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EVENING, EVERYONE.THE TIME IS 7:01 PM IS TUESDAY, AUGUST THE SECOND.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER IT ALL.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FLAG STATES OF AMERICA.
WOULD THAT CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE.
BRISTOW ELLISON FLORES, KALE HERE, BRADSHAW HERE, PARSLEY HERE.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.MAYOR LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING JULY 17TH, SPECIAL MEETING IN JULY 9TH, SPECIAL MEETING IN JULY 19TH.
UH, COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 19TH AS WELL AS WELL AS SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY THE 23RD OF 2022.
TOBIA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, PARTIALLY THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR, UH, AND I'M GOING TO CORRECT JULY 7TH, NOT 17TH, JULY 7TH, JULY 9TH, JULY 19TH, AND JULY 23RD.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
TO ZERO.NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.
AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
FIRST UP MS. DIANE HERBAL, DIANE HURTFUL, 1528, AMBER, WHEN LOOP IN KYLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M CALLING I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, NUMBER 21 AND 22 IN REGARDS TO THE RATE STABILIZATION AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS WATER UTILITIES AND THE CITY OF KYLE, UH, THE STABILIZATION AGREEMENT IS, UM, EVERYTHING THEY, UM, WELL, IT'S NOT EVERYTHING WE'RE IN AGREEABLE AGREEMENT WITH IT.
AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEN I WANT TO GO A STEP FURTHER.
THERE'S TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMPLAINT.
UM, ONE OF WHICH IS THE BUSINESS THAT IS COMING IN THE STRIP CENTER THAT IS COMING IN ON AMBERWOOD NORTH.
UM, UH, IT SEEMS TO HAVE ACCUMULATED SOME TRASH, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A TRASH RECEPTACLE, I GUESS, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BUILDING STAGES.
BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THEM ABOUT CLEANING UP THEIR TRASH BECAUSE IT'S BLOWN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THAT, UM, MAKING, UM, FIELD ACROSS THE WAY.
AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, AMBER WAYNE HAS SOME NATURAL SPEED BUMPS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME DIPS SUMMARIZING MANHOLES.
AND SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF HARPER WOULD COME OUT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SEEMS, UM, RECENTLY THERE'S MORE SO THAN NOT.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF VALLEYS THAT THEY SCRAPE.
I KNOW ONE IN PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, IF HE COULD JUST RIDE THROUGH AMBERWOOD OR ONE OF THE GUYS COULD RIDE THROUGH AND JUST SEE WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE FIXED OR, UH, NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VEHICLES DON'T SCRAPE THE BOTTOMS OF THEIR CARS.
NEXT UP, MRS. TRACY SHE'LL MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH A VERY HEAVY HEART, UH, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.
SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I SAT NEXT TO A WONDERFUL STATESMAN FOR THE CITY OF KYLE AND WONDERFUL FRIEND.
HE THOUGHT OF THE CITY OF KYLE FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO MAKE THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF KYLE HAVE A HAPPIER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE HOME.
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FIRST INITIAL STEPS TO GET THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZED AND BEAUTIFIED.HE TRIED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE A GREENER SPACE, UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANT HE LISTENED IF A CITIZEN HAD A COMM, UH, YOU KNOW, A COMPLAINT OR A CONCERN WITHIN THE CITY, HE MADE TIME FOR THEM.
AND NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE THEM VOICE THEIR, UM, ISSUES, BUT HE LISTENED TO THEM.
HE WASN'T JUST A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THEM AND OKAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
AND, UH, BUT HE ACTUALLY LISTENED, UH, ONE SUCH INCIDENTS OF THIS IS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
HE SENT OUT MAILERS TO CITIZENS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO COME AND MEET HIM AT MILT'S ONE SATURDAY MORNING, AND MILT'S WASN'T EVEN OPEN.
THEY WERE, THEY ALLOWED HIM TO USE THE PATIO THAT MORNING AND RESIDENTS SHOWED AND HE SAT DOWN AND HE TALKED WITH THEM AND HE LISTENED TO THEM AND LISTEN TO THEIR ISSUES ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND FROM THERE ON THAT'S, HOW HE PROGRESSED WITH HOW TO WORK AND HELP REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN WHEN THE CITY OR WHEN THE NATION WAS IN THE THROWS OF A MASSIVE RACIAL CHAOS.
HE STEPPED UP AND BROUGHT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN KEEP WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES FROM HAPPENING HERE.
AND THAT HAS PROGRESSED SINCE, AND HE HAS KEPT THAT UP.
HE JUST, HIS ABILITY TO LISTEN IS JUST AMAZING TO ME AND I THANK HIM FOR IT.
AND I JUST THANK HIM FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND.
MY NAME IS
UM, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, THE DOCUMENTS AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS OR THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GARY, FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY CALLS, SCOTT, FOR, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY CALLS AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE'VE GOT THE VOTES TONIGHT.
LET'S GET THIS THING BEHIND US.
MY HEART IS BROKEN AND I THINK, YOU KNOW WHY, SO THAT'S ALL.
THAT IS ALL OF THIS CITIZEN COMMENTS FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZENS.
[IV. Agenda Order]
CLOSED.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO REQUEST TO MOVE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
[7.
Update on various capital improvement projects, road projects, building program, and/or general operational activities where no action is required. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager
- Budget Workshops
- Boards and Commissions Openings
- Free Haircuts for Kids at KRUG- August 8
- Movie in the Park - August 12
- Ash Pavilion Skate Night- August 12
- Kyle Market Days - August 13
- National Dog Day - Aug 26
- Pie in the Sky Day Celebration - Sept. 3
- Save the Date: Heroes Memorial Park Ribbon Cutting - Sept. 11
FIRST UPON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IS JUST TO REMIND HER ABOUT BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
WE HAD OUR PRESENTATION AT THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET LAST WEEK ON THE 28TH.
AND THANKS THE COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR INPUT AND THANKS TO STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK TO MAKE THAT A MEETING A SUCCESS.
THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL BE ON AUGUST 16TH AND THEN, UH, WE HOPE TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR ON AUGUST 25, 20 FIFTH.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THOSE DATES PREVENTS NEXT UP IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, RACHEL SONJA AIR WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OPENINGS, UH, OF OUR APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST 31ST.
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ANNUAL APPELLATION APPLICATION PERIOD.UM, SO YOU CAN APPLY THROUGH ONE APPLICATION FOR ALL THE OPEN BOARD AND COMMITTEE, UH, SEATS THAT WE HAVE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO CITY.
KYLE.COM/BC BEFORE AUGUST 31ST, FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION, UH, CHOOSE ALL THE INTERESTED BOARDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON.
AND, UH, THAT WILL GO BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPOINTMENT.
UH, WE HAVE ART COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING LIBRARY.
SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM.
BUT, UH, YES, IF YOU, KYLE.COM/BC, THANK Y'ALL NEXT UP IS PARKS DIRECTOR, MARIANNE ESPINOSA TO READ THE REST OF MY REPORT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND MARIANNA SMELLS THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT JULY IS PARKS AND REC MONTH.
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AND WE THINK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE REST OF THE YEAR TO GO.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH AUGUST.
UH, NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH, WE HAVE FREE HAIRCUTS BY THE GENTLEMAN'S GROOMING 1 0 1, UM, FROM 11 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING UNTIL 3:00 PM FOR CHILDREN TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND TO REGISTER, YOU CAN JUST CALL GENTLEMAN'S GROOMING ONE OH ONE AND GET YOUR CHILDREN ON THE LIST.
AND THEN NEXT FRIDAY, WE HAVE A FAMILY FUN DAY AT GREG CLARK PARK.
WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY FREE HOT DOGS, UM, RIGHT BEFORE MOVIE IN THE PARK STARTS AND THEN THE SKATE DIET AT THE PAVILION START.
SO THOSE ARE BOTH TAKEN PLACE.
NEXT FRIDAY, THE MOVIE IS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, AND THEN SKATING AND STARTS FROM SEVEN TO NINE.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH, WE HAVE OUR MARKET DAY EVENT DOWNTOWN AT MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK.
UM, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF HEADS UP FOR THE END OF THE MONTH.
ON AUGUST 20, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING NATIONAL DOG DAY AT THE STEEPLECHASE DOG PARK AND THE FIRST 20 DOGS THAT SHOW UP, GET FREE GOODIE BAGS, UH, AND THEN REMINDERS FOR OUR SEPTEMBER 3RD PIE IN THE SKY EVENT.
AND YOUR TEAMMATES SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WEBSITE@PIONEERSKY.COM AND THE SCHEDULE FOR THE PILOT AND CONTESTS AND ALL THE PI RELATED ACTIVITIES WILL BE EDITED THIS WEEK AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, UH, PARKING MAPS AND ALL THE OTHER FAQ'S THAT YOU'D WANT TO KNOW FOR PIE IN THE SKY.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER FRIENDLY REMINDER SINCE WE'RE NOW, UM, DRAWING NEAR TO THE RIBBON, CUTTING FOR HEROES.
NUMBER A PARK WILL BE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 9:00 AM.
FIX THAT SLIDE, THAT POSTCARD, IT STILL SHOWS 10:00 AM ON THE SLIDE.
UH, MARY COUNCIL, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM AMERICAN COUNSEL FOR THE RECORD, JERRY HENDRICKS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
UH, I SEEM TO BE MAKING A HABIT OF COMING UP HERE AND TELL YOU WHO'S LEAVING.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE MET IS A RED R THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CAZ KYLE AREAS HERE ZONE FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER SPENT ANY TIME WITH LARRY, YOU KNOW, THE MAN NEVER STOPS AND, AND HE'S DONE A LOT.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, HIS BROADCAST FROM AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED MAINLY ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT ORGANIZATIONS ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GOING OUT AND DOING THINGS TO HELP AN ENERGIZE OUR COMMUNITY.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN UPSTAIRS TO THE CREW CENTER WHERE THE OFFICES FOR THE KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE ARE? IT IS REALLY AMAZING WHAT THEY'VE DONE UP THERE AND, UH, A TESTAMENT TO THEIR VISION FOR THEIR FUTURE.
HE'S CONTINUED THE DREAMS OF ADELE HEARSE, THE FOUNDER OF CALVES TO OPEN COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAZ AND TOGETHER, UH, WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARDS GETTING THEM A NEW FACILITY OF THEIR OWN.
AND LARRY'S PASSION IS REALLY, REALLY LED TO THE EFFORTS TOWARDS THAT.
AND, UM, I DIDN'T WANT ANY TO LET HIM LEAVE WITHOUT, UH, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT HE'S LEAVING AND TELLING YOU GUYS HOW MUCH WE HAVE STAFF APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE.
AND TO GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO SAY, BYE.
YEAH, WE'LL TAKE SOME PRIVILEGES.
ANYBODY HAVE STATEMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE MAY PRO TIP.
UM, LARRY, I KNOW YOU'RE MOVING ON TO YOUR NEXT, UH, PROBABLY DUTIES, UH, WHATEVER THAT BRINGS YOU IN THE CITY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WORKING NEXT TO YOU IN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HAS REALLY SHOWN ME WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON.
UM, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY IS AMAZING.
UH, WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN CAZ HAS BEEN REALLY, UH, AWESOME AS WELL.
I KNOW WE MISSED YOU IN THE NIGHTS, BUT ON YOU.
I KNOW YOU WERE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT, UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GIVE YOURS IS TRULY A SERVANT'S HEART.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING OF YOURSELF TO THEIR, AND TO THE PEOPLE IN IT.
ANYONE ELSE? A CUSTOMER FOOTSTEPS.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET
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YOU, I WAS TOTALLY DRAWN IN BY YOUR POSITIVITY AND IN YOUR, YOUR JUST YOUR ENERGY IS REALLY SURREAL.UM, AND SO I ASK THAT YOU KEEP THAT WITH YOU ALWAYS, BECAUSE IT DOES REFLECT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, AND I REMEMBER YOUR LONG SPEECH ABOUT THE, THE, NO, I LOVED IT.
YOU WERE EXCITED AND THEN YOU MADE US EXCITED.
SO, UM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU COME BACK, UH, THIS IS NOT GOODBYE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICES AND FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
UH, AS WELL, WHEN WE WERE, UM, GETTING THE VETERANS DAY PARADE GOING, AND WE HAD THE CEREMONY AFTERWARDS, UM, WORKING WITH YOU ON THE MEMORIAL TABLE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANT, UH, REALLY BRIGHT IN MY EYES, OR REALLY SHOWED THE RESPECT THAT WE SHOW FOR OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS ON THAT END.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME WITH ME AND HELPING ME PLAN A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
I, YOU KNOW, LARRY, I REMEMBER YOU FROM THE FIRST TIME YOU SHOWED UP, UH, YOU BROUGHT ENERGY.
I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND ENERGY.
AND I THINK YOU SAID IT, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU HAD VISION, UH, AND YOU DIDN'T WANT RETIREMENT.
YOU DIDN'T THINK RETIREMENT MEANT SLOWED DOWN AT ALL.
YOU MEANT IT MEANT SPEED UP, FRANKLY.
AND, UH, I STILL SEE THE VIDEOS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND ON FACEBOOK OF YOU GUYS DANCING, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE LEADING THE CHARGE.
YOU DEFINITELY KNOW HOW TO CUT A RUG.
UH, AND SO, UM, BUT, BUT MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW HOW TO LEAD A PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE BUILT A ENTIRE CAREER OF BEING A LEADER AND YOU, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST SAD THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE LEADING, UH, IN THIS CURRENT CAPACITY, BUT I KNOW THAT WHERE YOU GO, WHEREVER YOU GO, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SUMMIT.
THANK YOU FOR EITHER HELPING OUR SENIOR PROGRAM, JUST CONTINUE TO ELEVATE WHICH IT ABSOLUTELY HAS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M REPLACED BY BETTY, BETTY, STAND UP.
AND BETTY KINDLY TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW AND DO KNOW SHE'S TAKEN OVER THE STAFF KNOWS HER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO STAY AROUND.
I WANT TO SEE THE BUILDING DONE.
SO I WANT TO SET BACK OFF OF THAT JOB AND, AND PUSH WHAT WE CAN FOR THE BUILDING AND FIND ALL THESE DONORS THAT GIVE US MONEY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
THEN I RETIRED FROM CIVIL SERVICE FEDERAL.
SO I'M GOING ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU SOMETHING.
IF FOUR YEARS OF LISTENING TO SENIORS, MOVING INTO THE CITY CALL AND SAYING, HEY, WHAT'S THIS, WHAT'S THAT? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET IT? YOU KNOW, I HEARD IT, I PUT IT ON MY SHOULDERS AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT.
UH, THE SENIORS IN KYLE COMING DON'T WANT TO BE IDLE IN KYLE.
DON'T BE IDLE AND KYLE, I DON'T WANT TO BE IDLE, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE DAY THEY TOOK US TO LINE BARTNER AND JUST SHOWED US THAT LAKE DUCKS WERE LANDING.
KIDS WERE AT RECESS AND WE SITTING THERE SAYING, THIS IS HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR SENIORS, AND YOU GUYS STILL GAVE IT TO US TO DEVELOP IT SOMEDAY.
IT'S A FOUR YEAR JOURNEY SO FAR, WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU GUYS.
WE WILL NOT BE IDLE IN KYLE, THE SENIORS.
UH, NEXT UP IS CIP ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.
MR. BARMAH, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE GO, DO YOU MIND IF I JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK ABOUT THE, UH, HAIRCUTS ON THE PRESENTATION? SURE.
UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE ELDERS, ANTONIO, ARREDONDO TONY FOR SPONSORING THIS AND, UH, GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY FROM GENTLEMAN'S GROOMING ONE-ON-ONE BARBERSHOP.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND, UH, HE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW SOMETHING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A BIG THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THIS FOR US.
[8. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
GOOD EVENING.MARIN COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
THE HEROES PART OF MEMORIAL PARK IS JUST ABOUT READY TO BE OPENED UP.
UH, THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME LANDSCAPING AND PLANNING DURING COMPLETION.
UH, WATERPROOF PROOFING IS IN PROGRESS.
UH, THEY'RE DOING THE PUNCH OUT ON THE PROJECT AND, UH, SHOULD BE OPENED.
UH, LATER THIS MONTH, THE VET OF THE PARK IS THAT AT 63%, THEY'RE DOING STILL DOING QUITE A BIT OF WORK THERE.
THE PLAYGROUND INSTALLED IS NEARLY COMPLETE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND HARDSCAPING IS ONGOING.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE DECKING AND ROOFING, ELECTRICAL ROUGH-IN PLUMBING AT THE PAVILION STRUCTURE.
UH, THE VOLLEYBALL COURT CONCRETE IS IN PROGRESS AND THEY'RE INSTALLING SOME CURVES AT THE PLAYGROUND AND THE EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE IS LATE 2022 PUBLIC SAFETY CENTERS.
IT'S AT 48% COMPLETE WORKING ON MASONRY INSTALLATION ON THE PHASE ONE SECTION, WORKING
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ON THE WATERPROOFING ON PHASE TWO AND THREE.UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ROOF SHEETING, THEY'RE AT THE MANDATORY COLUMN AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE ROOF MEMBRANE THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THE SECOND FLOOR MEP ROUGH IS BEING WORKED ON.
AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE SECOND FLOOR INTERIOR FRAMING, UH, EXPECTED COMPLETION.
DATE IS FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023 SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.
IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE THIS WEEK, UH, THEY JUST STARTED INSTALLING THE BARRICADE.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH THAT, UH, STARTED THAT LAST PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION THERE.
UH, THEY STILL NEED TO IDENTIFY SOME UTILITIES THEY'RE STILL LAST WEEK WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO LOCATE UTILITIES, THE GAS LINE THAT THEY HIT WAS NOT WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO CLEAR THOSE UTILITIES OUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPANSION PROJECT TO DO WATER FACILITY IS ABOUT 50% COMPLETE.
UH, WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE INVOICE THAT WE'LL BE CHECKING ON.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE BULLS-EYE PLANT.
UH, THEY'VE INSTALLED THE DIGESTERS AND, UH, THERE'S STILL SOME REPAIRS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ON THAT.
NUMBER TWO, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON A DE-WATERING FACILITY.
THEY'RE ADDING THE MASONRY WALLS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY AUGUST OF 2022.
THERE'S AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE PLANET AS IT STANDS, UH, AS OF AUGUST 2ND THAT'S TODAY.
AND HERE'S A GOOD PICTURE OF THE PLANT NUMBER TWO, AND WHAT'S BEING INSTALLED.
AND AS YOU SEE THAT DE-WATER AND BELTS BEING PLACED THERE, ELLIOT BRANCH INTERCEPTOR, WHEREABOUTS 74% COMPLETE, DO WE STILL HAVE ROAD CLOSURES OUT THERE? UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE INSTALLING, THEY COMPLETED THE WORK ON THE SIX INCH AND EIGHT INCH WATER LINES.
AND, UH, THERE'S SOME RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE MADE.
UH, THEY DID GET DELAYED ON THE STORM SEWER INSTALLATIONS AS, UH, WASN'T SOMETHING WE EXPECTED.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
UH, THEY WILL PLAN TO START THE SLED STREET RECONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK.
I DID, WE DID OUR PUSHING THE CONTRACTOR TO WRAP IT UP.
DO YOU WANT TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT PICTURE? UH, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS ARE IN.
UM, BEFORE I USED TO HEAR ME SAY WEATHER, UH, PERMITTING, WE'LL GET THESE WRAPPED UP.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT IN QUITE AWHILE, BUT THE DOWNSIDE OF THIS IS IT'S THE DUST.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE WATER USAGE RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S KIND OF A WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP ON THAT.
SO WE DO WANT TO PUSH THE CONTRACTOR TO START GETTING THESE THINGS WRAPPED UP AND CLEANED UP AND PAID ON THE DOWNTOWN RELOCATION OF THE OVERHEAD LINES.
THERE'S REALLY TWO, TWO PROJECTS GOING ON HERE.
ONE IS WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR CALLED
THEY'RE DOING THE UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION FOR THE CABLES THAT ARE NEED TO GO AND UNDERGROUND.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PEC CONTRACTORS OUT THERE.
THEY'RE A COMPETING PLACEMENT OF THE NEW POLES ARE ALL MAINLY ON MORE AND NAT STREETS.
UH, THEY'RE PLACING THE NEW OVERHEAD LINES ARE ABOUT 98% COMPLETE, AND THEY'VE COMPLETED THE RECONNECTION SERVICES TO THE HOMES.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF SERVICES TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL PENDING.
WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH MATERIALS AND TRYING TO FIND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR TO, TO WRAP IT UP.
UH, WE'RE PLANNING TO SWITCH ALL THE OVERHEAD, UH, ON AUGUST 11TH, 2022.
AND THEN WE'LL BE REMOVING THE EXISTING LINES AND EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE ONLY ABOUT 10% COMPLETE.
UH, THE ESTIMATE IS START FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE POLES.
THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS YOU THE POLLS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.
WHEN I VISITED WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGER, I ASKED HOW MANY POLES ARE WE TAKING OUT? THE ANSWER WAS ABOUT 25 TO 26 POLLS.
I SAID, WELL, HOW MANY ARE WE PUTTING BACK? AND THE ANSWER WAS ABOUT 25 OR SO.
I SAID, WELL, DID WE REALLY GAIN ANYTHING? WELL, THE THING IS THAT WE MOVED THESE POLLS OFF TO NANCE AND MOORE STREET.
SO THEY'RE OUT OF SIGHT FROM THE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, HOPE POST ROAD, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE NORTH END.
UH, WE FINISHED THE DRIVEWAY ON THE NORTH, UH, ENTRANCE TO LAUREN CONCRETE, AND WE'RE STARTING TO EXCAVATE THERE ON THE SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY.
THAT ALARM IN CONCRETE, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE LAST OF ROAD THAT'S BEING EXCAVATED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE DOWN STRETCH.
NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO WRAP THIS PROJECT UP, BUT THIS IS A REMAINDER OF THE ROAD THAT NEEDS TO BE EXCAVATED AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT A NEW BASE AND YOU ASPHALT BACK IN WELL I'M CREEK ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.
UH, WE'RE DONE JUST NEED SOME MINOR WORK AND CLEAN UP ON THE PROJECT, INDIAN PAINTBRUSH LIFT STATION.
WE'RE JUST BARELY STARTING ON THAT PROJECT.
WHAT YOU SEE THERE AS THEY COMPLETED THE EXCAVATION FOR THE WET WALL, THAT GOES TO THAT NEW LIFT STATION METRIC INTERCEPT OR LIFT STATION DECOMMISSIONING.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT THROUGH WITH THAT PROJECT TOO.
UM, THE STRUCTURES YOU GO ON THERE, BUT WE WERE STILL WAITING ON SOME ELECTRICAL WORK ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, BOTH BOTH OF THOSE STATIONS ARE OUT OF, OUT OF SERVICE AND WE'RE USING THE NEW SEWER LINE, MICRO SURFACE, UH, SOME GOOD AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING OF LAST WEEK OR SO ALL STREETS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE STRIPING.
WE TRY TO GET A DEADLINE FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND THE STRIPING, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THEM.
WE THINK IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING STRIKE BACK THE WAY IT WAS ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
THIS IS A PURCHASE ORDER THAT WE WANT TO HAVE COUNCIL AWARD TO PEC TO INSTALL THE POWER THAT NEEDS TO GO TO OUR, UH, DE-WATERING FACILITY.
IF YOU NOTICE IN YOUR PACKAGE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UM, UH, EASEMENTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
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BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACCEPTANCE OR DEDICATION OF THOSE EASEMENTS TO PEC.ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM SUBURBAN SUPERINTENDENT? YEAH.
UH, LEON, OVER ON THIRD STREET, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE DRAINAGE, UH, BEHIND THE ONE RESIDENCE THERE.
I, IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR YET.
I THINK THE WAY WE COULD, UM, GET WHERE WE NEED TO DO IS PUT MAYBE A DRAIN DRAINAGE PIPE TO UNDERNEATH THAT ROW LITTLE ROAD PATH RIGHT THERE TO ALLOW THE ROAD, THE WATER TO SEEP UNDERNEATH IT, BECAUSE IT'S THE DRAINAGE COMING OFF.
OUR PROPERTY IS STILL ABOUT A FOOT DEEPER IN THAT ONE LITTLE CREEK AREA.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THAT LITTLE, UH, ROADWAY WHERE THEY RAN, THE PIPE IS NOW HIGHER, IT'S ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER.
SO IF WE DID SOMETHING IN BETWEEN WHERE WE COULD RUN A DRAINAGE PIPE WHERE THE WATER COULD DRAIN BETTER WOULD PROBABLY SOLVE THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS IF WE HAVE SOME STRIPING GETTING DONE, CAN WE GET WITH, UH, MR. HARPER AND TRY AND SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD, UH, STRIPE SOME OTHER AREAS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, AND, UH, MAYBE STAGECOACH.
CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT SOME STRIPING UP IN THERE.
IF WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY COMING INTO THE CITY TO DO SOME STRIPING, MAYBE WE COULD JUST PUT IT ALL IN ONE LITTLE PACKAGE, I'LL GET WITH THE, UH, WITH HARBOR.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE A SEPARATE CONTRACT UNLESS WE CAN EXTEND THE ONE THAT WE HAVE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
[VI. Consent Agenda]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS? CUSTOMER FORCE KILL? ALL RIGHT.
I JUST, UM, NUMBER 11, IF I COULD JUST HAVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION, I TRY TO IT AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEND AN EMAIL.
SO, UM, JERRY WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, MAYER.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 20, EXCLUDING NUMBER 11 SECOND.
MOTION MAY DO EXCLUDE, UH, TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER NINE THROUGH 20, EXCLUDING NUMBER 11.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FORCE KALE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[VII. Items Pulled from Consent Agenda]
UH, SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AUTHORIZED AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ARWA, UH, PREVIOUSLY HCPU AGENCY AND THE CITIES OF COBB UNIT IN SAN MARCOS FOR WATER SUPPLY SHARING.MAYOR COUNCIL, JERRY HENDRICKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
THIS ITEM IS JUST, I'M GOING TO, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
I'VE USED HOUSEKEEPING ITEM THAT OUR HAS ASKED US TO PARTICIPATE IN WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES IN ARMA THAT JUST CHANGES THE WAY BUDA IS BUILT FOR THEIR HALF MILLION WATERS A DAY THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO HOW'S IT GOING TO CHANGE? HOW SO WAS, WAS IT, YEAH, IT WAS LIKE THE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE APPROVING? THE WAY THAT THE CHANGE THAT IS MADE IS FOR, UM, CITY OF KYLE, THE WAY THAT CITY OF CAUSE EXPENSES ARE BILLED, UH, FOR BUTTE IS USE OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND WATER CAPACITY.
IT'S CHANGED FROM A TAKER PAY RESERVATION PAYMENT PLUS DEBT SERVICE TO JUST A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.
SO THAT'S THE, THE AMENDMENT ADDRESSES WHAT IS RECOVERED FROM KYLE'S EXPENSES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 11, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILOR FORCE KALE.
UH, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M
[21. [Postponed 7/5/2022] Consider approval of an extension to the Rate Stabilization Agreement between Texas Water Utilities and City of Kyle. ~ Paige Saenz, City Attorney]
GOING TO PULL UP ITEM 21 TO 22 TOGETHER SAYING NONE AGENDA ITEM 21 IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION TO THE RIGHT STABILIZATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS WATER UTILITIES AND THE CITY OF KYLE AND JEN DATUM.NUMBER 22 IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS WATER UTILITIES AND THE CITY OF KYLE REGARDING CONDITIONS FOR THE SUSPENSION OF WATER SERVICES.
21 IS A RATE STABILIZATION AGREEMENT.
THAT IS A CONTINUATION MOSTLY OF WHAT WE'VE HAD WITH, UH, WHAT WAS MONARCH AND THE HOUSE TEXAS WATER UTILITIES FOR, FOR THE AMBERWOOD INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THE TWO MAIN CHANGES IN THAT ARE, UM, IT KEEPS THE 3%, 3% INCREASED CAP, WHICH MEANS THE RATES WERE NOT INCREASED MORE THAN 3% EVERY YEAR.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR, UH, AUTOMATIC RENEWALS AFTER THE FIRST 10 YEAR TERM AND MONARCH OUR TEXAS WATER UTILITIES IS OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY US IN ADVANCE THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF IT AND CAN ADDRESS ANY, ANY OTHER ISSUES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MOTIONS, CAUSE FOR FULL-SCALE.
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THANK YOU.[22. [Postponed 7/5/2022] Consider approval of an agreement between Texas Water Utilities and the City of Kyle regarding conditions for the suspension of water services. ~ Paige Saenz, City Attorney]
IS WITH AGENDA ITEM 22.UM, I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF THIS, CAUSE I THINK, UM, I THINK NON-PAYMENT IS KIND OF AN ISSUE, BUT WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS ONLY GONNA WORK AS LONG AS THERE'S COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND MONARCH.
UM, MY FEAR WOULD BE THAT A RESIDENT HAS THEIR WATER SHUT OFF DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF THE WASTEWATER AND THEN THE WATER'S SHUT OFF.
THEN THEY PAY THE WASTEWATER AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS TIMELY, UH, AT LEAST INFORMING MONARCH.
UM, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN TURN THE WATER BACK ON, RIGHT.
AND THAT COMMUNICATION IS OUTLINED IN THAT AGREEMENT AND, AND, UH, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S ITEM 22 STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THAT.
I LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE IS A THIRD DOCUMENT.
THAT'S A LETTER AGREEMENT THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT SURE IT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE YOU ARE STILL REVIEWING NOW, BUT THESE TWO AGREEMENTS STAND ON THEIR OWN AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MOTIONS, MAYER ELECTRIC, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21 AND 22 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT? YES.
I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD, THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF FOR GETTING THIS COMPLETE.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY IN AMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, WAITING FOR THIS TO GO THROUGH AND THE NEGOTIATIONS AND SO FORTH, AND THEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON FROM THIS.
BUT I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CAME OUT AND SPOKE ON THIS.
UH, YOUR VOICES, UH, HAVE BEEN HURTING.
WE, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND REALLY, UH, GETTING THE CITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AND REALLY SPEND THE TIME TO NEGOTIATE, UH, TO GET THIS FOR YOU.
I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR.
I'D SAY, UH, THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A NEAT CASE STUDY FOR ME TO WATCH THE RESIDENTS OF AMBERWOOD WORK TO IMPROVE A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY OF KYLE HAS WITH ONE OF OUR, UH, WATER PROVIDERS.
SO THERE WERE NO ENEMIES, THERE WERE ALLIES IN THIS DISCUSSION.
AND SO I WAS GLAD TO, I WAS GLAD TO SEE US TAKE HER TIME AND GET IT RIGHT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND OUR LEGAL AS WELL AS MR. HENDRICKS, WHO SHEPHERDED THIS FROM BEGINNING TO END.
ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN, SIX TO ZERO.
[23. Consider and possible action on a request to waive Section 23-60 of the City's Code of Ordinances for construction at 19086 IH-35, Kyle, Texas (Costco) and to authorize the City Manager to approve the dates and times. ~ Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager
Sec. 23-60. - Noises prohibited. (12) The excavation or grading of land, or the erection, construction, demolition or alteration of any building or structure, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., within 600 feet of any occupied residential structure, or that generates, produces or results in any noise or sound that may be heard at the property line of any occupied residential structure; provided that this subsection shall not apply to any such work, construction, repairs or alterations that constitute an urgent necessity for the benefit and interest of the public safety, health or general welfare, e.g., repairs and emergency installations by any public utility, or to any excavation, erection, construction, demolition or alteration authorized by the city council to be undertaken between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UH, COSTCO HAS APPROACHED US AND ASKED IF THEY COULD GET A WAIVER FROM SECTION 23 DASH 60 OF THE CODE, WHICH RESTRICTS, UH, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, UH, WHICH GENERATES NOISE, UH, WITHIN 600 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND THAT'S COSTCO.
AND SO THEY ARE ASKING, UH, FOR, UH, FOR COUNCIL TO WAIVE THAT AND ALSO FOR COUNCIL TO GRANT THE AUTHORITY TO MR. HENDRICKS, TO APPROVE THOSE DATES AND TIMES SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE, UH, FIRMLY LAID OUT YET.
WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO DO IS START THEIR PORES AT 2:00 AM, UM, TO AVOID THE EXTREME HEATS, AND THEN THEY'RE EXPECTING A TOTAL OF 12 POUR DAYS AND THEY EXPECT TO START ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 12TH.
WELL, I THINK THIS WOULD WORK PRETTY WELL.
THE LOCATION OF THE POOR IN PARTICULAR, SHOULDN'T BE OVERLY DISRUPTIVE TO ANY RESIDENTS.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGAIN, MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YEAH.
I JUST WANT IT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR ABOUT 11 OR 12 DAY WINDOWS WITH THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT.
THE THING IS, UH, POURING EARLY IN THE MORNING HELPS THE CONCRETE SET BETTER, AND IT KEEPS US FROM USING SO MUCH WATER TO KEEP IT, UM, ABLE TO WORK.
SO DEFINITELY, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT COSTCO, SO LET'S GET THIS DONE.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT IT KESSLER PARCEL.
ARE THE NEIGHBORS AROUND GOING TO BE NOTIFIED OF THAT NOISE SO THAT IT'S GOING TO BE, THEY WILL WE'LL WE'LL WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AMPLE NOTIFICATION.
UH, SAME THING, UM, WHEN THEY DO THIS AT NIGHT, I'M SURE OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF HEAVY MACHINERY IN THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S, I GUESS, WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE, INCLUDING WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE BIG SPOTLIGHTS THAT ARE GOING ON ALL NIGHT LONG.
UM, SO IF WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS YES, NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS WAY AHEAD OF TIME, GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION, LETTING THEM KNOW HOW MANY DAYS IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THIS DONE.
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THE HOURS, UH, IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, UH, THAT'D BE THE ONLY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE IN THE AREA WOULD BE KEPT UP ALL NIGHT WITH MOVING TRUCKS AND SO FORTH ON THAT END AND WITH THE LIGHTS.UH, AND IF WE CAN HOLD THE CONTRACTOR TO THE TIMELINE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL ON THAT END.
AND ANOTHER THING AS FAR AS COSTCO, OR ARE WE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR, UM, THE, ANY KIND OF, AS FAR AS THEY'RE JUST LAYING DOWN THEIR FOUNDATION RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE WITH THE CONTRACT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION CUSTOMERS FOR SCALE? THANK YOU.
MY CONCERN WAS THE NOISE AND THE RESIDENTS, BUT THAT IS A APARTMENT OVER THERE.
SO IF SOMEONE COULD REACH OUT AND, AND CONFIRM AND LET US KNOW AS COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT, UM, THE APARTMENT MANAGER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WOULD GIVE US ALL GREAT RELIEF.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THEY ALSO HAVE THE CONTACT FOR THE CONTRACTOR TOO, SO THEY CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[24.
(Second Reading) An Ordinance Repealing Ordinance No. 1033, Regulating Traffic, Authorizing and directing the installation and erection of stop signs for the traffic control at the intersection of Silverado Drive and FM 150 (Rebel Drive) in the City Limits of Kyle; Repealing any ordinance or resolution in conflict; providing a severability clause; Declaring a penalty; and providing an effective date. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer
City Council voted 4-3 to approve on first reading on 7/19/2022.
]I HAVE 24 SECOND READING AND ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE, UH, 10 33 REGULATING TRAFFIC AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INSTALLATION AND DIRECTION OF STOP SIGNS FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTION OF SILVERADO DRIVE AND FM ONE 50 REBEL DRIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF KYLE, UH, REPEALING ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, ET CETERA.UH, THIS ONE WAS, UH, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE THE LAST TIME, BUT IT DID APPROVE, UH, FOUR, THREE.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND BY CUSTOMER BRADSHAW THAT WE APPROVED.
IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I CAN'T.
UM, HAS ANYBODY SINCE, I MEAN, WE, I KNOW WE HAD SOME, UM, CONCERN REGARDING THE RESIDENTS AND UPDATING THEM, HAS ANYBODY SINCE REACHED OUT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[25.
(First and Final Reading) Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance of “City of Kyle, Texas General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022”; Levying a Continuing Direct Annual Ad Valorem Tax, within the Limitations Prescribed by Law, for the Payment of the Bonds; Authorizing the Execution of any Necessary Engagement Agreement with the City’s Financial Advisors; and Providing for an Effective Date. ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
]UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 FIRST AND FINAL READING CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2022, LIVING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY LAW, UH, FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ANY NECESSARY ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.UH, AND, UM, MS.
WELL, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ITEM 26 AS WELL TO PRESENT THEM BOTH TOGETHER? THERE ARE, SINCE ONE WAS FOR THE GEO BONDS AND THE OTHER IS FOR THE TERS.
YOU NEED TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, MARK COUNSEL, MARK MCCLAIN.
HE WAS SAM GO CAPITAL MARKETS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE STEPPED OUT.
UM, THIS FIRST ONE IS, IS TO AUTHORIZE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND.
UH, THIS WILL GIVE US, UH, THE ABILITY TO SELL THIS.
ONCE WE GET ALL THE NECESSARY TAXABLE INFORMATION TAX RATE INFORMATION FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, WE SHOULD GET THAT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AND IT HAS BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
SO, UH, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND SELL IT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, MARK, DID YOU SAY YOU WANT US TO MAKE A SPECIAL, UH, MOTION? NO, THIS WOULD BE IT'S DEFINITELY.
HOW DID YOU WANT THAT MOTION? YES.
YOU DID HAVE A SPECIAL WHY YOU WANTED THAT REFERENCED.
SORRY, STEPHANIE
SO IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF BONDS PURSUANT TO A DELEGATED SALE THAT WOULD COVER WHAT WE NEED FOR IT, FOR THE BONDS ON A MOVING FORWARD BASIS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZATION, UH, AND SALE OF THE BONDS PURSUANT TO A DELEGATED SALE.
THE ITEM 25 HAS BEEN MOTIONED BY THE MAYOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IF THERE'S DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[26.
Consideration and Approval of a Resolution Relating to Establishing the City’s Intention to Reimburse Itself for the Prior Lawful Expenditure of Funds Relating to Constructing Various City Improvements from the Proceeds of Tax-Exempt Obligations to Be Issued By the City for Authorized Purposes; Authorizing Other Matters Incident and Related Thereto; And Providing an Effective Date ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
]NUMBER 26, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION RELATED TO ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO REIMBURSE ITSELF FOR THE PRIOR LAWFUL EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS SENIOR IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF TAX EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY FOR AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.UH, MS. LOBBY, THANK YOU, STEPHANIE LIGHT BAY, NOT ROADS FULBRIGHT BOND COUNSEL FOR THE CITY.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE STRAIGHT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE CONTEMPLATED TO BE FINANCED WITH THE TOURIST NUMBER TWO REVENUES.
IF YOU ALL RECALL BACK IN JUNE, WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THOSE STRAIGHT PROJECTS WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN
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WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS.SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS HAVE, UH, I GUESS COME ONLINE THAT MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM THOSE TOURS REVENUES.
AND SO WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF COMBINING THOSE TWO BOND SALES INTO ONE BOND ISSUANCE TO ALLOW FOR EFFICIENCIES.
AND SO THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STRAIGHT PROJECTS IF THEY NEEDED TO, AND THE INTERIM BASIS WITH GENERAL FUNDS OF THE CITY, AND THEN REIMBURSE THOSE FUNDS AS THE BONDS ARE ISSUED.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THIS MONEY FOR THE BONDS WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN GET REIMBURSED THROUGH THE BOND.
SO THE MONEY FOR THE STRAIGHT PROJECTS COULD COME OUT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, IF THE CITY CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WHAT THOSE PROJECTS BETWEEN NOW AND THE BOND SALE, UM, THEY STRAIGHT PROJECTS ARE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO, UM, FAR STRAIGHT PROJECTS, AND THEN IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME LAND FROM THE DEVELOPER.
AND SO THE DEVELOPER DOES HAVE SOME TIMING REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WHEN THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO KICK OFF.
SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW THOSE PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD, IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION WOULD BE IN PLACE SO THAT THE CITY COULD REIMBURSE ITS GENERAL FUND.
IF IT CHOSE TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS AT THIS TIME, PARTIALLY, IS THERE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND THIS PROJECT AND THEN GET REIMBURSED? SO THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ITSELF HAS FOR THE $8 MILLION THAT'S CONTEMPLATED FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WOULD MOVE FORWARD, BUT THAT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY.
THAT'S JUST THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT COULD BE REIMBURSED FROM THE BOND PROCEEDS WHEN THEY'RE ISSUED.
UM, THE CITY COULD, YOU KNOW, AT ITS DISCRETION, CHOOSE HOW MUCH TO SPEND FOR THOSE ROAD PROJECTS AS THEY WERE READY TO COME ONLINE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT DEVELOPER.
THERE ARE CERTAIN SOFT COSTS THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE WILLING TO FRONT, UM, INITIALLY TO KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP IN TIME TO KEEP THE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S JUST LIKE A 12 TO 18 MONTH GAP BETWEEN WHEN YOU PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND WHEN YOU PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BONDS.
AND SO IF WE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ONLY DO IT WITH BOND ISSUANCE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ISSUING THE BOND NOW, WHICH IS NOT AS EFFICIENT AS IF WE WAIT, UH, AND DO IT LATER.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
AND UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. PEREZ HOW THE GENERAL PHONE LOOKS LIKE, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW, SO AS WE WILL BE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THIS, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST BE REIMBURSING.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW MARIN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, I'M PERVEZ, MY CITY'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UH, WE WILL BE BARRING INTERNALLY BETWEEN OUR INVESTMENT POOL ACCOUNTS.
SO IT WILL BE VERY, FOR A VERY SHORT TIME.
UM, ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AS WELL AS BOND COUNSEL TO ISSUE THE DEBT AND REIMBURSE OURSELVES.
SO IT'D BE FOR A LIMITED TIME, BUT WE HAVE ADEQUATE INVESTMENTS IN THE INVESTMENT POOL ACCOUNT TO COVER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? CAN I MAKE A MOTION PLEASE? TO APPROVE ITEM 26 MOTION BY A COUNSELOR? PARTIALLY SECOND ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE.
[27.
Consideration and possible action to approve 1-Year Landscape Maintenance at Heroes Memorial Park in an amount not to exceed $90,059.00. ~ Ryan Rosborough, AG|CM
* $90,059.00 = $70,059.00 (In Contract Landscaping Per Attached Quote) + $20,000 (Out of Contract Allowance for Additional Landscaping Options for Parks Dept. Consideration Throughout the Year)
MR. ROSEBORO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I'M RYAN ROSEBORO WITH AGC AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT.
UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS HERE THAT ARE RELATED TO EITHER MAINTENANCE OR FURNISHINGS OF BUILDINGS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GETTING TOWARD THE END.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A ONE-YEAR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK.
AS YOU HEARD IN THE UPDATE, WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION ON HERO'S MEMORIAL, UM, AND WE WILL NEED SOME KIND OF MECHANISM TO MAINTAIN THAT PARK.
SO, UH, DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY, WHAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE A GOOD SOLUTION.
UM, CLEAN SCAPES IS THE SUBCONTRACTOR WHO'S WORKING ON THE PARK NOW UNDER CADENCE MCSHANE'S CONTRACT.
UH, ONCE THAT PARK IS TURNED OVER, THE CITY WILL HAVE A ONE-YEAR WARRANTY FROM THE CONTRACTOR ON EVERYTHING IN THE PARK,
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UH, WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE FISHY AS IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS MAINTAINING THE PARK AND THEY DAMAGE SOMETHING.THEN THE CONTRACTOR WHO'S GOT IT UNDER WARRANTY CAN, CAN BASICALLY WASH THEIR HANDS UP AND SAY, IT'S NOT OUR ISSUE.
SO IN THIS SCENARIO, WHAT WE DID IS, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A CHANGE ORDER TO CADENCE MCSHANE AND THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 TO MAINTAIN THE PARK FOR ITS FIRST YEAR, UTILIZING CLEAN SCAPES, WHO AGAIN IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT IN THE FORM OF A CHANGE ORDER, YOU SAID, CORRECT.
IT WILL BE A CHANGE ORDER TO THIS CONTRACT.
I WOULD PREFER TO USE IT OUT, UH, TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT OUT OF TERM TWO FUNDS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A PERVEZ QUESTION AS OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR THE CIP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT WOULD BE, BUT I THINK THE MAINTENANCE IS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABSOLUTELY A TERSE THIRSTY YES.
SARAH, WE HAD PLANNED ON USING TERJE TWO FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THIS CONTRACT AWARD.
SO WOULD IT BE, UH, WOULD IT BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE IN OUR MOTION AS OPPOSED TO USING IT AS A CHANGE ORDER TO DIRECT THAT THE FUNDS BE EXPENDED OUT OF TERMS TO THAT? WOULDN'T BE JUST FINE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 27 AND DIRECT STAFF TO USE FUNDS FROM THE TERSE TO ACCOUNT TERSE TO FUND, UH, TO, UH, PAY FOR THIS MAINTENANCE SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION CUSTOMER TOBY'S OKAY.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER.
UM, I'M ALWAYS HAD THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
AND ALSO, UH, I HAD, I GUESS MY IDEA WAS THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE MAINTAINING THIS LANDSCAPE, UM, FOR, I GUESS, FROM HERE ON OUT.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A, UH, A CONTRACTOR COME IN TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT YEAR IS OVER WHO TAKES, COULD TAKE OVER FROM THERE.
WHAT IT IS IT, IS IT THE CITY OR WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE SAME ONE OR WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, AT 90,000? I MEAN, 70,000 AGAIN, THAT'S COMES OUT OF TERS OR IS IT GOING TO BE OUR, UH, ASSIGNED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO, TO MAINTAIN OUT OF THE, UH, OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE, FOR THE CITY, MARY COUNSEL, JERRY HENDRIX, ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO USE BRIGHT VIEW AND SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH THE PARK STAFF TO MAINTAIN THIS PARK AS WELL AS LAVAR DAY.
BUT AFTER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE WARRANTY OF ALL THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S IN THERE, UH, WE TALKED WITH BRIGHT VIEW AND THEY'RE AMENABLE TO, UH, WAITING A YEAR TO BEGIN THAT.
AND, UH, OF COURSE OUR PARK STAFF IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, BUT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE WARRANTY ON THE EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE IN THIS PARK, WE WANT TO GO THIS ROUTE WITH CLEAN SCAPES, UH, BUT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND THAT'S, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME.
AND I, THAT I, THAT WAS MY ISSUE.
IT WAS WITH THE CHANGE ORDER TERMINOLOGY AS WELL.
CUSTOMER TOBY IS CAUSE I, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A CHANGE ORDER TO THE CONTRACT SO MUCH AS PRE-FUNDING A YEAR'S WORTH OF MAINTENANCE COSTS AND ONGOING LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE THAT SHOULD FALL ON TERSE TOO, NOT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IT WOULD, IT'S IT, YOU COULD PUT IT UNDER THE CIP AND SAY THAT IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL $10 MILLION PROJECT, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT IT ULTIMATELY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM OR THE FUNDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO COME FROM IT'S GOING TO BE COMING FROM TERSE TOO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONTEMPLATED THAT THE LANDSCAPING ON THESE, THIS PARK IN PARTICULAR WILL BE A HEALTHY BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO THE PARK CUSTOMER PARSLEY.
UM, SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER A YEAR? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO ALWAYS BE OUTSOURCING THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE PARK? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO AS YOU, AS YOU DO NOW, RIGHT? YOU OUTSOURCE, I THINK A LOT OF THE CITY'S LANDSCAPING CURRENTLY IS THAT RIGHT? AND SO IT'S STILL, THE PARK HAS TO BE MAINTAINED UNDER SOMEONE'S CONTRACT.
WE'RE MERELY SUGGESTING THAT IT BE MAINTAINED UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR'S CONTRACT TO AVOID ANY WARRANTY, DISCREPANCIES, OR ISSUES.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF LANDSCAPING, A LOT OF VERY EXPENSIVE LANDSCAPING OUT THERE WHERE OBVIOUSLY IN A DROUGHT SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS PLANT MATERIAL, THESE TREES, WHATEVER IT IS DIED BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T MAINTAIN THEM.
BUT IN THIS CASE, AT THE SAME PERSON, MAINTAINING THEM THAT CARRIES THE WARRANTY, THEY CAN'T WASH THEIR HANDS OF IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I'M THINKING IS LIKE, THEY'RE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING THE LANDSCAPE AND RIGHT NOW IS ASKING TO BE CONTRACTED TO KEEP THE WARRANTY.
SO WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT WARRANTY TO BE KEPT? SO WE CAN PROBABLY TRY
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TO LOOK FOR BIDS ON WHO CAN DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THIS PART.WE DON'T HAVE TO BE TAKEN $90,000 IF WE CAN FIND SOMETHING AT A BETTER PRICING, UM, AND THE WARRANTY IS GOING TO BE INTACT.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN FIND DIFFERENT BIDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.
YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT IT OUT TO BID IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISH TO DO SO.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE VETTED THIS COST WITH, UH, WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT WHO WORKS WITH, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ALL OVER THE STATE AND HE FELT IT WAS A FAIR COST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING.
SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS CERTAINLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER END RESULT AS FAR AS COST IS CONCERNED.
UM, AND I WILL CLARIFY THAT THAT $70,000 IS THE AMOUNT THAT THE PROPOSAL CAME IN AT.
UH, BUT THERE'S 90,000 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR JUST IN CASE THERE'S ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THAT THE CITY SAYS, WELL, WE ALSO WANT, YOU KNOW, EXTRA MAINTENANCE ON THE POND OR BECAUSE THERE'S WATER FEATURES OUT THERE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF ABOVE AND BEYOND.
SO AT THIS TIME, $70,000 IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL FOR, UM, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, HE SAID, THAT'S VERY, VERY FAIR IN THE BALLPARK.
CAN I HAVE, UM, PEREZ COME UP, BACK UP HERE.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH IS CURRENTLY IN THE TOURISTS ACCOUNT IN THE TOURIST FUND? UH, NOT RIGHT OFF THE BAT OF MINE, OF MY HEAD.
WE DO HAVE A FAIRLY SIZABLE AMOUNT IN THE FUND BALANCE, BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
IT'S SEVERAL TIMES OVER WHAT THIS CONTRACT AWARD IS FOR.
WE HAD MARIN COUNCIL CONTEMPLATED FROM THE VERY GET-GO THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK, AS WELL AS A LAVAR DAY PARK.
AND THE TRAIL IN BETWEEN WILL BE FUNDED.
THE MAINTENANCE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE PARKS WILL BE FUNDED FROM TERTIARY TO M AND O FUNDS THAT WE COLLECT FROM PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN THE TERRORS.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, THAT'S IT.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK ARE THEY GOING TO IS CLEAN SCAPES GOING TO BE OUT HERE TO MAINTAIN THAT GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET A SERVICE SCHEDULE FROM THEM.
UH, IT'S 42 FULL SERVICE VISITS.
SO, UM, SO DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN THE SPRING, YOU KNOW, THE GROWING SEASON, THEY'LL ESSENTIALLY BE OUT THERE ONCE A WEEK, EVERY WEEK FOR FULL SERVICE, WHICH IS TRIMMING, MOWING, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE SPRINKLER IRRIGATION CHECKS, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
THAT'S, UM, LIKE I SAID, 42 VISITS PER YEAR.
UM, ALSO THERE'LL BE OUT THERE TWO TO THREE TIMES A MONTH DURING THE GROWING, GROWING SEASON TO PRUNE SHRUBS, UM, PRUNE TREES, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UM, AND THEN A LESSER AMOUNTS OF DURING THE WINTER, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THE PLANT MATERIAL WON'T BE GROWING, THEY'VE GOT TRASH PICKUP INCLUDED IN HERE, UH, FOR THE LANDSCAPE AREAS.
UM, THEY'VE GOT WEED CONTROL IN HERE AT ONCE A MONTH TO COME OUT AND SPRAY WEEDS.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE, UM, GENERAL CLEANUP, VISUAL INSPECTIONS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FULL SERVICE DURING THE GROWING SEASON.
CAUSE THERE'S 52 WEEKS A YEAR, SO THERE'S, THIS IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN A WEEK ALTOGETHER.
AND THEN TWO AND THREE TIMES DURING THE SO WEAK DURING THE GROWING SEASON, DURING THE OFF SEASONS, THEY MAY COME ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
SO WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED PROBABLY JERRY ADDITIONAL STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AREA.
SO ON TOP OF THE, UH, $5,066 AND 24 CENTS, UM, WHAT DOES THAT A MONTH TO MAINTAIN? WE'RE ALSO GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO COVER THAT PARK.
WELL, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF IN OUR BUDGET AND COUNSELORS ASKED US TO FIND MORE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND WE DID PLAN TO MAKE DAILY VISITS TO MAKE SURE TRASH RECYCLING AND ALL THAT STUFF IS TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL.
THIS CONTRACT WILL MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPING AND PRESERVE THE WARRANTY ON THAT LANDSCAPING.
AND THEN, UM, I SEE THAT THERE IS A MARKUP COST OF 9,265.
CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT IS 60,794, THEN ADDITIONAL 9,000 TO 65 FOR A TOTAL OF 70,000.
SO WHAT IS THE MARKUP? SO THAT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, WHEN WE CAME HERE TONIGHT, IT WAS ORIGINALLY TO, TO INCLUDE IT AS A CHANGE ORDER TO KATE'S MCSHANE'S CONTRACT.
SO YOUR CONTRACT WOULD BE WITH KIDS MCSHANE AND THERE WOULD BE SUBBING IT OUT TO CLEAN SCAPES.
THEY'RE CHARGING US $10,000 JUST TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF 10% IS WHAT THEIR CONTRACT SAYS FOR CHANGES OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT.
MA'AM, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD BECAUSE LIABILITY AND INSURANCE AND BONDING, UM, YOU REMEMBER THEY HAD TO HAVE PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS, WHICH ARE NOT, NOT CHEAP, BUT, BUT THEN YOU GUYS
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ALSO WANT ANOTHER $20,000 ON TOP OF THAT FOR SOME GIVE AND TAKE, WELL, IT'S FOUR, AS YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO, IF THERE'S OFF-SITE OR OFF SCHEDULE VISITS THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, LET'S SAY THAT SOMEBODY CAME AND TRASHED THE PARK ON A WEEK THAT NO SCHEDULES WERE, WERE SCHEDULED OR NO VISITS WERE SCHEDULED, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU AN ALLOWANCE TO BE ABLE TO CALL THEM OUT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND NOT JUST THE SCHEDULED VISITS.SO, UM, WE'RE STILL FINISHING, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT SOME LOOSE ENDS TO TIE UP THERE.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE MAY POP UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF.
SO THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE TO GIVE A LITTLE CUSHION IN CASE ADDITIONAL THINGS POPPED UP.
AND THEN MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO JERRY, UM, W HOW DO WE PLAN ON INCORPORATING STAFF TO TAKE OVER THIS IN A YEAR WHEN THE WARRANTY IS OVER PARK STAFF LED BY MARIANA SPINOZA, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR HAS ALREADY FILLED UP MAINTENANCE PLANS FOR ALL THE PARKS THAT WE ARE READY TO IMPLEMENT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT MARIANA CAN SEND THOSE TO US, PLEASE? YEAH, WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU.
UH, AND I WOULD ASSUME IT INCLUDES A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, AND CORRECT THE PRIVATE CONTRACT.
SO, BUT, BUT I AGREE WITH CUSTOMER FLOORS CALE ABOUT THE, SO IS IT, IS THERE SOME REASON WHY WE HAVE TO GIVE THIS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT IN THE, OF A CHANGE ORDER THAT IS MANAGED OR FACILITATED BY CADENCE MACHINE? I'M NOT TRYING TO RUFFLE FEATHERS, BUT I JUST DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC IN THEM.
IF THEY'RE, IF IT STARTS THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT STARTS WHEN THEY'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED AND PUNCHED OUT AND MOVE ON, AND THEN IT'S JUST AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
SO WHY DOES THIS FIRST YEAR HAVE TO COME IN UNDERNEATH THE CIP? YEAH.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO, I THINK IT JUST SEEMED TO BE THE OPTION THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT WITH YOU.
AND SO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CARRYING THE WARRANTY, CANES MCSHANE IS CARRYING THE ONE-YEAR WARRANTY.
THAT'S WHO CARRIES THE ONE-YEAR WARRANTY.
SHANE IS CARRY, CORRECT? YES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CARRYING THE WARRANTY.
UM, BUT CLEAN SCAPES IS THEIR SUB.
SO IT JUST MADE SENSE FROM A, FROM A, I GUESS, EASINESS STANDPOINT, JUST TO MAINTAIN WHAT YOU HAVE NOW, INSTEAD OF EXECUTING A NEW CONTRACT WITH A NEW SUB, HAVING TO GO OUT FOR RFPS, THAT WHOLE PROCESS, WHICH TAKES TIME AND MONEY, OBVIOUSLY ON THE CITY SIDE.
SO YOU'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT WITH CADENCE MCSHANE.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
I JUST, I GUESS I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT CLEARLY CATCHING HER FOR SCALE SINCE WE ARE ALREADY IN A CONTRACT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THE MARKET COULD BE NEGOTIABLE? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING FROM 60,000 7 94 TO 90.
AND SO IF WE CAN SOME MORE CUT IT IN THAT MARKET COULD BE, I WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATIVE.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE QUESTION MAY PRO TIP.
IF WE COULD NEGOTIATE SOME OF THAT'D BE GREAT.
THE OTHER THING, COUNSEL, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A TERRORS, SO IT'S A COUNTY AND CITY, A JOINT VENTURE.
SO THE CITY, THE COUNTY WOULD ACTUALLY BE PAYING FOR SOME OF THIS MAINTENANCE.
SO IT'S A CHAIRED COST BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ON THAT.
UH, BUT YEAH, IF WE COULD DO ANYTHING TO NEGOTIATE, THAT PRICE WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, I'M GOING TO TABLE, UH, MY MOTION, IF THAT'S AMENABLE TO THE SECOND, GIVE RYAN A CHANCE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL OR TO YOUR, THE SECOND I BELIEVE.
IS THAT MEANINGFUL TO YOU? YES, I BELIEVE SO.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING ON FROM THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 28
[28. Consideration and possible action to approve PR-07: Cellular Booster System at Public Safety Center in an amount not to exceed 104,823.00. ~ Ryan Rosborough, AG|CM
]
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO PREEMPT, CAUSE I KNOW THE QUESTION IS GOING TO COME UP.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THE WORD CHANGE ORDER AGAIN.
UM, SO THIS IS, THIS GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD PROBABLY A YEAR AGO, CHANGE ORDERS, NOT A DIRTY WORD.
THAT SHOULD BE AN EXPECTATION AND IT'S AS LONG AS IT'S PLANNED.
SO IN THIS CASE, THESE ARE PLANNED, THEY ARE ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THE CONTRACT.
SO IN THIS CASE, THESE CHANGE ORDERS ARE ACTUAL BETTERMENTS TO THE CITY, WHICH MEANS THEY WEREN'T IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT ENVISIONED AT THE TIME.
SO THESE ARE ACTUAL BETTERMENTS TO THE CONTRACT.
SO CHANGE ORDER AND NOT MEANING ERROR, NOT MEANING OOPS, OMISSION, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THESE, THESE NEXT FEW ARE.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE HERE IS A, OF COURSE FOR THE CELLULAR BOOSTER SYSTEM.
UH, SO WHAT THIS IS, ANYONE CAN ATTEST, IT'S BEEN OVER TO THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
THE CELL SERVICE IS ATROCIOUS.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY BAD STANDING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE.
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YOU MAY GET A SIGNAL YOU MAY NOT.UM, SO IT'S BECOME APPARENT AS WE'VE MOVED FURTHER THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAS SIGNAL ISSUES WITH THEIR CELL PHONES.
THERE'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENTS TO THIS BUILDING.
UM, CITY STAFF IS GOING TO BE IN THIS BUILDING AND IT'S GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET SIGNALS IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
SO THE CELL PHONE BOOSTER SYSTEM, UM, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT IN BY YOUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR A HUNDRED, $4,000.
THIS IS NOT A CELL BOOSTER THAT YOU GET AT RADIO SHACK AND PLUG INTO THE WALL.
THESE ARE THREE ANTENNAS THAT ARE GOING UP ON TOP OF THE BUILDING, BASICALLY ACTING AS REPEATERS TO THE CELL PHONE TOWERS AROUND THE FACILITY.
UM, SO, UH, THESE WOULD BE FUNDED, UH, THROUGH THE FFNE, THE FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT, UM, WHICH IS WITHIN THE, UH, ALLOCATED BOND DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S BASICALLY COMING OUT OF ONE BUCKET, UH, AS A CHANGE ORDER TO BARTLETT COST CONTRACT TO HAVE THESE INSTALLED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTIONS MAY I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 28, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNSELOR FORREST KELLY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
[29. Consideration and possible action to approve Dispatch Workstations & Misc. Furniture at Public Safety Center in an amount not to exceed $233,715.45. ~ Ryan Rosborough, AG|CM
]
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THE FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT BUDGET WITHIN THE OVERALL BOND PROGRAM.
UM, WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THE DISPATCH CENTER WAS MOVED INTO THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING, OBVIOUSLY WE NEEDED TO FURNISH THAT SPACE.
SO, UH, CHIEF BARNETT HAS BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE FURNITURE COMPANY TO TRY AND GET SOME FURNITURE IN THERE THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE SPACE.
UH, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HERE IS A, UM, IS A PROPOSAL FOR THAT DISPATCH, A WORKSTATION FURNITURE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, NOT TO EXCEED 2 33, 7 15.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SIDE OF THE CUSTOMER FOR SCALE? THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM.
I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE'S BEEN NO OFFICIAL, A DECISION MADE AS FAR AS, UM, DISPATCH.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE CONTACT US.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THERE'S BEEN NO DECISION.
THIS IS IN CASE WE NEEDED AS BACKUP, UM, AND TO, AND TO BE PROACTIVE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29.
MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOWS, KALE SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
[30. Consideration and possible action to approve PR-09: CAPCOG & LCRA Infrastructure Build-Out for Dispatch Workstations at Public Safety Center in an amount not to exceed $256,000.00. ~ Ryan Rosborough, AG|CM
]
MR. ROSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, SO TO, TO CLARIFY YOUR LAST STATEMENT, BEING PROACTIVE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT FURNITURE, AS YOU ALL KNOW HAS AN EXTREMELY LONG LEAD TIME RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE SUPPLY ISSUES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF ALL THAT, UM, THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THAT, UH, THIS WOULD BE ALL THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED, UH, SHOULD THAT DECISION HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? SO THIS IS YOUR ELECTRICAL, UM, YOUR TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN THERE, YOUR DATA RACKS, ALL THAT TO SUPPORT, UH, THAT CENTER, SHOULD IT BE BUILT OUT? SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, THERE IS THE PROPOSAL FOR ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WHICH AGAIN, WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE FFNE BUDGET, UH, WHICH THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS THERE.
SO IT'S WITHIN THE BOND ALLOCATION.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY MAY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 32ND MOTION BY CUSTOMER PARTIALLY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SKILLS, THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUSTOMER.
TOBY'S PART OF THIS, UM, UH, CONTRACT HERE.
DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE ANY KIND OF HUM MONITORINGS MONITORS, ELECTRICAL MONITORS VERSUS JUST FURNITURE TO WHERE LET'S SAY LATER ON, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER TO ADD FOUR MONITORS OR TV SCREENS OR TRAINING MODULES BECAUSE THIS JUST FOR FURNITURE CHAIRS, UM, THOSE TYPES OF, UH, FIXED ASSETS KIND OF DEAL.
SO THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ALL THOSE THINGS.
IT'S NOT FOR THE ACTUAL MONITORS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
THIS IS FOR THE, UM, DISTRICT LIKE THE STRUCTURED CABLING IS ONE OF THE ITEMS IN HERE.
THAT'S ALL YOUR, UH, YOUR CAT CABLE THAT FEATURE YOUR DATA PORTS.
UH, WE HAVE ELECTRICAL IN THERE WHICH ALSO IS TO SUPPORT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, UM, DEDICATED CIRCUITS, ALL THAT SORT OF GOOD STUFF.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN THE SELF-PERFORMING WORK FROM BARTLETT COCKE TO BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
AND THIS ISN'T A CHANGE ORDER.
THIS IS, THIS IS JUST THE PROOFING, THE FURNITURE PURCHASE.
SO IT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL INITIAL COST IS, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THAT'S PART OF THAT.
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THAT WAY LATER ON, IF WE'VE GOT AN ORDER, THE ELECTRICAL ITEMS, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY, WE'RE APPROVING THE FURNITURE NOW.AND IF WE'VE GOT TO DO TELECOM LATER ON, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO DO THE VISUAL, UH, COMPONENTS, THE DEBT IT'S ALL IN SYNC, RIGHT? SO WE CAN BE AWARE OF THAT, THAT THOSE ARE COMING.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, AGAIN, THAT WORD CHANGE WORD, I HATE IT BECAUSE IT'S GOT NASTY CONNOTATIONS AROUND IT.
THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE ORDER TO BARTLETT COX CONTRACT BECAUSE BARTLETT COTTON DOES NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THAT.
THEREFORE, THIS IS A BETTERMENT.
IT IS A CHANGE ORDER, BUT IT IS BUDGETED ELSEWHERE.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING MONEY OUT OF ONE BUCKET.
THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED AND MOVING INTO A DIFFERENT BUCKET, BUT IT'S ALL WITHIN THE SAME POCKETS.
SO WHEN I WAS TRYING TO MAKE ON THAT AS A CHANGE ORDER, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PUT THIS FORWARD ON OUR BUDGET FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S A CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE THE, SO THINK OF IT LIKE TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
THERE'S THE G THE CMRS BUCKET, HIS CONTRACT THAT'S BARTLETT COCKE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE FFNE BUCKET, WHICH IS SEPARATE OF BARTLETT COCKE.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THE ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING IS BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE FFNE BUDGET, BUT BARTLETT COCKE IS GOING TO PERFORM THE WORK.
SO IT'S A CHANGE ORDER TO BARTLETT COX CONTRACT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THERE NOW, BUT IT'S YEAH.
TO, TO THEIR CONTRACT, BUT NOT TO THE ORIGINAL BUILDING.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LEADING US TO BELIEVE THAT WE WERE ADDING A COST THAT WASN'T THERE, BUT IT'S NOT, THIS IS A COST WE ALREADY ANTICIPATED.
THIS IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.
ALL IT IS ALLOWING SOMEBODY ELSE TO PURCHASE.
IT'S IN THE BOND APPROVED A BUDGET.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT OUTSIDE OF THAT, CORRECT? BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS READING THIS SAYING, OKAY, YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING MONEY NOW ON FURNITURE.
AND NOW YOU'RE, UM, DOING ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER TO SPEND MONEY FOR THE VISUALS.
THE TELEPHONES ARE COMING, EVERYTHING ELSE IS COMING.
AND YOU'VE GOT THE MONITORING SYSTEM AND THE SECURITY SYSTEM AND THE CAMERAS, EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO HAVE THE GATES THAT ARE COMING AS WELL.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAYING, WOW, YOU GUYS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL PART OF THE BOND, BUT YOU GUYS ARE NOW APPROVING 200,000 HERE, 300,000 THERE, 400,000 HERE, IT'S GOING TO START GETTING PEOPLE TO START QUESTIONING, WAIT A MINUTE.
WE JUST, WE APPROVED A $30 MILLION BOND.
AND WHY ARE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, SIGNING OFF ON ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY FOR THIS STUFF? AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA, IS THIS ACTUALLY COSTING US MORE? SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT SOME RESIDENTS WILL PROBABLY START SEEING WHY, WHICH THAT IT IS NOT EXTRA MONEY.
IT IS NOT OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IT RIGHT THEN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
AND CAN WE CLARIFY ALL THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE BOND, RIGHT? CORRECT.
HE WAS NO PULLING OUT OF GENERAL, RIGHT? IT'S ALL COMING OUT.
HEY, I, BOB, I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE DOING REALLY GREAT.
I KNOW USUALLY THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE UP HERE, BUT YOU'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.
[31. Consideration and possible action on approval to proceed with Contract Negotiation with LCCx for Test & Balance Services at Public Safety Center. ~ Bob Farmer, AG|CM
* LCCx was the only respondent to the RFQ]
AND RYAN, ARE YOU MIND MAKING A PHONE CALL TO, UH, UH, TO PROCEED WITH, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WITH LCC EXPORT TESTING BALANCE SERVICES THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, MR. FARMER, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BOB FARMER, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER WITH AGCS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU TWO THINGS ABOUT THIS.
ONE-ON-ONE EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS, AND THEN TELL YOU ABOUT THE SOLICITATION AND HOW WE GOT HERE.
SO THIS IS GOING IN THROUGH THE BUILDING AND MAKING SURE ALL THE SPACES ARE GETTING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF AIR VOLUME PER THE DESIGN.
SO THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL, UM, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WILL GO IN AND ADJUST EVERYTHING USING DAMPERS AND VALVES TO MAKE SURE ALL THE AIR FLOW IS CORRECT IN THE BUILDING.
BACK IN JUNE, WE PUT OUT A SOLICITATION REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, FOR LICENSED MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PROVIDE A SERVICE.
AND WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE.
EVEN THOUGH WE DID ADVERTISE, WE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND I WENT DIRECTLY TO SOME OTHER FIRMS THAT THEY JUST, THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE PERSONNEL TO FIT YOUR SCHEDULE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS FROM LCC X IS A WELL-KNOWN FIRM IN THE AREA, THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE INTO IT AND NEGOTIATION, ASK THEM FOR A PROPOSAL TO DO THE WORK, NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT.
AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FARMER MOTIONS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31, PLEASE.
MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN, PARTIALLY THAT WE APPROVED AND ON 31, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUSTOMER TOBY'S OKAY.
SO WHEN WILL THIS, UM, SO ONCE THE BUILDING IS COMPLETED DONE IS WHEN THE TESTING WILL BE OBVIOUSLY CONDUCTED, CORRECT.
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WE'RE READY FOR THIS NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE INSTALLING AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT IN THE BUILDING AND IT'S GETTING CLOSED IN.SO THIS PROCESS WILL BE STARTING RIGHT AWAY.
SO THAT WAY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS, WE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE THAT EACH ROOM IS GETTING THE ADEQUATE AIR FLOW.
AND I'VE WORKED IN BIG BUILDINGS BEFORE, ESPECIALLY IN SOME LIKE THIS AND THE LE THE LAST THING WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT IS MOLD OR, OR AIR.
THAT'S NOT GETTING INTO CERTAIN AREAS TO WHERE IT'S VERY HOT IN ONE SECTION OF THE BUILDING RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU'RE JUST, YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST FREEZING TO DEATH.
UH, I'VE WORKED IN BUILDINGS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY IBM AND APPLE WORD.
IT'S JUST THE AIRFLOW IN THOSE BIG BUILDINGS ARE JUST SO OFF.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO FIND IT NOW AT THE BUILDING STAGE AND TRY TO CORRECT IT.
IF YOU NEED TO ADD ANOTHER CONDUIT AND SO FORTH, CORRECT THIS FROM WE'LL MAKE SURE THE AIRFLOW IS BY, BASED ON THE DESIGN.
THE THIRD GIVEN IS EXACTLY PER DESIGN.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER STEP TO THIS.
THERE'S A COMMISSIONING AGENT THAT'S ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH THE ARCHITECTS THAT WILL GO BACK AND JUST TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FIRM SET EVERYTHING UP CORRECTLY.
SO TWO PARTS OF THAT TESTING PROCEDURE TO MAKE SURE THE AIRFLOW IS CORRECT.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS DONE CORRECTLY BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE NEED IS WHEN ALL THE WALLS ARE PUT UP IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN WE GOT SOME ROOMS THAT ARE HOT AND COLD, YOU KNOW, DID WE CATCH IT OR MISS IT AND SO FORTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL ALSO DO IS GO BACK WITH THE RETURN AIR.
SO THE RETURN AIR IS KEY KEY TO THE BUILDING AS WELL, MAKING SURE THE AIR RETURN AIR IS IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIFFERENT ROOMS, IT'S GOING TO BE DAMPERS.
SO THE DAMPERS MAKING SURE IT'S A BIG ENOUGH DAMPER ON THE SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ASPECTS TO IT.
SO DEFINITELY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, UH, W IS THERE A MOTION ALREADY FOR THIS? YES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 10 ITEM NUMBER 32.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON AGENDA ITEM 31? WE DO ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.
[32.
(Second Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of amending Sec. 53-1230 (Zoning), to add Indoor Firing Range to the Entertainment “E” zoning district and amend the associated zoning use chart. ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend approval of the amendment.
City Council voted 6-1 to approve on first reading on 7/19/2022.
]32.THAT'S SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53, UH, ZONING AND SEE IF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING SECTION 53 DASH 1230 A TO ADD INDOOR FIRING GRADES TO THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONING DISTRICT, UH, AND AMEND THE ASSOCIATED ZONING USE CHART.
UH, UH, COUNCIL VOTED 61 AT THE LAST READING.
UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM MOTIONS? I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECTION, A NUMBER 32 MOTION BY CUSTOMER.
TOBIA SECONDED BY CUSTOMER PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVED YOU, NOT IN 32.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
I'LL POST NAY MOTION CARRIES FIVE ONE.
[33. Consideration and approval of applying for the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program Grant, #20.327 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. ~ Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager]
ITEM 33 CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF APPLYING FOR THE RAILROAD, UH, CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM.GRANT NUMBER 20.3 27 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, DAVID AMSLER MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, YOUR APPROVAL FOR US TO ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE A RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT TO ASSIST WITH THE CALLER'S CROSSING, UM, PRO UH, PROJECT.
WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR IS THE OVERPASS, UM, AS WELL AS ANY PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FEES, UM, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT IS 20 MILLION.
SO THIS IS A 20% MATCH, UM, GRANT THAT WOULD BE 4 MILLION FROM THE CITY.
UM, THE ONE OTHER, UH, BENEFIT TO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS IT DOES NOT, AND WE DO NOT NEED TO DO A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS ON TOP OF IT.
SO THE MATCH COST IS THE TRUE COST.
UM, AND I ALSO HAVE, UH, CARL AND DENISE FROM OUR GRANTS TEAM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, VIRTUALLY HERE ON RINGCENTRAL.
THANK YOU, DAVID, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DAVID MOTIONS? A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33 SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND BY THE MAYOR THAT WE PROVED YOU AND I'M 33.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? UH, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE US CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THIS.
THIS IS SIX YEARS, UH, OF WORK AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL MORE YEARS STILL TO GO, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS TO BE FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE US CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
IS THERE DISCUSSION CUSTOMER FORCE FORESCOUT UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD QUICKLY TELL THE RESIDENTS WHAT THIS PROGRAM WILL BRING TO THE CITY.
SO THE, THE MAIN BENEFIT AND W WITHOUT GETTING TECHNICAL, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE ENGINEERS OR THE GRANT TEAM.
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GOING TO DO IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT CENTER STREET, THERE IS OCCASIONALLY A LOT OF BACKUP BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD WHERE THE, UH, SOME TRAINS HAVE TO WAIT FOR OTHER TRAINS TO PASS.WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THAT SECTION TOWARDS KOHLER'S CROSSING, BUT THAT CREATES ANOTHER ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE AND, UH, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SO THIS WILL BE AN OVERPASS THAT WILL, UH, AVOID THE RAILROAD.
SO IT SHOULD LIGHT IN TRAFFIC HERE AND THEN NOT CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUES THERE.
AND THEN WITH THE OVERPASS, UH, IT WOULD ALSO HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPOND FASTER ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UH, AND I DO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO JUST TABLE, UH, JENN ITEM 27.
[34.
[Postponed 7/19/2022] Consider and possible action to approve a Resolution of the City Council Authorizing and Creating the Limestone Creek Public Improvement District in accordance with Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code; resolving other matters incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date. ~ Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager
- Public Hearing
The public hearing was left open at the 7/19/2022 Council meeting.
]UP IS AGENDA ITEM 34, CONSIDERATE AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AND CREATING THE LAUNCHED OAK CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IT WAS LEFT OPEN AT THE LAST MEETING.
AMBER AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, UH, LIMESTONE CREEK, THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
AND THEN, UM, THEY HOPE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU ALL AT THE NEXT MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO, UH, REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[35. Appoint Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager, to the Alliance Regional Water Authority Board of Directors representing the City of Kyle. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager]
I'M 35 APPOINT AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO THE ALLIANCE, REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF KYLE BY MR. HENDRICKS ITEM.HE IS OUT, UM, WE HAVE THREE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE, UH, ON THE ARWA BOARD.
UH, ORIGINALLY IT WAS TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND A COUNCIL MEMBER ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY I THINK IT WAS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A STAFF MEMBER.
THEN IT WENT TO TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND THE MEMBER, UH, I WAS ON THAT BOARD FOR A WHILE, UH, WITH, UH, WITH MR. HERB, UH, RESIGNING, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE, UH, AMBER TO REPLACE HIM, UH, REPRESENTED OUR REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, FOREST, COUNSELOR, DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
AMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? NO, SIR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO THAT.
IF YOU, IF WE GO THROUGH WITH THIS VOTE, UH, I THINK YOU'D BE A GREAT CHOICE FOR THIS TO HELP WITH OUR WATER IN AUTHORITY BOARD.
I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND I WILL JUST GOOD FOR KYLE.
[36. Discussion and possible action to direct the ethics committee to update the City's ethics ordinance, including verbiage regarding notifications/updates after a complaint is heard by the committee. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
ITEM 36 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S ETHICS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING VERBIAGE REGARDING NOTIFICATION SLASH UPDATES AFTER A COMPLAINT IS HEARD BY THE COMMITTEE CUSTOMER FLOW SCALE.UM, AND IN DEALING WITH THE CITY'S ETHICS OR ETHICS ORDINANCE, I REALIZED THAT, UM, I THINK OUR ETHICS ORDINANCE IS A LITTLE BEHIND.
UM, DO YOU READ MY RESEARCH? I REALIZED THAT ETHIC ORDINANCE SHOULD BE EASY TO READ, EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE A PROCESS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE CURRENTLY AFTER A COMPLAINT IS FILED, THERE'S NO FOLLOWUP FROM THE CITY ETHICS COMMITTEE OR ETHICS ATTORNEY.
THE ONLY POINT OF CONTACT IS OUR CITY SECRETARY, WHICH MEANS SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE FOLLOWUPS WHEN PEOPLE CALL BACK.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS AN ACTUAL FORM WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION, UM, AN AFT, UH, AN AFFIDAVIT, THE REQUIRED EFFORT, DAVID, AND SOME MORE DEFINED DEFINITIONS.
SO MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO SEND THIS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND MAYBE MAKE SOME UPDATES TO THE ORDINANCE YOU'RE WANTING.
SO YOU'RE WANTING THEM TO ADD, WELL, REALLY I DATED.
UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE IS JUST GENERAL DISCUSSION TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH THIS, BUT YES.
SO THE ETHICS PROCESS REQUIRES THE COMPLAINT AND IT HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO PUT IT INTO A COMPLAINT.
AND THEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH IS NOTARIZED.
AND THEN YOU, UH, AFTER THAT, UM, THEN YOU SUBMIT IT AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING.
SO THERE'S NO CITY CONTACTING YOU TELLING YOU, HEY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED OR IT'S EVEN LIKE THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOTHING FROM IT.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF A BROKEN PROCESS AS FAR AS LIKE FOLLOWING UP AND FINISHING IT.
UM, AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO SEE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY WHERE EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN EMAIL WITH AN ATTACHMENT WITH ANY KIND OF NOTIFICATION OR INFORMATION FOR THAT, WHOEVER FILED, UM, AS A COURTESY.
SO YOU'RE ASKING THE ETHICS BOARD TO UPDATE THE ETHICS ORDINANCE, TO CLARIFY
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FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE COMPLAINANT BEING NOTIFIED BACK AFTER IF, IF THE COMPLAINANT A COMPLAINT THEY'RE THE FOLLOW-UP SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS.SO THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF IT, BUT I WANT THEM TO REVIEW THE WHOLE THING AND, AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE MORE DEFINED VERBIAGE IN THERE BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S REALLY VAGUE.
AND SO, UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE WHO FILE A FALSE REPORT, UM, AND, AND THERE'S CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S NO OTHER CONSEQUENCES DEFINED.
AND SO, UM, IT MAY BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO FILE, IF THE ORDINANCE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ AND TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, THAT'S WHERE TOBY'S.
UM, W MAYBE A SUGGESTION, UM, MS.
UH, AND THEN ONCE IT'S DONE WHATEVER DECISION OR WHATEVER OUTCOME OF ANY KIND OF, UM, COMPLAINT IS HEARD THAT THEY PERSONALLY, OR SOMEBODY FROM THE ETHICS CHAIR WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AND GIVE THAT ON THE DICE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT LEGALLY, OR PART OF THE, PART OF THE DEAL TO WHERE THEY CAN COME UP AND SAY, WELL, ACCORDING TO THIS, UH, WE CAN HAVE, UH, HAVE IT OUT AS FAR AS LIKE, THEY BRING UP SAYING THAT REFERENCING THIS, UH, DISAGREEMENT SO FORTH, WE FIND THE MATTER OF THIS PERSON OR, UM, IN THIS, THIS SITUATION, UM, THIS WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE, THE, UH, EITHER WHETHER IT'S WHATEVER INVESTIGATION IT IS OR WHATEVER COMPLAINT THEY FOUND THAT THE, UH, ETHICS BOARD WOULD BRING A REPORT TO COUNCIL.
THAT THAT'D BE SOMETHING, AH, LOOK, I LOVE THAT IDEA, BUT I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO BE ON.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO, BUT I, WHAT I WANT IS FOR THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY THINK WOULD BE THE PROPER PROCEDURE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, I THINK IS, IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S UPDATING EVERYBODY, UM, INCLUDING THE COMPLAINANT, HOPEFULLY, UH, AND KEEPING TRANSPARENCY OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST EMAIL A FORMAL EMAIL OF THE FINDINGS ARE YOU, ALL'S FINE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF IT'S AN OLDER PART, I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ELECTRONIC BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW EVERYBODY'S LIFE WORKS, BUT SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION BACK.
SO IF THEY RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, IF MAYBE THEY FILL OUT A FORM THAT SAYS, PLEASE MAIL IT BACK TO ME, OR, YOU KNOW, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME, THEN, THEN THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF FOLLOW-UP.
COULD YOU MAKE A PUSH IN PLACE? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, SO MAYBE LETTING THE COMPLAINT, THE PERSON WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT KNOW THAT THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT THEY CAME UP WITH A RESOLUTION FOR THAT PERSON THAT COMPLAINED, YOU KNOW, KNOWS, I GUESS THEIR RESPONSE OR THE FINDINGS IS THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THEY CAN COME TO COUNCIL WITH A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CD OR THE, THE COUNCIL OR SEE MANAGERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE ETHICS ORDINANCE SAYS ABOUT THAT, BUT IF THEY WILL COME TO COUNCIL, THEN WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME, OR THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN BE DONE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT COULD BE DONE ONLY BECAUSE ONCE SOMETHING'S FILED, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME AND GIVE US A RESOLUTION.
AND WOULD THAT APPLY JUST TO COUNCIL WILL THEN APPLY IT TO THE ENTIRE CITY, TO ALL THE STAFF? HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE, UM, UP TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.
I ACTUALLY, I DO AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK THANKS COMMITTEES THAT THE RIGHT BODY TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS BECAUSE THE ETHICS ATTORNEY WOULD BE THERE TO ADVISE THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE, I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE THE RIGHT BODY.
SO I REALLY DO AGREE WITH YOUR APPROACH ON THIS.
SO I GREW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON IT? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE CITY'S ETHICS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING VERBIAGE REGARDING NOTIFICATION SLASH UPDATES.
AFTER I COMPLAINED IS HEARD BY THE COMMITTEE MOTION BY CUSTOMER FORCE KALE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
UH, THE, WE SEND, UH, DECIDED TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO I'M SORRY, THE ETHICS ORDINANCE THROUGH THE ETHICS COMMITTEE WITH THE UPDATES THAT SHE REQUESTED.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[37. Discussion and possible action regarding updating the City's "Core Values." ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
I'M 37 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING UPDATING THE CITY'S CORE VALUES COUNSELOR FOR SCALE.SO, UM, I THINK WITH ALL THE CHANGES THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH, IT'S TIME TO REEVALUATE THE CITY'S VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS PLACED ON STAFF KNOWLEDGE.
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E IS EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY.AND GIVE EMPLOYEE KIND OF, THEY MAY HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST, BUT MOVING FORWARD CORE VALUES SUCH AS YES, ATTITUDE SHOULD ONLY BE USED AT APPROPRIATE TIMES, NOT EVERYTHING.
IN FACT, SOME SITUATIONS SHOULD START AS A NOTE UNTIL A YES IS EARNED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY'S CORE VALUES UPDATED USING ALL STAFF INPUT.
WE CAN DO THIS BY SENDING OUT LINKS, USING AN ANONYMITY.
UH, THE EMPLOYEES COULD RESPOND AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK REGARDING WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WHAT PAST CORE VALUES DON'T WORK AND WHY, UH, WHY, WHY THEY DIDN'T WORK AND WHY, AND FINALLY GAIN FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT THEY DEEM REALISTIC ATTAINABLE, ATTAINABLE GOALS.
THEY ARE IN FACT, THE BACKBONE TO THIS CITY AND ARE THE ONES WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO ENLIGHTEN US WITH THIS INFORMATION.
SO I, I'M JUST KINDA CURIOUS AS TO, UH, WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO JUST KIND OF START FRESH, UM, AND GET REAL FEEDBACK AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE CUSTOMER? IT COULD BE US.
UM, UH, I, I THINK, UM, IN THESE WITH EVERY, UM, GOVERNMENT OR WITH EVERY BUSINESS OR ANY COMPANY, I THINK, UH, IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO EVALUATE YOUR, YOUR GOALS AND YOUR, UH, NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGES AND SO FORTH, BUT, UH, SET NEW GOALS EVERY YEAR OR IN TIME.
SO, UH, I THINK WITH THIS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AT IS I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO A, UH, EMPLOYEE SURVEY, UH, THAT WOULD BASICALLY FOR EVERYBODY, ALL THE EMPLOYEES, UH, IT CAN BE, OF COURSE YOU ANONYMOUS, ANONYMOUS OR ANONYMOUS TURN I'M TRYING TO USE.
UH, AND JUST BASICALLY, UH, COME UP WITH JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, HOW YOU, UH, ENJOY WORKING FOR THE CITY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR CHALLENGES THAT YOU SEE CURRENTLY, BUT ALSO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE CITY AS WELL, AND WHY YOU ARE STILL, UH, MEAN TO, TO BE PART OF THIS AND, AND GIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS? I THINK IF WE ALSO, UH, THE CITY GIVES THEIR EMPLOYEES A VOICE, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO HELP, UH, IN ANY BUSINESS, IN ANY COMPANY WITH MORALE TO SEE THAT, HEY, UH, OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD IN OUR OPINIONS AND OUR IDEAS AND OUR THOUGHTS, UH, WE CAN USE TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH THE MAIN GOAL IS LIKE, I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, UH, REMEMBER THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED THE MISSION.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT I USE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT A LOT IS, IS, IS, UH, NEVER FORGET WHAT THE MISSION IS ALL ABOUT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF MAKE, TO SEE HOW YOU FEEL MS. FLORES CAME ABOUT THAT SUGGESTION ABOUT DOING A EMPLOYEE SURVEY, AND YOU CAN GET FEEDBACK AS FAR AS EVERYTHING FROM EVENTS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A NEW SODA MACHINE UPSTAIRS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT FOR A WHILE AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR JUST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SENSE.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CORE VALUES AS WELL, AND THE CORE OF CORE VALUES, AS WELL AS, AS UPDATING TO MORE OF A MODERN TODAY, POST COVID KIND OF MENTALITY TO SAY WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THINGS.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AS A CITY, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A PANDEMIC, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A SNOW STORM, WHATEVER IT IS, FIND OUT WHAT OUR CORE VALUES ARE AS EMPLOYEES AS TOGETHER, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID.
CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE STAFF ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW, ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING ABOUT THE CD, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TAKING, UM, INTERNAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
MAYBE WE CAN EVEN SET AT SOME SORT OF A CHALLENGE OR LIKE, WHAT ARE, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THE KYLE CORE VALUES SHOULD BE COME UP WITH AN IDEA AND MAYBE A WINTER IDEA, WE'LL JUST GET TO LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE STAFF, I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, TO PUT A SURVEY TOGETHER SO WE CAN HEAR FROM ALL THE STAFF FROM THE CITY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT W WHEN WE HAVE OUR YEARLY REVIEWS, A LOT OF TIMES WITH US, WE HAVE OUR GOALS WHEN WE LIST OUR GOALS AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH, ON HOW THE CITY DOES IT HERE.
DO THEY HAVE A YEARLY REVIEW FOR EACH EMPLOYEE TO GO THROUGH THEIR YEARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS? AND THEN, AND TO BE HONEST AND UPFRONT WITH THEIR SUPERVISORS TO SAY, LOOK, THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT I'M SEEING EVERY DAY.
THIS IS THE, UM, THE MORALE THAT I'M SEEING.
BUT ALSO THIS IS THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING AS A CITY AS WELL.
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DO HAVE GREAT STAFF THAT WORKS HERE.WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY AND WE NEED TO REALLY, REALLY PUSH THAT.
WE NEED TO REALLY EMPHASIZE HOW GREAT OUR CITY IS IN THE PEOPLE AND THE RESIDENTS AND HOW WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND THE SUPPORT FOR THEM.
SO, UH, I, I, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE YEARLY REVIEWS GO FOR EACH EMPLOYEE, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AS FAR AS REEVALUATING.
LIKE WHAT MISS YVONNE FLORES KALE'S MARINE UP.
AND ALSO WHAT THE MAYOR SAYING IS TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR CORE VALUES AS, AS THE CITY MODERNIZE IT TO TODAY'S STANDARDS AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
WELL, MY THOUGHTS ARE, ARE TWOFOLD.
I LIKE THE SURVEY IDEA A LITTLE BETTER THAN FOCUSING ON THE, THE CORE VALUES.
UM, THE REASON FOR MY CONCERN ON THE CORE VALUES IS THAT I THINK WE ARE IN A STATE OF FLUX IN PARTICULAR WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
WHO'S THE ONE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER, OR I'M SORRY, NOT OUR INTERIM, BUT MR. SELLERS IS THE ONE WHEN HE FIRST CAME HERE THAT PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO DEVELOPING THOSE CORE VALUES.
AND IF IT IS THE CASE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A TRANSITION, YOU KNOW, AS THAT TRANSITION HAPPENS, WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT BRINGING THAT PERSON IN TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE CORE VALUE.
SO I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL HOW I SPEAK ON IT, BUT SO THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT TRYING TO DO THAT NOW AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, MAKE MOVE, BUT THEN, BUT THE SURVEY PART, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CORE VALUES AND ALLOW FOR FEEDBACK ON THEM IS AT LEAST A FIRST STEP, MAYBE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE, WE ARE IN A STATE OF FLUX.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM STAFF.
UH, SO I KIND OF WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TO MR. HENDRICKSON SAY, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T US THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADMINISTERING THIS, THIS IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FUNNELING THESE KINDS OF THOUGHTS THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE IT'S THE, THE COMMISSION WILL BE TO HIM.
AND HE'S THE ONE WHO WOULD THE AUTHORITY TO PUT A LOT OF IT TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO THE SEVEN OF US ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH EVERY QUESTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO WANT TO ASK.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PUTTING TOGETHER AN EMPLOYEE, UH, SURVEY TO TRY TO GET FEEDBACK, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR TIME OF TRANSITION, THE RECORD, I'M ALL ABOUT DOING A SURVEY TO GET INPUT FROM OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR STAFF ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING ABOUT THEIR JOBS.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE IN A STATE OF TRANSITION, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO, UH, AS A STAFF, KEEP OUR HEADS UP, FOCUS ON THE JOB AND, AND ADHERE TO THE CORE VALUES THAT WE HAVE.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS.
SO, UM, PERSONALLY I LOVE THESE CORE VALUES.
UM, WHEN WE INTERVIEW, UH, APPLICANTS FOR JOBS, WE, WE FRAME OUR QUESTIONS AROUND OUR CORE VALUES WHEN WE DO OUR APPRAISALS EVERY YEAR, UH, THOSE ARE FRAMED AROUND OUR CORE VALUES AND OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE SET WITHIN THE CORE VALUES.
AND JUST TO GO OVER THEM, YOU KNOW, KNOWLEDGE IS THE K AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SEEK OUT SEEK TO GAIN DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR JOB.
AND IT'S HOW YOU SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH YOUR COWORKERS AND YOUR STAFF AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SAY YES TO EVERYTHING, BUT YES, ATTITUDE IS NOT ABOUT SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING.
SOMEBODY BRINGS YOU A DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S NOT UP TO OUR STANDARDS.
WE DON'T TELL THEM, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WE SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO.
AND IT'S THE SAME THING WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR APPRAISALS, WHEN WE'RE PLANNING, WHATEVER IT'S ALL ABOUT, HOW DO YOU GET TO YES.
AND YES, IT'S MY FAVORITE CORE VALUE BY THE LIGHT, UM, LEADING EDGE.
AND WE SAW THE VALUE OF LEADING EDGE DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN OVERNIGHT EVERYBODY HAD TO STAY HOME AND WORK FROM HOME.
AND WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT, WE FLIPPED A SWITCH AND EVERYBODY HAD LAPTOPS AND WE WERE CONDUCTING BUSINESS FROM HOME AND WE DIDN'T SKIP A STEP.
THERE WAS NEVER A CITY SERVICE THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND IT'S THAT LEADING EDGE MENTALITY AND PREPARATION THAT ALLOWED US TO DO THAT.
EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THINK EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY IS, IS BEST ENOUGH WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG, BUT THAT'S NOT.
IT EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY IS BEING PROUD OF THE JOB THAT YOU DO DOING YOUR JOB BETTER EVERY DAY AND SHARING THAT ATTITUDE AND ENCOURAGING YOUR COWORKERS TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF ATTITUDE.
THAT'S WHAT THESE CORE VALUES MEAN TO ME.
AND THAT IF YOU'RE A LEADER, WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL ONES.
ONE IS, AND THEY DON'T SPELL ANYTHING, SORRY, ABILITY TO MANAGE PERFORMANCE.
SO IF YOU'RE A LEADER YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE UNDER YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING TO THE GOLD STANDARD THAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO.
AND WE, UM, WE PRAISE ALL OF OUR, OUR LEADERS EVERY YEAR ON THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT AND LEAD THE SECOND ONE IS LEADS AND DEVELOPS AND EFFECTIVE TEAM.
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A TEAM AND THEY CAN DO A GOOD JOB, BUT WE WANT THOSE TEAMS TO IMPROVE EVERY YEAR.WE WANT OUR LEADERS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE TO THOSE PEOPLE.
AND WE WANT THOSE TEAMS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND IMPROVE EVERY YEAR.
AND THESE ARE THE CORE VALUES THAT WE LIVE BY.
AND THAT PERSONALLY, UM, I PUSHED THESE EVERY TIME.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO TAKE INPUT FROM THE, UM, FROM OUR STAFF AND EVEN THE COUNCIL AND EXPLORE, THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED, NOT UNOPPOSED TO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO PREACH YOU FROM KYLE CORE VALUES FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? UH I'M I'M GLAD YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LEAVING, LEADING YOUR, YOUR LEADERS TO, UM, HOLD YOUR EMPLOYEES UP TO A STANDARD.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL THAT, UM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL GOALS TO REACH AS WELL.
PART OF BEING A LEADER AND PART OF BEING A SUPERVISOR IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU, THAT WORK BESIDE YOU, NOT UNDER YOU, THE SIDE, YOU HAVE A VALUE AND HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL GOALS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IN MY SENSE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS CITY AND YOU WANT THEM TO BE, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER WE'RE LEADING, THAT WE'RE ALSO GIVING THEM A TEACHING MOMENT.
AND THEN WE'RE SHOWING THEM LEADING BY EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSTILLING THE HISTORY OF KYLE AND WHAT WE'RE MADE OF.
AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PASS THAT ON TO THE NEXT EMPLOYEE.
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW THAT PERSON THAT YOU JUST HIRED THAT MAY WORK FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR, UM, THAT WORKS AT THE LIBRARY.
THAT COULD BE OUR NEXT DART DIRECTOR.
AND SO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE EACH EMPLOYEE, EACH ONE OF THEM, THEIR VALUE, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW, IF THEY DO YOUR, IF YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR, THE DEPARTMENTS DO A YEARLY REVIEW ON EACH EMPLOYEE AND ASK THEM LIKE WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE, WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS AND THEN REALLY LISTEN TO THEM AND THEN PUT THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE A EDF AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT FILE TO WHERE I'M GOING TO HELP YOU REACH THOSE GOALS.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT MAKES THEM FEEL MORE EMPOWERED AND IT MAKES THEM FEEL MORE IMPORTANT.
AND IT MAKES THEM WANT TO COME IN EVERY DAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND PUT IN THE LONG HOURS THAT WE SEE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THE SNOW STORM AND WE HAVE SOMETHING WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, FOOD DRIVES AND STUFF.
WE DON'T NEED TO ASK THEY'RE ALREADY THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT AND ABOUT THE MISSION.
AND TO RESPOND TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT, THE ANNUAL REVIEWS, THE WAY IT STARTS IS THE EMPLOYEES DO THEIR OWN SELF REVIEWS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND, AND THEN THE SELF REVIEWS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERVISORS.
THE SUPERVISOR REVIEWS, THOSE MAKES COMMENTS OF THEIR OWN.
AND THEY SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND THEY GO THROUGH THOSE AND THEY TALK THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE'S GOALS ARE, UH, AREAS OF IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THE EMPLOYEE CAN OFFER AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THE SUPERVISOR AND IT GOES BACK AND FORTH.
AND THEN WHEN IT'S DONE, THEY BOTH SIGN OFF ON THOSE.
AND THEN MANY TIMES IT GOES TO THE NEXT LEVEL SUPERVISOR FOR REVIEWS.
SO THE APPRAISALS ARE TWO WAY STREET.
THE OTHER, THE RULE WE TRY TO REALLY PUT OUT TO TWO PEOPLE IN THEIR APPRAISAL IS NOTHING IN THAT ANNUAL REVIEW SHOULD BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE, HOW THEY CAN MAKE THEIR PERFORMANCE BETTER, HOW THE SUPERVISOR CAN BE A BETTER SUPERVISOR.
THERE'S A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING YEAR ROUND.
SO NOTHING ON THAT APPRAISAL SHOULD BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
UM, I TH I THINK IT'S PRETTY TELLING THAT HAVE, UH, MR. HENDRICKS IS OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER AT THE CURRENT MOMENT BECAUSE HE'S CERTAINLY, I THINK THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB AS FAR AS, UH, BEING VERY STAFF FOCUSED, UH, WHICH MR. HENDRICKSON HAS BEEN THE CHIEF OF STAFF, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEARS THAT HE'S BEEN HERE.
AND NOW HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, BE THE, THE BIG CHIEF OF STAFF.
AND SO I CAN SENSE YOUR DESIRE AND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SENSE OF, UH, OWNERSHIP OVER OUR CURRENT STATE, UH, AND DESIRE TO SEE IT IMPROVED.
AND, UM, SO, UH, FOR MYSELF, I DO NOT HAVE A DESIRE TO CHANGE OUR CORE VALUES AT THIS MOMENT.
SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT MY POSITION IS.
UH, I'M, I'M OPEN TO HAVING A, UM, UH, IF, IF IN PARTICULAR, IF IT'S SOMETHING JERRY THINKS WOULD BE MR. HENDRIX THINKS WOULD BE A VALUE I'M OPEN TO HAVING, UH, GIVING SOME DIRECTION ON A SURVEY, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A SURVEY THERE'S LIMITED IN SCOPE OR WITH THE INTENT OF TRYING TO FISH OUT FOR, UM, NEW,
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UH, CORE VALUES TO BE, UH, PRESENTED IN PARTICULAR WITH YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU LOVE OUR CORE VALUES.SO NOW IT'S NOT THE TIME IN MY POSITION TO TRY TO UNDO OUR CORE VALUES, BUT TO LIVE THEM OUT OUR APPRAISAL, OUR YEARLY REVIEWS AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE'RE FORCED TO THANK YOU.
UM, SO I THINK COMING FROM THE STANCE OF, IF I JUST LOOKED AT THE K Y L E INDIVIDUALLY, NOT IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION, I COULD AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I FEEL CERTAIN THINGS IN THE CORE VALUES BECOME WEAPONIZED.
WHEN WE SAY YOU HA YOU KNOW, SAYING YES IS SUCH A NECESSITY AND NOT ON YOUR BEHALF, BUT, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS.
AND SO IT MAKES IT COULD MAKE STAFF A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE FEEL LIKE THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY YES.
AND SO, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WHY, AND I KNOW IT'S YOUR FAVORITE, UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO USE K Y L E AND JUST MAYBE AFTER THE SURVEY USER SURVEYS AS A TIME TO FIGURE OUT IF WE WANT TO REDO OUR CORE VALUES, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS SURVEY IS FOR CORE VALUES.
WE CAN SAY THIS SURVEY IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF.
AND THEN FROM THAT, CAN WE REEVALUATE IF WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR CORE VALUES, BECAUSE WHAT WE MAY LIKE AND WHAT YOU MAY LIKE MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE MAJORITY OF STAFF.
AND FOR ME, MY STAFF HERE IS, IS IMPORTANT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD.
AND SO I AGREE WITH MAYOR MITCHELL'S, WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST GIVE THE SURVEY AS A WAY TO CHANGE THE CORE VALUES, BUT IN THAT PROCESS OF COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION, WE ALL REALIZE THAT THOSE CORE VALUES COULD BE ADJUSTED.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT OURSELVES TO SAY NO.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SANDRA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE HAVE DONE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE SURVEYS HAVE A NOT STAND RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU WERE HERE, SHE'D SAY, YES, I BELIEVE YOU.
I BELIEVE SHE IS WAKE UP, SANDRA.
UM, WE HAVE DONE THE EMPLOYEE, UH, THE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS, IT'S CALLED EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEYS IN THE PAST.
WE STOPPED DOING THEM, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE HEARING THE SAME FEEDBACK OVER AND OVER AND THE CITY AT THAT TIME, WASN'T READY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS THOSE.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BRING IT BACK.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTER IT OR GET THE COLLECTION OF IT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO FIND OUT WHO SAID WHAT? UM, EVEN THOUGH WE TELL THEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THERE.
THEY THINK, UH, THE IP ADDRESS OR SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE FOLLOWED.
SO I THINK TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE, UH, I WOULD LIKE A, ANOTHER SYSTEM OR A THIRD PARTY TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION FOR US.
THAT'S WHERE TOBY, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THEN THAT WE DIRECT A CITY STAFF TO FIND A THIRD PARTY, UH, COMPANY TO CONDUCT EMPLOYEE SURVEY FOR A ANONYMOUSLY SATISFACTION SURVEY, UH, FOR THOSE, AND ALSO TO, UH, REVIEW ANY OF THE CITY CORE VALUES FROM THE SURVEY INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN BACK AGAIN, MOTION BY A CUSTOMER.
TOBY IS A SECOND ABOUT CUSTOMER FORCE, KALE THAT WE, UH, DIRECT STAFF TO, UH, UH, BRING BACK A THIRD PARTY SURVEY COMPANY TO DO AN EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY, UH, AND, AND TAKE THE RESULTS OF THE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY AND REVIEW THE CORE VALUES TO REVIEW DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
[38. Discussion and possible action regarding the City's plan to staff director positions. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM 38 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY'S PLAN TO STAFF DIRECTOR POSITIONS, CUSTOMER FOR SCALE.
SO THE TRUTH IS THE CITY IS IN NEED OF STAFF ALL THROUGHOUT KYLE TO INCLUDE A LIBRARY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR IS ON THE PATH TO OBTAIN THAT POSITION PERMANENTLY.
SO I WILL NOT INCLUDE THAT POSITION IN OUR INTERIM POSITIONS THAT NEED FULFILLING.
WE NEED TO BE REAL CAREFUL ABOUT PERSONNEL.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING AS FAR AS PERSONNEL ISSUES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AND IS NOT, BUT THAT'S THOSE AREN'T COMMENTS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO JUMP IN FRONT OF YOU.
BUT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TOLD WE'RE, WE'RE TOLD THOSE AREN'T STATEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE FROM THE DICE ABOUT PERSONNEL DECISIONS FROM ONE STATEMENT TO THE NEXT WHO'S INTERIM.
AND WHO'S, YOU KNOW, W WHETHER THEY'RE IN LINE FOR THIS, THAT, OR THE OTHER.
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MAKES OKAY.WELL, WHAT WORRIES ME IN THAT ASPECT THEN IS WE HAVE ANOTHER, THEN WE'LL ADD THAT TO UNFULFILLED, PERMANENT POSITION.
SO WE HAVE, NOW WE HAVE THREE, UM, TWO DIRECTORS AND THEN A BUILDING INSPECTOR.
UM, THESE UNFULFILLED POSITIONS ARE A THIRD OF OUR, OF THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP.
AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY JOB POSTING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR EITHER A LIBRARY DIRECTOR OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
AND IN THIS, ALSO IN THIS CASE, A PLANNING DIRECTOR REALIZING THIS, I DECIDED TO PLACE THIS ISSUE ON THE AGENDA TO HEAR THE CITY'S PLAN, TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MR. HENDRICKS, TO RESPOND TO THAT, KEEPING IN MIND THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING PERSONNEL ISSUES.
UH, AND SO YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ALL OF YOUR PLANS FOR HOW THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE RE SURE.
IN GENERAL TERMS, HOW WE HAVE HAD THE POTTY DIRECTOR POSITION OPEN FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, WE'VE INTERVIEWED, I'M GOING TO SAY DOZENS OF PEOPLE.
AND, AND, AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE FOR ALL OF OUR POSITIONS IS WE DON'T SETTLE.
WE WAIT UNTIL WE FIND THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND, AND HELP US ACHIEVE THE GOLD STANDARD AND LEADING THAT POSITION.
AND FOR ME MEET THOSE CORE VALUES.
SO, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR POSITION BECAME VACANT.
WE ADVERTISED FOR THAT POSITION, INTERVIEWED LOTS OF PEOPLE.
AND THEN RECENTLY WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WARRANT THE OPPOSITION TO OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR.
WHO'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ONBOARD.
AND WE'RE ON THAT SAME PATH WITH OUR PLANNING POSITION, WITH THE, THE OTHER TWO DIRECTOR POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.
WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE POSITIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND DETERMINING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE POSITION DESCRIPTION WHILE WE WANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A PLAN TO RECRUIT, RECRUIT THE KIND OF TALENT THAT WE NEED AND WANT TO HAVE HERE IN KYLE.
AND THAT THE COMPENSATION IS FAIR AND WE'RE ABOUT READY TO POST THOSE POSITIONS.
SO I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD TRACK RECORD OF HIRING QUALITY STAFF AND EMPLOYEES AND ESPECIALLY DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AND THAT'S OUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, I MEAN, YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW MUCH MORE NOW THAN I DID WHEN I CAME IN.
UM, SO SOMETHING BASIC THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE CITY SHOULD AT LEAST DO IS TO PLACE, UH, THESE JOBS ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UM, TO WE'VE KNOWN FOR 30 DAYS, AT LEAST SET THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR POSITION WAS OPENED.
UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR POSITION HAS BEEN OPENED.
UM, I, THOSE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT I EXPECT TO BE FILLED.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY THE CITY LIKE KYLE CAN GROW THE WAY IT DOES WITHOUT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, MY FEAR IS THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTORS ISN'T WE DON'T HAVE ONE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY QUALIFIED TO APPROVE THESE BUILDINGS.
UH, ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE THIRD PARTY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT.
UM, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN KYLE IS TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING WITHOUT 30 PART THIRD PARTY, UM, EMPLOYEES.
UM, AGAIN, I JUST HAVE A REAL FEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LOT OF STRESS ON STAFF.
IF WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD WITHOUT A SOLID PLAN.
AND TODAY I DID NOT HEAR A SOLID PLAN.
I'VE HEARD THE SAME THING THAT I HAVE HEARD FOR THE LAST, UH, YEAR.
UM, AND TH THAT DOESN'T MEAN FROM YOU BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR THAT LONG, BUT IT IS THE SAME, UM, SONG AND DANCE THAT WE COLLECTIVELY, AS COUNCIL HAVE HEARD.
IT BRINGS ME NO COMFORT TO HEAR, TO HEAR THE SAME THING.
AND, UM, I GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS CUSTOMER TOBY'S YES.
UM, HOW AGGRESSIVELY ARE WE PUSHING THESE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR AWHILE? WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY WE'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING FOR THESE JOBS AND SO FORTH, UH, DO WE JUST POST THEM ONLINE AND MAYBE KINDA HOPE SOMEBODY GOES TO CITY OF KYLE AND SEE IF WE'RE HIRING, OR DO WE ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR THESE POSITIONS OR STATEWIDE, UM, TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT, UH, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS MORE, MY, MY THOUGHT WOULD BE, IS LOOKING AT THIS IS HOW AGGRESSIVELY OR REALLY GOING AFTER, LIKE YOU SAY, THE BEST OF THE BEST AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE.
IN ADDITION TO ON OUR WEBSITE AND ADVERTISING IN THE PAPER, WE USE JOB
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SEARCH WEBSITES, LIKE INDEED, FOR EXAMPLE.BUT I THINK OUR BIGGEST ATTRACTION COMES WHEN WE ADVERTISE WITH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR WHATEVER THAT PARTICULAR POSITION IS FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.
THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PLANNING DIRECTORS TEND TO BELONG TO, AND ALL THOSE HAVE CAREER PORTIONS OF THEIR WEBSITE.
AND WE ADVERTISE ON THOSE, UH, SAME THING WITH THE, EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD THAT WE HAVE.
THEY ALL HAVE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, WE DO JOB FAIRS.
AND IF, UM, WE CAN THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE WE PURSUE IT.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO EXTEND THAT REACH.
SO TO BE FAIR, UH, WITH, WITH STAFF AND, AND YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT THEM, UM, DO YOU SEE A REAL CHANGE IN THE JOB MARKET FOR THESE TYPES OF POSITIONS TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE QUALIFIED PERSON, OR LET'S SAY THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING, THEY SEE WHAT'S REQUIRED TO WORK HERE AT THE CITY, UM, IS IT NOT ATTRACTIVE TO THEM KNOWING THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE TO BE IN AN OFFICE SETTING VERSUS BEING VIRTUAL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE? WHAT HAS SOME BEEN SOME OF THE FEEDBACKS FROM THE, UM, PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE INTERVIEWED AND MAYBE HAVE ACTUALLY EVEN GIVEN THE JOB OFFER TO AND THEY'VE TURNED DOWN WHAT WAS SOME OF THEIR RESPONSES? UH, I THINK OUR BIG, OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE JOB MARKET IN GENERAL.
WE'VE HAD, AND WE'VE MADE OFFERS THAN THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYER HAS, HAS COUNTERED WITH OFFERS THAT WE CAN'T, THAT WE CAN'T MATCH.
AND, AND WE'VE ALL PAID OFFERS AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT OTHER JOBS TOO.
WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT? SOMEBODY IN THE JOB MARKET? AND THEY GOT HIRED BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO WE HAVE TO, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE MORE NIMBLE AND NOW WE MAKE OUR OFFERS AND HOW WE, WE, UM, WE CONSIDER APPLICANTS THAT ARE QUALIFIED AND THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO US, BUT IT'S JUST A REALLY TOUGH JOB MARKET RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S THE, IT'S THIS JOB SEEKERS MARKET TO PSYCH.
IF YOU'RE SELLING A HOUSE, IT'S A, IT'S A SELLER'S MARKET RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BE MORE NIMBLE, I THINK IS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE I'M NOT TRYING TO COME DOWN ON THE CITY BY SAYING YOU GUYS ARE JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE AGAIN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A TIGHT JOB MARKET OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SAY EVERYBODY'S HIRING, NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME EXPERTISE AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE APPLYING IN THE ST OKAY, WELL, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO COME IN.
IT'S JUST LIKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET APPLICANTS IN, BUT OTHER APPLICANTS ARE REALLY LOOKING AND SAYING, HOW CAN IT BENEFIT ME IF IT MEANS I CAN BE CLOSER TO HOME? THE PAY IS HIGHER.
THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY MY ACCREDITATIONS.
THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR MY UNIFORMS. CAUSE THERE'S SO STILL SOME AGENCIES TO WHERE YOU'VE STILL GOT TO PAY YOUR OWN GEAR, PAY FOR YOUR OWN GEAR AND YOUR OWN UNIFORMS. SO I THINK IT'S THOSE INCENTIVES THAT I THINK A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THESE POSITIONS ARE, ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF CREDIT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO BE, TO BE FAIR ON THAT END.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING STAFF, LIKE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER FOR PERSONAL REASONS AND NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE CITY, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP THE STAFF WE HAVE, UM, AND TO MAKE THEM EXCITED TO COME TO WORK AND TO MAKE THEM, UM, NOT QUESTION THEIR EMPLOYMENT HERE.
UH, MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BUILD A BRIDGE WITH THE COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF AND IT DOESN'T MEAN POLITICALLY, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT PRIOR TO WE'VE HAD VERY SHORT TO NO COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WORKING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ENGINEERING.
AND IF I NEED TO REACH OUT TO ONE OF THOSE DIRECTORS, I DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL SCARED TO SAY YES, LET'S MEET OR YES LET'S.
SO MY HOPE IS WITH THE CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER, YOU SEE THAT AND YOU HELP BUILD THESE BRIDGES INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PUT ROADBLOCKS IN THEM.
SO IT'S WHATEVER WE CAN DO ALSO TO TRY TO KEEP THE STAFF.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S WELL, I HAVE A, I HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK I WANT TO GIVE ON THOSE STATEMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT NOW IS THE TIME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF STAFF THAT WE WANT TO RETAIN RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ON MY LIST IS THE CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, AS THE PERSON WHO I WANT TO RETAIN, I WANT HIM TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY THIS BODY AND, UM, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT HE HAS JUST A TON ON HIS
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SHOULDERS AND ON HIS PLATE RIGHT NOW.AND THERE'S NO ONE MORE QUALIFIED.
AND WHO HAS MORE EXPERIENCE HIRING DEPARTMENT HEADS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF KYLE? UH, HE HAS MORE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THESE MATTERS THAN THIS.
THIS GUY HAS PUT TOGETHER TONS 10, UH, IN, IN, IN PARTICULAR, ON, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE PERSONNEL MATTERS IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO I JUST, THAT'S JUST, I WANT TO GIVE MY VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND JERRY AND I HAVE HAD HAD ROUNDS THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT THAT'S JUST ME WANTING TO SAY WHAT I FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO SAY, UH, THAT I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL FILL THOSE POSITIONS IN THE TIME THAT YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE.
UH, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE TIME THAT I INDIVIDUALLY THINK, UH, IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WEIGHING A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, UH, AND WHAT THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WOULD PROBABLY SAY IS THE BEST WAY FOR RETENTION IS, UH, INCENTIVE.
WE JUST HAD A, UH, UH, SITUATION WITH OUR POOL WHERE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET LIFEGUARDS.
UH, AND THE COUNCIL CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE LOOKED AT THE LEADER, WE DIDN'T GO OUT AND TRY TO HIRE THE LIFEGUARDS OURSELVES.
ALTHOUGH WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, I DID GO OUT AND TRY TO RECRUIT, I GUESS, A LITTLE BIT ON MY OWN, BUT THE MAIN WAY, UH, WAS THROUGH, UH, WE, WE GOT REAL COMPETITIVE.
IT MADE, IT MADE THE NEWS HOW COMPETITIVE THAT WE GOT IN THAT RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
AND IT MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT.
AND THE FEEDBACK WE JUST HEARD FROM THE CITY MANAGERS, THE JOB MARKET IS HARD, WHICH IS THE SAME THING AS THE POOL SITUATION.
IF WE WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT, UH, LET'S GO AT THAT AS OPPOSED TO, UH, TRYING TO LOOK AT THE, UH, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND SAY, HEY, JUST DO A BETTER JOB.
WE HAVE THE POWER AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO IMPACT WAGES.
WE HAVE THE POWER AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, UH, TO IMPACT BENEFITS.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.
IF THAT IS INDEED OUR GOAL TO BE A RESOURCE TO THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER, HE WOULD SAY, IF WE GAVE HIM EXTRA MONEY FOR EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD, HE COULD GET THAT DEPARTMENT HEAD HIRED FASTER.
SO THAT'S JUST MY GENERAL FEEDBACK.
UH, I DO NOT THINK THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING TO SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY ENOUGH.
UH, I, I DO NOT THINK THAT THAT IS THE CASE AT ALL.
ANYONE ELSE FROM CUSTOMER PARSLEY JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU, JERRY.
CAUSE I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON AND I CANNOT IMAGINE THE PRESSURE THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS LIKE WHEN WE WENT TO OUR TRIP TO GRAND JUNCTION, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, MICHAEL, AND I REMEMBER SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE INTERVIEWING HIM TO HIRE HIM.
AND HE REALLY, UM, MADE A HUGE IMPRESSION WHAT GOT YOU TO HIRE HIM.
SO AFTER THAT, I HAVE FULL TRUST ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO HIRE OUR STAFF, BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HIRE ANYBODY.
YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR KYLE MATERIALS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE JOB MARKET IS, IS, IS REALLY ROUGH RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE JOB OFFERINGS EVERYWHERE.
UM, AND SO IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CD AND I BELIEVE IT'S EVEN HARDER TO HIRE THE TYPE OF STAFF THAT WE'RE NEEDING, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE NEEDED, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES AROUND THOSE THEY DIDN'T DO.
SO, UM, WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS COUNCIL TO HELP IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I WILL DO.
I SAW, I FOLLOWED THE CITY OF KYLE ON LINKEDIN AND I SAW THE POSTING AND RESHARED THAT IMMEDIATELY AND GOT A COUPLE OF LIKES.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, THEN JUST LET US HELP HOWEVER WE CAN.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT, I HAVE A GREAT TEAM AROUND ME THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER AT AND, AND FUN AND, UM, COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THEM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE OF YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
[39. Accept the resignation of Dex Ellison, Council Member District 1. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A GENETIC AND 39, UH, EXCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF DEX ELLISON COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT ONE, UH, AS THIS BODY IS AWARE, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION IN WRITING AND HAS COME IN AND SIGNED, UH, THE RESIGNATION LETTER, UH, THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, LAST WEEK, LAST MONDAY OR TUESDAY, I BELIEVE ONE OF THOSE TWO DAYS.AND BY STATE STATUTE, IT WOULD BECOMES EFFECTIVE WITH, OR WITHOUT ACTION FROM THIS BOARD EIGHT BUSINESS DAYS, I BELIEVE, OR MAYBE EIGHT CALENDAR DAYS, UH, CALENDAR DAYS.
SO THAT'S, UH, IMMINENT TO HAPPEN.
BUT AS IS THE TRADITION AND CUSTOM OF THIS COUNCIL, WHENEVER THERE'S AN EARLY RESIGNATION, UH, WE TYPICALLY, UH, ACCEPT THAT IN THE FORM OF A VOTE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 39, ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCILOR NELSON.
SECOND, IT'S MOVED BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FOUR SCALES ARE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUSTOMER TOBY'S LEX, IF YOU'RE WATCHING,
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I JUST WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.UM, THIS IS A VERY, UM, CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF US, BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH ALL THIS TOGETHER, UH, AS COUNCIL.
AND I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST.
UM, THANK YOU FOR INVOLVING ME WITH YOUR PIECE AND PROGRESS, UH, SUMMITS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND, UH, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME ANYTIME, SIR.
ANYONE ELSE MAY PROTEST? UM, SORRY.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN ON DIETS NOW FOR THREE YEARS AND, UH, GOT TO WORK NEXT TO COUNSEL MIRALIS.
AND EVEN THOUGH HIM AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS.
ONE THING I DID LOVE WAS HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY.
I DID ENJOY HIS CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT, UH, PROJECTS OR THINGS THE CITY WAS EXPERIENCED.
I DEFINITELY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM ON OUR TASK FORCE.
UH, THE KNOWLEDGE HE BROUGHT TO THE TASK FORCE WERE, WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND HIS LOVE FOR THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY TOUGH.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE JOB THAT WE DO HERE IS, IS NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, UM, WELCOME SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, SOMETIMES EVEN, UH, WE WERE LOOKED DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH JOB.
IT'S NOT THE EASIEST JOB IN THE WORLD WHEN YOU'RE GIVING OF YOUR TIME.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WANT TO CRITIQUE MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK, AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS, BUT REALLY THIS IS JUST A JOB.
IF YOU'RE IN THIS, DOING THIS JOB, IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE.
SO BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT THE CITY YOU GROW, YOU'RE IN IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND CUSTOMER ELLISON WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UH, EVERY MEETING HE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THE, THE, THE ITEMS HE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY, HE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HERE, WE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY.
UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I WISH YOU THE BEST.
UH, YOU HAVE MY PRAYERS AND MY THOUGHTS AS WELL.
UH, DON'T EVER THINK OF US AS PERFECT.
UH, DON'T TRY TO PUT US ON A PEDESTAL OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE HUMAN AND WE WE'RE DOING THE BEST JOB WE CAN.
AND I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST DECKS.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I'VE UH, UH, THE ONE UP HERE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING MEETING FIRST MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON WHEN HE WAS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, THAT WHEN HE SAT, ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IN THAT EXACT SAME CHAIR THAT HE'S BEEN SITTING IN FOR THE LAST, UH, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, FROM THEN, UH, I REMEMBER HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE THAT I MET WHEN I DECIDED I WANTED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2016, HE WAS ALREADY SERVING ALREADY HAVING GRADUATED FROM, UH, UH, JERRY'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND GETTING ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN, UH, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVING JUST A LOT OF VISION AND DESIRE TO SEE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BE THE BEST THAT IT COULD BE, BUT ALSO CARING ABOUT OUR PLANNING, UH, BEING ELECTED AS CHAIR OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THEN EVENTUALLY RUNNING FOR COUNCIL.
AND DURING THAT TIME THAT HE RAN FOR COUNCIL, UH, HAVING TO REALLY EARN IT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME HE DIDN'T MAKE IT.
AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN EVENTUALLY HE DID.
UH, AND THAT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MAKES YOU TOUGH.
IT ALSO MAKES YOU CARE DEEPLY.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S ANYONE I'VE SERVED WITH WHO I WOULD SAY, UH, CARED MORE, UH, AND MORE PASSIONATELY AND DEEPLY THAN HIM.
CERTAINLY, UH, SEVERAL, UH, FOLKS WHO I WOULD SAY CARED, YOU KNOW, JUST AS MUCH, BUT COUNCILOR, ELLISON JUST EXUDED, UH, CARE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UH, AND FOR THE THINGS THAT HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT, THERE WAS NOT AN EMAIL THAT HE WOULDN'T RESPOND TO, NOT A REQUEST FOR A MEETING THAT HE WOULDN'T TAKE A, NOT A SACRIFICE THAT HE WOULDN'T MAKE FOR, UH, IN ORDER TO SERVE WELL, IT, UH, HIS SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY WAS HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS FAR AS I COULD TELL FOR YEARS.
AND THAT CAME AT A, THAT CAME AT A COST.
UM, UH, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, HIM AND I DIDN'T AGREE ON ALL THINGS, ALTHOUGH WE DID SHARE MANY VIEWS AS TO THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY, UH, HE, OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, HE, HE WAS A PART OF MANY PROJECTS, UH, FROM BEGINNING TO END.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I THINK THIS BODY CAN ATTEST, IT'S HARD TO BE UP HERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE BIG PROJECTS THROUGH, FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION.
AND COUNCILOR ELLISON HAS BEEN A PART OF MANY, UH, BIG PROJECTS FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, ALL THE WAY TO THE END.
AND HE, HE SHOULD BE COMMENDED, UH, FOR ALL OF HIS WORK, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND I KNOW HE WAS LOVED AND BELOVED BY MANY,
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UH, HE HAD RELATIONSHIPS, UH, ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT, UH, SECTIONS OF THIS COMMUNITY.UH, SOME, SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS THAT THE, YOU DON'T SEE HERE, UH, AT CITY HALL, THEY'RE NOT KNOW FOLKS THAT AREN'T REGULARS AT CITY HALL, PEOPLE THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY TRYING TO COME IN AND, AND, UH, INFLUENCE THIS BODY, BUT RATHER JUST REGULAR CITIZENS.
UH, HE, HE CARED ABOUT THOSE FOLKS.
I THINK MAYBE, UH, AS MUCH OR MORE THAN ANYONE, UH, YOU KNOW, HE JUST, UH, UH, REALLY DID SERVE, UM, UH, IN, IN THAT WAY.
SO, UM, I, I TOO WILL MISS HIM.
I HAVE MANY, MANY MEMORIES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON THAT WE MADE TOGETHER WORKING THROUGH AND DEALING, UH, WITH CHALLENGES AND ISSUES, PANDEMIC, UH, YOU KNOW, SNOWPOCALYPSE, HOW TO GET THE POLICE, A PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UH, HE WAS THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, ON THAT, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK.
SO I, HIS INVOLVEMENT ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL, I THINK, UH, WILL BE A LEGACY FOR HIM.
AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THOSE PERSONAL PROJECTS AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THE DIALOGUES FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS, SOMETHING THAT HE, UH, STARTED, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND GAVE A LOT OF EFFORT AND ENERGY TO, UH, PUTTING FORWARD.
UH, AND IT WOULD BE SAD, I THINK, UH, UH, IF THOSE, UH, IF THOSE EVENTS, UH, DID NOT CONTINUE, I THINK HE WOULD FEEL HONORED IF THEY DID.
UM, SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AS WELL.
UH, HE'LL UH, CUSTOMER NELSON WILL RECEIVE, UM, THE, SOME, UH, GOING AWAY GIFTS AND, AND, UH, STATE, UH, FROM STAFF.
UH, AND, UH, I, I TRULY, TRULY, TRULY WISH HIM, UH, ALL THE BEST BECAUSE HE DESERVES IT ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CUSTOMER PARSLEY.
UM, SO I, I DO WANNA, I HOPE THAT HE KNOWS THAT HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED HIM AND THE WAY THAT HE REACHED OUT TO ME, EVEN WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, UH, THE QUESTIONS THAT HE WAS ASKING ME WERE ALWAYS CHALLENGING.
AND SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT HE DID FOR ME.
UM, KIND OF GETTING ME READY AND ONCE I'M HERE, UM, INTERESTINGLY IS, IS ONE OF THE, HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE HAD ARGUMENTS WITH THAT I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK AND GET ALONG BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NO DIVORCE GOING ON.
SO, UM, SO I APPRECIATE HIM CHALLENGING ME THE WAY HE DID IT.
UM, IT CHANGING, NOT CHANGING MY POINT OF VIEW, BUT SHOWING ME THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WHETHER I AGREE WITH HIM OR NOT.
UM, SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT HE TAUGHT ME COMING TO COUNCIL.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE JUST FOR EIGHT MONTHS, NOT JUST EIGHT, BUT, UM, ONE OF OUR LAST CONVERSATION WAS BASED ON GIVING GRACE.
AND AFTER THAT CONVERSATION IS SOMETHING THAT BECAME REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING GRACE TO EACH OTHER, UM, IN THE DIOCESE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE CONDUCTING OURSELVES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
SO THANK YOU FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS AND FOR YOUR ADVICE.
THAT WAS ALWAYS, I'M NOT ALWAYS VERY WELL TAKEN, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING WITH ME.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO NOW.