[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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OK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR ABLC MEETING.
SO OUR ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION MEETING DATED DECEMBER 13, 2021 FIVE THIRTY TWO.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER AND WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE
[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Angleton Better Living Corporation meeting of October 18, 2021.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION MEETING OF OCTOBER 18, 2021.MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 18TH MEETING.
MOTION BY [INAUDIBLE], SECOND BY MS. ROGERS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON ITEMS UNDER DRAINAGE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WE'LL MOVE ON
[2. Discussion and possible action on the ABLC and Recreation Center Preliminary YTD Financial Statements for September 2021.]
TO FINANCE ITEM NUMBER TWO DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ABLC AND RECREATION CENTER PRELIMINARY YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2021.SO AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD A PRELIMINARY FINANCIALS, SO NOW WE HAVE ALL THE ENTRIES IN FOR THE YEAR AND THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE SALES TAX.
WE HAVE ALL THE SALES TAX NUMBERS IN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER ITSELF, YEAR OVER YEAR WAS AN 18 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR WAS A 13 PERCENT INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THE REASON IT CAME IN AT A TOTAL OF TWO PERCENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL NUMBERS LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A LARGE AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
IN AUGUST, THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT WAS AUDITED AND THEY END UP PAYING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FOR FIVE OVER FIVE YEARS OF SALES TAX.
SO THAT'S WHAT INFLATED LAST YEAR.
IF YOU TAKE THAT OUT, THE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASES FOR THE WHOLE YEAR IS SIX BY SIX POINT FOUR PERCENT IN SALES TAX.
THAT PAGE HAS THE SIX PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR RIGHT? GO ON PAGE NINE OR EIGHT? PAGE, I THINK IT'S NINE.
NINE HAS THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENT TAKEN OUT, SO THAT'S THAT'S THE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIX POINT FOUR FOUR PERCENT.
SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU POINT OUT THAT SEPTEMBER.
YEAR OVER YEAR WAS 18, SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT PAGE WHEN YOU, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW.
YOU CAN LOOK AT EITHER PAGE BECAUSE THAT NUMBER HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED, BUT IF YOU'RE ON IF YOU'RE EITHER PAGE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST, THE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND IT SHOWS IN NOVEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE RECEIVE IT, THAT'S REALLY THAT HELPS, TOO, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER AND I'M LIKE..
YOU NOTICE THAT THE MONTH, IT'S ALWAYS TWO MONTHS OFF FROM WHEN THE PAYMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NOVEMBER PAYMENT, THAT'S REALLY FOR SEPTEMBER, AND IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FACT.
OK, SO THE VERY LAST MONTH OF OF THIS FISCAL YEAR HAD AN 18 PERCENT INCREASE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE THE SENTENCE IN YOUR YOUR WRITTEN STATEMENT.
SO 2020-21, THE YEAR THAT WE'RE CLOSING, WE HAD A SIX POINT FOUR FOUR PERCENT INCREASE IN SALES TAX OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, NOTING THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, AND THE OTHER BIG ITEMS WOULD BE THAT THE FUND BALANCE IN ABLC IS SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND, THAT'S ON PAGE 11 AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
OK, SO OUR FUND BALANCE IS SEVEN SEVENTY NINE.
YES, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR SEPTEMBER.
SO HOW DID WE END UP WITH SO MUCH MONEY WHEN WE'RE TRANSFERRING OUT SO MUCH TO THE REC CENTER AND TO THE CITY TO PAY FOR 50 PERCENT OF PARKS FOLKS, HOW DO WE END UP WITH SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE END OF THE YEAR? WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS BUDGETED.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE COMES IN, SALES TAX COMES IN.
YOU TAKE OUT THE TRANSFERS, IT ENDS UP TO, YOU KNOW, A NET SURPLUS OR DEFICIT AND THAT FALLS OUT IN FUND BALANCE.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE P&L, BUT IT WAS IT WAS ABLC WAS A POSITIVE FORTY ONE THOUSAND THEY GOT ADDED TO FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR.
OK, SO WE GET ONE POINT ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION OF SALES TAX? CORRECT.
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WE WE PAY INTO THE REC CENTER SOMEWHERE ON OR ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.WE PAID FOR DEBT SERVICE OF IN EXCESS OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEN WE PAY TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR 50 PERCENT OF THE PARKS EMPLOYEES, ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE.
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE P&L? WELL, I GUESS WE CAN, BUT I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M AND I SAW THE FUND BALANCE AND LAST TIME WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PRELIMINARY, IT WAS LIKE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TIMES? THAT WAS THE FUND BALANCE.
AND CLEARLY YOU SAID IT WAS PRELIMINARY.
YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NOT THERE YET, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE WERE SHOWING A DEFICIT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE SALES TAX IN THERE.
THERE'S HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SALES TAX THAT'S BEEN ADDED SINCE THEN THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WE SEE AFTER THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE BOOKED THE RECEIVABLE TO GET THE YEAR RIGHT AND THEN IT REVERSES GOING NEXT YEAR.
BUT THAT MONEY WAS JUST WASN'T RECEIVED AT THE TIME WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE DEFICIT, THE MONEY WASN'T RECEIVED YET.
OK, BUT WE PAID ALL OF OUR BILLS WE'VE PAID TO THE REC CENTER? YES.
[INAUDIBLE] WEREN'T THERE, I GUESS, IS THE ANSWER.
IT WAS PRELIMINARY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION LIKE THE SALES TAX, IS THAT THE BIG DIFFERENCE? BECAUSE THE PAYMENTS DELAYED BY TWO MONTHS.
WELL, IT'S ALWAYS TWO MONTHS BEHIND.
SO WE'RE STARTING THE YEAR WITH WITH SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN IN THE COFFERS.
OK, SO THAT REPRESENTS WE'VE ALREADY PAID EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO PAY TO THE REC CENTER.
AS WELL AS THE CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT.
YES, THERE IS ONE ATTORNEY'S NOT HERE, BUT THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ON AN ELECTRIC BILL FROM THE WINTER STORM FOR THE REC.
YEAH, THAT YEAH, ALL A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE THAT.
OK, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD.
I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE STARTING THE YEAR WITH SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN I THOUGHT WE WERE AT.
SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE WE'VE NOT YET PAID FOR THE LIGHTS FOR THE BATES PARK, RIGHT? OK, SO SO WE'RE STARTING WITH SEVEN EIGHTY.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR OUR BATES PARK LIGHTS OF WHATEVER THAT THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS MOVED A LITTLE BIT.
DOES THIS ALREADY INCLUDE? WE WERE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN RESURFACING, I THINK BG PACK OK, THAT'S DONE.
OK, SO SO THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE USING OUR FUND BALANCE ON BEGINNING IS THE BATES PARK LIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, ACTUALLY, WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PUT ALL THE PARKS ON THE SAME.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT LATER.
THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE ADA PLAN AND TRUSTEE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PARK PROJECTS THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WAS NOT OUT OF FUND BALANCE.
SO FUND BALANCE, THE ONLY ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER WAS FREEDOM PARK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH YOU ALL SAID THAT YOU DID NOT WANT TO PURSUE AT THE TIME.
BUT WE'RE ALSO PAYING FOR THE BATES LIGHTS OUT OF FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? BECAUSE.
THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ARE ALWAYS TRICKY LIKE THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME VERY BIG NUMBERS THAT COME IN AFTER THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND ON THE REC SIDE, ALL THE REVENUE THAT LAST MONTH OF REVENUE WASN'T THERE.
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S IN THERE NOW.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, AFTER ALL, THE INJURIES ARE BOOKED, ABLC THAT SHOWS A SURPLUS THIS YEAR, FORTY ONE THOUSAND AND THE REC SHOWS A SURPLUS OF FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS? HANG ON ONCE.
SO THE ABLC CONTINGENCY THAT THIRTY SIX, MEGAN, THAT OR CHRIS, THAT WAS DOING THE FLOORING FOR BG PACK CORRECT.
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AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT ONE WAS.AND I GUESS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THAT ONE.
THAT'S THE THAT'S LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE BUDGETED FIFTY FOUR FOR CONTINGENCY AND WE SPENT THIRTY SIX.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT PROJECT WAS IN THERE? YES, THOSE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE SURFACING, THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, KITCHEN PLAZA RENOVATION.
HAVE WE DONE, HAVE WE DONE THE PLAZA? SO WE HAVE THE GAMES AND WE HAVE PURCHASED THE ADDITIONAL PICNIC TABLES THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEAR DOWN THE WALL AND PUT UP THE LIGHTS, BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHTS PURCHASED.
OK, SO THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETE, BUT WE HAVE SPENT THE MONEY.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO IS JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE'RE FUNDING THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FUND BALANCE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE ALL OF OUR SALES TAX ALREADY OBLIGATED FOR OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REVENUE SIDE ON THE CONTINGENCY RIGHT THERE.
NOW THAT IS THE EXPENDITURES IN THE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT I WAS I'M THINKING ABOUT THE WRECK WHERE WE HAD WHERE WE SPENT THE ROOF AND ALL.
THAT'S WHERE THE AND I SAW THAT LIKE THERE WAS TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND THAT THE REC CENTER SPENT OUT OF THEIR FUND OUT OF CONTINGENCY LIGHT ITEMS, WHICH SPEAKERS] THAT'S THE ROOF.
THE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FOR THE ROOF.
AND THEN THAT'S THE REPAIRS AND THE DOORS THAT WE DID.
BUT THERE'S AN OFFSET TO THAT WHERE WE GOT THE INSURANCE MONEY THAT'S SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF INSURANCE MONEY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THAT.
READY FOR NEXT ITEM? WOULD THAT BE ITEM NUMBER THREE, SIR? YES.
DO YOU NEED THE ACTION OFF ITEM TWO? THAT'S THE POSSIBLE ACTION THAT WAS JUST MORE FOR DISCUSSION, FOR DISCUSSION.
[3. Discussion and possible action on the Angleton Better Living Corporation bond capacity and debt issuance options for a park development on the south side of Angleton.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ABLC BOND CAPACITY AND DEBT ISSUANCE OPTION FOR A PARK DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANGLETON.AND JOE MOORE, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE.
SO HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO GO OVER THIS ONE.
WELL GOOD EVENING, JOE MORROW, HILLTOP SECURITIES.
I'M GOING TO RUN YOU THROUGH A FEW THINGS ON DEBT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SALES TAX REVENUE, BONDS, CREDIT ISSUES THAT YOU FACE, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT THE CITY WOULD ISSUE.
AND CAPACITY WHICH, IT WAS ALREADY STATED YOU ALL ARE FULL UP, AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND CAPACITY, SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH WHERE I KIND OF TURNED MY BOAT ON THAT ONE.
SO THE FIRST PAGE THAT I HAVE? DO Y'ALL, DO THEY HAVE THIS? A HANDOUT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET LIKE THIS.
OK? THE FIRST COUPLE PAGES, I JUST ALWAYS START WITH THIS, SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE AND MARKETS AND I'VE GOT TWO GRAPHS IN HERE, ONE FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH GENERAL OBLIGATION IS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.
ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION CANNOT ISSUE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT DEBT OK.
THE NEXT GRAPH IS REVENUE BONDS.
ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION CAN ISSUE A FORM OF REVENUE BONDS THROUGH LEVERAGING YOUR SALES TAXES.
YOU CAN SEE JUST IN THIS GRAPH THAT THOSE TWO DATA POINTS HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN THEM.
THAT'S THE INDICATION THAT REVENUE BONDS AND FULL FAITH AND CREDIT BONDS TRADE AT A SPREAD, AND REVENUE BONDS ARE A HIGHER TRADING DEBT.
AND THEN IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF REVENUE YOU'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE.
FOR INSTANCE, WATER AND SEWER BONDS, WHICH ARE PAID FOR FROM, YOU KNOW, YOUR REVENUES YOU COLLECT OFF YOUR BILLINGS IS A VERY STRONG CREDIT, WHICH IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO A GENERAL OBLIGATION CREDIT BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL UTILITY, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL SUFFER WITH PEOPLE WALKING BILLS, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST HAPPENS.
SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, JUST FOR INSTANCE, AS I CAME IN
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TONIGHT, I NEEDED TO FILL MY TANK UP WITH GAS AND GRAB A WATER, SO I JUST PULLED OFF AT ONE OF YOUR SHELL STATIONS ON MY DECISION.NO ONE ELSE COERCED ME AND SPENT SOME MONEY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SOME SALES TAXES FROM THAT TRANSACTION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AD VALOREM TAXES AND SALES TAXES.
SO WE'LL WE'LL HIT THAT AGAIN BRIEFLY.
BUT ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION, YOUR FUNDS COME FROM ONE HALF PERCENT OF SALES TAXES THAT ARE LEVIED ON PRODUCTS, ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ELIGIBLE TO BE TAXED WITHIN YOUR CITY LIMITS.
AND THERE'S TWO WAYS BASICALLY THEN, THAT YOUR REVENUE STREAM CAN BE LEVERAGED.
YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR OWN WITH SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, OR YOU CAN ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY IN THE CITY, ISSUE DEBT AND YOU PAY THE DEBT THAT THE CITY HAS ISSUED.
AND THAT'S HOW THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED WITH ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION IN THE PAST.
BOTH METHODS REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE SUFFICIENT SALES TAX REVENUES TO HAVE A COMFORT ZONE, WHAT WE CALL COVERAGE OR NON-DISCRETIONARY REVENUE ABOVE YOUR DEBT PAYMENT.
THERE'S KIND OF MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THAT.
IF YOU'RE ISSUING DIRECTLY SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, THAT NEEDS TO BE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE PERCENT.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT FOLKS GO ABOUT BUDGETING TO TO GET THERE.
THEN SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, WE KIND OF HIT ON THAT THEY TRADE AT A HIGHER COST.
THERE'S ALSO A FEW OTHER CATCHES WITH REVENUE BONDS BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S WATER AND SEWER REVENUES, A VERY STRONG CREDIT ON THE REVENUE BOND SIDE OR SALES TAX WEAKER CREDIT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESERVE FUND, RIGHT, WHICH IS A SET ASIDE OF ONE YEAR OF DEBT BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF VOLATILITY IN YOUR REVENUE STREAM.
IT COMES WITH THE HIGHER COST OF BORROWING, WHICH IS DUE TO THE LOWER CREDIT RATING ON YOUR REVENUE STREAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY, IT COMES WITH THE AD.
IF THE CITY ISSUES, IT COMES MOST OFTEN WITH THE PLEDGE OF AD VALOREM TAXES, WHICH IS THE STRONGEST THING YOU CAN DO.
BECAUSE WHAT DID TAXES DO? THEY GIVE YOU THE CITY A LEAN ON PROPERTY.
SO IF I I CAN'T WALK MY TAX BILL, RIGHT? WELL, I GUESS I CAN, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT EVENTUALLY BECAUSE IT ATTACHES A LIEN TO THAT PROPERTY.
SO WHEN THE PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU'RE GOING TO GET PAID.
THERE'S NO RESERVE FUND BECAUSE THAT LIEN IS SO STRONG.
THAT'S WHERE WE COME TO THE TERMS OF FULL FAITH AND CREDIT, AND THAT MEANS A LOWER BORROWING COST.
THE SIDE FROM THE CITY IS IF THE CITY ISSUES DEBT IN CONTRACTS WITH ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION, THEN IT COUNTS AGAINST YOUR CREDIT, RIGHT? YOU'RE LENDING YOUR FULL FAITH AND CREDIT TO A BOND ISSUE, AND THE RATING AGENCIES WILL COUNT THAT AS DIRECT DEBT OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, EVEN THOUGH ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION IS PAYING FOR THE EXISTING DEBT THAT YOU HAVE HAVE DONE THIS WITH, AND THERE'S A FEW ISSUES OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THIS MANNER.
I THINK FREEDOM PARK AND THE REC CENTER WERE ALL DONE THROUGH THIS TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT.
SO JUST REAL QUICK, WE'VE HIT ON A LOT OF THESE, I'LL JUST RUN DOWN ON THE NEXT PAGE, I'VE GOT A SIDE BY SIDE.
SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS HAVE A PLEDGE OF GROSS SALES TAXES.
THAT MEANS FIRST DOLLARS IN GET ALLOCATED TO DEBT, RIGHT.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN ON A BUDGET BASIS, YOUR YOUR PAYMENT THIS YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TERMS OF REVENUE BONDS, THE FIRST FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TO HIT YOUR COFFERS, YOU WOULD BE PROMISING TO THE BONDHOLDERS, YOU WOULD SET THAT ASIDE AND THAT WOULD BE USED.
SO YOUR YOUR BONDS COME FIRST ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT GETS US TO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE IN MY MIND WHEN YOU GET FULL UP.
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IF I'VE GOT A GROSS PLEDGE, WHY DO I NEED COVERAGE, RIGHT? BECAUSE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN, WHEN I LOOK AT ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION, WELL, THERE WE GET TO A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN A LEGAL PLEDGE AND A PRACTICAL PLEDGE.OK, SO I'LL HIT THAT IN A SECOND AS WELL.
COME BACK AND TOUCH ON THAT THOUGHT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESERVE FUND.
SALES TAXES COME FROM A PASSIVE INCOME STREAM, RIGHT, I DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP AND IN CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING THROUGH A PURCHASE TO YOUR COFFERS.
IF I LIVED HERE AND I PAID TAXES, I'D BE CAPTIVE, RIGHT? I'D HAVE TO PAY.
THE OTHER THING IS YOU CAN CONTROL AN AD VALOREM TAX, YOU CAN'T RAISE THAT SALES TAX, THE STATE IS SET IT IT'S A HALF CENT EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON UNTIL THEY CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION, RIGHT? THAT'S IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT EVERY YEAR, CITY COUNCIL SITS DOWN AND SAYS, HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO TO RUN THE CITY? WHAT TAX RATE AM I GOING TO SET? HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO OPERATE MY UTILITY? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY RATES? SO A LOT DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG CREDIT ISSUES THERE BETWEEN THE TWO IN THAT LEADS TO THE DIFFERENCE IN BORROWING COST.
I'M LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT HERE, I WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO SOMETHING I THINK IT HAD TO DO WITH THE THE LEAN POSITION.
BUT IT COMPLETELY ESCAPES ME NOW.
I SHOULDN'T LET THAT THOUGHT SLIP AWAY.
BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'LL IT'LL JUMP BACK AND GRAB ME.
THERE ARE CERTAIN CHALLENGES ON THE NEXT PAGE OF SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS FOR ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORP.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEAN POSITION OR THE GROSS PLEDGE, ALL FUNDS FIRST TO BE DEDICATED TO DEBT.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT LEGAL PLEDGE.
THEN THERE'S THE PRACTICAL PLEDGE, IF I'M A CREDIT ANALYST AND I'M LOOKING AT ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION AND GOING TO WRITE A CREDIT OPINION WHICH INVESTORS USE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER TO BUY.
THE CITY HAS A AA CREDIT RATING.
YOU ALL WOULD BE DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT YOUR LEGAL PLEDGE, BUT THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M GOING TO SAY PRACTICAL SIDE WHAT? IS DISCRETIONARY SPENDING AND WHAT IS NON-DISCRETIONARY SPENDING? THE OPERATION OF THE ACTIVITY CENTER AT EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIVE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET YEAR IN PARK RELATED PERSONNEL OVERHEAD AT THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND.
THAT ADDS UP TO ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND.
SO WHEN WE ADD INTO THAT, THE DEBT PAYMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND WE GET THE TOTAL THAT IS IN EXCESS OF YOUR RECEIPTS FROM LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY LOOK AT IS WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE RECEIPTS THAT YOU'RE REALLY GETTING, NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, I THINK YOUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE EXPLODING HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AS YOU BEGIN TO SEE THE FRUITION OF SOME OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND MORE HOUSING COMES IN BECAUSE WITH THE CHANGE IN LAWS, WE'RE POINT A DELIVERY NOW, SAME FOR AMAZON ORDERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHEN THE DECEMBER NUMBERS CAME OUT, YOUR DECEMBER OVER DECEMBER NUMBERS DIDN'T SHOW A BIG INCREASE LIKE, QUITE FRANKLY, LIKE WE WERE EXPECTING.
I THINK IT WAS SEVEN SEVEN SOMETHING PERCENT BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE OVER DECEMBER OF 2020.
DECEMBER 20 21 THE STATE FOR THE MONTH, ALL SALES TAXES RECEIVED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS UP AT SIXTEEN POINT EIGHT FIVE PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHANGES BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
BUT LIKE CITY OF ARLINGTON, RIGHT WHERE? THERE IS THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE, RIGHT?
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FORTY ONE PERCENT INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, RIGHT? SO THEY GOT THEIR SHARE.YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR SHARE, BUT IT'S MORE A QUESTION OF WHEN IS IT GOING TO COME IN AND IN WHAT KIND OF WEIGHT DO WE HAVE BEFORE IT REALLY UNLOCKS, I THINK, PART OF THE CHANGE IN THE LAW.
WE JUST GOT OUR SEPTEMBER ACTIVITY IN RIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S THE TWO MONTH DELAY WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANGE IN LAW LIKE THIS, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IF I'M AMAZON, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS LAW IS COMING BECAUSE IT WAS PASSED.
THE SESSION ENDED IN EARLY MAY, RIGHT? SO I HAD A FEW MONTHS TO PREPARE FOR IT, BUT NOT EVERYBODY GETS THEIR THEIR ACT TOGETHER IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOUR SALES TAXES FROM INTERNET ORDERS BEGIN TO GO UP QUITE A BIT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AND THEN ONCE YOU GET, YOU KNOW, DELIVERY OF HOUSING, BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE THINGS THAT FILL IT LIKE REFRIGERATORS AND STOVES, WE'RE POINT TO DELIVERY AGAIN.
SO YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY SEE SOME OF THESE HUGE INCREASES LIKE OTHERS HAVE ENJOYED.
AND THE FACT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT YOUR CAPACITY, WE WERE I RAN IT OFF OF NINE, 30 TWENTY ONE, RIGHT? AND I'M SITTING THERE LOOKING AND I'M LIKE, OK, YOU PAID SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND IN DEBT, RIGHT? OK, WELL, IF WE KEEP IT AT SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND, WHAT COULD YOU AFFORD? WELL, THAT'S JUST UNDER SIX MILLION.
SO YOU GOT SIX MILLION IN CAPACITY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING UP ON OUR DEBT.
AND THEN IT GOES WELL, OUR DEBT THIS YEAR IS FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND WELL, IF WE KEEP IT AT THAT, WHAT'S OUR CAPACITY? CAN WE DO THIS THREE MILLION? WELL, SURE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE DOWN FROM THE SIX TWENTY FIVE.
WHY? WHY WOULDN'T YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT? AND THEN I OPEN UP AND I START LOOKING THROUGH YOUR BUDGET AND I SAW, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE KIND OF HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE NON-DISCRETIONARY, RIGHT, NON-NEGOTIABLE.
WE'VE GOT TO PAY FOR THE OPERATING OF THE ACTIVITY CENTER AND IN THE OTHER, AND WE'RE JUST AT THIS POINT A LITTLE BIT TOO TIGHT.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU WILL BE THAT WE PUT THE BRAKES ON A LITTLE BIT, LET'S WATCH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR SALES TAX REVENUE.
LET'S GET IT INTO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
YOU'LL BE, I MEAN, GOOD GRIEF, IT'S DECEMBER.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET HERE IN JUST A FEW MONTHS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING DOWN AND SHARPENING YOUR PENCIL AND GOING THROUGH THIS ALL AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE GOT A TWO MONTH DELAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL BY THE TIME YOU GET TO LATE SPRING, MAY, JUNE TIME FRAME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE YEAR HAS LOOKED AT BECAUSE YOU'LL BE GOING INTO THE LAST QUARTER OF YOUR YEAR, EVEN THOUGH FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, YOU'LL BE DELAYED A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO I THINK THE BEST OPTION FOR YOU IS TO WAIT.
THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE IF THE CITY WANTED TO STEP IN FRONT AND ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH YOU LIKE THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE CITY.
IT WOULD BE YOU'RE RISKING SOME ANNUAL BUDGET ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE SET IN MOTION HERE.
LET'S LET'S BE SURE WE'RE GOING TO COVER WHAT WE NEED TO COVER BEFORE WE JUMP OUT AND GET ANY MORE DEBT BECAUSE THESE ITEMS LIKE COVERING ACTIVITY, CENTER OPERATIONS AND SALARIES AND DEBT, THOSE BECOME FIXED ITEMS FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHT? THE OPERATIONS IN THE OVERHEAD OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS NOW A FIXED EXPENSE OF ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION.
SO OUR DISCRETIONARY AMOUNT, WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND COGNIZANT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AGAIN, YOUR DEBT IS GOING TO FALL OFF VERY QUICKLY, AND IF YOU'LL TURN A PAGE THERE, I'VE GOT A GRAPH OF WHAT A ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION BOND MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD GONE OUT AND SOLD IN JUNE AT A THREE PERCENT RATE.
BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE FISCAL YEAR THERE ON THE
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FAR LEFT SIDE.THE NEXT COLUMN OVER IS THE EXISTING DEBT PAID BY ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORP.. NOW LOOK AT THAT AND HOW THAT DROPS OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S YOU KNOW.
THAT'S WHY I KIND OF SCRATCHED MY HEAD WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND GOING, WELL, WE'RE NOT RAISING OUR DEBT, WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE CAPACITY? WELL, WE'VE WE STILL DON'T, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE A DOLLAR RIGHT TO USE, IN A SENSE, YOUR BUDGET.
BUT THAT ON THE DEBT SIDE QUICKLY FALLS OFF ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO YOUR EXPENDITURE SIDE IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING FALL IN CREATING CAPACITY FOR NEW DEBT.
AND MAN, I CANNOT IMAGINE WITH EVERYTHING ON THE CUSP FOR THIS CITY THAT YOUR SALES TAXES ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH JUST IN THIS YEAR, JUST WITH THE CHANGE IN LAW IN THE POINT OF DELIVERY FOR CALCULATING SALES TAXES AND WHAT COMES TO YOU.
AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD ON TO THAT, THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING ACTIVITY THAT YOU'VE SEEN DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S HERE NOW, SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO PICK UP ITS PACE AS MORE AND MORE OF THESE FACILITIES GET MOMENTUM.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BUILDING GO AND GO.
BUT THIS IS WAS JUST GIVING YOU A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT SALES TAX DEBT MAY LOOK LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHEN WE ADDED ALL TO TOGETHER OUR ONLY HILL THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB WOULD BE IN 2023 IF WE ISSUED IN JUNE.
AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS OF INTEREST WE WOULD HAVE.
BUT THEN WE QUICKLY FALL DOWN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE ALREADY BELOW WHAT YOUR CURRENT DEBT IS AND WE NEVER GET UP THERE AGAIN, AND THAT'S WELL BELOW WHAT YOU PAID LAST YEAR.
SO I GUESS ON THE CAPACITY ISSUE, I'D SAY YES, BUT NOT NOW.
I WOULD BE, I GUESS, THE LAST PAGE, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WOULD BE IF THE CITY WERE TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND WHAT I DID WITH THIS, I JUST TOOK OUT THE RESERVE FUND REQUIREMENT AND LET THAT FLOW DOWN TO THE CITY AND USED YOUR LOWER COST OF INTEREST.
YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST LOWERED THE BOND ISSUE BY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND, WHATEVER THAT RESERVE FUND REQUIREMENT WAS AND JUST HAD THE SAME DEPOSIT, IT WOULD IT WOULD LOWER YOUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT BY, SAY, $8000.
THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO DISCUSS, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ANY OF YOU MAY HAVE.
YOU MENTIONED STAFF EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE IN THE REC CENTER THAT IMPACTED OUR OVERALL COST.
WHAT WE HAVE YOU SAID, IF THAT WAS AND IF WE WERE TO TAKE THAT OUT, WILL THAT MAKE IT LOOK MORE FAVORABLE? OH YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE ALL THE STAFFING COSTS IT NOW IS INCLUDED AND WOULD A FEW YEARS BACK.
YOU, YOU HAVE THAT EXPENDITURE.
I THINK I REMEMBER IT BEING ONE MILLION ONE FIFTY EIGHT.
IT WAS 120 OR 820 THOUSAND PLUS THREE HUNDRED SOME ODD THOUSAND THREE THIRTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANY REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES, WHETHER IT COMES FROM YOUR DEBT FALLING OFF OR OR YOU RETOOLING HOW YOU PAY FOR YOUR EXISTING PARKS, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
ANYTHING YOU DO IN THAT, THAT REMOVES THAT EXPENSE FROM ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION IS GOING TO INCREASE YOUR LEVERAGE OR ABILITY TO LEVERAGE YOUR CASH FLOW.
AND ONE MORE QUESTION WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE USE IN THE CITY AS ASSISTING ABLC ON BONDS, IT IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO GET MORE BONDS.
IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY HAVE THAT DEBT ON THEIR BOOKS, IT HAS THE DEBT ON THEIR BOOKS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THREE MILLION OR SIX MILLION GOING TO MATTER.
NO, BUT IF YOU START ISSUING AND I DON'T SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS HAPPENING, BUT IT'S
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PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CAUSE THAT MUCH OF A DRAG FOR THE CITY BECAUSE I WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT THE CORPORATION WOULD EVER HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEBT.ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S I SEE THIS PLAY OUT MANY WAYS.
SUGAR LAND HAS TWO CORPORATIONS, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF GIVING ONE AND A HALF, THEY GAVE EACH QUARTER AND THEY HAVE ONE UNDER FOUR A AND ONE UNDER FOUR B.
THEIR CORPORATIONS ARE STAND ALONE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE DEBT, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT WITHIN THE REVENUE STREAMS THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH THEY'RE BLESSED TO HAVE 59 FRONTAGE, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN DO THAT.
A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES OPT TO TO PARTNER MORE IN THE CITY WILL TAKE THAT DEBT ON.
SO IT REALLY GETS DOWN TO A DIFFERENT DECISION MATRIX AND AS A CITY GROWS AND ITS OWN DEBT APPETITE EXPANDS TO SERVE ITS CITIZENS.
IT MAY BECOME AN ISSUE AT A LATER TIME, BUT GOOD QUESTION.
DO YOU THINK THE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING? I MEAN, I'M GETTING THOSE REPORTS, I ASSUME YOU EXPECTED.
EVERYBODY THINKS THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP, RIGHT? I MEAN, LOOK AT INFLATION.
WHAT IS IN DISAGREEMENT IS WHEN AND EVERYBODY'S VERY ANXIOUS FOR LATER ON THIS WEEK WHEN WE HAVE SOME FED ACTIVITY FED.
FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT, WHICH IS A BIG THING HANGING OVER OUR ECONOMY.
YES, RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP.
DON'T KNOW WHEN, AND THAT'S EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AND THE ECONOMISTS THAT GET PAID TO BE, YOU KNOW, WEATHERMEN OF THE ECONOMY, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BOARD.
AND THE FED FEDERAL FUNDS RATE, RIGHT, IS WHAT BANKS CHARGE EACH OTHER RIGHT FOR OVERNIGHT MONEY BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE A RESERVE LIMIT OF CASH THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE.
AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO BORROW EITHER FROM THE FED OR FROM EACH OTHER, THEY BORROW AT ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT.
THE FED HAS NO TOOLS LEFT REALLY TO FIGHT INFLATION.
THEY'VE BEEN PUMPING MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BE TAKING IT OUT, WHICH IS THEIR OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS.
WHAT WE, WHAT OUR GUY BELIEVES IS THAT THE OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO WIND UP IN ABOUT MARCH AND THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO JUNE, WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE QUARTERLY INCREASES IN THAT RATE.
IF THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE INFLATION.
THAT IS A SLOWING THING ON THE ECONOMY ANYWAY, SO AND THAT WOULD MEAN RATES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE INFLATION WASN'T TRANSITORY BUT HAS BECOME MORE PERMANENT.
WELL, AND WE SAW WHETHER IT'S LAKESIDE PARK OR I SEE IT IN MY BUSINESS.
MATERIAL COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, SO INTEREST RISE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO OR MONEY IS NOT GOING TO GO AS FAR ON OUR NEXT PROJECT UNLESS MATERIAL COSTS TURN AROUND.
AND I GUESS INTEREST RATES TURN AROUND OR WON'T GET US WHAT IT USED TO GET, BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. MORROW, ANYMORE, EXCUSE ME.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MORROW? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SAY, SORRY, JOHNNY.
MR. MORROW, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU AND I ARE BOTH IN THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT IT'S IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S ABOUT A YEAR EARLY, IN MY OPINION.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PAGE, BUT ABOUT A YEAR EARLY.
THE ISSUE THAT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IS IF IF INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP AND WE'RE SEEING INFLATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WAGE INFLATION AS WELL.
YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING COSTS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT TO GO UP AS WELL TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE.
SO BEING THAT WE HAVE ONE POINT ONE MILLION AND FIXED COST BASICALLY IN THIS BUDGET, I CAN SEE THAT INCREASING AS WELL AS WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, HIRE NEW PEOPLE AND THE COST FOR SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE COMING IN.
THE ONLY THING I'LL YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER HERE, AND IT REALLY LINES IT OUT VERY CLEARLY, SHOWING THE DEBT CAPACITY THAT WE ACTUALLY
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HAVE.THE ONE THING THAT IS SCARY FOR ME IS 2023 AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TAKING A PLEDGE AGAINST AD VALOREM TAXES.
AND THAT'S THE PART THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MR. PELTIER ASKED YOU THE QUESTION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE OVERALL CITY AND THE SCOPE OF THINGS? AND BECAUSE WE ARE PLEDGING OUR OUR PROPERTY TAX, BASICALLY IF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WIGGLE ROOM AND IF THINGS INCREASE OR WE HAVE MORE COSTS COME INTO ABLC, WE CAN STRUCTURE THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TO HELP WITH THE PROPERTY TAX PORTION, BY WHAT WE DO WITH OUR FIXED COST FUNDING THAT WE'RE DOING.
IF WE CHANGE THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM LEFT AND IT CAN'T AFFECT THE PROPERTY TAX ON PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR EARLY, BECAUSE ONCE THAT DROPS OFF, YOU CAN SEE FROM TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY FOUR IF IT'S JUST A TIMING OF A YEAR.
I MEAN, WE SEE NO IMPACT REALLY ON THE BUDGET OVERALL.
SO TO ME, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR EARLY.
PLUS I'D LIKE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OVERALL TO GET THERE WITH THAT THREE POINT FIVE, YOU KNOW, REALLY, THIS GROUP NEEDS WITH THE PARKS BOARD TO REALLY LINE OUT, WHAT DO WE WANT BEFORE WE GO ISSUE DEBT? WHERE WHAT'S THE WHAT? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BUILD THE AMENITIES? ALL OF THAT FIRST TO ME.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
OK, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS, AND I RECOGNIZED A FEW MORE FACES SHOWED UP TONIGHT, ALMOST LIKE MR. PILCHER AND I WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, ALMOST LIKE A COUNCIL MEETING.
WE RARELY SEE FOLKS FOR ABLC, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE COME TO A MEETING BEFORE, IF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, IF YOU'LL FILL OUT A PIECE OF PAPER, IF YOU CAME IN AFTER THE MEETING STARTED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR IF YOU'RE JUST HERE JUST TO LISTEN.
BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK ON A CERTAIN ITEM, YOU'LL HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM OVER HERE AND MS. ROGERS HAD ASKED THAT NUMBER FOUR COULD BE A LENGTHY CONVERSATION.
SO IN RESPECT TO OUR GUESTS THAT ARE HERE, WE WANT TO GO AND MAYBE BUMP UP FIVE AND SIX AND EVEN SEVEN SO WE CAN GET YOU ALL IN AND OUT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO STAY AND LISTEN TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
BUT IF THAT'S OK WITH STAFF, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GO TO NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS
[5. Discussion and possible action on funding the ADA Self Evaluation and Transition Plan proposal from Kimley Horn.]
DISCUSSION, IF POSSIBLE, ACTION ON FUNDING THE ADA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN PROPOSAL FROM KIMBERLY HORNE, KINLEY-HORNE, YES.AND ERIN EUREK IS ON THE LINE WITH US FROM KINLEY-HORN THROUGH A ZOOM CALL.
SO ERIN, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE, I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND THEN HAVE YOU JUST STAY ON THE LINE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SO ONE THING THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE ABLC BUDGET PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT YOU ALL SAW AND THEN ALSO THE FINAL THAT WAS ADOPTED WAS $50000, THAT THE ABLC CORP.
WOULD CONTRIBUTE FOR AN ADA SELF-EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN.
ORIGINALLY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ALSO CONTRIBUTED OR HAD IN THEIR BUDGET ANOTHER $50000 THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS JUST REALLY PHASE ONE OF THIS PLAN BECAUSE ADA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLANS ARE FAIRLY LENGTHY TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE TWO AMERICANS DISABILITY ACT.
WE TRIED TO SPREAD IT ACROSS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.
SO THIS YEAR, WE HAD AIM TO DO IT OUT OF BOTH ADDRESS SOME OF OUR ITEMS AND THE PARK SYSTEM, THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND THEN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO THAT'S WHY THESE TWO ENTITIES WERE INVOLVED INITIALLY.
WE DID KNOW IF YOU SEE IN YOUR AGENDA SUMMARY THAT IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WE DID HAVE TO REMOVE THE 50000 FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT 50000 THAT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED.
IF ABLC AGREES WITH THAT LINE ITEM AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 50 IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT FOR THE PUBLIC PARK FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, THERE'S OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL AND THE ITEMIZED SCOPE OF WORK, I'LL TRY TO FIND THE PAGE THAT YOU CAN REFERENCE.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK, NOT JUST SPECIFICALLY ON THE PARKS, BUT HOLDING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND COLLECTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FOR REALLY OUR SECOND PHASE OF THE PROCESS.
IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE FIFTY SIX IN YOUR PACKET BEGINS TO ITEMIZE SOME OF THOSE COSTS FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100000.
SO WHAT THE CITY IS ASKING OR STAFF IS ASKING FROM ABLC IS THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THIS PROJECT AND THAT ABLC AUTHORIZES AN ADDITIONAL FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS THE PROJECT, SO WE CAN CONTINUE PURSUING IT.
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THIS IS NOT ONLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO AS A CITY AND AS A FEDERAL MANDATE, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WAS IN OUR MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ITEMIZED AS A SHORT TERM GOAL THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSING.MEGAN, AM I ON? I CAN'T GUESS.
OK, OK, SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE 50000 THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET THAT'S IN PROCESS AND THEN FUNDS REQUESTED MEANS THE ADDITIONAL.
OK, THANK YOU FOR I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
I WAS JUST GETTING IT ALL SET UP.
MEGHAN, CAN YOU QUICKLY GIVE A BRIEF ON WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN, WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TOO? SO REALLY, WE ARE IN A DEFICIT OF $50000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE NEEDING AN ADDITIONAL 50 IN ORDER TO PROCEED.
AND UNDER TITLE TWO OF THE AMERICANS DISABILITY ACT, THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SELF-EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN FOR PROGRAM SERVICES AND FACILITIES THAT ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT THAT PART RIGHT THERE.
SO IT'S TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO IN THE ADA WORLD.
WHICH JUST FOR THE SELF-EVALUATION, THOUGH? NO.
AND REALLY, JUST AGAIN, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS IS A MULTIPHASE PROJECT.
SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS REALLY ASSESS DEFICIENCIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US WHAT THOSE DEFICIENCIES ARE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A BASICALLY A NUMBER TO CORRECT AN ESTIMATE TO CORRECT THOSE DEFICIENCIES AS WELL AS A PLAN, A PROPOSED PLAN BASED ON NUMBERS THAT WE PROVIDE THEM.
LET'S SAY THE CITY SAYS, OK, WE'RE WILLING TO COMMIT $50000 A YEAR TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT AREN'T IN COMPLIANCE.
THEN THEY WILL DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS FIRST PHASE, SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR PARKS, OUR INGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED IN THIS THAT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE ADA COORDINATOR WHO'S CALLING MARTIN WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
SO JUST IT'S OH, IT'S THIS HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WHAT PORTION OF THAT IS PARKS RELATED, WOULD YOU SAY? WELL, IF YOU GO DOWN TO PAGE AGAIN, FIFTY SIX ITEMIZE IS, UM, FIFTY SIX, SIXTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED IS WHAT I SEE.
SIXTY THOUSAND SIXTY WELL, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDING, AGAIN, IT CAN'T JUST BE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THE PARTS.
YOU'VE GOT THE STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, YOU HAVE INITIAL ASSESSMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ERIN, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO PARKS AND RECREATION AND HOW THAT BREAKDOWN WOULD LOOK IF IT WERE JUST REVOLVES AROUND PARKS AND RECREATION.
I MEAN, IF WE WERE JUST GOING TO BE EVALUATING PARKS, WE'D STILL HAVE PORTIONS OF TASK ONE, WHICH IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TASK TWO, THE PROJECT KICKOFF MEETING.
AND THEN THAT PORTION THAT YOU SEE FOR THE LINE ITEM OF PARKS UNDER TASK THREE AND THEN THE TRANSITION PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY PULLING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND DOCUMENTING ANY OF THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS THAT WE FIND DURING THOSE EVALUATIONS, AS WELL AS THAT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT MEETING AND THE OTHER MEETINGS WITH STAFF.
SO REALLY, IT'S A IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ALL OF TASK THREE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITY TYPES, EACH OF THE OTHER TASKS ARE PROPORTIONAL FOR THOSE REMAINING TASKS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT SINGLE LINE ITEM THAT SAYS PARKS.
OK, I'M GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT, YOU TELL ME IF THIS IS ON ON PAR AT THE MOMENT.
ABLC IS BEING IS YOU'RE REQUESTING ABLC TO FUND THE ENTIRETY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL EVOLVE AS KIMBERLY HORN.
KIMLEY-HORN, SORRY, WORKS THROUGH THIS LIST OF TASK WITH THE STAFF, OK? OUR OBLIGATION, IF WE DO, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT ABC IS OBLIGATING THEMSELVES TO PAY THE ENTIRE FOLLOW UP.
I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M SITTING OK BECAUSE.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SORT OF FUNDS, WE'VE JUST ALREADY HEARD THAT.
HOWEVER, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND IT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE, BUT AT THE MOMENT WE'RE THE ENTITY THAT IS BEING ASKED TO FUND THIS PART OF THE PROJECT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT.
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I THINK WE NEED IT AS LONG AS WE'RE REAL CLEAR THAT AT THE NEXT STEP, IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABLC WHO'S ASKED TO, TO PONY UP.THAT'S FAIR STATEMENT, THANK YOU.
JOHN, I SEE YOUR BRAIN WHEELS ARE TURNING.
FIRST OFF, THE FIFTY THOUSAND DURING BUDGET TIME, I THINK THIS CAME UP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO TRANSITION THIS BETWEEN TWO YEARS, 50000 THIS YEAR, 50000 NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I THOUGHT ORIGINALLY YOU KNEW IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE CUT IT IN HALF TO FUND IT HALF THIS YEAR, HALF NEXT.
I JUST REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A TWO YEAR SPAN BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A LONG TIME FRAME.
I THINK YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE UTILITY FUND, THE WATER FUND, WE HAD A BUNCH OF PRODUCTS IN THERE AND THERE WERE WE DID SPLIT THOSE OUT.
BUT THIS YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I RECALL.
I MEAN, IT'S A DECISION FOR ABLC, I THINK IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT AND WE CAN FIND THE MONEY FOR 50000 ADDITIONAL, THEN I WON'T HOLD IT BACK FOR SURE.
BUT THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE WAS WHAT PROMPTED THIS? I MEAN, BECAUSE THE ADA WAS PASSED A LONG TIME AGO AND WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO DO A STUDY ON THIS.
WHAT PROMPTED IT WAS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN IN PLACE, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD A TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH I WOULD SAY WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN AUDITED.
THAT'S I'M JUST RISK MITIGATION, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
OK, SO THIS HUNDRED THOUSAND IS ALL REALLY A STUDY TO TELL US HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND.
AND I CAN SEE THIS ADDING UP REAL QUICK.
YOU KNOW OR NOT, IF I CAN JUST SAY, IF LET'S LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IF YOU WERE AUDITED, YOU'D BE FORCED TO PUT ALL OF YOUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES TOWARDS INSTITUTING A TRANSITION PLAN AND IMPLEMENTING THE ACTUAL DELIVERABLES ON A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING.
BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, WHY CAN'T YOU TAKE THE HUNDRED-THOUSAND THOUSAND? FIND ALL THE AREAS THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ARE AN ISSUE AND START WORKING ON THEM SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY ANYWAYS TO FIX THEM.
SO WE'VE KIND OF STARTED THAT YOU ALL GAVE US SIDEWALK MONEY AND WE'RE EXECUTING DOWN NORTH DOWNING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING AT THEM.
YOU GAVE US ARP FUNDING, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET AFTER THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE RESOURCES TO PUT THAT AS PART OF OUR ROUTINE BUDGET AND SPENDING PLANS WHEN WE GET THE FUNDS.
I THINK I REALLY SEE THIS AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR INSTITUTED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO ADD JUST ADD TO THAT.
AND SO THERE'LL BE THIS CATEGORY OF ADA REMEDIATION THAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO, LIKE, MEGAN SAID, PRIORITIZE THAT IN THE YEARS AND SAY WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A BOND, WE NEED TO DO THIS OR WE NEED TO INCREASE THE BUDGET ITEM TO TO GO AFTER THAT, SO.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AS LONG AS WE SHOW THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, I MEAN, WE'RE LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY THAT IT'S KIND OF IN THE SAME BOAT.
AND PART OF IT IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU DOZENS OF SIDEWALKS THAT ARE TRIPPING HAZARDS.
PART OF IT IS THAT COMPLYING WITH THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY AND SO WE'RE REALLY GETTING IT BOTH THINGS WITH THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME GREAT PRODUCTS OF, YOU KNOW, GIS A BOLD DATA THAT'S GOING TO OVERLAY THAT.
SO WHEN WE GET ALL THOSE AND WE CAN BRING THEM BACK AND SAY, HERE'S THE PAIN, AND HERE'S THE PAIN LEVEL, WHERE DO YOU WANT US TO START? AND WE'LL TAKE THOSE BUDGETS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND GO OFF TO THAT.
WELL, THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A PARKS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
WILL THIS BENEFIT THAT AS WELL? I GUESS IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY IS THAT WHAT THIS I MEAN? THE IMMEDIATE PART IS THE ACCESSIBILITY AND THE COMPLIANCE.
AND YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE OLD SIDEWALK STANDARD WAS, YOU KNOW, THREE FEET IN THE NEW ONE'S FOUR FEET, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE COST AND THE PLAN AND THE PRIORITY TO GO AFTER THAT.
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THEN I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS AROUND TIMELINES AND FUNDING, SO I MEAN, TO ME, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS A LOT OF OUR ISSUES REVOLVE AROUND TXDOT RIGHT OF WAYS.WE'RE FUNDING THIS STUDY TO TELL US THAT WE NEED TO FIX THOSE AREAS.
AND SO ERIN CAN PROBABLY SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I CAN ON THAT, BUT TXDOT IS RESPONSIBLE AND HAS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ERIN, BUT THEY HAVEN'T THEY INSTITUTED A TRANSITION PLAN ALSO? BUT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE, EACH ENTITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING 88 COMPLIANCE, SO WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR THIS TO ADDRESS THE RAILROAD TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CITY MAINTAINED INFRASTRUCTURE, SO EXCLUDE ANY COUNTY, STATE OR RAILROAD AREAS, RIGHT? THESE ARE THESE ARE OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
MEGAN, THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT, AND TXDOT DOES HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSITION PLAN THAT DOES INCLUDE THE FACILITIES THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO NOTHING IN THIS CURRENT SCOPE OR ANY FUTURE SCOPES WOULD INCLUDE ANY NON CITY OWNED OR MAINTAINED FACILITIES.
AND SO, JOHN, JUST ME THINKING OF THAT, OF YOUR QUESTION THAT WIPES OUT 35 [INAUDIBLE] THIRTY FIVE, TWO EIGHTY EIGHT, VELASCO, LOOP 274.
THEN WE TAKE CARE OF THE REST.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST AREAS I GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS FROM.
PEOPLE WITH ADA ISSUES IS ALONG THOSE AREAS.
I THINK THE CITY'S BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF AREAS WITH THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, CHRIS.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A SHAME WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $100000 TO TELL US ALL THE AREAS WE NEED TO FIX AND THE BIGGEST AREAS ARE NOT GOING TO PROBABLY BE ACTIONED.
WELL, I WONDER TO THAT NOTE, IF WE'RE IF WE APPROVE IT, IF WE HAVE THAT AND THEN WE'RE PROACTIVE, THEN THAT GIVE YOU LEVERAGE TO TO TALK TO, THEN THE STATE AND FEDERAL AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE TAKEN OUR, WE'VE DONE OUR PART.
CHRIS, HOW LONG AGO DID YOU TALK TO TXDOT ABOUT THE RIGHT, THE CROSSING AT CANNON AND 288 WITH ALL THE PEOPLE? THAT WAS LAST YEAR? AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GET ADDRESSED NEXT YEAR.
BUT TO THAT POINT, WE APPLY FOR THAT TXDOT SIDEWALK GRANT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ADA PLAN.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE FIX TO IT TO GO BACK TO THAT'S...THEY CAN COMPLICATE IT.
AT LEAST MY EXPERIENCE IS IF THEY CAN COMPLICATE IT AND AND SHIFT THE RESPONSIBILITY ELSEWHERE, THEY WILL.
AND SO TO BE PROACTIVE ON OUR END.
OUR STUDY WON'T EVEN COVER THEIR ROAD.
THERE RIGHT AWAY, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THE STUDY.
BUT SO BUT SO THEY'RE LOOKING AGAIN ON THEIR CHECKLIST FOR THIS GRANT.
THEY'RE SAYING, DO YOU HAVE AN ADA PLAN? AND YOU KNOW, DOES THAT REALLY COVER THE RIGHT THINGS? DOES IT REALLY? YOU KNOW, NO ONE REALLY KIND OF KNOWS IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE SORT OF CHECK OF THE BLOCK BOX THING.
I MEAN, TO ME, IT'S JUST THIS IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR STUDY.
I HATE WHEN WE DO A LARGE EXPENDITURE STUDY THAT TELLS US WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND AND THEN IT SITS THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER $100000 STUDY.
I MEAN THAT THAT'S USUALLY THE MANTRA THAT IT GOES IN ANGLETON.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY, LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S ACTIONED APPROPRIATELY.
SO IT'S EXPENSIVE, IT'S EXPENSIVE, I THINK THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE STUDY.
ARE THERE ANY KIND OF GRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT NOT TO STUDY, BUT THE ACTUAL ADA COMPLIANCE, YEAH, I WOULD SAY SO, I MEAN, WE'VE LOOKED AT AND DISCUSSED IN THE HIKE AND BIKE SUBCOMMITTEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL THROUGH HEAC.
I MEAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO TO HELP FUND SOME PROJECTS.
THE CEDAR STREET SIDEWALK WAS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE GULF COAST CENTER SO THAT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, CHRIS THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE.
WE GOT STAFF AND OUR GRANT WRITER WHO'S IN THE ROOM.
SHE'S LISTENING, SO SHE'LL KEEP WATCH OUT FOR US.
SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION? I BELIEVE SO FOR I THINK THERE'S A VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS, I MOVE.
WE APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE ADA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN PROPOSAL FROM KIMLEY-HORN IN THE AMOUNT OF $100000.
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HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.NUMBER SIX DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PARTIALLY FUNDING
[6. Discussion and possible action on partially funding improvements for Angleton Independent School District tennis courts on Downing Street.]
IMPROVEMENTS FOR ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TENNIS COURTS ON DOWNING STREET.MEGHAN, I DO HAVE ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SO I'LL LET YOU PRESENT AND THEN WE'LL LET OUR SPEAKERS COME UP.
OK, SO STAFF HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY REGARDING TENNIS COURT REHAB ON DOWNING STREET AS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP OR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH PHIL EDWARDS WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE EXECUTION OF PEACH STREET DETENTION INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT, AND PHIL DID NOTE THAT HE WAS OPEN TO RESURFACING THE TENNIS COURT COMPLEX AND INSTALLING SOLAR LIGHTS.
WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME ESTIMATE COSTS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
I DO REALIZE THAT THESE WERE FROM LAST YEAR, BUT WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SAID THAT THEY WERE STILL VALID.
SO WHILE THE DATE MAY BE CONFUSING IN 2020, IT IS STILL ACCURATE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE DO NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR SHIPPING ON SOLAR LIGHTS.
SO WE DID AROUND THIS NUMBER OUT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF TWENTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AS A PARTIAL FUND FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING.
THAT'S WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THESE COURTS FOR REVENUE GENERATING PROGRAMS, LEAGUES, TOURNAMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A LOCAL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PARISH.
BUT IT'S THE GULF COAST TENNIS ASSOCIATION, AND THEY ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OFFERING TENNIS PROGRAMS HERE IN ANGLETON.
BUT THEY ARE NEEDING OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR FACILITY USE SO WE CAN DO THAT COLLABORATIVELY.
AND SO WE THINK WE HAVE A GREAT PROPOSAL HERE SET IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MAYOR.
WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON OR DO HAVE A PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, AND WE'LL GIVE THEM A FEW MINUTES TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
HELLO, MY NAME IS PARISH GAYLE, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE GULF COAST TENNIS ASSOCIATION, I HAVE WITH ME A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS HERE TODAY, DON CUDD, WHICH WAS OUR VICE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, HEATHER MAYNARD, WHICH IS OUR SECRETARY, AND CHIP GALE, WHO IS A GCTA MEMBER.
JAMES WEAVER COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY GREAT MORE MEMBERS TO WORK WITH, BUT THEY HAVE A PASSION AND DEDICATION TO THE SPORT OF TENNIS IN THIS AREA AND PLAY A MEAN GAME OF TENNIS ON THE COURT AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.
THE GULF COAST TENNIS ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 2016.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT 501C3 COMMUNITY TENNIS ASSOCIATION AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS, PROMOTING TENNIS IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, MATAGORDA COUNTY AND OTHER AREAS ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST SOUTH OF HOUSTON.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP WITH THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SUPPORT TENNIS TO THE GULF COAST REGION OF TEXAS TO ALL PEOPLES, AND TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO HELP BUILD CHARACTER.
THESE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE AIM FOR THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY, HONESTY AND ETHICS ON AND OFF THE COURTS.
OUR GOAL HERE TONIGHT IS IN HOPES TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION CITY OF ANGLETON AND THE LOCAL ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROMOTE TENNIS IN ANGLETON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY CONTINUING TO OFFER A VARIETY OF CAMPS, TENNIS LESSONS, LEAGUE PLAY AND TOURNAMENTS.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO PROMOTE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO GET OUTSIDE AND PLAY EVEN DURING COVID, TENNIS WAS RANKED AS THE LOWEST SPORT TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE VIRUS.
WHEN DON AND I MET WITH MEGAN MAINER AND HER STAFF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE DISCUSSED GCTA AND HOW WE COULD HELP PROMOTE TENNIS IN THIS AREA IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND HOST TENNIS EVENTS, WE MUST HAVE FACILITIES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THESE EVENTS.
THIS IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST HURDLE BECAUSE AS A LOCAL CTA, WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THOSE FACILITIES OR FUNDS AS OF YET.
IN 2018, I READ THAT THE COST TO BUILD A WELL-MADE HARDCOURT CAN COST UP TO $90000.
SO HOW ARE WE, GTCA ABLE TO HOST EVENTS AND TOURNAMENTS WHEN WE AS AN ORGANIZATION DO NOT HAVE A FACILITY TO CALL OUR OWN? WELL, THAT STEMS FROM OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ALREADY HAVE COURTS IN PLACE, WHICH WE AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HOST THESE TENNIS
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TOURNAMENT EVENTS.HOWEVER, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE A HOME BASE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT ANGLETON IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO THIS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE IT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED TO REACH OUR GULF COAST TENNIS COMMUNITY.
ANGLETON HAS THE FACILITIES FOR TENNIS WITH TEN COURTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, EIGHT AT THE JUNIOR HIGH AND FINGERS CROSSED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER SIX AFTER RENOVATIONS AT THE ADMINISTRATION COURTS AND ANGLETON, UNLIKE SOME SURROUNDING CITIES, WE HAVE LIGHTS THAT ENABLE US TO HOST TOURNAMENTS AROUND THE HOT TEXAS SUMMER MONTHS AND IN THE FUTURE AS TENNIS GROWS IN OUR AREA.
GCTA HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO HOST A USDA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT.
THE POTENTIAL FOR REVENUE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WOULD BE TREMENDOUS AS PEOPLE WOULD STAY, PLAY AND EAT IN OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.
TO DATE, GCTA HAS HOSTED OVER THE YEARS NUMEROUS CAMPS, LESSONS, TOURNAMENTS, LEAGUES, COMMUNITY OPEN COURTS AND PLAY DAYS.
AND LAST NIGHT OUR BOARD MET AND DISCUSSED OUR CALENDAR DATES FOR THE FUTURE EVENTS IN 2022.
THIS INCLUDES LEAGUE PLAY OUR UPCOMING SINGLES TOURNAMENT, WHICH WILL BE HOSTED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR HIGH COURT'S JANUARY 8TH AND 9TH.
OUR DOUBLES TOURNAMENT SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS AND OUR SIGNATURE CITY CUP CHALLENGE, WHICH ANGLETON, I'D LIKE TO BRAG, HAS WON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, WE WILL BE AWARDING A SCHOLARSHIP TO A DESERVING SENIOR THIS YEAR THAT PLAYS TENNIS EITHER THROUGH USDA OR IN THEIR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COMMUNITY.
WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, AS A CTA THROUGH THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION, EACH OF US GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND WE ALSO TAKE THE SAFE PLACE CERTIFICATION YEARLY FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN.
AND WE ALSO CARRY INSURANCE THROUGH USDA FOR OUR EVENTS, WHICH ARE SANCTIONED.
TENNIS IS A SPORT THAT CAN BE PLAYED BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, AND GCTA WOULD LOVE TO BE THAT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES AND FOSTERS TENNIS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
CINDY BENSON SHE IS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, IS USTA REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS AREA.
SHE ALSO WORKS WITH ADAPTIVE AND WHEELCHAIR.
YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ADA, AND SHE IS IN CHARGE OF THAT FOR THE UNITED STATES TENNIS.
THE ASSOCIATION SHE WANTED ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SHE WHOLLY SUPPORTS THE GULF COAST TENNIS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US SINCE 2016 AND HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE GAME IN THIS AREA.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE TENNIS COURTS TO CALL OUR HOME AND DUE TO COVID, TENNIS PARTICIPANTS, THOUGH, HAVE INCREASED AND THE ASSOCIATION HAS SEEN GROWTH IN PROGRAMS ON VERY A LOTS OF OPEN COURTS ANYWHERE THAT THEY CAN FIND TO PLAY TENNIS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE USDA VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR ASSOCIATION AND IN MANY WAYS CAN PROVIDE FACILITY ASSISTANCE SUCH AS GRANTS.
THE NATIONAL USTA AND THE TEXAS USTA TWO TOTALLY INDEPENDENT BODIES, BUT THEY DO WORK TOGETHER.
BOTH OFFER GRANTS FOR RENOVATIONS.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AS WITH EVERYONE ELSE, BUDGET THAT YOU WERE ALSO DISCUSSING THE U.S.
OPEN, UNFORTUNATELY IN 2019, DID NOT GET TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT THEMSELVES.
BUT THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, WE'RE HAVING PARTICIPANTS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET BACK ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF THEIR REVENUE, SO THEY WILL BE OFFERING PARTICIPANTS AS OUR CTA'S TO BE ABLE TO FILE FOR GRANTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OUR TIME IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU'D ALSO LIKE TO TALK TO CINDY BENSON BEING THE USTA.
WHO IS A GREAT RESOURCE, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN BE THAT ORGANIZATION FOR YOU TO MAKE THOSE FACILITIES REALLY GROW.
PARRISH, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICK? SURE.
WOULD YOU WOULD WOULD YOUR GROUP BE ABLE TO HELP MEGAN OR PARK STAFF THAT THEY WERE WANTING TO PUT ON SOME SUMMER CLASSES OR INSTRUCTIONS? DO YOU HAVE THAT POSSIBILITY OR THAT CAPABILITY? SO WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS.
MEGAN AND I, AND I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD AND WE HAVE ALREADY SET OUR CALENDAR DATE AND HAVE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE.
AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED WITH SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO TENNIS COACHES IN THIS AREA.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE SET TO PUT ON SOME SUMMER CAMPS FOR OUR KIDS AND STUFF, AND
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WE ALREADY HAVE SET FOR OUR LEAGUE, WHICH DON IS IN CHARGE OF FOR OUR LEAGUES.AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CITY CUP SET FOR OUR SUMMER NIGHT TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE LIGHTS IN ANGLETON AND LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON.
WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WHO'S TALKED TO US ABOUT WIFFLE BALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER YOU'RE TALKING PICKLEBALL.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
IS THAT JUST A MATTER OF CHANGING STRIPES OR DOES IT WORK? SO IT DOES HAVE A DIFFERENCE WITH CHANGING STRIPES, AND IT DOES AFFECT THE WAY THE COURT IS LAID OUT IN THEM.
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY I COULD TELL YOU ALL THE LOGISTICS AND THE TOTAL MEASUREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT DOES CHANGE THE WAY IT IS PLAYED.
AND I WANT TO SAY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
CAN YOU HAVE THE STRIPES FOR THE TENNIS, BUT THEN HAVE THE PICKLEBALL STRIPES, WHICH ARE KIND OF SHADOWED DOWN TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT OVERTAKING THE OTHER? OKAY.
THIS IS DON, DON IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF GCTA.
IT'S EITHER MEGAN OR MS. GAYLE, EITHER WAY.
ONE SOLAR LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE THE GUYS AT TML ABOUT SPORTS LIGHTING AND THEY SAID, YOU CANNOT USE SOLAR LIGHTING FOR ANY SPORTS EVENTS BECAUSE IT'S UNRELIABLE DUE TO WEATHER.
AND TO THAT, YOU DON'T GET THE LUMENS THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE FIELD ON.
AND I SAID, IS THAT FOR ANYTHING YOU DO SPORTS? AND I SAID, WE NEVER RECOMMEND SOLAR LIGHTING FOR ANYTHING.
WOULD IT WORK? SO WHAT I KNOW ABOUT LIGHTING, THERE IS AN ISSUE WE HAVE AT JASMINE COURTS WHERE WE HAVE IN LAKE JACKSON.
WE DO LESSONS OVER THERE IN LAKE JACKSON AS WELL.
AND THE LIGHTS THERE ARE, LET'S JUST SAY, DIM AND VERY DIM, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE.
SO THE LIGHTING IS REALLY CRUCIAL BECAUSE THOSE LINES WHEN YOU HAVE TO CALL, WHETHER A BALL IS IN OR OUT, IF THEY'RE NOT ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE GAME, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
AND THAT CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOU WINNING THE GAME OR NOT.
BUT WE DO HAVE POWER THERE NOW.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS IS IF WE HAVE THE POWER THERE.
DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO JUST CHANGE BULBS OUT OR..
WELL, NOW I KNOW THEY TOOK THE POLES DOWN, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A POWER THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR THE NEW BUS BARN, AND I DROVE BY TONIGHT AND I HAVE BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE NEW ROAD GOING TO THE BUS BARN AND THE TENNIS COURT, THEY HAVE LIGHTS ALREADY LIT UP, SO WE COULD TAP IN TO SOMETHING THERE YOU WOULD THINK AND USE THAT POWER SOURCE THAT WOULD SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY RUNNING POWER FROM A DISTANCE.
I'M JUST THINKING OF I MEAN, I I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF SOLAR LIGHTING WHERE WE CAN.
BUT I'VE I ASKED THAT QUESTION THE OTHER DAY AND WAS TOLD SPECIFICALLY NOT TO DO THAT.
I LIKE HEARING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON TO DO SOMETHING THAT TML IS NOT GOING TO COVER.
AND WITH YOU SAYING I'VE ONLY PLAYED DOWN A JASMINE'S PARK DURING THE DAY, BUT IT'S THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ISSUE WHEN IT'S A CLOSE CALL.
AND THEN IF THE LIGHTS ARE NOT GOOD, THEN IT JUST IT INVALIDATES THE GOOD FELLOWSHIP THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE LIVING A GOOD COMPETITIVE MATCH.
SO I WOULD SAY WE MAYBE COULD LOOK ON THIS AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE COST OF REGULAR LIGHTING OR BOTH WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP AND WHAT YOU'VE JUST SHARED HERE, PARISH, BECAUSE WE WANT IT, WE WANT IT TO BE THE MOST POSITIVE THING WE CAN, RIGHT? AND I DON'T KNOW IF LED LIGHTING IS A VIABLE OPTION FOR THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY DO TEND TO LAST LONGER AND ARE A LITTLE BRIGHTER FOR THE COURTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE ADEQUATELY PUT IN THE RIGHT SPOTS TO COVER THE AREAS.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE JUST PUT IN THE CORNERS AND NOT PUT IN THE MIDDLE AS WELL, IT REQUIRES CAUSE ALL SORTS OF ISSUES BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE DEAD AREAS.
I THINK MOST OF US THAT GREW UP IN THIS AREA PLAYED TENNIS.
I MEAN, I PLAY TENNIS TOO, AND I PLAYED ON THOSE FIELDS AND WHERE THOSE LIGHTS WERE IF YOU'RE ON LIKE THE SECOND FIELD, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST FIELDS BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WERE ON THE FIRST FIELD, RIGHT, THE THIRD FIELD AND THE FIFTH RIGHT THE FIFTH.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE SECOND OR THE FOURTH BECAUSE YOU WERE GOING TO GET THE SHADOWS.
AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND THE SURFACE OF THE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RESURFACE THIS.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO LOOK? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY FIX THAT LAST THREE YEARS? SO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND I'LL SAY SOMETHING TO ABOUT THE JUNIOR HIGH
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THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.SO THE QUOTE THAT WE HAVE, WE RECEIVED TWO QUOTES FOR THE SURFACING.
SO THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATION I WILL SAY FROM THE VENDOR WAS THAT THE COURTS BE COMPLETELY REHABBED, WHICH IS A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET HERE, WHICH IS FILLING THE CRACKS AND RESURFACING.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG TERM FIX.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
AND REALLY, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LONGEVITY OF THAT.
I CAN GET A BETTER ESTIMATE FOR YOU FROM THE COMPANY, BUT REALLY, I'M SURE THAT DEPENDS ON WEAR AND TEAR.
YOU KNOW, THE WHEN YOU HIT THE BALL, IS IT GOING TO HIT A CRACK AND ROLL OFF THE OTHER WAY OR...
WELL, THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WITH THIS PROCESS, THEY ARE LIKE FLOATING AND FILLING THE CRACKS.
SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT VERY THING.
SO WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO CHIP? CHIP AND I REALLY WORKED HARD.
OUR DAUGHTER IS IN TENNIS TO GET THE JUNIOR HIGH COURT'S RESURFACE BECAUSE THEY WERE HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE AND THEY DID, BUT IT WAS A TEMPORARY FIX.
THEY LOOKED PRETTY FOR A YEAR AND THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO DETERIORATE BECAUSE WHAT THEY DID WAS FILL IN PATCH.
AND THEN WE ALREADY START HAVING THOSE SAME THINGS OCCURRING BUBBLES AND START IN AREAS AND PEELING AND CRACKING OF THE STUFF.
YES, IT IS AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS OVER IN THE INITIAL OF WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT LONG TERM, HOW IT WILL LAST AND WHAT YOU WOULD PAY TO CONTINUOUSLY FIXING YOUR PATCHING AND BAND AIDING IT EVERY YEAR AND STUFF IS IS A HUGE ISSUE.
NOW THAT'S A GREAT FOUNDATION, THOUGH OVER.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE REALLY THICK.
WHOEVER LAID THE CONCRETE ON THAT, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY TALL AND REALLY THICK, AND THEY'VE LASTED A VERY LONG TIME.
BUT THERE IS SOME WORK, OBVIOUSLY, AND SOME FENCING THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON THAT TOO AS WELL.
SO BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE ABLE TO HELP.
AND DO YOU SEE ANY ISSUE WITH PARKING? I GUESS IT WOULD BE AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
IS THAT CLOSE ENOUGH? OH, YEAH, FOR SURE.
THAT'S WALKABLE AND YOU'VE GOT THE SIDEWALKS THERE.
IF YOU HAD WHEELCHAIR, YOU KNOW, AND YOU NEEDED ADAPTIVE TO COME IN THERE, YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP AND WE WERE PLAYING, WE SAT AROUND THE COURTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND YOU JUST PARKED OVER OR IN THE FRONT.
YOU, CAN YOU STILL PARK? YEAH.
DOWNING STILL OPEN? OK, YEAH, OK.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I MEAN, I DID READ ON THAT QUOTE AS WE LIKE THREE, THERE'S THEY'RE SURFACING THAT PRODUCT THREE TIMES BY READING THIS, SO MAYBE I'LL GET A GOOD THICK.
AND IT DID SAY FILL IN CRACKS, SO THAT OUGHT TO TAKE CARE OF THE CRACKS FOR THE TIME BEING.
I DID NOTICE IT WAS GOING TO BE A CALIFORNIA RED BACKGROUND.
NO, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THERE.
SO YOU MIGHT JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE WHAT THEY PUT ON THERE.
BUT THERE IS GREEN WITH CALIFORNIA RED.
I DID SEE THAT AND I ALSO SAW WHERE DOES PICKLEBALL FREE STRIPING AT NO ADDITIONAL COST, SO IT CAN ACTUALLY BE INCLUDED IN THAT IN THAT PRICE FOR YOU, MR. PELLETIER, AND FOR MS. CHARLENE, WHO LOVES PICKLEBALL FOR WINTER TRUSTEE AND JUST FOR FOR CLARIFICATION, THE NET SIZE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN PICKLEBALL.
HOWEVER, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY NICE.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
I JUST LOVE THAT WE'RE IMPROVING THOSE TENNIS COURTS.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TOWN, DON HOOD AND I PLAYED OK.
IT'S KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO START USING IT AGAIN.
I LEARNED OVER THIS WEEK AN INTERESTING THOUGHT.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE A VALUE REQUIRES MAINTENANCE.
SO WE NEED TO JUST KNOW THAT AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERYTHING OF VALUE REQUIRES MAINTENANCE.
SO I GUESS MY PARTING IDEA WAS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING AS A KID WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO PLAY TENNIS WITH, YOU WERE KIND OF JUST SITTING THERE, I GUESS, SERVING BACK AND FORTH TO YOURSELF.
[INAUDIBLE] COLLEGE AT ONE TIME HAD A BACKBOARD LIKE A WOODEN BACKBOARD ON THE BACKSIDE OF ONE OF THE WHERE YOU COULD SIT THERE AND JUST HIT THE BALL TOO.
I WISH WE WOULD DO SOMETHING IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE EFFORT INTO GETTING THIS THING UP AND RUNNING, I WOULD LIKE US TO MAYBE PUT SOME TYPE OF HARD BACKING ON ONE OF THE SIDES WHERE SOMEBODY WITH THE STRIPE SO THEY CAN PRACTICE THEIR HITTING.
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THOSE COURTS USED TO HAVE THEM A LONG TIME AGO.THEY USED TO HAVE THOSE BACKBOARDS.
THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES HAVE THEM [INAUDIBLE] DOES NOT.
BUT YES, THEY NEED THOSE, BECAUSE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO WITHOUT HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE.
WELL, I DIDN'T PUT A LITTLE CARD.
ALL OF YOU KNOW ME [INAUDIBLE].
WHAT I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU REAL QUICK ON YOUR QUESTION.
YES, ABOUT THE SURFACING UIL WHEN I WAS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I NO LONGER REPRESENT ANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'VE RETIRED.
YES, I HAVE THE SAME THING ABOUT THE SOLAR LIGHTS.
IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT A COMPETITION, IT'S AN ISSUE.
THE SURFACING, ONE OF THE THINGS OF THE SURFACING, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH IS IF THIS AGREEMENT GOES AND IF IT IS RESURFACED, WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE, PART OF THE REASON THOSE COURTS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED TO THE EXTENT THEY'VE BEEN DAMAGED IS SKATEBOARDS HAS BEEN SOFTBALL, MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THINGS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH TENNIS AND THEY JUST GET OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S A SOLID SURFACE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN THEY'RE RESURFACED AND THEY'RE DONE PROPERLY, WE WILL GET SOME LONGEVITY OUT OF AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE IF YOU ACTUALLY TEAR UP THE CONCRETE AND DO THE NEW TENSION THAT YOU KNOW, THE LATEST AND GREATEST IS THE NINETY FIVE THOUSAND, NINETY SIX THOUSAND DEAL.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'LL SUFFICE TILL WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET GCTA ON BOARD TO HELP BE MUCH MORE, NOT GCTA, USTA TO GET THEM.
ONCE WE SHOW THEM WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE AND WE GET THOSE NUMBERS UP AND IT TAKES AN INTEREST FOR THEM THAT THEIR INTEREST PERKS UP GREATLY TO HELP US AND I CAN TELL YOU, AS A PARENT OF A CHILD, THAT HAS BEEN DOING TENNIS AS A COMPETITIVE AND MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW SHE'S AT COLLEGE PLAYING TENNIS.
I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH I SPEND PER TOURNAMENT.
SO WHEN WE WOULD GO ANYWHERE, THE MINIMUM AND WE WERE DOING ONE TO TWO TOURNAMENTS A MONTH WAS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT DOLLARS WAS OUR CHEAPEST TOURNAMENT.
SO THAT'S THE INFLUX I WAS PUTTING INTO WHATEVER COMMUNITY WAS THERE.
SO TO ADD THAT, AND WITH WHAT YOU JUST ASK ABOUT THE BACKBOARD, I WILL TELL YOU AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW THIS, SO I'M PROBABLY IN TROUBLE LATER.
I WILL PLEDGE THAT WE WILL PUT UP PERSONALLY A BACKBOARD, AT LEAST ON ONE COURT, AND I COULD PROBABLY GUARANTEE YOU I GET ENOUGH SPONSORS TO PUT ALMOST ONE ON EVERY COURT.
BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IF THAT TRANSPIRES WITH THE CITY, WE WILL PERSONALLY PUT FUNDS IN TO HELP DO THAT [INAUDIBLE].
AS WELL AS CORPORATE SPONSORS, WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEY CAN GET THEIR NAME ON SOMETHING AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SEE.
BUT WE'RE WILLING, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT IN THAT.
OKAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO KEEP SKATEBOARDERS OUT? WHAT DO OTHER CITIES DO? I CAN'T.
THAT'S A TOUGH, YOU KNOW WHAT I DID FOR A LONG TIME.
I WAS THE CHIEF AT THE SCHOOL.
OK, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT UP AND THEY HAVE TO BE DONE NICELY WITH SIGNAGE.
WE WILL HAVE TO GET PARTICIPATION FROM APD TO HELP IF THEY SEE PEOPLE.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEIR OFFICERS, IF THEY SEE PEOPLE.
BUT WE HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY SAY THIS IS NOT FOR SKATEBOARDS, BICYCLES, CHEERLEADING, SOFTBALL, WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW GET THAT IN THERE AND WHEN IT'S SEEN, WE JUST HAVE TO POLITELY SAY YOU CAN'T BE ON THE COURTS NOW.
NOW A SOLUTION THAT MAY BE CHANGING AN ENTRANCE TO WHERE THE COURTS ARE SET UP NOW AND SHOULD ALL THIS TAKE PLACE, WE CAN EVALUATE THAT AND BY MOVING AN ENTRANCE, IT DEFINITELY COULD BENEFIT US GREATLY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO OUT THERE.
BUT THE BIG THING FOR US AT THE DISTRICT IS SIGNAGE IF WE HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE.
NICELY WORDING IT TO STAY OFF THEM AND THEN WE TRY TO ENFORCE IT, THAT WOULD HELP FROM YOUR BACKGROUND, WOULD CAMERAS PROVIDE ANY DETERRENT? CAMERAS WILL HELP, BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, YES, I WOULD RATHER SPEND THE MONEY ON LIGHTS THAN CAMERAS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH CAMERAS IS ONE IS KIDS LOVE TO LOVE TO THROW THINGS AT THEM.
IF THEY THINK THERE'S A CAMERA WATCHING THEM AND TWO IS, YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WATCHING THEM AND THEN WHAT IS YOUR END RESULT? YOU'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO WANT TO ARREST PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE ON THE COURTS.
YOU KNOW, I WAS PART OF THAT HUGE PROJECT THAT WAS MY TWO MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE CAMERA.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THE VALUE OR THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT, THE ROI VERSUS HAVING LIGHTS, IF YOU TOLD ME YOU'D GET CAMERAS OR LIGHTS, I WANT LIGHTS, BUT YOU KNOW, ON THE COST FACTOR, YOU MIGHT COULD DO SOMETHING CHEAP ENOUGH TO AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING.
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IF THAT HELPS.SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION? DO YOU NEED A MOTION? I THINK.
MEGAN, DID YOU HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT BEFORE WE, ONE MORE THING AND THEN SO ON USTA JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ON THE GRANTS, THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GRANTS LIGHTING, RESURFACING, FENCING.
SO IT'S BROKEN DOWN, SO WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THAT, IT HAS TO BE DONE SEPARATELY.
THANK YOU AND THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION AS WELL IS SPECIFICALLY WHEN I TALKED TO PHIL, HE SPOKE OF PARTNERING FOR RESURFACING AND SOLAR LIGHTS.
SO WE, AS A GROUP, HAD DISCUSSED PURSUING SOME GRANTS TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE AS WELL.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO WORD THIS MOTION TO REVISIT ON THE LIGHTING? ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT WE WANT IT TO BE USED.
SO, I THINK WE HAVE A REAL GOOD VIBE HERE, I'VE BEEN WANTING TENNIS COURTS FOREVER THAT WERE ABLE TO BE USED AND TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
SO IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS FUNDING WITH ALSO CONSIDERATION TO LOOKING AT A CHANGE FROM SOLAR LIGHTS TO EITHER LED OR JUST TRADITIONAL LIGHTING AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS.
I WILL GO OUT WITH THIS TO SAY UP TO $30000.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. ROGERS, SECOND BY MAYOR, PRO TEM, WRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? [INAUDIBLE] NO.
DO YOU THINK THE SCHOOL WOULD BE RECEPTIVE IF WE DO SPEND MORE MONEY TO STILL PARTICIPATE 50 PERCENT? I DO THINK THEY WILL.
I THINK MAYBE WHAT WAS ATTRACTIVE ABOUT SOLAR LIGHTING IS THE LACK OF A UTILITY BILL.
SO MAYBE I MEAN LED WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION AND--DO THEY PAY THE UTILITY BILL? THEY WOULD, THAT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.
OK? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT; I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER.
OK HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE: AYE.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO SCROLL BACK UP TO MY AGENDA, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
[7. Discussion on Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funds for the Community Resiliency Program and Angleton’s application.]
DISCUSSION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS CDBG-CV FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY PROGRAM AND ANGLETON'S APPLICATION.SO CITY STAFF IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, TOO, THAT WE MAY POTENTIALLY PURSUE FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THEY HAVE AROUND $38 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO FUND FOR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
THESE FUNDS ARE TARGETED FOR PROJECTS SERVING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREAS, AS WELL AS AT OUR AREAS LIKE ANGLETON TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AND TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THE FUNDS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES TO HELP AUGMENT THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO BE MORE RESILIENT IN PREPARING FOR AND RESPONDING TO FUTURE PANDEMICS AND THE CURRENT PANDEMIC.
ONE OF THOSE USES IS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WHILE THE CITY STAFF HAS TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL USES, ONE IS FOR A PUBLIC FACILITY TO PREVENT, RESPOND TO THE SPREAD OF COVID AND OR PREPARE FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SENIOR CENTER TO IMPROVE THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDING IMPROVING VENTILATION, SANITATION, SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THINGS LIKE THAT IS SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LISTED IN YOUR PACKET AS AN ATTACHMENT AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE FELT THAT WE JUST HAD TO PURSUE AND GET IN FRONT OF ABLC.
I'M SURE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
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SO WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT MAY WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION, I HAD SOME PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS WITH CHRIS PELTIER THROUGH EMAIL THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL WALL AND OUR AGENDA SUMMER.
WE MENTIONED PURSUING THE APPLICATION FOR A FACILITY ADJACENT TO THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADJACENT TO THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
IT COULD BE AT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITE.
IT COULD BE WITHIN THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO USE FUNDS FOR RENOVATING THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL AMENITIES, LIKE A SENIOR FACILITY, SO IT JUST GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO IMPROVE OUR EXISTING AMENITIES AND TO ALSO ADD TO CITY FACILITIES.
SO AT THIS TIME--OH, OTHER THINGS TO NOTE IS THAT IT'S A NON MATCHING GRANT AND WE CAN REQUEST UP TO $5 MILLION.
PATTI SCHWARTZ IS HERE AND, CHRIS, AS WELL, IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
GO AHEAD, CHRIS AND I DO HAVE ONE PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
I THINK SHE'S GOING TO REPRESENT THE GROUP.
SO IN THE GRANT, THERE'S MANY CATEGORIES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TALKS ABOUT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND SO IN DISCUSSION WITH THE BROAD STAFF, SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ARE WE'D LOVE TO SUPPORT THIS, WHATEVER THIS TURNS OUT TO BE SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REC CENTER OR WHATEVER, BUT IT DOES PAY FOR THINGS LIKE FIRE TRUCKS, THE EMS SERVICE HAS BUT EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT, THE COMPRESSION [INAUDIBLE] COMPRESSION MACHINES.
SO, I GUESS I'LL SAY STAFF'S OPINION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THREE MILLION DOLLARS IF THAT WORKS FOR SOMETHING TO ASSIST THE REC CENTER, SENIOR PROGRAMING AND THEN SORT OF TRY TO GO RESERVE ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR OTHER STUFF ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE COULD SPEND THAT MONEY ON.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL LET MS. KNAPE, PLEASE COME ON UP, PODIUM IS YOURS.
HEY, WE STUCK IN THERE ALL NIGHT.
AS MEGAN SAID, MY NAME IS BREAH KNAPE, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ACTIONS INC.
WE PROVIDE MEALS ON WHEELS AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO ANGLETON RESIDENTS 16 OR OLDER, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE SERVED THE ANGLETON RESIDENTS IN A CONGREGATE SETTING SINCE 1978.
WE'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON, AND IN 2019, WE TOOK THAT A LITTLE FARTHER.
WE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP TO BETTER SERVE THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN ANGLETON.
WE MOVED OUR CONGREGATE CENTER TO THE ANGLETON REC CENTER AND EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR PARTICIPATION BY MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PERCENT, WHICH WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH A VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT'S RATHER ISOLATED, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER.
THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER BETTER AND MORE FREQUENT PROGRAMING AND ACTIVITIES.
ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THE SENIORS REALLY ENJOY HAVING A DESIGNATED AREA TO GATHER WITH THEIR PEERS AND SOCIALIZE KIND OF IN THEIR OWN LITTLE BUBBLE.
AS THE ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO GROW, THE SENIOR ROOM WILL REACH CAPACITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER SEVERAL ACTIVITIES IN ONE ROOM, AND SOME DAYS THE ROOM IS LOUD AND CROWDED, AND IT'S OVERWHELMING FOR ME.
FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY ALREADY HAVE TROUBLE HEARING OR OVERWHELMED BY ORGANIZED CHAOS, THIS COULD POTENTIALLY DETER THEM FROM SHOWING UP OR PARTICIPATING.
OUR MISSION IS TO ENRICH SENIORS LIVES.
SENIOR ISOLATION IS PROVEN TO BE AS DETRIMENTAL TO A PERSON'S HEALTH AS DIABETES OR HEART DISEASE.
WE'RE FIGHTING THIS BATTLE DAILY IN THE CONGREGATE CENTER THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
THE CREATION OF AN ANGLETON SENIOR CENTER WOULD ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER SEVERAL PROGRAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IT WOULD OFFER A MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR SENIORS IN ALL STAGES.
SENIORS WHO ARE IN THEIR EARLY SIXTIES AND SENIORS WHO ARE IN THEIR MID 90S HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NEEDS, AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO MEET ALL OF THOSE NEEDS WHEREVER THE SENIORS ARE IN THAT PART OF THEIR LIFE.
WE PARTNER WITH TWO MUNICIPALITIES WHO CURRENTLY HAVE A BUILDING DEDICATED TO SENIOR PROGRAMING, THESE SENIORS HAVE SEVERAL ROOMS AND SPACES WHERE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SUCH AS PAINTING, QUILTING CARD GAMES, COMPUTER LABS, FITNESS CENTERS AND MORE.
THE SPACES ARE RENTED OUT IN THE EVENINGS TO INCUR SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
SO IF THE SENIORS AREN'T UTILIZING THE FACILITY FOR THEIR PROGRAMS, IT'S ANOTHER REVENUE, A REVENUE STREAM FOR YOU.
I RECENTLY WROTE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND WE WERE AWARDED FUNDING TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES GEARED DIRECTLY TOWARD SENIOR
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CITIZENS.OUR FOCUS IS ON RURAL AREAS AND COMMUNITIES LACKING TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY.
ANGLETON SENIOR CITIZENS WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE FORCED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY BASED ON ACCESSIBILITY TO SPACE THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE A COMPUTER LAB STYLE SET UP.
THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE USING REQUIRES US TO HAVE THE COMPUTER SPACE A CERTAIN WAY AND THERE JUST REALLY ISN'T A FACILITY IN THIS AREA THAT'S ADA COMPLIANT, WHERE SENIORS WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES COULD, WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO AND STILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CURRICULUM.
ACTIONS INCORPORATED OF BRAZORIA COUNTY TAKES PRIDE IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M JOINED HERE TONIGHT WITH BY SEVERAL EMPLOYEES, SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE EVEN HAVE TWO FAMILY CLIENT FAMILIES WHO ARE REPRESENTED HERE WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO A BETTER LIFE FOR THE SENIORS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE TOO.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY OF ANGLETON, BUT FOR EACH AND EVERY SENIOR CITIZEN WHO RESIDES HERE.
LORD WILLING, WILL ALL BE SENIOR CITIZENS SOMEDAY.
I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THOSE COMING BEHIND ME WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SHOULD EXHAUST EVERY EFFORT TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE CREATION OF A SENIOR CENTER HERE IN ANGLETON, AND WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO HELP YOU SEE THIS DREAM BECOME A REALITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YES, I DO SUPPORT THE SENIOR GROUP.
I'M JUST A HANDFUL OF NUMBERS AWAY FROM BECOMING THAT IN THAT 60 PRICE RANGE, SO I'M GETTING CLOSE AND I DO LIKE TO ALWAYS JUST TALLY AT LEAST ONE TIME.
THE SENIOR COMMISSION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED HERE IN OUR CITY WAS THROUGH MY EFFORTS IN MY FIRST TERM ON MAYOR TO GET THAT COMMISSION STARTED.
SO THE SENIORS ARE PART OF ME AND I DO TRY TO SUPPORT EVERYWHERE I CAN AND WHEN THIS POPPED UP ON THE AGENDA, I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF AND YOU SAID IT, I'VE BEEN TO TWO OF OUR LOCAL CITIES, NORTH AND SOUTH.
THEY HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER IN BOTH OF THOSE, AND I KEPT THINKING TO MYSELF, WHY DIDN'T WE NOT HAVE ONE AS BIG AS WE ARE AND WHO I HEAR YOU GUYS SAY, COME TO OUR SENIORS GROUP, WE SHOULD HAVE ONE, AND I'M GLAD MAYBE WE'RE TAKING THE FIRST STEP IN GETTING THERE TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THOSE SENIORS AND THEN THIS WHOLE THING THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT UP WITH PANDEMIC EOC EMERGENCY SERVICES, MY PASSION, YOU ALL KNOW MY BACKGROUND, SO I HOPE WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK.
I'LL BE TOTALLY COMMITTED AND SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IF WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.
I RECOGNIZE THE FACES IN THE ROOM.
IT SHOWS TO US, YOU ALL, THIS IS PASSIONATE FOR YOU GUYS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THIS DECISION MUCH MORE EASIER AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO WE'RE COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO SITTING AT THE TABLE AND HELPING DRAW UP WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? IF WE NEED TO HELP STAFF THIS FACILITY, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR ANGLETON, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND THERE'S A BROAD SPECTRUM FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY WHAT THEIR SENIOR CENTER LOOKS LIKE TO THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY AND WHAT THEIRS LOOKS LIKE.
THERE'S NOTHING SAYING YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIATURE SENIOR CITIZEN VILLAGE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF IN BETWEEN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT THAT STAGE IN THEIR LIFE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE HERE.
WE HAVE, OF COURSE, OUR GRANT WRITER WHO WILL HELP US MASSAGE THAT TO MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY ON PAPER.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US, MS. MEGAN? CASUAL CONVERSATION.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY NEED TO BE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A VOTE AT SOME POINT.
CHRIS? THIS IS REALLY NOT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
I MEAN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR A GRANT TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE QUALIFY AND HOW WE MAKE IT WORK AND SO REALLY, WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WE CAN SUBMIT.
BUT SOME OF THE CONCEPTS, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE LIKE, WELL, IF YOU BUILD A BUILDING ONTO THE REC CENTER, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN IT? WHO OCCUPIES IT? THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY WE OPERATE THE EOC OUT OF THE SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM, OR SOMETIMES WE DO HERE AND SOMETIMES WE DO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A DEDICATED EOC OR PLACE THAT WE COULD CONVERT TO AN EOC FOR THAT ONE PERCENT OF THE TIME.
THAT'D BE HELPFUL AND WE COULD PUT, YOU KNOW, GUYS LIKE GLEN LAMONT AND HIS POSITION OVER IN THAT BUILDING.
SO HE'S OVER THERE FULL TIME HELPING OVERSEE THE MAINTENANCE AND
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OPERATION OF THAT BUILDING, JUST LIKE BREAH SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PUT A DEDICATED ACTIONS, YOU KNOW, ROOM OVER THERE FREEING UP, AND THE REASON WHY I THOUGHT OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING THE REC CENTER, HOW IT'S CROWDED, GETTING MORE USE OUT OF IT.IF WE TAKE SOME OF THESE FUNCTIONS AND PUT THEM IN AGAIN, LIKE BREAH SAID INTO A DEDICATED SPACE, THEN WE'RE FREEING UP THE ABILITY TO DO THIS AND SO I I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN ENGINEER INTO THIS.
YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TIME AND WE APOLOGIZE THAT WE'RE KIND OF PROVIDING, I'LL CALL IT A HALF BAKED IDEA, BUT WE'RE KIND OF UNDER A TIMELINE TO EXECUTE AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDING AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ACROSS THE STAFF REAL QUICKLY.
AGAIN, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THERE'S WE'RE COMING UP ON A NEW FIRE TRUCK HERE IN PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF AND SO DO WE FUND IT OUT OF THIS GRANT AND CREATE, YOU KNOW, ENABLE SOME STUFF OVER THERE? SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
SO WE'RE NOT VERY DEEP ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, WHATEVER.
WE JUST KIND OF ATTACHED THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS AS A, YOU KNOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS.
WHETHER IT'S ATTACHED, DETACHED, EXPANDED, WHATEVER THOSE ARE, ALL OPTIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH.
WELL, YOU YOU'VE ALREADY DURING A FREEZE AND DURING A POWER OUTAGE AND DURING HURRICANE, THE REC CENTER GETS USED FOR DISTRIBUTING FOOD, WATER OR WARMING PLACE, IT SEEMS. AND I THINK YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON A GENERATOR CONNECTION TO THE REC CENTER.
I MEAN, IT DOES MAKE SENSE THERE TO HAVE THAT FACILITY GET USED FOR OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
ONE QUESTION I HAVE, HOW IS IT WEIGHTED, THE GRANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO A TPW GRANT, WE GET WEIGHTED FOR LIKE IF IT'S FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THIS CASE, DOES THAT BENEFIT IT WHEN THEY VIEW IT? DO THEY LOOK AT THAT IF IT HAS MULTI-PURPOSE OR IS IT JUST BASED ON SOMETHING ELSE? I'M SHORTER THAN CHRIS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SECTIONS TO THIS GRANT, AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MEGAN SAID IT'S NO MATCH REQUIRED.
THOSE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE WORDS.
SO THERE'S TWO BASIC CATEGORIES.
ONE IS PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE SECOND IS PUBLIC SERVICE AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DECIDE TO USE A PORTION FOR EMS, A RESCUE TRUCK, WHATEVER THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICES PHASE OF THIS GRANT, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CATEGORY WOULD OF COURSE, BE THE REC CENTER CHANGES.
SO THE WAY IT BALANCES OUT, AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
A VERY ASTUTE QUESTION IS IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES PORTION OF THE GRANT, THE MINIMUM ASK IS FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THAT'S EASY, AND THEN THE PUBLIC SERVICE PORTION OF THE GRANT, THE MINIMUM REQUEST IS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
BUT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO IN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES CANNOT EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND.
THEY CAN'T EXCEED WHAT? YEAH, FIVE MILLION.
BOY, YOU ALL ARE REALLY AWAKE.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTORS AND CHRIS AND OTHERS, WE HAVE MEETINGS LINED UP THIS WEEK.
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS JANUARY 19TH.
SO WE COULDN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
RIGHT? IF YOU CAN POINT TO SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE GRANT, SCORE IS A LOT HIGHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT THAT JUSTIFIES.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU.
A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT TYPICALLY DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, SENIORS ARE HOME BREAH, AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT THERE.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S EASY FOR THAT TO CONVERT TO AN EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, IF YOU WILL AND DURING THOSE TIMES, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN BECAUSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, OUR SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION BASICALLY ESTABLISHES A STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED A SURVEY FOR THE STRATEGIC ITEMS, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONALLY TACKED ON ESSENTIALLY A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO THAT SO THAT WE CAN, IN A TIMELY MANNER, GET SOME SUPPORTING DATA FOR THE GRANT AS WELL AS HELP US IF WE ARE AWARDED UNDERSTAND.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FACILITY FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT? ADDITIONALLY, THE AS YOU GUYS KNOW THROUGH THE EMAIL THAT I SENT YOU AS AN UPDATE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF ARE GOING THROUGH BASICALLY A MARKET ANALYSIS FOR THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER TO UNDERSTAND OUR MARKET POSITION, OUR DEFICIENCIES WHERE WE EXCEL.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WELL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COMMUNITY, WHAT TYPES OF AMENITIES THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR IN THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, WHICH ONES THEY MOST OFTEN USE, WILL BE LAUNCHING AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY, WHICH WOULD HELP IF WE DECIDE TO DO THESE IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME FACILITY.
IT STILL BE USEFUL INFORMATION WHEN WE DO GO TO EXPAND THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, EVEN IF IT IS A SEPARATE FACILITY.
SO, I'M NOT CLEAR ON HOW FROM THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN, YOU JUST DID, HOW YOU FIT THAT ON THAT SITE.
I GET THE POINT OF WHY IT SHOULD BE THERE, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GENERATOR AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, POINT OF COOLING STATION, A WARMING STATION, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IT FOR, WHY IT SHOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
BUT THEN WHAT DO WE LOSE ON THAT LOCATION FROM EXPANSION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH EITHER RACQUETBALL AND OUTDOOR POOL SKATE PARK? JUST SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT IN THE BACK BEHIND THERE.
SURE AND I THINK A SHORT ANSWER IS THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE WITHOUT ALLUDING TOO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WE HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THOSE AMENITIES FOR US, FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO INTERESTED IN COMING TO ANGLETON.
SO I WILL JUST SAY, IN SHORT, WE HAVE OPTIONS IF IT MAY NOT BE THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER SITE.
I DO FEEL THAT, FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS BRAINSTORMING WHEN THINKING, COULD THIS COULD WE DEVELOP ON THIS SITE IS IF YOU ALLEVIATE PRESSURE ON THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS CURRENTLY, EVEN THE OFFICE SPACE, WE MAY FIND OUT OF THIS MARKET ANALYSIS.
WE NEED TO DO SOME MAJOR OVERHAUL ON HOW WE EVEN OPERATE, PERIOD.
SO INSIDE THE FACILITY, THAT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE MAY LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THOSE INTERNAL FACILITIES MAY BECOME A RACQUETBALL COURT, AND THE MULTIPURPOSE USE AREAS COULD BE IN THIS NEW SENIOR CENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GROUP EXERCISE SPACE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADDITIONAL OFFICES, WHICH WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS CENTER THAT MEETS THE NEEDS ALLOWS US TO EXPAND STILL GROW ON THE EXISTING LOT.
I DO, LOOKING AT THE I MEAN, I MEASURED IT OUT ON GOOGLE EARTH, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SUPER ACCURATE.
BUT EVEN IF YOU DID JUST A FIVE SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, IT'S A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ADDITIONAL DETENTION WE MAY HAVE TO ALLOW FOR, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING A TRAIL.
WE COULD STILL DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE COULD HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE BACK.
A SKATE PARK MAY NOT BE THE BEST USE THERE.
IT MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE CITY.
WE COULD ALSO, WE HAVE REAL ESTATE THAT GOES OUT TO VALADARES.
CHRIS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHEN, IF, WHEN, WHEN WE CONSIDER ADDING ON TO THE AUDITORIUM, WHY NOT MAKE IT VISIBLE? DON'T HIDE IT BEHIND THE FACILITY.
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THESE OUTDOOR POOL AMENITIES.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT THEM.
YOU NEED IT TO BE VISIBLE SO IT COULD BE IN THE FRONT LOT OF THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND NOT THE BACK.
SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES I WOULD HATE FOR US TO GET BOGGED DOWN PURSUING THIS.
YEAH, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT LIMITING THE EXPANSION IN THE.
BUT THEY'RE UNDER A VERY DIFFICULT TIMELINE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND.
BUT THIS MAY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WITHOUT A SITE PLAN.
I'M CONFUSED AS TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED FROM US IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, DIALOG.
DO YOU JUST NEED OUR SIGN OFF? YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
WE'RE ON BOARD; THANKS FOR INTRODUCING US TO IT AND YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO HEARING THAT AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, APPLIED FOR A GRANT OR TWO.
I KNOW THAT THEY NEED VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS HELD TO THOSE SPECIFIC DETAILS ONCE YOU SECURE THE FUNDING.
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SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS TWOFOLD WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US IN TERMS OF DO YOU NEED ANY DIRECTION OR GUIDANCE OR JUST A THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT'S WHERE WE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND GOOD LUCK MEETING THAT TIMELINE AND THEN AS FAR AS I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS YOU STARTED THIS OUT SAYING, JUST BECAUSE WE SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE EXPANSION OF THE REC CENTER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.BUT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU'RE WRITING SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO WRITE IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY IF THE WANT FIRST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO PRESENT IT TO ABLC TO GAUGE THE TEMPERATURE AND APPETITE FOR EXPANSION AND UTILIZING THIS FUND TO DO THAT.
SECONDLY, I APOLOGIZE FOR CONFUSING WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
SO, IF YOU ARE NOT OPEN TO CONNECTING IT TO THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, THESE FUNDS, WE DON'T HAVE TO DESIGNATE IT AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER SITE.
IT COULD BE AT THE MUNICIPAL POOL SITE.
IT COULD BE AT A DIFFERENT CITY PROPERTY COMPLETELY.
THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WE WERE MENTIONING.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY SPECIFY WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE IN THE GRANT AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND ABLC'S POSITION ON.
SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE EXPANSION AND THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND.
THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S WHERE MANY OF THE SENIORS ARE USED TO GOING.
IF THAT'S WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THERE'S ALSO A COMFORT IN THAT SPACE.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, SO JUST I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT JUST FOR MYSELF.
SO, TO YOU ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU ALL AS AN ORGANIZATION SAID, HEY, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PUTTING ANYTHING AT THE REC CENTER LOCATION RIGHT NOW, THEN WE WOULD SHIFT AND WE WOULD SAY, WHAT ABOUT EXPANDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT A SENIOR CENTER, BUT IT WOULD BE THE EOC/NOW THE NEW TRAINING ROOM/OTHER CITY FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
I JUST THINK THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE BASED ON PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT EXPANSION THAT YOU'RE GIVING YOURSELF X THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLACE.
IS IT ATTACHED, DETACHED? YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE DETAILS TO BE SORTED OUT IF WE GOT A GRANT AND SO IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION AND WE'LL TAKE THIS TO COUNCIL, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL, THEN THAT'S THE WAY WE'LL APPLY.
BUT IF YOU ALL SAY WE'RE NOT INTERESTED, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GATHER AS A STAFF AND SAY, OK, OUR FEEDBACK WAS X AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND IT WON'T BE A SENIOR CENTER.
IT'LL BE SOMETHING ELSE THE CITY NEEDS.
RIGHT, THANK YOU, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE MEGAN WAS SAYING, WE CAN MAKE THE SPACE CONVERTIBLE.
IT'S NOT A SINGLE USE FACILITY.
IT COULD BE RENTED OUT FOR SOMETHING TO BRING REVENUE.
IT COULD BE USED FOR CLASSES BE USED FOR SENIORS.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE USE, AT LEAST PART OF IT.
I KNOW THE EOC WOULD BE, BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, WE COULD GET MORE FOR THE MONEY.
YOU ALREADY HAVE PARKING, YOU HAVE UTILITY CONNECTIONS, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THERE.
WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT MAYBE OFFSITE DETENTION IF WE NEED MORE DETENTION, BUT IT WOULD, OUR MONEY WOULD GO FURTHER TOWARD THE BUILDING ON THAT SITE TO ME THAN STARTING FROM SCRATCH SOMEWHERE ELSE.
CHARLYN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? ACTUALLY KIND OF ALREADY SAID IT.
THERE'S A COMFORT LEVEL IN KNOWING WHERE YOU COME.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THAT WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE THE FOOTPRINT IS OF THE PROPERTY WE OWN AROUND THERE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO ADD A WALKING TRAIL.
SO IF THERE'S ROOM AROUND THERE, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT THERE BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE IT ALL COMES TO ONE PLACE AS OPPOSED TO, OH, THAT'S NOT THERE, IT'S OVER THERE AND I WISH YOU ALL LUCK BECAUSE YOU ALL GOT A REALLY SHORT TIME FRAME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE REC CENTER.
THE SAFETY OF HAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THERE FOR THE SENIORS IS A SAFETY MEASURE.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE AND IT ACTUALLY WOULD HELP US FROM A PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT AS WELL.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PROGRAM FOR YOUR SENIORS, YOU HAVE IT RIGHT THERE, SO YOU'VE GOT THEM
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SO THEY CAN GO RIGHT INTO THE FACILITY.I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LOGICAL TO GO THERE.
I WOULD SAY ATTACHED IS WHETHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU'RE MAKING THIS, THE EOC GIVES YOU MORE OPTIONS TO POOL FROM BOTH SIDES.
SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION OR IS THIS JUST A CONSENSUS? I THINK THE WAY THE AGENDA ITEM READ WAS JUST A CONSENSUS JUST FOR DISCUSSION AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS' SUPPORT ON ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND STAFF, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BIG HILL TO CLIMB WITH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET IT IN.
BUT JUST AS I WAS SITTING THINKING, WHEN YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND SERVICES FOR SENIORS IS PARAMOUNT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GROWING AS A COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT DYING OFF AS YOUNG AS WE USED TO, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT SPACE EVENTUALLY AND IF WE CAN TIE IT IN AND I LOVE THE IDEA WITH THE EOC BEING OVER THERE BECAUSE JOHN AND YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LOT OF THESE DISASTERS, WHERE DO WE ALWAYS END UP? WE END UP AT THE REC CENTER.
WE ALWAYS END UP LEAVING THE EOC HERE TO OVERSEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE BECAUSE IT BECOMES A POD.
IT'S A DISTRIBUTION CENTER, IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE AND SO IT ONLY MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ATTACH MAYBE TWO STORY EOC ON THE TOP SENIOR, YOU KNOW, SENIOR EXPANSION ON THE BOTTOM WOULD BE NICE AND THAT DOES TO ME, WEIGH HEAVILY IS OUR EMERGENCIES, WHICH WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR AND THEN OUR AGING SENIOR POPULATION.
WE NEED TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE GUYS BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING; WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE'RE GROWING, WHETHER IT'S POPULATION OR JUST IN AGE AND THIS IS A GREAT START TO EXPANDING THE REC CENTER FROM WHAT WE'VE TOSSED AROUND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, EXPANSION OF THE REC CENTER AND IF WE CAN GET IT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S DIME, IT'S ABOUT TIME.
OK, SO I THINK YOU GOT YOUR MARCHING ORDERS.
IN THE BACK AND YOU ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY.
[CHUCKLING] MAYOR, I HAVE TO STEP AWAY FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
I'LL BE BACK IF OK, THANK YOU, JOHN.
IT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE '21-22 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET
[4. Discussion and possible action on the 2021-2022 fiscal year budget for ABLC and the Recreation Division.]
FOR ABLC AND THE RECREATION DIVISION AND I'M GOING TO SHOW MY AGE, GUYS.IT'S REALLY BEEN LIKE ALMOST TWO HOURS; I NEED TO GO TO THE LITTLE BOYS ROOM REAL QUICK.
[LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO GO THERE REAL QUICK.
OK, SO IF WE WANT TO TAKE LIKE A TWO MINUTE HIATUS BECAUSE IF I LEAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM BECAUSE JOHN JUST STEPPED OUT.
SO LET ME JUST GO AND I'LL ASK, IS THERE A WAY TO TURN THE ATTACHMENT SO THAT YOU'VE GOT THEM GOING THIS WAY? I WAS WONDERING THAT, TOO.
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS 2.0; IT'S ALL YOURS.
EVERYBODY READY? WELL, I MEAN, I WAS GOING TO START OUT BY SAYING THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BACK.
I BELIEVE THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS A REQUEST TO BRING IT BACK FOR MORE DISCUSSION.
I KNOW ORIGINALLY THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION IN JUNE AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM IN AUGUST WHEN WE ATTENDED TO DISCUSS IT IN DETAIL.
THE BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, SO IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR CHANGES, I WOULD SAY WE CAN GO AND DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS NOW.
IF IT'S A MINOR THING, I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT TILL, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTH AMENDMENTS AND WE CAN JUST AMEND THEN OR WE CAN WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR REVENUE.
THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE BUDGET ON PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE COULD I KNOW MEGAN DOESN'T WANT TO WAIT TOO LONG BEFORE SHE PURSUES A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS.
BUT THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IF THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT THE REVENUE, IF THE REVENUE DOESN'T COME IN AS AS WE PROJECTED IT IN THE BUDGET, THAT WE COULD POSTPONE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS UNTIL WE SEE THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY AND WITH THAT, I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
OK, SO THIS APPROVED ONE ENDED UP HAVING A 14 PERCENT INCREASE IN SALES TAX OVER THIS CURRENT YEAR.
SO HOW DID WE GET TO THAT NUMBER? WELL, THE PLAN WAS 12 PERCENT AND THE 12 PERCENT IS BASED ON THE LAW CHANGE AND INFLATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLATION THAT'S OCCURRING THAT'S IN THE SEVEN PERCENT RANGE AND THEN THE LAW CHANGE IS THE UNKNOWN WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO.
WE FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG NUMBER BECAUSE NOW ANY TIME YOU MAKE A PURCHASE ON AN APP OR ON THE INTERNET AND THERE'S NOT A SALESPERSON INVOLVED, IT'S GOING TO GO TO DESTINATION POINT.
AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY LARGE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES LIKE AMAZON OR WALMART, [INAUDIBLE] WHERE WE'RE SHIPPING, THAT SHOULD BRING MORE REVENUE HERE AND THAT'S
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WHERE THE OTHER FIVE PERCENT IS.SO WE ORIGINALLY PREDICTED 12, BUT IT IS PROBABLY 14 NOW BECAUSE THE NUMBERS CAME IN SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN WE HAD PROJECTED.
SO, BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER WAS 18 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST QUARTER OF 2021, IT WAS 13 PERCENT.
WHAT WAS JOE SAYING ABOUT OCTOBER? MY NOTES THAT IT WAS DOWN.
WHAT JOE SAID WAS THE MOST RECENT MONTH IS SEVEN PERCENT.
YEAH, BUT IF YOU EVEN INCLUDE THAT MONTH IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS WITH THAT, THE LAST THREE MONTHS, IT'S STILL 12 PERCENT.
THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER LAST YEAR, THE LAST ACTUAL QUARTER, INCLUDING THAT SEVEN PERCENT MONTH, WHICH IS THE MOST RECENT MONTH, AND THE LAST TWO MONTHS BEFORE THAT, IT'S 12 PERCENT IN TOTAL.
OK, I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK FOR LAST YEAR, THE INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS SIX PERCENT, SO WALK ME THROUGH, HOW IS IT REALLY 12? OK, THE SIX PERCENT IS FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR LAST YEAR, ENDING IN SEPTEMBER.
OK, AND THEN IF YOU LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR IT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER, OK, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE MONTHS, IT WAS NINE POINT EIGHTY SIX PERCENT, TEN POINT THREE, FOUR AND 18 PERCENT IF YOU TOTAL THOSE ALL UP AND THEN COMBINE THEM FOR THE QUARTER.
IT'S A 13 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
BUT THEN IF YOU SAY, OK, WE'RE ROLLING THE QUARTER NOW, WE GOT IT WAS ONLY SEVEN PERCENT THIS MOST RECENT MONTH AND THE LAST TWO MONTHS IN THAT LAST THREE MONTHS IS 12 PERCENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT; WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION BECAUSE THE LAW IS THIS CHANGED, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE HOLIDAY MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE BIGGER BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET SALES WHEN YOU GET TO CHRISTMAS.
SO, THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WILL TELL A LOT.
OK, OUR APPROACH IS--WE BUDGETED THE SAME PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT IT TO BE.
IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS THAN THAT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST OUR PLANS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET THERE, BUT THAT'S THE BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET IS JUST A PLAN AND THAT'S WHY WE USED THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO ADJUST THE PLAN WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, AT SIX MONTHS, USUALLY.
OK, IT WAS UP A BIT SINCE SINCE WHAT YOU HAD PRESENTED IN JUNE.
OK, SO SO THAT'S THE LAST TIME I HAD A CHANCE TO ASK.
AND HAVING NOT HEARD I'M RIGHT, I ALWAYS UNDERESTIMATE REVENUES, OVERESTIMATE EXPENSES SO THAT USUALLY YOU DON'T GET THEM BOTH WRONG.
I BELIEVE WE'VE ALL SORT OF EXPRESSED THAT AT THE MOMENT, NOBODY WANTS TO FUND THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN.
SO CAN WE TAKE THAT OUT? WE'VE HAD SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE, WHICH PART OF THAT WAS FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE FREEDOM MASTER PLAN, BUT WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED THAT WE'RE NOT GAME FOR DOING THAT THIS YEAR AND LET ME BACK UP AND SAY THE OTHER REASON I'M DOING THIS IS THIS IS WE START WITH A FUND BALANCE OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH.
THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE PAYING ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR [INAUDIBLE].
WE'RE PAYING AN ADDITIONAL FIFTY THOUSAND FOR THE ADA AND RIGHT HERE ONLINE, RIGHT UNDER THE SALES TAX PROJECTION, IS FOR MAKING THIS BUDGET WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH WILL LEAVE US ONLY ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR TO START.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO HAVE X REVENUES, BUT THEN WE'RE SPENDING EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND FOR THE REC CENTER.
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE FOR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THEN WHAT IS IT, FIVE SIXTY FIVE THEN FOR DEBT SERVICE, WHICH BASICALLY USES ALMOST ALL OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M WANTING TO TAKE IT OUT.
THE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM FUND BALANCE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT FREEDOM PARK FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THERE'S EXACTLY FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE FOR THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I RECALL.
BUT THOSE ARE DIRECTLY RELATED.
SO IF WE TAKE OUT THE FREEDOM PARK FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND, THEN THERE WOULDN'T NEED TO BE A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER.
WELL, THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER, TOO, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T GET OUR FUND BALANCE DOWN TO SO LOW.
SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE.
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CHARLYN ROGERS WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THAT MAKES OUR FUND BALANCE BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.RIGHT, AND SINCE WE HAVEN'T PROCEEDED ON THAT PROJECT YET, THEN WE JUST WOULDN'T PROCEED ON THAT PROJECT AND THEN WE WOULDN'T NEED TO TRANSFER THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER IT AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, WE JUST TAKE IT OUT.
WELL, JOE MORRELL KIND OF ALLUDED TO THE FACT WE REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, LIKE AT SIX POINT SIX MILLION FREEDOM PARK, [INAUDIBLE] ACT LIKE WE NEED A PAUSE ON NEW BONDS FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD COME BACK INTO PLAY.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN WE CAN DO IT.
BUT THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH.
WELL, IT JUST IT MAKES IT MORE COMFORTABLE, MAKES IT MORE AVAILABLE WHEN WE'VE GOT SOMETHING LIKE THE ADA PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
WOULD WE ALL RATHER--IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND HERE WE CAN DO IT AND SINCE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THE ABLC THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROCEED WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, PARTLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE SOUTH SIDE, THEN I WOULD LIKE I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE NOT SPENDING EVERYTHING WE MAKE.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY APPROACH WITH THINGS.
UH, SO, ,BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT, THE BUT THE FUND ALSO WHAT IS PROJECTED IS THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRING EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE REC CENTER.
NOW WE'RE PAYING MORE TO THE REC CENTER TO BALANCE IT AND SO.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE, OR THAT'S WHAT I'M FLOATING HERE AS A ONE, I'D AMEND IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
YEAH, WE CAN PUT A HOLD ON THAT FUND BALANCE TRANSFER AND HOLD ON THE PROJECT THAT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND WON'T BE SPENT AND THEN AND THEN WHEN WE BRING UP OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN MARCH, WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MAJOR ITEMS WE CAN TALK ABOUT--REAL QUICK, CAN WE, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON HOLD.
BUT WHAT IF I'M JUST THINKING, WHAT IF THE NUMBERS TRULY START TO MATERIALIZE AND MID-YEAR, WE CAN REEVALUATE AND SEE, IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO [INAUDIBLE]? I DON'T KNOW WHAT ABL PARKS BOARD'S TIMELINE IS DEPENDING ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IS THIS GOING TO PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO TWO YEARS BEHIND NOW OR THREE YEARS BASED ON THIS? SO A HOLD IT SOUNDS GOOD.
NOT COMPLETELY TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE AND LOOK AT IT IN THE MID-YEAR, BECAUSE WHAT IF THE NUMBERS TRULY COME IN ALL THIS HOUSING? IT'S NOW POINT OF SALE, POINT OF DELIVERY.
I MEAN, JUST RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ALMOST 50 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN ANGLETON CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH SALES TAX THAT IS.
JUST GUESSING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
LIKE JOE SAID, YOU ALREADY HAVE SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GREATER THAN IT'S BEEN IN NOW IT'S 40 YEARS INSTEAD OF 30 YEARS.
YOU HAVE THAT LAW CHANGE, THEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE CONTRACTORS MAKING LARGE PURCHASES OF APPLIANCES AND THINGS, AND THAT'S GOING TO GET DELIVERED TO POINT OF SALE HERE.
I'LL BE SHOCKED IF WE DON'T SEE SOME BIG NUMBERS SOON.
I HOPE PEOPLE SHOP HERE LOCALLY.
THE REASON I AM SAYING LET'S TAKE THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN IS, IS THAT WE ACTED THE BOARD AND SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, LET'S MAKE THE BUDGET THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE SAY IN REFLECT WHAT OUR OPINION IS THAT WE THINK IT IS THAT OUR NEXT STEP SHOULD DO SOMETHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO THAT I'M HOPING WE GET LOTS OF MONEY AND EVEN IF WE DO, I GUESS JUST TO BE CLARIFYING, I'M GOING TO STILL SAY, LET'S HOLD OFF ON FREEDOM PARK BECAUSE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE OF HOW THINGS ARE SHOWING UP PRIORITY WISE.
SO, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POINT OF I HOPE WE'RE SPENDING IT ON SOMETHING.
I HOPE WE GET MONEY THAT THEN WE CAN SPEND.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY ACTED TO SAY NOT FREEDOM PARK.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING JUST REMOVE THE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND OUT OF IT FOR THE TIME BEING.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SAYING, NO, JUST PULL THAT OUT OF THE BOOKS WELL, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FREEDOM PARK AND WE'VE ACTED ON THAT.
WE'VE SAID WE'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT AND WE CAN PUT THAT ON HOLD AND I MEAN, MEGAN COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN THIS BETTER.
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BUT I MEAN, LAST YEAR, ALL THE MONEY WAS SPENT ON MORE OPERATIONAL STUFF.THERE WASN'T BASICALLY ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND WE WANTED TO BUDGET PROJECTS, TANGIBLE PROJECTS, AND THAT'S WHY WE, YOU KNOW, WE BUDGETED IT THAT WAY.
BUT IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
WE COULD GO TOWARD THE SOUTH SIDE OR OTHER PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE DETAIL OF THE 217 WE HAD A.D.A., WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE OTHER 50, SO WE'RE OK ON THAT.
IT HAD VETERANS FOR SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND WELCH FOR NINETY FIVE THOUSAND, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T EVER HEARD ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT, MEGAN, ONLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
SO ONLY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT SET UP HERE WEREN'T SENT HERE FOR YOU TO TALK TO YOU.
SO THE WELCH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT, WE HAD BEEN GIVEN DIRECTION FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL TO PURSUE A PUBLIC PRIVATE AGREEMENT FOR THAT SITE.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON AN RFP TO ADVERTISE TO PUBLIC ENTITIES WHO MAY WANT TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THAT SITE AND USE IT FOR PUBLIC USES.
HOWEVER, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE IT IS A SITE THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS AWARDED FUNDS FROM DPW SO THAT THOSE LANDS HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED PARK LAND IN PERPETUITY, SO IT STILL HAS TO HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS AND WHAT TPW IS REQUIRING IS THAT ANY ADMISSIONS THAT ARE TAKEN IF THE CITY IS GETTING A PORTION OF THAT OR LET'S SAY WE LEASE THE LAND OUT TO A PRIVATE ENTITY, ANY OF THOSE REVENUES HAS TO GO BACK INTO PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FINE PRINT IN WHATEVER PRIVATE AGREEMENT WE HAVE.
IF WE EVEN PURSUE ONE, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A CONSERVANCY GROUP COME IN AND WANT TO DEVELOP THAT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE.
YES? SO HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THE NINETY TWO THOUSAND? THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE.
WE'RE BASING ON PREVIOUS STUDIES AND THE SIZE OF THE PARK.
SO YOUR CONCEPT PLANS ARE TYPICALLY FROM FIRMS, A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS BEING.
THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT STAFF HAD TO PLUG IN TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS UNTIL YOU DEVELOP A CONCEPT PLAN AND YOU GET AN ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS, JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE OR EVEN AN ESTIMATE OF THOSE COSTS UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT LAKESIDE PARK AS A FORTY FIVE ACRE PARK, TWENTY FIVE OF WHICH IS WATER.
HOW MUCH DID WE DEVELOP? WHAT AMENITIES ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE SOME OF THAT DATA THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, ITEMIZED, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO ASSESS WHAT THESE DESIGN FEES WOULD BE.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT'S AN ARBITRARY NUMBER THAT WE HAD TO PLUG IN FOR THE BUDGET.
THAT COULD HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN AND JUST LIKE YOU SAW FOR ADA OR LET ME TRY TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER EXAMPLE.
WELL, IT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED ON.
FREEDOM PARK TOO, SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS WHAT WE'RE SOMEBODY PAID FOR US [INAUDIBLE] .
OK, BECAUSE I WAS JUST WE HAD NEVER I HAD NEVER HEARD HERE ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT I SAW THAT.
SO MY GOAL AND DESIRE FOR VETERANS PARK IS THAT WE MOVE THAT FORWARD AND SO THAT'S WHY I DIRECTED MEGAN TO WORK THAT INTO THE BUDGET.
SO SHE'S GOING OUT FOR AN RFP AND YOU KNOW, MY INTENT IS WHEN WE HOPEFULLY GO OUT THE BOND IN FEBRUARY FOR THE ANGLETON OPERATION CENTER AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS IS TO PUT THAT PIECE OF VETERANS PARK IN THAT BOND.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO BOND.
OH, SO WE HAVE BONDING CAPACITY UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE ANGLETON OPERATION CENTER, WHICH IS PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND REC, IT, AND SOME OTHER STUFF MIGHT BE SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
AGAIN, TALKING FIRE TRUCKS MAY NEED A FIRE TRUCK THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS LIKE VETERANS PARK, WHICH I THINK IS PART OF THE LIVERPOOL CENTER STUDY.
IT'S VITAL TO DOWNTOWN AND TOURISM.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE DRIVING TOWARD THAT TO PRESENT THAT PACKAGE, TO COUNCIL TO SAY, HERE'S THE
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WHATEVER AND I MEAN DOLLARS THAT WE NEED FOR THESE THREE FOUR TWO PROJECTS.SO, CHARLOTTE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THE VETERANS PARK WON'T NECESSARILY BE ON OUR DIME.
SO WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, THEORIZING, HOPING IS LIKE JUST CHRIS JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CITY SAYS, HEY, WE RECOGNIZE VETERANS PARK WAS DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO THAT SHOULD BE ON THE CITY'S DIME.
SOMETHING LIKE SOUTH SIDE PARK OR WHATEVER DIRECTION WE GO WITH THAT AGAIN MIGHT BE THE FUTURE BOND FOR ABLC IN A YEAR AND A HALF AND SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE DESIGN AND THE ALL THE STUFF, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE GO.
OKAY, HERE WERE MY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE YOUTH CAMPS, WHICH WAS ON PAGE FORTY TWO, IT WENT LIKE DRAMATICALLY DOWN FOR THE REC CENTER.
DO WE KNOW WHY ? IT'S PAGE FORTY TWO.
HEY, IF YOU TURN IT OVER LIKE THIS WITH A KEYBOARD UP, YOU GET TO SEE IT THAT WAY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I GOT A LITTLE INSIGHT.
THAT I COULD TURN IT THIS WAY.
SO I COULD READ IT THIS WAY BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO MOVE IT.
BUT I DID PRINT THEM OUT BECAUSE I WAS WRITING MY QUESTION.
I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THE APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT, BECAUSE THAT DOES SEEM OFF, I COULD TELL YOU REGARDING THE PROJECTED WE REDUCED CAPACITY FOR SUMMER CAMP OPERATIONS, BUT THE APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT DOES LOOK INCORRECT.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING OUT--I MEAN, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I WAS LIKE, WE'RE NOT DOING YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I KNOW JERRY IS PURSUING SOME ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF STAFFING SUMMER CAMPS THROUGH INTERNSHIPS.
WE ARE ADVERTISING FOR INTERNSHIPS IN THE SPRING.
BUT THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE REVENUE.
SO I'LL FOLLOW UP IN AN EMAIL TO YOU GUYS.
OK, SO THEN, OK, SO IF WE GO TO PAGE 44.
OK, SO THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FULL TIME SALARIES AND RETIREMENT THAT JUST THIS IS ON PAGE FORTY FOUR, THAT I'M JUST NOT FOLLOWING LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, NOT THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT LAST YEAR WITH FULL TIME SALARIES OF FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
RETIREMENT WAS THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND.
OUR APPROVED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE JUST STARTED IS THREE FIFTY THREE AND RETIREMENT OF FORTY FIVE THOUSAND.
NOW, THE RETIREMENT IS A PERCENTAGE.
I KNOW THE BUDGET IS CORRECT BECAUSE THE BUDGET'S BASED ON THE ACTUAL WE DID A LINKED FILE.
WE SET UP A LINKED FILE THIS TIME.
YEAH, AND THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION HERE THAT I LOVE THE DESCRIPTION.
I CAN TELL YOU, THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET WAS EXACTLY RIGHT, AND THESE PROJECTIONS WERE, YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL WAS CAME IN REALLY CLOSE.
I THINK THE PROJECTIONS ARE CLOSE, AND I THINK THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET IS CORRECT.
THIS CALCULATED BASED ON THE EXACT PERCENTAGE OF SALARIES TIMES THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TMRS. SO I JUST DON'T KNOW IF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET--SO WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE? IT'S TWELVE POINT TWO EIGHT PERCENT.
HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN TWELVE POINT TWENTY EIGHT PERCENT.
THAT'S THE NUMBER FOR 2021 THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.
THEN IT'S GOING TO DROP TO LIKE ELEVEN POINT NINE EIGHT PERCENT THEN FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO NINE MONTHS IS GOING TO BE YOU HAVE TO BLEND IT.
SO, IF WE CALLED IT TWELVE, THAT'S CLOSE IN BETWEEN THE TWO.
I THINK 12 PERCENT WAS ABOUT THE NUMBER.
OK, SO ON HEALTH INSURANCE, IT WENT UP FOURTEEN POINT FIVE PERCENT.
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RIGHT, THERE IS A BUDGET APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.WE JUST AGREED TO THAT NEW RATE AND IT'S THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
OKAY AND FICA IS A STANDARD PERCENTAGE BASED ON--SEVEN POINT SIXTY FIVE PERCENT.
THAT'S YOUR SIX POINT TWO PERCENT SOCIAL SECURITY AND ONE POINT FOUR FIVE MEDICARE TOTAL SEVEN POINT SIXTY FIVE PERCENT.
YEAH, LOOK AT LOOK AT THE RELATIVE POSITION BETWEEN THE PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR LAST YEAR.
I'M JUST SAYING SOME OF THE WE'RE ... IT COULD BE OFF IN THE PROJECTION.
THE TOTAL DID COME IN CLOSE TO, I THINK THE ACTUAL NUMBER CAME IN AT SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND AND IT'S SEVEN FIFTY SIX.
OK, THE TOTALS FOR SALARIES AND THEN PART TIME EARNERS ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL.
BUT OUR FICA DROPPED BY FIFTEEN THOUSAND.
TWO TOGETHER, UNLESS I DID IT WRONG.
SO WHAT I WAS JUST TELLING CHRIS IS WHEN STAFF IS GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS.
SO WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON BUDGET IN MARCH, WE'RE DIVIDING BY SIX AND MULTIPLYING BY 12 AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS LIKELY THAT THE CITY TOOK OUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THE ACTUAL OF LAST YEAR AT ONE TIME AND SO WE ARE WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION OF, HEY, THIS IS A LUMP SUM THAT WE TOOK OUT AND WE PAID SO STAFF, WHEN THEY'RE DOING PROJECTIONS AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE MONTH IN WHICH THEY'RE DOING IT AND WE CAN COORDINATE WITH FINANCE SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'S AUTOMATED NOW WE WILL KNOW, HEY, THIS IS AN ACCOUNT LINE ITEM THAT WE HAVE REMOVED AND PAID FOR ALL OF THESE BENEFITS.
THIS IS NOT AN ESTIMATE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THINGS THAT LIKE TAKE UTILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME BECAUSE OF SUMMER MONTHS, BUT SOME OF THESE COSTS.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE AN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO IF WE HAVE PURCHASED FIFTY DOLLARS WORTH OF A APPAREL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OK, MULTIPLY THAT BY 12 OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE NOT DOING NECESSARILY A WAT IS THE BUDGET STYLE, THE TOTAL THE PROJECTION WAS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT ACTUALLY CAME IN, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER, I MEAN, WE ADD THE P&L.
YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE P&L AND COMPARE IT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER COMPARISON THAN WHAT'S ON THE SPREADSHEET.
SO, IF I WERE TO LOOK AT THE THING THAT SAYS CURRENT BUDGET, WOULD THAT BE A BETTER NUMBER? THAT CURRENT BUDGET IS WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR? THAT WAS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
NO, THOSE ARE JUST LAST YEAR'S BUDGET--PROJECTED AND THE CURRENT, THEY'RE ALMOST STRAIGHT UP, BUT THEN THERE'S A $15000 SAVINGS ON FICA, AND I'M LIKE GOING, WELL SOMETHING'S REALLY WRONG AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND THEY WERE PROJECTING IT TO COME OUT CLOSE TO THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE SALARIES WERE AND THEN BUT I THINK THE BUDGET WAS INCORRECT LAST YEAR AS FAR AS FICA.
IT WAS LAST YEAR, THOUGH, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
THIS YEAR, I MEAN, I LIKE THE I LIKE THE LOWER NUMBER.
I LIKE IT, THAT FICA IS LESS, BUT WHEN I SPOKE, WHEN I'M COMPARING THE TWO AND THE GROSS NUMBERS ARE MATCHING UP.
YOU PAY FICA, WHETHER SOMEBODY FULL TIME OR PART TIME AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE OVER THERE, THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS, RIGHT? AT THAT POINT, YOU QUIT PLAYING FICA, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF FOLKS IN THAT ONE.
SO COULD YOU TAKE A LOOK? I'M JUST MY POINT BEING FICA IS A STANDARD PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL AND YOU'VE GOT TO PAY IT FOR EVEN THE PART TIME PEOPLE IN FULL TIME.
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OK.IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A MESS.
I MEAN, THIS YEAR WE DID IT IN EXCEL, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S CALCULATED BASED ON THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGES.
I MEAN, IN THE PAST, IT WAS DONE IN ENCODE AND ENCODE.
SO RIGHT, THEN IT WON'T BE AS BIG OF A LOSS.
WHAT'S THE PROJECTED ON THIS SPREADSHEET WAS WHAT THEY PUT IN WHEN THEY DID THE BUDGET WAY BACK IN MARCH.
THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL [INAUDIBLE].
SO IF YOU LOOK, THE BETTER COMPARISON WOULD BE THE BUDGET TO WHAT P&L.
WELL, YEAH, MAYBE NEXT TIME WE CAN PUT THAT NUMBER IN HERE.
DEFINITELY, I CAN GO UPDATE THAT AND BUT THOSE.
I'M PROBABLY JUST NOW HEARING THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING, SO THE PROJECTED HERE IS REALLY NOT WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING.
WAS MORE OF A--OK UTILITIES, MY LAST QUESTION.
OK, SO, I REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL CURRENT THING IS, SO WHAT'S THE CURRENT UTILITIES? I MEAN, I'M LOVING IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IF WE SAVED THIRTEEN THOUSAND.
BUT I'M ALSO MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THE I WAS SITTING AT THIS LOOKING HERE AND SEEING THAT, OK, WE'RE AT SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND, BUT NOW WE REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE NINETY.
I GOT TO LOOK AT THE REC CENTER, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S FORTY FIVE.
THERE IS A DISPUTE ON THAT BILL THAT WAS RELATED TO THE WINTER STORM AND LIKELY.
UM, THAT SEVENTY SEVEN IS NOT GOING TO STAND, IT'S GOING TO BE 90.
IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OR COULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE SETTLE WITH THEM ON THAT BILL.
BUT THE 77 IS THE ONE ITEM HERE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE HAVE TO SETTLE THAT BILL RELATED TO THE WINTER STORM BECAUSE THE REC, YOU KNOW, IS THE ONE THAT'S OUTSTANDING.
OKAY AND THEN ATTORNEYS ARE WORKING ON COMING TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT THAT LAST--WE HAD A PROBLEM AT OUR CHURCH TOO.
EVERYBODY WAS DISPUTING ELECTRIC BILLS.
OK, SO WHEN I GO BACK HERE JUST REAL QUICK, THEN FOR THE ANGLETON ACTIVITY CENTER, SO I'M LOOKING HERE TO TRY TO FIND WHAT THE SALARIES ARE.
WHICH PAGES THAT ON? GOING BACK, WE JUST DID.
IT WAS 44 BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY CAN'T USE THESE NUMBERS, THESE NUMBERS REALLY AREN'T GOOD PROTECTION, SO I'M GOING BACK TO THE OK, HERE'S UTILITIES.
LET ME JUST OG HERE YEAH, HANG ON.
PAGE 19, I THINK, IS WHERE I NEED TO GO.
PERSONNEL SERVICES, OK, SO, INTERESTING.
OK, FOR THE ACTUAL SEPTEMBER 30TH FICA ON THIS DOCUMENT HAS THE FORTY FOUR THOUSAND SO, IT MAKES ME THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR BUDGET IS TOO LOW.
OR WE'VE GOT SOMETHING MIS-QUALIFIED HERE.
OK, LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
I'M AN ANALYZER OF FINANCIAL DATA.
[CHUCKLING] THERE'S TWO OF US UP HERE, WATCH OUT.
I'M THINKING THAT SOMEBODY OVERWROTE A FORMULA, BUT WE'LL GO CHECK IT OUT [CHUCKLING] AND YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN YOU AND WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET IT.
BUT WHEN WHEN YOU ASK US IN THE FUTURE, WHEN YOU ASK ABLC AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, WHAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO CALL IT PROJECTED.
WHAT COMES IN MY MIND IS WHAT IS THE CURRENT PROJECTION BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS CAN CHANGE INSTEAD OF HOLDING THAT NUMBER FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ALL THE WAY BACK TO MARCH.
YOU'RE NEW HERE, SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU THAT.
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IF WE HAVE COMPUTERS, WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AS RELEVANT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T SPEND EXTRA TIME GOING OVER IT'S CERTAINLY OUR FAULT, THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WHO DID NOT SHOW UP TO HAVE THAT TIME, BUT I HAD A WHOLE LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT I DIDN'T GET TO ASK.SO I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S HAPPENING NOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, THAT THE PROJECTED WOULD REALLY BE THE MOST CURRENT PROJECTION, NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH.
EVEN FOR AUGUST, MARCH WOULDN'T BE A GOOD NUMBER TO PUT IN THERE.
OK, WE'LL UPDATE IT IF THAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
YEAH, I AGREE, AND I THINK I'VE MADE A COMMENT TO CHRIS BEFORE OTHER CHRIS OF ON THE HEADERS ON HERE, MAKING SURE IT'S VERY DISTINCT OF WHAT YEAR AND WHAT FISCAL PERIOD WE'RE DISCUSSING.
SO IT'S AN EASIER COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO.
I HAVE UPDATED THE FILES THAT ACTUALLY ARE UPDATED, BUT THIS IS JUST THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS USED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REVIEWED IT IN JULY.
THIS IS THE STANDARD PDF DOCUMENT FROM THAT TIME.
THE CURRENT FILES, IT IS UPDATED IN THAT FILE.
SO WE JUST DIDN'T PRINT THOSE FILES FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE BUDGET DIDN'T CHANGE.
WE DON'T HAVE A P&L IN HERE, RIGHT, FOR THE ABLC? YOU DON'T HAVE IT ATTACHED IN THE DOCUMENTS? IT'S EARLY.
ITEM TWO IS THE ACTUAL P&L OR PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW.
YES, BECAUSE YOU KEEP REFERRING BACK TO THE P&L, AND I THINK IN A LOT OF CASES, I CAN SEE THE PLUSES AND MINUSES IN THE LINE ITEMS, SO I CAN THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WERE UNDER IN CERTAIN PLACES, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE AN OFFSETTING OVERAGE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS THAT YOU HAD, I SEE THE FINAL PROJECTIONS.
I DID LOOK AT THE TOTALS ON HERE.
YOU KNOW, AND IT DID, IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TOTALS OF THE ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT ITEMS. OK, LAST QUESTION.
THE SEPTEMBER 30 BALANCE SHEET FOR ANGLETON BETTER LIVING.
SO, ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE ACTUALLY HAD IN THE FSB LOUISE, WE HAD A MILLION, THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND.
AND WHAT TIMEFRAME IS THAT? THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE THAT SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND OF THAT IS OWED TO THE POOR ACCOUNT, THAT'S THE DEAL.
WE CUT THAT CHECK RIGHT AFTER THE END OF THE YEAR AND CLEARED THAT OUT.
BUT YEAH, YOU ALWAYS GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S OWED BECAUSE IT'S POOL ACCOUNTING, JUST BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS RECONCILED TO THE BANK STATEMENT.
BUT SOME OF THAT MONEY IS OWED TO THE POOL ACCOUNT.
THANK YOU BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, MAN, WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE I'M STILL KIND OF GOING, WOW, WE ENDED UP I'M SO PLEASED WE ENDED UP WITH SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY THAT REALLY IS LIKE--YEAH, SO WHAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IS AND I REALIZE YOU GIVE US THOSE WHEN YOU'RE AT MEETINGS FOR US, BUT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS HERE'S WHAT THE FUND BALANCE IS, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT PHYSICALLY IT IS AND SOMETIMES ITS TIMING.
WE HAVEN'T CUT THE CHECK YET, SO IT'S STILL X, BUT THEN WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
SO WHEN WE COMMIT, I THEN TRY TO KEEP A RUNNING TOTAL OF WHAT REALLY IS THE FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S A TIMING BEFORE IT HAPPENS THAT IT'S BEEN SPENT.
KNOW, THIS IS THE FUND BALANCE LIKE THE 77, THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED.
THIS IS THE THINGS THAT WE'VE APPROVED THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PAID FOR YET.
SO THEY'RE NOT IN THE P&L YET.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT THE P&L IN THEN IT'LL PICK IT UP AND IT'LL BE [INAUDIBLE] THERE.
MAINLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN, IT TAKES A WHILE BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY SPENT AND OCCASIONALLY, WHICH IS WHY I'M LIKE, HAVE WE DONE THE THING ON THE [INAUDIBLE] FLOORING? AND THAT'S AWFUL, I SHOULD REMEMBER THE TITLE OF IT, WHAT WE DID, BUT YOU KNOW, SO AS YOU PAY THOSE THINGS.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN THEY'VE ACTUALLY THE CHECK'S BEEN CUT.
RIGHT AND DURING THE YEAR, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE TIMING DIFFERENCES.
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SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE LAST TWO CELL SETS, IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE IN A LARGE DEFICIT AND DEFICIT ALWAYS FALLS OUT OF FUND BALANCE.SO IT REDUCES YOUR FUND BALANCE TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT IT'S NOT THERE, BUT IT'S JUST THAT IF THE PAYMENT HASN'T BEEN MADE YET AND WE COULD [INAUDIBLE] AN ESTIMATE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER YET AND THEN THAT WOULD JUST CREATE A LOT OF EXTRA WORK AND I DON'T EVEN MIND JUST A LITTLE EXCEL THING THAT SAYS THIS IS APPROXIMATELY WHAT WE'RE AT AFTER THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR TOLERATING ME.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MAY BE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US, CHRIS? ANYTHING OFF THIS ITEM? NO, JUST OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE FEEDBACK.
SO THEN I THINK THAT BRINGS US PAST ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
ONE REMINDER THAT YOU DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM FRANCIS TODAY REGARDING EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM FOR A PARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW EVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK WILL ACTUALLY BE MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA, AND SO THAT WILL BE THE FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING THAT MEETING HERE IN THIS ROOM AND WE WILL CLEAR OUT VISITORS SO THAT WE PROVIDE AMPLE ROOM FOR PARKS, BOARD AND ABLC TO ATTEND AND PROVIDE INPUT AS WELL.
OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
WELL, BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, CAN I JUST RECOGNIZE MEGAN AND CHRIS WHITAKER? YOU ALL DID A AWESOME JOB ON THE HEART OF ANGLETON AND CITY AND YOUR STAFF THE FESTIVAL WAS...
I PREFERRED IT BETTER THAN THE ONES IN THE PAST.
SO AND THAT TREE WAS I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HERE MADE IT, BUT THAT TREE WAS AWESOME.
SURE, IT TOOK A COUPLE OF HOURS TO DECORATE IT [CHUCKLING].
YES, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
BUT YES, THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING, THE CHRISTMAS TREE, THE INAUGURAL NIGHT YEAR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, WAS WONDERFUL.
SO NOW WE'RE AT NUMBER EIGHT ITEM, I GUESS, 8:15, WE'RE ADJOURNED .
THANK YOU, GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.