[1) CALL TO ORDER]
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>>> FEBRUARY 9, 2021, SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS CALLED TO ORDER. BUTLER WILL SERVE AS THE CHAPLAIN OF THE DAY. COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. STAND IF YOU WISH FOR THE PRAYER LED BY COUNCILPERSON BUTLER. [PRAYER].
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL.
[5) APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC MEETING]
>> ALL MEMBERS OF PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
NEXT ITEM, APPROVAL “IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE OF THE ELECTRONIC MEETING.
“IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING HOLDING OPEN MEETINGS IN A FORUM OTHER THAN IN THE OPEN AND IN PUBLIC THIS GOVERNING BODY DETERMINES THAT MEETING ELECTRONICALLY IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK.”
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION IS MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED FOR THE APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE.
>> TWO ITEMS ON OUR SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA.
[6) RESOLUTION 52-2020-21]
THE FIRST DEALS WITH A GAS AND WATER DEPARTMENT ISSUE.THERE'S A LOT WITHIN THAT RESOLUTION AND I'VE ASKED MARK RIGGI IN S TO COME AND GIVE US A BIT OF HISTORY ON THAT.
IN ORDER TO GET IT BEFORE US I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> I MOVE WE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
>> MOTION IS MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 52. MR. RIGG IS NS, GIVE US AN EXPLANATION OF THE RESOLUTION AND GIVE US A HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EFFORT CAMPBELL AS IT RELATES TO CLARKSVILLE GAS & WATER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCILPERSONS, MARK RIGGINS. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFORT CAMPBELL AND MY DEPARTMENT.
THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, GAS AND WATER, HAS TWO CONTRACTS WITH EFFORT CAMPBELL, ONE OF THOSE FOR GAS SALES.
IT STARTED OUT GAS SALES AND IT'S TRANSPORTATION OF GAS.
THE OTHER BEING THE STAFFING AND RUNNING THE GAS SYSTEM ON EFFORT CAMPBELL. THIS CONTRACT OR REVISION TO THE CONTRACT CONCERNS THE TRANSPORTATION PORTION OF THAT SO INITIALLY CLARKSVILLE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH EFFORT CAMELBACK IN I BELIEVE IT WAS 1958 FOR DIRECT GAS SALES.
WE SOLD EFFORT CAMPBELL ALL OF THEIR NATURAL GAS.
I BELIEVE NOVEMBER OF 2011 EFFORT CAMPBELL STARTED ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH -- THEY STARTED PURCHASING THEIR GAS DIRECTLY FROM TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE AND THEY WOULD TRANSPORT THE GAS THROUGH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE FORT CAMPBELL GATE. THEY STARTED ROUGHLY 2011.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT WITH FORT CAMPBELL.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ONGOING.
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I'M NOT CERTAIN WHY OR HOW THAT HAPPENED OR WENT ON SO LONG.IT STARTED TO A DOWNWARD DECLINE OR ROCKY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MY DEPARTMENT AND FORT CAMPBELL. IT GOT OFF KILTER MORE AND OTHER AND PERHAPS A LARGE FAULT OF OUR OWN.
THAT BEING SAID THE CITY AND FORT CAMPBELL ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AGO FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH, FERN TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT THAT IS, MOST CUSTOMERS ARE DIRECT SALES CUSTOMERS, AS ANY OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE GAS AT YOUR HOME, I WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING IT TAKES GETTING THAT GAS FROM THE GULF OR UP NORTH NOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM TO YOUR HOME.
THAT'S WHAT YOU PAY ME FOR, TO GET THAT THERE.
TRANSPORTATION CUSTOMERS, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PURCHASE THAT GAS DIRECTLY FROM THE SAME FOLKS THAT I DO OR OTHERS AND THEN WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO TRANSPORT THAT GAS FROM OUR GATE STATION WHICH IS ROUGHLY RELATIVE TO EXIT 31 ON I-24 BUT IT'S ON 41A TO PIPE THAT DOWN FROM THE PIPELINE TO WHERE EVER THEIR SERVICES ARE. USUALLY IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY. SOMETHING LARGE LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORTATIONS, AND ALL BUT THIS ONE ARE INTERRUPTIBLE. THE REASON BEING, THOSE BUSINESSES, THEY GET A BETTER RATE BECAUSE AT SOME POINT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE IT'S COLD A LOT OF GAS DEMAND, IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN TO ONE OF THOSE PIPELINES AND IT CAUSES, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF RESTRICTION ON MY SERVICE WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THAT IN THOSE CASES WE CAN NOTIFY THEM WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND I CAN ACTUALLY CURTAIL OR SHUT OFF THEIR GAS USAGE.
THEY'VE AGREED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF OTHER FUEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR PROCESS OR TO JUST CLOSE DOWN.
AND AGAIN THEY GET A BETTER RATE FOR THOSE.
THE CUSTOMERS, IN THE INDUSTRY, THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY.
THEY KNOW HOW MANY WIDGETS THEY ARE BUILDING TOMORROW AND THEY KNOW HOW MANY UNITS OF GAS IT TAKES TO BUILD THOSE SO THEY COMPUTER -- THEY COMPUTER NATE HOW MUCH GAS IT WILL TAKE FOR EACH DAY. FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO NEED GAS ALL THE TIME, FORT CAMPBELL IS THE ONLY FIRM TRANSPORTATION CUSTOMER NOW. THE REASON BEING, FORT CAMPBELL, WE HAVE 30-SOMETHING THOUSAND TRIPES THAT LIVE ON POST I BELIEVE IT IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE HAVE HEAT.
IT'S USED FOR COOKING AND FOR -- THE GAS IS USED FOR COOKING AND HEAT, ENERGY PLANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE CAN'T VERY WELL CURTAIL OR SHUT OFF THEIR GAS IN THAT SITUATION SO THEY PAY A DIFFERENT RATE, A HIGHER RATE IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT GAS ALL THE TIME BUT THEY STILL WANT THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE THAT GAS FROM THAT -- THE SAME PERSON I DO, THAT RETAILER, TO DISTRIBUTOR, DIRECTLY TO THEM. AGAIN, WE ENTERED INTO THIS CONTRACT ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AGO. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS STARTED GETTING BETTER OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND AT ONE POINT I'LL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES, LACK OF DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTS OR RECEIPTS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE THAT WE SHOWED THAT FORT CAMPBELL OWED US OF ALMOST $500,000. I REPORT THAT WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS WE ARE AT A ZERO BALANCE WITH FORT CAMPBELL AND WITH THE PASSING OF THIS RESOLUTION, THIS FINALLY CREATES PEACE BETWEEN FORT CAMPBELL AND CLARKSVILLE GAS & WATER, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK ON FORT CAMPBELL AND THE LEGAL TEAM AND A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM MY STAFF SO VERY PLEASED IN THAT. THE MAIN CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENT THAT COME WITH THIS, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS AS REPEALING A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AND IN REPLACING IT WITH THIS ONE.
THE MAIN CHANGES IN THAT, IN ORDER TO BE A FIRM TRANSPORTATION CUSTOMER THERE'S A MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF GAS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GET UP TO THAT POINT.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY IN THOSE SITUATIONS I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER TO SHUT THEM OFF.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE TRYING TO PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS I CAN'T ALLOW JUST EVERY CUSTOMER TO USE ALL THE GAS THEY WANT TO USE AND NOT LEAVE ANY FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
THAT AMOUNT, WE HAVE AGREED, AND IT COMES FROM AVERAGES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE CHANGE IS IT WAS UNCLEAR IN
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THE EXISTING RESOLUTION AND SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT THAT BOTH PARTIES HAD TO AGREE TO A CHANGE IN THAT NDQ, OR MAXIMUM DAILY QUANTITY. IN THIS ONE YOU'LL SEE THE REVISED REQUEST CHANGE NTQ, THAT THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS ME, HAS TO CONFIRM OR DENY THAT REQUEST. THAT'S A BIG DEFENDANT IN THE GAS COMPANY. WE WANTED THAT AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO OFFER IT. WE RADIO REVIEW THIS CONTRACT EVERY YEAR AND THERE MAY BE MINOR CHANGES THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE LION'S SHARE HERE. ANOTHER THING IT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO DO, BY A CERTAIN POINT EVERY DAY THEY HAVE TO TALK TO TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE AND TELL THEM, I WANT THIS MUCH GAS.ANYTHING WITHIN THAT MDQ AMOUNT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE TRYING TO GUESS HOW MUCH GAS YOU'RE GOING TO USE IN A DAY, I THINK ABOUT THIS WITH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WE HAVE AND COMMERCIAL, I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOUR HEAT IS TURNED ON AT YOUR HOME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PIES THIS PERSON IS COOKING TODAY OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DETERMINE THAT SO I CAN IMAGINE IT'S HARD FOR FORT CAMPBELL WITH THE HEATING AND COOKING AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY HAVE GOING ON OUT THERE. IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THAT, AND ONCE A DAY, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO GO OFF OF HISTORICAL NUMBERS. ON PAGE 4 OF THE FIRST AGREEMENT YOU HAVE, A CAVEAT, IT ALLOWS THEM THAT ONE OTHER TIME IN THAT DATE TO CHANGE THAT NOMINATION. IT GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO TRUE UP THE NUMBER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. THE CLOSER THEY ARE TO THE NUMBER, THE BETTER IT IS FOR US AND IT MEANS LESS PENALTIES ON FORT CAMPBELL SIDE WHICH WE ARE FINE WITH.
MY COMPANY, WE'RE NOT DESIGNED OR DO NOT WANT TO BE DESIGNED TO COUNT ON MAKING MONEY OFF OF PENALIZING OTHERS, OUR CUSTOMERS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THIS DOES IS BEFOREHAND OR IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF 10 PERCENT ABOVE OR BELOW WHAT THEY NOMINATED FOR EACH UNIT OF GAS MCF, IT WAS A TEN DOLLARS PENALTY.
THAT'S A LOTS OF MONEY THAT ADDS UP.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD AT ONE TIME THAT SOME OF THESE BILLS A THIRD OF THE BILL THAT FORT CAMPBELL PAYS IS IN PENALTY.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR CAUSE FOR WANTING THIS CHANGED.
THAT'S TEN DOLLARS NCF. ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAID ANYTHING ABOVE 40 PERCENT, WHETHER IT WAS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR NOT, THAT -- WITHIN THE MDQ OR NOT.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR FORT CAMPBELL TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AMOUNT, WHETHER THEY USE IT OR NOT.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO DIVE IN AND USE A PORTION OF THEIRS JUST IN CASE. WITH THE CHANGE THEY CAN USE ANYTHING UP TO THAT MDQ WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING SHUT OFF WHICH MAKES SENSE BEING A FIRM CUSTOMER.
THE NEXT IN THE HIGHLIGHTS, AGAIN, ANYTHING OVER THAT 10 PERCENT, IT WAS AN NCF CHARGE AND A TEN DOLLARS PENALTY.
ON PAGE 3 OF THAT CONTRACT, EXHIBIT A, IT SHOWS A TRANSPORTATION RATE, AND WE HAVE BASICALLY A TIERED SCALE THERE ZERO TO 10 PERCENT, A 20-CENT CHARGE PER NCF, TEN TO 25, 35 PERCENT. ANYTHING ABOVE 35 IS 50.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT 40 PERCENT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL CHARGE THE TEN DOLLARS. .
WITH THEIR ABILITY TO NOMINATE BASED OFF OF HISTORICAL DATA AND THEN ALSO THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT ONE MORE TIME DURING THE DAY, WE DON'T THINK THAT THAT WILL EVER -- WE'LL EVER SEE THAT BUT IN CASE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND I'M NO LONGER THERE AND THE FOLKS OVER THERE ARE NO LONGER THERE, IF FOR SOME REASON SOMEONE ALLOWS IT TO GET OUT OF WHACK, THAT'S THE TEETH.
THOSE PENALTIES ARE THE TEETH TO CAUSE THEM TO GET BACK IN LINE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BEYOND THAT MOST OF THE CHANGES ARE FAR CLAUSES, WE CALL THEM, FEDERAL ACQUISITION COMPLIANCE, AND THEY ARE MANDATES PASSED DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE COMPLY WITH AND THERE'S NOTHING REALLY OUTSTANDING TO SPEAK OF ON ANY OF THOSE. WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND WE COMPLY WITH ALL OF THEM AND ARE FINE WITH COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THOSE. THE ONLY OTHER THINGS I WILL ADD ABOUT THIS AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OF COURSE, ON THE CONTRACT, ON THE SECOND VERSION OF THAT IT HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 1 AND I'LL ASK WHAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO HANDLE THIS. AFTER I SENT THIS TO MRS. SKINNER THE OTHER DAY, FORT CAMPBELL CALLED BACK AND ASKED IF THEY COULD REVISE THAT TO MARCH 1.
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WHICH WE CERTAINLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AGAIN THEIR PENALTIES, AT TIMES BEING A THIRD OF THEIR BILL, THE SOONER THE BETTER FOR THEM AND YEAR ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH DOING SO, SO ON THAT -- IN THAT NUMBER THREE ON EFFECTIVE DATE, THE MODIFICATION CONTRACT, IT WOULD SAY 1 OF MARCH, 2021, AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE IT WOULD SAY THIS AGREEMENT WITH WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS OF 1 MARCH 2021.
THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHTS OF IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> OKAY.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTIONS OR COMMENT REGARDING WHAT MR. RIGGINS EXPLAINED? COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. >> I HAVE JUST A COUPLE.
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT INTERRUPTIBLE BUSINESSES, COULD YOU JUST LIKE NAME ONE OR TWO THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, JUST WHO ARE THEY. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> IT WOULD BE YOUR LARGE ONES IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK LIKE THERE'S SOME OF THEM I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO TELL TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BY CONTRACT.
>> THE INDUSTRIAL. >> LARGE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT I KNOW OF.
>> OKAY. HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO TURN OFF THEIR.
>> TO DATE, NO, MA'AM. >> SO I UNDERSTAND IT, FORT CAMPBELL IS STILL PURCHASING THEIR GAS FROM THE STATE OR FROM A -- THEY'RE NOT PURCHASING THEIR GAS FROM YOU?
>> CORRECT. >> IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER.
>> YES. I CAN'T TESTIFY IT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER. IN MY OPINION I WOULD RATHER HAVE A DIRECT SALES CUSTOMER BUT IN THEIR RESEARCH AND THE WAY ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST TEN TO 15 YEARS THEY DETERMINED IT WAS BEST AND AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THE ACTION THAT WE THINK IS THE BEST FOR BOTH PARTIES.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU.
GOOD QUESTIONS. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. >> I HAVE TO BRING THIS DOWN TO MY LEVEL. BASICALLY THEY ARE PAYING US TO
>> THAT'S THE IDEA. MY SECOND QUESTION IS DOES THIS EVER HAVE THE PROPENSITY TO AFFECT CLARKSVILLE RESIDENTS NEGATIVELY? LIKE IF THEY NEED MORE -- YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IF WE NEED MORE WE CAN'T DIP INTO THEIRS? IT'S VICE VERSA. THERE'S NO OVERLAP?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. IF THEY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD EXCEED THE MAXIMUM MOUNT, MDQ, AND IT WOULD EFFECT OF NEGOTIATELY WE HAVE THE RIGHT PER -- NEGATIVELY, WE HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DO THIS. >> ANYBODY ELSE.
COUNCILPERSON SMITH. >> GOOD JOBS ON THAT EXPLANATION, MR. RIGGINS, ABOUT YOUR GAS.
MY QUESTION IS THIS. HOW IS OUR GAS TRANSPORTED, AND THEN HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN HOW MUCH GAS IS TRANSPORTED AT THAT TIME ON ONE TRIP? HOW MUCH GAS DO WE BUY AT ONE TIME? I THINK I ASKED YOU THREE QUESTIONS AT ONE TIME.
I'M SORRY. >> THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
>> HE'S UP TO IT. >> I'LL BE HAPPY TO REPORT EXACT NUMBERS. I CAN SEND THOSE OUT.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE MUCH LIKE GAS AT YOUR HOME WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR PURCHASING GAS. HOW THAT WORKS WE TRY TO KEEP A PRESSURE OF AROUND -- 350 POUNDS OF PRESSURE IN THESE LINES COMING FROM EXIT 31 ALL THE WAY INTO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, ALL THE WAY UP TO FORT CAMPBELL BASE, AND AT THOSE POINTS THEY'RE REGULATED DOWN TO A PRESSURE SUITABLE TO GO INTO A SUBDIVISION OR SUITABLE TO GO INTO A BUSINESS AND THEN AGAIN CUT DOWN AT THAT BUSINESS AGAIN SUITABLE TO GO INTO IT OR YOUR HOME. SO WHATEVER GAS IT TAKES THAT WE BRING IN TO KEEP THAT PRESSURE, THAT IS HOW MUCH WE PURCHASE AND AGAIN FOR YOUR USE, HOW MUCH EVER YOU USE WHEN YOU TURN THE KNOB ON THE STOVE OR TURN THE HEAT UP, THAT CREATES THE FLOW IN YOUR METER, MUCH LIKE IT IS IN YOUR HOME.
THE DEMANDS IN YOUR HOME DETERMINES HOW MUCH YOU PURCHASE FROM ME. IT'S THE SAME THING BETWEEN ME AND TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE. HOW MUCH EVER YOU USE OR THE FACTORY OR WHOEVER ELSE USES, WHATEVER THAT DEMAND IS, TO REPLENISH THAT DEMAND, THAT'S HOW MUCH I PAY.
THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE IT GETS BEYOND THAT AND THERE'S TIMES WHEN WE KNOW COLDER WEATHER IS COMING WE
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MAY PURCHASE MORE GAS AHEAD OF TIME AND WE HAVE FACILITIES WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PUMP THAT, OR TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE DOES THAT ON OUR BEHALF. THEY PLACE THAT INTO STORAGE SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY IF THERE'S A GREAT DEMAND NORTH OR SOUTH, HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GAS COMING ALL THE QUAYE.IT'S A CLOSER DISTANCE TO COME AND ENSURES I HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO GET MY HANDS ON ALL THE GAS I NEED AT THAT TIME.
ONE MORE QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
MY CONCERN IS WHERE DO WE START? WHEN THEY BRING IT IN, DOES IT COME IN ON A TRACTOR-TRAILER? TRANSPORTED TO US?
>> NO, MA'AM. >> HOW IS IT TRANSPORTED?
>> THERE'S A GATE STATION ROUGHLY AT EXIT 31, COMPARED TO I-24, BUT OUR STATION IS ON HIGHWAY 41A SOUTH, EXIT 31, AND WE HAVE CUSTOMERS FROM THAT POINT ALL THE WAY THROUGH -- WE SERVE CUSTOMERS IN ROBINSON COUNTY AND CHEATOM AND CLARKSVILLE, MONTGOMERY, WHOEVER HAS GAS AND THE -- WE ALSO SERVE FORT CAMPBELL, THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE AND -- THE WAY WE GET THAT GAS IS TRANSFERRED IN A AN UNDERGROUND PIPELINE, THROUGH OUR METER, AND COMES DOWN 41A, TWO PIPELINES, 12 AND EIGHT-INCH, ROUGHLY 351 POUNDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE SYSTEM AND FROM THERE IT'S A SPIDER WEB GOING THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PIPES ALL OVER TOWN. >> THAT'S INTERESTING THAT THE GAS COMES THROUGH THE PIPELINES NOW.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S FILLED? DO YOU HAVE A SIGNAL AT YOUR OFFICE OR SOMETHING?
>> IT'S A CONSTANT STATE SO WE SET OUR REGULATORS AT THAT METER IN THE REGULATOR STATION TO HAVE THAT PIPELINE SET AT A CERTAIN PRESSURE SO AS LONG HAS THAT PIPELINE HAS GAS FLOWING AND THEY'LL HAVE MORE PRESSURE ON THEIR PIPELINE THAN I DO, I REGULATE HOW MUCH I TAKE IN BY THAT PRESSURE, SO IF THEY HAVE 500 POUNDS ON THEIR PIPELINE AND I HAVE 350, WHATEVER GAS COMES OFF OF THAT PIPE THROUGH YOU, THE CUSTOMERS, THAT GAS, IT COMES THROUGH AT A RATE ENOUGH TO FILL THAT PIPELINE BACK UP OR KEEP A CONSECUTIVE FEED AT THAT 350 POUNDS.
I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY. ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON SMITH. COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU'RE
DAVID, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL REPEAL THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WE HAD BEFORE AND YOU HAD SAID THAT WE HAD -- THEY OWED US AT $1.500000, BUT BUT WE HAVE A ZERO BALANCE NOW AND I WAS WONDERING, WERE HE SELLING DOWN
WE REACHED AN AGREEMENT. I APOLOGIZE.
>> HOW DID WE GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY HAD OWED US $500,000 AND IS THAT BEING REMEDIED IN THE NEW CONTRACT?
>> THERE'S ACTUALLY ISSUES IN THE TWO EXISTING CONTRACTS, ONE FOR THE STAFFING AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE RESOLUTION WAS PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE DOCUMENTATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED. MAYBE IT HAD BEEN LOST.
I'M NOT SURE. BUT WE RESOLVED THE STAFFING CONTRACT ISSUES THROUGH DOCUMENTATION.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE FOUND, VERY MINUTE THINGS THAT I FELT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BILLED FOR SO WE TOOK THOSE OFF.
IN THE END, THROUGH INVOICES, THEY PAID THAT IN FULL.
THE OTHER AMOUNT, THE OTHER 175,000, IT WAS WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH FORT CAMPBELL TRANSPORTATION, OR TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT, BUT WE WERE ALLOWING THEM TO TRANSPORT ANYWAY WITHOUT A CONTRACT, AND THAT'S A HARD -- THAT'S A HARD DEAL WITHOUT A CONTRACT ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE'S PORTIONS OF THAT SPECIFICALLY A DEMAND CHARGE THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD PAY THROUGH EXPLANATION AND PROVING TO THEM IN CITY CODE, THE CITY CODE STATES IF WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT I HAVE TO PLACE THEM, I CAN, IN MY OPINION, I HAVE TO PLACE THEM INSIDE A RATE. AS YOU KNOW ALL OF THE RATES ARE PUBLISHED IN THE CITY CODE. YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. EVERY RATE HAS A DEMAND CONSIDERING WHETHER IT'S INCLUDED IN ANOTHER CHARGE OR IT'S BROKE OUT SPECIFICALLY AND THROUGH EXPLANATION OF ALL OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY PAID THAT 175,000, THROUGH PAYMENTS, PROOF AND PAYMENTS WE'RE AT A ZERO BALANCE.
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THIS TAKES CARE OF THAT. ALL OF THAT IS WORKED OUT AND PAID IN FULL. THIS SIMPLY CHANGES THE CONTRACTTO SOMETHING MORE AMENABLE. >> THANK YOU.
COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, BACK TO YOU.
>> I KNOW YOU SAID THAT IF THEY WERE TO GO OVER THERE AND DQ, OR WHATNOT, YOU COULD SHUT THEM OFF.
>> YES, MA'AM. >> AND IN ONE OF THOSE "OH, CRAP" SCENARIOS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEDERAL MILITARY ELEMENT. BECAUSE THEY ARE USING OUR PIPES IS THERE A POINT THEY WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE AND WE WOULD LOSE OUR SERVICE FOR THEM TO HAVE PREFERENCE OVER IT?
>> NO, MA'AM. THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE AND GAS AND WATER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION IS ANOTHER CUSTOMER. I CANNOT TREAT THEM ANY DIFFERENTLY, OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACTS, THAN ANYONE ELSE.
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT SITUATION IN THE PAST.
I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF WE DO. MOST OF THIS JUST KEEPS SOMEONE FROM GETTING OUT OF LINE ON THEIR END AND OURS, TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING, JUST NOMINATING WHATEVER, AND THEN USING THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS THEY NOMINATE. I WOULD IMAGINE, HOW THAT'S DONE IS OVER -- IT'S A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE THAT -- AND MULTIPLY IT ON TOP TO REACH THAT AMOUNT AND PART OF THE REVIEW EVERY YEAR WITH US FOR THEM WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER.
OKAY, YOU HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PLANNED FOR MORE BARRACKS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE OUT THERE AND THEY'VE GOT SOME KIND OF SYSTEM THAT USES A LOT OF GAS, THEY WOULD COME TO US IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE REVIEW THIS AGAIN AND SAY WE NEED TO UP OUR NDQ. WE MAY NEED TO UP OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM. WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SERVE ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS INCLUDING FORT
CAMPBELL OF COURSE. >> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MR. BAKER?
>> THERE IS ONE QUALIFICATION TO THAT.
A NEW LAW WAS PASSED TO CHANGE THAT AND THERE MAY BE UNDER THE EXISTING WORK REDUCTION ACT IN TIMES OF WAR, GREAT NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE, IT COULD HAPPEN WHERE THEY SAY, HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE US EVERYTHING WE DEMAND AND IF IT MEANS IT IMPACTS YOUR CUSTOMERS, I'M SORRY. SO BE IT.
BUT WE TAKE PRIORITY. IT IS POSSIBLE BUT I THINK IT WOULD LIKE BASICALLY WORLD WAR THREE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THIS. COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. >> I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS BECAUSE OF MY WORK AND RELATIONSHIP WITH FORT CAMPBELL.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS -- COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. >> I'LL ABSTAIN BECAUSE OF MY WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH FORT CAMPBELL.
>> THANK YOU. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT MR. RIGGINS HAS ASSEMBLED A TALENTED TEAM AT CLARKSVILLE GAS AND WATER TO MONITOR THIS. I NEEDED SUBTITLES FOR MOST OF THAT CONVERSATION, MARK, SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR FOLKS OUT THERE FOR KEEPING THE HEAT ON ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME BUT FOR TAKING GOOD CARE OF FORT CAMPBELL FOR US.
I'M GRATEFUL. THE OTHER THING, THE REASON IT'S ON THE SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA IS BECAUSE THERE'S A DEADLINE THAT FORT CAMPBELL IS UNDER AND THAT'S FEBRUARY 19TH.
IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT, PLEASE, MARK.
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR BUDGET YEAR IS DIFFERENT.
THEIR FISCAL YEAR, BUDGET YEAR IS DIFFERENT FROM OURS AS YOU KNOW. THEY HAVE CERTAIN DEADLINES THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OR THEY ARE FACING ANOTHER YEAR OF PENALTIES. AS THE MAYOR SAID, THAT DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 19TH. WE DON'T PLAN ON GETTING THIS CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE AGAIN BUT IT DOES HAVE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, GOING BETWEEN THE STILLED, US, OUR ATTORNEYS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND BACK AND FORTH.
IT WORKS WELL BUT TAKES TIME TO DO.
YES, I'LL BE AT YOUR OFFICE PROBABLY FIRST THING IN THE
MORNING WITH THE COPY TO SIGN. >> OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THIS CONTRACT? WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
THAT IS A -- WHILE IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IT'S JUST A MINOR CHANGE TO THE AGREEMENT SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN AMENDMENT TO
>> THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO AMEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO MARCH 1ST, 2021.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT? HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE.
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[VOTE] >> 11 YES, TWO ABSTAIN.
>> AMENDMENT ADOPTED. WE'RE BACK ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE MAIN MOTION AS ADOPTED -- AS AMENDED.
HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE ARE YOU READY TO VOTE?
MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> MR. GARRETT.
>> ABSTAIN. >> STACEY STREETMAN.
>> YES. >> 11 YES, AND TWO ABSTAINED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. RIGGINS. TELL THE FOLKS WE'RE GRATEFUL.
[7) PRESENTATION and DISCUSSION OF TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY 2020 +]
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION OF TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY 2020 PLUS.
I'M JUMP INTO THE WELL TO PRESENT TO YOU.
GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I'LL JUST DOWN THERE AND WE'LL GET STARTED ON THIS NEXT AND LAST ITEM. I DON'T KNOW WHY I BROUGHT THE GAVEL WITH ME. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME TO THE WELL TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY.
YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
IT'S THE WORLD FINALLY. IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL OR BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WE WERE WORKING ON.
AS WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO COVID HAS HAD AN IMPACT. HOW IT HAS IMPACTED THIS PLAN IS WE HAD A PLAN TO PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL AND THEN GO OUT INTO THE PUBLIC AND SELL IT TO THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF GATHERING THEIR INPUT, TELL THEM WHAT WE WERE WEREN'TING TO DO AND THEN TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES ON HOW TO GET THERE.
WELL, BECAUSE OF COVID WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT PIECE SO WE HELD THAT IN ABAYANCE AND THEN WE HAD A COUNCIL ELECTION AND SEVEN OF YOU ARE NEW SO WE THOUGHT IT BEST JUST TO HOLD IT UNTIL YOU GOT HERE AND SO FINALLY WE ARE HERE TO WHERE WE CAN PRESENT THIS TO YOU. AFTER A COUPLE OF FALSE STARTS, FORGIVE THE FOOTBALL ANALOGY BUT WE'RE HERE.
LET ME START BY SAYING, INTRODUCING THE TEAM THAT HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER. MANY OF THEM ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF 2019 WE PUT TOGETHER THE GROUP THAT WOULD BEGIN LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SO I WANT TO THE TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THEM. PAUL NELSON WITH CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS BACK THERE. DAVID SHEPHERD, DIRECTOR OF CLARKSVILLE STREET DEPARTMENT AND CHRIS COLLINS, SENIOR ENGINEER, ONLINE, AND THEY'RE ONLINE BECAUSE THEY'RE PREPARING FOR A POTENTIAL WEATHER EVENT COMING UP AND SO WE WANT TO HONOR THEM AND THEIR TIME THERE. JEFF TINDAL, DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. STAN WILLIAMS DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION. LAURIE MATTA, THE CFO, AND SHE WAS INVOLVED. MICHELLE AUSTIN.
RICHARD STEVENS. HENRY CO-PATRICK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE GRAPHICS OF THE PLAN AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU'LL HEAR IN A MOMENT. THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THIS IS NOT FINAL. AS HENRY TELLS ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE PLAN AS YOU LEAVE.
IT SAYS VERSION I ON THERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO POUR OVER THE PLAN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AND INVITE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT IS THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEBSITE SET UP AND WE'RE RECORDING THIS AND WE'LL PUT
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THIS OUT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, OUR FACEBOOK AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO THIS, BUT THIS IS VERSION 1.THIS IS MERELY TO GET YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND IN YOUR WARD, CITY WIDE, AS WELL AS THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT TO MOVE THE CITIZENS TO AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE GOT ABOUT A 15 OR 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE SLIDES TO YOU BECAUSE I HATE WHEN PEOPLE READ POWERPOINT SLIDES TO ME. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ELEMENTS. I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN. CLARKSVILLE IS GROWING.
IT'S ESTIMATED WE'LL SWELL BY 40 PERCENT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS MONTH MORE PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC AND MORE TIME IN TRAFFIC AND LONGER COMMUTE TIMES TO GET TO AND FROM THE PLACE YOU NEED TO GO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? THIS PLAN BEFORE YOU AND WILL BE BEFORE YOU, YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP ALL THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS BUT THIS PLAN IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON HOW WE'LL ADDRESS THE ELEMENTS AND WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ASSOCIATED COSTS AND HOW WE WILL PAY FOR THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS AND THEN THERE'S A VISION. WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ROADS ARE IN IT AND WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON OUR TRAFFIC. BUT ALSO SOME LONGER-TERM PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. WE'VE GOT SIDEWALKS IN THIS PLAN. WE PRIORITIZED THOSE SIDEWALKS AROUND SCHOOLS AND NEAR PUBLIC FACILITIES JUST TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE WALKABLE AND MORE LIVEABLE AND AS I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT DOES NO GOOD TO GET YOU TO AN INTERSECTION AND YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS SAFELY. WE'VE GOT CROSSWALKS ALSO IN THE PLAN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TRANSIT CENTERS AS PART OF THIS BECAUSE AS PAUL NELSON CAN TELL YOU THE TRANSIT CENTER DOWNTOWN IS THE HUB BUT WE NEED MORE OF THOSE STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED AROUND OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND HAVE MORE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUTSTANDING SYSTEM. THEN FINALLY, A BRIDGE IN THIS PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE A BRIDGE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY LINE AND IT NEEDS ATTENTION. MOBILITY CHALLENGES, AS YOU SEE THERE, AND THEN WE SIT DOWN AND WE TALK ABOUT CORE VALUES.
WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
WE TALKED ABOUT AND THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A GOOD ABOUT IT.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS WHO ARE DISABLED AND HAVE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, AND THAT'S WHY PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN. WE TALK ABOUT A HEALTHIER CLARKSVILLE BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH SIDEWALKS AND PATHS AVAILABLE, THAT THERE ARE HEALTHIER OUTCOMES THAT ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THAT. WE TALK ABOUT PRUDENT AND EQUITABLE. PRUDENT MEANS SMART, TO ME.
JUST MAKING GOOD, PRUDENT DECISIONS.
EQUITABLE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT IS THAT EVERY SINGLE WARD IN THE CITY IS TOUCHED BY SOME PROJECT OR MULTIPLE PROJECTS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. SO HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THIS POINT. AND SO WE DECIDED TO ASSESS WHAT OUR CHALLENGES WERE, USING THE TEAM OF EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL AND I INTRODUCED THEM A MOMENT AGO AND THEN WE BEGAN TO PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS, SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE MAP AND THE MAP HAS GOT A LOT ON IT AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT AND IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO READ ON THE SCREEN BUT YOU'LL HAVE A COPY OF THE MAP IN YOUR BOOK AS WELL AS IT'S ON THE WEBSITE BUT THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IS THERE.
JUST, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ORANGE OR YELLOW, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE COLOR CHALLENGED ARE STATE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING OR PLANNED BUT YOU SEE SOME BLUE AND RED AND GREEN AND SOME OTHER THINGS ON THERE AND THOSE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE SCATTERED ALL ACROSS, ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, SO WE TRIED TO BE SMART ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE MADE ABOUT WHAT TO INCLUDE AS WELL AS MAKE IT FAIR AND SCATTER THOSE ACROSS OUR CITY. AS FAR AS OUR PRIORITIES GO, WE TRIED TO DIVIDE UP OUR PRIORITIES INTO THREE TIERS.
TIER ONE, THE IMMEDIATE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TACKLE FIRST.
WHEN I SAY IMMEDIATE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NEXT WEEK AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR. IF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND GOVERNMENT ANY LENGTH OF TIME YOU KNOW IT TAKES TIME WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT, BE IT A SIDEWALK, BE IT A ROAD
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OR CROSSWALK, WHATEVER IT IS, IT TAKES TIME TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS. AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TIER ONE, TWO AND THREE, AND I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IN EACH OF THOSE TIERS, THE PRIORITIES CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE SINCE WE PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU REVIEW THE PLAN, AS YOU TALK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE AND AS YOU SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE, ASK THEM WHAT COULD MAKE THE MOST IMPACT AND YOU IDENTIFY WHAT CAN MAKE THE MOST IMPACT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE IDEAS AND MOVE PIECES AROUND AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO OF THE COMPANY AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT SIDEWALKS, AGAIN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFIED SIDEWALKS AND PRIORITIZED THOSE AROUND SCHOOLS AND YES THAT'S A REAL NUMBER. $462 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS IN THIS PLAN. EIGHT THAT'S FOUR TIMES THE ANNUAL CITY BUDGET SO CLEARLY WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS PLAN. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ANNUAL SIDEWALK PLAN THAT WE SPEND ALMOST $1 MILLION A YEAR ON PUTTING SIDEWALKS, RETROFITTING THEM INTO OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE BECAUSE WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE EACH YEAR.IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SOME ROUTINE INTERSECTION MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT WE DO AS A RESULT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THAT ARE EITHER UNDERWAY OR PLANNED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, TINY TOWN ROAD AND ALLEN ROAD, AND GLENDALE ROAD AND THE 41A BYPASS.
THERE'S A NEED TO IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL AND THAT'S ON THE DRAWING BOARD AND CLOSE TO BEING IMPLEMENTED THERE AND THEN ANOTHER INTERSECTION THAT'S SEEING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH, FIRE STATION ROAD WITH MLK JUNIOR BOULEVARD.
THAT NEEDS HELP, PARTICULARLY WITH MORE RESIDENTIAL AND -- TIER ONE, HERE'S TIER ONE AS IT WAS.
LET ME CAUTION YOU, THESE PROJECTS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE BASED ON OUR DISCUSSIONS AS A GROUP AND THEN THE CONSTITUENT'S INPUT INTO WHAT THE PLAN IS. LET ME HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU NOTICE UNDER RESOURCES, OR SOURCES, IT JUST DOESN'T TALK ABOUT LOCAL MONEY.
THIS IS NOT A "GO IT ALONE" PLAN.
WE'LL NEED FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN. I'LL TELL YOU AS WE BEGAN TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR THIS PROJECTS, IF YOU INVOLVE STATE OR FEDERAL MONEY YOU SLOW THE PROJECT DOWN AND YOU USUALLY ADD COSTS TO THE PROJECT SO WE'LL BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND AWARE OF THAT GOING INTO WHATEVER WE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO DRAG IT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND I SAY THAT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, IT WILL TAKE A LOT LONGER. ROSS VIEW ROAD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY THAT PROJECT HAS TAKEN SO LONG BECAUSE WE'RE USING STATE MONTH THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NEEDED. AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS MOSTLY FUNDED AND THE REAL ALIGNMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE AND THAT'S NOT A CHEAP PROJECT BUT IT'S A NECESSARY PROJECT.
BUT GROWTH IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN.
WE GO TO WHITFIELD ROAD, ANOTHER PROJECT CURRENTLY FUNDED, COMPLETELY FUNDED BY THE COUNCIL IN CURRENT YEAR.
YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A STRANGE OBJECT ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AND THAT'S A ROUND-ABOUT, THE FIRST, OR WHAT PEOPLE CALL TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN ANIMATION THAT SHOWS HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE IT'S NEAR A SCHOOL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MOVE TRAFFIC TO AND THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION EFFICIENTLY AND YOU'RE GOING TO THINK, WHY DIDN'T WE PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE. THE REASON WE DIDN'T IS BECAUSE THE DISTANCES ARE SO SHORT, IF WE WOULD HAVE PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WE WOULD HAVE MUCH THE SAME PROBLEM.
TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE BEEN BACKED UP TO 101, AND IF YOU'RE OVER THERE MOST ANY TIME OF THE DAY YOU'LL KNOW THAT TRAFFIC BACKS UP ONTO THE 101ST WAITING TO TURN ON WHITE FEDERAL TO GET BY THE WALMART MARKET AND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND GET STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. THAT'S A PRETTY COOL USE I THINK USE OF OUR RESOURCES THERE. ANOTHER TIER ONE PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IS THE TYLER TOWN OAKLAND ROAD EXPANSION. WE'RE CURRENTLY BUYING RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE IT'S UNDEVELOPED MOSTLY AND IT'S CHEAPER NOW THAN
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IT WILL BE IF IT HAS A HOUSE OR BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON IT SO WE'RE CURRENTLY BUYING UP AS MUCH OF THAT AS WE CAN TO GET AHEAD SO WHEN WE'RE READY TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT WE'LL GET THERE. IT'S GOT A ROUND-ABOUT PLANNED OR AT LEAST TALKED ABOUT THERE AT TYLER TOWN AND OAKLAND ROAD AND YOU'RE THINKING, BOY, THEY ARE OBSESSED WITH THOSE BUT THAT KEEPS TRAFFIC MOVING AND I'M CONVINCED IN YEARS WHEN THAT'S DEVELOPED WE CAN SEE THAT HAPPEN.EXIT 1 IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE NEED DESPERATELY TO DO.
IT NEEDS TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND IT NEEDS STREETLIGHTS AND IT NEEDS WHAT IS CALLED A SLIP LANE. I LEARNED SOMETHING.
IT'S THAT YOU'RE EXISTING THE INTERSTATE ON EXIT 1 GOING WEST INSTEAD OF STOPPING AT THE SIGNAL AND TURN RIGHT, YOU JUST SLIP INTO THE LANE AND TAKE YOU TO TYLER TOWN ROAD.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PROJECTS THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT. THAT'S WHY THAT IS IN TIER ONE LIST OF PRONGING. SPRING CREEK PARKWAY, KNOWN AS THE NORTHEAST CONNECTOR, THAT WILL TAKE US FROM THE MOST DEFENSIVELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY, TRENTON ROAD, OVER TO THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS THIS BOULEVARD AND CONNECT US OVER TO KROZIER BOULEVARD.
THAT'S AN AMBITIOUS PROPERTY, THREE MILES, AND THAT IS ROUTE THAT WILL CARRY US FROM ONE PART OF TOWN TO ANOTHER.
IT WILL TAKE PARAGRAPH OFF INTERSTATE 24, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND IT WILL GET ON TRENTON -- IT'S EASIER THAN GOING THROUGH THE LINE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
WE'RE ENCOURAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT HAPPEN TO RELIEVE SOME TRAFFIC BUT IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP SOME MORE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND PLAN FOR GROWTH. THE CUNNINGHAM BRIDGE, I JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ATTRACT STATE FUNDING AND COUNTY FUNDING BECAUSE IT'S STRATEGY DELLS THAT LINE, A COST OF ABOUT $18 MILLION.
. THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS A KEY INGREDIENT. WE NEED TO RELOCATE THE MAIN STATION THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND TALKED ABOUT AND TALKED
YES. >> CAN I GET AN AMEN, COUNCILPERSONS? I THOUGHT SO.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A PIECE OF PROPERTY I'M NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE YET, AND IT WILL BE IN THE HEART OF WHERE THE USERS ARE THAT WILL NEED THAT. STILL BE NEAR THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RELOCATE THE MAIN CENTER OR STATION TO THAT AREA IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REMARKABLE ABOUT OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM IS IF YOU'RE OUT ON 101ST PARKWAY, SAY YOU LIVE ON JORDAN ROAD OR GARRETTBURG AND YOU WANT TO CATCH THE CTS BUS AND WILMER RUDOLPH BOULEVARD, YOU HAVE TO COME DOWNTOWN AND CHANGE YOUR BUS AND GO OUT THERE.
WE WANT TO GET THE HUBS STRATEGICALLY PLACED SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TWO HOURS ON THE BUS GOING FROM YOUR HOME TO DOWNTOWN, WAIT FOR THE NEXT BUS, AND THEN GO OUT TO YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS. SO WE WANT MORE TRANSPORTATION HUBS AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP AND MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT. OUR GOAL, IT'S NOT PROGRAMMED IN HERE BUT I JUST -- I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE.
MY GOAL IS INSTEAD OF EVERY HOUR OR HALF HOUR FOR THE BUS ROUTES I'D LOVE TO SEE US RUN EVERY 15 MINUTES SO PEOPLE AREN'T WAITING MORE THAN 15 MINUTES TO CATCH A BUS AND I'M CONVINCED IF YOU INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND MAKE IT EASIER AND QUICKER, MORE PEOPLE WILL RIDE IT. THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS. THAT'S HARD TO READ.
THE TOP DRAWING IS TINY TOWN ROAD AND WE WANT A TEN-FOOT LANE OR PATH RUNNING THE WHOLE LENGTH OF TINY TOWN ROAD.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT YOU KNOW IT'S BUSY AND GROWING AND THERE'S MORE PEOPLE LIVING AND SHOPPING OUT THERE AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO AND FROM WORK TO THE DOCTOR OR TO THEIR HOME
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AND SO WE WOULD PROPOSE THERE BE A SIGNIFICANT PATH RUNNING THE LENGTH OF TINY TOWN ROAD AND THEN THE BOTTOM PICTURES SHOWS JORDAN ROAD AND YOU'RE THINKING, WHY THAT ROAD? MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS TALKED ABOUT AND HAS PLANS FOR A BRANCH LIBRARY OUT IN THAT AREA SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WALKABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE BRANCH LIBRARY, BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A STRATEGIC PLACEMENT OF A TRANSIT CENTER THERE, NOT NECESSARILY A FULL YOU A BLOWN BUILDING BUT A PLACE THE BUSES WILL GO AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GRAB HERE BUS AND GET TO ANOTHER DESTINATION.THE NEXT SLIDE, GREEN WOOD AVENUE AND EDMONSON FERRY, WE HAVE VOTED ON REZONING REQUESTS FOR THESE AREAS, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A SAFE PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO AND THROUGH THOSE AREAS AND TO THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE BOTTOM, THE CIRCLE, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A SIDEWALK BE BUILT FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND THEN FINALLY THE NEXT MAP JUST SHOWS YOU ALL THE PROJECTS IN TIER ONE OVERVIEW.
I KNOW I'M MOVING THROUGH THIS BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN. TIERS 2 AND 3, AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO RESHUFFLE SOME OF THE PROJECTS LISTED ON THERE KNOWING THAT THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK SO WE'LL NEED TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THESE THINGS AND ESPECIALLY AFTER WE TALK TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVE AND WORK AND TRAVEL TO AND THROUGH THOSE AREAS BUT LET ME EMPHASIZE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO USE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY A ROAD PROJECT OR A PROJECT TO BE BUILT. FIRST YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE NEED, TRAFFIC STUDIES, AND YOU'RE THINKING, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT? IF WE'RE GOING TO USE STATE OR FEDERAL RESOURCES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A A FOUNDATION, A BASIS FOR THAT, AND WE WANT TO FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES SO WE MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY. WE DO SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS WHICH INCLUDES POTENTIAL ROUTES AS WELL AS COST ESTIMATES.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO BUILD THAT ROAD. WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO BLINDLY WITHOUT KNOWING THAT. THEN WE HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, BUYING THE PROPERTY TO EXPANDS OR BUILD. THERE'S MY KRYPTONITE, WHICH IS UTILITY RELOCATION. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CLARKSVILLE GAS AND WATER OR DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY.
I'LL LEAVE THE OTHER TWO BLANK HERE BUT THEY'RE USUALLY THORNS IN OUR FLESH ABOUT GETTING OUT OF OUR WAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR PROJECT BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE COST ASSOCIATED AND THE TIME ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING THOSE UTILITIES AND THEN WE GET INTO FINAL DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION.
THAT TELLS YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND BEING ABLE TO DRIVE ON A ROAD OR WALK ON A SIDEWALK OR USE A TRANSSILT CENTER OR HAVE A CROSSWALK SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STEPS THAT GO INTO THAT. THEN THIS IS TIER 3.
WE DIDN'T ATTACH ANY SOURCES, TIMELINES NECESSARILY BUT WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY.
SO NOW LETS LOOK AT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AT OUR DISPOSAL. AS MRS. MATTA EXPLAINED TO YOU, WE LOOKED AT TWO BASIC WAYS THAT WE BUDGET AND SPEND MONEY.
ONE IS OPERATIONS, PAYING SALARIES, THE DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY. THEN THERE'S CAPITAL, SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS LIKE EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FIXED ASSETS THAT WE DO. THEN FUNDING, YOU KNOW, WE GET MONEY FROM VARIOUS TAXES AND FEES AND THAT FUNDS OUR GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DEBT FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT REVENUE AND RESOURCES. THIS GIVES-SENSE OF WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT COMMITTING THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
THE LAST ROAD THAT I THINK THE CITY BUILT, NEW ROAD, WAS
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KROZIER ROAD 22 YEARS AGO. NONE OF US WANT TO SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER 22 YEARS BEFORE WE BUILD ANOTHER ROAD BUT REVENUE IS IMPORTANT AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BORROW MONEY WHICH IS OUR TYPICAL AND USUAL AND BEST OPTION IN ORDER TO GET IT DONE QUICKER, WE NEED TO GENERATE NEW REVENUE AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SLIDE, IF WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $2.4 MILLION IN REVENUE, WE CAN BORROW UP TO $40 MILLION FOR THAT. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOUBLES FROM THERE. WE HAVE TO HAVE NEW REVENUE SOURCES. IT'S DIFFICULT TO FUND EXISTING OPERATIONS AND BORROW A BUNCH OF MONEY TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THIS PLAN AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY BE ADDED TO THE PLAN. THIS TALKS ABOUT THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO INCREASE REVENUE.WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED THE IMPROVE ACT WHICH IS TO INCREASE THE GAS TAX, FUEL TAX, THEY GAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE FUEL TAX IN ORDER TO PAY FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. I CAN TELL YOU THOSE FUEL TAXES ARE FLAT BECAUSE ELECTRIC CARS, MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT CARS, JUST A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT.
IT'S A VOLATILE TAX. IF WE WERE TO PUT THAT BEFORE THE PEOPLE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN TO TELL THEM WHY WE NEED IT. THE SALES TAX, A VOLATILE TAX, AND ONE GOOD RECESSION WILL CAUSE A PROBLEM.
WE HAD INSULATED DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF RECESSIONS.
MRS. MATTA REFERS TO OUR CITY AS RESILIENT, AND WE ARE AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE RECORD COLLECTIONS IN OUR SALES TAXES BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THAT.
IT WOULD TAKE A REFERENDUM BUT YOU CAN SEE IT WOULD NET US ABOUT $3.5 MILLION A YEAR TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT WOULD FUND MORE THAN $40 MILLION IN DEBT IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THAT AND THEN FINALLY THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AS YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THAT WAS INCREASED, BUT ONE CENT NEGATES ABOUT $325,000 AND A TEN-CENT INCREASE, IT WOULD GO A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LAY THOSE OUT TO YOU.
I'M NOT READY TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE ONE PATH OR ANOTHER.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT. I WANT US TO GET THE PLAN IN OUR MIND FIRST ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE PLAN, HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST, AND THEN HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
I CAN TELL YOU JUST BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE NEED ABOUT $80 MILLION TO FUND TWO MAJOR TIER ONE PROJECTS NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE.
A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THERE. SPRING CREEK, IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED AND THE TYLER TOWN OAKLAND ROAD IS ONLY IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF RIGHT OF AWAY ACQUISITION AS YOU HEARD.
IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANY MORE TO IT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. I'LL ASK YOU TO GIVE THAT SOME CONSIDERATION AND WE'LL GET TOGETHER AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN EIGHT THEN CHARTER A PATH FORWARD FROM THAT.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU JUST SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
THEN I'LL ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BUT THE FINAL THOUGHT IS, JUST REVIEW THE PLAN, ENCOURAGE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE'S A SPOT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT THEY CAN GO IN ONLINE AND FILL OUT A FORM AND PROVIDE COMMENTS.
DO THEY LIKE IT? DON'T THEY LIKE IT.
DO THEY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR IT? WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME MORE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE GO AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT AND SHOW THEM THE MAPS AND SO THEY CAN SEE.
THEN ALSO LET ME JUST TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT FUN.
I KNOW I'VE SAID THAT NOW THREE TIMES.
THIS IS NOT A FINAL PLAN. IT WON'T BE FINAL UNTIL WE COLLECTIVELY GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT THE ELEMENTS AND WE MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, AND WE DECIDE ON A STRATEGY AND THEN WE COME TO A VOTE.
AND THE REASON THAT I WANT US TO VOTE ON IT, BECAUSE I WANT THERE TO BE CONTINUITY FROM ONE COUNCIL TO THE NEXT.
AS MAYORS COME AND GO, AS COUNCILMEMBERS COME AND GO, WE OWE IT TO THE NEXT MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. IT WILL BE UP TO THEM TO DECIDE A PRIORITY. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A SENSE THAT IN 2021, THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT.
IN '25 AND '28 AND BEYOND THINGS PROBABLY WILL HAVE CHANGED.
WE WANT THIS TO BE KNOWN AS A FLUID PLAN.
IT WILL CHANGE. IN FACT IT HAS ALREADY CHANGED AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT ONLINE.
WE'RE GOING TO GATHER THAT INPUT AND WE'RE GOING TO PUSH IT OUT TO YOU OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO THAT YOU HEAR WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING WITH ONLINE FORMS AND THE FORMS THAT WE HAVE.
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I THINK, AND MR. TINDAL IS HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT BUT HE CAN NOD YES OR SHAKE HIS HEAD NO, THAT THIS WILL HELP US IN LAND PLANNING. IF WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND FOLKS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THEY CAN HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO GO NEXT.SO THAT'S THE PLAN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK UP THERE IN ORDER TO PUSH THE BUTTONS TO ANSWER AND ASK QUESTIONS.
SO GIVE ME A SECOND. >> COUNCILPERSON HOLLEMAN.
>> WE ARE YOU ARE PRESENTED THE ESTIMATIONS, DOES THAT ACCOUNT
THAT'S PRESENT VALUE OF MONEY. >> COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS PLAN, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS PLAYING CATCH-UP AND BY LOOKING AT THIS, OUR NEEDS, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO ASK AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID IT, BUT WILL WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE RESULTS THAT WE GET FROM THE CENSUS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THINKING ABOUT IN REGARD TO OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR OUT THERE.
>> THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS YES. THE CENSUS WILL DETERMINE A LOT OF THINGS INCLUDING STATE-SHARED REVENUES AND OTHER ADDITIONAL SOURCES AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE -- I'M NOT STALLING BUT DELAYING UNTIL WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE AND WE'LL KNOW HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR BUDGET AND SO WE'RE THINKING MAY OR JUNE HOPEFULLY.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M SURE THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE BY THAT QUESTION.
>> THANK. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. >> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND DOES THAT -- IS IT STRICTLY SIDEWALKS OR DO WE GET TO DO
BIKE PATHS AND SIDEWALKS? >> YES.
>> AND THEN. >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE GLIB IN ANSWERING THAT BUT IT WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS
AND. >> I'M JUST LOOKING DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, RUDOLPH, WE PUT IN A WALKING PATH AND THERE'S STILL NO PLACE TO RIDE A BIKE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
CONSIDERING THAT AS WE GROW. >> GOOD POINT.
>> BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE BIG I JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ESTIMATE. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD EXTRA SALES TAX MONEY THIS YEAR AND WE WERE -- THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND. HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY COVERS A NEW BRIDGE? I'M JUST ASKING.
>> WELL, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS ZERO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FUND OPERATIONS WE COULD DEVOTE MOST IF NOT ALL OF IT TO THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
BUT WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS OUT THERE LIKE A NEW POLICE PRECINC BUILDING IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN OFF TINY TOWN ROAD IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE COVERAGE FOR THAT AREA.
THE FIRE -- AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE, FIRE AND RESCUE HEADQUARTERS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE ON MAIN AND 8TH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PORTIONS OF THE TRAINING ROOM AND THE FRONT ENTRANCE THAT THE FLOOR IS BEGINNING TO GIVE WAY SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS THERE.
SIDEWALK DEVELOPMENT AS I MENTIONED, A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THEN WE HAVE IN THE PLANNING, A NORTH PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX AS YOU CAN SEE.
YOU'LL HAVE A POLICE PRECINCT 4.
WE NEED A SALT SHED FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT, ACCESSING SALT, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK DOWNTOWN TO GET SALT OR NEEDMORE ROAD. IT'S DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY AT THIS POINT HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE USED ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS UNTIL WE GET INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
>> . >> I KNOW WE TALKED, UPPER OF THOSE THINGS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND SO I GUESS I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE ALREADY FUNDED AND THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXTRA MONEY THAT IT WAS KIND OF A
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WINDFALL. WILL WE BE PRIORITIZING THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVEI DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFICALLY.
>> THAT'S FINE. >> BECAUSE THAT IS AN IDEAL PROJECT FOR STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IT WITH OTHERS.
>> OR SPRING CREEK OR THE BYPASS, YOU KNOW, LIKE -- I'M THE ONE THAT SAVES UP THE MONEY AND -- I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO BALANCE IT. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I DID.
>> I WASN'T REALLY [INAUDIBLE]. >> COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. >> GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT TO THIS BODY.
DURING THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS IT WAS OUTLINED AROUND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE.
SOME OF THOSE GRANTS INCLUDE MONIES ALLOCATED FOR RODS AND PUBLIC SAFETY -- ALLOCATED FOR ROADS AND THE LIKE.
THESE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECOVERY AND REBUILDING DIRECT PROCEDURETION GRANTS FOR CITY AND TOWNS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, TO 2022, WITH AN ESTIMATED POPULATION FROM 2019'S CENSUS OF 158,146, AND IT STATES CLARKSVILLE IS ALLOCATED ABOUT $3.4 MILLION. IS THERE ANY PLANS TO GET THOSE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO US SO WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT? >> WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO VOTE FOR THIS. UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE APPROVES THE BUDGET, IT'S JUST ON A LIST. WHILE WE CAN WORK ON PLANS, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD.
SO, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE A PURPOSE AND A USE FOR THE MONEY AND IT WILL FIT WHATEVER THE SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ARE.
>> I EMAILED OFF TO ATTORNEY LANCE BAKER AND MRS. MATTA SOME OF THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN.
>> WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THAT ALL DAY SINCE THE STATE OF THE
STATE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU'RE
>> [INAUDIBLE]. >> WE JUST GUSSIED UP THE TRANSIT DOWN HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT AS A
HUB, CORRECT? >> WELL, THE REASON THAT WE GUSSIED IT UP WAS BECAUSE THE ROOF WAS FALLING IN, AND IT WAS LEAKING AND WE EITHER HAD TO FIX IT OR WATCH IT FALL IN.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A NEXT-YEAR PROJECT WITH MOVING THAT.
WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AWAY SO THAT'S WHY WE SPENT THE MONEY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE IT UNTIL WE RELOCATE IT. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THEN DISPOSE OF THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNED WITH FEDERAL MONEY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO USE THAT, ON APPROVAL, ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT, EITHER TO OFFSET THE NEW SITE OR TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOU.
>> THAT'S AWESOME. I'M GLAD I ASKED IT.
I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES. I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT ACTUALLY, A LOT OF THESE TIER 1S ARE IN MYRD WHAT.
THE SPRING CREEK CONNECTOR, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING OUT ON WILMER RUDOLPH ? PEOPLE HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT PLACES. >> IN THE MAP AND BOOK IT WILL SHOW. DO YOU KNOW WHERE DAIRY QUEEN
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU MEAN. >> I GAVE A PLUG TO DAIRY QUEEN.
>> IS 41A ALREADY GETTING SIDEWALKS.
>> COOL. >> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE STARTED LAST FALL BECAUSE IT'S A T DOT PROJECT, IT WILL MOST
LIKELY START THIS SPRING. >> THAT AND TINY TOWN ARE THE FATALITIES, SO THAT'S A PRIORITY IN MY MIND.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. THIS IS PERSONAL.
I LIVE-KENNEDY. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING TO MERIWEATHER, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT A FRONTAGE-TYPE ROAD, A STRAIGHT SHOT, KENNEDY STRAIGHT UP.
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TIER 50 MILLION, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY PEOPLE WILL ASK ME ABOUTTHIS. >> I NEED TO DEFER THAT TO THE EXPERTS, SO IF I COULD GET YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT.
>> THAT'S FINE. >> I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK, BECAUSE IF I DO, YOU GET CALLS AND I GET CALLS.
>> THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY IS I KNOW THAT EVERYONE FREAKS OUT ABOUT ROUND-ABOUTS BUT THEY ARE REALLY GOOD YOU IMPLEMENT THEM AND PEOPLE FIGURE IT OUT.
I'M A FAN OF THEM AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN.
>> OKAY. >> COUNCILPERSON GARRETT, I'VE GOT YOU ON THE LIST AND I'LL GET TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I HEARD YOU CHIME IN.
COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> I THINK THAT THE PLAN SOUNDS REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
AS VERSION ONE I WANT TO SAY THAT A ROT OF THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR MY WARD ARE ALREADY IN THERE. THAT'S A GREAT THING.
I THINK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE SERIOUS DECISIONS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEES, IT'S 400 SOMETHING SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS TO GET THIS PROJECT DOWN AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS NOT FOR TOMORROW BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE HONED DOWN TYPE LINES EVEN IF IT'S 20 YEARS OUT MAYBE SO WE CAN LET OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW CLOSER WHEN IT WOULD GET DOWN AND WHEN WE'RE DOING THE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS INTO TIER ONE, THERE MIGHT BE A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL WE CAN IMPLEMENT UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THAT PART.
THAT'S A DANGEROUS AREA. PEOPLE ARE DYING OUT THERE AND THAT'S IN MY WARD. SO LOOKING AT TEMPORARY THINGS THAT AREN'T A LOT OF TRAFFIC TO KIND OF MOVE TRAFFIC AS WE GET TO TIER TWO. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG MONEY DECISIONS TO MAKE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILPERSON GARRETT, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS DAY TO COME FOR A WHILE NOW.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU WHEN I HAD THE SLIGHT FINALLY.
>> OH, YEAH. GOOD TO FINALLY TALK ABOUT IT AND SHARE IT WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE OF CLARKSVILLE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC ON A LOT OF THEIR MINDS.
IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IT REFERENCES, YOU KNOW, FUEL SALES AND PROPERTY TAXES AS BEING THE MAIN TOOLS OF WHICH TO GENERATE THE REVENUE REQUIRED TO ISSUE LIKE THE DEBT FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT. OUTSIDE OF THOSE SOURCES, ARE THERE OTHER AVENUES SUCH AS EXCESS PROPERTY SALES THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO REVENUE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TOWARDS THE 2.4 MILLION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET THE 40 MILLION?
>> YEAH. THE SIMPLE ANSWER, YES.
WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE. THAT'S ONE-TIME MONIES.
IT'S ALSO NOT AS BIG OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT AS WE THINK IT MIGHT BE.
MANY OF THE PROPERTIES ON OUR SURPLUS LIST ARE TAX SALE PROPERTIES, MEANING THERE'S PROPERTY TAXES OWED TO THE CITY AND COUNTY ON THOSE PROPERTIES. WE ARE GOING THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT SORT OF A FIRE SALE DISPOSAL OF THAT AND A PROCESS WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW ABOUT IT AND WE CAN GET RID OF AS 78 AS WE CAN.
THAT'S A ONE-TIME -- THAT'S SORT OF A ONE-TIME REVENUE GENERATION, MUCH LIKE THE GRANT THAT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER SPOKE ABOUT. IT'S ONE-TIME MONEY WE CAN USE TO INVEST STRATEGICALLY ON THINGS THAT AREN'T RECURRING
EXPENSES. >> AS ONE-TIME MONEY THEN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY COUNT TOWARDS THE 2.4?
OR DOES IT? >> WELL, AGAIN IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW WE LOOK AT IT.
I THINK WE COULD FACTOR IN NEW REVENUES LIKE THAT TO GO TOWARDS THAT BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A LONGER VIEW.
IF WE ISSUE DEBT, IT'S USUALLY 20 TO 30 YEARS SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE EQUALING THAT AND BE ABLE TO SERVICE THAT. IF SALES TAX CONTINUES TO BE STRONG AND WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES AND WE HAVE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
IF WE COULD JUST DO THIS WITH THE MONIES WE HAVE GOT, WE COULD
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GET ON DOWN THE ROAD. SORRY FOR THE PUN.>> THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT. AS WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT'S TAXED AT A LOWER RATER THAN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, SO AS THE PROPERTIES TURN OVER AND BECOME HIGHER-INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTIES ON THE TAX ROLL, IS THERE ANY WAY TO POTENTIALLY DESIGNATE, A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, OR WHATEVER, IN CONTRAST TO RAISING THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR EVERYBODY, MAYBE SHIFTING A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED FROM NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND EARMARK IT FOR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? >> I THINK NOT THIS COUNCIL BUT THE COUNCIL APPROVED A SPECIAL REVENUE DISTRICT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE HOSPITAL WAS BUILT. THAT WAS SORT OF A QUAWZI.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT RECURRING REVENUES THAT WOULD FUND DEBT OVER THE LONG TERM. ALL OF THAT IS ON THE TABLE I GUESS IS THE LONG WAY TO SAY THAT.
>> I'LL TALK WITH MS. MATTA OFF LINE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT SPECIAL REVENUE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, MAY BE ENCOMPASSING A WIDE RANGE OF, YOU KNOW, NEW DEVELOPMENT AREAS, AGAIN NOT JUST OVER TAXES FOLKS BUT JUST TAKING A PORTION OF WHAT'S NEW AND OVER WHAT WE'RE TYPICALLY GETTING NOW OFF THE AGRICULTURAL, SEE IF THAT MIGHT MAKE REVENUE. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AG, TEN ACRES THAT WAS AG, AND NOW DIVIDED BE A SUBDIVISION OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE STRETCHED OUT OVER FIVE TO TEN YEARS TO HANDLE THAT DEBT, SO I'M SURE MRS. MATTA COULD ELABORATE ON THAT AND MAYBE PROVIDE US CHARTS THAT ILLUSTRATE CASH REVENUE INCREASED THAT WE COULD REALIZE TO TAKE CARE OF ROADS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
GREAT THOUGHT. THAT'S ONE OF HER AREAS OF EXPERTISE IS FORECASTING AND SHE'S USUALLY SPOT ON DURING BUDGET TIME AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING AT THAT.
>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD QUESTIONS.
COUNCILPERSON EVANS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. >> I GOT YOU ON THE LIST.
>> [CROSSTALK]. >> NOW YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY AS WELL AS THE PERSON WHO PUT THE GRAPHICS TOGETHER.
I'M A SUCKER FOR GOOD GRAPHICS. THEY DESERVE RECOGNITION.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO EVENTUALLY PUT IN HUBS FOR OUR TRANSIT CENTER AROUND TOWN ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO PUT IN ONE FOR EACH SIDE OF TOWN OR ARE WE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE SAINT BETHLEHEM AND I THINK NORTH SIDE IS WHAT I SAW ON THERE?
>> WHAT YOU SAW WAS NOT THE COMPLETE PICTURE BUT.
>> I KNOW. >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF ROUTES BECAUSE OF LIMITED NUMBER OF BUSES AND DRIVERS AND MONEY TO FUND THOSE SO I THINK AS WE BEGIN TO EXPAND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD ROUTES WHICH WOULD NEED BUSES AND DRIVERS AND THEN WE COULD EXPANDS THE HUBS TO DIFFERENT AREAS OTHER THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PLAN.
I WASN'T MAKING A COMMENT TOWARDS -- I THINK THOSE TWO WERE REALLY GOOD TO BE PUT FIRST.
MY SECOND QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW WHO I NEED TO ASK THIS TO, IT DEALS WITH THE TAXES. I'M NOT A HOMEOWNER SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BY THE TEN-CENT IN PROPERTY TAXES.
IS THAT TEN CENTS PER DOLLAR? >> TEN-CENTS ON THE PROPERTY TAX
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RATE. THE CURRENT ONE IS 1.0296.IF YOU TALK ABOUT TEN CENTS, IT WOULD GO TO ONE DOLLAR, 12, ONE,
TWO, 96. >> SINCE WE'RE AT A 1.0296 RATE NOW THAT WOULD GO UP THE -- WHAT WOULD THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE
BE? >> WELL, WE WOULD BE LOOKING
RIGHT AT 10 PERCENT. >> GOTCHA.
>> COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN YOU HEAR ME, SIR?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU, YES. >> AWESOME.
JUST A COMMENT AND QUESTION, MAYOR, AND I'LL START WITH MY COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING AND THEN ALSO SECONDLY AS WE KNOW, AS WE BUILD, TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND AS SOMETHING AS COMPLEX AS STREETS I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IN A MILLION YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR, AND GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, I AND A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNCILPERSONS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF A STEM RESEARCH PROJECT WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, SO A SHOT-OUT TO KEN WOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO TOOK AN INTEREST IN THIS, SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING UP AS FUTURE CITIZENS WHO WILL BE PAYING TAXES IN THE CITY AND IF THEY PURCHASE ITEMS AND SERVICES, THEY DO PAY TAXES. SO A SHOT-OUT TO THEM.
MY QUESTION, MAYOR, IS INSIDE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE MY LANES MIXED UP HERE BUT THERE WAS TALK ABOUT BUS STOPS THEMSELVES BEING BROUGHT UP TO CODE AND SPEED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE CITY PROJECT OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST A LOCAL CONSULTANT WHO WAS PUTTING OUT IDEAS, BUT COULD YOU SPEAK MAYBE, MAYOR, TO SOME OF THE SAFETY STANDARDS OR EXPANSION AROUND KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND OUT OF THE RAIN AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOLAR ADDITIONS? COULD YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE SEXIER PIECES OF THE STOPS.
I KNOW WE ADDED SEATS AS WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE STANDING TIME. COULD YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE COSMETIC ELEMENTS OF THE STOPS AND STATIONS, PLEASE.
>> I CAN. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I KNOW THE TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS TAKEN AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH ABOUT REPLACING SOME OF THE ONES.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE LATEST BUS SHELTER ON [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS FROM CDE, IT'S SOLAR POWERED. IF YOU DRIVE BY IT AT NIGHT, THE LIGHT COMES ON AND IT'S CLEAN AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESSES TO ADOPT A STOP OR KEEP IT CLEAN AND JUST TAKE PRIDE IN THAT AND IT'S GONE WELL, BUT THEY'RE AGGRESSIVELY REPLACING DILAPIDATED SHELTERS AND EXPANDING THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AT PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO SHELTER CURRENTLY AND THAT'S ONGOING.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PLAN BECAUSE THOSE ARE TYPICALLY OPERATIONAL IN NATURE AND FUNDED YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON WHERE THE NEED IS. DOES THAT HELP?
AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MR. NELSON.
I WAS EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
I MISS YOU THERE. AND TO THE STREETS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AND ALL OF THE WORK THERE AND ALSO AS COUNCILPERSON EVANS SAID, TO THE GRAPHICS TEAM AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
CONTINUED EFFORTS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND. COUNCILPERSON LITTLE, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AMAZING JOB. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK THEY PUT ON IT AND THE PRESENTATION, MAYOR, GOOD JOB.
I'M EXCITED FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
I GUESS COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, THAT QUESTION, IT KIND OF ANSWERED IT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE UPGRADE AND DIFFERENT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, WILL BE POSSIBLY INCORPORATING MORE ROUTES AND STOPS, MAINLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE [INAUDIBLE] MORE ROUTES ON THERE AND THEN YOU HAVE [INAUDIBLE] RUNS THAT WAY BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK GOING INTO
GOOD POINT. THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON LITTLE.
COUNCILPERSON ALLEN. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AGAIN.
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>> COUNCILPERSON LITTLE JUST ASKED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MORE BUS STOPS AND A LITTLE BIT OF BUS STOPS, TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IN MY WARD WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAVE BUS STOPS ON TINY TOWN ROAD AND I HAVE TO WALK A MILE AND A HALF TO GET TO THE BUS STOP AND MORE CROSSWALKS TO BUS STOPS AND SIDEWALKS TO BUS STOPS WHERE THEY'RE MISSING, WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN SOME OF
THIS? >> SOME OF IT, AS YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS, WE'LL GIVE YOU A BOOK AND THERE'S A NOTATION.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE MAP, NOT FROM HERE.
OR I CAN'T. YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHERE NEW CROSSWALKS OR. BUT THAT'S A STARTING POINT.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL ONES WE'LL CERTAINLY ADD IT TO IT.
>> MY LAST THING, I'M GOING TO SLIDE THIS IN ON YOUR SLIDE THAT SAID OTHER PROJECTS. IT WAS LIKE YOUR LAST SLIDE.
OTHER NEEDS IDENTIFIED. I NEED TO PUT ON THERE A COMMUNITY CENTER NORTH CLARKSVILLE.
>> COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> I THINK YOU MENTIONED A FUELED TAX FOR THE REFERENDUM
AND ANOTHER TAX. >> SALES TAX.
>> THE SALE TAX FOR A REFERENDUM.
COULD BOTH OF THOSE GO AT THE SAME TIME OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO ONCE AND IF THEY DID GO, WOULD IT MENTION THIS PLAN OR WOULD IT JUST SAY THAT IT'S JUST TO INCREASE THE SALES TAX AND THE FUEL TAX BECAUSE IF IT MENTIONED THIS PARTICULAR PLAN HERE IT WOULD GIVE US AN IDEA WHERE THE PUSH LICK WOULD BE ON
THE PLAN. >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WHETHER BOTH COULD BE ON THE SAME REFERENDUM. I'LL HAVE TO GET AN ANSWER TO THAT. SECONDLY, ABSOLUTELY.
WE WOULD WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC AND ASSURE THEM THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE YOUR TAXES THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET FOR IT BUT WE NEED TO DECIDE AS A COUNCIL WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING PIECE OF THAT.
>> OKAY. I THINK COUNCILPERSON GARRETT, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? DID I HEAR YOU?
>> YOU HEARD ME BUT I WAS JUST SECONDING THAT UNOFFICIAL MOTION FOR THE NORTH CLARKSVILLE RECREATIONAL CENTER.
UNOFFICIAL SECOND. >> UNOFFICIAL.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET ME SAY TO THE TEAM THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, THEY DESERVE ALL OF THE CREDIT.
IT'S NOT ME. BUT THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] >> COUNCILPERSON SMITH, DID YOU
HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? >> YES, SIR.
>> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> ON THE NEW PLAN THAT YOU SHOWED TO US, I [INAUDIBLE] I SAW COTTAGE STREET ON THERE, AND THAT'S A STREET THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED.
ALSO MY QUESTION IS, ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE ON THAT -- I GUESS CITY PLAN AS WELL, WOULD THAT EXTEND THE TRANSPORTATION OUT FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW TO INCLUDE GOOGLE AND LG? BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROUTES OUT THERE? IS THAT A PART OF THAT.
>> ? IT'S NOT A PART OF THE PLAN.
WE ARE OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW FEDERAL, MOSTLY FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDELINES REGARDING THE SERVICE AREA FOR CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEM. THERE'S A PHRASE FOR IT.
I'M DRAWING A BLAKE. BLANK. WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING, GOOGLE AND LG, THAT'S NOT IN THIS PLAN. WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK OUT FEDERAL APPROVAL AND WE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OURSELVES INSIDE OUT IN ORDER TO GET THAT, SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO, IT'S NOT IN
THE PLAN. >> I WISH WE WOULD THINK ABOUT DOING THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WORK OUT THERE THAT DO NEED TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, USING THE BUS OUT THERE'D BUT THERE'S BEEN MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EXTENDING THE ROUTES SO THAT THE WORKERS CAN GET TO WORK USING THE BUS.
>> AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I AGREE WITH YOU.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> I KNOW YOU SAID THAT WE COULD GET FEDERAL MONEY AND STATE AND LOCAL MONEY AND STATE MONEY AND MAYBE THEY'LL CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, ADDING THAT TO OUR
PLAN. >> WE'RE WAITING ON THE NEWS CENSUS NUMBERS TO COME OUT AND THAT IMPACTS THE CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT ENTIRE CITY.
POINT WELL-TAKEN. >> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILPERSON ALLEN. >> WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, THE
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NEXT TIME WE SEE THIS MAP, MAYBE HAVE AN OVERLAY OF THE BUS ROUTES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING BOTH?>> ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THE BUS ROUTES TOMORROW JUST SO YOU CAN GET IT -- WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE IT IN THIS PLAN. THANK YOU.
I WEREN'T TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR ATTENTION. WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
AND THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, I'LL
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