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TO ORDER, UH, STAFF PRESENTATIONS IN DISTRICT EXEC DIRECTOR WHO'S DOING THE INTRODUC.
UM, SIR, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA DO IT? Y'ALL WANT TO JUST GET UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? COME ON UP.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE IS FINE.
I'M RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE, WHERE THE COUNCIL, WE DON'T CARE IF STAFF SEES YOU
WE DO HAVE SOME SLIDES WE WANT TO GO OVER.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US.
MY NAME'S TODD SIMMONS, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD AT, UH, METHODIST, MANSFIELD MEDICAL CENTER.
I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE NEURO ICU CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
OUR TEAM IS HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ABOUT MANSFIELD, UH, METHODIST MANSFIELD, UH, PRESENT TODAY WE HAVE JUAN FRESQUEZ.
HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF OUR MEDICAL CENTER, UH, RANDALL KENNEDY.
KENNEDY IS THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM.
UH, CHIEF ROBERT FIGHT IS HERE.
AND HE IS ON OUR, UH, ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, HE'S PART OF OUR, UH, METHODIST DANCE FIELD BOARD AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NEURO ICU CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
AND I BELIEVE, AND ALSO WE HAVE AUBREY ZAGO.
SHE'S HERE REPRESENTING OUR FOUNDATION AND SHE'S A SHORT TIMER.
SHE JUST TOLD US SHE'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE.
SO I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM HEAR FROM RANDALL AND JUAN ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT METHODIST MANSFIELD AND HOW OUR MEDICAL CENTER SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AS WELL AS MANSFIELD AND ARLINGTON.
WE DO HAVE THREE OBJECTIVES TODAY, NUMBER ONE, TO UPDATE YOU ON HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE.
NUMBER TWO, TO SHARE HOW WE SERVE GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND NUMBER THREE, PROVIDE SOME FUTURE PLANS AND HOW WE'RE, UH, INVESTING TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
BUT BEFORE RANDALL COMES UP, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND THANK THE GRAND PRAIRIE QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR A VERY, VERY GENEROUS DONATION TO THE NEURO ICU CAMPAIGN IN HONOR OF FORMER GRAND PRAIRIE COUNCIL MEMBER JIM SWER.
WE REMEMBER ALL THE JIM DID FOR METHODIST AND HIS SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS HERE AS WELL.
RANDALL, OUR METHODIST, UH, SYSTEM BOARD CHAIR, IS GONNA COME UP NOW AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
AND AGAIN, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WE ARE SO PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO, WE'RE SO PROUD OF WHAT METHODIST, MANSFIELD AND METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM, UH, IS DOING IN OUR NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INTRODUCTION OF BOTH OF THOSE INITIATIVES.
AND I'M GLAD HE MENTIONED JIM SWAFFORD BECAUSE I'M A FORMER BANKER AND I KNEW JIM SWAFFORD FOR PROBABLY 40 YEARS.
AND I WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR JIM SWOFFORD.
HE IDENTIFIED ME AS SOMEONE TO ORGANIZE THE ORIGINAL ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR WHEN WE WERE, UH, DECIDING TO BUILD METHODIST MANSFIELD.
AND I OWE A GREAT, GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE GREAT JIM SWOFFORD.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT METHODIST MANSFIELD, AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT CONFUSED 'CAUSE I'LL INTERSPERSE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT.
ITS CURRENT BOARD CHAIR, AND I HAVE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR 15 YEARS NOW.
IT IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY WITHIN MY HEART.
UH, METHODIST MANSFIELD WAS BUILT IN 2006.
IT'S A 294 BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE OVER 1300 NURSES AND STAFF IN THAT HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE 450 INDEPENDENTLY PRACTICING PHYSICIANS.
WE HAVE 100,000 OUTPATIENT VISITS ANNUALLY.
AND INCREASING IS ONE WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS A NONPROFIT HOSPITAL WHOSE MISSION IS TO SERVE THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS FOR, FOR YOUR, UH, INFORMATION.
METHODIST DALLAS, LOCATED ON, UH, BECKLEY AVENUE IN DALLAS IS THE WHOLE OLDEST HOSPITAL IN DALLAS.
IN TWO YEARS, WE'LL CELEBRATE OUR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SERVING THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
AND BECAUSE OF OUR UNIQUE LOCATION, WE
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ARE COMMITTED BY OUR MISSION TO SERVE THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS WITH OUR TWO PRIMARY HOSPITALS, WHICH ARE METHODIST, DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER AND METHODIST CHARLESTON MEDICAL CENTER.IN 2006, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODIST MANSFIELD, WE BEGAN BUILDING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND NOW HAVE SIX COMMUNITY HOSPITALS WITH A SEVENTH UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SALINA THAT WILL BE OPEN IN THE SPRING OF 2025.
AND AGAIN, OUR MISSION IS FAITH-BASED.
WE'RE NOT JUST A NAME ON THE BUILDING.
WE DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOD ORDAINED TO SERVE THE LEAST IN THE LOSS WITH QUALITY HEALTHCARE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD ABOUT TO SERVE THAT SEGMENT OF SOUTH DALLAS IS WE HAVE DEVELOPED WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE METHODIST COLLABORATIVE.
AND THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM.
AND WE PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS, WHICH INCLUDES EAST GRAND PRAIRIE TO PROVIDE, UH, QUALITY HEALTHCARE AFFORDABLY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM IN 2023 PROVIDED $154 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM, WITH $19 MILLION OF THAT DESIGNATED AT METHODIST MANSFIELD MEDICAL CENTER.
EVERY ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS, BE IT A COMMUNITY OR WHETHER IT'S ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS IN DALLAS OR OR AT CHARLTON, HAS IN THEIR SERVICE AREAS, THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD QUALITY HEALTHCARE.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.
METHODIST MANSFIELD IS A LEVEL THREE ADVANCED TRAUMA CENTER.
IT'S A LEVEL THREE NEONATAL AND MATERNAL, UH, SUBSPECIALTY CARE FACILITY.
AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED MAGNET DESIGNATION, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION FOR NURSING CARE.
AND WE'RE JUST RECERTIFIED LAST YEAR FOR THAT DESIGNATION.
AND THEY'RE NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE MAGNET DESIGNATION FOR THEIR NURSING STAFF, BUT EVERY ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS THAT QUALIFIES.
AND BY QUALIFIES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF DATA TO EVEN, UH, TO EVEN APPLY FOR MAGNET DESIGNATION.
BUT EVERY ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS, FIVE OF WHICH QUALIFY, ARE ALL MAGNET DESIGNATED HOSPITALS.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF NURSING CARE.
WE HAVE THE GOLD, THE JOINT COMMISSION, GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL AS AN ADVANCED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER, SOMETHING WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF.
AND METHODIST MANSFIELD HAS A, A STROKE, UH, DESIGNATION THAT JUAN WILL SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL.
WE'RE VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO OUR QUALITY.
UH, WE HAVE A QUALITY COMMITTEE ONCE A MONTH, WHICH DELVES INTO ALL OF THE QUALITY METRICS THAT MAKE US THE LEVEL OF HOSPITAL THAT WE ARE.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, RECOGNITIONS THAT METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM AND METHODIST MANSFIELD HAVE ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THAT, UH, PRESS GANEY, WHICH IS AN AUDIT FIRM THAT AUDITS HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, JUST LAST YEAR, DESIGNATED METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM, IS THE NUMBER ONE HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF, AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL, UH, THAT WE HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY AND SOUTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE HAVE SINCE 2006.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUAN FRE, THE PRESIDENT OF METHODIST MANSFIELD MEDICAL CENTER.
THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING A FEW MINUTES.
UH, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE, UH, SOME OF THE, THE IMPORTANT METRICS THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTING GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE ARE GRAND PRAIRIE'S HOSPITAL.
UH, 656 OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN METHODIST ARE GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS.
OF THAT 656, THAT REPRESENTS $51.8 MILLION OF SALARIES, WAGES, AND BENEFITS COMING IN, COMING TO TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, 11% OF OUR, UH, HOSPITAL INPATIENT CASES COME FROM, FROM, UH, FROM GRAND PRAIRIES, UH, TWO ZIP CODES, UH, THE 7 5 0 5 2, AND THE 7 5 0 5 4 THAT METH METHODIST SERVES.
UM, IT, IT, THERE'S A A GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE DO, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE CITIZENS HERE IN, IN, UH, IN GRAND PRAIRIE FIVE, UM, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, ISD, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE STUDENT PHYSICALS, THE ATHLETIC PHYSICALS FOR THE BAND MEMBERS, AND ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES.
UH, IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM, UH, THAT METHODIST PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, NOT JUST IN MANSFIELD, BUT GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, SOUTH ARLINGTON, UH, AND, AND ALSO IN MIDLOTHIAN NOW AND IN KENVILLE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, TODAY I WANTED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, UH,
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WITH GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND IT, IT HELPS US STRENGTHEN THE SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR EXPANDED SERVICES.
RANDALL MENTIONED THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY A LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER.
UH, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE NEXT MONTH.
WE'LL ACTUALLY BE GOING INTO LEVEL TWO.
AND WHAT LEVEL TWO IS, IS ACTUALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO IS CLINICALLY THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE, UH, BETWEEN A LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO IS THAT LEVEL ONE HAS, UH, MEDICAL STUDENT RESIDENTS AND LEVEL ONE HAS RESEARCH, BUT WE ALREADY DO A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH AT METHODIST.
SO WE CHECKED THAT BOX, BUT WE DON'T HAVE RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS.
UH, AND ALL OF OUR TRAUMA SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED BY ATTENDING TRAUMA SURGEONS, NOT RESIDENT TRAUMA SURGEONS.
AND SO I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE LEVEL TWO, UH, I, I'D RATHER HAVE AN ATTENDING THAN A THAN A RESIDENT, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
UM, BUT LEVEL TWO, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING, UH, TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS.
THERE WILL BE NO REASON FOR PATIENTS TO LEAVE OUR SERVICE AREA ANY LONGER TO GO TO THE LARGER FACILITIES.
WE WILL BE THAT FACILITY, UH, IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE METROPLEX.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.
ADDITIONALLY, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE EXPANDED OUR TRAUMA, OUR NEUROTRAUMA SERVICE, AND WE NOW RECENTLY OPENED A 32 BED TRAUMA ICU, UH, FOR NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS, UH, SPECIALIZES IN STROKE CARE, UH, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, AND, UH, POSTOPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY.
UH, THAT UNIT IS CURRENTLY FULL.
AND, UH, AND I'M VERY EXCITED, UH, THANKFUL THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CHIEF FI, WHO HAS, UH, BEEN INSTRUMENTAL ON THE ADVISORY BOARD AND ADVISING US OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND WHAT OUR CITIZENS NEED, UH, HAVING, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, REPRESENTATION ON OUR BOARD IS A BIG HELP BECAUSE IT MAKES SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
UM, WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO I THINK THAT WANTED TO SHOW, OKAY, MY GOAL WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING THE NEUROSURGEON HERE WITH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY OTHER PARTNERS COVERING IS, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP EVERYTHING HERE.
WE BUILD THIS PARTICULAR NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM TO, WE ARE BASICALLY A, A BEACON AND A AND A AND A PLACE WHERE, WHERE EVERYONE IN, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTORS COME FROM.
KATZEN WOULD GET A LARGE HEAD BLEED, UH, AND WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PATIENT AND SAY, OKAY, THEY'VE GOTTA COME TO METHODIST, DALLAS.
UH, AND THEN THEY GET TO METHOD ASTELLA.
THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO COME TO US FOR CARE, AND THEY GET TO DALLAS AND THEIR BLEED IS SO BAD THAT THERE IS NO INTERVENTION THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THAT PATIENT.
SO THAT PATIENT HAS COME TO METHODIST, MANSFIELD FOR CARE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO DALLAS, ONLY FOR THE FAMILY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
SO PART OF EVEN JUST STARTING OUR GROWTH OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE BEST TREAT THESE PATIENTS HERE, UH, OR PROVIDE SERVICES THAT CAN HELP TO KEEP THESE PATIENTS HERE IN THEIR BACKYARD, UH, WHERE THEIR FAMILIES CAN EASILY COME AND SEE THEM.
FROM THE SURGERY STANDPOINT, WE DO EVERYTHING FROM NEUROTRAUMA.
SO THAT'S CRANIOTOMIES FOR, YOU KNOW, BIG BRAIN BLEEDS, SUBDURALS STROKES, INFECTIONS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, WE'RE ALREADY KEEPING HERE.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALL THE SUPPORTING TEAMS TO KIND OF BACK IT UP AS WELL.
UM, GETTING NEUROCRITICAL CARE INVOLVED AS WELL.
THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF THE PIE THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE TOO.
SINCE 2021, 60% OF ALL OF OUR ED PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR STROKES, TRAUMATIC INJURIES, CRANIAL OR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES IN THEIR COMPLICATIONS.
UM, SO THAT IS A, A HUGELY IMPACTFUL NUMBER, UM, THAT IS DRIVING THE PRO THIS, UH, PROGRAM FORWARD.
WITH THE BENEFIT OF THIS NEW UNIT.
IT MEANS INSTEAD OF ONLY EIGHT BEDS LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD GET 32 BEDS.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON OUR, UH, JOURNEY TO TRAUMA LEVEL TWO.
AND SO THOSE, UH, THE, THE JOURNEY FOR TRAUMA AND THE JOURNEY FOR, UH, NEURO SERVICES, UH, ARE IN A LOT OF WAYS INTERSECTED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO PROVIDE FOR BOTH SERVICE LINES.
UM, SO WE ARE, UH, INCLUDING OBVIOUSLY NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, ANESTHESIOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, RADIOLOGY, AND CRITICAL CARE.
MY, UH, CLINIC VIEW IS, IS A BUNCH OF COWS IN A, A BIG FIELD AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT.
SO EXCITED TO BE NOW, UH, A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL ON A JOURNEY TOWARD LEVEL TWO TRIAL AS A CITY.
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WE ARE BLESSED AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE METHODIST MANSFIELD HERE TODAY.LIVES WILL DEFINITELY BE SAVED.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. THE, THE ONE, THE PATIENTS THAT COME TO OUR TRAUMA CENTER NOW, THE ONLY TIME THEY'RE GONNA BE LEAVING WILL BE FOR BURNS, WHICH ALL BURNS GO TO PARKLAND AND METROPLEX FOR PEDIATRICS, WHICH IT WILL GO TO ONE OF THE PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS AND FOR TRANSPLANTS.
SO EVERYTHING ELSE WILL STAY IN OUR SERVICE AREA CLOSE TO HOME.
UH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO FORT WORTH.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS FOR, FOR TRAUMA CARE.
THIS HAS BEEN A BIG IMPROVEMENT AND IT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDED AS WE GREW.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR GROWTH SUPPORTED THE GROWTH AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
OH, WELL LET JUST JUMP AHEAD AGAIN.
JIM WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, A CLOSE FRIEND, UH, WHEN I ARRIVED TO METHODIST.
AND UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS HAPPY TO KNOW HE, HE AND HIS WIFE JUDY, AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON, ON THE HOSPITAL THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE HOSPITAL, UH, WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED THAT, UH, THE NEURO ICU, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM IS GONNA BE NAMED IN HIS HONOR.
I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING, HAVE CHIEF BY SAY OF YOU WERE, TO ME, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
OUR POLICY IS THE CLOSEST, MOST APPROPRIATE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW FOR TRAUMA.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO MCA IN ARLINGTON OR DALLAS.
MC A'S THE ONLY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL IS A TRAUMA TOO, RIGHT? YES.
UH, WHEN I BROKE MY JAW, DROVE MYSELF TO YOUR HOSPITAL ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT Y'ALL DON'T TREAT TRAUMA.
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS TRAUMATIZED.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT ALL IN ONE HOUSE, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE OF WHAT IT DO FOR Y'ALL CHIEF YES.
YOU THAT, ESPECIALLY THE 7 5 0 5 4 ZIP CODE.
UH, WHEN WE'RE DOWN ON 360 ON THE PENINSULA AND WE'RE DEALING WITH A, A TRAUMA PATIENT OR ANY A HEAD INJURY PATIENT, OR EVEN NOW STROKE, THE PARAMEDICS HAVE TO LITERALLY ASSESS RIGHT THERE, WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING? WE'RE GOING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST.
'CAUSE NOT ALL HOSPITALS CAN HANDLE IT.
THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR US BECAUSE NOW METHODIST MANSFIELD, WHICH WE LOVE BY THE WAY, BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE DOOR TIME CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD, UH, WE CAN PRETTY MUCH TAKE ANYTHING THERE.
UH, AND IT IS TRULY GREAT FOR BASICALLY I 20 SOUTH AND THAT'S A LARGE PORTION OF WATER.
IT'S, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS.
YOU READY TO DO STREETS? YES, SIR, WE ARE CAROL.
I'M GERALD GRAY'S, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL HAD ASKED US THAT WE KIND OF GO OVER HOW WE PHILOSOPHICALLY DIVIDE OUR STREET SALES TAX MONIES CURRENTLY.
UH, SO I WANT TO START BY SHOWING YOU A MAP WITH ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF STREET SALES TAX PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE SIX NUMBERED DISTRICTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FY 20 THROUGH FY 23 ARE DONE.
AS WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOT DRY WEATHER, I GUESS WE SHOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT IN SOME RESPECT TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THESE MAJOR STREET REPAIR PROJECTS.
LET'S LOOK AT SOME FY 25 INFORMATION.
WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT THE NUMBER OF DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT US TO FOCUS ON.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING DISTRICT FIVE'S LIST AND GETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PERCENTAGES OF SALES TAX FUNDING ARE TRADITIONALLY ALLOTTED TO EACH OF THE SIX DISTRICTS.
IT'S RELATIVELY EQUIVALENT, BUT A BIT OF MONETARY EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE KNOWN OLDER ROADS IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND FIVE.
UM, LET'S GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE STREET SALES TAX FUNDING THAT IS DIVIDED INTO THESE PERCENTAGES BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FY 25 NUMBERS.
THAT FIRST ITEM, THE PERCENTAGES OF MAJOR STREET REPAIR THAT WE JUST SAW COMPRISE THE TOP NUMBER, WHICH TAKES UP ABOUT 71% OF THE ANNUAL SALES TAX FUNDING.
SO WHAT ELSE IS DONE WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR THE YEAR? EVERY YEAR, THE ALLEY MAINTENANCE IS ABOUT 600 TO $650,000.
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WE GO TAKE CARE OF, UH, EITHER REHAB OF A COUPLE OF PUBLIC ALLEYWAYS THAT NEED MAINTENANCE.THE NEXT LARGER AMOUNT IS FOR NON-CAPITAL, BUT STILL MAJOR REPAIRS THAT, UM, THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM A MAJOR STREET REHAB.
IT'S NOT A FULL REBUILD OF A ROADWAY SEGMENT, IT'S OTHER TOOLS FOR LARGER REPAIRS SUCH AS THE, UH, PAVEMENT LEVELING TO RAISE A PANEL RATHER THAN REPLACE IT OR TO EXTEND THE LACK OF PAVEMENT THAT'S STILL IN GOOD CONDITION, SUCH AS THE MICROSURFACES AND CRACK SEALS.
ALSO, THEN THE CONTINGENCY AT 5% WE PRACTICE FINANCIALLY CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING.
THIS COVERS UNFOR ISSUES, UH, FLUCTUATIONS IN QUANTITIES AND OTHER INCIDENTALS THAT OCCUR DUE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, WHETHER SUCH.
SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF HOW STREET SALES TAX MONIES HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THUS FAR.
AND I NOW HAVE THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNSEL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COUNCILOR JOHNSON, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PRODUCT AND COST ARE WE USING FOR, UH, STREET REPAIRS WHERE WE USE THIS OTHER PRODUCT THAT, THAT MIKE COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOS I BROUGHT BACK WHERE IT COSTS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PRICE.
IS THAT INCLUDED HERE? WHERE IS, IS THIS THE ONE YOU'RE CALLING? UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO OXYCON, I BELIEVE IT WAS, IS A RESURFACING.
UM, I DO HAVE A, A FEW PROCESSES ON THAT.
THEY, THEY TEND TO BE HIGHER THAN THE SLURRY SEAL AND THE MICROSURFACING, BUT UH, IT KIND OF FALLS ALONG THOSE SAME LINES WHERE IT IS FOR A PAVEMENT THAT'S IN A BETTER CONDITION AND YOU'RE EXTENDING THE LIFE OF IT.
IT'S NOT WHERE YOU HAVE A FULL REHAB.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO REDO BASE UP.
BUT, UM, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE, I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE, UH, DONE LOCALLY AND WE, UM, THEY GAVE US THEIR PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT AND NOR NORMALLY WE WORK PER SQUARE YARD.
SO WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY NINE, YOU END UP WITH, UH, FACTOR OF, INSTEAD OF BETWEEN THREE $4 A SQUARE YARD TO UPWARDS OF ALMOST $54 A SQUARE YARD.
SO, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EXACT SAME THING.
UM, THE EXTENT OF THE LIFE OF IT, WHICH PRODUCT HAS THE LONG LANGUAGE LONGEVITY? ONE PRODUCT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR EIGHT YEARS, ANOTHER MIGHT BE GOOD FOR 20 YEARS.
SO I KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOUR COMPARISON, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DOLLAR MIGHT BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE TODAY FOR THE LONGER, BECAUSE I STILL WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR REPAIRING THAT HOLD IN ONE DAY.
UH, AND THEY, THE CITIZENS WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT, THAT UP.
SO CAN YOU GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES WHERE IT SAYS, UM, THE ONE WITH THE PIE? SURE.
THE 9.8 MILLION, THAT'S FOR PER SIX DISTRICT, PER DISTRICT FOR ALL SIX DISTRICTS.
THAT'S THE SUMMATION OF THIS PREVIOUS ONE WHERE I SHOW, UM, YOU ADD ALL THESE UP FOR ONE THROUGH SIX.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT IN THE SIX NUMBER OF DISTRICTS, THE LIST OF STRENGTHS YOU WANNA GO FORWARD WITH.
IF YOU ADD ALL THAT UP, THAT IS THIS FIRST NUMBER, THE 9.8 MILLION, WHICH IS 71% OF THAT YEAR'S ANNUAL.
SO HOW MUCH IS EACH DISTRICT ALLOCATED? BECAUSE WHEN I CAME ON IN 17, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS A BUCKET OF MONEY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT.
AND MY ARGUMENT WAS WITH TOM AT THAT TIME, WELL I HAVE, YOU KNOW, A VERY OLD DISTRICT, IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN DISTRICT SIX.
AND I THINK WE GOT AWAY FROM EVERYBODY GETTING THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT.
AND IF THEY, THE DATA I THEY SENT ME, IT HASN'T BEEN THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
IT HAS FLUCTUATED AND Y'ALL PROBABLY, MAYBE STILL HAVE THAT DATA.
FOR INSTANCE, DISTRICT FIVE IS THE HIGHEST AT 21 FOLLOWED.
NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S SO WE DON'T, DON'T HAVE ANY MORE BUCKETS.
ONE, ONE BUCKET FOR EVERYBODY AND IF WE REACH IN AS NEEDED, RIGHT, RIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S THE, THE SALES TAX FOR THE YEAR, THE QUARTER SENT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND THEN WE, HOW WE DIVIDE IT UP.
WELL TONY, THAT'S, THAT'S, SEE THIS IS ALL NEWS TO ME.
WE, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND YOU SURPRISINGLY, UH OH
NOW I SEE 2.1 MILL, WHERE THE HELL DID THE OTHER 600,000 COME FROM? THAT'S FROM OUR DISCUSSION.
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YOUR OFFICE BILL.THIS IS ONCE WE ADDED SOFT COST, THIS IS ONCE WE ADDED THE SOFT COST AND THE INCIDENTALS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE SALES TAX.
BUT WE GAVE YOU PRELIMINARILY WAS ESTIMATED COST FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL STREETS SO THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE MORE RENT.
NO, I WAS GIVEN A, I GOT THE EMAIL HERE THAT SAID HERE'S YOUR, YOU GOT ONE AND A HALF MALE AND HERE'S SOME STREET POSSIBILITIES.
I HOPE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT THAT EMAIL.
SO, BUT 1.5 DOESN'T GO FAR AWAY.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT BOTHERED ME WAS A ONE AND A HALF MILL SPLIT BETWEEN SIX COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
JUST ON THE FACE OF THAT, THAT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, THE WORST STREETS IN THIS CITY MAY VERY WELL BE IN COUNCILWOMAN HEADED THE DISTRICT.
I DUNNO, BECAUSE I DON'T DRIVE OVER THE ENTIRE CITY EVERY DAY.
I BELIEVE WITH ALL OF MY SOULS THAT THE WORST STREETS NEED TO BE FIXED FIRST NO MATTER WHAT.
THEY'RE, THAT'S JUST WHAT THE WAY I BELIEVE I MAY YOU, I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE AT THIS TABLE THAT BELIEVE THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY I BELIEVE.
AND, AND, AND JUST TELLING, YOU KNOW, TELLING EVERYBODY, YOU GOT A ONE AND A HALF MIL BUCKET TO GO GET OUT OF THAT.
SOUNDS LIKE HOUSTON IS MORE POLITICS WHERE PEOPLE PROUD OF INGRATIATING THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT AND THAT'S, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.
AND I, I WOULD, THAT'S WHY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN, WHEN IT FIRST, WHEN I HAD HAIR, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WENT OUT AND GAVE US WINDSHIELD STREET AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE WENT BY THE WAYSIDE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT, 4, 5, 6 YEARS AGO? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT IS IT TOO, IT'S TOO LATE FOR, TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THIS YEAR.
I LIKE TO USE THE TRAIN ANALOGY AND THIS TRAIN IS LEFT THE STATION AND IT'S ALREADY DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE TRY TO, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT HERE IS CAN WE TRY TO LOOK AT GETTING SOME DATA, SOME DATA TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
AND TONY, UH, YOU AND I WERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE HAD THE RECORDS.
IT WAS A, B, C, D AND WE SET THE GOAL TOGETHER.
ALL C AND D OR ALL D AND F AT FIRST, NO MATTER WHERE THEY WERE.
SO I HEAR YOU BACK THEN, IT WAS NEVER DIVIDED BY SIX.
WE LOOKED AT LET'S GET ALL THE C AND D FIRST.
IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THEY WERE SPREAD OUT.
AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THAT SPREAD OUT.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH TONY THAT WE MAY NEED TO, WE, HERE'S THE DILEMMA.
IT COSTS BETWEEN, IT COSTS AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THE OVERALL STREET ASSESSMENT PARTS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE IS, WOULD WE RATHER FIX STREETS WITH THAT OR SPEND THE SEVEN 50? WELL I THINK THAT SHE'S GOT A A PLAN THAT'S COMING ANYWAY IN THE FUTURE.
ARE YOU? YES, WE'RE ON ABOUT YEAR FOUR OF FIVE YEAR THAT COVERS ALL THE THOROUGHFARES, ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS.
YEAH, BUT HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT TWO HE'S WANT RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, AND THEN WE WANNA START BACK ON THAT.
DO, DO ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS AGAIN IN A COUPLE YEARS.
MAYBE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD POINT.
BUT UH, WE HAVE TO SPEND, SEND ABOUT $750,000.
I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE QUOTE, BUT SHE'S GONNA LET US KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST TO DO ALL OF THESE.
LAST TIME WHEN WE DID, WE GOT THREE.
HE'S YOUNG, HE CAN WALK THESE STREETS.
WELL, WELL UH, LELAND WOULD JUST LOVE TO DRIVE AROUND AND STAY IN THE AIR AND GET A TRUCK ALL DAY.
AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT BY COMPLAINTS AND YEAH, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING ONE END.
WE HAVE NEVER, I SAW THE DATE OFF FIVE YEARS.
UH, WE HAVE NEVER SPLIT SIX WAYS.
IT MAY BE THAT ORIGINALLY, BUT BY THE TIME IT GOT SPENT IT WAS LIKE 20%.
ONE YEAR IT WAS 20% DISTRICT THREE, 20% DISTRICT FIVE.
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT THE LEFTOVER OF 60% PRETTY MUCH.
UH, AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD SPLIT 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE TWO OF THE OLDEST DISTRICTS INCLUDING GEORGIA.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TONY, WE CAN'T GRADE IT NOW, BUT LET'S LOOK AT GRADING IT IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? WE'LL SEE THE PRICE DIFFERENCE AND MAYBE WE'LL DIP DOWN AND GRADE 'EM ALL.
AS I'VE TOLD YOU WITHOUT NOW I'LL BE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH, YOU KNOW, I'M SELFISH
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AND I'VE MENTIONED NICKEL THAT A LOT OF THE BAD STREETS ARE GONNA END UP IN MAC THE DISTRICT.BUT WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
WE WE'LL THROW, WE'LL THROW THE OTHERS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
IS DISTRICT SIX HIS, WELL I SPEAKING TO MR. SWAP, I REMEMBER ONCE THE CITY MEETING YOU WERE IN AND SOMEONE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT NEEDED THEIRS REPAIRED AND HE HAD ONE IN HIS DISTRICT.
UH, I COULD DRIVE IT AND TELL YOU WHICH ONE IT IS AND HE SAID I CAN DELAY MINE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THAT STREET AND HE WAS REPAIRED.
YOU WERE PROBABLY, YOU WERE IN THAT MEETING AS THE BAR DITCH ONE THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST RIGHT OFF THE THIRD STREET.
SO WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
LOOK AT DOING A GRADING BESIDES LELAND DRIVING AROUND.
I MEAN YOU WANT TO DRIVE AROUND, DRIVE AROUND MY F TWO 50.
YOU CAN TELL WHICH STREET'S NEEDED AND BARDEN NEEDS LEVELING, BUT YES DOES.
YEAH, BUT I DON'T WANNA SPEND THE MONEY LEVEL IT 'CAUSE THERE'S OTHER STREETS THAT ARE WORSE.
HU IT'S SPEED HUMP WITHOUT A SPEED.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'VE GOT SOME STREETS, A COUPLE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IT JUST GOING TO BE SO EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
THE CIP WITH IT'S GOING HAVE TO COME BUT IT, IT WILL TAKE ALL THE CIP FOR A COUPLE, THREE YEARS TOO, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE THAT COME UP WITH SOME OTHER FUNDING METHODS.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT QUARTER SIM AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED.
WHY SOME OF THE REALLY BAD STREETS GET LEFT BAD BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE POLITICAL CLOUT, YOU KNOW, CALL SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY I NEED MY STREET FIXED HERE AND THERE AND IT JUST SIT AND GETS WORSE AND WORSE AND THEN IT PASSES THAT LEVEL TO WHERE IT'S TOO SEE IS OFF THE LIST, THEN IT'S OFF THE LIST AND YOU GONNA GET IT DONE.
IT'S A DILEMMA AND IT STILL SITS THERE AND GETS WORSE AND WORSE.
AND WHAT WE END UP WITH ABOUT 25 MILL SMALL STREET, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT 20, THAT'S NOT CHICKEN FEET.
25 MILLION BUCKS FOR A STREET.
IT'S WAY, WAY TOO LONG TO GET FIXED.
YEAH, YOUR POINT'S REAL WELL TAKEN.
I THINK WE AGREED WITH, WITH IT GOING FORWARD.
ANYBODY ELSE FAR AND THANK YOU.
NOBODY JUST FY NOBODY HAS TO LIVE WITH THOSE STREETS THAT ARE UP THAT LIST BASED OFF.
THIS IS NOT, WE'RE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, BUT THIS IS NOT SET INTO GET WEATHER YOU GUYS DEFINITELY YES.
IF YOU WANT TO TRADE OUT A SWEETEN, YOUR DISTRICT, THE STREET WE TALKED, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE.
COULD I LOOK AT THAT SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD THE DISTRICTS UP THERE FROM NOW? IT WAS INTERESTING, THE PATTERN.
NO, THEY LIVE IN THAT IN DISTRICT SIX IS LOOK GUYS IS GOING AROUND THE BLOCK.
THAT'S ACTUALLY AN AREA RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S SOUTH, THAT'S SIDE RECTANGLE OR FOOTBALL FIELD, IT'S ENTIRE SUBDIVISION WHERE WE'RE ROWING AND FIXING MAJOR REPAIRS LIKE PANEL, UH, LEVELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT SPECIFIC STREETS THAT I COULD DRAW LIKE THE REST OF THE UH, DISTRICTS.
SO I KIND OF MADE A LITTLE JUST LIKE A PORTAL
THAT'S HOW MANY DIFFERENT YEARS THAT GOT.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH.
HOW MUCH CIP NOT SALES TAX MONEY BUT CIP MONEY IS BUDGETED, BEEN BUDGETED LATELY FOR FIXING STREETS BECAUSE THE STREET MONEY COMES OUT.
WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CIP WE USED TO, WE USED, WE USE THE LITTLE CDBG MONEY IN BAD.
EVERY YEAR WE USE, THERE'S ONGOING PROJECTS.
SO I THINK EVERY YEAR WE RUN ABOUT THE 20 MILLION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MONEY THAT'D MILLION.
USED TO USE CG MONEY AND THAT WAS FAIR AGO.
SO OUR, ONCE OUR CDBG MONEY GOT CUT, WE STOPPED USING IT FOR ANY STREETS.
WE GOOD AND CONCRETE? WE GOOD? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR, CITY CHARTER COMPENSATION, TERM LIMITS.
ANYBODY EXTRA MONEY IN THE SINGLE RIVER DISTRICT? I'M ALREADY COUNCIL MEMBER.
KY, YOU ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WELL, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE NEVER REVIEWED, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE OR UPDATED THE CHARTER OF ANY CHANGES.
I KNOW OVER THE LAST YEARS A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
A LOT OF, SO JUST WANTED TO BRING IT THAT IF WE COULD GET THE CHARTER EMAIL TO EACH ONE OF US AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AGAIN IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, CONCERNS, CHANGE, UPDATE, REVISE,
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ADD, SUBTRACT, ALL OF THAT.YOU ANYBODY WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I, I THINK GETTING IT TO ALL US IS A REAL GOOD IDEA.
WE'LL GET IT AND SEE HOW MANY PAGES IS IT? SIX? IT'S HOW LONG IS IT? I THINK IT'S THE SAME AS THE, UH, PROJECT 2025.
AND UH, AFTER WE ALL HAD COUNCIL MEMBER GSKI, I'LL GIVE YOU THE AUDIO.
YOU WANT TO PUT IT BACK ON THE DISCUSS THE MONTH FROM NOW? GIVE US ALL TIME TO LOOK AT IT OR WHAT.
WELL I THINK, I THINK TWO WEEKS IS SUFFICIENT.
IF WE CAN LOOK, PUT ON FOR NEXT COUNSEL.
THAT SHOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
YEAH, IT'S NOT THAT MANY PAGES.
YEAH, HE'S USED TO THE POPEYE.
HE WANTS A WELL, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE BRIEFING FOR IN TWO WEEKS AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
YEAH, WE CAN ALWAYS SHIFT IT ANOTHER WEEK.
UH, DID UH, TURN APPRAISAL DISTRICT EXEC SHOW UP? IS HE HERE? ARE YOU HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO AGENDA REVIEW.
I'LL RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON FOR OUR AGENDA REVIEW.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY UH, QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE ITEMS? AND WE KNOW WE'LL GET SOME FROM GERALD AND OUT THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO ASK SOME, WE'LL ASK THEM OUT THERE LIKE WE DID LAST MEETING.
UH, LAST COUNCIL MEMBER MEETING, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS IT.
WE GOT TO THE DIOCESE AND THEN THEY SAID WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BE TABLED NOW WE'RE TRYING, WE JUST GONNA REJECT ALL BID BIDS.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE REJECTING ALL BID DISCUSS MEMBER JOHNSON IS BECAUSE THE BIDS AS RECEIVED WERE ORIGINALLY TABULATED ON A SCORE OF 100.
THEN PERSONAL INTERVIEW, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A POINT AT WHERE YOU COULD GET BONUS POINTS FOR A PERSONAL INTERVIEW IN THE TABULATION.
IT SAID YOU MAXIMUM BONUS POINTS YOU COULD GET UNDER THE PERSONAL REVIEW WOULD BE FIVE POINTS.
IN SOME CASES THEY WERE AWARDED 10.5 POINTS AND 20 POINTS.
THEREFORE WE FELT LIKE IT'S THE ONLY RIGHT TO TAKE IT OUT AND TO KILL IT AND TO REBID IT.
HOW WOULD THE NOTICE GO OUT AND HOW WILL THE NOTICES GO OUT? STAFF, IT WOULD GO OUT TO THE, UH, IT'LL GO BACK OUT TO ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE SOME PLUS ANY THAT ARE ON THE HUB AND LOCAL VENDOR.
THERE WAY WE GET CALL NOTIFICATION.
SO HOW WAS THIS IDENTIFIED BEFORE AS I, AS I WAS REVIEWING THE, UH, AGENDA PRIOR TO IT GOING BEFORE, BEFORE WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT, I WENT DEEPER INTO, AND I NOTICED THAT I SAW MYSELF.
THERE WERE BONUS POINTS THERE.
I SAW IT MYSELF AND WHEN I SAW THERE WERE BONUS POINTS THERE, IT CAUGHT MY EYE THAT IT WAS 120 POINTS ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE RATHER THAN A HUNDRED.
SO WHAT WE CALL THEM MILITARY NAME, GUN DECKING.
SOMEBODY'S GUN DECKING THE JOB.
I WANT TO SAY SOME SOUND RIGHT ABOUT THIS HERE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT ALONE BECAUSE WE HAD FOR DISCUSSION.
WE NEVER GOT TO THAT DISCUSSION.
I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP THEN.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS PULLED OFF THE AGENDA, MYSTERIOUSLY PULLED OFF WITH NO WORDS.
SO CAN STAFF GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS? BUT US AS A COUNCIL MAKE THE DECISION ON THAT WE WE CAN MAKE ANY DECISION WE WANT.
RIGHT? THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH A LOW BIDDER.
WE CAN CHOOSE ANYBODY WE WANT.
WELL, DEPENDING ON THE WAY IT WAS BID, YES.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S BID, LOW BID, SOMETIMES IT'S BID.
HOW'S THIS BID? WHAT'S THE POINT? BEST VALUE.
SO, SO THE, THE QUESTION IS WE CAN CHOOSE ON BEST VALUE NUMBER BASED ON BEST VALUE.
WE, WE CAN CHOOSE NUMBER THREE ON THE LIST IF WE SO CHOOSE.
IF YOU CHOOSE, YEAH, THAT THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JOHNSON? KIND OF.
WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, JUST, JUST FYI
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TOO.THE LOCAL VETERAN ON THIS THAT WAS CLOSE TOLD ME LAST WEEK, HE DOESN'T BOTHER
WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THAT, TONY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT WE HAVE FORCE TONIGHT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, REJECT ALL BIDS.
IF WE DON'T WANT TO REJECT THEM, I'LL TAKE IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA BIT.
BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW BEST TO GO THROUGH WITH REJECTING ALL BIDS AND FORWARD I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEMS FOR 3 26? NO MA'AM.
FURTHER DOWN, 30, 34 I TALKED TO BEFORE AND UH, THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? YOU SAID 33 TO 35, 32.
THREE AND FOUR, RIGHT? FIVE AS WELL.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE DTCA.
DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOW ITEM ONE, SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGULATION OF SMOKING AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL REGULATIONS OF GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 5 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY.
ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087.
DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
WHERE'S DINNER? UH, BREAK ROOM.
I THINK IT'S BEST WE GO FIX DINNER.
BRING IT INTO OUR SECURE ROOM AND HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION IS GONNA TAKE MORE BOXES.