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May 2021 City Manager's Report MAY 2021 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT WWW.GALVESTONTX.GOV/CITYMANAGERSREPORT A MESSAGE FROM OUR CITY MANAGER The Scholes International Airport, which was built completed and a few left to go. All documents in 1912, is ushering in a new era. provided so far are available online at https:// The City of Galveston has been working on a galveston.airportstudy.net/master-plan-docu- master plan for the municipal airport, which will ments/.There are several opportunities to weigh be executed over the next five, 10 and 20 years. in on the master plan and business plan. Visit Experts are looking at how to meet future avia- https://www.galvestonairport.com/master-plan tion demands and analyzing the infrastructure at to see a schedule of public meetings and how to the airport necessary to meet that demand. The get in contact. City of Galveston hired Coffman Associates, an The Galveston City Council will discuss the aviation consulting firm to undertake the study master plan during a special meeting scheduled and appointed a stakeholder committee to serve for Thursday, July 8 at City Hall at 9 a.m. as the advisory board to the master plan. The master plan looks at organization and structure, Please take a few moments to read through existing conditions, aviation demand forecasts, this month’s City Manager’s Report to learn facility requirements, airport plans and land use, about other intiativess at the City of Gal- and financial management. The last master plan veston and for a preview of what’s to come. was completed in 2005. Sincerely, The master plan is ongoing with portions Brian Maxwell TABLE OF CONTENTS 04 CITY MARSHAL 05 COMMUNITY OUTREACH 07 CONSTRUCTION 09 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 10 ENGINEERING 14 FACILITIES 15 FINANCE 19 FIRE DEPARTMENT/EM 20 FLEET FACILITIES 21 GRANTS AND HOUSING 23 HUMAN RESOURCES 25 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 27 ISLAND TRANSIT 28 PARKS AND RECREATION 31 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 33 POLICE DEPARTMENT 34 PUBLIC WORKS 37 SCHOLES AIRPORT LAST MONTH’S CITY MARSHAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS • We are currently still accepting applications for Deputy Marshal. • We had an increase of Golf Cart permits re- quested this month total of 275 were issued and not in total are rejected applications that may still be in the process. • 5 -Public Nuisances were abated. • 36 -Court cases heard in Municipal Court • 6 -Housing Abatement cases heard in Munic- ipal Court • 196 -Complaints received • 32 -Complaint based cases • 442 -Self-initiated cases • 1032 -Total investigations • 35 -Vehicles Towed • 103 -Vehicles were Red Tagged • 0 -Cleared Warrants UPCOMING PROJECTS • We will have Staff members to assist during the July 4th event VIEW REPORTS Click to view code enforcement report City parking report Park Board parking report 4 Go back to Table of Contents COMMUNITY OUTREACH LAST MONTH’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Informed the public about City events, outreach & campaigns via social media, press releases and website. This included responding to media requests and updating the city website • Created daily content for city social media channels to inform the public about city-related events • Produced and edited 6 videos and 24 press/community releases • Prepared the City Manager’s Report • Worked with special event organizers for permitting of events • Helped promote the hurricane preparedness fair • Designed two ads for The Daily News regarding hurricane awareness and the Citizen of the Year • Worked with Municipal Services to promote the anti-FOG campaign • Prepared safety awareness campaign for residents, visitors for Memorial Day • Partnered with HR to better advertise positions • Completed training for new emergency alert system UPCOMING PROJECTS • Working on a series of videos highlighting Juneteenth and its history in Galveston • Training for FEMA PAWS system emergency alerts • Rollout of AudioEye on website • Continue normal operations 5 Go back to Table of Contents LAST MONTH’S VIDEOS • Recycling Part II • Employee Spotlight: John Pride • Mother’s Day • Stop FOG in Galveston • Requirements to become a firefighter • Employee Spotlight: Drainage SPECIAL EVENTS LAST MONTH’S UPCOMING ACCOMPLISHMENTS PROJECTS • 25th Annual Grand Kids Festival • Flamingo Fest Golf Cart Parade • Wild Game Championship • Juneteenth Absolute Equality • Galveston Island Market • Juneteenth Parade and Picnic • Ride Out Galveston (bike ride) LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS VIEW • Legislative Report May 2 REPORTS • Legislative Report May 9 • Legislative Report May 25 6 Go back to Table of Contents LAST MONTH’S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Continue instructional YouTube project for Accela Citizen Access. • Start the transition to the 2021 Code Chang- es. • Ricardo Lopez earned his Commercial Elec- trical Inspector Certification and is now a Commercial Combination Inspector. UPCOMING PROJECTS • Continue the transition to the 2021 Code Change • Continue instructional YouTube project for Accela 7 Go back to Table of Contents ENGINEERING LAST MONTH’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Grants Engineering: tomate workflows, and deploy new processes • a. 14th Street Stormwater PS 100% Design completed (De- • I. Consultant design documents being shared for interdepart- sign & Construction $35M) mental simultaneous review through Adobe Cloud. • b. South Shores Stormwater PS Grant (Design & Construc- • Engineering Permits: tion $57M)-Design RFQ Phase • a) Providing guidance to developers at Pre-development meet- • Process Streamlining: ings related to design/capacity. • A. Engineering, Utilities and Public Works Staff to the plans • b) Residential and Commercial Building Permits in hand site walkthrough for the entire project footprint • c) Subdivision water, sewer, roads, drainage and ADA, Infrastruc- during the Design Phase-Implemented on 14th Street PS, 37th ture Permits, 2-year Maintenance and Final Approval Street, Airport PS Tank #2 Design, 10 Mile Rd EST, Avenue S, • d) Utility (5G/4G, Electrical, Gas, fiber optic) and Geotechnical/ and 23rd Street Projects. Environmental Boring Permits • B. Consultant pre-qualified by City Council for Subsurface • e) Fill permits Utility Engineering (SUE) for all design projects to establish • f) Culvert survey construction staking and permits consistency. SUE NTP for 10 Mile Rd EST in process. • g) ROW Construction RR crossings, sidewalk, driveway, ADA per- • C. Water, Wastewater and Drainage modeling developed in- mits house to evaluate capacity for upcoming developments • h) Parking & Address Permits • D. Adding traffic bulb-outs in streets design to address • i) Temporary License to use (TLTUs) transitions with bridge blocks removal • j) Water, sewer and drainage capacity analysis for develop- • E. Permits: Public Utility Tie-ins ROW, Telecommunications ments, and fire hydrant flow testing capacity and water distribu- 4G/5G, Culvert now in Accela tion pressure calculations for fire sprinkler design • F. Storm, Sanitary, Water Infrastructure Specifications & • k) Municipal Settings Designation (MSDs) Design Details being upgraded for Long-term sustainability • l) Customer communication and engineering support to Code • G. Future Masterplans to include condition, capacity & 30% Enforcement, Planning, Building Official, and Fire Marshal design to expedite construction • Recurrent Engineering Tasks: • H. Smartsheets software for collaboration and work man- • a) AutoCAD Inhouse Designs, Preparation of new Standard In- agement, to assign tasks, track project progress, automate frastructure Design Detail Plans and Specifications, Drafting of triggers for sending scheduled deadline emails, manage cal- Design Manual, Preparation of AutoCAD Drainage Plan go-bies for endars, share documents, and report on work in real time, au- consistency with Drainage Criteria 8 Go back to Table of Contents ENGINEERING • b) Open Records Request Physical Search of Engineering Docu- 4332-024 - 100% design completed ments, Scanning As-Builts to pdf, and completion of Open Record • 23rd Street Reconstruction from Broadway to Seawall - 100% As-built Requests design in progress • c) Plats/Replats, ROW & Alley/Easements abandonment requests • Avenue S Reconstruction from 53rd to Seawall - 100% design review, property and ROW topographic surveys, GPS in progress • d) Engineering Traffic Control Plans for Special Events and Com- • New 7 MG (AWC to increase from 5.4 to 7 MGD) Ground Storage munication with TXDOT for Approval Tank #2 at Airport Pump Station — 100% Design in Progress • e) RFP/Bid package preparation with front end documents, plans, • 2.5 Million Gallon, 10 Mile Road Elevated Storage Tank – 100% bid forms and specification books to complete pre-purchasing Design in Progress packages in one department • Wright Cindy Recreation Center Improvements Designed in- • f) Roads, Drainage, Water, Sewer, Traffic & Facilities CIP Project house Phases: • Menard Park Improvements Designed in-house • CIP Projects in Proposal/Planning Phase: • Bernard Davis Stadium Improvements Designed in-house • Island-wide Drainage Plan and Drainage Fee • Jones and Shields Park Improvements Designed in-house • 33rd, 75th & 89th Seawall Intersection Traffic Design-Proposal to • Citywide Priority #1 Lift Stations Upgrade Design— 100% De- City Council in July sign Completed • 59th Street Pump Station Tanks Rehabilitation Preliminary Engi- • Projects in Pre-Bid Advertisement Phase neering (PER)/Feasibility Study • Citywide Priority #2 Lift Stations Upgrade Design • 36” Old Causeway-RR Bridge Waterline Rehabilitation PER • Pirates Beach WWTP 100% Design completed and awaiting • Port Outfalls Repair and Upgrade to
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