* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:07] UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AGENDA, HI MIKE. UM, UH, WE , SIR, I'LL JUST, UH, I'VE GOT A FEW WORDS [1. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, authorizing the $36,709,655 in funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act to be allocated and expended as proposed] TO SAY BEFORE WE GET IN THE AGENDA. WE, UH, LET'S BE BLUNT, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TONIGHT. WHAT WE DO TONIGHT MAY NOT WORK. LET'S JUST BE REAL BLUNT. WHY WILL IT MAY NOT WORK ? BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN THE BILL. WHY ARE WE GONNA ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING TONIGHT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES THE BEST CHANCE OF PROTECTING OURSELVES IF THEY, THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL ALLOWS IT. BUT WE, I WANNA BE REAL BLUNT. THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL COULD SAY, WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE HAD IT SPENT BY A CERTAIN DATE ALREADY FAR GONE. OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE HAD IT SPENT BY TODAY, NOT JUST OBLIGATED SPENT, SPENT. I THINK, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, STAFF AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS PRUDENT ON OUR PART TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF FUNDING THAT CAN GET ENCUMBERED QUICKLY, NOT NECESSARILY SPENT. 'CAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPENT AND ENCUMBERED. AND IF THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL IS SPENT, WE'LL HAVE TO GET DIRECTION ON DOES IT MEAN SPENT SPENT OR DOES IT MEAN UNDER CONTRACT? AND WE CANNOT ANSWER THAT TO YOU FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS COMING UP WITH THINGS WE KNOW WE WERE GONNA HAVE SPEND MONEY ON ANYWAY, THAT WE CAN GET ENCUMBERED QUICKER THAN THINGS WE CAN'T GET. THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN ENCUMBER, UH, THE REC CENTER OUT ON LAKERIDGE. THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT TIME. ALTHOUGH WE KNOW WE WANNA FUND IT SOMEDAY. THERE'S NO WAY THERE'S SOME. SO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, GANG? DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OF ME ABOUT THAT STATEMENT? LET'S GO ON. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, JUST TO RECAP, UH, COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING, OUR CITY RECEIVED $36.7 MILLION. CURRENTLY, THE DEADLINE TO ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS IS DECEMBER 30TH, 2024, TO BE SPENT BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2026. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW IS IN THE DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE IS AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR PART OF THIS PACKAGE TO INCLUDE A CLAWBACK OF UNSPENT COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DEFINITION IS, BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN TO PROVIDE US A, AS MUCH ASSURANCE, UH, THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET TO TRY TO SECURE THIS FUNDING FOR OUR CITY. SO, UM, I'VE GOT TWO SLIDES TO GO THROUGH AND THEN CERTAINLY HERE FOR QUESTIONS. SO, UM, THE FIRST SLIDE, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THERE, THAT IS WHAT WE KIND OF REFER TO AS TRANCHE ONE, UH, PREVIOUSLY THAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED. AND SO THE BUDGETED AMOUNT IN THE LEFT COLUMN, THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET WE APPROVED OR YOU ALL APPROVED. UH, FOR TRANCHE ONE, THE ONE DIFFERENCE IS THE MOUNTAIN CREEK RETIREMENT CENTER. THAT 3.5 IS ACTUALLY TRANCHE ONE AND TRANCHE TWO BECAUSE WE HAD PART OF THAT FUNDING IN TRANCHE TWO. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS TRANCHE ONE APPROVED. AND THEN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN, THAT'S WHICH WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, SPENT OR FORMALLY ENCUMBERED THROUGH A CONTRACT OR A PO. SO THE REMAINING FUNDS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT APPROVED TRANCHE ONE FUNDING, WE STILL HAVE 3.9 MILLION THAT HAS NOT BEEN ENCUMBERED OFFICIALLY OR SPENT. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT NUMBER 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN LATER. SO ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FIRST SLIDE THAT'S JUST KIND OF A RECAP, BUT ALSO AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE SPENT VERSUS WHAT WAS APPROVED. SO NOW, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ON THAT LEFT SIDE, THAT'S THAT 14.865. OKAY? SO THAT'S ON YOUR LEFT SIDE. THAT IS WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SPENT FOR TRANCHE ONE, UH, ARPA FUNDING TO THE RIGHT COLUMN IS WHAT WE AS STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE SPEND TO FULLY ENCUMBER. AND THEN IF YOU ALL APPROVE TONIGHT, ACTUALLY START SPENDING SOME OF THIS TOMORROW TO REACH OUR 36.7 MI MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COVID-19 RELIEF. SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF WALK THROUGH THESE. I'M GONNA KIND OF WALK THROUGH THESE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN. UH, THAT'S THAT ADDITIONAL 100,000 FOR ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN. YOU ALL APPROVE 200,000. [00:05:01] UM, PLAYGROUND ADVENTURES, EXPANSION, LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER LAND PURCHASE. UH, WE CAN USE IT FOR THAT RIGHT AWAY. UH, A TONY SHOT RAIL, ROOF REPLACEMENT SUMMIT, HVAC, SOME FIRE APPARATUS. WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A FIRE STATION SIX REMODEL, A CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUILDING AND A FIRE STATION 11 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. THE REASON WE CHOSE FIRE STATION 11, UH, THERE IS A CONTRACTOR ON THE FEDERAL BUYBOARD, UH, THAT IS VERY, UH, HIGHLY, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S ALSO, CROSSLAND IS ALSO A, UH, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS. IT'S A WOMEN OWNED, WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS. UH, SOME POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, HVAC FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, SERVICE CENTER, ROOF, DAVIS ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, AND, UH, TWO PARCELS. AND THEN WATER BILL ASSISTANCE. SO WHY DID WE PICK THESE ITEMS? WE HAD A LOT OF ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS SINCE WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK. ME AND SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE MET EVERY DAY REALLY FILTERING WHAT ARE THE BEST ITEMS TO, UM, RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL. HERE'S WHY WE PICKED THESE ITEMS. THESE ARE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES A COM, BOTH COMMUNITY AND AND EMPLOYEE. THEY ARE EITHER, UH, EASILY SPENT OR QUICKLY SPENT, OR WE CAN, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY MOVE TO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH A FEDERALLY APPROVED, UH, CONTRACTOR, UH, THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUYBOARD. SO THIS IS OUR QUICKEST ROUTE TO FORMALLY ENCUMBER AND, AND START SPENDING THESE MONIES. TO THE MAYOR'S EARLIER POINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITION WILL BE, BUT THIS IS OUR GAME PLAN TO GIVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL BE MOST LIKELY PROTECTED. SO, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER CHOICES, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND THERE'S, SO THERE'S TOO MANY CHOICES TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU ALL AS A BODY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE AS A STAFF WANTED TO DO FOR YOU ALL. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE BASIC NEEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE ANYWAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE BOTTOM, UH, LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN. SO, SO IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS LIST, THAT'S GONNA GET US TO THE 36.7 MILLION. WELL REMEMBER ON THE FIRST SLIDE, WE'VE STILL GOT 3.9 MILLION THAT YOU ALL BUDGETED OUT OF TRANCHE. ONE THAT IS NOT BEEN SPENT. SO YOUR YOUR JUNE 6TH AGENDA. IT'S ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN ARPA DISCUSSION THAT WAS ALREADY ON THERE ABOUT A WEEK AGO BEFORE THIS CAME UP. WE'RE NOW GONNA REFER TO THOSE PROJECTS AS COMMUNITY PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE WILL NO LONGER, IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THOSE WILL NO LONGER BE, BE FUNDED BY ARPA. WE WILL TAKE THE MONEY THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND ARPA ON, ON THESE PROJECTS IF APPROVED. AND WE'LL TRANSFER THAT MONEY TO YOUR PROJECTS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE 3.9 MILLION OUTSTANDING TO BE SPENT FROM TROCHE ONE. YOUR COMMUNITY PROJECT BUDGET, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO THAT DIRECTION, WOULD BE ABOUT 17.8 MILLION. AND SIMPLY THAT'S TAKEN THE 21.8 MILLION. THAT, THAT IF YOU ALL APPROVED TONIGHT, MINUS THE 3.9 MILLION, THAT STILL IS UNSPENT FROM TROT ONE. SO YOUR, YOUR BUDGET FOR YOUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS WOULD BE AROUND THAT $18 MILLION MARK. NOW IS THAT A HARD BUDGET? NO. BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO DO MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND OR REPRIORITIZE MONEY IN THE BUDGET. UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE, THE HISTORY, BUT ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION? MEGAN, CHERYL, BILL, HAVE I MISSED ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT? ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, WILL YOU, UM, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH THE, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, SIR. OKAY. WILL YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE CHILDREN'S SERVICE EXPANSION? WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY DO FOR THE CITY? YES SIR. SO, UM, BECAUSE OUR CITY'S BIFURCATED BETWEEN, LARGELY BETWEEN TARRANT DALLAS COUNTY. DALLAS, DALLAS CHILDREN ADVOCACY CENTER, DOES OUR FORENSIC COUNSELING AND INTERVIEWS WITH OUR KIDS ON THE DALLAS COUNTY SIDE ALLIANCE FOR, I REMEMBERED, BUT JUST REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID. ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN DOES IT ON OUR TARRANT COUNTY SIDE AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A BILLING EXPANSION AND WE WERE PRAYING OUR PERCENTAGE BASED ON OUR USAGE OF THAT MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. OKAY. SO THIS IS WHAT THE CHIEF AND HIS GROUP USE. 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT IN HOUSE. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU REALLY PRAISE THEM FOR THE, THE WAY THEY, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE WHEN THAT CAME UP. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE ONE MORE. YOU'VE STILL GOT THE FLOOR? YES, SIR. UM, FOR THE PLAYGROUND ADVENTURES EXPANSION. YES SIR. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST. WAS THAT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY? YES. NOT THE [00:10:01] SECOND LINE. THE SECOND LINE, YES SIR. AND THAT IS THE, THE VACANT PARCEL ACROSS THE STREET, ACROSS WARRIOR FOR FUTURE PARKING. MM-HMM. WE DON'T PLAN TO DEVELOP THAT NOW FOR PARKING, BUT SOMEDAY WE'LL NEED IT BECAUSE THE PARKING'S ALREADY GETTING A LITTLE FULL. OKAY. AND AND THE REMAINDER THINGS ON, ON HERE, ARE THOSE HARD FIGURES OR JUST ESTIMATES? THESE ARE, NO, THESE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE ESTIMATES. FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK FIRE STATION 11 WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MM-HMM . BUT I WANTED TO COME IN UNDER, 'CAUSE I'D RATHER SUPPLEMENT IT THAN HAVE UNSPENT COVID-19 FUNDING. SO THEY ARE AS CLOSE AS THE TEAM CAN GET RIGHT NOW, BUT OF 'EM UNDER JUST SO WE DON'T GO OVER 'CAUSE THEN WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY THERE THAT WASN'T SPENT. RIGHT? YES, SIR. EXACTLY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT MIKE CAME OFF MUTE. I'M NOT SURE. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. SO ANY OF THESE FUNDS THAT ALLOCATED, FOR INSTANCE, UH, THE TONY SHOP, WELL ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR 2.2 MILLION. IF THE ACTUAL BID OR THE ACTUAL REPAIRS COME UNDER THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE 3.9 LEFT TO OVER FROM THE FIRST. AND WE CAN USE THAT FOR OUR, OUR PROJECTS. YOU'VE GOT YES SIR. YOU'VE GOT TWO SCENARIOS. IF THEY DO A CLAW BACK AND WE HAVEN'T SPENT THE MONEY, THEN THEY WOULD, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD GET THAT BACK AS A CREDIT IF, AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO BE ED OR UNDER, SO IF WE, IF WE COME IN UNDER AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN CLAWED BACK THEN, THEN ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THAT, UH, UNENCUMBERED, THAT 3.9 BALANCE. YES. SO WE HAVE BID FOR THE ROOF AT, UH, TONY THAT ARE AT, OR AT THAT COST AT 2.2 TO REPLACE THE, THE ROOF. YES. THESE ARE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY, I'M, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY. THESE ARE, WE TRIED TO GET PROJECTS THAT WERE, WERE, WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO SHOVEL READY OR READY TO GO. SO THERE'S A BIT ON THAT ONE. Y YES SIR. QUESTIONS. OKAY. I JUST QUESTION MIKE. UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THE PLAYGROUND ADVENTURE, THAT APPRAISAL THAT, HOW MANY ACRES IS THAT LAND? UH, AT 1.358, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER. WE CAME IN AT ABOUT APPRAISED VALUE AS I RECALL. I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. ALL. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE LAND PURCHASES, THOSE CAN BE PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY, UH, SPENT OR, OR, OR, UH, EXPENDED. A LOT OF THESE PURCHASES WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD ALREADY, THAT WE HAD ALREADY PURCHASED. AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLOCATING THE FUND. SO BASICALLY WE'RE SHIFTING THAT MONEY. I THINK WE ALREADY VOTED TO BUY THAT. WE VOTED TO BUY THAT LAND. WE'VE CLOSED ON IT. SO ALL THE LAND PURCHASES HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. I THOUGHT THAT THAT PARTICULAR WE HAD ALREADY VOTED ON THE BODY. YEAH. SO UNDER THE ARPA GUIDELINES, WE CAN DO THIS. THIS IS VERY RIGHT. BUT, BUT YES TO THIS, THIS QUESTION. WE'VE, THAT ONE ALREADY, WE'D ALREADY APPROVED BUYING THAT LAND. WE'RE JUST MOVING THE MONEY AND WE YES SIR. AND WE JUST RECENTLY CLOSED THANK YOU MEGAN ON THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER PROPERTY. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. OKAY, UH, MEGAN, CLEAR SOMETHING UP. BUT WE USE, WHEN WE APPROVE, UH, JUST SAY THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND, WE'RE GONNA JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, GO THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA USE THESE FUNDS. SO CAN WE GO AFTER EVERYTHING IS WRITTEN IN STONE FROM WHAT THEY'RE GONNA, IF THEY'RE GONNA CALL BACK THE MONEY OR NOT? CAN WE GO BACK AND READJUST THIS LIST? CAN WE REDO IT? YES. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I ASKED THE SAME THING. YEAH. SHORT ANSWER IS YES. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE GONNA BE, WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. AND, AND, BUT HYPOTHETICALLY THEY DON'T CLAW BACK. WE CAN HAVE A MEETING, FLIP IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. THAT'S HIS QUESTION. NO, THAT'S HIS QUESTION. THE THE MONEY. THE MONEY. IF YOU ALL APPROVE TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH SPENDING ARPA MONEY ON THESE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, SO WE CAN'T, BUT WE'RE GONNA RETAIN YOUR $18 MILLION BUDGET FOR YOUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS. THAT, THAT ANSWERS HIS QUESTION. YEAH, IT'S GONE IT AFTER TONIGHT. IT'S GONE. OKAY. BECAUSE WE GOTTA SPEND IT FASTER . SO REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY, SO REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE DEBT DEAL, ON THE CEILING DEBT, THIS MONEY'S GONNA BE GONE REGARDLESS. BUT YES SIR. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAD THIS, THESE MONIES ALREADY BUDGETED. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE MONEY THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THESE ITEMS [00:15:01] AND PUT IT BACK OVER TO YOUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY UNDER ARPA FUNDING. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST SWITCHING BUCKETS OF MONEY TO PAY FOR THINGS WE'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE'RE PAYING IT OUTTA ARPA MONEY INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF LIKE YOU JUST ASKED, AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, MIKE, YOU JUST ASKED. IT WAS COMING OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND IT OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND NOW, WHICH MEANS THERE'S THAT MONEY LEFT IN THE GENERAL FUND TO DO WITH WHAT WE WISH. MM-HMM . WE, WE, WE ARE SWAPPING. OKAY. THAT MAKE SENSE MIKE? YES IT DOES. SO ON 21, THE 3.9, UH, WE NEED TO FIND, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TONIGHT. WE'RE HAVE TO USE THOSE FUNDS ALSO. CORRECT? SO NO, NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. SO THE 3.9 THAT'S NOT BIDDING SPINNED OUT TRANCHE ONE, WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE THAT OVER TO THE CIP BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO COMPLETE THE 36 MILLION WITH THAT 21.7 MILLION. SO THAT 3.9 NOW GOES OVER TO THE CIP. BUT WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN YOU SEE THAT 21 7, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD PREFER IS THAT WE DON'T SPEND ALL 21 7 ON THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS. 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED 3.9 OUTTA THE CIP TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE. SO YOU'RE, AND WE STILL GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND ALL THE COMMUNITY PRODUCT PROJECTS WE WANT ANYWAY. WE'VE KNOWN THAT. UH, BUT SO BACK TO MIKE'S QUESTION, A 3.9, WHAT'S IT, IT DOES, IT GOES TO CIP. DOES THAT KIND OF PROTECT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN STAYING? NO. UH, WELL IT'S PROTECTED, BUT OKAY. THINK OF IT THIS WAY MAYOR, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SPENT 3.9 MILLION OUT OF THAT FIRST TRANCHE. WE'VE GOTTA FILL THAT COMPLETE GAP. WE THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WE PREFER BEFORE JUNE 1ST. WE TOOK THIS DOWN, WE MADE THIS DECISION TO DO IT THIS WAY. WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, THAT, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING IT. AND, AND YOUR NET, YOUR NET FUNDS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY BEING CONSIDERED UNDER ARPA FUNDING, THAT NET STAYS AT ABOUT 18 MILLION. YOU ALL HAVEN'T LOST ANY OF YOUR FUNDING ON YOUR PROJECTS R MADE DECISIONS TO INCREASE THE FUNDING THROUGH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, CORRECT. AS A PART OF BUDGET PROCESS. IT'S NOT SET AT 18 MILLION. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET PROCESS, YOU WANNA GO UP, CLARIFY, YOU'VE GOT ALL CREDIT. I WANNA, WE CAN'T, I ASKED THE SAME THING THE OTHER DAY IN THEIR ROOM. OKAY. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. CAN WE GRAB IT AND GO BACK IF IT'S ALREADY SPENT NO ? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S AN $18 MILLION CREDIT. IF Y'ALL WANNA SPEND MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE JUST HAVE FIND MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT. MIKE, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? NO. WHEN, UH, YES. WELL STEVE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 21 BILLION, HOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THAT. ARE WE GONNA ALLOCATE 30% OF THAT, OF THE 21 MILLION JUST TO COVER ANY SHORTAGES OR WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT WE GO AHEAD. YOU ALL GO AHEAD AND PROVE THAT 21.8 MILLION BECAUSE THAT GETS US TO THE FULL 36.7 ALLOCATION. OKAY. SO THEN THERE'S NO CLAWBACK OPPORTUNITY IF WE MEET THE DEFINITION AND THEN YOU ALL CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY OFF OF THAT 18 MILLION LEFT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. YES. AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORDED IT. DEPENDING ON THE DEFINITION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY DOESN'T COME UP AFTER THIS. SAY, WELL I THOUGHT YOU PROTECTED US. WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO PROTECT US. BUT WE DON'T KNOW. EVEN AS LATE AS TODAY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAID THE CLAWBACK IS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. IT MADE THE WORLD NEWS. REBECCA AND I WERE WATCHING CHANNEL EIGHT WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, MADE THE WORLD NEWS FRIDAY NIGHT SAYING IT'S PART OF IT. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING OUR BEST TO SECOND GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ. NOW I THINK WE ANSWERED IT IN MY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT WATCH THIS VIDEO, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING TO DO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR STUDY AND AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND DOING IT. AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUILDING BRONX, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. YEAH. AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE FISH CREEK PARK. ALL, ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE TRYING TO DO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, RESIDENTS OUT THERE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THAT MONEY. I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE THE GUARANTEED MONEY TO SPEND, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO USE THE TOOLS OF IN THE TOOLBOX APPROPRIATELY. YES, SIR. TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE DON'T END UP SHORT AND WE DON'T END UP, OKAY, HOW DO WE FUND BOTH AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT MONEY TAKEN AWAY. IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, BUT THIS IS THE VOTE. TONIGHT'S REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE EASE THE MONEY THAT WE APPROPRIATELY DESERVE AS A CITY, RIGHT? YES SIR. WE'RE [00:20:01] BEING EXTREMELY PROACTIVE TRYING TO PROTECT IT AS BEST WE CAN. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TE THAT'S WELL PUT. TRYING TO PROTECT IT AS BEST WE CAN AND IT'S NO GUARANTEE FOR SURE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YES. WE THINK IT'S BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING. YEAH. IN FACT, AND SIR, TO FOLLOW UP, THAT'S WHY WE'VE TRANSFERRED FOR THAT 3.9 TO CIP SO NOTHING IS LOST ON THAT TRANCHE. ONE THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY SPENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN FOR THE, UM, FIRE TRUCK RELATED ITEMS. WE HEARD ABOUT THAT. I GOT A PRESENTATION DURING PUBLIC SAFETY. IS THIS THE SAME SCENARIO WHERE WE HAD APPROVED IT? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE THE SAME ITEMS. YES, MA'AM. HE'S NOT GETTING AN, AN ADDITIONAL NEW TRUCK. OKAY. NO MA'AM. IT IS A PRETTY TRUCK. I I LIKE THAT NEW ONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. Y'ALL DIDN'T ANSWER IT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, CAN Y'ALL HOLD UP IN IT IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY FIRE. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. BUT THAT WAS, UH, IT GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK AND I DIDN'T REPLY TO THAT QUESTION, BUT, UH, 'CAUSE I KNEW YOU COULDN'T, BUT I , BUT THAT WAS IT. REALLY BEAUTIFUL TRUCK. THAT WAS THE NEW BRUSH TRUCK WHERE THEY POSTED. I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE LIGHTS. IS ARE WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE TO TAKE A MOTION? IF, IF WE WANNA DO WHAT THEY SUGGESTED, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SAY THAT IN A MOTION? MARY MEGAN, YOU WOULD, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM ONE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF TONIGHT. I'M READY FOR A MOTION. COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM HUMPHREYS. MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'D MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM ONE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UH, MIKE, I IT'S A DELAYED. DO YOU VOTE? AYE. CAN WE? LOOKS LIKE HE SIGNED OFF. HE DROPPED OFF. HE MIGHT BE BACK. I DON'T KNOW. HERE IT COMES WHILE HE'S GETTING BACK ONLINE. THANK Y'ALL FOR MAKING TIME OUTTA YOUR EVENING FOR THE MOTION EITHER CARRIES SEVEN TO OH OR SEVEN TO ONE OR EIGHT. OH. WE'LL SEE , BUT IT CARRIES. MIKE, ARE YOU THERE? YEAH. JUST TO CONFIRM. YEAH, IT'S GOING IN AND NOW, BUT I DID VOTE. YES. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. AND WE'RE ADJOURNED. OKAY. WATCH YOUR SHARKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN RAIN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.