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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
[E. Call Meeting to Order]
WELCOME. WELCOME TO THE MONDAY'S MONDAY, APRIL 14TH COUNCIL MEETING.PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE GIVEN BY PASTOR DAVID GRIFFIN.
ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO LEAD AN AUCTION OR PRAY.
I WASN'T SURE WHICH ONE. YEAH, OKAY, I GET HIM.
GET HIM CONFUSED. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PRAY. FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER IN A FREE COUNTRY AND TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN FRONT OF EACH OF THESE PEOPLE. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OTHERS THAT THEY HAVE.
I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD BE GRACIOUS. I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD BE WISE, AND I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH WHATEVER ISSUES COME IN FRONT OF THEM IN A WAY THAT BRINGS HONOR TO OUR TOWN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO YOUR NAME.
AND IN THAT NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN.
THANK YOU DAVID. APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE.
PLEASE JOIN ME STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE BE SEATED. AGAIN, LET ME WELCOME EVERYBODY ONCE AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY.
14. FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT WITH THE SEVEN OF SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT.
WE HAVE QUORUM TIME IS 703 AND WE ARE IN SESSION.
[F. Announcements and Acknowledgements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 .0415, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF MAY REPORT ON VARIOUS ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE? STAFF DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE, MR. RAMSEY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE TRASH OFF THAT GOT CANCELED HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MAY THE 10TH FROM 9 TO 2, AND IT IS STILL AT THE SUNNYVALE ISD INTERMEDIATE CAMPUS PARKING LOT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT AND MORE.
I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. I DID HAVE ONE ITEM, MR. JONES. YES. AND I THINK IT'S. YOU HAVE A PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN.
WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TODAY. WE WERE INVITED BY THE CITY OF MESQUITE TO.
AND I KNOW MATT IS NOT GOING TO APPRECIATE ME EMBARRASSING HIM LIKE THIS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, OUR TOWN ENGINEER, MATT HOLZAPFEL, WILL BE RETIRING AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
AND TODAY, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GO TO A BRAND NEW PUMP STATION IN EAST MESQUITE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF I-20. AND ACTUALLY, IT'S IN FORNEY, I BELIEVE.
AND THIS IS THE DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE NEW MATT HOLZAPFEL PUMP STATION FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE THAT THAT PROVIDES WATER TO A VERY, VERY LARGE GROWING POPULATION IN WESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND SO AFTER 37, ALMOST 38 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MESQUITE, AND I THINK WHEN I LEFT MESQUITE, THIS PROJECT WAS UNDER ENGINEERING DESIGN. IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PUMP STATION OPEN AND THE RIBBON CUTTING TODAY.
AND VERY WELL DESERVED. NAMED AFTER MR. MATT HOLZAPFEL FOR ALL HIS DEDICATION TO NOT JUST THAT PROJECT, BUT TO SO MANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MESQUITE OVER HIS ALMOST 40 YEAR CAREER THERE.
SO WE DID WANT TO BRAG ON HIM A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, MATT, BUT HE'S DONE WONDERS FOR US HERE AT THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE.
HE LIVES IN MESQUITE. HE CONSIDERS SUNNYVALE HIS BACKYARD.
IT'S HE TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN HIS WORK. AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM HERE.
AND WHAT A WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS. MARK RAUSCHER AND ELMER BENITEZ AND I WERE ABLE TO GO TO THIS CEREMONY TODAY AT 10:00 AND AND ENJOY WATCHING MATT JUST GET A LOT OF CREDIT THAT HE'S BEEN LONG DUE.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, MATT. VERY VERY WELL DESERVED.
YES, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY I'M GOING TO CLOSE THAT ITEM.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE TIME MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS OTHER THAN PERSONAL OR LEGAL MATTERS OR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? DID YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T SAY I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME? OKAY, PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. COOL, COOL. OKAY, OKAY, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THAT ITEM.
NO ONE IS COMING FORWARD. SO PROCLAMATIONS I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO MAKE.
[H. Proclamations]
I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO ATTEND THIS THIS EVENT LAST SATURDAY AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE[00:05:03]
MAYOR. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BAR CHAPTER WAS ORGANIZED APRIL 13TH, 1985, WITH THE 35 ORGANIZING MEMBERS, INCLUDING 27 JUNIOR MEMBERS AND 29 NEW NSDAR MEMBERS.AND WHEREAS THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
REVOLUTION HAS BEEN A LIVING HISTORY OF THE GROWTH OF A NATION AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES SUCH AS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ESSAY CONTESTS. AND WHEREAS THE RICHARD BYRD CHAPTER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT CELEBRATE THE THREE AREAS THAT THE NSDAR STANDS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND PATRIOTISM.
THE CHAPTER CURRENTLY HAS 140 MEMBERS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT I, SERGIO GEORGE MAYOR, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM. SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2025, AS THE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE TOWN TO BE AFFIXED HERE TO THIS THE 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025. TOWN OF SUNNYVALE, SWAGIT GEORGE. MAYOR, TOWN OF SUNNYVALE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THE MEMBERS OF THE AWARD, AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE BARBARA.
BARBARA IS OUR CHAMPION FROM SUNNYVALE. SO CONGRATULATIONS.
COUNCIL, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME? YES. I HAVE TO GET TO.
KNOW. COUNCIL GUYS GOING TO STAND BEHIND BARBARA HAD TWO COFFEES IN CASE YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EXTRA.
OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU.
THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. I LEARNED A FEW THINGS.
RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.
CONGRATS. THANK YOU. YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'RE SUPPOSED I'VE JUST GOT TO GET HER.
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL ONE. YEAH. ONE. TWO. THREE.
IT'S UPSIDE DOWN, RIGHT? NO IT'S NOT. OH, I GOT A GOOD LAUGH ON Y'ALL.
I'M GOOD. HAVE YOU EVER SAID THAT TO ME? YES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING SATURDAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
BYE BYE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OH. SO SORRY.
I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU OFF. OH, YEAH. OH. IT'S OFF.
[I. Consent Agenda Items]
OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS COUNCIL. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. IF NOT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR AS PRESENTED.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRINTED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
[J. Discussion and Action Items]
MCMANUS AND PAYNE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, LLC, IN THE AMOUNT OF 133,600 FOR THE SURVEYING AND DESIGN OF A TRAIL CONNECTION FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TRIP ROAD AND JOBSON TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IN SAMUEL FARMS, AND OTHER NECESSARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON TRIP ROAD AND DOBSON ROAD, AND AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT.THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? VERY GOOD. MATT HOLZAPFEL, TOWN ENGINEER.
AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL, WE AWARDED THE HARRIS ADDITION PHASE TWO PROJECT BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2023.
THAT PROJECT ORIGINALLY HAD WELL OVER $1.4 MILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
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WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, THE TOWN MANAGER WAS CONCERNED THAT THOSE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAS WERE INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT AS BID DID NOT REALLY SOLVE THE ISSUES, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WERE PREVAILING ALONG JOBSON AND TRIPP ROAD.SO WE DID LOOK AT THE PROJECT AND WE DID AWARD OR AWARD THAT PROJECT AS IS, BUT LATER DEDUCTED FROM THAT PROJECT WITH A VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ORDER, APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT PROJECT WITH THE IDEA OF LATER RE LOOKING AT THAT AREA AND DESIGNING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY FUNCTION AS DESIGNED AND RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT ARE PREVALENT ON JOBSON AND TRIPP ROAD. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE.
THERE IS THERE'S A TRAIL CONNECTION NECESSARY BETWEEN THE EXISTING TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THE FIRE STATION AT THE CORNER OF TRIPP AND JOBSON, AND WE NEED TO GET THAT TRAIL ACROSS TRIPP ROAD AND JOBSON ROAD.
SO IT CONNECTS TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT IS IN SAMUELL FARMS THAT THE TOWN HAS PUT IN AS WELL.
THAT HAS BEEN A PREVALENT TOPIC AND NEED THAT.
THE CITIZENS HAVE POINTED OUT IN NUMEROUS SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE CITIZENS THAT THEY WANT THAT CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, BUT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION HAS COME UP REPEATEDLY IN SOME OF THOSE SURVEYS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF MCMANUS PAYNE, WHICH WERE THE ORIGINAL DESIGNERS OF THE HOBSON PROJECT. AND WE HAVE ISOLATED SOME SCOPE ITEMS TO FIX THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES, AS WELL AS MAKE THAT TRAIL CONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR RACHEL, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PULL UP THERE IS A J1 FILE IN THE IF YOU COULD PULL UP SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT ARE IN THERE. APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS SOME OF THE CULVERTS THAT GO UNDERNEATH THE TRIP ROAD.
NOW, THESE ARE OLD CORRUGATED METAL PIPES. THESE ARE NOT THE DRIVEWAY CULVERTS.
THIS BIG CROSS ACROSS FROM JOBS COMES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON TRIP ROAD.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL CULVERTS THAT ARE IN THIS SAME SHAPE.
THESE OLD CULVERTS ARE PROBABLY 50 TO 60 YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, USUALLY GALVANIZED.
THEY DON'T DO VERY WELL IN CLAY SOIL. THEY TEND TO ROT OUT.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A RAIN WE HAD JUST LAST MONTH IN THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
THIS IS, I THINK, 516 TRIP ROAD. 316. EXCUSE ME.
AND THIS WAS A PICTURE THAT ELMER TOOK WHEN HE WENT OUT THAT MORNING.
THIS WAS CAUSED BY THAT CROSS CULVERT. NOT PERFORMING AS NEEDED.
THE CULVERT IS STARTING TO COLLAPSE, ACTUALLY.
AND IT DID AFFECT ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES OUT THERE.
DID TO GET WATER IN THAT RESIDENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED US TO START EXAMINING THESE CULVERTS.
ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WAY UNDERSIZED BY CURRENT CRITERIA.
HOW BIG ARE THESE CULVERTS? THEY'RE ONLY ABOUT 24 INCH, I THINK.
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT VERY LARGE, SIR. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY DRAMATICALLY UNDERSIZED.
THEY WERE PROBABLY PUT IN BACK WHEN ALL OF THIS AREA WAS FARMLAND.
AND YOU KNOW, IF A FARM FIELD LIKE THIS FLOODED, IT WAS NO BIG DEAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOST A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR CROP, BUT NOW IT'S AFFECTING HOMES AND RESIDENTS. AND THOSE CULVERTS ARE CLEARLY BEYOND THEIR EFFECTIVE LIFE.
THEY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO MODERN MATERIALS.
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SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THESE AREAS. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED ON JOBSON ROAD.THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES. WE TALKED TO ONE OF THE EX-MAYORS, MR. WADE, WHO LIVES ON THE CORNER THERE, WHO HAS HAD CONSISTENT DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AS WELL.
WE HAD MET EARLIER OR LATER LAST YEAR WITH HIM, WITH OTHER TOWN STAFF, JEFF AND MARK AND ELMER AND I HAD A PROBABLY AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG CONVERSATION WITH THEM, HIM, DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT HE HAS SEEN AND EXPERIENCED AS WELL AS HIS NEIGHBORS.
AND ACTUALLY, JEFF CAME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA ABOUT BRINGING A CULVERT NEAR THE NORTH SIDE OF HIS PROPERTY ACROSS JOHNSTON ROAD AND DUMPING IT INTO THE LAKE BEHIND THE CURRENT FIRE STATION OUT THERE.
SO WE LOOKED AT THAT HONESTLY, THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
THERE'S SOME OTHER DRAINAGE ISSUES TO THE NORTH ON DOBSON AS WELL.
AND SO WE BASICALLY PACKAGED ALL THESE DRAINAGE ISSUES, AND THESE DRAINAGE ISSUES NEED TO BE RESOLVED, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF MR. WADE'S PROPERTY IN ORDER TO GET THAT TRAIL CONNECTION CATTY CORNER ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION.
SO BASICALLY, THIS DESIGN PACKAGE, THIS SCOPE IS TO LOOK AT SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES FOR AN ALIGNMENT TO BRING THAT TRAIL, MAKE THAT TRAIL CONNECTION, AND TO RESOLVE ALL THESE DRAINAGE ISSUES AS WELL THAT WE'VE ENUMERATED.
THERE IS ALSO SOME LOCATION MAPS THAT ARE IN THE END OF YOUR PACKET AS WELL.
ON PAGE 48 AND EXCUSE ME, 4647, 48. AND WE BASICALLY WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS TO RESOLVE THE DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT THERE AND ENHANCE DRAINAGE AND ALSO MAKE THIS TRAIL CONNECTION.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. WE THINK THERE'S ENOUGH SAVINGS IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH THAT WE TOOK OUT OF THE HARRIS PHASE TWO CONTRACT TO PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS THIS DESIGN CONTRACT.
LET ME LET ME OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. LET ME JUST GET THAT.
OKAY, LET ME OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE IS ANYONE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ON ITEM NUMBER J ONE, YOU MAY COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. NO ONE IS COMING FORWARD.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT OR ON THIS TOPIC? MAY I JUST HAVE ONE? MATT. MISS ALLEN? YES, SIR.
I DON'T RECALL IN THE DATA. ARE THEY GOING TO CUT THE ROAD TO DO THAT QUESTION TO REPLACE THE PIPE? THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THE ROAD. THEY WILL INDEED, SIR.
THESE THESE CULVERTS. NOW WHAT? WE'LL TRY. AND DO YOU KNOW IT'S PRECAST CONCRETE PIPE? I SUSPECT, AGAIN, WITH CLEARANCE PROBLEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE HAVE TO CARRY ACROSS THE ROAD, WE'LL PROBABLY USE A PRECAST CONCRETE BOX CULVERT.
SO WE CAN YOU CAN LAY ACROSS A ROADWAY LIKE THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY, PROBABLY DO IT IN A WEEKEND.
AND SO WE COULD SPECIFY EITHER WEEKEND WORK OR HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED WHEN MAYBE SCHOOL'S OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. OKAY.
THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. IF NOT, I CALL FOR A MOTION. MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS PRESENTED. J ONE MOTION MADE BY MR. ALLEN TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11 AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY DOCTOR BOUDREAU.
EVERYONE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSED SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU. MATT. ITEM NUMBER TWO. DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON A BID FROM CENTRAL NORTH CONSTRUCTION, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $580,015.50 FOR THE COLLINS ROAD GREEN RIBBON PROJECT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO WE DO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR CITY COUNCIL OR TOWN COUNCIL.
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CONSIDERATION. THIS ONE'S FOR A BID FROM CENTRAL NORTH CONSTRUCTION LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE EIGHT, 580,000, $51.50. AND THIS IS FOR THE COLLINS ROAD STATE, WHICH IS STATE HIGHWAY 352.THIS IS SOUTH COLLINS, SOUTH OF US 80. IT'S A GREEN RIBBON IMPROVEMENT A PROJECT WHICH IS A FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT PROJECT, AND THIS WOULD AWARD THAT CONTRACT AND WOULD AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON THE PROJECT. SOUTH COLLINS, FROM US 80 TO THE MESQUITE SUNNYVALE CITY LIMIT NEAR OLD BARN LANE IS A STATE HIGHWAY, AND IT'S A TXDOT. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY.
THEY HAVE BECAUSE IT IS A STATE HIGHWAY, THERE IS A GRANT PROGRAM TO BEAUTIFY THOSE AREAS.
IT'S CALLED THE GREEN RIBBON TYPE OF GRANT. THE TOWN APPLIED FOR AND WAS GRANTED A GREEN RIBBON.
GRANT. AND THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED THAT IN OCTOBER 23RD OF 2023.
ON MAY 13TH OF 2024, WE APPROVED THE APPROVED, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS THE SAME ENGINEERING FIRM THAT HAS DESIGNED THE PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE LANDSCAPING PROJECT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL ON THE NORTH SECTION OF COLLINS ROAD.
THEY WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO REPLICATE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE SOUTH COLLINS PROJECT, THE WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY BEEN DESIGNED AND IS BEING UNDERTAKEN ON THE NORTH COLLINS PROJECT.
THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THAT TEXDOT REGULATIONS DO NOT ALLOW US TO REPLICATE ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION, SUCH AS THE THE LIMESTONE BLOCK RETAINING WALLS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING IN THE MEDIAN HERE, AS WELL AS TALLER TREES IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT GENERALLY THE SAME KIND OF CIRCULAR SEMICIRCULAR PATTERN OF PLANTINGS WILL BE REPLICATED IN THE SOUTH COLLINS PROJECT, AS WELL AS MANY OF THE PLANT MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING USED ON THE NORTH COLLINS PROJECT. THAT'S TO MAINTAIN A BRANDING EFFECT SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE COLLINS BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH COLLINS, IT WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO ONE ANOTHER AND WILL REFLECT THE ATTENTION TO ESTHETICS THAT THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE VALUES SO HIGHLY. BECAUSE IT IS A GRANT PROJECT, THERE'S LOTS OF STEPPING STONES AND STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE.
WE HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS TO TEXDOT AND ALLOW THEM TO REVIEW THEM AND APPROVE THEM.
SAME WITH THIS BID. WE DID TAKE PUBLISH ADVERTISEMENTS ON FEBRUARY 21ST AND 28TH.
THE CONTRACTOR THAT DID IS CURRENTLY BUILDING THIS SECTION OF THE LANDSCAPING PROJECT IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL, NORTH OF US 80, DECLINED TO BID THIS PROJECT.
THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE, BUT THEY DO NOT BID TEX DOT PROJECTS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A PRE-CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT THEY FEEL IS ONEROUS. AND THEY DID. THEY DO NOT BID TEX DOT PROJECTS FOR THAT REASON.
THIS CONTRACTOR IS EXPERIENCED IN THESE TYPE OF WORK.
REFERENCES WERE CHECKED. THEY ARE PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR ON THE TEX DOT LIST.
AND WITH THAT WE DID HAVE THREE BIDS. HOWEVER, ONE BID WAS NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE THEY LACKED A PIECE OF PAPERWORK SUBMITTED WITH THEIR BID THAT TEX DOT REQUIRES. SO THEY WERE DISQUALIFIED, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND SO WE HAD TWO BIDS THAT WERE WHAT YOU WOULD CALL CONFORMING.
THERE IS A BID TAB IN YOUR DOCUMENTS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DELVING INTO THE DETAIL AND LOCATION MAP, THERE'S ALSO ON PAGE 110 A COPY OF THE GRANT FUNDING ATTACHMENT B THE GRANT PROVIDES FOR $561,750 FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY UNDER WHAT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS.
THAT IS NOT COVERED BY THAT GRANT. GOT ANY QUESTIONS?
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MATT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.. MATT, MISS DANNY? I SEE THAT THE BIG IN CONSTRUCTION TIME IS SECOND QUARTER OF 2025.IS THERE A SET DATE? WE WILL WE HAVE TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS.
SHOULD COUNCIL AWARD THE CONTRACT, WE HAVE TO GET THOSE EXECUTED.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH TEXDOT AND SCHEDULE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.
WE FEEL WE CAN GO TO CONSTRUCTION IN EITHER LATE MAY OR BEGINNING OF JUNE.
AND IT IS A 180 CALENDAR DAY CONTRACT. SO IT'S BASICALLY A SIX MONTH CONTRACT.
SO THE WORK SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THE ADDITIONAL QUESTION FOR MR. HAUSHOFER. THANK YOU SIR. LET ME OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. NO ONE IS COMING FORWARD.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? RIGHT? NUMBER J2. I KNOW THIS IS YOUR TURN. IF NOT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION WITH RESPECT NUMBER J2? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER J2 AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY MISS DANNY, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FINCH TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER J2 AS PRESENTED.
EVERYONE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ONE.
MISS MIKAYLA, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL STAFF WE HAVE THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR MARCH 31ST, 2025.
THANK YOU. CAN YOU HIT START? THANK YOU. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $15 MILLION BUDGET. WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED ABOUT $11.2 MILLION OF THAT BUDGET, 6 MILLION OF COURSES. THAT IS OUR PROPERTY TAX.
WE GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY TAX IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
AFTER THAT, IT'S CONSIDERED DELINQUENT. SO WE'VE PRETTY MUCH COLLECTED ALL THAT WE'VE BUDGETED.
WE GENERALLY BUDGET ABOUT 98.5% OF THAT OF WHAT THE TOTAL ROLE IS.
BUT WHEN YOU ADD IN DELINQUENT TAXES, SOMETIMES WE GET MORE, SOMETIMES WE GET LESS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL ON PROPERTY TAXES.
OUR SALES TAX, WE'RE AT 53.3%. WE'RE ABOUT $200,000 MORE THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.
THE REST OF IT OF COURSE, IS JUST LICENSE PERMITS AND CHARGES FOR FEES THAT COME IN MONTHLY.
SO WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD AS OPPOSED TO FOR REVENUE.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 3.3% UP ABOVE BUDGET FOR SALES TAX.
SO WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AS FAR AS OUR COMPARATIVE SALES TAX, WE'VE HAD SOME DOWN MONTHS AND SOME MONTHS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE RIGHT ON WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOR BUDGET ON OUR EXPENSE SIDE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE $15.6 MILLION OF EXPENSE. WE SPENT ABOUT 7 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 45% OF OUR BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY PAID MOST OF OUR ONE TIME EXPENSES THROUGH THIS BUDGET.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT COME IN OCTOBER AND JANUARY.
BUT THIS RIGHT HERE HAS MOST OF THOSE PAID OUT.
SO WITH US BEING AT 45% THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE, LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 52% AROUND THIS TIME, SO WE WERE A LITTLE BIT OVER. BUT AGAIN, WE HAD PAID OUT ALL THOSE ONE TIME EXPENSES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. SO DOWN ABOUT 5% KIND OF QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE STREET AND ROAD MAINTENANCE, WE ONLY SPENT 22% WHICH IS MORE OF A TIMING ISSUE.
OR WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY ISSUES OR THE ROADS ARE IN BETTER SHAPE.
SO WE DID. AS YOU RECALL, WE SPENT ABOUT $22 MILLION WORTH ON ROAD PROJECTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
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AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET.THIS WAS FOR SOME THIS IS FOR, LIKE, POTHOLING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
GOTCHA. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S. SO MAYBE WE CAN REDUCE EVEN FURTHER NEXT YEAR.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE ONLY TURNED INTO PERCENTAGE. OKAY. YES, SIR. WELL, AND A LOT OF IT IS TIMING TOO. WE'LL OBVIOUSLY SPEND MORE OF THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMERTIME THAN WE WILL DURING THE WINTER.
IN THE SPRING. GOT IT. YEP. MUNICIPAL. OKAY. YEAH.
THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THAT. THAT'S. EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. YEAH. GOOD JOB. FOR OUR DEBT. WE HAVE COLLECTED.
WE HAVE BASICALLY PAID 2.7 MILLION OF OUR $3.3 MILLION BUDGET.
20% OF OUR DEBT WILL BE PAID IN AUGUST, AND 80% OF THE DEBT IS NORMALLY PAID IN FEBRUARY.
WE DID HAVE TO MAKE A UNBUDGETED ARBITRAGE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $105,000, WHICH THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.
BASICALLY WHAT ARBITRAGE IS, IS IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE EARNED MORE INVESTMENT INCOME THAN WHAT YOU'VE PAID ON THE BOND, AND IF YOU EXCEED THAT BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, YOU HAVE TO PAY WHAT'S CALLED AN ARBITRAGE TO THE IRS.
SO BECAUSE OUR INTEREST EARNINGS HAVE DONE SO WELL, WE HAD TO PAY $105,000 OF OUR MILLION DOLLAR INTEREST LAST YEAR TO THE IRS. BUT, I MEAN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'D MUCH RATHER PAY THE IRS $100,000 AND MAKE A MILLION THAN WE WOULD TO, YOU KNOW, TRY AND MAKE $100,000. SO THAT'S JUST RIGHT THERE.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT A BAD THING. IT'S JUST A SIGN THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE DOING REALLY WELL.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILITY FUND.
WE PURPOSELY BUDGETED A $5 MILLION SPEND SPIN DOWN IN CAPITAL.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY SPENT 3 MILLION TO DATE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ON THE HARRIS WATER PROJECT.
SO THAT'S YOUR DIFFERENCE IN YOUR PERCENTAGES FOR YOUR CAPITAL LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE? WE'RE ABOUT 42% OF THE YEAR. WE DID. BUDGETED TO SPEND 7 MILLION TOTAL ON CAPITAL.
2 MILLION OF THAT IS THE US 80 WATER LINE RELOCATION.
AND WE'LL BE PAYING SOME MORE OUT ON THAT AS SOON AS THAT PROJECT KICKS OFF AS WELL.
MIKAYLA, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THOSE 600%, AGE 255 TO 45 HIGH NUMBERS.
CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? IF YOU KNOW IT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S OKAY.
OKAY. SO THE WATER METERS WE LAST YEAR WE JUST PUT IN MORE.
AND THIS, THIS REALLY HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING PERMITS THE WATER METERS.
WE IS WHAT DEVELOPERS PAY WHEN THEY PUT WATER METERS IN.
LAST YEAR THEY PAID ABOUT $43,000 VERSUS 21,000.
SO WE'RE DOWN ABOUT $20,000 IN THAT LINE ITEM.
THE SAME THING WITH WATER AND SEWER. WE'RE WE'RE WAY BELOW THE 50%.
THOSE ARE OUR HIGH USAGE MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT'S THE HOTTEST.
SO WE WE'RE NOT REALLY CONCERNED. WE'RE ONLY DOWN $100,000 TOTAL OUT OF OUR $8 MILLION OR, I'M SORRY, $10 MILLION REVENUE BUDGET. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT JUST YET.
JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS ARE COMING AND ONCE THEY GET HERE, WE'LL RECOUP THAT MONEY AND PROBABLY THEN SOME, HOPEFULLY. MAYOR ALSO HAD TWO OF THOSE LINE ITEMS. WE REDUCED THE BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY, WHICH MADE THOSE PERCENTAGES GO UP.
SO PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, WE WILL ADJUST THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP, PROBABLY NOT TO THE $100,000 LEVEL THEY WERE IN FISCAL YEAR 24, BUT CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE CURRENT BUDGET AMOUNT IS. AND THAT WILL PROBABLY LEVEL OUT THOSE PERCENTAGES THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, WE GOT WE WENT FROM 85 TO 100,000. SO THOSE NUMBERS NEED TO BE.
YEAH I GOT IT. AGAIN WE ARE ABOUT 40% OF TOTAL REVENUE.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS.
FY 25. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT WE COLLECTED IN 24.
FOR THE, FOR BE WE HAVE PAID APPROXIMATELY 177,000 ON THE RAILS TO TRAILS, AND THEN ABOUT
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122,000 ON PARKS DESIGNS. AND SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ONLY AT 32% OF OUR EXPENDITURES.
AND WE BASICALLY HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY BEFORE WE CAN REQUEST IT.
IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. SO ONCE WE START SPENDING THAT MONEY, THEN WE WILL GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT 430,000. AND THAT'LL BRING OUR OUR REVENUE BACK IN LINE WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON ANYTHING I SAY? GREAT JOB. NO QUESTION FOR ME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RACHEL FOR THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
RACHEL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO SHOW YOU.
JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY. AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE.
WE'LL GET INTO THE REPORT AFTERWARDS. LET'S SEE HERE.
OKAY. SO TWO THIRDS OF OUR PORTFOLIO IS IN LIQUID FUNDS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR POOLS, YOUR CDS AND YOUR MONEY MARKETS.
SO THAT MAKES UP ABOUT $24.5 MILLION. AND THE OTHER 34% IS IN FIXED INCOME SECURITIES.
THAT'S 12.4 MILLION. AND WE BENCHMARK AGAINST THE THREE MONTH US TREASURY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OR AS OF THE END OF MARCH, IT WAS 4.34%.
OUR PORTFOLIO YIELD TO MATURITY IS 4.4%, SO WE'RE SLIGHTLY OUTPERFORMING OUR BENCHMARK.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
THE THREE MONTH TREASURY WAS AT 5.47. SO YOU KNOW THE RATES HAVE COME WAY DOWN SINCE THEN.
SO FOR THE FUTURE THE FED IS STILL TALKING ABOUT CUTTING RATES TWICE PERHAPS THIS YEAR.
SO WE JUST ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SAFETY LIQUIDITY AND YIELD.
SO NOTHING RISKY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE REPORTS.
OKAY. THIS IS A SUMMARY PAGE. IT SHOWS THE CUSTODIAN OF ALL OF OUR FUNDS.
WE'VE GOT 36.9 MILLION TOTAL PORTFOLIO. THIS SHOWS YOU THE FACE IN THE MARKET AND THE BOOK VALUE AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PORTFOLIO, THE YIELD AND HOW MANY DAYS TO MATURITY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE THREE MONTHS THAT WERE IN THE QUARTER, WHAT THE MARKET BOOK, THE UNREALIZED GAIN AND LOSS YIELD TO MATURITY THE DURATION AND THE DAYS TO MATURITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE FOR AT THE END OF EVERY MONTH WHAT THOSE VALUES WERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE DISTRIBUTION BY ASSET CATEGORY.
IT'S THE MARKET VALUE. SO IT SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENT ASSET CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE.
WE'VE GOT THE CDS. WE'VE GOT SOME IN LOGIC TEXAS CLASS MONEY MARKETS MUNICIPAL BONDS AGENCIES.
SHOWS THE ENDING MARKET VALUE AND THE BEGINNING MARKET VALUE IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE PERCENTAGE OF FUND THAT OWNS THOSE SECURITIES.
SO MOST OF IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, OTHER FUNDS THAT OWN SMALL PERCENTAGES OF IT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST PAGE IS THE DETAILED REPORT OF THE HOLDINGS.
THIS IS SIMILAR INFORMATION THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SLIDES.
SO THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW YOU BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
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AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE ON THAT. RACHEL, AGAIN, GREAT JOB.KEEP IT UP. NO QUESTIONS FROM ME. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS RACHEL? JUST AGAIN, GOOD JOB. OVER THE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE COUNCIL, THIS IS PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUFF WE'VE SEEN.
SO THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE YOU GOING TO TURN IT OFF? THANK YOU, MISS RAMSEY.
THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE, NOT AN ACTION AGENDA.
CORRECT. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR DISCUSSION HERE.
AN UPDATE RELATED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. MR. LUCIA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK RAUSCHER ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATUS OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS IS YOUR APRIL QUARTERLY UPDATE.
TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF OF PROJECTS IN THE IN THE SPREADSHEET.
I WANTED TO FOCUS ON, ON A FEW BEGINNING WITH.
AND YOU HEARD HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE TONIGHT EARLIER FROM FROM MR. HOLZAPFEL, BUT OUR COLLINS ROAD ONE-B LANDSCAPING PROJECT IS IS WELL UNDERWAY.
AND THEN AS, AS I MENTIONED THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT THAT MR. HOLZAPFEL TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WILL BE GETTING THAT ONE STARTED NEXT MONTH AND HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP BY EARLY NOVEMBER BASED ON, ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CONSTRUCTABILITY.
AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION CLAY ROAD. THAT'S A THAT'S A MAJOR ROADWAY WITHIN SUNNYVALE, BASICALLY STRETCHES FROM THE MESQUITE CITY LIMIT AT SCYENE ROAD, CROSSES THE UP RAILROAD, AND THEN CONNECTS ON UP INTO SOUTH COLLINS, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS STATE HIGHWAY 352.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HIRED A CONSULTANT ENGINEER TO DESIGN THIS CORRIDOR FOR FOR CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENTS, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
AND THAT WORK HAS HAS PROGRESSED NICELY TO WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO TO GO OUT TO BID THIS SUMMER CONSTRUCTION BIDDING AND THEN HAVE A CONTRACT AWARDED BY BY THE COUNCIL LATE THIS SUMMER AND THEN BEGIN WORK IN THE FALL AND HAVE THAT HAVE THAT RECONSTRUCTION FINISHED UP BY SPRING OF, OF 2026. AND AGAIN, THAT'LL SERVE A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIAL USERS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SUNNYVALE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH OF US 80 AS AS WELL.
WE WANT TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE CONNECTED WITH WITH FIBER OPTICS IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR THAT THROUGHPUT TO OCCUR.
AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ENGINEER, KIMLEY-HORN, ON THAT PROJECT AND ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE, BECAUSE CITY MESQUITE ACTUALLY MAINTAINS OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON AT BELTLINE AND TOWNE EAST.
AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE AN UPGRADE OF THOSE SIGNALS.
THE COORDINATION THROUGH THE FIBER, AS I MENTIONED, AS WELL AS SOME TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT AND SAFETY IN THAT, IN THAT SECTION OF BELTLINE. AND SO THAT DESIGN IS ONGOING, AND WE EXPECT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THIS FALL.
AND HAVE ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED BY NEXT SPRING OF 2026.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON EAST TRIP EAST TRIP.
THIS IS THE SECTION FROM THE COLLINS ROUNDABOUT TO EAST FORK.
WE'VE BEEN UNDERWAY WITH DESIGN ON THAT CORRIDOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY OUT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDDING ON THAT AND EXPECT TO TO GO TO WORK IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE.
AND THAT PROJECT WILL WILL LAST BASICALLY INTO FEBRUARY OF 2026.
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THAT PROJECT CONSISTS OF A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING WATER LINE THAT'S OUT THERE, AS WELL AS FULL PAVEMENT REHAB, KIND OF SIMILAR TO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD GOING ON A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.AND IT WILL ALSO INVOLVE SOME MINOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL, ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY. MARK ONE QUESTION.
YES, SIR. IF YOU DON'T MIND SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ON THAT TRIP.
ROAD REHAB. I KNOW AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A SIDEWALK, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
DID WE? WE? ARE WE PUTTING THAT IN? DID I RECALL THAT WRONG? WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING IN SIDEWALK NEW SIDEWALKS, BASICALLY FROM THE ROUNDABOUT TO THE, THE RAILS TO TRAILS CORRIDOR. AND THEN THAT'LL CONNECT TO EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKES YOU ON EAST TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'LL BE BE THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT WILL BE WE'RE JUST GOING TO END IT THERE AT THE RAILS OF TRAILS. OKAY. I KNEW I REMEMBERED SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, SO THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DRAINAGE WORK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TRIP, AND THE SIDEWALK WAS GOING TO LAY ON TOP OF THE NEW DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
MR. HOLZAPFEL, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT THE BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WAS SO MINIMAL WE COULDN'T JUSTIFY THE COST OF THE DRAINAGE PIPE ALL THE WAY DOWN TRIP, WHICH MEANT WHEN THAT CAME OUT, THE SIDEWALKS CAME OUT.
I KNEW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. I CAN REMEMBER EXACTLY. YEAH. THE OTHER ISSUE WAS THAT A LOT OF THE TREES ON THE NORTH TRIP ROAD WERE GOING TO BE DECIMATED BY THE PROJECT, SO IT WAS KIND OF TWOFOLD. GREAT. THANK YOU. JUST TO JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, JUST THAT TRAIL JUST KIND OF DEAD END THERE OR DOES THAT CONNECT WITH I KNOW THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS. YEAH. THE OLDER SECTIONS OF STONY CREEK JUST TO THE EAST OF OF OF THE RAILS TO TRAILS CORRIDOR, THAT'LL ALL BE CONNECTED TO THE RAILS TO TRAILS AND THEN OVER TO THE ROUNDABOUT.
SO THE PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN STILL CORRECT.
BUT BUT EAST, LIKE DEER CREEK AND FURTHER EAST, WE WILL NOT HAVE HAVE SIDEWALKS THERE, AS MR. JONES STATED. SO ALSO WITH THAT PROJECT, WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE QUALITY OF THE OF THE ASPHALT ALONG THE ENTIRE TRIP CORRIDOR AND REBECCA AND BACK OVER TO US 80. SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT WE WILL BE AWARDING IN MAY, WE WILL ASK THE CONTRACTOR AT THE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT TO TO PUT IN SOME TEMPORARY ASPHALT PAVEMENTS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE RIDEABILITY OF THAT OF THAT CORRIDOR THAT WE, WE KNOW IS IN BAD SHAPE TODAY. ALONG THAT VEIN YOU KNOW THAT SECTION OF TRIP FROM EAST FORK ALL THE WAY TO REBECCA AND BACK TO US 80. WE'LL HAVE A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR YOUR APPROVAL NEXT.
US 80, I THINK EVERYBODY'S SEEN ALL THE ALL THE WORK FROM LAWSON AND THE KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND LATER THIS YEAR, THEY'LL ACTUALLY LET THE SECTION HERE IN SUNNYVALE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF WATER LINES THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THAT PROJECT.
AND WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ALMOST COMPLETED FOR THE RELOCATION OF THOSE WATER CONNECTIONS AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU LATER THIS SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER FOR CONSTRUCTION AWARD.
AND THEN WE EXPECT TO GO TO WORK LATER THIS SUMMER ON THAT AND HAVE WORK FINISHED, PROBABLY IN THE OCTOBER NOVEMBER TIME FRAME IN TIME FOR TEXDOT TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THE US 80 RECONSTRUCTION. ALSO, THE PUMP STATION, YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP THE WATER MASTER PLAN.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WE HIRED GARVER ASSOCIATES A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO TO DEVELOP A WATER MASTER PLAN FOR THE TOWN AND PROJECT WHAT OUR FUTURE WATER NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE, INCLUDING OUR PUMP STATION CAPACITY NEEDS. AND AND SO THAT THAT WORK HAS, HAS BEEN FINISHED AS FAR AS WHAT OUR PUMP STATION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD COUNCIL TO COUNCIL, A DESIGN ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR THE RIVERSTONE PUMP STATION ENHANCEMENTS PROBABLY AT EITHER YOUR APRIL 28TH OR OR MAY 12TH COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN THAT'LL THAT'LL TAKE US THROUGH DESIGN AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE PUMPING AND STORAGE CAPACITY NEEDS THAT THAT WE WE NEED THERE AT RIVERSTONE.
SKIPPING ON DOWN, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON BARNES BRIDGE.
I THINK EVERYBODY RECALLS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THAT THE BARNES BRIDGE BRIDGE OVER DUCK CREEK ROAD.
EXCUSE ME, OVER DUCK CREEK ACTUALLY WASHED OUT.
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FOR THAT. AND TXDOT ACTUALLY BEGAN WORK FEBRUARY 10TH ON THAT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.AND THEY EXPECT TO BE FINISHED WITH THAT WORK THIS SEPTEMBER.
AND ALONG THAT VEIN, WHERE THE TOWN IS ALSO WORKING ON A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH A, WITH KSA ENGINEERING TO DESIGN WATER LINE REPLACEMENTS ALONG BARNES BRIDGE AS WELL AS PAVEMENT REHABILITATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, MATT, EARLIER SHOWED RENDERINGS OF OR ACTUAL PICTURES OF SOME OF THE FLOODING THAT WE SAW ALONG TRIP ROAD BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUATE CULVERTS THAT THAT PASS UNDERNEATH TRIP ROAD. WELL, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT SIMILAR CULVERTS ALONG BARNES BRIDGE THAT ARE, THAT ARE 60, 70, 80 YEARS OLD AND REALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED AND IN SOME CASES UPSIZED.
RECENTLY THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE FOUR B BOARD APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALTERNATIVE A2 WHICH WHICH INVOLVED THE BASICALLY INTRODUCING EXTRA BALL FIELDS AND ENHANCEMENTS TO JOBSON PARK, INCLUDING TRAILS AND LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS, AND THEN ALSO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALTERNATIVE B TWO, WHICH IS THE TURFING OF VINEYARD PARK, AS WELL AS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUNNYVALE ISD ON TURFING, THE EXISTING MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELD.
AND SO THE WE EXPECT STAFF WILL WILL BRING FORWARD AT YOUR NEXT MEETING A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH HAFEN ASSOCIATES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE A2 IMPROVEMENTS AT JOHNSON PARK. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO BRING FORWARD A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK, A CALMER APPROACH FOR THE VINEYARD PARK TURF PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TONIGHT.
THANKS, MARK. MARK. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? YES.
YES, MISS. DENNY. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. LET'S GO TO THE PARK.
THE LAST ONE. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE TO START THIS ONE? YEAH. SO WITH YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, ON APRIL 28TH, WE EXPECT TO BRING A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH HALF AN ASSOCIATES TO DESIGN THE JOBS AND ENHANCEMENTS. AND WE'LL WE'LL START THAT DESIGN IN EARNEST.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK CONTRACT FOR THE VINEYARD PARK UPGRADES TO THE SYNTHETIC FIELDS, THE CONTRACTOR HAS TOLD US THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY BEGIN THAT CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE CURRENT PLAYING SEASON ENDS, WHICH IS BASICALLY JUNE OF THIS SUMMER. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY THINK BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THEY'LL HAVE THE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS AT VINEYARD COMPLETED.
AND AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, THE ARRANGEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THAT THEY'LL INCORPORATE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELD UPGRADES AS PART OF THAT WORK TO OCCUR LATER THIS THIS YEAR. SO THAT IT'S ALL OPERATIONAL BY THE TIME THE NEXT PLAYING SEASON BEGINS? YOU KNOW, AFTER THE, AFTER THE NEW YEAR YOU KNOW, WITH THE LACROSSE AND SOCCER SEASON.
OKAY. STARTS IN JUNE AND END BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SEASON, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.
CORRECT? YES. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT AT LEAST WITH VINEYARD AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'LL HAVE THOSE FIELDS YOU KNOW, FULLY TURFED AND OPERATIONAL, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. OKAY.
THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS THE COLLINS ROAD. NO CLAY ROAD.
SO YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO GO IN TWO PHASES, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY ONE PHASE. IT'S IT'S CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENTS.
BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE, THOSE PANEL REPLACEMENTS INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR FROM BASICALLY SIGNING UP TO COLLINS, BUT THEN THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS ARE PRIMARILY FROM COLLINS SOUTH TOWARDS LONG CREEK.
YOU KNOW, THE BANDERA INTERSECTION AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS LONG CREEK.
AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE BID AS ONE, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AND BUILT ALL TOGETHER.
OKAY. AND THIS THE WHOLE AMOUNT IS 6.2 AS PRESENTED.
OKAY. AND WHAT TIME ARE WE EXPECTED TO START THIS PROJECT.
SO CLAY ROAD WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO START THAT IN THIS FALL.
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THE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT. AND THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE FINISHED BY NEXT SPRING.SPRING OF, OF 2026. SO OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER TO, TO PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, APRIL, APRIL OF APRIL 26TH AND AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE WILL AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WE WILL ENSURE THAT YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC OPEN. YOU KNOW, EACH DIRECTION ON ON CLAY ROAD.
TXDOT IS SUPPOSED TO LET PORTION OR BID. YEAH, OUR PORTION LATER LATE THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE STATE BIDS A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, A GOOD THREE MONTHS OR SO, OKAY. FOR THE YEAH, TO MOBILIZE AND ACTUALLY START.
OKAY. SO WHY DO I SEE THOSE CONSTRUCTION CONES ALREADY ON THE SERVICE ROADS AND ON 82.
SO THERE, THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF UTILITY RELOCATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME WITH OUR WATER LINE RELOCATIONS HERE SHORTLY AS WELL.
THEY ALSO HAVE EXTENDED THE BARRICADING AND TRANSITIONS INTO SUNNYVALE.
AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF TAPE, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH A HIGH SPEED ROADWAY.
THEY HAVE TO EXTEND THOSE THINGS QUITE A DISTANCE.
AND THE CONES ARE SITTING THERE. I SEE NO CONSTRUCTION.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT.
SO THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING SOON. YOU'D ALREADY STARTED ON THE MESQUITE SECTION? THE ONES RIGHT IN THE COLLINS INTERSECTION. I'LL.
I'LL CHECK ON THOSE BECAUSE I. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S CAUSING.
NOW, WE GOT A REPORT. MATT DID THIS MORNING, I GUESS, ABOUT ON APRIL 27TH AND 28TH.
IT LOOKS LIKE TEX-DOT IS GOING TO BE SHUTTING DOWN PARTS OF THE US 8635 INTERCHANGE BECAUSE OF SOME, YOU KNOW, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AND SO SOME OF SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS WILL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, BE FELT HERE IN SUNNYVALE BY MOTORISTS IF THEY GET STUCK TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT INTERCHANGE.
SO TEX-DOT HAS A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIGN UP FOR A LOT OF THESE UPDATES AND, AND YOU KNOW, GETTING THE LOOP EARLY ON. SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, DANNY, THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE CONES ON THE ACCESS ROADS TOWARDS COLLINS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR QUARTERLY MEETING WITH TXDOT STAFF HERE COMING UP.
BUT WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. AND ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. CAN WE MAKE SURE WE SHARE THAT WITH THE WITH THE TOWN RESIDENTS ONCE WE DO KNOW YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO EXTEND IT, IT'S LIKE YOU SAID TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, THEY MAY BE SHUTTING DOWN PA 680.
THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL MESQUITE THAT, YOU KNOW, AFFECTS A LOT OF US.
SO THANK YOU COUNCIL RACHEL FOR THE RECORD 754 MAYOR GEORGE HAD TO STEP AWAY.
THANK COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARK? MARK. GO AHEAD.
SO CAN YOU GIVE US SOME KIND OF BACKGROUND EDUCATION FOR THE CITIZENS OUT THERE THAT I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE'VE DESIGNED THIS THING FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF MOCK UPS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT GOES INTO THIS DESIGN PROCESS? SURE. SO SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WE'VE GOT TO DO GEOTECH.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO ANALYZE THE SOIL CONDITIONS AND LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, ROCK AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THAT EXISTS ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WE NEED TO PLAN FOR IRRIGATION.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO DESIGN THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUND ENHANCEMENTS THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN ANYTIME YOU DO, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S NATURAL GRASS OR TURF.
AND IN THIS CASE, WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE A2 ALTERNATIVE WAS, WAS THE TURFING.
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THAT COMES WITH THE, WITH THE TURFING. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO IT RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING CRACKS AND UPHEAVALS THAT OCCUR. AND THAT'S REALLY DAMAGING TO THOSE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF EARTHWORK THAT HAS TO BE DESIGNED FOR THE BERMING THE LANDSCAPE BERMING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE OF THE PARK, AND THEN SOME OF THE FENCING AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S TIED TO THAT.PLUS, WE'VE GOT THAT 154 SPACE PARKING LOT THAT WE NEED TO DESIGN AS WELL ON THE ADJACENT TO JOBSON.
SO AND THE, THE DRAINAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
SO I'M SORRY I GOT THAT WRONG. I THOUGHT WE'RE STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE FORBY AND THE COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH. SO THE CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE IS REALLY THE VINEYARD PARK YOU KNOW, TURFING THOSE FIELDS AND AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT TURFED. THAT'S WHAT WILL WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER, BEGINNING THIS SUMMER, YOU KNOW, JUNE, JULY, AS SOON AS THE SUMMER PLAN OR THE CURRENT PLAYING SEASON IS FINISHED, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN JUNE, THEN OUR PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE FIELDS, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, AND THEN THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE FALL.
BUT WITH JOBSON, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT DESIGN CONTRACT WITH HAFEN ASSOCIATES TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE'LL GET THEM UNDERWAY ON THAT TEN MONTH OR SO DESIGN PROCESS FOR JOBSON.
AND THAT'LL TAKE US INTO THE THE FINAL DESIGN, BECAUSE NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN ENGINEERED.
EVERYTHING TO DATE HAS BEEN CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT FINAL DESIGN WORK TO LOOK AT DRAINAGE AND GRADING AND GEOTECH AND ALL THE CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND SO FORTH ALONG. THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT ON THE JOBSON PARK BEFORE WE WE'RE GOING TO AUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT.
BUT BASICALLY THE DESIGN, THE AS I RECALL, AS I SAID, IT'S BASICALLY A 10% DESIGN.
WHAT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE TO BUILD.
SO. SO I HEARD IT WRONG. IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, I THINK YOU HEARD IT RIGHT.
THE WAY I HEARD WAS VINEYARD. AND THE SCHOOL WILL START CONSTRUCTING.
VINEYARD. WILL START CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE. YEAH.
WITH THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION MEAN THEN? WELL, VINEYARD AND.
WELL, I'LL LET MARK ANSWER THAT. BUT FOR THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THEY'RE GOING TO START MOVING DIRT DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS IN JUNE AT VINEYARD AND THE SCHOOL, NOT JOBSON. THEN YOU'RE IN THE SCHOOL, VINEYARD AND SCHOOL.
WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? THAT MEANS NO PLANNING IS DONE.
WE'RE STARTING MOVING SOIL, RIGHT. THOSE ARE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECTS BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, GEOTECH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE.
WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO GET GEOTECH DONE ON THE VINEYARD PARK SITE.
AND THEN ONCE THE CURRENT PLANNING SEASON IS FINISHED, THEN BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DOING A LOT OF GRADING AND SOME OTHER WORK AND BUT IT'S A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT. WHEREAS WITH JOBSON, YOU KNOW THAT ONE IS A PRETTY INTENSE, YOU KNOW, PARK PROJECT WITH ALL THE CONCRETE PARKING LOTS AND THE WELL, IT'S ALSO THE SIZE, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 SOMETHING ACRES, CORRECT. JOBSON VERSUS VINEYARDS.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STICK TO THE PROMISE.
I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THAT. RIGHT. WE'LL BE STARTING ON VINEYARD IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN JUNE, AND WE JUST HAVE TO FINISH BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHAT WE REALLY DID AT JOBSON WAS JUST CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.
AND THEN NOW WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FINAL DESIGN ON THAT.
AND I THINK THE RATIONALE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE AND THE VINEYARD SITE WAS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT JOBS AND COULD NOT BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE NEXT COMPETITIVE SEASON, WHICH IS WHY WE CAME UP WITH THOSE OTHER TWO OPTIONS, WHICH ARE SHORT TERM OPTIONS TO GET MORE FIELDS READY, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT JOBSON HAD A MUCH LONGER LEAD TIME, AND I THINK WE DID DISCUSS THAT. BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION AT THAT MEETING.
SO PROBABLY VERY EASY TO OVERLOOK AND, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULES.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THAT OTHER TWO OPTIONS OF TURFING VINEYARD AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE SO THAT THOSE FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE READY HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER AS WELL. JOBSON IS BEING DESIGNED. THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL FOR BE MEETING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARK?
[01:05:03]
MARK, WE PUT YOU THROUGH THE WRINGER. RINGER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION, DO WE? OKAY. GOOD DISCUSSION. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.MAYOR AND COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE STAFF UPDATES AND AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE AGENDA ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM FINCH YES. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN UPDATE ON THE SAMUELS FORMS RESTORATION.
PROJECT. I KNOW THE CONTRACTOR COMMITTED TO RESTORING THE PARK TO ITS ORIGINAL STATUS, AND AT THIS POINT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. THE GRASS HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TRIPP AND GRAVEL IS IN THE PARK.
THE BLUEBONNETS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ADDED TO THE AGENDA SO THAT WE'LL KNOW WHEN THE PARK WILL BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATUS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LONG TRIP, RIGHT? LIKE THIS.
THE AREA THEY USED FOR CONSTRUCTION. TEMPORARY? YES. THAT'S RIGHT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. NONE FURTHER. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION
[K. Executive Session]
551.071. CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY TO SEEK ADVICE OF THE TOWN'S ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LEGISLATION OR A SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND.GATEWAY PARK. NOW I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND. MOTION BY ELDRIDGE. SECOND BY MR. ALLEN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. TIME IS 808. OKAY.
[L. End Executive Session]
OKAY. COUNCIL, AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.CAN I GET A MOTION? YES. OH. I'M SORRY. THE TIME IS 849.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. I HAVE TWO MOTIONS. THE FIRST MOTION AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SUNNYVALE, US 80 AND COLLINS LP AND DCG ENGINEERING, INC., PENDING FINAL LEGAL REVIEW.
SECOND. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN AND A SECOND BY CLARK.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION? MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY MISS DANNY.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY.
CAN I HAVE MOTION TO ADJOURN? TO ADJOURN. SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY ELDRIDGE, SECONDED BY CLARK.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:50 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.