RECORD WHEN YOU'RE READY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANIEL SUBER AND I'M THE
[Public Hearing on February 5, 2026.]
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR HERE WITH THE CITY OF ALVARADO. AND TONIGHT WE'RE HERE FOR A PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE DANIELLE LEWIS WITH GRANTWORKS, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. ALSO HERE IS GUS CHAVARRIA, AND HE IS OUR CITY ENGINEER. JUST IN CASE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS AT THE END. DANIELLE, YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE Y'ALL, THE CITY OF ALVARADO, FOR GETTING THIS GRANT. IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GOOD PROJECT DONE. AND I'LL JUST GO OVER BUDGET ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND THEN KIND OF WHAT THE TIMELINE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THIS GRANT. SO THE GRANT IS $750,000, PLUS A $75,000 MATCH THAT WILL COME FROM THE CITY THAT WAS BASED ON A POPULATION SIZE, WHICH WAS OVER 5001 PEOPLE. SO THAT CALLED FOR A 10% MATCH, WHICH IS ABOUT $75,000, FOR A TOTAL OF $825,000. A FEW FEES THAT WILL COME OUT ARE ENGINEERING FEES. $85,000 CAN COME OUT OF THE GRANT MONEY FOR THAT. IF THE ENGINEER DECIDES TO CHARGE MORE THAN THAT, THAT WILL COME OUT OF YOUR MATCH MONEY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WILL NEGOTIATE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ENGINEERING FIRM. SIX ABOUT $60,000 PLUS OR -5 OR $6000 FOR ADMINISTRATION, FOR A TOTAL OF 680,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT WILL BE USED ON THE PROJECT THAT Y'ALL CHOOSE. AND THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT CAN BE COMPLETED HERE IS GOING TO BE A STREET PROJECT.THAT IS WHAT THE CITY COMMITTED TO IN THEIR PHASE ONE RESOLUTION. AND WITH THE TDA, REQUIRES COMPLETE REHABILITATION OF A STREET. SO DOWN TO THE SUBGRADE, UP TO THE PAVEMENT AND THAT CAN INCLUDE STREET SIDE DRAINAGE. OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT THAT STREET TO GET RUINED BY ANYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH HERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A HEAVY RAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO OF COURSE WE CAN WORK ON DRAINAGE. AND AS FOR THE TIMELINE, WE DON'T HAVE AN APP GUIDE YET, AN APPLICATION GUIDE. BUT LAST YEAR'S TIMELINE KIND OF LOOKED LIKE THE APPLICATION WAS DUE IN JUNE AND THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. AND WE TURNED IN OUR PROJECT AT THAT TIME. AND CONTRACTS STARTED FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. SO I ASSUME THAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME CONTRACT START EARLY 2027. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I DO NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYONE THAT COMES IN THE DOOR AND IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE GRANT. AND SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT OPEN. DO Y'ALL HAVE PEOPLE LIKE LIVE STREAM THIS OR IS IT OKAY? LET'S JUST. DO THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD. WE WERE GOING TO. I WAS GOING TO BE DOING MORE AFTER THE SUN. COMES BACK. OKAY. 3482. SO THAT IS MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I WAS AND I WAS, I
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WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, I, I STARTED THAT. THIS YEAR BECAUSE. SO. LA LA LA THERE IS A LOT THAT I DO KNOW. I YOU FOR COMING TO THIS FOR THIS. OKAY. SO ONE OF OUR MAIN STREET IS 437. AND THE PEOPLE AROUND US IN THERE AND. AS YOU ALL THOSE OF YOU THAT. ARE. FIRST, THERE IS NO ACCIDENT. IN THE CITY OF. IN THE FIRST MONTH OF LIFE, I WAS PRETTY SURE. THAT PEOPLE WERE CRYING BECAUSE YOU. IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU KNOW. BUT I THINK. WHAT WE DO IS KIND OF LIKE. YEAH, OKAY, HOW DO NOT YOU KNOW? AND SO, YEAH. AND. SO IF YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, I CAN DO. IT WOULD. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO YEAH. ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU GO OUT. AND YOU. JUST. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. I SHOULD. SAY, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW.THAT YOU'RE. YEAH. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS IS. ONE OF THE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MESSAGES, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.