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AND[Budget and Fiscal Affairs on June 8, 2026.]
WELCOME TO THE JUNE 8TH, 2026, SPECIAL CALLED BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING.I'M SALLY ALCORN, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO THE HORSESHOE.
WE, UH, ARE JOINED BY MY VICE CHAIR, MARIO CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER JOAQUIN MARTINEZ, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM AMY PECK, COUNCIL MEMBER JULIAN RAMIREZ.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOE PANZA AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANNE HUFFMAN'S, OFFICE MAYOR PRO TE'S OFFICE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SALINAS'S OFFICE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER'S OFFICE.
TODAY, WE WILL BE GOING OVER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UM, 2027 THROUGH 2031.
WE ARE JOINED BY FINANCE DIRECTOR MELISSA DEBOWSKI, AND FINANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALMA TIMOR, AND GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH AS IF WE'RE NOT BUSY ENOUGH THIS WEEK WE'RE, WE CAN NOW TALK ABOUT SPENDING BILLIONS MORE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO I WANNA START OFF FIRST BY THANKING THE TEAM.
THAT'S, UM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A BUSY TIME OF YEAR.
UM, OF COURSE, UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BOTH ON THE BUDGET SIDE AND ALSO ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SIDE.
UH, MOST OF THEM ARE BEHIND ME TODAY.
UM, THAT PUT THE, THE LONG NIGHTS AND THE, THE HARD WORK INTO GETTING THE BOOK TOGETHER.
UM, AS YOU SEE, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, QUITE VOLUMINOUS.
IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE COSTS BY NOT PRINTING AS MANY HARD COPIES AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, WE PUT IT ON THE SHAREPOINT, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, TO SEE LAST WEEK, AND IT'S UP ON OUR WEBSITE NOW AS WELL.
UM, THERE, AND AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TEAM, NOT JUST THE TEAM BEHIND ME, BUT ALSO I'D BE REMISS, UM, IF I DIDN'T THANK AS WELL, THE, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR STAFF THAT PUT EVERYTHING INTO IT.
UM, I WE'RE JOINED BY GSD AND PUBLIC WORKS TODAY.
I'M NOT MISSING ANYONE, BUT, UM, OF COURSE THE AIRPORT, UM, HAS ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS IN HERE AS WELL.
UM, FLEET IT, SO IT REALLY COVERS, UM, ALL OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CITYWIDE.
SO, UM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS, UM, PROPOSED DOCUMENT TODAY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALMA TO KICK US OFF.
SO, UM, THE OVERVIEW OF THE CAPITAL PLAN, UM, AS A REFRESHER, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR ROLLING PLAN.
UM, THE PLAN IS A LIVE DOCUMENT AND IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
UM, THIS IS A PLAN, NOT A BUDGET.
SO, UM, UNLIKE THE BUDGET WHERE IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND IT'S SET, UM, AS THESE PROJECTS COME, UM, YOU'LL SEE A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDING.
UM, THE, THE PLAN COVERS FOUR MAJOR AREAS, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, THE BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND THE COMPONENT UNITS.
SO, ON THE FOUR COMPONENT UNITS, UM, THAT WE'LL SEE, WE HAVE THE PUB, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROGRAM, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY, UM, FUND DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT CONSISTS OF FIRE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS, HEALTH, HOUSING, LIBRARY, PARKS, AND POLICE.
UM, THE BAIL TO HOUSTON FORWARD, UH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS REBUILD HOUSTON, IS THE STRAIGHT, UH, STORM DRAINAGE AND THE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND YOU'LL FIND THOSE WITHIN THE STORM DRAINAGE AND STREET AND TRAFFIC TABS.
THE ENTERPRISE FUND PROGRAMS, THESE ARE THE CITY'S, UM, BUSINESS TYPE ENTITIES.
THESE ARE CLOSED FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, AND THEY'RE, UM, WITHIN THIS SECTION YOU'LL SEE THE COMBINED UTILITY, UM, SYSTEM, WHICH WILL HAVE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER.
AND NOW WE ALSO INCLUDED THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, AND YOU'LL ALSO FIND THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM UNDER THE ENTERPRISE FUND PROGRAM SECTION.
THE COMPONENT UNITS ARE LEGALLY, UM, SEPARATED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY, UH, CLOSED SYSTEMS, BUT THEY ARE REPORTED IN THE CITY'S, UM, ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND WITHIN THE COMPONENT UNITS, UM, THE LARGEST SECTION OF THIS, UM, SECTION IS THE TURS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE 27 31 PROPOSED CIP HAS THE, UH, 26 THROUGH 30 CIP FOR THET.
AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN THE TS BUDGETS COME TO COUNCIL ALONG WITH THEIR CIPS.
SO THOSE CAME BEFORE WE, WE ARE, WE'RE HERE AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, THEY'RE PRIMARILY, UM, UH, CIP PROJECTS FOR THE 26 AND 30, UM, FISCAL YEARS.
SO, THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SECTION, UM, IS GENERAL FUNDS SUPPORTED,
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UM, UH, DEBT.SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AS A TRANSFER TO PAY DEBT SERVICE.
AND THIS IS, UM, THIS GOES TO PAY FOR THE, FOR THE DEBT SERVICE THAT, FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE FINANCE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS, IN THIS CIP PLAN, WE ALSO GET, UM, DONATIONS, UM, AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS.
THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD SECTION IS PRIMARILY, UM, THE SOURCE OF FUNDING IS, UH, D-D-S-R-F, AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE DRAINAGE UTILITY CHARGE FROM, UM, PLUS THE DEVELOP THE DEVELOPER IMPACT FEES, UM, AT VALOREM THAT PREVIOUSLY WENT TO PAY DEBT SERVICE, UM, UH, FOR THE STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, UM, WILL GO, UM, UH, IS PART OF THE FUNDING FOR, FOR THE BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD, UM, BEFORE WE MAKE THE TRANSFER FOR THE AVALOR, UM, WE'LL FIRST PAY, UH, WE'LL TAKE OUT THE DEBT SERVICE, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT WILL GO TO THE, UM, PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE ARE USING THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE D-D-S-R-F TRANSFER THAT ARE BASED ON THE, UH, THE JONES SETTLEMENT CASE.
UM, OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, UM, ARE, UH, GRANTS OTHER, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES SUCH AS METRO HARRIS COUNTY, TDOT, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HUD AND FEMA, UM, UNDER THE ENTERPRISE FUND, UM, SECTION, THIS IS, UH, THE, THE REVENUES THAT ARE DERIVED HERE ARE FROM THE CUS UM, WATER CUSTOMER, UM, FROM THE RATES AND CHARGES AND GRANTS.
UM, THE AIRPORT REVENUES, UM, ARE DERIVED FROM, UM, THE REVENUE THAT'S COMING FROM THE AIRLINES PARKING FEES, UM, THE FA GALLONS OF OIL PARKING FEES AND FAA GRANTS.
UM, UNDER THE COMPONENT UNIT SECTION, THE TAX, UM, INCREMENTAL REINVESTMENT ZONES, THEIR FUNDING COMES FROM THE TAX INCREMENT DOLLARS AND ZOO REVENUE AND THE, AND THE HOUSTON FIRST REVENUES.
OKAY, SO THE 27 31 PLAN IS ESTIMATED AT, UH, 17.9 BILLION FROM ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES.
THE ENTERPRISE, UH, PROGRAM IS TOTAL IS ABOUT 14.2 BILLION.
UM, AND THIS DOES INCLUDE THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD SECTION.
UH, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SECTION IS ABOUT 865 MILLION, AND THE COMPONENT UNIT IS ABOUT 2.9 BILLION.
UM, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE IN THE, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SECTION, AND, AND THAT'S, UM, SOME OF THAT DECREASE IS BECAUSE SOLID WASTE IS NOW, UM, REPORTED UNDER THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, YEAR, UH, THE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE, UH, IT IS, UH, UH, PRIMARILY WITHIN THE, UH, BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD AND THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM.
UM, SO THIS IS, THIS WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY OF THE FIVE YEAR CIP.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YEAR OVER YEAR, WE DO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL CIP, WHERE, UM, THE TOTAL PORTION OF THE CIP IS RELATED TO THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORICAL FROM 23 TO 27, AND GOING FORWARD TO, TO THE PROPOSED PLAN, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR, WE, WE CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, SEE INCREASES IN THE OVERALL CIP.
SO UNDER THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, JUST TO TOUCH UPON, UM, NEXT SLIDE.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SECTION, UM, WE HAVE THE MUNICIPAL COURTS PROJECT.
UM, SO IN THE BOOK, YOU'LL SEE THE FUNDING OF ABOUT EIGHT 185 MILLION.
UM, THE TOTAL FUNDING RIGHT NOW IS PROJECTED TO BE, UM, WITHIN THE 195, UM, ABOUT MAYBE 10 MILLION OF THAT HAS ALREADY COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE DESIGN PHASE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU WON'T SEE THE TI THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, UH, BECAUSE, UH, SOME OF THAT HAS ALREADY COME TO COUNCIL FOR, UM, APPROPRIATIONS.
UM, UNDER THE FIRE STATION, UM, SECTION, WE DO HAVE SOME RENOVATIONS AND, UH, A NEW FIRE STATION 1 0 2 AND RENOVATIONS TO FIRE STATION 64.
UM, OUR FLEET COMMITMENT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO SEE, UM, AN INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR UNDER THE FLEET CATEGORY FOR 27 31 CIP.
WE HAVE ABOUT 292 MILLION, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S FLEET, UM, COMMITMENT OF 246 MILLION UNDER THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENHANCEMENT SECTIONS.
UM, WE HAVE THE COMPUTER AIDED, UH, DISPATCH SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, THE 9 1 1 REPLACEMENT SYSTEM, UM, THAT'S ABOUT 10 MILLION.
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AND THEN THE, UM, SAPS FOUR HANA, AND THAT'S THE CITY'S, UM, SYSTEM OF RECORD.SO THAT'S IN THE BOOK FOR ABOUT 12.8 MILLION.
THIS PROJECT ALSO HAS AN O AND M, UM, EXPENSE, UM, SIDE TO IT, UM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE O AND M SECTION OF THE CIP BOOK.
SO, UM, WE CONTINUE TO SEE, UM, INCREASES IN COST ESCALATIONS.
UM, SO THIS DOES IMPACT THE CIP, WE SEE INCREASES FOR MATERIALS AND SERVICES, AND WE'RE STILL, UM, FACING SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, UM, ALONG WITH TARIFFS.
UM, IT DOES, IT WILL COST MORE TO DELIVER THE SAME PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CIP.
AND SO THAT WILL LIMIT THE, UH, THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING ADDED, UM, UH, OR THE RE OR IT'LL REDUCE THE QUANTITY THAT WE CAN ATTAIN.
SO AS WE LOOK INTO FUTURE PROJECTS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CENTRAL SERVICE, UM, DEPARTMENTS.
UM, THIS BOOK DOES CONTAIN ESCALATIONS, UM, UH, BUT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE, UM, ESCALATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE INTO THE FUTURE.
BUT FOR THE 27, UM, YEAR, WE, WE DO INCLUDE, UM, ESCALATIONS, UM, FOR THOSE PRO FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN, UM, UM, THE, UM, THE CIP NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THE BOND ELECTION, UM, SO THIS, THIS SLIDE GIVES US A HISTORICAL VIEW OF WHEN THE, UH, BOND ELECTIONS WERE HELD, THE CATEGORIES AND THE, UM, THE FUNDING AMOUNTS PER THE, UH, WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES.
UM, TYPICALLY, UH, BOND ELECTIONS ARE HELD EVERY FOUR TO SIX YEARS WITH THE LAST ONE OCCURRING IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.
OKAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR DEBOWSKI.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, TURN OVER FROM THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD FIRST, AND THEN LOOK AT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AFTER THAT.
SO FOR THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD PROGRAM, THIS IS THE STREETS AND, UH, STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AND STORM DRAINAGE SECTIONS OF YOUR CIP.
UM, SO THEY ARE, UM, TABBED, UM, IN THE PRINTED COPY.
AND THEN, UM, AVAILABLE OF COURSE, UM, FOR VIEW ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD PRO PROGRAM, UM, FOR THE STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, UH, THE FIVE YEAR TOTAL PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS ARE ABOUT $1.58 BILLION, UM, BROKEN DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES YOU SEE BELOW, UM, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING GOING TOWARDS CITYWIDE STREET AND TRAFFIC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, UM, BEING 790 MILLION.
AND THEN THE NEXT LARGEST CATEGORY IS FOURTH AFFAIRS AND COLLECTORS AT ABOUT A HUNDRED, UH, SORRY, 513 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
UM, YOU ALSO SEE ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ON HERE.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND PROJECTS.
UM, USING THOSE FUNDS IS ABOUT, UM, 27.5 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
AND ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS THE SAFE SIDEWALK PROGRAM OF $28 MILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OVER THE FIVE YEAR AMOUNT, UM, COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS CIP.
UM, THE FY 26 THROUGH 30 CIP HAD ABOUT 16.5 MILLION FOR SAFE SIDEWALKS.
AND THIS YEAR, UM, IT'S INCREASED TO, UH, $28 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE STORM DRAINAGE SECTION.
UM, THE STORM DRAINAGE, UM, PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD ARE ABOUT $1.3 BILLION, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE PROGRAM BEING THE LARGEST AT 775 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU SEE A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES THERE.
SO MOVING ON TO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS GIVES YOU A VIEW OF SOME FIVE-YEAR FIGURES FOR SOME OF THE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT, UM, WE TALK ABOUT.
UM, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE TALK ABOUT SEEMINGLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, FOR THE SWAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE STORMWATER ACTION TEAM, THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM, SOMETIMES CALLED LDP, AND THEN THE DI TREE ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THESE FIGURES, THIS BREAKS OUT, UM, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CIP FOR FIVE-YEAR PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS.
UM, AND, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CIP AS ALMA MENTIONED IN HER, IN HER SLIDES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SLIDESHOW, THESE ARE, UH, PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS.
SO AS THE PROJECTS COME TO CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE BRING THOSE APPROPRIATIONS FORWARD ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH THOSE REQUESTS FOR COUNCIL ACTION.
UM, AND SO ONCE THOSE PROJECTS ARE APPROPRIATED, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE SPENDING.
SO THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY HOW MUCH EXACTLY WILL BE SPENT IN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR, BUT HOW MUCH AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION WE'LL HAVE SINCE, UM, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THESE PROJECTS DO, DO TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE.
UM, SO JUST GOING HIGH LEVEL FOR THE SWAT PROGRAM.
OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, YOU SEE $128 MILLION.
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FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM, YOU SEE $97 MILLION, AND THE DI TREE ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM, 125 MILLION.UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S NOT CAPTURED IN THESE FIGURES? I DID JUST WANNA TOUCH ON, SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK, UM, AT COUNCIL
UM, WHAT'S NOT SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IS, UM, THE FUNDING THAT'S CONTAINED FOR STORM WATER, WHICH IS PART OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CONSIDERING, UM, LATER THIS WEEK, UH, ACLU INCLUDES, UM, SPENDING IN THE STORMWATER FUND FOR DI TREE ESTABLISHMENT FOR $25 MILLION.
THAT'S SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE FIGURES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS PAGE.
UM, AND JUST TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE DI TREE ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM, UM, UH, THAT PROGRAM SEEKS TO, UH, UH, REESTABLISH THE DITCHES, UM, ON A CYCLE OF, UH, REESTABLISHING ABOUT 20% OF EACH OF THE DITCHES SO THAT, UH, WE REESTABLISH ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF THE, UM, OF THE, I'M GONNA CALL IT INVENTORY OR PORTFOLIO, BUT ABOUT, UH, 28% OF THE DITCHES ANNUALLY.
UM, AND SO THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT, UH, WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
AND, UM, AGAIN, CONTINUING ON WITH THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
IN FISCAL YEAR 26, THE GOAL WAS TO REESTABLISH 500 MILES OF DITCHES.
AND RIGHT NOW, PUBLIC WORKS IS ON TRACK TO DO 580 MILES OF DITCHES.
SO EXCEEDING THEIR, THEIR GOAL OF HITTING THE, UM, THE 20% FOR THE YEAR.
SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE 14, UM, CONTINUING ON WITH BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD.
UM, THIS GIVES SOME HIGHLIGHT OF, UM, PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH OTHER FUNDING ENTITIES.
SO ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE, UM, WE DO PARTNER WITH, UM, US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UM, UH, WITH GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THEM.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 122 MILLION OF PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS FOR, UM, THOSE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON.
UM, YOU SEE THE, UH, THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS THERE.
UM, WE DO ALSO, UM, PARTNER WITH HGA ON THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OR SOMETIMES YOU HEAR THEM CALLED TIP, UM, GRANTS OR TIP PROJECTS, 224 MILLION, UM, FOR THE PROJECTS LISTED.
AND THEN ON THE DRAINAGE MITIGATION SIDE, UM, WE DO HAVE THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, UM, FOR, UH, THAT WE PARTNER WITH, UM, FEMA AND TEEM FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THOSE PROJECTS IN THE CIP ARE ABOUT 110 MILLION.
AND THEN, UM, THE COMPUTE, THE CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UM, CDBG, MIT, SOMETIMES WE CALL IT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION PROJECTS, UM, WHERE WE WORK WITH HUD AND GLO AT THE STATE LEVEL, ABOUT $73 MILLION, UM, FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED, UM, BELOW, AND THERE'S, UM, DETAILED BREAKDOWN IN THE CIP THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF THE, THESE AMOUNTS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, HOW MUCH FOR EACH OF THOSE GOES TO EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE 15, UM, I THINK THIS IS CHAIR ALCORN'S FAVORITE SLIDE, MAYBE IN THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, UM, WHERE WE SHOW HOW MUCH STREET AND DRAINAGE DEBT WE'VE PAID OFF, UM, SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REBUILD PROGRAM, UM, OR BUILD HOUSTON FORWARD, SORRY, I SOMETIMES SAY REBUILD HOUSTON.
UM, SO, UH, SINCE 2012, WE'VE PAID OFF $2 BILLION OF DEBT, UM, BOTH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, AND WE HAVE 367 MILLION THAT WE STILL OWE.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE BACKEND NOW OF, UM, PAYING OFF THAT DEBT AND AS A REMINDER, AS WE PAY OFF MORE DEBT, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.
OKAY, SO, UM, MOVING OFF THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND MOVING ONTO THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM, UM, WE BREAK OUT THE WATER, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WATER AND WASTEWATER, UM, PROJECTS, UM, ON THIS SLIDE.
SO FOR THE WASTEWATER SIDE, UH, WE DO HAVE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES ABOUT $3.8 BILLION, UM, IN THE CIP FOR PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS.
UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU CAN SEE, UM, BELOW THERE WITH, UM, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BEING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEWER RENEWAL PROGRAM, ABOUT $731 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN IN THE WATER SYSTEM, A TOTAL OF 4.3 BILLION FOR THE WATER.
AND THIS IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT.
UM, I KNOW I PRESENTED AT BFA, UM, LAST WEEK ON TUESDAY AND TALKED ABOUT THE UPCOMING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, UM, ONE OF WHICH WAS TO EXPAND THE COMMERCIAL PAPER CAPACITY FOR, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER, UM, PLANT, PLANT PROGRAMS. AS WE GO ON TO IMPLEMENT THIS CIP, WE DO NEED, UM, ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION CAPACITY AND SPENDING CAPACITY ON THOSE LIQUIDITY FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THESE IMPORTANT CIP PROJECTS.
SO, UM, MOVING ON TO THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM ENTERPRISE FUND, UM, FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, THEIR FIVE YEAR CIP TOTALS, $2.7 BILLION, UM, TO,
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UH, EXPAND, UPDATE, AND MAINTAIN, UM, THE THREE AIRPORTS THAT ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM.UM, GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL, IAH, UM, HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT, AS WELL AS ELLINGTON FIELD AND THE SPACEPORT.
UM, SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BELOW.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPENDITURES ARE PLANNED AT IAH, ABOUT $2 BILLION OUTTA THE 2.7 BILLION, UM, WITH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU SEE BELOW, THERE IS A FOCUS THIS YEAR ON, UM, TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY IMPROVEMENTS, AND YOU DO SEE, UM, PRETTY HIGH, UH, AMOUNTS FOR PLANNED APPROPRIATIONS THERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE AIRPORT MAINTAINS THE, UM, THE, UM, I'M USING THE WORD PAVEMENT, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A MUCH MORE TECHNICALLY CORRECT VERSION, UM, FOR THE, UM, THE TAXIWAYS AND THE RUNWAYS.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CIP FOR THE AIRPORT THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, JUST TO GO OVER THE TIMELINE FOR THE PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH, UM, SO WE RELEASED THE PROPOSED CIP ON THE SHAREPOINT SITE LAST WEEK, UM, AND MADE IT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE TODAY.
UM, WE'RE HAVING THE SPECIAL CALL BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
UM, THE PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE REST OF THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WOULD BE TO, UM, RECEIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AMENDMENTS, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND YOU TO DISCUSS YOUR AMENDMENTS, UM, AND PUT THEM TOGETHER INTO, UM, SIMILAR HOW YOU SAW THE BUDGET AMENDMENT MATRIX.
WE DO THE SAME THING WITH THE CIP AMENDMENTS TO PUT THEM INTO A MATRIX, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A, AN ORGANIZED DISCUSSION, UM, WHENEVER THEY COME TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND THE PLAN WILL BE TO BRING THE CIP TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 17TH, AND IF IT'S TAGGED TO VOTE ON JUNE 24TH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE BEEN, WE WERE JOINED EARLIER BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIE DAVIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRED FLICKINGER.
THEY ARE ONLINE, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE, TIFFANY THOMAS'S OFFICE, AND ANYONE ELSE DID I MISS? OKAY.
UM, I'LL START WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEPEC.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BOND INITIATIVE, WHERE WE ARE ON IT, UM, AND WHAT CAPACITY WE STILL HAVE LEFT AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE? SURE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, A SLIDE THAT KIND OF SHOWS HOW MUCH IN, UM, VOTER AUTHORIZED CAPACITY WE'VE ASKED FOR IN THE PAST.
SO THE LAST TIME WE HAD A BOND ELECTION WAS BACK IN 2022.
TYPICALLY, WE HAVE BOND ELECTIONS BETWEEN EVERY FOUR TO SIX YEARS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRACKING CLOSELY.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOOK WHICH PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED WITH THE EXISTING VOTER AUTHORIZED CAPACITY WE HAVE.
UM, AND FOR THOSE THAT WE CONTEMPLATE, WE MAY NEED FUTURE BOND ELECTION FOUR.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT LIST AS PROJECTS GET APPROPRIATED.
UM, SOMETIMES THERE ARE, UH, COST UNDERRUNS ON PROJECTS WHERE WE WILL, UM, CLEAN UP BUDGETS AND THAT DOES FREE UP SOME CAPACITY, UM, TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT THERE'S A MORE DETAILED REPORT, UM, IN THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT IN THE MOFA THAT SHOWS OF THE, UM, BOND AUTHORIZATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST ELECTIONS, HOW MUCH IS REMAINING IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES.
SO I CAN, UM, SEND YOU A, A LINK WITH A COPY TO THAT REPORT.
AND, UM, SO ARE WE LOOKING AT DOING ANOTHER BOND INITIATIVE THEN SOMETIME SOON FOR THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT YOU MENTIONED? YES.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EVALUATING THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED IN THE CIP, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT IT WILL, IT WILL PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT USUALLY COMES EVERY FOUR TO SIX YEARS.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS, SO IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY COMING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS ON THE SAFE SIDEWALK, 28 MILLION.
IS THAT SOLELY WITHIN THE PROGRAM FOR THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES? THE SA THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM THAT FOLKS CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THERE? SO, UM, FOR THE SAFE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, THE $28 MILLION, UM, IS IT ONLY FOR THE, THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVED OR ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS PLANNED THROUGH? YES.
AND WHAT WAS THE, WHAT'S THE INCREASE THERE? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT WENT UP.
YEAH, SO IN LA THE LAST FIVE YEAR CYCLE, IT WAS ABOUT 16 MILLION, 16.5 MILLION, AND NOW WE'RE THE FIVE YEARS WE'RE, UM, SHOWING
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$28 MILLION.AND DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW HOW, UM, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNT IS IN THE QUEUE FOR THAT PROGRAM? I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
AND THEN ON THE DITCH REESTABLISHMENT, YOU MENTIONED THE ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION, IS THAT A 25 MILLION EVERY FISCAL YEAR OR 5 MILLION EVERY FISCAL YEAR TO EQUAL TO 25? SO WHAT'S IN THE OPERATING BUDGET? THE FISCAL YEAR 27 OPERATING BUDGET, THAT'S IN THE STORM WATER FUND.
THAT $25 MILLION IS JUST FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
COUNCIL MEMBER PANZELLA, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, I JUST HAD A REALLY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE FLEET SPENDING.
UM, COULD YOU JUST GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT? WHAT DOES THAT KIND OF COVER AND WHAT ARE WE PURCHASING UNDER THAT FLEET? UM, LINE ITEM? YES.
SO IN THE BOOK, UM, FLEET SPENDING IS BROKEN OUT BY DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, FOR HPD PATROL CARS, UM, INVESTIGATIVE VEHICLES, HFD, AMBULANCE, FIRE TRUCKS, LADDER TRUCKS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A FLEET FOR, UM, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, UM, BARK.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON THE NEED OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE, THE DIS THE, IN THE, SO THE FORM THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BUT ONLINE, THE FORM A, IT GIVES A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE PLANNED PER PROJECT.
YEAH, ALMA, ON THAT NOTE, UM, CHRIS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALINAS'S OFFICE WAS POINTING OUT TO US EARLIER, WE WERE LOOKING AT SOLID WASTE FLEET.
AND THIS ISN'T SEARCHABLE ONLINE, WHICH IS A BIG DRAG
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'LL HAVE, JUST LIKE IN THE DESCRIPTION, IT'LL SAY TWO ROLL OFF TRUCKS OR WHATEVER MM-HMM
AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF MONEY SPREAD OUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL THE YEARS.
I MEAN, IS THAT BUNCH OF MONEY OFFERED JUST THE TWO OR IS THE TWO JUST FOR THE FIRST YEAR? THAT'S CORRECT.
TWO'S JUST FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT, YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE APPROPRIATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR EACH YEAR.
AND THE, AND THE REASON THAT WE FOCUS ON THE EXACT UNIT TYPES AND HOW MANY, UM, FOR JUST THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES, ESPECIALLY ON VEHICLES AND ESPECIALLY THE HEAVY APPARATUS, UM, BUT COSTS TEND TO CHANGE, RIGHT, RIGHT.
PRETTY DRAMATICALLY FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO PREDICT HOW MANY, THE NUMBER OF UNITS WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PURCHASE WITH THE PLAN AMOUNT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN 28, 29.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY REEVALUATE THAT EVERY YEAR AS THE NEW CIP COMES OUT.
KIND OF LIKE, I'M, I'M TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE BUDGET.
I THINK THAT THERE'S SUCH INTEREST IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOLID WASTE.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO JUST LUMP IT GENERALLY ALL WITH, WITH WATER WASTEWATER.
I MEAN, WE CAN GO THROUGH AND, AND SEE WHAT'S DESIGNATED FOR SOLID WASTE MM-HMM
BUT I'M ALMOST THINKING YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE IT ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE D-D-S-R-F IS PART OF, OF, OF PUBLIC WORKS TOO, BUT IT'S ALL SEPARATE.
THIS IS NOT A SEPARATE FUND, BUT I THINK FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, US, IT'S GONNA BE NICE TO SEE IT KIND OF MM-HMM
SEPARATE IT OUT AND, AND WE CAN DO THAT ON THE FOUR MAYS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE BUYING TRANSFER STATIONS.
I MEAN, ARE THERE CAPITAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFER STATIONS SINCE IT'S NOT SEARCHABLE? JUST CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THOSE EXPENDITURES? OKAY, SO IN THE, THERE'S A SEPARATE, UM, CHAPTER FOR SOLID WASTE AS THERE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL SEE, AND THAT IS THE CHAPTER FOR THE SOLID WASTE FACILITIES, THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE IS OBVIOUSLY UPDATED TO BE THE, UM, COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM, UH, FUNDING SOURCE.
UM, AND SO FOR THE FACILITIES, YOU'LL SEE THE SOLID WASTE WILL BE BROKEN SEPARATELY FROM WATER.
SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN STILL SEE IT SEGREGATED OUT.
BACK ON, UM, WHAT THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS ASKING ABOUT ON THE BOND ELECTIONS.
UM, SO IT'S ALL KIND OF WITHIN OUR EXISTING TAXABLE VALUE CAPACITY.
WE DON'T REALLY GO OUT FOR A BOND THAT PEOPLE VOTE FOR THINKING THEIR TAXES MIGHT GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE ARE LIMITED TO THE REVENUE CAP, UM, THE LOCAL CAP AND THE STATE CAP.
THE LOWER OF THOSE TWO, UH, HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE, THE LOCAL CAP.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW COUPLED TOGETHER WITH RELATIVELY LOW TAXABLE VALUATION GROWTH ON A CITYWIDE SCALE, UM, CONTEMPLATING THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE SAME.
I THINK OF WHEN I THINK OF VOTER AUTHORIZED DEBT, I THINK OF IT MORE LIKE YOUR
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CREDIT CARD LIMIT.SO YOUR VOTER AUTHORIZED CAPACITY IS YOUR CREDIT CARD LIMIT, BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY MAX OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH REVENUE AND INCOME YOU HAVE COMING IN TO DECIDE HOW MUCH OR OF THAT YOU CAN, UH, INCORPORATE AND SPEND IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
USUALLY WHEN WE DO A BOND ELECTION, WE PLAN TO MAKE IT LAST FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS COME OVER TIME, BUT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT WE ARE, UM, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION.
JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE A BOND ELECTION DOES NOT MEAN YOUR TAXES ARE GOING UP.
UM, WE PLAN TO OF COURSE STAY WITHIN OUR CAP LIMITATIONS AND OUR REVENUES AND PLAN THE CIP ACCORDINGLY.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? ALRIGHT, GREAT.
DOMINIC, WE DO HAVE, UM, THERE, THERE, WE DID NOTICE THAT IT WASN'T, UH, NON SHAREPOINT YET, BUT IT'S COMING TO SHAREPOINT IT ON THE FINANCE SIDE.
AND IF, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CIP CAN WE JUST PUT 'EM ON THE SAME BUDGET, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT? SURE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE, THE REGULAR OPERATING BUDGET AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, JUST PUT YOUR CIP QUESTIONS ON TO THAT SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT AND THAT'LL WORK.
SOMEBODY WILL FIND YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT PUT MAKE SURE THEY GO IN SHAREPOINT, UM, ON THAT, ON THAT.
AND IT SHOULD BE THE CIP ITSELF SHOULD BE UP ON SHAREPOINT SOON.
AND ALSO A COUNCIL DISTRICT SUMMARY KIND OF PROJECTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS COMING, UM, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AGAIN TO ALL THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
JUNE 24TH, Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE A BIG PARTY AND GET THE HECK OUT TOWN, I HOPE
UM, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGN UP, DOMINIC MAZO.
I DO NOT SEE DOMINIC HERE, BUT IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS US, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP.
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.