[11.9. Consideration and possible action on presentations by outside agencies not receiving funding in the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2021/2022. (Councilmember Villareal Salvo, Councilmember Gordon). ]

WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING ITEM 11:09 NO OBJECTIONS. MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 NINE.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PRESENTATIONS BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES NOT RECEIVING FUNDING IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR.

2021 2022.

AND SINCE WE HAVE.

SOME PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK WELL, LET THEM SPEAK FIRST.

FIRST, WE HAVE BOBBY VASQUEZ, I'M SORRY, MY SEEING YOUR NAME RIGHT, BOBBY? OK. DO I GET TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? SORRY, SINCE I PRESENTED IT.

YES, I'LL JUST LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK FIRST.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST, THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS IS WITH REGARDS TO REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING US MEET OUR NEEDS AS WELL.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO MEET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS, AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP US MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, OR MAYBE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT BE IN THE SAME POSITION WE ARE THAT WE DON'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FOR APPLYING AND WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE THAT MIGHT BE.

MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR US.

I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO GO BACK AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OK, WHERE IS IT? AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ON OUR BEHALF, THAT WAS A DIFFICULTY WE HAD AND GOING BACK AND MAKING SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

OK. NEXT, WE HAVE JAMES WEAVER.

MINE'S GOING TO BE REAL SHORT TODAY.

I PERSONALLY DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AND SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES SUCH AS NONPROFITS.

AND BELIEVE ME, I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH NONPROFITS FOR YEARS.

I RAN ONE UP IN NORTHERN TEXAS FOR NINE YEARS AND IT WAS A HOUSING AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER. I NEVER WENT TO THE CITY FOR ANY MONEY.

THERE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS FOUNDATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS STATE WHERE YOU CAN GET FUNDING.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE WORK.

YES. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PREPARE A SUBMISSION AND THAT SUBMISSION WILL BE LOOKED AT BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. BUT USUALLY.

YOU DO HAVE A REVIEW PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WILL TREAT ALL OF THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING FUNDING. ON THE SAME BASIS, I'M NOT SURE THAT CAN BE DONE HERE.

MAYBE IT CAN.

BUT I KNOW THAT THERE FOR A WHILE, WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH PERSONNEL AND ALSO FINANCIAL ISSUES.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT EQUITABLY.

WE MAYBE CAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP A POINT THAT I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH OTHER WAYS OF FUNDING AND THAT WOULD BE THROUGH FOUNDATIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. HOWEVER, IF YOU DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THIS, I THINK THE AMERICAN LEGION WOULD DEFINITELY BE A VIABLE CANDIDATE FOR FUNDING.

THANK YOU. THANKS, SIR.

NEXT, WE HAVE RICK HUDSON.

AND SPEAK AFTER.

SURE. OK.

COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO WAS YOUR ITEM.

THANK YOU. SO OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, JUST COUNCIL.

SO TO BRIEF YOU ALL ON EVERYTHING OR HOW THIS CAME UP TO US AGAIN, WE HAD THIS ON OUR AGENDA BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE, AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WAS DIRECTED TO US AND WAS PRESENTED TO US ON THE DAIS.

AND OVER THE HOLIDAYS I WAS REACHED OUT TO BY ONE OF THE NONPROFITS THAT WE REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION EARLY ON IN THE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS, WITH A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM ONE, JUST HOW THE COMMUNICATION WAS FROM THE CITY TO THEM, HOW IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN HOW IT'D BEEN DONE IN PAST YEARS AND THE PROCESS SEEMINGLY HAD CHANGED.

AND THEN WHAT WAS SAID ON THE DIAS IN REGARDS TO THEIR FOUNDATION WAS NOT FACTUAL

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INFORMATION, AND THERE IS CONCERN OF THAT.

THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY OF THE NONPROFITS OR AGENCIES THAT WERE SEEKING FUNDING HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND DO AN OPEN Q&A WITH US.

I CAME BACK TO STAFF AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND I ASKED THEM HISTORICALLY, HOW HAS THIS PROCESS GONE EVERY YEAR WITH COUNCIL? I WASN'T ON COUNCIL FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR, SO I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DO REMEMBER BEING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS, AND IT WAS DIRECTED TO STAFF THAT COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AND LISTEN TO PRESENTATIONS, AND THIS WAS DIRECTED TO STAFF BY THE MAYOR AND THE THEN FORMER CITY MANAGER.

AND SO THEY WERE TOLD TO GIVE US A LIST OF AGENCIES TO CONSIDER, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE LIST THAT WE RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US WAS.

SELECTED INFORMATION, SO AFTER SITTING DOWN AND MEETING WITH ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS THAT DIDN'T DIDN'T GET CONSIDERED, I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD COME TALK TO STAFF AND SEE IF WE COULD IF THERE WAS MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR US TO EVEN RECONSIDER AT THIS TIME.

AND SINCE WE HAD MOVED SO MANY THINGS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS DOWN INTO THE GENERAL FUND, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST DESERVING OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR UP ANY MISINFORMATION THAT I KNOW.

I SAID SOME THINGS UP HERE ON THE DICE THAT I WAS MISINFORMED ON WITH THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WITH HOW THEY USE THEIR FINANCING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL TO US THE SITUATION AND AND WHAT THEY DO WITH THE DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IF THEY'RE IF WE'RE NOT WANTING TO FUND OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A BODY WE HAVE THE CHOICE TO MAKE.

BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE CUTTING FUNDING OFF IMMEDIATELY WITH NO CONVERSATION TO THESE NONPROFITS THAT HAVE BEEN RELYING ON US FOR ALMOST A DECADE, LIKE SOME OF THEM.

AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOME DECENCY AND RESPECT DESERVE TO THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM US IN THE PAST AND AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT FOR THEM TO AT LEAST MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE DIRECTLY.

AND AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION GOING FROM THERE.

BUT THAT'S JUST HOW THIS ALL CAME ABOUT, AND ANYBODY COULD HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS WHEN THEY SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA, LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

BUT I KNOW WE HAVE CLAUDIA HERE, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE RECONSIDERED.

ALL RIGHT. GORDON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL KRYSTAL ROEBUCK, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PROGRAMS MANAGER SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO WAS MENTIONING, WE WERE DIRECTED TO REACH BACK OUT TO THE FOUR APPLICANTS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING.

AND OUT OF THOSE FOUR, WE DID RECEIVE TWO THAT RESPONDED TO THE REQUEST IN A VERY, VERY TIMELY MANNER. AND SO TONIGHT WE DO HAVE THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION HERE AND WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILLIAMSON AND BURNING COUNTIES.

BOTH EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE HERE AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE FOR HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS WELL.

SO FIRST STEP, WE DO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, CLAUDIA CARDWELL.

THEY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FIRST OFF, ENJOY A HIPPO'S RUN THE WORLD STICKER FROM THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

WHAT A TIMELY NIGHT TO BE HERE WITH THE PROCLAMATION.

SO I AM CLAUDIA CARDWELL, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

I THINK I'VE MET MOST OF YOU OUTSIDE OF HERE.

IF NOT, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY AND INTRODUCING YOU TO OUR THRIVING, AWESOME ORGANIZATION. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND INSIGHT INTO THE MISCOMMUNICATION SURROUNDING OUR ORGANIZATION AND ALSO TO RESUBMIT THE 2020 GRANT REQUEST FOR POSSIBLE RECONSIDERATION.

I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO WE FOR LISTENING WHEN WE INITIALLY REACHED OUT TO HER ABOUT THE ISSUE.

WE WENT TO HER BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION ON THE DAIS RELATED TO US WAS INITIATED BY HER.

SHE WAS OPEN TO HEARING OUR STORY AND QUICK TO TAKE ACTION TO HELP REMEDY THE SITUATION.

SO THIS GOES BACK TO AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2020.

LIZZIE SAMPLE'S WAS THE DIRECTOR AT THE TIME.

I WAS ONE WEEK OUT FROM STARTING AS THE DIRECTOR, SO I CAME TO WATCH HER PRESENTATION HERE AT CITY HALL. LIZZIE PRESENTED TWO GRANTS AT THE TIME.

ONE WAS TEACHER AND FACULTY, WHICH IS A GRANT REQUEST TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR TEACHER AND FACULTY, AND HUTTO ISD AND ONE WAS A BUILDING GROWTH GRANT, WHICH WAS AN

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ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO SUPPLEMENT THE DIRECTOR'S FULL TIME SALARY.

AT THE TIME, IT WAS PART TIME.

I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH DOING AN ADMINISTRATIVE GRANT REQUEST, BUT IT WAS DONE AT THE TIME, SO THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE.

CONVERSATION ON THE DAIS DURING THE GRANT SELECTION PROCESS LEAN TOWARDS FUNDING TEACHER AND FACULTY PROGRAMING GRANT REQUESTS, BUT IT WAS CLEARLY DOCUMENTED AND COMMUNICATIONS TO ME THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE TO FUND BUILDING GROWTH GRANT.

OUR BOARD. I WAS SURPRISED AND OUR BOARD AND EXECUTIVE TEAM WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN I SHARED THE NEWS WITH THEM.

WE WERE SURPRISED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE GRANT HAD BEEN CHOSEN OVER THE PROGRAMING GRANT. THE ADMINISTRATIVE GRANT WAS JUST PITCHED FOR.

IF YOU WANTED TO FUND BOTH GREAT, IF NOT PROGRAMING WAS KIND OF A NO BRAINER.

WE WERE SURPRISED BECAUSE THE TEACHER AND FACULTY PROGRAMING GRANT HAD BEEN FUNDED FOR FOUR YEARS, STATE FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT PRIOR TO THAT.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AND TO CLARIFY THE DIRECTIVE WE HAD BEEN GIVEN.

SO I SENT AN EMAIL TO MY CONTACT ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020 THAT SAID THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF HUTTO FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT.

CAN YOU PROVIDE MORE INSIGHT AS TO THE COUNCIL'S DECISION ON FUNDING THE BUILDING GROWTH GRANT AND NOT THE TEACHER AND FACULTY REQUEST? I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD.

ALSO, WHAT ARE THE STEPS WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE TO DIVIDE THE APPROVED FUNDING AND ALLOCATE SOME OF THE FUNDS TO THE PROGRAMING REQUEST BEING NEW TO THE PROCESS? I'D LOVE INSIGHT AND ASSISTANCE.

MY CONTACT WAS QUICK TO RESPOND.

SHE SENT ME THE LINK SO THAT I COULD WATCH THE DISCUSSION ON THE DAIS.

SHE SAID I ALSO ASKED ABOUT ALLOCATING FUNDS TOWARD THE PROGRAMING GRANT, PER OUR INTERIM CFO. THIS WOULD NOT BE PERMISSIBLE AS FUNDS CAN'T BE DIVIDED BECAUSE COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY APPROVED THE BUILDING FOR GROWTH GRANT RAISING FUNDS TO OPERATE SO YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FUND FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO WE PROCEEDED TO USE THE GRANT AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE BUILDING GROWTH GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25000.

OUR REPORTING WAS TIMELY AND COMPLETE EACH QUARTER.

WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES TO OUR SUBMISSIONS FOR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION, ADDITIONAL REPORTING OR CONCERNS WITH THE INFORMATION PRESENTED.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS STAYED EXACTLY IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CITY OF HUTTO PROVIDED FUNDS FOR.

WE MADE AN EFFORT TO REMEDY THE SITUATION TO NO AVAIL.

WE PUT THE CITY'S FUNDING TO GREAT USE AND MADE THIS POSITION FULL TIME, AS STATED IN THE GRANT REQUEST.

HAVING ME AS A FULL TIME DIRECTOR HAS OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND PROGRAMING SUCCESSES.

IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE GRANTS AWARDED SURPASSED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, ALMOST A 10 PERCENT INCREASE EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC.

THIS IS GREATLY IN PART TO THIS POSITION BEING FULL TIME AND TO MY ABILITY TO DEDICATE MORE TIME TO RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY WILL ALLOW OUR OUTREACH TO EXTEND EVEN FURTHER IN ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION WITH CORPORATE PARTNERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS MISCOMMUNICATION AND CONFUSION.

MORE SO WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE AIR BECAUSE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND THE CITY OF HUTTO IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO US NOW.

NOW, MORE THAN EVER, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS ITS VILLAGE TO RALLY AROUND THEM, UNITED IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

PARTNERING WITH THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION MEANS PROVIDING INSPIRED AND ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THE FIBER IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A GREAT HISTORY OF PARTNERING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM FOR PROGRAMS THAT GO FAR BEYOND FAR BEYOND WHAT IS COVERED BY TRADITIONAL TAX DOLLARS.

IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN, OUR PARTNERSHIP BEGAN AND WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR $2500 FROM THE CITY OF HUTTO. TWENTY EIGHTEEN FIVE THOUSAND TWENTY NINETEEN TEN THOUSAND TWENTY TWENTY FIFTEEN THOUSAND TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

SO THE PARTNERSHIP IS REAL.

THE PARTNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT AND I WILL STOP THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF NOT, I AM HAPPY TO GO INTO MY PRESENTATION FOR RECONSIDERATION.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.

SO, YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION, SO I I BELIEVE I MADE THE MOTION IN 2020.

HMM. AND DID YOU WATCH THE VIDEO? I DID, BECAUSE THE WHOLE DISCUSSION WAS WE DO NOT WANT TO FUND A STAFF POSITION.

ABSOLUTELY. HE JUST LAID OFF OVER 40 PEOPLE.

THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE FUNDING A STAFF POSITION FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY I EMAILED MY CONTACT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT MOTION TO GIVE THE GRANT FOR A PROGRAM AND DENY THE GRANT FOR

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FUNDING A POSITION WAS EVER MISUNDERSTOOD OR MISAPPLIED, RIGHT? IT WAS NOT MISUNDERSTOOD BY ME.

OK, SO WELL, YOU SAID THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT DIRECT THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THE COUNCIL, APPROVED THE BUILDING FOR GROWTH GRANT, WHICH WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE GRANT. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK, THE CONVERSATION LEANS TOWARDS, THEY WANTED TO FUND OUR TEACHER AND FACULTY PROGRAMING, BUT THEY CLEARLY FUNDED BUILDING FOR GROWTH. AND SO THAT'S WHY MY EMAIL, I SAID, CAN WE MOVE THE FUNDS THEN? THE ONLY THING I THINK IS THAT THOSE WERE MISIDENTIFIED TO US AS WHICH WAS WHICH IN THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE ALL DISCUSSION WAS WE'RE NOT FUNDING THE ONE THAT THAT IS FUNDING A POSITION. THAT'S AND I THINK SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO IN TURN, BUT AND I THINK PROBABLY WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION COMES FROM IS I WAS GETTING IT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. THE NAMES OF THE TWO GRANTS, ABSOLUTELY.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT, DON'T THEY? AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY GUESS IS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH STAFF IS THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE VERY INTERESTED IN FUNDING PROGRAMING, NOT STAFFING.

BUT THEN WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE NAMES OF THE GRANTS, THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION MADE THAT EACH GRANT WAS THE OPPOSITE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY THEY THEY GAVE YOU THE FUNDING.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING TO US THAT YOU TRIED TO CORRECT THAT WITH CITY STAFF, AND IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.

AND THE CITY STAFF SAID, NO, WE'RE FUNDING THE RIGHT ONE.

SPEND IT AND YOU DID.

RIGHT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DIRECTION THAT YOU GOT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ON MY PART WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE 2022 WAS THERE WAS ALMOST KIND OF AN ASSUMPTION MADE THAT YOU FUNDED THE WRONG ONE INTENTIONALLY.

AND AND SOUNDS LIKE THAT WASN'T THE CASE, RIGHT? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY? AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEARNING AS WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY OF HOW TO DO THINGS, BUT AND WITH OUR PROCESSES AS THEY'RE IMPROVING.

BUT FOR IF THERE WAS CONFUSION, IF THE COUNCIL DID MAKE A MISTAKE, THEN IT COULD HAVE COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER VOTE AND A FIX BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? WHEN Y'ALL DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE THE PRIORITY.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ESPECIALLY IF THAT'S HOW THE DISCUSSION ON THE DIAS WAS GOING THAT NIGHT. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A LESSON LEARNED.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WANTING TO CLARIFY THE SITUATION.

AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR MY PART, IN THE CONVERSATION FOR THE 2022 FUNDING BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL FOR THE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO GO OFF OF.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REACHING OUT AND FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE BOARD FOR MEETING WITH ME AND EXPLAINING THE DETAILS AND THE FOUR YEAR HISTORY THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOU GUYS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO BEFORE YOU GET THAT STARTED.

SO I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR COMMUNICATION ISSUES.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO APOLOGIZE THINGS COME UP IN ELECTION SEASON TO WHERE WE START MISCONSTRUING THINGS.

SURE. AND SO.

WHAT OCCURRED BACK IN THE BUDGET SEASON WAS THERE WAS AN IDEA FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF THAT AT TIMES NONPROFITS TURNED TO GET POLITICAL TO WHERE PEOPLE START, ALMOST LIKE PANDERING TO CERTAIN GROUPS AND GIVING MONEY OUT.

AND SO THE IDEA THAT HE HAD BROUGHT UP WAS THAT THE STAFF UNKNOWN THAT UNBEKNOWNST TO THE COUNCIL, WOULD RECEIVE EVERYTHING, SCORE EVERYTHING, PRESENT THE THINGS TO CITY COUNCIL AND SO THEY PREVENT IT. THEY PRESENTED THAT TO CITY COUNCIL.

WHAT THEY FELT WAS MOST OF WHAT I GUESS THE CITY'S VALUES WERE, AND THEY ALSO GAVE INSTRUCTION TO EVERY PERSON UP HERE THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'RE THE FINAL SAYERS. AND SO AT ANY POINT IN TIME, ANY ONE OF THE SEVEN MINUS, I DON'T KNOW, KINSEY WAS HERE OTHER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND.

WE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS, AND I THINK MAYBE WE COULD HAVE GONE BACK AND ASKED OTHER QUESTIONS.

BUT THE ANY KIND OF ISSUES REALLY RESTS WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE WERE ALL KIND OF GIVEN THE DIRECTION.

SO COMMUNICATION'S ALWAYS GOOD.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION TOMORROW.

YEAH. AND I AND I DO LIKE I UNDERSTAND YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS, SO WE WILL TOTALLY SUPPORT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE.

MY MAIN POINT OF BEING HERE IS JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR THAT WE USE THE FUNDS FOR WHAT WE WERE GIVEN MISCOMMUNICATION.

YES, I CLEARLY SAW IT FROM THE OUTSIDE.

I TRIED TO CLEAR IT UP AS BEST I CAN WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING HOW THINGS WORK.

TO NO AVAIL. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW NEXT TIME TO PUSH HARDER AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS IF IT WERE TO EVER HAPPEN AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T.

YEAH, AND JUST REACH OUT TO ANY OF US.

YEAH, YEAH. IF ANYBODY TELLS YOU THAT WE'RE TOO RUSHED TO DO ANYTHING OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME, WE'RE USUALLY HERE UNTIL 2:00 OR 3:00 OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GLADLY TO TALK FOR AN HOUR ABOUT $500 DEAL, SO WE'LL ALWAYS BE WILLING TO SPEND

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THE TIME TO TALK TO EVERYBODY.

WELL, THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT STAFFER TO YOU ALSO WAS I REMEMBER A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS REALLY WANTED IN DEPTH.

REVIEW OF THE FINANCIALS OF THE STAFF WOULD DO THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE BY COUNCILMAN, NECESSARILY IN THE PAST WHEN THEY JUST GET A PRESENTATION.

AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COMING UP AND GIVING GREAT REASONS WHY THEY NEED THE MONEY AND THEN THE COUNCIL MAKING A DECISION ON THE FLY, RIGHT? HMM. IT WAS GETTING STAFF TO ACTUALLY GRADE THINGS AND GIVE US REASONING BEHIND IT, AND THEN WE COULD STILL DO IT. SO I THINK MAYBE AN ENHANCEMENT WOULD BE TO DO THAT SAME PROCESS WE DID THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THEN ALSO BRING THE ORGANIZATIONS IN FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND THEN WE CAN COMBINE THE TWO AND MAKE IT A BETTER PROCESS.

YEAH, YEAH. YES, SIR.

I DEFINITELY AGREE. I THINK THAT WHENEVER IT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE SCORE SHEET AND THE CRITERIA, IT WAS WORDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD STRONG MISSION, STRONG VALUES, BUT IT WAS ALMOST KIND OF TO ME, PRESENTED IN A WELL, THEY DIDN'T USE THE MONEY HOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. SO FOR ME, IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE LIKE, WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ABSOLUTELY WANTED OR ALLOCATED FOR ME, IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE NO RIGHT.

SO I DEFINITELY THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS BACK UP BECAUSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CLEAR THAT AIR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S HOW I READ IT AND THAT'S HOW I HEARD IT.

SO WHETHER IT'S A COUNCIL MISCOMMUNICATION OR STAFF OR I'M NOT REALLY HERE TO PLACE BLAME WHATSOEVER, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT.

YEAH, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL GO INTO MY PRESENTATION, SO AGAIN, IT'S IT'S KIND OF PERFECT TIMING THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT.

SO OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR AT THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, IS ONE VISION BEING THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A HIPPO AS THE MASCOT.

WE WANT TO SHOW THE WORLD THE POWER OF THE HIPPO, SO IT'S ONE VISION, ONE HIPPO, ONE HUTTO. SO OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR THAT WE ASKED TO BE RECONSIDERED.

OH, I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED AHEAD.

SO OUR MISSION IS TO.

HERE WE GO. OUR MISSION IS TO PARTNER WITH HUTTO ISD TO ENHANCE, ENRICH, MOTIVATE, MAXIMIZE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN HIPPO NATION.

SO THIS COMES IN THE FORM OF TEACHER GRANTS, WHICH WE CALL OUR EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION GRANTS TEACHER AND FACULTY STUDENT IMPACT GRANTS, WHERE WE GET TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS DIRECTLY AND THEN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WHICH WAS BACK IN 2006, THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS FUNDED OVER $1 MILLION IN TEACHER AND FACULTY GRANTS, STUDENT GRANTS, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, ET CETERA.

SO OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR IS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN OUR IMPACT AS THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW.

THESE FUNDS WILL HELP US INCREASE OUR REACH THROUGH OUR GRANT PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR, WE ARE PLANNING ON GIVING 20 PERCENT MORE IN EXCELLENCE.

EDUCATION GRANTS TWENTY FIVE PERCENT MORE IN STUDENT IMPACT GRANTS AND APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT MORE IN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

WE ARE HUTTO, SO THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HUTTO, AS MENTIONED ON THE CITY OF HUTTO WEBSITE, AND IT'S GROWING AT A RAPID RATE.

AS WE ALL KNOW AT THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WE WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE ARE DEDICATED TO CONTINUING TO FUND CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THAT MAKES HIPPO HIPPO NATION THE PREMIER CHOICE IN EDUCATION.

PARTNERING WITH US MEANS SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND STAFF DURING A CRUCIAL TIME AND INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE LEADERS.

NOW, MORE THAN EVER, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, HOW DO I ISD NEEDS A VILLAGE TO RALLY AROUND THEM? SO JOIN US AS WE FOCUS ON ONE VISION HOW DO ISD CONTINUES TO BE THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE CITY OF HUTTO? APPROXIMATELY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS AND FACULTY ARE ALUMNI THAT HAVE RETURNED HOME TO TEACH. 80 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN HUTTO ISD ARE ALSO HUTTO RESIDENTS.

SO THESE STUDENTS ARE YOUR FUTURE.

WE PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH, INSPIRE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH COLLEGE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO RETURN HOME TO BEGIN THEIR CAREERS.

SO HERE'S A LITTLE SNAPSHOT.

SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S COMING THROUGH LIKE THIS, BUT THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS, OUR EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN, OUR SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, OUR PROGRAMS ARE THRIVING.

SO THIS YEAR, THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDED THIRTY TWO INNOVATIVE GRANTS TOTALING ONE HUNDRED AND NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES THE GRANT PATROL THAT WE DO THAT REALLY MAKES IT SINK IN AS TO WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

SO IN JUST TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, THE GRANT THAT YOU GAVE US WASN'T FOR PROGRAMING, BUT BECAUSE WE VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP, WE VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP.

WE THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE TWO OF US TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.

WE CONSTANTLY TAKE YOU WITH US IN THESE IN THESE GRANT PATROLS.

WE PUT YOUR NAME ON THE CHECK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR ORGANIZATION.

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SO YOU'RE ONE WITH US.

SO EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN, WE MENTION THE CITY OF HUTTO IN OUR IN OUR PATROLS.

NEXT UP, THE STUDENT IMPACT GRANTS.

THIS YEAR, WE AWARDED FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN STUDENT DRIVEN GRANTS.

AND SO THIS THESE ARE INITIATIVES THAT THE STUDENTS COME UP WITH.

SO THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE ON THEIR CAMPUS, IN THEIR CLASSROOM, DISTRICT WIDE, THESE ARE STUDENT DRIVEN IDEAS.

AND THE GOOD PART ABOUT THIS, THEY HAVE TO PARTNER WITH A TEACHER WHO IS LIKE THEIR TEACHER SPONSOR.

SO THE TEACHER OVERSEES THE FUNDING, THE PURCHASING, YOU KNOW, TURNING IN ALL THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS.

BUT THIS IS OUR FUTURE AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES WHAT WE DO SO IMPORTANT.

SO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, SO OUR SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PREDOMINANTLY FUNDED BY OUR ENDOWMENT WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SOLID WASTE.

SO WE GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE TIPPING FEES FROM WILKO THAT WE PUT IN AN ENDOWMENT, AND THE EARNINGS FROM THAT FUND ARE SCHOLARSHIPS EACH YEAR.

SO IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WE FUNDED 18 HUTTO HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS AT $20000 AND THREE RETURNING SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AT FIVE THOUSAND.

SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT WHAT WE DO IF YOU GET A SCHOLARSHIP AS A SENIOR, IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. YOU ARE ABLE TO APPLY EACH YEAR IN COLLEGE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO KIND OF SEE YOU THROUGH. WE REALLY WANT TO BE THERE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THROUGH COLLEGE.

WE HAVE A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.

CHECK SPECIFICALLY STACY.

SO ANY HUTTO ISD GRADUATE IN THEIR THIRD OR FOURTH SEMESTER THAT'S IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING AUTOMATICALLY GETS A SCHOLARSHIP FOR $500 THAT THE STACY FOUNDATION MATCHES.

SO AGAIN, JUST SEEING OUR STUDENTS THROUGH AND BUILDING BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT SAYS THANK YOU, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT VERY WELL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

WE DO. WE VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DID RIGHT BY YOU.

WE DID RIGHT BY WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE GRANT WAS FUNDED FOR, AND WE DID REALLY BIG THINGS WITH THE MONEY THAT WE WERE GIVEN IN 2021.

YEAH. SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CLAUDIA, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE USING THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION GRANTS SPECIFICALLY, LIKE HOW THE TEACHERS USE THE FUNDING THAT Y'ALL HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST? ABSOLUTELY. SO ONE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT IS MS. DEIDRE MILLING. SHE IS A DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST AT ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE TOOLS THAT SHE GETS FROM, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE GREAT.

BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND SHE HAD THIS REALLY CREATIVE LIKE, I WANT TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, I WANT TO PROVIDE MORE FOR MY STUDENTS.

SO SHE FOUND THIS PEN CALLED THE C PEN, AND SHE APPLIED FOR A GRANT AND WE REVIEWED IT.

WE SCORED IT. WE FUNDED IT.

SO THIS PEN ALLOWS STUDENTS TO TAKE THE PEN AND SCAN IT OVER TEXT AND THE PEN TALKS TO THEM. THE PEN TELLS THEM WHAT WORDS THEY'RE READING.

THE PEN CAN LOOK UP A SPECIFIC WORD AND TELL THE KID WHAT IT MEANS.

THE PEN CAN TRANSLATE TO OTHER LANGUAGES.

SO THIS TOOL HAS TOTALLY TAKEN HER TEACHING CAPABILITIES TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL, AND SHE'S ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HER STUDENTS MORE BECAUSE OF THIS TOOL THAT WE PROVIDED.

ANOTHER ONE YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE PICTURE.

A COUPLE OF STUDENTS ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON RECYCLING, AND THEY SAW THIS AWESOME NEW STADIUM GOING IN AND THEY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PLASTIC THAT COMES OUT OF THAT STADIUM.

WE WANT RECYCLE BINS AS MANY AS WE CAN GET IN THAT STADIUM.

SO THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION REVIEWED THE APPLICATION.

IT WAS SCORED AGAINST ALL THE OTHER APPLICANTS AND IT WAS SELECTED TO BE FUNDED.

SO I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, FROM BOOKS.

ONE OF THEM WAS CALLED I LIKE BIG BOOKS AND I CANNOT LIE.

AND SO IT WAS A LIBRARY OF BIG BOOKS FOR THE TEACHER TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HER STUDENTS. DANA COOPER AT NADINE JOHNSON.

ELEMENTARY RECEIVED EIGHT GRANTS THIS YEAR.

SHE HAS A VENDING MACHINE WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO AND PUT COINS IN HER SPECIAL COINS AND GET A BOOK, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS READ AND LEARN SHE HAS BICYCLES WHERE KIDS CAN SIT AND READ AND WRITE AND READ.

SO JUST SUPER CREATIVE THINGS THAT ONLY INSPIRE KIDS LOVE OF LEARNING FURTHER THAN WHAT A TYPICAL LIBRARY WOULD.

SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW TO KIND OF SPOTLIGHT WHAT WE DO.

HOW MANY APPLICATIONS DO YOU TYPICALLY GET? SO THIS YEAR, I THINK WE HAD 42 AND WE WERE ABLE TO FUND 32 WITH THE STUDENT IMPACT GRANTS. I THINK WE FUNDED SIX AND THERE WERE MAYBE LIKE 10 OR 11.

SO WE WE KEEP SEEING MORE INTEREST WITH THE STUDENT IMPACT GRANTS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO INSPIRE IN OUR KIDS BECAUSE IT'S SO IT'S SO SWEET TO SEE

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A APPLICATION WRITTEN IN A FIRST GRADERS HANDWRITING LIKE IT JUST WARMS THE HEART.

AND I THINK SECRETLY, THAT'S MOST OF OUR FAVORITE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE GET TO, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS AND CELEBRATE WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND DOING WITH NOT GETTING FUNDED THIS YEAR.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND AS MUCH OR AS MANY? OR WHAT'S THAT REALLY LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND NUMBER OF STUDENTS HELPED OR NOT HELPED? YEAH. SO I JUST KEEP GOING.

I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, SO WE HAD MORE CORPORATE PARTNERS THIS YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN.

WE MOVE THAT FROM A PAPER CAMPAIGN TO A COMPLETELY ONLINE CAMPAIGN, SO IT WAS EASIER FOR EMPLOYEES TO GIVE.

WE HAVE THE STICKER CAMPAIGN.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING US, I COME UP WITH A STICKER FOR EVERY EVERYTHING.

AND SO IN EXCHANGE FOR A DONATION TO THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, YOU GET A STICKER OF YOUR CHOICE. SO JUST DIFFERENT WAYS OF CONNECTING TO THE COMMUNITY, CREATING EXCITEMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S SUPPORT, BUT IF NOT, I MEAN, WE WILL GO ON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND IF I RECALL THIS MORNING AT THE POWER BREAKFAST, DR.

STRADA THOMAS MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE 9100 STUDENTS IN THE ISD RIGHT NOW, PROJECTING ABOUT 10000 FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THE TAX DOLLARS ONLY GO SO FAR.

MM HMM. ALL RIGHT. JUST GOOD NUMBERS.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE. ALL RIGHT.

DID ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO ADD TO OR ANYTHING JUST FROM YOUR COULD YOU COME, COULD YOU COME OVER TO THE PODIUM? THIS IS ELIZABETH MCMASTER'S, OUR NEW PRESIDENT.

YOU WERE ASKING WHAT WE HAVE FUNDED, SO IF THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION WAS THE FIRST TO FUND THE ROBOTICS PROGRAM, SO AND YOU CAN SEE HOW AMAZING THAT PROGRAM HAS GONE, SO IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE'VE WON FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

YEAH, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, AND IT HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY WHERE IT STARTED JUST WITH A FEW KIDS. AND NOW IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STARTS AT THE ELEMENTARY, RAISING THESE KIDS INTO THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE LEARNING, MARKETING, SPIRIT ENGINEERING, WRITING, THE NOTEBOOKS AND THEN PROGRAMING. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS FUNDING BECAUSE I HAVE BIGGER PICTURE? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE OUR CORPORATE DRIVE FROM FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY TO MARCH.

THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY DO OUR BIG PUSH.

YOU KNOW, FOR FOR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT WE ACCEPT PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

YOU WILL ALL BE GETTING AN INVITATION.

WE ARE HAVING A CORPORATE DRIVE KICKOFF ON MARCH 10TH AND IT'LL BE AT THE STADIUM.

WE'LL HAVE SOME GRANTS IN ACTION, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME DIFFERENT ONES THAT I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THEM IN ACTION.

WE'LL HAVE REFRESHMENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AT HUTTO MEMORIAL STADIUM.

OK. SO JUST TO.

PUT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M JUST NOT NOT WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH AT THE CITY LEVEL.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A POLICY OF SPENDING ONE PERCENT ON OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING.

AND SO I NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE SIT ON THAT.

IF WE ARE GOING TO ADD MORE FUNDING TO IT.

SO I'D WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

SECOND, WE ARE AWARE JUST NOW THAT WE NEED FUNDING FOR THE PARKS AND THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS THAT WE WANT.

AND SO WE NEED TO BALANCE THE PRIORITY OF FUNDING THE PARKS AND FUNDING THIS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, RESTORED RECREATION PROGRAMS AND LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THE BENEFIT OF DOING THIS IN THE BUDGET CYCLE IS THAT WE'RE WEIGHING EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND WE HAVE COMPETING THINGS COMING IN AND IT'S.

I DON'T WANT TO RUSH AND FUND SOMETHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION AND PRIORITIZE IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE BUDGET, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO FUND A PROGRAM.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO DO OTHER THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. I'D LIKE TO JUST SORT OF TAG OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON SAID, AND I'M SORT OF LATE TO THE PARTY HERE, BUT.

THE ONE PERCENT THAT'S DICTATED BY OUR AND I THINK IT'S IN THE CHARTER THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.

THERE'S A REASON THAT WE DO IT AT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND I AM I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING THE.

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THE MISCOMMUNICATION THAT THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED, MAYBE FROM BOTH FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR ME.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD PRECEDENT FOR THE COUNCIL TO MIDSTREAM MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET AND AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HGF, RIGHT? IT'S THE PRECEDENT THAT IS WHAT MIGHT BE SAID OF ORGANIZATIONS COMING AND OH, I MISSED THE DEADLINE AND OR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE GOOD GRACES OF THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THEIR FUNDING.

AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE COMMUNICATION WAS RIGHT BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS FROM CITY STAFF IN THAT IN THAT INITIAL PROCESS.

AND MAYBE THAT WAS A LESSON THAT.

MM HMM. SO YOUR STAFF AND COUNCIL COULD HAVE LEARNED, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM WITH THIS WHOLE THING IS I JUST I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ABSOLUTELY THE MESSAGE THAT WE WOULD BE SENDING.

SURE. I DO WANT TO NOTE, THOUGH, THAT OUR STUFF WAS ON TIME AND COMPLETELY COMPOSED.

AND AGAIN, MY MAIN POINT BEING HERE IS TO CLEAR THE AIR, CLEAR OUR NAME BECAUSE WE DID, AS WE WERE TOLD TO DO WITH OUR GRANT FROM 2020.

AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THIS IS MORE OF AN APPEAL.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SET UP, I DON'T THINK, TO ADDRESS APPEALS WITH THIS, ESPECIALLY NOT NOW IN FEBRUARY.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT WHATSOEVER.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE DIDN'T LET YOU GUYS PRESENT, SO THAT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN AN OVERSIGHT AND TIMING ISSUE.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD NECESSARILY SET A PRECEDENT.

IT'S UNPRECEDENTED THAT WE DIDN'T LET YOU GUYS PRESENT AND THEN WHEN YOU GUYS COULD HAVE CLEARED THE AIR RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A FAIR POINT TO BE MADE.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND ALL TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

BUT CLEARLY A MISTAKE WAS MADE.

AND I KNOW WITH EDUCATION GRANTS IMPACTS, I MEAN, THOSE ARE HUGE IN OUR STUDENTS LIVES.

SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT I'M NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF FUNDING THE WHOLE THING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS MAY BE ABLE TO TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR WITHOUT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT NEXT YEAR, FOR SOME REASON, WE DON'T APPROVE SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR THAT WE DO REMEMBER THAT AND THAT IS NOTED IN THE NEXT YEAR'S PROCESS. AND HOPEFULLY THOSE DETAILED NOTES WILL BE INCLUDED.

AND YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S MORE THE PRECEDENT THAT WE SHOULD WE SHOULD GO WITH.

I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY AND THE FACT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S WE'RE IN DANGER OF CONFUSING ANYTHING WITH THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS WAS CHANGED UP A BIT ON Y'ALL, UNBEKNOWNST TO EVERYBODY.

AND SO HERE YOU ARE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER OF US CHECKING WITH OUR CFO HOW HOW MUCH OF THE ONE PERCENT OF THAT WAS ALLOCATED AND IF IT'S NOT IN THE CARDS FOR US RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THERE'S FURTHER CONSIDERATION FOR US TO HAVE AS A COUNCIL TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A WE'RE IN DANGER OF SETTING ANY NEW PRECEDENTS FOR FUTURE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO FUND THIS YEAR OR NOT, WE STILL WANT A PARTNERSHIP WITH Y'ALL BECAUSE WE REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

YEARS PRIOR TO ME, JOINING A COUNCIL MEMBER HELD A POSITION ON OUR BOARD AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KRISTIE, THERE WAS ANOTHER PRESENTER, RIGHT? YES, YES, MAYOR.

WE DO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILLIAMSON AND BURNET COUNTIES, MARCO CRUZ HERE SPECIFICALLY ON BEHALF OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK YOU FOR HYPNOTIZING ME THIS LATER EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THAT THAT WAS FUN.

I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR HAMPTON AND BURNET COUNTIES. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF WHO WE ARE.

WE ARE THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR WILLIAMSON AND BURNING COUNTIES.

WE GO WAY BACK ALL THE WAY TO LBJ.

SO OUR FOUNDATION STARTS WITH PROGRAMS THAT WERE FOUNDED AND PUSHED AND RUN THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL TEXAS PRESIDENT JOHNSON, PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN THE WAR ON POVERTY, THE EQUAL

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OPPORTUNITY ACT. SO OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE.

OUR AGENCY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE.

WE'RE GOOD AT WHAT WE DO.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER MANY DECADES.

SO OUR AGENCY, I JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO.

SO WE ALSO HAVE THE HEAD START PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A HEAD START PROGRAM HERE IN HUTTO.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM.

WE PROVIDE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, RENT ASSISTANCE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE SOON TO BE WATER ASSISTANCE. SO A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY.

AND SO WE WE PROVIDE THAT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THOSE ARE ALL FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS.

SO THESE ARE GRANTS THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING AS LONG AS WE DO WELL.

AND THANK GOD, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE SIXTY FIVE.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE DONE WELL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO WITH THAT SAID, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WAS ALSO AROUND BACK IN SIXTY FIVE THAT GOT LAUNCHED WAS THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.

SO THE MEALS ON WHEELS, WE DO SERVE BURNETT AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES.

WE DO HAVE FIVE KITCHENS THROUGHOUT BOTH COUNTIES.

FOUR OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY HERE AND WE HAMPTON COUNTY.

WE ALSO HAVE FIVE SIX CONGREGATE SITES CONGREGATE, MEANING THAT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.

WE HAVE A KITCHEN.

THEY GATHER. WE HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE OLDER PERSONS.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, WITH COVID, WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE OPEN AS OF THIS WEEK.

WE NOW HAVE ALL THOSE SIX SITES OPEN.

AND IT'S AND IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE WHO LIVES IN WIMS IN A BURNING COUNTIES.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A COVID YEAR, SO THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DOWN.

BUT WE DID SERVE TO 220000 MEALS TO ALL OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS.

WE DID HAVE OVER 12000 ON DUPLICATED PERSONS WHICH DELIVERED TO THEIR HOMES.

WE DID NOT HAVE.

WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE WAY TO COUNT WHAT WE CALL CONGREGATE.

EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT DELIVER OR WE DID NOT HAVE THEM COME IN, WE DID DELIVER TO THEM SEPARATELY AND THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 500 PERSONS.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE THE CONGREGATE MEALS PERSON OR PARTICIPANTS CAN ACTUALLY COME TO OUR SITE. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET IN A CAR, COME TO OUR SITE AND GET GET THE FREE MEALS. THE OTHER ONES, WE ACTUALLY DO AN ASSESSMENT.

WE GO TO THEIR HOME, THEY APPLY.

WE VISIT WITH THEM.

WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HOMEBOUND SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COME OUT AND GROCERY SHOP, COOK FOR THEMSELVES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE ALSO COMPLETE A FULL ASSESSMENT ON HOW THEY HOW THEY'RE DOING SO A WELLNESS CHECK.

SO WE CERTIFY THAT.

AND THEN WE WE PUT THEM IN OUR SYSTEM AND WE GET THEM A MEAL, USUALLY THE NEXT DAY.

WE HAVE A LARGE VOLUNTEER BASE, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 400 VOLUNTEERS.

IT COULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON.

WE HAVE CORPORATIONS, WE HAVE ERCOT IS ONE THAT DOES IT, DELL DOES IT.

SO WE HAVE CORPORATIONS THAT DO IT AS A TEAM.

SOMETIMES CHURCHES AS WELL, THEY DO IT AS WELL FOR US AND LOTS OF TIMES IT'S JUST INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO GIVE SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY OR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'LL VOLUNTEER, SAY, WELL, I'LL DO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'VE GOT SIX PERSONS THAT ARE THAT I WANT TO GET A MEAL FOR.

THEY'LL COME IN TO VOLUNTEER AND THEY'LL HELP US GET THOSE MEALS TO THESE PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ALL VETTED.

THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL CHECKED THROUGH, I GUESS, THROUGH LICENSING.

SO WE HAVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT PERSONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SUSPECT VISITING OUR OUR OUR CONGREGANTS ARE, NOR ARE OUR CLIENTS.

SO WE DO LOTS OF TRAINING.

WE CAN TRAIN THEM ON BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? ARE THEY TAKING THEIR MEDICATION, VISIT WITH THEM? WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY FALL DOWN? WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE DOOR AND THEN WE DO A RIDE ALONG WITH THEM, SOMETIMES BECAUSE SOME OF OUR CLIENTS CAN'T GET TO THE DOOR IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO IF YOU KNOCK? THEY DON'T COME TO THE DOOR. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE.

IT JUST MEANS IT MAY TAKE THEM A WHILE TO GET TO THE DOOR.

SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

SO WE WE'RE VERY, VERY MUCH.

MUCH IN TUNE WITH OUR CLIENTS, SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF IT IN A NUTSHELL.

WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN FUNDED FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR ABOUT $10000, SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES HAPPEN IS WE ARE GOVERNMENT FUNDED MOSTLY IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, MEALS ON WHEELS.

WE'RE ONLY FUNDED BY ABOUT 60 PERCENT.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT GET MONEY FROM FOUNDATIONS AND ALL THIS.

WE DO ALL THAT WE GET.

WE HIT EVERY FOUNDATION WE CAN.

ANYBODY THAT'S HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE PARTNER WITH THEM, WE PARTNER WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

WE MAY NEED TO MAKE UP THAT 40 PERCENT.

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WE HAVE FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE A CLAY SHOOT. WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT WE CALL A STYLE SHOW.

WE HAVE AMPLIFY AUSTIN.

IN FACT, THIS YEAR WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST YEAR KNOWING THAT WHEN COVID HIT, THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO OUR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES IN PERSON.

SO WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED A VERY, VERY NICE CAMPAIGN WHERE WE DO THINGS ONLINE.

SO DONATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY THEY'RE COMING IN.

BUT AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD, DONATIONS ARE GOOD.

WHEN TIMES ARE BAD, YOU PRAY THAT THEY CONTINUE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO THE DONATIONS HAVE COME UP BECAUSE WE'VE GONE ELECTRONIC.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE, BY THE WAY, 0W WBC X.ORG AND YOU CAN DONATE, THERE'S A DONATE BUTTON AND YOU CAN DONATE TO ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE MAKE IT.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE MAKE UP THAT 40 PERCENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TODAY, LITERALLY JUST I OBVIOUSLY WAS HERE FOR THE ROOM IN THE ROOM FOR HEARING THAT PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.

AND SO I WILL SAY THIS AND COUNCILMAN, I HEAR WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S FUNDING OR NOT ANY FUNDING. I WILL TELL YOU THIS THAT ANY FUNDING FOR US WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

WE'RE ASKING FOR 15000.

AGAIN, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN FUNDED FOR 10000.

AND AGAIN, SOMEHOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE FIGURE IT OUT.

WE FOUND A DONOR.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DONATE THAT ARE ON OUR LISTS THAT ARE YEARLY DONORS, AND THEY LOVE THESE PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL WITH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS WHEN PERSONS PASS AWAY.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WILL THEIR INHERITANCE TO US BECAUSE THEY JUST LOVE THIS PROGRAM.

THEY CAME, THEY SAT, THEY PLAYED DOMINOES, THEY PLAYED LOTTERY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE ALL KINDS WE HAD.

WE HAVE A BAND COME IN ONE OF OUR CONGREGATE SITES AND THEY JAM OUT.

THE OLDER GENTLEMAN COME OUT AND THEY JAM OUT.

SO THEY PLAY MUSIC, THEY PLAY BOARD GAMES, AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS THAT HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN THEM ON AND DOMINOES? THEY WILL. THEY WILL TAKE YOU DOWN.

THAT IS. YEAH, THERE'S THERE ARE SOME CHAMPIONS OUT THERE, SOME DOMINO CHAMPIONS OUT THERE, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

IT'S IT'S CONGREGATING.

IT'S BEING OUT THERE, IT'S VISITING WITH THEM, DOING WELLNESS CHECKS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE TAKING THEIR MEDICATION.

ADDITIONALLY, I'M NOT ASKING FOR THIS, BUT ADDITIONALLY TO THAT WE ALSO HAVE A PET PROGRAM. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR CLIENTS WE HAD DISCOVERED IS THAT WE WOULD FEED THEM.

WE'D BRING THEIR MEAL.

AND THEY WOULD FEED HALF OF IT TO THEIR PET BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PET FOOD.

AND SO ONCE WE FIGURED THAT OUT, WELL, SO WE HAD TO GET A PARTNERSHIP TO TO HAVE A PET PROGRAM. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS WILL BRING SOMEONE A BAG OF PET FOOD, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND SAY, LOOK, WE'VE GOT YOUR DOG COVERED AND GOT YOUR CAT COVERED.

THE MEAL THAT I'M PROVIDING YOU TODAY IS FOR YOU.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT OUR MEALS IS THAT THEY ARE SCRATCH.

OK. SO THIS IS NOT THE BANQUET MEALS OR THE TV DINNERS THAT YOU SEE.

WE DON'T PURCHASE THOSE.

WE ACTUALLY DO.

OUR STAFF SHOWS UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THEY BEGIN TO COOK AND WE DO TWO THINGS. WE NOT ONLY COOK FOR OUR OUR ELDERLY PERSONS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO COOK FOR OUR MEALS ON OUR HEAD START CHILDREN.

SO OUR COOKS, THEY HIT, THEY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

THEY MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN HAVE BREAKFAST, THEY HAVE LUNCH AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SNACK.

IN ADDITION TO THIS GROUP, BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT FUNDED, WE HAVE LOTS OF REGULATIONS.

WE'VE GOT MANUALS, WE'VE GOT A ON-SITE NUTRITIONIST WHO VERIFIES WHAT TYPE OF MEALS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. SO THEY'RE NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED.

WE WE HAVE TO VERIFY ALL THAT ON WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT OVER, YOU KNOW, HITTING ANY PARTICULAR THE CATEGORIES.

SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET A PROTEIN OF A GRAIN AND A VEGETABLE.

YEAH. SO AND ALL THE CALORIES ARE COUNTED.

SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERIFIED THROUGH A NUTRITIONIST.

SO THAT'S THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THOSE ARE THAT ELDERLY, DISABLED CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX AND THOSE THAT ARE THAT ARE DISABLED.

WE'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, GOING BACK TO 65, AND WE'RE GOOD AT IT.

SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY IS GROWING, SO WE EXPECT MORE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR CLIENTS. AND I DON'T EVER, EVER, EVER WANT TO TELL SOMEONE WHEN THEY CALL US ON THE PHONE AND SAY, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON A WAIT LIST.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR FOUR YEARS.

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WE'VE NEVER, EVER TURNED ANYBODY DOWN.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

WE FOUND IT. WE MADE IT HAPPEN.

AND IT'S THESE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE WILLING TO ADJUST ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO.

ANY KIND OF CONTRIBUTION FROM.

YOU GUYS DOES HELP US.

IT REDUCES OUR COST.

AND THEN IT ALSO TELLS US, WELL, WE'VE GOT A FUNDRAISER AT ANOTHER, ANOTHER LEVEL OR ANOTHER PLACE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL I HAVE I HAVE A FEW, SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR HOW TO SEW YOUR BURN IT AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY CORRECT OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE POPULATION, WHAT PERCENT OF THAT IS HOW TO THAT YOU SERVICE? IT'S TWO PERCENT. IT'S A LITTLE OVER TWO PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION BETWEEN GORDON AND WEIGHS OK.

AND I I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THIS ONE, AND I THINK IT WAS OF NOTE THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T A STRATEGIC OUTREACH PLAN.

HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN WORKING ON THAT OR MADE ANY SORT OF LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN THAT AREA? WE'RE STILL IN PROCESS.

YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL IN PROCESS.

I'LL BE HONEST, COBRA DID HIT US PRETTY HARD.

I'VE ACTUALLY LOST 40 POSITIONS.

SO I'M TRYING TO MAINTAIN GROUND.

I'M GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HONEST.

BUT I DO. WE DO WANT TO DO OUTREACH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS HAS BEEN VERY GOOD COMING OUT FROM COVID IS THAT WE HAVE GONE ELECTRONIC. WE WERE IN THE DARK AGES.

I WANT TO BE HONEST AND I USED TO WORK FOR HEAD START FOR FOUR YEARS.

SO I KNOW WHAT.

OH, OH, WE'VE CHANGED.

I WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS.

YEAH, SO I KNOW.

BUT WE HAVE.

SO OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS ARE PICKING UP.

WE'LL TELL YOU THIS THAT WE'RE USING EVERY ELECTRONIC MEANS THAT WE CAN.

SO YES, WE DO.

I DO HAVE A I HIRED A MARKETING PERSON JUST TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON A MARKETING PLAN ON HOW TO GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE HERE'S THE SAD PART ABOUT IT. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN AT IT SINCE NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE. THAT'S A REALLY SAD THING TO SAY, AND IT'S GOTTEN BETTER.

WE'VE JOINED A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS.

I'M TRYING TO GET MORE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF WILLIAMS AND CO.

TO GET THE WORD OUT.

BUT BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

I'M GOING TO BE HONEST. WELL.

RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, RICK.

READY. ROCK HUDSON.

EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, ROCK HUDSON, 12.7, RON DICKOV LAST YEAR I SPOKE ON THIS AND I SPOKE ABOUT MY OPPOSITION TO HAVING ANY SORT OF CITY FUNDING FOR A ENTITY THAT IS BASED WHOLLY OR IN PART ON A TAXING ENTITY.

CURRENTLY, THE ISD TAXES ME AT A RATE APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES WHAT I PAY TO THE CITY.

I'M CURIOUS IF THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION RECEIVES $75000 IN GRANT MONEY FROM THE ISD, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE IN VERY CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH.

FOR SOME REASON, I DOUBT THAT IS THE CASE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, I THINK, ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

ONE ORGANIZATION IS VERY CLEARLY IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE FROM SOMEONE, AND THEY'RE ASKING THE CITY FOR IT. THE OTHER ORGANIZATION IS EXPANDING THEIR EXISTING PROGRAM AND SAYS THEY CAN GET BY WITHOUT THE CITY'S ASSISTANCE.

THE CITY IS NOT IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE.

WE HAVE MONEY THAT $25000 CAN FIX SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES AND PARKS.

I SAY MY OPINION.

WE TAKE CARE OF THE CITY WITH CITY MONEY.

NOT OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT CAN GET MONEY FROM OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, THE TAXES ARE ENOUGH ALREADY. THANK YOU.

THANKS, SIR. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS WITH THE OVERALL PROCESS.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE GENERALLY A COMMUNICATION ISSUE.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATION ISSUE FROM POTENTIALLY THE CITY TO NONPROFITS THAT UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS AND PUT THE STUFF IN ON TIME.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATION ISSUE BETWEEN CITY, THOSE NON-PROFITS AND COUNCIL.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATION ISSUES WITH NON-PROFITS THAT ARE UNAWARE OF OUR PROCESS, SO THEY

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DIDN'T EVEN APPLY.

WHICH LEADS ME TO THE SECOND THING THAT I SEE IS IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A PROCESS ISSUE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GONE BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE I HAVE YET TO HEAR OF A CHARITY THAT I DON'T THINK IS.

WORTHY OF MONEY.

I MEAN, EVERY CHARITY JUST HASN'T HAPPENED THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY COUPLE OF YEARS HERE.

AND SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED A PROCESS FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A WAY FOR US TO SCORE AND SET WHAT OUR WHAT OUR MISSIONS ARE, MISSIONS TO SUPPLY WHATEVER WE CAN AND NONPROFIT MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT IN MY MIND, MAYBE THEY THEY HELP THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A CITY SERVICE OR AN ISD SERVICE TO HELP WITH LIKE SENIOR CITIZENS.

THE HRC WITH FOOD, MADELEINE SANDBOX WITH TEEN MENTAL HEALTH.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO APPLY AND MONEY MAY BE GIVEN.

BUT IF WE HAVE A PROCESS, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT IS OUR GOAL AS A CITY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUT. I THINK IT'S LIKE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS. WE JUST LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND WE SAY, WELL, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT ORGANIZATION.

YOU CAN HAVE IT AND YOU CAN HAVE IT AND SOMEONE DOESN'T GET IT.

AND THEN WE'RE NOT NOTIFYING EVERYBODY.

SO. I'D ALMOST LIKE TO SEE US.

I'M A LITTLE HESITANT, I'M NOT NECESSARILY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT AS MUCH AS I AM DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION SEASON.

I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS DO DO THE MONEY AND THE BUDGETING AFTER THE ELECTION SEASON, BECAUSE THEN THEN YOU'RE NOT FUNNY IN PARKS BECAUSE IT COULD GET YOU VOTES. YOU'RE NOT FUNDING THE NONPROFIT BECAUSE IT COULD GET YOU VOTES.

YOU'RE JUST MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON MARY.

I THINK THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT YOU'RE MAKING PERSONALLY.

I HAD ANOTHER NONPROFIT REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT AN ISSUE AROUND CHRISTMASTIME.

IF I COULD JUST PLEASE FINISH MY THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU. SO THESE ARE MY FEELINGS.

OK. AND SO.

I'D ALMOST LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THE PROCESS TO DO THIS AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH, GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO ALL CHARITIES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT WHAT NONPROFITS WERE COMMUNICATED TO WHAT WEREN'T.

AND I'M REALLY AFRAID OF A OF WE DO THIS AGAIN.

AND THEN ANOTHER NONPROFIT COMES UP AND SAYS, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A PROCESS HERE.

WHAT IS THAT? AND THEN WE DO IT AGAIN, AND SO WE CAN STILL GET THAT DONE FAIRLY SOON, I THINK. AND THEN MY LAST ONE WAS ALREADY KIND OF SAID, THERE'S MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.

WE SHOULD DEVELOP A WAY TO SCORE AND RANK THOSE.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST MY FEELINGS.

BUT SACHSE COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY, I AGREE WITH ABOUT 80 PERCENT OR SO OF WHAT YOU SAY.

I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THERE DOES NEED TO BE A BETTER PROCESS FOR THESE MS. COMMUNICATIONS DON'T CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WAS A PRECEDENT.

I THINK IT WAS MORE THE EXCEPTION THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM THOSE OUTSIDE FUNDING.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT BEING ELECTION SEASON.

I HAD A NONPROFIT REACH OUT TO ME THAT WE DID FUND, BUT SHE WAS UNSURE OF THE AMOUNT.

AND WHEN WAS IT HAPPENING? I ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION AND ALL THAT HAPPENED AROUND CHRISTMAS, AND I'M NOT UP FOR REELECTION AND I'VE BEEN.

PUTTING THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION MAYBE HASN'T BEEN THERE, AND AGAIN, IS THAT A STAFF ISSUE COUNCIL, WHICHEVER.

BUT I JUST I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THAT'S AN OBTUSE ASSUMPTION TO ASSUME THAT IT'S JUST SOLELY BASED ON ELECTION SEASON BECAUSE I'M NOT UP FOR ELECTION AND I'VE HAD NONPROFITS REACH OUT TO ME. OTHER THAN THAT, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THERE TO BE AN EQUAL WAY OF SCORING.

I THINK THAT WHAT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRIED TO DO WAS A GOOD THING.

THEY HAD STAFF NUMBERED ONE THROUGH FOUR AND THEY GAVE US A TOTAL AVERAGE SCORE.

SO EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON SCORED EACH ONE.

AND THEN WE WERE GIVEN A BRIEF THREE SENTENCE SYNOPSIS ON EACH.

SO I'M NOT SURE IN WHICH WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE UPON THAT UPON THAT PROCESS.

BUT OVERALL, I THINK THAT THE CITY STAFF REALLY DID TRY TO TAKE THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM PRESENT TO JUST HAVE AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET WITH SOME JUST KIND OF BRIEF SCORING, SOME BRIEF TIDBITS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IT WAS MAYBE UNFORTUNATE THE WAY THAT SOME OF THOSE TIDBITS WERE PRESENTED. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS UP HERE AND PRIVY TO THE SPREADSHEET, BUT THE WAY THAT IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME WAS MORE NEGATIVE WAY THAT THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAD NOT USED THE MONEY APPROPRIATELY.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT I READ IT ON THE SPREADSHEET.

SO IF THAT'S MY MISINTERPRETATION, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

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BUT I AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO TO CLEAR THE AIR ON THAT.

I THINK IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

AND I I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF US MAKING AMENDMENTS ON MY SIDE.

I PERSONALLY, JUST FOR THOSE HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

I'M AN EDUCATOR AT HEART.

I'VE WORKED FOR HEADSTART, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.

IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR, BUT I DO AGREE THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET SEASON, THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING TO DO.

AND WITH THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED OUT, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON THAT PRECIPICE OF THE ONE PERCENT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN OUT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE NOTED IN FUTURE AND FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET SEASON.

FOR THOSE THAT MAYBE MISSED OUT ON FUNDING FOR US TO RECONSIDER THAT COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER, IF I COULD JUST ARTICULATE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING TONIGHT IS ABOUT THE ELECTION.

I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, WHETHER IT BE THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR OR ANY YEAR.

JUST THAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S I DON'T THINK IS GOOD IS YOU DON'T, IN MY OPINION, YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUDGET WISE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION SEASON BECAUSE ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE GOING TO START PUSHING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO A CERTAIN WAY.

WHEN YOU JUST DO ANYTHING BUDGET RELATED AFTER THE ELECTION SEASON, THEN WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A STREET BEING DONE.

LET'S SAY IN, WELL, LET'S SAY OLD TOWN.

WELL, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BECAUSE IT'S ELECTION SEASON, EVERYBODY WANTS TO IMPROVE OLD TOWN BECAUSE THERE'S MORE VOTERS THERE.

WHEN YOU DO THE PROCESS AFTER THE ELECTION, WHATEVER IT BE, ANYTHING WITH THE BUDGET, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU HAVE MORE OF A, I THINK, A LEVEL DECISION MAKING PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY KIND OF INTEREST.

SO I'M NOT SAYING ABOUT TONIGHT, IT'S JUST IN GENERAL FOR ME WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET ITEMS OTHER THAN LIKE A FOUNTAIN BREAKING AT A POND, THAT WAS UNEXPECTED.

THOSE ARE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

I THINK YOU DO, BUT THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO SAY.

DO YOU THINK A MISTAKE WAS MADE? IN THE BUDGET, DO YOU THINK A MISTAKE WAS MADE WITH OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING? I THINK THAT'S CLEAR AS DAY THAT THERE WAS MISTAKES IN COMMUNICATION, BUT THERE'S ALSO THERE'S THE AMERICAN LEGION.

I HAVEN'T TALKED TO OTHER.

FOR ALL I KNOW, THERE MAY BE FIVE OTHER NONPROFITS THAT DID NOT GET COMMUNICATED TO EFFECTIVELY. AND SO FOR ME TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ON TWO OR THREE NONPROFITS THAT I HEARD FROM. WHAT DO WE DO IF WE HAVE, LET'S SAY, WE HAVE $40000 LEFT IN OUR BUDGET AND WE DOLE THAT OUT TODAY? AND THEN TOMORROW WE FIND OUT THERE'S THREE MORE CHARITIES THAT WE BECAUSE OUR COMMUNICATION IS POOR, WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE TO THEM.

SO THEN WE JUST MADE THE MISTAKE ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS.

AND ALL I'M SUGGESTING IS WE HURRY UP AS A COUNCIL.

WE CAN'T DO IT NEXT WEEK, BUT WE START THE PROCESS IN MARCH.

WE GET THE COMMUNICATION OUT.

WE COME UP WITH THAT.

THEN WE CAN INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME UP AND PRESENT AND THEN WE CAN DO IT IN, SAY, APRIL OR MAY VERSUS MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT AND FIND OUT WE WE JUST MADE A MISTAKE.

WE JUST TRIED TO FIX ONE MISTAKE BY CREATING ANOTHER.

I JUST WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE.

THE MISTAKE, THE PROCESS, THE DEADLINE WAS THERE.

ALL OF THOSE THAT APPLIED IT WAS THEIR BLACK AND WHITE.

WE GOT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

HOWEVER, THE THREE SENTENCES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US WERE NOT MADE IN AN ACCURATE LIGHT. THAT IS THE MISTAKE THAT I'M REFERRING TO, NOT JUST OPENING THE FLOODGATES TO ALLOW EVERYONE AND ANYONE TO JUST START APPLYING.

THAT'S NOT THE MISTAKE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE PROCESS WAS THERE.

IT WAS MADE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISCONNECT THERE IS FOR YOU.

I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HELP MAKE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HELP ME. I'M OK.

I JUST. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REFER YOU INTO THE PACKET.

YOU WILL SEE THE SETUP CITY OF HUTTO OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING CRITERIA.

THIS IS PART OF YOUR BUDGET POLICY.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE GIVEN AND ALL OF THE NONPROFITS THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN TO, OR THE NONPROFITS THAT REGISTER FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO.

THEY ARE NOTIFIED WHEN THIS PROCESS STARTS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANGIE AS SHE'S STARTING TO HER BUDGET PROCESS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING, SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT PART OF IT.

WHY IS THIS COMING UP? HOW DID WE COMMUNICATE TO THE NONPROFITS? I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING IF THEY REGISTER WITH THIS, THEY GOT IT.

BUT SO ALL NONPROFITS HAVE TO REGISTER.

AND SO IF THEY'RE REGISTERED RIGHT AND THEY ARE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF HUTTO, THEY HAVE A HUTTO MS..

NOT YES, YEAH, NOT WITH US, BUT AS A AS A NONPROFIT, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY HAVE TO TO SUBMIT GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION AS AN INSTITUTION, AS A NONPROFIT.

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SO IS IT AN EMAIL, A POSTCARD, A LETTER? IS IT A FACEBOOK BLAST OF SOME SAYING, HOW DID WE COMMUNICATE TO THEM? I DON'T RECALL HOW WE DID THAT WHEN WENT UP, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT WAS BEFORE I STARTED, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT WHEN SO I APOLOGIZE.

SO I WAS THIS PAST 20, 20 YEAR WHEN KIND OF ALL OF THIS WAS BORN OUT OF, YOU KNOW, NON PROCESS AND WHATNOT.

IT WAS COMMUNICATED TO US STAFF TO JUST REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO HAD APPLIED IN THE PAST.

AND SO WE HAVE AN ONGOING RECORD AND IT WAS IN THE PAST CONTROLLED BY FINANCE.

AND THEN WE WOULD WE WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE WHO HAD APPLIED IN THE PAST.

AND THAT'S HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS.

AND NOT EVERYONE WHO HAD APPLIED IN THE PAST WOULD APPLY IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THAT'S THOSE ARE THE CONTACTS THAT WE HAD.

AND NOW KNOWING AND BOBBY, HEY, IT'S ME, CHRISTY, HOW'S IT GOING? SEND ME AN EMAIL AND THAT'S KIND OF SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR NOT ONLY LIKE NONPROFITS, BUT WHO CONTACTS AS WELL.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING SO QUICKLY.

THERE'S SO MANY NEW FOLKS COMING THROUGH.

I MEAN, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH A GREAT PROCESS AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IN A MORE FLUID WAY.

OK, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT WHEN WHEN I'M ASKED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY, DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A MISTAKE MADE? IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE MADE IN TERMS OF BY NOT HAVING A PROCESS. WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO ALL NON-PROFITS.

WE JUST REACHED OUT TO THOSE WHO PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FUNDING, WHICH THEN LEADS ME TO BELIEVE. HOW MANY DID WE NOT HIT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NONPROFITS ARE IN HUTTO RIGHT NOW. AND IF THERE'S 50 AND WE REACHED OUT TO 10, THAT'S 40 LEFT OVER.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK FROM A MISTAKE THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE CAN INSTEAD OF RUSHING THIS. AND THAT'S ALL I SAY IS THAT.

AND I DO KNOW THAT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, WE HAVE, I'M GOING TO SAY 60 OR 70 THOUSAND KNOW HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE? YOU'RE ABOUT TO TELL US, AREN'T YOU? ISAAC WOULD IT BE REASONABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME IDEAS FOR PROCESSES THAT WOULD HELP THIS BE MORE STREAMLINE AND BRING IT TO COUNSEL FOR US TO DISCUSS ON THE 17TH OF MARCH? GIVE US A FEW WEEKS.

AND I'M JUST SAYING I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO GET EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE FINANCIALLY.

I I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF GIVING OUT MORE MONEY TODAY OR UNTIL THE NEXT CYCLE. I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SOLID IN OUR FINANCES.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE.

I DON'T WANT THIS PROCESS TO BE.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY MESSED UP, BUT JUST AS CONFUSING AS IT HAS BEEN FOR EVERYBODY.

SO I THINK IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO COME BACK AND I DON'T KNOW, IT SHOULD BE A WORK SESSION OR WHAT IT SHOULD BE FOR US TO KIND OF DISCUSS HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, LET ME SHARE A COUPLE OF IDEAS, JUST REALLY QUICK, SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY YES, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY SERVE YOU IN YOUR TIME BETTER IF WE WERE ABLE TO OUTLINE WHAT THE PROCESS WAS.

WHAT I DO NEED FROM YOU OR WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM YOU, COUNSEL, IS WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE AND CONCERNS ARE.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND THOSE TO ME.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND THOSE TO STACY AND THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE HERE.

IF THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS OR SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU DIDN'T EXPRESS THOSE HERE, PLEASE SEND THOSE TO MYSELF OR TO STACY SCHMITT HERE.

SO WHAT COUNSEL? WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE.

WE CAN OUTLINE TO YOU THE PROCESS, AND BASED ON YOUR CONCERNS, WE CAN OFFER YOU SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH IS THE BEST WAY YOU WANT TO GO.

HOPEFULLY, ANGIE TELLS US WE HAVE SOME MONEY BECAUSE IF SHE TELLS US WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE HAD A HUGE DISCUSSION AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY EASY TO GO AND YOU STARTED WITH ME. I COULD HAVE SAVED YOU SOME TIME.

YES, ANGIE. NEXT TIME, JUST YELL UP AND SAY, HOLD ON A SECOND.

WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE AVOIDED A WHOLE THE WHOLE THING IF YOU ACTUALLY STARTED WITH ME FIRST. EVEN THE AGENDA ITEM? MAYBE SO ONE OF THE THINGS TO REMEMBER IS ONE PERCENT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL NUMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BUDGET.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT CRITERIA, WHEN THAT TEAM WAS GIVEN THAT WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE ONE PERCENT FOR YOU.

WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU WITH THAT ALREADY IN THERE.

AND THAT'S WHY NOT EVERYBODY GOT WHAT THEY ASKED FOR BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FUND IT.

AND YOU CAN OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY, AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE YOUR LIVES A LOT, LOT HARDER BECAUSE ONE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET IS SMALL AND YOU ALREADY HAVE ALMOST HALF THIS YEAR.

ALMOST HALF OF THAT WAS ALREADY COMMITTED BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GIVE TO THE THE CRISIS CENTER, THE HOPE ALLIANCE, THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER AND TO THE HEALTH DISTRICT AND THE HEALTH DISTRICT. WHAT WE PAY THEM IS BASED ON THE POPULATION, SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING UP EVERY YEAR. IN FACT, I'M COMING BACK TO YOU NEXT WEEK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE WHEN THEY BUILD US, IT WAS MORE THAN I PUT IN THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE AGREED TO THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY PROMISED THAT WE WILL PAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND WE HAVE

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AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

SO WE TOOK THOSE NUMBERS.

WE KNEW WHAT THOSE THREE AGENCIES KIND OF ESTIMATED WHAT THEY WOULD GET, THE HEALTH CENTER, WE ESTIMATED WE KNOW WE HAVE 15 TO THE OTHERS.

AND THEN WE SAID, WHAT'S ONE PERCENT OF THE PROJECTED REVENUE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? AND WE CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER AND THAT'S WHAT WAS LEFT AND WHAT THEY CAME TO YOU WITH.

SO THERE'S NOT ANYTHING LEFT TO BE ALLOCATED.

SO AND I SAY THAT'S A VERY HARD DECISION, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR THE EMPLOYEES, I'M SURE, WHO ARE MAKING THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FUND EVERYONE.

ONE PERCENT IS VERY SMALL, SO THAT'S A HARD DECISION AND I KNOW THEY LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AREAS WHERE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD CITY SERVICES, YOU KNOW, AREAS THEY WOULD BE TO THE YMCA FOR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE NOT OFFERING RIGHT NOW OR TO, YOU KNOW THAT THE HUTTO RESOURCE CENTER, I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION UP HERE FOR YOU GUYS, TOO AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE AREAS. SO BUT THERE IS NO FUNDING RIGHT NOW FOR IT.

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS ASKED FOR IN ONE PERCENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE LEFTOVER WAS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND JUST FOR THOSE WATCHING AND THOSE ON COUNCIL THAT MAYBE CAN'T FIND THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

SO ONE EIGHTY FIVE WAS ASKED FOR ONE 20 IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE.

AND OF THAT, I BELIEVE I REMEMBER VERY SPECIFICALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ALLOCATED ALL 120. BUT RIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS ALREADY ALL ALLOCATED.

SO I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE.

AND JUST TO SAY THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON THE PROCESS AND MISTAKES WERE MADE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, APOLOGIZE WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THAT MISUNDERSTANDING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MEALS ON WHEELS FOR BEING HERE.

AND I APOLOGIZE TO BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON, THAT WHAT WAS APPROVED WAS NOT FOR THE SALARIES.

I THINK A LOT OF US WERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT ME ALONE, NOT YOU.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION DURING THE PRESENTATION WAS VERY CLEAR.

AND SO WHEN IT WAS LISTED AS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WAS CONFUSING.

BUT ALSO, I KNOW YOU REACHED YOUR THE PERSON YOU REACHED OUT TO.

IT IS MY DEPARTMENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO DO THE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AFTER THE AWARDS.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.

AND THE PERSON I HAD ON STAFF AT THE TIME WHO DID KNOW THAT DIDN'T SHARE THAT WITH ME.

AND SO WE UNFORTUNATELY SAT ON THAT AND DIDN'T MOVE ON THAT AS FAST AS WE SHOULD.

BUT THAT WILL BE REMEDIED GOING FORWARD.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO THE AGENCIES AND TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE THAT IN A WAY THAT WE SHOULD AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT BETTER NEXT YEAR.

SO I WILL OWN THAT, THAT THAT HAPPENED IN MY DEPARTMENT, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

SO JUST SO COUNCIL KNOWS THOSE THAT WERE FUNDED, I DON'T THINK CHECKS WERE CUT UNTIL JANUARY. CORRECT? CORRECT. WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE AGREEMENTS TO BE SENT OUT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY CONTRACTS.

THE STAFF THAT HAD THAT WAS HERE THAT HAD DONE THAT IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF THEM WEREN'T HERE ANYMORE. AND THEN THE ONES THAT WERE DIDN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PAINT THE FULL PICTURE FOR ALL OF COUNCILS THAT WAY.

THEY KNOW THAT IT WAS IT WAS LIKE SAYING WE.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT SO THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO BE IMPROVED AND MY DEPARTMENT WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. OPPORTUNITIES? THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE TO TABLE AGENDA ITEM 11.5.

WELL, SECOND, YOU SAID 11.5.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M ON THE WRONG PAGE.

EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE WE JUMPED AROUND.

I'M SORRY. YEAH, OKAY.

IT'S 11 NINE. A MOTION A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON TABLING 11:09.

WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE COMMUNICATED TO US.

I KNOW THAT I WAS REACHED OUT TO AS WELL BY THE HUTTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME AND AND AND KIND OF CLEAR THAT UP WITH THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, WHERE I WAS WAS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT ANYTHING LEFT OVER FROM THE ONE PERCENT, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TO RECTIFY SOME WRONGS BECAUSE MY DECISION DURING THIS PROCESS WAS BASED ON FAULTY INFORMATION.

AND SO I JUST FELT REALLY BAD THAT THAT WAS THE REASON WHY YOU WERE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND SO APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME AND AT LEAST TALK TO US ABOUT IT AND HELP US SEE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE.

CLAUDIA, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW IN LIEU OF FUNDING, KNOWING WHAT THE FACTS ARE AS THEY ARE TODAY, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR A PARTNERSHIP WE'D LOVED, WE'D DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO CONSIDERATION OF THAT, I THINK, AND THAT COULD BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SINCE THAT'S NOT REALLY AN AGENDA ITEM ON THIS AGENDA.

THANK YOU, DADDY. AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SAME APOLOGY.

I MEAN, THAT WAS NOT OUR INTENT AT ALL.

AND SORRY THAT THIS GOT WHERE IT GOT TO.

AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF NONPROFITS, I JUST DID A SEARCH ON THE IRS AND THERE'S 215 LISTED IN HUTTO.

NOW A NUMBER OF THOSE ARE REVOKED.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A FULL LIST, BUT STILL THERE'S THERE'S WAY TOO MANY TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY. SO. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM? I GUESS I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

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SO I THINK I'M HEARING THAT WE'RE TABLING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A PROCESS, BUT BUT DOES THAT MEAN WE STILL MAY CONSIDER? FUNDING MID-STREAM, I MEAN, THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND.

THE CITY IS.

WORKING TO RECTIFY ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTING PRACTICES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY PROBABLY WOULD VOTE NO TO TABLE IT BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER.

THERE'S TWO THINGS GOING ON.

DO WE WANT TO FUND IF WE WANT TO FUND, THEN WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH THE MONEY? DO WE HAVE THE MONEY AND WE NEED TO SET UP PROCESSES? SO TO ME, THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IS IF IF THE COUNCIL IS WANTING TO SET UP THE PROCESSES, WHICH MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS AND THEN.

LOOK AT THIS SITUATION AGAIN.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'RE IN MARCH OR MAYBE APRIL AND ACTUALLY THOSE KIND OF.

REQUESTS TO NONPROFITS SHOULD BE GOING OUT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CHASING OUR TAIL, I GUESS POINT OF INFORMATION THEN FOR DADDY, FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, THIS AGENDA ITEM WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE AWARDING THE FUNDS CORRECT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM IF WE EVEN WANTED TO AWARD FUNDS.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS IN ESSENCE WOULDN'T BE DOING.

THAT RIGHT, IT'S JUST ACTION ON THE PRESENTATION.

YOU LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION.

YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AND THAT'S WHY I MOVED TO THIS TABLE THAT I WAS I WAS GOING TO OFFER THE. WE JUST DO NO ACTION, AND THEN THAT WAY, THE ITEMS AND WE CAN TABLE INDEFINITELY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM AMENDING MY MOTION TO TABLE INDEFINITELY OR IF THE COUNCIL AGREES, YOU CAN JUST TAKE NO ACTION.

OK, THAT'S FINE.

IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, SO THERE'S NO OBJECTION THAT ISAAC.

YES, SIR. MANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GOING TO REALIZE RAISING YOUR HAND REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.

BUT UNTIL THEN, MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU WANT FROM STAFF IS FOR US TO IN ESSENCE IN MY MIND, DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR AND BRING YOU BACK SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO IMPROVE APPROACH THAT IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

BEARING IN MIND THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE, AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE PRESENTERS THIS EVENING.

THAT'S THE ACTION WE WANT.

YOU WANT US TO COME BACK TO YOU FROM STAFF.

I WOULD ASK AND MR. MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED IN MARCH, AND WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT IN MARCH, BUT WE GIVE BE GIVEN A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY TO DO MARCH, APRIL AND SHARE WITH YOU.

WE ARE TRYING TO PLAN THE AGENDAS.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AHEAD AND I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT THOSE WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.

JUST IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW TO CONDUCT THE NEXT PROCESS, AND WE CAN PUT A TIMETABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TIMETABLE AND TIME SPAN THAT YOU ALL SPENT LAST YEAR ON THIS.

BUT I AM A BELIEVER IN PLANNING SCHEDULES, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET SCHEDULE FOR YOU, I BELIEVE, AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO I UNDERSTAND AND CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I TENTATIVELY BASED ON COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON DISCUSSION, MY TENTATIVE WROTE DOWN JUST THE ITEM FOR MARCH 17.

BUT AS WE GO THROUGH, I'M SURE IT'S OK IF IF IT BUMPED INTO APRIL, BUT I'VE ALREADY I'VE GOT IT WRITTEN DOWN TO WHERE WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE IT.

YES, SIR. YEAH.

AND I JUST I GUESS I HAD A THOUGHT ON THAT IS, I MEAN, IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE MOST, IF NOT ALL OF US WERE NOT WANTING TO FUND ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'VE NOW REALIZED THERE IS NO FUNDING AND WE'RE NOT INTERESTED.

AT LEAST I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GOING ABOVE THE ONE PERCENT.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT MARCH IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, URGENT BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW, MARCH WAS URGENT WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD MONEY IN, WE COULD KIND OF MAKE A DECISION IN APRIL, MAY.

BUT YOU KNOW, TO ME, I I THINK AS LONG AS WE GET THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE BEFORE WE START THE PROCESS AGAIN, FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE FINE.

AND YOU START, YOU'RE STARTING THE YOU'RE STARTING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR US IN MARCH, CORRECT? IF NOT ALREADY.

SO I THINK Y'ALL LETTING US KNOW WE STARTED THAT PROCESS.

ESTHER, WHEN YOU SET OUT THE ORIGINAL, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER YOU WERE HIRED AS WHEN WE STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS.

I THINK, TO THE ASKING THEM TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION.

OKAY, NOW THAT WAS I THINK I WANT TO SAY MAY THAT WE SENT THAT OUT, SO WE WOULD NEED THAT

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SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT BEFORE WE COULD SEND OUT, YOU KNOW, GET THE APPLICATIONS ALL TOGETHER AND DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEND THOSE OUT.

SO WE WILL NEED THAT THAT GUIDANCE BEFORE THEN.

SO THAT PRIOR COMMUNICATION THAT HAD COME FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, I'VE BEEN SENT OUT RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE MISCOMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION. SO WHAT YOU ALL LET US GET AN OPPORTUNITY AS STAFF IS LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE. IT'S HARD TO DO THAT ON THE FLOOR AS WE ALL REALIZE.

LET US LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.

LET US MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE COUNCIL OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE.

11:09 THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, YOU JUST RECORDED AS NO ACTION.

SO ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? I'M FINE WITH THAT.

ALL RIGHT HERE, NO OBJECTION TO NO ACTION FOR 11:09 IF MY NOTES SERVED ME RIGHT.

[9.3. Consideration and possible action on Ordinance No. 0-2022-001 for the proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning request for the property known as Northstar Hutto Planned Unit Development (PUD), 11.74 acres, more or less, of land, located off of Exchange Boulevard. The land use proposal is active adult 55+ multi-family use. (Second Reading) (Ashley Lumpkin).]

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NINE THREE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22 ZERO ZERO ONE FOR THE PROPOSED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS NORTH STAR HUTTO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT HUD 11.74 ACRES MORE OR LESS OF LAND LOCATED OFF EXCHANGE BOULEVARD.

THE LAND USE PROPOSAL IS ACTIVE ADULT FIFTY FIVE PLUS MULTIFAMILY USE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT YOU HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

THIS IS THE SECOND READING I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH A FULL PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSAL.

NO, I ASKED FOR ITEM TO BE PULLED.

THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I WAS AFRAID WOULD TURN INTO A BIGGER CONVERSATION, AND THAT WAS THAT CAME TO ME FROM THE COMMUNITY.

HOW DO WE GUARANTEE THAT THIS STAYS AT 55 AND OLDER BECAUSE OF CONCERN WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HEARD WAS SOMEONE THAT WORKS WITH SENIORS.

THEY'VE NOTICED A TREND AS A MARKET HAS CHANGED TO WHERE I GUESS THERE'S MORE MONEY IN UNDER FIFTY FIVE YEAR OLD.

AND SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE TAKEN OVER 55 COMMUNITIES AND THEY STARTED MOVING IN REGULAR FAMILIES.

AND SO THE QUESTION WAS AND I SAID, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU ADDRESS THAT, BUT IS THAT AN ORDINANCE OR HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS AS AN OVER FIFTY FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IT DOESN'T TURN INTO JUST AN APARTMENT COMPLEX FULL OF 20 YEAR OLDS? I WOULD DEFER TO DOTTIE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE OVER FIFTY FIVE IF THAT'S EVEN LEGAL AS FAR AS THE LAND USE RESTRICTION. RIGHT.

THEY USUALLY PUT A LAND USE RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY THROUGH THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. HMM.

BUT THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WOULDN'T COME BACK TO THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE ORDINANCE SIDE THAT WE COULD DO.

WELL, CAN WE NOT APPROVE THE SECOND READING UNTIL THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS HELD IN ESCROW WITH THE CITY TO WHERE UPON THE WE UPON THE PASSING OF A SECOND READING, THEN THE CITY CAN THEN GO RECORD THE DOCUMENT.

BUT LET US TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN PUT THAT PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE PROPERTY OWNER PLACE IT IN THE DEED RECORDS AND PROVIDE A COPY TO THE CITY SO THAT ANY PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S AROUND THAT PROPERTY IS AWARE OF IT.

YEAH, BECAUSE IF WE CAN CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, I HAVE NO ISSUES, I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DEVELOPER IN THE MORNING AND WE CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST AND THEN BRING IT BACK.

NOT ON THE 17TH, BECAUSE I THINK STACY IS NOT ON THE 17TH.

THE FIRST CONCERN, MAYBE IF YOU FIX IT ANYWAY, I BELIEVE IF WE FIX IT, IF IT CHANGED THE ORDINANCE, WE MAY HAVE TO GO FOR A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING TO MAKE THAT OR WE NEED TO OR.

WELL, IT'S NO, IT'S WITHIN THE OK OVER 50, THEN.

YEAH, POTENTIALLY WE COULD THEN HAVE IT JUST ON.

IT'S IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY PUBLISHED THAT WAY. SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM COUNCIL, LET'S JUST MAYBE DO NO ACTION AND STAFF CAN BRING IT BACK WHEN IT'S FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS.

ACTUALLY, WE WERE JUST TALKING ON HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GET IT ALL RIGHT HERE, NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 10 ONE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON

[10.1. Consideration and possible action on resolution R-2022-008 accepting a petition for the creation of a public improvement district for the project known as The Estates of Hutto, calling a public hearing on the creation of a public improvement district, directing the mailing and publication of notice of a public hearing on the creation of a public improvement district, and matters related thereto. (Legal - D. Palumbo)]

RESOLUTION OR SDOHOBSH 2022 DASH ZERO ZERO EIGHT.

ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE PROJECT, KNOWN AS THE ESTATES OF HUTTO, CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

DIRECTING A MAILING AND PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND MATTERS RELATED THERETO.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

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MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS KEVIN PEARCE.

I'M A PARTNER AT CLOSE SINCLAIR.

I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING JFO HOME ON THE ESTATES OF HUTTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING TO ACCEPT THE PETITION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S PITT POLICY AND CALLED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MARCH 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE WERE HERE DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT.

SO FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT AND OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER AND AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY REINTRODUCE THE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE.

AND GFL IS BASED OUT OF DALLAS.

THEY FOCUS ON EXECUTIVE LEVEL, HIGHER END HOUSING, BRINGING REALLY HIGH QUALITY PROJECTS TO THE AREA.

SPECIFICALLY, THEY FOCUS ON VERY HIGH END ARCHITECTURE, VERY MODERN DESIGN, UNIQUE DETAILING, VERY HIGH QUALITY HOMES AND JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM SOME HOMES JUST TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY KIND OF A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE BRINGING HERE.

VERY MODERN ESTHETICS, VAULTED CEILINGS, LARGE OPEN WINDOWS, LOTS OF LIGHT, REALLY EXCEPTIONAL HOUSING THAT RIGHT NOW, IF SOMEONE IN HUTTO WANTS TO MOVE INTO A HOUSING STOCK LIKE THAT, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE HERE IN HUTTO TO GO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS PRODUCT TO THE CITY OF HUTTO.

AND AS PART OF THAT, WE ARE REQUESTING A PIT FOR THIS PROJECT, JUST A COUPLE OF KEY NOTES ON THE PROJECT ITSELF.

IT'S ABOUT 140.

IT'S NOT ABOUT IT IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

IT'S A MIX OF 60 FOOT AND 70 FOOT LOTS ARE ESTIMATED.

HOME PRICES ARE ABOUT SIX SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR THE SIXTY FOOTS AND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE 70 FOOTS.

WE ESTIMATE THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAXES TO THE CITY OF BUILD OUT TO BE A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. ALSO NOTE THAT THE HUTTO ISD WILL BE GETTING APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION IN OUT OF LOREM TAXES.

I KNOW WE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT FUNDING, EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES AND HUTTO.

AND SO THIS PROJECT, LIKE MANY PROJECTS THAT TAKE GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT, PUT IN HOUSES, INCREASES THAT AD VALOREM TAX TO GIVE FUNDING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE CITY.

THIS IS A JUST A GENERAL DEPICTION OF WHAT THE PROPERTY IS, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT. IT'S OVER ON THE CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD, 133, THREE AND 132, JUST IN THE NORTHERN QUADRANT OF HUTTO.

A COUPLE OF SOME OF THE FUN NUMBERS, WHICH I'M SURE EVERYONE'S EXCITED ABOUT AS I AM.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A PRETTY COMPETITIVE TAX RATE IN THE 3.4 THAT'S BELOW SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS THAT ARE IN THE AREA AND IT'S A COMPETITIVE MARKET.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AND REQUESTING A 30 YEAR BOND TERM.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THE HIGHER THIRTY FIVE THAT SOME OF THE PREVIOUS BIDS HAVE REQUESTED. JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING WITH THE DOLLARS THAT COME FROM THIS, IT'S TO FUND STUFF THAT SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE STREETS, DRAINAGE, WATER, WASTEWATER, THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO END UP LIVING IN THESE HIGH QUALITY HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE USING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION FOR THE COMMUNITY'S BENEFIT THAT A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS THAT ONLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENTS THAT THAT FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS. NO CURRENT CITIZEN OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA HAS A SINGLE PENNY THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR POCKET TO PAY FOR THIS PIDS PAY FOR THEMSELVES.

IT PAYS NOT ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, IT ALSO PAYS FOR THE CITY'S STAFF TIME AND THEIR CONSULTANTS.

SO THERE'S NO FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THE CITY IN THIS PROCESS, BREAKING THIS DOWN INTO SOME REAL NUMBERS ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL LIVE IN THE ESTATES OF HUTTO.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE BASIC INFORMATION WHAT WE EXPECT THE HOUSES TO GO FOR THE ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE ON EACH HOUSE, HOW MUCH THEY ANTICIPATE TO BE PAYING PER YEAR, AND THAT'S THAT SECOND TO LAST COLUMN AVERAGE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT.

SO FOR A 60 FOOT LOT, THEY WILL BE PAYING THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY THREE DOLLARS A YEAR IN PIT ASSESSMENTS, AND THAT REPRESENTS ROUGHLY AN EQUIVALENT TAX RATE, ABOUT FORTY EIGHT CENTS.

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AS HOUSE PRICES GO UP, THAT EFFECTIVE TAX RATE GOES DOWN BECAUSE IT'S A FIXED NUMBER AS OPPOSED TO A MUD, WHICH IS A PERCENTAGE OF THE HOME VALUE OF THE HOME.

PRICES GO UP.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY MORE MUD TAXES AS THE HOME PRICES AND IPID GO UP.

THAT ASSESSMENT STAYS THE SAME.

IT'S A FLAT NUMBER SUBJECT TO SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATION COSTS, BUT THOSE ARE INCREDIBLY SMALL.

SO EFFECTIVELY, THE PERCENTAGE YOU PAY OF YOUR HOME VALUE IN A BID AS THOSE HOME PRICES GO UP, THAT PERCENTAGE DROPS SMALLER AND SMALLER, MAKING IT MORE COMPETITIVE AS HOME PRICES AND INCREASE.

AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TRENDING IN THE AREA, AND WE KNOW WITH ALL THE GROWTH COMING IN THAT IT'S A PRETTY SAFE BET THAT HOME PRICES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND GROW.

AND SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME FACT THAT WE KEEP.

THAT PERCENTAGE THAT THEY PAY LOWER.

SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF THE KEY DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT THE PYD, NAMELY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OUTLINING SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE THE PROJECT WORK, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE AGREEMENT, WHICH WE'RE DOING IN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO SEPARATE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL.

BART FOWLER HAD BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST REGARDING THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE.

SO WE'RE SEPARATING IT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMPLIES WITH STATE LAW AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROTECTS THE THE BONDS AS A TAX EXEMPT FINANCING SO THAT THE DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON THE THE FINANCING.

SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, I APOLOGIZE.

THIS WAS WHEN I ANTICIPATED BEING HERE ON THE 3RD BEFORE THE WEATHER CHANGED MY PLANS.

SO FEBRUARY 10TH TODAY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PETITION AND CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'VE ALREADY COORDINATED WITH THE NEWSPAPER.

NOTICE WILL BE PUBLISHED THIS SUNDAY IN THE TAYLOR PRESS.

THE CITIES CHOSEN NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION.

WE WILL ALSO BE SENDING NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OWN LAND IN THE PYD, WHICH AT THIS TIME IS THE PARTY THAT IS REQUESTING THE PYD.

SO THAT MEANS ON MARCH 3RD, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THE CREATION HEARING TO BE HELD AT THAT TIME. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, SPEAK THEIR MIND ABOUT THE PIN. WE WILL ALSO BE ASKING FOR THE PYD TO BE FORMED.

IN ADDITION, WE'LL ALSO BE, I'M HOPING, BRINGING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE AGREEMENT TO THE CITY FOR APPROVAL AS THAT AS WELL.

AND AS ALWAYS, MY COMMITMENT TO THIS COUNCIL IS THAT IF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE AGREEMENT ARE NOT READY, WE WILL NOT ASK FOR THE PERMIT TO BE FORMED AT THAT TIME.

WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY AND THIS COUNCIL HAVE THE COMFORT OF KNOWING WHAT THE DEAL IS AND WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND NOT JUMPING AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

WE HAVE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

THEN WE CAN APPROVE THE BID.

AFTER THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A FAIRLY EFFICIENT DOCUMENT PREPARATION PROCESS.

THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL BIDS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND I LIKE TO THINK WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER AT THEM.

THE CITY'S TEAM IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.

THERE'S NO OTHER GROUP OF CONSULTANTS I WOULD RATHER WORK WITH, AND THIS DEAL IS A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT.

IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL.

THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL OR MULTIFAMILY PORTION THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

THAT KIND OF MAKES THINGS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.

WE'RE GOING TO BE STICKING AS CLOSELY TO THE CITY'S PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FORMS AS POSSIBLE, DEVIATING ONLY AS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND STICKING WITH THAT WITH A, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE PROJECT STICKING TO THE STACY FORMS. WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS PROJECT READY TO GO, READY TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS EARLY THIS SUMMER, WHICH WE THINK WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET THIS PROJECT KICKED OFF, GET A GOOD FINANCING SQUARED AWAY AND DELIVER SOMETHING REALLY EXCELLENT TO THE CITY OF HUTTO THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE.

AND SO THIS COUNCIL HAS A RESOLUTION BEFORE THEM TONIGHT.

WE ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THAT.

AND AS A REMINDER AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL AND TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS ALONG THE WAY WHERE THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS, DOCUMENTS AND ORDINANCES.

THIS IS THE VERY FIRST STEP.

THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES THAT IF THERE IS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS, HAVE CONCERNS.

WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING.

AS ANYONE WHO'S TALKED TO ME WILL TELL YOU, I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH AND CHEW YOUR EAR OFF. SO PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, REACH OUT TO ME.

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK PIDS.

SO WITH THAT, I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR FOR THEIR ATTENTION, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS RICK ROSENBERG WITH DPG.

THANK YOU, KEVIN. QUESTIONS OR ACTION FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.

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I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

COULD YOU GO BACK TWO OR THREE SLIDES TO THE HID BENEFIT PAGE RIGHT THERE? ONE MORE SO IN A PID, YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO IN A REGULAR PID DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? IN A REGULAR DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING STREETS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING DRAINAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING WASTEWATER.

AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE THE POTENTIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE LIVING IN HERE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE SEEING DIFFERENT OR WHAT? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF HOW IS IT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN JUST A NORMAL? DEVELOPMENT, SURE, THERE ARE REALLY, I WOULD SAY, TWO KEY THINGS THAT MAKE THIS PROJECT PID WORTHY.

ONE IS THE.

THE DEVELOPER IS ON THIS MAP IF YOU SEE THIS.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THERE AT THE AT THE TOP LEFT, THERE'S THAT KIND OF GRAY STRIP OF ROAD, A RIDE AWAY.

THAT'S PART OF THE DEVELOPER'S PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, IT IS ALL BEEN DEDICATED AND ARE SET ASIDE FOR A RIDE AWAY EXPANSION FOR COUNTY ROAD. I THINK THAT'S ONE THIRTY THREE I'VE TEND TO CONFUSE MY NORTH AND SOUTH, WHICH IS TAKING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THE OF THE PROPERTY AWAY, WHICH REDUCES THE THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY TO MAKE THE PROJECT HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND SO THE PIT HELPS OFFSET THAT, WHICH ALLOWS THAT NORTH SOUTH ROAD TO GET IMPROVED AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING IN THERE.

ADDITIONALLY, JUST THE THE ECONOMICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE.

COSTS THAT GO INTO GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THERE'S NOT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ON THIS LIST WOULD MAKE A PROJECT LIKE THIS SIMPLY NOT FEASIBLE WITHOUT THE PID, THE QUALITY OF HOUSES THAT WERE INTENDING TO BRING JUST AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE SECOND ONE.

ARE ALL THOSE VERY HIGH QUALITY HOMES THAT I SHOWED AT THE VERY BEGINNING? THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PIT IS BRINGING.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SOME WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY PUBLIC WORKS TREASURY TO TRY AND HELP ASSIST WITH SOME LONG TERM WASTEWATER NEEDS THAT THE CITY NEEDS.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE PID MAKES THAT VIABLE TO OPEN UP THAT WHOLE NORTHERN AREA WITH A LONG TERM WASTEWATER SOLUTION.

ANYTHING ELSE? ROSENBERG WITH DPP4, WE JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT ONE OTHER BENEFIT.

WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY DESIRABLE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WITHOUT THE PID, THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND HOME IS LIKELY NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. AND IT MAY NOT BE MARKETABLE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

SO THE HOMEOWNERS ARE GETTING A HOME PROBABLY WORTH MORE AT THE PRICE BECAUSE OF THE PIT IN TODAY'S MARKET TO BENEFIT FOR THAT HOMEOWNER.

SO I CAN PIGGYBACK, IF I UNDERSTOOD COUNCILMAN GORDON CORRECTLY, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT WAS AND IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, YEAH. SO LIKE IF I WAS WANTING TO MOVE INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M GOING TO BE PAYING IN AN EQUIVALENT OF EXTRA FORTY EIGHT CENTS EQUIVALENT TAX ON MY HOME, I MEAN, MY FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, WHAT AM I GETTING? WHAT AM I GETTING FOR THAT? FORTY EIGHT? SHOW ME WHAT I'M GETTING FOR THAT 48 CENTS.

AND SO IF I HEARD RIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GETTING IS A LOT NICER HOME.

DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? SO I'M GETTING A MUCH NICER HOME THAN I WOULD OTHERWISE.

I'M GETTING ACCESS TO COUNTY ROAD 132, WHICH WE KNOW IS KIND OF ULTIMATELY INTENDED TO CONNECT TO 16, 60 NORTH AND SOUTH.

AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUR BYPASS.

AND SO I GUESS A BENEFIT COULD BE THAT I'VE GOT BETTER ACCESS TO TO BETTER ROADS BECAUSE OF MY PROXIMITY TO 132.

AND YOU'RE DEDICATING THAT LAND? THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM A HOMEOWNER STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, I CAN LIVE IN THE CITY AND PAY, YOU KNOW, EQUIVALENT CITY TAXES, 60 CENTS OR I CAN LIVE HERE AND PAY ALMOST DOUBLE.

AND I'M JUST KIND OF LIKE ASKING MYSELF, LIKE, WHY WOULD I MOVE HERE? AND, YOU KNOW, HELP ME KIND OF SELL ME ON THAT? YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT I BRING UP THIS SLIDE.

IT'S A COMPETITIVE TAX RATE RANKINGS WITH OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA.

A PERSON WHO MOVES INTO THIS HOME IS GOING TO BE.

PAYING PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE IN TAXES TO WHAT OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA HAVE, ANOTHER COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING A $2000 PER LOT COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER PROJECTS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

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THAT'S GOING TO BE CAPTURED IN THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE AGREEMENT.

WOULD THIS INCLUDE LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN I WHEN I THINK, OF COURSE, I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN SIENA AND THEIR AMENITIES ARE PHENOMENAL, RIGHT? AND SO I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT AS A AS A BENEFIT FEE.

IF I'M GOING TO LIVE IN THAT, IT'S A MUD, RIGHT? IF I'M GOING TO LIVE IN THAT MUD.

WOW. YOU KNOW THAT THEIR SWIMMING POOL IS A LOT NICER THAN THE ONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT NICER AREA, WIDER LOTS AND THE LANDSCAPING IS GREAT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THIS TOO? OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE UPGRADED AMENITIES AS PART OF THAT? I DIDN'T SEE THAT LISTED IN THAT, THAT LIST OF PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THE SIZE OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS IN THE AREA THAT WERE, THIS IS PROBABLY KIND OF ON THE SMALLER END OF WHAT WE WOULD REALLY SEE IN A PIT IN THIS AREA.

COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING LIKE COTTONWOOD CREEK, THE MEADOW, THE MEADOW BROOK PROJECT THAT LENNAR RECENTLY DID.

YOU KNOW THEY HAD A LOT OF LARGER AMENITIES THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME PARKLAND, SOME OTHER SIDES FOR THIS AND THAT THEY WERE ALSO ABOUT 10 TIMES LARGER THAN THIS SITE THEY HAD, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THE ROUND OF 13 HUNDRED LOTS AS OPPOSED TO THE 140 THAT THIS ONE IS BRINGING. AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF A MINIMIZATION THAT YOU SEE IN A MUCH LARGER, LARGER PROJECT, BUT YOU SEE THE THE BENEFIT IN A SUPERIOR HOME A BIGGER LOT.

I MEAN, THE BIGGER MINIMUM YOU HAVE.

YEAH. SO LOTS IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE ZONING MINIMUM, IT'S OK THAT THAT HELPS.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

SO THE REASON I ASKED THE CLARIFICATION WHEN I THINK OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT, I THINK OF BENEFIT OUTSIDE OF THAT PARTICULAR HOMEOWNER AND MORE OF A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I DO THINK THERE'S A BIG NEED FOR BIGGER LOTS AND DIVERSIFICATION OF OUR HOUSING STOCK AND UNDERSTAND THE $2000 PER LOT THAT WAS KIND OF LAST YEAR'S NUMBER OR THE YEAR BEFORE. SO I THINK AT SOME POINT.

THE DEVELOPERS GOT IT.

I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY HOMES HERE THAT BACK AND WE ONLY BUILD AN 800 A YEAR, TWO THOUSAND SEEM RIGHT NOW, I'M KIND OF THE MINDSET THAT THAT DIDN'T SLOW THINGS DOWN.

AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL BEING STRAINED.

AND SO MAYBE THE NEW NUMBER IS TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED OR THREE THOUSAND OR FOUR THOUSAND, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

BUT A LOT OF WHAT I'M HEARING IS ALL THE BENEFITS TO HELP THE DEVELOPER SELL MORE HOMES, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICER LOOKING HOME.

THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BUILD IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE, THAT'S THAT WAY.

RICK SAYS, WELL, IT'S REALLY A NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE THAT YOU GET FOR SEVEN FIFTY.

BUT TO ME, THAT'S US HELPING THE DEVELOPERS SELL HOUSES QUICKER BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE PASS THIS SAY, WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THEN A DEVELOPER IS GOING TO GO OUT TO EVERYBODY.

YOU GET A NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE FOR SEVEN FIFTY.

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THIS PIT THING, SO IN MY MIND, I'M LIKE, MAYBE NOT THE BEST SELLING OF THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS SO YOU GUYS ARE DONATING RIGHT AWAY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT WE STUCK IT TO A GUY OFF OF EXCHANGE AND WE NOT ONLY MADE HIM DEDICATE TO RIGHT AWAY, WE MADE HIM OVERSIZE THE ROAD ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE DO.

AND WE MADE HIM GIVE US ALL THAT LAND AS WELL.

AND. HE GOT IT DONE, AND SO HERE WE JUST GET THE RIGHT AWAY AND I'M THINKING, WELL, A GOOD COMMUNITY BENEFIT MAY BE THAT INSTEAD OF A 30 YEAR PIT, YOU KNOCK IT TO THIRTY FIVE AND INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING A RIDE AWAY, THEN YOU THEN ESCROW MONEY TO IMPROVE THAT ROAD.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T BUILD THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MAY NOT NEED THAT ROAD WIDEN AND EVERYBODY IS REALLY WORKED UP IN ALL THE OTHER ROADS THAT NEED BUILDING.

AND SO THE MORE WE BUILD ON HERE, THE MORE WE HAVE TO SPEND.

AND SO A TRUE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS.

A TRUE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETELY PAYS FOR ITSELF, AND I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT 140 HOMES AT TWO THOUSAND A HOME.

WHAT IS THAT 2.8 MILLION? KNOCK KNOCK 80000.

I'VE SEEN WORSE. THREE HUNDRED GRAND.

YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK THREE HUNDRED GRAND IS GOING TO GET THIS ROAD DONE.

AND SO WE JUST BUILT A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD WITH VERY EXPENSIVE HOMES, AND THESE PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTING NICE ROADS.

AND SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN THREE YEARS AND HAVE TO TAKE A ROAD TO CURRENTLY NOW NEEDS WORK AND MAKE THESE PEOPLE HAPPY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IS NOT THINKING AHEAD.

AND SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROCESS TO KEEP GOING.

BUT WHEN YOU GET TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME REALLY TOUGH QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSES ACTUALLY PAYING FOR ITSELF BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO OR THAT ISAAC WHOEVER THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO COME THIS AND WANT.

AND ALL I HEARD WAS, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, THEY'RE NOT AS MARKETABLE AND I'M GOING, WELL, I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DEVELOPER ISSUE, NOT NECESSARILY A CITY OF HUTTO ISSUE,

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ALTHOUGH WE DO NEED A DIVERSIFICATION OF STOCK.

BUT SO JUST SOME THINGS THAT KIND OF CAUGHT ME THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UPFRONT WITH YOU EARLY ON, SO YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED LATER ON.

I APPRECIATE IT, AND WE'LL WELCOME THE HARD QUESTIONS.

THOSE ARE THE BEST KIND. THANK YOU.

JUST TO EXPAND ON THAT, SO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU SAID, ALL THE PID COLLECTIONS ARE MADE FROM THOSE THAT LIVE INSIDE THE PID DISTRICT.

THAT'S RIGHT. CAN THOSE? TRYING TO THINK HOW TOWARD THIS, CAN THE MONEY COLLECTED ONLY THEN STAY INSIDE OF THE PEID DISTRICT, THEREFORE KIND OF FURTHER BOTTLENECKING THE REAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT SO SO STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT PIDS PID FUNDS USE BE USED ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

THAT'S REQUIREMENT UNDER CHAPTER THREE SEVENTY TWO OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

THERE ARE OCCASIONALLY STUFF THAT CAN BE PAID FOR OFF SITE IF IT IF IT BENEFITS THAT PROPERTY, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE THE ROUGH EQUIVALENT FOR WHAT THAT PROPERTY'S PROPORTIONAL BENEFIT IS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A ROAD THAT IT'S CALLED 50 PERCENT BENEFITED THE THE PROPERTY, EVEN IF IT WASN'T IN THE DISTRICT.

HIT DOLLARS COULD BE USED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THAT ROAD, BASICALLY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS DERIVING 50 PERCENT OF THE BENEFIT OF THAT ROAD, JUST SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY LANGUAGE THAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR, THAT THE FUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE LIMITED ONLY TO THE PID INSIDE OF THE PID DISTRICT.

JUST JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, I KNOW THAT ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS, MAYBE THAT HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED INSIDE OF THAT DISTRICT.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT I THINK THERE, I THINK I MAY BE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS NOW. SO THERE'S THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE, WHICH IS THAT LIKE THE DURANGO HAD LIKE $2 MILLION.

LENNAR HAD TWO POINT SOMETHING THAT WAS A SEPARATE FEE INDEPENDENT OF MONEY COLLECTED FROM THE PIT THAT WAS MONEY PULLED DIRECTLY OUT OF THE DEVELOPER'S POCKET, TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE BID THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT GETS CHAINED TO SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE ELSEWHERE.

THAT'S PART OF THE PURPOSE OF US HAVING THIS SEPARATE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE AGREEMENT.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THAT CONCERN CAPTURED IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONCERN PROPERLY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

I USE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.

OK, AWESOME. SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY POINT, WE CAN JUST MAKE THE DISTRICT BIGGER TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE 1.32, RIGHT? THERE WOULD BE SOME INTERESTING ENGINEERING, SOME AND SOME LEGAL CALCULATIONS, BUT IT'S IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT THAT $2000 BENEFIT.

HAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

YEAH. AND I BELIEVE THIS THIS SETS ALSO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LIDDELL WALKER SITE, WHICH I BELIEVE HAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S PUTTING IN SOME SIGNIFICANT MONEY FOR ROADS AS WELL. SO I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING AT IT FROM FROM DIFFERENT WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT NORTH SOUTH ROUTE.

BUT YES, THAT ROAD DEFINITELY NEEDS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.

MR PIERCE, HOW MANY ACRES IS THIS PROJECT? PUT MY PETITION REAL QUICK, AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER.

IS IT LIKE 11.4? I REMEMBER. I MEAN, IT IS 53.12 ACRES.

FOR THE RECORD, HOW MANY WAS IT? FIFTY FIFTY THREE ACRES, OK? DO YOU EVER TAKE A LITTLE CHANGE? THANK YOU.

AND I DO LIKE THAT IT'S THE NEXT LEVEL OF HOUSING, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HADN'T REALLY HAPPENED.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THE SAMSUNG FACTORY AND THE TESLA GIGAFACTORY COMING IN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT.

YES. EXECUTIVE LEVEL HOUSING, ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OTHER BENEFIT WITH THE COST OF SERVICES WOULD BE THE SAME FOR A LOT HERE AS IT WOULD BE A LOT ELSEWHERE.

BUT YOU GENERATE A WHOLE LOT MORE TAX REVENUE OFF THE HIGHER PRICE.

SO IT MAY HELP IN THE ECONOMICS FOR THE CITY IN DOING ITS BUDGET FOR SERVICES.

RICK, WORKING IT IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT WASTEWATER, WOULD YOU MIND TO EXPAND ON THAT OR THERE ARE SOME ONGOING DISCUSSIONS, AND I DON'T WANT TO STEP TOO MUCH ON A PADMA ANGIE.

THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH A LOT OF PROPERTIES UP IN THAT AREA.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK WITHOUT KNOWING THE WHOLE STORY.

I KNOW I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE FULL EXTENT ENOUGH THAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SPEAK TO THAT QUITE YET.

AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPENSIVE HOUSES TEND TO HAVE HIGH STANDARDS FOR THE SERVICES THEY EXPECT THEIR GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THEM, SO IT'S IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW.

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IT COMES IT GOES BOTH WAYS.

POINT WELL TAKEN, I THINK I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE IS SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO KEEP TICKING UP UNTIL WE FIND KIND OF A BALANCE AND DEFINITELY LOOKING AT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET WORK DONE ON THE ROAD.

THIS IS A GOOD THING AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED SOME HELP WITH.

I FEEL CALCULATED WITH THE I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE, BUT THE IMPACT FEES FOR TRAFFIC AND ROAD, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON HAND, BUT I CERTAINLY WILL PUT IT TOGETHER AND HAVE IT FOR YOU BY.

THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL.

YEAH, FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN OUT IN THE FUTURE.

AND KEVIN, IF YOU CAN SEND THAT TO ME, I'LL DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, JODY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, KEVIN.

I HAD A QUESTION TO COUNSEL.

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ROAD IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES CURRENTLY DON'T INCLUDE IT? AND SO THE NOTICE IS GOING TO GO OUT WITHOUT THE ROAD IN THERE.

WELL, IN IN MY MIND, I WOULD THINK THAT THE DISTRICT, I'M NOT SAYING THE WHOLE 132, BUT DEFINITELY ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

DOES IT MEAN WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON THE ROAD, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HARM IN HAVING A DISTRICT COVER THAT ROAD, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND USE MONEY FOR THE ROAD, WHEREAS IF WE SHORT OURSELVES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND BE TOLD LATER ON.

SORRY, THE DISTRICT DIDN'T INCLUDE IT.

UM, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST ANSWER FOR THE DEVELOPER, BUT I DO KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS AT A POINT WITH HOUSING WHERE WE COULD BUILD TEN THOUSAND HOMES NEXT YEAR AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

AND IF WE DON'T BUILD ANY HOMES NEXT YEAR.

WELL, IT ALMOST HELPS US WITH SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE, SO THE BALANCE FOR ME IS HOW DO WE MAKE IT TO WHERE THERE'S EQUAL PAIN FOR THE CITY AND THE STRESS AND EQUAL PAIN ON A DEVELOPER TO GO? BOY, I DIDN'T MAKE AS MUCH MONEY IN HUTTO AS I HOPED, BUT AT LEAST I GOT THEM DONE IS WE HURRY UP AND GET ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MORE HOMES, AND THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR ALL THE SERVICES BECAUSE LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, THORNTON SAID, YOU DON'T BUY A MILLION DOLLAR HOME AND LIKE TO DRIVE OVER POTHOLES.

SO THAT'D BE THE FIRST ROAD FIXED WHEN REALLY IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE THE LAST ROAD FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO DO THAT, NOT IF IT'S LIKE A SIMPLE THING YOU GUYS CAN DO OR. THEY WOULD.

IF THERE'S A. ISD OFFSIDE IMPROVEMENT OR YEAH, YOU WOULD THE PID COULD PAY ITS PROPORTIONATE SHARE WITHOUT HAVING TO BE IN THE DISTRICT.

RIGHT. SO IS THAT? YES. BUT THAT WOULD INCREASE THE WAY YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE CAN WE CAN GO UP TO IS $8 MILLION.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FORECASTING ABOUT A $6.2 MILLION BOND.

SO THERE'S A WE HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM IN THERE TO GO UP AS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT GOES UP.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER KIND OF CASCADING EFFECTS THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE IF THERE ARE COSTS THAT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR AND THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE US TO GO UP TO THAT AMOUNT, WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY INCREASE THE.

THE BOND THAT WE ISSUED, AND I PERSONALLY DON'T MIND ABOUT A 35 YEAR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIVE THERE TO SEE THE END OF IT ANYWAY.

AND SO WHETHER IT BE 30 OR 100 YEARS, THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE, WHETHER IT BE FIVE OR 10 YEARS MOVED TO ANOTHER HOME, ANOTHER PERSON IS DOING IT AS LONG AS IT PAYS FOR ITSELF, THEN I'M ALL ABOUT BUILDING HOMES.

BUT IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, IF STEPH COMES BACK AND SAYS IT JUST.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE ACCREDITED TO THE CITY IN ANY WAY.

THEN I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT TO KIND OF REWORK THE NUMBERS AND I KNOW RICK'S GET IT.

FINE TUNING AND MASSAGING, IT SOUNDS SO, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, I WOULDN'T HOLD UP THE PROCESS FOR THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION IN MARCH MAYBE ABOUT.

WE HAVE TIME TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE FUN DETAILS, AND WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S PIT ADMINISTRATOR AND FINANCIAL ADVISER AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THEY ARE EXCITED TO RECOMMEND TO YOU.

ACTION FROM COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I MOVED TO APPROVE 10 ONE IS PRESENTED.

A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO, APPROVING 10 ONE HAS PRESENTED TWO, WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO WE ARE.

THIS MOTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NOT CREATING IT, BUT ACCEPT THE PETITION AND THEN ALSO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THOSE AGAIN WILL BE PUBLISHED THIS SUNDAY FOR THE MARCH 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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OK. AND THE LETTERS WILL BE SENT OUT TO THE LANDOWNERS.

THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN DROPPED IN THE MAIL FOR TOMORROW.

OK. GOOD THING WE DIDN'T CHANGE IT, HUH? WE WOULD HAVE I WOULD HAVE RUN A CONDOM AND IT'S GOING TO ONE PERSON, SO NO HARM DONE RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON HIGH.

COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON I MR. SNYDER I COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO I.

COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY I COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND, I COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON I.

A MOTION PASSED THE SEVEN ZERO, THANK YOU, COUNSEL, THANK YOU.

THANKS, KEVIN. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 ONE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING POSSIBLE

[11.1. Consideration and possible action regarding possible appointments, re-appointments and/or removals to City Boards, Commissions, Task Forces, Economic Development Corporations, Local Government Corporations and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Boards, City Council Liaisons, and Area Government appointments. ]

APPOINTMENTS, RE APPOINTMENTS AND OR REMOVALS TO CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, TASK FORCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE BOARDS, CITY COUNCIL LIAISONS AND AREA GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.

AND WE HAVE RANDALL CLARK SET TO SPEAK.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND LAST MONTH WE HAD TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE OUT WITH COVID.

WE'VE HAD ONE PERSON RESIGN AND SOMEONE MOVED OUT OF HUTTO.

SO WE'RE DOWN TO MEMBERS.

A CURRENT, AN ACTUAL MEMBER AND A ALTERNATE.

SINCE IT'S A LEGISLATIVE BODY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HIGHER QUORUM NUMBER THAN FOUR.

SO WE HAD TO CANCEL LAST MONTH AND IT'S HOLDING UP A PROJECT THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

SO I'M WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 23RD.

SO YOU HAVE A STAFF, A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 17TH THAT I SEE TO TAKE ANY ACTION TONIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, BUT I'M ASKING TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE.

IT'S A THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR IS WHAT WE KIND OF NORMALLY MEET.

IT IS MONTHLY, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MANY MEETINGS, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED PEOPLE TO SERVE. IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START LEARNING ABOUT THINGS IN THE CITY AND TO BE INVOLVED, AND ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS IS AN ALTERNATE.

SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE DON'T MEET QUORUM.

SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT OUT.

WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS AND Y'ALL CAN FILL IT NEXT WEEK SO THAT THEN WE CAN MEET ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

OK. ALL RIGHT, FROM OUR EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE, DO WE HAVE ANY? BUT YES, WE HAVE YEAH, WE HAVE ONE.

SO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE MET THIS PAST WEEK, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION, WAS INCLUDED IN THE INTERVIEW.

AND SO WE INTERVIEWED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATE LACEY RANSON HUDSON TO SERVE ON THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION.

LACEY RANSON, HUDSON, YEAH.

WAS THAT A MOTION? YES.

MY SECOND. A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, SECOND I'VE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND, EXCUSE ME, APPOINTING LACEY RANSONE HUDSON TO DENY COMMISSION.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HARRY, NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

MAYOR SNYDER I.

COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO, I COUNCIL MEMBER HALA I.

COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY I COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON I COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON I COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON I. A MOTION PESA SEVEN ZERO.

I JUST LIKE TO ASK THE COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO FILL IN TWO SPACES FOR THE 2040 COMMITTEE NOW, SINCE MR. WALKER HAS RELOCATED OUT OF STATE AND MR. ALLEN'S RESIGNATION.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW IN THE NEXT 20 40, ISN'T HE? BUT BUT JUST IF WE COULD HAVE THAT ON THE RADAR, I WOULD SUGGEST ALSO, CAN WE PLEASE PULL THE PARKS BOARD AND SEE IF ANY OF THEM ARE INTERESTED? THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ORIGINALLY, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO ADD.

GOOD POINT. MM HMM.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE.

MY QUESTION IS I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHETHER THAT THOSE APPOINTMENTS WENT THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DO.

MS. PERRY STILL HERE? OK. RIGHT, ANY OTHER ACTION FOR A LOVED ONE? YEAH, HAD ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE WAS THE LIAISON FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

I DON'T THINK WE REPLACED THAT, DID WE? OH NO, I WOULDN'T VOLUNTEER FOR THAT IF THAT'S OK WITH THE COUNCIL.

NO OBJECTIONS.

THE OBJECTIONS FROM COUNSEL.

I DON'T THINK WE VOTE ON THAT, RIGHT? WE JUST SAY, OK, WE'VE DONE IT BOTH WAYS.

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ALL RIGHT. MIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK THIS, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THE SEES? WHENEVER WE DO LIKE LEAVES ON REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WOULD THAT BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO GET ANY UPDATES FROM LG? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. GEORGE COULD TELL US THE LINKS ARE BASICALLY.

ACTUALLY, I'M THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE LDCS.

AND SO THERE COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COTTONWOOD.

AND WE HAVEN'T HAD RIVER CREEK MEET TO REPLACE COUNCIL MEMBER.

WELL, WE DID PUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM MEET TO GET A CHAIR.

BUT THE CHAIR COULD COME AND MAKE THAT REPORT.

OK. IS THERE MUCH TO GIVE ON THIS, OR IS IT MORE JUST LEGAL TYPE? YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY LEGAL. WE DID APPOINT BOARD MEMBER IRIS MENDEZ TO BE THE LITIGATION REPRESENTATIVE. HE WAS ABLE TO COMMIT THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE'LL SEE. OK.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YOU DON'T REALLY EVER HEAR VERY MUCH ABOUT THAT TODAY AT NOON.

GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO ITEM 11 TO PRESENTATION OF THE CITY.

WHAT HAPPENED? QUICK POINT.

A REMINDER, IF YOU WILL.

ON THE TOUR'S APPOINTMENT FOR MYSELF.

EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, SO IT MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO REAPPOINT OR FIND A NEW APPOINTEE FOR THE TOURIST BOARD, ONE WHICH IS APPRECIATE THAT, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'RE ALSO STILL WAITING FOR US TO MEET.

RIGHT. THE TEACHERS BOARDS, I DON'T THINK THE TERMS BOARDS GO THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, RIGHT? EDC DIDN'T REMEMBER WE MADE A DECISION THAT EDC WOULDN'T.

THEY WOULD FOLLOW THEIR OWN RULE AND I THOUGHT TERS BOARDS HAD THEIR OWN APPOINTMENT PROCESS. IS THAT WHAT WE DECIDED? THE COUNCIL APPOINTS FOR THE TOURIST BOARD? YEAH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO.

WE TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD JUST APPOINT OR WHATEVER THE BYLAWS SAID, AND WE DO HAVE THAT ON THIS ITEM AS A POTENTIAL.

IS THAT A MOTION TO REAPPOINT? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT DERRICK HUDSON, WHO IS THE SECOND ME.

OK, TOUR'S BOARD IS IT? WE'RE NUMBER ONE. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE WHERE ALL THE TERMS UP NOW ARE JUST.

NO JUSTICE. RIGHT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY REAPPOINTING RIG CUTS INTO TERS BOARD NO.

ONE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.

HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON I COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON I.

COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON I COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY I.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND, I COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL SALVO I.

MS. SNYDER I.

BUSH AND PASSED THE SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM 11 TO PRESENTATION OF THE CITY FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF

[11.2. Presentation of the City Financials for the Month of December as well as the Monthly Investment Report as Required by the Fiscal and Budgetary Policy. (Angie Rios) ]

DECEMBER, AS WELL AS THE MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE FISCAL AND BUDGETARY POLICY.

WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING.

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT THIS DID NOT MAKE LAST MONTH'S I WAS ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT GOT COVID AND SO THINGS GOT A LITTLE BEHIND IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SO I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS DIDN'T MAKE IT TIMELY.

SO. SO WE'RE A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE DECEMBER FINANCIALS AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO COMMISSIONER GORDON, YOU'D ASKED ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON ABOUT DOING LOOKING AT THE AVERAGES.

AND SO WE WENT BACK AND WE LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF REVENUE COLLECTIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR EACH MONTH, AND WE CAME UP WITH AN AVERAGE.

AND THEN WE APPLIED THAT TO THE BUDGET.

I HAVE IT HERE IN QUARTERS BECAUSE IF I DID IT BY MONTH, THIS CHART WOULDN'T BE IRENE.

IT WOULD LOOK TERRIBLE.

SO THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER HERE WE TOOK THE BUDGET, TOOK THAT AVERAGE.

AND BASED ON THE LAST THREE YEAR AVERAGE, WE SHOULD WE WOULD EXPECT TO COLLECT THE $10 MILLION IN REVENUE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE 11.3.

SO WE'RE DOING GOOD BASED ON, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT, THAT AVERAGE THAT YOU HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S AND THEN THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE QUARTER ARE AT 3.5 COMPARED TO THE BUDGET, HISTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN 4.4.

SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.

OK. I SAW THAT. I THOUGHT, YES, YES, I WAS LOOKING FOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE BROKE IT DOWN BASED ON THE LAST THREE YEAR AVERAGE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO USE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. SO BUT THAT WILL IT WILL PROVIDE THAT AND I DO HAVE IT MONTHLY.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER.

BUT LIKE I SAY, TRYING TO PRESENT IT DOWN TO THAT LEVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT.

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SO. AND THEN IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE REVENUE THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, YOU CAN SEE DURING THE START FLIPPED A LITTLE BIT.

THE AD VALOREM TAXES REALLY JUMPED UP AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD IN DECEMBER WHICH IS NORMAL, WE COLLECTED A $7.5 MILLION OF AD VALOREM TAX.

PEOPLE WERE PAYING TO GET IN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THEIR TAXES, GET IT ON THEIR TAX RETURNS. SO THAT KIND OF FLIP THIS CHART AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT AND IT WILL SHIFT AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR COLLECTING OTHER OTHER ITEMS. BUT. SO OUR BIGGEST MONTH FOR AD VALOREM, WHICH IS IT'S ALWAYS DECEMBER.

EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT, THIS ACTUALLY IS LIKE RIGHT ON PAR FOR BUDGET RIGHT NOW, SO KIND OF THE WAY THE BUDGETS ALLOCATED WITH THE POLICE AND THE DIFFERENT SERVICES.

SO EVERYBODY'S JUST KIND OF ROCKING ALONG AND PERSONNEL, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT ONE'S THE BIGGEST. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NORMAL COST THAT'S RECURRING ALL THE TIME.

BUT EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO THEIR PART, YOU KNOW, GET THE ITEMS DONE THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET AND WORKING TO DO THAT.

SO THE EXPENDITURES ARE KIND OF LINING UP.

WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL THERE.

YOU WILL SEE SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET IS PERSONNEL SO THAT THIS CHART IS AGAIN RIGHT ON PAR WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE FOR RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST AREA IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WHICH IS AGAIN THE SECOND BIGGEST PART OF THE BUDGET. SO NOTHING UNUSUAL THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THIS.

OK, ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT GRAPH.

SURE. SO WE'RE ABOUT WHAT, 30 POSITIONS UNDERSTAFFED RIGHT NOW? WELL, I GUESS BASED ON BASING THAT ON WHAT WE LAID OFF OR WHAT WE KNOW BASED ON WHAT OUR BUDGET PHDS WERE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THAT MANY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LATE 12.

NO, I THINK WE'RE MORE LIKE 20 RIGHT NOW AND SOME OF THAT'S BASED ON VACANCIES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TURNOVER WE'VE HAD, LIKE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THAT.

SO WE HAD BUDGETED FOR 10 FTES, THREE TEAS AND THEN THE FOUR NEW POLICE RANKS.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT IF WE LOSE? THAT'S THE NEW FTES.

BUT RIGHT RIGHT NOW WITH CONSIDERING THE NEW FTES WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE FILLED SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS, BUT THEN WE DO HAVE VACANCIES IN SOME OTHER AREAS.

SO WE'RE MORE I THINK WE HAVE EIGHT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, SO.

SO SHOULD OUR WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT THIS IS SO FOR SAY, WE'RE IN THE MID TO LOW RANGE ON OPEN POSITIONS.

SHOULD OUR PERSONNEL BUDGET BE, IS THAT A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO YOU HAD IT TO WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE OUR INCOME WAS UP, BUT OUR EXPENDITURES WERE DOWN BY ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS. IS THAT A RESULT OF JUST BASICALLY WE'RE NOT PAYING PEOPLE THAT SOME OF IT IS PERSONNEL COSTS, BUT SOME OF IT IS.

WE DO HAVE SOME LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T EXPENDED A LOT OF MONEY, SOME OF THAT ROAD WORK THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET AND THE SIDEWALKS AND SOME OF THAT THAT'S JUST GETTING STARTED. SO BECAUSE THOSE LARGER PROJECTS HAVE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF EXPENDITURES, THAT'S ALSO KEEPING SOME OF THAT DOWN RIGHT NOW, WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THAT.

SO BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE NEW PERSONNEL HAVE STILL NOT BEEN FILLED YET.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN OTHER VACANCIES.

THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT OUR SALES TAX CHART HERE, SO SO FAR FOR THE YEAR WE'VE COLLECTED.

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER SHOULD ACTUALLY COME OUT.

WE'LL RECEIVE IT TOMORROW, I BELIEVE.

SO THESE NUMBERS ARE STILL TRENDING UP, WHICH WE WOULD EXPECT BASED ON ON THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THIS AND YOU GUYS ALL KNOW BECAUSE YOU SHOP IS INFLATION.

SO AND IT'S A BIG STORY.

IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS.

YOU KNOW, INFLATION'S UP AROUND THE SEVEN PERCENT RANGE BACK IN THESE MONTHS.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UNDER SEVEN.

I MEAN, IT'S EVEN HIGHER NOW FOR THEY ANNOUNCED IT TODAY.

TODAY'S NEWS NUMBER WITH 7.63.

THAT WAS JANUARY CPI.

SO THAT INFLATION RATE, SO A LOT OF THAT WHEN YOU START FACTORING THAT IN, PEOPLE ARE STILL SHOPPING IT AT THE LOCAL STORES, YOU KNOW, THE GROCERY STORE AND THE BUILDING SUPPLY STORES AND THOSE THINGS. BUT THOSE THINGS ARE BUYING.

THEY'RE NOW COST MORE MONEY.

SO THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO A LOT OF THIS.

AND THAT'S NOT MY OPINION. WE DO PAY A COMPANY THAT DOES ANALYSIS ON THE SALES TAX, AND SO THEY DO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE SALES TAX AND KIND OF DO THAT.

AND SO THEY HAVE KIND OF TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT TO TO SEE WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

ALSO A GROWTH IN OUR POPULATION.

SO WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE OUT SHOPPING, SPENDING MORE MONEY AS ADDING TO THAT.

AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING ONE OFFS ALSO.

AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE WITH THE HOMES.

SO WE'RE SEEING SOME ONE OFFS FROM MONTH TO MONTH.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN OCTOBER THERE THAT MADE THAT ONE JUMP SO SIGNIFICANTLY WAS LIKE A ONE OFF ONE TIME PAYMENT FROM BUILDING MATERIALS BEING SHIPPED HERE FOR SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE DOING HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

IT DEPENDS ON WHO THEY BUY FROM AND WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE ORDERING.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DO WE GET THE TAX OR ARE THEY ORDERING IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? YOU KNOW, IS THAT OTHER CITY IN THE TAX BECAUSE THEY'RE BUYING IT HERE?

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YOU KNOW, THE SALES TAX RULES ARE A LITTLE CRAZY.

SO THOSE OBVIOUSLY WERE ORDERED AND SHIPPED HERE AND WE GOT THE BENEFIT OF THE TAX, WHICH WE DON'T ALWAYS GET BASED ON THOSE BUILDING MATERIALS.

SO WE'RE SEEING SOME SOME ODDITIES LIKE THAT THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

BUT A LOT OF IT'S JUST INFLATION AND GROWTH IN OUR POPULATION SEEMS TO BE THE MAJORITY OF IT IN THE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE TAX REVENUE INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING.

THE MAYOR A FEW DAYS AGO SAID THAT IT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF COMMERCIAL GROWTH.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S FROM INFLATION AND FROM THE FEW ODDITIES WE'VE HAD AND THEN JUST GENERAL RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.

WE'RE SEEING SOME I MEAN, SOME OF IT IS SOME COMMERCIAL GROWTH, BUT IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THERE.

I MEAN, IT IS A SMALL BECAUSE WE CAN SEE NEW TAXPAYERS AND IT HAS SOME CONTRIBUTION, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT THE BIG, THE BIG PIECE OF IT.

ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO CALCULATE THE PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS THAT WOULD HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SALES TAX REVENUE INCREASE? I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME REPORTS.

THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING THAT HAS SOME ABOUT NEW TAXPAYERS OR ONE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S HOW I'M ABLE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE ONE OFF THINGS SO THAT THEY HAVEN'T PAID BEFORE. LIKE THIS ONE PARTICULAR BUILDING MATERIALS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, YES, SO WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AND SEE THERE'S I MEAN, THE NUMBER OF TAXPAYERS WE HAVE IS EXTENSIVE, SO WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, EVEN JUST THE NEW TAXPAYERS MONTH TO MONTH, IT'S LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT PAGES OF DATA. SO BUT YES, SOME MORE TIME COULD.

I COULD GO THROUGH IT AND LOOK AT IT A LITTLE MORE.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A BENEFICIAL REPORT FOR US TO MAYBE LOOK AT QUARTERLY OR BIANNUAL. WELL, I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU THE BECAUSE I CAN'T DISCUSS BY STATE LAW THE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS SO WE CAN LOOK AT WE CAN TALK ABOUT INDUSTRIES AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I CAN BRING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION TO YOU.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TRENDS FOR THAT.

THEN THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE.

THEY HAVE SOME GRAPHS IN THIS, THIS COMPANY, ACTUALLY, I SHOULD SAY THE CITY DOESN'T PAY FOR IT. THE EDC PAYS FOR IT.

SO FOR THIS WONDERFUL TREND, THIS WONDERFUL COMPANY THAT THAT GETS THAT INFORMATION AND DOES THAT FOR US AND IT'S IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL.

SO HOW CAN I MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY IS LIKE THE SALES TAX NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THE INFORMATION.

NOW WE'RE GETTING IT, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE AS WE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M USING IT FOR IS AS WE ARE STARTING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT I BELIEVE THE SALES TAX WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AS WE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT KIND OF PROJECTIONS DO WE WANT TO DO? AND SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT FACTORS ARE MAKING UP THESE INCREASES SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A GOOD IDEA OF THAT.

SO AS PART OF MY PRELIMINARY BUDGET STUFF I'VE BEEN, I'VE SPENT A LITTLE TIME ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT AND YOU KIND OF MENTIONED IT SO.

IT FOR ALL THE ONLINE PURCHASES.

ALL THE AMAZON PACKAGES THAT I SEE BEING DELIVERED ON MY STREET EVERY DAY TO MY HOUSE HALF THE TIME, WHO PAYS THE SALES TAX? THE IS IT ON THE RECEIVING END IS WHERE THE SALES TAX IS CALCULATED AND OR A LOT OF IT, IT IS SO LIKE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PERSON THE COMPANY THAT'S WORKING WITH AMAZON.

SO LIKE AMAZON HAS A BIG HOLDING FACILITY IN PFLUGERVILLE, BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THEY DON'T GET NECESSARILY ALL THE TAX ON IT BASED ON THE COMPANY THAT THEY'RE MOVING BECAUSE IT'S JUST A HOLDING FACILITY.

SO THERE'S HOLDING THOSE PRODUCTS THERE.

IT THEN COMES BACK TO THE COMPANY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHIPPING FOR THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. SO DO THEY HAVE A PRESENCE IN THAT CITY? DO THEY HAVE A RETAIL STORE? DO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THAT IS GETTING THE TAXES GOING TO WHERE THOSE ITEMS ARE SHIPPED TO SHIP TO? OK. SO WE ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THAT A LOT.

WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THAT.

YES, SIR. SO.

YES. AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO VARY DEPENDING ON WHAT WHO AMAZON IS WORKING WITH.

OKAY. BUT.

YOU KIND OF SEE THAT SALES TAX HAS BEEN TRENDING UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO WE ARE STILL ON THAT UPWARD UPWARD MOVEMENT THERE.

SO AND THE UTILITIES, AS WE KNOW, ARE GROWING NEW CUSTOMERS.

WE ALL SEE THE HOUSES BEING BUILT AND PEOPLE MOVING IN.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE WELL OVER A THIRD OF THEIR REVENUE FOR THE THROUGH THAT FIRST QUARTER, YOU KNOW, OVER THE 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.

SO THAT GROWTH IS STILL STILL THERE AND GOING STRONG.

BUT AS SUCH, WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES.

WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR TO KIND OF OFFSET, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THAT EXTENSIVE GROWTH.

SO. BUT UTILITY FUN ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A STRONG FUN BALANCE AND IT'S BEEN DOING WELL SO THAT THEY'RE KIND OF PRIMED TO AS WE GO INTO THIS GROWTH.

SO. AND THEN IN YOUR PACKET IS THE FULL, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DETAIL OF EVERYTHING AND THE INVESTMENT REPORT AND ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION I KNOW THE MAYOR KIND OF HAD ALLUDED TO IT WITH THE EXPENDITURE

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ACTUAL AND THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET, SOME OF THAT GAP IS MAYBE FROM EMPLOYEES IN THOSE POSITIONS THAT AREN'T FILLED.

I JUST. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE LARGEST FACTOR THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW I JUST DON'T WANT TO FALL INTO THE SAME TRAP, NOT TRAP, BUT SAME THING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD THE FUNDS AND WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY AND THERE WERE SO MUCH THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED IN THE CITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IF WE'RE ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR WHICHEVER PROJECTS THAT AND OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THAT'S NOT JUST ON YOU WHATSOEVER, YOU JUST KIND OF MANAGE THE FUNDS, BUT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF WHAT FUNDS WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND IN THIS QUARTER.

RIGHT. THOSE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING FOLLOWED UP AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THEM ON WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR.

SO I KNOW THE EMPLOYEES DO CONTRIBUTE SOME TO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T. PROJECTS DON'T JUST KIND OF FALL TO THE WAYSIDE AND WE KIND OF SEE WHO EXPENDITURE ACTUAL IS, YOU KNOW, DOWN.

THAT'S GREAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE BUDGETED THINGS FOR A REASON.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A HEALTHY BALANCE THERE.

AND EXPENDITURES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TRENDS ARE A LITTLE TRICKY.

SO WHEN YOU GO BACK, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THAT QUARTER, YOU KNOW, DURING ONE YEAR, MAYBE WE HAD A BIG EXPENDITURE AND THEN WE DIDN'T IN OTHERS.

AND SO IT CAN START TO SKEW, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THAT.

BUT WE DID HAVE YOU KNOW, OF THE 10 NEW POSITIONS, FULL TIME POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, ONLY HALF OF THEM ARE FILLED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A QUARTER OF THE YEAR NOW THAT THOSE HAVE SAT THERE EMPTY.

SO THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THE MAYORS CORRECT THAT WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL SALARIES AND THEN WE HAVE LOST PERSONNEL SAY, LIKE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME SALARY SAVINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE THAT ARE SITTING, YOU KNOW, TURNOVER SAID, YOU KNOW, NATURE OF THE BEAST, UNFORTUNATELY, IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

SO THAT'S THAT MEAN, ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNMENT.

SO THAT'S NORMAL.

THE OTHER THING IS WE ARE WORKING.

I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS AND WE DID HAVE WE DID MEET WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT AFTER IN JANUARY AND EARLY PART OF FEBRUARY HERE TO REVIEW ALL OF THEIR BUDGETS THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID IS, OK, WE HAVE THESE ITEMS BUDGETED.

AND SO IF WE BUDGETED THESE PROJECTS WHERE YOU AT? SO MATT AND I AND STACY ALL SET WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND TALKED ABOUT, OK, WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO SOME OF IT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, SOME OF IT WAS NEEDING THE STAFF IN PLACE TO START GETTING THAT STUFF OUT AND DONE.

BUT WE, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL OF ESPECIALLY THE DIRECTORS AND PEOPLE IN PLACE AND MOVING SOME OF THAT. BUT WE DID MEET AND TALK THROUGH THAT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS MOVING ALONG ON THAT. SO.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. SURE.

SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS GENERATED FROM THAT DISCUSSION, SO LET'S SAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE DOWN EIGHT PEOPLE.

RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE SAVING THAT MONEY FROM NOT HAVING TO PAY THOSE, THOSE SALARIES.

BUT ARE WE EATING INTO THAT BY PAYING OVERTIME FROM FROM OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE THAT ARE NEEDING TO COVER THOSE SHIFTS? I MEAN, IS THAT KIND OF.

IT DOES. IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE.

BUT YES, THERE WILL. THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL OVERTIME TO HELP COVER SOME OF THAT, BUT IT'S NOT 100 PERCENT OF WHAT'S NOT BEING PAID OUT.

SO OK, THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF ARE REALLY GOOD AT TRYING TO MANAGE AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE MAYBE JUST ON THE WEEKEND OR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME. OK, GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANKS, ANGIE. SURE. I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU HERE IN JUST A SECOND, RIGHT? YEAH. ITEM 11 THREE.

[11.3. Presentation of Bond Review by BrooksWatson & Co., regarding review of bond expenditures related to the following debt issuances: 2016 General Obligation Bond, 2017 Certificates of Obligation, 2019 Certificates of Obligation, and 2019 General Obligation, with discussion and possible action. (Angie Rios). ]

IS NEXT PRESENTATION.

BOND REVIEW BY BROOKS WATSON AND COMPANY REGARDING REVIEW OF BOND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING DEBT ISSUANCES 2016 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND 2017 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION 2019 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN 2019 GENERAL OBLIGATION WITH DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION SO YOU REMEMBER YOU TEST BROOKS WATSON, THE ACCOUNTING FIRM WITH GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING THOSE. JOHN WATSON IS HERE FROM THE FIRM TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE REVIEW, WHAT THEY FOUND OUT AND WHAT THEY SAW DURING THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND LET HIM GO THROUGH HIS RESULTS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, ANGIE.

YEAH, SO LIKE ANGIE SAID, I LOOKED OVER THE BOND PROCEEDS AND SPENDING RELATED TO THOSE FOUR ISSUANCES.

IF SORRY, MS. SECOND HERE TO GET THE FEEL OF THIS HERE.

OK, SO PURPOSE OF WHAT WE DID WAS TO EVALUATE THE DISBURSEMENTS FOR THESE BONDS AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE SPENDING WAS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE BOND AGREEMENTS OR IF THERE WERE ANY ERRORS.

AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN A SECOND HERE.

OUR SCOPE OF TESTING SO TOTAL PROCEEDS GENERATED FROM THOSE ISSUANCES WAS ONE HUNDRED AND

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NINETEEN MILLION EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND CASH DISBURSEMENTS FROM ACCOUNTS RELATED OR ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND 6.94 OF THAT POPULATION. WE TESTED 380 DISBURSEMENTS, WHICH CAME TO ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE THIRTY EIGHT MADE UP ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF THOSE DISBURSEMENTS. SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAMPLE.

OUR TESTING CONSISTED OF VOUCHING TO THIRD PARTY SUPPORT CONSISTING OF INVOICES AND PAY APPLICATIONS FROM FROM THOSE THIRD PARTIES DOING THE SERVICES AND THEN THE PROOF OF PAYMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WHOEVER WHOEVER GENERATED THAT INVOICE, THAT THEY WERE IN FACT PAID. SO THAT IS THE TESTING THAT WAS PERFORMED.