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UNDER. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 11TH, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO
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BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FOR COUNCILMAN HAYNIE, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU PLEASE STAND. PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS THAT YOU BESTOWED UPON US. GRANT US THE WISDOM TO GOVERN AS YOU SEE FIT. GRANT US THE WISDOM TO ACT JUSTLY AND GRANT US THE CONFIDENCE TO CARRY OUT YOUR WILL. LORD, WE PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF, AND THAT OUR ACTIONS GLORIFY YOU. WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE THAT ARE CRYING OUT FOR YOU. BE WITH US. HELP US GOVERN. WE JUST PRAY ALL THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL[MINUTES]
RIGHT. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE MINUTES FROM APRIL THE 30TH, 2025. MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY TEN. SECOND BY HAWKINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION[R-1 Request that the City Council consider adopting a Resolution of support authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager's designees to participate with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the design of a safety project on State Highway 110 from north of Aberdeen Drive to County Road 2123.]
CARRIES PART ONE. CAMERON. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. COUNCIL CAMERON WILLIAMS, TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF TYLER. SO TODAY WE HAVE HERE A REQUEST TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION FOR TXDOT TO PROCEED WITH A THE DESIGN OF A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON STATE HIGHWAY 110. AND ON THAT. SO WE'LL WAIT ON OUR SLIDES. BUT THIS PROJECT GENERALLY LOCATED IS ON STATE HIGHWAY 110 SOUTH OF THE LOOP. IF YOU KNOW KIND OF WHERE LINDBERGH ABERDEEN IS, WHERE THE MEDIAN ENDS TODAY AND THEN TRANSITIONS TO A TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE. SO FROM THAT POINT SOUTH DOWN TO COUNTY ROAD 2123, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF TOLL 49. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL LIMITS OF THIS PROJECT.ABOUT HALF OF THAT PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THE REMAINING HALF OF THAT PROJECT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A GENERAL LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT. AS FAR AS WHY THIS PROJECT? SO THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY OF FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES ON THIS CORRIDOR, WHICH IS RAISED IT TO THE LEVEL FOR TEXDOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IMPROVING IT. YOU'VE GOT A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, SPECIFICALLY MULTIFAMILY. YOU GOT RETAIL. AS FAR AS SHOPPING ON THAT CORRIDOR. SO THE KIND OF BACK UP YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN AGAIN ON THE RIGHT, YOU GOT THE LIMITS OF THAT PROJECT. THE RED IS THE PORTION THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THE GREEN IS THE PORTION THAT'S OUTSIDE ON THE LEFT. YOU SEE THAT EXISTING RAISED MEDIAN THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF LUKE 323. AND THEN AS YOU GET FURTHER SOUTH, WHERE THAT TRANSITIONS TO A TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE. SO AGAIN, THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU SOME CONTEXT OF THIS PROJECT. THIS GIVES YOU SOME DATA AS FAR AS KIND OF HIGH LEVEL. THAT BOTTOM TABLE SHOWS SOME OF THE CRASHES BETWEEN 2015 AND 2024 THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON VARIOUS CORRIDORS. BUT KIND OF WHAT YOU LOOK AT IS THE NUMBER OF FATAL AND THE PERCENTAGE OF SEVERE AND FATAL CRASHES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, WHICH ARE SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY SPECIFIC PRIORITY FOR TXDOT AND FOR THE CITY. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE NUMBER OF LANES. SO AGAIN, YOU GOT A MIX OF HIGHER CROSSING DISTANCES, HIGHER SPEEDS, HIGHER VOLUMES ON THIS CORRIDOR. AND SO THIS PROJECT, WHAT WOULD IT DO. IT WOULD INCLUDE SOME RAISED MEDIANS. SO CONTINUING THAT CROSS SECTION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE ON SOUTH BROADWAY TODAY, SOME ILLUMINATION, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS ON THERE. SO. WITH THAT, IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNEES TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DESIGN OF SAFETY PROJECT ON STATE HIGHWAY 110 FROM NORTH OF ABERDEEN DRIVE TO COUNTY ROAD 2123. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON? YEAH, I DO. HEY, CAMERON, YOU MENTIONED ADDITIONAL CROSSWALK OR EVERYTHING. SO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW SEE PEOPLE CROSS AT SHILOH AND 110 ALL THE TIME AND THERE IS NO CROSSWALK. AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF WANT TO JUST TURN YOUR EYES AWAY BECAUSE IT'S SO BUSY. DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT THEY WOULD? ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE IS PART OF THE ROSE QUARTER PROJECT THAT WOULD IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION. I THINK IT BECOMES WHAT DOES THIS PROJECT HAPPEN BEFORE THAT? IF SO, WE COULD GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE. PRIOR TO THAT ROSE QUARTER. YOU ALSO HAVE THISTLE AS ANOTHER LOCATION AND THEN POTENTIALLY EVEN BETWEEN THISTLE AND LINDBERGH, YOU'VE
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GOT SOME APARTMENTS AND A DOLLAR GENERAL IN THAT AREA. YOU MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THAT SIGNALIZED BECAUSE YOU DO GET, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE USES ACROSS SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT ARE PRETTY HIGH SPEED. I GUESS TEX DOT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF WHERE TO PUT THEM IN. SO THAT WOULD BE US.THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TEX DOT'S LEADING THE DESIGN. THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM TEX DOT, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO JUMP OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING WITHOUT THE CITY INVOLVEMENT AND CITY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. CAMERON, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO MEET WITH TRAIN SINCE PORTION OF THIS IS GOING TO GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, I IMAGINE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME INPUT AS FAR AS THEIR INGRESS AND EGRESS. ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE CITY BEING INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT AND WORKING WITH THOSE LAND USES ALONG THE CORRIDORS AND TALKING TO THOSE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY IMPACTS ACCESS. BUT THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY.
BUT HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS? AND THAT'S PART OF TEXDOT AGAIN, WANTING THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED AND TO WORK WITH THOSE LANDOWNERS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT CAN WORK? ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOVE TO APPROVE R-1. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS, SECOND BY HAWKINS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS,
[R-2 Request that the City Council consider supporting the Transportation Alternative Set-Aside (TA) grant application for the City of Tyler Midtown to Downtown Shared Use Path and committing the local matching funds. ]
CAMERON OR TWO. DARREN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CITY ENGINEER HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER GRANT WE WOULD LIKE TO OR A GRANT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AFTER AGAIN. WE DO. WE GO AFTER THESE GRANTS A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE GRANTS USED TO BE CALLED TOSA TO JUST SHORTEN IT TO GRANTS. SO THIS WOULD BE FOR A FOR A TRAIL FROM BASICALLY LINKING TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE, UT TYLER MEDICAL SCHOOL AND UT CENTER HOSPITAL. CHRIS FRANCIS MAIN HOSPITAL AND DOWNTOWN TYLER, INCLUDING THE SMITH COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THERE'S A TRAIL YOU'VE SEEN. IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE ON THIS SCREEN. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN THE PACKET, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY EVEN GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN JUST A LITTLE PAST FIFTH STREET ON HIGHLAND. SO WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF MILES OF TEN FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATH. SOME OF IT'S ALONG BECKHAM, SOME OF IT'S INTERNAL TO THE HOSPITALS. AND BUT WE JUST NEED SOMETHING IN HERE. IT'S BEEN LONG DESIRED AND EVEN ESPECIALLY BY CHRISTMAS TO LINK ALL THESE TWO TOGETHER. ALL THESE TOGETHER, ALL THESE USES, ALL THESE GETTING EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE DOWNTOWN NOW THAT IT SHOULD BE A DESTINATION. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A DESTINATION. SO WE IN JANUARY THERE WAS A CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR. IT'S A TWO YEAR CYCLE. WE'RE GONNA CALL FOR PROJECTS IN JANUARY. WE HAVE A WE'VE SUBMITTED A PRELIMINARY APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY. WE MET WITH THE TEXDOT ON THIS AND THEY SAID, WE REALLY LIKE YOUR APPLICATION. WE REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU'VE ALREADY GOT STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND PEOPLE GOING. AND THEY WERE REALLY COMPLIMENTARY ABOUT IT. THE DETAILED APPLICATION IS DUE LATER THIS MONTH ON JUNE 20TH.WE DID HAVE SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT THAT WERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. WE JUST PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND GOT PRETTY GOOD INPUT FROM THEM.
THE COST OF THIS PROJECT OVERALL IS ABOUT $4.8 MILLION. NORMALLY IT'S ABOUT AN 8,020% SPLIT, WITH 80% BEING TEX DOT FUNDS AND 20% BEING CITY FUNDING. BUT WE ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS. SO TO WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING. PAUSE FOR EFFECT.
SORRY. WE DO HAVE TWO SOME REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION. WE HAVE A LETTER FROM TEX DOT SAYING IT'S A LETTER OF CONSENT FROM THEM, BASICALLY SAYING HEY, WE LIKE THE PROJECT AND THIS RESOLUTION RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT YOU PASS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. SO WHEN DO YOU FIND OUT WHETHER YOU GET THE GRANT OR NOT? IT'LL BE LATER THIS MONTH. EXCUSE ME? LATER THIS YEAR. LATER THIS YEAR, IT'LL BE ABOUT OCTOBER. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT. DID YOU SAY HOW MUCH THE GRANT WAS? I'M SORRY, I WAS READING. THE GRANT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW. ESSENTIALLY, ONCE WE QUALIFY FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS WOULD BE FOR 100%, 4.8 4.8 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL. CORRECT. THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THERE ARE OVER 300 APPLICATIONS STATEWIDE. SO IF THEY CAN FUND THE WHOLE THING, THEY WILL. IF THEY CANNOT, WE WILL BREAK IT UP AND PHASE IT KIND OF LIKE WE DID ON THE PROJECT FOR THE LEGACY TRAIL PROJECTS. IT'S THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE WE DID WE USED FOR THOSE. SO DO THEY DO NUMEROUS GRANTS FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED OR JUST 1 OR 2 OR THIS YEAR THEY CHANGED IT UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU HAVE ONE GRANT PER ENTITY. THEY APPARENTLY HAD SOME SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH MULTIPLE
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ENTITIES GETTING MULTIPLE GRANTS AND SOME THAT DID NOT THAT WERE JUST AS QUALIFIED. SO THEY SAID ONE PER ENTITY. SO IN ORDER TO SEE YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE GET ONE GRANT FROM THIS PROGRAM. AND THIS WAS OUR PRIORITY THIS YEAR TO GO AFTER. SO IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT THIS TJC UT YOU TO MED SCHOOL AND KRISTA'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST OF THE TRAILS. IF WE WERE WE'VE PROBABLY CROSSED THAT BRIDGE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. IF WE DO NOT GET THE GRANT, WE CAN WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS AND APPLY FOR IT AGAIN. OKAY, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE MOST. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DARREN? DARREN. YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHT PURPLE TO THE LEFT OF THE TRAIL. AND I GUESS THAT'S THE RAILROAD EXTENSION. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS ANOTHER OPTIONAL ROUTE THAT WE COULD GO. THAT IS A PREFERRED ROUTE. BUT WE DECIDED NOT TO GO ON THE RAILROAD ITSELF BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS TO GET THEIR BUY IN. WE HAVE A IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. IF WE CANNOT, WE HAVE THE ROUTE SHOWN HERE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? MOVE TO APPROVE R-2? SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY SECOND BY NICHOLAS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.[O-1 Request that the City Council consider adoption of an Ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget for various projects relating to Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ 3, TIRZ 4), and the Rose Complex.]
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS, DARREN. THANK YOU. OH ONE. HELLO. HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I'M HERE. I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS RELATING TO THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE TIERS THREE AND FOUR, AND THE ROSE COMPLEX, WHICH IS IN THE HEARTLAND. THE CITY STAFF IS REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. BUDGET TIERS THREE FOR THE EAST MAPLE ESTATES. THAT PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER, AND THE TOTAL COST TO BE REIMBURSED IS UP TO $1 MILLION. AND WE'RE STARTING TO RECEIVE THE FIRST FEW INVOICES. TRES THREE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF $10,000 TERS FOR ADMINISTRATION $15,000, AND THEN THE HOT FUND FOR THE FINAL INVOICE RELATING TO THE ROSE COMPLEX PHASE ONE, WHICH IS 125,698. AND THEN THE HOT FUND FOR DEMOLITION RELATING TO THE ROSE COMPLEX PHASE TWO. THIS IS 125,000. SO IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE ZONE THREE FOUR AND THE HOT FUND FOR THE ROSE COMPLEX. ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAUREN? MOVE TO APPROVE. OH ONE SECOND MOTION BY CARTER, SECOND BY HAWKINS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION
[O-2 Request that the City Council consider approving the sale of Tyler Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, New Series 2025. ]
CARRIES OH TWO. OKAY. ON MAY 14TH IN 2025, CITY COUNCIL HEARD A PRESENTATION ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL APPROXIMATELY $45 MILLION IN WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS FOR OUR CONSENT DECREE. GUIDANCE WAS GIVEN TO STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD DURING FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26. WE ANTICIPATE ON SPENDING APPROXIMATELY $45 MILLION, WITH THE EXCESS BEING PAID FROM PREVIOUS BOND FUNDS. THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE CAPACITY, WHICH IS AN ESTIMATED $14.5 MILLION, PRIVATE LATERAL, WHICH IS AN ESTIMATED $1 MILLION, GROUP THREE IS $3.1 MILLION, GROUP FOUR IS $1.6 MILLION, GROUP FIVE AT $3.7 MILLION, GROUP SIX AT $8.3 MILLION, GROUP SEVEN AT 783,000. CREEK CROSSING REPAIRS COME IN AT AN ESTIMATE OF $1 MILLION AND LIFT STATIONS AT $11.5 MILLION. SO ALL THIS ADDS UP TO 45,000,008 25 TO 94. AND OUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FEE WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED PER CUSTOMER AT AN ESTIMATE OF $6.39 PER MONTH. AND WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT PHASING THAT IN, JUST DEPENDING ON HOW THE BUDGET PROCESS GOES RELATING TO THE WATER FUND. AND WE HAVE WE COMPLETED OUR COMPETITIVE SALE YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE PAUL JASON FROM SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS TO YOU. SO, LAUREN, THE 639 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FEE THAT'S ADDED TO WHAT'S ALREADY SO WHAT WOULD THAT MAKE THE TOTAL THAT WILL MAKE THE TOTAL. $23 2019 ALMOST 70 I BELIEVE. SO THAT'LL BE ADDED ON TOP. AND AS IT'S[00:15:13]
MADE MENTIONED ABOUT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT. SO POSSIBLY OCTOBER 1ST, ALTHOUGH THE FINANCE TEAM IS LOOKING AT HOW POSSIBLY TO PHASE THAT IN A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF EXTEND THAT OUT THROUGHOUT THE MAYBE TWO PHASES FOR THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INCREASE RELATED TO THE EPA CONSENT DECREE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU. LAURA. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF PAUL JASON WITH SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE WILL SMITH. AND THEN YOUR BOND ATTORNEYS HERE, BOB DRANSFIELD. BOB'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I THINK MAYBE LONGER, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT THIS MORNING. JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE BIDS. LAUREN DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING THE PROJECTS, BUT TOOK BIDS YESTERDAY MORNING. STAFF WAS ABLE TO WATCH THOSE BIDS COME IN. THIS IS FOR FUNDING THE 45 MILLION REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE UTILITY SYSTEM, THIS BOND ISSUE. IT'S A 30 YEAR STRUCTURE. THIS IS A FIXED RATE. THE SIX BIDS WERE SUBMITTED. THE WINNING BIDDER WAS MESIROW FINANCIAL. THEY ALSO WON YEAR 2023 BOND ISSUE. THEY'RE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO WITH AN OFFICE IN HOUSTON. SO THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE CITY'S DEBT ISSUES. DEFINITELY THE LAST TWO ISSUES. WHEN WE'RE HERE IN MAY, WE PRESENTED A RATE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO 4.9%. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT IT CAME IN LOWER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. THESE BONDS ARE CALLABLE AND ROUGHLY JUST UNDER TEN YEARS. SO THERE'S A CALL FEATURE OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2034 THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EITHER REFUND OR PREPAY JUST UNDER TEN YEARS. PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE CITY WENT THROUGH THE RATING PROCESS AGAIN WITH STANDARD AND POOR'S. WE APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT MEETING. THE RATING WAS AFFIRMED AT DOUBLE A, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD RATING FOR THE CITY. AND IF COUNCIL DOES APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE TODAY, BOB DRANSFIELD AND HIS TEAM WILL MOVE FORWARD GETTING THIS APPROVED AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CLOSE ON JULY 9TH. NEXT PAGE IS THE SUMMARY OF BIDS. WINNING BID 4.75. SOME OF THE OTHER FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED HAVE SUPPORTED PREVIOUS BOND ISSUES FOR THE CITY, RAYMOND JAMES AS WELL AS R.W. BAIRD. SO WE APPRECIATE THOSE FIRMS SUBMITTING A BID AS WELL. THIS IS THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS A LEVEL DEBT STRUCTURE. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RATE WE SHOWED YOU IN MAY AND THIS RATE EQUATES TO ROUGHLY AROUND 60,000 A YEAR LESS IN DEBT SERVICE OR JUST UNDER $2 MILLION LESS IN TOTAL DEBT SERVICE. SO THE AGGRESSIVE BIDS AND A GOOD DAY IN THE MARKET DEFINITELY HELPED YESTERDAY. NEXT PAGE SOURCES AND USES YOUR PAR AMOUNT OF THE DEBT IS 43,000,009 30 THE WINNING BIDDER AS A BIT OF A PREMIUM. THEY WANTED A COUPON RATE HIGHER THAN THE PREVAILING MARKET YIELD. SO THEY HAD TO PAY THE CITY A PREMIUM. THAT'S PART OF THE PROCEEDS. AND THEN WE'LL DELIVER 45 MILLION TO THE CONSTRUCTION FUND AT CLOSING ON JULY 9TH.
THIS IS JUST AN INTEREST RATE CHART. RATES ARE STILL PRETTY FAVORABLE. VERY SIMILAR RATE WE GOT IN 2023. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO APPROVE OH TWO. SECOND. OH ONE THING OKAY I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. HOLD THAT THOUGHT. I'VE GOT ONE CARD I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY LATONYA YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK. AND YOU KNOW THE DRILL. WE'RE TRYING TO STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM, SO. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CAN YOU, CAN YOU DO THREE MINUTES, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS LATONYA GASTON. ADDRESS 12622. COUNTY ROAD 1114 TYLER, TEXAS 75709I AM HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE, SO IT IS NOT FOR ME. I GOT AN EMAIL FROM CHRISTY JONES AND SHE LIVES AT 1027 CROSBY. SO IT SAYS DEAR CITY OF TYLER WATER COMPANY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S
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GOING ON WITH Y'ALL, BUT IT'S NOT OKAY. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. CUSTOMER. YOU NEED TO GET THINGS TOGETHER. I PAID MY BILL ON THE ACTUAL DUE DATE MAY 27TH, WHICH SHOULD HAVE PUT MY BALANCE AT ZERO BECAUSE I HAVE NOT MISSED ONE PAYMENT.YOUR AUTOMATED SYSTEM SAID THAT I HAD A BALANCE OF 113. I CALL AND SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT A GENERATED BILL FOR THIS MONTH, WHICH SAID THAT THE BILL ENDED UP BEING SENT OUT TWO WEEKS LATE, BUT Y'ALL STILL WANT ME TO PAY THEM ON TIME. HERE IS WHAT I JUST PAID MY BILL ON THE MAY 27TH, AND IT SAID THAT I HAD ANOTHER BILL ON JUNE 29TH.
THAT'S INSANE. IT IS NOT OKAY. OUR BILLS ARE ALREADY HIGH, AND THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND MAKE MISTAKES LIKE THIS. YOU REALLY NEED TO DO BETTER. SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE SAID THAT SHE'S HAD THIS PROBLEM. SO I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HER BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO COME TODAY. OKAY. KATE, CAN YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE WATER OFFICE GET WITH LATONYA AND GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN REACH OUT? ACTUALLY, YES. OUR CÉDRIC. CÉDRIC. WE CAN HAVE CHRIS. YES. REACH OUT TO WHAT WAS THE LADY'S NAME? HER NAME IS CHRISTY WILLIAMS. CHRISTY WILLIAMS. SHE LIVES AT 1027 CROSBY. I ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE TO REACH OUT TO ME AS WELL.
BUT HE DID NOT MAKE A STATEMENT. HIS NAME IS ADAM SCOTT. HE IS ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN TYLER. IT HAPPENED WITH HIS RESIDENCE AS WELL AS HIS SHOP. GET TOGETHER AFTER READING THEIR INFORMATION. AND OUR OFFICE MANAGER REACHED OUT TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I TOTALLY AGREE. YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN. YOU KNOW, AND I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START ADDING IN, LIKE ED SAID, WITH THE IT'S BECAUSE OF BUDGET ITEM, WHEN WE ADD THE $6.39 TO THE EXISTING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FEE AND I AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT ADDED AMOUNT FOR PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME IS HARD TO ADJUST TO. AND SO I HEAR YOU AND I HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CURTIS. A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
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ALRIGHT. WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE PULLED OR APPROVED AS WRITTEN? MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS, SECOND BY HAWKINS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CARRIES. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL A FEW ITEMS OF NOTE. OUR TYLER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT SOMEBODY YOU WANT TO MESS WITH. THEY RECENTLY BACK IN MAY, THEY SHOWCASED THEIR EXCELLENCE AT THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE CLASSIC IN BATON ROUGE. THE TEAM OF EIGHT DEDICATED FIREFIGHTERS RANGING IN AGE FROM 19 TO 59 YEARS OF AGE, COMPETED IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OVER THE THREE DAY EVENT. THE OPEN TEAM, COMPRISED OF BRYCE DRIVER, DARREN DRIVER, SCOTT DODGEN, PATRICK MAYO AND JOE MOJICA, DISPLAYED UNWAVERING DETERMINATION AS THEY CLAIM FIRST PLACE IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWDOWN AND SECOND PLACE OVERALL. THE GRIT WAS EVIDENT AS THEY ALSO SECURED SECOND PLACE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELAY, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS THAT WERE EARNED. BRYCE DRIVER GOT THIRD PLACE OVERALL. DIVISION ONE UNDER 40. JARON DRIVER GOT FIRST PLACE OVERALL. DIVISION TWO UNDER 40 PATRICK MAYO SECOND PLACE. REGIONAL OVER 40 JEREMY DRIVER THIRD PLACE, REGIONAL OVER 40 JEREMY DRIVER ALSO RECEIVED A LION'S DEN RECOGNITION FOR BEING OVER 40 AND RUNNING THE COURSE IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, AND THEN EVERYONE ON THE TEAM, INCLUDING TAKE HOMER AND TERRY HAWKINS, RECEIVED VARIOUS MEDALS FOR THEIR TANDEM RACES, AND SO TERRY HAWKINS, ESPECIALLY TERRY, HAVE YOU ALL KNOWN TERRY? HE'S BEEN WITH OUR DEPARTMENT FOR DECADES AND HAS DONE ALWAYS PARTICIPATES IN THIS, AND THE WHOLE TEAM DID INCREDIBLE WORK ON THIS. AS FAR AS REPRESENTING TYLER AT THIS CONTEST. SO IT IS SUMMER AND IT IS ONE. DESPITE THE RAIN, THE SUN DOES COME OUT EVENTUALLY AND WE ARE ALSO HAVING WAYS THAT WE KICK OFF THE SUMMER THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE LIBRARY HAD OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF SUMMER FOR 2025. THEY PUT ON A SPECTACULAR EVENT HOSTING OVER 1200 PEOPLE, WITH 885 REGISTRATIONS COMPLETED, INCLUDING 628 CHILDREN AND 257 ADULTS. THERE WERE GAMES, BOUNCY HOUSES, ART STATIONS AND SOME TREATS TRUCKS THAT WERE THERE. WE'RE GRATEFUL[00:25:02]
FOR THE HARD WORK OF LIBRARY STAFF AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS, AND MAKING THIS SUCH A FUN EVENT FOR OUR LIBRARY AND GETTING PEOPLE READY TO READ FOR THIS SUMMER. ALSO, WE HAVE ON SATURDAY THE GRAND OPENING OF THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD OVER AT FAULKNER PARK, AND SO THAT WILL BE ON AS SOMETHING WE'VE AS A COMMUNITY AND WORKING HARD ON AND ARE JUST EXCITED ABOUT. IT'S GRAND OPENING. WE'RE ALSO THEN NEXT WEEK AND HAVE THE GRAND REOPENING OF DEBBIE WINTERS PARK, AND THAT WILL BE ON JUNE 17TH, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT FOR NEXT TUESDAY. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TYLER HAS BEEN NAMED THE SECOND BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN TEXAS WITH AN ARTICLE. RECENTLY, WE WERE EVALUATED ON AFFORDABILITY, ACCESS TO NATURE, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND SAFETY. AND SO WE WERE BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AUSTIN OR ACTUALLY AUSTIN NUMBER ONE, HOUSTON WAS NUMBER THREE. OBVIOUSLY, TYLER SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE BASED UPON WE WERE BEING COMPARED TO. BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. JUST KIND OF TYLER CONTINUES TO JUST KIND OF GET ITS NAME OUT THERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE NATION. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. GREAT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE WE ADJOURN? MR. CITY MANAGER WAS COLLEGE STATION IN THAT TOP TEN? YOU KNOW, ODDLY ENOUGH, IT WASN'T HOT. OKAY, SO JUST ONE NOTE THAT JUST JUST A SLIGHT A SLIGHT A SLIGHT DIG. OH ALRIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND, WE'RE JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, SHIRLEY* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.