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[I. Call Meeting to Order]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.MY NAME IS MAYOR BABA, PAT MITCHELL.
AND THE DATE IS TUESDAY, MAY THE FOURTH.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR.
BOBA FETT MITCHELL PRESENT EMPEROR PALPATINE, COACH MAYOR PRO SIFT.
LORD HEAR YODA, ELLISON, PRINCESS LEIA FLORES, KALE HERE.
WOULD WE ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
UM, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT MINUTES.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
UH, FIRST UP IS THE MINUTES IT'S BEEN MOTION BY MR. ELLISON, SECONDED BY MR. COACH.IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[III. City Manager's Report]
NOW WE'RE AT CITY MANAGER'S REPORT MAYOR BULLA MITCHELL.I AM SCOTT SOLO FOR THE RECORD
SEVERAL ITEMS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF.
UH, WE HAD A BUDGET RETREAT THIS LAST SATURDAY AND, UH, THE BUDGET CALENDAR AS THE NEXT SEVERAL STEPS WITHIN THAT BUDGET PROCESS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN, BUT THANKS TO THE, UM, THE COUNCIL FOR MAKING THAT A GREAT DAY AND THANKS FOR THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR INPUT.
COVID-19 TESTING IN VACCINE UPDATE, UH, THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING.
YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON KYLE CITY OF KYLE.COM/COVID.
WE DO HAVE A MASS VACCINATION EVENT, WHICH WE ARE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD THAT IS MAY 16TH.
SO IT'S COMING UP VERY SOON AT LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL FROM EIGHT TO 5:00 PM.
THIS IS, UH, A DRIVE-THROUGH CLINIC.
SO NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY.
UH, THE, UH, NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE THERE THROUGH FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON TO BE ADMINISTERING THOSE VACCINATIONS, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TIME SLOTS THAT YOU CAN ALSO VOLUNTEER FOR A MORNING AND AN AFTERNOON SLOT.
UH, SO PLEASE, UH, IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL PLUG YOU INTO THAT EVENT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER GREAT EVENTS, MASS FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UH, IS COMING UP SATURDAY, MAY 22ND FROM NINE TO 12, AND THEN SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, FROM EIGHT TO 11.
UH, THOSE WILL BOTH BE DONE AT THE HAYES ACC HAYS CAMPUS.
AND AGAIN, AS USUAL VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED, OUR MARKET DAYS KICKS OFF VERY SOON.
UH, THIS WIND, THE LOCATION, UH, FOR THIS MARKETPLACE OR THIS MARKET DAYS IS AT, UH, GREG CLARK PARK AND THAT'S FROM NINE TO NOON AND YOU'LL SEE LOCAL VENDORS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, FARM TO MARKET ITEMS, LIVE MUSIC, AND MORE JUST
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WANT TO CONFIRM THAT'S GREG CLARK PART, CORRECT AT THIS TIME.AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT USUALLY IT'S ON THE SQUARE.
SO THIS, THIS TIME JUST BE AWARE IT'S AT THE GREAT CLARK PARK THIS SATURDAY.
UH, WE HAVE OUR NEXT FAMILY SKATE NIGHT AT THE ASPECT MILLION COMING UP FRIDAY, MAY 21ST FROM FIVE 30 TO 8:00 PM AT THE CITY OF KYLE.COM/RECREATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION THERE, WE HAD A GREAT EVENT LAST TIME AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SKATE WITH US.
UH, WE HAVE A, A ROUTINE OR A CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE CALLING THE 9:00 PM ROUTINE CAMPAIGN.
AND WE'VE SEEN JUST LIKE OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO OUR TOWN AND CHECKS, CHECK OUR DOORS FOR OUR VEHICLES AT NIGHT IN THE, IN THE STREETS AS THEY'RE PARKED.
UH, WE ARE REMINDING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO REMOVE LOCK AND LIGHT.
SO REMOVE ALL VALUABLES FROM YOUR CAR, LOCKED, YOUR CAR, WINDOWS, DOORS, AND GARAGE AND LIGHT.
THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR HOUSE JUST TAKES A FEW MINUTES, BUT, UH, THIS IS A CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN TO HELP US PREVENT ANY SORT OF BURGLARIES.
WE HAD A GREAT SYSTEM, UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM UPGRADE AND KUDOS TO THE FINANCE STAFF FOR, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE HAVE A NEW, MUCH MORE USER-FRIENDLY CUSTOMER SERVICE PORTAL.
UH, JUST KEEP IN MIND FOR ANYONE WHO HAD A, UH, AUTOMATIC BILL PAY SET UP THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO GO IN AND REESTABLISH THAT WITH, WITH THEIR CREDIT CARD OR OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
OUR LIBRARY HAS A NEW HOURS AS OF MAY 1ST, YOU'LL SEE IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING FROM 10 TO 8:00 PM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 10 TO SIX, FRIDAY AND 10 TO 4:00 PM ON SATURDAYS.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM JUST TO MAKE, MAKE YOU AWARE OF, UH, JULY 4TH, INDEPENDENCE DAY IS COMING UP HERE IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND WE ARE STARTING TO PREPARE FOR THAT FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE IS WE USUALLY DO EACH YEAR IS AT WHAT LEVEL SHOULD WE STAFF UP? ARE WE ANTICIPATING A, A VERY HEAVY INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHICH WOULD BRING OUT ALL OF OUR, UH, PLEASE PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS EMPLOYEES, UH, FOR THAT WE'LL, WE TYPICALLY WILL PAY THEM OVERTIME FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE PLAN TO STAFF UP FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY.
BUT, UH, IF COUNCIL HAS ANOTHER IDEA OF THE TURNOUT FOR THIS YEAR, THEN LET US KNOW.
AND WE'LL WE'LL SCALE THAT BACK, BUT WE PLAN ON DOING AN ALL HANDS INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS.
THANK YOU, MR. HAN SOLO SELLERS.
[6. Recognition of Star Wars Day. ~ Scott Solo, Millennium Falcon Manager; Mayor Boba Fett Mitchell; Emperor Palpatine Koch, Mayor Pro-Sith Lord; Yoda Ellison; Princess Leia Flores-Cale; Darth Rizo Vader; Ashlee Rey Bradshaw; and K250 Tobias]
NEXT UP IS OUR FIRST, UH, ONE OF A KIND MAY THE FOURTH STAR WARS DAY PROCLAMATION.WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO READ.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LOOK, SO HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS AND OTHERS.
WE, UH, SPENT THE DAY, WE WENT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND GOT TO WAVE IT, UH, CHILDREN AS THEY SHOWED UP AND TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, GIVING CANDIES AND SNACKS TO SOME OF THE TEACHERS AS WELL.
WE ENJOY NOT TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY FROM TIME TO TIME.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH US.
WHAT TIME IS IT? IT'S 10 AFTER.
SO WE'LL TAKE A RECESS FOR 10 MINUTES, UH, WHERE WE CAN COME DOWN AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS.
WE'LL MAKE IT 15 ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE NEED TO CHANGE, UH, TO COME BACK FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE AT RECESS AND Y'ALL FEEL FREE TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO WITNESSED THAT FOR ENDURING? THAT THAT WAS FUN.
[7. Air Quality Awareness week, May 3-7. ~ Robert Rizo, Council Member]
NUMBER SEVEN, UH, PRESENTATION AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK.UH, THIS IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER
I THINK HE'S ASKED CUSTOMER FLOORS KILLED REDIS ITEMS. OKAY.
WHEREAS AIR QUALITY CAN THREATEN OUR ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
AND WHEREAS AIR POLLUTION LEVELS IN CENTRAL TEXAS WERE CONSIDERED MODERATE OR WORSE ON 34% OF DAYS IN 2020, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL AIR QUALITY INDEX.
AND WHEREAS CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE AND PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY POOR AIR QUALITY AND MAKEUP ABOUT TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE RESIDENTS IN THE CAP KG REGION.
AND WHEREAS GROUND-LEVEL OZONE OH THREE LEVELS IN THE AUSTIN ROUNDROCK GEORGETOWN METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.
THEY MAY SAY REMAIN CLOSE TO EXCEEDING THE OH THREE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD.
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IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NAA, Q S IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO FOR THE REGION'S ECONOMY AND ABILITY TO CONDUCT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.AND WHEREAS THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DESIGNATED MAY 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2021 AS NATIONAL AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF KYLE SUPPORTS EFFORT OF THE TEXAS CENTRAL TEXAS CLEAN AIR COALITION AND THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO PROMOTE AIR QUALITY.
NOW, THEREFORE BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT TWO OF KYLE CITY COUNCIL, ARE YOU YVONNE KALE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MAY 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2021 IS RECOGNIZED AS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK.
THE CITY OF CARLA ENCOURAGES OUR RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT AIR QUALITY, INCLUDING VISITING CAP COGS AIR CENTRAL TEXAS WEBSITE AT AIR CENTRAL, TEXAS.ORG AND PROMOTE AIR QUALITY AND AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
KAYLA'S ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AS WARMER TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL TEXAS SIGNAL AT THE BEGINNING OF WHEN YOU OZONE SEASON MAY 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH IS ALSO AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK NINE SIMPLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO HELP KEEP CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE AIR QUALITY AND AN EPA ATTAINMENT, ESPECIALLY ON OZONE ACTION DAYS INCLUDE BE AWARE OF OZONE ACTION DAYS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
IF YOU AREN'T A SENSE OF GROUP, SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THEM@WWCLEANAIRFORCE.ORG, REEFER.
NUMBER TWO, REFRAME FROM BURNING ANYTHING BECAUSE IT RELEASES GASES AND PARTICULATES THAT CAN BE CONTRIBUTE TO POOR AIR QUALITY, QUALITY REPLACE OLDER GAS BURNING VEHICLES.
WHEN YOU WERE ONCE OR PURCHASE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR A HYBRID VEHICLE.
NUMBER FOUR, REDUCE EILEEN VEHICLES AT SCHOOLS AND DRIVE THROUGH LANES AND ENCOURAGE DELIVERY TRUCKS TO TURN OFF THEIR ENGINES WHEN POSSIBLE TELECOMMUTE OR AVOID COMMUTING DURING RUSH HOUR, USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, CARPOOLS SHARE A RIDE AND COMBINE MULTIPLE CAR TRIPS AND ONE SEVEN CONSIDER WALKING OR BIKING INSTEAD OF USING GASOLINE OR DIESEL FUELED ENGINES, EIGHT FUEL VEHICLES IN THE EVENING, AND AVOID TOPPING OFF THE TANK.
NUMBER NINE, REDUCE YOUR OVERALL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IF POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR TAKING INITIATIVE AND PASSING A NO BURN ORDINANCE HERE AT THE CITY OF KYLE, WHICH HELPS KEEP OUR AIR QUALITY CLEAN FOR THOSE THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE FOR EVERYONE.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[8. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Proclamation. ~ Dex Ellison, Council Member]
UP ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION CUSTOMER ALISON.UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.
I HAVE THE HONOR TO BRING FORWARD, UH, ONE OF OUR GREAT EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, UH, MS. DANIELLE, SHE WORKS IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
UM, SHE APPROACHED ME A FEW MONTHS BACK AFTER OUR DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS IN FEBRUARY THAT WE DID AND A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT EVENT WAS FAMILY.
AND, UH, DANIELLE APPROACHED ME AND, UH, AND TOLD ME ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT EVENT TOUCHED HER AND MADE HER DO SOME HER OWN INTERNAL THINKING AND WANTING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HER FAMILY AND HER HERITAGE.
AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, DOING THIS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL.
AND I WILL STATE THAT DANIELLE WROTE THIS ENTIRE PROCLAMATION HERSELF, AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER FOR DOING THAT.
WHEREAS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH STARTED AS A COMMEMORATIVE OCCASION THAT BROADLY APPLIES TO, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL OF THE ASIAN CONTINENT AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF MELANESIA, MICRONESIA AND POLYNESIA WITH VARIOUS OTHER ISLANDS INCLUDED, INCLUDING IN THAT.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THAT FOR YOU.
THE FIRST CELEBRATION ORIGINATED IN CONGRESS, THE 1977 BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANK HORTON OF NEW YORK AND REPRESENTATIVE NORMAN MONETTA OF CALIFORNIA.
THE PROCLAMATION WAS INTRODUCED WITH HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION FIVE 40, WHICH PROCLAIMED THE FIRST 10 DAYS IN MAY AS PACIFIC ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK.
DURING THE SAME YEAR, SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE INTRODUCED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION, 72 AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS, REP REPRESENTATIVE HORTON WENT BACK AND INTRODUCED HOW STRAIGHT RESOLUTION 1007 IN JUNE OF 1978.
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PROPOSED THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD PROCLAIM A WEEK DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS IN MAY OF 1979 AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK.THIS JOINT RESOLUTION WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ON OCTOBER 5TH, 1978 TO BECOME PUBLIC LAW 95 DASH FOUR 19.
AND WHEREAS OVER THE NEXT DECADE, PRESIDENTS PASSED ANNUAL PROCLAMATIONS FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK UNTIL 1991, CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW, ONE ZERO ONE DASH TWO 83, WHICH EXPANDED THE OBSERVANCE TO A MONTH.
FINALLY IN 1992, CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW, ONE ZERO TWO DASH FOUR 50, WHICH AN LINDA ANNUALLY DESIGNATED MAY AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WAS SIGNED BY GEORGE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE HW BUSH.
ALTHOUGH THE IDEA IS ATTRIBUTED TO ONE WOMAN, JEANIE JEW, MISS JEW IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN IMMIGRANT AND POINTED OUT THE LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ALL THAT THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MAY IS SIGNIFICANT AND WAS SELECTED.
AND IT IS AN AS IT COMMEMORATES THE FIRST IMMIGRATION BY THE JAPANESE IN 1843, AS WELL AS THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IN 1869, WHERE MOST OF THE WORKERS WERE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS FROM 1883 TO 1943, THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT AND LATER THE GEARY ACT CONTINUED TO BEAR ITS WEIGHT ON THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY BY STUDYING CAPS ON HOW MANY IMMIGRANTS COULD ENTER THE COUNTRY AND OUTLANDISH IDENTIFICATION REGULATIONS THAT IF NOT FOLLOWED, WOULD ENTER DEPORTATION.
THESE RACIALLY DRIVEN ACTS ONLY INTENSIFIED BIASES AND LED TO AN AWFUL EVENTS LIKE THE CHINESE MASSACRE OF 1871 AND THE SAN JOSE CHINATOWN FIRE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF KYLE ACKNOWLEDGES THESE PAST WRONGDOINGS ON THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN PEOPLE AND URGES ITS CITIZENS TO PRACTICE INCLUSIVITY.
THEY'RE CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY BY HONORING THEIR HISTORY PEOPLE AND CULTURE.
THEREFORE BE IT REAL CLAIMED BY THE CITY OF KYLE THAT THE MONTH OF MAY, 2021 SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS OF KYLE'S ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THOSE ACROSS THE NATION AND ITS HISTORY.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST A PERSONAL COMMENT.
UH, DEX ASKED ME TO DO THIS AND I'M VERY NERVOUS IF YOU CAN TELL.
UM, SO, UH, THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED, IMPACTED ALL OF OUR, OF HUMANITY, BUT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN POPULATION THROUGH ANTI-IMMIGRANT DISEASE RHETORIC.
THIS IS DISPLAYED THROUGH POLITICS AND KEY LEADERS FROM ALL FIELDS ADDRESSING THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC AND THE CHINESE AS THE CHINESE SLEW AND WU HAN VIRUSES USING SUCH RACIALLY CHARGED RHETORIC ONLY REINFORCES IGNORANT BEHAVIOR AND DIVIDES THE COUNTRY INTO THEM AND US MENTALITY.
THE TRUTH IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND HAS I THINK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS.
THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS COUNTRY AND DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED FOR IT.
I BELIEVE NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES.
AND REMEMBER THAT TOGETHER IS WHERE WE HARNESS OUR STRENGTH TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER AND MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF KYLE CITY COUNCIL AND SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMAN DEX, ELLA SANTA FOR FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUALLY REPRESENTED IT.
THAT WAS WELL WRITTEN MAYOR IF I MIGHT ADD, UH, DANIELLE IS VERY HUMBLE AND, UM, AND I KNOW SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS WRITING THIS.
SHE, SHE PUT THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HER SHOULDERS SAYS IT'S, THIS WAS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF HER COMFORT ZONE.
SHE SERVED IN OUR MILITARY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR HER TO HAVE STEPPED FORWARD AND DONE THIS.
UH, SHE HAS A GREAT LOVE FOR, UH, THIS COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE OF KYLE AND THE PEOPLE SHE WORKS WITH.
AND IT WAS CERTAINLY MY HONOR TO HELP SPONSOR THIS.
AND THAT HAS BEEN THE, A LARGE BREADTH OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE IN THESE DIALOGUES AND CONVERSATIONS AND BRINGING FORWARD PEOPLE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HEAR FROM.
AND SO, UH, I, I LOVE AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID.
I THINK THAT HER WORDS WERE SPOT ON AND THANK YOU, DANIELLE, FOR, FOR STEPPING OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND DOING THIS FOR US TODAY.
[9. National Economic Development Week Proclamation and Celebrating the 15-Year anniversary of the creation and impact of the Economic Development Department. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK PROCLAMATION AND CELEBRATING THE 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION AND IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.[00:20:01]
THE PROCLAMATION UNTIL THE END.WE GOT A PRESENTATION BY OUR ONE AND ONLY DIANA, GO AHEAD.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS PRESENTATION THROUGH SCREEN CENTRAL.
LET ME RINGCENTRAL, DO YOU WANT TO GET VICTORIA AND LAUREN IN? OH, THEY'RE COMING.
I'M DIANA TORRES DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RECORD.
UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO, UM, GO OVER SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UM, KIND OF UPDATE, NOT JUST THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY ON HOW DIFFERENT THE CITY OF KYLE IS NOW THAN IT WAS IN 2005.
YEAH, SO THE CITY OF KYLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN 2005 WAS A BEDROOM.
UH, THE CITY OF KYLE WAS A BEDROOM COMMUNITY AND IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAD GRANT GRANDER PLANS FOR ITSELF.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED THEN TO LEAD THE CHARGE IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION, TRANSITIONING TO A FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A BROAD FOCUS ON GROWING ALL AMENITIES, LOCAL AVAILABILITY OF GOODS AND SERVICES, DIVERSIFICATION OF HOUSING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS NOW MORE FOCUSED ON GROWING AND IMPROVING THE LOCAL ECOSYSTEM AND BUILDING ITS POSITION.
AS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, WE ARE WORKING TO BRIDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN KYLE'S POLO TALENT AND THE LACK OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND DIVERSIFYING THE TAX BASE TO SERVE A GROWING POPULATION.
THE VISION FOR THE CITY OF KYLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS.
I'M GOING TO THROW SOME NUMBERS AT YOU HERE THAT, UM, MAY BE SURPRISING TO SOME AND, UM, NOT TO OTHERS, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THEY'RE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
THAT'S THE GROWTH RATE OF THE CITY OF KYLE FROM 2000 TO 2015, 30%.
WE ARE ONLY 30% DEVELOPED OUT IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO IF WE THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE WE'RE GOING TO GROW IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO THINKING ABOUT IT AND THEY VERY SMART AND DILIGENT WAY IS, UM, THE REALLY SMART THING AND BEST THING TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AT 30% DEVELOPED PROPERTY, WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY AND ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF KYLE 800 9890% IS THE INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUES SINCE 2005.
I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME ONE OF MY VERY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT THEY HAD BROKEN A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR, AND NOW WE ARE AT A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH.
A THOUSAND PERCENT, A THOUSAND PERCENT IS THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FOR, TO THE CITY OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS.
SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE RAISING THE TAXES.
THAT JUST MEANS MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE BUILDING MORE HOUSES AND BUYING MORE HOUSES.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT 2 MILLION, WE HAVE TWO, 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MEDICAL FACILITIES, 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RETAIL FACILITIES AND 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ASCENSION SETON MEDICAL CENTER.
HAYS WAS THE CATALYST TO KYLE BECOMING A MEDICAL HUB FOR HAYES COUNTY IN THE SOUTH AUSTIN REGION.
WE HAVE GROWN FROM ONE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN IN 2005, JUST 12 YEARS AGO TO BECOMING A MAGNET FOR SPECIALTY CARE IN THE REGION.
AND THIS GROWING CLUSTER, THIS STATE OF THE ART FACILITY MADE GREAT STRIDES SINCE OPENING IN 2009 AND IS NOW PROVIDING LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CARE, HAD THE INAUGURAL OPEN HEART AND BRAIN SURGERIES.
AND HAYES COUNTY HAS A FIRST OF ITS KIND WELLNESS AND REHABILITATION CENTER OFFERING INNOVATIVE CARE, CLOSE TO HOME, AND AN EXPANDED MATERNITY UNIT THAT WAS NAMED BEST MATERNITY HOSPITALS IN 2021
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BY NEWSWEEK.THE HOSPITAL IS ALSO CURRENTLY UNDERGOING ANOTHER EXPANSION TO ADD TWO MORE ADDITIONAL OPERATING ROOMS AND CONTINUES TO PLAN FOR THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE GROWTH AND THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR HAS CREATED WELL OVER 2000 DIRECT MEDICAL JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE DOCS AND PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALISTS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 400, EXCUSE ME, 4,000 PLUS JOBS CREATED IN THE CITY THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OVER THAT TIMEFRAME, INCLUDING FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON, FEDEX AND LOWS.
SOME OTHER NOTABLE WINS OVER THIS TIME PERIOD IS A TRIPLE FREEPORT EXEMPTION THAT BEING PASSED WITHOUT THE TRIPLE TRIPLE FREEPORT EXEMPTION, THE INDUSTRIAL SPACE WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
AND WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE GREAT POSITION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WORKING WITH PROJECTS, WE HAVE STREAMLINED THE INCENTIVE AND APPLICATION SUBMITTAL PROCESS.
WE HAVE ENGAGED HAYES, CIS CISD, AND THE CTE PROGRAM AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS.
WE NOW HAVE LOCAL HIGHER EDUCATION.
WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER HIGHER HOW YOUR EDUCATION AND WE CREATED A BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM.
ACC IS A HUGE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ASSET IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT OPENED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER OF 2014 WITH A MAX CAPACITY OF 2000 STUDENTS.
THE DAY THE DOORS OPEN, IT HAD 1200 STUDENTS ENROLLED.
SO THEY QUICKLY MOVED ON TO THEIR PHASE TWO PLANS, WHICH THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SO SOON.
AND THE PHASE TWO PLANS OFFERED A, UM, UNIQUE FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINING CENTER THAT FACILITY IN KYLE OFFERS A BROAD SELECTION OF COLLEGE CLASSES FOR UNIVERSITY TRANSFER AND CAREER TRAINING.
CORE CURRICULUM CLASSES NEEDED TO EARN A COLLEGE DEGREE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS IN EMERGENCY EMERGING INDUSTRIES AND HIGH DEMAND CAREERS AND DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE READINESS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM WITH THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY CALLED PATHWAYS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT IT'S A GREAT ADVANTAGE TO US.
THIS OFFERS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THROUGH BOTH INSTITUTIONS AT ACC AND TEXAS STATE AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT YOU CAN BE ENROLLED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND BE GETTING CREDIT AT TEXAS STATE AT THE SAME TIME.
FIRST YEAR, STUDENTS CAN EVEN LIVE IN THE TEXAS STATE RESIDENCE HALLS.
THIS SAVES STUDENTS, TUITION HELPS THEM EARN THEIR DEGREES MORE QUICKLY AND IS A SEAMLESS TRANSITION TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
WE HAVE GONE FROM RECEIVING ONE TO TWO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS OR INFORMATION A WEEK TO ABOUT ONE OR TWO A DAY.
WE WERE MANAGING 10 20 ON A GOOD MONTH, UH, ECONOMIC DRAWING PROJECTS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE MANAGING OVER 65.
SO OUR ACTIVITY AND INTEREST IN THE CITY OF KYLE IS GREAT.
AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO COMING SOON, THE RESULTS TO THE TEXAS MBA CANDIDATE STUDY.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT.
CAUSE WE WERE KIND OF WAITING FOR THIS.
WE HAVE IT RECORDED THESE TEXAS STATE MBA CANDIDATES DID THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECT, ANALYZING THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF KYLE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS WHEN THEY PRESENTED IT, THEY DO IT IN A COMPETITION MANNER AND OUR TEAM WON.
UM, SO WE'LL BE SHARING ALL THAT WITH YOU.
THERE'S, UH, A VIDEO, A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO INCLUDED, UH, IN A LOT OF DATA.
WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ON THAT PROJECT.
THE NEXT THING IS, UH, OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW WEBSITE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SWITCH TO IT REAL QUICK.
SO THE NEW WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT, OH, THIS IS NOT WORKING WITH ME HERE.
THE NEW WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT DURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
I GUESS I NEED TO DO A STOP SHARE FIRST.
SO THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT DURING AN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
THE, UM, WORK ON THE BACKEND OR AN ON THE INTERIOR CONTENT IS STILL CONTINUING RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE'S THE SNEAK PEEK.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN SCROLL HERE FOR YOU YET.
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COMES TOGETHER, UM, IS ACTUALLY DIRECTLY TIED TO A QUOTE GIVEN BY AMAZON, REGARDING KYLE IN THE AREA.THEY SAID, IN ORDER FOR US TO LOCATE IN THAT AREA, THREE THINGS HAD TO COME TOGETHER, TALENTED, LOCAL WORKFORCE CON CUSTOMER DEMAND AND SUPPORT AND GOOD LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A VERY COMPELLING STATEMENT.
SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER ON THE VERY FRONT OF OUR WEBPAGE.
THESE TWO PHOTOS, IF YOU COULD SEE WHERE MY POINTER IS, THIS ONE, AND THIS ONE WILL BE ACTIVE VIDEOS.
SO WHEN IT BECOMES LIVE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON IT AND THEY'LL BECOME VIDEOS.
WHY KYLE WILL ALSO BE A VIDEO MORE THAN HOME.
SO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS HASHTAG NUMBER TWO, 2005.
EVERYONE THOUGHT OF US AS A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE MORE THAN HOME.
WE WANT OUR CITIZENS TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE MORE THAN HOME AND WE WANT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND INVESTMENT TO REALIZE WE ARE MORE THAN HOME.
AND TODAY WE ARE MORE THAN HOME.
IF WE KEEP SCROLLING DOWN HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE OPEN SPACE.
THESE WILL BE SOME OF THE REALLY, UM, HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TOOLS, BY COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR INVESTING IN THE, IN THE AREA AND BY, UM, SITE SELECTION CONSULTANTS.
THIS IS GONNA ZOOM IN TO BOUNCE INTO KYLE WHEN THIS GOES LIVE.
HERE'S SOME, JUST SOME OF THE ROUGH STATS.
AND THEN DOWN HERE IS WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WHILE.
YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PHOTO AND A GREAT COUPLE, A GREAT BUSINESS THERE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING ON TRYING TO GET TOGETHER.
STEP-BY-STEP VERY CLEARLY, HOW DO YOU OPEN A BUSINESS IN KYLE? WELL, NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FRONT AND CENTER ON OUR HOME PAGE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON START NOW.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT HOMEPAGE? NOPE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL AT THE PRESENTATION, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GO AWAY WITH IS THAT KYLE IS A MUCH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY NOW THAN IT WAS IN 2005.
AND IN DEVELOPMENT TERMS, IT HAS MOVED AT WORK, WORK SPEED.
UM, AND WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERED A BETTER COMMUNITY, UH, WE WERE NOT CONTENT WITH THAT AND WE STILL ARE NOT.
AND SO THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO GO OUT AND CONTINUE TO GET THESE DRIVERS IN THE ECONOMY TO COME IN AND CREATE GOOD JOBS AND TO BE MORE THAN HOME AND HAVE EVERYBODY THINK OF KYLE AS MORE THAN HOME.
AND THEN WE HAVE A VIDEO JUST TO CLOSE IT OUT.
BUT BLAKE TORRES IS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO THE CITY OF KYLE DECIDED IN 2005 TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO A LOT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE CITY OF CAIRO WAS ROUGHLY 9,000 PEOPLE AT THE TIME AND WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING 58,000 RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT AN 8% GROWTH RATE, UM, OVER AN ANNUAL PERIOD.
AND THAT'S CONTINUING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AT LEAST MY VERY FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB.
UM, WE WATCHED THEM INSTALL THE PIE ON TOP OF THE PIE COMPANY.
THE STAFF WAS REALLY SMALL AND SO THE MAIN OFFICE WAS NEXT DOOR TO A MOBILE HOME TRAILER.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE TRAILER AND, UM, THEY MOVED ME INTO AN OFFICE IN THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS NOW DISPATCH.
AND I SHARED AN OFFICE WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO WAS ONLY LIKE A PIPE PART-TIME CONTRACTOR AND THE MAYOR AT THE TIME AND WHOEVER GOT THERE FIRST GOT TO USE THE COMPUTER AND THEN WHOEVER WAS LEFT, EITHER STOOD AT THE TALL FILING CABINETS OR HE FOUND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO.
AND THEN I WAS ACTUALLY ON THIS, UM, COMMITTEE FOR THIS BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
MY NAME IS ON THE BUILDING OUTSIDE TO TAKE PART IN.
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INTERESTING.IT KIND OF FELL UNDER THE, ANY, AND ALL OTHER DUTIES AT THE TIME.
UM, HELPING PICK OUT FURNITURE AND PICKING UP CARPET AND PAINT COLORS AND TO BE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ALREADY EXCEEDING THE CAPACITY OF THIS BUILDING IS KIND OF MIND BLOWING BECAUSE WE BUILT WITH XS AT THE TIME IN MIND.
AND, UM, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE GROWN SO QUICKLY, IT IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF ASTRONOMICAL.
A LOT OF DOWNTOWN HAS CHANGED THE LIGHTING, THE SIDEWALKS, THE PAVERS, YOU, NONE OF THAT WAS THERE 15 YEARS AGO.
UM, SO IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO, TO PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T LIVED HERE THAT LONG, AND THE AVERAGE CITIZEN HAS LIVED IN KYLE FOR FIVE YEARS OR LESS.
AND SO WHEN THEY'RE ASKING, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS, OR WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS, OR WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS, UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AND HOW QUICKLY WE'VE GOTTEN IT.
UM, IT'S USUALLY VERY SURPRISING TO PEOPLE AND OH FIVE, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THREE OVERPASSES.
SO IN 2007, UH, WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAD THE GRAND OPENING TO, UM, AGB PLUS, AND WE HAD PUT THE SWITCH TO OUR VERY FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE CITY OF KYLE ALL IN THE SAME SUMMER.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT PIVOTAL MOMENT IN KYLE'S TIME.
AND SO IF YOU THINK LIKE IN DEVELOPMENT TERMS 15 YEARS TO HAVE GO FROM YOUR FIRST STOPLIGHT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, SO I MENTIONED THE HOSPITAL, THE RETAIL, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE AT ALL.
NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF, UM, NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT HAS CREATED ABOUT 2000 MEDICAL JOBS, NOT COUNTING DOCS AND SPECIALISTS AND RETAIL TERMS. WE HAVE ALMOST 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL THAT HAS EITHER BEEN DEVELOPED OR UNDERDEVELOPED SINCE THEN.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL AND REALLY PRIMARY JOBS, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON TARGET MARKETS AND, UH, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, BIOMEDICAL, UM, DESTINATION RECREATION, AND, UH, CLASSIC OFFICE SPACE IS KIND OF OUR NEXT MOVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S HERE VERY MINDFUL OF WHATEVER LANDS HERE TODAY IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON THE GROUND, SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE LONG-TERM AND SUSTAINABLE AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT THE PAST 15 YEARS.
BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND THE DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS IN ONE COMMUNITY IS KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN AS A DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN JUST ONE COMMUNITY AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME, I'VE GOTTEN TO EXPERIENCE THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY CHANGE AND BEAT TO BE PART OF THAT AND PLAY A ROLE IN THAT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING.
AND TO BE ABLE TO WATCH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS COME TO FRUITION, UM, IS REALLY EXCITING, THE END, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OH, THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO.
15 YEARS GOES BY FAST WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN.
I THOUGHT I THOUGHT EVERYTHING YOU SAID THERE WAS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY RIGHT TOO, AS FAR AS THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I WAS REALLY STRUCK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT WHATEVER COMES IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE ALL FEEL WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A HARD DECISIONS ON HOW WE HANDLE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UH, SETTING THAT STANDARD IS SOMETHING WE'RE CERTAINLY ALL VERY INTERESTED IN.
AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS A GREAT TIP OF THE SWORD MAKING, MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
SO, UM, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING FOR, I READ THE PROCLAMATION.
CAN I JUST RECOGNIZE THE REST OF MY STAFF IS BACK THERE IN THE GREEN SHIRTS, LAUREN, UH, LIONS AND VICTORIA VARGAS IS THE REST OF MY STAFF.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO, UM, KEEP ME STRAIGHT.
AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBERS AND PAST BOARD MEMBERS HERE AS WELL.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY, WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE REST OF YOUR TEAM, UH, VICTORIA AND LAUREN.
UH, THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AS WELL.
I DID SEE TONY AND, AND BRIAN OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
UM, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS SPOT ON ACCURATE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL A REALLY QUICK, UH, PERSONAL STORY IS, UM, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF DIANA'S, UH, EXPERIENCE AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE BRINGS
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TO THIS DEPARTMENT TO THE CITY.UH, I REMEMBER, UH, BEFORE I WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UM, AND I WAS ON PLANNING AND ZONING AND COMING IN AND, UH, SPEAKING WITH DIANE AND, AND REALLY HEARING MORE ABOUT THE VISION AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THAT REALLY IS THE ONE DEPARTMENT THAT BRINGS, UH, REVENUES BACK TO THE CITY AND IS WORKING ART.
AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR FROM THEM, BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS ON THE GRIND.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DIANA AND VICTORIA AND LAUREN, AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO AND MAJOR KUDOS AND, UH, HERE'S TO 15 MORE YEARS AND BEYOND.
UM, DIANA WANTED TO SAY FROM A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE IN KYLE, SEEING THE CITY, WHEN I WAS HERE, THE SMALL TOWN, WHEN IT WAS 2000 PEOPLE, TO SEE WHERE IT'S AT NOW AND TO SEE YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO SUCH A REMARKABLE AND FANTASTIC JOB OF BRINGING THESE BUSINESSES IN THESE COMPANIES AND GETTING THE PLAN TOGETHER.
I CANNOT PERSONALLY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS CITY.
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE GROWTH AND SEEING THE NUMBERS SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN REALLY SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE SAYING, WHY DON'T WE DO HAVE THIS YET? WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT YET AND SO FORTH IT'S COMING.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST LOOK AT OUR PROGRESS WHERE WE CAME FROM OUR S OUR SMALL TOWN TO WHERE WE ARE THRIVING AND SEE, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH IN YOUR TEAM AND EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, ON YOUR TO BE ABLE TO BRING ALL THAT TO OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE WE'RE AT FLOORS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, WHEN YOU SAY MORE THAN HOME, SO PEOPLE ARE VERY CLEAR.
I SEE YOU, AND I SEE YOU WORKING.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY OF KYLE INDEPENDENT AND STRONG, AND SELF-SUFFICIENT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT AND FEELING SAFE IN YOUR TOWN IS IMPORTANT.
AND WE DO THAT BY BEING FINANCIALLY STABLE.
SO YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND, I'VE SEEN, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE AND I'VE WONDERED WHY, WHY DO WE GIVE THESE TAX BREAKS TO PEOPLE? AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME I WANT, I WANT THIS YEAR, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH.
SO YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BALANCING ALL THE CRAZINESS.
I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, YOU, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A PASSION OF MINE HERE AT KYLE, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE DONE YOU AND VICTORIA AND LAUREN, YOU HAVE DONE SUCH AN AMAZING JOB JUST WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE CITY AND HOW WE HAVE GROWN ECONOMICALLY.
IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WATCH AND UNFOLD, AND I AM JUST SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH A FORWARD THINKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND PLEASE JUST KEEP DOING WHATEVER MAGIC YOU ARE DOING TO BRING ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL JOBS AND GOODS AND SERVICES TO KYLE.
YEAH, DIANE, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS I'VE BEEN COMMUTING TO AUSTIN FOR 27 YEARS TO WORK, AND WE ARE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S CHANGED.
AND IT'S CHANGING EVERY DAY AS I STILL DRIVE TO AUSTIN EVERY DAY, I THINK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE IT.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT HERE IN THE CITY OF KARL, THANKS TO YOUR TEAM.
WE'RE ONE DAY, MOVE FORWARD TO WHERE WE CAN LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN KYLE.
AND WE WON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE CITY FOR ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY VISION, I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL'S VISION, NOT MINE.
SO THE COUNCIL VISION AND WHAT THE RESIDENT'S VISION IS OF KYLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM WORKING SO HARD TO BRING THAT FORWARD ONE DAY WHERE RESIDENTS WON'T HAVE TO LIVE, LEAVE KYLE TO SHIP, UH, WORK, OR, UH, ANY AMENITIES THAT ARE NEEDED.
ANYONE ELSE, UM, PHOTO YOU WANT, Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO WITH THE BALLOONS AND EVERYTHING.
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ALL RIGHT.I HAVE THE ROAD PROJECTS PRESENTATION UP NEXT, BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT, LEON, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO DO CITIZEN COMMENTS FIRST.
[VII. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.AT THIS TIME, WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO, UH, LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A PUBLIC CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE THREE WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK, UH, FIRST UP, MS. VANESSA WESTBROOK.
I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE RENAMING TO ME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE NEW SIGNS I CAN DRIVE BY AND SAY, WELL, I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, I LED A 15 MEMBER COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED BEEN SEVEN, UM, IN COMING UP WITH THE, WHAT I BELIEVE WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY TOOK AND SAID, WOW, GOOD, LET'S MOVE ON NOW.
UM, WHAT I'M HERE TODAY FOR US, BECAUSE I WANTED TO NOTE THAT KYLE HAS A WONDERFUL PROBLEM IS I KNOW AN OXYMORON, BUT IT HAPPENS.
A WONDERFUL PROBLEM IS WHEN R IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS WHO WANT TO DO THEIR CIVIC DUTY AND SERVE ON COMMITTEES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU GOT QUITE A FEW APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS AND MIGHT I ADD THEIR VOLUNTEER POSITIONS, BUT THERE'S A BIT OF CONFUSION.
AND I'M HOPING THAT PERHAPS IT CAN BE CLARIFIED FOR ME, UH, BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED.
SO WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE, WHEN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS PUT TOGETHER, BASICALLY THE CALL WENT OUT.
UH, PEOPLE APPLY, PEOPLE WILL PUT ON THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE DID THEIR JOB, ET CETERA.
WELL, OTHER, UM, INSTANCES HAVE COME UP WHEN THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED TO DO ARE BEYOND A COMMITTEE, UH, SERVE ON A BOARD OR SERVE ON A COMMISSION.
AND THERE IS A DEGREE OF UN CLARIFYING COMPONENTS.
UH, YOU FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LISTED, BUT THEN THE PROCESS WAS THROWN IN WHERE YOU GET AN INTERVIEW, BUT IT'S NOT CLARIFIED HOW YOU GET AN INTERVIEW.
AND SO THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE WILL SAY, WELL, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET AN INTERVIEW? CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
AND SO IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING OUR CITIZENS WANTING TO SERVE THEIR CIVIC DUTY, IN THE WORDS OF WHAT WAS JUST SAID, KYLE IS A MUCH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS IDEA OF HOW PEOPLE WHO APPLY FOR VOLUNTEER POSITIONS ARE LOOKED AT, IN REGARDS TO GETTING SUCH A POSITION.
UH, BECAUSE I HEARD SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFLICTING, THE MORE PEOPLE, THE MERRIER.
UH, WE HAVE TOO MANY APPLYING.
WHAT IS IT, DO I NEED TO GET AN INTERVIEW IN ORDER TO GET ON A COMMITTEE THAT I WANT TO VOLUNTEER MY TIME
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AND ENERGY FOR? SO I JUST WANT US TO KIND OF GET SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT WORK, UM, AND SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.NEXT UP, UH, ERIC WEST, UM, I CAN SPEAK FOR LOUD, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE QUITE UPSET.
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, I CAME TO YOUR CITY.
I HELPED YOUR KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ADA AND HANDICAP PARKING AND THE PROBLEM THAT IS STILL RELEVANT, BUT YOUR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ADA COMPLIANT.
AND IT WASN'T SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME AND I TOLD THE CITY, THE CITY TOES TO DO NOTHING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS DEVELOPING YOU'RE DOING AND BRINGING IN NEW BUSINESS AND ALL THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT YOU'RE ALSO BYPASSING ALL THE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE AND ALL YOUR HANDICAPPED CITIZENS, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT BEING HANDICAPPED COMPLIANT.
AND THAT'S NOT TOTALLY YOUR FAULT BECAUSE NAVIGATING ADA IS HARD.
UH, I TRY TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE HANDICAPPED COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY, TRYING TO BE ADA COMPLIANT.
UH, YOU HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS IN YOUR CITY THAT ARE ALSO MAKING YOU NON ADA COMPLIANT THAT I MENTIONED SIX YEARS AGO.
AND THE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I'VE MENTIONED HAVE NOT ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, NOT ONE IN SIX YEARS.
SO I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT HOW FAST YOU'RE GROWING AND WHO YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND THIS ISN'T FAIR.
AND I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT CHANGE STARTS HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU'RE HANDICAPPED.
CITIZENS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER CITIZEN.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT STEP, MR. AARON MARTIN, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? NO, I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
I THINK THE RA MADE THAT BULLYING EVERY, EVERY EVERYTHING.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, THERE WAS A, A PARKING PROBLEM WITH THE LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLS FOLKS PARKING IN SOUTH LAKE RANCH.
WE WENT THROUGH AND GOT NO PARKING SIGNS PUT IN.
UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NOW HOW TO GET AN AGENDA ITEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THOSE SIGNS REMOVED.
THERE ARE SIGNS, FIRST OF ALL, THE PARKING PROBLEM, THE, UM, THE SCHOOL DRESS, IT, THEY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BRIDGED THE TWO PARKING LOTS.
WE DON'T HAVE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE WITH PARKING ANYMORE.
IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE A TEMPORARY MEASURE TO STOP THIS ANYWAYS.
SO OUR, OUR POLICE HAVE FAR BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN TRY AND DEAL WITH A PARKING COMPLAINT HERE OR THERE FOR AN ISSUE.
THAT'S NOT REALLY AN ISSUE ANYMORE.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA AND FIND OUT IF I NEED SIGNATURES OR WHAT I NEED TO DO TO START THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOME OF THESE REMOVED.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY FORMS THAT I HAD FILLED OUT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM SEEING NONE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[10. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, CIP ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.MR.
UM, THE WEATHER OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS KIND OF SLOWED UP SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS FROM SOME OF THOSE PARTICULAR CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING IS A PIPE MATERIALS ARE REALLY GETTING, UH, DIFFICULT TO FIND IT HARD TO FIND.
UH, SO SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS ARE STRUGGLING WITH, UH, LOCATING GOOD SUPPLIES OF PIPE IN SOME CASES BECAUSE OF THE PLASTIC THAT'S REQUIRED IN THAT PIPE THAT WE USE.
SO THE PLANTS SHUT DOWN, OBVIOUSLY DURING THAT FREEZE THAT WE HAD.
AND SO THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BACK INTO CATCHING UP WITH THEIR ORDERS THAT THEY HAVE.
SO, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING OUT IN, IN WITH SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS NOW.
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ROSA STRAIGHT UP, I TALKED TO HER PROJECT MANAGER DAY ABOUT THIS.SHE SAYS SHE'S PROBABLY HAS ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS TO WORK WITH.
THE CONTRACTORS ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME CHANGE ORDERS.
UH, SHE'S GOT SOME, UH, ISSUES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A PARKING SPACE UP IN FRONT OF THE CREW GARY'S SO SHE'S WORKING ON THAT TO RESOLVE THAT.
UH, BUT SHE'S STILL TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT CLOSED OUT SO WE CAN GET OUR AS-BUILTS AND CLOSE IT OFF COMPLETELY.
THE ONE HILL STREET PROJECT, UH, BASED ON THE CURRENT ESTIMATE, WE'RE AT 58% COMPLETE.
THERE ARE DRIVING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THE NORTH HALF, IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURE, EXTENDING THE DRAIN STRUCTURE, AND ALSO BUILDING THAT ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THEY'RE ABOUT 78% COMPLETE.
AND, UH, WE STILL NEED TO GET THAT DRIVEWAY PAID BY THE PALS FACILITY.
UH, THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THE MANHOLES AND WE'RE HOPING THEY START IN FRONT OF THE, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND STARTED INSTALLING THAT LINE IN FRONT OF THEIR, UH, AREA THERE.
SO WE CAN FINISH UP THIS PROJECT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION THEY'VE BEEN SLOWED DOWN.
IN FACT, I BELIEVE THERE WAS NO WORK DONE TODAY.
THE, IT WAS JUST TOO WET OUT THERE AND TOO MUDDY, SO THEY HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO PICK IT UP AND CONTINUE WORKING ON SATURDAYS.
WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING UNTIL THEY CATCH UP, BUT THEIR SCHEDULE.
SO, UH, THE DESIGN THAT WE ASKED FOR, FOR THE DE-WATERING, UH, FEATURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING LATER IS THAT IS UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE STILL ANTICIPATE WE'LL COMPLETE THIS PROJECT ON TIME.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE ALL THE WATER IS.
SO, UH, IT'S JUST BEEN A BIG MESS OUT THERE LATELY.
BARTON CREEK INTERCEPTOR, WE'RE ABOUT 43% COMPLETE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, WE'LL MENTION THAT, UM, THIS PROJECT, ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, UH, THERE'S TWO MORE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO THIS PROJECT TO HAVE A COMPLETELY WORKING SYSTEM.
THERE'S TWO LIFT STATIONS LOCATED ON THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S A SOUTHLAKE LIFT STATION.
THERE'S A BUTTON CREEK VILLAGE LIFT STATION.
UH, AS WE COMPLETE THIS LINE, WE NEED TO DECOMMISSION THOSE TWO LIFT STATIONS AND, UH, TIE IN THOSE SEWER LINES TO THAT NEW INTERCEPTOR.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE ASKING THE CONTRACTOR TO CONSIDER THE COSTS FOR DECOMMISSIONING THOSE TWO LIFT STATIONS.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE COMING TO COUNCIL WITH THAT.
ON THE, UH, WELL SITE NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE STILL AT THE 89% COMPLETE.
THE CONTRACTOR HASN'T TURNED ANY HIS LAST ESTIMATE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM HIM TO REDO THIS PREDICTOR TOWER AND REDO THE LETTERING AND ADD ANOTHER LOGO ON THAT.
AND ALSO THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE ON THE DOWNTOWN ELEVATED.
SO HE HAD ADVISES NUMBERS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OLD POST ROAD.
UH, THEY GOT DELAYED BY THE RAIN VISIT WITH THE, UH, COUNTY OF SUPERINTENDENT AND, UM, THEY HAD DONE THEIR FIRST THREE LAYERS OF BASE SAND AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE LAST LAYER AND THAT, UH, THEY GOT HALTED BY THE RAIN.
SO THEY'LL START TRYING TO WRAP THAT UP WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ALSO ELLIOTT BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE STILL AT 15% AGAINST THIS.
ONE'S BEEN SLOWED DOWN BY THE WEATHER.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL PULL UP, BE ABLE TO START AND KEEP MOVING ON WITH THIS ONE, THE ROUNDABOUT, THEY DID START CONSTRUCTION, UM, UH, MONDAY, MAY THE THIRD.
AND, UH, SO THE, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CURBING IS OUT AND THEY'VE BEEN PLACING SOME CONCRETE ALREADY.
SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IS MAY THE 19TH ON THIS ONE, PARAMOUNT SUBDIVISION, THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY 9% COMPLETE.
UH, THEY HAVE A CURB AND GUTTER END AND, UH, ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL START PUTTING THEIR OIL DOWN AND START PAVING FAIRLY SOON.
ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPER, THEY THINK THAT'LL TAKE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS FOR THEM TO WRAP IT UP.
WHAT DID I MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? UH, THE FLOOD STUDY ON BUTTON BRANCH.
THIS IS ABOUT A FOUR MILE STRETCH OF A BUTTON BRANCH THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A HALF AN ASSOCIATES LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE REQUESTING COUNCIL APPROVAL TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT.
THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT, UH, DELINEATING THE NEW A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN BASED ON THE ALIS 14 REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NOW HAVE WITH THE, WITH THOSE HIGHER RAINFALL RATES AND ALSO, UM, USING SOME NEW UTOPIA THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT MAY CHANGE THOSE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAINS, WHICH DOES AFFECT SEVERAL PROJECTS DOWNSTREAM BETWEEN LEHIGH AND, UH, THEY SEE LANE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, MR. HARPER, WALTER HAS SOME COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE OTHER CONSENT AGENDA.
SO PHIL LET HIM COME UP AND DO HIS PART HARBOUR WILDER, POKE HORSE DIRECTOR AMERICA.
ALSO, I HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA, AND THAT WOULD BE 15, 16, 17, AND 18.
AND THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO OUR STREET CONSTRUCTION CREW.
THESE WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.
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UH, THE DISTRIBUTOR, UH, TECH AND MOTION ASP IS FOR THE ASPHALT AND THE CHIP SALE.THIS ONE GOES DIRECTLY WITH NUMBER 16.
NUMBER 16 IS THE CHIP SPREADER.
THE THIRD ONE, WHICH IS ITEM 17, UM, IS THE SMOOTH WHEEL FINISHED ROLLER.
AND NUMBER 18 IS THE NEW MATER ROLLER.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
THAT, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HARPER, LEON ON ANY OF THE ITEMS? I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE SCALE 15, 16, 17, 18 ARE THOSE IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
[VIII. Consent Agenda]
NEXT UP CONSENT AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION MAYOR? IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? I LIKE TO PULL THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SORRY TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 12 THROUGH 20.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BRADSHAW THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER 12 THROUGH 20.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[11. Amend the Joint Use Agreement for HCISD Parking Facilities. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager]
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.AMENDED JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR HAYSEED ISD PARKING FACILITIES.
UH, THIS IS FOR MR. SELLERS, BUT, UH, MR. ELLISON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UH, COULD WE GET THE EXHIBIT EIGHT, UH, ON THE SCREEN? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS JUST A CLARIFYING THING REAL QUICK, AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, SO CURRENTLY
SO CURRENTLY WHAT'S IN THE YELLOW RECTANGLE THERE THAT'S, WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACT.
WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ, ACTUALLY, IT'S BETTER, EASIER TO READ A LITTLE BIT THERE.
MAYBE NOT SO MUCH TO YELLOW, BUT, UH, THAT, THAT RED SQUARE, THAT A ONE, ONE AND A HALF, NO MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF ACRES.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT IS PROPOSING.
JUST TO ADD THAT SECTION, UH, TO BE, UM, UH, PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE, THE LANDSCAPER TO, TO MAINTAIN CORRECT.
SCOTT MAYOR, COUNCIL, SCOTT SAILOR.
SO THE BOX IN RED WAS ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY VOTED UPON BY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT WAS PART OF A SHARED USE AGREEMENT FOR PARKING FACILITIES.
AND THEN THE CITY WOULD ALSO MAINTAIN THAT AREA.
UH, WE HAD THEN ENGAGED WLA TO DO LANDSCAPING SERVICES ON THE ENTIRE PACK PROPERTY, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDES THE YELLOW.
SO THIS ADDENDUM BASICALLY FORMALIZES THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH WLA.
AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO JUST REAL QUICK CLARIFYING POINT.
SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SECTION WAS, UH, ADDED THE RED WAS, WAS ALREADY APPROVED.
WE'RE ADDING THE YELLOW IN THIS ADDENDUM.
AND THEN, UH, ROUGHLY WHAT WOULD BE THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY IN THIS CASE? THE CITY IS PAYING OR THE, THE TERS ULTIMATELY, SINCE THIS IS A TERS, UH, FUNDED AGREEMENT, BUT W L E IS, IS BEING RETAINED BY THE, ULTIMATELY THE REIMBURSED BY THE TERS, UH, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT YELLOW PORTION.
SO THIS, THIS IS NOT A FINANCIAL ENCUMBRANCE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD OR THE SCHOOL.
IT'S MORE OR LESS JUST TO ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN THAT AREA.
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INVOLVED.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTIONS, AGENDA ITEM 11.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR.
TOBY IS THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[21.
(First Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, adopting an amendment to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Plan; Providing for the amendment of the plan by including Manufactured Home Subdivision District ‘M-2’ and Manufactured Home Park ‘M-3’ to the New Town Community Land Use District; Providing for Related Matters. (Hadsell Estate - Z-21-0075) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to approve.
- Public Hearing
UH, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION.
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN BY INCLUDING MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION DISTRICT M TWO AND MANUFACTURED HOME PARK IN THREE TO THE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY LAND USE DISTRICT.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THESE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE SIMILAR, UM, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT, AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THEM AS TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2010.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN, UH, SO THAT I CAN PUT UP, UM, SOME VISUALS.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THIS IS UPDATED AS LATE AS 2017.
THE PROPERTY, UM, IN QUESTION IS LOCATED IN THE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A CLIENT COME FORWARD THAT WANTS TO PURCHASE AND DEVELOP A PIECE OF LAND.
UM, IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR, IT'S THIS PIECE OF LAND RIGHT HERE.
IT'S UM, ALONG BB ROAD, EAST OF
THAT'S UP THERE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DACEY AND, AND BV.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
IT IS A HOLE IN A DONUT OF INCORPORATED PROPERTY THAT SURROUNDS IT, AND IT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY ALREADY OWN AND OPERATE.
THEY WANT TO PURCHASE THIS LAND, ANNEX THE LAND INTO THE CITY, HAVE APPROPRIATE ZONING ASSIGNED SO THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE THE LAND TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, UM, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALREADY RESIDENTIAL, UM, MANUFACTURED HOME RESIDENTIAL.
WHEN DISCUSSING WITH STAFF, WE FOUND THAT IN THE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY, THERE WAS NO PROVISION TO ASK FOR M TWO OR MP3 ANY, UM, FORM OF MANUFACTURED HOUSING, UH, WAS NOT EITHER RECOMMENDED OR CONDITIONALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START A TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF
SO STAFF DID AN EVALUATION, UM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY THAT'S, UM, IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT.
AND WE FOUND THAT, UM, WE SUPPORT THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO CREATE AN AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR THE QUESTION TO BE ASKED AND FOR THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, MOST NOTABLY THAT THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT, THAT THEY OPERATE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM ARE SOMEWHAT NON-CONFORMING FOR THE WAY THAT THEY, UM, ARE ON THE GROUND AND OPERATING IN THE DISTRICT, BUT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED, UM, FOR ZONING, UH, IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING THAT INTO CONFORMANCE IN THAT AREA OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, THIS WENT TO THE, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHERE THEY HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEY VOTED, UH, SIX TO NOTHING WHICH WAS UNANIMOUS AT THE TIME TO, UM, RECOMMEND THE, UH, END TO AN MP3 TEXT CHANGE TO THE NEW TOWN COMMUNITY ON THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO I CAN MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THANK YOU, HOWARD, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS, UH, THIS REMINDS ME OF, WE HAD TO DO THIS ONCE DOWNTOWN, NOT TOO LONG AGO, CORRECT.
WE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE YOU'RE, YOU WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BECAUSE OF THE MAP.
AND EVEN, EVEN, UM, IF THIS WORD IS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THIS EVENING, THIS DOES NOT A SOUND ASSIGN ANY RIGHTS OR PRIVILEGES OR A LAND USE CATEGORY, UH, BY ZONING TO THE PROPERTY.
IT JUST ALLOWS FOR THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, MEMBER FLOURISH? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, I'M PRETTY HESITANT TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES THAT PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T NEED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S NOT BIBLE IT'S, WE DON'T NEED IT.
SO, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE 10 YEARS OUT, WE'RE 10 YEARS OVERGROWN.
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NEEDS A PLAN.I MEAN, WE PLAN OUR HOUSE AND WE PLAN OUR FUTURE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T PLAN A CITY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I SEE THERE'S TWO.
AND YOU JUST SPOKE OF ANOTHER TIME THAT YOU HAD TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO THAT TELLS ME WE'RE PROBABLY NOT READY.
WE SHOULD JUST DO A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND STOP WAITING BECAUSE, UM, WE PAY PEOPLE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF SILLY FOR US SEVEN TO MAKE A DECISION ON IF THIS SHOULD BE AMENDED OR NOT.
UM, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY AND THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET IF WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
BUT MY ULTIMATE GOAL WOULD BE TO SEE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEFORE WE MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, RIGHT.
THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO JUST COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR MOTION.
I HAVE ONE THING REAL QUICK, HOWARD ON 21 AND 22, JUST CLARIFICATION.
SO BASICALLY IF THIS GOES THROUGH, IT'S JUST ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO GETTING THIS TO M THREE IN THAT AREA.
UM, THIS, THIS ITEM 21 IS SEPARATE FROM 22 AND THE CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE MADE SEPARATELY.
UH, THIS ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGE TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE OR OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITSELF.
THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE A MAP AMENDMENT, WHICH IS SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE, WE'VE MADE THESE SEPARATE AND BROUGHT THIS TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. BUT AS FAR AS THIS ITEM, UM, YES, THIS ALLOWS THE DISCUSSION TO GO FORWARD AT ALL.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON THOSE COMMENTS, CAUSE I ACTUALLY DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD FOR A SPECIFIC REASON BECAUSE THERE'S A PARTICULAR USE, UH, WITHIN THAT AREA THAT SORTA GOT CAME IN THE BACK DOOR.
UH, IF YOU GO AND BUILD A BRAND NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS DON'T HAPPEN.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WE DIDN'T CONSIDER IT.
I THINK, UH, AT THE TIME THAT THERE WAS THAT PARTICULAR, UM, SUB SUBDIVISION THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T PUT INTO THIS.
AND SO MAYBE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD PICK THAT UP.
UH, MAYBE IT WOULDN'T, UH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT YOU KNOW, UM, THESE KINDS OF AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL HAPPEN IF WE GET A BRAND NEW ONE AS WELL.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS WON'T AFFECT THAT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD ALLOW FOR HOUSING LIKE THIS AND OTHER PARTS OF KYLE AS WELL, INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF ALL IN ONE AREA.
IT'S LISTED IN SEVERAL OTHER OF THE, OF THE CATEGORIES, ALTHOUGH ADMITTEDLY M TWO AND M THREE ARE PRETTY SPARSE.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN OUR INCORPORATED LIMITS THAT ARE OF THIS PARTICULAR USE, WHICH I THINK WHY IT DIDN'T GET VERY MUCH ATTENTION BACK IN 2017 WHEN WE UPDATED, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ONE.
SO I LIKE IT AS CONDITIONAL AS WELL.
SO CERTAINLY I THINK CERTAINLY SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT USE THEY'RE ESTABLISHED, SO WE SHOULD MAKE IT A CONDITIONAL USE.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS COMING FORWARD POTENTIALLY TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AT THAT TIME.
SO, UH, ANY, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, MOTIONS, FAIR, CUSTOMER ELSA.
UM, SO I DO REMEMBER THE, THE PARCEL THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO DOWNTOWN, THERE WAS, UH, AN ODD SHAPED STRUCTURE AND I KNOW WAS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME.
UM, I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE FINANCE ZONING MEETINGS AND THEIR DISCUSSIONS, I THINK, UM, ULTIMATELY THIS COULD BE CAPTURED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AWARE OF BY STAFF AND NOW BY US, UM, I FEEL THAT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A LARGE PART OF THAT IS THE PUBLIC INPUT AND, UM, IN, AND PUTTING THAT DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, UH, MR. KOONTZ, IF THERE WERE ANY, UM, OBVIOUSLY EVERY PLANNING IS ONLY MEANING AS PUBLIC AND THERE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, BUT WERE THERE ANY, UH, ATTEMPTS TO, UH,
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SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT OUTSIDE OF THAT? NO, SIR.NO, NOT, NOT, NOT AS A FUNCTION OF THIS PROCESS.
WE FOLLOWED THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, PROCESSES PRESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, ELSEWHERE IN OUR NARCOTIC AND OUR CHARTER, UM, FOR, FOR ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE, IN THE NEWSPAPER.
BUT, UM, NO, THERE WAS NO OTHER EFFORTS FOR OUTREACH OTHER THAN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE AD IN THE NEWSPAPER.
UM, AND SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT, UH, I APPRECIATE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND EFFORT, UH, BUT IT'S A POLICY DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL LEVEL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUALLY MAKING, UH, A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TOWARDS, UM, UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH A LARGE PART OF THAT IS.
UM, WE'LL GET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE'LL GET THE CODE REWRITES AND THINGS WILL, WILL FALL INTO PLACE AFTER THAT.
BUT A LARGE PART OF THE BUILDING, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS SOLICITING INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO GIVE GUIDANCE, UH, NOT, NOT TO PROVIDE, UM, EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT IT GIVES GUIDANCE TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON WHAT THE CITIZENRY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT ALSO HELPS PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM DEVELOPERS, UH, TO GO TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SEE THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO FROM THE CITIZENRY'S INPUT, RATHER THAN JUST WHAT SEVEN GROUPS THAT ARE ELECTED TEMPORARILY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
AND SO I, THAT'S WHY I REALLY THINK THAT WE, WE SHOULD GIVE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SOLICIT THAT INPUT.
AND SO I, I THINK WE, UH, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF IT.
WE WOULD BE COGNIZANT OF THIS, UH, PARTICULAR, UM, CATEGORY TO ADD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I, I, I WANT TO SAY, AND I CAN GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTION, BUT PROBABLY JUST, JUST FROM A PERSPECTIVE STANDPOINT, UM, IN THE, IN THE 12 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A PLANNER PRIOR TO COMING TO THE CITY OF TILE, UM, I PROBABLY OVERSAW CONSERVATIVELY, I WOULD SAY SIX TO EIGHT FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS PER YEAR IN BASICALLY EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH I EVER WORKED TO COME TO KYLE AND ONLY UNDERTAKE THREE MAP AMENDMENTS IN SIX YEARS, I THINK, UM, IS OUTSIDE OF THE NORM FUTURE LAND USE MAPS ARE ACCURATE ONLY IN A VERY GENERAL SENTENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS BEING THE 30 OR THE 50,000 FOOT VIEW.
AND, AND, AND IN THAT 30,000 FOOT VIEW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY ON THE PATCHWORK, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE COLORS THAT ARE ON IT.
IT'S HIGHLY ACCURATE AT THAT LEVEL.
BUT WHEN YOU START TO DRILL DOWN PARCEL BY PARCEL, AND YOU START TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, ALLOWANCES AND THE PACKAGE OF LAND RIGHTS THAT COME FROM ZONING, AS THEY RELATE REALLY TO INDIVIDUAL LAND OWNERS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, WE DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY FIND ITSELF BEING VERY ABLE, UH, ARE EASILY ABLE TO SPOON IN TO THOSE ALLOWABLE USES WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THAT MICRO SCALE.
SO TO, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT EARLIER, THESE MAP AMENDMENTS, UH, WILL CONTINUE, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICHEVER KNOCKING, UM, IS PUT FORWARD.
I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN AS DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE STARTS TO RAMP UP AND, UH, COUNCIL AND POINT, THIS WOULD BE A POLICY DECISION AT THAT POINT BECAUSE NOT EVERY MAP.
AND THEN, THEN, UH, ON A PARCEL LEVEL OR ON A BLOCK LEVEL WOULD NECESSARILY, UM, RISE TO THE LEVEL OF REQUIRING, UH, PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE ENTIRETY OF THE MAP.
YES, WITHOUT QUESTION, I THINK WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO THE CITIZENS.
UM, BUT WHEN EVEN ANYTHING THAT'S AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, PERHAPS, BUT ONCE YOU START TO GET DOWN TO THE BLOCK GROUP OR, OR THE, OR THE PARCEL ITSELF, IT BECOMES INCUMBENT UPON THE COUNCILS THEMSELVES BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S YOUR MAP.
IT WAS, UM, ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND, AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO BE THE STEWARDS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, HOWARD, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 21 IS WRITTEN SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? WE AMEND OUR COMP PLAN.
WE MADE OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE HAVE ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMENDMENT COMING UP.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M SORRY.
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I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGES AND IF OUR PLAN WASN'T SO OLD, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT, THAT THE LAND USE MAP IS FOUR YEARS OLD.COUNCILOR ELLISON WAS AT THE TABLE.
IT'S NOT THE MAP THAT WAS PASSED.
WHEN IN 2010, THIS MAP WAS CREATED IN 2017.
THERE ARE THREE OF US UP HERE WHO WENT THROUGH IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE TO BLAME, IT'S THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE THAT MISSED A PARTICULAR ZONING CATEGORY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
CAUSE WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
THIS IS JUST A UNIQUE SITUATION COMING FORWARD THROUGH THE YEARS AND WE'RE AMENDING IT INTO THE MAP.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR MAP WAS CREATED IN 2017, NOT 2010, SORRY.
AND THOSE THREE MEMBERS, THOSE MEMBERS AT THE TIME, COULDN'T SEE WHAT DEVELOPERS WERE COMING IN.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T GUESS ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN, WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN WITH, WHAT WE CAN DO IS OUR BEST GUESTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS, IS THE BEST GUEST.
WE'RE NEVER GONNA KNOW WHO'S GONNA COME IN AND TRY TO COME INTO THE CITY COW.
WE JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN STEER THE DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT'S BENEFICIAL TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LAY UNDERSTAND THAT POINT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT POINT.
I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD WAIT ON AND CAPTURE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT THAT'S, THAT IS MY POINT.
AND IF IT IS A POLICY DECISION BY THIS COUNCIL TO INCORPORATE THAT.
UH, AS FAR AS THE LAND USE PLAN BEING DEVELOPED, BUT THAT IS A PART OF THE LARGER PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THERE ARE OTHER PARTS ABOUT THAT AND I, I GET IT MAKING THOSE CHANGES, BUT FOR ME, I HAVEN'T SEEN FROM THIS BODY THAT THAT IS A PARTICULAR DOCUMENT THAT IS BEING PRIORITIZED IS AS SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE TO, TO MAINTAIN AN UPDATE.
AND SO I LIKE TO SEE THAT POLICY, UM, ASPECT BE PUT FORWARD AS A PRIORITY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE TYPES OF CHANGES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ROLL CALL VOTE? TOBY IS HI FLORES, KALE BRADSHAW.
[22.
(First Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, adopting an amendment to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Plan by amending a portion of the Farm District to the Regional Node and to the New Settlement Land Use District; Providing for Related Matters. (FM 812, LLC - JD’s Market - Z-21-0076)~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to approve.
- Public Hearing
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING A PORTION OF THE FARM DISTRICT TO THE REGIONAL NODE AND TO THE NEW SETTLEMENT LAND USE DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UM, THIS IS A SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT ITEM.
WE HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS PURCHASED LAND THAT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UM, UH, OUR, OUR ONE 50 ROW, ROUTE ONE 50 AND HIGHWAY 21.
SO ON THE FAR EASTERN GATEWAY OF THE CITY, WHEREVER ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
AND, UM, CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP HAS DESIGNATED THAT AREA.
UH, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND WASTEWATER.
AND PART OF IT IS JUST THE LOW DEVELOPMENT DENSITY, UH, THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE TIME THAT THE MAP WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 2010, UM, AND, UH, SUBSEQUENT, UH, UPDATES UP TO, AND INCLUDING 2017.
NOW THE, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 21 BEING WIDENED, UH, BY THE DLT INTO A MORE INTENSE CORRIDOR AND, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IS ENTERING THE CITY OF KYLE FROM THE, UH, EASTERN GATEWAY ALONG ONE 50, UM, THE SITE SELECTOR HAS FOUND THAT THEY ARE WANTING, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS, IS, UH, PLACE A LARGE COMMERCIAL SITE THERE.
THE FARM LANDSCAPE DID NOT, UM, CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ASK FOR THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS COME FORWARD IS LOOKING FOR A MAP AMENDMENT.
UM, IT DOES NOT NEED A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE ARE ALREADY ACCEPTABLE FUTURE LAND USE CARE AREAS THAT MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
THEY JUST LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE CHARACTER AREAS ASSIGNED TO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO TO THAT END, AND I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN BECAUSE I JUST REALIZED I WAS LOOKING AT IT, BUT YOU ALL COULDN'T SEE IT.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE, SO THAT THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, UM, IS ONE 50 AND 21 IS HERE.
THIS IS THE EXISTING, I WANT TO SAY IT'S A SHELL STATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S A SHELL GASOLINE STATION, AND THIS IS A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS ALL THESE ACRES HERE.
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OWNERS ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL SECTION HERE ON THE CORNER.UH, AND THEN, UM, MORE, UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD LIKELY BE POTENTIALLY BE RESIDENTIAL BACK HERE BEHIND IT? NOW THE CITY OF KYLE IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT THAT WILL, UM, CHANGE THE ENTIRE MAP ITSELF.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS MAP AND REALIZED THAT OUR EXISTING MAP DID NOT MATCH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY'S, UH, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS NOW DECLARED ITSELF TO BE OVER 50,000 IN POPULATION, WHICH HAS A COMMENSURATE EXPANSION OF, UH, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
SO THIS MAP IS ACCURATE FROM, FROM 2017, BUT NOT AFTER THE POPULATION GROWTH.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS LOOKED AT IN THEIR WORK SESSIONS BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER AND ABOUT NOVEMBER, I THINK IS WHEN THE PROCESS CEASED FOR AWHILE WAS FOR THAT THIS AND THIS FARM LANDSCAPE WOULD BE EXPANDED TO MATCH THE ADJACENT NEW SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY.
AND THEN DOWN AT THIS INTERSECTION OF 21 AND ONE 50, THERE WOULD BE A REGIONAL NODE PLACED ON THIS, WHICH HAS HIGHER INTENSITY, WHICH ALLOWS MORE DENSE RESIDENTIAL AND ALLOWS A COMMERCIAL TO CAPTURE THE FACT THAT THEY'LL HAVE TWO HARD CORNERS IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, ON THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS MOVING FASTER THAN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT.
AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND REALIZE THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS EXACTLY ANALOGOUS TO WHAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY PROPOSED FOR THESE PROPERTIES.
SO FOR THAT REASON, THE STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST TO PLACE, UH, THE REGIONAL NODE AND A NEW SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, AS IT MEETS MOST OF THE PLAN OF WHAT IT IS THAT'S COMING FORWARD, UH, ORGANICALLY THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROCESS.
SO, UH, THIS WAS, UH, HEARD AT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN FRONT OF THE P AND Z OVER THE PAST MONTH AND, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING VETTED SIX TO NOTHING TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST AND STAFF HAS FURTHER SUPPORTED IT.
SO IF I CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
THIS ALSO REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT.
SO THIS, UH, DECIDE THEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NOW, SEEING NONE THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN ARISEN, UH, HOWARD, JUST REAL QUICK.
YOU MENTIONED THERE'S NO WATER OR NO SEPTIC IN THAT AREA.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE SEPTIC DOWN THIS FAR.
THE, UH, THERE IS A SEPTIC LINE THAT COMES DOWN TO THE SCHOOLS HERE, UM, BUT IT'S SIZED ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIFT STATION THAT GOES BACK UP ONE 50 AND IT DUMPS INTO A MANHOLE THAT'S IN FRONT OF WATER LEAF.
HOWEVER, UM, COUNTY LINE, UH, SAID THE SUD IS PLANNING TO CREATE A WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT IS JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF 21 PAST THE ACTION OF ONE 50 AND 21.
AND THIS AREA DOWN HERE WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THEIR SERVICE AREA.
UM, AS FAR AS WATER GOES, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AUDIBLE WATER SERVICE FROM THE CITY OF KYLE TO THIS PARCEL YET.
UH, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THEIR PLAN IS TO, TO GET, UM, CITY WATER.
I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE WASTEWATER PLANT.
THAT'S PROPOSING THAT A SIDE OF 21.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE TIME TABLE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TIME TABLE ON THAT WASTEWATER PLANT IS? NO, SIR.
I DO KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM, STATED AN INTEREST AND A WILLINGNESS TO BUILD SEPTIC, UM, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY, TEMPORARY.
UM, THEY WOULD DESIGN IT AND CONSTRUCT IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THE PUBLIC WASTEWATER WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE TO HIM.
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RECLAIM THAT TILE FIELD AREA, UM, AS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE LOT AFTER THEY, THEY MAKE THE SWITCH OVER, THAT WOULD BE A LARGE SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT TANK DEBTS WOULD INCORPORATE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, EMPTY IN THAT SEPTIC SYSTEM.
WHEN IT GETS FULL CAUSE IT'S SEPTIC TANK, IT'S A LARGE SEPTIC TANK.
IT WOULDN'T BE A PUMPING HALL.
UM, MY, MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFUSED EITHER, UH, ON GRADE OR BELOW GRADE.
THAT THAT'S WHAT THE TITLE FIELD WOULD BE.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS A PUMPING HALL, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY WASN'T GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR THEM.
THAT WOULDN'T BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
IT WOULD BE, UH, DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY, UH, HAYES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THEY WOULD ALSO DO THE INSPECTIONS DURING ITS
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CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND, UH, MAINTAINING IT AFTER THE FACT WOULD, WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.AND IF IT'S A SUBJECT SYSTEM, DO THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE PER BONE? I'M SORRY.
HER HOME IS WHERE I'M THINKING OR IS IT BECAUSE IT'S A SOCK? CAUSE IT'S ONE BIG SYSTEM.
THAT WOULD BE FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL SAT DOWN.
IT SEEMS SOME RESIDENTIAL THERE AS WELL, RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN ASSIGNMENT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, ASSIGNMENT OF NEW SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL THAT'S RECOMMENDED AND CONDITIONAL.
THERE ARE SOME, UM, LESS INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED AND, UM, CONDITIONALLY RECOMMENDED IN NEW SETTLEMENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK THE, THE ONUS OF THIS APPLICATION CAME FORWARD FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING, UH, THIS REGIONAL NOTE OR SOMETHING ON THE CORNER.
SO THAT NEW SETTLEMENT WAS THROWING ME OFF.
THANK YOU, CUSTOMER TOBY IS? YES.
UH, HOWARD, DO YOU MENTIONED A COMMERCIAL USE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE TRYING TO BRING TO THAT AREA? CAUSE THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF ONE 50 AND 21, CORRECT? IT IS LIKE BUYER SIGN BY THE SEAGAL SIGN SHOP OR A REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER TO, TO CAPTURE THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES ALONG 21 AND ONE 50 AND SERVICE THE ROOFTOP ROOFTOPS IN THE VICINITY.
LIKE RETAIL SERVICES OR, UH, BUT NOT ANOTHER GAS STATION.
CAUSE I THINK THERE'S ONE ACROSS THE STREET ALREADY.
I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A FUEL STATION OR A CONVENIENCE STORE AS A PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE ANCHOR.
ALTHOUGH IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWABLE IF, IF THIS REGIONAL NODE WERE ASSIGNED, THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR ZONING.
UM, SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM, APPROPRIATE ZONING WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO IT AND RS, UH, WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE ZONING AND REGIONAL NODE.
IN FACT, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE PREFERABLE ZONINGS IN THE REGIONAL NODE AND IN THE REGIONAL NODE, UH, FUEL STATIONS AND CONVENIENCE STORES ARE PERMISSIBLE BY RIGHT.
HOW MANY ACRES ARE THEY LOOKING AT? YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA? UH, I'M WANTING TO SAY SO THAT THE TOTAL PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S 102 ACRES, THE PORTION OF IT THAT'S BEING ASSIGNED FOR REGIONAL NODE IS LISTED IN THE TEXT.
AND IS THAT OKAY? I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE HIGH TEENS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE WRONG.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IN YOUR HAND.
IT MIGHT BE ON THE APPLICATION.
IS THAT THE 20 ACRES CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION B YES.
IT'S SO, SO 20 OF THE 101 HUNDRED AND TWO.
I CAN ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE QUESTION ABOUT UTILITIES, BOTH WATER AND WASTE WATER WOULD BE PROVIDED BY COUNTY LINE PROPERTY AND SALES TAX.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
SO NUMBER 22, WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE REGIONAL REGIONAL NODE AND THE LAND USE DISTRICT.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, 22 IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO ASSIGN THESE TWO EXISTING CHARACTER AREAS TO THESE PROPERTIES.
SO I OBVIOUSLY MISREAD THAT OKAY.
I'M KIND OF CONFUSED THAT FOR NUMBER 21, THE FUTURE LAND MAP WAS NEW ENOUGH THAT IT WAS OKAY TO AMEND.
AND FOR 22, I THINK IT'S KIND OF ODD THAT IT'S OUT OF DATE AND WE NEED TO AMEND IT AGAIN.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ME WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW OUR RESIDENTS AND HOW WE SHOULD MAKE THIS CITY LOOK.
SO I'M KIND OF HESITANT CUSTOMER ALLISON.
UM, SO, UM, ANOTHER ITEM THAT I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH, UH, PERSONALLY, UM, JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GET THE PUBLIC INPUT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFYING POINT, UH, FOR ACCURACY, IF THE LAND USE PLAN WAS CREATED IN 2017, CORRECT.
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AMENDED AMENDED IN 2017.UM, I WAS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2017.
SO NONE OF US BESIDES MR. MITCHELL WOULD HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME OF THAT AMENDMENT VOTED ON THAT AMENDMENT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFYING POINT, BUT, UM, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK, UH, STAFF HAS MADE A VALID POINTS ON THIS AND CERTAINLY ALL THOSE USES, UH, WOULD BE ALLOWABLE, UH, INCLUDING RS AND CODE AND THEY INCLUDING A FUEL STATION AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS A NODE GOES, THAT THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR, UH, ON A REGIONAL NODE.
UM, I JUST, ONCE AGAIN, JUST, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE COMBATIVE.
I'M JUST SIMPLY HUMBLY ASKING OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO, UM, IN SOLICITING PUBLIC INPUT INPUT AND, AND MAKING AN EARNEST EFFORT TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR FUNDING AND, AND ALSO BEING INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR EMOTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER 22, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FLORES.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[23.
(First Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, annexing 25.2 acres of land, more or less, located in Hays County, including the abutting streets, roadways, and rights-of-way into the corporate limits of the City, at the request of the property owner; approving a service plan for the annexed area; making finding of fact; providing a severability clause and an effective date; and providing for open meetings and other related matters. (Peggy Lehman Jansen and CTX Park - ANNX-21-0008) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
- Public Hearing
UH, FIRST RATING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, AND X-ING 25.2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS LOCATED IN HAYES COUNTY, INCLUDING THE ABUTTING STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS AWAY INTO THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF KYLE.
UH, THIS IS THE JANSSEN TRACK.
THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS THE, UM, VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE LAND.
THAT'S LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF GOFORTH ROAD AND BUNSEN LANE IS ACTUALLY THE I'LL CALL IT THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
UM, AND THIS IS THE STATE PROCESS OF COMING THROUGH, UM, FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THEIR PETITION FOR AN EXTENSION.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NONE.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COONS COMMENTS OR MOTIONS MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UH, MOTION PASSES SIX TO ZERO ON AGENDA ITEM.
THE ONE WE JUST DID BEFORE THAT, ON THE LAND USE MAP, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO OBJECT TO MAKE IT COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING OR DO WE WANT IT TO BE FINALLY PASSED? RIGHT.
SEEING NONE IT'S FINALLY PASSED, UM, AND TAKE THE NEXT ITEMS
[25. Authorize award and execution of a contract with CADENCE MCSHANE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY in an amount not to exceed $7,950,000.00 for the construction of Heroes Memorial Park. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager]
[26. Authorize award and execution of a contract with STODDARD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC., in an amount not to exceed $4,850,000.00 for the construction of Uptown Central Park and Cultural Trails. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager]
[27.
Acceptance of the the Resolution of the Board of Kyle Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Two, as passed on April 29, 2021, authorizing the City Council of the City of Kyle to issue on its behalf Certificates of Obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) for the design and construction of three roads in Uptown Plum Creek development and other related matters and direct the City to prepare a reimbursement agreement between the City and TIRZ #2 for the repayment of debt associated with this bond. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager
][28. Consider approving a Resolution directing publication of a Notice of Public Hearing and Intention to Issue Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
[29. Consider approving an Amendment Regarding Declaration related to the Conveyance of the Central Park Parcel to the City and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Documents Related to Closing on the Parcel. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager]
OUT OF ORDER.UH, AFTER THE TRANSFER, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEMS. NUMBER 25, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM UP TOGETHER AND POSTPONE THEM 25, 26, 27, 28 AND 29.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE UP TOGETHER.
THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS UNDERLYING THESE DEALS WITH THE DEVELOPER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE CONTRACTS, UH, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD, UM, WHERE WE UNDERSTAND EVERY DETAIL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO POSTPONE THOSE ITEMS UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
UM, UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, MAKE THAT INFORM A MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR SECONDED BY COUNCILOR ELLISON.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
[24. Consider possible action to amend the Transportation Master Plan ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
WE STILL NEED 20 OUT OF 24.I'M GONNA LET MPT TAKE THAT ONE.
CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A REQUEST TO, UM, UH, AMEND THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN BY DELETING THE AMENDMENT.
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FOUR.AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A CONNECTION BETWEEN KYLE PARKWAY AND BB.
AND THE INTENT WAS TO, IF YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S AT 35 NORTHBOUND.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING OFF BABY, TO GET BACK TO THAT, UH, INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE LOWE'S AND ALL THE REST OF THOSE RESTAURANTS ARE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A COMPLETE LOOP TO GET AROUND, UH, AT 35 TO GET BACK TO THAT AREA.
SO THAT WAS THE INITIAL INTENT OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2017, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMATIC ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR ASSIGNMENT IS THAT, UH, THE ROAD BY LOWE'S IS, IS A PRIVATE ROAD.
SO IF, IF WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT THAT SECTION THERE AT THE, UH, BUTTON, UH, I'M SORRY, AT THE CREEK BACK TOWARDS BB, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND MAKE THAT A PUBLIC ROAD.
SO THE INTENT IS TO GO AHEAD AND DELETE THIS AMENDMENT.
AND WE, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT WORKING ON UPDATING OUR MASTER PLAN TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
AND WE'VE ASKED HIM TO SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THIS AREA A LOT, A LOT CLOSER AND COME UP WITH A BETTER RECOMMENDATION.
UH, YOU DO HAVE A SETON PARKWAY RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A LOGICAL WAY TO TIE IT TO BB ROAD.
IT'S IT'S, UH, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, A PRIVATE ROAD EITHER.
SO THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE GET FROM THE CONSULTANT, BUT WE ALSO WANT HIM TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE NORTH SOUTH, BUT MAYBE THE EAST WEST CONNECTION IN THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK.
SO WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT IT VERY HARD TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, LIAM'S GOT TO REMEMBER IS JUST, UH, I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WIDE ENOUGH, UM, AND ALSO INCORPORATE SOME WALKABILITY AS WELL.
UH, JUST KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE IN THAT AREA IS PROBABLY A TOP PRIORITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK ALL OF COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT IS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING ROADS THAT ARE GONNA SUSTAIN FUTURE GROWTH AND ALSO, UH, GIVE US THAT WALKABILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FOCUSES WE'VE ASKED THE CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT VERY STRONGLY.
IN FACT, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING A PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PARTICULAR STUDY.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT COUNCIL CAN GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET OUR CONSULTANT KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
GOOD, ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO COED AND APPROVED AS TO THE POSSIBLE ACTION AROUND THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBY IS I HAVE A SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
IF, UH, SCOTT, IF YOU'D LET, UH, THE MAYOR KNOW THAT YOU CAN COME BACK IN HERE, UH, ITEM
[30. Request council to assign a task force to review, revise and update boards/commissions policy. ~ Dex Ellison, Council Member
]
UH, SO, UH, A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS MEETINGS BACK, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POLICY FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
[2. City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes - April 18, 2021. ~ Jennifer Holm, City Secretary]
ON SOME PARTS AS WELL.UH, BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT WAS AGREED UPON IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A GOOD PROBLEM.
UM, I BELIEVE AS TO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT THE RESIDENT STATED EARLIER IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT IS A, THAT IS A GOOD PROBLEM.
AND SO, UH, I THINK SOME CLARITY IN THE POLICY WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO RESIDENTS KNOW, UH, THE PATH AND WHAT THEY MUST DO IN ORDER TO BE A PART OF, UM, UH, BEING A PART OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, UM, AND THEN SOME SOMETHING TO TACKLE THAT ISSUE OF HOW WE DEAL WITH WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE APPLYING, UH, ALSO JUST FOR SOME GREATER INPUT AND TRANSPARENCY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE THAT ARE DEAD ROWS ARE APPLYING THAT THE COUNCIL THAT ULTIMATELY MAKES, UM, THE DECISION TO APPROVE NOMINATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE A, A GREATER SCALE AND KNOWLEDGE OF, OF WHO IS APPLYING, WHAT W WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS AN OVERALL, UM, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS BEING
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PUT FORWARD IN THE POLICY WHO'S BEING A PART OF THOSE DECISIONS AND, AND CLARITY ON, ON WHAT THOSE STEPS ARE? I THINK THAT ONE THING, UH, THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WAS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF, UH, OF CLARITY.AND LIKE I SAID, I READ THE POLICY, I'VE READ IT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT ON IF THE POLICY WAS FOLLOWED OR NOT.
AND THEN TODAY THAT'S, THAT'S NO LONGER THE POINT.
THE POINT IS OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED AND A MORE ROBUST POLICY TO CAPTURE THE GOOD PROBLEM WE HAVE, UH, NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO, UH, RATHER THAN MYSELF GOING OUT AND CREATING A POLICY AND THEN BRING IT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UH, BETTER AND WISER TO HAVE THE COUNCIL, UH, TAKE PART IN THAT AND OWN THAT AS WELL.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, GET THE COUNCIL'S AGREEMENT TO CREATE A TWO TO THREE PERSON, UH, TASK FORCE IN ORDER TO WORK ON THEIR POLICY, REVIEW IT, REVISE IT, AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BODY.
THOUGHTS MAY PRETEND, UM, WE'VE GONE OVER THIS ITEM ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
UH, THE WAY THAT WE LEFT IT WAS YOU WERE GOING TO BRING BACK AN AMENDMENT TO THE POLICY OR MAKE SUGGESTIONS ON THE POLICY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS, UM, WIDESPREAD DISAGREEMENT THAT THE POLICY ISN'T WORKING IT'S BEEN PLACE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
UH, THE P AND Z, UH, SEEMS TO BE FUNCTIONING VERY WELL IS WATCH THEIR LAST MEETING.
UM, AND I THINK WE'VE STUMBLED ONTO A PRETTY GOOD GROUP.
UH, IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF CREATING A TASK FORCE, ALWAYS WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO ANY CHANGES THAT ACCOUNT WILL MEMBER WOULD WANT TO BRING FORWARD.
UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THE POLICY IS BROKEN.
SO, UM, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, UH, STICKING WITH THE CURRENT POLICY THAT WE HAVE AND NOT ASSIGNING A TASK FORCE, UH, FOR THIS.
ANYONE ELSE? CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
UM, AND TRYING TO ANALYZE OVERANALYZE LIFE.
I CREATED, UM, I, FIRST OF ALL, I REQUESTED ALL THE APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF, WHICH I RECEIVED, AND THEN I KIND OF JUST WENT THROUGH THEM TO FIGURE OUT, IS THERE AN ISSUE IF I JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND I DON'T LOOK AT THE NAMES AND I TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IS THERE SOME KIND OF CONSISTENCY HERE? AND WHAT I FOUND WAS, IF YOU GO INTO THE SHAREDRIVE AND YOU PUT YOUR MOUSE OVER A LITTLE CLICKER THING, IT'LL TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE VIEWED AND HOW MANY VIEWERS YOU HAD.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD HAVE ONE VIEWER, BUT 10 VIEWS.
SO NORMALLY JUST ONE PERSON IS LOOKED AT AT 10 TIMES.
UM, WHAT I FOUND WAS THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE A RESUME WAS VIEWED TWICE.
THERE WAS AN INSTANT SENSE WHERE A STAFF FINALIST CANDIDATE, UM, THEY CHOSE SOMEBODY THAT, WHERE THERE WAS NO RESUME SUBMITTED, AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION, A COVER LETTER AND A RESUME.
SO I, IS IT A PERFECT SYSTEM? NO, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT BROKEN.
UM, AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, I EVEN LIKE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHO, HOW MANY ON THE E'S AND HOW MANY OF THE WEST, AND, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF REPRESENTATION FOR THE, FOR P AND Z, BECAUSE I THINK ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE NEED INPUT FROM EVERYBODY.
AND IF WE'RE GETTING 12 RESUMES, MY OPINION IS THEN WE NEED, WHEN YOU DO GO OUT A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, OKAY, SO LET'S GET ONE FROM EACH DISTRICT, OR LET'S GET ONE FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS INSTEAD OF THREE PEOPLE THAT LIVE TWO MILES APART.
AND WHETHER, WHETHER THAT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT, THAT'S THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE IS WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT WE JUST ADDED THE LIVE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR THE HIGHWAY, AND THEY LIVE LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM EACH OTHER.
I GUESS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT HERE.
AND I HEAR YOU, COUNCILMAN NELSON IS YOU'RE FEELING THAT THERE'S SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE WAY THAT THESE COMMISSIONS OR THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING
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INTERVIEWED.IS THERE A CAP MAYBE SALES CAN ANSWER THIS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE COMMISSIONS.
IS THERE A CAP ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT, UM, HAS BEEN LOOKED AT IN THE PAST? BECAUSE I HEAR ALSO, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH APPLICANTS, BUT THEN THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE WE GOT TO INTERVIEW.
SO IF THE IDEA WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE IN ALL FAIRNESS THAT EVERYBODY GETS AN INTERVIEW, IF THERE WAS A CAP ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH, YOU TIMESTAMP THEM ON WHEN THEY RECEIVED, AND YOU WOULD HAVE A INTERVIEW FOR EACH ONE NOW ON THE CHARTER, I GUESS IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE SECOND ROUND INTERVIEW, CORRECT, IT'S CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND ELECTED OFFICIAL COUNTS MEMBER, CORRECT.
WHOEVER APPLIES AND HAS THAT INTERVIEW, YOU FIND OUT WHAT STREET THEY LIVE ON.
YOU FIND OUT WHAT DISTRICT THEY LIVE ON, AND IT'S THAT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT DOES THAT INTERVIEW.
IF THAT PERSON'S NOT AVAILABLE TO DO THAT INTERVIEW, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO YOUR AT-LARGE.
BUT IN FAIRNESS, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN FLORES IS TRYING TO SAY IS, IS, UH, EQUAL REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY IN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT UPDATING THESE POLICIES, WE NEED TO START THERE THEN VERSUS I WANT SOMEBODY THAT I KNOW TO PUT IN FOR THE APPLICATION AND DO THE INTERVIEWS CORRECTLY.
MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST TOUCH UP ON THAT.
UM, SO THE ONLY ISSUE I SEE WITH THE CAP IS THAT MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO MISS OUT ON SOMEONE THAT'S QUALIFIED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND BECAUSE THEY, UH, PUT IN THEIR APPLICATION A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THE FIRST ONES.
AND I WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE RE WE HAVE THE GREATEST PROBLEM IN THE WORLD IS THAT WE NOW HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THESE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
AND IF WE'RE TAKING AND LOOKING AT THE APPLICATIONS AND TAKING THOSE THAT ARE MOST QUALIFIED, WE NOW START AT A, AT A QUICKER PACE.
IF YOU CAN GET, IF YOU'RE ON A SCALE FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED, AND YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE THAT HAS MAYBE 50 TO 60% OF THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHY START AT GROUND ZERO.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH, IF THE STAFF IS GOING THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS AND PICKING THOSE, QUALIFY THOSE APPLICANTS THROUGH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT PATH TO BE GOING ON.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WE WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THIS PATTERN WHERE SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL FROM ONE AREA VOLUNTEERING FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR CITY AND PENALIZING THEM FOR THAT.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE NEED REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT WE NEED THOSE IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO STEP UP AND, AND APPLY.
AND I KNOW WE HAD A FEW, BUT WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL VACATIONS, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE, UH, VERSUS SOMEBODY WITH NO EXPERIENCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOBODY APPLYING.
THEN WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE ANYMORE AS A CITY, AS WE'RE GROWING.
I THINK IF WE'RE STARTING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME QUALIFICATIONS THAT CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AT A QUICKER SPACE, IT MIGHT BE THE WAY TO CONTINUE.
HEY, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CAPTAIN, THEN WHY ARE WE COMPLAINING THAT THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW? WHY ARE WE IN THAT? WELL, WHY ARE WE IN THAT PHASE? SO W W WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW AS A CITY THAT WE, WE HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN THEY BRING FORWARD THE ONES WITH MORE QUALIFICATIONS TO DO THAT JOB.
AND IF WE GET 12 APPLICANTS AND YOU HAVE FIVE THAT HAVE EXCEPTIONAL RESUMES THAT HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO, THEN YOU WOULD NATURALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THOSE FIVE IN BUSINESS, YOU WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT PAID POSITIONS, BUT THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT POSITIONS AS WELL.
UM, IF I WAS GOING TO MAKE SOME REMARKS, I HADN'T SPOKEN YET, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD, THAT'S FINE, CUSTOMER, ALISON, GO AHEAD.
WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS PROVING THE POINT WHERE THAT
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SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HERE, SO ONE BRING UP THE, THE FACT THAT STAFF LOOKS AT THE RESUMES AND DETERMINE WHO IS QUALIFIED AND WHO IS NOT, THAT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO POLICY.THAT'S NOT STATED IN THE POLICY.
SO THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF WHAT I'M SAYING.
THAT THERE'S A, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY SAYS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.
THAT STAFF REVIEWS, THE APPLICATION DETERMINES WHO'S QUALIFIED OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS IN THE CITY.
NUMBER THREE SAYS, CITY STAFF WILL EVALUATE APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE CITIZENS WHO MEET THE CHARTER'S BASIC CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP AND A FIRST ROUND EVALUATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LISTED ABOUT.
NOT OWING THE CITY HAD BEEN A RESIDENT FOR MONTHS, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CLEARLY THERE'S, THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT THERE, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT READS, THAT'S NOT CLEAR.
SO MAYBE THAT'S ONE THING THAT CAN BE CLEANED UP SECOND POINT QUALIFICATIONS.
WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR PNC FOR ONE PERSON? IT MIGHT BE ONE THING FOR ANOTHER PERSON.
UH, IT MIGHT BE AN INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
IT MIGHT HAVE BE, HAVE A CERTAIN DEGREE.
IT MIGHT BE HAVING HAD A CERTAIN PROFESSION.
IT MIGHT BE HAVE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THERE ARE NO SET QUALIFICATIONS IN THE POLICY.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE.
THERE WILL BE SOME SUBJECTIVITY IN THIS PROCESS THAT WILL BE IN THE INTERVIEW PHASE WHEN THOSE FOUR PEOPLE, UH, EITHER THE ONES DESIGNATED OR THEIR, UH, THEIR DESIGNEE, THAT'S WHEN THE SUBJECTIVITY COMES IN, BUT THE SUBJECTIVITIES SHOULD NOT BE IN REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS TO DETERMINE WHO IS MORE QUALIFIED THAN, THAN ANOTHER BASED ON THEIR RESUME OR WORK, UH, WORK HISTORY OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, BECAUSE AS I STATED, A COUPLE MONTHS BACK, EVEN THEN WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE SOME CURRENT, UH, BNZ COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE OUR OUTSTANDING COMPANION COMMISSIONERS.
WE'VE HAD, UH, PAST, UH, PANSY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING QUEENSLAND COMMISSIONERS.
BUT I GUARANTEE IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR RESUMES AND THEIR BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE TIED TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT EACH OF US HAVE IN OUR MIND ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR P AND Z.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE CODIFIED.
IF, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS, WHAT ARE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS? IF THEY'RE BEYOND WHAT THE POLICY CURRENTLY STATES IT IS OUTLINED IN THE CITY CHARTER.
THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES RIGHT NOW, JUST FROM THIS DISCUSSION THAT THEY ARE NOT CLEAR, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING THERE.
AND THEREFORE, IF WE'RE HAVING THAT CONFUSION, CITIZENS THAT ARE APPLYING TO BE A PART OF A VOLUNTEER BOARD ALSO MIGHT HAVE THAT COMPUTER.
UM, I HAVE, I HAVE SEVERAL THOUGHTS.
UH, ONE IS THAT THE, THE P AND Z, SINCE WE'RE, WE TALK ABOUT P AND Z THE MOST, BUT THAT'S ONE BOARD AND COMMISSION.
THIS IS A POLICY THAT APPLIES TO ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO IF YOU TRY TO GET TOO TECHNICAL WITH ONE, YOU'LL NEED TO BREAK IT OUT, MAYBE HAVE SEPARATE RULES FOR P AND Z, UH, THEN FOR ELSE.
CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY'S MOST INTERESTED IN THOSE NOMINEES, UH, NEVER HAD A SINGLE NEGATIVE WORD ABOUT ANY NOMINEES FOR ANY OTHER POLITICAL BOARDS.
THEY'VE ALL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT ANY FANFARE.
UM, MORE THAN HALF OF PNC NOMINEES HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION FOR FIVE YEARS, EAST AND WEST.
I MEAN, DOES THE FACT THAT THE THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT, UH, RESIGNED LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE MATTER? YEAH.
DID THAT, DOES, DOES THAT MATTER? IS THAT THE CRITERIA, IF THREE COMMITTEE, IF A COMMISSIONER WHO'S ON THE WEST SIDE QUITS, UH, WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S ON THE WEST SIDE, WE CAN DISTRICT IT OUT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE GO DO, WE WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, DO WE START, DO WE GET, UM, GENDER ETHNICITY AND OTHER INDEED, YOU KNOW, GROUP IDENTITIES, UH, AS, UH, QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT DRIVES AND MOTIVES, UH, BEHIND WHAT I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD LOOK FOR.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL ARE SUB YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT SOMEHOW.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO MAKE THE PROCESS.
UM, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT THAT, UH, MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS IS, IS, UH, TWO.
WELL, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MOTIVATION BEHIND IT IS.
SO I WON'T SAY WHAT, WHAT IT COULD BE, BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'LL ALL I CAN SAY IS WE, WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE.
WE TRY TO GET AS MANY APPLICATIONS TOGETHER AS WE CAN.
WE, IF THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE A BUNCH FOR P AND Z, WE NARROW
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IT DOWN.BUT IF EVERYONE HERE WANTS TO REQUIRE AN INTERVIEW OF ALL APPLICANTS TO GET AN INTERVIEW, THAT'S A TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGE.
THAT'S ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS TO PROPOSE THAT IF YOU APPLY, BUT IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GO INTO SOME KIND OF GREAT DETAIL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS. THEN IT'S GOING TO BRING SOLUTIONS.
I THINK MAYBE IT'S JUST THAT THE NOMINEES, WEREN'T THE NOMINEES THAT WERE PREFERRED BY SOME MEMBERS.
I'VE SEEN EAST SIDE RESIDENTS GET VOTED DOWN ON POLITICAL BASIS.
I'VE SEEN WEST SIDE, UH, FOLKS GET VOTED DOWN ON P ON THE BASIS OF POLITICS.
UH, THE NOMINEES, ALL THREE THAT CAME RECENTLY WERE NOT KNOWN TO ANYONE ON THE PANEL.
UH, WELL, UH, ONE OF THEM WAS, BUT NOT BY ME.
UH, AND, UH, AND SO THOSE NOMINEES CAME FORWARD BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, PURELY.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY UNBIASED PROCESS THAT BROUGHT THOSE NOMINEES FORWARD.
UH, THE SUBJECTIVITY THAT WAS IN PLAY WAS REALLY THE SUBJECTIVITY OF THE INTERVIEW GROUP TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD BE BEST FOR THE SPECIFIC ROLE OF BEING A P AND Z COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, IT'S EASY.
I, I, THERE THERE A TIME WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS BOARD MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE, DEAD, SERIOUS RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT IS KIND OF THE ULTIMATE TRANSPARENCY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE QUALIFIED OR WHETHER THE INTERVIEW BOARD AND THE INTERVIEW BOARD IS KIND OF THE THING THAT I THINK MAKES THIS POLICY WORK REALLY WELL BECAUSE IT'S THE CHAIR OF THIS BOARD, THE CHAIR OF WHICHEVER BOARD IS, IS BEING SOUGHT.
SO IF IT'S PARKS BOARD, IT'S THE PARKS CHAIR.
IF IT'S THE, UH, LIBRARY BOARDS, THE LIBRARY CHAIR, AND THEN IT'S THE DEPARTMENT HEAD THAT OVERSEES THE BOARD, PLUS THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THERE CAN BE DESIGNEES ASSIGNED, WHICH WE USE THAT.
UH, UM, UH, AND, AND THERE'S A FOUR PERSON PANEL.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THIS PERSON'S REALLY INTERESTED IN PARKS, OR MAYBE THEY'RE A BETTER FIT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, VICE VERSA.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE PLUGGED IN AS BEST AS WE CAN.
UM, TRY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SELECTED ABOUT REAPPLYING.
I'VE HAD SO MANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ABOUT LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT BOARDS, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE ALL DONE THAT AS WELL, BUT I, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON THE SIDE OF LEANING TOWARDS QUALIFICATIONS OVER, UM, POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN WHICH A PERSON LIVES WHILE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WANT TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN TO HAVE A, HAVE A MIXED, UH, BOARD IS AS MUCH AS THIS IS FEASIBLE, BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO, TO TRY TO PICK SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY LIVE OR ANY OTHER FACTOR LIKE THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I GO FOR.
SO CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE, THANK YOU TO BE FAIR.
AND TO BE CLEAR, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS FAIR AND TRANSPARENT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO LIKE GET ALL MY FRIENDS ON THERE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO EAST-WEST IT OUT.
BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT UNDER APPLICATIONS, LESS THAN FOUR THERE'S FOUR OF THEM APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SEEN BY LESS THAN FOUR PEOPLE.
AND IF I'M CORRECT, THERE'S FOUR, FOUR PEOPLE ON THE BOARD FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THE RESUMES AND THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE RESUME.
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT RESUMES, LESS THAN FOUR PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT.
I CAN PULL IT UP LESS THAN FOUR PEOPLE LOOKED AT THEIR RESUME.
IT SAYS ON THEIR VIEWERS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN VIEWS.
AND ONE OF THEM EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS.
ONE OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A RESUME.
SO HOW DO YOU UNDER, HOW DO YOU SAY THAT? OH, IT'S QUALIFICATIONS WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN TURN IN THEIR RESUME.
AND IF SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN TO ME OR GIVE ME A SHORT DETAIL, WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE ASK EVERYBODY ON THE STYLUS, IT'LL PROBABLY BE DIFFERENT.
SO THE REAL ISSUE IS WHAT DEFINES WHAT DEFINES QUALIFICATIONS, BECAUSE UNDER THE CHARTER, THERE ARE TWO QUALIFICATIONS THAT'S RESIDENCY AND NOT HAVING A BILL WITH THE CITY THAT'S PAST DUE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO QUALIFICATIONS THAT SHOULD GET YOU AN INTERVIEW.
AM I CORRECT? IS THERE ANOTHER QUALIFICATIONS UNDERNEATH THERE THAT I CAN'T FIND, OR THAT'S DEFINED IN A WAY THAT I DON'T KNOW, THOSE ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT, UH, ALLOW FOR YOU TO APPLY SUCCESSFULLY? SO WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT SAY, I I'M ENTITLED TO A, AN INTERVIEW, THE BOARD THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE APPLICATIONS.
DO THEY HAVE A LIST OF QUALIFICATIONS OR IS THAT INDIVIDUAL? THE BOARD REVIEWS THEM AND WORKS OUT A GROUP TO INTERVIEW IF THAT IS NEEDED.
OTHERWISE WE INTERVIEW EVERYONE THE SAME PROCESS.
WE S WE GO BY TO, TO NARROW DOWN FROM THE LARGE GROUP TO A MIDDLE GROUP IN THIS SITUATION IS THE PROCESS WE USE TO NARROW DOWN FROM A MIDDLE GROUP TO ONE.
WE JUST USE A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION AS AN APPLICATION FIRST, AND THEN AUDIBLE COMMUNICATION
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THROUGH AN INTERVIEW SECOND, BUT IT'S STILL SUBJECTIVE BASED ON THE TOTALITY.CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THINGS THAT I WAS CONSIDERING THAT AREN'T, THEY'RE NOT, IT'S JUST, THERE'S A LOT TO IT.
WHAT IF THIS PERSON SERVES ON A BUNCH OF BOARDS AND WE'RE THINKING MAYBE THIS PERSON MIGHT BE STRETCHED TOO THIN.
YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU'RE INTERVIEWING IS YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS, RIGHT? IF THEY GET THAT FAR.
BUT MY WHOLE POINT IS THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THAT FAR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE RESUMES LOOKED AT.
SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN HAVE A RESUME.
THERE WAS OTHER UNDERLINING ISSUES.
AND I GET, WE CAN'T HIRE EVERYBODY.
AND I GET THAT THERE'S A LIMIT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS LET'S MAKE THIS FAIR.
CAN WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT MAYBE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE QUALIFICATIONS? YOU CAN STILL BE SUBJECTIVE, BUT SOME KIND OF LIKE 10, 10 APPLICATIONS YOU STAND, BUT WHEN YOU GET IT, AND THEN IT GOES FROM THERE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE SUPER TECHNICAL, BUT IT COULD BE FAIR.
AND THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD WHERE EVERYBODY LOOKS AT THE RESUMES, EVERYBODY LOOKS AT THE APPLICATIONS AND IF THERE'S COVER LETTERS AND EVERYBODY LOOKS AT THAT, THAT IS A BARE MINIMUM THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET, CUSTOMER BRADSHAW.
SO IN LISTENING TO EVERYONE SPEAK, AND I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR PRO TEM, I DID NOT GET TO HEAR THE FIRST HALF OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
UM, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A FEW DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
AND FOR ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THAT WE'RE USING THE WORDS, QUALIFY.
WE SHOULD BE USING THE WORDS REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN QUALIFICATIONS.
AND FOR TWO, I REALLY LIKED WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO WAS SAYING.
AND I REALLY AGREE WITH HIM BECAUSE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, REGARDLESS ACROSS THE BOARD SHOULD ALWAYS BE SUBJECTIVE BECAUSE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THE SAME QUALITY OR THE SAME, UH, I GUESS THE SAME APPLICANTS EACH AND EVERY SINGLE TIME, WHAT WE MAY WANT TO SET AS A COUP BY TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN TOO MUCH WITH LIKE A TASK FORCE, YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO REDUCE THE POOL FOR ONE OF APPLICANTS AND YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN THE BEST CANDIDATES.
SO IF YOU ARE STARTING TO SAY, I THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS, YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS FOR SCHOOLS, FOR JOBS, FOR WHATEVER IS PRETTY MUCH, THIS IS, THIS IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU PICK THE BEST CANDIDATE AND YOU CAN'T DEFINE WHAT QUOTE UNQUOTE THE BEST IS, BUT YOU HAVE THESE RESUMES, THESE APPLICATIONS LAID OUT BEFORE YOU, YOU GO THROUGH EACH ONE, YOU SEE WHICH ONE IS MOST QUALIFIED.
YOU JUDGE, YOU KNOW, THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE IN THE INTERVIEWS.
IT'S, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
AND I THINK TRYING TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL IT TOO MUCH WITH THE TASKFORCE IS JUST GOING TO BE A DISSERVICE TO THE BOARDS IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ASKING.
IT'S NOT ASKING FOR A BOARD FOR THAT.
IT'S JUST ASKING FOR A TASKFORCE TO DEFINE.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CONSISTENT TASK FORCE.
SO I JUST WROTE IF I MAY CLARIFY.
SO YEAH, THE, THE TASK FORCE WOULD BE TO REVIEW, UM, REVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON, ON AN UPDATED POLICY, NOT TO BE THE TASK FORCE THAT IS GOING TO GO FORWARD, UH, REVIEWING THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S JUST A, UH, JUST LIKE WE DO IN MANY OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE SOME ATTENTION AND RESEARCH AND, UH, THOUGHTFULNESS NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO AN ITEM, WHICH IS REQUESTING OF TWO OR THREE.
AND ACTUALLY I'M, I'M ASKING THAT I NOT BE A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE, UH, INCLUDE.
AND I ASKED THAT THE MAYOR NOT BE A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE.
SO THE OTHER FIVE OF YOU, UH, STEP TWO TO THREE OF YOU, STEP UP TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND, AND MAKE, UH, MAKE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, COMPILE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, SO LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO TAKE MYSELF OUT OF IT AS WELL, TO THE POINT UNTIL IT GETS TO THE COUNCIL FOR US TO REVIEW AND TALK ABOUT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE TASK FORCE.
UM, BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS, ACTUALLY.
SO I THINK ONCE AGAIN, THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS JUST FURTHER PROVES MY POINT OF, OR WHAT I THINK IN MY MIND IS THE POINT OF, UH, THE QUALIFICATIONS, WHAT THOSE ARE.
I THINK CASPER REGISTRAR, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, MAYBE QUALIFICATIONS, ISN'T THE WORD, MAYBE IT'S REQUIREMENTS.
WELL, WHAT EITHER WAY, WHAT ARE THOSE, WHAT ARE THOSE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT EVERYBODY COUNCIL STAFF, CITIZENS ALL KNOW WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUTLINING THEY'RE CLEAR BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEN IT'S JUST THE SUBJECTIVITY OF WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK AS QUALIFIED OR MIGHT FEEL IS RECOMMEND.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL HAD REVIEWED THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ABIDE,
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WE COULD ALL HAVE A THOUGHT OF WHAT THAT LOOKING AT THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR QUALIFICATIONS, MAYBE BEING A FORMER P AND Z COMMISSIONER IS A REQUIREMENT OR QUALIFICATION, WHICHEVER TERM WE'RE GOING TO USE, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT GETTING SELECTED.I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR EVERYONE THAT APPLIES TO GET AN INTERVIEW.
THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M ADVOCATING.
I'M JUST ADVOCATING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, THE SUBJECTIVITY THAT'S IN THE INTERVIEW, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE INTERVIEW AND THAT THAT GROUP OF FOUR, UH, MAKE A SUBJECTIVE DECISION BASED ON THOSE AUDIBLE INTERVIEWS AT THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE, WHERE THE, THERE SHOULD BE LESS SUBJECTIVITY AND MORE OBJECTIVITY WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE STANDARD BARRIER IS, IS IN THE PROCESS.
LEADING UP TO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN MAYOR W UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM OR WHAT THE SPIRIT BEHIND THIS IS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, TO UPDATE A POLICY THAT I FELT LIKE, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE AND BROUGHT IT UP WITH P AND Z, BECAUSE THIS IS THE BOARD IN WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD THE MOST, UH, APPLICANTS WE'VE EVER HAD FOR ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY PANSY GETS, KEEP GETTING BROUGHT UP.
BUT I THINK REGARDLESS, JUST LIKE THIS PO POLICY, IT CAN COVER ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EQUALLY, AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME RULES AND THE SAME, SAME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE QUALIFICATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING UP TO THAT POINT.
IT, ONCE AGAIN, THE SUBJECTIVITY COMES WHEN IT QUIT WITHIN THE INTERVIEW.
BUT IF, IF, IF THERE ARE QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT OR REQUIREMENTS THAT I DON'T SEE OUTLINED IN THE POLICY, THAT'S JUST MY ONLY POINT HERE IS THAT I DON'T SEE WHAT THESE QUALIFICATIONS OR REC, UH, REQUIREMENTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU ARE OUTLINED IN THE POLICY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW IF THEY MEET THAT OR NOT.
AND THEN MAYBE THEY WILL UNDERSTAND IT AND MAYBE APPLY STILL, MAYBE NOT APPLY.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT THAT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD GIVE CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ULTIMATELY VOTING ON THE NOMINEE OF THAT.
THESE THINGS ARE ALL ARE ALL MET, AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT NO MATTER WHO APPLIED, THEY, THEY HAD AN IN EQUAL SHAKE ON THAT.
AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANYBODY TO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED OR OVER ANOTHER PERSON.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE FOLKS THAT WERE NOMINATED COULD HAVE STILL ENDED UP, UH, BEING THE ONES THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR ALL MY POINT IS JUST TO CLARIFY THIS POLICY UPDATED AND TAKING CONSIDERATION THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE SEEING IN THE FUTURE IN MORE INTEREST FROM OUR CITIZENRY TO BE INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO BE A PART OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A GREAT PROBLEM.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT, ONCE AGAIN, I, I RE I'VE LISTENED TO THIS.
I'VE TAUGHT CHALLENGED WITHIN MYSELF.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT OR TRYING TO DEMEAN ANYBODY.
I JUST THINK THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED, REVISED, AND UPDATED FOR WHERE WE ARE NOW IN OUR CITY'S TIME AS A LARGER CITY.
AND WE HAVE A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO BE A PART OF THAT, THAT THAT IS WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM.
AND SO CLEARLY WITH THIS DISCUSSION, ONCE AGAIN, QUALIFICATIONS KEPT GETTING BROUGHT UP AND I'M LIKE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS? I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ARE.
SO THAT ONCE AGAIN, THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S SUBJECTIVITY THAT EACH ONE WHO PASSES ON THAT, WHETHER IT'S EACH ONE OF THOSE FOUR THAT ARE ON THERE, EACH ONE OF US, SEVEN STAFF, THE CITIZENS COMMUNITY, THEY MAY ALL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT IS QUALIFYING OR WHAT IS A REQUIREMENT TO BE ON THIS BOARD.
IF WE OUTLINE IT AND, AND PUT THAT THERE OF WHAT THOSE QUALIFICATIONS ARE, THEN THAT TAKES OUT THAT SUBJECTIVITY AND PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING LEFT OUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
AND PUTTING US IN A POSITION WHERE IT MAKES US LOOK LIKE WE ARE FAVOR, THERE IS FAVORITISM OR CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE GETTING APPOINTED, OR SOMETHING'S POLITICAL WORD, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE MORE OBJECTIVE YOU CAN BE IN THE MORE OUTLINED YOU CAN HAVE THAT IN THE POLICY CUSTOMER BRADSHAW.
UH, SO YOU MENTIONED TWO OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE SAID TASK FORCE WITH YOU EXCLUDING YOURSELF.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE, UM, SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THIS TASK FORCE.
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO ANYBODY ABOUT THEIR INTERESTS FOR IT.
I JUST, ONCE AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS REVIEWING HOW I APPROACHED IT THE FIRST TIME, UM, TRYING TO GET BETTER AS I'M TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN A WAY THAT I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO COME AT ANYBODY.
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THIS IS NOT COMING FROM AN ILL PLACE.UH, UH, MR. MITCHELL, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST, I'M TRYING TO DO MY BEST TO CREATE AN OBJECTIVE POLICY THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND.
AND CLEARLY WHAT IT SAYS, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, FROM EVEN OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS, THERE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT UP AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, BUT WHERE IS THAT IN THE POLICY? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THAT OBJECTIVE.
AND I FELT OBVIOUSLY FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION THAT IT JUST MIGHT BE BEST THAT I'M NOT A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE.
UH, MR. MITCHELL IS NOT A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE, AND THEN MAYBE FAMILIAR MEMBER FIRST CAN, CAN WEIGH IN AND TRY TO ACHIEVE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT TASKFORCE IS GOING TO JUST BE BAKING SOMETHING TO, TO BRING FOR THE ENTIRE BODY TO REVIEW AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS EVEN MAKE BETTER OF, WITH EVEN MORE MINDS BEING ON IT.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THE GOAL.
AND GOOD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
NO, MA'AM, UH, I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED WITH ANYBODY ABOUT THEIR INTEREST ON BEING IN THIS.
I WAS JUST HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL WE'D HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS STEP UP, UH, TO VERBALLY EVEN THREE, UH, AND ONE TO, TO ADDRESS THIS, CAN I SAY, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL EITHER.
I GET A LITTLE HEATED AND I'M WITH DEX.
I THINK WE'RE BOTH GET ALL RILED UP, BUT THE ULTIMATE ISSUE, I THINK, IS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T TRY TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT MAKING THAT IT'S, IT'S THERE, WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY THAT YOU DO GET UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND IT'S NOT ANYBODY TRYING TO BE MEAN OR TO, TO DO ANYTHING IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT IT, THE WAY IT TURNS OUT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND IF THE WAY IT'S TURNING OUT IS NOT EVERYBODY IS READING, YOU KNOW, THE RESUMES ARE NOT EVERYBODY IS, UM, AS DEFINED IN WHAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
THEN I THINK THAT IT'S OKAY TO GO IN THERE AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE COMMITTEE GET TOGETHER AND JUST MAYBE MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US.
THIS ISN'T, WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN STONE.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO HELP OUR COMMITTEES TO, TO BE THE BEST COMMITTEES THEY CAN BE.
WELL, WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS HERE.
WE HAVE SEVEN VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON ALL THIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT TAKING MY NAME OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR A TASK FORCE ON, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR'S COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ISSUE.
SEVERAL MEETINGS, ONE MEETING WENT INTO A MIDNIGHT, A LITTLE PAST MIDNIGHT.
I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, AND WE COULD VOTE ON CALL FOR ROWBOAT ROLL CALL VOTE IF THEY DECIDED TO BRING THAT MOTION FORWARD.
I THINK, WELL, CERTAINLY I DIDN'T MEAN ANY OFFENSE TO YOU, SIR.
I JUST WAS STATING BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME, THERE MAY BE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THAT, UH, TO CHAMPION TAKING IT TO TASKFORCE.
CERTAINLY, EH, UH, I'LL, I'LL JUST TAKE MYSELF OUT OF IT.
SO I'LL JUST DO THAT, UH, AS FAR AS THE TASK FORCE GOES, BUT IT WILL OBVIOUSLY COME STILL TO THE BODY AND THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW WHATEVER THE TASK FORCE AND ADOPT WHATEVER THE TASK FORCE BRINGS FORWARD AND MAKE EDITS CHANGES EVEN TO THAT.
UH, SO I I'VE JUST WAS ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO, TO OWN THAT AND, AND, AND TRY AND DO WHAT THEY CAN TO IMPROVE THE POLICY.
AND I THINK YOU SAID IT, WE HAVE NEARLY SEVEN DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THIS.
SO CLEARLY AS THE POLICY IS VERY RIGHT NOW.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS, OBVIOUSLY PNC IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
UH, MISS YOU MENTIONED YOU, YOU DAD IS THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE STAYED WITH.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'VE POINTED, UH, CUSTOMER RIZZO TO THE PARKS BOARD, UH, ANOTHER VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BOARD AS WELL.
UM, AND SO, UM, I GUESS IT'S FAR AS I WAS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE A MOTION, THOSE WHO WOULD WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THE TASK FORCE AND TAKE THAT ON.
AND THEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD AUTHORIZE.
THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE ON THE TASK FORCE TO REVIEW, REVISE, AND MAKE EDITS TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL AS A RECOMMENDATION.
I'D LOVE TO BE ON THAT TASK FORCE WITH MR. MITCHELL.
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UM, IT SAYS REVIEW, REVISE, AND UPDATE.I FEEL LIKE WE'VE REVIEWED THIS POLICY AT NAUSEUM.
IT HAS YET TO BE REVISED BECAUSE NO REVISIONS OR AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD IN ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION.
UH, WE ALL HAVE ADMITTED THAT THERE'S SEVEN DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON HOW THIS GOES.
I DON'T SEE HOW BRINGING A TASK FORCE TOGETHER WITH TWO OR THREE MEMBERS IS SOMEHOW GOING TO, UH, BRING TOGETHER UNISON ON THIS.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS. THESE SEVERAL MEETINGS ARE PROVING THAT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THIS TASK FORCE.
UH, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SEE A TASK FORCE CREATED FOR THIS ITEM, UH, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO MORE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO FIX A POLICY.
THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY MUCH WORKING, MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT, BUT IT'S WORKING VERY WELL.
IT'S BEEN WORKING VERY WELL FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE GOOD MEMBERS ON THERE AND WHEN IT STARTS GETTING BROKEN IS WHEN MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD START FOOLING WITH THE OTHER BOARDS.
AND SO I AM JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, TIRED OF THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MOVE ON, UH, SOONER THAN LATER FROM THIS ITEM.
UH, BUT, UH, I DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THIS TASK FORCE, OR I DON'T WANT TO SEE A TASK FORCE CREATED FOR THIS ITEM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 30 REQUESTS, COUNCIL TO ASSIGN A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW REVISE AND UPDATE BOARDS LAST COMMISSION'S POLICY.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE, AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30.
THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO DIRECTION THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE A TASK FORCE ACTUALLY SET UP THERE, BUT THIS IS A SIGN OF TASKFORCE.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
IF THE VOTE IS PASSES, THEN WE'LL, THE VOTE WILL BE MEAN THAT WE'LL ASSIGN THE TASK FORCE.
IN WHICH CASE WE'LL GO FROM THERE WITH FIGURING OUT WHO WOULD BE ON IT.
WE'LL CONSIDER THE ITEM TABLED.
TOBY IS ELLISON BRADSHAW, MITCHELL, NICK FLORES, KALE.
[31. Request council to schedule joint meetings to discuss vision and goals for the year with the P&Z Commission and Parks Board. ~ Dex Ellison, Council Member]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31 REQUEST, COUNSEL TO SCHEDULE JOINT MEETINGS TO DISCUSS VISION AND GOALS FOR THE YEAR WITH THE PNC COMMISSIONER PARKS BOARD NELSON.UH, SO THIS ITEM IS TO ASK OF THE COUNCIL TO DO A JOINT MEETING WITH, UH, AT LEAST T THESE TWO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, I HAVE SERVED ON PLANNING AND ZONING IN THE PAST.
ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS I HAD WAS WHEN WE HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL TO GET DIRECTION, BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE VISIONS AND GOALS WERE FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND DIRECTIVES AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING IS AN APPOINTED, APPOINTED BODY THAT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO TRY TO, UM, GIVE DIRECTION AND AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE YEAR, AND TO HELP THEM FEEL MORE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN OR DON'T HAPPEN, OR WHAT HAVE YOU COULD OCCUR.
UH, I THINK, UH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT POSITIVE THAT COULD COME FROM THIS.
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, MEETING WITH, WITH THESE TWO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THAT DEAL WITH PUBLIC SPACES, OPEN SPACES AND PARKS TO DEAL WITH JUST OVERALL PLANNING, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE, UH, WITH ZONING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, SO, UH, MY IDEA WAS THAT WE COULD MEET WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON THE FOURTH, TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS WHEN THEY DO THEIR, UH, UH, WORKSHOPS.
SO THEIR SECOND MEETING, UM, WE DID, WE COULD HAVE, UH, A MEETING WITH THEM AND IDEALLY MY VISION WITH THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR VISIONING WORKSHOP, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR, THE COUNCIL, UH, PUTS FORWARD A VISION AND IDEAS THAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT GETS DISSEMINATED TO SCOTT AND
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HE DISSEMINATES THAT STAFF.UM, AND THEN, UH, WHERE WE COME IN IS WITH, WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE APPOINT, UH, SOMETHING SIMILAR AS WELL, WHERE WE KIND OF HELP SHARE THAT VISION, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE YEAR, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP REALLY, UM, BUILD A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RESPECTFULLY AND, AND REALLY, UH, CLEAR UP ANY AMBIGUITY.
IT'S ONE, ONE VOICE, AND ONE VISION IT'S ALL BEING TALKED ABOUT IN THAT MEETING AND DISCUSS QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED, UH, OF THE COUNCIL AND OF STAFF BY PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE PARKS BOARD.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT THAT'S MORE OR LESS IT.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT CUTS MY BREATH.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR MERCK.
UM, SO I THINK THAT IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO COLLABORATE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, REALLY SMART AND CAN HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE HELP PREVENT, YOU KNOW, THE MISCOMMUNICATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE ONE VISION.
THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS THAT COME WITH THAT THOUGH.
THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW NEW PNC COMMISSIONERS, I THINK MAYBE LETTING THEM GET THEIR FEET WET FIRST, UM, AND JUST KIND OF GET ACCLIMATED WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND JUST WITH WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON ON THEIR PLATE RIGHT NOW BEFORE NECESSARILY, UM, STARTING THAT COLLABORATION.
AND THEN ALSO TOO, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET SEASON WHERE WE HAVE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THE TIME RESTRICTIONS, I GUESS, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR ME FOR, FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO I THINK HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS OR A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, AT LEAST FOR ME PERSONALLY, WOULD TIME-WISE WOULD WORK OUT BETTER.
THAT'S WHERE I, SO, YEAH, I'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ONE FOR COUNSEL MOROSE AND ONE FOR SCOTT.
SO YOU'RE PROPOSING, YOU MAY BE MEETING ONCE A YEAR, SOMEWHERE ELSE THEN WITH P AND Z AND THE PARKS BOARD TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE FOR THE VISION.
SO I, YEAH, SO YEAH, AT THE LEAST AT THE BEGINNING, I THINK AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR WOULD BE IDEAL TOO, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
I THINK GETTING BACK CONVERSATION WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS, ONCE THEY'RE NEW IS THE BEST TIME TO DO THAT WOULD, SO THEY, ONCE AGAIN, THEY THEY'RE APPOINTED, UH, COMMISSIONED BY THE COUNCIL AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO GREATER WAY TO GET ACCLIMATED AND LEARN THAN TO HAVE THAT FIRST INITIAL MEETING THERE AS WELL.
AND I AM PROPOSING IT TO BE ON, LIKE I SAID, THAT TUESDAY, WE TYPICALLY MEET ON TUESDAYS.
THEY TYPICALLY MEET ON TUESDAYS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LONG AND DRAWN OUT, BUT I THINK IT, IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO ENSURING THAT FAITH IN GOOD FAVOR, UH, IN TRYING TO BE AS A COMMUNITY LIVE, UH, COMMUNICATIVE AND, AND, AND, UH, UM, ONCE YOU CAN CREATE THAT, UH, SHARE THAT ONE VOICE, UH, ENVISIONED FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND CERTAINLY WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET SEASON, BUT WE WON'T SEE OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF THE END OF JUNE WHEN, UH, MR. SELLERS FROM, UH, OUR MEETING LAST SATURDAY, UH, WE HAD OUR INITIAL DISCUSSIONS.
SO I THINK IN MY, IN MY OPINION, UH, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, UH, DOING THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS TO SCOTT, SCOTT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL USED TO DO IN THE PAST? I THINK I RECOLLECT HEARING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY PROBABLY MORE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT PUSHED FOR THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
I TRY TO DO THEM QUARTERLY WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED MAYOR.
SO, UH, IN 2017, WE SET THAT UP.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE COLLABORATION WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SOME OF THOSE WORKSHOPS, UH, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO MEET WITH ALL THE BOARDS.
WE WERE TRYING TO SCHEDULE THEM ALL QUARTERLY AND IT JUST BECAME REAL CHALLENGING, REAL FAST TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER, 15, 20 PERSON MEETING, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS THE CHALLENGE, BUT I AGREE THAT THEY ARE VALUABLE.
UH, THEY JUST HA IT HAS TO BE SPARINGLY.
SO, UH, WE, THAT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS FELL OFF AND THAT'S ON ME IF THEY DID, BECAUSE I, I STOPPED PUSHING FOR THEM.
I THOUGHT I REMEMBER HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT THESE WHEN I FIRST SAID COUNCIL ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS AND I'D BE OPEN TO A YEARLY, BUT QUARTERLY WOULD
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BE HARD BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WEEKENDS YOU'RE THROWING ON EVERYBODY, NOT JUSTLIKE ONE QUARTER, FIRST QUARTER WOULD BE P AND Z SECOND QUARTER BE PLANNING.
THERE ARE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BOARDS ONCE A QUARTER, WE TRY, WE WERE TRYING TO DO THAT AND WE COULDN'T EVEN GET THAT DONE.
SO, YEAH, I DO LIKE THIS PROPOSAL THOUGH, CAUSE IT'S JUST TWO PARTICULAR BOARDS AND THEY'RE THE TWO THAT I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO MEET WITH PROBABLY.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT BOARDS.
ONE REASON IS BECAUSE, UH, THE P AND Z, IF WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL, UH, WITH ARCS.
I THINK THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE WELL TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC ARE.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN A PANDEMIC COMING IN.
OUR PARKS MEANS ALL IMPORTANT, OUR TRAILS AS WELL, BUT NOW HAVING THAT MODEL OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PARKS WARD WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
I THINK FOR THE RESIDENTS, UH, FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN KYLE.
SO I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE TWO MEETINGS COME TOGETHER TO FRUITION, UH, KEEPING IN MIND EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, TIME RESTRAINTS.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMITMENTS AS WELL, BUT IF WE COULD COME TOGETHER ON A TIME, I THINK THIS, THIS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
THAT'S WHERE TOBY IS REAL QUICK.
UM, MAYBE WHAT'S YOUR, UH, REQUEST OF MR. ALLISON? UH, WE COULD MAYBE LOOK AT DOING A YEARLY WORKSHOP WITH THESE TWO ON A SOMEWHERE HERE AT CITY HALL, JUST FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND MAYBE ALSO INCLUDE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, RIGHT? THAT'S IT JUST, JUST COME TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR AND HEALER HERE, EVERYBODY'S VISIONS AND GOALS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN ALSO COLLABORATE, MEET EACH OTHER, VISIT WITH EACH OTHER ON THAT END AND, UH, SEE WHERE EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE IS, UH, MAYBE NOT BE QUARTERLY OR MAYBE TWICE A YEAR OR MAYBE THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR, JUST LIKE WE DO OUR, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP, SOMETHING OF THAT TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE AT, WHAT WERE OUR GOALS LAST YEAR? WHAT ARE OUR GOALS GOING FORWARD TO THIS NEW YEAR AND SO FORTH ON THAT END AND ENERGIZE ALL THE BOARDS TO GET ONBOARD ON THE SAME PAGE FOR TEAM KYLE, JUST TO SEE JUST MY THOUGHT ACTUALLY IS THE, OF THE BOARDS THAT WERE, UH, UM, PROPOSED THE PARKS BOARD WOULD BE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO DO FIRST, UH, FOR THE REASONS COUNCILOR BRADSHAW STATED, JUST LETTING PNC GET ACCLIMATED, BUT ALSO PARKS BOARD MAKES A LOT OF DECISIONS.
THEY, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EMPOWERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISIONS ON, UH, PARKS, DEDICATION FEES, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IN HOW SOME OF THAT LOOKS, THEY GET TO VIEW THE PARKS DESIGNS AS SUBDIVISIONS AT A MORE DETAILED LEVEL.
SO THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE SOME INSIGHT AND I WOULDN'T BE, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THE PROPS AND HOW INVOLVED THEY WOULD WANT TO BE IN OUR PARKS PROPS.
UM, THAT'D BE THE ONE I WOULD TRY TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SCHEDULED FIRST, BUT, UH, I ALSO GROUP COUNSELING AND BRADSHAW THAT THE WEEKENDS IN PARTICULAR, SATURDAY WORKSHOPS, THE SUMMERS ARE JUST SO HARD, UH, TO TRY TO PUT THOSE EXTRA DAYS TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR BUDGETING AND OTHER EVERYBODY'S GOT VACATIONS AND TRIPS AND THINGS.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETS ONCE A MONTH, UH, IN LIKE ON A THURSDAY LUNCH AT SETON, UH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO A WORKSHOP WOULD BE ACTUALLY AT THEIR MEETING.
I THINK, WHERE WE JUST, CAUSE IT'S CONDENSED, YOU JUST SHOW UP, THERE'S A LUNCH PROVIDED AND WE COULD WORKSHOP THAT.
UH, I'VE BEEN TO PROBABLY THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS, THREE OR FOUR MAYBE.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS INTERESTING CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF DISCUSSION THEY HAVE, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SCHEDULING.
WE'RE ALREADY HITTING MID YEAR, SO YOU'RE RIGHT.
MS. BETCHA, WE ARE GETTING INTO BUDGET SEASON HOLIDAY.
I MEAN, VACATIONS ARE COMING UP.
SO MAYBE IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE THE END OF THE YEAR OR MAYBE THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR OF NEXT YEAR TO REALLY GET ON BOARD WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
IF THAT'S A DIRECTION YOU'RE TRYING TO GO WITH COSMIN NELSON, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE MARIANNA MEET WITH THE PARKS BOARD FIRST AND TRY TO SCHEDULE A FOURTH QUARTER MEETING WITH THE PARKS BOARD.
I'M JUST THROWING STUFF OUT ON IT OR NO.
ANYTIME, ANYTIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR OR I MEAN, WE COULD GO AS FAR AS NEXT YEAR, BUT THERE'S ELECTIONS.
IT'S JUST NOT LIKELY THAT THAT MEETING WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE.
I WAS THINKING LIKE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, I WAS THINKING EARLY SEPTEMBER.
SO WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THE BUDGET AND NOW WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE FREE TIME, UH, KIDS ARE FINALLY BACK IN SCHOOL.
UH, SO I KNOW THE SUMMERS ARE KIND OF TOUGH BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN AND, AND WITH A FAMILY.
UH, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING START UP AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER AND MAYBE
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EVEN LATE SOMETIME IN AUGUST.UH, I KNOW JUNE IS REALLY TOUGH FOR ME.
UH, AND HERE IN MAY, WE'RE PRETTY BOOKED, BUT WELL, LET'S LOOK TO SEE SOMETHING COME TO FRUITION REQUIRE LIKE A DOODLE POLL FROM EVERYBODY TO TRY TO FIGURE, WHEN DOES THE PARKS BOARD MEET WHAT'S THEIR SCHEDULE? DOES ANYBODY KNOW IT WAS JUST MONDAY OF LAST WEEK? WELL, I MEAN, WHAT'S THEIR ROUTINE FOURTH MONDAY THE LAST MONDAY AT 7:00 PM.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD TRY TO MEET WITH THEM ON THAT NIGHT ON THEIR MEETING SO THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, IN EITHER THE LAST MONDAY OF AUGUST OR THE LAST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER, I'M FOR SEPTEMBER, I HAVE A BUSY AUGUST AS WELL, BUT, AND UP AND AGAIN, THE BUDGET IS IN AUGUST STILL.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT MARIANNA? DO YOU KNOW OF ANYTHING? THE LAST MEETING HAD SAID, UH, THE LAST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM HAVING A JOINT MEETING MAYOR, IF I COULD THROW SOMETHING OUT WHILE MARIANNA IS ABOUT TO ANSWER.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE IS IN NOVEMBER AFTER THE ELECTION, ONCE THE NEW COUNCIL IS SITTING, THEY APPOINTED THE NEW MEMBERS.
SO THE MEMBERSHIPS ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TYPICALLY ROLL NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
SO IF WE DID ANY SORT OF JOINT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE MAYBE MISSING TWO OR THREE BOARD MEMBERS, THAT'LL LOOK LATE NOVEMBER.
I MEAN, FOR SURE THERE'S THREE BOARD MEMBERS THAT MIGHT BE ABOUT TO HAVE THEIR TERM EXACT BUYER, CORRECT.
IS ANYBODY TERMING OUT? UH, EACH YEAR? IT DEPENDS.
SOME DO YOU KNOW, SOME GET REAPPOINTED THAT GOES BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBY AS HIS POINT ABOUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE YEAR, THE VERY START OF THE, OF THE NEW YEAR MIGHT BE THE BEST TIME.
WELL, THEN THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE TRYING TO TRY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING OR ARE WE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A SERIES, UH, LIKE, UH, A PLAN ESSENTIALLY THAT WE, THAT WE STICK WITH, IF IT'S A PLAN, THEN CERTAINLY THAT'S FINE.
MAYBE A DAY LONG, SOMETHING HERE.
MAYBE WE CAN RENT A FACILITY HERE IN TOWN, KEEP EVERYBODY LOCAL.
AND, UH, WE CAN JUST ALL MEET AGAIN WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
EACH ONE WOULD HAVE A TIME SLOT TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION AND COUNCIL CAN GET A PRESENTATION.
YOU AS WELL AS WHAT OUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT IF WE DO ANOTHER RETREAT NEXT YEAR, AROUND THE SAME TIME WE COULD SAY, THIS IS WHAT OUR GOALS.
SO EVERYBODY CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD.
MAYBE WE ADD THAT TO JUST OVERALL ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
START IN JANUARY WITH THAT DAY LONG MEETING.
AND THEN FEBRUARY, MARCH HAVE THE VISION WORKSHOP AND GO INTO THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
YOU THINK HE WOULD PUT THAT INTO A KIND OF A, SOME KIND OF EMAILS KIND OF SCHEDULED OUT WHERE WE'RE AT, LIKE A PLAN ESSENTIALLY THAT SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THERE.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT, LETTING SCOTT KIND OF HANDLE PUTTING TOGETHER AN EMAIL ON THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE DATES RIGHT NOW.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? THAT'D BE GOOD.
YOU COULD GET WITH COUNCILOR ELLISON TOO, AND, AND LOOK AT THOSE DATES AND THEN SHOOT THEM OUT TO US AND BE GREAT.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND GET THESE DATES GOING.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UH, PROPOSAL BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNSELOR ELLISON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, SHARING THESE, UH, THE ACCOUNT, GETTING THE COUNCIL AND THESE COMMISSIONS TOGETHER.
AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYONE IN THE LONG RUN, THE CITIZENS OF COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD COUNSEL MORALES.
UH, DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE BUSINESS? MOVED BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SIR? ALL RIGHT.
[X. Executive Session]
COUNCILMEMBER FLOORSCORE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE, FIVE, ONE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CODE.THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE TEXAS, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER FIVE, FIVE, ONE, AND THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS, PENNY TO COMP CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 SALES TEXT MATTER A POSSIBLE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL ESTATE PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, 1.07, TWO ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSE, PLUS PROJECT PACIFIC BLUE PROJECT ABERDEEN PROJECT GOLD PROJECT S U F C.
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GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN NOW.