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[1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM]
EVERYONE.IT IS OFFICIALLY 6:00 PM ON JULY 14TH, 2026 TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF BURN TEXAS.
IT IS MY HONOR TO, UH, INVITE, UH, REVEREND ANNMARIE UP FORWARD FROM THE ST.
LEAD THIS INVOCATION THIS EVENING, AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE GIFT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS AS WE FACE ANOTHER NIGHT OF STORMS. MAY YOU GRANT PEACE AND SAFETY TO ALL AND BLESS ALL THOSE WORKING TO KEEP US SAFE.
GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL WHO LIVE IN SERVICE TO YOUR PEOPLE.
MAY YOU BLESS THIS MEETING TONIGHT, THAT THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE DECISIONS MAY BE GUIDED BY YOU TO GIVE ABUNDANT LIFE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
HELP US TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND GRATITUDE FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS, WITH THANKS AND PRAISE WE PRAY.
WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THEN TO THE TEXAS FLAG? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES STATE ARY, AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONORING THE TEXAS FLAG, ALLEGED ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL.
[2. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST]
ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TONIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP ON THE LIST EARLIER, BUT IF, UM, SOMEONE CAME IN AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND HAVE THEIR THREE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS. UH, GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED OR VOTING ON AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH C ONLY AGENDA.ITEM FOUR D HAS BEEN ASKED NOT TO BE RECON CONSIDERED BY THE REQUEST AND THE PARTICIPANTS, SO WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING AGENDA ITEM FOUR D.
SO DO I HAVE ANY, UH, A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDAS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR C.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH C AS PRESENTED.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE AND CONSENT.
[Items 5.A. & 6.A.]
RIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR CITY AGENDA ON AGENDA ITEM FIVE, A 2026 DASH TWO 30 PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL PLAN OF FINANCE TO FUND THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ECONOMIC, UH, FUND, UH, OR REFUND DEBT PRESENTING SARAH BLU.AND YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA JUMP TO SIX A YES SIR, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE DISCUSSED, UM, THREE POTENTIAL DEBT ISSUANCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET.
THE PURPOSE OF THESE TWO AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT IS FIRST TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THOSE THREE ISSUANCES AND SECONDLY, TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD GIVE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEPS TOWARDS THOSE ISSUANCES.
ADDITIONALLY, JIM SABONI, WHO IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OR A MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, IS HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A MARKET UPDATE, AND HE'S AVAILABLE TO ASK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS HOW THESE ITEMS ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP.
IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THESE THREE POTENTIAL ISSUANCES.
THE FIRST IS TO PARTIALLY FUND THE, UM, NEW FIRE STATION IN A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION OF $20 MILLION.
AND THE NEXT TWO ARE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A REFINANCING TWO EXISTING, UM, DEBT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT NONE OF THE DEBT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WOULD RESULT IN A TAX RATE INCREASE.
SO FIRSTLY, THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION ON THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER TWO, TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THE PROJECT MILESTONES DESIGN IS COMPLETE ON THE FIRE STATION.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH THE BID PROCESS SOON, UM, AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND, UH, AN ENGINE WHICH WILL BE FUNDED WITH THIS DEBT IS LOOKING TO BE DELIVERED IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND ON THE FIRE STATION IN 2027 AND HOPEFULLY COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN 2028.
THE REFINANCING ON THE EXISTING DEBT, YOU MAY HEAR US CALL IT A REFUNDING, IT'S JUST A FANCY WORD FOR REFINANCING.
IT WORKS THE SAME AS IF YOU WERE REFINANCING THE MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOME.
IF INTEREST RATES ARE FAVORABLE, YOU REFINANCE.
SO YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTEREST RATE SAVINGS AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PREVAILING INTEREST RATE IS, WHEN WE, UM, GO AHEAD WITH THE REFINANCING, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN $700,001.7 MILLION
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IN SAVINGS OVER THE LIFE OF THE TWO, UM, SERIES OF DEBT.SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, UM, GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT OVER TO MR. SABONI AND HE CAN GIVE YOU A MARKET OVERVIEW.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, JIM SABONE WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
UM, WANNA GIVE A MARKET UPDATE.
AND I THINK AT THE, AT THE JUNE FED, UM, OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE, THE INTEREST RATES WEREN'T CHANGED, BUT THEY DID GET VERY GOOD, CLEAR DIRECTION.
AND WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY FUNDING, IT'S REALLY UNDER TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN INTEREST RATES NOW AND WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE INTEREST RATES BEING.
UM, THE FACT OF MATTER IS THAT DURING THEIR, UM, MINUTES, THEY GIVE A VERY DETAILED, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE THEIR POSITION IS, UH, IN GENERAL.
UM, THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN A DATA ORIENTED, UM, STRATEGY.
AND, AND THEIR STRATEGY IS THEY THAT WE HAVE RISING, UM, INFLATION.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY WEIGHING THE RISK OF RISING INFLATION, UH, AND MODERATING ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE ECONOMY'S BEEN VERY RESILIENT AND, UH, THEY INDICATED IN THEIR MINUTES THAT THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE SEEING A RATE CUT THIS YEAR.
UM, IN FACT, THEY INDICATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT THEY EXPECT THEIR FIRST RATE MOVEMENT TO BE UPWARDS IN INTEREST RATES.
WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS REFUNDING, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN MONITORING AND DETERMINE WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO FORWARD WITH IT.
UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, UH, UM, TO TRY TO FIND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SELL DEBT.
COMBINING IT WITH OUR NEW MONEY ISSUE, UH, REDUCES REDUNDANT, UM, COST.
THE TIMING WE HAVE, UM, PROPOSED, WHICH WOULD SELL IN EARLY, UH, SEPTEMBER CLOSE.
UM, UH, UH, AND AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE ANTICIPATE WOULD BE, UM, BEFORE THE, UH, RATE, ANY RATE INCREASE WOULD TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
UH, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY'RE IN A TRADING RANGE, AND WHAT I MEAN BY TRADING RANGES AND, AND SINCE WE, UH, GOT INVOLVED IN A CONFLICT, I ON, UH, YOU SEE, UH, THE PRICE OF OIL AND, AND INTEREST RATES VARY DEPENDING IF WE WERE IN, UM, IN A PEACEFUL TIME OR TALKING ABOUT A NEAR TERM PEACE, OR WE ACTIVELY, UH, UH, IN COMBAT.
AND SO YOU SEE THAT VARY, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST IN LIKE ABOUT A 20 BASIS POINTS TRADING RANGE ON THE WIDEST VERY ON THE GOOD NEWS.
UH, SINCE, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 25, THERE'S ONLY BEEN THREE WEEKS THAT WE'VE SEEN NET OUTFLOWS AND, UM, ADMISSIBLE BOND FUNDS.
UH, WE'VE HAD MASSIVE INFLOWS IN IT.
IN FACT, UM, IN LAST WEEK ALONE WE SAW 1.4 BILLION FLOW INTO, UM, MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDS.
THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY, AND CLIENTS WE'VE WORKED WITH ON SALES OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS.
WE'VE HAD, UM, AS MANY BIDS AS WE'VE EVER HAD, UM, UH, IN TEXAS, OUR ECONOMY BEING STRONG, US HAVING A VERY STRONG STATUTES, UM, UH, AND INDICATING HOW WE ISSUE DEBT.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE OF YOUR AA PLUS, OUR ANTICIPATION IS IT'D BE, UM, VERY ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS.
UH, AS I INDICATED LAST SALE, UM, I EXPECT THAT YOUR RATES, UH, WE WILL BE CONFIRMED, UH, AA PLUS DURING OUR RATING REVIEW.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AA PLUS WILL BE SELL THAT WILL HAVE NUMEROUS BIDDERS AND ULTIMATE PRICING PROBABLY BE, UH, SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR AA PLUS, BECAUSE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE QUALITY OF OUR DEBT THAT WE ISSUE IN THE STATE AND THE UPWARD TRAJECTORY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, THEY WOULD SEE FOR THE ECONOMY HOW TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU HAVE.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I THINK THAT BOTH THESE PROJECTS, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT COMPETITIVE SALES WILL RESULT IN A LOWEST COST AND, AND BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL? NO.
SO, UH, REAL QUICK, NEXT STEPS.
UM, IF APPROVED, THE RESOLUTION FOR THE NOTICE OF INTENT TONIGHT, UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH IS WHEN WE WOULD COME BACK WITH THE RESULTS OF THE PRICING OF THE BONDS, WHERE WE WOULD SHOW YOU HOW MANY BIDS THERE WERE ON THE BOND AND WHICH WAS THE PREVAILING BEST INTEREST RATE FOR THE CITY.
UM, COUNSEL WOULD THEN, UM, AUTHORIZE ALL THREE ISSUANCES IF FAVORABLE, AND THEN SEPTEMBER 30TH OR OCTOBER 1ST WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE FUNDS DEPOSITED.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION.
UM, THE TOTAL SAVINGS ON THE REFINANCING IS LIKE 600, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SLOT, BUT 650 OR $80,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S THE REFINANCING, THE $20 MILLION GENERAL, UH, OBLIGATION BONDS.
HOW DOES THAT ADD TO, WHAT DOES THAT, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE, YOU'VE GIVEN US A NUMBER ABOUT OUR DEBT BORROWING CAPACITY MM-HMM
AND WHERE WE'RE AT, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY LOW.
WE'RE USUALLY AT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, 15%, 10%.
HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THAT? JUST WE ARE WELL BELOW OUR LEGAL DEBT LIMITS.
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MEAN, DO YOU, OKAY.DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE? I MEAN, JUST HOW DOES THIS IMPACT, DOES IT GO FROM LIKE 10% TO 15% OR? I'M, I'M LOOKING IN THE RESOLUTION 'CAUSE I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE NUMBER IN THERE AND I DIDN'T WANNA QUOTE WRONG.
I MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE SO FAR BELOW.
THERE'LL BE WHOLE DEBT LIMIT THAT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T IMPACT ME.
JUST FOR INFORMATION, IT'S NICE TO KNOW.
NO, IT DOESN'T SAY, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU.
AND, UH, DIRECTOR BUCKALEW, IF, UM, THE INTEREST RATES, UH, STAY AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW AND THEY DON'T GO UP, IT WOULD BE LIKE 1.2 MILLION THAT WE WOULD SAVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I GET A MOTION TO IMPROVE AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA DO FIVE EIGHT PRESENT TOGETHER.
MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 R 38 RESOLUTION, CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BERNIE AUTHORIZED AND APPROVAL PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO INTENT OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RULE 15 C TWO DASH 12, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, PLEASE VOTE A SECOND.
I CAN'T RE WE'RE WAITING HERE.
[6.B. 2026-255 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R39; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOERNE AND INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL, INC. FOR THE 2026 STREET PRESERVATION (SLURRY SEAL) PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $196,994.]
ON.CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 39, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZED AND THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BERNIE AND INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL INCORPORATED FOR THE 2026 STREET PRESERVATION PROJECT FOR MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $196,994.
JEFF IS NOT, THAT'S NOT JEFF
ABIGAIL KNOT CITY ENGINEER FOR BERNIE.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SLURRY SLURRY SEAL.
UH, IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE ARE FIVE YEARS INTO A FORMAL 10 YEAR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WE BEGAN IN 2021.
THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES PRESERVATION MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE DRIVABLE AND STAY IN THE BEST CONDITION THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
UH, IT'S A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE LIFE OF OUR STREETS DOESN'T BECOME A MAJOR INVESTMENT OR A MAJOR OVERHAUL.
UH, IT INCLUDES CRACK, SEAL, CHIP, SEAL, SLURRY, SEAL MILL AND OVERLAY AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
THE LOCATIONS WE'RE PROPOSING TO SLURRY SEAL ARE SIBIL CROSSING AND EASTLAND TERRACE, SLURRY SEAL, UH, VERY FASCINATING ASPHALT EMULSION AND AGGREGATE WITH ADDITIVES.
UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S SPREAD OVER A STREET.
IT'S HELPS, IT HELPS TO SEAL THE SURFACE OF THE STREET SO THAT WATER IS NOT ABLE TO PENETRATE.
WATER IS THE ENEMY OF STREETS.
IT DOES CAUSE THEM TO CRACK, TO ALLIGATOR, TO RUT.
UM, WE CHOSE THESE STREETS, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, ONE 'CAUSE THEY ARE CONTIGUOUS.
IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'D LIKE TO START FOCUSING ON DOING MORE INTENTIONAL, UH, PRESERVATION IN ONE AREA.
UH, BUT THEY WERE ALSO SELECTED BASED ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OR PCI.
UH, PCI IS A DETERMINATION ON HOW MUCH A STREET HAS WEATHERED FROM 100 TO ZERO, 100 BEING, WOW, THIS IS THE BEST STREET I'VE EVER DRIVEN ON.
WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE DRIVING ON THE STREET? I CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH IT.
UM, SO WE, UH, IT CAN BE DETERMINED A VARIETY OF WAYS.
THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN USING A COMPANY THAT COMES OUT.
THEY DRIVE A TRUCK THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF NEAT GADGETS THAT LOOK AT THE STREET.
THEY FIND THE CONDITION NOT ONLY ON THE SURFACE BUT UNDERNEATH, AND IT COMES UP WITH A DETERMINATION OF WHAT THAT STREET IS.
SLURRY SEAL IS BEST APPLIED TO STREETS THAT ARE IN THE 85 TO 70 RANGE FOR PCI.
SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE NOT IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
AND BY PROVIDING SLURRY SEAL, IT ENSURES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRESERVE THEM IN THE BEST CONDITION AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU DON'T WANT THE GET, YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO GO BELOW THAT 70 PCI.
WE DID BIDS FOR SERVICES AND THEY, IT WAS DONE THROUGH TIPS, WHICH IS A COOPERATIVE
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PURCHASING PROGRAM MOST PEOPLE WOULD KNOW OF BUYBOARD.SO TIPS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO BUYBOARD.
UH, QUOTE WAS SUBMITTED BY INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY IN THE AMOUNT OF 180 7, 6 12 AND 99 CENTS FROM OUR BUDGET.
WE, OUR FY 26 BUDGET, WE HAVE $542,000 APPROVED.
WE HAVE ALREADY EXPENDED, UH, 343,000 ON PATCHING, WHICH IS ANOTHER METHOD THAT WE USE TO PRESERVE OUR STREETS.
UM, THE AMOUNT REQUESTED, WHICH IS THE BID FROM INTERMOUNTAIN, INCLUDING 5%, JUST TO ENSURE THAT ANY OVERAGES ARE COVERED, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE ORDERS, UH, IS 1 96 9 94.
AND THAT IS WITHIN THE REMAINING BUDGET LEFT AFTER PATCHING, UH, WAS EXPENDED.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAPPILY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SLURRY SEAL AND JOE.
UM, SO THE, UH, 196,994 THAT IS 5%, UM, EXCESS BUDGETING IN CASE WE GO OVER WHAT'S ALREADY APPROVED.
UM, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, WE HAVEN'T WORKED WITH INTERMOUNTAIN FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, SLURRY SEAL WAS MORE RECENTLY DONE.
UH, I BELIEVE WE STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, INTERMOUNTAIN WAS FIRST USED LAST YEAR.
AND WE DIDN'T GO OVER THEIR BUDGET.
I THINK I READ THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO BE WITHIN THE BUDGET AS CURRENTLY APPROVED WITH THE PROJECTS ON, ON THE AGENDA.
SO ARE YOU ASKING IF WE WENT OVER BUDGET FOR LCIO LAST YEAR? I GUESS THAT IS FAIR.
DID WE GO OVER BUDGET LAST YEAR'S? QUESTION ONE AND QUESTION TWO IS, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, BASED OFF THE PROJECTS, THEY'RE GONNA BE WITHIN BUDGET THIS YEAR AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST A CONTINGENCY APPROVAL OF 5% EXTRA, WHICH IS 196,000.
SO WHEN WE MAY NOT NEED THAT BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T GET USED, WE'LL GIVE IT BACK.
IS THAT, AM I TRACKING CORRECTLY? YEAH, IT WON'T BE EXPENDED FROM THE BUDGET.
UM, AND SO WHEN, WHEN WE DO THE BID FOR SLURRY SEAL, WE BASE IT OFF OF, UM, MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE, IT'S CRUDE MEASUREMENTS, RIGHT? SO IT'S THE LENGTH OF THE STREET AND THE WIDTH OF THE STREET.
BUT IN REALITY, UH, SOME STREETS JUST HAVE SPECIAL NUANCES WHERE IT MIGHT BUBBLE OUT IN AN AREA.
AND SO WHEN THEY COME BACK AND DO A FINAL BILL, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE EXACT MEASUREMENTS BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MATERIAL THEY HAVE SPREAD OVER THE SURFACE.
AND SO IT, IT MIGHT BE MORE OR IT COULD BE LESS.
UM, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT WE WENT, WE DIDN'T GO OVER BUDGET LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT DIRECTOR CARROLL ASKED FOR THAT 5%, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF A GENERAL PRACTICE THAT WE DO.
AND SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE DID ASK FOR THE 5% AND IT DIDN'T GO OVER BUDGET.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO, GO AHEAD, DOCTOR.
THE 5%, I MEAN, THAT'S BECOME A STANDARD THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXPENDED AND, AND THE CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE OTHER AMOUNT.
IS IS FOR INTERNAL STAFF IN CASE THEN IF IT COME BACK TO US FOR ANOTHER $10,000 IF THEY GO OVER THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
AND SO IT'S A CHANGE ORDER AND SO, UH, IT'S PAPERWORK THAT WE ROUTE UP TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE EXPENDITURE IS WARRANTED.
AND FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING ONE MORE FOLLOW UP THEN.
SO IF WE GET TO THAT POINT OF NEEDING THAT MONEY, I ASSUME THEN WE CAN'T ASK AT THAT POINT.
SO IF YOU AUTHORIZE, LIKE IF WE, IF WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE THINK WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THAT BUDGET, WE CAN'T AUTHORIZE THAT 5% ADDITIONAL BUDGET, THEN THE 5% IS ABOUT $10,000.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S A LOT, A LOT TO COME AND ASK US FOR OUR 10 THOU.
IT'S A LOT OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH FOR THAT 1 96.
9 94 IS NOT 5%, 5% OF THAT VALUE IS OVERAGE.
SO THE, IT WOULD BE LIKE $10,000 THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME AND ASK US.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR THAT SMALL AMOUNT, THEY WANT, THEY, THEY JUST PUT IT INTO THAT 1 96, 9 94 BECAUSE COUNCIL SETS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THE CONTRACT.
THAT JUST KEEPS US, IF $10 IS NEEDED, WE WOULD'VE TO COME BACK TO, TO COUNCIL.
IT PUTS IN, IT JUST GIVES ROOM FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD RATHER THAN WAITING TWO WEEKS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
UM, THAT POINT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION THERE AT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT A QUESTION NOT RELATED TO THE MONEY.
SO IF IT'S THREE INDEXES AT LIKE 75 AND YOU SLURRY SEAL IT, DOES THAT INCREASE NOW? DOES THAT INCREASE THE INDEX NEXT TIME THEY DO THE INSECTS? THAT, THAT THAT'S THE REASON OR IF THEY COME BACK? I'M JUST, MY, MY, MY WHOLE POINT IS IF WE DO IT AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND WE DO THE, THE CPI NEXT YEAR AND IT'S STILL AT 75, IT WAS LIKE, WELL THEN WE, WE JUST WASTE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
AND YES, IT DOES INCREASE THE PAVEMENT CONDITION.
UH, IN FACT, I GUESS I'LL MORE EXCITING INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH PAVEMENT REPAIR.
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UH, SO AS PART OF THE PROGRAM IN 2023 WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD THAT COMPANY COME OUT, DRIVE THE STREETS OF BERNIE AND KIND OF SET LIKE A BASELINE CONDITION FOR PCI.THEY CAME BACK THIS LAST YEAR AND SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROCESSING THE DATA.
SO I'M SURE AT SOME POINT, DIRECTOR CAROL WILL COME PRESENT TO YOU AND SHOW YOU HOW THE PAVEMENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED.
AND THEN WE CAN EVEN PULL SOME EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS WE'VE DONE AND HOW IT'S IMPACTED THAT.
PCI TIME'S UP
SAYS PLEASE TURN YOUR CELL PHONES OFF WHEN YOU WALK IN THE BUILDING.
SOMEBODY'S GOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, THEY, THEY DID THE, UH, THE MANGER SPRINGS FROM I 10 TO THE GATE IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL, FRONT OF THE METHODIST.
AND THAT'S BEEN AT LEAST THREE, FOUR YEARS MINIMUM WITH THE SLURRY SEAL.
I MEAN, IT'S, NO, I'M NOT QUESTIONING, I WAS JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRACTICE.
I JUST WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, HEY, WE WENT FROM A 75 TO NEXT YEAR.
IT'S AN, IT IS AN 80 OR AN EIGHT FIVE.
IT EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THAT ROAD SO MUCH LONGER, WHICH IS BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY GOING, WHY ARE THEY JUST DUMPING SLURRY SEAL OR SOMETHING THAT IS A TEMPORARY FIX? 'CAUSE I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY THAT OUT THERE AND WELL, THE BIG COMPLAINT YOU GET IS THE CHIP SEAL.
'CAUSE THE ROCKS, YOU KNOW IT TEMPORARILY UNTIL IT ALL SEALED IN.
AND IT SEALS MUCH BETTER, BUT IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ABIGAIL.
LET'S GET A VOTE FROM, UH, A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN BUNKER.
WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 39, A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF BURN TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BERNIE AND INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL INCORPORATED FOR THE 2026 STREET PRESERVATION SL SEAL PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $196,994.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MICKELSON, PLEASE VOTE.
[6.C. 2026-195 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R40; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOERNE AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FILING TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING UNDER THE WATER SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION.]
ITEM SIX C 2026 DASH 1 9 5.CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 40 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BERNIE AUTHORIZED THE APPLICATION FILING TO THE TEXAS WATER DEPARTMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING UNDER THE WATER SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION OF THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION PRESENTING.
MIKE, DIRECTOR MIKE B AND MIKE.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, WITH THIS, UH, REQUEST, WE'RE SEEKING TO, UH, REQUEST FUNDS FROM THE STATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION, UH, FOR WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS.
THE 89TH LEGISLATURE DEDICATED OVER ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS TO THE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE FOR WATER SUPPLY AND, UH, RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEMS. UM, AND SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO, TO FILE THAT IT'S IN KEEPING WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP ON FISCAL EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCING MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE APPROVED COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, THE ADDITION OF A GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON PROJECT THAT WE'RE COMMENCING.
UM, AND SO THESE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE MUST BE SHOVEL READY.
WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF PROJECT, UM, ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UH, WE SUBMITTED, UM, WE WOULD SUBMIT A REQUEST TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT PROJECT OF UP TO ABOUT $2 MILLION.
INCLUDES SOME ENGINEERING AND, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT, UH, G PROJECT AS WE CALLED IT.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME HELP FROM FREEZE NICHOLS WHO HELPED US FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONS.
IT'S NOT AS CLEAN AND CUT AND DRY AS IT IS.
IT'S NOT JUST SUBMITTING YOUR NAME AND A PROJECT.
IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT, UH, FREEZE NICHOLS HAS HELPED US OUT WITH LAUREN IN PARTICULAR WHO'S HERE.
UM, BUT IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANT.
IT WOULD BE AN OUTRIGHT DEDICATION OF THAT.
AND THEY'VE BROKEN THE GRANT UP INTO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, LARGE CITIES, SMALL, TINY CITIES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A PRIVATE ENTITY TO GO GET THAT ACQUISITION OF GRANT MONEY.
SO IT'S FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES ESSENTIALLY.
AND THE, THE PROJECT WE HAVE, WE LOOKED AT, I WAS TRYING TO SHOEHORN IN ANYTHING IN THERE, BUT, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MET THE DEFINITION OF WHAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER WOULD BE OUR, OUR G PROJECT AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THAT PROJECT IS TO REDUCE DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS THAT POSSIBLY COULD COME OUTTA THAT LAKE WITH, UH, SOME ORGANICS AND SOME JASMINE, WHICH IS KIND OF EARTH SMELLING, UM, UM, UH, SCENT TO SOME WATER WE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH MM-HMM
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THIS, UH, WE, THE APPLICATION IS DUE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.UM, IT REQUIRES, UM, JUST THAT IT BE SHOVEL READY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND IT WOULD BE A FULL GRANT REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR EXPENDITURES.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY OF BERNIE HAS EVER ASKED FOR.
TYPICALLY THERE'S MUCH MORE STRINGS INVOLVED WHEN YOU GO FOR TWDB FUNDING.
TYPICALLY IT'S A LOAN OR A DISCOUNT ON A NOTE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, ATTACHES TO A LOT OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS OR LOAN PROGRAMS. BUT THIS ONE, THE LEGISLATURE JUST DUMPED ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND SAYS, ADMINISTER THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
SO THE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST, UH, ELIGIBLE.
UM, AND THEN THEY LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT NUMBER OF POPULATIONS SERVED, ECONOMIC CAPABILITIES, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND SO WE HOPE TO SUBMIT AND HOPE TO HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR THIS, UH, THIS OPTION OF RECEIVING MONEY.
THE, THE, UH, APPLICABLE CAP IS 21 MILLION FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE PER YEAR.
MY POINT IS ASKING THAT IS THAT, I KNOW IT HAS TO BE SHOVEL READY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING WASTEWATER AND ADDING POTABLE REUSE, THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAN $2 MILLION.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW QUICKLY, BECAUSE THAT BILLION DOLLARS IS, AS IT AS WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE, IS A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ANNUALLY FOR 10 YEARS, AS I RECALL.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT? THIS IS JUST A ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR, UM, DEPOSIT OF MONEY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AWARD AND, UH, THERE'S NO, NOTHING BEYOND THAT THAT THE 89TH LEGISLATURE APPROVED.
WELL, IN ANY EVENT, THE SOONER WE CAN BE READY FOR SHOVEL READY AND APPLY FOR WHATEVER GRANTS ARE OUT THERE, THE BETTER 'CAUSE RIGHT? WITH THE $21 MILLION CAB, THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IF IT GOT APPROVED.
IN LINE WITH THAT, UM, UH, LAUREN CAN TELL YOU I WAS TRYING TO SHOEHORN IN ANY COMPONENT OF A WASTEWATER PLANT THAT I WAS, EVEN IF IT'S A STORAGE TANK OR SOMETHING.
I WAS TRYING TO SHOE SHOEHORN IN THAT, UH, INTO THIS.
BUT, UM, WE'VE GOTTA BALANCE, UM, OUR CHANCES AND OTHERS' NEEDS AND, UM, GIVING US THE BEST SHOT AT GETTING AND BEING SUCCESSFUL.
SO THIS WOULD BE GREAT IF WE GOT 2 MILLION IS GREAT.
UM, RELIEF FOR US, EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
AND DIRECTOR BRINKMAN, I MIGHT ADD A COUPLE THINGS.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE PURSUING, UH, WITH, UH, WITH NORMANDY, WITH OUR, UH, OUR, OUR FEDERAL, UH, GRANT CONSULTANT.
AND, UH, SO WE WILL BE PURSUING THOSE.
WE WERE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
UH, MIKE AND I BOTH WERE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A GUT PUNCH ON THIS ONE BECAUSE, UM, WHEN THEY FIRST PUT THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THIS GRANT PROGRAM, UM, IT SPECIFICALLY HAD REUSE IN THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LIKE SWEET BECAUSE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECTS THAT WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED SHOVEL READY, UH, THAT WOULD FIT INTO THAT.
IT'S FOCUSED ON DRINKING WATER, BUT AT THE, IT ACTUALLY, IF YOUR PROJECT EXTENDED THE LIFE OF YOUR DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, IT WOULD'VE QUALIFIED.
THEN WHEN THEY PUT THE FINAL, UH, APPLICATION OUT THAT WAS EXCLUDED, THOSE PROGRAMS WERE EXCLUDED.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE, WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT MIKE AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF COMING UP WITH ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S SHOVEL READY BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE POINTS FOR OUR APPLICATION.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO FOR OUR 2 MILLION AND, UH, NEXT TIME, MAYBE FOR THE LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WELL, I'M JUST GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION 'CAUSE IT LOOKS PRETTY EXTENSIVE.
I CAN TELL, JUST LOOK 20 PAGES LATER, YOU KNOW, THE FORMS. UM, I'M GLAD WE HAVE SOME HELP, BUT WE HAVE SOME GOOD, A GOOD TEAM HELPING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GOOD.
AGAIN, MOTION FROM COUNCIL MACALUSO THE MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 40 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY.
BERNIE AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FILING TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING UNDER THE WATER SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, PLEASE VOTE.
[7.A. 2026-310 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2026 BOERNE PARKS SURVEY RESULTS.]
RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.SEVEN A UH, BEN IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO ASSISTANT MANAGER DANNY ZINKE'S TAKING OVER.
DANNY, I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU, BUDDY.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL, I'LL START THE, THE CONVERSATION DENIED BY SAYING WE'VE HAD THIS DATA ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UH, SO I'M GONNA GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE PARSED SO FAR, UH, FROM THE PARK SURVEY DATA.
UH, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE INFORMATION THERE FOR US TO PULL OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT.
UH, SO DON'T THINK THIS IS EXHAUSTIVE AND THAT, THAT, UH, THERE ISN'T MORE INFORMATION THERE FOR US TO PULL OUT.
UH, THIS IS WHERE IT ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP AND MOVE FORWARD.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY ITSELF.
THE COMMUNITY WIDE PARK SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY ON POINT,
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UH, INSIGHTS, WHICH HAS DONE OUR, UH, CITIZEN SURVEY COMMUNITY SURVEY THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.WE HAD A A THOUSAND RESPONSES AND 782 OF THOSE SELF-IDENTIFIED AS CITY BERNIE AS CITY, CITY, BERNIE RESIDENTS.
UH, IT WAS AN OPT-IN OPEN, UH, OPT-IN SURVEY, SO ANYBODY THAT COULD GET THE LINK COULD GET INTO IT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE RIGHT, UH, HOW PEOPLE ACCESS THE SURVEY.
UH, RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM ALL NINE OF THE, UH, THE AREAS THAT WE, UM, THAT WE TRACK, UH, PARTICIPATE PARTICIPANTS TRENDED TOWARDS BEING HOMEOWNERS, UH, MARRIED HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, UH, AND THEN RENTERS AND RESIDENCE UNDER 30.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, COMPARED TO OUR, UH, CENSUS FIGURES, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UNDER UNDERREPRESENTED, UH, IN THE SURVEY.
UH, WHICH TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU DO AN OPT-IN OPEN SURVEY.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT TARGETING THOSE.
SO HERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY AREAS ONE THROUGH NINE.
UM, THE, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 74% OF THE RESPONSES.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE ESPERANZA PRETTY MUCH THE, THE SMALLEST, UH, AREA THERE THAT WE HAVE, UM, WAS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSE AT THREE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS DISTRICT TWO ON PULLING IN THE MOST RESPONSES.
UH, SO SOME OF THE JUST TOP, TOP OF THE TOP OF THE MIND THINGS THAT YOU SEE AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS REPORT AND YOU SEE THESE THINGS KIND OF, UH, POP UP ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UH, SHADE IS THE MOST REQUESTED IMPROVEMENT.
YOU SEE IT IN THE COMMENTS, YOU SEE IT IN, UH, THE VOTES THAT ARE THERE.
UH, FOUR DIFFERENT, FOUR SEPARATE QUESTIONS.
SHADE GETS BROUGHT UP AS THE NUMBER ONE OR IN THE TOP OF THOSE.
UH, YOU SEE A LOT OF, UH, MOVEMENT HERE TOWARDS PASSIVE RECREATION, UH, WALKING A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR MORE BENCHES AND PICNIC TABLES, NATURE TRAILS.
UH, THOSE THINGS KIND OF DOMINATE SURPRISINGLY, UM, 50% WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THOSE THINGS.
NONE, NONE OF THESE FOR TEAM SPORTS.
SO WE DIDN'T SEE THE BIG PUSH FOR FIELDS AND TEAM SPORTS.
UH, THE FOCUS WAS REALLY ON PASSIVE RECREATION HERE.
UM, WATER RULED THE DAY WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ALL OF THE INFORMATION, ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THIS FLASH PAD, A POOL, UH, ACCESS TO LAKE, ACCESS TO THE CREEK.
UM, LOTS OF LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO WATER SOUTH, YOU KNOW, SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
UM, PARKS, UH, OVERALL SCORED REALLY WELL ON BEING WELL KEPT AND SAFE, UH, WITH ONE EXCEPTION.
AND WE WILL KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE ON.
UM, AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOKED AT HOW THEY RANKED AMENITIES INSIDE THOSE PARKS AND PROVED SECURITY, UM, FEATURES RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF ALMOST ALL THAT, MEANING THEY FELT LIKE THOSE WERE ADEQUATE AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE UPGRADED.
UM, SOME IDENTIFIED CONCERNS JUST KIND OF OFF THE TOP.
UH, PARKING AT KINDER PARK WE'RE WELL AWARE.
UH, NOT SURE THERE'S MUCH OF A SOLUTION THERE, BUT IT, UH, CERTAINLY IDENTIFIED.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, CROWDING AND ACCESS CONCERNS AT BURNING CITY LAKE.
UH, NO, NO NEWS, UH, IN THOSE, BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS YOU GO THROUGH THE COMMENTS IN THE SURVEY.
UH, THIS WILL JUST KINDA SHOW YOU JUST VISUALLY, UM, THOSE TOP SIX RIGHT THERE ARE ALL, LIKE I SAID, WALKING TRAILS, NATURE TRAILS, SPLASH PAD CONNECTIVITY, SWIMMING, FISHING ACCESS.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THEME THROUGH HERE.
UM, AND THROUGH THE COMMENTS THAT YOU, UH, AS YOU READ THROUGH THE SURVEY BEFORE.
UH, SO TOP EIGHT RESPONSES I I HIGHLIGHT, PRIORITIZE HERE.
RESIDENTS WERE, UH, CHOSE UP TO THREE AMENITIES TO PRIORITIZE.
'CAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK.
WHY DON'T THEY LET ME CHOOSE MORE? WHY DON'T THEY LET ME CHOOSE MORE? WE KNOW EVERY, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY, NOTHING'S A PRIORITY.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT US TO FOCUS ON OR PRIORITIZE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY, UH, DRILL DOWN ON THAT.
UH, WATER PLAY AGAIN, WALKING TRAILS, SHADE, LEAD THAT LIST.
UM, UH, AGAIN, PASSIVE RECREATION DRIVEN HERE.
UH, YOU GET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, PICKLE WALL AS THE ONLY ONE ON THERE THAT REALLY IS KIND OF ACTIVE RECREATION.
UH, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS YOU LOOK BACK TO THE 2012 PARK SURVEY AND THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, THE 2017 SURVEY AND THE 26 SURVEY THAT, THAT THEME STAYS CONSISTENT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SURVEYS.
SO THERE, IT'S, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW OR A CHANGE TRAIL CONNECTIONS, UM, CONNECTING TRAILS TO PARKS AND SCHOOLS DOWNTOWN RANKED AS, UH, TOP OUTDOOR NEED IN 2012.
AQUATICS WAS NUMBER ONE OFF STREET TRAILS AND SHADE.
AND IN, UH, 2017, WE SEE THOSE SAME, UH, THEMES KIND OF MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH ALL THREE OF THOSE
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SURVEYS NEXT.SO LOOKING AT WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE WILL SAY THEY, UH, VISIT MOST.
THEY SELECTED THE TWO PARKS THAT THEY VISIT MOST OFTEN.
SO WHEN YOU SEE NORTHROP PARK AT THE BOTTOM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE DON'T GO TO NORTHROP PARK.
IT MEANS THAT THEY GO TO OTHER PARKS MORE THAN THEY GO TO NORTHROP PARK.
UH, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE READING THAT, UH, SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS EARN HIGH RANKS, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE NEXT.
SO, UH, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT, YOU, YOU SEE THE LARGER PARTS FURTHER AWAY FROM, UH, CITY CENTER WITH A LOT OF DENSITY OF USE, UH, ARE THE ONES THAT SCORED LOWER, UH, IN THIS SCALE.
SO YOU SEE CITY PARK, UH, NORTHER PARK AND BERNIE CITY LAKE PARK ON THAT LIST TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
THOSE, THOSE PARKS THAT ARE CITY CENTER, SMALLER, UH, LESS DENSITY OF USE, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE MAY MAINE PLAZA, YOU GET SOME DENSITY USE, BUT STILL RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
UH, PEOPLE FEEL REALLY SAFE ABOUT THOSE AREAS.
UM, BERNIE LAKE IN PARTICULAR, UH, COMMENTS REALLY SIDED CROWDING, LITTER, ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT.
UH, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT A HAZARDOUS STAIRWAY, UH, DOWN BY THE DOCK.
UM, SO SOME THINGS FOR US TO LOOK AT THERE.
UH, WE ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL POOL.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, UM, SINCE THE 2017 SURVEY.
UH, IT'S IN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN TO DO A RENOVATION OF THAT AREA.
UH, 71% OF THE RESPONDENTS, UH, RARELY SAY THEY RARELY VISIT THE POOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SURPRISES US EITHER ON THAT POOL WAS BUILT BEFORE I WAS.
UH, AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF WHAT POOLS WERE IN THAT ERA.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, THAT IT, IT'S NEEDED SOME UPDATES, UM, ASKED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
87% OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED, UH, REPLACING OR RENOVATING THE CURRENT POOL.
UM, SHADE, RESTROOMS, WATER PLAY.
AND WHEN I SAY WATER PLAY, MEANING, UH, A MODERN AQUATICS FACILITY WITH ZERO ENTRY PLAY FEATURES.
UM, NOT WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS A SQUARE POOL, UM, WITH WATER AND, AND NOT A LOT ELSE FOR, FOR KIDS TO DO IN THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY ARE USED TO MODERN AQUATICS FACILITIES THAT ARE MUCH DIFFERENT NOW.
UH, AND RESIDENTS CLAIM THAT, THAT THEY WILL VISIT IT IF THOSE THINGS WERE DONE.
AND THERE'S REASONS WHY THEY DON'T GO THERE.
AND IF YOU READ THE COMMENTS, I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY, UH, CITY PARK COMMENTS IS WHERE YOU REALLY PICK UP.
UH, THE REAL SENTIMENT HERE, THE RESTROOMS, THE LOCKER ROOMS, UM, ARE ALSO OLDER THAN I AM.
UM, AND SO, UH, I THINK THOSE WERE THE BIG CONCERNS.
THE POOL, WE'VE DONE RECENT KIND OF RENOVATION TOO TO, TO HELP IT CARRY ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
BUT THOSE RESTROOMS, UM, AND LOCKER ROOMS ARE DEFINITELY IN NEED OF, OF UPDATE NEXT.
ONE THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ONE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT DESIGN, UM, IDEAS ON, FEEDBACK ON THOSE WILL BE VALUABLE.
UH, THE BERNIE HERITAGE FOLKS PARK, 77% OF RESIDENTS ARE HOUSEHOLDS EXPECT TO VISIT ONCE THAT'S OPEN.
SO, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHEN YOU READ THE COMMENTS, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
WATERWORKS TERRACE PARK, 71% AGAIN, SAY, MAN, IF YOU BUILD THIS, I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY VISIT.
AND 65%, UH, PERCENT SUPPORT THE PROJECT IN GENERAL.
UM, ONE KIND OF THING THAT WAS INTERESTING, UH, CHRISTIE AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS, UM, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT SHADE TREES, BIG SHADE TREES, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BIG SHADE TREES YOU CAN PUT IN THAT AREA, BUT SHADE AND WATER FEATURES OPEN AREA, UH, RATED HIGH HARDSCAPED PLAZA RATED LOW.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF HARD SCAPE THERE.
SO SOMETHING USEFUL AS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND FINISHING OUT THAT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND MOVING INTO DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, NEXT, WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE BURN NEW FAMILY YMCAS.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN.
THE YMCA, UM, WANTS US TO INVEST IN, IN THE YMCA AS IS THE END, THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, INTERESTING HERE, UH, 80% OF THE FOLKS THAT ANSWERED WEREN'T MEMBERS OF THE YMCA CURRENTLY SUPPORT FOR US DOING FURTHER, UH, THINGS WITH THE YMCA REALLY CONTINGENT ON WHETHER YOU'RE A MEMBER OR NOT.
SO IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU WANTED TO SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU WEREN'T, NOT SO MUCH.
BUT THE ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT HERE IS THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF 40% SAID THEY WERE NEUTRAL.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE ALL KIND OF FEEL THAT WAY IS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE END PRODUCT LOOK LIKE? AND WHAT IS THE ASKED, UH, FOR THE INVESTMENT? UH, SO I THINK THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE FURTHER INFORMATION BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY, UM, PARSE ANYTHING FROM THAT.
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PARKS ALSO OVERSEES THE CEMETERY.UH, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
SO OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, UM, HERE, IT INTERESTING KIND OF BREAKS INTO THESE THIRDS.
A THIRD OF THE, OF THE, UH, RESPONDENTS ARE 31% SAID WE WANT THE CITY TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, EXPAND, BUILD ANOTHER CEMETERY.
UM, BE WE WANT THAT PROJECT TO BE CITY DRIVEN.
UH, 33% HAD NO OPINION, DIDN'T, DIDN'T GIVE HIM.
AND THEN YOU KIND OF HAVE THIS MIDDLE THAT'S SPLIT 36% THAT ARE SPLIT BETWEEN 21% OF THOSE SAYING LET'S DO A PRIVATE, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO GET A CEMETERY BUILT.
AND, AND 15% SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET THE MARKET DRIVE WHAT IT IS.
AND, AND A PRIVATE ENTITY BUILD A CEMETERY.
UH, SOME AREAS THAT ARE OF INTEREST THAT KIND OF ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT PLANS.
VOL PARK, THE MOST WANTED FEATURES, FLASH PAD, A DA TRAIL, UH, DOG PARK, ALL MATCH WHAT'S BEING BUILT IN PHASE ONE.
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE THINGS, UM, BEING BUILT AND OPENED.
UH, TRAILS MORE TRAILS, MORE CONNECTIVITY ALIGNS WITH OUR MASTER PLAN, ALIGNS WITH OUR MOBILITY.
UM, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY MASTER PLAN ALIGNS WITH OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ALL THE PROJECTS AND PLANS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, IN THOSE, IN THOSE DOCUMENTS.
AQUATICS, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE POOL IS PRETTY EVIDENT IN, IN THE, UH, DATA, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, FINDING THAT THE POOL'S ENDING NEAR OF LIFE AND NEEDS TO BE, UH, CONSIDERED.
AND THEN WHAT WE ALWAYS KNOW IS THERE, UH, THAT AS WE GROW, WE WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, UM, PLAN FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR FUTURE PARK LANDS.
THAT'S OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, PARKLAND DEDICATION, ORDINANCE.
UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALIGN WITH, WITH THAT VERY WELL.
NEXT, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, THEY GET, UH, BROUGHT UP WITH THE INFORMATION IS WATERWORKS, UH, PARKS DESIGN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, PARSING THAT FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE'RE DESIGNING THE PARK THAT PEOPLE WANT.
INTERESTING IN PHASE TWO OF OC PARK FIELDS AND SKATE PARK ARE PLANNED IN THAT PHASE TWO, BUT DRAW VERY LITTLE INTEREST IN THE SURVEY.
SO MORE INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO GO THERE AS WE START DESIGNING WHAT PHASE TWO LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, PRIORITIZING THOSE ITEMS. UH, OF COURSE BERNIE LAKE SAFETY AND UPKEEP, UH, IS A CONCERN WORTH EXPLORING.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, CONCERNS OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW, UH, DIRECTOR HIMENEZ HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND IT'S ALWAYS WORKING ON THOSE THINGS.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE YMCA, UH, SUPPORT IS REALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE CURRENT MEMBERS AND THERE'S, MOST PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, UH, TO, TO HAVE A, UH, OPINION THERE.
AND WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM RENTERS AND YOUNG RESIDENTS.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN FUTURE SURVEYS, WE JUST NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND HOW WE CAN REACH THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT AREN'T RESPONDING TO THE SURVEYS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, STILL A LOT OF, UH, INFORMATION THERE TO PULL OUT.
I I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THROUGH ALL THE COMMENTS.
I'VE READ, READ, READ THROUGH AS MANY AS I CAN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMENTS THERE FOR YOU TO READ THROUGH.
ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, THE INK'S STILL WET ON THE, ON THE SURVEY RESULTS.
RIGHT? I, I GOT A CHANCE TO BRIEFLY LOOK AT IT.
I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING THE OVERALL, UM, SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT SURVEY SHOWS.
UM, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO GO, YOU KNOW, ONE LAYER DEEPER AND LOOK AT IT.
'CAUSE I DO THINK IT HAS SOME INTERESTING, IT DOES RAISE SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT THE SUMMARY YOU JUST GAVE, I THINK DOES A GREAT JOB AT THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT I SAW ON THE FIRST, FIRST GLANCE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE ROOM TO, TO LOCATE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
YEAH, WELL THE KEY FEATURE IS TREES AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND THE SECOND PART IS WATER AND MONEY.
SO, UM, THE WATER PART WE'RE WORKING ON THE MONEY PART IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
'CAUSE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, EXPANSION GONNA REQUIRE MONEY.
EVEN THE, UH, THE UH, TOWN SQUARE RE REBOOT, HOWEVER YOU WANNA PHRASE IT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CALL IT WATERWORKS TERRACE OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, UM, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE FREE.
SO, I MEAN, EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GONNA REQUIRE FUNDING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE CURRENTLY EXPENDED OR ALLOCATED.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT THERE'S NO FREE LUNCH.
UH, AND IT'S ALSO TRUE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCA, UM, THAT'S TECHNICALLY A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP POTENTIAL.
UH, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE A PARTNERSHIP, NOT A CITY 95 YMCA 5% TYPE OF THING.
SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT WOULD'VE TO GO ON THERE.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE THE YMCA.I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S, SO IT ALL HAS TO BE PARSED OUT, BUT TREES AND WATER AND THEN MONEY OR VICE VERSA,
AND I THINK WHAT I, JUST FROM THAT BRIEF OVERVIEW, AND I WANT TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE, THE SURVEY ITSELF MYSELF, BUT, UM, A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES WE'RE WE'RE, I MEAN, IT TAKES TIME, RIGHT? SO TWO YEARS AGO WE DID A SURVEY, WE SEE THE SAME THINGS IN THE SURVEY, BUT HERE WE ARE WITH VOL PARK GETTING READY TO OPEN UP HERE IN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX MONTHS HOPEFULLY.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.
SO WE'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE LISTENING TO THE SURVEYS AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, SO I'M BE INTERESTED TO SEE IN TWO YEARS WHEN THE NEXT SURVEY COMES UP, IF THOSE ARE STILL TOP PRIORITY WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT IN PLACE AND ARE WORKING ON THERE.
THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME, LIKE THAT THERE WAS A COMMON THEME ABOUT, UM, WISHING THERE WAS BETTER WIFI IN A LOT OF THE PUBLIC AREAS WHERE PEOPLE SIT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN UNUSUAL THING AND IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO SEE NOT MORE OUTCRY AROUND, UM, FIELD SPORTS, RIGHT? JUST HAVING KIDS IN FIELD SPORTS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND IN TRYING TO GET TIME ON THOSE FIELDS.
SO, BUT THAT WASN'T REFLECTED IN THE SURVEY.
SO LIKE I SAID, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO ANOTHER LAYER DEEPER AND KIND OF READ SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEHIND THE, THE SURVEY.
BUT THE FIRST GLANCE OF IT, I THINK IT'S REALLY USEFUL.
WELL, PART, PART OF THE ISSUE MAY BE WITH FIELD SPORTS, I THOUGHT ABOUT, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT TOO.
UH, THE USAGE OF OUR FIELD SPORTS AREA IS PROBABLY, WHAT, ABOUT 75% NOT IN THE CITY OF BURN.
AND UH, THAT COULD BE PART OF THE EQUATION IS THAT, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USE THE FIELD SPORTS DIDN'T ANSWER THE SURVEY, BUT THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF BURN EITHER.
SO THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY BEING TAXED TO PROVIDE THE PARKS.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE V PARK, THE, THE HERITAGE V PARK IS THAT THAT PROJECT, THIS IS 2026, TECHNICALLY THAT PROJECT STARTED IN 2007 WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE LAND BY A BOND ISSUE THAT PUBLIC VOTED ON AND IT'S TAKEN TILL 2026 WITH ANOTHER BOND ISSUE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING IT.
SO IT'S A VERY LONG PROCESS FOR LARGE PROJECTS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE PUBLIC HAS TO KIND OF TRY AND GET ITS HEAD AROUND.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND IT'S, TO YOUR POINT, DOESN'T HAPPEN QUICK, ESPECIALLY THE BIG PROJECTS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE, DAN, YOU WANNA MAKE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE WEATHER TODAY? YEAH, JUST, JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A QUICK UPDATE.
UM, HAS EVERYBODY SEEN, WE, WE SENT OUT SOME, SOME INFORMATION ON, UH, THE WEATHER.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, OUR EOC HAS ACTIVATED TO A LEVEL THREE, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL EOC AND PREPARED, UH, TO MOVE TO A LEVEL TWO, WHICH WOULD PUT US IN, IN PERSON AT THE EOC STREET CREWS HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT AND, AND PRE-STAGED THE BARRICADES AND ASSETS AROUND TOWN SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, FIRE HAS UPST STAFFED INCLUDING, UH, UM, A DEDICATED, UH, SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM JUST IN CASE, UH, AND CITY LAKE, UH, HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE EVENING JUST TO, YOU KNOW, OUR ONE LESS THING FOR OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO THINK ABOUT OR HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
UH, WE'LL EVALUATE THAT IN THE MORNING, UH, TO SEE IF WE NEED TO OPEN THAT OR IF WE NEED TO LEAVE IT CLOSED FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
UM, BUT WE ALL SAW THE LAKE, UH, UH, FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO, UH, WE'LL COUNT THAT BLESSING AND, AND HOPE THAT WE, UH, GET SOME MORE RAIN, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO HAVE TO BE UP ALL NIGHT AT EC ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA
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NUMBER EIGHT, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WE'LL START WITH JOE.
HOW ABOUT YOU, KYLE? NO, WE GOOD.
YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.
YOU KNOW, UH, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, TONIGHT.
OUR PARTS AND REC CREW, OUR STREETS DEPARTS UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA ALL BE ON HIGH ALERTS WITH THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO TO MAKE BRAND GREAT COMMUNITY.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE STAFF AND, AND EVERY ONE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.
AND, UH, I FOR ONE, KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL IS, IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO TO MAKE BERNIE, BERNIE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OH, AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A, A BERNIE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO THE WEST REGIONALS STARTING NEXT MONTH.
UH, MAY HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER TEAM IN, IN WILLIAMSPORT.
SO LET'S KEEP, UH, WISHING THOSE BOYS GOOD LUCK AS THEY GET OUT THERE.
THAT BEING SAID, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING.