[O-1 Request that the City Council consider adopting an Ordinance amending Tyler City Code Chapter 2 to adopt amended guidelines and criteria for tax abatement.]

SMILE LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OH ONE. HEATHER GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YES I'M BRINGING FORTH TO YOU A TAX ABATEMENT POLICY. YOU MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING SOME DEJA VU. YOU DID APPROVE THIS AT THE JULY 23RD MEETING. THIS IS JUST US DOTTING OUR I'S, CROSSING OUR T'S. AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THIS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY IS DUPLICATIVE OF THE THAT AMENDMENT THAT THEY MADE EARLIER IN JUNE. AND THIS JUST PROVIDES SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSIDERATION. AND IT'S NOT SO PRESCRIPTIVE IN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP TOO MANY GUARDRAILS AS FAR AS BEING, YOU KNOW, ONLY FOR MANUFACTURING OR WHATNOT. AND IT ALLOWS YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY. AND WITH THAT ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THESE.

THE TOP THREE ARE SOME OF THE TAX ABATEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN IN ACTION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE THE CONSIDERATION FOR ESTABLISHING A REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THE VALENCIA HOTEL. WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. ANY

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QUESTIONS FOR HEATHER? MOVE TO APPROVE. OH. ONE SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS. SECOND BY HAYNIE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES H ONE.

[H-1 Request that the City Council consider conducting a public hearing to consider the creation of Valencia Hotel/ Reinvestment Zone #5 and consider adopting an Ordinance creating the Reinvestment Zone.]

THIS IS A REQUEST TO CONSIDER A REINVESTMENT ZONE. IT WOULD BE REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FIVE FOR THE VALENCIA HOTEL PROJECT. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE THE STEPS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE AND THE ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS THAT THE TAXING ENTITIES MAY CONSIDER. RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU SEE IS WE, THE COUNCIL JUST ADOPTED THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR REINVESTMENT ZONES. OUR NEXT ITEMS ARE FOR CONSIDERATION OF DESIGNATING THE REINVESTMENT ZONE AND ADOPTING THE THE ASSOCIATED RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE THAT PUTS IT INTO PLACE. AND RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ALREADY A PUBLIC A 30 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES HAVE POSTED IN ORDER FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENTS LATER THIS MONTH. SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, YOU YOU HEARD THIS PRESENTATION IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. AS FAR AS THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR VALENCIA HOTEL. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT IT'S AT LEAST 60 EMPLOYEES.

THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER, AS IT IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS. AND THEN A $2 MILLION MINIMUM ANNUAL PAYROLL. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE DOES HELP REVITALIZE AN AREA. AND IT BRINGS TAXING, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAX TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. IT JUST WAS DEMOLISHED. SO THERE'S NOTHING THERE. AND WHEN WE ASKED OUR CONSULTANT TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, WHAT THE RESULT IS, IS THAT THERE IS A POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THE BENEFITS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTWEIGH THE COSTS. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. THIS IS AT JUST NORTH OF THE CURRENT COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT BROADWAY AND EAST FERGUSON. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF EXACTLY WHERE THE INVESTMENT FOR THE HOTEL WOULD BE PLACED. SO WITH YOUR ACTION TODAY, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BE IN IN THE BLUE. YOU CAN SEE AFTER YOUR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO DESIGNATE THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. WE WOULD BE THEN TO ASKING THE COUNTY AND TJC TO CONSIDER THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS TIED TO THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN ON SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR BOTH ENTITIES AT THE RESPECTIVE MEETINGS. AND WITH THAT, WE, THE THE CITY OF TYLER REINVESTMENT ZONE COMMITTEE, DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEATHER BEFORE WE OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. ALRIGHT. AT THIS POINT, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. ANYBODY OUT THERE WISH TO COME SPEAK? ALL GOOD. NOBODY'S COMING UP. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY ME. SECOND BY CURTIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED?

[O-2 Request that the City Council: 1) consider conducting a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 proposed budget, 2) consider adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 proposed budget by roll-call vote, and 3) consider authorizing the City Manager to execute the outside agency contracts for Fiscal Year 2025-2026]

MOTION CARRIES. THANKS. OH TWO. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS MORNING. WE ARE HERE FOR THE FINAL STEP IN THE BUDGET ANNUAL BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. WE PRESENTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO YOU ON AUGUST 13TH AND CONDUCTED THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AUGUST 27TH. OUR CORE SERVICES STRONG FOUNDATIONS BUDGET REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED SERVICES ON DELIVERING THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS RELY ON EVERY DAY SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, SMOOTH ROADWAYS, CLEAN WATER, AND RESPONSIVE CITY SERVICES. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE ADOPTION PROCESS TODAY, I WANT TO BRIEFLY REVIEW OUR PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES INVESTMENTS ACROSS EACH OF THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. THIS BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE AXON REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS LEASE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES FUNDS TO CONTINUE OUR SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE DEMOLITION PROGRAM AND UPDATES TO OUR ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITY.

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO A HIGHLIGHT OF THE BUDGET, WITH SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADES PLANNED FOR GOLDEN ROAD PARK AND OTHER CITY PARKS. THE ROSE COMPLEX WILL SEE

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FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING PHASE THREE OF THE STAMPED CONCRETE BED REPLACEMENT AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MASTER PLAN. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES $17 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS TO ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN OUR WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. PERSONNEL NEEDS ARE ALSO ADDRESSED IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. THESE INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF NEW POSITIONS, CONVERSION OF PART TIME ROLES TO FULL TIME, AND A 3% BASE PAY INCREASE FOR CIVIL SERVICE STAFF. NON-CIVIL SERVICE STAFF WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN UP TO A 3% INCREASE BASED ON EVALUATIONS. THESE MEASURES AIM TO RETAIN TALENT AND ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CITY'S SERVICES AND BENEFITS. THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WE ARE PROPOSING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IS 23.645 $0.02 PER $100 VALUATION. THIS IS LOWER THAN THE CURRENT RATE OF 24.008 $0.05 PER VALUATION. WHILE IT IS LOWER THAN THE CURRENT RATE, IT IS HIGHER THAN THE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE LAST YEAR OR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. THE ONLY UTILITY INCREASE PROPOSED IN THE 2026 BUDGET IS A $6.47 ADJUSTMENT TO THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FEE TO PAY DEBT RELATED TO THE FEDERALLY MANDATED PROJECTS. UNDER THE 2017 EPA CONSENT DECREE, WE ARE PLANNING TO SPLIT THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FEE, INCREASE IMPLEMENTATION INTO TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE INCREASE WILL BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND WILL INCREASE THE FEE FROM $19.70 TO $22.94. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE INCREASE WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026, AND WILL INCREASE THE FEE FROM $22.94 TO $26.17. FINALLY, WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE ARE PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING FEE CHANGES RELATED TO THE RENTAL OF CITY FACILITIES. THE FIRST PROPOSAL IS TO IMPLEMENT A FEE FOR THE LIBRARY'S TAYLOR AUDITORIUM TO HELP RECOUP A PORTION OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING THIS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE. THE PROPOSED FEE STRUCTURE IS $100 PER HOUR FOR PRIVATE USE, $50 PER HOUR FOR NON-PROFITS WITH A TWO HOUR MINIMUM. THE SECOND FEE PROPOSAL IS RELATED TO THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH RENTALS AT THE ROSE GARDEN CENTER. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE'RE PROPOSING VARIOUS FEE INCREASES FOR RENTAL OF THESE FACILITIES. THESE FEE INCREASES HELP OFFSET THE COST OF RUNNING THESE FACILITIES AND REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE TOURISM FUND, WHICH SUBSIDIZES THIS FACILITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I ALSO I PROVIDE MY GRATITUDE TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL, THE DIRECTION THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH CONVERT CONVERSATIONS, DELIBERATIONS AND IDEAS SET THE STAGE FOR THE BUDGET. WE PROVIDED OUR FOCUS ON EMPLOYEES, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SERVICES.

REFLECT YOUR VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND INSIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF TYLER. AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KENDRA TRIMBLE TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE NEXT THREE ORDINANCES, ALL OF WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH THE ACTUAL BUDGET ADOPTION. YES, YES. SO WHAT WE'RE STARTING OUT WITH ITEM ONE, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED A PUBLIC HEARING.

RIGHT. SO AT THIS POINT, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE HEARD MAY COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK UP TO THREE MINUTES. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ASK IF THERE'S A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ANNUAL BUDGET AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE PARTICULAR OUTSIDE AGENCY CONTRACTS BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY HANEY, SECOND BY NICHOLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A RECORD VOTE BECAUSE, SENATOR, CAN YOU DO THIS? YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER HANEY, I FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER HAWKINS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARSH ABSENT TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHEN I MAYOR PRO TEM NICHOLS, COUNCIL MEMBER. CURTIS. AYE. MAYOR.

WARREN. AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, WE'LL NEED A RATIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. INCREASE IN THE BUDGET. IS THERE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I MOVED TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026 BUDGET. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. GOT

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A MOTION BY CURTIS. SECOND BY WINN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN OOPS SANDRA.

RECORD VOTE. CAN YOU DO THIS AGAIN COUNCIL MEMBER HANEY I FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER.

HAWKINS COUNCIL MEMBER MARSH IS ABSENT TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. NGUYEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM.

NICHOLS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CURTIS. AYE. MAYOR. WARREN. AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE UP TO THE TAX RATE ADOPTION. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING

[O-3 Request that the City Council consider conducting a public hearing, adopting an Ordinance setting the property tax rate for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at $.236452 per $100 valuation by roll-call vote.]

AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OH THREE WHICH IS REQUEST TO ADOPT A PROPERTY TAX RATE ORDINANCE. SO ONCE AGAIN WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS ITEM. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO COME SPEAK. NO ONE WISHES TO COME SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.236452, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 3.5% INCREASE IN TAX RATE. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION BY LYNN, SECOND BY CURTIS? CAN WE DO ANOTHER RECORD VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER HANEY I FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL MEMBER. HAWKINS COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS IS ABSENT TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. NGUYEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM. NICHOLS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CURTIS. AYE. MAYOR. WARREN. AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO THIS NEXT

[O-4 Request that the City Council consider adopting an Ordinance amending and updating fees and other applicable adjustments to Tyler City Code Chapter 8 relating to Parks, Chapter 9 relating to the Library, and Chapter 19 relating to Water and Sewer.]

ITEM IS OUR MISCELLANEOUS FEE ADOPTIONS. OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS FOR A REQUEST TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND UPDATING FEES AND OTHER APPLICABLE ADJUSTMENTS AS PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECONDED. GOT A MOTION BY NICHOLS. SECOND BY CURTIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANKS, PETER. ALL RIGHT M1. MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[M-1 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an engineering contract with Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., to provide the city-wide pavement condition assessment and five-year pavement maintenance plan for the total contract amount of $245,000.00.]

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CODY BANE, PROJECT ENGINEER, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT. IT'S TIME TO REASSESS ALL OUR ROADS IN THE CITY. SO IF YOU'RE UNAWARE, THE EVERY FOUR YEARS WE GRADE OUR ROADS, WE THEY'RE GIVEN A PCI GRADE, WHICH IS BASICALLY A GRADE FROM 0 TO 100, 100 BEING EXCELLENT CONDITION ZERO BEING FAILED. LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS IN 2021. SO 2025 IT'S TIME TO DRIVE EVERY ROAD IN THE CITY. THEY USE THIS. WE USE A CONSULTANT TO DO THIS. THEY DRIVE THIS VAN AROUND. IT'S GOT CAMERAS AND RADARS AND WHATNOT. AND AND THEN IT USES THEIR SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY THE DISTRESS IN THE ROADS AND GIVE IT THE PCI GRADE THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE CONSULTANT ALSO PROVIDES TO US A FIVE YEAR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PLAN, WHERE THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHICH ROADS THEY RECOMMEND TO REHAB AND WHAT TYPE OF REHAB TO DO TO THOSE ROADS. THEY ALSO PROVIDE BUDGET SCENARIOS. BUDGETS, HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIOS, LIKE IF WE WERE TO ADD MONEY TO THE BUDGET OR TO STAY AT OUR CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE USE FOR ROADS. WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE PCI RATINGS MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HELP US WITH DATA MIGRATION TO A NEW PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT THAT THEY'VE RECOMMENDED THAT WE USE. THAT'S BEEN CONSENT AGENDA, ONE OF THE RECEIVED. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO ARE THE BRICK STREETS INCLUDED IN THIS BRICK STREETS DO GET THEY ARE SURVEYED AND THEY DO GET A PCI GRADE. IT'S CALCULATED DIFFERENT FROM ASPHALT AND CONCRETE. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF KEPT SEPARATE. BUT THEY DO GET THEY DO GET A GRADE THAT WE, THAT WE USED OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. PARDON. IT'S NEVER A VERY GOOD GRADE. IT'S GETTING BETTER BRAD. COUNCILMAN CURTIS EXCUSE ME. THERE'S A LOT OF RHYTHM WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER THIS BRIDGE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE M1. SECOND GOT A MOTION BY NICHOLS RELUCTANTLY AND A SECOND BY WIND. ANY FURTHER

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DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. GOOD JOB. OKAY. NOW I'M JUST CURIOUS WHO OUT THERE LIKES THE BRICK STREETS. RAISE YOUR HAND. WOW. OKAY. SORRY I

[M-2 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to execute additional design services with Fitzpatrick Architects in the amount of $616,300 and Halff in the amount of $1,192,100 for the Downtown Improvement Project.]

ASKED. ALL RIGHT. M2 DARREN. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A LEGACY THERE? WHAT GIVES US PERSONALITY HERE? THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT'S CHARACTER. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE WHAT WE DID. YOU EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED CLEARING OUT THEIR WORK AREA. THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING FOR THE STAGING AND PUT THEIR CONSTRUCTION OFFICE ON THERE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT NEXT WEEK WE COULD AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER THAT POTENTIALLY FOR SURE, THEY WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN COLLEGE AVENUE AND DOING WORK IN THERE, STARTING WITH THE WATER LINE, STARTING WITH THE BRICK STREET BRICK REMOVAL. AND THEY'LL TAKE THOSE AND CLEAN THEM, AND THEN THEY WILL REPLACE THE WATER LINE AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE AND GET THAT ALL FIXED UP RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE TOWER, INCLUDING THE. INCLUDING THE SIDEWALKS AND ALL THAT AT THE CORNERS AT FERGUSON, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TOWER, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ADA ACCESSIBLE. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT VERY MUCH AT ALL RIGHT NOW. SO BUT WHAT IT IS, THIS IS A INDICATION OF, AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, WE WENT OUT FOR BIDS ONE TIME. WE HAD A WE HAD LIKE 20 DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT DIDN'T WORK. WE CONTRACTORS DIDN'T WANT TO WANT TO DO THAT BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. SO MUCH SO THEN WE ENDED UP SPLITTING THE PROJECT INTO TWO PROJECTS, THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS. AND ALSO WHAT WE RUN IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, THE STREETS, WATER, SEWER, STORM DRAIN, ALL THAT. SO WE SPLIT THE PROJECTS OUT AND WHAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE FAN GROUP IS THAT HALF THE SIGNED THE CONTRACT OR REVISED THE CONTRACTS, REVISED THE PLANS AND ALL THAT FOR. SO WHAT I'M HERE FOR, IN A NUTSHELL, IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD REVISED CONTRACTS, WE HAD REVISED THE PLANS, WE HAD REVISED PROJECT MANUAL, ALL THAT SPECIFICATIONS AND ALL THAT TO SPLIT IT INTO TWO PROJECTS. YOU HAVE TO TIE UP THE STUB OUTS AND TIE INS AND ALL THAT, AND THEN JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE PRETTY MUCH EVERY PLANT, YOU HAD TO BE TOUCHED. WE ALSO WAITED ON THE DESIGN OF THE COMMUNITY SPACE, WHICH WILL BE THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS, TO MAKE SURE TO REVISE THAT, TO FIND OUT WHAT BIDS WE GOT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN WE KNOW OUR TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN, WAIT TILL WE GET THE BIDS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT, LET'S DESIGN THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUDGET WE HAVE, NOT TO THE ORIGINAL. SO ACTUALLY THAT DECREASED FROM 7 MILLION DOWN TO 5 MILLION FOR THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THE SITE OF THE AMENDMENTS RIGHT HERE FOR HALF. WE DID HAVE ONE EARLY ON WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, ENDED UP HAVING TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND MONITOR THE SITE, THE DIGGING, JUST LIKE ON THE COURTHOUSE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. WE WERE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT IN SOME DESIGN CONTINGENCY WE HAD BUILT IN, BUT DESIGN CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, WHICH WAS AMENDING AND REVISING ALL THE PLANS. WHAT IT IS, THE DESIGN TASKS IS JUST REVISING EVERYTHING. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING TOTALLY CHANGED AND WE HAD ANOTHER BID PHASE SERVICES. WE HAD ANOTHER. TDL REVIEWS, ALL THAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THAT'S WHAT HALF DID. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT AS FAR AS REDUCING THEIR INSPECTION SCOPE TO HELP ABSORB SOME OF THE FEES. NOW THE FITZPATRICK, THEY HAD TO REDESIGN THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE LOWER BUDGET RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THAT, HERE'S A SYNOPSIS SUMMARY OF THE DESIGN FEES ORIGINAL AND THE PROPOSED. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE ARE STILL IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS. HALF IS STILL ONLY ABOUT 8.6% OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE 10 TO 12, WHICH I WOULD EXPECT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SUCH THIS COMPLEXITY AND THIS ESPECIALLY WITH THE REDESIGN. AND FITZPATRICK IS STILL ONLY AT ABOUT 4.8%, WHERE A LOT OF TIMES THEY WOULD DO 7% OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SO WITH THAT, THE ACTUAL TOTAL FEE WOULD BE JUST UNDER $4 MILLION FOR A $35 MILLION PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR DARREN? THEN I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO

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EXECUTE ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACTS WITH FITZPATRICK IN THE AMOUNT OF $616,300 AND HALF IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,190,100 TO THE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY SECOND BY NICHOLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND BEFORE WE GO TO M3, JUST A LITTLE BIT. ONE OTHER COMMENT ON HIM TOO. YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED AND FENCES ARE UP AND PARKING ALREADY HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT TIGHT. SO I ASK ALL OF YOU, AND I SEE ADAM BACK THERE WITH MARVIN, WHO'S KIND OF A DOWNTOWN AMBASSADOR, YOU KNOW, TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO ACCEPT CHANGE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AND JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TO BE PATIENT AND LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. ALRIGHT. IN THREE. YES, MAYOR,

[M-3 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to approve funds for Work Order No. 5 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $434,000.00 to provide engineering services for the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan.]