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THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, MAYOR FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO, UH, PRESENT AGAIN.UH, MY NAME IS AARON GARCIA WITH SCHNEIDER, AND, UH, WITH ME TODAY IS RYAN WONDER, WHO YOU MET LAST TIME AS WELL.
HE'S OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, AND WE ALSO HAVE A, A GUEST, UH, UH, MATEA FLORENCE.
SHE'S, SHE'S A, UH, ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR SCHNEIDER THAT WORKS OUT OF THE, UH, HOUSTON AREA AND DOES, SHE'S AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE.
SHE'S HERE SHADOWING, UH, BRIAN AND MYSELF.
SHE'S INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO THE MUNICIPALITY, UH, IN, IN SERVING MUNICIPALITIES.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE OBSERVING TODAY AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO START CALLING ON CITIES VERSUS JUST, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS WHAT SHE FOCUSES ON.
UM, TODAY WHAT WE'LL BE, UH, COVERING IS SOME OF THE SAME THINGS, SOME OF THE SAME STUFF THAT WE HAD COVERED LAST TIME IN THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.
UM, WE'LL BE, UH, WHAT WE WERE INTRIGUED BY THE, THE CITY'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS MAYOR, A GREAT JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, UH, ON, ON THE ALL AMERICAN CITY AWARD AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE EXCITED THAT, THAT, UH, TO HEAR THAT.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS KIND OF BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM THAT THE, UH, CITY HAD DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS AND KINDA SHOW HOW THIS PROJECT AND, AND THEN ALSO SHOW HOW THIS PROJECT, UH, UH, COMPLIMENTS WHAT THE CITY'S GOALS AND VISION IS.
AND THEN ALSO TO, TO, UH, REVIEW AND GO THROUGH THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AND TRY TO GET SOME, SOME DISCUSSION AND, UH, UH, MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT, WHAT THAT SCOPE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH WOULD BE 90%.
AND THE 90% IS WHENEVER WE, WE WILL BE READY AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH A FIRM FIXED PRICE FOR THE, UH, AT 90% OF THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE HOPEFULLY CAN NARROW DOWN TODAY ON WHAT THE CITY'S INTERESTED IN DOING.
UM, WANNA REMIND YOU THAT MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS WORK THAT'S NEEDED.
IT'S BEEN A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT'S BEEN, UH, NOT, NOT ADDRESSED FOR SOME TIME NOW.
UM, SO THAT'S THE GOAL OF TODAY.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, MEETING WHEN WE COME BACK WITH THE 90%, UH, THAT'LL BE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE FOR Y'ALL TO APPROVE.
AND THEN, UH, MAYBE WE'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW HOW THE PROJECT IS,
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UH, WOULD BE PAID FOR AS WELL TODAY A LITTLE BIT, AND HOW THOSE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.SO GOING TO THE, UH, SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HAD DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WAS THE, UH, IMPROVING IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF HARLINGEN.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS BUILDING MOMENTUM THROUGH, WITH VISIBLE PROGRESS, UH, AND ELEVATING CITY IMAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INVESTING IN D THE DOWNTOWN, UH, AS A DESTINATION AND STRENGTHENING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCE.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TIE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK INTO HOW THAT, HOW THE SCOPE OF THE WORK INTO THIS PROJECT REALLY, UH, MEETS AND, AND COMPLIMENTS TO THAT.
SO UNDER THE, UH, VISIBLE PROGRESS, UH, MOMENTUM WITH VISIBLE PROGRESS, YOU'RE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SEE IMPACT ON UPGRADES THAT ARE ACROSS HIGH VISIBILITY FACILITIES LIKE YOUR CITY HALL, CASA MEAD FIRE STATIONS BY DEMONSTRATING PROGRESS THROUGH LIGHTING, THROUGH NEW LIGHTING UP UPGRADES, AIR AIR CONDITIONING, UPGRADES AND CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS, PARK AND FIELD LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS RAPIDLY ACTIVATE COMMUNITY SPACES, UH, AND EXTEND USABILITY.
UH, BROAD REACH ACROSS MULTIPLE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY SPACES ENSURES RESIDENCY PROGRESS IN THEIR DAILY INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, MY MODERNIZING THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES LIKE YOUR LIBRARY, CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM, UH, IT WOULD BE A, IT REFLECT A FORWARD THINKING, A CITY INVESTMENT READY COMMUNITY, UH, SUSTAINABILITY AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH GUARANTEED SAVINGS.
'CAUSE THIS PROJECT, ONCE AGAIN, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA GUARANTEE THE SAVINGS SIDE OF IT.
UH, WE'VE ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW ABOUT $5 MILLION IN GUARANTEED SAVINGS OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
AND THAT POSITIONS, UH, HARLINGEN FOR AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, UH, IMPROVES SAFETY AND NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY, ENHANCES ATTRACTIVENESS, AND FOR BUSINESS AND VISITORS AND EVENTS ON THE DOWNTOWN SIDE, IT THE, UH, AND ANY LIGHTING UPGRADES THAT ARE DONE THERE, IT'S GONNA PROVIDE COMFORT IN A KEY DOWNTOWN DESTINATION AND SUPPORT EVENTS, PROGRAMMING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGEMENT, I'M SORRY.
UH, SMART BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS CAN CREATE HIGH QUALITY, RELIABLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR GATHERINGS AND PERFORMANCES.
AND ALSO BE ABLE TO EXPAND EVENING ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT OUTDOOR LIGHTING UPGRADES AND DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC AND LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
CRITICAL SYSTEM UPGRADES TO YOUR HVAC, YOUR BUILDING ENVELOPE, THE ROOFING, SOME OF THE ROOFING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
THE BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE RELIABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND ASSET LONGEVITY, INCREASED READINESS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, YOUR EOC POLICE FIRE STATION THROUGH MORE DEPENDABLE BUILDING SYSTEMS. AND THEN ALSO REDUCE OPERATING COSTS.
BY 180, YOU'RE GONNA BE REDUCING YOUR OPERATING COSTS BY 180,000, UH, PLUS ANNUALLY, UH, FREE UP BUDGET FOR REINVESTMENT IN YOUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEN I'M GONNA HAVE RYAN COME UP HERE AND HE IS GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA START NOW GETTING INTO THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, UH, THAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST TIME.
AM I POINTING AT THE RIGHT DIRECTION? CORRECT.
SO, THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, BUILDING HERE IS COMPOSED OF THESE FIVE COMPONENTS.
AND WE'VE GOT THESE PRIORITIZED ONE THROUGH FIVE HVAC BEING TOP PRIORITY, UH, BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM, SECOND LIGHTING THIRD BUILDING ENVELOPE FOURTH, AND THE FIELD LIGHTING FIFTH.
AND THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY THAT SHOWS YOU THE TOTAL ROLLUP COSTS.
UM, AND AT THE BOTTOM HERE WE'VE GOT A, UM, ROLLUP SUMMARY FOR THE SAVINGS.
THAT'S A YEARLY SAVINGS NUMBER, $180,000.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OVER 20 YEARS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ESCALATION, THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT $5 MILLION IN BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME MORE DETAIL FOR EACH, EACH PIECES OF THIS, UH, SCOPE OF WORK.
THE NEXT, THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE THAT,
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THIS IS A QUICK TESTIMONY, A COUPLE OF MINUTES LONG.WANTED TO LET YOU HEAR ABOUT A TESTIMONY OF ANOTHER CITY THAT WE WORKED WITH THAT HAD QUITE A BIT OF THE SAME, SIMILAR, UH, SCOPE OF WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE HERE AT THE, UH, CITY FOLLOW.
SO WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS AND JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR PROJECTS THAT ONCE THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, WE, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO, TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT ON WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT'S THE, UH, IT MIGHT HAVE DONE THE PDF VERSION IF IT IS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SKIP THIS.
IT'S THE PDF YOU WANNA JUST SHARE WITH US, SO THAT WAY WE KNOW INSTEAD OF THE VIDEO, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA BE, I CAN, I DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S GONNA, THERE'S USUALLY A LITTLE BUTTON FOR THE VIDEO AND IT, IT'S BECAUSE I THINK THEY, THEY'RE, WE'RE USING A PDF VERSION.
IS THAT THE PDF? YOU WANT TO TELL EM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ONE? WELL, THIS VIDEO WAS A TESTIMONY FROM ANOTHER CITY TALKING ABOUT THE PARK AND FIELD LIGHTING AND HOW THAT CREATED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY WITH, UH, SPORTS TOURISM.
AND SO I THINK THIS WAS FOR, UM, WAS THE CITY OF TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI.
AND SO THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, AND IT INCLUDED A LOT OF THE SAME SCOPE OF WORK, INCLUDED HVAC, WORK WITH THE CITY BUILDINGS, LIGHTING WORK WITHIN THE CITY BUILDINGS.
BUT THEN, LIKE THE CITY OF HARLINGEN, THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARK FIELD LIGHTING.
AND SO THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FOR THEM.
THEY WOUND UP BEING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, TOURISM HUB FOR THE REC LEAGUES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, SPORTS TOURISM THERE.
SO THAT WAS A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THEM.
UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THE 32ND VERSION OF THE TWO MINUTE VIDEO.
WHAT WE SEE IS THAT THEY'RE IN ALL AMERICA CITY TOO.
THERE'S A LITTLE, I BELIEVE SO.
THAT'S A GOOD, IT'S A, THAT'S A EAGLE EYE.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT VIDEO IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
WE'VE GOT A SLIDE HERE THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MARKETING.
THIS IS ALWAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROJECTS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE MESSAGE AROUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS IS GETTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE CITY, UH, IN MAKING THOSE GOOD DECISIONS AROUND ENERGY SAVINGS, UH, BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THE CITY FACILITIES AND THE CITY, UH, FINANCES.
AND OF COURSE, THIS INCLUDES DIGITAL MEDIA, UH, PRINT SIGNAGE.
UM, IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE BANNER STANDS THAT CAN BE HERE AS CITY HALL WHERE PEOPLE COME IN, PAY THE UTILITY BILL, BUT JUST AN EFFORT TO SHOW THE GOOD THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING AND THINGS THAT WILL GET ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS PROJECT.
WE TALK ABOUT THE MOMENTUM HERE.
WE'VE GOT A SLIDE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS KIND OF ALL BEGAN BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO THINGS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSING.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE SITES HERE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE HAD AN UPDATE FOR YOU HERE BACK IN APRIL.
AND SO REALLY WE'RE AT THAT 60% DESIGN.
UH, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
AND WE WANT TO COME BACK TO THE CITY AT 90% HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS.
UM, THE GOAL HERE IS MOVING TOWARDS THAT, UH, THAT FINAL PROJECT AND MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION TO SEE THESE IMPROVEMENTS MADE THERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HVAC WORK THAT WE'RE TARGETING HERE, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY KEY AND IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR THE CITY TO GET THAT WORK DONE OVER THE WINTER, UH, IN SPRING, PRIOR TO THE NEXT SUMMER, THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT THAT'S AT OR PAST THE END OF LIFE.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE TIMELINES FOR THE DIFFERENT SCOPES OF WORK.
THOSE SAME FIVE SCOPES OF WORK, VERY HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 90% MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A MORE DETAILED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR YOU.
AND THEN OF COURSE, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE DETAILED SLIDES TO REVIEW MORE TECHNICAL SLIDES ON THE SCOPE OF WORK, KIND OF DETAIL A LITTLE BIT ON THE HVAC BUILDING CONTROLS, LIGHTING BUILDING ENVELOPE, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER IT AGAIN.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AND THE LIGHTING, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE, UM, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND, AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS
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THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR DOWNTOWN? WELL, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING PROBABLY WOULD BE AROUND THE LED LIGHTING.AND SO, UM, THE CITY HAS DONE SOME LED LIGHTING ALREADY, AS AN EXAMPLE.
MIGHT BE THIS ROOM THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
BUT THIS PROJECT TAKES WHAT THE CITY'S DONE AND PUSHES THAT OUT TO ALL OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE BUILDINGS INSIDE AND OUT.
AND SO THE LED LIGHTING, OF COURSE, HAS ALL THOSE GREAT BENEFITS AROUND ENERGY SAVINGS, BETTER QUALITY LIGHT, AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY A COMPLETE REDUCTION IN MAINTENANCE BECOMES MAINTENANCE FREE TO A LARGE DEGREE.
UM, SO GETTING THAT DONE, ONE FELL SWOOP IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR THE CITY.
THEY WILL MAKE THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, THAT LIGHTING QUALITY BETTER, BUT IT ALSO AFFECTS THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS WITH THOSE EXTERIOR FIXTURES.
TALK ABOUT EXAMPLES FOR EVERY DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND OUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, BUT, UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME, 'CAUSE YOU HAD A GREAT PICTURE OF OUR DOWNTOWN, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION IN TERMS OF THAT HELPING, UM, JUST LIGHTING THE, OR THE LACK OF LIGHTING IN DOWNTOWN? WELL, I THINK SUBSTANTIALLY THE, THE, UH, THE STREET LIGHTING IN THE CITY, OF COURSE IS OWNED BY A EP.
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THERE.
UM, BUT I GUESS, AARON, ANY THOUGHTS? ANYTHING YOU WANNA TOUCH ON? WELL, UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS LIKE A LOT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREAS AND OTHER CITIES WE'VE WORKED AT THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT COLORED GAMES GOING ON.
UH, SOMETIMES, WE'LL, WE'LL COME UP WITH NEW, UH, THE CITY WOULD DECIDE ON NEW TYPE OF LIGHTING AS FAR AS THE, UH, HISTORICAL TYPE OF LIGHTING FIXTURES.
LED LIGHTS AS WELL, UM, BRINGS OUT THESE BETTER SAFETY, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC IS PEOPLE ARE GONNA FEEL MORE SAFE WHENEVER THERE'S MORE LIGHTING.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WITH OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY'VE MADE, WHERE IT'S COMPLIMENTED AND, AND, UH, UH, BROUGHT BENEFIT TO THE CITY IS JUST, UH, MAINLY THE SECURITY PART OF IT.
THE, THE, THE WHOLE THING LOOKS NICER.
SO YOU'RE JUST DOING THE, 'CAUSE I'M GETTING CONFUSED.
SO YOU'RE, WHEN YOU SAY DOWNTOWN, YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT YOU'RE GONNA JUST DO THE BUILDINGS, YOU'RE ALSO GONNA DO THE OUTSIDE LIGHTING AS WELL? WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE, IF THERE WAS, I'LL REMIND YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWNTOWN AND USE SOME I WE COULD DO THAT TOO.
WE WERE, UM, COMMENTING HOW WE NEED TO OBSERVE THE RULES OF, UH, ORDER AND TO WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND WE WILL, UM, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH COMMISSIONER MEMER.
THIS, BUT WE'RE SPEAKING, GONNA LET HIM FINISH HIS THOUGHT.
I, WHAT DID I SAY? THANK YOU, MIKE.
YOU'RE SO COURTEOUS TO ONE ANOTHER.
UM, SO I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET HEAR WHAT WORD YOU SAID, AARON, PLEASE.
YEAH, RIGHT NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S SOME SCOPE FOR IF, IF THE CITY DECIDED FOR US TO GO LOOK AT THAT PART, THAT WASN'T PART OF THE PRIORITY LIST.
BUT IF WE WERE USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT IF THE CITY WANTS US TO GO LOOK, AND IF Y'ALL ARE IN A MODERNIZATION TYPE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, IT'D BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THAT IN THERE AND GO LOOK AND TRY TO CUSTOMIZE IT.
WHAT I MEAN, I'M DEAF, BUT WHAT, SO, SO JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND CORRECT, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS, NOT THE OUTSIDE.
IT'S, IT INCLUDES THE, IT INCLUDES THE EXTERIOR PART OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.
SO ALL THE LIGHT FIXTURES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT BE PARKING LOT LIGHTING OR WALL PACKS, UM, THOSE LIGHTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LEDU.
AND YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT DOWNTOWN, THERE IS A VERY SMALL PARK HERE DOWNTOWN.
THOSE ARE, AND SO THERE'S SOME, UH, LIGHTS UNDERNEATH THAT, UH, THAT LITTLE PAVILION COVER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED.
THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE PARK LIGHTING.
THE, THE PARK LIGHTING IS BROKEN INTO THE VERY LARGE FIELD LIGHTS, TYPICALLY 1500 WATT, UM, LIKE STADIUM TYPE LIGHTS MM-HMM
BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE OTHER LIGHTS IN THE PARKS, UH, CONCESSION STANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE MORE TYPICAL, UH, LIGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT A BUILDING.
AND SO THAT SMALL PARK DOWNTOWN, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED.
AND WHEN THOSE LIGHTS CHANGE FROM THOSE FLUORESCENT FIXTURES TO LED, IT'LL BE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
IT'D BE VERY OBVIOUS AT NIGHT.
SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE FOLLOWING FROM HOME, BECAUSE YOU SHOWED THAT PICTURE OF DOWNTOWN, UM, AND PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, AND THERE IS A CONCERN WITH LACK OF LIGHTING.
SO IF THERE IS SOME TYPE OF PROPOSAL AND YOU HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS, AND YOU'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM.
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS SOLELY FOR, UM, MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, WHETHER IT BE A PARK OR A BUILDING.
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THE CITY, IF YOU WERE TO TELL US, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO GO, WE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT.'CAUSE WE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE AT A BIG NUMBER ALREADY.
AND I, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT JUST SO THAT WAY, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCH FROM HOME AND I WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING ALONG ALSO.
UM, COMMISSIONER MEMER HAD QUESTIONS, AND THIS IS A GABE QUESTION, UH, A FEW SLIDES BACK, AIR CONDITIONING WAS 3.9 MILLION.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN SIGNING A CONTRACT TO DO THE AC FIRST FOR 3.9? UM, COMMISSIONER I, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT WE SIGN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET WELL, WELL, NO, NO, NOT, NOT TODAY, BUT IN THE PRIORITY LIST, IT, IT WOULD, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AIR CONDITIONING'S LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY HERE AND TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK, THE AC GOES OUT IN THE BUILDING, OUR PRODUCTIVITY GOES TO ZERO.
AND AS THE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE OLDER AND OLDER AND OLDER, THEY'RE LESS FUEL EFFICIENT.
AND WE COULD RECOUP SAVINGS IMMEDIATELY IN THE FIRST MONTH WITH GETTING ALL NEW AIR CONDITIONING FOR 3.9 MILLION.
THANK YOU, MISS, UH, COMMISSIONER MEMER, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TONIGHT WITH IS YEAH.
TRYING TO GET, GET THAT PRIORITY LIST AND, AND, AND THINK WHAT I WASTED TIME AND MONEY SWITCH WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUT OF THAT WHOLE LIST.
BUT I, I PUT THAT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
AND THEN THE IDEA IS TO, UH, GENERATE ENOUGH SAVINGS LOOKING AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY CORRECTLY, SO THAT THERE IS REALLY NO OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR THE CITY.
IS THAT RIGHT? IT, ONCE WE, ONCE WE REALIZE THE SAVINGS CORRECT.
AS A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT WITH EVERYTHING.
RIGHT NOW, THE, THE SAVINGS ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IS EVERYTHING AS A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT.
BUT ONCE WE START PULLING THINGS OUT, THOSE SAVINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE.
SO I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE, THEY COULDN'T GET IT.
SO WE DOWNLOADED THE POWER CONVERSION, BUT IT'S STILL NOT PLAYING.
WELL, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD.
UM, WAS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, CAN YOU REMIND US PLEASE WHAT THE TOTAL COST FOR ALL THIS IS? YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO WHAT PAGE SAYS THE SCOPE OF SUMMARY PAGE.
I THINK IT WAS THE, THE END THERE.
SHOW HIM THE, WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
WE'VE GOT THE, UH, THE BREAKDOWN, THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND THEN THERE'S A ROLL UP SUMMARY HERE, AND IT'S 13.55 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT LISTED IN HERE.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE, WE REACHED OUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, MR. GONZALES HAD ASKED LAST TIME, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THIS? AND THE, SO WE REACHED OUT TO, WE WE'RE NOT A FINANCING GROUP.
WE, WE JUST HELP SUPPORT AND OUR CLIENTS IN LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO FINANCE THESE PROJECTS, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF BRINGING IN YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND WORK WITH THEM.
OR WE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO BANKS AND PUT OUT AN RFP TO ASK BANKS TO RESPOND TO AN RFP TO FINANCE THE PROJECT.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, CAPITAL ONE ACTUALLY SENT A, A, UH, LETTER THAT WE SENT OVER TO THE CITY.
UH, AND IT'S A LETTER OF INTEREST.
THEY DID THEIR, THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE CITY.
AND THEY, AND HIGHLY COMPLIMENT YOU GOT THAT.
Y'ALL HAD A GREAT, YOU Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT RATINGS.
AND CAPITAL ONE HAS GIVEN A LETTER OF INTEREST TO THE CITY ALREADY SAYING, HEY, WE'RE WILLING TO FINANCE THE WHOLE 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AT, UH, UH, I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE THEY JUST THREW A, I'M SURE IT'S A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER OF, ABOUT FOUR POINT A HALF PERCENT.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER, UH, ONCE IT GETS COMPETITIVE ON THE, ON THE FINANCING, IT'LL GET LOWER THAN THAT.
BUT THE POINT IS I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT YOU HAVE BANKS OUT THERE THAT ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO FINANCE THESE PROJECT FOR YOU AND OR YOU CAN JUST BRING IN YOUR FINANCE.
WE CAN BRING IN YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, START WORKING WITH THEM ON WHATEVER THE AMOUNT THAT WE DECIDE IN THE, IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.
COMMISSIONER MISERY, I MANAGE MONEY FOR A LIVING.
I TELL MY CLIENTS, COLLECT INTEREST, DON'T PAY IT.
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BORROWED MONEY, THIS IS 14 MILLION, WE COULD DO, UH, 3 MILLION IN FOUR YEARS EACH YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS, A TOTAL OF 12 MILLION AND PAY THE REST OUT OF OUR FUND.I'D BE COMFORTABLE WITH A FOUR YEAR NOTE.
UH, BETTING MONEY IS SEPTEMBER 3RD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISES INTEREST RATES.
THERE'S A 65% PROBABILITY, SO ONE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS IT.
NOW THAT, OF COURSE, THAT MEANS 35% IS BETTING THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AS AN INTEREST RATE.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE SOME MONEY OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE AND I THINK MAYBE BORROW 10 MILLION, 12 MILLION FOR NO MORE THAN FOUR YEARS.
SO I THINK, UM, WE HAVE A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE MOST PRUDENT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IS TO KIND OF LOOP THEM IN, GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON, UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALSO, UM, NECESSITIES AND, AND LOOKING AT DEBT FOR THE CITY.
UH, AND THERE ARE THOSE, THOSE ISSUES TOO THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE MM-HMM
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I MEAN, I THINK, UM, I AGREE WITH YOU, MIKE, THAT YOU KNOW, AIR CONDITION IS HIGH PRIORITY IN SOUTH TEXAS, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT IS A PRIORITY.
BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAVINGS COME WITH MAKING SURE WE DO ALL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO MAXIMIZE THOSE SAVINGS.
SO LOOKING TO SEE, UM, IT'S HILLTOP, RIGHT? YES.
THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS AND HAVE THEM WORK WITH THEM AND WITH THE COMMISSION TO SEE THE BEST, UM, BEST WAY FORWARD.
BUT WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS, IS THIS WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO, UH, FOCUS ON? DO THEY WANT TO REDUCE ANYTHING OR ADD ANYTHING, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? AND, AND JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT REPLACING FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, AND SO WE, UM, WE PLAN TO START WORKING ON THAT FINANCIAL PROCESS NEXT, NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE PROJECTS IS YOU HAVE, UM, SOME SORT OF WORK, UH, IDENTIFIED FOR A SPLIT SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, SO THAT HAVE TO COME OFF.
UH, BUT I THINK THOUGH THAT
SHE NEEDS TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER AND THEN LOOK AT THIS LIST ALSO.
AND THEN WE NEED TO COMPARE WHAT WE WANT TO DO OUT OF HERE, OR ACTUALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO OUT OF HERE.
I'M SHOWING THIS PAGE HERE JUST TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE THE HVAC PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
THE HVAC IS THE LARGEST PART OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO THAT FEEDBACK AROUND FIRE STATION ONE, THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
IN FACT, IF WE GO, THIS SHEET IS AT NEAR THE END OF THIS, UH, PAMPHLET.
AND IF WE GO TO THE VERY LAST PAGE, THERE'S A, A DETAILED BREAKOUT BY A BUILDING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THAT FIRE STATION ONE IS SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED, THEN THAT WHOLE LINE ITEM MAY COME OUT OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT'S THE SORT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WELL, THERE'S, THAT WAS FOR THE, UH, THERE'S, OH, FOR THE AIR CONDITION, IF WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCOPES OF WORK, IT'S ABOUT TWO 50.
SO THERE'S REALLY AT THE, QUITE A BIT HAPPENING THERE AT FIRE STATION ONE, THE CONTROLS A LITTLE BIT OF AIR CONDITIONING, UH, SOME ROOFING WORK.
AND SO, UM, UH, BUT WITH TALKING ABOUT THE AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT REALLY IS AT THE END OF LIFE.
AND WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY AT THREE BUILDINGS, THE AUDITORIUM BEING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT.
YOU COULD SEE THAT ON THIS LIST HERE.
THAT'S A VERY SOPHISTICATED CHILLED WATER, HOT WATER SYSTEM.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY WELL PAST ITS END OF SERVICE LIFE, TO BE HONEST.
AND SO IT'S REALLY ON BORROWED TIME.
OUR PLAN HERE IS TO COMPLETELY RENOVATE THAT SYSTEM AND MOVE TO A MORE MODERN, FULLY DX SYSTEM THAT ELIMINATES CHILLED WATER AND HOT WATER ENTIRELY.
AND IT ALLOWS THAT BUILDING TO RUN ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUILDING TO RUN INDEPENDENTLY.
SO IT'S NOT ONE SYSTEM WHERE IF ANY ONE PART OF IT GOES DOWN, THE WHOLE BUILDING IS DOWN.
SO A LOT HAPPENING IN THAT BUILDING.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK AT POLICE STATION,
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WE'VE GOT 11 ROOFTOP UNITS THERE.IT'S BASICALLY THE WHOLE BUILDING.
IT'S REALLY THE WHOLE BUILDINGS, UH, THE AIR CONDITIONED EQUIPMENT, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE APPROACHING 20 YEARS OLD.
THEY STILL SEEM LIKE THEY'RE BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, 2007, 2008 CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING UP ON 20 YEARS OLD.
AND THAT EQUIPMENT IS, UH, THE CITY'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING IT RUNNING, BUT IT'S TIME FOR THAT EQUIPMENT TO BE REPLACED FOR SURE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A LIST HERE TO JUST SHOW THAT A LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT REALLY DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW YEARS AND IT'S ON BORROWED TIME.
MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? UH, YES.
MR. GONZALEZ, UM, ON YOUR AC SYSTEMS, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY BE GOING TO PROPANE, UH, AS PART OF THE COOLING SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE PROPOSING TO REPLACE THESE WITH? SO WE'VE SEEN LOTS OF REFRIGERANTS PHASED OUT.
YOU KNOW, R 11 WAS PHASED OUT.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT A LOT OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE STILL R 22, VERY EXPENSIVE REFRIGERANT.
I MEAN, EVEN THE, THE CHILLERS AT THAT AUDITORIUM, WE'RE TALKING 200 POUNDS OF R 22 REFRIGERANT EACH OF THOSE MACHINES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY.
IF YOU GET A LEAK, IT CAN BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST.
UM, SO REALLY R 22 WAS PHASED OUT IN 2010.
THE NEXT REPLACEMENT WAS R FOUR 10 A.
AND NOW THAT IS A SCHEDULE TO BE PHASED OUT AS WELL.
SO WE ARE MOVING NOW TO TWO NEW REFRIGERANTS, 4 55 AND 4 2 3.
AND SO ALL OF THESE REFRIGERANTS NOW ARE COMBINATIONS OF OTHER REFRIGERANTS.
SO THEY'RE ALL HYBRIDS AND PROPANE IS PART OF THAT MATRIX.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AS WE MOVE TO THESE NEW REFRIGERANTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO USE AND, AND REQUIRED TO USE AS THEY PHASE OUT THE OLDER REFRIGERANTS, UM, THERE IS A FLAMMABILITY COMPONENT.
SO IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT PROPANE.
PROPANE ITSELF IS A REFRIGERANT AND IT CAN BE USED AS REFRIGERANT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE YET.
THAT MAY BE SOMETIME OFF IN THE FUTURE.
WHO KNOWS? I NOTICED THAT IN VICTOR PARK IT'S NOT INCLUDING ALL OF THE FIELDS.
WAS THAT INTENTIONAL OR SOME OF THE FIELDS ARE GONNA BE THROUGH A GRANT FROM, SO THE ONES THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ARE, ARE, ARE BEING UPGRADED THROUGH A GRANT? NO.
BUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT, THEY COULD STILL BE PART OF ITS LARGE PROJECT.
THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU STILL GOTTA, YOU STILL NEED A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK.
SO IF, IF, IF IT'S 13.5 MILLION, I THINK WAS A TOTAL MM-HMM
UM, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY, WELL, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA USE THAT GRANT MONIES TOWARDS THAT 13TH.
SO IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED ALL OF THE FIELDS.
BUT IF THE CITY DECIDES TO, TO, WELL MAYBE YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT COMMISSIONER MORALES.
'CAUSE THERE'S A, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOOTBALL FIELDS, UM, IT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED UNLESS THEY'RE JUST LABELED AS LIKE A MIXED USE, BUT I DON'T THINK SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOCCER FIELDS, OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE OR THIS, THIS SLIDE? I THINK IT MAY BE MISLABELED.
I IS TO KICK IT OFF AND THAT I JUST ENCOURAGE STUFF.
I MEAN, THAT WAY I JUST HATE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AND THIS ISN'T REALLY, THIS IS MORE CONDENSED AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S EASIER TO DIGEST AND TO PRESENT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN INCLUDED, THE VICTOR PARK IS REALLY KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE SPORTS HUB.
AND SO IT'S, AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF, UH, WORK INTO THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
AND SO IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND WANNA UPGRADE IT.
WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE OFF SOME OF THE FIELDS, AND THAT'LL BE, I THINK WE'LL BE VERY NOTICEABLE.
SHOULD, SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION? FROM THE COMMISSION TI UM, YEAH, ON THE HARINGTON SPORTS COMPLEX, I NOTICED YOU HAVE FOR THE SOCCER FIELD, SO YOU DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MAYBE THE, THE TRAIL THAT'S AROUND AT THE WILSON SPORTS COMPLEX.
THAT TRAIL, THOSE LIGHTS, FIXTURES THAT ARE ON THAT TRAIL, THEY'RE OWNED BY A EP.
NO, BUT WHAT I MEANT IS 'CAUSE, AND THIS I LEARNED JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, IS THAT WE HAVE THE BIG LIGHTS, THE
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ONES THAT ARE OWNED BY A EP, AND THEN ALONG THE TRAIL THERE'S ALSO THESE SMALLER LIGHTS THAT WERE ONCE, APPARENTLY THEY'RE OWNED BY US.UM, AND I KNOW HAD STAFF LOOK INTO IT, BUT APPARENTLY THEY'RE NOT USABLE ANYMORE.
THEY'RE NON OPERABLE, BUT THEY'RE ALL OVER THE, I THINK LAST TIME I COUNTED THERE WAS LIKE ABOUT MAYBE 20 OF 'EM OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY'RE ALL ALONG THE TRAIL, UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT, UM, USABLE ANYMORE.
AND I KNOW PARKS WAS LOOKING TO FIND A WAY TO PUT 'EM BACK INTO USE TO, UH, PROVIDE MORE LIGHT FOR THE PARK.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN LOOK INTO? SURE.
WE WERE OF THE IMPRESSION THEY WERE A DP OWNED, BUT IF THE CITY OWNS 'EM, THEN WE CAN, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE POWERED.
NORMALLY THOSE LIGHTS FROM A DP, THEY'RE NOT METERED, THEY'RE POWERED DIRECTLY WITHOUT AN ELECTRIC METER.
UH, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE POWERED AND THEN SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING 'EM BACK ONLINE AND RETROFIT 'EM.
'CAUSE NO, THAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE AP, BUT THEN I, I WAS WALKING THE PARK WITH AN A EP REP AND THEN I MENTIONED THOSE AND HE'S LIKE, OH, THOSE ARE NOT OURS.
SO THEN THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE OUR, THEY WERE OURS.
SO YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU GUYS COULD LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE IF, IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THE, THE OTHER SCOPE ITEM THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ON HERE, UH, THAT WE, UH, WAS BROUGHT IN LATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, IS THE, UH, LIGHTING FOR THE, UH, GOLF COURSE FOR THE BACK NINE AS WELL.
UH, SO ON THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE COME TO, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TOO.
COMMISSIONER MU IN REFERENCE TO THE GOLF COURSE, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE, UH, UH, THE GOLF COURT, UH, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE AT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE UH, GOLF BOARD? NO, SIR.
OFFICER, JUST YOU ASKED, ASKED HIM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
I UNDERSTAND THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS, UH, INSTALLING LIGHTS FOR THE DRIVING RANGE, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING I NEEDED TO CLARIFY AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION AND CLARIFY.
PLEASE DO ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, HAVING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT WE'RE GOOD.
UM, THIS IS PROVIDED AS, UM, INFORMATION, GOOD INFORMATION.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE SET FOR SET ON HERE ON YOUR DIAGRAM AUGUST, IS THAT RIGHT THERE? THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE THAT? YES.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF LIKE A MONTH BEHIND ON THIS SCHEDULE.
SO 60% SHOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN JULY AND THEN, UH, 90% AUGUST.
UH, COMMISSIONER PETTI HAD A QUESTION FOR GABE.
ACTUALLY, GABE, THAT CAMERON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT THERE BY, UM, BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
THAT'S, AND WE OWN THAT BUILDING.
IT'S ALL CAMERON COUNTY AND RE YEAH, WE DO.
WELL THIS IS JUST A WORKSHOP SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION, UM, ON ANYTHING.
BUT IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE CAN, UM, BRING THIS BACK ON, UH, ON OUR AGENDA, GABE, SO WE CAN DISCUSS ON HOW TO PROCEED.
UM, IN TERMS OF, I I, I MEAN UNLESS IT'S, IF IT'S OKAY WITH MARK, UH, TO GIVE THE GUIDANCE OF, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ENGAGE HILLTOP ON THIS YES.
INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD ON OUR OWN.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, MARY, THAT WE GET HILLTOP INVOLVED AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, WE'RE STARTING OUR BUDGET MEETINGS ON MONDAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
AND SO ONCE WE GET INTO THAT PROCESS, WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSION ON WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS.
IS THAT GUIDANCE FINE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A WORKSHOP? ABSOLUTE.
THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD.
I'M, I'M GONNA PASS OUT SOME YES.
THIS IS THE ALL AMERICAN CITY OUR.