[ Special Called Budget And Fiscal Affairs on June 17, 2024.]
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF IN THE CHAMBER.
I HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM, MARTHA CASTEX, TATUM VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, AMY PECK, STAFF ANNA FROM COUNCIL MEMBER AMY CAYMAN'S OFFICE.
I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER JULIAN ROD, JULIAN RAMIREZ.
UM, AND, UH, AND RUSSELL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AND VICE CHAIR MARIO CASTILLO'S OFFICE.
AND EDITH FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JOAQUIN MARTINEZ'S OFFICE.
SO THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
WE JUST, WERE JOINED BY STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS'S OFFICE, AND I THINK THAT COVERS EVERYBODY.
I WANNA WELCOME, UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO THE, TO THE, UM, HORSESHOE AND ALSO AMMA TAM, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2029 CIP.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SHARE WITH YOU, AND THIS WAS EMAILED TO EVERYBODY, THE SCHEDULE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE CIP, UH, THE, WELL, TODAY WE'RE AT THE PROPOSED CIP PRESENTATION, JUNE 21ST, WHICH IS FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THE, UH, THE, UM, CIP ON THE JUNE 26TH.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS IF THERE'S A DELAY, A JULY 2ND MEETING FOR THE CIP WITH AN ASTERISK.
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UM, ALSO, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME VERONICA WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER'S OFFICE ONLINE.
SO WITH THAT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UH, TEAM AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT IS, UM, SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
UM, IF YOU ALL FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT COULD GO AHEAD AND, AND STAND, THEY'RE ALL HERE.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING THE NIGHTS AND THE WEEKENDS, UH, TO PUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TOGETHER.
UH, THEY WORK WITH AND LIAISE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY, UM, EVERY DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH ALL OF THEIR REQUESTS AND GETTING EVERYTHING COMPILED, UM, TIMELY FOR YOU.
AND IT, IT IS A LOT OF EXTRA WORK, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, TIME AWAY FROM FAMILY, HOBBIES, FRIENDS, AND ALL THE FUN STUFF.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
YOU, I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR, UM, OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, PARTICULARLY PUBLIC WORKS, GSD FLEET, IT AIRPORT.
UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE CLIENT DEPARTMENTS AT THOSE DEPARTMENTS SERVE AS WELL.
UH, THEY ALSO PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS PLAN EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND I KNOW THEY LOOK FORWARD TO ROBUST, ROBUST DISCUSSION AS WE HAVE EVERY YEAR.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THE PRINTED SLIDES IN FRONT OF YOU, AND HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROPOSED CIP FILES ON SHAREPOINT STARTING ON LAST THURSDAY, UH, AS WELL AS GETTING THE HARD COPY BOOKS IN, UM, DELIVERED TO YOU.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL RECEIVED THESE ALREADY.
UM, SO WE'LL GO OVER THE SLIDES TODAY, UH, TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FY 25 THROUGH 29, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO I'LL KICK IT OFF AND THEN, UM, MS. ELLO IS GOING TO, UH, TAKE ON MOST OF THE SLIDES TODAY FOR US.
UH, SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE TWO, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
IT'S A ROLLING FIVE YEAR PLAN OF PROJECTED PROJECTS AT THE CITY.
THE PLAN IS A LIVE DOCUMENT AND IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO UNLIKE THE BUDGET WHERE CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON AND ADOPTS THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, THIS IS A PLAN, AND EACH PROJECT IN THE PLAN WILL COME FORWARD AS A SEPARATE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION, UM, FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND AT THAT TIME, THOSE FUNDING SOURCES WILL BE, UM, YOU HEAR THE WORD APPROPRIATED, SO THAT'S THE CIP VERSION OF BUDGET.
SO AS, UM, DIFFERENT FACTORS, UH, CAN IMPACT THE TIMING OF CERTAIN PROJECTS, YOU MAY SEE, UM, TIMING CHANGES.
UM, BUT WE SEEK TO, UM, COME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN FISCAL YEAR 25 THAT'S IN THIS, UH, PROPOSED BOOK.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN COVERS FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE CITY.
THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
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AND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.UM, I CAN GO AHEAD ON TO SLIDE THREE.
THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COVERS THE GENERAL FUND FUNDED DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHICH ARE THE FIRE, UM, POLICE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS, HEALTH, HOUSING, LIBRARIES, PARKS, AND SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THESE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED WITH, UM, WE CALL THEM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH ARE BACKED BY AVALOR PROPERTY TAXES.
AND, UH, THOSE PROPERTY TAXES ARE PART OF THE REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THE SECOND CATEGORY IS THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD PROGRAM, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS REBUILD HOUSTON.
UH, SO THIS SECTION OF THE CIP, UH, COVERS THE STORM DRAINAGE AND THE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND YOU SEE THOSE AS TWO, UM, SEPARATE TABS IN YOUR BOOK.
AND THEN WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE FUND PROGRAM.
UM, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE, UH, COMPOSED OF A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS FOR THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM.
THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM ARE, UM, KIND OF TOGETHER CONSIDERED THE, UH, ONE ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND THOSE PROJECTS IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER, UM, SYSTEM ARE FUNDED BY, UH, WATER AND SEWER, UM, RATES AND CHARGES.
SECONDLY, IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND PROGRAM, YOU HAVE THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, AND AGAIN, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
SO THE PROJECTS IN THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM CIP ARE FUNDED BY AIRPORT REVENUES, WHICH COULD INCLUDE GRANTS FROM THE FAA PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES, UM, AND OTHER, UM, AIRLINE OPERATING AND, UM, NON-LINE REVENUES.
AND THEN, UM, THE FOURTH SECTION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN INCLUDES THE COMPONENT UNITS.
SO THESE ARE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEGALLY SEPARATE FROM THE CITY, BUT ARE CLOSELY FINANCIALLY RELATED.
AND THEY ARE ALL, UM, REPORTED IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND THESE INCLUDE THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, HOUSTON FIRST AND THE ZOO, IN ADDITION TO THE TS THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES.
SO THE BOOKS, THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED CIP FOR THE TS ARE GOING TO BE, UM, CIP PROJECTS THAT EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL TURS BROUGHT FORWARD IN THEIR BUDGET AND CIP PROPOSALS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR CYCLE.
SO, AS IS TYPICAL, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG WHEN WE REFLECT THOSE, THOSE TOURS PROJECTS IN THE CIP SINCE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL HAD ALREADY APPROVED WHEN THEY TOOK UP THOSE BUDGETS PREVIOUSLY.
AND I GUESS JUST ONE MORE POINT ON THAT, THAT IS A, A BIT OF A TIMING ISSUE.
WE SEEK, PER THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES, WE SEEK TO GET THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE NEW FIVE YEAR PERIOD ADOPTED BEFORE JULY 1ST, BEFORE THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE TS UM, BUDGETS AND DOCUMENTS, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
TYPICALLY, FOR THE TS, UM, BUDGETS AND PLANS, THEY WOULD COME, YOU TYPICALLY SEE THEM IN THE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME.
SO DUE TO THAT TIMING, UM, THAT'S WHY WE PICK UP AND REFLECT THE PRIOR YEARS.
AND I THINK I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCES, UM, THAT I SPOKE VERBALLY ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE, THE FIRE, THE POLICE, THE SOLID WASTE HEALTH HOUSING, UM, PROGRAMS. THEY ARE FUNDED BY, UH, THE GENERAL FUND.
ULTIMATELY, THE GENERAL FUND, UM, PAYS BACK DEBT SERVICE FOR THE BONDS THAT WE ISSUED TO FUND THESE PROJECTS.
UM, WE DO, HOWEVER, ALSO GET SOME COMMUNITY DONATIONS AND GRANTS THAT FUND A PORTION OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND AGAIN, ON THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD ALSO, UH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE REBUILD HOUSTON, UM, IT'S REVENUES, UM, FROM THE DRAINAGE UTILITY CHARGE DEVELOPER IMPACT FEE.
WE ALSO GET AVALOR TAX MONEY THAT WE TRANSFER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHARTER, THE 11.80 CENT EQUIVALENT, UM, AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM METRO.
UH, THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT OF COURSE HAVE, UM, GRANTS THAT FUND THEM.
AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE PROJECTS REFLECTED IN THE CIP AS WELL UNDER THE ENTERPRISE FUND.
AGAIN, THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUES COME FROM THE WATER CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS SOME GRANTS.
AIRPORT REVENUES, AGAIN, ARE DERIVED FROM AIRLINE REVENUES, UM, PARKING REVENUES, UH, GRANTS FROM THE FAA PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, THE COMPONENT UNITS, AS I MENTIONED, UM, PREDOMINANTLY FUNDED.
THE, THE LARGEST, WELL, MAYBE SECOND LARGEST SECTION OF THE COMPONENT UNITS IS THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
SO THE TAX INCREMENT FUNDS THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE ZOO AND, UH, HOUSTON FIRST UNDER THE COM UNDER THE COMPONENT UNITS.
SO MOVING ON TO THE CIP PLAN COMPARISON, UM, THIS IS WHERE I THINK I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MS. ELLO.
SO AS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THIS IS A COMPARISON OF THE PRIOR YEAR CIP COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED 25 29 CIP.
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CIP IS ESTIMATED AT 14.5 BILLION FROM ALL FUNDING SOURCES.AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT, UM, SECTION, SO THIS IS THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAM'S TOTAL ABOUT 11 BILLION, INCLUDING BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, TOTAL 911 MILLION.
AND THE COMPONENT UNITS TOTAL, UH, 2.6 BILLION.
SO, UM, ON THE TABLE BELOW WILL SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 24 AND THE 25.
UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, UM, STAYED, SORRY, CAME DOWN SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR.
UM, THE BELT HOUSTON FORWARD IS UP, UM, COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR.
THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM IS UP ABOUT SIX, UH, TO 6 BILLION.
AND THIS INCREASES PRIMARILY DUE TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSENT DECREE.
UM, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM RE REMAIN, UM, FLAT, AND THE COMPONENT UNITS, UM, IS UP TO 2.6 BILLION.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO SENATE BILL 10 57.
AND THIS IS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET STATE, UH, FUNDING, UH, FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, UH, FOR TO, UH, FINANCE, UM, A ZONE WHICH IS, UH, THREE MILE RADIUS THAT IS DEFINED AROUND THE GRB CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THIS SLIDE HAS THE, UH, COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDE, UH, THE HARVEY RECOVERY PROJECTS.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH FEMA ON THE PROCESS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURTS.
UM, WE HAVE POLICE FACILITIES.
UM, GSD IS WORKING WITH A RA ON A, A PATH FORWARD FOR THE NEW BARK FACILITY.
UM, WE, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW FIRE STATION 40 INCLUDED IN THE CIP.
UM, FLEET HAS FUNDING IN FY 25 TO 29 OF 225 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UM, ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS IN OUR TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, WE ARE INCLUDING THE 9 1 1 REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND THE SAPS FOUR HANA, WHICH IS THE CITY'S, UM, FINANCIAL, UH, SYSTEM OF RECORD.
ALL RIGHT, ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE ESCALATIONS.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT EVERYONE HAS FELT IT WITH THE COST INFLATION.
WE, UH, SEE A LOT OF SUPPLY AND CHAIN ISSUES, WHICH HAVE CAUSED AN INCREASE IN BUILDING MATERIAL AND FLEET COSTS, WHICH HAVE LED TO INCREASED PROJECT COSTS AND COMPLETION DELAYS.
UH, THIS C-I-P-C-I-P PLAN INCLUDES ESCALATIONS FOR PREVIOUS PLAN PROJECTS, AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO MONITOR ALL OF THE FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE EVALUATED FOR CONSTRUCTION ESCALATIONS, UM, FOR ALL FUTURE, UM, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE BOND ELECTION SLIDE.
AND THIS IS, UH, A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, UH, FOR THE VARIOUS BOND ELECTIONS.
UH, THE LAST BOND ELECTION WAS HELD IN 2022, AND HISTORICALLY, UM, UH, THE BOND ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN HELD EVERY FOUR TO SIX YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL BEGIN ON BILL HOUSTON FORWARD AND DIRECTOR DEBOWSKI WILL TAKE THIS SECTION ON.
SO ON SLIDE 11, UH, THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD, AGAIN, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE REBUILD HOUSTON PROGRAM.
UM, THE STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SECTION IN THE CIP TOTALS 1.24 BILLION AND IS BROKEN DOWN TO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES YOU SEE BELOW, UH, BETWEEN THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND COLLECTORS LOCAL STREETS, UH, STREET AND TRAFFIC REHABILITATION.
UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND IS ALLOCATED AS WELL.
UH, AND THE SAFE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, THE STORM DRAINAGE SECTION OF THE CIP, UH, INCLUDES PROJECTS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES LDP AND SWAT, WHICH I KNOW WE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, AS WELL AS SOME KEY INITIATIVES, UM, FOR REGIONAL STORMWATER DETENTION AND THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT.
AND ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE, UM, THAT WE NOTED ON THE SLIDE IS THAT THE NUMBERS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CIP BOOK, AS YOU SEE IT PROPOSED, DO NOT REFLECT THE ADOPTED BUDGET AMENDMENT, UM, FROM LAST WEEK ON THE $8 MILLION THAT'S COMING, UH, INTO LDP FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE BOOKS WERE, YOU KNOW, BEING SENT TO THE PRINT SHOP AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.
IT'S ON THE BOOKS, THE FUNDING WILL
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HAPPEN, UM, BUT SHE WON'T SEE IT REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT JUST BECAUSE OF TIMING.UM, ON SLIDE 12, UH, THIS GIVES A BREAKDOWN OF THE STORMWATER ACTION TEAM, OR SWAT AS WE KNOW IT, AND THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM, LDP.
UH, SO ACROSS THE FIVE YEARS IN THE CIP, THOSE TWO PROGRAMS TOGETHER, UH, TOTAL 170 MILLION, AND AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL 8 MILLION.
SO THAT WOULD BE ON TOP OF THIS.
UM, AND YOU SEE IT BROKEN DOWN BY FISCAL YEAR, UH, IN THAT SLIDE.
SO, UM, SWAT IS ALLOCATED AT $20 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICE.
UM, LDP YOU SEE IS ABOUT, UM, IN FY 25, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP DUE TO A, A PROJECT THAT IS, UM, IT WAS ONGOING IN 24, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE FINISHED IN 24.
SO THE FUNDING IS COMING OVER TO 25.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, THE APPROXIMATELY $13 MILLION A YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 70 MILLION FOR LDP, AGAIN, NOT INCLUDING THAT ADDITIONAL 8 MILLION ON SLIDE 13, UM, WE WANTED TO FEATURE, UM, A LOT OF THE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH.
A LOT OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS, PARTICULARLY ON GRANTS.
I KNOW WE TALK FREQUENTLY ABOUT GRANTS AND PURSUING MORE GRANTS AT THE CITY.
UM, THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS VERY, UM, AGGRESSIVE IN PURSUING DISASTER RECOVERY GRANTS AND MITIGATION FUNDING, UM, FOR PARTICULARLY DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, SO, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER, UM, COSTELLO HANDLED A LOT IN THE PAST AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE CONTINUING TO CHAMPION CHAMPION, UM, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND FUNDING SOURCES AS YOU SEE.
UM, SO, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CIP, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE JOINTLY FUNDED WITH, UM, GRANTS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UH, TOTALING ABOUT $130 MILLION.
AND YOU SEE THE PROJECTS LISTED THERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THE TIP PROGRAM, UH, $264 MILLION ON THE, THOSE ARE ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE AND ON THE DRAINAGE SIDE, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT, UM, PROGRAM THROUGH FEMA AND TEEM.
UM, AND THOSE WILL COVER THE PROJECTS LIKE THE NORTH CANAL, THE LAKE HOUSTON DAM, AND THE MEMORIAL CITY DETENTION PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, CDBG GRANTS, UM, THAT WE GET THROUGH HUD AND GLO, UM, INCLUDING TURKEY GULLY, UH, MELROSE PARK, FRENCHTOWN, UH, SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR IMPORTANT PARTNERS, BOTH AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
GOING ON TO SLIDE 14, UM, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE SHOW EVERY YEAR, UM, AND AS YOU SEE, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AGAIN ON PAYING DOWN THE, UM, LEGACY STREET AND DRAINAGE DEBT.
UM, SO WE LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRETY OF THE PICTURE OF WHAT THE STREET AND DRAINAGE JET OUTSTANDING WAS AT THE TIME.
UH, REBUILD HOUSTON, UM, STARTED BACK IN 2012.
AND, UH, WHERE THE DASH LINE IS, IS WHERE YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UM, WITH OVER $1.9 BILLION PAID.
AND THAT 1.9 BILLION DOES INCLUDE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
SO, UM, OF THAT 1.9 BILLION WE'VE PAID OFF 1.2 BILLION OF PRINCIPAL, UH, 672 MILLION OF INTEREST, AND WE OWE AT THIS POINT $538 MILLION, UH, OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST COMBINED.
SO, UM, THE WAY WE CALCULATE THE FUNDING TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE PAY AS YOU GO STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS IS WE HAVE TO PAY OFF THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE FIRST.
SO AS YOU SEE THE FUNDING COMING IN, UH, AND WE PAY OFF THE DEBT SERVICE ANNUALLY, IT'S GOING TO GENERATE MORE AND MORE, UM, REVENUE FOR THOSE PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS.
TRYING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MS. AMARILLO.
OKAY, SO NOW WE ARE ON SLIDE 16, THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM.
SO THIS SECTION HAS TWO CHAPTERS IN THE CIP, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND THE WATER, WATER UTILITY SYSTEM.
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IS COMPRISING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS AT 3.9 BILLION.
AND A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, WITHIN THIS SECTION IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SERVICE AREA AT 1.02 BILLION.
AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN IMPROVEMENTS AT 1.33 BILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEWER REHAB AT 480 MILLION AND THE LIFT STATION RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS AT 323.6 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE THE WATER UTILITY SYSTEM CHAPTER, WHICH IS ABOUT 2.2 BILLION.
AND THE LARGEST STANDALONE PROJECT THERE IS THE EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT, UM, AT 495.6 MILLION.
WE HAVE ONGOING WORK WITH THE SERVICE WATER TRANSMISSION PROGRAM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.
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OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.MOVING ON TO THE HOUSTON AIRPORT.
UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE AIRPORTS AROUND THE CITY AND THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TOTALING ABOUT 2.8 BILLION.
UM, SO WE HAVE IT BROKEN OUT AT IAH.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2 BILLION.
UH, THE MAJORITY IS FOR THE TERMINAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM OF ABOUT 900 MILLION.
AND TERMINAL B REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
YOU SEE 474 WHEN WE HAVE ALREADY APPROPRIATED ABOUT 150 FOR A TOTAL OF 624.
UM, AT HOBBY, WE HAVE THE MAJOR, UH, PROJECT GOING ON IS THE WEST, UM, THE HOBBY, UH, WEST CONCOURSE, WHICH IS THE GATE EXPANSION.
AND WE HAVE, UM, 200, UM, AND WE HAVE OTHER APPROPRIATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF, UH, 450 FOR THIS PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS, AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE ON THE TIMELINE.
SO LAST, UH, THURSDAY, THE FY 25 29, UH, CIP WAS SHARED ON THE SHAREPOINT SIDE.
AND, UM, TODAY IS THE COUNT, THE BFA MEETING.
UM, WE DO ASK IF, UM, WE COULD PLEASE HAVE ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS.
UM, MARTY SENT OUT A WORD TEMPLATE.
UM, THOSE ARE DUE, UH, BY FRIDAY, UH, JUNE 21ST.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR, UM, COUNCIL ACTION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND CIP ON JUNE 25TH.
UM, AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEPEC.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, FOR THE HARVEY RECOVERY PROJECTS, I KNOW AT THE TIME WE TOOK SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THE CIP TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, AND THEN ONCE WE GOT REIMBURSED, THE MONEY WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CIP AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER, HAVE WE ALREADY GOTTEN ALL THE REIMBURSEMENTS BACK OR ARE WE STILL WAITING FOR SOME OF THAT? WE ARE DEFINITELY STILL WAITING FOR SOME OF IT, AND WE CAN, UM, FOLLOW UP WITH SOME EXACT FIGURES.
WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, UM, QUITE A LOT OF MONEY FROM FEMA THROUGH TDO.
UM, I WANNA SAY PRIMARILY THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BACK SO FAR PERTAINS TO THE WORK THAT WE PARTNERED WITH HOUSTON FIRST, UM, ON THE WORTHHAM AND THE GARAGES.
SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS IN THE CIP WHERE WE HAD HAD TO PUSH PROJECTS OUT IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE HARVEY REIMBURSEMENT, UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT BACK YET, BUT THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN HERE, UH, PERTAINS TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTS SINCE IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT BASED PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SPENT THE MONEY ON THE COURT YET AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE FEMA UM, OBLIGATION PROCESS.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE'LL SEE THE REVENUE COMING BACK EVEN IN FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
SO ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED TO OTHER LATER FISCAL YEARS TO PAY FOR THIS WHILE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENTS OR EVERYTHING IS KIND OF SETTLED WITH THAT PROCESS? YES.
I, I'M TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, IF ANYTHING IS ACTUALLY CHANGED IN THE ACTUAL CIP PLAN FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE THE BOOKS, I SKIMMED THROUGH IT.
I GOT A LIST OF OUR CIP PROJECTS THAT WERE PRESENTED LAST YEAR.
UM, WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS EASIER FOR ME IS IF I RECEIVED, UM, SOME KIND OF RED LINE OR SOMETHING WITH THE CHANGES.
HAVE ANY OF THE DATES CHANGED? UM, SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO PAGE BY PAGE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR'S CIP PRESENTATION TO THIS YEAR'S CIP PRESENTATION.
SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY OF THE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT K? DID THE DATES CHANGE? DO I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW? DO I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT? UM, SURE WE CAN, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON THAT FOR YOU.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, THERE ARE NO PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
THEY, ANY PROJECTS YOU SEE THAT WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF THE BOOK WOULD BE PROJECTS WHERE THE FUNDING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROPRIATED IN FY 24, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, BUT WE CAN GET WITH YOU ON IF THERE WERE ANY, UM, DELAYS OR CHANGES TO, TO PROJECTS.
AND I, AND I WOULD THINK ALL THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD, WOULD WANNA KNOW THAT SAME INFORMATION.
UM, WHAT'S FALLEN OFF, WHAT'S GOT PUSHED BACK, IF, IF ANYTHING.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ HAS JOINED US ONLINE COUNCIL MEMBER TWILA CARTER IS ALSO ONLINE
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AND IN THE CHAMBER WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIE DAVIS WELCOME, UH, DIRECTOR.UH, LAST AUGUST WE HAD A PRESENTATION, UM, ON THE METRO GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM.
WAS EVER ANYTHING DONE TO, TO DO A NEW AGREEMENT THAT WENT THROUGH TO GO THROUGH 2040 ON WHAT FUNDS COME TO.
AND THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR, MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THE METRO FUNDING, UM, THAT'S COMING INTO D-D-S-R-F-I BELIEVE IS $97 MILLION FOR FY 25.
THAT'S CONSISTENT WHAT WITH PRIOR YEARS.
DAVID WARDLOW, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
SO IS THERE A, WHAT IS THE END DATE NOW? 2040.
SO THERE'S A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE END DATE OF 2040.
THERE'S A NEW AGREEMENT AT CORRECT, AT THE END OF 24 THROUGH 2040 THROUGH THROUGH 2040, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE? CORRECT.
DOES IT CHANGE ANY OF THE NO, EVERYTHING'S, NO.
SO NOTHING CAME AS A CHANGE AFTER THAT PRESENTATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND ARE THERE ANY COMPONENT UNITS? YOU MENTIONED THE FOUR, UM, THE PARKS BOARD, HOUSTON FIRST HOUSTON ZOO MM-HMM
AND THEN ALL THE TSAS ARE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPONENT UNITS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE CIP? THERE REALLY AREN'T OTHER COMPONENT UNITS THAT HAVE CIPS.
UM, THE OTHER COMPONENT UNITS ARE MORE, YOU KNOW, AN OPERATING BUDGET.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES WE LOOK THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST EVERY YEAR OF ALL THE COMPONENT UNITS AND IDENTIFY, WHICH HAVE A CIP AND REFLECT THEIR PROJECTS HERE.
AND AS I MENTIONED ON THE, THE LARGEST CHANGE THAT YOU'LL SEE IS ON THE HOUSTON FIRST, UH, WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE GRB IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
JUST WANT TO REFLECT BACK ON PAGE 14, IF I MAY.
THERE IS A, YOU LISTED 538 MILLION THAT'S OLD ON THE, UM, STREET AND DRAINAGE.
NOW IS THAT MINE? NOW THIS IS OF COURSE 2324 BUDGET, RIGHT? THIS WOULD BE AS OF FEBRUARY OF 24.
SO IT, THIS WOULD INCLUDE, UM, I SEE THE DATE, SORRY.
UH, THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE PAYMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE AS OF THE END OF FY 24.
SO AS OF THE BEGINNING OF FY 25, WE'LL STILL OWE $538 MILLION.
THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
SO WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE CARRYOVER FROM UM, THE YEAR PREVIOUS? SO EVERY YEAR THE DEBT SERVICE, UM, DECREASES.
SO IN FY 24, THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT THAT WE PAID WAS ABOUT $99 MILLION.
AND IN FY 25, THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IS GOING TO BE 96 MILLION.
SO YOU'LL SEE EVERY YEAR FOR THE REMAINING LIFE OF THE DEBT, YOU SEE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT, UM, STEP DOWN EVERY YEAR.
SO AS THOSE UM, DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULES ROLL OFF, WE GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO GO TOWARDS THE PAY AS YOU GO TO DO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
AND THAT'S, IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE, IS THAT FROM THE DRAINAGE FEE THAT WAS THIS, UM, THIS IS PART OF THE SAME, UM, CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT ADDED THE DRAINAGE FEE? YEAH, THIS COMPONENT PARTICULARLY GETS PAID FROM THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, THE 11.80 CENT EQUIVALENT.
SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE DRAINAGE FEE, BUT RELATED FUNDS THE SAME, UM, TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO THAT DRAINAGE FEE PAY IS STILL DESIGNATED SEPARATE FROM THE PROPERTY AND THAT'S HOW IT'S ADDED TO THE BUDGET? YES.
SO WE, UM, SEVERAL YEARS BACK, I WANNA SAY MAYBE THREE OR FOUR FISCAL YEARS NOW, UM, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WERE GOING INTO ONE, UM, DEDICATED DRAINAGE STREET RENEWAL FUND.
SO NOW YOU SEE THE FUNDING SOURCE BROKEN UP.
UM, IT'S SEPARATED BY DRAINAGE FEE, UM, AD VALOREM FOR D-D-S-R-F, METRO FOR D-D-S-R-F.
SO IT'S, THEY FUND THE SAME TYPE OF STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, BUT THE FUNDING IS NOW, UM, MORE SEGREGATED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.
YEAH, THIS SLIDE IS GREAT AND REALLY SHOWS YOU LIKE IN, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET TO 20 29, 20 30, 20 30, I MEAN THAT REALLY GOES DOWN.
YOU CAN HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY FOR PROJECTS WHEN, WHEN WE GET TO THOSE YEARS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER.
THE NORTH CANAL, IS THAT THE DIVERSION CANAL? IS THAT THE SAME THING? THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S DOWNTOWN RIGHT HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT,
WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC, UM, COMMENTS.
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UM, SO I WILL BE CALLING THOSE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THE HEELS OF THE OPERATING BUDGET TO TURN AROUND AND GET THE CAPITAL BUDGET OUT AS NO SMALL FEAT.
SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY IN FINANCE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
AND I GUESS THE MAIN FOLLOW UP, UM, DIRECTOR WOULD BE TO, TO GET THE KIND OF BREAKDOWN IN THE, FOR EACH OF THE, THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WE DON'T SEE ANYBODY ONLINE, UM, THAT SIGNED UP, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THEIR NAMES, UM, BECAUSE THEY DID SIGN UP.
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WELL, ONE, MY, UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE, THE ONES THAT YOU CALLED THAT ARE TRYING TO PHONE IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF THERE IS STILL TIME TO GIVE THEM PUBLIC COMMENT SURE, SURE.
UH, THE ONE BIG QUESTION I HAD FOR THE TEAM, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION WAS, I GUESS OVER THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN, I'M LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO WAS GIVING THE PRESENTATION.
I, UH, OVER THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OUTWARD FACING PROMOTION OF A COMMUNITY MEETING OR TOWN HALLS TO GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT PROJECTS THEY WANT TO SEE, TO GIVE INPUT INTO THE CIPI UNDERSTAND COVID WAS AN ISSUE, BUT EVEN BEFORE COVID THAT MEETING DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND THEN DURING REDISTRICTING THEY TRIED TO COUPLE IT WITH THE REDISTRICTING, UH, MEETING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEETING HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
SO WONDERING LIKE, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DATE OF THAT PUBLIC FACING MEETING, HOW, HOW WILL THAT INPUT FROM PEOPLE ON THE STREETS IN HOMES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY PROJECTS THAT AREN'T HAPPENING, UM, ACTUALLY GET INPUT INTO THE CIP.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT.
I DO KNOW THAT THOSE CIP MEETINGS AS WE, AS WE KNEW THEM, KIND OF DIED DURING COVID AND HAVE NOT COME BACK.
WE DID HAVE THE REDISTRICTING ONE COUPLED WITH IT, BUT, UM, I'LL GET A BETTER READ ON WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, HOW THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN FIND OUT IF THERE ARE GONNA BE OTHER PUBLIC FACING OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN ON THE CIP.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
BECKY SALAZAR, UH, BECKY S IS ONLINE.
UM, BECKY, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD? STAR SIX, I THINK.
HELLO? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, YES.
UM, FROM WEST STREET AND THE NACI APOLOGIZE.
I, I DIDN'T, UH, GET TO HEAR EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN THE MEETING, SO I MAY BE REPEATING A FEW THINGS.
UM, BUT I DID JUST REALLY, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO CALL IN TODAY BECAUSE, UM, THE GIP, UM, THE, SORRY, ONE MORE BECAUSE, UM, FOR THE LAST, UH, THREE YEARS WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO UNDERSTAND AND ENGAGE IN THE CIP PROCESS.
'CAUSE AS ALL Y'ALL KNOW, IT'S, UM, THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT AFFECTS INFRASTRUCTURE IN HOUSTON.
AND WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEEN CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATING AROUND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, HOWEVER, DESPITE OUR EFFORTS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE AT ALL AND PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR COMBINED WITH REDISTRICTING MEETINGS OR OTHER TOPICS.
AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CIP PROJECTS ARE SELECTED AND FOUND KIND OF VARIOUS THINGS, BUT NO CLEAR ANSWERS.
UM, SUCH AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE MATRIX USED TO DECIDE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S CONSISTENTLY USED.
AND IF IT WERE USED, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT.
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OUR, OUR COUNSELOR ABOUT TRYING TO INFLUENCE PROJECTS AND BASICALLY HEARD THAT THERE'S SUCH A BACKLOG OF PROJECTS, THERE IS NO WAY TO INFLUENCE IT.UM, AND YEAH, SO WE THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.
UM, AS IT SEEMS, A LOT OF Y'ALL ALSO THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE.
AND WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN THAT SUPPOSEDLY IS HAPPENING AND PART OF THE ONE WATER HOUSTON.
BUT DESPITE ALSO ADVOCATING AROUND THAT FOR OVER TWO YEARS, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING BESIDES BEING TOLD THAT THERE ARE CONSULTANTS DOING MODELING.
UM, WHICH IS JUST REALLY ALARMING AND ALSO KIND OF CONDESCENDING, UM, BECAUSE, WELL, BASICALLY CONSULTANTS WHO ARE THEY? WHAT MONEY'S BEING USED? MODELING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DO YOU MODEL DRAINAGE PROBLEMS? AND YOU'VE BEEN LIKE, WE'VE BEEN OUT ON THE GROUND LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND KNOW THE EXTREME LIMITS OF MODELING IN SUCH A, A FLAT AREA WHERE, UH, DRAINAGE REALLY IS AFFECTED STREET TO STREET BY, UH, DIFFERENT LIKE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS CHANGING.
SO ALL THAT TO SAY, UM, WE REALLY WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
WE UNDERSTAND TO INFLUENCE THE CIP AT THIS POINT, THIS YEAR MIGHT NOT BE THAT POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT WE DO WANNA TRY TO INFLUENCE IT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THE EQUITY IS CONSIDERED.
IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS MASTER DRAINAGE PLANT IS HAPPENING TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND AND DECIDE WHERE TO PUT MONEY BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
ALSO, NOT JUST LOOKING AT FLOODING, BUT LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN THAT FLOOD WATER AND HOW VULNERABLE OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO BASICALLY OUR ASK HERE IS PLEASE, UH, WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
THE TIME TO BRING COMMUNITY INPUT IN IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S NOT AFTER YOU GET THE RESULTS OF WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS AND THEN TALKING TO US.
AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR, UH, QUESTIONS.
I I, YOU KNOW, AFTER A PRETTY ROBUST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE OPERATING BUDGET, IT IS KIND OF LIMITED HERE.
AND SO I WANNA GET A BETTER TAKE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON, ON WHAT KIND OF INPUT, UM, WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SOLICITED AND ENCOURAGED.
OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO, TO LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CIP, UM, ON THE DRAINAGE PLAN.
I I WANNA GET AN UPDATE ON THAT TOO, AND I CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU SOME INFORMATION ON, UM, UH, SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT'S USED IN THE MODELING.
AND AS MUCH AS THEY'LL GIVE ME, I'M HAPPY TO PASS ALONG.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT COMING OUT.
BUT, UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON, ON THE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
REV, REVEL, REVELS, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ADD COURTNEY ONTO MY PHONE.
COURTNEY IS ON YOU HERE COURTNEY? YES.
UM, AND JUST, JUST ASKING FOR THE CIP PROCESS TO BE, UM, MORE TRANSPARENT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND ADVOCATING.
I WENT TO NORTHEAST ACTION COLLECTIVE.
I LIVED IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN, SETAS EAST HOUSTON.
AND WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR REALLY BIG DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
AND WE HAD AN ASK THAT THIS GO TO LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN THIS BIG WIN THAT THE $8 MILLION IS GOING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR A PROCESS THAT'S TRANSPARENT.
UM, SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, WE'RE ASKING TO KNOW.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE BACKLOG IS.
WE WANNA KNOW WHAT POSITION OUR PROJECTS WILL BE IN.
WE JUST WANNA HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION BE AVAILABLE THAT HASN'T IN THE PAST BEEN AVAILABLE TO US.
WE WANT TO SEE THIS BE A MEANINGFUL THING WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO, UM, JUST SHARE ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS WE WANNA GET DONE.
WE WANNA HAVE MORE OF A VOICE.
UM, WE SEE WE'VE SEEN A BACKLOG IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SO WE CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHICH PROJECT IS COMING UP NEXT.
AND UM, YEAH, SO WE JUST ASKING OUR COUNSELORS AND EVERYBODY BE BOLD AND TAKE BOLD ACTION TO CORRECTING THESE THINGS AND SETTING UP OUR CITY FOR SOMETHING BETTER,
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UM, CONSIDERING THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS THAT WOULD PUT US IN THIS POSITION.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR CALLING IN.
UM, BENJAMIN BROADWAY, WE DON'T SEE BENJAMIN ONLINE.
UM, SO ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE ONLINE, WANT TO COMMENT NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, JULY 1ST AT 2:00 PM TO ACCOMMODATE THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND UM, FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE CIP, WE'RE NOT ADJOURNED 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.