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[I. Call Meeting to Order]
EVERYONE.UH, THE DAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 4TH.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WOULD ALL.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UH, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE, COACH HERE.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
NEXT STEP APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.ALEXA, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST AND REGULAR MEETING.
TOBIA SECONDED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN, UH, COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT IT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE THREE THAT HAVE REGISTERED ALREADY FIRST UP, UM, MR. JEFF THOMPSON, GOOD EVENING.
I'M JEFF THOMPSON, A LEADER WITH THE CORRIDOR INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES.
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT AT THE SEPTEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THAT THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH.
RESIDENTS OF KYLE WERE ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT THE HAYES COUNTY FOOD BANK WITH, WITH DONATIONS.
AND THAT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE AND I APPRECIATED THE PROCLAMATION AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A GREAT INDICATION THAT THE CITY OF KYLE ITSELF IS READY TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE FOOD BANK AND OTHER NONPROFITS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY OF KYLE.
THE NEXT STEP TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IS THE FORMATION OF A HUMAN SERVICES BOARD OR COMMISSION TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ABOUT DISTRIBUTION OF ANY FUNDS THAT MAY BE DESIGNATED IN FUTURE BUDGETS.
THAT'S NUMBER 23 ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
NOW I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE TO BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH A GROWING PROGRESSIVE, EXCITING CITY LIKE KYLE, BUT I AM AWARE THAT IN A CITY THAT GROWS THIS FAST, SOMETIMES THERE IS A TENDENCY TO FORGET ABOUT THE MARGINALIZED FOLKS AND IN FACT CAN MAKE THEM EVEN MORE MARGINALIZED.
SO I CALL ON YOU THIS EVENING TO ESTABLISH A HUMAN SERVICES BOARD OR COMMISSION SO THAT NO ONE WILL BE LEFT BEHIND.
UH, JOE DIAZ, WHAT ARE YOU DOING MR. MAYOR COUNCIL? UH, MY NAME IS JODY IS I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF KYLE.
UH, I PLAYED HERE FOR A LITTLE OVER 40 YEARS.
MY WIFE IS A ORIGINAL KEILBACK.
UH, WE LIVE DOWN HERE OFF OF CENTER STREET AND WOULDN'T WALLACE, UH, ADDITION, UM, MY COMPLAINT, I HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A REASONABLY RE-ESTABLISHED A REAL HOUSE MAR UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF NOISE THAT THAT BAR AND THE OUTSIDE, I GUESS, STAGE, UH, PRODUCES, UH, IS QUITE UNNERVING.
THEY BE HEARING SUCH A LOUD NOISE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT.
AND, UH, WE WERE THANKFUL THAT THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD A QUIET WEEKEND AND WE WERE ABLE TO BE IN OUR YARD IN THE EVENING.
BUT, UH, IT'S OUT OF CONTROL SIMPLY, IS THAT THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING WE WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS WE CALL THE POLICE AND WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT NOISE.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE THE DECIBEL
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SETTING OR WHATEVER IS BEING ALLOWED IS IF IT'S 85 DECIBELS, THEN IT IT'S IN THE HARMFUL AREA OF NOISE FOR INDIVIDUALS IT'S STANDARD.TESTABLE SETTINGS ARE BETWEEN 55 AND 45 OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO IF IT'S SET AT 85, THEY'RE WAY PAST THAT MARGIN, ANYWAY, THAT IS THE ONE THING.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UH, UH, I WOULD JUST, UH, TALKING TO A LIEUTENANT OR NONE OF THIS.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE COULD HAVE SOME, UM, POLICE OFFICER CARS, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE DRIVE AROUND AND IN HERE IN THE OLD TOWN HERE, ORIGINAL KYLE, WE NEVER SEE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, DRIVING AROUND, LOOKING AT THINGS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEEDING CARS UP AND DOWN CENTER STREET.
AND ON VETERANS DRIVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF NOISE FROM THESE BOOMBOX CARS.
WE HAVE SOME CRAZY CHARACTER THAT DRIVES UP AND DOWN CENTER STREET, MAYBE EVERY YEAR, EVERY COUPLE OF 10 DAYS OR SO.
AND HE'S GOT SOME KIND OF BANG NOISE THAT HE MAKES.
I MEAN, IT IT'S EXTREMELY LOUD AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CATCH HIM ON FILM, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, BUT, UH, UH, WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING, UH, IN AND AROUND HERE AND, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN KYLE AND IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, DON'T KNOW WHAT A STOP SIGN IS.
AND, UM, IT IT'S IT'S RIGHT THERE WHERE WE LIVE, NOBODY EVER STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE CORNER OF, UH, LOCKHART IN WALLACE THAT THAT'S GENERALLY A ROAD THROUGH STOP.
AND IT, A TIME WHEN TRAFFIC IS OCCURRING AT FIVE O'CLOCK OR WHEN THE KIDS ARE GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, UM, HOPE THAT, UM, SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE EXTREME NOISE THAT WE'RE BEING MADE TO, UH, ENDURE, WHICH IS NOT VERY EASY.
RIGHT NEXT STEP, MELISSA RODRIGUEZ.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER.
AND I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CREATION OF A HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, YOUR AGENDA ITEM 23.
UM, AND JUST TO REITERATE, WHAT WAS STATED IS THAT THE, THESE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY NONPROFITS LIKE OURS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER, WHERE THEY LIVE, UM, WHERE THEY COME FROM AND DOES IT MATTER.
UM, AND JUST A REMINDER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE SERVED 390 OF THOSE WERE KYLE RESIDENTS, UH, 123 WERE VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND WAY PURPLE CAUSE.
OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
YOU WILL BE PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, WHICH HAS BECOME UNFORTUNATELY, AN INCREASING ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, SPEAKING TO THE GROWTH, THE MORE GROWTH, THE MORE NEED THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE BOARD.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS OUR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY SERVICES.
THESE ARE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND PRIMARILY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, LAST YEAR IN KYLE, WE PROVIDED 261 CHILDREN WITH SERVICES FROM THE CITY OF KYLE SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THAT IS THE HIGHEST SERVED NUMBER IN OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
MORE THAN EVEN SAN MARCUS, THEY ARE NUMBER ONE, SERVED ARE OUR TOWEL SERVICES.
AND FOR ADULT SERVICES, KYLE IS OUR SECOND LARGEST SERVED.
UM, SO WE DO ASK FOR THAT INVESTMENT, NOT ONLY BACK TO PROVIDING THOSE CRITICAL SERVICES, BUT AS SEEING IT AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE TO THAT, IT IS THAT, UM, ALSO SPEAKS VOLUMES TO CARING ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, SO WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THE CREATION OF A COMMISSION.
THAT IS ALL OF THE FORMS THAT I HAVE FILLED OUT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
UM, I THINK LAST, THE LAST TIME I CAME AND I TALKED ABOUT IN BEHALF OF THE SAFETY CENTERS, THAT HOW THE PLANS HAD BEEN DONE FOR THAT, WE VOTED FOR ONE THING AND THEN IT'S GONE.
AND THEN THE LAST MINUTE, AND THE LAST MEETING THAT Y'ALL HAD, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSE ON 1 0 4 BURLESON AND Y'ALL HAD A PLAN AND THEN HOW IT'S GOTTEN BEYOND, IT SEEMS TO BE A HABITS THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
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AT THE RATE, IT WAS AT THREE STORIES OR WHATEVER.I STILL THINK THAT Y'ALL HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT PLACE HAS ENOUGH, UM, PARKING IN THE BEHIND, ADVL DO IT IN THE FRONT.
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING EITHER, UH, WITH THE PARKING AROUND THE SQUARE.
THERE'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT MANY, UH, BUSINESSES, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING IN THE CITY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
CITIZEN COMMENTS, CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED.
[3.
Consider nominations and take action to appointments to the Board of Adjustment to fill two vacancies. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor
- Patricia Palacios
- Matthew Lancaster
UH, TWO APPOINTMENTS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, UH, TO FILL TWO VACANCIES.
UH, THE TWO, UH, NOMINEES ARE PATRICIA
THESE, UH, WERE THE APPLICANTS WHO, UH, CAME FORWARD.
UH, SO THEY WERE ALL INTERVIEWED, UH, AND BY THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE MADE A, UM, UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THEM FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THEIR, UH, APPLICATIONS OR RESUMES ARE ATTACHED TO THE BACKUP.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
ARE THEY HERE? DID THEY? I DO NOT KNOW.
WELL, HOW DO I ASK QUESTIONS IS EITHER A MATTHEW, LANCASTER OR PATRICIA
UM, NO, UH, SO THE, THE POLICY DOES STATE FOR THE CANDIDATES TO BE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
IT SAYS IT RIGHT IN THE POLICY.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD TRY AND MEET THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE HAVE THESE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, SO I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE THAT AREN'T FOR POLICY US IN LANCASTER IS, UH, WHO MADE UP THE BOARD, UM, TEMPER VIEWED AND INTERVIEWED THE CANDIDATES AND HOW MANY TOTAL CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE OVERALL.
THERE WERE TWO SEATS, UH, AVAILABLE.
THERE WERE TWO APPLICANTS AND THERE WERE TWO INTERVIEWS.
THE BOARD, UH, THAT INTERVIEWED THEM WAS THE PRES PRESIDENT OR THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, CITY MANAGER, UH, UM, WHO, UH, DESIGNATED AS OPPOSED TO JAMES.
SO JAMES HARP WAS THERE AND MYSELF.
UM, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE A STAFF LIAISON FOR THAT ONE.
AND ONLY TWO PEOPLE APPLIED ENTIRELY.
HOW LONG DID WE HAVE THE, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN AND WHAT MEANS THAT WE USE TO, UM, ADVERTISE FOR THIS? I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW LONG IT WAS OPEN, BUT WE DID GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR OUTREACH CHANNELS, INCLUDING THE NEWSLETTER SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND CAN SOMEBODY FROM STAFF SPEAK TO HOW LONG THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR, TO OPEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, JAMES PURPOSES, AND CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE RECORD? UM, I DON'T KNOW THE DATE THAT IT WAS PUBLISHED.
I DO KNOW THAT WE WERE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO GET ENOUGH CANDIDATES TO DO INTERVIEWS FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS, IF NOT LONGER.
UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR KOONTZ WAS WORKING ON PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE.
UH, SO IT WAS AT LEAST POSTED PRIOR TO THAT.
SO I WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT IN SAYING 30 DAYS, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY OPENED.
UH, NO, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS I HAD FOR STAFF.
MY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CERTAINLY FOR MS.
UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT GOING FORWARD FOR THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS THAT WE HAD THEM PRESENT, EVEN VIRTUALLY I THINK WOULD BE MORE THAN SATISFACTORY FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS, IS HAVING THEM PRESENT.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION AND NOMINATIONS FOR THIS BOARD AND TO THE NEXT SCHEDULED AGENDA, MOVE BACK, COUNSELOR ELLISON THAT WE POSTPONE THIS ITEM SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR FLORES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? UH, MAY I SMEAR, UH, I DID REACH OUT TO MS. PALACIOS
UH, I WAS HOPING THAT SHE WOULD BE HERE CAUSE I DID READ
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HER RESUME AND HER APPLICATION, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK HAVING THEM BOTH HERE TO WHERE WE COULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT HELP ON THAT VOTE? OKAY.MAY I ASK IF THEY WERE INFORMED? I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT THEM TO LOOK BAD IF THEY KNEW.
SO WHENEVER I REACHED OUT TO THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD FOR NOMINATION AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE ON THIS AGENDA OR NOT.
SO I SUGGEST THAT THEY WATCH THE AGENDA POSTING AND IF THEY WERE ON THEN TO ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR BY VIDEO.
SO, UM, I GUESS THAT, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
SO, UM, GOING FORWARD, I'LL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN DIRECTLY BEFOREHAND AND CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ATTENDANCE.
THE REASON THAT THE, THIS ITEM CAME FORWARD, JUST BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM AVAILABLE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAD APPLICATIONS THAT THE PERIOD IT HAD BEEN POSTED.
UH, SO THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF INVOLVEMENT ON MY END, BUT I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INTERVIEWS WERE, WERE, UH, WERE, WERE SOLID ON, UM, SAD.
UM, SO THEY'VE GOT A, UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MEETING THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT DELAYING THIS ITEM WILL IMPACT THE, THE MEETING THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SET? THEY HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT, UH, ITEMS COMING BEFORE.
MY INSTINCT IS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START POSTING BECAUSE THERE'S PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE ITEMS. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND POST THOSE AS IF THEY WERE APPOINTED TONIGHT WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT THEY WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, AND WE CAN'T MAKE THEM, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO CANCEL THE ITEMS THAT WOULD KEEP US FROM DELAYING THE ITEMS THAT NEED TO COME BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ANY FURTHER THAN LIKE THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER.
SO AS OUR POLICY GOING TO BE, IF THE APPLICANTS ARE NOT PRESENT, WE ARE GOING TO SET AS A, AS A, AS A, UH, PRECEDENT THAT WE, THEY WILL JUST BE POSTPONED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THAT THEY CAN BE HERE.
WELL, THAT'S NOT THE PRECEDENT THAT WE'VE SET UP TILL THIS POINT.
SO WITH THE POLICY WRITTEN IN THE POLICY, IT STATES FOR THEM TO BE PRESENT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK.
CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT, WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS A SHIFT IN HOW WE RESPOND SO THAT IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, BECAUSE I'M CERTAIN THAT IT WASN'T IMPRESSED UPON THEM, THAT IF THEY WEREN'T HERE, UH, THE ITEM WOULD BE DELAYED.
SO IT IS PARAMOUNT IF THEY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS NOT EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, WE CHANGED OUR DAY.
MAYBE IT CONFLICTED WITH SCHEDULES.
I JUST DON'T KNOW, BUT I'D BE, YOU KNOW, I, MY ALTERNATIVE IS EITHER TO POSTPONE OR TO VOTE.
I MEAN, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, UM, MAKE A VOTE, SO, UM, I'M OKAY WITH VOTING, BUT MY VOTE IS GOING TO BE NO.
WELL, THE MOTION SECOND IS TO, UH, POSTPONE THE ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? SAY, I, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE PRECEDENT, BUT I THINK THE PRECEDENT HAS YOU START THE POLICY.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO GET BACK IN LINE WITH WHAT THE POLICY STATES AND IS.
I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE AND PASS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONED, UH, APPOINTMENTS WHERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE.
SO THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP EITHER.
WE JUST NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH IT.
SO ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
UH, FOUR TO THREE, UM, UH, I, I PREFER TO SEE THEM APPROVED, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE BUSINESS AT HAND AND, AND THEY WERE QUALIFIED AND RECOMMENDED.
UH, I DO THINK YOUR, YOUR POINT IS NOTED THOUGH.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UH, CUSTOMERS THOUGH.
I, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO AGREE WITH DEX ON THAT POINT.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO VENT PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, CAUSE WE'RE MAKING REALLY IMPORTANT DECISIONS UP HERE FOR APPOINTMENTS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS TIME, THE ONLY REASON I I'M ALLOWING THESE APPOINTMENTS TO GO FORWARD IS BECAUSE IT WOULD IMPRESS UPON THEM TO BE HERE.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE NEED TO PRESS PAUSE ON ALL APPOINTMENTS.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
UH, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO, UM, THIS TIME I'M NOT GOING TO FAIL THEM BECAUSE I THINK WE, MIGHT'VE NOT IMPRESSED THAT UPON THE TWO APPLICANTS.
UH, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE STARTED DOING THAT AS STAFF, AS A COUNCIL.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE REASON I'M GONNA GO IN APPROVAL TO START.
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CONCERN IS ALSO THE FACT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY'S REACHED OUT TO ONE AND NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE.SO, UM, I THINK IT'S KIND OF DISHEARTENING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY YES, WHEN WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THEM, UM, ALL JUST TO GET THINGS ROLLING OR TO GET THINGS GOING.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE REASON WE'RE REFERENCING MY EMAIL TO HER.
I DID SAY TO MS. PALACIOS THAT I DID REVIEW HER APPLICATION AND, UM, IT WASN'T IMPRESSED AND WAS, WAS IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
BUT AGAIN, UH, I WAS STILL WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HER HERE AND STILL BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT FAIR FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAD QUESTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM ANSWERED.
UM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOVE BY MAYOR.
SECOND ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WE APPROVE PATRICIA
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[4. Consideration of the reappointment of Chuck Koenen to Seat 3 of the Park and Recreation Board for a two-year term to expire September 30, 2023. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CHUCK, UH, CONE INTO C3 OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, MISS ESPINOSA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.SO WE HAVE AN EXCITING NIGHT FOR PARKS BECAUSE WE GET TO, UH, RECOMMEND REAPPOINTMENT OF ONE PARK BOARD MEMBER AND THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO BRAND NEW PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
SO FIRST UP WE WOULD LIKE, UM, TO HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT OF TREK, CONAN TO SEAT THREE OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM, MR. KONAN IS CURRENTLY SERVING IN HIS SECOND TERM.
SO THIS HAS THE COMPLETION OF HIS FOURTH YEAR.
MR. KERNAN IS INTERESTED IN SERVING FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, HAS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARK BOARD, HAVE INCLUDED WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO OFFER ARCHERY LESSONS AND A KID'S FISHING DERBY.
MR. KONAN HAS REVIEWED HIS ORIGINAL APPLICATION AND QUESTIONS AND HAS UPDATED HIS CERTIFICATIONS TO INCLUDE THAT HE, THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ANGLER INSTRUCTOR, A GOLD AWARD ANGLER AREA, CHIEF, A BASIC ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR AND BASIC ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR TRAINER.
MR. KONAN IS HERE IN PERSON IN OUR PARK BOARD CHAIR, AMANDA STARK.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER FOR HER RECOMMENDATION.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AMANDA STARK, THAT CHAIR OF THE PARKS RECREATION BOARD.
UM, CHUCK CONAN HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE BOARD.
WE APPRECIATE AND VALUE HIS OPINIONS AND INPUT.
UH, WE HAVE FOR TWO YEARS AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP HIM ON FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
SO IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP HIM ON THE PARKS BOARD FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
UH, THANK YOU, MS. STARK, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FLOURISH, CA YES.
I'M GOING TO ADMIT THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO STAY FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
AND THEN I WANT TO REASSURE YOU THAT OUR DIOCESE HAS PLANS TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO KEEP YOU, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU WANT TO BE THERE FIRST.
AND IF YOU HAD ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT DID I HOPE TO SEE DIFFERENTLY? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WORK TOGETHER.
SO, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MR. COHEN, UH, PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, UH, THE OTHER FEW WEEKS AGO AT YOUR BOARD MEETING.
UM, SO ONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
IS THIS YOUR, WOULD THIS BE YOUR SECOND TWO YEAR TERM OR YOUR THIRD TWO YEAR TERM? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON? IT WOULD BE A THIRD.
SO YOU'VE SERVED US, UH, FOR FOUR YEARS AND US BY ME.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR THAT.
UM, UH, I HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR THOSE THAT SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, SO WHAT BROUGHT YOU BACK TO DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO DO A THIRD TERM ON PARKS OR? WELL, UH, THE RULES, I GUESS, ARE BEING ACCEPTED TO ALLOW IT THERE TERM, IT USED TO BE TWO TERMS AND THEN YOU WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMPORT FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
SO I NEVER SAID THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO SERVE IT JUST TO THE RULES.
SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY.
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CERTAINLY THE RULE HAS CHANGED, BUT YOU COULD HAVE DENIED THE REAPPOINTMENT.WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES YOU SO ADAMANT AND WHAT IS YOUR PASSION ABOUT SERVING ON THE PARKS AND BOARD? WELL, UM, IT, I MEAN, YOU LEARN AS YOU GO.
UM, SO I THINK I'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE CONTRIBUTED QUITE A BIT AND, UM, REASSURED AND RE-ENERGIZED BY WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE COUNCIL AND, AND CITY STAFF'S WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AND I'M GOING TO REFERENCE A LITTLE BIT OF IT IF YOU DON'T MIND HERE.
UH, SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATED YOUR CANDOR AND FEEDBACK IN OUR CONVERSATION WE HAD.
AND YOU MENTIONED, UH, ONE THING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS MORE COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL IN YOUR MIND.
UH, THAT'S ONE PART OF MY QUESTION.
I HAVE A SECOND PART, BUT IN YOUR MIND, WHAT IS THAT COLLABORATION AND BETTER COHESIVENESS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF BEING BRUSHED OVER HERE? WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE TO YOU? WELL, UM, IN PRIVATE AND IN PUBLIC, I'VE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THAT THEY WISHED THEY HAD MORE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN EVERYTHING BUT PARKS AND PARKS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.
AND IT STRUCK ME AS IRONIC THAT WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER TO BE INTERVIEWED AND SERVE ON THE PARKS BOARD.
AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED FOR INPUT VERY OFTEN.
UH, IRONIC, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING, HOPEFULLY WE'LL, I'LL SAY THEY USED TO DO AT THAT LIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU IS, UH, WHEN WE, WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE MEETINGS AND, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE A STANDING TIME WHERE YOU ALL MEET, BUT IT SEEMS NOT TO BE PRESENT ON THE WEBSITE OR ANYTHING UNTIL THERE IS AN ACTUAL AGENDA IS WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE.
SO WOULD THERE BE ANYTHING, AND I GUESS THIS IS LESS FOR MR. COHEN AND MAYBE FOR MARIANNA AND SCOTT, WOULD THERE BE A CASE WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PUT THESE, UH, MEETINGS ON THE WEBSITE AS UPCOMING THAT THEY'RE STANDING MEETINGS, AND THEN OF COURSE, IF THERE IS NO AGENDA, THEN WE REMOVE THEM THAT WAY RATHER THAN VICE VERSA.
IS THERE A KIND OF, IS THERE SOME KIND OF METHOD BEHIND THAT MADNESS? I GUESS THERE'S AN EASY SOLUTION IT'S LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THERE'S A STANDING MEETING THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE AND GO THROUGH THE EVENT CALENDAR AND MAKE SURE THIS EDIT IS AN EVENT EVERY MONTH.
UH, WOULD THAT KIND OF END THE DISCUSSION WE HAD MR. COMO, BUT THAT'D BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WERE HOPING TO SEE AS FAR AS, NOT ONLY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ANY PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OUR UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT RECOMMEND WITH THAT? NOT JUST TIME.
ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FOR THE COUNCIL WHILE YOU HAVE US NOW, SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, UH, FROM US OR LIKE TO SEE US DO MORE AND HOW TO BETTER CREATE A MORE COLLABORATIVE AND COHESIVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARKS BOARD? UM, WELL I THINK WE, EXCUSE ME, I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT.
I MEAN, MY, MY OPINION IS THAT IF HE SAID, IF WE WANT MORE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN PARKS AND PARK PROJECTS, UM, LET'S START WITH THE PARKS BOARD.
I MEAN, THAT'S SEVEN FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEERED AND I THINK PUTTING THE MEETINGS ON WE'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW IS PRETTY MUCH IT AND REAPPOINT ME, OBVIOUSLY YOUR VIEWPOINT, YOU THAT'LL BE THE FIRST THING TO IMPROVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, UH, CASPER.
TOBIA I JUST HAVE ONE REAL QUICK, SIR.
YOU KNOW, MY ON THE MEME PUT YOU IN NAZI, BUT THIS, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, IT'D BE A THIRD, A THIRD APPOINTMENT.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR OVERALL GOAL WHILE SERVING ON THIS BOARD? WHAT WOULD IT BE YOUR OVERALL GOAL THAT YOU WOULD SEE FOR YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT? THAT'S IT? THAT'S IT GREAT QUESTION.
UM, HOPEFULLY I CAN HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR IT.
UH, I JUST LIKE PARKS AND LIKE OUTDOOR STUFF.
AND I STARTED LONG AGO WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GO INTO ACTUAL CLASSES TO LEARN HOW TO TEACH PEOPLE LIKE TO FISH AND FOR ARCHERY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE EVENTS LIKE THAT IN CON AND MORE OF OUTDOORS
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TYPE EVENTS, NOT SO MUCH.I MEAN, MORE OF THE HUNTING AND FISHING STUFF.
THAT'S KIND OF MY EXCITEMENT BUTTON.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR TO SEE, BECAUSE YOU WOULD IMPLEMENT MORE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH HERE IN THE CITY.
MAY I MAKE THEM LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. KONAN? ALL RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN MOTION BY COUNCILOR ELLISON, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FORCE, KALE THAT WE APPROVED CHUCK CONAN TO C3 OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
[5.
Consider of nominations for appointments to the Park and Recreation Board to fill two vacancies. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation
- James Miller (Seat 6)
- Lauralee Harris (Seat 1)
ALL THE APPLICANTS WERE CALLED FOR INTERVIEWS.
SIX OF THE APPLICANTS ACCEPTED IN FIVE, ACTUALLY SHOWED UP FOR THEIR INTERVIEWS, MYSELF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JERRY HENDRIX PARK, BOARD CHAIR, AMANDA STARK AND COUNCIL MEMBER, YVONNE FLORES COWER ON THE INTERVIEW PANEL.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT TWO APPOINTEES TO THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION TO SURVEY TWO YEAR TERM.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JAMES JIMMY MILLER.
HE IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY SINCE HE IS OUT OF THE STATE I'M TRAINING FOR WORK FOR SEAT SIX, MR. MILLER CONSIDERS HIMSELF AN OUTDOORS MAN.
ISN'T AN AVID USER OF THE PLUM CREEK TRAIL.
MR. MILLER HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN MOUNTAIN BIKING AND AS A SALES AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR.
MS. HARRIS HAS A BACKGROUND IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
IN ADDITION TO OVER 30 YEARS AND WORKING FOR NONPROFITS, MS. HARRIS HAS SERVED FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF HOLTON CITY.
SHE IS CURRENTLY A HAYES COUNTY MASTER NATURALIST WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
OUR PARK BOARD CHAIR, UH, AMANDA STARK IS HERE.
LAURA LEE HARRIS IS HERE AND OF COURSE JEREMY MILLER IS ON THE CALL.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER TOBY'S? YES.
UH, SAME QUESTION THAT I GAVE THE GENTLEMEN EARLIER.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR OVERALL GOAL THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY SERVING ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD? UH, SORRY ABOUT THE LIGHTING IN HERE HOTEL, AND THERE'S NOT ANY LIGHTS IN THIS HOTEL ROOM EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF, OF, UH, OF LAMPS.
SO I GUESS, UH, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE IS WE MOVED TO THE CITY, UM, JUNE OF 2020, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND, UH, ONE THING THAT I REALIZED THERE'S LOTS OF GREEN SPACE IN THE CITY WAS INVESTING LOTS OF MONEY IN GREEN SPACE AND PARKS FACILITIES, NOT ONLY THE TRAILS, RIGHT, AS A, AS A MOUNTAIN BIKER OR A RUNNER, I LOVE THE TRAILS PART, BUT, UH, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER FACILITIES AROUND, AROUND THE CITY.
SO WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE IS MORE PEOPLE OUT ENJOYING THOSE THINGS AND EXPLORING THOSE ITEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, BEING A KID OF THE EIGHTIES AS KIDS WERE THE ONES THAT GOT OUT AND FOUND THE PARKS AND FOUND THE TRAILS AND DID ALL THE FUN STUFF.
NOW IT'S HARD TO GET FOLKS OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, DURING MY INTERVIEW, I TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT OR SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AND GO EXPLORE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, ALL THE MONEY THAT'S BEING INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND ON TOP OF IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A MASTER TRAIL SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING TOGETHER, CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO HELP.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT, WHAT THE SYSTEM REALLY NEEDS THAT SOMEONE TO GO PROMOTE IT AND THE BEST WAY TO PROMOTE IT AND SAY, HEY, EVERYONE COME OUT AND LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
I, IN A COMMUNITY BRING PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
I WANT TO SEE, UH, I WANT FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO SEE WHAT I SEE AND I SEE THE MONEY THAT'S INVESTED AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT I HAVE, I WANT THAT TO BE INFECTIOUS.
AND I THINK THAT YOU NEED SOMEONE TO BE A LEADER OF THAT INFECTION, AND I WON'T BE THAT GUY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
DID YOU HEAR MS. HARRIS? GOOD EVENING.
AND IT WOULD ALSO BE THE SAME QUESTION AS FAR AS WHAT GOALS WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE IF SERVING ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD? I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN QUALITY OF LIFE IN KYLE.
I SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS ON HALTOM CITY PLANNING AND ZONING, AND I WATCHED MY OWN COMMISSION, UM, NEGLECT, PARKS, AND RECREATION.
AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
UM, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS CRUCIAL TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR CITIZENS.
IF YOU KNOW ABOUT BLUE ZONES, IT'S A STUDY THAT WAS DONE THROUGH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC THAT DID A STUDY WORLDWIDE OF WHAT CONDITIONS ENHANCE LIFE, WHAT CONDITIONS CREATE LONGEVITY AND HEALTHY PEOPLE.
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THERE ARE BASICALLY NINE THINGS WHICH WE CAN AS A COMMUNITY, UM, INTEGRATE INTO OUR PLANNING.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BEGIN TO ADOPT SOME OF THOSE PRINCIPLES, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE ON NUMBER OF THEM.
I'M THRILLED WITH THE TRAILS PLAN.
I'M A HAYES COUNTY MASTER NATURALIST.
AND, UM, THE QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDLIFE IS CRUCIAL.
UH, JUST WALKING THROUGH OUR PLUM CREEK LAKE TRAILS.
UM, I'VE GOT A LIST OF 70 BIRDS THAT JUST, THAT IS NOT EVEN A COMPLETE LIST.
THIS IS WHERE THE FLIGHT PATH IT'S IMPORTANT.
PLUM CREEK ITSELF IS IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE WATERSHED AND TO THE SAN MARCUS RIVER.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY.
AND AGAIN, THE REASON WHY I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE A SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE APPOINTING HAVE A DESIRE TO REALLY APPRECIATE OUR, OUR OPEN GREEN SPACES AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP LEAD THIS WAY INTO DEVELOPING OUR PARKS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, APPLYING AND FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL.
I FIRST MET MS. HARRIS A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN I WAS UP IN A FAMILY AND PUMP GREEK, AND SHE CAME OUT AND OFFERED SOME ASSISTANCE AND STARTED TALKING TO ME ABOUT BLUE ZONES.
SO DEFINITELY, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU SERVING AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
ANYONE ELSE CUTS RAILS MARY I'D LIKE TO, UM, BEFORE I MAKE MY, MY MOTION, I JUST WANT TO STATE AGAIN THAT, UM, I THINK THE CURRENT POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE EXCLUSIVE POLICY, AND WE SHOULD UPDATE IT AND CHANGE IT TO MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS PARTICULAR REVIEW.
SEVEN APPLICANTS REACHED OUT TO ALL SEVEN SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX OF THEM AND FIVE SHOWED UP.
UH, SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, THAT EFFORT THAT WAS MADE AND, AND GETTING ALL THE, THOSE THAT APPLIED, UH, QUICK QUESTION.
HOW LONG WAS THE, UH, PERIOD OPEN FOR, UH, THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION? AND WAS IT THE SAME? I'M ASSUMING WHAT, UH, WHAT A NOD IS THE SAME MEDIUM THAT WE USE ON THE PREVIOUS ONE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND ON THE FACEBOOK, IT WAS OPEN FOR JUST OVER A MONTH.
SO WE EVER TOUCH FOR JUST OVER A MONTH AND THEN TOOK ABOUT THREE WEEKS FOR INTERVIEWS.
AND I, I DO REMEMBER SEEING BOTH OF THESE ON THERE, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, AS MUCH AS I DO NOT LIKE THE POLICY IN WHICH WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE CHANGED AND THIS COUNCIL SHOULD MAKE THE EFFORT TO CHANGE IT, UH, BASED ON HOW THIS HOME WAS DONE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH MR. JAMES MILLER AND DR.
LAURA LEE HARRIS TO THE OPEN, UH, VACANCIES ON THE PARKS BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YEAH, JUST A, JUST A FINAL, A QUICK, THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR, CAL FOR FILLING IN, FOR ME A WORD GOTTEN AWAY, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, SO THANK YOU FOR FILLING.
THERE WERE SUPER AND ALL OF THEM WERE REALLY GREAT.
UM, BUT, UM, THE TWO THAT WE PICKED ARE GREAT.
AND, UM, I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUICK TO STAFF.
UM, DO WE EVER TIES THESE POSITIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER? I KNOW NEWSPAPERS VERY OLD AND CLICHE, BUT I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE THAT READ THE NEWSPAPER AND THEY'VE ASKED LIKE WHY, IF IT IS, OR WILL WE IN THE FUTURE POST THESE KINDS OF OPENINGS IN THAT WHEN WE HAVE OPED SAMANTHA ARMBRUSTER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, WHEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPENINGS ACROSS DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE WILL DO PRESS RELEASE.
AND OFTENTIMES THOSE ARE PICKED UP BY THE NEWSPAPERS TO DATE.
UM, AT LEAST IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN OUT PAID ADVERTISING FOR THESE OPENINGS, BUT SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[V. City Manager's Report]
MANAGERS REPORT MAYOR COUNCIL, SCOTT SELLERS, CITY MANAGER, FOR THE RECORD ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT THIS EVENING, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE ITEMS TO DISCUSS.THE FIRST ONE IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UH, PAUL FAILING OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
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TO FOLLOW UP, AND I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AND I WERE AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, BUT WE DO HAVE STILL HAVE THE FOOT GHETTO, THE GENESIS OF THE TEXAS COWBOY EXHIBIT.SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT ALSO THE VOCIFEROUS AMERICANOS, UH, THE LATINO LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT WILL BE STARTING OCTOBER THE 13TH THROUGH NOVEMBER THE SIXTH AND THE VOLCANO EXHIBIT ENDS ON OCTOBER 13TH.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A DIA DE LOS MUERTOS STORYTIME, UH, THAT'S COMING UP ON OCTOBER 29TH AT 10:30 AM.
AND I KNOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING THE, UH, UH, AN INTERVIEW WITH, UH, MARCELINA RODRIGUEZ GARCIA.
AND I KNOW GRANT BOWLING ACTUALLY, UH, DID AN EXCELLENT INTERVIEW.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN, UH, PUT OUT THERE YET, BUT I GOT TO SEE IT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
NEXT, WE HAVE A RECAP ON THE DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS AND A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
CERTAINLY, UH, IT WAS MY HONOR AGAIN, TO ORDER A MODERATE AND HOST THE FOURTH DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS.
THIS ONE WAS CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
WE DID THIS ON LAST FRIDAY EVENING, UH, AND IF YOU MISSED IT, UH, THE GREAT THING ABOUT DOING ANYTHING IN THIS ROOM IS IT'S RECORDED AND ARCHIVED TO WATCH ON FACEBOOK AND OUR CTO CALL YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
SO IF YOU MISSED THIS HOUR AND A HALF LONG DISCUSSION, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, UH, I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ANY AND EVERYBODY TO GO AND REVIEW THAT I SEEM A MAN BENITO IN THE BACK THERE, HE SERVED ON THE, UH, ON THE PANEL.
HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB REPRESENTING, UH, TEAM KYLE ON THERE.
AND IT WAS CERTAINLY MY HONOR TO HAVE YOU BENITO YOU, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATING TO HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, UH, AND JUST OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS. UH, I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL THROUGHOUT IT, AND I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND ENLIGHTENING, AND CERTAINLY, UH, THE PANELISTS CAME WITH SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL IDEAS AND DISCUSSION ON THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CERTAINLY CHECK THAT OUT, UH, AND SEE THAT THERE, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THESE AND, AND, UH, WITH YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND, AND ALLOWING ME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE, BUT ALSO STAFF AND THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE, UH, CITY CALL AND TEAM CALL SCOTT, UH, STARTING WITH YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING YOUR, UM, THE EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE AND SHARE WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND AND BE OPEN, HONEST ABOUT THINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS WELL.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS AND, AND PANELISTS AS WELL.
SO CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THE CITY OR EVEN MYSELF, IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THAT.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UH, MARIANNA ESPENOSA DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE FOUNDER'S DAY.
WE HAVE OUR FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE.
THIS SATURDAY PARADE STARTS AT 10 O'CLOCK AND THEN I'M SORRY, FROM GREG CLARK PARK AND COMING DOWNTOWN.
SO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PARADE, WE HAVE OUR CITY OF KYLE BIRTHDAY BASH ON BURLESON STREET, AND WE INVITE ALL TO JOIN US AND THEN LEADING INTO NOVEMBER WITH OUR VETERANS DAY PARADE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, STARTING AT NOON, HAVING A FLY OVER AT THE GREG HART PARK AFTERWARDS, AND THEN FIREWORKS AROUND FIVE 50 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARADE SATURDAY 10 O'CLOCK.
WHERE DOES, UH, THE FREIGHT STARTING AT GREG CLARK PARK AND HEADING DOWN THIS HOLE COMING STRAIGHT DOWN CENTER STREET.
AND THEN IT IS OCTOBER, SO HAPPY OCTOBER, ALL OF OUR ONLINE VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE MONTH HEAD START.
SO THAT INCLUDES, UH, CITIZENS AND THE CITY CAN ENTER A BEST PET COSTUME CONTEST, PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST, YARD, DECORATING CONTEST, AND OVERALL COSTUME CONTEST.
AND WE HAVE TWO IN-PERSON EVENTS, ONE ON OCTOBER 15TH.
IT IS THE ADAMS FAMILY MOVIE AT THE LAKE.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, FROM NINE TO 12, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL DOWNTOWN STREET OR TREAT.
UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, ONGOING BOARD AND COMMISSION OPPORTUNITIES, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE LIBRARY BOARD.
SO WE JUST DISCUSSED WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER@CITYOFKYLEVOLUNTEERTOAPPLICANTPOOL.COM SLASH JOBS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE GOING FOR EITHER ONE OF THESE OPENINGS, IF THAT'S, UM, OKAY.
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RECEIVE THEM, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THROUGH THEM OKAY.NEXT, WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND CHIEF BARNETT THANK YOU.
MARION COUNCIL, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TOMORROW NIGHT.
UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO COME JOIN US.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE WITH YOU AND YOUR SCHEDULE, WE WILL BEGIN AT FIVE 30 AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.
WE WILL GO OUT AND VISIT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 CITY BLOCK PARTIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WILL PROBABLY END UP AROUND EIGHT 30 AT OUR DOWNTOWN LOCATION, WHICH WILL BE ACROSS THE STREET HERE AT THE VFW FACILITIES FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHOSE COMMUNITY DECIDED THIS YEAR NOT TO HAVE A BLOCK PARTY DUE TO COVID.
UH, THE, THE PARTY DOWNTOWN, THE ONE AT THE VFW WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND, BUT ALL ARE WELCOMED.
THIS IS A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT.
IS THAT GET A, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS EVENT, WHERE WE AS CITY OFFICIALS GET TO GO AND BE THEIR GUESTS WHILE THEY GET TO MEET ONE ANOTHER AND ALL IN ORDER TO PREVENT CRIME.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE SANDRA DRAIN TEAM CALL NEWS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT COLUMBUS DAY IS NEXT.
MONDAY'S THE SECOND MONDAY OF OCTOBER, AND WE WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF COLUMBUS DAY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO WELCOME NEW TEAM MEMBERS THAT JOINED US.
WE HAVE
DALIA MARTINEZ FROM MUNICIPAL COURT NOW IS ELITE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND ROBERT MARSHAWN PROMOTED TO STREET TECH TWO FROM STREET TECH ONE.
SO CONGRATULATE THEM WHEN YOU SEE THEM.
ANY OF THEM HERE TONIGHT? NO, THEY'RE GONE.
THEY HAVE TO COME IN EARLY IN THE, NO, I GOT YOU.
NO, NO, I APPRECIATE, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THIS REAL QUICK.
I APPRECIATE WHEN WE DO THIS, ANYTIME PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT TO TEAM KYLE, I THINK IT'S KIND OF COOL THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED THEM IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
EVEN IF THEY CAN'T BE HERE, EVEN WHAT WE JUST DID.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY AWESOME BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ONE BIG UNIT AND WE LOVE ADDING TO THE FAMILY.
UM, SO, UM, IT'S NOT IN THE REPORT, BUT IT WAS IN THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A TRIP TO WASHINGTON LAST WEEK.
AND I WAS WONDERING, UM, BESIDES YOU, WERE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WENT AND IF SO, WHO WERE THEY? YEAH, I WAS ON THAT TRIP.
ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, IT'S NOT ON THE, IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE C MANAGER'S REPORT, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO.
I MEAN, I, I HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED VIA AN EMAIL IF I COULD GET THAT INFORMATION AND NO ONE GAVE IT TO ME.
SO I'M ASKING FOR IT RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE A DIFFERENT TIME THAT I COULD ASK FOR IT? AND ANOTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, WHY AM I ASKING FOR IT AND WHY ISN'T THIS? I THOUGHT WE HAD COLLECTIVELY DISCUSSED ON DYESS THAT WE WOULD CHOOSE WHO WOULD WIN.
AND SO I ALWAYS, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
I LEARNED THIS BY READING A MANAGERS, PROBABLY READING THE DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORT.
IT IS IF I MAY, SINCE WITH, WITH THE POSTING, THE WAY IT IS, MY RECOMMENDATION IS ONE OF TWO THINGS.
ONE, EITHER AN AGENDA ITEM BE POSTED FOR THIS ITEM OR THE CE MANAGER PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU BY EMAIL.
CAN I ASK WHY? WHAT IS IT LEGAL STANDING FOR THAT? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM, BECAUSE
SO HOW DOES IT WORK? THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS ARE LISTED UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
SO IF I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT THEY WENT, HOW DO I MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA? YOU WOULD REQUEST EITHER A POLICY THAT ADDRESSES THAT, THAT COUNCIL ADOPTS, OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REQUEST INFORMATION THAT YOU DON'T KNOW IT EXISTS AND HER QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
HER QUESTION IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO ANSWER AT THIS POINT.
SO, SO YEAH, IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE WHO WENT AND THAT WAS YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATELY LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
I WISH IT WAS PROBABLY NEXT UP PRESENTATION,
[7. Domestic Violence Awareness Month Mayoral Proclamation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, MAY ORAL PROCLAMATION.UH, THIS IS ONE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, UH, IN RECOGNITION IN, UH, THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
UH, SO WHEREAS THE CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, VIOLATES THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF SAFETY AND DIGNITY
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AND 185 TEXANS LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.AND WHEREAS, UH, THE PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, OR NOT CONFINED TO ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT CUT ACROSS ALL ECONOMIC, RACIAL, GENDER, AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS.
AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEAM, UH, DATING VIOLENCE DIRECTLY AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES WHEN SOCIETY IGNORES OR TOLERATES VIOLENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WHEREAS LAST HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDED FACE-TO-FACE SERVICES TO OVER 836 LOCAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROVIDED 5,105 DAYS OF SHELTER.
AND WHEREAS LAST YEAR, A HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDED THESE DIRECT SERVICES TO 123 VICTIMS FROM THE CITY OF KYLE.
AND NOW THEREFORE, UH, I, TRAVIS MITCHELL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF, UH, KYLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO BRING AN END TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
UM, UM, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, JUST BRIEFLY, THANK YOU FOR READING THE PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT MONTH.
UM, I ALSO, I BELIEVE LAST TIME I WAS HERE INVITED YOU, BUT IF I DIDN'T, I'M GOING TO EXTEND IT AGAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO HOST YOU AT ANY TIME TO COME TAKE A TOUR OF OUR CAMPUS.
WE ARE A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM COMPLETING A VERY EXCITING NEW PROJECT, PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SPECIFICALLY PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, UH, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO INTERRUPT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, SERVICE.
SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THAT PROJECT, BUT WE'RE DOING TOURS ALREADY.
SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN SEEING, UM, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IT'S THE FIRST IN OUR AREA, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE GET TO PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR SPONSORING THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING OUT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO TAKE A TOUR IF POSSIBLE, IF I COULD GET SOME INFORMATION, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVERS Y'ALL PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN TO HELP WORK WITH YOU ALL IN THE PAST, UH, AND RELOCATED FAMILY.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT ACTUALLY OPENED MY EYES TO SOME THINGS.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR? I DO I'M IN FACT, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I BELIEVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? YES.
[8. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH A CIP ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER, MARY.
LAST TIME YOU ASKED ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS ON THE GROSSEST STREET PROJECT.
SO I THOUGHT I'D GO AHEAD AND LIST THEM FOR YOU AND THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE STILL HAVE TO CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP UP WITH THIS PREDICTOR CONTRACTOR.
UH, AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED THAT PARKING SPACE THAT WE'RE STILL NOT FINDING COMPLIANT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A CREDIT ON THAT.
UH, THEY HAVE OFFERED, BUT WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THEIR NUMBER AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE DO NEED THE AS-BUILTS FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THIS CONTRACTOR.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE SITTING ON OVER $300,000 WORTH OF RETAINAGE.
SO UNDER THE INCENTIVES, THEY'RE FREE UNDER WRAP IT UP.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT POPPED UP ON THE PROJECT, BUT THOSE ARE NOT PART OF THE CONTRACT.
AND WE ASKED FOR SOME QUOTES FROM THE CONTRACTOR, BUT THERE THEY WERE KIND OF HIGH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THEM DIFFERENTLY AND HANDLE THOSE PROJECTS AND HANDLE THOSE TWO OTHER ITEMS. HE WAS MEMORIAL PARK.
UH, THE WEATHER'S REALLY KIND OF DELAYED SOME OF OUR PROJECTS LATELY.
UM, CONDITIONS ARE PRETTY BAD UP THERE WITH THE RAIN THAT WE HAD.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT ROCK CASCADE WALL AND THEY'RE STILL FORMING THE FLAGPOLE STEP SEATING.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH RYAN TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DRIED UP.
LAVETTA THE PARKS KIND OF RUNNING INTO THE SAME SITUATION.
RAIN'S KIND OF SLOW AND SUSTAINED, BUT IT'S ABOUT 10% COMPLETE.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKED ON GRADING, INSTALLING UTILITIES, MARY CAL HARTSON PARK PROJECT.
I'M GLAD JAMES IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY EXTRA QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 30% COMPLETE.
AND, UH, WE'RE POURING SOME CONCRETE, UH, THERE AROUND THE CURVES AND TRAILS IN THE NORTHERN SECTION, UH, PAVERS ARE BEING LAID IN THE PROMENADE, UH, PLAYGROUNDS ABOUT 65% INSTALLED.
UH, THE UNDERGROUND CONDUITS IN THE NORTH PORTION ARE COMPLETE AND, UH, WE HAVE THE NORTHERN SIDEWALK AND BIKE RACK, CONCRETE PLACE FLAGPOLES ARE INSTALLED.
YOU CAN BARELY SEE THEM IN THE PICTURE, BUT THEY ARE THEY'RE, UH, EXCAVATION, THE PLAYGROUND AREA AND IRRIGATION MAINLINE TRENCHING IS IN PROGRESS,
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WENDY HILL STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECT.UH, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING WRAPPED UP ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE'S TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA I WANTED TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION.
ONE OF THEM IS THE, UH, NUMBER 11, UH, THAT'S UH, FOR AN AMOUNT OF ABOUT $6,000 FOR SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, MATERIAL TESTING THAT WE NEED ON THAT PROJECT TO WRAP IT UP AND ON THE OTHER ITEM, NUMBER 19, THAT'S FOR SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL THAT WE NEED PLACE OUT THERE, BECAUSE IT WAS WITH THAT RAIN THAT WE HAD.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A ROJAN PROBLEMS. SO WE DECIDED WE NEED TO PUT SOME MORE NETTING OUT THERE TO KEEP THAT EROSION FROM CONTINUING ON THE PROJECT.
AND OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE DRIVING ON THAT NEW ROADWAY, UH, CHANGE ORDER FIVE, WE DID NOT HAVE TO GO OVER THAT 5% THAT WE SET FOR THAT PROJECT.
BUT WITH THIS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE DID HAVE TO DO, WE, THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP WITH ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER THAT PUSHED US OVER THAT 5% CONTINGENCY THAT WE ALLOW.
AND THERE'S THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW AT TODAY, SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS, THE, UH, PER ABOUT 90% COMPLETE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS A CHANGE ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THE, UH, EDWARDS, UH, BUSINESS PARK WASTEWATER LINE.
THAT'S GOING TO PUSH US OVER THE 5% THAT WE ALLOTTED FOR THAT CONTRACT.
SO WHEN WE, UH, ADD THAT PARTICULAR CHANGE ORDER, THAT'S GOING TO DROP US BELOW THE PERCENT COMPLETE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE MOBILIZING TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MURRAY PROPERTY, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TOUGHEST PART OF THE JOB THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THAT WHOLE PROJECT.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE UP, UH, IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE INSTALL THAT EDWARDS DRIVE A WASTEWATER LINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WE'RE ABOUT 76% COMPLETE WE'RE THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH.
WE HAVE SIX MONTHS LEFT IN THE PROJECT.
UH, THE WEATHER AGAIN HAS MESSED US UP.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON SATURDAYS TO KEEP THAT PROJECT ON SCHEDULE.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE MAJOR PROJECT PARTS OF THE PROJECT THERE.
WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT MARCH OF 2022, THAT DATA'S STILL SET.
AND, UH, THE DE-WATERING FACILITY THAT WE DID AUTHORIZE RECENTLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST OF 2022 BARTON CREEK INTERCEPTOR, NOT SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, PIT THAT'S BEEN DUG THERE FOR THE BORE.
THE CONTRACTOR IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HER SUBCONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO GET THEM TO WORK TO THE JOB.
SO HE'S GOING TO START LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT SUBCONTRACTOR.
THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT WE HAD DOES YOU RECALL IS THE PIPE.
WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD WORD FROM THE SUPPLIERS ON WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT PIPE.
SO WE'RE CHECKING ON A ROUTINE BASIS TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW SOON WE CAN GET THAT PIPE.
I HEARD ONE OF THE PLANTS WENT DOWN, THEY WEREN'T MAKING RESIDENTS ANYMORE.
SO, UM, WE CAN'T SEEM TO WIN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, OLD POST ROAD, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
DO WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I MET, UH, UH, WITH MR. DEVIN ALEXANDER LAST WEDNESDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUT THERE.
HE WASN'T VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT.
SO I'D SEND HIM TO THE MAPS AND EVERYTHING, AND THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAD MADE TO MOVE THOSE LINES.
AND SO WHAT I TOLD THEM WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND MARK THE NEW PROPOSED LINE FORMS. SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE SURVEYOR, ASK THEM TO MARK THE NEW LINE THAT WE, OR OUR NEW RUNAWAY LINE THAT WE NEED.
AND THEN THAT SHOULD BE DONE THIS WEEK.
WE'RE WORKING ON TO GET IT DONE THIS WEEK.
AND I'M TRYING TO TRY TO GET MR. ALEXANDER OUT THERE EITHER LATER THIS WEEK, EARLY NEXT WEEK TO LOOK AT IT SO WE CAN WRAP THIS THING UP AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
THE COUNTY DID FINISH ALL THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
THEY DID HAVE A LITTLE WORK LEFT TO DO THERE ON THE SOME DITCHES, BUT THEY SAID WE NEED TO WAIT.
AND, UH, BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT ALONG WITH THE INTERSECTION AND GET IT ALL DONE AT ONE TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THEM START IT BACK WITHIN A MONTH.
THAT'S MY GOAL, LA BRANCH INTERCEPTOR IS, YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED OFF SLEDGE, UH, RECENTLY, UH, THERE, THERE ARE ABOUT 32% COMPLETE AND THE CONTRACTOR IS DOING PRETTY WELL IN THIS PROJECT.
UH WE'RE UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A RECLAIMED WATER LINE, A WATER LINE, AND A WASTEWATER LINE UNDERNEATH THIS PARTICULAR CULVERT THERE ON SLEDGE.
UH, AND, UH, SO THEY'RE MOVING ALONG FAIRLY QUICKLY ON THIS PROJECT.
WE EXPECT TO FINISH THIS PROJECT PROBABLY SPRING OF 2022.
THERE WERE TWO OTHER CONSIDERED THE AGENDA ITEMS I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
ONE IS THE, UM, AWARD TO LJA ENGINEERING.
THEY WILL BE WORKING ON A PROJECT BETWEEN A MARKETPLACE AND, UH, AVENUE IN MARTINEZ LOOP, BUT WE WANT THEM TO DO IS, UH, PROVIDE US A TEMPLATE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO DO ON, ON THE BOTH OF US, NOT ONLY THE SOUTHBOUND, BUT THE NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROADS AS WE GET THESE DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND STARTING TO DEVELOP PROPERTY ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROADS.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME NICE CURBING, SOME NICE, UH, WIDE SIDEWALKS OR SHARED USE PATHS AND LIGHTING EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON A GOOD PROJECT.
SO THIS WILL BE OUR TEMPLATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH, UH, WITH
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THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE SECOND ITEM.THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT.
PUTTING SIDEWALKS ARE PROBABLY SHARED USE PATHS ON FM ONE 50 EAST, UH, THAT WILL BE STARTING AT LAYMAN ROAD ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 21.
UH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE SOMETHING HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM THE, UH, THIS FROM, FROM LJ QUESTIONS, CUSTOMER TOBY'S OH, REAL QUICKLY ON, UH, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION, MAYBE SCOTT, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT ON YOUR, BUT THE INTERSECTION OF DE CMBB, THEY'RE DOING ALL THAT RECONSTRUCTION RIGHT IN THERE.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THOSE, THERE ARE SOME STREETLIGHTS GOING TO BE ADDED SOON OR BECAUSE I SAW SOME OF THOSE CONDUITS, I GUESS, THOSE BIG OLD ROUND THINGS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT CAUSE THEY TOOK DOWN THOSE BIG POLES.
SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMETHING'S COMING AROUND THE CORNER.
THAT'S WHY I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE.
LEON, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, WORKING WITH THE ALEXANDERS AND GETTING THAT RESOLVED.
UM, THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THERE.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS COULD YOU KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE DAYS THAT WERE DELAYED BECAUSE OF RAIN? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GIVE THOSE TO THE CONTRACTOR AT THE END OF THE PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS A LOT OF RAIN LAST WEEK IS KIND OF CRAZY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE HIM FOR THAT, BUT IF WE KEEP TRACK OF THOSE DAYS AND IF THERE'S A WAY I'D APPRECIATE IT, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SOUNDS GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LEON? THANK YOU.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
IS A CONSENT AGENDA.UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 NEEDS TO BE PULLED.
UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ANY ITEMS MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT? AGENDA ITEM WAS NINE THROUGH 21, EXCLUDING 12 SECONDS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL RIZZO SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR TOBIA THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[12. Approve a Resolution of the City of Kyle, Texas approving and authorizing a Financing Agreement for the Kyle 57 Public Improvement District.
~ Jon Snyder, P3Works, LLC, City's PID Administrator
]
UH, BUT IT'S IT'S TO ADD FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE CITY AND THE OWNER HEREBY AGREE THAT PITT BOND PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO AGREE THAT NO PORTION OF THOSE PIT BOND PROCEEDS WILL BE USED FOR UNDERGROUNDING WORK.
SO IF YOU MOVE TO APPROVE WITHOUT LANGUAGE, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE FINAL DOCUMENT TO BE SIGNED.
UM, ONE MORE THING TO DRAW TO YOUR ATTENTION.
YOU APPROVE THE WAIVER OF THE VALUE DULLING RATIO IN THE PID, UH, POLICY, UH, THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO YOU PROPOSED ESTIMATED A 2.321 VALUE D'ALENE RATIO.
AND THAT HAS, UH, THAT IS NOW A TWO TO ONE VALUE TO LEAN RATIO TO ACCOMMODATE PROVIDING MORE FUNDING TOWARDS THE UNDERGROUNDING AND TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR FUNDING FOR INSTALLATION OF 12 FOOT WIDE TRAILS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SONS? UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AND TO ADD THE LANGUAGE IS OUTLINED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO NEXT UP PUBLIC
[22.
Public Hearing regarding a proposed comprehensive plan amendment to add Warehouse ‘W’ and Construction Manufacturing ‘CM’ Zoning Districts to the ‘Regional Node’ Land Use District in the Comprehensive Plan, in the City of Kyle, Texas. (Caraway Cattle Co. Family Partnership – Z-21-0087) ~ Will Atkinson, City Planner
]HEARINGS, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADD WAREHOUSE AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING, ZONING DISTRICTS TO THE REGIONAL NODE LAND USE DISTRICT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS, UH, MR. ACT.AND THIS IS AS A CONDITIONAL USE, RIGHT? YES.
BEFORE YOU, UH, WE HAVE, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, STAFF HAS BEEN CONSIDERING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
AND IT WAS AN ITEM THAT ALSO, UM, RELATIVELY RECENTLY A DEVELOPER HAD ALSO ASKED TO BRING FORWARD.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A, ACTUALLY A CONCURRENT KIND OF IDEA THAT BETWEEN US, UM, THE IDEA IS TO INCLUDE SOMETIMES WAREHOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING, ZONING DISTRICTS, ALONG THE
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SOMETIMES IT'S APPROPRIATE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS IT APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, BUT ALSO NOT HAMSTRING OURSELVES TO NOT ALLOW IT.
UM, WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT MAPS, 1 35, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN IDEAS OF WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHERE IT'S NOT, BUT THIS COULD GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? UH, IT'S NOT LISTED FOR ACTION.
SO THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT.
SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
W UH, ASSUMED ASIDE AND WE'LL COME BACK NOW FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
[23. Discussion and possible action on implementing a process to create a Human Services Board/Commission to review, advise, and create an equitable and fair process for allocating grant funding to non-profits organizations serving in the Kyle area. ~ Dex Ellison, Council Member]
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON IMPLEMENTING A PROCESS TO CREATE A HUMAN SERVICES BOARD COMMISSION TO REVIEW, ADVISE, AND CREATE AN EQUITABLE AND FAIR PROCESS FOR ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, SERVING THE KYLE AREA COUNCIL RAILS.SO, UM, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD NON-PROFITS APPROACH TO CITY.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2017.
I'VE CERTAINLY SEEN MY FAIR SHARE OF THEM.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT MIRROR.
I THINK THAT WAS BEFORE ANY OTHER, UH, FOLKS WERE ON AT THAT TIME.
AND WE'VE HAD OTHERS KIND OF APPROACH IN DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, I REMEMBER IN ONE BUDGET WORKSHOP, IT WAS THE LAST ONE OF THE SEASON.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE AND, UH, THE LAST WORKSHOP TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TO A, UH, SPECIFIC NONPROFIT THAT HAD REACHED OUT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND IT WAS A NONPROFIT THAT I, I QUITE ENJOY AND DOES GREAT WORK IN OUR CITY AND I'VE VOLUNTEERED MY TIME AND MONEY WITH THAT, THAT NONPROFIT, BUT FOR, FOR ME, AND CERTAINLY WAS THE SEEMING TO BE THE SENTIMENT OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, WAS THAT RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING A VIDE FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR A NONPROFIT, UH, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN EQUITABLE PLAN AND POLICY PUT FORWARD SO THAT ANY, AND ALL NONPROFITS COULD EITHER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY OR WHAT I'LL BE MAKING TONIGHT IS ANOTHER OPTION THAT THE CITY COULD CHOOSE TO GO DOWN AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON THAT.
AND, AND CERTAINLY I KNOW AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE COME ONTO THE COUNCIL, THEY'VE SEEN A VARIETY OF THIS.
UM, SO IN THE OTHER INFORMATION, ON THE BACKUP MATERIAL, ON THE AGENDA ITEM, I PLACED, UH, THREE DIFFERENT WEBSITES, UH, ONE FROM THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, THE ONE FROM THE CITY OF BUDA AND ONE FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO BOTH THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND THE CITY OF BUDA, UH, THEY BOTH DO A HUMAN SERVICES GRANT APPLICATION THAT IS JUST WIDE OPEN AT ANY NON-PROFITS, UM, CAN APPLY FOR, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR NONPROFIT DOES, THEY CAN APPLY.
AND THE CITIES HAVE, UH, CREATED A COMMISSION OF, UH, RESIDENTS THAT REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL ON, UH, WHERE THAT GRANT FUNDING SHOULD GO.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT, THE OTHER, UH, WAY I'VE SEEN IT DONE.
AND, AND AUSTIN WAS THE CLOSEST LOCAL EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THAT RATHER THAN, UH, OPEN FREE FOR ALL OF ANYBODY, WHETHER IT'S FOOD SERVICES, SHELTER, SERVICES, EDUCATION SERVICES, BUT I MEAN, WHAT A NONPROFIT THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A SPORTS ORGANIZATION OR ANY UMPTEEN NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M SURE Y'ALL ALL HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE, BUT NONPROFITS AND WHAT THOSE COULD BE.
UH, SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND THERE ARE OTHER CITIES AS WELL TO DO IT THIS WAY, WHERE THEY ARE, UH, COUNCIL AND CITY INITIATIVE INITIATED IDEAS.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE LEADERSHIP DECIDES ON AN AREA THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THAT THEY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF AND, AND HELP, UH, FILL A HOLE, BUT THEY, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE DEPARTMENT, THE PERSON POWER, YOU NAME IT TO DO THAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO IS THEY DO SET ASIDE GRANT FUNDING, BUT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, HOUSING, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER UMPTEEN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT DECIDE IS OF IMPORTANCE TO THEM FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
UH, AND SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S DONE.
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AND SO, UH, THEY, THEY ALLOCATE THE FUNDING, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC GRANT APPLICATION, UH, AND THEN ALL NONPROFITS THAT COULD MEET THOSE SERVICES AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, THEN APPLY FOR THAT GRANT FUNDING IN ORDER TO MEET THAT, UH, THAT VERY SPECIFIC DESIRE NEED BY THE, UH, BY THE LEADERSHIP.SO, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, OPEN ANY QUESTIONS OF MYSELF.
I DON'T CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT OF ANY OF THIS.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL, UH, SIMILAR THINGS THAT I REVIEWED AS WELL.
WE'VE ALL HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE NONPROFITS, I'M SURE AS ARE VARIOUS DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, I CERTAINLY HAVE A PREFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO OPTIONS, BUT MY IDEA WAS RATHER THAN TO COME TO YOU ALL WITH A SET POLICY AND YOU KNOW, HOW THIS ALL SHOULD BE DONE, THAT, UM, WE LOOK AT A WAY OF A SIMILAR WAY WE'VE USED OUR TASKFORCE, BUT WITH A VERY HARD DEADLINE, I'D SAY MAYBE TWO MONTHS, UH, FOR, UM, A GROUP, A SMALL GROUP OF US TO REVIEW THESE OPTIONS AND THEN COME WITH THE PROS AND CONS AND A RECOMMENDATION, MAYBE EVEN TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER REVIEWING THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD TO IT THAN THAT.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S A PRECEDENT FOR DOING THESE HUMAN SERVICES GRANTS, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND CERTAINLY IN OUR CORRIDOR.
UH, IT'S JUST MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO IT AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT, THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING IT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CUSTOMERS? THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION EITHER FOR PAIGE OR SCOTT, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S 10 ELEMENTS.
THE 10TH ELEMENT IS A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ELEMENT.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS, IF WHAT DEX BRINGS TO THE TABLE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE CITY CHARTER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ELEMENT OR THE ADOPTIVE IT'S? YEAH.
UNDER THE CITY CHARTER SECTION 10.02 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SECOND PARAGRAPH, UH, NUMBER 10, IT'S A 1, 2, 3, 4 SENTENCES UP FROM THE BOTTOM.
I MEAN, THAT'S WITHIN COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO DETERMINE IT'S A, IT'S A BROAD STATEMENT.
THE CHARTER'S BROAD BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT, UM, WHAT DID DETERMINES IS APPROPRIATE TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THE CITY CHARTER WANTS.
SO IT'S WITHIN COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO FIND THAT TO BE CONSISTENT.
SO AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO DECIDE IF A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ELEMENT IS THE SAME AS, UM, A PROCESS TO CREATE A HUMAN SERVICES BOARD SLASH COMMISSION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NOT NECESSARILY.
YOU CAN DETERMINE THAT IT'S PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE A CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADDRESSES THAT OR NOT.
UM, IF YOUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED BY THE CITY DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT IT DOESN'T PREVENT THE CITY COUNCIL FROM CARRYING OUT, UH, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON PROPOSES INDEPENDENT OF THAT.
YEAH, NO, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE CHARTER WEBSITE.
AND SO I, MY, MY CURIOSITY CURIOSITY WAS JUST DID THIS QUALIFY IF YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS.
SO IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE COULD, UM, UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I HAD A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE SECOND OPTION OFFERING THE GRANT FUNDING, AND I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION WHERE YOU ARE THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT THE CITY RECEIVES AND THEN WE DISPERSE OR WHERE THOSE BRANDS THAT WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY CREATE AND ALLOCATE THE LETTER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, UH, I'D CERTAINLY YOU CAN MAKE AN EMOTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAD A DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT CERTAINLY DOES DESERVE, UH, A LITTLE MORE HEADS THAN JUST ONE TO PUT TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT, UH, CAUSE ANYTIME YOU CREATE A NEW POLICY, I MEAN, WE'VE TRIED TO CREATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE'VE TRIED TO CREATE POLICIES.
UM, THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO, TO PUT TOGETHER, BUT IT ALSO NOT ONLY JUST THE DIFFICULTY OF THEM, BUT THE IMMENSE PRESSURE OF THAT, IT SETS PRECEDENT.
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AND ONCE YOU DO IT ONE WAY, THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VIEW IT.CERTAINLY YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES IN DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ONCE YOU PUT IT ON PAPER AND IT'S ADOPTED, CERTAINLY IT OPENS UP FOR ALL KINDS OF SCRUTINY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROBABLY MISSED IN CREATING THAT POLICY.
UM, BUT, UH, NO, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD.
I HOPE YOU ALL KIND OF REVIEWED THE, THE WEBSITES TO SEE HOW THOSE APPLICATIONS KIND OF WORK.
UM, BUT YEAH, THIS WOULD BE, UH, CITY FUNDS AND THAT'S THE CASE, BUT ALL THREE EXAMPLES THAT ARE ON THERE, THEY'RE ALL CITY FUNDS FROM THEIR BUDGET THAT THEY, UH, ASSIGN THOSE GRANT FUNDING TO CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
UM, SOME PEOPLE ON THE DAYAS MIGHT BE OKAY, UH, PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THE GIVING OF OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I FIND IT, UM, DISTURBING THAT THE CITY OF KYLE HAS NOT MADE AN EFFORT TO GIVE BACK TO, UM, CERTAIN KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, AS THEY SPOKE ABOUT TODAY, WE HAD 261 KIDS THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
THAT THAT WAS A HIGHEST NUMBER FOR THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND IT'S, IT'S AFFECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
AND SO TO NOT GIVE BACK, SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OF IRRESPONSIBLE AND, AND, AND ARROGANT TO JUST ASSUME THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON BROUGHT THIS UP AND I THINK IT'S A LONG OVERDUE.
YEAH, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT, UH, GAL THAT, UM, I DON'T SEE, SEE WHAT THE WOMAN'S SHELTER IS LIKE.
UH, I DON'T SEE THEM AS A CHARITY.
I SEE THEM AS A RESOURCE THAT WE USE.
SO PUTTING THEM IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS OTHER CHARITIES, I THINK IS MISREPRESENTING WHO THEY ARE, THEY'RE A RESOURCE.
THEY PROVIDE A VITAL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHY IN MY FIRST YEAR ON I WAS RIGHT AFTER I WAS ELECTED.
WE STARTED OUR FUNDING FOR THE YEAR AND I VOTED TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING IN FOR THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
UM, BUT I, I SEE THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN CHARITY CAUSE I'M A PART OF A CH A NONPROFIT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING.
WE BRING IN A LOT OF OUR OWN FUNDS EVEN DURING, UH, YOU KNOW, W IT COULD BE AN ARGUMENT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HELP A LOT OF CITIZENS IN CAIRO, BUT WE DO A LOT OF OUR OWN FUNDRAISING.
AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP IS I'VE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY, UH, TAX MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I, I KIND OF WEIGHED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT I GOT FROM THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M A PERSON THAT BELIEVES IN CHARITY, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS WHERE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO GIVE TO CHARITY.
UH, I KNOW I DEFINITELY GIVE A LOT TO CHARITY.
SO, UM, THE PERSONALLY, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT TAX DOLLARS AND GIVING AWAY, UM, NOT GIVING AWAY, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVING OUT GRANTS IS STILL TAX DOLLARS.
I'D GET A LOT MORE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS INSTEAD OF JUST THE SEVEN PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD.
SO, UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO IS START REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND GOING DOWN THAT PROCESS, I THINK THAT'S HANG ON.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE IT COMES FROM BRADSHAW.
I ACTUALLY COMES FROM WHERE TOBY IS.
UH, DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? THANK YOU.
THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE AND, AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, UH, THE NEED FOR HELPING NONPROFITS IN THE CITY WE HAVE OR IN, IN AREAS.
UM, I, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO POINTS.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THINGS ON THIS HERE.
THERE IS THE NEED FOR HELPING THOSE THAT NEED OUR ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK OURSELVES.
WE'VE GIVEN OUR TIME AND OUR ENERGY, UH, COUNSELOR REASON.
I ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT WE, UH, ASSIST WITH OUR TIME AND OUR ENERGY WITH AS WELL.
UM, BUT IT ALSO GOES BACK TO WHICH ONE IN OUR CITY WOULD, WE NEED TO ALLOCATE.
IF WE GO THIS ROUTE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURE WHO WOULD GET THE FUNDING, WHERE WE GET THE FUNDING, BECAUSE YOU START RUNNING INTO THAT AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AS WELL FOR THE TAXPAYER MONEY EITHER.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, THIS NON-PROFITS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS ONE OVER HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY NONPROFITS THAT I IS THAT I GO TOWARDS BENEFITS MORE IN THIS AREA.
SO I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE,
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WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING NONPROFITS IN ASSISTING THEM IS IMPORTANT IN OUR CITY.BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SEE IF, HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME KIND OF PROGRAM OR POLICY.
AND, UH, MAYBE A SUGGESTION WOULD BE NOT SO MUCH HAVING COUNCIL, BUT GETTING, I KNOW MAYBE SOME PEOPLE DON'T ARE FANS OF THIS, BUT I HAVE GOT A COMMITTEE TO HELP US WITH THE POLICY OR DEVELOPING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO STREAMLINE IT.
AND THEN ALSO MAYBE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING, THERE'S A CERTAIN PARAMETER OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WE, UH, IF WE DO THIS, UM, WE START OFF, I WOULDN'T SAY VERY LOW, BUT JUST TRY TO GET THAT, UH, POLICY GOING TO SEE WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT WOULD BE.
IF WE WERE TO GO THIS ROUTE COUNCILOR BRADSHAW, WAS SHE SPOKEN TO WASH U SPOKEN ONCE? OH, I'M SORRY.
I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I THINK YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IS.
AND WE BOTH LOVE TO VOLUNTEER OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY AND OUR RESOURCES WITHIN KYLE.
UM, BUT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE AS SAID, IT IS HARD TO JUSTIFY CREATING WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PARTS TO THIS.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO JUSTIFY CREATING A COMMISSION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WHEN WE ARE IN A PLACE WITH OUR CITY GROWING THE WAY THAT IT IS, WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FUND THE ROADS THAT WE NEED AND TO FUND THE POSITIONS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR STAFF.
AND THEN ALSO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF OUT OF GRIDLOCK WITH THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE BOARDS AND THE COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND SO JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT YOU SAID, I THINK I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AS FAR AS KIND OF HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE FOR US CREATING THIS SORT OF COMMISSION, CUSTOMER, ALISON SORT OF THING.
UM, AND I THINK I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK HERE.
MY GOAL WAS NOT TO CAUSE ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND THESE COMMENTS ARE EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT.
THESE THINGS ARE VERY WAITING.
WE TYPICALLY HAVE NOT FIGURE THOSE OUT IN AN AGENDA ITEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M PROPOSING THAT WE HAVE A SMALL TASK FORCE OF THE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH A STAFF, INCLUDE ANYBODY.
THEY WANT TO, TO COME UP WITH PARAMETERS FOR WHAT A POLICY WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW TO CREATE A BORDER COMMISSION.
BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD COME FROM SIMILAR TO THE, HOW THEY DO IT.
THERE'S A COMMITTEE OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE MADE UP AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND, UM, FILTER, DO EVERYTHING, DO INTERVIEWS AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS TOO, AND I BROUGHT UP A TWO MONTH TASK FORCE IS THAT NONE OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DECIDED TO CREATE A COMMISSION, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
WE WOULD COME UP WITH A ALLOCATION OF FUNDING AND THEN IT GOES INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, 20, 22.
SO NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THOSE THINGS OCCUR.
SO WE HAVE A FEW MONTHS BETWEEN NOW AND OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP OF NEXT YEAR TO FIGURE OUT IF, IF WE DID WANT TO GO DOWN THIS PATH, I THINK THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL.
DO WE WANT TO GO DOWN A PATH? AND I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO.
SO I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ON THIS, BUT WE WANT TO GO DOWN A PATH OF USING, UH, TAXPAYER FUNDS TO, UH, ALLOCATE TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I USE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY AND NOT CHARITIES FOR A REASON.
UH, DO WE WANT TO GO DOWN THAT PATH? YES OR NO.
IF WE DON'T THEN I GUESS NOTHING MORE THAN DISCUSS IF WE DO, THEN I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT RIGHT HERE IN THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UH, AND I, I HEAR ALL, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID OR THINGS THAT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT ALREADY AS WELL IN PUTTING THIS AGENDA ITEM OUT THERE, THERE'S UMPTEEN DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO FIGURE OUT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE OF US GETTING TO THE SIDE, WORKING THROUGH ALL THE POSSIBLE QUESTIONS, REVIEWING THE VIDEO OF WHAT WAS SAID TONIGHT AND WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE AND FIGURING OUT A PROCESS TO ALLEVIATE ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS.
THAT WOULD BE IN MY MIND THE MOST AFFECTIVE WAY.
IF WE DID HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION BEING, YES, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO ABOUT
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DOING IT.CAUSE ONCE AGAIN, NONE OF THIS, EVEN A DOLLAR AMOUNT IS NOT GOING TO EVEN BE DECIDED, UM, UNTIL NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ENVISIONING RETREAT AND ALL THIS DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUFF, BUT NO DOLLAR AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE SET UNTIL WE HAD THOSE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, CREATING A, UH, AD HOC OR TASK FORCE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH A POLICY AND A PLAN TO ONCE THE COUNCIL DOES DECIDE ON X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO ALLOCATE TO NONPROFITS, THEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE POLICY AND AN IDEA OF HOW THOSE THINGS, THAT MACHINE WILL WORK BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHICH I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, BUT ACTUALLY THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN MY LINE OF THINKING THE LAST THING THAT KIND OF COMES OUT OF THIS ONCE WE'VE DONE ALL THE WORK OF PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, HOW THIS MACHINE WILL WORK OF FIGURING OUT THE MOST EQUITABLE WAY TO ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDING FOR HUMAN SERVICES IN OUR CITY.
ONCE AGAIN, IF THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS YES.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR FINAL COMMENTS THERE.
CAUSE I DO THINK THAT THE CORE OF THE, THE QUESTION IS, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO, UM, UH, UH, DECIDE AS A POLICY, UH, AS A COUNCIL THAT WE DO WANT TO SHELL OUT, UH, UH, OR TAKE SOME PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, UH, AND, UH, GIVE IT TO NONPROFITS EITHER THROUGH, UH, THIS COUNCIL OR THROUGH THE CREATION OF COMMISSION AND TO EMPOWER THEM TO DO IT.
UM, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE THIRD TIME THIS CONVERSATION'S COME UP SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS DICE.
UH, THE, IT IS, IT IS IRONIC THAT YOU BROUGHT THE, THE, THE, UH, BUDA UP IN PARTICULAR, UH, BECAUSE BUDA WAS, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS AND W THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO DO THIS, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO BECAUSE THE FOLKS, UH, HAD SAID THEY CREATED A MONSTER, UH, THAT CREATED THAT THING.
AND THEY SAID THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTING OVER RESOURCES AND DOLLARS, A LOT OF HURT FEELINGS.
UH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, IT JUST BECAME A VERY POLITICAL, AND MAYBE IT'S GOTTEN A LOT BETTER SINCE THEN.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO IT, BUT, UH, ANYTIME THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY, UH, INSTITUTES AT GRANT PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S TO NONPROFITS OR TO SMALL BUSINESSES OR FACADES, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALWAYS FACADE UPGRADES.
UH, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE WINNERS AND LOSERS.
UH, THEY GET CHOSEN OUT OF THAT.
UH, AND THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT IT WOULD BE ARROGANT OF US NOT TO, UH, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND THERE ARE THOSE, UH, IN THE PAST AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD SAY THAT IT MIGHT BE ARROGANT OF US TO THINK THAT WE CAN DO BETTER WITH CITIZENS' MONEY THAN THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR OWN MONEY, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, GIVING MONEY, GIVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO NONPROFITS.
AND FOR ME, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN WHERE I STOOD, YOU KNOW, MY, MY POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IT'S NOT THE CITY COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAX PEOPLE AND THEN TAKE THOSE RESOURCES, UH, AND THEN GIVE THEM TO NONPROFIT GROUPS AT OUR DISCRETION, UH, WHETHER WE CREATE A COMMITTEE, UH, AND, AND TASK THEM TO DO THAT AS A WAY OF SORT OF DE POLITICIZING IT OR NOT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE RESOURCES THAT GET ALLOCATED COME FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, THEY ARE, UH, NOT OUR DOLLARS.
UH, THEY BELONG TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE, UH, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL COME FORWARD IF WE WERE TO PUT A DOLLAR TO IT.
SO MY FINAL THOUGHT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID THOUGH.
AND THAT IS THAT WE SHOULD START WITH THE MONEY, UH, DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO ALLOCATE SOME MONEY OUT OF THE BUDGET TOWARDS THIS.
UH, AND THEN ONCE WE'VE DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOCATE SOME MONEY, THEN WE START PUTTING PROCESSES AROUND MONEY BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH AND SPEND THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR TWO MONTHS, UH, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A POLICY THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, UH, AND THEN GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT MONEY IS EVEN GOING TO BE THERE? WHAT THE POLITICAL TOLERANCES FOR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS IS THIS 10,000, OR IS THIS A A HUNDRED THOUSAND? ARE WE LOOKING FOR ONE OR TWO NON-PROFITS, UH, OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR 10 OR 20 NON-PROFITS? SO I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO START OUT WITH, UH, NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END.
I THINK WAITING UNTIL THE END IS, UH, TO DECIDE THE MONEY, UH, AND WHETHER WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO FUND THIS THING, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO CREATE A BOARD OR COMMISSION AND THEN NOT FUND IT.
UH, SO, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO FUND IT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO BE WILLING TO TAKE, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DECIDING WHICH NONPROFIT IS BEST, UH, AND MOST DESERVING OF THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS.
UH, AND THERE ARE SEVEN OF US, AND IF WE CREATE ANOTHER COMMISSION, THAT'S ANOTHER SEVEN, SO THE 10, 15 POSSIBLE OPINIONS, UH, FOR MYSELF, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT.
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YOU KNOW, WASN'T BROUGHT UP, UH, BEFORE ANY THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.SO, YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, TOTALLY FAIR AND LEGITIMATE POINTS.
I, I, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DO SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.
I'M MORE INCLINED TO, UH, NURSE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, MAYBE NOT EVEN, UH, GETTING THE COMMITTEE OR THE BOARD TOGETHER, BUT THE POLICY AND THE IDEAS OF HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS SUBSTANCE.
SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE WOULD BE MORE, MAKE ME MORE INCLINED TO NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECT STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, FIND WHATEVER THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
UM, SO IT JUST KIND OF HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE, I GUESS, BEFORE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BECAUSE I GUESS IF I, THE WAY I SEE IT AS IT WOULD WORK NEGATIVELY, IF WE CREATED A DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHATEVER THAT IS, AND THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY DRAWS ALL THIS INTEREST.
CAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
ONCE YOU PUT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT OUT THERE, THEN IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INTEREST ON IT.
UH, BUT I THINK WHEN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A POLICY AND SOME KIND OF A STANDARD BEARER AND PLACE, UM, EVEN BEF, LIKE I SAID, I THINK EVEN THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED THE COMMITTEE COULD WAIT TILL, YOU KNOW, NEXT SUMMER WHEN WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET, BUT AS FAR AS THE POLICY AND THE OVERALL WAY OF GOING ABOUT IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE IN PLACE.
SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
UM, AND THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE WE START, UH, ALLOCATING FUNDING.
CAUSE I GUESS THAT'S, UH, JUST BEING INCONSISTENT THE WAY I'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR BUDGET WORK CYCLES.
I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOAL IS OF FUNDING AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE APPOINT BEFORE I APPOINTED DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN FIGURE OUT ALL THE AFTER IT.
BUT I, LIKE I SAID, ALL LEGITIMATE THINGS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID TONIGHT IS CERTAINLY WORTH DISCUSSING AND LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ARE OUR THOUGHTS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT'S WHY IT NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM AND THEN BROUGHT BACK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT IDEAS, BUT, UM, TO REALLY, UH, PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD THOUGH.
THE DISCUSSION DOES NEED TO BE ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING A PART OF A COUPLE OF NONPROFITS MYSELF HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND, UM, WE'VE REACHED OUT FOR FUNDING AS WELL.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, ACTUALLY A LOT DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE DON'T GET THAT FUNDING.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S AN EASE OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE, UM, PEOPLE THAT CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT ARE SEASONED, THAT WILL A PROCESS LIKE THIS WOULD PROBABLY ESCALATE SOMEBODY WHO'S DEPENDING HOW WE PUT IT TOGETHER.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER, NO MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO FEEL BAD, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OCCASIONS WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO GET SOME, UH, FEDERAL RESOURCES AND, AND, AND THE DOLLARS ARE OUT THERE.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING IT AND YOU'RE LIKE, WAS THAT REALLY A NONPROFIT, BUT THEY'VE GOT THE STAFF THERE THAT KNOWS HOW TO GO NAVIGATE THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN DISHEARTENING AS WELL.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF TORN ON THIS.
IF WE CAN DO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WE PUT SOME TOGETHER, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME CHARACTERS THAT HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO PUT GREAT, YOU KNOW, UH, APPLICATIONS TOGETHER, UH, TO I'LL DO THE OTHER ONES THAT ACTUALLY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, BUT TH IT'S A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
I JUST, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'M GOING TO MOVE ON, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY, AS A COUNCIL, MAYBE ANSWER THAT FIRST QUESTION.
AT LEAST, DO WE HAVE A DESIRE TO, UM, ALLOCATE FUNDING OUT OF OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR, NOT PUTTING A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO IT AND NOT PUTTING A POLICY TO IT, BUT DO WE HAVE A DESIRE TO DO THAT ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF THE ANSWER'S NO FROM COUNCIL, THEN DISCUSSIONS DONE AT LEAST WITH THIS BODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A DESIRE TO EVEN DO THAT, THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO SETTLE UNTIL THE COUNCIL CHANGES AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT IT.
SO I THINK, UH, AT THE VERY LIST ON, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND CERTAINLY SINCE IT'S BEEN POSTPONED SO MANY DIFFERENT TIMES, I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO LET THEM KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT DOING THAT OR NOT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A DESIRE TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES OUT OF OUR BUDGET IN A FUTURE BUDGET, UH, TO TOWARDS, UH NON-PROFITS YEAH.
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SERVICES GRANTS OR NOT? I THINK THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, RIGHT? QUESTION.DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT CUSTOMER FLOORS KALE? UM, I DO.
AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, I THINK WHAT MR. ELLISON IS TRYING TO DO IS RIGHT ON TARGET.
HE'S TRYING TO CREATE A PROCESS.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE DON'T HAVE TO AT THE END SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT HE'S TRYING TO HAVE A PROCESS TO SHOW US WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND WITH NO PRICE TAG, I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT I HAD TO HELP, UH, GET HER WATER RECONNECTED.
AND THE CHURCH HAD TO, I FOUND A CHURCH TO DONATE $300 AND SHE WAS SUPER APPRECIATIVE.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING 10 30, $50,000, BUT SOMETHING LIKE $300 HELPS.
AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, THE END OF THE WORLD.
I REALLY TRULY DON'T BELIEVE OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE TERRIBLY UPSET IF WE DECIDE TO MAKE A COMMISSION OR A COMMITTEE THAT WANT TO SIT AND FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S, I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION.
UM, AGAIN, IF DURING THIS PROCESS, WE FIND THAT RESIDENTS DO FEEL THAT WAY, THEN WE DON'T PROCEED, BUT TO NOT PROCEED AT ALL, I THINK IS KIND OF A SHORTCOMING.
LIKE WE COULD BE MISSING OUT ON A REALLY GREAT IDEA WHERE WE COULD HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE FOR DAYCARE OR WATER OR FOOD OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T FORESEE A LOT OF TAXPAYERS GETTING UPSET BECAUSE WE ARE HELPING OTHER RESIDENTS.
AGAIN, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT DURING THE PROCESS TH TH THE, THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T PURSUED IT, BUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD HAS BEEN THAT THE IT'S NOT THE RESIDENTS WHO GET UPSET.
IT'S THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NON-PROFITS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE REQUEST THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE REQUEST WAS $100,000.
THAT'S ONE NONPROFIT IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO IT'S JUST, AND THAT'S THE POINT I'M MAKING IS THE, UH, THAT W IN, IN PASS WHEN THESE GRANTS AND THESE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT NONPROFITS WHO MIGHT WANT TO MAKE A CASE FOR THAT IS NOT NEARLY AS LIMITED.
UH, AND THERE IS A LOT OF LOBBYING.
THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, UM, UH, UH, PURSUING GETTING THOSE DOLLARS, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST NOT A SITUATION WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN HAPPY.
WE CAN SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING.
UH, THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE IS, DO WE WANT TO, UH, FUND IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET SOME AMOUNT WITHOUT SAYING, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ENOUGH DIRECTION TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.
SO WE PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION AND A VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LET ME SEE HOW TO WORD THIS WITHOUT, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I HAD IN MIND.
UM, GENERALLY, SO LET ME LOOK AT, I'M GONNA LOOK TO YOU AT A PAGE AND SCOTT, GENERALLY, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS THAT TEMPERAMENT TO DIRECT STAFF AT A FUTURE TIME TO CREATE, UM, A POLICY FOR, UM, ALLOCATING FUNDING FROM THE BUDGET TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, VIA HUMOR SERVICES GRANT.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT WITHOUT ALLOCATING A DOLLAR AMOUNT WITHOUT CREATING A BOARD OR COMMISSION WITHOUT CREATING SOME KIND OF POLICY AS WELL? I THINK SO, YOU'RE WONDERING IT WOULD BE, I'M TRYING TO GRASP MY SEAN.
HE'S TRYING TO PULL THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY.
I THINK IT'S, UM, UM, A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO, UM, ARE CRITICAL TO CREATE A POLICY AROUND FUNDING OF NON-PROFITS.
WOULD THAT BE, YEAH, I DON'T EVEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT, CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S EVEN GOING BEYOND WHAT I GUESS THE GENERAL QUESTION IS, OR THE BASIC FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF, DO WE WANT TO EVEN GO DOWN THE ROAD OF ALLOCATING TAXPAYER FUNDING FROM OUR BUDGET, OUR REVENUES, FROM OUR BUDGET TO GO TOWARDS HER, MAYBE A MOTION TO CONSIDER IT A FUTURE DATE, UM, AN ACTION ITEM TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM A FUTURE BUDGET.
SO MOVED SO MOVED IF THAT'S ON THE RECORD.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THAT SECOND.
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A MOTION MADE BY COUNSELOR ELLISON SECOND AND BY THE MAYOR, UH, TO, UH, DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK, UH, UH, A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM WITH, UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, BUDGET BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? SO AN UP AND A YES.
VOTE SAYS, YES, WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, UH, RESOURCES, UH, COMMITTED TO THIS AND A NO VOTE IS NO, WE DO NOT.
THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT AS CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE AS IT'S GOING TO GET ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ROLL CALL VOTE? YES.
NO, JUST ONE LAST PIECE OF DISCUSSION.
JUST WE'RE IN MIDDLE OF REAL COLD.
[24. Evaluation of expectations, from City Council and City Manager, when presenting direction of council, to staff. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24, EVALUATION OF EXPECTATIONS, UH, FROM CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, WHEN PRESENTING DIRECTION OF COUNCIL TO STAFF.THAT'S WHERE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO MY AGENDA ITEM BY STATING THAT MY ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR THIS DISCUSSION WAS TO CITY MANAGER, SCOTT SELLERS, WHO INQUIRED REQUIRED A RE A WRITTEN REQUEST.
YOU TELL HIM WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE MEETING WITH ME, HE REFERENCED A POSSIBLE MEETING WITH ME AS BEING VERBALLY ASSAULTED, WHICH IS KIND OF ODD CONSIDERING THAT WAS A TOPIC I PLANNED ON HAVING WITH HIM REGARDING OTHERS ON COUNCIL, AFTER BEING DENIED A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING AND A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL MEETING FROM BOTH MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL AND CITY MANAGER, SCOTT SELLERS, I THEN REQUESTED THIS ITEM TO BE PLACED ON A REGULAR SESSION AGENDA, WHICH THEY ATTEMPTED TO PUT ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER CLARIFYING THAT MY ISSUES WERE NOT PERSONNEL ISSUES, BUT DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ISSUES.
MY ITEM WAS FINALLY PLACED ON THE AGENDA SIX WEEKS AGO, BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING, I PRESENTED MY BACKUP MATERIAL TO CITY SECRETARY.
MY BACKUP MATERIAL CONSISTED OF EMAIL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN MYSELF AND SCOTT SELLERS, MYSELF AND TRAVIS MITCHELL AND MYSELF AND CITY ATTORNEY PAIGE SIGNS, MS. SIGNS, THE CITY ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY SUGGESTED THE EMAILS I PROVIDED NOT BE INCLUDED AS BACKUP MATERIAL SINCE THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO WHAT SHE CONSIDERED LEGAL ADVICE.
I REDACTED THE LEGAL ADVICE AND SENT THE EMAILS AS BACKUP MATERIAL.
HOWEVER, I WAS THEN TOLD BECAUSE THE LEGAL COUNSEL HAD BEEN CC'D ON SOME OF THE EMAILS.
AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT MY BACKUP MATERIALS AS I HAD HOPED GETTING TO THE POINT OF MY AGENDA ITEM AND AUGUST 25TH, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM, FROM THE CITY WITH AN ATTACHMENT REGARDING THE RESIGNATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HOWARD COATS UPON RECEIVING AN EMAIL.
I REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO MR. KOONTZ TO FIND OUT HIS REASON FOR ENDING HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND HE PROCEEDED TO DESCRIBE A MEETING WITH THE CITY.
MR. COONS WAS SINCERE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD REGARDING HIS FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE CITY.
I PROCEEDED TO DESCRIBE A MEETING HE HAD WITH MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL AND MAYOR PRO TEM BRICK COACH, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED HIM TO SEEK NEW EMPLOYMENT.
MR. COOCH SHARED WITH ME THAT ON JANUARY 15TH, 2021, MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL REQUESTED A MEETING WITH HIM AND THE GLASS MEETING ROOM UPSTAIRS OF CITY HALL.
WHEN MR. COONS ARRIVED, MAYOR PRO TIMBER COACH WAS ALSO PRESENT DURING THE MEETING, MR. COONS WAS ACCUSED OF TELLING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE HOW TO VOTE AND WHAT TO SAY.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HATED HIM.
NOBODY RESPECTED HIM AND ALL WOULD BE HAPPIER IF HE WERE GONE, MAY HAVE TRAVIS MITCHELL WRAPPED UP HIS 25 MINUTE MEETING WITH MR. COONS BY TELLING HIM THAT IF HE DIDN'T START MAKING SOME CHANGES THAT MAY TRAVIS MITCHELL WOULD AFTER HIS MEETING, MR. COONS WENT TO CITY MANAGER, SCOTT SELLERS TO VOICE HIS CONCERNS REGARDING THE DIRECTION HE RECEIVED FROM MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL AND MAYOR PRO TEM, RICK COACH, AND ASKED FOR HELP TO WHICH MR. SELLERS TOOK NO ACTION.
NO CITY STAFF SHOULD EVER RECEIVE SUCH DIRECTION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER NOR COLLECTIVELY AS A COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS SIX WEEKS OLD, SIX WEEKS AGO, MR. COONS WAS STILL AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF KYLE AND PLANNED ON SHARING HIS STORY FIRSTHAND.
UNFORTUNATELY, MR. KOONS HAS FOUND NEW EMPLOYMENT.
AND THIS WAS MR. COONS, A STORY TO TELL.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT MANY OTHER EMPLOYEES CAUSE SHARE, BUT CHOOSE NOT TO FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION, INCLUDING TERMINATION.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE AFTER MY EMAIL TO CITY MANAGER, SCOTT SELLERS, THE FOLLOWING MONDAY DURING THE MANAGERS MEETINGS, STAFF WAS REPRIMANDED FOR TWO HOURS, WHICH CONSISTED OF BEING TOLD THAT THE CITY WOULD FIND OUT WHO THE MOLE, WHO THE MOLE WAS A TERM.
I FIND DEROGATORY CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. KOONTZ? AND I'M SURE WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHER CITY STAFF IS SHAMEFUL.
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THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CITY.COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION.
WHY I CHOOSE TO DISCUSS A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED NINE MONTHS AGO.
I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I WAS APPRISED OF THIS SITUATION SIX WEEKS AGO.
MY INTEGRITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO KEEP MINE INTACT, I COULD NOT ALLOW MR. KOONTZ'S STORY TO GO UNHEARD.
I ASK IF THIS ISSUE WAS NOT RAISED BY ME THAN BY WHO THIS AGENDA ITEM HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR ME, THIS TOPIC IS NOT FUN OR COMFORTABLE FOR ME OR ANYONE ELSE TO DISCUSS.
I, NO DOUBT WILL BE OSTRACIZED, NOT FOR SOMETHING I DID, BUT FOR ENLIGHTENING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY SOLE INTENTION IS TO CREATE AWARENESS THIS YEAR, WE'VE LOST THREE PNZ COMMISSIONERS AND A DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR ISN'T A PROBLEM AND DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO RELIES HEAVILY ON THE CHARTER AND ITS REGULATION OF THE CITY.
IT IS MY EXPECTATION THAT COUNCIL DOES NOT DIRECT STAFF.
AND SINCE COUNCIL DOES NOT DIRECT STAFF COUNSEL DOES NOT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY STAFF EVALUATION UNLESS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED ON DYESS OR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE CITY MANAGER DOES NOT GIVE DIRECTION OF STAFF REGARDING INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED OR VOTED ON DURING COUNCIL MEETING OR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MORE SPECIFICALLY CITY MANNERS SHOULD NOT BE RELAYING INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OPINIONS.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT BY BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO LIGHT, THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY MOVE ON ON THE DAYAS WITH NEWFOUND EXPECTATIONS, WHICH ALIGNED DIRECTLY WITH OUR CITY'S CHARTER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO TOBY'S YES.
UM, JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT, UM, THIS WILL BE FOR MS. SELLERS DURING ANY EVALUATIONS OF EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR FINAL PDFS.
WE CALL THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT FILE PER THE CHARTER.
SO ANY KIND OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS, OR LET'S SAY A YEARLY EVALUATIONS, HE JUST STAYS WITHIN THE CITY WITH A DINO COUNCIL OR NOBODY ELSE GETS ANY OF THOSE COPIES CITY MANAGER'S CAR SERVICE FOR THE RECORD.
THAT IS NOT OUR PRACTICE TO EXTEND STAFF EVALUATIONS, TO COUNSEL, NOR TO SOLICIT COUNCIL INPUT FOR THOSE EVALUATIONS FOR CHARTER THAT IS SOLELY DONE FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF SUPERVISION.
THANK YOU, MR. SELLERS, DID YOU, UM, FOLLOW THAT RULE, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE ITEM THAT CUSTOMER FORCE KILLS ALLEGING? I DID.
SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNSELOR FOR SCALE IRS, ACTUALLY COUNSEL RAILS.
AND YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAD YOUR HANDS UP A SECOND AGO.
SO, WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE OF COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE.
SO IN YOUR, THIS CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ITEM, UH, WHAT WERE YOU HOPING? WHAT WAS YOUR OBJECTIVE WITH, WITH THIS ITEM? YOU'VE CLEARLY HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS AND, AND CERTAINLY, UH, UM, SOME STATEMENTS, UH, OF SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY, UM, SOME DISTURBING THINGS TO YOU.
YOU'VE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WERE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM AND BRINGING THIS UP TO THE BODY THIS EVENING? UM, WELL, I DID NOT ASK FOR IT TO BE UNDER CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT WAS PUT UNDER THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT APPARENTLY TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY PUT IT ON UNDER THIS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY I CAN ASK MR. SELLERS WHY HE PLACED IT UNDER CAUSE CONSIDERATION OR CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.
IS THAT A QUESTION YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER IT? THAT WAS A VOTE FROM THE COUNCIL TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA AT THE TOP OF CONCERN POSSIBLE ACTION FOR THIS AGENDA.
OH, IT WAS, BUT IT WAS ORIGINALLY, IT WAS ON HERE AS, AS CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.
AND THAT WAS NOT AN, A VOTE 2, 3, 3 WEEKS AGO THAT WAS DONE ON BY WHOEVER CREATED THE AGENDA.
IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE OF COUNCIL PRETTY MUCH FOR AS LONG AS I RECALL, FOUR COUNCIL ORIGINATED ACTION ITEMS TO BE PLACED AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
BUT IF I WASN'T ASKING FOR ANY ACTION, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHY WHEN UNDER THAT
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WENT ON THE AGENDA.SO TO ANSWER MR. ELLISON'S QUESTION, UM, IT STARTED TO BECOME MORE AND MORE APPARENT THAT WE WERE LOSING, YOU KNOW, P AND Z MEMBERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WHAT REALLY DID IT WAS SEEING MR. COONS, UM, LEAVE AND ME AND MR. COONS LET'S, LET'S BE CLEAR.
WE DID NOT ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE.
UM, BUT MY DISCOURAGEMENT WITH HIM WAS ALWAYS FROM THE DYESS AND ALWAYS SAID IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, AND HE HIMSELF WAS A LITTLE, UM, NERVOUS CAUSE HE FELT LIKE NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE HIS STORY.
UM, AND SO WHEN HE AGREED, I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY THAT NIGHT, UH, AT MIDNIGHT WE DECIDED TO, UM, POSTPONE THE MEETING.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY HE WASN'T ABLE TO TELL HIS STORY HIMSELF, UM, WHICH I THINK IS, IS, IS DESERVING OF A SITUATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT BREAKS A SITUATION.
AND WHEN I SAID THAT IT WAS REALLY MY HOPE THAT IT JUST BRINGS, IT BRINGS LIGHT TO THIS ISSUE.
THAT IS MY ULTIMATE HOPE FOR US TO REALIZE THAT AS WE SIT UP HERE HAS SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE NO BETTER OR NO, WE HAVE NO RIGHTS TO TALK TO STAFF, UH, DIRECTORS, RESIDENTS IN ANY WAY THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE SPOKEN TO.
AND SO ULTIMATELY THAT IS MY HOPE.
AND THAT IS MY GOAL IS THAT WE CAN KIND OF TURN THIS SITUATION AROUND AND MAKE IT A LEARNING LESSON AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO, YEAH, IT WAS, SO THAT WAS LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE, WHAT YOU WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT ACTION DID YOU WERE HOPING TO TAKE BY PUTTING ON THERE.
BUT I SEE JUST, UH, YOU HAD MEANT FOR IT TO BE JUST A DISCUSSION AND, UH, UH, ENDED UP ON POSSIBLE CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T REMEMBER FLORES KALE BROUGHT UP IN HER STATEMENTS, UM, HOW, I MEAN, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS TRUE, THAT, THAT, THAT HAPPENED OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE JUST STATED.
THAT HAD BEEN A GREAT QUESTION FOR ME TO RECEIVE BACK WHEN YOU WERE TOLD THAT INFORMATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW FOR A LONG TIME, I TRIED TO ASK YOU WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, UH, YOU CHOSE TO GO THE PATH THAT YOU'VE GONE, WHICH IS TO NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH ME ABOUT IT AND BRING IT TO THE DIOCESE AND MAKE THOSE, UH, PATENTLY FALSE ALLEGATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC.
SO W W I'M JUST ASKING SOME QUESTIONS HERE.
SO WHAT, THE STATEMENTS THAT CONCENT MYRA FLORES, KAYLA STAINING IS STATING TONIGHT, MARY YOU'RE SAYING THAT ALL OF THAT, WHAT SHE HAD STATED IS UNTRUE, THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT AS IT RELATES TO A THREAT OF TERMINATION, UM, YEAH, ALL OF THE, UH, UH, UH, DETAILS AROUND THAT, UH, ARE FABRICATED.
AND THEN A SECOND, THERE WAS ANOTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN THIS MAYOR, PRO TEM COACH.
ARE YOU STATING THAT THAT IS THE CASE AS WELL? THAT WHAT MAYOR IS SAYING, THE I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, BUT YOU WERE THERE.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IN WHICH THERE'S A MEETING THAT WAS PLACED WITH, UH, MR. COONS.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO GET INTO SPECIFICS AND TURNING THIS INTO A CIRCUS, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT THE REASON THAT MR KOONTZ WAS EVEN MET WITH WAS BECAUSE EARLIER THE P AND Z COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT RESIGNING HAD TO DO WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT ME, NOT THE MAYOR, INTERFERING WITH P AND Z FUNCTIONS.
THERE'S EMAILS WHERE THESE PNZ COMMISSIONERS RESIGNED AND STATE COUNCIL MEMBER KALE, AS THE REASON FOR THE RESIGNATION.
SO WHEN PNZ COMMISSIONERS ARE RESIGNING ONE AFTER ANOTHER, ME AS A FORMER CHAIR OF P AND Z, LIKE YOU WERE A FORMER CHAIR OF P AND Z, WHO HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. COONS.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
I DIDN'T GO TO PNZ COMMISSIONERS.
WHO'D ALREADY BEEN, UM, TALKED TO BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE STAFF MEMBER WHO OVERSEES THAT, WHO I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH, WHO I SERVED UNDER FOR TWO YEARS AND ASKED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHY P AND Z COMMISSIONERS ARE RESIGNING.
WHY ALL SENDING LETTERS OF RESIGNATION CITING CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS ACTIONS,
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AND THEN TAKE IT FROM THERE.THERE WAS NO TALK OF FIRING MR. COONS.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND TAKING A MEETING WITH A, UH, DIRECTOR AND TAKING BITS AND PIECES OF THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND THEN FABRICATING ALL SORTS OF STUFF AROUND IT.
YOU'RE USING HALF-TRUTHS TO CREATE STORIES THAT AREN'T REAL.
AND YOU PARTICIPATING IN THAT, KNOWING THAT THAT'S WHAT THE SITUATIONS IS HIGHLY UPSETTING TO ME, THIS IS SLANDEROUS.
THIS IS A UNBECOMING OF YOU, MR. ELLISON ON COUNCIL.
YOU WERE THERE, THERE IS NOTHING MORE TRANSPARENT THAN HAD TO HAVE A MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEAD ASKING THEM WHY THE P AND Z BOARD IS RESIGNING IN THE GLASS CONFERENCE ROOM UPSTAIRS, WHERE EVERYBODY DOWNSTAIRS, EVERYBODY AROUND CAN SEE YOURSELF INCLUDED.
SO OBVIOUSLY LIES ARE BEING FABRICATED, ARE BEING PUSHED THROUGH, AND WE'RE TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REAL.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DEFEND MYSELF TO FALSE ACCUSATIONS.
YOU KNOW IT, AND I KNOW IT, MR. KOONTZ LEFT FOR WHATEVER IS THE REASON THAT MR. KOONTZ LEFT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.
I ASKED HIM WHY PNZ COMMISSIONERS WERE RESIGNING IN MASS NUMBERS AND WHAT THE DEAL WAS WITH EMAILS AND YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KALE WERE STATED BY ONE OF THOSE PNZ COMMISSIONERS THAT WAS SENT TO ALL OF US AS THE REASON FOR THE RESIGNATION.
I HAD THE EMAIL POPPED UP RIGHT HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THAT? WHO'S IT WRITTEN BY? THIS IS PRISCILLA.
SHE DOESN'T STATE YOUR NAME IN THERE.
I FEEL WITH HER EMAIL, SHE SENT THAT I WAS WASTING HER TIME.
LIKE SHE MENTIONED IN HER EMAIL, YOU YVONNE'S EMAIL IS BELOW.
SHE IS, YOUR MOM IS OUR DISTRICTS WHO COUNCILMAN, IT SHOULD BE LOOKING TO FIX OUR ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICT AND BRINGING THEM TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
SHE DOESN'T SAY, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A THREE, THREE PARAGRAPHS FOUR PARAGRAPHS PRIOR TO THAT, WHICH I COULD GLADLY READ OUT OUT LOUD.
BUT JUST, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, I AM NOT THE REASON WHY SHE QUIT.
AND SO IF, IF WE FEEL LIKE I AM LYING, I WILL GLADLY, WE CAN SOLVE THIS BY JUST FILING AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.
AND THEN THEY CAN LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T DO IS LIE.
NOW I REPEATED THE STORY THAT MR. KOONTZ SHARED WITH ME WHEN HE WAS, WHEN I CALLED HIM TO SAY, HEY, WHY ARE YOU RESIGNING? BUT I AM NOT BY ANY MEANS A LIAR LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR.
AND IF, IF WE WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING TO THE ETHICS BOARDS TO WRITE A COMPLAINT AND THEY CAN FIND OUT BECAUSE I WON'T BE KNOWN AS A LIAR.
SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I NEED TO PROCEED WITH THAT.
THIS AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I DON'T GET.
LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALL TIME SAYING IS WHEN YOU ARE IN A HOLE, STOP DIGGING, STOP DIGGING, LIKE, OKAY, I CAN, MR. SELLERS, IF YOU MAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UM, ANSWER THE QUESTION OF, DID MR. KOONS GO IN YOUR OFFICE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT HE HAD WITH, UH, MAYOR MITCHELL AND MAYOR PRO TEM COACH? SURE.
UM, IF THAT'S THE STORY YOU WERE TOLD, AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU WERE TOLD THAT STORY, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS AFTER THAT CONVERSATION OCCURRED, I CALLED MR. COONS ON THE PHONE AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE CONVERSATION, OFFERED MY SUPPORT.
WHAT, WHAT ALSO, WHEN HE OFFERED YOU SUPPORT, WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU SAID? I FOLLOWED UP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND TOLD HER ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY ETHICAL WRONGDOING.
AND MAY I ASK WHAT SHE STATED? UH, SHE SAID AT THE TIME THERE WAS ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KEEP HER APPRISED.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE, MAY I ASK WHAT INFORMATION YOU GAVE HER, UH, FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT I'D HAD WITH HOWARD ON THE PHONE, WHEN I CALLED HIM AFTER, AND BASICALLY ONE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CONVERSATION HAPPENED IN THE GLASS CONFERENCE ROOM WAS BASICALLY THAT VERY THING OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT IS WHAT I TOLD PAIGE THAT HAPPENED TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MET WITH HOWARD IN THE CLASS CONFERENCE ROOM.
SO HOWARD WAS UPSET FOR NO REASON, OR WHAT WAS THE REASON YOU GAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY? I HAVE A THEORY AS TO WHY HE WAS UPSET.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.
I THINK THE DYSFUNCTION, UH, OF THIS COUNCIL HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH, UH, AND WE HAVE LOST OUR ABILITY.
WE'VE LOST OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, UH, EFFECTIVELY AS A GROUP.
UH, WE'VE LOST OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE
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A TEAM MENTALITY, UH, AND THE COUNCIL, WHICH GAVE DIRECTION TO P AND Z IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE AN ISSUE LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BY THE PARKS BOARD, UH, THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING TO ABOUT THE PARKS BOARD, UH, AND THE DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.IT'S A SIMILAR THING ON PLANNING AND ZONING WHERE THE THERE'S NOT A CLEAR DIRECTION COMING TO THEM.
AND WHEN WE DID GIVE A CLEAR DIRECTION, UH, IMMEDIATELY MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT TO THAT BOARD TO TRY TO CLARIFY WHAT THE STATED CITY DIRECTION WAS, WHICH WOULD BE THE ACTUAL VIOLATION, BUT CERTAINLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS AND THE DIRECTOR IN PARTICULAR, UH, WOULDN'T FEEL VERY, UM, UM, THEY FEEL MORE LIKE PAWNS, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO USE THEM, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO MANIPULATE THEM.
UH, AND SO I AGREE WITH THAT, RIGHT.
SO THE STATE OF DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE ITEM THAT PRECEDED THIS MEETING, UH, WAS FOR THEM TO GO AND CHECK OUT CBD ONE AND CBD TWO AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO APPROPRIATE USES THE FOLLOWING MEETING, WHERE THEY TOOK THAT UP.
THERE WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE WHO WERE ELABORATING ON THAT AND EXPANDING THE SCOPE AS, AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING THEM TO WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UH, UM, UH, WENT TO THAT MEETING, UH, MADE THOSE, UH, CONVERSATIONS MULTIPLE, UH, P AND Z COMMISSIONERS BECAME SO EXASPERATED OVER THAT PROCESS THAT THEY RESIGNED, WHICH COMPELLED ME, NOT OF MY, NOT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN P AND Z BUSINESS.
IT COMPELLED ME TO GO FIND OUT FROM THE DIRECTOR, UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND YES, I DID HAVE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
SO IT MIGHT'VE BEEN AN UNCOMFORTABLE MEETING, UH, THAT THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS A MEETING WHERE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN OR A MEETING WHERE, UH, THREATS WERE MADE.
UH, I'M INVOLVED IN A LOT OF UNCOMFORTABLE MEETINGS, UH, WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
SO I DIDN'T TREAT MR. COONS ANY DIFFERENTLY.
UH, HE JUST HAD A REACTION AND A DESIRE AND, AND MADE THE DECISION TO GO TALK TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, GIVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HIS STORY.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF HE TOLD YOU, UH, THAT, UH, AND YOU WERE REPEATING THAT WITHOUT ASKING WHAT, YOU KNOW, MY SIDE OF THE STORY, UH, I'M NOT CALLING YOU A LIAR.
I'M SAYING YOUR WILLFULLY COMPLICIT IN A NARRATIVE THAT HE IS PRODUCING WITHOUT FOLLOWING UP WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
SO I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY CONSIDERATE.
UH, I AM REALLY SAD, UH, FRANKLY, UH, THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED SUCH A JUDGMENT AGAINST ME PERSONALLY.
UH, AND I'M VERY SAD THAT YOU'VE DONE IT, UH, AT THE BEHEST OF OTHER PEOPLE.
UH, AND YOU CAN'T SEE THAT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AN AGENDA AS WELL.
UH, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN THOUGHTS, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EACH OTHER'S PERFORMANCE.
WHAT IS DIRECTION? WHAT IS NOT, I, MY, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT, UH, THE PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE RULE TO NOT GIVE DIRECTION THE MOST ON THIS COUNCIL AS YOU.
SO IF WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WE CAN LOVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
WELL, YOU GAVE SCOTT DIRECTION EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WHAT WAS HIS, WHAT WAS THE DIRECTION I GAVE, UH, THAT YOU WANTED ALL APPLICATIONS, THE MOMENT THAT HE RECEIVED THEM TO BE EMAILED TO YOU, THAT'S CALLED HER PRIVATE, IS THAT I CANNOT LET, CAN I NOT ASK THAT YOU DIRECTED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT THAT IS WHEN YOU DO THAT WITH THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
IF I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT, THEN SAY, NO, THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU SAY I'M DOING STUFF I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT YET THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY NO.
MY DISTRUST FOR YOU DOES NOT STEM FROM THIS ONE INCIDENT.
SO YES, I AM VERY SAD THAT I GAVE SIX MONTHS OF MY LIFE TO TRYING TO CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS DYESS ONLY TO BE LIED TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NOT BY EVERYBODY, NOT BY EVERYBODY, BUT BY THOSE THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO DISASSOCIATE WITH THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING CONJURED UP FROM ONE CONVERSATION WITH ONE STAFF MEMBER.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS SAID THIS EVENING.
UM, I WAS, I THOUGHT I DID STILL HAVE THE FLOOR AND WAS ASKING QUESTIONS, JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE HOLES IN MY MIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, TURNED OUT, I'M SURE YOU MET NO DISRESPECT OR THEIR MAYOR PRO TEM BY CALLING ME BY MY FIRST NAME ON THIS DYESS.
UM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY OBJECTIVE WAS.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I, I DID SEE, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE TWO OF YOU IN THE, UH, GLASS CONFERENCE ROOM, WE HAD MR. COHEN SAID AT THE TIME, AND I DID, I WAS NOT IN ON THAT CONVERSATION.
I DIDN'T, I WAS NOT IN THAT MEETING.
I CAME IN TO HAND SOME POSTCARDS THAT I THOUGHT WERE FOR YOU, BUT THEY TURNED OUT TO BE ROBERT RIZZO, BUT THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF MY TIME WITHIN THAT, IN THAT ROOM.
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HAVE SPOKEN TO TWO OUT OF THE THREE PEOPLE THAT HAVE RESIGNED FROM OUR P AND Z COMMISSION.UM, AND NEITHER OF THEM SAID THAT THE CBD ISSUE WAS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR RESIGNATION.
UM, AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE MARY AND I HAVE TO SAY, I JUST VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.
THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THEIR RESIGNATIONS.
I SAID, IT WAS, I SAID IT WAS THE DYSFUNCTION OF THE COUNCIL.
SO, AND THEN, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS, THE DIRECTION OF THE CBD AND THERE WAS MULTIPLE THINGS.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE THAT I WAS ASKED BY MR. SELLERS TO COME TO THAT MEETING TO HELP CLARIFY THE DIRECTION.
I'M ACTUALLY REALLY GLAD THAT YOU DID THAT.
BECAUSE WHEN I CAME INTO THE MEETING, THERE WAS THERE GIVEN THERE WAS DIRECTION BEING GIVEN ABOUT LINES AND PARAMETERS AND ALL THIS DIFFERENT STUFF.
AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED.
THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL GAVE.
AND I REMEMBER COMMISSIONER GUETTA ASKING AT ONE POINT, HE SAID, W WHA WHAT, WHAT IS THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL? I SAID, LOOK AT THE AGENDA ITEM, THE AGENDA ITEM, OR WHAT WAS MOTIONED DURING THE MEETING, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS SPOKEN.
I SAID, CAUSE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT COUNCIL HEMMED AND HAWED AND WENT BACK AND FORTH OVER.
UH, BUT NONE OF THAT WAS THE MOTION AND NONE OF THAT'S THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT THE DIRECTION IS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS PARTICULAR THING, EITHER LOOK AT THE AGENDA ITEM OR LISTEN TO WHAT THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE AND VOTED ON.
AND THAT'S WHAT MR GUETTA SAID.
UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT HE, UM, WENT BY THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL OR WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS, AND NOT CERTAINLY BY ANYBODY, UH, THERE, UM, PRESENTING THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT, THAT I CERTAINLY, UH, I WAS THE ONE THAT WENT TO THAT COUNCIL MEETING BY PER THE REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER TO HELP, UM, UH, MAKE CLEAR WHAT THE DIRECTION WAS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF TO, TO SHARE WHAT I THOUGHT THE COMMISSION SHOULD DO.
UH, I CERTAINLY DID TELL THEM, UH, AND IT'S PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE THOSE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE DOING THINGS THAT WE DID HAVE BEEN SAID RIGHT HERE ON THIS DIET THAT A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHOULD BE NOT JUST WAITING FOR AGENDA ITEMS AND REZONINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY THROUGH THE CHARTER TO REVIEW CODE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS LEFT AND RIGHT.
UH, THEY CAN BE KNOCKED DOWN LEFT AND RIGHT FROM COUNSELING, BUT THAT, THAT IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THEIR, THEIR PURVIEW.
UH, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT I RELAYED TO THEM THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO, UH, WITHOUT COUNCIL DIRECTION.
BUT CERTAINLY WITH THIS ONE, IT WAS ABOUT REVIEWING THE USES OF CBD ONE AND CBD TWO.
UM, BUT I JUST GOING BACK TO MY LINE OF QUESTIONING AND, UH, AMERIPRO TIM ASS.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MY, MY OBJECTIVE WAS AND THAT I WAS BEING ON BECOMING, UH, CERTAINLY THAT WAS NOT MY GOAL.
UH, MY GOAL WAS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND ONE YOU CAUSE, CAUSE I DID SEE THAT THAT INTERACTION HAPPENED.
UM, I ALSO, UH, ME AND SCOTT HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND, UM, MAN SCOTT HAD A CONVERSATION AND HE TOLD ME THAT HOW I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS JOB.
AND, UH, I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I DO TO, TO HELP? YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT UNHAPPY WITH HOWARD'S PERFORMANCE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AWARE THAT ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE UNHAPPY WITH HOWARD'S PERFORMANCE AND I HAD A 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH HIM ONE DAY ABOUT IT.
AND IT WAS, THAT WAS CERTAINLY, UM, DISHEARTENING.
UM, AND I JUST DON'T WANT ANY STAFF MEMBER TO BE IN THAT POSITION OR FEEL THAT WAY.
UM, CERTAINLY IF, IF WE HAVE FRUSTRATIONS WITH A DIRECTOR OR A STAFF MEMBER, THERE ARE APPROPRIATE WAYS TO HANDLE THAT, CERTAINLY BY RELAYING THAT, UH, DISPLEASURE WITH SCOTT OR, UH, PUTTING ON AN EXECUTIVE S UH, SESSION AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WE CAN ALL, UH, BE PRIVY TO THAT.
AND, AND SCOTT CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH US.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS RELAYED TO ME FROM HIM AND HIS CONCERNS, UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY CONCERNING.
AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S ALL I AM BRINGING UP AND ASKING THE QUESTION OF U2 WAS JUST TO GET YOUR S YOUR SIDE OF WHAT, WHAT OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS STATED HERE THIS EVENING, WHAT I KNOW IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD AND, UH, WITH BOTH SCOTT AND MR. COONS, AND THEN, UH, JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU ALL SIDE, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE ON YOUR END AND WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS TRUE OR NOT TRUE? UM, CERTAINLY I AGREE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR MR. KOONTZ IF HE WERE HERE TO
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BE ABLE TO SHARE HIS SIDE OF THE STORY AND HIS PERSPECTIVE.UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING, UH, OF U2 TONIGHT.
UM, CERTAINLY, UH, NOT TRYING TO BE COMBATIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UH, I DO, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT I SAW AND THEN THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH SCOTT AND MR. KOONTZ, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT, NOT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, THAT TYPE OF THING.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S A PROPER WAY OF, OF HANDLING ANY OF OUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE DIRECTORS OR STAFF, AND THAT'S JUST LETTING SCOTT HANDLE IT, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING TO HIM ABOUT YOUR, YOUR FRUSTRATIONS OR YOUR PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHAT STAFF ALLOW HIM TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, THE WAY HE SEES FIT, BECAUSE THESE ARE HIS EMPLOYEES, UH, AND, OR, UH, REQUESTING AN EXECUTIVE AGENDA, UH, ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED AS A, AS A GROUP.
AND SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD ON THESE THINGS.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS MY OBJECTIVE THERE.
UM, CERTAINLY DIDN'T, UH, UM, WAS NOT AN OBJECTIVE OF FRUSTRATING SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD, UM, DISRESPECTFUL OR WHAT'S YOUR OBJECTIVE.
WELL, I KNOW, I THINK MY OBJECTIVE IS CERTAINLY THAT I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW FROM, FROM YOU TOO, HOW MUCH OF THAT DID HAPPEN, HOW MUCH OF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT NOT HAVING THAT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, I KNOW YOU FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY THAT IT WAS A DIFFERENT, BUT I'M, I'M CERTAINLY JUST COMING AT, UH, A KEEPING A CERTAIN TONE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE, UH, MAKE ANY ACCUSATIONS, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, FROM WHAT I, WHAT I'VE SEEN AND HEARD, I JUST THINK WE DON'T WANT THOSE THINGS HAPPENING AGAIN.
I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, IF, IF A DIRECTOR, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD AND HE WAS VERY CONCERNED, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, AND SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCERN, I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT.
THEN I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD AND THEN I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT AGAIN, TO LET HIM KNOW ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY YOU, YOU MIGHT FEEL THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE, BUT, UM, I KNOW WHAT MY CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT WAS.
I SAID, WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN I HELP? AND SCOTT DID MENTION, UH, TALKING TO, TO HOWARD.
AND SO, SO I DID, AND I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A STAFF MEMBER, WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM AT ALL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY STAFF MEMBER REALLY, UM, THAT, THAT SCOTT SHOULD HANDLE THAT SCOTT SHOULD, SHOULD TAKE CARE OF ADDRESSING THAT, THAT ISSUE.
AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD MR. COACH.
AND I SAID, IF THERE ARE MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH YOU, THEY SHOULD HAVE SCOTT ADDRESSED THAT WITH YOU.
UH, THE MEETING WITH MR. COONS WAS NOT A RESULT OF US BEING UNHAPPY WITH HIM.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS HIS, HIS SIDE OF YOU GOTTA BRING IT OUT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS DISCUSSION HERE.
SO I GET MY SIDE ON THE, ON THE RECORD IN DEFENSE.
IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THESE THINGS IN PUBLIC, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE THESE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS, UH, THEY'RE POLITICAL MANEUVERS IT'S WELL DONE.
I JUST SAID I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WELL, THAT'S, I STATED MORE THAN I STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT MY ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR A MEETING WITH SCOTT.
YOU ACCUSED ME BY LYING ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING THAT MEETING ON THE RECORD PUBLICLY WITHOUT THIS.
SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE I'M LYING, THEN BY ALL MEANS I CAN DO, I CAN FILE AN ETHICS COMPLAINT, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST READING YOURSELF.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO.
I DON'T WANT A, I DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE, UH, I WAS MISGUIDED BY MR. COONS.
CAUSE HIS CONVERSATION WAS VERY SINCERE.
I AM ALMOST OFFENDED AND HE CALLED IT.
HE TOLD ME YOU VAUGHN, IT IS GOING TO BE HARD FOR ME TO GET UP THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ME A LIAR.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST COME ANYWAYS, COME AND SAY, SPEAK YOUR VOICE.
MR. SELLERS HAD SOMETHING OR MR. RIZZO, IF YOU WANT TO GO NEXT, SCOTT.
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I JUST WANT TO RELAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK.SO THERE'S SEVEN OF US UP HERE.
THE SEVEN HAS MAKE THE DECISIONS.
NO ONE HAS THE VOICE OF ALL THE COUNCIL.
WE ALL MAKE THESE DECISIONS TOGETHER AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO FOR MOVING FORWARD.
I'M NOT SAYING SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING, SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO SOMETHING.
WHEN I WAS SAYING MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE.
HE'S THE ONE THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ANYONE OF STAFF, WE GET TOGETHER AS A BODY OF SEVEN, WE MEET WITH MR. SELLERS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE POINT OUT WHATEVER ISSUE IT IS.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT COLLABORATIVELY, MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, LET'S COME UP WITH A PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND THERE'S REALLY NOT A PLAN.
THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
SO MOVING FORWARD, UH, ANYTIME SOMEBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH STAFF, LET'S BRING IT TOGETHER AS A BODY.
LET'S GET WITH OUR ONE AND ONLY EMPLOYEE AS OUR CITY MANAGER.
AND WE'LL GO TO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WHEN WE CIRCUMVENT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, BECAUSE THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, MR. RIZZO.
SO LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD TO NOT CIRCUMVENT THE CHAIN.
WHAT I'M SAYING, MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY'S RIGHT OR WRONG.
WHAT I'M SAYING, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW MOVING FORWARD.
AND I HAVEN'T POINTED ANY FINGERS AT ANYONE WHEN I'M SAYING MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS, IS TO MOVE FORWARD IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER AS A BODY OF SEVEN AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
I'M ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY, NOT ABOUT MOVING BACKWARDS.
SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT'S LAID OUT IN OUR CITY CHARTER.
SO LET'S JUST FOLLOW THAT PROCESS, BUT MOVE FORWARD.
I'M NOT POINTING ANY FINGERS AT ANYBODY.
WHAT I'M SAYING, THIS IS THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD IS ALL I'M SAYING SCOTT.
UH, WHEN I DID SPEAK WITH MR. COONS, UH, HE DID EXPRESS THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS, HIS JOB.
AND I DON'T THINK HE WAS THREATENED BECAUSE I ASKED HIM IF HE FELT LIKE HE WAS THREATENED WITH HIS JOB.
AND HE, HE WAS NOT, HE FELT LIKE THE TONE OF THE MEETING, UH, WAS FOR BOATING UPON HIS FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.
I TOLD HIM THAT THERE IS A CHAIN OF COMMAND AND THAT I HAD HIS BACK AND THAT ANY ACTION AGAINST HIM WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME AND I SUPPORTED HIM AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I HAVE UP TO HIS VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION.
WHEN HE FOUND ANOTHER POSITION, THERE'S NOTHING IN A RECORD THAT WILL SHOW THERE WAS ANY PUNITIVE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST MR. COONS, JUST THE OPPOSITE.
UH, HIS RECORD WOULD SHOW THAT HE WAS FULLY SUPPORTED BY STAFF UP AND THROUGH HIS RESIGNATION.
SCOTT DID, DID AT ANY POINT, DID I OR THE MAYOR PRO TEM EVER DIRECT OR REQUEST FOR YOU TO TAKE ANY PUNITIVE ACTION AGAINST MR. KUHN AT ALL? NO, SIR.
UH, I DID HAVE A MEETING RECENTLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE PRIOR TO THIS ISSUE COMING UP, I WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT THIS ISSUE WAS.
SHE DID ASK ME ABOUT COUNCIL DIRECTION TO STAFF.
I TOLD HER I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT DIRECTION.
UH, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS AWARE OF CERTAIN DIRECTION.
AND I ASKED FOR THAT TO BE DISCLOSED TO ME.
UH, SHE WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THAT TO ME.
AND, UH, WE, WE ENDED THE MEETING WITHOUT NOT BEING DISCLOSED UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER AFTER I GUESS THE RESIGNATION OF MR. COONS, UH, AT WHICH POINT I WAS MADE AWARE OF VIA EMAIL THAT, UH, NO, I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD PROVIDE COUNSEL FULLY AS A BODY IF THERE WAS EVER A DIRECTION GIVEN, UH, THROUGH ME BY ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL TO STAFF.
UH, AND THIS EMAIL WAS UNDER THE THREAT OF BEING SENT TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AT WHICH POINT I REQUESTED THAT ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION ON THE MATTER BE MADE BY THE COUNCIL BODY, WHICH IS WHY IT GOT PLACED ON AN AGENDA.
MAY I APPROACH, I MEAN, MAYOR THE FACTORY, EVEN ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS IS RIDICULOUS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR NOW I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, MR. ELLISON, I'VE CALLED YOUR DICK'S MANY TIMES FROM THIS DIOCESE AS WELL.
UH, OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS BEEN LONG AND SO WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS, THAT'S UP TO YOU.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS, BUT CALLING YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME BETWEEN ME AND YOU HAS NEVER BEEN DISRESPECTFUL.
SO I CAN CALL YOU MR. ELLISON.
AND I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO CALL YOU MR. ELLISON ALL THE TIME.
IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE HELPING TO CREATE ACCUSATIONS.
THAT AREN'T TRUE, BUT WHAT I AM, I'M JUST CONFUSED HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
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THIS IS THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO BECAUSE OF THIS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, IS ME TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ABOUT P AND Z.IF THAT IS WHAT, WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU MET WITH THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, YOU MET WITH HOWARD AND SPOKE WITH HOWARD ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH HOWARD.
SO I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THIS MEANS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M SH I'M SURE IT IS NOT, NOT SPEAK TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, WHAT I'M SAYING THAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONVERSATION, CERTAINLY I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING THAT COUNSELORS SHOULD NOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, BUT WHEN IT IS ONE OF THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THEM AND THEIR PERFORMANCE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CONVERSATION WITH, IF THE CONVERSATION WASN'T ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WAS ABOUT P AND Z MEMBERS RESIGNING.
AND ASKING WHY THEY WERE RESIGNING AND WHETHER OR NOT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR WERE WAY OUT OF ORDER BY ENGAGING.
WE SAW THE MEETING, BUT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T MEET WITH ANYBODY.
I SENT ONE EMAIL WITH A VIDEO, WITH A LINK TO THE VIDEO, HELPING THEM WITH THE DIRECTION I SPOKE OF NO DIRECTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW ONE EMAIL, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CALL THE POINT OF ORDER.
WE CAN NOT HAVE THE PUBLIC SPEAKING.
THIS IS AN INTENSE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR WAY THROUGH IT, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT BETWEEN US.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, SINCE THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO ME, SO, OKAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT HOW THE CONVERSATION WENT.
MY, MY CONCERN, I GUESS, TO HAMMER DOWN EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE AGAIN, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND CERTAINLY HOWARD'S NOT HERE TO, YOU KNOW, SAY HIS PIECE TO SAY WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND HE WAS VERY CONCERNED, OBVIOUSLY, MR. SELLERS JUST RELAYED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED.
AND I BELIEVE YOU, WHEN YOU SAID, AND YOU ASKED MR. SELLERS A QUESTION, WAS THERE ANY POINT THAT MR. KUHN SAID THAT HIS, HIS JOB WAS DIRECTLY THREATENED AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.
AND I BELIEVE THAT I, 100% BELIEVE THAT, BUT MR. SELLERS DID STATE THAT HE, HE MADE THE COMMENTS TO MR. KOONTZ, THAT HE WOULD HAVE HIS BACK.
HE MADE THE COMMENTS THAT HE DID, UH, REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE IF THERE WAS A VIOLATION.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS IF IT RAISED A FLAG ENOUGH IN MR. SELLER'S HEAD TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY SOMETHING THAT HE FELT W WAIT, THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OUT OF LINE AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, IS THAT RIGHT? I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF LINE WAS TAKING PLACE.
I MEAN, IF HE'S PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH RIGHT OVER HERE, I TOLD MR. COONS THAT I WOULD REACH OUT TO THE ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAD BEEN OUT OF LINE.
DID YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS OUT OF LINE? WERE YOU AWARE THAT THAT MEETING WAS TAKING PLACE? UH, YOU WEREN'T AWARE THAT THE MEETING HAPPENED UNTIL AFTER IT HAPPENED? THAT'S PROBABLY ACCURATE, BUT I MEAN, A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF, BUT TO BE FAIR.
WELL, TO BE FAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF I TOLD YOU AHEAD OF TIME, I WOULD HAVE, OR WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULD NEVER HAVE HIDDEN IT FROM YOU.
I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF I DID IT RIGHT.
SO I GUESS THEN JUST TO MAKE IT, UH, TO REALLY BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY'S.
SO SCOTT DIDN'T SAY, I GUESS SPECIFICALLY THEN THAT HE FELT SOMETHING WAS OUT OF LINE, BUT HE DID FEEL ENOUGH TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THAT'S, WE'RE ALL AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
AND SO, AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU AND I ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATED AND CONCERNED HOW IT WAS AS WELL.
AND, UH, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT ME TALKING TO HIM, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AND, AND I DID TALK TO HIM, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT.
SO, SO THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AND I DID SEE AN UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, HOW FRUSTRATED AND, UM, CONCERNED HOW IT WAS NOW.
DID HE MAY BE, UH, UNDERSTANDING THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY, HOW THEY WERE DISCUSSED, PERHAPS.
SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT MY POINT IN THAT WAS, HE STILL FELT THIS WAY.
HE STILL FELT CONCERNED AND THAT HIS JOB WAS IN JEOPARDY.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN NOT LEGITIMATE
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AT ALL FOR HIM TO FEEL THAT WAY.BUT IT STILL REMAINS THE FACT THAT THAT DIRECTOR FELT ENOUGH, THAT, SO HE, HE REACHED OUT TO YOU TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK HE REACHED OUT TO JAMES WHO REACHED OUT TO JAMES AND JAMES REACHED OUT TO YOU.
SO IT WAS ENOUGH FOR A DIRECTOR TO FEEL LIKE THAT NEEDED TO GET THEIR SUPERIORS INVOLVED AT B AFTER AN INTERACTION WITH COUNCIL.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNING.
AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE, AGAIN, OUR DIRECTORS FEEL LIKE THAT THEY NEED TO WORK, GO UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT AN INTERACTION WITH US.
CERTAINLY NOT SAYING AT ALL, TO CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION, MY APPROACH HIM WAS NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, US NOT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
I ENJOY HAVING A CONFRONTATION WITH STAFF.
I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THEM AND I APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND THEIR ENERGY AND, AND THEIR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY SHARE WITH ME.
AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF COUNCIL TO LEARN FROM OUR DIRECTORS.
THE POINT THAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT OBVIOUSLY FROM THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MR. COONS, THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MR. SELLERS, AND THEN WHAT HE IS ALSO STATED ABOUT HIM GOING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHERE IT'S JUST, I GUESS I FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH IF WE GET RAIN THAT BACKHAND AND JUST, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO, YOU KNOW, LET LET'S, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE STANDARD BEARER IS.
WE KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AND LET'S JUST DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, WE DO KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS OR HOW TO CONDUCT OURSELVES.
WE ALL CONDUCT OURSELVES DIFFERENTLY, UH, WITH DIFFERENT TACTICS AND METHODS OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VERSUS ANOTHER PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND A COUNCIL MEMBER WHERE THAT DEPARTMENT HEAD IS, IS SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UH, LEADING TO THIS INEVITABLE RESULT, UM, BRINGING FORTH THE, UH, THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
CAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SO MANY HARD DECISIONS UP HERE ALL THE TIME, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT SITUATION, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT OR THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
I DO KNOW THAT THE ACCUSATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE FABRICATED.
SO I DO BELIEVE THERE IS, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, SOME DUPLICITY, UH, IN SOMEBODY'S MOTIVES.
AND I CAN'T SAY W WHICH ONE THAT IS, UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE IMPLICATIONS, UH, STATEMENTS OF IMPLICATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, CONVERSATIONS WHERE WERE NOT APPROPRIATE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT JUST, IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS I SUPPOSE, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, UH, BE DIFFERENT.
UH, UH, I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO ALWAYS, ESPECIALLY AS MAYOR, UM, TRY TO, UH, SAY THAT EVERYTHING'S ALWAYS GREAT.
UH, AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOULD ALWAYS JUST FEEL SO HAPPY WITH THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE.
I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN THAT WAY IN THE LAST 2, 3, 4 YEARS.
UH, AND I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY DEMANDING OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
THEY WANT THEIR GOVERNMENT TO, UH, OPERATE EFFICIENTLY.
UH, AND IT'S NOT SET UP TO OPERATE THAT EFFICIENTLY.
IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO, TO ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS.
UH, SO I, I, I DON'T, UM, UH, UH, HAVE THAT SORT OF MENTALITY WHERE I JUST TRY TO SAY EVERYTHING IS GREAT, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT I PERCEIVING, UH, IN THE PUBLIC OR IN TERMS OF EXECUTION, UH, FROM DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO, UH, I'VE RELATIONSHIPS, UH, LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND THEY WILL ALL PROBABLY SAY ABOUT THE SAME THING, UH, THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D SAY, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M, I DON'T DO A TON OF CLAPPING AND
UH, AND I TRY TO HEAT PRAYS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OPERA, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, UH, SORT OF EQUALLY AND FAIRLY.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY MENTALITY.
UH, I, I, I DON'T EVER LIKE GETTING IN A POSITION WHERE STAFF IS PITTED AGAINST COUNCIL, UH, OR STAFF USES COUNCIL, UH, AGAINST EACH OTHER, UH, IN ORDER TO ABSOLVE THEMSELVES OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE EITHER ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND TRUSTING EACH OTHER, UH, AND TRYING TO, UH, TRYING TO BUILD THAT TEAM MENTALITY OR TEAM SPIRIT, UH, OR WE'RE WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
UH, AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, IT'S CERTAINLY BECOME CLEAR, AT LEAST TO ME THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF US ARE WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
UH, AND SO, UM, I, I DON'T THINK OTHER THAN JUST TO HASH THIS ALL OUT, MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PIQUE EVERYBODY'S INTEREST IN TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE CURTAIN, UH,
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AND CERTAINLY TO MAKE SOME ACCUSATIONS, UH, AND HAVE SOME GOTCHA MOMENTS.UH, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE END RESULT OF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE COUNTS, FLOOR SCALE.
UM, SO SPEAKING OF FABRICATION, UM, MR. KOONTZ SAID THAT ALL THIS HAPPENED ON JANUARY 15TH, 2021, BUT AFTER RESEARCHING MY EMAILS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TWO P AND Z MEMBERS DID NOT, UM, GIVE THEIR RESIGNATION UNTIL MARCH AND APRIL.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TIME-WISE THAT WORKS, THAT YOU HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. COONS TWO TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE SITUATION ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT MONTH THE CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD KOONS WAS, IF YOU ASKED ME YOU, BUT HE DID, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERIFIED.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF, IF IT, IF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW, SO IT COULD BE JANUARY, BUT WHEN THE RESIGNATIONS DIDN'T COME IN FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT, HOW DO YOU USE THAT STORY TO JUSTIFY YOUR ACTIONS TOWARDS MR. COONS? YOU'RE GIVEN THE DATES I AM.
AND FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T MATCH UP BY MONTHS, NOT JUST WEEKS BY MONTHS, RIGHT? ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO ANYBODY THAT IS ON P AND Z, THERE IS A MEMBER THAT IS HERE AND HE WOULD BE GLAD TO SPEAK OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AGAINST ME OR I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE HE'S HERE AND HE'S WILLING TO, YEAH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING UP PNC COMMISSIONERS AND FURTHER CREATE THE DIVISION AND DISCORD THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS, BUT IF THE DESIRE IS STUFF, I ASKED HIM TO OPEN AND JUST TO BE DONE.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE WAY I GET IT.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS AGENDA ITEM FORWARD, BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN THE WAY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT CAN STOP TODAY.
WE CAN STOP DIGGING AND WE CAN MOVE ON IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
WE CAN COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND WE CAN ALL BE ON AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THIS IS, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID? UM, I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S NO SIDE CHAT, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE ALL FOLLOW THE CHARTER ANYWAYS.
ANYWAYS, MY WHOLE GOAL OF THIS WAS TO GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF, IF US SITTING UP HERE AND, AND ON STAFF AND THE ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER DON'T REALIZE THIS, BUT RESIDENTS KNOW THIS, ISN'T SOMETHING NEW TO THEM.
THEY'VE SEEN, THEY HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT OUR MAYOR YELL AT THE CAPPER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE ASSOCIATION, THE MONTH CAME UP AND TOLD ME THAT THEY SAID THEY REAMED HIM A NEW ONE.
THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME ISOLATED INCIDENT.
AND NO, I DID NOT WANT TO BRING THAT UP, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND BE MADE TO LOOK LIKE A LIAR.
THERE IS SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
LOOK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL ME A LIAR, THEN THAT'S FINE.
I WILL BACK UP WHATEVER I SAY, BECAUSE I'M NOT A LIAR.
WHAT I AM IS I'M, I SEEK THE TRUTH AND OPENNESS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL MY CARDS ON THE TABLE ANYTIME.
AND I'M NOT JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU BEHIND THE SCENES.
I'M GOING TO SHOW EVERYBODY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO.
THAT IS WHY THEY VOTED FOR ME.
I RAN OFF A TRANSPARENCY, NOT BEING PROFESSIONAL, NOT BE NICE, NOT, NOT USING CURSE WORDS.
AND DON'T SIT AND ACT LIKE THIS DYESS HAS BEEN UNITED.
I HAVE SEEN, SEEN ARGUMENTS ON THIS DICE.
SO TO SIT HERE AND ACT LIKE THIS IS A ONE-TIME INCIDENT AND YOU GUYS WERE SO HONKY DORY PRIOR TO THIS IS MISLEADING AND THAT'S A LIE.
UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER SUBSTANCE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION OTHERWISE, UH, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
[25. Discussion and possible action to restructure official City task forces. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
NEXT STEP, GENDER NUMBER 25 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO RESTRUCTURE OFFICIAL CITY TASKFORCES.[02:35:01]
REALLY KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT WE JUST HAD.YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE CREATED A LOT OF TASK FORCES THROUGH THE MONTHS.
UH, THE LAST 18 MONTHS IN PARTICULAR, UH, THOSE TASK FORCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE, THE ATTEMPT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE, UH, BY, UH, UH, BELIEVING IN EACH OTHER, UH, ALLOWING FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM THE GROUP, UH, TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP, UH, TO GO OUT AND PURSUE, UH, OBJECTIVES THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UH, SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE IT WAS, IT SEEMED LIKE SUCH A, SUCH AN IDEA WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
UH, IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS WORTH OF THAT.
UH, AND THEN WE HAD, UH, SOME SUCCESS STARTING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND A LOT OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE ALL COLLECTIVELY GOT BEHIND, UH, THOSE, UH, IN PARTICULAR, SEVERAL OF THOSE PROJECTS OF, UH, THE BIG ONES WHERE THE TASK FORCE, UH, SORT OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS STARTED, UH, ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE OR ARE PAST THE POINT WHERE TASK FORCES ARE REQUIRED.
UH, AND, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE CONTINUED TO SORT OF CREATE A TASK FORCES.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE MONTHS HAVE GONE BY THE, UH, THE SCOPE OF THE TASK FORCES AS HAS REALLY CHANGED A LOT AND THE EXPANDED, I SHOULD SAY, UH, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, REALLY BE BEHIND EACH AND EVERY TASK FORCE, UH, UH, HAS NOT, UH, EXPANDED.
UH, AND IN FACT, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT NOW WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR MYSELF, I, I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, WAS A GOOD SEASON, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, THE MAJORITY OR ALL OF THE TASK FORCES THAT, UH, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PURSUING, UH, NEED TO BE DONE AWAY WITH, UH, ALLOW FOR US TO, UH, GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE EITHER, UH, LEADING MORE COLLECTIVELY HERE FROM THE STYLUS OR WHERE WE CAN REASSESS HOW WE WISH TO BE EFFECTIVE AS A GROUP.
UM, UH, I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THE TRUST IS THERE, UH, FOR US TO BE CREATING, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TASK FORCES.
UH, AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO EITHER, UH, REMOVE MOST OR ALL OF THE TASK FORCES, UH, OFFICIALLY, UH, AND THEN TO ALLOW OURSELVES TO TRY TO REASSESS DOWN THE ROAD, HOW WE WISH TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS, UM, CUSTOMERS, YEAH, MAYOR, UM, WITH THE, UH, TASK FORCE FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER FOR THE, UH, HERO'S MEMORIAL.
AND I'M TRYING TO THINK I'M MISSING A LOT BETTER THERE.
I THINK THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE WELL UNDERWAY.
I THINK THEY'RE FUNCTIONING WELL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE THREE TASKFORCE DISSOLVED ONE REASON SO THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL GET INFORMATION NOW, INSTEAD OF JUST THREE MEMBERS.
I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE NOW THE INFORMATION HE'S COME TO ALL OF US.
SO I'D LIKE TO DISSOLVE THOSE THREE.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND DOES DISSOLVE THE THREE TASK FORCE THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS.
UM, I ACTUALLY WAS KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT AND, UH, BASICALLY I WAS SAYING INTO BETTER SORTS OF COMMUNITY AND LARGE WITH PROJECTS WHERE THEY ARE CITY.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, MY SUGGESTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, REFERENCING THE COUNCIL TASK FORCE GOING FORWARD.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE GROWTH AND WE'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE PROJECTS COME UP.
ONE THING, UH, ONE, UH, SUGGESTION, IF THE COUNCIL IS, UH, LIKES IDEA IS TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT WE HAVE AND THE COMMISSIONS, LET'S SAY THE GREG PARK, UH, TASK FORCE THAT WAS JUST REALLY FORMED.
MAYBE WE CAN UTILIZE THE PARKS BOARD TO ASSIST WITH GATHERING THAT INFORMATION AND THAT RESEARCH, AND THEN HAVING US, UH, JUST THE COUNCIL MEMBER AS ONLY A LIAISON ONLY JUST TO GET THE FOLLOW-UP, UM, SPECIAL TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD ALSO BE IN, AGAIN, IT WILL BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEES WITH APPLICATION PROCESS TO ALLOW CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
AGAIN, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANY SPECIALIZED, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE WANT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE THAT AS A SUGGESTION.
UM, AGAIN, IF THERE ARE THOSE KINDS OF TASK FORCE FORMED, UH, OR WE'RE UTILIZING THE BOARDS OR THE COMMITTEES, UH, WE CAN HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT TASK FORCE, OR BASICALLY AS LIAISON IS ONLY ON THAT END.
AND THEN ALSO TO KIND OF GO OFF OF WHAT COUNTS FOR REASON SAYS LET'S SET SOME TIME LIMITS.
UH, FIRST REPORTING COUNCIL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE FIRST FINDINGS OR THE THIRD COUNCIL MEETING OF
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ANY KIND OF RESEARCH TO GIVE EVERYBODY UPDATED AS FAR AS WELL, WHAT THE GOAL IS OR WHAT THEY FOUND OUT.AND, UH, AND THEN THE FINAL PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, UH, GIVE THAT A TIME WITHIN NINE MONTHS THAT SHOULD GIVE, UM, WHOEVER IS ON THESE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A LEAST A TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, I THINK CAUSE LIKE WHAT, WHAT HE'S SAYING ABOUT THE PA PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS, BUT AT LEAST ON THESE THINGS, WE CAN AT LEAST ASSIGN THE BOARDS OR THESE COMMITTEES.
UM, SOME FIRST REPORTING WITHIN 30 DAYS, GET EVERYBODY UPDATED, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE, THEY CAN GIVE IT WITHIN NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR.
AND THOSE WERE JUST KIND OF SUGGESTIONS THAT I CAME UP WITH.
WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT TOO TO THAT, I'M SORRY, CATSKILL, RETRO, WHERE YOU GOING? YOU KNOW, I CAN WAIT, I'M CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE GREATNESS THAT'S COME FROM THE TASK FORCE THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY, BUT I ALSO DO SEE THEM BECOMING AN ISSUE AS THE DYNAMIC CHANGES ON THE COUNCIL.
AND I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT I DON'T NEED A TASK FORCE TO HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PROJECTS THAT I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND I DO FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE, TO ENSURE THAT ALL INFORMATION IS BEING DISPERSED, THAT EVERYONE HAS INPUT AND IS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANYTHING THAT THEY FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT.
ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE INSPIRED BY AND JUST SHARE THEIR VOICE ON WHATEVER THAT TOPIC OR THAT PROJECT MAY BE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, CUTS WHALES.
UM, I'M SURE THEY, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CINDER LAVERA TODAY AND HERO'S MEMORIAL WHERE THE THREE TASK FORCE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, DONE WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THOSE ARE.
AND I CERTAINLY THINK THAT EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD BE WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL INVOLVED ON ANY FINAL DECISIONS ON THOSE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AS WELL.
WE'VE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE SESSION THINGS REGARDING IT.
SO I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, AS FAR AS JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH THE TASK FORCE, I, I DO FIND, UM, HAVING BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL PRIOR TO TASKFORCE AND HAVING BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL WHEN WE'VE USED TASKFORCE, UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE GET A LOT MORE DOWN WHEN WE USE TASKFORCE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT THAT.
AND NOW, UH, CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S THINGS WE CAN CLEAN UP ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK, UH, IN SOME WAYS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, UPDATES REPORTS BACK TO THE COUNCIL MORE REGULARLY, RATHER THAN MOVING THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF.
AND THEN EVERYBODY KIND OF FINDING OUT, BUT JUST REGULAR, UH, EVERY OTHER MONTH OR WHENEVER THERE'S SUBSTANTIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT APPROACH THAT WAY.
IT KEEPS EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP, THE TASK FORCE, DOESN'T GO TOO FAR DOWN A ROAD AND THEN GET YANKED BACK MAYBE BY, BY THE COUNCIL, NOT AGREEING WITH THE DIRECTION.
SO HAVING REGULAR UPDATES EVEN MONTHLY, UM, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO IT.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, WE COULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAMMER DOWN ON THE DIRECTION TO THE TASK FORCE AND WHAT THE OBJECTIVES ARE.
UH, AND THEN PUTTING A TIMELINE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT DOING WITH THE, UH, HUMAN SERVICES GRANT, PUTTING THAT TWO MONTH TIMELINE ON THERE.
SO IT'S A DEFINITIVE TIME WHEN WE KNOW THESE, THIS GROUP CAN WORK AND BE BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THAT IS DISSOLVED.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK IT, I THINK IT REALLY CAN WORK.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE UTILIZE OUR VISIONING WORKSHOPS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OUTLINED SOME OF THE THINGS MAYBE FOLKS CAN COME IN WITH, UH, WELL, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE COME IN WITH THEIR VISIONS AND IDEAS FOR THE YEAR, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHAMPION.
CAUSE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE MORE OF INTEREST IN OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL.
AND SO, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY ENGAGING TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT AND TO BE A PART OF A SMALL GROUP, REALLY WORKING TO, TO GET THAT STUFF IRONED OUT.
BECAUSE AS WE WERE SAYING EARLIER, AS I WAS STATING EARLIER, ALL THESE THINGS ARE HARD TO WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, AN AGENDA ITEM AND BETWEEN THE SEVEN OF US TALKING IN DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, SO I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE HEARTACHE WITH
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SOME OF THE TASK FORCE, BUT I THINK RATHER THAN DISSOLVING THEM AND GETTING AWAY FROM THEM, IMPROVING UPON THEM, I THINK WOULD BE MY INCLINATION TO DO, UH, RATHER THAN, UH, GETTING RID OF THEM.BUT I CERTAINLY DO AGREE WITH, AND I'LL CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISSOLVE THE TASK FORCE OF THE HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK LAVERA AND PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND TO, UH, UM, TO ELIMINATE THE THREE PARKS HAS BEEN, UH, ARE THE THREE TASK FORCES AS HAS BEEN OUTLINED.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? MAY PRO CUSTOMER FORCE KALE? THANK YOU.
UM, I THINK OVERALL TASKFORCE ARE A REALLY GOOD IDEA WHEN WE WANT TO GET STUFF DONE.
HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY BURNED BY IT BEFORE.
UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE EVEN IF I WOULD HAVE GONE IN THE DIRECTION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WANTED TO GO IN WITH CERTAIN THAT I DIDN'T EVEN GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GO WITH THAT, I WAS, I FELT COMPLETELY LEFT OUT.
I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE PLANS UNTIL THE VERY, I THINK I SAW TWO.
UM, AND I DON'T MEAN JUST THE INSIDE.
I MEAN THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE AND I FELT REALLY DISCONNECTED.
AND MY F MY FEAR AND FRUSTRATION WAS I'M GOING TO HAVE MY NAME ON A BUILDING, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE OR OUT.
SO I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME SAY IN THAT.
SO THAT ALONE CREATED A BIG DISTRUST FOR ME, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE, MAN, THIS IS A REALLY LIKE, WE'RE GETTING STUFF DONE.
WE'RE GETTING PROJECTS DONE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
BUT THE FAILURE TO COME BACK TO THE DIOCESE IS A REAL ISSUE BECAUSE I, AS SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THE TASK FORCE CANNOT ASK ANYBODY INSIDE THE TASK FORCE WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A QUORUM.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE TO RELY A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THAT TASK FORCE TO COME BACK TO ME.
AND I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW, COLLECTIVELY AS A DIOCESE, WE ARE IN, ARE IN A SPOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS IN THE FUTURE NOW, I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW IS A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR ANY TASK FORCE.
ARE YOU SAYING WE SHOULD ELIMINATE ALL TASKFORCE OR ARE YOU SAYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS COUNSELOR, ALISON BROUGHT FORWARD WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE AMENABLE TO? UM, I'M GOING TO BE AMENABLE TO, TO, TO THE THREE, BECAUSE MY, MY ULTIMATE GOAL WOULD BE TO GET RID OF ALL OF THEM FOR NOW, UNTIL WE CAN KIND OF GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
AND THERE, I MEAN, THERE'S NO PROCEDURE IN, IN THESE TASKFORCE.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, I WILL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE'VE BUILT A PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, MEMORIAL PARK WE'RE BUILDING LAVETTA BECAUSE YOU'RE YELLING DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE RIGHT.
UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, IF I COULD FINISH MY SENTENCE, IF I COULD FINISH MY SENTENCE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING PROCEDURALLY.
SO MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO APPRISE OTHER PEOPLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A MISTAKE WE LEARN.
MAYBE WE BRING SOME PROCEDURES BACK AND THEN WE COME BACK AND CREATE TASKFORCE TO BE BIGGER, STRONGER AND, AND DO MORE.
I'M NOT SAYING, GET RID OF THEM FOREVER.
I'M SAYING WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON BROUGHT UP THE NOTION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, RE-EVALUATING THEM AND, YOU KNOW, FIXING WHAT WE THINK IS BROKEN.
UM, SO DO YOU, WOULD YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THAT DIRECTION OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO DO WELL? I THINK FOR NOW, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST KIND OF PUT A HALT ON IT UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OR WHEN I SAY WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, I KIND OF LIKED WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON WAS GOING WITH THIS SUGGESTS IS WHY I'M ASKING, BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
THE BOOK AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST SUGGESTIONS.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE HAVE THREE OTHER DOWN HERE WANTING REALLY WANTING TO WEIGH IN.
SO I'M GOING TO GO TO, I THINK I SAW MAYOR PRO TEM FIRST.
I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FLORES KILL THE SAME BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE TASK FORCE SPREADSHEET RIGHT NOW.
AND MY DISTRICT THAT I HAD NO IDEA EXISTED, NOR WAS I INVITED TO NOR DO I HAVE ANY INPUT ON, SO SOME SORT OF POLICY, SOME SORT OF PROCEDURE, IF TASK FORCES DO NOT DISMANTLE TONIGHT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE.
WHICH TWO ARE THOSE? THE CVS AND MARTINEZ LOOP, CBS, CBS, CBS TEST FORCE.
WE, WE DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING, UH, CUSTOMER MEMBER, UH, ACTUALLY, SORRY, MAY I PROTEST?
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I MEAN, I AGREE THERE'S A SEASON FOR TASK FORCES.THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW, THEY WORK BEST AND THEY GET STUFF DONE.
WHEN A COUNCIL WANTS TO WORK TOGETHER AND TRUST ITS BOARD TO GO INTO TASK FORCE INTO A SMALLER GROUP TO DO THE WILL OF THE OVERALL COUNCIL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TASK FORCES THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING THAT THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE MOTION TO ELIMINATE TONIGHT.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT MOTION IS BASICALLY A MOOT POINT BECAUSE THOSE TASK FORCES ARE, THEY'RE ALREADY GONE.
HAVEN'T HAD MEETINGS ON THOSE IN QUITE A WHILE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY, ALREADY FINISHED.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TASK FORCES OUT THERE THAT, UM, SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE TWO THAT YOU BROUGHT UP RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAD A CULTURE WHERE WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE, UH, DID THINGS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE CITY BY TRUSTING EACH OTHER, UM, AND FINDING, UH, COMRADERY THROUGH VISION RETREATS, UH, THROUGH, UH, COLLABORATION, THROUGH TRUST, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THOSE THINGS WOULD COME BACK AND THE BODY ALWAYS VOTES ON EVERYTHING TO GO THROUGH.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING CAN GO THROUGH THAT.
IT'S BECOME APPARENT THAT, UM, THERE'S DYSFUNCTION.
AND, UH, DURING THAT TIME YOU JUST, WE CAN'T REDUCE IT DOWN TO TASK FORCES.
UM, MY FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING TONIGHT WAS, UH, LEON TALKING ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS AND SHOWING THOSE PICTURES.
I HAVE SO MUCH PRIDE IN SEEING THOSE PROJECTS GO THROUGH, UH, IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME THIS PAST YEAR WITH ALL THE GROUNDBREAKINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING TO, UH, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, FOR THE CITIZENS OF KYLE.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN SHOWN IN WHAT TASK FORCES HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, UH, WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE CITY AND THEN FOR THE, THE GROUP AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND WE'VE JUST NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH TASK FORCES.
WE'VE TRUSTED EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN ON THEM.
AND THEN THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE TASK FORCE, UH, HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EDUCATED.
THERE WAS TASK FORCES THAT I WASN'T A PART OF.
UM, AND I WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO FIND OUT, UH, NOT THROUGH THE TASK FORCE ITSELF, BUT THROUGH, UH, STAFF OR, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HIRED TO WORK ON CERTAIN PROJECTS TO FIND OUT WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW, UH, TO MAKE MYSELF COMFORTABLE WITH THE DIRECTION.
UH, BUT I DO AGREE THAT, UM, IT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT TASK FORCES AS A WHOLE, UH, CECE, AND UNTIL WE CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND, UH, FIX SOME SITUATIONS THAT THE CITIZENS ARE ASKING US TO FIX, UM, AND THEN COME TOGETHER AND LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN, UH, TO GET SOME GOOD QUALITY STUFF DONE IN THE CITY, BECAUSE FOR TWO, AS YOU WANT IT, YOU WANT TO GO, YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AGAIN.
THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY I MADE THE SUGGESTION OF UTILIZING THE PEOPLE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON OUR BOARDS.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING RIGHT NOW? THE GREGG PARK TASK FORCE COULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE PARKS BOARD.
THEY COULDN'T BE RIGHT NOW WORKING IN GETTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU GUYS.
IF WE HAVE THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY BOARD, THEY COULD BE WORKING ON THE ARTS TASK FORCE, THEY COULD BE PULLING, NOT PULLING YOU GUYS AWAY TO MORE MEETINGS THAT YOU GUYS SAY YOU GOT TO GO TO AND UTILIZE THESE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ON THESE BOARDS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION ON THAT AND JUST HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, WHETHER IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'RE RIGHT, MS. BRADSHAW, IF IT HAS TO BE IN YOUR AREA, YOU ARE THE LIAISON FOR THAT, FOR THAT BOARD TO GET THE UPDATES.
AND THEY PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO US WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE THIRD COUNCIL MEETING AND KEEP US UPDATED AND WE CAN ASK THEM THOSE QUESTIONS, WHICH WOULD FREE UP YOUR TIME.
MY TIME, MAYOR'S TIME TO BE DEALING WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS ON THE REAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE INSTEAD OF SITTING IN MEETINGS AND CONSTANTLY NOT BEING AVAILABLE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BETTER SUGGESTIONS.
EVERYBODY SAID, WELL, WHAT PROCEDURES CAN WE DO? THIS WOULD BE MINE UTILIZING THE PEOPLE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON THESE BOARDS.
EVEN IF WE HAVE TO CREATE ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS, AT LEAST WE'RE IN, AGAIN, ALLOWING THE CITIZENS TO HAVE A VOICE IN WHATEVER PROJECTS ARE GOING ON AND WE'RE KEEPING THEM UPDATED.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, RETREAT COMING UP THIS, UH, SPRING, OR ACTUALLY THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR,
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NEXT YEAR, WE CAN BRING THOSE BOARDS TO THIS AND WE CAN GIVE THEM THE DIRECTION AND THEY CAN GIVE US THEIR IDEAS AND WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER ON THAT END.THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
THE SUGGESTION FROM THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT PERSONAL TASK FORCE.
WE CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARDS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ASSIGNED TO THESE AREAS.
THAT'S WHERE ALISON, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
UH, CERTAINLY, UM, ABOUT THE DISTRICTS, WE HAVE THREE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES AND I THINK CERTAINLY THEY SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL FOR ANYTHING THAT'S IN THEIR DISTRICT.
UM, I LIKED THE IDEA OF INCORPORATING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTO THE TASKFORCE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THOUGH, I, I WOULD SEE MORE THAN RATHER JUST, UM, HAVING A, UH, AN OBJECTIVE OR A TASK AND JUST HANDING IT TO THE BOARD.
I LIKE TO, I THINK IT'D BE KIND OF COOL TO HAVE TWO TASKFORCE OF COUNCIL AND THAT BORDER COMMISSION THAT IS NOW THAT IS THE TASK FORCE.
THEY GO BACK AND CAN REPORT TO, TO THEIR BOARD.
WE CAN COME BACK AND REPORT TO OUR BOARD, BUT I REALLY DO THINK THAT WE JUST NEED, WE NEVER DID THIS WITH THE TASK FORCE.
AND I THINK THIS WAS, UH, OUR ULTIMATE FAILURE FAILURE ON THIS IS JUST CREATING A STANDARD BEAR AND A POLICY FOR WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE TASK FORCE HAS TO COME BACK WITH UPDATES EVERY MONTH, REGARDLESS OF IF THERE ARE UPDATES OR NOT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A, UH, AN UPDATE ON THEIR, UH, TASKS.
THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE, UP-TO-DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK THERE IS A WAY FORWARD IF WE WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE TASK FORCE, GETTING A LOT OF WORK DONE AND, AND INCLUDING OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING OUR GREAT STAFF.
AND HONESTLY, I JUST KINDA MOVED THE DISCUSSION FORWARD HERE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF, UH, TO COME UP WITH A POLICY FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, PERTAINING TO TASK FORCE THAT ONE KEEP IN MIND THE LEGALITIES OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS RAILS.
AND THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
HYPOTHESIS WE'RE IN DISCUSSION.
WELL, Y'ALL KNOW I'VE GOT A MOTION COMING, BUT YEAH, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT OR JUST TO FINISH ON THAT EMOTION.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THESE TASKFORCE HAVEN'T BEEN MEETING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
THE REASON WHY IS TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE CLUTTER WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT SO MANY TASKFORCE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW.
LET'S START MAKING THEM OFFICIAL, GETTING RID OF THEM ON THE BOOKS, ON A VOTE.
AND THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THE MOTION IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHAT IT WAS ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
UH, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, THE MOTION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT WE, UH, DISBAND ALL TASKFORCES UNTIL SUCH A TIME.
UH, AS COUNCIL BRINGS BACK A PROPOSAL OR STAFF THAT COUNCIL AGREES TO, UH, FOR, UH, HOW WE PROCEED FORWARD MOVING THEY'RE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRADSHAW.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? YES, SIR.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THE YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT WE DISSOLVE ALL EXISTING TASK FORCE, ANY, AND ALL THAT EXISTS UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT EITHER STAFF INITIATES A POLICY OR A COUNCIL MEMBER PUT FORWARD A POLICY FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS THE COUNCIL TAKES A VOTE TO REESTABLISH A POLICY.
SO THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, BE EITHER STAFF OR COUNCIL BRINGING FORWARD A POLICY THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE ON IT.
AND IF STAFF DOES IT ON THEIR OWN, THEY CAN, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO BRING BACK AND MAKE PRESENT TAX PROPOSALS, WE'RE ALL GOOD AT THAT.
WE KNOW HOW TO, WE KNOW HOW TO BRING BACK POLICY.
SO COUNSELOR TOBY'S, I THINK SOME OF YOUR PROPOSAL THERE IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.
UH, IT WOULD BE A GOOD ITEM TO BRING FORWARD WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIFIC LIKE GREG CLARK PARK.
I HEARD YOU SAY YOU WANTED TO GIVE THAT TO THE PARKS BOARD.
I THINK THAT, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK THERE TO BRING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS BACK AND WE CAN DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THOSE ITEMS. SO IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO, TO, UH, AFTER ACCUSED ON THIS ONE.
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[Postponed 9/7/21] (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) ~ James R. Earp, Assistant City Manager
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
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RESIDENTIAL ARE THREE, THREE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2139.UM, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
IT DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.
IF ANYBODY'S WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK THEM TO COME UP NOW SEEING NONE.
UH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN BECAUSE THE ITEM, UH, IS TO BE THE POSTPONE UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR JUST POSTPONE IT TILL NOVEMBER PAGE.
JUST POSTPONE UNTIL POSTPONE UNTIL NOVEMBER.
[X. Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW, ACTUALLY COUNCIL COBY YESTERDAY.WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT SCOTT ON FOR THAT ONE.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 TEXTS.
THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE TEXTS, THE GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING ANY OF, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS PENDING OR A COMPLICATED LIST LITIGATIONS, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7, 1 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND OTHER TAX RATE FREEZES AND EXEMPTIONS, OBSESSION, MOTION TO RECONVENE.
UH, THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'LL BE NO ACTION TAKEN NOW.