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THE TIME IS 1:06 P.M.WE HAVE, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 15TH, 2024 MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
NEXT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP A THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR PARTNERS FROM DFW AIRPORT IN THE BUILDING.
AND THAT WAY IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK THEM AT THIS POINT.
AND IF YOU DON'T, THEN WE CAN SEND THEM BACK TO THE THIRD BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD NOW.
SO I HAD TO THROW THAT IN THERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TWO MEMOS, ACTUALLY.
MR. GODFREY JUST EMAILED YOU THE SECOND MEMO.
THEY'RE BRINGING THE HARD COPY FOR THE SECOND ONE ALSO SHORTLY.
YEAH. THEY DIDN'T. THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
AND HE JUST TOLD ME TO SAY IT.
IS DFW SENT ONE MEMO AND DIDN'T SEND THE OTHER.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT EASEMENTS THAT ARE BEING DONE FOR ONCOR TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO THEY HAVE TO DO TWO DIFFERENT MEMOS, AND THEY DO HAVE THEM.
WE THEY ONLY STAFF ONLY PRINTED ONE FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT IN THE BOOK.
SO THEY'RE ADDING THE OTHER ONE.
NOW, QUICK QUESTION. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
MISS SCHULTZ, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU.
SO JUST IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE GOVERNANCE OF DFW.
SO IN ADDITION TO OUR CITY, DOES FORT WORTH ANYBODY ELSE ALSO HAVE TO APPROVE THIS EASEMENT OR JUST DALLAS? IT HAS TO BE BOTH CITIES, SINCE BOTH CITIES OWN THE AIRPORT, AND SINCE WE ARE ASKING THAT A PERMANENT RIGHT BE GRANTED OR ACTUALLY ANY AGREEMENT FOR USE OF AIRPORT LONG AIRPORT PROPERTY LONGER THAN 40 YEARS REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF BOTH CITIES, AND IN THIS CASE, IT REQUIRES THE EXECUTION OF THE EASEMENTS BY DELEGATED OFFICERS OF BOTH CITIES.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
AND I WAS JUST TOLD I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, THAT DFW AIRPORT IS THE ONLY WHY DON'T YOU TELL US JAYNIE? BECAUSE YOU WERE TELLING ME AND I WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
SORRY. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
I WAS JUST FLYING THROUGH THIS LAST WEEK AND I SAW.
IS IT THE FIRST OR THE ONLY CARBON NEUTRAL AIRPORT IN THE WORLD? I SAW SIGNS EVERYWHERE ABOUT CARBON NEUTRALITY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE STATISTIC.
WELL, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THAT BETTER THAN A LAWYER, BUT WE'RE WORKING REAL HARD.
I KNOW THAT. THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER BY A LAWYER.
COUNCILWOMAN. I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT.
BUT OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT WE ARE THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING ON THAT PATH.
YES. THANK YOU. AND AND THANK YOU FOR READING THE SIGNS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR POSTING THEM.
SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM B, AND WE HAVE SARAH STANDIFORD, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.
VERY GOOD. I WAS LIKE, WAIT, MINE SAYS B, ALL RIGHT.
LETTER B, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
SARAH STANDIFER, THE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITY, WILL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE INTERIM.
YOU HAVE A DIRECTOR NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON.
COMMITTEE SARAH STANDIFER, DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
IF YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS WILL GIVE YOU KIND OF A BIG OVERVIEW.
WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, SOME OF OUR BIG PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE INDICATED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, AND WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME MAJOR PROGRAMS FOR YOU ALL ON SLIDE THREE.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES WAS FOUNDED IN 1881.
AND THE CHARTER, THE STORM WATER UTILITY, WAS FOUNDED IN 91 BY CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE.
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OUR SERVICE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 700MI², SO WE ARE OPERATING IN A MUCH LARGER ENVIRONMENT WITH REGIONAL PROVIDERS THAT WE SERVE.AS FOR OTHER CITIES AND CUSTOMERS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU GET A HIGH LEVEL OF OUR ORG CHART.
THESE ARE OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BROKEN DOWN.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT FOR YOU ALL IS TO GIVE YOU A COMBINED DALLAS WATER UTILITIES BUDGET, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO OUR WATER, WASTEWATER AND OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY BECAUSE THEY ARE KEPT SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT.
SO WE HAVE A BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY 871 MILLION.
OF THAT 791 IS OUR WATER WASTEWATER UTILITY, 80 IS OUR STORM WATER.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR WATER PROGRAM.
AND AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
AND SO WE DO GENERATE REVENUE BASED ON COST OF SERVICE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE INDIVIDUAL BREAKDOWNS THAT YOU ALL TYPICALLY WILL SEE IN A BUDGET BOOK.
THESE ARE MAJOR ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BUDGET.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE EACH OF THE SERVICES BROKEN DOWN.
AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE IS OUR FTE COUNT.
WE BUDGET FOR BOTH REGULAR AND OVERTIME FTES.
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
SO AS PART OF YOUR ANNUAL PROCESS YOU WILL BE APPROVING OUR CAPITAL PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE WATER WASTEWATER.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE GOING TO SLIDE ON OVER TO STORM WATER.
YOU'LL SEE THE OPERATING EXPENSES ON STORM WATER AND THAT $80 MILLION UTILITY.
AS WE MENTIONED, IT IS ALSO AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT COLLECTS ITS OWN REVENUE AS WELL.
THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU THE FOUR MAJOR PROGRAMS. THESE ARE HOW WE BREAK OUR WORK APART.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOULD GIVE YOU OUR POSITION COUNTS AS THEY WERE IN THE BUDGET AND PLANNED.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON A PHASE OUT FROM OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM.
THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS OUR FIRST PAY AS YOU GO.
WE DID OUR FIRST CO PROGRAM THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL RAMP UP AS WE GO INTO FUTURE YEARS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE OUR CAPITAL FUNDING.
SO THE BLUE REPRESENTS THE WATER WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROGRAM AS BUDGETED AND PLANNED FOR.
AND THE ORANGE IS GOING TO REPRESENT YOUR STORMWATER.
SO YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF YOU ALL WE'VE BEEN GROWING.
AND WE WILL GROW THAT STORMWATER PROGRAM TO BEGIN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ASSETS IN A SIMILAR MANNER.
AND AS I MENTIONED, BOTH OF THE UTILITIES ARE KEPT SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT.
THEY HAVE SEPARATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO OUR WATER WASTEWATER RATES ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON CONSUMPTION.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT RETAIL WHICH ARE OUR LOCAL CUSTOMERS AROUND 300,000 OR SO OF THOSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CUSTOMER CITIES.
THERE ARE ABOUT 27 CUSTOMER CITIES UNTREATED AND TREATED ACCOUNTS AND WASTEWATER ACCOUNTS.
OUR STORM DRAINAGE RATES ARE BASED ON IMPERVIOUS CALCULATIONS.
YOU'RE IN A RESIDENTIAL, A NONRESIDENTIAL OR A VACANT PARCEL TIER.
AND AS WITH ANY ENTERPRISE, WE ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
AND IT GIVES YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
SO WE ARE COST DRIVERS REALLY ARE THESE PERSONNEL COSTS OUR TREATMENT AND POWER COSTS.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BUDGETS AND GOALS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO THE BUDGET.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST THESE BUDGETED ONES.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE SORRY, LET IT CATCH UP.
YOU WILL SEE SOME OF OUR MAJOR BUDGET GOALS AS PRESENTED FOR WATER, WASTEWATER.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE STORMWATER GOALS.
WE'RE HEAVILY REGULATED IN BOTH UTILITIES.
SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MEET THOSE REGULATIONS.
CONSOLIDATED NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET BOOK FOR PERFORMANCE PLANS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE GOT VALUE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AWARDED THERE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE OH, I'M SORRY, YOU GUYS.
THAT'S NOT CATCHING UP. IF Y'ALL WILL ADVANCE ONE MORE.
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SO OUR SUMMARY OF SERVICE AND PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.WE LIKE TO USE THIS SLIDE TO HELP EVERYBODY.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 5000 MILES OF WATER LINE 4000 MILES OF WASTEWATER.
LINE ABOUT 1800 MILES OF STORMWATER LINES.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT TOTAL VALUE OF ASSETS AND CUSTOMER SERVED.
SO THIS IS A GOOD HIGHLIGHT OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMS WRAPPED UP INTO ONE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE PROVIDE SOME DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUPPORT TO OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE OUT IN THE CITY IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS. SO OUR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, INSPECTION PROGRAMS, AND SOME NUISANCE ABATEMENT MOSQUITO CONTROLS.
OUR MARSHAL'S PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH FLOODPLAIN ENFORCEMENTS AND FRANCHISE FEES OR STREET RENTAL AS YOU SEE THEM IN THE BUDGETS AND PILOT, WHICH IS PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, ARE ALL DONE THROUGH THOSE IN THE TUNE OF ABOUT $107 MILLION.
NEXT SLIDE. AS MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF FEDERAL, REGULAR AND STATE REGULATORY PARTNERS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME BIG NOTABLE MOMENTS.
WE ARE A SUPERIOR RATED PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.
THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THOSE THAT ARE DESIGNATED THAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE 7000 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. AND WE HAVE AN OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM.
WE ARE A CLASS THREE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF FEMA RATINGS, AND WE PARTICIPATE IN A NUMBER OF CLEAN WATER AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. JUST KIND OF TO REMIND YOU ALL, WE DO TALK ABOUT THESE.
WE ARE PART OF, PART OF AND PARTICIPATE PRETTY HEAVILY WITHIN THE RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAMS AND PLANS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL ALSO SHOW YOU OUR CAP TIE IN.
AND THROUGH A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES, WE'VE GOT TWO MAIN OR THREE MAIN GOALS THAT WE TRACK WITH PRETTY REGULARITY, OUR BUILDINGS THAT WE MAINTAIN AND MONITOR AND DEVELOP OUR WATER SUPPLIES, OUR FLOOD CONTROL EFFORTS, AND THEN OUR ECOSYSTEMS. NEXT SLIDE. SO BUDGET INITIATIVE TRACKER.
THESE ARE THE THREE MAIN ONES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE BIT REPORT THAT YOU ALL SEE.
OUR WATER CONSERVATION PLANS ARE UNSERVED.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU TO KICK OFF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AND FUNDING.
AND AT THAT TIME I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.
VERY GOOD. YOU ALMOST MADE YOUR TEN MINUTES.
JUST WENT OVER HERE. THIS WAS A BIG ONE AND IT WAS A LOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH IT.
WE'LL GET MISS MENDELSOHN AND THEN MR. RESENDEZ, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACKWARDS IF WE HAVE SECOND ROUNDS.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET.
WITH CONSTRUCTION PRICE INCREASES.
WE MAY BE EXTENDING THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
WELL, WE WILL AWARD ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THIS YEAR.
WE WILL AWARD THE CONTRACTS FOR THEM.
RIGHT. OKAY. SO BY THE END OF OKAY I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT SO THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE INITIATIVE.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S YOU ALL OR, OR I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORK THAT HAPPENS AND THAT IS IN ALL OF OUR CREEK AREAS, AS THERE'S A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR CREEK AREAS.
COULD YOU SHARE HOW WHAT WHO'S WHO'S TAKING THE LEAD ON THE PLAN TO GET THOSE AREAS, GET THOSE FOLKS SERVED ELSEWHERE? SO AS YOU MENTIONED, IT IS AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT, RIGHT? SO WE DO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS FOR CREEK CLEANUPS.
AND FOR THAT ACTIVITY, WHEN WE GO OUT ONTO THE PUBLIC OWNED CREEK, OF WHICH THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 160 MILES OF PUBLIC OWNED CREEK, OF THE 661 MILES, WE WILL GO OUT AND PERFORM SOME INSPECTIONS, COORDINATE BACK WITH HOMELESS SOLUTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THEN, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CLEANUP, BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THEY WILL COME IN WITH THE CLEANUP.
BUT IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, OUR STAFF WILL COME IN BEHIND THEM.
AND IS THEIR EFFORTS TO IF THERE'S A AREA THAT'S JUST PERVASIVE.
SO IT ENDS UP, YOU KNOW, SAYING SORT OF WHACK A MOLE AS OPPOSED TO ENCAMPMENT BY ENCAMPMENT, THAT THE WHOLE AREA, IF IT'S JUST SORT OF REIMAGINED IN TERMS OF THAT CREEK SIDE SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR ANY KIND OF CAMPING, IS THERE ARE THOSE PLANS? SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AS THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH AND DECOMMISSION, THEN THOSE AREAS BECOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES.
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WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF PARK INITIATIVES THAT THEY HAVE TO CONVERT SOME OF THOSE SPACES.AND SO WORKING THROUGH TO GET THEM HOME PERMANENTLY IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
RIGHT? IN ADDITION TO THE WATER CONTAMINATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE CREEKS.
WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
VICE CHAIR GRACEY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME? YEAH. THANK YOU.
RECENTLY WE HAD A COUPLE OF, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT JUST PROVIDING CLARIFICATION ON THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT YOU THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT PROVIDES IN THIS CASE THERE'S SITUATIONS WHERE THE THEY COULD BE, I GUESS, PAID UP ON THEIR WATER BILLS.
BUT IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN DISPUTE IN TERMS OF BULK TRASH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU ALL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR, THEIR WATER CAN BE TURNED OFF. SO I GUESS AS WE GO INTO THIS BUDGET SEASON, I GUESS I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY, BUT JUST THAT'S SOMETHING I'M LOOKING INTO IN TERMS OF THE CONSISTENCY IN HOW YOU PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND THE CONSEQUENCES, AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY FAIR AND RELEVANT TO THAT CIRCUMSTANCE? DOES YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING? I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, AND WE'LL WORK WITH SANITATION AND THE ATTORNEYS TO GET YOU UP TO SPEED.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MR. ATKINS. YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE THAT REPAIR IS DONE QUICKLY.
AND WHEN THE RESIDENTS HAVE THOSE ISSUES THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO, IT DON'T GET FIXED AT ONE TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE IT'S IT'S BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU KIND OF WALK US THROUGH YOUR NEW IDEAS? I KNOW WE HAD QUITE A BIT IN PLEASANT GROVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU WAS DOING IN THE COMMUNICATION IS BEST IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, THEY DID DO 311, BUT CAN YOU JUST.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY, AS PEOPLE REPORT LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM TO GET OUT.
WE WILL ASSESS THOSE AND PUT THEM IN AN ORDER OF GRAVITY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO, JUST KIND OF AS AN AWARENESS, BEFORE YOU GO IN TO DO A LEAK, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT NEAR A HOSPITAL OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTED LIVING. IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE OUT OF SERVICE, THEY NEED TO BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS IS TO GET YOU ALL NOTICE EARLIER.
SO AS WE SEE THESE MAJOR LEAKS THAT COME IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BREAK, YOU WILL GET THEM FROM YOUR OFFICE THROUGH US AND WE WILL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AS IT'S HAPPENING LIVE.
YEAH. WE WE HAVE I KNOW 311 IS THERE WOULD BE A QUOTE EMERGENCY LINE THAT WE CAN INSTEAD OF CALLING THE COUNCIL OFFICE WHATEVER. BUT I THINK THAT SINCE WE DO KNOW WE HAVE THESE MAJOR WATER BREAKS DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
IT WILL MOVE THEM ALONG A LITTLE BIT FASTER, BUT WE WILL GET A FOLLOW UP MEMO FOR YOU.
THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT SOME STUFF TO SHARE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER.
I'M SURE I CAN SHARE IT IN A NEWSLETTER, SHARE IT TO THE RESIDENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ATKINS. AND NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBER? I'M HEARING NONE. I GOT ONE FOR YOU.
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT LATELY IS THE ELM CREEK AND AND ALL OF THAT, AND, AND I KNOW THE STUFF COMES DOWN BECAUSE THE RIVER, IT'S PART OF THINGS CLEARING OUT.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT? BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
SO WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO START GETTING THIS MESS CLEANED UP? BECAUSE THEN IT ENDS UP IN SOME OF THE PARKS AND, YOU KNOW AND THEN AND I'VE EVEN EVEN GOTTEN TO WHITE ROCK LAKE YET.
RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE IT'S THE WHOLE.
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THROUGH THE CREEKS AND THE CHANNELS AND DOWN THE RIVER? RIGHT. THERE IS A REGIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH COG TO TALK ABOUT.THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS UNINTENDED LITTER.
IT'S AT THE SOCCER FIELD, THAT KIND OF THING.
IT IS ONE OF OUR MEASURES AND METRICS.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND TO DO THE EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS CAMPAIGN.
WE'VE REALLY GOT TO KIND OF WORK ON PEOPLE'S BEHAVIORS.
IT'S NOT A GREAT SOLUTION OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT TO HAVE A PERSONAL STAKE IN IT.
AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T THROW THEIR TRASH OUT AND THROW IT ON THE GROUND, BUT A LOT OF IT IS JUST TO PICK IT UP AND REMOVE IT AS IT COMES THROUGH. AND I LIKE THAT PART.
I MEAN, WE GOT TO GET THE PEOPLE THERE.
BUT WE'RE IT'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S HABITS.
AND NOT EVERYBODY ALL THIS TRASH ISN'T COMING FROM DALLAS.
IT'S COMING FROM UP NORTH AS WELL SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, LIKE, BESIDES THE EDUCATION, WHAT CAN WE DO? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GETTING CLEANED UP FAST ENOUGH.
AND, AND THEN I THINK THEN THAT JUST LETS PEOPLE GO, OH WELL I CAN JUST THROW MORE TRASH AND THEN OR I CAN ILLEGALLY DUMP MORE OR I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK, WHAT'S THE LIKE? ARE THERE THINGS INSIDE THAT WE COULD PUT INSIDE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD HELP COLLECT OR, YOU KNOW, BESIDES THE PUMP STATIONS? WELL, SO WE HAVE LITTER BOOMS AND OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE SYSTEMS, THE KEY TO THE LITTER BOOMS. AND WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON.
IS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE? A LOT OF IT IS THE VELOCITY THAT FLOWS AND THE TYPE OF DEBRIS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD GROWTH TREE THAT IS COMING DOWN.
THOSE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM CLEAN UP THEIRS BEFORE IT COMES TO US.
SO BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER SYSTEMS MIGHT COST A LOT OF MONEY, SO YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT MIGHT BE THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SEVEN YEARS BEFORE YOU HAVE THAT BONDING CAPACITY TO BUILD TO DO THAT THROUGH THROUGH YOUR UTILITIES.
SO JUST TRYING TO THINK OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW THIS IT JUST MESSES UP OUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN IT HURTS THE LITTLE ANIMALS AND IT HURTS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.
AND THEN THINGS START TO SMELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT A CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR US.
BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SYSTEMS IN, IN THE NATION, BUT IT'S WORKING.
IT'S JUST ALL THIS TRASH COLLECTS.
IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. RIGHT? AND THEY THINK THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WHEN WE REALLY ARE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK YOU TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
SO PEOPLE IF THEY'RE LISTENING, THEY COULD HEAR IT.
TO OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, SARAH STANDIFER.
AND WE GAVE YOU THIS ONE EASY.
I KNOW SHE CAN. SHE'S SHE'S WONDERFUL.
SHE'S WONDERFUL. AND NEXT WE HAVE BRIEFING ITEM C, WHICH IS EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. VINCENT OLSEN, THE DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, AND MATTHEW AMEND, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, WILL BE PRESENTING TO US ON THIS ONE.
WHENEVER YOU ALL ARE READY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, COMMITTEE, FOR SEEING US.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT.
MATTHEW AMEND IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
GET THE FINDING THE RIGHT ASSET FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, TO DO THE JOB CORRECTLY.
FLEET AVAILABILITY, MAINTAIN THE ASSET AND MAXIMIZE ITS UPTIME.
TO DO THIS WE HAVE REALLY THREE PILLARS ASSET MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AFTER THIS.
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FLEETS. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.TYING ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER ARE OUR BUSINESS FUNCTIONS AND THOSE THINGS THAT SUPPORT STUFF LIKE REGISTRATION AND TITLES, VENDOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, OUTSIDE RENTAL, MOTOR POOL, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT KIND OF BIND US TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND HELP FACILITATE VEHICLE AND FLEET AVAILABILITY.
MATT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET? AND AS YOU'RE AND AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THE FY 25 PLAN BUDGET IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'VE JUST SEEN A CONTINUED INCREASE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND THIS MONEY WILL BRING US IN LINE WITH WHERE WE ENDED FY 23 AND OUR CURRENT YEAR FORECAST.
DUE TO EITHER POWER OUTAGES, INCLEMENT WEATHER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND LASTLY, WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THE EXPANSION OF OUR GPS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE MONEY TO INSTALL GPS DEVICES ON THE REST OF OUR GENERAL FUND FLEET.
HERE'S A POSITION OVER YOU FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE IS OUR BUDGET BY SERVICE.
AND VINCE WILL EXPLAIN MORE THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO INTO THOSE SERVICES LATER ON.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE'S THE SAME INFORMATION WITH OUR EXPENSES BROKEN OUT BY EXPENSE CATEGORY.
AND HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF REVENUE AS AN INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
WE CHARGE OUR CUSTOMERS BACK FOR ALL COSTS INCURRED FOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
AND THIS INCLUDES THREE TYPES OF CHARGES.
ONE ARE TARGET MAINTENANCE RATE WHICH IS A MONTHLY LEASE RATE THAT COVERS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE OUR NON TARGET MAINTENANCE CHARGES.
AND THESE ARE DIRECT CHARGES THAT STEM FROM OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF NORMAL USE.
AND THAT IS THE BLENDED RATE OF ALL FUEL TYPES.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT COMES IN.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO VINCE.
THANK YOU. OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, SPECIFICALLY PPM COMPLIANCE TWO, WHICH IS A 90% TARGET, WHICH IS SIMPLY STATING THAT VEHICLES ARE GETTING THEIR PMS AND THEIR SERVICES PERFORMED.
PERCENTAGE OF FLEET THAT USE ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND HYBRID WERE HOLDING AT A 40%.
THE BIGGEST RESTRICTOR IN THIS THAT YOU'LL IS IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S NOT A LACK OF WILL OR A LACK OF MOVEMENT ON OUR PARTS.
THIS IS AN EQUITY METRIC THAT ENSURES THAT ALL OF OUR SERVICE CENTERS ARE GETTING ALL OF THE ASSETS AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY, SO THAT ONE ELEMENT OF THE CITY IS NOT BEING OVER SERVICED AND ONE UNDER SERVICED.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ASSET MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN INPUT WARRANTY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CHANGING.
AND IN TERMS OF THE ELECTRIFICATION OF VEHICLES.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE.
WHILE WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PPM PROGRAM JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE PRESENT DURING SOME OF THE BIGGER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY HERE IN THE CITY. PARTS OF PROCUREMENT, A DISTRIBUTION HUB DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUR PARTS TEAM OFF THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE DURING THAT.
YES, WE ARE A PAINT AND BODY SHOP.
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THIS IS A CONTRACTED SERVICE.AND WE DO DO THIS FOR COLLISIONS.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE TEAM THAT KEEPS OUR SERVICE CENTERS COMPLIANT WITH THE TCSEC AND SOME OF THE STORM WATER GUIDELINES THAT ARE PUT FORWARD.
STORM DRAINS, THE CLEANLINESS OF THE SHOP ACROSS THE BOARD.
FUEL PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT, 6.8 MILLION GALLONS AROUND THE CITY.
MAKING SURE THAT THE ISLANDS AND EVERYTHING RELATED TO THAT FUNCTION PROPERLY AS WELL.
DEPARTMENT SUPPORT ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
WE HANDLE THE SECOND MOST INVOICES IN THE CITY.
AND WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING SOME OF THE C-CAP STUFF.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACKWARDS. WE'RE GOING TO GO JAIME.
THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN HERE AND GO FROM ATKINS OVER TO MISS SCHULTZ.
SO, MR. RESENDEZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
MR. ATKINS ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW, SO, VICE CHAIR GRACEY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. ON SLIDE TEN, JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING THAT THAT PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERCENT OF FLEET THAT USES ALTERNATIVE FUELS OR HYBRID FUELING TECHNOLOGIES. THAT'S 40% OF THE FLEET CURRENTLY.
OKAY. AND THEN THE PLAN, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO INCREASE THAT TO 50 OR 60 OR IS THERE A STRATEGY? YES, SIR THERE IS.
BIOFUELS MAKE UP A GOOD PORTION OF THAT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A LOW HANGING FRUIT STRATEGY.
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS IS ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE HAVE VEHICLES READY TO GO AND WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. MR. VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW.
THANK YOU. TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE VEHICLES RECEIVING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
YOU'VE WELL EXCEEDED YOUR FORECASTS.
AND YET YOU'RE TARGETING, AGAIN, THE LOWER NUMBER.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OUR CULTURE HERE WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE AND NOT PERFORM.
AND THAT CONCEPT WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS GETTING MAINTENANCE PERFORMED.
SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE US TALKING TO OTHER BRIEFINGS ABOUT A PM COMPLIANCE, ONE METRIC, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TO MIGRATE TO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT. BUT THAT WAS KIND OF AN EDUCATION PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND NOT JUST THAT IT NEEDED A PM, BUT WHEN TO DO THE PM.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS NUMBER IN SUBSEQUENT BRIEFINGS.
YOU'LL SEE IT'S NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS THIS, BUT IT'S GETTING VERY CLOSE.
AND FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE, WE STARTED OUT AROUND 12 TO 14%.
WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS HOW DO WE GET TO A PLACE AS A CITY? THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT PER SE.
YES, MA'AM. SO, MR. GIBSON, PERHAPS YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION.
HOW DO WE GET TO THE PLACE WHERE IF YOU'VE TARGETED 90, BUT YOU HIT 95, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND SO HOW COME OUR TARGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR ISN'T 97, RIGHT? AND IF WE DON'T MAKE IT.
OKAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MISS SCHULTZ.
DONZELL GIBSON, INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
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DEVELOPMENT IS DONE, UNTIL COUNCIL AMENDMENTS ARE COMPLETED, DEPARTMENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT RESOURCES THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST.THIS YEAR, DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD, TIGHTEN YOUR BELT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FEWER RESOURCES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO IF I MAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE INSTRUCTED IN OUR LAST ONE TO SORT OF THINK BIG AT THIS POINT.
I'M NOT DIGGING INTO YOUR PARTICULAR FLEET ISSUE IS AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THE MESSAGE BACK TO COUNCIL COULD ALSO BE, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET AT 90%.
I'M JUST PICKING ON THIS NUMBER.
BUT COUNCIL, HEY, IF YOU WANT US TO GET TO 98%, HERE'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COST.
RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT I CHALLENGE YOU TO CHALLENGE US TO SAY IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE SOME OF THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.
AND IF YOU CUT US BACK, THAT'S WHAT YOUR AND HERE'S THE PERFORMANCE YOU'LL PROBABLY GET.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE TRADE OFF FOR PERFORMANCE? IF WE DO CUT THE BUDGET IN PARTICULAR AREAS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
THAT CUT NOW COSTS YOU THREE POINTS IN PERFORMANCE IN THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE.
BUT THE OTHER PIECE IS, I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO MY INITIAL POINT, WHICH WAS CULTURAL, WHICH IS TO SAY I PERSONALLY AND AGAIN, THIS MAY NOT BE THE APPETITE OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL. SO IT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO REALLY FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO WE HELP YOU FEEL SAFE TO PUSH YOURSELVES BEYOND WHERE PERHAPS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH, BUT THAT YOU'RE REACHING THERE SO THAT MAYBE THERE IS THAT STRETCH GOAL AND THEN THAT REALISTIC GOAL SO THAT YOU'RE NOT PENALIZED IF YOU HIT THE REALISTIC.
BUT YOU COULD BE REWARDED IF YOU HIT THE STRETCH.
ON THE TRADE OFF AND PERFORMANCE, I THINK THAT'S AN EASY ONE FOR US TO DO.
I THINK THAT HELPS ALL ALONG THE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING IN THE BUDGET.
I WAS IN SOME RECENT MEETINGS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, AND SHE ARTICULATED THE SAME THAT MAYBE MORE THAN IN YEARS PAST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A HEAVY FOCUS ON TYING OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES BACK TO THE DOLLARS THAT COUNCIL IS APPROVING.
AND THEN IF I MAY, JUST ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
YES, MA'AM. A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE SOMEWHAT LOOSENING.
WE DID HAVE A REAL RESTRICTION IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, AND ESPECIALLY ON AFTERMARKET PARTS.
SO IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A CONSOLIDATION OF SOME OF OUR VENDORS.
STILL? WELL, IT WAS IT WAS TRENDING DOWN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT AT ITS PEAK.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE GOOD PART IS THESE NEW VEHICLES ARE RECEIVED.
THE DEMAND FOR PARTS IS ACTUALLY STARTING AS PIECES COUNT IS STARTING TO FALL SOMEWHAT.
BUT YOU'RE BUDGETING ON THE HIGHER RATES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND NOW WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS.
ALSO ON THE SUPPLY CHAINS, ARE WE CAUGHT UP PERTAINING TO AUTOS ON VEHICLES THAT WE IN THE PAST THAT WE HAD COMING, BUT WE STILL WERE BACK ORDER.
AND WE'RE STILL SITTING ON ABOUT 650 PLUS ASSETS WAITING TO BE RECEIVED.
SOME OF THESE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE STILL OUT THERE.
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YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOT AT THAT ONE? FOR ANYTHING ORDERED, WE'VE PURCHASED OFF MASTER AGREEMENT, SO I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A POINT IN TIME COST AT WHEN WE ORDERED.SO THEREFORE ARE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT COSTS.
SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A VEHICLE.
BUT WHEN WE PLACE AN ORDER WE GOT A PRICE.
BUT WHEN WE RECEIVE A VEHICLE WE GOT ANOTHER PRICE.
IS THERE A DIFFERENT PRICE OR THE SAME PRICE? IT'S THE PRICE THAT THE DO IS ISSUED AT.
SO WHENEVER WE BUY THAT VEHICLE POINT IN TIME, THAT'S THE PRICE THAT WE LOCK IN.
OKAY. I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE ON THESE VEHICLES, ARE WE STILL DOING ALL IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE OR ARE WE SENDING ANYTHING OUTSIDE FOR A THIRD PARTY? WE SEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IT OUTSIDE, BUT WE DO DO IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN-HOUSE.
THE ONLY THING THAT THE BULK OF WHAT WE'RE SENDING OUTSIDE DOES HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR BODY ISSUES WHEN THERE'S BODY DAMAGE OR REBUILD COMPONENTS TO THE HEAVY STRUCTURES OF MAYBE A SANITATION TRUCK.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THEIR NATURAL EXISTENCE.
AND ALSO DO WE KEEP A STOCKPILE OF PARTS REPLACEMENT OR DO WE ORDER PARTS AS WE NEED IT? WE DO, WE DO BOTH.
BUT THE BULK OF IT REALLY REVOLVES AROUND A HUB AND SPOKE CONFIGURATION AT HENSLEY FIELD.
AND THEN EACH SERVICE CENTER KEEPS A REALLY GOOD INVENTORY THAT WE WATCH THROUGH ABC STRATEGIES.
ANY OF THE CONVENTIONAL INVENTORY THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE.
AND THEN YOU'LL FIND OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF THESE EVENTS, PROACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SQUAD CAR TIRES, TRUCK TIRES SO THAT WE DON'T RUN OUT OF THOSE THINGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN EVENT.
OKAY. AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FOR CLARITY, I MEAN, I LOVE THE PERCENTAGE, BUT I WANT SOME DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD 97% OF 39%, WHAT IS THE COST? WHAT LAST YEAR, WHAT DOES IT COST VERSUS THIS YEAR BUDGET? I KNOW WE YOU'RE LOOKING AT PERCENTAGE BUT WE LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
LIKE I SAID WE $38 MILLION SHORT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I THINK THE TAXPAYER LOOKING AT DOLLARS, IF YOU GIVE THEM THE DOLLARS ON THAT, YOU KNOW.
SO EVERYBODY HAS IT IN CASE THEY WANT TO SEE IT AS WELL.
YOU SAVE YOURSELF MAYBE GETTING MULTIPLE EMAILS SO WE CAN DO THAT.
AND I WANTED TO I WANT TO COMMEND Y'ALL.
THANK YOU. IT WAS FASCINATING GETTING TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I MET YOU GUYS.
BUT THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET OVER THE WEEKEND, ABOUT HOW THERE'S SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT IT'S REAL EASY TO SAY, OH, LET'S DO 6% CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD, AND EVERYBODY CAN PROBABLY MAKE SOME CUTS AND THEY CAN FINE TUNE THINGS.
BUT THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU JUST CAN'T TOUCH BECAUSE YOU ALL AFFECT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAS SOME TYPE OF FLEET OR SOME TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GO DO THEIR WORK, THEIR JOBS.
IT'S 6 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE CAR WASHES.
YES, SIR. SO, I MEAN, NOT TODAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, START THINKING ABOUT RECYCLED STATIONS, LIKE, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO RETROFIT THEM, OR DO WE HAVE TO BUILD THEM ALL OVER AGAIN? I MEAN, THERE'S SOMETHING WE GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE 6 MILLION GALLONS IS A LOT, AND THERE ARE WAYS TO RECYCLE THEM.
BUT. YES, SIR. NOT SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE TOMORROW.
THIS MIGHT BE A THREE OR 4 OR 5 YEAR THING, BUT THEN ALSO MAYBE GET WITH MISS STANDIFER AND THEN WITH MR. ALGODFREY. AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COG CAN MAYBE HELP OUT WITH.
OR THERE'S A GRANT THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS. I'M JUST THINKING THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOR THAT FOR FLEET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FLEET, SO.
SURE. AND WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS THAT I.
IT DIDN'T EVEN DAWN ON ME THAT.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT RECYCLED WATER, CAR WASHES.
THAT'S ALSO A THING. SO AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU HAVE A PRETTY BIG WATER BILL THAT YOU GIVE TO SARAH EVERY MONTH, SO, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT COULD SAVE YOU ALL THAT. THERE'S YOUR SAVINGS IN YOUR BUDGET LATER ON.
RIGHT. SO LET'S START THINKING ABOUT IT AND SEE.
IT MIGHT NOT IT MIGHT NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. Y'ALL DID WONDERFUL.
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YES SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LETTER D.I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE THAN DOG, BUT D IS IN DALLAS MAVERICKS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO BUILDING SERVICES BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE HAVE JOHN JOHNSON, OUR DIRECTOR OF BUILDING SERVICES.
MR. JOHNSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT. AS THE CHAIR SAID, I'M JOHN JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF BUILDING SERVICES, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO DELIVER THE BUILDING SERVICES BUDGET OVERVIEW AND REVIEW SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR SERVICES.
BUILDING SERVICES, OR BSD, IS CHARGED WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OVER 500 CITY FACILITIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THOSE FACILITIES, BSD ALSO OVERSEES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, MAJOR MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAL AND CUSTOMER CARE, AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT. RECENT DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURE CHANGES ARE DETAILED ON SLIDE FOUR.
IT CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, IT CREATED THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND IT ALSO REASSIGNED DALLAS SECURITY TO COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES MARSHAL'S OFFICE DIVISION.
UP NEXT, SLIDE SIX DETAILS ALL THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BSD.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE GENERAL FUND AND CAPITAL.
SLIDE SEVEN THROUGH 12 DETAIL THE FISCAL YEAR 24 AND FISCAL YEAR 25 PLANNED BUDGETS, REVENUES, POSITION COUNTS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AGAIN NOTING NO, NO MAJOR BUDGET ITEMS ARE PLANNED.
WE ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK USING A MIX OF IN-HOUSE STAFF AND CONTRACTS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
INCLUDED IN BSD'S FISCAL YEAR 24 OPERATING BUDGET IS $5.1 MILLION TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
SOME KEY FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR METRICS ON SLIDE 14 ARE INCLUDED AS WELL.
NOTABLY, LAST FISCAL YEAR, BSD RECEIVED OVER 15,000 WORK ORDERS.
AND ANNUALLY, THE TOP THREE REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE RELATED TO HVAC, PLUMBING, AND ELECTRICAL.
MOVING TO THE NEXT DIVISION, WHICH IS CUSTODIAL AND CUSTOMER CARE.
CUSTOMER CARE HANDLES THE SCHEDULING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ROOM RESERVATIONS, AND OVERSEES THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT OCCUR AT DALLAS CITY HALL AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 BY THE NUMBERS, THAT LOOKS LIKE 86 COUNCIL MEETINGS, 403 BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS, ALMOST 2000 ROOM RESERVATIONS, AND 151 SPECIAL EVENTS AT CITY HALL.
THERE ARE TWO LARGE SCALE FUTURE PROJECTS PLANNED AND FUNDED AT BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE AND A LARGE SCALE SOLAR PV SYSTEM AT THE MLK COMPLEX.
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THEY COMPLETED 95 RENOVATION PROJECTS TOTALING ALMOST $7 MILLION AND ALSO FIVE ADA UPGRADES.IN COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF BOND AND WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
EXCUSE ME. THIS DIVISION ALSO OVERSEES ENVIRONMENTAL ABATEMENT.
THIS WOULD BE LEAD MOLD AND ASBESTOS.
ASBESTOS WHERE ENCOUNTERED AND REQUIRED.
AND AGAIN IN FISCAL YEAR 23 THAT WOULD BE 36 INDIVIDUAL ABATEMENT PROJECTS.
THE ADMINISTRATION SECTION OVERSEES OUR BUDGET, FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES, AND I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THAT TEAM PROCESSED OVER $83 MILLION WORTH OF INVOICES IN FISCAL YEAR 23, OF WHICH 87% WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE CITY'S GOAL OF 30 DAYS OR LESS.
THIS IS A 75 YEAR LEASE WITH THANKS-GIVING SQUARE FOUNDATION.
IT WAS EXECUTED IN 1973 AND IT ESTABLISHED THIS OPERATION.
BULLINGTON TRUCK TERMINAL IS A TWO LEVEL UNDERGROUND FACILITY WHICH SERVES FOUR SURFACE BUILDINGS.
BULLINGTON IS ALSO CODIFIED IN SECTION 28 OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE, AND THE PEDESTRIAN UNDERGROUND CONCOURSE PROVIDES VARIOUS RETAIL OPTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEN MOVING ON TO SLIDE 20.
THIS IS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REQUIRED LICENSE RENEWALS FOR MANY OF OUR SKILLED TRADES.
WE'VE EXPANDED ON THE JOB TRAINING AND UPSKILLING FOR TRADES POSITIONS AS WELL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
WE DEVELOPED A NEW CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS WHICH WILL BE DEPLOYING IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES INCLUDE A JOINT PROJECT WITH DATA ANALYTICS TO HELP US MORE EASILY AND BETTER TRACK FACILITY EXPENSES ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, ESTABLISHING CUSTOMER SERVICE RATINGS AND FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE OPERATIONS, FOR MAJOR OPERATIONS AND IN MULTIPLE DIVISIONS, IMPROVED FINANCIAL DATA COLLECTION VIA MAXIMO, WHICH IS OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM, AND THEN THE USE OF STAT WINDOW TO CALCULATE AND BENCHMARK OUR PERFORMANCE ON WORK ORDERS BY PRIORITY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE'LL START ON THIS END AND GO BACKWARDS FROM THE LAST.
THANK YOU, MS. SCHULTZ. YOU THE FLOOR.
I'M GLAD I GET TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB YOU'RE DOING.
ONE IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY SQUARE FEET YOU OVERSEE? I'M GOING TO SAY IF BRIAN IS HERE, IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
IF NOT, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU.
WE HAVE 505 BUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY, BUT THE NUMBER CHANGES FREQUENTLY, RIGHT? 9 MILLION. THANK YOU SIR.
WHAT'D YOU SAY? NINE. 9 MILLION.
9,000,000FT². I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO DO THE MATH ON THAT.
AND THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW MUCH? AND YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME ON MEMOS OF ANY OF THIS, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK WE COULD SAVE IF WE ACTUALLY INVESTED, IF WE GAVE YOU THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF THAT 25%, I THINK, WHICH IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHERS.
SURE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CALCULATION AND ONE THAT WE'VE STARTED TO LOOK AT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO YOU IN WRITING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT SOME INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE FUTURE. CERTAINLY.
AND I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF OUR REAL ESTATE, BUT SO MAYBE IN TERMS OF THE MASSIVE TASK THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE JUST SORT OF STARTING WITH THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON TO FOREVER, LIKE START STARTING WITH THOSE.
AND THEN I ALSO WONDER ALSO, SINCE THIS IS REALLY THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, IS WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE POTENTIAL RISKS OR CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH NOT HAVING MORE FUNDS IN YOUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? WHAT ARE WE WHAT WILL BE? IT'S SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE LAST BRIEFING.
WHAT WILL BE THE CALCULUS TO US AS THE COUNCIL TO SAY UNDERSTAND BY EITHER KEEPING US FLAT OR LOWERING OUR BUDGET? HERE'S WHAT IT COULD GET EVEN COLDER IN HERE.
WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY.
WHAT ARE WE RISKING WITH THAT DECISION? SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WOULD BE THAT AT SOME POINT, WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO MAKE ANY PROACTIVE INVESTMENTS IN MAJOR MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LIMITED TO JUST EMERGENCY REPAIR OR CRITICAL RESPONSES.
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NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS OR RENTAL EQUIPMENT AND HAVE TO START CHOOSING, DO WE WANT TO SHUT DOWN A FACILITY WHILE WE HAVE PARTS ON ORDER, OR WHILE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE? AND I THINK THAT THAT EXACTLY THOSE KINDS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS NEED TO HAVE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE BUDGET ON THIS, IS AS COMPARED TO IF WE SPEND X NOW, THAT WON'T BE SO.IS IT A IS THERE A RULE OF THUMB? IS IT A 20% RULE OF THUMB INCREASE IN OVERALL COST IF YOU DO IT ON DEFERRED RATHER THAN ON PREVENTATIVE? THOSE KINDS OF UNDERSTANDINGS, I THINK WILL HELP US A LOT IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF YOUR BUDGET.
AND THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU. MR. GRACEY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? NO QUESTIONS, MR. ATKINS. NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. I THINK JAYNIE MUST HAVE HIT THEM ALL.
SORRY, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
OH, GO FOR IT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW, MISS MENDELSOHN.
YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I THINK THAT THE STATE OF REPAIR IS PROBABLY LESS THAN WHAT THE CITY WOULD WANT.
ONE OF OUR MISSIONS IS TO PURSUE A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.
SO THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT THERE YET AND THAT WE NEED CONTINUED INVESTMENT.
SO I THINK CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL AS TO WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY WANT OR WHAT LEVEL OF FINISH OUT, AND THEN EACH LEVEL THAT THEY WISH TO INCREASE OBVIOUSLY COMMANDS AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE BUDGET OR IN MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
WELL, I'M WONDERING IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE 505 BUILDINGS AND MAYBE CATEGORIZE THEM OF, YOU KNOW, 100 OF THEM ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, 100 OF THEM ARE IN GOOD OR SATISFACTORY CONDITION, 200 OF THEM ARE LESS THAN DESIRABLE.
100 OF THEM ARE REALLY AT RISK AND ARE NOT EVEN PERHAPS LIVING UP TO OUR OWN CODE.
AND SO I JUST I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED IN FACT LAST BUDGET SEASON ABOUT.
YOU KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE THERE'S BEEN AN ANALYSIS OF ALL THESE PROPERTIES.
ARE YOU ABLE TO KIND OF PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER OR YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION? WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OF WHAT WE DO HAVE, THOUGH I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY DATED, AND CERTAINLY THE FIGURES IN IT ARE NOT ACCURATE FOR COST VERSUS REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WISHES TO DISCUSS.
IF THEY WANT TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN AN UPDATED FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT, THAT WOULD PROVIDE A RANKING OF ALL THE PROPERTIES INCLUDED, AND THEN A SCORE AS TO WHERE THEY FALL FOR IMMEDIATE REPAIR OR CLOSURE OR IMMEDIATE REPAIR, OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED VERY QUICKLY, AND THEN SO ON AND SO FORTH TO PLAN MAINTENANCE.
BUT I WONDER ALSO, IF YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IF YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FACILITIES THAT ARE KNOWN TO YOU BASED ON SERVICE REQUESTS AND YOUR OWN TOURS OF THEM AS BEING MOST AT RISK FOR NEEDED REPAIRS AND UPDATES, AND MAYBE JUST FOCUS IN ON THOSE, OR EVEN PROVIDE SOME SORT OF SURVEY TO THE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND BACK TO YOU JUST TO IDENTIFY ITEMS THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT.
AND IF WE COULD START WITH SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO INVESTIGATE, BUT LETS YOU RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION AND START, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PRIORITIZING OR PUTTING AT LEAST AN ANALYSIS TOGETHER OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE AT ANYHOW.
AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME VERY TARGETED INSPECTIONS AND APPRAISALS OF CONDITION AND ENGINEERING STUDIES. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON OR COULD BE WORKING ON? SURE. SO WE DO MEET WITH OUR CLIENT DEPARTMENTS.
MOST OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE LARGER PARKS AND REC LIBRARIES WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OUR OWN PERSONAL OPINION.
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BUT I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BULK OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.IT MAY JUST BE DIFFICULT TO PUT A SPECIFIC PRICE TAG ON THAT, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS FACILITY IS KNOWN ISSUE WITH CHILLERS AND PLUMBING AND REQUIRES MAJOR STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND THEN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT SERIOUS HVAC ISSUES AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, ROOF AND WATER PENETRATION ISSUES, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITHOUT KNOWING THE DOLLARS, YOU CAN AT LEAST START PRIORITIZING THAT WORK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AND THAT IS I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF WHEN IT COMES TO THESE BUILDINGS, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ADDS UP FAST.
I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY FAILING BUILDINGS BECAUSE THAT MEANS EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET OUT OF THERE.
SO BUT YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS TOTAL REPLACEMENT, RIGHT? BUT IT MIGHT BE THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED JUST BUT IT'S STILL USABLE FOR NOW, AND YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE MINIMAL REQUIREMENT, RIGHT, TO KEEP IT WHERE IT'S AT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE IT.
KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE DO WITH THE HOUSE, LIKE WHEN THE LAND HAS GOTTEN SO VALUABLE, BUT THE HOUSES ARE ALL GETTING KNOCKED DOWN AND BUILT UP, AND THEN PEOPLE IN THE SMALLEST ONES ARE LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TO PUT IN HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M LOSING MONEY ON IT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, GAINING OFF OF THE STRUCTURE.
RIGHT. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT LIKE WE DO WITH STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS.
EVERYBODY COULD GO LOOK AT THE REPORT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THERE.
AND I THINK FOR YOU GUYS, YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
SO I THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
SO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S TIME CONSUMING TO GET IT ALL THERE.
SO BUT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
YOU HEARD THIS COMMITTEE KIND OF ASKING FOR IT.
SO AND EVERYBODY IN HERE WAS NODDING THEIR HEADS.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
EXCELLENT IDEA, AND I THINK THIS WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HELP YOU ALL AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND, MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU PUT YOURSELF LAST, BUT YOU DID.
SO ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALI HATEFI, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING TO US.
MR. HATEFI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU CHAIR. ALI HATEFI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE HIDING THERE.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BEHIND ME.
THAT WE CAN PUT SOME FACE TO THE NAME.
AND I INTRODUCED THEM AS A PART OF OUR ORG CHART LATER ON.
SO THIS IS THE GENERAL NOTE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IT ON ANY OTHER PRESENTATION.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS OUR MISSION OF THE [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE CONDITION AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS STREETS, ALLEYS, AND SIDEWALKS WHILE PROMOTING INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE SERVICE, FIRST SOLUTION, AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE CITY'S RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT.
PROVIDE MAINTENANCE FOR 792 LANE MILES OF THE STREETS IN FISCAL YEAR 2324.
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AND ALSO THE REPAVING MODEL FOR THE STREETS WILL BE REFINED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 20% OF LANE MILES.I BELIEVE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAVING MODEL.
FROM SANDRA, MISS SANDRA DONAHUE, WHO'S MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT? THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WORK WITH HER ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS HERE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THEM FROM.
SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO JOINING VIRTUALLY.
WE HAVE OUR STREET OPERATION LED BY MISS TINA RICHARDSON, AND WE HAVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT DIVISION LED BY DEREK WHITE IS SITTING HERE. WE DO HAVE OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION LED BY MR. HAITHAM HASSAN.
AND WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PLANNING AND BUDGET.
BASED ON LED BY MISS LISA JONES AND ALSO REAL ESTATE DIVISION LED BY MISS EUBANKS, ASHLEY EUBANKS AND ALSO THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT AND SPECIAL PROJECT DIVISION LED BY MISTER MCCARROLL, WHO IS JOINING VIRTUALLY.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND THIS IS THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
OUR OPERATING BASICALLY BUDGET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN 24 AND 25.
THE GENERAL FUND HAS GONE UP IN THE PLAN 24-25.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHY IT'S MORE IN 24-25.
BUT ALSO WE DO WE DID HAVE SOME I GUESS ONE TIME FUNDING, ONE WAS FROM THE $200,000 THAT IT WAS IT GOES TO THE BIKE LANE SWEEPER FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BIKE.
BIKE LANE SWEEPER THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
THERE WAS A EQUITY FUND, $3 MILLION AS A PART OF THE 23-24 BUDGET AND ALSO THE ARPA FUND THAT WE HAD, 8.5 WHICH SUBSTITUTE THE GENERAL FUND IN 24.
IT GOES BACK TO GENERAL FUND FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
I'M LOOKING AT MY COMPUTER BUT IT'S ON THE OTHER COMPUTER.
YEAH. THIS IS THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO THE FUNDING SOME MORE EXPLANATION THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF $500,000, ONE FOR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND THE OTHER ONE FOR THE BRIDGE INSPECTION PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, OR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
ALSO, THE TRANSFER OF THE $8.5 MILLION THAT THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED IT AS A PART OF ARPA.
NEXT YEAR WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND ALSO THE ONE TIME TRANSFER TO EQUITY FUND FOR $2 MILLION THAT GOES TO THE SIDEWALK COST SHARE PROGRAM TO COVER THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.
SO ALSO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A $1 MILLION ONE TIME TRANSFER FOR ALI TO TRAIL CONVERSION PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND A MEMO TO ASK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY A PROJECT.
IF THEY NEED ANYTHING IN THEIR DISTRICT.
IT WILL BE BASED ON THE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, BECAUSE $1 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO GET US THAT FAR, MAYBE 4 OR 5 PROJECTS THAT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS AND ALSO ANOTHER ONE IS A ONE TIME GENERAL FUND FUNDING FOR A STREET MAINTENANCE $2.5 MILLION THAT RECEIVED AS A PART OF A FY 24 BUDGET.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE SAME.
THIS IS THE POSITIONS OVERVIEW CHART THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE 470 POSITIONS AS A PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
WE DO HAVE 121 AS A PART OF OUR INTERNAL SERVICES FUND THAT THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE BOND PROJECTS, BUT WE ONLY FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND TODAY, AND THE POSITION WILL STAY THE SAME FOR BOTH YEARS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE BUDGET SUMMARY BY SERVICES.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO EVERY SINGLE NUMBERS BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL ON THE CHART, AS YOU CAN SEE.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I CAN EXPLAIN SOMETHING HERE.
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SO THIS IS WHAT WE SAW ACTUALLY THE INCREASE FROM 88 TO $93 MILLION.SOME OF THEM ARE FOR THE CONTRACTUAL COSTS THAT WE HAVE.
THE OTHER ONE ARE THE I GUESS, INCREASE TO THE THE DUE TO THE LOWER VACANCY RATE THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, SOME COSTS WILL GO UP ON THE PERSONAL PART OF IT.
IT HASN'T BEEN ADOPTED, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR NOW.
I MEAN NEXT SLIDE. I APOLOGIZE.
SO OPERATING EXPENSE AND REVENUE.
THIS IS AGAIN COMPARING THE 24 VERSUS 25 FOR SEVERAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE PERSONAL SERVICES SUCH AS SALARIES SUPPLIES AND MATERIAL CONTRACTUAL, THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE CAPITAL OUTLAY OR OUR FIXED ASSETS AND ALSO THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE.
AND THE TOTAL IS ON THE BOTTOM.
ALSO, IT SHOWS THE TOTAL REVENUE FOR THIS YEAR AND THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES CHART OR GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW DOLLAR AMOUNT TO SPEND ON THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE EQUITY AREA, WHICH IS THE 20% THAT I ELABORATE ON THAT ONE.
ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE AMOUNT IS $22 MILLION.
AND THIS WILL STAY WILL INCREASE FOR THE 2425 AGAIN BASED ON THE 20% OF THE LANE MILE. SO AND ALSO THE COST OF THE LANE MILES.
AND OUR GOAL FOR THE 792 LANE MILES IS STILL THE SAME, 100% THE PLAN LANE MILES IMPROVEMENT, 792 OUT OF 11,770 MILES THAT WE HAVE.
SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, WE HAD $4.3 MILLION.
AND I KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.
AND SINCE THE BUDGET FOR 24-25 HASN'T BEEN ADOPTED YET IT SHOWS ONLY THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF IT, WHICH IS $347,000, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF ABANDONMENT LICENSE APPLICATION RATHER WITHIN FIVE DAYS 95%.
AND THE GOAL THAT STAYS THE SAME AS FOR 24-25.
WE DO HAVE THE CAPITAL AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE THE IMPLEMENTING INTERAGENCY PROJECT LAND SURVEY SERVICES THAT WE DO FOR OUR OWN PROJECT, AND ALSO FOR SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE PLANNING WHAT THE STREET GOES TO THE LEAST FOR THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE PAYMENT PRESERVATION.
THIS IS DONE BY STREET OPERATIONS TEAM.
WE ALSO ARE INVOLVED WITH SOME SMART CITIES INITIATIVES, SUCH AS RED CLOUD NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU REMEMBER WHO RECEIVED AWARD FROM SMART CITY CONNECT, I BELIEVE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE DO FOR A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE CDL TRAINING.
AND WE IMPLEMENTED THIS TRAINING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TRAIN THEM OURSELVES.
AND THEN THEY CAN GO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE EXAM AND GET THE CDL.
BUT WE ALSO EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, SUCH AS DALLAS WATER UTILITY, EFM PARKS, TRANSPORTATION AND AVIATION DEPARTMENT, A RIGHT OF WAY AND STREET AND SIDEWALK CLOSURE PERMIT THAT WE PROVIDED FOR ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, STREET MAINTENANCE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO STREET OPERATIONS FOR 3D REPAIRS AND SNOW AND ICE OPERATIONS, SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND ALL THESE THINGS. WE HAVE URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION THAT THEY MAINTAINING THE TREES, ADDRESSING THE EMERALD EMERALD ISSUES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUS YEARS AND ALSO THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AND COST SHARE PROGRAM.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.AGAIN, ONE IS FOR THE SIDEWALK AS A PART OF THE $4.3 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE HAD WHICH EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 7.3 MILES OF SIDEWALK.
WE HAVE SOLD AS OF JANUARY, WE HAVE SPENT ALMOST $2 MILLION OF IT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO FINISH THIS IN TIME WITH THE NEW CONTRACTS FOR THE SIDEWALK THAT WE HAVE. THE OTHER ONE, WE INVESTED $141 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
STREETS EQUALS TO 792 STREET LANE MILES AS OF JANUARY.
WE COMPLETED 95 OR ALMOST 96 LANE MILES.
EQUATES TO 25 POINT ALMOST $5 MILLION IN FUNDING.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE ARE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE.
WE RECENTLY FINALIZED OUR DRONE GUIDANCE AND SAFETY PROTOCOL THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A VISION THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE A STARTED CONVERSATION WITH NCTCOG.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO CITY OF DALLAS THAT WE TRAIN THEM AND THEY PAY US INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND PAY THE THIRD PARTY TRAINERS THAT THEY USUALLY COST THEM MORE THAN WHAT WE DO FOR THEM.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME REVENUE FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THIS WAY.
THIS IS WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN FY 23.
AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FY 23.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE OF TODAY.
YES. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO START IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD WITH MR. RESENDEZ AND THEN MISS MENDELSOHN AND THEN COME BACK AROUND WITH FROM MR. ATKINS DOWN TO MISS SCHULTZ AND MR. RESENDEZ YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS.
HOW MUCH MONEY IN THE BUDGET? WHAT'S YOUR LINE ITEM FOR THAT? A PAVEMENT MARKING IS ACTUALLY UNDER A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, NOT PUBLIC WORKS.
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. THE NOTE THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO THE REAR STRIPING AGAIN AS A PART OF THAT IMPROVEMENT.
SURE. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE 50 OVER 50 SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PLAN, I UNDERSTAND THE EQUITY MONEY THAT'S GOING IN THERE, BUT FOR THE GENERAL PROGRAM, WHAT'S THE CITY PORTION THAT'S IN THE BUDGET? WE ACTUALLY HISTORICALLY, WE DO THE BUDGET AS A PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM FOR COST SHARE.
I BELIEVE AS A PART OF 2024, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING AROUND $10 MILLION FOR THE COST SHARE PROGRAM.
SURE. MR. ATKINS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME COUNCIL MEMBER.
QUESTION. THE MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM DART DO THAT OFFSET THE BUDGET? WE ONLY SHOW THE $200,000 OF IT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED $6 MILLION ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION FOR ADA RAMPS AND ALSO $1 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS.
SO THAT COULD BE AFTER THE BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THE PROJECT HAD TO BE COMPLETED.
WELL, I'M SORRY, SAY IT AGAIN.
THE PROJECTS HAD TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE RECEIVE IT, I BELIEVE.
SO IT'S NOT A 50, YOU KNOW, A THIRD, A THIRD OF 50% OR WHATEVER IS NOT NOW.
SO FAR, WE HAVE RECEIVED TEN, 10% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET BECAUSE OUR OUR ADA RAMP WAS $50 MILLION.
WE RECEIVED 5 MILLION OF IT IN ADVANCE FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND START FOR SIDEWALK.
WE RECEIVED 1 MILLION OR 10% IN ADVANCE TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
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WE RECENTLY HAD A CONTRACT FOR THE SIDEWALK.IS THAT CORRECT FOR THE BEFORE THEY COMPLETE THE PROJECT? I BELIEVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AGAIN, WE HAVE THE ADVANCED FUNDING ALREADY TO START.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE RECEIVE MORE MONEY AS WE GO, AS WE FINISH SOME PROJECTS BASICALLY.
SO THESE ARE THE MULTI-YEAR FUNDING ALSO IS NOT THAT IS NOT BASED ON THE FY 23 AND FOUR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO SPEND THEM ALL THE WAY TO 2026 BY 2026.
COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I ALL UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON SIDEWALKS VERSUS STREET IS A COUNCIL BUDGET DECISION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE BUDGET THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT IS A PART OF THE BUDGET ADAPTATION FOR THE CITY.
SO WHAT WE RECEIVE IS WHAT IT GOES TOWARD THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE ADOPTED THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.
RIGHT. BUT MY POINT IS, WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO WITH THIS IS I THINK THAT WE AS A CITY, IT'S CLEAR THAT HISTORICALLY, WE'VE MADE A DECISION THAT CARS HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN PEDESTRIANS OR PEOPLE ON BICYCLES.
AGAIN. I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SINCE THE NEEDS FOR THE STREET IS A LOT HIGHER THAN THE NEEDS FOR THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
HOWEVER, THE CITY INJECTS SOME MONEY EVERY YEAR ON THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, AND ALSO THE CITY OFFERS THE COST SHARE PROGRAM AS A PART OF THAT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND IS THAT AND IS THAT MAXED OUT EVERY YEAR FOR THE COST SHARE? YES. WELL, YEAH.
WHATEVER MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE, WE USUALLY SPEND THEM.
RIGHT. SO MY POINT IS WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO, THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT AS MUCH AS OUR PRIORITIES, RIGHT? THAT WE HAVE MADE A DECISION THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING MORE MONEY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A 5050 COST SHARE, IF WE HAD TWICE AS MUCH MONEY, WE'D HAVE TWICE AS MANY SIDEWALKS.
DO YOU WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN TERMS OF THE REQUESTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY FOR HALF OF THOSE REPAIRS? WOULD THEY WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU KNOW, TO WITHOUT GETTING TO RIDICULOUS NUMBERS THAT WE COULD WHAT I'M TRYING TO WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS.
WHAT WOULD MAX IT OUT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S VERY FEW PROGRAMS WHERE WE ONLY HAVE TO PAY HALF THE COST.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT WOULD MAX IT OUT, BUT I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S VERY LITTLE MONEY THAT IS PUT INTO SIDEWALKS, I WOULD SAY THAT COMPARED TO STREETS.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND TELL THAT, WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND, AND THAT MAY BE AN INDICATION OF THE PRIORITY FROM THIS COUNCIL.
IT MAY BE, BUT IF IT'S A BUDGET ITEM THAT IS GIVEN TO PUBLIC WORKS.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST TAKE THAT MONEY AND WE DO WHAT WE CAN WITH IT.
CORRECT. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS LAY THE GROUNDWORK TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES, IF WE WANT TO HAVE BETTER SIDEWALKS, WHICH WE ONLY HAVE TO PAY 50% FOR, WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THAT? RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET SOME NUMBERS FROM YOU OF IF WE HAD TWICE, THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES AS MUCH MONEY IN THE MATCH PROGRAM, WOULD IT GET SPENT? AND THEREFORE OUR SIDEWALKS WOULD BE BETTER, WHICH WOULD MATCH THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, WHICH WOULD MATCH VISION ZERO, WHICH WOULD SAVE LIVES.
RIGHT. AND WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THAT THOSE DOLLARS A LITTLE FURTHER FOR SURE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
SO I WHAT I AM, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF NUMBERS I'M LOOKING FOR TO HELP YOU, BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T WANT MONEY SITTING IN A FUND IF THERE'S NOT REALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DEAL TO PAY THE OTHER 50%.
RIGHT? SO IF WE KNOW WE HAVE A CLAMORING FOR WHAT THE QUESTION I'M TRYING TO GET ASK YOU IS WHAT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE THERE IN YOUR ESTIMATION? FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
I GUESS. COUNCIL MEMBER THE DEMAND IS WHAT I'M RIGHT.
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SO WE CANNOT PREDICT HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE ON THE YEARLY BASIS, BECAUSE THAT VARIES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS REQUESTING THAT.BUT HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY DONE SOMETHING AROUND.
DO YOU KNOW, DEREK, HOW MANY PROJECTS? FOR THE COST SHARE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW MANY PROJECTS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WOULD SAY FOR LIKE ON THE ON FOR A DOLLAR STANDPOINT ABOUT 2.5 MILLION, ALMOST 3 MILLION PER YEAR ON THE COST SHARE PROGRAM.
THAT THAT I GUESS HISTORICALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO I'M SORRY, BEEN A MEETING SINCE NINE THIS MORNING, SO I'M LOSING MY ARTICULATION.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET FROM YOU, AND YOU CAN GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT IS COME BACK TO ME AND SAY, LOOK, IF WE HAD AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE THINK THE DEMAND WOULD BE X FOR THE COST SHARE SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE THINGS THE CITY OWNED STREETS AND OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CAR OR WHATEVER. YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I WANT TO ASK YOU IS, I KNOW YOU OVERSEE THE URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, AND SO I WAS WONDERING, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE I THINK THIS YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE COMPLETION OF THE TREE INVENTORY.
YES. THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THREE DEPARTMENTS, THEY GET TOGETHER AND PLAN THE WORK AHEAD.
WE ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY PLANTING THE TREES, IF THAT'S A SCOPE OF THE WORK.
BUT WE DID HAVE ALSO SOME SCOPE RELATED TO EMERALD ASH ISSUES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AND IT STILL IS GOING GETTING WORSE.
YEAH. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY BUT THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS TO YOU THE FORESTRY, THE PUBLIC WORKS PART OF IT.
YES. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTI DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S NOT JUST PUBLIC WORKS OKAY.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT.
BECAUSE SINCE NO ONE DEPARTMENT OWNS IT NO ONE OWNS IT.
AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LARGEST URBAN FOREST IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE RETHINK, PARTICULARLY IN BUDGET DURING BUDGET SHORTFALL TIME, THIS MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT OUTSOURCING OUR, OUR URBAN FORESTRY.
SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE CHAIRMAN.
NOTHING. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AND SO I'M WONDERING ALI, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US? I THINK IT WAS MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE LAST SAW THIS, BUT IT WAS INFORMATION THAT SHARED THE MODE OF TRAVEL FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND I THINK IT WAS SHOWING HOW MANY TAKE A TRIP BY CAR, HOW MANY WALK, HOW MANY ARE CYCLING AND HOW MANY ARE USING MASS TRANSIT.
I BELIEVE YOU GOT IT FROM THE CENSUS.
AND IT'S PERHAPS IT CAME FROM TRANSPORTATION, NOT PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT IF Y'ALL COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION WITH US, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR CITY GOVERNMENT ARE PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIXING THE ROADS.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, BOTH TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS TO OUR COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY.
SO IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS REALLY IN CONTEXT OF WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR CITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. MA'AM. I COORDINATE THAT WITH TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
I'M SORRY. WERE YOU DONE, MISS MENDELSOHN? I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I JUST DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW. I'M GOOD.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I SEE YOU EVERY MONTH.
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AT LEAST ONCE.AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE REST OF YOU.
ALL THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE VERY OFTEN.
BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ONE OF YOU COME IN THE ROOM.
BUT IT'S REALLY NICE TO GET TO SEE YOU ALL.
SO BUT IT WAS IT WAS A PLEASURE TO GET TO SEE YOU ALL AND JUST EVERYBODY ELSE TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
EXACTLY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU, ALI, FOR BRINGING THEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE REPORTS.
ITEM G IS THE MONTHLY UPDATE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PERFORMANCE FOR APRIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IT'S JUST GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR UP.
HERE, I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.
VERY GOOD. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ON ITEM H? NOPE. WHAT? ANYBODY ON ANYTHING FOR THE REST OF IT? WHICH IS UPCOMING ITEM AGENDA ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
IT SEEMS TO BE COBBLING TOGETHER A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THE TOTALITY OF THIS COST COULD BE TAKEN FROM COVID FUNDS. YEAH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, GASTON CARLI, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STATE FAIR AS WELL AS WE HAVE $600,000 THAT WERE ALLOCATED FROM THE ARPA FUNDS BY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY FROM THE NCIP PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE SOME OF THE FUNDS FROM OUR YEARLY TRAFFIC SIGNAL BUDGET.
SO THIS IS WHY YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT POCKETS OF FUNDS FOR THAT.
AND THE INTENT IS TO HAVE ON CALL CONTRACT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THE DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGN BOARDS AS WELL AS SORELY NEEDED AND BACKUP PLANS FOR TO PURCHASE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPONENTS LIKE MAST ARMS POLES AND OTHER THINGS.
YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I STATED IS IN OUR LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND, FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WAS HIT AT FRANKFORD DNT WHEN WE RESTORED AND REPAIRED THIS IS WHERE THE SOME OF THAT MONEY COMES FROM.
SO COULDN'T THAT COME FROM ARPA OR OTHER COVID FUNDS? WE HAVE PUT IN THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WAS ALLOCATED BY COUNCIL, THE $600,000.
AND WE ARE PRETTY MUCH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KIND OF EXPEND ALL THAT MONEY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO EVERYTHING THAT BY THE, BY SEPTEMBER.
OKAY, BUT WE HAVE SOME UNALLOCATED ARPA FUNDS.
AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT WHEN WE'RE HERE.
NEXT. BUT WE'VE WE'VE ENCUMBERED ALL OUR FUNDS.
OKAY, WELL, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME UNENCUMBERED AND SOME UNALLOCATED, AND I WOULD GREATLY PREFER TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH I THINK IS NECESSARY.
AND CERTAINLY WANT TO USE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS MONEY THAT WE CAN, BUT FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WILL COME FROM THE CITY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD USE IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF PULLING IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM ANYBODY WANTS TO GO UP? IF NOT? REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL UP STAFF AND THERE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO OVER THAT ITEM WITH YOU ON YOUR OWN TIME BEFORE THE MEETING.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE TIME IS NOW 2:41 P.M.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.