[The City of Clarksville Fiscal Year 2023 Budget]
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EVERYONE. IT IS 4:30 P.M. ON MAY 9, 2022. I AM GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER REYNOLDS, SMITH, RICHMOND, COUNCIL PERSON ZACH AWRY AND MYSELF CHAIRPERSON STREETMAN. WE'LL START OUT WITH MISS LORI DOING A BUDGET OVERVIEW. I DO WANT TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE WHILE WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW IT TAKES CONSIDERABLE TIME FOR YOU TO PREPARE THE BUDGETS FOR HOW YOU CAN BEST SERVE. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO WORK WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND PULL IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME INVOLVED IN THAT. I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT FEW DAYS WE WILL BE HAVING SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE EACH DEPARTMENT WILL BE BROKEN DOWN IN DETAIL AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THOSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENDANCE AS WELL. >> SO LIKE CHAIR LADY STREETMAN SAID THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW. I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROCESS BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS. SO AT THE END IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING I CAN. BUT LIKE SHE SAID, THE DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS COME TOMORROW IT ALL STARTS. SO HERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. WE STARTED IN MID-FEBRUARY WITH OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE REACH OUT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEY PROVIDE US WITH THEIR PLANNED PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH AND NEEDS OVER THE COMING FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. THEN MID-MARCH IS WHEN THINGS REALLY START GETTING IN HIGH GEAR. THAT'S WHEN OUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS ARE BEING INPUT BY THE DEPARTMENTS. WE REQUEST THAT ALL OF THEM BE INPUT BY BEGINNING OF APRIL AND THAT'S WHEN FINANCE STARTS TO REVIEW AND WORK WITH OUR MAYOR TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS AND BUDGET TO GET IT BALANCED. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. TOMORROW THE DEPARTMENT'S BEGAN PRESENTING THEIR BUDGETS TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES. A SUMMARY OF OUR BUDGET WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER. AT LEAST TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND FIRST READING. WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON JUNE 9TH WITH THE SECOND AND FINAL READING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 14TH. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BUDGET APPROVED BY JUNE 30TH IN ORDER TO CONTINUE NORMAL OPERATIONS AS OF JULY 1ST. OUR BUDGET IS COMPRISED OF FOURTEEN GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, SEVEN ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND FOUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. THE GENERAL FUND IS THE MAIN OPERATING COUNT FOR THE PRIMARY GOVERNMENT. AND WE HAVE NINETEEN DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. THE GENERAL FUND ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MANY OTHER ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS WITH THE LUNGEST TRANS -- LARGEST TRANSFERS TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS. SO FY 22'S BUDGET AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR 23 WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT 22 THAT WE'RE STILL IN AND WE'LL AMEND THIS. YOU ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY APPROVING THE AMENDMENT FOR FY 22'S BUDGET WHEN APPROVING THE FY23 BUDGET.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THIS. ONE OF IT IS IT'S REQUIRED BY OUR CHARTER AND IT'S ALSO REQUIRED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. BUT THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE CAN SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AND AMEND ANYTHING AND INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE BY GIVING BACK FUNDS TO THE GENERAL TURNED AND IT HELPS US HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH FOR FY23.
SO I'LL JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS WITH THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN FY 22'S BUDGET. YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER ME TELLING YOU LAST YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN ON GETTING THE STATE SHARED REVENUES BASED ON THE NEW CENSUS BECAUSE THE STATE TOLD US THEY DOUBTED THEY WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS. I'M GLAD TO SAY IN OCTOBER, WHICH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S HEARD ABOUT THIS EVERY MONTH, THEY WERE ABLE TO START DISTRIBUTING IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THEY COULD HAVE RECAPTURED THOSE FUNDS. SO IF WE LOST THIS TIME WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY BACK. AND FOR US IT'S ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS WAS THE DIFFERENCE WITH OUR CON SES CHANGE. SO WE ALSO -- THAT CHANGE HAS OCCURRED. WE DID THAT
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BUDGET AMENDMENT IN I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.AND ANOTHER HUGE CHANGE WE HAD IN OUR REVENUE STREAM IS WE HAD SIGNIFICANT PAYMENTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR THE SALE OF SOME OF THE PROPERTIES OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. THIS IS ALL PART OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE IDB THAT DATES BACK 2001. I BELIEVE YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FILL POSITIONS. WE HAD $1.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS DUE TO UNFILLED POSITIONS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE THAT WE AMENDED UPWARD IS THE CITY'S TRANSFER TO PHARMACY FUNDS. WE ARE INSURED BUT THE COST OF MEDICAL CARE AND PRESCRIPTIONS HAS BEEN RISING FOR QUITE SOMETIME. FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. TO ENSURE THE FUND HAS SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES WE'VE TRANSFERRED $2.5 MILLION INTO THE HEALTH AND PHARMACY FUND. IN FY 23 WE ARE AGAIN INCREASING THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB THE COST AND NOT PASS ON THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO EMPLOYEES. SO FUND BALANCE. THIS IS WHERE I WAS TALKING WHEN WE AMEND FY 22'S BUDGET. WE USE THIS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE GET A MORE ACCURATE ENDING FUND BALANCE. A LITTLE BIT WHAT FUND BALANCE IS NOT, IT'S NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO BE USED AND NOT OO TO BE USED FOR RECURRING FUND EXPENSES. OURS IS A TRIED AND TESTED POLICY TO MAINTAIN TWENTY IN THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES TO ENSURE WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE AS EMERGENCY ARISES. THE POLICY HAS GOTTEN US THROUGH A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, THE DEVASTATING DOWNTOWN TORNADO, ICE STORMS AND NOW A PANDEMIC. IT'S AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AND TO FIT GATE AGAINST RISKS OF ANY MAJOR EVENTS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASK US OVERTIME ABOUT REDUCING YOUR FUND BALANCE POLICY. BEST PRACTICES CITED BY GFOA WHICH IS OUR GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES OR TWENTY PERCENT.
THREE MONTHS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS. TWENTY PERCENT IS TWENTY-EIGHT POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. THE RISKS OF REDUCING OUR POLICY COULD CAUSE CREDIT RATING DECREASES AND THIS COULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INVESTORS THAT BID ON OUR BONDS AND INCREASE THE ANXIOUS RATES THAT WE PAY. WE WERE JUST UPGRADED BY FITCH IN THIS LAST BOND ISSUANCE FROM DOUBLE A TO DOUBLE A-PLUS WHICH HELPED WITH OUR MOST RECENT BOND ISSUANCE. WE HAVE THIRTEEN MAJOR INVESTORS BIDDING ON OUR NOTES. THAT'S MORE THAN ANY OTHER LARGE CITY IN THE STATE TENNESSEE HAS HAD THIS YEAR. MANAGING FUND BALANCE IS A DELICATE BALANCING ACT. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT TOO HIGH BECAUSE THEN WE'D BE HOLDING TOO MUCH OF TAXPAYER'S MONEY. BUT DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT TOO LOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN RESPOND TO EMERGENCYS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. SO THE FIRST STEP TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET IS SET ASIDE THE TWENTY PERCENT FROM THE FUND BALANCE THEN SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES AND WE ADD THAT TO WHAT OUR PROJECTED REVENUES ARE.
THEN WE HAVE A TOTAL AVAILABLE TO BE BUDGETED. THIS YEAR THAT WAS NEARLY $145 MILLION. SO PICTURED HERE IS THE ENTIRE CITYWIDE OR ENTERPRISE-WIDE BUDGET. WE TOTALLED JUST OVER $703 MILLION. AND THIS INCLUDES ALL FUNDS. ON THE GRAPH I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING WHERE THAT RED LINE IS EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT OF THAT RED LINE ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY FIFTY PERCENT OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET IS ON THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THE PIE PIECES TO THE RIGHT BOTTOM THAT ARE PULLED OUT A LITTLE BIT, THOSE ARE GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. AND IT'S EXACTLY TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. AND THESE ARE THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS, PARKS, AND THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS. AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. THE OTHER TWENTY FIVE PERCENT IS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO ALL THE OTHER FUNDS EXCEPT FOR CDE. SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR
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ENTERPRISE FUNDS WITH REVENUES NEARLY $385 MILLION AND EXPENSES JUST OVER $352 MILLION. REVENUES ARE EARNED BY THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND ARE REQUIRED TO BE USED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE PAYING FOR IT. THERE ARE ACTUALLY LAWS THAT ENTERPRISE FUNDS CAN'T BENEFIT FROM THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT CAN'T BENEFIT FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. WE HAVE TO PAY EACH OTHER FOR SERVICES.BEFORE I GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND I WANTED TO FILL YOU IN ON A COUPLE OF MAJOR CHANGES WE MADE AND HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR SOME THINGS. LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO CHARGE EACH OTHER FOR SERVICES FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHILE IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT WE PAY FOR SERVICES OR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS PAY FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED BY HR, PROVIDED BY PURCHASING. SO WHAT WE USED TO DO IS WE WOULD CAPTURE HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE GOING TO CHARGE THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND REDUCE THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT'S DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET BY THAT AMOUNT. THIS STARTED MANY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT. AS WE'VE GROWN, SO HAVE THESE CHARGES. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THEM WE REALIZED WE'RE PROBABLY NOT SHOWING A CLEAR, ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IT COSTS TO FUND THAT DEPARTMENT. SO WE THOUGHT WE'RE BETTER OFF HANDLING THEM DIFFERENTLY. WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THEM WITH TRANSFERS INSTEAD. SO YOU WILL SEE SOME DEPARTMENTS LIKE HR ESPECIALLY AND LEGAL, PROBABLY THE TWO BIGGEST, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THEM IN YOUR BUDGET. THERE'S ANOTHER PAGE IN THERE THAT'S SHOWING AN APPLE TO APPLE COMPARISON. I'VE TAKEN THE CHARGEOUTS OUT OF PRIOR YEARS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE COMPARING TO THIS YEAR. BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO REPRESENT LAST YEAR WITH CHARGEOUTS WHICH GREATLY REDUCED IT AND THIS YEAR WITH NO CHARGEOUTS SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A VERY LARGE SPIKE IN COSTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CHARGEOUTS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOU OR HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE. I WOULD THINK THIS GIVES A BETTER PICTURE OF THE COST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENTS. SO SIMILARLY, IN THE PARKING FUND, WE -- IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION, WHY ARE WE CHANGING A MANAGEMENT FEE INTO THE PARKING FUND AND WHY DO THE PARKING EMPLOYEES LIVE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THEN WHY ARE THEY LIVING IN THE BUILDING FACILITY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. WE THOUGHT THIS IS CONFUSING. WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SET IT UP THIS WAY, PROBABLY THIRTY YEARS OR AGO, SO WE DECIDED TO PUT EVERYTHING IN THE PARKING PLACE INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO. WE DID AN APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN FRONT OF PARKING. IT IS STILL GOING TO FALL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING FACILITY MAINTENANCE AREA BUT IT HAS ITS OWN BUDGET AND WILL BE CLEARER TO YOU. THE OTHER REALLY BIG THING WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS WE'RE STARTING A NEW INTERNAL SERVICE FUND FOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. SO A COMMON ISSUE THAT WE HAVE -- ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE, IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO CLARKSVILLE, IS WHEN BUDGETS NEED TO BE REDUCED THE FIRST THING THEY LOOK TO IS TO CUT THOSE NEW VEHICLES OR CUT THOSE NEW EQUIPMENT. AND IT CAUSES DELAY IN REPLACING THE VEHICLES WHICH ULTIMATELY ENDS UP COSTING US MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP VEHICLES THAT ARE EXTREMELY OUT OF DATE ON THE ROAD. THEN IT COSTS US A MUCH LARGER INVESTMENT TO GET CAUGHT BACK UP BECAUSE WE GOT BEHIND IN REPLACING THOSE VEHICLES. SO THE REASON THEY DO A LOT OF CUTS IS BECAUSE THOSE DEPARTMENTS SHOW VERY LARGE SPIKES IN THEIR BUDGETS WHEN THEY HAVE TO BUY LIKE VERY LARGE TRUCKS OR MULTIPLE VEHICLES THEIR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS TYPICALLY HAVE SPIKES IN THEM AND THE NEXT YEAR IT WILL HAVE A VALLEY. SO WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO IS START A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND WHERE WE'LL TRANSFER FUNDS FROM DEPARTMENTS INTO THIS FUND, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR FUND SO THE MONEY WON'T GO AWAY, AND THEN THEY CAN USE IT AS THEY NEED THE FUNDS AND THEY CAN REPLACE THE VEHICLES. AND WE CAN STABILIZE WHAT THEIR BUDGETS ARE. SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WE BELIEVE THAT THE FUNDING FOR IT SHOULD LEVEL OUT IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
THAT WILL STABILIZE THEIR BUDGETS AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY NEED. ANOTHER PROBLEM WE'VE HISTORICALLY HAD WITH VEHICLES IS WHEN ONE OF THE VEHICLES IS DAMAGED AND WE GET AN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE HIT US, THEY CAN'T REPLACE THAT VEHICLE UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE THERE'S NOT FUNDS AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED.
THIS WAY THE REIMBURSEMENTS WILL GO INTO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT
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FUND AND THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE THERE IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY NEED IT. AND THE WAY WE DECIDED TO FUND THIS FOR A STARTING BALANCE TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IS WE GOT LITTLE UNEXPECTED REIMBURSEMENT OF SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES AND BENEFITS. AND THAT WAS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO START THIS FUND AND TO HELP OUR DEPARTMENTS OUT. SO WE'VE TRANSFERRED THOSE FUNDS INTO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND TO GIVE US SOME OF THE INITIAL FUNDING. SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE GENERAL FUND. OUR REVENUES ARE PROJECTED AT $133.7 MILLION WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUES COMING FROM TAXES. TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE JUST OVER $144 MILLION. WITH NEARLY HALF OR $70 MILLION OF THAT FOR POLICE AND FIRE. $17.4 MILLION FOR STREETS. AND $57.2 MILLION FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES LIKE PARKS, GOLF, BUILDING AND CODES, CITY COURT, SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT, TRANSFERS TO CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND OTHER ENTITIES. THE TOTAL BUDGET JUST FOR DEPARTMENTS IS $116.9 MILLION. THE OTHER $27.2 MILLION ARE TRANSFERS AND OTHER ENTITIES. THE USE OF FUND BALANCE OF $10.4 MILLION IS MADE UP OF ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.$1.2 MILLION AS I MENTIONED TO VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND.
$5.3 MILLION TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. $.4 MILLION FOR TRANSIT CAPITAL. $1 MILLION MUSEUM. $1.5 MILLION FOR AIRPORT CAPITAL. $3.6 MILLION TRANSFERRED INTO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND. AND $2 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT TOTALS OVER $13 MILLION. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. TAXES AGAIN ARE OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE. BUT OF THE $81 MILLION THAT'S NOT ALL PROPERTY TAXES.
CURRENT YEAR PROPERTY TAXES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $43 MILLION WITH LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX THE OTHER MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE WHICH IS ABOUT $25 MILLION BUDGETED. OTHER TAXES INCLUDE LIQUOR BY THE DRINK, BUSINESS LICENSES IN LIEU OF TAX PAYMENTS, RENTER'S FEES AND HOTEL MOTEL TAXES.
INTERGOVERNMENT REVENUES IS BASED ON OUR CENSUS COUNT. THIS CONSISTS OF A PORTION OF THE STATE SALES TAX, STREET AID, GAS TAX, LIQUOR AND EXCISE TAXES AND THE LIKE. THIS YEAR STATE SHARED REVENUE IS ESTIMATED AT $162.30 A PERSON TOTALING $26.9 MILLION.
THIS IS WHERE WE ACCOUNT FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.
CHARGES FOR SERVICES IS WHERE WE ACCOUNT FOR OUR COURT COSTS, STREET CUTS, CEMETERY, OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS, ALL OF THE PARKS FEES AND GOLF COURSE FEES ARE IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
LICENSES AND PERMITS, BUILDING PERMITS AND LICENSES LIKE PEDDLERS PERMITS AND BREEDER'S LICENSES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. AS MENTIONED BEFORE A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR THE TRAFFIC 2020 PLUS PROGRAM.
SO GENERAL WAGE INCREASE. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, OUR EMPLOYEES. IN 2011, WE CONDUCTED A PAY STUDY THAT COST $3 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GENERAL WAGE INCREASES ANNUALLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO STAY UP TO MARKET. IN 2017 WE CONDUCTED ANOTHER PAY STUDY THAT JUST COST US JUST UNDER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT. IN 2021 WE IMPLEMENTED A PUBLIC SAFETY PAY STUDY THAT COSTS US $4 MILLION. MOST RECENTLY WE DID A MINI-ANALYSIS TO BRING STARTING PAY FOR ALMOST ALL ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS TO $15 AN HOUR. WE HAD SOME POSITIONS STARTING AROUND $10 AN HOUR.
THIS MINI-ANALYSIS COST US $1.5 MILLION. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING YET ANOTHER PAY STUDY SO WE'VE EARMARKED 5 PERCENT IN HOPES IT WILL OFFSET THE INCREASE THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT. WE ARE FINDING IT HARDER AND HARDER TO COMPETE IN THE MARKET FOR NEW HIRES. WE CAN NO LONGER
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HANG OUR HATS ON THE BENEFITS ALONE. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE LOST GOOD EMPLOYEES NOT JUST TO PRIVATE SECTOR BUT ALSO TO SMALLER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WE ARE FINDING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO GET QUALITY APPLICANTS TO HIRE AND ARE STRUGGLING TO RETAIN THEM. THERE IS A REAL COST TO DEPARTMENTS FOR TURNOVER. IN THIS BUDGET WE HAVE 32 NEW POSITIONS INCLUDED. THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WE NEED AND REALISTICALLY EXPECT TO FILL. FIRE'S FIFTEEN NEW HIRES ARE MADE UP OF TWELVE FIREFIGHTERS AND THREE CAPTAINS.POLICE AT SIXTEEN NEW HIRES ARE MADE UP OF TWELVE OFFICERS AND FOUR SUPPORT POSITIONS INCLUDING DISPATCH. AND HR'S NEW POSITION IS TO BE FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO WHILE WE DO OUR BEST TO CONTROL EXPENSES THE COST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES CONTINUE TO OUTPACE THE GROWTH IN OUR REVENUES. ON AVERAGE FROM 2016 TO 2023 EXPENSES OUTPACED REVENUE BIZ 6.14 PERCENT. REMOVING THE OUTLIER'S BRINGS THE AVERAGE DOWN TO 2.41 PERCENT. THAT LARGE DIP IN 2023 IS CAUSED BY THE PAY INCREASES, INCREASED COSTS IN HEALTH INSURANCE, 32 NEW HIRES AND THEN THE INCREASES EXPENSES FOR SUPPLIES AS WELL AS THE ONE-TIME EXPENSES. SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR PULLING THOSE OUTLIER'S OUT SO YOU CAN STILL SEE IT'S STILL OUTPACING OUR REVENUE BY OVER TWO, ALMOST TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT. OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
DETAILS OF EACH FUND ARE IN YOUR BOOKS. THESE ARE ALL MULTI-YEAR FUNDS SO YOU WILL SEE EXPENDITURES PROJECTED MORE THAN THE REVENUES BECAUSE THEY ARE BUDGETING THE USE OF PRIOR YEAR FUNDS. A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS THE COVID FUND WHERE REVENUES ARE PROJECTED AT $4,000 BUT WE PLAN TO SPEND $8 MILLION. THIS IS BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THE SECOND TRANCHE THIS MONTH.
SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE FUNDS AND THEN WE'LL SPEND THEM NEXT YEAR.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEBT. THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT'S DEBT IS $131.4 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES THE $50 MILLION THAT WE JUST ISSUED LAST MONTH. THE TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUND DEBT IS 2 -- ENTERPRISE FUND DEBT IS $204.8 MILLION. WE USE DEBT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE ASSET ARE THOSE PAYING FOR IT. THIS IS CALLED GENERATIONAL EQUITY. IF WE DIDN'T ISSUE DEBT WE WOULD HAVE TO STOCKPILE FUNDS UNTIL WE COULD PAY FOR THE NEW ASSET. ESPECIALLY HERE IN CLARKSVILLE WHERE WE HAVE SUCH A TRANSIENT COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR THE ASSET MAY NOT LIVE IN CLARKSVILLE ANY LONGER. I KNOW $131 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BUT LOOK HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER ENTITIES. OTHER CITIES. A TYPICAL BENCHMARK FOR A TENNESSEE CITY IS $2,099 PER CAPITA DEBT. WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT AND BELOW ALL THE OTHER TOP FOUR CITIES WITH OUR DEBT PER CAPITA AT $788 TO THE GENERAL FUND. WHEN WE INCLUDE THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE WIDE WE'RE STILL UNDER THE BENCHMARK AT $2,016.
SO COVID FUNDS. YOU KNOW WE HAD MANY, MANY POTS OF MONEY PROVIDED TO US TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19. ARPA IS THE LATEST WITH OUR ALLOCATION OF THE $25.5 MILLION. WE RECEIVED THE FIRST TRANCHE LAST MAY AND I JUST REQUESTED THE SECOND TRANCHE LAST WEEK. THE INITIAL PLAN FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS REVENUE LOSS AND FOR SHUTTERED VENUES AS WELL AS FIRE STATIONS REPAIRS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ENDED UP USING SOME FOR PREMIUM PAY AS WELL. THE PREMIUM PAY TOTALLED APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS. SO WITH THE STATE HAS HIRED AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM ASSIST CITIES WITH SELECTING PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY UNDER THE FINAL RULE AND THEIR RESTRICTIONS. WE ASKED ALL DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR REQUESTS AND WE HAVE MASSIVE LISTS TOTALLY NEARLY $150 MILLION. FROM THAT LIST, EACH PROJECT WAS RATED BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESTRICTIONS, ABILITY TO COMPLETE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME, AND THE IMPACT FOR ITS CITIZENS.
FROM THAT LIST WE SUBMITTED THE PROJECTS WITH JUSTIFICATION TO THE STATE CONSULTANT FOR REVIEW. WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT IN THEIR OPINION OUR PROJECTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING. THE ABOVE LISTED PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO BE FUNDED WITH ARPA MONEY.
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AND YOU WILL SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETINGSFOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. >> CHAIRMAN: COUNCILMAN
REYNOLDS. >> WE WON'T HAVE BOOKS THIS
TIME. THEY'LL JUST BE DIGITAL. >> WE MADE THAT CHANGE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID A COST ANALYSIS ON IT I THINK IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS FIFTY DOLLARS A BOOK.
>> ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE DIGITAL VERSION IS IT'S EASIER TO JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BOOKMARKS THAN FLIPPING BETWEEN 1,100 PAGES. SO THANK YOU.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MA'AM I APPRECIATE IT. MR. COHEN. IT'S YOUR TURN TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION 2020 PLAN. THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH TODAY. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH
TODAY.>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUC TODAY. I WANT TO START BY THANKING THEM COUNCIL AND COMMENDING THE MEMBERS HERE AND ONES IN THE PAST THAT VOTED TO FUND THIS PLAN. WE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME PERFORMING THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF CLARKSVILLE. BOTH FROM A TRAVEL STANDPOINT FOR THEIR VEHICLES OR GET THEM WALKABLE PATHS TO GET TO PLACES THEY WANT TO GO WHETHER THAT'S SCHOOLSS OR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY CENTERS, PARKS. WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SORTS OF THINGS BUT CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE FUNDING. AND THIS HAS GONE A LONG WAY TO HELP US FILL IN THE GAPS AND GET US STARTED WITH A REASONABLE PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. YOU SEE SEVERAL PROJECTS LISTED HERE. I'VE GROUPED THEM INTO GENERAL CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITY. AND I'LL COME BACK TO THE SLIDE AT THE END IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ONE. SO IF YOU WOULD BEAR WITH ME TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THE FIRST GENERAL CATEGORY ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW OR WE HAVE BIDS ALREADY ACCEPTED OR THAT WE ARE SENDING OUT AND GETTING READY TO MAKE APPROVALS ON. SO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS YOU SEE, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A GOOD LIST OF ACTIVITY GOING ON HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE -- WE'RE ACTUALLY ACQUIREING.
NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS. IN ORDER TO DO SIGNIFICANT WIDENING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY IN THOSE AREAS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER UNDER DESIGN NOW OR WE PLAN TO MOVE INTO DESIGN IN THE SHORT-TERM. WE'VE GOTTEN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS LIST AND I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE LOCATIONS SPECIFICALLY ON A MAP HERE QUICKLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. EVERYBODY'S KIND OF FAMILIAR I BELIEVE WITH THE PARKWAY PROJECT. WE ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY NECESSARY TO PRETTY MUCH GO FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE CALLING PHASE ONE FROM TRENTON ROAD TO SPRING CREEK. WHICH IS ABOUT THE LEFT HALF OF THAT MAP, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE CREEK TO TRENTON ROAD. AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING IT ACQUIRED AS WELL AS ON PHASE TWO THAT WILL TAKE IT OVER TO RUDOLPH BOULEVARD. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY BETWEEN PHASES ON THIS ONE BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND AND STARTING IT.
EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR I BELIEVE WITH OUR WITFIELD ROAD PROJECT. THERE'S ACTIVITY GOING ON RIGHT NOW. MOSTLY FOCUSING ON UTILITY RELOCATION. THIS MUST BE THE EPICENTER OF MIDDLE AMERICA BECAUSE I THINK EVERY FIBER NETWORK AND LINE COMES THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUNDABOUT I BELIEVE. SO IT'S BEEN A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING D WITH AT&T, CHARTER, GAS AND WATER, CDE AS
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WELL TO GET THEIR LINES OUT OF THE WAY, MOVE THEM SO WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WIDEN THE ROADS AND GET THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY WE NEED TO ON THIS PROJECT.THIS PROJECT NOT -- EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT BUT A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT VALUABLE I THINK IS ALSO IMPROVEMENTS AT 141ST AND WHITFIELD ROAD FUM ARE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE DOUBLE TURN LINES. SO YOU GET LESS BACK-UP ON 131 AND DOWN ON WHIT FIELD. IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE THAT OPENED UP AND TRAFFIC FLOWING THROUGH THAT AREA MUCH MORE QUICKLY. WHAT I DID HERE, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERALL MAP JUST SHOWING THE MAIN PROJECTS. THESE ARE ROADWAY PROJECTS. SO I HAVE OTHER SLIDES FOR SIDEWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS BUT THIS IS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES NEW ROADS. SO SPRINSPRING CREEK PARK WAY OR WIDENING IMPROVEMENTS OF EXISTING ROADWAYS SUCH AS WHITFIELD ROAD ANDROAD AND MEMO RIGHT NOW ITEM 1, ROSSI ROAD, WE ARE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP SEVERAL OF THE LANES THROUGH THAT AREA. BEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WE'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN THAT UP TO FIVE LANES ALL THE WAY FROM DUNBAR CAVE TO POWELL ROAD. IN ADDITION THE TRAFFIC CENTER AT POWELL WE'LL HAVE THAT I BELIEVE IN FLASH THIS WEEK. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT OPERATIONAL AS A TEMPORARY BASIS I BELIEVE BY NEXT WEEK IS THE PLAN FOR THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE NEW LANES. WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY FOR FOLKS ON POWELL ROAD TO MOVE IN AND OUT MORE SAFELY. THAT PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETE. IT WILL STILL TAKE THROUGH THE END OF MAY, MIDDLE OF JUNE I WOULD SAY TO GET ALL THE PAVING COMPLETE ON THAT PROJECT BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT HERE WEEKS AHEAD I BELIEVE ON THAT PROJECT. PHASE 2 OF ROSSVIEW ROAD WILL BE REALIGNING DUNBAR CAVE ROAD. DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CARDINCARDINAL LANE AND PROVIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO HELP TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL COMPLEX IN A SAFE AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH PHASE 2.
OTHER ITEMS ON HERE THAT ARE IN RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION PHASE. TYLERTOWN, OAKLAND IMPROVEMENTS. WIDENING FOR ADDITIONAL LANES BOTH ON TYLERTOWN AND OAKLAND. THAT AREA'S SEEN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH WITH LITERALLY A THOUSAND HOUSES OR MORE IN THAT AREA THAT REALLY NEED SUPPORT OF THE ADDITIONAL LANES. INCLUDES SIDEWALKS AS WELL ALONG THOSE PATHS AND MUCH NEEDED CONNECTIVITY IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE TWO PRONGS, NEED MORE AND MEMORIAL EXTENSION THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN. WE'VE DONE PRELIMINARY STUDIES AND WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO THE PUBLIC AND TO COUNCIL WITH I WOULD SAY A CONCEPT AND PUBLIC MEETING AND GET SOME FEEDBACK IF WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
DO WE THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE OR OVER PLANNING. I THINK WE'RE SHOOTING FOR JUNE DATES FOR HAVING SOME INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC TO REVIEW ON THAT. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN THE COMING MONTH. LET'S SEE. WE TALKED ABOUT MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL TOO.
ANOTHER TYPE OF PROJECT WE DO ARE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH WE GET A LITTLE MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK WITH THESE. BECAUSE I CAN SPEND MONEY ON CONCENTRATED LOCATION, GET MORE EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH MAYBE A CONGESTED AREA, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE. TWO OF THE ITEMS ON THIS LIST IN GREEN, THE BOTTOM TWO, NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BID FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE JUST OPENED THIS WEEK. SO WE ARE GETTING READY TO -- WE'RE REVIEWING THAT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE COMFORTABLE. WE'LL TRY TO SIGN THAT AND GET OUR CONTRACTORS WITHOUT ON SITE, CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS AT ALLEN AND TINY TOWN TO SUPPORT A LOT OF E GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN BOTH AREAS. ADDITIONAL ITEMS. WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT WE ALREADY STARTED DESIGN ON. WE'RE A GOOD WAY -- GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. ON EXIT ONE WE WON'T NEED ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY BUT WE NEED T DOT APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE INTERCHANGE. ON THAT PROJECT WE DID NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING SOME HIGH MASS LIGHTING IN THAT AREA THAT WOULD LIGHT UP THAT INTERCHANGE AND
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PARTICULARLY THE BRIDGE ACROSS OF TRENTON ROAD ACROSS THE INTSTAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT AREA THROUGH THERE. SO LIGHTS ALONG THE RAMPS, LITES ALONG THE BRIDGE, AS WELL AS NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL BE THAT PROJECT. SO MOVING ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY ALONG THAT ONE.FIRE STATION ROAD. THERE'S LIKE FIVE HUNDRED APARTMENTS APPROVED FAIRLY RECENTLY ALONG FIRE STATION ROAD THAT NEED SOME MORE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. AND NEED WIDENING TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL TURN MOVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO AND OUT OF THAT AREA. THAT'S WHAT THAT PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO DO. WE'VE GOT OUR CONSULTANT IS RESPONDING TO OUR COMMENTS, GOING TO GET US A PRODUCT BACK THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PROBABLY HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN LITTLE EARLIER STAGES WHERE WE HIRED SOMEONE. THEY'RE DOING DESIGN ON SEVENTY SIX AT SOUTH GATEWAY PLAZA. THAT'S REALLY TO SUPPORT BRISTOL RIDGE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS NINE HUNDRED APARTMENTS. A LOT OF THEM COMING OUT AT THAT LOCATION. WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. THAT DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY IN ORDER TO HELP DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DEFINE THOSE AND GET THAT AGREEMENT FROM THEM IN PLACE. SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THAT INTERSECTION.
IN ADDITION OLD RUSSELL PIKE, DUNBAR CAVE ROAD, SIMILAR SITUATION. LARGE DEVELOPMENT BRINGING HUNDREDS OF NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS. INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, SAFER MOVEMENTS NECESSARY BY PROVIDING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION AT THAT LOCATION. AND THAT DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT.
AND THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE MENTIONED UP THERE ARE IN VERY EARLY STAGES. THEY'RE JUST GETTING SURVEY AND CEO HAVE ANY SPECIFIC PLAN FOR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE BUT WE WANT TO GET THE DESIGN IN PLACE SO WHEN THE TIME COMES WE FEEL LIKE IT'S RIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN IT'S NEEDED WE'LL BE READY TO MOVE ON PEACHERS ROAD AT HENRY PLACE.
SIDEWALKS. I HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT SIDEWALKS. EVERYONE WANTS THEM. EVERYBODY WANTS THEM EVERYWHERE. THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SIDEWALKS AND SOME DON'T. WE TRY TO FOCUS ON WHERE AREAS WHERE SCHOOLS WERE AFFECTED WHERE WE THOUGHT MOBILITY, CONNECTING SCHOOLS. ALSO MOBILITY CONNECTING PARKS AND OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST. SO WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD LIST OF PROJECTS. THE FIRST TWO ON THAT LIST I HAVE A BID RIGHT NOW THAT WE JUST OPENED AS WELL FOR JORDAN ROAD.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN AREAS OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL TRAFFIC. SO WE FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY IS IT SUPPORTING THE SCHOOLS BUT ALSO CONNECTS OTHER SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE. WE'VE GOT SIDEWALKS DOWN PEACHERS ROAD. NORTH SYMPHONY WILL DIRECT TO THAT. WE HAVE SIDEWALK ON NORTH BOBCAT. NOW WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION MAKING THAT A PATH THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW. SAME THING WITH SOUTH JORDAN CONNECTING TO CUNNINGHAM, BRINGING THAT UP TO ARROWWOOD DRIVE I THINK THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE SOME OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE FREELY TO COMMERCIAL AND SCHOOL ACCESS AS WELL.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE IN FRONT OF LIBERTY PARK AS WELL ALONG STATE ROUTE 4813. A GOOD PROJECT THERE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO BID PROBABLY LITTLE LATER. I BELIEVE IN JUNE. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER GREENWOOD AVENUE AND EMERSON FAIRY ROAD, A SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT IS AGAIN NEAR SCHOOLS. BUT THAT IS ALSO MAKING CONNECTIONS TO WHERE SIDEWALK STOPS. IT STOPS AT ONE POINT COMING DOWN FROM CARLSON AVENUE. WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT DOWN TO WHERE THE SIDEWALK PICKS BACK UP ON FAIRY. SO AGAIN ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO AND FROM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO WHEN WALKING IS A GOOD OPTION FOR THEM. AND LONGER RANGE PROJECT.
TINY TOWN ROAD. BUT THAT ALSO PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT EXIST OUT THERE ON TINY TOWN ROAD. BOTH HAZELWOOD AND BARKERS MILL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO IN JUNE OR JULY HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON OUR FINAL ACTUAL DESIGN PORTION OF THAT PROJECT.
THEN FINALLY WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SIDEWALK ALONG PEACHERS MILL ROAD DOWN TO NEW
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PROVIDENCE. AND A MUCH NEEDED PROJECT. BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A NICE LITTLE WORN PATH WHERE PEOPLE WALK ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO WE KNOW THOSE ARE AREAS THAT IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IF WE PUT IT IN PLACE AND WILL BE SAFER MOVEMENT FOR THOSE FOLKS. ALL RIGHT. I TOLD YOU I'D COME BACK TO THIS SLIDE AND KIND OF END ON THAT AND GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE. HOW MANY WE'RE DEALING WITH AND WHAT STAGE THEY'RE IN. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER PROJECTS HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSEFOR YOU. >> CHAIR LADY: BEFORE WE START WITH THE QUESTIONS I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GOING OVER ALL OF THIS AND HEARING THE EXCITEMENT IN YOUR VOICE IS GREAT FOR ME.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS A YEAR AGO THAT WE APPROVED THE TRANSPORTATION 2020 PLUS PLAN AND HERE WE ARE SEEING HOW MUCH ACTIVITY HAS HAPPENED ON THIS. SO THANK YOU TO YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL
PERSON RICHMOND. >> YOUR ENTHUSIASM, YOUR PASSION, YOU'VE BEEN BUSY AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT. JUST A COUPLE PART QUESTION. THE FIRST ONE. JUST AS WE GOT AN UPDATE HERE, IS THERE ANY PROJECT UPDATE -- HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY ACCESS THE UPDATES? I THINK ONE THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE EXCITING IS IF THE TAX PAIRS COULD SEE THEIR DOLLARS AT WORK. THIS WAS A CONTENTIOUS BUDGET CYCLE WHEN WE PUT IT ON THE TABLE. TLTS A WAY THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THESE VARIOUS PIECES OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN CELEBRATE THE WINS AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE PROJECTS UNDER MOST OF THE DESIGN WORK RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE SPECIFIC PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING AT A SCHOOL -- MOST OF THESE ARE NEW SCHOOLS. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET IN A ROOM. WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THE BEST INTERACTION WE GET, THE MOST FEEDBACK WE GET IS IN PERSON. WHEN WE CAN TALK TO PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN FACE-TO-FACE, BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE'S CONCERNS AND TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR DESIGN WORK. SO WE'RE PLANNING I KNOW ON THE MEMORIAL EXTENSION AND ON THE NEED MORE ROAD PROJECT AS WELL AS TINY TOWN SIDEWALK THAT IS COMING IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. NOW THE REST OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO PUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S FOR THE TRANSPORTATION 2020 PLAN. IT'S KIND OF BEEN SITTING THERE A WHILE AND NOT SHOWING LOTS OF PROGRESS DAY-TO-DAY BUT I THINK WE REACHED MILESTONES ON A FEW PROJECTS. WE'RE UPDATING THOSE TO GET A BETTER PICTURE WHERE WE STAND. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE IS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> COUNCIL PERSON: I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE CHURCH BANNER WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THE BUBBLE GO AND WE ONLY HAVE TEN MORE DINNERS TO SELL. AWESOME.
THEN I KNOW FOR MYSELF WE'RE BUILDING ALL OVER THE CITY WHICH IS EXCITING. AND I DROVE DOWN FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD AND SAW THE TRUCKS. I THOUGHT WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT AN ACCIDENT. NO IT'S THE SIDEWALKS. COULD ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ACCESS ANY OF THIS INFORMATION BY WARD? LIKE COULD WE SEE TO SAY IF CONSTITUENTS WERE TO ASK WE'RE BUILDING OVERALL BUT WE CAN SAY THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR WARD OR IN THE WARD THAT WE CURRENTLY ELECTED INTO. DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DATA POINT?
>> I'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DIVIDE THESE OUT BY WARD. THAT'S JUST AN OVERLAY ON THE MAP. SO I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE -- WOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR US TO PRODUCE.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: THANK YOU. >> I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> CHAIR LADY: THANK YOU. COUNCIL PERSON REYNOLDS.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: CAN YOU -- I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL MONEY THAT CAME IN. HOW MUCH MORE MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR? BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE MONEY WHAT PERCENTAGE HAVE WE INCREASED OUR ABILITY TO EXPEDITE THIS PLAN BASED ON THE EXTRA MONEY THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR?
>> I MAY HAVE TO RELY A LITTLE BIT ON LORI TO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THAT ANSWER BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW MOST OF THESE PROJECTS WOULDN'T BE UNDERTAKEN RIGHT NOW IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS PLAN. BECAUSE IT ALL TAKES FUNDING. AND EVEN TO
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GET STARTED WHERE I HAVE TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO DO DESIGN PLANS BEFORE WE CAN EVER GET TO WHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY DO THE CONSTRUCTION WE'VE GOT TO START DOWN THAT ROAD. WE DON'T LIKE TO START DOWN THOSE ROADS IF WE DON'T KNOW IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY PAY OFF AND WE CAN CARRY THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.>> CHAIRPERSON: I MEANT LIKE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WE DID I THINK FIFTEEN CENTS OF THE INCREASE FOR ACTUAL BUILDING.
HAVE WE INCREASEED THAT? ARE WE UP TO 16, $0.17 OF OVERALL BUDGETING. DID YOU GET AN INCREASE THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR TO -- CAN WE SPEED THIS UP. ARE WE SPEEDING THIS UP WITH ANY EXTRA MONEY THIS YEAR. I'D LIKE A COPY OF THIS.
>> SURE THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> NO, THE AMOUNT THAT WE TRANSFERRED LAST YEAR IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE $5,267,000 FROM THE TAXES IS STILL BEING TRANSFERRED IN. BUT THAT GIVES US A LOT OF BUYING POWER. SO THAT ACTUALLY GAVE US, HE'S GOT ANOTHER $20 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS STILL. LAST YEAR WAS -- WE HAD A TOTAL OF $20 MILLION LAST YEAR AVAILABLE AND NOW HE IS GETTING ANOTHER $20 MILLION TO MOVE THE PROJECTS FORWARD. WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS, THEY'RE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND BUT HE IS NOT SPENDING THEM. WE'RE NOT LETTING HIM SPEND THAT MONEY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO PAY OUR DEBT AS WE DO MORE WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TO PAY OUR DEBT. SO THAT GIVES US A LOT MORE BUYING POWER WITH THAT THAN IT DOES WITH JUST THE $5 MILLION. $5 MILLION WOULDN'T EVEN PAY FOR THREE FEET OF SIDEWALK. I KNOW I'M EXAGGERATING. (LAUGHTER) HIS PROJECTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. DOES THAT HELP?
>> CHAIR LADY: DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU GET MORE MONEY FOR MORE SIDEWALKS. AND I DIDN'T SAY IT RIGHT. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU
WERE. I'LL ASK FOR IT. >> CHAIR LADY: THANK YOU. NEXT
WE HAVE COUNCIL PERSON SMITH. >> COUNCIL PERSON: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR STREETMAN. MY QUESTION TO YOU MR. COWAN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GIVEN US. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE. HOW MANY SIDEWALK PROJECTS DO WE HAVE GOING ON
RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW, AND I CAN GO BACK -- THERE WE GO. RIGHT THERE. THOSE ARE OUR SIDEWALK PROJECTS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVE THE TOP TWO WE HAVE HAD A BID FROM A CONTRACTOR AND THEY WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH I WOULD SAY.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: SO FIVE PROJECT BASICALLY IS ONE IS TO BE HAPPENING SOON. AND THAT IS THE ONE ON PEACHERS ROAD.
>> THE PROJECTS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO RIGHT NOW ON SOUTH JORDAN AND ON NORTH SYMPHONY CIRCLE.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: TWO SIDEWALK PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT
NOW IS THAT CORRECT? >> WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY TO START NEXT MONTH. IN ADDITION THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE BID OUT FOR THE LIBERTY PARK SIDEWALKS STATE ROUTE 4813 ON THE MAP NUMBER THREE, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST THREE UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE WITHIN THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS, I'D SAY. >> COUNCIL PERSON: OKAY. ONE MORE QUESTION. THE TURN BOUT OUT THERE. HOW NEAR ARE WE FISHING THAT? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FINISHING OR JUST STARTING? WHERE ARE WE ON THE PROJECT FOR THE TURN ABOUT.
>> THE ROUNDABOUT. I'M WITH YOU NOW.
>> DOWN PERSON: I'M SORRY. >> THAT PROJECT IS BEING SLOWED BY THE AMOUNT OF UTILITY CONFLICTS IN THAT AREA. A LITTLE
JOKE ABOUT IT -- >> CAN I GUESS WHICH TWO MAKE IT TAKE LONGER. I WOULD GUESS AT&T AND CHARTER.
>> MOSTLY. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GAS, WATER AND SEWER WORK BEING DONE RIGHT NOW. MOST OF THE GAS, WATER AND SEWER HAS BEEN RELOCATED. WE STILL HAVE A FEW WHERE WE'RE MOVING THEIR FACILITIES RIGHT NOW. (INAUDIBLE)
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HE IS NOT. HE IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE HIS STUFF IS OUT THE WAY.>> COUNCIL PERSON: COMPLETED WHAT, A YEAR? TWO YEARS?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT. MY DIFFICULTY IS I HAVE VERY LITTLE INFLUENCE OR CONTROL OVER THE SCHEDULES FROM THE UTILITY COMPANIES. AND I KEEP ASKING. WE KEEP PRESSING TO MAKE THEM MOVE FORWARD FASTER BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
OBLIGATION TO FOR US. >> COUNCIL PERSON: THAT'S NOT
GOOD. >> I CAN'T MAKE THEM MEET A DEADLINE. EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROJECT FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF. SO IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR US. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP COORDINATE WITH THEM AND SHOW THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO MOVE AND HOW THEY NEED TO GET THEIR DESIGN AND EVERYTHING. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND GETTING SOMETHING MOVED, IT'S BEEN A SLOW PROCESS.
>> WOW. COUNCIL PERSON: I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BE (INAU (INAUDIBLE) EXITS AROUND THE CITY. ARE WE BUILDING ONE OVER HERE ON -- IS THAT THE ONE -- LET ME SEE. SPRING CREEK PARKWAY IS THE ONLY ONE WE'RE WORKING
ON? HAVE WE STARTED THAT ONE? >> SPRING CREEK PARKWAY IS A NEW ROADWAY PROJECT. I CAN GO BACK ON THE SLIDE AND SHOW THAT ONE REAL QUICK HERE. THAT'S A CONNECTION FROM TRENTON ROAD TO WILL MA RUDOLPH DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC ON THE PARKWAY AND I24 AND NEED MORE AS WELL. THAT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER BUT IT DOES CONNECT THE HIGHEST DENSITIES RESIDENTIAL AREA TO THE HIGH DENSITY COMMERCIAL. SO IT'S DESIGNED TO CARRY A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. >> COUNCIL PERSON: HAVE WE
STARTED THAT ONE? >> WE ARE BUYING RIGHT OF WAY AND WE HOPE TO GET THAT PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR WITHIN THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT PROJECT.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: OKAY. I KNOW THAT WE CAN STILL SEE 2020 TRANSPORTATION ONLINE IS THAN CORRECT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COUNCIL PERSON: SO IT'S
AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.
>> CHAIR LADY: THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL PERSON
ZACARIAS. >> COUNCIL PERSON: THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHT YOU HAVE PUT INTO INCREASING WALK ABILITY AROUND THE SCHOOLS. MOST PEOPLE KNOW I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAD SEEN THE OPERATIONAL UPDATES THAT CMCSS JUST SENT OUT TODAY?
>> I HAVE NOT SEEN IT IF THEY SENT IT OUT TODAY.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: I DIDN'T KNOW IF THESE SORTS OF DECISIONS WERE MADE AFTER TALKING TO THE CITY OR NOT BUT STARTING NEXT YEAR CMCSS IS INCREASING THE RADIUS OF THE PARENT RESPONSIBILITY ZONE. THAT IS THE RADIUS THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE -- GOING TO HAVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL OR GET A RIDE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE BUS TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THE BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. IT'S GOING FROM HALF A MILE TO ONE MILE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND UP TO A MILE-AND-A-HALF FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO IF YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT, I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE ANY PRIORITIZATION FOR SIDEWALK PROJECTS BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO BECOME MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THESE SCHOOLS.
>> I WILL SAY THAT ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO I BELIEVE I MET WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEIR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. THEY WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOL LOCATIONS WHERE THEY HAD SPECIFIC ISSUES, SPECIFIC ROUTING PROBLEMS. WHETHER IT WAS -- IT WAS MOSTLY SAFETY RELATED. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. I TRIED TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THEM. I THINK THAT WAS HELPFUL. THEY WERE PLEASED WITH ALL THE TIMELINE WE HAD GOING ON. WE COULDN'T WORK OUT ALL THE PROBLEMS BUT DOES ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS ABOUT SPECIFIC ISSUES THEY HAVE AND
ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH. >> CHAIR LADY: COUNCIL PERSON
HOLLAND. >> THANK YOU. FAIRY ROAD SIDEWALKS, WHEN IS THAT EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE?
>> THAT PROJECT WE ARE COMPLETING THE DESIGN ON THAT RIGHT NOW. PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO HAVE THAT BACK.
WE'VE DONE OUR INITIAL REVIEW. WE GAVE COMMENTS AND THEY WERE
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MAKING MODIFICATIONS AND GOING TO SEND THOSE BACK TO US. ONCE THE REVISION IS MADE THAT WILL CREATE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.ONE, WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GOING HAVE TO ACQUIRE REEZMENTS OR RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE SIDEWALK. BOTH ON EMERSON FAIRY AND (INAUDIBLE). THERE'S ABOUT FIFTY THEY WILL NEED SOME SORT OF EASEMENT. SMALL. NOT BIG CHUNKS. WE NEED A LITTLE MORE ROOM TO PUT THAT IN IN A REASONABLE FASHION.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: IS THAT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BY PASS OR
SOUTH AS WELL. >> THIS GOES FROM I THINK IT'S -- OH GOSH. TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF THE ROAD WHERE IT STOPS. I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT THE CROSS STREET IS THERE. WE'RE CONTINUING IT DOWN GREENWOOD AVENUE DOWN BY THE CEMETERY PAST ALL THAT AND THEN TURNING OO EMERSON FERRY ROAD TAKING THAT DOWN TO CALDWELL WHICH HAS SIDEWALK AROUND THAT AREA THAT WAS BUILT PREVIOUSLY. WHAT WE WERE HOPING IS THIS AREA -- WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMITTEE, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.
>> COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. OR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE SOME FUNDING FROM THEIR SOURCES BECAUSE OF THE AREA THAT IT'S IN. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. SO WE WILL MAKE A DECISION ONCE WE HAVE OUR PLANS COMPLETE. BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE -- HAVE TO ACQUIRE ABOUT FIFTEEN PIECES OF PROPERTY, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. THAT'S NOT AN OVERNIGHT. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS. WE WANT TO TREAT EACH PROPERTY OWN ERR FAIRLY AND WALK THROUGH A VERY FAIR PROCESS FOR THEM. SO THEY'RE COMPENSATED IN THE RIGHT WAY FOR WHATEVER THEIR IMPACT IS. THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. TYPICALLY THOSE -- WHAT I WOULD CALL HUD FUNDING TAKES -- IS MOSTLY FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY. WE NEED TO BE AT THE THRESHOLD READY TO BUILD IT TO ASK FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE. DHIM
>> CHAIR LADY: DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR STREETMAN. DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN KIND OF MAKE UP A CONTRACT WITH THESE OTHER ENTITIES LIKE AT&T THAT YOU SAID YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRYING TO GET STUFF DONE TO GET THE ROUNDABOUT COMPLETED. DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO GET THIS DONE OR IT'S JUST WORD OF MOUTH?
>> WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH AT&T TO MOVE SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES WITH THE WHITFIELD ROAD PROJECT. IT IS AN AGREEMENT. BUT THEY'RE NOTORIOUS FOR NOT MEETING TIMELINES. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY I THINK IT'S 120 DAYS THEY'VE GOT TO DO THEIR WORK. AND THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT. THEY DIDN'T MAKE THAT.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: ARE THERE ANY PENTS WE CAN DO --
PENALTIES? >> I'M NOT AWARE OF PENALTIES THAT WE CAN ENFORCE ON THAT. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, NASHVILLE METRO IS ONE THAT DOES HAVE STRICTER LANGUAGE IN THEIR CITY CODE THAT CAN -- WHETHER THAT'S TRUE REQUIRING CERTAIN PERMITS FOR THOSE ENTITIES TO BE WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND BE USING OUR CITY ZONED SPACE. MIGHT GIVE US A LITTLE MORE CONTROL BUT IT COULD ALSO ITEMIZE INDIVIDUAL CONSEQUENCES IF THEY DON'T.
>> CHAIR LADY: COUNCIL PERSON REYNOLDS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> COUNCIL PERSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAGGING ON TO THAT CONVERSATION AND I WOULD BE INTERESTING IN SUPPORTING IF YOU DON'T CUT YOUR YARD WE CUT IT FOR YOU AND CHARGE YOU. SO IF YOU DON'T MOVE YOUR POLL WE'LL MOVE IT FOR YOU AND CHARGE YOU.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IF YOU FOUND SIMILAR LANGUAGE IN OTHER CITIES IN SUPPORTING THAT? WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING HOPEFULLY.
SO I KNOW THAT COUNCIL PERSON SMITH IS THE CHAIR BUT I WOULD ECHO I WOULD SUPPORT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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>> CHAIR LADY: THAT WAS ACTUALLY ITEMS OF CONCERN WE INCLUDED ON OUR LEGISLATIVE LIAISON LAST YEAR WAS A REQUEST TO THE STATE IN REGARD TO DELAY OF OTHER UTILITIES ARE SCITY PROJECTSS. O WE'RE TRYING TO GET HELP WHEREVER WE CAN ON GETTING ASSISTANCE WITH THAT. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. COWAN? >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. AND LAST ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS WHICH ALLOWS FOR THREE PEOPLE TO SPEAK FIVE MINUTES EACH. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE PUBLIC COMMENTS? IN THAT CASE WE HAVE MET EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA AND WE WILL ADJOURN
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