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NOW WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE REGULARLY[I. Call Meeting to Order]
SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER A GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.IT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 16TH, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WHAT ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WOULD THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE.
FLORES KALE HERE, BRADSHAW HERE, PARSLEY EAR TO HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM NEXT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
THEY ARE LIKELY TO GO AND, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING JULY 28TH, SPECIAL MEETING AUGUST 2ND AND ALSO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR AUGUST THE SECOND, 2022 SECOND.ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOST ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBIA SECOND ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
PERIOD.AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM.
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.
UH, FIRST UP I HAVE, UH, UH, WISHING TO REGISTER AN OPINION, BUT NOT SPEAK AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29 IS ANGELINA.
UH TOBY'S UH, AND THEN SECOND IS, UH, MARIO PEREZ.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS MARTY PITTAS AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ON REGARDING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26.
IT'S A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF A MARKETPLACE AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 400 LINEAR FEET SOUTH OF CITY LIGHTS DRIVE.
I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR, BOTH ON THE WEST SIDE AND EAST SIDE OF MARKETPLACE.
UM, A LOT OF THIS LAND SITUATING, THE FLOOD PLAIN, UM, MAYBE LOOK AT A FEMA MAP, WHICH IS EVEN THE ONE I USED WAS OLD, UH, FROM BACK FROM 2005, IT SHOWED PORTIONS OF THIS LAND IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN.
UM, IT ALSO EXTENDED INTO MARKETPLACE AVENUE.
SO, UH, IN AN EVENT WITH, IF WE HAVE A A HUNDRED YEAR STORM EVENT, UH, WE CAN ALL IMAGINE THAT SOME OF THAT PROPERTY WILL BE FLOODED.
UM, ALONG WITH MARKETPLACE AVENUE.
UM, WE ALL REMEMBER THE FLOOD FROM 2015, THE HALLOWEEN THAT WAS A HISTORIC FLOOD AND IT WAS ACTUALLY OVER A 500 YEAR FLOOD EVENT OR STORM EVENT.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT PROPERTY IS GOING TO LOOK OUT, LOOK LIKE IF NOT, IF, BUT WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER A HUNDRED YEAR STORM EVENT.
SO THERE IS, UH, SOME WORDING OR LANGUAGE IN THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT STATES THAT EVERY DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, UH, REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR SINGLE FAMILY MUST HAVE AN INGRESS EGRESS FOR THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S LOCATED OUTSIDE THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD AND THAT'S TO EVACUATE THOSE RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S, UM, THE PURPOSE IS ALSO TO BE ABLE TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO REACH THAT PROPERTY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, UM, HAVE ASSOCIATES, DID I STUDY THERE WAS A TITLE CITY OF KYLE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.
IT WAS PUBLISHED BACK IN NOVEMBER, 2018, AND IT WAS A WELL-WRITTEN STUDY.
THEY QUOTED SOME OF THE RAINFALL VALUES, VALUES, VALUES THAT ATLAS 14 CAME UP WITH.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO ALONG THREE BULLETS, UH, THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT WHERE THE CURRENT RAINFALL IN KYLE ON AVERAGE, THE A HUNDRED YEAR 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCREASE FROM 10.4 INCHES TO 13.2 INCHES AND INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 2.8 INCHES.
NUMBER TWO, RAINFALL VALLEYS PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED AS THE 500 YEAR 24 HOUR EVENT ARE NOW CONSIDERED CLOSER TO ONE, 100 YEAR STORM EVENT.
AND THEN FINALLY THE VALUES PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED AS A 100 YEAR 24 HOURS STORM EVENT, OR NOW CLOSER TO A 50 YEAR STORM EVENT.
SO MEANING WHAT WAS CLASSIFIED
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AS 500 IS NOW CONSIDERED 100, UH, FLOOD PLATE BOUNDARY.THAT'S ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENT FORMS I HAD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERIOD.
[4. Agenda Order. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
IS THE GENERIC NUMBER FOUR AGENDA ORDERS OR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MOVE, UH, PROPOSED MOVING ANY OF THE ITEMS AROUND.SEEING NONE NEXT UP PRESENTATION,
[5.
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
- Last Budget Workssession
- Reschedule Oct 4 Council Meeting
- Boards and Commissions Openings
- Change in pool hours
- National Honeybee Day - August 20
- National Dog Day - August 26
- Scenic City Certification
- Pie in the Sky Day Celebration - September 3
- Heroes Memorial Park Ribbon Cutting - September 11
- Team Kyle Update
UH, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR LAST BUDGET WORK SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET WORK SESSION AT THE END OF THE REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, I, I WANTED TO ASK THE COUNCIL ABOUT RESCHEDULING, OUR MEETING ON OCTOBER 4TH, WHICH WILL ALL COINCIDE WITH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TRADITIONALLY WE'VE EITHER MOVED THAT MEETING OR CANCELED IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR.
AND IF YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT THIS EVENING OR PUT IT ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, CAN WE MOVE IT TO THAT MONDAY? SORRY.
AND MOVE IT TO THE, IS ANYBODY OPPOSED TO MOVING IT TO THE MONDAY PRIOR? SO THE THIRD THAT'S PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE ONE DAY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK RACHEL SONYA TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OPENINGS, THE COUNCIL, UH, RACHEL SONIA COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE.
SO WE'RE IN THE FINAL MONTH OF OUR OPEN APPLICATIONS FOR BORDEN'S, UH, COMPANIES.
UH, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW INJURIES, BUT WE'RE STILL ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE APPLICANTS.
WE HAVE OPENINGS ON OUR LIBRARY, BOARD PARKS AND REC BOARD, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM BOARD, AS WELL AS, UH, ART COMMISSION AND OTHERS.
SO, UH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE GO APPLY.
IT'S CITY OF KYLE.COM/BCS, WHERE THE APPLICATION IS LOCATED AS WELL AS DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND KYLE.
RACHEL MARIANA ESPINOSA, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR IS NEXT MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
SO BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, NOW THAT SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.
THE JAMES ATKINS POOL WILL ONLY BE OPEN ON WEEKENDS FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKENDS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FROM 12 TO SIX.
AND THE POOL CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 4TH.
SO AFTER LABOR DAY, AND THEN WE COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 18TH FOR THE DOGGY DIP.
SO THAT'S AN UPDATE ON THE POOL HOURS.
AND THEN THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE NATIONAL HONEYBEE DAY AT MARY KYLE HARTSON PART BETWEEN 10 AND TWO, THE FIRST HUNDRED FOLKS WHO SHOW UP, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A HANGY BASKET FOLLOW-UP, UH, FLOWERS.
THEY CAN GROW THEIR OWN POTS, AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO DO, UM, BEEKEEPING AND A HONEYBEE EDUCATION CLASSES.
AND THEN NEXT FRIDAY AT STEEPLECHASE PARK BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING NATIONAL DOG DAY AND THE FIRST 20 DOGS TO ARRIVE, I'LL GET GOODIE BAG TREATS AND THAT SET STABLE CHASE PARK, DOG PARK.
UM, AND THEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS HONORED TO HAVE WORKED ON THE SCENIC CITY APPLICATION WITH MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
UH, THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM RECOGNIZES CITIES THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY SCENIC STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND SPACES.
AND WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF KYLE HAS RECEIVED, UH, THE GOLD LEVEL CERTIFICATION FOR SCENIC CITY.
UM, OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK ON THE CERTIFICATION.
OUR INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL ATKINSON OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, CATHY ROKER, OUR CITY ENGINEER AT LEON BARBRA PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HARPER WILDER, UH, POLICE CHIEF BARNETT PARK MAINTENANCE MANAGER, BENITO BETTA OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN TRADES DIVISION, MANDER CHANCE PER YEAR.
AND, UH, HOPE I DID NOT FORGET ANYONE, BUT IT WAS A BIG TEAM EFFORT, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE GOLD LEVEL CERTIFICATION.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE MORE REMINDERS SINCE, UH, THE NEXT TWO EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP PIE IN THE SKY IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, FROM 12 TO EIGHT AT GREG CLARK PARK.
ALL ENTERTAINMENT IS LISTED ON PINE THE SKY.COM AS WELL AS PARKING IN AN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED FOR THE EVENT DAY.
AND THEN ON SUNDAYS, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE HERO'S MEMORIAL PARKS ARE IN AT 9:00 AM ON THE CORNER OF 16, 26 AND COLORS CROSSING WHERE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK IS LOCATED.
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THANK YOU TO START OFF OUR TEAM CALL UPDATE.I LIKE TO ASK CHIEF BARNETT TO COME UP, PLEASE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AS SHE BEGINS A NEW CAREER AND IS UNFORTUNATELY LEAVING THE CITY OF COL AND WE'RE, WE ARE SAD TO SEE HER LEAVE, BUT WE ARE HERE TO CHAMPION HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRAISE HER FOR ALL THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE CITY.
MS. CHRISSY MILLIKEN IS YOUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
SHE SUPERVISES YOUR EMERGENCY NINE 11 CENTER AND HAS DONE SO FOR MANY YEARS, CHRISSY IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
SO IN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO COME UP, UH, SO THAT Y'ALL CAN EACH TELL HER THE SAME, BUT CHRISSY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB AS THE LEADER OF OUR EMERGENCY NINE 11 CENTER HERE IN KYLE CHRISTIE BEGAN HER CAREER IN 1998 WITH SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE WAS A STUDENT WORKER AND SHE PROVIDED SAFETY ESCORTS ON THE CAMPUS.
SHE THEN IN 1999, TOOK ON THE ROLE AS A FACILITY ACCESS GUARD, WHERE SHE, UH, RESPONDED TO BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARMS ON THE STUDENT CAMPUS AND THEN WAS HIRED AS A DISPATCHER IN JUNE OF 2000.
UH, SHE REMINDED US THAT BACK THEN THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE MAPPING SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR NINE 11 THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY, UH, WITH THE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY LATER, SHE SERVED AS A SAN MARCUS PD, DISPATCHER, AND NINE 11, AND A COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING OFFICER BEFORE COMING TO THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2008, SHE'S BEEN HERE MY ENTIRE CAREER HERE, AND SHE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING EMPLOYEE AND AMAZING SUPERVISOR AND AN AMAZING LEADER IN HER FIELD.
SHE'S RECOGNIZED FOR MANY THINGS, SHE'S RECOGNIZED FOR HER COMMITMENT TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND HER PASSION FOR THE JOB THAT SHE DOES.
SHE RECEIVED IN 2009, THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD THAT SHE DID.
SO AGAIN, IN 2010, SHE BECAME OUR FIRST LEAD TELECOMMUNICATOR THAT WE'VE EVER HAD HERE AT THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN 2010, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERVISOR IN 2014.
SHE'S BEEN HERE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CO-LOCATION PROCESSES.
WE HAD JOINED OUR DISPATCH CENTERS IN THE COUNTY.
SHE'S A LEADER IN HER FIELD AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS HER GREATLY IF I CAN INVITE MS. CHRISSY MILLIKEN UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HER.
AND LET ME TELL YOU ONE MORE THING BEFORE SHE GETS HERE.
WE ARE GOING TO HONOR HER WITH A LUNCHEON AT THE DISPATCH CENTER AT NOON ON THURSDAY, AND THEN A, AN ICE CREAM, SOCIAL AND RECEPTION AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT FOUR, IF ANY OF YOU ARE FREE TO COME BY AND SAY YOUR GOODBYES THEN AS WELL.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A REALLY SAD DAY FOR US HERE TO SEE A KYLE.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT OUR DISPATCH IS, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES THAT YOU HELP WRITE, CREATE AND MOVE THE CITY FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IS I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT, HOW MUCH LOVE AND SO MUCH DEDICATION THAT YOU PUT INTO YOUR JOB AND TO THE PEOPLE OF KYLE.
UM, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET CAPTURE ALL THE WORDS THAT I WANT TO SAY.
JUST SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE TRULY MISS.
MA'AM JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
JUST LOOK BACK AT YOUR CAREER IN THE BEGINNINGS OF WHAT IT WAS AND SEE WHERE IT'S AT NOW.
AND YOU PLAYED A BIG PART OF THAT.
JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE VERY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR OUR CITY OF KYLE.
THANK YOU, CUSTOMER FORCE CAMP.
SO, UM, NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I AM IN COMPLETE SHOCK AND I'M SAD IS THE ONLY WORD I CAN USE TO DESCRIBE, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.
AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU CAN KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED.
LIKE WE'RE GETTING, THIS IS TOUGH BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE RIGHT FROM LEFT-FIELD.
UM, I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING ON TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
UM, CAUSE THERE IS THERE'S SOME PEOPLE YOU JUST CANNOT REPLACE.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE, THAT IS YOU.
SO, UM, I WILL TRY MY BEST TO BE THERE THURSDAY, BUT WITH SUCH SHORT NOTICE, I KNOW IT'S OKAY.
UM, I, I, WITHOUT A DOUBT, KNOW THAT THERE IS PROBABLY
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SOME REASON BEHIND THAT.UM, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED AND UM, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEONE AS QUALIFIED OR, UM, THAT HAS HALF THE HEART THAT YOU DO.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
IT IS, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT APPRECIATED AND IT DOES NOT GO ON A SCENE, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED PARSLEY.
I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY.
I NOW YOU WILL BE MISSED BY THE APARTMENT AND FIGHT BY THE CITY COMPLETELY, BUT I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEL AT THAT AND REALLY JUST BEST WISHES TO YOU.
ANYONE ELSE I JUST WANT TO SAY IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IT'S, THESE SHE'S EASILY MISSED BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T PUT HERSELF OUT THERE, BUT YOU DON'T MISS WHAT SHE DOES AND WHAT HER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE.
YOU DON'T REPLACE SOMEBODY LIKE CHRISSY, BUT CHRISSY'S WORK HERE HAS MADE IT TO WHERE WHATEVER PERSON OR PERSONS COME IN TO TAKE OVER HER JOB DUTIES, SHE'S LAID THE GROUNDWORK TO WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
PICK UP THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES RUNNING.
AND THE WHOLE CITY IS A BETTER PLACE FOR WHAT SHE'S HAD IN HER CONTRIBUTIONS HERE.
I SAID, I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO CRY FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO LEAVE.
UM, BUT I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I EVER MADE WAS WHEN I MADE THE CHOICE TO COME TO THE CITY OF KYLE.
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO, ABOUT TO FINISH OUT MY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER AND NOW ONE CAREER HERE WITH THE CITY.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT REGRET THAT I ASKED MATT DAWSON TO COME JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM, AS YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF MATT IS MOVING ON TO, I DUNNO IF THEY'RE BIGGER AND GREATER THINGS, BUT THAT, UM, HE'S MOVING ON.
AND, AND, UM, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS I CAN SAY ABOUT MATT.
WHEN I REMEMBER BEING ON THE INTERVIEW PANEL, WHERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR OUR FIRST EVER IT DIRECTOR AND, AND MATT, MATT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE OVERWHELMING TYPE PERSONALITIES THAT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT WHAT HE'S DONE, HE'S LITERALLY TRANSFORMED EVERYTHING THAT RUNS ON ELECTRICITY.
IT HAS AN ON OFF SWITCH, MATT'S BEEN A PART OF MAKING THAT BETTER AND A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR HIM.
AND THE REAL, THE REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT HE'S HAD WAS WHEN WE HAD TO START LOCKING DOWN FOR COVID.
AND IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE IN AN AFTERNOON, WE HAD TO TURN EVERYTHING INTO VIRTUAL.
MATT HAD A SET UP TO WHERE IT WAS LIKE FLIPPING A SWITCH.
WE NEVER, UM, STOPPED PROVIDING A SERVICE AND WE NEVER STOPPED TAKING A PHONE CALL, RETURNED EMAILS OR TAKING PAYMENTS OR GOING OUT AND DOING THINGS.
IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE MATT AND HIS TEAM SET UP.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PART ABOUT MATT.
HE'S LEAVING US WITH A STELLAR TEAM AND, AND THAT'S A SIGN OF A TRUE LEADER WHEN YOU CAN STEP AWAY.
AND THE ORGANIZATION IS IN A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T SKIP A BEAT AND THAT'S TESTAMENT TO MATT'S LEADERSHIP AND HIS ABILITY TO BUILD THE TEAM.
AND PERSONALLY, I'M JUST GOING TO MISS HAVING AROUND, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER TALKED TO HIM, HE HAS A GREAT WIT THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND HIM.
AND, UM, MATT CAN SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE HERE AT CALLERS AND ME THAT I GET THE HUG.
THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE HERE TALLER THAN ME THAT I GET TO HUG.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON MATT CUSTOMER? TOBY IS.
UM, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AS, AS ALWAYS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY MATT, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR, UH, THE TIMES WHEN I'M COMING IN AND I CAN'T GET MY PASSWORD SET UP AND I'M JUST IN A PANIC AND THEN IT'S LIKE, YOU JUST GO TYPE THIS AND SWIPE THEM HERE YOU GO TO BSU.
UH, BUT ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, UM, MR. HENDRICKS, YOU, YOU NAILED IT RIGHT THERE.
AND WHEN I GOT ELECTED, UM, I TEND TO TWO MEETINGS AND THEN BOOM, COVID HIT AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN.
THE WHOLE WORLD JUST COLLAPSED AND I HAD NO CLUE HOW TO SIGN IN OR GET VIRTUAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CALMNESS ABOUT HOW THIS ALL WORKED OUT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONLINE AND BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE
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DID FOR THE CITY.SO YOU HAVE, UH, DONE SO MUCH.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT DURING YOUR CAREER WHERE DURING COVID, HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM WERE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY CONTINUE WITH SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND ESPECIALLY FOR US ON COUNCIL.
SO I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND BEST WISHES FOR YOUR FUTURE ON YOUR NEXT ENDEAVORS.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FLOORS CAMP.
UM, I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST, UM, CAUSE YOU ARE, YOU DESERVE REALLY GOOD THINGS.
YOU ARE, AS JERRY SAID, A TRUE LEADER, AND YOU SHOWED THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CHOSE TO LEAVE AND YOU ALREADY HAD A SETUP FOR THE NEXT BEST IT GUY, UM, YOU MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK SO EASY AND THAT'S HOW I KNOW YOU'RE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO AND WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINTS AND, AND WITH INTEGRITY AND A GOOD HEART, SO YOU WILL BE MISSED.
AND I'M REALLY TIRED OF SAYING THAT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE REALLY MISSED.
WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE AND, UM, YOU ARE DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THAT, UM, MAKE EVERYTHING MAKE MY JOB EASIER, RIGHT? SO IN, IN MY CAREER, IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S LIFE EASIER.
SO IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE, UM, TO MAKE MY LIFE EASIER.
AND I HOPE, AND I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR SURE, MATT.
UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S THANKED YOU, BUT I JUST, I GUESS I'M GOING TO REITERATE THE THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HAVING YOU HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BLESSING FOR US.
UM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR SKILLS WHEN IT COMES TO IT IS, IS AMAZING.
I MEAN, FOR YOU TO WALK ME THROUGH SOMETHING OVER THE PHONE AND I SPENT HOURS ON AND CAN GET IT, BUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, I'VE TALKED TO YOU ON THE PHONE.
BUT MY BIGGEST MEMORY OF YOU IS GOING TO BE THE DAY AFTER, UH, THE FIRE HERE IN DOWNTOWN KYLE.
IT WAS, IT HAPPENED TO A BUILDING WHERE I, AS A YOUNG PERSON WORKED TEMPORARILY IN AND THERE WAS A REALLY SAD DAY FOR ME, BUT TO COME AROUND THE CORNER HERE NOW I'VE GOT THE PICTURE OF MY PHONE SOMEWHERE.
SEE YOU AND YOUR IT DEPARTMENT AND JUST PORTABLE CHAIRS AND TABLES, TEXT DOOR, GETTING US BACK ONLINE FROM OUTSIDE.
THE BUILDING IN THE ELEMENTS WAS AMAZING.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT WILL NEVER FORGET.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DEDICATION YOU HAVE TO THE CITY.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE ALL MY PRAYERS AND ALL MY BEST WISHES WITH YOU IN WHATEVER YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR IS, BUT THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'VE KNOWN MATT FOR AS LONG AS HE'S BEEN HERE AND, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT COVID IT'S TRUE.
SO W I THINK WHAT FOLKS PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE IS THAT WE, WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE THE BEST IT DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, UNDER MATT'S LEADERSHIP, WE HAD THE BEST IT DEPARTMENT IN HAYES COUNTY.
AND WHEN THE COVID PANDEMIC HIT THAT GOT PUT ON FULL DISPLAY, THE CITY OF KYLE WAS LEADING, UH, MEETINGS BECAUSE THE COUNTY AND OTHER CITIES WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT WE HAD IT PUT TOGETHER INSTANTLY.
UH, AND THAT WAS THANKS TO MATT DAWSON.
AND THEN I THINK ABOUT THESE HYBRID MEETINGS, UH, THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS COULD NOT HANDLE HYBRID MEETINGS AND ALL THE COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED IN HAVING SOME FOLKS HERE.
AND SOME FOLKS VIRTUALLY PEOPLE CALL IT IN FOR COMMENTS, THE LAYERS, AND THEN BROADCASTING OUT SO THAT OUR MEETINGS COULD STAY PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT AND SAFE.
UM, WE, I THINK WE WERE THE BEST IN THE WHOLE REGION, UH, IN TERMS OF THAT, I NEVER SAW SOMEONE DOING IT BETTER THAN WE DID IN ANY OTHER CITY, ANYWHERE AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA.
UH, AND SO THAT'S MY TESTIMONY, UH, OF MR. MATT HERE AND OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, THIS ONE HURTS ME A LOT, MATT, CAUSE YOU WERE, YOU WERE JUST AN ABSOLUTE TEAM, KYLE EXEMPLARY, AND, UH, I'M SAD TO SEE YOU GO AS WELL.
AND I AGREE WITH COUNSELOR FORCE SCALE.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SLOW THAT DOWN SOME, BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR, YOUR, UM, THANK YOU, YOU WILL BE MISSED AND I I'M SAD TO SEE IT, BUT, UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK, UM, THE COUNCIL OF CITIZENS, UM, LEADERSHIP, I'VE SERVED UNDER EVERY STUDY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NOW MY TIME, BUT SPECIFICALLY JERRY, LIKE I SAID, HE HIRED ME.
I WAS MY LONGEST BOSS AND ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME TO WORK FOR KYLE BECAUSE I, I LIKED JERRY'S, UH, ATTITUDE.
UM, AND HE'S WHAT MAKES LOCAL GOVERNMENT GREAT IN MY OPINION.
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE HIM THE LAST TWO MONTHS LEADING AND DOING A GREAT JOB, UM, TO YOUR MIND, YOU KNOW, FELLOW DIRECTORS AND CO-WORKERS, I APPRECIATE IT.
IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT HERE AND I FEEL IT.
AND ESPECIALLY MY STAFF, I COULD NOT DO HALF OF WHAT I DID WITHOUT MY STAFF.
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UM, I'M LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT AT A BETTER PLACE THAN I FOUND IT FOR SURE.AND I LEAVE IT IN CAPABLE HANDS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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Emergency Management Briefing. ~ William Paiz-Tabash, Emergency Management Coordinator
]EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BRIEFING WILLIAM PIOUS TIE BASH WE'LL PASS THE BOSCH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE RECORD.DO YOU ALL HEAR ME? DID IT WORK? OKAY.
SO I WAS ASKED TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU GUYS AN OVERVIEW ON WHAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN UP TO IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, THESE ARE THE BASIC THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN, I WANTED TO TRY AND GET DELIVERED, WHICH WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY EDUCATION.
WHAT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP FOR THE STAFF? I HAVE LISTED HERE, UH, THE INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE, 9:08 AM FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS.
UM, ONCE I FINISHED THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, SOME BASIC PLAN, FAMILIARIZATION DETERMINATION OF ROLES BASED ON ANNEX ASSIGNMENTS.
SOME ARE JUST SELF-EVIDENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OBVIOUSLY GOES TO THE POLICE CHIEF, UH, LESS EVIDENT IS THINGS LIKE MASS CARE, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED TO, UH, MARIANNA SPINOSA AS THE HEAD OF PARKS.
UM, WE ARE INTRODUCING WELL, WE ARE NOW NIMS COMPLIANT BECAUSE WE ARE SIGNATORIES UNDER THE COUNTY'S PLAN.
SO WE HAVE A COORDINATOR, WE HAVE A PLAN, WE HAVE MET ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THAT PLAN, AND I INTEND TO CARRY THAT COMPLIANCE FORWARD AS WE ADOPT OUR OWN, UM, INTRODUCING DISCUSSION-BASED AND FULL-SCALE EXERCISES OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
OUR FIRST DISCUSSION BASED EXERCISE WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS TRAINING, ALL STAFF WITH ANY TIE TO EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES.
SO IF PARKS STAFF IS EXPECTED TO MANAGE SHELTERS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO SO BLIND, THEY WILL BE TRAINED IN SHELTER OPERATION.
IF THEY ARE SHELTER MANAGERS, MANAGEMENT, UH, FOOD DELIVERY, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET YOUR FOOD HANDLER'S LICENSE, BUT I WILL ENSURE THAT WITH MARIANA'S HEALTH, OF COURSE, UH, EVERYONE WHO HAS ANY TIES TO EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES HAS THAT TRAINING.
UM, ALL AGENCY HEADS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSES AS WELL AS ICS 300, 400, WHICH ARE THE BASIC LEVEL.
ICS IS A INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, UM, 300, 400 OF THE BASIC LEVEL INSTRUCTION DELIVERED BY TDM, UH, TEXAS DIVISION, MERCY MANAGEMENT AT THE STATE.
I AM MYSELF CERTIFIED TO DELIVER THAT SO I CAN SERVE AS AT LEAST ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS.
AND I FOUND THAT OUR LOCAL GOV, YOU ACTUALLY HAS AN EMERGENCY PLAN POLICY AND PROCEDURE TRAINING.
UM, SO WE ALREADY A STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, STAFF WHO ARE INTERESTED TO PERUSE THAT.
UH, THE LAST ONE IS THE CHAPTER FOUR 18 OVERVIEW FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGER DIRECTOR CHAPTER FOUR 18 STATES THAT THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS THE FINAL AUTHORITY OVER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
NOW FOR PLANNING, I INTEND TO CONDUCT THE FULL THREAT HAZARDOUS, SORRY, I'M AHEAD OF MYSELF, THREAT HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE IDEA OF WHAT THREATS AND HAZARDS FACE THE CITY AND WHAT IS A MORE SIGNIFICANT OR MORE PROBABLE THAN THE OTHERS.
WE CAN HAVE SOME VERY, VERY HIGH IMPACT, BUT LOW PROBABILITY EVENTS, SUCH AS A MASSIVE CHLORINE DERAILMENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND THEN LOW IMPACT, BUT HIGH FREQUENCY EVENTS SUCH AS ROUTINE CAR ACCIDENTS.
UM, AS I COMPLETE THE VARIOUS ANNEXES, I INTEND TO SUBMIT THE FULL PLAN TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN SUBMIT THAT APPROVED PLAN TO THE STATE.
THE ANNEXES ARE CURRENTLY POSTPONED AS THE FIRST PRIORITY HAS BECOME ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING FOR STAFF TO TRAININGS.
I WANT TO THANK PD FOR STEPPING UP IN A BIG WAY.
TWO TRAININGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
UH, THE NEXT TRAINING WILL BE AUGUST 26TH.
THEN, AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR FIRST DISCUSSION-BASED TABLETOP EXERCISE IS TAKING PLACE TOMORROW.
IN ADDITION, I HAVE COLLABORATED CLOSELY WITH JERRY OVER AT HAYSI ISD ON STANDARD RESPONSE PLAN AND STANDARD REFUND REUNIFICATION METHOD IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE, OF ALL THE INCIDENT THINGS THAT THE OFFICE HAS ACCOMPLISHED SINCE I STARTED IN MARCH, UH, WE'RE REPRESENTED IN CAP COGS, HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE.
WE'RE NOW INTEGRATED INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES WARNING SYSTEM, UH, BASED OUT OF NEW BRAUNFELS.
WELL, OUR LOCAL OFFICE IS BASED OUT OF NEW BRAUNFELS.
UM, WE ARE NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL 9 68, WHICH IS WELLNESS CHECKS FOR THE MEDICALLY FRAGILE.
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME IMPACT ON STAFF TRAINING.
A LIBRARY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME FOR A AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING.
I WORKED WITH ESD FIVE TO GET THAT DELIVERED, ACTIVE ATTRACT CHAIN ACTIVE ATTACK TRAINING IS UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW FOR CITY STAFF.
EVACUATION MAPPING HAS BEEN ALL BUT FINALIZED.
WE'RE AWAITING SOME PRINTING SO I CAN HANG THESE IN CITY FACILITIES.
UH, THE FIRST RECORDED TESTING OF THE PANIC BUTTONS IN THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND REGULAR WARNINGS GO OUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS TO SENIOR, UH, SENIOR STAFF.
WE ARE ALSO REPRESENTED IN THE, UH, STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL CENTER.
IF YOU GET REUNIFICATION METHOD TASKFORCE, UM, WE MEET
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ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.UH, KYLE HAS NOW MET WITH RED CROSS AND UNITED WAY REGARDING SHARING CAPABILITIES, UH, WITH THESE NON-PROFITS, WE ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE REGIONAL WEB POC DRILLS.
I HAVE ANNEXES A, B, D N E SIGNED, READY TO GO.
UH, I BELIEVE WHEN I WROTE THIS, I DID NOT HAVE G SIGN, BUT CHIEF HAS SIGNED OFF ON A G, WHICH IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ANNEX.
SUBSEQUENT ELP DEVELOPMENT IS ON HOLD UNTIL WE FINISH ACTIVE ATTACK TRAINING, WARNING TEMPLATES, THANKS TO, UH, SOME, SOME VERY LONG DAYS WITH RACHEL IN COMMUNICATIONS.
ALL OF THIS IS NOW UPLOADED THE REGIONAL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO WE CAN PUT OUT AN EFFECTIVE WARNING TO A TARGETED AREA IN MOMENTS RATHER THAN WAITING MINUTES TO TRY AND DRAFT EVERYTHING OUT AND ALL WATER UTILITY CONTACTS HAVE NOW BEEN FORMATTED AND UPLOADED TO THE SAME SYSTEM.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE WATER RESTRICTIONS, WE CAN PUT THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO PAYS A WATER BILL IN THE CITY ON THE HORIZON.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT AFTER MENTIONED BASE LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR STAFF AND LEADERSHIP, I WOULD WE'LL FINISH THE SYRAH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY AND COG.
THEY HAVE OFFERED TO LEND THEIR ASSISTANCE IN CONDUCTING THIS ASSESSMENT A HOPE TO FULLY STAFF THE OFFICE AND RESUME THE EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE FUNCTION-SPECIFIC TRAINING RESOURCE INVENTORY AND TYPING AGREEMENTS FOR MASS CARE TO INCLUDE SHELTERING FOOD AND STOCKPILING.
WE HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WITH SCHOOLS.
FORTUNATELY, THEY WERE EITHER ABORTED OR COMPLETELY, UH, MANAGED WITH AAR'S COMPLETED.
AND ON FILE IN THE CITY, WE HAD THE PLUM CREEK DEVELOPMENT FIRE, UH, WITH COORDINATED RESPONSE, BOTH WITH OUR ESD, AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING ESTS.
AND I GOT TO RIDE ALONG AND EXAMINED THE FIRE SCENE WITH CHIEF TAYLOR.
UH, WE HAD THE WATER SERVICE INCIDENT, WHICH WAS THANKFULLY AVERTED, BUT WE DID TEST AND DISCOVER OUR CAPABILITY TO CONTACT OUR WATER SUPPLY SOURCES, TO PREPARE FOR POINTS OF DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS THE METHODS TO COORDINATE WITH THE STATE TO ENSURE ADDITIONAL WATER DELIVERY.
SO WATER WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS, EVEN IF WE CANNOT PUMP IT OUT OF THE GROUND, I MAY HAVE BROKEN IT.
UH, THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT I HOPE TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WELL, THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS TO READ, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
AND IN ADDITION, THE EOP THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS THE COUNTY'S EOP.
I CANNOT, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY.
AND FOR SOME OTHER REASONS, I CANNOT DISCLOSE THE CONTENTS OF THE EOP AND THIS SORT OF SESSION.
HOWEVER, I AM WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS IN A CLOSED SESSION, UM, OR JUST ONE-ON-ONE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ELEMENTS THAT YOU WISH TO DISCUSS.
SO THIS IS A WHOLE OF COMMUNITY FEATURE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.
UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, THIS IS, WOULD WE ADVOCATE IT FOR YOUR POSITION? THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS IT TO THE CITY WHEN WE HAD OUR INCIDENTS WITH THE SNOW STORM AND WE HAD, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A DROUGHT.
UH, SO THIS WAS, UH, BROUGHT UP.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN INFORM THE RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH A PLAN IN PLACE TO WHERE WE HAVE CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, UH, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY, BUT TO BETTER PREPARE EVERYBODY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING IN PLACE TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING, UH, READY TO GO AS FAR AS PLANS AND SO FORTH.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY THAT WAY, THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO WHERE, WHEN WE HAVE THESE, UH, INCIDENTS, WE, WE ARE PREPARING OURSELVES FOR TAKING ACTION AND FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND, AND FOR THE TRAINING, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE TRAININGS, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MS. LET'S JUST POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE MORE INFORMED YOU ARE THE BETTER.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE STORM SHELTERS REGARDING THE, UM, MODULAR HOME COMMUNITIES? YES, MA'AM, UH, IT WAS SUBMITTED IN MY ORIGINAL BUDGET.
IT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $85,000.
AND THE IDEA WAS THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO FUND THE FIRST YEAR SO THAT WE WOULD BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT HAS BEEN SINCE STRUCK FROM THE BUDGET, IT'S BEEN STRIPPED FROM THE BUDGET.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW FOR THE BUDGET DOC.
ANYONE ELSE REPARATIVE? SO, YEAH, UH, I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT A CUSTOMER WILL BE AS SAID ON THE BASIS TRAINING FOR A LEADERSHIP, MAKING SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, ALL OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS IN THE CITY TAKE THAT BASE TRAINING.
UH, I GOT A SMALL SAMPLE OF IT WHEN I WAS DURING OUR SNOWPOCALYPSE.
LAST YEAR, I GOT TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND DELIVERING FOOD AND THE WATER RESOURCES THROUGHOUT HAYES COUNTY LAST YEAR.
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TO TAKE A QUICK LITTLE BRIEFING ON IT, JUST TO SEE WHERE THE COMMAND WAS, CHAIN OF COMMAND, WHAT THE PROTOCOLS WERE, MAKING SURE NO ABBREVIATIONS, THE LANGUAGE, LINGO, THINGS LIKE THAT.UM, IT WAS A PRETTY NEAT, IT WAS INFORMATIVE.
UM, I SHOULD'VE GONE GOTTEN CERTIFICATIONS BY NOW, BUT, UH, I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IN PLACE TO OFFER THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THOSE CLASSES.
I SIR, ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[7. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.MAYOR COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I GOT AN EMAIL FROM TECHSTAR TODAY.
THEY WILL BE TAKEN DOWN THE STOP SIGNS ON VETERAN'S DRIVE AT, UH, UH, UH, SILVERADO, UH, ON AUGUST THE 31ST.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A WEDNESDAY AND WE'LL BE HELPING THEM WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED.
THEY WILL BE PUTTING UP, UH, MESSAGE BOARDS ALSO STARTING OFF WITH LAVETTA THE PARK WE'RE ABOUT 64% COMPLETE.
I WON'T READ ALL THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT THAT THEY GAVE US TO, TO PRESENT YOU COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE IS THAT THEY'VE TRIED TO SET UP A DATE OF COMPLETING THIS PROJECT FOR NOVEMBER 18TH PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UH, AGAIN, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ITEMS THERE THAT ARE LISTED FOR YOU TO LOOK THROUGH IF YOU WANT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THE IMPORTANT DATE ON THAT ONE IS FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023 PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
EXTRA SLIDE, SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 95%, 94% COMPLETE.
UM, CONTRACTOR HAS COMPLETED INSTALLATION THAT POST ROAD.
IT IS OPEN, IT WAS CLOSED FOR AWHILE.
UH, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLES WEATHER, UTILITY LOCATIONS, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE HAVING TO DIG WITH, BY HAND TO LOCATE THESE VARIOUS UTILITIES, THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU WHERE THERE WAS MARKED AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT REALLY IS.
SO, UH, BEAR IN MIND, THIS IS ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF PAVING TO THE FENCE LINE.
UH, WE GOT A 12 INCH WATER LINE, UH, FIBER OPTIC IN THERE AND A GAS LINE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO INSTALL AN 18 INCH, UH, GRAVITY LINE.
IT'S ABOUT 15 TO 17 FEET DEEP IN A 14 INCH FORCE MAIN ON TOP OF THAT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE SLOW GOING FOR THIS PART OF THE PROJECT WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPANSION PROJECT.
THE WATER FACILITY IS ABOUT 50% COMPLETE.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE BULLS-EYE PLANT, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE AERATORS ON THAT.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE MASONRY WALLS FOR THE WATER AND FACILITY, UH, CONTROL ROOM.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY AUGUST OF 2022.
DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, TCEQ, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THAT IT SHOULD DRAFT PERMIT TO US.
UH, FOR THE PHASE OF DISCHARGE INCREASE THAT WE WERE ASKING THEM FOR.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM FOUR AND A HALF TO NINE M G M NINE MGD AND A FINAL 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
UH, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT DRAFT THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO GETTING A 12 MGD, UH, MAXIMUM PERMIT, ELLIE RANCH, INTERCEPTOR WE'RE ABOUT 74% COMPLETE, UH, RUSTOLEUM, SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN THERE.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR TO TRY TO GET HIS PROPOSAL WRAPPED UP FOR THE, UH, RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE WANTED TO WANT DONE ON SLEDS STREET.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEER SHELLS SHEREE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE, BUT WE DID DELETE ELIMINATE ONE LITTLE LIFT STATION THAT WAS OUT THERE.
AND, UH, WE ALSO DID SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE.
UH, THERE'S SOME EXISTING MANHOLES.
WE ALSO NEED TO DECOMMISSION AND, UH, BUT ALL THE WASTEWATER AND WATER SERVICES HAVE BEEN FINISHED UP.
AND THAT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF WORK BY THE WAY, TO DO THOSE CONNECTIONS.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE BEFORE PICTURE, THERE IS ON THE LEFT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, WHEN WE GOT THERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, WE'VE OPENED UP, THE DRAINAGE WE HAVE IN THE GROUND, PREP IS GONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT TO CONTRACTOR, UH, HOW WE WANTED TO LEAVE THE PROJECT, THE REST OF THE WAY AS HE COMPLETES THAT PROJECT ON THE AREAS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON DOWNTOWN RELOCATION OF OVERHEAD LINES, THE CITY'S CONTRACTORS VIRTUALLY COMPLETED WITH THEIR PROJECT OR THEIR CONTRACT, UH, TOMORROW, UH, COUNSEL, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING DOWN SOME OF THOSE WIRES ON THE OLD POLES THAT WERE BUILT.
THERE WILL BE SOME INTERMITTENT CLOSURES ON CENTER STREET IN BURLESON.
IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR OUR CITIZENS DRIVING THROUGH THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S NOT A COMPLETE ROAD CLOSURE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING THROUGH THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR OUR CITIZENS GOING THROUGH THAT AREA.
SO WE DID GIVE NOTICES OUT OF STARTING A WEEK AGO, NOTIFIED AS MANY AS WE COULD.
WE EVEN CALLED TEXAS PIE COMPANY AND SAID, BE PREPARED FOR COMING THROUGH, AND THERE'LL BE SOME TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES, BUT WE'RE TAKING ALL THOSE WIRES DOWN ON CENTER STREET AND BURLESON STREET.
UH, THE DOWNSIDE IS IT, UH, WE PROBABLY WON'T START SAYING THE REMOVAL, THE POSTAL SEPTEMBER 15TH, UH, FRONTIER'S BEHIND ON GETTING THE WIRES DOWN.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO HURRY
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UP AND CLEAR THEIR STUFF OFF THE LINES TOO.AND THOSE ARE THE POLES THAT WE ACTUALLY PLANNED TO TAKE DOWN OLD POST ROAD.
UH, THEY'RE STILL CONTINUED TO WORK ON THAT.
THEY'RE JUST ABOUT READY, READY TO START TESTING THE SUB RATES SO THEY CAN START BRINGING THEIR BASE IN.
SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ON THIS ONE, ANY PAINTBRUSH, THERE WASN'T MUCH ACTIVITY ON THIS ONE, THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
SO IT REALLY NOTHING'S MUCH HAS CHANGED ON HERE.
WE'RE JUST REMOVING SOME METALS THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US FOR THE LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION.
THIS PROJECT STILL CONTINUES ON BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR PEC TO DISCONNECT ELECTRICAL.
UH, SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT SLEPT ON THIS PROJECT.
THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS, UH, THE STRIPING FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACTOR WAS DELAYED.
APPARENTLY THERE WERE IN WEST TEXAS AND GOT DELAYED WITH THEIR WORK THERE.
SO THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP PUSHING AND GET THEM HERE SOONER.
THE NEW LINESMAN'S INSTALLED THERE AT, UH, THEY SEE AT BB, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBY SOP.
I NOTICED THAT THE OTHER NIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S LIT UP HOW IT USED TO BE SO DARK.
IT'S SO DANGEROUS, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAD, UH, PEDESTRIANS WALK INTO THAT SERVICE STATION STUFF NOW WITH SCHOOL IN SESSION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE TIME CHANGE OF COME, WE DO
I DO SEE CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL TO HALL.
SO AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
AND W WE'RE ALSO SHOWING THERE IS A SIDEWALK AND A, THE 12 FOOT PATH THAT WE ASKED THE COUNTY'S CONTRACTOR TO BUILD.
BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT ON THE SECTION FROM DACEY DESCENT FLOWER ROAD, I THINK THEY HAD ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S ONLY 10 FEET WIDE AND WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TWO FEET TO THAT.
SO WE SAID WE WOULD WORK WITH THE 10 FEET THAT, UH, LEAVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING THAT I'M HOPING TO MAYBE USE, UH, FROM JOPPA BACK TO AMBERWOOD LOOP.
CAUSE I THINK THEY'RE RUNNING, GOING A BIT 10 FEET IN THERE.
SO I'VE ASKED THEM WHAT WOULD IT COST US TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT EXTRA TWO FEET ON THE SECTION FROM CHAPA BACK TO AMBERWOOD LOOP.
AND JUST FOR THAT RIGHT THERE, IT'S, IT'S THE SIDEWALKS THAT GO IN FRONT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALL THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S FINALLY GOING TO BE VERY, UH, NICE TO SEE THAT THOSE KIDS DON'T HAVE TO WALK ON THAT GRAVEL ROAD OR ON THE DIRT ROAD OR JUST ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PERIOD.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SIDEWALK THEY CAN WATCH TO A NICE WIDE SIDEWALK.
THE PUNCH OUT IS IN PROGRESS, UH, WORKING ON THE CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS AND SOME TRAINING, AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT LATER THIS MONTH.
I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JERRY HENRY, EXACTLY AND CITY MANAGER.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ADDRESS TO YOU THE WATER FEATURE IN THIS PARK, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN WE BUILT THIS PARK OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DUMB WHEN WE BUILT THIS PARK, THAT PLAN WAS TO HAVE THAT WATER FEATURE FILLED IN THE SPRINGTIME BY RAINS AND THOSE RAINS NEVER CAME.
SO IN ORDER TO TEST THE PUMPS ON THIS PARK, WHICH WAS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, STAFF WAS, UH, DIRECTED BY PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER OR TO INCREMENTALLY FILL THE POND SO THAT THOSE PUMPS COULD BE TESTED.
ONCE THOSE PUMPS WERE TESTED, UH, FILLING OUT THE POND CEASED AT ITS, UM, STEADILY GONE DOWN SINCE WHILST WE APPROACH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THIS PARK, PART OF THE CONDITION TO REMOVE GENERAL CONDITIONS, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN ACTIVATED AND MOBILIZED TO BE AT THE PARK IN ORDER TO REMOVE THOSE, THE POND HAS TO BE FOOLED AND PUMPS HAVE TO BE WORKING, ARE OUR PROJECT MANAGER.
SO THE PARK REPRESENTS A $10 MILLION INVESTMENT BY THE CITY.
IT REPRESENTS A VERY FITTING TRIBUTE TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH STAFF ALMOST DAILY TO ASSESS OUR, OUR WATER CAPACITY, OUR ABILITY TO MEET DEMANDS, TO STAY WITHIN OUR AMENDED STAGE TWO RESTRICTIONS AND, AND STAY OUT OF STAGE THREE.
AND AFTER HAVING REVIEWED THOSE THIS AFTERNOON WITH OUR STAFF ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF THE PARK AND OUR ABILITY TO FIND WATER TO IT IS MY INTENTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN THAT POND AGAIN THIS EVENING AND TO FILL IT OUT A RATE THAT DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO SUPPLY WATER OR VARSITY EFFECT OUR SYSTEM TO MONITOR THAT, UH, FILLING IN ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND DO THAT RESPONSIBLY AND SUSTAINABLY.
SO, UH, WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
AND, UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY,
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BECAUSE WE'RE A PARTIALLY, OKAY, THANK YOU.SO, UM, I HAVE RESIDENTS OBVIOUSLY MESSAGING ME ABOUT THE FEELING OF THE POND.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? UM, ARE THEY GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME? UM, WE ASSESS THOSE RESTRICTIONS WEEKLY AND THE RESTRICTIONS AS THEY'RE DESIGNED RIGHT NOW ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO WATER THEIR YARDS, MAYBE NOT AT THE RATE OR HOURS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO WATER.
THEIR YARDS POOLS ARE ABLE TO STAY OPEN.
CAR WASHES ARE ABLE TO STAY OPEN AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ARE CONTINUED TO CONTINUE TO CARRY ON AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES REQUIRE A GOOD AMOUNT OF WATER.
UM, I CAN'T ADJUST THEM DOWN ANY FURTHER AND STILL HAVE THEM BE MEANINGFUL.
AND IT'S OUR INTENT TO STAY AN AMENDED AND OUR AMENDED STAGE TWO RESTRICTIONS.
AND IF THE OPPORTUNITY COMES TO LIGHTEN UP ON THOSE, WE'LL, WE'LL CONSIDER THAT.
AND IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS DROUGHT WITHOUT CLAMPING DOWN, EVEN FURTHER.
I JUST, UM, I HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL, UM, QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS THAT NORMALLY WORK EIGHT TO FIVE JOBS.
SO THEY ARE NOT AT HOME TO WATER THE LAWNS, UM, DURING THE EIGHT TO 10 LIMIT THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO THEY ARE GETTING, UM, I DUNNO, IT'S THE NAME OF IT? CITATION, UH, CLAIM OR CITATIONS.
PATROLS THAT, THAT ISSUES OF WARNINGS.
SO WHY DO I, WHAT DO I TELL THESE RESIDENTS? AND ALSO TO THEM, IT MAKES NO SENSE AT TIMING THAT WE ARE DOING THE WATER EIGHT TO 10 BECAUSE WATER EVAPORATES.
SO I JUST WANT THEM TO BE LISTENING AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND IF IT MAKES SENSE TO THEM, I MUCH RATHER STOPPING THE WATER, PUMPING UP THE HERO'S MEMORIAL, IF THEY CAN WATER, WHEN IT'S MAKE SENSE TO THEM AS A FAMILY, WHENEVER THEY COME HOME IN THE AFTERNOON, I WILL, I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES OR THAT I WILL VISIT WITH OUR STAFF LATER THIS WEEK.
AND WE'LL FIGURE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, IF WE CAN'T.
IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY TO WHERE WE COULD MAYBE LOOK AT ADJUSTING THOSE TIMES? CAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE OF COURSE BEING OUTSIDE LATELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY BREAK ANYTIME SOON.
AND WHENEVER WE DO GET RAIN, IT'S JUST GOING TO BASICALLY FILL UP OR JUST EVAPORATE VERY FAST.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT POSSIBLY CHANGING THOSE WATERING TIMES FOR MAYBE IN THE EVENINGS OR EARLY MORNINGS OR SOMETHING TO WHERE WHEN RESIDENTS ARE HOME AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY MONITOR IT? UH, THE REASON WE CHOSE THOSE TIMES WAS IT'S A BETTER TIME FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, TO MONITOR AND FIND OUT WHO'S WATERING OUT OF THEIR SCHEDULE.
LIKE I TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY WILL MEET IN THE MORNING AND WE'LL ASSESS OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THOSE TIMES BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF ISSUES, NOT SO MUCH THE CRASS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO WATER THE SIZE OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDATIONS.
AND BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE COSTLY FOR THEM LATER ON IF THEY ARE HAVING FOUNDATION ISSUES.
I UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE RESTRICTING THEM ON CERTAIN HOURS OF THE DAY AND THEY'RE NOT HOME, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MONITOR THAT.
SO, UH, JUST SEEING IF THERE'S A CONSIDERATION WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE ADJUSTING THOSE TIMES FOR WHERE PEOPLE WHO CAN WATER THEIR LAWN OR ALSO MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING WITH, UH, ANY KIND OF FOUNDATION WATER THEY NEED TO DO FOR THEIR HOUSE.
LOOK VERY HARD AT THAT TOMORROW.
I W I WOULD AGREE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I, THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN HAS NOT BEEN SO MUCH WITH THE NATURE OF THE RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE PARTICULAR HOURS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL, NUMEROUS TIMES.
SO IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL CUSTOMER FORCE COUNT.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR DISCUSSING THIS.
UM, AND NOT HAVING SOMEONE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, BUT TAKING CARE OF IT IN ADVANCE.
UM, OTHER THAN THE WATERING TIMES THAT I THINK THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY WHENEVER THEY NEED TO, UM, ADD WATER FOR THE CITY TO USE RECLAIMED WATER INSTEAD OF WATER CITY WATER, WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING ACTIVELY TOWARDS A RECLAIMED WATER MASTER PLAN AND HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK HAS PURPLE PIPE INSTALLED.
AS SOON AS WE CAN BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET THE PERMIT TO GET PER, UH, RECLAIMED WATER TO THAT PARK.
THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES TO GET THE RECLAIMED WATER.
UH, GREG CLARK PARK IS, I WAS ON THAT LIST TO GET THAT WATER.
SO TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP TO THE CHANGING OF WATERING TIMES, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF RESPONSE ON THAT, UM, SAY BY THE END OF DAY TOMORROW, BY THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW, THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, JUST QUICKLY.
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I KNOW THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A RAIN EVENT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.I DON'T KNOW HOW LARGE THAT WILL BE.
UM, SO IF WE DO GET A RING EVENT AND IT THERE'S A LOT OF RUNOFF THAT GOES TO THAT AREA, I MEAN, ALMOST ALL THE PARKING FROM, UH, ARC ALL THE WAY DOWN IS GOING TO DRAIN INTO THAT AREA.
SO THAT WOULD HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THAT CORRECT.
WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO GET A LOT OF HELP FROM RAIN IN THE COMING COMING WEEKS.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT WETTER, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN'T COUNT ON THAT.
TEND TO FILL THE POND AS QUICKLY AND RESPONSIBLY AS WE CAN COUNT ON RAIN WHEN IT GETS HERE AND THEN TO KEEP IT FULL.
AND THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS JUST STANDING.
WATER'S NOT GOOD FOR ANY, ANY AREA.
I MEAN, THAT'S A HEALTH ISSUE.
SO, UM, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THOSE PUMPS GOING WOULD BE VERY CRUCIAL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE.
BECAUSE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE A HEALTH HAZARD THERE SO WE CAN GET THOSE PUMPS FLOWING AND GET THAT WATER OXYGEN JADED.
MAYOR PRO TEM IS THAT THE PARK'S DESIGN AROUND THAT WATER FEATURE ARE WORKING WITHOUT THE WATER FEATURE WORKING.
WE RISK LOSING A LOT OF OUR INVESTMENT IN AND THE PLANTS THAT AROUND IT AND OUR INVESTMENTS IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MOVES THAT WATER AND REALLY SENSITIVE TO THE NATURE OF THE DROUGHT AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS AND THE IMPACT ON OUR OWN CITY FACILITIES.
WHEN WE WENT INTO A MINUTE STAGE TWO, I DIRECTED ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT DEALS WITH, UH, LANDSCAPING THAT WE WERE TO FOLLOW THE SAME RESTRICTIONS THE RESIDENTS WERE.
AND IN LARGE PART, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALL SENSITIVE TO THAT.
UM, I WANT THE DROUGHT TO BE OVER AND WE WANT TO GET THROUGH IT IN THE BEST SHAPE THAT WE CAN.
AND YOU, WHAT ELSE? CAUSE WE'RE PERSONALLY, UM, IS THERE ANY LEVEL, MINIMUM LEVEL THAT THEIR PAWN NEEDS TO BE AT IN ORDER FOR THE PALMS TO WORK PROPERLY? THERE IS, THERE IS A LEVEL AT WHICH THERE'S A SYSTEM THAT MONITORS THE WATER LEVEL AND KEEPS THE WATER RUNNING AND WE'LL ADD WATER AS NEEDED BASED ON THE OPERATION TO, UH, TO KEEP THE WATER AT THE OPTIMUM LEVEL.
AND THAT'S THE LEVEL OF WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BOTHER WITH THAT.
DECA CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, ITEM 14.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD AND POSTPONE THAT TO A LATER MEETING.
UH, WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THAT ONE.
UH, ON THE 2022 MICROSURFACING CHANGE, UH, CONSENT CHANGE ORDER ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17, WE DID ADD SOME ADDITIONAL ROWS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE ROADS DONE.
UH, WE WERE CLOSE TO OUR 500,000, BUT WE LOOKED AT THE OLD STAGECOACH ROAD AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE STRIPING ON THAT THE ROAD.
AND THAT EXPLAINS THE REASON FOR THE ADDITIONAL OVERRUN ON THE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT.
ANY QUESTIONS WE JUST QUESTIONS FOR LEON CUSTOMER? TOBY'S JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, CAN WE, UH, JUST GET AN UPDATE FROM THE COUNTY ON THE DAY CMBB INTERSECTION, IF WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR GETTING THOSE STREET LIGHTS INSTALLED BY, I BELIEVE THEY WERE LOOKING AT SPRING OR EARLY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS THERE OBVIOUSLY, AND I SAW THEM TO START TO PUT THOSE EASEMENTS WITH THE ELECTRICAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL ON TRACK, MAKING SURE THAT THE ROADS CAN BE WIDENED THERE IN THE CROSSWALKS IN THE STREET LIGHTS WILL BE COMING ON TIME AROUND THAT AREA.
THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE LAST BRIEFING I HAD WHEN WE HAD MR. SELLERS.
UM, THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON THE LINES OFF OF ONE 50 EAST AND THEY S THEY MUST'VE CONTACTED, UH, ONE OF THE OWNERS THAT THEY CAME AND THEY FIXED PART OF THE LINES, BUT THERE WAS A DELIVERY GOING DOWN BY TOBY AS ELEMENTARY.
AND THE GUY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY PARKING LOT BECAUSE THE LINES ARE SO LOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE ON THOSE LINES COUNCIL MEMBER? I DO NOT.
UM, I MAY HAVE TO CHECK WITH OTHER STAFF AND SEE IF THEY CAN TELL ME SOMETHING ON THAT.
AND THIS IS THERE'S THIS NEAR THERE'LL BE US.
IT'S JUST THAT WHOLE, I THINK, FROM LIKE THE DOLLAR TREE GOING UP.
AND SO IF I COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THAT AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, LEON.
[VI. Consent Agenda]
AGENDA.THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO POSTPONE AGENDA ITEM 14.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO PULL MOTIONS I'D LIKE TO MAKE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSIDER AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 18, EXCLUDING 14 SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO SECONDED BY CUSTOMER TOBY, US THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT
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AGENDA.EIGHT ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 18, EXCLUDING ITEM 14.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'RE GOING TO TABLE, UH, AGENDA ITEM 14.
UH, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER,
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Consider and possible action on a First Year on Us Incentive Application. ~ Victoria Vargas, Interim Economic Development Director
- Texas Original
]UH, 19, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR IT TO BE TABLED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20,
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Consider and possible action on a First Year on Us Incentive Application. ~ Victoria Vargas, Interim Economic Development Director
- Healing Energy
UH, THIS ITEM IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FIRST YEAR OF US INSTEAD OF APPLICATION, UH, MS. VICTORIA VARGAS IS YOUR ITEM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL VICTORIA VARGAS, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A FIRST-YEAR ON US INCENTIVE APPLICATION FOR A TENANT.
AND THE TENANT IS SYNC SYNCHRONOUSLY.
AM I MISPRONOUNCED THAT SYNCHRONICITY, CRYO AND WELLNESS? THEY ARE LOCATED ALONG
THEY WILL BE A 1200 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, UM, GOING INTO A 1200 SQUARE FOOT, FINISH OUT THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS A AND $50,000.
THEY SHOULD BE OPENING BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEY WILL BE OFFERING OUR RESIDENTS COLD PLUNGE, CRYOTHERAPY, RED LIGHT THERAPY, AND A SAUNA.
AND THE AMOUNT OF THE INCENTIVE REQUESTED IS NOT TO EXCEED $5,000.
UH, THIS DOESN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? JURY IS JUST FOR HER COUNSEL.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS PAY THE PAYMENTS NOT MADE THE 5,000 IS NOT GIVEN UNTIL AFTER.
IT'S IN THE FORM OF A REBATE PROPERTY TAX REBATE.
SO ON THE, FOR THE FIRST YEAR NOT TO EXCEED 15, UM, $5,000.
WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO TAKE, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 22ND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RAQUEL SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOBY.
S UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES, UH, FIVE TO NOTHING.
UM, THE MAYOR HAD TO RECUSE HIMSELF ON THIS ITEM, UH, BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IF WE COULD CALL THEM BACK, BE GREAT.
NEXT STEP ITEM NUMBER 21 AWARD,
[21. Award a temporary contract to Clear & Present Plumbing LLC, Kyle, Texas, a licensed plumbing company, in order to maintain service level for new residential water meter installation requests at a flat rate of $65.00 per water meter installed. ~ David Amsler, Management Analyst]
A TEMPORARY CONTRACT TO CLEAR AND PRESENT PLUMBING.LLC CONTEXT IS A LICENSED PLUMBING COMPANY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVEL FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL WATER METER METER INSTALLATION REQUESTED A FLAT RATE OF $65 PER WATER METER INSTALLED.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID AMSLER MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
FOR THE RECORD, I AM HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN AWARD, A CONTRACT, TO CLEAR, PRESENT PLUMBING, TO INSTALL WATER METERS IN NEW RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
I DID SEND OUT A MORE DETAILED BACKSTORY IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS.
UM, BUT A BRIEF VERSION IS THE CITY OF KYLE IS FACING A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND OUR METER TECHS ARE, UM, CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION OF BEING A LITTLE UNDERSTAFFED.
CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE METER TECH, A METER TECH POSITION ALSO HAS TO, YOU KNOW, UH, GO THROUGH, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES OTHER THAN JUST INSTALLING NEW WATER METERS.
UM, AND THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT IS LOCATED HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE, UM, AND IT IS A TEMPORARY CONTRACT TO HELP US CATCH UP ON SOME OF THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. AMSLER CUSTOMER FORCE KILL? THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR EMAIL OR WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OUT OF, I READ YOUR EMAIL AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21 MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE, SECOND BITE MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SOLUTION, SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING TO OUR, UM, BUILDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE SO THAT THEY'LL STOP EMAILING THE COUNCIL, UH, ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE JUST QUICKLY.
I DO WANT TO, UM, ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF, UM, SHORTAGE, NOT WITH YOU, UM, BUT WITH LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THESE POSITIONS
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FILLED.SO WE'RE NOT OUTSOURCING EVERYTHING.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, READING THE EMAIL, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT WE, UM, WE LACK AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO, I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, LIKE A PLAN OF EXECUTION ON HOW TO FULFILL THESE JOBS.
UM, AND WE'VE REALLY GOT TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY IN ORDER TO MOVE ON AND NOT UPSET THE DEVELOPERS.
AND THEN THEY HOLD SOME ACCOUNTABILITY IN A SENSE TOO, BECAUSE I DO REALIZE THAT WE SEND OUR TECHS OUT THERE AND THEY SAID WE'RE NOT READY.
SO, UM, IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I STILL THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY PROGRESSIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE HIRE.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas for the purpose of rezoning approximately 0.246 acres of land from ‘W’ (Warehouse) to ‘RS’ (Retail Services) for property located at 23091 IH-35 in Hays County, Texas. (Gilbert J. Guerra, P.E. - Z-22-0102) ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
UH, THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, THERE YOU ARE YOU RIGHT THERE? SORRY.
I WAS LOOKING AT, LET ME JUST CAST THIS REAL QUICK UP ON THE SCREEN.
SO BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY, UH, 0.0276 ACRES FROM DOWN ZONING IT FROM WAREHOUSE TO RETAIL SERVICES.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, UM, MY NAME IS WILKINSON FOR THE RECORD INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PLANNING BEFORE I FORGET, UM, THIS IS AT 23 0 9 1 35.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT IS A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THE, UH, UH, THE KYLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, UM, WITH, UH, WITH A PARCEL BETWEEN IT AND THE KYLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR THE ZONING AROUND IT.
UM, THE SITE CURRENTLY IS ITS OWN WAREHOUSE.
IT IS A DOWNLOAD AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, UM, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST IS WAREHOUSE STONING, UH, TO THE SOUTH IS AG ZONING AND TO THE WEST.
AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT IS RETAIL SERVICES ZONING FROM A COMP PLAN PERSPECTIVE, THE CITY'S CURRENT COMP PLAN.
THIS IS IN THE REGIONAL NODE AND THE RETAIL SERVICES ONLY DISTRICT IS ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED.
UH, TAKING THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, THE DOWNS OWNERS REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UM, TO COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT.
UM, THEY WERE NEEDING THIS EXTRA, A LITTLE BIT OF ACREAGE FROM THE ADJACENT LANDOWNER AND THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
UM, NOT ONLY DOES THIS FOLLOW THE COMP PLAN, THIS ALSO FOLLOWS A COUNCIL'S DIRECTION FROM OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR RELATED TO, UH, REDUCING, UM, NEW WAREHOUSE IN CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING, ZONING ALONG THE
SO, UM, IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, THE CITY OF KYLE WILL PROVIDE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PEC WILL PROVIDE THE ELECTRICITY AND THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION APPROVAL PROCESS.
THE SITE, THE SUBSEQUENT SITE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ELEVATIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND BUILDING PERMITS AS WELL.
AND SOUTH HAS NO PROBLEM RECOMMENDING THIS.
YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT.
THIS ADAM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW, UH, SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR SECONDED BY CUSTOMER PARSLEY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COMES FROM A FULL-SCALE.
UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD EMAILS GO BACK AND FORTH.
AND, UM, I AGREE WITH, WITH THE RETAIL ZONING, BUT IF YOU'LL DO ME A FAVOR AND BRING UP THE MAP OF THIS AREA, CAUSE I AM, I'M GENUINELY CONFUSED HOW ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE.
W W WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS THE WHOLE THING, RETAILING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT, BUT, UM, I'M REALLY CONFUSED HOW EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS GOING TO BE WAREHOUSE.
AND THAT LITTLE SPEC IS GOING TO BE RETAIL.
AND LIKE, DID I READ THIS WRONG THE WHOLE TIME? YEAH.
THE BLUES WAREHOUSE, REDS RETAIL.
I SAY DANIELLA WAS ON CC'D ON MY EMAILS.
SHE COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT I HAD IT WRONG.
IT WAS MAJOR MISCOMMUNICATION.
I LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THE WAY I DID, YOU WOULD BE LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? SO I APOLOGIZE WILL CAUSE THAT PROBABLY ONLY CAUSED YOU SOME STRESS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE APPLICANT'S RATIONALE FOR DOWN ZONING.
DID THEY, IS THERE A REASON FOR IT? YEAH.
FROM A COHESIVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY PLAN TO PUT IN PLACE, THIS IS STRAIGHT ZONING BY THE WAY.
SO WE CAN'T DISCUSS THE ACTUAL USE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PRESENT.
UM, BUT, UM, FROM A CONSISTENCY FROM
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DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, FROM, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WAREHOUSE IS ZONING, SETBACKS ARE 25 FEET ALL THE WAY AROUND, RIGHT.SETBACKS FOR RETAIL SERVICES AT THEIR REAR.
AND, UH, IN THE SIDE ARE 10 FEET AND, UM, 15 FEET.
SO IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO DEVELOP CONSISTENTLY AND THE PARKING RATIOS AS WELL.
I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE SAME THING, BUT SO OF COURSE THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE FROM THE HIGHWAY.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN THOUGHT WHERE THEY MAY WANT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ROAD TO THE SIDE OR ON THE BACK? BECAUSE OF COURSE ONE 50 IS RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANOTHER OUTLET THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO RECOMMEND OR TO GET IN AND OUT OF THIS PLACE, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RETAIL, IT'S SOUTH KYLE IT'S, YOU KNOW, HEADING IN, UM, BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF RETAIL WOULD BE THERE.
UM, CAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, UH, INTO KYLE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO ANY OF THOSE SERVICES.
SO JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE ANOTHER OUTLET THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPROACHED TO US ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.
UM, SO I, FROM A TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT PORTION, IN THE FIELD AROUND THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO BUILD A ROAD FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT, WE WOULD HAVE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THAT WHEN THEY FIRST CAME IN TO TALK WITH US, BUT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING, UM, SHARED ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT.
SO WE DO REQUIRE THAT PER OUR CODE WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS THE PROPERTIES ON EITHER SIDE DO DEVELOP, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A DRIVEWAY STUBBING TO THEM AND THEN THEY CAN CONNECT TO THOSE AS WELL.
SO THE, THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN OUR CODE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A RECIPROCAL ACCESS FROM, UM, OFF PUBLIC STREETS.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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[Postponed 7/19/2022] (First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 15.542 total acres of land from Retail Service District ‘RS’ to Planned Unit District – Mixed Use District ‘PUD MXD’ for property located at 5839 Kyle Parkway, in Hays County, Texas. (CTC Residential LLC - Z-22-0101) ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the request.
The applicant asks for a second read of the zoning and requests for the second read to occur at the October 18, 2022 City Council meeting.
The Public Hearing was left open at the 7/19/2022 Council meeting.
- Public Hearing
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND IT WAS LEFT OPEN AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WELL, I CAN SEND AN INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME Y'ALL ARE HEARING ABOUT THE CTC, UH, RESIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR, UM, IN THIS ROUND OF ZONING, UH, FOR THE PLAIN UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUESTING, UM, THIS IS IN BETWEEN, UH, THE HOSPITAL AND LOWE'S AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF, UM, THEY DID, UM, THEY ARE STILL WORKING WITH US TO FINALLY SOME FINAL DOCUMENTS, BUT THEY DID ASK US TO HAVE THE FIRST VOTE FOR TONIGHT ON THE NINE SIX MEETING.
THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT READY.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE, THE RENDERINGS AND ELEVATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND ALSO, UM, TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN ON THE 10 18 MEETING, THEY'RE FOR THAT TO BE THE SPECIFIC SECOND READ OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND THIS IS FROM THEM AS THE APPLICANT AS WELL.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY IT IS ZONED RETAIL SERVICES, UH, ALL THE WAY AROUND IT, EXCEPT TO THE SOUTHEAST IS RETAIL SERVICES ZONING WITH, UH, MOSTLY A BUILT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THEIR PROPERTY, UH, STANDARD COMMERCIAL IDEAS AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO THE SOUTHEAST IS THE HOSPITAL ZONING WHERE WE'RE I'M SUITING HOSPITAL IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A PUD, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE BETTER THAN WHAT OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR BY, RIGHT.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE AND MAKE THESE PROJECTS JUST FLAT OUT BETTER.
AND THAT'S THE INTENT WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF IT.
SO, UM, THIS PROJECT, THEY ARE PUTTING FORWARD, IT'S GOING TO HAVE URBAN STYLE MULTI-FAMILY IS GOING TO HAVE SOME, UM, GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL, UM, AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF THEIR PROJECT.
UH, IT WILL ALSO HAVE RETAIL SERVICES RELATED ZONE, OR EXCUSE ME, COMMERCIAL IN SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ALONG THE SEAT AND PARKWAY AS WELL, ALONG WITH THE LEASING OFFICE, A CAFE AS WELL.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A, UM, A FOOD HALL AND AN OUTDOOR EVENT LAWN AS WELL IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
AND SO THE, THE GENERAL IDEA THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER IS, IS WAY ABOVE WHAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT CAME FORWARD.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A BOARDWALK ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY, OVERLOOKING THE CREEK WAY.
UM, THE, THEY HAVE THE VIBE TRAIL SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTH FACE IN THE, IN THE EASTERN FLANK AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO THEIR COMPLIANCE OF THEIR PLANS AND GOING THE EXTRA MILE AS WELL.
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FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STANDPOINT, UH, THE MXD ZONING DISTRICT IN THIS CASE, A PUD, UM, IS RECOMMENDED IN THE SUPER REGIONAL, NO W NODE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST INTENSITY AND DENSITY OF USE IN THE CITY OF KYLE.SO WE HAD NO PROBLEM RECOMMENDING IT INITIALLY.
AND AS WE'VE HAD FURTHER, FURTHER CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PROJECT, THAT WE'RE JUST EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND AT THIS TIME I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO THROW UP ON THE SCREEN, UM, A PRESENTATION BY CTC RESIDENTIAL.
THEY ASKED FOR OUR PRESENTATION, THEY COME UP AND, UM, THEY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH A DIFFICULT WON'T MIND.
UH, JUST WANTED TO START THIS OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION ARE, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, HERE TO PRESENT OUR PROJECT TONIGHT, UM, OVER THE PAST, UH, SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS SINCE WE FIRST, UH, PRESENTED A PROJECT, UH, WE'VE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO LEARN ABOUT KYLE, UM, THE WANTS AND THE NEEDS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR.
UH, AS WELL AS FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, SOME OF THE ISSUES THE CITY'S DEALING WITH DURING THIS RAPID PERIOD OF GROWTH, UM, AS WELL AS SOME, THE LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, UM, TO DO THIS, UH, WE MET WITH COUNCIL, UH, WE MET WITH LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
UH, WE MET WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INCLUDING PROPERTY TOURS OF THE SITE.
UM, WE TOURED PROPERTIES ALL ACROSS KYLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY, INCLUDING RUSH HOUR.
AND SO WE WANT TO SPEND THE FIRST HALF OF THIS PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE LEARNED.
UH, THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT HERE, UH, IS, IS URBAN, MODERN DYNAMIC.
UH, IT'S TRULY MIXED USE IN CLASS A IN ALL RESPECTS.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH WILL ON OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES TO THAT END.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE EVEN WENT TO THE UNIT INTERIORS, UH, AND ARE WILLING TO, UH, REPRESENT THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
SO WE'VE REALLY PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES TO THAT END, AS WELL AS, UH, OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
I KNOW, UH, MAYOR MITCHELL, THIS WAS A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC REQUEST YOU MADE, UH, THE FIRST BUILDING AND OUR PROJECT THAT HAS TO HAVE A CEO IS, UH, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUILDING.
UM, SO LET'S JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
SO THIS IS JUST THE AGENDA AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FROM THE RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LIST A FIVE PROJECT BENEFITS THAT WE SORTA CAN SUMMARIZE, UH, OUR PROJECT, UH, AND IF IT'S WITH, SO WHAT DO YOU CALL RESIDENTS WANT? UM, THEY WANT FAMILY-FRIENDLY PLACES, UH, WITH INTERACTIVE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR KIDS AND A PLACE FOR ADULTS RELAX WHILE THE KIDS PLAY A SPLASH PAD HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR, UH, TO, UH, RESIDENTS WANT SMALL LOCAL UNIQUE BUSINESSES, NOT NECESSARILY BIG CHAINS AND DEPARTMENT STORES.
UH, THREE, UH, SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR UNIQUE RESTAURANTS, OUTDOOR SEATING, UH, WITH A LOCAL CRAFT BREW PUB WITH COMMUNAL GATHERING SPACE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT, UH, FOR PEOPLE WANT MORE WALKABILITY IN URBAN STREETSCAPES, UH, AND FIVE INSTAGRAM MOMENTS.
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY THING, BUT, UH, IT MAKES SENSE PEOPLE WANT PUBLIC ART MURALS AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE A PLACE TO GO.
UH, ALL OF THIS, UH, CAME FROM BG KS, UH, DOWNTOWN SURVEY ASKING RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE, AND WHEN WE WERE AT P AND Z ON JULY 12TH, UH, WE SAW THIS SURVEY, UH, BE DELIBERATED.
UH, AND SHAWN AND I LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND SAID, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE REQUESTS IS PLANNED FOR WITHIN OUR PROJECT.
UH, SLIDE FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE.
UH, THESE ARE JUST OBSERVATIONS IS CERTAINLY NOT COMPREHENSIVE.
UH, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING IN YOUR SHOES WITH ALL THE ISSUES YOU DEAL WITH, UH, BUT TRAFFIC BY FAR AND AWAY WITH ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING.
WE KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN THAT'S
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BEEN EXPRESSED, UH, TO ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES AND GROWING CITY REVENUES.UH, IT'S STATE OF CITY ADDRESS, UH, MARRIAGE.
WE SAW YOUR SALES REVENUE CHART, WHICH YOU SAID WAS YOUR FAVORITE ONE TO REPORT ON EACH YEAR.
UH, THREE IS RAISING THE QUALITY, UH, STANDARD FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE BELIEVE WE ARE DOING, UH, FOR, UH, IS WALKABILITY AND THE VIBE TRAIL.
WE STUDIED THE NETWORK, UH, WHICH RUNS, UH, DIRECTLY ALONG THE, UH, EASTERN, SOUTHERN BORDER OF OUR SITE, UH, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THAT GETS CONSTRUCTED.
BUT TONIGHT WITH, WITH OUR PROJECT, YOU CAN LOCK THAT IN.
UH, AND THEN FIVE IS, UH, EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY.
YOU KNOW, SETON PARKWAY, UH, IS GETTING EXTENDED THROUGH OUR SITE.
WE'RE, UH, GIVING A RIDE AWAY DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UH, IT'S GOING TO CONNECT NORTH ACROSS THE BB ROAD AND ULTIMATELY ACROSS THE KOHLER'S CROSSING, WHICH WILL HELP THE EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY, UM, AND OUR PROJECT ADDING THE WALKABILITY AND DENSITY, UH, TO THIS POCKET, WE THINK ALIGNS WITH, WITH THAT GOAL.
UH, SO THE FIVE BENEFITS WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EACH OF THESE IN DETAIL, AND A PROMISE TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION IS HEAVY WITH WORDS, BUT THEN IT'S MOSTLY VISUALS.
UM, SO ONE, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING A PRIVATELY FUNDED, UH, COMMUNITY PARK AND EXPANSION OF THE VIBE TRAIL NETWORK WITHOUT SPENDING ANY TAX DOLLARS, UH, TO, UH, OUR PROJECT, UH, PROGRAMMING CAN HOUSE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10 DIFFERENT, SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES IN VARIOUS USE CATEGORIES, UH, THREE, UH, ON THE QUALITY WE'RE, UH, PLANNING, SUPERIOR AND DIFFERENTIATED, UH, PRODUCT, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT EXISTS IN THE MARKET TODAY.
UH, AND FOR, FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE, THE CURRENT SITE WE'LL GET IT, WE'LL HAVE A SLIDE ON THIS.
WE'LL GET INTO THIS IN SPECIFICS, BUT WE'RE DOUBLING THE DENSITY AND THE SUPER REGIONAL NODE, WHICH IS WE'LL JUST NOTED IS, IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CASE.
HIGHER DENSITY IS BETTER THAN THE SUPER REGIONAL NODE WHILE THE SAME TIME OUR USE CHANGE, UH, IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE HALF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
AND WE HAVE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS STUDY IN THE PACKETS.
WE JUST HANDED OUT TO YOU STATING THAT, AND WE CAN GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, AND THEN TO ADD ONTO THAT, TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC EVEN FURTHER IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE'VE PROPOSED TO PAY FOR AN ADMINISTER, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT C PARKWAY.
UH, AND THEN LAST, UH, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF IMMEDIATE, UH, UH, AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BENEFITS WE EXPECT OUR PROJECT WILL, UH, WILL GENERATE AT STABILIZATION WHEN IT'S OPEN AND RUNNING IT, FILL IT UP, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION IN GROWING ANNUAL NUDITY.
UH, AND WE KNOW YOU SALES TAX REVENUE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, A CONSIDERATION, BUT TO MAKE A COMPARISON TO, UH, EQUATE THAT AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX TO SALES TAX REVENUE, UH, STAYING WITHIN THE COUNTY, IT'S $85 MILLION IN SALES TO GENERATE THAT AMOUNT OF, UH, TAX.
UH, SO COULD WE PLAY THIS DRONE VIDEO? I THINK I CAN JUST CLICK ON IT.
HOW DOES THIS WORK? WELL, LET ME ASK HIM REAL QUICK.
ARE THERE, IT GOES, WHOEVER'S OUT OF THAT SCREEN LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN THIS ONE.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS JUST A SUPERIMPOSITION OF THE 3D MASSING ON THE SITE IS YOU CAN SEE THE SITES VACANT.
IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE 2008, UM, OFF TO THE LEFT IS WHERE HOBBY LOBBY AND ACADEMY ARE GOING IN.
AND THE SAME OWNER OWNS THIS ENTIRE TRACT, ALL THE VACANT LAND YOU SEE IN THIS AREA BY THE SAME OWNER.
UM, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS IS TO EXPLAIN WHEN WE GET TO OUR SITE PLAN HERE IN A MINUTE, WHY WE CHOSE TO PUT THE PARK IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, LONG BUTTON BRANCH CREEK, UH, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE TOURED THE SITE WITH US, UH, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT, YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF IT.
AND THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A 30 FOOT RETAINING WALL THAT DROPS OFF OVER INTO THE RESERVOIR.
AND SO INSTEAD OF THIS, BEING THE BACK OF HOUSE FOR ANOTHER BIG BOX, UH, LOWE'S TYPE OF BUILDING, UH, WE'RE CELEBRATING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE PUTTING IN THE VIBE TRAIL AND CREATING WALKABILITY AND CREATING A DESTINATION.
SO THIS IS ABOUT TO SHOW WHERE THE LAWN IS GOING TO GO
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THAT ENTIRE FOREGROUND THAT'S SCALES A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND, THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER PERSPECTIVE.SO ALONG THAT ENTIRE FENCE, YOU SEE THERE IS GOING TO BE WHERE THE BOARDWALK IS.
SO THIS, THIS SLIDE IS REALLY DENSE.
THIS IS THE PROGRAMMING FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT'S, NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, THE THREE CATEGORIES ON THE LEFT AND THE ORANGE, UH, THE PARK DIVIDE, THE DOG PARK, THE BREWERY SLASH WINE BAR AND RESTAURANT SLASH FOOD HALL COLLECTIVELY, UH, IS GOING TO CONSIST OF A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH A MASSIVE PATIO, OVERLOOKING A 38,000 SQUARE FOOT EVENT LAWN ACTIVATED WITH A SPLASH PAD FOR KIDS, A PLAYGROUND, A BIG OPEN LAWN AREA.
UH, AND WE HAVE SPACE FOR TWO SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND OR PICKLEBALL.
UH, ONE OF OUR PLANS, IF WE'RE APPROVED TONIGHT, WOULD BE TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND, AND GET SOME, SOME FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THIS PART.
UH, EVERYTHING ON THE RIGHT, UH, IS, IS IN THE GROUND FLOOR OF, UH, VARIOUS BUILDINGS WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE GOT 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF CO-WORKING PLANS, WHICH WILL SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 7,500 SQUARE FEET OF TRADITIONAL INLINE RETAIL DIRECTLY ACROSS AND WALKABLE THE SEAT IN HOSPITAL.
UH, THIS CAN HOUSE TWO TO FOUR SMALL RETAILERS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT WE, THIS IS A CHANGE THAT'S MADE RECENTLY, UH, A 3000 SQUARE FOOT FITNESS SPACE ALONG SEAT AND PARKWAY.
UM, SO IF YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS, UH, THIS HAS BEEN CARVED OUT OF THE ORANGE LEASING BUILDING.
UH, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, SUITABLE FOR ALL TYPES OF USES YOGA SPAN.
THERE'S ALREADY AN ORANGE THEORY RIGHT UP THE STREET.
UH, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD GO IN THERE.
AND THEN AT CAFE CAUGHT COFFEE SHOP, UH, CONNECTED TO OUR LEASING OFFICE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LABELS, A, B, C, D E CETERA, OFF TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE 24,000 FEET OF, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PLANNED ON SEAT AND PARKWAY.
UM, ALSO WITH THIS SITE PLAN, UH, WHEN I SAY OUR PROJECT IS URBAN, UM, REALLY WHAT I MEAN IS WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE SITE PLAN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAGENTA COLORED ARROWS, UH, THOSE ARE YOUR THREE ACCESS POINTS INTO THE PROPERTY TO A LONG SEAT IN PARKWAY.
UH, THE ONE FROM THE SOUTH, UH, IS BASICALLY AN ARRIVAL INTO A BOULEVARD.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE LITTLE HASH MARKS IN THE BUBBLE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, TO CREATE THIS SORT OF SENSE OF A BOULEVARD, UH, AND THAT WILL BE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ROADWAY.
UH, TH THAT TAKES YOU AND LEADS YOU TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WHERE PARKING TO ACCESS THE PARK AND THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE HALL.
UM, HERE'S A REMINDER OF WHAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ZONING FROM.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN DATING BACK TO 2008, UM, IN 2008, UM, THE WORLD LOOKED DIFFERENT, UM, AND THIS IS SAT EMPTY WITH THE SITE PLAN, UH, SINCE THEN, UH, FORTUNATELY, UH, OUR FRIENDS OVER AT COLLETTE, UH, WERE ABLE TO BRING IN ACADEMY AND HOBBY LOBBY.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING IN NEXT DOOR.
UH, AND SO I WOULD URGE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS 23 ACRES IS SORT OF ONE COMPOSITE PROJECT COMING TOGETHER ALL AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH I THINK HAS A LOT OF INTANGIBLE BENEFITS AND ACTUALLY HAVE A, A SUPPORT LETTER, UH, FROM CALAIS.
I JUST LIKE TO TOUCH TOUCH ON REAL QUICK, UH, ON BEHALF OF CLAIRE AND HL, KYLE LLC, I WOULD LIKE TO FORMERLY VOICE OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR CTCS PROPOSED MIXED USE PROJECT.
UH, AS YOU ARE LIKELY AWARE FIRMS UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES BETWEEN LOWE'S AND THE 15.4 ACRE TRACK AT KYLE PARKWAY WITH PLANS TO DEVOTE TO RETAIL BUILDINGS, TOTALING 109,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH ARE UNDER LEASE TO HOBBY LOBBY AND ACADEMY AS, UH, FUTURE NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF 58 39 KYLE PARKWAY, AND ARE EXCITED TO SEE CTC, RESIDENTIAL WORKING HARD TO TRANSFORM THIS ADJACENT VACANT TRACT OF LAND INTO A HIGH QUALITY MIXED USE PROJECT.
BASED ON PRIOR EXPERIENCE, WE BELIEVE THAT HIGH DENSITY APARTMENTS ARE HIGHLY COMPLIMENTARY TO OUR RETAIL PROJECTS AND CTCS PLANNED EVENT LAWN SLASH PARK.
I E VIVE SPOT AND BREWERY RESTAURANT CONCEPT WILL BE AN ATTRACTION AND AMENITY TO FUTURE CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES OF OUR RETAILERS.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A COMPLIMENTARY USE, CTC HAS HELPED OUR EFFORTS TO GET STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION SO THAT OUR RETAIL TENANTS CAN OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS
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FAST AS POSSIBLE.WE'VE COORDINATED ON SITE PLANNING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO RESOLVE OUR COMMON ISSUE WITH LOWS THAT WILL PERMIT OUR RESPECTIVE PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, ET CETERA, UH, AND TO TOUCH ON THE LOWE'S ISSUE.
THIS IS A TOPIC WE'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, VERBALLY, WE WERE ALL SIGNED OFF AND WE HAVE THEIR CONSENT TO AMEND THE ECR THAT PUTS IN PLACE, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOU IN THE PAST.
UH, SO JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN WHERE THE BUILDING IS, THAT IS THE ONLY PERMISSIBLE BUILDING AREA ON THE SITE.
UM, AND THERE, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN THAT COMPETES WITH LOWE'S WALMART OR SETON HOSPITAL.
UH, YOU CAN'T DO IT EXPLICITLY, CANNOT DO A MOVIE THEATER BOWLING ALLEY, OR A LARGE GYM LIKE PLANET FITNESS.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT LARGELY EXPLAINS WHY IT'S BEEN EMPTY SINCE 2008.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE VARIOUS USES ARE LABELED.
THIS IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING OUT THE, OF THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT SETON HOSPITAL, MOST LIKELY, OH, HERE'S SOME STILL IMAGE AERIALS FROM THE DRONE VIDEO.
HERE'S A SITE PLAN FOR, UH, THE PARK.
UH, THIS IS ALL HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL.
UM, WE HAVE RENDERINGS, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE PARK.
UH, THIS IS ONE THAT THE, UH, SCOTT SELLERS HAD SHOWN TO US AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, THAT HE LIKED.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED OUTLINE VERSE, THE MAGENTA OUTLINE, UH, YOU CAN SEE OUR PARK AREAS, DOUBLE THE SIZE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOS TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN FIT IN THIS SPACE.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, UH, PEARL BREWERY, BUT LET ME JUST GET INTO THE FUN PART NOW.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY RENDERING OF THE PARK AREA.
UH, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAD A HARD TIME EXPLAINING TO OUR RENDERER, UH, IN ARGENTINA, UH, WHAT WE WANTED WITH THE SPLASH PAD.
A LOT OF THE DETAILS WE REALLY NEED TO WORK OUT.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND GET YOUR DIRECT INPUT AS TO WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE HERE, BUT THIS IS A TON OF SPACE AND IT, HOPEFULLY THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THIS FACE.
HERE'S JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
UH, THE LITTLE TEXAS FLAG, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MURAL, PUBLIC ART.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A MASSIVE, UH, PATIO OVERLOOKING THE PARK.
SO YOU CAN BE SITTING THERE HAVING A GLASS OF WINE, BEER, UH, EATING WHILE YOUR KIDS ARE SPILLING OUT INTO THE PARK ON YOUR LEFT.
UH, WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE ADULT GAMES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE TWO SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND YOU SEE THE BOARDWALK IN THE BACKGROUND.
THERE WAS JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
THERE'S ONE MORE PING PONG TABLES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF WANT TO PUT SOME SHADE, WE KNOW SHADED SEATING HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND WE'D NEED TO WORK ON THAT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE VEGETATION IN THIS PHOTO, UH, WITHIN THE PARK, UH, OVER TIME OR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME MATURE TREES ON THE SITE TODAY THAT HOPEFULLY WE COULD PROTECT THAT PROVIDE SOME, AT LEAST IMMEDIATE SHADE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A LITTLE OBSERVATION DECK TELESCOPES TO LOOK OUT INTO THE RESERVOIR, UM, MOVING ON.
SO THAT'S THE PARK, UH, AND THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUILDING, UH, MOVING ON TO THE APARTMENTS.
UM, THIS IS ALL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS NEXT WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW IT WASN'T PRESENTED TONIGHT.
UH, BUT THE PROJECT IS PREDOMINANTLY FLAT ROOFS WITH BUILDINGS PULLED UP TO THE STREETS.
UH, THE SITE PLAN IS URBAN WITH THE FEATURING THE BOULEVARD, THE PARK, AND THE MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES.
UH, AND THEN THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECT IS FOUR STORY CONDITION, CORRIDOR, ELEVATOR BUILDINGS, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN THREE STORY WALK-UPS WITH OPEN BREEZEWAYS.
UM, AND THEN THE UNIT FINISHES, WE EVEN PUT, UH, PHOTOS REPRESENTATIVE OF PAST PROJECTS WE'VE DONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES ON THE UNIT QUALITY.
UM, SO HERE'S, UH, A RENDERING OF THE SOUTH FACADE IS IF YOU WERE COMING IN, WALKING INTO THE BILL, LAVARD I JUST LET THAT SOAK IN FOR A SECOND.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, W WE'RE WE'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK.
WE'RE NOT WED TO, UH, TO THIS EXACTLY, UH, THE COLOR PALETTE, ALL THAT MATERIALS AND SUCH WHERE WE'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK.
OOPS, HERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED IN
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HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE IN THE BOOK TOO.
IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEM, HERE'S A INTERIOR SHOT OF THE BILL.
LAVARD THIS ONE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK STILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH TO GET RENDERINGS DONE OF HER ACTUAL PROJECT IN THIS TIMEFRAME.
UH, TYPICALLY THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS DONE LATER, UH, BUT WE, WE DID OUR BEST TO GET THEM BEFORE YOU TO GET A LOOK AND FEEL.
UH, HERE'S JUST TWO PHOTOS OF THE, UH, PAST PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE QUALITY, UH, OF OUR APARTMENTS, UH, TRAFFIC.
SO SWITCHING GEARS, UH, TO TRAFFIC, UH, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON TRAFFIC? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT REPORT THAT WE SENT WAS, UH, REALLY DENSE.
UM, BUT LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE IT FOR YOU.
SO WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THE REPORT SAYS OR DOES IS CALCULATE THE EXPECTED TRIP VOLUME GENERATED BY THE OLD SITE PLAN, WHICH IS 195,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHOPPING CENTER RETAIL VERSUS A 430,000 SQUARE FEET OF MIXED USE, WHICH WE'RE PLANNING.
THAT'S A DENSITY INCREASE OF OVER TWO, TWO TIMES, UH, IT ALL TIMES A DAY AT AM AND PM, UH, WEEKDAY WEEKENDS.
UM, OUR PROPOSED USE CHANGE IS, IS CONCLUDED TO GENERATE HALF AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS THE SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT OUR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, UH, REACHED THAT CONCLUSION.
THIS WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO PRESENT, BUT, UH, THE IMMEDIATE BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND FEE OF ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, WHERE THE CITY IS GETTING A RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION FOR FREE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND PREMIUM SETON KYLE PARKWAY, THE VIBE TRAIL, THE EVENT LAWN, UH, AND THEN LONGTERM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE 1.7 MILLION ESTIMATED, UH, PROPERTY TAX AND PERPETUITY.
SO JUST TO WRAP THIS UP ENDING REMARKS, UM, WELL ACTUALLY I HAD A, SORRY, I HAD, UH, ONE MORE SUPPORT LETTER FROM NAC.
I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW WHO MACK IS.
UH, SO WE MET MAC, UH, AT THE RAIL HOUSE BAR IN OUR SEARCH FOR INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, AND WE WENT TO WHERE FOOD AND, UH, IMMEDIATELY STARTED ASKING HIM QUESTIONS.
UH, HE'S, HE'S AN AWESOME GUY.
I MET SEAN ROUTER AND TRAVIS ON OUR CTC, UH, RESIDENTIAL, MY FOOD TRUCK AT THE RAIL HOUSE BAR IN EARLY JUNE.
THEY APPROACHED US TO ORDER FOOD AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT KYLE AND WANTED TO GET MY INPUT ON THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THAT THEY WERE PLANNING AT 58 39 KYLE PARKWAY.
WE EXCHANGED CONTACT INFORMATION AND HAVE SINCE CONTINUED TO CONSULT WITH CTC, PROVIDING REGULAR INPUT AS THEY PROGRESSED THEIR PROJECT.
UH, WHEN THEY SHARED WITH ME THEIR VISION FOR A LARGE RESTAURANT AND BREWERY WINE BAR ATTACHED TO A BEAUTIFUL PART, OVERLOOKING BUTTON BRANCH CREEK, I BECAME EXCITED, UH, BOTH FOR OUR OWN POTENTIAL BRICK AND MORTAR GROWTH AND FOR THE CITY AND COMMUNITY OF KYLE, UH, THIS VENUE, UH, CREATES AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTAURANT TOURS, BEING HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF KYLE AND SUPPORTED BY SETON HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE STREET AND FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS WITH CLOSE TO 400 HIGH APARTMENT UNITS ON THE SITE.
UH, WE RECENTLY VERY RECENTLY AS PRIVILEGED TO VIEW THE CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS, WHICH ONLY REAFFIRMED MY CONFIDENCE AT THIS VENUE, NOT ONLY WORK, UH, BUT BECOME ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE FOOD AND BEVERAGE DESTINATIONS IN KYLE.
UH, MY COMPANY REMAINS VERY INTERESTED IN SOLID OPERATION HERE.
THE TIMING IS TOO FAR OUT FOR US TO COMMIT TO TODAY, UH, BAD-ASS FOODS AND TENDS TO STAY IN VERY CLOSE CONTACT WITH CTC AND REMAINS INTERESTED IN THE PROSPECT OF DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM IN THIS LAST SENTENCE.
HE, HE HAD WISHED TO BE HERE, BUT WAS DEALING WITH SOME FAMILY EMERGENCIES.
UM, SO ENDING REMARKS, UM, UP, WE WERE PROUD OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE, UH, PUT FORTH.
WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED REALLY HARD, UM, TO CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE THAT DESTINATION, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOU IF APPROVED TONIGHT TO COMPLETELY DESIGN EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF THIS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, FOR ANY LEADS ON BUSINESSES.
JULIA IS, UH, MENTIONED THAT SHE HAS A POTENTIAL BREWERY CANDIDATE WHO'S INTERESTED, UH, AND VICTORIA MENTIONED A DOG, A DOG PARK TYPE OPERATOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, BUT, UH, ANYWAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING POTENTIAL WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND IF YOU GUYS GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO MAKE THIS REALITY REALITY, WE'LL MAKE BROWN.
THAT THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S OPEN THEN NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE ALREADY CALLED THAT FORWARD, BUT, UM, DO Y'ALL WANT TO WAIT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'M GONNA START ASKING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD.
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK?
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SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CUSTOMER NUMBER FLOORS, KALE.
UM, MY MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS AREA WAS THE TRAFFIC.
UM, AND YOU, YOU PROVIDED THAT REPORT, WHICH KIND OF EASED ME A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND I GUESS MY OTHER CONCERN WOULD BE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DO LIKE A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS.
WOULD I THINK THAT I WOULD EVER SAY THIS, BUT I WAS THINKING MAYBE ROUNDABOUT INSTEAD, UM, CAUSE THAT YOUR LOCATION JUST TO GO WITH THE FLOW, UM, I'VE, I'VE, UM, BEEN INVITED AND I'VE TOURED THIS PLACE JUST WALKED ALONG AND, UM, TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, TH TH THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WERE INTERESTED IN BRINGING.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS, UM, A LOT OF RELIEF KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, WHAT WE WANT AS A COUNCIL AND WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE.
AND, UM, I'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND, AND TRUST ME, WE GET IT FROM DEVELOPERS ALL THE TIME.
UM, AND, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS, UM, ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN IS FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, UM, TO KIND OF PLEASE THE PEOPLE IN KYLE.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP THE GUN A LITTLE BIT AND I WANT TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.
IT WAS MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS, 20, 20 THREES, OR SECOND, SECOND, A MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, CALE SECONDED BY A CUSTOMER.
TOBY IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COMES FROM CUSTOMER TOBY.
UM, GREAT PLAN, GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, BASICALLY GIVEN THE VISUALS THAT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE THERE.
UH, I AM, I'M GOING TO COUNTER ON MS. FLORES, GAIL ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, I TRY THAT INTERSECTION EVERY DAY AND, UM, AM SURE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHERE GOODWILL AND THOSE PLACES ARE.
THOSE, UH, STOP SIGNS DON'T DO JUSTICE OR ANYTHING.
AND I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE RUNNING IT.
SO WE ADD ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT AGAIN.
IT'S LIKE, I'VE CONSTANTLY TELL YOU IT DOESN'T STOP THE FLOW.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONTROL.
AND SO HAVING A STOPLIGHT THERE, UH, I THINK WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE IT HAS A CROSSWALK BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, THAT'S GOING TO WANT TO COME TO THIS AREA IF WE APPROVE THIS, OR IF IT GETS BUILT.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE FROM THE HOSPITAL THAT WANTED, THAT ARE STAYING THERE AND NEED TO GO, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAFETY ZONE.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY THING.
THERE IS TO, IF THIS GOES THROUGH TO, TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ADDING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH CROSSWALK IN THAT AREA, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE OTHER PEDESTRIANS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZING, ESPECIALLY ALL OF THAT AREA.
I MEAN, WE, WE DEFERRED TO THE CITY AS TO WHAT'S BEST SUITED FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
UM, BUT WE, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WERE WILLING TO AT LEAST DO THE STREETLIGHT AT THE ROUNDABOUT IT'S OUT OF OUR SCOPE OF CONTROL.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING IN CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I GAVE YOU, UM, IT'S APPRECIATED.
I STILL DON'T SEE ENOUGH BUSINESSES IN THERE.
I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE LEASING OFFICE AND GOLF, AND I THINK IT'S A GYM ON THE FRONT.
UM, THAT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE CONFUSED BY, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR TRAFFIC AS PART OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
NOT THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I WISH THAT AREA IN THE FRONT HAD ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MANY, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOOD HALL, IS IT GOING TO BE JUST ONE PLACE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT? WE, UH, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
UM, WHAT WE CAN COMMIT TO IS, IS WHAT WE BUILD PHYSICAL BUILDINGS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COMMIT TO THE OPERATIONAL CHOICE.
UH, WE NEED TO RETAIN, UH, THE ABILITY, UH, TO FIND THE BEST, UH END-USER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOOD HALL OR A RESTAURANT OR TWO RESTAURANTS THAT ARE BOTH SIT DOWN OR A BREWERY THAT SERVES FOOD AND A FOOD HALL.
IT COULD GO SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND IT'S JUST TOO HARD TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THAT WORTH APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS FROM OPENING, IF WE'RE APPROVED AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL, UH, ON DESIGNING THIS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I DO LIKE THE ELEVATION, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S A PLACE THAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO WITH.
MOVE THAT TO ME IS A BIG DEAL.
I WANT TO DRIVE THROUGH KYLE AND SEE, OKAY, I CAN MOVE THE YEAR.
SOMETHING THAT IT'S ATTRACTIVE.
THANK YOU, CATHERINE BRADSHAW.
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I HONESTLY DID NOT HAVE HIGH HOPES AFTER OUR LAST CONVERSATION.COMPLETELY BEING COMPLETELY HONEST.
I THINK THAT YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TAKING EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK AND REALLY TRANSITIONING INTO THE, INTO THIS, INTO A PROJECT THAT WE CAN SAY YES TO.
I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT I'M VERY SELECTIVE ABOUT GIVING AWAY RETAIL ZONING.
UM, I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT OVER BY THE OFFICE SPACE, UM, ON THE WEST BUILDING, WHATEVER BUILDING THAT IS NOT THE ONE WITH THE ROAD IN FRONT OF IT.
UM, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT BEFORE OUR SECOND RATING, AND THEN ALSO NARROWED DOWN SOME MORE DETAILS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DA AND THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT THE FOOD HALL AND MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PROGRAM THE PARK.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WE ARE GIVING UP RETAIL ZONING, WHICH IS THERE FOR BUSINESSES AND AMENITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND IT'S OUR JOB UP HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE APPROVING IS INCREASING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OR ALL OF KYLE, NOT JUST THIS LITTLE PART.
UM, SO HAVING THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU CAN DO THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL QUICK THOUGHTS.
UM, NUMBER ONE IS YOUR, THE ACADEMY HOBBY LOBBY IS REAL INTERESTING THAT YOU'VE GOT THOSE GUYS COMING, UM, WITH IT'S A DIFFERENT COMPANY, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY SORT OF A CO UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR, UH, WE'RE HELPING THEM.
THEY'RE HELPING US FOR SITE PLANNING EFFORTS BECAUSE WE SHARE A PROPERTY LINE.
BUT YOU HAVE NO, THERE'S NO COLLABORATION AS FAR AS YOUR TIMETABLES FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WELL, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ASKED US TO DO THEM A FAVOR WITH A SLOPING EASEMENT THAT THEY NEED, UH, THAT WOULD HELP EXPEDITE, UH, THEIR PROCESS, UH, TO MEET THEIR DEADLINES.
IT'S JUST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
OUR, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, DARREN HUCKER, UH, EMC GARZA, UH, MASTER PLANS, THIS ENTIRE AREA.
AND HE HAD SOME OLD FILES IN HIS BOOKS AND WE PASS THEM OFF TO COLETTE.
AND ALSO, UH, WE'RE BOTH BUYING PROPERTY FROM THE SAME OWNER.
SO WE'RE ON A BUNCH OF EMAILS TOGETHER AND WE'VE BEEN TACKLING THE ISSUE WITH LOWE'S TOGETHER, WHICH WE, IT TOOK US A YEAR TO GET LOWE'S TO, UH, FINALLY PAY ATTENTION TO US.
UM, AND WE'RE DONE WHERE IT'S NOT INKED, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE.
SO WE'RE JUST COLLABORATING TOGETHER.
UH, IS THERE ANY WAY TO HAVE ASSURANCES THAT THAT PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD? BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT ARE THE CSW JLL PROJECT, WHICH GUARANTEED THAT THE RETAIL THAT WE SOUGHT WOULD COME FORWARD IN A PART OF THAT IS IN MY MIND IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ACADEMY AND HOBBY LOBBY SITES ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
UM, IS THERE A, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO PUT THAT INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SORT OF CONFIRMS THAT THAT PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED CONCURRENTLY WITH YOURS? I HEAR, I HEAR THAT, UH, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND I COULD SEE HOW THAT WOULD INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION.
UH, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT HAPPENS WITH, WITH THEIR PROJECT ZERO.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT SOMETHING IN OUR AGREEMENT TO THAT EFFECT.
UM, BUT I THINK TIMING WISE, I DO THINK THAT, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE BEFORE WE WERE DONE BEFORE WE DO ON THE PROPERTY.
WELL, I CAN SEND AN INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD.
UH, WE ARE REVIEWING SITE DEVELOPMENT, PERMITS FOR THE HOBBY LOBBY AND, UM, UH, ACADEMY SITE PLAN RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE TO THEM SUBMITTING PERMITS.
WELL, THAT MAKES ME THINK THEY'RE COMING WITH, OR WITHOUT THIS PROJECT.
SO IT'S ALMOST THE OPPOSITE AT THAT POINT, TRYING TO CONNECT THEM THERE, BUT, UH, OKAY.
SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS, THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THIS PROJECT THAT I THINK YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT ARE GOOD ARE ELEMENTS THAT I WOULD WANT US TO HAVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOULEVARD THAT YOU SHOWED WITH THE URBAN STREETSCAPE, WHICH INCLUDES THE URBAN SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY TO THE BUILDING, UH, WE WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT CODIFIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SO THAT YOU COULDN'T JUST PUT A, YOU KNOW, A FOREFOOT CONCRETE SIDEWALK, BUT RATHER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FULL LAYOUT THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED THERE.
OUR, OUR SITE PLANS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SHOWING IT RIGHT HERE TOO, WE CAN CERTAINLY LABEL THAT.
AND WE HAVE, UH, A BUILDING ELEVATION OF INTERIOR BUILD BILLBOARD, WHICH IS
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THAT ONE, YEAH.THOSE COULD, THAT, THAT BACK OF CURB DESIGN WOULD, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE GOT FLORAL PUNCH OUT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, LIGHTS GOING ACROSS, YOU'VE GOT TREES AND BENCHES.
ALL OF THOSE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS WOULD BE ELEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD AGREE TO PUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO COMMIT TO.
THE, THE, THE RENDERINGS ARE IN IT.
UH, AND WE CAN ADD LANGUAGE CALLING OUT THESE ELEMENTS IN THE RENDERING.
BECAUSE THAT IS, I WOULD CALL THAT URBAN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME PROUD.
I'D BE PROUD TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, UH, TH THOSE AS WELL AS OTHERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMENITIES THAT YOU PROPOSE, LIKE THE DOG PARK AND THE, UM, UM, THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE THOSE PRIVATE AMENITIES JUST FOR YOUR RESIDENTS, OR IS THAT, IS THAT PUBLIC, IS THAT BEING DEEDED TO THE CITY? AND IT'S A CITY MATE, WHO'S MAINTAINING IT.
IT SAID PRIVATE, BUT THERE WAS NO BARRIERS ACCESSING THIS.
WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED, UH, PAID FOR MAINTAINED BY US, THE OWNER, OR WHOEVER OWNS IT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE'S NO FENCE AROUND THE PARK.
WELL, THAT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT CODIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, THAT PUBLIC CAN ACCESS IT.
YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT THERE BECAUSE IF WE, IT IS ACT, IF IT IS PRIVATE, BUT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHO, WHO WILL MAINTAIN THOSE SANDLOTS RIGHT.
YOU'RE GIVING CREDIT TO THOSE AMENITIES AS BEING SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT FOR THE CITY.
THEN IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE ARE CITY PUBLIC AMENITIES, AS OPPOSED TO PRIVATE AMENITIES FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I MEAN, THE, THE 7,500 SQUARE FOOT FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUILDING IS, IS AN OPEN PUBLIC BUSINESS.
UM, AND IT SPILLS OUT ONTO THE PARK.
SO I KNOW I JUST WANT TO ECHO, I ALSO AGREE THAT THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL COMPARED TO, I I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE INCREASED DENSITY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO STILL SEE MORE RETAIL COMPARED TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
I THINK YOU SAID FIVE TO 10 BUSINESSES.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT BE, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 15 BUSINESSES, SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE.
SO IT DEPENDS ON, YEAH, IT DEPENDS HOW BIG THE SUITES, UH, BUSINESSES ARE.
BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE CLOSE TO DOUBLE.
I STILL CONSIDER IT TO BE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF RETAIL IN COMPARISON TO THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE WHOLE PROJECT.
SO THEY'RE JUST, I CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD RETAIL THAT MAKES SENSE IN MULTIPLE AREAS LIKE WHERE THE LEASING OFFICES ARE FACING THAT PRIVATE DRIVE FACING, UH, KYLE PARKWAY, UH, MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO ME TO ADD ADDITIONAL RETAIL THERE OR AROUND THE HARD CORNER ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, COMING, COMING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE, THERE'S JUST ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS THERE TO ADD RETAIL, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SAME OLD CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON THAT IT WAS VOTED DOWN THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IN PARTICULAR, THE LACK OF RETAIL.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY FEEDBACK.
SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE IT TO SECOND READING, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
BUT IN, IN, IN PARTICULAR, ALL OF THOSE RETAIL ELEMENTS CODIFIED AS BEING GUARANTEED RETAIL, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY WANT TO SEE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TYPES OF RETAIL THAT WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE IN THERE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE ALL MY THOUGHTS MAY PRETEND.
I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE, UH, HAVING THE TRAIL SYSTEM GO THROUGH THERE, THE VIBE, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE AREAS STAY, UM, UH, ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, LATER ON THIS PROJECT IS SOLD TO ANOTHER FIRM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE, SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT ASSURES US THAT THIS WILL ALWAYS BE PUBLIC ASK ACCESS.
SO, UH, THAT THAT'S WHAT WOULD REALLY MAKE ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED THE SECOND READING TO COME BACK, NOT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT FURTHER DOWN.
WELL, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE ASKED THE CITY IS ADVICE ON, WE DON'T OWN THE LAND AND THE CURRENT OWNER WON'T ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH THE FINAL NON APPEALABLE DONING CHANGE, UH, UNTIL WE CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT WE CAN'T CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE ZONING'S CHANGED.
SO IT PUTS US BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
UH, WE HAD SUGGESTED THAT RSP LAYERED IN IS AN APPROVED USE IN THE POD.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ADVISED THAT THAT MAY NOT, UH, BE A GOOD SOLUTION THAT WOULD SOLVE EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK HERE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND FINISH THIS IF OUR S WAS RETAINED AS AN APPROVED USE.
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UH, WE HAVE, WE REQUESTED THE OCTOBER DATE SO THAT WE CAN LINE IT UP AND SORT OF HAVE A SIMULTANEOUS CLOSING ZONING CHANGE HOOF.UM, SO YEAH, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF RISK, BUT, UH, TH THE, THE, UH, IF WE APPROVE IT NOW, DO WE NEED TO, IN OUR MOTION WEIGHT TO, TO GIVE DIRECTION FOR IT NOT TO COME BACK OR STATUTORILY THIS FIRST AND SECOND READING FALL CONCURRENTLY, OR DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES BACK AT A PARTICULAR TIME? OR CAN IT JUST NOT COME BACK UNTIL THEY'RE READY? UH, PAGE SIGN CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON THAT ITEM.
UH, WE'LL JUST WORK WITH PLANNING STAFF ON THE TIMING.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[24. Approve a development agreement between the City of Kyle and Plum Creek Developers, LLC (Joe Brooks). ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning]
UP AGENDA ITEM 24, APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE AND PLUM CREEK DEVELOPERS, LLC.JOE BROOKS, I'M TOLD THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PLUM CREEK, CORRECT? IT'S NOT THE DEVELOPMENT UP THERE BY THE AGGRESSOR.
UM, THIS ITEM AND ITEM NUMBER 26 STAFFERS REQUESTING POSTPONEMENT TO THE NINE SIX COUNCIL MEETING.
[26.
(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 18.84 acres of land from ‘RS’ (Retail Services) to ‘PUD’ (Planned Unit Development) for property located approximately 400’ southwest of the intersection of Marketplace Ave & City Lights Dr. in Hays County, Texas. (Joe Brooks - Z-22-0099) ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[25.
(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 54.223 acres of land from ‘RS’ (Retail Services), ‘R-1-T’ (Townhomes), ‘R-1-2’ (Single Family Residential) & ‘T/U’ (Transportation/Utility) to ‘PUD’ (Planned Unit Development) for property located at 1500 E RR 150 in Hays County, Texas. (Jackson Walker LLP - Z-22-0103) ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the request.
Consider a request to delay consideration until the Sept. 6, 2022 City Council meeting.
- Public Hearing
]ITEM NUMBER 25.
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 54.2 TO THREE ACRES LAND FROM RETAIL SERVICES, OUR WARRANTY
OH, THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS A CONSIDERED FOR A REQUEST TO DELAY.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN THOUGH.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'S JUST TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? AREN'T SEEING THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER 6TH, COUNCIL MEETING SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND TO MY COUNSELOR FLOOR SCALES THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[27. Consider and possible action to approve Cadence McShane as the most qualified firm for the Construction Manager at Risk for the 104 S. Burleson building project and to authorize the City Manager to negotiate the contract for services. ~ Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager]
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM 27 CONSIDERED ACTION TO APPROVE CADENCE.MCSHANE IS THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON BUILDING PROJECT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT FOR SERVICES, MS. AMBER LEWIS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
FOR THE RECORD, UH, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A MEMO THAT OUTLINES THE CONTRACTOR SELECTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
UM, WE DID PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR RESPONSES.
UH, THE CITY RECEIVED FIVE SUBMITTALS, UH, FROM FIVE FIRMS. UM, IT WAS A TWO-STEP PROCESS FOR A SITE OF IDENTIFYING A SHORT LIST.
AND THEN WE HAD INTERVIEWS AND WE INTERVIEWED, UH, TWO FIRMS WHO WERE SHORTLISTED SWINNERTON AND CADENCE MCSHANE, AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE RANKED CADENCE MIX CHAIN AS, UH, THE NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO APPROVE THAT AND TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATIONS.
I ALSO HAVE RYAN ROSS BORROW HERE IF, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGER, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND BY A COUNSELOR AND PARTIALLY THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 27.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[28. Consideration and approval of an Ordinance calling a Bond Election to be held in the City of Kyle, Texas; Making provision for the conduct of a joint election; and Resolving other matters incident and related to such election. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, MAKING PROVISION FOR, UH, THE CONDUCT OF A JOINT ELECTION AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS, UH, INCIDENT AND RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION.I BELIEVE THIS IS STATUTORILY OR WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO CALL FOR THE BOND ELECTION.
UH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UH, VOTES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE PAGE.
DO YOU WANT TO OUTLINE ANY OF THAT FOR US OR STEPHANIE? IF SHE'S HERE OVER TO BOND COUNSEL.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, STEPHANIE LOBBY, NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT BOND COUNSEL FOR THE FIRM.
UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AS AN ELECTION ORDINANCE TO CALL, UH, A BOND ELECTION FOR THE NOVEMBER UNIFORM ELECTION DATE FOR THE STREETS PROPOSITION THAT HAS BEEN, UM, UNDER CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL UNDER STATE LAW, A BOND ELECTION OR NUTS HAS TO BE CALLED WITHIN AN
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ELECTION WINDOW.UH, THAT ELECTION WINDOW IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND THE LAST DAY TO CALL IT THE BOND ELECTION IS MONDAY, AUGUST THE 22ND UNDER CHAPTER ONE, UH, 1201 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND ELECTION ORDINANCE ONLY HAS TO BE READ ONE TIME.
IT IS EFFECTIVE UPON ITS FIRST PASSAGE.
AND SO THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE READ AND PASSED TWICE BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF IT IS ADOPTED TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND THE ELECTION WOULD BE CALLED.
UH, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BY THIS, UM, UH, DYESS TO HAVE A SECOND READING, UH, SO THAT IT CAN COME BACK.
UH, IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER? AND IF IT IS THE CASE, THEN WE COULD CALL A MEETING FOR THE 22ND TO COME BACK AND HAVE A SECOND READING CUSTOMER.
YEAH, I'D DEFINITELY LIKE A SECOND READING.
UM, MY CONCERN WITH THE BOND IS THE PLANS FOR THE ROADS, BECAUSE I KNOW LOOKING OUT ON THE WALL, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, PLANS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE ON CENTER STREET AND, UM, VETERANS DRIVE SHOWS TWO DIFFERENT, UM, PLANS, UM, AND RENDERINGS AND, AND, AND THAT THAT'S DIFFERENT COSTS AS WELL.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY FINALIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE THE BACKSIDE AND, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING, THAT ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO STICK ON THE BOND BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO IF I CAN JUST SORRY, IF I CAN JUST, UM, IF THE ORDINANCE DOES COME BACK FOR A SECOND, REGAN I WOULD JUST ASK THAT COUNCIL DOES NOT ADOPT IT TONIGHT THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND READ IT AND THEN TABLE IT FOR CONSIDERATION TO A SUBSEQUENT MEETING ON THE 22ND.
BECAUSE AS I SAID, UNDER CHAPTER 12, 0, 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, IF IT IS PASSED, IT IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
NOT WITHSTANDING ANY CHARTER REQUIREMENT TO THE CONTRARY.
I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO FIRST OF ALL, IT'S, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE ON A 22ND.
SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT WE COULD GET THIS DONE IF WE NEEDED TO GET, GET IT DONE ON 22ND.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, WE COULD GET LEON JUST TO GIVE A LOWER EXPLANATION ON, UM, ON WHAT, WHAT STEPS WE'RE DOING SO FAR TO GO TO BOND BECAUSE, UH, COUNSELOR KEL BROUGHT UP HAVING TWO SETS OF PLANS.
WHERE ARE WE, UH, PERCENTAGE WISE WITH, UH, BEING DD READY, GOING TO BOND? AND WHAT ARE THE STEPS MOVING FORWARD THERE? LEAH, PLEASE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER COUNCIL.
WE'RE AT ABOUT 10% ON THESE PLANS.
UH, TYPICALLY WE LIKE TO HAVE THESE PLANS ABOUT 30%.
SO WE SEE MORE OF WHAT'S WHAT'S BEING PLANNED OUT THERE.
MOST, ALL THESE CONSULTANTS WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, UH, DESIGNS FOR THESE PROJECTS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THEM DO NOT.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT AROUND ABOUT AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION.
SO COUNCIL HASN'T PROGRESSED UP PREROGATIVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO GO WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
AND THAT'S THE DECISION WE NEED TO HAVE FROM COUNCIL.
DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH ROUNDABOUTS? DO YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO GO WITH ROUNDABOUTS? THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE DRAWN UP AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED THEM TO PROVIDE.
AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SET OF PLANTS AT THAT.
THAT IS AT 30% AND THAT'S THE CENTER STREET, NO STAGECOACH PROJECT, BUT THE REST ARE STOLEN ONLY AT 10%.
SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY FLESHED OUT COMPLETELY YET.
AND WHEN WILL WE MAKE THAT DECISION AS A COUNCIL FOR THE ROUNDABOUT OR A SICK TRAFFIC SIGNAL? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING BACK TO US BY AUGUST 29TH FOR THE, UH, THE FINAL, UH, CHANGES AND, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO MODIFY ON THEIR PLANS.
SO WE VOTE ON THIS AUGUST 22ND.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT US IF WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO AUGUST 29TH? I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL IS ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE DECISION ON THE 29TH.
WELL, I CAN MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW THAT I DO NOT WANT A ROUNDABOUT IN THAT AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN JUST AT LEAST VOTE ON THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD, UM, DECISION FINANCIALLY FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THERE ARE, UH, SEVERAL BUSINESSES OVER THERE.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET TO PURCHASE THOSE, UH, COMPANIES.
I THINK IT WAS, AS SOON AS WE SAW THOSE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS WERE THE SAME, THAT THOSE, THEY DIDN'T DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AT SOME OF THOSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO THE ACTUAL DECISION ON SOME OF THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS A YEAR AWAY.
SO THAT THE CHALLENGE IS JUST HOW
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DO YOU, HOW DO YOU PROJECT FORWARD AND CALL FOR A BOND WHEN YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON AND DEVELOPING THE PLANS? I MEAN, IT'S TAKEN US OVER A YEAR TO GET TO THIS POINT.SO I THINK IF WE'RE WORRIED THAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE AN ADVERSE REACTION TO, UH, IN PARTICULAR, A COUPLE OF THE ROUNDABOUTS PROPOSED ALONG CENTER STREET CENTER STREET IN BURLESON AND CENTER STREET AND VETERANS, UH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE OUT OF THE SCOPE, UM, PROBABLY BY THE 22ND AND HAVE IT MODIFIED JUST TO, SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR WHEN WE CALL THE BOND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL OF OUR MARKETING MATERIAL CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, REFLECT THAT COMMITMENT.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE IT BY AN AMOUNT, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN AD, THAT'S MORE OF A JOKE AND A LUPO QUESTION, BUT THERE'S AD ALTERNATE PLANS SETS THAT ARE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PLANS THAT ARE DESIGNED.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER SOMEWHERE, UH, IN THE DESIGNS FOR THOSE TWO ROUNDABOUTS AND IT COULD BE, UH, REMOVED OUT OF THIS BOND, BUT WE'RE ONLY GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT JUST THIS ONE TIME.
UH, AND THAT'S ASSUMING JOE, COULD YOU, JOE, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN REDUCE THE SCOPE ON THAT BY THE 22ND.
I'M JOE CANCEL UP ON WITH JEFFRIES AND ASSOCIATES AND WHERE THE GDC FOR THE CITY.
SO THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WERE DEVELOPED, INCLUDED AS LEON SAID, UH, AND IN MOST, IF NOT ALL CASES TO ALTERNATIVES.
SO THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPTIONS AND, AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL WHEN YOU DO A 10% OR A CONCEPT PLAN TO LAY OUT OPTIONS.
OKAY? SO ON THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE HANG ON, BUT THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE PROPOSED ARE TO INCLUDE THE HIGHER COST, WHICH IS THE ROUNDABOUT.
SO THAT'S EXTRA EASEMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
SO WE COULD REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE BOND FAIRLY EASILY BY TAKING THOSE ITEMS OUT AND JUST TELLING YOU NOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS ON THOSE, THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS, COULD YOU FAIRLY EASILY REDUCE THE SCOPE FOR ONE OR ALL OF THE PROJECTS FOR THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS? I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH EVERY PLAN, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I'M, I'VE GOTTEN THE FEEDBACK AND I'M SURE THE REST OF COUNCIL HAS GOTTEN THE SAME FEEDBACK AND IT'S MY OWN OPINION AS WELL THAT THEY JUST DON'T FIT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT US TO BE CLEAR WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THOSE ROUNDABOUTS THERE, CAUSE IT COULD START YOURSELF ON THE WRONG FOOT THAT'S EASILY DONE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY RENEGOTIATE AND HAVE FOR A MEETING ON THE 22ND.
AND WE HAVE TIME TO CALL THAT MEETING, REDUCE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THE BONDS, UH, AND THE SCOPE.
AND THAT I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY PROVIDE, UH, JEFF, UH, UH, WITH GAP STRATEGIES A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PREPARE MESSAGING AROUND THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT, THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY WANT TO GO.
UH, JUST, UM, YEAH, DEFINITELY THINK THOSE ARE TWO BAD AREAS FOR ROUNDABOUTS, SO WE COULD JUST RE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT EVEN PROPOSING A ROUNDABOUT.
UM, SO THE, UH, IS, IS THERE, WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS ABOUT HAVING A MEETING ON THE 22ND, UH, I'M FORWARD? AND THIS IS WHY IF ANYBODY'S, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS.
WE'VE HAD YEARS AND YEARS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR ROADS, AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UM, UH, ISSUE FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
IT'S THE ROADS, THE ROADS, AND IT JUST HEARING THAT WE ONLY HAVE MAYBE 10% OF IT READY TO GO VERSUS THE 30%.
AGAIN, WE ARE UNDER THE GUN ON THIS, BUT WE GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADS THAT THAT ARE DESIGNED ARE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL CONCEPT.
THIS IS THE FINAL ROADS WITH THE FINAL DESIGNS, WHETHER THEY GOT STREETLIGHTS OR SOME OVER HERE WITH ROUNDABOUTS, IT'S GOTTA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT READY TO GO BECAUSE WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS AND WE HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IT'S GOING ON THE BALLOT, IT'S GOING ON THE BALLOT.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE WHOLE THING IS, IS THAT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW IS LIKE WE'RE COMING DOWN TO IT, BUT WE GOTTA BE VERY SPECIFIC ON THE DESIGNS.
WHAT ARE THE FINAL PLANS? BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE, IF WE APPROVE THIS TO GET ON THE BOND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE RESIDENCE.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE CHOOSING THESE ROADS AND WE HAVE TO BE UPFRONT WITH THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, THEIR TAX DOLLARS IS GOING TO BE THEIR MONEY, THAT IF THEY APPROVE THIS BOND, THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING US TO HAVE THE DESIGN CORRECT THE AMOUNT, CORRECT.
AND THE TIME SCHEDULE FOR THESE THINGS TO BE DONE.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M FOR DOING IT ON THE, UH, COMING BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
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ON THE 22ND ON MONDAY, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.AND, AND AGAIN, THE ROADS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE FOR OUR CITY AND WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT.
UM, I, I D I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IS THAT IT IS ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN FOR 10% PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING TO BE THE MEASURE THAT WE LOOK FOR IN CALLING FOR THE BOND.
SO, AND THAT WAS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE IN 2013, WHEN WE CALLED FOR THE BOND, I BELIEVE WE HAD 0%.
SO COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE, THERE'S ONLY SECOND RHODES BOND IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY.
AND COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE IN 2013, WE'VE WE TAKE, WE TOOK AN ENTIRE YEAR OF DELAY BECAUSE WE WERE CONSIDERING IT LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
AND PARTLY IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE, IT'S AN AMBITIOUS SCOPE.
WE'RE TALKING 10 TOTAL ROADS THAT CAUSED THIS TO, YOU KNOW, UH, BE DELAYED, BUT WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ESTIMATES FOR RIGHT AWAY AND FOR A UTILITY RELOCATIONS, NONE OF THAT WAS EVEN INCLUDED.
AND THEN IN 2013, THEY CALLED FIVE ROADS FOR 33 MILLION OR 35.
AND IT ENDED UP BEING SEVEN ROADS ALL IN TOTAL.
SO IT CHANGES OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PLANS OF 20, 23 AND FOUR, AND THEN 26 AND SEVEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ROUNDS.
THERE WILL BE A FEW OF THESE ROADS THAT DON'T COME OUT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE AND IT'LL BE A WHOLE NOTHER COUNCIL AND THEY MAY DECIDE THEY WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING UP, YOU KNOW, BY THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO IF WE, IF WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A, THERE'S JUST A PROCESS TO IT.
AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF GETTING READY, BUT I DO REALLY AGREE THAT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, IT MAKES SENSE TO REMOVE THOSE TWO ROUNDABOUTS.
BUT IS THERE MORE DISCUSSION ON THE DATE AS FAR AS US BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT IS SEVEN O'CLOCK OKAY.
THAT'S WHERE FLUOROSCOPE, WE'RE GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIA SAID.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT RUSHING IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A YEAR.
UM, I USED TO WORK FOR AN ATTORNEY THAT USED TO SAY, YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT.
OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW? BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH.
AND SO, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED.
I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL, EVERYBODY THAT SITS IN AND LIVES IN KYLE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THESE ROADS.
SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT EVEN IF WE DO HAPPEN TO, UM, WAIT, AND I'M NOT SAYING ANOTHER YEAR, BUT MAYBE WE, WE LOOK AT, UH, I THINK THERE'S A MARCH OR A MAY ELECTION TO GIVE, UM, MORE TIME IN ORDER TO MAKE, UH, MORE SPECIFIC DECISIONS.
UM, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAY IN 2013, THEY HAD LESS INFORMATION.
I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN.
UM, THAT WAS ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO.
AND SO WITH THE GROWTH AND, AND ALL THE RESIDENTS, MAKING SURE WE GET THE INPUT FROM THEM, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY OUT OF THE SCOPE TO, UM, MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THIS THE RIGHT WAY AND DOING THIS THE MOST STRATEGIC WAY WE HAVE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF DOING IT IN THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR WOULD GIVE NO GAP STRATEGIES MORE TIMES TO COLLECT INFORMATION.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE, I'M CRAZY.
I'M JUST, I'M NOT TRYING TO DELAY IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT.
I WANT THESE ROW BONDS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT AND WE'RE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND WE'RE NOT MISLEADING ANYBODY.
I WANT TO HAVE THE TRUST OF THE VOTERS ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT I WANT.
I'M JUST PUTTING MY FEELERS OUT THERE FOR, IS IT MORE WISE TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ADDITIONAL THREE OR FOUR MONTHS? UM, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY GOING TO NECESSARILY, SO CAN I MAKE WITH JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION? SO THE BOND ELECTION ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEFORE YOU HAS A PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF BONDS, THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE ELECTION TO BE CALLED.
AND ALSO THE BOND PROPOSITION IS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
AND SO IT IS FOR ROAD PROJECTS GENERALLY, AND WE HAVE CERTAIN ROAD PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ENUMERATED.
AND SO THOSE ROAD PROJECTS WOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY FOR BONDS, BUT THE BOND ELECTION ORDINANCE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING THROUGH CALLING THE ELECTION, DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE SCOPE OF THE ROADWAY, IMPROVEMENTS, THE DESIGN FOR THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S NOTHING WITHIN CALLING THE BOND TONIGHT THAT TIES YOU TO ANY ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT AS IT RELATES TO THAT ROAD.
WHEN YOU GO TO ISSUE THE BONDS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE BOND AUTHORIZATION, THAT'S YOUR FIRST STEP AFTER THE VOTERS SAY, YES, THEN COUNCIL WOULD COME BACK AND THEY WOULD AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS LIKE YOU ALL RECENTLY DID FOR THE, FOR THE 2018 BONDS.
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BONDS.SO, UM, I GUESS THE POINT IS, IS THAT SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT RIGHT NOW IS INFORMATIONAL DETAILS BASED ON THE CITY'S BEST UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THESE BOND PROJECTS WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THAT DOES NOT GET INCORPORATED INTO THE ACTION THAT CALLS THE ELECTION.
JEFF, YOU HAVE SOME, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND ADD JEFF BARTON WITH GAP STRATEGIES AND WE'VE BEEN HIRED TO HELP WITH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR YOU ALL.
I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS YOU CHOSE THIS IS THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF BOND PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE.
AND AS YOU GET IN THESE DELIBERATIONS, I JUST WANT TO SHARE A FEW IDEAS ABOUT THAT.
CAUSE THERE'S SOME EXCELLENT IDEAS AND EXCELLENT CONVERSATION HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE DETAIL.
AND, UM, I DON'T, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER, BUT I WILL SHARE THIS PERSPECTIVE WITH YOU AS YOU, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU WANT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT MANY OTHER CITIES ARE RELUCTANT TO GO TO THAT DESIGN LEVEL OF DETAIL.
YOU KEEP IT TYPICALLY AT THIS CONCEPT LEVEL, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, FOR A FEW REASONS, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE FINAL DESIGN ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T WANT A BOND PACKAGE.
SO YOU WANT TO GET ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GIVE THE CITIZENRY A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT YOUR INTENT IS, BUT PERHAPS NOT GO SO FAR THAT YOU'VE SPENT MONEY THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE WASTED.
SECONDARILY, JUST, JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR BOTH YOU AND PEOPLE LISTENING, THIS IS NOT THE LAST BITE AT THE APPLE FOR PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED AND MR. KEN LUPO IS AS IS OUTLINING.
THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AS YOU GET INTO THOSE DETAILED DESIGNS.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY LISTENING OR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU LOCK IN GENERAL ROUTES AND CONCEPT PLANS FOR ROAD DESIGNS, THAT YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE AS A COUNCIL AND AS A COMMUNITY IS TO TALK ABOUT PRECISELY HOW THOSE ROADS DEVELOP, WHAT HAPPENS TO WATER LINES.
EVEN WHAT HAPPENS TO INTERSECTIONS CAN CONTINUE TO BE REFINED WITH PUBLIC INPUT AS YOU GO.
I DO THINK THAT 10% DESIGN IS EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT READY.
AND THEN MY, MY ONLY THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION JUST FOR THE BOND, IS THAT TYPICALLY IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO A 20, 22, UH, GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE 10 OR 15% OF THE TURNOUT.
SO IN TERMS OF GAUGING WHAT THE TAXPAYERS WANT, UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY OPINION THAT, THAT YOU GET THE BEST REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S OPINION WHEN YOU PUT IT ON A BALLOT WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING TO VOTE.
AND IN PARTICULAR, A BOND ELECTION IS ONE THAT'S VERY CLEAR, UH, AND IT IMPACTS EVERYONE, UH, A GREAT DEAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SCARY TO TAKE A BOND TO THE VOTERS, UM, THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND TIME TO DO IT.
IT, IT IS, UH, I, I DO FEEL THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO IT IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE'RE HAVING A MAJOR ELECTION COMING FORWARD.
THERE'LL BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE EFFECTED, UH, WHO WILL VOTE ON THIS, UH, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO THAT'S MY INPUT, BUT, UM, WE CAN CALL IT, UH, ELECTION FOR, I MEAN, WE CAN CALL ANOTHER MEETING FOR TUESDAY.
UH, AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO CAN'T BE HERE PHYSICALLY, WE COULD DO A VIRTUAL COMPONENT.
BUT I DO STILL ASK THE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING BACK AND DISCUSSING THIS AGAIN, CAN EVERYBODY MAKE IT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY, MONDAY? I THINK AS WE HAVE MONDAY, MONDAY.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN HAVE A SOONER TO, CAN WE HAVE IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SATURDAY? EH, LET ME JUST SPEAK MY POINT.
IS IT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THE ROADS THAT WE'RE ON THE MAP, THAT IT'S JUST ALL GENERAL FINALIZES.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD SAY THESE ARE THE FINAL PLANS.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT SOMEBODY CAN COME UP AND SAY, THIS IS THE FINAL DESIGN.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GO FROM THERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING SOME ROUNDABOUTS OUT NOW.
SO JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE, UM, SATURDAY WOULD BE BETTER.
SATURDAY, EARLY MORNING WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME.
OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL AND MAYBE CATCH LIKE THE TAIL END OF IT.
DO YOU HAVE PETS MY ANNIVERSARY, BUT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, I'LL,
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I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.THE FOUR OF US BE HERE AT LEAST SATURDAY, I'LL BE LIKE, I CAN PHYSICALLY BE HERE, SO.
BUT IS THAT ACTUALLY THE PREFERENCE IS TO DO THAT ON SATURDAY? YES.
IF WE HAVE TO, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS WE HAVE TO MIRROR THAT WAY.
IF WE CAN GET THE DESIGN PLANS AND WE CAN GET EVERYTHING FINALIZED THAT WAY, IT'S ALL READY TO GO.
CAN WE CHECK HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT ON SATURDAY, PHYSICALLY? I SUPPOSED TO SEE IT GO PAST 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
I THINK WE CAN ALL MAKE IT ON BOTH DAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OR CLOSE TO IT VIRTUALLY VERSUS NOT.
SO, I MEAN, I, I MIGHT, WOULD HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL ON SATURDAY.
IT WOULD MESS WITH MY PLANS PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY MORNING.
SO, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I'M HERE.
ANYBODY THAT USED TO BE VIRTUAL, I WANT TO DO IT ON SATURDAY VERSUS LIKE TO DO IT ON SATURDAY.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE A TIME EIGHT O'CLOCK, EIGHT O'CLOCK IF THAT'S OKAY.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME TO ADJUST THE SCREEN? YEAH, SO, WELL, IT'LL BE FINE TO ADJUST THE SCOPE.
WE WILL HAVE TO, I GUESS, WORK TICKET NEW PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS AND THEN WORK WITH THE SAMCO TEAM TO GET UPDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION, TO COMPLETE THE ORDINANCE.
YOU DO HAVE A 72 HOUR POSTING REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO IF YOU MADE 8:00 AM SATURDAY, THAT NOTICE WOULD HAVE TO POST IT PRIOR TO 8:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING.
SO IF THAT IS, SHOULD WE SHOOT FOR MONDAY? PHASEABLE I WOULD LOVE THAT FOR MONDAY.
MONDAY, MONDAY EVENING IS A GOOD TIME BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A GOOD TIME FOR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THE EVENINGS, AS OPPOSED TO A SATURDAY MORNING, THERE'LL BE NOBODY HERE AT 8:00 AM ON SATURDAY.
I'M NOT SAYING THERE'D BE ANYONE HERE ON MONDAY, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A FUNNEL, IF WE'RE MAKING THE POINT OF NOT TRYING TO RUSH THIS AND MAKING SURE IT'S RIGHT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE TIME AS WELL.
AND TO BE FAIR, AND TO BE FAIR ON THAT END, I WOULD MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE ON MONDAY FOR THAT.
BUT IF IT'S THIS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, INCLUDING OUR RESIDENTS, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE ACCURATE INFORMATION, I DON'T MIND A SEVEN O'CLOCK OR SIX O'CLOCK FOR AN HOUR OR SO.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO REMOVE THIS, UH, THE TWO ROUNDABOUTS ON CENTER STREET AND PREPARE A NEW SCOPE OF WORK, UH, FOR CALLING THE BOND ELECTION TO THAT ANSWER, DIRECT STAFF TO, UH, CALL A, UH, SPECIAL MEETING FOR 7:00 PM ON MONDAY, AUGUST 22ND TO TAKE UP THIS MATTER.
SECOND BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALES THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
UM, ALSO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, ON, UH, I, WE POSTPONED ITEM 26, BUT IT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'M GONNA OPEN THAT, UH, AND LEAVE THAT OPEN.
UH, SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO RECONSIDER, UH, AGENDA ITEM 26, UH IT'S UH, FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 18.84 ACRES OF LAND FROM RETAIL SERVICES TO A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR PROC, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTIONAL MARKETPLACE AVENUE, THE CITY LIGHTS DRIVE.
THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, SEEING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD, UH, SEEING THAT I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM? UH, IS, WILL, DID YOU SAY THE, THE DATE FOR ITEM 26? DOES THAT NEED TO BE SEPTEMBER 6, 9, 7, 9, 6.
SO THE MOTION IS MADE BY THE MAYOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBY, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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[Postponed 8/2/2022] 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. ROSENBERG, MARIN COUNCIL, DAVE HARDING, UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, HCM PROJECT MANAGER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AS YOU SAID, THIS IS COMING BACK.
UM, WHAT THIS IS IS A, UH, A ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE PACKAGE, UH, PROPOSED BY CLEAN SCAPES OR ON BEHALF OF CADENCE MCSHANE, UH, CLEAN SCAPES WOULD BE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK TO MAINTAIN THE PARK.
THIS IS TO PROTECT AND CARE FOR, UH, ADEQUATELY YOUR INVESTMENT, YOUR $10 MILLION INVESTMENT AT HEROES PARK.
UH, WE DID, UH, RENEGOTIATE BACK WITH CLEAN SCAPES AND, UH, DOWN, UH, FOR THE O H AND P ON WITH CADENCE MIX MCSHANE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT DOWN 10,000.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU SAW THE LAST TIME, I BELIEVE WAS $70,059.
UH, WE WERE STILL ASKING FOR A $20,000 CONTINGENCY FOR OUT OF CONTRACT AND, UH, MAINTENANCE, UM, JUST OPTIONAL FOR THE CITY, JUST AS A SORT OF A CONTINGENCY FOR, UH, OUTSIDE CONTRACT ITEMS.
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ALL RIGHT.IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARDING, UH, CUSTOMER PARSLEY? DID WE GET ANY OTHER BIDS FOR THIS? UH, NO, WE DO NOT.
SO WE HAVE, WELL, WE HAVE A BID FOR, SORRY, LET ME, I SPOKE TOO QUICKLY.
WE DID HAVE ONE OTHER BID FROM BRIGHT VIEW WHO THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A CONTRACT WITH.
WE DID A COMPARISON OF THE TWO, UM, THEIR BID CAME IN.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO INTO THIS IF, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE, ALL THE COMPARISONS.
UM, THEIR BID CAME IN AT 22,600.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY, UH, PRIMARILY BEING, THEY KIND OF SCOPED THIS PARK.
THEY SCOPED IT LESS IN COST THAN THEY'RE CURRENTLY MAINTAINING MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ROUGHLY THREE TIMES THE SIZE.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, THE QUOTES, IT DIDN'T GIVE US A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THEIR, IN THEIR PRICING.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE LOOKED AT IT, WE'VE SENT IT OVER.
IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT BY, UH, BY JERRY HENDRICKSON AND WE'VE KIND OF VETTED IT.
UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AFTER LOOKING AT THE RUBRIC, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT.
MAYOR COUNCIL, JERRY HUNDREDS, FOR THE RECORD, WE, WE WENT TO GREAT LENGTH TO ANALYZE TWO CONTRACTS AND WAY THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY BOTH BY VIEW, CLEAN SCAPES TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE PARK AND MAINTAIN THE WARRANTY AND THE GOLD STANDARD THAT WE WANT.
UH, THE BIDET, UH, DAVID IS TALKING ABOUT WAS A CONTRACT THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BID FOR THEM TO TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE.
WE'VE TALKED WITH BRIGHT VIEW.
THEY'RE WILLING TO, TO STEP DOWN FROM THAT CONTRACT TO ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH THE MAINTENANCE UNDER CLEAN SCAPES, TO PROTECT THE WARRANTY OF THE PLANTS AT THAT PARK AND STAFF RECOMMENDS PROCEEDING WITH CLEAN SCAPES CUSTOMER FIRST KALE.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MARKUP IS STILL THE SAME 9,000 2 65.
SO I GUESS I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHERE YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT ATTACHMENT WHAT'S WHATEVER BACKUP IS ATTACHED TO.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT.
LET ME SEE IF, UH, I WONDER IF, UH, THE NEW ATTACHMENT DOES YOUR, DOES THE FRONT OF YOUR PAGE SAY 60,000 3 39 THIRD PAGE? DOES IT PAGED? WAIT, ONE, TWO.
SO DOESN'T THIRD PAGE SAYS MONTHLY, AND THEN IT SAYS ANNUAL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE COVER PAGE THERE, IT SHOULD SAY YOUR MARKUP SHOULD BE AT, UM, 5,000.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE SMALL, UH, 5,000 4 85.
I WANT TO TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
UM, IT DOES MAKE ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS TO SPEND THIS MUCH.
I MEAN, I, I, MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE.
THAT'S WHERE MY KIDS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT IN MY CAR.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND I HAVE A GENUINE, LIKE CURIOSITY IS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE OUR STAFF AND TO TAKE IT OVER THIS PARK.
IS THERE EVEN A PLAN FOR THAT? THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ACTUALLY ARE SOME, UH, THERE ARE SOME, UH, MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT YOUR STAFF CAN ENGAGE WITH.
AND WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH JERRY TO DO JUST THAT.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING ONSITE TOMORROW WITH HIM, WITH MARIANA TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LANDSCAPING BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A, JUST A, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S A LOT OF PARK AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UM, VERY EXPENSIVE PLANTINGS HAVE BEEN, HAVE GONE IN HERE.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST, WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO ROBUSTLY PROTECT THIS INVESTMENT, UM, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.
IT IS YOU HAVE POURED A LOT INTO THIS AND WE JUST REALLY WANT TO SAFEGUARD.
SO THEN WHAT IS THE NORMAL WARRANTY? LIKE IF WE DON'T, I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE.
THERE'S JUST LIKE, HEY, WE PUT ALL THIS STUFF IN AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK AWAY AND KNOW THAT THERE'S NO WARRANTY FOR SPENDING THOUSANDS FOR A TREE OR WHATEVER.
MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IF WE DON'T GO WITH THEM AND THE CITY JUST DOES IT ON THEIR OWN, WHAT DOES THAT WARRANTY LOOK LIKE? RIGHT.
WELL, YOU SEE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY FROM CLEAN SCAPES.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WITH WHEN IT COMES TO PLANTINGS, THERE ARE CERTAIN MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER FOR THAT WARRANTY TO STAND.
AND SO CLEAN SCAPES BEING THE WARRANTY GUARANTOR THERE, THEY ARE ULTIMATELY THE ONES WHO ARE PROBABLY BEST SUITED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR WARRANTY IS UPHELD, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT WITH THEM TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL, UM, THE ALTERNATE PROPOSAL THAT I HAD, IT BECAME VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT A LOT OF THE ITEMS ON THIS WERE GROSSLY UNDER, UNDER ESTIMATED.
SO IF THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARRANTY, THEN WHY WOULD WE PAY THEM WELL? SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT WARRANTY, THERE ARE CERTAIN MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT MUST BE UPHELD BY.
SO IF IT'S NOT THEM, ESSENTIALLY CITY STAFF WOULD HAVE
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TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE BEING DONE AT THE PARK TO ENSURE THAT WARRANTY ITEMS ARE THEN UPHELD.LIKE THEY THEY'RE GIVING ME A WARRANTY FOR THE PARK.
IF I CONTRACT THEIR SERVICES, UH, NO YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE WARRANTY EITHER WAY, BUT AGAIN, THERE, SO THE WAY WARRANTIES WORK HAVE, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE IN PLACE FOR WARRANTIES TO BE ABLE TO BE UPHELD.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SEE BITS ON WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WARRANTY TO STAND FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES LIKE, SO THIS IS A KIND OF MAINTENANCE I HAVE TO DO IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND HOW CAN WE BID ON DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE NECESSARY FOR THE WARRANTY TO STAY IN BECAUSE $20,000 FROM ONE COMPANY TO $70,000 FROM THE OTHER ONES, THAT $50,000 DIFFERENCE, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHY SUCH A BIG GAP, UM, IF THEY CAN, THEY WANT TO HAVE THE FIRST YEAR OF, UH, MAINTENANCE SERVICES, UM, IN ORDER FOR THE WARRANTY TO STAY IN.
I, I, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU HAVE ONE BID COMING IN AT, YOU KNOW, 60,000 AND YOU HAVE 42, YOU HAVE 42 VISITS ON THAT.
UM, THE OTHER BIDS COMING IN AT 23, YOU HAVE LIKE 23.
SO THEY'RE JUST, IT'S QUITE FRANKLY, JUST LESS MANPOWER YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS PEOPLE ON THE PARK ON A REGULAR BASIS, MAINTAINING THE PARK MIRROR.
SO THE BIG DISSERVICES BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES.
SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH BRIGHT VIEW, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A CONTINGENCY SAYING IF BRIGHT VIEW WERE TO DO SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HONOR THE WARRANTY, THEN THEY WOULD BE LIABLE.
WOULD THAT BE THE SAME PRICE ON BRIGHT VIEW? WOULD THEY STILL GO IN AT THE 22,000? CAUSE IF, IF, IF SOMETHING DIES OUT THERE, A TREE'S ABOUT $20,000.
I WANT BRIGHT VIEW TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
IF WE GO WITH THE CHEAPER COMPANY AND THEY'RE GIVING US A CHEAPER BID, I WANT THEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY DESTROY.
SO IF WE'RE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A CHEAP BID, THEY NEED TO BE LIABLE FOR THAT.
I UNDERSTAND WHY PLEASE SCAPES HAS GIVEN US A HIGHER BID BECAUSE TREES ARE EXPENSIVE.
IT'S HARD TO GET THEM RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW? SO THEY'RE GIVING US A BID WHERE THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
BRIGHT VIEW CAME IN WITH THIS REAL LOW BID.
SO IF THEY GIVE ME THE GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA, IF THEY'RE THEY DESTROY SOMETHING AND BECAUSE, AND THE WARRANTY'S NOT GOING TO BE UPHELD BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING NEGLIGENCE ON THEIR PART AND THEY'VE REPLACED IT, THEN I'LL GO WITH BRIGHT VIEW AT $20,000.
BUT I WANT THAT GUARANTEE FROM BRIGHT VIEW.
YEAH, CUSTOMER TOBY'S, UM, UM, ON TO ME, I LOOK AS LOW, START BETTER IF THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY A TREE OR NOT.
I MEAN, THINGS DIE EVENTUALLY OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, IT'S, THE GRASS IS DEAD.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN A YEAR FROM NOW, OKAY.
A YEAR FROM NOW, YOU MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND SAID, OKAY, I HAVE A WARRANTY ON THIS FERN AND ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO THIS FERN IN ONE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT GREEN.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ON YOUR OWN AND THERE GOES THE $90,000 OR $60,000.
MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO, OF COURSE THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ON THE BUDGET FOR MORE LAND CREW OR MORE CREWS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS YOU WOULD HAVE AN UP DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE JUST ASSIGNED TO THE PARK THAT YOU WOULD CHECK IT EVERY DAY AND WATER IT AND TO KEEP IT ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A WARRANTY FOR THESE PLANTS.
THE TREES ARE 10,000 OR $20,000, BUT THEN AFTER, AFTER A YEAR OR SO, IF THEY DIE, THEY DIE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THEM EVENTUALLY.
AND SO GUESS WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO PAY MORE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO STILL UNDERSTAND, UM, THIS CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR, FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE FIRMS ARE THESE PLANTS OR THESE TREES DON'T DIE.
AND IF THEY DAMAGE THEM, THEY REPLACE THEM.
BUT THEN AFTER A YEAR, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? THE MAYOR JERRY HENDRICKS, ACTIVE CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, WE DO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN IN PLACE FOR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, WITH THEIR STAFF TO VISIT THE PARK ON A DAILY BASIS, TO NOT ONLY CATCH UP ON ANY WEEDS OR DAMAGE TO THE PLANTS THAT MAY OCCUR IN BETWEEN VISITS, BY WHATEVER COMPANY WE USE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT TRASH IS BEING COLLECTED PROPERLY, THAT LIVED OUT WEEDS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF PROPERTY, HAVE RECYCLING ON THE PLANT ON THE SITE.
SO THAT ANY COMPANY WE USE IS ONLY GOING TO BE THERE MAXIMUM ONCE A WEEK.
THE PARKS HAS A PLAN AND I CAN FORWARD THAT PLAN TO YOU TO SUPPLEMENT THE MAINTENANCE AND ATTENTION NEEDED FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS, VERY CARHARTT'S AND LAVAR DAY.
AND HERO'S MEMORIAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE DAILY ATTENTION.
THEY NEED TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED US TO
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DO.DAVID AND I DID REVIEW BOTH THOSE, UM, UH, BIDS FROM THE TWO COMPANIES.
THE CLEAN SCAPES BID WAS MUCH MORE ROBUST IN OUR OPINION, PLUS SINCE, UH, CLEAN SCAPES AS THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY INSTALLED THE PLANTS, WE FEEL THEY HAVE A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANTS.
THERE'S ALSO MORE MULCH SERVICES INVOLVED IN THE, UH, IN THE CLEAN SCAPES PROPOSAL.
WE CAN GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THE BRIGHTVIEW BID AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BRING IT UP TO THE STANDARD THAT THE, THAT THE CLEAN ESCAPES PIT IS.
AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST PRIVACY.
PRIVACY IS DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US, BUT WE JUST FEEL THAT FOR HERO'S MEMORIAL PART, CLEAN SCAPES HAS MORE SKIN IN THE GAME AND WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THEM TO DO THE MAINTENANCE AND THIS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER TONIGHT, IT'S A $10 MILLION PARK AND IT'S A JUUL FOR THE CITY AND IT'S GOING TO COST SOME MONEY TO MAINTAIN.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO SKIMP ON THAT INVESTMENT.
ONCE THE WARRANTY IS UP, THEN IT WILL BE ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PLANTS ARE PROPERLY CARED FOR.
SO THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION THEN JERRY WOULD BE THEN FROM THE BEGINNING, WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE A CITY CREW OUT THERE WITH THEM, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THIS MILLION DOLLAR NINE, $10 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THIS PARK, SHOULDN'T WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OUR GROUND CREW CREW OUT THERE WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE TO SAY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT YOU NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF PLANT.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF WATERING YOU NEED TO.
SO THAT WAY, WHEN IT'S WE HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING THAT THEY BASICALLY TAG EACH OTHER AND SAY, NOW IT'S, IT'S ON YOU.
SO DAN, WE NOT HAVE A PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
IF WE'RE HAVING THIS SPECIALIZED VEGETATION OUT THERE AND ALSO CLEANING THE POND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE TO INCORPORATE OUR CITY WORKERS TO SAY, WE KNOW LET'S WORK TOGETHER.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF WATERING, UM, UH, SCHEDULING THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE.
THE PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF THE PARK AND PARTICULARLY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT THERE TOMORROW.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A BETTER CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
SO TO THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE ABOUT OUT THERE.
SO NOW THAT IT'S APPROACHING COMPLETION, WE BEGAN THAT PROCESS TOMORROW'S MEETING.
SO, AND KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT PARKS CREW IS NOT UNFAMILIAR WITH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
SO IF THIS IS NOT AN EXTRAORDINARY LEARNING CURVE FOR THEM, OKAY, I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY, RIGHT? UM, SO, UM, IT, NUMBER ONE IS ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN TO HAVE A ROBUST LANDSCAPE CONTRACT OVER HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK, MARY CARHARTTS AND PARK LAVERDE.
THOSE ARE THE, THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE OVER AT MARY CAL HARTSON.
THAT IS THE EXACT SAME PLAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE OVER HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK.
IT IS NOT ONE OR THE OTHER, IT'S NOT PARK STAFF OR A CONTRACTOR.
IT IS BOTH, IT IS A BASE LEVEL OF SERVICE, UH, AND THEN PARKS DEPARTMENT COMING IN AND TAKING OUT THE TRASH, DOING VERY DETAIL ORIENTED, UH, MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE BASE LANDSCAPING CONTRACT.
UH, SO CONSIDER, UH, THE WAY THAT OUR, UH, COMPARISONS OF BRIGHT VIEW VERSUS CITY STAFF FOR MAINTENANCE HAVE COME, COME FORWARD IN THE, IN RECENT MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD IT PROVEN MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THAT THE LANDSCAPE CONTRACTS ACTUALLY PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR A LOWER COST THAN FTES FROM THE CITY STAFF.
SO IF WE SAID, WE WANT TO HIRE A CREW TO, UH, TO MAINTAIN HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE A SPECIALIZED CREW.
AND THAT SPECIALIZED CREW OF, I DON'T KNOW, ONE, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WOULD COST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN $60,000 A YEAR.
UM, SO THE PROPOSAL THAT IS THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD, AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS TERS TWO FUNDED.
UH, SO THE FUNDING FROM THIS IS NOT THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IF YOU HIRED PARKS STAFF CREW, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT THAT CREW WOULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE EXACT TYPE OF EXPENSE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENSE THAT TERS NUMBER TWO ENVISIONED TAKING OVER, UH, SO THAT THE BURDEN OF MAINTENANCE OF THIS VERY NICE PARK WOULDN'T FALL TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE ONE YEAR THOUGH, THAT'S JUST FOR ONE YEAR, RIGHT? OUR BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW IF PREVENTS HAS THE AMOUNT THAT HE HAS IN THE BUDGET ANNUALLY, UH, OFFHAND, BUT I W I THINK WE HAVE 200,000 BUDGETED BETWEEN THESE TWO PARKS FOR MAINTENANCE FROM TOURISTS, NUMBER TWO.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE BUDGET FOR MAINTAINING HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK WOULD BE ROUGHLY A HUNDRED
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THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS 60.
SO THAT'S $5,000 A MONTH THAT, YOU KNOW, MARY CALL HARTSON PARK, WHICH IS A FRACTION OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK WILL BE IS 2,500 A MONTH OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO, I MEAN, IT, THIS, THIS PROPOSAL, IT, IT, I THINK THE BRIGHT VIEW PLAN AND IN THE WARRANTY CONVERSATION HAS SORT OF SIDETRACKED US FROM THE BROADER CONVERSATION OF PUTTING REALLY GOOD LANDSCAPE CONTRACTS OVER THESE PARKS.
UM, I HAVE WATCHED CITIES AND I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE HISTORICALLY, AS IT RELATES TO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, BUT I HAVE SEEN OTHER CITIES, UH, AND KYLE'S REALLY NO DIFFERENT INSTALL, LANDSCAPING, AND ALLOW FOR THAT LANDSCAPING TO FALL TO A, A REALLY LOW STANDARD AND SOMETIMES JUST COMPLETELY GO AWAY BECAUSE THE, THERE WAS NOT A PLAN IN PLACE FOR, UH, APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF LANDSCAPING.
THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.
IT'S JUST A PROPOSAL THAT KEEPS HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK AT THE LEVEL THAT IT WILL BE WHEN IT IS OPENED INTO PERPETUITY.
SO IT WILL BE $60,000 EVERY YEAR, 5,000 A MONTH TO MAINTAIN IT IS A DECENT PRICE FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE ON LANDSCAPING.
SO I'VE, I'VE INTERACTED WITH LANDSCAPING CREWS AND LANDSCAPING BIDS, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
UH, AND THERE'S JUST A, IT IS JUST NOT AS EASY TO KEEP SOMETHING MAINTAINED AT A HIGH LEVEL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A ROBUST PARK WITH 50 DIFFERENT PLANT TYPES, UH, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, THERE, THERE'S A REASON WHY, UM, THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, UH, UM, CLEAN SCAPES VERSUS BRIGHT VIEW HERE THEY ARE THE RIGHT GROUP TO MAINTAIN THIS PARK TO THE RIGHT STANDARD.
I COULD JUST FINALLY FINISH, UH, AS I WASN'T HURT THAT EARLIER.
UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? I I'M GOOD WITH EITHER ONE CLEAN SKATES OR BRIGHT VIEW.
THE ONLY THING I WANT IS A WARRANTY BY BRIGHT VIEW SAYING IF THEY, IF THEY DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING DIES DUE TO NEGLIGENCE THAT THEY'RE LIABLE.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT FROM THEM.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS THE REASON THE FIRST YEAR IS BECAUSE ALL THE PLANNINGS OUT THERE WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM PHILIP AND HIS TEAM PHILLIPS ARE REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING VEGETATION WITH DIRT SAMPLES, EVERYTHING PHILIP ALWAYS SAYS THAT THE FIRST YEAR IS CRUCIAL.
THAT'S WHEN PLANS ARE GOING TO TAKE, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE FIRST YEAR, THIS IS BY AN EXPERT THAT DOES THIS FOR A LIVING.
AS ONE THING I LEARNED FROM HIM IS THAT IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE IN THE FIRST YEAR, IT IT'LL DIE IN THE FIRST YEAR AS WELL AFTER THAT IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO GO ON, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY FIRST YEAR IS ALWAYS CRITICAL, BUT I'M ME, I'M GOOD WITH GOING WITH EITHER ONE, AS LONG AS I GET A GUARANTEED FROM BRIGHT VIEW THAT THEY WILL BE, UM, IF SOMETHING DIES DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE, THEY WILL, UH, PAY FOR IT.
I WILL SAY THAT THE, THE CLEAN SCAPES PROPOSAL CAME ON THE HEELS OF, OF I RECOMMENDATION FROM PHILIP.
UM, THEY WORKED HAND IN HAND TO CREATE THEIR SCHEDULE, UM, THEIR VISITS, TALKING ABOUT EVERY DETAIL OF THIS PARK, WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, WHAT IT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE, UM, TO INCLUDE EVEN THE IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS, WHICH ARE, THERE'S ALMOST NONE IN THE BRIGHT VIEW.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS MISSING, UM, TO GET THE BRIGHT VIEW, QUOTE, UP TO THE SAME, UH, PROVISION, JUST UP TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT CLEAN SCAPES HAS PROPOSED.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OVER A LIGHT, VERY LIKELY OVER 60,000.
I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT QUOTE.
I THINK THAT IT'S AN EXCELLENT COMPANY.
I THINK THEY WILL DO A FABULOUS JOB.
I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, BUT I UNDERSTAND CATS WERE KILL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THE MAR MARY CARLSON PARK HAS ASTROTURF.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH REALLY GETS LANDSCAPED OVER THERE, BUT, UM, GOING BACK TO THE HERO'S MEMORIAL, UM, AND A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE, WHICH WAS, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS LIKE A PLAN MADE, UH, WITHIN STAFF OR NOT, BUT I WASN'T COMPLETELY AWARE, UM, THAT WE WERE GOING TO OUTSOURCE THE, THE HERO'S MEMORIAL.
AND I CERTAINLY DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE $70,000, WHICH HAS BEEN DECREASED TO $60,000, UM, AND B AND BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH MAYBE BEFORE WE PUT IN THESE ROBUST, UH, LANDSCAPINGS, WE SHOULD ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVE DROUGHTS HERE.
AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY FOR OUR NEXT PROJECT, THAT WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, I WILL SAY, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIRING AN OUTSIDE SOURCE VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE EMPLOYEES AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES HAS ON THEIR BUDGET IS THEY WILL, OUTSIDE SOURCE WILL COME IN ONCE A WEEK FOR A
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COUPLE OF HOURS.WHEREAS IF WE HAVE STAFF, WE HAVE STAFF SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE THOSE STAFF IN OTHER, IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING, UM, A DOUBLE DIP, I GUESS.
UM, AND TO BE FAIR, I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE NUMBERS.
I'VE REQUESTED THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE BUDGET MEETING TO, TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COST COMPARISON.
AND SO, UM, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN, UM, TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES THAT IT IS CHEAPER TO GO THE, YOU KNOW, A THIRD-PARTY ROUTE.
UM, AND SO MY, MY REAL CONCERN IS THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, AND THE CITY IS BUDGETED FOR FIVE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION OF KYLE.
UM, AND SO IF NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER BIDS, UM, CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $50,000 DIFFERENCE.
AND ALTHOUGH I'M NOT TRYING TO GO FOR THE LOWEST, I AM TRYING TO, UM, MAKE THE BEST JUDGMENT CALL.
AND IF ALL WE HAVE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BIDS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH, SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR ME TO VOTE YES.
I, I DO WANNA, I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THIS PARK.
VERY SOON, THERE WILL BE A GAP BETWEEN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BETWEEN MAINTENANCE ON THIS PARK BETWEEN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND RIBBON CUTTING.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN IN PLACE DURING THAT INTERIM, I FEAR FOR THE LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FROM OVERGROWTH IN THAT PARK ON RIBBON CUTTING.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT PRESSURE, BUT TO SOME DEGREE THERE IS BUILT IN PRESSURE.
WE DO NEED TO, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
WE BELIEVE IN THIS PLAN, WE BELIEVE IN THIS COMPANY, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB, MAINTAINING, KEEPING THIS GOLD STANDARD FOR THIS PARK.
UM, IF WE WAIT THEN VERY LIKELY OUR NEXT COUNCIL IS NINE, SIX AND NINE 11 IS RIGHT AROUND.
I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY BE IN THE WINDOW TO GET THAT PARK WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
WELL, I'M, I'M ON BOARD WITH YOU.
AND I REALLY WISH THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO, UM, WE'VE.
THIS IS WHAT OUR SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IT.
THE FIRST TIME WE ASKED FOR A LOWER MARKUP.
AND SO I HOPE YOU REALIZE THIS IS NOT JUST ON COUNCIL.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS DELAY BECAUSE WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT CHEAPER.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY, I MAY PUT THIS BILL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S I UNDERSTAND IT'S A TERSE.
UM, THIS TERS IS SOMETIMES FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
AND, UM, I JUST AM NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH JUST TWO BEDS WITH SUCH A BIG GAP BECAUSE WE'RE PARCELING.
I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF, TO, UH, CONTACT BRIGHT VIEW FOR THEM TO PROVIDE A QUOTE THAT KIND OF PROVIDES THE SAME SCOPE OF SERVICES AND VISITS THAT CLEAN SCAPE IS PROVIDING FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES.
MOTION BY COUNCILOR, PARTIALLY SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO, UH, ENGAGE BRIGHT VIEW, TO BRING BACK A QUOTE THAT INCLUDES THE SAME SCOPE AND SERVICES AS A CLEAN SCAPES.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SORRY.
MAYOR PRO TEM WAS ASKING FOR REGARDING THE GUARANTEE FOR THE PLANTS IN THAT.
I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE 22ND MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING, IF POSSIBLE, THAT GIVES US A WINDOW BETWEEN THE GRAND OPENING AT THE OREGON CUTTING NET AND WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, YOU ALL ARE AMENABLE TO ADJUSTING YOUR AMENDMENTS DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
SAY NAY MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO TWO, RIGHT NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 30 POSTPONED CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF CITY OF COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AND CREATING A LAWN STOKE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM AGAIN.
UH, I BELIEVE AND HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK, UH, OR IS IT TO HAVE IT, UH, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, READJUSTED, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M LOOKING.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, TAKE A BREAK.
UH, I NEED, UH, SOME TIME, SO WE'LL RECONVENE AT 10 0 5 FIX.
I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 30,
[30.
[Postponed 8/2/2022] 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 8/2/2022 Council meeting.
]CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AND CREATING THE LIMESTONE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM, BUT IF THERE ARE
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THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ALREADY OPENED.SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GONNA OPEN IT AGAIN.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, AMBER, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
ARE WE PLANNING TO ON LIMESTONE CREEK, ARE WE POSTPONING THIS, UH, PAID TO THE NEXT MEETING OR, OR, OR WHAT, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH LIMESTONE CREEK IN THE PIT? WE DON'T HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL, A REPRESENTATIVE OF LIMESTONE CREEK HAIR DEWEY.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE POSTPONE TO THE NEXT WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
PARSLEY'S THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
[31. Consider a request by Justin Cadieux on behalf of Manjal Kyle, LLC for a Right-of-Way and Street pavement width waiver Section 41-137(k)(1) collector street right-way from 60' to 50' and pavement width from 38' to 32'. ~ Will Atkinson, Interim Director of Planning]
ITEM 31, CONSIDERED A REQUEST BY, UH, JUSTIN, UM, C ON BEHALF OF, UH, MANUAL KYLE LLC FOR A RIGHT-AWAY STREET PAVEMENT WIDTH WAIVER, UH, COLLECTOR STREET RIDE AWAY FROM 60 FEET TO 50 FEET AND PAYMENT WENT FROM 38 TO 32 FEET.WELL, I CAN SEND, UH, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD, AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR, UM, THE APPLICANT THAT'S CONSIDERING BUILDING SOME TOWNHOMES AND APPROXIMATELY 17 ACRES, UM, BETWEEN, UH, PORTER STREET AND THE SILVERADO NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT A PER CODE, UH, BUT THEY DO NEED TO BUILD A PUBLIC STREET SECTION WITHIN THE PROPERTY MATCHING THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
UH, THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN HAS A COLLECTOR SHOWING OF, UH, UH, APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE LANES.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE IN THAT MANNER.
UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK IN OUR SUBDIVISION CODE, THE COLLECTOR IS A MINIMUM OF 60 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH A 38 FOOT PAVEMENT SECTION.
THEY ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY DOWN TO 50 FEET AND A, UH, PAYMENT SECTION DOWN TO 32 FEET.
NOW, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE OVERALL STREET SECTION.
THAT'LL EVENTUALLY CONNECT FROM VETERAN'S DRIVE UP TO, UH, MONTERA AT THE STUB OUT AT SILVERADO, UM, BECAUSE PRIMARILY, UH, IT WILL STILL MEET FIRE CODE.
SO THOSE TWO FIRE TRUCKS CAN STILL PASS AND YOU CAN HAVE PARKING ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET.
THAT'S PARALLEL IN ADDITION TO HAVING A STREETSCAPE WITH, UH, APPROPRIATELY, UM, CHOSEN TREES AND THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE.
UM, AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, IT THAT'S A REQUEST TO THE SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS, UH, OUR WAIVER TO, EXCUSE ME, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE AS WELL.
WELL, SO THAT THAT'LL COVER THE FIRETRUCKS.
UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT MAYBE, UH, WERE, WERE, ARE THERE ANY DUMPSTERS OR ANYTHING IN THIS AREA AT ALL? ARE THESE JUST GOING TO BE, UH, LOADED FOR HOUSES, RIGHT? NO DUMPSTERS WHERE WE HAVE TO GET GARBAGE.
WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GARBAGE TRUCKS UP AND DOWN THERE FOR INDIVIDUAL RECEPTACLES.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THIS? UH, IN ANY WAY? THAT IS A QUESTION I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR.
UH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN PRIMARILY INTO THE PLAIN REVIEWS YET.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING TO HELP FORMULATE THE PLANS.
HOWEVER, DO YOU ALL HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT? UH, BREXIT ADAMSON WITH INVESTMENT PARTNERS? WE'RE THE DEVELOPER HERE.
UH, SO THESE ROADS THAT TELL HIM ABOUT HIS EXTENSION IN MONTERRA DRIVES ME A PUBLIC ROAD.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO HOMES THAT ARE TO BE FACING ONTO MONTCLAIR.
DRIVE THE ROADS, SHOOTING OFF.
THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO, TWO PARCELS, ONE TO THE NORTH, ONE TO THE SOUTH PRIVATE ROADS.
AND THERE WILL BE, UM, LIKE BIG TRASH BINS COMING OUT IN FRONT OF THOSE HOUSES.
SO THERE WILL NOT BE DUMPSTERS ON, ON THESE ROADS HERE.
NOW I'M NOTICING THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS COMING UP, UH, EITHER WAY.
IS THERE ANY PLANNED SIDEWALKS HERE OR AM I MISSING IT? I BELIEVE.
UH, SO OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, JUSTIN CATCHER IS HERE WITH QUIDDITY AND HE CAN SPEAK TO SIDEWALKS.
I'M JUST THINKING OF BACKS ACCESSIBILITY OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE CROSS WOULD BE A 32 FOOT FACE-TO-FACE FOR THE PAVEMENT FOLLOWED BY A FIVE FOOT PLANNING ZONE AND THEN, UH, SORRY, FOUR FOOT PLANNING ZONE AND THEN A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE.
DID THIS GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? NO, MA'AM BECAUSE SOME DIVISION WAIVERS DO NOT REQUIRE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS LOOK AT IT FROM ZONING PERSPECTIVE ONLY AND SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO GO TO THEM.
Y'ALL ARE THE APPROPRIATE BODY TO APPROVE IT OR REVIEW IT.
UM, AND THEN WHY DO THEY WANT THIS WAIVER? I SUSPECT IT FITS WITHIN THEIR PROJECT BETTER.
UH, THEY HAVE AN ADJACENT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
THEY HAVE AN ADJACENT AMENITY CENTER AND IT'S ALREADY A SMALL ANCHORAGE, SO IT'LL HELP PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACREAGE ON THERE IF THEY HAVE THE 50 FOOT RIGHT AWAY VERSUS 60 FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, BUT Y'ALL CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
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UH, SO TO KIND OF GIVE SOME BACKGROUND FOR WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THE REDUCTION TO THE, UH, WITH THE RIGHT AWAY, UH, THE REASONS MAINLY FOR THIS ARE, UH, WHEN WE WERE COORDINATING THE ALIGNMENT FOR THE STREET, UH, WITH CITY STAFF, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS.AND SO, UH, THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT WE HAD PRESENTED, UH, SHARED THE RIGHT OF WAY BURNING WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND BASED OFF COORDINATION WITH CITY STAFF, UH, THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT WAS A STRAIGHT ALIGNMENT THAT PUT THE WHOLE BURDEN ON OUR SITE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S MAINLY FOR THIS REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SMALLER, UH, 50 FOOT RIGHT AWAY TO RIGHT AWAY WITH, UH, SINCE THE FULL BURDEN IS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I'M NOT A FAN OF DOING THESE KINDS OF, UH, OF WAIVERS.
UM, SO I MEAN, I'M GENUINELY CURIOUS TO HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE'S THOUGHTS BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT'S, THIS KIND OF THING IS REALLY COMING IN FRONT OF US AND IT I'M ALL FOR THE WIDER.
UM, I WOULD HAVE TO BE CONVINCED.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADD ON MINE REAL QUICK IF NOBODY'S GONNA GO AHEAD.
UM, SO AM I JUST SEEING ONE EXIT, UH, OVER ON SOME PHILLIPA? IS THERE NO PLAN TO GO INTO LIVE OAK? YES, RAY.
THIS SITE, UH, WENT OFF OF MEDINA ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEN SOUTHWEST, YOU'LL SEE AS WELL.
THERE'S A SECOND ACCESS POINT TO THE SITE, WHICH MEANS ALL FIRE CODE.
I DON'T, I GUESS I'M NOT SEEING IT.
IT IS OVER, UH, LET'S SEE IF HE GOES LEFT THE BOTTOM LEFT ON THE DINER.
WHERE'S THAT GO THOUGH? I MEAN, HE'S NOT GOING OUT TO HIM TO THAT ALLEYWAY.
I MEAN, AND THEN OUT TO PORTER, IS IT GOING OUT TO PORTER? CAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW IT HERE ON THE MAP.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S COCKERHAM STREET.
THIS DOES NOT AN ALLEY WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, DEDICATE RIGHT AWAY THERE TO EXPAND THAT STREET AS WELL SO YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS ON COCKERHAM THAT GOES TO PORTER THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO, YOU CAN EXIT, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING ON, ON SAN PHILIPPE ON THE RIGHT, WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO GET ACCESS, TO LIVE OAK.
HOWEVER, THEY ACTUALLY OWN A SLIVER OF LAND BETWEEN LIVE OAK STREET AND OUR SITE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE BUY-RITE ACCESS THERE.
WE ARE NEGOTIATING IT, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THERE AND ALSO KIND OF WHY WE WANT IT WHILE WE WANT, UH, THE SMALLER AWAY FOR, UM, MONTERRA DRIVE IS THAT PER THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT SHOWS IT KIND OF TURNING UP A LITTLE BIT AND RUNNING INTO OUR NEIGHBOR SITE THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IT FARTHER AND MAKE IT STRAIGHTER.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT HAS TO COME, WE GOT TO REDUCE IT IN ORDER TO GET IT, TO RUN ACROSS THE EAST WEST OF OUR SITE.
OTHERWISE IT'D BE HITTING INTO OUR NEIGHBOR SITE AND YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET YEAH.
SO I GET THE, NOW I GET THE WIDTH, A REDUCTION THERE COMING OFF OF A NEAR SANFILIPPO THERE.
UM, UM, SO YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE ROAD THERE ON PORTER STREET.
WHAT STREET IS THAT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT? UH COCKRAM AS COCKRUM.
SO WE'RE UM, WHERE DOES THAT TIE IN GONNA BE? IS IT, I, I MEAN, CAUSE I'M NOT SEEING IT, IT JUST SAYS IT'S GOT A RED LINE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
WELL, SO THE REDLANDS OUR PROPERTY LINE, WON'T BE, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE ROAD DOES CONNECT AND RUN ALMOST THE FULL EXTENT OF OUR BOTTOM LEFT BOUNDARY.
THERE IS THIS, BUT WE'RE DEDICATING MORE RIGHT AWAY TO MAKE THAT A BIGGER ROAD.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD EXPLANATION ON THE 50 A FOOT RE THE REDUCTION FROM 60 TO 50.
CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT WHEN IT'S COMING OVER TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY, IF IT'S, IF I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING WIDER THAN WHAT THE ROAD LEADING INTO IT IS ACTUALLY I BELIEVE SO.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IT WIDER THAN THE ROAD THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THERE.
AND WE ARE ALSO TRYING, THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY LINE AND PORTER STREET, WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE EITHER THE WHOLE TRACT OR AN EASEMENT TO GO AHEAD AND PUNCH THAT ROAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO PORTER, THEN IT'S BEST FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP A LOT THERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO REACH THEM AND MAKE, MAKE A PURCHASE.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT EITHER.
YEAH, I CAN SEE NOW WITHOUT EXPLANATION, YOU HAD IT, IT IS A WIDER ROAD THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND, TOP RIGHT-HAND OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE THE ORIGINAL ROAD THERE IT'S A LOT NARROWER THAN WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING WIDER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
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I THINK PART OF MY, MY CONCERN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH BARCODE.AND SO KNOWING THAT IT ISN'T, YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE PARKING IN BOTH SIDES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 31 MOTION BY CUSTOMER PARTIALLY SECONDED BY KESSLER.
TOBY IS THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 31.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[32. Authorize award and execution of a Purchase Order to BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT not to exceed $264,837.25 for irrigation at Gregg-Clarke Park. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
I'M 32 AUTHORIZED AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE ORDER TO BRIGHT YOU LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT, NOT TO EXCEED $264,837 AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS FOR IRRIGATION AT GREG CLARK PARK, MS. ESPINOSA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M ARIANA SPINOSA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BRIGHT VIEW LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT FOR IRRIGATION AT GREG CLARK PARK RFPS WERE POSTED AND WE DID RECEIVE TWO RESPONSES.THE PROJECT INCLUDES IRRIGATION, HYDRO SEED TILTS, A FOUR INCHES AND MAINTENANCE AND FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS AVAILABLE IN THE 2020 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AND TO KNOW THAT THIS IS DURING THE, THIS IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE, WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE EXISTING AS THEY CONSTRUCT AND TEST.
UM, OUR PARK AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER, BENITO PEREDA IS IN HERE TODAY.
IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AND BRIGHT VIEW IS ON THE LINE.
IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, INSTALLING PURPLE PIPE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT RUNNING PURPLE PIPE WATER YET, IS THAT STILL THE PLAN THERE? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PURPLE PIPELINE NEARBY AND EVENTUALLY THAT PART WILL BE IRRIGATED WHERE THE RECLAIMED WATER.
SO, UH, THAT IS ON THE HORIZON.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THE PIPE TO THAT PARK AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION CUSTOMER FIRST KILL.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION AND THEN YOU, YOU ANSWERED IT AND THAT WAS JUST A SPARE SEAT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE DATES.
UM, AND YOU WERE REALLY QUICK WITH THAT ANSWER.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30, TWO MOTION BY COUNCILOR FLORES, KALE.
SECOND ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO THAT WE PROVE JENNA I'M 32.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NOPE.
NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER BID PRICE WAS.
IT'S NOT IN BACKUP, SO ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL JUST, WE'RE JUST GOOD AT 275,000.
[33. Discuss and consider possible recommendation regarding support for Central Texas AMVETS Post 115 to bring the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall that Heals to display in Kyle in 2023. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
ITEM 33, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION REGARDING SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS AND BETS POST ONE 15 TO BRING THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL THAT HEELS, UH, TO DISPLAY IN KYLE IN 2023, MS. ESPINOSA ATIANA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.UH, THE CENTRAL TEXAS AMBITS POST 1, 1 15 ARE CONSIDERING APPLYING, UM, TO BRING THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL THAT HEALS TO DISPLAY AND KYLE IN 2023, UH, THIS WALL IS THE VETERANS MEMORIAL TRAVELING VERSION THAT TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND IF CHOSEN TO BE A, THE CITY OF THE REAR OF THE WALL WILL BE, IT IS A ONE-WEEK EXHIBIT, A THE PROPOSED LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE WALL IS LIKE KYLE, WHEN LATE KYLE RE-OPENS NEXT SPRING, UM, IN ORDER TO APPLY THE AMBITS MUST SECURE AT LEAST $11,000 IN FUNDING.
UM, SO THEY ARE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL, MOSTLY FOR SUPPORT TO BRING THE BALL TO KYLE AND OR SEEKING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE.
AND OUR POST COMMANDER KERMAN HAMMOND IS HERE TODAY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CUSTOMER PERSONALLY, THANK YOU.
I GOT REALLY EXCITED WHEN I SAW THAT.
SO I HAD THE QUESTION OF WHERE WAS IT GOING TO BE DISPLAYED, WHICH YOU JUST EXPLAINED LATE KYLE, UH, FOR HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE THAT DISPLAYED, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CARMEN HAMMOND, COMMANDER, VAN BETS, UH, THE, UH, THE DISPLAY WENCHES UP, IT'LL START ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND COMPLETE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO.
O'CLOCK THE, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS I BRING IN, UH, THE ADVANCED TEAM TO, UH, LINE UP, UH, THE AREA WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT THE WALL, UH, AND THE EDUCATION CENTER AND INFORMATION CENTER THERE.
SO IT'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST A WALL, UH, BUT THAT'S ON A TUESDAY, A WEDNESDAY, THE, UH, CARAVAN COMES IN AND THEN WE START SETTING IT UP WITH VOLUNTEERS AND THEN IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY.
SO WE'LL BE MANNING IT, UH, WITH, UH, VETERAN VOLUNTEERS, UH, AROUND THE CLOCK.
SO IT WILL BE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 24
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HOURS A DAY.AND WHAT WILL BE THE TOTAL PRICE? THE TOW, WELL, THE INITIAL PRICE, 11,000 TO, TO SEND THE APPLICATION.
AND IN THERE THEY'RE RECOMMENDING ANOTHER 10,000 FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS THERE, YOU GOT PEOPLE WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FEED THEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING HYDRATED.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING MONEY FOR THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE'S, UM, POTTY PORTA-POTTIES GENERATORS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, WE CAN CUT THE COSTS DOWN ON THE INCIDENTALS AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT YOU STILL GOTTA FEED THE FEED.
THE TROOPS THERE MAY PRETEND, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO TDSC IF THEY WOULD MAYBE HELP OUT WITH THE RESTROOMS. UH, THEY WOULD BE A PR PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD RESOURCE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THEM WHERE YOU'D LIKE ME TO REACH OUT WITH TOGETHER CURRENTLY, I'D REALLY BE OPEN TO THAT.
WELL, UH, RAY, BRIAN IS THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW OVER THERE.
AND REACH OUT TO RAY BECAUSE RAY WOULD PROBABLY BE YOUR CONTACT AND TDS DOES HAVE PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONED RESTROOMS. I THINK WE BRING OUT TO THAT AREA.
MAYBE THEY'LL DONATE THEM, BUT IT JUST NEVER HURTS TO ASK AND TO TRY AND MITIGATE SOME OF THAT COST.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT ADDS A LITTLE MORE MEAT TO THE PLATE, I GUESS.
AND NOT THE SECOND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
I, I TOTALLY THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND WHEN THE MAYOR MADE THE MOTION TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD, I FORGOT ABOUT IT.
SO I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO STAY ALL THESE HOURS.
AND SO, BUT, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL A WALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL HAS ANY INTEREST IN COMING UP WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING OUT OF WHAT MAYBE OUR PARKS FUND, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS TOURISM.
JERRY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO MAYBE DEDICATE SOME FUNDS OUT OF OUR PARK FUNDS? UH, THE, AT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DEVOLVER IS PAYING TO THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, THIS TYPE OF VENMO QUALIFY FOR USE OF PARK FUNDS, BUT IF COUNCIL DIRECTS, WE CAN EXPLORE OUR BUDGET FOR SOME FUNDING, BUT IS YOUR CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, CAN I ASK YOU IF YOU GUYS ARE A 5 0 1, 3 C? YES.
UM, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF GENERAL IDEA HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE GONNA NEED TO FEED THOSE PEOPLE? UH COST-WISE UM, I'D SAY PROBABLY BRIAN, BUT ABOUT 2,500, $3,000, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE 30 TO 35 VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF FOR FIVE DAYS.
AND DO YOU HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE WE NEED TO GET AHOLD OF YOU? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I GUESS I JUST GET THAT FROM JERRY.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A BUSINESS CARD.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MARIANA.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, I SEE THAT I'VE READ THE BACKUP AND IT'S GOING TO NEED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT.
WE ARE, WE MET WITH, UH, CARMEN AND BENITO CORETTA AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AND WE DISCUSSED THE NEEDS AS FAR AS THE SPACE AND THE STAFFING.
WELL, WHAT'S THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33 MOTION MADE BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE SECOND, AND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 33.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION BEING ON COUNCIL TWO WEEKS? SORRY.
UH, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO JUST KINDA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CAUSE READING THE Y THE HEELS, I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT SAYS ORIGINALLY OPERATIONALLY, THE HOST WILL BE CHARGED WITH ENLISTING THE COOPERATION OF MANY GROUPS, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS WOULD BE PARKING APPARENTLY HERE.
IT SAYS PARKING IS RECOMMENDED TO SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR A MINIMUM OF 40 CARS UP TO A HUNDRED TO 200 VEHICLES.
SO THERE'S THAT WHEN IT COMES TO LAKE KYLE, OBVIOUSLY.
SO Y W WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT BY GREG PARK, BUT THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
I KNOW GREG HAS IT, BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE YOU GOT TO LAY EVERYTHING OUT, IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN IT SAYS HERE THAT THE HOST TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT AND KEEP, UH, THE VISITORS, VISITORS, A PLACE AND SO FORTH LANDSCAPING AND KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MEMORIAL DESIGN, KEEPING UP WITH THE LANDSCAPE ON THAT END RESTROOMS
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SHALL BE PROVIDED 24 AXIS.UM, THE RULES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOST.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO APPLY TO HAVE IT COME TO KYLE.
SO THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HOSTS AND VOLUNTEERS IS TO ENFORCE THE RULES THAT FOSTER PROPER DECORUM FOR THE DISPLAY.
SO IF WE DO GET THIS WILL IN VISITORS, COME IN AND SEE THIS.
WE WILL HAVE YOU HAVE YOUR VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL COORDINATE THE VISITORS AND SO FORTH.
WHAT WOULD BE, UH, ANY KIND OF, UM, ASSURANCE ON INSURANCE? LET'S SAY SOMETHING GETS DAMAGED WHILE WE'RE THERE ARE, IS THE CITY FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF REPAIRS OR ANY KIND OF DAMAGE? I'M SURE IT'S ALL IT'S, IT'S ALREADY PLACED.
CAUSE THEY GO AROUND THE COUNTRY.
CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED AND THEY SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER HAPPENS.
SO, SO THAT COMPANY OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT DOES THE TOURISM, AND WHEN YOU MOUNT THE, THE WALL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME STAKES IN THE GROUND, WHICH WILL BE A HOLE.
AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK, OBVIOUSLY COME BACK OUT, BUT SHOULDN'T BE ANY DAMAGE THEY'D DONE.
THEY'RE VERY WELL EXPERIENCED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
CAN I JUST REAL QUICK, UH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A MOTION.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF COUNCIL HAD A DESIRE TO TRY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING ON THIS? YEAH.
MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? YEAH, WHAT'S THE, WE NEED, UH, SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC THAN JUST TO VOTE TO SUPPORT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE DIRECT STAFF TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME FUNDING FOR, TO HELP PAY, TO HELP, HELP FEED? YEAH.
WELL, THEY, THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH TOWARDS THE $11,000 SO THAT I CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.
UH, THEY'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS NOW IN NOVEMBER, THEY WILL PUT OUT THE, UH, THE SCHEDULE, UH, MARIANA AND I ARE WORKING ON THREE DATES THAT, UH, WE COULD WANT TO DO IT HERE IN KYLE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, YESTERDAY, WELL, I GUESS THE WAY I LOOK AT US AS THE SUPPORT, WOULDN'T THAT BE FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPING OUT IF WE NEED TO INCORPORATE HAVING THE POLICE OUT THERE.
AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF FUNDING.
THIS IS PROVIDING THAT SECURITY VERSUS WHAT ARE THEIR REQUIREMENTS IS THAT, UH, AND TH YOU HAVE PLACEMENT THAT ARE VETERANS, UH, IS THAT, UH, ON THE SPECIAL OF THE NIGHT, NIGHT SHIFT, UH, THAT I'LL BE VETERANS, BUT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE POLICE THAT ARE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SWORN OFFICER THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
AND ABOUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE ALREADY SAVED TO SEE HOW MUCH WE HAVE COMMITTED $2,000 RIGHT NOW, WE JUST STARTED, UH, LAST WEEK DOING FUNDRAISING.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO DO HALF AND HALF OF THOSE 11,000? IF YOU GUYS DO THAT 5,500 AND THEN THE CITY MAYBE CAN COME UP WITH 5,500.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CITY TO COME BACK AT LEAST OR FIND FUNDING FOR THE HALF OF THE WALL.
MY, MY TARGET DATE TO, UH, TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION IS THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THE LONGER, THE LONGER THAT WE WAIT TO PUT IN THE APPLICATION, THE LESS CHANCE IT IS FOR US TO GET THEM HERE, UH, IN 2023, UH, IF, CAUSE WHAT THEY'LL DO IS WE'LL GIVE HIM THREE DATES THAT WE CAN USE THAT WE WANT WANTED IN THEY'LL COME BACK.
IF THEY CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THOSE THREE DATES, THEY'LL GIVE US ANOTHER DATE.
WE HAVE THE OPTION TO DECLINE THAT DATE AND MOVE IT TO 20, 24.
NOW, SIR, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE APPLICATION NOW, AND LET'S SAY WE DO GET APPROVED.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY GENERATE MORE INTEREST IN THE CITY SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN CHOSEN.
AND I THINK MAYBE THAT 11,000 THAT YOU'RE NEEDING COULD BE POSSIBLY RAISED.
UH, IT'S JUST BASICALLY SAYING WE'VE BEEN APPROVED.
WELL, I CAN DO IS I CAN GIVE THEM A CALL AND, AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND SEE IF I CAN COMMIT THE APPLICATION AND SEND THEM A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND IF THEY'LL ACCEPT THAT TO NOW, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT TIME.
IS ANYBODY OPPOSED TO PAYING FOR ALL OF THE 11,000? I MEAN, 11,000 IS ISN'T THAT MUCH, AS FAR AS, OH, HERE IT COMES FOR THE REST.
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HAVE $11,000 THAT WE CAN? AND MY ONLY ADVICE IS CAUTION BECAUSE WHEN YOU START, WHEN YOU KNOW, THINGS TYPICALLY GO AND THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ESTABLISHED PRECEDENT, WHEN YOU JUST START JUST JUMPING OUT WITH THINGS.WELL, FOR THIS, I LOOK AT IT AS A TOURISM PIECE FOR US, FOR A CITY.
WE'VE NOW GOT THE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK.
WE, UH, WE'LL SOON HAVE LAVETTA PARK.
I'VE GOT 28 RESTAURANTS COMING INTO THE AREA THAT WILL HELP GENERATE TAX DOLLARS.
UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE FOREVER, KYLE HAS, HAS GONE OUT FOR EVERYTHING.
WHEN WE'RE VISITING PARKS, BIG PARKS, WHEN WE'RE AL DINING, WE HAVE DROPPED OUR DOLLARS IN OTHER AREAS FOR DECADES, FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, AS I'VE BEEN ALIVE, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THOSE OUTSIDE DOLLARS IN PEOPLE FROM OUR SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES OR COME COMING HERE TO SEE KYLE TO COME AND DROP, UH, TO SPEND DOLLARS IN KYLE AND THAT'S TAX REVENUE THAT WE GET AS A CITY.
UM, I LOOK AT IT AS AN INVESTMENT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT'S $11,000, BUT WHAT IS THE TECH REVENUE GOING TO COME IN FOR THEM TO COME IN AND SEE THE HERO'S MEMORIAL WALL, THE HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK AND THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL.
AND MAYBE I'M THINKING TOO, TOO PROUDLY, BUT I SEE DOLLARS COMING AS HE TOURISM COMING IN.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GENERATE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THE HOTELS YET.
IF WE HAD THE HOTELS, THAT'D BE EVEN MORE DOLLARS WERE COMING IN, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
WELL, AND YOU HAVE TO, WE'RE NOT THIS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE WANT TO HAVE IT HERE AT KYLE WAS GOING TO COVER ALL CENTRAL TEXAS.
WELL, THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT, WE SHOULD FUND IT AT A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS.
IF IT'S TOURISM, THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR CUSTOMER.
WELL, MAYBE I WAS, I WAS THINKING IF WE ARE GONNA DO THIS TOWARDS 20, 23, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM INTO DOING IT WHILE WE'RE DOING ANY OF THE FESTIVALS, LIKE FIND THE SKY FOR 2023 AND THEN THAT WILL BE A DOUBLE ATTRACTION.
THERE ARE, UH, THEIR REQUIREMENTS IS THAT NO OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS ARE GOING ON AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP IT AS, AS, UH, YEAH, THIS ALL IS PART OF THE, YEAH.
IT'S LIKE, LIKE IF YOU GO INTO A CEMETERY BECAUSE WE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO TIE IT INTO SOME OF OUR OTHER EVENTS HERE IN KYLE AND THAT'S ONE OTHER THEY'RE STICKLERS, I GUESS, BUT THEY ALSO DO.
THEY GOT AN EDUCATIONAL, UH, FACILITY AND TO EDUCATE THE KIDS ON NOT JUST VIETNAM, BUT THE MILITARY, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON IN A DIFFERENT WARS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST TO COME AND LOOK AT THE WALL.
IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT BORN WHEN VIETNAM WAS ON PREVIOUS.
UM, MY FRIEND MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE RECORD, I'M PERVEZ MOE.
HE SAID, HE'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS SINCE MARIANNA SPONSORED THIS ITEM, WE CAN CHARGE IT TO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR, OR IT CERTAINLY DOES QUALIFY FOR THE HOT, HOT FUNDS.
AND WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING LEVEL AVAILABLE.
SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO FUND A PORTION OF IT OR ALL OF IT.
WELL, CAN WE COME? CAN WE CONFIRM THAT, UM, IF I HEARD IT RIGHT, HE SAID, W THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, RESERVE THE WALL UNTIL YOU HAVE PAYMENT.
AND THEN I ALSO HEARD, YOU COULD MAYBE PUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS DOWN.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO, WHAT'S GOING TO GET IT.
THEY SAY THEY WANT THE, UH, $13 DONATION OR $11,000 DONATION AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.
UH, AND I SAY, WELL, WHAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE 13,000 SAID, WELL, OUR 11,000.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT.
BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THEY'RE DURABLE WHAT THEY WANT.
IS THERE A GUARANTEE THAT IF WE DO THE 11,000, WE WILL GET THE WALL? NO, YOU WILL GET THE WALL.
I MAY, I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT WILL BE IN 2023, BUT WE'LL GET IT IN 20, 24 BECAUSE, UH, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY GET A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS A YEAR.
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IT'S SUCH A BIG CARAVAN, THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO DO THEM ONE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, THIS YEAR.UM, AND IF WE WERE, THEY WOULD BE CLOSE TO WHERE THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO RUN CROSS COUNTRY ALL THE TIME TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN.
SO A LOT OF IT HAS TO DEPEND ON WHERE THEY'RE AT SAY, AS SHE TOLD ME IN LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA BY 2023, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
CAUSE HE SAID $11,000 DONATION BEFORE.
BUT IF IT'S WE COME UP OR THE MONEY'S THERE, THE FUNDING'S THERE THAT ACCORDING TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS THAT IT'S A GUARANTEE THAT KYLE WOULD GET IT.
MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, BUT YOU'RE SAYING YES, SIR.
SHE WILL GIVE ME THREE DATES THAT WE CAN DO IT HERE.
AND IN THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THE THREE DATES, BUT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THREE SPECIFIC DATES FOR THEM TO PICK.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, WHEN THEY SET UP THE SCHEDULE FOR 20, 23, THEY WILL LOOK AT OUR THREE DATES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS AREA, SAY WITHIN FOUR OR 500 MILES HERE, THEN THEY WILL GIVE US AN ALTERNATE DATE IN 2023, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO ACCEPT THAT DATE OR DECLINE IT.
AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO 20, 24.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S NO, UH, UH, ONCE YOU GIVE THEM THE MONEY, THEN THEY WILL GET YOU ON THE SCHEDULE.
WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, THE ONLY RETRACTOR HAS MOTION AND RE DEFINED IT.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, RETRACT SOMETIMES MY BRAIN'S GONE.
I LIKE TO AMEND TO MY EMOTION.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NEW MOTION THAT THE CITY USE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO FUND THE $11,000 FOR THE WALL AND HAVE MARIANA PROVIDE THREE DATES.
THE MOTION IS TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION, TO ADD $11,000, UH, TO THE SUPPORT AND TO HAVE THAT FUNDING COME FROM HOT FUNDS AND FOR MARIANNA AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THREE DATES.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? THE PUBLIC IS THAT HOW FUNDS ARE USED TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD USE HOT, HOT FUNDS.
SO, UM, THIS IS A GREAT USE OF THAT TO PROMOTE TOURISM WITH ALL THE NEW PARKS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN ONLINE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT WAY TO BRING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, TO THE CITY OF KYLE AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
AND TO THE EAST SIDE, ALL RIGHT.
A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION MOTIONS TO AMEND.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO VOTES IN A ROW.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO AND NOW MOTION TO APPROVE AYE MOTION.
UH, WHAT? I DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT AT ALL.
UM, UH, I'M REACHING MY LIMIT HERE FOLKS.
YOU'LL BE VERY PROUD WHEN IT GETS HERE.
[34. Consider and possible action to approve a Civil Service Agreement for the Kyle Police Department. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM 34, UH, IS CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A CIVIL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. HENDRIX, ERIC COUNSEL FOR THE RECORD.
JERRY ANDREW IS ACTING CITY MANAGER, BUT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE FRESHLY NEGOTIATED MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT.
TAKE PLACE TO THE ONE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
AND THIS AGREEMENT WILL RUN FOR THREE YEARS.
IT'S BEEN NEGOTIATED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH CITY STAFF ON THE CITY TEAM WAS MYSELF FINANCE DIRECTOR PROVIDES MOHIT AND HR MANAGER, CHRISTIANA, SPENCER REPRESENTING THE POLICE ASSOCIATION.
IT WAS LED BY OFFICER PHILLIP CLARY OR THEIR PRESIDENT AND A HOST OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE THINK DISAGREEMENT REALLY SETS THE STAGE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE, OUR DEPARTMENT AND TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, WE'VE ADDED THIS, UH, MEAN CONFER AGREEMENT HAS AN, UH, UH, INCREASED FUNDING FOR, UH, FOR OFFICER AND INCENTIVES.
ARE THERE CERTIFICATIONS, INCREASE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND MASTER'S DEGREE.
WE'VE ADDED FUNDING FOR, FOR THEIR SWAT TEAM, FOR THEIR CRASH TEAM AND FOR THEIR HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION TEAM THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE.
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UH, IT STARTS OFF, UH, OVER THE THREE YEARS WITH A 5.84% PAY INCREASE 4.48 TO THE SECOND YEAR IN 4.2%.THE FOLLOWING YEAR FROM TOTAL PAY INCREASE.
AND THERE'S A DEBT PROGRAM AND 14.38% THE REAL SIGNATURE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND THIS AGREEMENT IS IT, UH, CREATES A POSITIONS OF CORPORALS AND COMMANDERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE BADLY NEEDED IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME TO DECREASE THE SCOPE OF CONTROL FOR THE COMMAND STAFF AND ALSO CREATES A POSITION OF ASSISTANT CHIEF, WHICH IS ANOTHER BADLY NEEDED POSITION.
I HAVE A MEMBERS OF MY TEAM AND I HAVE MEMBER OF PHILIP OFFICER CLEARY HERE WITH, UH, CLIA TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE CLIA HAS, UH, ALREADY VOTED TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT AS IT'S WRITTEN.
THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKS, IS THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR MOTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE? UM, THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE KLA TO COME UP.
IF HE'S AMENABLE TO THAT, THAT'S NOT DIRECTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE, UM, HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GOT.
I'D MAKE SURE, MAYBE FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET, UH, PHIL CLEARY.
UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UM, I'M ALSO AN OFFICER WITH KPD.
UM, OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS MORE, UM, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD.
I THINK WE WORKED REALLY WELL WITH THE CITY THIS YEAR, ENTER NEGOTIATIONS TO ENSURE THAT BOTH SIDES WERE HAPPY.
SO WE DID VOTE ON IT, UM, WHICH WE CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AND WE DID VOTE TO APPROVE IT.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MAKE THE MOTION SO WE CAN HAVE ANY DISCUSSION AFTER THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34, MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE.
SECOND SECONDED BY CUSTOMER TOBY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUSTOMER TOBY? OKAY.
UM, GRADUATIONS ON, ON EVERYTHING AS WELL, BUT ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME POINTS ON WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, THERE'S TWO THINGS YOU GOTTA LOOK AT AS BEING ADAPTABLE AND IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE STREET OR WHERE, WHEREVER YOU WORK IN LAW WARS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO BE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST TO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIVE IN A VERY COMPLEX SOCIETY WHERE CHANGES HAPPEN EVERY DAY.
NEW LAWS, REGULATIONS CHANGES EVERY YEAR, NEW TRAINING, STATE REGULATIONS.
SO OFFICERS INCLUDING ALL OVER STATE HAVE TO LEARN TO BECOME ADAPTABLE TO SO MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
SO THE WAY I WANT EVERYBODY'S LOOK AT THIS IS LOOK AT THIS AS AN INVESTMENT AS WELL.
WE'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH HIRING AND RETAINING GOOD QUALIFIED AWARD-WINNING PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATED, DIVERSE POLICE FORCE HERE IN COLLEGE, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN PEOPLE AND CITIZENS FEEL SAFE AGAIN, ANOTHER SCENARIO IS THEY WILL SHOP HERE AND IN ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFITS OUR ECONOMY.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
WELL, ONE THING, UM, YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT'S NOT ALWAYS POLICE OFFICERS ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND CENTS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN THIS PERSPECTIVE.
AND OF COURSE, BEING LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SO MANY YEARS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS AN EXCITING YET CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING AND DANGEROUS CAREER.
THE PAY SCALES, THE INCENTIVES, THEY ARE MAKING THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR WIVES, THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR FUTURE HEAVEN FORBID IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
HEAVEN FORBID IF ONE OF OUR OFFICERS DOESN'T COME HOME OR IS INJURED OR LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY REST ASSURED THAT THE OFFICER DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES FINANCIALLY, THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY FACE EVERY DAY.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PAY SCALE AND THE INCENTIVES FOR THE IMMEDIATE TRAINING THAT THEY GET, THAT IT'S AN INVESTMENT FOR OUR CITY.
AND SO LET'S LOOK AT IT IN THAT SENSE.
AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU.
ALL OF YOU, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF COPIES FOR ALL WHAT YOU DO.
OTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, JERRY HENDRIX AND, UH, CLEARY AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO TOOK PART IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS.
Y'ALL BROUGHT BACK A GREAT CONTRACT THAT THE CITY COULD GET BEHIND.
AND THAT'S JUST A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I DON'T EVER SEE THEM AS TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
I SEE THEM AS ONE AND GROWING AS ONE.
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SO TO SEE THE COMMUNICATION AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT HIS CONTRACT AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY HAD GREAT INPUT AND EVERYBODY WORKED GREAT TOGETHER.I CAN SEE THESE MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE, SMILING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVING INPUT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT TRUE CT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING BACK A CONTRACT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH WHERE WE WERE ALL HAPPY, ALL SIDES COULD WON AND WE UPLIFTED PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, YEAH, MY COMMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, PAY AND FACILITIES AND JUST GENERAL OUTLOOK, UH, FOR OUR, OUR OFFICERS HAD AN OUTLOOK, UH, THAT, UH, PUT THEM IN A POSITION WHERE I THINK THEY FELT INFERIOR TO MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS, UH, UH, WITHIN THE REGION.
AND ALSO HERE LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, UM, MULTIPLE MEET AND CONFERS.
I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE VOTED ON A MEET AND CONFER.
UH, THE, THE WAGES OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE THREE MEET AND CONFERS HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY FOR OUR OFFICERS.
WE SHOULD NOT, UH, OVERLOOK THAT.
UH, AND THE FACILITIES, UH, THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UH, OCCUPY HAVE INCREASED OR ARE ABOUT TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY.
AND SO, UH, WITHIN A FEW SHORT MONTHS TIME WHEN THIS MEET AND CONFER KICKS IN, UH, AND WHEN OUR OFFICERS GO INTO OUR NEW FACILITY, UH, I THINK, UH, THE DAYS OF KPD OFFICERS FEELING INFERIOR, UH, IN THIS REGION ARE OVER, UH, IT WAS JUST NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO, UH, INCREASE, BUT RATHER WE'RE MORE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE CATEGORY OF CORE VALUE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PRETTY INTERESTING TO SEE HAPPEN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADDING OFFICERS WITH PROPOSED 20 NEW OFFICERS IN THE BUDGET, MAJOR INCREASES IN WAGES.
WE HAVE STAYED COMMITTED TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS, REGARDLESS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU KNOW HAS HAPPENING IN THE PUBLIC OR IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS.
UH, SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS BROUGHT FORWARD AS WELL.
AND I ALSO AGREE THAT THE, THIS, THIS CONTRACT IN PARTICULAR HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE EASIEST NEGOTIATION THAT THE, UH, UH, CLIA HAS GONE THROUGH WITH, WITH US AND, UH, THE REPS.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATION THERE WITH, UH, WITH OFFICERS AS FAR AS THE TEMPERAMENT OF THIS DICE TOWARDS, UH, THE ASSOCIATION.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL MY THOUGHTS.
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
[35. Approve a Resolution amending the City's Personnel Policy for the accrual and payout of vacation and sick leave provisions affecting non-civil service employees as considered and approved by City Council on July 28, 2022. ~ Sandra Duran, Director of Human Resources]
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP GENDER I'M 35 APPROVE A RESOLUTION, AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY FOR THE ACCRUAL AND PAY OUT OF VACATION AND SICK LEAVE PROVISIONS AFFECTING NON-CIVIL SERVICE.EMPLOYEES IS CONSIDERED, UH, AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 28TH, 2022.
SANDRA DURAN FOR THE RECORD, HR HUMAN RESOURCES.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO, UH, GIVE YOU THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY FOR THE ACCRUAL AND PAYOUT OF VACATION AND SICK LEAVE.
UM, UH, THE PROVISIONS AFFECTING NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 28TH MAYER TO GO AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 35.
TOBY'S SECONDED BY CUSTOMER BRADSHAW.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION CUSTOMER FOR SCALE? YES.
I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT THAT MOTION BE AMENDED.
UM, ORIGINALLY WHEN I ASKED FOR THIS, UH, POLICY, I ASKED FOR IT TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS JANUARY.
UM, AND I, I DID NOT REALIZE WHEN WE APPROVED IT, THAT IT WAS, UH, DATED FOR SEPTEMBER.
AND SO WHAT MY ASSUMPTION WAS, WHICH I WAS APPARENTLY WRONG.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS GOING TO BE APPROVED ON THE DAY THAT WE TOOK THE VOTE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN, I THINK, JULY 28TH.
SO MY ASK FROM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY IS, IS GOING TO BE TO AMEND, UM, TO, TO MAKE IT RETROACTIVE
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FROM THE DAY THAT WE TOOK THE ORIGINAL VOTE, WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO GO IN AND AMEND THAT MOTION TO GO, UH, TO PROVE THE RESOLUTION AS OF THE JULY 28TH.UH, THERE, A MOTION TO AMEND IS TO CHANGE IT TO JULY 28TH AS BEING ACTIVE ON THAT DAY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I ASSUME THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE PAYOUT OF SOME AMOUNT.
IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS DONE ON THAT? CORRECT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO SOME PAYOUTS, BUT WE DID THE CALCULATION.
LAST TIME WE PROVIDED WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE.
THE REASON WE HAD SEPTEMBER 25TH IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADD THOSE NEW ACCRUALS AND MAX CAPS TO THE SYSTEM AND TO START PRODUCING THOSE FOR THE NEW BUDGET.
AND THAT'S WHY SEPTEMBER 25TH WAS ELECTED.
UH, SO, BUT, SO DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THIS IS GOING TO COST FOR THE, IT JUST COVERS ABOUT TWO, TO THINK TWO OR THREE EMPLOYEES, RIGHT.
BUT I THINK SOME FOLKS KNOW THE TOTAL, HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT, BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS.
SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR IT TO BE FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE FOR US TO HAVE A DIS SOMEBODY SAY, WHO'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, THE ACCURATE NUMBERS OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
DOES ANYBODY CARE TO DO THAT? OR WE JUST WANT TO GO WITH THIS.
I MEAN, I WAS WILLING TO GO BACK TO JANUARY.
SO GOING BACK A FEW WEEKS IS NOT GOING TO, UM, MAKE, IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND.
WAIT, WE CAN CALCULATE THOSE NUMBERS AND GET THEM TO YOU IN AN EMAIL AND WE CAN POST THEM ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WANT.
I MEAN, WE HA WE HAVE THE NUMBERS FROM JANUARY.
I CAN GET THOSE AND DISCUSS IT LATER TONIGHT IF Y'ALL WANT TO.
UM, BUT IF YOU WANT IT FROM JAIL, JULY 28TH, I WOULD HAVE TO REDO THOSE AND ALSO CAN HAVE THEM READY FOR YOU TONIGHT.
WILL THAT NUMBER BE SMALLER THAN IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE BACK IN JANUARY? OH, YES.
MY WHOLE POINT WAS IF I'M WILLING TO GO BACK AND IF, IF OTHER PEOPLE WANT IT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
UH, PROVIDE THAT WITH ME, BUT, OR TO ALL OF US, WHOEVER NEEDS IT.
JUST A REMINDER THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DEDUCT CMRS. THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT MAKE IT RETROACTIVE, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE PAYOUT OKAY.
AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE TEXTS.
WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING WITH IT THEN WE'LL JUST ROLL THE DICE.
SEE WHAT, SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT TO TWO VOTES.
UH, FIRST IS ON THE MOTION TO AMEND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SECOND IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[36.
Council Compensation Committee Recommendation. ~ Rose Burke, Council Compensation Committee Chairperson
]RIGHT NEXT UP AGENDA.I'M 36 COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M ROSEBURG, I'M CHAIR OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL OR BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE TWO OTHER MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE SITTING HERE, PHOENIX AND MARIO FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
UM, WE MET ON AUGUST 3RD AND AUGUST 10TH TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION TO DISCUSS THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION, RECOMMENDATION, PLANNING, TASK, AND STUDY FOR THE REVIEW OF ALL POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND REFERENCING THE COMPENSATION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING CREDIT CARDS, ANY REIMBURSEMENTS AND POLICIES THAT FALL IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR MEETING TODAY REGARDING THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR PER MONTH COMPENSATION, WE VOTED TO KEEP IT AT THE CURRENT LEVELS, WHICH IS 1300 FOR THE MAYOR PER MONTH, WHICH IS 15,600 ANNUALLY.
AND 1000 PER COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH IS 12,000 ANNUALLY.
AND WE NOTED THAT MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION COVERAGE IS AVAILABLE WITH THE COUNT FOR THE COUNCIL.
IF THE END, IF THEY CHOOSE TO TAKE THIS BENEFIT THAT, UM, ANY OF THOSE CHOOSING TO TAKE THE BENEFIT, IT WOULD PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, WE DID TAKE A, UH, WE DID GET A SUMMARY OF AREA, WHAT AREAS, UM, PAY THEIR COUNSEL IN THEIR MAYORS.
UM, CITY OF BUDA, THEY GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MEETING AND THE MAYOR GETS 150 PER MEETING AND
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THERE ARE NO OTHER BENEFITS LEANDER.UH, THERE IS NO COMPENSATION OF ANY TYPE PFLUGERVILLE, NO COMPENSATION OF ANY TYPE NEW BRAUNFELS, $50 PER MEETING FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, 75 FOR THE MAYOR AND SAN MARCOS, 1,450 PER MONTH FOR THE COUNCIL ON 1700 PER MONTH FOR THE MAYOR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE USE IT AS A REFERENCE WHEN WE WERE MAKING OUR DECISION.
UH, WE ALSO DISCUSSED VEHICLE AND CELL PHONE ALLOWANCES, YOU KNOW, UH, WHETHER WE WANTED TO CONSIDER THAT AND VOTED TO KEEP USING THE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUSINESS, USE A PERSONAL VEHICLE, WHICH INCLUDES REPORTING A MILES DRIVEN BUSINESS PURPOSE.
AND, UM, AND TO WHAT PLACES YOU WERE TRAVELED TO.
AND FROM, I WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN USED VERY MUCH BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT'S A CUMBERSOME PROCESS.
UH, WE THOUGHT AS A COMMITTEE, MAYBE PERHAPS THE CITY COULD LOOK INTO WAYS TO MAKING THAT A LITTLE EASIER TO REPORT.
UM, WE VOTED AGAINST, UM, OFFERING A CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE, BUT REMAINED RECOMMENDED LOOKING INTO THE VIP OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS VOICEOVER INTERNET PROTOCOL THAT MAY EXIST WITH CURRENT COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE.
SO MAYBE BE AN OPTION WHERE, UM, YOU COULD, WE DO YOUR CALLS THROUGH THE COMPUTER, UM, AND MAYBE SELF SAVE ON SOME CELL PHONE COSTS.
UM, PREZ MADE A STRONG CASE FOR INCREASING COUNCIL COMPENSATION.
AFTER THE COMMITTEE HAD VOTED, WE HAD ANOTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MERITS OF TREATING THE COUNCIL WORK AS FULL-TIME JOB.
AND THE CONSENSUS WAS AT THIS TIME THAT PERHAPS IN ANOTHER THREE YEARS, THE CITY OF KYLE WOULD BE READY FOR SUCH A CHANGE.
UM, I'VE HEARD PROS AND CONS EACH WAY, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED.
IT'S, IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, FOR US, IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE OUR INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT WE SEE PEOPLE DOING, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING, WHAT WE, WE'RE ONLY GUESSING WHO, WHO PUTS MORE TIME IN, WHO PUTS LESS TIME IN.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY HARD WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT SALARIES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A STIPEND FOR, FOR YOUR TIME FOR COMING TO MEETINGS.
UM, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER WE WERE MOST TO BE REVIEWING THE CURRENT EXPENSE POLICY AND THE DRAFT EXPENSE POLICY, WHICH PRES HAD PREPARED.
AND WE DID GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT THE OTHER DAY.
SO ALTHOUGH WE HAD LOOKED AT THE, UM, UH, DURING OUR SECOND MEETING, WE WERE GIVEN A COPY OF THE DRAFT, UM, EXPENSE AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICY, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, WHAT THINGS THE CREDIT CARDS COULD BE USED FOR.
AND PRESIDENT A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, UM, HE SAYS A LOT OF DETAIL IN THE POLICY, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT INITIALLY, THAT THAT WAS JUST A GUIDE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO USE WHEN WE WERE, UM, DECIDING ON COMPENSATION.
UH, SO IT WAS OUR INTENT, UM, TO ASK FOR MORE TIME, TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE EXPENSE POLICY, UM, AND HAVE ANOTHER MEETING FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT WOULD INFLUENCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE BUDGET COMING FOR GOING FORWARD.
IT'S MORE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UM, THE SPECIFICS OF THE POLICY.
WE ALSO WERE GIVEN COPIES OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS A REFERENCE FOR DISCUSSIONS ON COMPENSATION.
AND WE REALIZED THAT EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES PAID FOR BY THE CITY ARE NOT COMMENSURATION, BUT FEEL THEY DO PLAY A FACTOR IN WHETHER A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR FEELS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB, AND IF THEY'RE BEING SUPPORTED IN THEIR ROLES, UM, AND IT MAY BE A CONSIDERATION IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR EXPENSES FOR DOING YOUR BIT, YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE COUNCIL OF WHETHER YOU MIGHT RUN FOR COUNCIL OR NOT, IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN.
UM, WE DID TAKE THE LIBERTY OF RECOMMENDED THAT THE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT BUDGET BE CHANGED TO 5,000 FOR THE MAYOR AND 3000 FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND JUST A RECOMMENDATION WE MADE.
UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE BUDGET IS BEING SPLIT INTO COST CENTERS FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR PREVIOUSLY, I WAS IN MY UNDERSTANDING YOU HAD LINE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, FIRST OFFICE SUPPLIES, UH, IF YOU HAD MILEAGE OR MEALS TRAVEL, BUT THAT WAS ALL A TOTAL FOR THE GROUP AS IT IN TOTAL.
AND SO NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE BUDGETS BEING
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DONE BY EACH OF YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL COST CENTER.SO I THINK THAT THAT WAS KIND OF A CHALLENGE FOR PEREZ TO SPLIT THAT ALL UP INTO A BUDGET WHERE, OKAY, EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME AMOUNT, WHETHER EVERYBODY SPENDS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE, UM, ON, ON THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, I, I, WE DID FEEL THAT THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE TO SPLIT INTO COST CENTERS, CAUSE THAT WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AS TO EACH INDIVIDUALS EXPENSES.
AND I THINK THERE'LL BE A BETTER GUIDE FOR HELPING TO BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHERE WE FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T SURE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE COMPENSATION AT THIS TIME OR ARE OFFERING, UM, UM, STIPENDS FOR, FOR, UH, ALLOWANCES FOR CELL PHONES OR FOR, UH, MILEAGE, BECAUSE WE REALLY HAD NO INFORMATION REALLY TO BASE THAT ON, YOU KNOW, PICK A NUMBER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? WE WOULDN'T KNOW, BUT I THINK BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE COST CENTERS GOING FOR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT EVERYBODY'S SPENDING.
UH, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
THESE ARE SENSITIVE AND CHALLENGING MATTERS.
IT'S NOT EASY FOR THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR AWHILE AND COMPENSATION OR SIX YEARS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A TOPIC, LET'S JUST SAY, UH, IN 2019, WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO THE VOTERS, UH, THAT WAS A CHALLENGING CONVERSATION AS WELL.
AND THAT INITIAL COMMITTEE AND THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE, UM, UM, IT WAS JUST TOUGH TO GO THROUGH.
I THINK WE MET ON COMPENSATION, I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT, 10 DIFFERENT TIMES BETWEEN COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND COMMITTEE LEVEL, UH, DISCUSSIONS.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE NATURE OF OUR JOB AND A LOT OF SORT OF EMOTIONS I THINK WRAPPED UP INTO THAT BECAUSE WE PROBABLY ALL DEFINE, UH, THAT THE NATURE OF THE JOB A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
UH, AND SO THERE'S PROBABLY A WIDE VARIETY.
I MEAN, THROUGH THE YEARS, I MEAN, I'VE WATCHED COUNCIL MEMBERS TREAT THE JOB, BUT BASICALLY ALONG THE LINES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH OR WHATEVER, AND THAT'S KIND OF THEIR, THEY COME, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BEING PAID TO COME TO THE MEETINGS AS THEY PREP FOR THE MEETINGS.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF IT.
AND THEN THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO ATTEND LOTS OF MEETINGS AND GO TO LOTS OF FUNCTIONS AND, UH, REPRESENT THE CITY IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE REAL CHALLENGE FOR ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE, AND DURING THE WEEK, UH, EIGHT TO FIVE MEETINGS THAT ARE CALLED UPON, WHICH IS WHEN THE REST OF THE WORKING PROFESSIONAL WORLD, CITY STAFF, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT RECEIVE PAY LIKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHEN THEY MEET TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.
AND SO IF WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TYPICAL JOBS, THEN WE CAN'T EASILY MEET WITH THEM.
AND SO I'VE WATCHED, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST, YOU ALMOST GET TO A POINT YOU'RE LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T COME BECAUSE THEY WORK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE SHIFTED THEIR CAREERS AROUND IN ORDER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO WORK.
I'M ONE OF THOSE, UH, WHO TOOK, UH, WHO MADE THOSE SHIFTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT IT DOES.
IT HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS COME WITH A COST AND IT IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE BECAUSE I'VE, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN, THIS COUNCIL CAN DEBATE THE MERITS OF WHETHER ANYONE'S MEETINGS ARE NECESSARY OR ARE APPROPRIATE, I SUPPOSE.
UH, BUT I PROBABLY AVERAGE 15 TO 20, UH, MEETINGS PER WEEK AND HAVE FOR YEARS.
SO THAT, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE SORT OF THE AVERAGE DURING THE DAY MEETINGS.
UM, AND THOSE ARE MEETINGS SOMETIMES WITH DEVELOPERS.
THOSE ARE MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF.
THOSE ARE MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS.
THOSE ARE MEETINGS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THOSE ARE BOARD MEETINGS IN AUSTIN BOARD MEETINGS IN SAN MARCOS.
I'VE HAD TO DROP OFF SOME BOARDS JUST BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WORK IS JUST TOO MUCH.
UH, SO THE, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WHAT I DO IN PARTICULAR AS A FULL-TIME JOB, THAT QUESTION, UH, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT ANYONE TELLS ME.
AND SO THE, UM, UM, I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT THE COMMITTEE SEEMED PRETTY QUICK TO, TO SAY NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE, WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS IN THREE-YEAR INCREMENTS.
UH, AND SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE NO, THERE WAS NO CONSIDERATION EVEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE INFLATION.
UH, SO FOR, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL SIX YEARS OF A PARTICULAR STIPEND THAT, THAT, THAT WAS CHALLENGING, UH, TO ME, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES AND SORT OF THEIR
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POSITION ON IT, WHY YOU WOULD COME TO THAT CONCLUSION, IT MAKES SENSE.I NEVER LOOKED AT, I NEVER REALLY CARED FOR MYSELF.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT BUDA IS DOING OR LEANDER OR WHEREVER ELSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVEN SAN ANTONIO TREATS THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, W I THINK THEY DON'T MAKE FULL-TIME WAGES TO BE A SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN AUSTIN, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE, UM, UH, MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UH, WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO ME WANTING MEETINGS AND IT'S NOT, AND THEY REPRESENT, THERE'S 11 OF THEM AND IT'S, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE STAFF, YOU KNOW? AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH ME WHILE I'M, IT'S THEIR SECRETARY, SECRETARY WHO'S SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH ME.
AND I'M LIKE, I'M KIND OF FRUSTRATED, UH, YOU KNOW, BY THAT THEY MAKE FULL-TIME WAGES WITH FULL-TIME STAFF.
AND I STILL DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE GREATER THAN MINE.
AT LEAST I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
UH, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO.
I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN SOME CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, UH, FOR AN INCREASE.
AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST IS, AND I THINK THIS APPLIES TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE OF A COUNCIL MEMBER HAVING THE, UH, OR SOMEONE WHO'S TREATING THE JOB AS FULL-TIME WORK OR, OR A MAYOR TO HAVE INSURANCE BE A PART OF WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HAVE THE TYPE OF CAREER THAT PROVIDES THAT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
UH, AT LEAST, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF.
SO, UH, I, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
I'VE JUST SPENT THREE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I, I MADE ALL OF THESE POINTS THREE YEARS AGO.
UH THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY STILL TRUE NOW.
SO I HAVE MORE THAT I COULD SAY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE JUST MAKES A RECOMMENDATION, IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COUNCIL.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE HAVING THAT FEEDBACK AND WILL YIELD THE FLOOR, COUNCILOR BRUSHER UH, I WILL SPARE YOU MY SOAPBOX.
AND BECAUSE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE JUST SAID.
UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND EXPRESS ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD.
AND THEN ALSO IN PARTICULARLY THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL REGARDING MEETING ONCE MORE OR TWICE MORE, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES FOR, UH, SOME SORT OF EXPENSE POLICY AS WELL.
AND IF THAT IS TRULY AN INTEREST THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS IN DOING, UM, LET ME MAKE ONE COMMENT FIRST.
UM, SO AFTER PEREZ HAD TALKED TO US, I MEAN ABOUT HOW HE VIEWED IT AS A FULL-TIME JOB, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AFTER THAT, UM, WHERE WE WERE KIND OF LIKE, WE KNOW WHY HE WAITED TO, TO TALK ABOUT IT AFTER WE HAD VOTED.
AND THEN WE STILL DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE OUR VOTE.
BUT, UM, WE HAD ALSO LOOKED AT THE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE TOTAL COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE TOTAL DOLLARS.
AND I'M NOT GONNA THROW IT OUT RIGHT NOW FOR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY, UM, REPORTED ON IT.
SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE KIND OF HARD FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO TAKE BOTH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO TAKE THE BIG INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR THEIR EXPENSES, REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES AND CREDIT CARDS, AS WELL AS THE INCREASE IN SALARY.
SO I THINK MAYBE IF THE BUDGET INCREASE WASN'T AS BIG, WE MIGHT HAVE LOOKED TO SAY THAT MAYBE WE'D GIVE MORE FOR THE, UM, FOR THE POSITION ITSELF.
I WILL SAY ONE THING AS FAR AS VIEWING IT AS A FULL-TIME JOB, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL, BUT WHAT COMES WITH THAT IS HOW DO YOU DO, HOW DO YOU, UM, USUALLY SOME HAS A FULL-TIME JOB.
YOU HAVE A SUPERVISOR, YOU HAVE A BOSS, THEY CAN SAY ALL OF THE REST OF US, OUR SUPERVISOR AND BOSS, BUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT? AND ALSO AGAIN, HOW IT IS, IS EACH OF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PUT AS MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT AS EACH OF YOU WANT TO.
AND TRAVIS, I, I CERTAINLY SEE WHERE YOURS IS A FULL-TIME JOB.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A THING WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THE MAYOR A FULL-TIME JOB AND NOT, BUT, BUT THEN AGAIN, THEN IF LET'S SAY THE NEXT MAYOR COMES AND THEY DON'T SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS YOU DO, YOU KNOW, THEN WHERE DO YOU GO FROM THERE? YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU HAVE THIS, YEAH.
THIS IS HOW MUCH THEY GET A YEAR.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN AND SAYS, WELL, I'M NOT DOING ALL OF THAT IN THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS TO BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
SO, UM, PHOENIX DO IN CLUB, UM, PHOENIX AS COVERAGE.
I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FINE TUNE A COMMENT ON WHAT SHE JUST SAID.
IT WASN'T RELATED TO ALSO WHAT YOU JUST SAID A SECOND AGO AS WELL.
IF YOU GO BACK AND REWATCH, THE SECOND MEETING, YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THIS.
UH, BUT IT WAS WHEN HE SPOKE THAT THE TUNE CHANGED QUITE A BIT,
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RIGHT? SO WE ALL REALIZED THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE ONE WHO'S ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, GO BACK AND REWATCH.THE VERY ENDING OF THE MEETING.
EVERYBODY AGREED THAT THE TIME IS HERE, IT'S JUST, EVERYBODY WANTED TO PUSH IT DOWN THREE YEARS.
RIGHT? I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I SAID THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FORM OF AN INCREASE, HOW WE INCREASE IT, HOW MUCH YOU INCREASE IT.
IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU DID IT, LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME, YOU WENT FROM $100 TO A THOUSAND.
EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A 900% INCREASE, RIGHT? WHY KEEP KICKING IT DOWN A CAN AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER 900% INCREASE.
MY SUGGESTION IS PUT SOMETHING IN THERE.
NOW MY SUGGESTION WAS IF YOU'LL ALLOW US, THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION.
I WAS THE DISSENTING VOICE IN THAT, UH, PUT YOURSELF FEEL ON SCENARIO.
I REALIZE IT'S PAY, BUT IT'S AN INCOME THAT I, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE TO THE COMMITTEE, I WOULDN'T DO WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR A THOUSAND BUCKS A MONTH.
AND JUST WOULDN'T I COULDN'T WRITE, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T FROM MY FAMILY PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK.
I DON'T THINK THE IDEA OF KICKING IT DOWN THE DECK, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR THREE MORE YEARS IS THE RIGHT THING.
PUT SOME FORM OF AN ADJUSTMENT IN HER FOR YOURSELF.
AND AS IT RELATES TO WHO YOU REPORT TO YOU REPORT TO US.
RIGHT? AND SO IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WE VOTE YOU OUT.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY CLOSING ARGUMENT IN 2019.
AND THEN I RAN FOR REELECTION.
SO IT'S A, MY THOUGHTS CUSTOMER PARSLEY.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW HE'S COMING.
UM, MARK BED IS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, YEAH, WE, WE HAD A COMPARISON TABLE AND WE LOOKED AT TO THE CITIES.
I KNOW IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE CITY OF KYLE IT'S, IT'S BOOMING, IT'S YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE.
AND I KNOW IT JUST PLAYS A, A HUGE LOAD ON COUNCIL AND STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT, IT, IT, IT ACTUALLY BECOMES A FULL-TIME JOB.
UM, BUT WE ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND I LOOKED AT THEIR POPULATION, THEIR GROWTH RATE, THEIR BUDGET.
AND, UM, BECAUSE I NEEDED A REFERENCE.
I MEAN, I COULDN'T JUST THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE AND SAY, HERE, THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH.
I NEEDED SOMETHING, A FOUNDATION, SOMETHING THAT I CAN GO BACK AND SAY, OKAY, I USED THIS AS A REFERENCE.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE OTHER CITIES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US, I FEEL LIKE THE CURRENT SALARY WAS, WAS APPROPRIATE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST SIMPLY A RECOMMENDATION.
I KNOW, Y'ALL ARE THE GOVERNING BODY.
Y'ALL DECIDE IF IT'S, IT SHOULD BE MORE.
UM, BUT WE WERE JUST SIMPLY DOING A DISCUSSION.
WE CAME UP WITH THAT AND IT WAS, THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND I ALSO FELT LIKE EVERY, ALMOST EVERY HOUSEHOLD IS GOING THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES, FUEL IS, UH, GROCERIES, HEALTHCARE, UH, MORTGAGE, UH, PERHAPS A ROAD BOND DOWN THE ROAD.
AND IF WE COULD JUST LET THE CITIZENS OF KYLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WAIT ANOTHER THREE MORE YEARS BECAUSE OF JUST THE, THE, THE, THE EXPENSE THAT'S THAT'S COMING TOWARDS US, THAT WE COULD JUST WAIT ANOTHER MORE, THREE MORE YEARS.
THEN WE COULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SAY, OKAY, NOW IT'S, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO, TO CONSIDER A, AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY.
BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW MOST FAMILIES IN KYLE OR THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY ARE GOING THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.
IT'S REAL QUICK FOR THE THREE OF YOU, IS THERE A DESIRE FOR YOU TO RECONVENE FOR THE EXPENSE POLICY? NOT MYSELF.
I THINK IN THE END, THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE POLICY THAT WAS PROVIDED AS THE EXAMPLE WAS, WAS CLEAR NOW, AND THAT THERE WERE SOME MINOR THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT WE WOULD GIVE AS OPTIONS.
BUT I THINK THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH OF THOSE THINGS TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
ISN'T THAT WHAT THE GOOD COLLISION TO WHAT'S ROADS? I THOUGHT I THOUGHT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEAL.
WITH HAVING ANOTHER MEETING, I'M PERFECTLY FINE.
IF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER INPUT ON IT, THEN ASK US BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T GIVE YOU A FEEDBACK ON THAT.
I MEAN, WE HAD IT, DID IT INTERNALLY, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY, UM, WE DID, UH, ADD ONE THING.
UM, PRES UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ADDING TO THE EXPENSE POLICY, UH, A CLAUSE IN THERE FOR IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T WORK, DIDN'T HAVE A PAYCHECK ANYMORE, OR DIDN'T WORK FOR THE, ON THE COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR ANYMORE THAT ARE, UM, THAT IF FOUND OUT THAT EXPENSE WAS NOT A LEGITIMATE EXPENSE
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OR THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY, UM, RECEIPTS THAT WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY, WHICH THE POLICY IS ACTUALLY BEEN THERE, THAT THIS IS JUST A FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THE POLICY THAT DOES EXIST.JUST, I MEAN, THERE DOES, THERE IS A POLICY FOR, FOR CREDIT CARDS, YOU GET, YOU GUYS ALL SIGN THEM WHEN YOU GET YOUR CREDIT CARD, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE'S THE FOUR OR FIVE PAGE, OR HOW MANY OF THE DOCUMENT IT IS THAT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOLLOW AS FAR AS WHAT'S A BUSINESS EXPENSE AND WHAT'S NOT A BUSINESS, A PERSONAL VERSUS A BUSINESS EXPENSE.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR FILE FOLLOWS IRS RULES.
UM, BUT PRES, UM, WENT THROUGH AND ITEMIZED EACH, YOU KNOW, HE, HE CALLED OUT CERTAIN EXPENSES.
THESE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE, UM, NOT ALLOWED, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, IF HE'S NOT AROUND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, IT'S OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, STAFF'S GOTTA A LIST TO FOLLOW, BUT THE ONLY THING WE ASKED THAT TICKET FOR HIM TO ADD WAS IF SOMEBODY IS NO LONGER, UM, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND YOU GET AUDITED, OR YOU FIND OUT LATER THAT SOMETHING ISN'T A LEGITIMATE EXPENSE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THROUGH IT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ISSUE THEM AN INVOICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR, FOR THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT PRESS? ARE YOU SLEEPING? AND I THINK HE AGREED WITH THAT.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF, UM, PROBABLY ONLY THE ONLY CHANGE WE HAD WITH, UH, UM, POLICY.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN WORD THIS THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS.
UM, BEFORE I RAN FOR COUNCIL, I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE MAYOR POSITION WASN'T BAY LIKE FULL SALARY.
UM, AND ONCE YOU GET TO THE SEAT, IT IS NOT THAT YOU COME TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH AND THAT'S IT.
AND, UM, IT IS A LOT OF READING.
IT IS A LOT OF LEARNING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SIGN UP FOR THIS.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY SITTING IN HERE KNOWS THAT, UH, YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IT.
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR TOWN, KYLE, UM, CAN I GET THE POPULATION THREE YEARS AGO? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? THREE YEARS AGO.
SO THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE AT 48,000.
I PROBABLY, WE ARE ABOUT TO REACH 60,000.
UM, IF I COULD DO THIS FULL TIME, I WILL DO IT.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE EVEN DISCUSSED WITH MY HUSBAND LAST NIGHT.
HE SAID, OKAY, MAYBE YOU CAN QUIT AND YOU CAN JUST DO COUNSEL BECAUSE IT REALLY, YOU JUST GET PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I THINK, UM, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO CONSIDER THAT THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO IMPACT YEARS AHEAD.
I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON THAT IS SITTING IN YOUR SEAT NEXT IS GOING TO HAVE TIME AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH DEVELOPERS, WITH RESIDENTS, WITH PLANNERS, WITH STAFF.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP A 40 HOUR A WEEK JOB AND DOING THIS PART TIME.
I DON'T SEE HOW THAT IS REASONABLE.
UM, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE ONLY LIMIT, YOU'RE LIMITING THIS POSITIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE.
AND SO THAT IS GOING TO MAKE LESS PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO RUN.
SO SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T, UH, CAN SUSTAIN FINANCIALLY CAN RUN FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU CANNOT MAKE IT WITH $1,300 A MONTH.
SO I WOULD THINK IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT EITHER WAY, I'M GOING TO DO IT.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M TWO, TWO YEARS I DECIDED TO RUN FOR REELECTION.
I WILL CONTINUE DOING IT EVEN IF IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I JUST THINK KIDS, THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS IS VALUABLE AND, UM, HAVING A THOUSAND DOLLARS THREE YEARS AGO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER MAYBE GOING A LITTLE BIT UP.
UM, AND THERE ARE CITIES, THERE IS AN ANTONIO BASED 80, $81,000, $8,000 TO THE MAYOR.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR THAT, BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THE DECISIONS WE ARE GROWING AT A REALLY FAST RATE, I WILL WANT TO
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BE ABLE TO, AND I'M NOT QUITTING MY JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT IF AT A POINT IT COMES TO THAT I CAN DO IT TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FOR THE, FOR THE CITY.I WOULD WANT TO HAVE MORE TIME TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS, WHICH I DO EVERY WEEK.
UM, MORE TIME TO MEET WITH DEVELOPERS, BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR WHAT ARE MY THOUGHTS WITHOUT HAVING EVERYBODY INCLUDED.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE CONSIDER, UM, IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE MAYOR FULL-TIME AND COUNCIL PART-TIME JOBS.
I THINK I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I, THAT I THINK AS A TAXPAYER, WHAT, JUST TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, UM, AGAIN, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT, THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT EACH OF WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY, LIKE YOU, AREN'T TOLD YOU HAVE TO GO TO THESE MEETINGS, DO THIS, DO THAT.
AND SO WHEN I, I NEVER OBSERVED, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS COUNCIL, BUT OTHER COUNCILS I'VE SEEN IN OTHER TOWNS AND THINGS, EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
LIKE, HOW AM I DANIELLA? YOU KNOW, I KNOW JUST CAUSE I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO IT.
AND TRAVIS I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST SEE YOU OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO I AM AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WHAT'S HARD IS THEN ONCE YOU DO COME UP WITH AN AMOUNT AND IT'S A LITTLE IT'S LARGER, UM, WHERE IT'S MORE LIKE A SALARY, HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PAY EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASED ON THEIR SKILL SET AND HOW MUCH THEY, SO HOW, I GUESS THAT'S ONE THING YOU'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS IF YOU AREN'T GONNA GIVE IT, MAKE IT MORE LIKE A SALARY, DOES EVERYBODY DESERVE THE SAME SALARY? YOU KNOW? UM, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN SAY THAT WE ARE THE PHOENIX.
SHE CAN WAIT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, BUT, BUT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT LIKE A SUIT.
WE'RE NOT LIKE A SUPERVISOR THAT'S OUT THERE KNOWING, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING 24, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY.
LIKE IF YOU DO HAVE A, IF YOU DO WORK FULL TIME, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING FULL TIME EVERY DAY.
SO TH THOSE ARE JUST SOME LITTLE THINGS I THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONSIDER AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS MAYBE A MORE SALARIED OR PART-TIME JOB IS HOW WILL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST, PEOPLE CAN SAY, OH, I COULD JUST TELL IF YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OR NOT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS IN REAL LIFE, AND THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS IN BUSINESS.
YOU CAN'T BE A HANDS-OFF SUPERVISOR AND JUST LET PEOPLE RUN.
SO, UM, I KNEW VON HAD QUESTIONED.
UH, MY STATEMENT WAS JUST TO SAY, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT COUNCIL SHOULD BE PAID AND THE MAYOR SHOULD PAID IN SUCH AN AMOUNT THAT THE, THE WAGES ARE NEVER A FACTOR.
THERE IS NEVER SO MUCH THAT YOU RUN IN ORDER FOR THE COMPENSATION AND SO LITTLE THAT YOU CAN'T RUN BECAUSE OF THE COMPENSATION.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY MANTRA CUSTOMER FIRST KILL.
SO, UM, I AM PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THE VOTE CAME OUT, UM, FOR A LOT OF REASONS THAT I'VE BEEN WRITING DOWN AND WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, UM, WHAT REALLY WORRIES ME IS, WELL AS BEING SOMEBODY WHO IS ELECTED AND I SIT UP HERE FOR THREE YEARS, I DON'T THINK I WOULD RUN.
IF I KNEW I HAD TO LEAVE MY JOB IN ORDER TO DO THIS JOB FULL TIME.
AND BY THE WAY, I, I COMMIT ABOUT 30 HOURS A WEEK ON THIS.
UM, BUT HOW, HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT? PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CAREERS? I MEAN, THIS IS NOT FOR SOME, THIS MAY BE A CAREER FOR SOME PEOPLE MAY BE LOOKING TOWARDS THE NEXT STEP.
THEY WANT TO BE STATE REPRESENTATIVE ARE THOSE NECESSARILY THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO RUN.
UM, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE IS LIKE, GOVERNOR, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AS CITY COUNCIL? YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, MY FOCUS ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE ON THE CITY, BUT IF I'M IN THE CITY LOOKING UP HIGHER, THEN I MAY NOT BE AS DEDICATED AS I WOULD BE.
YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY OF THIS POSITION IS THAT WE ARE NEITHER RED OR BLUE.
UM, AND SO THEREFORE I, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE A LITTLE MORE, UH, UH, BIASED.
UM, SO SWITCHING JOBS, I MEAN, YOU WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A CAREER CHANGE.
UM, WHICH FOR SOME, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE OKAY.
UM, FOR WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FULL TIME, IT MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MICROMANAGE
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BEING IN DEVELOPERS.MEETINGS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
WE HAVE A WHOLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, A WHOLE PUBLIC WORKS A WHOLE, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING.
IT IS LITERALLY THEIR JOB TO DO THAT.
SO WHEN WE IMPOSE OURSELVES IN THAT MEETING, IT MAY MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE I'VE NEVER DISCUSSED IT, BUT I CAN IMAGINE AS A CITY STAFF, IF I HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN A MEETING WITH ME, I MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE OR AS FORTHCOMING AS I WOULD, IF IT WAS ME DOING MY JOB, UM, THERE'S A REASON WHY, UH, CITIES DON'T PAY THEIR COUNCIL.
LOTS OF REASONS WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO RUN, I WOULD HOPE, UM, AND PLACES LIKE HOUSTON WHO PAY THEIR, UM, THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THEIR MAYORS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S BECAUSE THAT MAYOR ACTUALLY LIKE RUNS THE CITY AS A CITY MANAGER DOES.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE WE WANT TO LOOK INTO? DO WE WANT TO EMIR RUN CITY BECAUSE THAT HAS TO GO THEN TO A VOTE.
AND IF WE'RE CURIOUS HOW THAT MAY END, YOU CAN JUST LOOK OVER TO OUR, UH, SEE RIGHT NEXT TO US, THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO HAD THAT SAME VOTE.
UM, SO THE REASON WHY I AM OPPOSED TO THIS IS BECAUSE I READ THE CHARTER AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS.
IF I SO CHOOSE TO ADD EXTRA TO MY PLATE, THAT IS MY CHOICE.
AND JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, WE DON'T GET PAID A STIPEND, WE GET PAID A SALARY AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I MADE UP IT'S IN THE CHARTER, IT'S CALLED A SALARY.
UM, NO, SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY SPECIFIC.
THEY THINK WE GET A STIPEND AND WE DON'T, WE GET A SALARY.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE CHARTER SAYS, WE CAN HAVE A COMMITTEE COME TOGETHER EVERY THREE YEARS.
DOES THE CHARTER DOESN'T REQUIRE, IT JUST SAYS WE CAN GIVES US THE OPTION TO DO THAT.
UM, OVERALL I CANNOT JUSTIFY, UM, I THINK IT WAS 55,000 OR 50,000.
AND ALTHOUGH YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH NOT TO SAY HOW MUCH OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED, UM, I, I'M GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST.
OUR BUDGET AS A COUNCIL HAS INCREASED 120, WELL, ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON YET $129,906.
SO IF PEOPLE THINK WE'RE NOT GETTING SOME SORT OF LIKE RACE, MAYBE THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THE BUDGET BECAUSE SOMEWHERE ALONG IN THERE, THERE WAS AN INCREASED BY ALMOST OF $130,000.
AND IF WE PUT IN A SALARY OF $50,000, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE BUDGET ALMOST $400,000.
AND DURING A TIME WHERE WE HAVE A ROAD BOND AND WE ARE IN A, AN INFLATION FIELD COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, OR PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD HOMES, I WOULD FEEL INCREDIBLY GUILTY TAKING AN AMOUNT THAT EQUALS AN AVERAGE PAYING JOB IN PROBABLY SAN MARCUS AND IN PROBABLY KYLE WHEN I ALREADY HAVE ONE.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE DON'T DISCOURAGE PEOPLE BY MAKING THESE POSITIONS FULL-TIME JOBS.
UM, BECAUSE READING THROUGHOUT THE CHARTER, IT IT'S IF THE CHART, IF THE PEOPLE WHO FOUNDED THE CITY WANTED THIS TO BE A FULL-TIME JOB, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THERE.
AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF WANT TO CHANGE THAT, AND IF WE TOOK IT TO THE VOTERS, WE COULD, UM, WE, MY REFERENCE IS ALWAYS TO GO BACK AND TO LOOK AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ANYBODY PUTTING IT ON THE CHARTER FOR A CHANGE.
UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD VOTE FOR, BUT, UH, W I WELCOME THAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.
UM, I, I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR MYSELF TO HAVE A RAISE.
I'M PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH MY $750 TAKE HOME BECAUSE WE STILL PAY TAXES IN THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, AND I, AND I'M CONTENT WITH THAT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS MY CAREER, I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I TRULY WANT TO HELP THE CITY OF KYLE AND THE RESIDENTS.
AND I KNOW SOME OF US DON'T EVEN TAKE THAT MONEY, SOME OF IT, OR WHY WOULD I SAY THEY TAKE IT? THEY DONATE IT TO OTHER PLACES.
SO EVEN IF YOU GAVE US $50,000, SOME OF US ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT.
THEY MIGHT TAKE IT IN AND DONATE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO THAT'S, I'LL GET OFF MY SOAP BOX NOW.
OTHER DISCUSSION, MY PRO TIP, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR SCHEDULES TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE IS GREAT TO SEE RESIDENTS COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
IT'S A, YOUR EVENINGS AND IT'S AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY.
SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LOT OF REASON
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TO BRING AND HAVING THE COMMITTEE TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXPENSE REPORT PERSONALLY, I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING IT FORWARD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ADOPTING IT.SO I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT MAYBE WE MIGHT DISCUSS, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT IS, IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED EXPENSE.
AND THEN WE CAN JUST TAKE VOTES ON THAT.
SO I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE PERSONALLY THAT THERE'S A REASON FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE UP THAT, UH, CALLS UNLESS YOU HAVE A BURNING DESIRE.
AND IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE, MAYBE YOU DIDN'T, OR YOU WERE WILLING TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY HANDLE THAT OURSELVES.
UM, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS GOING TO BE, OR MY REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL WAS GOING TO BE FOR US TO SET A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH ARE ALSO CALLED FOR, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO ONLY ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.
UM, UH, UH, AS, AS FAR AS HOW WE MIGHT PROCEED, UH, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE 22ND.
WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE 25TH.
AND TO GIVE NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THESE STATEMENTS, WE'VE TAKEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT IT.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF ANY CHANGE TAKING PLACE, BUT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC THE TIME TO, UH, COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
UH, IF THERE ARE FOLKS WHO, UH, HAVE OPINIONS OUTSIDE OF THE COMMITTEE AND OUTSIDE OF THIS BODY.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN, AND IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ACTION THAT WE REALLY EVEN COULD TAKE AT THIS POINT.
UH, CAUSE THERE'S NO, UM, RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BOARD.
SO ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FOR US SCHEDULING, UH, TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS OVER OUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS COMPLIANT WITH THE CHARTER? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU JUST WANT TO PUT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, REFERENCING COUNCIL COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL HAVE IT ON THE 22ND AND ON THE, THE SEC AT SECOND READING OF THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN TAKE IT UP.
WE CAN HEAR THERE'S NO, NO STATEMENTS BEING MADE ON THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THEN COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER THAT, IF WE WANT TO, UH, DISCUSS A CHANGE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY OUTLINED IN THE SHORTER, IF IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SPEAK, THEN, UH, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH JUST PUTTING IT ON A GIN ITEM BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SAY YOU GUYS DESERVE MORE.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE GOING TO SAY LIKE, LIKE I WAS GOING TO SAY IT EARLIER, I'M NOT DOING THIS TO GET, TO GET RICH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT TO BE ON DUTY IN ABOUT THREE HOURS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GET PAID, YOU'LL FIND A JOB, GO, GO WORK FOR THE CITY.
UM, I ENJOY DOING, I'M DOING, MAYBE I DON'T GO TO 15 MEETINGS A WEEK, LIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE OR TRAVEL OR DO A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE OF MY RESTRICTIONS FROM BECAUSE OF MY CAREER.
BUT THE REASON WHY I DID THIS IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO LEARN.
I WANT TO GET MY PART IN THE CITY IN THE THOUSAND DOLLARS AGAIN IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT AS AN ALLOWANCE.
I THINK SOMEBODY JUST MENTIONED IN THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PEACHTREE, THEY USE THE REFERENCE THAT A RICK COACH USED MAYBE 600 BUCKS THERE ON HIS CREDIT CARD FOR WHATEVER IT WAS, GOLF CARTS, WHATEVER.
AND DEX ELLISON WILL USE 35 AND I HAD ZERO AND IT'S LIKE, I THINK THE PERSON SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT EATEN THERE AND HE'S GOT TO HAVE STAYED AT A HOTEL, BUT THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TRAVEL BUDGET.
BUT WHAT I DO IS I GET A STIPEND.
I USE MY OWN MONEY AND I HAVE MY OWN CASH.
SO IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY, IF I WANTED TO GRAB A SODA OR A BURGER OR WHATEVER, WAS THERE, THAT'S WHAT WE GET HERE.
THE STIPEND THAT I GET EVERY MONTH, I USE IT FOR MY FOOD.
I DON'T NEED TO USE THE CREDIT CARD FOR ANYTHING, IF IT HAS TO DO WITH A CITY FUNCTION OR SEE LIKE THAT IS ALREADY BUDGETED IN.
MAYBE I'LL, LIKE I SAID, IN THE ORIGINAL, I WAS ON THAT COMPENSATION COMMITTEE BACK IN 2019.
I SAID, MAYBE I'LL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CAUSE I JUST WANT TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE HOURS, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE PAY.
I'M JUST WANTING TO BE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO I MAY NOT BE LIKE OTHERS WHO TAKE ON ALL THESE PROJECTS AND SHOW UP AT ALL THESE EVENTS AND TAKE ALL THESE PHOTOS AND STUFF.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT ME BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER THINGS, BUT I HOLD MY RESPONSIBILITIES.
MY PEOPLE, MY EMAILS, MY PHONE CALLS, THOSE COME FIRST AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMES SECOND.
AND AS LONG AS I'M DOING MY BEST HERE WITH THE AGENDA AND I TRUST, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY, THAT'S WHY I DO SEE THE COUNCIL.
CAN I ADDRESS IT? THAT WAS ACTUALLY ME.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THEN CAN I, CAN I ADDRESS IT? UH,
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MY POINT TO THAT WAS NOT TO SUGGEST THAT YOU WORK, UH, SPENDING YOUR MONEY OR NOT SPENDING YOUR MONEY.MY POINT WAS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, RIGHT? AND I AM QUITE CERTAIN THAT YOU DIDN'T SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY FOR HOTELS THERE.
RIGHT? YOU MAY HAVE BOUGHT JOAN SODAS AND THE LIKES OF WEDGE, BUT THE, THE, THE EVENT COST MONEY THAT IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE CREDIT CARDS, WE CAN'T AS CITIZENS ASCERTAIN HOW MUCH YOU SPENT VERSUS TOBIAS.
SO MY POINT WASN'T TO SUGGEST THAT, UH, ANYTHING OTHER THAN TRANSPARENCY ON THAT.
SO, SO TH THOSE THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING THAT, BUT I ONLY MEANT TO IMPLY TRANSPARENCY AND HAD WE HAD THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, ON AN EQUAL FOOTING, WHAT PERSON, WHAT ONE PERSON WAS SPENDING VERSUS ANOTHER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FROM A TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
[37. Discussion and possible action on school zones. ~ Robert Rizo, Mayor Pro Tem]
UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 37 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON SCHOOL ZONES.I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BRING CHIEF OF EASIER UP.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME REAL QUICK, UH, BRING THE, UH, EVERYONE UP TO SPEED IS THAT, UH, COUNSELOR PARSLEY AND I HAD, UH, REQUESTED A MEETING WITH, UH, DR.
WRIGHT AND, UH, ONE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WE HAD THAT MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY.
UH, THIS SUMMER WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO AS A CITY TO MAYBE PARTNER OR, OR EVEN HELP.
UM, THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY HAD A PLAN IN PLACE AND THAT THEY HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, WITH HAYES COUNTY, UH, WITH THE RSLS PROGRAM AND SHARED THAT WITH US, UH, TALKED ABOUT STEPS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BRING FORWARD.
SO I ASKED YOU, I CAN'T REMEMBER PARTS OF THE, AND I ASKED, WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO HELP, UM, IN KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME TRAFFIC CONTROL.
SO, UM, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AND WE WANT TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST WEEKS WE'VE SEEN HOW, HOW BAD TRAFFIC GETS, HOW PEOPLE GET PEOPLE IN A HURRY.
THEY'RE NOT USED TO DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS.
SOME, SOME HAVE ACQUIRED BAD HABITS.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE WERE DOING AS A CITY TO, UH, HELP OUT WITH THAT TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE ADDING OFFICERS TO THE, UH, NEW, UM, BUDGET YEAR.
UH, I'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IMPLEMENTED, CHIEF.
AMERIPRO TIM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP PARTNER WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO EVERYONE PROBABLY NOTICED SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION EFFECTIVE TODAY.
OUR HEY CISD STUDENTS, THAT'S NEARLY 20.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 20,000 STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM.
THEY HAVE, ARE APPROACHING 30 CAMPUSES IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MANY OF THOSE ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF COW.
UM, SO WE GET TO SEE THOSE, THOSE CAMPUSES GROW AND ADD TO THOSE.
AND WE GET TO SEE THOSE NEW STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF PERSONNEL, UH, COME BACK, COME BACK TO WORK FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
UH, IF YOU DROVE AROUND THE CITY OF CALL THIS MORNING, LIKE I DID, UH, FROM BETWEEN NOW AS OF 7:00 AM AND 9:00 AM.
AND THEN AGAIN AT TWO TO FOUR THIS AFTERNOON, YOU CERTAINLY SAW AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
UH, YOU, YOU CAN'T AVOID THAT WHEN YOU HAVE 20,000 STUDENTS, ALL OF A SUDDEN GET UP ON TUESDAY AND GO TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL MONDAY OR LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN SCHOOL BUSES, OBVIOUSLY STAFF MEMBERS.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO SEE KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE KIDS BICYCLING TO SCHOOL.
UM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS ARRIVING BEFORE THOSE STUDENTS GET THERE AND STAYING LATER IN THE AFTERNOONS AND LEAVING AFTERWARDS.
SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, ASK EVERYONE TO PAY ATTENTION TO I'M STRICTLY SPEAKING ON THE SCHOOL'S OWN STUFF.
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCHOOL BUSES, MAKE SURE YOU'LL BE ALL, ALL LAWS AS THEY PERTAIN TO SCHOOL BUSES DO NOT PASS THOSE SCHOOL BUSES WHEN YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR ACTIVE LIGHTS FLASHING IN YOUR, ON THE KIND OF ROADWAY THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO STOP BE ALERT FOR THOSE KIDS THAT MAY BE DARTING OUT FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET INTO A SCHOOL BUS OR LEAVE A SCHOOL BUS, WATCH YOUR SCHOOL ZONES, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CHANGE IN SPEED LIMITS.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT USING YOUR CELL PHONES AND SUCH.
AND PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO ALL OF THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS.
MANY OF THOSE ARE VOLUNTEERS, SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AND FOLLOW, FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTION.
UH, MAYBE MAKE SURE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA DRIVE TIME IN THE MORNING IS CERTAINLY GOING TO TAKE YOU LONGER TO GET AROUND THE CITY DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE EXTENDED HOURS ON, UH, FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND WEEKENDS.
AND WHEN FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS KEEP ALL THAT IN MIND.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE AN INCREASED OFFICER PRESENCE IN ALL OF THE CAMPUSES IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
UH, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WE PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY CONTRACT, AS YOU MENTIONED WITH THE HAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL
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RESOURCE OFFICERS IN MANY OF THEIR CAMPUSES, PRIMARILY THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T CARE OR COVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THEY JUST USE ROVING PATROLS TO TRY TO HELP COVER THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND WE'LL PATROL ALL SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OUR OTHER PARTNER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.
AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PRESENCE IN ALL OF THOSE, REGARDLESS OF THERE'S AN SRO ON CAMPUS OR NOT.
UM, WE PARTNER WITH
UH, TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, BEING THE FIRST DAY BACK IN SCHOOL, WE ORDERED MANY OF OUR STAFF TO GO OUT AND LEAVE THEIR NORMAL DUTIES AND TO GO OUT AND TO WORK IN THE SCHOOL ZONES AND HAVE A PRESENCE THAT INCLUDED MYSELF, UH, CAPTAIN HERNANDEZ AS WELL, DETECTIVES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS, YOU NAME IT ALL ACROSS OUR RANKS AND ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, WE WERE IN THE SCHOOL ZONES THIS MORNING TO WELCOME THOSE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AND HELP EVERYONE FEEL SAFE.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH THESE EXTRA OFFICERS AND THE CHIEF AND THE CAPTAIN AND EVERYONE ELSE FOR THE FIRST WEEK, AS YOU MENTIONED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE TRAFFIC IS THE HEAVIEST AND THE CONCERN, UH, FOR SAFETY IS AT ITS HIGHEST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PATROL ALL OF THE CAMPUSES.
AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HERE IN HAYES COUNTY THAT PROVIDES SAFETY TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE AFTER THE FIRST WEEK.
IT JUST MEANS THE CHIEF AND CAPTAIN MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, BUT OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO ROTATE AROUND THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE HERE IN THE CITY.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO OUR TRAFFIC UNIT THERE IN THE MORNING IN THE AFTERNOONS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO FOCUS.
UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE BUDGET THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT.
CERTAINLY THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES OUTNUMBER THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'LL ROTATE.
AND THE MORE YOU PUT IN ROTATION, THE MORE SCHOOLS THAT WE COVER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE THERE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL SAFE.
AND I'M GLAD YOU GAVE US A CHANCE TO REMIND THE CITIZENS, UH, TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE KIDS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL THE SCHOOL STAFF AND KIDS OUT THERE.
UM, I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAYBE EVEN ADD THE CITIZENS ON PATROL VISIBILITY IS KEY.
UM, HAVING THAT TRUCK OUT THERE HELPS DETER A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
SO WE'VE GOT A RESOURCE THERE THAT WE COULD MAYBE I'M SORRY.
I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THEM AS CITIZENS ON PATROL AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SAME THING.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, NO, THEY JUST DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND THEY VOLUNTEERED AND QUICKLY JUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHOOLS ON.
I DIDN'T MENTION THEM AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR WAS A REALLY HARD YEAR FOR, UH, ALL THE FAMILIES IN, IN TEXAS.
UM, AFTER YOU VISIT YOU ALL DAY, YOU GET A DIFFERENT MINDSET.
EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
IT HAPPENED HERE IN TEXAS, HAPPENED IN SOUTH TEXAS AND HAPPENED TO A GROUP OF A LOT OF CHILDREN.
AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY SAD AND THERE'S A LOT OF FINGER POINTING GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT REALLY IT'S WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE FUTURE? AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, VISIBILITY IS KEY, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE US AROUND THE AREA AND KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND IMPORTANT TO ALL OF THIS COUNCIL.
I THINK, I THINK TO THE ENTIRE CITY, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS, A LOT OF RE UM, QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A CITY, AS A CITY.
WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AND THIS, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO SEE YOUR TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOING A GREAT JOB, THEY'VE GOT THEIR SORROWS, THEY'VE GOT A CONTRACT WITH SHOWS DEPARTMENT, BUT IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING ON THE CITY SIDE AS WELL, THAT DEFINITELY HELPS.
AND YOU'VE DEFINITELY ADDRESSED ALL THAT.
AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND JUST, UM, UH, UM, I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH OUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, ESPECIALLY AFTER GOING DOWN THE VOLUME MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES AND WITNESSING WHAT I WITNESSED AND SEEN HOW THE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
SO YES, SIR, ANOTHER THING THAT'S IN PLACE AND THAT WE, AND ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT SERVE HAYES COUNTY ARE PARTNERS IN IS A STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL, UM, THAT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE IMPLEMENTED.
THAT'S, THAT'S A TRAINING AND A RESPONSE THAT THEY WILL, UH, ACTIVATE IF THERE IS ANY DANGER, ANY THREAT TO THE SCHOOL AND CALL PD IS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER IN THAT.
UM, SO THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS AND TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, INCLUDING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND OUR OFFICERS KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THAT EVENT AS WELL.
THIS IS HOW I LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNSELOR HER PARSLEY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, PRETEND RESA.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THANK YOU AND THE REST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, NOT ONLY FOR BEING SO OPEN TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HELP, UH, CAUSE THAT WAS, UH, CERTAINLY INITIALLY WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO AND
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WHY WE APPROACHED THEM, BUT ALSO OF, UM, HOW YOU ARE EDUCATING AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE, UM, EXPLAINING TO THE RESIDENTS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FENTANYL.SO THAT THAT'S A BIG, UM, WORRY FOR EVERY PARENT, UH, IN KYLE AND THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THOSE WERE MY TWO THINGS I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
[38. Discussion and possible action to create a task force for 104 S. Burleson CIP Project. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
NEXT STEP, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 38, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CREATE A TASK FORCE FOR 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON CIP PROJECT.UM, WE DISSOLVE MOST OF OUR TASK FORCES, UH, BACK IN THE DAY.
UH, IT'S BEEN SOME, SOME MONTHS AGO NOW, BUT THE REASON WE INITIALLY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF TASK FORCES WAS TO SHEPHERD BIG PROJECTS THROUGH, UH, SO 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON IS GETTING, IS TAKING SHAPE.
WE'RE AT THAT POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE THAT IS, UM, UH, IN MY, IN MY VIEW, IF THE COUNCIL IS STILL FULLY BEHIND THE PROJECT, UM, AND THINKS THAT WE CAN HANDLE IT, THAT WE CAN, UH, ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE AND START THOSE REGULAR MEETINGS, WHICH WERE REALLY DO REQUIRE, UH, COUNCIL INPUT.
BUT, UH, THOSE MEETINGS TYPICALLY TAKE PLACE DURING THE DAY, DURING THE WEEK, UH, IN ORDER TO MEET WITH THE CONSULTANTS.
BUT IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO VOLUNTEER CUSTOMER PARSLEY, SO KIM FLORES THE FLOOR SCALE.
UM, SO CAN I JUST SAY SUBJECT, CALL ME REAL QUICK.
SO I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE A COUNCIL WHERE KIPP CAROLYN PARSLEY.
WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR YET.
SHE'S ABOUT TO COME OVER THE, OVER THE MIC ON YOU HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO BE A PART OF THE TASK FORCE, UH, TO ME, UM, DOWNTOWNS ARE LIKE, I JUST LOVE DOWNTOWN.
IF I COULD LEAVE DOWNTOWN, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIVE DOWNTOWN.
UM, I LOVE THE HISTORY THAT DOWNTOWNS HAVE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BUILDING, ALTHOUGH IT'S A NEW DESIGN, IT'S A NEW BUILDING, ALIGNS WITH THE REST OF OUR SQUARE AND THE REST OF, OR DOWNTOWN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY REMAINS AND WHATEVER WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE BLENDING.
I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESERVING, UM, A HISTORIC LOOK AND THE FEEL SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT.
UM, I JUST, I FEEL I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FEEL AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
SO IF I MAY REQUEST TO PLEASE BE ON THE TASK FORCE, CUSTOMER FORCE, KALE, YOU ALSO HAD YOUR HAND UP.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO, TO BE ON IT? I DON'T WANT TO BE ON HIM.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.
UH, I PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND HE WAS MORE A PARK AND WE STILL NOT DEALING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
I WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE STILL.
AND YOU ALSO KNOW THAT WAS PARK.
UM, SO I, I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE OTHER COUNCIL VERSUS TAKE THAT ON.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE, UH, WANTING TO TAKE THAT CHALLENGE ON.
IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING, THAT'S GONNA BE A BENEFIT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
YOU'RE DEFINITELY GONNA ENJOY IT.
UH, I'D LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER GO ON.
I, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL SCHEDULES ARE LIKE, BUT IF IT COMES WITH THE VAS OR BRADSHAW, IF Y'ALL FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO TAKE ON THAT DEFINITELY LIVE TO, UH, ENDORSE HILL.
UM, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MY WORK SCHEDULE.
SO, SO HERE'S MY THOUGHT ABOUT THE REASON WHY I WOULD SAY LEAVING IT AT THE TWO OF YOU, UH, MIGHT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR OTHERS TO SORT OF INSERT YOUR ORBIT AND LEAVE YOUR ORBIT WHILE Y'ALL MAINTAIN IT FROM SORT OF BEGINNING TO END.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO COMMIT TO BE THERE AT ALL THE MEETINGS, I WOULD JOIN YOU IN IT.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S REALLY KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF UP TO YOU.
SO I WANT TO HAVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROJECT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT SO MUCH ON THE DESIGN.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, JUST THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES THAT COME UP A LOT OF TIMES, REALLY THAT SOMEWHERE, UH, AN AREA WHERE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND THEN FINANCIAL STUFF, YOU KNOW, UM, REAL ESTATE, JUST WITH NO REAL ESTATE BACKGROUND, BUT THE DESIGN AESTHETIC, UH, IS NOT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT A TASKFORCE IS.
THIS IS WHAT HELPED OUR TASK FORCES TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL BACK IN 2019, 2020, TO BUILD THESE PARKS, THE TASK FORCE IS, IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO THE COUNCIL HAS SAID THAT THIS PROJECT IS A PRIORITY.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, AN OPPORTUNITY INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL OR FOR THE TASK FORCE
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MEMBERS TO GO OUT, UH, AND, UM, UM, DO IT THE WAY THEY WANT THERE.YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE EXTRA INFLUENCE JUST BY BEING AT THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE A THOUSAND DECISIONS THAT GET MADE IN THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEY, AND THAT THE CONSULTANTS, THEY ALL TAKE FEEDBACK.
WE NEED IT, WE NEED FEEDBACK ON THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, AND YOU GIVE IT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCERNMENT TO KNOW WHEN FEEDBACK IS APPROPRIATE TO GIVE AND THEY JUST RUN WITH IT.
AND WHEN YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO WEIGH IN ON, AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A POINT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S BEEN DONE PERFECTLY OR NOT.
IT'S CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN PERFECT, BUT I'VE SEEN THE TASK FORCES THAT HAVE, I'VE SEEN THEM ALL TRY THEIR BEST TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST MY, BECAUSE WE, HAVEN'T DONE A TASK FORCE LIKE THIS IN A WHILE, AND YOU'LL, HAVEN'T BEEN ON ONE LIKE THIS, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, AND I I'VE SEEN YOU BOTH DO THAT.
I JUST WANT TO STAY ON THE STATE OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE AS TO WHETHER YOU'D WANT ME TO BE ON IT AND OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD WANT TO, UH, JUST GO AND HAVE ME BE IN AND OUT? I, THE ONLY THING I'M CONCERNED IS LIKE, THIS WILL, THIS WILL BE MY FIRST BIG TASK FORCE, I DON'T KNOW FOR YVONNE, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THAT COMES FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH BIGGER PROJECTS LIKE YOU, OR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAY HAVE PRETEND.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HAVING YOUR FEEDBACK IN IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU WILL NEED TO BE ON THE TASK FORCE IN ORDER TO DO IT, OR WE CAN JUST DO IT AND ASK QUESTIONS.
I HAVE MY THEORIES ALWAYS BEEN THE MORE THE MERRIER.
SO, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, WORK TOGETHER OR ATTEMPT TO WORK TOGETHER AND, UM, SEE, SEE HOW THAT GOES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT A, TO CREATE A TASK FORCE FOR THE 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON CIP PROJECT AND NAMED COUNCIL MEMBER, PARSLEY, CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE, AND THE MAYOR TO BE ON THAT TASK FORCE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR FLORES.
KALE'S THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NOW WE'RE READY TO HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING.
IS THAT WHY EVERYBODY'S STILL HERE? DO Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? COME BACK TOMORROW.
[39.
Conduct a public hearing to obtain comments on the City's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 totaling approximately $206.0 million for all City Funds, including no changes in water service rates, no changes in wastewater service rates, no changes in storm drainage fees, a 2.49 percent increase in solid waste service charges (trash collection) per contract terms with TDS, all other fees and charges for various City services as provided for in the fee schedule, capital improvement program expenditures, and the addition of 51.0 new full-time positions for a total of 356.0 positions. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager
]RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO THEN I'M GOING TO GO.UH, AGENDA ITEM 39 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO OBTAIN COMMENTS ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THEY ALL SHOULD RIGHT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 TOTALING, APPROXIMATELY $206 MILLION FOR ALL CITY FUNDS, INCLUDING NO CHARGES IN A WATER SERVICE RATES, NO CHANGES IN WASTEWATER SERVICE RATES, NO CHANGES IN STORM DRAINAGE FEES.
A 2.49% INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE SERVICE CHARGES, A TRASH COLLECTION PER CONTRACT TERMS WITH TDS, ALL OTHER FEES AND CHARGES FOR VARIOUS CITY SERVICES AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE FEE SCHEDULE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EXPENDITURES, AND THE ADDITION OF 51 NEW FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 356 POSITIONS.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
[40.
Conduct a public hearing to obtain comments on the proposal to set the City's ad valorem tax rate (property tax rate) at $0.5082 per $100 of taxable assessed valuation for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (Tax Year 2022). There is no change in the total tax rate from the current tax year. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager
]UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 40 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING TO OBTAIN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO SET THE CITY'S AD LORNE TAX RATE PROPERTY TAX RATE AT 58.5 8.5082 PER $100 OF TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 TAX YEAR 2022.THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE TOTAL TAX RATE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS NOW OPEN, UH, DURING THE, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GOING TO READ THE FOLLOWING.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATES FOR TAX YEAR 2020 TO FISCAL YEAR 2023.
THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATES WILL BE HELD AT 5:30 PM ON AUGUST 25TH, 2022 AT CALL CITY HALL 100 WEST CENTER STREET.
THE CITY'S AD VALOREM TAX RATES FOR 20 FOR TAX YEAR 2022 ARE AS FOLLOWS NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE 0.4260 PER 100 VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE 0.5082 PER 100 PROPOSED TAX RATE 0.5082 PER 100.
THE CAL CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER A PROPOSAL TO SET THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE AT 0.5082 PER $100 OF ASSESSED TAXABLE VALUATION FOR TAX YEAR 2020 TO THE PROPOSED AVALARA TAX RATE OF 0.508, TWO PER $100
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IS THE SAME TAX RATE AS THE CITY'S CURRENT ADOPTED TAX RATE OF 0.5082 PER $100.THE CITY'S PROPOSED AVALARA TAX RATE OF 0.5082 PER $100 IS ABOVE THE NO NEW, UH, REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.4 TO 600 PER $100.
AND IT'S THE SAME AS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.5082 PER $100 FOR TAX YEAR 2022.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CAL CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE.
ON FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE SECOND READING OF THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE IS SCHEDULED AT 5:30 PM ON AUGUST 25TH, 2022.
ALL KYLE TAXPAYERS RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS SCHEDULED ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED TAX RATES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING ME THERE.
UH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO COME FORWARD, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[41.
(First Reading) Approve an Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, adopting a budget totaling $206.0 million for all City Funds for the ensuing Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022 and ending September 30, 2023; appropriating revenue and expenditure amounts thereof for all City Funds, authorizing no changes in water service rates, no changes in wastewater service rates, no changes in storm drainage fees, a 2.49 percent in in solid waste services per contract terms with TDS, all other fees and charges for various City services as provided for in the fee schedule, capital improvement program expenditures, addition of 51.0 new full-time positions for a total of 356.0 full-time equivalent positions, carryover of encumbrances, all associated schedules and documents; and repealing all Ordinances in conflict herewith; and providing for an effective date. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager
]NOW CLOSED.UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 41ST READING APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
TEXAS IS ADOPTING A BUDGET TOTALING $206 MILLION FOR ALL CITY FUNDS FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2030, 2023, APPROVING REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS THEREOF FOR ALL CITY FUNDS AUTHORIZING NO CHANGES IN WATER SERVICE RATES, NO CHANGES IN WASTEWATER SERVICE RATES, NO CHANGES IN STORM DRAINAGE FEES AT 2.49%, UH, IN, UH, INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE SERVICES PER CONTRACT TERMS WITH TDS, ALL OTHER FEES AND CHARGES FOR VARIOUS CITY SERVICES AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE FEE SCHEDULE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EXPENDITURES, ADDITION OF 51 NEW FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 356 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS CARRY OVER OF ENCUMBRANCES, ALL ASSOCIATED SCHEDULES AND DOCUMENTS AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MR. HENDRIX, MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JERRY HENDRICKS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF YOUR BUDGET ORDINANCE.
AS THE MAYOR JUST READ, THERE ARE THREE THINGS, THREE PRIMARY THINGS THAT YOU DIRECT HIS STAFF TO BRING BACK TO YOU.
ONE IS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF TO BRING BACK A SET OF PROGRAM FOR RECRUITING NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
THE SECOND IS A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK WITH FUNDING FORM AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS US, AND HE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THOSE WITH YOU.
THE THIRD PART IS A INCENTIVE PROGRAM OR A FUNDING PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT STAFF.
AND THAT WILL BE THE THIRD THING THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO BRING CHIEF BARNETT UP TO TALK ABOUT THAT SET OF PROGRAM THAT HE'S PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU.
MARY COUNCIL, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE, UM, AS REQUESTED, WE BROUGHT BACK AN INCENTIVE PAY, UM, INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAM TO HELP US WITH OUR RECRUITING FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
I BROUGHT BACK THREE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF INCENTIVE PAY THE FIRST VALUE BEING A TOTAL OF 5,000.
THE SECOND EXAMPLE, BEING A TOTAL OF 7,500 AND THE THIRD EXAMPLE, BEING AN EXEMPT BEING $10,000 INCENTIVE EACH CANDIDATE IN THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF 5,000 WOULD RECEIVE $1,000 UPON BEING SWORN IN AS A POLICE OFFICER, THEY WOULD RECEIVE $2,000 UPON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 2000 UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THEIR FIRST YEAR OF CIVIL SERVICE PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
WE WOULD DO FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATTERN IF YOU WERE TO SELECT THE 70 510,000 OPTIONS, BUT THIS WOULD DO IS HELP US BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE RECRUITING FIELD AND HELP US ATTRACT NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
OUR NEIGHBOR, THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS USES A HIRING INCENTIVE, SUCH AS THIS OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY HAD A RECENT DISCUSSION WHERE THEY ARE CONSIDERING AND THEIR ELECTED BODIES TO APPROVE SIMILAR PAY INCENTIVES.
AND THEN AS YOU TRAVEL UP AND DOWN INTERSTATE 35, WHICH IS OUR COMPETITIVE REGION, YOU'LL FIND OTHER CITIES THAT ARE OFFERING THIS SAME.
SO BASICALLY YOU SPLIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE INTO THREE, THREE PAYMENTS.
I CAN DIVIDE THOSE OUT, BUT THEY'RE CAUSE THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THIRDS, BUT THEY GET THREE PAYMENTS.
ONE WHEN THEY GET SWORN IN ONE AT THE COMPLETION OF FTO AND THEN ONE AT THE COMPLETION OF THEIR ONE YEAR OF SERVICE, AND THAT WOULD BE ADVERTISED IN SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD USE AS A RECRUITING TOOL.
THANKS CHIEF, SIR, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? AND I THINK WE CALCULATED, UH, APPROXIMATE AMOUNT TO BE ABOUT $20,000 A YEAR.
AND I DO THINK THAT WE COULD ABSORB THAT IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET BECAUSE OF SALARY SAVINGS.
THAT'LL TAKE US OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET OUR HIRING PROGRAM FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR UP AND RUNNING.
SO I THINK WE CAN INCORPORATE THERE IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET UNLESS A PREVIOUS HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN OUR FIRST MONTH OF SALARY SAVINGS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE PAYMENTS WOULDN'T BE MADE UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
YOU WOULDN'T BE MAKING THE ENTIRE THREE PAYMENTS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
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I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICE INCENTIVE PROGRAM AS OUTLINED BY THE CHIEF MOTION BY THE MAYOR.SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS.
HE ASKED US TO BRING BACK WITH, UH, THE AMENDMENT, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND HOW THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE FUNDED.
SO COUNSEL, YOU HAVE A HANDOUT BEFORE YOU AND ALSO ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO LET ME FIRST GIVE YOU THE LAYOUT OF THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT THE LAST BUDGET WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS JULY 28TH CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK FUNDING PROPOSALS FOR A NUMBER OF, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU WERE INTERESTED IN FUNDING.
AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR ON EACH ONE OF THESE, YOU PASSED A MOTION.
SO ON THIS DOCUMENT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, IT WILL SHOW YOU THE COUNCIL PERSON THAT MADE THE MOTION WHO SECONDED THE MOTION, WHAT THE COUNCIL VOTE WAS AND THEN THE DIRECTION TO STAFF AND THEN TOWARDS THE RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE THE FOUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS OF THE CITY GENERAL FUND.
WHAT ARE YOU TOTALLY FUN? WASTEWATER, YOU'RE TOTALLY FUN.
STRAIGHT A STORM DRAINAGE FUND, AND ANY OTHER FUNDS THAT THESE AMENDMENTS MAY IMPACT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON NUMBER ONE, THE DIRECTION TO STAFF BY COUNCIL WAS, AND IT WAS MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIA SECONDED.
IT, THE DIRECTION TO COUNCIL WAS, OR TO STAFF WAS BRING BACK A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD $500,000 FOR DESIGNING A NEW PARK IN THE CITY.
SO RIGHT BELOW THAT YOU WILL SEE A FUNDING PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY MANAGERS BRINGING BACK IN RESPONSE TO THAT DIRECTION.
THE FUNDING PROPOSAL IS WORDED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IF ANY ONE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT AS A MOTION, YOU CAN SIMPLY READ IT AND IT'S IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
SO THE FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR THAT COUNCIL REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 DASH 23, TO ADD $500,000 FOR DESIGNING A NEW PARK AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE IN THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS DOES NOT IMPACT GENERAL FUND OR THE WATER UTILITY FUNDING OR THE WASTEWATER, YOUR FUND.
IT AFFECTS THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH HAS SHOWN UNDER OTHER FUNDS.
SO IT INCREASES THE EXPENDITURE BY $500,000 AND IT DECREASES THE FUND BALANCE IN THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER ON HOW THIS IS FORMATTED? YEAH.
SO WHAT I WOULD READ WOULD BE JUST, UH, THE AMENDMENT OR THE READ REDUCE FUND, WHICH ONE WOULD, UH, JUST THE ITEM LISTED RIGHT BELOW THE FUNDING PROPOSAL.
SO MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 TO ADD $500,000 FOR DESIGNED DESIGNING A NEW PARK AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE AND THE PART DEVELOPMENT FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
SECOND BY CUSTOMER TOBY'S THAT WE AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 TO ADD 500,000 FOR DESIGNING A NEW PARK AND REDUCING THE FUND BALANCE IN THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND ON THE SAME AMOUNT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CONSUMER FLORES, FLUOROSCOPE, THANK YOU.
UM, IS, CAN WE, UM, JUST LOOK, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE, UM, PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE UP IN ORDER TO GET THIS? NO, THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE BALANCE IS GOING TO BE AFTER THIS FUND? UH, YES.
YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE LIKE NO FERRIS WHEEL AT THE PIE IN THE SKY BECAUSE WELL, AND TO KEEP IN MIND, EVERYTHING THAT'S PROPOSED FROM THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND IS IN THE BUDGET ALREADY.
YOU KNOW, SO NOTHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET IS CUT OUT BY THIS MOTION.
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SO AFTER THIS FUNDING AMENDMENT, THE BALANCE WILL BE 1.7 MILLION.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO ITEM.
NUMBER TWO, THE DIRECTION TO STAFF BY COUNCIL WAS TO COME BACK WITH A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM BY $15,000 INCREASING FROM 50,000 TO 65,000.
THIS MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE AND WAS SECOND IN BATMAN PER TIM RIZZO EMOTIONS.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23, TO ADD 15,000 TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE ARTS IN THE PUBLIC PLACES FROM 50,000 TO 65,000 AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT, MOTION BY CUSTOMER FORCE, KALE SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
UH, I'M NOT GOING TO REREAD IT BECAUSE IT'S WRITTEN OUT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NUMBER THREE, THE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL WAS TO COME BACK WITH A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL NEW PARKS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS INCREASING FROM THREE TO A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSED NEW POSITIONS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE AND WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO ADD $97,351 FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS INCREASING FROM THREE TO A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSED NEW PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT.
MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBI S IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NUMBER FOUR WAS THE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL NEW BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITION INCREASING FROM ONE TO A TOTAL OF TWO BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS PROPOSED FOR THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
THIS WAS MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO AND WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE.
ERR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023 FOR THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE DIVISION TO ADD A $47,335 FOR ONE ADDITIONAL BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITION INCREASE FROM ONE TO A TOTAL OF TWO PROPOSED AND A NEW BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AT THE SAME TIME, THIS POSITION IS TWO, A FOUR.
AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER GOES ONLINE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, WE WILL HAVE A LARGE BUILDING AND WE NEEDED EXTRA STAFF FOR IT.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
SECOND ABOUT CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALES THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NUMBER FIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF WAS TO BRING BACK A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SUPERVISOR POSITION INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS PROPOSED FROM 20 TO A TOTAL OF 21 NEW POSITIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY AND WAS SECONDED BY MAYOR
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE? DO I NEED TO READ THE WHOLE ITEM UNDER THE FUNDING PROPOSAL? UM, FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SUPERVISOR POSITION INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS PROPOSED FROM 20 TO A TOTAL OF 21 NEW POSITIONS PROPOSED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT ONE UNDERNEATH FUNDING PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23
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FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AT 71,737 FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SUPERVISOR POSITION AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE IN GENERAL FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT REDUCED FUND BALANCE 71,737 IN THE GENERAL FUND.MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PARSLEY SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER SIX WAS DIRECTION TO STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD $1,500,000 FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND TO ADD TOTAL FUNDING AS ESTIMATED BY BG K ARCHITECTS FOR THE 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLISON PROJECT.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THIS ITEM, IT HAS TWO PARTS.
SO YOU WILL SEE FUNDING PROPOSALS SIX A AND FUNDING PROPOSALS SIX B SO SIX A IS FOR THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.5 MILLION AND FUNDING PROPOSALS SIX B IS FOR THE 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23, UH, AS FOLLOWS TO PROVIDE 1.5 MILLION FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS.
UH, ADD 1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION, CIP NUMBER 14 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023.
DEFER $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR NEW ROUNDABOUTS CIP NUMBER 13 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AND TO AMEND THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN CIP BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23, AS FOLLOWS TO ADD 4.2233 $4,223,300 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE, UH, 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON PROJECT TO PROVIDE TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING OF $10,422,300 IS ESTIMATED BY BG K ARCHITECTS.
UM, DO I NEED TO READ MORE THAN THAT PERVEZ AND GOING CAN READ IT ALL.
I CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THAT AS I GO THROUGH, BECAUSE THIS WILL HAPPEN IN SIX STEPS TO MAKE I'M GOING TO, YEAH, I'M GOING TO READ IT OUT.
ADD $4,223,300 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED PER BG, K ARCHITECTS FOR THE 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON DOWNTOWN MIXED USE CIP NUMBER 10 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023.
CHANGE FUNDING SOURCE FOR STREET MAINTENANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, CIP NUMBER TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 FROM GENERAL FUND THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.
CHANGE FUNDING SOURCE FOR KOHLER'S CROSSING REHABILITATION CIP.
NUMBER THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUNDS, THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND AND FISCAL YEAR 2023 CHANGE FUNDING SOURCE FOR FM ONE 50 SIDEWALKS CIP NUMBER FIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF 500,000 FROM GENERAL FUND STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, INCREASED TRANSFER OUT, UH, TRANSFERS OUT FROM GENERAL FUND TO GENERAL FUND CIP AND THE AMOUNT OF $973,300 AND REDUCE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND BY THE SAME AMOUNT DEFER EXPENDITURES TOTALING 3.2 MILLION FROM FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR THE ICE 35 SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE AT MARKETPLACE AVENUE TO CENTER STREET CIP, NUMBER ONE 11 IN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND REDUCED FUND BALANCE BY $50,000 IN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.
IS THERE A SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND AND BY A CUSTOMER? TOBY IS, UH, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT PREVIOUS? YES, SIR.
SO FOR FUNDING PROPOSALS, SIX B WE NEED A TOTAL OF 4 MILLION, 223,300, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE BY MOVING FUNDING SOURCE BETWEEN GENERAL FUND AND STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SIX B B, THE FIRST ITEM MOVES $750,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND, IT FREES UP $750,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND TOWARDS WORDS, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED.
ITEM C SIMILARLY MOVES $2 MILLION FOR THE KOHLER'S CROSSING REHAB PROJECT FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND ITEM D MOVES HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR FM ONE 50 SIDEWALKS PROJECT FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.
AND LASTLY, THE REMAINING 973,300 IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND
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ENDING BALANCE.IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE? I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK CIP FOR ONE 50.
UM, AND I'M AWARE IT'S GOING TO BE ON A BOND, BUT WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY IF THAT BOND IS GOING TO PASS, IT MAKES ME KIND OF NERVOUS.
WE'RE NOT DELETING THAT PROJECT.
WE'RE JUST SIMPLY MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT CHECKBOOK THIS WEEK.
SO IT'S STILL GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOTHING'S BEING REMOVED FROM THE SCOPE OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO DO WE KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GET THEN HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED? YES.
IT'S GOING TO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, TOWARDS THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE'RE DEFERRING $3.2 MILLION IN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND TO MAKE ROOM FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS COMING IN.
RIGHT? SO THE SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE AT MARKETPLACE AVENUE PROJECT IS DELAYED NATURALLY BY ALMOST A YEAR BECAUSE TEXT DOTS PROCESS.
SO WHEN I MET WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, HE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE IN DIFF DIFFERING IT BY A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TEXTILES PROCESS.
SO THAT GIVES US 3.2 MILLION AND THEN THE $50,000 IS COMING FROM THE FUND BALANCE OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
SO THEN THE, WHERE'S THE ONE 50 SIDEWALK, WHERE IS THAT GOING TO COME FROM? SO IF YOU LOOK AT ITEM D THE CHANGING IN FUNDING SOURCE, THERE IS A NEGATIVE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE'RE REMOVING IT FROM GENERAL FUND FREEING UP THAT MONEY.
AND IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY ACROSS, THERE IS A POSITIVE 500,000 ON THEIR OTHER FUNDS.
THAT'S A STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.
THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS THAT THERE WAS STREET IMPROVEMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NUMBER SEVEN IS THE LAST ITEM THAT COUNCIL DIRECTOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH FOR A FUNDING PROPOSAL.
AND THAT WAS FOR COME BACK WITH THE FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADD $20,000 PLUS A BLANK PERVY EQUAL COST FOR OPTICON SYSTEMS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO AND WAS SECOND AND BAD COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW.
UH, THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD IS BECAUSE, UH, IN EMERGENCY SECONDS MATTER, UM, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AN EMERGENCY.
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO GET TO AN EMERGENCY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND SECONDS MATTER.
AND AS I TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING SECONDS DO MATTER IN 2002, UM, MY BROTHER FELL DOWN FROM A HEAT STROKE AND DIDN'T MAKE IT.
AND I STILL BELIEVE TO THIS DAY, IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD A SYSTEM LIKE THIS IN PLACE, WE WOULD ADD THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AS WELL.
I'M NOT GOING TO HELP MY BROTHER, BUT IT IT'LL HELP OTHER FAMILIES.
SO I'M VERY IN, IN, AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO SAY FIRST RESPONDERS LIVES AS WELL, ALLOWING THEM TO GET THROUGH A CAMP THROUGH A LIGHT SAFELY.
THERE'LL BE A PLUS NOT ONLY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALSO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M GONNA STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS AND, UM, I'M GLAD TO BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION SAYING, UM, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 20, 20 TO 2023 FOR THE POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT TO ADD 43,752 FOR THE OPTICON SYSTEM AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE AND THE GENERAL FUND AT THE SAME, BY THE SAME AMOUNT, REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE BY 43,762 IN THE GENERAL FUND MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR PARSLEY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COUNCILOR FLUOROSCOPE.
UM, I AM AWARE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A SHARED COST.
UM, IS THIS, SO THIS IS JUST THE AMOUNT WE HAVE.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE OTHER COST WAS GOING TO BE? IS IT JUST LIKE, THIS IS THE ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM POLICE CHIEF AND THIS IS THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE COST.
UM, SO CAN WE GET A TOTAL, LIKE HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE IF THE CITY JUST HAD IT ALL? I SEE CHIEF COMING UP.
MA'AM JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
UM, SO THAT COST FOR THE INITIAL EQUIPMENT AT THE INTERSECTIONS IS A SPLIT COST.
SO THAT $20,000 IN CHANGE IT PROVIDES MENTIONED IS A SPLIT 50 50 WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN IT IS A PER VEHICLE, MONTHLY CHARGE THAT COVERS THE REST OF THAT.
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL PAY FOR THEIR VEHICLES AND THE POLICE
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DEPARTMENT WILL PAY FOR THEIR VEHICLES MONTHLY.SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF, THIS DOESN'T PERTAIN TO YOU.
IT'S JUST ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, IF IT'S, IF ANYBODY WOULD BE AMENABLE TO PICKING UP THE OTHER 20,000, INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PAY THAT.
SO THEN THE CITY, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER 20,000, BUT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THEIR OWN CARS, BUT THE CITY WOULD THEN PAY FOR THE FULL AMOUNT, WHICH WOULD BE THE 40,000.
MA'AM I BELIEVE IT'S 40,000 AND CHANGE.
AND THAT'S FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH OF OUR INTERSECTIONS.
MA'AM BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT EITHER WAY AND MAYBE TO SHOW A LITTLE GOODWILL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE COVER THE AMOUNT OF LIKE $20,000, BUT ANYBODY ON COUNCIL BE AMENDABLE TO THAT? OH, I WAS, I'M HOPING THAT THE FIRE CHIEF WOULD BE HERE TO SEE WHAT THEIR COSTS WAS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A CONTRACT.
UH, IF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING.
SO I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE WANT TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE COST OF THIS AND LEAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT.
WE WOULD PAY FOR THE COST BECAUSE IT'S, I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED EITHER WAY, THEY WOULD PAY FOR THEIR CARS AND WE WOULD PAY FOR OUR CARS.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SYSTEM ITSELF, THAT THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, BUT THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN TRUCKS AND WE'RE IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN CRUISERS.
WE'RE SAYING INCREASE IT BY 20,000.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO, SO MY QUESTION ON THAT WOULD BE THAT IF, UH, WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT WITH THEM, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE CONTRACT? IF WE TOOK ON THE, THE FULL BURDEN OF THE LIGHTS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW T OR JUST KEEP IT JUST WITHIN OURSELVES? JUST KEEP IT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, I THINK THE HOME, IF WE, IF WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE US ALREADY THEIR ESTIMATE AS FAR AS WHAT THE CONTRACT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT WAY, WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON THIS IN GENERAL, IT WOULD BE THE FULL AMOUNT.
YOU NEVER KNOW, IT COULD SPLIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
YOU COULD GO, IT COULD BE MORE, IT COULD, IT COULD EXCEED THE 40 3001 REN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREE OR MAYBE 5,000 TEACHING YOU.
HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS TOTAL? DID I UNDERSTAND YOU? RIGHT WHEN YOU SAID WE PAID FOR 20 AND THEY PAID FOR 20, CORRECT.
AND THEN WE JUST PAID FOR OUR CAR.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE SOFTWARE IS GOING TO BE LIKE 40,000.
I BELIEVE IT'S 41, 600 FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 23.
AND THEN IT'S THAT ESTIMATED $60 PER MONTH IN THE VEHICLES.
SO WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY HAS TALKS ABOUT HAVING A CONTRACT, ARE WE, IS THIS, IS THE CITY GOING TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE SOFTWARE PEOPLE? NO, MA'AM, THIS WOULD BE WITH THE COMPANY THAT WOULD INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT.
SO IT WOULD BE WITH A COMPANY, NOT WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THEN WE WOULD REALLY NOT NEED TO GET ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NO, THE ONLY THING THEY WOULD DO IS CONTRACT INDIVIDUALLY WITH THAT COMPANY TO SUPPLY THAT EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR VEHICLES AND PAY THEIR MONTHLY FEE TO DIRECTLY TO THAT COMPANY, WHAT WOULD THEY, SYLVIA WILL UTILIZE THE, UH, THE LIGHTS FROM THAT WAS MY CONCERN RIGHT THERE IS THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM.
THEY'D HAVE TO GO TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THIS WOULD BE THE EXACT SAME SYSTEM AND I BELIEVE IT, IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, UM, ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT STARTING THIS EXACT SAME THING THAT EMS WOULD USE AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD ALSO SERVE OUR LOCAL EMS PROVIDERS AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SHOULD OTHER ENTITIES IN OUR REGION FOR HEPPS THE HAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR OTHERS, UH, WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
ALL THEY WOULD SIMPLY HAVE TO DO IS ADD THE DEVICE TO THEIR CAR.
WE WOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS LOCATED AT EACH INTERSECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, OH, SORRY.
UM, LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE.
LOOK, I, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, WE'RE TAKING 20,000, UH, BURDEN OFF OF THEM.
UM, I'M, I'M OPEN TO IT IF, UH, I'D LIKE TO GET A FEEL FROM COUNCILS, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT, FIGURING OUT HOW THEY RESPONDED TO ALL OUR EMERGENCIES, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN FEBRUARY.
SO IF WE'VE SWITCHED THIS TO $20,000 AND IT HELPS THEM WITH THEIR, UH, DUTIES, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I HAD THE FIRST SECOND.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AMENDMENT THAT, UH, STAFF, UH, FIND AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 TO COVER THE FULL, UH, TO BRING UP THE BUDGET TO $63,752.
UH, I, I GUESS IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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AND, UH, FOR US TO COVER THE FULL OPTICOM SYSTEM AT THE LIGHTS AND OUR VEHICLES AND ITS AMENDMENT ON MY ORIGINAL MOTION AND THIS, UH, THEY INCREASES OUT OF GENERAL FUND GENERAL FUND.SO THE MOTION IS MADE TO, UM, UH, FOR AN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE BY 20,000, UH, TAKE THAT OUT OF A GENERAL FUND AND PROVIDE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION TOWARDS MEN? JUST ONE THING.
PEREZ, CAN YOU WORK YOUR MAGIC ON THAT $20,000? YES, SIR.
WHAT ABOUT TO SHARE? YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD.
THE MOTION TO AMEND CARRIES NOW ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
IT MUST END UP FOR THIS ONE AMERICA COUNSEL FOR THE RECORD, JERRY HENDRIX, ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF AT THE LAST MEETING TO BRING IT FORWARD A PLAN FOR RETAINING THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE AND IN RECRUITING THE QUALITY STAFF THAT WE DESIRE FOR OUR VACANT POSITIONS.
AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AMBER LEWIS FOR BEING ON THE TEAM THAT HELPED HER DEVELOP THIS OR FINANCE DIRECTOR PREVENTS MOHIT AND OUR HR DIRECTORS HENDRICK TO RAT.
AND IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT COMING UP WITH THIS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS KIND OF ALL A CART, THREE SET OF THREE PLANS, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE GOLD PLAN.
SO THESE PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO REALLY TELL NOT ONLY THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE VALUE THEM.
AND WE WANT YOU TO STAY HERE AND CONTINUE DOING THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
BUT WE WANT TO TELL THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT KYLE CARES ABOUT RECRUITING QUALITY STAFF, AND WE'RE WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO RECRUIT THEM.
SO THE GOLD PLAN, REMEMBER WE ALREADY HAVE AN EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT GENERAL WAGE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.
SO THIS BUILDS ON THAT AND ADVANCES IT TO A 10% ACROSS THE BOARD GENERAL WAGE INCREASE.
AND, AND ON TOP OF THAT FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS, ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT DON'T ARE TO RECEIVE A CAR ALLOWANCE WOULD RECEIVE A $500 A MONTH CAR ALLOWANCE.
AND I THINK, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT HEAD REALM AS WERE RECRUITING DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM OTHER CITIES THAT MIGHT BE HAVING TO DRIVE FURTHER WAY TO COME HERE, THAT HELPS THEM ADDRESS THAT EXTRA MILEAGE, AT LEAST UNTIL THEY DECIDED TO MOVE HERE.
THEN FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WE HAVE, WE REALIZED THAT THEY, UH, MANY TIMES USE THEIR OWN CARS TO CONDUCT THEIR CITY BUSINESS AND THAT'S COMPENSATES THAT FOR THEM.
BUT THE THIRD PART OF THESE THREE PLANS I WANT TO PRESET IS ACTUALLY THE LEAST EXPENSIVE PART OF THESE PLANS.
BUT I THINK IT'S THE, UM, THE, THE SHINY PART OF THE PLANS THAT'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT PRICES ARE GOING UP, AND WE KNOW THAT HEALTHCARE IS AN ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO IN YOUR GOAL PLAN, WE WOULD ISSUE A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT DEBIT CARD TO EVERY EMPLOYEE.
AND ON THAT PLAN AND THE GOLD PLAN, THOSE CARDS WOULD BE PRELOADED WITH $500 THAT THE EMPLOYEE COULD USE TO COVER THEIR DEDUCTIBLES, THEIR MEDICAL PLAN, AND TO PAY THEIR COPAYS IN THE OFFICE.
AND EVEN BY OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND THE GOLD PLAN TOTAL COST IS $314 AND 400, $314,000 AND CHANGE THAT WILL COME ACROSS THE FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE OUR FUNDING DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PLAN.
SO THE NEXT PLAN IS THE PLATINUM PLAN.
IT'S THE SAME, UH, CARLISLE FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
IT'S THE SAME HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR, FOR, UH, ALL EMPLOYEES.
AND, BUT IT'S A 15% ACROSS THE BOARD GENERAL WAGE INCREASE FOR OUR STAFF.
AND THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT PLAN IS 800 870 $8,000 IN CHANGE.
AND THAT'S JUST 15% ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THE PLAN I'M MOST PROUD OF AND THE PLAN THAT STAFF IS GOING TO RECOMMEND FOR YOU TO ADOPT IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SAYING ON THE, ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE LEAVING US FOR OTHER JOBS AND FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM STAFF, WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
THIS PLAN HAS THE SAME $500 A MONTH, UH, CARLISLE ONCE FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS, IT HAS INCREASED TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE HEALTHCARE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
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THAT THEY WOULD BE ISSUED.AND IT HAS A 20% ACROSS THE BOARD GENERAL WAGE INCREASE.
AND I BELIEVE IF THIS IS THE PLAN THAT'S PAST THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SANDRA TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY, THAT'S HAD, MARCUS HAS SOME THINGS ON THEIR AGENDA TONIGHT THAT OUR RESPONSE, WELL, IT'S ALREADY AT OUR BUDGETS.
SO THIS WOULD REALLY MAKE A STATEMENT TO THEM AND OTHER CITIES THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR STAFF, THE 20% ACROSS THE BOARD GENERAL RAGING WAGE INCREASE, BRINGS US UP TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND PEOPLE LEAVING AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT.
WE STILL HAVE THE PARODY AND THE BUDGET THAT COULD INCREASE THAT EVEN FURTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPETING WITH US FOR THAT QUALITY STAFF.
I THINK THE THOUSAND DOLLAR PER EMPLOYEE HEALTHCARE SAVINGS CARD IS, IS A GAME CHANGER.
IT TELLS THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, WE CARE ABOUT THEM.
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
A LOT OF THEM TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
WE DON'T WANT THEM HAVING TO THINK, UH, DO I HAVE THE MONEY IN MY ACCOUNT TO GO PAY MY COPAY? OR DO I HAVE THE WAY THAT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BUY SOME FOOD TO PUT ON THE TABLE OR PUT GAS IN MY CAR.
SO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE TITANIUM PLAN AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THESE PLANS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER FLOORS, KALE.
UM, SO WHAT IF WE DID, THIS IS CALLED THE PLATINUM.
UM, HAD THE 20% INCREASES A LOT.
HER IS 8.5 TO 20%, BUT I, AND I KNOW HOW HARD OUR STAFF WORKS, SO I'M NOT, AND I'M NOT TO SAY NO TO INCREASE, BUT WHAT IF WE TOOK A PLATINUM AND INSTEAD OF CHANGING IT TO 20, WE CHANGED IT TO 15.
SO YOU WOULD GET THE THOUSAND DOLLAR CARD, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER COUNCIL DIRECTS.
CAUSE IT'S A BIG STEP FORWARD.
WE WANT TO MAKE THE BIGGEST SPLASH WE CAN.
AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT THIS TO MAKE THE NEWS THAT THIS IS A BIG, SERIOUS INCREASE AND IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT.
SO, UM, I PUT IT ALL HERE BEFORE YOU, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THE TITANIUM PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THAT WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ANY CONSIDERATION YOU GIVE US MOVING FORWARD TO HELP RETAIN AND RECRUIT STAFF.
WHAT DOES THE OTHER COUNCIL THINK ABOUT THAT ABOUT? CAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE AND THE BENEFITS.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR THE CITY FOR THAT, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO BE RAISED.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF, I GUESS FOR ME IT WOULD BE, UH, A 10% RAISE CAUSE THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL FOR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, INCREASES FOR COST OF LIVING A THOUSAND DOLLARS CARD ON, UH, WOULD CHANGE FROM 500 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS CART ENTRANCE CARD.
AND THEN, UH, THE CAR ALLOWANCE IS PROBABLY WHERE I'D BE AT.
UH, AND THE REASON THAT 10% IS BECAUSE THERE IS A, JUST A LIVING RAISE COMING FORWARD SOON.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH.
UM, BUT YEAH, RETAINING STAFF IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'VE JUST STILL GOT TO BE PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE AND I KNOW WE'RE THROWING A LOT OF DOLLARS OUT, BUT SURE.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT GENERAL RE-AGENT CREATES ALREADY IN THE BUDGET IS INCLUDED IN THAT 10%.
I THOUGHT THAT I THOUGHT THEY WAS SEPARATE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NO LESS THAN 15% ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, WHICH WOULD, CAN NEVER COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN AND WE CAN EVEN DO IN BETWEEN 15 AND 20.
UM, BUT, UM, AND THE 15% WOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT, UH, COST OF LIVING INCREASE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, 15% ALSO INCLUDES THE ALREADY BUDGETED EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT GENERAL WAGE INCREASE.
SO I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THE 20% MATCHES WHILE WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE LEAVE US FOR OTHER JOBS.
YOU'RE NOT LEAVING US ALREADY.
AND THEN THESE NUMBERS DON'T INCLUDE CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER HAS HIS OWN CONTRACT, THE CITY MANAGER DOESN'T I GUESS IT BRINGS UP THE QUESTION.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE SURVEY IS WHY ARE THEY LEAVING? IS IT BECAUSE OF SALARY? IS IT, YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER ISSUES? UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE INSURANCE PART, UM, INCREASING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MEDICATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
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THE INCREASE, UM, WOULD THAT REALLY, IS THAT REALLY THE FACTOR OF RETAINING OUR PEOPLE IS THAT THE BIGGEST DRIVING FORCE IS THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING ARE THE CITY EMPLOYEES ENOUGH.A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING AUSTIN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THE $600,000 HOMES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT IS THAT THE REALLY DRIVING FORCE THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THIS CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE LEFT THAT I'VE TALKED TO AND I'VE ASKED THEM, TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHY THEY'RE LEAVING.
AND THEY SAID THEY JUST GOT AN OFFER THAT THEY COULDN'T REFUSE.
AND I CAN GET, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU YOUR NAMES RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU NAMES, BUT IT'S JUST IN GENERAL IN GENERAL ARE LEAVING THE CITY.
IS IT BECAUSE OF HIS, MY SALARY, THE MONEY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
AND I, AND FOR THE MOST OF THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT VERY TALENTED STAFF FOR LESS MONEY JUST BASED ON OUR CULTURE, BUT THE DIFFERENCE NOW, THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE PAYING AND WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE PAYING IS HUGE.
AND IT'S BETWEEN 20 AND 30%, I WILL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE CREW CREW MEMBER THAT LEFT FOR ANOTHER CITY THAT WENT FROM $15 AN HOUR TO $19 AN HOUR.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU, I COULD GIVE YOU MORE EXAMPLES, BUT, UH, IF WE GIVE HIM THAT $19 AN HOUR, HMM, 1915 TO 19 IS GOING BE A LONG TRIP.
YOU TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE, AS YOU'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY AND PRICES ARE GOING UP RIGHT.
AND LEFT TEXTS TO PARDON, TEXAS, TO WAIT $19 AN HOUR IS ONLY $39,000 A YEAR.
I CAN'T EVEN RENT AN APARTMENT FOR $39,520.
AND I'M NOT LOOKING, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY LET'S, LET'S OVER LIKE THAT'S TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE MAKES $15 AN HOUR.
SO THERE'S A STORY IN CNN EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT FOR WAGES GENERALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, THEY'RE GOING UP, BUT A SECTOR THAT IS LAGGING BEHIND AND WAGE INCREASES AS THE PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND GOVERNMENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A 20% GENERAL WAGE INCREASE A $1,000 INSURANCE CARD STIPEND AND THE CAR ALLOWANCE ALSO KNOWN AS THE PLATINUM PLAN TITANIUM PLAN MOTION MADE BY MAYOR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO MOTION TO ADJOURN.
OR WAS THAT IT FIRST READING A PRAYER AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CO WAS THAT, UH, QUICK QUESTION CLARIFICATION.
DID THE COUNCIL LOAD ON THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE? SO THOSE ARE JUST THE AMENDMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, UH, UH, UH, WE'RE STILL HAVE ITEM NUMBER 41 OPEN.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE BUDGET AS AMENDED.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION COUNCILLOR FOR SCALE? I DO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING BACK SOME KIND OF FUNDING FOR, I THINK IT WAS $85,000 FOR THE STORM SHELTERS, UM, THAT WAS REMOVED.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION TO, UH, UM, UH, MINT THE APPROVAL, UH, TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR STORM SHELTERS FOR $85,000.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT IT'S TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL PROPOSAL? SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING OUT THERE.
IF WILLIAM COULD, UH, IF YOU COULD FIND SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WOULD HELP SOME OF THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE NOT FOR NOW THAT YOU BRING IT IN YOUR PROPOSAL.
WE'LL HAVE THE ENERGY TO DISCUSS IT THEN.
NOW WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON THE BUDGET.
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CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.[42.
(First Reading) Approve an Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, fixing the ad valorem tax rate (property tax rate) for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (Tax Year 2022) at $0.5082 per $100 of taxable assessed valuation; providing for the levying of ad valorem taxes for use and support of the municipal government of the City of Kyle for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022 and ending September 30, 2023; providing for apportioning each tax levy for specific purposes; and providing when ad valorem taxes shall become due and when same shall become delinquent if not paid. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Acting City Manager
]ALL RIGHT.FIRST READING APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FIXING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2023 TAX YEAR 2022 AT A 0.508, TWO PER $100 OF TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION PROVIDING FOR THE LIVING OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR USE IN SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF KYLE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, PROVIDING FOR A PORTIONING EACH TAX LEVY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND PROVIDING WHEN AD VALOREM TAXES SHALL BECOME DUE.
AND WHEN, UH, SAME SHALL BECOME DELINQUENT, IF NOT PAID MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALES THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ARE WE OKAY TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? I NEED, I NEED A SECOND.