Jul 14, 2026 City Council

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SESSION. MAYBE I SHOULD TURN MY MICROPHONE ON THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF

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AND THOSE KIDS ARE ALL HORIZON CITY KIDS, AND WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF THEM. WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEIR COACHES. AND I JUST WANTED TO TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE, I BELIEVE THE NEXT TOURNAMENT IS UP IN ALBUQUERQUE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TO GIVE THEM SOME PRAISE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE WITH YOU GUYS. WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF YOU. AND ONCE IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS THIS COMING MONTH AT OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COUNCIL, PLEASE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO

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FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JESSE SANCHEZ. I'M HORIZON CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER. THANK YOU SIR. WRONG ONE, I APOLOGIZE. LET ME TRY TO GET TO THE CORRECT ONE.

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WE MOVED ON TO INITIATE FACILITIES. PHASE TWO MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE TWO WILL BE A BUILDING FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS. IT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING. PUBLIC WORKS WILL HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET OF TWO $2 MILLION. THAT COMES OUT TO APPROXIMATELY $240 PER SQUARE FOOT. THIS PROJECT WILL BE LOCALLY FUNDED. IT WILL HAVE AN 8000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 4472 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE AND A 3528 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE SPACE, AS SHOWN ON THE FLOOR PLAN TO THE LEFT. THIS BUILDING WILL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 18 TO 20 STAFF MEMBERS. CURRENTLY, HORIZON CITY WOULD HAVE 12 STAFF MEMBERS TO POPULATE THIS THIS NEW BUILDING. BUT HORIZON CITY WANTS TO DEVELOP ITS OWN GROUNDS CREW, AND THAT WILL BE ABOUT SIX MORE EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE REPORTING TO THIS NEW OFFICE BUILDING. WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROJECTS THREE IN THE PLANNING PHASE HOWARD ROAD PEDESTRIAN MALL, OUR CIRCULATORS WITH SOCORRO AND UTEP AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE TWO INITIATION OF THAT.

WE HAVE ONE PROJECT IN THE DESIGN PHASE THAT'S DELAY, DELAY AND TRANSIT PLAZA. WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION NORTH DARRINGTON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, OUR 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER AND ONE PROJECT IN CLOSE OUT THAT IS A RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. OUR CIRCULATOR ROUTES. THE GRANT TRANSFER IS IN PROCESS WITH THE EL PASO TRANSIT AUTHORITY. THAT IS OUR US EPA CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM GRANT. THAT'S A THREE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM THAT HAS AN 80/20 COST SPLIT. OUR TOTAL GRANT AWARD WAS 1,500,034 $784, WITH A 20% MATCH TOTALING 306,956 $956.80. THIS APPROVAL IS DONE IN DIFFERENT STEPS. THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET AN AMENDMENT, AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT FROM THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. AFTER THAT, IT GOES TO THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO BE A SUBRECIPIENT OF TXDOT. IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED BY THE FUNDING AGENCY, THEN HORIZON CITY WILL BE CONSIDERED SOMETHING CALLED A PASS THROUGH ENTITY PTE, AND THAT DOESN'T REMOVE ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. WE WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THAT GRANT, AND THAT MAY INCLUDE RISK MANAGEMENT, ANY DETAILS IN THE AGREEMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE PROJECT AND AUDIT VERIFICATION IF NECESSARY.

OUR 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER IS GOING UP RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON JUNE THE 9TH WITH A SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION END ON AUGUST THE 1ST. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INSTALLED. CONCRETE. THE CONCRETE CURING IS IN PROCESS. ERECTION OF THE TOWER IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 28TH OF JULY. IT WILL BE VERY QUICK. THEY'LL PROBABLY FINISH IN ONE, MAYBE TWO DAYS. AFTER THAT, WE'LL INSTALL A SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. HERE YOU SEE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE LEFT. YOU SEE THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND THE STEEL FORMS STILL IN PLACE. ON THE RIGHT, THE FOOTING WAS COVERED WITH DIRT AND THE STEEL FORMS WERE REMOVED. NEXT PHOTOGRAPH. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW.

THE LANDSCAPING WAS RESTORED AND ALL YOU SEE ARE THE TOPS OF THE CONCRETE COLUMNS. HOWARD.

LOW PEDESTRIAN PATH IS IN THE PLANNING PHASE. THIS WAS OUR 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

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AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE LARGE CANOPY EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO THE END. I WAS ASKED A FEW MONTHS AGO WHAT THE VANDAL RESISTANT RESTROOMS WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THEY ARE LOW MAINTENANCE. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS WELL HUNG, AND THAT MAKES MOPPING AND CLEANING THE FLOOR A LITTLE BIT EASIER. WE ALSO SEE TILE GOING UP ABOUT FIVE FEET. THAT TILE IS EASY TO CLEAN. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WE ALSO SEE. I THINK IT GOT.

BACK. SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ELEVATION, THE SIDE VIEW OF THE ONE OF THE TYPICAL RESTROOMS. THE MIRROR WILL CONSIST OF HIGHLY POLISHED METAL TO MAKE IT NICE AND REFLECTIVE. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU SEE AN ELEVATION SIDE VIEW OF WHAT THE BREAK ROOM WOULD LOOK LIKE. STARTING ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE MILLWORK, CABINETRY, AND THE METAL. YOU HAVE A SINK. TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, YOU HAVE A PLACE FOR A MICROWAVE AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE A PLACE FOR REFRIGERATOR. THIS IS THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AT THE 60% DESIGN PHASE. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 2355FT■!S, TOTAL OCCUPANCY OF 92. AND IT'S NOT INDICATIVE OF THE FINAL PLAN. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FINAL PLAN. WE ORDERED A INTERNET CAFE ALONG THE AREA WHERE THE BREAK ROOM IS. EXCUSE ME, WHERE THE LOBBY IS, AND THAT WASN'T SHOWN HERE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT DONE. NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION TEX.FM 1281.

IT'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. TEX DOT REPORTS THAT THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 62.39% COMPLETE FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND APPROXIMATELY 82.3% COMPLETE FOR TIME. AND IF YOU NOTICE, THIS IS THE SAME SPLIT THAT THEY REPORTED LAST WEEK. AND THAT MEANS THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING VERY, VERY SLOW FOR LAST MONTH. THE UPDATED COMPLETION DATE REMAINS AUGUST 27TH, 2027.

WITH REGARD TO THE EMERGENCY CROSSOVER DRIVEWAY APPROVED BY TGS ON MAY THE 18TH, THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY ON THAT SO FAR. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO GO. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1600 LINEAR FEET TO THE END OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A QUARTER MILE. WE CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JULY THE 25TH.

THE TWO MAJOR ITEMS OF DISCUSSION DURING OUR PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE AN UPDATE FOR NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION AND AN UPDATE ON THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE MAILBOX ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD. WE'RE HAVING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL OFFICE RECOMMENDS AND PREFERS THE INSTALLATION OF TWO CBUS, AND THAT STANDS FOR CLUSTER BOX UNITS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. WE'LL ALSO OFFER THEM RESIDENTS GIVE RESIDENTS AN OFFER FOR ROADSIDE

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OKAY. JUST JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW BECAUSE IF YOU WERE ANYTHING IN ANYTHING LIKE ME, THE FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT WAS, WOW, THAT'S NICE. BUT MAN, THAT'S ALSO PRETTY EXPENSIVE TOO, I IMAGINE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH THAT COUNCIL THAT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WHAT THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. OKAY. RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS REGARDING THESE RENDERINGS. ONE QUESTION WAS HOW THICK IS THE CANOPY? AND THE CANOPY IS DESIGNED AT FOUR FEET THICK, WITH ANOTHER FOOT ADDED TO THE TOP FOR ESTHETICS. SO IT'LL BE FIVE FEET THICK. THANK YOU AGAIN. AFTER THAT CLARIFICATION. CLARIFICATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THIS BUILDING HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN

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THERE YOU GO. SO THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT GO BACK GO BACK. THERE YOU GO. THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT THERE, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE INDIVIDUAL BOX THAT EACH THAT WOULD BE REPLACED FROM HERE ON OUT. OKAY. AND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY HAS VERY PERSONALIZED MAILBOXES.

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YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. IF THERE IS NOT A CONSENSUS THAT THAT IS, THAT COMES ABOUT, THEN NOW THE CITY AND THE POST OFFICE WILL HAVE TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT TO. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DECIDE ONE OF THE THREE. RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION PERTAINS TO THE ELECTRICAL LINES. I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE ELECTRIC COMPANY TO DECIDE TO MOVE THOSE, THOSE LINES TO TELL US WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. THERE WERE FIVE LINES THAT WERE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH OUR PROPOSED SHARED USE PATH. THEY WERE TOO FAR IN. AND SO THOSE FIVE DO HAVE TO BE RELOCATED. BUT WE WOULD PREFER THAT THE ELECTRIC COMPANY JUST REMOVE THOSE FIVE. SO WE WALKED THE SITE AND COUNTED A TOTAL OF 22 POLES AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.

THEY'VE GOT A POLICY THAT THEY'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY 150FT OF HORIZONTAL SPACING FOR THE SPAN OF ONE OF THEIR ELECTRICAL LINES. SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REMOVE AT LEAST THOSE FIVE, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO THE ELECTRIC COMPANY TO LET US KNOW. OKAY, SO THEY HAVEN'T SAID NO, THEY JUST HAVEN'T. THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR US TO SAY WHEN.

THAT'S CORRECT. THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE PLANS FROM TEX DOT TEX DOT PROVIDED THOSE PLANS FOR THEM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR DESIGN TO SEE HOW THEY CAN ADJUST THESE POLES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND TO CLARIFY THAT POINT, THEY WILL BE MOVING THE POLES ON RYDERWOOD. THE POLES ON RYDERWOOD ARE INSTALLED DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK ON THE RYDERWOOD. SO THEY DID AGREE TO MOVE THOSE INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF THE PONDING THERE IN THAT AREA THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO THEY'LL HAVE TO RESOLVE THAT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE THOSE POLES OVER. SO THAT WAY NOW THAT SIDEWALK WOULD BE FREE OF ANY POLES OR ANY OBSTRUCTIONS THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. NOW, WE ALSO TALKED DURING THAT WALKTHROUGH. I, I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT COMPLETELY REMOVING THE POLES THEY HAD AND GOING SUBSURFACE BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF LINE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'VE INSTALLED, THEY, THEY CANNOT GO SUBSURFACE WITH THAT SIZE LINE. THAT IS A. I DON'T EXACTLY REMEMBER THE TERMINOLOGY HE USED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FEEDER, IT'S THE SIZE OF FEEDER THAT. THAT IS. THAT'S WHY THEY WENT AHEAD AND INSTALLED THOSE LINES. BUT AS, AS AS, AS JESSIE HAD HAD MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING AT REMOVING SOME OF THEM. SO THAT WAY THEY COULD EXPAND THE SPAN. AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THOSE POLES IN KEY AREAS. BUT AS FAR AS REMOVING THEM COMPLETELY, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE AN OPTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. QUESTIONS OVER HERE, MR. ALDERMAN. YOU SURE? OKAY. YES, SIR. I DO APPRECIATE IT. IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON, SIR? IT IS ON. I'M JUST NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. MR. SANCHEZ, AS FAR AS THE MAILBOXES, THE 25TH IS THE MEETING FOR THE DECISION MAKING, CORRECT? SATURDAY THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH. SO, WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF NONE OF THE RESIDENTS SHOW UP, WHO MAKES THE DECISION AS TO WHICH ONE GETS PAID OR PICKED? FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.

IF IN CASE THE RESIDENTS DON'T SHOW UP, IF WE CANNOT COME UP TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION OURSELVES. GOT IT. AND AS FAR AS THE 35 RESIDENTS, THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS MEETING ON THE 25TH, WE HOPEFULLY THEY'RE WATCHING TODAY. WE'VE PREPARED MAILERS. WE HAVEN'T SENT THEM OUT. WE WILL SEND THEM OUT TOMORROW. OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WALK FOR THESE 35 THE ENTIRE AREA ON THIS FRIDAY. ALL. WE'RE HOPING THAT ALL. WE HAVE A GOOD ATTENDANCE AS FAR AS THE 35. THIS WAY WE CAN HONOR THEIR PREFERENCE. AS FAR AS MAIL. A SECOND ISSUE OR CONCERN, I THOUGHT HORIZON PD WAS GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES ON DARRINGTON. ON THAT SIDE, I THINK WE COVERED A LITTLE BIT ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT THE MEDIAN, I THINK THE CURBS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY CROSSOVER THAT WAS APPROVED. YES. SO IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO PLANS. RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE NOT PRICED THE REMODELING. WE CAN CALLT. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR STILL HAS NOT SUBMITTED THAT TO

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YES, I WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES TO ASK. CHIEF IS THE FIRST ONE TO ASK FOR UPDATES. SO YEAH, THEY HAVE THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. YES, SIR. THIS PROJECT IS TRAVELING AT TXDOT SPEED, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO HURRY UP AND WAIT. UNFORTUNATELY. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, SIR. ALDERMAN. MR. SANCHEZ, COULD YOU JUST EXPAND? GOSH, THAT WAS LOUD. COULD YOU JUST EXPAND ON, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A SCENARIO IN WHICH WE CAN'T COME TO A CONSENSUS, RIGHT? YOU'RE TELLING US THAT USPS HAS THE FINAL SAY. IS THERE A HYBRID OPTION AVAILABLE TO US IF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF THEM WANTED THEY PREFERRED THE SINGLE MAILBOXES, WHILE OTHERS PREFER TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE CLUSTER BOX. IS THAT AN OPTION AVAILABLE TO US OR. NO, POSTAL SERVICE HAS NOT PROVIDED, HAS NOT SUBMITTED A HYBRID OPTION FOR US, BUT THEY'VE JUST TOLD US THAT THEIR PREFERENCE IS THE CLUSTER BOX UNITS. OKAY. AND THEN REGARDING HORIZON BOULEVARD, I KNOW THIS WASN'T ON OUR CIP UPDATE. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO BETTER SMOOTH OUT THOSE DRIVEWAYS HERE FOR THE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS? I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE OR LESS COMPLETE, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS SMOOTH AS THEY CAN BE. YOU STILL HAVE TO COME TO SOMEWHAT OF AN ABRUPT STOP TO THEN GO AHEAD AND ACCESS THOSE DRIVEWAYS. I'VE SEEN THAT. IN FACT, JUST YESTERDAY A PERSON WAS DRIVING INTO ONE OF THOSE AND TURNED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I ALMOST HIT THEM, AND THEY SLOWED DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY TO SO THAT THEY WON'T HIT THAT BUMP VERY FAST, SO THAT THOSE DRIVEWAYS ARE IN THEIR FINAL CONFIGURATION. BUT WE WILL CONTACT TEXDOT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH TEXDOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION MODE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE DRIVEWAYS SMOOTHED OUT. I'M JUST SO THAT THEY'RE SAFER FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES FOR THE TRANSIT PLAZA? YES, SIR. THIS ONE. SO HERE JUST RIGHT HERE, THE TOTAL CAPACITY IS 92 OCCUPANTS. IS THAT FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING? YES. YOU KNOW, WHEN LOOKING AT THE WAY THE FLOOR PLAN IS CONFIGURED, IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY, I GUESS, STAFF. RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE BREAK ROOM.

YOU HAVE THE OFFICE SPACE, CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU KNOW, RESTROOMS. SINCE WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE, IS THERE A WAY TO EXPAND IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THE WAITING AREA? YES, SIR. WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY THIS DESIGN. AND DO WE HAVE THE OCCUPANCY NUMBER FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN FIT IN THAT 838FT■!S? OCCUPANCY IS DETERMINED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S BASED UPON GROSS FLOOR AREA. SO IF WE MAKE THE LOBBY LARGER, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT MORE PEOPLE INTO IT. AND THEN COULD WE GO TO THE HOWARD LOWE SLIDE? I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I THINK ON THAT SLIDE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT REGARDING THE OCCUPANCY, I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE ON THERE FOR THE OCCUPANCY FOR EACH AREA. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, SIR? YEAH. SO IF I'M AT 839 SQUARE FOOT WAITING AREA, I'M READING 56. IT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE STORAGE ROOM SAYS ONE ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. AND SAME THING FOR THE TOILETS. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE THE OCCUPANCY NUMBER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. AVILA. I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT THE FLOOR PLAN, I'M PICTURING, LET'S SAY IT'S A RAINY DAY AND, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE. I KNOW IT'S NOT HERE IN THE PLAN, BUT WHAT DO WE CALL IT? CYBER CAFE, RIGHT? ON DAYS LIKE THAT, IF IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A BIGGER SPACE FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC, CONSIDERING THAT ONCE THIS IS BUILT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO THEN GO AHEAD AND BUILD AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAZA JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, CONSIDERING THAT, YOU KNOW, VALENCIA, WE'RE BRINGING IN 2400 HOMES. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR POPULATION SINCE WE'RE IN THE PLANNING PHASE, TO SEE THAT BE A PART OF A

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OUTSOURCING HAS ITS BENEFITS AND ITS COSTS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T HAVE TO IF WE OUTSOURCE, WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE COMPUTERS AND OFFICE SPACE HEATING, COOLING, INCREASE IN UTILITY COSTS. BUT WE DO HAVE TO PAY USUALLY AN EXPENSIVE COST, A HIGH COST FOR THESE OUTSOURCED EMPLOYEES. ART, WOULD YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR OUTSOURCING OUR GROUNDS CREW? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE YES SIR, FOR FOR FOR ALBERT. AND SO THESE ARE AGAIN, THESE ARE TALKS THAT I'VE HAD WITH STAFF. WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A VIABLE OPTION FOR US TO START OUR OWN DEPARTMENTS HERE. WE'RE A GROWING COMMUNITY. WE'RE GROWING CITY. SO OUR STAFF HAS TO GROW AS WELL. SO IS IT. AND BECAUSE WE'RE A GROWING COMMUNITY, WE HAVE MORE PARKS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND MAINTAINED, MORE PARKS, MORE STREETS. SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO IMPLEMENT A NEW DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF THAT IS A VIABLE OPTION FOR THE CITY OR TO CONTINUE OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO TO STILL PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE. SO WE'RE AT THAT, THAT, I GUESS, FORK IN THE ROAD RIGHT NOW

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SO WE'LL BE TAKING APPLICATIONS. COUNCIL IS INTERESTED. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME NICE GARDENS, SO THANK YOU, SIR, I APPRECIATE IT. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS PRESENTATION. SO MOVE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR MENDOZA AND A SECOND FROM ALDERMAN AVILA. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. KIDDOS. ORTEGA.

AVILA. AMES. GARCIA. MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. IF WE

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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, EDDIE GARCIA WITH THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SO THIS NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST TO PAY FOR THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER OFFICE WITHIN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OUR FACILITY OF OUR BUILDING, WE HAVE A 2000 402,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING RIGHT NOW. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT'S IN OUR BYLAWS, WHEN THIS THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY CREATED THE EDC, IS ANYTHING OVER $5,000 WE NEED TO BRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT. AND SO YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IN THESE DISCUSSIONS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. IT'S A RAPIDLY GROWING CITY. AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR OFFICES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THEM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THERE IN THE SLIDES, THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR. HAVING MORE OFFICE SPACE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN, WHEN WE VACATED THE OTHER BUILDING, WHEN THE CITY VACATED THE OTHER BUILDINGS, WE TOOK ON ALL OF THE CHAIRS THAT YOU ALL HAD IN THERE BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE

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AND SO THIS SPACE THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING, ITS APPROXIMATELY 80FT■!S, IT'S EIGHT BY TEN. AND TO BE ABLE TO PUT ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IN THERE TO SECURE OUR FILES, TO SECURE THE CHAIRS SO THEY'RE NOT OUT VISIBLE TO, TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUY A SPACE, YOU START TO ACQUIRE A LOT OF THINGS, RIGHT? AND SO WE NEED A SPACE TO PUT THOSE IN. AND SO WE, WE WENT OUT THERE, WE LOOKED FOR THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES. WE WENT TO THREE CONTRACTORS. THEY ALL CAME IN ABOUT $8,000, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ASKING FOR $10,000 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN ADDITIONAL OUTLET, MORE LIGHTS. YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING TO MOVE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS THERE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SUCH A HUGE AMOUNT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 87, $8,000. AND SO WHAT WE'RE OPTING FOR RIGHT NOW IS THE $8,000 AND 58,050 CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED THERE. THERE IS A CONTRACTOR THAT CAME IN A LITTLE LOWER, BUT HE'S NOT PROVIDING US WITH THE HIGHER CEILINGS SO THAT IT MATCHES WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICES RIGHT NOW. AND SO AGAIN, IT JUST ENHANCES THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE EDC. AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING SO MANY VISITORS BECAUSE AS YOU ALL, AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, HORIZON CITY IS GROWING. WE HAVE MORE RETAIL. WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE RETAIL. WE HAVE A LOT OF RETAIL SPACES THAT ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW, AND WE WANT THE REST OF THE CITY TO COME DOWN SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM WHAT WE CALL A FAM TOUR. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE THEM BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN HORIZON CITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T COME DOWN HERE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE NEED THE OFFICE SPACE TO DO IT. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR OFFICES. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS FOR AN UP TO $10,000 EXPENDITURE. WE KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE BIDS CAME IN AT IS ABOUT $8,000. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT TO THAT. IF THERE AREN'T ANY ISSUES WHEN WE ACTUALLY START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW OFFICE SPACE WITHIN OUR BUILDING. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. MR. GARCIA, DURING CONSTRUCTION, HOW WOULD OFFICE OPERATIONS BE AFFECTED? IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT A PICTURE HERE, ACTUALLY. OH, ACTUALLY, COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S THE CORNER. SO THIS IS THAT LITTLE CORNER THAT YOU SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S THE AREA THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING IN. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S JUST AN EMPTY SPACE THERE THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD FILL IN, YOU KNOW, BUT THE ISSUE WITH THIS AREA IS THAT IT HAS A LIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT. AND THERE'S, AND THE INTAKE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE THAT'S DISTRIBUTING THE AIR THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S COMING UP THERE IN PRICE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE FLOW OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THERE. YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE WALLS ARE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CEILING. AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE THINK IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NO. OKAY. MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM ALDERMAN QUIROZ.

SECOND AND A SECOND. HE JUST BEAT YOU ALDERWOMAN. I'M SORRY. ALDERMAN ORTEGA, SECOND FROM ALDERMAN ORTEGA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA, I AIMS I.

GARCIA. MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. SIR. ITEM NUMBER 14.

[14. Discussion and Action]

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I DID PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DISPOSE OF. WE DID HAVE TWO ENTITIES THAT CAME BY AND LOOKED AT THE ITEMS. WE HAD THE JEFF DAVIS COUNTY CAME BY AND THEY TOOK THE OLD ANTENNA, THE 30 FOOT ANTENNA THAT WE HAD FOR THIS FOR OUR DISPATCH COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THE TOWN OF ANTHONY CAME BY AND THEY TOOK ALL THE VISITOR CHAIRS THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS BUILDING, AND SOME COMPUTER MONITORS, A PRINTER AND A COMPUTER DESK. SO THEY TOOK QUITE A FEW ITEMS WE'RE WAITING ON TO HEAR FROM OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING BY AND LOOKING AT THOSE ITEMS, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN ABSORB THOSE IN INTO THEIR ENTITY. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MA'AM. I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR. BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN. I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE IN THE THE INTERWEB CAN HEAR. BUT IT'S HARD FOR US TO HEAR BECAUSE OF THE AIR CONDITIONERS. BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? AND IF YOU NEED US TO TO GO OVER ANYTHING AGAIN, WE CAN GO OVER IT. I THOUGHT I HEARD THERE WAS ONLY ONE ENTITY THAT SHOWED UP WITH INTEREST. ACTUALLY TWO. OH, THERE WAS RIGHT. OKAY. AND ARE WE STILL WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE OR WE ARE. SO I REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF THE OTHER SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES, EXCUSE ME, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES HERE LOCALLY TO FIND OUT IF THEY WANTED TO COME OUT AND SEE WHAT WAS OF USE TO THEM, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, SMALL MUNICIPALITIES, THEY HAVE THE HARDEST TIME RAISING MONEY OR EVEN THEIR BUDGETS ARE SO MUCH LOWER THAN EVEN OURS.

RIGHT. BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF HELP OUT OUR, OUR FELLOW, OUR FELLOW GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OUT HERE. AND IF THEY CAN USE IT, THEN WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET THEM TO, TO LET THEM COME ON BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE. AND AS FAR AS IS THERE A DEADLINE AS TO HOW FAST WE NEED TO MOVE? WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE END OF THE MONTH. YES. YEAH. SO WE ACTUALLY EXTENDED OUR LEASE ONE MONTH. OKAY. IN ORDER TO KIND OF HELP FACILITATE THAT. SO WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND THEN WHATEVER'S IN THAT BUILDING STAYS IN THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS GAITAN? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE SELLING TO

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[15. Discussion and Action]

THE DATE FOR THE BUDGET HEARING IS AUGUST 25TH, 2026, AND THE TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING IS SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026. ALL BUDGET RELATED MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD AT 6 P.M. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL FINANCE DIRECTOR. AS AS MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BUDGET MEETING ON FOR THE WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 4TH. AND ON AUGUST 25TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. AND THEN ON THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER, WE'LL ALSO WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND THE FINAL VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AS WELL. I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. MA'AM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF MEMBERS WERE AMENABLE TO MOVING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP EITHER THE WEEK BEFORE OR THE WEEK AFTER. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WEEK AFTER WE ALSO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF MEMBERS WOULD BE AMENABLE TO MOVING THAT BUDGET WORKSHOP. RIGHT. BUT THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC, I'M SORRY, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IS. IS IT'S WORKABLE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN SCHEDULE. ACTUALLY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT US BECAUSE OUR FINAL NUMBERS FOR ON OUR TAX RATE DON'T COME OUT TILL THE 25TH. OH NO I'M SORRY. ACTUALLY THEY COME OUT ON AUGUST 7TH. THEY COME OUT AFTER THE THE AUGUST 4TH DATE, THE AUGUST 4TH MEETING. USUALLY THEY COME OUT RIGHT BEFORE, BUT WE GOT THE SCHEDULE THE OTHER DAY AND IT'S UNTIL AUGUST 7TH. THE 11TH. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THE 11TH WE HAVE. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT ON OUR. OR CALL A SPECIAL MEETING THAT SECOND WEEK AFTER THE. WE RECEIVE THEM THE SEVENTH.

CORRECT. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. WE RECEIVED THE. ON THE 7TH OF AUGUST. THAT'S WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM. OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCILS ON THE 11TH. SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE 13TH OF AUGUST, BECAUSE THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A A LONG MEETING ON THE 11TH. IF WE DID THE 11TH.

ALDERMAN, WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR YOU WANTING TO RESCHEDULE FROM AUGUST 4TH? I WON'T BE IN TOWN THAT WEEK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN BE HERE FOR THAT

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BUT I'LL BE HERE THAT MONDAY. WE GOT A LOT TO GO OUT OF TOWN DURING THESE. I CAN SEE PEOPLE.

I'LL BE GONE FROM THE 12TH TO THE 19TH. SO YOU'RE GONE. THE 12TH THROUGH THE 19TH. OKAY.

THE 10TH RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE. BUT YOU'RE HERE. THE 10TH, RIGHT? YES. YOU'RE HERE THE 10TH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING COMING UP ON THE 10TH? YOU'RE AVAILABLE ON THE 10TH. EVERYBODY ELSE IS AVAILABLE ON THE 10TH. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A WEEK OF MEETINGS AT SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST. DO WE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ON THE 12TH. NO. MIGHT AS WELL. NO.

I'M OKAY. MOVING SPECIAL MEETING TO THE 10TH. YES. YOU'RE AS COUNCIL. ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT? ON THE 10TH WOULD BE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND THEN THE 11TH WOULD BE OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CORRECT. NO CONFLICT HERE. OKAY. SO OKAY, BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE 10TH.

OKAY. SO I WOULD JUST NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 15 AND TO AMEND THE BUDGET WORKSHOP FROM AUGUST 4TH TO AUGUST 10TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SECOND KIDDOS.

KIDDOS IS OUR SECOND. COULD YOU HOLD ON TIME OUT. DOES THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE 10TH? BECAUSE YOU'RE LITERALLY YOU RECEIVE IT THE MORE YOU RECEIVE IT THE AFTERNOON OF DOES THE 10TH. YEAH. YOU HAVE ONE DAY MAY NOT, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE YOU UPDATED NUMBERS IN THE MEETING. AND THEN ON THE 25TH, WE STILL HAVE TIME TO UPDATE THE BOOK, THE FRIDAY OR THE THURSDAY BEFORE. AND THEN I'LL JUST PROVIDE YOU UPDATED NUMBERS ON ON THE 10TH. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

NO PROBLEM. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA.

HI, KIDDOS. I ORTEGA I AVILA I AMES I GARDEA I MENDOZA I AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBERS. JUST REMEMBER THAT. REMEMBER I'M GOING TO DURING

[16. Discussion and Action]

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELVA RAMOS. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YOLANDA HUERTA. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER. WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE A KEY VARIABLE LOADER. WE WENT INTO SECURE MODE AS OF JANUARY OF 2025. IT'S A PORTABLE DEVICE THAT LOADS ENCRYPTION KEYS ONTO OUR RADIOS. IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS DEVICE, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR RADIOS BE ON SECURE MODE. SO IT'S USED FOR PORTABLE RADIOS, OUR MOBILE RADIOS, AND OUR RADIO CONSOLES AS WELL. SO THE CVL IS ESSENTIAL FOR SECURELY PROGRAMING AND MANAGING ENCRYPTION KEYS FOR ENCRYPTED RADIOS. WHEN WE WENT ON TO SECURE MODE, MORE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA ACTUALLY REQUESTED THE DEVICE FROM ANOTHER AGENCY. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE EL PASO SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO OBTAIN IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT BECAUSE IT WAS A DELAY WHEN WE

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LUCKILY WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT PROTECTS OUR PERSONNEL AS WELL. ALSO, IT MAINTAINS SECURE ACCESS. ONLY AUTHORIZED RADIOS WITH CORRECT KEYS CAN TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE ENCRYPTED RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. SO THE WAY IT WORKS, LET'S SAY THAT OUR RADIO TRANSMISSION IS A LOCKED DOOR.

THEN THE ENCRYPTION KEY IS ABLE TO OPEN THAT UNLOCKED DOOR AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. SO LET'S SAY A RADIO GETS LOST, NOT LIKE ONCE THE ENCRYPTION KEY GETS SWITCHED OVER, THAT PERSON WHO FOUND THE THE PORTABLE RADIO WON'T BE ABLE TO LISTEN IN TO OUR RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. NONETHELESS, THAT THAT SCANNER WON'T WORK. ALSO, IT IMPROVES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. IT SUPPORTS AUTOMATIC AND MULTIPLE KEY LOADING, ALLOWING TECHNICIANS TO SWIFTLY PROGRAM SEVERAL RADIOS, MAINTENANCE OR KEY CHANGES. SO ONCE AGAIN, IF AN OFFICER WAS TO LOSE THE RADIO, WE CAN AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH THAT ENCRYPTION KEY TO SOMETHING ELSE. THAT WAY, THAT PERSON CAN'T CAN LISTEN TO OUR RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. SO THIS IS A DEVICE. THIS IS THE KEY VARIABLE LOADER. IT'S FROM MOTOROLA. IT'S A CVL 7000. THE AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY 13,465 WITH $0.38. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MA'AM.

APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES. IS THAT A QUESTION? YES. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THESE ARE THESE WILL BE PURCHASED USING SURPLUS FUNDS. SO NO FISCAL IMPACT? NO, SIR. JUST THE SURPLUS FUNDS. THANK YOU. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES. MISS RAMOS, THE SURPLUS FUNDS. I'M SORRY. THE SURPLUS FUNDS. HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE STILL HAVE LEFT FOR? I WOULD HAVE TO CALCULATE IT, SIR. WHEN I ASKED MISS LILLY FOR THE SURPLUS FUNDS, WE WERE AT 152,000. AND THEN WE PURCHASED THE THE CHANNEL TWO, THE VEHICLE. SO WE. WE STILL HAVE SURPLUS FUNDS. OKAY. AND SO THIS THIS DEVICE. IS THIS A PURCHASE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? HOW OFTEN OR IS THIS JUST A ONE TIME PURCHASE? OKAY. AS LONG AS WE'RE STILL GOING WITH THIS ENCRYPTED TECHNOLOGY. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT'S A ONE TIME PURCHASE AND WE'LL USE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S LIKE A WHAT'S A DEVICE WITH WITH THE SOFTWARE. OKAY. DOES THAT SOFTWARE NEED TO BE UPDATED AND DOES IT NEED TO BE PURCHASED.

BUT IT WOULDN'T COST US. IT WOULD JUST BE THE DEVICE ITSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

GOOD QUESTION. YES. WHO WOULD? A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHAT DO YOU USE NOW TO. SO THE TIME WE WENT ON SECURE MODE, THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY OF 2025. MOTOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA.

THEY REQUESTED TO I BELIEVE IT WAS THE EL PASO SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WE BORROWED IT FROM THEM, BUT THEY WOULD GIVE US A RUNAROUND LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO USE IT.

AND IT EXPANDED THE TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON TO SECURE MODE. THERE WAS A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY BORROW THAT DEVICE, AND WHO WOULD KEEP THE DEVICE IF WE THE AGENCY. SO THAT WOULD BE I MEAN, IF WE PURCHASED ONE, OH, IT WOULD BE US THAT WOULD BE OURS. AND I WOULD OF COURSE LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM WITH THAT. WITH THE DEVICE, WITH THE KEY VARIABLE LOADER. THANK YOU. YES. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. YES, SIR. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST QUESTION. ANY GRANTS THAT WE COULD HAVE USED IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THIS? YOU KNOW WHAT? RIGHT NOW, WITH THE GRANTS, WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS, I WORK CLOSELY WITH MARISSA QUINTANILLA. AND WE'RE LIKE AT A POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE I MENTIONED THE THE PREVIOUS TIME IT'S THERE PROVIDING A CERTAIN AMOUNT WITH THE BUDGET. SO THEY'RE ASKING US THROUGH EACH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE BEFORE IT USED TO BE LIKE EL PASO SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HOG UP LIKE ALL THE GRANT. SO NOW MARISSA IS WORKING GREAT SPLITTING UP THAT, THAT, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO FOR NOW, THE ONE I HAVE RIGHT NOW WORKING IS THAT TRANSMITTER THAT WOULD BE ON CLARET CUP AND DARRINGTON TO HAVE BETTER RADIO COMMUNICATION OUT THERE. SO AND TO CLARIFY, MARISSA QUINTANILLA WORKS FOR THE RIO GRANDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. SO AND SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, AS MISS SILVA MENTIONED, MAKING

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YES SIR, YES SIR. AND WE WE JUMP ON IT AS SOON AS AS WE CAN. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I BELIEVE CHIEF IS ON THAT BOARD. YOU'RE ON THAT BOARD WITH THE RIO GRANDE COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO SO YEAH, HE'S WE HAVE A VOICE ON WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE NOW, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE DIDN'T. AND AND NOW CHIEF IS ON THAT BOARD AND I'M I'M ON THAT RIO GRANDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT BOARD. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. SO IT'S WE SEE IT, IT DROPS EVERY YEAR. IT DROPS EVERY YEAR. SO AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE DROP AS WELL, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS SD ONE. BUT YEAH, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY AWARE OF. SO AND I AGREE WITH YOU. YEAH. WE NEED AS MUCH GRANT MONEY AS WE CAN. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND MOVE TO APPROVE WAS ALDERMAN QUIROZ AND THE SECOND WAS ALDERWOMAN ORTEGA. PLEASE CALL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA.

AVILA I AMES A MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LADIES. OKAY, ON TO

[17. Discussion and Action]

MY NAME IS IRLANDA HUERTA. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER. THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE LAPTOPS FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. WE ARE REQUESTING TWO FOR APPROVAL FOR TO PURCHASE FOUR LAPTOPS. THEY WILL BE USED BY OUR THREE SHIFT SUPERVISORS AND MYSELF AND AS WELL AS ALL COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL WHEN NEEDED. THE LAPTOPS WILL SUPPORT OUR NINE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS BY PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY TO LEAVE THE WORKSTATIONS WHEN OPERATION NEEDS REQUIRE. ALSO, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING ACCESS TO THE TOOLS AND INFORMATION NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR PERSONNEL, IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, PERFORMANCE, PROVIDE PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, DO DISCIPLINARY DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL MATTERS TO BE HANDLED IN A MORE PRIVATE SETTING, AND IT WOULD ALSO SUPPORT AFTER HOURS SUPPORT, AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A SECURE ACCESS TO OUR EMAIL SCHEDULES AND OPERATIONAL RESOURCES TO ADDRESS STAFFING ISSUES AND SUPPORT OUR ON DUTY PERSONNEL WHEN NEEDED. IN ADDITION, IT IS.

IT WILL BE CITY MANAGED, CLOUD BASED DEVICE, AND IT WILL PROVIDE SECURE ACCESS TO SENSITIVE INFORMATION. IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO USE PERSONAL DEVICES TO CONDUCT OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT BUSINESS. IT WOULD ALSO BE USED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR ALL OUR COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL. AND IT DOESN'T SHARE CONSISTENT HARDWARE SOFTWARE SECURITY AND IT WILL SIMPLIFY IT SUPPORT. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM IT FOR THE LAPTOP, IT'S A MICROSOFT SURFACE LAPTOP FOR BUSINESS. THE EIGHTH EDITION, WHICH IS THIS ONE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. THE COST PER LAPTOP IS 4728 WITH $0.99. THE TOTAL WOULD BE 18,915 WITH $0.96 FOR THE FOUR LAPTOPS. THIS LAPTOP WAS RECOMMENDED BY IT. IT DOES SUPPORT CITY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. IT IS DESIGNED FOR EVERYDAY PROFESSIONAL USE. THE PROCESSOR. THE TYPE OF PROCESSOR HAS. IT DELIVERS FAST AND RELIABLE PERFORMANCE. IT DOES RUN MULTIPLE CITY PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT SLOWING THE.

THE LAPTOP AND. THERE IS PLENTY OF STORAGE FOR WORK FILES, REPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION, AS WELL AS BUILD TO PROVIDE SEVERAL YEARS OF RELIABLE SERVICE. REDUCING REPLACEMENT COSTS ABOUT 5 TO 7 YEARS. AND I ALSO DID WANT TO ADD THAT I DO THINK THAT THE LAPTOPS FOR THE SUPERVISORS AND MYSELF. IT IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL THAT WILL HELP US BETTER SUPPORT OUR STAFF AS WELL AS THE 911 OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THE PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY COME ON THESE LAPTOPS, WE CAN'T

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I BELIEVE THAT'S INCLUDED. AND OUR IT SUPPORT IS SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.

GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES.

MISS HUERTA, THOSE YOU MENTIONED, YOU HAD TWO LAPTOPS RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE ARE NOT LONG NO LONGER USABLE FOR FOR YOUR PURPOSES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. THESE THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING WOULD BE REPLACING THOSE TWO. YES. SO THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE SHIFT SUPERVISORS AND MYSELF. HOWEVER, IF NEEDED, ALL OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL WILL BE USING IT. AND IT'S MORE FOR LIKE TRAINING PURPOSES. IF THEY NEED TO GO OUT ON A TRAINING OR, BUT IT WOULD BE MOSTLY USED BY THE SUPERVISORS AND MYSELF. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW ONES. I'M SORRY, THE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW ONES THAT YOU'RE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THE TWO THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE. YOU KNOW WHAT, RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SURE I WOULD NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT YET. YEAH, WELL, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN SEE WHERE ELSE WE CAN USE THOSE LAPTOPS. SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LAPTOPS THAT ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, PAID THROUGH TAXPAYERS MONEY AND MAYBE THEY CAN BE USED BY OTHER PERSONNEL WITHIN THE CITY IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN NO LONGER USE THEM. YES, SIR. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A HAS AN INVENTORY OF, OF LAPTOPS THAT HAVE, I GUESS, OUT OF DATE THAT HAVE THAT HE CAN'T UPDATE ANYMORE BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THE CITY ITSELF, WHEN WE WHEN WE REPLACE COMPUTERS, THEY'RE AT THE CITY THAT GOES INTO AN INVENTORY THAT HE HAS AND EVERYTHING IS CHECKED OFF. SO AS THEY'RE ASSIGNED, THAT GOES INTO THEIR PERSONAL PERSONNEL FILE THAT THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED A DEVICE. AND ONCE THAT DEVICE IS TURNED IN. SO IN THIS CASE, THESE TWO DEVICES, THEN THAT WOULD GO BACK TO HIS INVENTORY OF, I GUESS, OUT OF DATE COMPUTERS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT, SIR, IF I CAN, IF I CAN ADD. SO NOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS JUST ADVANCING SO MUCH THAT THE EXPECTANCY USED TO BE FIVE YEARS, NOW IT'S GOING DOWN TO THREE YEARS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2020 LAPTOPS, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING WE'RE IN 2026. SO YEAH, SOME OF THEM ARE MALFUNCTIONING. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE VERY FRUGAL WITH WITH WHAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? SO IF, IF THOSE LAPTOPS ARE NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T NEED THEM ANYMORE, WE'LL FIND SOMEWHERE TO, TO USE THEM. YEAH. AND WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM REGARDING THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR. I MEAN, WE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME TO YOU FOR A PURCHASE THAT WE DON'T NEED OR THAT WE WANT BECAUSE OF IT'S A, IT'S A LUXURY OR, OR, OR BECAUSE WE WANT THE LATEST AND GREATEST THING. IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S NEEDED. AND HE DOES, WE DO, WE, WE, WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE OF REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE COMPUTERS, ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL RADIO SYSTEMS AND THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES. WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF WHEN, WHEN WE SHOULD BE REPLACING THOSE. THANK YOU. OBSOLETE WAS THE WORD I WAS SEARCHING FOR. I HAD FINALLY POPPED INTO AS CHIEF WAS TALKING OBSOLETE. SO AS THOSE. AS THOSE DEVICES BECOME OBSOLETE, THEN JOSUE TAKES THEM BACK INTO HIS INVENTORY AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET WITH MISS LILY TO FIND OUT IF THAT IS

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YES, SIR. COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT DOES AFTER OUR SUPPORT LOOK LIKE? TYPICALLY AFTER OURS COULD INCLUDE ANY SCHEDULING ISSUES THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER, ANYTHING WE HAVE TO ADDRESS BASED THAT IS BASED ON SCHEDULING OR IF OUR ON DUTY STAFF CALLS US THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE AND WE NEED TO ACCESS WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR CLOUD, AS WELL AS JUST ACCESSING THE MAIL.

I'M SORRY, THE MAIL, THE EMAIL, AND DOWNLOADING ANYTHING THAT IS SENSITIVE CONFIDENTIALITY ITEMS. AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE THE TWO LAPTOPS YOU CURRENTLY USE ARE THOSE BEING USED FOR AFTER HOURS SUPPORT. NO THEY'RE NOT. SO RIGHT NOW WE WE CURRENTLY FUNCTION WITHOUT AFTER HOURS SUPPORT. AND THIS IS JUST TO BETTER, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE OR THESE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT RIGHT AFTER HOURS AND. YES, SIR. OKAY.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. SO I'LL. ALDERMAN QUIROZ AND ALDERWOMAN ORTEGA, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. I KIDDOS I ORTEGA AVILA. I AMES I MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU LADIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18 ON AN EXTENSION TO THE SUBDIVISION

[18. Discussion and Action]

RECORDING PLAT APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE RECORDING PLAT LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LAKE CLARK SURVEY NUMBER 297 TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS CONTAINING 17.354 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES. APPLICABLE SUBMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY APPLICANT, REPRESENTATIVE, TREE AND ASSOCIATES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DAVID REES, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS GOING TO BE FOR A SIX MONTH EXTENSION REQUEST FOR RANCHO UNIT 18. SO THEIR DUE DATE. THEY. WHEN THE FINAL PLAT WAS ACCEPTED, THEY HAD A YEAR TO COMPLETE ALL IMPROVEMENTS, SO THEIR DUE DATE WAS ON JULY 8TH OF 2026. SINCE THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY REQUESTED, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT SIX MONTH EXTENSION AND THAT THAT NEW DATE WOULD BE JANUARY 8TH, 2027. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL PLAT, AND IT IS A TOTAL OF 89 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU UP HERE. FRESH BLOOD MAN. IT'S NICE THE THE PLANNERS ARE COMING OUT. THIS IS AWESOME. YOU GUYS BETTER HAVE QUESTIONS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BUDDY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW IT WAS QUICK. COULD YOU GO BACK REALLY QUICK. ONE SLIDE. THERE YOU GO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA

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[19. Discussion and Action]

IT GOES THROUGH TXDOT. SO AGAIN, WHAT IS THE. WHAT IS THE TEXAS STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK? AGAIN, IT'S A IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY TXDOT. AND IT PROVIDES LOANS FOR ELIGIBLE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION RELATED OBLIGATIONS. BENEFITS MAY INCLUDE BELOW MARKET FINANCING RATES, FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT TERMS, LOAN TERMS UP TO 30 YEARS, NO APPLICATION FEES. FIXED INTEREST RATES DURING THE LIFE OF THE LOAN.

FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT STRUCTURES TAILORED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED

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SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO COORDINATE WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET MORE UPDATED INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED. SO STEP SEVEN WOULD BE THE LOAN CLOSING. THAT'S TO FINALIZE THE LOAN AGREEMENT, BUDGET ACTIONS AND FUNDING PROCEDURES. AND THEN FINALLY COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL DECISION TIMELINE CONSISTS AS FOLLOWS. SO OBVIOUSLY JULY 4TH 14TH IS THE THE ACTUAL BRIEFING TO AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT INITIATION. AND AT THIS POINT, PROJECT INITIATION IS NOT THE ACTUAL APPLICATION ITSELF. IT'S MORE OF THE ANALYSIS, THE GAP ANALYSIS TO TO GET TO THAT POINT. SO LIKE I SAID, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO DO THAT. THEN WE GO TO SEPTEMBER 2026. THAT WOULD BE THE REVIEW OF THE FUNDING GAP ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY REPORT.

THEN THE APPROVAL OF THE PREFERRED FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND THE APPLICATION PREPARATION WOULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME. IN OCTOBER, IT WOULD BE THE REVIEW DRAFT OF THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. NOVEMBER WOULD BE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR FINAL APPLICATION SUBMISSION.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD COME BACK AGAIN FOR THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE US TO SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION. AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, WE RECEIVED THE TEXAS STATUS UPDATE ON THE LOAN APPLICATION. AND IN APRIL OF 27, WE REVIEW THE PROPOSED FINANCING TERMS AND MAY THE APPROVED LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZE CLOSING WOULD WOULD START. AND THEN AS FAR AS PROJECT RISK AND MITIGATION POTENTIAL RISKS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE WE'RE RELYING ON TXDOT FOR THE INFORMATION AND THEN OUR OWN FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING AND THINGS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE KIND OF LIKE ON A TIME CONSTRAINT. AND AGAIN, WE NEED STRONG COORDINATION WITH TXDOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT INFORMATION TO US AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE, WE, WE GET THAT, THAT DELIVERY OF THOSE DOCUMENTS TO, TO TEXT ON. AND THEN THE UTILITY COSTS, RECONCILIATION ISSUES, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT COMES UP AND THEN LEGAL REVIEWS AND DELAYS, ADDITIONAL TXDOT REQUESTS, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION SCHEDULING. AND THEN AS FAR AS RISK MITIGATION, AGAIN, EARLY DOCUMENTATION COLLECTION, MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, DEDICATED RISK BUFFER PERIODS, DEFINED RESPONSE DEADLINES, ACTION ITEM TRACKING, AND THEN ESCALATION PROCEDURES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SEE IF WE NEED TO DO ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL CONSULTING WORK FROM OTHER QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS, SUCH AS TECHNICAL REVIEWS, ADVISORY

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THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. I'M SO SORRY. I TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT NO PROBLEM. SO YES OR NO? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. SO I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

THIS THIS SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW IS, IS KIND OF A FLUID SCHEDULE, OKAY? BECAUSE AS MR. RUBIO POINTED OUT, THE I THINK, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I GUESS. LET ME SEE. GO BACK ONE MORE WHERE IT HAS THE DATES ON THEIR DATES, THE. THERE YOU GO. SO THE MAY 2027 CLOSING IS ACTUALLY PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION DATE FOR THE NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION, AND I BELIEVE. MR. SANCHEZ, DO YOU WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE COMPLETION FOR THE NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION? AUGUST 27TH. SO SO WE'RE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AHEAD ON THE LOAN APPLICATION WHEN WE HAVEN'T REALLY RECONCILED EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WHAT WHAT OUR GAP IS. RIGHT. SO SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT WE DO HAVE TO START THIS PROCESS IN ORDER BECAUSE IT IS A LONG PROCESS. BUT THESE DATES MAY CHANGE FOR US AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT, THAT DEADLINE. AND AS FAR AS FUNDING OPTIONS, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THIS. SO THAT WILL NOT IMPACT THE CITY. AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, WE WILL WE WILL BRING THAT TO COUNCIL AS WELL. SO BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS AGAIN, THIS SCHEDULE IS REALLY FLUID RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE GET CLOSER, WE STILL WE STILL HAVE CLOSEOUTS. WE STILL HAVE TO AUDIT THE, THE, THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CORRECT AMOUNT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FORECASTING. AND WE DON'T LIVE IN A WORLD OF, OF, OF FORECASTING A LOT. WE WANT HARD NUMBERS SO WE CAN CLOSE OUT PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO AND TO YOUR POINT, SIR, WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING THIS MORE OF A, AN AMBITIOUS TYPE OF SCHEDULING BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR FOR THE FINAL COSTS THAT TXDOT WILL, WILL SUBMIT TO US TO SEE IF WE'RE PREPARED TO, TO PAY THOSE AMOUNTS. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL FINISH SOONER TOO. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE HOPE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE HOPE. SO WE'LL WE'LL SEE. BUT WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'M DONE THIS WAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO YOU OR TO MR. SANCHEZ. I KNOW THAT PART OF THE DELAYS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH DARRINGTON IS BECAUSE OF THE ABANDONED GAS LINES THAT THEY WERE DISCOVERING AS THEY WERE DIGGING, RIGHT. PARTICULARLY IN THIS INTERSECTION RIGHT HERE, CLOSE TO THIS BUILDING, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING. AS THEY CONTINUE DOWN. DARRINGTON, ARE WE ARE WE EXPECTING ANY MORE OF THIS? ABANDONED GAS LINES OR UTILITIES? IT'S REALLY HARD. FOR THE RECORD, I'M JESSIE SANCHEZ, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER. TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT'S BURIED UNDERNEATH.

THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE DOES NOT HAVE ANY UPDATED PLANS. SOME OF THEIR PLANS GO BACK ABOUT TYPICALLY 30 TO 40 YEARS, BUT SOME OF THESE LINES WERE ACTUALLY INSTALLED GREATER THAN THAT 60 TO 80 YEARS AGO. WE DO ANTICIPATE THE CONCRETE BOX CULVERT, THE ONE THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WHERE THEY DID A TRANSITION FROM THE CYLINDRICAL PIPE TO THE BOX CULVERT. THE BOX CULVERT IS QUITE A BIT HARDER TO INSTALL, AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM LONGER JUST TO INSTALL THAT NEW STORM SEWER. AND SO I THINK THEY HAD SOME CONCRETE CAPS THAT WERE PROTECTING THESE UTILITY LINES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OLD BUILT BACK IN THE 50S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ARE THESE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND THROUGHOUT DARRINGTON AS WE CONTINUE? WE

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THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THEN AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR MR. RUBIO OR FOR MR. SANCHEZ. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PROJECT COST WHEN WE FIRST STARTED? DARRINGTON? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IT'S I THINK I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT $21 MILLION OF THAT. 20% WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT CLOSE TO $4 MILLION. SO THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THAT THAT WOULD BE OUR MATCH. THE THE $4 MILLION, AND THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN HERE AS WELL TO TO COVER IT. THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE COST THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT AS WELL. YES, SIR. AND THEN RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S THE ESTIMATE OF THE OVERAGE? I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE YET RIGHT NOW FOR SURE. WE KNOW THE THE THE MATCH IS THERE, THE $4 MILLION. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT IS JUST THE ADDITION OF ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS. AND IN ALL THE DELAYS, I'D HAVE TO LIKE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE CHANGE ORDERS FROM TXDOT. BUT ON THE UTILITY UTILITY RELOCATION AND THE CAP ISSUE, I THINK WE CAME IN AT ABOUT $280,000 JUST FOR THAT PART, THAT PIECE, AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE HR MUD COSTS FOR THEIR RELOCATION OF LINES. ANOTHER ISSUES THAT THAT HAPPEN THERE. AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH DESIGN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A DESIGN BUST THAT THEY THAT THEY HAD TO REDESIGN. THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO COVER THAT AS WELL. YES, SIR. SO, I MEAN, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LIKE TIE DOWN A NUMBER LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S TOO PREMATURE FOR US TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FROM TEXDOT. BUT ONCE WE MEET WITH THEM AND TRY TO COORDINATE CLOSER WITH THEM, WE COULD PROBABLY GET SOME, SOME GOOD NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT IS. AND IF I, IF I MAY, MAYOR. SO INITIALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT A PROJECT COST, AS MR. RUBIO SAID, ABOUT 21 TO $22 MILLION. SO WE WENT WITH THE $22 MILLION JUST TO COVER ANY MISCELLANEOUS COSTS. THE GRANT THAT CAME IN WAS AT $17.5 MILLION, WHICH WAS THE $3.5 MILLION, $4 MILLION GAP. SO WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING INTO THIS WITH AT LEAST A $4 MILLION GAP. OKAY. NOW, SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGE ORDER AFTER CHANGE ORDER HAVE COME THROUGH.

SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO INCREASE. AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS. AND AGAIN, I THE NUMBER THAT WE THINK WE'RE AT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBER THAT TEXDOT CURRENTLY HAS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM ON THE EIGHTH. SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF WE HAVE TO START NOW RECONCILING THOSE NUMBERS NOW IN ANTICIPATION FOR LARGER NUMBERS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. RIGHT? SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME. THAT WAY WE DON'T WANT TO COME INTO THIS AT A YEAR FROM NOW AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSER TO $4 MILLION OF AN ANTICIPATED GAP THAT WE STARTED THIS PROJECT WITH, AND NOW WE'RE WAY ABOVE THAT. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME THIS WAY. SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, EXACTLY WHAT THAT GAP IS. BUT KEEP IN MIND, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT KNOWING WE WERE AT A $4 MILLION GAP.

AND ALSO TO YOUR POINT, SIR, ANOTHER POINT OF CONFUSION FOR US WAS THAT TXDOT DID SOMETHING IN THIS PROJECT THAT THEY TYPICALLY DO NOT DO IN ANY OTHER PROJECT, WHICH WAS THAT THEY COMBINED THE TWO PROJECTS THERE, HORIZON BOULEVARD PROJECT WITH OURS. SO INITIALLY WHEN WE GOT THE NUMBERS, THEY WERE LIKE, LIKE SUPER HIGH. THEY WERE LIKE WAY ABOVE WHAT WE EVEN ASKED FOR. RIGHT? SO BECAUSE THEY DID THAT, IT CONFUSED THINGS. AND THEN WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT AND COME UP WITH A, LIKE AN ACTUAL ESTIMATE. AND IT WAS DIFFICULT. WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK. AND THEN IS WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD COMBINED THE PROJECTS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE.

I MEAN, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE. THEY SHOULD HAVE NOT COMBINE THEM LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT CONFUSED US AND IT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO DETERMINE OR GET A GOOD ESTIMATE AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. BUT NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THEN WE'VE GOT GUILDFORD.

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AND THEN ALSO, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD RECEIVED NUMBERS FROM TXDOT? THAT WAS LAST MONTH. RIGHT. THE LAST REPORT WE RECEIVED OUR LAST NUMBERS FROM TXDOT. AND IF YOU RECALL, TXDOT WORKS ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPENSES. ONE IS FOR CONTRACT AND ONE IS FOR TIME. SO OUR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE ADDING UP BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGE ORDERS APPROVED. AND ALSO OUR TIME EXPENSES HAS ADDED UP. AND YOU NOTICE THAT OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR TIME SCHEDULE. SO THE TIME SCHEDULE WE HAVE IN THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT, A STIPULATION SAYS THAT IF WE GO BEYOND TIME AND IT WAS CAUSED BY THE TOWN, AND THE TOWN HAS TO PAY A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA, THOSE COSTS ARE AROUND $3,700 PER DAY FOR THE EXTENSION. RIGHT NOW, TEX-DOT IS ESTIMATING FOR TIME EXTENSIONS.

IT'S COSTING US RIGHT NOW ABOUT 620 000, AND WE'LL PROBABLY DOUBLE THAT BY THE TIME THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CAUSE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER ANCILLARY COSTS, SUCH AS THE EMERGENCY CROSSOVER THAT WE APPROVED RECENTLY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S DIFFICULT TO GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER NOW. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MEET WITH TXDOT NEXT MONTH AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT GAP WILL BE. THEN THE CLOSING TIMELINE, I UNDERSTAND, OR THE CLOSING DATE OF MAY 2027. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS FLUID. WHAT IS THE LATEST THAT THAT TIMELINE CAN BE PUSHED BACK, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON PROJECT CHANGES? LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST. LET'S SAY FOR SOME REASON IT'S PUSHED BACK, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 MONTHS. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THIS TIMELINE? TEX-DOT HAS NOT ADDRESSED THAT, BUT IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD GO BEYOND AUGUST 27TH OF NEXT YEAR. IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT I'M ANTICIPATING. HOW HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE THE FINANCING TIMELINE THAT WE WOULD JUST PUSH IT OUT, PUSH IT OUT FURTHER? SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR IT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE APPLICATION CAN BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET, GET AHEAD OF THIS. SO IT WOULD JUST PUSH BACK THIS TIMELINE FOR US. OKAY. YES, SIR. THEN I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COME ON. NO. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY ALDERMAN QUIROZ AND A SECOND FROM ALDERWOMAN AIMS. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA I QUIROZ I ORTEGA AVILA I AMES I GUARDIAN I MENDOZA. I AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. SO WE STILL HAVE 27 MORE AGENDA ITEMS

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