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TODAY I CALL TO ORDER. JULY 28TH, 2026. SPECIAL ANGLETON BETTER LIVING

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER ]

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CORPORATION MEETING. I HAVE A DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND READY TO PROCEED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

[1. Discussion and possible action regarding additional funding for 2024 ABLC Bond Projects. ]

ITEM NUMBER ONE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 2024 ABLC BOND PROJECTS.

AND I SEE JASON, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU BOARD.

AND I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING ON SHORT NOTICE TO HAVE THIS SPECIAL MEETING.

I WILL MAKE REFERENCE AS WELL. WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.

SO WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE RECORDING VIDEO OR VOICE RECORDING GOING ON.

SO AS WE JUST HAVE OUR DISCUSSION, PLEASE JUST A REMINDER TO SPEAK LOUD AND CLEARLY IN THE EVENT THAT THE ACTUAL RECORDING IS NOT GOING ON THE VIDEO.

BUT THIS DISCUSSION ITEM IS RELATED TO FREEDOM PARK PROJECT.

AS YOU RECALL, THROUGH SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS UPDATES, WE'VE HAD SOME WEATHER DELAYS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.

THROUGH THOSE WEATHER DELAYS, WE HAVE NOTICED SOME ISSUES THAT AROSE FROM THAT REGARDING THE DRAINAGE.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH BURDETT AND OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

UNFORTUNATELY, OVER TIME, THEY HAVE PROVIDED MULTIPLE CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS.

AT WHICH POINT I GATHERED THE TEAM TOGETHER, ASKED THEM TO BASICALLY CANCEL THOSE REQUESTS AND COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL PLAN THAT WOULD ADDRESS ALL THOSE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHANGE ORDER REQUESTS THAT CAME IN WERE TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE BEHIND THE DUGOUTS, OR TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE ON THE INFIELD AND TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE ON THE OUTFIELD, WHICH ALL LIES IN ONE.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE. THAT DRAINAGE COMES FROM GETTING THE WATER OFF THE FIELD ON OUR SWELL AND INTO OUR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

THEIR PROPOSAL THAT THEY CAME UP WITH AT THAT TIME WAS TO ADDRESS THE, THE FIELD LEVELING AND TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF THE FIELD BY 12IN.

SO THEY INCREASE THE ENTIRE LEVEL OF THE FIELD TO BRING IT UP TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT DRAINAGE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE COST THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS ABOUT JUST OVER $300,000 BEING GIVEN THE PRICE OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY PUT INTO THE PROJECT AT ABOUT JUST OVER $1.2 MILLION FOR THE FULL PROJECT SCOPE.

IT IS QUITE A BIT MORE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING IN CONTINGENCY TO DO THAT.

SO STAFF HAVE FOUND CREATIVE WAYS TO LOOK AT THAT, WHICH IS THE NECESSITY TO COME BEFORE ABLC TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. YOU'LL SEE THERE IN YOUR PACKET SOME OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS WITH THAT $300,000, WE WOULD BE PLANNING TO TAKE ABOUT $100,000 OF THAT FROM OUR FUND BALANCE FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION. WE HAVE $100,000 THAT WE COULD TAP INTO FOR THE INTEREST THAT WE HAVE EARNED OFF OF OUR BOND.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FOR THIS AS WELL.

BUT I WOULD NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM ABLC IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY ONE $102,538.03 FROM THE FUND BALANCE FOR ABLC. THE ABLC FUND BALANCE CURRENTLY SITS AT ABOUT $875,000, SO THE FUND BALANCE IS A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE THAT IS ABOVE THE 25% I DO AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DOES TAP INTO FUND BALANCE.

AND SO I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE.

BEFORE I PASS IT OVER TO SOME QUESTIONS, I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN CONSTANTLY ASKING BURDETT AND WHY THIS WASN'T CAUGHT IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.

I DID RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION BACK TODAY. WAS NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE PACKET, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO READ A SNIPPET OF WHAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED.

THE ORIGINAL DESIGN I HAD CALLED FOR THE OUTFIELD ELEVATION TO BE 28.6.

THE CONTRACTOR NOTED THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF FROM WHAT THE CURRENT SWELLS WERE, SO THERE WERE CONCERNS ON BEING ABLE TO DRAIN THE FIELD.

SO THERE WAS A CHANGE TO RAISE THOSE TO 29.6.

SO IT DID CREATE AN ELEVATION THERE. HOWEVER, AS I'VE MENTIONED, THEY CONTINUE TO SEE ISSUES IN THE OUTFIELD AND SO IS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO LINE UP WITH WHAT THE SURVEY SAID AND WHAT THEY SCOPED OUT.

AND SO THE FULL GRADING NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ALL THE ANSWERS THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR AT THE MOMENT. THE OTHER CURVEBALL THAT WAS THROWN IN HERE, I WILL BE FULLY TRANSPARENT ON AND IT'S REFLECTED IN YOUR PACKETS.

THEY MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OPTION THAT WILL REDUCE THE COST OF THIS.

WHEN I SAY ADDITIONAL OPTION, I DO NOT HAVE DETAILS ON THAT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK WITH THEIR ENGINEER TO ADDRESS THE SWELL AND THE DRAINAGE DETENTION ONLY AND NOT THE FIELD. THAT IF WE LOWER THE SWELLS JUST THE SWELL.

IT COULD HAVE A REDUCED COST FOR US. ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ASKED THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE A ALTERNATE PRICE

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QUOTE THAT REMOVES THE SOIL TRANSPORTATION PORTION OF IT, AND THAT WE COULD EXPLORE ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMPONENTS FOR THAT.

SO EXAMPLE I WOULD GIVE IS WE MOVE DIRT FROM FREEDOM PARK DETENTION OVER TO B.G.

PECK. AND WE GOT A VERY FAVORABLE CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT.

AND WE COULD SAVE FUNDING FROM THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE GETTING DIRT FROM ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

AND IF WE BROUGHT IT TO THEM, IT WOULD SAVE US A COST AS WELL.

SO THE REQUEST TODAY WOULD BE LOOKING TO APPROVE FUNDING UP TO THAT $102,000.

AND IF THE CITY CONTINUES TO WORK TO FIND ALTERNATIVES, THAT WE WOULD KNOW THAT FUNDING IS THERE, IF THAT IS OUR WORST CASE SCENARIO. BUT WE WOULD STILL LOOK TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE THAT COST.

SO I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD'S COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION.

I DO. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE IS CITY COUNCIL AT 6:00, AND SO I WILL TRY TO KEEP US ON PACE FOR THAT.

WELL, IT SEEMS PRETTY EXCESSIVE BECAUSE THAT AMOUNT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT'S LIKE MAYBE A FOURTH OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT.

AND SO BEING THAT IT'S THAT EXCESSIVE, IT WOULD BE NICE THAT WE DIDN'T COMMIT TO THAT AMOUNT.

BUT I'M OKAY WITH LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, MAYBE THE $102,000 FOR NOW, BUT NOT TO COMMIT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND WE WANT TO HEAR THEIR OPTIONS OUT BEFORE ANY COMMITMENTS MADE.

YES. AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY PLAN, IS THAT I WOULDN'T LEAVE THIS MEETING AND SAY, YOU HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO. GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS BEFORE WE DETERMINE THAT.

THE REAL PLAN HERE WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING AND Y'ALL WOULD APPROVE THAT.

IF IT CAME TO THAT AS THE WORST CASE OPTION THAT WE KNOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD VERSUS COMING BACK TO ANOTHER MEETING TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION WHICH WOULD DELAY THE PROJECT EVEN LONGER. CAN I ASK THIS? THE $102,000 THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, $538.

BUT THERE'S STILL $200,000 OUT THERE FROM ABLC BONDS.

I GUESS THE INTEREST GENERATED. YES. AND THE $100,000 FROM CITY PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS.

THAT'S CORRECT. ARE THOSE ALSO APPROVED BY ABLC OR DOES THAT GO TO CITY COUNCIL? OR IS THAT JUST DISCRETIONARY BY YOU GUYS? THAT'S TECHNICALLY DISCRETIONARY AS ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

PARKLAND IS ONE THAT WE MANAGE. AND THEN THE INTEREST WOULD BE ONE THAT'S APPROVED THROUGH FINANCE.

OKAY. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TECHNICALLY IN YOUR CURRENT BUDGET. CORRECT.

IS ANYBODY FROM BURNETT ONLINE LISTENING TO THIS? I CAN'T VERIFY THAT IF THEY ARE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OF THAT.

BUT I'VE, I DO PLAN TO HAVE THEM COME PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT A FUTURE MEETING.

BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG WHIFF. I MEAN, AND I AGREE WITH DOCTOR JACKSON.

WE'RE TALKING ROUGHLY IF 1.2 WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED.

AND NOW YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER $300,000. THAT'S ONE FIFTH.

THAT'S 20% OVERAGE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S HUGE. IT TAKES THE PROJECT TO $1.5 MILLION.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT. WE STILL DON'T HAVE LIGHTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A WHOLE PROJECT WITH A FIELD FOR $1.5 MILLION AND NOT COME AWAY WITH LIGHTS.

YEP. THAT SEEMS I MEAN, IT SEEMS HIGH. I MEAN, I GUESS EVERYTHING HAS GONE WAY UP IN THE LAST.

SIX, FIVE, SIX YEARS. BUT MAN, THAT'S CRAZY. AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

AND I HAVE THAT SIMILAR CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED THIS MORNING, THAT WHEN I ASKED FOR A.

AND NOW THERE MAY BE AN ALTERNATIVE. AND SO IT DOES THROW THINGS INTO FLUX.

AND GOING BACK TO LIKE, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE FULL DECISION UNLESS IT ACTUALLY IS SHOWN WHY.

BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT OTHER OUTSTANDING OUT THERE. I MEAN, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW WE GO FROM SCRAPING.

INCHES, FEET OF DIRT TO NOW WE DECIDED, OH NO, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO RAISE IT.

THAT SEEMS REALLY. AND I CAN TELL, AND SOME OF.

YOU ARE CORRECT, SOME OF THAT THAT THEY SCRAPED WOULD JUST BE TO PULL THAT OLD VEGETATION, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THEY DID USE DIRT FROM THEY ADDRESSED SOME OF THE DETENTION AREA TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.

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THEY USED THAT TO GET THE COMPACTION THAT THEY NEEDED ON THE INFIELD CURRENTLY.

SO THEY HAVE USED SOME OF IT TO DO THAT. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT.

THERE IS SOME THAT THEY CAME OUT AND THEY, THEY.

I'M NOT ENGINEER.

I WAS LIKE BLOWN AWAY. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE THE OPPOSITE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE THEM TRUCKING IN FILL DIRT AND SAND AND STUFF THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY GRADE OUT TO LEVEL UP.

I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD USE A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

BUT ABIGAIL THEY DID THE SIMILAR. IN ABIGAIL, THEY TORE THE ENTIRE PARK DOWN, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY COMPONENT OF THAT IS GRADED APPROPRIATELY.

BUT TO HAVE 12IN HAVE TO RAISE FOR 12IN. I HAVE LARGE CONCERNS AS WELL.

YEAH. MY CONCERN. WELL NOT CONCERN, BUT MY QUESTION IS WHAT ENDED UP.

HOW DID WE GET HERE? HOW DID HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE YOU WALK UP TO THE CONCESSION STAND, YOU LOOK TO THE FIELDS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE BUILT UP. THEY'RE HIGHER.

YOU LOOK WHERE THIS HIGH SCHOOL FIELD IS. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT'S LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE PARK.

SO TO BEGIN WITH, ONCE WE START SEEING THE DIRT COME OUT, AS SOMEONE WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH THOSE FIELDS, I'M LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS EITHER GOING TO BE A LOT OF DRAINAGE THAT'S GOING TO GO IN, OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STICKY SITUATION HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND SURE ENOUGH YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? TO COME IN. THEY STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SODDING AND TO PUT ON TOP OF THE TURF.

AND SO THERE IS STILL ELEVATION TO COME. AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE MY CONCERN IS.

WELL, LIKE 12IN IS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT. NOW IT DOES FACTOR IN BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO NOW SLOPE IT AND HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SLOPING ON THE FIELD.

SO YOU CAN'T JUST GO ADD A COUPLE INCHES WITHOUT SLOPING IT APPROPRIATELY.

RIGHT. BUT THAT IS A MASSIVE ASK. YEAH EVEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE WHERE WE HAD TO ACTUALLY BUILD IT UP A WHOLE FOOT.

THEN I WOULD THINK THAT IN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL, I GUESS THEY WOULD HAVE SOMEHOW COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS, BUT I GUESS YOU COULDN'T WITH ALL THE RAIN. BUT STILL, I WOULD THINK THE BURDEN WOULD ASSUME SOME TYPE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHERE THE PRICE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT ADJUSTED FOR US. BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE YOU SAY THAT TRAVIS, THAT'S EXCESSIVE.

BUT, BUT YOU HAD ALSO MENTIONED ALSO ABOUT IS THIS A DECISION WE HAVE TO MAKE NOW? BEFORE. TRULY IT IS NOT. IF THE DECISION ISN'T MADE TONIGHT, IT PREVENTS US FROM GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD ONCE WE SAY WHAT THE FINAL IS.

SO WE CAN COME BACK AT A DIFFERENT TIME, WE CAN BRING BURDETT IN JUST KNOWING THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE DELAYED.

THEY WON'T CONTINUE ON MAJORITY OF THEIR WORK UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT US TO GO IN.

AND SO IT IS DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE IF YOU ALL WANT TO TABLE THIS TO A LATER TIME AND WE RECONVENE JUST KNOWING THAT WORK WILL NOT CONTINUE UNTIL WE START HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND I WOULD THINK WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DELAY WORK, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE OTHER OPTIONS? YEAH, I'M. I'M TORN BECAUSE. I FOLLOW DOCTOR JACKSON'S LEAD.

I FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN THINGS.

THAT'S ALREADY HONESTLY, IT SHOULD BE DONE BY NOW.

I MEAN, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS THAT WE WERE COMPLETING AREN'T COMPLETED.

RIGHT AROUND NOW. YES. AND NOW WE HAVEN'T EVEN.

I MEAN, NOTHING. GOT A RETENTION POND RIGHT NOW [LAUGHTER].

NO, IT'S BACK TO GRASS. SO. YES. I DON'T WANT TO HOLD US BACK.

I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE WE GOT A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

KIND OF PAINFUL. I MEAN, THE $300,000 OR THE $200,000 THAT HAS TO BE PULLED OUT ELSEWHERE TO ME. OKAY. THE INTEREST I GET, THE EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I GUESS COULD BE EARMARKED TOWARDS PARK STUFF. YEAH. WELL, WHAT. DO WE KNOW? WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAY? WAS THIS A FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT OR A TIME OF MATERIALS TYPE CONTRACT? FIRM FIXED PRICE. SO THE PRICE WAS THERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY ADDITIONAL THAT IS NEEDED FOR IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER PIECE COMES IN. SO THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. SO LIKE WE COULD GO THROUGH AND MOVE FORWARD AND TELL THEM TO BUILD THE FIELD EXACTLY AS IT IS. AND WE ACCEPT WHATEVER WE GET OUT OF IT, AS LONG AS THEY BUILD IT IN SCOPE.

BUT MY QUESTIONS IS WITH THAT IS. IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN, IF THAT'S THE GAME PLAN FOR IT, AND SOMEONE WENT TOO LOW

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ON THE ELEVATION AND CAUSED THIS SITUATION TO OCCUR, ESSENTIALLY DAMAGES.

IF I GO INTO YOUR HOUSE AND START REMODELING YOUR RESTROOM AND I MAKE A HOLE IN YOUR SHEETROCK IN THE HALLWAY.

THAT IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, IF YOU SO THAT SAME EXAMPLE, RIGHT? AS LONG AS I SCOPE OUT THE PROJECT AND IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCOPE IS.

SO IF THEY BUILD IT TO SCOPE, WE GET WHAT IS THERE.

SO IF WE HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND THEY GO BACK AND SHOW HERE'S ELEVATION.

THIS IS WHAT SCOPED IN THE PROJECT. IT IS EXACTLY AS IS EXPECT.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, DO YOU KNOW AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW IT'S AT THE ELEVATION, THE CONTRACT? THEY'RE NOT EVEN THERE. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PORTION OF IT TO GO IN AND FILL EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE.

SO I WILL SAY THIS. THE DRAINAGE PORTION THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, THAT IS AN ISSUE.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO IN AND FILL THE TOP UP BECAUSE THE WATER WILL NOT GET OFF THE FIELD.

BUT MY THING IS, IS THAT OKAY. BUT WE SCOPED THE CONTRACT BASED OFF OF THE TOPOLOGY, RIGHT? DIDN'T THEY DO THE TOPOLOGY? THAT WAS PART OF THE PROJECT THROUGH THE DESIGN.

YES. YEAH. YEP. YES. SINCE IT'S NOT 100% COMPLETE, IS IT PREMATURE FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE DECISIONS NOW UNTIL THEY GO AHEAD AND GET IT TO SPEC? THAT IS THE GAMBLE YOU GO INTO. IF THEY GO AND SPEC IT AND GET IT ALL DONE AND THEY GO AND COMPLETE THE WORK, THEY'RE GOING TO THEN DO A CHANGE ORDER, COME BACK AND TEAR UP WHAT WAS THERE TO SAY YOU NOW HAVE TO ELEVATE IT. SO IF YOU WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PROJECT, WHICH YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD, IT COULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. JUST BASED ON WHAT IS EXISTING, THERE IS A CURRENT ISSUE ON THE RIGHT FIELD THAT THERE WILL BE WATER POOLING NEAR RIGHT FIELD. SO DID THEY. DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF INCLINATION THAT THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD SAVE US OR WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I DO NOT HAVE. IT WAS JUST THEY'RE EXPLORING ANOTHER OPTION, WHICH I SAID THERE IS CONCERNS THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE OPTION AND NOW WE'RE GOING ANOTHER ROUTE. IN REALITY, THE ADDRESSING THE SWELL SHOULD BE BECAUSE THAT IS JUST REMOVING DIRT AND DEEPENING THE SWELL THAT'S THERE, THAT RUNS THE EAST TO WEST, AND THEN WOULD EVENTUALLY TIE INTO.

THE ONLY MAJOR CONCERN THAT COMES FROM THAT IS I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

THE DRAINAGE DITCH THAT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE PARK.

THAT INLET THAT GOES INTO THE DRAINAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE IS LOWER OR IS ALLOWING WATER TO SEEP BACK IN. SO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT WATER IS COMING BACK INTO OURS.

SO EVEN GETTING IT THERE, IT'S PARTIALLY A PROBLEM, BUT THE SWELL WOULD BE THE BIGGEST ONE.

IF YOU CAN GET IT INTO THE SWELL AND AWAY FROM THE FIELD, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RAISE THE FIELDS BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST CREATING A PATH FOR IT TO GET OUT. SO IN THEORY, YES, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BRINGING MORE DIRT IN.

YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO ONE OF THE BIG COSTS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I MEAN, JUST FOR THEM TO HOLD THE DIRT IN WAS ABOUT $60,000 TO GO EXCAVATE IT, BRING IT IN AND LEVEL IT OUT.

YOU'RE NOT HAVING THE EXTRA MANPOWER AND EXTRA WORK TO DO THAT.

YOU'RE JUST DIGGING A DEEPER SWELL IN THE PROPERTY.

SO DOES THIS DEPLETE? ANY FUND. ANY. DOES THIS LEAVE US TOO DEPLETED THAT IF THERE'S ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER, WE CAN'T MEET THAT COST? I THINK WE WOULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IF THERE'S ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER AFTER THIS.

100%. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING, DEAL WITH BURDETT IN OTHER MATTERS FOR CITY.

THIS IS A. YEAH. AS A CHANGE ORDER. THIS IS NOT A.

IT'S NOT A COUPLE OF THOUSANDS. IT'S NOT A. IT'S NOT A SMALL PERCENTAGE IT'S.

YEAH. THIS IS I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MISS IT THAT BAD.

AND THEN I GO BACK AND I THINK ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BIDS AND IF THE ORIGINAL BID WAS THEIR BID WAS MORE ACCURATE.

DO WE EVEN GO [INAUDIBLE]? I HAVE TO GO BACK AND REMEMBER WHAT THOSE FIGURES WERE.

BUT WE HAD OTHER BIDDERS AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID NO.

THEY PRESENT A BETTER OPTION. IN TERMS OF COST, AT LEAST IN COST.

YEAH. AND THE FACT, I MEAN, QUITE HONESTLY PRESENT A BETTER OPTION THAN FAR AS PRODUCTION.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE CRAP FOR US. THAT'S PROBABLY INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN THE SAY BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH IN WEEKS. AND I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN QUOTE UNQUOTE WET FOR A WHILE, BUT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK.

IT HAS NOT SLOWED THEM DOWN. SO WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY AND APPARENTLY THERE'S NOT A WILL.

AND I WILL AGREE WITH THAT. THAT WOULD BE FROST, THOUGH TOO.

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OF COURSE, FROST IS A PART OF THIS. I WILL SAY THAT THE PIECE I WILL GIVE FROST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THIS CONFUSION.

IT HAS MADE SOME OF THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY JUST AS MUCH AS THEY'RE PLAYING OURS, THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE US A FIELD THAT DOESN'T DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO, AND THEY CAN GO BY SCOPE, BUT THEY'RE ONE, RAISING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE WITH IT SO.

BUT. SO THE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T LIKE IS THIS LAST SECOND OTHER OPTION.

I MEAN. THAT IT CAME LAST SECOND? YEAH. IT JUST DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME.

LIKE TRUST US. SORRY. WINK, WINK NOD, NOD. I MEAN, THAT SEEMS. ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M WITH DOCTOR JACKSON. I DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN. WE'RE ALREADY THREE AND A HALF MONTHS BEHIND.

YEAH. SO. SO AND NOT TO SPEED THIS UP OR ANY OF THAT BECAUSE.

OR APPROVE, I WOULD SAY UP TO. I'M HAPPY TO DO EITHER ONE AND TO BRING MORE CONCRETE.

SO WE'RE ABOUT THREE WEEKS I WOULD HATE TO WAIT TILL THAT TIME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE COULD ALWAYS RESCHEDULE AND.

OH, I'M SURE IF WE APPROVE THIS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH, THEN YEAH, THEY WOULD BE. THEY SHOULD BE PRETTY FAR ALONG BY THAT POINT.

BUT THERE'S STILL SOME CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD BEFORE WE TAKE THIS APPROACH.

OKAY, SO YOU ALL HEARD THE OPTIONS. ANY MOTIONS? BUT HE'S STILL MAKING THE OTHER TWO.

BUT I'M THINKING, COULD WE. WE COULD MAKE THE MOTION AND PROPOSE TO DO THE $238,000 BLAH. SO I THINK WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE 102 BECAUSE THE OTHER THE 238 IS DISCRETIONARY WITHIN THE CITIES.

IS THAT THAT'S 200,000. OKAY. AND THEN ABLC IS ASKING TO BE TO GIVE UP THE NEXT 102.

BUT IF WE WENT WITH THE 200,000, THEN THAT MEANS ABLC IS ONLY ASKING TO GIVE UP 38,000.

SO IF. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT ROUTE IS. WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE MOTIVE TO TRANSPORT THE DIRT SO THAT COST IS NOT FINAL.

THAT IS THEN REMOVING THE COST. AND WE HAUL THE DIRT AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT HAPPENS.

WE WOULD JUST REDUCE THE COST OF IMPACT FOR ALL OF THEM.

FOR ALL THREE. YEP. YEP. WHATEVER WE DO THIS EVENING, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO REVISIT AND HAVE THOSE GUYS MAKE SOME KIND OF COST ADJUSTMENT.

YEAH, I CAN HAVE THEM COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING. EXPLAIN WHAT THEY SPENT TO SCRAPE AWAY ALL THE DIRT AND PEEL IT BACK, AND THEN EXPLAIN HOW WE SHOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR BOTH THAT AND THEM BRINGING IN DIRT.

I NEED TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. GOT IT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THIS GROUP TOGETHER BEFORE THE 17TH, OR DO Y'ALL WANT TO WAIT TILL THE 17TH TO TRY TO GET THEM HERE, TO MAKE A DECISION THERE, OR MAKE A DECISION SOONER TO KIND OF GET THE WORK MOVING SOONER? WHAT'S OUR NOTICE? WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW? WE NEED THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

OKAY. SO AN EVENT LIKE THIS ONE I HAD TILL SO I JUST NEED THREE BUSINESS DAYS TO DO THAT SO WE CAN COORDINATE THAT. YEAH.

I STILL NEED A MOTION. I MOTION TO TABLE IT. I SECOND THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALLING FOR A VOTE.

THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS ISSUE. ITEM 1. ANY OTHER THING? YOU WANT A MINUTE? MOTION TO TABLE TO A LATER DATE TO WHERE HOPEFULLY JASON CAN HELP GATHER THEM BEFORE THE 17TH, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. OKAY. FOR DATE SOONER THAN 17TH.

FOR DATE SOONER THAN 17TH. THAT WAY, IF WE CAN GET IT ROLLING BY THE 17TH, WE AT LEAST HAVE.

OKAY. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING THE 17TH UNLESS.

YOU GET WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CALLING ALL. CALLING FOR A VOTE.

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ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. NOT HEARING ANY. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMENT TO ANYBODY WHO HAS COMMENT TO JASON.

[COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS ]

GOOD JOB JASON. [INAUDIBLE] PARK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I ADJOURN THE MEETING? MEETING ADJOURNED.



* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.