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          ON ONE. I DON'T KNOW. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE TIERS. NUMBER 
          [1. Call to order; Pledge of Allegiance; Establishment of Quorum]
ONE, REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY IS NOW IN SESSION. DO. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR. IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE RISE AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON OPEN FORUM FOR THIS? NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND ALSO EXCUSE RUBÉN GONZALEZ AND SCOTT QUIROZ. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION AND ADJOURN. YES. YES. THE JUDGE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE BOARD? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND DO YOU ALSO WANT TO EXCUSE ALDERMAN MILLER? YES. ALDERMAN MILLER, IS THAT PART OF THE MOTION? IS THAT PART OF THE MOTION TO EXCUSE? YES, IT SHOULD BE, BUT. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S YOUR SLIDES. AND THERE IS A SECOND WITH THAT. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE PULL THE BOARD. I , I READ I, I, I MOTION CARRIES. 
          [5. Discussion and Action]
OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. AND IT'S A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE HORIZON CITY TEARS NUMBER ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. 
          BUDGET. BOARD. GOOD EVENING TERRY QUEZADA CITY MANAGER. WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE NEED TO PRESENT THE BUDGET TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR APPROVAL, AND THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. IT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE OVERALL BUDGET. SO WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE TEARS PROJECTS. YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UPDATES THAT COUNCIL RECEIVES. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW THEM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE TEARS, THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE WANTED TO REPORT ON IS THE TRANSIT PLAZA. COUNCIL ADOPTED A SITE, APPROVED THE SITE FOR THE TRANSIT PLAZA. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE CORE PROJECTS IN THE PROGRAM OF WORK FOR THE TEARS, AND THE SITE IS OFF OF RODMAN. AND IT IS CO-LOCATED WITH CITY HALL, WE DO HAVE FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THROUGH HUD FOR THE DESIGN OF DILLY DELAY AND THE TRANSIT PLAZA. SO AT THIS POINT, WHILE THIS IS A TWO YEAR PROJECT, IT'S NOT DRAWING FROM ANY OF THE TEARS GRANTS AS OF YET, DILLY AND LAKE DRIVES ARE ALSO FUNDED FOR DESIGN THROUGH THAT SAME COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANT, SO OUR PLAN IS TO CONTRACT WITH THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR THE DESIGN OF ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS. THE TWO ROADWAYS AND THE PLAZA, AS SOON AS WE CAN EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH HUD, WE'RE GETTING EVER SO CLOSER TO THAT. BUT IT HAS TAKEN MUCH LONGER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MEANTIME IS GETTING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROJECT OVER TO CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY. THEY WILL BRING ONE OF THEIR CONSULTANTS ON BOARD AND GIVE US A PROPOSAL, AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL. SO THAT THAT DESIGN CAN BEGIN, I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT FOR THE. OOPS, SORRY, THE FOR THE TRANSIT PLAZA, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD TOOK ITS FIRST STEP LAST FRIDAY TO GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THROUGH THE CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A NEW FUNDING CATEGORY THAT IS COMING FROM TXDOT THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO LOCAL ENTITIES, PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE THAT ON THE LONG TERM PLAN AT THE MPO AS A LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECT. BUT WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, WE 
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WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT COMPETED AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE COMPETING FOR THOSE FUNDS. TPB APPROVED THE METHODOLOGY THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TOOK TO PROGRAM THAT PROJECT WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS, AND THAT THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED. SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. WE EXPECT FINAL APPROVAL FOR THAT FUNDING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THIS, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO YOU ABOUT ALL OF THE PROJECTS, ALL OF THE PARCELS THAT WE WERE ACQUIRING FOR THE POND AT NORTH BARRINGTON. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN ACQUIRED. AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE POND IS STARTING. THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THEY'RE STARTING TO CLEAR AND GRUB. AND THAT'S IN COORDINATION WITH THE DAIRY KING PROJECT. OXBOW, PAULINE AND PRO ARE COMPLETED. WE'RE WORKING ON THE CLOSING OUT OF THE PROJECT. THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSEOUT OF THAT PROJECT, THIS IS WHAT I CALL THE LOWER FLAP. THE TEARS. THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY'S 2014 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, THAT WE INCLUDED THIS AREA AS PART OF THE TRC BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD ACTIVATE VACANT AREAS, PROVIDE ANOTHER FRONTAGE TO SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE FRONTAGE ON HORIZON BOULEVARD, AND ALSO ACTIVATE SOME VACANT LAND. AND TO THAT EFFECT, I'LL, I'LL BRING UP THE EDC PROJECT IN IN A LITTLE BIT, ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN FEDERAL FUNDS IS THE RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. THE PROJECT IS UNDER DESIGN. WE JUST GOT THE 60% SUBMITTAL TODAY, WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR TXDOT REVIEW OF THAT IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE EXPECT THAT THIS WILL GO TO BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION AWARD IN EARLY 2024. IN THE SPRING OF 2024. THIS PROJECT IS BEING DESIGNED THROUGH THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY. 
          THEY WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AWARD AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, PROJECT PAULINE OXBOW WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S EFFORTS. THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE TEARS PROGRAM OVER LAST YEAR, ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, BECAUSE THAT OPENS UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EDC TO WORK WITHIN THEIR CONFINES AND PROMOTE PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, THIS IS A DEVELOPER INITIATED PROJECT, SO IT'S PRIVATE DOLLARS AT WORK, THE EDC HAS MADE SOME INVESTMENTS IN THIS, AND THEY EXPECT TO BE HOUSED IN THE RESULTING OFFICES THAT WILL BE BUILT, AND THIS SLIDE IS FROM THE EDC BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT COUNCIL HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF IT BEING PART OF THE TOURISM. IN OTHER ACTIVITIES, WE CONTINUE NEGOTIATING WITH THE AIR MUD. WE FORWARDED TO THEM AN AGREEMENT FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. THEY ARE HESITANT TO CONTRIBUTE 100% OF THE INCREMENT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO RETAIN SOME FUNDS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS, HOWEVER, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. WE'VE WE'VE SENT A DRAFT TO THEM AND, AND WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THEM. WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. AT LEAST THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL THAT I'VE SET FOR US. I'M HOPING THAT WE DO. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. THAT'S PART OF THE GYPSY. COMMUNITIES TYPICALLY DOING SMALL SURVEYS. THEY'RE ASKING THAT LITTLE BOY. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE BUDGET THROUGH THE TEARS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN IN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. I WAS ASKED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BUDGET. AND THIS IS, WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE APPROPRIATE USES OF THOSE FUNDS. AND THE REASON FOR THE DROP IS THAT WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. SO FEES FOR CONSULTANTS ARE BEING CHARGED TO THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. I DO NOT SEE TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE GRANTS. SO THERE IS NO CONTRACT FOR A GRANT WRITER, THERE IS MINIMAL, ACTIVITY FROM THE TOWN 
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ENGINEER FROM MYSELF, AND FROM LEGAL SUPPORT JUST TO KEEP THE OPERATIONS OF THE TIERS AND THE BOARD GOING. BUT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THERE WILL BE ANY MAJOR INVESTMENT THROUGH THE TIERS FUNDS. WE EXPECT THAT THE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BEAR THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PROJECTS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $32,151. IT IS IT IS TAPPING INTO SOME OF THE PRIOR YEAR SURPLUS. THE TOWN HAD PROVIDED A LOAN TO THE TIERS SO THAT IT COULD CONTINUE ITS OPERATION. SO WE'RE STILL TAPPING INTO THOSE THOSE FUNDS, AND SO WE HAVE A VERY MODEST BUDGET FOR 2025. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING A REDUCTION IN ACTIVITIES, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND PROJECTS THROUGH OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS. AND THE EFFORTS FROM YOUR CONSULTANTS WILL BE CHARGED TO THOSE. TO THOSE PROJECTS, AS OPPOSED TO THE TIERS, I WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR. WE RECEIVED FUNDS FOR 2024 THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR WAS NOT TRANSMITTING ALL OF THE FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY HAS PLEDGED 100% OF THEIR INCREMENT. SO THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SORT OUT. BUT AS FAR AS AS I CAN TELL, THAT'S MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE. NOT ANYTHING ELSE. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT, THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR IS AWARE OF THAT AGREEMENT AND SUBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, TERRY. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THAT ISSUE OR YOU'VE COME UP AGAINST ANY OBSTACLES, WILL YOU LET ME KNOW, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. SURE WILL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUBJECT TO ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS FOR. THAT'S FOR PRESENTATION ON YOUR BUDGET. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM HOME? I HAVE A QUESTION. IT HAS TO DO WITH PRESENTING THE. I GUESS IT'S THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT. WHAT COMMUNITY PROJECTS? THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANT. WHY IS THAT NOT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION? BECAUSE THAT'S SOLELY A TERS PROJECT, I GUESS. IS WHAT OR TOD PROJECT. WHY IS THAT NOT PART OF THE ANTICIPATED INCOME AND EXPENSES PART OF THIS BUDGET? I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEING CATEGORIZED AS A CAPITAL PROJECT AND NOT USING TIERS PLANS. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS CALCULATION. BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR ON THAT. OKAY. IS WAS THE WAS THE FUNDS ACQUIRED BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY, BASICALLY A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO ENHANCE THE AREA OF THE COMMUNITY. YES, THAT'S VERY MUCH SO. YES. THAT WAS PART OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE GRANT THAT IT WAS GOING TO ACTIVATE AREA, THAT LAND THAT WAS JUST VACANT AND UNPRODUCTIVE. SO THAT WAS PART OF IT. WE CERTAINLY EMPHASIZED THAT IT WAS WITHIN A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT THE CITY HAD ENACTED A TIERS. SO THAT, THAT PROJECT WENT TO, TO CONGRESS, THAT LITERALLY TOOK AN ACT OF CONGRESS FOR IT. AND WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE EVERYTHING THAT THE THAT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY WAS DOING TO TRY TO ACTIVATE THIS PROPERTY THAT THAT IT WASN'T JUST THE COMMUNITY SAYING, PLEASE HELP US, BUT THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS DOING EVERYTHING IT COULD WITHIN ITS POWER TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE FUNDING. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT WAS A COMPELLING ENOUGH GRANT APPLICATION. AND WE RECEIVED THE DESIGN DOLLARS FOR IT. BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON ON WHY IT'S NOT LISTED IN HERE AGAIN. I SUSPECT THAT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEING CATEGORIZED AS A CAPITAL PROJECT, BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK WITH MY ESTIMATE. 
          THANK YOU. OTHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? TO APPROVE. SO DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE BOARD? ORTEGA A MENDOZA. HI, 
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CORRIGAN. HI RANDALL. HI. HI PADILLA. HI. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. BOARD. THANK YOU. 
          SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS ON FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TODAY ON THIS AGENDA, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. THANK
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