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WELCOME TO THE MAY MEETING OF THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
I'D LOVE TO SAY IT'S 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, BUT IT'S 10 15.
UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
WE HAD A FEW THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF.
UH, WE HAVE SIX OF OUR SEVEN MEMBERS HERE.
UH, DIANE COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY.
WE NEED THAT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS HERE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD MEETING.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE, UH, THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES, BUT WE'LL ADDRESS THEM ALONG THE WAY.
UM, FIRST OFF, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, WE HAVE NONE.
SO THEN APPROVAL OF PRIOR MINUTES.
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ONCE YOU TAKE A QUICK LOOK.
GARY, THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION.
ANY SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM EDDIE.
MOTION CARRIES, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY MINUTES.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS, UM, REGARDING THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, THE, THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.
AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH A CONVERSATION ON THAT, AND I DISTRIBUTE IT TO YOU IN YOUR PHYSICAL PACKET, IS A PRIOR REPORT, SORT OF AS A A, AN EXAMPLE OR, OR A DEMO OF WHAT THE 2025 WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE WANT TO START WITH A DISCUSSION TODAY PRIMARILY IS, UM, PRIORITIES.
WHAT NEW CONSTITUTED BOARD, I STILL THINK OF US AS, AS, AS FAIRLY NEW HERE.
UH, WHAT WE LIKE TO, TO SEE OUR PRIORITIES LOOK LIKE AS WE MOVE INTO PARTICULARLY THE FALL OF THIS YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON.
UH, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A NEW BOARD, UH, STILL THERE WILL BE MORE CHANGES MOVING, MOVING INTO THE FALL.
WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, FURTHER DOWN THIS AGENDA.
AND SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S VALUABLE FOR THIS BOARD TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE.
YEAH, FOR, FOR, FOR 2020, UM, 2026.
THIS THE LATTER HALF, BUT REALLY EVEN LONGER TERM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO 2027.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THIS, THIS GROUP? SO I'D LIKE A, EVEN, EVEN IF BRIEF, UH, A HEALTHY SORT OF FORWARD LOOKING DISCUSSION OF WHAT'S SOME, UM, ACTIONABLE ITEMS TO DO.
AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY, UM, IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, THAT'S PAGE, I'D SAY 10 AND 11 FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, UM, AND THIS IS THE UPDATE THAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND REALLY AGREE ON WHAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR 26.
AND I WOULD EVEN ARGUE PROBABLY INTO EARLY 27.
I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND START, UM, LOOKING AT SORT OF THE 10, 11 PAGES AND PROBABLY FOCUSING ON BOTH OBJECTIVE ONE AND RECOMMENDATION ONE.
UM, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT SORT OF MODIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENTS ARE STILL PRIORITY FOR THIS BOARD.
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK? I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP IT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL RESPOND, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BOTH AGREE AS EDDIE DID.
UM, WE ARE, UH, ADDRESSING THAT FURTHER DOWN THE AGENDA HERE, BUT, UH, THAT ONLY GIVES YOU CONTEXT.
I, I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT SHOULD BE, UM, AN OBJECTIVE FOR 2026 AND PROBABLY BEYOND INTO EARLY 2027.
UM, UH, AND IMPORTANTLY, AS, AS GARY JUST SAID, THERE REALLY ARE TWO MAJOR AGREEMENTS AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO BREAK THEM OUT AND ADDRESS BOTH AS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE, IN THE BREAKOUT GROUP OR THE WORKING GROUP.
UH, AND THAT IS THE OVERALL, UM, MASTER AGREEMENT FOR, UH, THE LGC, BUT ALSO OUR AGREEMENT.
I THINK WE MAY WANNA WORDSMITH THESE, WE PROBABLY WANNA SLIGHTLY CHANGE THE WAY THE OBJECTIVE FOR 2025 OR WRITTEN VERSUS 2026.
BUT AS A, AS TOPICS, I THINK THERE WERE STILL QUITE VALUE THERE.
JUST SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION
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IN TERMS OF 20 LATER IN 2026 AND 2027, OTHER WORKING GROUPS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, FORM SUBCOMMITTEES AND OUTLINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.SO MAYBE SOME TANGIBLE OUTCOMES FROM THOSE COMMITTEES IN TERMS OF WHAT SUCCESS COULD LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? AND THEN MAYBE IT'S INTEGRATED IN SOME OF THESE OBJECTIVES, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO NOTE.
NO, I THINK CHRIS, THAT'S A, A GREAT, UM, FRANKLY, THAT'S A GREAT ITEM TO MENTION.
UM, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SHARE WITH THE BOARD TO THAT COMMENT.
UM, BOTH ANDREW AND I HAVE RECENTLY BECOME AWARE THAT THE WAY IN WHICH OUR WORK GROUPS FUNCTION RIGHT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TPC KIND OF INER, UH, ESTABLISHED COMMITTEES, IS ACTUALLY CHANGING ON THE TC SIDE.
AND SO WE, TO YOUR POINT, CHRIS, I WOULD, I'D BE OPEN FROM CHRIS OR ANYONE ON THE BOARD, IF WE WANNA RETHINK THEN HOW WE AS A BOARD DEVELOP, UM, GOALS.
BECAUSE I THINK, CHRIS, TO YOUR VERY SUIT POINT, WE WILL BE DRIVING OUR OWN INCOME OUTCOMES VERSUS HAVING THOSE KIND OF SET UP ENTITIES IN WHICH TO DO SO.
SO MAYBE WE HAVE TO RETHINK WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BASED ON SOME OF THESE OBJECTIVES STATED, RIGHT? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DEFINING WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? FOR THE CITY, FOR THE TPC, FOR THE LGC, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTIES THAT, SO PROBABLY BUILDING ON CHRIS'S COMMENT, I'M NOW LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE.
UM, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE OUTCOME PIECE OF, OF WHAT MAYBE OUR, OUR TASKS ARE.
WE DEFINITELY WORDSMITH RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK IT'S EVOLVED SINCE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS MADE.
BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THE BOARD, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY TIES IN FOCUS AREAS? SHOULD WE SORT OF TAILOR THAT TO ANOTHER YEAR PERHAPS? UH, YES.
I'LL, I'LL COMMENT ON THAT AS BEST I CAN RIGHT NOW.
UM, I THINK AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE, UH, ALTERATIONS AND THE, THE CLARIFICATION OF THE TWO DOCUMENTS WE CAN REFER TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT AND THE REVISED, UH, DOCUMENT WITH, WITH THE DPC, UM, WILL HELP CLARIFY SOME OF THIS.
BUT, AND, AND SO THEREFORE, TABLING, UM, VERY SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON THINGS LIKE O AND M PROBABLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, AND SO TAKING THAT OFF FOR 2026 AND MAYBE REVISITING IN 2027, UH, OR BEYOND ON THE STUFF, WOULD YOUR RECOMMENDATION BE CHAIRMAN AL TO FORMAL RECOMMENDATION TWO TO STRIKE THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION TO YOU? THAT THOSE ANY, YES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD ABOUT STRIKING RECOMMENDATION THREE, AND THEN WITH RECOMMENDATION THREE? UM, GOING BACK TO CHRIS CHRIS'S COMMENTS ABOUT OUTCOMES IN ADDITION TO OBVIOUSLY MODIFYING AGREEMENTS, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITY GOALS, OUTCOMES, DELIVERABLES OF SAY PHIL'S BOARD? I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT CHRIS WAS SAYING, AND I, THAT'S HOW I INTERPRET CHRIS, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND IN THREE, IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF RECOGNITION, THREE, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA
ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO OBJECTIVE THREE ON THE OTHER SIDE, STARTING GOING BACK AND FORTH.
BUT I HOPE THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A WORKING PIECE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS.
SO IT'S NOT ONE PERSON ISOLATED.
I THINK WE SHOULD STRIKE OBJECTIVE THREE ON PAGE 10, BUT THEN CONSIDER ALSO STRIKING RECOMMENDATION THREE.
THEN QUESTION OF AGAIN, WHAT, FOR US AS A BOARD, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT 26 AND EARLY 27, WHAT WOULD WE SEE SUCCESS? WHAT WOULD BE SUCCESS FOR US? LIKE, OBVIOUSLY MODIFYING AGREEMENT.
AND IF THAT'S IT, THEN WE CAN JUST KEEP THAT AS A TOP PRIORITY, JUST FOCUS ON THAT.
WELL, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE SEVERELY ADD.
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I KNOW SOME DEFINITIONS MAY BE CHANGING, UM, AS IT RELATES TO RECOMMENDATION THREE.UM, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL VALUE IN, IN SOME FORM OF PARTNERSHIP WITH TPC COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, THE DEFINITIONS MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT, UH, I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN, IN KEEPING THE STAKEHOLDERS IN MIND AND JUST KIND OF SHIFTING THE APPROACH.
MARTHA, I APPRECIATE THAT AND GIVEN SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING PERHAPS.
UM, HOW ABOUT THIS? AND AGAIN, UM, THIS IS NOT LITERAL, THIS IS MEANT FOR WE'RE SMITHING AT A LATER DATE, BUT INSTEAD OF SORT OF STARTING OUT AS PARTNERING WITH TPC TO MARKET TO THE SPIRIT OF MARKET COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, UM, CONSIDER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS OR SOMETHING MORE GENERAL.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO SOCIAL IMPACTS OF, OF CARONS PARK.
I WOULD PROBABLY EVEN STRIKE THAT AND SAY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN TRINITY THE QUARTER OR SOMETHING THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO, I THINK, THE MISSION THAT OUR, OUR BOARD HAS.
THOUGHTS
UM, I'M NOT SURE IT CAN BE ANSWERED, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO WE KNOW IF THE TPC WOULD BE OPEN TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LGC IN SOME NEW FORM OR MANNER THAT IS MORE JUST ADVISORY TO HOWEVER THIS IS BEING REWRITTEN, RESTRUCTURED? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, WE, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, FORWARD, UM, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE SURE, SURE.
LET ME, LET ME TRY TO ANSWER THAT BOTH SPECIFICALLY.
AND, AND GENERALLY, UH, TO BE CLEAR, WE, WE STILL HAVE A, A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AT EMC.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, BOTH THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT IS IN PLACE AND THE CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF THE CHANGES THAT IN THE, THE AD HOC WORKING COMMITTEE WORK, WORKING ON THE, THE CHANGES, UH, THE, THE VISION THAT, THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT, THAT WILL COME BEFORE THIS, THIS GROUP, UM, WE WILL NOT SOLELY HAVE AN ADVISORY RELATIONSHIP, BUT A VERY PRACTICAL ONE THAT STILL WOULD FOLLOW NUMBER FOUR ON THIS RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS CREATIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BDBP, BETWEEN THE LEVIES.
AND SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, ABSOLUTELY THEY WOULD HAVE THAT SORT OF RELATIONSHIP AND MUCH MORE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEIR OWN NONPROFIT.
THEY
UM, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING THAT ROLE AND WILL PLAY THAT ROLE WITHIN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND WHILE THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY, AND WE, WE'LL COMMENT ON THAT, ON BULLET 0.6 ON THE AGENDA, UM, OFFLINE, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO THAT.
UM, AND ON PAPER THEY ARE ACTIVATED.
UH, TO, TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, ABOUT RECOMMENDATION THREE, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY PERHAPS THREE AND FOUR COULD EVEN BE COMBINED.
UM, I THINK HAROLD SIMMONS PARK AS WE KNOW IT, AND THIS COMMENT ON THE PARK BETWEEN THE LEVIES, UH, AND THE BALANCE VISION PLAN, REALLY AT ITS HEART IS ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING BETWEEN THE LEVIES OR ON THE LETTERS BETWEEN THE LEVIES, UM, THAT IDEA OF ALWAYS WORKING WITH PPC, KNOWING IF THAT RELATIONSHIP IS IN PLACE OR WHATEVER THAT NEW RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE, OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA WANNA WORK WITH NEW ORGANIZATIONS IN EDUCATION MM-HMM
SO, UM, I DON'T SEE THREE AND FOUR AS NECESSARY TO, TO SPLIT.
UM, MAYBE IN THE PAST THERE'S A REASON TO DO THAT, EITHER MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, BUT I WONDERED IF LIKE, COMBINE AND N CLARIFY, CHRIS, I WANTED TO RETURN TO YOUR IDEA OF SORT OF MEASURABLE METRICS.
I, I, I LIKE THIS IDEA OF PUTTING SOMETHING E EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A SINGULAR, YOU KNOW, IN PLACE PER WORK GROUP.
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I'M, I'M POINTING AT THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THREE WORK GROUPS ARE HERE.UM, BUT I'M GONNA ADD THAT THE AD HOC WORK GROUP OF THE, OF THE REDO WITH THE CONTRACT.
SO I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF FOUR WORK, REALLY, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE IF WE HAD ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC DELIVERABLE, THE MEASURE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE IN PLACE TODAY.
WE MOVE THERE FOR THOSE WORK GROUPS TO MEET AND DEVELOP AND BRING BACK.
UM, BUT IF REPRESENTATIVES OF THOSE WORK GROUPS TODAY HAVE THOSE IN MIND, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING EXCELLENT TO BRING UP RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY FROM BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OR PARK EXCELLENCE COMMENT ON THAT, EVEN IF IT NEEDS FURTHER REWORK.
I'LL START WITH EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
UM, THAT'S MYSELF, CHRIS, AND MARTHA.
UM, FOR ARLINGTON, I THINK MISS THREE OF US, UM, AND THAT COMMITTEE ONE THAT IS UNDER, UM, REFORM, IF YOU WILL, UM, BY TPC.
AND SO THE THREE OF US, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THIS PROBABLY PUDDLE AT SOME POINT.
SO WE THINK, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, IS THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME.
I WOULD SAY HAVING BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR AT LEAST A FEW YEARS NOW, OR A COUPLE YEARS, HOWEVER LONG, UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD AS A LARGER ENTITY TO PROVIDE US GUIDANCE ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON.
UM, I KNOW, UH, WE PROBABLY WILL, UH, BE DOING MORE WORK WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS UPDATES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THAT MIGHT SORT OF LEAD TO, UM, EXTERNAL, MORE OF AN EXTERNAL PLAY, UM, THAN WE SEE TODAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S STILL KIND OF REMAINS SOMEWHAT AD HOC AND DISPARATE.
HOWEVER, UM, I WOULD AGAIN, BE OPEN TO ANY GUIDANCE OR LEADERSHIP BOARD AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE GREAT GOALS TO, AND MARKING.
AND CHRIS, IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS THAT COMMENTS PATIENT.
UH, SARAH, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF RETHINK, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT THIS WHOLE RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
YOU KNOW, THAT MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF PUT MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGING UNDER EXTERNAL RELATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HAS TO BE CLEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WATCHING.
I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT CHRIS SAID, UM, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT IN TERMS OF DELIVERABLES AND PRIORITY, EVEN JUST KIND OF LANDING ON A LEVEL OF CLARITY AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BE ACCOMPLISHED.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT WE MIGHT DO, CHAIRMAN, PUT ALL IF IT MAKES SENSE, IS AGAIN, PROBABLY HUDDLE WITH MARTHA AND CHRIS AND PROBABLY JUST COME UP WITH LIKE, EITHER ONE BIG DELIVERABLE OR THE, SOME FOCUS AREAS OR, UM, OBJECTIVES FOR OUR COMMITTEE AS AN LDC WORK GROUP.
WELL, I THINK, RIGHT, I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING OVERALL, BUT JUST SO THAT WE'VE, UH, USED OUR TIME WISELY, LET ME JUST ASK ON, ON THE OTHER, UH, WORK GROUPS, UM, UH, AND I CAN, I CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THE, THE GROUP ON THE, UH, UH, THE CONTRACTS.
UM, AT THE END OF THIS, THE FIRST, UH, PARK EXCELLENCE, DOES ANYONE WANNA COMMENT ON PARK EXCELLENCE? COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT I HAD ONE BE, UH, SPECIFIC MILESTONE.
HAVE YOU HAVE FORMALITY AROUND THAT MAYBE SEEMED DELIVERABLE?
SO JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY THERE, THE, THE SPECIFIC, UH, CHECKPOINTS OR TIMELINE DELIVERABLES IN PART EXCELLENCE YOU WANT TO GET INTO, OR YOU WANNA WORK WITH THE CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS? THE CONTRACT ITSELF HAS, UH, CERTAIN EXACTLY.
SO, BUT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING THE, THE NEW AND LATEST, RIGHT? SO THAT, SO THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT.
UH, AND HOW ABOUT BUSINESS ADMIN?
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UH, YES.DO YOU WANT
I THINK, UH, AS MUCH AS IF NOT MORE.
SO, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU SAID AROUND EXTERNAL RELATIONS, THIS IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN SEE AND WHATEVER ALTERATIONS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING INTERNALLY.
AND THEN WHAT OUR, UH, CONTRACTS.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO HEAR THE BOARD COMMENTS ON, ON DELIVERABLES, BUT I THINK IT'S ALMOST PREMATURE TO WRITE BULLET POINTS.
LET
BUT, UH, SARAH, DID YOU WANNA COMMENT ON IT? I, I ONLY ECHO WHAT YOU SAID.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST, SINCE WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO ESTABLISH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY JUST DISCUSSION POINTS, IF YOU WILL, MAYBE BY THE YEAR END WE TRY TO HAVE SOME MORE CLARITY.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITTEE, I THINK, ERIN, YOU WERE INVOLVED, UM, IN THE MEETING AS WELL.
WE'VE ALREADY, I THINK, GOTTEN FURTHER THAN WE HAVE WITH THIS IN MY MIND, AT LEAST IN RECENT YEARS.
SO JUST MAYBE MORE CLARITY IN THAT.
AGAIN, IT COULD STILL BE SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS, BUT IT COULD BE OBVIOUSLY MORE CLARITY THAN WE HAVE TODAY.
UH, AND THEN JUST TO WRAP THAT, I WILL MAKE SOME FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE, THE CONTRACTS, SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND, AND SOMETHING IS SAID HERE, UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY FOR, FOR DELIVERABLES FOR, UH, UH, FOR 2026, CLEARLY WE WANT THEM DONE
WE WANT THEM, UH, EDITED, VOTED ON AND, AND TAKING FORWARD, TAKING BOARD AND TO CITY COUNCIL, LIKE YOU DO NEED APPROVAL AND WE'D LIKE THEM COMPARE IT ALL WITH THROUGH AND EXECUTE.
UH, AND THAT'S BOTH OUR MASTER AGREEMENT, WHICH DOES REQUIRE CHANGES.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE OVERALL MASTER AGREEMENT.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHOICES TO BE MADE.
AND THE COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKED WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON THAT, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WE, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT AS A GROUP AND MAKE, MAKE THOSE FINAL DECISIONS.
SOME OF THAT WE'VE ALREADY ALREADY DISCUSSED IN A PRIOR MEETING.
UM, THE SAME THING'S GONNA COME UP
UM, UH, RELATED TO THAT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SOFTLY BRING UP SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT REFERRING TO HERE.
AND I, I DON'T WANT TO NOT SOFTLY ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT, THAT KEEPS COMING UP.
AND THAT IS, UH, WITH THE TPCI WANNA BE CLEAR, I, I WAS WITH WITH EDDIE JUST NOW.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH US ON CAR SIMMONS PARK, THE PARK LOCATED IN THE PHASE ONE PREMISE OF ON MANDATE.
WE, THE LEVY, THEY ARE, UM, COMMITTED TO THAT CONTRACT AS LONG AS IT'S THERE.
AND AGAIN, VERBALLY PLAN TO, IN THE VERSION OF THAT CONTRACT WITH MOVE FORWARD, THEY HAVE OTHER INTERESTS AND PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND, UM, UH, IF THERE'S ANY WAY IN THE FUTURE TO TO PARTNER IN OTHER WAYS, THOSE ARE FUTURE DECISIONS.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN THEY HAVE
AND IT'S BEEN, SHALL WE SAY, ME, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, SO, UH, THAT'S JUST TO SAY, UH, SO THAT IT'S CLEAR ON THE RECORD HERE, BUT ALSO FOR THIS BOARD SO THAT, UM, EVERYONE HAS THE SAME LANGUAGE.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
NO, BUT CHAIRMAN SEL, I, I WOULD SAY JUST FOR US, I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE OUR STOPS COMING UP.
UM, JUST TO WRAP UP THE GOALS, IT WOULD APPEAR GOING BACK TO JUST WHAT WE DISCUSSED ON PAGE 10.
SO THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVE IS THAT WE WANT, WE WANNA KEEP OBJECTIVE ONE AND TWO, WE WANNA STRIKE OBJECTIVE THREE.
AND THEN, UM, ON OBJECTIVE FOUR, I, WE DID NOT DISCUSS IT, BUT THE ONE ADDITION I WOULD ADD IS ASSISTANT CITY
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MANAGERS, UM, HERE, UH, IN ADDITION TO MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE,SO JUST TO ADD THE A CM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME, I THINK, CRITICAL, UM, LEADERS IN THIS WORK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCILS, I THINK HAS EVER BEEN PULLING COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT PEOPLE FOR COMMITTEE SAYING.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT WOULD REVISE THE 26 OBJECTIVES TO THREE INSTEAD OF THE FRONT FOUR.
IS THAT FAIR? DO WE WANNA MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR ADDITION? AND THEN ON THE RECOMMENDATION SIDE, THE NEXT ONE WE'RE KEEPING REC ONE, STRIKING REC TWO, COMBINING REX THREE AND FOUR.
UM, AND STRIKING CAR'S PART TO TALK ABOUT THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR AT LARGE.
AND OBVIOUSLY KEEPING IN THE VALID PAN PLAN AND HAVING MORE GENERAL, UM, KIND OF, UH, RECOMMENDATION AROUND PARTNERING WITH, UM, THE COMMUNITY OR PARTNERS HAVE MORE OPEN, UM, THAT WOULD OF COURSE CURRENTLY BRING THE TC.
DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR ADDITION? ANYTHING WORK WITH THE CITY TO CRYSTALLIZE THIS FOR APPROVAL AT OUR NEXT MEETING? DETERMINE THAT'S IT, TO GET THE EDITS TO STILL HAVE A DRAFT.
AND, AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, UM, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD HERE IS, UH, TO BE, TO BE FORMAL.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.
I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS ENTERTAIN, UH, A MOTION TO DEFER, UH, THAT APPROVAL TO OUR NEXT MEETING WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE CONVERSATION AS NEEDED, BUT OBVIOUSLY DEFER THE ACTUAL APPROVAL TO HOW THEY, THEY TAKE THAT.
SO ANYONE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER THE APPROVAL MOVES, UM, TO DEFER THE APPROVAL OF THE 26TH ANNUAL COURT.
UH, IT'S ACTUALLY FILE THE 26TH GOLD.
ALL IN FAVOR OF DEFERRING THE 25 ANNUAL REPORT, INCLUDING THE 26TH SIX GOALS.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA SKIP, UH, UH, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS.
UH, IN FACT, I, I'M GOING TO SAY WE DID THOSE UPDATES, UH, ALONG THE WAY THERE AND SAY THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, THE UPDATE ON HAROLD SIMMONS PARK.
UM, UH, CEO TONY MOORE WAS, UH, HOPING TO JOIN US AT ONE POINT, BUT IT, UM, HAS, UH, WAS UNABLE TO, TO JOIN US TODAY.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE, UH, THAT, THAT UPDATE.
UM, WE, UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE OTHER UPDATES FROM OUR PARTNER AT TPC IN THE FUTURE, AND THEY ADMITTED TO DOING THAT.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THEY ARE STILL SO OUR PARTNERS, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A, UH, A TPC UPDATE TODAY.
SO WE'RE SKIPPING, UH, AGENDA IN SIX, WHICH BRINGS US TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF UPDATE.
IT STRIKES US THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A FULL BOARD AND SOME NEW MEMBERS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME VERY OLD MEMBERS I'M REFERRING TO MYSELF.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH US TODAY WHO, UH, IS NOT OLD, VERY EXPERIENCED, UM, A VERY LONG TENURE.
UH, IN SARAH SANDBERG, THE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, AND SHE, UH, HAS BEEN WITH THIS PROJECT SINCE ITS INCEPTION, SINCE BEFORE ITS INCEPTION.
UM, AND SO SHE WANTED TO GIVE SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE DALLAS FLOODWAY AND, AND THE EXTENSION PROJECT, UH, AS WELL AS SORT OF THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS LGC AND, AND THE PARK.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD REFRESHER FOR A LOT OF US.
IT'D BE GREAT TO GET ON THE RECORD, BEEN ON THE RECORD FOR A WHILE.
AND FOR OUR NEWER MEMBERS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS INFORMATION.
SO, UM, SARAH, UH, WAS, UH, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO JOIN US TODAY, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GET WHAT SHE HAS TO SHARE.
BUT SARAH, AND WHILE SARAH IS, IS TAKING HER POSITION AT THE, UH, MIKE, UH, JUST FOR THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TEAM, NEWEST MEMBERS.
AND, AND I'M ALSO GONNA INCLUDE MYSELF.
I THINK I'M AMONG THE NEWER FOLKS.
UM, SARAH'S ALWAYS GREAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.
SHE'S JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, I'M SURE, AS WELL AS HER COLLEAGUE EDUARDO.
SO IF ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, SHE HAS ALWAYS GREAT DETAILS AND BACKGROUND, PLEASE DO ASK.
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UM, HELPING US TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND MAYBE HOW PAST INFORMATION, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD FEELS THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
REAL QUICK, GIMME ONE MINUTE TO TRY TO GET THIS UP ON THE SCREEN.
UM, WELL, ANDREW'S WORKING ON THAT.
I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
UM, I'VE BROUGHT WITH ME EDUARDO VALERIO.
HE IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OUR STORMWATER OPERATIONS TEAM.
UM, THE FLOODWAY AND THE LEVEE SYSTEM IS REALLY ALL WITHIN HIS PURVIEW.
UM, HE, HE TOOK A ROLE OF MINE FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, WITHIN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WAS TO KINDA GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE ORIENTATION WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION TO GO UP.
WE ARE A ONE WATER DEPART, SO WE FOCUS ON WATER WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER.
YOUR DALLAS FLOODWAY COMPONENTS FALL WITHIN OUR STORM WATER PROGRAM.
SO ALL OF YOUR WATER THAT GOES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS HAS TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE TRINITY.
SO IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH A SERIES OF PIPES.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 1800 MILES OF PIPE.
THERE IS ABOUT 661 MILES OF CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES, OF WHICH THE CITY ONLY OWNS 160 MILES, RIGHT? SO, KIND OF DIFFERENT IN TEXAS, WE DON'T, THE PUBLIC AGENCY DOESN'T ALWAYS OWN THE CREEK TO THE CENTER LINE.
UM, THERE'S A SERIES OF EIGHT DIFFERENT PUMP STATION SITES THAT ARE PART OF THIS DALLAS FLOODWAY AND DALLAS LEVEE SYSTEM.
UM, A MYRIAD OF PRESSURE SEWERS THAT EXIST ALONG THE LEVEE SYSTEM.
AND THEN THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WILL HAVE SORT OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL, YOU KNOW, A, A BOOSTING STATION.
SO WHEN STORMWATER COMES ON A GRAVITY, WHEN IT HITS THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, WE'VE GOTTA PULL IT UP THE TOP OF THE HILL TO KEEP IT MOVING.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PIECES THAT ALL MAKE UP YOUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND WHY THE TRINITY ITSELF IS SO CRITICAL, NOT ONLY TO DALLAS, BUT TO THE REGION, RIGHT? SO IT IS A 700 MILE RIVER AND ALL OF OUR WATER GOES DOWN TOWARDS LAKES LIVINGSTON.
IT'S NOT JUST A STANDALONE ENVIRONMENT.
SO AS WE WORK IN THE TRINITY, YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM, AND OUTSIDE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A SCENARIO IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE EITHER FLOODING THEM BECAUSE WE BACKED UP THE WATER, OR WE MADE THE WATER MOVE TOO FAST.
KEN, ARE YOU READY TO BRING THE PRESENTATION? UH, IT'S NOT PULLING UP.
IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND START, I'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT THEN.
WE'LL, WE WILL START WITH THIS, AND AS YOU'VE GOT HARD, HARD COPIES, ALRIGHT, UM, SO AS Y'ALL GRACIOUSLY KIND OF INTRODUCED US, WE'VE, EDUARDO AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN AND AROUND THIS PROJECT.
UM, EDUARDO WORKED THIS PROJECT FROM A WATER WASTEWATER SIDE FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER.
I WORKED IT FROM A DRAINAGE SIDE.
SO, UM, YOU'VE GOT TWO OF US UP HERE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THIS PROJECT AND THIS AREA IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BACKGROUND AND THE OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOUNCE VISION PLAN.
AND AT THE END, WE'RE GONNA OFFER, UM, EITHER AS A GROUP OR INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE YOU OUT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SYSTEM AND THEN SEE THE 200 ACRES.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN SHOW YOU KIND OF HOW IT ALL WORKS.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? SO, UM, SLIDE THREE IN YOUR PRESENTATION KINDA GIVES YOU A HISTORY OF FLOODING.
SO WE HAD A BIG FLOOD IN 1908.
IT TOOK MONTHS FOR THE WATER TO COME DOWN.
UM, DALLAS HAS ALWAYS PRIDED ITSELF ON OUR GREAT BUSINESS AND PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? SO OUR, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY SAID AFTER THAT FLOOD OF RECORD, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN.
WE'RE GONNA CREATE SOME LEVIES AND WE'RE GONNA CONTAIN THE TRINITY SO THAT WE CAN USE COMMERCE AND BRIDGES AND THINGS TO GET BACK AND FORTH.
THAT'S HOW THE LEVEE SYSTEM FIRST CAME INTO PLAY IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES.
UM, THOSE LEVIES NEEDED SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? SO WE BUILD THINGS AND THEN TIME EVOLVES.
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS A PARTNER OF OURS.
THEY ARE OUR REGULATOR, RIGHT? AND SO THERE WAS A DALLAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT THAT WAS SET UP.
IT PAID FOR THE BONDS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS TO MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO COST, PARTICIPATE WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ASK AS A COMMUNITY THAT THEY DO, RIGHT? SO WHEN THOSE BONDS WERE PAID OFF IN THE LATE SIXTIES, UM, THEY THEN TRANSFERRED IN THE CITY COUNCIL, ACCEPTED WHAT WE KNOW IS THE DALLAS LEVEE SYSTEM TODAY, RIGHT? SO WE ARE NOW WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, THE DAY-TO-DAY MAINTENANCE OF THAT, AND ALL OF THE WATER WITHIN IT SO THAT WE DON'T DO THOSE, UM, ADVERSE IMPACTS TO ANY COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? UM, AS WE MOVE ALONG, THAT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AGAIN, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S A SERIES OF THOSE PUMP STATIONS.
AND SO WE ENTERED INTO AN UPPER TRINITY FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH THE CORE THAT THEN BECAME WHAT YOU'RE
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GONNA HEAR AS THE MODIFIED DALLAS LEADWAY PROJECT.WE GOT THAT APPROVED AND MOVED.
AND WE'LL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE LATER PIECES.
THE DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT CAME IN IN 1965.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRINITY IN THE SYSTEM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE 19 HUNDREDS, EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, RIGHT? AND MANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE GONNA HELP US EXECUTE, THEY EXISTED WELL BEFORE WE ARRIVED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETED OVER A NUMBER OF GENERATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WE CAN SKIP SLIDE FOUR MAINLY BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CORE IS OUR REGULATOR.
UM, SLIDE FIVE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND AS A, AS A GLOBAL PIECE, RIGHT? WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEE SYSTEM.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE AND FOR REVIEWS AND APPROVES ANY MODIFICATIONS.
THEY COME IN AND INSPECT ANNUALLY, AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS THEY COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY CALL A PERIODIC INSPECTION.
WHEN THEY BRING THOSE INSPECTION TEAMS IN, THEY'RE BRINGING IN 30 TO 40 PEOPLE.
IT IS TWO TO THREE WEEKS LONG.
THEY'RE INSPECTING EVERYTHING FROM THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS TO THE PAINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY EROSION OR CORROSIVE MATERIALS ANYWHERE.
THAT KEEPS US IN COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 84 99.
THAT LAW IS CRITICAL FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SYSTEM OR THE PUMP STATIONS, IF THERE IS A MAJOR FLOOD THAT COMES THROUGH AND WE NEED FLOOD FIGHTING ASSISTANCE, WE CAN HAVE THE COURT COME IN AND HELP, RIGHT? ABSENT OF THAT, WE DON'T GET ANY ADDITIONAL HELP DURING A FLOOD OVER FLOOD FIGHTING.
THE OTHER PIECE OF PL 84 99 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE, THEN THE CITY RISKS.
THE STAFFORD ACT, WHICH IS A OVERALL, AN OVERARCHING RESPONSE PIECE THAT ALLOWS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COME IN AND HELP IN ANY DISASTER.
SO IF WE DON'T TREAT OUR LEVIES AND OUR SYSTEMS THE RIGHT WAY, AND WE DON'T STAY IN COMPLIANCE, THEN WE JEOPARDIZE ANY KIND OF FUTURE ASSISTANCE DURING ANY KIND OF EVENT.
SO IT COULD BE A TORNADO IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN.
AND IF WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN CHOOSE NOT TO ASSIST IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, RIGHT? UM, SO THE OTHER PIECE THAT YOU ALL MAY HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS THE 4 0 8 PROCESS, RIGHT? SO AS PART OF OUR SYSTEM, A 4 0 8 IS A MODIFICATION TO THE FEDERAL PROJECT.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITHIN 150 FEET OF THE LEVEES ON EITHER SIDE, IT HAS TO HAVE NOT ONLY ITS FEDERAL APPROVAL, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE SOMETHING, THEN WE SEEK 4 0 8 APPROVALS.
SO THAT'S A PIECE Y'ALL WILL HEAR KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE THEME.
UM, SLIDE FIVE GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DALLAS FLOODWAY AND THE DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION.
SO IN THE FEDERAL WORLD, UM, THE REASON THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO FEDERAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, BASICALLY, RIGHT? IT IS AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
SO WHEN WE'RE INSPECTED, IT'S THE DALLAS LEVEE SYSTEM, BUT UNTIL WE COMPLETE ALL OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE FEDERAL PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK FUNDING UNDER ANNUAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR DALLAS FLOODWAY.
UM, SLIDE FIVE, SIX, SORRY, UH, SIX IS YOUR PICTURE, RIGHT? SO THINK ABOUT KIND OF THE ELM FORK, ROYAL LANE 35, AROUND THAT AREA TO THE DART LINE THAT CROSSES THE TRINITY.
THAT'S YOUR DALLAS FLOODWAY PROJECT.
YOUR DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION PICKS UP AT THE DART LINE THAT CROSSES THE TRINITY AT, AT CORINTH, KIND OF THAT AREA, RIGHT? AND MOVES TO I 20 AND DOWDY FERRY.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 10,000 ACRES INSIDE THE SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S A LARGE SYSTEM AND IT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR A NUMBER OF, NUMBER OF GENERATIONS AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? UM, SLIDE SEVEN, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UH, IN APRIL OF 2015, THE MODIFIED DALLAS FLOODWAY PROJECT RECEIVED ITS RECORD OF DECISION.
SO THOSE ARE IMPORTANT WORDS FOR YOU ALL.
A RECORD OF DECISION IS BASICALLY THE PERMISSION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IT WENT THROUGH ALL ITS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.
IT WENT THROUGH ALL ITS TECHNICAL REVIEWS TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT THE SYSTEM TO DO, WHETHER IT IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, IT IS ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, RECREATION, ALL OF THOSE PIECES WORK TOGETHER AT NO HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR TO THE COMMUNITIES UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM, AND OUTSIDE.
RIGHT? UM, THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL.
'CAUSE THAT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET, AND THAT'S WHAT BUILDS THE BASIS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO.
AL HAVING TO REDO A DECADE'S WORTH OF REPORTS, RIGHT? UM, IT ALSO SET THE STAGE BECAUSE THE CITY DESIGNED EVERYTHING TO THE 35%.
SO WHETHER IT IS A LAKE OR IT WAS A PUMP STATION, IT WAS A LEVEE RAISE.
EVERYTHING WAS DESIGNED TO 35% WITH THE CORE TO MAKE THOSE APPROVALS.
AND THEN THE HYDROLOGY WAS TAKEN TO ABOUT 90%
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TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HYDROLOGY WORKS.SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN TO DATE JUST TO GET WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT? UM, SEPTEMBER, 2016, THERE WAS A DONATION MADE BY ANNETTE SIMMONS.
AND, AND IN THAT DONATION IT WAS TO CREATE A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHERE YOU ALL COME IN, RIGHT? SO THE CITY CREATED THAT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AT THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK AREA OF THE 200 ACRES WAS NAMED.
AND THEN THE DONATION MONEY WAS SENT TO WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE TRINITY TRUST THAT YOU ALL NOW KNOW AS, UM, TPC, RIGHT? SO THAT PIECE MOVES INTO PLAY.
AND THEN IN AUGUST OF 2017, THE CITY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE CREATION OF THE LGC, THE APPROVALS FROM COUNCIL.
YOUR, YOUR, YOUR INCORPORATION DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING ARE BOUND FROM THAT RESOLUTION.
AND THEN FROM THAT AUTHORIZATION, YOUR CONTRACT WITH US, AND THEN YOUR CONTRACT WITH ANY OTHER ENTITY YOU WANNA CONTRACT WITH, THAT'S WHERE YOUR AUTHORITY IS BOUND.
SO THOSE ARE KIND IMPORTANT DATES FOR Y'ALL.
UM, SLIDE EIGHT IS SORT OF THE BALANCED VISION PLAN.
UH, THE BALANCED VISION PLAN WAS FAR MORE THAN JUST RECREATION, RIGHT? UM, IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN OH THREE.
IT WAS THEN MODIFIED IN OH FOUR AND AGAIN IN 2017, RIGHT? SO IT WAS THE ENTIRE 10,000 ACRES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT WAS FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, IT WAS ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, IT WAS RECREATIONAL COMPONENTS.
THERE WERE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS.
SO, UM, YOUR HORSESHOE PROJECT, YOUR SYLVAN BRIDGE, YOUR, UH, MARGARET HUNT, HILL BRIDGE, AND MCDERMOTT BRIDGES, ALL OF THOSE WERE PART OF THE BALANCED DIVISION PLAN.
WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT DOCUMENT, YOU ALL ARE GONNA FOCUS ON THE RECREATION COMPONENTS INSIDE THE LEVEE SYSTEM THAT ARE UMBRELLAED IN THE RECORD OF DECISION, OKAY? UM, BETWEEN ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, OUR LOCAL FUNDS, OUR STATE PARTNERS, AND OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES, WE'VE INVESTED A BILLION DOLLARS ALREADY.
THAT IS JUST, UM, I GUESS DONE SEAMLESSLY ENOUGH AT THIS POINT.
EVERYBODY'S FORGOTTEN THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO GO.
OKAY? UM, SLIDE NINE IS A VISUAL PICTURE FOR YOU ALL.
SO, UM, THE COUNCIL, AND THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, KIND OF MID TWO THOUSANDS TIMEFRAME, WENT THROUGH A BRANDING PROCESS, WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF SELECTION OF WHAT THINGS OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE AND NAMING CONVENTIONS, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE, UH, TRADEMARKS IN PLAY AND DIFFERENT COMPONENTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO IN YOUR ELM FORK AREA, THAT IS KIND OF KNOWN AS THE TRINITY FIELDS AREA, THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE, UM, LESS HARDSCAPING.
SO LITTLE MORE NATURAL, UM, TO WHERE WE CAN LEAVE IT, RIGHT? IT'S, WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS OF HOW, LIKE I SAID, HOW TALL THE GRASS CAN BE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE NATURAL, RIGHT? THAT AREA IS ALSO PART OF THAT RECORD OF DECISION.
'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU'RE IN YOUR FLOODWAY PIECE.
THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE 10,000 ACRES WAS ESPECIALLY NAMED THE TRINITY LAKES AREA.
THAT WAS THE AREA THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF THE TRINITY, RIGHT? SO THERE WERE GOING TO BE A HARDSCAPED AREAS, SO THIS WAS GONNA BE YOUR MOST ACTIVATED AREA WITH PAVILIONS LAKES, FIELDS, PARKING LOTS, ALL WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SYSTEM.
THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TRINITY FOREST AREA, THAT IS THE DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION.
UM, THAT AREA HAS WETLANDS, IT HAS BOTTOM LAND, HARDWOODS.
ALL OF THAT AREA WORKS IN ITS OWN WAY TOO.
BUT REMEMBER, IT'S ALL ONE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T PICK ONE PIECE AND PULL IT OUT AND THEN TRY TO SUB IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, SLIDE 10 IS JUST SOME OF THE INFORMATION RELATED TO WHERE YOUR AUTHORIZATIONS ARE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PARTNERS WITH THE CORPS.
UM, THE DALLAS FLOODWAY WAS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2007 UNDER SECTION 51 41, UM, THAT TOLD THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT THE CITY WANTED TO DO FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, INTERIOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY IS INTERIOR DRAINAGE.
BUT THOSE ARE YOUR PUMP STATIONS, RIGHT? UM, AND THE BALANCED VISION PLAN, IF IT WAS ENVIRONMENTALLY AND TECHNICALLY SOUTH, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE KICKOFF.
IT ALSO PUT A COST SHARE IN THERE OF 65% FEDERAL, 35%, UM, LOCAL AND CAPPED SOME COSTS OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SLIDE 11 JUST REMINDS YOU ALL THAT WE HAD COMPLETED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND THE RECEIVED THAT RECORD OF DECISION FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
IT IS, UM, AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.
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IT'S A FEW THOUSAND PAGES OF DETAILSO, UM, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHOW Y'ALL DIFFERENT PIECES IF YOU WANNA LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 17, AND THEN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2018 CAME IN AND FUNDED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE DALLAS FLOODWAY FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PIECES AND FUNDED SOME OF THE REMAINING PIECES OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT FOR DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION.
SO THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR ALL OF US AS WE MOVED FORWARD, BECAUSE IT DID CHANGE SOME CONDITIONS, IT CREATED A SCENARIO WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD'VE TAKEN DECADES BECAUSE THE BOARD DOES NOT RECEIVE FUNDING LIKE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS, RIGHT? SO THEY GET ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS, THEY DON'T GET A TOTAL PROJECT APPROPRIATION, UM, WHICH MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW THEY FUNCTION.
SO THIS INFUSION OF MONEY ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD A LOT MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY ON FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT TASKS.
UM, IT ALSO SORT OF PUT ANOTHER COMPLEX PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IN.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH ALL OF Y'ALL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? WHEN WOULD WE DO THINGS? HOW WOULD WE DO THEM? UM, AND WHERE WE MIGHT GET SOME BENEFITS.
SARAH, I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW ON TO THAT, UM, ON THE FUNDING PIECE, UM, FIRST YOU MENTIONED PRIOR IN YOUR SLIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT STATISTIC.
WANTED TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THIS, UM, BUDGET ACT OF 2018, IF THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER.
AND THEN SECONDARILY, I ASSUME BY NOW THAT FUNDING FOR 2018 HAS DRIED UP.
WAS THERE ANY SORT OF SECONDARY ITERATION OF THAT ON THE POLICY FRONT? UM, THAT'S NOW FUNDING THE EITHER O AND M OR ANY UNFINISHED WORK FROM THAT ORIGINAL BILL? SO LET'S START WITH THE, SO YES, THE SUPPLEMENTAL BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT IS INCLUDED IN THAT BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'VE INVESTED ALREADY AS A GROUP, RIGHT? UM, WITH THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT, WE ARE STILL IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROJECTS.
THOSE PROJECTS WILL GO ON THROUGH 2032 OR 33 MOST LIKELY.
UM, THE CORE OF ENGINEERS WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
UM, EVERYTHING IS STILL MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT.
UM, THE CITY ALSO TOOK, UM, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM AT THE STATES.
THERE'S A STATE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
AND SO, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE HAVE SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 123 MILLION IN LOANS THAT WE'RE PAYING, RIGHT? UH, BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO COME UP WITH OUR COST SHARE.
SO WHEN THEY GOT THIS BIG INFUSION OF MONEY, THEN WE NEEDED TO HAVE OUR 35% MATCH.
UM, SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THE NEXT PROBABLY 12 TO 18 MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT SORT OF CRUNCH OF FEDERAL SUPPORT'S GONNA NEED TO LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE THERE YET FROM AN O AND M STANDPOINT, OR I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR THIS UP, RIGHT? SO THE O AND M IS ALWAYS PAID FOR BY THE CITY.
SO THAT O AND M IS PART OF OUR OVERALL DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
SO YOU ALL HAVE A STORM WATER BILL AS RESIDENTS INCLUDED IN YOUR STORM WATER BILL, IS HOW WE MAINTAIN AND MAKE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY IN THE SYSTEM.
SO, UM, I THINK EDUARDO, YOUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE LEVEE SYSTEM IS ABOUT 15 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT 15 MILLION A YEAR TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THAT LEVEE SYSTEM, PUMP STATIONS, PRESSURE SEWERS, AND THE ASSOCIATED SUMPS OR MEANDERS.
UM, THEY DON'T, NOT EVERYBODY LIKES OUR WORD SUMP.
SO WE CAN CALL THEM MEANDERS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRAINAGE PATTERNS, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF, THAT HELPS CLEAR UP A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THAT WORKS.
ALL RIGHT, SO SLIDE 12, UM, IT'S JUST A REHASH, A SUMMARY REAL QUICK, HIGH LEVEL FOR YOU ALL OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT MODIFIED FLOOD WAVE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO DO EVERYTHING.
NOT EVERY ITEM THAT IS IN THE MODIFIED DALLAS LEADWAY PROJECT IS AUTHORIZED FOR A COST SHARE.
SO THERE'S A TABLE THAT WE CAN REFERENCE FOR YOU IF YOU WANTED THAT TABLE THAT SAYS THESE ITEMS WERE COST SHAREABLE.
THESE REMAINING ITEMS, THEY ARE APPROVED 'CAUSE THEY'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY AND TECHNICALLY SOUND, THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE A 4 0 8 FOR US TO IMPLEMENT, AND IT WILL BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT LOCAL COST.
SO, UH, SLIDE 13 ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU WHAT WAS, UM, NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT IS, THAT IS YOUR BALANCED VISION PLAN AND RECREATIONAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
UM, SLIDE 14 IS A GRAPHIC THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THE CORPS OF
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ENGINEERS HAS WHAT WE CALL PLACE MATS.IT'S THEIR VERSION OF A TWO PAGER THAT GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND HOW WE'RE MOVE MOVING FORWARD.
SO ON THE DALLAS FLOODWAY, UM, THESE ARE ALL OF YOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE UNDER THOSE.
UM, IT WAS THOSE REMOVAL OF THE A TSF BRIDGE, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
IT WAS THE LEVEE RAYS AND FLATTENING THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS IN WARRANTY PERIOD.
NOW WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED WE'LL GET TO, WE'RE GONNA HAND ALL THOSE PIECES OVER IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
WE'LL GET MOST OF THOSE HANDED BACK TO US AND OUT OF WARRANTY, PERIOD.
SO WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING THEM, BUT A WARRANTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GRASS GROWS THE RIGHT WAY AND IT'S THE RIGHT SPECIES AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF, RIGHT? UM, THEY HAVE PUMP STATIONS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
SO THE DELTA PUMP STATION ON THE WEST LEVEE IS UNDERWAY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, TRINITY, PORTLAND PUMP STATION IS ABOUT TO BE RESTARTED AGAIN.
SO IT GOT STARTED AND WE HAD TO PAUSE IT AS A, AS A GROUP TO WORK ON A COUPLE EXTRA THINGS THAT WERE UNANTICIPATED.
UH, HAMPTON PUMP STATION IS UNDER DESIGN.
UH, IT WILL COMPLETE ITS DESIGN PROCESS.
AND THEN THAT ONE IS PROBABLY ONE THAT IS ON OUR LIST OF GONNA NEED SOME ADDITIONAL INFUSION, BUT NOT QUITE THERE YET, RIGHT? UM, THEY HAVE ALSO COMPLETED OR ARE UNDERWAY WITH WHAT IS CALLED THE NOBLES BRANCH PROJECT, RIGHT? SO IT'S OUT IN A S SUMP.
IT'S HOW WE GET SOME WATER FLOW.
SO THEY'RE UNDERWAY WITH ALMOST EVERY PIECE OF IT AND HAVE COMPLETED ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS IN THAT SECTION.
UM, WHEN WE COMPLETE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, THEN WE WON'T GO BACK TO DO FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FLOODWAY FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS, RIGHT? THERE'LL BE ANOTHER GENERATION THAT'LL WORK ON THE NEXT SETS OF UPGRADES.
UM, I'M GONNA LET EDUARDO RUN THROUGH THE PICTURES FOR YOU, THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE WE PUT SOME PICTURES.
UH, ANDREW, SO JUST TO RECAP THAT, THE FEDERAL COST SHARE ITEMS, WE MENTIONED THE, UH, UH, THE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PORTION, THE LEVY RACES, REMOVAL OF A TSF BRIDGE, AND SOME OF THE INTERIOR DRAINAGE THAT SARAH JUST MENTIONED.
SO THOSE ARE FLOOD MITIGATION COMPONENTS THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES.
AND I'M JUST GONNA RECAP SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, STARTING WITH THE 2 77 K LEVEE RACE AND SLOPE FLATTENING.
THAT PROJECT ESSENTIALLY WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL, 2025, AND IT IMPROVES LEVEE PERFORMANCE AND INCREASES FLOOD CONVEYANCE CAPACITY.
CHARLIE PUMP STATION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE STATION WILL ENHANCE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MANAGE STORM WATER DURING MAJOR RAINFALL EVENTS, IMPROVE OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY, PUMPING CAPACITY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY.
NOBLES BRANCH, IT'S ANOTHER, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION COMPONENT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE CURRENTLY CLEARING SOME UTILITY RELOCATION ASPECTS OF IT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS, THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE STONEWATER COLLECTION, STORAGE AND CONVEYANCE EFFICIENCY AS WELL.
DELTA PUMP STATION, UH, AWARDED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2025.
UH, THIS IS, UH, A, A FLOOD COMPONENT THAT WILL MODERNIZE AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH INCREASING RELIABILITY DURING SEVERE WEATHER AND HIGH WATER, WATER EVENTS.
UH, THE PUMP STATION WILL UPGRADE SUPPORT, UH, BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND LONG-TERM SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL.
UH, IT'S ANOTHER CRITICAL INTERIOR DRAINAGE ASSET WITHIN THE FLOOD WASTE SYSTEM.
UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING LATE 2026.
UH, IT'S ANOTHER, UH, DRAINAGE COMPONENT THAT WILL ENHANCE PUMPING CAPACITY, RESILIENCY, AND MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCY AS WELL.
TRINITY PORTLAND PUMP STATION.
WE, WE MENTIONED ABOUT RE-PROCUREMENT, THE PROJECT AND REINITIATING THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PUMP STATION.
ON THE DALLAS FLOODWAY, UH, I THINK WE MENTIONED THE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT.
TALKING ABOUT THE DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION PROJECT.
THAT'S THE, UH, THE, THE, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR THAT, UM, EXPAND FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PROTECTION FURTHER SOUTH WITHIN THE TRINITY CORRIDOR.
UH, THIS EFFORT EXTENDS THE CITY'S LONG-TERM RESILIENCY.
STRAT STRATEGIC SUPPORTS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE, UH, WE HAVE TWO COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE, UH, LABARD LEVY SYSTEM.
IT IS, UH, UNDER DESIGN AND IT'S PROJECTED TO CONSTRUCTION AWARD IN LATE
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2028.WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND DESIGN ASPECTS OF THE UTILITY RELOCATION AND OTHER COMPONENTS BEFORE WE CAN MAKE IT TO CONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FUNDING, UH, PENDING FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND RIGHTWAY ACQUISITION AS WELL.
IT'S A THREE MILE NEW LEVEE SYSTEM AND FLOOD WALLS, UH, TYING INTO EXISTING DALLAS FLOODWAY, EAST LE NEAR, UH, AND CONTINUING SOUTHEAST OF TO ROCHESTER PARK LEVEE.
AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION PROJECT IS THE KALA HEIGHTS LEVEE.
IT'S A TWO POINT 25 MILES OF NEW LEVEE AND FLOOD WALLS IN THE VICINITY OF THE KALA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS NEW LEVEE WILL TIE INTO THE HIGH GROUND START AND FINISH OF, OF THIS GENERAL AREA.
UM, THESE ARE THE TWO NEW LEVEES THAT ARE PART OF DALLAS FLOOD EX EXTENSION PROJECTS.
AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, 26, UH, WE HAVE, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS WE MENTIONED, SITE VISITS ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SOME, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, UH, IN ORIENTATION AND CONTEXT ABOUT THIS.
UH, FLOOD COMPONENTS DALLAS FLOODWAY, DALLAS FLOOD EXTENSION PROJECTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER STAFF CONTINUE COORDINATING AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE REMAINING PERMITTING AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS.
SINCE WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AT DIFFERENT STAGES, WE CONTINUE WORKING HAND ON HAND WITH THE CORE OF ENGINEERS.
UH, THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR LGC WILL CONTINUE ENHANCING RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE HAROLD SIM SIMMONS PARK, AND CONTINUE COORDINATION BETWEEN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IS ESSENTIAL TO MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, THEN WE DID, WE CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID THERE, AND APOLOGIZE.
IT'S REALLY SPECIFIC, BUT THE ENGINEER IN ME JUST COULDN'T, COULDN'T LET IT GO.
UH, AND WE, WE COULD TALK OFFLINE TOO, BUT YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE, THE RAISE AND FLATTENING OF THE LEVIES, WHICH, UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE, WE HAD TALKED OFFLINE BUT DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS FULLY COMPLETE.
IS THAT TRUE? ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN? UH, THE, THE REACH, YES, IT IS COMPLETE.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR, AS PART OF THE O AND M THAT WE MENTIONED, O AND M OPERATION AND MA AND AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL BELONGS TO US.
AND THAT WILL SIMPLIFY THINGS IN THE FIELD SO THAT WE CAN MOW IT CORRECTLY AND ALSO INCREASES CAPACITY, RIGHT? SO WE ARE INCREASING CAPACITY FROM DRAIN STANDPOINT SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BRING THIS, UH, BLOOD PROTECTION TO THIS AREA.
WELL, THAT ACTUALLY GETS TO THE, THE NERDY ENGINEERING QUESTION I HAD, BUT ALSO PERHAPS IMPACTS HERE.
OTHERWISE I WOULD TRULY ASK IT OFFLINE.
BUT YOU MENTIONED IT INCREASES CAPACITY AND CONVEYANCE.
AND SO I'M INTERESTED THE BVP OR EVEN SOME OF THE ALTERATIONS THAT TPC OR OR PREDECESSORS OF THE TPC WERE LOOKING AT, UM, DOING MODIFICATIONS TO, TO APPROPRIATE MODIFICATIONS TO, TO THE BV UH, P PLANS, DESIGN PLANS, UM, H AND H MODELING, THEY HAD TO MATCH THE BVP, BUT ALL OF THAT WAS DONE WITH PRIOR CONVEYANCE MODELS.
SO IF, IF THE CONVEYANCE HAS CHANGED, HOW DOES THE CORE DEAL WITH THAT? WITH THE ALREADY APPROVED BVP? SO THE, THE APPROVALS THAT CAME IN THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNICALLY SOUND COMPONENT OF THE RECORD DECISION ACTUALLY COMPLETED ALL OF THOSE MODELS.
SO YOU DO A CURRENT CONDITION MODEL, YOU DO A PROPOSED CONDITION MODEL, AND THEN YOU, WHAT WE'RE MODELING AS YOU PUT IN A PIECE.
SO IF WE WANTED TO BUILD A PHASE OF SOMETHING, THEN YOU'RE MODELING THAT CONDITION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN GET IT TO THAT PROPOSED CONDITION.
AND SO THAT REQUIRES, SO MAYBE THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT, UM, WITHIN Y'ALL'S AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAD, IT SAID, HERE'S THE 200 ACRES THAT YOU'RE GONNA DEVELOP.
IF YOU NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING FOR TECHNICAL REASON OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN AND MEET THOSE MODELING CONDITIONS, THEN YOU COULD STRETCH OUT OF IT.
SO IF YOU WERE TO GONNA PUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD SPEED THE WATER UP, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANTED TO PUT THE BASKETBALL COURT IN THAT IS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGES THAT'S PROPOSED AND APPROVED, IT MIGHT MAKE THE WATER MOVE FASTER.
YOU GO DOWN TO THE CORINTH WETLANDS THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED AS PART OF THAT RECORD OF DECISION AND YOU WOULD IMPLEMENT A PHASE OF THE CORINTH WETLANDS TO KEEP EVERYTHING BALANCED.
SO THE MODELING THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THE RECORD OF DECISION RECURRENT AND PROPOSED IS PART OF THE OVERALL TRINITY MODEL.
SO EACH, EACH TIME WE DO ANY MODELING, IT HAS TO BE RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE TRINITY TOP TO BOTTOM FROM I'M, I'M AWARE.
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HAS CHANGED WITH THIS, WITH THIS RAISE AND, AND, AND LAYBACK.SO IT WAS ALREADY BUILT INTO ALL THE APPROVALS.
SO ONCE, ONCE WE COMPLETE THE PROJECT, THEN THAT MODIFICATION OF WHAT WENT INTO PLAY IS THEN INSERTED INTO THAT MODEL TO SAY, CHECK MARK, IT'S COMPLETED.
AND NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU RUN AGAINST THE NEXT SET OF IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT I'M SAYING THE BVP WASN'T RUN AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EXIST.
IT ALL GOT IT ALL MODELED AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT IN TO SAY WE'RE GONNA RAISE THE LEVEES IN PLATINUM, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO PUT IN LAKES AND WETLANDS AND ALL THOSE PIECES, ALL THOSE COMPREHENSIVE MODELING WERE DONE TO SAY IT WILL ALL WORK IN CONJUNCTION.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR BASE CONDITION MODEL THAT EXISTS TODAY, RIGHT? THEN WE HAVE THE PROPOSED HYDRAULIC MODELS THAT ARE IN THE COORS MODELING SYSTEM AS PART OF THE RECORD OF DECISION.
AND SO IT'S A, YOU PULL THEM IN AND OUT AND THEN AS WE GO IN AND MAKE THE IMPROVEMENT, THEN THE MODEL GETS UPDATED WITH WHAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
YOU, YOU USED THE, THE THE ROD FROM THE EVP AS A CONSTRAINT YES.
ON THE DESIGN OF THE LEVEES IN YOUR WORDS.
SO NOW, IF TPC WANTS TO HAVE A DESIGN BETWEEN THE LEVIES AS, UH, WHEN BRENT BROWN WAS THERE AND WAS DOING SUCH THINGS PRIOR TO THE LAYBACK OF THE LEVIES
AND THAT MODEL IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CORE? YES.
SO WE, WE HAVE THE MODEL IN THE CORE HAS THE MODEL OR YOU, I'M SORRY, BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE.
SO, AND, AND THAT'S HOW ANY OF THEM WORK, RIGHT? SO ANYTIME A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AND THEY UPDATE ANY OF OUR MODELS ACROSS THE CITY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE THESE SAME KIND OF MODELS EVERYWHERE, THEN THAT BECOMES THE CURRENT CONDITION MODEL AND THEN YOU WORK OFF OF THAT ONE.
UH, SARAH, WE, I DO THINK I KNOW MYSELF INCLUDED, UH, MARK, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE LAST SLIDE, WE WENT ON DUARDO AT A SITE VISIT.
UM, WE WILL BE MINDFUL OF QUORUM RULE, SO WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH IF THAT'S FEASIBLE.
AND WE'LL COORDINATE WITH ME DIRECTLY OR DESIGNATE, JUST LET US, OKAY.
I HAVE TO SAY BEFORE YOU EVEN OFFERED THAT, SARAH HAD REACHED OVER AND WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TOURS QUESTION MARK
AND, AND, AND THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT UP.
AND I HAVE, I HAVE TO SAY SARAH IS, UH, IS IS A GET, GET HER BOOTS DIRTY KIND OF PERSON.
AND SO SHE WOULD, I I I'M NOT SHOCKED AT ALL THAT THAT WAS OFFERED WITHOUT ASKING ONE PREFERRED THAT
AND THE ONE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD THAT I, I ALSO NOTED THAT ANDREW HAS NOT SEEN, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU UNDER WATERS WAS, WAS PERFECT.
IT HAD A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR Y'ALL TO EMAIL THAT TO US OR ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE, WE'LL CHECK SOME OF YOUR ONBOARDING BOOKS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION AS WELL.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT, WELL THE NEXT, UH, AND CLOSE TO OUR FINAL, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, REPORTS FROM THE WORK GROUPS.
WE SORT OF ADDRESSED THIS IN, IN REAL TIME AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE ANNUAL REPORT.
BUT I WILL TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ASK, UH, DOES ANYBODY FROM UH, EXTERNAL RELATIONS HAVE ANY UPDATES? NO UPDATES.
SO THE, UH, UTILITIES PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION, UH, CONTINUES.
WE, UH, DESIGN, UH, PREPPING FOR PERMITS FOR THE, UH,
THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE UPDATE.
AND TO BE CLEAR, GARY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE WEST OVERLOOK AREA? YES.
UH, AND I'LL SPEAK TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
NO, NO PARTICULAR UPDATES OTHER THAN WHAT I ALREADY MENTIONED, THAT THERE ARE FORTHCOMING CONTRACT, UH, CHANGES WITH, WITH TPC.
OTHER THAN THAT, HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ARRIVED AND NO, THEY'RE NOT.
SO AS WE'VE, UH, ALREADY HAD, UH, A COUPLE WHO NEED TO LEAVE, I WILL SAY,
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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MAIN MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN.WE HAVE, AYE