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NOW WE'RE GOING TO CALL A REGULAR[I. Call Meeting to Order]
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL THE 20TH.
UM, WOULD THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL HERE, COACH HERE.
ALISON FROZEN FLORES KALE HERE, RIZZO HERE, BRADSHAW HERE.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, MIRA.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR APRIL SIX, SPECIAL MEETING AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL SIX, 2021.
TOBIA SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER OF FLOOR SCALE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION SEEING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
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 THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU PULL OUT, FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
UH, I DO HAVE ONE FORM SUBMITTED AND THAT IS BY MR. MICHAEL CLARK.
BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER SIX AND ALSO NUMBER EIGHT.
AND THAT POOL DOES NEED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REPAIRS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT NUMBER EIGHT SHOULD COME BEFORE NUMBER SIX, TO GET THE REPAIRS FOR THE PLUMBING IN, INTO THE WALLS BEFORE YOU DO THE PLASTERING.
AND IF THAT IS SO THEN THEY MIGHT NEED TO MAKE SURE.
AND IS THERE A, A TIMEFRAME WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT? SO IT DOESN'T LINGER ON A COMPLETE HONOR BEFORE DATE, UH, SO THAT, UH, THE CITIZENS CAN KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, THE, FOR THAT, OTHER THAN THAT, LET'S GET IT GOING TO SWIM.
AND SO ANYWAY, THAT, AND THEN I'M HERE TO MAKE A SUPPORT FOR, OF MYSELF AND THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, MADE KNOWN TO ME FOR ITEM NUMBER 14.
SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND A BETTER TOMORROW.
THAT'S THE ONLY FORM I HAVE FILLED OUT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? YOU CAN FILL OUT AFTER YOUR COMMENTS, JUST PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
JOSEPH FIRST, LAST PERSON THAT GOES TO FREEMAN.
SO THIS IS, HE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT 14.
YOU MAY REMEMBER ME LAST TIME.
MY WIFE AND MY KIDS CAME UP TO TALK TO YOU, BUT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO SPEAK REGARDING THE HALLOWEEN, UH, UH, ORDINANCE YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING.
SO KIND OF WROTE, AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT SHORT, BUT TRY TO READ AS FAST AS I CAN JUST BEAR WITH ME.
SO THIS, UH, THIS INQUIRY IS ABOUT THE NEW ORDINANCE REGARDING SEX OFFENDERS.
I USUALLY DON'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND SPEAK BECAUSE THESE MEETINGS ARE GENERALLY ONE-SIDED AND EXTREMELY BIASED.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I DECIDED TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK TODAY IS BECAUSE I AM A FATHER OF THREE, WHO IS ALSO A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER BASED OFF OF A SMALL LEGAL TECHNICALITY.
I USE THE WORD SMALL LEGAL TECHNICALITY, VERY LOOSELY BECAUSE I'M NOT THE PERSON WHO CONSIDERS POINTING FINGERS AT VICTIMS AND YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO BELIEVE THAT ONCE THE PUNISHMENT HAS BEEN SERVED AND THAT SHOULD BE THE END OF IT.
UM, WHAT'S GOING TO SAY THIS PART, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP IT.
SO THE HALLOWEEN RESTRICTION IS WHERE I SHOULD START.
I GUESS I WAS INFORMED THAT CERTAIN
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INDIVIDUALS WITH SEX OFFENSES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DECORATE THEIR PROPERTY.ON OCTOBER 31ST, INDIVIDUALS WITH SEX OFFENSES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR PORCH LINE ON EITHER FOR HALLOWEEN.
MY RESPONSE TO THAT ORDINANCE WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING.
I FEEL THAT DECORATIONS ON MY PROPERTY SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AS THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN FAMILIES ARE WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DRINKING HOT CHOCOLATE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF AND TAKING PICTURES, DECORATIONS ON MY PROPERTY ARE FOR VIEWING PURPOSES ONLY.
AND JUST BECAUSE I, AND JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE DECORATIONS ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO ENTER ONTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY FOR ANY REASON, UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN FORMALLY INVITED.
I BELIEVE THAT IS KIND OF A THIN LINE BETWEEN TRESPASSING.
ALSO LAST TIME I CHECKED THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING TAXES, ANY AND ALL TAXES.
THAT IS NOT THE CITY OF KYLE, NOT THE CAR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JUST IMAGINE BEING A HOMEOWNER AND SOMEONE RANDOMLY STEPPING IN AND SAYING, HEY, DON'T DO THIS TO YOUR PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN STAY SAFE.
IT'S REALLY A BUNCH OF, YOU CAN WRAP UP, WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHT, OKAY, I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO'S 12.
SO IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO, SHE'S GOING TO BE TOO OLD TO BE OUT HERE, TRICK OR TREATING, AND SHE'S GOING TO WANT TO PASS OUT CANDY TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY KNOW US.
UM, SO I JUST BELIEVE THAT THE DISCRETION SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE PARENTS TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHICH HOUSES ARE OKAY TO GO TO WHICH HOUSES STAY AWAY FROM.
AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO JUST KIND OF ROAM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AN ATTENDED.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ESPECIALLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
CAN I EMAIL THIS TO YOU? YES, YOU CAN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[3. Presentation by Texas State University's MBA Capstone group on Uber Kyle $3.14 program. ~ Samantha Armbruster, Director of Communications]
STEP PRESENTATION BY TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY'S MBA CAPSTONE GROUP ON UBER, KYLE THREE 14 PROGRAMS, SAMANTHA AND BRESTER.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE WERE APPROACHED BY TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITIES, DR.
CAMERON ABOUT, UH, PARTNERING WITH THEIR MBA CAPSTONE GROUP.
AND THEY LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF BY THE CITY.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DIVE INTO OUR UBER KYLE THREE ONE FOUR PROGRAM.
SO GREAT TO HAVE THEIR EXPERTISE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THEM FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AFTER.
HI, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING US TO PRESENT OUR FINDINGS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
WE ARE TEXAS STATE MBA CANDIDATES, AND THIS IS OUR CAPSTONE PROJECT.
AND MY ROLE IS TO AID IN THE ORGANIZATION AND RESEARCH OF THE PROJECT, AMY KRAMER, WITH HER EXPERIENCE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES DOVE DEEP INTO GRANT OPTIONS, RIO WITH HIS MARKETING BACKGROUND DEVICE AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
TOMISLAV WITH HIS FINANCE EXPERIENCE, LOOKED AT COMPARATIVE MODELS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SIMILAR SIZED CITIES AND MEGAN WITH OUR ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND KEPT US ALL IN LINE WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR KEY RECOMMENDATIONS.
THESE ARE BASED ON A CONTEXTUAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, WHICH WE WILL GET INTO A BIT LATER.
OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPLY FOR A COUPLE OF GRANTS THAT WE FOUND THE CITY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR.
OUR NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO PERFORM SOME ADDITIONAL AWARENESS AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES.
AND OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS TO REVISIT THE PROGRAM AS RIDERSHIP APPROACHES 58 RIDES PER DAY.
GIVEN THE AVERAGE COST TO THE CITY PER RIDE, 58 DAILY RIDES IS WHEN THE ALLOCATED BUDGET WOULD BE SURPASSED.
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE ALLOW US TO TELL YOU HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE CAME INTO THIS PROJECT BLIND UNAWARE ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT UBER WAS EVEN AN OPTION IN THIS SPACE.
MANY THINGS TO SAMANTHA WHO HAD THE PATIENTS, AS WE PEPPERED HER WITH QUESTIONS, SHE INTRODUCED US TO JERRY AND JAMES WHO PROVIDED A LOT OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
THE STRENGTHS THAT, THAT UBER KYLE THREE ONE FOUR PROGRAM BECAME CLEAR IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PAST
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS, WHERE BUSES AND TROLLEYS WERE FIXED ROUTE AND SET SCHEDULE.UBER PROGRAM PROVIDES DOOR TO DOOR AND ON DEMAND SERVICE OR BUSES IN TROLLEYS REQUIRED UPFRONT INVESTMENT.
THE UBER PROGRAM PROVIDES USAGE BASED PRICING WHERE LYFT PROVIDED THESE SERVICES AND STRENGTHS AS WELL.
UBER STOOD OUT BY PROVIDING WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY.
HE RECOMMENDATIONS OFTEN FLOW FROM TURNING WEAKNESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM IS BEING PROVIDED SOLELY BY THE CITY OF KYLE.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANT REC RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP HERE.
RIDERSHIP IS LOW COMPARED TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS AND SIMILAR SITES CITIES.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING MARKETING ACTIVITIES HERE TO RAISE AWARENESS.
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THOSE, LET'S LOOK CLOSER AT THOSE CITIES IN MORE DETAIL, MEGAN, THANKS, JOE.
WE DID RESEARCH ON THREE SIMILAR SIZED CITIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS, NAMELY GEORGETOWN PFLUGERVILLE IN SAN MARCUS, OUR ANALYSIS FOCUSED ON COMPARING THEIR PUBLIC TRANSIT PROGRAMS AGAINST THE CITY OF KYLE'S WHO WERE KYLE THREE ONE FOUR PROGRAM.
NOW THIS SLIDE THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT HERE DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DATA ON IT.
SO IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO REVIEW IT LATER, BUT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT SPECIFICALLY TWO NUMBERS.
NUMBER ONE WOULD BE THE CURRENT LOWER RIDERSHIP NUMBERS FOR KYLE COMPARED TO THE OTHER CITIES.
AND THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THE VARIABLE RIDE COST TO THE CITY WITH NO SUBSIDIZED SUPPORT.
AS OF NOW, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS DO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE DATA POINTS AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN A FEW OF THE GRANT OPTIONS THAT WE DISCOVERED IN OUR RESEARCH.
THESE GRANTS MIGHT BE LEVERAGED TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AND FACILITATE THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE UBER KYLE THREE ONE FOUR PROGRAM.
THE FIRST GRANT IS THE URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS ALSO KNOWN AS A 53 OH SEVEN.
UH, THIS GRANT IS AWARDED BASED ON A WELL-WRITTEN PROPOSAL AND POPULATION DENSITY, WHICH KYLE DOES FALL WITHIN A LOCAL MATCH OF 20% IS REQUIRED FOR THE 53 OH SEVEN.
UH, THE SECOND GRANT WE DISCOVERED IS THE ENHANCED MOBILITY OF SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GRANTS.
UH, THIS GRANT IS ALLOCATED BASED ON CENSUS FIGURES AND DOES REQUIRE A 50% MATCH.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE GRANTS, UM, OUR TEAMMATE AMY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER TO THE BEST FOR LYDIA'S IN THE Q AND A MOVING ON TO ADDRESS THE OTHER DATA POINT OF THE LOWER RESPECTIVE RIDERSHIP, UH, IN COMPARED TO COMPARISON TO THE OTHER CITIES.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO RAMP A FEW OF THE MARKETING ACTIVITIES.
UM, CITY OF KYLE HAS A FANTASTIC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE A GREAT JOB.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB RUNNING VARIOUS OUTLETS FROM MESSAGING.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASICALLY JUST UTILIZING THOSE EXISTING PLATFORMS WITH THE GOAL OF BOOSTING RIDERSHIP BY 50% FOR THE UBER KYLE THREE ONE FOUR PROGRAM TO GIVE A PRETTY QUICK EXAMPLE.
ONE OF THE EASIEST ONES WE DECIDED ON WOULD BE, UM, DOING SHORT VIDEOS, HOW TO TAKE UBER, HOW TO USE THE APPS, UM, THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM.
THESE SHORT VIDEOS CAN THEN BE PUT ON ALL YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, CITY OF CAIRO WEBSITE AND THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SAMANTHA AND HER TEAM CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT BASICALLY IMMEDIATELY.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT COULD YIELD MORE THAN 50% INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP ON OUR FINAL FLIGHT.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR RESEARCH INTO ANOTHER CITY THAT HAD A SIMILAR HAS A SIMILAR PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER.
UH, THE CITY OF INNISFIL IN CANADA HAS HAD UBER AS THEIR PUBLIC TRANSIT PARTNERS SINCE 2017 AND AS WELL AS SIMILAR IN POPULATION AS KYLE AND OUR STARTING BUDGET DOGS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO KYLE'S CURRENT BUDGET, UH, THE DESIRE FOR AN ON-DEMAND OPTION AND HESITANCE FOR UPFRONT INVESTMENT IN THE TRADITIONAL BUS OFFERING MADE UBER THE CHOICE FOR INNISFIL THEIR PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEEMED A SUCCESS AND DEMAND HAS BEEN INCREASING STEADILY.
UH, THIS DOES ALSO MEAN THAT THEIR BUDGET HAD TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE AND BY 2019, IT ACTUALLY SURPASSED WHAT THE UPFRONT CAPITAL FOR BUSES WOULD HAVE BEEN.
NOW WHILE THAT OUR BUDGET GROWTH MIGHT BE SEEN AS CAUTIONARY, THE PROGRAM IS STILL IN USE AND HIGHLY REGARDED.
AND AS BILL RESIDENTS HAVE HAD OVER HAVE AN OVERWHELMING POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THE PROGRAM WITH MORE THAN 75% SATISFACTION AND SURVEY RESULTS, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO FOR THEIR WEBSITE DEEMS THAT HIGHLY BENEFICIAL AS WELL.
WE DON'T BELIEVE KYLE'S IN JEOPARDY AND BREAKING THE CURRENT BUDGET.
UH, EVEN WITH THE INCREASED RIDERSHIP FROM MARKETING MESSAGING, UH, RIDES WOULD HAVE TO EXCEED 58 RIDES PER DAY TO BREAK THE CURRENT BUDGET.
AND WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE, BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS, THIS DOES CONCLUDE OUR FORMAL PRESENTATION.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PRESENTERS? UH, ONE THING, GO AHEAD COUNSELORS THOUGH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY THAT IS BENEFITING FROM THIS.
UM, WHY DID THE CITIZENS THINK IT WAS SO BENEFICIAL AND WHY DID ENJOY IT MORE THAN THE OTHER PUBLIC TRANSIT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE THAT DOVE PRETTY DEEP INTO THAT, THAT CASE STUDY.
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I'LL YIELD THIS QUESTION.UM, THE, THE FEEDBACK WAS THAT THE ON DEMAND FACTOR WAS REALLY WHAT THEY LIKED BECAUSE SIMILAR TO HOW CITY OF KYLE HAS HAD OBVIOUSLY SOME DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE PAST, THEY WEREN'T IN ON-DEMAND WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN SCHEDULE A RIDE 10 MINUTES LATER, IT'S TAKING YOU DIRECTLY TO YOUR DESTINATION.
UH, SO THAT HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR, FOR THEIR SURVEY RESULTS.
UM, AND THE SECOND IS THAT IT'S STILL VERY AFFORDABLE AND IT'S, AND BECAUSE IT'S AFFORDABLE WITH AN ON DEMAND, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY PREFER ABOUT IT RATHER THAN FOR INSTANCE, A BUS SYSTEM.
I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF SIMILAR TO MY COMMENTARY.
IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE THAT THE, SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND HERE THAT YOU USED AS COMPARABLES HAVE LOWER COSTS, UH, VARIABLE COST PER RIDE.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE, THE EXTRA AMOUNT THAT'S BEING SPENT HERE, I WOULD HOPE THAT OVER TIME PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE IS DUE IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IT'S 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM ANY POINT TO ANY POINT, AND THAT'S NOT THE SAME PROGRAM THAT'S BEING OFFERED IN THESE OTHER AREAS.
SO, UH, I RE I REALLY, UH, AM THANKFUL FOR THIS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU THAT MARKETING COULD, COULD CERTAINLY BOOST RIDERSHIP, UH, AND YOUR CASE STUDY FROM OUT-OF-STATE SEEMS TO SHOW THAT IF YOU, IF, IF ENOUGH PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT IT AND THERE ARE ENOUGH PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO, THAT IT CERTAINLY SHOULD INCREASE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT A LOT OF UBER PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AROUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY.
UM, MANY OF OUR CLASSMATES WERE THERE.
THEY'VE BEEN JEALOUS CAUSE WE'VE BEEN EVERY WEEK WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO IN AND, AND OUR, OUR PROFESSOR ASKS US, HOW ARE THINGS GOING? AND WE ALL JUST KINDA KEEP TALKING, CAUSE IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING AND IT'S BEEN FUN.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT, IT OPENED A LOT OF OUR EYES.
SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND KUDOS TO THE CITY OF KYLE.
YEAH, THIS IS THE SECOND PROJECT SCOTT IS THAT RIGHT? SAME GROUP, SECOND PROJECT, DIFFERENT GROUP OF STUDENTS, DIFFERENT YEARS.
SO THIS IS SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
Y'ALL Y'ALL ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
YOU'RE REPRESENTING TEXAS STATE VERY WELL AND THEIR MBA PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE OTHER CITY, THE ENNIS FIELD.
UH, YOU SAID THE AVERAGE COST PER RIDE IS FOUR TO $6.
HOW MUCH OF THAT IS THAT CITY AS A CANADIAN CITY.
UH, HOW MUCH ARE THEY SUBSIDIZING? UM, SO THEY, THE, THE AVERAGE COST FOR THE PER THE RIDER IS FOUR TO SIX AND THEY'RE SUBSIDIZING AFTER THAT UP TO 10 CANADIAN DOLLARS.
SO THERE IS, OF COURSE STILL A, A BREAKING POINT IF YOU WILL.
UM, BUT IT IN, YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.
WITH THE CANADIAN DOLLAR, IT'S GOING TO BE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COMPARISON.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A FLAT FEE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WHERE IT STOPS AT THREE FOR FOUR.
AND ALSO WITHIN THAT FOUR TO $6 OFF TO EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT SINCE YOU'RE ASKING, UH, THE FOUR TO SIX WAS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DEEMED AS KEY DESTINATION STOPS.
SO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, THEIR CITY COUNCIL, UH, OR YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR CITY, UM, I'M SORRY, THEIR, WHERE THEY, WHERE THEIR CITY COUNCIL KIND OF MEETS.
UM, THEY HAVE LIKE THEIR RECREATION CENTER IS ONE OF THEM, UM, THE LIBRARY, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S WHAT FALLS WITHIN FOUR TO $6 AFTER THAT, FOR INSTANCE, UH, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY SPOKEN ABOUT IN A FEW DIFFERENT ARTICLES IN MY RESEARCH, IF TEENAGERS ARE GOING TO STARBUCKS, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY ONLY GET A, I THINK THE, WHAT IT CITED WAS $2 OFF THE RIDE.
SO WOULD THEY GET A DISCOUNT OFF THE RIDE, BUT IT'S NOT WITHIN THE FOUR TO SIX, LITTLE FOUR TO SIX IS FOR THE KEY DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT MIGHT ALSO EXPLAIN WHY THE, THEIR NUMBERS SWELL BECAUSE ANY UBER RIDE, YOU JUST GET A DISCOUNT.
SO IT CAPTURES EVERYTHING CUSTOMER, ALISON, I'M SORRY.
UM, I WANTED TO, UH, TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AT THE GRANT PART OF YOUR SLIDE.
I GUESS THESE QUESTIONS WOULD BE, PROBABLY BE FOR AMY.
UM, SO IF YOU COULD TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOUR PROCESS AND DISCOVERING THESE GRANTS, AND IF YOU SAW ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF CITIES THAT APPLIED FOR THESE GRANTS OR, UH, THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CITY OBTAINING THESE GRANTS.
I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED IN A PRESENTATION, JUST A WELL-WRITTEN, UM, STATEMENT FOR THESE ITEMS. WAS, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK OUT FOR ON THESE? YEAH, I DID SOME, UM, I DID QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH ON THESE BRANDS AND WHAT I SAW.
THERE ARE MANY SMALLER CITIES THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS AND GETTING THEM.
UM, I DID SEE THAT SO FAR SINCE YOUR GUYS' PROGRAM IS VERY UNIQUE IN THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURE.
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UM, I DIDN'T FIND ANY, OF COURSE I DIDN'T FIND ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER UBER PARTNERSHIPS IN I'D ALREADY BEEN GRANTED MONEY.SO, BUT I THINK WITH A WELL-WRITTEN PROPOSAL, WHAT IT DOES SAY IN THE FRANCES THAT THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICES, WHICH IS THE WAY THAT THE SERVICE CONTRACT IS SET UP BETWEEN KYLE AND THE CITY OF KYLE OR NEIGHBOR THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD WARRANT THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT DEFINITION OF DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE, WHICH IS ELIGIBLE.
IT'S AN ALGEBRAIC ELIGIBLE OPERATING EXPENSE FOR A CITY UNDER 200,000 POPULATION.
SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IF THE FOREVER PROPOSAL WERE WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE FTA KNEW EXACTLY HOW THE FUNDS WERE BEING USED AND WHAT PORTION OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO MOVER.
UM, I THINK THAT IT COULD FILTERING VERY NICELY AND I, I DO THINK THERE WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE ON GETTING THAT REACTION.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
[4. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
THERE'S ABOUT FIVE ITEMS, THE PROJECT MANAGERS WORKING ON TO GET THEM TO WRAP THAT ONE UP.
GOD, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW FROM MEMORY.
THE, UM, WHEN THE OLD STREET PROJECTS ABOUT 50% COMPLETE, UM, WE DID COMPLETE CHANGE ORDER.
NUMBER THREE, THE CONTRACTOR IS, HAS TRANSFERRED TRAFFIC FROM THE SOUTH HALF TO THE NORTH HALF.
SO THAT WAS DONE, UH, YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, THEY'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS ON THAT SECTION AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE OPENED WITHIN ABOUT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS ON THAT ROAD.
WELL, SOUTH SIDE PROJECT, UH, WE'RE AT 78% COMPLETE.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT DRIVEWAY ON THE BIPAS, UM, THE, UH, THEIR WORK THEY'RE WRAPPING UP THE MANHOLE WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT 35, AND I'M WAITING FOR MY NEXT ONE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE PAVED THE SSL SIDE AND THEIR MAIN HOLES ARE PRETTY OLD OR ALMOST COMPLETE ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT 35.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO START A CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER LINE IT'S ON THEREBY THE J A FACILITY AND START WORKING OUR WAY BACK SOUTH ON THAT PROJECT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE STANDARD ITEMS. UH, THEY STILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON SATURDAY SO THEY CAN TRY TO CATCH UP WITH HER SCHEDULE AND THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR IT, FOR THAT BELT PRESS OR THE DE-WATERING DESIGN IS ABOUT 90% COMPLETE.
IT'S A SH SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY APRIL 30TH.
OUR STATUS ON THE PROGRESS IN ON THE SCHEDULE IS STILL THE SAME.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO, I SHOULDN'T SAY WE'RE NOT HOPING WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THIS OPEN, UH, IN ONLINE BY MARCH OF 2022 AS CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
AS OF APRIL 18TH, I WANTED TO SHARE THIS PHOTOGRAPH WITH THESE TWO SITES.
YOU CAN JUST SEE FROM JANUARY 9TH TO 2021 TO APRIL 18TH OF 2021, HOW FAR THIS PROJECT HAS MOVED AND HOW FAST IT'S MOVED, UM, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, IMPROVEMENT FROM, UH, THOSE IN THOSE JUST THOSE FOUR MONTHS.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE A GREAT PROJECT MANAGER, SO WE'RE MOVING VERY WELL IN THAT PROJECT BUTTON CREEK INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE ABOUT 33% ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WELL SITE NUMBER FOUR, WE DID GET AN ESTIMATE FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR DOWNTOWN ELEVATED AND ADD ANOTHER LOGO ON THE, ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ELEVATED STORAGE.
BUT WE HAVE ASKED THEM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE DONE.
SO WE'RE WAITING FOR HIS LATEST ESTIMATE.
THIS IS THE FIRST LAYER OF A BASE THAT'S BEING PLACED.
THEY DID TELL ME TODAY THAT THEY PASSED ALL THEIR DENSITIES.
THAT'S READY TO GO FOR THE SECOND LAYER.
SO THERE'LL BE FOUR LAYERS OF BASE.
THEN ONE ABOUT TWO LAYERS OF HOT MAKES.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SUBSTANTIAL ROADWAY, ELLIOTT, BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THEIR EROSION
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CONTROLS AND THEY'RE CLEARING THE AREAS SO THEY CAN START LAYING THEIR PIPE, THE ETCETERA RANCH ROUNDABOUT, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR, BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT IS THERE AT 95% COMPLETE.UH, THEY DO PLAN TO CLOSE THE INTERSECTION, STARTING MAY 3RD TO MAKE THE 19TH TO WRAP UP THAT, UH, ISLAND THAT'S IN THERE, THERE'LL BE REMOVING THAT EXISTING CURBING REPLACING WITH WHAT'S CALLED ROLLING OR MOUNTABLE CURB.
AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE AN APRON IN THERE IT'S ABOUT NINE AND A HALF FEET WIDE.
THAT'S VERY SUBSTANTIAL DESIGN.
SO IT WILL HANDLE ANY KIND OF HEAVY LOADS ON THAT.
UH, IF THE TRAFFIC HAS TO TRAVERSE THOSE CURVES AND WE DID BUILD THE TEMPORARY BYPASS, PUBLIC WORKS WAS, UH, VERY HELPFUL IN BUILDING THAT TEMPORARY BYPASS SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE AREA IN CASE WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FLOODING ON THAT THOSE LOW WATER CROSSES ABOUT SUBDIVISIONS, ABOUT 85% COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING PLACING CURB NOW.
SO THEY'RE STILL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM WRAPPING THAT ONE UP.
I WANTED TO MENTION THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, IT'S ABOUT 1987 WHEN THE, UH, DRISCOLL FAMILY DEDICATED THE 50 FOOT, UH, EASEMENT FOR THE CITY TO, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO THE ROLAND LANE, ELEVATED STORAGE.
UH, THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR THAT HORSE, ET CETERA.
DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PLACED IN THERE.
THE PARAMOUNT SAID VISION IS GOING IN THERE.
WE DO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH ONE OF THE, UH, CITY STREETS THAT'S IN THERE.
SO WE WON'T HAVE A NEED FOR THAT EASEMENT ANYMORE.
I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MARIANNA.
SHE HAS, UH, SOME INFORMATION SHE WANTS TO PASS ON TO YOU ABOUT ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M ARIANA SPINOZA, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, THE FIRST IS FOR THE APPROVAL TO POST A SECOND SET OF ITEMS FOR AUCTION TO BE DECLARED WITHOUT VALUE OR RECYCLED.
UH, THESE 17 ITEMS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE CLEANUP EFFORTS AT THE PARK MAINTENANCE YARD.
UH, THESE ITEMS ARE EITHER OUTDATED NETWORKING, NOT USED, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO USE THEM.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY'VE ALL BEEN SITTING FOR AT LEAST THREE PLUS YEARS.
THE SECOND A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER TO ATLANTA'S GROUP FOR THE REPLASTERING OF THE POOL AT JAMES ATKINS, PAUL, UH, FUNDING FOR THIS ITEM WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN THIS YEAR CIP BUDGET, AS WE ALREADY HAD PLANS TO GET THIS FREE BEFORE THE FREAKS CAME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIANNA OR LEON OR RELATED TO ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
HI, JUST REAL QUICK FOR MARIANA.
UM, SO I WAS GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS PLAN TO DISPOSE OF.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, SO THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST, UH, AGAINST YOU.
I'M D I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THIS KIND OF STUFF TAKEN CARE OF IN A MORE TIMELY FASHION, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, I JUST, I GUESS WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO KEEP IT THAT LONG.
AND YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB ALL THE TIME WITH KEEPING UP WITH STUFF.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, JUST LIKE MAYBE AFTER LIKE ONE OR TWO YEARS OF NON-USED TO DISPOSE OF IT, THIS ONE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR EMOTIONAL
[V. Consent Agenda]
AND CONSENT AGENDA MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN SECOND.IT'S BEEN MOVED MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNSELOR TOBIA THAT WE APPROVE AGENDAS, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO NEXT STEP CONSIDERING POSSIBLE
[8. Authorize award and execution of a Purchase Order to THE BRANDT COMPANIES, LLC., through BuyBoard purchasing cooperative contract #638-21, for an estimated amount of $130,000 to repair damages in the plumbing system located underground and inside walls at the James Adkins Pool. Final repair costs may exceed the initial cost estimate. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
ACTION AUTHORIZED AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE ORDER TO THE BRANDT COMPANIES, LLC, THROUGH BUYBOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CONTRACT, UH, FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $130,000 TO REPAIR DAMAGES IN THE PLUMBING SYSTEM LOCATED UNDERGROUND INSIDE WALLS AT THE JAMES ATKINS POOL IS ESPANOZA MARIANNA AGAIN, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.
UH, THE BRAND COMPANY HAS COMPLETED THEIR POOL INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHAT DAMAGES THERE WERE AT THE POOL.
AS A RESULT OF THE WINTER STORM.
THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT ALL WATER PIPING INSIDE THE RESTROOMS ARE NEED TO BE REPLACED.
AND IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS, WE WILL NEED TO OPEN UP THE WALLS, REPLACE ALL PIPING AND PATCH BACK IN ADDITION TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER, UH, FURTHER DAMAGES FROM FUTURE FREEZES.
WE NEED TO ADD THE VALVES TO ISOLATE AND DRAIN PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM.
UH, WE ARE, WE'LL BE REMOVING AND INSTALLING ANY NEEDED PLUMBING, FIXTURES, DEMMER, WEED, AND SCRAPPING EXISTING CONCRETE, MASONRY REWORKED, AND MODIFY THE PIPING SYSTEM TO TIE INTO THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY, PROVIDING WATER INSTALLATION, USING FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC WITH PVC FITTING, REPLACING THE WATER HEATERS IN THE POOL, OR SORRY, IN THE RESTROOMS. UH, WE REPLACED IN THE REDUCED PRESSURE ZONE AT THE REPAIR FACILITIES ON THE FRESH WATER LINE AND FIXING THE
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ON-DECK POOL SHOWER SYSTEMS. OKAY.AND THE TIMELINE TO COMPLETE THIS WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS.
UM, AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'LL THE REPLASTER WILL HAVE TO START IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE PLUMBING REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED, WHICH WILL PUT US AT OPENING THE POLL THIS YEAR IN MID TO LATE JUNE.
I HAVE OUR PRODUCTS PROGRAMMER AUSTIN HARROLSON HERE AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BRAND COMPANY ARE ON THE LINE.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIO OR THE CONTRACTOR COUNCIL MEMBER, A CUSTOMER? UM, NO QUESTIONS.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING FOR ANY FUTURE FREEZES.
SO I READ THAT AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AND I APPRECIATE IT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO WRAP THE PIPE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE WALLS.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? UM, AS FAR AS ANY EXPOSED PIPE ON THE OUTSIDE AND ALMOST DO IT'S IN THE GROUND, BUT WE'VE GOT THE METER BOXES IN THAT.
ARE WE TAKING STEPS TO INSULATE THOSE AS WELL? JUST IN CASE MR. BRADLEY OR MR. KING, WOULD ONE OF YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION? UH, YES.
I BELIEVE THAT THE, IF THERE'S ANY EXPOSED PIPING THAT, UM, IS DAMAGED, THAT WE'RE REPLACING AT A WE'LL DO PRIDING ANY INSTALLATION IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT FOR FUTURE.
AND ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE METER BOXES? I KNOW THE GROUND WARMS THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF FREEZE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT, UH, EITHER SOME KIND OF INSTALLATION OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING ON THE COVERS OF THE METER BOXES.
JAMES, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT ONE? UH, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT ANYTHING ON THE METER BOXES THEMSELVES.
UH, YOU CAN DO FOR THAT TODAY, PUT SOME KIND OF RIGID INSULATION IN THERE AND YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COME IN AND ANIMALS THAT COULD COME IN AND DAMAGE THAT AND JUST RIP IT OUT AFTER YOU PAY TO DO IT ABOUT THE BEST OPTION FOR THAT WOULD BE TO GO GET SOME ROAD INSTALLATION IN THE WINTER HOURS OR WINTER MONTHS AND PUT IT DOWN INSIDE THE METER BOX ITSELF.
AND, UH, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WOULD EVEN BE NEEDED.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY DAMAGE AT THE METER BOXES THEMSELVES.
IT WAS ALL IN THE WALLS WHERE NOPE.
SO ANYTHING THAT WAS ELEVATED, ANYTHING ON THE GROUND WAS STAYED WARM ENOUGH.
SO IT WAS JUST ELEVATED LINES, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UH, SO PART OF THE AGENDA ITEMS SPOKE TO FINAL REPAIR COSTS MAY BE HIGHER THAN YOUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPECT? IT MIGHT INCREASE THAT COST AND, UH, APPROXIMATELY BALLPARK FIGURES WHERE THAT MIGHT BE MR. BRADLEY, THE MAIN DRIVER OF THE COST IS OPENING UP THE WALLS AND THEN PATCHING THEM BACK.
UM, AND DUE TO, UM, KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE, WE CAN JUST OPEN EVERYTHING UP IN ONE, UM, MOBILIZATION.
IT HAS TO BE DONE IN SEQUENCE.
SO WE HAVE TO OPEN UP A SECTION OF THE WALL, REPAIR THE PIPING.
I WENT BACK UP, OPEN UP THE NEXT WALL.
SO THAT MAKES IT A BIT MORE, UH, LABOR INTENSIVE CUSTOMER TOBY'S.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLUMBING MARIANA, BUT WAS THERE ANY OTHER STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO THE POOL DUE TO THE SNOW STORM? LET'S SAY THE SAUNA OR THE SLIDES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT BE OVERLOOKED WHEN THE INSPECTION WAS DONE.
NOW, AFTER OUR WALKTHROUGHS, I REPEATEDLY WALKED THESE.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER DAMAGES OTHER THAN, AS A RESULT OF THE PLUMBING.
THAT INCLUDES LIKE THE, UM, KATIE POLAR AREA, WHERE THEY HAVE THAT, UH, FOUNTAIN THAT COMES UP, NONE OF THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR THE LITTLE SPLASH FEATURE THAT'S THERE ALREADY WAS NOT WORKING.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE SLIDES THAT WERE ALREADY GETTING SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT, SO THOSE TWO GUYS, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DAMAGES BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY NOT WORKING.
IS THERE A PLAN TO MAKE, UM, TO FIX THOSE THAT ARE NOT WORKING? YEP.
SO THE STANDING, UH, SPLASH PAD FEATURE THAT WAS POSITIONED OUT THERE, OUR PLAN IS TO LOOK AT REPLACING THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT FISCAL BUDGET YEAR, AND THEN WITH THE SLIDES, WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED TO REMOVE THOSE AND LOOK AT ANOTHER, UH, SPLASH FEATURE OPTION TO PUT AT THE POLL.
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SUPPOSE WE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE ON OUR POOL FOR FLOOD DAMAGE, CORRECT? IS THAT THE, AND THEN ALSO SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THERE A FISCAL NOTE ATTACHED? I DIDN'T SEE A FISCAL NOTE ON EITHER OF THESE.AND SO THE FIRST YOU SAID WAS BUDGETED.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE BUDGETED THIS, SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT, AND SO WE, UM, YEAH, AND OUR CIP BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WE BUDGET 215,000 FOR POOL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR THE POOL DAMAGES, UM, OUT OF, BECAUSE WE STILL HADN'T USED ALL THAT MONEY YET.
WHAT WAS IT ORIGINALLY FOR? UH, ORIGINALLY IT WAS FOR, TO REPLACE THE SPLASH FEATURE AND TO REPLACE THE SLIDES AND FOR THE POOL.
AND SO ARE THERE PARTS OF THAT INITIAL PLAN THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF THIS? YES.
SO THE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK.
WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST MORE, BUT FOR THE SPLASH FEATURE AND THE SLIDES, AND WE HAD TO CROSS ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS ALSO BUDGETED TO REPLACE THE ADA, UH, CHAIRLIFT FOR THE POOL, BUT THAT'S ALSO, YOU'RE ALSO WAITING ON THAT, RIGHT.
UM, WE, WE BELIEVE WE CAN FIT THE ADA CHAIRLIFT IN STILL WITH WHAT'S BUDGETED.
SO THE INITIAL QUESTION, THERE'S NO CHANCE OF THIS BEING COVERED UNDER ANY KIND OF INSURANCE TML POLICY, AS IT RELATES TO FLOOD DAMAGE POOLS, NOT COVERED IN A WAY THAT CITY HALL IS.
I WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT SCOTT, UH, HOW ABOUT THE ICE DAMAGE? COULD WE USE ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT WAS RELATED TO THE SWAMP? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE THAT PREVIOUS? NO.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, WHICH I'M GLAD I ASKED NOW BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING SIDELINED BECAUSE OF THIS.
SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT COST EVEN.
AND SO EVEN IF WE'RE STAYING WITHIN BUDGET, WE'RE CARVING OUT SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT CUSTOMER FOR SCALE.
UM, HAVE WE LOOKED INTO FEMA AT ALL FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THAT? UH, WE DID EDIT TO THE CITY'S LIST OF ITEMS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM DAMAGE WE SUBMITTED.
IT PROVIDES YOU HAVE SOME CLARITY ON ANY OF THIS MARIN COUNCIL, UH, CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE FEMA COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE TURNED IT IN AS PART OF OUR LIST OF PROJECTS AND EXPENDITURES TO FEMA FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
SO WHEN WE DO GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT, WE'LL REIMBURSE THE ACCOUNTS THAT SHE HAS BEEN USING FOR THIS, UH, WE'LL BE USING FOR THIS REIMBURSEMENT.
FEMA WILL NOT REIMBURSE US A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO 75%.
WE ARE PURSUING, UH, INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT.
WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD FROM TML.
SO I DO NOT HAVE A DEFINITE ANSWER.
TO WHAT EXTENT THIS WILL BE COVERED FROM TML INSURANCE, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT TML COVERS THAT WE WILL AGAIN, REIMBURSE THAT ACCOUNT.
SO IT CAN BE REUSED FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POOL.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT 75% YOU ARE CERTAIN OR NOT, SIR, WE'RE NOT CERTAIN YET WITH FEMA WITH FEMA, THERE IS NO CERTAINTY.
UH, WE JUST CLEARED THREE YEARS AGO, CLAIMS FROM THREE YEARS AGO WITH FEMA.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THEM TO REIMBURSE.
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IT WILL EVEN MAKE THE 75% CUT, UH, BASED ON THEIR DEFINITION OF PROJECTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
IT WILL CERTAINLY BE ELIGIBLE NOW TO WHAT EXTENT THEY APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS ON THAT, ABOUT THE UNEXP, UH, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE, UM, PROJECTS THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE COMPLETED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DELAYED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE FEEDBACK ON, ON THAT? I JUST WANT TO SAY IN A NUTSHELL THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW COVID CAME, TOOK A BIG HIT AND SNOWSTORM AND IT'S JUST, UH, I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ALL THE KIDS, THEY'RE JUST SO READY FOR THAT POOL TO OPEN UP.
UH, I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF EMAILS SAYING COUNSELING WITH GPS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW, HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIME.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE MY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF A SETBACK SCENE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MID JUNE NOW.
UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT NOW 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND? I MEAN, THAT'S MID-SUMMER AND SO IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF CONCERNS.
I'M SPEAKING WITH BOTH THE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR AND THE REPLASTER, UH, WE GET THE PLUMBING REPAIRS DONE.
IT COULD TAKE THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS WAS THE EXTENDED TIME IMMEDIATELY GET THAT REPLASTER DONE.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MID TO LATE JUNE.
THAT IS THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE CUSTOMERS.
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ABOUT THE YOUNGER KIDS AND HAVING THAT SPLASH THAT, UM, JUST AS WE'RE OPENING UP, YOU KNOW, I JUST KEEP THEM WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THIS, ESPECIALLY OUR LITTLE KIDS, UM, TRYING TO KEEP THEM SUPER SAFE AND AS MORE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED, I I'M JUST THINKING WE MIGHT BE AT THAT STAGE HERE IN JUNE, WHERE WE CAN OPEN FULLY OPEN IS WHAT I'M BRINGING ON.AND, UH, I'D LIKE THOSE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THOSE AMENITIES AS WELL.
SPLASHBACK JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
WE CAN DEFINITELY GET, UM, I WILL SPEAK WITH AUSTIN AND WE'LL GET WORKING ON, UH, POSSIBILITIES FOR STILL BEING ABLE TO GET A SPLASH FEATURE OUT THERE SINCE THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE HASN'T WORKED FOR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS QUITE SOME TIME, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GET ON IT RIGHT AWAY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THE SUMMER.
AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MOTIONS, MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, CAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT CIVIL ACTION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES.
DO WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[9.
(Second Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 14.08 acres of land from Single Family-1 'R-1' to Townhome District 'R-1-T' for property located at the north corner of Live Oak Street and St. Anthony's Drive, in Hays County, Texas. (WS Live Oak Kyle, LLC - Z-21-0072) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of the request.
City Council voted 6-0 to approve on First Reading.]UP A SECOND.
READING AND ORDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 14.08 ACRES OF LAND FROM SINGLE FAMILY, R ONE TO TOWN, UH, TO TOWNHOME DISTRICT ONE T FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTH CORNER OF LIVE OAK STREET ST.
UH, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO HAVE ANY UPDATES OR, UH, STAFF OR ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THIS? IF NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNSELOR RIZZO SECOND BY CUSTOMER ELLISON THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[10. Acceptance of the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Independent Auditor's Report for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2020. ~ Perwez A. Moheet, CPA, Director of Finance & Tino Robledo, CPA, RSM US, LLP, Certified Public Accountants]
ITEM NUMBER 10.ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY'S, UH, COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT KHAFRE AND THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, UH, MR. PRAYER, BEZ, MOHIT MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, PERVEZ MOHIT CITY'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU, THE SEASONING IS A TWO-PART ACTION ITEM.
PART ONE IS, UM, CITY COUNCILS, ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
AND PART TWO OF THE ACTION ITEM IS CITY COUNCILS, ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR THE SAME FISCAL YEAR.
SO AS YOU WILL KNOW, CITY CHARTER REQUIRES AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF ALL ACCOUNTS AND FUNDS OF THE CITY TO BE COMPLETED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE AUDIT BY CITY COUNCIL, THESE CHARTER OR FURTHER REQUIRES THAT THESE A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT REPORT BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY OF KYLE, A COPY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE AUDITOR'S COMMUNICATION LETTER IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET IS AS WELL AS THE COMPLIANCE REPORT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PLACED A COPY PAPER COPY OF THE GORGEOUS REPORT ON YOUR DYES.
SO THAT NEXT TIME WE NEED TO SIT WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
WE'LL DO THAT MAYOR NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, THE NEW DOWNTOWN.
SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY REVIEW A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, UH, OVERALL FROM THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 CITIES COMBINED BALANCE SHEET REFLECTED THE FOLLOWING TOTAL ASSETS WERE HUNDRED AND $7 MILLION, TOTAL LIABILITIES, $121 MILLION AND A COMBINED NET POSITION.
OUR NET EQUITY OF 285 MILLION.
SO AS YOU WOULD COMPARE YOUR MORTGAGE AND THE EQUITY IN YOUR MORTGAGE, THE CITY'S EQUITY IS 70% AS COMPARED TO OUR LIABILITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020,
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THE TOTAL EQUITY OR NET POSITION INCREASED BY 52.4 MILLION OR 22.5% AS COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THAT OR 2019.NOW FOCUSING ON THE CITY'S PRIMARY OPERATING FUNDING, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY GENERAL FUND REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN FROM ALL SOURCES, TOTAL 35.6 MILLION ON AN ACCRUAL BASIS, ALSO ON AN ACCRUAL BASIS, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT TOTAL 29.8 MILLION, THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND TOTAL 21.4 MILLION ON AN ACCRUAL BASIS.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 5.8 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
SO LET ME PAUSE HERE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I KEPT REPEATING ACCRUAL BASIS.
SO I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY ACCRUAL BASIS AND WHY WE USE IT FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO THE CITY OF KYLE FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING PURPOSES MUST FOLLOW, UH, STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY GASSY OR GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
THEY REQUIRE THAT INCOME OR REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES WITHIN 60 DAYS OF YOUR FISCAL YEAR END SHOULD BE ACCRUED IN THE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT YOU ARE COMPLETING.
SO FOR THAT PURPOSES, WE HAD ABOUT $2.5 MILLION WORTH OF ACCRUED REVENUES THAT WE INCLUDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 THAT ACTUALLY CAME IN IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING PURPOSES, WE ACCRUE, BUT FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, WE GO ON A BUDGET BASIS, WHICH IS BASICALLY CASH BASIS.
WHAT REVENUES COME IN FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR? WHAT IS EXPECTED THAT FISCAL YEAR IS WHAT WE BUDGET.
SO THERE'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FINANCIAL REPORTING AND BUDGET.
SO I KNOW MAYOR WAS INTERESTED IN THE FUND BALANCE.
I WANTED TO CAVEAT THAT, THAT IT IS AN ACCRUAL BASIS.
AND NOW FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA, WHICH IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AUDITOR'S REPORT, THE CITY'S AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30 WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BY THE INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM OF R S M U S.
LLP RSM IS A NATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTING FIRM WITH OFFICES AND CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE U S THE REASON I MENTIONED OR EMPHASIZE THAT THEY'RE A NATIONAL FIRM IS BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG, A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF KYLE AND KYLE'S FINANCIAL TEAM, BECAUSE THEY BRING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF BEST PRACTICES OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND NOT JUST TEXAS OR AUSTIN AREA.
THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE IS AN INDEPENDENT UNBIASED REPORT CARD THAT ADDRESSES THREE VERY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR CITY MANAGEMENT AND FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND BOND HOLDERS OF COD.
AND THESE THREE OBJECTIVES ARE FIRST, IT VALIDATES THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE CITY'S ACCOUNTS AND FUNDS, INDEPENDENT OF CITY STAFF, OR CITY MANAGEMENT.
SECOND, IT IS AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEMS. CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS COMPLIANCE WITH CITY FINANCIAL POLICIES AS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND THIRD, IT PROVIDES AN INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOND HOLDERS THAT THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES AND STANDARDS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
THIS IS A, A BOARD AND NATIONAL BOARD THAT PRESCRIBED STANDARDS FOR ALL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH STATE WAS CITY, WHICH COUNTY, THEY ALL FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF AUDIT REPORTS THAT ANY INDEPENDENCE AUDITOR CAN ISSUE IS JUST FOR.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF EACH AND WHY THEY'RE ISSUED STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM, THE WORST KIND.
AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE TOP.
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REPORT.IF AN AUDITOR ISSUES, A DISCLAIMER, REPORT RED FLAGS SHOULD GO UP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OR FOR THE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
THE REASON THIS TYPE OF REPORT IS ISSUED BY THE AUDITOR IS BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF AUDITOR'S EXAMINATION IS, OR WAS LIMITED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ISSUE A REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HIRED THE AUDITOR THAT CAME ONSITE.
AND THEN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SAYS, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS PART OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WHICH YOU CANNOT LOOK AT ANY OTHER PARTS.
SO WE'RE RESTRICTING THEIR SCOPE FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND IT SHOULD RING AN ALARM.
SO IN MY VIEW, THIS TYPE OF AUDIT IS REPORT IS EQUIVALENT TO, AND I LET HER GRADE I, OR AN F EITHER WAY, IT SIGNIFIES A FAILURE.
THE NEXT TYPE IS AN ADVERSE REPORT.
THIS REPORT IS ISSUED WHEN THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING SYSTEMS AND THE INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE IN SUCH POOR STATE, THAT THE AUDITOR THROWS UP HIS HANDS AND BASICALLY DETERMINES THAT THE ENTITIES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CANNOT BE RELIED UPON.
AND THAT THE INTEGRITY OF HIS MANAGEMENT IS QUESTIONABLE.
THIS TYPE OF AUDITOR'S REPORT IS, IS EQUIVALENT TO, IN MY OPINION, RECEIVING A LETTER GRADE OF F THIS SHOULD, THIS IS WHEN ENTITIES ARE THE ELECTED GOVERNING BOARD OF ANY GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT RECEIVES THIS TYPE OF REPORT SHOULD CALL IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS ARE THE TEXAS RANGERS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST INCOMPETENCE, BUT THERE MIGHT BE FRAUD INVOLVED.
THE THIRD TYPE IS QUALIFIED REPORT.
OVERALL, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRETTY GOOD.
THEY'RE FAIRLY, THEY FAIRLY REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL POSITIONS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DEFICIENCIES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OVERALL, THEY'RE GOOD, BUT THERE'S SOME AREA OF DEFICIENCY THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
THIS TYPE OF AUDITOR'S REPORT IS EQUIVALENT TO RECEIVING A LETTER GRADE C IS JUST AVERAGE, IS IT REQUIRES IMPROVEMENTS BY THE ENTITY.
AND FINALLY, THE LAST TIME IS THE UNQUALIFIED REPORT.
THIS IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS A CLEAN AUDITOR'S REPORT.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OR THE BEST TYPE OF AUDITORS REPORT THAT CAN BE ISSUED FOR AUDITS OF ANY GOVERNMENT STATE COUNTY.
THIS TYPE OF WATER IS SORT OF PART, IN MY OPINION, IS EQUIVALENT TO RECEIVING A LETTER GRADE A PLUS.
IT REPRESENTS EXCELLENCE FROM ALL OUR ASPECTS OF YOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
SO I CAN LET YOU FOR A SECOND OR TWO GUESTS, WHICH ONE WE RECEIVED AS THE CITY'S DIRECTOR OF.
I AM PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THE CITY OF KYLE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OR THE CLEAN UNQUALIFIED REPORT BY OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, AND THANK NOT ONLY THE AUDITORS, BUT OUR FINANCIAL TEAM.
IT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF YOUR FINANCIAL TEAM, NOT JUST ME, BUT EVERYONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, IT IS BECAUSE OF THEM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS.
AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED THIS EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND THE ALEJANDRO FOR COORDINATING AND MANAGING THE AUDIT PROCESS THIS YEAR AFTER CITY, COUNCIL'S ACCEPTANCE A COMPLETE COPY OF THE AUDIT REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL REPORT WILL BE POSTED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS ON OUR CITY'S WEBPAGE MARIN COUNCIL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE ALSO HAVE MR. TINO ROBLEDO W WHO IS A SENIOR AUDIT MANAGER WITH RSM U S UH, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU PREVIOUS, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR RANCHO? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
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COUNCILMEMBER FLOOR SCALE.YOU GUYS ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
I TRY TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I READ THE REPORTS AND I'M SO IMPRESSED.
AND SO TO KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD AN A, EVERY YEAR, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, ONLY LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WON'T BE RETIRING ANYTIME SOON.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN THERE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, EVERYONE THERE, AS WE COME INTO A NEW BUDGET SEASON, HAVING THIS INFORMATION, HAVING A TEAM LIKE YOU BEHIND US MAKES THE PROCESS A LOT EASIER.
IT'S NOT EASY TO SET UP A BUDGET FOR A CITY, BUT HAVING A STAFF AS WONDERFUL AS THE STAFF WE HAVE BEHIND US REALLY MAKES THAT PROCESS A LOT EASIER.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH, ALL THE KUDOS THAT WE'RE GIVING TO OUR A MUCH DESERVED AND AMAZING FINANCE STAFF.
UM, I READ INTO PERVEZ AND ANDY EARLIER TODAY, UH, DID, UM, I DIDN'T PUT IT TOGETHER THAT THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA AND I SHOULD HAVE THANKED HIM IN PERSON, BUT, UH, PLEASE SHARE OUR, THANKS WITH ANDY AND THE REST OF THE FINANCE TEAM.
AS YOU SAID, IT TAKES A TEAM EFFORT TO MAKE IT WORK.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE.
I JUST MADE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WERE ELLISON SECONDED BY COUNCIL RIZZO THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MARIN COUNCIL MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO OF YOUR HARD WORK.
JUST MAKE SURE I GET MY COPY OF THAT IN MY MAILBOX.
[11.
(First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) for the purpose of amending PUD documentation related to approximately 107.247 acres of land to allow impervious surfaces calculations for two or more lots within the ‘PUD’ that may be combined and considered as a whole, such that the impervious cover across the lots remains in accordance with the City of Kyle limits by district type for property located on Vista Ridge Dr. and Gateway Blvd., in Hays County, Texas. (RR HPI, LLC - Z-21-0077) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 to approve the request.
- Public Hearing
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53, UH, ZONING, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING A PUTT DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO APPROXIMATELY 107.2, FOUR SEVEN ACRES OF LAND, UH, TO ALLOW FOR IMPERVIOUS SERVICE IS HIS CALCULATIONS FOR TWO OR MORE LOTS WITHIN THE PUD THAT MAY BE COMBINED AND CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE, UH, ON THE HBI TRACK.
THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, MR. COONS, YOU WANT TO GIVE A, UM, A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THE QUESTIONS.
MY NAME IS HOWARD KAREN'S ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK SO THAT I CAN HAVE A VISUAL AID TO SHARE.
AS I SPEAK, SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A VICINITY MAP OF THE HPI PROJECT.
THAT'S THE SUBJECT THAT TONIGHT'S REZONING.
THIS IS A REZONING NOT TO CHANGE THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION.
THE ALLOWABLE LAND USE IS PERMISSIBLE ON THE PROPERTY.
INSTEAD, WHAT THIS FOR IS TO AMEND SOME OF THE ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS THAT COME ALONG CONTRACTUALLY WITH PUD ZONING.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IS BE ABLE TO TREAT THE STORM WATER, UM, COLLECTION FOR ALL THE PROPERTY THAT'S WITHIN THIS YELLOW BOUNDARY.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THAT, UM, ON A, WHAT WE WOULD TERM A GLOBAL SCALE, OR BEING ABLE TO TREAT IT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT, INSTEAD OF TREATING IT LOT BY LOTS OF THESE BROWN LINES IN HERE ARE INDIVIDUAL LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN CARVED OUT OF THE PARENT PARCEL.
AND RIGHT NOW EACH ONE OF THESE LOTS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STORM WATER, DETENTION OF THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SPACE.
WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO IS BE ABLE TO CREATE A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY THAT CAPTURES THE STORMWATER EFFLUENT FROM A SERIES OF THE PROPERTIES.
I THINK WE, YEAH, THESE, THESE PROPERTIES HERE WOULD ALL BE LINKED TO ONE.
UM, WHAT'S TERMED A PARTY POND, ONE, ONE, UM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING ALL OF THE STORM WATER FROM THEM.
SIMILARLY, THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIOS WOULD BE TREATED, UM, COLLECTIVELY FOR ALL THE LOTS, BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE POND WOULD BE MADE SO THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE EFFLUENT FROM ALL OF THE LOTS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A MINOR DETAIL.
UM, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR ANY MORE STORM WATER TO GO OFF OF THE PARENT PARCEL AT LARGE, IT'S JUST TREATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE MORE AS A, UM, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE SITE RATHER THAN DOING IT INDIVIDUALLY.
SO, UM, GO AHEAD AND I GUESS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CASE THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO TALK, BUT I'M, I'M ONLY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE.
UH, UNLESS THERE ARE OBJECTIONS AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THING? NONE.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR HOWARD?
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THE ITEM IS WRITTEN SECOND.IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR ELLISON, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM COACH.
SO WE APPROVE JEN NUMBER 11 IS WRITTEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AND UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WE'LL GO AND HAVE THIS ITEM BE FINALLY PASSED, SEEING NONE.
[12. A Resolution of the City of Kyle, Texas, Demonstrating Support and Enthusiasm for the Texas Legislature’s Bills HCR 12 and SCR 22, Which if Passed, Would Designate the City of Kyle as the Official Pie Capital of Texas. ~ Samantha Armbruster, Director of Communications]
UP AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 12, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, DEMONSTRATING SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM, UH, FOR THE TEXAS LEGISLATOR, UH, LEGISLATURE'S BILLS, UH, ACR 12 AND SCR 22, WHICH HAVE PASSED, WOULD DESIGNATE CITY OF COLLEGE'S OFFICIAL PI CAPITAL OF TEXAS.UH, WE HAVE IT TRADEMARKED, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THIS ALSO BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, UH, NOW, SO, UH, THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SAMANTHA ARMBRUSTER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
SO BEFORE YOU AS A RESOLUTION FOR SUPPORT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR KYLE TO BE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AS THE PI CAPITAL OF TEXAS, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, WE DID GET THE TRADEMARK FOR THAT IN 2018 AND HAVE BEEN USING THAT BRAND.
UH, NOW WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES, CAMPBELL AND ZWIENER THAT HAVE TAKEN THIS UP AND LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CHIEF OF STAFF, JERRY HENDRICKS THAT HAS TESTIFIED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, UH, IN THE SENATE AND THE CUP A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT WILL BE GOING BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION TO SHOW SUPPORT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS, COUNCILOR FLOORS CAP.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY PI COMPANIES WE HAVE HERE CURRENTLY? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEFER.
I'M HOPING THAT JERRY CAN HELP ME OUT HERE.
CAUSE I FEEL PRETTY NEW TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I WOULD LOVE SOME SUPPORT MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JERRY HENDRIX, CHIEF OF STAFF.
WE HAVE OFFICIALLY ONE COMPANY THAT IS CALLED THE PIE COMPANY THAT AS PART OF OUR BRANDING EFFORTS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN CERTIFYING BUSINESSES ALL OVER TOWN.
AND I BELIEVE THE NUMBER I GAVE TO THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK WAS 168.
MY MEMORY FAILS ME SOMETIMES, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE THE NUMBER AND WE'VE EVEN HAD 12 COMPANIES APPLY FOR
SO, UM, I THINK, UH, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF PROMOTING THAT BRAND AND WE'RE EVEN INCORPORATING IN SOME OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEARCHES COMPANIES THAT BRING IN PIES OR HAVE A PIE THEME OR ASKING THEM TO BRING A PIE THEME.
SO, UM, WE HAVE ONE PIE COMPANY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF BUSINESSES PROMOTING PIES.
I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE PI COMPANIES.
UM, JUST BECAUSE MY FEAR IS IF THIS, NOT THAT THEY WOULD, BUT AT THIS COMPANY EVER CLOSES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAND BEHIND THE WHOLE PIE CAPITAL OF TEXAS, UM, IDEA.
SO DO YOU TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP US GET MORE PIES HERE? CAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES PIE.
AND I WAS TOLD TODAY BY SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT IN WESTLAKE, IF, IF THERE WAS A LOT OF PIE COMPANIES, THEY WOULD COME TO KYLE TO TEETH, THE BUYS.
UM, DISCONTINUE OFFERING US FOR SUPPORT.
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO PROMOTE PI'S NAME, THE BIG ONE-OFF COURSES, OUR DESTINATION EVENT BY IT PIE IN THE SKY.
THAT, THAT ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT THE REAL CATALYST FOR US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WAS WHEN HEB CHOSE THE PIE CREST MADE BY OUR PI COMPANY TO PUT THAT INTO THEIR STORES AND SUDDENLY A PRODUCT FROM THE CITY OF KYLE WAS ALL OVER THE STATE AT HCPS.
AND THAT WAS REALLY THE CATALYST FOR US PURSUING THIS BRAND.
UM, SO, UH, AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I REMEMBER, UH, STEPPING IN FOR THE MAYOR FEW YEARS BACK WHEN WE DID THE RESOLUTION OVER AT THE TRAIN DEPOT.
UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN, UH, A LONG TIME WE'VE BEEN, BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST UNDERSTANDING WAS WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT CERTAINLY PI P I E THE DESERT, UH, IS WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HAS BEEN THE FULL GAUNTLET OF PIE.
SO A PIE, DESSERTS, PIZZA PIES, FRITO PIES, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS WE JUST HAD, UH, EARLY IN OUR AGENDA ITEM, A TRANSPORTATION, UH, AGENDA ITEM IN WHICH WE TALK ABOUT
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PI BEING THREE, ONE, FOUR PI PI PI.SO, UH, THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF TIMES FOR ME.
AND WHEN I TALK TO CITIZENS ABOUT IT, I KNOW WE ALWAYS THINK OF DESSERT PIE WHEN WE THINK OF THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF HOLISTICALLY IS THE, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT, THAT MONIKER AND COMING UP WITH A PI CAPITAL.
THE OTHER BIG THING IS CERTAINLY, AND I THINK CAL'S REMEMBER FLORIDA KAO DID A GOOD JOB OF SURVEYING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE CITY FEELS SOME TYPE OF WAY ABOUT IT, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN PROMOTE OUR CITY IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS.
I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF WORKING ON SOME PROJECTS THAT OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE KNOWN FOR FOR YEARS AND DECADES TO COME.
UH, I THINK THE LAUNDRY LIST WILL CERTAINLY BE THERE.
UH, THIS IS CERTAINLY FOR ANOTHER ATTRACTION AND I SAY ANOTHER BECAUSE, UM, MY IDEAS THAT ARE MY HOPE IS THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE MANY THINGS THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF KYLE, INCLUDING, UH, THINGS THAT DEAL WITH PYRE OR, OR ALL THE DIFFERENT SORTS OF THAT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OVER THE YEARS THAT I HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHAT PI CAPITAL, UH, ALSO MEANS CUSTOMER IS LATER.
JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT IS WHEN I THINK OF COLLIN, I THINK A PIE IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BE PAST COUNCIL MEMBER BE ALONE, WAS NOT USED TO ALL THIS TALK ABOUT WAS WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK OF PIE AS WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY, WE THINK OF PUMPS, PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE GROWING IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON ALLUDED TO, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM.
NUMBER 12, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY CUSTOMER IS A SECOND.
KAYLA, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNSELOR? TOBY'S THE ONLY THING I LIKE TO SAY IS, IS, UM, KIND OF, UH, TO GO OFF OF WHAT MS. FLORES HAIL WAS STATING.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE PI COMPANY TECHNICALLY IN KYLE.
UM, AND WHEN I SAW THIS, I KIND OF LOOK BACK NOW AND I HATE TO USE A TERM LIKE AN AUSTIN, CAUSE WE ARE NOT AUSTIN, BUT THEY ARE THE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IN A SENSE, UH, AND LOOK AT THEM NOW.
UM, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THEIR WHOLE MUSIC SCENE IS GONE.
SO I GUESS THE DEAL IS IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS, IS THIS GOING TO BE A PROMOTION FOR MORE COMPANIES TO WANT TO LOOK AT KYLE TO COME, AND THAT ARE BAKERIES THAT ARE SMALL SHOPS BY PASSING THIS.
WOULD YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE FOR SOME OF THOSE COMPANIES OR SMALL SHOPS TO LOOK AT KYLE AS A LOCATION? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SIGNS AND, UH, AND T-SHIRTS, I THINK THIS CONTINUED SUPPORT AND THINGS LIKE THIS LEGISLATION BRINGS PARADE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE CELEBRATING A BRAND, YOU WANT THAT CONSTANT CELEBRATION OF IT.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY TO BRING THE PARADE AND REALLY CELEBRATED AS A BRAND, WHICH WILL BRING ATTRACTION IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE BEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE ERRANDS, WIENER, AND, UH, STATE SENATOR DONNA CAMPBELL FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS.
AND, UH, YOU, JERRY FOR GOING OUT THERE AND, UH, TESTIFYING ON OUR BEHALF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[13.
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas Providing no Objection to the Submission of an Application for Low Income Housing Tax Credits to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the Proposed Balcones Trails Multifamily Housing Project Located at 601 Philomena Drive; Approving Findings Related to the Application; Imposing Conditions for Such Non-Objection and Declaring an Effective Date. ~ James R. Earp, Assistant City Manager
- Public Hearing
UH, JAMES, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST, JAMES, THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, BE HAPPY TO MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, FOR THE RECORD JAMES AARP, UH, GOOD TO SEE ALL Y'ALL TO NOT JUST THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS REALLY A TECHNICALITY.
THE COUNCIL TOOK ACTION AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, ENDORSING THE PILOT PROGRAM,
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UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.THIS IS THE LETTER OF, UH, THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE CO HAS TO, UH, ALLOW FOR IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO INTO THEIR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT OF THIS PROCEDURE.
OKAY, WELL WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU CAN DO SO NOW SEE NONE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
PAUL CHAM COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL FOR THE RECORD, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA A SECOND, UM, BY COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBY IS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THANK THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGH.
[14. (First Reading) An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas Regulating Sex Offender Residency within the City and Establishing Child Safety Zones; Amending Chapter 23 of the Code of Ordinances Entitled “Miscellaneous Offenses” by adding Article XI to be Entitled “Child Safety Zones;” Making it Unlawful for Certain Sex Offenders to Reside within 1500 feet of Premises where Children Commonly Gather; Providing Exceptions to the Ordinance; Prohibiting Property Owners from Renting Real Property to Certain Sex Offenders; Providing Penalties for Violations of the Ordinance; Repealing Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Therewith; Providing a Severability Clause, Findings of Fact and Providing for Open Meetings. ~ Jeff Barnett, Chief of Police]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS REGULATING SEX OFFENDER, A RESIDENCY WITHIN THE CITY AND ESTABLISHING CHILD SAFETY ZONES.
UM, CHIEF BARNETT, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT A FEW TIMES, POSTPONED IT A FEW TIMES.
UH, MORE AND MORE INFORMATION HAS COME INTO THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, UM, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO KICK US OFF? UH, THANK YOU, MARIN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JEFF BARNETT, THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND AS YOU OUTLINED MAYOR, UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED, UH, SOME MORE MAPS TO PROVIDE YOU SOME MORE CLARITY AND SOME OPTIONS TO CONSIDER ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES THAT WE NEED TO ESTABLISH TO NOT SHOULD THE COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH THE DISTANCE.
UH, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE PRIMARY POINTS OF CONCERN.
WE'VE DISCUSSED DISTANCES, UH, FOR RESIDENCES OF THE, UH, SEX OFFENDERS THAT MEET THE DEFINITION OF 500, 1000 1500 AND UP TO 2000 FEET, WE PROVIDED THOSE MAPS IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL AS WELL.
UM, I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME.
AGAIN, THE SEX, THE SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCE, UH, CREATES A CHILD SAFETY ZONE FROM WHERE PEOPLE CAN RESIDE AND WHERE THEY CANNOT RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE DEEMED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS, THAT MEANS IS A PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SEX OFFENDER DATABASE, BECAUSE THEIR CONVICTION INVOLVED A MINOR, A MINOR PER THIS DEFINITION IS A PERSON THAT IS YOUNGER THAN 17 YEARS OF AGE.
I'LL VERY BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE HALLOWEEN QUESTION THAT CAME UP EARLIER AND CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS DOES, UM, PROHIBIT A CHILD SEX OFFENDER FROM, UH, LEAVING DECORATIONS OR EXTERIOR PORCH LIGHTS OWN ARE OTHERWISE INVITE TRIGGER TRADERS TO THEIR RESIDENTS.
THIS DOES NOT REGULATE WHERE THEY GO JUST AS NOT REGULATE.
IF THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOLS AND VISIT OR GO OUT AND TRICK OR TREAT ON THAT NIGHT.
OUR OTHER LOCATIONS, THIS IS SIMPLY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN RESIDE.
UH, I DO HAVE OFFICER DAGO, PATES, WHO IS OUR SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY OFFICER AMONG OTHER DUTIES AS WELL AS SERGEANT KATLYN BONE FROM OUR CID DIVISION.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS UNDER, THERE MAY BE SOME SPECIFIC POINTS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR.
OTHERWISE I'LL STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR STAFF LIKE YOU, CHIEF.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO START OFF? BECAUSE FROM BRADSHAW, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE OFFICER PATES COME UP HERE AND JOIN YOU FOR THEM.
SO IN THE BACK OF MATERIAL, IT IS MENTIONED THAT THE REASON THAT THIS ORDINANCE KIND OF CAME ABOUT WAS BECAUSE YOU HAD SEX OFFENDERS SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THEY ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT KYLE, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE.
I'M OFFICER DAGO, PATES START INTRODUCED MYSELF LATE.
AND SINCE THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THIS CHILD SAFETY ZONE, HAVE YOU RECEIVED MORE CALLS FROM SEX OFFENDERS LOOKING TO MOVE HERE BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE? YES MA'AM.
AND CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY INSTANCES IN WHICH SEX OFFENDERS LIVING IN KYLE HAVE RE-OFFENDED IN KYLE? YES.
UH, SINCE 2014, WE'VE HAD 13 ARREST, UH, FOR FENDERS, EITHER VIOLATING THE STATE RULES AND WE'VE HAD OUT OF THAT 13, WE'VE HAD ONE THAT HAS RE-OFFENDED WHERE THE NEWS,
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UH, SEX OFFENSE HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE.SO THEY HAVE BOTH DONE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND OTHER CRIMES AS WELL.
YES MA'AM AND OUT OF, SO I SAW THE INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, BUT I, I, IT WAS A LITTLE RED, A LITTLE CONFUSING, UM, OUT OF ALL OF THE CURRENT REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WITH VICTIMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED A MINOR, HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE PHYSICAL VICTIMS? MEANING NO, IT'S NOT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FOUND ON ONE OF THEIR DEVICES.
UH, SO OUT OF THE 65 SEX OFFENDERS, WE HAVE, UH, 59 OF THEM HAD, UH, WERE CHILD RELATED AND OUT OF THE 59, 54 OF THEM HAD AN ACTUAL VICTIM.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAUSE FOR FLOORS KILL.
HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK AFTER YESTERDAY, MONDAY, WAS IT MONDAY OR SUNDAY WHERE THERE WAS THAT SHERIFF DETECTIVE WHO WAS A SEX OFFENDER AND I SAW ALL THAT GO DOWN AND TAKE PLACE.
THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS, I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN KYLE.
LIKE HE WAS, HE WAS NOT CAPTURED FOR 20 HOURS.
SO JUST THE IDEA AND THE THOUGHT OF THAT REALLY MADE ME NERVOUS.
AND, AND I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO, UM, ADDRESS TWO ISSUES THAT I THINK WAS THERE WERE BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY, UM, ONE HAVING TO DO WITH HALLOWEEN.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT PEOPLE CAN DECORATE JUST NOT ON HALLOWEEN.
SO LIKE HALLOWEEN, THE 30TH IS OKAY.
AND THE FIRST IS OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS ON THE DAY OF IT MAKE YOUR HOUSE INVITING, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
MY OTHER COMMENT WOULD BE, PEOPLE TEND TO SAY I'VE DONE MY TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOUR TIME REALLY NEVER ENDS IT CONTINUES.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER BECAUSE THAT'S WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND I GET IT WITH A TIE WE'RE AN AGE OF INTERNET.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW OLD SOMEBODY IS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
BUT I THINK, UM, THIS KIND OF ORDINANCE WILL HOPEFULLY MAKE PEOPLE THINK BEFORE THEY ACT.
SO, BUT ANY THING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS? UH, THE, UH, THE MAIN THING WE HAVE TO DISCUSS HERE, I THINK IS, UH, THE MAPS.
UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DISSENT REALLY ON THE HALLOWEEN, UH, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT.
UM, UH, THERE'S TWO MAPS IN THE BACK BACTERIAL VISUALLY.
UH, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE GOT UPGRADED WHERE YOU COULD SEE INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
AND SO IT WAS JUST CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE IMPACT AND WHAT AREAS OF TOWN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN VERSUS WHAT AREAS OF TOWN YOU WOULDN'T.
UH, DOES ANYBODY, WE WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER 500, 1,015 HUNDRED OR 2000.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS OF SPLITTING UP THE SCHOOLS COMPONENT, UH, FROM THE PARKS.
UM, AND, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT MAPS THAT HAVE SORT OF BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UM, BROUGHT FORWARD.
UM, REALLY, I THINK WE JUST KIND OF ALL NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHICH AREAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT NUMBERS WE WANT TO GO WITH.
THE 500, IT LOOKS LIKE IT COVERS ABOUT HALF THE THOUSAND.
LOOKS LIKE IT COVERS ABOUT, UH, TWO THIRDS, THREE FOURTHS, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, OF THE LOTS.
SO THAT'S THE BEST AS I COULD TELL FROM THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I LIKED THE THOUSAND FEET.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD MEETING POINT BETWEEN 2,500 ANYONE ELSE.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ASK? 1500, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000.
THEY BOTH COMPLETELY COVER KYLE.
IT'S DO YOU WANT TO COVER ALL OF IT? DO YOU WANT TO COVER MOST OF IT OR DO YOU WANT TO COVER HALF OF IT? IT'S JUST REALLY THAT SIMPLE.
I'M ON THE SIDE OF HALF, I'VE BEEN KIND OF CLEAR ON THAT, BUT WE JUST NEED TO, GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS MOTION AND BOAT SITUATION OR NONE IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT OR SOMETHING ELSE, ALL THE OPTIONS
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MAYOR SO FAR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAL HAS SAID, STATED A THOUSAND FEET, CORRECT? NOBODY ELSE.UM, 500, 500 COVERS ABOUT HALF THE CITY.
UM, AND TO SPEAK TO, TO, UH, KALE'S UM, REQUEST TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, IF IT STARTED AT 1500, IS THERE A SEVEN 50 OPTION IN THERE SOMEWHERE? WELL, I THINK IT WENT UP TO 2000 AND THEN SOMEONE SAID 500.
AND IF, UM, IF I MAY, I JUST, I'M TRYING TO, WHAT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT 500 IS THE MIDDLE GROUND BECAUSE, UH, 1500 IS ALL OF IT.
OR YOU CAN HAVE NONE OF IT OR YOU CAN HAVE HALF OF IT.
I MEAN, I'M SURE Y'ALL SEE THE MAP TOO, BUT IF THE WAY THAT A THOUSAND IS WRITTEN, UM, IT, IT LOOKS TO COVER PROBABLY 75% OF THE LOTS.
SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT A THOUSAND WOULD DO THOUGH.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, NUMBER 14 WITH A THOUSAND FEET.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY CASPER FLORES, KALE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NAY MOTION CARRIES 61 NEXT STEP, A CITY MANAGER'S
[15.
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
- Mass Food Distribution events
- Annual Community Survey summary
- Parks and Recreation events and programming
- Upcoming FY22 Budget dates
- May 9-15th - Economic Development Week programming
- COVID Testing and Vaccine
UH, WE'VE GOT A GOOD CITY MANAGERS REPORT FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY THAT WE RECEIVED JUST THIS LAST FRIDAY.
SO I'M GOING TO PULL THAT UP FOR YOU NOW.
I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE FINICKY WITH, WITH A SCREEN SHARE.
SO IN OUR 2021 COMMUNITY SURVEY, YOU'LL SEE, WE HAD A RESPONSE RATE OF ABOUT 1.3% OF THE RESIDENTS, 685 RESPONSES COMPARED TO ABOUT FIVE 50 LAST YEAR.
UH, WE DID ASK FOR THE SATISFACTION AND IMPORTANCE OF MULTIPLE CITY SERVICES AND YOU CAN NOT SEE VERY WELL ON THE SCREEN, BUT I'LL SHARE JUST FROM TOP TO BOTTOM MUNICIPAL COURT, AGAIN CAME IN THE HIGHEST SATISFACTION OF CITY SERVICES FOR, I THINK THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT, THAT THIS SURVEY IS ALREADY UPON THE CITY OF KYLE.COM/SURVEY OR IS BEING ADDED IMMEDIATELY, CORRECT? YES, IT'S ON THERE.
UH, SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND SEE THESE RESULTS.
UH, SO MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, AND THEN THIS GOING DOWN, EMERGENCY RESPONSE LIBRARY, SEWER, WASTEWATER PARKS, UH, TRASH GREEN WASTE AND RECYCLING, UBER CAL THREE, ONE FOR TRAFFIC LAWS, CRIME PREVENTION, ANIMAL CONTROL, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UTILITY BILLING, PUBLIC OUTREACH, LITTER PREVENTION, RECREATION PROGRAMS, SIDEWALK, MAINTENANCE, TRAIL SYSTEM, DRINKING, WATER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND STREET MAINTENANCE.
SO THOSE, UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN HOP INTO THE ACTUAL SURVEY ONLINE AND SEE THOSE AND COMPARE THOSE TO PRIOR YEARS, THE IMPORTANCE OF CITY SERVICES.
UH, I WON'T READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LIST, BUT YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART, UH, HE HAD A LOT OF THESE RANK EXTREMELY HIGH IN IMPORTANCE, EXCEPT FOR, UH, UBER CALL THREE ONE FOUR, WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM AT ONLY 50%.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING
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WITH THE REPORT WE HEARD EARLIER.YOU'LL SEE OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, SINCE WE STARTED DOING THIS SURVEY IN 2015, UH, THE CHANGE IN SATISFACTION FOR EACH OF THESE SERVICES OR TIME I, SOME OTHER SERVICES HERE, AGAIN, CHANGE OVER TIME.
SOME HAVE GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SOME HAVE GONE UP QUITE A BIT.
A FEW MORE HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A GOOD SAMPLE.
IT'S ALSO HELPFUL AS YOU LOOK AT THIS TO SEE THE SCALE ON THE LEFT, SOMETIMES THAT SCALE DOESN'T PRESENT THE BEST PICTURE, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 60 AND 80 ON A LOT OF THESE, UH, THIS WAS FUN.
UH, THE QUESTION WAS WHICH STREETS WOULD YOU PREFER TO, OR FOR THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE FOR? YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE WORD, THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IT RANKED IN THE OPEN-ENDED AND THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.
PEOPLE WRITE IN THEIR RESPONSE AND THEN WE WORK CLOUD THOSE RESPONSES.
SO YOU SEE SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, EITHER ON OUR CIP OR IN OTHER CONVERSATIONS, OLD STAGECOACH ROAD, WINDY HILL BUNTON PB CENTER.
SO I THINK THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE PLANS FOR, FOR THESE ROADS, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND, AND FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPLIED FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ON SEVERAL OF THESE LIKE THAT VETERANS.
THAT'S PRETTY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THEY'RE VETERANS IS ON THE NECK, COME BACK AT US IN A NON ON THE DYESS WAY.
AND YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WATCHING, UH, YOU KNOW, VETERANS FOR EXAMPLE, IS A STATE ROAD.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH ON, ON, ON ROADS LIKE THAT RECREATION AND TRAILS.
UH, WE DID ASK SINCE THIS YEAR WE WERE, UH, WORKING HARD ON, ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, ASKED WHAT SURFACE TYPE THE CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND, UH, OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WAS A VARIETY OF OPTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S CONCRETE, UNPAVED, NATURAL, UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT ON JUNE 5TH, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR OPEN HOUSE ABOUT THE TRAIL AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS DOWN BELOW ABOUT, UH, RECREATIONAL OPTIONS, WE COULD, UH, ADD QUITE A BIT MORE RECREATIONAL OPTION OPTIONS AS A AGREE AND COMPLETELY AGREE IS ABOUT 45% THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH.
SO CITIZENS ARE STILL CLAMORING FOR MORE RECREATION OPTIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING TO PROVIDE WORDCLOUD ON RECREATION.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE A POOL COURTS, WHICH WOULD BE, COULD BE BASKETBALL.
IT COULD BE TENNIS, UH, AND THEN PARK IMPROVEMENTS, MUSIC EVENTS.
SO AGAIN, VERY QUALITY OF LIFE CENTRIC IN THAT WE ARE WORKING TO, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE DO ASK A QUESTION EACH YEAR ABOUT RETAIL AND DINING OPTIONS AND, UH, WE GET A WHOLE SLEW OF RESULTS, BUT YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, BASED ON THIS WORD CLOUD, THE TYPE OF RETAILERS AND DINING THAT, UH, THE CITIZENS AND KYLE WOULD WOULD LIKE.
COSTCO TYPICALLY COMES IN THE TOP FROM A RETAIL STANDPOINT, UH, BUT WE HAVE TRADER JOE'S LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SOME OTHER, UH, HEALTHY OPTIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TYPES OF RESTAURANTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PRETTY POPULAR.
UH, YES, YES, IT IS IN THE RESTAURANTS YOU'LL SEE DINING IN.
AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG THING.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE MORE, MORE SIT DOWN OR FINE DINING OPTIONS HERE IN CANADA, JUST FROM, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
UH, SOMETIMES WE, WE, UH, YOU, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE ALL COMING FROM HERE IN KYLE? WELL, WE DO ASK THAT QUESTION.
IF YOU MOVED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, TO KYLE RECENTLY PUT THE ZIP CODE FROM WHERE YOU MOVED AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY HAVE ACTUALLY COME FROM AUSTIN.
SO, UH, ALL AREAS IN AUSTIN, SOME IN SAN MARCUS, ET CETERA, SOUTH AUSTIN, NORTH AUSTIN, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE LARGE BULK OF PEOPLE MOVING HERE TO KYLE, UH, ARE COMING FROM THE SURROUNDING REGION AND WHY, WELL, THIS ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
UH, TYPICALLY IT'S THE COST OF LIVING THE COST OF HOUSING, UH, AND UH, WHERE THEY WORK.
THAT'S AGAIN, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WE LIKE TO KNOW THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT WORK IN AUSTIN, 17% WORK IN SOME SORT OF AT HOME BASED, UH, WORK IN KYLE, WHETHER THAT'S TILL THAT MEETING, DID THAT CHANGE THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR, LET YOU, SORRY.
I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT ON THE SPOT KIND OF QUESTION, BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF THAT NUMBER TICKED
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UP.MAYBE JUST AN EMAIL LATER, YOU WON'T FIND ANYBODY WE'LL HAVE THAT.
UH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THOSE OTHER AREAS WHERE, WHERE CITIZENS WORK.
AND THAT'S IT, UH, FOR THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, AGAIN, A LOT MORE DETAIL DETAILED RESPONSES ONLINE@CITYOFKYLE.COM SLASH SURVEY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS FOR FILLING THAT OUT.
THINK THAT SAMANTHA COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING ADMINISTER IT.
AND, UH, SAMANTHA HAS AN ANSWER ALREADY FOR YOU.
SO IT'S SHOWS THAT IN 2020, THIS SURVEY RESULTS, THE AT HOME IN KYLE WORKPLACE WAS ABOUT 14% IN THE 19.
ALSO IF YOU HAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR WE'LL GET THERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS QUITE A GOOD JOB.
MOVING OFF THE SURVEY AT, WHEN DID JUST TOUCH ON A FEW OTHER ITEMS HERE ON THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, THE BUDGET CALENDARS IS THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT TH THE KEY ITEM THERE IS SATURDAY MAY 1ST, WHICH IS THE BUDGET WORK SESSION HERE AT CITY HALL, COVID-19 TESTING AND VACCINE.
UH, YOU THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT, UH, AGES 16 AND OLDER ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, CITY OF KYLE.COM/COVID IS WHERE TO, TO FIND AREAS THAT ARE ADMINISTERING THAT VACCINE.
UH, THERE'S A VACCINE LOCATOR MAP ONLINE.
WE ARE HOSTING A MASS VACCINATION EVENT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE BIGGEST NEW NEWS THAT I CAN SHARE TONIGHT, UH, IN OPERATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES WIENER'S OFFICE AND THE TEXAS, UH,
WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND DOSES OF VACCINE.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED YOUR VACCINE, UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO COME TO A, KIND OF A WALK-UP, UH, THAT WILL BE MAY 16TH HERE AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IS MAY 9TH THROUGH 15TH.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR THREE WONDERFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
THEY'RE HERE FOR US A 15 YEAR CELEBRATION, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORK THAT OUR GREAT ED DEPARTMENT IS DOING FOR US DURING THAT, UH, RECOGNITION PERIOD, THERE IS A READY, SET, THRIVE BUSINESS WEBINAR THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH.
UH, KYLE CHAMBER THAT IS MAY 4TH.
SO FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE HOPE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT.
UH, GET ON KYLE ED.COM, MASS FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
WE DO HAVE MORE COMING FORWARD, APRIL 24TH FROM NINE TO 12, MAY 22ND, FROM NINE TO 12 AND JUNE 26 FROM EIGHT TO 11.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THOSE EVENTS.
SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION IS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
SO PLEASE GET ONLINE, SIGN UP.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE BRINGING THOSE CAMPS TO YOU THIS YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE THE TIME THERE ARE SEVEN TO SIX, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND WHAT THE FEE COVERS.
SO THERE WILL BE FIELD TRIPS, POOL DAYS, ET CETERA, CITY CAR.COM/SUMMER CAMP FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE FAMILY SKATE NIGHT AT THE ASH PAVILION.
SO AT THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 23RD IS OUR SKATE KNIFE AT FIVE 30.
YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, THE COST THERE, BRING YOUR OWN SKATES, UH, PLEASE GET ONLINE AND REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT.
WE HOPE TO FILL THAT PAVILION FULL OF, UH, MUCH OF HAPPY SKATERS AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT.
UH, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS.
DO WE STILL NEED TO GO BACK TO EXEC? YES, SIR.
GOT ONE REMINDER ABOUT, UM, THE TRAINING, THE NIMS TRAINING.
UH, COUNSEL, I DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL WITH SOME DATES ON THERE FROM A, FROM OUR LOCAL, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WHO IS, UH, HAPPY TO PUT ON SOME TRAINING SPECIFICALLY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SENIOR ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK WE RECEIVED, UH, A RESPONSE BACK, BUT, UH, SINCE THE TIME AND DATES ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED THERE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
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ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND SEE WHAT MADE SENSE FOR YOU.SO THOSE DATES, I WILL PULL IT UP REALLY QUICKLY.
THE MAY 12TH, MAY 26TH, MAY 29TH OR JUNE 2ND, THIRD, 15TH, OR 19TH.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL BOTH, THESE TRAININGS ARE ABOUT FIVE HOURS OVER FIVE HOURS TOTAL.
IF YOU WANT TO DO IT TOGETHER, OTHERWISE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SCHEDULE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THAT.
UH, THEY, THESE TRAININGS SHOULD OCCUR POST ONE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NIMS INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, THE ICS TRAINING OF 100, 200, 700, 800 THAT YOU CAN TAKE ONLINE.
SO WE GET THOSE FOUR OUT OF THE WAY.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THESE A FOLLOW-UP.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, HAPPY TO GO OVER SOME DATES WITH YOU OR HAVE YOU GET THOSE SCHEDULED? I HAVE ONE LAST THING REAL QUICK ON THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL, SMALL PLEA FOR THOSE WHO ATTEND, UH, AND GET GROCERIES.
UH, I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF DID LOTS OF THESE.
AND SO AS COUNCIL RIZO, BUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT SOME OF YOUR TRUNK SPACE IN YOUR VEHICLE, THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE FOOD BANK HAS LARGE AMOUNT OF BOXES OF FOOD, AND WE'VE BEEN NOTICING THROUGH THE EVENTS, WE'RE ACTUALLY PILING MORE ON TOP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN THEIR CAR.
SO IT'S JUST A SMALL PLEA TO THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO ATTEND.
IF AT ALL POSSIBLE YOU CAN ALLOW SOME TRUNK SPACE FOR THOSE LARGE BOXES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN DEAD FOODS, THE PRODUCE AND ALL THE BOXED ITEMS. THANK YOU.
IS THAT IT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
[VIII. Executive Session]
BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.PAGE TWO, WE HAVE TO READ IT ALL OUT AGAIN.
UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE 51, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
TIME TO TIME IS DEEMED NECESSARY DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL, MY COMMUNION TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINING CHAPTER PROPERTY, ONE, UH, CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, UH, CITY LIGHTS AND MARK CALL MARKETPLACE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT, CHANGE, ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN, UH, PERRY LIKES MUD, AND THAT'S IT.