOME BACK FROM OUR VERY, VERY BRIEF SUMMER BREAK. WE HAVE NO CHANGES FOR YOU ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WE DO HAVE SOME NEW LANGUAGE ON AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN PLACED AT YOUR LOCATION UNDER EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUMMER FOR SWIMMING AT THE DORIS MILLER POOL. AND SWIMMING PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FALL. WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION LATE LAST WEEK THAT SIGMA SWIMMING, OUR SWIM LESSON PROVIDER AT DORIS, HAS RECEIVED A USA SWIMMING FOUNDATION GRANT TO PROVIDE FREE DROWNING PREVENTION AND SWIM LESSONS FOR UP TO 200 J. H. HINES ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT DORIS MILLER POOL THIS FALL. THIS EXCITING PROGRAM WILL BE PROMOTED DURING THE UPCOMING MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT AND THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S COMMUNICATION PORTAL AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, THIS SUMMER, WE WERE GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE A $4,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM COOPER FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT A SUMMER SWIMS PROGRAM WITH FREE SWIMMING ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. THIS PAST SATURDAY, 32 FREE SWIM PASSES WERE REDEEMED. PROMOTION OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWIM FOR FREE ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS WILL COME THROUGHOUT AUGUST. CITY MANAGER I, I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE AND I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT ONE MORE ATTRACTION IS COMING TO THE CITY'S FIRST INDOOR SWIMMING FACILITY. AND AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO JUST. OFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER SAFETY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ARE A RIVER CITY. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE MORE. BUT IF YOU CAN'T SWIM, WE CAN'T RIVER. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR BABIES, ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SWIM SAFETY AND POOL SAFETY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WACOANS AS THEY GROW AND BECOME ADULTS HERE AND THRIVE HERE, THEY CAN ACTIVATE OUR MOST AMAZING NATURAL RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO SHOUT OUT TO PARKS AND REC STAFF FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO. TO CONTINUE MAKING THE DORIS MILLER POOL A PRIORITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.THERE ARE THREE INFORMAL REPORTS ON YOUR AGENDA. ITEM 420 INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION UPDATES ON ALICE MARTINEZ, RODRIGUEZ PARK AND THE CHINA SPRING PARK. CURRENTLY, BOTH PARKS ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 2026. COMPLETION AND ON BUDGET ITEM 421 COVERS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM. NINE FUNDING APPLICATIONS FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF $900,000 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. YOUR INFORMAL REPORT TALKS ABOUT TWO OF THEM BEING, REDEEMED, AND THE OTHER ARE UNDER REVIEW BY STAFF. ITEM 422 PROVIDES YOUR MAY 2026 MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT. THIS REPORT INCLUDES MAJOR FUND ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, SUMMARY, AND CIP UPDATE. I WANT TO JUMP IN AND JUST CALL OUT THE IR FOR THE PARKS UPDATES.
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARK. AND IT'S VERY EASY, ESPECIALLY DURING BUDGET TIME TO, TO LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND THINK ABOUT WHERE THE SPENDING IS GOING, HOW EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER AND COSTS MORE. SO I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST ON THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL AND
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GENERATIONAL PROJECT, THE LIKES OF WHICH THE CITY OF WACO HAS NEVER SEEN, THE LIKES OF WHICH THE REGION HAVE, HAS NEVER SEEN IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF PARK WE'RE BRINGING ONLINE HERE, WITH AMAR PARK. AND WE ARE STAYING ON BUDGET AND ON TIME AND DELIVERING THIS. I MEAN, WE BROKE GROUND ON THIS THING UNDER A YEAR AGO RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE IT FINISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH BLOWS MY MIND. AND WE'RE DOING SO AT THE BUDGET THAT WE SET OUT TO, TO ACHIEVE. SO THIS IS A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED TO KEEP US ON TRACK AND ON BUDGET FOR THIS. IT IS NOT EASY. AND THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT IT'S SO OFTEN DOES NOT STAY ON TRACK AND ON BUDGET. SO I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF WACO ARE AWARE THAT A LOT OF HARD WORK IS GOING INTO MAKING THIS, MAKING THIS A REALITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TWO PARKS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO YOU'LL SEE AN IR ON EACH MONTHLY. AND ONE OF THE MONTHLY MEETINGS UNTIL THEY OPEN UP. SO THERE ARE 44 RESOLUTIONS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE. ITEM 4.39 APPROVES A $2.5 MILLION PROGRAM PROJECT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND COBRA KAI VENTURES, WHICH OPERATES CORNERSTONE GIVING THE NATION'S LARGEST CENTRALLY OWNED HOME CARE COMPANY, SUPPORTING MORE THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS 43 STATES. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, CORNERSTONE WILL RELOCATE ITS HEADQUARTERS TO DOWNTOWN WACO AND INVEST APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION INTO RETROFITTING AND REMODELING A HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUILDING, BRINGING 300 EMPLOYEES TO DOWNTOWN WACO. BY YEAR FIVE OF THE AGREEMENT. I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THIS OUT, CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ALL ASPIRE TO, IS FOR DOWNTOWN TO BE ACTIVE, LIVELY, A FUN PLACE TO GO, AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE JOBS DOWN HERE. AND THIS IS 300 PEOPLE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN WACO, SPENDING MONEY AND MAKING THINGS FUN, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. SO, A $12 MILLION INVESTMENT BY THESE GUYS TO, AND THEY'VE GOT A GREAT REPUTATION AND, HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM AND HAPPY TO GET THEM DOWNTOWN. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ITEM 440 RATIFIES THE ACCEPTANCE OF 32000 DOSES OF JUST UNDER AND JUST UNDER $600,000 WORTH OF NEXGARD MEDICATION FROM THE BISSELL PET FOUNDATION. AS A PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION MEASURE FOR THE NEW WORLD SCREWWORM AS IT HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED ITS RANGE INTO SOUTH TEXAS. NEXGARD IS COMMONLY USED AS FLEA AND TICK MEDICATION AND HAS BEEN PROVEN TO EFFECTIVELY PREVENT AND TREAT SCREWWORM INFECTIONS. WE HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH BISSELL AT THE PET CIRCLE ANIMAL CENTER, AND WE APPRECIATE THIS DONATION. ITEM 459 RATIFIES AN MOU WITH THE HEART OF TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM COMES AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT THE MAYOR IS ON. THE MOU COVERS AN INITIAL SUB YEAR FROM JUNE 1ST OF 2026 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2026, AND THEN WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW IN ONE YEAR INCREMENTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S FISCAL YEAR. UNDER THIS MOU, THE CITY OF WACO CAN SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FROM BHN FOR ELIGIBLE PROGRAM COSTS UP TO $400,000 IN THE CURRENT FISCAL AND UP TO $800,000 IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS PROBABLY FOR THE LAST 15 OR SO YEARS. THIS IS A PROVEN PROGRAM IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, SOME SORT OF PARAMEDICINE, WHETHER IT BE A PARAMEDIC, FIREFIGHTER OR OTHER, COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE AND A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER OR MENTAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST TO GO OUT AND INTERVENE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CUSTOMERS IN CRISES. AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT DEALING WITH CRISES, THEY WILL GO OUT AND PROPHYLACTICALLY, REACH OUT TO, HIGH CAPACITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSUMERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE, ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, TO, TO KEEP FROM GOING INTO CRISIS. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO, REPRESENTATIVE PAT CURRY FOR HIS WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE AND TO THE MAYOR AND OTHERS FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM. YEAH, I'LL JUST COMMENT ON THIS ONE TOO. RYAN. IT REALLY HELPS HAVING YOU ON THAT, ON THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE KIND OF MET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND CHIEF VICTORIAN ALSO AT SEE HER OUT THERE. THIS THING MAKES SO MUCH SENSE, BUT IT'S GOT TO HAVE THE CITY KIND OF SAYING, HERE'S HOW IT WORKS BEST. AND YOU'VE ARTICULATED IT ALREADY ABOUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE SCENE, YOU KIND OF A POLICE DO HAVE TO BE THERE TO KIND OF STABILIZE AND INTERVENE WHEN NECESSARY, BUT IT'S GOT TO GO TO A SPECIALIST. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WORK WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERS.AND THE COLLABORATION THERE IS AMAZING. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EXTRA EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS MAKE THIS THING WORK. SIR, AN ITEM FOR 67 AWARDS. WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE CRAZY EIGHTS CONTRACT TO TJ UTILITIES FOR THE DALLAS STREET WACO CARVER NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE AND
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PEDESTRIAN PROJECT. CRAZY EIGHTS, OF COURSE, IS NOT A TECHNICAL ENGINEERING TERM.HOWEVER, THE AWARDED CONTRACT AMOUNTS IS UP TO $8,888,888. THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WACO RECEIVED FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALKS, ACCESSIBLE RAMPS, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING. AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CITY ADDED TO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO INCLUDE UPGRADES TO THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES, AND PAVEMENT REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION MAP IS ON THE SCREEN. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT. YES IT IS, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN SEEING THIS THROUGH. IT TRANSCENDS TWO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN DISTRICT ONE AND MAKES, GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHANGE ON HOW THE MOBILITY OF THE DISTRICT. AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT THIS, THE CRAZY EIGHTS OF IT ALL IS JUST A PART OF THE MULTI-MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN DISTRICT ONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST NINE YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT IT IS NECESSARY AND HAS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE AT TIMES, BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS COME THROUGH. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, NOT JUST DISTRICT ONE, BUT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES FEELING THE, THE LOVE, IF YOU WILL, OF MAKING, INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES AND, AND, AND IMPROVEMENTS, WHEN, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DECADES OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. THANK YOU. THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING.
JUST TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER BAREFIELD, BECAUSE SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, AND I'M GLAD YOU SHOWED THE MAP THERE BECAUSE THAT'S THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS, PRETTY LONG TRAIL RIGHT THERE. THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS. YEAH. AND, AND THE OTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S MOSTLY FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING. THE CITY, I THINK IS PUTTING A MILLION SOMETHING UP OUT OF CRAZY. 88.9. SO, SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, IT IS A BIG PROJECT. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY AS WE COME TO COMPLETION, GO CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. ALL RIGHT. AND STAYING WITH THE THEME OF EIGHTS, THERE ARE EIGHT PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. FIRST TWO HEARINGS WILL BE COVERED BY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, RESPECTIVELY, DURING THE BUSINESS SESSION, CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS DURING THE WORK SESSION. THERE ARE SEVEN ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST THREE COME TO YOU ON FIRST READING AND THE REMAINING FOUR ON THE SECOND READING. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THAT WILL END THE MANAGER'S REPORT. TO KNOW. I HAD A QUESTION ON THE ORDINANCE, BUT DID I BRING THAT UP TONIGHT OR TALK ABOUT IT NOW OR OR YOU TONIGHT OR WHICHEVER YOU PREFER, MAYOR. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TONIGHT. JUST A CLARIFICATION. THE LANGUAGE ON THE GREEN CART GRAY CART THING, WHICH I THINK IS EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING WHAT JUST ADDED A LITTLE SENTENCE IN THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE. BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF CITY MANAGER HOLT ON THE REPORT. THE, THEN I WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF, INCLUDES 2026-428 AND RESOLUTIONS 2026-429 THROUGH 2026-471. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THAT CONSENT AGENDA? THERE IS ONE, AFFIDAVIT OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST. THAT'S, COUNCIL MEMBER CHASE HAS FILED ON RESOLUTION 439. SO WE WILL, THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL INCLUDE 2026 428 AND THEN 429 THROUGH 471, EXCEPT FOR THAT. 439, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN AN A S I FILED. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2026 423 THROUGH 425 CITY MANAGER HOLT, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR THE FIRST WORK SESSION. CHARLES LEE'S DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE 42 INCH EAST BANK SANITARY SEWER LINE PROJECT. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD IN RECENT MONTHS, YOU'LL HAVE NOTICED THE SEWER BYPASS LINE RUNNING ALONGSIDE THE ROAD. CHARLES IS HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A HISTORY OF THE ISSUE, A LOOK AT THE SCOPE AND TIMELINE FOR THE REPAIR, AS WELL AS CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUTURE NEEDS. MR. LEAST. HEY, CHARLES. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TOP CRAZY EIGHTS WITH THIS ONE. MAYBE YOU THINK SPLASH MOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO NO NO NO. HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT THROUGH. INTERESTING. SO WE'LL, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN CALL IT FUN. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LOCATION HISTORY, CURRENT STATUS, SCHEDULE ON THIS PROJECT AND FUTURE WORK.
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
I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL, MAY OF THAT YEAR. THERE WERE A BUNCH OF RAINS AND THERE WAS A COLLAPSE AT THE CORNER OF MLK AND HERRING. THE CITY CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY OPERATION TO FIX THAT. THAT WAS CORRECTED LATER THAT YEAR. ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS 42 INCH LINE COLLAPSED ADJACENT TO THAT INITIAL COLLAPSE. THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY INTRODUCTORY PROJECT TO THE CITY OF WACO, SO I ARRIVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2016 AND SUBSEQUENTLY SPENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WORKING THROUGH THIS PROJECT. WE SPENT ABOUT $4.5 MILLION TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. WE DID END UP LINING EVERYTHING ALONG HERRING AVENUE BACK TO J.J. FLEWELLEN. WE ALSO LINED THE EXISTING SEWER LINE ACROSS HERRING BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET TO, AND WE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A FUTURE COLLAPSE UNDERNEATH HERRING. WE CORRECTED THE ISSUE, THE SPECIFIC COLLAPSE VIA THE REROUTE ILLUSTRATED IN RED. SO WE INSTALLED NEW 42 INCH SEWER LINE IN THE RED PORTION. AND THEN WE CONTINUED TO CURE IN PLACE LINER, THE EXISTING SEWER LINE ALL THE WAY TO CARVER LIFT STATION. SO WE WE DID AS MUCH AS WE COULD. WE INVESTIGATED ALL OF THE ADJACENT LINE WORK, CHECKED THE CONDITION, AND THEN PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SECURITY GOING FORWARD. BECAUSE AGAIN, ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF TO $5 MILLION. OKAY, TODAY WE'RE ON COLLAPSE THREE. AGAIN, THIS OCCURRED JUST AT THE END OF COLLAPSE ONE. THIS HAPPENED SOMETIME IN JULY. WE LOOKED AT A COMPLETE REROUTE, AND THE ESTIMATE FOR THAT WAS OVER $8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL TIME. SO WE DECIDED TO TRY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE IN PLACE. WE DID TAKE BIDS FOR THIS ABOUT TWO, $2.4 MILLION. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE MARCH, AND WE HAVE FOUND MORE THAN ONE CHALLENGE DURING THAT TIME. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
THIS IS A BAD DAY AND A CIVIL ENGINEERS LIFE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE. SO THIS IS THE COLLAPSE. WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IS THIS IS THE EMBANKMENT ALONG MLK, THE MATERIAL THAT HAS MOVED INTO THE COLLAPSE ZONE HAS BEEN CONVEYED OUT OF THE AREA VIA THE SANITARY SEWER PIPE. AND SO WE BASICALLY CREATE THE SINKHOLE. AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER MATERIAL AROUND GETS SUCKED INTO THIS SINKHOLE, AND IT'S A BAD DEAL.
THE MANHOLE IS IS CANTED. IT'S DAMAGED SOME OF THE CONCRETE RIPRAP, THE EMBANKMENT REPAIR.
AND OF COURSE, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE UPPER PROPERTY. SO UPR DOES HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
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CONDITION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY, GETTING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS HERE. SO THE UPPER LEFT PHOTOGRAPH IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF THE EXISTING LINE SEWER UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE.SO A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD TO REMOVE ABOUT A PICKUP LOADS WORTH OF CONCRETE OUT OF THAT LINE. THAT WAS A SEPARATE PROJECT, BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE LINE LOOKS LIKE IF IT'S IN IN DECENT SHAPE, WHAT WHAT A LINER LOOKS LIKE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRETY OF THE PIPE PICTURE IS A LITTLE SKEWED, BUT YOU SEE A GENERAL ROUNDNESS. YOU SEE THE FLOW THAT'S IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE PIPE. INTERESTING. I THREW THE GRAY ARROW ON THERE. THIS ACTUALLY THIS INSPECTION IDENTIFIED A SLIGHT LEAK THAT'S ACTUALLY WATER COMING INTO THE TOP OF THE PIPE. IT'S UNDER AGAIN, UNDER WATER FROM THE LAKE. WE TRY TO SEAL THOSE DEFECTS WHENEVER WE POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO TREAT THAT WATER AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ALL DAY LONG, ALL YEAR, AND IT BECOMES EXPENSIVE. SO WE DID FIX THIS, PARTICULARLY THE PICTURE IN THE TOP RIGHT IS SOMETHING MAYBE OUT OF A HORROR MOVIE, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A DUCTILE IRON PIPE THAT IS QUITE OLD. IT WOULD BE 1972, I BELIEVE. IT IS HIGHLY CORRODED. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT QUITE A BIT OF TUBERCULATION THAT IS IRON DEPOSITS, BACTERIAL DEPOSITS, AND THEN THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GREASE THAT IS THE THAT IS THE LINE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND THAT IS THE PORTION THAT IS UNDER THE RAILROAD. BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE MANHOLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACK. AND THIS IS THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTOGRAPH. WE'RE LOOKING DOWNSTREAM. AND THIS SHOWS AN ACTUAL TEAR IN THAT LINER. AND THE WATER IS IS ERODE WITH THE LIGHT BLUE. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. YOU CAN ALSO SEE ALL OF THAT DEBRIS THAT CAME FROM THE SURFACE AS IT MADE ITS WAY INTO THE PIPE. SO THIS IS WHY PIPE CLEANING, YOU'RE WE'RE WORKING 25FT DEEP IN A 42 INCH PIPE AND TRYING TO MOVE TENS AND MAYBE EVEN HUNDREDS OF YARDS OF MATERIAL OUT OF THAT PIPE. SO THIS IS WHY PIPE CLEANING CAN BECOME SO EXPENSIVE. AND WHEN WE TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED BACK TOWARDS THE RAILROAD, WE SEE WHAT THAT COLLAPSE LOOKED LIKE ON THE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN'T SEE ANY PIPE ROUNDNESS. YOU SEE A LOT OF DEBRIS, YOU SEE PIECES OF PIPE. AND SO WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS DUCTILE IRON PIPE HAS HAD FAILED AT THE TIME. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THAT IS A TIRE, SHOWN WITH THE BROWNISH ARROW THAT IS THE WHEEL OF THE CAMERA COMING IN FROM THE WEST. AND WE'RE HAMMERING IN FROM THE EAST. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A PLAN TO FIX THIS. AND WE'RE LOOKING, WE GOT TWO GUYS EACH IN A CAMERA LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, IN THIS THING. SO. ALL RIGHT, THE INITIAL PLAN IS TO REPAIR THE ACTUAL COLLAPSE. WE STARTED THIS BACK IN IN MARCH, AND THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE THE MANHOLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS. THIS MANHOLE HERE, GET INTO THE EXISTING PIPE, GET IT CLEANED, PUSH NEW PIPE THROUGH THE OLD PIPE, AND THEN COME BACK AND LINE THAT PIPE WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST 50 YEARS. THE PIPE THAT WE PUSH IS A STEEL PIPE, SO WE WILL HAVE TO LINE IT AT SOME POINT.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THAT WOULD BE PHASE TWO. OKAY. THE MANHOLE THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS. THAT'S THIS MANHOLE HERE AND THIS IN THIS EMBANKMENT FOR MLK. ALL RIGHT. THIS WAS A SCHEDULE. I KNOW THE MAYOR LIKES HIS CHARTS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS THIS HAS A BIG ASTERISK ON IT. I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT THE RAILROAD IS HIGHLY INVOLVED WHEN WE'RE WORKING THIS CLOSE TO THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND EVERY ONE OF THE MILESTONES THAT WE'VE GOT ON THIS CHART HAS SUBJECT TO RAILROAD REVIEW. IN FACT, WE JUST GOT RELEASED TODAY, WITH THAT REVIEW AND WE'LL MOVE THE SCHEDULE AGAIN. BUT THE RAILROAD DID APPROVE FOR US TO START DIGGING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAIL. SO MOVING FORWARD, THIS SCHEDULE WILL BE UPDATED NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE EXCAVATION LOOKS LIKE ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS. IN THE FOREGROUND HERE, YOU SEE THAT IS THE 42 INCH DUCTILE SEWER. IT'S WITHIN A PIECE OF STEEL CASING THAT TRAVERSED THE RAILROAD THAT HAS SINCE BEEN ABANDONED. SO WE'RE STILL PROBABLY 60FT OR SO FROM THE TRACKS. THIS THERE'S THE OLD TRACK FOR THE OLD BRIDGE. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
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WORKING WITH THE EXISTING MANHOLE WAS THE DUCTILE IRON PIPE THAT'S THREADED THROUGH THAT STEEL PIPE. THEN WAS GROUTED IN BACK IN THE DAY. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THIS CONCRETE MATRIX HERE. WHEN WE CUT THE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE PIPE, THIS HOLE IS 25FT DEEP OR SO, MAYBE 27. SO I'M JUST POINTING OUT THIS IS ONE HECK OF A LADDER HERE. ALL RIGHT.THIS IS PREPARING THAT SEWER LINE FOR INSPECTION. THIS CAME OUT REALLY NICE ON THIS TV. SO GOOD. GOOD JOB I T ON THIS. SO IT'S VERY CLEAR. I'M SHOWING THE BLUE ARROW IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS SO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN THE WATER WITHIN THE TRENCH. SO THIS TRENCH IS SECURE. IT IS DRY. THESE WORKERS CAN WORK IN THIS.
I INCLUDED THE PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS. WHEN YOU DON'T MONITOR THAT WATER, YOU SEE THE WATER THAT'S IN THE TRENCHES LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S BOILING. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE FROM LAKE BRAZOS IS PUSHING WATER INTO THIS TRENCH. THIS IS ACTUALLY A PHOTO FROM THE 2010 EVENT. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY TO FIND THIS RECORD JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND WHAT WAS DONE AT THAT, THAT POINT IN TIME. THIS, THIS ACTUALLY BLUE HOSE IS A PUMP, IN A, IN A DISCHARGE LINE. SO WE'RE HANDLING THE WATER. THIS IS WHY DEWATERING IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND WHY THE PRICE TAG ON I'M GOING TO PUT IN QUOTES IS SIMPLE REPAIR. SIMPLE COLLAPSE IS NOT NOT CHEAP. OKAY. SECOND PHASE IS ONCE WE GET THE STEEL LINE IN PLACE AND WE CORRECT THE COLLAPSE, WE'LL NEED TO SECURE THAT STEEL LINE WITH WITH A LINER. SO A CIP CURED IN PLACE PIPE LINER. WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATION AT THIS POINT. WE ARE ON THE EAST SIDE MANHOLE, TRYING TO WORK OUR WAY DOWN TO THE PIPE ANDT THAT STEEL PIPE IN. SO THIS IS KIND OF IN FLUX. I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN JUST WORK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD. THAT IS FOR MANHOLE TO MANHOLE. BUT WORST CASE, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE DOWNSTREAM MANHOLE AND REDO THIS SECTION. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL IN FLUX RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SOME OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'M GETTING READY TO SHARE AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED. SO WE HAVE DONE SOME INTERNAL PIPE INSPECTION ON THE 42, AS A PART OF THE BYPASS PLAN, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE GOING AROUND SOME OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES ON THIS SANITARY SEWER. AND WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO GET AS MUCH OF THE EXISTING 42 INCH INSPECTED AS POSSIBLE. SO THE BYPASS, AGAIN, IS SET UP.
WE HAVE OUR PUMPS AT THIS LOCATION. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE BYPASSING ALL THE WAY NEXT TO THE INTERSTATE. SO IN TAYLOR THERE IS 102 INCH STORM DRAIN. AND IN 1972, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED. THE SEWER LINE WENT IN IN 1969. AND IN 1972, THEY IT WAS THOUGHT TO RUN THAT SEWER LINE RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM DRAIN. SO AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE WANTED TO TO INVESTIGATE THAT BECAUSE THAT SANITARY SEWER IS ACTUALLY UNDER WATER AND EXPOSED IN THAT STORM DRAIN. WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS CONDITION. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IT IS ALSO THE SAME WAY IN ELM. SO. WE DID SOME DIVING AND WE GOT OUR OUR DIVING GEAR TOGETHER. AND WE HAD A, A CONSULTANT WITH US AND WE WENT AND LOOKED IN THAT 54 INCH STORM DRAIN. AND THIS IS AN ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 42 INCH SANITARY SEWER DUCTILE IRON PIPE RUNNING THROUGH THE 54 INCH STORM DRAIN. SO IT'S IMPORTANT. HERE WE WERE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CORROSION. WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR LEAKAGE. IN FACT, THE PIPE AT THIS LOCATION IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. THERE WAS SOME MINOR SURFACE RUSTING, BUT WE FELT PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT IT'S OKAY. THIS PICTURE IS A LITTLE A LITTLE STRANGE TO LOOK AT, BUT IT ACTUALLY STARTED TO RAIN WHILE WE WERE DOING THE INSPECTION IN THE 102. AND THIS IS AS CLEAR AS I COULD GET. THERE'S BUBBLES AND WATER RUSHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM OUR DIVER, BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE A SIMILAR STRUCTURE. IT'S CONCRETE, IT'S ON THE LEFT, AND THE SEWER LINE IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT. AND THEY WENT ALL AROUND THE PIPE, FELT AROUND AND GOT THE CAMERA REAL CLOSE. AND AGAIN, THE PIPES IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT'S VERY LITTLE RUST AND WE DIDN'T FIND ANY LEAKING AT THIS LOCATION. WE DID GO INSIDE THE SEWER LINE. WE USED A CAMERA. WE TRIED TO CLEAN AS MUCH AS WE COULD, AND WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WHATEVER WAS WITHIN THAT BYPASS ZONE AND DISCOVER WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE PIPE IS. AND
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WE FOUND SOME AREAS OF THE LINE ON THE LEFT WERE ABLE TO CLEAN VERY WELL, AND THE PIPE WAS IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A PORTION OF CONCRETE SEWER PIPE. AND THIS WAS ABOUT 230FT IS WHAT IT SAYS FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AND SO PROBABLY A THIRD OF THE WAY OVER TO TAYLOR. AND THAT PIPE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. WE WENT A LITTLE FURTHER, GOT ABOUT 900FT. THIS IS AROUND TAYLOR, AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF GREASE IN THE LINE. SO I'M JUST IDENTIFYING HERE THAT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY ON TOP OF, MAKING SURE THESE LINES ARE CLEAN. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO TRY TO KEEP THESE TYPES OF DEPOSITS FROM BEING PLACED IN THE SANITARY SEWER. SO WE HAVE TO CLEAN ALL THIS AND INSPECT IT IN ORDER TO VERIFY CONDITION. OKAY, SO THE 42 INCH HEADED UPSTREAM LOOKS PRETTY GOOD BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, BUT THAT'S ONLY WITHIN THE AREA OF THE BYPASS.SO WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET JUST PAST TAYLOR. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE DID THIS SAME EFFORT ON THE WEST BANK SANITARY SEWER ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER FROM WASHINGTON, ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSTATE. AND WE FOUND AND HAD TO DO THE EXACT SAME PROCESS CLEAN. AND WE DID A BUNCH OF LINING. SO GOING FORWARD, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A PROGRAM ON, ON THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER AFTER WE GET THIS LINE FIXED. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS SWIMMING OUR WAY TO THE SANITARY SEWER. WE LOOKED AT THE CONDITION OF THE STORM DRAIN AND THE STORM DRAIN 102IN CORRUGATED METAL PIPE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR A MATERIAL TO BE USED, BUT IT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. AND SO WE DEFINITELY NOTICED SOME RUSTING IN THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE. WE ALSO NOTICED AND THIS THIS LITTLE FUZZY. BUT AGAIN THIS IS SWIMMING WHILE IT'S RAINING AND YOU GOT WATER COMING THROUGH THIS STORM DRAIN THAT THE COATINGS THAT WERE ORIGINAL TO THIS 1972 STRUCTURE ARE STARTING TO EITHER BE GONE OR ERODED SEVERELY. I BELIEVE THE STORM DRAIN IN 2014, 2015, WE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS ALSO CORRUGATED METAL PIPE. SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER CORRUGATED METAL STORM DRAINS THAT ARE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE RIVER. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE UPDATE. THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. AND I FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE OLD PICK UP STICKS GAME AFTER I STARTED REALLY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND WHAT WE COULD DO. SO X MARKS THE SPOT. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE ISSUE. I'VE TAKEN A GOOGLE IMAGE, GOOGLE STREET VIEW, AND KIND OF SHOW YOU ALL OF THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE. WE'VE GOT, ENCORE AND TRANSMISSION, WE'VE GOT ENCORE DISTRIBUTION, WE'VE GOT TELEPHONE, WE'VE GOT CABLE TV, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING OVER HERE.
AND THAT'S REPRESENTED IN THE PLAN VIEW WITH ALL OF THE RED LINES, JUST LIKE PICK UP STICKS.
I CAN'T MOVE THAT STUFF. IT'S IT'S THERE. ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS A FIBER OPTIC LINE THAT CROSSES THE RIVER THAT'S SUPER CRITICAL. AND THE CYAN LINES ARE STORM DRAIN LINES.
AND OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE RAILROAD, AND THEN WE HAVE THE 42 INCH THAT'S IN GREEN. WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER SANITARY SEWER OUT THERE AS WELL. PLUS YOU'VE GOT THE EMBANKMENT. AND THIS ALL MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING. ON FRIDAY, ABOUT 5:00, WE GOT INTO THIS MANHOLE AND WE LOOKED AT THE CONDITION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A MEASURING TAPE IN. AND THE TOP RIGHT PHOTOGRAPH IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE SAW. SO IT HAD THE CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR, AND I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC REASON WHY TRAIN LOAD TIME, THE RAIN EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD JUST MAYBE BETTER CLARITY NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO THE MANHOLE. BUT IT'S IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE MEASURED IT OUT AND IT'S CLOSER TO THE TRACKS THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS. SO THE LAST TWO DAYS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTING ENGINEER REGARDING CAPACITY OF THIS LINE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HOLD AT A 42 INCH REPAIR. AND IT LOOKS LIKE NOW THE BEST WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IS GET A 36 INCH REPAIR THROUGH THIS LINE.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A CHANGE ORDER WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, AND WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE THE EXCAVATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD AND TRY TO PUSH THAT 32 INCH STEEL PIPE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS. THIS HOLE WILL ACTUALLY USE AN AUGER BORE AUGER THROUGH THAT HOLE, AND THEN PUSH THAT CASING THROUGH. THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS IT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE CAPACITY ON THE EAST BANK. SO THE LAST LAST TWO DAYS HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT
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WITH OUR CONSULTANT. AND WE'VE BEEN MODELING THE SEWER FLOWS AND CHECKING ALL OF OUR LIFT STATION RUNS AND CARVER LIFT STATION AND LOOKING AT OUR LONG TERM GOALS. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY FOR NOW TO GET THIS THING FIXED AND BACK IN SERVICE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A PLAN TO GO FORWARD. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE ENTIRE EAST BANK SEWER. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT THE STORM DRAIN CONDITION AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT TO THE RIVER. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONSIDER REDEVELOPING THIS CAPACITY AT SOME POINT. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS EXISTING LINE, IF YOU'LL THINK BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE, THIS WAS A RED LINE. THIS LINE WAS REPLACED. IT'S A 30 INCH SEWER. AND WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS AREA ALONG ELM STREET AND TAYLOR AND, AND ALONG DALLAS, WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED SOME SANITARY SEWER FLOWS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS A 30 INCH LINE THAT ONLY HAS THIS THESE TWO OWNERS, THESE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS ON IT. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A LONG TERM PLAN TO ADD WHAT'S CALLED A SEWER RELIEF LINE, WHICH WOULD BE THIS YELLOW LINE. AND THAT WOULD RESTORE THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY OR THE NECESSARY CAPACITY LONG TERM FOR THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD. AND THE WAY THAT WORKS IS IF WE HAVE A RESTRICTION UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD, IF WE GO FROM A 42 INCH PIPE FLOWING INTO A 36 INCH PIPE, THE WATER ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE WILL BACK UP OR TRY TO BACK UP, BECAUSE THIS SEWER LINE IS SHALLOWER THAN THIS LINE, I CAN'T JUST DIRECTLY CONNECT THE TWO FOR GRAVITY SERVICE. SO THIS CONNECTION POINT WILL SIT UP A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE PIPE. AND IF WE HAVE A BACKUP, IT'LL SPILL OVER AND RELIEVE TO THE OTHER NEW 30 INCH. 30 INCH WAS INSTALLED IN 2010. SO IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE FLOWS, TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES. AND I DO EXPECT TO COME BACK WITH A CHANGE ORDER IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO THAT'S TODAY'S GAME OF PICKUP STICKS. ALL RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY I STILL EXPECT US TO WORK ON THE 42 INCH AND GET IT DONE, THROUGH NOVEMBER. AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW. IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A 42 INCH REPAIR. IT'S GOING TO BE A 36 INCH REPAIR. WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE TO PHASE TWO. WE ARE UNDER NEGOTIATION RIGHT NOW WITH TWO TWO CURED IN PLACE PIPELINE COMPANIES TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO AND TRY TO GET US IN IN NOVEMBER. THE LEAD TIME ON A CURED IN PLACE LINER IS 3 TO 4 WEEKS. SO THAT'S AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY MADE HERE LOCALLY. OR SOME OF THEM ARE MADE HERE LOCALLY. SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH TIME. BUT WE WILL IN THE FUTURE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT ULTIMATE CAPACITY AND COME BACK WITH ANOTHER PLAN. AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST WE'RE GOING TO GROW IN THAT LINE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BUSTER CHATHAM, SANITARY SEWER PLANT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER INTERIM SOLUTIONS. THIS REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS CAPACITY IS PROBABLY ON A 5 TO 10 YEAR PLAN TIME. WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE CORRUGATED METAL PIPES GOING FORWARD. I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH IT BEING RUSTING WITH THE PROTECTIVE COATINGS BEING GONE. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE HISTORY WITH BARRENS BRANCH AND THE MONEY AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD WITH THAT IN 2014, 2015. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT. QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SURE. HI. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. QUICK QUESTION. IN A LAYPERSON'S TERM. SO WE'RE STILL GOOD ON TRACK FOR NOVEMBER TO NO LONGER THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL NOT KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT WE'RE DOING WORK IS IF YOU IF YOU'RE PICKING UP WHAT I'M PUTTING DOWN. UNDERSTOOD. SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT NOVEMBER TIMELINE FOR SURE. THE THING THAT WILL BE CRITICAL NOW THAT WE HAVE RAILROAD APPROVAL TO DIG ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS, THE THING THAT WILL BE CRITICAL IS TO GET THAT AUGER BORE IN. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE 36 INCH PIPE NOW AND TRYING TO GET THAT IN THE PIPE THAT WE, WE PURCHASED AS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS TO IS TOO LARGE FOR THAT HOLE. SO IF WE CAN FIND THAT PIPE. YES, I THINK WE CAN STILL MAKE THE NOVEMBER DEADLINE. IF WE HAVE CHALLENGES FINDING STEEL PIPE THAT 36 INCH SIDE, IT COULD PUSH OUT. OKAY. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE CIP IN AND CLEANED UP AND QUIT BYPASSING IN NOVEMBER. AND THEN THE LONG TERM STRATEGIES WOULD THEY BEGIN ONCE THE BYPASS IS COMPLETE, OR IS IT LIKE WE'RE LOOKING A FEW[00:40:04]
YEARS? I MEAN, A WAYS DOWN, WE'D BE LOOKING AT A YEARS DOWN. SO WE WOULD EMPLOY A CONSULTANT LIKE WE DID ON THE WEST SANITARY SEWER. WE'D CLEAN THE ENTIRE LINE FROM THE INTERSTATE ALL THE WAY TO CAMERON PARK EAST. WE TV, INSPECT ALL OF THAT, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE BASED ON THE PIPE MATERIAL, PIPE SIZE, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO AND COME BACK WITH. AND THAT WOULD BE A STRUCTURED PLAN SO THAT IT WOULD BE WEEKS INSTEAD OF MONTHS OR YEARS LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S THE THE UNSEXY SIDE OF CITY WORK, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY IN THE TOP OF MIND THINKS ABOUT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN SEWER PIPES OR ANY OF THAT THING GOES IN THE GROUND, WHAT IT'S MADE OF AND WHAT ITS TENURE IS AND WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WITH TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID YOU CAME BACK IN 16, WELL, I MOVED BACK HOME IN 15 AND I IN AUGUST OF 15, RIGHT AFTER THE SINKHOLE HAPPENED.AND IT WAS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NO ONE THINKS ABOUT WHY A SINKHOLE WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL IT DOES. AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, US AS RESIDENTS AND I SAY US BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS SAME SITUATION. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOW LONG A PARTICULAR PIPE HAS BEEN IN THE GROUND AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT STARTED OUT AS IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IT ENDS UP. AS MANY OF US REALIZE WHEN WE LOOK IN THE MIRROR. SO, I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMITMENT TO FORWARD THINKING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PIPE OR LAST THAT WILL HAVE THESE ISSUES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT. HOWEVER, YOU ARE ALSO WEREN'T EXPECTING TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE EITHER. NO HAIR, GRAY HAIR HAIRS WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. SAME THING WITH PIPE. WE PLAN TO TAKE THE SAME APPROACH THAT WE DID HERE IN 2016, AND TRY TO EVALUATE EVERYTHING AND TRY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T STOP AT A CRITICAL JUNCTION POINT. THANK YOU. CHARLES, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. YOU MENTIONED YOU SORT OF OUTLINED SOME OF THE HISTORIC PROBLEMS THAT YOU'VE HAD OR WE'VE HAD WITH THIS PIPE. IS THAT FAIRLY TYPICAL? AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED, OR IS THIS HAS THIS PIPE HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN NORMAL? SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT A THOUSAND MILES OF SEWER LINE. JUST IN MAINE. YOU CAN DOUBLE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SERVICES. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PRIORITY OR A SENIORITY OR A. YOU KNOW, AGE SERVICE AREA. AND WE DO A LOT OF INVESTIGATING. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD THIS PROBLEM SIMILAR ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER. AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE WHOLE BANK WORK. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO REROUTE AROUND THE NEW, BASKETBALL PAVILION AND, WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING ON THE OTHER. IN FACT, WE NEED TO DO IT ON ALL OF OUR HISTORICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE TRY TO TAKE IT OFF IN PIECES. AND WE LOOK AT THE ONES THAT COULD BE THE MOST RISKY, AND WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE THOSE. BUT SOMETIMES YOU END UP WITH AN UNKNOWN. SO TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE 1969 SET OF PLANS DIDN'T MATCH THE 1972 SET OF PLANS. AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT STUFF, TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS AND GUESSES ON ON A GRAINY PHOTOGRAPH, A GUY'S HOLDING A CAMERA 25FT IN THE AIR DOWN HERE TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES. AND IT, IT'S JUST A CHALLENGE. I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH QUICKNESS ON THE REST OF THE EAST BANK LINE FROM CAMERON PARK TO THE INTERSTATE. SO I PLAN WE'LL MOVE THAT UP FOR SURE. AND THEN I THINK I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. THIS LAST LINE HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIVING INSPECTION LOOKS LIKE. BUT LOWERING THE LAKE MAY BE A SINCERE POSSIBILITY TO GET ALL OF THOSE INSPECTED IN A TIMELY FASHION. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO EVALUATE. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. AND WITH A DIVER HE'S LOOKING THROUGH A MASK. IT SOUNDS YOU CAN BARELY UNDERSTAND HIM. HE'S DOING THE BEST HE CAN RECORDING VERSUS HAVING A GROUP OF ENGINEERS MAKING SAFE ENTRY INTO A STRUCTURE LIKE THAT TO LOOK AT IT. GOTCHA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR DIRECTOR LEASE? CHARLES, THANKS FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER. IT'S I'VE FORGOTTEN THOSE THREE BIG JUNCTURES, PARTICULARLY THAT COLLAPSED TWO, THAT IT WAS REALLY A FOUR YEAR KIND OF ATTENDING TO IT FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE HERE. BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH SO MANY, LIKE ALWAYS, THE SOIL ITSELF IS UNSTABLE THERE. THE SAND, THE ALLUVIAL SAND MAKES IT HARD TO KIND OF WORK IN BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY UNDERWATER. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THAT THE PICK UP STICKS DEAL SHOWED ALL THE YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN OPERATE. SO, THAT,
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AND THEN YOU GOT THE RAILROAD AND UNION PACIFIC'S A GREAT GROUP, BUT THEY MOVE SLOWLY ON, ON, APPROVALS. BUT YOU SEE A LOT OF CHALLENGES HERE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON, ON COMING UP WITH A CHART THERE THAT SAYS NOVEMBER WILL KIND OF BE AT A PLACE WHERE, WHERE WE, WE THINK WE'VE GOT THIS THING LICKED. THAT THE, WHERE YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PICK UP STICKS DEAL? SURE. I JUST WANTED TO BE, I THINK, MAYBE CAN'T. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING THAT YELLOW LINE AS SORT OF A BACK OR KIND OF OVERFLOW, IF YOU WILL. EXACTLY. ARE WE ARE WE HAVING TO GO BACK TO UP AND ABSOLUTELY. THAT ALL APPROVED AND EVERYTHING? YEAH, I WOULD SAY BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS FOR CAPACITY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER WORK ON THE EAST BANK. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TOMORROW. WE WOULD FEATHER THAT IN WITH THE REST OF THE CIP PROGRAM. THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 42 INCH GOING DOWN TO 36. THE VOLUMETRICS ARE EXPONENTIAL, REALLY OLD PHYSICS CLASS, YOU KNOW, JUST YOU LOSE ABOUT 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF CAPACITY. IT'S QUITE DRAMATIC, MAYOR, YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING THAT TRIGGERED A QUESTION. SO EVEN THOUGH FOR THE OVERFLOW LINE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT DOING IT TODAY BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH UNION PACIFIC, ARE WE ARE WE WOULD WE GO AHEAD AND PREEMPTIVELY START THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MOVE AT OUR SPEED. THEY THEY WON'T START THAT COMMUNICATION WITH US UNTIL WE HAVE A SET OF PLANS. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THEY WON'T BE SIGNING OFF AND GETTING A PERMIT. GOT IT. I HEAR YOU, I HEAR YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL, THANKS FOR GIVING US AN UPDATE BECAUSE IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, VISIBLE AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW ABOUT IT. AND WE ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS IN THE AGENDA TODAY WAS THE, SOME COMPENSATION TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS. AND WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL BECAUSE IT'S DOWNTOWN, IT'S RIGHT IN OUR FRONT DOOR THERE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING. SO THE YEAR END TIMELINE SOUNDS GOOD. JUST KEEP US POSTED IF, IF AND AS WE GET ANY OTHER DELAYS. WILL DO.THANKS, CHARLES. YES, SIR. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2026-424. AND CITY MANAGER HOLT IS COMING FORWARD TO THE DAIS, ALONG WITH BLUE CASSELL AND COLIN BOOTH. THE WHOLE FINANCE TEAM HERE. TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU ALL. GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR ITEM 424, I'M JOINED BY BLUE COSULICH CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND COLIN BOOTH, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 2027 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, BUDGET, BUDGET AND BLUE AND COLIN WILL GO MUCH MORE IN DEPTH IN A MINUTE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL. YOU KNOW, THIS PRESENTATION EACH YEAR IS REALLY THE SYMBOLIC PASSING OF THE BUDGET FROM STAFF TO COUNCIL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS TASKED WITH DOING IS PROVIDING YOU ALL A BALANCED BUDGET. WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT THIS YEAR. I WANT TO THANK THE, THE BUDGET TEAM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TEAM, THE DIRECTORS AND THEIR STAFFS. YOU KNOW, WE ONLY GET STUFF DONE THROUGH OUR PEOPLE AND WITH A LITTLE OVER 1700 EMPLOYEES, ALL OF WHAT WE DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH OUR PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR, AS IN YEARS PAST HAVE MADE, STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL CUTS TO THE BUDGET SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE YOU A BALANCED BUDGET. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CUT A LITTLE MORE THAN $30 MILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, $10 MILLION THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. AND THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH YOUR HELP AND SOME, TOUGH DECISIONS WE MADE AT THE BUDGET RETREAT, WE'VE MADE AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS THIS YEAR TO GET YOU THE BALANCED BUDGET. SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE PROCEED. IF THE ECONOMY STAYS IN A CHALLENGING FORMAT THAT IT'S IN NOW, AS THAT MARGIN HAS DECREASED, THOSE CUTS COULD BECOME MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THERE ARE HEADWINDS WE'RE STILL FACING GOING INTO 27. AS YOU ALL KNOW, REVENUE GROWTH HAS SLOWED, TAXABLE VALUES ARE SOFTENING. AND IN SOME CASES, AS BLUE WILL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE,
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INEXPLICABLY NEGATIVE TERRITORY ON SOME OF THOSE VALUES. SALES TAX IS FLAT LESS THAN 1% YEAR OVER YEAR, AND RISING COSTS FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE TO BUY TO PRODUCE CITY SERVICES ARE INCREASING, AS NEVER BEFORE. AND WE WILL GIVE YOU SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THAT ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY ADDS PRESSURE TO BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND DECISIONS THAT YOUR DIRECTORS MAKE EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE OR ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE BEST IN CLASS SERVICE. ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE CONTINUING TO RESPOND BY ALIGNING, THE SPENDING THAT WE DO TO PROVIDE SERVICES WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE A STRATEGIC HIRING PAUSE, WHICH GIVES US SPACE TO THOUGHTFULLY RIGHTSIZE THE ORGANIZATION. AND I WANT TO PROVIDE A MOMENT OF CLARITY ON THAT, CONTRARY TO SOME THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED, IS NOT A HIRING FREEZE. IT IS A HIRING PAUSE ON SOME POSITIONS. WE STILL HAVE SOME CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT WE ARE, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HIRE, BUT WE HAVE A SET THAT MAKE UP A PARTICULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT ARE UNDER A HIRING PAUSE.CURRENTLY, WE'RE TRYING TO TIE EVERY DOLLAR TO A CLEAR OUTCOME AND A STRATEGIC PRIORITY. WE ARE STILL PROVIDING CORE MUNICIPAL SERVICES. AND JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH DIRECTOR LEAST, INVESTMENT IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL STILL REMAINS AT THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY LIST. CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT BUILD LONG TERM RESILIENCE. THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE WACO STRONGER FOR TOMORROW AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE LONG RUN. YOU HAVE A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT IS PRODUCED THE LOWEST CRIME RATE IN 30 YEARS, AND A CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THE ISO ONE RATING. ON THE FAR SIDE, YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, OUR MOST VALUED ASSET, BY PROVIDING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR. WE'RE RIGHTSIZING EQUIPMENT AND JUST AS HAS BEEN SAID EARLIER, WE ARE DELIVERING MAJOR GENERATIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS FOR WACOANS, FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHO LIVE AND PLAY AND WORK HERE, WE ARE STILL DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THOSE PROGRAMS. ULTIMATELY, THIS BUDGET PROVIDES AND MAINTAINS THE 27.5% RESERVE POLICY AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, KEEPS THE TAX RATE STEADY AT 75.5 CENTS, THE LOWEST TAX RATE SINCE 2008. SO THOSE WERE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER FOR YOU. AND NOW BLUE AND COLIN WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER HOLT MAYOR COUNCIL, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TO OFFICIALLY HAND OVER OUR RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO THE AGENDA TODAY, TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, THE OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CERTIFIED VALUES AND TAX RATES NOW THAT THOSE HAVE COME IN PERSONNEL, MAJOR FUNDS SUMMARIES, AND FINISH UP WITH SOME CAPITAL PROGRAM. BUT BEFORE WE GO FORWARD. IT'S ALWAYS, CRITICAL FOR US TO, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I LIKE, I LIKE TO LEAN FORWARD IN THINGS, BUT WE GOT TO STOP AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE PUT INTO WACO FOR WACOANS. AND OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE DIRECTOR LEASE WAS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES THAT YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT THE PRETTY PICTURES THAT COME UP ON ON THIS SCREEN, BUT ALMOST $639 MILLION HAS BEEN PUT BACK INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, INTO OUR FACILITIES, INTO, THINGS FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, FOR OUR WACOANS. SO VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD ON TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, ALL OF THESE QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND US. SO AS CITY MANAGER HOLT SAID, THERE WERE SOME DEFINITE HEADWINDS THAT WE WERE FACING AS WE WE PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE, IN MAY AND JUNE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE BUDGET RETREAT. AND WE SAID AT THAT TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME MITIGATION STRATEGIES KEEPING THEM THAT HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR REVENUES, OUR PROJECTIONS WERE REALISTIC BUT CONSERVATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERESTIMATING ANYTHING AND TRYING TO PUT TOO MUCH FORWARD, COMPREHENSIVE SPENDING CONTROLS HAS BEEN THE KEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS WE WEATHERED THIS, THIS TEMPORARY SLOWDOWN, THAT'S CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR
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AND REALLY COMES DOWN TO THIS YEAR, DELIBERATE CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESSES. SO AS CITY MANAGER HOLT SAID, INFLATION IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEADWINDS THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT. YOU HEAR IT IN THE NEWS, THE CPI, THE CPI AND THE CPI. IT IS CONTINUING TO RISE. WE DID GET A TEMPORARY RELIEF IN THIS LAST ONE, BUT THAT'S THAT'S REALLY BASED UPON SOME OF THE CORE INFLATION INFLATIONARY FACTORS, FOOD AND AND REALLY THE FUEL THAT HAD DROPPED TEMPORARILY THAT'S NOW RISING BACK UP. SO WE DO EXPECT THE THE OVERALL INFLATION TO TO CONTINUE TO RISE A LITTLE BIT AND TO REMAIN ELEVATED. BUT WHAT REALLY IMPACTS US IS NOT JUST CPI, IT'S MUNICIPAL COST INDEX, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT, SERVICE INDUSTRIES THAT WE, WE PROVIDE TO. SO CPI IS A GOOD MEASURE. BUT THE MUNICIPAL COST IS A LITTLE BIT MORE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE DO ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ROSE TO 4.9%, IN THIS LAST MONTH, FISCAL YEAR 27, WE'RE ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE TO BE AROUND A 5.2%, COST OF INFLATION. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US? WE'VE GOT EIGHT EXAMPLES HERE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, CRITICAL NEEDS FOR, FOR THE CITY THAT, REALLY ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL TO SOME, TO SOME EXTENT, FIRE PUMPERS PER APPARATUS, THE ENGINE NOW UP TO $1.4 MILLION. THAT'S 121% INCREASE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. POLICE VEHICLES, UP 36% FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. IT SOFTWARE UP 78. AND YOU CAN SEE GENERAL INSURANCE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES AT 2.7 IN OUR TOTAL BUDGET, 2.7 MILLION. THAT'S ALMOST 250% INCREASE OVER FIVE YEARS. SO, YOU CAN WALK THAT THROUGH TO WATER, CHEMICALS, HEALTH INSURANCE, UTILITY, THE PIPES THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS, ALL OF THESE SEEING WELL OVER DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH. THAT PUTS SIGNIFICANT STRAIN ON WHAT WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR REVENUES ARE NOT RISING TO, ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THIS EXTENT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADWIND.BUT WE ARE MANAGING THROUGH IT. SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAD US OVERALL? THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF OUR FY 27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET, $733.3 MILLION IN TOTAL, WHICH IS A ALMOST A 4% REDUCTION, ALMOST $30 MILLION REDUCTION IN TOTAL FROM FY 26, WHILE, LIKE CITY MANAGER SAID, MAINTAINING OUR 75.5 CENT TAX RATE GENERAL FUND AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AT THE BUDGET RETREAT, WE WERE ABLE TO BALANCE THAT THAT THAT BUDGET AT $213.3 MILLION, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF $2.6 MILLION OVER FY 26. SO WE ARE BRINGING YOU A FULLY STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET THAT STILL MAINTAINS A LOT OF THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD INTO OUR CITY, OUR PEOPLE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OUR CAPITAL. WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO OUR LONG TERM, LONG TERM, FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR OUR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND OUR NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THAT 4% TOTAL COMPENSATION ON THE CIVIL SERVICE SIDE, IS A TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE GSI FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND WHAT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH WITH MEET AND CONFER WITH THE, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE GIVEN IN THE BUDGET A 4% TOTAL COMPENSATION. THE GSI MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE THE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL, PAY, CERTIFICATION PAY, FEW CHANGES THAT WILL IMPACT, THOSE EMPLOYEES. SO THE TOTAL COMPENSATION AT 4%, THE GSI FOR CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS NON CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE A GSI OF 3%. THAT'S, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE BUDGET.
OUR TMLTRS IS STILL FUNDED, AT A AT A LIABILITY OF 85%. STILL VERY HEALTHY, WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE, ON THE CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR THIS YEAR AT 18.08%, ON GOOD INVESTMENT EARNINGS OVER THE LAST YEAR, HEALTH INSURANCE, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THE THE INCREASE ON THIS, THE THE INCREASE WAS ALMOST $2.5 MILLION, 12% IS GOING TO GO TO THE CITY, 7% TO THE EMPLOYEES.
A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE CERTIFIED VALUES. WE TALKED IN THE BUDGET RETREAT ABOUT THE
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PRELIMINARY VALUES AND WHERE THOSE WERE COMING IN. OUR CERTIFIED STATE COME IN AT 17.4 BILLION ON THE CERTIFIED VALUES FOR THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE CITY. THAT IS $800 MILLION OR ALMOST 5% UP, TO FY 26. BUT IT IS ABOUT 1.2 BILLION, DOWN FROM THE $18.6 BILLION CERTIFIED VALUES. THAT IS THAT 6.6% DROP. REMEMBER THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS FROM, FROM OUR PRELIMINARIES TO OUR CERTIFIED. WE TYPICALLY SEE SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT 6 TO 8, MAYBE 9% LAST YEAR WAS CLOSER TO 10%, BUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT THAT 6 TO 9% DROP FROM FROM OUR PRELIMINARIES TO OUR CERTIFIES. AND THAT IS WHAT WE SAW AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO 6.6% DROP, IN THIS YEAR. THE SINGLE FAMILY DID DROP, 200, 200 MILLION FROM THE PRELIMINARIES TO THE CERTIFIED TO 7.4 BILLION. THAT IS UP 1.5%. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING FOR SINGLE FAMILY, FOR, FOR TAXABLE VALUES, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL. DID DROP AND DROP SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED YEAR OVER YEAR. SO THOSE WE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STUDY A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THOSE AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING, ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WITH THE GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH OF THOSE SECTORS, DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE ON ITS FACE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE BACK AND EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN DETAIL. THE INDUSTRIAL AT 3.3 BILLION DOWN FROM THE PRELIMINARY OF 4 BILLION, THAT IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT THAT IS, THE PROPERTY IS ADDED INTO FOR, THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR. SO WE STARTED WITH A $24.2 BILLION MARKET VALUE, GETTING DOWN TO OUR 17.4 BILLION. SO THAT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO, TO SHOW HOW THAT DROP, OCCURS. AND THAT'S THROUGH THE AG LAWS, THE HOMESTEAD CAPS, VALUE CAPS, AND THEN AND THEN THE DIFFERENT EXEMPTIONS. SO THE EXEMPTIONS BEING THE BIGGEST CATEGORY OF THAT ABSOLUTE EXEMPTIONS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THINK A LOT OF YOUR, YOUR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND, AND THE LAND AND BUILDINGS THAT THOSE OWN, THAT'S 55% OF YOUR TOTAL DROP, IN THAT $6.4 BILLION MARK. AND THEN THE OTHER EXEMPTIONS ARE LISTED OUT. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE, THE PRELIMINARY VALUES THAT WE SAW IN THE BUDGET RETREAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? THAT 18.6 BILLION DOWN TO 17.4 BILLION. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR GENERAL FUND? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU SEE THIS IMPACT IN FY 26, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE OFF THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AT THE 75.5 CENT TAX RATE WAS $89.7 MILLION. THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY VALUES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE COME OUT IF WE KEPT OUR OUR TAX RATE THE SAME AT 99.4 MILLION, WHICH IS NINE, $9.7 MILLION INCREASE. THE CERTIFIED VALUES CAME IN 17.4 AT OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. WE ARE GOING TO BE, WE ANTICIPATE TO COLLECT THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT THIS YEAR AS WE DID IN FY 26 AT THAT $89.7 MILLION MARK. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR OVERALL TAX RATE? YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT WHERE THE NO NEW REVENUE CAME IN AT 72.8737, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU IN THE GENERAL FUND YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, $85.7 MILLION. SO, A DROP IN, IN REVENUE OF ABOUT 4 MILLION THERE AS COMPARED TO OUR PROPOSED RATE OF 75.5 CENTS AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, OF COURSE, MUCH HIGHER AT 85.3 CENTS. AT THAT LEVEL, YOUR GENERAL FUND WOULD WOULD PRODUCE ABOUT $105 MILLION AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE TAX RATE, THE TAX RATE IS ALWAYS SPLIT BETWEEN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, WHICH IS YOUR GENERAL FUND AND YOUR INS INTEREST IN SINKING, WHICH GOES STRAIGHT TO YOUR DEBT SERVICE. AND WE'VE ALWAYS, MADE SURE THAT WE PAID ATTENTION TO THE SPLIT BETWEEN THESE TWO. BECAUSE THE MORE YOU SHIFT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, THE LESS YOU HAVE TO OPERATE ON. AND WITH THE, THE CHANGES IN THE LAWS OF THE 3.5% INCREASE ON YOUR SIDE, THAT REALLY AFFECTS OUR OPERATIONS. SO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, OUR, OUR DEBT RATE ON OUR RATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE, BUT ALSO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS YEAR, THE SPLIT WILL BE ABOUT $0.57 TO THE GENERAL FUND.THAT 17.6, ALMOST $0.18 GOING TO PAY OFF DEBT, DEBT SERVICE FOR THE YEAR. THAT SPLITS OUT TO KEEP US PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT 77% GOING TO 23% GOING TO
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OUR DEBT SERVICE, WHICH STILL PUTS US BELOW OUR PEERS, OUR PEERS. THE AVERAGE REALLY IS AROUND THAT 65% GOING TO M AND O AND 3,435% GOING TO TO INS. ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE. AGAIN, THE TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR OUR, OUR FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE, WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET AT 4%, THAT GIVES A TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO OF ABOUT 34, 30.4% INCREASE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, 33.4% ON THE FAR SIDE, 27.4% ON THE POLICE CIVIL SERVICE SIDE. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE 3% GSI ON THE NON CIVIL SERVICE SIDE, WHICH BRINGS YOUR FOUR YEAR TOTAL INCREASE TO ABOUT 15%. ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE. AS WE STATED, THE 12% AND THE 7%, 12% GOING TO THE CITY SIDE FOR THE INCREASE TO THAT COMES OUT TO A DIFFERENCE, OF JUST OVER ABOUT $970, INCREASE PER EMPLOYEE, CONTRIBUTIONS. SO WE ARE GOING FROM $11,023 ON THE CITY SIDE, CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS EMPLOYEE HEALTH UP TO JUST SHY OF $12,000. I REALLY, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT OUR EMPLOYEES AS A WHOLE? BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A 3% GSI VERSUS A 7% INCREASE ON YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COST FOR THAT EMPLOYEE, TWO DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES AND HOW THEY AFFECT THOSE EMPLOYEES. SO WALKING IT THROUGH THE LOWEST PAY GRADE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON THE LOWEST SCALE, IS A STARTING WAGE OF $17.58, ALMOST $0.59 PER HOUR. THAT IS A JUST OVER $36,500 ANNUAL SALARY, PLUS THE 3% GSI BRINGS YOU A TOTAL HOURLY WAGE RATE TO $18.11 PER HOUR, $37,684 ANNUALLY. SO THAT IS AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER A THOUSAND, A LITTLE, LITTLE LESS THAN $1,100 FOR THE ANNUAL INCREASE. IF WE APPLY THAT 7% INCREASE TO AN EMPLOYEE ONLY, WHICH IS THE BASE LEVEL OF OUR PLAN, THAT PREMIUM HEALTH HEALTH PREMIUM INCREASE IS GOING TO BE $33 AND 33 $0.36. THAT'S A LOT OF THREES RIGHT THERE, $33.36, ON THE YEAR. SO IF YOU TAKE THE, THE EMPLOYEES RAISE AT $11,000 OR $1100, SUBTRACT THAT $33. THE NET ANNUAL PAY INCREASE IS $1,000 AND $61,064. I'M GETTING REALLY TONGUE TIED ON THIS. ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF YOU GO TO OUR HIGHEST LEVEL, WHICH IS THE EMPLOYEE PLUS FAMILY, THAT SAME EMPLOYEE THAT GOT AN $1,100 RAISE, THE HEALTH PREMIUM INCREASED NOW FOR THE YEAR IS $487, WHICH BRINGS THE ANNUAL PAY INCREASE FOR THAT EMPLOYEE WITH AN EMPLOYEE PLUS PLUS FAMILY ON THE HEALTH PLAN, TO, TO AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF $610.16. SO MOVING ON TO THE MAJOR FUNDS, STARTING FIRST WITH YOUR GENERAL FUND, WE'RE GOING TO START FIRST WITH YOUR REVENUES. AGAIN, $213.3 MILLION BUDGET. THAT IS DOWN 2.5 MILLION, ALMOST $2.6 MILLION FROM FROM FISCAL YEAR 26. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE SALES TAX. THOSE ARE YOUR TWO BIGGEST REVENUE SOURCES, COMPRISING OF ABOUT 72% OF YOUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE. BETWEEN THOSE TWO SOURCES, PROPERTY TAX THIS YEAR, WITH OUR CURRENT COLLECTIONS, PLUS YOUR DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS COMING IN AT THE SAME YEAR OVER YEAR, $90.5 MILLION, SALES TAX IS EXPECTED TO COME UP FROM BUDGET, $62.8 MILLION AGAINST A PRIOR YEAR BUDGET OF 60.4 MILLION. WHAT WE JUST SAID EARLIER WAS, YOU KNOW, OUR SALES TAX IS REMAINING FLAT. THIS IS A POINT OF CONCERN FOR US. HOWEVER, THE $62.8 MILLION IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHERE WE EXPECT TO ACTUALLY END THIS YEAR. SO AGAIN, THAT 60.4 MILLION FOR FY 26 IS THE BUDGET AMOUNT WE DO ANTICIPATE TO COME IN WITH OUR COLLECTIONS SOMEWHERE AROUND 61, $61.5 MILLION. SO THE THE INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR TO 62.8 IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS IT SEEMS. LOOKING OUT, FISCAL YEAR 28 THROUGH 32, OVERALL, AT THAT BOTTOM LINE ON THE TOTAL REVENUE, YOU'RE SEEING ABOUT, WE ANTICIPATE A, AN ANNUAL[01:10:02]
GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 2.6% PER YEAR. MOVING ON TO THE EXPENSES, 213.3, AGAIN, STRUCTURALLY BALANCED GENERAL FUND. AND IN THIS, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, MOST OF OUR DOLLARS GO TOWARDS, OUR PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE PROVIDE THE SERVICES. AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR DOLLARS GO. SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE GENERAL FUND COLLECTS, ABOUT $0.68 OF THAT GOES TOWARDS, PERSONNEL, WHETHER IT BE SALARIES, WAGES, OR THE BENEFITS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE HEALTH INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING. SO MOVING UP IN SALARIES AND WAGES FROM 94.2 TO 102 MILLION IN THIS YEAR, BENEFITS GOING UP FROM 39.2 MILLION UP TO 41.8. WE DO HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN TRANSFERS OUT FROM 39.4 MILLION DOWN TO 24.8. I HAVE THE THE TRANSFERS OUT LISTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION BECAUSE IT IS A IT'S A LARGE CONGLOMERATE OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT, MONEY MOVES. SO THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS OUR TRANSFER OUT TO STREET MAINTENANCE, TO THE STREET MAINTENANCE FUND, WHICH IS $11.9 MILLION. THAT IS SLIGHTLY DOWN. WE HAD ABOUT $15 MILLION GOING OVER, IN FISCAL YEAR 26 TO THAT STREET MAINTENANCE FUND. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT TO THE FORECAST, OUR REVENUES WERE GOING UP ON THE ON THE ANNUAL BASIS OF ABOUT 2.6%. WE HAVE OUR OUR EXPENSES RIGHT NOW, MOVING UP THERE ARE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, BUT AGAIN, ABOUT 2.7% PER YEAR. SO WHERE DO OUR DOLLARS GO? EVERY DOLLAR THAT THAT THE GENERAL FUND BRINGS IN, WHERE DO THOSE GO TOWARDS PAYING FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES? BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND IS FULL OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, RIGHT? SO EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE GET IN IMMEDIATELY, $0.57 OF THAT 57% GOES STRAIGHT TOWARDS FIRE AND POLICE STREETS, AND PUBLIC WORKS TAKES ANOTHER $0.10. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW EVERYTHING BREAKS OUT. CULTURE AND RECREATION AT 7% ALL THE WAY DOWN TO YOUR OUTSIDE AGENCIES AT $0.02. FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE COLLECT, WE SAY THIS, AND THIS IS ON THE TOTAL FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE GENERAL FUND COLLECTS. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY, JUST OUR FIRE AND POLICE, THOSE TWO BIGGEST CATEGORIES OF REVENUE THAT WE GET ALL OF OUR PROPERTY TAX, MOST OF OUR SALES TAX WILL BARELY COVER ALL OF THE FIRE AND POLICE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO 72% OF OUR BUDGET IS, IS GOING TOWARDS A TOWARDS FIRE POLICE, TOWARDS HEALTH AND SAFETY. SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR, OUR BUDGET OVERALL. NEXT BIGGEST CATEGORY FOR US IS WATER WASTEWATER. SO STARTING FIRST WITH OUR WATER, IF YOU LOOK FISCAL YEAR 27 VERSUS 26, OUR REVENUES ARE COMING IN THIS YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 27 AT $88.1 MILLION, BALANCED ON THE EXPENSES AT $88.1 MILLION. THAT IS AN INCREASE IN BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENSES THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN ON THE LEFT OF WHERE THAT COMES IN. BUT REALLY, IF YOU LOOK 93% OF THAT $18.7 MILLION INCREASE IN SPENDING IS RELATED TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. SO WE ARE TAKING, WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN WATER. AND INSTEAD OF ADDING MORE DEBT TO THE WATER SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME OF OUR CASH FOR SOME OF THOSE APPROPRIATE CAPITAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR INCREASE IN CAPEX. CPI FROM $3.8 MILLION LAST YEAR TO $21.2 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 27. IF YOU LOOK OUT, WHAT IS $1 OF YOUR WATER BILL? PAY FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU PAY FOR WATER. $0.10 OF THAT GOES TOWARDS PERSONNEL. THE REST OF IT GOES TOWARDS THE SYSTEM ITSELF IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, $0.24 TO TO TO CAPEX OR CPI, $0.33 TO DEBT SERVICE, WHICH WAS CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE FINANCED AND $0.34 GOES TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. MOVING OVER TO THE WASTEWATER SIDE, $84.5 MILLION ON THE REVENUE, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF $2.9 MILLION, EXPENSES OF 81.3 MILLION, WHICH IS FLAT TO FISCAL YEAR 26. MOST OF THE REVENUE INCREASE COMES FROM OUR OUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES DUE TO A RATE INCREASE.WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT RATE INCREASE IN A SECOND. BUT OVERALL, AGAIN, WHAT IS $1? STICKING WITH THE THEME, WHAT IS $1 OF YOUR WASTEWATER BILL PAY FOR? YOU JUST SAW A LOT OF
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IT. IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, $0.53 GOES TOWARDS MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONS, $0.32 TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE, TEN $0.10 GOES TO PERSONNEL. AND THEN $0.05 RIGHT NOW GOES TO CAPEX AND CPI. SO, QUITE A BIT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WITHIN OUR, OUR WATER WASTEWATER SYSTEM, MOVING FORWARD TO SOLID WASTE 27 VERSUS 26, $39.4 MILLION, WHICH IS UP 3.4 TO 2526, A BALANCED BUDGET OF $39.4 MILLION IN EXPENSES, WHICH IS DOWN $1.1 MILLION FROM FISCAL 26. AGAIN, YOUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES 37.4 MILLION, UP FROM 34.3 IN FISCAL YEAR 26. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SOLID WASTE BILL, YOU KNOW, $0.61 OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THAT, THAT SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE $0.24 TO PERSONNEL. THIS ONE IS ONE THAT HAS VERY LITTLE DEBT RIGHT NOW AT $0.15 AND $0.01 THIS YEAR IS GOING TO ADDITIONAL CAPEX AND CPI. IF WE LOOK DOWN AT THE FORECAST, 2.6% INCREASES, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, 2.4% ON THE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. SO A DECREASE IN EXPENSES, AS DO THE PROJECT COMPLETION PROJECT COMPLETIONS. YES. AND ONE TIME PAYMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE LAST YEAR. LAST MAJOR FUND IS OUR DRAINAGE FUND REVENUES OF $8.7 MILLION, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DOWN BY $0.1 MILLION, EXPENSES OF 7.6, WHICH IS DOWN 3.4 MILLION, AGAIN FROM, COMPLETED PROJECTS YEAR OVER YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, IT REALLY IS THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 3.2, DOWN TO WHAT'S PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR AT $0.9 MILLION. ON THE DRAINAGE, $0.58 OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU PAY INTO THAT GOES TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, $0.18 TO PERSONNEL, $0.13 TO DEBT SERVICE, AND $0.11 TO CAPEX OR CPI. SO ALL OF THESE UTILITIES ARE DIRECT USAGE BASED, AND WE CHARGE FOR THE USAGE OF THOSE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A RATE PLAN FOR THOSE, FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. YOU SEE THEM ON THE FAR LEFT, OF EACH MAJOR UTILITY SYSTEM. WE HAVE WATER, WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE DRAINAGE, AND OUR STREET MAINTENANCE FEE. AND IN THE, THE YELLOW BOX IS THE PROPOSED RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. SO YOU DO SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES, ANNUAL INCREASES, IN THOSE THAT ARE PLANNED. SO THAT IN THE WATER, NOTHING TO THE BASE RATE. HOWEVER, THE VOLUMETRIC RATES ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP, ON THE WASTEWATER.YOU DO HAVE A, A SLIGHT SIX CENT INCREASE ON THE BASE CHARGE, $0.52 ON THE VOLUMETRIC RATE ON YOUR SOLID WASTE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A MONTHLY RATE INCREASE OF $0.41, DRAINAGE RATE GOING UP $0.20 AND STREET MAINTENANCE GOING UP FOR $1 PER MONTH. NOW WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THOUGH? OVERALL, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT'S THE ACTUAL IMPACT TO OUR HOUSEHOLDS OUT THERE? THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, ALONG WITH THE, THE RATE INCREASES THAT WE'RE JUST ON THAT LAST SLIDE IN FISCAL YEAR 26, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD OUT THERE WOULD PAY INTO THE CITY OF WACO $3,212.51 UNDER THIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET, THAT SAME AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD WILL PAY $3,220.48, WHICH FOR THE ANNUAL BASIS IS AN INCREASE TO THAT AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD OF $7.97. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING INCREASES AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD BY JUST UNDER $8 A YEAR, ABOUT $0.02 PER DAY. MOVING TO THE FY 27 CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH OF A CHANGE SINCE THE BUDGET RETREAT ON, ON THE ACTUAL, ALLOCATION OF THE PROJECTS. AGAIN, 34 PROJECTS FOR $112.5 MILLION RECOMMENDED. THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS IN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES. AND THOSE BIG PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THAT BLUE BOX. WE DO HAVE SOME FOR SOLID WASTE, MARS FIRE, POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES, I.T. AND A FEW OTHERS. BUT 70% OVERALL IS GOING TOWARDS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES. AGAIN, HOW IS THAT THAT BEING PAID FOR $112.5 MILLION? WE ARE
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RECOMMENDING $30.5 MILLION OF SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT. THOSE ARE STILL COST, BUT THEY'RE SELF-SUPPORTING. THEY'RE UNDER, THE WATER, THE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. SO THOSE ARE OUR DIRECT UTILITY, RELATED DEBT. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS SOME DEBT OUT THERE, $15.4 MILLION. THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR, FIRE AND POLICE MOSTLY PRIMARILY, FIRE AND POLICE ON THAT ONE. WE DO HAVE A TAX NOTE OF $2.5 MILLION FOR SOME EQUIPMENT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, 50, 57% OF, OF THIS $112.5 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED TO BE CASH FUNDED. ONE THING THAT WE DO WANT TO NOTE IS, WE ARE TAKING A DELIBERATE PAUSE ON NEW STREET DEBT, NOT NEW STREET PROJECTS. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE. WE HAVE 90 OPEN PROJECTS TODAY FUNDED AT ALMOST $100 MILLION. SO THERE IS SOME SOME WORK TO BE DONE. OUR STRATEGY THIS YEAR IS TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED BEFORE WE ADD ON MORE DEBT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS SPENT DOWN. WE DO HAVE SOME CASH GOING IN $14.7 MILLION OF CASH GOING INTO THE STREETS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE. SO, WE DO NEED TO KEEP UP WITH, WITH THAT MAINTENANCE SIDE OF IT. BUT AS FAR AS NEW RECONSTRUCTION DEBT PROJECTS, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A DELIBERATE PAUSE. AND YOU DO SEE, THOUGH, IN THAT KIND OF ORANGE BOX, IF WE DO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE CAUGHT UP COMPLETELY AND, THE STREETS ARE, ARE, ARE GETTING FINISHED, WE MAY COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL LATER IN THE YEAR FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO, TO LOOK FOR FUNDING OF, OF NEW STREETS. SO OUR OVERALL PLAN ON DEBT THOUGH, IS TO, AT LEAST KEEP UP WITH OUR ROLL OFF. SO WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON, MATCHES THE DEBT THAT WE ARE PAYING OFF THAT YEAR. SO THE, THE NEW DEBT THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, $48.5 MILLION AGAINST THE DEBT ROLL OFF, WHICH IS OUR PAY OFF FOR THE YEAR OF 49.4 MILLION. AND THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. THAT IS. YEAH, $49.4 MILLION OF PRINCIPAL. SO WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE MANAGING THIS TO, TO TRY TO KEEP THE DEBT LEVELS TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE. THERE WERE $730 MILLION WORTH OF REQUESTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO, TO FUND ABOUT 100, $120 MILLION PER YEAR, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE STACKING UP. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO EVALUATE EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO SEE WHAT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD, WHAT COULD PUSH THAT THAT WOULDN'T COST US MORE TOMORROW THAN IT DOES TODAY? THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AS WE EVALUATE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. BUT OVERALL THIS YEAR WE ARE ABLE TO HOLD THIS, EVERYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T APPROVE THIS YEAR THOUGH, DOESN'T GO AWAY. IT'S, IT'S STILL A NEED. SO WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY NEXT YEAR, FY 28 REQUESTS, BUT ALSO EVERYTHING THAT DID NOT GET FUNDED IN FY 27, TO SEE WHAT THE CRITICAL NEEDS ARE FOR THE CITY AS WE GO FORWARD. SO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PLAN ON THAT, JUST MOVING FORWARD, ALWAYS EVALUATING OUR CIP AND WHAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. SO FOUR THINGS REALLY TO, TO REMEMBER IS $733.3 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET. THAT'S A $213.3 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY THINK OF AS OUR, OUR CORE GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES, BOTH OF THOSE DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR THAT IS MAINTAINING OUR 75.5 CENT TAX RATE. THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH YEAR, LOWEST TAX RATE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN, IN ABOUT THAT 20 YEAR MARK, STILL WELL BELOW OUR, OUR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE. AND THAT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS REALLY BE VERY STRATEGIC IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE FUNDING THINGS, HOW WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THE SERVICES THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED FOR WACOANS AND OVERALL, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, THE $112 MILLION OF CAPITAL, PLUS ALL OF THE $733 MILLION OPERATIONAL BUDGET IS GOING TO COST THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD AN ADDITIONAL $7.97 ON THE YEAR. SO TRYING TO HOLD THAT THAT HOUSEHOLD AS HARMLESS AS POSSIBLE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE[01:25:02]
ECONOMIC HEADWINDS THAT WE, WE HAVE THAT WE'RE FACING MAYOR COUNCIL WITH THIS, PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND GIVE THAT OVER TO YOU AT THIS TIME. WE'LL STOP AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE GREAT PRESENTATION. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER COSTA, LET'S APPRECIATE IT. ANY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, PLEASE? COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T GET RYAN AND COLIN TO DO MORE OF THE TALKING. I KIND OF HAD TO CARRY THE HEAVY LOAD THERE. TWO QUESTIONS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IN IN 26, 27 AND 2728, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING ON LESS DEBT THAN WHAT'S ROLLING OFF THAT GAP GROWS A LITTLE BIT IN THOSE 2829 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO NARROW, OR IS THAT A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK TO NARROW. THAT'S JUST WHAT'S IN THE PLAN TODAY. YEAH. AND WHAT THE INITIAL SCRUB THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHIFT SOME PROJECTS AROUND, BUT AS THOSE YEARS COME UP, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST NEXT TO THAT, THAT ROLL OFF AMOUNT OR AT THAT AVERAGE, WE DID SAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, OUR LONG TERM AVERAGE, IT IS ABOUT $57.5 MILLION. SO EVERY YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE DEBT RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN TO AT LEAST THAT $57.5 MILLION AVERAGE. OKAY. THE OTHER ONE WAS ON A COUPLE OF OUR FUNDS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WE'VE HAD TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY IN WATER AND WASTEWATER, IS THAT THOSE FUNDS HAD ABOUT 32, 33%, DEBT SERVICE LOAD ON THEM, $0.33 OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT. YES. IS THAT COMPARABLE WITH PEER CITIES OR WE HAD TO OVER INVEST, I MEAN, NOT OVER INVEST. WE'VE DONE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. BUT I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OUR PEER CITIES? YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PEER CITIES, PROBABLY AROUND THE 6040 SPLIT ON THOSE. A LOT OF LARGER CITIES MAY USE REVENUE DEBT. SO YOU CAN REALLY DISTINGUISH WHAT THEY'RE INVESTING IN THEIR SYSTEMS. SO AS WE LOOK AT, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE, WE DO SEE ABOUT THAT 6040 SPLIT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANKS BLUE AND TEAM FOR GETTING US HERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THE FOUR THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS SLIDE. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHILST ALL OF US ARE IN A DIFFERENT FISCAL PLACE THAN WE WERE BEFORE, AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE AN INCREASE OF ANY KIND, $7.97 A YEAR IS, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AND SAY WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN FORCE, WITHOUT LOSS AND SERVICES, THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD WORK. FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT WORK, AS MY PASTOR WOULD SAY. AND IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT NONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN QUEUE ARE STOPPING RIGHT BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE. AND THAT TOOK A LOT. AND THAT TOOK A LOT FROM DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THAT WAS THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO DECIDE WERE OKAY TO DO WITHOUT THAT DIDN'T SACRIFICE THE SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT ALL. AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ADVANCEMENTS, DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT AREN'T HAPPENING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STAND FLAT FOOTED TO SAY THAT EVEN IF WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYBODY, WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYTHING. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REMEMBER. IT'S, IT'S AN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE NEWS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, READING THE PAPER, IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR CITIES RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE APPROACHING ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO END UP BEING FOR US. SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THE SACRIFICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO SEE THIS THROUGH. I WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WE AS PEOPLE, AND THAT'S ME INCLUDED AS A PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE THAT WE AS A PEOPLE, ME BEING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN TODAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T SEE YOU OR WE DON'T HEAR YOU. AND WE'RE NOT COMMITTED TO ADVANCING HOW WE CAN BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL COME UP. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT SEWER LINE TO BE ON MLK, BUT HERE WE ARE. SO WE HAD TO FIGURE IT OUT. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO KEEP AT THE TOP OF MIND. THAT SLIDE WITH THE WHERE DOES MY DOLLAR GO? IT'S A GREAT SLIDE. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE OFTEN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE THINK ABOUT IT IN THAT WAY. SO, HEY MONICA, YOU GOING TO REPOST THAT ON THE THING? APPRECIATE YOU. COMMS AND MARKETING TEAM DID THEY
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CREATED THAT ONE FOR ME. WELL, SHOUT OUT TO Y'ALL. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE BECAUSE AGAIN, IF I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT WHAT IT IS. WHEN I WAS FIGURING OUT HOW TO PAY $12 FOR EGGS, I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN THAT WAY. AND SO I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE MAIN THINGS, THE MAIN THINGS, AND THESE FOUR THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO US TO NOT ADD ANY BURDENS THAT WE CAN CONTROL. WE ESCAPED ADDING BURDENS THIS YEAR. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE OUR STORY. AND I THINK THAT OUR MANAGEMENT HAS MADE THAT AND FINANCE TEAM HAS MADE THAT CLEAR OVER THE PAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES.ACTUALLY, THE PAST FIVE BUDGET CYCLES, WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AND IF WE'RE REALISTIC ABOUT IT, WE ARE STILL OPERATING VERY WELL. BUT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO SAY IN OUR OUT LOUD VOICES THAT THIS TOOK AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SACRIFICE TO DO. AND SO WE WILL BE HOPEFUL, BUT WE ARE REALISTIC IN HOW WE LOOK IN ADVANCE THE GROWTH OF THIS, THE MAINTAINING AND GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I'LL MAKE TWO ADD TWO NOTES TO THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO UNDERESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO BRINGING A BALANCED BUDGET, WITH A, WITH A $10 MILLION DEFICIT, TO THE COUNCIL AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ON THE GRAPHIC, I'VE USED THAT, THAT GRAPHIC. WHERE DOES YOUR DOLLAR GO? WHAT A NUMBER OF SPEECHES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. AND IT GETS A LOT OF TRACTION. THE, THE PART THAT WAS IN THE BLUE THAT, THAT PEOPLE REALLY SEEM BLOWN OVER BY A FEATHER, SO TO SPEAK, IS THAT MORE THAN 100% OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GO TO POLICE AND FIRE MORE THAN WITH ALL OF THE CONVERSATION IN AND RHETORIC AROUND BUDGETS AND PROPERTY TAXES, EVERY DIME, EVERY PENNY FROM PROPERTY TAXES GOES TO POLICE AND FIRE AND PART OF SALES TAX. AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS THAT I GET REACTIONS FROM, IN, IN COMMUNITY GROUPS, AS WE, AS WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BUDGET AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, GUYS? I'LL JUST ADD ON TO WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED.
GREAT PRESENTATION. EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BLUE, YOU COME UP WITH THESE NEW LITTLE WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT, WHICH I DO APPRECIATE. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, YOU HAVE A SNAPSHOT OF EACH OF EACH MAJOR COST CENTER. EACH MAJOR FUND REALLY DRIVES IT HOME. BUT, RYAN, YOUR FIRST BUDGET MAN AND CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK YOU HAD A BIG CHALLENGE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SIX MONTHS AGO, I GUESS, OR FIVE MONTHS AGO WHEN WE STARTED, AND GETTING IT, MAKING IT ALL FIT. I, THE ONE I PICK OUT SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE I LOVE THESE KIND OF PRESENTATIONS. THAT'S MY BACKGROUND. BUT THE MAIN THING IS WACO IS STILL GROWING.
WE'VE GOT, WE'RE UP TO 24.2 BILLION IN TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF OUR CITY, WHICH WHEN ANDRE AND I STARTED ON COUNCIL WAS LIKE EIGHT. SO, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING A TRIPLE IN THIS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. BUT, WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A SMART GROWTH STRATEGY. AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU GUYS ARE VISION. YOU HAVE MORE THAN JUST A ONE YEAR VISION IN A LOT OF THESE THINGS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD ON, ON WHAT WE DO AND BACKWARDS TO ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST THREE AND FOUR YEARS AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN. SO, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT, GROWTH GOING EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER RATE. SO WE GOT TO BE KIND OF CAREFUL WITH, WITH HOW WE PREPARE OUR NEW BUDGETS. AND IT'S BASICALLY FLAT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS. WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE ON OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE SAW THE QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN OUR, IN OUR RESOLUTIONS AND IN OUR, PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON ON OUR PARKS, THE, THE ALICE RODRIGUEZ PARK, THE CHINA SPRING PARK, WE'VE GOT PARKS IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON. WE GOT A NEW PARK THAT WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT NEXT MONTH. SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD ON, ON THE, ON THIS BUDGET, COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS AND, AND WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS AND WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE, WE'RE MAKING A BET ON WACO HERE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND, AND YOU'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HEADWINDS AS BLUE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE, THE RISING COSTS AND THE SLIDE YOU HAD ON WHERE JUST A FIRE ENGINE, YOU KNOW, COST, WHAT, TWICE AS MUCH AS IT DID NOT JUST FIVE YEARS AGO. AND YOU HEAR ABOUT THE, THE INFLATION OF 3%, 4%. AND RYAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN BLUE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN
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COLUMN CITY COSTS ARE EVEN THE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING IS YOU HAVE A 4% INFLATION. BUT THE CITY THINGS, THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE HAS GONE UP IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS. SO TO DEAL WITH, THAT KIND OF INCREASING COSTS AND SORT OF FLAT REVENUE SOURCE, IT DOES TAKE, SOME CHALLENGES AND, I'LL SAY OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, YOU KNOW, HEADCOUNT MANAGEMENT, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING IMPLEMENTED, SYSTEM UPGRADES THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE SPENT SOME MONEY ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND NOW SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER BEST IN CLASS SERVICES. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, CITY MANAGER HOLT, JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, I THINK THE FACT THAT OUR, SALES OR OUR PROPERTY TAX DOESN'T COVER THE FIRE AND THE POLICE, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL SAYING, YES, WE HAVE, IN MY MIND THE BEST POLICE AND FIRE FORCE IN THE COUNTRY, THE LOWEST CRIME RATE IN OVER 30 YEARS. GREAT RESPONSE TIMES. AND THAT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT WE ALL WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE. WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT, COMMITMENT AS WELL. SO, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT CONTINUE. ONE THING THAT YOU SHOWED IN THE LATER SLIDES THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT MUCH IN PREVIOUS YEARS ARE JUST OUR BOND CAPACITY AND OUR LEVERAGE ASPECTS AND HOW WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE MEASURE AGAINST OTHER PEER CITIES, BECAUSE THAT STARTS AFFECTING YOUR INS. AND YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING ON. SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT FIVE YEAR PROJECTION KIND OF KEEPING OUR DEBT LEVELS EVEN BEING CAREFUL. AND A LOT OF THIS YEAR IS ABOUT, EXECUTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADMITTEDLY A BACKLOG OF PROJECTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF YELLOW CONES OUT THERE IN OUR STREETS AND WE'VE GOT A CASH RESERVES RIGHT NOW OR DEDICATED CASH ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO EXECUTE ON. AND I THINK THAT'S THE YEAR OF EXECUTION. HERE IS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE, TALKING ABOUT GETTING ALL THOSE PROJECTS SORT OF CAUGHT UP. BUT STILL WITH 730 MILLION JUST IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO TACKLE THAT AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN GET TO IT WITHOUT PUTTING A BIG BURDEN ON THE, ON THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF, OF THE, OF WACO. SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING A CLOSER, INTELLIGENT LOOK AT DEBT LEVELS. I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND WE ALSO HAVE GREAT LIQUIDITY. WE'RE CONTINUING GREAT LIQUIDITY. WE'VE GOT STILL GREAT CASH RESERVES. WE'RE KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN 20 YEARS. AND WE'RE PRESERVING AND I'M HAPPY YOU HIGHLIGHTED THAT, BUT WE'RE PRESERVING THOSE, EXEMPTIONS FOR, RESIDENCES AND RETIREES THAT SOME CITIES ARE SAYING, HEY, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO, WE GOT TO BACK THOSE OFF. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING THAT, WHICH IS A, A BIG CHUNK IN YOUR LITTLE PIE CHART THERE. SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WHEN WE STARTED THIS THING AND WHERE WE WERE AT RIGHT NOW, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, THIS BUDGET AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT BLUE COLLIN AND REALLY ALL THE A C EMS AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TOO, BECAUSE I'VE PUT BUDGETS TOGETHER IN MY CAREER TOO. AND IT TAKES EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD, VIRTUALLY EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS TO BUY INTO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND, IT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY AND I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE MORE. ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT FROM DOWN THERE? I'LL INVITE CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UP FOR OUR THIRD AND FINAL WORK SESSION. ITEM 425, DISCUSSION OF PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. AND WE'LL TURN THE DESK OVER TO HIM. NO, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, FOR ZONING CASES AND TWO ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.ALL ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST THREE OF THEM, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THEM. THE FIRST ONE FOR 75 IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 785 OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2025. THAT REQUIRES CITIES TO HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOMES AS A PERMITTED USE BY. RIGHT. AND OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, WE DO ALLOW SOME RESIDENTIAL ZONING, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRED BY SPECIAL PERMIT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO ALLOW THEM BY RIGHT IN OUR ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR LOWEST DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW. WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME ALSO DO SOME CLEANUP WITH OUR DEFINITION, JUST TO BRING THAT UP TO, THE HUD CODE, CURRENT DEFINITION, AND THEN ALLOW THEM IN THE R E, AS I MENTIONED, AS A PERMITTED USE.
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AND THEN IT'S REFERENCED AGAIN IN SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS. THE STATE LAW DOES GO INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO YOU NOW. SO WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WHEN THE STATE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT. SO THAT SHOULD I MEAN, IT'S ALL TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AND MODULAR HOMES AND TRY TO GET THOSE INCORPORATED INTO OUR, OUR CITY PLANNING. CORRECT. THAT'S THE INTENT, THE STATE LAW THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.WE DO ALLOW, MODULAR, WHAT'S DEFINED AS MODULAR HOMES IN OUR CURRENT ZONING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY MEET THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. THIS, THIS WILL APPLY TO THE HUD CODE, WHICH IS A LOWER BUILDING CODE STANDARD THAN OUR. SO THIS IS TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
OKAY. THANKS. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL 6 TO 0 ON THAT. THE SECOND CASE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS A REZONING AT 2300 SOUTH NEW ROAD. THIS IS THE KENDRICK PROPERTY. THAT'S ABOUT 57 ACRES TOTAL. IT'S A PORTION OF THAT. SO WE DO HAVE A, A DEVELOPMENT PLAT SUBMITTED THAT'S GONE THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION TO DEVELOP THIS, THE TOTAL TRACT. AND THERE'LL BE A NEW ROAD THAT CONNECTS OVER FROM BAGBY TO NEW ROAD, HOLLY VISTA EXTENSION, HOLLY VISTA, WITH TWO MULTIFAMILY TRACTS AND THEN SOME COMMERCIAL TRACKS ALONG THE FRONT. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS A REZONING OF THIS 18 PLUS ACRE TRACT HERE WITH THE STAR ON IT. HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF IT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST VACANT FARMLAND AND IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOVIE THEATER AND TOP GOLF. SO CURRENTLY IT'S MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX, PROPOSING MIXED USE FLEX THERE.
AND THEN IT'S R3C CURRENTLY, WHICH IS A MULTIFAMILY ZONING THAT ALLOWS UP TO 25 UNITS AN ACRE. AND IT WOULD CHANGE TO R3D, WHICH ALLOWS 32 UNITS ACRE. SO ABOUT SEVEN MORE AN ACRE.
THAT DEVELOPER ORIGINALLY CAME TO US WAS WANTING, WANTING TO GET MORE DENSITY ON THE PROPERTY TO MAKE THEIR PROJECT WORK. ORIGINALLY, THEY HAD LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY BUYING SOME LAND ALONG KENDRICK AND EXPANDING THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING THERE. AND WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT ENCROACHING MORE MULTIFAMILY ZONING INTO THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE BROUGHT UP THE, THE PROPOSAL TO, HOW ABOUT YOU JUST REZONE THIS TRACT TO HIGHER DENSITY? THAT'S CLOSER TO A NEW ROAD AND AWAY FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS THERE. IT DOES ALLOW UP TO SEVEN UNITS MORE AN ACRE AND DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AS WELL. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONING SIX ZERO. AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION OR COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC NOTICES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS FOR 77. THIS WAS CONTINUED FROM, ONE OF YOUR MAIN MEETINGS, BY THE APPLICANT. THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST AT 365 AND 379 VALVERDE ROAD, FROM R1, B TO M2. THIS IS OUT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN 84. THIS LAND WAS PART OF A BOUNDARY, SWAP WITH CITY. MCGREGOR. THREE YEARS AGO, THIS, THIS, AREA RIGHT HERE WAS BROUGHT IN FROM MCGREGOR TO WACO. AND IT WAS BROUGHT IN AS SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. THERE'S TWO INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES THERE.
THERE'S A, WHAT WAS A SIGN SHOP AND THEN A CABINET SHOP, THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND, THE 365 VAL VERDE HAS A PENDING PROPERTY SALE AND THE NEW OWNER WANTED TO GET THE ZONING OR THE USE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING BEFORE THEY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY. SO THEY WERE REQUESTING THE REZONING AND THE CITY EXPANDED IT TO INCLUDE 379 TO BRING BOTH THOSE PROPERTIES INTO CONFORMANCE WITH ZONING, SINCE THEY'RE NEWLY INTO THE CITY OF WACO.
AND YOU CAN SEE BOTH THE PROPERTIES THERE. INDUSTRIAL USES. AND THEN IT WILL CREATE INDUSTRIAL ZONING THERE. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SEVEN ZERO. AND WE HAD NO OPPOSITION TO IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS ON THAT ONE. DIRECTOR PETERS THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH THE NEIGHBOR OR SOMETHING, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
DID THAT ALL GET STRAIGHTENED OUT? SO. YES, SIR. SO THE REASON FOR THE CONTINUANCE
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ORIGINALLY THERE THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE PROPERTY, WAS SERVED WITH UTILITIES SINCE IT TRANSITIONED FROM MCGREGOR TO WACO. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME OF THEM HAVE SEPTIC SERVICE CURRENTLY AND HOW THAT WOULD BE TREATED. SO WE DID GET ALL THAT WORKED OUT WITH THEM. THEY ARE, TYING IN TO OUR SEWER ON SOME OF THE PROPERTIES AND THEY'LL KEEP SEPTIC ON SOME OF THE EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE. THAT SEPTIC IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR RULES. GOOD. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED THAT APPROVAL OR WHATEVER, BUT WE WORKED IT OUT. SO YEAH, SO WE GOT IT WORKED OUT AND EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT. AND LIKE I SAID, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. GREAT. THANKS, CLINT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. THE OTHER THREE, LIKE I SAID, ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THOSE, BUT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WAFFLE HOUSE ONE. I CAN IF YOU WANT TO. SO CONTAGIOUS WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT WAFFLES.WELL, I THINK YOU DON'T NEED TO. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLINT ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK THANKS, CLINT. ANYTHING ELSE? CITY MANAGER. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE GO TO WORK. SESSION 2026-426. CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AND SCHEDULED FOR UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR
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FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? THERE ARE NONE. SO WE WILL NOW RECESS FOR THE WORK SESSION AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY SECRETARY HICKS AT 4:49 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. REAL PROPERTY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.087 AND ATTORNEY BRIEFING. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 PETITION RECEIVED FROM THE. FOR THE CREATION OF MCLENNAN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE PROTECTION* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.