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          [1.  City Council Special Meeting Minutes - January 19, 2021. ~ Jennifer Holm, City Secretary]
          [4.  
Consider nominations and take possible action for reappointment to the Kyle Parks and Recreation Board to fill expired terms. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation

    Seat 2 - Lana Nicholson
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HI, I'M JERRY HENDRICKSON. 
          I'M HERE WITH THE CITY OF KYLE CERTIFIED BRANDING COMMITTEE TO WELCOME THE BART AND FINANCIAL GROUP INTO OUR CERTIFIED FAMILY. 
          LET'S GO INSIDE AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE HERE WITH THE CITY OF KYLE CERTIFIED BRADY COMMITTEE TO WELCOME YOU INTO OUR CERTIFIED FAMILY. 
          SO WELCOME. 
          COOL. 
          TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO BECOME CERTIFIED. 
          SO, UH, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS WE DO AS A FINANCIAL ADVISING AND FINANCIAL PLANNING IS, IS TRYING TO STILL DOWN SOME REALLY COMPLICATED TOPICS. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS CREATED A, WHAT WE CALL A PORTFOLIO PIE RECIPE THAT WE GIVE TO ALL THE CLIENTS IN THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, THEY GO HOME WITH IT IN THEIR FIRST APPOINTMENT PACKET. 
          AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW REALLY BUILDING A PORTFOLIO IS LIKE BAKING A PIE. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS AND ALL THE RIGHT PROPORTIONS. 
          AND WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE MAYBE HAVE, UH, UH, WHAT THEY THINK IS A PIE AND REALLY IT'S INSTEAD OF A PECAN PIE, IT'S MORE LIKE A BOWL OF CONS. 
          AND SO WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO, UH, TO REALLY BAKE A GOOD PIE. 
          SO THAT'S OUR PORTFOLIO PIRACY. 
          AWESOME. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          SO AS PART OF OUR CERTIFIED FAMILY, WE HAVE SOME COOL SLANG FOR YOU. 
          COOL. 
          SO HERE'S YOUR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND YOUR OFFICIAL CERTIFIED STICKER. 
            MY NAME'S JANIE TLVS I WORK IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          I AM THE PUBLIC WORKS SECRETARY AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY 14 YEARS, THIS PAST OCTOBER 18TH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S MY NICKNAME, MOTHERING HIM. 
          UM, I DO LOOK AT THEM AS MY KIDS, UM, AND EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE OLDER THAN ME. 
          I STILL LOOK AT THEM AS MY KIDS. 
          UH, THIS IS LIKE A BIG FAMILY HERE AND I LOVE IT. 
          YEAH. 
          EVERYBODY'S WILLING TO HELP. 
          AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE CAME, CAUSE LET ME GET SOMEONE FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE I JUST CAN'T AND THEY TAKE OFF. 
          NO, THEY MAKE SURE I'M TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR ME. 
          I SEE THAT THEY DO IT FOR ALL OF THIS AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK TO ME IN DAILY BASIS I HAD A CUSTOMER CALL AND, UH, A RESIDENT, I SAID THEY NEEDED, IF THERE WAS A WAY THEY COULD CLOSE DOWN A PORTION OF THEIR STREET, CAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A BLOCK PARTY. 
          AND UH, HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT. 
          AND I'M LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW EITHER I GO, BUT YOU KNOW, GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND NUMBER AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL BACK. 
          LET ME TALK TO MY BOSS. 
          SO AT THAT TIME THAT'S WHEN THE STREET CLOSURE, UH, FORMS BEGAN. 
          AND SO I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST HIM AND UH, TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FROM YOU. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO, PROVIDE BARRICADES AND STUFF. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 
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HIM OUT AND, AND GET THAT. 
          AND THAT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD FEELING TO HELP HIM. 
          CAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE COMES BACK TO ME, HE GOES, JAMIE, I NEED IT AGAIN. 
          I'M LIKE, OH, OKAY. 
          I KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. 
          YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE HAD STARTED IT, YOU KNOW? SO THAT WAS AWESOME. 
          MY NAME IS HERON LYNN GORDY AND I'M A BUILDING INSPECTOR WITH THE CITY OF KYLE. 
          WE GO IN AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
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