Jun 20, 2024 Street Maintenance Advisory and Appeals Board

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY. IT'S 530. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THIS IS THE STREET MAINTENANCE ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD.

MOST OF THE AUDIENCE, I GUESS Y'ALL ARE HERE FOR US.

SOME OF THE SPECIFIC PRODUCT PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE END.

AND WHICH ARE JUST GENERAL COMMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

WE'LL DO THAT IN THE AGENDA ITEM UNDER ITEM TWO.

AND WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THAT WAY Y'ALL WON'T HAVE TO BE HERE TOO LONG.

[MINUTES]

ABSOLUTELY, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR FOR THE TIME.

IN YOUR PACKET WAS THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD ON SEPTEMBER 7TH OF 23.

IN THOSE MINUTES, WE DO HAVE TWO CORRECTIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.

MISS MILANI WAS LISTED TWICE AS THE BOARD MEMBERS.

MELANIE, APOLOGIZE. AND WE ALSO MISSPELLED HER NAME BY MISSING AN L.

SO WE WILL MAKE THOSE TWO CORRECTIONS TO THE TO THE MINUTES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.

CAN I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE? EXCUSE ME. THIS DOES CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MINUTES? I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MINUTES.

YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SEEING NO ONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NOW, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND SECOND.

I SECOND A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. MR. POLARIS? YES. MR. HURT, MISS MARTINEZ. YES. AND MR. TODD.

YES. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE AGENDA ITEMS AND

[2. Program Update: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing on Street Maintenance Program 2024-2025.]

ON THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR 2024 2025. AND, WILL, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? OKAY. WE'LL RATTLE OFF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION.

I'M GOING TO QUICKLY UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE PROJECTS YOU SELECTED LAST YEAR.

CURRENTLY, FAIRWAY OAKS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AS PROBABLY MR. TODD IS AWARE. N6 B IS GOING TO DO A PRE CON IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BID OUT IN AROUND THE SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER TIME RANGE.

WITH CORSICANA OF COURSE, BEING THE ALTERNATE THAT Y'ALL SELECTED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PREVIOUS SELECTED JOBS? WE DID. CAN YOU REFRESH US ON WHAT PROJECTS? THAT I MEAN, WE KIND OF HAD A CONTINGENCY PROJECT OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT.

SO THE PROJECTS YOU SELECTED WERE IN SIX B, PASADENA HEIGHTS S AND A, WHICH IS WEST OF ROSE PARK.

THAT ONE IS TO BE BID HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

FAIRWAY OAKS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I TOLD YOU IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SOUTH SEVENTH, DANVILLE TO PIONEER WAS SELECTED NORTH 18TH GRAPE TO MOCKINGBIRD.

AND TWO YEARS AGO, WE ALSO SELECTED AN INTERSECTION THAT WE HELD OFF TO GO WITH THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN CORSICANA AVENUE WAS YOUR SELECTED ALTERNATE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF WILL? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THIS YEAR. SO HERE IS THE MAP OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS ON ONE SLIDE.

HOW IN DETAIL WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO INTO THESE? I THINK IF YOU JUST BRIEFLY GO THROUGH EACH PROJECT THERE SO EVERYBODY CAN BE AWARE OF WHERE THOSE ARE.

OKAY. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL GUIDANCE, I'M ASKING FOR $7.5 MILLION OF WORK TO BE SELECTED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR AT THIS COMMITTEE. LET'S START WITH THE FULL DEPTH REHABS.

SO HERE IS AN OVERVIEW MAP OF ALL OF THEM. I BELIEVE YOU'LL HAVE EIGHT TO SELECT FROM ON THERE.

THE FIRST ONE IS N9. NOW ARE THERE SOME NEW ONES ON HERE.

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AND DO YOU WANT ME TO SPECIFICALLY GO INTO THOSE ONES.

ARE ALL EIGHT OF THEM. SO THOSE ARE ALL NEW. YES.

AND IN YOUR PACKET THERE IS A YEAR INTRODUCED COLUMN THAT WAS ADDED SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN ON THE DOCKET.

IT IS NOT ON YOUR SHEET ONE OF 16, BUT IT IS IN THE PACKET OF SLIDES.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. N9 THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS AREA IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS IN 11 RICHLAND ACRES I BELIEVE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD NAME S7 LYTLE ESTATES.

S TEN B CW GUILD PARK AREA. AND I WILL SAY THIS ONE IS VERY CLOSE TO ONE THAT YALE SELECTED LAST YEAR, I THINK, FOR YOU REMEMBER, I THINK YOU REMEMBER THEY WERE NORTH AND SOUTH, EACH OTHER, AND WE KIND OF DIDN'T WANT TO DO THEM AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE KIND OF AND OWED A LITTLE BIT TO THE GUILD PARK AREA FROM LAST YEAR.

S10 A IS JUST NORTH OF HERE JUST NEXT TO ROSE PARK.

YOU HAVE OPTION FIVE AND SIX OF S, 25 B AND A THEY'VE BEEN SPLIT UP FOR FUNDING PURPOSES.

AND JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD A GOOD SPLIT POINT S3A.

MOCKINGBIRD SALES. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD NAME FOR YOU.

IT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN WHERE WE DON'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS AS MUCH, AND.

S2A THIS IS ONE OF YOUR NEW ONES? ONCE AGAIN, NOT AN AREA THAT I HAVE A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHERE THIS IS LOCATED? I CAN KIND OF GET MORE IN DETAIL IF NEEDED. SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I'LL CONTINUE. S3BS2B. SAME AREA AS THE PREVIOUS ONE.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT OFF TO THE LEFT THERE. AND THEN I BELIEVE THE NEXT ONE.

OH, NO. THAT'S IT. IT'S THREE A. OH, THERE IT IS.

THAT IS ALL THE FULL DEPTH REHABS, WHICH ARE THE MOST INTENSE REHABS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.

NEXT ARE THE PARTIAL DEPTH REHAB, WHICH IS A LESSER TREATMENT.

SO IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO. BUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, BY THEIR NATURE, IN BETTER CONDITION.

HERE IS A MAP OF ALL OF THEM. ARE THERE ANY NEW ONES ON THIS ONE? I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY NEW ONES ON THIS ONE.

YOU HAVE NO NEW ONES FOR 24. ONLY FULL DEPTH WAS ADDED.

IN 14. HILLCREST. IN 11. THE NORTHWOOD EDITION IN TWO.

THE WOODLAWN EDITION. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO ONE THAT WE DID TWO YEARS AGO.

YOU CAN SEE IT OFF TO THE WEST. IN EIGHT, THE ABILENE HEIGHTS EDITION.

SOME OF THE STREETS THAT WERE MISSED OUT ACTUALLY GOT DONE, I BELIEVE, 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO IS WHENEVER THOSE STREETS WERE DONE.

IF YOU SEE THE THREE THAT ARE MISSING IN THE MIDDLE.

AND S14, THE WIND ROCK EDITION, S9, OLD TOWN AND SIX RADFORD HILLS.

AND THAT IS ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. LINEAR PROJECTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL.

AND I KNOW I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TALK ABOUT.

ARE THERE ANY MAJOR QUESTIONS ON THE LINEAR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN RANKED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY BY THE ENGINEERING DIVISION FOR YOU IN THIS LIST? WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED TRAFFIC COUNT FOR Y'ALL'S KNOWLEDGE OF HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS ON ANY GIVEN ROAD.

YOU WILL NOTICE A DIFFERENCE. LAST LAST MEETING WE HAD THE TOP TEN.

WE HAVE MADE THAT INTO THE TOP 20 NOW AND PHASED SOME OF THE ROADS OUT DUE TO THE NATURE AND THE THE COST OF THEM.

WE HAVE PHASED SEVERAL OF THE ROADS PREVIOUSLY.

THERE WERE A FEW 7 OR $5 MILLION PROJECTS THAT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE TOO INTENSE AS ONE PROJECT.

ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE LINEAR? DO YOU HAVE.

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SO GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT. OKAY. FOR THE LINEAR PROJECTS, THE TOTAL IS 43.7 MILLION. FOR THE PARTIAL DEPTH, THE TOTAL IS 13.3 MILLION.

FOR THE FULL DEPTH, THE TOTAL IS 23.85 MILLION.

SO YOU SEE, WE GOT A LOT OF LOT OF NEEDS AND VERY LITTLE MONEY.

WE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS. ANY MAJOR QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OF. WELL YES, SIR. OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THIS IS TIME FOR YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

THIS WILL BE THE TIME TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

REAL QUICK. WHICH SLIDE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE LEFT ON FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? EVERYTHING SLIDE. STAY HANDY SO YOU CAN. OKAY.

CHANGE AROUND. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHARLES RICE. MY ADDRESS IS 1201 QUEEN'S COURT.

WE ARE IN THE LYTLE ESTATES EDITION. AND IF I COULD, IF, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE LYTLE ESTATES WHO ARE PRESENT, IF THEY WOULD STAND UP, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THE CONDITIONS OF OUR STREETS ARE ARE HORRENDOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST.

AND IF WE IF I IF WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D JUST HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TO PASS AROUND THAT ARE JUST SAMPLES OF HOW BAD THE STREETS ARE.

THERE IS NOT ONE SQUARE FOOT OF OUR STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE CRACKS, POTHOLES OR PATCHES.

AND EACH AND EVERY STREET IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT HAS BECOME A REAL SAFETY HAZARD BESIDES BEING AN EYESORE.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, JUST ON SUNDAY, WE HAD A LADY WALKING HER DOG, STEPPED IN A POTHOLE, SCRAPED HER LEG, TWISTED HER ANKLE. AND THAT PICTURE IS FOR YOU AS WELL.

WE HAVE KIDS WHO HAVE BROKEN ARMS BECAUSE THEY'VE SLED ON THE LOOSE GRAVEL WHILE THEY'RE OUT RIDING THEIR BIKES.

IT IS JUST BECOME VERY UNSAFE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO PUT A CHILD IN A STROLLER AND PUSH THEM ALONG THE STREET, BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE SIMPLY TOO ROUGH. NOBODY WILL DO THAT.

NOW, THIS IS BECAUSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN NEGLECTED WITH REGARDS TO MAINTENANCE.

THE ONLY KNOWN MAINTENANCE DONE ON THIS PROPERTY OR ON THIS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE ITS INCEPTION, WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE 70S, WAS ABOUT 1990. THERE WAS A JOB WHERE THEY DID TAR AND GRAVEL, WHICH WAS PLACED OUT HERE ON THE STREETS.

SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT POTHOLE REPLACEMENT.

NOW I UNDERSTAND, AND I SPOKE IN OCTOBER OF 21.

I SPOKE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, GREG MCCAFFREY, AND HE EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS FUND WILL PAY FOR SMALLER PROJECTS RATHER THAN LARGER PROJECTS.

THE DECISION BEING MADE THAT IT'S BETTER TO USE THIS MONEY TO PAY FOR SMALLER, EASIER FIXES THAN MAJOR FIXES LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A MAJOR FIX.

AND IF THAT'S TRUE, WE WILL NEVER GET FIXED BECAUSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SMALLER PROJECTS, EASIER FIXES THAN OURS. AND IF WE DON'T GET FIXED NOW, WHEN DO WE GET FIXED? THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD FOR OUR PEOPLE, AND OUR PEOPLE LIKE TO WALK THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.

WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WALK IN THE STREET. WE CAN'T WALK IN THE IN THE GUTTERS BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH GRAVEL.

SO WE HAVE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS TO STAY SAFE.

SO WE'VE DONE OUR PART HERE. WE'VE MAINTAINED OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

WE MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY ACCORDINGLY. WE PAY A HIGHER TAX RATE AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S LONG OVERDUE TO REPAIR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RYAN. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THESE PROJECTS? HI, I'M TRENT

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I'M NEW TO TEXAS. TWO YEARS. I'M FROM COLORADO, WHERE I GET POTHOLES ALL THE TIME.

BUT THIS ROAD IS BAD. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND POTHOLES COME UP AND STUFF, BUT I ACTUALLY BLOW MY GRAVEL EVERY TIME I MOW MY LAWN TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE STREET SO I CAN KEEP AN AREA WHERE THE STROLLERS CAN GO BY MY FRONT YARD.

BECAUSE IT IS IT'S LITERALLY THERE'S JUST LITTLE ROCKS.

IT'S OUR WHOLE STREET IS ROCKS. AND WHEN I BLOW THAT OVER, IT GIVES A KIND OF AN AREA THAT YOU CAN WALK BY OR RIDE BIKES ON.

WE GOT KIDS RIDING BIKES UP AND DOWN OR THE LITTLE CARS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, KIDS, CARS, THEY CAN'T GO ON IT.

IT'S JUST TOO ROUGH. IT'S TOO EVERYTHING GETS STUCK OUT THERE.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS EVERYBODY HERE IS GIVE US SOMETHING THAT KIDS CAN PLAY ON THAT'S SAFE, THAT DRIVE ON. I MEAN, IT CAN'T HELP PROPERTY VALUES OUT THERE.

IF WE HAVE A ROAD THAT LOOKS SO HORRIBLE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'D ALWAYS LIKE BETTER PROPERTY VALUES.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? CODY COOLEY, MULTIPLE PROPERTIES ON MAGEE DRIVE.

AND I'M NAVIGATING THROUGH THESE WATERS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE PROCESS HERE.

I HAD AN ASSISTANT REACH OUT TO MR. RATLIFF AND ASK ABOUT THE PAVING OF THAT OF THAT STREET.

AND WHICH PROJECT ARE YOU? MCGEE. DRIVE. MCGEE.

DRIVE. IT'S NOT A PROJECT ON THERE TO BE A FUTURE PROJECT ON HERE.

YEAH. OKAY. MCGEE IS CURRENTLY A UNPAVED ROAD.

OVER IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. THAT THIS THING HERE? NO, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. I'M CONFUSED, AS USUAL, OVER AT THE 322 INTERCHANGE DOWN THERE, RIGHT OFF OF HILL STREET, RIGHT OFF OF HILL STREET. AND WE'VE GOT THAT DEADLY FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT.

OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS IT'S GOING TO TAKE A I KNOW THAT'S NOT THAT.

THAT'S TEXT DOT. I'VE GOT A TEXT DOT COMPANY AS WELL.

I DON'T FOLLOW ANY OF Y'ALL. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE MY TIME SUSPENDED? IS THAT OKAY? CAN YOU WAIT TILL WE GET TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ADDRESS THIS? ABSOLUTELY. DO WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO. OKAY.

JUST. JUST BEAR WITH US. SURE. YEAH. PERFECT.

WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE ON ON THIS THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. JUST BEAR WITH US. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED UNDER THE PROGRAM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. WE GOT $7.5 MILLION. HOW MUCH? NOT MUCH.

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE, WE HAD PICKED THAT GIL PARK AREA TO DO AND WE KIND OF BACKED OFF SINCE THEY WERE SIDE BY SIDE WITH EACH OTHER.

SO I THINK WE KIND OF OVER THAT ONE. OKAY. TO BE SELECTED.

OKAY.

WHICH ONE WAS THAT, SIR? GIL. PARK HILL PARK SHEET NUMBER FIVE.

WHICH IS 1.3 MILLION. YES, SIR. WE HAVE SEVEN AND A HALF.

OKAY.

A LOT OF ESTATES AREAS. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET HIS INPUT FROM THE FROM CITIZENS.

AND WE SURE GOT THAT TONIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

SHOWING. AND I MEAN, THE PICTURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

YEAH. I, I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO WALK MY CHILDREN DOWN.

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RIGHT. YEAH. I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE ALL ESTATES AT SEVEN.

YES, SEVEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THAT WAS. THAT WAS 2.4.

TWO POINT. THIS ONE THEY GOT. YES, SIR. I THINK 2.04.

IS THAT CORRECT. A LITTLE IT GETS US A335. SO GETTING ABOUT HALFWAY THERE.

CAN WE DO NORTH OF 18TH TO NORTH 12TH. IT'S ONLY $1.3 MILLION ON THAT ONE.

WHICH ONE COUNTY? NORTH 18TH TO NORTH 12TH. I KNOW THAT AREA IS REAL BAD.

THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT AREA. HEY, MAX. NORTH 18.

NORTH. EAST. PUT AN ORDER OF WHAT THEY NOT. NOT THE.

NOT THESE. NOT THE WORK ZONES. OKAY. THE LINEAR STREETS ARE ARE IN ORDER WHAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER AS AN ORDER.

BUT IT IS NOT A WE DON'T HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE.

IT'S UP TO YOUR DISCRETION. KIND OF LOOK AT IT LIKE WE DID A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR THAT, YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE MOCKINGBIRD TO SALES. THAT'S A HUGE CHUNK OF CHANGE.

BUT IF WE PUT IT OFF THAT NUMBER ONLY GOES UP.

YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE NORTH 18TH TO NORTH 12TH NORTH MOCKINGBIRD.

IS THAT THE WAY THEY'RE DOING THE DISHES? I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THESE LINES IN THE IN THE AREA.

MOCKINGBIRD AND THE MOCKINGBIRD OR THE APPLE TREE, I THINK.

I'M NOT SURE. IF THESE PACKETS UNDERNEATH YOURS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PACKETS BY CHANCE? NO. OKAY.

DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ME? DO YOU HAVE. DO YOU HAVE? WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING Y'ALL. OKAY.

YOU TRIED SPEAKING TO YOUR MICROPHONES. SORRY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. SHELLY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND SOME OF THE LINEAR STREETS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD MIX.

MAX, I GUESS IT'S GOING TO HELP US ON REBECCA LANE THERE.

THEY'RE DOING THEIR PORTION NEAR THE BUFFALO GAP, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. THEY'RE NOT GOING DOWN THERE, SIR. NO. FURTHER DOWN.

YEAH. YEAH. AND THEY'RE WHAT, ANOTHER YEAR. THEY'RE THEY'RE SAYING NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR IS WHEN THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED.

SO THE, THE BUSINESSES AND THINGS THAT ARE LOCATED ON REBECCA HAVE HAD A HARD TIME.

AND, AND IN PREVIOUS THAT THAT HAS BEEN OUR NUMBER ONE FOR, FOR QUITE A BIT.

BUT WE HAVE HELD OR THE THE BOARD IS HELD OFF ON THAT DUE TO THE DOING THAT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NEXT TO BUFFALO GAP IN THAT WHOLE AREA WOULD BE VERY FRUSTRATING TO TRAVEL THROUGH AS IT'S NOT ALREADY FOR SURE.

IF WE DID RECOMMEND REBECCA. THAT WOULDN'T BE DONE TILL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR ANYWAY, WOULD IT? 2025? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. MAKE SURE. YEAH. CORRECT.

NEXT. BUT THIS TIME. NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR. YEAH.

YEAH. WHICH ONE? FOR LINEAR PROJECTS. THIS ONE. LINEAR.

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I'M GLAD BECAUSE THAT SERVICE KEEPS BUGGING ME.

NORTH 18TH TO WILLISTON. MOCKINGBIRD. WHERE'S THAT AT? ON THE NORTH. 15TH. FURTHER DOWN THIS WAY? YES, BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY $800,000.

THAT'S NOT REALLY TOO BAD EITHER FOR MAINTENANCE.

MAX WAS NORTH 18TH, WHERE THE GENTLEMAN WAS ON THE NEWS MEDIA WITH THAT MISTAKE.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR. CORRECT.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. YEAH. WE ARE DOING OKAY.

WE'RE DOING THIS. THIS PORTION IS THE NEXT PHASE THAT WILL CONTINUE 18TH DOWN.

OKAY. FURTHER CORRECT. YOU CAN SEE IT IN PINK ON THIS MAP.

IN YOUR PRINTOUTS, THERE'S A BETTER DEPICTION.

OF AMBULANCE SERVICE GOING DOWN THAT NORTH 18TH TICKET TO HENDRIX AND STUFF.

THAT'S REALLY BAD AREA. 14TH WILLIS TO SALES.

IT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN FRONT OF IT.

YEAH. WE LOST THE SALES. YES, SIR.

18TH ONE. YOU'D LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT ONE? YES.

OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING? YES. SOUTH 14TH FROM WILLIS TO SALES.

AND THEN I BELIEVE HE WAS RECOMMENDING NORTH 18TH AS WELL.

THE $800,000 PROJECT. WELL, THAT'S GONNA GET US TO 900,000.

HOW MUCH ARE LEFT? HE SAID I THINK 9 MILLION.

THAT'S GONNA BE JUST 900. SO YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE NORTH 18TH CONTINGENT IN CASE YOU GOT MONEY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE GOT. HERE'S WHAT WE GOT.

WE'VE GOT IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ESTATES IN THE CV. SEE THE C.W.

GILL PARK AREA. WE'VE GOT REBECCA LANE, AND WE'VE GOT SOUTH 14TH FROM WILLIS TO SALES AND THEN NORTH 18TH, WILLIS TO MOCKINGBIRD.

IF WE GOT MONEY LEFT OVERS AS A CONTINGENT PROJECT.

IF THE REBECCA LANE IS THE PHASE ONE, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY? YES. OKAY. EVERYBODY'S ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE THE SET FOR AN ACTION FOR SOME REASON.

OH, OUR STAFF HAS HEARD THE DISCUSSION, SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO SET IT FOR AN ACTION AT A LATER DATE.

UNFORTUNATELY. OKAY. IT WAS DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING.

DON'T HAVE IT SET FOR AN ACTION AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. WELL, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE MEETING IN OCTOBER, WHICH WILL.

OR OUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. EVERYBODY HEAR THAT? OKAY. WHAT? THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS THAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL.

BE DONE. OR THE C.W. GUILD PARK AREA. AND THE LITTLE ESTATES AREA THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE REPRESENTING.

REBECCA LANE, PHASE ONE SOUTH 14TH STREET FROM WILLIS TO SALES AND THEN NORTH 18TH FROM WILLIS TO MOCKINGBIRD IS KIND OF THE CONTINGENT PROJECT.

IF WE GET MONEY LEFT OVER WHEN WE BID THOSE OTHER ONES OUT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE FOR SOME REASON.

WE DON'T HAVE ACTION ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL WHEN WE HAVE THAT ACTION ITEM.

OKAY. ITEM THREE, FUTURE MEETING. THIS ONE'S A BIG ONE, SIR.

[3. Future Meeting: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing and Take Action on Future Street Maintenance Advisory and Appeals Board Meeting Dates.]

ONCE IN THIS TIME FRAME IN THE JUNE JULY TIME FRAME, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IN THE SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME.

THIS ONE HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1ST, SO THAT ANY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE ARE PRIOR TO THE FISCAL YEAR CHANGEOVER.

THESE ARE THE TWO. WE ALSO CHOOSE THE DATES THAT ARE NOT COUNCIL THURSDAYS.

AND THAT HAS GENERALLY WORKED IN THE PAST. THESE ARE TWO IN SEPTEMBER.

THAT MAY WORK. IRONICALLY, THEY'RE MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY AND MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY.

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MOTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO BE SEPTEMBER 5TH.

YEP. YES. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MR. POLARIS.

YOU HAVE IT MARKED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING WITH OUR NEXT MEETING.

DATE IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER THE 5TH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.

SEEING NO ONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THE MOTION AND SECOND AND MR. POLARIS. YES, MA'AM. MR. HART? YES. MISS MARTINEZ? YES. MR. TODD? YES. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DROP BACK TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SO, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS NOW, MR. COODY. YES. YOU'RE UP. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M EASILY. I'M EASILY. I'M EASILY CONFUSED MYSELF.

SO, AS I SAID BEFORE, CODY COOLEY GOT MULTIPLE BUSINESSES THERE ON MAGEE STREET AND HILL STREET AND DUNHAM AND MAGEE DRIVE, AS MR. RATLIFF STATED, IS NOT PAVED. AND THE PHONE CALL THAT WAS MADE TO HIM, AND I WAS NOT PART OF THAT PART OF THAT PHONE CALL, BUT WHAT WAS RELAYED, AND THIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE EXACT WORDS, BUT WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THAT PAVING THAT IS NOT A PRIORITY.

AND YOU KNOW, LIFE'S ABOUT PERSPECTIVE. DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE 6 OR 9 YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

AND I CAN DEFINITELY SEE Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE.

YOU'VE GOT LIMITED RESOURCES TO DO A LOT OF STUFF.

ALL I'M HERE TO DO IS GIVE YOU MY PERSPECTIVE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO SO THAT WE CAN BE A PRIORITY.

BUT IN 2019 I DECIDED TO INVEST IN ABILENE AND MOVE A BUSINESS HERE.

SEE, FOR FUELS. AND THE CITY HAS BEEN GREAT TO US.

THE CUSTOMER BASE HAS BEEN GREAT TO US AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

IN 2023, I MOVED A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE.

FARMERS DO TEXTILE WORK ALL OVER THE STATE. WE EMPLOY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE, 60 OF WHICH ARE CITIZENS OF ABILENE, AND DRIVE UP AND DOWN THAT MCGEE STREET IN THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES ON A DAILY BASIS.

FIVE DAYS A WEEK. AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S REALLY A MESS.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE BOUGHT ABOUT SIX PROPERTIES THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OF INDUSTRIAL, SOUTH INDUSTRIAL AND SOUTH TREADWAY AND ABOUT 13 ACRES INVESTED A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION PLUS IMPROVEMENTS. MY TAXES ARE RIGHT UNDER $90,000 A YEAR.

SO I GUESS WHY WOULD I ASK, IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO TELL ME WHAT I GOT TO DO TO BECOME A PRIORITY, OR WHAT STEPS I'VE GOT TO TAKE TO GET ON AGENDA TO GET TO WHERE POSSIBLY WE CAN GET THAT THAT ROAD PAVED.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE ANY INPUT OR ANYTHING THAT WHAT MY NEXT STEP IS SO THAT I CAN GET IT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PROCESS AND I WANT TO FOLLOW THE RIGHT PROCESS. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THRIVING BUSINESSES THERE, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THE THE CONSIDERATION OF PAVING THAT ROAD AT SOME TIME.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IS THERE SOME STEPS I NEED TO TAKE SO THAT I CAN GET THAT DONE? OTHER THAN BEING HERE. HE'D BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COA. OR IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THIS IS A THIS IS YOUR FIRST STEP.

OKAY, OKAY. VERY GOOD. YOU SEE THE GENTLEMAN BACK HERE RAISING HIS HAND? YES, THAT'S MR. MICHAEL RICE. HI. MICHAEL RICE, HE IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

KIND OF OVER THIS AREA. THE CITY FUEL. OKAY, GO VISIT HIM.

HE WILL HELP YOU. I CAN ASSURE YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE THE JOB. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. COOLEY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE.

YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. COME UP. PLEASE, SIR.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA BROWN. I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE KING SOLOMON BAPTIST CHURCH, 1050 MENDER STREET. THAT'S RIGHT OFF OF JUDGE ELY.

OVER CLOSE TO ICU. AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IS FOR ME.

OKAY. PROBABLY. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER 11 BY 17? YES.

IT'D BE EASY FOR ME TO NAVIGATE. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'VE GOT FLOODING THAT'S COMING INTO THE CHURCH. IF WE WOULD, IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT YOUR 11 BY 17 AS YOU READ IT IS ACTUAL NORTH TOP.

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OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE TO THE SOUTH OF HALEY STREET.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IS 1981, THIS WAS BUILT. IT'S SITTING ON THE I GUESS THE, SOUTH SIDE. NO, NO. IT'S SITTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF JUDGE ELY.

AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 80. SO WE'RE THERE'S A BRIDGE RIGHT THERE ABOVE UP NORTH. SO ELEVATION IS DESCENDING COMING DOWN THE PAGE.

THE BUILDING IS BUILT. ONE FOOT HIGHER THAN THE LOWEST ELEVATION, WHICH IS ON THE STREET.

SO YOU WE'RE SITTING WITH THE ROADS DOING THIS, AND THE BUILDING IS SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT INCLINE.

THERE'S AN INCLINE FROM HAILEY TO MINDA, SO IT'S ACTUALLY SITTING IN A HOLE BECAUSE JUDGE JUDGE ELY IS BUILT UP THE THE SOUTH SIDE OF HAILEY, WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS COMING OFF OF JUDGE ELY, TO THE WEST.

THE CURB STOPS THERE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE WHERE THE APRON STOPS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S WORN. RIGHT THERE. I HAD AND I'VE GOT SOME VIDEO.

I WENT OUT THERE THE LAST TIME IT HELD, AND I PUT MY RAIN GEAR ON.

THE WATER COMES DOWN INTO THAT INTO THAT APRON AND RIGHT PAST THE CURBING, INTO THE PROPERTY DOWN THERE.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES THE LAST TWO PICTURES, THERE WAS JUST PEWS BEING REPAIRED.

THAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM TWICE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

AND NOW WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT MOLD AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

I'VE GOT 20S HAPPENING. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HAILEY, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.

THE OTHER PICTURES ARE SHOT LEFT AND RIGHT. SO I HAD 811 COME OUT SO WE COULD SEE WHERE THE THE EASEMENT WAS.

WHERE THE WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE. PROCEED ON.

OH. THANK YOU. WE'RE PROPOSING CURB AND GUTTER ON THAT SOUTH SIDE OF HALEY.

ON ON ADJACENT RIGHT TO OUR PROPERTY, ON DOWN TO THE END OF OUR PROPERTY.

TO STOP THAT WATER FROM COMING IN, IT'S CAUSED OVER 10 TO $15,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND BUILDING OVER THE LAST 8 OR 9 YEARS. AND IT WAS A DOUBLE FIGURE. COST A THOUSAND COST TO TO REPAIR AND RENOVATE PEWS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 300 LINEAL FEET.

WE'VE GOT SOME COST ESTIMATES OF CURB AND GUTTER.

THAT'S $30 TO $50 A LINEAL FOOT. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO AGAIN, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE ME GET GET ON THE IMPORTANCE LIST TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE TO SAVE OUR PROPERTY.

WE'VE GOT OTHER OTHER DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ALSO.

BUT THIS IS FOR THIS COMMITTEE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO DO AND TRY TO GET GET THE CITY'S HELP, THIS COMMITTEE'S HELP TO DO IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT 3500, $4,000, MAYBE WITH WITH AT THE APPROXIMATELY 230 OF 300FT. SO AND THAT CURB AND GUTTER, THE HEIGHT OF THAT CURB AND GUTTER THAT'S THERE CAN BE CONTINUED.

THERE'S NO NEED TO TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN STANDARD CURB AND GUTTER TO GET IT DONE.

NOW, HOW THE THE LOCATION, THE WIDTH OF THE STREET COMES INTO PLAY.

THE I'M SURE THE, THE CHURCH IS WILLING TO, YOU GIVE UP SOME OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S AN EASEMENT THERE.

SO THOSE PICTURES, THE ONES THAT ARE POINTING EAST AND WEST SHOWS WHERE 811 HAD PLACED THE, THE GAS, THE WATER. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT IN THERE.

AND THE ONE PICTURE THAT SHOWS THE SPIGOT OFF THE BUILDING, THE LITTLE POP OUT UP THE TOP OF THE BUILDING THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO IT. AND ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S TWO MAIN DRAINS OFF THE ROOF THAT GO ON TO THE PROPERTY.

WE ARE. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT WATER THAT'S PROBABLY 20, 30 GALLONS A MINUTE COMING OUT OF THOSE SPIGOTS

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I HAVE THAT VIDEO, AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PROBLEM THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE PROPERTY.

SO WE'RE WE'RE IN. THE REASON WHY I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, I WANTED TO DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE AS WE'RE.

LOOK. EVEN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT CURB AND GUTTER THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONSTRUCTION THERE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DRAIN INTO THAT RAVINE PREMATURELY BEFORE SOMETHING WAS YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF COORDINATION WAS DONE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE MONEY. SO WE'RE LOOKING.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING. AGAIN, IT'S TEN 50 MINUTES STREET.

KING SOLOMON BAPTIST CHURCH, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR HELP TO STOP THE THE DAMAGE.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS, MAINTENANCE AREAS ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

I'M PRETTY MUCH SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELIEVE THE SHEETROCK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MOLD PROBLEMS. AND IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T STOP THIS, ANY OF THE LARGER RAINS THAT HAPPEN THE WATER COMES RIGHT DOWN IN THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND HOPEFULLY. WHAT? HOPEFULLY WE I'M UP IN THE, LIKE, GENTLEMEN, BEFORE I'M OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS AND HELP THAT WE CAN GET.

IT. AND ON THIS, MR. BROWN, THIS COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STREETS.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR PLIGHT HERE. I JUST I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THIS MONEY THAT THIS STREET FEED YOU FEED MONEY CAN BE UTILIZED TO DO THAT. NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER AVENUES THAT THAT MIGHT CAN DO.

AND THAT IS, IS IS HALEY. IS HALEY NOT IN. WHAT ARE WE CONSIDERING? WELL, WHAT DO WE CONSIDER. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT'S I SUGGEST THAT MAYBE YOU GET WITH MR. JOHNSON DOWN HERE AND TO DISCUSS THIS AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE MORE.

AND MAYBE. MAYBE IT CAN BE IT CAN COME TO THIS BOARD AS A MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

YES, SIR. BUT THIS IS KIND OF A THIS IS KIND OF A NEW, MORE OF A DRAINAGE STRUCTURE PROJECT.

AND THIS I DON'T THINK THIS BOARD IS CHARGED WITH THAT.

OKAY. BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER AVENUES. SO VERY WELL.

YEAH. WE'RE LOOKING LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE WAY THIS IS WHERE I WAS TOLD TO START.

WELL, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.

RIGHT. SO I'LL BE LOOKING TO TALK TO MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. WITH ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN THIS PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

MAX, I GUESS ON THE SEPTEMBER THE 5TH, WE WILL HAVE ACTION ITEM ON THESE STREETS THAT WILL HEAR ME.

OKAY. NEXT THING IS ADJOURNMENT. THIS. ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING? OKAY. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.