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THE DATE IS[I. Call Meeting to Order]
TUESDAY, JUNE 15TH.AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WOULD 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.
COACH ELLISON, PRESIDENT MAURICE KALE HERE.
RIZZO PRESENT BRADSHAW, PRESENT TIBIAS HERE.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
A QUORUM NEXT STEP APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 1ST AND REGULAR MEETING ON THE SAME DAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY CUSTOMER TOBY A SECOND, AND BY CUSTOMER RIZZO THAT WE APPROVED THE MINUTES.
SO, UH, AS LISTED, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A PUBLIC CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT EITHER TO MYSELF OR THE SECRET CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE THREE WHO HAVE REGISTERED AHEAD.
UH, FIRST UP QUIET BARNETT SPEED.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MOVING TO KYLE 19 YEARS AGO AND I LIVE IN BRADFORD MEADOWS, WHICH IS OFF OF SLIPPAGE.
WHEN I GIVE DIRECTIONS TO PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS CITY, TO COME TO MY HOME, I TELL THEM TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE, GO TO FRONT STREET, GO DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND TAKE A RIGHT ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
EVERYONE SAYS THAT'S FRONT STREET.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FRONT STREET.
I WISH WE COULD PUT IN CURBS OR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT LOOK.
I MEAN THE RIGHT SIDE, THE NORTH SIDE.
NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THIS NEW BUILDING LOOKS NICE.
THE LEFT SIDE DOES LOOK LIKE BACK STREET.
I WISH WE COULD FIND SOME WAY TO FIND MONEY TO MAKE THE LEFT SIDE MATCH THE RIGHT SIDE AND LOOK A LITTLE MORE LIKE FRONT STREET.
UH, NEXT UP, UH, KRISTA, UH, PFEIFFER.
I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT THERE.
IT'S THAT EXTRA EYE FOR PERFECT.
I'M TESTIFYING THIS EVENING TO WE CALL IT TESTIFYING.
UH, AN OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER 19 ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA REGARDING REZONING THE LAND ON SCOTT STREET.
MY NAME IS KRISTA
BUT ACTUALLY FOR MOST OF THAT TIME, I'VE WORKED IN AUSTIN OR SAN ANTONIO.
I WOULD TELL PEOPLE THAT KYLE'S A PLACE WHERE I SLEPT FOR 14 YEARS.
UM, AND THOSE OTHER CITIES WERE BASICALLY WHERE MY LIFE WAS, BUT NOT ANYMORE.
NOW I HAVE THREE KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL AND KYLE, WE PARTICIPATE IN HIGH IN HAZE SPORTS.
WE'RE ACTIVE IN OUR CHURCH AND I SERVE AS BOARD CHAIR FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL.
THAT'S OPENING IN BUDA IN 2022 WITH PLANS TO BUILD A CAMPUS HERE IN KYLE IN THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING HOW THRILLED I AM WITH OUR CITY'S VERY AMBITIOUS VISION FOR GROWTH TURNED INTO REALITY BY THIS CITY COUNCIL, THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR TOWN SQUARE ARE TRENDY, NEW SPACES FOR EATERIES AND SHOPPING AND BRINGING IN THESE MAJOR INVESTMENTS AND EMPLOYERS TO SET UP SHOP HERE.
I SEE THESE AS ALL WINS AND UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
KYLE IS TRULY BECOMING THE PLACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIKE MINE CAN LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
WE'RE REACHING THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO ENCOURAGE THAT AS WE REACH THAT NEXT LEVEL, WE PAUSE, WE PAUSE TO ENJOY IT.
AND WE PAUSE SO THAT WHEN WE'VE TAKEN A GOOD LOOK AT ROUND AND WE SEE HOW FAR THAT WE'VE COME, WE KNOW HOW TO BRING IT TO THE NEXT NEXT LEVEL.
I WORRY THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING PAVED OVER BY NEW RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, SINGLE
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FAMILY HOMES AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES.IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT ACCORDING TO HAYES CISD, OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY AT OR ABOVE CAPACITY.
AND THE DISTRICT HAS SHOWN PREFERENCE FOR BUDA.
WHEN IT COMES TO BONDING AND BUILDING SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOLS NEED A PAUSE, A PAUSE, SO THEY CAN CATCH UP A PAUSE TO ASSESS AND A PAUSE TO MAP OUT HOW THEY'LL GET TO THEIR NEXT LEVEL.
THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND OFFICE SCOTT STREET IS NEXT TO MY DAUGHTER'S MONTESSORI SCHOOL.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE DELIGHT WHEN WE PULL UP MOST MORNINGS AND THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD COW SITTING THERE CHOMPING HAVING HIS BREAKFAST RIGHT THERE BY THE FENCE.
WE USED TO SEE FAMILIES OF DEER ACROSS THE STREET UNTIL THE STAGECOACH NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT.
WE TAKE OUR BLUEBONNET PHOTOS IN THE FIELDS, JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR PLUM CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WOMEN, THESE WERE LITTLE MOMENTS FROM MY, WHERE WE PAUSED AND WE ENJOYED WHERE WE LIVED AND I KNOW THEY CAN'T LAST FOREVER AND GROWTH IS GIVING US NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
KYLE IS REACHING THE NEXT LEVEL OF A COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN LIVE OUR WHOLE LIVES.
AND I'M WORRIED THAT IF DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AT SUCH A FEVERISH PACE, I THINK WE WERE JUST CALLED BOOMTOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY PAVE OVER OUR ABILITY TO CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT AND AMENITIES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY.
I HOPE THAT IT BEGINS WITH THIS APPLICATION OR PAUSE BEGINS WITH THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONING ON SCOTT STREET.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER A FUTURE REQUESTS TO BUILD AND WHETHER THEY ARE INDEED CRITICAL TO OUR RIGHT NOW TO MEET YOUR PRESENT DAY GOALS FOR OUR GROWTH AS A COUNCIL.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, MAYBE WE CAN PAUSE, PAUSE, AND ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE IN MOTION RIGHT NOW AND LEAVE ROOM FOR KYLE'S NEXT LEVEL.
UM, I AM HERE WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN THE LATE 1950S OR EARLY 1960S SMACK FATHER PLANTED FOUR TREES IN THE, WHAT WAS THEN THIS, UH, CITY SQUARE KYLE TO HONOR FOR, UM, CITIZENS OF KYLE.
AND, UH, AT THE TIME THEY WERE MARKED, SOME ARE MARKED WITH CEMENT RINGS, WHICH INHIBITED EVENTUALLY INHIBITED THE GROWTH, UM, AND WERE TAKEN AWAY.
AND THEN, UH, IN 1976, DURING THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL, DURING KYLE'S CELEBRATION OF THAT, HE PLANTED TWO ADDITIONAL TREES ACROSS FROM WHAT WAS THEN THE BANK AND WHICH BEFORE THAT HAD BEEN THE SITE OF HIS BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS, HE PLANTED TWO MORE TREES THERE.
AND, UM, ALL OF THE MARKINGS FOR THESE TREES HAVE BEEN, UM, TAKEN AWAY EITHER BY NEGLECT OR, UH, NECESSITY BECAUSE OF THE TREES HEALTH, OR JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE CUT THERE IN 1960.
AND, UH, I AM ASKING THE CITY TO MARK THESE TREES WITH, YOU KNOW, TO SIGNIFY WHOSE HONOR THEY WERE PLANTED IN HIS HONOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THAT'S, I WOULD LIKE THEM MARKED IN SOME WAY.
THE TREES IN THE CITY HALL WERE PLANTED IN HONOR OF RJ, RJ SLEDGE, ALEX B KERCHEVAL, UM, MAYOR KYLE HARTSON AND LEX WERE JUNIOR.
AND, UH, MY FATHER WAS LEX WORD.
AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET HERE, THEY WERE PLANTED IN HONOR OF JOE STEWART AND, UH, LAVERNE ALLEN ARE EARLY, UM, LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF KYLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING.
DID THESE TREES TO BE DESIGNATED RE DESIGNATED AS FAR WHOM THEY WERE INTENDED TO HONOR.
THAT'S ALL THE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM THAT ARE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM MS. GEORGIA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
AND I WAS DOWN BY LAKE KYLE IN TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE, UM, NOT TOO FAR LONG, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE
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TO HAVE CANOES OR KAYAK ON THE WATER, BUT NOT FISHING FROM THEM.JUST ONE PERSON IN ONE KAYAK WITH A LIFE JACKET, NO, NOTHING MOTORIZED PADDLES ONLY.
AND THE CANOE, THE SAME THING TO PEOPLE, THE MOST PADDLES, NOT FISHING FROM IT, JUST SIMPLY USING THE WATER.
AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME WAS WE ALL PAY FOR IT, PAY TAXES FOR THIS.
AND, UH, I HAVE PLAYED, UM, FISHING AT THE, AT THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, THROW THE LOW LINE IN, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR KAYAK OR CANOE IN THAT WATER BECAUSE THEY SAID TO ME, WE ALL PAY OUR TAXES.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY STATEMENT FOR TODAY.
AND, UH, I WAS IN A FISHING BOAT THE OTHER DAY, BUT NOT WITH, YOU KNOW, NO, ACTUALLY I'LL TAKE THAT BACK.
I WAS ON THE SHARK FISHING LINE OUT, BUT ANYWAY, THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THAT WITH A KAYAK OR CANOE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
CITIZEN COMMENTS, CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED.
[3. Juneteenth proclamation. ~ Dex Ellison, Council Member]
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION.SO, UH, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UM, PRESENTING THE CITY OF CARL'S OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION 2021.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ IT.
UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH ALL OF MY PROCLAMATIONS THIS YEAR IS TALK ABOUT ORIGIN STORIES, HOW EACH HOLIDAY BEGAN, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT IS A BIG, UH, SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS THIS PROCLAMATION WAS WRITTEN FOR.
AND THEN I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THE DIALOGUE FOR A PIECE OF PROGRESS THIS FRIDAY EVENING FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT 30 TO, UH, FURTHER, UH, CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH, WHICH WILL BE THIS SATURDAY, AS WELL AS JUST HAVING OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION AS WE STARTED A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO THE CAL PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE'LL BE HAVING A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION STARTING AT 10:00 AM, SATURDAY, JUNE JUNETEENTH, UM, WITH A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE SMITHSONIAN.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK THAT OUT, I'D HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IT.
THE CITY CALL CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION FOR JUNETEENTH.
WHEREAS THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS ARE INFORMED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROCLAMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES, ALL SLAVES ARE FREE.
THIS INVOLVES AN ABSOLUTE EQUALITY OF PERSONAL RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF PROPERTY BETWEEN FORMER MASTERS AND SLAVES.
AND THE CONNECTION HERE TO, FOR EXISTING BETWEEN THEM BECOMES THAT BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND HIRED LABOR, THE FRIEDMAN ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN QUIETLY AT THEIR PRESENT HOMES AND WORK FOR WAGES.
THEY ARE INFORMED THAT THEY ARE, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COLLECT IT MILITARY POSTS AND THEY WILL NOT BE, AND THAT THEY WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED IN IDLENESS EITHER THERE OR ELSEWHERE IN QUOTE, THIS RED AND GALVESTON, TEXAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865 BY GENERAL GORDON GRANGER.
AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR STARTED APRIL 12TH, 1861.
AND AS AMERICA APPROACHED HIS THIRD YEAR YEAR OF THE WAR ON JANUARY 1ST, 18, 18 63, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SHOOT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, WHICH IN PART STATED, QUOTE, ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES WITHIN ANY STATE OR DESIGNATED PART OF A STATE.
THE PEOPLE WERE SHOUTED, THEN BE IN REBELLION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE THEN DENSE FORWARD AND FOREVER FREE.
AND WHEREAS IT WASN'T UNTIL DECEMBER 6TH, 1865, WHEN THE 13TH AMENDMENT WAS PASSED AND MADE FEDERAL LAW STATING THAT QUOTE NEITHER SLAVERY NOR INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME.
WHEREAS THE PARTY OF SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY CONVICTED SHALL EXIST IN THE STATES OR ANY PLACE SUBJECT TO THEIR JURISDICTION IN QUOTE.
AND WHEREAS WE STRIVE TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE THESE EVENTS BECAUSE IN
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THE WORDS OF FORMER TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE OUT EDWARDS, WHO AUTHORED HOUSE BILL 10, 16, MAKING JUNETEENTH AND OFFICIAL STATE HOLIDAY QUOTE EVERY YEAR, WE MUST REMIND SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS THAT THIS EVENT TRIGGERED A SERIES OF EVENTS.THAT ONE BY ONE DEFINES THE CHALLENGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS HOLIDAY IN QUOTE.
AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY OR EMANCIPATION DAY IS A HOLIDAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN TEXAS IN JUNE, 1860 5, 901 DAYS AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THEREFORE BEING PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF KYLE THAT THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS JUNE JUNETEENTH OR EMANCIPATION DAY IN RECOGNITION OF FREEDOM DAY AND THE SPIRIT OF JUNETEENTH THAT CELEBRATES AFRICAN-AMERICAN FREEDOM, EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT, WHILE IN PRAYER, ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS SELF-DEVELOPMENT SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND RESPECT FOR ALL CULTURES SIGNED AND ENTERED THIS 19TH, UH, THIS, UH, SORRY, 15TH DAY OF JUNE, 2021.
AND SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT THANK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE SUPPORT ON THIS JUNETEENTH.
THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE WE'VE DONE, UH, CONSECUTIVELY FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
THERE HAVE BEEN ONES IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT, BUT IT'S A PORT REMINDER OF HISTORY, AMERICAN HISTORY, UH, THAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS.
AND, UH, I WAS HOPING TO, WITH THIS PROCLAMATION SHARE SOME OF THE QUOTES AND WORDS THAT WERE USED WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND HOW THERE WAS JOYOUS PARTS OF IT, BUT THEY'RE ALL ALSO WHEREAS, UH, A STANDARD SET, UH, AS WELL, UH, TOWARDS, UH, HOW THINGS WERE STILL DIFFICULT AFTER THESE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS AND EVEN THE 13TH AMENDMENT WAS ISSUED, BUT, UH, ALL THE PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD CUSTOMERS UP? EXCELLENT.
THANK COUNCILOR, ALISON, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UM, ALWAYS, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HIS PRESENTATIONS.
THINGS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
ONE THING IT DOES BRING TO US AS AWARENESS AS A COUNTRY.
WE'VE NEVER BEEN PERFECT, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, WE CAN BE REMINDED THAT WE'RE ALL CREATED EQUAL AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NEXT UP.
[4. Recognition of Captain Pedro Hernandez for 25 years with KPD. ~ Rick Koch, Mayor Pro Tem]
RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN PEDRO HERNANDEZ, 25 YEARS WITH KPD MAYOR PRO TIM.UH, TONIGHT, UH, CAPTAIN PEDRO HERNANDEZ IS GOING TO, UH, RECEIVE THE WHITE GLOVE TREATMENT.
UM, I HAD HEARD A STORY AND STAFF DID A GREAT JOB THAT CAPTAIN PEDRO HERNANDEZ BACK IN THE DAY HAD A BASEBALL CARD, UH, THAT CELEBRATED HIS TIME WITH KYLE PD.
AND SO FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION, WE HAVE A 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
THIS MARKS THE MONTH OF HIS 25 YEARS WITH KPD, UH, ON THE BACK.
NOW I'M NOT THE BEST ONE TO TALK ABOUT CAPTAIN PEDRO HERNANDEZ, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU, SIR, THAT EVER SINCE I WAS A MEMBER OF THE KYLE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, I HAVE ENJOYED KNOWING YOU, UH, THEN GETTING ON COUNCIL.
I HAVE ENJOYED SPARRING WITH YOU AND SEEING YOUR ENERGY AND THE WAY THAT YOU DEMAND EXCELLENCE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY.
AND YOU WANT TO SEE IT THROUGH, AND YOU ARE A SHINING BEACON AND A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS.
AND SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOBIA AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, BRADSHAW ARE PASSING OUT THOSE CARDS AND CHIEF, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
MARIN COUNCIL, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT, NOT FOR CAL PD HERE TONIGHT, AS WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS WE RECOGNIZE STAFF, BUT NOW IT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT AT RECOGNIZING THE 25 YEAR TENURE OF OUR POLICE CAPTAIN 25 YEARS AGO, HE JOINED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE PATROLLED THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF KYLE, OFTENTIMES WITH NO BACKUP.
HE WAS THE ONLY OFFICER ON DUTY AND HE PERFORMED ALL OF THE FUNCTION.
YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT WERE BESTOWED UPON THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, FROM POLICE OFFICER TO INVESTIGATOR TO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TO PROBLEM SOLVER.
HE SERVED THE CITY, UM, THROUGH LEAN TIMES AND HE CERTAINLY
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CONTINUES TO SERVE AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY.ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO AT THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO CREATE AN AGENCY THAT SERVES AS WHAT WE CALL A CAREER AGENCY.
THAT'S THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU COME TO WORK WHEN YOU START YOUR CAREER AND YOU LOVE IT.
AND IN YOU ENJOY IT SO MUCH AND YOU ENJOY SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO RETIRE.
IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO RECRUIT OTHERS TO RELIEVE YOU.
WHEN YOU DO RETIRE, IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR LEGACY.
CAPTAIN PEDRO HERNANDEZ IS CERTAINLY SOMEONE THAT I HAVE DEPENDED ON FOR MY TENURE HERE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, HE'S AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER AT WORK.
HE'S AN OUTSTANDING LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE ARE WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS LEADERSHIP.
AND SO WE'LL ADD THAT 25 YEARS IS NOT THE, OF HIS CAREER.
I'VE LOCKED HIM INTO AT LEAST 10 MORE YEARS.
I DEPEND ON HIM WAY TOO MUCH, AND IT IS MY HONOR.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE WITH HIM TONIGHT AS THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZING RECOGNIZES HIM FOR HIS 25 YEARS, HIS GREAT 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF KYLE CONGRATULATIONS, CAPTAIN WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM CERTAINLY VERY HUMBLED AND, AND, UH, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, CHIEF DID SAY HE LOCKED ME IN FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.
WE'RE DOING THE BASEBALL THEME.
SO I NEED TO BE SIGNING THAT CONTRACT HERE BY THE END, BY THE END OF THE MEETING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIGN-ON BONUS WAS, BUT, UH, I'M SURE WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT.
UH, BUT, UM, I CERTAINLY BEEN BLESSED BEYOND WHAT I DESERVE AND THANK YOU.
SO, UM, MAN, THE CITY HAS GROWN SO MUCH.
I WAS THE FIFTH OFFICER AND, UH, WE DID SERVE AS ANIMAL CONTROL MARK, THE PATROL CAR JUMPED IN THE ANIMAL CONTROL TRUCK AND GO, OKAY, WELL I WANT TO, I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE MY BACK TO EVERYBODY, BUT YEAH, SO I DID HAVE TO SERVE AS THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AT TIMES.
PATROL OFFICER HAD TO GO PATROL, PARKED THE PATROL CAR AND JUMPED IN THE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL TRUCK AND GO PICK UP THE ANIMAL AND RETURN JUMPED BACK IN OUR PATROL CAR AND ANSWER CALLS.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AND ALL THE CITIZENS, THE CITY OF COW'S BEEN GREAT TO ME, ALL MY FORMER CHIEFS, MY FAMILY, CURRENT CITY COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
AND, UM, I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE AND KIND OF AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, I REALLY FEEL HUMBLED AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF Y'ALL AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR SUCH A GREAT CITY.
YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED IN 1996, I'LL BE HONEST.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF STAYING HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING HERE AND THEN SLOWLY BUT SURELY IT STARTED GROWING AND GROWING AND, AND UM, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M CONSTANTLY RECRUITING AND I'M CONSTANTLY BRAGGING ABOUT THE CITY.
I'M CONSTANTLY BRAGGING ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND UH, JUST ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
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[5. Recognition of the Kyle Police Citizens on Patrol and the Kyle Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association. ~ Jeff Barnett, Chief of Police]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE RECOGNITION, GEORGIA.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE RECOGNITION OF THE KYLE POLICE CITIZENS ON PATROL AND THE KYLE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, CHIEF BARNEY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MARIN COUNSELOR, AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE.
WE CERTAINLY ONE BLESSED AGENCY, AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR POLICE CAPTAIN AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COULDN'T BE REPLACED.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY PROUD FOR HIM.
ANOTHER AREA IN WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS OUR CITIZENRY.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI, AND THEN THOSE THAT ALSO SERVE AS OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL.
AND THEY SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT GO BEYOND MEASURE.
THEY SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, OUR DISPATCHERS, OUR RECORDS PERSONNEL DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND THEY DO SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEY NEVER ASKED FOR CREDIT FOR IT.
AND THEY'VE DONE SO MANY LATELY THAT WE WANTED TO AGAIN, REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE CITIZENS AMONG YOU THAT ARE SERVING AND CONTINUING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
I'LL START WITH OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL VOLUNTEERS OF WHICH WE HAVE FOUR, AND YOU'LL SEE THEM BEHIND ME IN THEIR WHITE SHIRTS.
IF I TURN AROUND AND LOOK, WE HAVE MR. FRANK SCHULTZ, MR. ROBERT PRICE, MIKE, MR. MIKE, HIM AND MS. PHYLLIS KERNS.
THESE CITIZENS HAVE ALL OUT THERE STANDING BACK THERE.
I'LL WE'LL GET THEIR ATTENTION HERE A SECOND.
SO THEY HAVE ALL ATTENDED OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
THEY HAVE ALL ATTENDED ADVANCED LEVEL TRAINING.
THEY HAVE ALL SWORN TO GO OUT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A CITIZENS ON PATROL VOLUNTEER CAPACITY.
THEY COME IN, THEY CHECK OUT A PATROL VEHICLE, ALLOTTED FOR CITIZENS ON PATROL AND CLEARLY MARKED.
AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY PATROL OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP KEEP IT SAFE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT OFFICERS CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES.
AND THESE CITIZENS HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO TAKE THE TRAINING AND BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M GOING TO STEAL SOME OF OFFICER JAMES PLANT'S THUNDER HERE, CAUSE HE PROVIDED ME SOME OF THEIR NOTES THIS YEAR.
SO SORRY, OFFICER PLANT, I'M GOING TO LET HIM SPEAK BY THE WAY.
UM, THIS YEAR ALONE, THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED 380 HOURS THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND WE'RE ONLY SIX MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, JUST IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO FAR, THEY'VE DONE 82 HOURS OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY HELP OUT WITH THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS EVENT.
THEY HELP OUT WITH THE PIE IN THE SKY EVENT.
THAT'S COMING UP AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY HELP OUT WITH THE ANNUAL FOUNDERS DAY PARADE AND THEY CERTAINLY, HE DID THE CALL TO ACTION.
WHEN WE HAD OUR RECENT WINTER STORM IN THE ASS EVENT, THEY COME OUT, TOM AND TOM AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE A VACCINATION EVENT OR WHEN WE HAVE A FOOD GIVEAWAY, ANYTHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS DOING TO HELP SERVE OUR CITIZENRY, THEY'RE THERE TO HELP AS WELL.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS.
WE'RE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THIS ADVANCED LEVEL TRAINING.
WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE A CITIZENS OWN PATROL PROGRAM.
THAT'S ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DO INTEND TO GROW THAT PROGRAM IN
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THE YEARS TO COME.SOME OF YOU WHO WERE ON COUNCIL, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, REMEMBER THAT WE WANTED TO GET EXCELLENT CANDIDATES AND START THE PROGRAM OFF IN SMALL INCREMENTAL STEPS THAT WOULD BE SAFE AND INFORMATIVE FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY WITH GOOD, NO WITH OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY SERVING ON YOUR CITIZENS OWN PATROL PROGRAM.
UM, I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI.
AND THEN ALSO I'M GOING TO LET OFFICER PLANT COME SAY SOME GREAT WORDS.
CAUSE HE HAPPENS TO BE OUR OFFICER WHO OVERSEES BOTH OF THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ARE MADE OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM OUR CAL CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE POLICE ACADEMY ARE, ARE ABOUT TO ATTEND THE ONE IN SEPTEMBER.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YET, UM, IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER YOUR RECORDS OR ANIMAL CONTROL DETECTIVES, NO MATTER YOUR ASSIGNMENT, YOU GET TO COME IN AND YOU GET TO INSTRUCT A GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND WHO WANT TO COME IN AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO AT THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER 10 OR 11 WEEKS, DEPENDING ON YOUR ACADEMY, YOU GET TO BE EXPOSED TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE TAKE YOU ALONG ON, WE TAKE YOU ON RIDE ALONGS.
YOU GO TO THE GUN RANGE, YOU DO A NUMBER OF GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH OUR OFFICERS AND WITH OUR STAFF.
ONCE YOU GRADUATED FROM THAT ACADEMY, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE YOUR SERVICE AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BEHIND ME.
WE HAVE OUR PRESIDENT, MR. PAT GIBSON.
WE HAVE OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MS. CYNTHIA BENTLEY, OUR SECRETARY, MISS PHYLLIS KERNS, OUR TREASURER, AARON STORY, AND THE HISTORIAN MS. PAM GIBSON THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THEY'VE SERVED IN MANY GREAT WAYS.
THEY DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY PROVIDING GOODIE BAGS BY COMING BY AND OFFERING ENCOURAGEMENT TO OUR STAFF.
AFTER A DIFFICULT CALL, THEY COME IN ON THE WEEKENDS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WEEKEND STAFF MEMBERS HAVE MEALS TO EAT LUNCHES AND DINNERS.
THEY DO SO MANY GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
RECENTLY, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE BACK AREA OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A REALLY NICE WHITE ROCK, UH, BEDDING.
THAT'S BEEN LAID DOWN IN THE BACK.
WHAT WE MIGHT CALL THE, THE FLOWER BED, THE BACKSIDE OF THE PD FOR OVER A YEAR.
NOW, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A LITTLE MUD PIT WHERE THE OFFICERS WALK THROUGH THERE, STEPPING IN THE MUD TRACKING AS THEY COME AND GO FROM THEIR VEHICLES IN THE BACK DOOR OF THE PD.
UM, THIS GROUP SAW FIT, UH, THROUGH THEIR OWN FUNDING, THEIR OWN WORK TO GO COLLECT THAT WHITE ROCK AND BRING IT IN AND INSTALL IT.
AND NUMBER ONE, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
SECONDLY, IT SERVES A GREAT PURPOSE BECAUSE IT HELPS KEEP OUR AREA CLEAN AND THE BOOTS CLEAN AND WHATNOT AT THE PD, BUT IT UPLIFTED OUR MORALE IN THE PD BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT THE CITIZENS HERE IN KYLE DO CARE ABOUT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PEOPLE WHO SERVE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THE THING THAT THEY'VE DONE IS THAT IN OUR KITCHEN AREA, WE HAVE A SMALL BREAK AREA INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN WAS BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF, UH, UPGRADING OR ANYTHING RETROFITTING TO THAT BUILDING OVER THE YEARS AND OUR KITCHEN NEEDED SOME MODERNIZATION.
THEY CAME IN IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AGAIN, MORALE OF THE STAFF AND GIVE THE STAFF A GREAT WORK AREA.
AND THEY'VE CAME IN AND EVERY WORKED THAT AREA AND BRIGHTEN IT UP WITH FRESH PAINT.
THEY'VE MADE THE CABINETRY LOOK BRAND NEW.
THEY'VE STOCKED OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE STOCKED OUR BREAK AREA WITH DIFFERENT, UH, APPLIANCES TO HELP PROVIDE CONVENIENCE TO THE STAFF, TO COME IN AND MAYBE MAKE COFFEE, OR MAYBE THEY WANT TO HEAT A MEAL UP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
THEY PROVIDED TOASTERS, THEY PROVIDED COFFEE MACHINES, YOU NAME IT.
THEY DO THAT OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET.
THEY PROVIDE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THESE PEOPLE ARE SERVANTS.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM.
THEY ALSO COME OUT AND HELP WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL.
THEY HELP OUT DURING THE COVID VACCINATION DISTRIBUTIONS, THE MASS FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, THE WATER DISTRIBUTIONS.
AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE A SPECIAL WEEK FOR OUR ANIMAL CONTROL, OUR VICTIM SERVICES, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ANY SPECIALTY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK THERE'S MANY.
THEY ALWAYS COME IN AND PROVIDE SNACKS ARE UPLIFTING GIFTS TO THE STAFF.
JUST SOMETHING AS A SMALL TOKEN TO SAY HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE THAT STAFF AND HOPE HELP UPLIFT THEM WHILE THEY DO THEIR JOB.
WE HAVE SOME AMAZING CITIZENS IN THE WAY THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF US IS SECOND TO NONE.
I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI MEMBERS, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, OWN PATROL MEMBERS.
AND THEY SERVE IN A WAY THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU PROUD BECAUSE THEY'RE REPRESENTING YOU AS MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM AND WE WANTED TO BRING RECOGNITION TO THEM.
I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, NOT BE DOING JUSTICE IF I DIDN'T LET OFFICER JAMES PLANT COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THEM AS WELL.
HE WORKS WITH HIM DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
HE OVERSEES THEIR PROGRAMS AND HE WORKS WITH THEM AND HE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON BEHALF OF THE PD IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THEM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE CERTAINLY TAKING CARE OF US.
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SO OFFICER PLANT FOR THE RECORD, JAMES SUPPLANT POLICE OFFICER WITH COP POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT, BUT, UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THE SAME THING CHIEF DID.I, I HOPE ONE DAY I'M, I'M JUST AS GOOD AS A CITIZEN AS THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE.
UM, THEY MAKE MY JOB MUCH EASIER.
UM, THEY HA THEY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND GIVING BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
UM, I FEEL THAT I'M, I'M GOING IN THE RIGHT ROUTE IN MY CAREER THAT WAY, BUT IT'S JUST LOOKING AT THEIR ENERGY IS JUST BEYOND ANYTHING I'VE SEEN.
THEY'RE THERE FOR US DURING OUR WORST TIMES.
UM, LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A FUNERAL FOR OFFICER PUTNAM FROM SAN MARCUS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE DAY BEFORE THE FUNERAL, I WAS ASKED, HEY, CAN YOU GET ME SOME VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER TO HELP IT HELP THE SERVICE AND MADE A PHONE CALL? AND I HAD VOLUNTEERS FROM BOTH, BOTH GROUPS COME TO THE, TO AUSTIN, TO SHORELINE CHURCH, AND WE PARKED HUNDREDS OF CARS.
AND OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO HELPED SAN MARCUS WITH, WITH SEATING OF THE GUESTS DURING THE FUNERAL SERVICE.
AND IT WAS WITH LITTLE TO NO NOTICE.
AND THAT WAS THE SAME THING DURING OUR FREEZE, WHEN WE HAD THE FREEZE AND WE HIT THE EMERGENCY WATER DISTRIBUTION, THAT HAYES, I MADE A PHONE CALL AND IN 30 MINUTES I HAD VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP AT THE STATION WITHIN AN HOUR.
SO, UM, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THESE GUYS.
SOME OF THEM MAY, A COUPLE OF THEM MAY GET TO GUN HOT TIMES AND THEY HAVE TO BE REINED IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I MEAN, THEY HAD THE SOVEREIGN'S HEART AND THEY JUST WANT IT.
THEY JUST WANT TO SEE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT IT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IF THEY, IF I WOULD ALLOW THEM TO.
BUT, UH, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND THAT'S NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS ON PATROL WITH OUR ALUMNI.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US.
WE STARTED TO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT GROUP, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE VERY FOND OF OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE ON PATROL AND IN OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI, THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO US.
WE JUST WANTED TO CONVEY THAT TO YOU AND REMIND THE CITIZENS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANY, ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE FINALIZED THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
IT WILL BE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER AND THE BEST PART OF IT IS IT WILL BE MONDAY NIGHTS.
SO IF ANYBODY ON COUNCIL WANTS TO ATTEND, THE PROGRAM IS AN OPEN INVITATION, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I ALSO, I WILL SEND OUT A SCHEDULE ONCE IT'S FINALIZED AND WE START THE COURSE AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO PICK AND CHOOSE SOME CLASSES YOU'D LIKE TO COME SEE.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ATTEND THE HOPE OF COURSE, BUT IF NOT, UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS ON MONDAY NIGHTS WHEN TIME PERMITS TO ATTEND SOME OF THE CLASSES.
MY WIFE AND I ARE LOOKING FOR HOPEFULLY SOON, BUT, UH, I JUST, I THINK THAT'S RELEVANT.
UH, MAN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS GROUP AS WELL.
I WENT THROUGH THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY EIGHT YEARS AGO.
UH, IT TRULY CHANGED MY OUTLOOK, UM, ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT REALLY MADE ME PROUD OF THIS AGENCY THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY.
UM, THERE, I, I COULD SHARE A BUNCH OF, UH, THAT WOULD SHOW PROOF TO THAT AND WHY THAT'S IN MY HEART AND WHY I SEE THAT AT EACH AND EVERY DAY.
UH, I LEARNED THAT IN MY 10 WEEKS DURING, DURING MY CLASS SIX, AND I'VE BEEN A PROUD ALUM ALUMNI MEMBER AS WELL, OBSER PLAN.
I'LL PROBABLY TAKE YOU UP ON JUMPING IN A FEW OF THOSE CLASSES.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'D BE ABLE TO DO ALL 10 WEEKS AGAIN, BUT, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO GET A REFRESHER AND I CAN SEE THE COMMITMENT FROM, UH, THE PEOPLE IN THIS AGENCY EACH AND EVERY DAY FROM THE SWORN TO THE NON-SWORN, UH, TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND, UH, PLANT AND, AND CHIEF REALLY OUTLINED IT, HOW THEY STEP UP WITH VERY LITTLE TO NO NOTICE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO GIVE BACK AND BE THERE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND IT TRULY IS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH THEM.
I, I I'M IN THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, SO I ATTEND THE MEETINGS EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OR AS MANY AS I CAN.
SOMETIMES I'LL JUST SIT BACK AND NOT SAY A THING AND LISTEN TO THEM, WORK AND PLAN AND PREPARE THINGS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR EACH AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE COP, THE ASSOCIATION.
I MEAN, UH, THE CITIZENS ON PATROL AND, UH, THE ALUMNI, UM, YOUR SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY IS, HAS NO LIMITS.
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THERE IN SERVICE.AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT SERVANT'S HEART, BUT I WANT TO JUST SHARE A STORY ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC, DURING THE FREEZE.
UM, THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHEN THERE'S PEOPLE WITHOUT FOOD, WITHOUT WATER, AND WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE PROGRAMS FORWARD, ORGANIZING A FOOD DRIVE WITHIN 12 HOURS AND YOU, THE COP BEING OUT THERE TO RUN TRAFFIC CONTROL WITHIN HOURS WAS AMAZING TO SEE IT.
YOU ALL STAND OUT THERE IN THE RAIN, YOU ALL STAND OUT THERE IN THE CODE WHEN WE'RE HAVING OUR FOOD DRIVES.
WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE EARLY PP DISTRIBUTIONS, YOU'RE OUT THERE WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE WITH THE VACCINE IN THE EARLY STAGES ARE IN THERE, THERE, THE ROADS BEING ICED OVER AND ASCENDING THE, THE BRIDGES DOWN AND YOU'RE STANDING OUT THERE AND YOU'RE DIRECTING TRAFFIC.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU ALL ARE EX MILITARY AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COUNTRY AND NOW YOU SERVE OUR CITY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS.
UM, CITIZENS ON PATROL LAST WEEKEND, WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THE CANDIDATES DO THEIR PHYSICAL TRAINING TEST, UH, AND THEY WERE SO GREAT AT JUST ENCOURAGING THOSE THAT WERE RUNNING ALONG, INCLUDING MYSELF NOT TO GIVE UP AND LIKE COUNTING LAPS WITH ME AND JUST BEING SO, UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ALUMNI WHO REALLY ARE THE BACKBONE, UM, FOR SUPPORTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UM, ON A DIFFERENT NOTE.
I ALSO, I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK TOWARDS, UM, OFFICER HERNANDEZ, WHO, UM, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET, TALK TO AND BREAK BREAD WITH.
AND IT'S NO WONDER THAT SO MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE, UM, IN GETTING TO KNOW HIM, I REALIZED WHAT A GREAT GUY HE IS, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
AND SO, UM, HE'S WHO I THINK, UM, OUR OFFICERS LOOK UP TO AND I'D LIKE THEM TO BE LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE'S SUCH A GREAT, HONORABLE, UM, STRAIGHTFORWARD PERSON.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS 25 YEARS, AND I HAVE YOUR, UM, CONTRACT RIGHT HERE AND IT SAYS 25 MORE YEARS, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD.
SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CITY OFFICER PLANT.
SO SHREWD MOVE ON, MOVING IT TO A MONDAY NIGHT PRESSURES ON COUNCIL.
I, UH, I PUT IN MY, UH, TUESDAY NIGHTS, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER IT BEING 12 SESSIONS.
UM, THE KYLE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, UM, AND NOW, UH, THE COP, UH, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT HAD SOME OF THE FINEST, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ENROLLED IN IT.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE GREAT VOLUNTEERS.
UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU, UH, IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOOD THINGS THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE GROUP AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M PROUD TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
IT WAS ENTERTAINING FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND IT WAS SUCH A NICE WAY TO GET TO KNOW SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, AND TO SERVE WITH THESE FINE FOLKS, UM, AND VOLUNTEER WITH THEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, UH, OFFICER PLANT IN THAT AND KEEPING THAT GOING.
YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITIZENS ON PATROL PROGRAM WAS FIRST PROPOSED BY YOU.
UH, THERE WAS A F I MEAN, I WOULD THINK A NOT UNREASONABLE SKEPTICISM ON OUR PART TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM WAS.
AND IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO LIVE OR DIE BY THE FIRST ROUND OF VOLUNTEERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THIS PROGRAM HAS SUCCEEDED NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS IS A GOOD PERSON.
SO, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S ONE BACK THERE, BUT I WON'T, I WON'T, I WON'T SAY WHICH ONE, UM, UH, YOU'VE BUILT A TON OF TRUST, UH, WITH THIS CITY, UH, FOR THESE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING AND A TON OF THANKS, UH, FROM US TO YOU FOR, FOR CREATING PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ALL REALLY PROUD OF, PROUD OF THAN WE THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE BEEN.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR HELPING THESE PROGRAMS TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE TRUST IN ME TO DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS AND TO GIVE ME THE TIME TO GET IT TO WHERE IT'S GONNA GO, WHERE WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE WANT TO BE, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO BE, TO GET BETTER EVERY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH.
WELL, IT'LL CONTINUE TO GROW HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF STILL ON DONE THAT WE WANT TO DO.
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WANT TO, I'M SORRY.YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE CALL BACK A LONG, LONG WAY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY IN THE COP POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU SYSTEM AND PATROL AND EVERYBODY IN THE BACK VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
[6. Introduction of new police and emergency communications employees. ~ Jeff Barnett, Chief of Police]
SIX, INTRODUCTION OF NEW POLICE AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEES.MARIN COUNCIL, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD, UH, FOR MY GROUPS IN THE BLUE SHIRTS AND WHITE SHIRTS BEHIND ME.
IF Y'ALL WOULDN'T, DON'T LEAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET A GROUP PICTURE OUTSIDE WHILE WE HAVE EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
SO WHEN WE QUIETLY EXIT AFTER THIS ITEM, I WILL JOIN YOU AND WE'LL GET A PHOTOGRAPH OUTSIDE.
UM, SO FOR OUR NEXT ITEM, MARY COUNCIL, WE, WE TRADITIONALLY BRING, UH, BEFORE YOU USE SOME OF OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS, WHEN WE COLLECT A FEW NEW EMPLOYEES AND CAN BRING YOU A GROUP AT A TIME.
SO TO NOT, WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME OF OUR NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND SOME OF OUR NEW TELECOMMUNICATORS FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT.
WE HAVE TWO, UH, ONE BRAND NEW AND ONE SOMEWHAT NEWER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT ARE HERE SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UH, BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
NOW WE HAVE MR. DUARTE PAMPLONA, A GREAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
HE'S PROVING TO BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY.
YOU ALREADY KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE INTERACTED WITH HIM.
HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB AT TRYING TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY AND TO KEEP IN, UH, KEEPING HIS MIND IN HIS GOAL, THE VISION OF THE CITY THAT WE HAVE FOR BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR, HE COMES TO US ALSO AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE MILITARY.
SO YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT HOW ARE SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVANT'S HEART.
AND HE CAME TO US AFTER A 20 YEAR CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY SECOND, AND A RECENT HIRE.
WE HAVE MR. UMBERTO VEGA WHO COMES TO US FROM THE DALLAS AREA, WHERE HE SERVED FOR A COUPLE OF CITIES IN THE ANIMAL CONTROL AREA.
UH, HE'S GOING TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE OVER INTO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WORLD.
HE'S ALREADY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB, AND I WANTED YOU TO HAVE A FACE WITH THE NAME IN CASE YOU ARE, AS WE ALL MOVE FORWARD WITH A BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, DUARTE, PAMPLONA, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ROBERTO VEGA.
ALSO WITH ME TONIGHT, I HAVE, UH, SOME OF OUR NEWEST TELECOMMUNICATORS.
THESE ARE YOUR NINE 11 OPERATORS THAT SERVE IN THE DISPATCH CENTER.
UH, WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME TREMENDOUS DISPATCHERS ON THE OTHER END OF NINE 11, ANSWERING OUR CALLS AND TO ANSWER THE OTHER END OF OUR POLICE RADIOS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE DEPEND ON A DAILY THEY'RE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE PART OF OUR LIFELINE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE PART OF YOUR LIFELINE AND OURS AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO COME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
I WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF SECOND TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RECENT EFFORT AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN FOR OUR TELECOMMUNICATORS, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR JOB IS IMPORTANT AND THAT IT'S VERY CHALLENGING AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY CANDIDATES AND THEN TO RETAIN THOSE CANDIDATES.
SO WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE WORK THAT OUR TREMENDOUS SUPERVISORS, UH, CHRISSY AND ASHLEY, AND HAVE PUT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT NINE 11 CENTER, THEY HAVE ATTRACTED THREE GREAT CANDIDATES.
WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, MISS NATALIE FARROW, MS. ELIZABETH HUGHES AND MS. MEGAN BOWERS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE OTHER END OF 9 1 1.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A FACE WITH THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END.
SO IF I COULD ASK EVERYBODY TO JUST PLEASE GIVE, UH, GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME.
THOSE ARE YOUR NEWEST CITY EMPLOYEES IN CODE ENFORCEMENT IN DISPATCH.
UH, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL TAKE FIVE AND RE UH, RE RESTART BACK AT EIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER NEXT UP CIP
[7. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.LET ME START OFF WITH BURLESON STREET.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT I DID ASK OUR PROJECT MANAGER WHAT'S THE STATUS.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WRAP THIS ONE UP? SHE DID ASK TO TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR.
THE CONTRACTOR, UH, KIND OF TOLD HER HE WAS LIKE IN JULY, SHE WAS THINKING MORE OF AUGUST, BUT WE'RE HOPING HE DOES WRAP THIS UP IN JULY JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL SITTING ON THEIR RETAINAGE, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IT'S OVER $300,000.
SO WE WERE HOPING THAT WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE FOR HIM TO HURRY UP AND WRAP IT UP.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT ONE.
YOU THINK THEY'D BE IN A HURRY FOR IT, BUT I WOULD.
WHEN DID HILL STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECT? WE'RE ABOUT 65% COMPLETE.
UH, THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC SWITCH ON THE PURPLE MARTIN, UH, PROBABLY TOMORROW.
UH, THEY'RE JUST MOVING TRAFFIC
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FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER SIDE.THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THE WEST HALF INSTEAD OF THE EAST SIDE THAT THEY'RE USING TODAY.
UH, WE'RE STILL DRIVING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WINDY HILL AND, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE NORTH HALF OF THE ROAD.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT, UH, UH, NOT TRYING TO SKIP OVER IT, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR.
SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN THAT WE'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF, UH, ER, THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU ON THAT LAST BULLET, WE WERE THINKING THAT COMPLETION WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF JULY, BUT THEY HAD, THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A GAS LINE IN THE WAY.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT, TRYING TO GET THAT UP, MOVED OUT OF THE WAY SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UH, WE'RE AT ABOUT 84% COMPLETE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE RIGHT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PRISON AND WORKING THEIR WORD TOWARDS THE SOUTH ON THAT SECTION OF LINE TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT, WE'RE ABOUT 57% COMPLETE.
UH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AS YOU WELL KNOW, CONTRACTORS, STILL TRYING TO WORK ON SATURDAYS TO TRY TO CATCH UP AND MAKE SURE THAT HE COMPLETES HIS PROJECT ON TIME.
UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR AN ESTIMATE FOR THE DE-WATERING PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO POSSIBLY ADD AS A CHANGE ORDER.
IT'S A MAJOR ITEM AND WE'RE HOPING THE CONTRACTOR GIVES US A GOOD PRICE ON THAT.
SO WE CAN ADD THE DE-WATER, UH, SYSTEM THERE THAT WE NEED.
UH, THE, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT PRETTY, UH, NEXT MONTH AGAIN, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY THE TIME, UH, MARCH, 2022, WANTED TO SHOW THESE TWO PICTURES JUST SO THAT FOLKS CAN SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS PREDICTOR CONTRACTORS MAKING.
UH, JUST IN NINE MONTHS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE ABOUT 45 FEET DEEP WITH THIS STRUCTURE AND HERE, UH, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE AT GROUND LEVEL TRYING TO WRAP UP THIS PROJECT.
SO THEY THEY'VE MOVED VERY WELL.
VERY FAST, THEN CREEK INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE ABOUT 48% COMPLETE BORING OF THE CREEK IS A BEGINNING.
WE HAVE ONE BOARD TO DO THERE WITH THE, UH, WASTEWATER LINE AND WITH THE RECLAIMED WATER LINE, UH, RIGHT NOW, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT A MONTHS WORTH OF WORK REMAINING IN MATERIALS.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WITH THE MATERIALS THAT HE CAN'T SEEM TO GET.
WELL, SITE NUMBER FOUR, TALK TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THAT ONE, AGAIN, OF SUPPOSED TO START THIS MONTH.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN TELLING US.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO PIN HIM DOWN ON WHAT DATE EXACTLY WE CAN SEE HIM HERE.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THAT, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW, OH, POST ROAD.
UH, USUALLY I HAVE TO KIND OF GO OVER THIS FIRST BULLET, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TO WORK OUT WITH THE OWNERS.
AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE MEETING.
I'LL BE BRINGING BACK AN ORDINANCE, UH, WITH THIS, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS TRAIT THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE OWNER.
SO FINALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.
SO, UH, THEY DID COMPLETE THEIR PAVING ON THAT FIRST OR THAT SOUTH HALF THAT, UH, FIRST LAYER.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO HAVE TO UPGRADE, UH, OR ACTUALLY INSTALL A BRAND NEW SECTION OF WATERLINE THERE, UH, FROM ENTERPRISE BACK TO COUNTY ROAD 58, 1 58 ELLIOTT BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS SHOWING YOU THAT WE'RE STARTING THE BORE UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
I MEAN A SORRY, A WASTEWATER LINE AND A RECLAIMED WATER LINE THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THERE.
SO WE STARTED THE BORE UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS, PARAMOUNT SUBDIVISION, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY SHOULD BE OPENING THIS WEEK.
WE DO HAVE THE SIDE ONE THAT CONSIDER AGENDA.
IT'S OUR ANNUAL MICROSURFACING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH VIKING CONSTRUCTION.
BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE THAT CONTRACT WITH THEM.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO OUT AND BID IT OUT NEXT YEAR, BUT WE HAVE A REAL GOOD PRICE ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, MICROSURFACING IS $3 AND 71 CENTS A SQUARE YARD, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD PRICE FOR MICROSURFACING.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND, UM, WE HAVE THREE MORE YEARS ALREADY PLANNED OUT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, YOU'LL BE SEEING, UH, WE MAY SEE NEW CONTRACTOR NEXT YEAR.
WE MAY SEE THE SAME CONTRACTOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BEDS ON THE NEXT, UH, SET OF MICRO THAT WE DO.
DO YOU HAVE THE, THE IMAGE SO WE CAN SEE THE ROADS? I DON'T THINK IT'S ON THERE.
I DO HAVE A LIST COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE'LL BE A SET, UH, ASKED ME TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT.
SO I'LL JUST GO OVER THEM VERY QUICKLY.
WE HAVE HOUT MCGARRITY, CAMILLE PARKWAY LIVE OAK STREET, BLANCO STREET, WEST, SOUTH STREET AND STREET ARBOR NOT DRIVE CADDIS COVE, COP COVE, BOBBIN COVE FOR OLD DRIVE AND DROPPER BLUESTEM STREET AND PRIMROSE BOULEVARD, KIM WAY, STEVEN COURT, MICHELLE RUN, BRENT BOULEVARD, KEYSTONE LOOP, BOW LANE, AND SHEEP TRAIL DRIVE.
THERE'S ABOUT 20 TO 30 STREETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HITTING, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO LAST
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YEAR'S MICROSURFACING PROJECT WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN SMOOTH FROM THE PERCEPTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPERIENCING IT.IF THEY LEARNED LESSONS, ARE WE GONNA, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT TOWARDS THE ROLLOUT FROM A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT AND THEN SETTING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET THERE, THE ROADS SET IN AND THOSE UNEVENLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE UNEVEN LANES, WHICH THE, THE STREETS ARE THAT WE'RE GETTING, LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ARE NOW SETTLED IN QUITE NICELY.
AND SO A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE UNFOUNDED, BUT, UM, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WHEN THESE PROJECTS GET GOING, TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH RESURFACING BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS, WHENEVER WE DO ANY KIND OF RESURFACING, WE'RE GOING TO GET A COMPLAINT, WHETHER IT'S A CHIP SEAL, MICRO, EVEN AN OVERLAY, WHICH IS NICE, REALLY SMOOTH, THE SURFACE COURSE OVERLAYS IT VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO YOU WANT TO DO THE IT'S, YOUR BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK AND TRY TO DO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF RESURFACING THAT YOU CAN SPEND YOUR MONEY ON, THAT YOU NEED TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON.
SO YOU GET TO MAINTAIN YOUR ROADWAYS.
MICRO IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER PROCESSES CS.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE LOOSE ROCK THAT YOU HAD WITH THE SEAL COAT.
UM, THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD WITH SILK COAT, UH, WE TRADITIONALLY HAD THE LOOSE ROCK AND AS LONG AS THE BIG COMPLAINT, YOUR SWEEPERS HAD TO BE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, TRYING TO SWEEP IT UP.
AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR WE'VE ALREADY BEEN, I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO, UH, PUBLIC PUBLIC INFORMATION TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, GETTING READY TO DO THESE STREETS.
WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE DATE YET FROM THE CONTRACTOR AS TO WHEN HE'S GOING TO GET HERE, HE'S TRYING TO WORK INTO HIS SCHEDULE, BUT HE JUST, HE DOES PLAN TO GET US IN JULY.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL REMIND HIM THAT LET'S TRY TO KEEP THOSE COMPLAINTS TO A MINIMUM AS FAST AS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, THE BIG DEAL LAST YEAR WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T ROLLING IT ENOUGH OR GETTING ENOUGH TIME TO ROLL IT.
AND SO PEOPLE WEREN'T, WEREN'T USED TO SEEING IT THAT WAY.
I THINK THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT FOR ONE THING.
SO THEY, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
I GUESS THEY WERE EXPECTING THE NICE, SMOOTH OVERLAY.
IT'S A THIN LAYER OF EMULSION WITH ROCK IN IT.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S REAL SENSITIVE TO TRAFFIC.
WHEN D IF YOU DRIVE ON IT TOO QUICKLY AND SPIN AROUND IT, IT'S GOING TO TEAR IT UP.
SO WE JUST NEED TO TRY TO KEEP FOLKS ADVISE THAT IT'S SAFE.
AND AS LONG AS YOU CAN, UH, IT WILL BE ROLLED.
IT WILL SETTLE DOWN AND IT LOOKS GREAT AFTER YOU GET HEAD TIME TO CURE OUT.
SO WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE WE PUT OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS, AS FAST AS, OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LEON? NO.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, UH, REFERENCING CONSENT, UH, NUMBER 10 WOULD BE THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
AND ALSO THE STREETS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED, UM, COUNT, UM, MAYOR MITCHELL, ROB, GOOD POINT.
AS FAR AS ROLLING OUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, IF WE'RE COULD BE MORE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S DID IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT IS ABOUT THOSE ROADS, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE PROCESS ON HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK AND HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME OF THESE ROADS DONE PRETTY QUICK.
YEAH, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE LIKE ANTICIPATE THE MOST COMMON, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE UNEVENNESS OR THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SEE YOUR FOOTPRINTS IN IT, ALL THE PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, AND THEN SHOW THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS NOW AND SOME KIND OF JUST BE READY SO THAT WHEN THE COMPLAINTS START COMING, WE HAVE A NICE PACKAGE THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT LIKE WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING IS NORMAL AND NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY, UH, THAT WOULD HELP THE COUNCIL A LOT.
AND IT SAVES YOU TIME DURING THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE COMPLAINTS, WE, WE TAKE UP YOUR TIME.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE THIS YEAR, WE CAN MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF LITTLE COMMUNICATION PACKET ON MICROSURFACING.
AND MAYOR, IF I MAY ADD AGAIN, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, AGAIN, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THESE ROADS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND FIXED.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO, UH, BE PATIENT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE HAVING GOING ON WITH OUR CITY.
UH, I KNOW IT'S, TIME-CONSUMING I KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING, BUT AGAIN, AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, THESE ROADS ARE GETTING TORN UP AND WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEM.
SO PLEASE BE AS PATIENT AS POSSIBLE, UH, FOLLOW THE DETOURS THAT ARE IN YOUR AREA AND JUST, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS AS BEST AS WE CAN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
THANK YOU, LEON, JUST REAL QUICK.
UH, COUNCILMAN RUSSELL FOR THE RECORD, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT A, WHAT A WATER LINE GOING ACROSS POSTO ROAD, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON THAT? I'M THINKING TWO TO THREE WEEKS FOR THAT TO GO IN AND THEN THE, THE ACCOUNT IS GOING TO DROP BACK IN AND START MAKING SOME MORE REPAIRS ON THAT SOUTH END.
SO IS THAT SLOWING DOWN OUR PROJECT HAVING TO DO THAT OR NO, THEY HAD OTHER THINGS THEY WANTED TO WORK ON, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A BREAK FOR THEM, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY ALSO WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY AT THAT, UH, THAT SOUTHERN END, UH, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE ABLE TO PICK UP THERE AND CONTINUE TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION AND RAMP UP THAT INTERSECTION.
SO THAT'S MY DESIRE IS TO HAVE THAT DONE
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BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN TURN A CASE COUNTY ON THAT SOUTH END OF THE PROJECT.AND WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING WITH THE FINAL DATE ON THAT ROAD IS A COMPLETION DATE? UH, I THINK INITIALLY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT NOVEMBER, SO THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS ON EACH SECTION.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE NORTH HALF, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, I WOULD THINK.
AND THEN THEY'LL DO THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE AT 26 INCHES OF GRAVEL AND FOUR INCHES OF ASPHALT, AND THEN THERE'S A FINAL LIFT THAT WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED YET.
WHO'S GOING TO PUT THAT FINAL LIFT ON.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT FINAL LIFT.
CAUSE THERE IS ONE, ONE MORE LAYER THAT NEEDS TO GO ON THERE.
AND THE PLAN WAS TO DO THE WHOLE ROAD AT ONE TIME.
SO WE GET A NICE, GOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND YOU SAID OPEC, OPO IS GOING TO BE OPENED UP AGAIN SOON.
THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK SOUNDS GREAT.
UH, WHAT, WHAT WERE THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON A SATURDAY? THEY WIDENED OUT TO ABOUT THREE LINES AND THEN, UH, UH, I THINK THEY WENT UP TO THE FIRST INTERSECTION.
SO THEY DO CURB AND GUTTER WIDEN IT OUT AND, UH, MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE LANES AND THE TRACKS ARE NARROW.
UH, THEY DO, THERE ARE MINIMUM.
WE DO HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM 10 PLUS FEET THERE, BUT THEY ARE NARROW.
SO WHEN PEOPLE GET THROUGH THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO WONDER ABOUT, SHOULD THIS BE WATER? YES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATER, BUT WE HAD A BIG ISSUE WITH THE COST THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING FOR THE MOVING THOSE SIGNALS THERE.
IT WAS IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
I'M GLAD WE'RE THINKING, UH, FINANCIALLY ON THAT, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN INCONVENIENCE FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA, BUT NOW THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD ROADWAY THERE.
I THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION, LEON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LEON? ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS
[V. Consent Agenda]
OUR CONSENT AGENDA.UH, I NEED TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 15.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO PULL AN ITEM OR MAKE A MOTION MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH, UH, 14 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 15, 15.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNSELOR RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNSELOR AND BRADSHAW THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 14.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE NEED TO, UH, POSTPONE 15 TILL AFTER WE GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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[Postponed 6/1/2021] (Second Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of assigning original zoning to approximately 12.9 acres of land from Agriculture 'AG' to Mixed Use District 'MXD' for property located on the northeast corner of Philomena Drive and Bunton Creek Road, in Hays County, Texas. (Estate of Evelyn Franke, et al - Z-21-0074) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the request.
City Council voted 5-2 to approve on First Reading.
]NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH IS AN ITEM THAT IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WE'RE GONNA, UM, MOTION TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT OUT.SECOND READING IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNING ORIGINAL ZONING TO APPROXIMATELY 12.9 ACRES OF LAND FROM AGRICULTURAL AG TO MIXED USE, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PHILOMENA DRIVE IN BUTTON CREEK.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE THE SIDE OF IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR FORCE OR ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UH, UH, HOWARD, IS HE COMING UP, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA POSTPONE, UH, TWO MORE OF THESE ITEMS, UH, THE ZONING REQUESTS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE, THE, THE, UH, NO, THE NEXT ONE WE CAN TAKE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17.
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(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas for the purpose of assigning original zoning to approximately 4.56 acres of land from Agriculture 'AG' to Retail Service District 'RS' for property located at 145 Lehman Road, in Hays County, Texas. (Lucia Hernandez - Z-21-0081) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
CORRECT LAYMEN, UH, FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNING ORIGINAL ZONING TO APPROXIMATELY 4.56 ACRES OF LAND FROM AGRICULTURE TO RETAIL SERVICES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 45 LAYMAN ROAD.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
MY NAME IS HOWARD KOONS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, AS YOU STATED SO QUICKLY, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES AT THE I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF LAYMAN ROAD AT ONE 50.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PAWS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, OFFICES.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, UM, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ZONED, UM, AGRICULTURE AG, AND THEY HAVE MADE A REQUEST TO REZONE THIS TO RS RETAIL SERVICES.
THIS WENT TO THE P AND Z, UM, A WEEK AGO AND THEY, AFTER VERY LIMITED DISCUSSION, UM, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOUR TO NOTHING TO APPROVE THE REQUEST IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED.
IT REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES OF WHICH WE AWARE AS FAR AS LAND USE GOES.
SO I CAN MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
THIS ADAM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NOW THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS JUST COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR SECOND BY IT COMES FROM HER BRADSHAW DISCUSSION CUTS AIR FORESCOUT ALL RIGHT.
I LIVE RIGHT BY THIS AREA AND I WORK OUT BY IT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND MY FEAR IS THIS PARCEL IS IN BETWEEN TWO OTHER PARCELS.
IS THAT CORRECT? IN BETWEEN TWO OTHER PARCELS, THREE ON LAYMAN THERE'S, THERE'S TWO HARD CORNERS SIMILAR TO BOTH OF THESE LOTS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
THE, UM, VICINITY MAP THAT'S ON THE
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STAFF REPORT, UH, SHOWS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LARGER PARCEL, WHICH FRONTS A ONE 50 AND LAYMEN THAT IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT THREE AND THREE QUARTERS, ALMOST FOUR ACRES.AND THEN THERE IS A TINY, UH, MINOR PARCEL THAT ONLY FRONTS LAYMAN THAT'S ON THE FAR EASTERN EDGE.
AND THAT'S ALMOST EXACTLY AN ACRE.
SO ALL, ALMOST ALL OF THIS IS IN A FLOOD AREA.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE F FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT ON BUILDING MATERIALS? AS FAR AS PARKING LOTS, UM, PARKING AREAS NEED TO BE IMPROVED, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO CREATE ONE HARD SURFACE DURABLE AREAS FOR, FOR ANY PARKING AREAS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER GETS DEVELOPED IF THIS ZONING IS APPROVED.
SO DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF EFFECT PUTTING CONCRETE IN THIS AREA WOULD HAVE ON LAYMAN ROAD ON LAYMAN ROAD? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I FOLLOW YOU.
WELL, MY FEAR IS THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM LAKE KYLE AND JUST UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, EVERY TIME IT RAINS, EVEN AFTER THAT ROAD HAS BEEN UPDATED, THERE HAS BEEN ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING.
THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, GARCIA'S RESTAURANT IN THE DONUT PLACE.
SO THE LOW WATER CROSSING IS I'M GOING TO BALLPARK ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET TO THE NORTHEAST.
AND THEN THE, THE LAKE KIND OF THE PARK ITSELF IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE OR MORE, UH, UP LAYMAN ROAD FROM THIS IS RIGHT AT THE HARD CORNER AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ON 1 51.
SO PROBABLY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IS LAKE KYLE, CORRECT.
DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD HAVE ANY EFFECT BUILDING OUT OVER HERE USING CONCRETE, WHICH IS NOT ABSORBENT? DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD AFFECT ANY KIND OF FLOODING? IT WOULD IT'S IN THE BASIN.
WITHOUT QUESTION, THE WATER THAT BACKS UP FROM LAKE KYLE COMES BACK ACROSS LAYMAN AND COMES THROUGH THE, UM, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY AND THEN THROUGH THIS PROPERTY AND UNDER ONE 50 AND THEN, UH, RIGHT PAST THE SONIC WHERE THE RESTAURANT IS THERE AND THEN GOES UNDER, UH, 35 AND KEEPS HEADED BACK TOWARDS THE WEST TO THE SOUTH END OF DOWNTOWN KYLE.
SO DO YOU THINK THIS, THE BUILDING OF ANY PROPERTY HERE WOULD AFFECT THE FLOOD OR LAKE KYLE? WELL, BILL IMPROPERLY, I MEAN THE WHOLE POINT OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, THE WHOLE POINT OF DEVELOPING PROPERTIES IS ACTUALLY TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS DOWNSTREAM.
IT'S THE UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT THAT GENERALLY ADDS TO STORMWATER VELOCITY AND, UM, STORMWATER VOLUMES.
AND WHEN, IF THEY CAN CREATE STORMWATER DETENTION THAT RELEASES WATER INTO THE BASIN AT THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT RATE, THEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE TO THE DOWNSTREAM.
IT WAS UNDER, I ASSUME THAT WHEN THEY UPDATED LAYMAN ROAD, THEY ALSO WORKED ON THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE.
IS THAT CORRECT? ENGINEER WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER SUITED TO ANSWER THAT THAN I, UH, CAUSE AGAIN, EVEN AFTER WE SPENT TWO YEARS WITH A CLOSED LAYMAN ROAD, IT'S STILL FLOODS AND THEY STILL SHUT IT OFF.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S MY CONCERN IS NOT PUTTING RETAIL THERE.
MY CONCERN IS PUTTING ANYTHING WITH CONCRETE OR ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T ABSORB WATER IN THAT AREA.
SO IS THERE A PLAN TO USE SOMETHING BESIDES CONCRETE CURRENTLY? NO, TONIGHT'S TONIGHT'S QUESTION IS A LAND USE QUESTION.
IT'S NOT A DEVELOPMENT QUESTION.
SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TONIGHT IS CAN WE, AND THEN IF THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YES, THEY'LL COME BACK TO US AGAIN AND SAY, HOW CAN WE, AND THAT'S WHEN STAFF GOES THROUGH THE TECHNICAL MANUALS AND THE DATA OF WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO PER THE LAW AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
AND DO WE HAVE LAWS THAT SAY THAT THAT SUPPORT THE FLOOD AREAS BESIDES BUILDING UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER? CAUSE I KNOW THAT IS ONE OF THEM, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND MONEY TO MAKE LAYMAN A LITTLE MORE DRIVABLE.
AND EVEN AFTER THAT, IT'S STILL FLOODS.
I'VE BEEN CUT OFF FROM LAKE KYLE WHERE I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND MY KNEE TO GET TO MY ELBOW.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S, UH, A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
PROBABLY THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPPER PART OF THE BASIN THAT HAPPENED FASTER THAN LAYMAN WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR LAYMEN, PROBABLY WASN'T EXPECTED TO BE AT THE ELEVATION THAT IT IS.
HAD IT BEEN ABLE TO BE, UH, ELEVATED AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS RECONSTRUCTED, THE WATER COULD HAVE GONE UNDER AND WE COULD HAVE KEPT THE ROAD OPEN, BUT THAT WAS JUST A TRADE.
THAT WAS WHAT WAS ABLE TO BE DONE AT THE TIME.
THIS IS WHAT WAS DONE AT THE TIME.
SO WILL THIS CONTRIBUTE TO THAT? YES.
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I DON'T THINK IT IS NO, BUT I KNOW THAT THE PROCESSES AND THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE ARE DESIGNED TO ATTENUATE THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF STORMWATER.AND SO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SHOULD, SHOULD AT LEAST KEEPS IT, KEEP IT NO WORSE THAN IT IS NOW, IF NOT HELP IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE FORM THAT'S, THE FLOODPLAINS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
HAVE WE UPDATED OUR CITY TO COINCIDE WITH THOSE AS WELL, IF NOT DONE.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ATLAS MOVING TO THE ATLAS 14 STANDARD AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EXCUSE ME.
UM, I KNOW THAT I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS PLACE IS, UH, HOWARD, UH, VERY, UH, BUSY INTERSECTION AND, UM, BY ALL MEANS I'M SURE ANY KIND OF RETAIL WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT AREA THERE IN THAT CASE, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS, UH, THE TRAFFIC AND JUST SEEING THE HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EXIT OUT AND ENTER IN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GOING UP ONE 50, LIKE TOWARDS WATER LEAF.
WOULD THERE BE ANY, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR STOPLIGHT ON THE CORNER.
UH, IT'S JUST, UM, THAT'S THE KIND OF WHAT, THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT, THE CONCERN IS JUST IF WE PUT SOMETHING THERE OR SOMEBODY DECIDES TO DEVELOP RETAIL, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET IN AND OUT AND NOT JUST KIND OF LOOK AT IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN METRICS THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED IN INSIGHT DESIGN AND THAT'S A TECH ROAD AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET PERMISSION IF THEY WERE TO PUT ANY TYPE OF ACCESS DIRECTLY ONTO ONE 50.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING WAY DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING ASKED OF YOU THIS EVENING, BUT MY EXPECTATION IS THAT WHEN THEY COME FORWARD, PROBABLY ALL THE ACCESS WILL COME FROM LAYMAN.
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
ANYWAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REASONABLY MAKE THAT EASTBOUND MOTION ON THE ONE 50 WITH THE WAY THAT TRAFFIC COMES DOWN, THAT HILL.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO PLAY, PLAY THAT GAME IN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT STACKS AT ONE 50.
I MEAN, IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO AND PAST HILL STREET AT THE WRONG TIME OF THE EVENING.
SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE ACROSS THE WESTBOUND LANES TO GET INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES AND ONE 50 ALSO WOULDN'T BE TO ANYONE'S BENEFIT WHEN YOU COULD JUST GET IN THE STACKING AT LAYMAN AND USE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE OVERCOME WITH SENSIBLE DESIGN, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT THE NEXT STEP, IF THIS WERE TO SUCCEED THIS EVENING.
PICKING UP PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT TOBIA SAYS, I WILL SAY.
AND I W I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ZONING.
TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IN ORDER TO DECIDE IF, IF THE ZONING THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS RETAIL IS SUFFICIENT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
AND ONE BEING FLOODING INTO BEING TRAFFIC.
I ALREADY SIT ON THAT LAYMAN HIGHWAY, UH, LANE, THE STOPLIGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND I'M TRYING TO WORK HARD WITH TEXTILES TO GET BASIC NECESSITIES ON ONE 50, LIKE LIGHTS AND RAILING, WHICH I THINK IT'S DIRE FOR THAT AREA.
SO I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO COME IN BECAUSE WE PUT THIS RETAIL STORE HERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIX OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AGAIN, DO WE STICK THE, THE BUGGY IN FRONT OF THE HORSE AND JUST HOPE THAT IT ALL KIND OF WORKS ITSELF OUT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA BUILD A REAL NICE RETAIL STORE ON FIVE ACRES OR LESS BECAUSE I HAVE THREE OR FOUR ACRES OF THAT IS ALREADY IN FLOODPLAIN.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UH, THE, YEAH, THE, THE FLOOD SITUATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE ZONE IT MULTIFAMILY, WE ZONE ZONED INDUSTRIAL OR RETAIL OR RESIDENTIAL OF ANY KIND, ALL THE FLOOD STANDARDS APPLY ACROSS ALL THE ZONINGS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT DISCUSSING FLOODING WILL HELP YOU NARROW DOWN ON A, UH, AN APPROPRIATE USE.
UM, AND THEN THE, AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS GO GOES, HARD.
CORNERS ARE VERY GOOD FOR, UM, UH, FOR TRAFFIC, BECAUSE IF YOU PUT RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY THERE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY DRAWING TRAFFIC THERE AS OPPOSED TO THE, THROUGH TRAFFIC, LIKE A GAS STATION OR WHATNOT.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, UH, ANY ACTUALLY I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO ANY ANYONE ELSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE.
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SO I'M GONNA MAKE A, UH, LET'S SEE, HOW DO WE DO THIS? WELL, IS IT FOUR, TWO, I'M SORRY, 1, 2, 3, 4 TO FIVE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO TWO.UH, YOU THREW ME FOR A LOOP DECK.
I WAS JUST COUNTING LEFT AND RIGHT.
MOTION PASSES FOUR TO TWO, UH, NEXT
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(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of assigning original zoning to approximately 10.81 acres of land to Retail Service District 'RS' and approximately 34.83 acres to Multi-Family Residential-3 'R-3-3' for property located at 20139 IH-35, in Hays County, Texas. (Sunrise Village Investments, LLC - Z-21-0082) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
UM, BUT WE CAN'T POSTPONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I, UH, AM GOING TO STEP OUT ON A JEANETTE NUMBER 18 WITH MY PROTEIN INTAKE, RIGHT? AGENDA ITEM 18 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53, ZONING, THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF A SUNNY AND ORIGINAL ZONING TO APPROXIMATELY ONE 10.8, ONE ACRES OF LAND FROM RETAIL SERVICES, RS AND A MULTIFAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL ARE THREE, THREE AT 2 0 1 3 9 HIGHWAY 35.
UM, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM CAN COME FORWARD.
NOW, IF THERE'S NO, ONE'S WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SCOTT REAL QUICK, DO I NEED TO KEEP THIS OPENS? I THINK OUR PLAN IS TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM, CORRECT.
UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND POSTPONE THIS ITEM.
CAN YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED SPOKEN? OKAY.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND THIS ITEM IS POSTPONED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
[19.
(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of assigning original zoning and rezone approximately 11.08 total acres of land from Agriculture 'AG' (.023-Acres) and Single Family 'R-1' (10.85-Acres) to Single Family Residential-3 'R-1-3' for property located between Scott Street and the 800 block of South Sledge Street, in Hays County, Texas. (LD Enterprises, LLC - Z-21-0084) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
THIS ALSO HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC FORUM, A PUBLIC HEARING CAN COME FORWARD.
NOW SEEING IT, NO ONE WISHES TO SPEAK.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT WILL BE POSTED, OH, THIS ONE'S SUPPOSED TO END AS WELL.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND POSTPONE THIS ITEM AS WELL.
ITEM IS POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA
[20. Consider and approve update to Transportation Master Plan. ~ John Dean, CP&Y, Inc.]
ITEM NUMBER 20.IS THIS ONE PLUS ONE AS WELL? YES, SIR.
NUMBER 20 IS POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING ITEM 21.
[21. Consider and possible action to approve Capital Idea, a scholarship program for low income students to attend ACC, a program through Corridor Interfaith Alliance for Families here in Hays County. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
THIS IS, UH, YOUR ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER FLORIDA.IF I COULD HAVE, UH, I COULD HAVE CAPITAL IDEA COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
I'M JUST GOING TO DO A BRIEF INTRO AND THEN I'M GONNA LET THEM TAKE IT OVER FROM THERE.
SO I'M ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY TO BUDGET AND A LOT OF MONEY TO FUND A PARTNERSHIP WITH CRAP, CAPITAL IDEA, A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO NON-TRADITIONAL LOW INCOME STUDENTS.
THIS FUNDING WOULD STAY HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND WOULD BE UTILIZED BY RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY THE MONEY WOULD BE USED TO ASSESS AND ENROLL NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS INTO A PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO 30 DIFFERENT CAREERS TO INCLUDE HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS A MUCH NEEDED CAREER FOR OUR CITY CAPITAL IDEAS OR PRO IS A PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE.
WEINER HAS DILIGENTLY ADVOCATED FOR AT THE STATE LEVEL.
IF THE CITY AGREES TO A PARTNERSHIP, ALL FUNDS WILL BE DOUBLED THROUGH A MATCHING GRANT.
I'VE HEARD SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS REFERENCE THINGS WE CAN DO TO CREATE A BEACON FOR THE CITY.
HOWEVER, THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY CAN BECOME A BEACON.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CAPITOL IDEAS SO THEY CAN PRESENT A BRIEF EXPLANATION REGARDING THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A RETIRED PASTOR LIVING HERE IN KYLE AND A LEADER IN THE CORRIDOR INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES.
OUR MISSION IS TO HELP GIVE VOICE TO THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN HAYES COUNTY.
UH, WE'RE CONNECTED WITH CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFAITH, WHICH DOES THE SAME KIND OF WORK OVER A 10 COUNTY AREA IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
WE'VE WORKED HERE AT HAYES COUNTY FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IS TO LOBBY FOR CAPITAL IDEA, UH, WITH OUR HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
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UM, THEY HAVE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO FUND THE CAPITAL IDEA, UH, FOR THE YEARS TO, TO 2020 AND 2021.UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVE AARON'S WIENER TO HELP SECURE ADULT CAREER EDUCATION FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, WE HERE IN THE QUARTER, I F DON'T RECEIVE ANY OF THESE FUNDS.
IT ALL GOES TO, TO STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF COLLEGE EDUCATION.
IT IS SIMPLY OUR EFFORT TO HELP LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.
SO WE THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YVONNE FLORIDA'S CARE FOR HER EFFICACY AND FOR CAPITAL IDEA HERE THIS EVENING, I HAVE WITH ME EVO, RAYOS EVA RENO, UH, WHO IS, UH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL IDEA.
UH, AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, CO CON SUELO CASTEEL, WHO IS A GRADUATE OF THE CAPITAL IDEA PROGRAM AND OF ACC TO TELL YOU HER STORY.
I AM A GRADUATE OF ACC OF CLASS OF 2009.
UM, I GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN DENTAL HYGIENE WITH AN ASSOCIATES, APPLIED SCIENCE WITH A SUPPORTIVE CAPITAL IDEA.
I CURRENTLY WORK AND OWN A HOME HERE IN KYLE.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 11 YEARS NOW.
AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
UM, WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, MY PARENTS DIVORCED LEAVING MY MOTHER TO RAISE SIX CHILDREN WITH NO EDUCATION PAST SIX GRADE OR CAREER OR EXPERIENCE IN ANYTHING EXCEPT RAISING CHILDREN AND LEAVING OUR FAMILY WITH A HARDSHIP THAT NO ONE SHOULD EVER EXPERIENCED.
AND SO I REALIZED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE THAT A HIGHER EDUCATION WAS THE ANSWER TO A BETTER LIFE.
UM, I BECAME A MOTHER MYSELF AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 15, AND EVEN THEN WITH A SUCCESS AGAINST ME, I KNEW THAT THE ANSWER TO MANY OF THE NEW OBSTACLES I WOULD FACE NOW IN LIFE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION.
AND I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN THREE YEARS.
I GRADUATED NUMBER SEVEN IN MY CLASS, AND I DECIDED TO GO ON TO COLLEGE AND I WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE A STATISTIC.
UM, I FOUND THEM MEANS TO ATTEND.
UM, BUT AFTER MY SECOND SEMESTER AT ACC, AT THE AGE OF 18, I FOUND MYSELF STRUGGLING TO COVER THE COST FOR MY FAMILY'S BASIC NEEDS TO FOCUS ON MY EDUCATION AND TO RAISE THE TWO CHILDREN I HAD NOW.
UM, BUT THANKS TO CAPITAL IDEA AND THEIR SPONSORSHIP.
UM, AT THIS MOMENT IN MY LIFE, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION.
AND AFTER MY THIRD CHILD'S BIRTH, UM, WITH A NEWBORN LIKE ANY NEWBORN, I HAD ADDITIONAL COSTS AND EXPENSES.
AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE TO ASSIST THE NEEDY, UM, THEY TO HAVE THEIR LIMITS AND CAPS, AND I'M SURE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER OUTLETS FOR ASSISTANCE, LIKE GETTING ALONE.
UM, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS YOU NEED TO HAVE CREDIT FOR A, AND THAT WAS AN UNREALISTIC SOLUTION FOR SOMEONE IN MY SITUATION.
UM, I REMEMBER ONE SUMMER, MY TANF ASSISTANCE WAS TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE STATE RULES, AFTER SO MANY SEMESTERS OF COLLEGE EDUCATION, YOU ARE NO LONGER QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.
UM, BUT MY EDUCATION WASN'T COMPLETE.
SO WITHOUT TANIF AND NO FAFSA THAT SUMMER SEMESTER, I FIND MYSELF STRUGGLING TO PAY BASIC BILLS.
LIKE ELECTRICITY CAPITAL IDEA WAS ABLE TO SECURE ME A SPONSOR TO HELP ME PAY THAT EXTRA BILL THAT SUMMER AND THANKS TO THEIR ASSISTANCE.
IT ALLOWED ME TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MY EDUCATION.
UM, NOW THE REASON I CONTINUE TO OVERCOME THESE OBSTACLES WAS BECAUSE I CAME TO COLLEGE WITH A CLEAR MINDSET OF THE GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS I WANTED TO OBTAIN THESE INCLUDED A BETTER FUTURE FOR MY CHILDREN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEM, TO HELP SOCIETY AND NOT HAVE TO DEPEND ON IT.
UM, AND I HAD LEARNED FROM MY MOTHER TEACHERS AND MY CAPITAL IDEA MENTORS TO HAVE CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, AND FAITH, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING I WOULD EVER FACE THAT COULD HOLD ME BACK.
UM, BUT IT WASN'T JUST HANDED TO ME BECAUSE I QUALIFIED CAPITAL IDEA HAS A GREAT VETTING PROCESS.
THAT INCLUDES MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS, TESTS, AND DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT IT IS YOU AS A STUDENT WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE AND HOW YOUR NEXT STEPS WILL ALLOW YOU TO BECOME A MODEL CITIZEN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CAB, THAT IDEA NOT ONLY HELPED ME, BUT IT HELPED ME BE A BETTER VERSION OF MYSELF BY GUIDING ME IN A PROCESS THAT OTHERWISE COULD HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE WITH THREE CHILDREN.
BUT IT SHOWED ME ALSO THAT WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT TEAM, ANYTHING IS ACHIEVABLE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A DENTAL HYGIENIST FOR 12 YEARS AND I CONTINUOUSLY CHOOSE TO BETTER MYSELF.
I CURRENTLY AS WELL SERVE IN THE ARMY RESERVES.
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN THE RESERVES FOR FOUR YEARS AND RECENTLY JUST RETURNED FROM MY FIRST DEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
I JOINED THE MILITARY SERVICE TO SERVE MY COUNTRY AND FURTHER CONTINUE MY EDUCATION, UM, TO ACHIEVE MY DOCTORATE AS A DENTIST.
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FROM HAYES HIGH SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY IN HER SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COMPETING COURSES TO OBTAIN A DEGREE AS A REGISTERED NURSE.UM, AND THOUGH I GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL WITH THE HELP OF CAPITA OVER 12 YEARS AGO, I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE STRONGLY.
AND WITHOUT A DOUBT IN THIS PROGRAM THROUGH HELPING FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THOSE WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE OR SUPPORT TEAM CAPITAL IDEAS PROGRAM, DOESN'T JUST HELP AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT IT HELPS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ALL IN ALL TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S ME, AND THIS IS MISSING.
SO CONCERN IS ONE OF OUR SUCCESSES, BUT WE HAVE 1900 OUT THERE OF THE SOCIAL SUCCESSES.
A LOT OF THEM IN CASE COUNTY, NOT ARLENE, KYLE BUDA AND OTHER AREAS.
THERE ARE SOME POINTS THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ABOUT CAPITAL IDEA.
SO OUR STUDENTS ARE HERE TO STAY, NOT TO OBTAIN A CAREER AND THEN LEAVE OUR AREA.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE EMPLOYER DRIVEN, WE'RE ALSO TRAINING THEM IN CAREERS ARE IN DEMAND IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LIKE REGISTERED NURSES, SURGICAL TECH, MEDICAL TECH, MEDICAL LAB, TECH IT, AND THE TRAITS.
UH, OUR CAREER IN NURSING IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES, AS WELL AS THE ONE IN DENTAL HYGIENIST.
AND OUR EMPLOYERS WANT PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SERVE.
THAT'S WHY THEY HIRE ALL OF THE CAPITAL IDEA GRADUATES WITH NO PROBLEMS. WE FOCUS IN CAREERS, LIKE I SAID, ARE IN DEMAND THAT PAY HIGH WAGES THAT PROVIDE A BENEFITS AND A CAREER PATH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR LOW INCOME ADULTS, THAT ONCE THEY FINISH OUR TRAINING, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY RECEIVED SOME OF THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS IN TERMS OF OUR EVALUATIONS FROM THE RAY MARSHALL CENTER THAT OUR GRADUATES BECOME TAXPAYERS.
AND, UH, WHAT IS THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT? ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF OUR SPONSORSHIP IS THAT CAPITAL IDEA PARTNERS WITH, UH, ENTITIES LIKE AUSTIN TRAINING ENTITIES, LIKE AUSTIN, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TEMPER COLLEGE.
I KNOW IT HERE IN HAYES COUNTY.
WE HAVE ACC, WE PROVIDE WHAT IS CALLED OUR SECRET SAUCE, WHICH IS THE CASE.
MANAGEMENT IS A CAREER NAVIGATOR WHO FROM DAY ONE UNTIL GRADUATION WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH OUR STUDENTS.
THEY WORK ON PERSONAL AREAS, ACADEMICS AND THE FINANCIAL, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DISCUSS WITH THEM AND PROVIDE THE ASSISTANT NEEDED, LIKE THE SPONSORSHIP OF COVERING TUITION BOOKS AND FEES, CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, AND ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE LOCATION SO THAT THERE ARE NOT OBSTACLES FOR THEIR SUCCESS.
ON AVERAGE, OUR GRADUATES COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION IN THREE YEARS AND A HALF.
LIKE I MENTIONED, OUR RESULTS ARE THAT IN CENTRAL TEXAS, WE HAVE 1900 COMPLETERS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEVER EXPECTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO OBTAIN OUT OF EACH GRADUATE IS A DEAF EFFECT THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR FAMILY.
BECAUSE NOW WE'RE BREAKING THAT CYCLE IN TERMS OF MORE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR EVERY GRADUATE.
NOW, THE CONVERSATION IS NOT WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT AM I GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE? BUT THE CONVERSATION HAS SHIFTED TO WHICH COLLEGE ARE YOU GOING TO BE ATTENDING? SO INVESTING IN CAPITAL IDEA, I WANT A STUDENT, TECHNICALLY YOU ARE INVESTED IN THE WHOLE FAMILY AND ONE PERSON THAT WE TRAIN RESULTS IN MORE MEMBERS IN THAT FAMILY THAT RECEIVED TRAINING.
I KNOW THAT, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED ALREADY BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU MAKE FROM KYLE TO CAPITAL IDEA WILL BE ALSO MATCH, BUT I STAY GRANTED, UH, ADULT CAREER IN EDUCATION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE YOUR FUNDS, BUT OTHER INDIVIDUALS FUNDS AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN SERVE MORE PEOPLE HERE IN KYLE.
I'LL STOP HERE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXTEND, UM, ON THE POWERPOINT THAT THEY SAID SENT TO US.
IF YOU GO TO EIGHT POWERPOINT, SLIDE EIGHT, IT TALKS ABOUT IN SPECIFIC HAYES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO 82 OR 9% OF THE OVERALL STUDENTS THAT THEY SERVE RESIDE IN HIS COUNTY, 44% OR 36 PEOPLE, I WOULD SAY RESIDING KYLE AND 92% OF THOSE ARE WOMEN.
13% ARE BLACK, 6% ARE WHITE, 4747% HAVE KIDS.
AND THE AVERAGE AGE AT INTAKE IS 26.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR KYLE CITIZENS THAT WE'RE SERVING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND AND SERVE MORE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIMITED ON THE CAREERS THAT WE CAN FUND.
WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON HIGH ON HEALTHCARE, BUT NOT ON HIGH-TECH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.
UH, WE HAVE A FUNDER WHO IS VERY FOCUSED ON HEALTHCARE AND DOES THE ONLY CAREERS WE CAN OFFER RIGHT NOW, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO FOR THE RECORD, WHAT IS THE YEARLY COST THAT YOU PUT INTO IT? $5,000 AND THAT COVERS TUITION BOOKS, FEES,
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UH, OUR OVERHEAD CASE MANAGEMENT AND ANY OTHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN SLIDE NUMBER 10 TO ME WHERE IT SAYS TAXPAYER ROI? YES.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THE, UH, THE REMARKABLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE, RIGHT? THE LONG-TERM YEAH.
THE ONE BEFORE THAT, OR AFTER THAT, I'M SORRY.
YOU JUST TALKS, IT REFERS BACK TO THIS PAGE THAT IN 10 YEARS, YOUR RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IS, IS, UH, 165% OVER 10 YEARS.
SO IT'S 9% ANNUALLY ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
SO WHEN THEY DID THEIR EVALUATION, THEY SAID IT WAS A 501% OVER THE 10 YEARS THAT YOU JUST START SEEING TAXPAYERS' FUNDS BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
I MEAN, INTO YOUR CITY, ON THE AREA, BECAUSE OF THE WAGES AND THE IMPACT OF THE WAGES FROM OUR STUDENTS.
I MEAN, GRADUATES AT THAT POINT.
THEY DID THAT STUDY FOR HERE IN TEXAS.
PER HOUR THEY DID IT BASED UPON OUR STUDENTS AND THEN A SIMILAR GROUP, SO THEY COULD MAKE A COMPARISON ON THAT RETURN.
AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS NO NUMBER GIVEN AS FAR AS BUDGETING FOR, UM, THE PROGRAM THEY, THEY ASKED FOR THE CITY, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THAT WILL COVER 20 STUDENTS.
WE, YEAH, WE DIDN'T SET UP A SET NUMBER, BUT YES, A ROUNDABOUT NUMBER THAT WE WERE LOOKING TOWARDS, OUR GOAL ULTIMATELY, WOULD BE TO FUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH WOULD BE MATCHED BY THE CONTRIBUTOR.
AND THEN IF WE WERE TO COMMIT TO GIVING THAT, WOULD THAT ONLY GO TOWARDS PEOPLE HERE IN KYLE? YES.
YOU SAID NOBODY ELSE IN HAYES COUNTY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS, THE CONTRACT, YOU WILL SET IT UP AND SPECIFY THAT IS FOR KYLE RESIDENTS.
TRAVIS, TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN TREASURE THERE'S PROGRAM FOR MAINLY TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS, UH, TO THE TUNE OF, UH, 2.5 MILLION.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY TREASURE A LOT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO, UH, HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF COMMITMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MATCH AGAIN.
SO WHATEVER THE CITY OF KYLE WERE TO GIVE TOWARDS HIS PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE MATCHED.
AND WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY, SO, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS PASSED THIS FOR A COUNTY LEVEL.
SO WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR KYLE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS COMMITTED THEM ALREADY FOR 2020 AND 2021.
AND THAT IS, THAT WAS MORE FOR HAYES COUNTY.
SO WE'RE SERVICE SERVICING KYLE AND THE OTHER CITIES LIKE BUDA AND OTHERS.
HOW LONG AND DO THE, UH, THE AGREEMENTS AND THE CONTRACTS USUALLY LASTS, IS IT TWO YEARS? IS THAT RIGHT? STANDARD? I WILL SAY IS NOT THAT A STANDARD BECAUSE IN AUSTIN WE HAVE IT FOR, UH, FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN THEY HAVE EXTENSIONS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HA WE ARE IN THE LAST YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIONS.
UH, SO THE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MATCH WOULD, UH, FOR 20 STUDENTS WE COULD DO 50,000 AND IN THE METRIC, YOU KNOW, THE 50,000 THAT WOULD DO THE, UH, 20 STUDENTS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE 50,000.
WE CAN DO 40 DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNTS.
BUT THE MATCHES WILL STILL BE THERE BECAUSE W W W WHAT WE NEED IS THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MATCH WITH THE STATE.
THAT'S WHAT IT DOES, THE REQUIREMENT.
AND THIS, THE STATE DOLLARS WOULD APPLY TO KYLE ONLY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAD SITUATIONS IN THE PAST WHERE MATCHED DOLLARS WE GET, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID A PROGRAM FOR COVID RULER OR THE SNOWBIRD, OR COVID WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN A BROADER PROGRAM THAT GOT MATCHED.
AND THEY USE ALL THE MONEY THAT WE PUT FORWARD TO APPLY TO OUR BUSINESSES IN THIS CASE.
AND ALL THE REST OF THE MONEY GOT SPIT ELSEWHERE.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED LESS SERVICES THAT HAD, WE JUST ALLOWED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE PROGRAM.
SO THE, WOULD THE MATCH DOLLARS ALSO APPLY ONLY,
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I WILL SAY THAT THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN HANDLING WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WITH THE FUNDS.LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WHATEVER MATCH WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE A STAY WITH IN CASE.
AND HOW MUCH, I'M SORRY, I MUST'VE MISSED IT AT THE BEGINNING.
HOW MUCH DOES HAYES DO THE COUNTY? 20, 30, 30, 30, 30,000.
UM, MY GENERAL THOUGHTS ARE THAT WE, THERE WAS A TIME THAT THE CITY OF KYLE DID A LOT OF THAT BASICALLY DONATING THE, IN THE BUDGET TO NONPROFITS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORTED AND BEFORE I GOT HERE, ALL THAT WAS GONE.
SO IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOLLARS FOR THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T OR SHOULD, I'M NOT MAKING A STATEMENT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THAT'S NOT IN THE PURVIEW OF THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER FOLKS HAVE DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AS WELL, OR IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO BRING UP DURING THE BUDGET OR AHEAD OF THE BUDGET.
UM, MY THOUGHTS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO TAKE A HOLISTIC, BECAUSE IT CAN BE THIS ONE, AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING, ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER BRINGS SOMETHING FORWARD.
AND THEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER BRINGS.
CAUSE WE ALL HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE CARE ABOUT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT ONE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS. AND SO I JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO FROM HERE, COUNSELOR ELLISON.
WELL, MARY, YOU STATED A LOT OF MY THOUGHTS ORIGINALLY THREE SUMMERS AGO, WE HAD WHOLLY COMMITTED COME TO US, UH, WITH AN ASK.
WE DIDN'T SUPPORT THEM IN ANY KIND OF THING.
I KNOW THAT IN THE SUMMER, UH, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THAT SAME SUMMER.
UH, I WAS ACCUSED OF NOT SUPPORTING THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER, UH, FROM THAT.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT IS, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOTHING AGAINST THIS GROUP.
I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY.
UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE ISSUE THAT WE RUN INTO IS IT'S, IT'S ONE NONPROFIT OR ORGANIZATION THAT IS OBVIOUSLY, UH, DOES GREAT WORK, UH, FROM ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THEIR, THEIR IDEA.
AND IN THAT KINDA, JUST LIKE I SAID, WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST TIME, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO, THREE BUDGETS AGO.
UM, I LIKE TO SEE A SYSTEM WHERE IT WAS EQUITABLE WHERE ALL NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR AREA COULD APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS.
CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR AREA, A LARGE, SMALL, AND MEDIUM, THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PIECE OF THAT PIE IF YOU WILL, AND DO THEIR GREAT WORK ALSO.
SO I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR SAYING, AND LOOKING AT THIS HOLISTICALLY RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE AN ALLOCATION IN THE BUDGET FOR, UM, SUPPORTING NONPROFITS.
ONCE AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR NOT MAKING A STATEMENT THAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T, BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHEN THESE ARE BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND I JUST WANT TO, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T STAY IT, DIDN'T SAY, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, CONSUELO CASTILLO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
AND, UM, I CAN SEE THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN AN EXAMPLE PROBABLY TO YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN AND KUDOS TO YOUR DAUGHTER AND HER, UM, HER JOURNEY AS WELL.
BUT I THINK IT'S, IT OBVIOUSLY SOUNDS LIKE A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL ARE GETTING SUPPORT FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DOES AUSTIN HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THEY HAVE A WAY TO BET AND, AND ABLE TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE CITY IN ORDER TO DO THEIR GOOD WORKS AND GOOD DEEDS AS WELL? NO, THERE ARE NO CONSERVATIVE, ANY, UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? UH, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, UH, SAID WAS GREAT WORK.
UH, YOUR STUDENTS, UH, YOU BROUGHT ONE OF YOUR SHINING EXAMPLES TO HERE AND, YOU KNOW, I, AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT STORY.
I MEAN, THAT ONE HIT HOME A LITTLE BIT AS A TEENAGE FATHER AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WHAT THAT STRUGGLES, LIKE.
I KNOW IT'S REAL, IT'S HARD, IT'S A LIFE I DON'T WISH ON ANYBODY CAUSE IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO WORK, TO RAISE CHILDREN.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING AS A CITY WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT AS HOW WE LOOK AT NON-PROFITS AND HOW WE, UH, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE OF FUNDS, UM,
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UH, HAVING A WAY FOR THEM TO APPLY.SO THAT WAY MAYBE WE CAN, UH, TOUCH MORE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
BUDA HAS A PROGRAM, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILOR ALISON WAS SAYING, WHERE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THE DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS CAN APPLY.
THERE'S THE QUESTION OF AUDITING, ANYTIME CITY CITIES DONATE FUNDS TO NONPROFITS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DOLLARS ARE USED IN CERTAIN WAYS AND IT CAN BECOME CUMBERSOME.
AND THEN COMPETITIVE, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL PUTTING, YOU KNOW, FINITE RESOURCES OUT THERE.
SO JUST A LOT FOR US TO THINK THROUGH, AND IT WE'RE JUST, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO FIT YOU INTO A SLOT RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE HES CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER, THE FOOD BANK, UH, THIS PROGRAM HERE, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GREAT PROGRAMS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE COULD, WE COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVE TOWARDS, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS NO MATTER HOW YOU DO IT, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MORE ASKS THAN THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MONEY TO, UH, TO MEET THAT NEED.
AND SO GO, THE, THE THOUGHT FOR THE CITY HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY, I THINK THAT WE WERE GOING TO STAY OUT OF THE FUNDING NON-PROFIT BUSINESS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW DAY NEW COUNCIL.
SO THERE'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP COMING UP, UH, MAYBE TO TRY TO SET SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP SO WELL, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, LIKE, IT WAS MENTIONED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT CITY OF AUSTIN OR TRAVIS COUNTIES ARE DOING WITH THEIR RFP SYSTEMS, LET US KNOW, SO WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH SOMEONE THERE.
I'M A HAZE RESIDENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HERE.
IT'S CERTAINLY A GOOD PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND PRESENTING TO US.
DO YOU, DO YOU TAKE, UH, FUNDS FROM OTHER NONPROFITS AS WELL? UH, NOT NECESSARILY FUNDS.
WE WORK MORE WITH FOUNDATIONS, UH, INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND WE COLLABORATE AND PARTNER WITH OTHER FOUNDATIONS.
I MEAN, WITH OTHER NONPROFITS DO EITHER REFER STUDENTS TO THEM OR VICE VERSA DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS.
YEAH, NO, A NONPROFIT THAT USUALLY GIVES OUT QUITE A FEW SCHOLARSHIPS HERE IN THE AREA.
AND I THINK THIS IS A WORTHWHILE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO PARTNER WITH.
SO THAT THAT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR INFORMATION.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DIETS, JUST FOR GIVING IT CONSIDERATION.
I AM MORE THAN AWARE OF THE PAST DYESS DECISIONS, BUT, UM, I FELT LIKE MAYBE WE ARE MOVING ON FROM LIKE OUR PAST AND, AND WE SH THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER ONLY BECAUSE 36 OF OUR RESIDENTS ALREADY USED IT.
THAT MEANS THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO US $180,000 FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO I, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS EVEN CONSIDERED IT.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND BUDGET'S COMING UP.
SO FINGERS CROSSED THAT MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY ON SPEED DIAL.
[22. Proposition F ordinance update on plans for soliciting public input. ~ Dex Ellison, Robert Rizo, and Michael Tobias, Council Members]
PROPOSITION PREPOSITION F ORDINANCE UPDATE ON PLANS FOR SOLICITING PUBLIC INPUT.I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST LEAD US IN AND THEN I'M GONNA PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE S AND RIZZO TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATED, UH, AMAZING JOB.
THEY DID THIS PAST SATURDAY, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO VERY BRIEFLY GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BRAINSTORMED AND WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE WORKS AND WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
AND AS WELL AS PLUG OUR SURVEY THAT WE HAVE, SO RESIDENTS CAN GO AND FILL THAT OUT.
UH, THE TASK FORCE DIDN'T MEET, UH, THANKS TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR SUPPORT AND CREATING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE S AND MYSELF, ALONG WITH STAFF LIAISON, SAMANTHA ARMBRUSTER, UH, WE DID IDENTIFY THAT WE HAVE SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS ARE ALREADY PROPOSED IN OUR BUDGET FROM THE ANALYST POSITION TO THE IAA PRO UH, SOFTWARE AND BLUE TEAM SOFTWARE FOR, UH, PD, AS FAR AS HANDLING COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS AND HANDLING THAT IN A MORE MODERN WAY THAN THE ARCHAIC WAY THAT IT'S CURRENTLY BEING, UH, UM, EVERYTHING'S BEING, UH, KEPT UP WITH.
SO, AND THAT WAY WE CAN ALSO MAKE IT VERY TRANSPARENT AND, UM, ABLE FOR RESIDENTS AND ANYONE WHO WANTS THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
UM, THE TASK FORCE HAS AGREED THAT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT CITIZEN INPUT, UH, FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE DID, UH, COMPILE A SURVEY THAT WILL BE IN THE WORKS FOR TWO WEEKS.
I DIDN'T, UH, PREP STAFF TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, BUT WE, UH, HAVE THAT, UH, SURVEY ONLINE.
IT'S FIVE QUESTIONS, UH, VERY QUICK, LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, PROBABLY THE COMPLETE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS, WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR POP-UP OR
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WHAT YOU DID, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PURPOSELY SOLICITING COMMENTS FROM BOTH, BOTH ENDS OF THAT SPECTRUM.SO PLEASE GO AND FILL THAT OUT.
THAT WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH JUNE 22ND.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE.
UH, THIS COMING FRIDAY BEFORE THE DIALOGUE FOR A PIECE OF PROGRESS EVENT, STARTING AT FIVE 30, I BELIEVE, UH, SAMANTHA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UH, FIVE 30 TO SIX 30.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, UH, OH YEAH.
CITY OF CARLA.COM/PROP F IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THAT SURVEY CITY OF KYLE.COM/PROP F.
SO YES, THE OPEN HOUSE COMING THIS FRIDAY, STARTING AT FIVE 30, THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR DIALOGUE EVENT, WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS AS WELL.
WE WANTED TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS BEFORE OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKS A SESSION ON JUNE 26TH.
SO WE CAN COME BACK WITH ANY FINDINGS OR ANY IDEAS THAT WERE COME OUT TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUDGET PROCESS IF NECESSARY.
BUT I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO, UH, FIVE TO SIX 30.
FIVE TO SIX 30 ON THAT OPEN HOUSE THIS FRIDAY, IF YOU WANT TO COME BY CITY HALL, WE'LL BE JUST, IT'LL BE VERY INFORMAL.
UH, WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS, UH, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, HELPING EDUCATE ABOUT WHAT PROP F WAS ABOUT, HOW MUCH OF WHAT WAS CHANGED IN THE CHARTER, WHAT WAS, WHAT STAYED THE SAME, AND THEN LOOKING AT THOSE GENERAL IDEAS OF WHY MAYBE PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT OR WHY MAYBE PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST IT.
UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO ALLOW A COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE US AND COUNCILMAN RIZZO, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
THEY HAD A GREAT DAY AT MARKET DAYS THIS PAST SATURDAY, AND, UH, WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD THAT I MIGHT'VE MISSED.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROSA FOR THE RECORD, UH, ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT DAY HANGING OUT THERE WITH, UH, MY HIGH SCHOOL BUDDY.
MICHAEL TOBY IS IT FELT LIKE THE OLD DAYS, THE PARK, IT WAS HOT, IT WAS HOT.
IT DEFINITELY WAS HOT, BUT THE PEOPLE WERE VERY RESPONSIVE.
UH, WE HANDED OUT QUITE A FEW OF THE CARDS OUT THERE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW ONE GENTLEMAN HAD AN HOUR LONG CONVERSATION WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, UH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
UH, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ALREADY FROM THE CARDS THAT WE PASSED OUT.
WE, WE ALSO HAD A QR CODE THERE THAT THEY COULD LOG ON AND FILL IT OUT, UH, RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT.
UM, IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE WERE VERY INTERESTED IN PROP F FOR THE MOST PART.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE WENT OUT THERE.
WE PARTICIPATED MARKET DAYS WAS GREAT.
WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE AND, UH, IT WAS JUST FUN TO BE BACK IN THE PUBLIC.
YES, WE HAD A, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING SATURDAY.
AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU, SARAH WATSON IN YOUR TEAM FOR BEING OUT THERE AS WELL, HELPING OUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SO FAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE SURVEY, WE'VE HAVE UP TO 22 PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED IT, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ROBERT OUT THERE WHERE WE'RE VISITING WITH PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT PEOPLE OUT THERE MARKET DAYS.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS PROPOSITION F ON THE, ON THE BALLOT LAST, LAST NOVEMBER, UH, ONE PERSON STATED THAT HE DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT.
AND I TRIED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON WHY, AND IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT KIND OF FEELINGS THAT HE HAD, UH, REFERENCING WHAT IT, WHAT WAS GOING ON, UM, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT OUR DIRECTION WAS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OF COURSE, IT'S TO BASICALLY, UM, NOT ONLY JUST HAVE MORE DATA RESEARCH DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO HAVE A MORE TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHERE THE MAIN THING WAS.
UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE SUBJECT CHANGED TO UNFORTUNATE THE UNFORTUNATE AND TRAGIC SITUATION THAT HAPPENED, UH, EARLIER THAT MORNING IN AUSTIN WITH THAT MASS SHOOTING GOING ON.
SO, UM, CONVERSATION TURNED TO THAT, BUT OVERALL, WE GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN THE, UH, MEETING THE ACTUAL OPEN HOUSE FOR FRIDAY AND ALSO WAS LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE A PIECE OF PROGRESS EVEN RIGHT AFTERWARDS.
AND WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL.
BUT AS FAR AS THE PROP F COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, KIND OF THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS AGAIN, DID YOU VOTE FOR PROP F YES OR NO? UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, DID YOU PARTICIPATE? THE OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, DID YOU VOTE FOR PROFIT? IF SO, WHY OR WHY NOT? UH, AND THE OTHER QUESTION WAS WHAT WERE YOU MOST MOTIVATED TO VOTE AND FOR AGAINST IT? AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT FEEDBACK
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OF, OF, OF NUMBERS, OF THE SURVEY OF HOW MANY PEOPLE PUT IN FOR IT.SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING THIS FRIDAY WHEN WE HAVE THE OPEN HOUSE, IF WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO SHOW UP AND WE CAN HOPE TO GET THIS ROLLING SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
I KNOW CASPER, ALISON IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS GOING SO WE CAN HAVE A DIRECTION FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT THE, THE, THE, THE THREE DIFFERENT STATEMENTS ABOUT WHY YOU VOTED FOR IT WERE REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH THOSE STATEMENTS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL THREE VERY DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK HIT AT A DIFFERENT MOTIVATION FOR WHY PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE VOTED FOR OR AGAINST IT.
SO IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO TRY TO THINK THROUGH WHICH WERE THOSE I WOULD PICK.
SO, UM, WHO, WHO CAME UP WITH THAT? MAY I ASK? I THINK IT WAS A TEAM COLLABORATION, THE TEAM COLLAB.
AND JUST, HONESTLY, WE, WE JUST LOOKED HARD AT THE LANGUAGE AND WE PULLED OUT WHAT THE MAIN PARTS OF THE LANGUAGE WHERE IT'S SOLID.
CAUSE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MIGHT, COULD BE.
SO I I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU ALL FOR MOVING THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE MOVING.
MY OPTIMISM FOR PROP PATH IS GAINING, UH, AS, AS THIS TIME IS, YOU KNOW, MOVING BY.
SO I THINK WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE A GOOD OUTCOME HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
UH, I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK Y'ALL ARE ALL THREE LEADING US WELL HERE.
SO ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, UM, DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE BEEN SO DESPERATELY NEEDING, AND WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT IT WAS THE QUARTERLY REPORTING TO WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GET, UM, SOME INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PUBLIC OF THE SITUATIONS THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY, WHETHER WE'RE HAVING, UH, AN INCREASE IN DWI CASES OR ARRESTS OR PIS OR BURGLARY OR BUILDINGS, UM, THAT KIND OF, UH, STATISTICS COULD REALLY SHOW OUR CITIZENS WHAT OUR BRAVE POLICE OFFICERS ARE DOING OUT THERE.
AND, UH, IF WE SEE A SPIKE IN CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIMES, UH, WE CAN BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME.
AND WE CAN ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ISSUES GOING ON WITHIN OUR CITY.
UH, WE CAN START, UH, EATING OUR CITIZENS MORE AWARE OF WHETHER IT'S, UH, TRUANCY GOING ISSUES GOING ON OR OTHER, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES THAT ARE ARISING.
WE CAN BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE IF WE NEED TO, AS A CITY AND AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE, UH, IN, IN NEED, AND ALSO TO SHOWCASE OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT, UH, WORK SESSION WHEN WE'RE COMING UP WITH, UH, HOW TO PRESENT THIS AND, UH, GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
I'M GLAD THAT SAMANTHA WAS THERE, UM, HELPING US, UH, STAY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SOMETIMES WE STEER OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT SHE KEPT US FOCUSED AND WE WERE ABLE TO ALL COLLABORATE AND DO A GREAT JOB IN, AND I'M, I'M THANKFUL THAT I HAD, I WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? YOU SAID THE, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, NOT PUBLIC HEARING, THE TOWN HALL, WHAT WOULD, WHAT ARE YOU FIVE TO SIX THIS FRIDAY? THIS FRIDAY.
UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE'LL MOVE ON.
[23.
(Second Reading) Approve an Ordinance amending the City's Approved Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 by increasing the total appropriations for expenditures in the General Fund by $8,000,000.00 and in the Park Development Fund by $375,000.00 to provide $4,500,000.00 in additional funding for the Uptown Central Park and Heroes Memorial Park projects, $3,500,000.00 for 2021 Road Bond Program, $200,000.00 for Christmas lighting and decorations on Center Street and City Square Park, and $175,000.00 for decorative lights on the historic water tower in downtown Kyle. ~ Perwez A. Moheet, CPA, Director of Finance
City Council voted 7-0 to approve budget amendments, except that City Council voted 6-1 for $3,500,000.00 for 2021 Road Bond Program and 4-3 for $175,000.00 for decorative lights on the historic water tower in downtown Kyle to approve on First Reading.
]IS A GENERIC NUMBER THREE SECOND READING APPROVE AND OR DID, OH, WE HAVE ITEM 15 TWO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK AFTER EXEC PAGE, UH, UH, APPROVE APPROVING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S APPROVED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 20, 20 21 BY INCREASING THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENDITURES, UH, 8 MILLION, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND 375,000 FROM PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND 4.5 MILLION FROM, UH, UH, FOR UPTOWN CENTRAL PARK HEROES, MAURY PARK PROJECTS, 3.5 BILLION FOR 2021 ROBOT PROGRAM, 200,000 FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTING AND DECORATION ON CENTER STREET, AND THEN 1 75 FOR THE, UH, DECORATIVE LIGHTS.SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE CAPTION THAT JENNIFER PUT TOGETHER TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, EXCEPT, UH, OH, WE HAVE TO, WE HAD TO 1 61.
SO EVERYTHING I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING, EXCEPT FOR THE 3.5 MILLION FOR THE 2021 ROAD BOND PROGRAM AND THE 175,000 FOR THE DECORATIVE LIGHTS.
SECOND, COULD WE CLARIFY THAT MOTION? EVERYTHING THAT WAS APPROVED.
I THOUGHT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD
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TO, THEY WEREN'T WEREN'T UNANIMOUS EVERYTHING THAT WAS UNANIMOUS AT THE LAST ONE IN ONE MOTION.JUST THE WAY I INTENDED IT FOR IT TO BE.
SO THE UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS VOTES WERE FOR THE, UH, THE TWO PART PROJECTS, UH, THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
AND SO THAT WAS UNANIMOUS AND THE 200,000 FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WAS UNANIMOUS.
THE 1 75 FOR THE, THE TOWER WAS NOT.
AND THEN THE 3.5 FOR THE ROAD, BONDS WAS NOT.
SO YOU HAVE THE TWO ROADS IN THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
WE HAVE A, WE HAD A DISINTER OVER HERE.
I THINK I MADE IT WORSE TRYING TO COMBINE THEM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE $3.5 MILLION FOR THE 2021 ROAD BOND PROGRAM AMENDMENT.
SORRY, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WE APPROVED $3.5 MILLION BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2021 ROAD BOND PROGRAM.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION CUTS RAILS? AND I SHOULD HAVE GOT THIS ONE, THE LAST ONE, BUT PERVEZ, UH, JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION PATIENTS.
SO FOR THE 200,000 THAT WE APPROVED, THAT WILL NOT BE FROM THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMENDMENT.
THAT IS FROM PART DEDICATION FUNDS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S ALL ALL AS AMENDED AT THE LAST MEETING.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION.
UH, IT'S WHERE IT GETS MY VOTE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT $175,000 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE DECORATIVE LIGHTS AND HISTORIC WATER TOWER.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR.
SAY WE'LL ALSO BE FROM PARK DEDICATION FUND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE UP NOW BEFORE EXACT SEE MANAGER'S REPORT?
[24.
Update on various capital improvement projects, road projects, building program, and/or general operational activities where no action is required. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager
- Upcoming Budget Worksessions
- Parks and Recreation events
- Juneteenth programming
- Mass Food Distribution event
MAYOR COUNCIL, SCOTT SELLERS FOR THE RECORD, IT'S ALWAYS TAKES ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THIS ONLINE VERSION GOING.
AND LET'S SEE IF IT'LL RESPOND HERE.
UH, WE HAD A, JUST A GREAT PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON HERE.
I THINK HE JUST GOT A GREAT UPDATE ON THAT, BUT THE INFORMATION IS ON THE SLIDE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING.
UH, WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT SKATE NIGHT COMING UP WITH THE ASH PAVILION, JUNE 18TH, UH, SIX TO 8:30 PM.
I THINK IN HONOR OF FATHER'S DAY THEY ARE LETTING, UH, DAD'S SCAPE FREE.
IF I HEAR CORRECTLY, UH, MAYBE, UH, WE HAVE MOVIES AT THE LAKE AGAIN, JUNE 25TH.
THIS TIME WE ARE SHOWING SPIDERMAN.
SO THIS IS A FREE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AT THE LATE KYLE PAVILION AND WATCH A MOVIE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, BRING A BLANKET BRAND CHAIR AND COME AND ENJOY THE MOVIE.
OUR NEXT MASS FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT IS SATURDAY, JUNE 26, FROM EIGHT TO 11 AT THE ACC CAMPUS.
AND AS ALWAYS VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED.
AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO THE COUNCIL THAT THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY SHOWING UP FOR THEM.
THEY WON'T BE THERE ON THAT ONE.
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WORK.SO DO WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS THIS TIME? UH, WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY.
FIREWORKS SHOW NET IS SUNDAY, JULY 4TH, UH, APPROXIMATELY 9:00 PM.
SO YOU'LL SEE, WE HAVE A RADIO STATION THAT WE'VE BEEN TUNING INTO.
K A Z I E 88.7 FOR THE CHOREOGRAPH MUSIC OF AS USUAL.
THE VIEWING IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY ITSELF, BUT UH, PEOPLE FIND MANY, MANY LOCATIONS ALL AROUND TOWN TO SEE THOSE FIREWORKS.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL FIREWORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE, UH, ATTEND THAT IF YOU CAN, IT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT.
AND THEN FINALLY OUR BUDGET CALENDAR, UH, YES, JUNE 26.
WE DO HAVE OUR WORK SESSION NUMBER TWO.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLL ON THE 25TH.
UH, WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION, NUMBER THREE, WHICH WILL BE ON THE 31ST MAN.
EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST BEFORE, UM, SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE VACCINE YOU WANT TO SAY FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND? UH, YEAH, I CAN GIVE SOME NUMBERS ON THAT FOR THOSE WHO WERE THERE, IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOME ANECDOTES, HUH? I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, UH, JERRY JULIE FOR BEING THERE, EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED THERE, UH, THOSE THAT WENT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE BARRICADES, UH, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
UM, THE NATIONAL GUARD, WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY MAKE THE PROCESS EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL AND THEY DO IT WITH A SMILE IS GREAT.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEM HAVE THAT RESOURCE HERE IN KYLE AND I BELIEVE WE HAD 251 OR 57.
HOLD ON BETWEEN TWO 50 AND 300, IT WAS 251 RE UH, SECOND DOSES OF THE MEDINA AND SEVEN DOSES OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON FIRST HOUSE.
AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK JERRY FOR ALL HIS HELP, JERRY.
THANKS FOR BEING THERE ALL DAY ON THE SUNDAY.
UH, LET'S GO ON ABOVE AND BEYOND, BUT, BUT THANKS JULIE AS WELL.
UH, Y'ALL MADE THE EXPERIENCE.
AND SCOTT, I KNOW YOU, UH, WHEN DID YOU ANNOUNCE TO THAT? UH, 473 POUNDS OF FOOD WAS COLLECTED? YES.
WHICH FROM THE LIBRARY? YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS RECENTLY.
SO YES, KUDOS TO STAFF FOR, FOR ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS WE HAVE GOING ON.
BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
[25.
Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, the City Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session(s) from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting. The City Council may convene into Executive Session pursuant to any lawful exception contained in Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code including any or all of the following topics.
- Pending or contemplated litigation or to seek the advice of the City Attorney pursuant to Section 551.071.
- Milestone PID
- Sign Code
- Automated Metering Infrastructure
- Downtown Utilities
- Texas Lehigh Agreement
- City Lights and Kyle Marketplace Subdivision/Development
- Transportation Master Plan
- Site-Specific Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions and Easements for the Heroes Memorial Tracts
- Bebee Road Development Agreement
- Possible purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real estate pursuant to Section 551.072.
- Personnel matters pursuant to Section 551.074.
- Convene into executive session pursuant to Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, to deliberate regarding the offer of economic incentives to one or more business prospects that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City.
- Project Pacific Blue
- Project Valkyrie
- Project Indigo
- Project Just Peachy
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5 1 0 7 1 MILESTONE PYD SIGNED CODE AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, TEXAS LEHIGH AGREEMENT, CITY LIGHTS, AND KYLE MARKETPLACE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT, LIGHT SPECIFIC DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS FOR THE HERO'S MEMORIAL TRACKS, BB ROAD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
MEETING BACK TO ORDER, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN.
[15. Consider Approving Site-Specific Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions and Easements for the Heroes Memorial Tracts and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Documents Related to Closing on the Parcel. ~ Paige Saenz, City Attorney]
NOW I'M GOING TO BRING UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AND MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNSELING MOVE BY THE MAYOR.SECOND BY COUNCIL RIZZO, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO, A MOTION TO ADJOURN.