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[I. Call Meeting to Order]
EVERYONE.THAT I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WOULD ALL.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE, COACH HERE.
ELLISON PRESENT FLORES KALE HERE.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
UH, NEXT STEP APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UM, MAYOR, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 16TH AND THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING AS WELL FOR THAT DAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 16TH.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
COMMENTS PERIOD.AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER THE, MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? OH, TRACY SHIELD.
IT WAS UNDER A PILE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ONCE AGAIN IN REGARDS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION, UH, WHILE I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS, MAYBE COME TO FRUITION.
UM, I STILL HAVE ISSUES IN REGARDS TO THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMMISSION, UM, WHERE THE MEMBERS, THE VOTING MEMBERS ARE ALL QUOTE EXPERTS OR HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD AND THE ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO MIGHT JUST COME UP AND ENJOY ART AND WANT TO SHOW ART FOR ART'S SAKE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE A VOTE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS IN ITS MAKEUP, ANOTHER NON-VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER AS PART OF IT, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
I THINK ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SHOULD HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER AS PART OF THE BOARDER COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, NOT JUST ONE, IT NEEDS TO BE AN ALL OR NONE.
AND, UM, IT JUST, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR ONE, YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR ALL.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[IV. City Manager's Report]
MANAGER REPORT AND THEIR COUNSEL, SCOTT SELLERS, YOU MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.I THOUGHT I WOULD COME FORTH THIS EVENING BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO AMBER, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP HERE, I'M GONNA EMBARRASS HER A LITTLE BIT.
UH WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AMBER A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE, BUT THIS IS HER FIRST DAY.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BIO.
SO AMBER LEWIS HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH AN EMPHASIS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
SO WE WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU.
UH, SHE HAS A PASSION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND AS VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE AS A GRANT WRITER, CITY PLANNER, FINANCE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
AMBER JUST LEFT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION IN THE CITY OF ROLLINGWOOD, UH, WHERE SHE OVERSAW POLICY DIRECTION AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR THE EFFECT OF OPERATIONS OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES OF THE CITY.
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RED, I GUESS, GO HUSKERS AND FOUND HER WAY TO TEXAS IN 2013, BY WAY OF HER HUSBAND, BRENT, WHO IS A NATIVE TEXAN AND CURRENTLY THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF WOOD CREEK, UH, IN HER FREE TIME AND RELAXED TAKE WALKS WITH THEIR RESCUE PUPPY, CHEYENNE TRAVEL AND SPEND TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND NICE WARM BATHS.APPARENTLY I JUST ADDED THAT LAST PART.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE AMBER, SO, UM, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME AMBER LEWIS.
THE MAYOR AND COUNSELOR JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S JUST NOT ANOTHER PLACE BETTER IN THE, IN THE UNITED STATES, IN THE, IN THE NATION AND THE WORLD.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF TEAM KYLE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AMBER WILL BE OVERSEEING OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.
NEXT ON THE MANAGER'S REPORT, UH, WE HAVE OUR DECEMBER 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, SO THIS IS INSTEAD OF THE DECEMBER 21ST MEETING TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE TIME OFF THE WEEK OF THE HOLIDAY.
UH, SO THAT WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING PER COUNCIL RULES, BUT, UH, WE'LL HAVE LOTS, SEVERAL ITEMS ON THERE FOR YOU.
AND WITH THAT, UH, I'M GOING TO TURN THE NEXT ITEM OVER TO, IS IT STILL ME? OH, OKAY.
SO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, WE DO HAVE, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A BIG PUSH FOR A COUPLE OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE ON THE PLANET PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UH, WE'VE WORKED WELL WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS FAR MORE.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUT A BUNCH OF MEDIA ON THIS NOW.
SO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS INTERESTED TO PLEASE GET ON OUR WEBSITE@CITYCAR.COM SLASH BC AND APPLY FOR OUR TWO VACANT POSITIONS.
SO MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING FORTH ON, ON TIMING, ET CETERA, BUT THOSE POSITIONS ARE ARE WITH THAT.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DIANA TORRES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DIANA TORRES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE RECAP ON THE GET HIGHER JOB FAIR THAT I MENTIONED, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING IT WAS HELD, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD 30 COMPANIES THAT WERE THERE ON SITE WITH HUNDREDS OF JOBS AVAILABLE TO HIRE ONSITE IF, UM, APPROPRIATE.
WE HAD 48 PEOPLE SHOW UP THE ENTIRE DAY.
UM, SO WORKFORCE AND PIPELINE CONTINUES TO BE THE NUMBER ONE, UM, RECRUITING QUESTION, UM, CHALLENGE THAT EVERYONE NOT JUST IN CENTRAL TEXAS, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WILL KEEP PLUGGING ALONG HAVING THESE KINDS OF EVENTS AND WORKING WITH COMPANIES TO HAVE HIRING EVENTS SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, FILL THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE OPEN HERE AND THEY COVER THE REALM OF POSITIONS OPEN.
SO IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING FOR A JOB RIGHT NOW, THEY COULD FIND ONE.
BUT, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE RECAP OF THAT EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WENT OUT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A NEW BUSINESS THAT IS COMING TO TOWN.
NITRO SWIM IS GOING TO BE GOING IN PLUM CREEK, UM, IN THE AREA 10, WHICH IS JUST NORTHEAST OF, UM, LIKE THE COLOR'S CROSSING IN THE 1626 INTERSECTION.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BREAKING GROUND AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING SWIMMING LESSONS AND SWIM TEAM.
AND SO IT'S ANOTHER AMENITY THAT IS COMING TO THE CITY OF KYLE THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE.
NOW WE HAVE MARIANA ESPINOSA, OH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR SANTO'S ARRIVAL IN LETTING OF THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS AT MARY KYLA HARTSON PARK LAST WEDNESDAY, AND OUR AWESOME MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT MADE A VIDEO.
SO ONE YEAR AGO, DECEMBER 1ST, 2020, WE APPROVED PLANS TO REVITALIZE THIS PART.
AND TODAY, ONE YEAR LATER WE ARE OPENING IT
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UP FOR THE LIGHTING BECAUSE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.THE PARK WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 1880 AND WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE CITY SQUARE PARK IN 2011.
THE PARK WAS RENAMED TO MURRAY CAR KYLE HEARTS AND PARK IN HONOR OF THE CITY'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR STANDING HERE IN DOWNTOWN COLLEGE BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE US AND I, AS KIDS WOULD RIDE OUR BIKES TO THE SQUARE HERE TO MEET OUR FRIENDS ON SUMMER AFTERNOONS.
WE USED TO HANG OUT, PLAY HAVE A GOOD TIME.
I RECALL A VERY BUSY AND BUSTLING DOWNTOWN COLLEGE EXPERIENCES.
THEN THE NINETIES, 2020 10, AND NOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH ON PRECEDENT GROWTH.
COW'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE YOUR FAMILY.
AS WE KNOW, AS CITIES BEGIN TO GROW IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SOMETIMES THEIR HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS ARE FORGOTTEN.
IT'S KIND OF SAD, BUT THANKS TO SOME SPECIAL CITIZENS, SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS.
WE ARE NOW NOT GOING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE IMPORTANT OF WINDOWS HERE IN THIS TOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO REVITALIZE THIS DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THIS AREA.
WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT IS AREAS TO US AND SEEING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FOLKS IN THE CROWD.
A LOT OF YOU ALL WILL SEE THIS AS THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE PARK, AND THAT'S ALL YOU'LL KNOW.
YOU WON'T HAVE SEEN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE AND ALL OF THE MANY YEARS THAT IT WAS BEFORE AND WHAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PAST COUNSELORS THAT HELP, UH, REDO THE OLD CITY HALL, UH, THE TRAIN DEPOT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THIS AREA TO GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY.
AND SO WE'RE GLAD FOR OUR NEW RESIDENTS TO COME ALONG, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CAUSE WE NEED COMMON UNITY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE TO WORK AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF KYLE, I HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME TO SEE THESE, THIS PARK UPGRADED WORDS CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW HAPPY I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
I CANNOT SHOW BEGIN TO SHOW THE JOY THAT I FEEL RIGHT NOW, SEEING THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION.
SO THEN I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO LEAD INTO THE 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.
AND SO EVERY NIGHT WE HAVE STAFF OUT THERE, UM, DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, UH, ACTIVITIES RUN FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, TONIGHT WE HAVE FREE SANTA PHOTOS, UM, UNTIL 9:00 PM AND ALSO LIVE MUSIC OUT THERE TONIGHT ON TOMORROW, WE HAVE TACO TUESDAY ON WEDNESDAY.
WE HAVE WINTER WONDERLAND, WEDNESDAY WITH A SNOW MACHINE AND THURSDAY SANTA.
UM, AND THOSE ONES ARE PAID SANTAS WITH AN AWESOME BACKDROP.
AND THEN ON FRIDAY WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE ONE MORE FREE PHOTO UP WITH SANTA AND THAT'S ON DECEMBER 13TH.
OTHER DAYS DURING THE MONTH, WE HAVE AN AWESOME BACKGROUND WITH CHRISTIAN PHOTOGRAPHY, DO UNPAID PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO THAT IS THE 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS FROM SIX TO NINE, UM, UNTIL THE 23RD.
WELL, THE LIGHTS WILL BE ON STILL UNTIL JANUARY, BUT WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES.
SO 23RD, I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
UM, AND THEN NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER, UH, BECAUSE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO A DRIVE THROUGH WITH SANTA CLAUS THIS YEAR.
SO OUR AWESOME POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE TAKEN SANTA AROUND TOWN ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS.
UH, ONE NIGHT WILL BE THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
ANOTHER NIGHT WILL BE THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH EAST, AND THEN THE NORTH EAST, AND THOSE ROUTES AND SCHEDULES
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WILL BE POSTED LATER THIS WEEK.JUST, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO PUTTING TO DECORATING THAT PARK, BUT TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION, WE WERE ON A REALLY SHORT WINDOW TO GET DECORATED.
MARIANNA, HER TEAM BONITO ALL OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AS WELL WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, THE LATE NIGHTS, ALL THE TIME, THEY ALL SPEND OUT THERE.
THE WEEKENDS FOR DECORATING A PARK, THE FRUITS OF Y'ALL'S LABORS BEING IS EVIDENT OUTSIDE THE PEOPLE, THE FAMILIES TAKING PICTURES OUT THERE, ENJOYING WHAT THIS DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN KYLE REALLY IS.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION ONE DAY.
I KNOW AS A COUNCIL, WE'VE, WE'VE DECORATED THAT PARK, BUT NOW TO SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A COUNCIL, IT'S REALLY AMAZING, BUT IT COULDN'T EVEN HAPPEN WITHOUT ALL Y'ALL'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
Y'ALL DO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN TRADES FACILITIES, UM, AND PUBLIC WORKS EDITION OF PARTISAN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING NIGHT THAT RIBBON CUTTING WAS EXACTLY, AND IT FELT ALMOST AS GOOD AS A VETERAN'S DAY PARADE.
AND SO I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS.
UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE FOOD VENDORS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS EATING DINNER THERE AND EVERYBODY WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO WAIT 30 MINUTES FOR A HAMBURGER.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY I THINK THERE'S KIND OF A LIMIT ON HOW MANY FOOD VENDORS THEY LIKE, AND MAYBE WE CAN LIFT THAT SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY, UM, HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND FED.
UM, CAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THESE.
AND I THINK IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, ADDITIONAL AND NOT JUST FOOD VENDORS, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST AMENITIES ALL TOGETHER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS GREAT MAYOR PRO TEM, ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I WILL, I WILL JUMP IN JUST TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COMMS IS A GRANT BACK THERE.
GRANT, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE VIDEO.
YOUR VIDEO IS GETTING, GETTING BETTER AND BETTER WITH EACH EVENT.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. JENNIFER HOME ABOUT THE RENTAL.
DATE IS TOMORROW FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
THERE ARE THREE LOCATIONS THAT, UH, VOTERS CAN STILL VOTE AT TOMORROW BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 7:00 PM.
CALL CITY HALL, UH, THE HAZE PRECINCT TWO OFFICE AND BUDA CITY HALL.
AND FINALLY, MS. SAM GOOD EVENING.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, SANDRA RUDON FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE HAVING GREAT EVENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT WE JUST HAD, MY RECRUITING PIECE IS GETTING EASIER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING MY RECRUITERS.
SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IS ANGEL BETTIS.
HE'S FROM PARKS AND TRAILS TECHNICIAN, JONATHAN LUDON OUR ENGINEER TECHNICIAN.
WE HAVE ROBERT FELON, JEFFREY CASTILLO, AND DANIEL MATTHEWS, AND THEY'RE ALL THREE FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTION CREW, KUDOS TO THE PROMOTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE OFFICER RILEY DICKENS, HE'S BEEN PROMOTED TO POLICE.
SERGEANT BELINDA FRAZIER HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE LEAD BUSINESS MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF HER AND WE'LL ATKINSON IS THE INTERIM SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DETECTIVE ROY JONES HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE KPD NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF HIS DUTIES AS WELL.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT SAMANTHA HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR THE 2021 HAYES COUNTY WOMEN'S OF LEADERSHIP.
AND SAMANTHA, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND IT SHOWS BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED SEVERAL TIMES.
[4. Nomination for the ethics commission Kassie Anderson.
~ Robert Rizo, Council Member
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UM, SHE WANTS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MS. ANDERSON.
UH, MS. CASEY ANDERSON IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF KYLE GRADUATED FROM HAYES HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BOSTON, WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING, SURELY AFTER MRS. ANDERSON GRADUATED FROM UT.
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AT FARM CREDIT BANK OF TEXAS, WHERE SHE'S BEEN CURRENTLY WORKING THERE FOR 27 YEARS.HER CAREER HAS BEEN MAINLY IN ACCOUNTING AND DOING SOME FINANCIAL REPORTING AS WELL AT THE BANK FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.
UH, SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN A VERY REWARDING AND, UH, ACCOMPLISHED CAREER AND AS PART AS GLAD TO BE PART OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND BEING ABLE THERE TO PROVIDE THEM SOME, UH, FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
UM, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, AS WE ARE LEAVING OUR SMALL RURAL FARMING COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S GREAT THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME RANCHING AND FARMING IN THE AREA AND HE'S AWARD THAT YOU BRING THEM WAS GREAT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK CHRIS ANDERSON FOR, UH, SAYING YES.
WHEN I ASKED HER TO BE APPOINTED TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL GETTING ASKED THESE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, AND SEE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CUSTOMER TOBY IS I DO KNOW MS. HENDERSON.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH MS. ANDERSON THIS THIS MORNING AND ASKED HER, UH, WHAT HER, UH, IDEA WAS FOR SERVING ON CITY.
AND SHE EXPRESSED TO ME, HER DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE PART OF A PROCESS TO WHERE IF THERE WAS EVER A, AN ISSUE WITH ETHICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAS, SHE'D BE VERY, UM, FAIR AND THAT SHE WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO LOOK AT A, ANY KIND OF FACTS THAT NEED TO BE PRESENTED TO HER.
AND SO JUST HAVING THAT CONVERSATION MADE ME FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN HER NOMINATION.
AND AGAIN, MY COUNSELOR REASONS SAID SHE DOES WORK FOR A, UH, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT DEALS WITH, UH, RANCHERS AND FARMERS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A FARMING COMMUNITY, SO IT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD KNOWING WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY IN THAT EXPERTISE AND THAT'S, UH, WILLING TO SERVE IN, IN THAT FIELD AND BEING EXPERIENCED IN, IN LOOKING AT DETAIL.
SO I, I, UH, WE WILL SUPPORT OR NOMINATION.
UH, MS. HENDERSON FOR ACCEPTING COUNCIL MEMBER RESOS, UH, UH, INVITATION TO HAVE YOU AT, AS HIS ETHICS APPOINTEE.
UH, SO I HAVE NOT TALKED TO YOU, SO I'LL JUST ASK YOU A COUPLE OF GENERAL QUESTIONS.
UH, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO ASKS YOU TO BE HIS ETHICS APPOINT COMMITTEE MEMBER, DID YOU IMMEDIATELY SAY YES, I DID.
UH, WERE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION DOES? UM, HE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
UM, THEY MEET, I GUESS, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHEN ANYTHING COMES UP THAT STUFF.
UM, I GUESS SOMETHING'S IN QUESTION AND WE VOTE ON WHETHER, I GUESS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CASE IS, WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER, I GUESS, REMOVING SOMEBODY FROM A CERTAIN THING OR KEEPING THEM.
UH, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN, YOU SAID, IS HE SAID IT WAS AN ENTIRE TIME IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
I GREW UP HERE, UM, LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN CAME BACK AND BUILT A HOUSE HERE IN KYLE, ON THE STREET I GREW UP ON.
AND SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BACK? UH, MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 2019.
UH, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF FEEL OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT PROCESS, HOW THAT, HOW THAT CAME ABOUT, WHAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION DOES.
I'D CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW, UH, ONLINE.
WE HAVE, UH, THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT COMMISSION DOES.
UM, SO WHAT DO YOU, UM, WHY DID YOU FEEL THAT THIS WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY YOU SAID YOUR DESIRE WAS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY, CORRECT? YES.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY.
UM, BUT THE JOB THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, DATA, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND ETHICS PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN MY CAREER.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR ME.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY POTENTIAL DETAIL.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AS WELL.
I'M A FELLOW, A BANKER AS WELL.
UH, SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT INTENTION THERE.
WELL, I, I THINK, UH, IT'S, IT'S EXCITING.
ANYTIME A RESIDENT IS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE ON OUR VOLUNTEER BOARDS.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET, UH, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
UH, AND SO I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY ON, UH, OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO, UM, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MS. CASSIE ANDERSON IS, UH, THE NOMINATION FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY CUSTOMER ELLISON SECOND BY CUSTOMER TOBIA THAT WE PROVE MS. ANDERSON TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[5. Wastewater Treatment Plant Progress Update Video. ~ Harper Wilder, Director of Public Works]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION, A[00:25:01]
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROGRESS, UPDATE VIDEO, NO PRESSURE.MAYOR COUNCIL HARPER WILDER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO TIM SEPARATE OUR DIVISION MANAGER DIVISION MANAGER FOR HER.
WE'RE A TREATMENT AND OPERATIONS.
HE'S ALSO OVER THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
ANOTHER PERSON FOR Y'ALL TO MEET ROBERT IS OUR LEAD OPERATOR OUT THERE.
UM, UNSUNG HERO STAYS AT THE PLANT 24 7.
UH, GREAT, GREAT, UH, BENEFIT FOR THE CITY, BUT LET ME TELL YOU A QUICK DEAL.
JULIA AND I WERE OUT THERE AT THE PLANT.
WE WANTED TO KIND OF WALK AROUND AND THERE'S SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND, UH, JUST GET A, GET A, GET A GOOD LOOK INSIDE AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, STAGES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND ROBERT AND TIM DID A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING THAT AND RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH US.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE INCREDIBLE IF YOU ALL COULD PROVIDE THIS TO THE COUNCIL IN A MORE CONDENSED VERSION, JUST TO SHOW THEM WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
AND THEY CAN KIND OF SEE THOUGH THE WHY'S AND WHAT, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
AND I'LL LET TIM AND ROBERT COME ON UP AND, UH, THEY CAN TAKE IT AWAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TIM SANFORD OPERATIONS MANAGER.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN FOLLOW UP MY VIDEO WITH MARIANO TO PROVIDE THEM THIS, BUT I GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS STUFF.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN TALK TO, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A BIG PROJECT FOR US.
IT'S THE BIGGEST PROJECT I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH? UM, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM, AS HARPER'S MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE, YVONNE IS HERE WITH US.
UM, YVONNE IS KEEPING US ON TRACK.
UH, THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU VAUGHN, IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TIME TO SIT AND TALK WITH HER, SHE WAS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND IT'S KEPT US GOING IN THE TRUCK AND MOVING THIS FORWARD.
UH, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
SO I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT SITE.
SO THE NEW FACILITIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING ARE, THEY'RE KIND OF BEING CONSTRUCTED THE NEW HEADWORKS AND I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH, AS THE FLOW OF THE WATER WILL GO THROUGH THE TREATMENT FACILITY, THE NEW HEADWORKS ON YOUR TOP RIDE, THE SCREEN THAT WE'LL GO OVER TO A SPLITTER BOX.
WE HAVE NEW AERATION BASINS, NEW CLARIFIERS THAT FROM THE CLARIFIERS, WE'LL GO TO A NEW TERTIARY FACILITY OR THE NEW UV DISINFECTION FACILITY, AS NOTED ON THE SCREEN.
UH, OUR SOLIDS WE'LL GO TO THE NEW DIGESTERS AND THEN RECENTLY Y'ALL HAVE APPROVED THE NEW DE-WATERING FACILITY FOR US.
SO IT WON'T BE CONTRACTED OUT ANY LONGER.
THERE'LL BE A BIG REVENUE SAVINGS, UH, INCURRED BY DOING THAT.
SO, UH, A NICE SNAPSHOT OF WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION FIRST STARTED, THIS WAS BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020, AND THEN WE CAN BRING YOU TO DATE.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THE IMPACT THAT, THAT THE PROGRESS AT THE SITE THAT WE'VE MADE.
UH, AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS NOTATED AS TO WHAT THEY WERE IN THE VIDEO.
I'LL DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND JUST YOU'LL GET A BETTER PICTURE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 87 ACRES THAT THE CITY OWNS HERE AT THIS SIDE IS, UH, MUCH OF IT'S BEING EATEN UP BY THIS PROJECT.
JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A FEEL FOR THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS.
SO IN THE VIDEO, IT'S HARD TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT'S INSIDE OF THE HEADWORKS BUILDING.
SO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
THESE ACTUALLY GO DOWN, I BELIEVE 30, 30, BETWEEN 30 AND 40 FEET DOWN INTO, UH, THE BASINS OR THE CHANNELS THAT THE FLOWS COMING INTO THE SITE.
SO WHAT THOSE ARE GONNA DO IS THOSE ARE GONNA REMOVE ANY HEAVY RAGS DEBRIS, UH, HARDHATS PANTS, UH, ANY, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE GET AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF COMEDIC, BUT SO THAT'S THE INSIDE OF THE HEADWORKS BUILDING.
AND THEN GRANT'S GOING TO START THE VIDEO FOR US.
SO LOOKING AT THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT'S THE EXISTING MINE COMING INTO THE PLANT.
THAT'S A 30 INCH LINE COMING IN, UH, THAT'LL TIE INTO AN ENERGY DISSIPATING MAN HALL.
AND JUST BEYOND THAT WILL BE A SPLITTER BOX.
SO THE NEW 42 INCH INTERCEPTOR ALONG WITH A 30 INCH EXISTING WILL TIE IN TOGETHER THERE BEFORE GOING INTO THE NEW HEADWORKS FACILITY.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE PLACEMENT OF THE CONCRETE THERE.
THAT'S JUST THE FOOTER FOR THE MAIN HALL OR SPLITTER BOX IT'S GOING TO BE PLACED.
THIS IS JUST PANNING AROUND TO THE HEADWORKS BUILDING.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE ROOMS ON THE TOP OF THE, OUR HATCHES ON TOP OF THE ROOF THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PULL THOSE OUT AT A LATER DATE WHEN NEEDED.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE FLOW LINE HERE,
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UH, FROM THE HEADWORKS FACILITY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AERATION SPLITTER BOX AT THAT THE STRUCTURE HERE THAT'LL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO SEND FLOWS BASED ON DEMANDS OR BASED ON LOADING OF HOW WE WANT TO DICTATE THAT TO THE THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES WILL BE OPERATING UNDER THIS CAUSE EXPANSION WE CAN SEND THOSE THROUGH TO THE WHOLE PLANTS ARE SENT TO THE NEW PLANT.THIS IS NEW OPERATIONS BUILDING.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED LAB.
WON'T BE WORKING AT AN MCC ROOM FOR THOSE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, A NICE OFFICE SPACE.
IT'S IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO SEE MOVING ON TO THE IRRIGATION BASINS.
THIS IS JUST A TESTING TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT BEEN PLACED IN PUTTING SERVICE.
IT'S JUST BEING FILLED WATER FOR TESTING PURPOSES.
SO ALL THIS IS AERATION BASINS TO THE LEFT, THAT BIG STRUCTURES OF BLOWER BUILDING ALONG WITH THE MCC ROOM FOR ALL THE CONTROLS AND ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATED WITH NOT ONLY THIS EXPANSION, BUT FUTURE EXPANSIONS.
SO LEAVING THE AREA, RATION BASIN, IT'LL FALL INTO THIS CHANNEL HERE, IT'LL COME UP INTO THE CLARIFIER SPLITTER BOX, AND THEN IT'LL MOVE OVER TO EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO, ONE A OR ONE B CLARIFIERS THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT INSIDE OF THE CURRENT PART LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T REALLY SEE TOO OFTEN MOST CONSTRUCTION OR THERE'S AN ISSUE.
SO FROM THIS BASE, AND WE'LL AGAIN, SEND FLOWS BASED ON THE POSITIONS OF THE SLUICE GATES TO EITHER ONE OF THESE CLARIFIERS FROM THOSE CLARIFIERS.
AND I'LL LET THE VIDEO PAM, BEFORE I GET OUT OF MYSELF.
SO THE NEXT SNAPSHOT HERE, THAT'S JUST A DUMP STATION FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES ONLY.
SO WE'RE OUT CLEANING COLLECTION SYSTEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN DUMP HERE WITH OUR OWN TRUCK AND THEN MOVING ON ANY SOLIDS, LEAVING THAT CLARIFIER ARE GOING TO GO INTO THESE DIGESTERS HERE.
THE PURPOSE OF A DIGESTER IS JUST TO HOLD YOUR SOLIDS UNTIL THEY CAN BE PRESSED OR HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO HANDLE THEM.
WE WILL HAVE A DE-WATERING FACILITY.
AND THAT FACILITY IS GOING TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN THAT DUMP STATION.
AND THIS DIGESTER HERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT.
AND IT'S NOT STARTED ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK JEFF PREDO HE'S ON LEON'S TEAM.
AND HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR US OF TAKING THESE PHOTOS.
THE QUALITY IS, IS OUTSTANDING.
SO MOVING ON, ANY, ANY WATER LEAVING THE CLARIFIER THAT'S BEING SENT TO THE CREEK, IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS FACILITY FIRST, THIS'LL BE OUR UV DISINFECTION PROCESS INSIDE OF THIS STRUCTURE ALSO HAVE NON-POTABLE WATER PUMPS, WHICH WILL SUPPLY WATER TO THE FACILITY, UH, JUST FOR CLEANING PURPOSES, UH, WASH DOWN YOUR BELT PRESS FACILITY IS A LOT OF WATER, THINGS LIKE THAT GOING OUT OF THAT BASE.
AND YOU HAVE POST-INCARCERATION BEFORE IT GOES TO THE CREEK, JUST TO BOOST IT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE AIR BEFORE JUST TO MEET PERMIT LIMITS.
AND THEN THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW INTERCEPTOR GRANT.
CAN YOU PAN BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT? CAN YOU STOP IT AND PAN BACK, PLEASE? MAYBE NOT, NOT THAT FAR.
JUST SO WE CAN SEE PALM CREEK, KEEP GOING, PLEASE.
THAT'S COMING INTO THE WASTEWATER FACILITY, THAT 42 INCH LINE THAT'S GOING ON UNDERNEATH THE CREEK AND THEN COMING INTO THE PLANT FACILITY.
UH, THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY ON BYPASS PUMPING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT SILAS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE VIDEO GRANT.
THE PLAN IS CURRENTLY ON BYPASS PUMPING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE SET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE.
SO KUDOS GOES OUT TO MY STAFF, JUST LIKE HARPER SAID, I CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER.
UM, THIS TAKES EFFORT ON EVERYBODY'S PART, NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT ROBERT HAS STAFF, HIS ABILITY TO TRAIN THE STAFF TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE AT NOW, WHERE WE'RE DOING LAB WORK AND PROCESS CONTROLS AND HOUSE, AND NOT HAVING TO OUTSOURCE EVERYTHING AND HAVING THE LEAD TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR A COMPANY TO DO THAT AND SEND US INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED YESTERDAY IS IT'S INVALUABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH AND HE'S SUCH A HUMBLE GUY.
HE'S NOT GONNA, HE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE HIMSELF ENOUGH CREDIT.
SO THAT WAS JUST A PAN VIEW OF THE ENTIRE SITE TO SEE, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW BIG THE SITE REALLY IS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIT ON IS JUST THE, THE GROWTH THAT YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH IT NOW, COMING YEARS, UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE PROJECTING THAT THE NEXT EXPANSION WILL NEED
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TO TAKE PLACE BY YEAR 2025.WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH TC, NOT TCEQ, BUT A CONSULTANT FIRM TO GET OUR MINT, UH, PERMIT AMENDED SO THAT WE HAVE A CAP CAPACITIES OF 12 MILLION GALLONS ON OUR APARTMENT.
WE KNOW WHAT OUR EFFLUENT APARTMENT LIMITS ARE GOING TO BE, AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO WORK ON DESIGN MOST LIKELY SOON AS WE GET DONE WITH THIS EXPANSION, THOSE THINGS THAT I JUST HIT ON ABOUT THE PERMIT AMENDMENT, UM, THE, THE WAY WE PLAN TO PHASE THAT, UH, THE INITIAL PHASE AFTER THIS 4.5 MILLION GALLON EXPANSION IS GOING TO BE GOING TO NINE.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE'LL BE GOING TO 12 AT A LATER DATE, NOT, NOT YET DETERMINED.
SO JUST GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT THE EXPENSE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
EVERYTHING THAT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE IS CURRENTLY WHAT'S BEING WORKED ON EVERYTHING IN THE FLUORESCENT.
GREEN IS PLANNED FOR THE 9 MILLION GALLON TODAY, EXPANSION AND EVERYTHING IN THE BLUE IS, WILL BE TO PTOMAINE GALLONS PER DAY.
AND ONE MORE THING TO HEAD ON.
IS THE LOPAC AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEATURES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE'RE HANDING THAT GRANT PROCESS AND HOUSE A TCQ.
HIS OBLIGATION IS THIS, THIS $132,000 THAT THE CITY WILL BE RECEIVING HAS WE'VE RECEIVED SOME OF IT, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING.
OTHER THINGS, THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THERE'S THIS NATIVE NATIVE VEGETATION, RAIN HARVESTING.
WE'LL HAVE A BIO SWELL, WHICH WILL RECREATE A NICE WATER FEATURE AND A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE THE PLANT AND NOT THINK WASTEWATER AND THINK REALLY HAS TO BE A SHACK OUT OF NOWHERE.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REAL APPEALING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I'VE GOT A FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT.
I'VE WORKED IN WASTEWATER FOR 18 YEARS AND MY WIFE BROUGHT ME LUNCH ONE DAY.
AND WHEN SHE SHOWED UP, SHE WAS SURPRISED LIKE, THIS IS WHERE YOU WORK.
I WAS LIKE, YEAH, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE AT A SHACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
I WAS LIKE, NO, IT'S A NICE PLACE.
BUT THIS WILL BE A NICE FACILITY.
AS YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S EFFORTS AND ALL THE STAFF'S EVER SAID HAVE THIS COUNTLESS HOURS.
AND WHAT I HOPE TO BRING OUT OF ALL OF THIS IS TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE, NOT HAVING ISSUES IN THE FUTURE, STAY AHEAD OF THE, THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING SO THAT WE DON'T COME TO YOU WITH PROBLEMS. WE COME WITH YOU TO SOLUTIONS AND WAYS TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SERIOUSLY, LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT, THAT YOU SEE BACK THERE EAST OF KYLE AND JUST SEEING THE ENGINEERING, THE SURVEY AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AT ALL, KNOWING ALL OF THAT'S UNDERGROUND AND IT'S COVERED OVER AND YOU HAVE ALL THOSE PLANTS AND YOU HAVE ALL THAT, UM, THOSE DIVIDERS AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S ALL IN THERE.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, I JUST SEEN IT FROM THE, FROM ABOVE AND LOOKING DOWN.
AND SO THE NEXT TIME I SEE A LITTLE KID PLAYING WITH TONKA TRUCKS, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AMAZING IT'S, IT'S STUFF THAT WE NEED.
IT'S A TRAY THAT YOU HAVE MASTERED AND ALL OF YOU, AND I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING.
SO THE, THE REAL THINGS REALLY GOES TO YOU GUYS VERY MUCH CUSTOMER.
I HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET YOU IN THE BEGINNING OF, OF MY, UM, TERM.
AND I TOOK A TOUR OF IT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
LIKE THERE, IT WAS BIG AND IT WAS LIKE VERY NEW.
AND EVERY, SINCE AFTER THE TOUR, I, I JUST WAS SO LIKE, I WRITE YOU YVONNE.
AND SHE GIVES ME UPDATES AND I STOPPED AND TALKED TO HER ONE TIME WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY HALL, SHE WAS HERE AND IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CAUSE I LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT OR, OR WHAT IT IS, BUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING OUT THERE IS LIKE MIND BLOWING.
I KNOW JUST THE PROCESS OF WHAT IT TAKES AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT, THERE'S LIKE WASTEWATER AND WHAT WE DO TO CLEAN THAT OUT AND TO SEND IT BACK INTO, WE SEND IT TO PLUM CREEK.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE OF WHAT WE SEND OUT THERE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST QUALITIES WE CAN HAVE.
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WE MAY NOT HAVE, UM, BEEN UP TO PAR, BUT I WILL SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT, I FEEL LIKE OUR CITY DOES THE BEST JOB IT CAN DO.AND SO THIS UPGRADE TO THIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT CENTER IS ONLY FOR THE BEST, UM, IS CATCHING UP TO THE QUALITY OF OUR WORKERS.
AND CAN I GET YOUR NAME, HIS NAME AGAIN, ROBERT.
AND YOU LITERALLY LIVE OUT THERE.
DO YOU EVER GET AWAY? DO YOU EVER WANT TO, LIKE, I GOTTA GO.
I CAN'T BE AT WORK ALL THE TIME.
DOES HE? DOES HE DO THAT? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.
THE LAST SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED US FOR ME WAS THE MOST EXCITING BECAUSE YES, THERE YOU GO.
BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE OUT THERE, YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT FEELS RELAXING.
LIKE YOU SAID, THAT IT FEELS INVITING.
AND SO SEEING THIS, I MEAN, I THINK ABOUT FIELD TRIPS FOR KIDS.
I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MAKE A, I'M MAKING A PLAN TO COME BACK UP THERE MYSELF, UM, TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE THAN JUST A WASTEWATER TREATMENT CENTER.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF KYLE IS HOW WE TAKE SOMETHING THAT IT CAN BE SEEN AS ICKY OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT.
AND THEN YOU MAKE IT THIS BEAUTIFUL.
SO, UM, I'M DEFINITELY GOING OUT THERE WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED, BUT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, UM, SO GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB TO THE WHOLE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT AND, UH, I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD'VE MENTIONED.
AND I DIDN'T IS THIS THE SAME SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS APRIL I'M SORRY, MARCH OF 2022.
AND AT THAT TIME WE, A PART OF TCEQ THAT REQUIREMENTS TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS IS TO HOLD TOURS, UH, TO ADVERTISE THIS PER PRE-OP PR PURPOSES, JUST TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT WE DO AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND, AND BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM THINGS LIKE WATER BUGS.
WE JUST FOUND A WATER BUG IN HER, IN OUR LAB SCOPE.
THESE ARE THESE EXCITING, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE GET EXCITED ABOUT ALMOST FIT IN HERE, BUT I DON'T WANNA WASTE TOO MUCH OF Y'ALL'S TIME, BUT, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND ROBERT GETS MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT THAN I DO.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE QUICK WITH THIS AND RAPID FIRE, SOME QUESTIONS TO SOME STAFF, SO Y'ALL READY.
SO, UH, WHEN DID WE, UH, PASS THE CEO BOND TO APPROVE THE FUNDS FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHILE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT? UM, COULD WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE GRANT WHERE IT SHOWS THE, UH, AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU PUT THIS IN YOUR SLIDE, THE UPCOMING, WHAT WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO COME UP.
SO AS FAR AS YES, THIS AREA, YEAH, EITHER ONE THAT ONE'S FINE.
AND SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ASKING, ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, SO I'M GLAD YOU PUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND EMAILING US THIS PRESENT, UH, YOUR SLIDE PRESENTATION.
SO THE REASON WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE, THE TIME IN WHICH WE PASSED THE CEO BOND, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS PROBABLY 2017 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AWHILE.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN LONGER WITH THE PANDEMIC PRE PANDEMIC, THAT ERA, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UH, PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE AT, UH, WHAT DID IT SAY, UH, TO, UH, MTD THROUGH BANK THREE MGD? SO WE WENT UP TO FOUR AND A HALF IN THE NEXT EXPANSION WILL BE TO DOUBLE THAT TO NINE.
AND SO FOR I'M JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT APPRECIATE THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO 2019, WE PASSED THE CEO BOND TO DO THE EXPANSION FROM TWO TO FOUR AND A HALF.
YET OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN FROM 5,300 PEOPLE 20 YEARS AGO TO NEARLY 60,000 PEOPLE.
SO MY POINT IN BRINGING THIS UP, BECAUSE I, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE GROWTH RATES ARE CONTINUING TO BE AT THE LEVELS THEY ARE.
AND SO YOU ALREADY TOLD US ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO ASK.
WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE COMING BACK TO US, PROBABLY FOR ANOTHER CEO BOND TO EXPAND THIS EVEN FURTHER AND IT'S THREE YEARS ESSENTIALLY.
AND SO I APPRECIATE NOW MY POINT IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT.
WE'RE NOT DENYING THAT THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING, WHERE WE'RE NOT PUTTING BLINDERS EYES, UH, BLINDERS ON ABOUT THAT.
WE SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE FOR OUR CITY.
NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BUT IF IT WERE TO GO DOWN, WE WOULD ALL REALIZE IT AND WE'D HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, I SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH, THE, THE GRATITUDE AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND, AND GETTING THIS TO THIS PART, BEING YOUR LARGEST PROJECT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER, I'M SURE THIS IS QUITE THE FEATHER IN YOUR HAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE THE EXPANSION ALREADY IN MIND TO FILL IT IN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
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I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.I, I, UM, ROBERT NICE MEETING HIM AND EVERYTHING HE WAS DOING, UH, THERE, UH, AS HE'S A REAL MVP THERE.
AND I WANT TO SAY AS WELL TO YVONNE, UH, ADDING HER ON AS A PROJECT MANAGER, UM, HAS BEEN A KEY INGREDIENT AS WELL.
SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT AND JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW.
AND I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE PLANS IN PLACE AND WE'RE THINKING FOR, WE'RE NOT GETTING CAUGHT IN A POSITION LIKE WE WERE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND WE'VE GOT TO JUST THROW IT ALL AT THE WALL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHERE, LIKE I SAID, IF WE COULD JUST GET THE, UH, EMAILED TO US, DEFINITELY.
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER KALE SAID, I WISH SHE WAS HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, SHE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING BACK INTO A PLUM CREEK IS ALMOST AS GOOD.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE PUTTING BACK INTO PUMP CREEK AFTER SPEAKING TO YVONNE WAS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN A BETTER PRODUCT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY INJECTING THE WATER WITH OXYGEN, AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE WILDLIFE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN BETTER WATER, CLEANER WATER INTO THE PLUM CREEK AREA.
SO HELPING THE WILDLIFE IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, UH, THRIVE IN A SENSE.
SO DEFINITELY AM EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING DOWN THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
ANYONE ELSE? WELL, ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY JUST FOR, JUST TO CLARIFY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS 33 MILLION, UH, APPROXIMATELY, AND THAT, THAT GENERATED US 2 MILLION GALLONS OF CAPACITY, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY ACCURATE TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF $33 MILLION EQUALS 2 MILLION GALLONS IN CAPACITY, BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING IS BUILDING OUT THE COMPLETE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT LONG-TERM PLAN.
SO WHEN WE GO TO INCREASE FROM FOUR AND A HALF TO NINE, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ACCURATE TO, TO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARILY SOME HUGE NUMBER, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT IN AND INFRASTRUCTURES IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THAT ADDED CAPACITY.
I'M SURE IT'LL STILL BE A HUGE NUMBER.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY IT WON'T BE A BIG NUMBER, BUT, UH, I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT BEING EXPLAINED, UH, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE NUMBERS.
SO, UH, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD HARPER? YOU, YOU STOOD UP.
SO I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS KUDOS TO THE ENGINEERS INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS PLAN.
SO WHAT WE JUST SAID HERE IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S AN EASY ADDITION TO KEEP ADDING, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO TELL A STORY OF AQUA IN 20 13, 20 14? ARE WE, UH, ARE WE A RE IN BETTER SHAPE NOW THAN, THAN WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST? YES, DEFINITELY.
ANYTHING ELSE? YOU JUST GOT TO GET SOME CUTE LITTLE KIDS TO ADD TO YOUR VIDEO.
I LIKED THE WAY Y'ALL DID THAT.
HONESTLY, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
WE'LL COME BACK IN MARCH AND SOME RANDOM GUY SHAKING HIS AFRO.
[6. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
UP, UH, JANETTA NUMBER SIX, CIP ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK.
THEY ARE FORMING THE, UH, MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL.
AND IN THEY'RE CONTINUING ON THE RIDGE STRUCTURE, INSTALLING THAT.
NOW THEY HAD POURED A SIDEWALKS ALONG THE PERIMETER.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HIM ON THAT, UH, UH, VIEW THAT WE'VE GOT THEIR LOVE OF THE PARK.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT 20% COMPLETE AND, UH, THEY'RE INSTALLING UTILITIES AND THE PUMP VAULT.
APPARENTLY THEY DISCOVERED WATER WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR, UH, EXCAVATION MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK PROJECT.
UH, IT'S ABOUT 76% COMPLETE ALL CONCRETE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING INSIDE THE GREEN COVERED FENCE AREA.
UH, THEY ARE WORKING ON TURF AND LANDSCAPING, UH, DECOMPOSED GRANITE TRAILS AND THE LIMESTONE STEPS.
APPARENTLY THE LAMPPOST AND SITE FURNISHINGS ARE EXPECTED IN JANUARY, SOUTH SIDE, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
WE'RE ABOUT 92% COMPLETE, UH WE'RE AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE STORING THE MATERIALS.
YOU'RE READY TO START WORKING IN FRONT OF THE, UH, MURRAY PROPERTY AND, UH, INSTALL THAT LINEUP ON EDWARDS, UH, DRIVE BEHIND THE TORCH DRIVE.
I WOULDN'T DO WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, THE EDWARDS DRIVE PROJECT WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL SOUTH SIDE PROJECT, SO THAT WILL REQUIRE A CHANGE ORDER.
IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ORDER, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THAT PROJECT.
SO WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY HAVE TWO LARGE CHANGE ORDERS TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL ON THAT PROJECT.
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YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD, UH, REPORT ON THE TREATMENT PLANT.SO I WON'T BELABOR ALL THESE NOTES HERE THAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU, BUT, UH, UH, AGAIN, OUR EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE IS MARCH OF 2022.
AND, UH, THE DEEPWATER FACILITY HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT IN PLACE BY AUGUST OF 2022.
ALSO, THIS IS A DETAILED PICTURE THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, THIS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS HOLDS ABOUT 45 FEET DEEP, UM, MORE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT BUTTON CREEK 42 INCH WASTEWATER LINE, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TIE IN THAT CREEK INTERCEPTOR, IF WE CAN GET THAT THING FINISHED SOON.
AND HERE'S YOUR OVERALL PICTURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY WHEN CREEK INTERCEPTOR WE'RE ABOUT 71% COMPLETE.
THEY'VE BEEN INSTALLING SOME OF THE 12 INCH RECLAIMED LINE.
UH, SO FAR THEY'VE INSTALLED ABOUT 3,500 FEET OF THAT 12 INCH RECLAIM LINE.
UH, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THE BOARD FOR THAT 12 INCH LINE IT'S GOING UNDERNEATH THE CREEK SHOULD BE COMPLETE THIS WEEK.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE SUPPLIER TO TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THAT 36 INCH PIPE THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR OLD POST ROAD, UH, POLO COURSE HAS COMPLETED THE WATER LINE THAT WE HAVE THERE.
UH, WE EXPECT KA HAYES COUNTY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT INTERSECTION NEXT WEEK, ELLIOT BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE AT ABOUT 37% COMPLETE, UH, THEY'RE FINISHING THE BOARDS UNDER SLEDGE AND, UH, WE ARE HEADING NORTH ON SLEDGE.
WE'RE START GOING TO START GETTING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA OF, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE IN THOSE AREAS.
WE'RE PROBABLY GET SOME CALLS.
WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH THE CITIZENS AS BEST AS WE CAN, BUT WE'RE INSTALLING WATER WASTEWATER AND A RECLAIMED WATER LINE.
AND THOSE AREAS, WE'RE ALL SORT OF TEARING UP THE STREETS.
THERE'S NOT MANY STREETS THERE THAT ARE VERY WIDE, SO WE'LL BE TAKING UP THE WHOLE STREET AND TAKING IT OUT AND PUTTING IT BACK IN.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE TOUGHEST PART OF OUR JOB, SLIMMER AND PORTER.
WE JUST STARTED THAT PROJECT THAT TRIED HERE BEHIND US.
UH, CEDAR HILLS CONSTRUCTION IS A CONTRACTOR, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO CLEAN VEGETATION AND STARTING TO PUT IN THEIR PIPE ROLAND LANE.
THEY DID START THAT, UH, A WEEK OR TWO AGO, UH, THAT FROM WHAT I'VE FOUND OUT FROM THE DEVELOPER, THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS OPEN IN FEBRUARY AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS, CUSTOMER TOBY'S? YES.
UH, VERY THANKFUL BUTTON CREEK ROAD IS GOING TO START GETTING WORKED ON.
UM, I THINK I SENT AN EMAIL LAST WEEK.
UH, I JUST HAD TWO RESIDENTS CONCERNS, UH, RIGHT OVER THERE BY SOUTH LAKE RANCH ENTRANCE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE REDOING THE ROAD BACK THERE.
UH, THE QUESTIONS WERE ONE OF THEM WAS, WILL THERE BE FLAGGERS AVAILABLE IN RESIDENTS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE ENTRANCES BETWEEN NINE TO THREE, THOSE WERE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TO SEE IF HOW THAT WAS GOING TO AFFECT.
AND NUMBER TWO WAS FROM A CONCERN.
PARENT WAS IF, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF LAYMAN STUDENTS DON'T WALK BACK AND FORTH EVEN THROUGH THE DAY, UH, SOME DO HALF DAY SCHOOL.
IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY DESIGNATED CROSSWALKS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO WALK BACK.
CAUSE YOU GOT THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN ASPHALT BEING LAID DOWN.
I GUESS THOSE WERE JUST TO DO CONCERNS THAT JUST CAME ACROSS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DIVERT TO THE HARPER PUBLIC WORKS.
CAN YOU TELL ME ONE MORE TIME PLEASE? HEY, YES.
A HARPER HAPPENS TO, WITH THE ENTRANCE TO SOUTH LAKE RANCH, HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT TO ME, ASKED ME, UH, HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK DURING THE DAY.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING CONSTRUCTION 93.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE, WILL THERE BE FLAGGERS, THERE WILL START ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
I THINK THERE'S TWO ENTRANCES.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS FROM A CONCERNED PARENT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER WORKS, WALKS TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO BE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION.
AND OF COURSE, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK FOR THAT AREA.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY ACTUALLY OUT THERE FLAGGING AND THEY'RE TALKING BACK AND FORTH EVERY DAY.
NON-STOP ALL DAY LONG FOR A WHILE FROM NINE TO THREE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY OUT THERE AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY MIGHT BE AT THAT PARTICULAR DAY, THERE MAY NOT BE A DESIGNATED, THIS IS THE ONE TIME ONLY PLACE THAT YOU WILL CROSS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAFEST PLACE IF THEY HAVE THAT AREA TORN UP, BUT THEY WILL DESIGNATE AN AREA.
THEY WILL HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CAN DIRECT THEM IF NEED BE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE SAFETY ASPECTS BEING WITH THE SCHOOL THERE, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND NOT DO.
SO, UM, THE STAFF HAS DOUBLED UP AND THEY'RE OUT THERE ALL DAY LONG WATCHING, MAINLY FOR SAFETY AS WELL AS THE FLAGGERS.
SO I WILL EXPRESS THAT TO THEM AGAIN THOUGH.
AND THE CROSSWALK AFTERWARDS, IF, UH, AFTER WE GET THE ROAD DONE, COMPLETED OVER THERE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT BACK, UM, W WE'LL REPLACE THAT AS WELL.
CAUSE IT'S SCHOOL GETS OUT OF THE CROWN FOR 30 OR SO, AND IT GETS PRETTY HEAVY OVER THERE.
SO YOU ALREADY SEEN IT PROBABLY TODAY.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE IT'S ALL
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SAFE FOR RESIDENTS TO GET IN AND OUT.UH, OR WE, WE TOLD THE PUBLIC SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THE NINE TO THREE.
SO WE'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT WE CAN TO BE OUT OF THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK.
THANK YOU BOTH KATSAROS THOUGH, LEON.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO EITHER YOU OR JAMES, BUT I'M OVER AT THE MA MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE GAZEBO.
WE, UH, LAST WEEK DURING OUR RAIN EVENT, WE HAD, UH, SOME REAL DEEP, UH, PULLING THERE.
I ACTUALLY TOOK A PICTURE OF IT.
THERE'S A DRAIN JUST OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA, RIGHT THERE WHERE THE GRASS IS.
WE ACTUALLY ROPED IT OFF WITH SOME CANDY CANES.
AND WHAT I'M WONDERING IS WHY THAT DRAIN IS THERE AND NOT TIED DOWN INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM SOMEWHERE BECAUSE IT'S, UH, JUST STICKING OUT.
UM, WORRIED ABOUT A KID GETTING STUCK IN THERE, A SMALL KID, BUT THAT DRAIN JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT BEING THERE.
IT'S JUST AN OPEN DRAIN COMING OUT OF THE GROUND.
ANYBODY KNOW? YES FOR THE RECORD, JAMES SHARP ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT SOMEWHAT.
UM, ONE, IT THAT'S THE DESIGN.
IT WAS DESIGNED WITH THERE TO BE AN OUTFALL RIGHT THERE AND FOR IT TO SHEET FLOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO OUTLET FOR THAT STORM WATER TO GO TO THAT PART OF THE PARK.
THEY LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO TIE INTO EXISTING STORM SEWERS, BUT THEY COULDN'T GET THE WATER BACK.
SO THE DESIGN TEAM DESIGNED IT THAT WAY.
NOW WITH THE WATER PUDDLING, A BIG ISSUE OF THAT, ACCORDING TO TF HARPER WAS THE IRRIGATION GOT LEFT ON, ON THAT SECTION BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO DO IT MANUALLY AT THAT TIME.
AND IT GOT LEFT ON, SO IT SATURATED THE GROUND.
SO THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S, IT'S A LIKELY TO SEE THAT MUCH WATER POOLING THERE REGULARLY, UNLESS THE GROUND'S ALREADY SATURATED BEFORE A BIG RAINFALL THAT SAID, I ASKED CARRIE AND TOMMY AND ARIEL, BUT I DIDN'T SEE JOSE WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AND, AND TREE LIGHTING.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THAT CORNER.
AND THEY'RE BASICALLY ALL KIND OF AT A LOSS AND A LESSON UNTIL WE DO AN UPGRADE TO THE STREET AND HAVE, HAVE STORM WATER.
AND UNDER THE ROAD BACK THERE BEHIND THAT CORNER TO BUILD A TIE INTO, ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO SHEET FLOW SOMEWHERE.
SO THAT'S CURRENTLY THE PLAN AS BEST AS IT CAN BE, I SUPPOSE.
CAUSE I WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT AND RIGHT AT THAT CORNER, WE'VE GOT A CASH BASE IN THERE THAT CATCHES FLOW FROM THE STREET.
I WAS WONDERING WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TIED INTO THAT CASH FLOW.
SO I, I COULD, I MEAN, THE WAY THAT I RECALL THE CONVERSATION GOING WAS THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO BUILD A TIE INTO THAT.
AND I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY THEY SAID THAT THERE WASN'T, BUT I DO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ON THAT SAME TEAM SAID THE SAME THING THAT THEY COULDN'T TIE INTO THAT CATCH BASIN.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAYBE GET A MEETING TOGETHER SOMETHING TO REVISE IT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS A POTENTIAL FOR PULLING IN HEAVY RAIN EVENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POND THERE EVERY TIME AND I'LL THINK THERE'S A POND DESIGN INTO THE PARK.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO REVISIT THAT JULIE IS UPON THE DESIGN IN THE APARTMENT.
IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED THAT WAY IN THE RAIN CATCH.
AND I WAS FRANKLY, A LITTLE SURPRISED WHENEVER I SAW THE OUTFALL STOP WHERE IT DID, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE SAME THING THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE STREET, BUT EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT.
SO, BUT WHATEVER REASON IT WASN'T DESIGNED THAT WAY, I'D RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, CALLING A MEETING, LET ME JUST SEND AROUND A, AN EMAIL STRING, GET LOOP IN THE COUNCIL AND MR. SELLERS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AND GET THEM TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN PRESSURE THEM TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE THEY'RE NOT DONE IN THE PARK.
SO THERE'S, IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN'T GO BACK AND FIX SOMETHING, BUT THERE IS A REASON THEY COULDN'T GET INTO THAT BOX.
AND MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM, HARPER, OR MAYBE DAVID OR SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT REASON WAS.
OTHER THAN I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULDN'T GET THERE FOR WHATEVER.
AND THE ONLY REASON I WAS INVESTIGATING IS CAUSE IT'S A PART OF THE PART THAT'S GOING TO BE USED.
AND WHEN IT, WE HAVE BIG RAIN EVENTS, THERE'LL BE A PART THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING OUT THERE TO THE PARK.
SO KEEPING THE ENTIRE PART USABLE FRIENDLY IS PROBABLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF WE COULD DEFINITELY KEEP ME TIED INTO THAT CHAIN, SO WE CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH THAT.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, THAT'S THE FIRST I'M HEARING OF THAT.
SO, UH, JERRY'S NOT HERE THOUGH TONIGHT, SO, UM, HE'D BE ONE, I THINK HE'S ALSO PROBABLY HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S A DRAINAGE POND IS WHAT I JUST HEARD JAMES SAY THAT'S NEWS TO ME.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEHOW COLLAPSED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST WASN'T AWARE THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE DESIGN.
ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE AND TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES AND TRY TO POINT THE SOLUTION AS WELL AS
[VII. Consent Agenda]
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS[01:00:01]
OR COMMENTS REGARDING ANY OF THAT ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED OR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, AH, THANK YOU, LEON.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WANT TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 10 0 11 AND 12.
ANY OTHER ITEMS MOTIONS ON THE REMAINDER? I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 16, EXCLUDING 10, 11, AND 12 MOTION BY CUSTOMER RIZZO.
SO WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 7 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 16.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[10. Approval of a contract with SCHAUMBURG & POLK, INC., Tyler, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $84,000.00 for the TPWD Spring Branch Segment of Plum Creek Trail. ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH, UH, SCHOMBURG AND POLK INC TYLER, TEXAS, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $84,000 FOR THE TPW D SPRING BRANCH SEGMENT OF PLUM CREEK TRAIL WAS MR. SELLERS ITEMS, CUSTOMER FORCE.I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE SHORT FORM OF AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAD, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACTORS, BECAUSE IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE FOR ENGINEERING.
SO THEN THE ACTUAL WORK BEING DONE IS GOING TO BE DONE BY CONTRACTORS.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS WILL THE, WILL THE CITY PAY THE CONTRACTORS DIRECTLY? YES, MA'AM.
THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO WE RECEIVED A, I BELIEVE IT WAS $250,000 FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.
WE MATCH THAT WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CITY FUNDING.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND THEN SUBMIT TOWARD PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR REIMBURSEMENT IN PHASES.
SO WHO'S GOING TO HIRE THE CONTRACTORS.
IS THE CITY OR IS THE ENGINEERING COMPANY? WE WILL HIRE THE CONTRACTOR.
SO I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IN HERE THAT THE COMPANY SCHOMBURG AND POLK.
DO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HAND AND ALSO HIRING THE CONTRACTORS.
WILL THEY WILL BE PART OF THE SELECTION AND THEN THEY'LL DO A PROJECT OVERSIGHT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE AT ALL FOR THE CONTRACTORS, IS THAT CORRECT? LIKE, UH, THE QUALITY OF WORK, I GUESS FOR THE CONTRACTORS, IF I'M READING THAT CORRECTLY, PROBABLY IN THIS AGREEMENT, THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE.
UH, JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE DESIGN PHASE, BUT ONCE WE GO INTO CONTRACT OR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, UH, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING BACK ANOTHER PROPOSAL FROM SCHOMBURG AND POKE AT THE NEXT MEETING TO AUGMENT THIS SECTION.
SO THIS IS THE SPRING BRANCH SECTION OF THE TRAIL OF THE VIBE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR A PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ON THE REMAINDER OF THE VIBE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF THEIR SCOPE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SYSTEM.
SO THIS MAY BE JUMPING THE GUN A LITTLE BIT THERE'S UM, ON PAGE, PAGE TWO IS THE BIDDING PHASE AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, IT SAYS ASSIST OWNER, WHICH IS A CITY IN ADVERTISING FOR AN OBTAINING BIDS OR PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK ADVERTISEMENT FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED.
UM, SO WHERE DO THOSE, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE ADVERTISING FEES ARE GOING TO BE OR IS THAT JUST TOO FAR? IT'LL BE VERY NOMINAL.
WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A, A DEADLINE FOR THE STATE ON WHICH WE NEED TO ADVERTISE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT WILL HAPPEN FAIRLY SOON FOR THIS SECTION, BUT THE, THE ADVERTISING WILL BE NOMINAL IN THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
SO TH THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR 11.
AND IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 10.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM.
NUMBER 10 IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
[11. Approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kyle Selecting a Grant Writer/Administrator to Assist the City in its Application and Administration of a Contract, if Awarded, from the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for DR-4586 February Winter Weather. ~ Harper Wilder, Director of Public Works]
ITEM NUMBER 11, APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF KYLE SELECTING THE GRANT RIDER TO ASSIST THE CITY IN ITS APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF A CONTRACT AWARDED FOR THE TDM HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, UH, FOR, UH, FEBRUARY, UH, WINTER WEATHER.THIS IS HARPER'S ITEM, CUSTOMER FORCE KALE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
UM, IT'S NICE TO, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO PREPARE FOR WINTER? UM, CAUSE LAST WINTER WAS ALL TOO SOON FOR ME.
SO I DID REACH OUT AND ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND UM, FIRST OF ALL, JULIE'S AMAZING.
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SHE'S SO NICE.UM, AND SHE'S EASY TO WORK WITH AND SHE EXPLAINS THINGS REALLY WELL.
SO, UH, AS, AS, AS HARPER, UM, AND SO MY INITIAL QUESTIONS WERE LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO WE NEED A GRANT WRITER FOR? AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR AND THEN WHAT THIS GRANT WRITER WILL COVER.
SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR SOME GRANTS THROUGH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR BACKUP GENERATORS FOR OUR CRITICAL WATER AND WASTE WATER SITES.
SO SOME LIFT STATIONS AND SOME WELLS TO HELP MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF THE LAST WINTER STORM WE WENT THROUGH.
SO WHEN WE WERE REACHING OUT TO TEACH THEM THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE APPLY FOR THREE TO FOUR GRANTS.
WE SEPARATE THEM OUT BECAUSE THAT WILL INCREASE OUR CHANCES OF AT LEAST BEING AWARDED SOME OF THEM, IF WE DON'T GET AWARDED FOR ALL OUR GRANTS.
SO DUE TO THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF RED TAPE INVOLVED IN THESE APPLICATIONS.
AND SO WE PUT OUT, UM, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, FOR A GRANT WRITER TO ASSIST IN, UM, ORGANIZING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED AND WRITING AND SUBMITTING THESE GRANTS.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WERE AWARDED, THEY WOULD THEN HELP US, UM, ENSURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANTS.
UM, CAUSE AGAIN, IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE MONEY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GRANT.
SO THE GRANT WRITER WOULD ALSO HELP ADMINISTER THE GRANTS ONCE WE RECEIVED THEM.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE WILL BE FOR MR. SELLERS, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BACK OF MATERIAL AS WE DISCUSSED HAS, UM, TRAILER AND ASSOCIATES.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER WE DO ANY KIND OF CONTRACT THAT WE USE THE CORRECT LEGAL NAME, THAT THAT'LL BE, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY, WELL, WE, WE DO CALL THE CONTRACTOR.
WE, WE RECEIVED THE CORRECT LEGAL NAME, SO WE CAN AMEND THAT IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS.
AND JUST TO TOUCH BASE ON THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THIS WAS A, THIS WAS RF RF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL REQUEST FOR THE RFP.
AND SO WE, I GUESS WE ASSUME THAT WHEN WE GET THOSE, THE INFORMATION, THAT'S THE CORRECT NAME OF THE ENTITY.
BUT WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH, I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED.
I WAS LIKE, THIS ENTITY DOES NOT EXIST OR THERE, THE NAME DID, BUT IT WAS NOT AN ACTIVE STATUS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE THE CORRECT NAME AUTOMATICALLY NOTHING THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JULIE OR STAFF THAT ARE REQUESTING THE, THE GRANT SHOULD DO JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF COVER OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR COMPANIES ARE THE RIGHT NAME AND THAT THEY'RE ACTIVE AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED ON THIS NOW? RIGHT NOW, THEN WE NEED TO DO THE BACKUP, RIGHT? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN AMEND IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? JUST REAL QUICK, MS. PEAR, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS WARD.
I KNOW LAST YEAR, WELL, THIS YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE WINTER STORM, IT REALLY AFFECTED US ALL SO THAT THEY, AGAIN, WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE, SAME THING.
I'VE BEEN BRINGING UP ABOUT THE EMERGENCY COORDINATOR POSITION.
UH, WE NEED TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND I THINK WOULD REALLY HELP US TO WHERE WE CAN, UM, HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THE MONEY THAT'S GOING TO COME IN.
AND IN ALSO THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS, UH, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS.
ANYONE ELSE, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM 11, UH, MOVED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER ELLISON.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[12. Approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kyle Selecting an Engineer in Conjunction with the Submittal of an Application for funding through the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for DR-4586 February Winter Weather. ~ Harper Wilder, Director of Public Works]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.UH, APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF CD ACCOUNT, UH, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KYLE SELECTING AN ENGINEER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING THROUGH TDM HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR FEBRUARY WINTER WEATHER, COUNCILMEMBER FORESCOUT, UM, TH ACTUALLY THESE TWO KIND OF GO TOGETHER.
AND SO, UM, THAT THEN IN THE RESOLUTION, I THINK IS WHERE WE NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE WE CONFIRM THE NAME.
UM, AND THE NAME IS GOING TO BE GARY, OUR TRAILER AND ASSOCIATES COM INC PERIOD.
THAT'S ACTUALLY, SO THAT'S THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, UM, COMPANY.
AND THEN WE ALSO PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FROM AN ENGINEERING COMPANY.
SO NUMBER 11 IS THE TRAILER AND ASSOCIATES.
AND NUMBER 12 IS THE ENGINEERING COMPANY, WHICH IS KSA ENGINEERING.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL JUST, I JUST WANT TO CHECK SOMETHING REAL QUICK JUST TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THESE GRANTS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE GENERATORS.
THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT WOULD JUST BE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE GENERATORS FOR THE WHELAN LIFTING.
CAN I SAY, I SPOKE TO THE GENTLEMAN, HE WAS THE NICEST GUY EVER, LIKE I WAS TALKING TO HIM, HE'S LIKE, WHATEVER
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WE CAN DO TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, TO DO IT RIGHT.SO THE CITY CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY TO HIRE US.
AND I WAS LIKE, THAT IS SO NICE.
SO IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL AND I HOPE PEOPLE KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF I'M GOING TO SIT UP HERE AND APPROVE SOMETHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M APPROVING THE CORRECT, THE CORRECT ITEM.
UM, YEAH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE NUMBER C APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY UNDER, UM, TRAILER AND ASSOCIATES.
AND SO THAT I THINK IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, THE NAME I JUST GAVE GARY OUR TRAILER AND ASSOCIATES COM INC.
CAUSE THAT'S WHO WE SPOKE WITH, CORRECT? YEAH.
THAT IS THE GRANT WRITING FIRM.
THEY WERE ALSO THE FIRM THAT WE WORKED WITH ON THE BUTTON CREEK INTERCEPTOR AS WELL AS THE TRAIL GRANT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT, OH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
UM, HARPER, WHAT STEPS ARE WE TAKING TO, UH, WINTERIZE THE GENERATORS THEMSELVES? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHEN GENERATORS, IF YOU'RE UP FROM UP NORTH, NO FAIL IN COLD WEATHER ARE DOING ANYTHING TO WINTERIZE OUR GENERATORS WHEN WE GET THEM.
UH, TIM, YOU GOT ANYTHING ON THAT.
TIM SANFORD, JEWISH MANGROVE, SHIPPING OPERATIONS.
SO ONE EFFORT WE ARE CHANGING AND THIS YEAR BASED ON WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS PAST FEBRUARY IS, UH, WE HAD SOME JELLING OF DIESEL AND A LOT OF OUR NOT ONLY GENERATORS, BUT OUR SUPPLY THAT WE HAVE IN STORAGE AND OUR TRUCKS AND FACILITIES.
UM, WE, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE TREATING ALL THAT FUEL WITH SEA TANG, WHICH IS OXFAM BOOSTER.
THAT WAS OTHER THINGS, BUT ALSO HELPS FUEL FROM BECOMING JAILED.
WE HAVE ALSO PURCHASED SOME SMALL GENERATORS TO MAINTAIN 120 VOLTS, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR SITES WILL USE FOR HEATERS, UH, HEAT, LAMPS, THINGS SUCH AS THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE A LARGE POWER OUTAGE OCCUR THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN AT LEAST A SMALL HEAT SOURCES JUST TO KEEP THINGS FROM BREAKING SO THAT WHEN THE MAIN POWER SUPPLY DOES COME BACK ONLINE, THAT WEREN'T FIGHTING LEAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR, YEAH.
THAT ANSWERS ONE QUESTION I WAS JUST MAKING SURE, CAUSE I KNOW DURING THE FREEZE THIS PAST YEAR WE EXPERIENCED, UH, ISSUES WITH GENERATORS AS WELL.
I I'VE, I'VE GOT A FEW GENERATORS AT THE HOUSE, WE'LL HAVE FOUR OF THEM AND I ACTUALLY HAD TO WARM THEM UP IN ORDER TO TURN THEM ON.
IT WAS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME, BUT, UH, SPEAKING TO PEOPLE FROM, UH, NORTHERN STATES THAT THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE SAID THEY'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS WELL.
SO BEING PROACTIVE ON THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN.
WE ALSO HAVE A, UM, TIM'S PROVIDED A, A WHAT WE'RE DOING TO WINTERIZE ALL THE STATIONS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT YET OR NOT, BUT IF YOU WANT A COPY, WE CAN GET YOU THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU NOW TO COUNCIL PLEASE.
AND, UH, WOULD THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 12.
SO MOVED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO SECOND AND BY CUSTOMER FLORES KILLS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
[17.
Authorize City Manager to execute Standard Utility Agreement Phase Order No. 3 with Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc., P.E.C., to relocate overhead power lines around the premises of Krug Activity Center to adjacent streets, alleys, underground, as necessary for beautification of Downtown Square, Mary Kyle Hartson Park. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer
]RIGHT.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17, UH, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE STANDARD UTILITY AGREEMENT PHASE ORDER, UH, NUMBER THREE WITH BC, UH, TO RELOCATE OVERHEAD POWER LINES AROUND THE PREMISES OF CREW ACTIVITY CENTER TO ADJACENT STREETS.
ALLEYS UNDERGROUND IS NECESSARY FOR BEAUTIFICATION OF DOWNTOWN SQUARE, MARY CARHARTTS AND PARK.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
UH, WHAT DID KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE, UH, UH, NARRATIVE THERE ON OTHER, UNDER OTHER INFORMATION? UH, WE'RE EXPECTING THE ESTIMATE FROM PEC TO BE AROUND $420,000, $790 93 CENTS.
THAT'S THEIR ESTIMATE FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS TO DO THEIR PART OF THE WORK.
THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR AS THE CITY.
AND THE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS ABOUT $394,410.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE POWER OVERHEAD POWER LINES IS ABOUT $115,000 PLUS W WHICH POWER LINES ARE THOSE? UH, THERE'S A MAP THAT'S ATTACHED WITH YOUR, UH, UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN THE BACKUP.
IT'S THE LINES AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE, UH, UH, UH, AROUND CITY HALL.
WELL, IT MAPS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THIS OR JAMES WHO CAN TELL US JUST BRIEFLY WHAT, WHAT GIANTS HERE? OKAY.
UH, JOIN GARCIA, UM, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER THAT WORKS WITH LEON.
AND SO BASICALLY THE, UH, PEC LINES THAT WILL BE RELOCATED ARE IN FRONT OF THE OLD CITY HALL BURLESON.
AND THE THREE-STORY BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
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GO, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE FIRE STATION AND MANOR STREET WITH A RELOCATION.THOSE FINDS WILL GO THROUGH THAT ALLEY AND GO TO NAT STREET, THEN GO NORTH ON THAT STREET, UM, TOWARD A LA CARTE.
AND SO THEY'LL BE RELOCATING TO A MANOR STREET, NOT MILLER STREET, BUT THE ALLEY AND THEN THAT STREET.
AND SO OUR ROUND, OH, CITY HALL, WE WANT TO, YOU WON'T SEE PC LINES.
THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS WILL BE A RELOCATING FRONTIER, THIS OFFICE CENTER STREET.
AND SO I'M WORKING WITH, WITH ACT COMMUNICATION COMPANY.
I'M ALSO WORKING WITH TIME WARNER, BUT THE FIRST MOVE IS TO TRY TO MOVE PEC IN OUR, FROM AROUND OH CITY HALL.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTARY AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO BECAUSE WE WERE GIVEN A TOTAL PROJECT SCOPE OF, I THINK TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INITIALLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DO.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, SHOULD I BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT NUMBER OR WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER IN RELATION TO WHERE EXACTLY THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF TRYING TO ASK.
UM, THAT WAS HER BEST ESTIMATE WITH THE COST OF MATERIAL AND LABOR COSTS RIGHT NOW.
UH, DEPENDING IF COUNCIL APPROVES IT, THEY WILL ORDER THE MATERIALS AND POSSIBLY GET STARTED LIKE IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
NOW, IF THERE'S A CHANGING COST OF MATERIAL TO THEM, THEN THE ART PRICES WOULD GO UP.
NOW ON THE CITY'S PART, WE HAD TO GO OUT AND HIRE, UM, AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DESIGN THE PLANS FOR THE PART THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND SO WE CONTACTED, UH, K FREEZE, WHICH IS A ROTATIONAL ENGINEERING COMPANY THAT WORKS FOR US.
AND THEY WILL BE PUT IN THAT SET OF PLANS TOGETHER FOR THE, UM, ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT.
WE'LL TAKE THAT PART TO LETTING THE WE'LL GET, UH, ANOTHER COSTS FROM, UH, FROM A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE UNDERGROUND WORK.
AND SO THEN OUR COSTS DID INCREASE DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE BIDS COME IN.
BUT ONCE WE GET TO THAT ADVERTISEMENT AND HOPEFULLY A SELECTION OF A LITTLE BIT ARE RESPONSIBLE A LITTLE BIT, OR THAT INFORMATION WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A WARNING, A WARNING THAT CONTRACT.
SO WE COULD SEE IT GOING UP DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COST OF MATERIAL AND LABOR IS THAT THE TIME THAT WE TAKE THE PLANTS, YOU KNOW, TILL 11 MAYOR, THIS IS ONLY THE ELECTRICAL.
SO WE HAD THE TELECOMS ON THOSE POLES THAT WILL ALSO NEED TO BE RELOCATED.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE THREE VACANT CONDUIT IN THE GROUND ON CENTER STREET.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET IN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM TO, TO HELP UNDERGROUND THAT.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A COST SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT COST THAT IS FOR THOSE TELECOMS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY TAKING SOME POLES DOWN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, STARTING THAT PROCESS, OR IS THIS JUST THE ELECTRICAL AND ALL POLLS STAY UP, OH, STAY UP UNTIL PEC MOVES.
BUT PEC, YOU KNOW, UH, HAS TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE.
AND THEN THEY CUT THE POLE, WHICHEVER POLICY, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT REMOVED OFF.
THEN WHOEVER, WHATEVER COMMUNICATION COMPANY IS ON IT, THEN I'M WORKING WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET OFF THE POLE.
ONCE THEY GET OFF THE POLE, THEN THE POST CAN COME DOWN.
SO IT'S IN PHASES, BUT WE DO HAVE A SET OF PLANS FOR FRONTIER.
THEY'RE ALREADY RECEIVED PEC PLAN.
AND SO THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT A PLAN TOGETHER WITH WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO ONCE PEC MOVES.
SO EVERY, ALL THE COMMUNICATION COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, BUT WE FIRST HAVE TO START WITH PC AND THEN WE MAY INCUR SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMUNICATION.
AND SO THIS IS, THESE ARE THE, THE POLES AROUND THE PARK, ESSENTIALLY ON THE NORTH AND THE WEST SIDE.
YEAH, THE BURLESON MILLER AND ON MAIN STREET, THERE WAS ONE POLE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN THE ONE THAT GOES RIGHT ACROSS THE PROMINENT NOW WOULD BE REMOVED ON THE NORTH SIDE AS THE FRONTIER CENTERS IS FRONTIER RIGHT NOW.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR GETTING, WHAT IS OUR GOAL? WHAT IS OUR INTERNAL GOAL IS, AND THEN IT'S THE TELECOM.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE POLLS COME DOWN YET WITH THIS AGREEMENT, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TELECOMS ONCE THEY GET OFF AS WELL, THEN WE'LL SEE IT, ALL THE POLLS COME DOWN.
MY TIMELINE WAS FRONTIERS THAT I'VE ADVISED SOME BASED ON WHAT PEC HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY BE READY TO GO.
AND THIS COMING MAY, 2022, THAT THAT'S WHEN THE COMMUNICATION COMPANIES WOULD BEGIN THE RELOCATIONS.
BASED ON WHAT HE HAS TOLD ME, THEY'LL TAKE TO GET THE MATERIALS AND THE CREWS OUT THERE, AND WE'RE EXPECTING ADDITIONAL COSTS WITH THAT AS WELL ON THE FRONTIER LINE.
SO THIS IS JUST A UNDERGROUND, THE ELECTRICAL, AND THEN THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL COST.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME, SOME THINGS FROM THEM.
THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ME THOSE ESTIMATES YET, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD GET SOME THINGS FROM THEM FOR THEIR PART.
BECAUSE WHAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THE CITY
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DID NOT PUT ALL THE UNDERGROUND CONDUIT IN PLACE.AND I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE ALL THE WIRES NEEDED TO TAKE THE POLES DOWN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, IT'S THIS THE SAME BASIC THOUGHT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR PATH TOWARDS GETTING ALL THE LINES TAKEN DOWN AND REMOVED BEFORE WE START.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AT LEAST SOME KIND OF A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST ALL IN TOTAL FOR THE COLUMN, THE PARK POLES, DO WE NOT HAVE THE, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST ALL IN TOTAL? WHEN MY FIRST REACTION WHEN I SAW THIS ESTIMATE FROM PC WAS AMAZING BECAUSE OF THE HIGH ESTIMATE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE A LOT LESS THAN THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION.
SO SOMEWHERE A MILLION LITTLE OVER A MILLION.
NOW MY HOPE AGAIN IS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH FRONTIER ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CITY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO UTILIZE OUR EXISTING CONDUIT AND KEEP THAT COST TO A BARE MINIMUM FOR ALL RIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ACTUALLY, LET ME GO FOR A MINUTE.
SO YOU MAKE GOOD POINTS BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS POSSIBLY THIS POSSIBLY MORE, MORE FUNDING.
UM, BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT THE SERVICE TO ANY OF THE RESIDENTS JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
YOU KNOW, UH, SECOND THING WAS THE COST AS WELL.
YOU WRITE AN 800,000 WHERE WE JUST TALKING 2 MILLION, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND SO IT'S JUST THAT GRAY AREA THAT WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MAYBE A POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL COSTS WITH THE CONTRACTOR OR MAYBE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, OR OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING AROUND EVERYWHERE AS FAR AS THE PRODUCT OR THE, UH, THE MATERIALS IS GOING UP.
SO AGAIN, AND THEN NOW WE'RE LOOKING, IF WE GET THIS, IT WILL BE DONE STARTING IN MAY, WHICH IS SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.
SO IT'S A LOT OF THIS IS IN THE AIR GRAY AREA AND THIS, YOU MAKE GOOD POINTS ON THAT END.
I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT DISRUPTION, NUMBER ONE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT NUMBER TWO, ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN? OH, BY THE WAY, IN ORDER TO GET THE TELECOM DOWN, IT'S GOING TO COST MORE ON, ON, ON THIS LEVEL, WE'VE GOT TO APPROVE THIS AND SO FORTH.
WE JUST WANT A DEFINITE SO, SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YES, WE WILL COME BACK IN.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THE, THE POLES ARE OWNED BY PEC.
THE TOP WIRES ARE PEC WIRES, BUT WHEN THEY LEASE OUT THE, THE REMAINING SPACE ON THE POLE, BASICALLY THOSE TELECOMS HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST ON THAT POLE.
SO WE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT PEC WAS EVEN WILLING TO RELOCATE THEIR WIRES OFF THE POLE THEY ARE, AND THAT'S DISAGREEMENT, BUT THEY'LL JUST REMOVE THEIR WIRES.
THOSE TELECOMS STILL HAVE THAT RIGHT TO BE ON THERE.
SO WHEN JOANNE SAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THE POLE, THAT'S JUST CUTTING THE TOP OF THE POLE.
SO IT'S STILL RECEIVED, UH, WE, WE HAVE THOSE TELEPHONE.
SO THE NEXT STEP, NOW THAT WE KNOW, LIKE, THIS IS THE FIRST ACTION TO NOW GO BACK AND FINALIZE OUR AGREEMENT OF FRONTIER.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.
IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST, IF WE CAN, WE'LL TRY TO CONDENSE EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE JUST, JUST DISRUPT THESE STREETS ONE TIME.
AND THEY, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WHERE THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERGROUNDING THE TELECOMS THROUGH OUR ALREADY INSTALLED SLEEP, BUT NOT THE ELECTRICAL.
SO JUST THE TELECOMS. AND WE THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT ELECTRICAL.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BACK ALLEYS ON THE SIDE STREETS, UH, WITH WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WE HAVE THREE GOOD SIZE CONDUITS.
WE'VE LOOKED, WE'VE LOOKED AROUND THERE MANY TIMES.
SO I'M JUST WANTING TO CONFIRM WE DO.
YOU DO THINK WE HAVE THE SPACE TO UNDERGROUND THE CAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'RE IN, WE HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER PICTURE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THEIR FIRE FIBER, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET MANY, MANY STRANDS, JUST YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE CONDUITS.
SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
I THINK SO THE THREE THAT THE CITY HAS RIGHT NOW DOWN CENTER STREET, THE UNDERGROUND CONDUIT FRONTER HAS TWO LINES.
SO THEY'RE USING TWO OF THE THREE INCH CONDUITS.
AND THE THIRD ONE, SINCE IT WAS COMMITTED TO FRONTIER IN 2007, WHEN THAT PROJECT WAS 10 MINUTES, THE SIDEWALK STREETS PROJECT, AND IT WAS NOTED ON THE PLANS IT'S BEING FOR FRONTIER.
I DO NOT KNOW THE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE IN PLACE BETWEEN THE CITY AND FRONTIER IN 2007.
SO THIS RELOCATION OF THE LINES GOING INTO THE GROUND STARTED WITH THE CITY IN 2007.
I DID NOT HAVE ANY LUCK FINDING THOSE AGREEMENTS, BUT I DID FIND THE MINUTES FROM THOSE FROM COUNCIL MEETINGS.
HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT TWO OF THE 300 GROUNDS ARE ALREADY IN USE? NO, THEY'RE THE SET OF PLANS THAT FRONTIER HAS TURNED INTO ME FOR REVIEW AND OTHER FOLKS HERE AT THE CITY.
THERE WE'LL BE USING TWO OF THOSE ON DAY ONE, WHENEVER THEY GET STARTED.
AND ABOUT THE THIRD ONE IS ALSO COMMITTED TO THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE EXPANSION.
AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU THINK THEY'LL AGREE TO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM AN EXTRA LINE, BUT IF IT TAKES THEIR RIGHT TO BE ON THE POLE AWAY, SUFFICIENT THAT WE CAN, RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE AGREED TO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TURNED IN A SET OF PLANS TO BE SHOWING THAT THEY SHOW, YOU KNOW, SEND IT, ADMITTED IT TO ME, ASK
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ME TO REVIEW IT.IF THAT WAS IN LINE WITH WHAT CASA WANTED, THE PLAN THAT WE WANTED TO SEE THE RELOCATIONS AND IT WAS.
AND SO WE, WE OKAYED THE PLAN THAT THEY SUBMIT IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD.
UH, I ALSO MET WITH TIME WARNER AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH ME TO TOMMY AND WHAT THEY PROPOSED TO DO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT WORKS OUT WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO THEIR COSTS AS MUCH AS THE LAST FRONTIER.
SO LET ME JUST ASK IT ONE MORE WAY AND THEN I'LL BE DONE.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT IF WE SPEND THE MONEY TO REROUTE THE ELECTRICAL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND UNDERGROUND THE TELECOMS AND REMOVE THE POLES.
I HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT IT'LL GET DONE, BUT THE PROJECT WON'T BEGIN RIGHT HERE AT THIS STREET IN FRONT OF HIS FRONT STREET.
AND IT'LL ONLY GO TO MIDWAY BETWEEN BURLESON AND THAT STREET.
WHERE THE RELOCATION'S OFF OF ABOUT CENTER STREET.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE THE PEC POSTS THAT ARE ON MAIN STREET AND ANOTHER STREET.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE PUSHED BACK TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE FIRE STATION AND, YOU KNOW, MILLER STREET.
AND SO THEY WILL BE NOT SAYING FROM ALL CITY HALL, BUT THEY WILL BE PLAYING AROUND, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.
NOW I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG SEEM TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
ALL THOSE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE YET.
SECONDED BY COUNCILOR TOBIA SISTER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
[18. Direct staff to issue and RFP for management services to include the maintenance of landscape, structures and furniture for the MKH, La Verde and Heroes Memorial parks with the required scope to ensure these parks are maintained to the Council's Stated "Gold Standard." ~ J. Scott Sellers, City Manager]
UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18 DIRECT STAFF TO ISSUE A RFP FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES AND FURNITURE FOR THE MK H LOVERDE AND HERO'S MEMORIAL PARKS WITH ACQUIRED SCOPE TO ENSURE THESE PARKS ARE MAINTAINED TO THE COUNCIL STATE OF GOLD STANDARD.THE MAYOR COUNCIL GOT SODAS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT IN OUR AGREEMENTS WITH LAVERDE AS WELL AS MARY CARHARTTS AND PARK THAT WE NEEDED TO COME BACK WITH MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND THOSE STANDARDS WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE TWO PARKS IN THE HIGH CALIBER OF MAINTENANCE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON DRAFT MAINTENANCE STANDARDS FOR AWHILE NOW.
UH, AND WE ARE READY TO ADD THOSE TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DOCUMENT, UH, MARY CALLED HUDSON PARK AS BEING THE FIRST PART DELIVERED TO US.
WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT HIGH STANDARD, THAT GOLD QUALITY STANDARD OF MAINTENANCE AS WELL.
SO WE WANT TO ADD THAT TO THIS RFP, UH, THE, THE FOLIAGE, THE, THE, THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS, UH, OVERSEEING THE MAINTENANCE, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THIS CONTRACT WILL BE FOR ALL THREE PARKS.
AND, UH, ONCE WE HAVE THAT, UH, FIRM IDENTIFIED, THEN WE'LL TURN OVER THE MAINTENANCE AT THAT TIME.
NOW, MARY OR, UH, HERE'S MORAL PARK WILL BE DELIVERED A SUBSTANTIAL SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN LAVERDE WILL BE, UH, ROUGHLY IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE COMING UP PRETTY QUICKLY HERE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THINGS START TO GROW, THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE MAINTENANCE WITHIN EACH OF THOSE PARKS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK SCOTT SEEN BY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SELLERS, DID YOU JUST SAY, UH, WAS MEMORIAL BE COMPLETE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF MARCH AND THEN JUNE FOR LIBERTY? YES, SIR.
JUST, UH, CAUSE I THINK LAST TIME I GOT A TIMELINE, IT WAS MAY FOR BOTH OF THEM.
SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR ON HERE'S MORE ON, I KNOW THE BAND-AIDS HAD TODAY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF SETS THAT INCLUDES THE, THE PORCELAIN COVER.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE GRANTED, OH, NO, NOT FOR HEROES LIKELY.
THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A MONTH LATER.
SO THE PARK WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT LATER.
SORRY, FROM A WANT TO COME UP, STATE THAT ON THE ROAD.
THAT'S ALL, UH, DAVID HARNEY AGENCY.
I'M PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
SO THAT'S, UM, VERY LIKELY THE PARK WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE PORCELAIN PANELS TO BE INSTALLED ROUGHLY ABOUT WITHIN A 30 DAY PERIOD FOLLOWING.
SO ABOUT A MONTH LATER, WE SHOULD BE TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH THAT PARK.
ARE YOU GOOD CUSTOMER FLOURISH, CAT? I THINK MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR SCOTT.
UM, SO FOR THE MARY CAROL HEARTS IN PARK, UM, IS COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES NOT DOING THE LANDSCAPING.
SO COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES WAS, WAS JUST HIRED FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARK.
HE OF HARPER IS DOING THE INSTALLATION OF THE LANDSCAPING, BUT THERE'S NOT A FIRM FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND THIS WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, SO THE TWO PARKS THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY WOULD BE MAINTAINED OUT OF THAT TERS
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FUND.UH, IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT TRUST FUND FOR THAT? THERE, THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY IN THERE IF THE TOURIST BOARD ALLOCATES A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT WITH, WITH CERTAIN PROFITS.
THAT IS OUR INTENTION AS WELL IS TO HAVE THE TERMS MAINTAINED BOTH OF THOSE PARKS.
SO WE, WE WERE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND COULD OR COULD NOT, UH, APPARENTLY CAN NOT.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE AN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THE MARY CATTLE HEARTS AND PARK IS GOING TO BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT COMING OUT TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND DO WE HAVE AN AMOUNT? UH, NOT YET.
THE RFP, ONCE WE SELECT A VENDOR, WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A GIN ITEM NUMBER 18, SECOND, MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MYPROTEIN COACHES THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
[19.
(First Reading) Approve an Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, Authorizing and Approving Exchanges and Conveyances of Land with the Alexander Family Trust, By and Through Mary Jane Alexander as the Director of Mary Jane Alexander GP, the General Partner of BJ - MJ Alexander, LTD.; Making Findings of Fact; and Providing for Related Matters; and Repealing Ordinance No. 1154 in its entirety. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer
]UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19.FIRST READING APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING EXCHANGES AND CONVEYANCES OF LAND WITH THE ALEXANDER FAMILY TRUST BY AND THROUGH MARY JANE ALEXANDER IS THE DIRECTOR OF MARY JANE ALEXANDER GP, THE GENERAL PARTNER OF BJ, M J ALEXANDER, ET CETERA.
UH, MR. BARBARA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER COUNCIL.
IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE WENT THROUGH THIS SAME TYPE OF ORDINANCE AND THERE WAS THIS, UH, ERROR MADE IN THE SURVEYING.
SO WE GONE BACK AND CORRECTED THAT, UH, ACTUALLY THE, UH, TRADE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE ALEXANDERS ALMOST BROKE EVEN.
SO IT WAS MUCH BETTER, A BETTER DEAL FOR US.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD IMPROVE THAT, UH, TRADE WITH THE ALEXANDERS.
UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER FORESCOUT UM, WHEN I WAS READING THE ORDINANCE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A SWAP, UM, FOR SOME LAND.
AND THEN WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LAND, IT WAS ALL LIKE ANY GPS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SWAP WITH THESE PEOPLE WITH, UM, IS IT THE ALEXANDERS THAT WE'RE DOING? SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TAKING, WHAT ARE WE GIVING WE'RE GIVING THE EXISTING ROADWAY TO THEM? THAT ROAD WAS, THERE WAS NO WAY TO IDENTIFY ANY DEEDS THAT WERE RECORDED FOR THAT PARTICULAR ROAD BY PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS.
WE JUST, UH, THE CITY EVENTUALLY TOOK OVER THE ROAD WITH COUNTY ACTUALLY.
AND AS WE, UH, ANNEX, WE GOT THE ROAD, SO WE'RE GIVING THEM THE ROAD BACK AND THEY'RE GIVING US THAT STRAIGHT.
THE CONNECTION BACK TO THE, UH, MAKE THE, UH, UH, REGULAR INTERSECTION IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MOTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 19.
TO MOVE BY CUSTOMER AND FLOORS.
KALE SECONDED BY COUNCILOR RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY IS? UH, MR. BARBARA, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, WAS A FAMILY.
WITH THE AGREEMENT ON THIS, OR DID IT SEEM LIKE HE WAS STARTING TO, WAS THE RELATION ON THIS? THE SWAB, UH, MR. ALEXANDER HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE WE WERE LITERALLY TAKING ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF FEET ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND SO HE SAID, WELL, IF YOU TAKE AND HALF EIGHT AND A HALF FEET, I WANT EIGHT AND A HALF FEET ON THE EAST SIDE BACK AND EXPLAIN IT.
THERE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE, UH, THE ALIGNMENT OF THAT GEOMETRY THAT WE HAD THERE.
I MET WITH THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES OUT IN THE FIELD.
WE LOOKED AT IT, UH, THEY HAD FLAGS, SO HE COULD SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS BEING TAKEN AND WHAT WAS BEING SWITCHED OR TRADED OUT.
AND A HEALER ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'LL HAVE TO SCREAM AT BEING IN PLACE TO FINISH OUT THE WATER LINE SO WE COULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AND I'LL SENT HIM AN EMAIL THIS MORNING TELLING HIM IT WAS OKAY.
SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR FAMILY WAS OKAY WITH IT.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE, WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD.
MR. ALEXANDER WAS DEVON ALEXANDER.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS BEING FINALLY PASSED? SEEING NONE? IT IS FINALLY PASSED,
[20.
A Resolution of the City of Kyle, Texas, accepting the petition for annexation of approximately 102.1599 acres, located at the north corner of SH-21 & E FM 150, more or less, of land located in Hays County, Texas; setting an annexation schedule; providing for open meetings and other related matters. (FM Rd 812, LLC - ANNX-21-0013) ~ James R. Earp, Assistant City Manager
]UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20 OR A APPROVAL RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS ACCEPTING THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 102 ACRES LOCATED AT THE NORTH CORNER OF HIGHWAY 21 AND EAST FM ONE 50.MR. MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JAMES HERB, I AM FILLING IN FOR WILL TONIGHT WHO HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND HAD TO TRAVEL FOR A FUNERAL.
SO IF YOU WILL GRANT ME GRACE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
BUT THAT SAID, UH, TONIGHT EFFECTIVELY, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE ANNEXATION RELATED.
UM, ONE OF THESE TWO ITEMS HAD A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN LIEU OF ANNEXATION IN PLACE OVER THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
UH, THERE'S A PARCEL THAT'S ON THE CARD
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CORNER OF 21 AND ONE 50 THAT IS, UH, WANTING TO, TO BUY THAT PARCEL FROM THE BIGGER PIECE, WHICH THEN TRIGGERS THE ANNEXATION PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT.I BELIEVE THAT 17 ACRES IS BEING BOUGHT BY A, UH, A SUPERMARKET COMPANY.
UM, THAT'S LOOKING TO PUT A GROCERY PLACE THERE.
UH, WATER IS COUNTY LINE THERE'S CURRENTLY NO WASTEWATER.
SO THE WASTEWATER WOULD BE SERVICED BY A SEPTIC UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THERE IS CITY AVAILABILITY FOR US TO PROVIDE SEWER OR FOR, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE SEWER PROVIDER TO PROVIDE SEWER TO THAT AREA.
UM, THIS, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNEXATION PETITION, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT'S A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
AND, UH, THIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE PETITION IS, IS ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC NOTICES AND THE HEARINGS THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED IN JANUARY.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
UM, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BRING, UH, IS IT JDS MEETS MARKET OVER TO THE EAST SIDE? UM, LET ME SEE IF THAT'S IN THE THERE'S CERTAINLY IT WAS THE SKILLS TOO.
IT WAS, I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER THAT IT SAYS THAT SPECIFICALLY I'M IN THE STAFF MEMO AND IT'S JDS MARKET IS THE WAY IT'S LISTED FOR ME.
IT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS FOR ANYONE TO BE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE WE ARE A FOOD DESERT ON THAT SIDE.
SO ANYTHING OVER THERE IS GOING TO BE APPRECIATED.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS CUSTOMERS? I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE, UH, ACTION ITEM NUMBER 22ND.
IT'S MOVED BY COUNCILMAN RIZZO, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER TOBIA SINCE THEIR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
[21.
A Resolution of the City of Kyle, Texas, accepting the petition for annexation of 201.377 acres, located at 1899 Six Creeks Blvd., more of less, of land located in Hays County, Texas; setting an annexation schedule; providing for open meetings and other related matters. (Blanco River Ranch Properties, LP - ANNX-21-0014) ~ James R. Earp, Assistant City Manager
]UH, AGENDA.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS ACCEPTING THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF 201.377 ACRES LOCATED 18 99, 6 CREEKS BOULEVARD.
MORE OR LESS LAND LOCATED HAYES COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, SETTING THE ANNEXATION SCHEDULE, UH, ET CETERA, MR. YEAH.
MAYOR COUNCIL AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, JAMES EARP, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
THIS AUTUMN THAT IS BEFORE YOU, UH, IS A, A SECOND PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE BIGGER BUNCO RIVER RANCH PROPERTY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, ACROSS THE S UH, SIX CREEKS BOULEVARD FROM THE CURRENT SIX CREEKS AND THE HAND TO MCGEE PROJECT.
IT'S A 201 ACRE PARCEL, UH, THAT IS, UH, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH STAFF LOOKING TO VOLUNTARILY ANNEX.
THIS IS NOT IN AN AGREEMENT, UH, IN LIEU OF ANNEXATION, THEIR REQUESTING ANNEXATION AS A PART OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATION PACKAGE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UM, SOME FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO GET THEM INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, THAT DA SHOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER 16TH.
UH, I BELIEVE PAGE AND, UH, AMBER AND MR. SELLERS WILL BE PRESENTING THAT, UM, THIS ALSO LIKE THE OTHER ONE SETS THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE AND BEGINS THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION PETITION BY ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN THAT IS AN INTERN ESTABLISHING THE SCHEDULE AND BEGINNING THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
IS THERE ANYONE HAVING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MAYOR MOTION TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 21 SECOND.
IT'S MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNSELOR TOBY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[22.
(Second Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 41 (Subdivisions) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of modifying Section 41-136 - Lots and Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of modifying Section 53-143 - Site Development Regulations (Townhomes); Authorizing the City Secretary to amend the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances so as to reflect this change; providing for publication and effective date; providing for severability; and ordaining other provisions related to the subject matter hereof; finding and determining that the meeting at which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law. ~ James R. Earp, Assistant City Manager
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval.
City Council voted 7-0 to approve on first reading, and to bring back amendments as directed.]UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 SECOND.
READING AND ORDINANCE MEANING CHAPTER 41, UH, SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MODIFYING, UH, UH, SECTION 41 DASH 1 36, LOTS AND CHAPTER 53.
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE, JAMES? SO THIS IS THE, THOSE ARE THE HARDEST ONES BECAUSE I KNOW I HATE THAT TOO.
THEY HAVE THIS HUGE PARAGRAPH, THE, TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT THE MAYOR HAS TO READ EVERYTHING INTO THE RECORD AS THE HEADING.
YOU CAN SIMPLY JUST OPEN THE ITEMS. SO THERE YOU GO.
WELL, I TRY TO READ SUBSTANTIALLY THE ITEM SO THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
SO THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS AFTER TALKING TO WILL IS, UM, IF YOU WILL RECALL ON FIRST READING OF THE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE AMENDED AND CHANGED.
SO HE HAS MADE THOSE AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES, AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT BACK ON SECOND READING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ENDORSE AND ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES.
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BUT THE BIGGEST ONE, I THINK, WAS THE, UH, MAINTENANCE OF THE UTILITY LOT TO BE THE RESPONSIBLE, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.SO THAT IS NOW CHANGED IN THE CODE AND THE RE IN THE SUGGESTED CODE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF 41 DASH 1 36.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, RED LINES THAT ARE IN THE CODE FROM THE LAST TIME TOO.
AND THEN THERE IS THE, UH, THE CHANGE ALSO THAT'S INCLUDED FOR THE TOWNHOMES, WHICH IS, UH, THAT THE, THE, IT WAS CHANGING THE GARAGE SIZES.
AND THEN THIS ALLOWS FOR THE ENTRY TO BE AT THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE ATTACHED OR DETACHED WITH THE GARAGE OR COVERED PARKING OPENING FACING THE SIDE OR REAR PROPERTY LINE.
IF DETACHED THE GARAGE RECOVER PARKING WILL FOLLOW THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OF SECTION 53 DASH 53 DASH 33, REGARDLESS OF SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHAT THAT DOES IS EFFECTIVELY ALLOW FOR, UM, COVERED PARKING IN LIEU OF SOME GARAGES FOR TOWNHOMES.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? JUST A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 22 MAYOR.
IT'S MOVED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLOORS, KALES, OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
I THINK IT WAS WORTH WORTHWHILE FOR US TO SPEND A LECTURE, TOM, AND NAIL THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[23. Agreement for Public Improvement District (PID) and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Creation and Administration Services with P3Works, LLC. ~ Paige Saenz, City Attorney]
ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, 23 AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN TEXAS, UH, INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE CREATION AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES WITH T3 WORKS.THIS AGENDA ITEM IS RELATED TO THE PROJECT DESCRIBED WITH NUMBER 21, THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE 201 ACRES.
UH, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD ENGAGE P THREE WORK SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO ANALYZE THE PIT AND THE TERMS AND ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON THE, THE NUMBERS AND FINANCIALS BEHIND THAT.
SO YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS RELATED TO THE DOCUMENT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO APPROVE UNDERSTOOD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SONS COMMENTS? UH, I THINK T3 WORKS AND, UH, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, OBVIOUSLY THEIR, THEIR COMPANY'S GROWING BECAUSE PIDS ARE GROWING THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THEY'VE BEEN OUR GO-TO.
OUR PIT PIT POLICY ARE BACK ON AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM EVER, WHICH IS THE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FROM CERTAIN GROUPS LIKE PIT ADMINISTRATORS.
SO THAT'S MEANT TO BE A COMPLIMENT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE? OKAY.
WHICH IS THIS, THIS IS FOR A SPECIFIC PIT, THE ENTERS THAT WE WANT TO DO, UH, THIS IS RELATED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN REFERRING TO IS TERS NUMBER FIVE.
UM, SAVANNAH RANCHES, THE KIND OF THE WORKING TITLE OF THE PROJECT, THOSE CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME.
LIKE WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHY ARE WE HIRING SOMEBODY TO DO, TO CREATE AN IN TO THE ADMINISTRATION PART IF WE HAVEN'T? IS THAT TYPICALLY WHAT, SO YOU HAVE P THREE IS YOUR PIT ADMINISTRATOR FOR ALL THE PIDS THAT THE CITY HAS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE PRIOR TO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PID.
BUT I KNOW THEY'VE GONE TO A MODEL WHERE THEY APPROVE A PIT AGREEMENT FOR EACH PID PID SERVICES AGREEMENT, BECAUSE THEIR FEES FOR ADMINISTERING THE PIT OVER THE LIFE OF THAT PAID ARE PAID OUT OF THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
SO THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC AGREEMENT FOR EACH PIT.
IF YOU DO NOT CREATE THE PIT, IF THE PROJECT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION, THEN THAT PART WOULD NOT BE AN EFFECT.
YOU CAN TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT WITH 60 DAYS NOTICE, BUT THEIR SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY AND TO ANALYZE THE PROPOSALS THAT COME BEFORE YOU.
SO IF WE CANCEL THIS IN 61 DAYS, WHAT HAPPENS THEN YOU PAY THEM THROUGH THE END OF THE AGREEMENT, THROUGH THEIR SERVICES OR THE END OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THEN GO ON FROM THERE.
IF THE PIDS ALREADY BEEN CREATED, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO BE READY TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE LINED UP TO ADMINISTER THE PITS BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY SPECIALIZED SERVICE AND YOU'D WANT TO HAVE A SPECIALIZED PERSON HANDLING THAT OR COMPANY.
SO I GUESS, UH, JUST TO CONFIRM, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TERS AND THE PID READY TO GO WITHIN THE 60 DAY.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE.
UH, THIS THE 60 DAY IS A TERMINATION CLAUSE.
YOU CAN TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT WITH P THREE WORKS WITH 60 DAYS.
NOTICE IF YOU DON'T PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT AND CREATING THE PID AND THE CREATING BITTERS.
OR WOULD IT BE OKAY TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM AND DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY.
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THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN OKAY THOUGH.IS THERE ANY RIGHT? IS THERE ANY, I WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO, UH, WAITING? WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS AT THE END, SO WE CAN JUST MOVE ON AND BRING IT BACK LATER.
[24.
Approval of Change Order No. 1 to KOMPAN, INC., Austin, TX, in an additional amount of $12,462.00 increasing the total contract amount not to exceed $287,070.35 due to an increase in price of rubberized surface material to be installed for the La Verde Park playground. ~ David Harding, AGCM Project Manager
][25.
Approval of contingency increase for the Heroes Memorial Park, in an additional amount of $424,351.60 increasing the total contract award to CADENCE MCSHANE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC, AUSTIN, TX, in an amount not to exceed $8,745,000.00 for the purpose of future construction scope changes. ~ David Harding, AGCM Project Manager
][26.
Approval of contingency increase for the La Verde Park, in an additional amount of $245,750.00 increasing the total contract award to STODDARD ENTERPRISE LLC, SPRING BRANCH, TX, in an amount not to exceed $5,160,750.00 for the purpose of future construction scope changes. ~ David Harding, AGCM Project Manager
]ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24, UH, APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER, NUMBER ONE, UH, ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP, UH, IT WAS PLANNING ON BRINGING THEM UP ALTOGETHER SO YOU CAN DISCUSS THEM ALL TOGETHER.
UM, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO, UH, OUR BRICK AND MORTAR DISTRICT PARKS, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24 APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, A TO COTTMAN INC AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $12,462, UH, INCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 287,000, UH, FOR A RUBBERIZED SURFACE MATERIAL TO BE INSTALLED AT LIBERTY PARK.
UH, AND THEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 IS APPROVAL OF CONTINGENCY INCREASED FOR H AND P AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 424,000, UH, INCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, TO NOT EXCEED $8,745,000 FOR, UH, HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK.
AND THEN, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26 APPROVAL OF CONTINGENCY INCREASE FOR LAVERDE PARK AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $245,750 INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AWARD TO STODDARD, UH, ENTERPRISES, LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5 MILLION, $160,750.
THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING IN ON THIS ONE.
UM, WE HAVE, SO THE FIRST ITEM I'LL COME IN ON COMPOUND, UH, THE CONTRACT THAT THE CITY ORIGINALLY HAD WITH, UH, COMPENDING TO INSTALL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT LIBERTY PARK, UH, BASICALLY THE CONTRACT WAS FOR THEM TO, THEY LOCKED IN A PRICE TO INSTALL WITHIN THE YEAR 2021.
WE ARE NOW PUSHING OUR INSTALL BECAUSE OF THE DELAYED START TO THAT PROJECT.
THE INSTALL WILL BE DELAYED TO 2022.
COMBAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO THE POSITIVE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS HERE IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOCK IN ALL THEIR PRICING, UH, CONTINUED INTO 2022.
THE ONLY ITEM THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO LOCK IN WAS THIS RUBBERIZED SURFACE MATERIAL.
IT'S A, IT'S BASICALLY A POURED IN PLACE, RUBBERIZED SURFACE THAT GOES INTO THE PLAYGROUND AND THE KIDS GET TO WALK ON, PLAY ON, AND IT'S JUST DUE TO THE INCREASE OF THE COST OF RUBBER, UM, THAT IS LARGELY BEEN IMPACTED DUE TO COVID.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THIS WAS THE ONLY ITEM THAT KIND OF POPPED UP WITH THAT CONTRACT PUSHING.
UM, AND THEN CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND IF IT'S OKAY, JUST TO EXPLAIN THE OTHER TWO OF US.
SO THE CONTINGENCIES, UM, REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS NOT TO OVERSIMPLIFY IT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO APPROVE A INDUSTRY STANDARD PERCENTAGE POT OF MONEY PER PARK TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNKNOWNS OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, INDUSTRY STANDARD IS 5%, FIVE TO 10% OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PROPOSING 5% ON BOTH THESE PARKS, UH, TO ENCAPSULATE ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGE ORDERS THAT ARE COMING UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.
AND, AND DOWN THE LINE, THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED.
SO THESE ARE NOT NUMBERS THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO SPEND, BUT THE GOAL HERE IS THAT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS FOR CHANGE ORDERS TO HAVE TO BE PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL, EVERY TIME THEY ARISE, WHICH IN TURN PUSHES OUT DATES, WHICH IN TURN KIND OF IT SORT OF RESULTS IN MORE CHANGE ORDERS.
WE HAVE EXTENDED GENERAL CONDITIONS.
UM, EVEN AS WE SIT CURRENTLY, UH, THERE IS A SPECIFIC CHANGE THAT IS HOLDING UP LIBERTY PARK.
AND SO ANYWAY, WE JUST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS ON A MORE LOCAL LEVEL, RATHER THAN BRINGING THEM COUNCIL EVERY SINGLE TIME, UM, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO OKAY.
UH, I THINK YOU'LL GET SOME QUESTIONS HERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? FIRST OF ALL, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, BOUNCY SURFACE ON A GENERIC 24.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS CAT CAPTURED COUNCIL, YET EVERY TIME WE TOUR THE, UH, PARK DOWNTOWN, WE'RE ALL MAKING OUR WAY THAT WAY JUST TO HOP ON OUR WAY DOWN TO THE PLAY AREA.
SO I THINK THEY'VE CAUGHT US ALL BEING KIDS THERE.
DEFINITELY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE ORDERS.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE GETTING SOME AND BRING THIS BACK AND FORTH AS TSM AND IT SLOWS DOWN THE PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE GET UPDATES, UH, TIMELY UPDATES ON WHAT THOSE CHANGE ORDERS ARE.
SO THAT WAY COUNCIL HAS A, AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE CHANGE ORDERS ARE IN REAL TIME.
WE CAN ACTUALLY START LOOPING.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE SEND OUT, UM, EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES, UH, FOR THE, FOR EACH PARK, BUT WE BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO INCLUDE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THOSE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ENCAPSULATE EVERYTHING JUST FROM PROJECT UPDATES AND PHOTOS TO CHANGE ORDERS, UM, IN PROGRESS OR APPROVED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, HIGH LEVEL ABOUT EACH PROJECT WE CAPTURE IN THESE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORTS THAT WE SEND OUT MONTHLY.
SO BE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO INCLUDE ALL Y'ALL ON THOSE AS WELL.
AND THEN JUST KEEPING THE PROJECT GOING ON SCHEDULE.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING, I I'M WILLING TO APPROVE THIS IS TO KEEP THAT PROJECT.
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BOTH THOSE PROJECTS COLIN'S SCHEDULE LOVE HER TO THE PARK AND THE HERO'S MEMORIAL IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SPECIFIC KYLE.SO KEEPING THOSE ON SCHEDULE B.
UM, I I'M AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 24, UM, UM, AS W AS WELL, AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY UP TO THE, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IN THAT PARK.
UM, THE CONTINGENCY ITEMS OF 25 AND 26, YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFYING POINT, UH, HERE FOR MR. HARDEN.
SO WHEN THESE, UM, BUDGETS FOR THESE TWO PARKS WERE PUT TOGETHER, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS STANDARD BEING BETWEEN FIVE AND 10%.
THESE BUDGETS WERE PUT TOGETHER SINCE THEY WENT OUT THAT, THAT CONTINGENCY.
AND JUST BRINGING THAT UP AND YOU CAN AFFIRM THIS FOR ME, IS THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAD PUT IN, IN THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY.
AND NOW THIS IS MORE CONTINGENCY.
THIS IS PUTTING IN THE CONTINGENCY FOR THE PROJECT THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FROM THE YES.
TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
SO ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENED INITIALLY TO GET THESE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND? WE WERE ENGAGED IN A VALUE ENGINEERING PROCESS, AND ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS IN TERMS OF LNG AND VALUE ENGINEERING, A LOT OF TIMES IS TO, UH, CUT AWAY AT THE CONTINGENCY RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WE ALSO ENGAGE A NUMBER OF, UH, ACTUAL VALUE ENGINEERING ITEMS. UM, I'VE COME BEFORE YOU ALL BEFORE, AND WE'VE KIND OF PUT SOME OF THOSE BACK IN WE'VE MAINTAINED SOME OF THOSE.
UM, BUT YES, OVERALL, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING HERE IS ESSENTIALLY JUST MEETING AN INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR CONTINGENCY ON BOTH THESE PROJECTS.
AND THAT'S IT, THAT'S A BIG CLARIFYING PIECE, I THINK.
UH, BUT YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE TO GET THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE MONTHLY UPDATES, PERMISSION HAVE ALREADY BEEN GETTING THOSE, BUT, UH, GOING FORWARD.
UM, WHAT DOES A DELAY LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING? SURE.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME BY WAY OF EXTENDED GENERAL CONDITIONS.
SO EXTENDED GENERAL CONDITIONS ARE, IF A PROJECT GETS PUSHED A MONTH, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT, IT GETS PUSHED OUT A MONTH ON THE END OF THE PROJECT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER MONTH OF TRAILER, POWER, WATER, UM, ADMINISTRATION ON THE PROJECT SITE BY WAY OF A SUPERINTENDENT, PROJECT MANAGER, UM, COSTS LIKE THAT.
AND THOSE COSTS CAN GET PRICEY OVER THE COURSE OF AN ENTIRE MONTH.
UM, SO WE REALLY TRY TO MITIGATE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO APPROVALS OF THINGS LIKE SOME MIDDLES, UH, REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION CHANGE ORDERS.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS, IS LITERALLY HAVE A CHANGE ORDER RESULT OF CHANGE ORDER PROCESS RESULT IN ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER, WHICH CAN'T HAPPEN.
UM, AND WE TRY TO MITIGATE THAT, BUT, UH, THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY DO THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
AND, UH, AND IN THIS CASE, A BIG ENOUGH POT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THOUGH, EVERY SINGLE CHANGE ORDER THAT COMES ACROSS MY DESK GETS VETTED THROUGH ME, THE ENTIRE DESIGN TEAM, UM, THROUGH AN RFI PROCESS, WE CHECK SOME MIDDLES.
I MEAN, THESE ARE, WE DON'T JUST FLIPPANTLY APPROVED CHANGES WHEN THEY COME ACROSS.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE MISCONSTRUED AS YOU GIVE US MONEY.
AND EVERY TIME WE HIT, WE GET A CHANGE ORDER.
IT GETS, WE JUST SPEND THE MONEY.
UH, IN FACT, PROBABLY 75% OF THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT COME ACROSS MY DESK.
WE END UP RENEGOTIATING BACK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND GETTING THOSE DOWN, UM, FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
SO JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THESE THINGS.
UM, THE POTTY MONEY IS THERE FOR A REASON, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE USE IT SPARINGLY.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY PRICES GO UP, BUT WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO RESIDENTS.
SO I GET REALLY HESITANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING, YOU KNOW, $424,000.
UM, SO, SO MY QUESTION IS WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE FIRST AND THIRD, TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT TO MAX, MAYBE THREE WEEKS, CERTAIN, CERTAIN MONTHS.
SO DOES A PRICE REALLY? AND IT MIGHT, I'M JUST ASKING THIS I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SARCASTIC.
DOES THE PRICE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY GO UP IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO WHERE IT'S LIKE, HMM, WE GOTTA GO AHEAD AND PUT MONEY IN THIS FUND, WHICH I KNOW IS ALREADY IN CONTRACTS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN YOURS.
IS IT, IS IT THAT BIG? LIKE, IS IT A BIG DEAL? IS IT GONNA GO UP LIKE SIGNIFICANTLY? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT LIKE MATERIAL COST INCREASES CONCERNING ITEM NUMBER 25? SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CHANGE ORDER AND THEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, THE COUNCIL WILL EITHER MEET UP ON THE FIRST OR THE THIRD.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT BETWEEN TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST SAYING YES TO YOU RIGHT NOW, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING YOU WAIT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT PRICE GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN BETWEEN THAT TIME IS, IS WHAT? OH, GOTCHA.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT LIKE, I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THAT IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WHEN WE PUSH OUT A CHANGE TWO TO THREE WEEKS, WE PUSH OUT A SCHEDULE TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
AND IF WE PUT OUT, PUSH OUT SPECIFIC
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PORTIONS OF A SCHEDULE CONSIDERED TO BE CRITICAL, UH, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL PATH ELEMENTS OF A SCHEDULE, WE PUSH OUT THE FINAL COMPLETION DATE.WE PUSH OUT EXTENDED GENERAL CONDITIONS THAT IS SEPARATE FROM, UH, FROM MATERIAL COST INCREASES.
LIKE THE RUBBERIZED SURFACE MATERIAL FOR INSTANCE, HAS BEEN TRACKED FOR A LONG TIME.
THAT'S JUST DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE MANUFACTURING OF RUBBERIZED, GLUTEN, YOU KNOW, LATEX GLOVES FOR COVID.
UM, ACTUALLY A LOT OF COVID, YOU KNOW, TYPE GADGETS THAT ARE BUILT OUT OF RUBBER.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S DUE TO THAT COST INCREASE, THE ACTUAL COST INCREASE FOR CHANGE ORDERS, MOSTLY CHANGE ORDERS, ACTUALLY AREN'T DUE TO MATERIAL COSTS, INCREASE THEY'RE DUE TO DESIGN DISCREPANCIES, UM, UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN, UM, I READ THERE WAS A DELAY IN THIS PARK.
THE COMPLETION DATE WAS TO BE THE END OF THIS HERE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.
SO CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHY? UH, YEAH, SO, AND ACTUALLY I WAS, I WAS, WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN THIS, ONE OF THE HEROES KIND OF KICKED OFF RIGHT AWAY.
LAVERDE GOT DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT, AND INTERESTINGLY, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAUSED US TO BLOW OUT OUR CONTINGENCY OR GET VERY CLOSE TO OUR CONTINGENCY CEILING RIGHT AWAY WAS, UH, WE WERE ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO ACCESS AND SEE IF YOU CAN TRACK ME HERE DELIVERED A UPTOWN CENTRAL PARK VIA, UH, WHAT IS NOW BURNHAM ROAD, UH, WAS NOT PAVED YET.
AND IT WAS BEING USED BY THE SKYDECK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO OAT TO DO THE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS THAT ARE RIGHT ADJACENT TO THAT.
AND SO INITIALLY THEIR CONTRACTOR WAS PLANNING ON UTILIZING, UTILIZING THAT ROAD, UH, SKY BACK.
AND MOE MARK DID NOT WANT US TO UTILIZE THAT ROAD BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING READY TO PAVE IT.
AND THEY DID NOT WANT US TO BE DRIVING ON A NEWLY PAVED ROAD BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE GETTING APPROVALS FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
WHAT I ENDED UP THROUGH A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS, WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IN, IN, IN A, IN A ROBUST EFFORT FOR US TO REALLY GET NOTICED, TO PROCEED ON THAT PROJECT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUSH OUT OUR COMPLETION DATE, WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS SORT OF BROKERING A DEAL WITH MO MARK TO HAVE A SEPARATE ACCESS CUT OUT AND TO THE PARK, UH, THAT COSTS MONEY.
IT WAS NOT IN THE CONTRACTOR SCOPE INITIALLY TO DO UNFORTUNATELY.
AND SO WE HAD TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS SORT OF THE METHOD THAT WORKED FOR ALL PARTIES.
UH, WE WERE, THE CITY DIDN'T OWN THAT LAND.
SO WE HAD TO GET, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO PUT, UM, UH, GET CONVEYANCE AND GET EASEMENTS IN PLACE AND CONTRACTS IN PLACE SO THAT SOLDER COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LAND AND, AND BUILD THAT ROAD.
AND SO THAT KIND OF PUSHED OUT OUR NTP BECAUSE WE JUST COULDN'T GET TO THE PARK TO START CONSTRUCTION.
AND I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR EITHER LEON OR SCOTT, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM A PEREZ.
I WAS WAITING FOR LEANNE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, I'M PERVEZ, MY CITY'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UH, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE AGENDA ITEMS, 24, 25 AND 26, IT WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR MOTION, UH, FOR STAFF GIVING STAFF DIRECTION TO COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING WILL BE FROM GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE TERRORS FOR TWO OUT OF THREE.
ONE OF THEM WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED BY THE TOUR'S ALL THREE WILL BE.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR ANSWERS.
UM, I DON'T ASK THESE JUST TO, TO SEEM HOWEVER PEOPLE TAKE ME, BUT I WANT TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS I CAN.
AND SO WE CAN ONLY DO THAT BY ASKING QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I MEAN, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ANSWER EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, I GET IT.
IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO THROW IT.
AND THEN JUST, JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF IMPROVE THAT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DUE DILIGENCE IS, IS GOOD.
UH, THE MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS, 24, 25, 26, I ON TOP OF THAT, GIVING STAFF A DIRECTION TO AMEND THE BUDGET AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AS WELL.
UH, APPROVED BY, UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO, UH, APPROVED GENETICS 24, 25 AND 26 BY CUSTOMER RIZZO, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLORES, KALE.
IN ADDITION TO HAVE TO DIRECT STAFF BRING BACK A BUDGET AMENDMENT RELATED TO THESE ITEMS IS THIRD DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION CUSTOMER.
UM, I HEAR BOTH SIDES, CASPER RIZO.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, UH, SO ON OR LOOK AT IT FROM A, OUR SCALE.
WHEN WE SEE ALL THESE APPROVAL TO INCREASE HERE, INCREASE THERE, INCREASE THERE.
IT DOES RAISE QUESTIONS AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, IT, WE GET THE EMAILS, WE GET THE CALLS.
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THAT THERE'S PRODUCT SHORTAGE OUT THERE.WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS LABOR ISSUES GOING ON.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND FROM A GROUND LEVEL, IF THE WRONG CONCRETE WAS POURED AND YOU'VE GOT TO REDO IT AGAIN, OR A TRUCK WAS DAMAGED OR WHATEVER THOSE COSTS COME INTO PLAY OR THE WRONG MIX SO FORTH.
UH, IT JUST GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE APPROVE THESE THINGS A YEAR AGO, AND THEN WE'RE SEEING THE INCREASE, THE INCREASE IN ANOTHER CHANGE ORDER, IT DOES BEGIN TO RAISE A LOT OF RED FLAGS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN BUDGET.
YES, IT IS GOING TO COME BACK ON THE TERMS. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT GENERAL FUND.
IT WILL GET REIMBURSED, BUT AGAIN, SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY FOR IT UP FRONT.
CAN I JUST SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY? I JUST, I, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND MORE.
UM, I JUST DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE CONTINGENCIES, THESE ARE THESE 5% ARE REALLY, I MEAN, TRULY IT'S AN INDUSTRY STANDARD ACROSS, AND IT KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS, AND I WON'T GO ON TOO LONG HERE, BUT IF YOU'VE EVER GONE TO HOME DEPOT TO BUILD SOMETHING IN YOUR HOUSE OR DIY SOMETHING OR HIRED SOMEBODY TO REMODEL YOUR KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BUDGET OF $5,000, YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY SIX.
UM, THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING TO COME UP, THAT SOMETHING UNFORESEEN IS GOING TO POP UP.
THIS STUFF HAPPENS AND EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER, YOU KNOW, A $10 MILLION PARK, A $5 MILLION PARK.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE BUILD THESE IN.
UM, IT JUST, IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT.
AND IT REALLY, FROM AN OPTIC STANDPOINT, THE GOAL HERE WAS I, I JUST, I, I DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT HAVING TO COME TO YOU GUYS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAD TO CHANGE OVER THE INITIAL CONTINGENCY CONTINGENCY THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU BACK AND BACK AND BACK AND BACK OVER TIME.
I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT JUST CREATES AN EVEN WORSE OPTICS THAN, THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO ASK FOR.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN THIS TRULY AND YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE VET ALL OF THESE THINGS APPROPRIATELY AND, AND SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY.
I PROMISE YOU THAT HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS, BUT I, I, UH, THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE VOTE TO GET THE CONTINGENCY BACK TO 5%.
I DON'T THINK THIS VOTE IS WRONG, OR YOUR REQUEST IS WRONG.
UH, THAT THE CHALLENGE I HAVE IS GOING BACK TO WHEN WE VALUE ENGINEERED AND REMOVE THE CONTINGENCY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO THAT WAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF HECM THERE AS WELL.
AND SO, BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT I FELT KIND OF LIKE WHIPSAWED FROM THINKING I WAS SAVING MONEY AND THEN REALIZING WHAT I WAS REALLY CUTTING WAS AIR THAT WE ARE A CUSHION THAT WE REALLY NEEDED, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT CUTTING OUR CUSHION WAS EVER REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BILLS OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE PUT FORWARD FOR THESE ITEMS. AND SO IF BY TRYING TO SAVE MONEY ON THOSE IN ORDER TO THINK THAT WE WERE WITHIN A CERTAIN SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THEN COMING BACK LATER AND THEN PUTTING THAT MONEY BACK IN IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, UH, TO ME.
BUT, UH, I DO NOT WANT TO DELAY THE PROJECT ON THE BASIS OF NOT HAVING A 5% CONTINGENCY WAS, WHICH IS A VERY, UH, REASONABLE, UH, AMOUNT.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT REASON AS WELL, OBVIOUSLY I WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS ALSO, BUT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONTINGENCY IS ON THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE OVER PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IN PARTICULAR, THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, THERE WAS A TENDENCY, THERE ARE SEVERAL CONTINGENCIES ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S IN SOMETHING IN THE AMOUNT OF 602,000 PER POT, AND THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE POTS.
UH, I CAN, I CAN PULL IT UP ON MY PHONE AND PUT IT THERE.
WELL, I DON'T REMEMBER US GOING THROUGH THE VALUE ENGINEERING EXERCISE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER THAT WE DID ON THESE TWO PRODUCTS IN PARTICULAR.
I DON'T THINK WE DID IT ON MARY CALL HARTSON EITHER.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE OVER AND IT, MATT, I DON'T KNOW IF PREVAILS OR ANYONE HAS SOME THOUGHTS AND IT CAN BE AN EMAIL LATER, BUT JUST LETTING US KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
IF WE VALUE ENGINEERED BY SAYING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE INCREASES IN PRICES AND REDUCE THE SCOPE ON ANY OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VIABLE PATH FOR US.
SO, UM, UH, THE OTHER, THE, THE OTHER LAST THING IS WHO, WHO IS THE FINAL SAY ON, UH, A CHANGE ORDER AS IT RELATES TO THERE'LL BE A SAFE PILE.
SO I TYPICALLY, WHAT I DO IS I ENGAGE WITH JEFF PREDO DIRECTLY, UM, WHO IS THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, AND, AND HE, AND I WILL AGREE ANYTHING ABOVE THE CONTINGENCY CEILING.
HE HAS TO OBVIOUSLY DEFER BACK TO COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
SO 600,000 ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IS 2% ROUGHLY.
THEN I GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
I THINK IT'S A $31 MILLION TOTAL, THERE'S THREE POTS, RIGHT? THREE SEPARATE POTS AT 600,000 A PIECE.
SO WE'RE THERE AND THAT, AND THAT ONE WAS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT VERSUS A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL HERE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN, IN WHY WE SORT OF, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I, YOU KNOW, I ANYWAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.UM, WELL WE'RE, I WAS HOPING TO STOP US AT NINE FOR A 10 MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SEVERAL HOURS TO GO AND WE'RE AT OUR NUMBER FOUR.
UM, ANY OBJECTIONS TO TAKING THIS AS A OPPORTUNITY FOR A 10 MINUTE BREAK? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO IT.
UH, COME BACK AT NINE 20 ON THE DOT AND GOBLET, UH, IT'S NINE TWENTY TWO.
I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER
[27. Arts Commission Update. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27 ARTS COMMISSION UPDATE CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.UM, SO IS PAUL HERE? OH, SORRY.
SO I WAS BRINGING THIS BACK WITH THE HOPES I'M BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON IT TODAY BECAUSE I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHAT, WHY WE HAVEN'T ALREADY VOTED ON THIS.
AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE AWARE OF THE DELAY OR THE REASON.
UM, I FEEL LIKE WE WERE ON A GOOD ROAD TO GETTING THIS DONE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ART COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE ART COMMISSION.
AND BY CUSTOMER ELLISON, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COMES FROM THE RIZZO? W I'LL GIVE YOU THE 4, 4, 6? WELL, I, I SECONDARY, CAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT WE APPROVE BECAUSE, UH, I DID SEE YOU PROVIDED THE BACKUP MATERIAL, WHAT WE LEFT OFF FROM LAST TIME, BUT WE'RE STILL IN LIMBO FROM WHAT WE HAVE FROM LAST TIME.
SO, UM, I SECOND IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR, UH, UH, PROPOSING THAT WE APPROVE TONIGHT.
UM, WELL I THOUGHT AT THE LAST MEETING, WE KIND OF, UM, SOLIDIFIED EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED AS FAR AS THE CR AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMISSION IS MADE UP ON.
UM, NOW ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH A PURCHASE OR ANYTHING, A LITTLE MORE DETAILED, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REGULATED BY THE BYLAWS.
SO IF ANYBODY HAD A QUESTION ON THE ACTUAL MAKEUP OF THE COMMISSION OR ANYTHING WRITTEN IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE OR THE VISION, UM, OR THE JOB DESCRIPTION, I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL ON BOARD, BUT I COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG IS THOUGH.
YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICK, UH, HAD A DISCUSSION WITH, UH, PAUL FEELIN DIRECT LIBRARY DIRECTOR JUST BEFORE HE WAS GETTING READY TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
UNFORTUNATELY DID HAVE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, BUT I THINK THERE WAS ONE SMALL CHANGE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT HE HAD ONE SMALL CHANGE.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE CAN, IF WE COULD HOLD THIS VOTE OVER UNTIL NEXT MEETING SO THAT PAUL COULD BE HERE.
ONE REASON IS THAT I THINK PAUL IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM, UH, BE HERE FOR IT, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I'M FULLY ON BOARD ON, UH, WHAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD LAST TIME.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT, UH, SCOPE OF WHAT OUR COMMISSION COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, UM, IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT, WE'LL GO FOR IT.
BUT KIND OF LIKE TO WAIT FOR PAUL, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ARCHITECT, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
AND I, I, I THINK, UM, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT HE'S BROUGHT FORWARD SO FAR.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? UH, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I'M KIND OF, KIND OF IN AGREEMENT.
I, I DO THINK THAT IT'S BEEN HANGING OUT THERE FOR A WHILE, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
SO TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I WOULD LIKE PAUL TO BE HERE AND I, I DO HAVE JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING BEHIND THE ART AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO, UH, QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, COUNCIL PROJECTS AND OTHER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, INSTALLING ART AND JUST EXACTLY WHERE SORT OF THEIR BOUNDARIES BEGIN AND END AND TO JUST GET KIND OF AN IDEA OF GENERAL FLOW, BUT WE'D NEED POLL HERE FOR THAT.
AND SO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO WAIT, IT'D BE PROBABLY BEST TO WAIT UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, JUST BECAUSE THE 16TH IS A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE'VE MOVED UP IN GENERAL, THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, WE TRY TO KEEP IT, KEEP IT LIGHT AND WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE, TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION THEN WITH PAUL HERE, THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.
SO IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I GUESS I KIND OF JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE LAST UPDATE WAS, YOU KNOW, AUGUST, UM, AND IT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR WHAT SIX MONTHS, MAYBE FIVE MONTHS.
AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS, IF
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SOMEONE COULD PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU NEED TO ANSWER IT, OR, AND I GET PAUL BEING HERE.UM, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT WOULD BE A SWEET TREAT FOR HIM TO COME BACK AND, AND HAVE THIS READY FOR HIM TO TAKE OFF, HIT THE FLOOR RUNNING.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EQUALLY NICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO NECESSARILY WAIT FOR HIM.
UM, I THINK WE'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
AND SO I OVERALL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS JUST, WHAT IS IT, WHAT WAS THE HOLD UP AND, AND WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, MAYOR SAID FUNDING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS FOR THE COMMISSION OR THE BYLAWS, SO LIKE THE ORDINANCE OR THE BYLAWS TO DECIDE FOR THE BUDGET TO DECIDE AS WELL.
SO IT'S JUST, WE DON'T, IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY AN UNFUNDED, UH, COMMISSION.
SO THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TASKED WITH IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT, THAT I HAVE, CAUSE WE, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW, WHAT THE WORKFLOW IS.
THAT'S THAT I THINK THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION LAST TIME FOR LIKE HOW, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH AND TAKING UP ITEMS? UM, SO I, I WANT TO SEE THIS TO, TO BE CLEAR.
I WANT TO SEE US, UH, HAVE A FOCUS ON THE ARTS, BUT WE JUST, WE, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO ME, LIKE WE WERE IN PERFECT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON WHAT THAT SHOULD, SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE.
I JUST WOULD PREFER TO HAVE PAUL HERE PERSONALLY, UH, TO HAVE IT CAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERFACING.
AT LEAST IT APPEARS THAT THAT THAT'S THE PROPOSAL, AT LEAST FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD DIRECTOR TO TAKE THIS ON.
SO, WELL, WE PROBABLY WON'T FUND THIS LIKE THE FIRST YEAR.
MAYBE IT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION ANYWAYS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S I WAS JUST SAYING THAT'S MY, MY CHALLENGE WITH IT IS, IS IF WE CREATE A COMMISSION THAT HAS NO MONEY TO SPEND, WHAT WILL THEY MEET AND DISCUSS? I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE PERSONALLY.
I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE BECAUSE, UH, WE COULDN'T EVEN AGREE WITH WHAT THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON.
IF, IF THEY WOULD BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, IT, I MEAN, THERE'S NO OTHER BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT HAS A BUDGET OR EXPENDS MONEY, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE COULDN'T EVEN AGREE ON WHERE WE WERE ON THIS.
SO THE REASON WHY, WHEN YOU JUST GET TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE REASON WHY THE, THIS PAUSE IS BECAUSE WE STOPPED THE TASK FORCE AND THEREFORE ALL THE WORK THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON IT BY THOSE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, LIKE OTHER THINGS, UH, THAT THERE WERE TASK FORCE ON IT JUST STALLED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
AND THERE HAS AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, BEEN NO COMMUNICATION ON RESOLVING THOSE THINGS THAT DIVIDED US THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT IT UP.
SO THAT'S WHY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MONEY.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH FUNDING FOR THIS BOARD OR COMMISSION.
WE'RE NOT CLEAR, AND WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT AS A BODY ON WHAT THE SCOPE AND WHAT THIS COMMISSION WILL BE DOING, WHAT THEIR, UH, AGENDAS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS WE DID.
WE JUST DIDN'T AGREE ON LAST TIME.
I WASN'T TOO SURE IF IT WAS, I MEAN, WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO AGREE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD, THIS IS WHAT OUR THIRD MEETING REGARDING THIS, AND IT'S STILL, I, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO OR NET RESERVE, ALISON MADE A GOOD POINT.
IT'S LIKE, WE JUST DON'T AGREE.
SO WE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE NOT TO AGREE, OR CAN WE JUST TAKE A VOTE? DO WE WANT THE NARS COMMISSION? IF WE DO YES.
AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE, IT'S NOT ABOUT SETTING IT UP, EVERYTHING RIGHT AWAY EVERY, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT A COMMISSION HAVING TOO MUCH POWER.
SO IF WE JUST SAY, OKAY, THIS WILL COME BACK EACH TIME FOR US TO UPDATE THAT.
I THINK MAYBE IT WOULD LESSEN THAT POWER AND HOPEFULLY PUT SOME PEOPLE UP HERE AT EASE.
MAKE SURE NOBODY ELSE WAS GOING YET.
UH, SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE UPDATES FROM, UH, UM, MR. FEELIN? NO, SORRY.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I SPOKE TO HIM LASTLY AND I KNOW WE WERE WORKING, HE WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING, UH, TO UPDATE ON THE, UM, PEOPLE THAT COULD SERVE ON THE BOARD.
AND I DON'T QUITE REMEMBER WHAT THE UPDATE WAS EXACT, LIKE, UM, I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WERE DISCUSSION.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THE, UH, THE ENTIRE, UH, SCOPE OF THE WORK HE HAD DONE WAS WELL PRESENTED.
I THINK HE HAD A GOOD AND CLEAR PATH, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
I, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT VOTE WE TAKE TODAY, THAT IF WE DO CREATE THIS ART COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION'S ALWAYS GOING TO COME FROM COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO IN WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO FUND THAT YEAR WILL COME FROM COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO I THINK IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, JUST WITH THE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT
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DIRECTION COMES FROM COUNCIL, I THINK WE'D BE FINE.AND, UH, AS A BODY AND I THINK WE'D BE OKAY, UH, APPROVING THIS AS PRESENTED LAST TIME.
I THINK IT WAS, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE, UH, UH, GOT EVERYBODY HEARD AND WE, UH, WENT FORWARD, BUT I THINK WE'RE FINE.
AS FAR AS A BUDGET, SOMETHING WE CAN SET UP LATER AND FIGURE IT OUT.
AS WE'RE LOOKING AS WE'RE GIVING DIRECTION AND TACKLING DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, WE CAN DEFINITELY FIND A FUNNY AND DIRECTION, OTHER DISCUSSION CUSTOMERS JUST REAL QUICK.
UM, SO WE'RE SAYING TO, FOR SOME OF US TO JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST APPROVE THIS, AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE HOLDUP, WHEN YOU'VE HAD THE BAYER SAY I'VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR A LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND ROBERT SAYING, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A BUDGET SOME OTHER TIME.
UM, IS THAT A WAY THAT WE SHOULD JUST APPROACH THIS? I MEAN, I MEAN, IT IS A GREAT COMMISSION, BUT I MEAN, JUST LIKE YOU'VE BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES BEFORE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED AND YOU NEED THEM ANSWERED, UH, THERE'S GOTTA BE A, UH, A COMFORTABLENESS ON THE VOTE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET IT CORRECT.
AND I THINK IF I WERE HURTING COUNCILMAN NELSON SAYING THE SAME THING AS FAR AS WELL, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A DIRECTION IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH SO WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON IT.
SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF LIKE WE'RE DRAGGING IT.
UM, WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD, BUT WE'RE JUST WANTING TO KNOW WE SHOULD GIVE, UH, PAPA THE, THE RESPECT TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE, TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CLEAR SINCE THIS WILL FALL UNDER HIS DIRECTION, IS WHAT I THINK WE'RE ASKING HIM.
I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE STATEMENTS IS ESPECIALLY WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY HAS JUST SAID.
YOU SAID THAT THE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING DIRECTION THAT THE COMMISSION WILL RESPOND TO THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL.
THAT'S KIND OF, AND I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHAT CUSTOMER ALISON WAS SAYING.
THAT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY AS WELL.
SO WE'RE NOT CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE.
UM, SO THAT SOME OF THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE VETTED OUT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE PAUL HERE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THAT, I THINK, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO THE BOARD IF WE WANT TO CREATE THE COMMISSION WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT DIRECTION.
AND THEN WE CAN, I JUST QUESTIONED THE PURPOSE AND, AND CLARITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS CREATE A BOARD, YOU KNOW, THAT FEELS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS GOING TO BE.
UM, SO I THINK WE CAN GET THERE THOUGH.
IT JUST IS GOING TO TAKE, TAKE SOME TIME.
SO OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TELL HIM IN THREE WEEKS? DIDN'T WE, THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE TOLD THEM IN FOUR MONTHS.
SO I, I GET, YOU'RE FRUSTRATED.
THERE'S BEEN OTHER THINGS LIKE, UH, THE ORDINANCE FROM PROP F THERE'S A, THE ARTS COMMISSION.
THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND I, I, I'M LOOKING AT COUNCIL MEMBER RESERVE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THIS IS PART OF WHY I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN WE DROPPED THE TASK FORCE IS THAT THE NO WORK WOULD BE DONE ON THESE THINGS.
AND WE WERE VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGING ON THESE PROJECTS WHEN WE WERE DOING IT THAT WAY.
UM, SAME THING WITH MY, UH, THE, UM, RECYCLING FOR MULTIFAMILY, ALL OF IT'S JUST KIND OF STAGNATED, YOU KNOW? AND SO I, AND I I'M FRUSTRATED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING SO MANY PROJECTS DOWN, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT JUST, IT KIND OF STALLED.
UM, BUT I, I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON FIGURING OUT THOSE VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WERE GIVEN.
I W I WASN'T TOO CONCERNED WITH THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE, UH, AND CONCERNS THAT WERE GIVEN LAST TIME, BUT I RESPECT THOSE CONCERNS.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO SOME EXTENT.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, I'D HATE TO CREATE A COMMISSION WITHOUT A SOLID DIRECTION OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING, AND THEN START FILLING OUT THAT BOARD WITHOUT HAVING CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING.
I CAN IMAGINE THAT WILL ONLY BE MORE FRUSTRATING FOR THOSE PEOPLE ON THAT, ON THAT BODY FOR US TO DO THAT.
UM, I THINK I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO ME THAT WE WANT TO SET UP THIS COMMISSION.
I HOPE WE STICK TO THAT, AND WE DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS WELL.
BUT, UH, THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD ON THIS, UH, DYESS ABOUT THIS, IT WAS VERY DISCOURAGING AND I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PATH WE HAD FORWARD.
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SO WE, WE NEED TO WORK THAT OUT.SO CAN WE KIND OF GIVE DIRECTION AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT PAUL TO ANSWER? BECAUSE I, IT WAS MY RECOLLECTION THAT WE HAD DONE THAT PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO WE WAITING TO BRING THAT BACK, THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, SO I GUESS, UM, IF, IF WE'VE READ OUR BACKUP MATERIAL, IT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHAT IT IS THAT THIS COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE DOING.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THESE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY, OR ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY DOES OR DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, OR WOULD LIKE MORE CLARIFICATION FROM, I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT FUNDING, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IS STATED, THERE'S NOT FUNDING ANOTHER COMMISSIONS.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VALID CONCERN AT THIS POINT.
UM, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMISSION, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M SURE IF YOU JUST READ THE ORDINANCE, LET ME KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON, AND THEN WE CAN GIVE THAT DIRECTION EITHER TO STAFF, OR WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER IT NOW.
I THINK EVERYONE HAS SAID THEY WANT THIS.
SO MY THEORY HAS BEEN, IF THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY, AND I KNOW WE'VE APPROVED A LOT OTHER THINGS WITH A LOT LESS INFORMATION.
AND, AND I, FOR ONE HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAYING, HEY, WE SHOULD HOLD UP.
OR, HEY, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THIS PERSON, SO I DON'T WANT TO VOTE.
AND THAT WASN'T A CONCERN AT THE TIME.
AND SO SINCE I FEEL SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS ART COMMISSION, UM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT FOR ME TO BACK DOWN AND SAY, NO, I DON'T.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO VOTE IN A WAY THAT, UH, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S FAIR CUSTOMERS, JUST ONE FINAL THOUGHT REAL QUICK, EXCUSE ME.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO, TO YOU ON, IN ALL THE COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY ALL OF COUNCIL, BUT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO YOU.
IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT TO COUNSEL MELISSA AND MYSELF THAT WORK WORKING ON THIS ART COMMISSION TASK FORCE.
AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT FAIL.
IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOMEONE ANSWERED, UH, QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND IF IT MEANS POSTPONING THIS JUST A LITTLE WHILE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T KILL IT, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK PAIGE IS GOING TO SAVE IT.
WITH THE WAY WITH THE POSTING OF IT.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION TO HAVE IT COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE POSTING, THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO TAKE THE ACTION THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE.
THAT THAT WOULD BE IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH HAVING IT APPROVED.
I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO EXTEND THIS IF THERE'S NOT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND DIRECTION GIVEN TO HOW WE WANT THIS TO LOOK SO WE CAN SEE HER AND SAY ALL DAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMISSION IS MADE UP.
LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS.
TELL ME WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE OR DON'T WANT TO SEE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO PROCEED UNLESS WE HAVE DIRECTION.
IF WE DON'T HAVE DIRECTION, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME BOAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PERSON YOU GIVE THAT DIRECTION TO YOU THAT WOULD TAKE THE NOTES AND MAKE THE CHANGES IS NOT HERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT CAN NO, NO, PAUL'S THE, I GET IT, BUT IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME BOAT.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT DAY, SAME SITUATION.
AND HOW, LIKE, HOW IS THAT COMFORTABLE FOR ME? I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST KILL IT NOW AND SAY NO, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE KEEP WAITING, WHEN DO WE KNOW WHEN IS ENOUGH? CAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NEXT MEETING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST A MONTH FROM NOW.
I DON'T DO IF I DON'T KNOW PAUL, BUT I, I KNOW, UM, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANTED, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH LIKE MOVING FORWARD WITH, OR WITHOUT ME THERE, I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO BE HURT OR UPSET IF HE COMES BACK AND WE SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS COMMISSION THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND NOW WE JUST NEED TO GET THE DETAILS.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD YET AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MONTH AND NOT GIVE ANY DIRECTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ROLL CALL, VOTE.
NAY MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO TWO.
[28. Discussion and possible action on the public safety center. ~ Robert Rizo, Council Member
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NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
SO THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD IS BECAUSE HERE LATELY, THE STATEWIDE DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A WINTER MONTHS COMING
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UP FORWARD AS ANY OF THESE TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS FEELING THE EFFECTS OF A FREEZE, WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN? I DON'T KNOW, WILL IT BE AS MASSIVE AS IT WAS LAST YEAR? I REALLY DON'T KNOW AS WELL.WHAT I'M PROPOSING TODAY, TONIGHT IS FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO BE PROACTIVE AS EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE STATES IS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE GRID I'M THINKING ABOUT HERE LOCALLY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN LOCALLY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO PREPARE FOR SAY, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.
AND LAST YEAR WE WERE PROVEN WRONG, UH, PROVEN THAT EMERGENCY HAPPENS, SYSTEMS FAIL.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BACK UP THOSE SYSTEMS? SO WHAT I'M, UH, LOOKING AT IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IS PROBABLY OUR MOST CRUCIAL PIECE OF PROGRAMMING THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE HERE IN ABOUT 14 MONTHS.
AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS LOOK AT EMERGENCY DISPATCH, UH, OUR EOC AS WELL, TRYING TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN BE PROACTIVE IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
IF THE CITY'S CO-LOCATION GOES DOWN, WHAT ARE WE DOING? AS, I MEAN, AS THE COUNTY SCHOOL LOCATION, IF THERE WERE TO GO DOWN AGAIN, LIKE IT DID LAST YEAR, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO BE PREPARED, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR NINE 11 SERVICES ARE STILL, UM, WORKING LAST YEAR, WE FAILED AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND WE FELT AS A COUNTY, NOT JUST, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THE BLAME ON JUST THE COUNTY.
WHEN I SAY COUNTY, IT MEANS THE CITIES AS WELL.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
WE WERE SO RELIANT ON ONE SOURCE THAT WE DIDN'T THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
SO TODAY WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS DIRECTING STAFF, UH, TO FIND SPACE IN THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER SO THAT WE CAN CREATE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, EOC AND DISPATCH.
AND THE REASON I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT WHAT THE REQUIRED SPACES ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO RIGHT NOW IN OUR, UH, CO-LOCATION OF THE COUNTY, WE HAVE ABOUT 1,256 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE PROPOSE EMERGENCY DISPATCH WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS 788 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS WAY BELOW.
THIS IS JUST FOR THIS, FOR THE FOUR DISPATCHERS WE HAVE.
IF WE WERE TO, UH, SAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER AN EOC CENTER AND A DISPATCH, WHAT'S THE SPACE WE REALLY NEED.
AND I'M THINKING THAT WE NEED JUST FOR DISPATCH ABOUT 1,200 SQUARE FEET, GIVE OR TAKE WHAT I'M GOING TO INSTRUCT.
WHAT I'D LIKE COUNSELOR DO IS INSTRUCT A CITY STAFF OR CITY MANAGER TO TRY TO FIND A SPACE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER SO THAT WE CAN HARDWIRE PRELIM REALLY, UH, AN AREA THAT WE COULD USE AS EMERGENCY.
UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? RESPONSE CENTER AS THE DISPATCH, BUT ALSO AS THE COUNTY IS GROWING AND THE CITY'S GROWING, I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO OUTGROW OUR YOU'LL SEE, AND OUR CO-LOCATION.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO BE PROACTIVE? I, I KNOW THAT THE SPACE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS ONLY 788 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WE WILL BE WAY SURPASSED IF WE'RE COMING BACK TO KYLE, BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS GROWN SAY IN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, TO AN EXTENT WHERE THEY NEED THE ENTIRE BUILDING, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO BE READY FOR THAT? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON THE EARLY STAGES OF PLANNING STILL ON OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE PLANNED, WE'VE GOT THE ARCHITECTURE, BUT WE'VE ONLY STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE STILL HAVE TIME TO MAKE CHANGES.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER TO TRY TO FIND US THE EQUITY SPACE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WEREN'T ABLE TO BRING UP MAPS TODAY.
UH, WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THAT, CAUSE THERE'S SOME PROGRAMMING THAT WE, UH, CAN SHARE ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET RID OF THOSE, UM, LABELS.
SO DO YOU HAVE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE A VERSION? COULD YOU PUT THAT A POLICE SO THE, IS THIS THE BOTTOM FLOOR? YES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN IS A PROPOSED, UH, SORRY.
I'M THINKING OF SEE HUMPS DISPATCH, CAN'T GET ELC OUT OF MY HEAD, BUT, UH, THE PROPOSED DISPATCH HAS A BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN AND IT GIVES US THREE OFFICES AND ENOUGH CUBICLE SPACE FOR SIX DISPATCHERS.
RIGHT? CURRENTLY WE HAVE, OR UNFORTUNATELY IF WE DO ONE DAY, BRING BACK OUR DISPATCH, WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE OUTGREW THE COUNTY AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE SPACE.
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WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS LOOKING AT SOMETHING ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND IF WE COULD GET TO THAT PICTURE REAL QUICK.SO WE'VE GOT A LARGE SPACE THERE, A CONFERENCE SPACE ON ANY PROPOSED.
SEE IF, UM, WE COULD COME BACK WITH A PLAN FOR A, SAY THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO WORK ON IT.
WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME, UH, FOR US TO WORK ON A PLAN TO MAYBE POSSIBLY BRING BACK, UM, A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR DISPATCH AND EOC, WOULD THAT WORK WOULD BE GREAT? WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME? SO SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, INSTRUCT STAFF IF COUNSEL IS AMENABLE TO IT, BUT TO TRY TO, UH, FIND A SPACE FOR THE, FOR AN EXPANDING DISPATCH AND AN EOC AS WELL, IS WHAT I'M HOPING ON.
I HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS ON THIS.
SO, UH, NUMBER ONE, AN EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND DISPATCH ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.
IT COULD REQUIRE PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, IT COULD REQUIRE PARKS AND REC.
WE'VE SEEN THAT, UH, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE COORDINATING DISPATCH IS A, UH, A VERY FOCUSED GROUP OF OFFICERS WHO ARE TAKING PHONE CALLS AND MAKING TRANSFERS.
AND SO THE TWO DON'T NECESSARILY CORRELATE IN MY OPINION, THEY MIGHT CAN, CAN CORRELATE.
THE SECOND IS ALMOST PURELY, UH, RELATED TO THE LEGAL CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, UH, UNDER AGREEMENT WITH HAYES COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CO-LOCATED DISPATCH, UH, AND THAT'S BEEN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING.
SO WHILE THERE IS SPACE, I BELIEVE IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE OVERFLOW, UH, FOR THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, THE, THIS, THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT MADE ANY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TOWARDS REMOVING DISPATCH FROM THE COUNTY, UH, AND BRINGING THAT HERE, WHICH BRINGS UP A WHOLE HOST OF LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE BRIEFED ON WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES, FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE, UH, FOR BREAKING THAT AGREEMENT OR SO, UM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT AT ALL.
THIS IS FOR FUTURE USE AS, AS THE COUNTY'S GROWING, THE CITY'S GROWING, I'M TALKING ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD, BEING PROACTIVE AND WIRING THAT IN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THEM BACK TODAY OR TOMORROW.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BREAKING THE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY EITHER, BUT AS THE COUNTY'S GROWING, THE CITY'S GROWING.
IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND WE NEED AN EMERGENCY CENTER AS WELL FOR DISPATCH BEING PROACTIVE IN THAT MANNER, IT'S NOT ABOUT, UH, BREAKING OUR CONTRACT OR MOVING THE DISPATCH HERE TOMORROW.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M, I'M, I'M THINKING OF RIGHT NOW.
IT'S FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT.
BUT TO ME, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO PUT, YOU WANT US TO BE THINKING ABOUT MAKING DISPATCH THERE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MAKING IT AN EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I'M NOT, I GUESS I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR, WHICH ONE OF THOSE TWO YOU ARE PROPOSING.
YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT DISPATCH, WHICH IS A PRIVATE SORT OF CORDONED OFF, UH, AREA, OR ARE YOU WANTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH COULD INVOLVE, UM, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, LIVE FEEDS, LIVE VIDEO FEEDS THROUGHOUT THE, THIS, THE, THE CITY, UM, BY POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AS WELL.
UH, TAKING PART CAUSE HE OCS ARE NOT JUST POLICE GOCS ARE, ARE ALL STAFF.
SO THAT IS WHAT THE PLAN IS, IS TO, IS TO MAKE THAT, UH, AN EOC TYPE THAT, THAT REALLY FUNCTIONS WELL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU WANT TO TURN THAT BACK INTO A DISPATCH, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE, UM, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS TRYING TO FIND SPACE FOR, UH, A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET FOR A DISPATCH, CAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED HERE IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE, WE'RE GROWING AT AN EXPONENTIAL RATE.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY POP UP ALL THE TIME.
I THINK I DON'T SEE THEM AS DIFFERENT NEEDS.
I THINK WE COULD MAYBE FIND SOME ALLOCATED SPACE WHERE WE COULD OR MOVE SOME WELL, BUT WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, NEVER DO WE GO TO OUR OLD, BEFORE THEY MOVED TO THE COUNTY, WHEN WE HAD AN EMERGENCY, NEVER DID WE GO TO DISPATCH TO FACILITATE THAT EMERGENCY? TYPICALLY WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.
SO IN MY MIND, AND EOC IS NOT A POLICE FUNCTION.
POLICE PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THAT, BUT PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, ADMINISTRATION, CITY MANAGEMENT, UH, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROLES ARE, ARE, ARE PLAYED THERE.
SO I'M JUST STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU TAKE, IF YOU'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE THIS DISPATCH, THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING AWAY.
REOC, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M SAYING TO FIND SOME PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT EXACT SPACE, I'M JUST THROWING OPTIONS OUT THERE ON WHAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S JUST THE OPTION.
IT'S NOT, I'M LOOKING MY DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGERS TO TRY TO FIND SOME ALLOCATED SPACE.
WE COULD BUILD 1,256 SQUARE FOOT, UH, DISPATCH IN IT.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY AT HALF OF THAT.
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A SQUARE FEET, AND THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH.SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS LET'S TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AS A COUNCIL, WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER TO TRY TO BRING A DISPATCH CENTER HERE FOR THE FUTURE AND HAVE THEIR WIRED IN.
AND LIKE I'M SAYING IT, IT COULD BE WIRED IN.
SO IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE COULD USE IT NOW IN REAL TIME, BUT IN THE FUTURES AS THE COUNTY AND THE CITY GROWS BECAUSE OUR GROWTH IS, IS, IS NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN ANYTIME SOON.
AND I KNOW EVENTUALLY THAT BUILDING IS GOING TO BE OVERGROWN AND THERE IS GOING TO BE ONE DAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE A LARGE ENOUGH CITY WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE OUR OWN DISPATCH HERE AND EMC EOC AS WELL.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH ONE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THE SPACE IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
WELL, BUT THE SPACE THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IS OUR RES THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, UM, STAFF TO DO IS TO BASICALLY LOOK INTO YOUR, IN THERE AND TRY TO FIND DIRECTION ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THIS EMERGENCY COORDINATOR THAT, UH, I'VE SENT EMAILS ABOUT AS FAR AS THE OPENINGS, WOULDN'T THAT RIGHT THERE BE THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD.
IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF, UH, PROJECTS AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND LAST YEAR OR DURING THE WINTER STORM, IT TOOK A TOLL ON EVERYBODY.
UM, AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY STRESSING TO COUNCIL AS WELL ABOUT HAVING A, BEING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT CRITICAL INCIDENT IN OUR CITY, WHICH WE WILL HAVE ONE WHEN IT IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN.
UM, SO WE DO NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS THIS WINTER STORM, WE WERE ALL CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
AND, UH, FOR US TO SAY THAT WE WEREN'T, OR WE FAILED ON THAT END.
UH, EVEN, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM DID A WHOLE LONG, UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THE JOB.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T DROP THE BALL.
WE WERE IN A SITUATION TO WHERE, UH, EVERYBODY AROUND THE ENTIRE STATE WAS, UH, PRETTY MUCH AT A STANDSTILL, BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THIS, UH, GIVING DIRECTION TO STAFF, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE GET THIS EMERGENCY COORDINATOR ON BOARD FROM THE CITY, THAT THIS PERSON CAN NOT ONLY JUST HELP WITH WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, BUT BE ABLE TO START WORKING ON BUDGETS TO WHERE WE CAN PLAN AND WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO WORK WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY PLAN READY TO GO.
AND THAT'S, I THINK WHAT THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE IS.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO MAKE THOSE TWO POINTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
IF WE WAIT UNTIL THEN WE'VE GOT SLABS BOARD, WE'VE GOT WALLS UP AND NOW WE'RE TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS TO IDENTIFY SOME SPACE, GET IT HARDWIRED SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT BACKUP IF NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE, WE DID BAD AS A CITY.
IS THAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BE PROACTIVE? THE REST OF THE STATE'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO BE PROACTIVE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENERGY GRID.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, IN THESE THAT, UH, PEOPLE NEED ALL THE RESOURCES PEOPLE NEED DURING, UH, UH, AN EVENT LIKE THAT.
AND WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
YOU, YOU MAKE THOSE POINT CLEAR.
AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I THINK WHEN, LIKE I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS WHEN WE GET THIS EMERGENCE CITY OF KYLE EMERGENCY COORDINATOR PERSON HIRED THAT PERSON THEN CAN REALLY LOOK AT THE FACILITY THAT'S BEING BUILT AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.
IF WE NEED TO, TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS KIND OF A CONTINGENCY PLAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL TOGETHER, UH, WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.
AND THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE INSIGHT AS FOR US TO BE GETTING PREPARED, EVEN IF IT INCLUDES GETTING FUNDING OR GRANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE CAN BE READY FOR THIS EMERGENCY.
SO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIRECTION OF GIVING STAFF, I THINK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.
UM, MR. SELLERS OF LOOKING AT HIRING SOMEBODY FINALLY THAT WE APPROVED IN THIS LAST BUDGET THAT I REALLY SUPPORTED ABOUT GETTING SOMEBODY ON BOARD AND TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT PERSON READY TO GO, TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH ALL OF THIS.
AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PLAN FOR A STORM.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE EARLY STAGES OF IT AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO AS A CITY FOR THE, UM, EMERGENCY DISPATCH OF NEEDED.
AND IF WE WAIT UNTIL WE HIRE SOMEONE, THEN
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WE'RE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD IN CONSTRUCTION.I'M THINKING OF THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT THE PLAN OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS AN EMERGENCY, AS A CITY.
I'M LOOKING AT BEING PROACTIVE RIGHT NOW WITH THE BUILDING.
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH BUILDING? AND I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE BUILDING, I UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW, THE CONCRETE IS BEING LAID OUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE APPLICATION FOR THIS POSITION ALREADY ON OPEN, CORRECT? MR. SELLERS.
IT IS BEING OPEN TO WHERE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US TAKING THE APPLICATION AND START LOOKING AT HIRING THIS PERSON.
AND HE'S NOT GONNA HAVE, I MEAN, IF YOU NEED TO DO WITH DISPATCH, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT.
IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM ON THAT PART.
WELL THEN AT LEAST WHEN HE'S ON BOARD, HE CAN BE ABLE TO GIVE ANY KIND OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE TIED INTO THAT.
BUILDING TIED INTO OUR EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHILE OUR BUILDING IS BEING BUILT.
THE CONCRETE IS BEING LAID OUT, THE FRAMEWORK'S GOING UP, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THAT PERSON CAN HELP WITH THAT.
THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, SIR, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THE DIRECTION OF STAFF THAT YOU'RE GIVING WE'RE IN, THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN LIST IF WE MOVE THE CONVERSATION ALONG TO ANYBODY THAT HASN'T SPOKEN, WANTS TO SPEAK.
UM, SO I THINK TO START OFF, I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO BOTH POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN, UM, IN NEW BRAUNFELS AND IN, UM, COLLEGE STATION, NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAD EOC HELPED BUILD THEIR BUILDINGS.
UM, THEY HAD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THEY HAD, I THINK THEY ALSO INQUIRED WITH THEIR DISPATCH.
UM, BUT ALL THAT ASIDE, UM, I THINK IF ANYONE HAS EVER TAKEN THE TIME TO GO TO THE DISPATCH CENTER AND SPEAK TO CHRISSY AND TO THE DISPATCHERS AND HEAR THEIR STORY REGARDING HOW THEY HAD TO WORK LAST, OR MAYBE THIS FEBRUARY, UM, YOU WOULDN'T HESITATE ONE SECOND TO VOTE TO AT LEAST START A PLAN OR RESERVE SOME ROOMS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT RIZZO, UM, IS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT WAS ASKING.
UM, SO I ACTUALLY SAW FOOTAGE FROM, UM, THE DISPATCH CENTER AND THERE WAS WATER ALL IN IT.
AND THEY ENDED UP GOING TO A HOTEL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND IF YOU THINK NOT HAVING, UH, THE RIGHT BUILDING HERE IS INCONVENIENT.
IMAGINE HOW THOSE DISPATCH WORKERS FELT WORKING FROM LIKE A HOTEL OR ON, ON, ON THE FLOOR, ON A COT.
AND IT MIND YOU, IT COULDN'T BE ON THE FLOOR AND THE COP THE WHOLE TIME, BECAUSE IT WAS RAINED OUT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE NOR DO I THINK IT'S PREMATURE THAT AS A CITY THAT WE PLAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS YESTERDAY, UM, I WAS, UH, I WAS A BIG, UM, ON AN IDEA OF HAVING THESE PLANS UNCHANGED.
UM, AND, AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY, BUT THE REASON WHY I LOOKED INTO THAT WAS BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS, PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER BUILDINGS, NOT JUST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE SET UP IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A WAY THAT ANYBODY SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL QUITE UNDERSTANDS.
SO SINCE PLEASE JUST SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.
WELL, IF SOMEBODY ELSE HERE IS QUALIFIED TO TELL THE CITY HOW A BUILDING SUCH AS A PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IS BUILT, THEN I STAND CORRECTED.
IT IS NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT ANYBODY ON THIS DIOCESE QUITE UNDERSTANDS THAT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE, OR MAYBE THEY WOULD BE DOING THE JOB THEMSELVES, ALL THAT ASIDE.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE OUR DISPATCH AND PEOPLE WHO ARE FIRST RESPONDERS, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, SHOULD HAVE A PLACE TO GO IN CASE THEY'RE OUTSIDE, FROM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR ME THAT DID THIS BATCH WHERE I LIKE RIZZO SAID, WE ARE NOT PLANNING ON BRINGING THEM BACK.
THIS IS GOING TO BE IN AN EMERGENCY.
AND DO WE HAVE TO USE THAT JUST FOR DISPATCH? NO, WE CAN USE IT FOR OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
SO I'M ALL FOR THIS, JUST BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HERE EVENTUALLY.
UM, MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT AS WE'VE STATED, NUMEROUS TIMES, THIS IS A BUILDING WE ARE GOING TO GROW INTO.
THIS IS A BUILDING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
SO IF WE, AT ANY TIME FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BRING HARD DISPATCH BACK, OR IF WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A SECURE PLACE TO WORK IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER MAJOR CATASTROPHE, THEN WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR THAT TODAY.
AND NOT WHEN WE GET AN EOC WHO I I'M UNAWARE OF HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH
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ANY OF THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS THAT I'VE RESEARCHED HEAVILY RESEARCHED IN EITHER COLLEGE STATION OR NEW BRAUNFELS.FURTHER DISCUSSION JUST TO RE SUMMARIZE MY, MY, MY THINKING IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE WIRING CAPABLE SO THAT AT SOME FUTURE TIME WE COULD PURSUE DISPATCH THE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE, JUST THE RE THE, THE REALITY IS THAT, UH, THAT A STATE-OF-THE-ART EOC IS A VITAL WAY THAT THE CITY OF KYLE CAN PROVIDE IN AN EMERGENCY.
UM, DISPATCH IN CURRENTLY HAS 1200 SQUARE FEET.
UH, WE CAN BE DEBATABLE ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE.
UH, THERE WERE MANY FACILITIES WHO WERE DOWN AND STRUGGLING DURING, DURING THAT TIME, BUT AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE NEEDED, UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CHANNELING INFORMATION, UH, ACROSS A MULTITUDE OF DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT'S REALLY, MY, MY COMMENTARY IS JUST AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T REDUCE WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE IT A DISPATCH WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A DISPATCH SET UP FOR THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST, IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO NOT BRING DISPATCH BACK.
IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO PRESERVE, UH, UH, THE REST OF OUR ABILITY, YOU KNOW, TO IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD FACILITY, UH, THAT'S PROPERLY.
SO, I MEAN, THAT HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US HANDLE IN ONE SPOT, ALL THE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND EMERGENCIES THAT CAN, THAT A CITY CAN, CAN FACE.
AND THAT'S JUST, THOSE TWO CONCEPTS ARE DIFFERENT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO RESPOND IN EMERGENCIES AND, OR MONITOR, YOU KNOW, DURING AN EMERGENCY OR THROUGHOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, 365 DAYS A YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ASPIRING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS FACILITY.
SO MY ONE QUESTION, ACTUALLY, THAT'S TECHNICAL.
IT'S JUST, ARE WE BRINGING THE NECESSARY FIBER AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE BUILDING ITSELF, THROUGH THE SLAB AND UP INTO THE BUILDING, REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT MIGHT GO IN THE FUTURE, MATT, YOU MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT CHIEF, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER I DO MIRROR.
AND FOR THE RECORD, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE TO THAT QUESTION, I'LL BE BRINGING YOU AN ITEM PROBABLY IN JANUARY IS WHEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO JUST MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE NAILED DOWN EXACTLY THE ROOMS TO WHICH WE WANT.
UH PRE-WIRED FOR, MAYBE FOR THE DISPATCH SECTION, LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT PART, THE IT COMPONENT THAT'S REALLY RELATED TO THE EOC AND STUFF THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ALREADY, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IN A MONTH OR SO, YOU'LL SEE FROM ME AN AUTUMN, THE AGENDA THAT WE'LL NEED TO APPROVE WITH OUR, UH, OUR CONTRACT WITH LCRA, THEY'RE THE PROVIDER OF A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT.
SO AT SOME POINT WE'LL NEED TO DESIGNATE IT'S THIS ROOM, THIS ROOM, AND THIS ROOM, OR PICK FROM THE THREE, HOWEVER YOU WANT DO IT, BUT THAT'S JUST TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT PORTION THAT WE'LL NEED FOR LCRA ALL THE REST OF THE DATA AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO THE BEST.
IT'S BEEN MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND WE'RE PREPARED AND THAT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE FCRA CONTRACT.
THAT'LL COME BACK IN A FEW WEEKS.
SO CHIEF, THE CURRENT EOC AREA THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT'LL BE WIRED CORRECTLY, NOT ONLY FOR THE, UM, UH, FUNCTIONS OF AN EOC, BUT FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF A POSSIBLE ROC A REAL-TIME OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, BEEN A PROPONENT OF AND LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF OUR POLICING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR EOC, UH, EXISTS IN A WAY THAT COULD ALSO FUNCTION AS AN ROC OR MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS.
SO I, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN RIZZO IN PREPARING FOR THAT, BUT WE ALSO ARE PREPARING FOR THAT EXACT SCENARIO YOU SAID, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE DISPATCH IN THAT, UH, AREA THAT WE, UH, IDENTIFIED EARLIER.
AND IT IS BIGGER THAN THE CURRENT DISPATCH THAT WE ARE USING RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS PERSONNEL SPOTS.
SO IT ALSO HAS SOME ROOM FOR GROWTH, BUT YES, NOT TOTAL BUILD-OUT, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO SEE US LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A WELL-FUNCTIONING EOC OR REALLY A WELL-FUNCTIONING ROC AND THE ARE, UH, WHERE THIS DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT VERY CLOSELY.
UH, AND, AND YOU CAN TALK TO CHIEF ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS HARDWIRED CORRECTLY.
I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO OVER AND TALK ABOUT.
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UM, AND THEN HOW MUCH CROSSOVER IS THERE TO DO TO TURN THAT INTO WHATEVER WE WANT AT WHATEVER TIME.UM, BUT I WOULD HATE FOR US TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES AND WIRE IT IN A WAY THAT IT CAN NOT BE USED FROM AN EOC OR AN ROC STANDPOINT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS TO HAVE A PRE-WORK JUST AS YOU DESCRIBED.
AND HOW HARD OF A TRANSITION WOULD BE AS WE GROW AS A DEPARTMENT, UH, SAY WE, I'M NOT SAYING TAKE DOC OUT, BUT WHAT HAVE WE, UH, AS WE WERE GROWING AS A CITY AND WE'RE TAKING ALLOCATING MORE OF THAT BUILDING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW HARD WOULD THE WIRING OF A, A DISPATCH UP THERE BE? WOULD IT BE PRETTY EASY OR IS IT GOING TO BE HARDER? I THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT JUST IN ONE SPOT, I'M SAYING, LET'S LOOK AT THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE AND TRY IDENTIFY A PLACE WE COULD BRING BACK OUR DISPATCH IN THE FUTURE.
NOT NOW, UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IS THERE SOME, OR A PLACE IN THAT BUILDING WE CAN IDENTIFY TO BRING OUR DISPATCH BACK TO YOU? THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF WONDERING ON THE WIRING FOR THAT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US RECOMMEND AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT A MONTH PREMATURELY, BUT WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US RECOMMEND IS THAT WE IDENTIFY THREE LOCATIONS.
WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE IN OUR MINDS, BUT LET ME SEE THE QUOTES AND SEE HOW THAT COMES BACK.
THAT WE IDENTIFY THREE LOCATIONS THAT WE CONTRACT WITH LCRA TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE WIRING FOR A FUTURE DISPATCH CENTER.
NOW, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE IS THE TIME TO DO THAT SO THAT IT GIVES PEOPLE MANY YEARS BEYOND US, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WHEN THE TIME COMES.
UM, CERTAINLY YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FROM THOSE THREE OR EVEN OTHERS IF YOU CHOOSE.
BUT WE THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE THREE MOST LIKELY AREAS, AND CERTAINLY YOU CAN CHOOSE ONE, TWO OR THREE AND MIX THEM UP.
THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO BRING BACK IN JANUARY.
AND THAT WOULD, THAT SHOULD LAST A POLICE DEPARTMENT, 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND LOOK AT THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO SAVE US SOME MONEY AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PRE-WIRE STUFF IN CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S GOING TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE COSTS LATER, YOU KNOW, SO THAT ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.
I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE TO BE READY.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT TOO.
SO CHIEF, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION ON THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, UH, THE COUNCIL LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND, UH, WHOEVER IT IS AS WELL TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS.
[29. Discussion and possible action on the city’s bar hours of operation during the holidays. ~ Robert Rizo, Council Member]
RIGHT.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S BAR HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAYS CUSTOMERS THOUGH.
UH, I HAD A BAR LOCAL BAR OWNER APPROACHED ME AND ASKED THAT WE, UH, EXTEND THE BAR HOURS ON THURSDAYS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I TOLD THEM I WOULD BRING THIS FORWARD AND LET, UH, COUNCIL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, I BELIEVE HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT EXTENDING BAR HOURS DURING HOLIDAYS THAT FAILED DURING THE WEEK.
I THINK THE NEXT HOLIDAY THAT FALL DURING THE WEEK WOULD BE A NEW YEAR'S.
AND THAT WOULD BE IN THREE YEARS.
I BELIEVE WHAT I, I I'M THINKING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT, BUT I TOLD THEM I WOULD BRING IT FORWARD AND, UH, WE'D HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS JUST ABOUT A BAR OWNER IN THE AREA ASKING FOR EXTENDED HOURS ON THURSDAYS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COUNCIL'S WILL TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, BUT I DID PROMISE THE BAR OWNER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AUTO CUSTOMER FLOORS? CAL, THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A TRUE INTEREST IN, UM, PROLONG IN THESE HOURS.
UH, AND I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN SPEAKING TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE DOWNTOWN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME COMPLAINT, WHICH IS EVEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN NOW THAT THERE IS A LIMIT IS SO LOUD AND IT'S STILL DISTURBING.
AND SO, UM, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO LIKE CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN, UM, SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, CAUSE I WOULD JUST HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME EXPLAINING IT TO THE RESIDENTS UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE KIND OF CONVINCED ME TO DO OTHERWISE.
UM, I JUST FIND IT HARD TO, TO, TO VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I'M NOT SAYING A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST.
I'M NOT EITHER, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE ON THEN.
[30. Discussion and Update Traffic patterns, Pedestrian Safety Concerns, Update on Speed Study FM 150 to include possible future studies East of Kyle. ~ Michael Tobias, Council Member]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30 DISCUSSION AND UPDATE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, PEDESTRIAN[02:55:01]
SAFETY CONCERNED UPDATE ON SPEED STUDY F150 TO INCLUDE POSSIBLE FUTURE STUDIES, EAST COBB CUSTOMER TOBY'S.IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT LADIES AND SHOWMAN.
SO I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.
FOR THE RECORD AND FOR EVERYBODY ON DICE LYNN NEARBY.
NO, THAT MYSELF AND ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A MEETING WITH CITY STAFF.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF.
SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
SO A MEETING WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, UH, WITH, UH, JERRY HENDRIX, CHIEF BARNETT COUNCIL MEMBER OF FLORES, KALE AND I ABOUT THE, UH, RANCH ROAD ONE ACCIDENT AND SAFETY DISCUSSIONS.
UH, THE DISCUSSION AT THE TIME WAS BASED ON THE RECENT VEHICLE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORCYCLES OFF OF THAT AREA NEAR LAYMEN DURING THIS PERIOD, OTHER ACCIDENTS AROUND THE CITY WERE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY EAST AND WEST OF KYLE, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION ZONES ON SERVICE ROADS AND ON HIGHWAY ENTRANCES.
FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM KPD, UH, THE DAY BEFORE I ACTUALLY WROTE UP ON AN ACCIDENT ON SETON PARKWAY AND RESORT A OVER TURN VEHICLE.
SO MY CONVERSATION WAS GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF FOUR POSSIBLE TRAFFIC SITUATIONS THAT ARE WE SEEING AROUND KYLE? UH, IS IT THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE LAYOUT RIGHT AWAY, SIGNAGES THE NEED FOR, OR LACK OF SIGNALS? IS IT SPEED LIMITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE AROUND THE CITY? ARE THEY OUTDATED? UM, COUNCIL REASONABLE, UH, ALSO BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE INCREASE OF VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY, INCLUDING HEAVY TRUCKS, 18 WHEELERS IN AREAS AROUND TOWN THAT PREVENTING TRAFFIC FOR MOVING MORE EFFICIENTLY OR OVERALL SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC, OR IS IT THE OVERALL DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND DRIVER IN PATIENTS SPEEDING DISTRACTION, LACK OF ATTENTION WHILE DRIVING, OR IS IT CELL PHONE USAGE WHILE DRIVING? AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, CHIEF BURNETT SAID IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL FOUR COMBINED TOGETHER.
SO THE SECOND MEETING WAS HELD AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, WITH MYSELF IN A COUNCIL MEMBER FLOORS, KALE WITH CITY STAFF, SCOTT SELLERS, LEON OF BARBER HARPER, UH, CHIEF BARNETT AND ALSO TECHSTOP PERSONNEL, ADAM KRINSKY AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
THIS WAS TO SEE THE NEED FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY OFF OF RANCH ROAD.
THE GOAL WAS TO RECEIVE REAL-TIME DATA GATHERING INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT SPEEDS VEHICLE VOLUME IN CRITICAL AREAS AROUND SIMON MIDDLE-SCHOOL TOBY AS ELEMENTARY IN NEARBY SUBDIVISIONS.
THE CONVERSATIONS WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP UNDER THE SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE LACK OF VISIBILITY AT NIGHT ON RANCH ROAD, ONE 50, RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
NOW THE SAFETY CONCERNS WERE ALSO BROUGHT UP DURING THAT MEETING IN REFERENCING TO DACEY LANE AND BB ROAD EMAIL SENT FROM ME FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS FOR THE LACK OF VISIBILITY AT NIGHT ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, LACK OF LIGHT AT CROSSWALK SIGNAGE, WALKING, JOGGING PATHS AROUND THE HOSPITAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HALL AND NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, SPEECH, UH, TRAFFIC SPEED ON DAISEY LANE HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY MANY AS A HUGE PROBLEM.
THESE SAFETY CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT UP AS A, AS MORE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING FREQUENTLY AT THE KINSEY TRAIL SUBDIVISIONS ENTRANCE AT DAISEY.
SO IN MY MIND, THIS LEADS TO WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION AS WE DISCUSS NEW ENGINEERING ON FUTURE ROAD PROJECTS, WE NEED TO AGGRESSIVELY LOOK 15 TO 20 YEARS FROM NOW IDEAS THAT, UH, WE COULD STRONGLY CONSIDER IS DESIGNING ROADWAYS THAT HAVE OPEN VISIBILITY AND SAFE TURNING LANES AND PROVING OUR CURRENT UBER PROGRAM, SUPPORTING OUR TRAIL SYSTEM FOR WALKABILITY AND INTRODUCING.
AND THIS IS A SLOT BIG STRETCH HERE, INTRODUCING THE IDEA OF A MASS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT COULD A LIVE INITIALLY LEAD TO OUR FIRST EVER CITY-WIDE BUS SYSTEM.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ON THE DICE, IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE.
ONE DAY WE WAKE UP AND OUR CITY'S ABOUT 70,000, 80,000 STRONG.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK WITH OUR CURRENT CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ASSIST AND DIRECT THEM TO DESIGN AND HELP FACILITATE BUILD EFFECTIVE ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS, AND SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FUNDING IMPLEMENTING A POSSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAYS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND LASTLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS OF KYLE, THE HOLIDAYS ARE FAST APPROACHING MORE AND MORE OF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN AND AROUND THE CITY AND ON THE HIGHWAYS.
PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY, GIVE YOURSELF THAT EXTRA TIME AND BE SAFE AND BE PATIENT WITH ONE ANOTHER ON THE WORLD RACE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS REFERENCING THE FINAL DATA FROM THE RANCH ROAD, ONE 50 HIGHWAY STUDY.
I DON'T HAVE MY EMAIL MR. SELLERS ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AS AN IMPROVEMENT.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN ITEM THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD HERE, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM TXDOT, WHERE THEY HAVE AGREED TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT IN CERTAIN AREAS ON ONE 50 EAST AND ONE 50 WEST.
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DID SEND THAT EMAIL OUT TO YOU SHOWING YOU THOSE ZONES.I CAN PULL IT UP IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, BUT, UH, IN GENERAL, BE BRINGING THOSE SPEED LIMITS DOWN TO A MUCH SAFER LEVEL VERSUS YEAH.
ARE CUSTOMER IS THOUGH SCOTT? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT ALSO PUTTING SOME LIGHT AT STOP SIGNS AS WELL, OR WE'D STILL LOOKING INTO THAT ONE 50 STOP SIGNS.
THE DELIGHTED ONES FOR WHAT WE'VE GOT UP AND SOMEBODY SAID, OH, FOR THE INTERSECTION, UH, THE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVANCED WARNING, ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS.
SO SORRY ABOUT THAT TO GET LIGHT HIT LATE.
SO IN ADVANCE OF THE HILL, WE'LL BE HAVING THIS A, AN ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS.
WELL, PEOPLE WILL BE LIT TO WARN YOU OR THEY JUST FLASHING FLASHING BEACON.
IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT LATE.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON OTHER THINGS WITH REGARDS TO EXPANDING ONE 50 EAST AS WELL.
YOU WANT TO HIT ON THAT AS WELL? YEAH.
OUR, OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, BRING BACK A, A DESIGNER ENGINEER, UH, PROPOSAL FOR THE WIDENING OF WHAT FATIGUES.
IN FACT, WE HAVE A ENGINEER IDENTIFIED ON OUR ROTATION LISTS.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE AREAS, BUT, UH, WE WANT TO GET 30% PER OR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A REQUEST THROUGH THE NEXT CAMP.
WE'LL CALL FOR FUNDING FOR THE WHITENING.
WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THE WIDTHS AS WELL.
I KNOW THE COUNTY HAD, UH, TALKED ABOUT IT, NOT BEING WIDE ENOUGH TO BE EXPANDED, BUT WE WENT BACK AND WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE WIDTH THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO, WE COULD EXPAND THE ROADWAYS THERE AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD, SOME GOOD TALKS THERE AS WELL.
WE'RE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH CREAM.
SO TECH STOCK, UH, HAYES COUNTY, CITY OF KYLE WOULD BE, UH, TRY APPLICANTS TO THAT, UH, CAMPO REQUEST.
UM, THE MEETING WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE LIKE A GROUP OF THREE OF US GETTING TOGETHER.
AND WHEN I SAY THREE OF US, I MEAN LIKE ME, I THOUGHT TOBY IS, AND THEN SCOTT, AND WHEN I WALKED IN, IT WAS A WHOLE PLETHORA OF PEOPLE THERE AND TO INCLUDE TEXTILES.
UM, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TXDOT AND TO WILLIE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ONLY INFORMATIVE, BUT THEY WERE REALLY HELPFUL AND THEY MOVED QUICK.
UM, ONE 50 IS A SCARY, SCARY ROAD.
THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT THIS UP WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS TWO ACCIDENTS PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS I THINK, A MOTORCYCLE AS WELL, WHICH I'M SURE COULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY, BUT IT WAS LUCKILY IT WASN'T, UM, IT'S A DANGEROUS ROAD IN THE LACK OF LIGHTS AND THE LACK OF WALKABILITY MAKES IT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.
AND SO, UH, I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE ALL WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER THAT DAY AND LIKE HAVE SOME REAL SOLUTIONS.
SCOTT WAS VERY QUICK TO THE DRAW.
AND SO WE WERE LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT LIGHTS? CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN THESE ROADS.
AND HE SAID, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO.
AND SO, UM, I'M FOR LIGHTS ANYWHERE IN THE CITY WHERE ANYBODY NEEDS THEM EAST, WEST, UH, NORTH, SOUTH, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS MORE LIGHTS FOR SURE.
AND SO, UM, GETTING STARTED ON THAT IS, IS EXCITING.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE.
UH, LEON WAS THERE, THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT I WAS LIKE, WHO'S THAT? SO, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
UM, CAUSE IT MADE THIS A MUCH EASIER EXPERIENCE THAN, THAN I THINK SOMETIMES IT IS.
SO ANYONE ELSE KNOW IF IT'S LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ON BOARD WITH TXDOT TO DO A MORE STUDIES IN EAST AND IF INCLUDES WEST BY ALL MEANS, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP US HELP OVERALL.
[IX. Executive Session]
SESSION.I DO NOT KNOW WHICH ITEMS WERE.
UH, SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY LET YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
SCOTT, IF YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHICH ITEMS TO READ OUT AND DON'T FORGET NUMBER 16.
DO YOU MIND DOING THAT? THE WHOLE THING? SURE.
WHATEVER PAGE TELLS YOU TO READ, OR YOU CAN HAVE HER READ.
WE'RE GOING TO EXACT THANK YOU.
UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 51, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CITY COUNSELORS.
IT WAS READ YOUR COMMUNITY SECTION SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING COUNCIL MAKER'S CONVENIENCE SECTOR SAYS PURSUANT TO A LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED CHET 5 51 TAKES CARE OF RECORD, INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS, PROJECT, JUST PG PRODUCT FOR ANDROID PROJECT FRESCO PROJECT, BLACK CORAL PRODUCT GOLDFISH, HONEYWELL AGREEMENT, DOWNTOWN PIED LIMESTONE CREEK PID CENTER, STREET, VILLAGE, OR CURRENT N B F R DEVELOPMENT, DRR AND ITEM NUMBER 21.
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WE'VE GOT ALL THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS.YEAH, WE, WE CAN STILL TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN NUMBER 23 AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE CREATION, ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.
UH, MS. SIGNS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE, WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED? QUESTIONS FROM THE SUN'S ON THIS MOTIONS.
MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR, UH, CONSENTED GENTLEMEN.
AGENDA AM 23 SECOND MOVED BY CUSTOMER RIZZO.
SECOND OF MY CUSTOMER TOBIA SO WE PROVED NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 23.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.