[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 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. HELLO, EVERYBODY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE A PACKED HOUSE. WE GOT A A LOT TO DO TODAY. WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN HORIZON CITY. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AND IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO OPEN FORUM. DO WE HAVE 
          [2. Open Forum]
ANYBODY SIGNED UP AND OPEN FORUM, SIR? YES, SIR. OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM. THAT'S MISTER CARLOS B LUJAN. MISTER LUJAN. YES, SIR. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. CAN WE MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS ON FOR HIM, PLEASE? HI, MY NAME IS CARLOS LUJAN. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK UP. THE ISSUE HERE, I'M HERE REGARDING ITEM 12. I AM CONCERNED OF I'M NOT VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT THE TAX INCREASE IS GOING TO BE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M CHECKING MYSELF DUE TO THE INCREMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMY. EVERYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR DECISIONS AND THINK ABOUT THIS. REALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS INCREASE IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. I'M JUST ASKING TO BUILD IN, AND WHATEVER RATE YOU ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE, WE ARE A LOT OF RETIRED PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN INCOME. THAT IS NEVER GOING TO BE AN UPGRADE TO IT. AND I'M JUST HERE TO ASK YOU. PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE PRIORITY OF THE ISSUE AND ALSO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT BARELY CAN AFFORD TO PAY, CONTINUE PAYING THIS INCREASE IN TAXES. SO I'M ASKING YOU FOR MERCY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT BARELY CAN MAKE IT WITH MEDICINES, GROCERIES. AND I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER THAT AND GIVE US THE BEST DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ELECT YOU TO THE POSITION YOU ARE ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND VOICING YOUR CONCERNS. OKAY. WE OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP FOR OUR OPEN 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
FORUM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. FOR CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AURELIO SALAS TO THE HORIZON CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HAVE A. WE'RE GOING TO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE DELETE ITEM NUMBER THREE AND EXCUSE ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER MENDOZA. OKAY, WE HAVE A. 
          AND APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA AND APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DELETE ITEM THREE AND EXCUSE ALDERMAN MENDOZA. SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND. YES, MA'AM. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. 
          I QUIROZ I ORTEGA I AVILA I AMES I MENDOZA. AND MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 
          [7. Presentation]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA. FOR REGULAR AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON RECOGNITION OF THE HORIZON ELITE 14 YOUTH LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM PLAYING PLAYING IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS. A DAY TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME YOUNG MEN IN THE BUILDING THAT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT NO OTHER TEAM IN HORIZON CITY OR EL PASO COUNTY HAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED. WE HAVE WITH US THE BYAA14 NEW HORIZON CITY 
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LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM, THE 14 AND UNDERS. I HAVE A LITTLE EXCERPT I'D LIKE TO READ HERE WITH STEADFAST DEDICATION, MANY HOURS OF EFFORT, AND A STRONG BOND OF COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER, THE. BY A 14 NEW HORIZON CITY TEAM ACHIEVED WHAT NO DISTRICT 37 TEAM HAD ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THEIR HISTORIC JOURNEY BEGAN WITH A VICTORY OVER MONAHANS TO CAPTURE THE DISTRICT 37 CHAMPIONSHIP, FOLLOWED BY A VICTORY OVER SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK TO EARN THE SECTION ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY THEN COMPLETED THEIR REMARKABLE RUN BY DEFEATING CORPUS CHRISTI TO CLAIM THE TEXAS JUNIOR LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THESE YOUNG ATHLETES ACHIEVED A HISTORIC MILESTONE AS THE INAUGURAL DISTRICT 37 TEAM TO SECURE A JUNIOR LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT CREATED AN INSPIRING LEGACY FOR SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF PLAYERS ACROSS HORIZON CITY AND ALL OF EL PASO. THEIR PERSEVERANCE, SPORTSMANSHIP AND RESOLVE HAVE FILLED FAMILIES, COACHES AND BORDER YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY WITH GREAT PRIDE. THEIR DEDICATION AND POSITIVE SPIRIT TRULY INSPIRE US ALL. TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THESE EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG CHAMPIONS FOR THEIR HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR PROVING THAT HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK CAN MAKE HISTORY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM TO OUR HORIZON CITY STATE CHAMPIONS. SO IF EVERYBODY COULD, PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO CALL UP THE PLAYERS. SO THAT WAY YOU ALL CAN BE RECOGNIZED. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS MICROPHONE WITH ME BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE. IF I COULD HAVE NUMBER ONE, AIDEN VILLAGRANA COME ON UP. YOU WANT TO COME ON. UP AND TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES? SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE A WHILE. NUMBER TWO, MASON BECERRA. 
          NUMBER THREE ISAAC LUCERO. I'M SORRY. ISAAC LUCERO. NUMBER FOUR, MIKE ZUNIGA. NUMBER SEVEN, ALEX GAMEZ. NUMBER TEN, JERRY CAMPA. NUMBER 15, ALBERTO GARCIA. NUMBER 16, MATEO GARCIA. 
          NUMBER 17, ISAIAH MACHADO. NUMBER 18, CHRISTIAN PORTILLO. NUMBER 22. PABLO DELGADO. AND 
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NUMBER 42, HERMAN DE LA ROSA. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND COME ON UP, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'RE PRESENT, MR. RAY VALDEZ. THESE ARE OUR COACHES, MR. ISAAC LUCERO. MR. BRIAN VILLAGRANA. 
          AND MR. FELIPE DE LA ROSA. SO THOSE BASEBALLS THAT YOU HAVE THERE, THAT IS FROM OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO COMMEMORATE THIS WITH YOU ALL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOUR, YOUR DEDICATION AND, AND, AND THE RUN. I MEAN, THAT WAS A HECK OF A RUN THAT YOU GUYS MADE THROUGH THERE. AND WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING. THERE ARE 14 YEARS OLD. LOOK HOW TALL THESE GUYS ARE, RIGHT? THIS IS CRAZY. SO THE WATER IN HORIZON IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, SO I YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS. ALONG WITH ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A MAYOR'S RECOGNITION THAT WE LIKE TO GIVE OUT TO EVERYBODY. SO YOU GUYS CAN WEAR THESE. 
          PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE HORIZON CITY STATE CHAMPION BASEBALL TEAM. 
          OKAY, PARENTS, YOU CAN COME UP AND TAKE YOUR PICTURES IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND YOU CAN DO ALL OF THAT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE YOU GUYS TOGETHER BECAUSE. ON THIS SIDE. 
          EVERYBODY SHIFTED THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT. 
          CITY STATE CHAMPION, BASEBALL TEAM. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. LET ME GET YOU THOSE. LET ME GET YOU THE TWO PINS AND THE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO 
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MUCH. SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL DESERVE TO BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID A LOT. 
          IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH TALENT WE HAVE HERE IN HORIZON CITY. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S. AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER FOR FOR THEM. THOSE ARE GOOD KIDS. THEY WORK HARD. SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF THOSE KIDS. SO. ALRIGHTY. WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO IF WE CAN 
          [10. Discussion and Action]
MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP OVER TO ITEM TEN. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM AGENDA ITEM TEN PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER TEN. THIS IS ON THE APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. EL PASO COUNTY 911 DISTRICT ANNUAL BUDGET. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MARCO VARGAS, CHIEF OF POLICE. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE MR. SCOTT CALDERWOOD FROM THE 911 CENTER TO PRESENT THE 911 DISTRICT ANNUAL BUDGET. JUST WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT MR. CALDERWOOD HAS DONE A LOT FOR 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. I THINK HE'S A FIRE ALUMNI, BUT HE'S BEEN GREAT TO US. HE'S PROVIDED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND JUST THE LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING ON IN THAT CENTER IS JUST AMAZING. BUT WE WE'D LIKE TO THANK HIM AND THEN I'LL LET HIM PRESENT HIS ANNUAL BUDGET. THANKS, CHIEF. I DON'T KNOW HOW I FOLLOW THE BASEBALL THING UP. THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF DIFFICULT, BUT. WELL, DID YOU PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE? NO, NO I WASN'T. I WASN'T TALL ENOUGH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SCOTT CALDERWOOD. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EL PASO COUNTY 911 DISTRICT. WE PROVIDE 911 TECHNOLOGIES AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN EL PASO COUNTY. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY THIS YEAR. AND AS CHIEF VARGAS SAID, WE HAD A. WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HELPING YOU GUYS TURN UP THE NEW 911 CALL CENTER THAT YOU HAVE JUST DOWN THE HALL. NICE LITTLE STATE OF THE ART CENTER THERE, MUCH, MUCH LARGER THAN THE LAST ONE THAT THEY WERE IN. SO, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS. THIS IS FANTASTIC, I LIKE IT. SO AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH REVENUE FROM OUR FEE STRUCTURE. WE ARE WORKING AT THE STATE LEVEL TO TRY AND GET THAT RESOLVED. WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED. WE HAVE HAD TO PULL MONEY OUT OF OUR RAINY DAY FUND TO MEET OUR OUR OBLIGATIONS. BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO MEET OUR CORE SERVICES AND, AND A FEW OTHER NICETIES THAT THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN PROVIDE GIVEN WHAT WE'VE HAD. SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF. OF KEEPING OUR, OUR, OUR BUDGET AS TRIM AS POSSIBLE. GIVEN OUR CIRCUMSTANCE, I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY BIG CHANGES COMING ON THE HORIZON. WE ARE. DID YOU GET THAT? SO WE ARE CHANGING OUT ALL OF OUR 911 CALL HANDLING EQUIPMENT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN A. WE'VE BEEN A SHOP THAT'S BEEN USING A MOTOROLA PRODUCT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, MANAGED THROUGH AT&T. AND WE HAVE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BEEN PUSHING THE TECHNOLOGY ENVELOPE AT THE AT THE 911 LEVEL WITH OUR WITH OUR AI IMPLEMENTATIONS. BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT OVER THE TOP. AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE INNOVATIVE AND BE THE LEADER IN 911 THAT, THAT WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE'RE DOING IT WITH DINOSAUR EQUIPMENT THAT IS ANALOG. AND SO WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE MOVING TO A BRAND NEW CALL HANDLING SYSTEM THIS YEAR THAT WILL CHANGE OUT THE CALL HANDLING SYSTEM FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR APPS, INCLUDING INCLUDING HORIZON 
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CITY'S APP. IN FACT, CHIEF WILL BE THERE ON MONDAY TO SEE WHAT THE NEW STUFF LOOKS LIKE. THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW STUFF IS THAT IT'S FROM THE SAME COMPANY THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR OUR AI TECHNOLOGY AND OUR NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE NATIVELY INTEGRATED INTO A SINGULAR PLATFORM THAT WILL TRANSLATE INTO BETTER COMMUNITY SERVICE, SHORTER ANSWER TIMES. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY HERE IS YOU CAN ONLY STAFF FOR 90%. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING FOR 911, YOU CAN'T STAFF FOR THAT ONE BIG GIANT EVENT, OR YOU WOULD JUST 90% OF THE TIME HAVE PEOPLE THAT WERE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, NOT DOING ANYTHING. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO WITH THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP THAT SORT OF THING. THE EXAMPLE BEING, LET'S SAY THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG TRUCK ON EAST LAKE AND IT TURNS OVER AND IT CATCHES ON FIRE. 50 PEOPLE WHIP OUT THEIR CELL PHONE AND START DIALING 911. AND NOW NOW WE'RE IN SYSTEM Q, NOW WE'VE GOT CALLERS WAITING AND THEY'RE WAITING TWO, THREE, FOUR MINUTES. MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE CALLING ABOUT THE SAME INCIDENT THAT ALREADY HAVE RESOURCES IN RESPONSE. BUT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE REALLY NEEDS HELP. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAS A DROWNING CHILD. AND SO OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ABLE TO GEOFENCE THAT, TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF CALLS, AND PASS THE REST OF THE CALLS OFF TO AN AI CONSCIOUSNESS FOR SCREENING. IF THEY ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVING AN EMERGENCY, WE'LL GET THEM BACK INTO QUEUE AND WE'LL GET THAT CALL ANSWERED NEXT. SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF THINGS THAT THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO DO. IT IS FIRST IN THE NATION TO HAVE A SINGULAR ECOSYSTEM LIKE THIS. AND SO I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO MAKE THIS COME IN CONSIDERING OUR OUR BUDGET SHORTFALLS. BUT IN A NUTSHELL, THIS IS JUST KIND OF OUR USUAL COME OUT HERE AND TELL YOU GUYS WE'RE DOING GREAT STUFF AND ASK YOU TO REVIEW AND APPROVE OUR BUDGET. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS PUT OUT DAY AFTER DAY. IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT WORK WE REALLY DO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT OUR 911 CENTER HERE TOGETHER. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR 911 CENTER. AND IT DOES HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? YES, SIR. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. YOU'D MENTIONED THAT THE YOU ALL WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE AI WOULD FILTER THOSE CALLS, TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF CALLS. HOW ARE THOSE CALLS DROPPED? YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE GETTING SO MANY CALLS FOR THE SAME THING? IS IT AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT TELL THE INDIVIDUAL CALLING? IT'S A VOICE IVR. AND BY THAT, RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU CALL SOMEBODY THAT HAS A PHONE TREE, PRESS ONE FOR THIS, PRESS TWO FOR THIS. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S USING AN AI CONSCIOUSNESS TO ROUTE THE CALLS WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. THE CALLER IS GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE THAT, YES, I'M CALLING ABOUT AN INCIDENT, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE RESOURCES IN ROUTE AND AGREE TO, TO, TO HANG UP. AND THAT'S ALL THEY USUALLY WANT. THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW, OH, YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THIS? SOMETIMES THEY EVEN CALL WHEN THE BLINKING RED LIGHTS ARE ALREADY ON THE SCENE. IT'S IT'S, IT'S THAT BAD. BUT IF A CALLER INSISTS ON TALKING TO A HUMAN WILL GET THEM THERE. WE'LL PUT THEM IN THE QUEUE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO EVER REPLACE 911 CALL TAKERS FOR EMERGENCY CALL VOLUME, BECAUSE AI CANNOT DO THAT NOW. IT DOESN'T HAVE IT HAS TOO MANY LIMITATIONS FOR THAT. THERE'S TOO MANY NUANCES IN AN EMERGENCY CALL FOR AI TO BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND. IT CANNOT, FOR INSTANCE, HEAR AN ALTERCATION HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND USE AI FOR OUR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND PUSH AI TO HANDLE REPORTS THAT ARE JUST USUAL INFORMATION TYPE REPORTS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO TAKE THE MUNDANE AND THE USUAL AWAY FROM OUR TELECOMMUNICATORS SO THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE COMPLEX AND THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SO AI IS NOT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, IS NOT GOING TO BE MAKING EMERGENCY TRIAGE DECISIONS, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO THE AI WOULD ALLOW, LIKE YOU SAID, IT WOULD TAKE OVER THOSE MUNDANE TASKS. AND THIS WOULD 
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ONLY BE FOR OUR 911 OPERATORS. WOULD IT TAKE OVER ANY OTHER FUNCTIONS OVER TIME? OVER TIME IT CAN ACTUALLY WITH THE WITH THE CITY OF EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE ALREADY ROUTED OVER 3000 CALLS THROUGH AN AI CONSCIOUSNESS TO HANDLE CALLS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING AS A DESIGN PARTNER WITH THIS COMPANY THAT WE ARE SIGNING WITH AS EARLY DESIGN PARTNERS TO, TO PUSH THAT TECHNOLOGY. AND WITHIN A FEW YEARS, THAT WILL BE A CAPABILITY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOUR DISPATCHERS FOR THEIR LOW PRIORITY AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS SHOULD YOU CHOOSE. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SORT OF KEEP US UPDATED ON THOSE CHANGES TO COME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, I STILL CURRENTLY WORK FOR FIRE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER IT'S IN THIS CASE, YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT EL PASO POLICE IS ALREADY USING IT. 
          HAVE THEY RUN INTO ANY ISSUES OR IS THERE ANY TWEAKING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO AI, AS WELL AS ANY KIND OF UPDATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BE ADDED? BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU CAN'T NEVER REPLACE A HUMAN BEING ANSWERING A PHONE, AND OF COURSE, IMMEDIATELY ROUTING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. IF IN CASE THIS AI HAPPENS TO HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND AGAIN, I'VE CALLED, LET'S JUST SAY DISCOUNT TIRE FIRESTONE, ANY COMPANY THAT'S ALREADY USING AI, AND IT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATING JUST WHEN YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. AND AGAIN, I'M PRETTY SURE 911 GETS JUST THE 911 CALLS THAT ARE NOT EMERGENCY, THAT ARE JUST QUESTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBERS. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          IF IN CASE SOMETHING DRASTIC DOES HAPPEN, SOMETHING TO WHERE A HUMAN WOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ONCE IT'S BACKTRACKED AND THE CITIZENS THAT RELY ON THIS SYSTEM COME BACK AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AGAIN, THE UPDATES, ANY KIND OF UPDATE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO AI IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, IF IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING WITH THE PEOPLE USING IT, IN THIS CASE EL PASO POLICE, THE EL PASO FIRE IS USING IT ALSO FOR NON-EMERGENCY, AND WE HAVE A 96% SUCCESS RATE BY OUR METRIC. YES, WE LISTEN TO EVERY SINGLE CALL. I HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES. THE CITY HAS TWO EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE LITERALLY LISTENED TO EVERY ONE OF THE 30,000 CALLS, AND WE MAKE TWEAKS DAILY. THAT'S PART OF THE BURDEN OF BEING A DESIGN PARTNER THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE ACCEPTED. REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING 911 CALLS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ONLY TAKING NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. SO BY NATURE OR BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT YOU DIALED NON-EMERGENCY, THAT KIND OF INDICATES TO US THAT THAT WE CAN PROCESS THAT CALL. WE DO TRANSFER A LOT OF CALLS TO TO 911. THE AI IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE OVER OR OVER. IT'S, IT'S VERY IF IT EVEN HEARS SOMETHING THAT IT EVEN THINKS IS AN EMERGENCY, IT AIRS ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND IT AND IT TRANSFERS THE CALL. AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, CITY OF EL PASO HAD A HUGE WATER OUTAGE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PHONE CALLS WERE COMING IN ABOUT THIS. WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIGURE IT WHERE IT COULD HANDLE ALL OF THAT. IT COULD TELL PEOPLE WHERE, WHERE THEY COULD GO TO GET WATER, WHAT THE STATUS OF EVERYTHING WAS. AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS PUT PRESS RELEASES IN THERE AND IT WOULD HANDLE IT. SO WE HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA, WELL, WE'LL DO THIS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. SO WE BUILT IT A A SPECIAL ONE JUST FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. UTTER COMPLETE FAILURE. IT HEARS THE WORD EXPLOSION. IT HEARS THE WORD FIRE. IT HEARS THE WORD, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS JUST TRANSFERRING 90% OF THE CALLS TO 911 AND CALLS THAT WE HAD. WE TURNED IT OFF IN TWO HOURS. 
          TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, EVERY SINGLE CALL RIGHT NOW IS STILL REVIEWED BY EITHER A NON-EMERGENCY OR AN EMERGENCY CALL TAKER. BEFORE A FINAL ACTION, THE AI WILL CREATE A REPORT AND SAY, THIS IS THE REPORT, BUT INSTEAD OF SPENDING TEN MINUTES, A HUMAN TYPING THE REPORT, THEY SPEND 60S READING THROUGH, READING THE SUMMARY, SEEING THE TRANSCRIPT AND CONCURRING, OR CALLING THE PERSON BACK OR TRANSFERRING THE CALL. SO A 
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HUMAN ACTUALLY IS STILL THE DECISION MAKER. FOR EVERY SINGLE CALL THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TAKEN AWAY THE MUNDANE, THE OKAY, WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT VEHICLE? IT'S BLUE. WHAT STREET IS IT PARKED ON? WHAT IS THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER? IT'S DOING ALL OF THAT. SO YEAH, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE PHASING THIS IN AN APPROACH THAT'S RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE BENEFIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE CITIZENRY IS, IS EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER THAN THAN ANY RISK THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCUR AS FAR AS EVENTUALLY, DO YOU SEE AI TAKING OVER IN THIS CASE, LET'S SAY BLUE CARD, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE ACTUAL DISPATCHERS DOING BLUE CARD AND AI, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF MAYBE MANAGING A 911 CALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE? LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF AI. IT'S NOT LINEAR. IT'S EXPONENTIAL. SO THE ANSWER IS YES. AT SOME POINT IT WILL BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO TO KIND OF DO THAT YET. WE RECOGNIZE WHERE THE LIMITATIONS ARE. WE RECOGNIZE WHAT THE STRENGTHS OF HUMANS ARE. AND WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO IS TAKE THE LOW ACUITY NON-EMERGENCY TYPE CALLS AND LET HUMAN MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS. THAT'S WHAT HUMANS EXCEL AT. HUMANS ARE GREAT MICROMANAGERS. THEY'RE GREAT AT HANDLING COMPLEXITY. AI IS THERE YET. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU WERE DESCRIBING THAT EXAMPLE OF THE SEMI OVERTURNING AND RECEIVING NUMEROUS CALLS, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON GEOFENCING? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? GEOFENCING MEANS THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW GEOFENCE AROUND A PARTICULAR AREA. AND IF IT'S RECEIVING MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE CALLS FROM ONE PARTICULAR AREA AND ALL OF THE CALL TAKERS, IF THERE'S CALL TAKERS AVAILABLE TO TAKE THEM, WE'RE GOING TO ROUTE THOSE CALLS THERE. BUT AS SOON AS WE GET INTO A SYSTEM STATUS WHERE WE'RE IN, WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE GOT CALLS IN QUEUE, THOSE CALLS ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO AN AI CONSCIOUSNESS THAT WILL SAY, HEY, ARE YOU I NOTICED YOU'RE CALLING FROM THIS ADDRESS OR ARE YOU CALLING ABOUT THE, THE INCIDENT THAT IS OCCURRING HERE? WE HAVE RESOURCES IN ROUTE. IF YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO REPORT THAT YOU CAN HANG UP, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT, STAY ON THE LINE AND I'LL PUT YOU IN QUEUE. AND DOES THE AI TECHNOLOGY. I KNOW WE KIND OF DISCUSSED ALREADY SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE FORESEEING AI MIGHT DO IN THE FUTURE. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PRESENT TIME THAT IT'LL OFFER A BENEFIT FOR THE CALL MAKER, THE PERSON MAKING THE PHONE CALL? SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A DROPPED CALL. DOES AI ASSIST IN ANY WAY? ABSOLUTELY. AI WILL CALL BACK ALL 911 HANG UPS SO THAT OUR CALL TAKERS DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. LIKE I SAID, I JUST TOUCHED ON ONE THING. THERE'S SO MANY NEAT THINGS ABOUT THIS. YES, IT WILL CALL BACK AUTOMATICALLY ANY KIND OF 911 HANG UP, RUN THAT THROUGH. IF IT IF IT IS A. THE MAJORITY OF OUR 911 HANG UPS ARE ARE MISSED DIALS AND OR THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE SOMEBODY PICKED UP THE PHONE AND REALIZED 100 OTHER PEOPLE REPORTED IT. SO THEY JUST HANG UP REAL QUICK. SO IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THUS FREEING UP THE THE HUMAN TO DO. THAT'S THE WHOLE YEAH, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT RIGHT NOW. IF, IF A, IF THERE IS A 911 HANG UP, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AUTOMATED CALL BACK. 
          BUT IT'S A, IT'S A CALL TREE. HEY, YOU DIAL 911. IF YOU STILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY, PRESS ONE. 
          IF YOU DON'T NEED US, PRESS TWO, THAT KIND OF THING. SO THIS IS JUST A MORE SOPHISTICATED AND ADVANCED AUTOMATIC ABANDONED CALL BACK FEATURE THAT WILL BE TURNED ON. THERE IS THERE IS ALMOST UNLIMITED THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO. YOU'RE SAYING WOULD IT BENEFIT THE CALLER? YES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT CAN DO IS IT CAN GO BACK AND IT CAN DATA MINE EVERY CALL THAT EVER HAPPENED. AND IT CAN SAY, HEY, AT THIS ADDRESS RIGHT HERE, THERE'S AN AUTISTIC CHILD AT THIS ADDRESS RIGHT HERE. THERE'S BEEN THREE PAST INCIDENTS. ALL OF THEM WERE VIOLENT. THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY POP UP. IT'S GOING TO MINE DATABASES IN CAD, WHERE IN THE PAST IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DISPATCHER. IF THEY ARE NOT BUSY, THE WHEREWITHAL TO GO IN AND MAKE THOSE SEARCHES BY THEMSELVES. AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT INFORMATION IS RELAYED TO THE RESPONDING UNITS IN REAL TIME. YEAH. ALL OF THAT 
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HAPPENS RIGHT NOW. BEFORE BEFORE THE CALL EVEN GOES OUT FOR DISPATCH. ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO ALREADY BE ATTACHED. YEAH, THAT SORT OF THING IS, IS THE TRUE BENEFIT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE TALKING TO PEOPLE. IT'S, IT'S WHAT IT CAN DO IN THE BACKGROUND WITH ANALYTICS, THE ABILITY TO PULL ANALYTICS AGAINST MULTIPLE PLATFORMS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. THERE'S JUST SO MANY GREAT USE CASES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORTH WITH THAT. AND IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A REAL BRIEF EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT A SEMI TURNING, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF THE FIRE RELATED INCIDENTS. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT 90, IF NOT MORE THAN 90% OF THE CALLS THAT GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE MEDICALLY MEDICAL RELATED HEART ATTACKS, DIABETIC EMERGENCIES, ETC. CAN YOU GIVE ME A REAL BRIEF EXAMPLE OF HOW AI WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE TYPE OF CALLS, WHICH ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS? WELL, I THINK THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE CALLS THAT ARE CLOGGING UP 911 THAT ARE NOT EMERGENCIES FREE UP THE CALLER TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE SORTS OF CALLS. THERE ARE IN THE FUTURE, FIRE IS GOING TO START USING THEM. OUR ABILITY TO NOT NECESSARILY AI, BUT THIS SYSTEM TO ASK THE CALLER TO SHARE THEIR LOCATION AND SHARE SOME VIDEO. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND THAT TO A PARAMEDIC. AND WE CAN DO WE CAN DO PRELIMINARY STROKE ANALYSIS BEFORE THEY GET ON THE SCENE AND SEND THE STROKE UNIT. WE CAN WATCH SOMEBODY DOING CPR AND ASK, IS THERE A BYSTANDER THAT CAN FILM YOU AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE NOT PUSHING ON YOUR CHEST IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE WHAT'S COMING AND SEEING HOW THIS IS NEW TECHNOLOGY, HOW AND I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING LIKE ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE WITH BUDGETS. HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT YOUR BUDGET WITH THE AI? TECHNOLOGIES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. IS IT ARE YOU GOING TO IS IT GOING TO GET FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS? HOW'S HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK? CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE MANAGED WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT IN THE 911 WORLD TO BRING THAT TECHNOLOGY IN AT A ZERO COST TO OFFSETTING THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE DESIGN PARTNERS AND BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THE BURDEN THAT WE ARE PUTTING BY. BY LISTENING TO 3000 CALLS AND BUILDING IN TENTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. AND SO GETTING IN EARLY SIGNING A TEN YEAR CONTRACT THAT HAS NO COST ESCALATORS FOR TEN YEARS, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. THANK YOU SIR. TO KIND OF KIND OF CONTINUE ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATION. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SINCE PD TAKES THEIR CALLS AND FIRE TAKES THEIR CALLS. YOU HAVE DIFFERENT DISPATCHERS FOR PD, AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT DISPATCHERS FOR FIRE CALL TAKERS FOR EVERYBODY, SINGULAR CALL TAKERS, RIGHT. BUT IT GETS PASSED ON TO PD IF IT'S A PD CALL AND IT GETS PASSED ON TO FIRE IF IT'S A FIRE CALL, CORRECT. SO IN THIS CASE, IF YOU HAVE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY AND IN THIS CASE IT AI RECOGNIZES BRAILLE, ANY OTHER FORM OF TO ENHANCE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE THAT HAVE THE DISABILITY. AND THEN SECOND WOULD BE PROTOCOL. 
          PROTOCOL. IF IF CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD THAT ON THE PD SIDE. IF IN CASE YOU HAVE A HOSTAGE SITUATION, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE CALLING THAT NUMBER BACK. IF IN CASE A CELL PHONE GOES OUT IN THE CROWD, IT MIGHT CAUSE A LIFE TO BE LOST. AGAIN, NOT A PROTOCOL. THAT'S NOT A PROTOCOL. SO AI WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY CALLING BACK ON A HANG UP, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HOSTAGE SITUATION. THAT HOSTAGE SITUATION IS 0.00000 SOMETHING PERCENT EVEN EVEN IF IT WAS THAT PERCENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T JUSTIFY NOT MAKING THE CALL FOR THE 99.99999% OF THE CALLS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME GOOD. SO THAT'S NOT A PROTOCOL REALLY ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. AGAIN, I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD THAT DISPATCHERS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO CALL BACK IN SITUATIONS TO WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT BE AT HARM. 
          NO. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE DISABILITY PORTION OF IT, SO OUR AI CAN TRANSLATE 295 LANGUAGES. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN SPEAK 30 LANGUAGES NATIVELY. BACK TO CALLERS, ELIMINATING THE NEED TO USE LANGUAGE LINE AND CUTTING MINUTES OFF OF OFF OF A TIME IF IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, IF WE HAVE A SPANISH CALL AND 40% OF OUR CALLS IN EL PASO COME IN IN SPANISH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING MANDARIN OR SOMETHING, IT CAN TAKE A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 
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LANGUAGE THEY'RE SPEAKING AND GET THEM ON THERE. SO RIGHT NOW THE LANGUAGE MODEL IS THERE AT THE FCC LEVEL. WE JUST SENT REPLY COMMENTS BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE. NEW VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, THE DEAF COMMUNITY RELIES ON OLD, OLD TECHNOLOGY LIKE TDD, TTY, OR A RELAY SERVICE. AND SO WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW AND IF AI COULD COULD COMPREHEND SIGN LANGUAGE ON A VIDEO. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AT THE FCC FOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW. AND SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THERE. WE JUST TURNED ON RTT REAL TIME TEXT FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST. BUT YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY POTENTIAL FOR IT TO MAKE THAT KIND OF HELP. AS FAR AS THE HUMAN ACTUAL DISPATCHER, DO WE HAVE A, A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MANY CALLS COME IN THAT PERTAIN TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, OR I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY SMALL. MOST OF THE MOST OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY ACTUALLY USE RTT NOW. YEAH, WE'VE HAD TT, TDD, TT DEVICES THAT WE'VE USED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL ON ONE OF THOSE IN OVER FIVE YEARS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT THE FCC MANDATES THAT WE USE. SO WE HAVE IT IN THERE. IT'S THAT OLD AND THAT ANTIQUATED. 
          WE DON'T EVEN USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE USED OUR RTT TECHNOLOGY. SO YEAH, WE'RE, I THINK THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S UNLIMITED USES FOR, FOR WHAT WE CAN DO. AND IF, IF THERE ARE SOME KIND OF USES. EL PASO COUNTY, 911 DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE FIRST TO USE IT. 
          THANK YOU. YES, SIR. JUST A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. CALDWELL. SO FIRST, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT IS THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR REVIEWING CALLS, NON-EMERGENCY CALLS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THESE AI OPERATING SYSTEMS DAILY. AND SO LIKE, LET'S SAY I CALL IN THE MORNING. ARE YOU REVIEWING THAT CALL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON? DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE CALLS? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CALLS TO THE CITY OF EL PASO. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CALLS TO HORIZON CITY FOR WELL, FOR HORIZON CITY? WE DON'T ANSWER HORIZON CITY'S NON-EMERGENCY CALLS FOR THE 911 OPERATING DISTRICT. WE ONLY ANSWERED 911 CALLS. WE DON'T ANSWER NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. OKAY. AND SO. WELL, THE I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE THE AI IS THE ONE ANSWERING THE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY ONLY ANSWERING THE CITY OF EL PASO PD AND FIRE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND NOW JUST TO CIRCLE BACK TO A POINT THAT ALDERMAN ORTEGA WAS MAKING REGARDING THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, LET'S SAY IN THE FUTURE, AI GETS IT WRONG AND COSTS CRITICAL TIME FOR AN EMERGENCY EVENT. YOU KNOW, A RESIDENT IS HAVING A STROKE, HAVING A HEART ATTACK, AND FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, WHO WOULD BE HELD LIABLE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHERE A RESIDENT LOSES CRITICAL TIME AND IS LEFT IN, YOU KNOW, IN A VEGETATIVE STATE, SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, WHO IS LIABLE FOR THAT, FOR THE USE OF AI, TAKING THOSE EMERGENCY CALLS LATER DOWN THE LINE? THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT QUESTION. SO NUMBER ONE, WE'RE NOT ANSWERING 911 CALLS UNLESS THEY'RE IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS LIKE IN Q. 
          AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RISK BENEFIT THAT HAPPENS. NOW THERE IS NO LIABILITY. IT'S CALLED GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. AND AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW YOUR PROCEDURES AND YOUR PROTOCOLS, YOU ARE NOT LIABLE. SO WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON TRYING TO ANSWER 911 CALLS WITH THAT. BUT WE DO THINK THERE'S A BENEFIT. IF YOU HAVE 15 CALLERS IN QUEUE, TEN OF THEM ARE CALLING ABOUT A NOISE COMPLAINT, AND ONE OF THEM HAS A DROWNING CHILD THAT I GET THAT CALL FIRST. SO IF I CAN HELP A THOUSAND OF THOSE PEOPLE AND ONE OF THEM GOES BAD, I, I THINK WE'RE JUST PLAYING THE WHAT IF GAME, WHICH EVERYBODY LOVES TO DO WITH AI. YOU KNOW, A TESLA CRASHES AND EVERYBODY JUST GOES CRAZY. BUT TESLA CRASHES ARE FAR AND FEW BETWEEN COMPARED TO HUMAN CRASHES. SO YES, IT'LL GET IT WRONG, BUT HUMANS GET IT WRONG MORE. OKAY. AND THEN NOW I WANTED TO MOVE OVER TO THE, THE BUDGET SIDE OF THINGS. FIRST, UNDER THE 911 NETWORK OPERATIONS, WE SEE A DECREASE IN YOUR BUDGET OF $205,000, YOU KNOW, UNDER 4% DECREASE. WHY 
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THAT DECREASE THIS BUDGET CYCLE? BECAUSE WE GOT TO CUT COSTS. AND IF YOU NOTICE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST GOES UP, COSTS FOR ME TO PUT MY EMPLOYEES ON INSURANCE WENT UP 24% COST FOR MAINTENANCE ON MOST OF MY STUFF GOES UP 7 TO 10% ANNUALLY. COST FOR KEEPING TALENT HAS GONE UP. SO MY ADMINISTRATIVE COST WENT UP. WE HAD TO CORRESPONDINGLY CUT OPERATION COSTS. SOME OF IT IS DUE TO GOING TO THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. WE CUT A FEW PROGRAMS, WE CUT SOME MAPS, WE CUT SOME ANALYTICS PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE USING, THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. AND THEN ALSO UNDER CAPITAL EXPENSES, WE SEE A $467,000 DECREASE. COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT? THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING SYSTEMS, WE OFTEN HAVE TO COME UP WITH $1 MILLION THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT ONLY HALF $1 MILLION. ANOTHER BUDGET CYCLE. TECHNOLOGY IS VERY EXPENSIVE WHEN I HAVE TO. 
          IF YOU LOOK, THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE BUILT A BRAND NEW CORE FOR OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM AND THE MS. SYSTEM, THE POLICE MS. SYSTEM THAT THE DISTRICT IS TAKING OVER MANAGEMENT OF. SO THAT WAS A VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR. WE HAD TO BUILD HUGE TECHNOLOGY JUST TO STORE THE TERABYTES OF DATA THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT. AND SO THAT PREVIOUS YEAR'S CAPITAL COST REFLECTS THE COST THAT WE INCURRED TO BUILD THE NEW CORE. AND SO THIS YEAR WE HAD ALREADY BUILT THAT. AND SO IT GOES DOWN CORRESPONDINGLY. AND THEN JUST ONE LAST THING. UNDER YOUR STATE APPROPRIATION REQUEST, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE REQUESTING ABOUT $237,000 LESS THIS CYCLE. IS THERE A REASON FOR A DECREASE IN THAT REQUEST? THAT'S HOW MUCH WE NEED. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. NO MORE CLARIFICATIONS FOR ME. THANK YOU SIR, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION. AND IT'S CONCERNING THAT SAME STATE APPROPRIATION REQUEST. HAVE YOU SEEN A TREND? I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED AS A FOR THE 911 CENTER TO FUNCTION FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE. BUT DO YOU SEE THE STATE? I GUESS NOT BEING AS NOT BEING ABLE OR WANTING TO SUPPLY THOSE REQUESTS AS READILY AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST? IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING THERE THAT'S A TREND THAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN WITH AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE SEEING? SO WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE STATE APPROPRIATION REQUEST, THAT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING. THAT IS FUNDS THAT WERE ALREADY APPROPRIATED FROM PROPOSITION EIGHT. BUT KNOWING THAT WE WERE COMING UP ON THIS RAINY DAY, I PUT INTO RESERVES. AND SO THAT'S A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO PULL PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED STATE FUNDING INTO THE BUDGET TO OFFSET THIS, BECAUSE WE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO KNOW THAT THIS DAY WAS COMING. WE'VE WE'VE PLANNED THIS OUT. 
          WE'VE KNOWN WHAT OUR REVENUE IS, WHAT OUR EXPENSES ARE GOING TO BE, AND WHEN THEY CROSS. AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO THIS IS ALREADY APPROPRIATED MONEY. YES. AND THE STATE IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO BE COOPERATIVE PLAYERS THIS YEAR IN OUR ENDEAVORS. BUT I WILL KEEP TRYING. GOTCHA. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND AND A SECOND? COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA, AYE AYE. ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES. AYE. AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, FOR COMING OUT. GOOD EVENING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY. AND SO WE CAN MOVE 
          [8. Discussion and Action]
BACK TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS ON AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JESSE SANCHEZ. I'M HORIZON CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          CIP ACTIVITIES FOR THE LAST MONTH INCLUDED MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE ONE. WE HAVE CONFIRMED AND RECEIVED ALL OF OUR FURNITURE AND COMPLETED A PUNCH LIST FOR ANY DEFECTIVE ITEMS. MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE ONE PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE PREPARED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ASA ARCHITECTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED FOR THIS COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL. AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE INITIATED THE PROCESS FOR 
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THE CREATION OF AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN. WE'VE MONITORED TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND WE SUCCESSFULLY VACATED THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING. WE ARE TRACKING NINE PROJECTS, TWO IN THE PLANNING PHASE THAT IS HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN MALL AND OUR TRANSIT CIRCULATOR PROJECT. WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS IN THE INITIATION PHASE. THAT IS OUR CIB LOAN APPLICATION, OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, PHASE ONE, PUBLIC WORKS, ONE PROJECT IN THE DESIGN PHASE. DELHI THE LAKE AND TRANSIT PLAZA WITH AN ANTICIPATED LET DATE OF 2028. 
          TWO PROJECTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE THAT'S NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION, TEX-DOT FM 1281, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER. WE HAVE ONE PROJECT IN THE CLOSEOUT PHASE THAT IS RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. WE RECEIVED CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS FROM THE REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE ARE NOW WAITING FOR TEX DOT'S FINAL STATEMENT OF COSTS. THE STATEMENT OF COST IS A FANCY WAY OF TEX DOT TO SAY THAT THAT IS OUR FINAL INVOICE. WE HOPE TO RECEIVE THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS. OUR PLANNING PHASE PROJECTS. 
          HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN MALL. WE HAVE HAD NO ACTIVITY SINCE MY LAST REPORT LAST MONTH. WE ARE STILL PENDING THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT. WE WILL START WORK ON THAT PROJECT ONCE THE A F A IS FULLY EXECUTED. WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRESS WITH OUR CIRCULATOR PROJECTS. SOCORRO, UTEP, HORIZON CITY, THE EL PASO TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ■PASSED A RESOLUTION ON AUGUST THE 5TH TO DO THE TRANSFER OF SPONSORSHIP FOR THAT PROJECT. THE NEXT STEP GOES FOR THE MPO TO DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT FOR IT BEFORE THE MPO DOES THAT. HOWEVER, THEY NEED APPROVAL OF THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THE PLAN. THE STIP PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED AND CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL BY TEXDOT IN AUSTIN WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS. AFTER THE STIP IS APPROVED, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE MPO. ONCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT IS COMPLETE, THEN WE WILL MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP THROUGH TXDOT. OUR LOAN APPLICATION IS BEING PREPARED BY GIL FLO CONSULTING SERVICES. WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING TOMORROW AT 330, AND THAT KICKOFF MEETING, WE WILL DESCRIBE OUR ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PROJECT. OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ANY ENTITY THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING AND HAS MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES. IN SPEAKING WITH OUR MUNICIPAL CLERK, HORIZON CITY CROSS AT 50 EMPLOYEE THRESHOLD APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE PREPARED A SCOPE STATEMENT AND ENTERED NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARCHITECTS. AS OF THIS MORNING, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE ONE PUBLIC WORKS WERE PENDING THE AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. THIS IS AN OLD PROJECT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN OUR 2018 APPROVED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL REQUIRE A FLOOR AMENDMENT FOR CHANGE OF THE PROJECT NAME. IN RESEARCHING OUR ARCHIVES, WE REALIZE THAT THE PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE ONE. HOW IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU LATER ON IS PHASE TWO. SO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM PHASE ONE TO PHASE TWO SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, THESE ARE OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE SECURED STORAGE YARD. 
          THE STORAGE YARD IS FULL. IT'S BEEN FULL FOR MANY YEARS. NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN DO WITH IT. IT'S ONLY 30 FOOT BY 30 FOOT. SECURED BOX. ON THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE PORTABLE BUILDING AND PARKING FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES. WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING SPACE ON IT, SO OUR VEHICLES ARE PARKED ON THE DIRT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR BUILDING, AND OUR BUILDING IS 800FT■!S APPROXIMATELY. AND IT HOUSES PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PARKS. SO LAST MONTH, I SHOWED YOU A PROPOSAL FOR A FLOOR PLAN FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND VISITED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS AT OUR SISTER CITY, THE CITY OF SOCORRO, AND THE EPISD MAINTENANCE FACILITY, LOCATED AT 1905 DELTA DRIVE IN CENTRAL EL PASO. WE VISITED THAT AREA FOR THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS. ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE, PROPOSED WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR OUR 
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MATERIAL STORAGE AREAS. THOSE ARE OPEN BAYS ON THE LEFT BAY. YOU SEE SOME MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING STORED, AND THAT'S USUALLY THE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE SOME ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER, TYPICALLY KNOWN AS WOOD CHIPS THAT WE WOULD USE FOR PLACEMENT IN OUR PLAYGROUNDS. AND FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE A BAY, OPEN BAY FOR SAND AREAS. OUR PROPOSED STORAGE AREAS, SECURED STORAGE AREAS WOULD BE FOR EQUIPMENT THAT OUR GROUNDS PEOPLE WOULD BE USING, AND THOSE WOULD INCLUDE RAKES, DIGGING TOOLS, SHOVELS, MOWERS, ETC. WE WOULD NEED TO PUT THEM BEHIND A SECURED CHAIN LINK FENCE. WE ALSO PROPOSE OPEN STORAGE AREAS FOR LARGE EQUIPMENT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM OUT OF THE RAIN. AND WE WOULD ALSO NEED SOME SMALL AREAS THAT ARE CLIMATE CONTROLLED TO STORE SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO HEAT, COLD AND RAIN. ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THAT AREA THAT'S CLIMATE CONTROLLED. ON THE TOP OF THAT BUILDING, YOU SEE SOME ROOF MOUNTED CONDENSER UNITS. AND THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT THE AREA IS CONTROLLED. THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE AREA IS CONTROLLED. BILLY DEE LAKE AND TRANSIT PLAZA. WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR 60% PLANS. THOSE ARE PROVIDED TO US. LAST MONTH I SHOWED IT TO THEM. WE HAVE DECIDED TO REVISIT THE TRANSIT BUILDING FLOOR PLAN BASED UPON SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY ALDERMAN GARDELLA, AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THE LOBBY AREA A LITTLE BIT LARGER TO ALLOW FOR SOME SPACE FOR SOME PUBLIC AMENITIES. THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE AN INTERNET CAFE, SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE ADDING SOME COFFEE SHOPS AND SELLING SOME SANDWICHES. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET BETTER USE OF THAT AREA. NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION TEX.FM 1281. WE KEEP TRACKING THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND TIME. THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 64.82% COMPLETE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND 88.15% COMPLETE FOR TIME. WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO OUR BASELINE OF 62.39 SPLIT AND 82.23 FROM LAST MONTH, WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 2.4% FOR CONSTRUCTION AND 5.9% FOR TIME, AND THAT MEANS THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING BEHIND SCHEDULE MORE THAN TWICE AS FAST AS WE ARE CONSTRUCTING IT. THE UPDATED COMPLETION DATE REMAINS LATE AUGUST 2027, AND WE HAVE HAD NO ACTIVITY FOR EMERGENCY CROSSOVER DRIVEWAY THAT WAS APPROVED THREE MONTHS AGO BY THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE. IN SPEAKING WITH TEX-DOT REGARDING OUR EMERGENCY CROSSOVER, THEY KEEP TELLING US THAT THIS PART OF THE PROJECT IS IS NOT ON THEIR CRITICAL PATH. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR THEM. BUT I HAVE REMINDED THEM THAT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KICK START THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT. TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH CONSTRUCTION WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 8 TO 10 WEEKS, THE CONTRACTOR HAS CONSTRUCTED APPROXIMATELY 300 LINEAR FEET OF STORM SEWER DRAIN, AND THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT. SO ON THE LEFT, WE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NEW STORMWATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM. THEY'RE VERY LARGE FOUR FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT CONCRETE BOX CULVERTS. ON THE RIGHT. YOU SEE THE NEW MANHOLE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE NEW BOX CULVERT. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING SLOW IS BECAUSE THE BOX CULVERTS ARE LARGE. THEY ARE CUMBERSOME AND AWKWARD TO INSTALL. ON THE RIGHT. YOU SEE, EVERY TIME THAT THE CONTRACTOR DIGS, THEY RUN INTO SOME UNKNOWN SUBSURFACE UTILITIES. HERE YOU SEE ELECTRICAL LINES, TELECOMMUNICATION LINES, AND A STORM SEWER THAT THEY HAVE TO DIG AROUND EVERY TIME THEY RUN INTO A SUBSURFACE UTILITY LINE LIKE THAT, THAT WAS NOT EXPECTED. THEY HAVE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE LINE IS ACTIVE AND HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RELOCATE IT, AND THAT'S CAUSING THE DELAYS. BESIDES THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY IN OTHER AREAS. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE SOME CONCRETE SIDEWALK PATCH WORK IN PROGRESS. ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE INSTALLATION OF SOME ASPHALT ALONG THE SHARED USE PATH. WE CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF MAILBOXES. OUR LAST PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD ON 
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JULY THE 25TH. WE HAVE RESPONSES FROM 16 OF OUR 35 IMPACTED RESIDENTS, AND ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED ROADSIDE MAILBOX. SO WE HAVE 100% BUY IN FOR ROADSIDE MAILBOXES INSTALLATION. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE HAS SUBMITTED TO US SOME STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE ROAD ROADSIDE MAILBOXES. THE SECOND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS OUR 120 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT YOU SEE OUR FOOTINGS, OUR NEW LADDER, AND SAFETY CABLES THAT GO ALL THE WAY UP 120FT FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES. THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE INSTALLATION OF OUR ICE BRIDGE. 
          THE ICE BRIDGE IS A COVER THAT PROTECTS SOME CABLES THAT WILL BE HUNG UNDERNEATH FROM FALLING ICICLES THAT WOULD FORM ON TOP OF THE TOWER. THIS PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 92% COMPLETE, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SECURITY FENCE ALONG THE PERIMETER. THIS IS A WELL BUILT, WELL DESIGNED TOWER. ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, PERIODIC IT SHOULD LAST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT LEAST THREE DECADES. I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEMOLITION OF OUR OLD FACILITY FOR PD AND MUNICIPAL COURT. YOU CAN SEE THAT DEMOLITION IS VERY IS GOING VERY QUICKLY. IT STARTED YESTERDAY DUE FOR COMPLETION ON THE 28TH, BUT THEY MIGHT FINISH A LITTLE BIT FASTER BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING SO FAST. AND SPEAKING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE ROOM FOR TWO QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS. THAT WILL COMPLETE MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY, SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THOSE BARRIERS ON THE ANTENNAS, AS WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT MOVIE, CHRISTMAS STORY. THOSE ICICLES CAN BE DANGEROUS. YES, SIR. WE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT AS PART OF OUR SCOPE OF SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE HAD BROUGHT UP AT A PREVIOUS MEETING WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE SIDEWALK ON THE NEXT DRIVEWAY. I THINK WE'RE THAT SAME DRIVEWAY THAT'S GOING TO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO DO THE CROSSOVER, RIGHT. THE EMERGENCY CROSSOVER. THERE'S A SECTION OF SIDEWALK THAT IS STILL UNTOUCHED. YEAH. HAS THERE BEEN ANY UPDATE ON THAT? YES, SIR. SO WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH TXDOT. AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE PATH ALONG THIS ENTIRE PROJECT. AND THE ACCESSIBLE PATH THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ALONG THE WESTERLY PORTION OF DARRINGTON ROAD. ONCE THEY FINISH THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF DARRINGTON ROAD, AND THE ACCESSIBLE PATH WILL BE THE SHARED USE PATH ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY FINISH ON THE NORTH SIDE, BASICALLY, AND THEN THEY'LL FINISH ONE SIDE AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT. OKAY. BUT WE DID CONFIRM THAT THE PATHS ARE ACCESSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ROUTE, EXCEPT FOR THESE SMALL AREAS THAT WE SEE WHERE THEY'RE PATCHING RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THOSE GAPS IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M GLAD THAT THEY ARE PATCHING THEM NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. FIRST, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I'M GLAD THE CITY IS INITIATING THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN REVIEWING OUR BUDGET AND A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS, WE HAD THAT ON THERE. IT JUST WASN'T WITHIN THE SCOPE OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS GETTING ON THAT. I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE SOCORRO UTEP, HORIZON CITY CIRCULATORS. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT'S PENDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT FROM THE MPO. WHAT IS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT? COULD YOU JUST WALK COUNCIL THROUGH THAT? THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE THE MPO HAS THIS PROJECT PROGRAMED WITH US BEING THE SPONSORSHIP AGENCY. AND THAT'S HOW IT WENT UP TO THE GRANTING AGENCY. SO IT HAS TO BE CHANGED. AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT, ALL IT SAYS IS THAT THE MPO IS OKAY AND APPROVES OF THE SPONSORSHIP CHANGE FROM HORIZON CITY TO THE EL PASO TRANSIT AUTHORITY. IT'S JUST A TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. AND THEN WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. OKAY. AND THEN IF YOU COULD GO FORWARD ONE SLIDE OR SORRY, BACK TWO SLIDES. SO RIGHT HERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 
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SOME OF THE PROPOSED OPEN MATERIAL STORAGE ACCESS, SOME OF THE ENCLOSED STORAGE AREAS, WHAT WOULD BE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF? YES, SIR. SO IF YOU RECALL, OUR FLOOR PLAN THAT I SHOWED YOU LAST MONTH INCLUDED OFFICE SPACES AND AN ADJOINING WAREHOUSE. SO WE WENT OUT AND TOOK A MEASUREMENT OF OUR AVAILABLE SPACE, AND WE DETERMINED THAT IT PROBABLY WILL NOT FIT. AND SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE. AND THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES ARE MUCH SMALLER. THEY WILL BE PLACED IN THE REAR SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY, AND THE BUILDING PORTION WOULD ACTUALLY BE INSTALLED IN THE BUILDING PAD THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MUNICIPAL COURT. THAT BUILDING PAD WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO PUT SOMETHING ON TOP OF IT. IT ACTUALLY HAS THE UTILITY STUB OUTS ON IT ALREADY. SO WE WOULD BUILD OUR OFFICES THERE AND RESERVE THE BACK AREA FOR STORAGE OF OUR MATERIALS AND VEHICLES. AND SO WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE THAT WORKSHOP AREA? NO SIR. IT WOULDN'T INCLUDE A WORKSHOP AREA. WE WE REALIZE THAT WE REALLY DON'T NEED THAT. 
          OKAY. OUR PROPOSED WAREHOUSE, IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A 20 FOOT TALL CEILING. BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF BAYS THAT ARE REQUIRED IF WE HAVE MECHANIC SHOPS. SO WE WON'T HAVE MECHANIC SHOPS AND WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO HIRE MECHANICS FOR MANY YEARS. AND THEN ALSO, WAS THERE ANY UPDATE REGARDING COMMUNICATION WITH TXDOT LAST MEETING? COUNCIL HAD POINTED OUT THE ISSUE WITH THE DRIVEWAYS OUT ON HORIZON BOULEVARD TO ACCESS THOSE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS OR ANY UPDATES SINCE LAST COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING THAT? NO ACTIVITY, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN UPDATES. WE MEET WITH TEXAS REGULARLY ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE INSTALLATION OF THAT CROSSOVER. AND I MEANT FOR THE DRIVEWAYS ALONG HORIZON BOULEVARD, ACCESSING THE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS. I KNOW, TEX-DOT SAID THOSE DRIVEWAYS ARE IN THEIR FINAL CONFIGURATION, BUT IF THERE WAS STILL ANY ROOM TO BETTER SMOOTH THOSE OUT, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP TO THEN ACCESS THOSE PLAZAS. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YES, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH TXDOT, AND THEY DID CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING WAS BUILT ACCORDING TO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND NO PLANS TO IMPROVE THEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO LAST MEETING REGARDING THE MAILBOXES AND THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT, YOU'D MENTIONED THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO GO DOOR TO DOOR TO THE AFFECTED AREAS. DID THIS INDIA, DID THE CITY END UP GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND PROVIDING THOSE NOTICES FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING? YES, SIR. WE DID. WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE THAT SATURDAY PUBLIC MEETING. WE PROVIDED THESE NOTICES NOT ONLY TO THEIR DOOR, BUT WE ALSO MAILED IT OUT. SO THEY HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THOSE. AND THEN ALSO, COULD YOU CLARIFY THE PLANS THAT MEMCO HAS TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR? AGAIN, I HAD HEARD THEY WANTED TO BUILD RESTAURANTS THERE, PRELIMINARY PLANS, AND THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US EXACTLY WHAT THOSE PLANS ARE, EXCEPT THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HAVE TWO QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS. WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTEST FOR US TO GUESS WHAT THEY WOULD BE. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. SANCHEZ. I HAD NO MORE QUESTIONS ON YOUR CIP REPORT. YEAH, WE KNOW IT'S NOT DAIRY QUEEN. OKAY. SO I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS THERE ON THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE THIS THE FACILITY THAT WAS PLANNED THAT YOU SAW THOSE PLANS FOR LAST LAST MONTH, I DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE, THAT FACILITY, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY COSTLY. WE WERE LOOKING AT A $2 MILLION PLUS. PRICE TAG FOR THAT FACILITY FOR, FOR JUST A METAL BUILDING. SO I DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR US. AND THIS IS WHAT SOME OPTIONS THAT HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE TO US. THIS WILL STILL PROVIDE STORAGE NEEDED STORAGE FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT IT WON'T BE SO COSTLY TO THE CITY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AND, AND HAVE A SECURE SPACE FOR ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PRICE TAGS. SO THAT'S WHY WE WE MOVED AWAY FROM A LARGE FACILITY INTO A SMALLER FACILITY LIKE THIS. AND WE WILL BE REUSING THIS PORTABLE THAT'S HERE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WE WILL BE REUSING THAT IN THE MEANTIME. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY 
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FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BUILD A PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. BUT RIGHT NOW WE EVERY PENNY IS BEING COUNTED. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE WATCHING THOSE. SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT THIS ROUTE RATHER THAN THE LARGE FACILITY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT PRIOR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I HAD ONE QUESTION. YES, ACTUALLY, AFTER WHAT MR. GARCIA WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THOSE ENTRANCES INTO THOSE AREAS OFF OF HORIZON BOULEVARD, I THINK IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEFT. AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING EVENTUALLY FROM PD HOW MANY ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED. I MEAN, I GO, MY BANK IS RIGHT THERE, AND YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO GET INTO THOSE DRIVEWAYS. AND I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE THAT. 
          AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT FOR FUTURE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT'S BY SPEC. I AGREE BECAUSE IT CREATES A BUMP AND PEOPLE AVOID THAT BY SLOWING DOWN AND GOING SLOW AND PEOPLE CAN RUN INTO THEM. YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. WE'LL KEEP TRACK OF THAT. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. IN THE FUTURE, IF WE WANTED TO INITIATE THAT TO REDO THOSE DRIVEWAYS, WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS ENTAIL AND WHAT WOULD THAT REQUIRE? WHAT WOULD IT REQUIRE FROM THE CITY? IT WOULD REQUIRE CLOSE COORDINATION WITH TXDOT. THAT IS A STATE MAINTAINED HIGHWAY. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES TO LEVEL IT OUT. SO ROADWAYS HAVE THREE PURPOSES. ONE IS TO TO HAVE A SMOOTH ROADWAY, RIGHT? IF IT'S NOT SMOOTH, PEOPLE WON'T DRIVE ON IT. THE OTHER ONE IS FOR LOAD SUPPORT. IF WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF LOAD SUPPORT UNDERNEATH, THEN THE PAVEMENT STARTS TO BREAK UP UP TOP AND THEN IT WON'T BE SMOOTH. PEOPLE WON'T RIDE IT. THE THIRD ONE IS FOR STORM DRAIN. SO THESE ROADWAYS ARE DESIGNED TO CHANNEL AWAY STORMWATER IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO, INSTEAD OF FLOODING PROPERTIES NEARBY. SO THIS ROADWAY HAS A CROWN AND THE BACK OF CURBS. THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY IS DESIGNED TO CONVEY SYSTEM AS A CONVEYANCE SYSTEM FOR STORMWATER TO FLOW SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE BUMP I SEE. I UNDERSTAND, MR. SANCHEZ. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SIR. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO, THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, SIR. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRESENTATION AS MOVE TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. 
          ALDERMAN KIROS AND SECOND IS GARCIA. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA, AYE AYE. ORTEGA. AVILA. 
          AMES. I. GARCIA. AYE. AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. ON TO ITEM NUMBER 
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NINE. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN AND DELIVER THE CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, PHASE TWO, PUBLIC WORKS A S A WITH A S A ARCHITECTS P C FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES. MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE TWO PUBLIC WORKS TOWN PROJECT NUMBER BLDG0004, WITH A TOTAL COMPENSATION OF $160,000. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, I'M JESSIE SANCHEZ KAPLAN IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER. SO THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN NEEDING FOR AT LEAST A DECADE. FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE 2023 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AS I MENTIONED, HAS OUTGROWN THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES AND THEIR SUPPLY YARD. THE DEPARTMENT ANTICIPATES ADDITIONS TO ITS WORKFORCE. WE HAVE SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE BEING BUILT, AND THAT WILL INCREASE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PARK MAINTENANCE AND STREET MAINTENANCE, AND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NEW FACILITY WILL ALLOW BETTER CARE, GREATER EFFICIENCIES FOR SERVICE TO OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, PUBLIC PARKS, ROADWAYS AND STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS. WITHOUT THIS SPACE. PUBLIC WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT OF THEIR PORTABLE CLASSROOM BUILDINGS, WHICH THEY'VE OUTGROWN A LONG TIME AGO. FURTHERMORE, IT SUPPLY YARD WILL NOT BE ADEQUATE TO STORE THE BULK MATERIALS AND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR IMPROVING THEIR SERVICES, FOR THEIR INCREASED SERVICE AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE TO ESA ARCHITECTS, P.C. FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES, FOR CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE TWO PUBLIC WORKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $160,000. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS DESIGN IS A LINEAR PROCESS 
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DESIGN BID BUILD. IT HAS THREE PHASES. ONE IS A SCHEMATIC PHASE, FOLLOWED BY THE DESIGN PHASE, AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS DURING THE DESIGN PHASE OR DURING THE SCHEMATIC PHASE. WE WILL HAVE THREE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM. THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHICH OPTION THEY WANT TO CHOOSE, AND AT THAT POINT, IF WE DECIDE NOT TO BUILD IT, WE CAN ALWAYS STOP THIS CONTRACT FROM MOVING FORWARD. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. SANCHEZ, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR MR. SANCHEZ? YES, SIR. MR. SANCHEZ, DURING THE SCHEMATIC PHASE, WHEN WOULD COUNCIL BE PRESENTED THOSE OPTIONS? THIS PROJECT IS ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE. THE DESIGN PHASE IS 17 CALENDAR DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF A NOTICE TO PROCEED. SO BY NEXT MONTH, WE CAN PRESENT YOU THE SCHEMATIC PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT. IF IT'S APPROVED QUICKLY. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE THE THE FLOOR AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE NUMBER FROM 2 TO 1. IT'LL BE CALLED MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE ONE PUBLIC WORKS. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR. SANCHEZ $160,000 COVERS WHICH OF THE THREE PHASES THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN, THIS. $160,000 COVERS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE, SIR. FROM INITIATION ALL THE WAY TO PROJECT CLOSEOUT. AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THREE PHASES OF DESIGN BIDDING, ANY TYPE OF NEGOTIATION, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT CLOSEOUT. WE GOT A VERY GOOD OFFER FROM OUR ARCHITECT. THE ARCHITECTURAL PORTION, EVERYTHING RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL, EVERYTHING RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. YES, SIR. WE WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE FORM OF GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES ONCE WE GET THIS PROJECT GOING. 
          THANK YOU SIR. THEY WILL HANDLE THE THE CONTRACT ITSELF. THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. THERE'LL BE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR IT. THIS WILL GO OUT FOR BID. AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS UNDER CONTRACT BY THE CITY TO BUILD THIS ASA ARCHITECTS WILL BE THE THE CONTRACT MANAGER FOR THAT. CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THAT. I'M SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION. CAN I AMEND HIS MOTION TO INCLUDE THE FLOOR AMENDMENT THAT MR. SANCHEZ DISCUSSED? LIKE TO AMEND THAT, SIR. YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THE FLOOR AMENDMENT. 
          MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE FLOOR AMENDMENT. SORRY. MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE FLOOR AMENDMENT. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE FLOOR AMENDMENT. AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA, I I ORTEGA I AVILA I AMES. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GO OVER NUMBER TEN AGAIN? OKAY. ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. THIS IS TO APPROVE 
          [11. Discussion and Action]
AND AUTHORIZE A PURCHASE OF AN APHIS MBIS WORKSTATION FOR USE BY BY POLICE DEPARTMENT USING FUNDS FROM THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $55,000. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MARCO VARGAS, CHIEF OF POLICE. WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU FOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN PURCHASING THIS THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S AN APHIS MACHINE. IT'S A SCANNER. SO WHAT IT DOES IS WE COLLECT FINGERPRINTS FROM FROM CRIME SCENES, BRING THEM BACK TO, TO OUR TO THE STATION. 
          THEY GET ANALYZED FOR POINTS AND THEN THEY GET CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE NATIONAL APHIS AND STATE APHIS SYSTEM. REASON WE'RE ASKING IS WE CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT PROCESS. WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND FROM THERE, IT'S A. IT'S A 3 TO 4 WEEK TURNAROUND TIME BEFORE WE GET ANY ANY RESULTS. THE OTHER CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY CHAIN OF CUSTODY. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE FINGERPRINTS. WE HAVE TO TURN THEM OVER TO ANOTHER AGENCY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EXCUSE ME, THAT COULD BE CONTESTED IN COURT WITH REGARDS TO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE THE UTMOST EXPERT IN, IN, IN, IN OUR CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR BERNADETTE ORTEGA. I THINK SHE'S AND SHE IS, SHE IS WELL VERSED AND WELL EXPERIENCED IN, IN OPERATING THIS MACHINE. SO WE'RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE. IT IS COMING OUT OF THE IT SURPLUS FUND. AND THAT'S A VARIETY OF COST SAVINGS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BUDGET. FOR EXAMPLE, HE DIDN'T USE ALL OF HIS TRAINING MONEY, TRAVEL MONEY. SO ALL THAT'S KIND OF BUNDLED IN, IN ADDITION TO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACED FOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS, WAS, WAS 
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PURCHASED THROUGH CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, OBLIGATION FUNDS. THANK YOU. CHIEF, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? YES, SIR. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SAID IT'S A 3 TO 4 WEEK TURNAROUND TIME USING THE SL? YES, SIR. AND COULD YOU TELL ME OR COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL THE BENEFIT OTHER THAN TIME SAVING, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IMPROVES THE ABILITY TO PROSECUTE A CASE OR. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS ONE THING. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO KEEP THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY AS AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT, TO PREVENT ANY ALLEGATIONS OF TAMPERING WITH ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE. BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS, IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO, TO A CRIME, THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR US TO GET INVESTIGATIVE RESULTS, THE LONGER IT, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS FOR US TO SOLVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THIS PROCESS QUICKER, IN OTHER WORDS, TO GET RESULTS MUCH FASTER THAN TWO, THREE WEEKS LATER AS WE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY SOMEBODY THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THAT, ON THAT LEAD, 24 HOUR TURNAROUND TIME. YES, SIR. YEAH, PROBABLY PROBABLY LESS THAN 24 HOURS. YEAH. THANK YOU CHIEF. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. CHIEF, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. AS FAR AS THE USE OF FUNDS FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, I KIND OF FEEL THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CONCERN. THIS EQUIPMENT RIGHT HERE IS AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE PURCHASING OR HAVING TO INVEST WITH THE 911 CENTER. THIS IS STUFF THAT WE THAT POLICE SHOULD HAVE. I AGREE WITH IT 100%. AND AS FAR AS THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING AND OF COURSE, BORROWING FROM IT, THIS IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF DOLLAR AMOUNT AS THE UTV, ATV THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA PREVIOUS. I JUST HOPE THAT THAT VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY USED AS MUCH AS THE TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE. 
          YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST A CONCERN. YES, SIR. ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS. AND AGAIN, IF WE SEE THIS UTV, ATV ONLY IN PARADES, WHICH I KNOW FOR A FACT THE CITIZENS WILL VOICE OUT. YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, I'D HATE TO DISAPPOINT BECAUSE I WORK FOR THEM. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. CHIEF, IS THIS A ONE TIME PURCHASE OR IN THE FUTURE, DOES THIS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE TO OPERATE? IT IS A ONE TIME PURCHASE AND THERE IS A A AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. AND SO WHAT WOULD BE THE COST OF THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE. SO THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS $3,384. 
          AND SO TO OPERATE THIS WORKSTATION, DOES IT REQUIRE A SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION OR TRAINING THAT GOES INTO IT. YES. BUT WE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE UTMOST EXPERT IN IN IN THAT IN THAT FIELD. SO THEY'RE ALREADY TRAINED AND READY TO USE IT. AND SO IN THE EVENT, WOULD OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND UTILIZE THE WORKSTATION, LET'S SAY THE CITY OF CLINT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN FINGERPRINTS. CAN THEY COME OVER HERE AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO THE COUNTY? ABSOLUTELY, SIR. YEAH. A COLLABORATION IS IMPORTANT TO US AND DEFINITELY YES, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM. WE, WE, WE COULD TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO USE IT INITIALLY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSIST THEM INITIALLY. AND SO IN THE FUTURE, WOULD THERE BE THE POSSIBILITY OF ENTERING INTO AN MOU WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO SEE IF WE COULD SPLIT THE MAINTENANCE COSTS? YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THAT SOFTWARE TO GO AHEAD AND SPLIT THAT COST AS WELL. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND MOTION WAS ALDERMAN AVILA. OUR SECOND WAS I KNOW, I KNOW, I MEAN, CAN WE SAY ALDERWOMAN ORTEGA? CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL ORTEGA I QUIROZ I ORTEGA. AVILA I AMES AYE AYE. AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU 
          [12. ANNOUNCEMENT]
CHIEF. ITEM 12, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 12. THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627. BUDGET WILL BE CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 25TH, 2026, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. 
          AT 15021 DARRINGTON ROAD. THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AND TAX RATE WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL LILLY GAITAN, FINANCE DIRECTOR, AS IT WAS 
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READ INTO THE RECORD ON AUGUST 25TH. WE'RE GOING TO READ OUR I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR BUDGET. AND ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING, AS WELL AS ADOPTING OUR BUDGET ON THAT DATE. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? MISS, THE MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE THIS IS JUST TO ACCEPT THE DATES. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE STILL NOT APPROVING THE BUDGET. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR FOR THE AUDIENCE AND ANYBODY ELSE WATCHING. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATES THAT WE WILL BE TAKING ACTION. CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. JUST ANNOUNCEMENT SO NO ACTION IS ON IS TAKEN ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. 
          [13. Discussion and Action]
ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MA'AM, COULD WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 13, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 13. 
          THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM ON A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.595788 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL FINANCE DIRECTOR. THIS IS THE ITEM OF DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROPERTY VALUATION FOR 2026. PROPERTY TAX FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. AS YOU HAVE NOTICED ON THIS CHART, THE VALUATION FOR THIS YEAR IS 1.773 MILLION AND BILLION. EXCUSE ME. IN PROPERTY VALUATION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADOPT A RATE OF 0.379471 AND A DEBT SERVICE RATE OF 0.216317. THAT'S A TOTAL OF 0.595788. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THIS WILL BRING IN VALUES OF PROPERTY TAXES OF 10,000,005, 64474. THE RATE IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S RATE OF 4.97%, AND THE DEBT SERVICE IS AN INCREASE OF 24.441%. AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THE CITY HAS FOR 2027. 
          THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 689,000 IN PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE ON OUR 2023 BOND ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE A COMPARISON ON THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN 2026, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE WAS 206,497. IN 2027, THAT VALUE IS 213 $41. THAT'S AN INCREASE IN VALUE OF 6544. THE TAXES IN 2026 AT THE 20 AND THE 2025 RATE WAS $1,005.52. AND IN 2027, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE $1,001,269.27. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $163.75. WE ALSO DO A COMPARISON ON THE LOW AND HIGH END VALUES OF HOMES. SO FOR A HOME VALUE THAT'S $70,000 THAT'S VALUED AT THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE TAX RATE, I'M SORRY, OF $374,374.76 FOR 2026. AND IN 2027, WE ANTICIPATE $417.05. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $42.29 FOR A HOME THAT'S VALUED AT 70,000, AND FOR A HOME THAT'S VALUED AT 300,000, THE TAX WOULD BE. 1007, 87, 36 AND 2027 COMPARED TO 2026, WHICH IS WAS 1606 TEN. THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $181.26. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THAT WE APPROVE PUBLISHING THE NOTICE WITH THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE OF 0.595788. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MA'AM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FROM COUNCIL? AND THIS IS THIS AGENDA ITEM IS ONLY FOR THE PUBLISHED TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE. OKAY. THIS IS NOT APPROVAL OF OUR BUDGET. THIS IS JUST TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF THE INTENT TO ADOPT THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. MISS GAITAN, AS DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, I'M HOPING IF AT OUR AT OUR NEXT MEETING, IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR WHAT OUR REVENUES WOULD BE IF WE ADOPTED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, AND IF WE COULD SEE AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS FOR A HOME VALUED AT 200,000, I KNOW IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT RANGE, BUT SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT THAT NUMBER MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND I MEAN, AND THEN JUST JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, 
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THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS DUE ON OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OBLIGATIONS, THE THREE OF THEM THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOND. WE'RE BRINGING ADDITIONAL AT LEAST 2400 HOMES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS INTO HORIZON CITY. AND OF COURSE, THIS WILL INCREASE THE NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THE ADDITION OF PARK MAINTENANCE AND THE OF COURSE, THE INCREASED COSTS OF ENERGY AND UTILITIES AT THE CITY HAS NO DIRECT CONTROL OVER. AND SO I TRUST THAT STAFF WILL WORK TO BUILD A BUDGET THAT IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SHOWS THE VALUES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN HORIZON CITY AND TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. ALDERMAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I JUST JUST ONE MORE MISS. I'M WONDERING ALSO IF TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT ALDERMAN IS IS COMMENTING ON, I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THERE WAS A DECREASE. 
          RIGHT. WE HAD MENTIONED IN TAXES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OR LAST YEAR LAST YEAR, RIGHT. IT WAS A DECREASE IN THE TAX IN THE COMPARISON. YES. OKAY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THE CITIZENS THAT THERE HOW IT'S TRENDING? YES, OF COURSE WE CAN DO THAT. THAT WAY THEY CAN COMPARE NOT JUST LAST YEAR BUT THE YEAR BEFORE, ETC. YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT, IF WE'RE NOT ALWAYS JUST GOING UP AND JUST TO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE ADOPT, WHEN WE ISSUED THE BOND ISSUE FOR 2023, WE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD A BOND ISSUE SINCE 2019. SO WHEN WE ADOPTED THE RATHER, WE APPROVED THE BOND ISSUE FOR 2023 IN, IN 2024, WHEN WE PAID THAT FIRST PAYMENT, THAT YOU ALL WILL ALSO SEE THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THAT DEBT SERVICE BECAUSE THAT FIRST YEAR, WE HAD TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS IN PRINCIPAL ON THAT BOND ISSUE. SO THIS IS JUST A TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING AS AS THE AS THE BOND PAYMENTS INCREASE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE MATURITY AS TIME GOES ON, THERE WILL BE TRENDS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WHERE WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE THE BOND PAYMENTS ARE DUE, THOSE INTEREST RATES, I'M SORRY, INTEREST PAYMENTS OR OR PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THOSE BOND ISSUES ARE WHAT'S CAUSING THE DEBT SERVICE RATE TO GO UP, NOT NECESSARILY THE M AND O, BECAUSE THE M AND O IS BASED ON OUR VALUATIONS. AND SO IF THE VALUE GOES UP, EVEN IF WE KEEP THE RATE LOW, IT'S STILL GOING TO BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES, RIGHT. IT'S STILL GOING TO BRING TAXES. BUT TO JUST TO MENTION TO MR. GARVEY, I DID DID SOME DO SOME PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS, AND WE ADOPTED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX. WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET THE DEBT RATE REVENUE. WE WOULD BE SHORT ABOUT $1 MILLION. BUT I WILL BRING YOU THAT MORE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT NEXT TIME. THANK YOU, MISS GAITAN. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION. WAS ALDERMAN QUIROZ. SECOND? WE ALL KNOW. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. THERE YOU GO. HI, KIDDOS. I ORTEGA. 
          AVILA. AMES. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 14. THIS IS A FIRST READING OF AN 
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ORDINANCE. I'M SORRY I MESSED UP. HOW DO I GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE 2026 AD VALOREM TAX RATE AND LEVY OF ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND INTEREST, AND PROVIDING FOR THE FOLLOWING FINDING OF FACT SEVERABILITY SAVINGS CLAUSE, PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL LILLY GAITAN, FINANCE DIRECTOR. ON THIS ITEM LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE COMPONENTS OF THE TAX RATE. IT'S MADE OF TWO TWO ITEMS. SO THE ETHANOL TAX FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, WHICH IS THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AND DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE TOWN'S STAFF. THE INS OR INTEREST AND SINKING FUND IS FOR THE INTEREST ON OUTSTANDING DEBT DUE WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR AND THE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON OUTSTANDING DEBT DUE WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE 
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CERTIFIED VALUES FOR 2026, WHICH IS TAX YEAR 2026. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD LINE FROM THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR PROPERTY VALUATION IS AT $1.773 BILLION. AND ON THIS TABLE, WE HAVE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE. FISCAL YEAR 2026 TAX RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TAX RATE. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE ADOPTING A TAX RATE OF 0.595788, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 11.29% OVER LAST YEAR. THAT IS A RATE OF 0.379471, WHICH IS 4.97 INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. AND THEN ON OUR DEBT SERVICE, IT'S 0.216317, WHICH IS ABOUT 24% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW WE HAVE WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS SLIDE, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME INFORMATION AS I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM. BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NO. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE 
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ON TO. THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 15, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 15. THIS IS A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, TEXAS, ENACTING THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. FUNDING MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL FINANCE DIRECTOR. THESE ARE THIS IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET. SO FOR THE. OPERATING BUDGET, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH PROVIDES THE FUNDING FOR THE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX, FRANCHISE FEES, PERMIT FEES AND OTHER REVENUES, INCLUDING. AND THESE ARE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AND DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY TOWN HALL STAFF. THE DEBT SERVICE PROVIDES FUNDING VIA PROPERTY TAX, REVENUE FOR INTEREST ON OUTSTANDING DEBT, AS WELL AS PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON OUTSTANDING DEBT. THE STREET FUND PROVIDES FUNDING VIA A ONE QUARTER CENT SALES TAX FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STREETS. AT THE TIME OF THE REFERENDUM. 
          THE INITIAL VOTE ON THIS WAS IN 2013, IT WAS RENEWED IN 2017 AND MAY AND MAY 2021 AND MAY 2025. TRANSPORTATION REINVESTMENT FUND ZONE FUND IS FOR THE FUNDING FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS VIA TAXES ON PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ZONE, AND THE SPECIAL EVENT FUND PROVIDES FOR THE HOLIDAY EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE TOWN. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE A DEFICIT THAT SLIGHT TO SAY. INSTEAD OF SAYING EXCESS REVENUE AT THE BOTTOM, IT SHOULD SAY EXCESS EXPENSES. WE HAVE CURRENTLY ON THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET, REVENUES BUDGETED AT 18,000,397 $19 AND OUR EXPENDITURES AT $19,074,223. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE INCREASES IN THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, EXCUSE ME, IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OF 69443, OUR STREET FUND OF 23,000 AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS FUND OF 239,000 434. BUT THE EXCESS EXPENSE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE M AND L, THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS LARGELY DUE TO CORRECTION. THE TRANSPORTATION REINVESTMENT ZONE FUND OF 239434. YES, SIR. 
          YOU MENTIONED THE SPECIAL EVENTS FUND. OH I APOLOGIZE. YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. ARE THERE. 
          OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ON THE EXPENSES. THERE ARE NON PAYROLL RELATED EXPENSES HELD IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 LEVELS OR INCREASE ONLY SLIGHTLY AS NECESSARY BASED ON HISTORY OR PLAN CHANGES. THE SALARY SCHEDULE INCLUDES THE COVERED AGREEMENT OFFICERS COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE TO SALARIES FOR ALL OTHERS NOT INCLUDED IN THE IN LETTER B ABOVE, AND THERE IS NO INCREASE TO THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT EXPENSE EXCEPT FOR THE DENTAL INSURANCE, WHICH WENT UP SLIGHTLY. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE DEPARTMENT 
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ARE UNDER REVIEW. JUST TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT ON THE REVENUES, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE THAT WE BUDGETED AS ON OUR SALES TAX, BASED ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 REVENUES. OUR FRANCHISE FEES ARE MOSTLY BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 REVENUES, AND THE REVENUES PER CURRENT AGREEMENT IS BASED ON AN ESTIMATED POSITION COST OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST AND OUR BUILDING PERMITS REVENUES IS BASED ON ESTIMATED YEAR END 2026 REVENUES AND INCLUDES THE ESTIMATED FEES ON 400 NEW HOMES PROJECTED TO BE BUILT IN FISCAL YEAR 2027. 
          CITATIONS AND FEES. EXCUSE ME. CITATIONS AND FINES WERE REVENUES WERE BASED ON ANNUALIZED 2020 REVENUES AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THIS CHART. 
          OUR REVENUE SUMMARY, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON PROPERTY TAXES IS THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF OUR REVENUE AT 49.1%. SALES TAXES ARE AT 25% OF OUR REVENUE AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS AT 10.6%. 
          OTHER INCOME IS AT 6.9%. ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. EXCUSE ME, DID I NOT TAKE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE? YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE ARE HIGHEST COMPONENT OF EXPENSES AT 59%. 
          OUR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES ARE AT 11.4% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENSES AND CONTRACTED SERVICES ARE AT 10.5%. THIS IS A PIE CHART SHOWING THAT PERCENTAGE. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, MORE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU WHAT OUR 2026 AND INTEREST IN SINKING DEBT WAS. LAST YEAR IT WAS AT 3,000,005. 552. WE'RE ADDING THE INCREASE IN THE 2023 BOND ISSUE, WHICH IS 685 000. OUR 2019 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS. THE INCREASE WAS IN THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST OF $1,500 ON THE 2014 BOND ISSUE. THE INCREASE IS $400 AND ON THE 2005 BOND ISSUE, THE INCREASE WAS $3,223. THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE FOR BOND PAYING AGENTS OF 320, SO THE TOTAL OF THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES IS 690,443, GIVING US OUR TOTAL DEBT FOR THIS YEAR OF 3,000,695 995. I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MA'AM, I KNOW THIS IS A THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, SO WE DO APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU PUT INTO IT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? YES, SIR. MISS GAITAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO. FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, FOR RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THE. WHAT WERE THE INITIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS FOR 2019, 2014, 2023 AND THE BOND THAT WAS PASSED IN 2005 SO THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THOSE CEOS AND THE BOND AS IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHY OUR INTEREST IN SINKING PORTION OF THE TAX RATE HAS TO BE WHERE IT IS TO MAKE THOSE THOSE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS. I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE 2005 BOND ISSUE. 
          THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME. WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING THAT OFF NEXT YEAR. SO I THINK THAT WAS MORE FOR PROBABLY GENERAL OPERATING TO GET THE CITY STARTED OR HELP THE CITY ALONG. 
          2014 WAS FOR PARKS. IT'S FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND REHAB OF OUR PARKS IN THE CITY. AND 2019 WAS FOR STREETS, MAJORITY OF THE STREETS, REPAIRS OR. REHAB OF THOSE STREETS. AND THEN 2023, THE MOST OF THE MOST OF THAT BOND ISSUE WAS TO BUILD THIS BUILDING AND THE FACILITY FOR THE POLICE, COURTS AND PUBLIC WORKS. THE REST OF THE MONEY IS FOR OUR ADA TRANSITION. 
          OTHER TRANSACTION. I'M SORRY, OTHER STREET PROJECTS, TRANSIT PROJECTS. OR THE AND SIMILAR PROJECTS LIKE THAT. ANY, ANY NEW NEW NEW PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WANTED TO DO REGARDING STREETS OR DRAINAGE? THAT WAS THE OTHER THING. AND SO THANK YOU, MISS GAITAN. AND EARLIER YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IF WE HAD ADOPTED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THAT WE WOULD STILL BE SHORT ABOUT $1 MILLION TO TO MEET OUR INS. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT 
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CLARIFICATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM AS WELL. SO THERE'S NO ACTION THAT NEED THAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU MA'AM. MOVE ON TO ITEM 16 PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 
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16. STAFF HAS REQUESTED TO POSTPONE FOR THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO. WELL, POSTPONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM 16? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION, ALDERMAN AND A SECOND BY ALDERMAN AVILA. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. I I ORTEGA. 
          AVILA. AMES. I GARCIA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 17, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS ON THE 
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FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT APPLICATION FOR VALENCIA. UNIT THREE, CASE NUMBER SDF26-0001. 
          AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN TO SIGN THE RECORDING PLAT. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING A PORTION OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTION 30, BLOCK 78, TOWNSHIP THREE, TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY. TOWN OF VERIZON CITY, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS CONTAINING 40 45.399 ACRES. APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE CEA GROUP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DAVID RUIZ, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS A REQUEST FOR A FINAL PLAT. IT. IT DOES HAVE 206 RESIDENTIAL LOT SUBDIVISION. 
          THAT INCLUDES ONE COMMERCIAL AREA, ONE PUBLIC PARK AND ONE PONDING AREA. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LOCATION MAP OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IT IS GOING TO BE NORTH OF EAST LAKE BOULEVARD AND EAST OF PASEO DEL ESTE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE AREA IN THE ZONING MAP FOR SUBDIVISION OUTLINE. IN BLUE, YOU CAN SEE THE THE THE OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. YELLOW. 
          THAT WILL BE THE BOUNDARY OF SUBDIVISION. LIGHT BLUE WOULD BE THE RIGHT OF WAYS, AND IN GREEN IT WILL BE THE PROPOSED PARK. THERE'S GOING TO BE THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION WHICH IT WILL BE AGAIN. YELLOW WOULD BE THE BOUNDARY LIGHT BLUE THE RIGHT OF WAY. DARK BLUE WOULD BE THE PONDING AREA, AND IN RED WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL, AND THEN THE GREEN ON THE VERY BOTTOM. THAT IS A COMMON OPEN SPACE. THESE THEY DID SUBMIT FOR MODIFICATION REQUEST. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON A 68FT RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR AND PRETTY MUCH ON THE REQUEST. THEY'RE STAYING WITHIN THE 68. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING CHANGES ON THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MEDIAN AND THEN ON THE SIDEWALKS AND PARKWAY. THEY ALSO REQUEST MODIFICATION FOR THE CUL DE SACS. ON THE VERY LEFT. WE HAVE THE CITY STANDARD. 
          ON THE CENTER. WE HAVE THE PROPOSED, WHICH IT'LL BE IT INCLUDE AN ISLAND WITH LANDSCAPE. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE OTHER PROPOSED, WHICH ALSO. THIS ONE WOULD INCLUDE A PARKING LOT AND THEN A LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS, WHICH IT'LL BE. AND EAST LAKE BOULEVARD. THERE ARE NO PENDING COMMENTS FOR THIS SUBDIVISION. SO BASED ON THE APPLICATION MEANING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER FOUR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND APPROVAL PROCESS, SECTION 4.2 AND SECTION 4.3 PLANNING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT ON A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL BASIS. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? YES, SIR. WE CAN JUST VIEW THE CUL DE SAC SECTION, PLEASE. THIRD ITEM, I GUESS. I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE PARKING SPACES AT AN ANGLE ON BOTH SIDES. OKAY. AND ARE ARE THESE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS OR ARE WE STICKING TO ONE? SO THE ONE ON THE VERY LEFT, THE ONE THAT SAYS STANDARD, THAT'S A TYPICAL CITY STANDARD DESIGN. SO THAT'S A TYPICAL THAT THE CITY REQUESTS WHENEVER THERE'S A SUBDIVISION ON THE MIDDLE AND ON THE RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING FOR THE SUBDIVISION. SO LET ME BRING YOU BACK TO THE PLAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE MOUSE ON THE VERY SOUTH PORTION OF THE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. CORRECT. YOU CAN SEE THE ONE OF THE CUL DE SACS. THAT ONE ONLY HAS THE STANDARD. YES, SIR. AND THEN THE ONE. OH NO NO NO NO. SORRY. THAT ONE WOULD INCLUDE THE, THE ISLAND WITH THE LANDSCAPE. AND THEN ON 
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THE VERY TOP LEFT, THAT ONE, IT'S THE, THE ONE WITH THE PARK WITH THE PARKING LOT. REMEMBER THE STANDARD. IT'S ONLY FOR THE STANDARD. THAT'S WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FROM THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER IS PLANNING ON, ON DOING AN EXTRA. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WAS AN OPTION TO CHOOSE ALL THREE, OR IF YOU HAVE THE ROOM TO SPECIFICALLY GO WITH A PARTICULAR ONE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR. RUIZ, COULD YOU GO OVER THE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MEDIANS AND SIDEWALKS. WHAT WERE THOSE PROPOSALS LOOK LIKE? ON THIS ONE? I BELIEVE IT WAS THE PRIOR SLIDE. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WITHIN THE REQUEST. THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING IMPROVEMENTS ON MEDIANS AND SIDEWALKS. YEAH, IT'LL BE THIS ONE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE TOP, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STANDARD THAT THE CITY ASKED FOR WITH WHICH IT'LL BE A 68FT RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT ON THE THE TWO ON THE BOTTOM. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO THE ONE ON THE LEFT, THEY ARE PROPOSING. IT'LL BE A TEN FOOT SIDEWALK AND PARKWAY WITH LANDSCAPE ON THE MEDIAN AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT. THAT ONE INCLUDES LANDSCAPE AREAS ON THE SIDEWALK AND MEDIAN. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST ADDING LIKE MORE A MORE OF A LANDSCAPE INTO THE PARKWAYS. THEN COULD YOU GO FORWARD? I THINK IT WAS TWO SLIDES. ONE MORE. COULD YOU TAKE US BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE ZONING MAP INCLUDED IN IT? THIS ONE, MY APOLOGIES. SO THE POCKET PARK HERE AT THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION, WHAT'S THE ACREAGE ON THAT OR THE ONE IN THE BAR ON THE BOTTOM? THE GREEN ONE. YES, SIR. 
          OH, THAT ONE. I WOULDN'T HAVE THIS. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR FOR THAT COMMON OPEN SPACE. AND THAT'S OKAY. MR. RUIZ, I JUST WAS WONDERING. WE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARK. THIS ISN'T PART OF THE PRIVATE CLUBHOUSE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING. AND WITH WITH THOSE PRIVATE AMENITIES. CORRECT? THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE ENGINEER. OKAY, OKAY. BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO HAVE AN HOA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR GEORGE WITH C GROUP. FOR THE RECORD, I GUESS YOU'RE ASKING ON THE ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION, RIGHT. 
          YES, SIR. THAT SO THAT'S A COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA THAT WILL ALL BE LANDSCAPED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA. OH, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY HOA. THAT TRIANGLE AREA. 
          PROBABLY WHAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE AS WELL. OR MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE ON THE VISUAL, BUT ALL OF EASTLAKE BOULEVARD, THE DEVELOPERS PROPOSING THE 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE EASEMENT AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR OF EASTLAKE, AND THAT WILL BE LANDSCAPED AND THAT WILL ALSO BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA. I SEE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SIR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY ALDERMAN QUIROZ. SECOND AND A SECOND BY ALDERWOMAN ORTEGA. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? I GIDOS I ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES. 
          AYE, AYE. AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 18. THIS IS ON THE PRELIMINARY 
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SUBDIVISION PLAT APPLICATION FOR VALENCIA. UNIT FIVE, CASE NUMBER SDP26-0001. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING A PORTION OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTION 32, BLOCK 78, TOWNSHIP THREE, TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS CONTAINING 42.27 ACRES. APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE CEA GROUP. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DAVID RUIZ, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IT IS A REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR 203 RESIDENTIAL LOT SUBDIVISION. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LOCATION MAP. SO IT IS GOING TO GOING TO BE TO THE WEST OF EASTLAKE BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF HORIZON BOULEVARD. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE AREA UNDER ZONING MAP OF THE SUBDIVISION. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IN YELLOW. YOU CAN SEE THE BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVISION. LIGHT BLUE WOULD BE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND DARK BLUE WOULD BE THE PONDING AREA. AGAIN. THERE THEY DID REQUEST FOR A MODIFICATION. SO THIS ONE 
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WOULD BE FROM A 52FT TO A 54. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE CHANGES WOULD BE ON THE PARKWAY AND THE SIDEWALK. THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ANOTHER MODIFICATION REQUEST. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ON A 68FT. THEY ARE STAYING WITHIN THE 68FT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGES THERE. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGES ON LANDSCAPE, MEDIUM AND PARKWAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A CUL DE SAC MODIFICATION REQUEST. AGAIN, ON THE LEFT WE HAVE THE THE CITY STANDARD. ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE PROPOSED WHICH IT WILL BE A MODIFICATION FOR A 50FT RADIUS, EYEBROW STREET WITH INTERIOR LANDSCAPE. AND THESE ARE THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY. THIS ONE WOULD BE THE THE TYPICAL THAT THE CITY ASKED FOR, WHICH WOULD BE A 60 FOOT, 64 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS, WHICH IT WILL BE OLIVINE STREET AND VELVET ASH. SO THERE ARE NO PENDING COMMENTS FOR THIS SUBDIVISION. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC TO. LET ME TAKE YOU GUYS BACK TO THE THE PLAT TO SEE IF THEY CAN CONNECT ON THE. LET ME TAKE YOU GUYS. SO THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC TO SEE IF THEY CAN CONNECT FROM THEIR PROPOSED SUBDIVISION TO THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION THAT IS TO THE WEST. SO THEY'RE COORDINATING WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC TO SEE IF THEY CAN CROSS THEIR THEIR PROPERTY THERE. THEY HAVE THAT LARGE EASEMENT RIGHT BEHIND THE, THE HOMES AND THE, THE CASAS DE LEON SUBDIVISION, CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO THE DEVELOPERS IS COORDINATING WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO THAT CROSS. SO LET ME TAKE YOU GUYS BASED ON THE APPLICATION MEETING, THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR. CHAPTER FOUR. SUBDIVISION APPLICATION PROCEDURE. SECTION 4.2 PLANNING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT ON PRELIMINARY BASIS. THANK YOU SIR. 
          APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST OR ACTUALLY A COMMENT. CAN YOU MOVE. CAN YOU SHOW US ON THE THE LARGE OVERVIEW WHERE THAT SMALL LITTLE THAT CUL DE SAC IS IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL SUBDIVISION ITSELF? OH, THAT ONE IS PLANNED TO BE RIGHT HERE. 
          THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALDERMAN QUIROZ AND A SECOND BY ALDERMAN GARCIA. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE YOU. BEFORE WE PULL, WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME? THAT THE BUILD OUT TIME FRAME FOR THE HOMES THERE. FOR THE ENTIRE. WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AS FAR AS MILESTONES AND BUILD OUT TIME FRAME COMPLETION? SO FOR ANSWER TO THAT IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, NOVEMBER 2026 TO BE FULLY COMPLETED. BUT AT ONSET THREE, WHICH IS THE FINAL PLAT YOU SAW THAT'S ALSO IN CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE LOOKING AT JANUARY 2027, A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW, UNIT FOR PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE 1ST SEPTEMBER OF 2027. UNIT FOR PHASE TWO, JANUARY OF 2028, WHICH CARRIES INTO UNIT FIVE 2028. UNIT SEVEN, UNIT SIX, SORRY, 2029. UNIT SEVEN, JANUARY OF 2030, AND THEN UNIT EIGHT AND UNIT 9TH JULY 2030, JANUARY 2031. SO WE'RE ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AWAY FROM FROM IT ALL BEING COMPLETE. 
          BUILD OUT COMPLETE. WOW. THANK YOU SIR. SO BY YOUR HOUSES NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL ORTEGA. AYE. I ORTEGA I AVILA I AMES I GARCIA I AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE ARE WE ARE LISTENING TO YOUR CONCERNS. WE DO LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS. AND 
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I WILL STAY AFTERWARDS. IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO TALK, I'LL STAY AFTERWARDS AND AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AS WELL. SO BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND AND BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY UP HERE IS WE WE ARE TO OUR THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DON'T LEAVE YET. HANG TIGHT. WITH THAT. I'LL TAKE AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          MOTION TO ADJOURN,
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