[1. Call to order; Pledge of Allegiance; Establishment of Quorum]
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          GOOD EVENING. THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY IS NOW IN SESSION. 
          PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, 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, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. WE HAVE KIND OF A PACKED HOUSE AND IT'S NICE TO BE BACK. I WAS GONE LAST MONTH. I JUST AS NOTED, AND I'M GLAD TO BE BACK IN IN EL PASO, HORIZON CITY FOR OUR MEETING. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AND AS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR OUR OPEN FORUM CHIEF, NO, NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP 
          [CONSENT AGENDA ]
FOR OPEN FORUM. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND EXCUSING ALDERMAN KIROS. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND EXCUSE ALDERMAN KIROS SECOND FOR. COOL FOR I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SHOULD WE SHOULD WE PULL IT BEFORE FIRST. YEAH. IF YOU'RE IF YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH PULLING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CAN I AMEND MY MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AND TO PULL ITEM FOUR OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TO EXCUSE. ALDERMAN KIROS, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. SO WE CAN PULL THE COUNCIL, PLEASE. OKAY. 
          ORTEGA. I ORTEGA AVILA AIMS I A MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR 
          [4. Discussion and Action]
FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOW ON TO THE REGULAR. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. 
          THIS IS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF JORGE OJEDA BY ALDERMAN RUBEN MENDOZA. PLACE SEVEN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO THIS ITEM HERE IS LIKE. THE ON THE APPOINTMENT ON THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF MR. JORGE OJEDA BY ALDERMAN RUBEN MENDOZA FOR PLACE SEVEN FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. MR. OJEDA IS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. HE'S GOT A LOT OF YEARS IN THAT HE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE REVIEWS ON SUBDIVISION PLATS AND ZONING. WE THINK HE'S A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR IT. AND STAFF. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. OJEDA TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AS WE'RE MISSING A SPOT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE FILL THAT SPOT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN TIMES THAT WE CAN'T MAKE QUORUMS, AND MR. OJEDA HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AS WELL. HE'S BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND HE'S VERY, VERY RELIABLE PERSON. HE ATTENDS ALL THE MEETINGS FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT EVERY TIME WE HAVE THEM, AND I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET AGAIN AND ALSO BE VERY RELIABLE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. WE CAN MAKE THAT UP. SO WITH THAT, I YIELD TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE ON THAT. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, MR. RUBY? I JUST HAD ONE. YES, SIR. 
          SO THIS IS TO FILL A VACANCY, NOT TO REPLACE A CURRENT SITTING MEMBER. IT'S TO REPLACE THE VACANCY. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. THAT WAS MY FAULT. THERE IN THE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. YES, MA'AM. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. ORTEGA, I AVILA A A MENDOZA, A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MR. OJEDA, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING. WE ACTUALLY MET ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS YEARS AND YEARS AGO. 
          SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU BACK ON PLAN ON PLANNING AND ZONING NOW. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
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THIS IS A A PRESENTATION ON A PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL 22ND 2026 AS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSISTANT CHIEF LOUIS 
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WITH THE CITY OF HORIZON. THE. ON BEHALF OF THE HORIZON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. APRIL 22ND, 20 2026 AS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL DAY AND EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS CITYWIDE WHO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS, THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN KEEPING OUR DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY RUNNING EFFECTIVELY EACH AND EVERY DAY. WHILE MUCH OF THE WORK HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES, ITS IMPACT IS FELT THROUGHOUT OUR OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. THEREFORE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT, RELIABILITY AND THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN HELPING US ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION. THANK YOU CHIEF. AND I CAN SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, I CAN I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. IT'S NOT EASY WORK. IT'S TOUGH WORK AND DAY IN, DAY OUT AND HAVING TO COME IN AND AND DO JOBS THAT NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO. SO IT'S VERY TOUGH. AND WE DO DO TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT THEY DO. AND SO THANK YOU ALL AND PLEASE, PLEASE PASS ALONG OUR OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM AS WELL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OH, IT'S A PRESENTATION PRESENTATION. OKAY. IT'S A PRESENTATION. SO YOU KNOW, PLEASE, AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, WE DO THANK THEM. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO FOR OUR TOWN. THANK YOU MAYOR. MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER NINE, 
          [9. Presentation]
ANOTHER PRESENTATION. AND THIS IS JUST ON A PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL 12TH THROUGH APRIL 18TH, 2026, AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, ELVA RAMOS, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YOLANDA HUERTA. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK. WHEREAS THE WOMEN AND MEN SERVING AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS 911 OPERATORS, DISPATCHERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS ANSWER CALLS FROM CITIZENS FOR POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THESE PROFESSIONALS, THE UNSEEN FIRST RESPONDERS, ARE THE FIRST LINK IN PROVIDING CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO TEXANS IN TIMES OF GREAT NEED, AND THEIR SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND CALM PRESENCE ARE INVALUABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS EXHIBIT PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, EMPATHY DURING THE REPORTING OF CRITICAL EVENTS AND WERE ASKED TO HIGHLIGHT THE INVALUABLE ROLE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          TELECOMMUNICATORS. THE COMMUNITY ANNUALLY DESIGNATES A WEEK FOR APRIL FOR RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR UNSEEN HEROES. AND WHEREAS ALL RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXTEND THEIR APPRECIATION TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, TELECOMMUNICATORS WHOSE DILIGENT EFFORTS ENSURE THAT HELP IS ON THEIR WAY, IS ON THE WAY WHEN IT NEEDED THE MOST. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, TEXAS, THAT THE WEEK OF APRIL 12TH THROUGH APRIL 18TH, 2026, BE KNOWN AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK. AND THEN IF I COULD ALSO HAVE EACH ONE OF YOUR SIGNATURE FOR PROCLAMATION. ABSOLUTELY. OH, YOU GOT THEM. OH, IT'S HEADED THIS WAY. SO. ABSOLUTELY 100% AGREE. IF THAT PROCLAMATION COULD BE YELLED ON THE ROOFTOPS, IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE SERIOUSLY ARE OUR FIRST LINE OF OF HELP FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR RESIDENTS IN HORIZON CITY, IT'S, IT'S A LARGER AREA THAT YOU GUYS COVER TAKING CALLS FOR ESD, TAKING CALLS FOR ESD ONE, TAKING CALLS FOR HORIZON PD. SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M THE ONE THAT USUALLY SPEAKS, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB. AND WE COULDN'T DO. IT'S A TOUGH JOB, MAN. I'VE BEEN IN THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN THAT OFFICE WHILE THEY'RE TAKING CALLS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HIGH STRESS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A VERY HARD JOB. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THAT NOT ANYBODY CAN DO IT. AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS REALLY DO. SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. PRETTY MUCH EXPRESS GRATITUDE AS WELL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AS A FORMER FIRST RESPONDER, I, I CAN ATTEST FIRSTHAND THE CRITICAL JOB THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN NOT JUST TAKING THE CALLS AND TRIAGING AND REMAINING CALM WHILE PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING, BUT YOU'RE ALSO HAVING TO 
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COORDINATE, WHETHER IT'S A FIRE EVENT OR A MASS CASUALTY EVENT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          YOU GUYS ARE, IN A SENSE, QUARTERBACKING WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE AT THE SCENE. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ITEM 
          [10. Presentation]
NUMBER TEN. WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. THIS IS ON THE INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HORIZON TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, AND THE RECALIBRATION OF THE ASSOCIATED PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL EDDIE GARCIA WITH THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND SO THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT BOUNDARY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HORIZON CITY, AND THAT IS TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY SO THAT IT INCLUDES THE VALENCIA AREA, ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. 
          THE PURPOSE FOR THAT, IF YOU ALL RECALL, WAS TO HAVE TO DEVELOP A PARK, A REGIONAL PARK, A LOT QUICKER, USING THIS AS A FINANCING MECHANISM. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY IS THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CONSULTANT COME DOWN HERE AND GIVE YOU A PRIMER ON WHAT A TERRORIST IS, WHAT THE TIF ACT IS. AND SO TONIGHT, I HAVE DAVID PETTIT AND NATALIE AYALA HALL. THEY HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY DO ALL THESE WITH DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE, AS WELL AS PEDS, AMONGST OTHER WORK THAT THEY DO. BUT WITH THAT, THEY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN THE BORDER REGION, THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF EL PASO, SO THEY KNOW THIS AREA WELL. RIGHT. AND SO WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS NOW. AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS NATALIE AYALA HALL SO THAT SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END, JUST FEEL FREE TO ASK. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO DAVID BECKER, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAVID PETTIT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 
          I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF Y'ALL BEFORE. AND WHEN I TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF, BUT I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION FROM EDDIE AND RAFA HAVE BEEN SO KIND AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I REALLY LIKE WHAT I DO. I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 31 YEARS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF AND SO ON. SOME OF THESE, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PRIMER. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO NATALIE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING TIFF. SO WHO ARE WE IF WE DO HAVE A CONTROLLER HERE? SO HERE WE GO. WE ARE A CONSULTANT. I STARTED IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. MY FIRST JOB WAS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. I WANTED TO BE A CITY MANAGER, AND I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE A CITY MANAGER. SO I WENT INTO THE CONSULTING WORLD AFTER WORKING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, AS I MENTIONED, FOR ABOUT 31 YEARS. WE WORK WITH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND PUBLIC ENTITIES TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE. YOU HEAR THIS WORD A LOT, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND YOU PROBABLY HEAR IT FROM EDDIE QUITE A BIT. 
          ALL THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS, IS A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN A PUBLIC AGENCY, WHETHER THAT BE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL AND A PRIVATE ENTITY. LAST YEAR, WE WORKED WITH 32 CITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE ONLY WORK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          PLENTY OF WORK TO BE HAD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I DON'T WANT TO LEARN ALL THE AD VALOREM LAWS AND SALES TAX LAWS OF NEW MEXICO, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA. SO TEXAS IS PLENTY BIG ENOUGH FOR US. WE WORK FOR ABOUT 80, 75 TO 80% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE CITIES, BUT WE ALSO LIKE TO WORK WITH WELL-HEELED PRIVATE CLIENTS. SO NOT JUST ANYBODY THAT PUTS AN LLC TOGETHER AND WANTS TO TRY TO GET SOME MONEY FROM A CITY. WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH DEVELOPERS LIKE CENTURION, AMERICAN MAJESTIC REALTY, TRADEMARK, FINE LINE, DIVERSIFIED, JACKSON SHORE, CYPRESS EQUITIES, THOSE THAT HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF DOING THINGS RATHER THAN JUST TRYING TO GET ENTITLEMENTS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR FINANCING. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE DID 32 CITIES LAST YEAR. IT WAS A BUSY YEAR, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE 32 CITIES IN US THIS YEAR. SO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WHAT ARE THEY? WHY WOULD YOU USE THEM? YOU'D USE THEM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. USE AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLANNING TO FOSTER REDEVELOPMENT, TYPICALLY FOCUSING ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. Y'ALL ARE GROWING COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, BUSINESS CREATION, RETENTION. A LOT OF TIMES WHY YOU HAVE AN EDC USE OF THESE TOOLS TO ENCOURAGE RELOCATION OR RETENTION OF TARGETED BUSINESSES. AND THEN 
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT A LOT IS THE USE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL TO FACILITATE A FAIR RATE OF RETURN FOR A PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT OCCUR. 
          AND WE CALL THIS THE BUT FOR TEST. SO WHY ARE YOU NOT COMING HERE? I WILL GIVE YOU SOME INCENTIVES. I WILL HELP YOU WITH THAT ROAD THAT TYPICALLY A DEVELOPER WOULD PAY FOR BECAUSE. 
          BUT FOR THAT YOU WOULD NOT COME. AND SO WE GO THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES. SO TALKING ABOUT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, I USE THE TERM TERS AND TIF INTERCHANGEABLE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS IS, IS THE VERB. IT'S THE TOOL THAT INCENTIVIZES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. SO IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE REFERRING TO THESE AS TERMS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. THEY'RE ALL GOVERNED BY AND I MENTIONED THIS TO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'D BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF STATUTE. I'M JUST KIDDING. JUST THIS MY ONLY REFERENCE TO STATUTE IN HERE. BUT IT'S THE TEXAS TAX CODE. CHAPTER 311 IS WHERE TOURS ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THE STATE. THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF TIFS CREATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS CITIES ALONE OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, CAN USE THIS TOOL TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN A ZONE SO IT WILL ATTRACT NEW DEVELOPMENT, FACILITATE INVESTMENT, BRING EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY TO A DESIGNATED AREA. A TOURS CAN PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY CAN PAY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROJECTS BENEFITING THE ZONE. SO IT'S A PRETTY WIDE VARIETY. THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN'T PAY FOR. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE JUSTIFICATION AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT. AND THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN GOVERNS HOW THOSE PROJECTS ARE SPENT. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBABLY TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND IN THE TIFF. WHEN A TIFF IS CREATED, IT SETS A BASE. SO YOU HAVE 100 ACRES. IT'S CURRENTLY TAX EXEMPT. YOU CREATE A TIFF, AND THEN IF SOMEBODY DOES SOME INVESTMENT AND THAT PROPERTY, LET'S SAY, GOES FROM TAX EXEMPT TO TAXABLE OR FROM AG TO TAXABLE, THERE'S A NEW DOLLAR THAT'S GENERATED. AND FOR EVERY NEW DOLLAR, LET'S SAY YOU'RE PARTICIPATING AT 50%, 50% GOES INTO THE FUND TO ONLY BE SPENT WITHIN THAT AREA, AND 50% GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY HOW A TIFF WORKS. I LIKE TO TELL A STORY THAT IN FORT WORTH, THEY'VE HAD QUITE A FEW SUCCESSFUL TIFFS. THEY WERE TRYING TO DO ONE IN DOWNTOWN AND THEY HAD ABOUT 300 MILLION, AND THEY SAID, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THE CITY SPENT MONEY DOWNTOWN? AND THEY SAID THAT WAS 1972 AND THIS IS IN THE MID 90S. THEY SAID, IF WE INVEST $1 BILLION IN DOWNTOWN, HOW DO WE KNOW IT STAYS THERE? AND THE TIFF WAS THE TOOL BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS GOING UP TO ALLIANCE AND IT WAS GOING DOWN TO SOUTH FORT WORTH. AND SO THEY NEEDED, HOW CAN YOU CONCENTRATE WHERE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE TAXES ARE BEING GENERATED BEING REINVESTED IN THAT AREA? SO THIS IS NATALIE ALWAYS LAUGHS. THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE BECAUSE I CREATED IT MYSELF. BUT THERE'S JUST REALLY TWO WAYS THAT YOU CAN GENERATE TAX INCREMENT, NEW CONSTRUCTION OR INVESTMENT OR ANNUAL APPRECIATION OF PROPERTY. SO WE ALL KNOW OUR HOMES GROW. YOU KNOW, AT THE CAP, MINE GROWS, THE MARKET GOES MORE. BUT AS FAR AS THE TAXABLE. AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO WAYS. SO EITHER THROUGH NEW INVESTMENT, THROUGH CONSTRUCTION VERTICAL OR BASICALLY TAKING A BASE, LET'S SAY YOU HAD PROPERTY OF $5 MILLION AND YOU GREW IT AT A 3.5% GROWTH CAP. THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS THAT YOU GENERATE INCREMENT WITHIN A TIFF. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK US, IS A TIFF AN ADDITIONAL TAX BURDEN? NO. IF YOU'RE IN A TIFF OUTSIDE OF A TIFF, YOU'RE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES. IT'S JUST WHERE THOSE MONIES ARE GOING. THEY'RE GOING TO A SPECIAL FUND TO FUND WHAT'S WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY. SO YOU'RE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES. Y'ALL ARE JUST DECIDING TO PUT THAT INTO A SPECIAL FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. ANY TAXING ENTITY CAN PARTICIPATE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ISD, THE ISD, BECAUSE OF ROBINHOOD, THERE WERE SEVERAL BAD ACTORS, WE MIGHT SAY, IN THE LATE 90S THAT WERE SHELTERING A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE STATE, FROM ROBINHOOD, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN TIFFS, SO THEY PUT A FIX TO THAT. AND SO WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE EDUCATION CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ON A PER STUDENT BASIS. SO ISDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE, BUT ALL OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. WE MOST LIKELY MOST OF THE CASES WE HAVE CITIES, COUNTIES, HOSPITAL DISTRICTS, COLLEGE DISTRICTS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO SHOW A BENEFIT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST AS A BENEFIT TO THE CITY. WHY WOULD WE DO THIS? AND SO REALLY ALMOST THAT. BUT FOR QUESTION COMES IN TO QUESTION ONE OF THE THINGS SIMPLE ANSWER IS CAN A CITY CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TIF? YES, FOLLOW CERTAIN PROCEDURES AND YOU CAN AMEND A TIF. WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. TIF CAN BE TERMINATED. A TIF CAN BE TERMINATED BY ORDINANCE AS LONG AS THE EXISTING OBLIGATIONS ARE PAID OFF. SO YOU CAN END IT 
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EARLY IF YOU SO DESIRE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T. THEY WANT TO KIND OF SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT OR RECALIBRATE, IF YOU WILL. SO CHAPTER 311 I WAS INCORRECT. THIS IS MY SECOND REFERENCE TO THE STATUTE OUTLINES THE VARIOUS PROCEDURES FOR CREATING AND AMENDING A TERSE TWO MAIN DOCUMENTS. SO THESE ARE THE TWO MAIN DOCUMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE CREATION ORDINANCE AND THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN. ORDINANCE. THE CREATION ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES FIVE KEY ELEMENTS THE BOUNDARY, THE TERM, THE CITY PARTICIPATION, THE TERMS BOARD, AND A PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN. ONCE THAT TERSE BOARD HAS BEEN APPROVED, THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS WITH THE OTHER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS. AND UNDER STATE LAW, EACH PARTICIPATING TAXING JURISDICTION GETS AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER, AND THE BOARD CAN BE BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MEMBERS. BUT THEN THE TIFF BOARD RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BACK TO YOU, TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A FINAL PROJECT FINANCING PLAN. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS JUST A PLAN AND BASICALLY SERVES AS A CAP OF WHAT THOSE DOLLARS AND WHAT ARE THOSE CATEGORIES GOING TO BE SPENT AS. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO NATALIE, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING FOR IT. THANK YOU DAVID. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING US. SO AS HE MENTIONED, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TURNS NUMBER ONE AND WHY WE ARE ASKING AT A FUTURE DATE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AMENDING IT. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, I THINK YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS MAP SINCE WE'RE CURRENTLY INSIDE OF IT. THIS IS TOURS NUMBER ONE. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 150 ACRES. JUST GIVING YOU SOME BACKGROUND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN THE TOURS WAS CREATED, AND IT WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO CREATE A CATALYST FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. 
          COMMITTED TO RELOCATE CITY HALL IN THE PROPOSED TOWN CENTER AND TO CREATE THE THE TOURS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE TO CREATE IT ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, DAVID AND I GET REALLY BUSY AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR BECAUSE AS LONG AS THE TOURS IS CREATED WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE BASE IS SET AS OF JANUARY 1ST OF THAT YEAR. SO ANY AMENDMENTS, CREATIONS ALL NEED TO OCCUR BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THAT CURRENT TAX YEAR. IT DID INCLUDE A PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN. THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN WAS AMENDED BY THE TOURIST BOARD AND THEN CITY COUNCIL BY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON DECEMBER. SORRY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023, IT ADDED. THE HORIZON MANOR PROJECT. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 150 ACRES, ALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THE BASE YEAR IS 2020. SO AS DAVID WAS SHOWING YOU THAT GRAPH, THAT GRAY HORIZONTAL BAR ON THE BOTTOM, THAT'S ALL THE TAXES THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM THE ZONE IN 2020. 
          ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT VALUE WOULD GO INTO THE FUND. SO IT'S ALWAYS MEASURED UPON ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BASE YEAR, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS 2020. THERE'S A 30 YEAR TERM AND IT WILL END DECEMBER 31ST, 2050. THE CITY OF HORIZON CITY IS PARTICIPATING AT 100% OF THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE INCREMENTAL GROWTH OF AD VALOREM TAXES WITHIN THE ZONE. 
          THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN DID HAVE THE SUMMARY OF PROJECT COSTS. YOU CAN SEE HERE IT HAS VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS LISTED OUT THERE WITH THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I WILL NOTE THAT DAVID AND I, WHEN WE REVISIT PROJECT AND FINANCING PLANS, WE DO LIKE TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL MENU OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COST CATEGORIES SO THAT, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU HAD TO AMEND THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN TO INCLUDE A PROJECT. WE PREFER TO HAVE BROADER CATEGORIES SO THAT EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO REMOVE OR ADD A PROJECT FOR A SPECIFIC ROAD OR SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONSTANTLY AMEND THE PLAN. THAT WILL KIND OF SAVE YOU IN PAPERWORK, IF YOU WILL. I THINK ONE THING THAT WE RAN INTO IN THE CITY OF EL PASO IS THAT THEY WERE USING LIKE THE PROJECT AND THEY GOT UP TO WHICH A NUMBER AMENDMENT 2626 AMENDMENT, BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY WERE CHANGING THEIR PROJECT LIST, THEY WERE HAVING TO COME BACK. AND THAT'S JUST A WASTE OF STAFF'S TIME AND, AND HONESTLY, CONSULTANT PRICING FOR US TO KEEP COMING HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL REVISIT IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. WE MENTIONED THAT DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES CAN PARTICIPATE. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF A TOURS IS TO HAVE MULTIPLE PARTIES AT THE TABLE, PUTTING MONEY INTO THE FUND THAT CAN THEN BE SPENT WITHIN THE ZONE. SO EL PASO COUNTY SOUND SIGNED AN ILA INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN 2022. THE TERSE BYLAWS PROVIDE THE COUNTY WITH THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOURIST BOARD. WE MENTIONED THAT BY RIGHTS ENTITIES TYPICALLY WILL GET ONE. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THEM TO NEGOTIATE MAYBE TWO. IN THIS CASE THREE. THE COUNTY PARTICIPATES ALSO AT 100% OF THE TAX INCREMENT, WHICH IS A GREAT SHOWING OF A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE COUNTY. THAT'S NOT 
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SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE COUNTIES COMING IN JUST AS STRONGLY AS CITIES. SO I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THEIR BELIEF THAT THIS IS A GOOD USE OF YOUR YOUR FUNDS, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO MATCH IT THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2051, THE COUNTY'S MAXIMUM INCREMENTAL TAX CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOUR SHALL BE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ABOUT 31.8 MILLION. LIKEWISE, YOU HAVE THE MUD PARTICIPATION IN 2024, IT WAS SIGNED AND THE DISTRICT PLEDGED 60%, WHICH IS STILL A VERY STRONG SHOWING OF THEIR TAX INCREMENT TO THE FUND. AND THEIR PARTICIPATION RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2051. SO WHY ARE WE HERE? TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT. AS EDDIE MENTIONED, IT'S DUE TO THE VALENCIA YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED. THOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES. AND SO WE DELINEATE THEM BY CALLING THEM TOURS ONE OR TOURS ONE A WE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT INCREMENT FROM ONE AREA OF THE ZONE CAN BE SPENT IN THE OTHER. SO AS EDDIE MENTIONED, ANY INCREMENT IN THE VERDANCY THAT IS NOT BEING PLEDGED TO THE DEVELOPER CAN BE SPENT WITHIN THE RED BOUNDARY, SO YOU CAN MOVE THEM FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DO DESIGNATE TOURS ONE VERSUS TOURS ONE A, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALL GOING TO ONE FUND, IS THAT THEY WILL HAVE DIFFERENT BASE YEARS. AND SO THE INCREMENT FOR THE RED BOUNDARIES IS MEASURED AGAINST 2020, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THAT WAS CREATED. IF YOU WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADD TOURS ONE A TO THE TOURS, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE A 2026 BASE. SO THE BASE YEARS OF THE INCREMENT IS BEING MEASURED AGAINST OUR TWO DIFFERENT YEARS. SO THE, THE 2026 PHP AMENDMENT, WE WOULD EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SPANS ABOUT 770 ACRES. THE EXPANDED BOUNDARIES WILL HAVE A 2026 BASE YEAR, AS I JUST MENTIONED, WITH THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES KEEPING A 2020 BASE YEAR, WE WOULD AMEND THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN TO UPDATE THE PROJECTIONS, NOT ONLY TO INCLUDE THE VALENCIA DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TO INCREASE THE PROJECT COSTS. THE CITY PARTICIPATION WOULD NOT HAVE ANY CHANGE, THE TERM WOULD NOT CHANGE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH EL PASO COUNTY AND THE MUD ABOUT PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPANDED BOUNDARIES. JUST BECAUSE THE CITY ELECTS TO EXPAND THE TOURS AND PARTICIPATE, IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE THEM TO. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. SO THE VERDANT DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DIFFERENT PHASING SINGLE FAMILY UNITS OF JUST UNDER 2500 MULTI-FAMILY, ABOUT 400 UNITS IN COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE BEING ABOUT 885,000. AND PER OUR PROJECTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, THIS WOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 2027 AND 2035. SO IT IS A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE PROJECTION SCHEDULE. 
          BUT DAVID AND I, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'VE WORKED WITH DEVELOPERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL AND VERY RESPONSIVE. AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE AN EXCELLENT PARTNER FOR THE CITY. SO BASED ON THE MIX OF USES THAT I SPOKE ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PART OF WHAT WE DO IS WE DO AN ANALYSIS FOR THE CITY TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, IF THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BUILD ALL THIS, AS I MENTIONED OVER THAT PARTICULAR TIMELINE, WHAT WILL THE TAXABLE VALUE IMPACT OF THAT BE? AND WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT COST. 
          IT'S NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY CORRELATED EXACTLY TO WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO SPEND TO BUILD IT. BUT WHAT IS THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT'S GOING TO SHOW UP ON THE EL PASO CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT TAX ROLLS? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO YOU. WHAT IS THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT WILL THEN THE RENT GENERATE REVENUE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES? AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE DO A TAXABLE COMPARABLE ANALYSIS FOR EACH OF THE PROPERTY TYPES, COMMERCIAL, SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT DOES A MULTIFAMILY UNIT IN EL PASO COUNTY TYPICALLY COME ON THE TAX ROLLS AT? SO THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVE AT THESE VALUES. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE CHART, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE, BUT 2028 IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU SEE TAXABLE VALUE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE FIRST COMPLETION YEAR IS 2027. SO THE TAXABLE VALUE WILL NOT SHOW UP ON THE TAX ROLLS UNTIL 2028. 
          BECAUSE IF IT'S BEING COMPLETED IN 2027, AND THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE TAXABLE VALUE EXCEEDS $1 BILLION IN 2033. AND BY 2050, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S ALMOST AT 2 BILLION. SO IT'S QUITE A BIT OF AN INVESTMENT. AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE VERDUN. 
          THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WOULD OCCUR IN THE ORIGINAL TOURS. ONE BOUNDARIES. 
          SO PART OF THE PROJECT FINANCING PLAN AMENDMENT WILL INCLUDE REVISITING THE ORIGINAL TOURS, BOUNDARY PROJECTIONS IN THAT PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER IN 2020. IT WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE TOD MASTER PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE IN THAT. IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE. THEY REALLY HAVEN'T COME TO FRUITION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT AND BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE ABOUT THE PROJECTED TAXABLE VALUE THAT WE SEE WITHIN THESE ORIGINAL. STILL RELYING ON THAT TOD MASTER PLAN IN TERMS OF THE 
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UPDATED ZONING AND WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME ONLINE, WE DO THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY, BUT WE'RE JUST KIND OF REVISITING THAT, TALKING WITH EDDIE AND RAFA ABOUT THAT AND JUST SAYING, OKAY, WHAT DO WE THINK IS LIKELY TO OCCUR WITHIN THOSE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES, PAIRING THAT WITH THE VALENCIA AND THEN MAKING A COHESIVE, AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR THE POTENTIALLY EXPANDED TOURS? NUMBER ONE. SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS THAT ON MAY 12TH, WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYTIME YOU ARE INCREASING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE OR INCREASING THE PROJECT COST. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE. SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD REESTABLISH THE THE NEW BOUNDARIES, THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION AND THE TERM WOULD NOT CHANGE. AND THEN ON JUNE 9TH, CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER APPROVAL. THEN YOU CAN SEE FROM THERE, IT'S THE TOURS BOARD TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN. AND THEN THAT FINAL PLAN DOES NEED TO BE APPROVED BY ORDINANCE. AND SINCE YOU REQUIRE TWO READINGS, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE JULY AND AUGUST DATE. SO. SO REALLY THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE US COMING BACK WITH THAT AMENDED CREATION, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AS AN EXHIBIT, AN AMENDED PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. CAN, COULD COULD WE GO OVER THAT? OF COURSE. I'M SORRY. GO OVER THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. OH, NO, I CAN GO BACK. SORRY. NO. YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS IS A THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK. MR. PETTIT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MR. PERRY. IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS BY YOU ALL AND EDDIE AND RAFA, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. WE, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS A WHILE BACK AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD FOR HORIZON CITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING IN HORIZON. THIS IS A REAL EXCITING TIME TO BE HERE IN HORIZON CITY. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE AND SEE ALL OF THIS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE'RE SETTING OFF ON THIS JOURNEY AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, BUT MAN, IT'S GOING TO BE WELL WORTH IT ONCE WE GET ROCKING AND ROLLING ON IT. SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A TON OF QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COUNCIL TO THOSE THOSE NUMBERS YOU PROJECT? WHAT. HOW CAN WE BEST ASSURE THAT THOSE AT LEAST MEET THAT OR EXCEED THAT? WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE CITY COUNCIL? WELL, IN TERMS OF ONE THING THAT I I'LL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING. SO BECAUSE ANYTHING IS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ZONE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY GET MONEY BY. RIGHT. AND SO THEY HAVE TO COME FORWARD. SO EVEN THOUGH THE DEVELOPER, IF YOU WERE TO CREATE THE BOUNDARIES AROUND THE VERDANCY, THERE'S STILL A NEXT STEP THAT INCLUDES GOING FORWARD TO THE TOURIST BOARD AND THEN CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY AND THE TOURS AND FOR THE DEVELOPER. 
          AND SO THAT'S A PART OF IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DRAWING LINES AND THEN NOTHING EVER OCCURS. PART OF THAT IS COMING UP WITH TERMS FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO, IN MY OPINION, LEAVING SOME INCREMENT THERE FOR YOU TO FORWARD FUND IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES. SO NOT GIVING AWAY THE FARM, SO TO SPEAK. AND I KNOW EDDIE AND RAF ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. AND SO AND BEING OPEN TO NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO ENSURE THAT, BUT FOR THIS INCENTIVE, THEY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD. BUT ALLOWING THEM THAT SUPPORT TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION, I THINK WOULD BE PART OF IT. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, IS ASKING THE DEVELOPER, EACH TIME THAT THEY COME UP, WE PUT THIS TOOL IN PLACE AND A LOT OF TIMES THE DEVELOPER AND NATALIE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THEY THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THIS MONEY. NO, THERE'S TWO OTHER MAY I'S, ONE TO THE TIFF BOARD AND ONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION OF. BUT FOR THIS PARTICIPATION, THIS PROJECT WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO ASK. EACH TIME THAT THEY COME FORWARD AND ASK FOR FUNDS IS WHY DO YOU NEED IT? AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT THAN SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN THE STREET? THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. SO I'M WONDERING, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS VERY EXCITING. I MEAN, IF AND WHEN THESE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION, IT'S REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE HERE IN HORIZON AND REALLY PROVIDE US WITH THAT TAX BASE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE ZONE AND EVENTUALLY OTHER PROJECTS ON HORIZON CITY. SO FIRST, I'M WONDERING, HOW IS THE FINANCING? HOW DOES IT CHANGE? HOW DOES THE FINANCING PLAN CHANGE IF EL PASO COUNTY AND HR MUD DON'T WANT TO AMEND THEIR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE TOURS? NUMBER ONE A. 
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AND SO I THINK THAT FIRST THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS NATALIE HAD MENTIONED HERS. ONE THAT THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO IT. YOU CAN SAY, OH, THE LANDS HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE BUILT. AND IS IT REALLY PREDICATED ON ANY REALISTIC DEVELOPERS BEING IN PLAN? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO READJUST THAT TO A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO ULTIMATELY IMPACT, BUT WE MIGHT NOT GET TO THAT TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT POTENTIALLY. AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT EACH ONE OF THESE ON ITS MERITS. AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A MATRIX SAY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PARTICIPATE, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T PARTICIPATE. AND THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE CONSEQUENCES AS WELL. RIGHT. AND ESSENTIALLY THE REVENUE WOULD BE LESS RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE WAY WE PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN AT THE CREATION ORDINANCE OR AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE PHASE IS WE WILL WE CAN EITHER INCLUDE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPANDED BOUNDARIES OR EXCLUDE IT. WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS ONCE THE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE BOUNDARIES, THEN WE CAN HAVE MORE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE THERE YET. RIGHT. BUT ONCE YOU'VE EXPANDED THE TOURS TO CREATE TOURS ONE A, THEN WE CAN TAKE THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN THAT MIGHT HAVE THEIR PARTICIPATION, PROBABLY MIRRORING THE SAME PARTICIPATION LEVELS. AND WE WOULD TELL THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNTY AND SAY, IF YOU WERE TO PARTICIPATE AT 100% IN VALENCIA, THIS IS HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY BE PUTTING INTO THE TOURS. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE ELA TO INCREASE IT FROM THAT 31 POINT WHATEVER MILLION IT WAS TO INCREASE THE VERDANCY. NOW, THEY MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AT THE TOD LEVEL BECAUSE IT WAS A CITY HALL PROJECT, AND WE CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT TO THE COUNTY. WE DON'T NECESSARILY CARE ABOUT THIS RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S THEIR RIGHT TO SAY. THEN THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE. BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT PROJECT COSTS, REVENUE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE OTHER ENTITIES. BUT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE CITY PARTICIPATION. AND NOTHING SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO, PARTICULARLY THE COUNTY, PARTICIPATED 100%. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS AN EXCEPTION FROM OUR WORK THROUGHOUT. I MEAN, CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BUTTING HEADS LIKE THIS. AND SO THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THEM AT 100% IN YOUR CORE. SO WITH ANOTHER PROJECT, THEY MIGHT COME BACK AS A COUNTER PROPOSAL AT 50 OR 75%. THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS WITHIN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE ZONE, SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR 100% IN THE TOD AREA. AND THEN FOR TSA, WE'LL GIVE YOU 50%. THEY CAN SAY WE'LL ONLY DO TEN YEARS AT 50% THROW YOU A BONE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEGOTIATION TACTICS THAT THEY COULD WORK WITH. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THEY'RE NOT HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD IN THE EXPANDED BOUNDARIES THEY HAVE NEGOTIATING. NOTHING OBLIGATES THEM. SO THEY'VE OBLIGATED TO THE ORIGINAL TIFF. AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN HAVING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, WE COULD HAVE CONCEPTUAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THAT AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR US TO HAVE THOSE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEIR AMENDMENTS GOING TO BE TO THEIR ISLA. AND SO, AS NATALIE MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY CAN HAVE TWO SEPARATE PARTICIPATIONS AND THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'RE AT 100% HERE, WE'RE AT 75% HERE, AND WE ONLY WANT THE MONEY HERE TO GO TOWARDS THIS. AND IT CAN GET VERY SPECIFIC, BUT WE LIKE TO KEEP IT AS IS, LOOSE AND FUNGIBLE AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTICIPATING ENTITIES, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT GOING FORWARD. YEAH, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT NEGOTIATING. AND SO ON THAT POINT, WHAT MIGHT BE SOME OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MIGHT INHIBIT THE COUNTY OR HR MUD FROM INCREASING THEIR PARTICIPATION LEVEL? IN THE SECOND PORTION OF THAT TOURS? I WOULD SAY THAT THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD ASK IF I WAS THE MUD OR THE COUNTY IS, WOULD THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT OUR PARTICIPATION? AND ONCE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT, BUT FOR BUT FOR OUR PARTICIPATION WITH THIS PROJECT, AND NATALIE AND I LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT EXTENT TO THE. BUT FOR. IT'S THE VELOCITY OF THE MARKET, BECAUSE THIS MIGHT EVENTUALLY HAPPEN, BUT IT MIGHT BE 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION, WE CAN ACCELERATE THAT QUICKER. BUT WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SO I WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR EXISTING PARTICIPATION LEVELS. 
          THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION AS YOU GO INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT ANYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, ON THE TABLE FOR NEGOTIATIONS. ONE PLACE TO START IS THIS MIRROR. WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE EXISTING. THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT AND SAY IT'S CLEAN, IT'S EASY. 
          IF THERE'S ANY PUSHBACK, THEN WE KIND OF START DOING SOME NEGOTIATIONS AND TRYING DIFFERENT ANALYZES THAT SHOW. OKAY, HERE'S WHAT IT IS AT 50, HERE'S WHAT IT IS AT 75, HERE'S 
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WHAT IT IS AT 100. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY 50% OF SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN 100% OF NOTHING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE, YOU KNOW? AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE NEW REVENUES FOR THE CITY. OKAY, SO THEN, MISS AYALA, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE TOD PLAN THAT THE ESTIMATES WERE AGGRESSIVE AND THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE REVISITED, RECALIBRATED. COULD YOU EXPOUND ON THAT POINT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO IT HAD DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BASED ON THE WHAT THEY CALL LIKE A FLOOR AREA RATIO. SO IF IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL AND THEY HAD A LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH AND THEY WENT WITH THE LOW, BUT THEY BASICALLY ASSUMED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OF THE LAND WITHIN THAT AREA WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE A 20 YEAR PERIOD ON A BELL CURVE, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY SOUND SUPER AGGRESSIVE, EXCEPT FOR WE ARE SEEING WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE AND WHAT HAS COME TO FRUITION. AND SO INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMING THAT 100% OF IT IS GOING TO BE BUILT OUT AT MAXIMUM OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN PRETTY HIGH DENSITY, WE HAVE TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE WHAT THE MARKET IS CALLING FOR. AND AS DAVID MENTIONED, THE VELOCITY OF IT. AND SO DO I THINK THAT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, OUTLANDISHLY AGGRESSIVE? NO, BUT I JUST THINK SEEING WHERE WE ARE SIX YEARS INTO THE TOURS AND EVERYTHING, JUST BEING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WE MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED, I DON'T WANT TO OVERREPRESENT THE AMOUNT THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE PUTTING INTO THE TOURS. A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IS JUST LIKE POLITICAL SENSITIVITY TOO, BECAUSE PEOPLE START TO HEAR, OH MY GOSH, THEY'RE PUTTING $400,000 INTO OR $400 MILLION INTO INCENTIVES. AND IT'S WE RAN INTO THIS ACTUALLY A LOT IN EL PASO. AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, THAT MONEY DOESN'T EXIST. LIKE THERE IS NO MONEY THAT WE'RE LIKE STEALING FROM THE CHILDREN AND LIKE PUTTING INTO THE FUND. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS MONEY, BUT IT'S LIKE THAT MONEY DOESN'T EXIST IF THAT PROJECT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT? AND SO UNLESS THEY BUILD IT, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY TOO, THAT IF IF I TURN OUT TO BE TOO CONSERVATIVE, WHICH I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO BE CONSERVATIVE. 
          BUT WHATEVER. IF THAT HAPPENS IN, IN A, IN A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND SAYS, I WANT TO TAKE OUT OF THOSE 150 ACRES, I WANT TO TAKE 70 OF THEM AND BUILD HIGH RISES, THEN WE HAVE A REASON TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO READJUST THE THE PLAN WITH THIS MASTER PLAN IN SIGHT. BUT JUST SEEING PLAIN ZONING AND NO DEVELOPER, NO SHOVEL READY SITES TO SAY, OH, IT'S GOING TO HAVE $400 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAD IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF TAXABLE VALUE WITHIN THE TERM OF THE ZONE. I JUST DON'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT. I JUST LIKE TO SAY, IS IT REASONABLE? AND I THINK FROM OUR REVIEW SIX YEARS LATER, AND WE'RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING WAS DONE WRONG AT THE TIME, BUT TO ASSUME EVERYTHING WAS BUILT OUT AT AN F, A R, WHETHER IT BE LOW OR HIGH, IS AGGRESSIVE. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO, AS IT HAS THE SMELL TEST AND PROBABLY 50%, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE REASONABLE ON A BUILD OUT ASSUMPTION. AND SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ADJUSTED. AND THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION AS WE GO FORWARD. OKAY, THEN JUST ONE MORE AND LET ME KNOW IF I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. HAVE WE ALREADY STARTED HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH HUNT FOR WHAT THE PRELIMINARY COMPONENTS OF THAT FINANCING PLAN MIGHT LOOK LIKE, OR NO, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WE GET THROUGH THIS. WE APPROVE A FINANCING PLAN AND THEN START BRINGING IN THOSE PARTNERS. SO ACTUALLY A VERY LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TO YOU ALL. AND SO WHAT HUNT IS WAITING FOR US IS OF COURSE, THOSE VALUATIONS, LIKE I MENTIONED. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE IS CAN WE GET THE COUNTY AND THE MUD TO PARTICIPATE? AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY HERE ON THE 27TH. WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED A PRESENTATION, AN INTRO TO THE MUD TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE WITH THEM. SO SO WE'RE MOVING ON IT, RIGHT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS WITH HUNT ON THIS IS WHAT IS OUR FINANCING LOOK LIKE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY CLOSE. 
          WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO DOING THAT. I THINK RIGHT NOW AT THE COUNTY, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. THIS IS A SECOND TIME. I'LL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY ON THIS PARTICULAR PARK. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE IS TO GET THEM TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE STRUCTURING AND ISLA. SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE THINGS FIRST BEFORE WE GO AND START TALKING TO HUNT ABOUT WHAT AN AGREEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I DO TRY TO CLARIFY IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS SETTING UP THE MECHANISM. SO THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN WILL NOT ACTUALLY SAY THIS MUCH GOES TO THE HUNT DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT WILL JUST SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE ANTICIPATE THE TERMS WILL BE GENERATING WITHIN THE TERM OF THE ZONE. SO I LIKE TO SAY IT'S LIKE MAKING THE PIE. AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT 
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AGREEMENT IS ASKING FOR A SLICE OF THE PIE. SO THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN WILL HAVE. THESE ARE OUR PROJECTIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE ZONE. AND THIS IS THE TAX REVENUE THAT WE THINK WILL GO INTO THE FUND. AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SAYS, OKAY, HEY, YOU BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL PIE. NOW I WANT A SLICE OF IT SO IT WON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT THE HUNT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN ITSELF, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE OF A GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE TOURS TO LAST UNTIL 2050. THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE A MONTH. WE HAVE A MONTH OF A LOT OF WORK, ACTUALLY THREE WEEKS OF A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA ONE WEEK PRIOR TO TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS. SO WE HAVE THREE WEEKS TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO THAT PRESENTATION. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH HR MUD, THEY'VE BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO, TO, TO OUR PRESENTATIONS. AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD. SO DID YOU HAVE ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS VERY EXCITING. YEAH. I MEAN VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. CAN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 PLEASE? YES. ITEM 
          [11. Discussion and Action]
NUMBER 11. THIS IS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. 
          THIS IS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF FINDINGS OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY AUDIT PREPARED BY SB AND G P C FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. SO MY NAME IS TEO CABRERA. I REPRESENT THE FIRM SB NG. I AM ONE OF THE AUDIT PARTNERS, ALSO THE PARTNER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AUDIT. AND HERE WITH ME WE HAVE OUR AUDIT MANAGER, MISS ABIGAIL DIAS. SO THE TWO OF US, ALONG WITH THE REST OF OUR AUDIT STAFF, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS YEAR'S 2025 FISCAL YEAR AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF A DIGITAL COPY OF THE AUDIT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU AND YOUR AGENDA PACKET OR NOT. WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN IS, IS A SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT I WILL BE POINTING OUT TO A COUPLE OF PAGE NUMBERS, JUST IN CASE YOU DO HAVE A DIGITAL COPY OF THE AUDIT. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW AROUND, THE AUDIT IS IT'S, I THINK IT'S EVERY YEAR WE JOKE AROUND TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN EXCEED THE 100 PAGE MARK. 
          AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 97 OR 98, SO WE'RE GETTING THERE. IT USED TO BE A PROBABLY A 30 PAGE REPORT, YOU KNOW, SOME YEARS AGO. SO IT KIND OF REFLECTS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF GROWTH AND COMPLEXITY AND SOPHISTICATION OF, OF YOUR, YOUR CITY. SO ■THE FIRST THING I WANT TO COVER IS THE PRIMARY RESULT OF OUR AUDIT, RIGHT? JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS. AND THIS IS THE AGENDA OF THE PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT ON THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALSO A DISCUSSION OF THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIALS, AND THEN ALSO A DISCUSSION OF A FIVE YEAR FIVE YEAR TREND ANALYSIS. WE ALSO HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MISS LILY GAITAN, AND ALSO THE MAYOR. SO WE'LL GO OVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO START OFF, IS THE RESULT OF THE AUDIT ITSELF. AND IF YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE AUDIT AND YOU WANT TO SEE THIS IN THE AUDIT, THAT IS GOING TO BE ON PAGE 16, WHICH IS OUR AUDITOR'S REPORT. OKAY, SO WE ARE ISSUING A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION, AN UNMODIFIED AUDIT OPINION, AND THAT COULD BE OBSERVED IN THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS IN THAT IN THAT PAGE 16. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG. SO IT MEANS THAT YOUR AUDIT IS YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY STATED, FAIRLY STATED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. SO IN LAYMAN TERMS, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH ANY OF THE NUMBERS PRESENTED TO US. WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL THE AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MISSING INFORMATION, ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THE TESTING THAT WE COMPLETED. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT ANY ACCOUNTING PRACTICES OR ANY ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES, AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY MATERIAL ERRORS. OKAY. SO AN AUDIT IS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF MATERIALITY, RIGHT? SO WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE PENNY THAT GOES THROUGH THE BANK ACCOUNT. SO WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WE CONSIDER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. AND IT'S DIFFERENT BASED ON EACH OF THE CITY'S DIFFERENT FUNDS. RIGHT. THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 13 DIFFERENT FUNDS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND. SO EACH OF THESE FUNDS, IT'S TREATED LIKE ITS 
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OWN SEPARATE LITTLE AUDIT. EVERYTHING IS PUT TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. THIS AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS. RIGHT. GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER BAR IN TERMS OF THE AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPORTING FINDINGS. SO OUR THE OBJECTIVE IS NOT JUST TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT WE ALSO EVALUATE THE POSSIBILITY OF FRAUD. WE EVALUATE WHETHER THERE'S WASTE OR ABUSE OR UNREASONABLE ITEMS IN YOUR IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND WE ALSO EVALUATE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO THE AUDITOR HAS A HIGH RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPORTING ANY OF THESE INSTANCES THAT THERE WERE TO COME ALONG DURING THE AUDIT. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FINDINGS FOR THE AUDIT OF 2025. SO IT'S A CLEAN REPORT, NO FINDINGS, NO INSTANCES OF INTERNAL CONTROL WEAKNESSES, NO INSTANCES OF FRAUD NOTED OR WASTE OR ABUSE. SO REALLY EASY TO SAY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE RUN INTO A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH, YOU KNOW, MANY CLIENTS OUT THERE, MANY OTHER ODDITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE GOVERNMENTS OR NOT GOVERNMENTS. SO THIS IS A RESULT TO BE VERY PROUD OF, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ARE ALWAYS LIMITED. PERSONNEL WORKING IN FINANCE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIMITED, ESPECIALLY IN A RELATIVELY SMALL CITY LIKE EL PASO, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TAILORING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A SMALL CITY LIKE THE CITY OF HARRISON, IT'S NOT AS EASY TO FIND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO RUN YOUR FINANCES. 
          SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS THIS CLEAN REPORT TO YOU GUYS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF IT IS HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT IS BEING DONE BY YOUR ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL. THE AUDIT ITSELF, IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS. THE AUDIT PROCESS BEGAN IN DECEMBER AND IT FINISHED LITERALLY ABOUT A WEEK AGO. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. SO I JUST WANT TO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK BEHIND THAT FROM YOUR STAFF AND GETTING THIS AUDIT DONE AND CLEAN. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER A BRIEF SUMMARY. FIRST, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND. IF YOU DO WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG THE NUMBERS, THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED IN PAGE 2023. RIGHT. WE HAVE THE THE, THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN IN PAGE 25 WE HAVE THE INCOME STATEMENT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK. SO THE GENERAL FUND IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY FUNDS THAT THE TOWN OF HARRISON HAS. HOWEVER, THIS IS A PRIMARY FUND BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE ALL THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES RUN, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR PAYING OFF DEBT. WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND GRANTS. WE HAVE OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE FUNDS LIKE THE TRC FUND THAT WE JUST HEARD A PRESENTATION ON. BUT THE GENERAL FUND IS, IS, IS LIKE THE MAIN AVENUE, RIGHT? IT'S THE PRIMARY BANK ACCOUNT WHERE ALL THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES. SO THE PRIMARY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE SALARIES, THE MAJORITY OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE POLICE SERVICE, INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATION SERVICE THAT WE HEARD A PRESENTATION EARLIER BEFORE THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ALL OF THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE IN OUR GENERAL FUND. OKAY. THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUES ARE ALSO RUNNING HERE THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. SO ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE AUDIT IS EVALUATING THE BUDGETARY PERFORMANCE AND THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE CAN SEE HERE IN THIS SLIDE WE WE CAN SHOW JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL REVENUES THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THE ACTUAL REVENUES WERE REALLY CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED, WITH A SMALL SHORTFALL OF $200,000 THAT CAME LESS IN REVENUES THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO BE RECEIVED. AND THE SHORTFALL WAS PRIMARILY IN THE REVENUES THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR LICENSES, PERMITS AND FEES. RIGHT. THE AMOUNT BUDGETED WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER $1 MILLION. THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WAS CLOSE TO $800,000. THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WITH THAT IS THAT THE TOWN DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THE LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WE WERE EXPECTING RIGHT WHEN WHEN THE BUDGET WAS SET. SO THAT WAS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE THERE IN TERMS OF REVENUES VERSUS BUDGETED REVENUES. AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES GO, THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND DID NOT EXCEED THE BUDGETED TOTAL OF $11 MILLION. SO THE CITY WAS CLOSED, RIGHT. AND MEETING THE BUDGET. BUT WE HAD APPROXIMATELY $300,000 LEFT, RIGHT IN FAVOR. SO IT'S A FAVORABLE DIFFERENCE. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, A FEW DEPARTMENTS OR A FEW WHAT WE CALL FUNCTIONS OR PRIMARY EXPENDITURE GROUPS, IN WHICH THE CITY HAD A NEGATIVE VARIANCES. RIGHT. AND THE TWO 
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PRIMARY ONES WERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE OVERALL NEGATIVE UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $100,000. AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HAD A NEGATIVE VARIANCE WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICES RIGHT FOR THE 128. OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WERE MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE THE THE CITY DID NOT SPEND THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL REVENUES THAT WERE BUDGETED. SO ALTOGETHER, THE GENERAL FUND CAME IN WITH WITH LESS EXPENDITURES, RIGHT THAN WHAT THE BUDGET HAD. SO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND IT'S A TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS, YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT IN THE NEWS WHEN YOU READ ARTICLES THAT COME OUT, COUNTY OR CITY OF EL PASO. I MEAN, THE THE COST OF PERSONNEL IS INCREASING, THE COST OF OVERTIME IS INCREASING, AND THE NECESSITY OF FILLING ALL THESE POSITIONS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS PUTTING PRESSURE. AND IT'S IT'S BASICALLY FORCING US TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. RIGHT. SO WHAT WE SAW IN THE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR IS THAT WE DID SEE THE OVERTIME PAY EXCEEDING THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE, AND JUST THE REGULAR SALARIES FOR POLICE OFFICERS, EXCEEDING THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE. NOW, WE DID SEE A LOT OF OTHER EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE PUBLIC DEPARTMENT CATEGORY, PUBLIC SAFETY CATEGORY THAT DID NOT EXCEED THE BUDGET. SO IT IS SORT OF A BALANCING ACT. AND WHENEVER THERE'S GRANTS AVAILABLE, GRANTS ARE USED TO COVER THAT. THE THOSE OVERTIME SALARIES, HOWEVER, I MEAN, IT A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON TIMING ON WHEN YOU GET THE GRANTS. AND CAN YOU CAN YOU SPEND THE GRANTS IN THE SAME PERIOD IN WHICH YOU'RE HIRING THE POLICE OFFICERS? SO THEREFORE, WE DID HAVE THIS THIS UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE IN THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. THE OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HAD THE NEGATIVE VARIANCE WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND THAT HAD TO DO PRIMARILY WITH THE COST OF UTILITIES FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC PARTS AND JUST THE MAINTENANCE OF VARIOUS PUBLIC PARTS. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IN WHICH WE DID SEE A SIMILAR NEGATIVE VARIANCE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED. AND WE EXPECT THAT IN THE 2026 BUDGET, IT'S GOING TO EITHER THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE INCREASED, OR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE WITHIN BUDGET IN THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. SO THE GOOD THING IS THAT OVERALL, THE GENERAL FUND IS NOT OVERSPENDING. AS YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. HOWEVER, I MEAN, LIKE LIKE ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT, WE'RE HAVING TO BALANCE THINGS OUT FROM FROM ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER. IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, WE CAN SEE A TREND. AND THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS, IS THE THIRD LINE, WHICH IS THE FUND BALANCE. 
          THE FUND BALANCE IS AN EQUIVALENT OF WHAT, WHAT WHAT WE CALL YOUR RESERVES, RIGHT? BASICALLY HOW MUCH YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THAT OVER THREE YEARS, YOUR YOUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES REMAIN VERY STABLE. SO THEY'RE NOT FALLING BELOW THE $5 MILLION MARK. IF YOU SEE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, THEY'RE INCREASING AT A VERY RELATIVELY MODEST PACE. RIGHT. SO $9.3 MILLION, $10.08 MILLION AND $10.7 MILLION. AND THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCES REPRESENTING A LITTLE BIT OVER SIX MONTHS, RIGHT WORTH OF EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT IS A REALLY GOOD BENCHMARK TO BE AT. I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT FALLING BELOW THE THREE MONTH BENCHMARK, WHICH FOR YOU WOULD BE LIKE A $2.7 MILLION MARK. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELL, DOUBLING THAT AMOUNT AS FAR AS THAT BENCHMARK GOES. AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING I'M SORRY, WE'RE NOT SEEING VERY SIGNIFICANT SLIDES. RIGHT? WE'RE NOT SEEING VERY SIGNIFICANT PEAKS OR DECREASES IN THESE EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO I MEAN IT REALLY INDICATES THAT YOU'RE TAKING A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THESE BUDGETS AND THESE EXPENDITURES AS YOU CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, OPERATE THE CITY IN A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. SO USUALLY WHEN THERE'S PROBLEMS, WE SEE IT RIGHT AWAY, WE SEE HUGE SWINGS OR WE SEE MULTIPLE YEARS WHERE EXPENDITURES ARE EXCEEDING BUDGETS. AND WE'RE NOT OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SITUATION HERE. AND THEN THE IMPORTANT THING IS WE'RE SEEING THE STABLE FUND BALANCE THERE. SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL. THIS IS THE THE THE SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL FUND ONLY. OKAY. 
          NOW WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER ACCOUNTS, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND IN THIS TABLE IS, IS SHOWING A REALLY QUICK SUMMARY. SO WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR GRANTS. WE HAVE A DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND WE HAVE THE VERY LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND WITH $20.27 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE AN AGGREGATE OF FIVE OTHER FUNDS THAT TOGETHER AGGREGATE APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION. SO THE THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE GENERAL FUND, OBVIOUSLY, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH IS THE LARGEST POT OF MONEY. THOSE THAT THAT FUND CONTAINS THE MONIES FROM BONDS. RIGHT. 
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SO WE HAVE 2019 BOND MONIES THERE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT. ROUGHLY $5 MILLION OF MEMORY DOESN'T FAIL. AND THEN THE REMAINING IS THE LATEST BOND ISSUANCE FROM 2023. RIGHT. THAT HAS BEEN SLOWLY SPENT DOWN. SO ONE THING THAT WE CAN SEE IS THAT DURING THE YEAR 2025, $7.5 MILLION WERE SPENT FROM THESE MONIES, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE EXPECTED TO SPEND THESE MONIES, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO BE HOLDING ON TO THEM FOR MORE THAN TWO, THREE YEARS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND THEM BASED ON, ON, ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DESIGNATED WHEN THE BONDS WERE ISSUED. OKAY. SO WE, WE HAD KIND OF SEEN THAT THE CITY WAS A LITTLE STAGNANT IN, IN SPENDING SOME OF THESE FUNDS. BUT IN 2025, WE DID SEE SOME LARGER PROJECTS FINALLY STARTING AND KIND OF KICKING DOWN IN PARTICULAR THE HEADQUARTERS. I MEAN, THIS IS THAT'S A BIG PORTION OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. NOW, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE REPORT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE THE GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENTS ARE BASICALLY CONTAINING A COMBINED RESULT OF OPERATIONS FOR ALL THE FUNDS OF THE CITY. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE STARTING ON PAGE 20. AND THOSE WOULD BE PAGE 2021 AND 23. SO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION. 
          THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE IN A FORMAT THAT IS MORE SIMILAR TO A STANDARD SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR A, A COMMERCIAL COMPANY, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE A FULL BLOWN BALANCE SHEET AND YOU HAVE AN INCOME STATEMENT, AND IT INCLUDES ALL THE ACCOUNTS, ALL THE FUNDS OF THE CITY. SO THIS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE COMPLEX TO FOLLOW. IF YOU'RE NOT, NOT NOT FAMILIAR WITH ACCOUNTING TERMINOLOGY. SO WE, I TRY TO SPEND NOT TOO MUCH TIME GOING OVER THIS ONE BECAUSE IT CAN GET A LITTLE MUDDY, BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S IMPORTANT. SO TOTAL ASSETS OF THE CITY. AND THIS INCLUDES ALL BANK ACCOUNTS, ALL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN SERVICE OR IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT. SO WHEN I MEAN INFRASTRUCTURE, I MEAN STREETS, RENOVATIONS TO MAIN ARTERIES LIKE THE NORTH ERRINGTON WALK AND BIKE PATHS, BASICALLY ALL MAJOR CONSTRUCTION THAT THE CITY HAS UNDERGONE. SO AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN TOTAL ASSETS. SO THE TOTAL ASSETS ARE ENDING THE FISCAL YEAR WITH $108 MILLION, WHICH IS A 7% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. TOTAL LIABILITIES. THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL LIABILITIES OR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AMOUNTS DUE TO SUBCONTRACTORS. AND IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE OUTSTANDING BALANCES OF BONDS. SO THAT IS A TOTAL OF $56 MILLION. AND THAT'S AN 8% DECREASE. SO WHENEVER YOUR ASSETS INCREASE AND YOUR LIABILITIES DECREASE, IT MEANS THAT THE CITY IS BETTER OFF IN AN ECONOMIC POSITION THAN IT WAS IN THE YEAR BEFORE. SO THE NET POSITION IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OR THE NET EQUITY OF THE OF THE GOVERNMENT. AND THIS NET POSITION IS $52 MILLION, AND IT REPRESENTS A 28% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE BETTER OFF ECONOMICALLY FROM THE YEAR BEFORE YOU'RE GROWING AND YOU'RE PAYING YOUR LIABILITIES AT A, AT A, AT A, AT A FASTER RATE THAN YOUR, YOUR ASSETS ARE INCREASING. SO IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A, A, A REALLY GOOD RESULT. NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A QUICK TABLE. I'M GOING TO JUST SKIP A COUPLE OF SLIDES JUST TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS. BUT I ALSO LIKE TO SHOW THIS FIVE YEAR ANALYSIS. AND THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR ANALYSIS IS NOT A PAGE IN THE AUDIT REPORT, BUT IT HELPS US PUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN PERSPECTIVE. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT HAPPENING WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID, THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX VALUES, THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY OF EL PASO ITSELF, AND THEN ALSO JUST THE AVAILABILITY OF GRANTS LIKE ARPA GRANTS AND TEXAS TECH STOCK GRANTS. RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATE ITSELF HAS REMAINED VERY CONSISTENT. BELOW THE 60 CENT MARK. THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, HOWEVER, HAS INCREASED EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE IS THAT FOR FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS, THE CITY HAS ELECTED WHAT WE CALL THE THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE INCREASE. THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE INCREASE IS ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE ADOPTING A RATE THAT IS GIVING YOU NO MORE THAN A 3.5% INCREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE. SO THAT IS IT'S VERY IT'S VERY MODEST, RIGHT. AND IT'S IT'S BASICALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE GROWTH IN THE PROPERTY TAX BASE WITHOUT NECESSARILY INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES BEYOND THAT. AND IT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES 
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WITHOUT GOING INTO AN ELECTION. OKAY. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE INCREASES IN REVENUES ARE MAINLY COMING FROM INCREASES IN THE PROPERTY TAX BASE ITSELF, RIGHT? SO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THEN ALSO APPRECIATION OF PROPERTY TAX OF PROPERTY VALUES. SALES TAXES HAVE REMAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE FLAT SIDE THIS YEAR. WE DID SEE ABOUT A 3% INCREASE. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FACTOR THAT, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME EVERY YEAR. SO IT I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF GROWTH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TRANSPORTATION ZONES THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BOOST THE SALES TAX INCREASE A LITTLE BIT MORE RENT REVENUES. WE SEE A REMARKABLE INCREASE IN 2025. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS HAPPENING IN 2025 WITH GRANT REVENUES, ONE OF THEM BEING THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND YOUR ARPA GRANTS, RIGHT. SO YOU HAD APPROXIMATELY, I WANT TO SAY LIKE $3.5 MILLION WORTH TO SPEND. SO THAT WAS USED IN 2025. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TXDOT, AND THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 5 OR 4 GRANTS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY TO HELP RENOVATE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS. THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE NORTHERN EXPANSION. AND IN 2025, TEXAS PUT IN APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES THAT WERE ESSENTIALLY AN IN-KIND TO THE TOWN OF HORIZON. SO, SO WHAT IT IS, IS THAT THEY ARE MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION ON YOUR BEHALF, AND THEY'RE REPORTING TO US. THIS IS THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND AND IT'S A IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN IN-KIND GRANT THAT IS BEING RECOGNIZED HERE BASED ON THE CONTRACTUAL TERMS OF THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH TECHSITE. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THAT THAT NUMBER, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE INFLATED, BUT THE $6 MILLION IS BASICALLY THE MONEY THAT TAXON HAS PUT INTO THIS, THIS PROJECT. AND IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 40% DONE. I MEAN, SO THERE'S STILL A WAYS TO GO THERE. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT BENEFIT BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS GRANT, I MEAN, THAT THE MONEY WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY'S OWN RESERVES, RIGHT. OR, OR BONDS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. THIS IS HELPING KEEP THOSE PROPERTY TAXES DOWN, RIGHT? BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BORROW MONEY, YOU KNOW, GET MORE BONDS AND PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO THESE PROJECTS. SO USING THE TAX GRANTS IS A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF HELP BALANCE THAT, THAT THAT WAY. SO INFRASTRUCTURE, AGAIN, IT REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN ROADS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ALSO FACILITIES, VEHICLES, EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE SEEING A SHARP INCREASE. OBVIOUSLY IT'S CORRELATED TO THE GRANT REVENUE WHICH IS DISCUSSED, THE USE OF THE ARPA FUNDS, AND THEN JUST THE GENERAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS, LONG TERM DEBT. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY NEW LONG TERM DEBT SINCE 2023. SO WE SEE THAT NUMBER SLOWLY COMING DOWN. THE PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND TERMS. SO THERE'S NO DELINQUENCIES THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE TOTAL ASSETS. AS YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH IN TOTAL ASSETS CORRELATES WITH THAT GRANT REVENUE. AND IT CORRELATES WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS BEING CAPITALIZED INTO YOUR BALANCE SHEET. THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL CASH YOU HAD A PEAK IN 2023, WHICH IS WHEN YOU ISSUED THE LAST BOND AT $44 MILLION. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING THAT MONEY BEING SPENT, WHICH IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO WE CONTINUE WITH A REALLY HEALTHY RESERVE. AND YOU SAW THE BREAKDOWN. A BIG PART OF THE $29 MILLION IS WHAT'S SET ASIDE FOR BONDS, AND ANOTHER $5 MILLION IS YOUR CASH RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE GO INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTION ON THE ON THE FIVE YEAR ANALYSIS OR ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? SURE. YES, SIR. CABRERA. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. YES. CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE WHEN YOU WERE SHOWING THE LIABILITIES? LET'S SEE. TOTAL LIABILITIES. IT'S RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. 56 MILLION. 56 MILLION. YES. SO ON THE PACKAGE THAT WE RECEIVED, THERE'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER REFLECTED. 
          JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. LET ME DIRECT YOU TO THAT PAGE. PAGE 21, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YEAH. 
          PAGE 21. SO IT'S THE 55. LET'S SEE. YOU NEED TO ADD THE DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES IN THE BOTTOM. SO IT'S 55 736. AND THEN THERE'S TWO LINE ITEMS BELOW THAT WHICH REPRESENT PART OF YOUR PENSION ITEMS. SO IT'S A 7,000,007 36 PLUS THE 290 SHOULD SHOULD EQUAL THE 56 MILLION. OKAY, OKAY. ON PAGE DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES IS A NEW TERMINOLOGY SPECIFIC FOR FOR, FOR GOVERNMENTS, BUT THEY'RE SIMILAR TO LIABILITIES AND THEY'RE RELATED TO YOUR PENSION. SO THEY'RE LONG TERM LIABILITIES. OKAY. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ON PAGE 20. WHAT 
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ARE OUR PREPAID EXPENSES? PAGE 20. SOME OF IT IS BOND INSURANCE. SOME OF IT IS GOING TO BE INSURANCE FOR THE TOWN ITSELF. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS WHAT I REMEMBER. SOME OF IT IS SUBSCRIPTIONS AS WELL, SOFTWARE, THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO IT'S IT'S A BUNCH OF MISCELLANEOUS THING. THE BIGGEST THING WOULD BE THE BOND INSURANCE. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 60,000, 80,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. GO AHEAD. GOOD QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO WE DID HAVE A FEW. WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE RAISING YOUR HAND. WE DID HAVE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS. AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUDIT FINDINGS WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD RESULT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECOMMEND IS THAT WE NEED TO PUT A SPECIAL, SPECIAL ATTENTION IN THE TIMING OF FINISHING THIS AUDIT PRIOR TO MARCH 31ST OF EVERY YEAR. OKAY. AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT IN SEPTEMBER 2025, THERE WAS A NEW SENATE BILL THAT CAME INTO EFFECT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THIS IS I EVEN WROTE IT DOWN HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT SUPER GOOD AT QUOTING LEGISLATION. IT'S SENATE BILL 1851. SO WHAT IT IS, IS THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT IS NOT COMPLETING ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT WITHIN 180 DAYS WITHIN ITS FISCAL YEAR END. OKAY. THE 180 DAYS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN VERY LITERAL. IT'S NOT MARCH 31ST. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE LIKE MARCH 20TH 8 OR 27. SO THIS IS THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CODE, AND IT IS WRITTEN IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CODE THAT GOVERNMENTS MUST COMPLETE THEIR AUDITS EVERY YEAR WITHIN 180 DAYS. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY THE AUDIT NEEDS TO BE A CLEAN AUDIT. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST AN AUDIT EVERY 180 DAYS. NOW, THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT NEW, BUT WHAT IS NEW IS THAT NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN ENFORCE IT. AND THE WAY HOW THEY COULD ENFORCE IT IS, FIRST, THEY CAN REQUEST INQUIRIES SO THEY CAN SEND YOU LETTERS SHOWING THEM PROOF THAT YOU ARE CURRENT WITH YOUR AUDITS. AND TWO, THEY CAN PREVENT YOU FROM INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES PAST THE WHAT WE CALL THE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. SO HOW COULD THAT AFFECT THE CITY IF YOU GUYS WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS RULE? SO WE SEE THE PROPERTY TAX CHANGES THERE. SO AS I MENTIONED THERE YOU'RE USING THE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. SO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS A 3.5% INCREASE. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE MEANS NO NEW REVENUE, RIGHT? SO IF YOUR AUDITS ARE NOT BEING COMPLETED WITHIN THIS TIMELINE, YOU COULD BE FACED WITH DIFFICULTIES INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE. BEYOND THAT, NO NEW REVENUE RATE. AND IN A YEAR IN WHICH YOU ARE TRYING TO ISSUE BONDS, IT COULD ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT COULD IT COULD PLACE A BARRIER IN GOING AFTER MONTHS. NOW THIS IS REALLY NEW AND IT'S STILL AN EVOLVING STORY, RIGHT? SO THIS JUST CAME OUT THIS LAST SEPTEMBER. AND THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN NOTICES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO MANY GOVERNMENTS ABOUT WHERE ARE YOU IN YOUR AUDIT? WHERE ARE YOU IN YOUR AUDIT? AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUCHY FEELY POLITICAL SITUATION BECAUSE REALLY, THE PURPOSE IS TO TRY TO PREVENT TAXPAYERS FROM SEEING INCREASES IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. RIGHT. AND IT HAS SORT OF A LEGISLATIVE MOTIVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND A BIG PART OF IT IS HOLDING CITIES ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT, FOR, FOR THIS LEGISLATION. AND, AND IT'S NOT IT'S GOING AGAINST EVERYONE. AND IN PARTICULAR, IT'S TARGETING LARGER CITIES, LARGER CITIES LIKE THE CITY OF EL PASO, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CITY OF DALLAS, AND ALSO SMALLER CITIES LIKE YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW, IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW FAR THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS. RIGHT. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IMPACTED. NOW, THIS AUDIT WAS COMPLETED IN MARCH 27TH, WHICH IS THE LAST DAY BASICALLY TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO GET IT DONE EARLIER THAN THAT, JUST TO AVOID ANY PARTICULAR DELAY OR ANYTHING. SO LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD THIS AUDIT PRESENTED TO YOU IN MAY, RIGHT? THE AUDIT WAS COMPLETED ACTUALLY IN APRIL. AND WE KIND OF HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THAT NEXT, NEXT MEETING. AND TODAY WE COMPLETED THE AUDIT ON THE 27TH. AND WE'RE HAVING THIS 
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PRESENTATION TODAY, RIGHT, WHICH IS AFTER THE 180 DAY DEADLINE. SO IS YOUR AUDIT COMPLETED ON TIME? WELL, TECHNICALLY, YES, BECAUSE WE DID DELIVER THE AUDIT. WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS SAYING IS THAT THE AUDIT NEEDS TO BE FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK BY THAT DATE. RIGHT. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING BASICALLY SHOWING THAT YOUR CITY CLERK RECEIVED THE AUDIT FINALIZED BY THAT DATE. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. THE BIGGEST RECOMMENDATION I CAN GIVE YOU THIS YEAR IS THAT WE NEED TO OBSERVE THIS DEADLINE. RIGHT. AND YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE, AGAIN, A CLEAN AUDIT. YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE AUDIT THAT THAT IS NOT FALLING BEHIND MULTIPLE YEARS. AND WE'RE RIGHT IN THE DEADLINE. BUT MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE NEED TO WORK CLOSER WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, EVEN IF WE JUST IMPROVE BY A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AT A TIME. AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR FOR YOUR ACCOUNTING TEAM. I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER. I THINK WE HAD OVER 150 OR 200 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. SO THIS PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO START EARLY. A LOT OF IT FALLS ON MISS LILY. SO SHE NEEDS YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS THE HELP, RIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS PROCESS AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TO HELP IT MAKE IT MORE STREAMLINED FOR YOU ALL. AND ALONG THOSE LINES, I MEAN, WE DID HAVE ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION. I MEAN, A BIG PART OF THE AUDIT IS WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNTING. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IT'S A REALLY LARGE NUMBER AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON IN YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNTS. THIS LAST YEAR, YOU HAD 20 ONGOING PROJECTS, 20 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE SORT OF THE, THE I WANT TO SAY THAT THE BOTTLENECKS IN THE AUDIT IS, IS FINISHING THAT PROCESS, DOING THE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT PROCESS. AND THEN FOR US TO AUDIT THAT PROCESS AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT YOU NEED TO INCREASE YOUR CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS A CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD OF $2,500. SO BASICALLY ANY EXPENDITURE THAT IS $2,500, YOU NEED TO TRACK AND YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT DEPRECIATION AND ALL THESE THINGS. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU INCREASE THAT THRESHOLD TO AT LEAST $10,000. SO THERE'S LESS INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSACTIONS TO TAKE CARE OF FOR THE ACCOUNTING. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THERE'S A A PARTIAL RECONCILIATION DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. INSTEAD OF DOING IT ALL AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS. 
          RIGHT? SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAYBE HAVE A PARTIAL RECONCILIATION DONE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS IN JUNE OR IN SEPTEMBER. RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN THAT WAY AT THE END IN THE AUDIT PROCESS, THERE'S LESS TRANSACTIONS FOR MISS LILY TO REVIEW AND RECONCILE IN. THAT FUNCTION CAN EVEN BE OUTSOURCED. RIGHT? THE ACCOUNTING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF COULD BE OUTSOURCED TO ANOTHER CPA FIRM, TO US, TO WHOEVER WITH WITH MISS LILY'S SUPERVISION. SO IT'S SOMETHING LESS OUT OF HER PLATE, AND SHE'LL PROBABLY STILL HAVE TO BE INVOLVED, BUT IT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT IT'S TAKING HER TO MANAGE THAT PARTICULAR ACCOUNTING PROCESS. THE OTHER BOTTLENECK WE HAD WAS ALSO IN MAKING SURE ALL THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ALL THE PURCHASE ORDERS ARE RECORDED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THIS IS NOT JUST AN ACCOUNTING PROBLEM, BUT IT'S JUST A BOTTLENECK THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I MEAN, THERE'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT ALL HAVE THEIR THEIR PURCHASE ORDERS. AND WE'RE IN DECEMBER AND THE CITY IS STILL RECEIVING PURCHASE ORDERS THAT CORRESPOND TO SEPTEMBER AND STILL TRYING TO BACKDATE AND RECORD THOSE. SO AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE IN DECEMBER, WE'RE STILL NOT RECORDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER. RIGHT. WE NEED TO TRY TO HAVE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS DONE, EVEN IF WE JUST GET THEM DONE 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS EARLIER. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF MEETING THOSE DEADLINES. AND IT FREES UP MISS LEE TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST THIS. OKAY, SO THOSE WOULD BE MY MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS. THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF BOND MONEY THAT HASN'T BEEN USED. SO I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU, THERE'S A ROUGHLY $27 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. SO THAT REPRESENTS MONIES THAT WERE BORROWED FROM BONDS, AND THE CITY IS PUTTING THOSE MONIES IN AN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG ABOUT THAT. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. THAT IS A SMART THING TO DO. HOWEVER, IF THAT INTEREST INCOME IS HIGHER THAN THE INTEREST INCOME THAT YOU'RE PAYING IN YOUR BONDS, THEN YOU 
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COULD OWE A WHAT WE CALL A REBATE BACK TO THE IRS. OKAY. AND THIS IS NOT A NEGATIVE THING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, MAKING 5% INTEREST AND PAYING 1% BACK TO THE IRS, THAT'S STILL BETTER THAN MAKING NO INTEREST, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, IT'S IT'S STILL AT YOUR BENEFIT TO INVEST THESE FUNDS, BUT IT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC IS THAT IF YOU'RE NOT SETTING ASIDE THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RETURN TO THE IRS, YOU HAVE THE RISK OF SPENDING IT AND THEN HAVING TO PAY THE IRS AT THE END OF A FIVE YEAR TERM. SO MISS LILY HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT WORKING WITH AN EXTERNAL CONSULTANT, WHICH IS A BOND SPECIALIST, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS REBATE LIABILITY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE REBATE LIABILITY IS NOW $600,000 APPROXIMATELY. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU SET ASIDE THAT AMOUNT IN A SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT AND THAT YOU TRACK IT IN YOUR BUDGETARY PROCESS. SO AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEAR TERM, WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S IN THREE MORE YEARS, YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK. AND IT'S, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE AND YOU HAVEN'T SPENT IT IN SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY OTHER RECOMMENDATION, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE OVERALL TIMING OF THE AUDIT. OKAY, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE FOR THE, THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THE AUDIT EVERY YEAR. IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOUR STAFF COME OUT EVERY YEAR. THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND THEY'RE HARD WORKING. AND IT'S GREAT TO WORK WITH THEM. IT'S. AND THANK YOU. LILY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S HAVING HAVING THESE FINDINGS OR ACTUALLY NO FINDINGS IS PHENOMENAL, RIGHT? THIS IS OUR, OUR WE ON A ON A ROLL HERE. MISS LILY, YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR US. AND REALLY THIS IS EVERY DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO I WANT TO KEEP THIS THIS TRAIN GOING AND AND OUR IT'S NOT REALLY LUCK. IT'S IT'S JUST HARD WORK BY OUR STAFF. 
          AND THEY'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND I REALLY, I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE PUBLIC THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF TAXPAYER MONEY, TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY, BY HAVING THESE FINDINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT THERE. 
          MISS LILY. SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB AGAIN, BUT BUT THANK YOU. BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM FROM STAFF? I LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. I'D LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT THE $10,000 THRESHOLD FOR CAPITAL, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD MAKE HER LIFE A LOT EASIER. AND I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BETTER CUTOFF DATE FOR PO PURCHASES OR PO PROCESSING THAT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING OCTOBER OR SEPTEMBER 30TH, I'D SAY AT LEAST 30 DAYS THAT THAT'S THE END. I MEAN, I THINK THE DEPARTMENTS CAN BE RESPONSIBLE WITH FINANCES AND, AND GET THOSE POS IN AND REQUEST PRIOR TO. I KNOW IT MAKES THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR MUCH MORE COMPLICATED, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE BETTER, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE TIGHT DEADLINE THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE AUDIT. I THINK MISS LILY WILL SURVIVE THAT PERIOD MUCH BETTER IF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS DO THEIR JOB IN GETTING THOSE POS IN AND PROCESSED AND HAVE A CUTOFF DATE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE MADE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT, BUT YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ME AND, AND MISS LILY HAVE HAD, ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE, ESPECIALLY THE 180 DAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS A BIG ONE, THAT SHE CALLED ME RIGHT AWAY AND SAID, HEY, NEXT YEAR'S AUDIT, WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF IT. AND YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT UP THE POS, OF COURSE. SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BUT WE CAN GET IT DONE. I MEAN, WE'VE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF, WE HAVE A GREAT FINANCE DEPARTMENT, GREAT FOLKS OVER THERE. WE CAN FIND WAYS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND, AND AGAIN, THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS BECAUSE THIS IS THIRD YEAR IN A ROW AND I'VE BEEN MAYOR FOR THREE YEARS NOW. AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS. YOU KNOW, I NEED THAT FOURTH YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD. BUT NO, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE IT OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO THIS IS THIS IS ALWAYS IMPROVING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. RIGHT. AND, AND WE, WE'RE NOT PERFECT, BUT WE CAN WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THAT POINT. YES. AND EVEN BETTER STEWARDS, THIS RELATIVELY NEW DEADLINE IS IT KIND OF PUTS A LOT OF STRAIN ON EVERYONE. IT'S REALLY EASY TO SAY 180 DAYS AND LET'S GET IT DONE. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF COMPLEXITY IN GOVERNMENTAL AUDITS. I MEAN, YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF DISCLOSURE THAT IT'S REQUIRED. 
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AND I MEAN, THESE DISCLOSURES, THEY'RE REQUIRED BY YOUR BOND AGENTS, RIGHT? THEY'RE REQUIRED. 
          AND THEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, YOU RUN EVEN RUN THE RISK OF HAVING YOUR THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE AN AUDIT, BUT IT'S INCOMPLETE BECAUSE YOU SKIPPED SOME DISCLOSURES. SO IT IT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES BEHIND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S THERE. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. DEFINITELY. SO I THINK IT'S IT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE QUICKER YOU GET THESE SORTED, SON, THE BETTER. I MEAN, NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MOVE ON AND FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? BUT ALSO YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE FINDINGS, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO HAVE THE FINDINGS. IF, IF YOU NEED NUMBERS TO MAKE A DECISION, YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN HAVING IT DONE EARLIER. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S A PAINFUL PIECE OF LEGISLATION, I THINK IT'S WELL INTENDED. IT'S GOING TO HAVE GOOD CONSEQUENCES. AND, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A REALLY PROFESSIONAL TEAM. YOU HAVE REALLY GREAT PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU AND FOR US. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK FOR YOU ALL. AND WE ALWAYS LEARN SO MANY THINGS. LIKE BECAUSE WE HAD TO READ ABOUT THE TRC AND READ ALL THESE THINGS, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE RAISING THE BAR RIGHT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, LET US KNOW. I DO THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO OUTSOURCE SOME OF THESE FUNCTIONS A LITTLE BIT. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THE CAPITAL, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT THAT'S A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT? FOR SOMEONE WITH MRS. LILY'S EXPERIENCE TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME DOING IT HERSELF. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DELEGATE SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES OR EVEN OUTSOURCE THEM RIGHT TO, TO ANOTHER GROUP THAT THAT CAN PICK UP SOME OF THAT. AND YOU WANT TO HAVE MISS LILY REALLY FOCUSING ON THE BUSINESS ASPECTS OF IT AND THE BUDGET ASPECTS OF IT, AND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ASPECT OF THOSE THINGS. SO ANYWHERE, ANY WAY WE CAN HELP, LET US KNOW. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR YOUR TIME. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. YES. I UNDERSTOOD THE NEGATIVE VARIANCES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COULD YOU GO OVER THE $128,000 NEGATIVE VARIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT. I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO INCLUDE THAT THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. YES. SO WE DID HAVE A NEGATIVE VARIANCE. I DON'T REMEMBER PRECISELY THE AMOUNT, BUT WE DID HAVE A NEGATIVE VARIANCE IN THE 2024 AUDIT. SO I BELIEVE 2024 WAS THE FIRST YEAR IN WHICH THE GOLDEN EAGLE PARK WAS IN OPERATION. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST FULL YEAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THERE WAS ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER UTILITIES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH WATER LEAKS, SO THAT SEEMED TO BE A REOCCURRING THING IN 2025. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENDITURES IN OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS. SO THOSE TWO WERE TWO THINGS WERE THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THAT VARIANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. NO 180 DAYS. WHEN DOES IT START? STARTS OCTOBER 1ST, OCTOBER 1ST. AND OUR AUDIT TAKES APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG? ABOUT TWO. IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS. IT'S MORE LIKE A THREE MONTH PROCESS FOR HORIZON. YEAH, RIGHT. THANK YOU. SURE. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT IS HARD WORK. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT YOU KNOW, MISS LILY IS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS DURING THIS TIME. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T THINK THAT THE MAYOR GETS NERVOUS, YOU SHOULD SEE ME WHEN THE AUDIT TEAM. WHEN THE AUDIT TEAM CALLS ME AND SAYS THEY WANT TO HAVE ONE ON ONE MEETING, RIGHT? RIGHT. WE CALL THEM FRAUD INTERVIEWS, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S A FRAUD INTERVIEW. THEY CALL ME IN AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. 
          AND YOU GO IN THERE AND LIKE, OKAY, EVERYTHING'S GOOD. OH, FANTASTIC. HEY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD. SO IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU GUYS DO IT. AND WE, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT KEEPS US, KEEPS US BEING TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING. AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE THE BEST STEWARDS WE CAN FOR THEIR TAX DOLLARS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS PRESENTATION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THE MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECOND IS MENDOZA. OKAY. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA. AVILA AIMS I I MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU HAVE A NICE EVENING. THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE 
          [12. Discussion and Action]
YOU NEXT YEAR. YES. ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE REVISED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF EL PASO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND THE HIPAA BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, AND THAT THE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 
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$210,555 AS SPECIFIED THEREIN, IS ALSO AUTHORIZED. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. 
          FINANCE DIRECTOR. JUST RIP IT. JUST RIP IT. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. JUST RIP IT. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE NOISE ANYWAY, RIGHT? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THROUGH THE CITY OF EL PASO. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING. THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IS SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2026. AND THE IL STIPULATES THAT ON OR BEFORE JULY 31ST OF EACH YEAR, THE CITY OF EL PASO WILL PROVIDE THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY AN INITIAL PROJECTION ON THE POTENTIAL COST FOR THE NEW INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THAT YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, THE AGREEMENT ELIMINATES THE FOOD AND FOOD INSPECTION SERVICES, SO THERE'S A MINOR DECREASE IN THE COST. PER THE AGREEMENT, THE COMPENSATION IS NOT TO EXCEED $210,555. THAT'S HEALTH SERVICES OF 202 598. I'M 596. EXCUSE ME. AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OF 7959, THE TOWN BUDGETED 250 53,158 FOR THESE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. 
          IN 2024, THE SERVICES INCREASED BY, I THINK IT WAS 8.73%. SO IN 2026, WE INCREASED THEM BY 14% OUT OF FEAR THAT THEY WOULD INCREASE MORE. BUT THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TURNED OUT TO BE 2221 749. THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE EXPENSES ARE 5.05% LOWER THAN THEY WERE IN 2025. THE NEXT SCREEN WILL SHOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT, BUT IT'S THE TABLE THAT THE IS ATTACHED TO. THE CITY OF EL PASO'S I L A, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY REMOVED THE FOOD INSPECTION SERVICES FOR ALL THE ENTITIES, NOT JUST OURS. APPARENTLY THEY DID AWAY WITH THAT FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS ON THE COLUMN THAT SAYS HORIZON, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE COSTS ARE THERE. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM IT SHOWS THE DECREASE OF 5.05%. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MA'AM. APPRECIATE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS GAITAN, COULD YOU EXPAND ON WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LOOK LIKE AND WHY THERE'S SUCH A WIDE DISPARITY BETWEEN 7000 GOING TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WHILE 202,000 GOING TOWARDS HEALTH SERVICES. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON OUR POPULATION AND SO IS THE HEALTH SERVICES. IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE CHART, CITY OF EL PASO IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE LARGEST COMPONENT ON THIS BUDGET. AND THEN SECOND TO THAT IS, I BELIEVE, THE COUNTY. BUT THEIR SERVICES ALWAYS ARE BASED ON WHAT THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR BASIS IS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS BETHAN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ARE THE PERCENTAGES ACROSS IS THE SAME ACROSS ALL THE COMMUNITIES? WELL, LIKE I SAID IT IT'S BASED ON THEIR POPULATION. SO THEY TAKE THE TOTAL COST FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY. AND THEN BASED ON THE POPULATION, THEY THEY ASSIGN A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL. AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY CALCULATE IT. OKAY, LET'S GO OVER HERE. YES, SIR. SO BECAUSE OUR POPULATION IS INCREASING ALSO. YES, SIR. IS THIS A POPULATION BASED ON THE CENSUS? I'M SORRY. THE POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS. YES. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA, ORTEGA. AVILA. 
          MENDOZA. I MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK IF WE CAN TAKE A RECESS, BECAUSE I DRANK A LOT OF WATER BEFORE THIS MEETING. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. TAKE A LITTLE BREAK, PLEASE. OKAY. W YOU FOR E BREAK. AND WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1313. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 13. THIS IS A PUBLIC 
          [13. Public Hearing]
HEARING. THIS IS A SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 0323, AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0323. AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. 
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ADOPTING THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR TO ALLOW FOR THE BUDGETING AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES AND LEASE LEASE PAYMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AND PROVIDING REPEALER AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL FINANCE DIRECTOR. THIS IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 2025 2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, AND IT'S FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE VEHICLE THAT WAS TOTALED AND IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AND TO REALLOCATE SOME FUNDS TO LEASE TO THE LEASE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COURTS BUILDING. THE PROPOSED VEHICLE IS A FORD INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLE WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $50,000. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ADDS THE VEHICLE BUDGET LINE INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND ADDS THE BUDGET LINE PROCEEDS FROM CAPITAL LEASE PRINCIPAL TO THE OPERATING BUDGET. REVENUES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE LEASE VEHICLE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COURT'S BUILDING LEASE EXPENSE WAS BUDGETED THROUGH JANUARY 2026, AND THE EXPECTED DATE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITY. THE NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITY WAS NOT COMPLETED IN JANUARY 2026, AND THE BUILDING LEASE IS. IT WAS EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 2026 TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME NEEDED TO TRANSITION TO THE NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITY. THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, GROUP, HEALTH, BUDGET, AND THE AMENDMENT ALLOCATES FUNDS FROM THAT BUDGET LINE TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET AND FOR THE EXPENSE OF SORRY FOR THE LEASE EXPENSE BUDGET LINE. ON THIS APPENDIX, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, GROUP HEALTH. WE'RE DECREASING THAT BUDGET BY 34,495, AND WE'RE INCREASING THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET, FINANCE LEASE PRINCIPAL LINE ITEM BY THE SAME AMOUNT 34,495. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE VEHICLE IN THE VEHICLE'S LINE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'RE INCREASING THAT LINE BY $50,000 AND WE'RE INCREASING THE PROCEEDS FROM CAPITAL LEASE PRINCIPAL FIVE $50,000. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE AMENDMENTS EFFECTS WILL HAVE ON THE BUDGET. YOU'LL SEE THAT OTHER INCOME IS INCREASED BY $50,000 FOR THE VEHICLE. SEE THAT 50,000 THERE. AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE $50,000 DOWN HERE. ON THE OTHER UNDER THE CAPITAL COSTS FOR THE VEHICLE THAT'S IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S AN IN AND OUT FOR THE 34,495 BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET LINE ITEM AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR THE 34 495. THIS IS JUST SOME DETAIL REGARDING THE LEASE AND HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE AMOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO COVER THE EXTENDED LEASE THROUGH JUNE 2026. WE HAD AN. THE GROUP HEALTH BUDGET WAS EXPECTED TO BE $67,032, BUT THE ESTIMATED ACTUAL EXPENSE IS 22 356. THAT LEAVES US A BALANCE AVAILABLE OF 44,006 76 AND THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT BUILDING LEASE IS ABOUT $7,810 PER MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO NEED AN. THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS FOR NINE MONTHS. WELL, I SHOULD SAY WE ARE EXTENDING THE BUDGET, THE LEASE FOR NINE MONTHS. SO THAT'S A COST OF 75,000, $70,000. AND WE BUDGETED 35,785. 
          SO WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL 34,495 AND WILL BE RETRIEVED, TAKING SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR AVAILABLE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO COVER THAT. WHEN WE DO THAT, IT'LL HAVE WE'LL STILL HAVE ABOUT $10,181 AVAILABLE IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO USE FOR OTHER EXPENSES. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER. THANK YOU MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THIS IS A PUBLIC I'M SORRY. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO BEING THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD ANYBODY WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? BEING THAT THERE'S NOBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 
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CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 14, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 14. THIS IS A DISCUSSION IN ACTION PORTION OF THIS SAME ITEM AS PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD. 
          PREVIOUSLY READ. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO READ THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO VOTE 
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TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA, ORTEGA. AVILA AIMS A MENDOZA, A MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, ON TO ITEM 
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NUMBER 15. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION. THIS IS ON AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. ALMOST THERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, I AM JESSE SANCHEZ, HORIZON CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER. WE'VE HAD ANOTHER BUSY MONTH, MARCH 2026. SOME OF OUR CIP ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RECEIVING AND EVALUATING QUOTES FOR BID 2026-104. THAT WAS FOR OUR 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT ITEM LATER ON. NEXT, IN ITEM NUMBER 16, WE ADVERTISED FIVE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES, AND THOSE INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING, PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES. GRANT SERVICES. PARDON ME SIR, REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE SERVICES AND LAND SURVEYING SERVICES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WE INITIATED THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CONGRESSIONAL DIRECT SPENDING GRANTS. THE. THE TOPIC WAS THE HORIZON CITY GOVERNMENT COMPLEX. 
          WE RECEIVED SIX LETTERS OF LOCAL SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THOSE ARE COMING FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, LOCAL COG AND MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOCORRO, MAYOR CRUZ. WE INITIATED THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SS FOR A GRANT PROGRAM THAT STANDS FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL IS MAY 26TH. WE'RE ON A VERY TIGHT DEADLINE. THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION REDUCED THE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD FROM 90 TO 60 DAYS, AND THAT'S VERY ACCELERATED FOR US. THOSE THOSE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE FOR PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. WE ALSO SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR GRANT WRITING SERVICES FROM REGISTERED VENDORS IN EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION NUMBER ONE, ALSO KNOWN AS REGION ONE PROCUREMENT CENTER. THE RFP WAS NUMBER 20 5-0165. FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES. THIS ITEM WILL BE ALSO DISCUSSED LATER ON. ITEM NUMBER 17. THERE WERE TEN REGISTERED VENDORS IN THIS RFP. WE CONTACTED ALL TEN, CONTACTED ALL TEN, AND RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM THREE GUILFORD CONSULTING SERVICES. THEY'RE OUT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSAL ON APRIL THE 6TH. WE ARE ALSO PENDING PROPOSALS FROM A C M ANALYTICAL OUT OF SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA, AND DC MC PARTNERS OUT OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE MONITORING TEN ACTIVE PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF PLANNING, DESIGN, IN CONSTRUCTION AND CLOSE OUT. OUR PROJECTS IN THE PLANNING PHASE INCLUDE OUR LOW PEDESTRIAN MALL THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MPO. WE ALSO HAVE CIRCULATOR PROJECTS FOR SOCORRO, UTEP AND HORIZON CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EL PASO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, WITH TENTATIVE DATES OF 2027, 2028 AND 2029, RESPECTIVELY. WE HAVE ONE PROJECT IN THE DESIGN PHASE THAT IS DELAY DELAY IN TRANSIT PLAZA. WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, WHO IS HIRED HNTB FOR OVERSIGHT ENGINEERING SERVICES. DFT IS OUR ENGINEER OF RECORD. ATKINS REILLY'S OUR HIRED FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION SERVICES. THIS IS A GRANT FOR A $1.7 MILLION PLANNING GRANT THAT IS BEING MANAGED BY GO FLOW CONSULTING SERVICES. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR EV CHARGING STATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM GRANTS THROUGH THE EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY. WE HAVE OUR ONE PROJECT IN CONSTRUCTION THAT IS NORTH ARLINGTON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR WINDOW, TEX.FM 1281. AND FOR PROJECTS IN CLOSEOUT PHASE, STARTING WITH MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE ONE. WE'RE ALSO WAITING ON CONFIRMATION FROM TXDOT OF RECEIPT OF THE FINAL PAYMENTS FOR NORTH CANAL SAFETY LIGHTING, SOUTH DARINGTON SAFETY LIGHTING AND 
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RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. STARTING WITH MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. CLOSE OUT. THIS PROJECT IS 99.9% COMPLETE. WE HAVE EXECUTED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ALL MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ARE FINISHED, AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE LEFT IS A RESOLUTION OF OUR PUNCH LIST ITEMS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE PERMANENT FURNITURE INSTALLATION IN PROCESS, AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND WE ANTICIPATE ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF FINAL COMPLETION BY MAY THE 2ND, 2026. WE'VE ALSO PLANNED A GRAND OPENING CEREMONY FOR MAY 15TH, 2026. PLEASE SAVE THAT DATE. IT ALSO CORRESPONDS WITH NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS ALSO ON THIS EXHIBIT. A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR CURRENT ACTIVITIES WITH MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. WE SEE THE REAR PARKING LOT, FINAL PAVEMENT HAS BEEN SEALED, STRIPED AND YOU SEE THE ILLUMINATION POLES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED COMPLETE IN PLACE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WILL SHOW YOU OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER. IT IS ENERGIZED. IT SERVICES IS CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED CONNECTIONS AND PROGRAMING FOR OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE SYSTEMS. WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR FITNESS EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE FITNESS ROOM. AND WE HAVE STARTED THE INSTALLATION OF THE FURNITURE. ONE OF THE FEW PENDING ACTIVITIES INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF THE AUDIO, VIDEO AND INTERNET STREAMING EQUIPMENT, SO THAT WE CAN GO ONLINE WITH OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE HAVE TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF THE PERMANENT FURNITURE, AND WE HAVE TO INSTALL OUR SELF-SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS TOWER, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT. SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME EARLIER AT A PUBLIC MEETING WERE THAT OUR EXISTING TOWER IS LOCATED, AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT 40FT TALL, WITH THE TOP ANTENNA EXTENDING AN ADDITIONAL TEN FEET OR SO. 
          BUT THIS TOWER IS OUTDATED AND IT DOESN'T SUPPORT ALL OF OUR EXISTING EQUIPMENT. AND IF YOU CAN, PLEASE NOTE ON THE BUILDING WE HAVE ALL THESE ITEMS HERE. WE HAVE A PARABOLIC ANTENNA HERE AND ABOUT EIGHT ROD RECEIVERS. WE DON'T HAVE A LOCATION FOR THEM. WE CAN'T MOUNT THEM ON THE ANTENNA. SO WE HAVE TO MOUNT THEM ON THE ROOF. ON THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPH, YOU SEE A BETTER VIEW OF A LARGER PARABOLIC ANTENNA ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 
          PROJECTS. IN THE PLANNING PHASE, WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT THE MPO THAT THE AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS WAS RECEIVED AND INCORPORATED INTO OUR STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND OUR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW US TO BE MORE AGILE, MORE FLEXIBLE, MORE ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE IN THE EVENT THAT A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY COMES UP. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE HIRING GRANT WRITERS FOR OUR USDOT, ASSESS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THAT GRANT APPLICATION IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM TEX-DOT AND WE ARE INITIATING THE HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN MALL PROJECT WITH FUNDING THROUGH THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH TEX-DOT. THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE. GRANT. DAILY DELAY AND TRANSIT PLAZA. THIS IS IN THE PLANNING PHASE. THIS IS OUR 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 60 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLAN PHASE. THOSE PLANS ARE DUE ON JUNE THE 15TH, WITH THE FULL PLAN SET DUE BY FEBRUARY 2027, AND WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED DATE OF OCTOBER 15TH, 2027, AND THAT WILL BE IN FISCAL YEAR 2028. WE CONTINUE OUR WEEKLY UPDATE MEETINGS WITH OUR GRANT MANAGER, GIL FLOW, TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH THE US HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE HAD OUR PROPERTY ACQUISITION KICKOFF MEETING WITH ATKINS RELEASE THAT WAS HELD ON MARCH 11TH, 2026, AND THAT IS FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION OF SOME PROPERTY WHERE WE PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A DRAINAGE POND FOR THAT FACILITY. 
          WE'VE ALSO STARTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE STUDY, AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS. HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN PATH. WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL OF FUNDING 
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FROM TEX DOT AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS PROJECT. THIS WAS A 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. WE HAD FIRST A TXDOT CALL FOR PROJECTS IN JANUARY OF 2025, CITY COUNCIL HAD A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE PROCESS. IT WAS DATED APRIL THE 8TH, 2025. THEN WE STARTED THE APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION WAS DATED JUNE 12TH, 2025. WE WERE NOTIFIED ON MARCH THE 17TH BY TXDOT THAT THIS PROJECT WAS GIVEN A C, S J NUMBER. THAT MEANS THAT IT'S OFFICIALLY PLACED ON THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH A TENTATIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 8TH, 2028. AND IF YOU TRACK ALL THOSE DATES, IT LOOKS LIKE IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 1415 MONTHS TO GET APPROVAL OF FUNDING. FUNDING IS THROUGH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY SEVEN 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE FOR A TOTAL OF $2,270,000, $389,000 IS SET FOR DESIGN SERVICES, AND $1,693,000 IS FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. 
          THE BEST PART OF THIS IS THAT THERE IS NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATCH REQUIREMENT, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WERE AWARDED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS, BECAUSE WE ARE DESIGNATED AN EDC COUNTY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COUNTY. SOME OF THE PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS IS THAT IT WILL HAVE A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 500 LINEAR FEET EXTENDING FROM THE INTERSECTION TO HORIZON BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION WITH PAULINE DRIVE. THIS WILL INCLUDE A 12 WIDE SHARED USE PATH WITH THREE FOOT WIDE PAVEMENT BUFFERS ON EACH SIDE, AND AN ADDITIONAL 20 FOOT WIDE SPACING ON EACH END FOR TEMPORARY SHELTERS AND VENDOR VEHICLE PARKING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME PUBLIC ACTIVITIES THERE. THESE ARE SOME RENDERINGS OF HOWARD NO PEDESTRIAN PATH. YOU CAN SEE THE 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE SHARED USE PATHS, CONCRETE PAVERS, AND THE 20 FOOT WIDE PARKING AREAS FOR VENDING TRUCKS AND SHELTERS. NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION. THIS IS IN OUR CONSTRUCTION PHASE. THIS IS THE CAUSE OF SOME HEARTACHE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 57% COMPLETE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND APPROXIMATELY 77% COMPLETE FOR TIME. AND SINCE THERE'S A MISMATCH THAT'S TELLING US THAT THE PROJECT IS BEHIND SCHEDULE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SPEAK WITH THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE REGARDING OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR A COST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REMOVAL OF OUR CONCRETE CAPS. WE'RE PENDING THEIR FINAL INVOICE. WE ARE ALSO PENDING APPROVAL FOR THE EMERGENCY CROSSOVER DRIVEWAY THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO US IN ABOUT TEN MORE CALENDAR DAYS. THE REPAIRS TO THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY DRAINAGE PONDS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. FINAL PAVEMENT FROM DARRINGTON SOUTHBOUND TO HOMESTEAD FROM HOMESTEAD TO HORIZON WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND WE HAVE STARTED THE PAVEMENT PROCESS. FINAL PAVEMENT FOR HORIZON BOULEVARD FROM THE LIMIT TO LIMITS OF TORREY PINES TO DESERT MESA, AND MILLING IS IN PROGRESS WITH ACTUAL PAVEMENT START PAVEMENTS TO START ON THE 20TH. NEXT WEEK THE ENTIRE LIMIT WILL BE COMPLETE IN APPROXIMATELY 12 DAYS. TEX-DOT WILL BE COMPLETING APPROXIMATELY ONE LANE PER DAY. THE BIG PART OF THIS IS THAT THE INTERSECTION OF HORIZON AND DARRINGTON WILL BE CLOSED FOR ONE DAY, COMPLETELY, STARTING APPROXIMATELY THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH. FOR THOSE 24 HOURS, THE ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR IS FINISHING ELECTRIFICATION OF OUR NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE NEXT SLIDE, AND WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, APRIL THE 25TH. AND HERE YOU SEE PLACE TO BE DETERMINED. YES, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO HERE YOU SEE THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY ENTRANCE FOR THIS FACILITY. AND THE CONCRETE STUB OUTS ARE BEING INSTALLED NOW. 
          AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR PAVING ON THIS AREA THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SOUTHERLY PORTION OF DARRINGTON DRIVE. FURTHER UP, YOU SEE THE STORM SEWER IS THE FINAL PIECES OF 
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THE STORM SEWER ARE BEING INSTALLED. THIS IS A JUNCTION BOX THAT WILL HAVE THE STORM SEWER LINE INSTALLED RIGHT ACROSS THIS NEW PARKING LOT, SO THAT WE CAN DRAIN STORMWATER INTO A DRAINAGE POND THAT BELONGS TO THE GOLF COURSE NEXT DOOR. HERE YOU SEE TRI-STATE INSTALLING SOME CONDUITS, SUBSURFACE FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW POLES THAT WILL BE REPLACING THESE WOODEN POLES THAT YOU SEE HERE. YES. AND EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE IN PREPARATION FOR FINAL PAVEMENT. ON THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU SEE DARRINGTON DRIVE, AND THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF DARRINGTON AND HOMESTEAD. THIS AREA WILL BE PAVED FROM THIS INTERSECTION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HORIZON BOULEVARD. BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND WITH THIS SAID, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. AND YOU GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. WE STAY BUSY. YES, SIR. WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN HORIZON. LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE HERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. MR. SANCHEZ, FIRST I WANTED TO ASK. SENATOR BLANCO'S OFFICE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AN AWARD OF $60 MILLION AWARDED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. ARE WE COORDINATING IN ANY WAY WITH HIS OFFICE TO RECEIVE RETRIEVE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, OR ARE WE LOOKING TO FUND THESE PROJECTS PURELY WITH GRANTS AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT? I READ ABOUT THAT IN THE EL PASO TIMES, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT. WE ARE NOT COORDINATING WITH THEM. AND DO WE YOU KNOW, DO WE ANTICIPATE COORDINATING WITH THAT? NO. SO I BELIEVE THOSE THOSE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED FOR OTHER PROJECTS IN EL PASO. AND I WANT TO SAY FAR WEST SIDE, I BELIEVE SO. AND THE TALKS THAT I'VE HAD WITH SENATOR BLANCO AT THE MPO, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE THOSE FUNDS HAD ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED FOR OTHER PROJECTS LAST YEAR SOMETIME. SO IT YOU KNOW, GOING BACK, ONE OF OUR GRANTS TOOK FOR AN ACCEPTANCE OF. THAT HAD BEEN 14 TO 15 MONTHS. SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR PROBABLY LAST YEAR. SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY IS FOR FUNDING FOR THIS COMING YEAR. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET AND WE HAVE AN ITEM COMING UP. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND HELP WITH OUR GRANTS, WITH OUR GRANT PROCESS. SO AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS, AGENDA ITEMS THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT DOWN THE LINE HOW WE'RE KIND OF CHANGING FOCUS JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH HOW WE'RE CHASING THAT THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND SO ASIDE FROM APPLYING, APPLYING FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, ARE WE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THIS UPCOMING APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE? NO. 
          ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO. YEAH. OF COURSE. YEAH. AND WE, WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR SOME FUNDING THROUGH BOTH DISTRICT 23 AND DISTRICT 16. SO THE PROBLEM HORIZON CITY HAS RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE OF THE REDISTRICTING, WE ARE IN LIMBO. WE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY PART OF DISTRICT 16 BECAUSE OF THE REDISTRICTING. WE ARE NOW A PART OF DISTRICT 23, HOWEVER, THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE COURTS. SO THEY'RE WAITING FOR FINAL DECISION TO BE MADE. SO WE ARE IN LIMBO. THE ENTIRETY OF HORIZON CITY, WHERE YEARS PAST HORIZON WAS BROKEN UP. 
          HORIZON BOULEVARD WAS ACTUALLY THE THE CUT. SO SOUTH OF HORIZON BOULEVARD WAS DISTRICT 23. NORTH WAS WAS A DISTRICT 16, BUT NOW THE ENTIRETY OF HORIZON. HORIZON CITY IS IN DISTRICT. 
          CURRENTLY DISTRICT 23 UNTIL A FINAL DECISION IS MADE BY THE BY THE COURTS. ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE. SO AS A RESULT, WE APPLIED TO BOTH. OKAY, SO WE'RE. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND. SO THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP SINCE. BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND APPLIED TO BOTH JUST SO THAT WAY WE COULD KIND OF. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT DOUBLES OUR CHANCE, BUT IT BOTH OF THEM SEE IT. SO WHOEVER MAKES THAT DECISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME WILL LET US KNOW. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE PRETTY FAVORABLE BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY SENT BACK SOME REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. SO IT LOOKS LIKE 
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WE'RE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR THAT, FOR THOSE FUNDS. SO WERE THOSE REQUESTS MADE FROM GONZALEZ'S OFFICE OR FROM ESCOBAR'S OFFICE? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ASIDE FROM THAT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE HOWARD PEDESTRIAN MALL PROJECT, MR. SANCHEZ. YEAH. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE WHY I WAS NOT HERE LAST MONTH. YEAH. SO I WAS IN DC FOR A CONFERENCE, BUT I WENT AHEAD AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DC TO GO MEET WITH BOTH OFFICES. WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR ENTIRE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REGARDING THOSE DIRECT SPENDING GRANT APPLICATIONS. I MEAN, JUST CONSIDERING THINGS WE'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS, WE'LL HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE. I'M SURE THE CITY WILL COORDINATE TO WORK WITH WHOEVER WILL REPRESENT US THIS COMING. IN THE NEW CONGRESS. REGARDING THE HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN MALL, I REMEMBER I RECALL LAST MEETING FUNDING HAD BEEN PULLED FOR THIS PROJECT. RIGHT. AND SO NOW WE WE HAVE NEW FUNDING FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT WAS FUTURE FUNDING FROM THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR PROGRAMING AND DECIDED TO PUT ABOUT $3.1 MILLION FROM FUTURE FUNDING BACK INTO FUNDING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROGRAMED. AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY. I'M ASSUMING THAT IT IS TO FILL SOME OF THE GAPS THAT THEY'VE HAD. SO THIS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED AT 3 MILLION. WE GOT ABOUT $2,270,000 NOW, AND WE HOPE TO USE AS MUCH OF IT IN CONSTRUCTION. PART OF THIS EFFORT IS DOING THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE AS MUCH OF THIS AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO MINIMIZE OUR OUTSOURCING, SAVE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT BACK INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. AND SO RIGHT NOW, SORRY, IF I MAY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO THE MPO DECIDED I'M ON THAT. I'M ON THAT BOARD AS WELL. SO THERE WAS A SHORTFALL IN FEDERAL FUNDING. SO THAT'S WHY THE MPO DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PRIORITIZE THAT THAT LIST THAT THEY HAD. SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES. BUT THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT MPO AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENTIRE MPO IS, IS CONSISTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST THE COUNTY, EL PASO COUNTY, BUT ALSO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. SO THERE'S A QUITE A BIT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING. SO THEY JUST WENT AHEAD AND PRIORITIZED. WE KIND OF SAW THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER AVENUE THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY FOR OTHER FUNDING. SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND AND I VOTED TO GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THAT MONEY AS WELL TO ANOTHER PROJECT. BUT THE THERE WAS ANOTHER OPTION FOR US HERE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YES, SIR. COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THE RENDERING? SO HERE ARE THE RENDERINGS. OR AT LEAST THE VISION RIGHT NOW IS FOOD TRUCKS, SHADE STRUCTURES TRYING TO MAKE THIS MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED. DO WE SEE THE VISION OF THIS EVOLVING AS WE CONTINUE TO GET FUNDS AND MOVE INTO THE DESIGN PHASE OF THINGS? IT MAY, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. THIS IS WHAT OUR GRANT FUNDING WAS APPROVED FOR. SO WE HAVE TO HONOR OUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION. OKAY. AND THEN IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS QUESTION IS MORE FOR THE SOUTH DARRINGTON PORTION. I NOTICED ON MY WAY TO WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF PAWLING AND DARRINGTON, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF STOPLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEHIND EACH OTHER AT THE SAME CORNER. YOU KNOW, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE REPLACING ONE SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT WE CAN'T JUST USE PREEXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AT LEAST AT THAT INTERSECTION, OR THE PLAN IS JUST TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM. THE PLAN IS TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM. TEX-DOT WANTS TO MODERNIZE ALL OF OUR SIGNALIZATION, AND THAT'S PART OF THE MODERNIZATION. THANK YOU. MR. SANCHEZ. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THIS IS YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP PILING IT ON SO YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY. IT DOESN'T STOP HERE IN HORIZON. ESPECIALLY THIS TIME. 
          YES, SIR. CAN I THROW? I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS PERTINENT. IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR TEXDOT. 
          AS FAR AS ON THE 28TH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE INTERSECTION. AS FAR AS LIGHTING, ARE THEY ACTUALLY PUTTING A FLASHING YELLOW TURN SIGNAL TO CROSS WHEN IT'S SAFE, OR IS IT A 
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STRICTLY RED LIGHT? STAY THERE UNTIL YOU CATCH THE NEXT LIGHT. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TECH STOCK QUESTION OR IF IT'S A SAFETY YELLOW LIGHT THAT WE'RE GETTING, ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW THE TRAFFIC GOING INTO, LET'S SAY, WALMART OR MCDONALD'S AND EVEN COMING HERE, IF IT'S SAFE TO CROSS THE STREET AGAIN, WOULD WE COORDINATE WITH TEXDOT OR IS THAT SOMETHING EXACTLY RIGHT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TEXDOT IS LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO ADJUST ANY OF THEIR SIGNALIZATION. SO THE SIGNAL PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED NOW. 
          OKAY, WE'RE ANTICIPATING OH MY GOODNESS, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. YES, YES. THANK YOU. 
          AND I WANT TO I WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE. IN ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS, HORIZON BOULEVARD WILL BE COMPLETE. OKAY. NEW ASPHALT, NEW STRIPING, NEW NEW TURN SIGNALS. SOUTH DARRINGTON AS WELL WILL BE COMPLETE AS WELL. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE TRANSITIONS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY IF YOU ALL HAVE DRIVEN ON HORIZON BOULEVARD AND FOR THOSE WATCHING, I. I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW. THIS MORNING, I BELIEVE THEY THEY STARTED OR WAS IT YESTERDAY. NO, THIS YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY THEY STARTED AND OH MY GOSH, IT WAS CHAOS. BUT HORIZON PD, THEY DISPATCHED UNITS OUT THERE. THEY TOOK CARE OF IT. THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION. TXDOT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON WHEN THE START DATE WAS. SO THAT'S WHY THERE WERE NO UNITS OUT. BUT HORIZON PD AGAIN, MY GUYS, THEY CAME THROUGH AND TOOK CARE OF ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WE HAD GOING FORWARD. THEY. TEX-DOT HAS. HAS PRETTY MUCH ORDERED THE CONTRACTOR TO START AFTER PEAK HOURS. SO RATHER THAN STARTING AT 7:00, THEY'RE GOING TO START AT 9:00. AND THERE'S A HARD STOP AT 4:00 NOW. OKAY. SO THAT WAY THERE'S NO DISRUPTIONS WITH HIGH, HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES. IT'S GOING TO LENGTHEN THE TIME A LITTLE BIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. BUT I THINK WE WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT OF HORIZON CITY TO GET TO WORK IN THE MORNING, BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO BE WORTH IT IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS WHEN HORIZON BOULEVARD ITSELF IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED WITH SOUTH OF DARRINGTON. NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE NORTH. 
          PORTION OF DARRINGTON IS GOING TO BE OPEN. THAT IS STILL GOING TO BE CLOSED. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING ON DARRINGTON, BUT WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S IT'S THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB AHEAD OF THEM. SO PLEASE, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, REITERATE, WE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE WITH HORIZON BOULEVARD. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY AND, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GET IT DONE AND WE ARE GOING TO GET IT DONE. SO THIS ISN'T A, THIS ISN'T A PROJECT THAT THAT WE'RE JUST KIND OF PUTTING BY THE WAYSIDE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. AND TAKE. STUDIES ARE REQUIRED TO MONITOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. THEY'RE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS NOW AND MAYBE THEY'LL MAKE MORE ADJUSTMENTS AS THE FUTURE AS THIS PROJECT CONTINUES. EXCELLENT. BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE OUR PUBLIC. YEAH. WELL, THAT PUBLIC MEETING. WILL BE ABOUT 12:00, 12 NOON, AND I'M STILL TRYING TO GET CONFIRMATION FROM DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW INTEREST, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE. I'M GOING TO REQUEST FROM ESD ONE THAT THEY LET US USE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR MEETING ROOM OR EVEN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS HERE IN THE RSD AREA. SEE IF THEY CAN BE HELP US OUT WITH SOME SPACE THERE. BUT, BUT I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WITH ENOUGH TIME. I HOPE TO PUT PUSH THAT NOTICE OUT TOMORROW OR THE DAY AFTER. SO BE FOR AN ACTUAL DATE FOR AN ACTUAL. THE DATE IS IS THE 25TH. OH THE 25TH? THE DATE AND TIME IS THE 25TH AT NOON. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE YET. GOTCHA. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MAYOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. ORTEGA, I. A A A MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          [16. Discussion and Action]
THANK YOU. EVERYONE. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. 
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THIS IS ON THE APPROVAL OF A BID FOR THE PROJECT AND TITLED ONE 20 FOOT, 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER. REQUEST FOR QUOTE SOLICITATION NUMBER 20 2020 6-1042. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA AND THE AMOUNT OF $250,328 FOR THE TURNKEY INSTALLATION OF A NEW 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER WITH CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND WROUGHT IRON SECURITY FENCE. 
          THE WORK SHALL BE PAID FOR BY 2023. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THE PROJECT COMPLETION IS 45 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF A NOTICE TO PROCEED. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, I AM JESSE SANCHEZ, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW SELF-SUPPORT TOWER. THE EXISTING CELL TOWER SELF-SUPPORT TOWER IS OUTDATED AND NOT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE NEW 911 EMERGENCY SERVICES. JUSTIFICATION. WE CONTACTED A TOTAL OF 57 REGISTERED VENDORS FROM THE ALLIED STATES COOPERATIVE REGION, 19 FOR BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON MARCH THE 24TH. 
          THE BIDS WERE EVALUATED ON MARCH THE 31ST 31ST USING SIX EVALUATION CRITERIA. THE CRITERIA INCLUDED THE PURCHASE PRICE, THE PROPOSAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE REQUESTED GOODS AND SERVICES, THE PROPOSER'S REPUTATION REGARDING THE GOODS AND SERVICES, THE QUALITY OF THE PROPOSED GOODS AND SERVICES, THE PROPOSER'S PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, AND THE PROPOSAL'S ABILITY TO REMAIN ON SCHEDULE. WE HAD A SIX MEMBER EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF, REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISPATCH SERVICES, IT SERVICES, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT THE BEST BEST VALUE PROPOSAL WAS MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA. WE'VE GOT SOME IMPACTS OF NON-APPROVAL. THE POLICE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE EXISTING SUPPORT TOWER. HOWEVER, THIS PROPERTY, INCLUDING LOCATION SUPPORT TOWER, MUST BE RELOCATED FROM ITS CURRENT POSITION BY THE END OF MAY. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF RFQ NUMBER 2026-104 120 FOOT. SELF-SUPPORT TOWER TO THE BEST VALUE PROPOSAL. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA AND THE AMOUNT OF $250,328 FOR THE TURNKEY INSTALLATION OF THE NEW SELF-SUPPORT TOWER WITH CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND WROUGHT IRON FENCE. I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IN YOUR PACKET, I'VE INCLUDED THE BIDDERS TABULATION SHOWING THE LOW BID BY ACO REMODELING CONSTRUCTION, FOLLOWED BY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS COMING IN AT NUMBER TWO AT $250,328. THAT WAS A DIFFERENCE OF 2.6%. THE BEST VALUE PROPOSAL WAS REALLY EVALUATED BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF TOWER AND PRODUCING THESE TYPES OF SERVICES. THEY'VE ALSO WORKED WELL WITH HORIZON CITY IN THE PAST. AND THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT THEY WERE DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST VALUE PROPOSER. THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? TIME TO GET INTO TOWER BUILDING BUSINESS. WE'RE IN THE WRONG BUSINESS. SO ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA A ORTEGA, A AVILA, A AIMS, A GARDEL, A MENDOZA, I MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU 
          [Items 17 & 18]
SIR. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND EXECUTE A MASTER ENTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND M I L A WITH REGION ONE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER SC ONE COOPERATIVE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. RUBIO PLANNING DEPARTMENT ITEM. I'D LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 17 AND 18 TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPANION ITEMS. THEY'RE THEY'RE RELATED TO EACH OTHER. 
          YES, SIR. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ ITEM NUMBER 18 INTO THE RECORD. ITEM NUMBER 18. 
          DISCUSSION. ACTION. THIS IS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PROCURE GRANT WRITING SERVICES USING SC ONE. RFP 20 5-0165 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH GIL FLOW IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $70,000 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 26 SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM. SO THE FIRST ITEM. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND EXECUTE A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH REGION ONE EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, SC ONE COOPERATIVE. AND LET ME JUST 
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GIVE YOU LIKE THE IMPETUS FOR THIS AND THEN JUST KIND OF LIKE UNPACK IT A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO THIS SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL IS A GRANT THAT'S THAT'S PUT OUT THERE BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ON ITS FIFTH YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN GIVING OUT ABOUT $1 BILLION PER YEAR. AND THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR, AND IT COULD BE THE FINAL YEAR. THIS THIS PROGRAM MAY END. SO SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND TRY TO GO AFTER SOME OF THESE FUNDS. THEY HAVE PUT FORWARD ABOUT $600 MILLION FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE PLANNING FOR A SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR, FOR, FOR THESE FOR THESE GRANTS TO APPLY. AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE. IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK FOR RELATED TO SAFETY, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PARTNERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE COULD BOTH GO AFTER THESE FUNDS. PART OF THE FUNDS TO GO AFTER ITEMS SUCH AS LIKE STREET REPAIRS. MODIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN FUND WITH THAT SINCE THERE'S NO LIMIT. SO WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR. AND TO DO THAT, WE WANTED TO GO AFTER A SOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN WRITE THE GRANT. THEY CAN ADMINISTER THE GRANT, MANAGE THE GRANT, DO THE COMPLIANCE ON THE GRANT, AND THEN HELP US DRAW DOWN THE FUNDS FOR THE GRANT AS WELL. RIGHT. SO WE'RE PLANNING WE DON'T HAVE THE THE FULL AMOUNT YET AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR, BUT WE WANT TO ASK FOR QUITE A BIT TO COVER ALL THOSE ITEMS, INCLUDING SOFTWARE, LIKE I SAID, SOFTWARE AND OTHER OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE KIND OF ESTIMATING ABOUT $50 MILLION. I KNOW IT'S IT'S A LOT, BUT I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH OF A MATCH TO TRY TO COUNTER THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH A MATCH. AND THEN WE PLAN TO USE OUR NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND THE RADIO TOWER AS AS PART OF THE MATCH. AND I THINK IT WOULD WORK BECAUSE IT'S ALL RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, AND IN DOING THAT, AND THEN ALSO OUR GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. SO THIS WITH THIS MASTER AGREEMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN THIS DIFFERENT COOPERATIVE, RIGHT. AND THE ENTITY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE GRANT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH HUD IS GIL FLOW, RIGHT? THOSE FOLKS HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN GRANTS LIKE THESE, RIGHT. AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AS FAR AS MANAGING IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH HUD AND HUD. IT'S BEEN IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH HUD BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY PICKY. THEY NITPICK AT EVERYTHING AND THEY DO A LOT OF AUDITS. THEY THEY SURPRISE YOU. THEY COME IN AND DO AUDITS AND THEN THEY, FOR SOME REASON, THEY ALWAYS FIND FINDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. SO THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN GREAT AT COUNTERING THAT AND BEING PREPARED, BEING PROACTIVE AND IN FINDING FIXES FOR ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          WE'VE ENCOUNTERED A FEW ISSUES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THEM. AND THEN ALSO THEY'VE GIVEN GREAT ADVICE AS FAR AS SO THAT WE DON'T VIOLATE THE GRANT AND LOSE THE GRANT THROUGH A RECAPTURE OR SOMETHING. SO THIS COMPANY IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THIS DIFFERENT REGION, RIGHT. AND THOSE, THOSE REGIONS ARE THEY'RE RECIPROCATING, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN USE THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LOCATED HERE. THEY'RE LOCATED IN EDINBURGH. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, GUILFORD IS LOCATED IN AUSTIN, BUT THE COOPERATIVE IS LOCATED IN EDINBURG, EDINBURG, TEXAS. SO WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GO AFTER SOME OF THE FIRMS THERE. 
          SO WE DID CONTACT ABOUT TEN OF THEM, INCLUDING TO TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN LIKE SECURE THESE SERVICES. THE DIFFICULTY HERE IS THAT FOR THIS TYPE OF GRANT, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING PACKAGED TOGETHER, RIGHT. AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND ENTITIES THAT CAN DO IT ALL. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO GO TO SEVERAL ONES LIKE GRANT WRITING BY ITSELF. SOME COMPANIES, THAT'S ALL THEY DO. SOME DO LIKE MAYBE FINANCIAL STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL SEPARATED. BUT THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN LIKE ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT WE FOUND THAT DOES IT ALL. AND THEN MR. SANCHEZ HAD SENT OUT SOME SOME COURTESY CALLS TO SOME OF THESE ENTITIES WITHIN THIS REGION, AND HE FOUND ABOUT TEN OF THEM IN THIS IN THIS COOPERATIVE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, OUT OF THOSE TEN, ONLY TWO WERE INTERESTED, RIGHT. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THEY'RE TAKING TOO LONG TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. GAVE US A PROPOSAL RIGHT AWAY. BUT THESE FOLKS ARE TAKING WAY TOO LONG TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL. WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME. SO WE WANTED TO 
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JUMP ON IT BECAUSE, LIKE MR. SANCHEZ SAID, THEY REDUCED THE TIME FROM 90 DAYS TO 60 DAYS. 
          SO WE GOT I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY GOT DEADLINES COMING UP, LIKE APRIL THE 24TH. WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE EVEN QUALIFY FOR THIS GRANT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A PRETTY BIG GRANT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO AFTER IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIRST DO THIS, THIS MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH REGION ONE SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT PROVIDE THESE TYPES OF SERVICES. AND THEN GOING FORWARD WITH THIS MASTER AGREEMENT, WE CAN USE THEM FOR OTHER GRANTS THAT WE THAT WE WANT TO GO AFTER. AND THEN THEY'LL DO ALL THE SERVICE. THEY'LL GO AFTER THOSE GRANTS. THEY'LL IDENTIFY THE GRANTS THAT WE CAN QUALIFY FOR. AND AGAIN, THEY'LL THEY'LL WRITE THE GRANT FOR US. THEY'LL, THEY'LL MANAGE IT, ADMINISTER IT, AND THEN DO THE, THE DRAW DOWN FUNDING AS WELL FOR THAT. 
          SO IT'S A BIG HELP FOR THIS FOR, FOR LILY AS FAR AS LIKE HELPING WITH THE FINANCIALS ON THAT. 
          AND THEN SHE'LL AGREE WITH US THAT THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HELPFUL WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. AND AGAIN WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THEM. SO THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS TO ACTUALLY TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PROCURE THOSE SERVICES BY ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT. 
          THIS THIS EMILY, TO SECURE SERVICES WITH GIL FLOW TO, TO GET OR TO START WRITING THE GRANT FOR THIS FOR THIS START WRITING THE, THE THE THE GRANT FOR FOR THIS GRANT, THE COST WOULD BE $70,000. WE'RE HOPING THAT PD WILL GO IN WITH US AND THEN DO HALF OF IT. SO IT'S 35 AND 35. BUT THE BENEFITS WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE, WE, WE THERE'S THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE GRANT. AND THEN WE COULD SECURE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR, FOR THE CITY. WITH THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN A NUTSHELL, ALL OF IT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THAT. THANK YOU SIR. YES SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD PLEASE. FOR SAFER STREETS. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S CALLED SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL. FOR ALL? YES, SIR. SO I KNOW THE MPO HAS VISION ZERO, RIGHT. 
          WHICH IS ALSO TO HELP WITH ELIMINATE PEDESTRIAN. PEDESTRIAN? YES, SIR. RIGHT. 
          YES, SIR. DOES THIS COMPLEMENT WHAT THE MPO IS DOING? IT'S IT'S IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THIS ONE IS MORE ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH LIKE, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, STRIPING SIGNAGE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH EVERYONE. RIGHT. SO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WANTS EACH STATE TO, TO HAVE COMPLIANCE THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES WITHIN THAT STATE TO HAVE EVERYTHING BE SIMILAR. LIKE I SAID, AS FAR AS SIGNAGE AND SAFETY AND THEN ADDRESS ALL KINDS OF SAFETY CONCERNS. THE OTHER GRANTS YOU MENTIONING ARE JUST LIKE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMILAR, BUT BUT THEY ONLY COVER A CERTAIN PHASE OF IT. THIS ONE IS YOU CAN ASK FOR FOR WHATEVER. SO I'VE ALREADY TOLD PD TO PRETTY MUCH GIVE US A WISH LIST AS FAR AS WHAT THEY NEED. WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS AND WE GOT SOME IDEAS FROM PUBLIC WORKS. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ALSO GAVE US QUITE A FEW GOOD IDEAS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO GO AFTER. 
          BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ONLY PART OF IT. AND THIS ONE IS LIKE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF WHAT YOU CAN ASK FOR. SO IT DOESN'T HINDER OR HELP. NO, AND I'LL ANSWER THAT. SO VISION ZERO IS THAT IS A REGIONAL PROGRAM THAT WAS SET UP THROUGH THE MPO. WHEN THEY ARE REQUESTING FUNDING, THAT IS FUNDING FOR THE MPO AS A WHOLE. HORIZON CITY IS A PART OF THAT WHOLE. 
          THIS FUNDING IS DIRECTLY AND SOLELY FOR HORIZON CITY. SO DIFFERENT. I'M NOT 100% SURE IF IT'S DIFFERENT FUNDING. SOURCES, BUT THE WAY WE'RE ATTACKING THE FUNDING IS, IS DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY ACTUALLY IT IS BECAUSE THIS ONE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE. WELL, NO, NO, IT'S NOT THE SAME BECAUSE MPO MOSTLY DEALS WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND TECHDOC. SO THAT'S THAT ONE. THIS ONE IS THE TRANSPORTATION SEPARATE WAYS OF DOING IT. AND THEN THIS IS NOT THIS IS THIS DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE MPO. THIS GOES DIRECTLY TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY. YEAH. STRAIGHT TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY, US DEALING WITH THEM. THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE MORE DETAILED. AND THEN ALSO IT'S A LITTLE MORE SELECTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT CITIES THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO GO AFTER. THEY HAVE A VERY RIGOROUS RATING FOR IT, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO GET THIS, THIS, THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE COMPANIES WHO ARE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE, THEY'VE GOT LIKE 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THEY CAN GET 
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THAT GRANT FOR US AND A GOOD AMOUNT THEY CAN JUSTIFY THE AMOUNT. AND I THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH IN-KIND TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE PUT IN, ESPECIALLY THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, TO BE ABLE TO KILL THAT MATCH AND ASK FOR A LOT MORE. WHAT'S YOUR SUCCESS RATE FROM? LIKE I SAID, WE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DEALT WITH THEM. BUT AFTER THEIR 20 YEARS, THEY'VE I MEAN, THEY'VE, THEY'VE PROBABLY DONE LIKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS FAR AS BRINGING IN FOR DIFFERENT CITIES IN TEXAS, THEY MOSTLY HAVE BEEN WORKING LIKE IN THE AUSTIN AREA AND STUFF. AND THEN I THINK THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THEY GO INTO EL PASO. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD OUT THERE, SIR. 
          BUT I, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO BACK AND ASK THEM FOR OTHER EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE DONE AS FAR AS WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. RIGHT. IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS. EXACTLY. BUT THEY'VE TAKEN LIKE BIG CITIES LIKE, LIKE IN AUSTIN AND I THINK HOUSTON AND ALL THOSE, THOSE, THOSE AREAS, THEY'RE. YES, SIR. MR. RUBIO, THE PRICE TAG IS 70,000. WHAT'S THE FISCAL IMPACT ON OUR ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? SO AGAIN, SIR, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD LIKE SHARE THE COST WITH PD. SO IT WOULD BE THE $35,000 FROM THE PLANNING BUDGET AND THEN ANOTHER $35,000 FROM THE PD BUDGET, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS A LOT COMPARED TO THE BENEFIT THAT WE CAN GET. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO LIMIT OF WHEN YOU CAN ASK FOR. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH FILL THOSE WISH LISTS AND SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET. ANYTHING RELATED TO, TO SAFETY, LIKE COMMUNICATIONS NINE ONE, ONE, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THOSE. AND THEN ON OUR SIDE, ON THE STREETS, AS FAR AS SAFETY IN THE STREETS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN GO AFTER NEW FLASHERS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, A SOFTWARE TO RUN THOSE FLASHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE A LITTLE OUTDATED OR NEW ONES. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL WAS ASKING FOR ONE FOR THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, THAT THERE ISN'T ONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. 
          SO THIS THIS COULD POSSIBLY FUND ALL THAT. SO IS THIS COMING FROM RESERVES, THE 35,000. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD TRY TO USE ONE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT'S RELATED TO THIS TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAYBE. WELL, WE'D HAVE TO. WE'D HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE. SO THE CONDITION IS THE CONDITION IS FUNDING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO FIND OUT, MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT. 
          WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT SEE WHERE WHERE PD IS. I KNOW THAT PD IS TIGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO I THINK THE GOING TAKING A STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT. WHEN WE STARTED THESE DISCUSSIONS WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET HORIZON CITY. GIVE HORIZON CITY THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR A LOT OF THESE GRANTS. RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT WRITER RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. SO INTERNALLY WE ARE MANAGING GRANTS. AND I THINK THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU ALL SAW THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH JUST PD ALONE. AND INTERNALLY THEY ARE MANAGING THEIR OWN GRANTS. RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS AND COMPANIES OUT THERE TO FIND OUT IF IF WE JUST HIRE A CONSULTANT FULL TIME TO HANDLE GRANT WRITING AND MANAGE AND MANAGE THOSE GRANTS, OR IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MORE OF A HYBRID, I'M LOOKING FOR MORE OF A HYBRID, SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP US WITH APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS. WINNING THOSE GRANTS, BUT US MANAGING THE GRANTS INTERNALLY, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR NOW. GIL FLOW IN THIS INSTANCE, BECAUSE THE, THE, THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SO GREAT. WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND COME TO COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONDITION OR THE CONDITION IS GOING TO BE AS LONG AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS. SO THAT CAN BE PART OF THE MOTION ITSELF. IF WE ARE ABLE TO FIND FUNDING FOR THIS, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THAT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR CURRENT BUDGET. IF THAT IS WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO, IF WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WE COULD USE THROUGH OUR CEO'S, OUR I BELIEVE OUR 2023 CEO'S. WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THOSE WERE FOR FACILITIES ONLY, BUT I'LL NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH MISS LILY AND MISS FIRTH AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE USE THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD ON THIS IF POSSIBLE. AND AGAIN, AS LONG AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR IT, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE AT COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO GO AHEAD AND DECIDE IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT. NOW, AGAIN, IF WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, 
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BECAUSE I KNOW THE 24TH, WE REALLY NEED TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE ELIGIBLE. WE DON'T KNOW 100% IF WE ARE EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. RIGHT. SO THE 24TH IS COMING UP VERY RAPIDLY. IF THAT TIME COMES AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE $600 MILLION THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL. THEN IT'S REALLY A MOOT POINT. AND IF YOU WATCH FRIENDS, IT'S A MOOT POINT, BUT IT'S A MOOT POINT. AND SO WE WOULDN'T BE SPENDING THAT $70,000 ANYWAY FOR FOR THEIR SERVICES. SO THIS ITEM IS PRIMARILY A PRE-AUTHORIZATION. 
          YES. IF WE QUALIFY, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SPEND THOSE THAT $70,000. YES. AND THEN TO THE MAYOR'S POINT ALSO, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME FUNDS IN CASE WE CAN'T DO THIS THROUGH THE CFP, THROUGH STREETS. THEY HAVE SOME FUNDING THERE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE. OKAY. TO COVER THAT THEN JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, MR. RUBIO. YOU SAID WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR 15 MILLION. 505 5050 505 50 MILLION. OKAY. RIGHT. ALL RIGHTY. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GO THERE. LET'S DO 60. LET'S DO 100. I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. 
          AND THEN THE REASON WE'RE SAYING 50 RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, THE COST FOR THAT WAS ABOUT $10 MILLION. AND THOSE $10 MILLION GAVE US THE MATCH FOR $50 MILLION. EXACTLY. AND IF WE'RE SHORT, WE COULD ALSO USE THE THE RADIO TOWER AS WELL, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL SAFETY TYPE THINGS RELATED, WHICH IS WHAT THEY TOLD US THAT WE COULD USE FOR IN-KIND. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE FACILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? AND THEN THE, THE RADIO TOWER IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW THAT 50 MILLION, THAT'S OUR SAFE NUMBER. THAT'S A SAFE NUMBER WITH IF THEY ACCEPT THAT MATCH, IF THEY ACCEPT THE MATCH OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE BUILDING ITSELF. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE THAT BACKUP FUNDING IN CASE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LINE ITEMS WHERE WE CAN GET THE MONEY, AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE OVER THAT ACTUALLY WAY OVER THAT SO THAT WE COULD COVER IT 100 IN CASE WE CAN DO THAT 100 MILLION IF WE INCLUDE ASSISTANT CHIEF KLUGE, BECAUSE HE'S WORTH 10 MILLION ALONE. SO THERE YOU GO. SOME OF THE SOFTWARE, SOME OF THE SOFTWARE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED BY PD IS GREAT SOFTWARE THAT THEY CAN USE FOR LIKE SAFETY AND STUFF. THEY MENTIONED A LOT OF THE SIGNAGE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SIGNAGE ON, ON SCHOOL AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOLKS ARE, ARE PASSING OTHER PEOPLE ON IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SIGNAGE FOR THAT. AND WE SHOULD INCLUDE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT PASS OTHERS WITHIN THAT. I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IN COURT THAT WOULD GET THROWN OUT IF THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIGNAGE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE LACKING THAT WE COULD PUT IN THERE. AND AGAIN, THE FLASHERS THERE. HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED PREEMPTIVE DEVICES FOR SOME OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS SO THAT WHEN PD IS GOING THROUGH THEM, THAT YOU CAN SAFELY CHANGE THE LIGHTS TO BE IN YOUR FAVOR? I KNOW THEY'RE QUITE EXPENSIVE, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. YEAH, IF YOU ALL WANT TO INCLUDE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A WISH LIST THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AND THEN JUST GIVE US A LIST AND THEN WE'LL PUT OURS TOGETHER FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS FAR AS THE STREET SIGNAGE, STRIPING AND ACTUAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE COULD ALSO COVER THE POSSIBLY COVER THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN, THE COST FOR THAT, AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TO THE TO ADA THAT'S LACKING. OUR MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO GET TO THE 24TH TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE ELIGIBLE. AND ONCE WE FIND OUT IF WE'RE ELIGIBLE, NOW WE CAN START A WISH LIST WITH EACH DEPARTMENT, RIGHT. AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, TO BE ELIGIBLE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SUBMIT A SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE. HOWEVER, WE CAN USE THE ONE FOR THE MPO. WE'VE ALREADY WE ALREADY ASKED THAT QUESTION AND THEY RESPONDED THAT, YES, YOU CAN USE YOUR MPO SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND THEN ACTUALLY WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALSO GOING AFTER FUNDS IN THE PLANNING, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION TO UPGRADE OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND DO ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR HORIZON SO WE CAN BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN FUTURE YEARS IF THIS GRANT IS STILL AVAILABLE IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT IT'S NOT LOOKING LIKE IT WILL BE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO END IT. MR. RUBIO, HOW OLD IS OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN? WHEN WAS IT LAST UPDATED? ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT THAT OLD. LIKE I WAS PART OF IT WITH THE MPO. WE HAD JUST FINISHED IT. I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND OCTOBER. I THINK THAT WE HAD JUST OCTOBER, NOVEMBER THAT WE JUST HAD FINISHED THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN LAST YEAR. RIGHT? YES. OKAY. 
          AND THEN ACTUALLY, LIKE I SAID, WE PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM HORIZON CITY, SO THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. SO WE KNOW WE ARE IN THERE FOR FOR SAFETY ACTION PLAN SO THAT IT CAN QUALIFY FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE GRANT. AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING IT ON THE 24TH SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT WE, WE DO QUALIFY FOR IT ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY GIVE US THE WORD, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PULL THE TRIGGER ON, ON HIRING TO, TO MANAGE THAT GRANT. AND IF NOT, IT'S A MASTER AGREEMENT. SO THERE'S OTHER GRANTS. WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, GET THEM TO DO A TASK ORDER FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT EITHER PD OR US MAY 
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NEED. THE THING IS, IS THAT YOU ALSO FREEING UP A LOT OF TIME FROM PD, FROM THAT OFFICER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO JUST DOING GRANTS. INSTEAD, THEY CAN BE OUT THERE AND DOING OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN GOING AFTER THE GRANTS, AND YOU'D HAVE SOMEBODY JUST DOING THAT GRANTS FOR YOU, SOMEBODY THAT'S SUCCESSFUL AT DOING GRANTS, WRITING AND MANAGING THEM. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 17 AND 18 SECOND. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE? BEFORE WE DO THAT, ARE THERE ANY CONDITIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PUT ON THERE, SIR, TO AMEND IT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO APPROVE ITEM 17 AND 18 IF FUNDS ARE HIS MOTION? YES, IT'S HIS MOTION. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON THE CONDITIONS? ON THE CONDITIONS? ARE THERE CONDITIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THAT? I'LL MOVE TO AMEND MY MOTION ON THE CONDITIONS THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR ITEMS 17 AND 18? AND THERE IS A SECOND, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. ORTEGA. HI, AVILA. THANKS. HI. HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL. 
          [19. Discussion and Action]
SEE, I GOT YOU BACK. GOT YOU BACK. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 19. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND GRANT A PERPETUAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY GRANTOR AND HUNT HORIZON MESA, LLC GRANTEE NECESSITATED TO PERMIT SUBDIVISION SIGNAGE ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY. EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WE TOOK THAT BREAK. MA'AM. COUNCIL REVIEW AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND GRANT A PERPETUAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY AS THE GRANTOR AND HUNT HORIZON MESA, LLC AS A GRANTEE. SO THIS IS NECESSITATED TO PERMIT THE SUBDIVISION SIGNAGE ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY. THE CITY OF EL PASO CURRENTLY HAS A MECHANISM TO ALLOW THAT. AND THIS IS JUST PRIMARILY FOR SUBDIVISION SIGNS. 
          SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY THE SUBDIVISION FROM CERTAIN RIGHT OF WAY AS YOU COME INTO THAT SUBDIVISION. RIGHT. SO LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE, THE SIGNAGE PLAN FOR VALENCIA UNIT ONE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE CARRIED OVER TO VALENCIA TWO, THREE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. RIGHT. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. THEY HAVE WAYFINDING SIGNS WITHIN THEIR THEIR PROPERTY. THEY HAVE THESE MONUMENT SIGNS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A, A, LIKE A REALLY NICE ONE IN THE FRONT TO IDENTIFY IT ON THE BIGGER STREETS. SO, BUT THESE ONES ARE THESE THREE THAT ARE CIRCLED IN RED. AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIMARILY, AGAIN, SIGNS TO IDENTIFY THE SUBDIVISION COMING INTO THOSE SUBDIVISIONS. A REALLY NICE SIGNS AND LET ME SHOW YOU SHOW YOU WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THEY LOOK LIKE THAT. I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT THE LIKE THAT. REALLY NICE SIGNS. THEY CAME IN ORIGINALLY AT FIVE FEET, BUT WE DID ASK THEM TO BRING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR VISIBILITY TO FOUR FEET. WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM TO SUBMIT THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE ON THOSE, ON THOSE MEDIANS WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT THE SIGNS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO VISIBILITY ISSUES WHEN THEY COME INTO THE SUBDIVISION. AND AGAIN, THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THESE TYPES OF SIGNS, AND THEY'RE JUST IDENTIFICATION SIGNS FOR THE SUBDIVISIONS AND THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THEY NAMED A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE SUBDIVISIONS, LIKE LIKE THAT ONE THERE, I THINK THEY NAMED IT THE OTHER WAY. OCOTILLO. THEY NAMED IT OCOTILLO, AND THEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR IT. THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT IT'S GREEN, AND I'M NOT SURE, BUT I THINK THAT MAY BE A TYPE OF FLOWER OR TREE CACTUS, A CACTUS, A CACTUS, OKAY. AND THEY ALL, ALL THEIR DIFFERENT STREETS AND THEIR THE NAMES OF THOSE PHASES ARE NAMED AFTER LIKE DESERT FLOWERS OR DESERT TREES AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT A PLANT PERSON. DON'T WORRY, WE WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST YOU. SO IT ACTUALLY SAYS THEIR THEIR SWEET ACACIA AZALEA, RIGHT? ALL THE DIFFERENT NAMES. SO THAT'S THAT TYPE OF SIGN. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIVE FEET. IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR FEET. AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT WIDE EITHER. 
          SO THAT AGAIN, THERE'S NO VISIBILITY ISSUES. AND THEY WILL BE SUBMITTING THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO VISIBILITY ISSUES. AND THIS IS JUST LIKE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP THEM TO GET IT DONE QUICKLY, RIGHT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE THESE THINGS SO THAT IT BECOMES A MATTER OF COURSE FOR 
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THE CITY. BUT IN THE EASEMENT THAT I'M WORKING ON, IF IT'S NOT READY YET, BUT IT'LL IT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO CARRY INSURANCE AND MAINTAIN IT. AND IT'LL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THEY'RE JUST PUTTING IT IN OUR WORK. RIGHT? SO THIS IS JUST A STOP GAP BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING FASTER THAN WE ARE, RIGHT? YEAH. WE JUST DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN THEIR PROGRESS AS FAR AS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING THE HOMES HERE ALREADY PRETTY SOON. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT PHASE ONE ALREADY APPROVED, AND NOW THEY'RE BRINGING PHASE TWO AND THREE OF RESIDENCIA. AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE JUST ONE MORE PHASE, I BELIEVE, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THE WITH THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION. BUT THEY'RE ALREADY LIKE SELLING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY CAN START BUILDING. LIKE MISS FIRST SAID, WE ARE BRINGING THAT SUBDIVISION AMENDMENT ALONG WITH OTHERS SO THAT IT COULD BE IN THE SUBDIVISION CODE PROPERLY DONE. BUT WE FIGURED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FASTEST AND CLEANEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT THIS TYPE OF SIGNAGE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND PUTTING THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE DEVELOPER. OR IN THIS CASE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION TO MAINTAIN IT, AND THEN TO ALSO GIVE US A CONTACT PERSON OF WHEN THEY KNOCK IT DOWN SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND FIX IT, AS OPPOSED TO PUBLIC WORKS GOING OUT THERE TRYING TO TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT. AND THEN THE INSURANCE, LIKE I SAID, AND THEN TO INDEMNIFY THE CITY OF ANY TYPE OF LIABILITY ON THE SIGNAGE, VERY PROACTIVE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT THEY HAVE IN THE COUNTY, BUT I THINK OURS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE NICER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE LANDSCAPING AS WELL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE NICER BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY PUT IT TOGETHER WITH A, WITH A MIXING THE ROCK WITH THE, THE TYPE OF CACTUS OR TREE OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE ON THE, ON THAT AREA HORIZON, IT'S, IT'S HORIZON, HORIZON, HORIZON. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE, THE COUNCIL AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE OF THE GRANTING THE EASEMENT. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. OOPS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA. AVILA AIMS I HIGH MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 20. 
          [20. Discussion and Action]
THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY TO SPONSOR CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THEIR RUN. SOBER RUN SAFE. FIVE K AND ONE K MILE WALK BY WAVING THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION FEE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OUR RUBY AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE A FLOOR AMENDMENT. WE. SINCE THE. THE. THE EVENT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ALONG. WELL, IT'S GOING TO START AT CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ERRONEOUSLY. 
          POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS. IT'S THE JACOB ARELLANO FOUNDATION ON THE RUN SOBER RUN SAFE 5K1 MILE, FIVE K RUN AND ONE MILE WALK BY WAVING THE SPECIAL PERMIT EVENT FEE, APPLICATION FEE AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES FROM THE HORIZON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK BACKGROUND, OFFICER JACOB ARELLANO, I ACTUALLY IT WAS WITH THE EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS RUN OVER BY A DRUNK DRIVER AND KILLED. AND THEN IN HONOR OF HIM, THEY'RE DOING THIS THIS RUN THIS YEAR, COMPETITIVE RUN, I BELIEVE SERGEANT HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM. SERGEANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP, SIR? JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THAT. YES. THANK YOU. SO IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE. FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY APOLOGIES. WE HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST WITH THEM TO HELP THEM. YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SERGEANT. THANK YOU. NEW TO THESE THINGS? YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER UP WITH JACOB ARELLANO FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FIVE FOR THE 5K1 MILE RUN. WE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE PAST WITH OTHER EVENTS, SUCH AS THE WEIGHT THEY CARRY, WHICH IS FOR FALLEN OFFICERS, THAT WHILE THEY'VE BEEN SERVING ON ON DUTY, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A PART OF THAT. WE'VE GONE OUT TO THE EL PASO LOWER VALLEY AREA, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THINGS, MORE THINGS TO HORIZON. WE WANT TO DO THAT SAME RUN WALK STARTING AT OUR POLICE STATION THIS YEAR ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, AND THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD SUPPORT THEM THIS YEAR IN DOING THEIR FIVE K RUN. WE'RE TRYING TO WAIVE THAT THAT FEE JUST TO HAVE IT BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON THEM. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALREADY AWARD THE FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE RACE, A TRIP TO DALLAS TO 
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PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT OUT THERE. OFFICER JACOB ARELLANO WAS PART OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HE WAS STRUCK ON HIS WAY TO WORK BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN A IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. SO THAT'S WHERE THE JACOB ARELLANO FOUNDATION STARTED AND ACTUALLY MET THEM AT ONE OF THE MADD CEREMONIES, ONE OF THE AWARD CEREMONIES THAT SOME OF OUR OFFICERS WERE A PART OF BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF DWI S WE'VE GOTTEN. SO AGAIN, IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD AWARENESS. WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THAT SAME AWARENESS TO HORIZON. WE'VE ALL SEEN, YOU KNOW, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THE AMOUNT OF DWI THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING RECENTLY. SO BY SPREADING AWARENESS, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HAVING EL PASO COME OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE HELPFUL IF YOU GUYS COULD HELP US OUT WITH WITH WAIVING THE FEE FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. CAN I SO IT'S ALWAYS A AN ISSUE WHEN, YOU KNOW, CITY'S GOING TO SPONSOR SOMETHING OR NOT OR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE FEES. BUT ON THIS ONE, IT WAS AN EASY. WHEN I WROTE UP THE RESOLUTION, IT WAS EASY TO DO BECAUSE IT'S A. EDUCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AWARENESS. AND THEN I ALSO THREW IN THEIR PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR THE. AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO HORIZON ALL THE THINGS THE SERGEANT JUST TALKED ABOUT. BUT HE FORGOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGE. THAT'S PART OF THAT, YES. SO ANY OFFICER OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF IT IS BEING ENCOURAGED TO ACTUALLY RUN WITH THEIR GEAR. SO LITTLE EXTRA WRENCH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE WINNER OF THE MALE AND FEMALE WINNERS ARE BOTH GOING TO GET A TRIP TO DALLAS, TO DALLAS, ANOTHER EVENT IN DALLAS. SO THAT'S AWESOME. IT'S REGIONAL FOR ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY GOT LUCKY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE WORKING THAT DAY, SO WE'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THAT AWARD JUST TO GET IT STRAIGHT. THE WINNER OF THE AWARD FOR RUNNING WITH THEIR GEAR ON GETS TO DO IT AGAIN. YES, THEY GET TO GO DO IT IN DALLAS AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S A WIN, BUT WE'LL WE'LL TAKE IT. BUT YEAH, I HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING THE FAMILY A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK HERE IN HORIZON AT ONE OF OUR I BELIEVE IT WAS A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THEY CAME OUT TO OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THEY WERE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST THERE VISITING AND THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT HORIZON WAS ABOUT. THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AN AMAZING FAMILY, THOSE PARENTS. AND I BELIEVE HIS YOUNGER SISTER HAD A YOUNGER SISTER, JUST A PHENOMENAL FAMILY. AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S AWE INSPIRING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE A FANTASTIC FAMILY. SO LIKE I, IN TALKING TO THEM AND TALKING TO, TO SERGEANT ABOUT THEIR CAUSE, THIS, THIS WAS AN EASY ONE FOR US. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUCH A GOOD FAMILY AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM AND ANY OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A HOME HERE IN HORIZON CITY FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER EVENT THEY WANT TO DO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING THESE THINGS TO TO THE COUNCIL. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS WAS AN EASY ONE FOR US. AND AND YOU KNOW SO THANK YOU, SERGEANT, FOR, FOR, FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DOING, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUT WHEREVER YOU CAN. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA A ORTEGA AVILA. A MENDOZA, A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON TO ITEM NUMBER 21. THIS IS A DISCUSSION 
          [21. Discussion and Action]
ACTION ITEM. THIS IS ON A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY. IN BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY AND THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR THE DELAY, DELAY AND TRANSIT CENTER PROJECT TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN SERVICES NECESSARY FOR THE ADDITION OF CROSS RIVER DRIVE AND A DETENTION BASIN TO THE PROJECT PLANS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPROVED AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. OKAY, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS ITEM IS COMING BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THE INITIAL AGREEMENT COVERED ONLY CERTAIN STREETS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO HUD FOR THE FOR THE GRANTING OF THE, THE THE GRANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO HORIZON CITY FOR DESIGN OF THE TRANSIT FACILITY AND THE STREETS ALONG IT, RIGHT WHEN IT WAS SUBMITTED, WE HAD REQUESTED THAT ALL THESE STREETS BE INCLUDED AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. HOWEVER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIED THOSE STREETS SPECIFICALLY, AND THE ONLY ONE THEY CLASSIFIED AS THE MAJOR STREET THAT COULD GET FUNDING WAS THE LAKE. AND THEY 
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LEFT OUT DILLY AND THEY LEFT OUT CROSS RIVER. AS PART OF THAT. HOWEVER, IT WAS COVERED ON THE DESIGN. DILLY AND THE LAKE ARE COVERED IN THE DESIGN. HOWEVER, CROSS RIVER IS NOT. SO WE'RE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THIS AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE CROSS RIVER AND DILLY AND THEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU LIKE AN OUTLINE OF IT. SO THE WAY IT STANDS IS THAT DILLY IS THE STREET THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE HERE. THIS IS DILLY RIGHT HERE. AND THEN CROSS RIVER GOES AND WRAPS AROUND THIS WAY TO RODMAN. AND THEN THE LAKE IS HERE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S LIKE HALF OF IT IS DONE FOR THE FIRST LIGHT. AND THE FUTURE DAIRY QUEEN THAT'S COMING IN. AND THEN THE REST OF IT WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT. SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD SECURED FUNDS FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT AND TO INCLUDE THE POND. INITIALLY, THE POND WAS PUT IN IN HERE SOMEWHERE NEAR, NEAR, NEAR THE FACILITY, THE TRANSIT FACILITY, THE FUTURE TRANSIT FACILITY. HOWEVER, TO I THINK WE HAD TOLD YOU BEFORE TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE AREA. WE DECIDED TO DO THE ENTIRE WATERSHED FOR THAT AREA SO THAT WHEN OTHER DEVELOPMENT CAME IN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PONDING. WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THEN ALSO THE STREETS, THE DILLY, THE LAKE AND CROSS RIVER SO THAT THE THE BUSSES COULD CIRCULATE THROUGH THERE EASIER ON CROSS RIVER DILLY AND THE LAKE WHEN THEY'RE IN AND OUT, GOING THROUGH THOSE, THROUGH THOSE STREETS AND THE FOLKS ARE WAITING FOR THEM. AND THEY CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHARED USE PATHS TO GO THERE AND GET THERE FOR THOSE THAT ARE WALKING. SO IT'D BE ALL INTERCONNECTED PRETTY MUCH. AND THEN IT WOULD BE MULTIMODAL. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE THE SHARED PATHS YOU CAN WALK TO. AND THEN ANOTHER IDEA WOULD BE TO LIKE RENT A VEHICLE THERE, HAVE LIKE A RENTAL PLACE SO THAT YOU CAN DROP YOUR CAR, RENT A CAR AND THEN GO, GO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO OR TO CATCH THE BUS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER NEEDS YOU HAVE. SO THAT THAT WAS THE PLAN. AND THEN, SO WE HAD TO DO THE AMENDMENT TO AT CROSS RIVER AGAIN AND THEN ON CONSTRUCTION TO ADD AND THEN TO ADD THE REMAINDER OF OF CROSS RIVER AS WELL, AND THEN THE POND AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE SERVICES. THIS IS A LIKE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO AS FAR AS JULIE, WE'RE LOOKING AT JULIE AGAIN, IT'S COVERED ON DESIGN. JULIE AND THE LAKE, BUT CROSS RIVER IS NOT. AND THEN THE PONDING WILL BE COVERED ON DESIGN, BUT IT WILL NOT BE COVERED FULLY ON CONSTRUCTION. SO LIKE WE DO HAVE A GRANT WITH TEX-DOT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT, TO FOLLOW UP THE TRANSIT FACILITY CONSTRUCTION. BUT AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE FUNDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LAKE AND THE POND ITSELF. WE'RE LACKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE THE REMAINING PART OF THE POND BECAUSE NOW IT'S TAKING THE ENTIRE WATERSHED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR, FOR THAT AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THAT COST. IT'S ABOUT $385,000 FOR THE PIECE THAT'S MISSING ON THE DESIGN AND THE PIECE THAT EVENTUALLY WILL COME MISSING IN THE IN THE CONSTRUCTION. AND AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION, WE DID GO, LIKE THE MAYOR HAD SAID, WE DID GO AFTER THE CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING THAT THEY HAVE FOR DISTRICT 16 AND DISTRICT 23 TO TRY TO COVER THE GAP THAT'S MISSING. WE HAVE ABOUT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALREADY SECURED $7 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LAKE AND ANY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE DONE ON RODMAN TO CONNECT TO BENNY WEB. HOWEVER, WE'RE LACKING THAT. AND WE ASKED FOR $3 MILLION, I BELIEVE, SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. BUT THEY HAVE SELECTED US. AND FUNNY ENOUGH, IT'S ACTUALLY DISTRICT 16 REPRESENTATIVE ESCOBAR THAT ALREADY TOLD US THAT THAT WE WERE SELECTED. HOWEVER, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF THE MONEY. THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH CONGRESS AND THEN SECURE THAT MONEY. SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION TO COVER SOME OF THAT GAP ON CONSTRUCTION. AND AGAIN, THE TRANSIT FACILITY WE COVERED, THE LAKE WOULD BE COVERED, BUT CROSS RIVER AND LILY WOULD NOT. 
          WE HAVE THAT FUNDING SHORTFALL. THAT'S CROSS RIVER IN NUTSHELL. SO IT'S IT'S IT'S NEEDED FOR THE CIRCULATION AGAIN OF THE BUSSES TO GO THROUGH THERE. THE FACILITY WOULD HAVE THE FACILITY WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOCATED HERE. SO THEN THIS WOULD BE LIKE A DROP OFF AREA AND ALL THAT. AND THEN THE BUSSES WOULD GO AND ROUTE THROUGH THERE AND CROSS RIVER, EITHER GO THROUGH RODMAN AND THEN GO THROUGH DEALEY OR GO DOWN TO THE LAKE AND THEN GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THAT WAY. SO IT'S A NICE CIRCULATION THAT THEY HAVE, AND YOU NEED ALL THOSE STREETS TO, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK. THESE ARE THE CROSS SECTIONS OF CROSS RIVER. 
          THERE WOULD BE A 67. RIGHT AWAY FROM A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS WHAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW 
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AND NOT IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED. AND THEN THIS IS THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO THE FUNDING THAT WE SECURED WITH WITH HUD FOR DESIGN WAS $1,735,000, WHICH IS ALL BEING USED FOR DESIGN. AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL ACTUALLY IS 380. I WAS OFF BY FIVE 5000, 380, 3145 IS WHAT WE'D BE ADDING. AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO COVER ALL THOSE SERVICES AND ALSO TO COVER THE, THE, THE MAY WORK AND THEN THE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT OF THAT, OF THAT PROJECT AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND AND A SECOND? COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. ORTEGA A S A L A MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY, ON TO ITEM 
          [22. Public Hearing]
NUMBER 22. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SUBMITTED FINAL APPLICATION FOR HORIZON MANOR UNIT THREE REPLAT A CASE NUMBER SDR 26 0001, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE RECORDING PLAT LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT 19, BLOCK NINE, HORIZON MANOR, UNIT THREE, HORIZON CITY, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, CONTAINING 2.2603 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS APPLICANT SLASH REPRESENTATIVE S L I ENGINEERING. FOR PATIENT. MA'AM. I'M SORRY. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. YES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID RICE PLANNER WITH BRYSON CITY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS THE FINAL REPORT FOR HORIZON MANOR UNIT THREE, REPLAT EIGHT, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. IT IS NORTH OF POSSUM CIRCLE AND WEST OF TWINSBURG STREET. THE REQUEST IS FOR A FINAL REPLAT FOR 16 RESIDENTIAL LOT SUBDIVISION FOR PARKLAND. DEDICATION. THE DENSITY PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT DOES NOT REQUIRE PARKLAND DEDICATION, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE PARK FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF 6400, WHICH IS ALREADY ALREADY PAID FOR IT. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE AREA AND THE ZONING MAP FOR HORIZON MANOR UNIT THREE REPLAT A, OUTLINED IN BLUE. YOU WILL SEE THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. AGAIN. 
          LOCATION MAP. IN BETWEEN OPOSSUMS CIRCLE AND TWINSBURG STREET. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE. 
          THE PLAT. THE FINAL PLAT OUTLINED IN YELLOW WOULD BE THE. THE OUTLINE OF THE SUBDIVISION AND IN BLUE WOULD BE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY. THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A POSSUM CIRCLE AND TWINSBURG STREET. BOTH ARE 60FT RIGHT OF WAYS. THERE ARE NO PENDING COMMENTS, AND BASED ON THE APPLICATION MEETING, THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER FOUR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          SECTION 4.3 FINAL PLAT REQUIREMENTS PLANNING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT ON FINAL BASIS. THIS WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. RUIZ, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE PLAT? OH, YEAH. IT'S A YEAH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. SO ON THE NEXT ONE, WE'LL GO THROUGH. THANK YOU. BEING THAT THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? BEING THAT THERE IS NOBODY THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO 
          [23. Discussion and Action]
ITEM. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23. ITEM NUMBER 23. THIS IS THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THIS SAME ITEM AS PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD. EXCUSE ME. PREVIOUSLY READ. YES. GOT IT? YES. THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MR. RUIZ, IS THE CENTER PORTION. IS THAT GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO PONDING? YES. RIGHT. IS THAT IS THAT THAT IS PROPOSED FOR FOR PONDING. AND THEN IS IT IN OUR CODES? I'M JUST WONDERING. THIS ONE REQUIRES THE PARKLAND FEES, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION. SO IT DOESN'T REQUIRE PARK PARKLAND DEDICATION BECAUSE IT IS UNDER THE 100 LOTS THAT ARE REQUIRED. 
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WHEN THEY PROPOSED MORE THAN 100, THAT'S WHEN THEY REQUIRE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION. SO THIS ONE IT'S ONLY 16 LOTS. IN THIS CASE YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY $400 PER LOT. SO IT'S 400 TIMES 16, WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU THE 6400. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. REESE. AND THAT THEY ALREADY PAID FOR IT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. SO I GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT HAS BEEN 46 YEARS SINCE ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED THERE. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENING THERE. WOW. YOU'RE OLD. I'M OLD, I AM OLD, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. BUT WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. YES, SIR. THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED AS THIS IS WHAT USED TO BE A IS THERE A PARK? SO IT WAS NEVER REALLY A PARK. IT WAS JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD DECIDED TO USE IT AS A PARK. BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS A BASEBALL FIELD. THERE WAS A BASKETBALL COURT. THERE WAS A FATHER UP ON THIS, THIS ROUND, THIS ROUNDED PORTION OF OF A POSSUM. THERE WAS A MERRY GO ROUND. THERE WAS SOME SWING SETS WAY BACK IN THE DAY. JUST THE COMMUNITY KIND OF GOT TOGETHER AND PUT ALL THAT IN BACK IN THE DAY. YEAH. SO AND THEN ON DWAYNE'S BERG THE THAT'S THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THERE. THEY ACTUALLY FILLED IN A LOT OF THAT PORTION BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A DROP OFF INTO THAT SECTION. BUT MY KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FRESHMAN BUS STOP WAS RIGHT THERE ON WAYNESBURG. SO, BUT, BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS THAT WAS IT. BUT THE, I BELIEVE THE CITY OWNS NOW THAT CENTER PORTION CITY OWNS THAT CENTER PORTION NOW AND THAT. SO THAT IS DEDICATED PONDING AREA THAT THE CITY WOULD BE MAINTAINING AT THAT POINT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SOON. YES. SO COME UP WITH TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE IT'S AN UNIMPROVED POND. THE, THE GAP, THE CENTER SECTION THAT CENTER OPEN SECTION THERE, THE FIRST THREE LOTS. THERE'S A GAP. THAT'S THE ACCESS ACCESS TO THE PONDING AREA. OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO OVER ON THE OPOSSUM PORTION. YES, THERE'S TWO ACCESS POINTS THERE. WE BOUGHT THOSE ACCESS POINTS AS WELL. I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE FOR NEIGHBORS AROUND THAT AREA. 
          THEY WANTED SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT PROPERTY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT ALL THAT VEGETATION IS GOING TO GET KNOCKED OUT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE TURNED INTO A DEDICATED HOSPITAL. YES. RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. ORTEGA. AVILA A MENDOZA. I MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. SIR. ITEM NUMBER 24. THIS IS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF 
          [24. Discussion and Action]
THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE VALENCIA UNIT ONE SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION PHASE TWO AND THREE FOR MAINTENANCE AND TO ACCEPT THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BOND AND A PARTIAL RELEASE OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY AT NUMBER 24. THAT WAS SO FAST. OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DAVID REESE, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS A FINAL ACCEPTANCE FOR VALENCIA UNIT ONE, PHASE TWO AND THREE. FOR REFERENCE, WE HAVE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE ARE GOING TO BE THE AREAS IN YELLOW. PHASE ONE, WHICH YOU SAW I BELIEVE A MONTH AGO. IT'S A RED AREA WHICH IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. WE'RE ON PHASE TWO AND THREE, COMBINING PHASE TWO AND THREE. 
          THAT'S A TOTAL OF AROUND 214 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE IS ONE POND AND IT IS AROUND 50 ACRES OF PROPERTY. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RECORDED PLAN WITH. THERE'S GOING TO BE PHASE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS GOING TO BE PHASE ONE. AND THERE ARE NO PENDING COMMENTS FOR THIS FOR THIS ITEM. SO STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO INCLUDE TOWN ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING, RECOMMENDS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE VALENCIA UNIT ONE, PHASE TWO AND THREE SUBDIVISION FOR MAINTENANCE AND TO ACCEPT THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BOND AND A PARTIAL RELEASE OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. 
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THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND. 
          ONE AND TWO. ORTEGA. OH, ORTEGA. GOT IT. ORTEGA. OKAY. AND TWO. MENDOZA. OKAY. GOT IT. THERE WERE THREE MOTIONS RIGHT THERE. COULD YOU. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. ORTEGA. HI, HI. 
          HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. EXECUTIVE SESSION 
          [25. Executive Session]
ITEM. THIS IS GOING TO BE 25 A THIS IS A DELIBERATION ON A REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION TOD DRAINAGE PONDING AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND 551.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. AND WE ARE MR. MENDOZA AND MY VOTE, PLEASE. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA A ORTEGA, A AVILA, A MENDOZA, A MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNI GRANICUS. I NEED GRANICUS TO SWITCH IT BACK OVER TO REGULAR SESSION. WE'RE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I NEED THEM TO THE FEED TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK UP. THERE THEY ARE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW RECONVENING OUR REGULAR SESSION. WE. IT IS 940 AND WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. SO IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT TO NEGOTIATE. AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          I SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA HIGH, ORTEGA HIGH, AVILA. HIGH. THANKS, I MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. BEFORE BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO. REMIND EVERYBODY WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, A TOWN MEETING ON APRIL 25TH. AT NOON. WE WILL SEND OUT NOTICES TOMORROW OR THE DAY AFTER AS TO THE LOCATION. SO FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, PLAN FOR APRIL 25TH AT NOON. ALL RIGHT. BEING THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. 
          GRANICUS
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