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FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE[Budget and Fiscal Affairs on June 12, 2023.]
TO ORDER AND WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.COUNCIL FROM MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH, COUNCIL MEMBER VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN.
MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN'S OFFICE.
DAVID ROBINSON'S OFFICE, AND TIFFANY D THOMAS'S OFFICE, AND SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE AND LETICIA PLUMMER'S OFFICE.
THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
THERE IS A SIGNUP SHEET AT YOUR RIGHT, MY LEFT, MY STAFF MEMBER DAMARI WILL BE MONITORING THE PUBLIC SPEAKER'S LIST.
HE'LL, HE'S ON HIS WAY AS I JUST TALKED WITH THEM.
BUT AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DIRECTOR WILLIAM JONES, HOT OFF THE BUDGET PASSING.
AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR MELISSA DEBOWSKI TO PROVIDE A PROPOSED FY 24 THROUGH 28 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLAN.
YEAH, SO AS YOU SAID, WE JUST WRAPPED UP BUDGET LAST WEEK AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN READY TO TACKLE CIP.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS TODAY.
AND, AND BEFORE I START, I DO REALLY WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEBOWSKI SITTING NEXT TO ME.
HER AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
THEY ALWAYS DO, UM, UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.
UM, SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT'S HERE TODAY, IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE STAND.
UH, UH, SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE, AGAIN, WORKING THE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS TO, TO GET THE CIP OUT.
SO VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.
UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UM, GSD, AIRPORT HITS FLEET, ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT COLLABORATE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS TODAY.
SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THEM AS WELL.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UM, MY FIRST FEW SLIDES PROVIDE JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS AS A REFRESHER.
AND OF COURSE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE CALL THE CIP IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
UM, IT IS A PLAN, NOT A BUDGET, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
UH, SO THE CIP IS ADOPTED BY MOTION, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU RECEIVE REQUESTS FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO EACH PROJECT SEPARATELY.
ALSO, AS A PLAN AND NOT A BUDGET IS A LIVE DOCUMENT THAT CHANGES THIS PROJECT.
ESTIMATES GET REFINED AS TIMELINE SHIFTS OR AS CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND SO FORTH.
IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED CIP, THE ADOPTED VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE FINANCE WEBSITE.
UH, THE CIP CONSISTS OF FOUR COMPONENTS.
UH, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REBUILD HOUSTON NOW CALLED BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD, THE ENTERPRISE FUND PROGRAM AND COMPONENT UNITS, UH, WHICH ARE DEFINED ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO AGAIN, THESE FOUR COMPONENTS, THE, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, GENERAL INCLUDES GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS FIRE, UH, GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS, HEALTH, HOUSING, LIBRARY, PARKS, POLICE, SOLID WASTE, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR BUILD, HOUSTON FORD, WHICH FOCUSES ON STORM DRAINAGE, UH, AND STREET AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, WHICH ARE THE CITY'S BUSINESS TYPES ENTITIES.
AGAIN, IT'S A CLOSED FINANCIAL SYSTEM, UM, INCLUDING THE, UH, COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM AND THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM.
AND OUR COMPONENT UNITS INCLUDES, UH, LEGALLY SEPARATED ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE CITY THAT ARE FINANCIALLY CLOSELY RELATED, UM, AS REPORTED IN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE FUNDING SOURCES, UH, FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, GENERAL FUND SUPPORTED DEBT.
UM, THE OTHER COMMUNITY DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD, UH, WE HAVE REVENUE FROM DRAINAGE, UTILITY CHARGE, DEVELOPER IMPACT FEE, UH, AT VALOREM THAT PREVIOUSLY WENT TO PAYING DEBT SERVICE FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GRANTS.
UH, THEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS, UH, CUS REVENUES DERIVED FROM WATER CUSTOMERS AND GRANTS, HAS REVENUE DERIVED FROM AIRLINES, UH, PARKING FEES AND GRANTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE COMPONENT UNITS.
WE LOOK AT, UH, TAX INCREMENTS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS.
OKAY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GONNA, UH, TURN THIS OVER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR VALKI TO KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO ON SLIDE FIVE, UH, WE GIVE A COMPARISON FROM THE PRIOR YEARS ADOPTED CIP TO THE CURRENT PROPOSED FY 24 THROUGH 28 CIP.
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SEE THAT THE PROPOSED 24 THROUGH 28 CIP IS ESTIMATED AT 11.6 BILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL FUNDING SOURCES AS OUTLINED BELOW.UH, THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS TOTAL 9.7 BILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD.
THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS TOTAL 936 MILLION, AND THE COMPONENT UNITS TOTAL 938 MILLION.
AND ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT THE DIRECTOR SAID ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, UM, PERTAINS TO THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS. SO THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS, UM, FUNCTION SEPARATELY, THEY CAN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDS CAN'T BE MIXED BETWEEN DIFFERENT ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UNDER THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM, THAT'S THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE REVENUES FROM THE RATE PAYERS.
AND THEN ON THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, UM, THOSE FUNDS ARE FUNDED BY, UM, GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, AIRLINE REVENUES, NON-AIR AIRLINE REVENUES, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THE FUNDS CAN'T BE INTERCHANGED BETWEEN, UM, BETWEEN PROJECT TYPES.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE BREAKDOWN, UM, THAT ACROSS THE BOARD THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM HAS GONE UP FROM 799 MILLION TO 936 MILLION.
BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD IS UP ABOUT 50 MILLION COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM IS UP TO 4.8 BILLION, AND THE AIRPORT SYSTEM IS UP AS WELL TO TWO POINT ABOUT 2.8 BILLION THERE FOR A TOTAL OF 11.6.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THE FIRST CATEGORY, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, SO JUST SOME MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS AND MAJOR PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE PROPOSED CIP.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING FORWARD WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURTS, UM, BUILDING.
THIS HAS BEEN IN THE CIP FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SINCE HURRICANE HARVEY.
UM, SO WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT, UM, WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT.
AND YOU WILL SEE IN RCA COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, FROM GSD ON THAT, UM, IN THE BOOK THERE'S $103 MILLION YOU SEE, THAT'S FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
LIKE I MENTIONED, SINCE THE DESIGN PORTION IS GONNA BE APPROPRIATE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, YOU DON'T SEE IT IN THE FIVE YEAR 24 THROUGH 28 WINDOW, SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
BUT, UM, BE ASSURED, WE STILL HAVE THE DESIGN DOLLARS, UM, SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER HARVEY RECOVERY PROJECTS, UM, FIRE STATION 1 0 4 AND SOME VARIOUS POLICE FACILITIES AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT NOT PERTAINING TO HARVEY THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THE NEW BARK FACILITY FOR $45 MILLION AND AN INCREASE IN OUR FLEET.
THE, IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR, UM, CIP WE HAD $190 MILLION PROGRAM FOR FLEET, AND THIS YEAR THAT'S INCREASED TO 236 MILLION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS AS WE ALWAYS DO, BUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTED NEW PROJECTS INCLUDE THE 9 1 1 REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND THE SAPS FOUR HANA UPGRADE SAP'S OUR, UM, FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF RECORD, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL ITEM FOR US.
OKAY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION ESCALATIONS.
I THINK EVERYONE HAS FELT IT, UM, AT WORK AND PERSONALLY AS WELL WITH, UM, COST INFLATION, UM, AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO CAUSE AN INCREASE IN BUILDING MATERIAL COSTS CITYWIDE, UM, WHICH HAS CAUSED, UH, INCREASED PROJECT COSTS AND COMPLETION DELAYS.
UM, SO THIS CIP DOES INCLUDE ESCALATIONS FOR PREVIOUSLY PLANNED PROJECTS, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR PROJECTS THAT SHOW UP IN FUTURE YEARS IN CASE ANY ADDITIONAL ESCALATIONS ARE NEEDED.
ON SLIDE NINE, IT GIVES YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BOND ELECTION.
I KNOW YOU ALL REMEMBER, UM, FROM NOVEMBER, WE DID GO TO THE VOTERS IN, UM, NOVEMBER OF 22.
AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 22 AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD PROGRAM, SLIDE 11.
UM, BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF TWO DIFFERENT CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK, BOTH THE STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SECTION AND THE STORM DRAINAGE SECTION.
SO YOU'LL SEE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME BIG PROJECTS IN THOSE SECTIONS.
FOR STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, THAT SECTION TOTALS OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.
UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE CITYWIDE STREET AND TRAFFIC REHAB, UM, THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND COLLECTORS.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THIS IS WHERE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND APPEARS 27.5 MILLION.
AND THE SAFE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM 16.5 MILLION UNDER THE STORM DRAINAGE CHAPTER IN YOUR BOOK.
UM, THE TOTAL THERE IS OVER $900 MILLION.
UM, SOME MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS THERE, UH, INCLUDE THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT, WHICH IS $124 MILLION.
UM, AND YOU ALSO, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK LAST WEEK AT COUNCIL ABOUT LDP AND SWAT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT APPEAR IN THE CIP AS WELL.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON SLIDE 12, THIS GIVES MORE DETAIL ON SWAT AND LDP.
I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. SO SWAT OVER THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW IN THE CIP
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IS $140 MILLION.UM, IN FY 24, UH, YOU SEE THAT'S WHERE, UH, MOST OF IT IS WITH THE 60 MILLION, UM, JUST IN FY 24 ALONE AND THEN $20 MILLION A YEAR, UM, IN THE OUT YEARS.
AND LDP, UM, IN THE CIP SINCE WE HAD ALREADY HAD THE BOOKS, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE WAY TO THE PRINT SHOP DURING THE DISCUSSIONS LAST WEEK, UM, YOU DO SEE THE ABOUT 69 MILLION FOR LDP OVER THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW, BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION ALLOCATED LAST WEEK.
ON SLIDE 13, UM, PART OF THE REBUILD HOUSTON, OR SORRY, BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD PROGRAM, UM, ALSO, UM, INCLUDES, LIKE I MENTIONED ALREADY SOME PROJECTS PERTAINING TO HARVEY, SUCH AS THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT.
UM, YOU SEE THE LAKE HOUSTON DAM PROJECT IN THE BOOK AS WELL.
AND, UM, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE IN THE BOOK FOR THE LAKE HOUSTON DAM IS $43 MILLION.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ON TOP OF THAT 43 MILLION IS AN ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING ALLOCATION OF 50 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT, UM, THAT WAS RECEIVED DURING THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING IN THE BOOK FOR THE MEMORIAL CITY DETENTION PROGRAM.
AND AS WELL, THERE'S SOME ONGOING, UM, MITIGATION PROJECTS.
UM, PART OF OUR LOCAL ACTION PLAN, UM, TURKEY, GLY, MELROSE PARK, AND FRENCHTOWN ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE CIP.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME GLO UM, STATE ACTION PLAN PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AS WELL, UM, FOR BRAEBURN CLAN AND A LEAF AREA.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY ON SEVERAL OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ARE PENDING.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE 14.
THIS SHOULD BE A FAMILIAR SIDE TO EVERYONE.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SHOW AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE AMOUNT OF STREET AND DRAINAGE DEBT WE'RE PAYING DOWN, UM, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF REBUILD.
UM, YOU SEE THE DASHED LINE THERE INDICATES WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PROGRESS.
UM, SO THROUGH THE END OF, UM, FISCAL YEAR 23, WE'VE PAID OFF 1.8 BILLION OUT OF THE STREET AND DRAINAGE DEBT THAT WAS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE START OF REBUILD.
SO THAT LEAVES US 637 MILLION THAT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY.
AND OF THAT 521 MILLION IS PRINCIPAL AND 116 MILLION IS INTEREST.
SO JUST ONE MORE POINT ON THAT, AS WE, UM, CONTINUE TO PAY DOWN THAT DEBT, THAT FREES UP MORE FUNDING FOR, UM, PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROGRAM OF THE CIP.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM SYSTEM ON SLIDE 16.
UM, THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM, UM, HAS PROJECTS IN TWO DIFFERENT CHAPTERS OF THE CIP, UM, BREAK BROKEN DOWN INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND THE WATER UTILITY SYSTEM.
UM, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, UM, COMPRISES THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS AT 3.1 BILLION AND YOU SEE A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT SERVICE AREAS, 800 MILLION PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, 603 MILLION NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, REHAB, 480 MILLION LIFT STATIONS, 306.
AND THEN ON THE WATER UTILITY SYSTEM, THE BIGGEST, UM, PROJECT THERE, STANDALONE PROJECT IS THE EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLAN FOR 486 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE ONGOING WORK FOR SURFACE WATER TRANSMISSION PROGRAM AND THE ONGOING NEIGHBORHOOD WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
AND ON SLIDE 17, UM, ALSO HURRICANE HARVEY DID DAMAGE, UM, SOME WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS AT THE WASTEWATER FACILITIES AND THOSE, UM, ASSESSMENTS AND, UM, DAMAGE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS ARE ONGOING AS WE WORK WITH FEMA.
UM, WE ALSO ARE, UH, TRYING TO PURSUE A CONSOLIDATION PLAN WITH FEMA, UH, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES OVERALL THAT WILL BE EXPOSED TO FUTURE STORMS. UM, SO AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE, UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH FEMA, UM, AND TDO, WE'LL, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING FURTHER UPDATES TO THIS BODY.
OKAY, ON SLIDE 18, UH, HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM.
SO GOING TO SLIDE 19, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM CIP TOTALS 2.8 BILLION.
UM, AND THIS SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE DIFFERENT AIRPORTS AROUND THE CITY.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE THE GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, UH, WILLIAM MP HOBBY AIRPORT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ELLINGTON, UM, AIRPORT AND SPACEPORT.
UM, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE CIP PROJECTS ARE PLANNED AT, UM, INTERCONTINENTAL FOR 1.8 BILLION.
UM, THE BIGGEST STANDALONE PROJECT IS THE, UM, WHAT'S REFERRED TO NOW.
YOU'LL START HEARING THE ACRONYM DRIP, THE DRP, THE DIVES DOMESTIC REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 873 MILLION.
UM, THE SKYWAY TRAIN REPLACEMENT FOR 350 MILLION.
THOSE AT THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS THERE.
UM, I JUST, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE CIP FOR IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I, TRIPP PROJECT IS, UM, COMING TO COM.
WELL, COMING TO COMPLETION AS FAR AS APPROPRIATIONS ARE, IT'S STILL DEFINITELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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UM, BUT YOU WON'T SEE A LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE CIP FOR THAT PROJECT SINCE IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED.UM, SO GOING DOWN TO THE WILLIAM P HOBBY AIRPORT, UM, THE LARGEST HIGHLIGHT THERE IS THE WEST CONCOURSE EXPANSION.
UM, THAT'S THE PROJECT, UM, PERTAINING TO THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FOR THE ADDITIONAL GATES AND THE, I BELIEVE YOU SAW THE PRESENTATION FROM, UH, THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR WITH THE BAGGAGE, UM, THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA AND THE CANOPY AT HOBBY.
UM, SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT 449 MILLION.
AND MOVING ON TO SLIDE 20, UM, JUST TO GO OVER OUR TIMELINE.
SO, UM, LAST THURSDAY WE RELEASED THE, UM, PROPOSED CIP ON SHAREPOINT, WHICH YOU ALL, I HOPE GOT THE LINK FOR, UM, RECEIVED YOUR BOOKS ON FRIDAY.
UM, TODAY WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, UM, LATER THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY, WE'LL ASK FOR YOUR DRAFT CIP AMENDMENTS TO BE DUE TO MARTA.
UM, SHE DID SEND A WORD, UM, WORD TEMPLATE FOR YOU TO PLEASE, UM, FILL THAT OUT AND SUBMIT IT BY THE 15TH.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL REVIEW ALL YOUR AMENDMENTS AND HAVE A LIVELY DISCUSSION ON JUNE 21ST.
THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY VICE CHAIR ED POLLETT.
AND FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX.
I, I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROCESS AND, UM, JUST HOW I ACTUALLY CAN GET A PROJECT ON THE CIP.
FOR SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE ALAMEDA PLAZA RECONSTRUCTION ON CIP.
UM, ALL OF THE MEETINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE STREETS.
THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, THE STREETS ARE DILAPIDATED.
I CAN'T USE ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS TO REPAIR STREETS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE LIKE FLUSHING MONEY DOWN THE TOILET.
UM, WE HAVE MOVED TO CLOSE THE DITCH, UM, WITH A SWAT PROJECT IN COM, UM, COMBINATION WITH DOLLARS FROM HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, BUT THIS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 500 HOMES, UH, PROBABLY SIX MILES LANE OF STREET, UM, $30 MILLION WAS THE LAST ESTIMATE THAT, UM, WE GOT 30 TO $40 MILLION WAS THE LAST ESTIMATE THAT WE GOT FOR THE PROJECT.
HOW DO I GET THAT PROJECT ON THE LIST? EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT THE LIST, MAKE SURE NOTHING GOES OFF.
UM, BUT IF I TRY TO SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT, I'M ALWAYS TOLD, THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING OFF.
'CAUSE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN VETTED AND WE NEED IT.
HOW DO I GET THIS PROJECT THAT IS SO NEEDED IN THE DISTRICT ONTO THE CIP LIST? AND, AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE SAY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, WE GOTTA TAKE SOMETHING OFF.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE, THE FUNDING LIMITATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE MORE PROJECTS IN, EITHER WE NEED MORE REVENUE SOURCES OR SOMETHING ELSE WOULD HAVE TO GET BUMPED.
UH, AND IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, UN UNFORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE, THE PROPERTY TAX CAP AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS HAD ON THE CIP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, MELISSA, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED.
YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PUT SWAT TOWARDS IT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.
SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT FOR SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN ASKING TO ADD THIS TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION.
THE DRAINAGE IS BAD, THE STREETS ARE DEPLORABLE.
IT IS PROBABLY THE WORST CONDITION NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, WE HAVE DONE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS OF TOTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN DISTRICT A AND IT HAS TOTALLY TRANSFORMED THOSE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING.
UM, THE WATER IS GETTING INTO YARDS, NOT NECESSARILY INTO HOUSES YET, BUT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE OF ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH REPETITIVE FLOODING.
NOT TO MENTION, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR CARS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT, AGAIN, I'M ASKING CAN WE ADD A TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION TO ALAMEDA PLAZA NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT K? SO BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH AND HUFFMAN, GIVE US THE EXACT FORMULA FOR THE FUNDING OF CIP.
WHERE'S THE MONEY COME FROM? SO IT, IT VARIES DEPENDING ON
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THE CATEGORY.UM, SO IF YOU WANNA GO TO SLIDE FIVE UNDERNEATH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UM, THOSE PROJECTS ARE PREDOMINANTLY FUNDED WITH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS, WHICH THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THOSE IS PAID BY AVALOR TAX, SO PROPERTY TAX.
UM, SO THAT WOULD COVER OUTTA THE 936 MILLION PROPERTY TAX COVERS, THE 845 MILLION.
THE ALL OTHER FUNDING SOURCES YOU SEE THERE, 90 MILLION, THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY GRANTS.
AND THEN ON THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD, UM, THE FUNDING SOURCE THERE COMES FROM, UH, THE 11.80 CENT EQUIVALENT.
THE AVALOR TRANSFER, THE, WHAT I MISSED THAT, THE 11.80 CENT EQUIVALENT, THE AD VALOREM TRANSFER.
SO WE COLLECT THE, THE MONEY FOR THE, UM, THE BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD PROGRAM, AND THEN WE FIRST HAVE TO PAY OFF THE DEBT SERVICE THAT YOU SEE OUTLINED ON THAT LINE CHART ON SLIDE 14.
AND THEN WHATEVER FUNDING IS LEFT AFTER THE DEBT SERVICE GOES TOWARDS THOSE PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS.
UM, ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD IS THE DRAINAGE CHARGE.
AND THEN WE ALSO GET FUNDING FROM METRO.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THIRD PARTY FUNDING, LIKE DEVELOPER IMPACT FEE.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING FOR BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD IS FROM PROPERTY TAXES, DRAINAGE CHARGE, AND METRO.
AND THEN ON THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM, ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE, PAY RATE, PAYER CHARGES.
AND THEN FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, UM, THERE DEFINITELY IS A, A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS IS FUNDED WITH GRANTS, UH, BUT IT ALSO COMES FROM AIRLINE REVENUES.
AND THEN ON THE COMPONENT UNIT SECTION, UH, THOSE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED WITH TS DOLLARS.
SO, UM, UM, I WOULD SAY A LOT OF IT COMES FROM INCREMENT THAT'S TRANSFERRED FROM THE CITY TO THE T.
UH, THE, THE NORTH CANAL ON PAGE 11, UH, WITH 124 MILLION, UH, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS, UH, GRANT MONEY AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS, IS ARE WE INCORPORATION WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL? IT'S GOTTA BE, UH, WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, IT'S GOTTA BE SOME HELP FROM THE, FROM HARRIS COUNTY, I WOULD IMAGINE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU BY THE WAY.
AND THANKS FOR MENTIONING THE, UH, AWNING AT UH, J AIRPORT.
SO FOR THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT WITH 124 MILLION, ABOUT 14 MILLION OF IT IS FUNDED FROM THE LOCAL, FROM THE DRAINAGE CHARGE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM, 54 MILLION IN, UM, FEDERAL GRANTS AND THEN ANOTHER 55 MILLION, UM, I THINK THE 55 MILLION.
IS THAT FROM THE COUNTY? YEAH, SO ANOTHER 55 MILLION, THAT'S A COMBINATION OF COUNTY TOURS AND TECH STOP FUNDING.
UM, SO, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS IN THIS PROJECT.
SO THE FLOOD DISTRICT IS THIS, HARRIS COUNTY'S HELPING US WITH THAT.
AND THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER SUBJECT.
AND THAT IS DUE TO US, UH, GETTING THESE MASSIVE RAINS AND, UH, THE, THE MUNICIPAL COURT FLOODS, UH, I'VE BEEN HERE RIGHT AT 30 YEARS OR MORE, UH, IN COUNCIL FOR 10.
AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT FLOODS IN THE BASEMENT, IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
UH, IS THERE A, IS THERE A TALK OF, UH, US UH, SELLING ALL THAT PROPERTY AND MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION MAYBE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, UH, OUTSIDE OF, UH, OUTSIDE OF WHERE IT IS, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO, TO BE WORKING THERE, YOU KNOW, IT FLOODS.
HAS THERE BEEN, IS THERE A DISCUSSION OF THAT? ARE WE GONNA TRY TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO FIX IT UP FOR WHAT REASON? IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE? YEAH.
WHAT I WILL SAY ON THAT IS, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU'LL BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
THE GSD IS IS GONNA BE BRINGING FORTH AN ITEM ON THE DESIGN AND, AND OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AS FAR AS THE COURTS GO.
SO YES, WE, WE WILL BE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT IT IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS ON WHAT, WHAT OPTIONS WE DO HAVE FOR THE COURTS.
'CAUSE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KEEP BUT DUMPING MONEY IN IT.
IF, IF WE'RE NOT, IF IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE.
AND ALSO ON 61 REASONER, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY OFFICE ALONG WITH THE LUBBOCK, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT BUILDING IS, IS REALLY IN BAD REPAIR.
YOU NEED A REPAIR OR IS THERE, I I DON'T SEE IT ON THE CIP OR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH IT, BUT ALL THAT, WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
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PROPERTY THERE AND, UH, IT'S JUST NOT BEING UTILIZED PROPERLY, I DON'T THINK, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT FLOODS.SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE, UH, IT WOULD SEEM THAT 61 REASONER, ARE THEY USING IT AT ALL STILL THERE? OR IS IT, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN IT IN A WHILE.
SO WE HAVE DONE SOME REPAIRS, UH, TO THE REASONER AREA AND ARTESIAN AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE DETAILS WITH YOU ON THAT.
YOU CAN PUT ME BACK IN THE QUEUE.
NOW, I, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT VICE MAYOR PROTI IS SAYING WHEN SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS OF DISTRICT K THAT NEED, UM, HELP.
THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL AREAS IN DISTRICT G THAT THAT NEED HELP TOO.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CIP CAME OUT ON THURSDAY, UM, TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, YOU HAD TO SIGN IT BY FRIDAY.
AND I KNOW THE MAYOR PUTS A EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF HEARING TO LET THE PUBLIC WEIGH IN ON THESE CIP PROJECTS? SO, UM, TYPICALLY WE HAD IN THE PAST DONE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING TOWN HALL MEETINGS IS TO DO THOSE IN THE FALL SO THAT WE CAN GET PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE FALL SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE INPUT, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, CIP.
SO THAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS FALL TO GET ENGAGEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD LOOK AT AND EVALUATE THOSE REQUESTS FOR THE FUTURE UPCOMING CIP.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE CIP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, THIS, IT WOULD BE THIS, THIS VENUE.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO THE PUBLIC SESSION, UM, THE DAY BEFORE, WELL, I GUESS IT'S A CONSOLIDATED SESSION ACTUALLY IN TWO WEEKS, UM, AT THAT MEETING.
AND SO IN THE PAST, HAVE THERE BEEN PUBLIC HEARINGS, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IN THE FALL FOR THE NEXT ONE, IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THIS ONE, BUT IN THE PAST, HAS THERE BEEN A CHANCE FOR SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BEFORE PASSING THE CIP WE HAD DONE, UM, TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN THE SPRING.
UM, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE DID THEM ACTUALLY WAS IN THE SUMMER.
AND SO WE FELT THAT THE TIMING WITH THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS DIDN'T ALIGN WITH, UM, GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE CONSTITUENTS THAT DEPARTMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD MEANINGFULLY, UM, EVALUATE THOSE PROJECTS IN TIME TO GET THEM IN THE CIP.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA MOVE TO THE FALL SCHEDULE SO THAT IN THE FALL WE CAN GET THAT INPUT.
AND THERE'S A, A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE LIKE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR,
SO WE FEEL THAT THAT TIMELINE, GETTING THAT ENGAGEMENT IN THE FALL AND PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT SPRING WILL, WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE MEANINGFUL INPUT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HEARING SOME COMMENTS, UH, RELATED AROUND, I REMEMBER CIP BEING ABOUT PARKS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND A LOT OF INPUT FROM COUNCIL.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING TO THAT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, SO THE AIRPORT AT 24% OF THE FUND, AND IS THAT SELF, IS THAT ALL SELF-DRIVEN? DOES THE AIRPORT RECEIVE ANY MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE MONEY THAT THEY INVEST IN IT? YOU SAID THAT THE AIRPORT COMES IN, UH, THEIR REVENUE COMES IN THE FORM OF AIRLINE FEES AND MM-HMM
SO ARE THEY PULLING ANY MONEY FROM THE AIRPORT AWAY FROM WHAT I'D CALL THE, THE GENERAL FUND TYPE DOLLARS? NO.
SO THE AIRPORT'S 2.78 ON PAGE 19, 2.78 CONSTRUCTION STRICTLY COMES FROM AIRLINE FEES AND GRANTS.
AND WHAT GRANTS? FEDERAL GRANTS AND GRANTS.
SO ON ANOTHER PAGE, YOU HAD THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS.
IS THAT FOR ONE YEAR? THAT'S, THAT'S OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
I, I THOUGHT WE RECEIVED, WHAT, WHAT DO I THOUGHT WE HAD $2 MILLION PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE SOME IN THE OPERATING SIDE AS WELL.
SO, SO GIVE ME THE, CAN YOU GET 2 MILLION? WELL, WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS? 500 FROM METRO AND 500.
DIDN'T WE GET A MATCH ON THAT? WE HAD 1 MILLION.
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SO $11 MILLION EXTRAPOLATED OVER FIVE YEARS.ISN'T 27.5, RIGHT? ARE WE JUST BUT IS THAT WITHOUT THE METRO? IT'S FIVE AND A HALF FROM METRO A YEAR IS WHAT'S IN THE CIP.
SO FIVE AND A HALF FOR METRO FOR 24 THROUGH 20 EACH YEAR.
FIVE AND A HALF MILLION A YEAR.
SO HISTORICALLY, HAVE WE DONE FLEET, UH, IN CIP? YES.
HAVE WE DONE, SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WERE RELATED TO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER FEMA ALLOCATIONS FIRE STATION 1 0 4 WAS A FLOODED FACILITY.
WHAT PERCENT OF MONEY COMES FROM FEMA VERSUS CIP ON THE TOTAL COST OF RECONSTRUCTION? SURE.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON FIRE STATION 1 0 4, UM, WHAT WE PROGRAM IN THE CIP, AND YOU SEE IT IN THE FIRE SECTION OF THE BOOK, UM, IS THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.
SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THE CITY'S CHAIR AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO GET BACK ON A FEDERAL PORTION.
UM, SO SINCE THE, SINCE THE WAY THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WORKS IS, UM, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT BASED PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE TO, UM, FRONT ALL THE MONEY FOR THAT AND ANTICIPATE THAT THEY, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SOME PORTION OF REIMBURSEMENT BACK.
AND IT'S, UM, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 90% OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COST.
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COST IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT FEMA DEEMS ELIGIBLE.
SO THE PROJECT COST OF 1 25 1 0 3 IS COMING FROM THIS AND ONLY 22 IS COMING FROM FEMA? NO.
SO, UM, ON THE COURTS, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BOOK IS THE 103 MILLION, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THE DESIGN PORTION OF THE PROJECT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE 24 THROUGH 28 BOOK BECAUSE THE DESIGN IS ANTICIPATED TO BE APPROPRIATED IN FISCAL 23.
SO, LIKE WE MENTIONED, GSD BRINGING FORWARD THAT OUR CA IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, SO THE TOTAL IS 125 MILLION AND WHEN YOU INCLUDE THAT DESIGN PORTION, OKAY.
HOW MUCH OF THE 1 25 DO WE ESTIMATE FROM FEMA? UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH FEMA ON.
UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET 90% BACK OF THE WHOLE ONE 25 MILLION.
SO IT'S, UM, WE HAVE A, A RANGE, BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH FEMA ON THAT TO MAXIMIZE IT.
AND HISTORICALLY, WE ALWAYS RECEIVED THE BREAKOUT DOWN OF CIP DOLLARS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
DO WE HAVE THAT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT? MM-HMM
UM, WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT WITH US TODAY.
WHAT'S THAT? WE DON'T HAVE IT WITH US TODAY.
SO CAN WE GET THAT, BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO AN AMENDMENT TO EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE CIP DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT DEDICATED TO A NUMBER OF THINGS ALONG THE 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO I'LL DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND THEY'LL PROBABLY GO DOWN IN FLAMES.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE WHERE THE CIP DOLLARS' GONE.
'CAUSE HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A VAST MAJORITY OF 'EM IN DISTRICT C.
AND, UM, I JUST LOVE TO SEE THOSE ALLOCATIONS AND SEEING WHAT DISTRICTS ARE GETTING THE RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT, WHICH IS THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
THAT'S WHY I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
IT'D BE NICE IF EVERYBODY GETS THE RECEIPT AND BE THE RECIPIENT OF PROJECTS BASED ON THEIR TAX DOLLARS FLOWING INTO THE CITY.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT EQUALLY DIS DISTRIBUTED.
YOU, YOU, UH, HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
'CAUSE I WAS ASKING FOR WHERE'S THE MATRIX FOR, FOR WHERE THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT IN EACH DISTRICT? NOW I'M, I'M AT LARGE, SO I COVER ALL THE DISTRICTS, BUT I, I REMEMBER SEEING THE LION'S SHARE OF THE MONEY EACH, EACH YEAR GOING TO, UH, DISTRICT C.
AND, UH, AND I REMEMBER WHERE KINGWOOD AND CLEAR LAKE DISTRICT E WOULD HARDLY GET, UH, WAS IT ZERO SOMETHING? YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO ZERO, WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS ZERO DURING BARKS ADMINISTRATION.
BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, AND, AND DUE TO COVID, YOU KNOW, WE STOPPED MEETING, HAVING TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND, AND, AND, UH, TO ANSWER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN'S QUESTION.
WE, WE HAD, UH, CIP MEETINGS, UH, DURING PARKER'S ADMINISTRATION ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL COVID AND THEN AFTER COVID IT JUST STOPPED.
SO, UM, PERHAPS WE GOTTA GET BACK INTO THE GROUP.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE 'EM THIS YEAR.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE THEM IN THE FALL.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE 'EM IN THE FALL.
WELL THEN WE WERE, OH, THAT SOUNDS EVEN BETTER.
SO, UM, THE NEXT QUESTION I, I,
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I HAD WAS, UH, CONCERNING, UM, WILL, WILL YOU SEND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, UH, THE, THE PO THE PLANS ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT? WILL SOMETHING BE SENT OUT TO US TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT, UH, THE MAYOR'S THINKING ABOUT DOING WITH, WITH THAT? I, I, I HATE TO SEE SPENDING MONEY ON 61 RENER AND, AND, UH, AND, AND 1400 LUBBOCK.IF, IF, IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S GONNA FLOOD AGAIN.
AND, AND, UH, WILL YOU BE SENDING OUT SOME KIND OF A DETAILED, UH, DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA POSSIBLY DO AND WILL WE GET TO, AND WHEN WILL WE COME TO US? 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL GONNA BE GONE FROM HERE IN LESS THAN SEVEN MONTHS.
YEAH, NO, YOU, YOU SHOULD HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL BODY, HOPEFULLY EITHER BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE PLAN.
AND, UM, THE, UH, UH, AND, AND ON THE AIRPORT FUNDS, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT NUMBER, YOU SAID MOST OF IT COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FEES AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL VOTES ON, ON, ON WHEN THEY RAISE THE FEES ON, YOU KNOW, PASSENGERS HAVE A FEE, THEY HAVE A TONNAGE FEE ON THE WEIGHTS OF THE PLANES.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A WHILE.
I THINK IT'S BEEN, UH, CHAIRMAN, I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX YEARS OR SO SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND VOTED ON IT.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF THAT? YEAH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE PRE COVID, THE DAYS OF CIP MEETINGS, AND YOU WENT TO CIP MEETINGS AND YOU ROLLED EVERYTHING OUT.
AND THE JOKE AROUND DISTRICT E TO YOUR POINT, I USED TO SING AND DANCE AT MY CIP MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CIP DOLLARS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD CIP DOLLARS.
AND, UH, I READ THROUGH THIS BOOK THIS WEEKEND AND I TABBED ALL THE ONES THAT ARE IN MY AREA.
MOST OF 'EM WERE RELATED TO ELLINGTON AIRPORT, WHICH I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY BENEFITS MY CITIZENS.
MOST OF IT'S RELATED TO WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
BUT REALLY PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR ARMS AROUND IT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A REALLY A DISAPPOINTING BOOK.
I GET WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I GET THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CIP DOLLARS SHOULD BE SPENT PERTAINING TO WHAT WE AS DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS FAR AS STREET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, AS FAR AS WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, I USED TO PICK ON MY FRIEND JERRY DAVIS OF DISTRICT B, BUT HE HAD 10 COMMUNITY CENTERS.
CL CLEAR LAKE DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
YOU KNOW, SO KINGWOOD DOESN'T LOOK AT CLEAR LAKE AS A PART OF THEIR DISTRICT.
CLEAR LAKE DOESN'T LOOK AT KINGWOOD AS A PART OF THEIR DISTRICT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT THEMSELVES AS A SEPARATE DISTRICT.
SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK WE GET IT AS A CITY.
BUT ANYWAY, I MEAN, I READ THIS THIS WEEKEND AND EVERY TIME I TURN THE PAGE I'M LIKE, MAN, WE SURE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THINGS LIKE FLEET AND AIRPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT PROJECTS THAT THE CONSTITUENTS PAY FOR WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO PUT THEIR ARMS AROUND IT.
AND THAT'S BEING JUST AS FRANK AS I CAN BE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR PROAM, MARTHA CASTEX, TATUM, THANK GOD FOR THE TURS.
BUT FOR THE TURS, THERE WOULD BE LESS PROJECTS IN DISTRICT K.
BUT MY POINT IS, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS EASIER FOR US TO KEEP OUR ARMS AROUND EACH YEAR.
THESE PROJECTS GO OUT FIVE YEARS.
UM, OUR TERMS ARE FOUR YEARS, UH, WITHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS.
IT'S JUST WAY TOO CUMBERSOME TO DIG THROUGH THIS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY STAFF PULLING THIS PROJECT LIST FOR DISTRICT K, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE PROJECT LIST FROM THE LAST SIX YEARS TO MAKE SURE NO PROJECTS ROLLED OFF, WHICH PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
AND GRANTED, THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS, SO THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION.
BUT IT WOULD HELP COUNCIL MEMBERS IF WE COULD HAVE THE HISTORIC DATA ALL IN ONE PLACE.
LIKE, SO THIS WEEK WE ARE HAVING THIS MEETING, AND THURSDAY WE NEED AMENDMENTS.
SO WE ARE SCRAMBLING TO PULL THE HISTORICAL DATA TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT'S ADDED, WHAT HAS FALLEN OFF, UM, AND YET AGAIN, HOW CAN WE ADD SOMETHING TO IT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, AS WE GO FORTH WITH OUR MEETINGS IN THE FALL, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO PUT A PACKET TOGETHER FOR EACH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER
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THAT SHOWS THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF OUR CIP, WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WHAT HAS FALLEN OFF WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED.BECAUSE TRYING TO FIND THAT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES IS WAY TOO CUMBERSOME.
AND IT, WE, YOU WOULD HELP US BE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS IF WE HAD ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER, KASH AND, AND ALL SUPPORTS YOUR, UH, BUST THE CIP EQUALLY IN EACH DISTRICT.
'CAUSE THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE FAIR WAY TO DO IT.
UH, HOW, HOW, HOW DOES ALL OF THE CIP AFFECT THE CONSENT DECREE? YEAH, I THINK YOU, YOU DEFINITELY NOTICE, UM, GOING ON SLIDE AND, AND HOW MUCH ARE WE, ARE WE BASICALLY PAYING, UH, TO RE I UNDERSTAND THE CONSENT DECREE.
HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH HAVE WE COMMITTED TO SPEND EACH YEAR TO SATISFY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE CONSENT DECREE? YEAH.
I BELIEVE THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, UM, 2 BILLION OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD INCREMENTAL TO WHAT WE WERE PLANNING PRIOR TO THE CONSENT DEC DECREE GETTING.
THAT'S WHAT I, I KNOW IT'S 2 BILLION.
SO, BUT, BUT IS IT, IS IT IMPACT? ARE WE IT'S PARTIALLY IN HERE.
SO WE HAVE 15 YEARS TO COMPLETE ALL OF THAT.
AND SO THIS IS, UM, THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW AND THEN THE CONSENT DECREE I THINK WAS SIGNED, WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO MAYBE? UM, SO IT, YOU DON'T FULLY SEE IT IN THIS FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
'CAUSE WE HAVE 15 YEARS TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS.
NO, ON, ON PAGE 11, WE HAVE THE REGIONAL STORMWATER DETENTION AND WE HAVE THE STORMWATER ACTION TEAM.
WHAT'S BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO BETWEEN REGIONAL STORMWATER DETENTION AND THE SWAT? UM, WELL THE SWAT IS THE, IS THE PROGRAM THAT'S SPLIT EQUALLY AMONGST THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE REGIONAL STORMWATER DETENTION.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA SPLIT IT EQUALLY AMONG THE DISTRICTS.
YOU WANNA SPLIT IT EQUALLY AMONGST THE DISTRICTS.
YOU'LL HAVE TO CANCEL SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY PROGRAMMED TO SHIFT IT AROUND.
FOR SWAT IT'S EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED.
I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL STORM WATER DETENTION.
SO ON PAGE TWO, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLAN FOCUS OF THIS YEAR'S CIP WILL BE ONGOING HURRICANE HARVEY RECOVERY AND CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN FLEET.
NOTHING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT HARVEY RECOVERY PROJECT, YOU HAVE ABOUT $160 MILLION DEDICATED TO THREE PROJECTS.
LET'S ASSUME WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA BECAUSE THEY'RE HARVEY RECOVERY.
SO LET'S SAY WE GET 50, THAT'S $80 MILLION.
WHERE'S THAT MONEY WHEN WE GET REIMBURSED? WHERE'S THAT MONEY GOING TO? SO WE ALREADY, UM, WHEN WE PLAN THE CAPACITY FOR THE CIP AND HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WE CAN ADD, WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION ABOUT HOW MUCH REVENUE, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET FROM FEMA.
SO IT'S ALREADY BAKED INTO THE, TO THE FIGURES IN THE BOOK.
SO CAN YOU POINT ME TO THAT WITHIN THE BOOK? 'CAUSE I, I LOOK AT THE ALLOCATION IS 180 MILLION DO $160 MILLION MM-HMM
IF WE'RE NOT LUCKY, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET A LOT OF MONEY BACK.
BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT $80 MILLION DEDICATED AMONG 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHEN IT'S REIMBURSED.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND IT IN 24.
WE'RE GONNA SPEND CIP DOLLARS RIGHT.
THIS YEAR ON THOSE, WHAT I'LL CALL FEMA RELATED HARVEY PROJECTS, RIGHT? YES.
SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD WE'RE GONNA GET REIMBURSED.
IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO US IN FUTURE YEARS.
IN FU WELL, IN FUTURE YEARS, I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE IN FUTURE YEARS.
I WANT THAT MONEY TODAY TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT I'M DOING A GOOD JOB OF GETTING PROJECTS IN THEIR AREA.
THAT'S $80 MILLION WITH 50%, THAT'S 140 WITH 90% REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN CIP TOWARDS HARVEY PROJECTS.
WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL GET REIMBURSED.
'CAUSE IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ALWAYS REIMBURSED THIS FOR HARVEY PROJECTS.
BUT YET WE'RE TAKING THAT MONEY, WE'RE GETTING IT BACK AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH IT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THAT USING TODAY'S DOLLARS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT, WHAT MELISSA WAS TRYING TO SAY IS THE ROLL IN FOUR YEAR PLAN, IT SEEMS TO BE ROLLING MORE THAN IT IS TODAY.
BUT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THAT MONEY IS COMING BACK IN ORDER TO BUILD OUT THE CURRENT CIP.
SO WHEN IT COMES BACK, IT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED.
IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL OR NEW MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
WHAT, WHAT PERCENT OF THE PRO, WHAT PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS ARE UNDERFUNDED
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IN CIP FOR FIVE YEARS? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? JUST ROUGHLY.SO WE, WHEN YOU SAY UNDERFUNDED, SO WE, WHEN WE PROGRAM THE CIP, WE HAVE CERTAIN REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS.
HOW MUCH PROPERTY TAX ARE WE GONNA GET? HOW MUCH IS THE GENERAL FUND GONNA TRANSFER TO PAY DEBT SERVICE? AND BASED ON THOSE REVENUE LIMITATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS, THAT'S HOW WE HAVE PLANNED THE CIP.
SO THEY'RE NOT, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT UNDERFUNDED, UM, BUT THEY DEPEND ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVENUE COMING IN TO PAY FOR THEM.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR OUR CIP WE SEE A PROJECT AND IT GETS MOVED AND IT GETS MOVED.
I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, IT GETS MOVED.
AND YET WE'RE OUT THERE AT CIP MEETING EXPLAINING THE PLAN TO CONSTITUENTS AND THEY'RE CHARGING US WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CRENSHAW ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
WHEN DID IT GET PUSHED BACK TO, WELL, THREE YEARS.
SO YEAH, I GET THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND IT, BUT IF WE DID, WE WOULDN'T BE PUSHING PROJECTS BACK FURTHER AND FURTHER.
SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST TOTALLY FRUSTRATED WITH CIP THIS YEAR.
I READ THE BOOK THIS WEEKEND AND I'M LIKE, WHY DID I JUST SPEND AN ALL DAY SUNDAY READING IT? BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT IN IT RELATED TO, I MEAN, THERE'S WATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT THAT HELPS EVERY CITIZEN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
BUT IT'D BE NICE IF WE HAD AN ALLOCATION OF FUNDS THAT WE CAN DIRECT.
WE HAD TO BEG BAR AND STEEL FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO MORE THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE COUNCIL HAS CONTROL OF SOME OF THE DOLLARS BECAUSE AS THE MAYOR SAYS, GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO TELL IT TO OUR OWN SELVES.
LET US BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MONEY TO DO PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW ARE APPROPRIATE IN OUR AREA.
STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS'S OFFICE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS WAS BRIEFED A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, REGARDING PROJECTS IN F AND WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE AILEY FOREST PROJECT WAS SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN FY 24.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE FORMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT PROFILES, IT SAYS FY 26.
CAN YOU PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT UPDATE ON THIS, THIS TIMELINE? AILEY FOREST.
SHE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS GONNA BE SLATED FOR FY 24.
I DON'T, I'D HAVE TO GET WITH PUBLIC WORKS SON.
26 IN THE SMALL BOOK OR THE BIG BOOK? UH, THE BIG, BIG, BIG BIG BOOK.
'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT UNDER CATEGORY PAVING AND, AND, UH, DRAINAGE.
SO IT'S UNDER STREET AND TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.
26TH A LEAF FOREST SOUTH AREA.
WHEN DID SHE THINK IT WAS? UH, FY 24.
IF WE HAD THAT LIST, THAT ROLLING LIST, THEN WE CAN KNOW WHAT CHANGED AND, AND, AND WHERE THE VARIABLES ARE.
DAVID WARDLOW WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT IS INCREASING IN SIZE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL DESIGN EFFORT THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED BEFORE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED AN EXTRA TWO YEARS.
SO KIND OF HALF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROGRESSED WELL IN DESIGN, BUT WE NEED TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL PART
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OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROVIDE THE, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO, TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT.SO I THINK WE COVERED THAT IN THE, THE BRIEFING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE WITH, WITH Y'ALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
BUT YEAH, THANK YOU GAIL, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY OTHER THANK YOU, DAVID.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'LL NOW HAVE WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER, MR. I'M SORRY.
IS THAT RIGHT? I WAS INVITED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO SERVE ON THE CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR BILL OF RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
AND I DID SO WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO SOMETHING TO RESULTS NOT JUST BE A SYMBOLIC GESTURE OR A PHOTO OP FOR EARTH DAY.
THE FOURTH RIGHT ON CO BOAR IS FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A RIGHT TO EQUITABLE PARKS FUNDING REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE.
THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO THAT IN THE CIP AND HOW WE FUND THINGS IS THAT WE'RE RELYING ON THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEDICATION FUND, WHICH SINCE IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2007, TAKES $700 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT, UH, OF, OF NEW UNITS AS A FEE IN LIEU FOR PARKS.
JUST LIKE WE HAVE THE FEES IN LIEU FOR SIDEWALKS, IF A DEVELOPER DOESN'T WANNA BUILD A SIDEWALK, THEY HAVE THE FEE.
IN LIE, IF A DEVELOPER DOESN'T WANNA BUILD A PARK THAT GOES TO A FEE AND LIE, UNLIKE THE NEW SIDEWALK ORDINANCE, WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO STAY IN THAT PARK SECTOR.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE REDLINED CERTAIN COMMUNITIES OUT OF FUNDING, AND I USE THAT WORD REDLINING, UM, NOT LIGHTLY.
I ACTUALLY MAPPED OUT THE 1930S HOMEOWNERS LOAN CORPORATION LINING MAPS WITH OUR CURRENT PARK SECTOR MAPS AND THEY LINE UP.
SO FORMERLY RED LINE THIRD WARD PARK SECTOR 15, UH, TODAY HAS $343,000 FOR PARKS.
THE FORMERLY GREEN LINED PARK SECTOR.
UM, UH, 14, WHICH INCLUDES RIVER OAKS.
UPPER KIRBY MIDTOWN HAS $11 MILLION.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT SECOND WARD, UM, PARK SECTOR 11 ALSO INCLUDES IDO AND EAST EAST END, THEY HAVE $89,000.
RIVER OAKS HAS 124 TIMES MORE PARKS FUNDING THAN SECOND WARD EAST END, MAGNOLIA PARK, IDO.
AND, AND NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THIS.
SO IF, IF WE WANNA IMPLEMENT COMPLETE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CITY OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS, AND FOR IT TO ACTUALLY LAST BEYOND MAYOR TURNER'S ADMINISTRATION, WE NEED TO AMEND THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES ORDINANCE, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE TO ALLOW 30% TO BE ABLE TO BE SPENT OUTSIDE OF THAT PARK SECTOR.
IMAGINE PARK SECTOR 14 RIVER OAKS, 30% OF THAT 11 MILLION WOULD BE THREE POINT OVER $3 MILLION.
THAT COULD DO A LOT IN A PARK SECTOR LIKE SECOND WARD OR THIRD WARD, OR THE NEAR NORTH SIDE, WHERE YOU HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NEVER HAD A PARK FOR HUMANS WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING LUXURY DOG PARKS IN UPPER KIRBY.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABBAT.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM, AND THANK YOU, ED.
UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE INEQUITY REGARDING THE SECTORS, AND SO I WOULD TOO WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT NEEDS TO BE MORE EQUITABLE.
UH, WE NEED OUR PARKS TO REFLECT THE WONDERFUL AMENITIES THAT ARE ALL OVER THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE.
I DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE A COMMENT.
I WANT THIS SOMETHING, I WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY TAKEN TO HEART BECAUSE, BECAUSE, AND SO THANK YOU ED.
UH, AND ALSO JUST, YOU DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THIS, BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE COLUMBIA TAP AS WELL.
SO I JUST TAKE THIS, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT A MATTER OF RECORD ALSO.
ASH, A VERY POWERFUL STATEMENTS YOU MADE.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND MAKING THOSE.
UM, OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MIKE LASTER USED TO SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS GOLDEN BOWL, YOU KNOW, WHERE EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE WITHIN JUST A, WITHIN THE SIX 10 LOOP, HE WOULD SAY, AND, AND I, IF, IF YOU'LL DRAFT THAT ORDINANCE OR, OR HELP AMEND THAT ORDINANCE AND, AND WORK WITH SOME OF US, I'D BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PROMOTE THAT.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK, OF COURSE, WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ
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AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER ELKHORN, BECAUSE SHE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE REALLY NEED TO, TO DO BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE.
UH, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE, THAT ARE LEAVING, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE A MARK ON THAT.
IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO CERTAIN, ARE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES REDLINED OUT OF THAT PARK SECTOR DEDICATION, FUNDING, THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE THE T AND PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY THAT THOSE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE.
THE RIVER OAKS AND THE PARK SECTOR 14 ALREADY HAS 2000 ACRES OF PARKS.
THEY JUST HAD PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY, SPENT $11 MILLION ON A LAND BRIDGE, AND THIRD WARD ONLY HAS 71 ACRES OF PARK COMPARED TO THAT 2000.
WELL, I, I, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, YOU HAVE MADE A A REAL GOOD RECORD HERE TODAY, AND I'M GONNA GO BACK AND, AND LISTEN TO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN TO MAKE SURE I, I GET IT RIGHT.
BUT, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE AND I'LL CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DOUG SMITH.
I THINK THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES AN AGENDA FOR A MEETING TO BE PUBLISHED 72 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
I THINK THAT SHOULD, SHOULD APPLY TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING AS WELL.
UH, YOU ALL HAD ACCESS TO THE CIP PLAN, I GUESS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY THROUGH SHAREPOINT.
CITIZENS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SHAREPOINT, SO WE HAD NO ACCESS WHATSOEVER TO THE CIP PROGRAM.
UH, PLEASE SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE BUDGET.
UH, THE BUDGET COMES OUT LESS THAN ONE DAY BEFORE THE BUDGET HEARING START.
THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE PUBLISH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN LESS THAN ONE DAY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
THOSE THINGS HAVE TO COME OUT 72 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME SO CITIZENS CAN, AND YOU, UH, CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, REALLY THE PLANS WERE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY, SINCE 2021, THE REVENUE IN THE 20 2024 BUDGET HAS INCREASED OVER $800 MILLION.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF A LOT OF THAT SHOULD NOT GO TO THE $1.2 BILLION WORTH OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THE EAST WATER PLAN AND ALSO TOWARD THE REPLACEMENT OF OUTDATED WATER METERS THAT ARE CAUSING CITIZENS HUGE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY GET $5,000 BILLS FOR THEIR WATER.
AND IT'S A HUGE PROCESS TO TRY TO GET THAT BILL, UH, REVERSED.
UH, I'VE HEARD HORROR STORIES OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO PLEASE LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE AS YOU FINALIZE THE PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET, UH, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN PASSED, AND I GUESS WE STILL HAVE FINANCE HERE.
IF I GO ONLINE, UH, IT SHOWS THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
I HAVE HAD TO CONTACT THEM EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS TO SAY, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE PROPOSED BUDGET OFF AND SHOW THE PAST BUDGET? SO SINCE THEY'RE HERE, I'M ASKING THEM IN PERSON.
MICHAEL KUBOSH, THANK YOU FOR COMING, DOUG.
UM, I HAD EVERY INTENTION, UH, LAST WEEK OF, OF, UH, TAGGING THE BUDGET AND, AND PUTTING IT OFF TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS APPROACHED BY AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKING ME NOT TO, BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM WILL BE OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEK.
BUT, UH, I, I, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I VOTED NO, I JUST FELT LIKE IT, WE WEREN'T READY YET TO, TO DEAL WITH, UH, A LOT OF THINGS.
AND ONE OF 'EM WAS THE, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, UH, IN THEIR ARBITRATION.
AND AS I LOOK AT IT NOW, I, I BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, DURING THAT ARBITRATION.
SO, UH, AS IT WAS OUTLINED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA COME UP TILL SEPTEMBER OR SO, AND THEN, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY FILE SUIT AGAINST THE STATUTE AND PUT IT IN THE NEVER, NEVER LAND.
SO, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT WITH US FINANCIALLY.
BUT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US, UH, AND, AND, AND US LISTENING TO WHAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE.
CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT RELATIVE TO YOUR CONCERN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FEMA MONEY, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO OR WHAT YOU SHOULD ASK THEM TO DO.
THEY SAY IT GETS BAKED INTO THE FUTURE FIVE YEAR PLANS.
WHAT YOU SHOULD ASK THEM TO DO IS SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
HERE'S WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM AS FAR AS TAX DOLLARS ARE CONCERNED, AND HERE'S WHAT WE EXPECT
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TO GET BACK FROM FEMA TO BE USED, UH, FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. HAVE IT BROKEN OUT.IF THEY SAY IT'S BAKED INTO THE FUTURE, HAVE 'EM SHOW IT WHERE IT IS.
WELL, I WAS, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT, I WAS THINKING OF WHAT ABOUT A CREATION OF A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT HAS REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FEMA? THAT'S, THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT WE LOOK AT LATER.
AND BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT COME IN PERIODICALLY, WE'RE GONNA BE IN MM-HMM
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL OF A SUDDEN A LARGE CHECK.
BUT WHERE'S THAT MONEY GO AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES INTO A FUND THAT CAN FEED BACK INTO SOME PROJECTS, SOME CIP PROJECTS? BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT AND I GO, OKAY, THE FUNDING ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS TOTAL $9.7 BILLION.
WELL, THAT'S AIRPORTS AND STREETS PREDOMINANTLY.
THEN YOU HAVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AT 9 36 AND COMPONENT UNITS AT 9 38.
SO IT'S AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $380 MILLION PER YEAR OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
AND I LOOKED THROUGH THE CIP PLAN AND I DON'T SEE PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF STREETS AND AIRPORT PRO PROJECTS THAT ENCOMPASS THE $380 MILLION.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING ONE 11TH OF $380 MILLION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT WHEN I GO THROUGH CIP AND WHEN YOU SEE FLEET AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT JUST DOESN'T, IT FEELS DIFFERENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ME OR EVERYBODY, ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, PROJECTS THAT I CAN GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S, ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS THERE FOR THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AT THE EAST WATER PLANT? THE 1.2 BILLION? UH, I CAN'T TELL 'CAUSE I COULDN'T LOOK AT THE REPORT AND I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK YOU SHOULD, UH, AS I SAID, DEVOTE A LOT OF THAT MONEY TO REPLACING THE OLD WATER METERS AND MAKE CITIZENS A LOT LESS HASSLES.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE LAKE HOUSTON SPILLWAY DAM SHOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT I SPENT THE LAST THREE MONTHS BEGGING FOR MONEY TO DO IT, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
WHY WOULDN'T THAT FACILITY THAT SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE THAT WE OWN, THAT PROVIDES THE DRINKING WATER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT LIABILITY? I DON'T KNOW WHY, WOULDN'T IT? OKAY.
AND I'LL BRING THAT UP IN THE FORMAL CIP MEETING.
SO ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? PARKER, A FLEET OF UNDERGROUND ONCE GOING TWICE.
JUST A REMINDER THAT BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE DUE ON THE 15TH, WHICH IS THIS THURSDAY.
AND THE VOTE FOR CIP WILL BE ON THE 21ST UNLESS IT'S TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.
IT'LL BE ON THE 21ST OR THE 28TH.