WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:17.640 And good morning, and welcome to city matters here on K one and fourteen 2 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:23.719 hundred ninety three point three on ninety three point three from ninety five point one. 3 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:27.440 Man, I tell you I got up way too early this morning, 4 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:34.079 but I'm managing energy. So we have city manager Mike Bailey with us, 5 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:38.039 and he brought in an entire crew with him today as well. We have 6 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:41.439 a cadre of Yeah. Absolutely, well, right now we're only seeing you 7 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.000 and Moniker, so that's fine. We'll let the rest of the guests be 8 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:48.039 surprised. Guests. There we go. What's going on in the city of 9 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:50.880 Battles all. Mike, Well, first off, what we're not gonna talk 10 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:53.000 about, Nathan. We're not gonna talk about the Super Bowl, are we 11 00:00:53.200 --> 00:01:00.560 No? Just just just to be clear, there are three g fans in 12 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.159 the room, and Nathan is also a Chiefs fan, so there's four Chiefs 13 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.920 fans in the room, and then there's me and so I don't want to 14 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.640 talk about super Bowl. And so since the City of Barttles will paid for 15 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:12.120 this, Nathan's not gonna talk about the super Bowl. And since you u 16 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:15.040 three are all due for an evaluation at some point, we're not gonna talk 17 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:23.159 about Super Bowl ar I'm also a swifty Yeah, my daughter can get into 18 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:27.079 that anyway. Great game last night. I'm a little cranky, so we're 19 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:33.439 gonna move past it quickly. So but other than that, it's a great 20 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:38.000 morning. Had a touch of snow. I did visit with both of the 21 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:42.879 chiefs and Keith Henry and public Works, and thankfully there have been they're not 22 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.560 aware of any snow related accidents, so that's good. That's good. Buddy, 23 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.680 had Chief Hyckelberry in here about an hour ago, so well, there 24 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:52.159 we go. He save me in a little bit of an up to get 25 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:53.599 you a little bit of a scoop on that. So I went to bed 26 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.319 last night thinking that maybe we weren't going to get all the snow that they'd 27 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.400 promised. Woke up this morning to find that we did. Yeah, thankfully, 28 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:02.079 Keith Henry gets up earlier than me. He got up, he checked 29 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.120 it and set the guys out. So this is one of those snowstorms that, 30 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:08.759 thankfully not much of it stays on the roads, not much for the 31 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:13.120 guys to do. But it's a good snow. It looks pretty and then 32 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:16.479 it goes away. He got one of the best kinds. So for anyone 33 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:23.439 who is interested in what the city does, including how we plow the streets, 34 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:28.360 why we plow certain streets, all the way up to what Larry's department 35 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.639 does, what Jason's department does, and what Terry's department does. We have 36 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:37.000 launched a Citizen's Academy and this is modeled after some citizens academies around the state. 37 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:40.639 It's also modeled after our Citizens Police Academy, and so we've had a 38 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:46.159 lot of success with that. The public seems to really enjoy these types of 39 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:51.879 events. So we have launched our inaugural, our very first Citizens Academy. 40 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.280 We hope to make this an annual event depending on how successful this one is, 41 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:00.639 and we're currently accepting applications and so we'll be accepting applications through March first. 42 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:06.240 For anyone who is interested, you can go to Cityobartlesville dot org and 43 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:08.960 there will be a lot more information on there about it. There's not a 44 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.560 lot of criteria in order to participate, but one of them is that you're 45 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:16.800 a resident of Bartlesville, you own a business in Bartlesville, or you're employed 46 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.719 full time in Barnisville. So you don't have to it's not just for residents, 47 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:23.759 but it is for people who spend a lot of time in Bartlesville based 48 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:30.400 on those three criteria. Will meet every two weeks. It will be meeting 49 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:36.280 during the day, and it's at some relatively convenient times. I say relatively, 50 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.599 it's at some very convenient times so that it shouldn't be a barrier to 51 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:44.319 anybody who's interested. And we are really excited to get this started. It 52 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:51.120 will actually be facilitated by the Assistant city Manager, Tracy Rowles and our HR 53 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:55.680 director Lour Sanders. This was actually her idea and she may never voice another 54 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.400 idea to me again because she came up with it. Now she's getting she's 55 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.039 in charge of run in a way right, But no, they're doing the 56 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.439 two of them are doing a great job. All of the departments will be 57 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:10.680 involved in some degree or another. We really want people to get a full 58 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.800 feel for what we do and why we do it. It's there's there's a 59 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:19.279 lot of unanswered questions and there can and there's there's generally good reasons for everything, 60 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:24.000 and so this will this will increase that civic iq and we're really looking 61 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:28.680 forward to getting our citizens involved in it. I've I've had experience with Leadership 62 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:34.839 Bartlesville for years. I thought it was an incredible an incredible program the Chamber 63 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:41.120 ran and so this is this is sort of in that vein just focused specifically 64 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.160 on the city, and it is limited participation. You gave it this criteria 65 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:48.040 earlier, so I think, is it twenty twenty limited to just gonna take 66 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.959 twenty reason for that? Right? That's right? Well, and there are 67 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:54.360 a lot of reasons. One, we want to make sure that the experience 68 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:58.920 is good for everybody. I think we already have more than twenty applications. 69 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.040 So some people we will not get in this first time, we'd encourage them 70 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:08.279 to apply again. But yeah, it is it's important that we maintain that 71 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:13.240 size so that number one the class. This is going to be fun and 72 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:17.040 it can be very stressful if you're trying to move forty people around. It 73 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:23.519 limits your transportation options. It makes for very large groups. Terry knows. 74 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:28.000 For years we've done on Leadership Bartlesville. We've done tours of the water plant. 75 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:30.560 When you do a tour of the water plant, you can't get the 76 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:35.279 group small enough to where people can hear you when you're actually touring. If 77 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:40.120 you have more than twenty. So this will take two, three, four 78 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:44.000 people to tour around these groups around the water plant because it is noisy, 79 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.519 there's a lot of machinery and things like that, so there are a lot 80 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.800 of activities that we do that that group size is simply as large as we 81 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:54.279 can have it. So yeah, there will be Unfortunately, not everybody will 82 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.439 make it this first time, but we hope to generate enough interest to where 83 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.959 these people will continue to come back. Well, it sounds like a great 84 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.199 program, Mike, he really does. Well. We are, we are 85 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.759 really excited about it. It's it's not often that we're able to, you 86 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:09.639 know, to communicate directly with the public. It's one of the reasons that 87 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.079 we have a radio program, it's one of the reasons that we have city 88 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:15.439 be and this is just a furtherance of that to where we can continue to 89 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:19.079 build the relationship with the citizens of Arlesville. So and with that, I'm 90 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.399 actually going to skip. I was going to go straight to Jason, but 91 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:25.920 that was a great segue into what Larry is about to do. Well. 92 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.279 In fact, last time, the reason I had you second is because last 93 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:32.240 time you didn't even get to talk so well at least to let you talk. 94 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:38.839 He's not bothered by it at all. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, 95 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:42.480 you're sitting next to it. So it was just it's just a great 96 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:48.439 a great segue into what Larry's department is doing with our comprehensive plan and the 97 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.680 public meetings are coming up, so yeah, yeah, so to kind of 98 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:57.240 go over with a comprehensive plan is and what's going on with the project. 99 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.800 So the Cyny Barsows updateing is comfrehensive plan for growth and development. The plan 100 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:06.360 called Endeavor of twenty forty five is a priority identified in the Barsle Next Strategic 101 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:10.399 Plan that we've been working on for the past two years or so. Now 102 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:15.120 Indevor twenty forty five will guide growth, progress and prosperity for the next twenty 103 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.879 years in the city. So at all dressed topics settled being including land use, 104 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:25.040 transportation, housing, economic development, infrastructure and parks, one with several 105 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:28.879 other things that are kind of near and dear to our citizens' hearts. The 106 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.120 plan of guide long term decision making by officials and shape guidelines for residents, 107 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:36.839 businesses and stakeholders and of course the community is what we need to hear most 108 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:42.279 from is our citizens that are associated with it. So just the first and 109 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:44.879 foremost to kind of get the word out is that we're going to have an 110 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:49.319 open house coming up on February twenty first at the Community Center and it'll be 111 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:54.360 from six pm to eight pm. And the Community Centers, you know, 112 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:59.480 located down there off of three hundred Adams Boulevard. The other open house meaning 113 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.800 that we're having is on Thursday, February twenty second, from six to eight 114 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:05.639 pm, and that'll be at the Artist Bank East Side branch. So that 115 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.720 way we can be ensured to get you know, everyone's input like it as 116 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.439 convenient as possible. Absolutely, absolutely, and so our consultants from Half Associates 117 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:20.240 will be in to ask questions and citizens can provide input there learn more about 118 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.720 the comprehensive plan. So you know what is a comprehensive plan. It's the 119 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:31.759 primary guide for the community to these growth and transformation established as policies for physical 120 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.440 development, including like I said before, land use and all those other attributes, 121 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:39.320 and a comprehensive plan are legally required by the State of Oklahoma. It 122 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.159 is not an ordinance. These are just policies that are being put out but 123 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:48.559 in order for us to have good, good city government and good planning as 124 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.559 we move forward, it's important for us to have that comprehensive plan in place 125 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:56.320 for that development and growth. So, you know, those are the kind 126 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.559 of the key things that we'll be discussing and kind of the key items that 127 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.600 are very important. Yeah, and so for someone if a citizen comes to 128 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.000 these meetings, what can they expect, What kind of questions do you think 129 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:11.679 that the you know, insultant, What kind of input in particular are we 130 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.080 looking for. There'll be a lot of information that will be provided by our 131 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.360 consultants. In fact, if citizens want to get kind of a glimpse of 132 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.600 what will be out there, if they want to go to our conference, 133 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:26.840 the plan website that they go to an Endeavor twenty forty five dot HAF that's 134 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:31.559 dot h A, l f F dot com, they can go out there 135 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:33.799 and kind of see what's going on. But a lot of the questions that 136 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.240 are information will be out there will be basically right now, be seeing where 137 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.559 the city has been the data that we've collected and reviewing where the city has 138 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:46.399 been been going for the last ten twenty years or so, and kind of 139 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.039 at not at this point, a little forecasting, but more of the data 140 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.600 gathering. There'll be a lot of questions about you know, hey, where 141 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:56.000 do you see where do you want to see more growth in parks or you 142 00:09:56.039 --> 00:10:00.639 know, here's our ideas kind of going around infrastructure. What are your thoughts 143 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.559 about that? And so it'll be a lot of idea opportunities to get input 144 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:09.320 from that direction and that this is this is a critical part of developing this 145 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.840 plan document and frankly it is it is a core plan document. Yeah, 146 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:18.159 that's been a number of years since we've had this updated. It has it's 147 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:22.759 survived as long as it has because of the works of staff and your department 148 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.559 to continue to interpret it and make it work. But it is certainly pastime 149 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:31.480 for this update. These are these processes take how long? Oh yeah, 150 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.200 this this process you know, it takes about a year. And you know 151 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.600 we already kicked this off last uh late last fall, early winter, and 152 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.320 so we are going to be going through this entire process this in coming year. 153 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.639 Uh and hopefully we'll have a plan together by October time. And so 154 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:50.279 by that time, you know, I'll be through a lot of committees. 155 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.679 It'll be to the Planning Commission. Of course, the City Council around that 156 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:56.879 time. So just because you participate in the plan, don't expect to see 157 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.720 it completed with the exactly. We love to have everyone participate. The more 158 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.080 people that are involved, the better this will be, but it is going 159 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.600 to take some time exactly. In addition, you know, for those who 160 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.360 can't make those public means and may have something else going on that evening, 161 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.080 if they go to that website, they can provide a lot of input that 162 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.759 way as well. Yeah, I think we have access to a survey for 163 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:20.039 people to participate in exactly Exactly. There are there are a lot of ways 164 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.879 to participate and we are looking forward to this. I think that this is 165 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.320 this is one of the critical milestones that we identified in our strategic plan, 166 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.279 and absolutely this is really the next step. And in fact, as you 167 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.000 look through our strategic plan, there are a number of other milestones that are 168 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.519 linked back to this one that can happen until we do this. So I 169 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:41.480 think this is a foundational document exactly. People will be seeing some information on 170 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:46.840 this come out in their utility bills. Their util bills are receiving this coming 171 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:52.679 month, so the website Larry's mentioned and just more information on it we come 172 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:54.840 out in the flyer. Yeah, we're trying our best get the word out 173 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.120 as much as we can so through our utility bills, through social media, 174 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.679 and other avenues that we have access to through city Beat, We're trying to 175 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:03.240 get the word out so that way we can ensure we get to as many 176 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:07.919 people as possible to get the word out. Good. Well, I appreciate 177 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.879 it. I know that this is quite a lift, but it is certainly 178 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.320 worth it once it's completed, and we're we're really looking forward to seeing the 179 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:20.559 final plan and then using that for the future of our community forward for the 180 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.799 next twenty years. Absolutely. All right, Well, thank you, Larry. 181 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.360 I appreciate it, and we will jump back over here to Jason. 182 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.960 I'm gonna skip me again. No I'm not. I'm gonna give you. 183 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.159 I'm gonna give you your moment here so we could talk sales texts, because 184 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:37.039 we left everybody hanging last month and it didn't talk about it. Last month 185 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.720 was a good month. Last last month was it was at four point seven. 186 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.279 This month is not a good month because we're down about the same we're 187 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:45.879 up last month. We're down down point a half percent for this month, 188 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:48.960 which isn't a horrible thing, because anytime you get over a two million dollar 189 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.399 collection, that's a great month. We're just comparing back to some really large 190 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.919 numbers from fiscal year twenty two and twenty three, and last year this same 191 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:00.600 month was up about four four point six. Yeah, we're seven, so 192 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.519 kind of back down to about where we were two years ago. Yeah, 193 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.200 which two years ago was a thirteen percent, So I mean we're comparing back 194 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:11.440 some really still a good, normally large numbers, but it's I think that's 195 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:16.480 probably the largest decrease we've seen in oh it's been I'm sitting there looking at 196 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:24.600 the sheet. It would go all the way back to years we get close 197 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:31.039 in October of twenty one, but on my sheet going five years back, 198 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.399 it's the largest, the largest we've seen. But we're comparing back to some 199 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.639 really large numbers. So we knew that there was going to be a plateau 200 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.360 here, there would be level down, there would be and I don't know, 201 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.440 we don't have comparable use tax umbers this month. I'm certain there's going 202 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:50.440 to be some cannibalism something. From a time on and as online spending becomes 203 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:52.799 more prevalent and more prevalent, I mean, it's just going to get bigger 204 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.480 every year. There's more offerings. And so your use tax, actually your 205 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:01.799 use tax the tax you tracked the US tax, but it's the City of 206 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:07.080 Barts was used tax. It was its dollars, yeah, which you know, 207 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:13.519 the second largest use tax. Clushing bad. So far, still looked 208 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.840 pretty good. We don't have any historical want it as next month we'll start 209 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.440 having Yeah, we'll actually be able to have one. So when we get 210 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:22.360 to that point, that'll be great, but we really don't know. It's 211 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.320 uncharted on that. So so right now we have collected it looks like twelve 212 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:31.279 months of use tax and that's that's the first twelve months in the history of 213 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.519 bar and it's just shy a five million dollars, just about five million, 214 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:39.559 and that's almost twice what we were expanding anticipating in so that is that is 215 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:41.159 great news. It also, again, like you said, it helps to 216 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:46.480 cushion any decreases that we might have in sales tax because it was not this 217 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.440 was we were really uncertain. We kept making that very clear that use tax 218 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.720 we didn't have any idea what it was going to look like. There was 219 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:56.039 no way to measure it. So now these in comparable cities. It was 220 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.559 all over the board. Look at the cities relatively to our size and not 221 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:03.120 not at atch to a metropolitan area like Tall Circle in the city. They 222 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.360 were just they were across you know, such peaks and valleys in their in 223 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.159 their data that there was no way we could really put our thumb on a 224 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.240 real accurate measurements. We kind of averaged that out amongst those and came up 225 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:18.080 with well, we publish and its conservative estimates. We were extremely certainly was 226 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:22.000 conservative, very conservative, okay, And the good news is that it's been 227 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.440 very consistent. So you know, a half million, it has these months 228 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:30.879 that are large and the US tax or you know, our Christmas shopping mounts. 229 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:33.360 They looked similar as far as how sales SAX fluctuates around those times. 230 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:39.360 So so fairly stable, fairly predicted stables. The other thing we worked and 231 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:41.720 you know, it comes back to selles sacks. We're still up one and 232 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:46.279 a quarter percent compared to last year, which is you know, roughly two 233 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.519 hundred thousand dollars, and compared to budget, we're five hundred and eight thousand 234 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.840 dollars of our budget. And I think that's important to remember is that we 235 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.840 compared to the previous year, but we're actually not even budgeting. Were conservative 236 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:00.919 on our budgetary estimates because we you know, we don't want to expect to 237 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.799 have more money than we do. And I'll we'll provide some even if we 238 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:08.519 break even with last year, we'll be ahead. We'll be expectations blue budgeted 239 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:12.399 too. I think a two percent decrease on sales tax well, all good 240 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.840 news. We're getting ready to go into the budget, so it's good timing 241 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.759 to have have some a little bit better numbers, a little solid, more 242 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:23.480 solid numbers, because we'll we'll be projecting out and trying to figure out what 243 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.480 the next that's fifteen months looks like. Trying to throw you guys on a 244 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:33.639 condensed timeline. This year you get that sucking wed luck with that and that 245 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:37.480 bones and your guys sounds like fun. I'm glad I don't do the budget 246 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.320 anymore. Good everybody's going to kill all right, Well, thank you, 247 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.320 Jason, I appreciate it. And our final surprise guests we have, well, 248 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.240 he's I don't know, you know, much of a surprises here. 249 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:51.840 Just about every time it's been a fixture year, I have well, I 250 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:56.240 hid behind Larry when the camera panned over, so that's right. I was 251 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:59.960 still the mistreat. So in case anybody's wondering, this is Terry Low. 252 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:06.119 It's in our water utilities director. And more surprise, he's here because we 253 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.920 talked about water. So before we get into that, you know, Mike, 254 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:11.759 I know that you are in a bit of uh on mornings we did. 255 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:19.119 But as a Dallas Cowboys fan, you guys made it past your first 256 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:22.240 game, right, So San Francisco did not lose in the first round of 257 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.759 playoffs, So you guys do have some positive things to off that. That's 258 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.880 true. But at the end of the day, your losers, just like 259 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:36.359 the Cowboys, like, we're first losers, not the champs. So it 260 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:38.319 doesn't matter. First, it doesn't matter. Nobody will remember it was in 261 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.519 ze of Plex. No they don't, but it does make it. I 262 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:47.960 just did an informal poll. I think everybody's wearing a Chiefs jersey some sort 263 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.960 of shirt in this radius day. Absolutely, it is all over. I 264 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.519 would just like to point out what did happen to all the Cowboys fans? 265 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:57.839 They were everywhere and now I see your Chiefs fans. What's happened well, 266 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:02.400 you got to go after a win. Don't shut people like winards. It's 267 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:07.519 called the band It's a bandwagon for a reason. So all right, you 268 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:14.559 brought I digress. Let's talk about water and what we're doing and what's what's 269 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:18.799 happened. So I always like to point out with the drought that we had 270 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.079 experienced really starting in the latter half of twenty twenty two all the way up 271 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:29.480 to Christmas of last year, that was the second worst drought in recorded history. 272 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.680 So I'm just gonna let that sink in. The second worst drout in 273 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:37.079 recorded history, and recorded history starts back in nineteen nineteen, so well over 274 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:42.240 one hundred years. Let's in the southeast southeast for Kansas is so Hula Copan 275 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:48.279 and uh, those two lakes really draw from from southeast Kansas where those watersheds 276 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:52.599 are. So if it rains that location, that's where the rain goes is 277 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:57.079 into one of those two lakes there. So we are still so Hula Lake 278 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:03.920 has really been replenished by that Christmas rain event. Copane Lake is slowly returning 279 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:10.240 back to normal, so it is down around sixty percent right now. Water 280 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:14.559 is still coming into Copan Lake, but it's still really lower than normal and 281 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:22.920 it's it's it's going to take a while for it to get back to think 282 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:26.480 it was. It was frightening and of course the town of Copan during that 283 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.839 period of time was very concerned because it was the water was almost below the 284 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.319 level at which they could reach it. Yeah, they were taking steps, 285 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:38.359 i think to do some emergency provisions just to get the water to their plants. 286 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:42.880 So it was pretty dire. So it's good news for lake or Copan 287 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.720 Lake and hopefully that water continues to come in and bring it back to a 288 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:52.319 normal level. But as all things, rain will happen and it will replenish 289 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.759 it. It's just a matter of wind at time wind, So can we 290 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.559 survive the downtime? That's right. So from a water supply perspective, the 291 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:02.839 old raw water that we have at all of our water sources, so that 292 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:07.160 Sheula Copan, Hudson Lake and the Kini River, we're at eighty one percent. 293 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:14.319 If you look at a weighted weighted water right based on these lakes, 294 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:18.240 then we're at over one hundred percent. So there are no water restrictions. 295 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:22.920 There haven't been any water restrictions really since Christmas time, so that continues to 296 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:27.559 persist, so we're thankful of that, but we still are looking at long 297 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:33.680 term water supply options. So these are options that aren't really for the immediate 298 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.720 needs because we have plenty of water for the next ten years at a minimum, 299 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:40.799 but we're looking at looking at water supply needs for the next fifty to 300 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:44.400 one hundred years. So that's really the items that we're focusing on with the 301 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:48.960 plan that we've been pursuing through the Water Resources Committee. So one of those 302 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:52.279 items is call Lake. So Council did approve a contract with S two Engineering 303 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:57.960 last Monday, with S two or for Call Lake Water Study. So this 304 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:03.960 was an item that was identified back in two thousand and six through a Core 305 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:10.599 Partner Planning Assistance to States project. So that study really designated that Copan and 306 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:15.160 HULA are your most cost effective options to pursue long term water supply and then 307 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:18.839 Call Lake was a distant third just because of the capital costs with it. 308 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:23.440 But now that we have some perspective as far as the drought that we recently 309 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:30.000 have endured, the Water Resources Committee wanted to revisit Call Lake to see exactly 310 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.039 how much that's going to cost and to dive more into the details as far 311 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:38.440 as the alignments and some of the environmental issues that may encounter with pursuing that 312 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:42.839 project. So with the planning assistance to State's Project six, that was more 313 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:47.400 of a conceptual study to get an order of magnitude with the various options, 314 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:52.240 and that helped delineate which options to start going after, and we've been doing 315 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.279 that. Unfortunately, has taken us twelve years to get water ice at Copan 316 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.039 Lake, which is the first recommendation from that it can act to Congress to 317 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:04.440 get that done. So these things just don't move very quickly, unfortunately. 318 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:11.079 But with that study that is being performed, we're going to look at first 319 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.680 the water compatibility with our treatment system, different alignments, different types of intakes 320 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.680 which is how we would pull the water out of the lake, and then 321 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:25.079 get cost and timing for those various options that will present to the Water Resources 322 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:27.720 Committee. So this study will take roughly about five six months to complete, 323 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:33.960 but it will help really add to the options that that Water Resources Committee is 324 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:41.200 investigating. So that includes call Lake, potentially reallocating water from the flood control 325 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.160 portion of both Heal the Lake and Copan Lake, and then investigating the aid 326 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.920 of a Musa aquifer which is in central Osage County. So those are the 327 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:53.319 four options that we are diving into to get as much information and costs associated 328 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:56.720 with it, so that at the end of the day, I would anticipate 329 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:00.880 the Water Resources Committee is going to make recommendation on which ones to go after 330 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:04.559 first, to kind of prioritize each one of those options moving forward. So 331 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:11.880 when we talk about reallocation, essentially what that is is raising the permanent level 332 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:17.440 of the lake, and so I think on CULA it was talking about between 333 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:19.920 three and six feet right, depending on how much of the flood point floodpool 334 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:25.640 we reallocated. Yep, YEP. So Copan and Healu were built primarily for 335 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:30.200 flood control and then a secondary use is water supply, so they keep a 336 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:33.799 level which is what I call the normal level of the lake, which is 337 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:38.559 really the water supply component of it. The flood control is really anything that's 338 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:42.759 above that. So the core as a policy, when you get a rain 339 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:48.039 event that starts filling that flood control portion of the lake, they try to 340 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:52.200 move that water out as quickly as possible so that is available for the next 341 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:56.519 rain event. And that's I think primarily a lesson they learned in nineteen eighty 342 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:00.319 six when we have the flood, really the catastrophic flood here in bart Well, 343 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:03.440 where they felt they could have managed those lakes maybe differently that may have 344 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:08.319 prevented or possibly mitigated some of the flooding that we experienced. But we are 345 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:12.200 the direct benefit of that flood control on those two lakes. So you know, 346 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:15.279 it's it's kind of a I won't say a double edged sword, but 347 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:21.319 if we relocate a portion of the flood control the water supply, that potentially 348 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:27.000 does mitigate or cut into what's available for flood control. So that's a study 349 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:33.440 that we've initiated with the corp of Engineers to look at because we can basically 350 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:37.519 sign a risk and based upon what that risk is, then we'll likely have 351 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:42.720 a recommendation that will ensue. Is that a project as viable to pursue and 352 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:48.440 how long do we expect this study to take? We haven't got word yet. 353 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:52.880 So we've had some initial conversations with the CORE. They're still pulling together 354 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.000 a team on their side of it, so we haven't that's for the reallocation 355 00:24:56.319 --> 00:25:00.480 for the call study, it's about five to six months about months. We 356 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.240 expect it will probably take longer with the core based on our experience, it 357 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.319 will take longer than yes. Yeah, So all of that information will continue 358 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:11.240 to be aggregated and taken back to the Resource committee. One other thing we 359 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:14.880 have going on, We got about one minute to wrap this up, wastewater 360 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:18.839 reuse. For anyone who is a student paying attention to the packet, you'll 361 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.599 notice that we are starting a pilot. What exactly does that mean for the 362 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:27.519 citizens of Borlosa. So we are looking to demonstrate our proposed improvement or plan 363 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:34.079 to use wastewater treated wastewater as an augmentation for the raw water source. So 364 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:41.039 we are going through and we're running various tests and different configurations to see which 365 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:45.400 one works the best and to demonstrate the performance of that system for not only 366 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:48.960 our benefit, but for the state as far as the regulators go. So 367 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.759 that once that's completed, which will be around June of this year, then 368 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:59.200 we'll have a bunch of data that's associated with this plan and that will be 369 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:02.440 used to base what ultimately the treatment is going to have to be on that 370 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:07.119 water to facilitate a reuse. And so during this pilot there we won't be 371 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:11.559 transferring water upstream as we will when we actually utilize it in fact, so 372 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:14.279 this will all happen on site, that's correct. Yeah, it's just to 373 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:17.680 change anything for the citizens itself. It's just internal to the plant. So 374 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:23.079 we're just going through that treatment process and measuring results and probably about five hundred 375 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:26.920 different contaminants within it. Got to make sure it's safe. Yeah, we 376 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:32.039 actually use it's a very extensive type of study to really look at all the 377 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:36.359 parameters so that we understand what's going on with it, how it changes by 378 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:40.559 the season, and then because our goal is the same as everybody is that 379 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:44.000 we have to have a safe and viable source of water there. All right, 380 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.599 thank you, Terry, all right, I appreciate you getting up. 381 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:51.720 Absolutely no problem at all. Community Development Director Larry Curtis, Water Utilities Director 382 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:56.960 Terry Lawrenson, City Treasurer Jason Moninger, and City Manager Mike Bailey. Ben 383 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:02.480 I got those names out. 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