[1. Call to order; Pledge of Allegiance; Establishment of Quorum]
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          REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON. CITY IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WELL. HELLO, EVERYONE. WE HAVE A WE'VE GOT A FULL CROWD TODAY. THAT'S NICE TO SEE. ALL RIGHT. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY. MERRY CHRISTMAS. LET'S GET THIS LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR GOING. SO WE HAVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE FORWARD TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. OKAY. IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. AYE. A A A? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 
          [7. PRESENTATION]
OKAY. ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IT'S A PRESENTATION. IT'S ON A RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR ETHAN MARTINEZ, FOR HIS SELECTION AS A 2025 QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLAR TO WRITE TO DIVERSITY. 
          WOW. THAT'S FANTASTIC. MISTER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT. YES, SIR. OH, MY GOODNESS, THIS IS A FULL HOUSE. GUYS, I'M GLAD THAT EVERYBODY MADE IT OUT TONIGHT. SO WE'RE RAISING TAXES. 
          EVERYBODY'S IN HERE. SO FIRST MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF CABINET, HONORED GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. NOW, TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL NIGHT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A STUDENT OF EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL EFFORT CAN BECOME IN HORIZON CITY. NOW, BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE OUR HONOREE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE COACH, MISS GERDA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. SHE HAS COMMITTED HER TIME, GUIDANCE AND MENTORSHIP TO SHAPING CONFIDENT THINKERS AND FUTURE PROFESSIONALS. IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE EDUCATORS OF YOUR DEVOTION IN OUR DISTRICT, AND ISD SHOULD BE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU ON THEIR TEAM THIS EVENING. WE FORMALLY RECOGNIZE ETHAN MARTINEZ FOR HIS SELECTION AS A 2025 QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLAR TO RICE UNIVERSITY. QUESTBRIDGE IS A NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS WITH FULL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT THE COUNTRY'S MOST SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES. THOUSANDS PURSUE THIS HONOR EVERY YEAR, YET ONLY A SELECT GROUP ACHIEVE IT, AND ETHAN STANDS PROUDLY AMONG THEM. ETHAN HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS BOTH A SCHOLAR AND LEADER. HE IS A STATE AND NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN SPEECH AND DEBATE, AND HAS EARNED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN STATUS THROUGH THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION. FOR TWO YEARS. HE HAS SERVED AS CO-CAPTAIN OF THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM, LEADING WITH DISCIPLINE, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND A STRONG CHARACTER. HIS LEADERSHIP EXTENDS INTO OUR COMMUNITY. HE IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF READ ACROSS HORIZON, AN INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO ELEVATE LITERACY FOR YOUNG LEARNERS. IN HORIZON CITY. THERE IS WORK STUDENTS HAVE GAINED READING SUPPORT, ACADEMIC EXPOSURE AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTION WITH POSITIVE ROLE MODELS. ETHAN HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST COHORT OF THE SCORPION TEACHING ACADEMY AND IS RECOGNIZED AS A GT STUDENT, FURTHER UNDERSCORING HIS CONSISTENT DRIVE TOWARD ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WITH POSITIVE OR AND EXCELLENT SERVICE. LET HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT WHILE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS CAN GUARANTEE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE EQUAL OUTCOMES. YOUR HARD WORK AND PERSISTENCE HAVE PROVEN YOUR ABILITY TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE, AND TO PREPARE AND TO PREPARE FOR THE GROWTH AHEAD. THROUGHOUT LIFE, YOUR EFFORTS, OR LACK THEREOF, WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS. YOUR START AT RICE UNIVERSITY WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT CHAPTER, SO MAKE IT COUNT. APPROACH YOUR SETBACKS AS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. ALLOW YOUR RELATIONSHIPS TO SHAPE YOU AND VIEW DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AS CHANCES TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS. ETHAN, YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS REPRESENT THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF SCHOLARSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR SELECTION AS A QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLAR IS NOT ONLY A PERSONAL MILESTONE, BUT A MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR SCHOOL, AND OUR SHARED COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE HORIZON CITY COUNCIL, WE EXTEND 
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OUR GENUINE CONGRATULATIONS AND WE ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE YOU, CONFIDENT IN YOUR BRIGHT FUTURE, AND GRATEFUL FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU SET FOR THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS! ETHAN. THANK YOU. ETHAN MARTINEZ. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE HERE FOR YOU, YOUNG MAN. AND AFTER LISTENING TO ALL THAT, I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK FOR YOU HERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          THIS IS. THIS IS AWESOME. LISTENING TO THIS, THIS OVER HERE. SO. SO THIS IS THE MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN FROM THE HORIZON CITY COMMUNITY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE A RICE OWL NOW IS THAT THAT RIGHT? YEAH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS AWESOME. COUNCIL UP HERE AS WELL. SO THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU BECAUSE I THINK WE MIGHT ALL BE WORKING FOR HIM. THE WAY EVERYBODY CAN. THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A RICE OWL. YEAH. I CAN STAND IN THE BACK. I'M A BIT TALLER THAN SOME OF YOU. WOW. SHE WENT THERE. NO BLINKING, NO BREATHING. ALL RIGHT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          NICE JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SO DON'T LEAVE YET, BUDDY. YEAH. NO, DON'T LEAVE IT RIGHT HERE. SO ALONG WITH THE CERTIFICATE, WE ALSO HAVE THIS RECOGNITION. WHAT I DO IS WE HAVE PINS. AND IF YOU CAN SEE WHERE'S WHERE'S THE PINS. ACTUALLY THERE HAS HIS ON HIS JACKET. SIGNIFYING WHERE HE IS ON THE HORIZON. 
          STAFF HERE AND AND LEADERSHIP. SO WE HAVE FANS HERE AS WELL THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A RECOGNITION THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND OUTSTANDING KIDS HERE IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO PUT THIS ON, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE, ON YOUR JACKET. SO THAT WAY WHEN YOU GET TO RICE. YOU GET THE RICE. YOU CAN TELL THEM I'M A HORIZON KID AND I'M HERE. I'M HERE TO LEAVE MY MARK. AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE FROM THE TOWN OF HORIZON. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. 
          [8. Discussion and Action]
OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER, LET ME FIRST START BY SAYING THAT THIS IS THE LAST CIP REPORT THAT I WILL BE MAKING TO THE COUNCIL. MY TIME AT HORIZON HAS COME TO AN END AND SO I'M ON TO OTHER PURSUITS AND OTHER INTERESTS. BUT IT HAS BEEN A REAL HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU, WITH VARIOUS COUNCILS, WITH YOUR STAFF, AND TO TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES. ALL RIGHT. I'M GETTING MORE EMOTIONAL THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD. ANYWAY, ON ON TO THE CIP. 
          TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OH I'M SORRY. HERE. I'M ACTING BRAND NEW. HERE WE GO. GIVE ME A QUICK SECOND. WE WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT EASY ON YOU FOR THE LAST ONE, I GUESS NOT. SO FOR THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. A PUNCH LIST WALK THROUGH HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE WERE SOME MINOR ELEMENTS THAT WERE STILL MISSING. THERE WERE 
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MOSTLY COSMETIC, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A REPAIR THAT HAS TO HAPPEN DUE TO A MISHAP THAT OCCURRED ON THE SITE AND THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS TAKEN CARE OF. THE GAS INSTALLATION IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK, AND LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION ARE ONGOING. WE'RE WE'RE PENDING PLANTS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES. ALL OF THESE IMAGES ARE FROM THE CONTRACTOR. THEY WERE TAKEN ON DECEMBER 4TH. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FINISHED INTERIOR. I HAD TO USE SOME OF THE NOT SO ATTRACTIVE AREAS AS WELL TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. AND THIS IS THE OUTSIDE. IT'S THE ONE THAT HAS THE LEAST SHAPE. BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING ON TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDED PROJECT UPDATES. WE'LL START WITH NORTH DARLINGTON RECONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NEWS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO EVALUATE INTERNALLY AND AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO TEXDOT. TEXDOT AND THE CONTRACTOR ARE PROPOSING AN EIGHT WEEK CLOSURE ON DARINGTON BETWEEN HOMESTEAD TO HORIZON BOULEVARD, BEGINNING AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS. 
          ONE IS THAT THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS ON THE MAJOR ELEMENTS. ABSENT THE CLOSURE. 
          WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT ONLY THE SUBCONTRACTORS WILL BE WORKING IN THE MAJOR ELEMENTS, SUCH AS THE WATER LINE AND STORM SEWER INSTALLATION WILL BE HAMPERED. THIS CLOSURE ALSO ALLOWS FOR BOTH THE CONTRACTOR, JORDAN FOSTER AND TEXAS GAS CONTRACTOR TO WORK IN THE AREA. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CAPS THAT HAVE TO BE REMOVED. TEXAS GAS SERVICE IS NOT CERTAIN ABOUT HOW MANY LINES THEY WILL HAVE TO REMOVE, BUT THE COMPLETE CLOSURE PROVIDES FOR GREATER SAFETY SINCE THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE CLOSED. THIS CLOSURE ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE CONSTRUCT ALIGNMENT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. WITH WEATHER RELATED CONSTRAINTS, THERE'S PAVING THAT CANNOT OCCUR WHEN IT'S COLD. TEMPERATURES HAVE TO BE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL FOR THE PAVEMENT TO CURE, AS IT SHOULD. AND SO THIS ALLOWS FOR SOME OF THAT WORK TO HAPPEN. AND THEN THE THE WORK THAT REQUIRES THE WARMER TEMPERATURES CAN OCCUR IN THE SPRING. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROVIDES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE WORK FOR THE CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THAT, THIS PROPOSAL THIS MORNING. SO AGAIN, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE ASKED THEM IF THERE WAS AN OPTION, WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS DOES NOT GET APPROVED? THE OPTIONS WERE NOT GOOD. IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL STOP TO THE PROJECT, WHICH OF COURSE THEN BRINGS ON COSTS FOR FOR DELAYING THE PROJECT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE EVALUATED. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS WAS COMING. TXDOT WANTS TO KNOW SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WHAT THE DETERMINATION WILL BE SO THAT THEY CAN ADVISE THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT IT WILL BE A FULL CLOSURE OF NORTH DARRINGTON. IT'S CERTAINLY A JARRING NUMBER TO LOOK AT. IT'S NOT EASY TO DIGEST, BUT AGAIN, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THAT THE SCHEDULER FOR JORDAN FOSTER HAD MADE SOME CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN. SO THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS THAT I OFFER. AS FAR AS UTILITY CONFLICTS. 
          YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH IS THE FINAL REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. 
          I KEPT THE HISTORY. THE MOST RECENT UPDATE FOR THE COST IS $170,736, WHICH TO ME IS A VERY PRECISE NUMBER. AND YET, TEXAS GAS SERVICE IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE SAID THAT IT COULD BE LESS, BUT THEY'VE CERTAINLY SAID THAT IT COULD BE MORE. SO THEY HAVE. TEXAS GAS SERVICE HAS AGREED TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THAT THE CITY HAS REVISED, AND THEY SENT BACK SOME COMMENTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT MISS FIRTH HAS REVIEWED THOSE. WE'RE STILL PENDING SOME OF THE EXHIBITS TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO BE FINALIZED. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING THE THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT SO THAT IF THERE IS MORE, THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TO MOVE ON THAT WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. AND THERE ARE THERE'S A PERCENTAGE AS FAR AS UTILITY CONFLICTS. AGAIN, I KEPT SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT WE PRESENTED BEFORE. TEXDOT IS REVIEWING THE REVISED PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED ON OCTOBER 22ND, BUT THE WORK IS ON HOLD PENDING THE CAP REMOVAL, WHICH AGAIN TIES BACK TO THE TEXAS GAS 
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SERVICE. UTILITY CONFLICTS. AND ON THE POND TREATMENT. I'M SORRY THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE THE THE. THE FORMATTING THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED. THE GEOTECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO TEXDOT AND TO THE CONTRACTOR. SO THEY HAVE THAT FINAL REPORT THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONED. EXCUSE ME. AND ON THE SHARED USE PATH, I BELIEVE THAT THE THE OPTIONS TO ADDRESS THE ROCK WALL ARE STILL ONGOING. RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. THE PROJECT IS ON HOLD PENDING ARRIVAL OF THE BOLLARDS. WE'RE TOLD THAT THEY'RE BEING MANUFACTURED. THE CONTRACTOR HAS PICTURES OF THEM. SO HE BELIEVES THAT THAT THOSE WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A FINAL SCHEDULE YET. WE DID RECEIVE AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON. AND SO AGAIN, THERE'S THERE'S SUBMITTALS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY TXDOT. 
          AND REALLY ALL PENDING IS, IS THE ARRIVAL OF THE BOLLARDS. EXCUSE ME. AS FAR AS FUNDING UPDATES, HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN PATH. WE REPORTED RECENTLY THAT IN NOVEMBER, THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION APPROVED THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS TO COVER THE CITY MATCH. THE NEXT STEPS ARE THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT WILL BRING THE MONEY TO THE CITY AND OUTLINE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES. THAT'S EXPECTED IN LATE SPRING OF 2026 AS AS COUNCIL MAY RECALL, THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENTS ARE PRETTY FORMULAIC. IT'S TXDOT'S WAY. AND IN THE CITY WE'LL DEVELOP THE PLAN FOR EXECUTION AGAIN. AS COUNCIL MAY RECALL, THE PLAN HAD BEEN TO CONTRACT WITH CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY CAN DELIVER FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. BUT THAT, AGAIN, WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S LEFT TO TO THE CITY. ON TEARS AND TODD DILLEY, THE LAKE AND TRANSIT PLAZA CITY STAFF, THE CITY ENGINEER AND ETA WHICH IS THE THE THE TRANSIT PROVIDER HAVE REVIEWED THE 30% DESIGN AND THE 30% DESIGN FOR THE TRANSIT PLAZA. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS COMMENT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE MADE WAS NOT ONE OF THE MAJOR COMMENTS WAS TO INCLUDE A BICYCLE REPAIR STATION. I REMEMBERED THAT COUNCIL HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THAT. FOR HOWARD LOWE. 
          THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE IT INTO THE AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S REALLY A SMALL ELEMENT, BUT IT FOSTERS A MULTIMODAL CONCEPT THAT THAT THE CITY WANTS TO FOSTER WITH THIS PROJECT. THE MORE IMPORTANT ASPECTS ARE THAT WE'RE AUGMENTING THE SCOPE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR PONDING AREAS. AND I THINK I'VE MADE THIS COMMENT BEFORE TO COUNCIL. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT BECAUSE THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS FEDERALIZED. SO ALTHOUGH NOT 100% OF THE PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS, EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT MUST COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. SO WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTIES FOR THE DRAINAGE POND. IF I MAY REMIND COUNCIL, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THIS, BUT OTHERS WHO WHO ARE NEW TO COUNCIL MAY NOT BE AWARE. SO THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES FOR THE NORTH DARRINGTON POND, WHICH IS AT THE NORTH END OF THE TOD AREA. THEY WERE QUITE SUCCESSFUL WITH ALL OF THE ACQUISITIONS. WE DID GO TO EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THREE PROPERTIES, BUT THE REASON FOR THAT EMINENT DOMAIN WAS THAT WE COULD NOT GET CLEAR TITLE. AND THE ONLY WAY TO CLEAR THAT TITLE FOR THE TOWN WAS TO GO THROUGH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. BUT IT WAS NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS ANY ARGUMENT ABOUT THE VALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES, WHAT THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY WAS ABLE TO DO IS BRING ACTUALLY FORMER RIGHT OF WAY AGENTS FROM TXDOT WHO ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS, WHO TALKED TO PROPERTY OWNERS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ARE AWARE OF OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED TO THEM, WHAT CAN CAN BE SAID, THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO TO GO FORWARD. AND THERE ARE TOPICAL THERE. THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY ATTENTIVE TO TO THOSE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS CALLS AND CAN THEN RESPOND. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ANOTHER ITEM LATER ON YOUR AGENDA. THE OTHER ELEMENT THAT IS STILL PENDING 
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IS THE DESIGN FOR CROSS RIVER, AND FOR THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE WATERSHED AREA. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE DOING ALL OF THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IS TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF ALL THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT IS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THEIR PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THAT INCREASES THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE INTENT BEHIND THE TIRES AND THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS STILL PENDING. WE'RE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT ALSO THROUGH THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, TO LOOK AT THOSE FEES. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS AND WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S STILL AN UNKNOWN. AND WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO MANAGE THOSE COSTS. BUT I WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF WILL BRING TO YOU EARLY NEXT YEAR. AND SUBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS COUNCIL. THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU DOCTOR. APPRECIATE THE THE PRESENTATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION. NO. GO AHEAD, DOCTOR QUESADA. YES, SIR. REGARDING THE EIGHT WEEK CLOSURE OF DARRINGTON, HOW HOW IS THE INTERSECTION OF HORIZON AND DARRINGTON LOOKING THE ACTUAL HORIZON BOULEVARD AS FAR AS OPENING UP? ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WAS DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, COUNCILMAN, IS THAT PART OF THE PAVING THAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR HORIZON WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE TEMPERATURES. SO THAT'S PENDING. 
          ALSO THE THE WEATHER, RIGHT. THE SEASONS, AS FAR AS I CAN RECALL, THERE ARE NO MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS TO HORIZON TO THE INTERSECTION, JUST THAT PAVEMENT THAT IS PENDING. BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THE THE COMMENTS AND GET BACK TO COUNCIL ON ON THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT. AND I SHOULD HAVE STARTED. I SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF HORIZON. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST THING COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH. 
          THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T GO UNSEEN. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. YES. QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A COMMENT. YOU WERE HERE THE WHOLE TIME I WAS. I WAS MAYOR THE ENTIRE EIGHT YEARS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WISDOM. WOW. YOU MADE BEING MAYOR A WHOLE LOT EASIER. AND THAT'S THAT'S SAYING A LOT. THANK YOU SIR, BUT BUT I THINK FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP MORE THAN ANYTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S HARD TO FOLLOW UP WITH. DOCTOR CASADA. YOU KNOW, I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS OF ALDERMAN AVILA AND ALDERMAN MENDOZA DURING MY BRIEF TIME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU. AND, I MEAN, THE CIP REPORTS THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR COUNCIL GIVE US SO MUCH WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AS TO EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO ASKS A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT EVERY DETAIL, I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU KNOW, ONCE WE FINISH EVERYTHING UP AND OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO COME TOGETHER HERE, YOU PLAY A BIG ROLE. YOU PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS AN EDUCATOR, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY, I LEARNED FROM YOU. THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, AND I DID HAVE QUESTIONS. SO FIRST WE'LL GO AND WE'LL GO IN REVERSE ORDER FOR THE PONDING. HOW MUCH OR WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL ACREAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACQUIRE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR PONDING? THAT'S WHAT THE THE ACREAGE IS. WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A, ON A SEPARATE ITEM THAT'S COMING UP. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO FOR AGAIN WITH LAKE AND TRANSIT PLAZA, YOU GUYS HAVE REVIEWED THE 30% DESIGN. WOULD COUNCIL BE ABLE TO REVIEW NOT REVIEW. BUT LOOK AT IT MAYOR I DON'T THINK IT'S READY YET TO I DON'T WELL THERE'S A LOT OF PENDING ISSUES AND I THINK THIS THIS WAS 30% IS USUALLY CONSIDERED THE CONCEPTUAL AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR PLACEMENT OF ISSUES AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE ISSUES LIKE LIKE THE DRAINAGE. SO THERE ARE STILL QUITE A BIT OF REFINEMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSIT 
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PROVIDER PARTICIPATED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO TO LOOK AT THE TRANSIT PLAZA THAT'S BEING DESIGNED. I'VE, I'VE SAID THIS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND I'VE SPOKEN FOR HORIZON. I'M HOPING THAT I DIDN'T SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT IF THE HORIZON IS NOT INTERESTED IN BEING A TRANSIT PROVIDER. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSIT PLAZA MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE TRANSIT PROVIDER THAT WILL BE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY. AND SO AGAIN, THEY'RE THE EXPERTS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A ROUGH OUTLINE OF, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT THIS KIND OF DO YOU WANT THAT KIND OF REAL, YOU KNOW, OR DO YOU REALLY WANT THE ENTRANCES TO GO. SO IT'S STILL KIND OF ROUGH AS FAR AS THE CIVIL IS CONCERNED. ON THE THE ROADWAY DESIGN FOR DILI AND THE LAKE, THE CONSULTANT HAS ALSO BEEN COORDINATING WITH HR BECAUSE WATER AND WASTEWATER LINES ARE PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK. SO AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE DOING THAT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH OTHER UTILITIES. AND I IF YOU TALK TO MR. TRONCOSO WITH WITH TREY AND ASSOCIATES, SHE SAID THAT I ALMOST HAD A CORONARY WHEN ANYONE PROPOSED TO CUT A BRAND NEW DARRINGTON ROAD. SO SIMILARLY, OUR EMPHASIS HAS BEEN YOU TELL THE UTILITIES THAT WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT. THEY NEED TO COME IN BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ON BOARD WITH, WITH THE VISION FOR FOR HORIZON CITY. SO THE CONSULTANT IS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THOSE. SO THE 30%, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT. THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE SEXY PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF THE THE REAL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IT'S STILL IT'S MAYBE THE SPINE. 
          IT'S STILL REQUIRES A WHOLE LOT OF MUSCLE AND, AND TONE BEFORE IT'S READY FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, IF I MAY. AND I SAID NO JOKINGLY. THE THE 30% ALLOWS ENGINEERING TO SEE ANY OBSTACLES THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP, SO IT'S NOT REALLY DESIGNED YET. IT'S MORE OF KIND OF AN IDEA OF PLACEMENT OF OF CERTAIN CERTAIN, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY STRUCTURES. SO THAT WAY DOWN THE LINE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE, OKAY, IS THIS GOING TO WORK HERE. IT MAY NOT WORK THERE. LET'S MOVE IT OVER HERE. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO TO THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE FUNCTIONALITY FOR THE FOR FOR THE TOD AREA? NOW ONCE WE DO PROBABLY GET CLOSER TO 50, 50%, 60%, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. ASIDE FROM THESE ARE THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH OF A DESIGN YET. IT'S IT'S KIND OF ALL QUESTIONS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW. SO AS SOON AS WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER ON, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WHATEVER WE HAVE AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MEAN, ON THAT NOTE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE FURTHER ISSUES WITH HR, MUD WITH THE UTILITY COMPANY REGARDING COORDINATION FOR THIS PROJECT? WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT BY BRINGING THEM IN EARLY. AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE MADE AT THE 30%, WE HAD A COUPLE OF 30% MEETINGS. ONE WAS FOR THE CIVIL WAR, THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE, AND THE OTHER WAS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK, WHICH IS THE TRANSIT PLAZA. THE ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS WE ■WERE DISCUSSING BRINGING IN THE OTHER UTILITIES, IS THAT THE CITY MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER HAVING A MEETING WITH ALL OF THEM AND SHARING A BROADER VISION OF WHAT THE TOD IS GOING TO DO, WHAT WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL DO AS FAR AS FOSTERING DEVELOPMENT SO THAT AS OPPOSED TO BEATING THEM WITH, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU RIP UP A STREET. IT'S MORE OF, LOOK WHAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF, RIGHT? SO THAT'S PART OF OF THE TRANSITION PLAN THAT I'M DRAFTING FOR, FOR STAFF AND FOR THE MAYOR AS, AS I TRANSITION OUT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF SOME POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS. I THINK IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN, WHERE IT'S AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE, THAT THE UTILITIES MIGHT BE MORE AMENABLE TO BEING PART OF THAT VISION. TEXAS GAS SERVICE MIGHT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENT. WE'LL GET THERE. AND THERE ALSO, WAS THERE A PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT PLAN PREPARED OR SOMETHING FOR PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL. ARE WE LOOKING AT LATE SPRING? WE'RE LOOKING AND IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY WE CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUES ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE NEXT SUBMITTAL, WHICH IS 60%. THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE CALLED FOR FEBRUARY SUBMITTAL, BUT WITH CROSS RIVER AND THE DRAINAGE, THAT MAY PUSH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE AND WE HAVE A COMPLETE PROJECT. SO YEAH, 
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MAYBE EARLY SPRING, MID SPRING. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. SO COULD YOU CLARIFY FOR THE BULLARD'S LAST MEETING, I RECALL THAT THEY WERE IN FLORIDA AND NOW I HEAR THEY'RE BEING MANUFACTURED. I MISSPOKE. IT'S NOT THAT THE BOLLARDS WEREN'T IN FLORIDA. IT WAS IN FLORIDA WAS. AND I'M GOING TO MESS IT UP. BUT IT'S PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ATTACH THE BOLLARDS. THAT'S WHAT WAS IN FLORIDA, NOT THE BOLLARDS. THE BOLLARDS ARE BEING MANUFACTURED. SO THAT WAS I HAD MISUNDERSTOOD AND I SHARED THAT MISUNDERSTANDING WITH WITH THE COUNCIL I APOLOGIZE. NO NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY FOR THE DARRINGTON HORIZON. SO YOU BROUGHT UP THE IT WAS AN EIGHT WEEK PROPOSED CLOSURE, CORRECT? YES. YES, SIR. AND SO ARE THERE ANY PROPOSED DATES? I KNOW THE TEMPERATURE WOULD HAVE TO BE WARMER FOR, FOR THEM TO DO THAT WORK. ARE WE LOOKING AT MARCH, MAY, SUMMER? NO. THE WORK THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE EIGHT WEEK CLOSURE WOULD BE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PAVEMENT, SO THAT THE PAVEMENT CAN BEGIN IN THE SPRING. SO WHAT WE HEARD THIS MORNING IS THAT THE CLOSURE WOULD BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, AND IT COULD BE AS SHORT AS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, THE WEEK OF JANUARY 5TH, OR IT COULD BE THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JANUARY 12TH. WHAT THE SCHEDULER FOR, FOR JORDAN FOSTER INDICATED, IS THAT THAT ONE WEEK DOES NOT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. THEY CAN WORK WITH THAT, THE GOAL BEING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS INFORMED THAT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR TXDOT HAS ADEQUATE TIME TO GET NOTIFICATIONS OUT. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH TIME TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. RIGHT. AND AND SO WHEN MRS. WHATEVER WE DO. BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEIR PIO HAS ENOUGH TIME TO TO GET INFORMATION OUT AND THAT JORDAN FOSTER ALSO HAS ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AT, AT THE PROJECT SITE INDICATING THE CHANGES ARE COMING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS STILL IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. CITY STILL NEEDS TO TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL BE MEETING WITH WITH TEXDOT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED TO TO KNOW ABOUT IT AS PART OF MY MY FINAL REPORT. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR THESE. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRE AND EMS ARE BEING INCLUDED IN THE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CLOSURE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THEY THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL BE. IN FACT, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS ABOUT PD BECAUSE PD IS PART OF THE CITY. 
          BUT TXDOT ALSO BROUGHT UP QUIETLY SO THEY'RE AWARE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED. SOMETIMES THEY CAN HAVE REALLY GOOD INSIGHT INTO ALTERNATE ROUTES AND THAT KIND OF THING, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CALL VOLUME IS VERY HIGH FOR FIRE, SO THEY HAVE TO NAVIGATE THE SITUATION A LOT. SO THEY HAVE GOOD INPUT I FOUND OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'VE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH WITH TXDOT AND WE'LL I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT FIRE IS INCLUDED IN THAT. ACTUALLY I NEED TO GET AHOLD OF FIRE. I NEED TO GET AHOLD OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. CHIEF, IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THAT AS WELL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG CLOSURE FOR HORIZON CITY A A LENGTHY CLOSURE. WE HAD A CLOSURE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FOR, I THINK IT WAS TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS FOR HERE IN DARRINGTON JUST SO THEY COULD CROSS A WATER LINE. THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT THE DATES. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW LONG IT REALLY REALISTICALLY IT'S IT'S GOING TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GIVEN US AN EIGHT WEEK TIMELINE THAT COULD BE LONGER IF WE RUN INTO SOME OTHER ISSUE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO AFFECT TRAFFIC HERE IN HORIZON CITY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AT LEAST INTO THE SPRING. SO JUST BE AWARE OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. THAT'S THAT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF US. AGAIN, I YOU KNOW, I DON'T THIS IS NOT GOING TO TURN INTO A AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO TURN INTO A PELLICANO ISSUE BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WELL, AND IT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. IT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. BUT YEAH. SO BUT IN THE PUBLIC'S EYES, YES, IT LOOKS THE SAME, BUT IT REALLY IS NOT. THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED THIS CLOSURE, THIS EIGHT WEEK CLOSURE TO HAPPEN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO BUT YES, WE WILL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS IS COMPLETELY AWARE OF IT. ONE OTHER QUESTION. MAYBE THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT A COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR TO MY TIME, BUT I NOTICED SOUTH DARRINGTON IS LOW COMPARED TO THE THE GUTTERS AND ALL OF THAT. IS SOMETHING CHANGING WITH THAT? OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED 
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THAT THE ROAD IS LOWER THAN THE. OH, SO THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED. THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THAT FINAL, THE FINAL ASPHALT LAYER THE TWO INCHES THERE. YEAH. SO THAT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION ALONG HORIZON BOULEVARD AND THE INTERSECTION ITSELF. SO, SO THE REASON FOR THAT, ONCE THEY GET TO CLOSER TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, THEY'LL COME IN, THEY'LL DO THAT FINAL LAYER AND THEN THEY'LL DO ALL THE FINAL STRIPING AT THAT POINT, EVEN THE SIDE STREETS, LIKE COMING OUT FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY. YES. AND THAT'S A PAVEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE AT THE THE APPROPRIATE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE. YES. SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT IT'S VERY IT'S STILL A ROUGH CONSTRUCTION SITUATION. YES. NOT THE FINAL. NO NOT YET. 
          NO NOT AT ALL OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? JUST ONE MORE ON THIS ITEM. DO WE KNOW HOW TEXDOT, ASIDE FROM PUTTING UP SIGNS TO INFORM THE TRAVELING PUBLIC, IS THE CITY? ARE WE COORDINATING WITH TXDOT TO PUT THINGS OUT, WHETHER IT'S ONLINE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA? HOW ARE WE INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND GIVING THEM AMPLE TIME? USUALLY, PD PUTS OUT A PUBLIC. PUBLIC NOTICE THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITY AND ANY OTHER MEANS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY CAN, YOU KNOW? SO WE'LL PUSH IT OUT. WE'LL EVEN LET THE LOCAL NEWS NOW. AND THE PIO USUALLY TAKES THE LEAD ON THAT. THEY USUALLY USE THEIR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL THROUGH TEXT. AND SO I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH COVERAGE AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? THAT YOU DO HAVE TEXAS PIO OFFICE IN ADDITION TO CITY RESOURCES THAT SHOULD HELP. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. OF COURSE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. COULD I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION? I MOVE TO APPROVE. I SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. HEROES. HI, ORTEGA. HI, AVILA. AMES. HI. HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL DON'T LEAVE. YES. THANK YOU. PUT YOUR STUFF DOWN AND THEN COME BACK UP HERE, YOUNG LADY. I'M MEETING. SO I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE HAVE ALREADY THANKED YOU. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, COUNCIL AND THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION TO MOVING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU FOR EIGHT YEARS. I STARTED COUNCIL IN 2017 AND YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. I WAS LOST WHEN I GOT STARTED, AND I WOULD HEAR EVERY ACRONYM THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, NOT KNOWING WHAT ANY OF IT MEANT, AND NODDING MY HEAD AND GOING BACK AND DOING RESEARCH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOUR LANGUAGE. AND IT TOOK ME YEARS, BUT I THINK I GOT IT, I THINK, I THINK I GOT IT, YEAH, YOU COULD HAVE JUST ASKED ME. I TRY NOT TO DO TOO MANY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. IT YOU KNOW, AS ALDER ALDERMAN AVILA SAID, IT DOES NOT GO UNSEEN. IT YOUR PROJECTS HAVE ARE RIGHT IN THE FACE OF EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN, AND I WISH I COULD JUST SCREAM. SHE DID THIS, SHE DID THIS. SHE HAD A PART IN IT. 
          IT'S YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I CAN SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU A HUNDRED TIMES. IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH. BUT PERSONALLY, YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR ME. YOU'VE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH, AND YOU'RE OUR FRIEND. AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE OUR FRIEND. 
          YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. WE'VE HAD LONG, LONG DISCUSSIONS, AND YOU'RE YOU'RE PART OF THE FAMILY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE. 
          SOMETHING FOR YOU HERE. SO WE DIDN'T PUT DOCTOR TERESA QUEZADA. WE PUT TERESA BECAUSE YOU'RE OUR FRIEND FIRST AND FOREMOST. YOU'RE OUR FRIEND. YOU MEAN SO VERY MUCH TO US. 
          AND IT SAYS IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY CITY MANAGER, YOU LEFT AN EXCELLENT IMPRESSION ON OUR ON OUR STAFF, WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. AND YOUR IMPACT WILL NOT BE SOON FORGOTTEN. WE WISH 
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YOU THE BEST OF LUCK ON YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT. WITH HEARTFELT THANKS FROM STAFF AND FRIENDS OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TEN YEARS. HOW LONG WERE YOU THERE? LONGER THAN THAT? NO LONGER THAN THAT. 12 YEARS. 12 YEARS? 12 YEARS. THREE MAYORS, THREE MAYORS. WOW. SHE OUTLASTED US. SO YOU DID. YOU DID GOOD BY THEM. SO I HOPE THAT I CAN DO. OH, YEAH. GOOD BY YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. THIS IS A 
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DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT WITH MARCO VARGAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING ITS TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          MARCO VARGAS. I AM THE EMPLOYEE IN QUESTION. FIRST AND FOREMOST. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO TO WORK HERE IN HORIZON CITY. I THINK THAT WE'VE WE'VE STRIVED AND WE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS WITH REGARDS TO, TO OUR, OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THE FOUNDATION OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE GONE A LONG WAY. BUT WE WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT PROGRESS WITHOUT THE, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE, OF THE HORIZON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF, AND ALSO WITH THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM FROM OUR, FROM OUR, FROM OUR GOVERNMENT. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST LIKE THE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO CONTINUE SERVING YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN HORIZON CITY. 
          THANK YOU. CHIEF, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, I'VE HAD THE I'VE HAD THAT SAME HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU, SIR. I'VE YOUR DEDICATION HERE. AND I CAN SEE THAT. YOU COME TO WORK AND YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO. AND IT'S VERY APPARENT WHEN YOU COME IN AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, YOU'RE GROWING THIS, THIS FORCE. WE HAVE TO GROW THIS FORCE BECAUSE WE ARE A WE ARE A A GROWING COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO KEEP UP. AND THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE MADE HERE ARE FOR THE BETTER. I STAND BEHIND YOU 100% AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE NEVER SHOWN ME ANYTHING BUT BUT GREAT CHARACTER AND I'M GLAD. AND I AM HAPPY TO TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT EXTENDING THIS, EXTENDING YOUR CONTRACT. I THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO THESE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. AND PLEASE THANK OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR OFFICERS, ALL OF OUR OFFICERS FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND AND BEING HERE FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IS THERE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO ADD, CHIEF, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS FOR CONTEXT, WHEN I WAS A CANDIDATE, I REQUESTED A MEETING WITH CHIEF TO TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE FUNDING PRIORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND CHIEF BROUGHT ME IN AND SAT ME DOWN WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND REALLY OUTLINED THE VISION THAT HE HAS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR OUR CITY, AND TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS AND CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY IN HORIZON. AND SO, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THAT MEETING. SEEING ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, THE MODERNIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT, IT'S IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY NEEDS. WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH. AND I, I APPRECIATE YOUR PROACTIVE APPROACH AT PUBLIC SAFETY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. YEAH, I, I WAS WONDERING WHEN WE BROUGHT YOU ON WHEN I WAS MAYOR, BUT NO, WE NEVER, NEVER REGRETTED FOR A SECOND. HAVEN'T EVER REGRETTED. 
          AND YOU, WE SAW ALL THE INTERVIEWEES AND AND YOUR EXCELLENCE QUICKLY ROSE TO THE TOP AND I'VE NEVER REGRETTED IT. THANK YOU. AND I GLADLY SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. YES, SIR. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF. I'M ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. AVILA IS THE SECOND. OKAY. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. HI, 
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ORTEGA. HI, AVILA. HI, AMY. HI, MENDOZA. HI. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHIEF. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM TEN. SO I AM REQUESTING THAT WE TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. I'LL MOVE TO TABLE ITEM TEN. SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ, ORTEGA. AVILA. AIMS. GARCIA MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 11. DISCUSSION AND ACTION. THIS IS 
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ON AN APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF A $1,500 DONATION FROM SUMMIT PLASTIC MOLDING TO INCORPORATED, DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT SPONSORSHIPS FOR THE DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM, BENEFITING 12 SENIOR STUDENTS, SIX FROM HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL AND SIX FROM EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL IN COLLABORATION WITH AN ANP WITH ANP DRIVING SCHOOL. THROUGH A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. THAT'S NICE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MARCO VARGAS, CHIEF OF POLICE, HORIZON CITY. SO THE BASIS OF THIS PROGRAM IS SIMPLE. I MEAN, WE WE WE QUITE OFTEN REACT TO OUR DRIVERS WHEN WE PULL THEM OVER, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR WHEN WE DO STATIONARY VEHICLE CHECK CHECKPOINTS. EXCUSE ME. THEY DON'T HAVE DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO OUR OUR APPROACH WITH THIS WITH THIS PROGRAM IS TO TO KIND OF FLIP THE SCRIPT AND, AND INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON ON THAT ENFORCEMENT ASPECT, WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO THIS DONATION FROM SUMMIT, WE WE COLLABORATED WITH WITH AMP DRIVING SCHOOL, THEY'RE GIVING US A DISCOUNTED RATE FOR TO SPONSOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. AND WITH THIS, WITH THIS DONATION, WE WE, WE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR SIX, SIX STUDENTS FROM HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL AND SIX STUDENTS FROM EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE CRITERIA FOR THAT, WE PRETTY MUCH PUT IT UNDER ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BASE IT ON MERIT AND NEED. SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE APPROVAL OF THIS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. GREAT IDEA. I REALLY LIKE THAT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS. MORE LIKE A QUESTION. HOW EXACTLY DOES THE WITH THE PROGRAM WORK. 
          SO THE PROGRAM IS LIKE A DRIVER DRIVER'S EDUCATION PROGRAM. THEY'LL DO THE THE CLASSROOM TIME THE THE ACTUAL DRIVING TIME. AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE THEM THE CERTIFICATE. THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO OVER TO DPS AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. AND THE CLASSES ARE BEING TAUGHT BY THE HIGH SCHOOLS. NO, THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT BY BY AMP DRIVING SCHOOL. 
          YES. AWESOME. OKAY. IT'S NOT A FULL MONTH PROGRAM. IS IT A FULL MONTH? NO, IT'S IT'S CONDENSED ACTUALLY. IT'S CONDENSED CLASS OKAY. CONDENSED CLASS AND AND PRACTICAL. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. AS FAR AS IT ONLY COVERS THE CLASSROOM PORTION OF IT, THE COST, NOT THE ACTUAL DPS, IS THAT IT COVERS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. YES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAD A QUESTION, SIR. ARE THE STUDENTS ALREADY SELECTED FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL OR IS THERE LIKE AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THEM? I BELIEVE THE EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IS IS TAKING A DIFFERENT ROUTE. THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN APPLICATION PROCESS. AND OVER AT HORIZON I THINK THEY ALREADY PRESELECTED INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PROGRAM. YES, SIR. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A COURSE, COUNCILMAN? I'VE SEEN YOU DRIVE, COUNCILMAN. 
          I'VE. I NEED A REFRESHER. PROBABLY NEED A REFRESHER. I'LL GET YOU AN APPLICATION FROM. 
          THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. AVILA. AVILA AND A SECOND. MENDOZA. GOT IT. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA. AIMS. GARCIA MENDOZA. AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU CHIEF. I'LL WORK ON THAT APPLICATION. 
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ALDERMAN QUIROZ. THANK YOU SIR. ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12. THIS IS A DISCUSSION. AN ACTION ITEM. 
          THIS IS ON THE AWARD OF SOLICITATION NUMBER 2026, DASH 102 REBID PARKS AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT TO APE SCAPE LANDSCAPING, LLC AS THE BEST VALUE BIDDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,130,664.60 FOR THE AWARD OF A THREE YEAR CONTRACT FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2029, WITH TWO OPTIONS TO EXTEND. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THE SETTLEMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PARKS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THIS PRESENTATION WILL OUTLINE THE KEY INFORMATION REGARDING THE 
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BIDDING PROCESS AND THE CONTRACT INFORMATION. I'LL GO AHEAD AND COVER THE BIDDING PROCESS, BID TABULATION, SCOPE OF SERVICES AND THE LOCATION. THE PURCHASE METHOD METHOD USED FOR THE SOLICITATION WAS BEST VALUE. THE COMMITTEE EVALUATED THE SUPPLIERS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. BID PRICING 40 POINTS. REFERENCES 20 POINTS. LOCATION 20 POINTS. QUALITY OF SERVICE TEN POINTS AND PAST PERFORMANCE TEN POINTS. FIVE COMPANIES SUBMITTED BIDS FOR THIS CONTRACT. THE BID TABULATION TABLE SHOWS THE COMPANIES WITH THE AMOUNTS PER BID FOR THE FOR THE FIRST COLUMN BASICALLY SHOWS THE AMOUNT YEARLY. THE SECOND COLUMN THE, THE THREE YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, LANDSCAPING PROVIDED A THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE THREE YEARS FOR 1,130,600 AND $664 WITH $0.60. THIS ACTUALLY WAS CRUCIAL DURING THE THE EVALUATION PROCESS. AND SO FOR THE THE AREAS TO BE SERVED UNDER THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE 12 PARKS TO INCLUDE THE RESTROOMS, RESTROOM CLEANUPS, AND MAINTENANCE FOR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, 56 PONDING AREAS, AND 16 ROADWAYS. THE SCOPE OF SERVICES INCLUDE CLEARING TRASH AND DEBRIS ALONG THE SURFACES AND SURROUNDING AREAS, CLEANING OVERGROWN VEGETATION, OBSTRUCTING SIGNS, SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAY VISIBILITY, SWEEPING AND BLOWING LEAVES, DIRT AND LOOSE MATERIAL FROM SIDEWALK TRAILS AND GUTTERS. MOWING AND TRIMMING VEGETATION ALONG THE ROADWAY EDGES, MEDIANS AND SHOULDERS. PRUNING TREES, SHRUBS, AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY GROWTH AND TO MAINTAIN SAFE SIGHTLINE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, REMOVING HAZARDS SUCH AS FALLING BRANCHES OR ROCKS. WEED CONTROL, INCLUDING HERBICIDE APPLICATION AND MANUAL REMOVAL. REPORT REPORTING EXTERIOR DAMAGES TO ANY PART OF THE PREMISES, SUCH AS VANDALISM OR PEST ACTIVITY. MAINTAINING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS AND MINOR REPAIRS FOR THE 56 PONDS. THE THE. THE SCOPE OF WORK PRETTY MUCH INCLUDES REMOVING TRASH AND DEBRIS AND VEGETATION WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE ROAD, SLOPES, BOTTOM OF POND, AND ACCESS RAMPS. SO THIS THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS SHOWS THE WALKING TRAIL ON RYDERWOOD TO BE COVERED ALONG WITH KINGSTON AND HOLDEN WALKING TRAIL. WE HAVE A HORIZON BOULEVARD WALKING TRAIL BEING FROM ASHFORD ALL THE WAY TO UNDER POND, AND ALSO THE THE TRAIL AS WELL. AS FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES. WE HAVE CITY HALL, WE HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER, WE HAVE THE POLICE STATION. WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUILDING. AS FOR THE PARKS, WE HAVE THE HORIZONTAL CENTER UNIT, HORIZONTAL CENTER PARK UNIT TWO, WEST AND EAST, AND HORIZON TOWN CENTER PARK AS WELL. WE HAVE THE PARK, WE HAVE WEST LAKE ESTATES UNIT TWO, PARK. WE HAVE PARK CLARK CUP. AND WE HAVE HORIZON MESA PARK, GORKY PARK AND GOLDEN EAGLE PARK AS WELL. AS FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE. 
          THE WORK ALSO INCLUDES FOR THE CLEANUP ON DARRINGTON FROM EASTLAKE ALL THE WAY TO HARRISON BOULEVARD. FROM EASTLAKE, ALL THE WAY TO HORIZON BOULEVARD, WE HAVE HORIZON. WE HAVE DARRINGTON. BETWEEN HORIZON BOULEVARD AND ALL THE WAY TO CLARK CUP, BROCKMAN STREET BETWEEN NORTH CAROLINA AND HORIZON BOULEVARD, ASHFORD BETWEEN HORIZON BOULEVARD AND RIDERWOOD, WE HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AREA AS WELL TO INCLUDE SOUTH BLAIR AND WEAVER ROAD. WE HAVE GLENN WARNER AND KEVIN BOOTHE AS WELL. WE HAVE RISING CROSSING BETWEEN HORIZON BOULEVARD AND TOWN CENTER DRIVE, TOWNE CENTER DRIVE BETWEEN DARRINGTON ROAD AND HORIZON CROSSING. WE HAVE THE PROJECT, THE NEWLY COMPLETED PROJECT ON PAULINE AND BRO. AS WELL. WE HAVE THE 56 PONDING AREAS AS WELL. AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. 
          SUBJECT TO QUESTIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE GOING TO QUIZ ALL COUNCIL ON THE NAMES OF ALL OF THOSE. ALRIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. MR. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE THE SCORING SYSTEM YOU HAD. 
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I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND SLIDE. RIGHT HERE. SO COULD YOU DEFINE QUALITY OF SERVICES. SO THE QUALITY OF SERVICES IS BASICALLY THE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY PROVIDED AND COMPLETED WITHIN TIME BASED ON THE REFERENCES AS WELL. SO IT'S IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THEY PROVIDED BASED ON REFERENCES AS WELL. SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY REFERENCES EQUALS 20 POINTS WHILE QUALITY OF SERVICES IS ONLY TEN. IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF DECIPHER THAT FOR ME. CORRECT. SO LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS BASED ON ON THE, I MEAN, ON THE WORK THAT THEY PROVIDED. RIGHT. BUT COMBINED WITH, WITH THE REFERENCES AND, AND AND JUST THE, THE WORK THAT THEY PROVIDED, I MEAN THAT'S WHEN WE EVALUATED. AND SO FOR THIS CONTRACT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY, IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE ALSO THE THE DARRINGTON PORTION OF THE THE WALKING PATH. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE FROM NUMBERS WISE FROM THIS CONTRACT TO THE LAST CONTRACT, NOW THAT WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING THE NEW DARRINGTON PORTION, THE WALKING PATH, THE I DON'T HAVE THE DIFFERENCE. I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION. MY EMAIL I DON'T HAVE THE DIFFERENCE AT THIS POINT. THAT'S OKAY. YES. YEAH. THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU, MR. RAY. YES, SIR. QUICK QUESTION. I REMEMBER HEARING THAT THE DUANESBURG PONDING AREA WAS A PRIVATE THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN IN THIS. RIGHT DOWN HERE ON WAYNESBORO. THERE'S A PARK INSIDE THE POND. SO THAT ACQUISITION HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED YET. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THAT LIST. 
          YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE THEY RESPONSIVE WHENEVER YOU GIVE THEM A CALL. CORRECT. YES. 
          THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. AND BASICALLY THE QUALITY OF WORK I MEAN WE'RE HAPPY WITH THEM. WE I MEAN NOTHING'S PERFECT RIGHT. BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH THEM. SO WE ARE WE ANYTIME THAT WE CALL THEM, THEY RESPOND. EVEN IF IT'S IN THE WEEKENDS, THEY ARE RESPONSIVE. 
          AND SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES IN WHEN THAT. I KNOW YOU HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON ON THAT. 
          AND YOU TALKED THEY'VE BEEN HERE WITH US FOR A WHILE AND I KNOW YOU WORK WELL WITH THEM. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF YOU TRUST HIM I DO TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS IT A GAME OR SCAPE GAME. THAT'S SO I'VE HEARD BOTH. AND THAT'S WHY DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE. IF IT'S ABE SCAPE ABE I KNEW IT. 
          ABE SCAPE OKAY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. IT CAME FROM YOU ALL. WE HAD A LARGER. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? IT'S UP TO YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. WE'RE JUST VERY HAPPY, YOU KNOW, AND AND GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE TRUST IN OUR COMPANY. AND LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH. SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO GO FORWARD. THANK YOU SIR. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP DAVID. WHAT IS YOUR TITLE? I'M A SENIOR I'M SORRY. 
          ESTIMATED ESTIMATOR. OKAY I WILL JUST TWO MORE. MR. HOW LONG HAVE WE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY? SINCE 2020 2020. AND COULD YOU WHAT IS THE THE FOLLOW UP PROCESS DO WE HAVE WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS THAT GOES IN AND DOUBLE CHECKS ANY THINGS? I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES AT THE GOLDEN EAGLE PARK RESTROOMS. THE SAME ISSUES HAPPENING AT THE THE CORKY PARK RESTROOMS THAT YOU KNOW, FROM TIMES I'VE BEEN THERE, HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN UP TO PAR. SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE FOLLOW UP PROCESS IS. CORRECT. SO. SO IF WE GOT A COMPLAINT, OF COURSE, WE FOLLOW UP RIGHT AWAY. HOWEVER, WHEN WHEN THEY WHEN THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THEN THEY, THEY PRETTY MUCH LET US KNOW THAT THE, THE, THAT TYPE OF WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND SO WE GO OUT THERE, WE SEND STAFF TO GO OUT THERE AND CHECK THE WORK. 
          THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE PROCESS. SO ON THE ISSUE OF RESTROOM MAINTENANCE, IT'S JUST ONCE A WEEK. ALL THE RESTROOMS AT EVERY PARK ARE MAINTAINED JUST ONCE A WEEK. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE AND WE HAVE A SECOND KETOACIDOSIS. AND MY SECOND. 
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MENDOZA. OKAY. GOT IT. CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA AIMS HIGH. 
          CLAUDIA MENDOZA. HIGH MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MAYOR NUMBER 13, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE. 
          YES. I'M SORRY. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME. A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE. SOME HOUSE CLEANING HERE. ITEM 13 IS GOING TO FLIP WITH ITEM 16. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FLIP THOSE. SO IF WE CAN JUMP OVER TO ITEM 16 YOU MEAN ITEM NUMBER 14. I'M SORRY. DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE ITEM 16. 
          ITEM 16 NOW OKAY OKAY. 16 BECOMES 13. ONE MOVE 16 UP AHEAD. DO YOU WANT TO DO. HE WANTS TO DO 14. OH, YOU WANT TO DO 14. AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE 16 DO 13. YES OKAY I GOT YOU OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ITEM NUMBER 13. AFTER ITEM 15 CORRECT. OKAY OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 14 THIS IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION. THIS IS 
          [14. Discussion and Action]
ON THE SUBMITTED REPLAT APPLICATION FOR DARRINGTON PARK REPLAT B CASE NUMBER SU C 25 0008, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT FOUR, BLOCK THREE, DARRINGTON PARK, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED IN HORIZON CITY'S EXTRATERRESTRIAL JURISDICTION. ETJ CONTAINING 10.034 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS. APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY GE, CC, LLC. OKAY, IF I CAN CORRECT THAT EXTRATERRITORIAL. NO. WE HAVE DON'T HAVE ALIENS HERE YET. EXTRATERRITORIAL. SAYS YOU. SO NUMBER 14 IS 13. OKAY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID RICE, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS A REPLAT APPLICATION FOR PARK ROOPADEVI THE LOCATION OF THE SUBDIVISION. IT IS SOUTH OF DIAMOND SPRING DRIVE AND WEST OF DARRINGTON ROAD. IT'S WITHIN THE TWO MILE ETJ. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REPLAT FOR DARRINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION INTO A TEN NONRESIDENTIAL LOTS, EACH APPROXIMATELY 43,710FT■!S, APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE PER EACH LOT. SO ON THE LEFT, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE AREA OF THE REPLANT. IT IS GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE AND ON THE RIGHT. IT IS GOING TO BE THE ZONING MAP. AGAIN, THE LOCATION OF THE SUBDIVISION. IT IS SOUTH OF DIAMOND SPRING DRIVE AND WEST OF DARRINGTON ROAD. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN WITH THE ENGINEERING REPORT AND THE DRAINAGE REPORT. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION OUTLINED IN YELLOW. IT IS GOING TO BE THE OUTLINE OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVISION IN RED. IT IS GOING TO BE THE PROPOSED PROPERTY LINES. AND IN BLUE IT IS GOING TO BE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A DIAMOND SPRINGS DRIVE. BASED ON THE APPLICATION MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER FOUR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          SECTION 4.2 PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENTS AND SECTION 4.3 FINAL PLAT REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS BEING COMPLETED, OR POST A SECURITY BOND BY THE SUBDIVIDER PRIOR TO RECORDING OF THE FINAL. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS THE DIVISION? YES. THAT ONE. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE TRACKS IS ONE PROPERTY. YES, SIR. WHAT IS THIS ZONED US. SO THE PROPERTY, IT IS LOCATED ON THE ETJ, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE MUNICIPALITY. 
          YES. SO IT'S PART OF EL PASO COUNTY. AND EL PASO COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A SONY. SO THEY ARE CLASSIFYING IT AS NON RESIDENTIAL. THEY'RE PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT 
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AGAIN THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ZONING OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. I'M JUST WONDERING SO THERE'S NO INDICATION TO WHAT WOULD BE HERE. WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE ZONING. WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE PLAT RIGHT. YES. BECAUSE IT IS NOT WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY ITSELF. IT'S IN THE COUNTY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE DESIGNATED ZONING FOR THAT AREA. SO THE THE OWNER IS JUST. HAS STATED THAT HE IS LOOKING FOR MORE OF A COMMERCIAL USE, BUT THAT IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER OUR OUR PRESENT CITY REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS PLAN. OKAY. HE COULD BRING THAT TO US AND WE COULD APPROVE IT AS IS BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ETJ. OKAY. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE IS IMPROVEMENTS. 
          MEANING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS ONE, THE CONNECTION OF WATER, THE. THE PONDING. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS THAT THE, THE CITY CAN DO. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE ONCE THEY'RE READY TO BUILD. CORRECT? YES. AND AND THE COUNTY THEMSELVES, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD REQUIRE FUNDING AS WELL. BUT THAT THAT'S THE SAME REQUIREMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN AND ACTUALLY THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE THE, THE RECORDING OF THE PLAT. OKAY. 
          AND HAS THE COUNTY PROVIDED ANY COMMENT ON THIS? YES. YES, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE I DON'T KNOW. LET ME SEE. ON THE STAFF REPORT. THEY DID SUBMIT. THEY SENT US SEVERAL COMMENTS. BUT PRACTICALLY IT'S THE IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER BESIDES THE IMPROVEMENTS IT IS THEY HAVE TO SHOW A UTILITY EASEMENT, ACCESS EASEMENT AND YEAH, PRETTY MUCH BESIDES THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. REESE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST YOUR LAST POINT. THERE IS A NOTE ON THE PLAN THAT RESTRICTS THE PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL USES, RESIDENTIAL USES. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE BEEN IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY AS FAR AS THE REQUIREMENTS, THE REASON WE PUT THAT CONDITIONAL. APPROVAL IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT PERMITS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PLACE, SINCE THE COUNTY DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY RECORD ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE IN PLACE. YES, SIR. RIGHT. THE REASON BEING IS THAT IT HAS THAT REQUIREMENT. AND BECAUSE IT'S SIMILAR TO PJ, THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOLLOW. EVEN THESE PROPERTIES. OKAY. SO I GUESS I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO SEEING AS IT'S IN THE ETJ, IF IN THE FUTURE THAT BECOMES PART OF HORIZON, HOW WILL WILL IT MESH GOOD WITH WHAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR REQUIREMENTS? MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. YEAH. 
          IN THAT CASE, IF THE CITY ANNEX THAT PORTION OF THE ETJ RIGHT. THAT'S A QUESTION, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          WELL, THERE'LL BE ANY. CONFLICTS WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR BOOKS AS FAR AS WHAT WE HOLD AS REQUIREMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE. SO. RIGHT. 
          SO YEAH. SO A LOT OF THIS IS YES AND NO. I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE ANSWER. IT WOULD BE A YES OR NO. A LOT OF THIS IS DONE NOW THROUGH HORIZON CITY. SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE THERE'S NOT HOW DO I THERE'S THERE'S NO OBSTACLES FOR SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE. SAY THIS DOES BECOME PART OF HORIZON CITY. IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE CITY THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO ANNEX INTO INTO THE CITY, INTO THE MUNICIPALITY. AND SO WHAT A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE BE. THAT'S ANOTHER POINT. THAT'S POSSIBLE. HELLO, IT'S SYLVIE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. YES. SO LET ME GIVE A LITTLE. MAYBE I CAN ADD A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. SO IN THE ETJ, WHICH IS THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, THE ONLY AUTHORITY STATE LAW ALLOWS US IS TO EXTEND OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SO THE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THAT SUBDIVISION AS IF IT WAS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. AND SO EVERYTHING WITH REGARD TO THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND THINGS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY REVIEWED WITH REGARD TO SUBDIVISION SHOULD BE UP TO CITY STANDARDS. BUT WE ARE NOT LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO DO ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, LIKE FOR WITH REGARD TO ZONING OR ANYTHING ELSE. BUT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS IT SHOULD BE, AS YOU KNOW, JUST THE SAME AS IF THE SUBDIVISION HAD COME UP WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO IN, IN THE AND I'LL EVEN SAY A, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY REMOTE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WOULD EVER 
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BECOME PART OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HURDLES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF US WITH REGARD TO ANNEXATION. BUT IF IT DID, IT SHOULD. ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WAS WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED IN HORIZON CITY. HOPE THAT HELPS. 
          WITHOUT THE ZONING. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS FIRTH. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AVILA AND ANDERSON. GOT IT. CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. 
          QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA A AMES. GARCIA. MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, ON TO ITEM 
          [15. Discussion and Action]
NUMBER 15. THIS IS ON THE FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT APPLICATION FOR VALENCIA, UNIT TWO, CASE NUMBER SDF 25 0003, ALLOWING RECORDING OF THE FINAL PLAT PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF ALL REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS SECURED BY THE SUFFICIENT BOND, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE RECORDING PLAT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING A PORTION OF SECTION 32, BLOCK 78, TOWNSHIP THREE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEYS EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, CONTAINING 69.31 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY SUBMITTED BY APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE CEA GROUP. PRESENTATION. IS GOING TO BE NUMBER 14. CORRECT? SO GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID REECE, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT FOR VALENCIA UNIT TWO. THE LOCATION OF THE SUBDIVISION IS GOING TO BE NORTH OF HORIZON BOULEVARD AND WEST OF EASTLAKE BOULEVARD. THE REQUEST IT IS GOING TO BE A FINAL PLAT FOR 210 RESIDENTIAL LOT. SUBDIVISION INCLUDES ONE COMMERCIAL AREA, TWO PUBLIC PARKS, ONE AMENITY SITE AND TWO PONDING AREAS. REGARDING PARKLAND DEDICATION, THE EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT REQUIRED OF PARKLAND DEDICATION. IT CARRIED OVER 4.6 ACRES OF PARKLAND CREDIT AND IT REQUIRED AN. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY $29,900 IN PARK FEES. ON THE LEFT. IT IS GOING TO BE THE AREA OF THE SUBDIVISION ON THE RIGHT. IT IS GOING TO BE THE ZONING MAP OF THE SUBDIVISION. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOCATION MAP. AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE NORTH OF HORIZON BOULEVARD AND WEST OF EASTLAKE BOULEVARD. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORTH PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION. AND YELLOW, IT IS GOING TO BE THE OUTLINE OF THE SUBDIVISION. LIGHT BLUE WILL BE THE RIGHT OF WAYS. RED. IT IS A COMMERCIAL AREA OF SUBDIVISION, AND THE DARK BLUE WILL BE THE ONE OF THE PONDS. THE. THIS GREEN WOULD BE THE ONE OF THE PARKS, AND THIS OTHER GREEN WOULD BE THE COMMON OPEN SPACE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION, AGAIN OUTLINED IN YELLOW. IT IS GOING TO BE THE BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVISION. LIGHT BLUE WILL BE THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAYS, AND GREEN WILL BE THE THE PARK. 
          DARK BLUE WILL BE THE POND. THIS AREA BROWNISH. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE AMENITY. AND THIS LINE RIGHT HERE, THE ORANGE. IT IS GOING TO BE A LANDSCAPE TRAIL. THE APPLICANT THEY DID SUBMITTED MODIFICATION REQUEST ON TOP. WE HAVE OUR STANDARD SIX. THAT IS GOING TO BE A 52FT RESIDENTIAL SUB COLLECTOR. AND FOR THE MODIFICATION ON THE BOTTOM LEFT THE DIFFERENCE IT IS GOING TO BE A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK AND FIVE FOOT PARKWAY ON THE RIGHT. 
          THE DIFFERENCE? IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE AN EXTRA 15FT OF COMMON OPEN SPACE. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER MODIFICATION REQUEST. IT IS GOING TO BE A 68FT STANDARD. 
          AND ON OUR MODIFICATION REQUEST IT IS A 60FT RESIDENTIAL SUB COLLECTOR. THE DIFFERENCE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IT IS IT INCLUDES 12FT OF LANDSCAPING MEDIUM. AND IT INCLUDES THE FIVE FEET SIDEWALK FIVE FEET PARKWAY ON THE MODIFICATION ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. IT INCLUDES A 
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12FT LANDSCAPE MEDIUM ON EACH SIDE AND THEN THE 15FT COMING OPEN SPACE LANDSCAPE AREA. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 60 FOOT, 64 FOOT COLLECTOR ARTERIAL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE YOUR STANDARD. 
          AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ON THE MODIFICATION, THE DIFFERENCE, IT IS GOING TO BE THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK AND THE FIVE FEET PARKWAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER MODIFICATION ON OUR STANDARD 76FT MINOR ARTERIAL. THE MODIFICATION THEY'RE PROPOSING, IT IS GOING TO BE A 14FT LANDSCAPE MEDIUM. THIS IS GOING TO BE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EASTLAKE BOULEVARD. THE ALSO SUBMITTED FOR MODIFICATION REQUEST ON THE CUL DE SAC. SO WE HAVE OUR STANDARD ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 100 100FT CURB TO CURB ON THE MODIFICATION THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR 90FT WIDE CURB TO CURB THE LANDSCAPE. IT IS 42FT ACROSS. ALSO ON THE MODIFICATION REQUEST, THEY STATED THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE ROOM FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE TURNING MOVEMENT. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER MODIFICATION REQUEST FOR THE CUL DE SAC. WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IT IS GOING TO BE AN 84 BY 20. 84 BY 20. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING IT THIS WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE CONNECTING IT TO THE LANDSCAPE TRIAL. BASED ON THE APPLICATION MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER FOUR, SUBDIVISION APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND APPROVAL PROCESS. SECTION 4.2 PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENT AND SECTION 4.3 FINAL PLAT REQUIREMENT. PLANNING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT ON A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL BASIS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I JUST GO AHEAD. I'M SO SORRY. I'M SORRY IF I CAN JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT T MODEL CUL DE SAC, PLEASE. FOR FOR MY OWN VIEWING. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. OH. MR. KUDO. THE LANDSCAPE TRAIL, I GUESS. 
          WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? THANK YOU. I SHOW IT ON THE SCREEN. YOU MEAN THIS ONE, RIGHT? YEAH. I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. SO IS IT LIKE A WALKING PATH WITH LANDSCAPING? OKAY, PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN THE THE SUBDIVISION. OKAY. SO JUST MORE ESTHETICS. 
          YES. OKAY. THAT'S COOL. ALL RIGHT. SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAVE ON THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH MAYBE. YES. THE ONE IN THERE. YES. YES. OKAY. SO IT'S YOUR TRAIL WITH LANDSCAPE. GOTCHA, GOTCHA. THANK YOU. MR. REESE, ON THIS. THIS IS THE MASTER COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THE VALENCIA MASTER COMMUNITY. WERE THERE MODIFICATIONS ALSO TO WHERE THE AMENITY CENTERS WERE GOING TO BE, OR THE AMOUNT OF AMENITY CENTERS THAT STAYS THE SAME? YEAH, THAT STAYS THE SAME. OKAY. 
          THERE'S NO MODIFICATION. OKAY. THIS IS THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. GOT IT. ADDING MEDIANS RATHER THAN PAVING ENTIRE. IT JUST SEEMED FOR SOME REASON I WAS THINKING THAT THE AMENITY CENTER SWITCHED IN SIZE AND LOCATION, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED. SO EACH EACH OF THE SUBDIVISIONS HAS ITS OWN COMMUNITY CENTER, RIGHT? YES. MR. RODRIGUEZ, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE CUL DE SAC? NOT THE CUL DE SAC. THE ONE. THIS ONE. RIGHT? YES. SO UNDER STAFF COMMENTS, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES. DOES THAT TAKE. IS THAT AS IS OR DOES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PARKED VEHICLES THAT MIGHT BE THERE AT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE MIGHT HAVE TO REDUCE THE THE CENTER LANDSCAPING PORTION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE PARKED CARS AND AMPLE SPACE FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FIRE LANE THERE, THOUGH. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN A CUL DE SAC. IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET ESPECIALLY BIG VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE IN. IT'D BE REAL DIFFICULT IF I MAY, SIR. SO WE DISTRIBUTE ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS TO FIRE. SO THEY GET TWO COPIES OF IT, AND THEY, THEY PROVIDE COMMENTS. IF YOU SEE ANY TYPE OF ISSUES, THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF EVERY CENTER. AND THEN WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, 
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SO WE TOOK IT AS AN OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU, MR. RUBIO. AND THEN JUST INHERENTLY A PROBLEM, IF I CAN PIGGYBACK ON THE CONVERSATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BEING IN MY PREVIOUS JOB, THE CUL DE SAC, WE'VE HAD SWAT STANDOFFS AND I'M PRETTY SURE MAYBE THE POLICE CHIEF CAN ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS. I KNOW THEY NORMALLY BRING IN A COMMAND VEHICLE. THESE ARE REALLY TIGHT SPOTS. AND THEN PLUS ALONGSIDE YOU ALSO HAVE SWAT MEMBERS COMING IN. YOU ALSO HAVE FIRE AND EMS COMING IN. AND THEN ON A SITUATION LIKE THIS, SOMEONE ACTUALLY GETS HURT TO TRY AND BACK OUT OF THERE TO GET THAT PERSON TO ACTUAL EMERGENCY CARE. THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY MY COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW AS FAR FOR PD STAGING FOR FIRE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          JUST TO ADD TO THAT POINT, WE DID WE DO VET THIS THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THE ESD SERVICES DISTRICT AS WELL. WE PROVIDE TURNING MOVEMENTS FOR THEIR APPARATUS. ACTUALLY, THAT CUL DE SAC THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE ACTUALLY MODIFIED IT TO, TO MAKE IT BIGGER THAN WHAT'S THAN WHAT'S THE STANDARD, THE TYPICAL STANDARD. SO THEY ACTUALLY LIKE THAT, THAT WE ACTUALLY MADE IT A LITTLE BIT WIDER TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT EASE OF MANEUVERABILITY, YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT OF THESE CUL DE SAC. SO THIS HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH THROUGH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT. AND WE ALSO RECEIVED THEIR CONCURRENCE AND APPROVAL AS WELL. THANK YOU SERGEANT, YOUR NAME, YOUR TITLE. FOR THE RECORD, I'M SORRY FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. STRATEGIC. THANK YOU. NOT PUT A COMMAND POST. NO, OF COURSE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION MYSELF. ON THE CUL DE SAC ITSELF, THE SIZE OF THAT CENTER MONUMENT, I GUESS. YEAH. SO? SO THE MONUMENT CAN ALSO BE EMBEDDED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE LAST FOUR FOR THE VEHICLE TRAVEL MOVEMENT, AS WELL AS AS PARKING ALONG THE, ALONG THE EDGES. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON THAT THAT WAS DESIGNED THAT SIZE OR IS IT JUST SYMMETRICAL? I DON'T KNOW. SO YEAH. SO ACTUALLY WE, WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE THE, THE, THE LANDSCAPE MEETING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. AFTER OUR MEETING WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, WE ACTUALLY REDUCED IT TO THAT PARTICULAR SIZE. ALSO LOOKING AT 30 MOVEMENTS ALONG THE CUL DE SAC WITH PARKING. AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED THE REVIEW, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH PARKED CARS, ASSUMING THAT THERE WERE PARKED CARS ALL ALONG THIS CUL DE SAC. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY, THERE'S A FIRE LANE ON THE INSIDE, SO PARKING IS ONLY ALLOWED ON THE OUTER OUTER EDGE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE VEHICLES ON THE OUTER AND THE INNER EDGE CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH THAT'LL CHANGE. BUT THAT PARK AT YOUR OWN RISK. SO ACROSS YOUR IS THAT 24 FOOT ACROSS OR WHAT IS THAT. YEAH. SO IT'S 24FT OF, OF OF PAVEMENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE CUL DE SAC OKAY. AND THEN THE MONUMENT ITSELF IS 30 FOOT WIDE. 
          IT'S ABOUT A, IT'S A, IT'S LIKE 28FT I THINK 28FT. OKAY. TO THE NAIL. TYPICALLY WHEN WE REVIEW OUR MODIFICATIONS FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST WE MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS THERE. AND THEN WHICHEVER AGENCY REVIEWS WE GET GOOD COMMENTS FROM THEM. AND THEN ALSO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A BETTER DESIGN. AND THE TYPICAL. SO WE FOUND THAT STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A MUCH BETTER DESIGN THAN THE TYPICAL. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS MODIFICATION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. FOR ANY QUESTIONS FOR. 
          NOPE MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND OKAY. WHO'S THE FIRST? GYROS. GYROS. 
          AND MY SECOND ORTEGA. THANK YOU. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ A ORTEGA A AVILA A AMES, A CARDIO, A MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [13. Discussion and Action]
13. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE ACTIONS OF MAYOR ANDRES RENTERIA TO SIGN AND DELIVER A WATER SERVICES EASEMENT TO THE HR MUD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRANTING A PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, ENLARGEMENT, REMOVAL AND OPERATION OF WATER SERVICE METERS AND ALL RELATED APPURTENANCES IN CONNECTION 
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WITH THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES CENTER. PHASE ONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS IS GOING TO BE ITEM NUMBER 16. SO THIS THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION IS RATIFYING THE MAYOR'S DIRECTIVE TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH GRANTING THE HR MARK AN EASEMENT. THIS EASEMENT IS FOR THE FOR THE METER AND THE WATER CONNECTION TO THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. AND THE REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SO QUICKLY IS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THE WATER SERVICE CONNECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, AND WE NEED TO GET THAT SERVICE OR THAT EASEMENT. ALSO, THE HR MUD REQUIRED THAT BEFORE THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, DO THE SERVICE. WE WANTED THAT EASEMENT. THE EASEMENT IS LOCATED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY OFF OF DARRINGTON DRIVE, AND IT JUST COVERS PRETTY MUCH THE METER AREAS. SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF TWO METERS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE, THE THE BACK FLOWS FOR EACH OF THOSE INCLUDED IN THERE. AND IT FOLLOWS THE STANDARD RULES OF EASEMENTS. AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MAP THAT JUST SHOWS THIS LOCATION? I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. NO, SIR. I MEAN, JUST SO THIS IS THIS IS DARRINGTON RIGHT HERE. SO THAT THE THIS THIS WOULD BE DARRINGTON RIGHT HERE, AND THEN THIS WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE THE FIRST GATE THAT YOU SEE, OR THE ACCESS THAT'S CURRENTLY HERE. IT'S LIKE RIGHT OVER ON THIS FURTHER SIDE. SO IF YOU SEE THE THE CANOPY TO THE. SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CANOPY YOU'D BE LIKE FURTHER THIS WAY TO THE, TO THE RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT. IT'S LIKE IN A LANDSCAPE TYPE AREA RIGHT IN FRONT. YOU CAN'T MISS IT. I MEAN, THE BACK FLOWS ARE LIKE HUGE. YOU CAN'T MISS THAT. AND THEN THOSE THOSE METERS ARE PRETTY BIG AS WELL OKAY. THANK YOU MISTER. YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND AND A SECOND. I'M SORRY. AVILA. OKAY. AND MY SECOND. MENDOZA. NO VERDICT. OKAY. SORRY. THAT MUCH. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA. HIGH AIMS. CLAUDIA MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 16. WELL, YEAH, I 
          [16. Discussion and Action]
GUESS A 1615. THIS IS DISCUSSION ACTION. THIS IS ON THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT APPLICATION FOR RESIDENCIA UNIT THREE, CASE NUMBER SDP 25 0005, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING A PORTION OF SECTION 30, BLOCK 78, TOWNSHIP THREE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEYS. EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, CONTAINING 45.399 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY APPLICANT SLASH REPRESENTATIVE CEA GROUP. ACTUALLY, THAT ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN HEARD. WHERE WERE WE TO 17? ITEM 17. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE. OH OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. WAIT A MINUTE. YEAH. THAT'S GOING TO TURN IT UP FOR YOU. 
          BUT SORRY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID RICE, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT SUBDIVISION FOR VALENCIA UNIT THREE, THE LOCATION OF THE SUBDIVISION. IT IS NORTH OF HORIZON BOULEVARD AND EAST OF EAST LAKE BOULEVARD. 
          THE REQUEST IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR 206 RESIDENTIAL LOT SUBDIVISION THAT INCLUDES ONE COMMERCIAL AREA AND ONE PUBLIC PARK, AND ONE PLANNING AREA. SO ON THE LEFT WE CAN SEE THE AREA OF THE SUBDIVISION. ON THE RIGHT IT WILL BE THE THE ZONING. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOCATION MAP AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE NORTH OF HORIZON BOULEVARD AND EAST OF EAST LAKE BOULEVARD. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OF THE SUBDIVISION OUTLINED IN YELLOW. IT IS GOING 
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TO BE THE BOUNDARY LIGHT. BLUE WILL BE THE RIGHT OF WAYS. AND IN GREEN IT WILL BE THE PUBLIC PARK. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION. AGAIN, LIGHT BLUE WILL BE THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAYS. DARK BLUE WILL BE THE. THE POND IN RED WILL BE THE COMMERCIAL AREA, AND IN GREEN RIGHT HERE WOULD BE COMMON OPEN SPACE. THEY ALSO SUBMITTED FOR MODIFICATION REQUEST. ON TOP WE HAVE THE STANDARD 52 FOOT RESIDENTIAL SUBCOLLECTOR ON THE BOTTOM FOR THE MODIFICATION WILL BE A 54FT RESIDENTIAL SUBCOLLECTOR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE ON ON THE MODIFICATION. IT IS A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK WITH FIVE FEET PARKING. 
          ON THIS MODIFICATION REQUEST OR STANDARD WILL BE THE 68FT RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR. 
          MODIFICATION. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT WILL BE. IT INCLUDES A 12FT LANDSCAPED MEDIAN, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK, FIVE FEET PARKWAY MODIFICATION ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE 15FT COMMON OPEN SPACE WITH LANDSCAPE AREA AND A 12FT LANDSCAPE MEETING. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY. IT IS GOING TO BE A 69FT, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PARTIALLY LEASED. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A 120FT RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EAST LAKE. CUL DE SACS. THEY ALSO SUBMITTED FOR MODIFICATION REQUEST. ON OUR LEFT WE HAVE OUR STANDARD, THE MEDIAN. IT IS GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A 90FT CURB TO CURB, 42FT WIDE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND A 24FT PAVEMENT ON THE RIGHT. THE MODIFICATION DIFFERENCE. IT IS GOING TO BE 29FT RIGHT OF WAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE LANDSCAPE AND PARKING ON THE ON THE ISLAND. 
          SO BASED ON THE APPLICATION MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER FOUR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND APPROVAL PROCESS. SECTION 4.2 PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENTS PLANNING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT ON PRELIMINARY BASIS. THANK YOU, MR. HARRIS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I JUST HAD ONE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. MR. DO YOU KNOW IF. USUALLY ON YOUR STAFF REPORTS THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES, BUT HAVE THERE EVER BEEN CONVERSATIONS REGARDING WALKABILITY, BUS ROUTES, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEY EVER BROUGHT THAT UP OR THEY'VE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, APPROVED ALL OF THESE PLANS THAT YOU GUYS PRESENTED? YOU MEAN FOR THIS SPECIFIC SUBDIVISION FOR DEMENTIA? HAS ANYONE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY REGARDING WALKABILITY? SO LET'S SEE. LET'S SEE THERE INCLUDING OR THEY'RE MAKING IT MORE WALKABLE. REGARDING ADDING THE TRAILS AND PARKS. BUT ON THE POINT OF THE TRANSIT, THEY YOU MEAN LIKE LIKE A BUS TRANSIT? YEAH. LIKE WHENEVER BUSSES GO UNDER, STUDENTS ARE WALKING BECAUSE THEY'RE I MEAN, STUDENTS WILL PROBABLY WALK TO HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL. I'M JUST WONDERING IF CLINT ISD EVER BROUGHT UP THE NO. OKAY. TO MR. RODRIGUEZ POINT, TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE THE APPLICANT MEETS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN THEY WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL DISCUSS LIKE LOCATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS, ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT THEY MAY WANT. SO AT THAT TIME, THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF THE OF THE SUBDIVISION. TYPICALLY THE COMMENTS THAT WE SEE HERE ARE MORE FOR THE STRICTLY FOR THE SUBDIVISION ITSELF, FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO SUBDIVISION CODE, WHICH IS HERE. BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE SEPARATE WITH WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. MR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ HIGH ORTEGA AVILA AIMS. CLAUDIA MENDOZA. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, 
          [17. Discussion and Action]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HORIZON REGIONAL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, H.R. MUD AND THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, THE 
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CITY, FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ACTUAL DESIGN EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER SERVICE LINE TO BE INSTALLED, AND FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT, AND SURVEY SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER TIE IN AS PART OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE ONE PROJECT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ARE YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECORD? SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT'S TIED TO THE ACTUAL WORK THAT HORIZON REGIONAL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT HAD ALREADY DONE FOR THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE THE DESIGN FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER AND THEN TO TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THAT. AND THEN NOW WE'VE ADDED THE WATER TIE IN AS WELL AS FAR AS THEIR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT OF THOSE SERVICES. ALSO, THE EASEMENT THAT YOU SAW EARLIER, THEY ALSO INCLUDED THAT IN HERE. AS FAR AS THE COST, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL OF ABOUT $25,000, AND THAT WILL COVER ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION WENT UNDERWAY, AS WELL AS THE WATER TIME. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE THE WHAT THE THE AGREEMENT IS ABOUT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SIR. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO AND I'M JUST GOING TO EXPAND ON THAT, IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD QUICKLY. SO THERE WEREN'T ANY DELAYS, I WENT AHEAD AND REQUESTED THAT THIS DESIGN WORK BE DONE. WE HAD TO GET THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IN. IN THE PROCESS, THERE WAS NO DESIGN FOR SEWER FOR THAT BUILDING. SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN QUICKLY, AND WE HAD TO GET THAT CONNECTION GOING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO TO RUN THAT WATER, THAT SEWER LINE, THAT CROSS DERRINGTON THAT WAS THAT LAST CLOSURE THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND IT WAS JUST FOR THAT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEY FINISHED THAT WORK VERY QUICKLY. BUT IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, WE HAD TO WE HAD TO DO ANYTHING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU NOW FOR THE PERMISSION FOR THAT, FOR THAT DECISION TO BE COOL. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND AND A SECOND? PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. HI, KIDDOS. HI, ORTEGA. AVILA. HI, AMES. MENDOZA. HI. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18. THIS IS DISCUSSION 
          [18. Discussion and Action]
AND ACTION. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION RATIFYING A STANDARD UTILITY REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT BY THE, BY AND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, THE TOWN AND TEXAS GAS SERVICE, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC. INCORPORATED UTILITY, BOTH ACTING BY AND THROUGH THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES, SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF EXECUTION BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS THIS AGREEMENT, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. IT'S A STANDARD REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN HORIZON CITY AND TEXAS GAS. AND IT COVERS INITIALLY THE THE RELOCATION OF ALL THE UTILITY LINES THAT WERE ALONG DARRINGTON. RIGHT. SO THAT THAT WORK HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. AND NOW WE'RE ADDING AN ITEM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HEARD BY THE COUNCIL FROM DOCTOR CASADA, WHICH IS THE GAS CAPS. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT. SO THE GAS CAPS ARE ESSENTIALLY ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF TO TWO FEET IN WIDTH. THEY'RE PRETTY THICK CONCRETE COVERS. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY THEY WERE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE THE LINES THE GAS LINES. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE PLACED MOSTLY IN THE AREAS OF CROSSINGS. RIGHT. AND I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHICH ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S A TOTAL OF FIVE OF THEM THROUGH DARRINGTON THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. SO THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED QUICKLY SO THAT DIRT FASTER AND FASTER CAN CONTINUE THE WORK ON THE ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DARRINGTON. RIGHT. AND AS MENTIONED, IF WE DON'T MOVE FAST ON THIS, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO START DELAYING THE PROJECT, AND THEN WE'LL START INCURRING FEES FOR THAT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. TEXAS GAS HAS FINALLY AGREED TO TO THIS AGREEMENT. AND WHAT IT IS, IT'S ABOUT 170,736. AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO COVER THE RELOCATION OF UTILITIES HAVE ALREADY DONE ALL THEIR LINES. AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE THE GAS CAPS AS WELL TO THAT WORK. SO 
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THEY'LL BE CONDUCTING ALL THAT WORK. WE'VE ALSO ADDED A CONTINGENCY. INITIALLY TEXAS GAP HAD A TEXAS GAS ISSUE WITH JUST HAVING THIS NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER. SO WE ADDED A 2,020% CONTINGENCY ON TOP OF THIS TO TO SATISFY THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. OVER THESE GAS CAPS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST GAS CAP. THIS IS ON DARRINGTON ROAD IN ROSSLYN. AND AGAIN IT'S MOSTLY ON THE CROSSINGS. AND THEN THIS ONE IS ALONG DARRINGTON AND JASPER. 
          AGAIN, THE CROSSES. AND THEN THIS ONE HERE IS ON DARRINGTON ROAD AND ALDERWOOD MANOR DRIVE. 
          AND THEN THIS ONE IS ON DARRINGTON ROAD AND HIGHWAY DRIVE. AND THEN FINALLY THIS IS ON DARRINGTON ROAD AND HOMESTEAD DRIVE. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT GAS CAPS, GAS CAPS THAT ARE LOCATED ON DARRINGTON THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED. ANOTHER REASON THAT WE ADDED THE 2020 CONTINGENCIES TO COVER ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT FIND WHEN THEY START UNCOVERING THESE PIPES. AND THESE GAS CAPS ARE LIKE FROM BACK IN THE 40S. SO THEY'RE PRETTY OLD. SO THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNKNOWN WHAT THEY MIGHT FACE. AND ALSO THEY MIGHT NEED TO REMOVE SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THOSE LINES AS WELL. ABANDON THEM OR REMOVE THEM. YOU KNOW THAT THAT SO THAT THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL COST TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADDING TO THAT, THAT 20% FOR THAT. WITH THAT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU SIR. SO ARE THE LINES DEAD OR NO GAS IN THEM OR ACCORDING TO GAS. YES SIR. THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH BEEN ABANDONED. BUT THE THE CONTRACTOR WANTED TO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INCUR ANY LIABILITY. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TEXAS GAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE AT AND ALL THAT. WELL. SO THIS WOULD BE JUST TO REMOVE THOSE CAPS. YES, SIR. AND, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THEY COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THOSE LINES, IT'S TO REMOVE THE CAPS AND IF NEEDED, IF NEEDED, THEY'LL, THEY'LL REMOVE LINE AS WELL. SO AND THIS IS, THIS IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO HIT ELEVATIONS THAT THEY NEED. SO WHEN, WHEN MR. RUBIO WAS SAYING THAT THERE WERE TWO FEET THERE TWO FEET THICK, SOME OF THESE ARE 8 TO 10FT WIDE BY 20FT, 30FT. SO THEY'RE LONG. THEY'RE THEY'RE LARGE CONCRETE CAPS OVER. AND HONESTLY I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW DEEP THEY ARE. SOME OF THEM ARE TWO FEET BELOW THE CAP. SOME OF THEM ARE SIX FEET BELOW THE CAP. BUT THEY PUT THEM THERE TO PROTECT THOSE GASOLINES. THE PROBLEM IS, IS NOW THAT JORDAN FOSTER IS DOING THAT WORK, THAT GRADING, THEY CAN'T RESET ELEVATIONS BECAUSE THOSE NOW, IF THEY HIT THAT THAT ELEVATION THEY NEED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONCRETE CAP THAT'S ABOVE THAT GRADE. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THAT. SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO REMOVE THAT NOW IT'S GOING TO EXPOSE THOSE LINES UNDERNEATH. THOSE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CUT OFF BEFORE. 
          PRIOR TO THIS, TEXAS GAS WAS EVEN RECOMMENDING REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE LINE ITSELF. BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. THEY ONLY NEED TO DO THAT AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN HIT ELEVATION RESOURCES. SO. INCREDIBLE. IT'S UNDER US. YEAH. AND AND AGAIN THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NO CLUE REALLY THAT THEY WERE THERE UNTIL THEY STARTED DOING THEIR EXCAVATIONS. I MEAN, AT THE TIME THAT'S HOW THEY CONSTRUCTED. YEAH. AND THEY WERE, AS MR. RUBIO SAYS, THEY WERE DONE BACK IN THE 50S, 40S AND, AND 50S WHERE THEY DID IT RIGHT. THEY THOSE CONCRETE SLABS ARE SOLID. THEY'RE SOLID. THERE IS YEAH. THERE'S NO LINES. 
          YEAH. THEY DIDN'T PUT A LOT OF SAND INTO THOSE THINGS. THEY WERE MADE OF CONCRETE. SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. WOW. MR. RUBIO, LET'S SEE THE THE YOU KNOW, THEY HIT THE BUDGET YOU ALL ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU GUYS ADDED THAT EXTRA 20% FOR THE PUBLIC ASSUMING THEY NEED TO GO OVER WITH THAT, HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR. YES SIR. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. BUT YES, ANYTHING THAT WOULD GO OVER THIS WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AGAIN. AND IS THAT JUST IF IT GOES OVER THE 5000 AND IF NOT MARRIED IS ABLE TO IF IT GOES OVER THE 20%, THE ADDITIONAL 20% THAT WAS ADDED TO THAT. SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 34,147. IF IT GOES ABOVE THAT, THEN WE'LL WE'LL BRING BACK BECAUSE IT WAS THE AMENDMENT FOR IT. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO CLOSE DARRINGTON. YES, SIR. FOR EIGHT WEEKS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROBLEM RIGHT HERE. 
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OKAY. I THINK YOU SAID THAT WE THINK THOSE LINES ARE ABANDONED, BUT WE'RE NOT 100% SURE THEY'RE ABANDONED, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE IF THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED OR NOT. OKAY. ONCE THEY ONCE THEY START THE DEMOLITION AND THEY AND THEY START LOOKING AT THE LINES, THEY'LL DETERMINE IF THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED. AND ASSUMING THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH HAVING TO REMOVE THOSE LINES, WAS THAT ALREADY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE EIGHT WEEKS? OR IT COULD ADD TO THOSE EIGHT WEEKS OF CLOSURE. SO TEXTS I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH, WITH TEXAS GAS AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. THE EIGHT WEEKS, INCLUDING UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN'T DETECT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. 
          CORRECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD SAID EARLIER WE NEED TO START AND GET STARTED ON THIS SOONER THAN LATER, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T FURTHER DELAY THE PROJECT. HAVE THEY INDICATED TO YOU ONCE THEY START, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WITHIN THOSE EIGHT WEEKS. ARE WE GOING TO GO OVER OR SO AS PART OF ONE OF THE EXHIBITS? THEY'RE GOING TO SUBMIT A SCHEDULE OF OF THE TIMELINE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST PENDING THOSE EXHIBITS. THEY'RE PUTTING THEM TOGETHER BASED ON THE ESTIMATES. SO THOSE EXHIBITS WILL BE PART OF THE THE AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. RUBIO. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT AND SAY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM. 
          SO THERE MAY BE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT COME UP. SO I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT IN THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL AND LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE COULD FIND SOMETHING ELSE UNDER THERE THAT THEY CAN'T, THAT THAT MAY COST MONEY FOR THEM TO REMOVE. WE DON'T KNOW YET. SO IT'S HARD TO STICK TO THAT EIGHT WEEK. I'M, I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY THEY COULD PROBABLY GET ALL OF THAT DONE SOONER. BUT AGAIN THIS IS PART OF CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE UNDER THAT. 
          SO IF THEY FIND SOMETHING ELSE UNDER THAT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME AS WELL. SO I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT COUNCIL TO SAY WE'RE STICKING TO THIS EIGHT WEEK AND THAT'S IT. AND THAT'S HARD TO DO. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THEY'VE JORDAN FOSTER AND TEXDOT. 
          THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. NOW TEXAS GAS IS COMING IN AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW I BET YOU THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SURPRISED THAT THEIR GAS CAPS OVER THOSE LINES AS WELL. YOU KNOW. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS COULD BE A LENGTHY PROCESS, A LITTLE BIT LENGTHIER THAN THE EIGHT WEEKS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE MINIMIZE THAT TIME. YES, SIR. AND TO YOUR POINT, SIR, AS WELL. SO OUR PROJECT MANAGER, MR. SANCHEZ, DID REACH OUT TO TEXAS GAS TO TRY TO GET ASPHALT PLANTS, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE ANY ASPHALT PLANTS. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIND ONCE THEY OPEN THOSE. THOSE CAPS. OKAY. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE QUESTION. SEEING AS TO HOW AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TO CONVEY, MAYOR, REGARDING UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN'T WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY EXIST RIGHT NOW. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH TXDOT TO SEE HOW THEY CAN ASSIST US IN DIVERTING TRAFFIC? BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO A NIGHTMARE IF WE ARE NOT PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO DETOUR TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE TOWN TO AVOID THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE STREET. SO AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR TEXDOT AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR TXDOT, AS WELL AS. ESD, TEXAS GAS. WE'RE ALL WE NEED. 
          EVERYBODY THERE. AND AND I WILL SAY THAT THE WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT ARE THE HOMES ON DARRINGTON. I HAVE ASKED, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE ASKED ASKED THAT QUESTION, HOW WAS THIS PROCESS GOING TO TO TAKE PLACE? WHAT WHAT ARE THE STEPS? HOW ARE THESE RESIDENTS HOMES GOING TO BE AFFECTED? HOW HOW CAN WE MINIMIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR THAT PLAN. SO THIS IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE IN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ACTUALLY, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE NEED TO REALLY PLAN THIS OUT, BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I THERE'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE, BUT WE'RE THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT. SO THEY WILL HAVE THEIR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER BE THERE TO TRY TO RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, SOME MITIGATION FOR THAT AS WELL. THEY MENTIONED MAYBE LIKE SOME SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THOSE DIGITAL SIGNS THAT ARE OUT THERE LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO START, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE WAY IN ADVANCE, AS WELL AS 
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PUBLIC MESSAGES. AND AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO MEET TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC TO LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE EXTENT OF THE PROJECT AND THE DETOURS TO TO TAKE. IN THE MEANTIME, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ON THEIR END AS WELL. AND AND SIGNAGE, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN DO SOCIAL MEDIA AND FACEBOOK AND REACH OUT TO PEOPLE. BUT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN HORIZON ARE NOT SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL THEY RUN INTO THAT DETOUR, AND WE CAN START WARNING THEM AHEAD BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, WITH SIGNAGE TELLING THEM THEY'RE IN TENNIS CLOTHES, TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES THAT MIGHT HELP FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT INTERNET SAVVY. YES, SIR. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. 
          HI, KIDDOS. HI, ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES. GAUDIO. MENDOZA. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THE BATTERY ON MY UNIT JUST WENT KAPUT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, OKAY. WHERE ARE WE AT NUMBER 1919. OKAY, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT ITEM 19 ON OUR AGENDA BE MOVED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WHICH WOULD BE ITEM 21 B. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M REQUESTING THAT ITEM 19 ON OUR AGENDA BE MOVED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE 21. ITEM 21 BE ADDED INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES, 19 TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA. HAYNES. GAUDIO. MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION 
          [20. Discussion and Action]
CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. ITEM NUMBER. ITEM NUMBER 20. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF $42,500 BY THE EDC TO ENGAGE PETTIT AND AYALA CONSULTING TO ASSIST IN THE CREATION OF A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. THANK YOU. OH, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. EDDIE GARCIA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HORIZON CITY EDC. FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST THAT THE EDC BE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE $42,500 FROM OUR BUDGET TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE CREATION OF OTHERS IN THE AREA, POTENTIALLY THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREA. YOU KNOW, AS WE SPOKE PREVIOUSLY IN OCTOBER, THERE WAS AN ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE DID DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING ANOTHER TERRORS. AND SO WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY IS THIS IS THE THE CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT THE HORIZON EDC IS GOING TO TAKE AND AND SIGN THAT EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND THE EDC WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, ALSO THE ONE THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET INTO THE TERRORS TO EXPAND THAT TOURISM. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AS PART OF THIS EXERCISE WITH THIS CONSULTANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GENERATE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO CALIBRATE THE THE TOD THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE TOURS THAT'S IN THE TOD, SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A GOOD MEASURE ON WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THERE IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH WITH THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO EXECUTE HERE. 
          AND AGAIN, LIKE WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THE IDEA FOR THIS TOURS IS TO GENERATE DOLLARS TO FUND POTENTIALLY A REGIONAL PARK IN HORIZON CITY. AS YOU ALL RECALL, THAT'S IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PLANNING. AND SO THIS MAY BE A WAY OF EXECUTING THAT QUICKLY HERE. AND SO AGAIN, WE DID WORK WITH SEVERAL. WE TALKED TO THREE CONSULTANTS FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT HOW FAMILIAR THEY ARE WITH THE WITH THE LOCAL AREA. YOU KNOW AND OUR EXPERIENCE WE DID WORK WITH DAVID PETTIT A 
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LOT AND SOME OF THESE AREAS. THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL RFP OR RFQ. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE GOT WHEN WE WENT OUT. AND WE GOT THREE QUOTES THAT'S REQUIRED BY YOUR YOUR PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE THAT'S REQUIRED BY BY THE CITY. AND SO WE USE THAT. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S UNDER $50,000. AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT IS HOW QUICKLY CAN THIS CONSULTING COMPANY PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO US? BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO EXECUTE THIS QUICKLY AND WORK WITH WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT'S OUT THERE AND HAD TO DO THIS. AND SO AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT PRICING. I THINK WE THINK THIS IS COMPETITIVE PRICING. AND THIS NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE PRICING LOOKS LIKE, HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN DELIVER SOME OF THESE ITEMS. BUT REALLY FOR US IT WAS AYALA BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK HERE IN THE EL PASO REGION IN THE BORDER REGION. SO WHEN I WORK WITH THE CITY OF EL PASO, THAT IS WHO WE WORK WITH A LOT TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA. AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT A TORRES IS GOING TO INVOLVE AND WHAT THESE METRICS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND, AND JUST, JUST THE NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. SO AGAIN, JUST REMEMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MODEL WHAT IT IS, THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ON GETTING A REGIONAL PARK HERE IN THIS AREA. SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE EDC IS GOING TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY UTILIZING EDC DOLLARS. AGAIN, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EDC WAS CREATED TO DO TO HELP YOU WITH PARKS, REGIONAL PARKS. IN THIS CASE IT'S A REGIONAL PARK. BUT WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES SIR. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. ABSOLUTELY. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING WITH VERSUS ORAL AND ASSOCIATES THE PRICING. I MEAN THERE'S ONLY $2,000 DIFFERENCE. THE TIMELINE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING SINCE HERE IT SAYS NO PREVIOUS LOCAL TOURIST CREATION EXPERIENCE, WHY WOULD THEY EVEN CONSIDER AS ONE OF THE THREE. SO WE YOU KNOW THERE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ISN'T A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSULTING COMPANIES THAT WILL DO THAT. SO WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING PEOPLE TO GIVE US A QUOTE, AND WE WANTED REALLY TO KEEP IT HERE IN TEXAS. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD GIVE US A QUOTE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS IS THE EARL AND ASSOCIATES IS MORE OF AN ATTORNEY PRACTICE, RIGHT. THEY DO THAT THAT KIND OF WORK. AND IT STARTS AT BETWEEN 20 TO 30,000. THAT'S THEIR. THAT'S THEIR RANGE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS. BUT THERE'S ALSO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE THEY WANTED TO TO PUSH POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW WHAT IS IT MANAGING THE TOURISM. YOU KNOW WHICH WOULD BE EXTRA DOLLARS A SECOND WHAT YOU SEE HERE. AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE EDC IS GOING TO BE TAKING OVER THE TOURS ACROSS THE STREET, AND WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE TOURS, BUT REALLY, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. YOU KNOW, I SEE YOUR POINT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING PEOPLE TO EVEN GIVE US A QUOTE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHAT WE SELECTED THEM AS WELL. BUT BUT AGAIN, REALLY IT WAS THE ABILITY FOR SOMEBODY TO REALLY KNOW THE, THE AREA AND THAT WE KNOW HAVE GIVEN US RESULTS IN THE PAST AND VERY QUICKLY. AND THEY'RE REALLY RESPONSIVE TO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO THAT'S BETTER THAN THE OTHER. THANK YOU SIR. SO YOU HAVE WORKED WITH PETTITTE. YES. YES. DAVID PETTITTE, HE'S HE'S WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR DOING THESE THINGS. OKAY. YES, SIR. AND SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS TO REALLY EXECUTE A FUNDING MECHANISM QUICKLY. RIGHT. AND IT'S IT'S TO START THE PROCESS. LET'S START THE PROCESS. LET'S SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE. LET'S SEE WHAT THOSE VALUATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THE REVENUE THAT IT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY CREATE YOU KNOW AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. WORK WITH THE MAYOR TO SEE HOW WE APPROACH THIS. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE REGIONAL PARK WITH WITH WITH THE OWNERS OF THE REGIONAL PARK. I'M WONDERING, LET'S SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VALENCIA, YOU KNOW, MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD BEING BUILT. YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT FUNDING THE THE REGIONAL PARK, HOW WOULD YOU GO? SO YOU HAVE SO THE CITY AND I THINK LILY CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S IT'LL ONLY GET YOU THE PART, THE, THE LAND. I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO, TO GO OUT THERE AND GET MORE FUNDING TO DO MORE. BUT I THINK AND MAYBE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE CAN GET THE PARK AND WE CAN BUILD SOME OF IT. YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD IT OUT IN PHASES. WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO HERE IS BUILD IT OUT QUICKLY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. SO SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS. IF WE DIDN'T TRY TO FUND IT THIS WAY YOU'D BE BUILDING IT OUT IN PHASES. 
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FIRST YOU'D ACQUIRE THE LAND AND THEN YOU'D GO OUT AND AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING IT. SO ALSO, LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. HI. ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES. GAUDIO. MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION 
          [21. Executive Session]
CARRIES. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. OKAY, NEXT, WE HAVE TWO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE ITEM NUMBER 21. A. THAT'S THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CHAPTER 380 PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY AND CARNAZZO PARTNERS, LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 36,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE CENTER. AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THE BUILDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO INVEST A MINIMUM OF $6,700,000 AND COMPLY WITH THE NOTED DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED $74,614, AND ITEM NUMBER 19, THIS IS GOING TO BE ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, TEXAS AND THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $276,038.75 FOR THE FOLLOWING SERVICES. APPRAISAL. APPRAISAL. REVIEW. TITLE. RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SURVEYS, METES AND BOUNDS, AND NEGOTIATION SERVICES FOR THE FOR HORIZON CITY TRANSIT CENTER. ACQUISITION OF SEVEN PARCELS AND OTHER TYPES OF RIGHT OF WAY REVIEW SERVICES FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, ITEM 19 WILL NOW BE ITEM 21 B IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. LET ME TAKE IT BACK. YES. YES. WE'RE YEAH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. AND THEN AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE LET'S SEE WHAT TIME IS IT NOW? I'M SURE IT IS 802. WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK AT 807 AND MOVE INTO 47. 847 847. O MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BACK IN SESSION ON ON THE LIVE FEED BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WELL, I NEED WE NEED TO BE BACK IN THE LIVE FEED. ARE WE GOING TO READ BOTH ITEMS BACK INTO THE RECORD? I THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION PORTION AND WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO ITEM 19. WELL WE'RE MOVING. OH THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS. YES. THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS OKAY. TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BACK ON THE LIST. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN AS ONE ITEM. RIGHT NOW. THERE'S ONE ITEM OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS OKAY. AND SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19 MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE I'M SORRY. WHO? AVILA. AVILA. AND MY SECOND. 
          MENDOZA. OKAY. GOT IT. MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. 
          QUIROZ A ORTEGA, A AVILA AMES GORDILLO, A MENDOZA. A MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 21 A I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. ITEM 21, SECOND CLOSED SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND AND AVILA. OKAY. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA A QUIROZ A, ORTEGA. AVILA A, AMES, A GORDILLO, A MENDOZA A AND MOTION CARRIES. AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY COOL YEAR. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION FOR FOR THE CITY AND MOVING FORWARD. I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FRIDAY. WE 
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HAVE OUR LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT 6:00. SO YOU ALL ARE ALL INVITED TO COME OUT 6:00 AT THE CENTER. WE'LL WE'LL HAVE SOME FESTIVITIES THERE. SANTA WILL BE THERE. WE'LL BE GIVING THAT COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE TO ALL OF THE KIDS. AND AND THE SANTA. AND SO YOU GUYS COME OUT THIS FRIDAY THE 12TH AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THEN ON SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST AND BADDEST PARADE AROUND IN THE COUNTY. SO YOU ALL NEED TO BE THERE. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, MAKE SURE YOU'RE YOU GET YOUR SPOT EARLY. WE WILL BE TRAVELING EAST LAKE TOWARDS CARNAZZO, TAKE A RIDE ON CARNAZZO AND END AT DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE THIS AT 10:00 ON SATURDAY THE 13TH. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. YES, IT WILL BE ON I BELIEVE. HELLO HORIZON IS GOING TO BE STREAMING IT. I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OTHER NEWS OUTLETS ARE GOING TO BE THERE, BUT I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. I'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT IF THAT COMES UP. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS IS FOR ME. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, ALICIA FOR GETTING HER GRADUATING WITH HER MASTER'S IN BUSINESS FROM UTEP. 
          SO SHE GRADUATES ON THE 14TH ON SUNDAY. SO SUPER PROUD OF HER. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE FOR ME. SO SO GREAT JOB. WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I THINK THAT'S ALL WE GOT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER NO BUSINESS. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ADJOURNED. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. MERRY CHRISTMAS
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