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[I. Call Meeting to Order]
THE TIME IS 7:06 PM.THAT 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, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, WOULD THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
WE HAVE A QUORUM NEXT UP CITIZEN
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
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 THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
UH, I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED TO SPEAK, SO I'LL CALL THEM FORWARD ONE AT A TIME.
AND REMEMBER THAT I HELPED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR CAPITAL IDEA LAST MONTH AT WOMEN COUNCIL MEETINGS, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A STORY, PARABLE OF THE BABIES IN THE RIVER.
IF YOU EVER HEARD THAT STORY, THERE WAS A VILLAGE, A LONG RIVER, AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS LIKE TO GO PICK THE TWO FOUNDERS ONE SUMMER DAY AND THE GREEN RIVER.
IT WAS A BABY FLOATING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
SHE JUST WENT OUT AND RESCUED THE BABY.
BUT PRETTY SOON THERE WAS ANOTHER BABY THAT STARTED COMING DOWN THE RIVER AND HE RESCUED THAT ONE ALSO, AND SOON THERE WAS ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER, AND THEN ANOTHER, SO MANY, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY HAD TO RUN BACK TO THE VILLAGE AND GET EVERY VILLAGE OR THEY COULD FIND TO COME AND HELP RESCUE THE BABIES.
AND IT'S ALL THEY COULD DO TO KEEP UP WITH THE BABIES NEEDING RESCUING.
SUDDENLY ONE OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE, ONE OF THE VILLAGERS BROKE AWAY FROM THE GROUP AND STARTED TO RUN UPSTREAM.
WE NEED YOU HERE TO RESCUE THE BABIES AND HE SHOUTED BACK.
I'M GOING UPSTREAM TO FIND OUT WHO'S THROWING THOSE BABIES IN THE RIVER AND STOP THEM.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHARITY AND WHAT CAPITAL IDEA, WHICH I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND AS A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT ACC, UM, DOES, UM, WE TRY TO PROVIDE NOT JUST TEMPORARY KINDS OF SOLUTIONS TO PEOPLE IN POVERTY.
THIS IS A SOLUTION THAT WOULD LAST A LIFETIME.
UH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS EVENING.
UH, WELL, I KNOW IT WON'T HAPPEN THIS EVENING, BUT DURING YOUR BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS TO NOT CONSIDER THE CAPITAL IDEA, UH, OPPORTUNITY AS A CHARITY, BUT AS A WORKFORCE SLASH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, THAT PUTS IT IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT.
I THINK THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF RESCUING THE BABIES FROM THE RIVER, WE CAN STOP THEM FROM BEING THROWN IN.
THE LAST COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT IF YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BOOTSTRAPS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE BOOTS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO HELP DO THAT.
NEXT, UH, REGISTERED DIANA WOODS.
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BUDA, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE COUNTRY RIDGE SUBDIVISION.I HAVE SENT A COPY AND I'VE GIVEN A COPY TO THE CITY SECRETARY OF A PETITION SIGNED BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR REALIZE THIS MAY NOT BE THE PARTICULAR PROTOCOL THAT YOU WISH AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS TO START A CONVERSATION I'M HERE BECAUSE I NOTICED ON YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU SAY I'M A CITY OF KYLE RESIDENT, PROPERTY OWNER, OR BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M A, I REPRESENT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ASSUMED TO BE PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS.
FIRSTLY, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT YOU WANTED TO CHANGE OUR ZIP CODE AND CITY IDENTIFIER, 2 7 8, 6 4 0 ON YOUR PR YOUR MASTER PLAN.
YOU HAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY SUBDIVISION MARKED AS A SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY.
I'VE LIVED AT MY ADDRESS FOR 31 YEARS.
MY SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN AN EXISTENCE FOR 35 YEARS AND WE'RE NOT TRANSITIONAL.
AND AT THIS POINT WE FEEL THAT THE CITY OF KYLE HAS A DESIRE TO SETTLE US.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK ON BEHALF OF MY SUBDIVISION FOR TWO THINGS, WE ASK THAT YOU RELEASE US FROM YOUR EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
WE ASK THAT YOU RELEASE US UNCONDITIONALLY AND WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY OF BUDA PLANNING AND ZONING, THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE ASKED THAT THEY ACCEPT US INTO THEIR ETJ.
WE ASKED FOR THIS AND I DO HAVE A COPY OF EVERY RESIDENT SIGNATURE IN THE SUBDIVISION THAT MAKES THIS REQUEST WE'RE PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED BY THE DECISIONS OF THIS COUNCIL.
AND WE DID NOT WISH TO BE IN THE TJ.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU THAT TODAY, MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT.
THEY THOUGHT WE ALREADY BELONG TO BUDA.
AND I EXPLAINED IT TO THEM LIKE THIS.
WE'RE A COUNTRY, RURAL COMMUNITY.
AND IN OLDEN DAYS, THEY USED TO THROW A NET AND CATCH RABBITS AND A NET.
I SAID WHEN THE CITY OF KYLE DECIDED TO BECOME A HOME RULE CITY BEFORE THE CITY OF BUDA AND BEGAN ANNEXING, THEY THREW A THREE MILES NET.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE WERE CAPTURED.
THERE'S NO REASONABLE MEANS FOR THE CITY OF KYLE TO BE ABLE TO EVER OFFER A SERVICES WE'RE ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS, EVEN IN YOUR OWN MASTER PLAN, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE US SERVICES.
I'VE SENT AN EMAIL, PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T GET IT ASKING THAT THIS BE DIRECTED TO YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BUDA IS PREPARED TO HAVE DIALOGUE.
THE ONLY INTRODUCTION I'VE HAD TO YOU IS THE GPS SATELLITE LOCATOR IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AT THE END OF MY STREET AND ENCOURAGE SOMEONE OF THIS COUNCIL.
IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN THERE TO PLEASE VISIT TORY DRIVE BUDA, TEXAS, AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE IMPACT OF YOUR DECISIONS.
I LIVE ON 400 WEST THIRD STREET HERE IN KYLE.
I AM HERE CONCERNING THE MASTER PLAN.
UM, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU NOT TO APPROVE THE PLAN AS IT IS PRESENTED, WHERE THERE IS A ROAD, UM, AROUND SCOTT STREET AND COMING ACROSS SLEDGE, UH, INTO A FIELD THAT'S ACROSS FROM MY HOUSE ON THIRD STREET.
UM, WE ARE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PART OF KYLE.
UM, MANY OF US HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY, ALL OF OUR LIVES.
WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, MOVED TO HOUSTON AND HURRIED UP AND GOT BACK TO KYLE, GOT MARRIED AND HAD CHILDREN.
AND I WANTED TO BE BACK WHERE I WAS ORIGINALLY FROM, WAS A GOOD PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN.
AND I REALIZED THERE WAS A LOT OF GROWTH HERE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, I WANTED TO TELL MS. KALE, I THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU HAVE ANSWERED EVERY ONE OF MY PHONE CALLS.
YOU HAVE ANSWERED EVERY ONE OF MY EMAILS, MR. ELLISON.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH ME A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, MR. UM, BARNA, I THINK IT'S LEON'S FIRST NAME.
UM, THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME AND ANSWERING ALL OF MY PHONE CALLS.
UM, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I SEE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 NAMES UP THERE.
I IMPLORE YOU ALL TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DECIDING TO DO.
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OUT THERE.AND MS. KALE CAME TO MY HOME, GOT IN MY DRIVEWAY AND LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET A FEW FEET TO SEE WHERE THIS, THIS ROAD WAS GOING TO BE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE.
WE DON'T WANT BIG TRUCKS RUNNING ALL THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SCOTT STREET, UM, WHEN I MET WITH LEON LAST WEEK, A YOUNG MAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT HE REDID THE MAPS BECAUSE THE FIRST MAPS THAT I SAW WERE JUST A BUNCH OF LINES AND I COULD NOT TELL WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT HE STAYED UP LATE AND SHOWED ME THE, UH, THE HOMES THAT WERE ON THE STREETS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROAD COMING DOWN, SCOTT, UH, IT CUTS OFF FRONT YARDS, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BACKYARDS.
UM, YOU ARE TEARING UP OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY BY PUTTING THAT KIND OF A ROAD THROUGH THERE.
AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE GROWTH.
UM, AND, UM, BUT WE ARE ASKING YOU NOT TO DO THAT.
I'M ALSO HERE REPRESENTING MS. MATTIE WELCH BROUGHT MADDIE BROUGHT FOOT, UH, AND ALSO MADDIE BROUGHT FOOT WELCH, WHO IS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN EVER ON THIS CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I LIVE IN STEEPLECHASE FOR THE RECORD.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE USED TO BE CALLING UP HERE AND HARANGUING YOU, BUT THIS EVENING, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO SAY THANK YOU.
NUMBER ONE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE WORKED WITH ME ON GETTING THE VETERAN'S PARADE GOING, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE.
AND SO ARE LOTS OF OTHER VETERANS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, MARIANA FOR ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH THEM ON THE WEEKEND AT THE FIREWORKS.
I THINK I SAW YOU THERE, MR. MAYOR.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD, UNIQUE SITUATION.
WE LEARNED A LOT AND I MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE.
UM, BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
MY NAME IS KAY RUSH, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF AMBERWOOD.
AND I WANT TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE WORK WITH HAYES COUNTY.
UM, THE RAISE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES THIS YEAR ALONE, THEY RAISED IT $20,000.
UM, WE GET SOME BENEFITS THROUGH THE TAXING, BUT WITH THEM RAISING IT $20,000, JUST ON THE PROPERTY VALUE, YOU'RE GETTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE YOU'RE STARTING TO PUSH THE RETIRED PEOPLE.
AND WE'RE PROBABLY THE BEST CITIZENS YOU HAVE.
WE USE THE GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE TOWN.
UM, VERY SELDOM ARE YOU CALLED TO OUR PARTIES? UM, VERY SELDOM.
DO YOU CATCH US SPEEDING THROUGH TOWN? UM, SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT IT.
TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES BOTH TOOK THEIR, UM, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS UP TO $90,000.
HAYES COUNTY IS STILL ONLY AT 30,000 AND WITH THE INCREASE OF WHAT THEY'RE SELLING THE HOUSES FOR.
UM, MOST SENIOR CITIZENS TRY TO STAY IN THEIR HOUSES.
UM, WE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO ASSISTED LIVING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST MAINTAIN WITHIN OUR HOUSES.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS WE HAVE A LARGE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT THAT IS BEING BUILT IN THE PLUM CREEK AREA.
UM, WE PUT IT A NICE, UH, PLUM CREEK SIGN UP AND IT'S NICELY LANDSCAPED.
IT'S NICELY DONE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE TRUCKS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO DRIVE INTO IT.
UM, I WOULD ASK THAT THE ENGINEERING ON YOUR ROADS AND YOUR CURBING BE OPENED UP SO THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THESE VERY LARGE TRUCKS TO MAKE THE TURNS AND QUIT BREAKING DOWN THE CURBING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON FROM HEB, ALL THE WAY TO, UM, HOME DEPOT, YOU NOTICE YOU'RE PUTTING CENTER CURBINGS IN AGAIN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE THAT'S AROUND EVO, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT THING HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR A LONG TIME.
THAT IS FOR, UH, AN F-150 AND A PRIUS YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IN CURBING.
UM, I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU AS YOU BUILD OUT, UM, ARE YOU PUTTING IN ROAD BASE THAT GOES FOR THE HEAVY TRUCKS AND I DON'T THINK YOU ARE BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE BREAKING DOWN AND I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR 15 YEARS.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO, AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR PROCESSES, THINK ABOUT
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YOUR ROADS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO PUT AS YOUR ROAD BASE.BECAUSE ROAD BASE FOR A REGULAR CAR IS ONE THING ROAD BASED FOR THE TRUCKS IS ANOTHER.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE CONCRETE PLAN.
WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE GRAVEL, CONCRETE FLOWING ON OURS.
I JUST WANTED THE FIREWORKS ARE HORRIBLE COMING OUT OF INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, THREE HOURS OF IT LAST NIGHT.
AND NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THAT'S ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENTS FORMS THAT I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY OF THEM? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERIOD.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
UP, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.MAYOR MEGA MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 15TH, UH, SPECIAL AND REGULAR, AND THEN SPECIAL JUNE 26TH.
SO THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ELLISON SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 15TH, REGULAR AND SPECIAL, AND JUNE 16TH, REGULAR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION SEEING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP IS A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT MAYOR.
BEFORE I PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, UH, CAN WE JUMP TO THE, UH, PARKS AND REC? SURE.
YEAH, WE'LL UH, WE'LL PUSH THAT BACK ONE, UH, ONE ITEM AND WE'LL SKIP
[5. Parks and Recreation Month Proclamation. ~ Ashlee Bradshaw, Council Member]
TO A PRESENTATION, PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH PROCLAMATION COMES FROM RANCHO.I AM SO EXCITED AND HONORED TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, PARKS AND OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND IT BEING A PARKS AND REC MONTH.
UM, I THINK THIS IS PERFECT TIMING.
WE'RE COMING OFF THE HEELS OF THE 4TH OF JULY CITY FIREWORKS.
AND THAT EVENT IN AND OF ITSELF JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS RESILIENT.
NO MATTER HOW HARD THINGS GET EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS HANDS ON DECK.
EVERYBODY DOES WHAT THEY CAN, THEY PITCH IN AND THEY GET THE JOB DONE.
SO YOU ALL, WEREN'T AMAZING ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION IT, SORRY.
WHERE GUYS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING KYLE, TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELLBEING OF A COMMUNITY AND REGION.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR.
WE BREATHE AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS BUILD HEALTHY, ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE AND ALSO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS THE KYLE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO EIGHT ACRES OF DEDICATED PARKLAND COORDINATES AND IMPLEMENTS 32 SPECIAL EVENTS A YEAR AND PROGRAMS YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMS, LYTICS AQUATIC PROGRAMS AND OUTDOOR EXPLORATION.
AND WHEREAS THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
AND WHEREAS KYLE TEXAS RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE KYLE CITY COUNCIL THAT JULY IS RECOGNIZED AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH.
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WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO COME ALREADY ON IT UP FOR JUST A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR PARKS AND REC EMPLOYEES, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW FOR OUR ANNUAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH PROCLAMATION THAT IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UH, THE THEME FOR THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATIONS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH IS, UH, UH, OUR PARK AND RECREATION STORY.
AND AS YOU KNOW, HEARING KYLE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS A WONDERFUL STORY.
UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MONTH AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHARE OUR STORY AND TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND SERVICES THAT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE KYLER RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE STORY, UH, WE'LL BE COMPLETING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND EXACTLY ONE MONTH FROM TODAY.
SO WE BRIEFLY JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ARTHUR ZAMARRIPA, WHO WILL BE COMPLETING 25 YEARS ON AUGUST SIX.
UH, HIS STORY STARTED OUT WITH WHEN HE WISHED US A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND THEY DID SEWER.
THEY DID EVERYTHING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HE SAID, HE'D USED TO DO IT ALL.
AND THEN HE WOULD BEG AND BEG AND BEG BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO BE CLEANING SEWERS ANYMORE.
AND SO HE WANTED A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME I LIKE TO CAR CALL UP ART SOMEBODY.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS AND, UM, I JUST, I WANTED BEHALF, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARK BOARD CHAIR, AMANDA STARK, WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT.
UM, HER INVALUABLE SUPPORT ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR PARK BOARD MEMBERS, OF COURSE, OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, JERRY HENDRICKS, WHO CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WERE ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, THAT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO BE HERE EXTREMELY TIRED FROM THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THE TEAM BEHIND IN BLUE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING ART, COME ON UP.
25 YEARS AGO, I LEFT AUSTIN TO, UH, TO COME TO WORK FOR Y'ALL AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT I DIDN'T, WHAT I LIKED TO DO.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THOSE 25 YEARS.
AND, UH, I USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO CLEANUP DAYS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I USED TO GET MY MOORE'S MY PARTS.
AND I USED TO GET ALL THE STUFF THAT I NEEDED TO DO THE PARTS I LIKED, UH, UH, NEW STUFF THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW.
AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR GIVING US THAT AND GIVING US ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, OUR PARKS ALWAYS WANT HER TO BE WITH PARKS FROM DAY ONE.
THERE WAS NO PARKS WHEN I STARTED.
SO, UH, JIMMY, HER VIRTA BOOTH MONTAGU WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME, STICK AROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU A PARK.
AND THAT WAS GREAT CAR, BUT I COULDN'T.
I KEPT ON SAYING I'M GOING TO QUIT.
CAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE SEWER AND IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD PUT ME AT THE SEWER ALL THE TIME, BUT I DID IT JUST TO PROVE TO EVERYBODY THAT I WANTED TO BE WITH PARKS.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, I'M HERE AND I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.
I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY ON LUPUS FOR LISTENING TO ALL THE STUFF THAT I COME BACK HOME WITH.
BUT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK LAST, BUT NOT LEAST.
I LIKE TO TAKE MYSELF FOR GETTING UP, PUSHING MYSELF OUT OF BED
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR Y'ALL'S TIME.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
I'VE SEEN YOU THROUGH THE YEARS IN YOUR TRUCK, DRIVING AROUND AND HELPING OUT AND, UM, I WAVE HI TO YOU WAY BACK AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE ENTIRE RESIDENCE, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
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I CALL HIM DJ CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS DJ AND ALL THE EVENTS HE COMES IN, UH, WORKS DOUBLE DIP AND DUTY FROM PARKS AND REC, BUT HE ALSO, HE MOONLIGHTS AS A DJ AND HE'S A PRETTY DARN GOOD ONE AS WELL.SO, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY AND BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ART AND HEARING HIS STORY.
I HADN'T AND HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT, BUT MAN, GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOURSELF YOUR PRAISE AND YOUR KUDOS BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE YOU GETTING UP OUT OF BED.
AND, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IS NOT YOUR FAVORITE JOB, BUT YOU WERE DOING IT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR YOUR FAMILY AND FOR OTHERS.
SO THAT, THAT MAJOR POPS YOU, MAN, UH, MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU.
AND JUST IN TOTALITY, THE PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, UM, I TELL YOU IT'S A GREAT GROUP.
MANY OF US HAVE, UH, UH, PROBABLY SEEN THE SHOW, PARKS AND REC I JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY ENTERTAINING, BUT I THINK WE HAVE IT JUST AS ENTERTAINING AND FUN LOVING GROUP THAT JUST CARES ABOUT IT.
CITY CARES ABOUT ITS PARKS CARES ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS CITIZENS, UH, WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE IN THIS CITY OR NOT, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL THEY, THEY, THEY COME TO WORK AND THEY TREAT THE PARKS AND THEIR APPROACH TO THE JOB AS IF IT'S THEIR OWN BACKYARD.
AND I CAN SEE IT EVERY TIME AND, UM, UM, A LOT OF RESPECT FROM MARIANNA.
SO SHE COME ON, COME ON BOARD AT THE END OF 2019, BEING TASKED WITH THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING.
AND THIS TEAM HAS ROLLED WITH THAT AND TAKING, TAKING THAT, UH, FULL STEAM AHEAD AND EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS EVERY, UH, AS THEY DO WITH EVERY PROJECT THAT THEY'RE A PART OF, UH, FROM THE OPENING OF OUR DOG PARK OVER THERE, UM, TO, TO THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UH, PARKS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND, AND, AND OTHER GREEN SPACES AND OPEN SPACES IN OUR CITY.
SO MAJOR PROPS TO YOU ALL, CAN'T SAY, THANK YOU ENOUGH, LOVE THIS PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
AND A THANK YOU TO AN AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING PARKS AND REC TEAM.
THAT'S WORRISOME AR I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, MY BOYS, UH, MY KIDS GREW UP ON THOSE FIELDS.
THERE ALWAYS WERE CUT, ALWAYS READY TO GO.
WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE PRACTICING, UH, I COACHED THERE A LOT OF YEARS AND IT WAS GREAT.
WE HAD SOFTBALL TEAMS, WE HAVE BASEBALL TEAMS, WE ALL PRACTICE THERE.
YOU'RE THERE LATE TURNING ON THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, LATE AT NIGHT, TURNING THEM OFF.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE KIDS OF THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT BENEFIT.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GREW UP TO BE GREAT YOUNG MEN AND, UM, INDIVIDUALS.
BUT YEAH, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, BUT ALSO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US 25 YEARS.
YOU DON'T HEAR PEOPLE STICKING AROUND THAT LONG ANYMORE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND LOVE YOUR JOB.
SO THANK YOU AND ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INTO PARKS AND REC EARLY ON.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU'RE OUT THERE HELPING OUT, PUTTING SENSE STATION STATIONS OUT, UM, HELPING BLOCKADE, THE PARKS, DOING EVERYTHING YOU COULD, BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AND YOU PUT YOUR HEALTH ASIDE AND YOUR WELLBEING TO COME OUT AND HELP AND HELP PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING THE PEOPLE YOU ARE.
THANK YOU FOR THE INDIVIDUALISM AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.
IT GETS WHATEVER FLOORS CATHERINE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ART.
I'M STICKING AROUND 25 YEARS IS HARD ENOUGH ON ITS OWN WITHOUT FEELING LIKE YOU'RE DREADING WORKING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS.
ISN'T AMAZING, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING A JOB THAT DOESN'T FULFILL YOU, IT TAKES A LOT TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND IT TAKES A LOT TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.
SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU THANK YOURSELF BECAUSE I THINK IN LIFE, WE DON'T DO ENOUGH OF THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND FOR 25 YEARS AND TO MY PARKS AND RECS TEAM.
CAN'T NOBODY SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOU.
I GOT YOUR BACKS FROM, FROM NOW UNTIL FOREVER.
I KNOW WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITH A POOL AND THE FIREWORKS AND THE WHOLE SITUATION AND NOT NEVER LET SOMEONE BAD MOUTH.
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH.
AND I WAS THERE LISTENING TO EVERY BIT OF IT, POOR, POOR MAYOR MITCHELL.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP OFF THE FLOOR CAUSE HE THOUGHT NOT AGAIN.
AND I WAS SURE, LIKE I SAID, TRAVIS, YOU KNOW WHAT IS WE'RE LATE, BUT BY THE END, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE EXCITED.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SHOW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO FORGET THAT IT WAS 40 MINUTES LATE AND HE JUST LAUGHED.
SO, UM, I CAN'T EVEN SAY ENOUGH.
AND SO RIGHT AWAY, I WANTED TO LET MARIANA KNOW AS WELL.
CAUSE SHE GOT THE BRUTE END OF IT.
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WE STAND AS A TEAM.AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS.
SO I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I THOUGHT, UH, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE PARKS SHOW, PARKS AND REC A COUPLE TIMES THIS WEEKEND.
UM, UH, HOW ABOUT A PHOTOGRAPH YOU WANT TO BRING UP? THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALL COME DOWN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A PANORAMA GOING TO SAY GO, AND YOU'RE GOING TO STAY STILL READY.
[IV. City Manager's Report]
MANAGER'S REPORT, MAYOR COUNCIL, SCOTT SELLERS FOR THE RECORD CITY MANAGER, UH, A LITTLE OUT OF PROTOCOL, BUT I WANTED TO ECHO ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.THEY ARE INCREDIBLE FROM JERRY, UH, AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARIANNA IS DIRECTOR EACH OF THE PARKS STAFF, PHENOMENAL JOB.
SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY FAMILY, UH, CITY MANAGER REPORT.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER DURING THE SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
I'M SURE YOU, FEW OF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE, THE SENIORS HAD MADE SOME REQUESTS TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, LOOKING FOR, UH, FUNDING, ET CETERA, FOR A FUTURE CENTER.
AND WE HAD, UH, GIVEN THEM SOME OPTIONS.
I THINK WE'RE WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DIRECT, UH, INFLUENCING CONVERSATION WITH COLLIER'S SENIOR ZONE.
AND WITH THAT, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO FORM A CITY COUNCIL TASK FORCE THAT WILL INTERFACE WITH THEM MORE FREQUENTLY AS WE START TARGETING SOME, SOME FUNDS AND REFINING PLANS.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE A COUNCIL MEMBER UNTIL HE HAS TO BE A PART OF THAT, UH, TASK FORCE AND COUNCIL COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AS WELL.
WIFE DOES THAT A LOT VOLUNTEERS, UH, SURE.
BE GLAD TO THAT'S WHERE, WHERE YOU WERE BROUGHT UP.
WELL, WE HAVE THE THREE, SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, THAT'S PROBABLY FINE.
UM, I HAD SOME INTEREST IN THIS AS WELL, BUT I CAN HELP IN OTHER WAYS, BESIDES JUST WHAT'S ON THE TASK FORCE.
SO DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? YES.
SO WHO WOULD IT BE? MYSELF, ALISON AND WHO ELSE? OKAY.
SO WE'LL START BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THEIR PLANS
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AND SEE IF WE CAN HELP WITH SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.AS WELL, AS WAS JUST MENTIONED AT JAMES ATKINS, PUBLIC POOL IS OPEN.
UH, I WANT TO THANK SPECIFICALLY THE AQUATIC STAFF FOR GETTING THE POOL UP AND RUNNING.
A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY DOES NOT KNOW THIS, BUT WE WERE SET TO OPEN SATURDAY AND, UH, ONE OF OUR PUMPS SUFFERED A PRETTY SERIOUS FAILURE AND, UH, THEY WERE OUT THERE BABYING AND ALONG MAKING SURE EVERYTHING GOT UP AND RUNNING AND GOT THE CHEMICALS UP RUNNING.
IN FACT, OVER THE SUMMER, THE REASON WE'VE WE'VE OPENED LATEST BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FIXES TO MAKE TO THE POOL.
AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN OUT THERE, UH, OVERSEEING THE PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END, ALSO HELPING TO GET OUR LIFEGUARDS HIRED AND, AND TO KEEP THEM MOTIVATED DURING THIS TIME.
UH, I KNOW ONE OF OUR, OUR AQUATICS EMPLOYEE HAS ACTUALLY SPENT BASICALLY THE ENTIRE NIGHT OUT THERE, MAKING SURE THE POOL GOT FILLED UP PROPERLY.
SO THAT'S THE DEDICATION OF, OF TEAM KYLE AND, UH, PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO THE POOL IS OPENED AND, UH, IT'S IN OUR GREG CLARK PARK.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE, THE, THE SWIM TIMES AND AGES AND THE RATES.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE HAVE LAVERA DAY, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS UPTOWN OR CENTRAL PARK.
AND THIS IS, UH, THE, YOU SEE THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN.
THERE IS ULTIMATELY A VERY, UH, TARGETED, MIXED USE VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF, I DON'T KNOW IF THE GOOGLE SATELLITE IS FLOWN OVER RECENTLY, BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE GONE OUT, THEY'VE BROKEN GROUND.
SOME, A COUPLE OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO GO VERTICAL, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO GO AND SEE THE PROGRESS.
AND SO WE HAVE A, BASICALLY A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT AND STREET FAIR PLANNED FOR JULY 15TH.
SO THIS IS COMING UP IN JUST A WEEK NEXT THURSDAY.
DID WE GET, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE PAVING? CAUSE I THINK IT'S STILL NOT PAVED.
DO WE KNOW? I THINK MAYBE SAMANTHA ABOUT IT.
SAMANTHA, YOU WANT TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? JUST NOT IF THE ANSWER'S YES, IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
SO WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE EVENT TO BE ON DOHERTY BECAUSE THE PAVING WON'T BE DONE UNTIL AFTER THIS EVENT.
SO THERE'S THE INTERSECTION, DOHERTY AND BURNHAM.
UH, SO PLEASE COME FOR FOOD ACTIVITIES AND MORE SHOULD BE REALLY EXCITING.
WE WE'RE, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
JUST LIKE WE WERE RECENTLY WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING OF HEROES, MEMORIAL PARK, MORE INFORMATION AT CITY OF CONDUCT COM SLASH LOVED THEIR DAY NEXT, UH, CURED.
IF FOLKS ARE STILL OUT AT THE HAYES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UH, DOING FREE TESTING, THEY ARE ADDING TO THE TESTS, UH, UH, THE FLU AND RSV, UH, TO THE PANEL.
SO, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THEIR TESTS TAKEN, UH, GET ON CITY OF KYLE.COM/COVID AND REGISTER THERE.
IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN? I'M SURE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS AT LEAST TWO THAT I KNOW OF THE, THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE, FROM THE CITIZENRY IS OCTOBER 4TH.
AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, EARLY VOTING COMING UP INTO THAT NOVEMBER 20, 21 ELECTION SEASON.
SO MORE INFORMATION ON, ON HOW TO GET REGISTERED AND BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IS ON CITY CAR.COM/ELECTION.
ALSO, UH, THE WINDOW TO FILE IS, IS COMING UP SHORTLY AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, THE LAST SLIDE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ALL THE OTHER STUFF DONE, UH, BEFORE THIS.
SO, UH, I THINK EVERYONE IN KYLE IS AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS SHOW.
UH, WE DID ASK THE VENDOR FROM AMERICAN FIREWORKS TO, UH, TO COME AND BE REPRESENTED.
SO I LIKE TO ASK MARIANNA MAYBE TO, UH, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE HIM AND HAVE THAT DIALOGUE.
MARIANNA SPINOZA, PARKS, AND RECREATION DIRECTOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE STEVE COACH DAVIS WITH THE AMERICAN FIREWORKS COMPANY.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF PYROTECHNICS.
MR. DAVIS, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? MAYOR MITCHELL CITY COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE AUDIENCE.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT MAKE EXCUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, NUMBER ONE, AND MAKE AN APOLOGY TO THE COMMUNITY OF KYLE.
UM, THIS IS NOT HOW WE BUILT OUR BUSINESS.
UM, OUR OWNER LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE, UM, THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS
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AND EVERYTHING, I'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THE EVENTS UNFOLDED FOR JULY 4TH, BUT, UH, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS AS RIGHT AS I CAN.
UH, WHAT LED UP TO THE 4TH OF JULY? UM, UH, WE'VE HAD NUMBER ONE, TRYING TO GET OUR SHOWS OUT.
UH, ON 4TH OF JULY WE HAD WEATHER PROBLEMS. I KNOW WE WERE LUCKY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE RAIN HERE IN KYLE, BUT IN DEL VALLEY AND, UM, UH, CREEDMORE, WE HAVE OUR MAGAZINE WHERE WE KEEP OUR PRODUCT.
SO I HAD, UM, A TOTAL OF 11 SHOWS TO GET OUT STILL ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO THE RAIN SLOWED US UP ON THAT PART.
THE OTHER PART WAS A LABOR ISSUE.
UM, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS, UH, SINCE EVERYONE COMING BACK FROM THE COVID SITUATION AND HIRING ENOUGH PYROTECHNICIANS WE HAD ENOUGH TO DO THE TH TO DO THE SHOWS.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IS, UH, I HAD, THERE WAS, WE WORKED OUR CREWS HARD.
WE HAD OVER 25 SHOWS IN TWO DAYS.
UM, THREE OF THE CREW MEMBERS THAT I HAD FROM OUR COMPANY.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPANY THAT WE DO JOINT VENTURES WITH.
UH, WE HELPED HIM MATTER OF FACT, GETTING THE TRAILERS OVER TO BUDA CAUSE THEY NEEDED OUR HELP MONTHS AGO.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD PROVIDE US HELP TO HELP BUILD OUR SH UH, HELP US IN OUR COMPANY, BUILD, BUILD A SHOW WITH THEM WAS WE DO JOINT VENTURES WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME, ALL OVER TEXAS.
UM, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT SOME OF THEIR WORKERS DIDN'T SHOW UP TO THE BEAUTY SHOW.
SO THEY WERE SHORT THE WEATHER IN NEW BRONZEVILLE, IT RAINED, IT DELAYED THEM.
SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SEND THEIR CREW.
MARIANNA CAME UP TO ME AND, AND UM, I TOLD HER MARIANNA, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STAFFING.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO BUILD THE SHOW.
I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BUILD AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BUILD IT ALL.
AND THAT'S WHAT AN UNFOLDED ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
UM, I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
UM, UH, MARIANNA AND THE PARKS AND REC STAFF WERE WONDERFUL.
UH, BENITO STACY, UH, AMY GARCIA.
I MEAN THEY, AMY GARCIA HAD HER GROUP OF YOUNG KIDS THAT WERE HELPING ME FILL UP THE SAND BUCKETS FOR THE, UH, BIG TUBES FOR THE BIG, UH, BIG SHELLS.
WE WERE GOING TO SHOOT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYONE WAS PITCHING IN HELPING.
UM, I GOT FINALLY TWO MORE CREW MEMBERS FROM, UM, OUR WAREHOUSE TO COME.
WE TRIED TO PUT AS MUCH TOGETHER AS WE COULD FOR THE SHOW.
AND, UH, WE, WE FELL SHORT AND, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING KYLE I, ME AND ELSA HENNA HOSA OPENED UP LAYMAN BACK IN 2004.
UM, I WAS 80 HEAD FOOTBALL COACH THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
UH, HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE.
UM, SO I FEEL EXTREMELY BAD FOR WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT, WHETHER IT'S TO PUT ON ANOTHER SHOW FOR Y'ALL, UM, UH, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES.
UM, I KNOW, I KNOW I'VE LEARNED THAT I'M NOT GOING TO TRUST PEOPLE TELLING ME SOMETHING ANYMORE.
I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVE, UH, ENOUGH CREW AT MY SITES, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES, UH, WHERE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
UH, IT'S A SHAME THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I I'M REALLY BIG ON INTEGRITY AND YOUR WORD.
SO, UM, THAT MIGHT BE A FAULT I HAVE.
UH, BUT I DID TRUST, UH, THE COMPANY TO COME THROUGH AFTER EVERYTHING WE DID FOR THEM.
SO THERE'S NO ONE TO BLAME, BUT ME, I'M HERE TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY IS UPSET.
UM, LIKE I TOLD, UH, THOSE WORKERS THAT DIDN'T WANT TO COME, THEY RETIRED.
I SAID, THIS IS LIKE THE SUPER BOWL.
YOU DON'T GET A REPO PLAY THE NEXT DAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEXT YEAR WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN.
AND, AND THAT ASPECT ALONG WITH, UH, TRUSTING SOMEONE TO DO WHAT THEY PROMISED THEY WOULD DO FOR US.
SO, UM, IT'S UP TO, Y'ALL WHAT Y'ALL DECIDE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
UH, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT ON ANOTHER
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SHOW AT THAT SAME, UH, UH, SAME, EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE OF SHOW WE PROMISED FOR 4TH OF JULY AT ANOTHER DATE, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, UM, WE DON'T EXPECT ANY KIND OF COMPENSATION FOR THE SHOW THAT WE PUT ON.I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE COMPANY THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO GET A CREW OVER HERE.
THEY SAID, WELL, JUST TELL THEM YOU CAN'T DO THE SHOW.
WHEN I SAID THAT I CAN'T DO THAT.
I SAID, THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SEE A SHOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TOGETHER FOR THE SHOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL SAW, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SUNDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN, THAT'S WAY BELOW OUR STANDARDS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR SHOWS, WE TAKE PRIDE IN THEM.
UH, WE BUILT OUR BUSINESS ON THAT AND MOST OF OUR BUSINESSES BY REFERRALS.
SO, UM, I'M EXTREMELY, UH, NUMBER ONE, EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT.
UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
THAT'S NOT THE QUALITY THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT WITH THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IT'S FOR COACH DAVIS? I HAVE A FEW, BUT, UM, DID YOU SAY YES X-FORCE IS THAT COUNSELOR ELSA? UH, THANK YOU.
UM, MR. DAVIS, UH, I, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING HERE TODAY AND THE SINCERITY IN WHICH YOU SPEAK, UM, AND THE INTEGRITY IN WHICH YOU WISH TO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SERVE.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, AND I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN A HEADS UP THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTMENT IT'S, UH, PUTTING IT MILD LATE FROM YESTERDAY OR FROM SUNDAY.
UM, CERTAINLY WE HAD ABOUT A MIXED BAG OF RESPONSES AND PARTICULARLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM OUR COMMUNITY HALF WERE, UH, PRETTY UPSET, UH, MOSTLY DIRECTED AT THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF WERE GRATEFUL FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND ENJOY TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THOSE RESIDENTS BEING UNDERSTANDING.
UM, I'LL GET MY FIRST INITIAL LINE OF QUESTIONING.
I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO I'LL, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THEIR, UH, LISTENING TO THEIR QUESTIONS BEFORE I COME TO MY, UH, DECISION ON WHAT I THINK I'LL SUGGEST TO THE GROUP WE DO.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO READ THE INCIDENT REPORT, UH, PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY? NO, I HAVE NOT.
I WOULD PARTICULARLY, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, UH, PARTICULARLY THE, THE TIMESTAMP OF ADVANCE FROM 8:30 AM UNTIL THE CONCLUSION, UH, PRETTY MUCH AT THAT DAY AND THEN INTO, UH, YESTERDAY AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE ACCURACY OF THAT, BECAUSE ONE THING I WANT TO REALLY STEP ASIDE FOR A MOMENT AND SAY, UM, I READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEMO AND INCIDENT REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR STAFF EXTREMELY THOROUGH.
I CAN NOT THINK MARIANNA, UH, WHOMEVER ELSE, UH, WORKED ON PUTTING THIS MEMO, UH, TOGETHER IN THIS INCIDENT REPORT.
THIS IS AS THOROUGH AS YOU CAN GET.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT AND THE TIMESTAMPS AND THE NAMES OF IT.
WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAPPENED, THAT THAT OCCURRED? UM, IT, I CANNOT OVERSTATE MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR CITY STAFF AND WHAT THEY TRIED TO PULL TOGETHER AND HELP, UM, A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WAS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.
UM, I LOOKED THROUGH THAT ENTIRE INCIDENT REPORT.
I LOOKED THROUGH THAT ENTIRE INCIDENT REPORT THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEMO AND MY IMMEDIATE REACTION TO THIS IS WHERE CAN I FIND WHERE WE DROP THE BALL? WHERE CAN I FIND WHERE THE CITY COULD HAVE DONE BETTER? WHERE CAN I FIND WHERE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY? AND I'M HARD PRESSED TO FIND ONE, I'LL BE HONEST.
I CANNOT FIND A WAY SHAPE OR FORM WHERE OUR STAFF COULD HAVE PERFORMED BETTER.
UM, I, I CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR STAFF PULLING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, UH, KNEW THE EXPECTATIONS OF THIS SHOW.
WE HAVE A GOLD STANDARD HERE IN KYLE THAT WE TRY TO LIVE UP TO, AND OUR TEAM WORKS THEMSELVES TO THE BONE
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TO DO THAT.AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE WITH MARIANNA, YOUR PARKS, DIRECT TEAM, ANY OTHER STAFF THAT WAS A PART OF TRYING TO MAKE THIS SHOW LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH, AND I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IT AS WELL, THAT WE'RE IN, IN GREAT INDEBTED TO AND GRATITUDE TO YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.
UH, ANYONE THAT'S NOT HERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, SO I, I'M GOING TO GO OFF THE, THE MEMO AND THE INCIDENT REPORT AS IF IT WERE AGREED UPON.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
I, I, I'D STILL LIKE YOU TO TAKE THAT TIME TO REVIEW IT.
UM, BUT IN PARTICULAR, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS JUST A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAPPENED.
OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID THE LABOR, THE LABOR SHORTAGE HAPPENED.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE RAIN AND WEATHER, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT I KNOW OTHER EVENTS HAD TO DEAL WITH AS WELL.
YOU EVEN POINTED THAT OUT YOURSELF, UH, THAT MANY, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS TO DEAL WITH RAIN AND THE WEATHER.
UM, AND YOU SAID AS WELL THAT THERE WERE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAD SHORT STAFF AS WELL, AND THERE WERE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO LEARN.
AND I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT WITH US, MR. DAVIS, UH, TWO THINGS I I'D JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM, UH, PUBLICLY.
SO ONE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TRANSFER PAYMENT OF EVEN THE HALF, UM, OF THE $45,000 THAT WAS FOR THE SHOW PAID TO AMERICAN FIREWORKS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY THERE WOULD BE AT THIS POINT, AS IT STANDS, NO MONEY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THAT, THAT EVENT ON SUNDAY.
THIS IS FOR STAFF, UH, MR. DAVIS, PERHAPS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UH, SO LAST YEAR, OH, I WANT TO SAY THIS.
WE DID USE YOUR SERVICES AMERICAN FIREWORKS IN THE YEAR 2020, CORRECT? MR. DAY.
AND THE SHOW WE HAD PLANNED BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY SPECIAL SHOW PLANNED.
AND IN 2020, I JUST WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD AS WELL SAY THAT, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE CONTRACTED WITH YOU WAS IN 2020.
AND FROM MY ACCOUNTS, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT SHIP.
UM, I, IT WAS IT PARTICULARLY A GREAT SHOW BECAUSE IT CAME AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE COULD COME TOGETHER ON AND DO IT'S A COMMUNITY.
AND THAT 4TH OF JULY EVENT THAT YOU ALL DID FOR US LAST YEAR WAS A HUGE MORALE BOOST TO OUR COMMUNITY AND A GREAT, UH, BRINGING TOGETHER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF THAT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL SHOWED LAST YEAR WAS CLEAR THAT, UH, YOU WERE A QUALITY VENDOR, YOU WERE A VENDOR OF INTEGRITY AND YOU, YOU CAME AND DID WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO LAST YEAR.
SO THERE WAS NO REASON TO THINK ANYTHING WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT COMING INTO THIS YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT AND MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS MIGHT FORGET 2020 FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VENDOR IN 2019, WHERE WE HAD THE EXPLOSION.
EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT THAT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VENDOR THAN, THAN YOUR COMPANY FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD AS WELL.
UH, SO THE QUESTION I WAS ABOUT TO BRING UP TO STAFF WAS IN 2019, WHEN WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE FIREWORKS THAT EXPLODED, UH, THE CONTRACT WASN'T GOING TO BE MET BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A SHOW THAT WAS LESS THAN THE AGREED UPON IN THE CONTRACT, UH, THAT VENDOR ALSO FELL ON THEIR SWORD.
UH, WITH THAT, THAT EVENT STAFF, COULD YOU REFRESH OUR MEMORIES? WAS THAT SHOW REFUNDED IN FULL, OR WAS THAT A PARTIAL REFUND? CAUSE I KNOW THEY ALSO OFFERED A SHOW, UH, WHAT THEY CALL IT A GOLDEN TICKET NOTE, A SHOW AT NO COST WHENEVER WE WANTED IT.
UH, BUT WE DECLINED THAT AND WE, UH, ACCEPTED, UH, A REFUND.
AND COULD YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY IF THAT WAS A 100% REFUND OR A PARTIAL REFUND COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS IS PROVIDES MY CITY'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE RECORD.
UH, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, WE WERE REIMBURSED, I BELIEVE $30,000,
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BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHECK AND CONFIRM THAT FOR YOU.UH, AND I, I CAN WAIT BECAUSE I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, I'LL UM, I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR.
IT WAS A 75% REIMBURSEMENT OF 22,500.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? CUTS WERE ROSA.
HE WAS, UH, YEAH, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE NOTES, IT SAYS THAT MARIANNA, UH, ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION AT 4:45 PM.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU INFORMED HER THAT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE STAFF THERE AVAILABLE, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOUR STAFF TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER LIKE THAT IT'S 4 45 RIGHT NOW.
WHAT TIME WOULD THEY HAVE ARRIVED AND WHAT TIME WOULD THEY HAVE HAD IT COMPLETED BY? UM, I BELIEVE WE ARRIVED RIGHT AT FOUR O'CLOCK, UM, AND STARTED WITH, WITH THE STAFF THAT I WAS EXPECTING.
WE HAVE BEEN READY TO GO BY, UH, NINE O'CLOCK.
UM, WE DID ARRIVE A LITTLE LATER THAN I WANTED BECAUSE OF THE, THE ISSUES WITH THE RAIN, UH, BACK IN, UH, UH, UH, GARFIELD WITH THE PRODUCT.
BUT, UH, THE STAFFING WE HAD, UH, FOR THE SHOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING PREPARED.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF HOURS TO PREPARE FOR THE SHOW.
THIS IS A STAFF THAT'S WORKED TOGETHER FOR AWHILE THAT, UH, KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE ALL HAVE OUR ASSIGNMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, BUILDING THE SHOW.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BLAME ANYONE.
I THINK AT THAT TIME, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MADE THE CALL BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A STAFF THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S HOW TO DO THIS AND EXPECTING THEM TO GET IT DONE IN THAT SAME FOUR AND A HALF HOURS.
I THINK AT THAT TIME, WE COULD'VE MADE THE CREDIBLE JUDGMENT THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE READY FOR NINE O'CLOCK AND WE SHOULD HAVE CANCELED MAYBE GIVEN THE FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ELSEWHERE, TO MAYBE DO THAT.
UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT REALLY STICKS OUT TO ME IS THE TIME, UH, CAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A STAFF THAT IS CREDIBLE, THAT HAS PUT A LOT OF THESE SHOWS TOGETHER AND NOW THEY'RE NOT THERE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT STAFF AND WE'RE ASKING, UH, PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE TO DO THAT AND TO HELP OUT IN WAYS.
AND YOU'RE HAVING TO TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO DO CERTAIN JOBS.
AND THAT JUST, I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT BEING DONE IN THAT TIME MANNER.
I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY FOR ME, I THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF.
I WOULD HAVE FELT BETTER IF I WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE CITIZENS THAT, HEY, I'M SORRY, DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE CANNOT PUT ON A SHOW TONIGHT AND THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ELSEWHERE AT THAT TIME.
CAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOUR OR 5, 4 45, THEY'VE GOT HOURS TO GO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT SHOW AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT.
I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO SEE A SHOW IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
BUT WHEN I SEE FAMILIES UP AND DOWN THE ROADWAYS AND LINED UP AND SPENDING TIME, THAT'S AWESOME THAT THEY'RE TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE EXPECTING TO SHOW.
AND I THINK WE SH WE FAILED THEM IN THAT PART THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT CRUCIAL CALL.
I THINK WE SHOULD'VE STEPPED UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE JUST CAN'T DO IT.
WHEN YOU TRY TO PIECE SOMETHING TOGETHER, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS END WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS PIECE SOMETHING TOGETHER.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT AT 4 45 AND GONE FROM THERE.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING VENDORS TO COME OUT, TO WANT TO DO A SHOW FOR US DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC HAD BEEN SECLUDED, HAD, HAD HAD NO REAL INTERACTION OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SHOW THAT WAS SAFE AND YOU CAME OUT AND HELPED US WITH THAT WITH NO OTHER VENDOR WOULD.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY GAVE THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY A LITTLE SOMETHING BACK, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A LITTLE HAPPINESS AFTER BEING, UM, LOCKED IN THEIR HOMES FOR SO LONG.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A BLESSING THERE.
BUT I THINK THAT FOR ME, IT SHOWED THAT YOU CAN PUT ON A GREAT SHOW.
I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IF YOUR STAFF WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ON MORE THAN YOU COULD AS A, AS A COMPANY.
AND I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT YEAR MOVING IN TO OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU DON'T OVER SUSTAIN YOURSELF.
CAUSE THAT'S EASY TO DO SOMETIMES.
AND IT'S MAYBE A GOOD LEARNING LESSON FOR US.
UH, MR. RIZO, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I, YOU KNOW, THAT W IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS NINE YEARS SINCE I RETIRED FROM COACHING.
AND, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
SO I WOULDN'T SURE TO, I WAS STILL COUNTING ON MAYBE SOME MORE PEOPLE
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COMING FROM OUR WAREHOUSE TO HELP.UM, AND I GOT TO, BUT, UH, I WAS TORN WHETHER TO CANCEL OR TO TRY TO BUILD AS MUCH AS I COULD OF THE SHOW FOR THE CITIZENS, KNOWING THEY ALL HAD COME OUT TO SEE THE SHOW.
UM, AS FAR AS TAKING ON TOO MUCH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE TOOK ON TOO MUCH.
I THINK MY FAULT WAS, UH, UH, UH, TRUSTING SOMEONE THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE A CREW THERE TO HELP ME, UM, AFTER WE PROVIDED SERVICES FOR THEM TO HELP THEM ON THEIR SHOWS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS SHOW.
SO, UM, I DID LEARN THAT I WILL HAVE MY HOME STAFF, UH, UH, TOGETHER AND WE'LL NEVER RELY ON SOMEONE ELSE, UH, AGAIN, TO, UH, HELP US ON THOSE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
AND FOR ME, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE TORN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME FOR US, YOU WERE THERE FOR US IN 2020, AND WHEN A LOT OF OTHER COMPANIES TOLD US, NO, AND FOR ME, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE TORN BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHOW YOU CAN PUT ON, WELL, MOVING FORWARD, WHAT, WHAT PROMISES DO I HAVE THAT YOUR COMPANY IS? IF WE DECIDE TO CONTINUE, UH, USING Y'ALL SERVICES FOR OUR FIREWORKS SHOW, WHAT PRO WHAT GUARANTEES DO OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM THE BEST SHOW THAT YOU CAN, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE, UH, THE CITIZENS, UH, KYLE'S, YOU KNOW, TIME AND BE RESPECTFUL WITH IT.
WELL, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, CAN I ASK HIM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? CAUSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE NUT IS.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
YOU SAID SOMETHING EARLY ON, YOU SAID OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO DAY WEEKEND YOU HAD OVER, I THINK YOU SAID 25 SHOWS THAT YOU WERE MANAGING OR, OR WERE OVER.
AND THEN ON THE JULY 4TH DAY ON SUNDAY, YOU HAD 11 SHOWS.
SO OUT OF THOSE 25 SHOWS, HOW MANY OF THEM DID NOT GO OFF AS ON TIME AND WITH THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF POWER TECHNIQUES, EVERYONE WENT OFF, UH, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.
UH, I GOT LETTERS OF, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THEY ENJOY THE SHOW.
I DID HAVE, UH, UH, ONE SHOW, UH, HAD SOME OF THE FINALE CHANGED THAT DIDN'T GO OFF.
IT DIDN'T FIRE, BUT IT WAS A, UH, BAD IMATCH, WHICH TIES IT IN, INTO THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, THE FIRE.
SO THERE WAS ABOUT A 10 FINALE CHANGED.
IT DIDN'T GO OFF, BUT OTHER, OTHER THAN THAT, ALL THE SHOWS WENT OFF.
SO, SO ON, ON JULY 4TH, THERE WERE, THERE WERE, I GUESS, 11 DIFFERENT SETUPS THAT YOU WERE OVER.
AND 10 OF THEM WERE SET UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT WAS CONTRACTED.
UH, AND KYLE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE SETUP, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO, UM, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WHERE DID OUR CONTRACT RANK IN TERMS OF VALUE, UH, TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS OVER THOSE, LET'S SAY JUST THE 11 FOR THAT DAY WHERE WE ON THE, LIKE THE LOW END, ARE WE ON THE HIGH END OR ARE WE JUST KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE Y'ALL WERE ON THE HIGH END? YES, SIR.
SO, SO WHY DID KYLE, HOW IS IT THAT KYLE CAME TO BE, IT SEEMED LIKE LAST WITH ALL OF STAFF, YOUR S YOUR CREW BEING EXHAUSTED.
IT W IT SEEMS LIKE WE WERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOWS.
I PROMISE Y'ALL, WE'RE NOT PUT ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT FEELS THAT WAY.
THE RESULTS PROBABLY LOOK THAT WAY, BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT WASN'T THE THOUGHT PROCESS AT ALL ON IT.
MY DEAL WAS THAT KYLE WAS THE CLOSEST WHEN WE HAD LEFT.
SO MY DEAL WAS TO TRY TO GET THE OTHER ONES OUT.
I, I HAD THE HELP, SUPPOSEDLY FROM THOSE OTHER, THAT OTHER COMPANY WAS GOING TO HELP ME WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE SHOOTERS.
AND THEN, UM, I HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THREE EMPLOYEES OF MINE AT THE COMPANY DIDN'T LEAVE.
SO I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT OUR STAFF WAS GOING TO BE THERE TO FINISH THE SHOW AND PERFORM JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO I KNOW IT PROBABLY FEELS THAT WAY, THAT, OKAY, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE SHOW GO TO EXPECTATIONS, BUT I PROMISE YOU IN THE THOUGHT THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE PLANNING YOU ALL WERE UP THERE, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
I DID NOT HAVE KYLE ON A LOWER LEVEL.
I, YOU KNOW, I LIVE CLOSE BY, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TIES HERE AFTER WORKING HERE SO MANY YEARS.
UM, I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SHOW TO BE A PREMIER SHOW WHEN I WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT, PLANNING IT WITH MARIANNA, WITH THE MARQUEE, UH, KYLE GOING OFF THREE TIMES SPILLING OUT KYLE, THE BIG SHELLS.
I MEAN, I'VE PLANNED THIS SHOW FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A YEAR.
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LEAST BROUGHT AFTER THE OTHER SHOW, PLANNING THIS SHOW FOR THIS YEAR.SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT SHOOTING IT.
UM, IT, IT WAS A BIG SHOW, BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT WE COULD HAVE, COULD HAVE HANDLED THAT.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS ALWAYS LIKE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT WE LIKE TO GET LOCAL VENDORS AND HAVE LOCAL CONTRACTS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT HELPS US WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THE FOLKS ARE FROM HERE, THERE'S A SORT OF A PROXIMITY FIT.
SO THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN BE CREATED THERE.
UM, WHAT WE, I DON'T THINK WE WERE COUNTING ON WAS TAKING THAT YOU PROXIMITY AND ESSENTIALLY PUTTING IT TO THE BACK OF THE LIST SO THAT YOU COULD SORT OF START AT THE FAR OUT WORK THROUGH THIS SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, UH, AND SORT OF GET TO THE CITY OF KYLE LATER.
SO TO COUNCIL, RESOS QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CONTINUE FORWARD WITH YOU ON A, ON A FUTURE SHOWS, UM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SET UP IN THE CONTRACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE PRIORITY SET UP, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE SINCE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE LARGEST CONTRACT YOU HAD, UM, WE'D LIKE TO BE SET UP FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND FAR IN ADVANCE OF LIKE TRYING TO TRY TO GET THAT LAST SHELL IN RIGHT BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK OR WHATEVER, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO, TO WORK OUT WITH US MOVING FORWARD? THERE'S NO DOUBT.
UH, IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO A SHOW FOR COLLAGEN, I WILL HAVE OUR BEST PYROTECHNICS CREW TOGETHER FOR THIS SHOW.
UM, AND IF I KNEW THINGS WERE GOING TO PLAY OUT LIKE THEY DID WITH, WITH THIS OTHER COMPANY, UM, I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
THEY HAVE SOME GOOD POWELL TECHNICIANS IN THE CREW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET ME THERE WITH MY CREW.
THERE'S NO DOUBT WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
WE'VE DONE SHOWS BEFORE TOGETHER.
SO, UM, IT WASN'T TOO HIGH EXPECTATION FOR US TO GET THAT SHOW READY IF THEY WOULD HAVE HELD THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN UP.
IT'S MY FAULT FOR TRUSTING HIM.
I WILL HAVE OUR PYROTECHNICIAN CREWS HERE THAT ARE THE BEST AND GET THE SHOW READY.
CAN, CAN WE, UH, CAN WE MAKE SURE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHOEVER, WHATEVER THE NAME YOU DON'T SAY NOW IS OF THE, THE, THE COMPANY THAT DID THE BUDDHISTS SHOW SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT FOR WHATEVER WE DO OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UH, IF WE EVER MOVE FORWARD, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
WE DO STILL NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD, UM, ON, UH, THE GOLDEN TICKET IDEA COMES.
I DO HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY WORSE THAN BEING IN OUR SHOES AS COUNCIL OR AS RESIDENTS, MY HEART REALLY WENT OUT TO YOU.
CAUSE I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW YOU FELT SHOWING UP KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE WORKERS THERE.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T APOLOGIZE ENOUGH FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG PILL TO SWALLOW.
UM, I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS BEFORE I HAVE COMMENT.
WHEN YOU SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO COMPENSATION FOR THIS SHOW THAT YOU GUYS DID CORRECT? CORRECT.
FOR THE NEXT SHOW OF IF THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, WOULD IT BE THE SAME PRICE OR WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? YES.
IF Y'ALL DECIDED TO USE THIS FOR A SHOW IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT WAS THE ONE COMING UP IN JULY OR ONE IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD PUT ON THE SAME SHOW FOR THE SAME PRICE.
I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL WHAT YOU DID WAS INTENTIONAL AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BEAT A DEAD HORSE.
I'VE READ, I'VE READ IT AND READ AND READ, AND I'VE TRIED TO FIND OUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.
AND I, I SEE THAT YOU'RE VERY, UM, APOLOGETIC, WHICH I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR I'M BIG ON GRACE.
AND I THINK AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A DIOCESE AND AS PEOPLE IN GENERAL, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY GIVE GRACE, BUT TO GET GRACE.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO, UM, TO ANOTHER SHOW AND GIVING YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE UP FOR IT.
UM, I'M WITH HALF OF THE CITY OF KYLE RESIDENTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST GRATEFUL TO SEE WHAT THEY SAW.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AS BIG AS A PILL TO SWALLOW FOR OUR MAYOR IF HE HADN'T ALREADY LIVED THROUGH THIS ONCE AND, AND, AND ELLISON.
UM, AND I THINK IT WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON HERE.
SO FOR THEM IT WAS JUST LIKE A NIGHTMARE RELIVED, BUT, UM, UM, I'M SORRY TO OPEN THAT WOUND UP AGAIN AND YOU KNOW WHAT TH SORRY HAS BEEN SAID, AND I THINK THAT'S OKAY.
AND I THINK IT'S, YOU JUST HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND YOU MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THE SITUATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE PROGRESSIVE AND TO BE GOOD PEOPLE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER SHOW ON VETERANS DAY.
UH, WELL, I WOULD SAY THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2019
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AND 2021.AND TH TH THE DIFFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE AFTERMATH OF WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR AND YOURSELF, UH, VERY, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE SITUATION WAS, UH, AND, AND HELPED ME GAIN IN CONFIDENCE THAT AT LEAST I UNDERSTOOD WHAT ACTUALLY WAS TRANSPIRING.
THAT WASN'T WHAT TOOK PLACE IN 2019.
SO THAT WAS, UH, UH, WE VERY QUICKLY LEARNED, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S EXACTLY, AS YOU SAID.
UH, AND SO THAT, THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME.
AND THEN ALSO JUST THINKING ABOUT FROM THE STANDPOINT, LIKE, IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IS IT A SITUATION? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LEVERS THAT YOU CAN PULL, IT'S LIKE GET OUT OF TOWN AND WE DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UH, OR IS IT A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT LED TO THE PROBLEM? AND WE CAN SET IT UP IN THE CONTRACT AND IN OTHER WAYS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DO WE THINK THAT THE VENDOR IS MOTIVATED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? AND, YOU KNOW, SO, SO MY RESPONSE TO THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT THAN MY RESPONSE TO TWO YEARS AGO.
AND IT IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE EVENT, IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS IN THE COMMUNICATION WE RECEIVED, UH, AND THAT BUILT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN ME, UH, IN YOU AND IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, BUT I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD DAY TO, TO SHOW THE CITY WHAT WE DID HAVE PLANNED.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT SHOW, CAUSE THAT'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, UH, NOT AS, NOT AS BAD AS I WANTED TO SHOOT IT.
AND FOR THE RESIDENTS TOO, I REALLY WANTED THEM TO A COACHING AT LAYMAN.
I KNOW THE RIVALRY BETWEEN BUDA AND LAYMEN, AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY TICKS ME OFF IS WE HELPED THEM GET THE TRAILERS THERE FOR THEIR VIEW TO SHOW.
SO THAT, THAT TAKES YOU OFF VERY MUCH SO, SO THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE KYLE, WHEN I WAS COACHING WERE VERY GRACIOUS.
I KNOW THEY CAN BE HARD ON YOU AT TIMES, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND, AND FORGIVING OF THINGS.
AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO GO IN THEIR HOMES AND MEET THEIR FAMILIES.
AND, UH, KYLE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO IS TO DISAPPOINT AND WHICH I DID, AND I ONLY CAN OFFER A CHANCE TO MAKE IT UP AND GO FORWARD AND GIVE YOU ALL THE BEST SHOW Y'ALL EVER HAD.
UM, THAT'S ALL I CAN OFFER THAT THE DECISION IS UP TO Y'ALL, BUT, UH, THE KITTEN COMMITMENT WITH ME IS SINCERE AND REAL.
AND, UM, I CAN ONLY ASK FOR A CHANCE TO PROVE IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, JUST MAKE IT REAL QUICK THAT YES, THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
THEY WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED, SIR.
AND I THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE AND, UH, TAKING THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT WE ALREADY FORGIVING CITY AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE NEXT ONE, WHATEVER IT IS WILL BE GREAT.
AND SO I'M JUST READY TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS AND, UH, AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
AND EXPLAIN WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, UM, ABOUT, UH, AS TO WHAT'S FINISHED? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO SCOTT, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS NO DEPOSIT PAID OR ALL RIGHT.
CAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW THAT WE GAVE A $22,000 TO PAUSE IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE CITIZENS RIGHT NOW FOR COUNSELING, FOR THE CITIZENS THAT WE DIDN'T PAY THAT AND THAT NOBODY'S BEEN PAID YET.
AS OF YET, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
MARIANNA HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH VERY, UH, UH, COMMUNITY COMMUNICATING WITH ME.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE TO CHECK AT THE SHOW.
I SAID, HEY, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT, UM, UH, WHEN SHE CAME UP AND SHE HAD THE CHECK, I SAID, NO, YOU, I THINK YOU BETTER HOLD ON TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
YES, WE ARE GETTING BEAT UP PRETTY BAD.
I, YOU WEREN'T, I'M SORRY FOR THE HEAT.
Y'ALL ARE HAVING TO TAKE ON IT.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY REPERCUSSIONS THAT THE PARK AND REC MARIANNA AND HER STAFF SHOULDN'T, THEY, THEY WERE WONDERFUL.
I I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY, UH, IN A, IN A PARK AND REC SITUATION EVER CHIP IN ON ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, UH, YOU THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU, YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND I, I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL.
THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR ME, I PROMISE, BUT I'M JUST LIKE THE COMMIT, WHAT THEY DID.
I MEAN, ALL OF THEM WERE WORKING SO HARD TO, UH, TO HELP, TO TRY TO PUT ON SOMETHING IN THE AIR.
AND CAN I ALSO STATE THAT ACCORDING TO THE MEMO THEY LEFT AT 12:00 AM
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AND THEN MONDAY THEY WERE BACK TO CLEAN UP AT SIX 30.SO THAT'S OUR STAFF NOT EVEN GETTING PROBABLY FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, MY EMAIL IS WHY KALE@CITYOFKYLE.COM FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
AND I WILL SET UP A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING.
WELL, AND THAT'S LIKE TODAY WE WENT AND FINISHED PICKING UP ALL THE EQUIPMENT THERE AT THE GOLF COURSE.
THEY WERE THERE HELPING US GET THE SAND OUT OF THE BARRELS AND PUT IT BACK IN THE, UH, UH, TRAILER TO TAKE OUT OF THERE.
AND WE GOT EVERYTHING OUT OF THE, UH, PLUM CREEK GOLF COURSE AND WITH THEIR HELP, THEY WERE RIGHT THERE HELPING US.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND, UH, GIVING US YOUR INPUT ON WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY AS WELL.
I KNOW FROM YOUR CHARACTER, I KNOW SOME YOUNG MAN THAT, UH, PLAYED FOR YOU, UH, THAT CAN SPEAK HIGHLY OF YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS A GOOD ONE OF GOOD AND YOU'VE GOT NOTHING BUT GREAT INTENTIONS FOR THE KIDS, THE FAMILIES HERE IN KYLE, BECAUSE YOU'VE PROVEN THAT WHEN YOU WERE COACHING AT LAYMAN.
SO JUST, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHY IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, I THINK I'D BE OKAY WITH IT.
CAUSE I KNOW THAT IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR WORD, YOU'RE GOING TO BE, YOU'RE GOING TO STAND BY IT.
THANK YOU, MR. RISA, ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND STANDING BEFORE US SHAPED THAT VERY MUCH FOR SURE.
[6. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
UP.P ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, BURLESON STREET, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR TRYING TO WRAP UP THE PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE REALLY SHOOTING FOR AUGUST.
I ADDED THIS SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, WITH POLOS LIKE EMPTY.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE COMPLETE IS, BUT AS WE MOVE ALONG, WE'LL GET THAT NUMBER TO YOU.
DID THEY GO TO LAKE? KYLE DID MARIANNA KNOWS.
I KNOW THEY MOVED HIM TO ANOTHER LAKE SOMEWHERE.
UM, HE KNOWS TO PROCEED WILL BE ISSUED ON JULY 19TH SO THAT ONE'S GETTING READY TO START.
I DO APOLOGIZE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE CITY SQUARE.
THIS ONE, I SAID, OH MY GOSH, I FORGOT TO INCLUDE THAT.
BUT, UH, WE'LL GET THAT ON THE NEXT, UH, UH, BRIEFING TO YOU WHEN NEIL STREET AND RANCH PROJECT, WE'RE STILL ABOUT 65% COMPLETE, UH, STILL DRIVING ON THE SOUTH HALF OF WINDY HILL ROAD, UH, STILL WORKING ON THE NORTH HALF.
AND, UH, THEY'RE FINDING MORE THINGS TO ADD TO CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP THAT UP.
UH, WE'RE STILL EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THAT NORTH HALF ON THE MID JULY, 2021.
UH, WE'LL BE SWITCHING, UH, AROUND JULY 19TH OR THEY STILL NEED TO DO SOME EXTRA WORK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, CURB AND GUTTER SIDEWALK, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE'RE RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TO THE ALEXANDER PROPERTY.
AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP UP THE WORK IN FRONT OF TDCJ AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT, UH, 57% BASED ON THE LAST ESTIMATE.
UH, THE RAIN HAS REALLY HURT US ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, CONTRACTORS STILL WORKING ON SATURDAYS, TRYING TO CATCH UP TO HIS PROJECT.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE, UH, DE-WATERING CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'S COME IN AS WE EXPECTED A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING.
UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN OUR SCHEDULE OF HAVING THIS PLANT READY ON MARCH OF 2022.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE OPERATIONS BUILDING IS STARTING TO GET A ROOF, UH, SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOW, WITH THINK.
AND, UH, THE, UM, UP ON THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE PLUM CREEK CROSSING.
THAT'S WHERE THE BUTTONED CREEK PROJECT IS GOING TO BE TYING IN.
THIS HAS BEEN CREEK INTERCEPTOR THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT 53% COMPLETE, UH, THEY'RE BORING UNDERNEATH THE CREEK IS, UH, FOR THE WASTEWATER LINE AND FOR THE RECLAIM WATER LINE.
WELL SITE NUMBER FOUR, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACTOR IS SUPPOSED TO START THIS WEEK AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WON'T DELAY HIM.
WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE ONE CONSENT INTO ITEM NUMBER 13.
UH, I ORDERED SOME SPECIAL PI FOR THAT PROJECT.
TYPICALLY WE WERE GOING TO USE THE CONCRETE PIPE FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT CONCRETE PIPE IS PRETTY HEAVY.
IT TAKES YOU AWHILE TO GET THAT INSTALLED.
AND SO I WERE TO SPECIAL A NEW PROJECT,
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A NEW PIPE THAT'S CALLED A ULTRA FLOW.IT'S A STEEL PIPE WITH ALUMINUM COATING.
UH, IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY TECH STOCKS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING ON THIS PROJECT TO HELP SPEED UP THE PROJECT.
WHEN THE COUNTY GETS READY TO INSTALL THAT SECTION OF PIPE, ELLIOT BRANCH, YOU UNDER SCEPTRE, WE'RE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE, UH, WE'RE COMPLETE WITH THE BORES AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
SO THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY BACK TOWARDS SLEDGE ON THAT PROJECT.
SO DIVISION OPEN LINE IS OPEN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO SOME EXTRA WORK AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS, BUT, AND SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CLOSER FOR A SHORT TIME.
UH, SOMEONE DID ASK ME ABOUT ROWAN LANE IS WHEN THEY WOULD START ON THAT PROJECT.
I DID TALK TO THE DEVELOPER TODAY.
UH, HE'S HE'S GETTING WITH HIS CONTRACTOR SO THEY CAN COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE.
SO I SHOULD HAVE THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING AS TO WHEN THEY PLAN TO START THE ROAD IN LANE CROSSING.
MICROSURFACING BEGINS THIS WEEK.
UH, WE'RE GETTING, AND AGAIN, IT'S WEATHER PERMITTING.
WE'VE BEEN AT THIS RAIN HAS NOT REALLY BEEN HELPING US, UH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT STARTED THIS WEEK.
SO WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE IT'S POSTED, WE'VE BEEN NOTIFYING EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN ON THE PARTICULAR PROJECT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A T UH, TEXAS TURNBACK PROGRAM.
THE PLAN IS TO TAKE OVER THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF HILL STREET AND, UH, 80 OLD 81.
DO YOU WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THERE IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN AND TAKING OVER THOSE ROADS? TECHSTARS STILL NEEDS TO LOOK AT THOSE ROADS, ASSESS THEM, DECIDE WHAT KIND OF REPAIRS THEY'RE GOING TO DO THOSE ROADS.
UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL DO THE, ALL THE PAVEMENT REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
THEY'LL OVERLAY IT, STRIPE IT AND GET IT IN GOOD CONDITION FOR US TO MAINTAIN.
UH, THEY ALSO HAVE TO GO TO THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO GET THEIR, UH, UH, ACCEPTANCE ON THAT.
AND THEN THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS, IS WHAT I'VE UNDERSTAND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 14, THAT'S ON 1 0 4 SAP ROSEN, UH, WHEN THE GEO-TECH REPORT WAS DONE, APPARENTLY THE LOADS ARE USED A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER THAN WHAT THE ANTICIPATED SO THAT THE NEW LOADS THEY'VE GOT ARE LIGHTER.
SO BASED ON THAT, INSTEAD OF USING DRILL SHAFTS ARE GOING TO TRY TO USE WHAT WE CALL SPREAD FOOTING.
SO WE SHOULD GET A BETTER PRICE OR LOWER PRICE ON THAT AND READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LEON QUESTIONS? UH, REAL QUICK, UH, TO BE AS FOR THE RECORD WHO ROLLED IN LANE? OH, IT'S RIGHT BY THE TRACK, OBVIOUSLY.
IS SO ARE THEY LOOKING AT POSSIBLY NOW WIDENING THAT AREA? THE TURN, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR FROM THE SERVICE ROAD? NO COUNCIL MEMBER IS JUST A SECTION THERE.
UH, I FORGET HOW MANY FEET IT IS, UH, WEST OF THE TRACKS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPROVED THERE.
SO THEY WON'T GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT, YOUR CASE, BUT AS FAR AS MAYBE, MAYBE THAT COULD ASK THIS AS FAR AS ALL THAT GRASS THAT'S THERE THAT'S EITHER TXDOT OR IS THAT COUNTY THAT'S PULLING INTO ROLAND, DO YOU KNOW BY CHANCE? PART OF IT WAS PROBABLY TXDOT AND PART OF THIS TECH STOCK.
IT WAS PRETTY OVERGROWN, SO I GUESS I'LL GET WITH HIM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
[VI. Consent Agenda]
CONSENT ENGINE IS, OR, UH, IT'S RATHER LONG.UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL CUTS FOR TIBIA? YES.
I'D LIKE TO PULL 8, 9, 10, AND 11 FOR DISCUSSION, PLEASE.
UM, UH, CUSTOMER ELLISON, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 12.
AND, UH, I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE? IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE S STATE THE ONES BEFORE? SO IT USED TO BE 13 THROUGH 18.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 13 THROUGH 18 AS WRITTEN.
WE NEED TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR ELLISON SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR RIZZO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, DO YOU WANT TO ADD SEVEN TO IT? YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND IT TO ADD ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
UM, SECOND AMEND MY MOTION TO ADD ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION AND SECONDED, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AS WELL AS 13 THROUGH 18.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[8. Authorize award and execution of a Purchase Order to ARTISTIC HOLIDAY DESIGNS, Lemont, Illinois in an amount not to exceed $95,475.00 for Holiday Light Displays for Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
ALL RIGHT.WE'LL PICK UP WITH THE AGENDA.
NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZED AWARD AND EXECUTION OF PURSE, SORT OF ARTISTIC HOLIDAY DESIGNS, UH, LEMONT, ILLINOIS, AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $95,475
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FOR HOLIDAY LIGHT DISPLAYS FROM MARRIOTT CARHARTTS AND SQUARE PARK, UH, DECIDED FOR MARIANA'S, UH, PULLED BY CUSTOMER TO BSO THE CUSTOMER.UM, LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT HERE AT 95,000 THERE'S ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS THAT WANT TO BE PURCHASED.
UM, NUMBER ONE, IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL TO THE 200,000 THAT WAS GOING TO BE ADDED FROM THE, UH, AGENDA LAST TIME AND IS ALSO THIS IN ADDITION TO BUDGET REQUESTS.
ARIANNA SPINOSA PARKS, RECREATION DIRECTOR.
NO, THIS IS THE 200,000 THAT COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE $200,000 WILL BE USED.
SO LET'S SAY FOR NUMBER EIGHT, UM, LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS HERE, DOES ANY OF THESE HAVE A WARRANTY ADDED TO THEM? LET'S SAY, CAUSE THE ONE THAT'S FOR 95,000, THE WARRANTY IS THE TWO YEAR, UM, JUST THE SAME AS A CHRISTMAS TREE.
[9. Authorize award and execution of a Purchase Order to ARNETT MARKETING, LLC, San Antonio, Texas in an amount not to exceed $59,110.00 for Holiday Decoration for Center Street . ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
SAME THING FOR L NINE IS THE SAME THING.UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE THE WARRANTY ANSWER FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN ARCHWAY IN SANTA ANA AND STUFF.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW OUR WEATHER IS.
WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER STORM, ANOTHER WIND STORM.
AND IF THIS GETS DAMAGED, THEN YOU KNOW, OR ARE WE JUST OUT OF LUCK ON THESE AND SO FORTH, I'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH OUR NET MARKETING, TO WHO WE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED OUR OTHER CENTER STREET DISPLAYS FOR HIM AND GET THAT CLARIFIED FOR YOU.
[11. Authorize award and execution of a Purchase Order to HOLIDAY LIGHTING DECORATION, Austin, Texas in an amount not to exceed $17,895.00 for holiday decoration at the KRUG Activity Center and Large Oak Tree at Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
NUMBER 11, CORRECT? THE AND YES, CORRECT.NUMBER 11 IS ACTUALLY THERE IS WARRANTY ON NUMBER 11 ALREADY, AND IT IS FOR THE DURATION OF THE HOLIDAY DISPLAY BECAUSE NUMBER 11 COVERS THE DECORATION FOR THE OLD CITY HALL, THE CREEK BUILDING AND FOR LIGHTING OF THE HISTORIC, UM, THE LARGEST HISTORIC OAK TREE IN THE PARK.
AND AGAIN, THESE WERE THE, UH, THE MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO COME FROM THIS WAS GOING TO COME FROM A DIFFERENT FUND FROM THE MISTAKEN KITS.
I'M NOT SURE IF PERVEZ WANTS TO ANSWER THAT, BUT IT'S THE $200,000 THAT COUNCIL APPROVED.
THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND AS COUNCIL AUTHORIZED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON? WE JUST HAVE EIGHT PULLED UP, BUT IF THOSE ARE YOUR BASIC QUESTIONS FOR THE WHOLE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MOTION ALL THE ITEMS TO BE LIKE, YEAH, GO
[10. Authorize award and execution of of Purchase Order to ABC HOME AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES, San Marcos, Texas in an amount not to exceed $16,136,40 for tree wrapping at Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
AHEAD.SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY CUSTOMER TOBY AS THE SECOND BY COUNCILOR BRADSHAW, BRADSHAW TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS, NUMBER 8, 9, 10, AND 11.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OH NO.
NO, BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WARRANTY.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE MARIANNA YOU FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.
RIGHT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[12. Approve a Resolution declaring the City of Kyle's intent to participate in the TxDOT Turnback Program and assume ownership of Old Highway 81 and Hill Street from TxDOT. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 APPROVAL RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY OF CAUSE AND TIT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TECH STOCK TURNBACK PROGRAM AND ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF OLD.HOW HIGHWAY 81 AND HILL STREET FROM TXDOT.
THIS IS MR. BARBARA'S ITEM PULLED BY COUNSEL FOR ELLISON COUNCILOR.
ARE YOU AMERICAN? UH, SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK.
UH, SO, UH, I PARTICULARLY LIKED READING SECTION THREE, UH, REQUIRED REPAIRS BY TEXT DOT, UH, RESURFACING, THE ROAD, RACE AND REPAIRING ANY DAMAGES, ANY DAMAGED PORTIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 81.
AND, UM, WHAT IS IT? HILL STREET, THE OTHER SMALL SECTION THERE.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, IT DOES SAY ANY REPAIRS THAT MAY BE MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED, EXPANDED, OR NARROWED IN AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GET THAT IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH COUNCIL, UH, THROUGH LEGAL COUNSEL THAT IS, AND THEN, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT AND, AND MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ROAD REPAIRS AND THE, UH, THE SCOPE OF THOSE REPAIRS.
IF THAT'S THE QUESTION, MAY YES.
YEAH, WE, WE HAVE MET WITH TECHSTAR ON BOTH OF THESE ROADWAYS.
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IF NOT REBUILD CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ROADS PRIOR TO TURNING THOSE OVER TO THE CITY OF KYLE.SO WE EXPECT A FULLY REHABILITATED ROAD ON BOTH 81 AND ON HILL STREET PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE FULLY REHABILITATED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE.
SO NOT ADDING ANYTHING LIKE SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE WHAT, WHAT IS THERE THAT'S CORRECT.
IT WOULD, HOWEVER, BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF WE WANTED TO ADD THAT TO THE SCOPE, TO INCLUDE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD ASK THE CITY TO FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THEM COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DID ASK THAT QUESTION AND THEY QUICKLY RESPONDED AND SAID, AS LONG AS THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR IT, THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS I WAS TRYING TO BE PC.
AND I IMAGINE THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED.
UH, IT DOESN'T TEND TO BE, SO IF THEY'RE SO RESURFACING, TYPICALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT THAT THE TOP COAT WHERE THERE'S NOT A, THE BASE THAT'S REDONE, BUT IF IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS TRUE BASE FAILURE ON THE ROAD, WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE AS WELL? CAUSE I GUESS I'M PARSING TERMS HERE.
RESURFACING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE BASE PART OF THE ROAD CORRECTLY ON WE'LL REPAIR BASE FAILURES.
IF THERE ARE BASE FAILURES, THEY USUALLY GO DOWN DEEP AND GET THOSE DONE AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND THEN OVERLAY THOSE ROADS.
NOW I DO WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CROSSING HILL STREET AND WE WILL BE DOING AN OPEN CUT, UH, ON THAT STREET, UH, WITH THE, UH, PROJECT THAT WE HAVE THERE.
THEY HAD WANTED US TO BORE THAT, BUT WE HAD SOME COMPLICATIONS IN GETTING THE BORE OF THE EASEMENT FOR THE BOAR.
SO TEXTILE HAS AGREED TO LET US OPEN CUT HILL STREET AND, UH, WE'LL DO A REALLY GOOD REPAIR ON THAT.
AND BY THE TIME THEY GET THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, WHICH LIKE I SAID WOULD BE ABOUT TWO YEARS, UH, OUR WARRANTY WILL BE UP BY ABOUT THEN.
SO THERE ARE ANY SETTLEMENTS OR WHATEVER IN THAT PAVEMENT REPAIR FAILURE OR PAPER REPAIR, THEN AT LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIX THAT BEFORE THEY COME IN AND DO A FINAL REPAIR ON IT.
BUT WE WOULD EXPECT BASED FETA REPAIRS, ANY POTHOLE REPAIRS AND AN OVERLAY.
AND OF COURSE THE STRIPING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT AS A FINAL PRODUCT BEFORE WE ACCEPTED.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT WITH THE, UH, DISTRICT GARY ENGINEER.
AND THEN FINAL QUESTION FOR MR. SELLERS HERE, UH, WITH THIS TURNBACK PROGRAM, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ANY OTHER ROADS, UH, IN THE CITY THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IN? OR IS THIS, ARE WE LIMITED IN ANY KIND OF WAY WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROGRAM, TEXTILE, IT'S ALWAYS LOOKING TO GIVE AWAY RHODES, SO I'M SURE WHATEVER WE REQUESTED, THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE TO US.
UH, HOWEVER, WE CAN'T BREAK UP ANY OF THEIR STATE SYSTEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ROADWAYS IN PARTICULAR ONES THAT ARE, ARE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROKEN IN THE PAST, UH, THERE WILL COME A TIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'D PROBABLY GO BACK TO THEM FOR ADDITIONAL TERM BACK.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, THESE ARE THE TWO.
UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNSELOR ELLISON, SECONDED BY COUNSELOR FLOORS, KILTS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SO SCOTT AM I TO BE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD ALSO WORK ON THE SHOULDERS AS WELL OF THESE ROADWAYS.
CAUSE THOSE SHOULDERS COMING INTO TOWN ARE REALLY BAD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THEIR EASEMENT GOES IN FRONT OF LIKE THE GAS STATION THERE AND HOUSES THERE, BUT YEAH.
SO THE EXTENT OF THE 81 IN KYLE IS JUST GOING TO BE BASICALLY FROM MARTINEZ LOOP BACK TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HIT ANYTHING NORTH OF MARTINEZ LOOP TO MARKETPLACE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON A DESIGN TO HAVE THE CITY GO IN AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT AREA OF SHOULDER.
UM, UM, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS IF WE DO PARTICIPATE IN DOING SIDEWALKS, AM I LED TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE ARCHITECTURE ON IT? OR WOULD WE BE ON THE HOOK FOR IT? LET THE DESIGN WORK AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A PLAN FOR THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.
SO BASICALLY THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD JUST GIVE US PERMISSION.
I WAS HOPING THEY'D DO SOME OF IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? I WAS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19.
[19. Consider and possible action to approve an update to Transportation Master Plan. ~ John Dean, CP&Y, Inc.]
NUMBER 19, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN UPDATE TO THE, UH, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.WHY COUNSEL JOHN DEAN AND SEE IF YOU WILL HAVE A RECORD.
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SO THERE IT IS.SO AS YOU RECALL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING YOUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UM, WHERE, BEFORE YOU BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNE TO GIVE YOU A PRELIMINARY UPDATE AND, UH, SINCE THEN WE'VE MADE SOME REFINEMENTS AND WE'RE READY TO COME FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE MAP PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT.
SO, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH YOUR PLAN, THERE'S, UH, SOME THINGS THAT BECAME PRETTY EVIDENT TO US THAT, UM, THAT, THAT I'LL POINT OUT AS WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSION HERE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS WE LOOKED AT THE MAP IS WE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT LACK OF CONNECTIVITY, UH, THROUGH AND ACROSS KYLE.
UM, THAT'S FROM, YOU KNOW, EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
YOU, YOU, THE SPINE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS AT 35.
AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW IT FUNCTIONS HERE.
IT'S A PRETTY WELL TAXED IN TERMS OF GETTING TRAFFIC ACROSS KYLE.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT BECAME PRETTY APPARENT AS WE LOOKED AT THE PLAN AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THIS THEME AGAIN, IS THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH CONSTRAINT RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S A THERE'S DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING.
IT'S HAPPENING AT SUCH A RAPID PACE.
YOU'RE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE BUSINESSES AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS ENCUMBERING THE RIGHT OF WAY TO A POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE AS GROWTH CONTINUES TO THAT POINT.
UM, AS WE WORKED WITH SOME OF YOUR, UM, YOUR DEVELOPMENT STAFF, WE'VE THE GROWTH IN KYLE IS UNPRECEDENTED.
YOUR LAST PLAN WAS DONE IN 2015.
SO IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE THEN.
AND THE GROWTH THAT YOU'VE HAD IS, IS EXCEEDED THOSE EXPECTATIONS ANTICIPATED IN THAT PLAN.
AND I THINK PROBABLY EXCEEDED Y'ALL'S EXPECTATIONS AS WELL.
AND AS A RESULT, THE PLAN IS JUST NOT KEEP KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH AT THE MOMENT.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TO THIS POINT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS TO COLLECT RELEVANT DATA.
WE'VE, UM, DONE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COORDINATION WITH CITY STAFF.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED THE COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE CITY'S NEEDS AND, AND CAME UP WITH SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN WE'D MADE THAT PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 15TH FOR THE PRELIMINARY, UH, MAP, WHAT WE'D COME UP WITH.
UM, AND SINCE THEN WE WERE PREPARING A DRAFT REPORT, WHICH I DON'T HAVE READY AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE WILL HAVE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND THEN I'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE, THE MAP THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, THIS IS THE CURRENT 2015 TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND I'LL, I'LL POINT OUT A FEW THINGS ON THERE THAT, THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE LACK OF EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY, OR IF, WELL, EXCUSE ME.
HOW ABOUT, UH, NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST? IT'S IT, THERE'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR EXAMPLE, TO GET ACROSS TOWN, UM, ON ONE ROAD WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE, UH, A VARIETY OF ROADS TO GET TO WHEREVER YOUR DESTINATION IS.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT WE HEAR OUT BACK IS ANOTHER BIG CHALLENGE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLE TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, UH, UH, CUE THAT ONE PERFECTLY THERE, IT WORKED OUT FOR ME.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE CROSSINGS THAT WE DO HAVE OF THE RAILROAD AND THE CROSSINGS THAT WE DO HAVE ABOUT 35, WHICH ARE BOTH LIMITED OR ARE TREASURES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF THEM THERE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO GET.
AND SO AS WE LOOKED AT THE PLAN AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE CAN WE CAPITALIZE ON THOSE CROSSINGS AND WORKING? WE, WE ESTABLISHED THAT CONNECTIVITY EAST AND WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH.
UM, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE DRIVING THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND THEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY RIGHT AWAY AVAILABILITY OR AREAS WHERE WE COULD GET THROUGH REASONABLY.
SO THIS IS THE MAP THAT I SHOWED YOU ON, UH, EXCUSE ME, JUNE 1ST, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING JUNE 15TH, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUNE, JUNE 15TH, I GUESS IT WAS JUNE 1ST.
UM, THIS IS THE INITIAL MAP THAT WE SHOWED YOU AND IT'S PRETTY BUSY.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROADS ON THERE AND, AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLORS AND STUFF.
AND IT SHOWED A LOT OF YOUR LAND USES WHAT THIS MAP CONTAINS ON AND ALL THOSE HASHED AREAS OR AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER UNDER PLANS HAVE, HAVE, UH, PERMITS AND TO GET DEVELOPMENT, PERMITS AND WHATNOT.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S LIKE NEARLY ALL THE CITY HAS SOMETHING GOING ON WITH IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS I WORKED WITH SCOTT AND LEON.
EVERY TIME WE PUT A DREW ROADS OR DREW A LINE SOMEWHERE TO CONSIDER A ROAD THERE, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S PLANNED TO BE THIS, AND THIS IS PLANNED TO BE THAT IT'S, IT'S EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT AND SOMETHING I WANT TO MENTION AS I CONCLUDE HERE.
UM, BUT NEXT, UM, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE REFINEMENTS TO THIS MAP.
WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE'VE POLISHED THIS, WE'VE CLEANED IT UP.
WE WE'VE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS WE'VE TALKED TO EXTENTS, LOU SCOTT AND LEON, TO MAKE SOME REFINEMENTS HERE.
AND THE NEXT MAP REFLECTS THOSE REFINEMENTS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING.
UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO PAY IT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COLORS HERE AND A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR YOU TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO.
FIRST OFF IS THE ALIGNMENT OF ARM ONE 50.
IT'S A NEW ALIGNMENT THAT CROSSES OUT 35 SOUTH OF ITS CURRENT ALIGNMENT.
UM, THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT IS ONE OF THE FEW
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TRUE CONNECTIONS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CITY, BUT IT GOES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTER STREET AND CENTER STREET IS GOING TO ALWAYS BE WHAT IT IS.IT CAN NEVER BE ANYTHING MORE IN TERMS OF WIDENING BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE IMPACTS ON BUSINESSES AND WHATNOT THAT ARE JUST UNTENABLE.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
WE WORK PRETTY EXTENSIVELY ON THAT ALIGNMENT.
SECOND THING IS THE, A BUTTON TO KYLE PARKWAY CONNECTION.
AND I DON'T THINK I CAN, I DON'T HAVE A MOUSE.
CAN I LOOK AT THAT? JUST TOUCH IT.
SO THE BUTTON BUTTON TO KYLE PARKWAY CONNECTION, WHAT THAT, THAT GETS US, GETS US TO AN EXISTING CROSSING OF I 35 AND KYLE PARKWAY.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION YOU CAN GET ACROSS I 35 AND ACROSS THE CITY WITH THAT CONNECTION, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, UM, THERE TO THE EAST, THERE'S A, UH, DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSIDERATION BY, UH, DR.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM IN TERMS OF THE ALIGNMENT OF THAT ROAD ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE FOUND SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLE.
UM, WE'VE UH, SO I WANT YOU TO TAKE A, JUST PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THAT ONE.
THE THIRD ONE IS THE CONNECTION OF BB, WHICH IS HERE, THAT WE FOUND A WAY TO LINE IT UP AND HIT THE CROSSING WITH KOHLER OR A CRO KOHLER'S CROSSING.
UM, AGAIN, THAT GETS YOU THAT CONNECTION ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF A CONVOLUTED ONE DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, RIGHT THERE.
UM, NLR 13, WHICH NLR IS NO NEW LOCATION ROADWAY.
IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT, UH, IN LR 13, UP TO A CONNECTION WITH GOFORTH THAT MEETS AT AROUND ABOUT, AT THE, AT THE NEW ONE 50 AND THE REALIGNMENT OF COUNTY ROAD 1 58, AND THEN FALLS ON THE GOFORTH ALIGNMENT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT GETS YOU FROM THE SOUTH END OF KYLE ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH END OF KYLE.
SO THAT GIVES YOU GOOD, UM, SOMEWHAT NORTH, SOUTH CONNECTIVITY, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR 35.
SO WHAT THAT ESTABLISHES IS YOU HAVE A SOMEWHAT OF A BACKAGE ROAD ACROSS OUT 34 35 TO GET YOU NORTH AND SOUTH AND CITY WITHOUT USING THAT 35.
UM, SO I'LL STOP FOR A SECOND.
I'M SURE THERE'S TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAP HERE.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR FOR JOHN KESLER? ISN'T IT? YEAH, JOHN, UM, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND I KNOW SOME OF THOSE CITIZENS HAVE COME OUT AND HAVE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ON IT, BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ROADWAYS, THESE ARE PROPOSED ROADWAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THESE ARE THINGS AS WE'RE GROWING, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE POINTED OUT THAT WE NEEDED, WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEMS THAT THEY SEE THIS MAP AND THEY'RE LIKE, WOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BIG ROADWAY TOMORROW.
SOME OF THESE, IT TAKES FUNDING THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, UM, PLANNING TAKES GOING TO BOND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY.
DOESN'T MAGICALLY APPEAR FROM THE SKY.
YOU KNOW? SO, UH, SOME OF THESE RE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PROPOSING THESE ROADWAYS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
AND IT COULD BE 20, 30 YEARS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY ARE NEEDED.
WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS THAT WE'RE NEEDING FOR TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY AS WE START, UH, COUNSEL MEMORIES OF THAT'S A FANTASTIC POINT THAT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
THIS IS SOME OF THESE ROADS MAY BE 20, 30, 40 YEARS IN THE DISTANCE, BUT THE PRESERVATION FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY OCCURS NOW, AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, IF YOU DON'T PRESERVE THE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU, YOU FOREVER CERTAIN, THAT'S A STRONG WORD, BUT YOU, IN A LOT OF WAYS, SURRENDER YOUR ABILITY TO EVER BUILD THE ROAD BECAUSE THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL GET SO EXPENSIVE TO CONDEMN PROPERTY, TO TAKE STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IT NOW.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH A GENTLEMAN EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT A ROAD THAT, THAT HE'S LOOKING AT.
AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE 20, 30 YEARS.
AND FRANKLY, UM, EVERY, EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT A TRANSPORTATION PLAN LIKE THIS, THAT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A CRYSTAL BALL.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO BE IN 30 YEARS IN TERMS OF POPULATION, IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'S HARD, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW AND THE GROWTH THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 120, 150 200,000 PEOPLE IN 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
AND THE ROAD SYSTEM THAT FROM THE 2015 PLAN, WON'T CONVEY THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC.
AND A FINAL POINT THAT YOU KIND OF MENTIONED IS THAT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO GET MANY, MANY BITES AT THE APPLE ON THIS THING, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LINE ON A MAP DOES NOT MEAN THAT A DEVELOPER OR A LANDOWNER COULD NOT COME FORWARD WITH AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER AND THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION ON, UM, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO FINAL ENGINEERING.
THEY'RE SUBJECT TO YOU FUNDING ANY TYPE OF ROADWAY WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL OF FUNDS FOR A ROAD.
SO THAT'S ALL RELEVANT POINTS.
AND THIS IS FAR FROM FINAL IN TERMS OF THIS MEANS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A ROAD OVER THE TOP OF YOUR HOUSE.
THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS.
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OF, AND I UNDERSTAND THESE CAN BE VERY FAR DOWN THE ROAD.IT COULD BE 10, 20 YEARS, BUT I KNOW A VERY, UM, LOYAL RESIDENT.
WHO'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON, EVEN IN 30 YEARS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHOSE YARD OR DRIVEWAY OR ANY PART OF THEIR HOME MAY BE AFFECTED.
LIKE, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT CAN I TELL THEM TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO COME AND DEMOLISH YOUR HOME? WELL, I THINK I MIGHT KNOW THE PERSON YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT, UH, JUST A WILD GUESS.
BUT SO ON THE MAP HERE, THE BLUE REPRESENTS A SIX LANE DIVIDED ROAD.
AND THEN RED REPRESENTS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD.
AND THEN GREEN REPRESENTS WHAT WE CALL A COLLECTOR, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A TWO TO THREE LANE ROAD.
UM, SO THE DIVIDED, THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF A STICKING POINT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT CAN MEAN A RAISED MEDIAN, OR IT CAN MEAN A CENTER TURN LANE.
IT CAN MEAN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THE THING THAT WE HAVE PURPOSELY NOT DONE HERE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO WANT TO LEAVE YOU FOLKS.
AND THE CITY STAFFS AND FLEXIBILITY IS WE HAVEN'T GONE FORWARD AND SAID THAT RED MEANS THAT IT'S X NUMBER OF FEET OR RIGHT AWAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE FLEXIBILITY IS NEEDED.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE GOING IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, IF WE TAKE AND SHRINK THE WIDE RIGHT AWAY DOWN BY 10 FEET, WE CAN SAVE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE FRONT OFF THEIR HOUSE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A LEGITIMATE THING THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE THE POWER TO DO, UM, RATHER THAN LOCKING YOU INTO IT THAT, HEY, THIS IS A HUNDRED FEET OF RIGHT AWAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS FOREVERMORE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ENGINEERING JUDGMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT PART OF THE PROCESS DOES, IS ALLOWS YOU TO FLEX THAT THING AROUND, UH, ADJUST THE ALIGNMENT.
SOME, UM, I THINK I WOULD SAY TO YOU TO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER IS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE A RED RED LINE OR A BLUE LINE OR WHATEVER SHOWN IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW THAT A CONNECTION NEEDS TO OCCUR ALONG THAT CORRIDOR BETWEEN THOSE POINTS, WHEREVER IT CONNECTS BETWEEN.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY GOING TO BE CENTERED UP RIGHT ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
IT MIGHT MEAN THAT WILL OFFSET AND WE'LL HIT THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM, OR IT MIGHT BE THAT WE FIND AN ALTERNATIVE.
WE DON'T HIT EITHER ONE OF THEM.
IT MIGHT BE JUST NARROW THERE.
UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY YOU HAVE ANSWERS.
AND THE TRUTH IS THIS IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT, AND IT'S JUST THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
UM, AND MY NEXT SLIDE, SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU REVISIT THIS FREQUENTLY, PARTICULARLY WITH A GROWTH RATE THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING.
YOU NEED TO BE TOUCHING THIS THING EVERY FIVE YEARS, IF NOT SOONER.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IF WHAT I SAID WOULD VEIL MY CONCERNS IF I WAS A PROPERTY OWNER, WOULD THAT LINE SHOWN IN FRONT OF ME HOUSE? BUT, UM, I TH I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE THINK A CORRIDOR NEEDS TO EXIST WHEREVER IT IS.
AND IF IT'S LONG, THE, UH, IT MIGHT BE IN FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY OR WHATEVER, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND JUST TO BE PAID CLOSER ATTENTION.
AND WHEN YOU START HEARING THE CITY TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO IMPROVE THAT CORRIDOR, THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO PERK UP AND BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE DESIGN PROCESS SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT IMPACTS YOUR PROPERTY IS LEASED AS POSSIBLE.
I HOPE, I HOPE YOU DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? YOU HAVE FURTHER TO GO JUST ONE MORE SLIDE YESTERDAY.
SO THE LAST THING I WANTED TO GET YOU KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE IN THE, THE ACTUAL WRITTEN REPORT THAT WE'RE GONNA PREPARE.
UM, AGAIN, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO CONDUCT REGULAR PLAN UPDATES.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH RATE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU JUST CONSTANTLY REFINE THIS AND PERFECT IT BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGING THING AND IT'S A PLANNING DOCUMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S MEANT TO BE DONE.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IS TO KEEP THE PLAN FOCUSED ON RIDEAWAY PRESERVATION, UM, AND IDENTIFYING AND PRESERVING THOSE PIECES OF ROCKAWAY WHERE YOU CAN WHILE YOU CAN.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A PIECE ON, UH, THE QUARTER FOR ONE 50, WHERE WE RELINED IT OVER ON THE COUNTY ROAD, 1 58 LOCAL ROUTE THAT, UH, SPOKE WITH LEON ABOUT THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PINCHED, WHERE YOU'LL BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO GET FOUR LANES THROUGH THERE, LIKE YOU NEED TO, BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE QUARTERS OF GETTING CONSTRAINED.
AND AS WE, AS I TALKED WITH SCOTT AND I TALKED TO LEE, I SAID, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS ROUTE? WELL, THERE'S THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS PLAN THERE.
SO IT REALLY BECAME A CASE OF THREADING.
THE NEEDLE IS WHAT IT CAME TO, CAME TO BE.
AND, YOU KNOW, OH, THERE'S SOME OPTIMAL THINGS, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO.
AND IN SOME CASES IT'LL BE THAT.
SO TRY TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT AWAY, THE BEST YOU CAN WHILE YOU CAN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BRING PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR IT FORWARD TO YOU, DEVELOPERS AND WHATNOT.
THEY'LL ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD AND, AND AMEND THE PLAN FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE ALL LEGITIMATE, BUT NEEDS TO BE A HIGH BAR.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A, A PREVAILING NEED AND A PREVAILING INTEREST OF THE CITY IN THE AMENDMENT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST, I DON'T WANT THAT ROAD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS SERVES THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST IN ANY INDIVIDUAL
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PROPERTY, UM, THE NEXT ONE'S A CONTROVERSIAL BULLET.AND SO I'M VERY PREPARED TO GET ROCKS THROWN AT ME ON THAT.
ONE IS INVESTIGATE WAYS FOR DEVELOPMENT TO PAY THEIR PROPORTIONAL SHARE.
AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS COME IN HERE, THERE'S RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION THAT THEY CAN DO.
THERE ARE MECHANISMS THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE TO HELP GET THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S SOME, UH, UH, FINANCING MECHANISMS THAT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY CONSIDERING.
THERE ALSO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT YOU CAN HAVE DEVELOPMENTS DO SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE CREATING THE NEED FOR.
AND THEN MAYBE SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL THINGS.
THERE ARE THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ARE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT THEY'RE EFFECTIVE AT GETTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO PAY ITS SHARE OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE THERE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP DEFRAY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
AND SO YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DO THAT WITH TXDOT AND TAKING THAT ROAD THAT ARE CONSIDERING TAKING THOSE ROADS BACK FROM THEM.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE FROM THEM AND GET THEM TO DO IMPROVEMENTS FOR YOU.
AND THE IMPROVEMENTS DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO STOP ON THAT ROAD BECAUSE IT'S A NEGOTIATION.
UM, THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO.
UM, I'VE HAD PERSONAL SUCCESS WITH WHERE YOU TAKE INDUCE, DO CERTAIN THINGS, YOU GET, GET OTHER ENTITIES INVOLVED.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH A CITY OF BUDA.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH HAYES COUNTY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH TECH STOCK.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET FUNDING FROM CAMPO.
A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE SHOWN IN YOUR PLAN ARE TENS.
IF NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF MANY, MANY YEARS, WHILE IT WOULD HELP, IF YOU CAN GET SOME PARTICIPATION FROM OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP DEFRAY THOSE COSTS, UM, TYPICALLY SECTION.
SO A TYPICAL SECTION, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT'S THE CROSS-SECTIONAL LOOK AT THE LINKAGE.
SO IF YOU GOT FOUR LANES AND IT MEASURES HOW WIDE THOSE ARE, UM, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 IN YOUR CURRENT PLAN, WHICH IS FRANKLY, IT'S OVERWHELMING.
UM, A LOT OF THE ROADS LOOK, ONE'S CALLED A COLLECTOR, ONE'S CALLED AN ARTERIAL, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF LANES.
AND IF YOU'RE ON ONE ROAD OR THE OTHER, YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
AND SPEAKING WITH, WITH SOME OF LEON STAFF, THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE AS IT RELATES TO, TO LAND DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THE DEVELOPER WILL SAY, WELL, I WANT TO DO THIS ROAD BECAUSE IT'S SMALLER AND LESS EXPENSIVE.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY ARBITRARY IN TERMS OF WHICH ONE IS THE CORRECT ONE TO PUT IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK IF YOU, IF YOU SIMPLIFY THOSE AND REFINE THEM, I THINK THAT THE CITY COULD FIND SOME BENEFIT THERE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AND THIS IS ONE THAT I'M ONE OF YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT I'D POINT OUT.
SO AS WE TALK WITH SCOTT LEE ON, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'VE GOT DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE ALL SIMULTANEOUS, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
THEY'RE ALL BUILDING ROADS AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ALL GONNA FAIL AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THAT MEANS A TREMENDOUS EXPENSE COMING IN THE VERY SAME WINDOW.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT YOU SHOULD REVIEW AND REFINE YOUR PAYMENT SECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE YOU'RE GETTING A PAYMENT SECTION BUILT BY SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT PERFORMS AS YOU NEED IT TO, BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU NEED IS FOR A ROADWAY THAT SOMEBODY'S BUILDING, THAT YOU EXPECT IS GOING TO LAST 10 OR 20 YEARS, AND IT LASTS FIVE YEARS.
WELL, THAT JUST IMPACTED YOUR ABILITY TO DO ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE YOU'RE BUSY FIXING THE EXISTING ROAD.
AND ONE MORE BULLET THAT I DON'T HAVE ON HERE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, WE THINK AS PART OF THESE, THESE DIFFERENT ROADWAY SECTIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SIDEWALKS ON ALL OF THEM, NOT JUST ON SOME OF THEM, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE ON ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN IN THE PLAN, WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED SOME OF THE TRAILS FROM YOUR TRAILS PLAN THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND SO IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THAT TRAIL FALLS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE ROAD, THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK IN AS OPPOSED TO A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
SO CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? WHICH FAR SIDEWALKS? YES.
MA'AM WE THINK SIDEWALKS NEED TO BE ON ALL THE ROADS.
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVEN'T PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, BUT BECAUSE IT SAYS THE CONSULTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, THE CONTEXT THERE, WE AGREE.
LET ME HAVE YOU READ THE CHAT.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE YOU CAN GET DEVELOPERS TO PAY AND PAY FOR AS WELL.
UM, UH, YOUR POINT ABOUT ROADS, ALL COMING SORT OF TO, UH, DETERIORATING AT THE EXACT SAME TIME IS IT'S WELL TAKEN.
THAT'S WHY WE DO OUR MICRO SURFACING.
WE STARTED THAT BACK IN 2016, 2015 IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE HAD A BUNCH OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAD ROADS THAT IF WE WEREN'T MICROSURFACING, WE'RE GOING TO ALL COME TO BE, NEED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
I REMEMBER A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH JAMES ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
SO, UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A PERSON WHO'S REGISTERED THAT WANTS TO COME SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM.
SO I'M GOING TO NEED TO GET THAT IN AT SOME POINT.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO ASK, UM, MS. DIANA WOODS TO COME FORWARD.
UM, WE DO ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THAT COMMENT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I LIVE AT 1 25 TORY DRIVE, BUDA, TEXAS.
MY PROPERTY AT 1 25, TORI DRIVE IS DIRECTLY CONTIGUOUS TO A INVESTOR WHO PURCHASED THIS LAND IN DECEMBER, 2020.
IT IS REGISTERED TO DACEY LANE INVESTMENTS REGISTERED IN RENO, NEVADA.
AND IT IS IN THE AREA OF YOUR PROPOSED ROADWAY THAT YOU PLAN TO THAT IS ON THIS MAP AS BEING DIRECTLY THROUGH FLOOD PLAIN.
THERE'S A FLOOD PLAIN ON THE DIRECTLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY FENCE AND THE, YOUR PROPOSED ROADWAY THAT YOU HAVE CUTTING FROM MY 35 TO THE NEW ROADWAY PROPOSED BY HAYES COUNTY.
ALL OF THAT LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN SECURED.
AND WHAT IS REALLY WHAT IS REALLY CONCERNING TO ME IS THAT ONE SECTION THAT CUTS INTO 35 IS RIGHT NEXT TO SOME OF THE MOST POVERTY PEOPLE WHO EXIST IN POVERTY, PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH VERY POOR DRAINAGE ALONG SUFFIELD DRIVE.
I'VE WALKED EVERY BLOCK OF THAT AREA DURING MY CENSUS WORK.
AND I LIVE CONTIGUOUS TO THE FLOOD PLAIN, AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITY ENGINEER, THE CONSULTANTS AND YOURSELF TO NOT ONLY VIEW TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS OF THAT AREA, BUT TO LOOK AT MAPS OVER THE LAST 10 TO 20 YEARS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING FLOOD EVENTS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE EROSION OF THAT AREA, IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT AND PROFOUND EROSION IN THE LAST 10 TO 20 YEARS, I MYSELF HAVE BUILT A RETAINING WALL TO BR TO BUILD BACK THE FLOODWATERS THAT GO THROUGH THAT AREA.
I THINK THAT SECURING LAND IN 20 12, 20, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE STILL SO CRESTOR TO THEIR HOMES AND PUSHING THROUGH THIS PLAN ON THIS ROAD IS I ASK YOU TO REVISIT IT AND NOT APPROVE IT TONIGHT.
BUT I ASKED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I'VE LISTENED TO YOU, THAT YOU'RE PREPARED TO SPEND ON RECREATION WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU CAN SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND MONEY LOOKING AT YOUR PROPOSED ROADWAY AND HOW IT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN YOUR TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY.
MANY OF THE MAPS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DO NOT SHOW THE HOMES OR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.
AND THIS ROAD, THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO WIDEN HILLSIDE TERRACE, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF YOUR PROPOSED ROADWAY THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS MAP.
AND I OPPOSE EVEN PLANNING THIS ROAD.
WHEN YOU PUT A TOE DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER, YOU MAY SAY IT'S GOING TO BE 10 TO 20 YEARS OR WHATEVER, BUT IF LAND IS BEING SECURED RIGHT NOW, THOSE PLANS ARE NOT IN 10 TO 20 YEARS.
I ASKED FOR YOU TO PRESERVE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY CAUGHT IN YOUR NET.
I'M JUST A RABBIT, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE TAXED TO PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR, UH, FOR JOHN OR, UH, FOR SCOTT OR COMMENTS? I DON'T KNOW, SCOTT, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, I'M SO HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, CUSTOMER FOR SCALE.
I JUST WANT TO STAY THAT I HAVE MET WITH, UH, SEVERAL RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS, AND I HAVE SPENT HOURS UPON HOURS UPON HOURS WITH, UH, WITH THEM AND LOOKING AT THEM AT THE MAPS, VERY DETAILED GOOGLE MAPS.
I HAVE TO GIVE, UM, A SHOUT OUT TO KESHAV WHO AND LEON, WHO SPENT MANY, A NIGHTS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CREATE A MAP.
SO I COULD SHARE IT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND SHOW THEM EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO DO.
IN, IN FACT, KESHAV SENT AN EMAIL AT THREE, IT WAS AT THE THREE OR 3:30 AM, AND IT WAS RESPONDED BY LEON AT 4:00 AM.
SO THAT TELLS ME WE'RE NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY.
AND I'VE, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE.
AND IT'S A HARD CHOICE SITTING UP HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ARE WE GOING TO GET INTO SOMEONE'S GARAGE OR SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY OR AN, AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE WOULDN'T DO THAT AS A CITY.
UM, AND AS LONG AS I SIT ON THIS DYESS, I WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN WITH MY CONSENT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE
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SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS TRYING TO FIT DAYS, TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND IT'S NOT EASY.AND SO IF THERE IS A BETTER WAY, OR IF A RESIDENT HAS AN IDEA BY ALL MEANS WE WELCOME IT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT TO, UH, CREATE A ROAD TOMORROW.
THIS IS TO OBTAIN EASEMENTS SO WE CAN HAVE THE RIGHTS EVENTUALLY TO, TO, TO, TO CREATE A WAY FOR KYLE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONNECTIVITY.
KALE SAID, THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE WE WANT TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE, THE LANDOWNERS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF KYLE, TEXAS, EVEN COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO CAN'T PUT OUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND PRETEND THAT KYLE ISN'T GROWING THE WAY THAT IT IS.
SO I CAN APPRECIATE BEING PROACTIVE WITH THIS MASTER PLAN AND SECURING AS MUCH LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY UNCLAIMED AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE AREN'T FORCED TO, UM, TO INTERFERE ANY MORE THAN WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, TO BUILD THESE ROADS OUT IN THE FUTURE.
CAUSE WE WERE TOBY'S AS A TIME RESIDENT HERE IN KYLE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS HAVING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THESE CHANGES AND IT'S HARD.
UM, PERSONALLY, WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS ON, ON OUR END WITH FAMILY.
UH, WE SEE THE, UH, PEOPLE KNOCKING ON THE DOORS OF DEVELOPERS AND ALL THAT.
SO AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN RENO, WE, AND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN'T PUT OUR HEAD IN THE SAND.
UM, IT IS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE'S HOMES.
THESE, THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LAND AND THE LAND, AND, UM, THAT IS SACRED TO THEM, EVEN THOUGH FOR SOME OF US, WE SEE IT AS A SENSE OF WE HAVE GROWTH.
WE CAN'T TURN A BLIND EYE ON IT.
UM, WE STILL, I I'M TORN ON THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, GROWING UP HERE AND I KEEP THROWING THIS OUT THERE, UH, I MOVED HERE TO KYLE WHEN WE ONLY HAD 2000 1500 PEOPLE AND I'M SEEING WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME TO, TO SEE THIS, THIS GROWTH AND YOU KNOW, IT IS EXCITING, BUT STILL JUST THE IDEA THAT, UM, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, UH, EVENTUALLY, UH, LAND WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN AND ROADS.
WE BUILT OVER HOMES AND SO FORTH.
AND THAT'S, WHAT'S TEARING ME UP ON THIS.
UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO TURN A BLIND EYE ON UNDERSTAND THAT THE GROWTH IS HERE, THE TRAFFIC, I SEE IT, THE, UH, THE BACKLOG.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY FEELING ON IT.
MY THOUGHTS ARE KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF WOULD HAVE BEEN, WHAT'S BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT WHAT SCARES ME IS NOT THE, NOT JUST THE, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRUCKS AND, YOU KNOW, CONGESTION THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, HALF OUR CITY OR MORE IS UNDEVELOPED LAND, THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEVELOPED.
AND I, I THINK ABOUT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN OR SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST ALL OVER THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHETHER WHAT'S IN THEIR LONG-TERM BEST INTEREST, THAT'S THE QUESTION I ALWAYS ASK.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU APPROVE SUBDIVISIONS AND YOU DON'T APPROVE ROADS, IF YOU DON'T PLAN FOR ROADS, IF YOU DON'T PLAN FOR CONNECTIVITY AND THE RIGHT SIZING OF ROADS IN PARTICULAR EAST WEST, BUT YOU ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO COME, UH, YOU END UP LIKE AUSTIN, YOU END UP LIKE A CITY THAT'S JUST FULL TO THE BRIM WITH CONGESTION.
UH, THE ONLY WAY THAT I KNOW TO HANDLE THAT, UH, RESPONSIBLY, UH, IS TO BE AS PROACTIVE AND FORWARD THINKING AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN, LOOKING AS FAR INTO THE FUTURE, AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN DOING YOUR HOMEWORK AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ROAD NETWORK THAT YOU ARE BUILDING CAN HANDLE THE GROWTH THAT IT IS COMING.
AND SO IN, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE JUST, YOU CAN'T STOP THE GROWTH.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DENY THE DEVELOPMENTS, EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU COULD, UH, DEVELOPERS HAVE MANY, MANY TOOLS.
AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THEY HAVE MORE TOOLS THAN THE CITIES IN, IN MANY RESPECTS.
AND SO THEY WILL COME, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE, THOSE LOVELY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU DON'T WHERE YOU DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL OR ARTERIAL ROADS NEARBY, UH, WILL BECOME, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOTS BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COUNCILS THROUGH THE YEARS.
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I THINK WHO'VE KIND OF HAD THE MENTALITY OF, WELL, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BUILD THE ROADS AND THEREFORE THE DEVELOPERS WON'T WANT TO COME, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE COMMUNITY WILL, WILL RISE UP AND DEMAND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE PROBABLY GET THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING.UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE WE HEAR IT FROM BOTH SIDES, NOT EQUALLY BESIDES WE NEED BETTER ROADS, MORE CONNECTIVITY.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A MUCH, MUCH LOUDER, UH, MICROPHONE IN OUR EARS.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD THE ROADS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A PLAN OR WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE ROADS WITH A PLAN, UH, OR NOT GOING TO BUILD THE ROADS.
AND, UH, THE CITY WILL SUFFER LONG TERM BECAUSE OF IT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I, SIR, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THIS, THERE ARE PARTICULAR PARCELS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME NERVOUS THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GONNA, HOW ARE WE GOING TO NAVIGATE THIS? HOW, HOW IS WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THIS IS RIGHT BY THE, THIS LAND OWNER OR THAT LAND OWNER, BUT IT'S KINDA LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN KINDER MORGAN CAME THROUGH WITH THE POWER OF THE STATE, YOU KNOW, ONE LAND OWNER DIDN'T WANT IT, SO THEY MOVE IT TO THE NEXT LAND OWNER.
AND THEN NOW IT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND MAJOR ROADWAYS CAN BE SEEN AS EITHER A BLESSING OR CURSE, DEPENDING ON PROBABLY YOUR, YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MYSELF, I'VE, I'VE BEEN RESOLUTE FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DAY I EVER TOOK A BOAT UP HERE THAT IF THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE I WASN'T SURE, UH, BETWEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAY TO LEAN ON A DECISION, I WOULD JUST ALWAYS WAIT IT ON THE SIDE OF WHAT WAS IN THE BEST, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BEST LONGTERM.
AND, UH, UH, I HAVE A REGRETTED THAT MENTALITY EVER SINCE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHERE I STAND ON THIS.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS, THIS, UH, TRANSPLANT PLAN CALLS FOR TWO MORE, UH, OVERPASSES, UH, IN THE CITY OF COLUMN, ONE OF THEM WE NEED DESPERATELY, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN YARRINGTON AND CENTER STREET.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT WE NEED IS TO GET THESE MAPS PUT TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE PLANS READY SO THAT WE CAN START FIGURING OUT WAYS TO, TO TIE DEVELOPERS, TO HELPING US BRING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.
AND THEN ALSO TO SHOW TO CAMPO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIDEN'S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN OR WHEREVER ELSE WE CAN GO TO, TO GET THE MONIES THAT WE NEED TO, TO, TO MAKE SENSE.
AND THESE PROJECTS ARE REALITY.
SO IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS ACTION AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO FIRST BASE, SO WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THOSE ASKS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY PIECE ABOUT IT ALL AT LEAST.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, THOUGHTS, CUSTOMERS THOUGH, SECRET'S OUT, KYLE'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
UM, AS A FOURTH GENERATION RESIDENT FOR KYLE, I'VE SEEN ALL THE ARGUMENTS OF WHY WE SHOULDN'T GROW AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN HERE MOVED TO KYLE OR MOVE TO OUR ETJ OR MOVED TO BUDA.
THEY'RE NOT ORIGINALS FROM HERE AND YET THEY WANT TO DICTATE AND HOW WE'RE GROWING.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WHEN WE WERE THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES.
IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN NATURALLY.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP GROWTH.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONTAIN IT WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE TO THE AREA.
I'VE SEEN, I SAW IT IN THE NINETIES.
I SAW IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, AND NOW I'M SEEING IT NOW, AND I'M REALLY SEEING IT NOW.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN STOP.
IT JUST NATURALLY HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S A GREAT AREA TO MOVE TO.
I MEAN, UH, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SEE.
I REMEMBER, UH, AS A KID PLAYING ON OLD STAGE COACH ROAD AND NOT A CAR WOULD PASS BY FOR HOURS.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF CARS THAT PASS THROUGH THERE.
AND IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT THIS CITY NEEDS, WE'RE GOING TO FALL SHORT.
AND THE CONGESTION'S GOING TO BE CRAZY.
PEOPLE'S DRIVES WILL NOT BE FIVE MINUTES FROM THE CITY LIMITS TO THEIR HOUSE.
IT'LL BE 35, 40 MINUTES FROM THE CITY LIMITS TO THEIR HOUSE.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
I WORK IN AUSTIN AND I SEE IT.
WHEN I GET HOME, I SEE THE CONGESTION HERE AND WE JUST GOT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND AS SOMEONE, I CONSIDER MYSELF A LIVING HISTORIAN, BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THROUGH ALL OUR GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN KYLE.
AND WHAT'S NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP, WHICH HAS GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.
THINK ABOUT LOOP 360 IN AUSTIN IS NOT A LOOP VISIT.
PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT AUSTIN, IF YOU DIDN'T BUILD IT, THEY WOULDN'T COME.
THAT WAS THE MENTALITY BACK THEN.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT MENTALITY.
I SEE WHAT'S COMING AND I WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR IT.
AND THESE ROADS AREN'T SET IN STONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
JOHN, THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH AND A LOT OF THOSE, UH, PROPOSED ROADS THAT WE ORIGINALLY WANTED, AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THAT GROWTH, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE GOT TO TRY AND SECURE THAT, THOSE ROADWAYS.
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OTHER COMMENTS, MOTIONS, MAYOR.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
CAUSE THEN, UM, THE ITEM, UH, SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOTION BY CUSTOMER RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19 SECOND BY THE MAYOR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE NEXT
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[Postponed 6/15/21] (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
UH, THIS WAS, UH, POSTPONED, UH, FIRST READING.
THIS WAS POSTPONED IN OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 ZONING OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIGNING ORIGINAL ZONING, UH, AND TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 11.08 ACRES OF LAND FROM AGRICULTURE TO SINGLE FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY R ONE TO SINGLE FAMILY ARE ONE-THREE LOCATED BETWEEN SCOTT STREET AT THE 800 BLOCK OF SOUTH SLEDGE THAT DECIDED TO JUST HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WAS JUST SPEAKING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, MR. PATTON, HE'S THE, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE APPROVAL OF THE NEW MAP THAT WAS JUST APPROVED.
UM, HE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT VOTING MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK WITH THEIR TEAM AND HUDDLE UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW.
UH, YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
UH, IF YOU ALSO, IF YOU NEED TO MEET WITH LEADERSHIP, UH, SCOTT, I THINK IN PARTICULAR NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO READ THEM, SEE YOU MANAGER, MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE APPLICANT AS WELL ON THAT PARTICULAR SITE.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN ALSO.
SO, UM, THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR SECOND BY COUNSELOR.
TOBY IS ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
[21.
(Second 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.
City Council voted 4-3 to approve on First Reading.
- Public Hearing
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21 SECOND.
READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF CALTEX IS 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 SHOWS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IT SHOULD NOT IS SECOND READING.
SO WHY IS IT, WHY IS IT LISTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? JENNIFER? DO YOU KNOW? OKAY.
UH, THIS ITEM 21 IS LISTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE SECOND READING OF A ZONING ORDINANCE.
WELL IT'S LISTED, SO I'M GOING TO GO AND HAVE ONE ANYWAY.
UM, YEAH, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE I'M GOING TO GO IN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S NOW CLOSED MR. KING'S, UH, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.
THIS IS THE SAME, UH, PROPERTY THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
THIS IS EFFECTIVELY THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAYMAN ROAD AT EAST, UH, UH, ONE 50, UM, PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM PAWS AND THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THIS TO, UH, R S A W IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AG, UH, BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AND, UH, THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE VOTERS THAT WERE PRESIDENT P AND Z WAS TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED OR WE AT A SPLIT VOTE ON THIS.
WE HAD A FULL COUNCIL HERE PROBABLY SHOULD WAIT, GET ANOTHER FULL, GET ROBERT BACK AND MAKE SURE WE TAKE THE FULL VOTE.
YOU WANT TO GO FIND HIM? I DON'T REMEMBER HOW HE VOTED CITY COUNCIL VOTED 43.
I JUST DON'T RECALL WHO THE FOUR.
I LIVE IN THIS AREA AND I JUST FIND IT REALLY, UH, HARD TO SEE HOUSES OVER HERE.
WHEN THIS AREA IS OFTEN TIMES BLOCKED OFF, YOU WANT TO SEE HOUSES.
IT'S A, IT'S THE HARD CORNER ZONING FOR A HARD CORNER TO PUBLIC WORKS THEIR HOUSES ON IT.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, I STILL FEEL LIKE IT ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS FLOODS.
AND SO I, MY WORRY IS, IS THIS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL OR HOW
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ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE WATER DOES NOT GO ON TO LAKE KYLE OR LIKE FLOOD THE ROADS EVEN MORE WHEN LAYMAN ROAD SHUTS DOWN, THAT IS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE.IT IS NOT JUST, OH, WELL, WE'LL JUST GO, YOU KNOW, THE LONG WAY, IT'S A HUGE INCONVENIENCE.
IF I COULD BE REASSURED THAT THE FLOODING WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE, I WOULD NOT BE SO HESITANT, BUT I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, THAT WHEN IT FLOODS, IT FLOODS ALL THE WAY TO THAT AREA.
SO IT, IT JUST MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY ANYBODY WOULD PUT A BUSINESS OR HOME, ET CETERA, IN A FLOOD PLAIN.
MAYBE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE DA, WE CAN DISCUSS SOME SORT OF SOME SORT OF PAVEMENT THAT, SORRY, TURN IT OFF.
WHOEVER DID THAT, THANKS THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING.
FLOODING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FUNCTION OF ZONING.
BUT WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THE TRAFFIC THAT, THAT THE FLOODING CAUSES.
SO WHEN THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP AND IT MAKES LIFE DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY, I JUST, AND THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA IS ALREADY A LOT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT 300 NEW HOMES IN THE BACK IS THAT 1 58, THERE'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE HOMES.
SO ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO GET TOWED, YOU KNOW, A SHORTCUT TO WALMART, OR TO POINT US KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, OPEN A TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
IT JUST MAKES THAT TRAVEL TIME.
THAT MUCH LONGER I MAY JUMP IN.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, AND I THINK THAT'S A STRONG OBSERVATION.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE POINT WHY WE WANT RETAIL SERVICES THERE, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT COMMERCIAL ACCESS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO, UH, FURTHER INTO THE CITY.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, BUILDING SPACES THAT PEOPLE CAN NOT HAVE TO RELY ON.
SO, SO MUCH THAT HE'D KILLER TRAFFIC OR A LONGER TRIPS, UH, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I CONTINUALLY CONTINUOUSLY WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RS, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR, UH, RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF THOSE IS TO CUT DOWN ON THAT.
Y'ALL HEARD ME BRING IT UP BEFORE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHER RESIDENTS ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THAT, UH, VETERANS IN 27, UH, 70 INTERSECTION WITH THE GAS STATION, THE WALGREENS, THE, UM, SONIC, UM, I'VE HEARD THAT FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ON HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVER THERE, Y'ALL DO THAT FOR PLUM CREEK, BUT Y'ALL, WON'T DO IT OVER HERE.
AND THIS IS PART OF HOW THAT'S DONE IS THAT IS THAT AREA IS, IS ZONED, UM, UM, RS.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'S HOW THAT, THAT KIND OF HAPPENS.
OF COURSE, ALL THE USES ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THAT ZONING.
I THINK YOU BRING UP A STRONG CONCERN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SCALE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING, I KNOW HOWARD ALWAYS SAYS IT, CAN WE? YES, YOU CAN.
HOW CAN WE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TACKLE IN THE NEXT STEP.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MAY BE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN ALLUDING TO, UH, IS HOW DO WE, UH, WORK WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT TO MINIMIZE THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL FLOODING ISSUES OR THAT, UM, THAT WATER, THAT WATER FLOW INTO OTHER, OTHER, UH, AREAS OUTSIDE OF THAT PROPERTY? CURRENTLY, IT IS, UH, THERE ARE HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY.
UH, SO IT'S ALREADY, UH, HAD AN IMPACT AND PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THAT, THAT SPACE.
UM, IF, IF IT'S NOT RS, WHAT WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE PREFERENCE THEN INSTEAD OF THAT, CAUSE THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS RIGHTS TO, UH, UH, REQUEST ZONING AND DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT'S WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS, UH, WHAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE BESIDES RS THAT COULD BE PROPOSED, UH, TO THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO DO.
UM, AND I JUST DON'T SEE A HIGHER AND BETTER USE THAN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AREA TO MATCH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN THAT AREA.
BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE ANY IDEAS OF ANOTHER ZONING CATEGORY, BESIDES THAT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT.
BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WITH THIS ONE.
I FEEL LIKE NOT EVERYTHING IS MEANT TO BE OUR RS ARE OUR THREE.
SOME THINGS ARE JUST MEANT TO BE A PARK OR AN AREA THAT FLOODS HEAVILY COULD JUST BE OPEN GRASS.
THERE ARE LOTS OF AREAS IN KYLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH WAS FARMED WAY, HOLD UP UNTIL TODAY.
THERE'S STILL FARMING ON THE EAST SIDE TODAY.
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THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ROADS THAT YOU WANT TO GO BUILDING HOMES AND BUSINESSES ON.DOES IT HAPPEN? YES, BUT MY CONCERN IS GENUINE.
IT'S THE LAYMAN ROAD IN OF ITSELF IS BEING FARMED.
AS WE SIT HERE AND HAVE THIS MEETING.
IT WASN'T 30 YEARS AGO, IT'S NOW, AND THAT SAME VERY ROAD IS BEING FARMED AND PUTTING CONCRETE OVER THAT GRASS IS NOT GOING TO HELP WITH FLOODS.
THE CONCRETE WON'T PUT THE RETENTION PONDS WILL.
SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT IS THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF.
KATHY DOES A GREAT JOB ON LOOKING AT OUR FLOODING ISSUES UP AND DOWNSTREAM.
SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HER, UH, BUT I, I'VE GOT TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MARIELLA ELLISON THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT I KNOW ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN WANT MORE AMENITIES.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE CITY TO, UH, DO THEIR SHOPPING.
THEY ACTUALLY KEEPS TRAFFIC FROM OTHER PARTS OF TOWN BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO GO IN THEIR AREA.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FLOODING CONCERN THERE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT FLOOD THERE FOREVER.
UM, BUT WHEN WE BUILD SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS THE RUNOFF WATER.
AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP KEEP SOME OF THE WATER AWAY FROM LAYMAN ROAD AND THE FLOODING OVER THERE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THAT AREA AND CONTINUE TO DO MORE RETENTION PONDS, I THINK THAT'LL HELP OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ROAD WAS BUILT A LITTLE TOO LOW THAN WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT.
AND, UH, IT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO FLOOD WHETHER YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION UPSTREAM OR NOT.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE GET A HUGE RAIN EVENT IT'S GOING TO FLOOD BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS BUILT.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY JUST THE FLOODING, IT'S THE TRAFFIC THAT THE FLOODING CREATES.
AND SO I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WERE TEACHERS AT LAYMAN THAT LIVED LITERALLY ON THE SAME ROAD AS ME AND WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO LAYMAN ROAD, TOOK 30 MINUTES TO GET TO WORK.
SO IT'S THE TRAFFIC THAT IT CREATES THAT WORRIES ME, NOT JUST SO MUCH THE FLOODING IT'S, IT'S THE EFFECTS OF IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE LIFE FOR MY RESIDENTS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH YES, WE WOULD LOVE A GROCERY STORE.
WE WOULD LOVE AMENITIES, BUT LET'S DO IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, IS THIS, IS THIS THE BEST USE? IS THIS THE BEST USE? AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY A STORE IN THAT AREA IS THE BEST USE.
THERE'S MUCH OTHER BETTER PLACES THAT ARE WELL SUITED FOR, UM, BEST USE I CAN AGREE WITH.
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE OVER TO THIS USE FOR THAT AREA? YOU MENTIONED PARKS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE CITY SHOULD BUY THAT LAND OR THEY, BECAUSE SOMEBODY OWNS IT.
AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPLY AND I SIT ON THIS DIOCESE AS A PERSON WHO CAN MAKE A VOTE AND MY VOTE WOULD BE NOT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF RETAIL OR HOMES ON THAT AREA, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE FLOODING, BUT THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOODING AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE MY RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO DRIVE THAT ROAD WITH ANYBODY ON A DAY AFTER IT RAINS.
LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE FOR 10 YEARS.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST SUCH A HUGE INCONVENIENCE.
I THINK, UH, I THINK WE WERE ABOUT TO TALK THAT ONE THROUGH, SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA 21 SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY COUNSELOR AND BRADSHAW.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? A ROLL CALL, VOTE.
[22.
[Postponed 6/15/21] (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
I'LL LET MAYOR PRO TEM TAKE THIS ONE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22, AN ORDINANCE MAIN CHAPTER 53 ZONING, UH, CITY OF KYLE FOR 10.1 ACRES OF LAND TO RETAIL SERVICES AND 34.3 ACRES TO MULTIFAMILY.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS ITEM WILL BE POSTPONE.
IT DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, OPEN UP THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK.
UH, NO ONE, UH, I WILL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, UM, AND MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE FIRST BOATING MEETING IN AUGUST.
THE SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PORTEND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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HI, MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.SOMEONE GET THE MAYOR'S ATTENTION.
[23.
(First Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, annexing 24.563 acres, more or less, of land located in Hays County, Texas; including the abutting streets, roadways, and rights-of-way into the corporate limits of the City, at the request of the property owner; approving a service plan for the annexed area; making findings of fact; providing severability clause and an effective date; and providing for open meetings and other related matters. (Shelia Lynn Webb and Rebecca Ann Hadsell, Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of Janell Hadsell - ANNX-21-0009)~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
- Public Hearing
UH, NUMBER 23 IN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF KYLE ANNEX, SCENE 24, 5 6 3 ACRES OF LAND IN HAYES COUNTY HOWARD.
THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS ITEM IS, UH, THE FIRST READING OF TWO FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES.
THAT'S LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
WE COMMONLY REFER TO THIS AS THE HEDSEL ANNEXATION.
UM, IT IS THE, UH, PROPERTY THAT IS THE HOLE IN THE OTHERWISE DONUT OF INCORPORATED CITY OF KYLE LOCATED JUST OFF TO THE SOUTH OF THE DOGLEG OF BB ROAD, UM, IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE BLUEBONNET MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS.
YOU WILL SEE THIS AGAIN, TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT ON THE EVENING OF THE 20TH TUESDAY, THE 20TH, I BELIEVE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I CAN MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE, WHICH I'M 23 ARE.
UM, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS, UH, FOR OPENING THAT UP, UH, SEEING NOW I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO JUST COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A MAP REAL QUICK ON THAT AREA? YES.
THAT'S WHERE TIMMY'S, UH, THIS JUST CURIOUS YOU, AND THEN I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN SO THAT, THAT PULLS UP FOR EVERYONE.
ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU SHOULD SEE THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
AND THIS IS THE, UH, FIRST PAGE OF THAT.
LIKE I TRUST YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR.
SO MY CURSOR IS HIGHLIGHTING BB ROAD.
UM, THIS HERE IS DACEY ROAD AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THIS IS THE, UM, PORTIONS OF THE BLUE BONNET MANUFACTURED HOME PARK WITH SOME COMMERCIAL PARCELS THAT SERVE AS PAD SITES OUT ALONG THE ROAD.
AND THEN THE SUBJECT OF TONIGHT'S ANNEXATION IS THIS, UH, RED BOUNDARY HERE.
UM, THE, UH, APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS ALSO ON THE LINE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER.
SO WE DON'T WE'VE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
THIS IS A SUBJECT TO A, I BELIEVE A CHAPTER 43.
ON ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND IT HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF OUR CORPORATE LIMITS SINCE EVER DO WE KNOW WHAT PLANS THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR THAT AREA? I EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD EXPAND THE BLUEBONNET MANUFACTURED HOME PARK THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTHEAST.
ARE YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CUTS WORKFORCE KILL.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE, UH, COMPLIMENTS TO HOWARD'S TEAM.
I WAS LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE BACKUP MATERIAL IT WAS DONE TO PERFECTION.
TELL THEM THAT WE'RE IN PR I'M IMPRESSED WILL AND DEBBIE ARE AT HOME WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, MOTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY KESSLER FOREST KALE SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BRADSHAW.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[24.
(First Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, annexing 120.458 acres, more or less, of land located in Hays County, Texas; including the abutting streets, roadways, and rights-of-way into the corporate limits of the City, at the request of the property owner; approving a service plan for the annexed area; making findings of fact; providing severability clause and an effective date; and providing for open meetings and other related matters. (Kyle 120 LLC - ANNX-21-0010) ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
- Public Hearing
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, AND X-ING 120.4, FIVE, EIGHT ACRES.
MORE OR LESS LAND LOCATED IN HAYES COUNTY, TEXAS, INCLUDING YOUR BUDDING STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF WAY INTO THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF, UH, OF THE CITY, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, ET CETERA.
UH, I DIDN'T QUITE SEE THE, UH, LOCATION HERE.
SO I DECIDED TO JUST HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS WHAT WE COMMONLY REFER TO AS THE REST OF OUR PROPERTY IS FRESCO.
I HAVE BROUGHT UP MY, UM, I HAVE BROUGHT UP THE STAFF MEMBER WHO I CAN.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE THE SCREEN SO I
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CAN BRING UP A VICINITY MAP SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR IS MOVING ALONG.
THIS IS, UH, BUNTIN CREEK ROAD.
AND THEN, UM, FURTHER ACROSS A COUPLE OF PARCELS.
THIS IS HEIGHTENED RIGHT DOWN HERE.
AND THEN GRISTMILL IS, UH, RIGHT DOWN THERE IN THE SOUTHEAST.
SO THIS IS THE 120 ACRES GIVE OR TAKE, UM, A LITTLE OVER 120 ACRES, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY TAKING ACCESS OFF OF BUNTON CREEK AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PLUM CREEK.
AND, UM, THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST READ AND YES, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE'LL BE A SECOND READ, UH, AT YOUR VERY NEXT VOTING YEAR.
UH, DECIDING HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR EMOTIONS? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION LAST WEEK OR LAST AGENDA.
THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA LAST TIME, TOO, AS WELL.
RIGHT? I BELIEVE WE SET THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
SO THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ANNEXATION IS ALSO IN YOUR STAFF ROOM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 24.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, FOREST KALE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL SPOKES IS ITEM AND THE PREVIOUS ONES ARE AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, CORRECT? MR. COONS.
THESE ARE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFYING POINT.
AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
I'LL POST MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SIDE OF BEING FINALLY PASSED? YES, NO, NO.
I BELIEVE THE STATE PROCESS FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION WOULD READ THAT IT HAS TO FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE THAT WE PUBLISHED THE LAST TIME YOU VOTED ON THIS.
SO IT'LL BE ON CONSENT AT YOUR NEXT VOTING.
WELL, YOUR OBJECTION IS NOTED, HOWARD.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ON THIS PAGE.
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(First Reading) An ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Kyle, Texas; amending Chapter 41 ("Subdivisions"); Section 41-146 - Streetlights; Repealing conflicting provisions and determining that the meeting at which this ordinance as passed as open to the public as required by law. ~ Howard J. Koontz, Director of Planning and Community Development
]NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25.FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, MEANING CHAPTER 41 SECTIONS FOR SECTION 41 DASH 1 46.
STREETLIGHTS WERE APPEALING, CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, UH, ET CETERA, MR.
THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO OUR DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH IS CHAPTER 41.
THIS, UM, NOT ONLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO MAKES KYLE BETTER IN THE PROCESS.
UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS CHOSEN TO CREATE A STANDARDIZATION FOR LIGHT POLES THAT GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS NEW STREETS ARE CREATED.
UM, THE STANDARD DRAWING, UH, IS LOCATED IN YOUR PACKET.
I'M LOOKING FOR A BETTER, I'M LOOKING FOR A, UM, OH, THERE IT IS.
I PULLED UP THE STREET POLE, WHICH IS A COBRA HEAD AND IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE AT ALL.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE IN A SECOND AND SHOW YOU, UM, SOME OF THE IDEAS.
SO, UM, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE FOR THE SAKE OF, UM, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
AFTER THE FACT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STANDARDIZE WHICH POLES ARE USED IN THE CITY AND STILL BE MINDFUL OF OUR DARK SKY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN OUR CODE.
SO I'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF THIS AS THE TOP.
THIS IS THE TOP OF THE LAMP, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS A CUTOFF FIXTURE BECAUSE IT HAS A HOOD ABOVE.
IT'S NOT A DARK SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA DO, UM, THE BEST THAT WE, THAT WE CAN, UH, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ADEQUATELY LIGHT, UH, PEDESTRIAN AREAS AFTER DARK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SO, UH, WITHOUT AN EXPECTATION OF WASTING THAT RESOURCE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, THE DECORATIVE LAMP HEADS AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND PULL UP THE DECORATIVE POLL.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S NOT SIMPLY, UM, UH, JUST THE, THE TOP OF IT, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY, UM, THE PART THAT MORE FOLKS WOULD SEE.
SO THIS WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE BASE OF THE POLE RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT.
UM, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF VISUAL INTEREST IN THEM, MORE SO THAN JUST A STARE OF, UH, OF A STRAIGHT POLE.
SO THIS CREATES THAT STANDARD.
THIS ALLOWS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BUY THESE AND HAVE THEM ON HAND.
SO IF THERE'S EVER A NEED TO REPLACE ONE, THEY CAN DO SO QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEY ALSO KNOW THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FIND THE SAME STYLE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'VE STANDARDIZED THE STYLE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE CAN TRANSMIT THIS STYLE TO ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO THEY ARE, AND THEY CAN ORDER THE SAME ONE AND WE CAN APPROVE THEM AND THEY CAN BE INSTALLED IN UNIFORM IN THE CITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE BURLISS AROUND ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE, IT WASN'T LIT WHEN YOU KNOW THAT CONTRACTORS WEREN'T REQUIRED TO PUT IN ANY KIND OF LIGHTING OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
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DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT I ASSUME NOT YET, IS THAT ON THE HORIZON TO MAKE SURE THAT AS, AS WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, AS A CP AND Y YOU KNOW, SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE DEVELOPERS ASSISTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, BUT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BUILD THE COMPLETE STREETS, INCLUDING THERE, THE SIDEWALKS AND IN PARTICULAR, THE LIGHTING.SO I'M JUST WANTING TO, I'M WANTING TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE APPROVING A DEVELOPER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE ROLAND LANE, OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, BURLESON ROUNDABOUT OR WHATEVER ELSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADS PROJECTS WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TERM THREE ROADS PROJECTS, ALL OF THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL THE FULL AND COMPLETE INFRASTRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO DOING SOMETHING ON THE CHEAP.
SO I'M GOING TO LOOK TO LEON A LITTLE LATER IN OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT ITEM TO TALK ABOUT A SPEC.
DOES THE FEDERAL SPEC INCLUDE STREET LEARNING? YEAH.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG.
THERE'LL BE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
MAKE SURE THAT ALL ROUNDABOUT SOUTH ADEQUATE STREET LIGHTS.
OKAY, WELL THEN WE CAN COMPEL THEM TO USE WHATEVER QUESTIONS WILL BE LATER.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS WHAT MADE ME THINK OF IT.
SO CUSTOMERS, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, JUST WANT TO THANK STAN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW I LOVE MY DARK SKIES.
UM, I WANT ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN KYLE, ALL THE PEOPLE IN CAL TO BE ENJOY THE STARS IN KYLE AND LOOK AT THE SAME STARS I LOOK AT GROWING UP.
SO ANYTIME WE CAN BRING SOMETHING FORWARD THAT WILL HELP US ADDRESS OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, ART BRINGING FORWARD THE DARK SKY INITIATIVE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIGHT POLLUTION IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS WEIGHS HEAVY ON ME.
SO I, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, OUR STAFF IS DOING THIS.
AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN THE WORK ON THIS HOUR.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING AS A TEAM.
UM, I, WHEN I WAS READING THE MEMO, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS ALL GOT TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT THAT'S WHERE CHANGES ARE MADE WHEN WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO APPLY CHANGES TO.
UM, AND I CAN'T EVEN WHAT THAT MEETING WAS LIKE, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MOTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE A 25.
IT'S BEEN MOTION BY CUSTOMERS THOUGH.
SECOND BY CUSTOMER BRADSHAW THAT WE PROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[26. (First Reading) An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, Authorizing and Approving Exchanges and Conveyances of Land with the Alexander Family Trust, By and Through Mary Jane Alexander as Trustee and Mary Jane Alexander as the Director of Mary Jane Alexander GP, the General Partner of BJ-MJ Alexander LTD.; Making Findings of fact; and providing for Related Matters. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26.FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE, UH, HAVE A SEAT.
KYLE, TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING EXCHANGES AND CONVEYANCES OF LAND WITH THE ALEXANDER FAMILY TRUST BY AND THROUGH MARY JANE ALEXANDER AS TRUSTEE AND MARY JANE ALEXANDER AS THE DIRECTOR OF MARY JANE ALEXANDER GP.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER, MAN COUNCIL.
UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. DEVIN ALEXANDER ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ORDINANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND WE THINK WE FINALLY NAILED DOWN, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THAT INTERSECTION AT COUNTY ROAD 1 58 AND OLD POST ROAD.
IN ESSENCE, WHAT THIS TRADE DOES WILL ALLOW ON THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT WE, UH, GIVE THEM THE OLD ROADWAY, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS NEVER DEDICATED AS A RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WAS JUST BY PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS THAT WE HAD THAT ROADWAY.
BUT THE INTENT IS TO TRADE THAT PROPERTY FOR THE NEW RIGHT OF WAY, THAT WILL BE THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY.
SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS QUITE A WHILE.
WE'RE FINALLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE READY TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.
WE NEED FOR THE COUNTY TO JUST GO AHEAD AND START ON THAT SECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WRAP WITH THAT SOUTH END OF THE PROJECT.
SO THE TIMING IS GOOD TIMING ON THIS.
I CAN'T SAY ANY VETERAN THAN THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE ON NUMBER 26.
CASPER RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FLORES, KALE THAT WE PROVED YOU NOT NUMBER 26.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CUSTOMER TOBY? DO YOU HAVE SOME, UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE ALEXANDER FAMILY.
SO YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH IN THERE? THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
THEY'VE SEEN THE DRAFT, THEY, THE BADER COMMENTS AND I'VE ANSWERED ALL THEIR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND GAVE THEM GOOD ANSWERS.
KNOWING THAT FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS, THANK YOU FOR, THEY MAY BE ONLINE WATCHING US AT THE TIME.
SO ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? UH, ITEM 25 AND 26, UH, CAN BE FINALLY PASSED AND THEY WERE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ON.
SO ANY OBJECTION TO FINALLY PASSING BOTH OF THESE LAST TWO ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING THEM, THEY ARE FINALLY PASSED.
[27.
(First Reading) An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, Amending Article II to Include a Section 12-23 Roundabouts, Requiring Use of Roundabouts in Certain Intersections, Requiring Consideration of Roundabouts in Certain Intersections, Requiring Compliance with National Standards in the Construction of Roundabouts, Requiring Notice of Exclusions, Providing Severability, Effective Date, and Open Meetings Clauses; and Providing for Related Matters. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer
- Public Hearing
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, A MEANING ARTICLE TWO TO INCLUDE A SECTION 12 DASH 23 ROUNDABOUTS REQUIRING USE OF ROUNDABOUTS
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AND CERTAIN CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS REQUIRING CONSIDERATION ROUNDABOUTS AND CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS, UH, REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROUNDABOUTS REQUIRING NOTICE OF EXCLUSIONS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, ET CETERA.THIS ADAM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW US TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL LAST YEAR.
THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED ARE VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE, AND WE EXPECT THAT ALL FUTURE ROUNDABOUTS WILL BE DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AND WHATEVER FUTURE REVISIONS THEY MAKE TO THIS STANDARD.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHICH INTERSECTIONS WE WANT TO HAVE ROUNDABOUTS.
AND IF A DEVELOPER IS NOT AN AGREEMENT, THEY HAVE TO REQUEST A WAIVER, UH, AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO PROVIDE A ROUNDABOUT.
SO IT GIVES US A PRETTY GOOD AUTHORITY TO, UH, MAKE THE CALLS OF WHERE WE NEED OUR ROUNDABOUTS.
I REMEMBER WHERE THIS SORT OF ORIGINATED, I THINK, WAS AT A, UH, A LUNCH IN CARMEL INDIANA, UH, WHEN WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, UH, AN ENGINEERING COMPANY AND WE WERE DISCUSSING BURLESON AND THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE CHALLENGES AND JUST HOW THEY SEEMED LIKE THEY BUILT IT, JUST KIND OF HOWEVER THEY WANTED.
AND WHAT DID WE NEED TO DO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO AGREE THAT A ROUNDABOUT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A CERTAIN INTERSECTION, THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE.
AND, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE HE POINTED US TO, HE SAID TO DO THIS EXACT THING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF WHERE, WHERE IT STARTED.
UM, UH, DOES THIS REQUIRE THAT ALL INTERSECTIONS WILL BE ROUNDABOUTS? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ALL THE INTERSECTIONS TO BE ROUNDABOUTS, BUT IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE SUBDIVISIONS AS THEY'RE COMING IN.
AND, AND WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DETERMINED WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED AROUND ABOUT OR WHERE WE BELIEVE WE NEED A ROUNDABOUT AND IT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR LEON CUSTOMERS? NO.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK ACTUALLY HE STARTED WAY BEFORE THIS, WHEN WE STARTED, UH, WHAT HAPPENED OVER ON BUTTON CREEK ROAD IS REALLY WHAT GOT THIS STARTED WHEN WE SAW THAT, UH, AS A CITY, WE TO ADOPT SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA BRING ROUNDABOUTS.
IF WE WERE GOING TO BUILD ROUNDABOUTS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE BUILT IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE USABLE.
AND JUST SAY, DESSIE BURLESON.
NO, YOU SAID YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT INDIANA, SO, WELL, NO, BUT THAT'S, IT WAS, IT WAS THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT BUTTON CREEK ROUND THE MOUNTAIN, YEAH.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE, THE STANDARD THAT WAS BUILT THERE WAS SO FAR, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, PUT A PLAN TOGETHER WHERE ANY FUTURE ROUNDABOUTS OF THERE, SOME IMPLEMENTED THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE BUILT TO A CERTAIN STANDARD.
AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UH, BUILT IN A WAY THAT, UH, PROHIBITS THE TRAFFIC, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE USE.
UM, I DID SOME RESEARCH EARLIER TODAY AND ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS AND I GET IT.
UM, STATISTICALLY MOST CASES, IT IMPROVES TRAFFIC UP TO 70%, UH, GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TWO LANES IN VERSUS THE SINGLE LANES AND SO FORTH.
IT'S THE SPEED THAT THESE PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH.
IN NUMBER ONE, CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT, ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCHOOLS.
WHEN YOU HAVE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, UM, YOU ALSO HAVE THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC ON SOME OF THESE ROADS THAT PROBABLY GO FROM 50 MILES AN HOUR AND THERE, RIGHT WHEN YOU HIT THIS CORNER, WHEN YOU GOTTA HIT THOSE ROUNDABOUTS, YOU GOTTA GO PROBABLY WHAT, 15 OR 20.
I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE, ESPECIALLY DURING EMERGENCIES AND SO FORTH.
AND THOSE ARE MY BIG CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WHEN WE START LOOKING AT ROUNDABOUTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CAUSE I SEE THAT IT'S MIGHT START BEING A PATTERN TO WHERE WE CAN JUST START GETTING ELIMINATING A LOT OF THESE, UM, STREET SIGNS.
AND SO THAT THAT'S, UH, CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD.
UH, I'VE HAD SOME CONSTITUENTS ASKED THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE GOING THROUGH THIS? WHY, WHY CAN'T WE JUST HAVE THE INTERSECTIONS WITH THE CROSS WALKS? UM, PERLSON I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, I GUESS THE, UH, THE ISSUES WE HAD WITH CONCETTA RANCH, UH, THREW A LOT OF PEOPLE OFF ABOUT IT.
BUT, UM, I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PATTERN THAT THE CITY'S GOING TO WANT TO GO WITH ALL PRETTY MUCH MAJORITY OF INTERSECTIONS VERSUS YOU SAID NOT ALL.
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FOR THE ROUNDABOUTS OF COURSE, IS SAFETY AND THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AS YOU KNOW, IS IT GETS, STARTS GETTING EXPENSIVE.THERE MAY BE INTERSECTIONS THAT MAY JUST, UH, ALL THEY REALLY NEED TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE.
SO THERE MAY SOME BE SOME INTERSECTIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO PUT THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS SPRING BRANCH, WE ALREADY HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS IN AT THREE WRETCHED BURLESON.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE FOUNDATIONS THERE.
SO IN THAT FEATURE TO PUT AROUND ABOUT, THERE WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PROBABLY TAKE SOME PROPERTY, MAYBE SOME HOUSES, BUT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, TRAFFIC SIGNALS REALLY THE WAY TO GO.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EVERY INTERSECTION, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO LOOK AT THEM.
BUT BECAUSE AGAIN, MAINLY IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, AND, UH, YES, PEOPLE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO GO THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT.
AND YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE PEOPLE DOING THE, UH, UH, THE, THE MAJOR ACCIDENTS WHERE THEY'RE RUNNING INTO BROAD SIDING, SOMEBODY.
SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF ROUNDABOUT.
IT DOES REDUCE THE TIME THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THEM VERY CAREFULLY.
AND AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR ASKS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THEM AT EVERY INTERSECTION, UM, THAT THEY DO TAKE A LOT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE WITH THREAD ABOUT SICK, TAKE A LOT OF ROOM TO PUT THOSE IN.
SO, UH, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TAKING HOUSES OUT TO PUT IN AROUND ABOUT IF YOU CAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY NEW SUBDIVISION THAT COMES IN WHEN WE DESIGNED OUR NEW ROADWAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE POSSIBILITIES OF PUTTING IN, UH, THE, UH, ROUNDABOUTS IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WHEREVER POSSIBLE SPEED IS PROBABLY KNOW, 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR IS TOO FAST FOR SOMEBODY TO BE TRYING TO BE GOING THROUGH ROUNDABOUT.
WE KNOW THAT, BUT THAT THE CRITERIA THAT'S IN THAT, UH, REPORT THAT GUIDELINE VERY GOOD, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DESIGN IT PROPERLY.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KEY IS THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY DESIGNED AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE STANDARD COMES INTO PLACE BECAUSE THAT, THAT STANDARD HAS BEEN SET.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS A FAN OF ROUNDABOUTS IN 2016 WHEN I STARTED, UH, UH, SEEN SOME ROUNDABOUTS GO IN OF, I WATCH OUR ROUNDABOUTS CAREFULLY.
I'VE GONE AND SAT AT INTERSECTIONS.
I'VE DRONE, VIDEO INTERSECTIONS.
I'VE GONE, I'VE LOOKED AT INTERSECTIONS, I THOUGHT NEEDED ROUNDABOUTS.
AND, UH, I, I'VE ONLY PROBABLY QUADRUPLED OR MORE MY BELIEF THAT AS LONG AS IT IS THE APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING AND AT THE RIGHT INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, CAUSE YOUR POINTS WILL TAKE IN EITHER MANY INTERSECTIONS WHERE I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK.
UH, I JUST ABOUT GETTING MY LEFT ARM TO SEE ROUNDABOUTS LIKE THE, UH, SPRING BRANCH IN AND VETERANS THAT SET STOP SIGN THAT BACKS UP FOREVER AND EVER, AND PEOPLE RUN IT.
IF YOU I'VE DRONE VIDEO THAT'S INTERSECTION.
AND ABOUT ONE AT EVERY FOUR VEHICLES RUNS THAT STOP SIGN.
SOME PEOPLE JUST DRIVE THROUGH IT AND NEVER EVEN SLOWED DOWN.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GET T-BONED AND YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ROUNDABOUTS REALLY DO.
IF THEY'RE DESIGNED THE RIGHT WAY, UH, THEY SAVE LIVES.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WOULD SUPPORT IT.
SO, BUT I, I DON'T WANT THEM, I DON'T WANT THEM JUST MY OPINIONS KNOWN.
SO CUSTOMER IS UP, SO I'M NOT UP, NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF ROUNDABOUTS AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I KIND OF HATE HIM, BUT, UH, WHAT I HATE WORSE IS WHAT THE MAYOR JUST TOUCHED ON.
AND THIS IS, I'VE SEEN THIS BECOME A PATTERN HERE IN KYLE IS PEOPLE RUNNING STOP SIGNS AT A GENTLEMAN THE OTHER DAY IN A BLUE FORD PICKUP.
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, I'M CALLING YOU OUT, UH, YOU RAN FIVE STOP SIGNS ON, UH, NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND I DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT CAUSE YOU ALMOST HIT ME AS WELL.
UM, SO I WATCHED A GUY RUN THE S THE VETERANS AND SPRING BRANCH, 40, 45 MILES AN HOUR, NEVER SLOWED DOWN.
THIS GENTLEMAN RAN FIVE STOP SIGNS ON HIS WAY TO, UH, UH, STAGECOACH ROAD IN.
HE, UH, NEVER STOPPED THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM, WE JUST RAN THROUGH THEM, JUST BLEW THROUGH THEM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTS LIKE THAT.
WHAT WORRIES ME? WHAT IF THERE'S A FAMILY WALKING ACROSS THE STREET OR MYSELF, OR ONE OF MY LOVED ONES, YOU KNOW, DRIVING IN THAT AREA.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS THROUGH HIMSELF LITTLE BY LITTLE, A PEOPLE'S BAD HABITS ARE, UH, LEANING ME TOWARDS ROUNDABOUTS.
I HAVE TO SECOND THAT I DID NOT LIKE ROUNDABOUTS EITHER.
AND THEN WHEN THE BURLESON CAME, IT WAS A GAME CHANGER.
AND SO, UM, I AM TEAM ROUNDABOUTS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THIS FACE, LIKE I CAN'T BELIEVE, I FEEL LIKE I'M A TRADER TO MYSELF AND TO MY, THE PEOPLE THAT I TOLD THAT I HATE THESE ROUNDABOUTS, BUT I ONLY TAKE BURLESON.
NOW, WHEN I GO TO THE HEB AREA, IT KEEPS ME FROM HAVING TO HIT UP ALL THE STOPLIGHTS AND YOU NEVER GET BACKED UP AT THAT INTERSECTION.
I DID ONCE BECAUSE THE TRAIN WAS THERE AND I WAS TRYING TO GET TO 35.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT IF IT WERE A TWO LANE THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
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OF FLOW.SO AS SOMEONE WHO DID NOT INITIALLY SUPPORT A ROUNDABOUT AND DESPISE IT, I HAVE TO SAY, I LOVE IT.
UM, AND IF THEY'RE MADE RIGHT, I THINK THEY ARE, THEY CAN BENEFIT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER 10 YEARS AGO.
I DID NOT LIKE ROUNDABOUTS EITHER.
UH, AND I WAS THE ONE THAT GOT STUCK IN THAT ONE IN WACO, IN THE MIDDLE.
I COULD NEVER GET OUT OH, ON THE SAGER OR WHATEVER BY THE SCHOOL OVER THERE.
BUT, UH, I DID TALK TO ONE OF THE EXPERTS IN ROUNDABOUTS THAT 10 YEARS AGO, AND HE EXPLAINED THE BENEFITS AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I COMPLAINED ABOUT ALL THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT I THOUGHT HAD BEEN DESIGNED PROPERLY.
THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY.
THE ONES IN CARMEL ARE PRETTY GOOD.
UH, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WAS, UH, THE OLD CHEVY CHASE, BUT WE WERE GET STICKING AROUND ABOUT FOR HOURS.
I THINK HE FINALLY RUNS OUT OF GAS, BUT I KIND OF FELT THAT, THAT THAT'D PROBABLY BE US HERE IN KYLE.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THREW AROUND ABOUT YOUR COWS, LIKE, WHAT IS THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THIS? AND I STILL SEE PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE NAVIGATING, BUT IT DOES SLOW THEM DOWN.
SO DEFINITELY LITTLE BY LITTLE, LIKE, I GUESS I'M STARTING TO SEE THE NECESSITY.
WILL I LIKE THEM? NO, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 27.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND WITHDRAWING, ACTUALLY I'M GONNA, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? SORRY.
I NEED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU OKAY WITH THAT OR OFF OUR GAME TONIGHT GUYS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IT'S CREW GUSTA.
YOU WERE BACK THERE WITH THEM MAKING ALL KINDS OF FACES ON ROUNDABOUTS.
IF YOU WANT TO COME TELL US, UH, ALL RIGHT.
IF THEY'RE, UH, UH, IF THERE'S NO ONE WISHING TO COME FORWARD, I'M GOING TO GO AND CLOSE THE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW TO ENTERTAIN MOTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[28. Discussion and possible action to establish an arts commission. ~ Paul Phelan, Director of Library Services]
RIGHT.UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH AN ARTS COMMISSION.
AND TONIGHT I HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ENTITLED ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
AND I HOPE THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THE MOST EXPERT ON THIS TOPIC, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR IT.
AND I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH LIBRARIES.
WE WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE THINGS FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO JUST, AND I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE, BUT JUST VERY BRIEFLY LOOK AT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON AROUND US, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON THAT ARE VERY CREATIVE AND VERY COST-EFFECTIVE AND I THINK HELP US MOVE FORWARD.
SO JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THAT, MAYBE SOME BASIC COMPONENTS OF THESE, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THE THINGS THAT GO IN TOGETHER.
AND THERE JUST MAY BE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO GO FROM THERE.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST, UH, LOOK AT A COUPLE OF PLACES AROUND US AND I, AND I THINK BUDA IS ONE PLACE TO LOOK TO.
UH, THE ART MOVEMENT BEGAN THERE IN 2018.
UH, WHEN THE CITY FACILITATED THE CREATION OF AN ARTIST COLLECTIVE THE, UH, BUDA AREA ARTISTS COLLECTIVE.
AND IN FACT, WE HAVE THE, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THAT, UH, LINDA CHEETO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND SHE'D BE A GREAT RESOURCE.
UH, AND IN TERMS OF, UH, ALL OF HER, NOT ONLY ARTISTICALLY, BUT AS WELL, SHE'S GOT SOME PROPOSALS IN TERMS OF CREATING VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY UTILIZE THAT AND SHE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE CREATION OF THIS ARTIST COLLECTIVE, UM, UH, THE, THE COLLECTIVE ORGANIZES FUNDRAISING EVENTS, ART EXHIBITS, THE CITY MEETS WITH THE COLLECTIVE MONTHLY, UM, IDENTIFIES POTENTIALS FOR COLLABORATION, ASSISTS WITH ADVERTISING, FOR THE COLLECTIVES EVENTS, JUST A NICE PARTNERSHIP THERE.
THE OTHER MAJOR COMPONENT THAT THEY HAVE IS A SORT OF WHAT THEY CALL A FOR PROFIT, NONPROFIT, UH, CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE, UH, GROUP OF ARTISTS, UH, THAT MADE UP THE INSPIRED MINDS ART CENTER.
SO THEY TOOK THE OLD CITY HALL AND GAVE THEM A GOOD DEAL ON THE LEASE, UH, IN
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EXCHANGE FOR SOME IN KIND TO THE COMMUNITY.UH, SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UH, MAYBE EXHIBIT SPACE, UH, TEACHERS FOR PROGRAMS, AND JUST KIND OF SERVING AS THE, A HUB FOR THAT, UH, ART PROGRAM THERE.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE IS JUST THAT ONGOING DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO, THE ART COLLECTIVE, THE INS, UH, INSPIRED MINDS, CREATIVE CENTER.
AND THEN THE STREET OFFICE, I THINK GENERALLY IS THE CONTACT FUNDING IS PRETTY MUCH JUST CARRIED OUT BY THE CITY, UH, ON AN APP HOC BASIS, I THINK.
AND, AND I THINK, UH, THE COUNCIL AND, OR CITY NOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, UH, THEY, THE TEACHERS FROM THE CENTER WILL ASSIST WITH CLASSES AT THE LIBRARY.
THEY PROVIDE GALLERIES AND PUBLIC EXHIBIT SPACE.
UH, THEY'LL HAVE EVENTS LIKE THE BUDA PLAIN AIR FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS THREE HOURS.
I THINK THEY SET UP ALONG MAIN STREET, UH, HAD SOME MUSICIANS ALONG THERE, SOME, UH, FOLKS CREATING ART FROM THE COLLECTIVE.
AND I THINK IN THE END THAT JUDGED AND DISPLAYED IN, FOR SALE AT THE CENTER.
I KNOW IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH LINDA, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE INDICATED THAT SHE DID FEEL THAT, UH, SOME THINGS THAT COULD REALLY IMPROVE THEIR SITUATION WOULD BE A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, CULTURE PLAN, UH, AN ART DISTRICT STEADY FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH I THINK WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT, UH, NEXT.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, ACTUALLY THE GALLERY THERE AT BUDA SHOULD HAVE HIT THAT BEFORE, UH, SAN MARCOS.
SO SAN MARCOS DOES HAVE AN ART COMMISSION AND IT IS A BOARD THAT'S BEEN APPOINTED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY BOARD.
UH, THEY DO MEET MONTHLY WITH THE CITY LIAISON, UH, IN OCTOBER THEY REVIEW GRANT APPLICATIONS.
SO ESSENTIALLY SAN MARCOS FUNDS THEIR CULTURAL EVENTS AND ART PROJECTS THROUGH GRANTS.
SO FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, THE CITY ARTS DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HOST EVENTS, BUT THEY DO, UH, SUPPORT THEM THROUGH GRANTS AND LOOKING AT THAT, AND THAT GOVERNING BODY THAT DOES, THAT IS THE ART COMMISSION.
NOW THEY USUALLY, I GUESS USE TWO BUCKETS OF MONEY.
THEY DO FOR THEIR THINGS LIKE THEIR SUMMER CAMPS, DIVERSITY PROGRAMS, WHICH IS A PRETTY COOL THING.
THEY DO AND THEN THEY USE THE HOTEL TAX MONEY TO FOR EVENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO DRAW TOURISM AND CONSUMERS.
AND IN 2020, UH, EVEN THOUGH OF COURSE WE HAD COVID, I THINK THEY HAD JUST SOUTH OF 150,000 AND, UH, HOTEL TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT A DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ABOUT 24 IN GENERAL FUNDS.
AND THEN THEY DID SOME, UH, REGULAR STUFF.
AND THEN OF COURSE THEY DO EARMARK CERTAIN THINGS FOR DIVERSITY FOR UNDER UNDERSERVED POPULATION.
SO SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT SUMMER IN THE PARK CONCERT SERIES, UH, SACRED SPRINGS POWWOW, AND THEY ALSO MANAGE THE CITY'S MURAL PROGRAM AS A MEANS OF GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ART.
SO LOTS OF COOL THINGS GOING ON THERE, AND THAT'S KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL STEP THAT I THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO LOOK AT.
SO WE KIND OF GOT THE ART COLLECTIVE, PERHAPS SOME PARTNERSHIPS, AND NOW YOU START LOOKING AT A COMMISSION OR A BOARD THAT MAY WELL HELP YOU MOVE THAT FORWARD.
UM, THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IS AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND REALLY ONLY TWO THINGS HERE.
UM, AND THE FIRST THING IS THE PERCENT FOR ART.
AND I HAVE HEARD COUNSEL SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY IN TEXAS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE WORKS OF ART AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, BY ORDINANCE 2% OF THEIR ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND THOSE WERE PUBLIC PROJECTS, UH, BUDGETS ARE ALLOCATED TO COMMISSION OR PURCHASE ART FOR THAT SITE.
UH, AUSTIN'S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION IS FOUND AT SITES SUCH AS THE AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER, LIBRARIES, PARKS, POLICE STATIONS, RECREATION CENTERS, AND STREETSCAPES ENHANCING PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL, UH, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY.
NOW, MY READING OF THAT, AND, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT AN EXPERT HERE.
MY READING OF THAT WAS THAT IT WAS A PUBLIC PROJECTS AND LOOKING AT THE STATE'S SITE AND, AND SCOTT COULD PROBABLY DESCRIBE THIS OR WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS, BUT, UH, WAS, WAS A 1% MAXIMUM OF PROJECTS OVER 250,000.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THIS WAS GRANDFATHERED IN, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'LL DO THAT SOMETIMES, OR HOWEVER, BUT, BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY, UH, THEY DO 2% AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, THE PROOF IS HERE IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES, WE GOT THE
UM, I THINK THE NEXT THING TO LOOK AT TOO, THAT THAT REALLY,
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THAT WE, THAT WE SEE COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL IN SUPPORTING THE ARTS, OUR CULTURAL ART DISTRICTS.AND AGAIN, AUSTIN HAS ONE, THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT.
UM, IT IS A WORLDWIDE, UH, CULTURAL TOURISM DESTINATION FOR AUTHENTIC LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, AND DRINK EXPERIENCES IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
SO IF YOU'RE KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, IT'S JUST ON THE, UH, UH, THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, THEY'RE KIND OF AT SIXTH STREET, UH, AND ALONG THOSE AREAS.
AND I THINK THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THAT.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR US TO LOOK AT NOW.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY PROMOTE ARE THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL AFTER SHOWS A FREE WEEK, UH, HOT LUCK FESTIVAL, HOT SUMMER NIGHTS, LEVITATION OBLIVION ACCESS, WHICH I GUESS WAS FORMERLY AUSTIN, TERROR FEST, ET CETERA.
SO A LOT OF THESE EVENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN DOWN THERE AGAIN, CAN SUPPORT THOSE THINGS SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, THAT THAT ARE GOING ON THESE CULTURAL EVENTS.
AND SO THESE DISTRICTS CAN CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL TO DO THAT.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THE CITY, AS WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, DOWNTOWN AND OTHER AREAS, WE'RE DEVELOPING OUT EAST, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO CONSIDER DOING THAT.
UH, ONE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST REAL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT, UM, JUST, JUST AS A GOLD STANDARD, YOU KNOW, UM, I W I WAS SPEAKING WITH STEVEN AND I AND THE GENTLEMEN, UH, SPEARS, UH, AND, AND I THINK HE WORKED ON, ON THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, AND I KNOW THAT SCOTT'S, UH, REALLY, REALLY, UH, THINKS THIS IS GREAT.
AND OF COURSE, SINCE I SAW THIS, IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO TO HOUSTON AND, AND SPEND A DAY AT THIS PLACE.
SO, AND THIS IS NOT EVEN THE MUSEUM DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE MIDTOWN DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO THIS IS REALLY LOOKS PRETTY FABULOUS.
UH, BUT THIS ART DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO A CULTURAL DISTRICT WAS DEVELOPED TO ENSURE THAT CULTURAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE INCLUSIVE OF ALL FORMS OF EXPRESSION, AND THAT DIVERSE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
IT IS AN URBAN MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FEATURES MORE THAN 40 ART VENUES, 90 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND AN ECLECTIC MIX OF CHEF OWNED, RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, AND NIGHTLIFE, NIGHTLIFE OPTIONS.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOLD STANDARD IN TERMS OF ART DISTRICTS.
AND I THINK THAT LARGELY THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS WAS FUNDED BY A TERS, UH, AND WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING, UH, FOR FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WHAT ARE SOME, UH, BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING A CULTURAL DISTRICT? WELL, FUNDING, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS HAS AWARDED 12.9 MILLION IN GRANTS, UH, AND ITS FIRST FUNDING ROUND FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, SEVEN A HUNDRED NINETY GRANTS WILL GO TO NONPROFITS AND UNITS OF GOVERNMENT IN 93, TEXAS CITIES.
SO THAT'S JUST THIS YEAR, IF YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR THIS RECOGNITION, SUCCESSFUL CITIES ARE CULTURALLY VIBRANT CITIES.
UH, CULTURAL DISTRICT IDENTITY HELPS TO ENGAGE CITIZENS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
OF COURSE, PROMOTION IS A GREAT DESTINATION EXPERIENCE AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES, UH, CITIES THAT HAVE THRIVING CULTURAL LIFE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL AT RETAINING TALENT AND ATTRACTING NEW COMPANIES.
UM, I CAN REMEMBER IN THE OLD DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE LARGER, UH, CITIES THAT YOU WOULD SEE CHICAGO OR WHATEVER, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH TRUE NOW, IT ALWAYS WENT OUT ON SOME OF THESE BIG CONTRACTS.
AND TYPICALLY IT WAS BECAUSE, UH, THE TEXAS CITIES DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE ARTS LIKE, LIKE THEY DO NOW REALLY LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT DALLAS FOR EXAMPLE, SO, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY BE THERE.
SO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, OF COURSE THE GENERAL FUND IS ALWAYS THERE.
UH, THERESE FUNDING, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX PERCENT FOR ART, THIRDLY, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THOSE CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THE IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, HOTEL OCCUPANCY FOR EVENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, PERCENT FOR ART IS GOING TO BE FOR THE LARGER, UH, MORE ROBUST, UH, ART COMMISSIONED ART GRANTS.
IF YOU GET INTO CERTAIN, UH, EVEN IF YOU, FOR THE DISTRICTS AND OTHERS AS WELL.
AND I DO THINK THE, THE, UH, PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE SENIORS, I KNOW THEY'RE WANTING A NEW FACILITY, I THINK, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, AND AGAIN, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, DONATIONS, PARTICULARLY AS THINGS GET ROLLING.
UM, SO WHAT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE, I THINK A GOOD STEP, UM, I THINK TO CREATE AN ARTS COMMITTEE TO, TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.
UM, NOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THAT CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT A KYLE ART MASTER PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE JUST HIRING IT OUT AND GETTING
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A ROADMAP TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND DECIDING IT.UM, NOW IN THE EVENT THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
OF COURSE, THIS GROUP, I THINK LOOKING AT IT, ONE THING I HAVE SEEN IS, AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS, BUT THERE IS A TON OF RESOURCES OUT THERE AND TAKEN STEP-BY-STEP I THINK ANY CITY COULD GET THERE ON THEIR OWN AS WELL.
SO THINGS LIKE A MISSION STATEMENT, A PROGRAM SCOPE, A TIMELINE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, HOW HAS, HOW HAS THE ART PRODUCT'S GOING TO BE CREATED? WHAT KIND OF ART IS GOING TO BE DONE, LOOKING AT THE, THE FINANCING MECHANISMS TO DO THAT, A GOVERNING STRUCTURE, WHAT KIND OF BOARD? AND I THINK MORE ALONG THOSE LINES, MAYBE NOT JUST A, A BOARD LIKE THAT, WE APPOINT, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS ON THIS BOARD THAT ARE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN DIFFERENT AREAS? UM, WOULD IT BE A UNIQUE BOARD IN THAT WAY? AND THEN OF COURSE IDENTIFYING CULTURAL RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, PERHAPS SOME BUILDINGS, UM, AND WHATEVER WE MAY HAVE, AND OF COURSE OUR ARTISTS, UH, AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND LOOKING AT THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW THAT WE, UH, LOOKED AT THIS TODAY AND, UH, MR. SELLERS, UH, WE, WE LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT ABOUT A, UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, UH, KYLE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE, UH, PERHAPS WITH ABOUT SEVEN MEMBERS.
YOU COULD ASK SOMEONE WITH A LITERATURE BACKGROUND, VISUAL ARTS, GRAPHIC ARTS, PLASTIC ARTS, DECORATIVE ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS, AND THEN A COUNCIL MEMBER TO KIND OF HEARD THEM ALL INTO A DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT THEM TO GO.
UH, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT, BUT PERHAPS SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, WOULD, WOULD I THINK KICK THIS OFF AND GET IT STARTED.
AND I JUST GOT A FEW ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE.
I FELT I WANT TO GO THROUGH THERE'S JUST DOCUMENTS AND ORDINANCES AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE LOOK AT LATER ON.
NOW WE DO HAVE HOWARD IS STILL HERE.
IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ON THE PLANNING SIDE OF THAT, PERHAPS, UH, WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE LINDA HERE WITH US AND SHE HAS BEEN SO KIND TO STAY HERE AND SHE JUST HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH TIME.
SO THANKS TO HER IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I THINK MR. SELLERS HAS KIND OF WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THESE AS WELL, SO PROBABLY MORE THAN I HAVE.
THANK YOU, PAUL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PAYTON'S WITH BRIAN'S FROM A RACHO HI.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION TO CONSIDER, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT.
IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY OVERALL.
UM, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I AM REALLY EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT.
MY ONLY THING WOULD BE IS THAT IN THE INITIAL STAGES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COMMITTEE COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO KICKSTART IT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO FUNDING IT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE CITY'S BUDGET RIGHT OFF THE BAT, AND JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT EXPLORE THOSE AVENUES AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US THAT WAY.
AND THEN AS IT GROWS, AND AS WE WANT TO CREATE THESE BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES AND THESE MURALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD GO ABOUT FUNDING THAT FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
SO I WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE, UH, UM, ITEMS FROM THE VISION INC RETREAT, UM, THAT I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD BRING FORWARD.
I KNOW DIANA, UH, FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND HAS ALSO, UH, PREVIOUSLY REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE US AND I, WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN ITEMS ABOUT THIS.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED, UH, THAT THIS WAS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AS WELL, PARTICULARLY FROM YOU PAUL AND, AND, AND YOUR GROUP.
UH, WE KNOW THE LIBRARY ALWAYS DOES AMAZING THINGS, A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND ENERGY FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I WAS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND, UH, UH, UP TO YOUR TYPICAL EXPECTATIONS OF, OF YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, I ACTUALLY, UM, I CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, BRAD CHARLOTTE'S POINT, UH, ABOUT LOOKING AT OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED THOSE, BUT I'M ALSO GOING BE IN SUPPORT OF THE 50,000 THAT WE HAVE, UH, EARMARKED AND THE PROPOSED CITY MANAGER'S INITIAL BUDGET, UH, TO
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KICKSTART THIS PROGRAM.UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STARTING POINT, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS LIKE GRANT FINDING PRIVATE PARTNER, UH, PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, AND OTHER AVENUES THAT YOU OUTLINED.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, EMAILED TO US IF WE COULD HAVE THAT.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, INITIATIVE AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF THIS IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR DISTRICT.
UH, WE ARE, WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF DEVELOPMENT WE'VE DONE.
UM, AND I THINK EITHER CREATING A DISTRICT OR HAVING A CITYWIDE, UM, ART PROGRAM, UH, WOULD GO A LONG WAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF UNTAPPED.
UM, WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY ON TAP, BUT UNUSED, UH, UM, SKILLS HERE, RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, WITHIN OUR CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND SOMETIMES DOING AMAZING THINGS FOR OTHER AREAS AND JURISDICTIONS AND CITIES.
UH, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT LOCAL, UH, ARTISTRY DISPLAYED HERE IN THEIR, IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.
SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THIS.
I WOULD BE ALL FOR, UH, THANK YOU.
AND CERTAINLY TOMORROW, UH, CERTAINLY TOMORROW THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TOO, IS NOT ONLY GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS, BUT WE CAN START LOOKING FOR THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, AND WE CAN BE PRETTY THOROUGH IN THAT AND SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
SO THANK YOU, PAUL, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY AND THE ARTS, PLEASE LOOK AT THE COACHES THAT WERE HERE PREVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THE HISPANIC CULTURE, SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY DID TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, ALSO SCOTT, COULD THIS BE FUNDED OUT OF THE HOT TAX SINCE IT WOULD PROMOTE, UH, TOURISM? YES.
100%, YES, BECAUSE IT CAN, UH, THERE'S A, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW MANY POINTS, LIKE A SEVEN OR A NINE POINT TEST.
SO IT HAS TO PUT HEADS AND BEDS FIRST AND THEN FIT INTO ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES, WHICH ONE IS ARTS.
SO AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL HAS FIDUCIARY IS OVER THOSE HOT FUNDS, SAY THAT IT MEETS THOSE TWO TESTS AND YES IT CAN.
AND THAT WAY THE TAXPAYERS AREN'T ON THE HOOK FOR IT.
SO DEFINITELY, AND IT PROMOTES THE TOURISM TOURIST CITY CUSTOMER FLOW.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT RIZZO MEANS BY ON THE HOOK FOR IT AS A RESIDENT THAT PAYS TAXES, I'LL GLADLY GIVE UP SOME MONEY TO HAVE SOME STATUTES IN THIS CITY.
SERIOUSLY, 50,000, NOT ENOUGH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL TODD.
THAT'S A STARTING POINT FOR ME.
I WALKED AROUND CARMEL AND I WAS ALREADY MAKING BIG PLANS FOR KYLE LET'S DO PIES.
LET'S DO LIKE, I WANT IT ALL THESE STATUTES.
I THINK IT GIVES YOU A REASON TO WALK.
IT GIVES YOU A REASON TO BE OUTSIDE.
IT GIVES PEOPLE A REASON TO COME IN KYLE AND TAKE PICTURES OF THEMSELVES AROUND DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, MY EMAIL AND I'LL, I'LL I'LL WORK WITH YOU, I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THIS GOING AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE DEX TRYING TO SAY THAT 50,000 IS ENOUGH, BUT COME ON, LET'S BE HONEST.
AND SO, UM, AS AN ARTIST, SOMEBODY WHO IS AN ARTIST, WE GOTTA RESPECT THAT AND THAT PRICE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME I'M I'M ALREADY THERE.
I WOULD JUST TRY TO REMIND THAT IT IS, WE ALREADY HAVE 50,000 INITIALLY PROPOSED IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO I WASN'T SURE, UH, WHEN SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE EARLIER, IF THAT WAS REALIZED OR NOT, THAT'S THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP, BUT HEY, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UH, AND YOU CERTAINLY DID HAVE A LOT OF UNIQUE IDEAS WHEN WE WERE ON OUR, UH, OUR VISIT.
I BELIEVE WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA OF HAPPY, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY HAVE THE GUITARS IN AUSTIN, THERE'S A DIFFERENT GUITAR AND YOU'D GO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
AND YOU CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING A DIFFERENT PI DESIGN AROUND THE CITY AND YOU'D GO AROUND AND COLLECT THEM ALL, UH, TYPE OF THING.
BUT THAT, THAT I AGREE WITH YOU COSMIC CHORES, THAT, THAT HIS QUALITY OF LIFE STUFF, THAT IS THINGS THAT IS A DRAW, UH, GETS YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO STROLL AND, AND TAKE IN THINGS.
AND YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, AND CERTAINLY VARIOUS DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING, UH, UH, TECH SUPPORTED, UH, FUNDING SOURCES, I THINK ALL SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE.
AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT ALL OF THEM PITTSBURGH TOBY'S, WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AT THE MARKET DAYS, YOU KNOW, AS MUSICIANS OR AS HILLS GUITAR PLAYER, MYSELF AND YOU AND YOUR BAND.
UM, WHAT KIND OF IDEAS DO YOU THINK WHEN IT COMES TO EITHER LIVE MUSIC OR BRINGING MUSIC TO KYLE FROM THE ARTS POINT, OR WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT, OR YOUR VISION IN THAT SENSE? SO
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I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT MY VISION OTHER THAN JUST, I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.AND I THOUGHT OF IT MORE IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO EXPAND BEYOND, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I SAY THIS, I, I PLAYED IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF BANDS, BUT I TEND TO DO MORE COUNTRY THAN ANYTHING ELSE TYPICALLY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T A LOT OF EVENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK IF WE COULD GET SOME MORE THINGS LIKE JAZZ AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, MAYBE ART IN THE PARK WITH SOME JAZZ GOING ON AND, AND JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AND PERHAPS FUN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK TO COUNCILMAN RIZOS POINT TOO, THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MUSIC AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC THAT, UM, APPEAL TO DIFFERENT GROUPS AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT DO BETTER, UH, WITH SOME OF THE EVENTS.
I KNOW WHEN WE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD ONE OF HIS OWN EVENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE MARIACHIS THERE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, NOW OF COURSE YOU ALWAYS GET THE PARENTS THAT'S OF COURSE I KNEW THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, WE HAD, YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT THOUGH, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING A TYPICAL GUITAR, BUT, BUT IF, IF I WERE TALKING TO THE, TO THE GROUP AND THE WORKING GROUP AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE SOME SORT OF AN ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING, PERHAPS IT COULD BE, UH, AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OR SOMETHING DOWN HERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH JUST DIFFERENT THINGS, PERHAPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OTHER ARTISTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE WAY YOU CAN KEEP YOUR COLLECTIVE TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT JUST HAVING MEETINGS MONTHLY WOULD BE A WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE, UM, PEOPLE OVER TIME GET TIRED OF GOING TO MEETINGS, BUT IF YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING, UH, REASONABLY QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN SELL THEIR ART AND INTERACT, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOUR, YOUR ARTISTS GROUP TOGETHER.
BUT I, I WOULD SAY, UH, AN ANNUAL SERIES LIKE THAT WITH SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERFORMERS AND JUST TRY IT.
I MEAN, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CLASSICAL MUSIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE OTHER THAN MYSELF THAT LOVE CLASSICAL MUSIC, BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE TRY OR AT LEAST WITHIN THAT, UH, PERHAPS A DIVERSE SERIES OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN KIND OF GO BACK TO, UH, LIVING BACK IN AUSTIN, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU HAD AUSTIN AQUA FEST, EVERY NIGHT, THEY WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT MUSIC VENTURE.
IT WAS WHETHER IT WAS CULTURALLY, IT WAS EITHER JAZZ ONE NIGHT AND IT WAS THE HOT OR THE NEXT IT WAS COUNTRY WESTERN ROCK OR WHATEVER.
BUT I THINK THAT WITH OUR CITY AND OUR POPULATION, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ARTISTS OUT THERE AND MUSICIANS, I COULD REALLY SHOWCASE THEIR MUSIC, WHETHER, LIKE YOU SAID, WHETHER WE HAVE A ARTS FESTIVAL AND SHOWCASE THEIR MUSIC SUCH AS JAZZ CLASSICAL OR POET READING OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND I THINK THAT'D BE PRETTY NEAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN JUST CAN BUILD ON SOME OF THOSE IDEAS.
AND, UM, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU BRING IN THIS WARD.
UM, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU'D GO ABOUT SOLICITING FOR THOSE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS FOLLOWING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICY? JUST HAVING APPLICATIONS AND, WELL, I THINK, I THINK THOUGH THAT WHAT WE MAKE NOW, AND AGAIN, MY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT WAS WE SEEK OUT PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
SO PERHAPS NOW THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER TODAY WAS TO GET SOME ACTUAL ARTISTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD OCCUR.
UM, BUT, BUT MY VIEW WOULD BE TO FIND SOME PEOPLE AND IT MAY BE TO THAT.
UM, YOU MAY WANT A BUSINESS OWNER IN THERE, OR EVEN OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, BUT IT COULD BE OTHER, UH, STAKEHOLDERS IN IT.
BUT, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, IF IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT YOU GOT A WORKING GROUP THAT MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
UH, IT MAY MEAN THAT PERHAPS THE COUNCIL MAY NEED TO HAVE A SMALL WORKING GROUP TO WORK THAT OUT, TO GET TO THAT POINT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT, BUT, UM, I MEAN, I THINK IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD RECOMMEND SPECIALIZING A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS ON THERE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CITIZENS ON THERE AND SOME ADVOCATES.
UM, AND OF COURSE AT THE VERY LEAST JUST WHEN THEY COME IN, UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS I DID HAVE WITH SOME FOLKS AROUND THIS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE ARTIST THAT IS, UM, THE BEST PERSON TO WORK ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT A PATRON OF THE ARTS, UM, MAY BE A PERSON THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PLAY MUSIC,
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BUT REALLY HAS A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR IT AND MAY WELL BE THE BEST PERSON TO WORK WITH ON IT.SO CERTAINLY I THINK THAT PROCESS, BUT JUST IN THE SELECTION, THE CRITERIA, I THINK SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
EXCUSE ME, JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
SO WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY FOR, FOR A WHILE, AND WE'VE HAD THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE BEEN BANTERING AROUND AHEAD OF THIS PRESENTATION FOR AWHILE, THOSE CATEGORIES THAT ARE LISTED AS KIND OF A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART.
SO WE DO WANT TO GET EITHER A PATRON OR ARTISTS IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, SO THAT, UH, EACH FACET OF ART IS REPRESENTED ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, YOU KNOW, EX-OFFICIO IS CLEARLY WELCOME.
THERE'S PLENTY OF INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT COULD BE, EX-OFFICIO SORRY, THIS IS MIKE HAS SO MUCH GAIN TURNED UP ON IT.
UH, SO WHAT WE WERE HOPING IS THAT WE COULD DO A, AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND SOLICIT FOR SOMEONE TO FILL EACH CATEGORY.
AND THEN WE WOULD INTERVIEW THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND BRING THEM BACK FOR RATIFICATION WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL STOP JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO, TO PR TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE READY TO PROPOSE THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMISSION.
WELL, THE SEVEN SEATS, THERE IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE.
IF YOU WANNA GO BACK ON THAT SLIDE, THE SEVEN CATEGORIES, ONE OF WHICH BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER THERE, IT IS SO SIX BROAD CATEGORIES OF ART WITH A REPRESENTATIVE, EITHER PATRON OR ARTISTS FROM EACH CATEGORY.
AND THEN IN THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT, WE NEED TO SPECIFY WHICH CATEGORY THEY'RE APPLYING TO, IS THE THOUGHT TO HAVE THEM BE REQUIRED TO BE CALLED RESIDENTS.
IF WE FOLLOW OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION ORDINANCE.
YES, I, IF WE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WE DID TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM, NO.
WELL, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT THAT'S A, THOSE ARE A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF, I DON'T KNOW, YOU'D HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THAT MANY UNIQUE PEOPLE, IF YOU CAN LIMIT IT TOO MUCH, WE'LL FIND IT EASILY.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR FIRST SHOT AT LEAST.
SO WE'LL BRING BACK A SLATE OF CANDIDATES.
IF YOU'D LIKE US JUST TO TAKE THIS, ADVERTISE IT, START VETTING.
WAS THAT THE, IS THAT THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT, UH, DO YOU WANT PAUL AND SCOTT TO COME BACK WITH SOME CANDIDATES? DO YOU WANT US TO BE A PART OF IT? YES.
WE WOULD LIKE AT LEAST A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT, OR IS IT STILL GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT OF AN OPEN CALL TO SEE IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT MAYBE EVEN Y'ALL AREN'T AWARE OF THAT IT WOULD BE, COULD FIT INTO ONE OF THOSE SIX OR YES, SIR.
ARE YOU WANTING US TO FIGURE OUT WHICH COUNSELOR WERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I RECOMMEND DEX IF HE HAS FREE TIME, IF NOT, I RECOMMEND MYSELF.
I SECOND THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH TO BE A PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS OR TO BE ON THE COMMISSION ITSELF BECAUSE HE ONLY HAD ONE SLOT THERE PICKED, WELL, WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO THAT.
WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THAT BOARD, BUT I THINK FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS, YEAH, A COUPLE OF US, AND THEN WE RECONVENE, UM, ONCE WE GET ALL THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US, MAYBE WE DECIDE TO, UM, HAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN WHAT IS ON THAT SLIDE.
AND, UH, WHETHER IT'S FOR THOSE OTHER POSITIONS OR THE COUNCIL POSITIONS OR ANY OF THEM.
SO I'LL RECOMMEND THAT WE CREATE A TASK FORCE FOR, UH, PICKING THE SEVENTH AND THEN, UH, ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MARELLA SAID CAL AND, UM, I GUESS I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF FOR THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET LLOYD STREET KYLE ON THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DON'T NEED A MOTION ON THAT.
SO, AND THEN, SO THE, THE THREE OF YOU PLUS, AND SCOTT PUT TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO FIGURE, FIGURE OUT AND COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL.
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL, IT'S FINE BY ME.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT? WELL, IT'S KIND OF EXCITING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH A LONG LIST OF THINGS, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO THINK
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ABOUT, I KNOW I MENTIONED IT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST A WHILE BACK WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT CAME FROM CARAMEL AS WELL.ANYWAY, UM, I HOPE THEY DON'T EVER WATCH THIS MEETING OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN CARAMEL THEY'LL THINK WE'RE LIKE STUCK AND THEY'RE TOTALLY NOT SCANNED.
NOT ALL OF THIS CAME FROM CARDBOARD.
NO, OF COURSE THERE WERE DEFINITELY DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE NEW CARMEN LENSES.
[29. Consideration of Juneteenth as a City Holiday as it relates to the Federal holiday. ~ Dex Ellison, Council Member]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT STEP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29 CONSIDERATION OF JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY, AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY COUNCILLOR ELLISON.
UM, SO I WON'T HAVE A LONG PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS.
I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS I COULD TRY AND CONVINCE YOU ALL OF, UH, UH, ADOPTING JUNETEENTH INTO OUR, UM, LIST OF HOLIDAYS.
UM, I'D LIKE FOR SCOTT TO, UH, I ASKED HIM TO DO THIS, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL ASK HIM TO DO IT STILL KIND OF JUST RECAP.
UM, CAUSE I KNOW THE BIGGEST CONCERN TYPICALLY IS THE SERVICES, UM, FOR RESIDENTS.
AND WHILE I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, IT HAS A BIGGER MEANING IN, IN MANY WAYS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL, THAT IS A LARGE PART OF OUR DUTY.
SO I'D LIKE SCOTT TO BRIEFLY JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE HOLIDAYS.
WE ALREADY EXIST AS FAR AS STAFFING, AS FAR AS SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO WHENEVER WE ARE CLOSED DURING A HOLIDAY.
UH, AND I'M GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS ANSWER WITH SANDRA.
SO I'LL, I'LL DISCUSS FROM A MORE MACRO AND THEN HAVE SANDRA TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
SO ON A CITY HOLIDAY, UH, OUR STAFFING FOR THE CORE SERVICES IS NOT INTERRUPTED.
SOMETIMES WE DO PAY TIME AND A HALF.
UH, SOMETIMES IT'S DOUBLE-TIME DEPENDING AND SOMETIMES THIS IS REGULAR TIME.
IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SCHEDULING.
UH, SANDRA CAN GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS.
WE DO CLOSE THIS BUILDING DOWN TYPICALLY ON EACH HOLIDAY.
SO CITY HALL IS NOT AVAILABLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE CORE SERVICES ARE UNINTERRUPTED.
UH, WHAT SANDRA DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? YES, HI, UH, FOR THE RECORD, SANDRA DURAN HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
AND, UM, I AGREE WITH MR. SELLERS THAT WE PRETTY MUCH GO INTERRUPTED.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS A BILLING CYCLES.
THEY'RE USUALLY DUE ON THE 15TH.
SO THIS BEING ON THE 19TH, IT WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED.
UM, AND WE WOULD CONTINUE OPERATIONS AS USUAL UNLESS WE HAVE AN EVENT LIKE WE DO FOR THE 4TH OF JULY OR LABOR DAY WEEKEND, UH, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THOSE, UM, THOSE DAYS ON A HOLIDAY FROM, FROM THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT, WE, WE HAVE WORKED HARD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS THIS COUNCIL KNOWS TO PROVIDE, UH, TECHNOLOGY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CAN STILL INTERACT WITH THE CITY, DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, FILE PERMITS, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, WE, WE TRY TO STILL GO UNINTERRUPTED ON HOLIDAYS.
UH, WE DO HAVE CALL-OUT SERVICE, THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO CERTAIN STAFF, YOU KNOW, WATER, SEWER ISSUES, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE.
AND MANY TIMES THEY DO COME OUT WITH A CREW AND CHECK, UH, CHECK EQUIPMENT AND RESPOND TO CALLS.
SO AGAIN, FROM A SERVICE DELIVERY STANDPOINT, WE TRY TO BE AS RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I SAW THE REPORT THAT SANDRA PUT TOGETHER THAT SHOWED, UH, UM, HOW MANY HOLIDAYS, INCLUDING PERSONAL FLOATING OR SIMILAR DOES THE CITY OFFER AND IN THE COMBINED, IT SHOWED LIKE, LOOK LIKE ABOUT HALF OR BETWEEN 11 AND 12, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT IS, WHERE DO WE FIT IN THAT PIE? WHERE WOULD WE ANSWER? OR THE CENTRAL TEXAS, ABOUT 37.5% HAVE 13 HOLIDAYS.
WE FALL IN THE IN-BETWEEN WE HAVE 12 HOLIDAYS AND TWO FLOATING HOLIDAYS.
WELL, SO THIS IS HOW MANY HOLIDAYS INCLUDING PERSONAL FLOATING ARE SIMILAR.
AND THEN THE, OF ALL THE CITIES AS JUST THE ONE I WAS LOOKING AT.
UM, SO WE ALREADY HAVE A VERY, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO TEXAS CITIES, WE'RE IN THE TOP 20% OF, IN TERMS OF TOTAL, TOTAL HOLIDAY.
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SO THERE'S THE QUESTION OF WHETHER I THINK WE SHOULD DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH AS A HOLIDAY OR WHETHER WE SHOULD MAKE IT 15, WHICH WOULD PUT US IN THE 2.7% CITIES.SO JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, UH, OTHER CITIES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA HAD, HAD BROUGHT THIS FORWARD YET OR NOT, OR IF THAT WAS THE TREND, IF MOST CITIES ARE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY SLASH FLOATING DAY THAT YOU HAVE OVER 50% OF CITIES ARE CONSIDERING ADDING JUNETEENTH AS AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY.
SO YEAH, THAT PUT THE MOVE THE WHOLE AVERAGE UP BY ONE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THAT I SENT YOU, IT SHOWS WHICH CITIES AREN'T CONSIDERING A JUNETEENTH AS A HOLIDAY.
WELL, I THINK WE GOT THAT AFTER THIS MEETING STARTED, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK, BUT A CUSTOMER.
SO SCOTT WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING JUNETEENTH, UM, DIDN'T CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST, UM, HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON, UH, MAKING JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY.
THEY DID, I THINK THEIR COMPROMISE WAS A FLOATING HOLIDAY, CORRECT.
THAT THE PRIOR CONVERSATION WHERE A FLOATING HOLIDAY WAS, WAS DETERMINED WAS GOOD FRIDAY.
WAS IT OKAY? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUNETEENTH AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT IT.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE THAT BACK AND THEN TAKE THE JUNE TEAM, BUT IF IT'S NOT FOR JUNETEENTH AND, UM, I'M GOOD.
I CAN READ YOU THE LIST THAT YOU WANT ME TO, UH, FOR WHICH CITIES AROUND US ARE CONSIDERING JUNE TEENS.
WELL CONSIDERING MEANS EXACTLY, BUT CUSTOMER FOR SCALE ME PERSONALLY, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY CONVERSATION.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DATE IN FOR IT TO BECOME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S IT DIRECTLY AFFECTED THE STATE.
AND I THINK, UM, TO NOT HAVE THE DAY OFF WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INJUSTICE THERE.
SO IF IT WERE UP TO ME, I WOULD SAY, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.
BUT I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINIONS, WHICH I'D LIKE TO HEAR.
WELL, THE QUESTION IS NOT, SHOULD WE APPROVE IT AS A CITY HOLIDAY? THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE GO FROM A TOTAL OF 14 DAYS OFF TO 15, WHICH PUTS US IN THE, THE 3% OF TEXAS CITIES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE A BETTER, WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER THAN 97%.
SO IT'S JUST, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT IN, IN CONTEXT, GOLD STANDARD.
LET ME REITERATE GOLD STANDARD.
LET ME REITERATE THE FACT THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS, AND IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND EVERY ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS GIVE THEIR ALL, ALL THE TIME.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING A JUNETEENTH OFF TO A DEPARTMENT WHO ANSWERS EMAILS AT THREE 30 IN THE MORNING, OR GOES WITH FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE OUR CITY HAVE A REALLY NICE 4TH OF JULY.
I, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY.
WE COULD BE LIKE KYLE AND SET THAT STANDARD, BUT MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH ME AND MAYBE THEY DO ALL I'M SAYING IS OUR STAFF DESERVES IT ONE EXTRA DAY.
I, AS A TAXPAYER, I TAKE IT OUT OF MY TICKET RIGHT OUT OF MY HOME TAXES.
IF YOU HAVE TO, IT, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME THAT IT'S WELL-DESERVED.
AND I FEEL LIKE W W W ANY ONE EXTRA DAY MAKING IT 15TH IS OKAY IN MY BOOK.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE DEBATE TODAY IS ABOUT NOT GIVING JUNETEENTH OFF.
CAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW, UM, SPECIAL ED DAY IS AND WHY IT'S NEEDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE DISCUSSIONS ON, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES US FOR GETTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAIN DATES AND WHY WE CELEBRATE THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED AS BEST WEEK.
EVERYBODY WAS ALL ABOUT FIREWORKS AND THEY FORGOT WHY WE REALLY CELEBRATE THAT DAY.
AND I DIDN'T FORGET THAT THE IMPORTANCE JUNETEENTH IS SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT DAY IS AS WELL WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUST BARBECUING AND FORGETTING WHAT IT IS.
I'LL REMEMBER WHAT THAT DAY IS FOR WHAT IT SYMBOLIZES.
UH, BUT YEAH, SO I, TRUST ME, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DAY, BUT NO, I THINK THIS IS, UH, JUST WONDERING HOW, WHAT DO WE SEND THE PRESIDENTS FOR THE CITY SURROUNDING US? BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GIVING AN EXTRA DAY AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AROUND US WOULD PROBABLY BE THINKING LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT TWO FLOATING HOLIDAYS.
WE'RE AT 14, WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LIMIT? YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THIS AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO GIVING STAFF A HOLIDAY.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S A SPECIAL HOLIDAY.
I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE IT.
AND I'M LEANING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, GIVING STAFF THE DAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS OF HOLIDAYS.
CAUSE WE, WHAT COMES UP THE NEXT HOLIDAY THAT WE DO, ARE WE GONNA, YOU KNOW, DO CINCO THAT MILE? IS THAT GOING TO BE THE NEXT ONE? CAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED THAT EITHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR THE SPANISH
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PEOPLE AS WELL? BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A STOPPING POINT.UH, DO WE TAKE BACK A HOLIDAY AND GO BACK TO 14 OR DO WE ADD ONE? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DEBATE TODAY IS BECAUSE I KNOW I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY ON DIES WOULD LOVE TO GET, UH, THE, THE EMPLOYEES JUNETEENTH OFF BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL ALL DAY.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME IF MY STAFF NEEDS AN EXTRA DAY OFF.
THEY WORK HARD EVERY DAY AND I'M OKAY WITH GIVING THEM, EVERYONE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE PARKS AND REC.
THERE'S NOT ONE DEPARTMENT THAT I HAVE A BAD WORD OR A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH.
SO NOBODY'S MAKING A NOTE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
LIKE WHAT WOULD I HANG UP B? WHY WOULD WE SAY NO? WE WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE OUR VACATION HOLIDAY POLICY IS DISPROPORTIONATELY LENIENT COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND IN PARTICULAR COMPARED TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO WHEN YOU PUT IT ON A, UH, ON, UH, ON WE'RE WAY, WAY OVER HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUSHING IT EVEN FURTHER.
SO LET'S, WE GIVE TWO FLOATING HOLIDAYS.
SO IN MY MIND, IF YOU, IF YOU REFRAMED IT AND SAID, INSTEAD OF A 12 TO POLICY, WE GO TO A 13 ONE POLICY TO DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH AS A, AS A HOLIDAY AND GIVE THEM THE DAY OFF, BUT TAKE THE FLOATING AWAY.
THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO HONOR THE DAY, UH, WITHOUT GOING INTO THE, UM, INTO THE PERCENTAGE THAT IS, IS, IS, IS PRETTY FAR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, IF YOU PROBABLY GAVE STAFF THAT OPTION, UH, THEY WOULD SAY, NEVERMIND, I TAKE IT BACK BECAUSE IT'S LIKE DOING THAT.
YOU ALMOST, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PUNISHING JUNETEENTH.
LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU JUNETEENTH, COME AND TAKE THIS ONE AWAY.
SURE, I'VE DONE THIS FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND SO I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE VOTED AGAINST THINGS BEFORE I VOTED FOR THINGS FOR BEFORE.
SO, BUT WE DON'T COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE, THE PRIVATE COMPANIES, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT'S OUR EXCUSE FOR BUSINESS FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY WE DON'T PAY MORE IS BECAUSE WE CAN'T COMPETE.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMPARE PERSONAL, LIKE HOLIDAYS OFF FROM PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR, YEAH, WE SHOULDN'T BE COMPETING.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO, THAT'S FINE.
BUT MY WHOLE POINT IS YOU CAN'T, HE CAN'T SAY WE'RE GOING TO COMPETE HERE AND THEN NOT COMPETE HERE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT RELEVANT, MAKE IT RELEVANT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE, BE COMPETITIVE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO NOT PAY OUR EMPLOYEES AS MUCH AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THEN WE CAN AT LEAST INCENTIVIZE THEM BY GIVING THEM ONE OR EXTRA DAYS OFF THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET WORKING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
ACTUALLY WE ARE IN OUR BUDGET, LOOKING AT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS TAKING TO THEM.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THAT PAY.
AND, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE HOLIDAYS.
SO WE, UH, ARE NOT COMPETING WITH THEM.
WE ACTUALLY GET MORE HOLIDAYS THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES THAN ANYONE I KNOW THAN ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION.
I KNOW WE HAVE THEM, WE HAVE THE MOST ROBUST HOLIDAY PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M LIKE, I DON'T IMMEDIATELY JUMP TO ADD TO THAT TOTAL NUMBER.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, UH, ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
IF I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY TO BE THE SAME, UM, TITLE AS THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FOR JUNE, JUNE TEETH HERE IN THE CITY OF CAULK.
SPEED MOTION BY COUNSELOR ELLISON SECOND AND BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE, UH, THAT WE APPROVE, UH, MAKING JUNETEENTH THAT A CITY HOLIDAY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IS THERE, IS THERE NO WAY TO PARSE OUT SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE VOTES CAN BE MADE AS TO DESIGNATE A HOLIDAY VERSUS ADDING TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS THAT PEOPLE THAT WE GIVE OFF? NO.
[30. [Postponed 6/15/21] 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]
JEDDAH.NUMBER 30, A DECIDED WAS POSTPONED 6, 15 21.
UH, AND UH, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE POSTPONED AGAIN.
UH, YOU NEED A SUPPOSE TO A DATE CERTAIN.
ALRIGHT, SO CONSIDER APPROVING SITE-SPECIFIC DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS FOR THE HEROES MEMORIAL TRACKS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO CLOSING OF THE PARCEL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE SIGN UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
SECOND ABOUT COUNTS FOR TOBY S ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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DID WE GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH EXEC? NO, NOT EVEN CLOSE.[VIII. Executive Session]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MADE CONVENIENT TO 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 CAN PROJECT BILL CREE, PROJECT PACIFIC BLUE PROJECT, DEEP GOLD GOLDEN PROJECT, TROPICAL GREEN PROJECT, MIDNIGHT BLUE RESTAURANT INCENTIVE PROGRAM, PROJECT WILD BLUE, AND I THINK SIGN CODE.
LA, IF YOU JUST WANT TO READ THEM ALL, JUST READ THEM ALL.
BUT JUST IN CASE HE DIDN'T JUST DO IT ALL AGAIN.
EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN NOW.