[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED OF OUR ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION, UH, MEETING DATED FOR JUNE 6TH, 2022.SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER AND WE'LL START OFF WITH EITHER NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION
[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Angleton Better Living Corporation meeting of February 28, 2022 and April 18, 2022.]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION MEETING OF FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 AND APRIL 18TH, 2022.I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PELTIER.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, A SECOND, HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE POSTS, SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES Y MOVING ONTO OUT OF NUMBER TWO
[2. Discussion on drainage projects in flood prone areas.]
DISCUSSION ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS.UM, TO KIND OF BRING SOME INFORMATION ON THE COUNCILS TO ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY TAKEN A LOOK AT TWO AREAS, DRINK, UH, PURPOSE SECTION, I'VE BEEN LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN THOSE THREE SECTIONS ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR HOUSE SHENANGO, UH, HENDERSON, OUR WHOLE AREA, BOTH OF THOSE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF BLOODY ROADS FLOOD.
MATTER OF FACT, AS FAR AS ON DOWNING OF THE ROAD, FLOODS SO MUCH THAT THESE TIMES YOU BARRICADE THE ROAD OFF DRIVING THROUGH AN AREA, UH, OR WASTE WILL BE PUSHED UP HOUSES.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WHAT'S CALLED A STUDY.
WE DID AN XP SWIM, 2D MODELING EGGS, ALL THE RAIN DATA THAT WE HAVE FORECAST THE ADVANCE FOR TWO, 10 YEARS FORM.
AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO SEE WHAT BE THE BEST BENEFIT FOR EVERYONE.
THE XB SWIM TAKES A LOOK, NOT ONLY ACTUALLY, UH, ANY MINUTE ITSELF, IT SPREADS IT ACROSS THE PLAYGROUND ALSO COLLECTED ALMOST SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SYSTEMS USUALLY WANT TO WORK OUT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, FIRST ONE
SO THAT'S THE AREA THAT IT DRAINS.
UH, BRANDON JERRY IS THE FIRST COLORED MAN GOES INTO THIS SYSTEM.
BLACKS COMES ON DOWN, UH, THE RAILROAD GOES UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD, UH, BOZEMAN THROUGH COLLECTS ACTUALLY THE EXISTING SPECIFIC NON-GENDER MEXICAN PETE MARGIE, BUT WEATHER ORDER.
AND
SO THE LIMITED, HOW FAR DID WE HAVE INCREASES USING INLAND DETENTION WITH LARGER BOX OVERS ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE TO, OR ANOTHER PIPE HERNIE RAILROAD.
ALWAYS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH FINDING A TRAINING SOLUTION AREAS IS BECAUSE UNION PACIFIC CAN'T SHUT DOWN THE RAILROAD AND THE TRAVELING CROSSING THE RAILROAD.
HOW DO WE DO ANOTHER, UH, BOARDING ACROSS THERE? THAT'S, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST, VERY SIGNIFICANT YEARS PERMANENT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER COLORED BANDS HAVE THESE THREE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TWO YEARS WERE ALTERNATIVE THREE.
BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE IS THIS IS FOR ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONE IN HERE IS THE S THAT MIXED UP INTO YOUR BOTTLE.
BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE IS WHEN YOU SEEN THE RED, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE RED IS ONE THAT WILL REMAIN THE BLOOM IS THE STUFF THAT'S COMING OUT OF.
THE FLOODING REALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF FLOODING IN THAT AREA 10 YEARS OR AN EVENT THAT IS PROBABLY 20% CHANCE HURTING EVERY YEAR.
SO IF IT'S ACTUALLY THE RED, OH, LET ME COME UP HERE AND SHOW EVERYBODY SO THE, THE REDUCTION IS THE, UM, WHEN YOU SEE THE BLUE, THAT'S THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN REDUCED.
SO WE'RE PULLING ALL THE DRAINAGE GENES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE HAVING A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE TWO AND THE A HUNDRED YEAR IN THOSE AREAS.
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EVERYBODY GOT THOSE, OR DO I NEED IT? UM, MY NAME COMING UP YET, I SAID, MINE COME UP.SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT EXISTING TRAININGS OUT THERE ON THE SHENANGO HAS NOT EXISTED.
IT'S KIND OF SPREADS OUT SLOWLY.
LEAVERS OUT WALL SYSTEM SYSTEM IS VERY, VERY SHALLOW.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED A COST ESTIMATE, UH, AS PART OF THIS, I GOT ABOUT $15 MILLION FOR THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE IS THE DOWNING STREET.
JOHNNY STREET IS ACTUALLY A LARGER DRAIN SYSTEM.
THIS ONE IS APPROXIMATELY 585, VERY SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE AREA SPECIFIC.
THIS ALSO, AS I STATED BEFORE, IS ONE OF THE WORST FLOODING SPOTS OR REPETITIVE IT'S AS CLOSE TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU CHASED? VERY, VERY HIGH ONE.
I'M LOOKING THROUGH THERE AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE DID AN SD MODEL.
UM, THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE AREA, HOW, HOW BIG THE DRAINAGE GERRY IS GOT SOME DRAINAGE AREA.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE SHOW THE INUNDATION MAP, PUT THE REDUCTION IS, UH, TO THE INNOVATION MAPS, UH, AS THE ALTERNATIVE NUMBER THREE WAS THE CITY HAS, UH, DOES HAVE YOU, UM, YOU DO HAVE, UH, DETENTION REQUIREMENTS IN BOTH OF THESE, BUT THERE IS LAND THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT HE'S PURCHASED IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A DETENTION ON TO US THAT COULD BE IMPROVEMENTS OR DO NOT IMPACT PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PUSH WAR ON THE PEOPLE CAUSING THEM HARM IMPROVEMENTS, OR WE'RE TAKING PART AROUND.
UM, OH, THAT'S KIND OF A, THAT'S A PROUD OF A COURT SUITE OF IT THAT THAT PROJECT, UH, IS RIGHT ABOUT, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 15 1 5.
UM, AND IF YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL ACRES, 10.7, UH, OR THAT ONE, 6.6 ACRE FEET OR SINEAD FIRE STAFF WANTED ME TO BRING THESE TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION AND OPEN UP THE QUESTION AND THING.
I SHOW YOU ALL THE WORKERS DOING AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, POTENTIALLY TRYING TO FUND FUNDS TO GO OUT.
AND WHERE'S THE OUTFALL FOR BOTH OF THESE AREAS.
UH THERE'S WHAT DO THEY GO ACROSS UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD AND GO THAT DIRECTION TO THAT DRAINAGE? OR DO THEY, BOTH OF THEM DID THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR DECADES, I GUESS THAT WHAT, WHAT BRINGS IT TO THE FOREFRONT? UM, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE SHENANGO WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE GOING IN THERE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STREET, UH, PROJECT, OUR STREET, UH, COUNCIL THAT WE HAD THAT IDENTIFIED STREETS AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED IN THE CITY THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY, THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ON SHENANGO, UH, AT THE TIME.
SO THOSE, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO BE IDENTIFIED ONCE WE GOT INTO IT, THERE WAS NO, NO DRAINAGE IN THERE.
UH, DOWNING WAS IDENTIFIED FROM RESIDENTS COMING IN AND FROM POLICE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING BARRICADES UP IN THERE TO SHUT DOWN DOWNING UNTIL THE DRAINAGE COMES DOWN.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF THOSE CARS DRIVE THROUGH THERE, THEY WILL PUSH WAKES INTO THOSE HOUSES.
SO IT'S KIND OF A COMBINATION OF RESIDENTS' COMPLAINTS, UH, RESIDENTS' CONCERNS, UH, AND THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TRYING TO REDEVELOP THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND THE STREETS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SOME IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TXDOT DOT CONVERSATIONS.
W JUST ONE QUESTION WHERE ON DOWNING WOULD THEY HAVE TO BLOCK RIGHT AROUND, UH, RIGHT AROUND CHEVY CHASE, THOSE AREAS RIGHT IN THERE, THE OLD JIHAD DOWNTOWN, UM, DOUBTING, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN PRETTY MUCH, UH, THE FLASHING LIGHT OR NOW THE FLASHING LIGHT NORTH, UM, TO ALMOST, UM, ALEXANDER COURT.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PONDING THERE IN THAT AREA.
IT GETS UP CLOSE TO THOSE PEOPLE'S HOUSES WHERE THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL TIMES CONCERNED ABOUT WATER GETTING INTO THEIR HOUSE.
UM, ALSO WHAT WE'VE DONE TO, IN ORDER TO TRY TO FIND TEAMING PARTNERS, UH, I WENT BACK AND STARTED LOOKING AT SOME TEXTILE, UH, STUDIES THAT WERE DONE ALONG THE WAY.
UH, TXDOT HAS A PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY ON
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THEIR 10 YEAR CIP.WE FOUND OUT THIS FRIDAY, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON OUT TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO 35 IN ORDER TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS TO 35, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE AND LOOK AND ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE.
THEY'VE DONE SEVERAL STUDIES AND ALL THE STUDIES THAT IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR THE DRAINAGE THERE ON THE SHENANGO.
UH, OUR COLA AREA, THEIR DRAINAGE AREA IS THE SAME AS OURS, BUT THEY CANNOT FIND A SOLUTION.
TXDOT IS AWARE OF THIS, AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO WE ARE STARTING CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT AS POTENTIALLY BECOMING A PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON TO COME UP AND SHARE.
THESE EXPENSES IS $15 MILLION EXPENSE.
SO WE'VE PROVIDED THEM THE STUDY.
THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTINUED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH IT, BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT SOLUTION FOR THEM TO TEAM WITH THE CITY, BECAUSE THEY COULD USE THE CITY RIGHT OF WAYS TO BRING THAT WATER BACK TEAM WITH THE CITY ON, ON PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, THE MODELING THAT'S ALREADY DONE, UH, AND START COMMUNICATING WITH SOME OF THE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS THING.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A, AN EXCITING THING.
AND ESPECIALLY THAT WE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS IT, FRIDAY, FRIDAY, THAT IT IS ON THEIR, THEIR CIP, THEIR FUTURE CIP PLAN.
SO WHY RUN IT THROUGH THE AGLC AND NOT DIRECTLY THE CITY? I WAS JUST TOLD TO BRING IT OUT HERE THAT THE PART OF THE HBLC WAS PART OF NOT JUST PARKS, BUT ALSO DRAINAGE.
AND Y'ALL WANTED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER IMAGINED SOMETHING $30 MILLION WITH THE DRAINAGE, BUT NO, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.
I THINK I SAW HIM HERE ROUGHLY THREE AND A HALF MILLION CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY SIDE FOR BOTH PROJECTS.
AND THE REST OF IT WAS SOME KIND OF GRANT WE'RE LOOKING AT GRANTS AND TEAMINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THAT STUFF, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD FOR THE CITY TO GET GRANTS ON DRAINAGE DUE TO THE FACT THAT AS FAR AS STRUCTURAL FLOODING, YOU'RE NOT HAVING STRUCTURAL FLOODING.
SO YOU'RE NOT SHOWING THAT COST OF LOSS TO WHERE YOU GET YOUR COSTS, WHAT THEY CALL THE COST BENEFIT RATIO, THE CBA ABOVE A WARRANT.
SO THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE USED BEFORE IN THE PAST TO GET THIS FUNDED THROUGH, UM, A GLO PROJECT OR HURRICANE PROJECT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REAL DIFFICULT.
SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME SORT OF A COMBINATION OF, OF A TECH STOCK CITY AND LLC, MAYBE THE COUNTY, IF WE CAN GET THE COUNTY INVOLVED IN IT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS KIND OF ROCK BEFORE CHRIS GOT HERE, AND THEN THEY REALLY TOOK OFF WITH IT.
WHEN CHRIS GOT HERE TO GET THIS, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE NOW TO SHOW HOW IT CAN BENEFIT ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THESE DRYDEN TRADING ZONES.
SO, UM, IT'S A BIG PILL TO SWALLOW MR. CHRIS, I GET IT.
AND, UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN CLOSE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT VERY LARGE RAIN THAT COULD HAVE PUT IT INTO A HOME, BUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DO, I GET TO HEAR IT WHEN THE BIG, BIG RAIN COMES, THEY'RE BLOCKING STREETS OFF.
AND IF WE DON'T WALK THE STREETS OFF THOSE CORNER HOUSES, FOR SURE, GO GET WATER IN THEY'RE, THEY'RE LAPPING UP INTO THEIR GARAGES AND UP TO THE STOOP.
SO IT GETS PRETTY CLOSE ON A, ON A BIG RAIN, A BIG RAIN EVENT.
WE DON'T WANT NO MORE BIG RAIN EVENTS, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE, WE CAN, I WOULDN'T SAY YET, TEXTING AND DRIVE, UH, ON OUR CIP.
IS THAT NO LONGER ON THERE? IS THAT STILL ON THERE? A DRAINAGE ISSUE IN TEXAS? DID WE REMOVE THAT? I THINK THEY GOT CORRECTED.
I THINK THEY FIXED THAT ON THAT BACKEND.
MIDDLE OF THE STREET SOMEWHERE.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE A POTENTIAL ACTION AUTO TO LOOK AT, UH, CONSIDER FUTURE FUNDING, UM, FOR OUR DRAINAGE PROJECT IS OF COURSE THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE OVERSEE HERE PARTLY IS FOR DRAINAGE PARKS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY RECREATION.
SO YEAH, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT TO COMMIT TODAY FOR FUNDING.
IT'S JUST TO START LOOKING FOR, PUT IT ON THE RADAR, PUT IT ON THE CIP OR MS. MEGAN, YOU'VE GOT BETTER WORDS TO, SO, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS SPECIFIED IN THE BYLAWS ARE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
SO THAT IS WHY THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE BEING BROUGHT TO
IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN GO FOR IT.
IF NOT, IF THERE IS NO MOTION, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM FOR
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BUSINESS.WE'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT ALONG ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER THREE, LET ME GET BACK TO THE TOP.
[3. Discussion and possible action on Angleton Better Living Corporation 2022 debt capacity.]
ARE AT ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANGLETON BEAR, LIVING CORPORATION, 2022 DEBT CAPACITY.LET'S SEE, WHO HAS THE STARTING POINT OF THAT ONE? THAT MS. B TANISHA COME ON UP.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE, UH, MR. JOE MORROW HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT A BLCS, UH, DEBT CAPACITY.
SO I'LL HAVE HIM COME TO THE STAGE.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME AND UPDATE Y'ALL.
UH, I THINK I WAS OUT HERE IN DECEMBER OR EARLY JANUARY LAST, SO SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A REVIEW BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE JANUARY.
UM, BASICALLY THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION HAS TWO WAYS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS CAPITAL.
ONE IS IF YOU GO OUT ON YOUR OWN RIGHT SALES TAX REVENUE, BONDS, YOU GO OUT ON YOUR OWN.
AND, UM, AND YOU GO INTO THE MARKETS.
THE SECOND WAY IS FOR THE CITY TO ACT INNOCENCE AS A CO-SIGNER ON THE LOAN, RIGHT? AND THEY ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND HAVE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE ACCESSED THE MARKETS, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, I THINK AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION IS CURRENTLY HIGHLY LEVERAGED.
AND, UH, AND THAT SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED, BUT WITH SALES TAX REVENUES, WE PLEDGE YOUR GROSS SALES TAXES, RIGHT? THE MARKET WILL ACCEPT A PLEDGE OF 100% OF YOUR SALES TAXES.
SO THAT MEANS WE PUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BACK SEAT.
AND THE FIRST DOLLARS THAT COME IN, UH, WOULD GO TO SALES TAXES, AND YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A BUDGET OF ABOUT 1,000,009, UH, OF SALES TAX REVENUE.
AND WE'LL HIT THAT IN A SLIDE IN A SECOND.
UH, THE OTHER IMPORTANT CONCEPT IS COVERAGE, RIGHT? AND NORMALLY WE LOOK AT YOUR DEBT SERVICE AND OUT OF THAT GROSS PLEDGE OUT OF THAT 1.9 MILLION, WHY DO WE COVER, HOW MANY TIMES COULD WE PAY THAT DEBT SERVICE AMOUNT? RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE CONCEPT OF COVERAGE.
UH, WHEN WE DO SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, WE FUND A RESERVE FUND AND THAT'S USUALLY EQUIVALENT TO ONE YEAR OF DEBT SERVICE.
AND THAT'S TO HELP IN THE EVENT THAT REVENUES ARE DOWN ONE YEAR OR OFF, AND YOU NEED TO ACCESS THAT TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.
IT'S A PROTECTION FOR THE BOND HOLDER.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL AN ADDITIONAL BONDS TEST BECAUSE THE EXISTING BOND HOLDERS WANT SOME ASSURANCE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DILUTE THAT REVENUE STREAM TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE ENDANGERED IN THEIR REPAYMENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HIT OUR CREDIT ISSUE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
THE CREDIT FACTOR HERE IS ONE OF THEM IS THAT SALES TAX IS, IS PASSIVE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T GET TO RAISE THAT RATE.
IF YOU SEE SALES TAXES ARE NOT COMING IN, UH, TO COVER YOUR BUDGET AND YOU CAN'T FORCE ANYBODY TO, TO BUY WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT'S, IT'S A PASSIVE TAX.
UNLIKE WHAT THE CITY HAS WITH AN AD VALOREM TAX.
AND THEN YOU'RE YOUR BORROWING COSTS.
WHEN YOU ACCESS THE MARKET DIRECTLY WITH SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A HIGHER INTEREST RATE BECAUSE YOUR CREDIT QUALITY IS LOWER THAN IF THE CITY WERE TO ISSUE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IF THE CITY WERE TO, YOU KNOW, CO-SIGN LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, UH, WE SAY GENERAL OBLIGATION.
BONDS ARE ACTUALLY CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
UH, BUT IT TRADES IN THE MARKET AS IF IT WERE A VOTED GEO BOND, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE PLEDGE OF AD VALOREM TAXES.
UM, WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SET YOUR TAX RATE AND YOU HAVE A FORECLOSABLE LIEN, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN
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A PASSIVE TAX.YOU ACTIVELY SET THAT TAX RATE FOR DEBT SERVICE GOING IN EACH YEAR.
AND IT CREATES A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN FORECLOSE ON FOR NONPAYMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO NOT HAVE A COVERAGE REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A STRONG PLEDGE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A COVERAGE REQUIREMENT.
IN FACT, IT'S HARD TO ACCUMULATE A DEBT SERVICE FUND, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE NATURE OF THE PLEDGE AND TRUTH IN TAXATION, YOU CANNOT LEVY ATTACKS FOR MORE THAN WHAT YOUR DEBT SERVICE IS.
UH, BUT THERE'S NO RESERVE FUND REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THAT STRENGTH OF PLEDGE, ADDITIONAL BONDS.
THERE'S NO TEST IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON MORE DEBT BECAUSE IT'S A PLEDGE AGAINST THEIR TAXING AUTHORITY, RIGHT? SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BASIC TENANT OF IT IS IT'S SUCH A STRONG CREDIT.
THE CITY CAN CONTROL THAT EVERY YEAR THEY GET TO GO IN AND SET IT IN LEVY ATTACKS THAT WILL COVER THE DEBT SERVICE.
AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A STRONG PLEDGE OF REVENUES AND THE CITY HAS A VERY DIVERSE, UH, TAX BASE, A HIGH CREDIT RATING, UH, YOU GET A MUCH LOWER COST OF BORROWING, PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO CLICKS.
THE CITY'S A AA Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE LOWER END OF THE AA IN FACT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND WE'LL HIT IT IN A SECOND, BUT I'LL JUST TELL YOU YOU'RE SO LEVERAGED UP THAT I DON'T THINK SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS ARE AN OPTION, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE OR TWO, BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, THE APLC GETS ONE HALF PENNY OF SALES TAX COLLECTED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ANGLETON.
IT IS PASSIVE AS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AND SALES TAX REVENUES AREN'T REALLY, OR REVENUE BONDS ARE NOT REALLY A REAL, A REALISTIC OPTION.
AND WHY IS THAT IN THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE SO HEAVILY LEVERAGED CURRENTLY.
AND I THINK IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL GET INTO WHY THAT IS.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF REPETITIVE.
UH, THE KEY CONCEPT THAT I REALLY WANT TO, UH, GET OVER IS COVERAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE CAPACITY IS BY DEMONSTRATING COVERAGE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET, AND ACTUALLY HAVING THE SALES TAXES TO DO IT.
AND THAT PROVIDES THE CITY WITH SOME PROTECTION.
HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THIS, IF THE CITY WANTS TO CO-SIGN, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE LEVERAGED UP, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I CAN POINT OUT THAT YOU'RE LEVERAGED UP AND IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T VOTE, RIGHT.
UM, THE CONCEPT OF COVERAGE HERE IS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
AND, UH, I WISH THAT BOX, I WISH I WOULD HAVE PUT ON TOTAL REVENUE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT THERE, UH, TOTAL REVENUE.
WE NORMALLY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY KIND OF A REVENUE SYSTEM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SEWER CITY HAS SOME WATER AND SEWER EXPENSES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THIS CONCEPT OF COVERAGE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH, UH, YOU MAY IS THE CITY MAY ISSUE, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR ANGLETON, BETTER LIVING CORPORATION, OR FOR PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THEIR OWN UTILITY SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO STILL SEE THAT WE HAVE COVERAGE, RIGHT? SO WITH COVERAGE, WE WANT OUR NET REVENUES.
AND IN THIS CASE WITH A BLC, ALL YOU HAVE IS, IS GROSS REVENUES, RIGHT? OPERATION OF A UTILITY SYSTEM.
YOU'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR NET REVENUES, WHICH WILL BE AFTER THE OPERATION COSTS OF OPERATION, UH, OF YOUR SYSTEM.
BUT HERE WE'D BE LOOKING FOR 80, NO MORE THAN 80% OF YOUR REVENUE TO BE SPOKEN FOR.
AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS BASICALLY YOUR CORE OR WHAT I ALSO CALL HARD COSTS.
AND IN YOUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WHICH IS OFF TO THE RIGHT, I KIND OF BOXED THERE WHAT YOUR HARD COSTS WERE.
SO THAT WAS THE TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE, AND IT TRANSFERRED TO LAKESIDE PARK CAPITAL, RIGHT? SO THOSE EXPENSES STILL TOTALED 1.7 MILLION
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AND REPRESENTED 86%, JUST OVER 86% OF YOUR SALES TAXES THAT WERE COMING IN WELL, TO GET TO A 20%, UM, WE WOULD NEED THAT THOSE HARD COSTS OR CORE COSTS TO BE NO MORE THAN 80%.AND WHEN WE SAY UNASSIGNED DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING UNASSIGNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO END THE YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MUCH SURPLUS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT PROGRAMMED FOR EXPENDITURE, NOT FOR ONGOING PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT.
IT'S A ONE-YEAR, UH, SITUATION THAT YOU WIND UP DEALING WITH THAT, AND THEN YOU MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UH, THE NEXT PAGE, WE TALK ABOUT RECENT SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER RELEASE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE THIS WEEK, RIGHT? SO IT MAY BE TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY, USUALLY IT'S IN THE FIRST, UH, 10 DAYS THAT, UH, THE COMPTROLLER RELEASES WHAT, UH, THE PAYMENT IS.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT THIS, YOUR FISCAL COLLECTIONS FOR 9 30, 22, WE'VE GOT THE DATE THE MONTH THAT THE PAYMENT WOULD COME IN, WHAT THE COMPTROLLER PAID, WHAT BELONGS TO THE CITY AS THEIR 1% AND WHAT FLOAT OVER TO ANGLETON, BITTER LIVING CORPORATION AS, AS YOUR HALF PERCENT.
AND SO THEN WHAT I DID, I, I PUT IN YOUR FISCAL YEAR COLLECTIONS FOR 9 30, 21, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT, UH, THIS IS BASED ON, UH, THE ACCRUAL METHOD, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR AUDITOR USES, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT A TWO MONTH DELAY.
SO THOSE PAYMENTS THAT CAME IN IN DECEMBER, THOSE WERE EXPENDED IN, UH, OCTOBER, RIGHT? SO, UH, IF YOU LOOK FORWARD THERE IN FEBRUARY, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR DECEMBER, THAT'S YOUR CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS WHY YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME SEASONALITY TO A SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, JUST THE WAY IT IS.
THEY, UH, THERE'S A INCREASE TYPICALLY IN, UH, THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE SUMMERTIME.
IT'S PEOPLE ARE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THEIR DISCRETIONARY INCOME, WHICH WE MAY NOT HAVE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING OUR GAS TANKS AND PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE.
BUT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, OVER, UNDER, ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHAT I DID WITH THAT IS MAKE A COMPARISON OF MONTH TO MONTH WITH A BLC AND A CITY COLLECTIONS TO SEE IF YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW MUCH OVER WE ARE, BECAUSE WE BUDGETED, OR, OR IT WAS BUDGETED TO HAVE A 14% INCREASE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HAPPENED IN ONE MONTH AND ONLY ONE MONTH, EVERY OTHER MONTH IT'S BEEN BELOW.
SO WE'RE SIX MONTHS IN HALFWAY THROUGH THE BUDGET YEAR, AND THERE'S SOME SEASONALITY TO IT, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 45% OF, UH, OUR COLLECTIONS, UH, THAT WE WOULD EXPECT BECAUSE THAT 895,886, IF WE WERE RIGHT AT 50%, WE'D BE 991,000.
NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, ARE WE, ARE WE GOING TO PICK THAT UP, UH, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS? UM, I WOULD THINK WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GIVEN INFLATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S HOLDING TIGHT, PULLING BACK, NOT SCHEDULING, UH, VACATIONS, LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD.
UM, AND YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE ALL FACE IT AT THE GAS PUMP.
THAT'S A PRETTY STARK REMINDER THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS, THINGS ARE A LITTLE ROUGHER THAN NORMAL, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IF WE CONTINUE AT THIS PACE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT 95,095, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHORT ON OUR COLLECTIONS.
AND WE CAN ALREADY LOOK BACK AND SAY AT OUR BUDGET, WE WERE 86% FOR OUR CORE COSTS.
SO LET'S JUST TURN THE PAGE AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR THE BUDGET.
AND, UM, UH, THIS YEAR AND NEXT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE AGAINST THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO SET THE STAGE FOR A DEBT THAT SALE.
SO I PUT DOWN THE 20, 22, UH, ON THE LEFT AND THE BUDGETED, UH, AT LEAST, UH, THROUGH THE POINT THAT, UH, THAT I HAD GOTTEN, UH, FOR 2023.
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AND THE FIRST THING THAT I, UH, SEE IS THE ABL CONTINGENCY OF 314,000.UM, I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT, THAT ACTUALLY IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S LABELED CONTINGENCY, THERE ARE PERHAPS PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THAT MONEY.
SO THEN I WOULD TAKE THAT AND I SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT CONTINGENCY THAT'S FOR PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS.
UM, SO LET'S GO DOWN AND LET'S LOOK AT THOSE, UH, HARD COSTS OR CORE COSTS.
WE'VE GOT THE TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS 30% OF PARK'S PERSONNEL COSTS.
THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE ANNUALLY MAYBE THIS YEAR.
UH, YOU'VE GOT THE TRANSFER TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
WELL, GUESS WHAT, THAT'S FIXED.
AS SOON AS WE SELL THAT, WE, WE KNOW IT'S FIXED.
IT MAY DECLINE OVER TIME, BUT IT'S A FIXED COST.
THEN THE TRANSFER TO THE ACTIVITY CENTER, AGAIN, THAT'S A VARIABLE COST.
IT'S GOING TO GO UP WITH INFLATION REPAIRS.
WHAT HAVE YOU, AND THEN THE TRANSFER, THE RECREATION, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE CLASSES THAT, UH, AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PROBABLY RIGHT NOW IN ABSOLUTE FULL SWING.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S A VERY BUSY PLACE RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW MY KIDS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AS, AS ARE WE IT'S LIKE GO, YES.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT AS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE OUR COSTS, UH, GOING FORWARD, KNOWING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KNOWING WE EXPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SALES TAXES INCREASING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS MORE PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE CITY, THE DEMAND ON THE RECREATION CENTER, THE DEMAND ON, UH, PARK PERSONNEL AND THE DEMAND ON RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE ALL GOING TO BE INCREASING, RIGHT? SO I'M THE ONLY ONE OUT OF THOSE THAT IS, IS GOING TO BE FIXED AND ONLY FIXED AT THE TIME THAT WE SELL ADDITIONAL DEBT IS, IS THAT NUMBER.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, I HAVE A CURRENT PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AND WORKING WITH TANITIA, WE, UH, UM, NOT WAY SHE DID THE WORK, SHE CAME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE THAT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY GOING TO END THIS YEAR, A BLC, A BALANCE OF ABOUT $745,000.
UM, AT A MINIMUM, YOU KIND OF WANT TO SEE A BALANCED BEING CARRIED OF 25% THAT HELPS COVER ANY CORE COSTS IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE A DOWN FLOW OR SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY TYPE EXPENDITURE THAT, UH, THAT IS NEEDED TO BE PARTIALLY OR FULLY COVERED BY A BLC.
SO I PROJECTED THEN, UH, THAT OUR FUND BALANCE WOULD GO UP BY THAT 314,000, IF IT WAS TRULY CONTINGENCY AND WE WEREN'T BUDGETING THAT IT WOULD, AND IT WOULD GO UP TO JUST ABOVE A MILLION.
UM, THAT'S WHERE I GUESS WE RUN INTO THE ISSUE AS, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A CREDIT STANDPOINT, UM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN, RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR YOU TO BORROW.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO BORROW ON YOUR OWN.
YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BORROW WITH THE CITY AS A CO-SIGNER.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMFORT LEVEL THAT THE CITY AND A BLC ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REACH AS TO WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE, UH, LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO.
WE WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH CUSHION, HOW MUCH RIGHT SURPLUS IS THE RIGHT NUMBER BEFORE WE PUT OUR NAME DOWN, BECAUSE AS IT IS NOW, UM, OUT OF THAT FUND BALANCE, THERE'S NO, THERE'S A RESERVE, BUT IT'S KINDA LIKE, WELL, WHAT IS THIS RESERVE FOR? WE DON'T REALLY SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT THIS MUCH FOR GENERAL PROJECTS, AND WE'VE GOT THIS MUCH THAT'S FOR DEBT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT A HALF MILLION IN DEBT.
WELL, IF YOU HAD REVENUE BONDS, GUESS WHAT? YOU'D HAVE A HALF MILLION IN RESERVE FUND REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT'S EQUAL TO MAXIMUM DEBT SERVICE AND THAT DEBT SERVICE DECLINES, AND THEN YOU FREE UP, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT THE CITY HAS CO-SIGNER TAKES ON THAT RISK.
AND JUST AS A SIDE TO, UH, THE MAYOR, UH,
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IF THERE WERE AN EVENT WHERE, UH, AB LLC COULDN'T COVER THEIR DEBT, RIGHT, THE 550,000 FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND THE CITY HAD TO COVER THAT IN THE CITY HAD TO COVER IT BY REACHING INTO DEBT SERVICE THAT TRIGGERS A MATERIAL EVENT FILING, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE A MATERIAL EVENT TO TELL THE MARKETS THAT, UH, THE CITY THROUGH FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY HAD TO HIT RESERVES TO, UH, MAKE THEIR DEBT PAYMENT.SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU ISSUE DEBT, AGAIN, YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BALANCE AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH AN AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE AS FOR DEBT SERVICE, RIGHT? AND YOU MAY NOT WANT TO CALL IT DEBT SERVICE.
IN FACT, THE BOND COUNSEL MAY SAY, WE RUN INTO TAX ISSUES IF WE DO THAT.
SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF SAYING 25%, WE SAY, WE WANT A BALANCE OF 30% ANNUALLY OR, OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THE CITY DOES HAVE A DEBT SERVICE FUND.
AND THAT, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S HARD TO ACCUMULATE THE MONEY IN THAT BECAUSE OF TRUTH IN TAXATION LAWS, IT BASICALLY GETS ACCUMULATED, ACCUMULATED OVER MANY YEARS OF INTEREST EARNINGS AND COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES THAT IT PUT INTO THAT FUND ANNUALLY.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE PROTECTION, UH, AND THAT'S PROTECTION THAT THE CITY HOLDS FOR THE BONDS AND, AND RIGHT.
RIGHTFULLY SO THERE'S CITY BONDS, RIGHT? THEY'RE, CO-SIGNING ON THE LOAN.
IT'S NOT A BLC THAT SELLING THE DEBT.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAY IT LOOKS AS IF YOU ARE STRESSED, UH, ESPECIALLY IF THAT 314,000 IS NOW GOING TO BE NOT CONTINGENCY, BUT PAY AS YOU GO PROJECT.
SO, UH, JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THIS, IF I WERE, UH, LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, HOW WOULD YOU DO THIS, UM, TO FREE THAT UP, I WOULD WAIT UNTIL THAT 314,000 UNTIL YOU GOT INTO THE END OF THE YEAR, ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, RIGHT.
WHEN YOU'RE CLOSING IN, ON, ON THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT MONEY AND YOU SAY, THERE'S MY SURPLUS.
I'M GOING TO BUDGET THAT FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE 20, 24 FISCAL YEAR.
UM, Y'ALL MAY HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON THAT YOU SAY, OH, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND A BLC HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBERS ON, ON THE BOARD AS WELL, BUT EVERYBODY JUST HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT, WHAT A BLC CAN REALLY DO BECAUSE YOU ARE AT THIS POINT, HIGHLY LEVERAGED, RIGHT.
WITH, UH, YOUR CORE CORE COSTS.
AND, UH, DO YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT, A LOT LEFTOVER THAT'S NON-COMMITTED.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE FUNDS.
UH, YOU KNOW, LATER THIS WEEK, WE'LL GET ANOTHER DATA POINT IN AND WE'LL BE HAD SEVEN MONTHS OF COLLECTIONS IN, AND WE'LL SEE HOW WE LOOK AGAINST BUDGET.
UH, I PUT TOGETHER JUST A, YOU KNOW, A WAD IF CASH FLOW, UH, AND THE, WHAT F WAS, WHAT IF WE SOLD THAT? WHAT COULD WE DO? SO IF YOU'LL TURN THE PAGE, THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY CITY CEO SALE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
NOW, UM, I'VE GOT ONE AMOUNT ON THE, WELL, WE'VE GOT YOUR EXISTING DEBT, RIGHT? FIXED DEBT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GOING TO DECREASE FROM 550, 4,000 DOWN TO ABOUT 530, 4,000.
WHAT I DID, UH, WITH YOUR NEW DEBT IS I JUST WENT OUT AND SAID, OKAY, I WANT MY EXISTING DEBT PLUS NEW DEBT TO BE AS CLOSE TO 550,000 ANNUALLY AS I CAN MAKE IT.
SO I CAN'T DO THAT FOR THE FIRST FOUR YEARS.
I CAN'T EVEN PUT ANY PRINCIPAL IN BECAUSE THE INTEREST IS GOING TO KICK US UP OVER THAT.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT FOR 2023, IF WE CAME AND WE SOLD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND I HAVE, UH, ASSUMING THAT WE DO THIS AND WE DELIVER IN MID NOVEMBER, RIGHT? BASICALLY YOU SET A TAX RATE, WE GET THROUGH BUDGET AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN WE COME TO MARKET, WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE AT A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT COUPON
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SELLING 4 MILLION, 245,000 IN DEBT, UM, UH, PAYMENT NEXT YEAR OF 677,000.AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE OVER FOR FOUR YEARS OVER THE 550,000 MARK.
AND THAT'S WHAT ABOUT 127,000, 130,000 THAT WERE OVER IN THIS YEAR? SO HOW WOULD WE PAY THAT? WE'D GO BACK TO THAT 314,000 THAT WAS CONTINGENCY.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SPENT THAT, YOU'D HAVE TO UNSPIN SOME RIGHT AND PUT IT BACK ON THE TABLE.
UM, AND WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR, UNLESS WE GOT, YOU KNOW, A KICKUP AND SALES TAX, AND WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE FACING HIGH INFLATION.
AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF ECONOMISTS ARE CURRENTLY SAYING RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL OUT OF CONTROL.
CAUSE THE FED GOT A LATE START.
THE FED HAS SAID, WE'RE GOING TO POP AT 50 BASIS POINTS IN JUNE, ANOTHER 50 IN JULY.
AND THEN IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AND SEE, AND MAYBE DO 25 BASIS POINTS I HEARD TODAY.
UH, THE SPECULATION THAT THEY'RE SO FAR BEHIND THAT THE FEELING IS THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP IT 50 AND, AND KEEP GOING.
AND THAT, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDS NIGHT OR OVERNIGHT, THE FEDERAL FUNDS IS OVERNIGHT LOAN RATE FROM ONE BANK TO ANOTHER BANK.
AND THAT, THAT WILL REACH THREE AND A HALF PERCENT.
AND THERE WAS A TIME FOR YEARS, BUT THAT WAS ZERO.
BUT, UH, NOW, YOU KNOW, W WE'RE DONE WITH THE PANDEMIC TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT AND WITH SUPPLY CHAIN AND YOU ALL KNOW THE ISSUES, UH, BUT, UH, INFLATION IS, UH, IS THE BIG BATTLE FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE RIGHT NOW.
BUT BACK ON YOUR SCHEDULE, THOSE FOUR YEARS WOULD NEED ABOUT 300, $10,000 IN SURPLUS TO GET OVER.
AND, UH, WHILE WE'RE RUNNING AROUND 95% OF, UH, WHAT WAS BUDGETED, UH, ON THAT 14% INCREASE AS IT'S BEING HELD CONSTANT, AT LEAST FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES FOR 2023, PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
I WOULD THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HIT THAT.
UH, THE WHOLE POINT OF THE INFLATION DISCUSSION IN THE FED IS THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO FIND THAT EQUILIBRIUM, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
IT MAY TAKE AWHILE AND WE MAY BE IN A RECESSION FOR A YEAR OR TWO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF IT.
UM, SO WHILE SALES TAX IS GOING TO GROW ORGANICALLY HERE, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE ADDING, UH, HOUSEHOLDS.
AND, UH, AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT NATURAL, ORGANIC GROWTH.
IT'S HARD TO PROJECT WHAT THAT RATE IS GOING TO BE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WAIT AND SEE TYPE, UH, ATMOSPHERE, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD, MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE TO SELL RIGHT IN, IN, RIGHT AWAY.
UH, THEN I RAN ONE OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE TO SELL, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF 20, 23, RIGHT.
WE GET, WE GET THROUGH, UH, THIS YEAR AND WE'RE, WE'RE SELLING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER WHERE YOU CAN SELL.
YOU CAN SEE, I POPPED THE INTEREST RATE UP TO 5%.
UM, WE STILL HAVE A FEW YEARS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER THAT FIVE 50 AMOUNT, BUT, UH, IT'S ONLY THREE YEARS IN ABOUT 200,000 INSTEAD OF THE 310.
SO, UH, STILL A HIT TO THE BUDGET, BUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT LESS NOW, BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS DO ONE THING.
AND, UH, I DID THIS BECAUSE, UH, I WAS ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS MAXIMUM CAPACITY, RIGHT? SO THIS IS IT.
UH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, JUST LOOK AT THE TOTAL GRAND TOTAL APLC DEBT SERVICE, RIGHT.
WE'RE BASICALLY, WE'RE TAKING IT UP TO 550,000 AND IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FROM BASICALLY 20, 22 TO 2043.
I CALL THAT THE FLYING BRICK, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OTHER THAN YOU GETTING IT FROM THE BUDGET SOMEHOW, WHICH IS EITHER EXPENSES GO DOWN, NOT LIKELY, OR REVENUES RAISE RISE FASTER THAN THE EXPENSES ARE GOING UP.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE NEW CAPACITY FOR THE FUTURE.
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SO THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY TRIED TO, UH, BUDGET FOR DROPS ABOUT EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, HAVE A DROP IN DEBT SERVICE SO THAT THERE CAN BE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION PROJECTS.UM, BUT THIS LEVERAGE IS, AS YOU LEVERAGE, IS YOU OUT COMPLETELY? UM, AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHERE I THINK YOU GUYS ARE, IT'S A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY AND AMONGST YOURSELVES AS TO, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP ON, UH, LEVERAGING UP YOUR CASHFLOW, YOU CERTAINLY CAN.
UM, I MAY SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR MAXIMUM CAPACITY, YOU CAN SEE THAT ROUGHLY 4 MILLION, MAYBE IT'S YOU TAKE A LOOK AT A PROJECT THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALSO CAN AFFORD, YOU KNOW, AN AFFORDABILITY TYPE APPROACH.
AND, AND THEN MAYBE WE LEVERAGE YOU UP TO 550,000 FOR FIVE YEARS, AND THEN LET IT DROP SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH EXPENDITURE CREEP AND A RISING, UH, SALES TAX AMOUNT, AND THEN FALL OFF IN DEBT, YOU'LL HAVE SOME NATURAL POINTS TO COME BACK TO THE MARKET AND DO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
BUT, UH, THOSE ARE JUST, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT APPROACHES, RIGHT? YOU ALL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, I WILL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN, UH, RUN NUMBERS, ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE, PEPPER AWAY.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
ONE IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR SURPLUS, WHAT MAYBE I'LL SEE, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND BASED ON THE NUMBERS YOU SEE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IN SURPLUS? YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, UH, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE SURPLUS IN REVENUE, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME, WHICH I WOULD SUGGEST YOU HAVE YOUR CORE COSTS AND THAT YOUR CORE COSTS REPRESENT 80% OF WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN.
AND YOU DO THAT FOR ONE YEAR, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT 20% IN THAT FLOWS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, INTO FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN IN YOUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE WITH, WHAT'S GOING UP, WHAT WE HAVE TO COVER, WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN WITH OUR REVENUES.
THEN YOU TAKE OUT OF THAT FUND BALANCE, WHICH YOU'VE ADDED YOUR SURPLUS TO.
THEN YOU TAKE THAT AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH A FUND BALANCE OF 30%, WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND WE NOW HAVE THIS MUCH, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY TO PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS, AND YOU KEEP THAT 80%, OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN THIS CASE, I THINK YOU ALL WOULD BE AT 86% OF W YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HIT THE 80% BECAUSE YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR REVENUE FLAT AND YOUR EXPENSES ARE ALREADY AT 80, 86% OF THAT.
SO WITH THE CITY AND THE OTHER QUESTION, THEY GOT A LOT OF THINGS, SEWER, OTHER ISSUES, ANY, UH, DEBT WE HAVE THAT THEY CO-SIGN, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THEM AS FAR AS WHAT ELSE I CAN GO FOR? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT THE RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT IS, UH, IF YOU HAVE UTILITY DEBT, RIGHT? AND THE CITY HAS FUNDED UTILITY DEBT WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, PLEDGING AD VALOREM TAXES.
WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT DEBT, AS LONG AS WE'RE SHOWING GOOD COVERAGE, RIGHT.
THEY BACKED THAT OUT AND THEY SAY, WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THAT AS IF IT'S REVENUE DEBT, BECAUSE THE CITY IS TREATING IT AS IF IT'S READY, REVENUE, DEBT, AND GENERATING THE COVERAGE FACTORS THAT GIVE US COMFORT THAT THEY'RE TREATING THAT AS IF IT WAS A REVENUE BOND.
IT ALSO IS AN ESSENTIAL UTILITY, RIGHT? WATER AND SEWERS AND ESSENTIAL UTILITY.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN A HOME WITHOUT WATER.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN OUT WITH STORMS AND IT'S NOT FUN.
SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT, UH, GIVES THEM A LITTLE CREDIT, COMFORT SALES TAXES.
THEY DON'T GIVE US CREDIT FOR SALES TAXES.
UM, THEY TREAT IT AS IF IT IS DIRECT DEBT OF THE CITY.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU GUYS BELIEVE A, B, L, C IS GOING TO PAY.
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IT AGAINST YOU.SO WE DON'T GET TO DEDUCT THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR CALCULATIONS OF OUTSTANDING DEBT.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY DIMINIMOUS AMOUNT.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT GROWING, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON A WHOLE LOT MORE NOW, WHO KNOWS 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, IT COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
BUT AS OF NOW, UH, YOUR SALES TAX REVENUE, UH, IS NOT AS ROBUST AS A PEAR LAND.
YOU'LL GET THERE, BUT NOT IN MY LIFETIME.
SO WE JUST BOUGHT, LET'S SEE BRO, TIMMY DOLLARS FOR SOME PROJECTS.
AND I THINK WE MENTIONED THAT AS SORT OF OUR DEBT, CURRENT DEBT CAPACITY.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, I KNOW, AS FAR AS THE BONDS AND ALL THAT BEING IN A HIGHER RATE, BECAUSE WE'RE AT OUR CAPACITY TO PUT IT, IS THERE A SAME SORT OF EFFECT? IS THERE A DIFFERENT RATE BECAUSE WE'RE AT OUR CAPACITY, DOES IT AFFECT, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT, UM, THE IMPACT TO THE CITY AND YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION CREDIT WILL BE DETERMINED EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GO BACK OR EVERY BOND ISSUE.
WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR PACKAGE TO THE RATING AGENCIES, WHERE THEY WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF, ARE WE GOING TO RENEW, UH, OUR CREDIT OUTLOOK AT THE EXISTING? AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DOUBLE A MINUS, ARE WE GOING TO RENEW THAT AT DOUBLE A MINUS? AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT THAT'S HUGE, THAT PUTS YOU IN ELITE CATEGORY, RIGHT.
SO WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, TO THIS POINT, THEY, THEY STILL SAY YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BECAUSE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN VERY MEASURED WITH YOUR ISSUANCE, RIGHT.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE PRESSURE, UH, IN THE FUTURE AS YOUR NEEDS EXPAND, RIGHT.
IF WE'RE TALKING 30 MILLION DRAINAGE AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT ON THE WATER AND SEWER SIDE, THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE OVER THE NEXT, UH, COURSE OF FIVE TO 10 YEARS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE CURRENTLY, THERE IS NOT REALLY AN IMPACT AS LONG AS WE GET THAT AA MINUS.
AND THEY'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE CLOSE TO THE AA PLUS, RIGHT.
WE JUST, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF DIVERSIFICATION.
UM, SO, UH, UH, THAT'S DIVERSIFICATION WILL HELP A, B L C TO, AS YOU BEGIN TO BECOME, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE, UH, OF A SHOPPING DRAW.
I WOULD IMAGINE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO EITHER GO DOWN TO PEAR LAND OR LAKE JACKSON TO, TO HIT SOME OF THE SHOPS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE END THAT AND WE HAVE THOSE SAME STORES HERE, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE REALLY GONNA SEE, UH, THE CREDIT OF THE CITY START TO TAKE OFF.
AND THAT HAPPENS AS YOU GET MORE ROOFTOPS, YOU KNOW, ROOFTOPS DRIVE, UH, RETAIL.
UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO IN A WHOLE CONUNDRUM WITH RETAIL, RIGHT? EVERY, YOU KNOW, RETAIL NOW DRIVES AMAZON OR, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, OKAY.
ONE MORE QUESTION ON YOUR KEY CONCEPT, YOU MENTIONED, UH, OPERATIONS, A RIG CENTER, 30% OF SALARIES FOR PARKS, RECREATION, PLUS FUNDING OR RECREATION.
IF THE CITY WAS TO TAKE OVER SOME OF THAT, LET'S SAY, TAKE OVER THE OPERATIONS RELATED TO THE REC CENTER AND SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, WE HAVE A BOND DROPPING OFF IN A FEW YEARS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW SIGNIFICANT THE REC CENTER PLAYS IN THAT CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE LAST YEAR AND HAVE AN IMPACT, UH, IF THAT WAS TO DISAPPEAR OFF OF OUR BOOKS.
UH, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE THESE DROP OFF.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
WE HAVE ONE BOND THAT OVERWHELMED AT THAT TIME WITHOUT THIS.
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WITHOUT THAT, THAT BOND, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GO OUT ON OUR OWN WITHOUT USING IT CEO? I THINK, UH, I THINK YOU'D BE MUCH CLOSER.UM, IT WAS THE JUDGE JOE, TO HELP YOU OUT.
IT GOT MISLABELED HERE AT LAKESIDE PARK CAPITAL THAT EIGHT 20 IS THE OPERATIONS SHORT FIRE OF THE REC CENTER ON YOUR, ON YOUR, ON YOUR PAGE, WHICH SAYS ACTUAL BUDGET AND ACTUAL PERFORMANCE.
THAT THE WAY IT HELPED YOU OUT OF IT, IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S THE LARGEST NUMBER ON THE PAGE.
AND THAT'S BROKEN DOWN IN THE NEXT, PUNCH IT INTO TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE 820,000 OFF OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
THAT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
UM, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT I AM DOING IS I AM COUNTING AS DEBT.
THESE CORE COSTS THAT YOU ARE D YOU GOTTA PAY.
I MEAN, THOSE HAVE TO BE PAID.
UH, SO IT'S JUST AS A, UH, ON A PRIORITY SCALE.
IT, TO ME, IT'S THE SAME AS DEBT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. JOE? I LOVE IT.
WHEN YOU COME, I GET RE A LITTLE BETTER EDUCATED OF THE PROCESS EVERY TIME YOU COME.
UH, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME AND ENJOY IT, AND I, I HOPE IT'S BEEN USEFUL INFORMATION AND AGAIN, JUST REACH OUT ANYTIME.
AND JOE, YOU GET TO GO HOME BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN.
HAS BEEN HERE FOR SOME LATE NIGHTS.
SO ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR AT THE MOST, THAT WAS JUST MORE FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS WITH OUR BOND GURU.
ARE YOU GOOD TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO IT'S QUITE CHRIS, WAS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OR, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS MORE FOR DISCUSSION IN SOME, UH, UH, FROM COMING ON MOTION IS BEING MADE.
LET ME BOUNCE BACK UP ON MY SCREEN THAT WE'RE
[4. Discussion and possible action on the ABLC and Angleton Recreation Division YTD financial statements of May 2022.]
TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE HPLC AND ANGLETON RECREATION DIVISION YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF MAY, 2022.SO, UH, STARTING ON YOUR PAGE, 35 OF THE PACKET IS JUST THE DECORATIVE.
SO, I MEAN, THE AGENDA SUMMARY, UM, BASICALLY YOUR MARCH SALES TAX WAS RECEIVED IN MAY.
IT WAS A TOTAL OF 1 74, 1 0 5 AND 53 CENTS.
AND THAT'S REFLECTED ON YOUR PAGE 36, UM, THAT BROUGHT YOUR A BLC TOTAL YEAR TO DATE SALES TAX, UH, TO $895,886 AND 57 CENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT THAT AMOUNT IS A 7.65% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A NEW ROOM AND WITH YOUR PACKET THIS MONTH, UH, JUST TO SHOW A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT ABL THESE CURRENT FINANCES LOOK LIKE AS THE END OF MAY.
UM, AND THAT NEW REPORT IS ON PAGE 37 AND THEN ALSO 38.
UM, AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO STATE JOE WAS GOING TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE DEBT CAPACITY, WHICH HE'S ALREADY DONE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE ANGLE TERM REC CENTER REVENUE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 54%, UH, COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED 67%, BUT THAT'S ONLY BASED OFF AN EVEN NUMBER OF 12 MONTHS.
SO OF COURSE, AS WE GO INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS, THEY GET MORE ACTIVITY, MORE REVENUE.
UH, REVENUE IS, IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AT ATTACHES A NEW REPORT ALSO FOR THE REC CENTER, JUST FOR EASY, FOR AN EASY VIEW AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, THE APPROVED MOUNTS, THE SPENT AMOUNTS AND, UM, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST OF THE ANGLETON REC CENTER IN CAPITAL EXPENSES.
THAT'S JUST SHOWING YEAR TO DATE OF THAT 8 95, 8 86, UH, PAGE 37, UM, IS THE NEW ITEM OF HOW WE ARE PRESENTING IT AS FAR AS
AND IT STARTS OFF WITH YOUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.
UM, AND THEN WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN INTEREST AND IN SALES TAX, AND THEN IT SUBTRACTS
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OUT THOSE EXPENSES AS WELL.UM, ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION ON THIS PAGE IS THAT LAND ACQUISITION, IT DOES HAVE 179,000 THERE FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE ABIGAIL AREAS PARK, AM I SAYING THE LAST NAME? RIGHT.
UM, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT, THAT, UH, EXPENSE HERE WITH AB LLC, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO OTHERWISE.
UM, THAT IS THE DISCUSSION UP TO YOU AS A BOARD TO DECIDE IF YOU WOULD RATHER, UH, THE CITY MOVED THAT EXPENSE TO ANOTHER FUND OR ANOTHER ITEM.
AND I DO, WE, WE DID NOT AGREE TO PAY FOR THAT.
UM, UM, THERE WERE PARK DEDICATION FEES THAT WERE AVAILABLE, NOT, NOT IN TOTAL, BUT, UH, WHEN THAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE, WE DID NOT MOVE TO, TO PAY THAT OUT OF OUR FUNDS.
SO MY OPINION IS WE, WE OUGHT TO TAKE IT OUT OF HPLC.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT'S THE NEXT COURSE OF HOW, WHERE THAT, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BOUNCE TO WHERE'S IT GOING TO BE ACTUALLY MOVE, MOVE TO, UM, IN THAT AREA, UH, AND THE BUDGETS AND THE BUDGET ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
UH, ALSO ON PAGE 37, OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE THAT AMOUNT PAID AT THE BOTTOM.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT YOUR YEAR TO DATE NUMBER IS ON THE PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN THE TOTAL COST THAT, UH, WAS, WAS AGREED UPON, AS FAR AS THOSE PROJECTS WERE CONCERNED OF THE 384,900 OF THAT 280 3007 55 HAS BEEN SPENT.
I HAD SOMETHING ON THE PARK STANDARDS, ADA TRANSITION, UH, I THINK WE TALKED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THOSE SHOULD BE CHARGED TO THE PARKS BOARD CAUSE THEY DO POLICIES AND STANDARDS AND NOT THIS BOARD.
SO IS THAT, I THINK THAT WAS A CONSENSUS DISCUSSION.
SO THE REMAINING COST, UM, THOSE ARE GOING ELSEWHERE, CORRECT? NO.
SO THIS, THIS BOARD APPROVED THE 85,000 AND THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THERE ARE GOING TO BE SUBSEQUENT OF THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN AND PROJECTS LIKE ADA AND PARK STANDARDS DO NOT NEED TO BE COMING TO HPLC IN THE FUTURE FOR, UM, PAYMENT IS, YEAH, THESE WERE ALREADY APPROVED.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON PAGE 37? MAYBE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
THIS REALLY, I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL TO NISHA TO HAVE IT IN, IN THIS WAY SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT TRACKS TO THE FUND BALANCE IN WHAT PROJECTS ARE GOING ON.
AND THEN PAGE 38, UM, I JUST LIKE HIGHLIGHT.
AND SO OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, BEGINNING BALANCE THERE IN YELLOW.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOUR ENDING PROJECTED ENDING, UM, THERE, AS WELL AS TRACKING THE, THE 400,000 FOR THE PARK DESIGN THAT HADN'T BEEN SPENT AND THEN THE 50,000 FOR CONTINGENCY, UH, THE LEGAL FEES AND JUST WAYS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO SAY, OKAY, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT BEING SPENT.
THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LIKE, THAT WILL BE SPENT.
UM, THE, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO PUT THE 3 84, 900, THE ACTUAL CONCEPTUALLY, WHAT WE AGREED TO DO WAS WE WEREN'T GOING TO FUND THE 400,000 FOR DESIGN.
BUT MEGAN ALREADY HAD SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALL AGREED THAT WE OUGHT TO GET DONE, UH, WHICH IS THE LIST HERE ON 37.
SO I THINK TANISHA THAT, THAT TO MAKE IT WORK BEST IS THAT WE DO NEED TO PUT THE 3 84, 900 IN THERE BECAUSE THEY AREN'T OTHERWISE IN THAT BUDGET.
WELL, THE ONLY THING IS THE REASON WHY I DON'T HAVE THE 3 84, 900 HERE IS BECAUSE THE 2 17, 7 40 WAS ALREADY BUDGETED.
SO THAT NUMBER IS NOT ADDITIONAL TO THAT.
IF YOU SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY ON THE, IF YOU ACTUALLY EXPENSE THAT FULL 3 84 AND 900, THEN THAT EXTRA 167,001 60 IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE EXTRA SPIN IF YOU DON'T HIT THE SALES TAX AMOUNT.
SO THAT'S WHY I TOOK THAT, PUT THAT IN THERE.
CAUSE IF YOU'RE STILL GOING TO SPEND THAT FULL AMOUNT ON YOUR PROJECTS, THEN THAT IS GOING TO DECREASE YOUR AMOUNT.
SO YOU REALLY THINK, AND WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH 744,000 IN OUR FUND BALANCE, THE BALANCE SHEETS THEMSELVES SHOW THAT WE'RE DOWN TO, UM, 4, 7, 10 OFF OF THE SEVEN 40, RIGHT.
UM, W WE'RE THAT'S NOT THE NUMBER, SO NO, BUT THAT 17 IS JUST, AS OF NOW, THIS IS, THAT'S WHY I SAY THIS IS
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THE PROJECTED.SO THAT FIRST SHEET THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE PROJECTS, RIGHT.
CAUSE IF YOU TAKE THAT 17 THAT WERE DOWN, PLUS THAT 7 79 FUND BALANCE, THAT GIVES YOU THAT 68, 5 12 HERE, RIGHT.
THIS FORM, THIS RIGHT HERE ON PAGE 38 IS THE PROJECTED FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH $744,000 BASED ON THESE OKAY.
ON WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR.
IT'S BUDGETED FOR WHAT YOU HAVE FOR THE YEAR.
IN THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT.
THREE, THE 384,900 IS PARTIALLY COVERED BY THE TWO 17, RIGHT? YES.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS IS THAT THE 1 61 67, 1 60 THAT YOU SEE.
SO ONCE WE TAKE OUT THE 1 79 THAT WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THE ENTIRE 3 84 BY THE 1 67.
SO, AND, AND OF COURSE IT THEN ALSO ASSUMES, UM, THAT THE OTHER TRANSFERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ARE THERE.
SO WE WILL ACTUALLY END UP WITH EVEN MORE THAN 744.
WE'LL TAKE THE LAND ACQUISITION OUT, RIGHT? YES.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT AT ALL.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO IT 1 79, 6 30 61.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO END UP WITH $923,000.
I LIKE YOUR HIGHLIGHTING AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, PAGE 39, OF COURSE IT'LL HAVE YOUR BALANCE SHEET.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE NEXT FEW PAGES, ACTUALLY 39 THROUGH 41.
THOSE ARE JUST THE SAME, UH, PRINTOUTS IN OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM THAT THIS SCHEDULE BASICALLY SAID, IT'S JUST AN EASIER WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE AS WELL.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE SEVEN 10 IS JUST THE SAME NUMBER AS JUST 7 79 PLUS THE 17.
AND GIVEN YEAR 65, THERE ARE FOR THE ACCOUNTANTS AMONG THIS.
SO SINCE WE HAVE IT THROUGH MAY THAT OUR FUND BALANCES, THE 68, SO YOU'VE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR THE SHORTFALL IN THE SALES TAX.
UM, WE'RE FUNDING THE REC CENTER AS WE GO, AS WELL AS PAYING DEBT SERVICE FOR THE LIFE OF ME.
I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
YOUR SALES TAX, OF COURSE, IT'S STILL THE ONLY THROUGH MARCH.
SO DO STILL HAVE THE SIX YOU'VE TAKEN THAT PORTION OUT OF HERE THAT WE KNOW WHERE THAT WILL FEEL IS ABOUT.
THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON LLC.
I CAN MOVE TO, UH, THE REC CENTER NEXT, IF YOU LIKE.
SO, UM, DID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE QUITE THE SAME THING, UM, ON YOUR PAGE 45 IS YOUR REC CENTER BREAKDOWN.
AS FAR AS YOUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IS CONCERNED AT THE TOP, YOU'LL SEE YOUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, ALSO THOSE REVENUES, UM, AND THEN THOSE EXPENSES.
UM, AND SO ON THIS REPORT ON PAGE 45, IT DOES SHOW YOU WHAT YOUR ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS BUDGET AROUND THIS TIME.
LAST YEAR, OF COURSE, IS MID YOUR BUDGETS AND YOU'RE PROJECTING WHAT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ESTIMATE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING TODAY AS WELL WITH MEGAN LATER ON.
BUT, UM, YOUR APPROVED BUDGET IS IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN AND THAT IS YOUR 94 OR FIVE 90.
THAT'S WHAT WAS APPROVED FOR YOUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, OF THAT AMOUNT, THERE WERE TWO ITEMS, WELL, THREE ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM, BUT TWO OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD APPROVED FOR YOUR APPROVED BUDGET WERE ACTUALLY EXPENSE THROUGH THE CARES FUNDS.
SO YOU DO HAVE THAT THIS YEAR AS EXTRA SAVINGS ON YOUR CAPITAL EXPENSE.
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YEAR TO DATE, YOU'VE ONLY SPENT 80,000 180 7 OF THE 94,005 90 ON THE CAPITAL EXPENSES.AND BASED OFF THE PROJECTIONS HERE, YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A, UM, ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR REC CENTER OF ABOUT $48,000.
AND JUST LIKE THE HBLC, THAT'S JUST THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE OTHER DETAILS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BACK END, BUT THEY DO TIE IN TO THE, UM, NUMBERS AS WELL, THAT 94 OR FIVE 90 TIES INTO THE SAME NUMBER ON PAGE 54, YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET.
UM, TANISHA, WOULD YOU ELABORATE WITH EVERYBODY? I KNOW I GOT THE ANSWER, BUT THEY NEED TO HEAR IT ON, ON THE BUILDING INSURANCE.
WE HAD TALKED LAST TIME THAT THAT WAS WAY OFF THE MARK.
COULD YOU FEEL EVERYBODY ELSE INTO THE BUILDING INSURANCE? WHAT WAS IT FOR? I'LL LET I'LL LET MEGAN SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHAT, UM, SO WE WERE INFORMED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT THAT BECAUSE WE HAD MADE A CLAIM ON THE ROOF FOR THE ROOF LEAKING.
UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE REPAIRED THE FLAT ROOF, UH, LAST YEAR THAT HAS BEEN A, UH, INCREASE IN OUR INSURANCE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE ITEMIZATION FROM OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND IT ALL HAS BEEN CODED TO THE REC CENTER.
SO WE WILL BUDGET ACCORDINGLY NEXT YEAR.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, THE DIFFERENCE, SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WE EXPLAINED IN THE BUDGET.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, ON THAT, UM, NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR TANITIA OR STAFF? THANK YOU.
UM, NECK WAS LAND ACQUISITION.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THEM? YEAH.
TO REMOVE THE LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE, UH, YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE COST OF ACQUIRING THE PARKLANDS, UH, SOUTH OF ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANGLETON OF A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE, SIX HUNDRED THIRTY $1 BE REMOVED FROM OUR BUDGET.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROGERS THAT GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER PELTIER, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE POSTS, NAMES SIGN, UH, RESPECTFULLY.
UH, SO THAT PAST 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, NO ONE MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG OFF OF THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I THINK NOW WAS THAT NUMBER SIX, NUMBER SIX,
[5. Discussion and possible action on additional funding improvements for Angleton Independent School District tennis courts on Downing Street.]
NUMBER FIVE.DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TENNIS COURTS ON DOWNING ROAD, MS. MEGAN.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE APPROVED PROJECTS FOR YOU ALL THIS YEAR.
AND WE'VE RUN INTO A COUPLE OF BARRIERS THAT WE JUST WANT TO BRING BACK TO YOUR ATTENTION AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU'D LIKE US TO PROCEED.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS WE HAD, UM, SOME PRICING IN THE AMOUNT OF 71,500, $25 FOR RESURFACING AND NEW FENCING FOR THE TENNIS COURTS ON DOWNING.
WE WERE WORKING WITH AISD AS A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT AND MOVING TOWARDS AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE DRAFTED THAT AGREEMENT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE RESURFACE RESURFACES, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A GROUP, UM, THE GULF COAST TENNIS ASSOCIATION, THE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE WANTED TO PARTNER AND DO THIS RENOVATION IS TO BRING YOUTH AND ADULT TENNIS TO ANGLETON, AND ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOST USTA TOURNAMENT SO THAT WE COULD BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY, PURCHASING THINGS ON THE WEEKENDS AND GETTING HEADS IN BEDS, UM, AT SOME OF OUR HOTELS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE CURRENT TENNIS COURTS ARE NOT USTA COMPLIANT.
SO IF WE WANT TO HOST TOURNAMENTS, UM, OR EVEN LEAGUES OR CLINICS FOR THAT MATTER, THAT
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FALL UNDER THE USTA UMBRELLA, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECONSTRUCTED TO USTA REGULATION.SO CURRENTLY THERE'S SIX COURTS OUT THERE.
WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE IS MOVING POLES AND OUR NETTING.
AND WE COULD ONLY GET FIVE COURTS OUT THERE, WHICH IS STILL A GREAT NUMBER OF COURTS.
HOWEVER, THAT IMPACTS THE AMOUNT THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THEM USTA REGULATION SIZE.
SO BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK TO APLC.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PHIL EDWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND, UH, WHILE THEY WERE CARRYING A LARGER BURDEN THAN HBLC ON FUNDING, THESE RENOVATIONS, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER THE EXCESS FUNDS, UM, WITHOUT A LITTLE MORE GIVE FROM THE CITY.
AND SO WE'RE COMING TO ADL C FIRST, SINCE THIS WAS AN APLC PROJECT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED MORE SPACE IN BETWEEN.
IT IS, IT IS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT.
YOU'RE JUST NOT MEETING REGULATIONS, EYES.
CHARLENE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH OUR FUND BALANCE? SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE WELL, AND I'M STILL TRYING TO GET THERE.
Y'ALL CAN PROBABLY SEE THIS PERPLEX THAT I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GETTING THAT, BUT WE HAVE IN THE, UH, IN OUR ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION, WE HAVE 50,000.
UM, AND I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL USE OF THOSE FUNDS TO, TO GET THIS DONE, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, THEY CAN SEE LIKE SIDE.
I WOULD, UM, I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKING WITH US AND GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO I WOULD FEEL THAT THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE USE OUT OF THAT 50,000 CONTINGENCY TO KEEP THIS THING MOVING FORWARD.
I ACTUALLY THINK BECAUSE OF THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT, LIKE TENNIS, AS OPPOSED TO TRADITIONAL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO THE AREA.
IT SEEMED, WE BUILD A LOT AROUND SOFTBALL FIELDS AND ESPECIALLY BASEBALL FIELDS.
SO I THINK THEY EXPLAINED LIKE MAYBE A PORTION, LIKE WHAT? 16,000? YEAH.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD SPAN.
REFRESH MY MEMORY WHERE THERE LIGHTS INVOLVED IN.
SO WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT LIGHTS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, ORIGINALLY WE CAME TO YOU WITH A BUDGET, I THINK AROUND 24, 20 5,000.
AND APLC MADE A MOTION TO INCREASE IT UP TO 30,000 WITH THE HOPES THAT WE COULD GET LIGHTS IN GETTING ELECTRICAL LED LIGHTS OUT THERE WAS WELL BEYOND AN ADDITIONAL $5,000.
I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THE QUOTE WAS, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, SO WE DID DETERMINE STUART DID HOMEWORK OUT.
WE TRIED TO DETERMINE IF WE COULD DO SOLAR LIGHTS, EVEN SOLAR LIGHTS WOULD NOT MEET THE USTA REGULATIONS.
AND SO ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS THAT WE WANT TO DO USTA REGULATIONS AND WE INCLUDED IT HERE IN YOUR SUMMARY IS IT WILL AFFORD US THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS THAT USDA OFFERS SO THAT IF THEY SEE THAT WE'RE, IT'S ADA COMPLIANT OR MOVING FORWARD WITH USTA COURTS, WE CAN APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF FUNDING FOR LIGHTING.
BUT THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT THIS YEAR.
SO AS AN ALTERNATIVE, DOING THE FENCING, UM, SO THAT WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE A NEWLY REDONE COURT AND SURFACING AND THEN RESTED FENCING ON THE SURROUNDING, UH, PERIMETER.
AND SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE RESURFACING AND THE FENCING BE WHAT'S COMPLETED WITH THOSE FUNDS.
SO MEGAN, BY DECREASING FROM, UH, SIX COURTS TO FIVE THAT DOESN'T LIKE, UH, THEY'RE STILL COMPLIANT WITH THE USTA.
AND IT PROVIDES ENOUGH SURFACING TO DO THE CLINICS, THE CLINICS, THE CAMPS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY DO THE TOURNAMENTS IS THEY WILL REQUEST TO ALSO USE JUNIOR HIGH COURTS AND HIGH SCHOOL COURTS.
WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING IN THE TOURNAMENT'S EITHER TRIP PARISH WHO PUT UP SOME BLACKBOARD'S YES, THEY ARE.
THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, GULF COAST AND ASSOCIATION WILL BE CONTRIBUTING.
I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN WITH, I LIKE HAVING OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT HEADS IN BEDS AS WELL.
AND IF WE CAN FIND THAT WE NEED MORE HOTELS IN THE SPACE, THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US AS WELL.
SO, UM, ARE WE MOVING FOR THE 16,000? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD? THEN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,313 TO
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FUND 50% OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TENNIS COURTS ON STREET AND THE PERSON TO INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR USE.UH, WE'LL GET WE, I WANT TO HEAR IT.
SHE, SHE, I THINK SHE BEAT YOU DR.
HOW'S THAT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER EBY.
SECOND BY RITTER IN JACKSON, YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH ONE TO PUT ON THE MINUTES.
UH, IN MORE DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW WE'LL BE BOPPING UP AND DOWN ON MY NUMBER SIX
[6. Discuss and possible action on budget recommendations for Parks, Recreation, Angleton Recreation Center, and Angleton Better Living Corporation division budgets for fiscal year 2022-2023.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKS, RECREATION, ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, HANDLED TO BEAR LIVE INCORPORATION DIVISION, UH, BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23.UM, WE TRIED TO GET IT TO YOU GUYS, UM, WITHIN A WEEK.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BRIEFLY REVIEW SOME OF THE CHANGES SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS SAW THIS IN APRIL, UM, HBLC REVENUES.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT'S PERTINENT TO DISCUSS, UM, SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR AS IT RELATES TO KEEPING THE RATE FLAT.
UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING TANISHA AND I WERE WORKING ON HERE.
SO IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT FLAT, IF WE'RE, IF WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE 14% INCREASE, WHICH WE DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE, YOU JUST HEARD FROM JOE MAURO, UM, TANISHA HAD MENTIONED THE 8% IS MORE REASONABLE.
AND SO WHAT THAT WOULD PUT AT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS $1,844,985.
AND IF YOU JUST USE THAT SAME PERCENTAGE, MARK, ANOTHER 8% FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S GOING TO PUT US AT A BUDGET OF 1,000,990, $2,583.
UM, AND SO THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE IT'LL CHANGE SLIGHTLY, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE $9,800 AND IN THE POSITIVE.
SO, UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT WILL BE CHANGED, UH, OR DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ALL MOVE.
UM, THIS EVENING, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.
SO IF EVERYBODY'S ON THIS, THIS PAGE HERE, HEY, HERE'S THE THING THAT, THAT, THAT I LIKE WHEN, WHEN WE'RE DOING A BUDGET AND AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE TO START SO EARLY BECAUSE YOU HAD STARTED TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
UM, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE INTEREST BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT, ESPECIALLY BASED UPON, UH, WHAT TANISHA PUT IN THE 4,500 ISN'T HAPPENING.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING A NUMBER.
WE WON'T PASS IT FOR A BED IF THE SALES TAX REALLY STARTS TO TAKE IT UP.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T, I PROPOSE THAT, THAT WE ALSO REFLECTED, THEN IT'S JUST A NUMBER THAT WE'RE CHANGING.
THE PLUG GOES TO CONTINGENCY, RIGHT? OH, YES.
SO FOR REVENUES WHERE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE REVENUE NUMBER AND CHANGING IT TO THE ONE POINT, UM, 9, 9, 2, ET CETERA, BUT THEN YES.
SO, SO WHAT, WHAT I WAS PROPOSING JUST AS WE DO THIS, WE, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS UNREALISTIC, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE ONE THAT'S MAKE-ABLE TOO.
UM, AND BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE ON SALES TAX JUST CAUSES ALL THESE OTHER PROBLEMS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE 8% WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER, BUT JUST LIKE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, EVERYBODY'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS INFLATION.
AND SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOW GETTING THE AMAZON DELIVERY SALES TAXES THAT WE DIDN'T GET.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE TOO OPTIMISTIC ON HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE.
UM, SO IS IT THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM FOR CITY STAFF IF WE WERE TO START WITH, OKAY.
THE ONE, A 4, 4, 9, 8, 5 IS WHAT WE'D REALISTICALLY FINISH RAISING FOR THIS YEAR? CORRECT.
WHAT IF WE, YOU, WHAT WAS ON HERE IS TO SAY, KEEP IT FLAT, RIGHT.
SO THE IDEA WAS, KEEP IT FLAT.
WHAT IF WE KEPT IT FLAT? OKAY.
UM, UM, I'M CHANGING THINGS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT IF WE'D LEFT IT FLAT? BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE CONSERVATIVE WITH REVENUES.
UM, I, NOBODY WANTS TO PAY $5 A GALLON FOR GAS, AND WE'RE KIND OF LUCKY DOWN HERE.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SHOPPING.
LIKE THEY USED TO THE DISCRETIONARY SHOPPING'S GOING DOWN.
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SO IT WOULD NOT BE THAT DIFFICULT IF RIGHT BEFORE WE NEED TO PASS IT.SO IT GOES TO CITY HALL TO THE COUNCIL.
SORRY THAT IF WE CAN SEE, WOW, WE'RE UP TO NINE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND INCREASE IT.
IT'S JUST SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING A REASONABLE NUMBER AT REVENUE BECAUSE IT DRIVES EVERYTHING ELSE.
AS OPPOSED TO THEN WHEN THE REC CENTER DOES IT MAKE WHAT THEY WANT, THEN YOU COME BACK TO US AND THEN WE FUNDED AGAIN, WHICH IS, UM, THE WAY IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, THE WAY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT THEN THAT KEEPS TAKING MORE MONEY OUT OF HERE THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO DO OTHER STUFF.
SO FOR A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE ON SALES TAXES, I THINK IT WORKS OUT, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
SO ARE YOU PROPOSING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE 8% THAT MEGAN SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE IT TO? I, YES.
WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS LEAVE IT AT THE 8% NUMBER THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED, THAT WE THINK IS REALISTIC FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THE, MAYBE IF WE HA IF WE WANT TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE WE SAY FIVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR US TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS INFLATIONARY CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN.
NOW I MAY BE, I MAY BE, BE BEHIND, BUT WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS HERE WAS 14%.
AND MEGAN SAID THAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ASKING US.
CAN THEY CHANGE IT TO 8%? AND CAN WE KEEP IT AT, I MEAN, ARE WE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? AND I'M HEARING US SAY WE ARE IT ONLY FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE OF, OF OUR SALES TAX SCHEDULE HERE.
AND SO MEGAN TENICIA I, CHRIS MET EARLIER AND 8% IS, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THIS YEAR.
SO NOTICE WHAT THEY WERE COMING OFF ON SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ACTUAL HERE, WE, WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WE ALL AGREE NOW IS TOO IS TOO HIGH.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT FLAT, IF THE OBJECTIVE, WHEN THIS WAS PROPOSED WAS TO KEEP IT FLAT.
IF WE KEPT IT FLAT, IF YOU LIKE THAT SCENARIO, THEN I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE'D LEAVE IT FLAT.
AND WE LEAVE IT AT THE 1 8 4, 4, 9, 8 5, BECAUSE IT GIVES US SOME SET OF, UH, IF WE GET IT AND THEN WE COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, NOBODY MINDS, BAD NEWS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, TAKING THE NUMBER, MAKING THAT FLAT, NOT THE PERCENTAGE.
SO COUNTER TO WHAT I WAS SAYING, ELLEN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
AND WHERE YOU WANTING TO KEEP THE INTEREST AT 4,500 FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR? NO? WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I HEARD THE NUMBER, BUT 10, UH, WELL, WE COULD, WHY DON'T WE USE THIS A LITTLE SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WITH THE REVENUES, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL IMPACT OUR CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM ON THE HPLC EXPENDITURES.
THAT'S WHERE WE MANEUVER THAT NUMBER.
SO AFTER WE TAKE OUT ALL OF OUR, UM, BASICALLY LIKE JOE SAID, OUR FIXED COSTS AND OUR, UH, DEBT PAYMENT.
SO YOU'RE ON PAGE 62 LINE ITEM 45 0 6, UH, FIVE 20 IS WHAT WILL CHANGE AS A RESULT OF CHANGING THE REVENUE.
HEY, SO, UH, SO MEGAN, UM, AND MAYBE CHRIS AND THE TWO CHRIS'S, UM, I HAD LOOKED BACK ACTUALLY, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT I WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT THE EXTRA AMOUNTS THAT WE WE'VE ALREADY USED, ALL OUR CONTINGENCY ON LAKE SIDE BECAUSE OF THE PEERS.
SO, UM, ON ONE OF THOSE SETS, AND I DIDN'T NOTICE IT WHEN I TALKED EARLIER, BUT IT'S LITERALLY IN HERE THE EXTRA COST.
WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN THERE SOMEPLACE.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS FOR LINE ITEM FIVE 20 B, YOU'VE ALREADY NEEDED DESIGNATE 39,000 FOR THERE WE GO.
SO, SO IS THERE A WAY, UM, UM, ACCOUNTING WISE TO GO AHEAD AND PLUG THAT IN THAT, THAT 39,000 OF THAT IS ALREADY, ALREADY BEEN USED SO THAT WE DON'T FORGET, I WILL TALK TO TANISHA ABOUT THAT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR SCHEDULE, ABSOLUTELY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT 39,000 IS, IS A NEW, IT WAS, IT WAS APPROVED WHEN WE DID THE DRILLED PIERS, WE USED 150,000 OF OUR CONTINGENCY, BUT THEN WE STILL HAD TO COVER THE DEFICIT FOR THE TELECON MATERIAL TESTING AND WHATEVER THE ADDITIONAL
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OVERAGE WAS THAT TOTAL CAME OUT TO 39,000.AND SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T SPENT THAT ALL YET.
WE'VE GOT A BUDGET FOR THAT EXPENDITURE.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'D RECOMMEND THAT COMING OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY.
AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO NOTE THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S GOTTA BE ONE OF THE PROJECTS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE 39,000 OUT OF THAT SUM TO SPEND CAROLYN JUST FOR EASE.
SO YOU DON'T SAY CHRIS, CHRIS WORKER CW ME SO SOMEBODY CAN HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
JUST DON'T BE A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
WHAT I WAS JUST GLANCING THROUGH ON NUMBER SIX, ARE THOSE NUMBERS CORRECT? WHO SAYS RECREATION DIVISION THE EXPENSES.
I JUST CAN ASK YOU THAT IN THE SUMMARY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIG LEAGUE, THE BIG LEAF FROM 20,000 2 0 1, NUMBER SIX.
I MISSED, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WAS.
AND SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE ONLY CHANGES FOR HPLC EXPENDITURES.
IF Y'ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT, I'LL KEEP MOVING ON UNTIL Y'ALL SAY OTHERWISE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER REVENUE.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING AN ADJUSTED, UH, INCREASE BASED ON THE MEMBERSHIP PRICING AND DAILY PASS FEE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LAST MONTH.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON ALL OF OUR REVENUES, AND THEN ALSO IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF OUR REVENUES, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS COME DOWN DRASTICALLY.
AND LET ME JUST POINT OUT AND REMIND YOU THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE SEPARATING INTO TWO DIVISIONS.
ORIGINALLY, WE WERE THESE, THE CENTER AND THAT WAS IT.
IT HOUSED THE RECREATION DIVISION.
NOW WE'RE THE CENTER AND THE RECREATION DIVISION.
SO YOU'LL SEE DOWN HERE THAT WE TYPICALLY HAD A TRANSFER OF 820,000 FOR THIS YEAR, A LITTLE OVER THAT.
AND IT'S REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
THAT IS NOT SAVINGS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HIT THE RECREATION DIVISION.
YOU WILL SEE THE RECREATION DIVISION TRANSFER ALSO.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, AND SO THIS BLACKED OUT PORTION, THOSE ARE ALL PROGRAM ASSOCIATED REVENUE LINE ITEMS, AND THAT'S WHY YOU NO LONGER SEE THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE RECREATION DIVISION REVENUE.
AND SO WE GO ON TO PAGE 64, WHICH IS OUR ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
WOULD YOU POINT OUT FOR EVERYBODY THE ISSUE ABOUT THE TRANSFER FROM A BLC MO CAPITAL? JUST SO EVERYBODY ELSE HAS? YES, I WILL.
THERE WAS A NUMBER THAT WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET, $109,589 THAT IS NOT ATTACHED TO ANY REVENUE.
SO THE CENTER WILL BE MAKING UP THAT REVENUE.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT $73,000 IN FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING TO TRY TO OFFSET THAT.
AND THE REST OF IT, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP IN REVENUE AT THE REC CENTER, UM, AND OR FEWER EXPENSES.
SO, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE, BECAUSE THAT, THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE LAST BUDGETED FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND ON PAGE 64, THE EXPENSES FOR ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF OUR, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE REALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EVIDENT THAT WE'VE DIVIDED DIVISIONS.
UM, THE SALARIES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
UH, THE PART-TIME SALARIES ARE GOING TO DECREASE.
THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE HOURS OF OPERATION ON SATURDAY.
AND YOU GUYS ALSO APPROVED A PERIOD OF CLOSURE FOR THE NOTORIOUS DURING THE DAY WHERE IT'S NOT HIGH USE.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES HERE? YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CHANGES IN ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS. IF YOU GO ON TO PAGE 65, THE BLACKED OUT ACCOUNT CODES.
CAN I ASK SOMETHING QUICK NOW? HAS, HAS HR DO Y'ALL HAVE A FINAL THING? AND, UM, I SEE THAT CWS HERE TOO.
UM, D UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE A, A, A BUDGET HEALTH INSURANCE IS I REALIZE IF YOU OVER ESTIMATE EXPENSES, YOU'RE HAPPY WHEN THEY COME UNDER.
IT'S GOOD BUDGETING, BUT DO Y'ALL DO Y'ALL REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 20, 20%? GOSH.
AND SO ON PAGE 65, AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE,
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UH, REMOVED ACCOUNTS.ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY IS LINE ITEM THREE, 10 EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE GOT WEIGHT ROOM EQUIPMENT FROM 2008.
UH, WE'VE HAD A PIECE THAT HAS THE, THE FRAME HAS COMPLETELY FAILED.
AND LUCKILY IT WAS ON A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT TO START ADDRESSING ARE, ARE DILAPIDATED EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN WELL BEYOND ITS LIFESPAN.
SO TYPICALLY THAT WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN IS 8, 10, 8 TO 10 YEARS ON THIS WEIGHT EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT COME UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND IN TWO YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BUDGETED DUE TO COVID.
WE WERE TRYING TO CUT DOWN COSTS ON OUR EXPENDITURES.
SO WE NEED TO GET BACK IN OUR EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR MORNING, UH, BUDGET MEETING IS LINE ITEM FOUR, 10 UTILITIES.
WE HAD A, UH, WE HAD SOME BILLS THAT WERE, THEY GET SENT TO FINANCE AND PAY THROUGH FINANCE.
WE PAY GAS DIRECTLY, BUT WE PAID ANOTHER CITY FACILITIES BILL.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE GIVING THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, A CREDIT.
WE PAID AN EXCESS OF ABOUT $14,000.
AND SO THIS WILL NOT BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON YOUR FINAL BUDGET.
WE WENT BACK TODAY AND THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING 90.
REALLY THE MAIN THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE ON PAGE 66, WELL, TWO THINGS ACTUALLY BUILDING INSURANCE.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THE LINE ITEM 5 0 7.
WE ARE INCREASING THAT BECAUSE IT DOES APPEAR AS THOUGH WE ARE, OUR RATES HAVE INCREASED BECAUSE OF CLAIMS WE'VE MADE.
AND THEN WE WERE INFORMED WE NEEDED A BUDGET FOR 15% INCREASE, AND THAT WAS FROM HR.
THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED $0 AND CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS GIVING AGLC THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AFTER BUDGET.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE RECREATION DIVISION.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT, ON THIS REVENUE, PAGE 67, ALL OF YOUR MEMBERSHIPS, ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER, IT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
SO NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE PROGRAM REVENUE THAT WE'RE MAKING.
UM, SO WE'RE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE TRANSFER IS UP AT THE TOP, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THAT IS THE HPLC TRANSFER TO ALLOW THIS DIVISION TO BALANCE.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW 820,000 OVER THAT THIS YEAR.
WELL, YOU COMBINE THIS NUMBER AND THEN THE CENTER NUMBER, AND THAT GETS YOU THE TRANSFER FROM APLC.
AGAIN, YOU SEE, UM, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE CENTER'S HISTORY.
SO TECHNICALLY THIS IS A NEW DIVISION.
UH, ANY HISTORY SHOULD ALL BE ZEROS, BUT WE'RE SHOWING YOU WHAT IT USED TO BE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS AT THE, THE CENTER, THE ANGLETON REC CENTER, SOME OF THE ACCOUNTS, AGAIN ON PAGE 68 AND 69 WILL NOT BE USED BECAUSE THEY ARE STRICTLY RELATED TO THE CENTER AND NOT THE RECREATION DIVISION.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE NOT BUDGETED FOR ANY CAPITAL.
WE WOULD COME TO YOU GUYS FOR EXPENSES ON CAPITAL ITEMS, MOVING TO PARKS.
WE INCLUDE PARKS BECAUSE APLC SUBSIDIZES PERSONNEL SERVICES, UH, BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE LAST YEAR, IT WAS 40% THIS YEAR, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS 30%.
AND SO, UH, WE INCLUDE THIS BUDGET SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE OVERALL PERSONNEL COSTS ARE, WHICH ARE $919,091.
AND SO APLC PAYS FOR 30% OF THAT, UH, JAMES THAT, WELL, WE WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO GO AWAY ACTUALLY, WHEN IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED TO US, WHICH WAS FIRST TIME I MISSED MEGAN, WE WERE TOLD BY THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER THAT IF WE DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS, THE CITY COULD NOT MAKE THEIR BUDGET.
AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO DO IT FOREVER,
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SOMETHING GENERAL LIKE THAT.UH, AND ALSO HE HE'S, HE, HE SAID, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN Y'ALL NEED TO GO OUT AND BOND FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE BUILDING, THE CITY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND REALLY ALL WE'VE GOTTEN IS KIND OF THE ONE END OF THAT STICK ALWAYS.
WE'RE INTERESTED IN DIRECTION, THE BOARD.
AND WE'RE JUST SAYING, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE ACCEPTED, HOW MUCH WAS IT THAT WE TOOK OVER, IT WAS 50%, 50% OR A DOLLAR.
WHAT DO YOU, GOD, FOR 50,000, THAT MADE A BIG IMPACT BECAUSE PAST, I MEAN, WE CAN'T DO NEAR AS MUCH AS WE COULD.
UH, AND WHEN I'VE TALKED TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT HOW THIS WAS TIPPERARY, SO WHILE YOU OWN IT NOW, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT.
LIKE WE TALKED TO JOE MARA, WE HAVE A BIG AND DEADNESS ON US THAT THAT'S ON OUR BALANCE SHEET.
NOW THAT OUR REVENUE IS NOT GOING UP.
HERE'S A, WE GOING TO ADD MORE, BUT IT IMPACTS WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE COMMUNITY THAT EXTRA HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR SO THAT'S ON OUR BALANCE SHEET.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, IN YOUR CASE, IF OVER THIS TIME, SINCE HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THREE, FOUR, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? FOUR YEARS.
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE TIME THAT ALL THIS HAPPENED.
UM, I HAD ASSUMED BY NOW WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY WENT BACK TO WHAT WE CALLED NORMAL, BUT AT THE TIME WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE BUILDING AND I REMEMBER HE SAID, IF WE DON'T, WE CANNOT BE ABLE TO BALANCE A BUDGET WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
ALL OF US SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL IMPACT US, BUT WE SAID, OKAY, CAUSE THE CITY NEEDS A HELP.
AND WE, WE WERE THE SAME, HAD THE SAME THING IN, BUT I KNOW IT'S IN THE PAST, BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME GIVE AND TAKE THERE.
JOE, I THINK KIND OF ALLUDED TO THAT.
WHEN I ASKED HIM THE IMPACT, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON US GOVERN, UH, PERSONNEL MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS HAVE TO GET THE COMMS. WHERE ARE WE ARE GOING TO BE AS JUST A FUNDING AGENCY FOR THE REC CENTER.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO ABIGAIL KARCH OR ANY OF THESE OTHER FACILITIES ARE HINDERED BY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AT YOUR CURRENT.
TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE, AND, AND WE CAN, I MEAN, TRAIL AT SOME MORE, IF WE'VE GONE FROM 50 DOWN TO 30, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GO TO 10% THIS TIME OR WHATEVER.
UM, BUT TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE IF WE GET OUT OF THE PERSONNEL, UM, BUSINESS AND GET BACK INTO THE CAPITOL AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING PROJECTS, THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE SPIRIT OF THE ELECTION THAT WAS, THAT WAS HAD AT THE TIME THAT WE PASS THIS AND ANGLETON WAS THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES SINCE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST.
AND THERE'S SOME OF THE PAST, WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET GOING FORWARD.
IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN'T LOOK AT THAT, IT WOULD HELP US BECAUSE I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS PROBABLY THE MOST FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE.
WELL, I THINK IT HELPS EVERYBODY, TO ME.
I MEAN, IT HELPS THE CITY BECAUSE THEN THERE'S MORE, IT HELPS THE REC DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEN THERE'S MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE OUTSIDE PROJECTS.
IF THE CITY TAKES CARE OF CITY STAFF AND THEN THREE YEARS, LIKE WE WERE TALKING WITH JOE ABOUT, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BONDS DROPPING OFF AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, LIKE FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.
I DO JUST GOT TO FIND, I THOUGHT IT WAS CENTERED.
SO ANYTHING WITH A HARD COST, LIKE, I GUESS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TO TRY TO SHRINK AS BEST WE CAN.
AND SO WHAT CHRIS MENTIONED, UH, SURE.
ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO DROP THAT OFF, WE'LL BE, YOU'LL BE EXCELLENT THERESA AS MUCH PERCENTAGE AS POSSIBLE, BUT HEY, OTHERWISE TAKE IT OFF TO ZERO.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CDS IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, BONDS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEMS, CERTIFICATE OBLIGATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEMS YOU NEED.
IT, MAYBE WON'T IMPACT Y'ALL AT ALL.
Y'ALL GO OUT AND BOND A HUNDRED MILLION IN INMATE.
I THINK AT SOME POINT IT'D BE NICE IF WE GET SOME SORT OF AUTONOMY THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE, WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON THE CITY FOR FUNDING AS WE DID OUR OWN MIND.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME, WHAT, WHICH ONE ARE YOU SURE? TH UH, IT'S THE 2013 REFUNDING.
IT GOES OFF, UH, AFTER 2023, IT'S GONE.
UM, AND THEN THE HAVE 2016, I'M SORRY, 20 16, 20 16.
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YOU GOT IN 2016.SO THE NEXT ONE, IT GOES OFF 25, 26.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE, AND THE NOT UNREASONABLE FUTURE, UH, IT STARTS GOING DOWN, BUT I KNOW IT'S, IT'S W WE, WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF EXCITEMENT WITH WHAT WE HAD GOING ON.
UH, IT'LL BE GREAT WHEN WE GET LAKESIDE IN AND WE'LL HAVE THAT, BUT THEN WE WERE ALSO THEN IMMEDIATELY KICKED ON TO WHAT CAN WE DO AT FREEDOM, LITTLE BIT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE OF EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT, BUT STILL EXCITEMENT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS NEW THING, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT.
BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, IF WE COULD GET OUT OF THE OPERATIONS BUSINESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH INCLUDES THE REC CENTER, UM, UH, WHICH WE'VE ASSUMED, AND I'LL SAY IT TO ANYBODY WHO'S NEW LISTENING IS THAT OUR COMMENT HAD ALWAYS BEEN CHRIS.
AND I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, WELL, WE BUILT IT, I GUESS IT'S ON US TO FIX IT.
UM, AND, AND WE DID, BUT IT KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EVALUATE HOW MUCH LIFEGUARDS SHOULD GET PAID, BUT BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE ASKED TO FUND AN OPERATION THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT IN CHARGE OF THE, WHAT IF WE LOOKED AT, UH, CHRIS WHITAKER, WHAT IF WE LOOKED AT THE TIMEFRAME WHERE WE COULD DO THE, UH, WE COULD GO OUT FOR A BOND AND LET'S SAY, ARE ONE OF THESE DROPS OFF THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING, UH, THAT I'D SAY JOE ALLUDED TO, IF WE HAD LESS INDEBTEDNESS, IT WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY, DO SOMETHING THAT HAD THE CITY TRANSITION INTO THIS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, NOT SAY THEY'LL DROP A $400,000 NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
I KNOW THAT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IF WE, IF WE TIMED IT OUT TO THAT POINT, WELL, WE MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
WHETHER IT'S 20 14, 20 15, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR WE COULD DO SOMETHING.
UH, THAT, THAT IS AN OUT ON THE WITH JOE MARA.
WE'LL LOOK AT IF THAT'S FOR HIM.
NOW THAT IT'S NO LONGER THERE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT NOBODY HAS EXPECTATION TO SAY, YEAH, WE'VE GOT EXCESS BUDGET, BUT LIKE JOE SUGGESTED YOU CAN READ A FINANCIAL PLAN THAT SAYS AGREEMENT COUNSEL, OR WHERE TO GO FROM 30 TO ZERO OVER, YOU KNOW, X YEARS YOU DO SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE RETIREMENT.
IT'S INCREMENTAL TO KEEP BUILDING THAT UP OVER A X YEAR TIMEFRAME TO GET THEM TO THE LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE, SO BETWEEN CREATING SAVINGS OR CONTINUOUSLY THAT WE DON'T HAVE PROGRAM REDUCING YOUR FIXED EXPENSE OF PERSONNEL COSTS.
AND WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO JOE AT SOME POINT AND SAY, THIS IS OUR FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WE'RE EXECUTING TO GET THERE.
NOW ARE THAT PASSIVELY LOOK LIKE ON FIVE YEAR AND DECIDE WHEN WHEN'S THAT SWEET SPOT IS WE NEED 4 MILLION OR THREE OR FIVE AND GET THAT WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT.
UH, SO I GUESS CHRIS, YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, DROPPING LIKE 10% EACH YEAR UNTIL WE GET DOWN TO ZERO, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE.
I'M SURE, BUT MAYBE NOT SO AGGRESSIVE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAYBE WE NEED TO GET ON THEIR AGENDA.
I GUESS YOU GOT A SHORT MEETING AND THEY TALK ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IF I COULD, IT WON'T BE BEST COMING FROM THEM TO PROPOSE, KNOWING THAT WE WANT IT ELIMINATED, BUT THAT COUNSEL FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
L LET ME READ SOMETHING HERE THAT I SAW THAT I HAPPENED JUST TO STUMBLE ACROSS, AND IT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT ACTUALLY CREATED THIS BOARD OR THIS, THIS CORPORATION.
AND IN PARAGRAPH NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS, UH, THE CREATION OF THE ANGLETON BARE LIVING CORPORATION CALLED THE CORPORATION, BUT LIMIT TO TWO PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENTS OF THE COST OF LAND, BUILDING EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION COSTS FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS, PARKS, RECREATION, FACILITIES, DRAINS YOUR PREVIOUS THAT ARE NOT ATTACHED TO THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
IF WE CAN REDUCE IT TO HELP DO OTHER THINGS.
UM, BUT AS A COUNCIL PERSON, SOMETIMES WE NEED THAT TO GET US, I GUESS, WHATEVER HAPPENED, WHERE I, BEFORE I GOT HERE WITH THE PREDECESSOR.
UM, BUT YEAH, IF WE CAN SIT TOGETHER AND MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME PLAN THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, UM, BUT, UH, CAUSE THERE ARE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT KIND OF GO WELL Y'ALL CAN HELP US.
WE HELP Y'ALL WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
AND WE CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK TO THE RESIDENCY, THOSE HARD, TANGIBLE THINGS.
I'M ALL FOR IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.
THEY CAN SEE THAT STUFF, BUT THEN THEY ALSO FORGET THE COST BEHIND IT.
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THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WHO PAYS FOR THAT YET? YOU'RE RIGHT.IS IT THE CITY'S TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY? IS IT SOMEWHAT THE SALES TAX THAT WE COLLECT? IS IT PART OF THEIR RESULT? AND I'M JUST GOING.
CAUSE WHEN I READ RIGHT HERE, I HADN'T DIDN'T I REALLY HADN'T SEEN THIS DOCUMENT TILL IT POSTED.
I JUST HAVEN'T JUST STUMBLED ACROSS IT JUST NOW, AS I WAS READING IT, TO SEE WHAT IT IS MORE IN OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL, THERE IS THERE'S THE, WELL, THIS IS NOT A FIXED COST.
LIKE YOU SAID, IT INCREASES ANNUALLY.
BUT, BUT THE ISSUE ALSO IS THE CITY, YOU GUYS ARE CREATED NINE TO 10,000 PEOPLE OVER ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NEEDS FOR PARKLAND AND SOMEBODY HAD TO PAY FOR IT.
SO YOU CAN'T EVEN COVER A FRACTION.
SO Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BOND OUT FOR ALL THE PARKS WE'RE GOING TO EAT, WHO KNOWS 10 MORE BASEBALL FIELDS, 20 SOCCER FIELDS.
AREN'T SAYING WHAT YOU NEED FOR 10,000 MORE PEOPLE.
SO, SO THE ISSUE IS IF YOU PUT THE BURDEN ON US, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M AN ADVOCATE, BUT THE BREAK COOLEY, I GET IT.
WE'VE DONE SOME WORK NOW FROM 50 TO 30%.
NOW WE WAIT SOME HARD DECISIONS ON COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THAT EXPENSE.
WE HAVE TO CUT SOMEWHERE ELSE AS A CITY.
SO, UH, BUT YEAH, I'M ALL FOR IT.
WE CAN HAVE A JOINT MEETING ONE EVENING AND UH, HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND SEE WHAT'S THE END GOAL, UH, BETWEEN THIS BODY AND THE OTHER BODY AND, AND SET UP.
FIVE-YEAR LIKE WE DO A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY.
WELL MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN SPECIFICALLY ON FINANCES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE HPLC BOARD.
I THINK INSTEAD OF WASTING ALL THE TIME MODEL, Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE WANT.
IF WE ALL GET TOGETHER, WE'RE WASTING OUR TABBY WASTED YOUR TIME.
LET Y'ALL COME BACK AND SAYING HERE'S CAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE SAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANT, HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO.
PERHAPS IF THEY DON'T AGREE, THEY WILL HAVE A SIT DOWN.
I'M JUST GLAD WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.
WELL AND, AND YOU KNOW, FROM A CERTAIN
IT'S AN EXPENSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID.
SO PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE, AND IT'S MAINLY COUNCIL DECIDING, DO WE GO BACK TO THE, AND I'M SORRY, IT'S HISTORY.
IT IS, BUT IT WASN'T WHAT IT IS FOREVER.
SO THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME FORWARD TO SAY, LET'S, LET'S RETURN TO THE ARRANGEMENT, BUT EVEN MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THE CONCEPT IS WHAT I GET BACK TO.
AND I THINK YOU WERE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE WHEN WE VOTED FOR THIS.
SO YOU, YOU KNOW THAT TOO, EVEN THOUGH YOU WEREN'T ON CANCEL AT THE TIME, MAYBE THAT THE CONCEPT THAT WE LOBBIED, I LOBBIED CHRIS' LOBBY WHERE THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO LOBBIED TO AN ESSENCE TAX OURSELVES, ANOTHER HALF CENT, THERE WAS LOTS OF MEETINGS.
THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS GOING AROUND AND IT WAS NEVER INTENDED THAT THIS EXTRA SALES TAX GO TO PAY FOR EXISTING PARKS.
WELL, DOES THAT MEAN Y'ALL GONNA PAY FOR ALL THAT? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW STUFF.
SO THE INTENT IS THE PART THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM RECONCILING TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS THAT THE ENTIRE PARKS BUDGET ALMOST IS NOW ON US.
AND IT WASN'T LIKE THAT WHEN WE VOTED FOR THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE RECOURSE.
WE NEVER TALK ABOUT IS WE, WE CREATE A BUDGET AND WE APPROVE IT.
IF WE FIND LIKE RIGHT NOW THAT ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GO TOWARD DIRECT CENTER, 180, RIGHT.
AND THERE WILL BE OTHER INCREASES BECAUSE IT'S OWN BUILDING.
SO WE'RE APPROVING THAT BUDGET.
WE COULD, IF WE SAT THERE'S, WE'RE SPENDING 200,000 EXTRA ON THE REC CENTER ON SOMETHING, WE CAN CUT IT.
WE CAN START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE REC CENTER HAS GOT WHAT WE CALL A FUNCTIONAL OBSOLESCENCE.
IT'S OWED, IT'S THIS TIRED OF THE BUILDING, EVERYTHING THEY'RE STALE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, URBAN AREAS.
WE HAD CONVERSATION FOR THE CHUCKY CHEESE, ALL THESE, THESE THINGS, TOP GOLF THAT PEOPLE DO NOW.
SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE SIDE IS A BUILDING WORTH.
DO WE GIVE A MILLION DOLLARS OR EVERYTHING ELSE OR ONE BUILDING THIS USED BY 1% OF THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT BUILDING.
BUT IF IT COMES TO, IT'S A BIG BURDEN ON THE AGLC THE LLC JUST START CUTTING THAT MONEY AND PUTTING IT WORK.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WOULD GO LIKE THE WALKING TRAIL IN THE NORTH SIDE OF FREEDOM PARK AND THE PATRIOT TRAIL AND STUFF.
WE'D HAVE MORE PEOPLE WALK THERE.
AND ONE WEEK THEY USE THE REC CENTER IN PROBABLY THREE MONTHS.
SO DO WE EVEN PUT A VALUE ON REC CENTER? I MEAN, IT'S, WE'D ALL BE FORWARD AND WE WANT IT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS THAT BUILDING WORTH GIVING UP ALL OTHER PARK PROJECTS.
SO IF WE FIND IT'S A BURDEN AND
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THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND THEY, EVEN, IF THEY DO CONTRIBUTE AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THE BUILDING.WE CAN SPEND ANOTHER, I THINK YOU HAVE IN HERE $200,000 A YEAR, A YEAR FOR RENOVATIONS.
WELL, THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE NOW.
I'M JUST SAYING THERE ARE OPTIONS AT, AT, AT POINT.
AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THERE ARE, YEAH.
I'M JUST SAYING WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION.
WELL, BECAUSE AS, AS ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE SITTING ON A BOARD, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE HOW MUCH IS SOMETHING WORTH SPENDING ON.
AND IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNEW WE WERE SPENDING $880,000 TO JUST BALANCE IT OUT, THEY MIGHT WONDER, WELL, TELL ME WHY, WHY WE DO AS DIRECTOR TO BE PRUDENT WITH THE SALES TAXES THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OVERSEEING, RIGHT? MOVE THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD.
SO I AM GOING TO, Y'ALL HAVE TO HELP ME OUT, ESPECIALLY CHARLOTTE AND I I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT.
WE APPROVE THE PARKS, ANGLETON REC CENTER, DIVISION, RECREATION, DIVISION, AND ANGLETON, BETTER LIVING CORPORATION BUDGETS WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE CHANGED.
WE WANTED A FLAT RATE AS MEGAN PROPOSED.
WE WANTED THE FLAT, I'M JUST READING AT THE BOTTOM OF ITEMS. SO WE, BUT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO WORD THEY, UM, CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT THE 14% TAX AT THE ONE WHAT THE 8%, 1 MILLION, $844,985,000 FOR REVENUE.
FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 22, 20 20.
AND YOU HAD MINIMAL ITEMS THAT, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE.
AND SO WHAT OUR ELIMINATE REALLY, WHAT WILL HELP FOR THE NEXT AGENDA? ITEM TWO IS BASED ON THAT NEW ITEM, UM, THAT BRINGS DOWN YOUR PROJECT BUDGET TO ABOUT $184,599.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT 39,000 OF THAT NEEDS TO GO TO LAKESIDE PARK.
RIGHT? AND SO NOW YOUR NEW CONTINGENCY FOR HPLC IS GOING TO BE 1,400 AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, 1045, $140,599.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN CONTINGENCY TO SPEND ON PROJECTS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT ITEM.
BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE NUMBER BY 140 540,000.
WHAT I HAVE IS A ONE 40 TO TWO 80.
JETSON
MY COMMISSIONERS, THE DIRECTORS HAVE DIRECTOR EBY FOR MOTION A SECOND BY DIRECTOR ROGERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
UH, JUST BARELY ONE MORE LITTLE THING.
AND THEN TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT CHANGES, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT I WANT TO DO IS THE SALES TAX TIMING IS, MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT WHERE IT DOES CAUSE THE TWO MONTH DELAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S SHOWING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT BIGGER FUND BALANCE.
I'M STILL BEING FUDDLED AS TO HOW IT GOES FROM 64 NOW TO 740 AND 64 IN SIX MONTHS.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THINGS CHANGE OR NEW OR NEW INFORMATION COMES AROUND, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GET THAT OTHER INFORMATION AND RESPOND TO, TO, TO THINGS SO THAT WE, WE, WE ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN WE'RE GOING IN.
AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS, IS BUDGET.
DOESN'T GET APPROVED UNTIL LATTER PART OF THE SUMMER.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME MONTHS TO EVALUATE YOU ALWAYS COME BACK HERE.
IF YOU DO SEE SOME OF THOSE BIG CHANGES COMING IN DIFFERENTLY, WE CAN COME BACK HERE.
THE SHAPES ARE TO START THE BALL TO GET IT.
OR THIS YEAR A BLC IS INVOLVED IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND THE SECOND THAT WAS DISCUSSING THAT'S OUR DISCUSSION, OR WE GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[7. Discuss and possible action on budget recommendations for Parks, Recreation, Angleton Recreation Center, and Angleton Better Living Corporation division projects for fiscal year 2022-2023 and five-year CIP.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKS, RECREATION, ANGLED, DIRECT CENTER AND ANGLE TO BEAR LIVE INCORPORATION DIVISION PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 AND A FIVE-YEAR CIP.SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECT ITEMS THAT YOU ALL MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS TO BRING SOME OF THE INFORMATION RELATED TO FREEDOM PARK, UH, FOR THE TRAILS.
AND SO THIS WAS SENT OUT IN AN EMAIL AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED IT HERE IN THE
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AGENDA SUMMARY.JUST SO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU TO LOOK AT, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE OF THE PROJECTS, UH, BEING PURSUING THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WHEN WE SAY DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S LIKE THE ENGINEERING IN ORDER TO CREATE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO PUT OUT, TO BID, TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO YOU HAVE THOSE COSTS OVER HERE.
UH, WE DESIGNATE THE AREA THAT SECOND COLUMN IS YOUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN OF COURSE FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WHAT BERTA DID WHEN WE ASKED FOR THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY PROVIDED THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN IN 2021.
WELL, THEY'RE ESTIMATING 5% INCREASE JUST BECAUSE OF COSTS OF MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION IN GENERAL.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE, UH, FOURTH AND FIFTH COLUMNS THERE.
SO AGAIN, JUST REALLY FOR YOUR INFORMATION, IF YOU GO ON TO PAGE 75, YOU ALSO RIGHT UNDER THE COLORED CHART, WE'LL SEE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE PRIORITY.
THESE HAVE BEEN PRIORITY RANKED ITEMS AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER FOR RENOVATIONS, AS IT RELATES TO THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS SPECIFIED, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY THE LIGHTING AND THE RESTROOM AND LOCKER ROOMS. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE CEILING TILE UPDATES AND PAINT.
SO THIS IS HOW WE'VE ITEMIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE.
UH, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF AROUND $240,000.
PLUS THESE ARE ESTIMATED COSTS.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE FORMAL QUOTES.
AND THEN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, I SHOULD MENTION TYPICALLY WHAT THE CENTER DOES IS THEY BUDGET CAPITAL OUTLAY DOLLARS OR, UH, FUNDS IN THEIR MAINTENANCE.
IF IT'S A SMALL PROJECT, WE CAN TRY TO ABSORB THAT WITHIN OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE SMALLER NUMBERS.
SO WHAT WE SAID HERE FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WE'RE PROJECTING AROUND 38, 5 FOR EXPENSES.
I'M NOT SURE WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE WE, AS YOU RECALL, UH, LINE ITEM SIX 15, WHICH IS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN 6 25, YOUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, WE DIDN'T BUDGET ANYTHING.
SO IT WILL REQUIRE US COMING TO YOU GUYS FOR THESE FUNDS, THE SECTION RIGHT BELOW FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 CIP PROJECT PRIORITIES.
WE ADDED PROBABLY MY GOODNESS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CIP PAGES IN THERE FOR YOU REVOLVED AROUND PARKS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE RECREATION CENTER, UH, THERE WE'VE ITEMIZED THOSE BASED ON THE CIP, HOW WE LAY THEM OUT IN THE CIP.
WE REALIZED LAST YEAR WHEN WE FIRST DID THE FIVE-YEAR CIP LOOKOUT, UM, OUTLOOK, RATHER THAT WE WERE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WITH THE FUNDS.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CONTINGENCY IN HPLC TO BE THAT AGGRESSIVE OR BOND CAPACITY FOR THAT MATTER.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS ARE THE PRIORITY ITEMS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, RECREATION TRAILS, SOUTHSIDE PARK, AND THEN DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTIVE FREEDOM PARK AREA, THE BASEBALL FIELDS, UM, AND THEN EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM HAS BEEN ON FUTURE YEARS.
WE, WE CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT THOSE YET.
UM, SO, AND EVEN THOSE THREE ITEMS MAY NEED TO BE PUSHED IN A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO THIS IS PRIORITIZED, UM, FOR YOU GUYS ON, AS IT RELATES TO RECREATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, DESIGNED DEVELOPMENT FOR FREEDOM, PASSIVE PARK AREA, WHICH IS THE TRAILS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO ADA TRANSITION IMPROVEMENT.
SO THE PLAN THAT YOU ALL APPROVED, WE HAVE TO A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IS HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE AND SHOWING ACTION THAT WE ARE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND DOING SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE ADA NONCOMPLIANT AREAS.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, IT CAN BE GENERAL FUND, IT CAN BE PARKS, IT COULD BE A PLC.
IF YOU'VE GOT A NON ADA COMPLIANT AREA, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, OUR WEIGHT ROOM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY.
WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS IN OUR WEIGHT ROOM.
I MEAN, PEOPLE CAN'T NAVIGATE IF THEY'RE WHEELCHAIR BOUND IN THAT AREA, THAT COULD BE A EQUIPMENT REARRANGING FIX, OR IT COULD BE AN EXPANSION PROBLEM.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
SO WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING IN JULY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE REVEAL OF WHAT THE ASSESSMENT, THE ADA ASSESSMENT WAS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION, UM, AT THAT MEETING.
AND THEN WE DECIDE IF WE WANT TO PUT FUNDS TOWARDS IT OR NOT, BUT YES, THE CITY AS A WHOLE WILL HAVE TO SHOW PROGRESS.
SO LET ME ASK YOU ONE THING THAT WE ENCOUNTERED LAST YEAR, AND I THINK IS STILL PLAYING THROUGH THE SYSTEM HERE.
YOU, YOU ASKED FOR FUNDING FOR DESIGN SERVICES ON THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE NO FUNDING.
IS THAT, WHY IS THAT THE 400,000
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REMEMBER LAST OCTOBER WE, WE STOPPED BECAUSE WE KNEW WE COULDN'T GET A BOND, WHICH WE WERE CORRECT IN THE END, BUT WE WOULD HAVE SPENT $400,000 FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR A PARK THAT DOESN'T EXIST.AND PROBABLY, WELL, ANYTIME SOON, SHOULD WE NOT, BEFORE WE SPEND SOME OF THESE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FEES, NO, THAT THAT PARK WILL BE FUNDED AND THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO THIS BOARD.
IT JUST SEEMS AWKWARD TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY FOR A PROJECT THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN ARE THE PROJECT.
BY THE TIME WE BUILD IT, WHAT THEY DESIGNED THE COST WILL CHANGE.
SO JUST LIKE JOHN PETERSON'S DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT DRAINAGE, UM, AND LIKE WE'RE DOING ON HENDERSON ROAD, WE'VE GOT A COST NOW TO, TO UPGRADE THAT WE CAN'T APPLY FOR GRANTS OR OTHER PROJECTS UNTIL WE KNOW THE SCOPE AND THE COST JUST LIKE HENDERSON ROAD.
NOW WE CAN GO APPLY FOR A TIP TIP GRANT, UM, THROUGH HCAC BECAUSE WE'RE, AT THAT POINT, WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE AND WHAT THE COST IS.
SAME THING WITH A LOT OF THESE PARKS, WE CAN'T GO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE IS AND WHATEVER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CRITERIA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FAMILY FRIENDLY OR WALKING TRAILS OR WHATEVER.
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A PROVEN, UM, PLAN AND A COST, WE CAN'T GO.
THAT'S JUST A SMALL PORTION OF LIKE LAKESIDE PARK.
WE GOT 150,000 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, WHERE 3.6 MILLION.
MY DEAL IS IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 400,000 FOR DESIGN SERVICES AND WE NEED 7 MILLION TO BUILD IT.
BUT JOE MARSHALL JUST SAID, WE CAN GET IT.
WHY WOULD WE SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON A PART THAT'S GOING TO COST 7 MILLION WHEN NO, NO FEASIBILITY AT ALL FOR US TO GET IT, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IT I'D LOVE TO SPEND IT.
AND I WANT EVERY PARK WE CAN, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT MONEY UP FRONT AND UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
IF WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, WE GOT TO HAVE A, AN EXPEC PARTICULARLY HOUSE CASE WHEN YOU GO ON FOR GRANTS, BUT GRANTS ARE GONNA BE MINIMAL FOR WHAT WE DO, BUT WHY WOULD WE GO SPEND 300,000 FOR, UH, ABIGAIL PARK? WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO BUILD, BUT THERE IS NO FUNDING.
THEREFORE IT IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT A, HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T SAY YES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS.
HE SAYS, THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT.
AND UNTIL WE HEAR THE CITY SAYS, YES, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU A BOND OR CEO FOR 10, UH, 4 MILLION, 5 MILLION, WHATEVER IT IS, WHY WOULD WE SPEND MONEY RIGHT NOW FOR SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
IF WE KNOW THE BONDING IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR THE SALE'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO DO IT, LOOKED AT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN ROCKDALE, WHEN I WAS THERE, WE GOT A SPLASH PAD AND IT WAS 75, 25 WITH THE CITY PAIN, 25.
AND, BUT WE HAD TO HAVE, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE MASTER PLAN.
SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT WITH THE PARKS BOARD TO GET THAT IN THERE.
UH, BUT THE BENEFIT IS ONCE WE DID THAT, WE ADDED SOME OTHER STUFF, UH, THAT HELPED US GET THAT GRANT.
AND SO MAYBE IT'S NOT ON THE PARK LEVEL OF ABIGAIL PARK, BUT MAYBE IT'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S THE FIELD FIVE OR WHATEVER IT IS IT, FREEDOM PARK.
I MEAN, ONCE WE ADD THOSE THINGS AND WE'VE GOT IT IN OUR PLAN, THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A POINT TO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, W WE'RE WE'RE LIKE MY LITTLE DOG MO HE'S CHASING HIS TAIL BECAUSE HE'S STILL A PUPPY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CHASING OUR TAIL HERE.
W WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAYBE WE DO NEED TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 20, UH, 22,000, THE YEAR 2000 IS THAT WE CAN'T HAVE NICER PARKS.
SO WE CAN'T PROCEED WHEN SO MUCH OF OUR BUDGET IS FOR PARK EMPLOYEES THAT WE GOT LATER.
AND THE FACT THAT THE FUNDS THAT A BLC RECEIVES IS GOING ALMOST 50% OF IT, ALMOST 50% OF WHAT WE GET EVERY YEAR GOES TO UNDERWRITE THE REC CENTER.
UH, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT, BUT IT'S NEVER GOING TO MAKE MONEY.
WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO MAKE MONEY, BUT IT'S A BIG LOSS.
SO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY REALLY WANT TO HAVE NICE PARKS AND THAT'S TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THEM, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OVER ALL OF THE PERSONNEL COSTS THAT WE ABSORBED A FEW YEARS AGO.
IT'S THERE'S ANY WAY WE DON'T HIRE OR FIRE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AND THEY GOT TO LOOK AT TAKING, UM, TAKING BACK OR TAKING THE REC CENTER.
WE, WE AREN'T MANAGERS OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN A REC CENTER.
UM, SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A REAL UNDERSTANDING AND IT CAN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG NUMBER WHOEVER'S PLATE IT'S ON.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT PART OF THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THESE HERE'S, WE ASKED MEGAN TO BRING THEM TO US.
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SO RIGHT.BUT I WOULD LOVE TO DO THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THEY CAN ENJOY, BUT WE JUST GOTTA GET OVER THIS FINANCIAL HUMP.
EVEN IF WE DON'T, LET'S JUST SAY, WELL, WE HAVE DEALT WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW OUT OF THESE PROJECTS.
THE ONLY ONE THAT WE COULD CONCEIVABLY DO WITH A FUND BALANCE WOULD BE PROBABLY THE PASSIVE WORK, THE TRAIL.
AND THE TRAIL IS 607,060 8,000 UPFRONT.
IF WE HAVE A LARGE FUND BALANCE AND WE WOULDN'T DO IT IN ONE YEAR, WE MAY PUT THIS AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR, THIS AMOUNT FOR THE EXTRA YEAR YOU COME UP WITH.
AND IN THAT CASE, WE DO WANT TO DO DESIGN SERVICES BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN COME UP WITH A FUNDING AND WE CREATE A, A FACILITY THAT, UH, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE USE A MONTH.
CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA IT'S SHE'LL TELL YOU FOR EVEN LONG BEFORE MEGAN GOT HERE, PARKS AND NATURE TRAILS WAS THE NUMBER ONE CLASS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING ON THE PARK BOARD WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT TO ME, IT'S, IT'S IN REACH NOW THE, THE BASEBALL FIELD.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE AND A HALF, 1.7 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD BUILD THAT OUT OF FUND BALANCE IN A REASONABLE TIME.
AND THEN YOU'RE ONLY SERVING IN TEAMS. SO I FELT THIS JUST MY OPINION, BUT THE TRAIL IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT NOT SPENDING MONEY UPFRONT FOR SOMETHING WE'D KNOW WE CAN'T DO FOR THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
BUT IF WE THINK WE CAN DO IN THE TRAIL IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO SPEND THE MONEY, TO FIND OUT WHAT IT ENTAILS, WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST? AND WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON POSSIBILITY OF US DOING THAT WITHOUT A BOND.
AND ONE OF THE CIP PAGES FOR YOU GUYS UNDER, UM, I HONESTLY, I DON'T, IT IT'S LET ME SEE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ONES CALLED SOMETHING TRAILS AND THE OTHER ONES COME FROM, RIGHT? SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN.
THE PASSIVE AREA IS THE NORTHERN TRACK OF FREEDOM OF THE TRAILS.
ONE IS BEHIND RANCHO GOING OUT BEHIND.
SO THAT'S ADDITIONAL TRAILS TO EXPAND BEYOND, UH, ONE OF THE PAGE 85 IS I GUESS THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU COULD DO IS MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN THIS YEAR OUT OF A PROJECT, WHICH IS AROUND 65,000 NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHATEVER YOUR CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM IS, WE COULD APPLY FOR A TPW TRAILS GRANT, WHICH IS A MAX OF 300,000.
SO THERE'S NEARLY YOUR, YOUR AMOUNT.
UM, AND YOU, YOU COMPLETE THE REST OF IT WITH CONTINGENCY AND YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT FOR BOND.
SO IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I'M GOING TO LET THE BOARD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
I WOULD SAY, JUST KEEP IN MIND, PLEASE, THAT YOU'RE AT 145,000.
SO IF YOU TAKE 65,000 AWAY, YOU STILL HAVE SOME MONEY TO DO SOME OF THOSE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER PROJECTS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS LIKE THAT LIGHTING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WITH THE REVISED AMOUNT, I WOULD SAY AN OPTION COULD BE TO FUND THE PASSIVE TRAILS, UH, DESIGNED DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ALSO ADDRESS SOME RECREATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, SO WHAT IF WE MET IN JULY? WHAT IF WE HAD A MEETING THAT WAS IN JULY AND, AND WHAT WE HAVE ON IT IS BEST NUMBERS THAT WE GOT RIGHT NOW.
LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE ALTERNATIVES AND WHAT DO WE THINK THAT WE COULD DO SO THAT WE GET SOMETHING GO.
AND SO THAT WE GET SOMETHING THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AND, AND, AND DO.
AND WHAT ABOUT THAT? AND WE, WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS OF THE ASTRO.
SO, BUT SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT HOW MUCH DO WE NEED AT THE REC CENTER FOR THE RENOVATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? UH, WELL, THERE'S, I MEAN, WE COULD GO UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
I MEAN, SO I THINK THAT, YEAH, THERE'S AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE A PRIORITY, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT ARE THE LIGHTING AND THE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
WE'RE ESTIMATING, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 46,000 JUST FOR FACILITY IN GYM LIGHTING.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, I MEAN, THESE ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS SUBPAR ON THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ESTIMATED TOTAL IS 240,000 PLUS WITH A SPIDER LAKER LOOKING AT WORK IN THE LIGHTING, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT ON REPLACING LIGHTING THAT'S OUT.
SO MOVE FORWARD WITH REPLACING THOSE.
AS FAR AS LIKE RETROFITTING THE WHOLE REC CENTER, WE MIGHT, MIGHT WORK BETTER IN A BIGGER PICTURE, HOW BAD THE CONDITION IS, A GYM FLOOR.
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UNUSABLE? IT'S NOT, WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT ARE BUBBLING.UM, I, I PERSONALLY WOULD REDO THE FLOORS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THE PRIORITY IN THE FACILITY.
I THINK PAINT, WE TALKED ABOUT POWER WASHING.
UM, I MEAN THERE'S PARTITIONS AND OUR RESTROOM ADDRESSING THE RESTROOM FACILITIES IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
UH, THOSE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT THAT'S, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IF WE'RE LOOKING, WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO WORK WITH.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX TO 8,000, UH, FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT ON THAT TRAIL, UH, AND THEN YOU, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE THINGS WE NEED IN THE REC CENTER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE A PRIORITY THAT MUST BE DONE THIS FISCAL YEAR? AND NEXT, I MEAN, I TH I THINK YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THE REMAINING AMOUNT AND CONTINGENCY, THEN WE CAN GET MORE FROM QUOTES.
WE CAN BRING THIS BACK TO YOU IN JULY, BUT YOU TAKE THE TOP FIVE ITEMS AND WE SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE RESTAURANT, BECAUSE THE GYM YOU'RE JUST REPLACING FROM INCANDESCENT TO LED OR HALOGEN DEBT, WHATEVER'S THERE TO DAILY, BUT IT'S STILL THE RIGHT NOW THAT STILL WORKS.
SO IT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW, BUT OTHER FACILITY LIGHTING RESTAURANT, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE RESTROOMS. I HAVE FRIENDS FROM CHURCH THAT WILL GO HOME TO, TO CHANGE.
UM, SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE COULD PROBABLY PICK AND CHOOSE, AND YOU DON'T ADVISE US ON WHAT YOU THINK, BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE MORE THAN WE ARE, BUT, WELL, THIS IS THEIR ADVICE.
AS YOU PULLED YOU OUT, SHE COLLUDED IT ALL.
THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO SEPARATE.
WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PRIORITY, THE GYM, LIGHTING'S NOT A PRIORITY TO SET.
IT'S JUST A CHANGE GOING TO PRIORITIZE IT FOR, I GUESS, FOR JULY.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE A ONE THROUGH 13, RIGHT? AND THAT IS PRIORITIZED, BUT WE CAN GET YOU FIRMER NUMBERS.
AND THESE ARE GOOD GUESSES, GOOD COST.
YOU MET AND YOU PRIORITY AND STAFF, AND THIS IS THEIR PRIORITY WITH, SO CHANGING THE LED LIGHTS FROM CURRENT LIGHTING IS MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN ADDRESSING THE, UH, THE WOMEN'S CHANGE ROOM OR RESTROOM.
I WOULDN'T KNOW IF I'D AGREE WITH THAT CHANGING.
WHEN THE STAFF TALKED AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THERE AND THE GROUP THAT IS RIGHT, THIS IS JUST BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT AND HOW IT WAS RANKED INDIVIDUALLY BY THREE STAFF MEMBERS.
SO THESE ARE THE LOWEST SCORING ITEMS IN PRIORITY ORDER, BUT YOU ALL ALSO MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, LIGHTING CEILING TILES AND RESTROOM FACILITIES.
SO MINIMALLY, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I WOULD BE ADDRESSING.
WE CAN GET ONE TO FOUR OR ONE.
INCLUDE ONE THROUGH FIVE FOR THE CEILING TILE UPDATE.
SO THE OTHER OPTION IS WE DO MORE OF THIS AND HOLD OFF ON DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE BRAILLE, I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT AN IDEA AND GET SOMETHING TO PEOPLE.
SEE, WHAT IS IT THAT WHEN IS IT TENSION, EXCAVATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE? UM, THAT WAS A THREE-MONTH TURNAROUND.
SO THEY'RE STARTING, WELL, IT SHOULD BE FINISHED FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.
WELL, SO THE DETENTION EXCAVATION, IT'S THE FREEDOM PARK.
WE HAVE 42 ACRES PARK AREA AND THERE'S A COMPANY UPON DUG OUT THERE.
OH, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU SAY WOULD USE THE TRAIL AROUND THE PARK? WELL, I LOOK AT WHAT GOES, WOULD I DRIVE AROUND, LOOK AT THE PARKS.
YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING THE TRAILS IN THE MORNING.
AND THE REASON I SAY, UM, UNTIL MY NEW HOUSE WAS BUILT, I'M LIVING IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT DOOR, THE SUMMER HOUSE.
SO EVERY DAY I SEE ALL THE PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF WALKERS.
AND, AND SO I JUST GAUGE THAT, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF BASEBALL PLAYERS.
AND, UH, AND WHEN THE BASEBALL GAMES GO ON THERE, YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING THE TRAILS THAT MAYBE CAME, DROP OFF THEIR KID.
SO I JUST SEE MORE PEOPLE AT THAT PARK AND THEY COULD PROBABLY VALIDATE THAT I DO ANY OTHER PARK FREEDOM PARK.
CAN YOU VALIDATE THAT AS A WEDNESDAY? WALKER MYSELF? YES.
IT'S LIKE MINE IS IF WE'VE GOT LESS THAN ONE OF FOLKS USING, WELL, THAT NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RECREATION MEMBERSHIP, BUT I SAID, THAT'S THE 1%.
I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD, THAT USE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE A, HAVE A MEMBERSHIP AT THE REC CENTER.
MY SON DOES, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME UNTIL HE RAN INTO HIS PROBLEM.
BUT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ASKED.
I THINK THERE WAS THERE ANYBODY.
I THINK JOHN SAID, HE LET HIS GO.
SOMEBODY ELSE, MAYBE TRAVIS, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT THE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF US THAT WERE INITIALLY, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, OBSOLESCENCE.
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OLD AND IT'S IT'S, THEY CAN REBRAND IT.MAYBE THEY CAN BRING MORE ATTENDANCE, BUT, UM, BUT OTHER THINGS, UH, THE OUTDOOR TRAILS, WE HAVE THE DICKEY PARK THAT IS USED A LOT.
YOU CAN GO BY DICKEY PARK EVERY DAY.
SO ANYWAY, MY OPINION ON THE FREEDOM PARK TRAIL IS I'M TRYING TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, LIKE WE SPEND ONE AND A HALF MILLION, ONE AND THREE QUARTER FOR BATTLEFIELD, WE NEED IT.
BUT IF WE'RE SHORT OF MONEY, WHO WOULD WE SERVE MORE? THOSE TIM BASEBALL TEAMS, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, I GUESS I'M OF A SIMILAR MIND FRAME.
THEN I JUST THINK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES, WE, IF WE'RE SERVING JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE REC CENTER, THEN MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN WHAT WE'RE APPORTIONING TO IT.
SO SPOKEN LIKE TRUE BUSINESS PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
SO I'M AGREEING WITH YOU GUYS, SO HEY, YOU EXPEND THE, UH, PUT THE MONEY OUT THERE.
WE WANT SOMETHING FOR THE MONEY WE SPEND.
SO IS THERE A MOTION OUT OF THIS ITEM? MEGAN BEGS THE QUESTION? UM, UM, WELL WHAT IS THE QUESTION WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS FOR, FOR COSTS.
UM, I WOULD THINK IT'D BE WONDERFUL TO, TO WE'VE GOT GOOD NUMBERS FOR, FROM THE DESIGN, THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PASSIVE RECREATION ZONE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY GAVE THEM TO YOU.
SO TO BE SURE THE PASSIVE RECREATION ZONE IS TO BRIDGE ALL THE TRAIL AREA IN THE NEW SECTION.
WHAT WE'LL WAIT, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BRIDGE? IT DOES.
FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT IT DIDN'T SO YAY.
UM, YEAH, IT'S A BIG PART OF THAT.
UM, SO, BUT WHAT WOULD ALSO BE NICE IS, UM, IS IF YOU COULD GET GOOD COST FOR THOSE TOP FOUR, BECAUSE ALL OF US OWN HOMES, WE NEVER LET OUR HOME GET IN SUCH BAD REPAIR THAT WE'RE EMBARRASSED TO HAVE PEOPLE VISIT.
AND WHEN I WALKED IN AND TOOK THE TOUR WITH KYLE, THE LIGHTING NEEDS, BULBS NEED TO BE REPLACED.
EVEN IF WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT, I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT, BUT IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT A LITTLE UPKEEP CAN BE ON STUFF AND IT CAN REVITALIZE PEOPLE AND WHAT A BETTER TIME TO DO IT THAN THE FIRST OF THE SUMMER WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIKE, MAN, IT LOOKS GREAT OVER THERE.
SO IF WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD COSTS, MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO AT OUR NEXT MEETING IS TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IS OUR CONTINGENCY.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER TIME TO MAKE SURE THERE'S FOUND THAT 1 0 9.
YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF WAS FLOATING AROUND.
UM, THAT WAY WE'LL KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOT ANY SURPRISES.
AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHAT DO WE HAVE? AND THEN IF WE, IF WE REALLY THINK THAT WE KNOW WE CAN NAIL THAT ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE UNDERESTIMATING REVENUES, WHICH IS WHAT I'M DOING, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEN WE FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING AHEAD AND SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS OUR ORDER OF THESE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD IT OUT.
AND, AND IF GAS PRICES ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA CIRCLE THE WAGONS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE KIDS ARE GOING TO SAY, HEY, PARENTS ARE GONNA SAY, HEY, GO TO THE REC CENTER.
AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT MOVE INTO THE CITY, WE MIGHT HAVE MORE PEOPLE USING, UH, NOT IF THEY WALK IN THERE AND IT'S DINGY AND DOLAN, THEY THEY'RE AFRAID TO USE THE BATHROOMS AND THEY WON'T GO BACK.
SO YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION IS, YEAH.
AND SO OUT OF THIS ITEM, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ACTION JUST DIRECTION.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK IN JULY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ADA PLAN.
SO JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THAT.
SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE TWO ITEMS. YES.
IT WON'T BE HOW MANY BOYS WE WENT FROM ONE TO TWO, BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT A MONTH DELAY.
SO THAT MOVES US RIGHT ALONG ONTO ITEM
[8. Discussion and possible action on Angleton Better Living Corporation Articles of Incorporation revisions.]
NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANGLETON BEAR, LIVING CORPORATION ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION REVISIONS, MS. MEGAN.SO THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS TABLED FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UH, JUST DUE TO THE TIME CONSTRAINTS.
THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, WE HAD SOME VERBIAGE THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO ENSURE THAT DRAINAGE WAS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS RATHER THAN JUST BRAIN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN TOTAL.
AND SO WHAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE IS THAT THE AGLC DISCUSS THESE REVISIONS AND, UH, ALSO PROCEED WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING APPROVAL
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OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.SO WE DO HAVE TO GET THEIR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS IN WHICH THESE REVISIONS CAN BE MADE, BUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE? THIS CHARLOTTE IS THAT REFERENDUM THAT WE WORKED ON TO GET THIS PASSED AT ONE LANGUAGE MARCOS INCORPORATION OF WHAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
USUALLY THE REFERENDUM IS WHAT TRUMPS THE OTHER ONE, THE VOTERS VOTED ON.
SO, AND THAT WAS WHEN I ASKED YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN ACTUALLY IN, UH, PROJECT WAS WHEN COMMA.
AND SO I LOOKED INTO THIS AND SAW THERE'S A DISCREPANCY WITH THE WAY THE VOTERS APPROVED IT.
THAT PROJECT REALLY WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, WANT THE REFERENDUMS, RIGHT? SO I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT THE WORDING THAT CHANGES MORE IN LINE WITH, WELL, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WORDINGS ARTICLE CORPORATION HAS IT, IT SAYS DRAINAGE PROJECTS, WHAT I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WHATEVER, DURING THIS PROJECT SET, UH, UH, ARE NOT HANDLED BASICALLY BY THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
AND ANOTHER ONE SAYS DRAIN PROJECTS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS THAT ARE NOT IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS WAS A KEY WORD.
IT WAS IN ONE AND NOT THE OTHERS, OTHER ONES.
SO WE HAD TO CORRECT IT TO WHAT THE REFERENDUM HAD.
SO THE ORDINANCE SAYS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH ARE BEYOND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
SO ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT ACTUALLY HAS A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR DRAINAGE, EVEN WITHIN ANGLETON.
SO WITH THAT WORDING IN THE ORDINANCE, WE OUGHT TO MIRROR THAT IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
SO IT'S JUST THAT SPECIFIC BECAUSE THEY DO THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CHARGE OF SOME OF IT.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHICH ONE, BUT DAVID'S PORE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL US.
SO IT JUST THAT SHE SAYS CLEANS IT UP.
SO IT'S STATING CORRECTLY WHAT OUR RESPONSE, SIMILAR TO THE 81 AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER CREDIT CHECK EVERY BOX WHEN YOU, I SURE DID.
IT TOOK ME SIX AND A HALF MINUTES.
I THINK THERE WAS A WELL DONE JOB.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE THE COMMOTION? WE, UH, WHATEVER'S IN THERE.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, ALRIGHT.
APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION SPECIFYING AND SUCH APPLICATION, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT CORRECT.
IF I CAN, CAN BETTER LIVING CORPORATION TEAM THAT'S ENOUGH.
I REALLY NEED TO START PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS 1 0 4 SAYS, UH, THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO MIRROR EXACTLY THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 72, WHICH SAYS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH ARE BEYOND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT INSERTED INTO ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION A I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION BY DIRECTOR ROGERS.
SECOND BY DIRECTOR PELTIER, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES.
AND THIS MAY BRING US TO THE PART OF THE AGENDA THAT EVERYBODY LIKES THE ADJOURNMENT.
I WILL SHOW US A JURY AT EIGHT ZERO 1:00 PM.
I AM GOING TO PUT IN A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR, UM, NIGHT JAMS. FARMER'S MARKET IS HOSTING.