let for for and I'm counting what sir yes sir it's 9:00 a.m. M bran can we rise for the pledge please yes sir Jose can you lead us please thank you sir the flag of the United States of America and the rep One Nation liberty and justice for all thank you sir and Miss PR we'll start with agenda review yes sir with item number three item number three please if it looks a little empty up here it is just in case you're wondering good morning debbas with the airport item number three is a resolution for L's approval of assignment to allow El opportunity LLC um to assign the lease to 220 s17th LLC for the property located located at eight Zan gray thank you ma'am item four here's wasling item five here's planning and inspection good morning mayor this is an item from plan inspections department this is related to the security of a property that was in noncompliance with some code by violations total is approximately $16,000 on this property thank you sir uh item six morning sir morning mayor items 6 through 13 um our Advanced funding agreements with teot for Highway Safety Improvement projects we'll have one Presentation tomorrow for all items of council and they'll be taken separately correct excuse me are they going to be taken together separately we can take them all together okay thank you for that m p thank you thank you sir item 14 is um Dr okara good morning mayor and City coun I want to I know that do Dr oans is no longer the public health director but this item was put on prior to so I just want to make sure we clarify that thank you yes good morning mayor and Council number 14 is a resolution to authorize the mayor to sign the fy22 interlocal agreement between the city of a Paso and the City of sisario um for the fy22 interlocal agreement thank you very much thank you uh 15 is a board appointment 16 is tax refunds 17 is peard Miss U Cody good morning mayor and Council item 17 is for notation only it's the peard transactions for the mayor city council City attorney city manager and staff's speak if someone wants to look at this where would they go look at it ma'am it's going to be posted as part of the city council agenda for item 17 thank you very much and it's also available on the city website sir thank you for that thank you ma'am item 18 good morning mayor Laura Prim city clerk items 18 through 22 are notation of campaign contributions from candidates running for office in the November election thank you ma'am 23 is I know that's same thing there uh 24 so what's the next one Mr 25 good morning Vanessa luges from purchasing and strategic sourcing the Strategic goal for this item is number eight nurture and promote a healthy sustainable Community the linkage to strategic plan is subsection 8.3 enhance animal services to ensure El pases pets are provided a safe and healthy environment we are requesting that the managing director of purchasing and strategic sourcing be authorized to issue a purchase order to Legend and white Animal Health Corp referencing um contract 2021 1258 animal food um this change order is to increase the contract by $233,700 184 for a total not to exceed 1,168 n816 um this change order will accommodate the price increases that were placed on food and formula that were necessary for um to feed the animals in the care of the department thank you very much 26 hello Vanessa lagunes again with purchasing and the Strategic goal for this item is number two set the standard for a safe and secure City the linkage to the Strategic plan is subsection 2.3 increase Public Safety operational efficiency we are requesting that the managing director of purchasing and strategic sourcing be authorized to issue a purchase order to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of El Paso referencing contract 2019 633 medical control services thank you 27 I'm sorry you're done no just one more the change ORD is to increase the contract by $176,800 188 for a total amount not to exceed $884,000 thank you good morning this is an agenda Rie meeting of the El Paso city council for Monday August 12 2024 it is 9:05 a.m. mayor liser is present and presiding in council chambers along with mayor protim Kennedy representative aavo alternate mayor protim molinard and representative Rivera representatives ernandez salido and Canales have requested to be excused this morning on the agenda is the agenda review for the August 13th 2024 regular city council and mass transit Department board meetings and at the conclusion of this meeting we will be convening a council work session did you bring me a green drink that's that for me oh come on man but I'm ready for it and no huh thank you so now we're on item 27 good morning yes good anyone want a green drink I'm sorry no good morning mayor and Council uh Omar from purchasing and strategic sourcing strategic goal is number eight nurture and promote a healthy sustainable Community the linkage to strategic plan is subsection 8.5 improve air quality throughout El Paso this is a new contract and a low bit procurement there were a total of 28 total viewers online one bid was received nonone from local suppliers an inadequate competition survey was conducted no protest was received for the requirement we're requesting the award of solicitation number 2 24535 monitors to the lowest um responsible uh bidder uh this contract will allow the environmental service department to replace the current air quality monitors at two sides and continue to collect data on particulate matter in the air minimized data collection interruptions thank you very much for that uh then then uh 28 through 31 are Council items 32 is um PSV appointment which I'd like to see that move to the Forefront M PR yes sir we'll not on the revisions thank you and then we got call to the public and then we got first readings good morning good morning 33 Jessica Cordo with the economic and International Development Department item 33 is an introduction of an ordinance reaffirming the city's participation in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program confirming the designation of liaison for communication with interested parties and providing available tax incentives and allowing for future fure nominations to be approved by resolution thank you ma'am thank you item 34 looks like 34 35 and 36 same one yes uh Nichol with Environmental Services item 34 is a amendment to title 9.04 170 addressing the need for mixed properties for uh a need for disposal waste and recyclable materials for all commercial and mixed use properties um item 35 is amendment to title 990400 to add Alleyways to approved exclude collection locations and establish alley collection service and procedures at designated locations and the expand the requirements for the side door collection or waiver Collections and then item 36 is an ordinance amending uh uh title 12.0 uh 12441 where signs are required to Alleyways for no parking 12448 to add no parking signs and 1244 160 to add designation authority of the city Al Paso code to enforce the no parking thank you very much 30 738 I got a feeling it's R yes sir thank you mayor counil good morning plan inspections item 37 and 38 are related they are for the same property item 37 is the first reading of an ordinance resoning property to C2 commercial item 38 is the associated ordinance uh amending uh condition uh the amendment involves releasing a condition that no longer applies um both item items again this for property at Picasso and Saragosa uh there's no opposition on neither of these items and CPC was unanimous approval on both of these items thank you sir yes one second can you brief me on that uh afterwards thank you yes sir thank you yes sir thank you m Cody item 39 Nicole Cody managing director of budget and strategic sourcing item 39 is a public hearing on the property tax ordinance uh please note that the adoption will be on August 20th and then item 40 is the budget the public hearing on the budget thank you ma'am thank you sir item 41 good morning mayor and Council from C this is item 41 is discussion and action on a resolution authorizing the city manager to sign an agreement for Professional Services by and between the city of L Paso and MK Architects for the design of the Northeast region of command Center in the amount of $858,000 thank you 42 good morning vessle unit with purchasing and strategic sourcing and the Strategic goal for this item is number two set the standard for a safe and secure City the linkage to the Strategic plan is um subsection 2.3 increase Public Safety operational efficiency this is a replacement contract for transport medical billing and collections for the fire department this is a request for proposal proc curement there were a total of 14 viewers online four bits were received none came from local suppliers no protest was received for this requirement and we are recommending to award DigiTech computer LLC the highest ranked bidder based on the evaluation criteria for the solicitation thank you ma'am thanks 43 good morning good morning mayor and Council my name is Jenny SIM swanga from the purchasing and strategic sourcing Department the Strategic goal for this item is number four enhance El Paso's quality of life through recreational cultural and educational environments the linkage to the Strategic plan is subsection 4.2 create in Innovative recreational educational and cultural programs this is a replacement contract and a soulle source procurement we are requesting the award of solicitation 2024 0518 digital wall app to Gibson group touch limited the soul service provider and developer of the dig. org website and its applications for a three-year term this contract will provide continued mainten maintenance services and software support to maintain the functionality of the dig. org website and its application for the in installed interactive digital wall at the El Paso Museum of History thank you very much thank you sir item 44 good morning J with purchasing and strategic sourcing the Strategic goal for this item is goal number seven enhance and sustain El Paso's infrastructure Network the linkage to the uh strategic plan is subsection 7.2 improve competitiveness through infrastructure improvements impacting the quality of life this is a competitive sealed proposal procurement for 2024 0472 traffic signals improvements there were 25 views online two proposals were received both coming from local suppliers an inadequate competition survey was conducted and no protests were received for this requirement we are recommending award Bo as indicated to Zex Construction Inc the highest ranked offer based on the valuation factors for this solicitation thank you ma'am thank you item 45 Nicholas evad with Environmental Services morning item 45 good morning is an ordinance granting value advertising LLC a non-exclusive franchise for waste containers on sidewalk and City properties thank you item 46 yes good morning got to say again Planet inspections item 46 is the second reading of an ordinance resoning property to C4 commercial as well as C2 commercial and AO apartment office this is for property generally located uh Joe Battle north of picano uh we did receive four phone calls in opposition as well as three emails as City plan commission was unanimous approval thank you sir 47 good morning again Co Cody item 47 is the action item where we had um introduced on August 1st amending title 12 to remove the applicability of uh proceeds from 2025 through 2042 and this is removing this is for the parking meter uh to remove the provisions that uh allocated it to the Plaza theater Debt Service thank you ma'am 48 uh item 48 mayor is the ordinance for the special election to revoke the MPC bonds and then uh Mr Paul Bren will be here tomorrow to answer any questions the council may have can you introduce yourself ma'am please Carla Nan City attorney for the record sir I knew that though thank you all right 49 Laura Cruz the Coosa communications director for the city um item number 49 is the recommendations regarding uh the communications plan and the budget for the special election to revoke the MP thank you um do we have a motion to go to no we need to go to Sun Metro first yes sir for the record uh representative F join the meeting at 9:14 a.m. I'm sorry the screen was going up but what time was that 9:14 sir thank you ma'am we now go to the mass transit Department board agenda this item number one are the minutes item number three is a board appointment item number four item number four is the public hearing on the proposed budget for the mass transit board again adoption will be on August 20th item five yes ma'am good morning derck Russell with purchasing stre resourcing department should go for this name is goal number seven enhance and sustainable pasel infrastructure Network linked to subsection 7.3 enhance Regional comprehensive transportation system request that the director of purchasing strategic sourcing Department be authorized to issue purchase orders to AC Fire Services Inc DBA JL Haron Fire Equipment Company the sole and authorized distributor of the amarx proprietary fire suppression parts and services for Sun Metro uh fixed route fleets thank you six I'm sure you're up again ter gr again with purchasing sourcing Department strategic goal for this is not goal number seven enhance the sustain El Paso's infrastructure Network the linkage to this strategic plan is subsection 7.3 enhanced Regional comprehensive transportation system request that the managing director purchasing and strategic sourcing Department be authorized to issued purchase orders for 2024 0541 trapes Li license and maintenance to trapes software Group Inc the soul and authorized distributor supplier will be required to provide an updated Soul Source letter in affidavit each year thank you very much m p that brings us to the end of agenda review is there a motion to adjourn second there's a motion in a second to adjourn the agenda review meeting all in favor I anyone opposed do it and the agenda review meeting for Monday August 12th 2024 is adjourned at 9:17 a.m. mayor would you like to convene the work session yes ma'am absolutely thank you good morning this is a work session of the AL Paso city council for Monday August 12th 2024 it is 9:17 a.m. mayor liser is present and presiding in council chambers along with mayor protim Kennedy representative aavo alternate mayor Pro Molin representative Fierro and representative Rivera representatives ernandez salido and Canales have requested to be excused this morning that brings us to the first item on the agenda and this is a presentation on the preliminary assessment of dedicated outdoor pickle ball courts and the identified sites of across the city of Al Paso before you start I'm not sure you all knew this item was on the agenda but welcome here I just thought didn't bring you anything to drink I'm sorry welcome all of you all thank you for being here good morning major good morning toity the council members Pablo Cayo Park Center Recreation director for Park Center Recreation okay uh today I'm here to present to you all a preliminary assessment for outdoor dedicated pickable courts and potential sites for the city of passo let me get started with a city council discussion and action taken on July 2nd of 2024 I'm going to read these direct the city manager to conduct a thorough assessment of the implementation of dedicated pickable Courts at locations across the city of El Paso considering both interior and exterior pickable courts and including Parks and Recreation facilities to have existent pickable amenities and that the assessment include a minimum a comprehensive selection process for pickable size and projection of costs an analysis of optimal facility scale and or mix of facility sizes and an estimate of the potential economic impact of tournaments and League Play and include input from neighborhood associations in the process and that a preliminary assessment be presented during the city's upcoming budget workshop for the FY 2025 budget with a more formal assessment to be presented to the city council within 120 days with that let me get started with our first uh potential site which is the Mary Francis Kinsley Park Loc located at the west side of the city in District 1 as you all know the master plan for Mary Francis was adopted on December 13 of 2022 in which it has included eight dedicated pickable courts with lighting amenities and fencing with a total cost of $1.8 million uh this project will potentially be funded through a public private part partnership uh thanks to the great efforts of our uh strategic Affairs office they've been approached by several individual groups that would like to fund the pickable courts on the next slide you can see we have the East Side Regional Park phase two this is located in the Far East District 5 it also has in plan a dedicated pi courts with amenities and lighting total cost $600,000 and CID has a tentative start of construction for spring 2025 also in this project Parks applied for a Texas Parks and Wildlife Grant as additional funding for this CID Capital Improvement project our next potential side it's Lincoln Park located in the central area of El Paso this is in District 2 this is where the old tennis courts used to be we can fit six dedicated pickable courts in this space with a total cost of 175,000 to 250,000 including lighting resurfacing and fencing there's two concerns in this particular site one it's that the property it's own by the TCH do and the second one is that it's a high noise area due to the crossing of the interstate highway now we go to our pick indoor courts through 16 recreation centers we have a total inventory of 38 courts with an average of three quarts per Center and an average of 3 days per week of programming you know on each center with an average of four hours per day per site uh for the pickall community also the recreation centers offer facility rentals after hours during the weekends for any sport to take advantage of our space with a low low cost starting like a $23 an hour per Court we have a list of potential sites in Parks uh like I mentioned to former representative uh lisara present that every district is here uh the only one missing it's District 8 because we don't have a park with enough space to do a project like this but every other district has potential sites as you can see on the list we have on district one Bren Abu on District Two Nation store or Washington Park on District three uh Hawkins park or Jim Crouch Park District Four B park or Chuck Henrik um District Five Bernie mkid uh District Six dick Shad district 7 black Chester or salvad Rivas just the name a few uh this would have to be a capital Improvement project and just to keep in mind every time we add a Rec creation project like this to a park we need to add parking spaces so that's an additional cost with this I finalize my presentation remember this is only a preliminary assessment presentation we will continue to work on this presentation to bring back a full assessment on October as directed if you have any questions or comments we're open to it we'll take public comment first thank you sir thank thank you sir thank you mayor the first person that signed up to speak is Jamie fiser good morning Miss F have three minutes good morning before you before you start our three minutes I do want to thank you for for being out uh at you know listening to the candidates that are are Vine for city manager I think it's important for our community to be there and I know you all were out there and and again I want to thank you for being there and willing and wanting to learn more yeah it was good to see you out there may I use the Elmo that is it yes it will'll need the Elmo please yeah I'm sorry I don't see the timer let me get my I haven't started okay sometimes I can't see it it blocked something okay do what now is that the that's it that's the the one and only go ahead Miss fer your time starts now good morning my name is Jamie fiser I'm president of pickleball El Paso and we'd like to give a shout out and a big thank you to Dion Mack I'm sorry I don't see her here today there she is she good timing she sent us a copy of what they're working on and so we can give some of our feedback we have members who've played all over the country and in Mexico we've seen things that have worked great and things that have just not and so we would really like to participate in this process we've been looking at the Four Points of the city to make sure that everybody has something down in South Central at escat we have four permanent courts and there's some easy opportunities there not your job we'll work with the scar the Beast very excited thank you looking forward to it so that leaves the west side and Northeast Ben's going to talk about Northeast but before I get to the West Side I want to talk about Lincoln Park a little bit representative anelo uh called us about this last fall and although it looks like a great idea that you can play in the shade look at the background this is the same problem that we have with Wayne Thorton um Grand View it's got a beautiful wall of windows but you can't see the ball because you're in the shadow and the ball's going up against the light and so with any sport of course you got to be able to see the ball that is a huge drawback those pigeons are going to fight you for their spot we know that's an issue it's also it's five miles from a scar two from uh chamisal outdoor and so there is some coverage in that area right now um but those were the big things we were concerned about if you really want that area could you please consider Washington Park it had natural lighting and it's close so with regard to Mary Francis we've got some people who got together to submit an nip and we know it's not a guarantee we're hopeful if it can get it started and if not that's fine we'll go on three weeks ago we met with paso del Norte uh your architect some other people from your department and another architect firm and I think that's where the $1.8 Million number came from it's a list of expenses we've got it down to 1 million to focus on just the courts first so thank you for doing this we would love to participate we'll hope you'll let us uh have some input and you know contribute the things that have worked and the things that have been less successful but thank you for your work the next speaker is theres abalon she will be followed by Miss Lara good morning you have minutes morning good morning good morning mayor good morning everyone I'm very happy to be here and appreciative for the opportunity to address all of you I was here in July and was told that it would take four months before city council would be ready with a plan to build dedicated pickle ball courts in El Paso we are very excited that is only August and here we are ready to work on this project I have been playing pickleball in El Paso since the 1980s my husband Ben learned how to play pickle ball while attending a Kinesiology conference in Dallas Ben was taught to play this wonderful game by one of the grown kids whose parents invented pickle ball the first pickleball court in El Paso was in our driveway our equipment was not fancy but we had hours of fun we played with other young couples and their children after we had our own children we continued to play We soon ran out of space my husband began taping and chalking quarts all over town and wherever he was given permission to do so with the rising growth of pickleball all over the world it frustrates the El Paso pickleball community that we are not keeping Pace with other cities who have similar demographics we thank you for giving this issue priority and taking the initiative to get the ball rolling we are asking for permanent facilities in the areas that are the most densely populated with pickleball players those areas are northeast El Paso and the West Side my husband has been teaching free pickle ball lessons for 10 years in northeast El Paso at Veterans Park and Nolan Richardson Recreation Center occasionally he also teaches at Gatson on the west side he is a certified volunteer with El Paso Parks and Recreation USA pickle ball is the national governing body for the sport and because of the length of time and dedication to the sport Ben was named a pickle ball Ambassador in the southwest the reason that I am asking that one of the dedicated facilities be built in the Northeast is because there are so many players that are from this part of town where Ben teaches and where they learn to play many of his students are retired military who tend to try to stay close to home and Fort Bliss we also have land and Facilities that are vacant and they would lend themselves to this type of build a permanent facility of at least eight outdoor dedicated pickleball courts are needed there are beautiful large Parks available such as Nations Tobin Veterans Park and suang Park all of these ven venues have amazing views of the Franklin Mountains that would be perfect sites for this Venture there is very little traffic in these areas and access to the freeway is nearby having a dedicated pickleball facility would bring visitors to the Sun City visitors bring money big tournaments would consider El Paso as a possible site this facility would ideally have the amenities necessary to accommodate all players including those who like me play this game in a wheelchair I look forward to the day when all of our residents would be able to gather at a beautiful permanent 8 Court pickle pickle ball facility with friends to play a sport that keeps them healthy and happy thank you for your time thank you ma'am thank you Miss Avalon the next speaker is Miss laras good morning ma'am you have three minutes good morning hi everybody welcome back thank you it's great to be back to see such handsome and friendly faces thank you Colonel Weston and city council honorable mayor our esteemed City attorney Carla Nan our CFO Robert and of course Laura Prime the amazing city clerk but anyways I just started playing pickleball in the fall of U last year and uh there's a wonderful club called Oli pickleball that Ben is an amazing teacher at pickle ball really is an amazing sport especially people entering their Encore years which I I like to refer to that I'm in my oncore years um I I appreciate your support in putting this item forth so promptly and I'm just here to vocalize my support for this item I hope that this these eight outdoor courts are going to happen it's badly badly needed especially in El Paso we like Terry mentioned we are a little bit behind in El Paso so I hope that you would consider this item and that you would give the pickle ball Community some input like Jamie fiser was addressing and it's great to see you guys I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day and I miss you a little bit but not not this anyways have a great one God bless you all thank you the next represent S I want to thank you also for the time you did serving on City Council you did a great job and uh we thank you for all you did and U continue to advocate for our community and it's something you like and and you believe in and you did that while you were sitting up there and you continue to do that so thank you very much the next speaker is Ben evalon followed by Laura Houston good morning sir you have three minutes I see you again sir thank you thank you good morning mayor City Representatives City uh city manager and Pablo and Ben it's great to see all of you let me get this I'm so happy to see everyone here addressing the needs of the community my name is Ben aalos I have spent my entire career teaching El Paso children and adults the enjoyment and benefits of physical activity the joy of play through activities such as games and sports is an an important part of our quality of life El Paso is my home I appreciate everything that the city leaders have provided to the community from beautiful Parks walking trails splash pads playgrounds recreation centers and swimming pools thank you so much the pickleball community in El Paso is growing so quickly from a handful of players 10 years ago to hundreds of players to now thousands of local players they're looking for places to play at Rec Centers and local parks works the need for outdoor dedicated pickup off facilities with lights parking seating Shade Wind screens restrooms is higher than ever the highest concentration of players is in Northeast and Westside uh Northeast has beautiful Parks Veterans Park off Salem Drive nation's Tobin Park off Railroad Drive these locations have adequate space for pickle ball complexes we would love to work with you to create a beautiful facility in our Northeast West Side um these are there are a lot of critical elements that need to be considered when designing and building a pickle ball facility such as safety location of the homes nearby because of the sound of the ball plain surfaces the wind effects on the ball and handicap accessibility we are at your service and available I've been waiting for this for 44 years since I had my first pickle ball ball court in El Paso on my driveway on Moonlight Street in northeast El Paso in 1980 let's get this done thank you very much thank you sir and the final speaker is Laura Houston good morning you have three minutes good morning hi good morning Laura Houston um just expanding on what Jamie Fischer and Ben anelos also said so we're a diverse city right we have um mountains at divider City in a valley East West and and Central um East we have uh is covered by the beast that's going to be eight facility Court awesome um Central we have a scar uh Four Courts hopeful expansion to another four total of eight relatively possible um west side and or Northeast right so 40 to 45% of the current pickle ball PLO players um are district one or District 8 which is West Side um and so thinking of adding to Mary Francis Keesler U plan um supporting that project would be a Westside location and also Northeast like uh Ben avalo said thanks so much thank you very much thank you all for again being here um I know um this is a passion for you all and and also a quality of life item and which is important in our community I did do some research for you also I know that the game has become very popular around the world but uh it will not appear in the 2028 Olympics where you aware of that sorry yep because all the games all the sports that are going to be played in the 28 Olympics have already been picked and for it to become a game and a sport in the Olympics for men you have to have 75 countries and four continents that have the game and are going into the Olympics for women it's 40 countries and three continents so it looks like it's going to be maybe in 32 but everything I've read says most likely it's going to be 2036 so just a little point of tidbit information that I had for yall well if they have a meeting in town we'll be there so now it gives us all time to prepare and get ready that's so I know that uh I did see on Friday repent mullar uh was in shorts and I asked him where he was going and he said he was on his way to play pickle ball so said molar well get used to it anyways good morning mayor thank you very much for that tidbit of information about pickle ball at the Olympics uh I'd call you Mr Google or Mr encyclopedia I'm not really sure but thank you mayor so uh Mr to every Miss Deion Mack the city manager Madam City attorney thank you very much for bringing this presentation forward to us I know we have 120 days to do it before that but this is a start and I'm very happy and proud to see this uh a couple of things I would be sure to make sure um Veterans Park that we take a good look at that for the indoor as well and I know that's already listed uh we had District 4 we also have surlan Park which is further up over there by um angor Loop and so we need to consider that as well Arlington Park on Pasadena Circle uh Great Park great location there's different things happening in that community Comm but we need to consider that as well the skyline Optimus Park as well so those are the parks that I'm going to say that have a lot of potential for pickle ball and just something to look at Mr cabayo um I was going to ask you sir Mr cavayero have we considered any other type of collaboration with the independent school districts for example op Paso I know there's nine school districts here in El Paso but uh let's just say sooro East Lea El Paso that we can combine forces to make something like this happen do you know we haven't approached them sir even though we have an agreement with most of the school districts uh we can approach them to see what they think about because I can tell you back in the day um Mr Ben aalos would play pickle ball there at Whitaker Elementary School in Rutherford I don't know if you remember those days been or not but I do and so um I lost to I'm not sure if she's here anymore former city representative cisa she's still here no anyways I thank her for coming out today giving up her time I know she served our community very well while she was up here and it's great to see her involved and so when she talks about her Encore years you know we we got to continue there's just no stopping if you think about that and um I want to be sure that uh and Miss Carla Nan I just want to be sure I want to uh when I introduced about up to $5,000 in my discretionary funds cuz I know there's going to be a lame duck period here but I just want to be sure if the timing is correct so I'll get with Parks and Recreation so that can become a reality as well thank you sir okay all right well thank you very much I do appreciate everyone's time for coming out thank you thank you again and um again I want to thank you all for being here and you know with your passion will continue to grow together and I think that's really really important that um you continue to support and we'll continue to support you so thank you all and um I do want to thank Pablo and the city for like I said we had U four months and we and you know they've been working on immediately and and U ready to to move forward in it so thank you again representative FAL thank you mayor um question for the city manager so when we get this presentation in a couple months or whenever the date is there's going to be a financial path also a recommendation yeah there is I think the the important thing right now is really two different things that come out of this is to really start honing in and understanding and detailing the site plan throughout the city and then a responsible funding path for how we may get there going into the future just want to tell the pickle ball community members that are here that we certainly think a big part of doing the the refinement of the site plan is going to be the Outreach for the folks that are playing but I also want to look at this not just from where we are now in terms of where the density is in El Paso but as this sport grows you don't want to necessarily build for what's just for today but looking across from an accessibility standpoint within El Paso growing into this into the future too and that'll be a part of it as well now C this will be before your lame duck period correct well I don't know if I have one thank you representative Retta thank you mayor thank you for a great presentation there Mr Pablo appreciate you coming out here and the support that they have you know it's all over the place uh it's all over the world we I've seen some top-notch pickle board courts uh private companies I don't know if you have visited those and Phoenix and Dallas they're building one and uh that's Peaks F passo if we can get up there and get you guys playing out there for the natural National Championship uh that'll be great uh I believe I believe I I want to commend uh representative mulina stole a page from my book here and and dedicating some funds from discretionary funds and I I have sat up here and said we can help our own districts that way when if we do have the funds available to assist and I would like to also get with you on at least one of my parks and I and you know maybe we can work together on that and find out how far we can get for that sir thank you what I am talk did y'all hear where were you all hearing that I think they heard him okay yeah I think so too so uh exactly and you know that's that that speaks forms for us as Representatives we we uh take an extra consideration on our district I know we do I'm not saying that we don't I said but it'll be a lot better if we can do those things and uh for our community and our constituents want to we want to keep them active and uh I know I had my staff invite my I'm sorry I had the staff from Power I'll invite you all to P I don't know if you check those out but let me see you guys out there and use make use of those too okay thank you all very much thank you sir and thank you may thank you thank you all and I do want to remind everyone that today we have sylvion on Recreation Center we'll have our fourth final public uh ability and I'd like to hopefully see all of you all go there it's at uh 709 Lal l Drive Lita Lita Drive Lita Drive 79907 530 it's a meet and greet and I I'd also like to invite you down there please go down there and meet these great candidates that we have and uh if you don't well then I'll 709 Lita kiding all right thank you all and again I'd like to see all of you there it's important and U and the ones that did show up that I got to talk to you all thank you for being there I do appreciate that and I see quite a few of you all that did show up so thank you and with that Miss PR is there a motion to retire into executive session there's a motion in a second to retire into executive session all in favor anyone opposed and the city council of the city of Al Paso May retiring to Executive session pursuant to section 3.5a of the El Paso City Charter and the Texas government code chapter 551 sub chapter D to discuss any of the following executive session item one Joseph pickup versus city of Al Paso 384th District Court cause number 2020 dcv 3514 under 551.071 executive session item two Martinez Brothers Contractors LLC versus city of Al Paso cause number 2023 dcv 1661 120th District Court under 551.071 executive session item three aerial Pettis at all versus bowling Enterprises limited Northtown Village joint venture and CA Engineering Group Inc 2023 DCB 2046 HQ 426 under under 551.071 executive session item four application of Al Paso Electric Company for an economic development rate for a new data center to be located in Al Paso Texas HQ number utility-mud on economic development opportunities in downtown El Paso HQ number 24- 3197 under 51.08361 point72 these matters are taken into executive session under 551.071 consultation with attorney 551.071 deliberation regarding real property and 55 1.08 7 deliberation regarding Economic Development negotiations it is 9:47 a.m. remember the first joke I told you when I met you remember set te he's here he's right there are did give me a yes no how are you good to see you that's right meet you nice to meet you hey good to see you good to see you too were we Crossing each other the other day on the street yes and want to I know I was on the phone and like she looks familiar I was like I was going to holler at you like no he probably doesn't remember me it's okay I remember but it took a minute kinding the conversation right okay e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e we have a motion in a second to return Miss PR yes there's a motion in a second to come out of executive session all in favor I anyone opposed the work session is back in session at 11:19 a.m. mayor protm ex1 no and ex1 for the record was not briefed today in executive session ex2 no action thank you EX3 no action thank you EX4 motion made seconded and carried that the City attorney in consultation with the city manager be authorized to retain outside Council any other and any other necessary consultants and to suspend the implementation of El Paso Electric's proposed rates schedule number 33- and 33-bus rates for an additional 90 days after the effective date and to file an intervention in the application of El Paso Electric Company for an economic development rate for a new data center to be located in El Paso Texas filed on August 1 2024 under the Texas Public Utility Commission docket number 5693 in the matter number utility -52 and to take all steps necessary including the execution of any required documents in order to effectuate this Authority second there's a motion made and read into the record by mayor protim Kennedy seconded by alternate mayor protim olard I think I have representative as I'm not sure oh just wanted to say for the record that I got $750 from the El Paso Electric employee pack do you have to disclose it every time an item or once you disclose it you do okay I just want to make sure because she does that every time can I can this one count for the next one or do you want me to say it on the next one too do it again you can also note it for ex5 okay thank you on that motion call for the vote voting s is open representative Federal I thank you and the voting session and that motion passes unanimously ex5 motion made seconded and carried that the City attorney in consultation with the city manager be authorized to retain outside counsel and any other necessary consultants in the application of El Paso Electric Company for approval of a military res resiliency Services tariff submitted on July 12 2024 to the city of El Paso in matter number utility -51 and to take all steps necessary including the execution of any required documents in order to effectuate that Authority second there's a motion made and read into the record by mayor protim Kennedy seconded by alternate mayor protim molat with representative A's notation that he received $750 from the Alp Paso Electric pack employees on that motion call for the vote representative Federal hi thank you and the voting session and that motion passes unanimously ex6 no action thank you ex7 no action thank you motion second there's a motion and a second to adjourn the work session all in favor I anyone opposed and the work session for Monday August 12th 2024 is adjourned at 11:23 a.m. thank you Council n thank you