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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.[Call Meeting to Order]
IT IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST.I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WHAT ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION WELL, THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE.
RIZZO PRISON, ELLISON FLORES, KALE HERE, BRADSHAW HERE, PARSLEY TO BE AS ALL RIGHT, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WE HAVE A QUORUM NEXT UP APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[ Approval of Minutes]
MAYOR LED TO GO AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.JANUARY 18TH, 2022 AND THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE SAME DAY.
IT'S MOVED BY COUNSELOR OVER TOBIA SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR JANUARY 10TH.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.
AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY DO NOT SEE ANY COMMENTS FORMS IN FRONT OF ME.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[ City Manager's Report]
IT'S NOW CLOSED NEXT UP CITY MANAGERS REPORT.I AM LOOKING FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
SHE YOU'RE UP SAMANTHA YOU ONE MOMENT HERE.
UH, COUNSEL, THIS IS A CITY MANAGER PORT AND AS SOON AS IT ROTATES HERE, THERE WE GO.
FIRST ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FIRE CHIEF KYLE TAILORED TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT THE CENTER STREET FIRE FROM LAST WEEK.
I'M KYLE TAYLOR, FIRE CHIEF FOR THE RECORD.
HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE INCIDENT FROM START TO FINISH PRETTY MUCH.
SO HE WAS THE FIRST OFFICER ON SCENE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY INITIALLY SAW, UH, JUST A BRIEF RECAP.
WE GOT THE CALL ABOUT ONE FIFTY TWO IN THE MORNING, UH, COP POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY SPOTTED SMOKE IN THE ALLEY BETWEEN THIS BUILDING AND PUB JACKS.
THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LATER AND ENCOUNTERED A HEAVY SMOKE, ZERO VISIBILITY INSIDE POP REJECTS.
THEY TRIED TO PULL CEILING AND GETTING TO THE ATTIC, BUT THE BUILDING'S BEEN REMODELED SO MANY TIMES THERE WERE MULTIPLE RE MULTIPLE CEILINGS, MULTIPLE ADDICTS, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN OLDER BUILDINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEN EVENTUALLY THE CONDITIONS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF AND THEY, THEY CALLED FOR AN EVACUATION OF ALL FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND WE WENT AND DEFENSIVE AND THE RESULT IS NEXT DOOR.
GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? YEAH, JUST, JUST ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK.
REALLY JUST A RESPONSE THAT'S CHIEF ON SMART.
AND YOUR TEAM FOR GETTING OUT THERE IN SUCH A TIMELY MANNER FOR GIVING IT YOUR BEST.
IT WAS SAD TO SEE OUR OLD, UH, TUTORIALS AND THE OLD LUMBER YARD GO UP.
BUT, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
Y'ALL DID Y'ALL PAST AND I'M JUST GLAD NOBODY GOT HURT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YEAR THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 18.
I THINK IT WAS 1888, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THE ORIGINAL BUILD ON IT WAS.
WE FOUND PICTURES OF IT IN THE 1930S.
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IT THERE'S PICTURES OF IT.YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIGHT LINEUP ALONG A BAR ON THE WALL.
SO I REMEMBER THAT, BUT, UH, THE BUILDING FOREVER FOR US GROWING UP, IT WAS THE, UH, TUTORIALS GROCERY STORE AND THE LUMBERYARD, THE YOUNG FAMILY, AND THE YOUNGEST ACTUALLY WERE MY NEIGHBORS FOR YEARS, CHESTER YOUNG AND THEM.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY IT'S WAS REALLY HARD TO WATCH IT AND GO UP IN SMOKE AND IT DEFINITELY HAD A MEMORIES THERE.
YOU DID ABSOLUTELY YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
THE COMMENTS, UH, BOTH, UH, FOR THE OTHER WORDS, NO, UH, LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURIES THROUGHOUT THAT, BUT ALSO WANT TO SECOND, THE, UH, THE THANKS FOR YOU AND YOUR, YOUR TEAM CAPTAIN, UM, AND THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE SCENE AND, AND, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION AND CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO GO TO THE DEFENSIVE, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY ACCESS THAT THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR THAT HADN'T EVEN COME TO FRUITION.
UM, HAD A TOTAL LOSS, I'M ASSUMING AS WELL ON BOTH BUILDINGS, I GUESS.
UH, PROBABLY THE QUESTION THAT MOST IS ASKED IS, ARE WE AWARE YET OF WHAT STARTED IT? AND WE'RE STILL AT TWO PERIMETER, THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL HAS PRETTY MUCH STOPPED THE INVESTIGATION.
THEY JUST DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT STARTED IT.
UM, IT STARTED ABOVE THE KITCHEN IN THE ATTIC, BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THERE'S AIR CONDITIONING UNITS UP THERE.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT WAS UP THERE.
AND IT'S SO DESTROYED THAT THEY CAN'T COME TO AN EXACT DECISION.
THERE'S NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THE FIRE AND IT'S REAL, PURELY ACCIDENTAL.
SO, UM, THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATORS WERE IN THERE TODAY, JUST LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THEY COULD IDENTIFY AS AN, AN EXACT CAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM YET ON WHAT THEY FOUND.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF MY, UM, THOUGHTS, PRAYERS GO OUT TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE LOST, I KNOW IS DEVASTATING FOR THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND WE'RE JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT THERE IS NO LOSS OF LIFE LIFE IN THAT.
UM, COULD YOU, UH, LET US KNOW HOW MANY OUTSIDE AGENCIES RESPONDED IN, HOW MANY TOTAL, UH, FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED AS WELL? WE HAD AT ONE TIME, I THINK 45 FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, WE HAD NORTH HAYES COUNTY FIRE RESCUE SOUTHEAST FIRE, SAN MARCUS, AUSTIN BUDA.
AND THEN WE HAD HAYES COUNTY CERT HELPING US OUT HE'S COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO A YOUTUBE.
OUR DISPATCHERS KEPT UP WITH US THE WHOLE NIGHT SOMEHOW.
AND FOR ALL THOSE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT SHOWED UP FROM SAN MARCUS AND, UH, AUSTIN BUDA, UH, AND FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASSISTING US IN THIS, UH, DEVASTATING FIRE.
AND, UM, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL OF HOW MANY HOURS DID IT TAKE FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED COAT FOR? HE DECLARED THE FIRE OUT AROUND NOON.
WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RESPONDING IN TO ALL THE PATROL OFFICERS OUT THERE.
WE'RE HELPING OUT FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM ALL OVER.
CAN I HAVE CAPTAIN ALSO COME UP? SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY PERSONAL THANKS TO YOU GUYS.
CAUSE YOU'RE HERE, BUT THE WHOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, I EXPRESSED TO YOU BEFORE THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH.
AND APPRECIATION THAT WE CAN SHOW TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I WAS, FOR SOME REASON, THIS HIT ME EXTRA HARD.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE APPRECIATED.
AND ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT AND HELPED AND ASSISTED THE FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, SOME OF WHICH ARE VOLUNTEERS.
SO IT MEANS A LOT TO THE CITY AS A RESIDENT AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
AND YOU KNOW, DURING LARGE STRUCTURE FIRES, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THE ADJACENT STRUCTURES.
SO THIS BUILDING WAS SAVED ALSO, UH, W YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY WITH NO HARM, BUT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME STAFF WHO WERE HERE AND MADE SURE THAT THIS BUILDING WAS OKAY AS WELL.
SO TIM CROP LEE, OUR FACILITIES MANAGER WAS HERE BASICALLY THROUGH THE EVENT.
AND, UH, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF SMOKE IN THE BUILDING AND HE GOT A COMPANY TO COME OUT AND REMEDIATE THAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THERE, OUR IT DEPARTMENT WAS HERE MAKING SURE THAT OUR SERVERS AND, UH,
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ELECTRICAL WAS SAFE.SO ANYWAY, A HUGE, A HUGE LIFT FROM IT FROM EVERYBODY, RIGHT? YEAH.
FROM STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WHO CAME OUT AND BROUGHT THE EXCAVATORS OUT THERE.
I GOT TO WITNESS THEM, COME OUT AND TAKE ALL THE DEBRIS OUT AND EVERYTHING SO WE COULD MAKE SURE THE FIRE WAS COMPLETELY OUT.
BUT TIM AND HIS GUYS ALL WEEKEND LONG EVERY DAY THAT IT CAME OUT HERE, TIM WAS HERE PERSONALLY HERE, AND THEY WERE WORKING HARD.
UH, JUST EVERYBODY THAT WORKED UP, YOU KNOW, PARKS FOR CLEANING UP THE STREETS.
I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN GO IN ON, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS FOR BLOCKING OFF AND KEEPING THE AREA SAFE.
I MEAN, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT AND TEAM KYLE SHOWED THAT WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE.
SO DEFINITELY A LOT OF KUDOS GO AROUND.
WE HAD A PRETTY IMPORTANT MEETING THAT MORNING AND NOWHERE TO MEET.
SO PD, LET US USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM, WHICH WAS FIRST TIME I'VE HAD A MEETING IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM AND IT WAS GREG.
NEXT ON THE CITY MANAGER REPORT IS THE ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL VISIONING WORKSHOP.
UH, IT IS ON THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 12TH AND 13TH IN FRISCO.
UH, WE WILL SEND OUT A, AN ITINERARY HOPEFULLY THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, BUT, UH, FINALIZING ALL THE DETAILS THERE.
AND AGAIN, MORE INFORMATION TO COME TO COUNCIL SOON.
UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON FOR AN UPDATE ON DIALOGUE FOR PIECE OF PROGRESS AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
WE'RE COMING UP WITH OUR FIFTH EDITION OF THE DIALOGUE SERIES FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS.
THIS ONE'S CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THIS FRIDAY AT 7:00 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, YOU CAN ALSO WATCH ONLINE SPECTRUM 10, OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OUR WEBSITE, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT VARIOUS DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATING THE BLACK HISTORY AND OTHER THINGS LOCAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY AND A PLATFORM FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY GET TO HEAR FROM.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO EITHER WATCH IT HERE AT THE CITY HALL OR ONLINE, BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT ANYTHING WE DO IN THIS CHAMBERS, UH, THEY'RE ALL ARCHIVED.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYTIME AFTER THE EVENT AS WELL.
AND THIS IS THE CITY'S OFFICIAL BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION.
ESPENOSA UP TO TALK ABOUT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.
THE MAYOR COUNCIL, MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, VALENTINE'S DANCE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES NEXT SATURDAY.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 25 SPOTS LEFT, UM, STILL OPEN.
IT'S A MAX OF 75 PARTICIPANTS.
IT IS FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALL AGES, AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE CREW ACTIVITY CENTER AND MARY CARHARTTS AND PARK.
AND THEN ALL NEXT MONTH FROM MARCH 14TH TO 18TH, WE HAVE OUR SECOND ANNUAL SPRING BREAK CAMP FOR KIDS AGES.
UH, SECOND GRADE THROUGH NINTH GRADE, WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE SPOT LEFT AND THE SECOND TIP FIFTH GRADE AGE GROUP, AND WE HAVE FIVE SPOTS LEFT ON THE SIXTH TO NINTH GRADE AGE GROUP.
UH, THAT THAT CAMP WILL ALSO BE HELD THE MARY CAROL HEART CENTER CITY SQUARE PARK IN THE KRUGER ACTIVITY CENTER AND OUTDOORS ON THE PARK.
NOW WE HAVE SANDRA DURAN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, SANDRA DURIAN.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME IF YOU A PARKS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF.
RAYMER SANCHEZ, FRANK RODRIGUEZ, TERRY MARTIN, AND WE ALSO HAVE A PARKS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR JUST IN GARZA.
SO WE'LL COME TO TEAM KYLE GO TEAM.
I LIKE THAT PICTURE AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP PRESENTATION, A D UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
[ Presentation]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH.COUNCIL PROCLAMATION COMES FOR ELLS.
I'M GLAD I HAD ANOTHER CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, NOT ONLY JUST THE DIALOGUE FOR PEACE IN PROGRESS, BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING DISPLAY AT OUR LIBRARY.
AS SOON AS THAT SAID THAT I LOOKED OVER AT PAUL AND I WAS LIKE, HOW DID YOU NOT BRING UP THE LIBRARY DISPLAY? WE'VE GOT A GREAT DISPLAY AT THE LIBRARY ALL THIS MONTH, AS WELL AS I THINK WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME VIDEOS, READING DISPLAYS.
WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL PERSON THAT WE'RE INTERVIEWING THAT HAS A GREAT HISTORY IN THE CITY OF COL AND HAS SERVED THIS CITY IN THE PAST.
SO IT WON'T SPOIL WHO THAT IS, BUT, UH, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND OUR LIBRARY, FACEBOOK PAGE FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE, UH, RELATIONS TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UH, SO THIS IS, UM, THE FIFTH CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION I'VE WRITTEN FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
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SO IT'S MY HONOR TO DO THAT AND THANKS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT, STEVE GOLF CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS AFTER STARTING AS AN IDEA FOR WAYS TO CELEBRATE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT NINE YEARS EARLIER IN 1924, A CELEBRATION THAT EVENTUALLY WAS RENAMED TO NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT WEEK BEGAN THE OUT, BEGAN THE OUTREACH AND THE OUTREACH WAS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THE DESIRE FOR A GREATER IMPACT ALSO PERSISTED, WE ARE GOING BACK TO THAT BEAUTIFUL HISTORY AND IT IS GOING TO INSPIRE US TO GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS IN QUOTE, MY FEBRUARY, 1926.
THIS STATEMENT OF HISTORIAN, DR.
CARTER G WOODSON, ALONG WITH THAT IDEA, HE AND OTHER PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIGURES HAD WITHIN BECOME NEGRO HISTORY WEEK.
WOODSON CHOSE FEBRUARY FOR REASONS OF CONTINUING WHAT WAS ALREADY FAMILIAR TO MANY SINCE 1865 BLACK COMMUNITIES HAD CELEBRATED FALLEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, AND THEN BY THE LATE LATE 1890S, FORMER SLAVE AND PROMINENT ABOLITIONISTS ACTIVISTS, FREDERICK DOUGLAS, HIS BIRTHDAY, BOTH OCCURRING IN FEBRUARY.
THIS SHOWED HIS TRUE EFFORT TO EXTEND THE STUDY OF BLACK HISTORY, NOT CREATE A NEUTRAL TRADITION.
FINALLY, IN 1976, THIS CELEBRATION WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND TODAY BLACK HISTORY MONTH GARNER SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS DISCUSS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CALL TAKES PRIDE IN ITS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE.
THAT IS ALSO PREVALENT THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY, PRODUCING EXAMPLES OF BOTH SUBTLE AND FORTHRIGHT THREADS WOVEN DEEPLY INTO THE FABRIC THAT IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN KYLE WITHIN ITS ENTIRE SCALE OF HISTORY FROM THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE AT ITS FOUNDING TO THE COURAGEOUS FRIEDMAN WHO SETTLED IN THE AREA AND FROM THE EARLY TRADERS REPRESENTING BUSINESS IN KYLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND REPRESENTED THIS GROWING COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, INCLUDING PUBLICLY ELECTED OFFICES, LIKE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, MADDIE BROADFOOT, WELCH, RAY BRYANT, AND FORMER MAYOR JAMES ATKINS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF KALA ENCOURAGES THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND APPLAUSE, THE EFFORTS OF GROUPS SUCH AS THE HAYES COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS, SUCH AS ALI GILES WENT IN PORTERFIELD AND JEAN BAGWELL IN HELPING PRESERVE RESTORED MAINTAINED CAUSE FORMER AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY NOW KNOWN AS TO CALL FAMILY PIONEER CEMETERY AND BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF KYLE JOINS IN THE UNIFIED ENDEAVOR OF ITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND HAYS COUNTY AND PAYING HOMAGE TO THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED CARRY ON THE RESOLUTE EFFORTS IN A CONTINUAL REMINDER OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND SACRIFICES BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE ADVANCEMENTS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS CHOSEN EACH YEAR BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE IN HISTORY, THE SAME GROUP FOUNDED IN PART BY DR.
WOODSON IN 1915 OFFERS A REMINDER TO THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR BOTH OURSELVES AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY'S MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY CALL THAT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF 2022 SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND APPRECIATION OF THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS OF COLOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THOSE ACROSS THIS NATION AND ITS HISTORY SIGN AND ENTERED THIS DAY.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THE SUPPORT FOR THIS.
UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AS WELL FOR HELPING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AS WE MENTIONED WITH THE LIBRARY, WITH A DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS COMMS TEAM IN IT.
UM, AND JUST THE OVERALL, UM, ADDITION OF CONTINUED TO BE INCLUSIVE, UH, IN OUR CITY.
AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS THAT COME THROUGH AND I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SUPPORT THESE.
YEAH, IF ANYBODY, UH, TYPICALLY IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR US TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
SO, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL, UH, STAND UP HERE.
AND IF ANYBODY WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROCLAMATION WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD IN FRONT OF THE DIOCESE.
, DON'T BE SHY RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH PROCLAMATION.
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IS ALSO ONE THAT I DO EVERY YEAR AT THIS SAME TIME.UH, WE ARE VERY BLESSED AT, AND IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO HAVE A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, VERY FOCUSED ON INCREASING, UH, EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR JOB MARKET CONTINUES TO, UH, EVOLVE.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT ONE THING THAT'S BECOMING MORE CLEAR IS THAT THERE ARE GREAT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION JOBS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS, UH, WHO OBTAIN CERTAIN CREDENTIALS, UH, IMMEDIATELY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING.
UM, WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN.
UH, OUR, OUR CTE DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR IS DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO AS MANY STUDENTS POSSIBLE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS CTE MONTH IS TAKING PLACE DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO HONOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO PURSUE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF ACQUIRING REAL WORLD SKILLS TO COMPETE IN THE WORKFORCE.
AND WHEREAS AROUND 1.5 MILLION, TEXAS SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN ONE OR MORE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES IN 1200 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND OVER 6,550 HAYES STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN CTE COURSES, 6,550 HAYES CISD STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CTE COURSES, WHICH ENCOMPASSES A VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS, INCLUDING AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE.
AND WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO GAINING SPECIFIC CAREER RELATED KNOWLEDGE PARTICIPANTS IN CTE PROGRAMS LEARN SUCH ESSENTIAL SKILLS AS TIME MANAGEMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING AND CRITICAL THINKING, WHICH BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WORKPLACE.
THESE PROGRAMS MOTIVATE AND ENGAGE STUDENTS BY PROVIDING HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN FURTHER THEIR EXPERTISE AND TO INTERACT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO SHARE THEIR VOCATIONAL INTERESTS.
AND WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS OFFERING A PATH TO SUCCESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ECONOMY WHILE HELPING TO ADDRESS THE URGENT NEED FOR SKILLED LABOR IN HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES.
AND IT IS ENABLING NUMEROUS TEXANS TO SECURE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND LEAD PRODUCTIVE, FULFILLING LIVES.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED AT THE CITY OF KYLE HEREBY RECOGNIZES FEBRUARY AS CTE MONTH.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE HAY CTE PROGRAM IS SUSIE MITCHELL.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO START BY INTRODUCING TWO OF OUR CT COORDINATORS.
UH, JOE HENDERSON IS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
HE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SET UP STUDENT INTERNSHIPS CAREER DAYS AND EVEN TEACHER EXTERNSHIPS DURING THE SUMMER.
SO OUR TEACHERS CAN SPEND A FEW DAYS DOING SOME JOB SHADOWING, AND I KNOW HE BROUGHT HIS BUSINESS CARD.
SO IF ANY BUSINESS WANT TO WORK WITH US, WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE MATT KELLY.
MATT IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR.
MATT WORKS PERFECTLY WITH OUR CTE TEACHERS TO INSTALL SOFTWARE SET UP ONLINE CERTIFICATION EXAMS. AND LAST WEEK HE WAS EVEN TEACHING A GROUP OF EIGHTH GRADERS, HOW TO BUILD A COMPUTER.
WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF KYLE TOGETHER.
WE FORMED A FIREFIGHTER ACADEMY.
WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WILL GRADUATE WITH THEIR FIREFIGHTER AND EMT CERTIFICATIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS THAT INTERN WITH THE KYLE'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL AS MANY AREAS OF BUSINESSES, INCLUDING INCLUDING SETON, HAYS AND CTE.
WE ARE REALLY STRIVING TO GET OUR STUDENTS COLLEGE AND CAREER READY FOR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE.
WE OFFER MANY INDUSTRY-BASED SO THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE READY TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE UPON GRADUATION.
IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT THEY CHOOSE, JUST A FEW OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDE COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING SERVE SAFE RESTAURANT MANAGER, OSHA 30 ASE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, AUTOCAD NON-COMMISSIONED SECURITY OFFICER, ADOBE, MICROSOFT OFFICE.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT ANY TIME.
TELL ME IT WAS IT WASN'T 6,500, FIVE YEARS AGO.
WAS IT? NO, WE'VE GROWN A WHOLE LOT.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I READ THAT NUMBER DOUBLES.
YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT TRUE, ACTUALLY.
SO WE, WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS CTE.
UH, WE REALLY ARE, AND MR. MAYOR HAS SERVED ON OUR CTA MINISTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR YEARS.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FLOURISH KILL? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AT A TIME WHERE I THINK LEADERS AND TEACHERS ARE KINDA LIKE LEAVING THAT FIELD.
IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE YOU, AND I THINK HE'S MR. HENDERSON AND, UM, MR. KELLY, KELLY.
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SO IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED.DO YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD FOR A PHOTO COMING? YOU MADE ABOUT THE FIRE I'VE BEEN AROUND TO WALK.
CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THE WANTON BURNED DOWN.
SO YEAH, THAT'S THIS, IT WAS IN THIS BLOCK.
YES, LET'S DO A FUN OKAY, HERE WE GO.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DATING VIOLENCE, AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, PROCLAMATION THAT I BRING FORWARD EVERY YEAR.
UM, THE, SOME OF THE STATISTICS REGARDING DATING VIOLENCE ARE KIND OF STAGGERING.
UM, WE HAVE SOME GOOD SUPPORT GROUPS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AS A RESULT, I WANT TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS A ONE IN THREE ADOLESCENTS IS A VICTIM OF PHYSICAL SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, OR VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER.
AND WHEREAS THE EFFECTS OF DATING VIOLENCE, IMPACT YOUTH IN ALL COMMUNITIES AND CUTS ACROSS ECONOMIC, RACIAL, GENDER, AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS, AND WHEREAS RESPECTFUL, SUPPORTIVE, AND NON-VIOLENT ARE KEY TO SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
AND WHEREAS BY PROVIDING TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS AND BY CHALLENGING ATTITUDES THAT SUPPORT CHANGING ATTITUDES, THAT SUPPORT VIOLENCE, UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT DATING VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED.
AND WHEREAS FAMILY, FRIENDS, TEACHERS, COACHES, FAITH LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE YOUTH IN POSITIVE WAYS.
AND WHEREAS LAST YEAR, THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDED 157 DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PRESENTATIONS TO 3,141 TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AND WHEREAS WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE, PROMOTE HEALTHY DATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ACTIVITIES AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, UH, THEREFORE, UH, UH, BY, UH, VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS A MAYOR OF KYLA.
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2022 IS DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, UH, FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN, IN A CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF KYLE TO WORK TOGETHER, TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PREVENT DATING VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTERS HERE WHO'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK? HI, MY NAME IS KARA NICHOLSON.
I'M A PREVENTION COORDINATOR AT H CWC.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO, AND, UM, UH, SANDRA GONZALEZ OR SANDY, I'M ONE OF THE LEGAL ADVOCATES AT H CWC.
MAYOR MEMBERS OF KYLE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, FEBRUARY 8TH, CWC STAFF AND BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AS THEY SEEK TO DEVELOP POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS, PARTNERS, FAMILY, AND THEMSELVES, EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS CAN STRIVE TO MODEL HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BEHAVIORS AND OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THEM.
WE CAN HELP THEM LEAD US TO A GENERATION FREE OF ABUSE AND UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THAT CHANGE.
UH, JUST AS A PERSON WHO DOES, UH, PREVENTION EDUCATION, UM, ABOUT NINE AND A HALF YEARS WORKING AT H CWC AND A GOOD PORTION OF THAT WAS DOING PREVENTION EDUCATION HERE IN SCHOOLS IN KYLE.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING YOUTH AND HAVING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AND HAVING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM.
UM, ONE IN THREE YOUTH WILL EXPERIENCE, UH, AN UNHEALTHY OR AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFETIME.
UM, SO WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND TRYING TO CREATE, MAKE THAT NUMBER ZERO BECAUSE ONE IN THREE IS WAY TOO MANY, UH, SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US CAN DO.
UM, NEXT TUESDAY IS WEAR ORANGE DAY.
IF YOU WEAR ORANGE AND YOU POST A PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A HASHTAG, UM, STOP THE HERD OR ORANGE FOR LOVE, UM, WE'RE EVEN USING THE HASHTAG HASHTAG WHAT ABOUT LOVE? UM, YOU CAN HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND PREVENTING HEALTH OR ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO HAVE A PLEDGE THAT YOU CAN SIGN ON OUR WEBSITE, STOP THE HURT.ORG, AND IT'S A PLEDGE
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TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PRACTICING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND ENCOURAGING OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME.SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HE'S CALLED A WOMEN WOMEN'S CENTER HAS BEEN, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT THESE LAST TWO YEARS, THE, THE, THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY YOU'VE TAKEN ON IS JUST BEEN HUGE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO FEEL TRAPPED IN A, IN A NEW AND UNIQUE WAY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN LIFESTYLE THAT WE'VE ALL SORT OF EXPERIENCED.
AND, AND SO THOSE, THE OUTREACH IS, IS CERTAINLY EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY THAT CUSTOMER PARSLEY? HI.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, EVEN TALKING TO KIDS IN SCHOOL THAT PROBABLY NOT ALL OF THEM GET THAT COMMUNICATION AT HOME.
UM, SOME, SOME DON'T KNOW WHAT A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP IS OR WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE.
SO HAVING CREATING THAT AWARENESS IN CHILDREN, IT'S SOMETHING HUGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP BETTER.
SO, UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND, UM, UM, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT I LOVE THE IDEA FOR NEXT TUESDAY.
HE SAID A WEEK FROM TODAY WITH THE ORANGE, IF COUNCIL DOESN'T OBJECT, I THINK WE COULD MAYBE PROMOTE THAT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS A WAY TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
LIKE THE IDEA CUTS WERE A FLOOR SCALE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO OVERALL.
WE TOOK A TOUR TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I TOOK A TOUR AND IT WAS AMAZING.
UM, SADLY, WHAT YOU GUYS OFFER IS VERY UNIQUE.
AND SO IT WOULD, IT HAS TO OFFER IS PRICELESS, YOU KNOW, GIVING PEOPLE AN OUTLET OR A PLACE, UM, TO FEEL SAFE IS, IS REALLY AMAZING.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE STARTING WITH THE KIDS IS GONNA FIX A LOT OF ISSUES BEFORE THEY EVEN START.
SO IF AT ANY POINT YOU GUYS NEED ANY KIND OF SUPPORT.
I, I BEG YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO THE SCHOOLS AND I WANT TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS, IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA, WHEREVER YOU GO, I'LL GO.
SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT SAME SUBMITTED ANYTHING WE CAN DO.
I'VE I'VE IN THE PAST, I'VE HELPED WITH RELOCATION.
SO JUST REMEMBER I GOT A TRUCK AND TRAILER, AND I KNOW SOME GUYS THAT WOULD LOVE TO MOVE FURNITURE.
SO IF YOU EVER NEED THAT HELP, LET US KNOW.
I'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY CALL YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY IS, UH, SOMETHING IN, YEAH, I'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND THEY STOPPED CALLING ME.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, DID THEY LOSE MY NUMBER? DEFINITELY.
SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY FOR SURE.
YEAH, IT'S WELL, OUR GOAL IS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP THE COMMUNITY'S HELP.
IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD, WE'LL DO A, WE'LL DO A PHOTO.
ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME FORWARD AS WELL.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UPDATE AND PRESENTATION ON GRANDAD COMMUNICATION SERVICE TO KYLE ABRIEL MORALES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INVITATION.
I AM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR, UH, THE BILL THAT IS GOING ON CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
AS FAR AS THE UPDATE IS CONCERNED, WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND A KENSINGTON SUBDIVISION, A SUNSET HILLS, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED METALS OF KYLE.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GOING INTO SOME NEW BUILD AREAS.
ANTHEM IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE OWNER DEVELOPER IN ORDER TO INSTALL OUR FACILITIES AND, UH, REALLY THAT'S, UH, ALL ABOUT IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MIRALIS? I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR DBS IS GOING TO HAVE QUITE A FEW, SO I'M JUST GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO TAKE THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE COMPLETED IN AN AREA, DOES THAT MEAN YOU ALL HAVE COMPLETED LAYING THE LINE OR DOES THAT, THAT, OR DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED PUTTING THE PLACE BACK TOGETHER WHERE IT WAS BEFORE
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YOU ALL GOT THERE? WHEN I SAY COMPLETED, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT.THERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE WHERE WE PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD BE THE CONDUIT, THE PEDESTALS CABINETS.
UM, THAT IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WHERE, UH, CITIZENS RESIDENTS, UH PASSERBUYS INSTEAD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE REALLY.
ONCE WE GET THAT INTO PLACE, THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING IN OUR FIBER OPTIC CABLE, WE STRING IT THROUGH, WE SPLICE IT AND THEN WE ACTIVATE IT.
THAT IS ANOTHER KIND OF LIKE THE SECOND COMPLETION ONCE TEST IT.
WE VERIFY IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UP TO SPECS, UH, CLEAR ANY DISCREPANCIES.
WE WILL RELEASE THE AREA FOR SERVICE.
UH, AT THAT TIME OUR SALESPEOPLE WILL COME INTO THE AREA, UM, AND THEY'LL START, YOU KNOW, SIGNING UP PEOPLE AND SEEING WHO'S INTERESTED.
UM, AS FAR AS RESTORATION IS CONCERNED, THAT'S ALWAYS AN ONGOING THING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE RESTORATION AND IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, THE LENGTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO DEPEND THIS YEAR.
I'M GOING TO SAY THE LAST 24 PLUS MONTHS HAVE BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR US JUST DUE TO THE EFFECT OF THE PANDEMIC IT'S AFFECTED OUR, UH, VENDORS.
AS FAR AS MATERIALS ARE CONCERNED, IT'S AFFECTED OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AS FAR AS THEIR WORKFORCE.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING REMOTELY.
WE ALL FOUND OUT HOW IMPORTANT INTERNET IS TO HAVE THESE DATA SERVICES DURING THIS TIME.
WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH IT RESTORATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO AF UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PERIOD WHERE WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR AFTER WE RELEASE SCENARIO, AS FAR AS SERVICEABLE, AND TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS AND TRY TO MAKE THINGS, UH, BACK INTO PLACE TO ASK WHAT THEY WERE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, FOR NOW? UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, SO I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS AND HOW THAT LOOKS.
THERE'S NOT A SET TIMEFRAME FOR IT.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, JUST BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT, UM, THERE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS MATERIALS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BRING IT IN.
AND THAT IS ALSO WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUCH AS THEY T AND T SPECTRUM.
UM, THEY'RE HAVING THE SAME SITUATION, THE SAME ISSUES WITH IT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE HAPPING EXPRESSING, UH, SOME GREAT JOY THAT WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER, UH, INTERNET SERVICE POSSIBLY COMING, WHICH WILL BE GRANNY.
SO THERE'S A POSITIVE SIDE ON THAT.
UH, I DO LIVE IN THE CANDIDS AND TRAILS SUBDIVISION MYSELF.
AND SO, UM, UH, THOUGH, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN THERE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO YOUR MANAGERS WELL, IN THINGS TO BE ADDRESSED.
UH, ONE OF COURSE IS THE YARDS THAT ARE BEING, UM, DUG UP AND SO FORTH.
UM, LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE REPAIRED.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD BY WORKERS THAT THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
SO THAT RAISES CONCERN ON THAT END.
UM, SECOND OF ALL, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES.
IT HASN'T BEEN THAT MUCH OF A ISSUE IS PARKING IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAYS AND SOME OF THE CARS WOULD BE GONE FOR A GOOD WHILE.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO LEAVE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE.
UM, SO THOSE CONCERNS THERE, OTHER ONES WERE COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, I I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, UH, BEFORE, UH, WITH MR. SELLERS, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION IN KYLE.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS IS THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A BETTER COMMUNICATION AS FAR AS A SCHEDULE BY DATE, BY STREET AND BY SECTION.
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN PLAN OUT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES IN CASE THEY NEED A PART, THEIR CAR IN THIS SIDEWALK, MEANING IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, OR IF IT GETS BLOCKED, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AS WELL.
UH, OTHER RESIDENTS, UH, IN MY, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF KENSINGTON EIGHT, A, UM, SOME OF THEM WORK AT NIGHT.
SO THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR STREETS OR, UH, SOMEBODY IN THEIR YARD AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOT A SPECIFIC SCHEDULE DAY, AS FAR AS WHAT STREETS ARE GOING TO WORK ON.
UH, THERE IS FLYERS THAT I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE DOORS, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE THEM SPECIFIC
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INFORMATION AS LIKE A TIME SCHEDULE OF WHEN THE WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED.UH, ANOTHER CONCERN WAS POSSIBLY EQUIPMENT LIFT OVERNIGHT.
NOW I'M STILL TRYING TO VERIFY THIS, BUT I WAS BEING TOLD BY ONE RESIDENT THAT SOME, UM, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE GETTING NOTICES FROM THE HOA STATING THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF WHATEVER CODE IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR YARDS AND BECAUSE OF EQUIPMENT BEING LEFT BEHIND IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL.
BUT I, I THINK OVERALL IF, UM, WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE THERE AND DOING THE WORK AND DOING IT VERY EFFICIENTLY, BUT THOSE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING UP, THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO ADDRESS GOING FORWARD ON THAT IN THERE.
UM, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAPPENS OUT IN THE FIELD DOESN'T REALLY GET TO ME.
UM, I USED TO BE IN AN OFFICE PROBABLY ABOUT 10, 12 HOURS A DAY, LOOKING AT MONITORS AND EMAILS.
AND, UH, YES, MY WORK SCHEDULE IS BASICALLY ON CALENDAR INVITES.
UH, I BELIEVE I'VE GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, SIR, AND I'LL HIT YOU UP ON IT.
AND IF YOU COULD GIVE ME, I MEAN, JUST TOUCH ON THAT AND STUFF TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE IN, IN OUR AREA AND THE CITY THAT YOU'RE HITTING MY THING IS THIS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN Y'ALL STARTED HITTING PLUM CREEK AND Y'ALL START HITTING STEEPLECHASE AND Y'ALL START HITTING OTHER AREAS.
THOSE STREETS ARE A LOT SMALLER, THE ONES WE HAVE THERE.
AND SO IF IT COULD BE SOMETHING LATER ON TO WHERE WE WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT ISSUES LATER ON AND HAVING SCHEDULED TIMES AND TRUCKS AND SO FORTH ON THAT END TO WHERE WE CAN BE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND IN COMMUNICATIONS.
AND SO THE FOURTH ONE, THAT ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP DURING OUR WEEKLY UPDATE MEETINGS, UH, FOR THE, FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK, UM, IN RESIDENT OCCUPIED OR WHAT I CALL ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY, UM, WOULD THERE BE ANY OBJECTION IF WE PLACE LIKE, UM, PROPER SIGNAGE MAYBE ON THE STREET THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON, UH, SIGNAGE, UH, I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T BE A PERMANENT JUST TEMPORARY ON THE ENTRY INTO THE SUBDIVISION, UH, JUST LISTING TO SAY, HEY, THIS ACTIVITY IS GOING ON.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS WITH A PHONE NUMBER THAT CAN BE CALLED WELL, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY, I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, THIS COUNCIL DEALS WITH THIS QUESTION OF RESTORATION AFTER CONSTRUCTION ON A WIDE VARIETY.
SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND THERE'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT CAMPS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE CONTRACTORS WHO GO IN, UH, AND THEY, THEY SORT OF, AREN'T REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RESIDENTS.
THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO, AND THAT'S THEIR FOCUS.
AND TH TH THE RESIDENTS KIND OF THE NOISE.
AND THEN THERE'S THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE JOB INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE COMMUNICATED WELL WITH AND ARE CONSIDERED.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THAT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN POTENTIALLY MOVE CLOSER.
MY QUESTION IS, UH, YOU SAID THAT YOU HEARD FROM WORKERS THAT RESTORATION WAS NOT A PART OF THE PROJECT SCOPE OR THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIBER IS THAT, IS, THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? IS, IS RESTORATION NOT A PART OF PART OF THEIR SCOPE.
IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE AGREEMENT OF OUR PRIMARY CONTRACTOR AND WHAT THE SUBCONTRACTOR SERVED, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS WE MIGHT BE BRINGING IN ANOTHER PROJECT OR ANOTHER CONTRACTOR FOR A FINAL WALKOUT, A WALKTHROUGH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SATISFACTORY.
CAUSE, CAUSE THE CONCERNS WERE, THERE WERE OF COURSE POTHOLES OR HOLES THAT WERE DUG OVERNIGHT AND SOME WERE COVERED, SOME WERE NOT.
AND JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP WAS THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE WHOEVER CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THE STREET, THEY'LL HIT A GAS LINE OR THEY'LL HIT A IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY TIME THE RESIDENTS REALLY KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING GOING ON NEAR THEIR HOUSE IS WHEN THEY SEE THE FIRE TRUCKS SHOWING UP AND SO FORTH.
SO I KNOW IT'S COMBINATION OF ALL OF US, INCLUDING THE CITY, GETTING THAT COMMUNICATION DOWN, BUT I'M JUST ADDRESSING, THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING OR I'M SEEING OR HEARING FROM ME GETTING EMAILS ON AND PHONE CALLS, UH, FROM THIS GROUND LEVEL OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRENADE, SCOTT, WHERE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, OR WE'RE LOOKING AT INTO A BIT, TYPICALLY OUR, OUR PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO RESTORE THE LAND, TO RETURN OH, CONDITION.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE TELEPHONE POLES UP AND DOWN CENTER STREET AND ELSEWHERE WHERE THE, IN THE UTILITY SUMMITS, THEY WERE DRILLING HOLES AND LEAVING ALL OF THE, SORT
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OF THE DEBRIS THERE AS OPPOSED TO RESTORING IT.AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A ROLE TO PLAY IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
SO THE, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF IS RESTORATION A PART OF PROJECT SCOPE, WHENEVER CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE IN A UTILITY EASEMENT SHOULD ALWAYS BE YES, NOT, IT DEPENDS.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, UH, CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
UM, AND I JUST, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT LEAVE THE LINES PROBABLY AT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT COME AND RESTORE.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO MAYBE THAT GOT MISSED MISS INTERPRETED AS WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASSUME, UM, CAUSE I'M WITH THE MAYOR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MISUNDERSTANDING IS LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE TECHNICALLY IT'S THEIR JOB TO LAY LINES.
SO, UM, I, THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT I MAYBE I GOT OUT OF IT.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO YOUR MATERIALS ISSUES, WHICH WE ARE A CITY AND WE ARE COMPLETELY AWARE AND UNDERSTANDING, OR AT LEAST WE SHOULD BE.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE, DO YOU GUYS BREAK GROUND PRIOR TO RECEIVING THOSE MATERIALS? NO, MA'AM OKAY.
UM, AND SO ALSO, IS IT GOING BACK TO COMMUNICATION, WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BETWEEN GRANDAD AND THE CITY OF KYLE AND THE RESIDENTS, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO CALENDAR, WHICH I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF CALENDARS, UM, WITH EITHER OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY, A STAFF MEMBER, JUST LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M A FAN OF THE SIGN THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN'T SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS A LITERALLY A SIGN UPFRONT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY UP TO STAFF.
UM, AND, AND NOT US, ALTHOUGH I'D BE ALL FOR IT, UH, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS INTERNET OR MAYBE, MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY HAS A FACEBOOK OR HOWEVER THE CITY PUTS OUT THEIR NOTIFICATIONS, BUT I AM OVERALL REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT GRAD GRANDE'S COMING IT'S FOR, FOR US TO GET ANOTHER ENTERPRISE, INTERNET PROVIDER IS A HUGE DEAL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME KINKS WORKED OUT, BUT I THINK WE COULD FIX THAT JUST BY A SIMPLE PHONE CALL OR A MEETING OR ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION BECAUSE I, FOR ONE WILL NEVER BE ANGRY THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING LOUD NOISES.
I MEAN, UNLESS, I GUESS IT'S BEFORE EIGHT, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US A SERVICE BECAUSE WHAT YOU GUYS GIVING US, THE RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED FOR FOUR YEARS.
I MEAN, I'VE LIVED HERE ALMOST 10 YEARS.
I REMEMBER ASKING FOR IT 10 YEARS AGO.
SO I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON KYLE AND THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT IT IS.
AND NOBODY ELSE OBVIOUSLY HAS WANTED TO DO THAT, INCLUDING BIG COMPANIES LIKE AT AND T.
UM, ONCE WE GET THIS COMMUNICATION, I THINK FIGURED OUT, UH, I WILL HAVE HAPPIER RESIDENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A HAPPIER COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY'S AND THEN WE'LL ALL AROUND.
WE'LL BE, IT'LL BE A BETTER SITUATION.
SO IT'S JUST, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M SURE WHEN SPECTRUM LAID THEIR LINES, IT WASN'T LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING AND WE'RE AWARE OF EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST TIME FOR US.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO KYLE.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THE COMMUNICATION FIGURED OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMPLIMENT.
AND I WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO MY UPPER MANAGEMENT.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WERE ON TO SAY? YEAH.
AND THEN IT SAYS, UH, THAT THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD LEAVE THAT PROPERTY AS GOOD AS, OR BETTER CONDITION THAN BEFORE THE WORK STARTED.
IS THERE AN INSPECTION PROCESS THAT WE UNDERGO TO ENSURE THAT ORDINANCE HAS FOLLOWED OR A PUBLIC WORKS INSPECTOR TYPICALLY DOES GO OUT, BUT IS NOT PERMANENTLY ON SITE.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES, BUT PHILLIP HAS BEEN, OR I ASSUME IT'S PHILIP.
WE, WE DO MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO RESPECT LEGALLY PER ORDINANCE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ONSITE MULTIPLE TIMES.
LJA IS THE ENGINEER ON SITE? WHO IS YOUR PM? WHO ALSO HAS THE ONUS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S BUILT PROPERLY, MAY PRO TIMBERS UP.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I AM GOING TO REITERATE OR WHATEVER HE SAYS, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE AN OPTION IN KYLE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO PUSH ON IS WE ARE GOING TO RESTORE EVERYTHING TO ITS ORIGINAL STYLE SITE, AND THAT'S NO PLAYING AROUND.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF UTILITIES COME INTO THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR ANOTHER, UH, JOINING CITIES AND THEY COME IN, THEY PUT IN THEIR FIBER, THEY PUT IN THEIR WATER OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, AND THEY'RE LEAVING SINKHOLES WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESTORING EVERYTHING.
AND IF WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE LATER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE CAN CONTACT.
SO WE CAN HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE ABLE TO COVER WHETHER IT'S YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
CAUSE USUALLY THAT'S WHO IT IS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE A NUMBER WE CAN CALL AND WE'D HOLD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE
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I DON'T WANT TO BE HAVING TO, UH, THE CITY TO PICK, PICK UP THE BILL FOR SOMETHING A CONTRACTOR DID OR SOME ENTITY THAT CAME INTO TOWN.CAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT HERE LATELY, TRYING TO, UH, TRACK PEOPLE DOWN.
AND THAT'S ONE THING I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A CITY.
UH, MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR HARPER.
HARPER IS HARPER HERE, HARPER WHO OVERSEES, UH, ALL THE UTILITIES THAT COME INTO THE CITY HARPER WILDE OR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UM, SO ME AND PHILIP AND NOW IT'S PHILLIP, PHILLIP TOOK THE RIGHT PERMIT POSITION.
SO PHILLIPS OVER, OVER ALL THAT HIMSELF, BUT BEFORE IT WAS ME AND PHILIP, BUT PHILLIP WAS NEW TO THE JOB, CORRECT.
HE'S BEEN DOING THE JOB, BUT IT'S A NEW, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT THAT WE JUST CREATED.
AND SO WE CREATED, WE CREATED, WE BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL COUNCIL APPROVED IT AND WE JUST STARTED UP THOUGH.
PHILLIP HAS BEEN DOING THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS WITH ME.
UH, PHILLIP IS 20 YEARS RETIRED FROM CITY OF BOSTON AS AN INSPECTOR.
SO HE'S VERY NOT THAT'S GREAT.
AND THE REASON WAS BRINGING THESE FORWARD IS TO ASSURE THE CITIZENS THAT BEFORE THIS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT POSITION FAILED.
WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT POSITION COUNCIL CREATED IT SO THAT WE COULD KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OUR UTILITIES.
THE REASON WHY IS THAT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH PAST UTILITIES.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAS, Y'ALL FEEL LIKE THAT WAS LIKE THAT, BUT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE RESTORED.
AND THAT WAY LATER ON THE CITY'S NOT PICKING UP THAT BILL, WE'RE OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE TOUGH ON PEOPLE SOMETIMES.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'RE GOOD.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18, KYLE, UH, ACADEMY PROGRAM LAUNCH MR. JEFF PREDO.
I WORK IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
SO TONIGHT I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PRESENTATION AND LAUNCH OF OUR TEAM KYLE ACADEMY PROGRAM.
SO THE TEAM CALL ACADEMY PROGRAM IS A SIX WEEK PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
IN YEARS PAST THE CITY HAD A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, WHERE WE HAD THE RESIDENTS COME AND, AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH CITY, CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
SO THE PROGRAM IS ACTIVE FROM APRIL 25TH TO JUNE 7TH AS A 2020, 20, 20, 20 22.
AND CLASSES ARE HELD ON MONDAY IS SIX TO 9:00 PM AND LIMITED TO ABOUT 24, 24 RESIDENTS ENTRANCE WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME BASIS.
SO THE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE AVAILABLE.
AS OF TODAY, WE ARE, WE ARE ALIVE THROUGH THIS, UH, THE WEBSITE THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE SLIDE AND THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM FEBRUARY 1ST TO MARCH 31ST.
AND I WANTED TO ALSO SHARE THAT PARTICIPATION WILL BE FREE.
SO THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT FORMED THIS.
WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM AS CONSISTS OF MYSELF AND MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT DIFFERENT APARTMENTS, INCLUDING CITY CALL STAFF.
AND THERE'S A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND KYLE KYLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRICULUM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN CLASSES, UM, DURING THIS PROGRAM AND EACH CLASS WILL FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR SET OF THINGS THAT THE CITY CITY STAFF WILL DO, I GUESS, INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING, FINANCE, AND WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL HAVE FOLKS FROM EACH DEPARTMENT COME IN AND REPRESENT US ON THOSE DAYS.
IN ADDITION TO THE SEVEN LECTURE DAYS, CLASS DAYS THAT WE'LL HAVE AT THE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM AT, UH, KYLE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THEY LOCATION MAY DEPEND ON AVAILABILITY.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIFFERENT LOCATION DEPENDING, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THREE FIELD DAYS AND WE'LL PROVIDE A CALENDAR EACH YEAR THAT HAS THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THE APPLICANTS WILL, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT THREE OF THOSE.
AND TYPICALLY THERE'LL BE OFFSITE DURING NORMALLY CITY PLAN EVENTS.
THESE COULD BE THINGS SUCH AS THE GREAT RIVER CLEANUP, UH, THE PIE IN THE SKY FESTIVAL, MAYBE RIBBON CUTTINGS WITH THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF REALLY INTELLIGENT CREATIVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THIS, LIKE TO SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO.
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I CAN'T HIDE MY EXCITEMENT FOR THIS.SO FOLLOW WITH ME, KYLE, IN COLLEAGUES, I WENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, UH, I THINK IT WAS 2014.
JERRY MAY CAN HELP ME WITH IT THE YEAR THERE.
SO ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, UM, I CREDIT A LOT OF WHAT I WENT INTO P AND Z AND WENT INTO COUNCIL BY GOING THROUGH THIS, THIS CLASS AT THE TIME, UH, IN THE BACK IN THE STONE AGES.
WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT, WE WOULD, UH, GO ONE CLASS PER MONTH.
IT WAS AT 12 CLASSES, TOOK UP THE WHOLE YEAR.
YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU WENT TO EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT THEY WERE SO INSIGHTFUL FROM GOING OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS AND PLAYING ON THE EQUIPMENT AND PICKING UP KETTLEBELLS AND LEARNING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO TO OUR LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S WHEN I FIRST, UH, JUST WAS ENAMORED WITH PERVEZ AND HIS KNOWLEDGE AND FINANCE.
AND THEN WE HAD, UH, CONVERSATIONS I REMEMBER WITH, UH, MR AND MRS. UH, BRYANT RAY BRYANT GAVE US THE PERSPECTIVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, I THINK SCOTT HAD JUST COME ON BOARD ABOUT THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO I WAS JUST FLOORED BY ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT.
IT WAS CALLED THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BACK THEN.
AND SO I'VE BEEN A PRECEDENT FOR THIS TO COME BACK FOR A WHILE.
I KNOW JERRY HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT, BUT ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT, IT WAS ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT LED ALL THE CLASSES.
AND NOW THIS TIME I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING.
SOME OF THE MEETINGS LIVE LED BY MR. PREDO AND THEIR WONDERFUL GROUP.
IT'S A NEW GENERATION OF TEAM KYLE LEADING IT.
AND SO, UH, MR. PREDO WAS THE, THE LEAD ON THIS.
AND, UH, THEY HAD DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COME AND PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I LOVE LISTENING TO THEIR, THEIR, UH, DELIBERATION AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK.
UH, I'LL ADMIT THAT, UH, I DID PRESS FOR IT TO BE FREE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN SITTING IN THE BACK, UH, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HEARING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THROUGH KYLE, THAT IS ONE, SOMETHING THAT DREW ME INTO INTO IT, AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE FREE THE CITY WAS GIVING THIS INFORMATION AWAY FOR FREE TO KIND OF TAKE OFF THE ROOF AND ALLOW A CITIZEN TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS JUST MIND BLOWING TO ME.
AND SO I'M SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS BACK.
I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL FEELS THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT FINANCIALLY, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT THROUGH OUR COMMENTS AND OUR WORDS, UH, SUPPORTED IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS.
UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
AND, UM, UH, IF WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, I KNOW WE ALL DO THIS.
WE TALK TO RESIDENTS, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS AND, UH, WE LEARN FROM THEM.
UH, BUT THE RESIDENTS ALSO LEARNED FROM US.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I COMMONLY SEE WHEN I TALK TO RESIDENTS IS I ALWAYS SET ME IN, I WISH THAT CALL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WAS BACK.
CAUSE YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD GET TO LEARN ABOUT A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE NUANCES THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, DEAL WITH AND THE PERIMETERS THAT WE HAVE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I AM OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS KUDOS TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER AND, UH, HOPE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, DECIDES TO SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
IS THERE ANY AGES, UM, MINIMUM AGE THAT YOU HAVE TO JOIN? YES.
SO IT WOULD BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO, TO APPLY.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT WE, THE, THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS WITH THIS ITEM HAS MORE DETAILS.
IT GOES EXPANDS UPON A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, THESE BULLET POINTS, AND THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND THAT LINK.
UM, I'VE ALREADY READ, POSTED THIS ON MY FACEBOOK TODAY.
I WAS LIKE, I GOT THE EMAIL AND I PRINTED THIS OFF PROBABLY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
I GUESS IT DIDN'T REALLY PAY DISH THROUGH ALL OF IT.
UM, BUT THEN WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE DOUBLING UP THAT INFORMATION, I WAS MIND BLOWN.
I WAS LIKE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO CLEAR UP ANY KIND OF MISCOMMUNICATION.
I KNOW SOMETIMES, UM, RESIDENTS GET THIS MISCONCEPTION, EVERYTHING IS PAID THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES, OR THEY ASK ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT CIPS AND UNLESS YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE, IT REALLY IS HARD TO FOLLOW AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SO BY GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CLASSES, I SEE THE ONES THAT I REALLY LIKE ARE THE FINANCE ON MAY 2ND.
AND THEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON MAY 16TH.
AND I DON'T, HE FREE FREE IS ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS, THIS IS MONEY THAT WE'RE INVESTING BACK INTO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOFIAS AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT FINDING NEW PEOPLE TO MENTOR, TO TAKE OUR PLACES.
CAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE
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FOREVER.AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT, AS YOU SAID, THE NEXT GENERATION OR MAYBE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON SAID THE NEW GENERATION, WHICH IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUR AGE FOREVER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SITTING UP HERE FOREVER.
SO MAYBE GUIDING OTHER PEOPLE INTO, INTO, YOU KNOW, FIGURING THINGS OUT INSTEAD OF DOING IT YOUR FIRST YEAR ON DAYAS, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, UM, WOULD BE A REAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY.
WHO CAN I ASK? WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED IN THIS? I MEAN, WHO HAD A HAND IN THIS? THIS IS A, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED.
THE LIST COULD GO ON AMANDA FLUID TO PARKS.
WE HAVE PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING, AND, UM, I'M, I'M HOPING TO RECRUIT MORE.
WE HAVE A PILOT CHAMBER, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, JULIE SNYDER.
AND WE HAVE, UM, ARIEL, I, HER LAST NAME ESCAPES ME, BUT, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FOLKS ON THIS.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND HOPEFULLY THIS KIND OF CLEARS THE FOG AND A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS WITH THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOREST.
I JUST I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
I SEE ONE OF MY FELLOW, UH, STUDENTS THAT WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY AS WELL.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF US THAT I SHOULD GIVE TO YOU.
SHE'LL ALSO WENT THROUGH IT AND OUR LATE GREAT RESIDENT, UH, SUSIE FARRELL WAS ALSO IN THAT CLASS WITH ME AND SO GREAT HONOR TO BE A PART OF THAT.
NEXT UP THE GENETIC NUMBER NINE PRESENTATION REGARDING SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE PROGRAM.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MANY OF YOU, MARIANNA SMELLS OF PARKS, RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM AND THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF OUR OVERALL BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS FOR THE CITY.
UM, BOTH THE KEEP PILE BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM AND THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO BOTH THE PARKS BOARD, WHO FOLKS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND APPLYING FOR BOTH THESE PROGRAMS. AND WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE FROM THE HAYES COUNTY MASTER NATURALIST, LORALEE HARRIS, ANNA PARK BOARD CHAIRMAN, AMANDA STARK, WHO ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS. THE SCENIC CITIES MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES THAT IMPLEMENT HIGH QUALITY SCENIC STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND SPACES.
SCENIC CITY IS A PROVEN, HIGHLY REGARDED TOOL TO TEXAS CITIES FOR ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION RECOGNITION AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS.
THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM IS A FIVE-YEAR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
AND AFTER FIVE YEARS, IT DOES INCLUDE A RECERTIFICATION PROCESS.
THE COST TO APPLY FOR SCENIC CITY IS $749.
THE OTHER PROGRAM IS A KEY PILE BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM.
AND WHEN WE ARE AN OFFICIAL KEY PILE, BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE, WE WILL BE KNOWN AS KEEP, UH, KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE.
WE'LL BE KNOWN AS KEEP KYLE BEAUTIFUL.
THE MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER TEXANS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL.
THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES ANNUAL TRAINING FOR STAFF AS WELL AS SUBMISSION OF AN ANNUAL REPORT AND THE COST TO APPLY FOR KEY PILE.
SO SCENIC CITY APPLICATION PROCESS INCLUDES 12 SECTIONS.
ONLY THREE OF THE SECTIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY.
ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS ARE OPTIONAL, BUT EACH SECTION WILL AWARD US A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF POINTS.
SO THE MORE POINTS THAT WERE AWARDED THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION STANDARDS WE CAN ACHIEVE SUCH AS PLATINUM GOLD, SILVER BRONZE, A THESE SECTIONS INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS PARKS, SIGNAGE, STREETSCAPES, LANDSCAPING, DESIGN, AND GRAFFITI.
THERE'S ALSO ONE BONUS SECTION THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE COULD SUBMIT FOR TO HELP GET US SOME EXTRA POINTS.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAD AN INTERNAL STAFF MEETING, UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKS.
AND WE HAVE GONE OVER THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
OUR INTERNAL GOAL IS TO HAVE THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY EARLY TO MID APRIL.
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SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW OUR APPLICATION, THEY WILL GIVE US OUR FIRST SET OF SCORES IN JUNE AND JULY.WE EITHER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT OR REJECT OUR SCORES.
AND THEN IN AUGUST WE WILL GET OUR OFFICIAL SCORES.
UM, ONCE WE RECEIVE OFFICIAL SCORES, WE WILL RECEIVE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION AS A TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CONFERENCE.
IN OCTOBER, THEY KEEP KYLE BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM HAS SEVEN SECTIONS AND WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED ALL, BUT THREE OF THE SECTIONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, UM, WITH STAFF AND, UM, GOING BACK AND FORTH AND UPDATING PARK BOARD, AS WE'VE GONE, THE, UM, THE CAPE KYLE BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM, IT HAS SECTIONS INCLUDING PREPARING A MISSION STATEMENT, ESTABLISHING A BUDGET AND CREATING A LIST OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ONLY HAVE THREE SECTIONS LEFT TO COMPLETE, AND WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE THOSE THREE SECTIONS THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION THIS SPRING.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
WHEREAS I MIGHT, ANNA, WHAT ACTION ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TONIGHT? JUST DIRECTION OR A MOTION.
AND IF YOU, AND IF YOU'RE LIKE, NO, WE DON'T NEED TO PURSUE THESE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT PROGRAMS, UM, FOR THAT TO BE HURTING.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THEN, UH, UH, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT COUNCIL'S BLESSING THE REASON WHY YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE PARKS AND TRAILS.
I KNOW KYLE, AS A CITY, WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THE BEAUTIFICATION, WHETHER IT'S OUR SIDEWALKS, OUR ROADWAYS.
SO WE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS, BUT TO GET SOME RECOGNITION FOR IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A GOLD STANDARD ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM FOR THE SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL WORKED ON WOULD BE A TESTAMENT TO Y'ALL'S HARD WORK.
SO I, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE MY BLESSING.
I'M THINKING OF COUNCIL AS WELL.
AND DOES THIS CITY-WIDE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS SO INCLUDE, UM, LIKE THE STREETSCAPES AND EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY OF THE MEDIANS LANDSCAPING THAT'S WHERE ELSE? SO, UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE PARKS BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.
SO THERE WERE SOME GREAT QUESTIONS ASKED BY OUR BOARD COMMISSION, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OF THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE LINE OF THINKING I'M GOING ON THIS, COULD WE GO BACK START FIRST? WE'LL START WITH THE KEEP, UH, TEXAS OR COB BEAUTIFUL.
WHICH THREE OF THE ONES THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING THAT YOU SAID, UH, YOU ALL COULD, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PREPARING OUR BYLAWS, GETTING THE REST OF OUR FACTS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET.
SO MINISTERS, DAVE INTERPRETER, REGISTRATION BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
I HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN IN PLACE.
KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ONE OR KEEP CALM.
UM, I THINK IS, UM, CERTAINLY SOMETHING I'M EXCITED THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN SUBMIT FOR THAT.
SO YES, TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT, GOING TO THE SCENIC WINDOW NOW.
SO YOU SAID OUT OF THAT 11, IF I COUNTED CORRECTLY, THOSE BULLET POINTS ACHIEVING ONLY THREE OF THOSE TO SOME LEVEL OF SUCCESS IS WHAT QUALIFIES FOR SCENIC CITY.
RIGHT? IT WOULD BE THE SECTION ONE STREETSCAPE, UH, SECTION THREE ON PREMISE SIGN ORDINANCE AND SECTION FOUR, ALL PREMISES SIGNAGE.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REQUIRED.
AND THEN THE OTHERS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TO GET ADDITIONAL POINTS.
I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY PROBABLY GET THAT WITH OUR PARKS AND TRAILS PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME ROOM TO IMPROVE AND, AND, UH, WHATNOT, AND PERHAPS BEING A PART OF THIS WOULD HELP THAT, UM, YOU DID BRING UP A POINT, UH, DIDN'T BOTHER ME, BUT YOU DID BRING UP A POINT LAST NIGHT AT THE PARKS BOARD OR IN REGARDS TO BILLBOARDS.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT AS WELL TONIGHT? RIGHT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD AN INTERNAL STAFF MEETING WHERE WE DID GO OVER A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SCENIC CITY APPLICATION AND PROGRAM AND VOICE ANY CONCERNS.
AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS SIGNAGE, UM, ONE RECRUITMENT, BUT WE WOULD NOT ADD ANY MORE ADDITIONAL BILLBOARDS, BUT THAT WE'RE STILL ALLOWED TO HAVE THE NUMBER OF BILLBOARDS WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND WE CAN PLACE THEM ANYWHERE.
WE JUST CAN'T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL BILLBOARDS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT RIGHT.
SO YOU COULD MOVE IT FROM ONE PLACE, THE OTHER, BUT NO ADDITION TO YOUR OVERALL NUMBER.
YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS NOT ONLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE, BUT IT ALSO IS GOING TO CHALLENGE US, WHICH I THINK IS EQUALLY, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IMPORTANT THERE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE TO STEP IT UP IN ORDER TO, TO MEET THIS.
THE SCENIC CITY SEEMS TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT OTHERWISE I DO APPRECIATE THIS BRING BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, APPRECIATED DISCUSSION BY THE PARKS BOARD LAST NIGHT ON IT.
AND THEY WERE IN CERTAIN, UH, SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.
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UH, I THINK IT'S IRONIC THE UTILITY AND CABLE LINE PROGRAM IS ON THERE.SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION TODAY IS, IS THE, IS THE SCOPE OF THAT PROGRAM IN THIS, UM, PROPOSAL? W WOULD IT ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH GRENADE COMMUNICATION? I HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH SECTION 11 TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IN THAT SECTION, BUT LIKE WHEN WE HAD OUR STAFF, UM, OUR INTERNAL STAFF MEETING, THERE WERE OTHER CITY STAFF IN THERE AND THEY MAY HAVE LOOKED AT THAT SECTION ALREADY.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO FOLLOW BACK UP ON THAT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE AT SINCE IT'S NOT A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE COMMITTED TO MEMORY HIT.
WELL, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF JUST OF WHAT IT'S THE GOAL IS THE GOAL TO MAKE UTILITY LINES? SO THE GOAL FOR EVERY SECTION, INCLUDING THAT ONE IS JUST TO ADD ALL OF OUR EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE.
SO WE JUST ADD ANY ORDINANCES, ANY POLICIES, ANY PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT MEET YOU, TIDILY AND CABLE LINE PROGRAMS, UM, AND THEN SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION, WE'LL USE WHAT WE'VE SUBMITTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE RECEIVE ANY POINTS FOR WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
I JUST, I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GRANDDAD GROUND, THAT'S JUST THE NEW, NEW, NEW KID ON THE BLOCK.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH UTILITY AND CABLE PROVIDERS AND THE CLEANLINESS OF THOSE LINES FOR SOME TIME NOW.
UH, SO, UH, THIS, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ONE BE A METRIC THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, I THINK IT JUST REQUIRES A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, FOCUS, UH, IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO REGULATE THOSE UTILITIES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY FOR ALL THE SAME PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS AS SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, CIP PROJECTS THAT WE OVERSEE.
SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD, BUT I'M, I'M ALSO JUST COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT AND THANKFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT JUST, THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, WELL, THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
BUT, UH, BEAUTIFICATION TOUCHES EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY'RE IN OUR CITY, UM, MOVING ABOUT AND LIVING.
SO, UM, VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE.
WE HAVE, YOU HAVE MY BLESSING ALSO.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO YOU SAID YOUR, YOU SAID YOUR GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE THE FULL CERTIFICATION, THIS, THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, WE WILL BE READY TO SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION TO KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN OUR APPLICATION WILL BE DUE TO THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM BY EARLY TO MID APRIL.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? WE HAVE A, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HELPING ON THIS, AND REALLY, UM, ONCE WE START SEEKING EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE AND THINKING OF THINGS, OH YEAH, WE DO THIS, WE DO THAT.
THAT'S WHEN THE, UM, KIND OF JUST BRAINSTORMING, THROWING OUT THE, HEY, DON'T FORGET TO ADD THIS ON THE APPLICATION.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT KIND OF JUST GIVE US REMINDERS, BUT IT'S A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF WORKING TOGETHER TO GET US THE CERTIFICATIONS MAYOR.
I WOULD SUGGEST, UM, A RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN THOSE PROGRAMS COULD GO A LONG WAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED, WE WILL BRING ONE FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
THAT, UM, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF, TO BRING BACK RESOLUTION AS OUTLINED BY MR. HENDRIX, MOVED BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALES THAT ARE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
YOU CAN BRING, YOU CAN BRING THAT ONE BACK, JERRY, FOR BOTH OF THEM ESSENTIALLY ARE JUST, I DON'T KNOW, WHICHEVER.
CAUSE THEY'RE SUITED TO SEPARATE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO MORE TO HELP.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN, UH, SHOW EVEN MORE SUPPORT.
AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON THIS AND PERHAPS THEY CAN HELP US IDENTIFY ANY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AS WELL THAT WE COULD MAYBE UPGRADE POLICY OR CODE ORDINANCES AND THINGS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN PURSUING BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BASED ON SORT OF WHAT WE FEEL IS, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN A BIG SHIFT AND CLEANLINESS AND BEAUTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT STILL WOULD BE GREAT TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS AND PUT THEM UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A, OF A SINGULAR PROGRAM THAT SORT OF HAS AN OBJECTIVE IN MIND.
AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE THAT REINFORCEMENT THAT WE ARE MEETING STATEWIDE STANDARDS THAT SETS CITIES APART FROM OTHERS AS BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST IN TERMS OF, SO OTHER THAN THE CERTIFICATION, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT TO RECEIVE IS THERE, IS THERE SOME OTHER BENEFIT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE PLANNING AND THAT SORT OF THE OUTLOOK, BUT IS THERE SOME KIND OF TEETH, UH, THAT THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR US? DOES IT OPEN OPEN DOORS FOR GRANT FUNDING OR IS IT, IS THERE A REGULATORY COMPONENT TO IT OR KEEP CALM? BEAUTIFUL DOES HAVE SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR AND SCENIC CITY.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY GRANT PROGRAMS THROUGH SCENIC CITY.
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UM, SO I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THAT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I SEE A PR, UH, BOARD MEMBER OUT THERE FOR PARKS AND BOARDS.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IF SHE DIDN'T TELL ME, SORRY, IF THEY COULD COME UP UNTIL WE COULD JUST SAY, GIVE THEM SOME RECOGNITION AND SAY, THANK YOU.
UM, PERSONALLY, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
SHE WAS SORRY THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU BY THE WAY, SOMEONE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND MARIN COUNCIL, I'M CHAIRMAN AMANDA STARK, CHARLIE HARRIS BOARD MEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH YOU GUYS JUST BEING THERE, BEING AT THE MEETINGS AND BEING INVOLVED IN THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS MEANS A LOT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
CIP ROAD PROJECTS PRESENTATION.
MARY COUNSEL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
UH, BEFORE I START MAYOR, I WANTED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ABOUT THE SCENIC CITIES CONCERNING UTILITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILS HAS DONE IN THE PAST IS, UH, REQUESTED ALL UTILITY LINES TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL BE SUBMITTING AS PART OF THAT REQUEST.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAS DONE THAT HELPS TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING THAT BY THAT THERE'S SOME NEW REGULATION OR STANDARD THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY ACHIEVING FROM.
AND I READ THROUGH THE, UH, APPLICATION THAT WAS AT THE MEETING AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE UTILITY PART OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT.
SO I DID NOTICE THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WE WANT UTILITIES BURIED UNDERGROUND, NO MATTER WHAT.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE SUBMITTAL THAT I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING INTO THAT APPLICATION.
SO YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE UTILITIES, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S MORE MO MORE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
THE HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 56% COMPLAINT.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE HONOR WALL.
UH, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE RIDGE STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE AND THEY POURED SOME ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK ALONG THE PERIMETER.
UH, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO STAFF WAS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE'S A RED SIDEWALK AND THERE'S A GRAY SIDEWALK, BUT THE RED LINE IS MORE LIKE THE BASE THAT'S BEING PREPARED FOR THE REST OF THE SIDEWALK.
JUST IN CASE YOU'LL HAVE A QUESTION ON RED SIDEWALK BASE, THE RED SIDEWALK WOULD BE THE ONE FACING FROM THE BOND.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UH, INITIAL LETTERING THAT MIGHT GO ON THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THE PARK WE'RE ABOUT 44% COMPLETE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON FOR THE RESTROOM THAT STAIRS.
SO THAT'S THE VAULT UNDERNEATH THERE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK PROJECT.
THEY DID FINISH THE METAL ROOF ON THE GAZEBO AND THE BELL TOWER THAT'S COMPLETED.
UH, THEY'RE EXPECTING THE LAMPPOST, UH, THIS WEEK.
UH, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN DELAYING THE ELECTRICAL WORK THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK THE REST OF THE WEEKS WILL BE THAT FAVORABLE EITHER.
SO, UH, PROBABLY WON'T SEE SOME WORK TILL NEXT WEEK.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SEATING OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW DARING THE LIGHTING OF THE TREE.
THERE WASN'T ANYWHERE FOR THE ADULTS TO SIT WHILE THE KIDS PLAYED.
AND I NOTICED NOW THEIR SEATING OUT THERE.
SO AS A PARENT WHO TAKES THEIR KID OVER THERE AND DOESN'T WANT TO STAND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER, SOUTHSIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, AGAIN, I'LL MENTION THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE EDWARD'S LINE THAT, UH, EDWARDS DRIVE LINE THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THE CONTRACT.
BUT, UH, AS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT, WE'RE AT 95% COMPLETE THEY'RE RIGHT THERE BY THE BEASLEY AUTOMOTIVE INSTALLING THE LINE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO WRAPPING THIS PROJECT UP THE TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SAY THIS AGAIN, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD IT UTILITIES, UH, OR ACTUALLY MATERIALS COVID AND, UH, GETTING GOOD WORKERS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 86% COMPLETE ON THE PLANT ITSELF, THE WATER FACILITY, 7% COMPLETE, UH, THEY WILL CONTINUE WORKING SATURDAYS AS THEY CAN.
AND NOW THEY'VE STARTED WORKING SUNDAYS TO TRY TO STAY ON SCHEDULE.
UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THIS FOURTH BULLET, UH, THERE'S SOME VARIATION BLOWERS THERE THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING THOSE TO BE DELIVERED MID MARCH.
AND APPARENTLY THE IMPELLERS ARE IN ROUTE FROM THE NETHERLANDS TO HOUSTON FOR ASSEMBLY.
SO, UH, THAT'S SLOWING US DOWN.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT AN IMPELLER IS, IT'S, IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF PROPELLER.
IT'S, IT'S THE IMPELLERS INSIDE THE PUMP.
AND SO, UH, THOSE NEED TO BE CORRECT AND MADE PROPERLY FOR THAT
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SYSTEM, UH, EXPECT TO, WE DID, WE ARE PUSHING THE, UH, UH, COMPLETION MID APRIL OF 2022, BUT IF THE EMPLOYERS GET IN SOONER, OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE, WE'LL TRY TO STAY ON SCHEDULE A DE-WATERING FACILITY.WE'LL BE COMPLETING ONLINE IN AUGUST OF 2022.
THAT'S AN OVERHEAD OF OUR FACILITY.
UH, THEY DID PROVIDE THE INTERNET CONNECTION AND SCADA TESTING HAS BEEN DONE.
SCADA IS A SUPERVISORY CONTROLS AND DATA ACQUISITION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW A SCADA IS THAT'S HOW WE MONITOR OUR EQUIPMENT AND MONITOR THE DIA PLANT AND HOW IT'S FUNCTIONING, BUT CREEK INTERCEPTOR, GOOD NEWS THERE.
THEY'RE DELIVERING 36 INCH PIPE.
I THINK I HEARD WE GOT 10 TRUCK LOADS.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE TRUCKLOADS TO GO RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE AIR THAT NEEDS TO HAVE THAT LINE INSTALLED.
AND THERE'LL BE INSTALLING THE A 36 INCH LINE AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S NOT HELPING AT ALL THIS TIME THAT, UH, THEY ARE STARTING TO CLEAR A SURVEY AND GET READY FOR THAT NEXT SECTION, A 36 INCH LINE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO HAVE A 12 INCH LINE THAT GOES IN THERE WITH IT.
SO THAT'S THE PART OF THEIR PROJECT HOPELESS ROAD, THE COUNTY HAYS COUNTY, WORKING ON THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
THEY'RE ON THEIR SECOND LAYER OF BASE.
THERE'S FOUR LAYERS OF BASE, AND THEN THEY'LL COME IN WITH THE ASPHALT.
SO THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY ON THAT PROJECT.
AGAIN, WE'LL PROBABLY LOSE THEM THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE WETTER ELLIOT BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE ABOUT 52% COMPLETE WE'RE INSTALLING WATER WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED WATER LINES IN THE AREA BETWEEN SCOTT STREET AND SLED STREET.
AND SOME OF THOSE SIDE STREETS IN THERE.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO DONE WORK ON A HIGHWAY 81 AND ALONG SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD, SLIMMER IN PORTER, AS I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING, WE HAD TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.
WE ENCOUNTERED SOME REALLY HARD ROCK.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP THE CONTRACT.
AND SO THE PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED.
WE COMPLETED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 50% OF THE PROJECT, AND THE PROBLEM WAS THAT SAW NEITHER WAS REALLY HARD ROCK AND WE HAD TO, UM, UH, SPEND MORE TIME AND EFFORT IN, IN RE IN PLACING THAT PARTICULAR LINE.
THE HARDEST PART OF THE PROJECT.
OTHER PROJECTS ROLLED IN LANES ABOUT 95% COMPLETE.
IF YOU DRIVEN BY THERE, IT WAS JUST RECENTLY PAID LAST WEEK.
UM, THEY STILL HAVE SOME CONCRETE WORK TO DO.
AND, UH, WE, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS AT THE MOST THREE WEEKS, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER TO GET THAT OPEN.
AGAIN, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BID OPENING COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
IT'S THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH LIFT STATION.
UH, IT'S ABOUT, UH, WE'RE TAKING IT FROM ABOUT A ONE.
NOT THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT YOU KNOW, I, ENGINEERS ARE, IT'S A 1.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
WE'RE GOING TO UP IT TO ABOUT A 2.8 MILLION GALLON PER DAY FACILITY.
AND WE'LL HAVE THE BIDS OPENING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, HOPEFULLY.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HARPER MAYOR COUNCIL, HARPER WILDER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I WAS ASKED TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK ON THE WINTER STORM PREPARATIONS.
UM, I'D SENT AN EMAIL OUT, UH, BACK ON JANUARY 19TH FOR THE LAST, UH, EXPECTED WINTER STORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT, THAT LUCKILY DIDN'T TURN INTO SOMETHING REALLY BIG, BUT, UM, ON THIS ONE SAME THINGS, UH, I CAN READ THOSE TO YOU IF YOU WANT, OR WE CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT PAST EMAIL.
I CAN READ THEM ALL, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SAME THINGS WE'VE, UH, WE'VE GONE AND HE TRACED WIRE AND HEAT LAMPS, UH, INSULATED EVERYTHING AT OUR SITES, OUR WELL PUMPS AND WHATNOT.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IS THE, UH, THE NEW GENERATORS THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON FOR THE, UH, UH, THE GRANT TO COME THROUGH THAT THEY SAID IT'S GOING TO BE SPRING BEFORE WE'LL HEAR SOME EVERYTHING'S SUBMITTED.
UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON, ON THE GRANT JUST WHEN IT STARTS WARMING UP.
UH, AND RIGHT NOW, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE PREPARED AS WE CAN BE ALL OF OUR STAFFS ON CALL BY ON CALL ON A STANDBY.
UM, WE PAIRED UP WITH THE PD FOR JOINT VENTURES AND SUCH THAT ARE NEEDED.
UM, SOME GOOD NEWS THOUGH, IF YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, UM, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH TXDOT AND TXDOT PUTS DOWN THE DEICING AGENTS AND, UH, THEY, THEY AGREE TO GO AHEAD AND DO ALL THE ROADS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THAT LIST.
IN ADDITION TO THE STATE ROADWAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THOSE.
OPER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I KNOW YOU AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE AS A CITY.
UH, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR LAST WINTER STORM.
UH, WE, I KNOW WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT WHERE WE WANT TO BE AT DUE TO A, YOU KNOW, TIMING ISSUES, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND I THINK WE, AS A CITY, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH PREPARED.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MOTHER NATURE GOING TO THROW AT YOU, BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN GETTING
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US TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT.UH, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR GUYS SAFE AS CAPTAIN PETRONAS AS WELL, KEEP YOUR GUYS SAFE DURING THE STORM, ALL THE STAFF, AND JUST THANK YOU.
I'M JUST REMINDING THE RESIDENTS, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, UM, DO ALL, YOU CAN REMEMBER THE THREE PS AND, UH, LET'S, YOU KNOW, AND IT STARTS OFF WITH PETS, PLANTS AND PIPES ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT PETS AS PARTY NUMBER ONE.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY, BUT, UH, JUST REMEMBER THAT AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DOING.
WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE LAST ONE.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE FORESEE RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE WOULD BE POWER FAILURES.
AND THE GOOD THING IS AS A CITY, WE DID A SEND PC A MAP OF OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT DEFINITELY WILL HELP DETER SOME OF THAT.
SO, UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE ROLLING BLACKOUTS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO YES, SIR, WE WERE, I THINK WE WERE APPROVED FIVE.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FIVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SITES WITH ANOTHER FIVE OPTIONAL.
SO THE FIVE DEFINITE ONES ARE APPROVED AND IF THEY CAN MAKE IT WORK, THE OTHER FIVE WOULD BE AT IT.
DID YOU WANT TO KNOW ON THE BUTTON? YES, SIR.
UM, OUR STREET CONSTRUCTION STAFF COMPLETED THE AREA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, BE WORKING ON TO REHAB.
UM, LIKE WE SAID, IT'S A TEMPORARY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE ROAD OVER THERE, WE BASICALLY BUILT A NEW ROAD.
IT WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 6,000 FOOT.
UM, SO THAT'S OVER A MILE OF ROAD, UM, THAT THEY DID FROM THE LAYMAN AND BUTTONED LANE INTERSECTION DOWN TO THE ROUNDABOUT.
UM, MANY OF THE GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DROVE PAST IN A VERY APPRECIATIVE, UM, SAID IT'S A NIGHT AND DAY PROJECT AND THEY REALLY, THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY.
I KNOW ORIGINALLY THE RESIDENTS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A FEEDBACK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT ONCE IT WAS DONE, IT WAS RETURNED POSITIVE AND WE JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THOSE GROWING PAINS OF JUST GOT A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS FOR LEON.
AND LEON, I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH ROLAND LANE.
SO OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA HAVE BEEN VERY REGULAR PATIENT, BUT THEIR PATIENTS HAVE RUNNING THIN.
I HADN'T SEEN IT PAY, BUT IT'S PAVED NOW.
WHY IS IT GOING TO BE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY OPENED UP THAT, UH, ROLAND LANE INTERSECTION? THERE'S STILL SOME CONCRETE WORK.
THEY NEED TO DO THAT ON THOSE CULVERTS.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT MEDIAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND CUT DOWN AND KEEP ABOUT 20 FEET OF IT FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
SO WE STILL NEED TO HAVE TO WRAP THAT UP.
CAUSE, UH, I KNOW THEY'VE, THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT THEY GO BY THERE AND NOBODY'S OUT THERE WORKING AND KIND OF DISHEARTENING TO THEM AS CLOSED.
BUT IF WE CAN REALLY TRY TO SPEED THAT UP, IT'D BE GREAT.
UH, WE'LL TALK TO THE DEVELOPER TOMORROW.
THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN REMOVING THE BARRICADES ALSO, SO THAT'S NOT HELPFUL EITHER.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST FOR THE AMERICA HARTSON PARK, UH, THE FURNITURE, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE DID ALL WE COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T WALK OFF.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BULKY, BUT IT LOOKS KIND OF LIGHT.
SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN KANSAS CITY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE ANY OF THAT.
GUESS WHERE ELSE? I WANT TO SAY ONE THING THAT THEY WANTED TO, UH, THEY WANTED ME TO, UH, TELL Y'ALL FROM THE STAFF, UM, BALLPARK GUESSTIMATE, UM, BELIEVE WE SPENT 200, 200,000 ON THAT PROJECT AND UH, ESTIMATED $800,000 PROJECT FROM CONTRACTORS.
SO THAT'S A SIX, $600,000 SAVINGS JUST SO YOU KNOW.
AND I WANT TO JUST STAMP DOWN ON THAT POINT.
WE USED TO NOT HAVE A STREET DIVISIONS TEAM.
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE WHAT, TWO, THREE YEARS AGO WE FIRST STARTED THIS, SO WE DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO WHAT WE JUST DID ON BUTTON ROAD.
SO THAT IS CERTAINLY PROGRESSING OUR CITY.
I WANT TO MAJOR KUDOS TO YOU, SCOTT EGBERT AND THAT WHOLE TEAM.
I KNOW YOU GOT A GREAT CREW THERE, SO IT WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION THEM.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL HAD ON, ON BUTTON AS WELL.
UM, LOVED THE PICTURES YOU ALL SENT AND THE UPDATES, UH, AND S AND S SO THAT WAS A SHOW.
WHAT WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT WE'VE WE'VE COME AWAY.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST ONE WAS WENDY HILL AND HE'S STILL, HE'S STILL LOOKS STILL GETTING THERE.
WE STILL GOT A, OF COURSE W UH, TO GO, BUT I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, ANY BODY TO BE LOST ON HOW THAT PROCESS KIND OF CAME ABOUT AND WHERE WE WERE THREE YEARS AGO TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, OF COURSE WE, UH, FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T SEEN, WE HAVE, UM, PUT MONEY IN OUR BUDGET THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT OCTOBER 1ST FOR DESIGNING AND ENGINEERING, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROADS TO DO FULL, COMPLETE STREETS, MEANING CURB, TO CURB, SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTS, AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT, WHAT WE COULD DO IS THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SAYING A, A TEMPORARY FIX, BUT I THINK YOU ALL DID A REALLY GREAT JOB,
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BUT WHAT WE HAVE THERE.SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT REAL QUICK.
MY NEXT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WERE FOR, UH, MR. BARBARA, THANK YOU, HARPER.
UM, I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, OLD POST ROADS WHEN I TYPICALLY ASK HIM ABOUT, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN UPDATING, UH, THE COMPLETION DATE ON THAT.
WE'RE WHERE WE BALLPARK AT NOW ON, ON OLD PORT ROAD.
CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD TO DELAY A LITTLE BIT ON THAT RIGHT AWAY ON THE SOUTH END.
THEY'VE GOTTEN BACK TO WORK, BUT THERE'S STILL THE NORTH END THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.
DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK AREA ON THAT? I WOULD THINK, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO WRAP UP THAT INTERSECTION WITHIN THE LAST SEMESTER AT ABOUT TWO MONTHS, I'M THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF.
THERE'LL BE THERE TO WRAP THAT UP AND THEN THEY'LL SWING OVER TO THE NORTH END, HOPEFULLY WITHIN A WE'RE IN WHAT THE FAIR MARCH APRIL STARTED IN APRIL.
SO ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX MONTHS ON THAT ONE TO WRAP THAT UP, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER STRETCH, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PUT SOME PIPE IN AT THE NORTH END, SO THAT'S GOING TO SLOW THEM DOWN.
SO MAYBE FALL WINTER THIS YEAR, MOST LIKELY CONCERNED IT.
UM, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, LUVATA DAY AND, UM, HERO'S MEMORIAL.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME THINGS, UH, THAT PUSHED BACK THE TIMELINE ON THOSE, BUT DO WE HAVE AN UPDATED APPROXIMATE TIMELINE ON COMPLETION OF THOSE? I TALKED TO JEFF PREDO.
WHO'S BEEN KIND OF MANAGING THAT PROJECT FOR US AND I THINK HE SAID MARCH OF, UH, FOR HEROES MORE, BUT I'M GOING TO COUNSELING.
REMEMBER I'M GOING OFF MEMORY.
I THINK IT GOT PUSHED BACK FROM MARCH.
CAUSE I THINK MARCH WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE AND WE'VE PROBABLY SLIPPED FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.
SO PROBABLY LOOKING MAYBE EVEN EARLY MAY, MAYBE.
AND THEN IN LIBERA DAY I GUESS PROBABLY WILL BE MID SUMMER, LATE SUMMER.
THAT'S HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
[ Consider and Possible Action]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
THIS IS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REALLY WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.
UM, SO WE HAVE MET WITH, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND RESIDENTS TO TRY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT IT IS THIS COMMITTEE OR THIS, UH, POLICY AND PROCEDURES SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AND TO FINALIZE IT YET.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UM, UNTIL WE CAN PRESENT SOMETHING AND WE CAN POSTPONE TO A CERTAIN TIME, UM, TILL WE CAN FINALIZE.
AND, AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS JUST KEEP COMING BACK.
UM, WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH INSIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL, UM, LET ME SEE THE 55TH, 10TH.
AND, AND IS THAT, DOES THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU GUYS? I I'M THE ONE WHO TYPES IT ALL UP.
WE JUST TAKE, AND THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WAS WITH THE COMMISSIONER.
AND SO I WAS WRITING DOWN ALL THOSE IDEAS AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THAT HE WAS SUGGESTING.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TAKING IT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT I JUST WANTED HIM TO KIND OF MEET, UNFORTUNATELY, DANIELA D WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT MEETING, UM, THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE COMMISSIONER.
SO WE ALSO NEEDED TO GET WITH HER TO DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WITH US.
SO I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH, UH, BY COUNCILOR FORCE, KALE SECONDED BY CUSTOMER TOBY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION COMES FROM ELLISON.
UM, WHICH COMMISSIONER DID YOU ALL MEET WITH? ALEX CAN RIVER AND D YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THOSE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT, UM, THERE, AND THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, WITHOUT ALL, A LOT OF FEEDBACK, BECAUSE THE LAST MEETING WAS KIND OF, UM, IRREGULAR, AND THEN WE GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST PRESENT SOMETHING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, A LITTLE MORE SUREFIRE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK OTHER THAN A FEW THINGS.
AND SO ANYWAYS, UM, WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION, UNFORTUNATELY, IT HASN'T BEEN SHARED WITH DANIELLA YET.
SO, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE ME AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY IS TO DISCUSS IT.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT.
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REEMPHASIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON AS WELL.YES, WE DID MEET WITH ONE OF THE PNZ COMMISSIONERS, MR. GARROW, BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND ALSO FROM HIM AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS FROM A P AND Z STAND, AS FAR AS WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AS WHEN WE GET TO COMMISSION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A WHOLE RANGE OF THE OPTIONS HERE.
WE'RE, WE'RE GATHERING THE INFO AND IT, AND WE ARE NOT PURPOSELY TRYING TO DELAY THIS.
WE JUST HAVE NOT REACHED, I HAD A TIME TO MEET WITH MS. PARSLEY ON THIS, TO WHERE WE CAN FINALIZE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM LAST TIME FOR THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
SO IT'S PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET, BRING FORTH, HEY, COMMISSION'S POLICY.
THAT WOULD BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS, UM, THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON AS WELL.
IF WE CAN, WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS OPEN AND FAIR AND LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND WE'RE ALL STILL COMING UP WITH THE IDEAS, BUT WE'RE JUST NEEDED TO FINALIZE ONE LAST, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH PARSLEY.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK ON THIS, UH, THIS NEXT ON THE 15TH.
AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN BRING FOR COUNCIL FOR VOTE.
I, I GUESS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING MY QUESTION.
SO ARE YOU ALL SEEKING OUT FEEDBACK FROM ALL FROM THE CHAIRS OF ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY YOU'RE I WOULD JUST HONE IT CAUSE THIS IS A POLICY FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, NOT JUST P AND Z, SO IT WOULD BE ACROSS ALL THERE.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT PEOPLE ON OUR OTHERS' BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WOULD HAVE INPUT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE AS WELL.
SO IS THAT BEING EQUITABLE ACROSS ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BE, TO BE UP FRONT? THIS WAS THE FIRST PERSON THAT WE HAD SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS FROM THERE, FROM THE BOARD.
HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE PARKS COURT THOUGH? AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONER? NO, ON MY, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN.
WE TOOK A LOT OF COUNSEL'S FEEDBACK AS WELL, AND TRYING TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET THIS IN AND SEE WHAT IS THE QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT THE COUNCIL VERSUS THE STAFF LED THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD.
SO THERE WAS SOME POSITIVES ON EACH SIDE AND THERE'S ALSO SOME NEGATIVES.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF BRINGING FORWARD A POLICY, UH, THAT BOTH, ALL THREE OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO WHERE, WHEN WE BRING IT FORWARD, WE COULD BE ABLE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING TO WHERE ALL THE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED.
YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON CONSTANTLY.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH.
I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON MYSELF, MAKING SURE THAT THE WORDING'S CORRECT.
DOES IT ALSO FOLLOW THE CHARTER? AND IF THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION THAT COULD BE IN PLAY AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL ASPECTS OF IT.
NOW I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BRINGING THE DELAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE INTERVIEWED.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD APPLICATIONS IN AND WE NEED TO GET THEM GOING.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S, THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH BACK IN DECEMBER AND THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE OPENINGS, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT P AND Z, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE BEEN OPENED SINCE I BELIEVE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER.
SO APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO MINT, SENT IN INTERVIEWS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE.
APPLICATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, OKAY.
SO FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THAT WE ARE SABOTAGING THIS OR KEEPING THIS HOSTAGE, IT'S NOT THE CASE.
WE ARE BROUGHT FORTH THE TASK TO LOOK AT THIS POLICY AND TO THE BEST WAY THAT WHERE WE COULD BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A FAIR AND EQUAL POLICY FOR ALL THE BOARDS ACROSS, INCLUDING THE ONES WE HAD THAT ARE NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IF, IF I MAY ADDRESS MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLISON'S CONCERN IF IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, CAUSE I WAS INVITED TO THIS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS COMMISSIONER REACHED OUT TO US AND WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THEM.
SO, UM, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.
I DON'T, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT THIS WAS, WE DIDN'T GO SEEKING THEM.
UM, AND I THINK ORIGINALLY IT WAS JUST TO SPEAK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY'S AND THEN HE INVITED ME.
AND UM, SO IT WASN'T LIKE PLANNED OUT.
IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, I THINK I HAD LIKE A COUPLE DAYS NOTICE.
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UNFORTUNATELY MISS DANIELLA, WASN'T INVITED.SO, UM, AGAIN, NEXT TIME AND I, AND I TOLD, UH, MS. PARSLEY THAT, THAT, OR COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY THAT NEXT TIME, I THINK WE ALL JUST NEED TO DO IT TOGETHER.
AND, AND IF, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, I DON'T MIND GETTING WITH A DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND DISCUSSING IT WITH THEM AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW PERHAPS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT MY REASONING AND ASKING THE QUESTION, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT A BOARD MEMBER FELT COMPANY.
THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT WITH, TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T DOUBT THAT ANY OF OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO HAVE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THEY REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL, BUT YOU WILL ACCEPTED THE MEETING.
YOU MEAN? SO, AND THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S BAD.
YOU KNOW, I EVEN TOLD YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TALKING TO, UH, DIRECTORS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN OTHER CITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE HAD MR. SELLERS FORD, YOU ALL TODAY, THEY, SAN MARCUS DID THEIR DRAFT DAY.
AND SO THEY HAVE ALL THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, EVERYBODY APPLIES, THEY DO PUT A PREFERENCE, A TOP THREE, THE APPLICANTS, BUT THEN IT'S JUST ONE DAY THEY DID IT TODAY AT THREE O'CLOCK.
IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD EVERY APPLICATION.
THEY SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS, UH, ON, EVERYBODY WENT DOWN THE LINE, SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS FOR EACH BOARD, AND THEN THEY TALKED ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, MADE THE REASONS WHY THEY, AFTER LOOKING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS, WHY THEY FELT THIS PERSON WAS GOOD FOR THIS BOARD.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH ALL, PROBABLY 20 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE CITY OF ST.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
UH, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, I FELT LIKE THE POLICY THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IS JUST THE SAME POLICY WITH A FEW OTHER THINGS, JUST BUTTONED DOWN.
I WILL PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, I DID GIVE QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK.
UH, LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, I HAD A NUMBER OF THINGS TO SAY, AND I SAW YOU TAKING A LOT OF NOTES.
YOU GOT FEEDBACK FROM AT LEAST ME.
UH, SO I'M ALL FOR YOU ALL GOING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
I WAS ALL FOR YOU ALL COMPLETELY SCRAPPING THIS AND COMING UP WITH A COMPLETELY UNIQUE POLICY AND IDEA.
UM, BUT SO NO CONFLICT, BUT YOU HOPE HAVING MEETINGS AND, AND GATHERING INPUT.
EVEN OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONED OUR RESIDENTS, BUT I DON'T, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK SOMETIMES IT WAS LOST AND IT WAS EVEN A COMMENT MADE A NUMBER OF MONTHS BACK ABOUT THE P AND Z POLICY IS NOT A P AND Z POLICY IS A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICY.
SO WANTED, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE INPUT FROM ONE BOARD, I THINK IT'D BE PROBABLY BENEFICIAL TO GET IT FROM ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE THEIR INPUT.
THEY ALL WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THEY KNOW WHAT WAS PROBABLY CHALLENGING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WHAT MIGHT MIGHT'VE BEEN GOOD, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THE WORK THAT WE DID.
WE NEED DONE ON ALL OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND SO, UM, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE TONIGHT AS WELL.
SO THERE'S THREE CAMPS IN THIS.
THERE'S THE VOLUNTEER, THE RESIDENT, THERE'S THE CITY STAFF ROLE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE COUNCIL ROLE.
UH, I'M NOT A FAN OF THIS BEING A BOARD APPOINTED WITHOUT COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT AT ALL.
I THINK THE, SO THE STAFF ONLY OPTION IS NOT ONE THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF THE VOLUNTEERS SHOULD SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, MEET CITY CHARTER QUALIFICATIONS, AND ATTEND THE MEETING WHERE THE APPOINTMENT IS CONSIDERED.
THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION, UH, IN THAT ROLE, OBVIOUSLY FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION, UH, AND, UH, AS A KEY PART OF THAT CITY STAFF'S ROLE ADVERTISED THE OPENING OF THE POSITION, HOWEVER LONG WE FEEL THAT THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
UM, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MADE YOUR SUGGESTIONS EXCEPT THE SCREEN, THE APPLICATIONS FOR HOWEVER LONG.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, YOU ALL MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT RESPONDING TO AND ACKNOWLEDGING APPROVAL OF BASIC QUALIFICATIONS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE EITHER PREVIOUSLY SERVED OR CURRENTLY SERVE AND WHATNOT.
IT'S JUST A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS.
SO ONCE AN APPLICATION IS ACCEPTED, THEY SCREEN THOSE APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN THERE'S A RESPONSE ACKNOWLEDGING APPROVAL OF THE BASIC QUALIFICATIONS.
IF THE CANDIDATE IS UNQUALIFIED, CITY STAFF WILL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT VIA EMAIL OR MAIL NOTICE IMMEDIATELY.
SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE IN THIS, UH, CITY STAFF'S ROLE.
UH, LAST CITY STAFF ROLE WAS SENDING NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATIONS TO ALL CANDIDATES OF THEIR STATUS AND EXPECTATION OF ATTENDANCE AT SCHEDULED MEETING OF COUNCIL.
ONCE AGAIN, WE, THAT IS IN THE CURRENT POLICY, BUT WE
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JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAMMER THAT DOWN.UM, STAFF REALLY SHOULDN'T, UH, HAVE ANY OPINIONS OR HAVE ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, IN MY OPINION.
AND THEN FINALLY THE COUNCIL ROLE, UH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE JUST TO, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE AT A REGULAR OR, OR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
UH, THE, AFTER THE SCREENING PROCESS, ALL ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES ARE INVITED TO A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR NAMES ARE PRINTED IN THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC NOTICE.
COUNSEL CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES REGARDING THEIR INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COUNCIL IS ALL PROVIDED ALL APPLICATIONS OF THE INTERESTING CANDIDATES AND THEIR BACKUP FOR THE MEETING.
AND, UM, HONESTLY I THINK IT REALLY SHOULD PROBABLY BE DONE AT A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING WHERE THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE DO RATHER THAN HAVING IT AT THE TOP OF A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THAT MEETING OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBERS, UH, FROM THOSE CANDIDATES PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN THE MEETING AND WE MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, I DID, UH, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF THESE RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR SKILLSET.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A GREAT TEAM, UH, KYLE ACADEMY AND OTHER DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME IN ALL DIFFERENT WAYS AND THAT WE SOLICIT THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE AN EXTENDED REQUIREMENT FOR OUR BOYS AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO ALSO PARTICIPATE OR VOLUNTEER AT A ANOTHER THING.
CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY GIVING US A LOT TO BE A PART OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, UH, YOU ALL WERE SENT THE LINK TO THE SAN MARCOS MEETING, CERTAINLY I'M SURE OTHER CITIES DO OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE GATHERING INTERESTS ONCE AGAIN, NOT BOTHERED BY YOU ALL MEANING WITH THE P AND Z COMMISSIONER, BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS THERE THAT ARE REALLY HIGHLY SKILLED FOLKS THAT HAVE REALLY GREAT IDEAS.
AND I THINK IF YOU ALL ARE SOLICITING, I DID FOR ONE BOARD, UH, GETTING THEM FROM ALL WOULD, WOULD JUST BE MORE BENEFICIAL IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS ADDITIONAL TIME.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND INPUT.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK.
YOU ALL ARE DOING CUSTOMER PARSLEY.
I NEED TO CHANGE THIS TO SEE NEVER CLICKS ANYWAY.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT IT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENT THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH US WORKING WITH, UM, THIS ROLES.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, UM, ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, THIS WAS GREAT THAT MR. ALEX CAME TO WES TO ASK FOR CONVERSATION AND GIVEN A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ON THE RULES.
UM, SOME OF THEM I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, SO WE CAN TRY TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AND WE CAN PUT ROLES, UM, THAT ARE ACCOMMODATING FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS, YOU KNOW, AS MANY RESIDENTS AND APPLICANTS THAT WE WANT.
UM, SO YOU WERE MENTIONING SOMETHING ABOUT CANDIDATES, WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN REGARDS TO THEIR APPLICATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING INTO, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY OF PRECEDENTS TO GET APPOINTED TO THE BOARDS AS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE ADDING IN HERE, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
SO WE CAN PRESENT SOMETHING BETTER THAT WILL GIVE THEM BASICALLY A GREEN LIGHT TO KNOW, OKAY.
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SECOND ROUND OF, TO THE ROUND OF, UM, INTERVIEWS.
UM, WE ALSO, I ALSO TOOK IN CONSIDERATION THE TIMEFRAME, THE TIMELINE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENT THAT YOU GET ACCEPTED, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS ARE CONSIDERED ENOUGH, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE JUST GATHERED THE RIGHT APPLICANTS AND THEN WE HAVE QUALITY OF APPLICATIONS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP, UM, AND THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
AND SO I BELIEVE BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE SHOULD HAVE A DECENT SET OF RULES TO SEE IF IT GETS APPROVED.
THAT'S IT? UM, MY THOUGHTS ON IT ARE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, A LOT OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD ARE, UM, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT THIS AND THEY'RE ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT ALL EQUALLY VALID, BUT IT'S A COMPLICATED AND CHALLENGING THING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A POLICY THAT, THAT WORKS FOR ALL THESE SPORTS AND COMMISSIONS.
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CONCERN IS NOT SO MUCH, LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS THERE'S TENSION RIGHT NOW BETWEEN, UH, THE, THIS COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO PUT FORWARD A POLICY, UH, THAT REALLY, REALLY WORKS.IT'S, IT'S BEEN SORT OF EXHAUSTIVELY THOUGHT OUT.
THEY COULD MAYBE WORK FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
UH, AND THE REALITY THAT WE ARE, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, WE HAVE STOPPED THE PROCESS FOR, UH, BRINGING FORWARD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTEES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO, UM, UH, PROCESS IN PLACE WHEREBY ANYBODY CAN APPLY FOR, OR BE, UH, APPOINTED TO A BOARD, BUT WE DO HAVE BOARDS AND THOSE BOARDS HAVE VACANCIES.
AND SO THAT'S CREATING STRESS INTENTION.
I THINK WE ALL FEEL THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE P AND Z, UH, UH, VACANCIES THAT WERE PUT FORWARD, UH, I GUESS YOU SAID SINCE SEPTEMBER, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, I WANT TO SAY IN LIKE, UH, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THERE WERE, WE HAD RECEIVED TWO APPLICATIONS FOR TWO OPEN POSITIONS, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE, UH, THE STAFF WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, BRINGING TO TWO APPLICATIONS TO TWO SEATS.
AND SO THERE WAS A DETERMINATION MADE TO RE NOTICE AND, AND REALLY MAKE A BIG PUSH.
AND THEN WE DID GET THE SIX OR SEVEN APPLICATIONS THAT CAME FORWARD.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE WAS SUCH A DELAY.
AND IT'S JUST THE TIMING OF IT.
IT WAS KIND OF UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AFTER WE'D SPENT THAT TIME TRYING TO GET TO THAT POINT, UH, WHICH WE WERE TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN THAT'S, WHEN IT HAS ALL STOPPED AND NOW WE'RE STARTING THIS NEW PROCESS.
SO I SAY ALL THAT, JUST TO SAY THAT WE SET A GOAL OF, I BELIEVE OF THIS MEETING TO TRY TO ADOPT A NEW POLICY SO THAT WE CAN, UH, UNBREAK THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BROKEN.
AND SO IF THE DESIRE IS TO POSTPONE AND TO WAIT, THAT'S OKAY, BUT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SENSE OF WHAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A NEW POLICY IN PLACE, WHETHER IT BE PERFECT OR NOT, BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A, UH, UH, UH, A TIME CLOCK HERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY MY FEEDBACK ON THIS.
AND IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE MEETING OF THE 15TH, THAT'S FINE, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE A PROPOSAL AND THE CONCLUSION IS LET'S CONTINUE TO WAIT, WE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE MONTHS AWAY FROM, FROM THIS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S ANOTHER RESIGNATION ON P AND Z OR, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL RESIGNATIONS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON OTHER BOARDS, WE'RE GOING TO START TO HAVE PROBLEMS WHERE, UH, UH, W UH, AT BEST, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET QUORUM IN ORDER TO TAKE ACTION.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY'S REALLY WANTING.
WE WANT TO SEE HEALTHY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOLLOWING A POLICY THAT WE ALL AGREE WITH.
I OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FEEL THE TENSION ON THE BOARD ON THIS BOARD ABOUT WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE POLICY.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A CAN OF WORMS. IT'S HARD TO NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERYBODY'S NECESSARILY GOING TO ALL AGREE ON, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SO MUCH CONCERNED WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE POLICY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY, AND IF WE DON'T ADOPT ONE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES IN UNDER MORE AND MORE PRESSURE TO, TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE SPECIAL WORKSHOP TO GO OVER THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO LET IT, WE DON'T NEED TO LET IT LINGER, UH, TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH LONGER.
AND IN MY OPINION, SO THAT'S MY FEEDBACK.
IF NOBODY HAS FURTHER DISCUSSION CUSTOMER FOR SCALP.
UM, AS A GENTLE REMINDER, WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING AND NOT EVERYBODY WAS HERE.
AND SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE UGLY.
IT WAS GIVEN A REMINDER, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE KIND OF DISCUSSED IT LAST MEETING, AND IT GOT MORE INFORMATION AND, AND BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE.
UM, AT THAT TIME WE DID THE ONLY, I MEAN, THERE WAS FIVE OF US HERE, UM, TALKING ABOUT IT, AND THREE OF US WERE ALREADY ON THE COMMITTEE.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLETE THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL DISCUSSING IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK.
SO OTHERWISE WE COULD HAVE PASSED SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T, UH, AMICABLE TO EVERYBODY.
BUT INSTEAD WE CHOSE TO, UM, DO SOME EDITS AND UPDATES IN THE, AND THEN JUST KIND OF POSTPONE IT UNTIL WE CAN GET EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK.
UM, I THINK, UM, WE HAD A SUGGESTION MAYBE DOING A WORKSHOP.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BECAUSE THIS DISCUSSION CLARITY IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE BRING IT FORWARD.
I THINK DOING A WORKSHOP WOULD PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF, SO WHEN WE FINALLY DO GET A DRAFT AND WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION, I'D LOVE TO SEE A WORKSHOP COME TO FRUITION.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, GET THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FILLED MINE.
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.MY CONCERN IS THE EMPTY SEATS AND THE PRESSURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR VOLUNTEERS.
AND I'M GOING TO STRESS THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT PAID, THEY'VE VOLUNTEER.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN DO, IT'S NOT ABOUT POINTING FINGERS OF WHEN, HOW LONG DO YOU SEATS HAVE BEEN OPEN? IT'S ABOUT GETTING THEM FILLED.
AND THAT'S MY STRESS RIGHT NOW IS MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT PUTTING STRESS ON OUR VOLUNTEERS.
CAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER FOR ABOUT THREE DECADES AND WHAT KIND OF STRESS THAT COULD BE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SHORT-HANDED.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE VOLUNTEERS IN THOSE POSITIONS FAILED IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET SCALER, BUT IF BRINGING A WORKSHOP TOGETHER MAKES THIS PROCESS FASTER, I'D BE ALL IN ABOUT THAT.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS AT THE VISION WORKSHOP.
WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN DO ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
I MEAN, NO TOPIC IS OFF LIMIT.
IF WE WANT TO MAKE THAT THE T YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SPEND OUR TIME WORKING ON WHILE WE'RE THERE.
UM, I'M FINE WITH ANY OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
UH, I DO, I WILL PUSH BACK ON YOUR COMMENTS THOUGH, MIRROR, UH, AND I WILL SAY SUBSTANCE IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN HARPING ON CHANGING THIS POLICY FOR A YEAR.
NOW, I FIRST ASKED THE COUNCIL TO CHANGE THIS POLICY IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
AND THEN I ASKED AGAIN IN APRIL, AND THEN I ASKED AGAIN IN MAY.
SO, UH, BEEN TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS POLICY FOR NEARLY A YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 14 APPLICATIONS FOR P AND Z AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.
UM, WE HAD THREE, TWO RESIGNATIONS AT THE END OF MARCH.
THOSE WERE FILLED SEVEN DAYS LATER AT, UH, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONER CHRISTIE RESIGNED IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER TREV MEYER, UH, CAME OFF IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
CERTAINLY NEW APPLICATIONS CAME IN.
I THINK THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IF I CERTAINLY BELIEVE YOU MAYOR THAT YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF IT TILL YOU SAID NOVEMBER, BUT THOSE, THOSE OPENINGS CAME IN SEPTEMBER.
WHY, WHY IS THERE A DISCONNECT FROM HAVING YOU MADE AWARE, ACCORDING TO THE LAST POLICY? YEAH, I SHOULDN'T, I SHOULD NEVER SAY MONTHS OF REMEMBER BECAUSE I'M, I'M GUESSING AS TO WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE THERE WAS A, THERE WAS REQUESTS TO DO A, TO GO TO GO DOWN THE PROCESS.
THERE WAS ONLY TWO APPLICATIONS AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS TO NEW APPLICATIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE WERE APPLICATIONS THAT HAD COME IN FOR P AND Z, AND THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN REACHED BACK OUT TO, TO SEE IF THERE WAS INTEREST.
SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE THE POINT THAT, UH, HAMMER DOWN ON THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE AS MADE, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GREAT POINT, UH, THAT THOSE, THOSE, UH, THE NARRATIVE THAT THIS GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS NOW, AND I KNOW THERE'S PRESSURE TO FILL IT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND, AND, UH, ABOLISHING THIS OLD POLICY, WHICH I THINK WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO NOW WORK IT OUT.
IF WE HAD DONE THIS LAST SPRING AND LAST SUMMER, WE WOULDN'T BE UNDER THE GUN LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE TO GET THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FIELD.
I LIKE I'VE SAID IT LAST TIME.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SERVE ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHEN IT IS BARELY A QUORUM MADE UP AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME ON IS CHALLENGING, BUT IT DOES NOT.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD, EXCUSE US, NOT BEING CAREFUL ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE POLICY THAT WE WILL PUT IN PLACE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE TASK FORCE HAS DONE.
IF WE WANT TO, UH, PULL BACK ON THE TASK FORCE AND JUST DO A WORKSHOP, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
I CERTAINLY WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME WITH IDEAS ON THAT.
UM, AND HAMMER THAT OUT AND GET IT FINALLY DONE IN A WORKSHOP.
IF WE WANT TO ALLOW THE TASK FORCE TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS AND BRING US BACK SOMETHING ON 15TH, I'M AMENABLE TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE HAS MADE EARLIER IS A VERY VALID POINT AND LOST IN THE NARRATIVE.
AND IT, THIS JUST DIDN'T START THIS YEAR.
THE SEEDS COULD HAVE BEEN FILLED LAST YEAR, EVEN IF I DIDN'T LIKE IT, THEY STILL COULD HAVE BEEN, COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO THE LAST POLICY WE HAD.
AND ACCORDING TO ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THOSE WERE RECEIVED IN 2021.
YEAH, NO DOUBT, NO DOUBT THEY COULD HAVE.
SO, UH, THAT THE REASON THEY WEREN'T IS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS DETERMINED THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE HADN'T APPLIED.
SO THE CITY MANAGER CAME FORWARD AND INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT WE WERE GOING TO REOPEN IT, MAKE A MARKETING PUSH TO TRY TO GET MORE FOLKS
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TO COME IN.I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT.
I AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO, UM, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COMMENT ABOUT SABOTAGE CAME IN.
THERE'S CERTAINLY NO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT COMING FROM ME AT ALL.
THAT'S NOT THE READ I GET, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
THIS WAS THE DATE THAT WE SAID, AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT.
SO, UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THE WAY THESE THINGS CAN GO WHEN EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS IS IT CAN TAKE US A WHILE, MULTIPLE MEETINGS POTENTIALLY TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT OR MAYBE WE'RE, YOU KNOW? UM, AND SO I'M JUST, THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PUSH US TO SAY, LET'S KEEP WORKING ON THIS.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M SAYING, BECAUSE THIS POSTPONING, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, AND, AND DOWN THE ROAD DOES HAVE REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE IT IS HARD.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ONLY A FIVE MEMBER BOARD AND ONE IS ABSENT, THEN YOU'RE DOWN TO, UH, THE BARE MINIMUM JUST TO MAKE QUORUM.
AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFICULT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THAT BOARD.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE CAN BE SITUATIONS WHERE A LOT IS RIDING ON MEETINGS, TAKING PLACE, UH, AND WE, WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SOLVE THAT.
I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO DO THAT.
SO AS IT RELATES TO POSTPONING THIS ITEM, UH, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT ON THE 15TH, I SUPPOSE THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WE'RE READY TO TRY TO GET, GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO EVOKE MY PROTEIN.
WHAT I SAID EARLIER IS THAT, UM, THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF AN HOUR OR TWO.
WE'VE ALREADY SPENT QUITE A FEW HOURS IN COUNCIL MEETINGS ON THIS DISCUSSION, AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT ZERO.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE FOR US TO GET AT SPEND HALF A DAY, ONE SATURDAY, AND BRING A WORKSHOP TOGETHER SO THAT WE ALL CAN GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND BRING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN DISAGREEMENT IN WHICH WAY THIS SHOULD BE STRUCTURED.
WE WANT TO SEE THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FAILED, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT IN COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, UH, THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE HOURS AWAY FROM EVEN GETTING CLOSE TO BRINGING SOMETHING BACK.
SO I'D LOVE TO, UH, GET STAFF.
I WOULD PROPOSE THAT STAFF COME BACK WITH COUNCIL, WE'LL FIND A DATE THAT'S AMENABLE TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COME IN AND WORK ON THIS, UH, UH, AMENDMENT.
SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING FORWARD, UH, IT'S EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, I CAN MEET THE SATURDAY MORNING.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO MEET THIS SATURDAY MORNING.
UM, I'M ALL FOR DOING A WORKSHOP TO HAMMER THIS OUT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE FIVE TO SIX HOURS PERSONALLY, CAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD GROUNDWORK ALREADY LAID BY THE TASK FORCE.
AND WE'VE ALREADY, IF PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS ON ABOUT THIS, I HOPE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SHARED IT BETWEEN LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ON US IF YOU HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP YOUR IDEAS.
UM, BUT I WOULD PREFER I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A SATURDAY AVAILABLE, NOT IN THE MORNING FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH.
SO MY ONLY OPTION WILL BE A WEEK, DAY, EVENING.
SO WITH, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE TOUGH THINGS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID WAS WHEN WE'RE APPOINTING THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO DO A SPECIAL MEETING, I'M REALLY AGAINST THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS.
UM, I DON'T THINK THE CON THE ENTIRE COMBUSTIVE VIEW OF THE PROCESS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS SUPER FLAWED.
MOST OF OUR BOARDS COMMISSIONS GO.
I THINK THIS IS BECAUSE OF ONE BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT'S BEEN USED IN A WAY THAT WE REALLY DON'T AGREE WITH AS A COUNCIL.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A SUPER FLAWED, UH, SYSTEM.
I JUST THINK THAT THE SEVEN OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME COMING TOGETHER ON, UH, ON WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE COME TO FRUITION WITH THIS, UH, BOARDS, COMMISSION POLICY.
UH, AND IF YOU WANT, MY THOUGHTS IS I, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THIS WAS OF OUR CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICATION PROCESS WAS GOOD.
I JUST THINK THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A ROTATION BETWEEN DISTRICTS FOR CERTAIN BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS, AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT THERE.
SO THAT WAY WE GET EQUAL REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT GIVING, IN SOME POINT, WE'VE GOT TO TRUST STAFF AND WE'VE GOT TO TRUST EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH THIS.
I KNOW THAT YEAR AGO YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, DIDN'T LIKE THE DIRECTION IT WAS GOING.
SO THEY DECIDED TO WAIT ON IT AND KEEP THE CURRENT POLICY.
UM, NOW THE NEW COUNCIL DECIDES WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
I THINK THE OLD POLICY HAD SOME PLACES WE COULD IMPROVE A COMPLETE REWRITE, PROBABLY NOT, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THAT ROUTE POINT, NOT LET'S DO IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO
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COME TOGETHER AND DO THAT.IF IT'S AN EVENING OR A WEEKEND, I'LL FIND THE TIME TO DO IT.
CAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO SEE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COMMISSIONS FAILED.
I WANT TO SEE THAT STRESS ALLEVIATED ON THEM.
AND, UM, I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE A BUNCH MORE MEETINGS PUT IN BECAUSE, UM, I'VE ALREADY GOES THROUGH A LOT OF MEETINGS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO RELY ON STAFF AS WELL.
IT'S NOT KICKED STAFF TOTALLY OUT OF THIS PROCESS.
WE ARE TEAM CO WORKING TOGETHER.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT DATES OR TIMES FOR US TO MEET TOGETHER AND TRY TO COME TO RESOLUTION SUNDAY? YEP.
I COULD DO ANY EVENING NEXT WEEK.
UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, THAT'S OUR OFF WEEK FROM COUNCIL.
I JUST WORKED Y'ALL I CAN'T DO SATURDAY MORNING.
NOW I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE WHEREVER, WHENEVER WE NEED IT.
SO WHATEVER WORKS BEST WITH COUNCIL, UH, SPEAKING OF DATES FOR BOTH THIS VISION ITEM AND THE NEXT ONE, I'M PRETTY MUCH BOOKED FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH, LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD, WEEKNIGHTS WEEKDAYS, WEEKENDS.
SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
I DON'T, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WENT DISCUSS THIS AT THE VISION WORKSHOP? I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON KEEPING THE VISION OF THE CITY AS THE TOPIC FOR THE WORKSHOP.
WHEN WE GO TO BRISCOE, THAT'S JUST ME.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TIME THOUGH, TO BRING IT BACK TO THE IDEA FOR THE 15.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO VOTE ON, ON THE 15TH.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY WHO, WHOSE WHOSE IDEAS ARE OR WINNING OR WHATEVER THE POLICY IS JUST, IT'D BE REALLY GREAT.
AND, AND NO, NO, I'M, I'M VERY, VERY BUSY WITH MY SCHEDULE AS WELL.
MY WEEKENDS AND WEEKNIGHTS ARE, ARE, ARE BUSY EVERY TIME.
IF IT'S A SATURDAY MORNING OR ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A, UH, A SPOUSE AND KIDS.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS WELL, SO ESPECIALLY, BUT, UM, UH, WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'VE JUST GOT TO WHITE KNUCKLE THIS AND WORK OUR WAY THROUGH IT AND GET THE POLICY PUT BACK IN PLACE, WHATEVER THE POLICY IS.
SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I KEEP TRYING TO DRIVE.
SO IF SUNDAY WOULD WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, A WORKSHOP, THEN I WOULD BE OKAY WITH PURSUING THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I WOULD NOT, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO IT AT THE VISIONING WORKSHOP JUST BECAUSE I KNOW SCOTT AND WE HAVE A FACILITATOR AND THERE'S, IT IS, IT IS, IT IS FULL STEAM AHEAD AT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THAT WEEKEND.
SO IT'D BE TOUGH TO TRY TO BRING A BIG TOPIC LIKE THIS AND, AND, UH, FOCUS ON IT.
SO, UM, YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE THREE THINGS ON SUNDAY, STARTING AT 7:00 AM AND GOING UNTIL TWO 30, BUT I WILL WORK AROUND IT IF IT MEANS COMING UP HERE AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO BE PRESENT.
AND IF IT'S A WORKSHOP PAGE, IF IT'S JUST A WORKSHOP, IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION, ARE WE REQUIRED TO BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO DO A WORKSHOP? CAN WE, CAN WE ZOOM IN? CAN WE DO IT VIRTUALLY? IF IT'S JUST A WORKSHOP, NO EXTRA, THE GOVERNORS ARE CUTAWAYS.
SO YOU YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM AND YOU'D HAVE TO MEET ALL THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, TECHNICAL AND POSTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO JUST WE'D HAVE TO HAVE UP TO FOUR HERE.
YOU SAID NO, CAN WE, SO YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT THE WORKSHOP IS PRETTY MUCH FOCUSED ON THAT.
SO WE CAN GET Y'ALL CAN, YOU WOULD HAVE, UNTIL SUNDAY YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK.
Y'ALL COULD HAVE A MEETING WORK ON IT, BRING A PROPOSAL.
UH, WE SIT DOWN, WE TRY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN AND GO THROUGH THE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN, AND THEN AFTER THAT WORKSHOP, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 15TH, THAT WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY COME TO AT LEAST, UH, A SENSE OF, WE THINK THIS HAS GOT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL SUPPORT TO PUT IT ALL BACK IN PLACE.
WHEN, SO TO THE REST OF THE TASK FORCE.
IS THAT OKAY? WOULD YOU BE WILLING? CAN WE MEET EARLY SUNDAY? YEAH.
IT WOULD NEED TO BE PRETTY EARLY.
SO IF POSSIBLE MYSELF AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY, BUT IT HAS TO BE EARLY BEFORE SAY NOON OR EARLY MORNING.
WELL, WE'LL CALL THAT WORKSHOP.
SO, AND IT ALSO ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO COME AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK, THAT'D BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO IT.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF US HAVING AN, A MEETING WHERE
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IT'S EXCLUSIVELY ON OUR MIND, BECAUSE THAT, CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH.WE HAVE FOLKS OUT HERE, I AGREE TO SUNDAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO BE, I WILL DO MY BEST TO JOIN VIRTUALLY, BUT I'M, I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES.
WELL, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, WOULD YOU MIND JUST GIVING THEM TO US IN ADVANCE? OKAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR CONSIDERING THIS AS FAR AS COMPROMISE, BECAUSE WE LIKE, LIKE I STRESSED FROM THE BEGINNING, GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK A YEAR LATER.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS AND EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS AND OUR SUGGESTIONS INTO CONSIDERATION, WHICH, WHICH I THINK WOULD REALLY WORK OUT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SET A HARD STOP TO THIS AS, I MEAN, TO THE MEETING, LIKE I KNOW YOU CAN LIMIT DISCUSSIONS YOU'RE ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SAY, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE FROM EIGHT TO, TO LIKE 10 OR EIGHT TO 11 TO MAKE SURE.
AND I'M JUST REALIZING I'M LOOKING AT MY SCHEDULE.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL ALSO.
CAUSE I'M GOING TO BE IN HOUSTON.
UH, I CAN DO IT, BUT I HA I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL.
I'LL WE'LL BE IN HOUSTON OVERNIGHT.
WE HAVE FOUR THAT CAN BE HERE ON SUNDAY.
SO MY CONCERN IS IT'S ALREADY THE TASK FORCE THAT'S OF GOING TO BE HERE.
AS LONG AS WE COULD BE VIRTUAL, I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND THAT THE TASK FORCE IS COMING TO A MEETING WHERE IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAINLY US HERE.
SO, WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE KIND OF DOING IS WE'RE MOVING SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM THE TASK FORCE NOW AND JUST GETTING ALL OF US TOGETHER.
I GET WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT.
SO THE MORE, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR BLEEDING FOR IS TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE HERE AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INPUT.
DO WE NEED TO RESEND THAT? OR IT'S GOING TO BE POSTPONED THE MOTION'S FINE.
AND WE'LL JUST CALL THE DIRECTION I NEED TO HEAR FROM STAFF.
I NEED TO HEAR THOUGHTS ON THIS AS FAR AS WEATHER, YOU KNOW, CAUSE W WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT STAFF SUPPORT.
SO W W WHERE YOU, UH, SAYING SOMETHING, STAFF CAN BE AS VIRTUAL AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN THE CITY MANAGER HAS GOT TO BE THERE.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON, AT LEAST SO VIRTUALLY IT'S A SMALL GROUP, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY MUCH, UH, UH, AN ISSUE THAT'S SORT OF UP TO US TO DECIDE AS, AS EVIDENCED BY HOW THE CONVERSATION HERE GOES.
UM, JENNIFER, DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS? NO.
SCOTT, I NEED, I NEED, I NEED STAFF TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE.
YOU NAME THE TIME AND WE WILL BE HERE.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL PLAN FOR 8:00 AM ON SUNDAY, SO, ALL RIGHT.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO PROPOSE, POSTPONE THIS ACTION ITEM UNTIL THE 15TH? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP, AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 12, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SCHEDULE AND SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROPOSED JOINT MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, AMBER HAD PUT TOGETHER A LIST BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL FAR AS DIFFERENT DATES AND TIMES.
UH, DO YOU HAVE THAT TO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR US TO, UH, TO LOOK AT I THINK IT WAS, YEAH, IT'S IN THE BACKUP AS WELL.
UH, THERE WAS A PROPOSED, UM, UH, DATES IN ORDER TO GET, UH, ALL THE WORKSHOPS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MEETINGS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED OR THOUGHT OF, UH, THE DATES ARE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE MEETING TODAY, TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY, AND THEN THE WORKSHOP IS THE 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH.
AND THEN WE MEET AGAIN AS A COUNCIL ON THE 15TH.
BUT AS FAR AS THE JOINT WORKSHOPS, WE WITH BOARDS
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AND COMMISSIONS, WE COULD DO IT ON THE 22ND FOR P AND Z, THE 28TH OR PARKS BOARD.THEN WE WOULD HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE FIRST, UH, WE COULD DO A JOINT MEETING WITH THE, UH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND TOURISM ON THE NINTH, UH, LIBRARY ON THE 10TH, AND THEN WE'D HAVE COUNCIL ON THE 15TH.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, MEETING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE'RE EITHER GONNA SCHEDULE THEM OR NOT, OR IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, INITIALLY WE WERE TRYING TO DO LIKE ONE A QUARTER AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN IS.
UH, I, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BRING THIS FORWARD.
I THINK THAT'S BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT, UH, W THAT STAFF HAD RECEIVED AS FAR AS HOW TO SET THESE UP.
AND THEN ALSO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE THE, SORT OF THE EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL THERE AND THE ENTIRE BOARD THERE, PLUS ALL THE STAFF FOR COUNCIL AND FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR BOARD.
UH, AND THEN, AND THEN WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LOOK AND FLOW OF, OF THOSE PARTICULAR MEETINGS.
SO THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE A OBJECTIVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, UH, MORE THAN JUST, UH, FEEDBACK OF WANTING TO BE MORE INVOLVED.
LIKE PROJECT-BASED KIND OF, AND SOME OF THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED LATER, BUT THESE DATES WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND SEE IF THESE ARE DATES THAT WE WANT TO BE TRYING TO PURSUE FOR THOSE JOINT WORKSHOPS.
UH, OR IF WE WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
I THINK THE DATES WORK, I THINK THEY'RE GREAT DATES.
I KNOW THE STAFF PUT A LOT THOUGHT IN THESE DATES AND, UM, TALKED TO A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I I'M HOPING THEY REACHED OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UM, I THINK THE DATES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET EVERY DATE PERFECT FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO, UH, IF WE, IF EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS OKAY WITH THESE DATES, I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH A DATE SET OF PROPOSAL BY STAFF.
CAUSE THEY, THEY DID THEIR BEST TO TRY TO GET DATES THAT WERE, I MEAN, WE'LL TELL ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY'RE JUST THE DATES THAT THEY MEET ALREADY.
IT'S JUST GIVING YOU THE FLOW OF, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO SET UP A MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM.
IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE THOUGH.
I DON'T SEE A BOARD THAT'S MISSING THERE, BUT THERE'S SOME MISSING YEAH.
THESE WERE THE BOARDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO GO TO THE PNC.
UM, BUT UH, I CAN EVEN DO VIRTUALLY 2 22 IS, UH, NOT, I, I CAN'T.
UM, SO WHEN WOULD BE THE NEXT THEY MEET EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH, TUESDAY, SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY.
SO, AND WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT IT, NOT FALLING UP ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, TRYING TO KEEP SPREADING OUT.
AND THE OTHER THOUGHT IS IF WE'RE DOING A JOINT MEETING AND WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, OR IF THE BOARD THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH DOESN'T HAVE A QUORUM, ARE WE STILL ALLOWED TO HAVE THE MEETING? LET'S SAY THERE'S THREE OF US WHO ARE THERE.
IF WE CAN'T, IF WE CAN'T ROLL CALL IN A QUORUM, I WOULD HATE FOR US TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MEETING JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AND I'M THINKING IT'S A VIRTUAL IMPOSSIBILITY FOR ALL SEVEN OF US TO BE AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY.
UH, IN FACT, FIRST OF ALL, BE THERE, UH, SOMETIMES SMALLER GROUPS HAVE BETTER CONVERSATIONS ANYWAY.
SO YES, NO MATTER WHAT, WHAT WE DO AND IN THE NOTICING IS THIS IS THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT MEETING WOULD BE POSTED NORMALLY.
AND THEN IT WILL ALSO BE POSTED AS A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO MEET WITH THEM.
SO EVEN IF THE BOARD DOES NOT MAKE CORUM, THE COUNCIL WOULD MAKE QUORUM THERE AND STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT IF WE DON'T MAKE QUORUM, IF YOU OR THE BOARD DOESN'T MAKE QUORUM, THEN CAN WE STILL CONDUCT THE MEETING? YES.
MEANING WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO BE HELD, NOT, NOT AS THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE BOARD COULD STILL HOLD THEIR MEETING CURRENT.
THEY COULD STILL TAKE A CONVERSATION FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL OR WHOEVER WAS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND UNLESS THIS IS TOO COMPRESSED AND SOMEONE SAYS, LOOK, WE NEED TO SPREAD THESE ALL OUT.
MY SUGGESTION IS TO PUT THEM ON THE CALENDAR AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO COME, UH, COME.
SO IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU OR NOT, OR IF IT'S FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT OR NOT, WHATEVER, BUT IT'S TOUGH.
CAUSE THAT'S NOT JUST OUR CALENDAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THEIR CALENDARS AS WELL.
BUT THESE ARE ALL DATES THAT THEY ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO MEET.
SO IT'S, IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR SCHEDULE AND OUR CALENDAR THAT WE'RE ADDING TO NOT NECESSARILY THEIRS.
IT JUST MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CONVERSATION WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE AGENDA FOR THAT, UH, THAT WORKSHOP OR THESE WORKSHOPS? YEAH.
SO THE, THE PLAN IS THAT EACH BOARD WILL CONDUCT THEIR REGULAR BUSINESS AND THEN KEEP
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IT SHORT AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN HAVE A, AN ITEM ON EACH AGENDA.SO THE STAFF MEMBER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH BOARD COMMISSION WILL ENSURE THAT THAT JOINT MEETING LANGUAGES ON THERE.
SO IF WE'RE MEETING WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD, IT'S THE LIBRARY BOARD WHO WOULD BE SAYING, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, GOING TO BE POSTED AS A GENERAL ITEM, JUST AS, UH, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE VISION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD AND COMMISSION, BUT, BUT EACH BOARD DOES HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL COME FORWARD WITH.
SO THE LIBRARY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEY JUST PASSED THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE CORN BECAUSE IT'S THEIR MEETING.
UH, WE POSTED AS A SPECIAL MEETING AS WELL, BUT IF WE DON'T MAKE QUORUM MEETING CAN STILL GO ON.
THE DIALOGUE CAN STILL HAPPEN.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN MIGHT AS WELL JUST PUT THEM ON THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, WHOEVER CAN MAKE IT CAN, CAN MAKE IT IS MY THOUGHT CUSTOMER NELSON, SORRY.
UH, I THINK, UH, MS, MRS. LEWIS, UH, MENTIONED ONE THING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WHY THIS PLACE, WHEN I WAS PITCHING THIS IDEA THAT I WANTED IT DONE AS EARLY IN THE YEAR AS POSSIBLE.
UH, AND AFTER OUR VISIONING WORKSHOPS, SO THAT WE SIMILAR TO HOW MR. SELLERS DOES WITH THE DIRECTORS COMES BACK FROM THE VISIONING WORKSHOP AND SHARES THAT INFORMATION.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING THE SAME THING AS IT PERTAINS TO THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THE OTHER THING IS THERE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE CHARTER, UH, REFERENCE TO SOME OF THESE BOARDS, SPECIFICALLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TERM, TOURISM, TRAIN DEPOT, AND P AND Z TO NAME A THREE ARE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED WITH ITEMS IN THEIR CHARTER.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD, UH, FOR US TO ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT IT SAYS IN THE CHARTER FOR EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION.
SO, I MEAN, UM, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ALL HAVE READ IT, BUT, UH, MAYBE THOSE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS AND WE CAN KIND OF GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND REALLY SET OUT THE EXPECTATION, PARTICULARLY WITH P AND Z.
THERE'S A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE UNDER THEIR DUTIES AND POWER AND AUTHORITY THAT THEY CAN DO, WHICH I'M NOT SURE THAT HAS EVER BEEN, UH, CLARIFIED WITH THEM UNLESS THEY DID THAT THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MY HOPES.
NOT ONLY DO YOU JUST SHARE THE VISION, THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE VISIONING WORKSHOP TO HELP THEM BE PREPARED AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS IT RELATES TO THEIR, THEIR BOARD AND THEIR DISCIPLINE, BUT THEN TO ALSO JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REALLY ELABORATE, BUT JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT IS OUTLINED IN THE CHARTER AND WHAT, WHAT THOSE AUTHORITIES ARE FOR THOSE BOARDS.
AND COMMISSIONS WOULD BE MY, MY SECOND HOPE FOR THAT MEETING, I GUESS WE'RE, TOBY'S, UH, UH, ON SAME, SAME, UH, WAVELINK IS AS, UH, YOU MISS CHARLESTON.
WHEN I MENTIONED THIS AGAIN ABOUT GETTING, GETTING WITH OUR, OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EARLY ON IN THE YEAR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PROPAGATE AS WELL IN THE SUMMER.
AND, UH, I THINK THOSE DATES, UH, WOULD WORK IF WE DO, UH, WHAT'S THE MAYOR SUGGESTED BY SENDING GROUP MEETINGS OR GROUP, UH, THROUGH OUR EMAILS TO SET UP IN WHO CAN ATTEND, CAN MAKE IT, UH, OF COURSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE THERE.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP.
AND, UH, I THINK THOSE DATES, WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY ADAPTABLE TO THOSE SO MUCH FLEXIBLE, BUT BE ADAPTABLE TO THAT, BECAUSE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AS A COUNCIL TO GET WITH OUR REPORTS AND COMMISSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE THE EXTRA TIME TO GET WITH THEM AND SEE DIVISIONS ON THAT.
SO I RECOMMEND THOSE DATES AND I GO WITH THAT SUGGESTION BY SENDING US MEETINGS.
SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM IS A LUNCH.
SO IT'S A DEER, IT'S A WEEKDAY DURING THE DAY, JUST AS AN FYI.
SO THAT MIGHT MAKE IT CHALLENGING FOR SOME, UM, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO PUT THESE ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WHOEVER WANTS TO COME CAN, CAN COME, BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, W WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE SETTLED.
AND I THINK BY THE TIME THESE MEETINGS HAPPEN, OUR VISUALLY WORKSHOP WILL BE, UM, ALREADY OVER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, AS A COUNCIL COME TOGETHER, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT ALL THERE TO DIRECTIONS ALREADY THERE, THE VISIONS PUT TOGETHER.
I THINK THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DO A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING AND BEING THERE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALL BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THESE, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO BE THERE.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT, I THINK THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE DURING THE VISIONING WORKSHOP, AND WE FINALLY HAVE THAT FINAL ROADMAP WILL BE ENOUGH OR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RELAY THAT AS WELL.
UH, WOULD THE, IS THE, IS THE THOUGHT TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND PRESENT AFTERWARDS AT, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING OR,
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OR HAVE SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TASK FORCES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTERWARDS THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION OR IS IT, LOOK, THIS IS A MEETING, EVERYBODY WHO COMES COMES, AND IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU MISSED IT KIND OF SITUATION.WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE? AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I, WHY YOU'RE ASKING IT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC MEETINGS TO BE DONE IN THE CHAMBERS? SO THAT WAY THEY ARE RECORDED AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY US, THE PUBLIC AND EVERYTHING.
SO I KNOW LIBRARY BOARD TYPICALLY MEETS THE LIBRARY, BUT THAT ONE MEETING THEY MADE INTO CHAMBERS, SAME WITH PARKS BOARD AND ALL THAT DIFFERENT TYPE OF STUFF.
SO IT IS THAT PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT AS WELL.
UM, I HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONS COMING AND DOING PRESENTATION, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T MAKE IT, THEN EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT FEEDBACK, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS JUST HAVE IT HERE AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THAT.
WELL, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS SIX WEEKS OF THE MOST COUNCIL MEETINGS IN SIX WEEKS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, NOT, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
SO I SEE THE SMILES FROM STAFF, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO EITHER EMBRACE IT, LEAN IN, OR IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH SIX WEEKS.
SO I HEAR YOU, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AND WE MENTIONED JANUARY WHEN WE MET WITH THEM IN JANUARY IS OVER.
SO WE JUST GOT TO STICK TO WHAT WE SAID, AND WE DID THIS LAST SPRING AND TALKED ABOUT THIS.
SO WE HAD TO HAVE HAD THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS WAS COMING AND IT IS A LOT OF MEETINGS.
I AGREE, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.
UH, SO IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, UH, STAFF'S GOING TO, UH, POST SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR THESE DATES.
UH, I, WELL, I ACTUALLY, WE SHOULD, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE LOCATION.
I WAS PERSONALLY EXCITED TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND MEET WITH THEM THERE AND THE PARKS BOARD WHERE THEY MEET.
CAUSE I KNOW THEY MEET IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS AND, UM, I'M ABOUT SICK OF THIS ROOM HALF THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO GO TO SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES AND TALK YOUR, YOUR POINT ABOUT RECORDING THOSE AS WELL TAKEN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, UM, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'D, I'D RATHER MEET WHERE, UH, WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE.
UH, TO ME THAT THAT'S WORTH IT, BUT THAT'S, WE SHOULD PROBABLY DECIDE THAT RIGHT NOW, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER COURT INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THIS.
I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THE COURT.
EVERYTHING IS SCHEDULED AROUND COURT.
UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ON A WEDNESDAY THOUGH, RIGHT? UH, SO THAT PROBABLY DOES NEED TO HAPPEN WHERE THEY TYPICALLY MEAN.
I WISH THAT THEY JUST DO VIRTUALLY OR UPSTAIRS, BUT WE CAN RECORD UP THERE THOUGH.
THAT WAS ABOUT TO SAY WE DID FOR THE P AND Z MEETING AT THE LAST WE DID.
THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED.
SO WE RUN THOSE MEETINGS ON RINGCENTRAL MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECORD ON RINGCENTRAL.
I MEAN, IF THAT'S THE CASE WHERE YOU CAN JUST SET UP A LAPTOP AND BROADCAST RECORD FROM ANYWHERE, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
AS LONG AS IT'S BEING RECORDED, THERE'S OUR CUSTOMIZE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN, BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THOSE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING INVITATIONS TO, TO GET POSTED THIS WEEK.
UH, GENDER ITEM, NUMBER 13, RECORD A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO DASH 2 75 OF THE CITY OF KYLE'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.
MS. SIGNS, MARIN CITY COUNCIL PAGE SIGNS FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY IS ORDINANCES AND CITY CHARTER PROVIDE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION NOMINATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE ETHICS COMMISSION RELATED TO THEIR FUNCTIONS AND OVERSEEING A COMPLAINT PROCESS AND ISSUING AN ADVISORY OPINIONS.
UH, THE PRIOR ETHICS OFFICER THAT YOU HAD, MONEY ACRES HAS RETIRED.
WE LEARNED THAT IN JANUARY AND WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, MR. DOUG MONTGOMERY, WHO IS ALSO WITH MR. AKERS FIRM AND I'VE NOMINATED HIM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM HIS SONS? UH, I HAVE ONE RELATED TO, UH, AN ETHICS ADVISORY OPINIONS.
SO THERE THERE'S, THERE'S, I'VE HEARD DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL CAN, UH, IN PARTICULAR OR STAFF FOR THAT MATTER
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CAN REACH OUT TO OUR ETHICS ATTORNEY DIRECTLY AND ASK FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, VERBAL OR WRITTEN OPINIONS TO BE ISSUED ON ANY ISSUE.IS THERE IN THE PAST, I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, NUMEROUS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE GONE STRAIGHT TO THE ETHICS ATTORNEY FOR ADVISORY EFFICIENT, UH, OPINIONS WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING COMING UP AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THAT IT'S SPELLED OUT FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW, UH, WHATEVER THE OPINION IS.
UH, IS THAT, IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING OR SHOULD WE BE REQUESTING THOSE OPINIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY OF, SO, SO I'VE EXPERIENCED IT BOTH WAYS I'M PULLING UP THE ORDINANCE.
I COULD PROBABLY THINK OF HALF A DOZEN COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE GONE DIRECTLY TO THE ETHICS ATTORNEY, HAD AN ADVISORY OPINION WRITTEN, AND THEN IT'S POSTED EITHER ON THE WEBSITE OR EMAILED TO, I THINK ACTUALLY IT HAS BEEN POSTED, UH, THE, THE OPINION GETS POSTED FOR ONE NEEDS TO BE POSTED, RIGHT.
IT GETS, GETS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE WHENEVER THOSE OPINIONS ARE WRITTEN.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT PROCESS IS.
IF A COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S, UH, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY HELPFUL TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WISHES TO UTILIZE IT.
AND WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS COME TO ME AND IT'S, THERE IS AN ETHICS, THE ETHICS ATTORNEY SHOULD BE ENGAGED.
WE, UH, WE ENGAGE THEM IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
SO THAT HAS OCCURRED AND THEY HAVE ISSUED ADVISORY OPINIONS AT OUR REQUEST AFTER THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER HAS COME TO US.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EMAIL US ON PAGE, BUT CAN YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO LOOK CAUSE IT'S, I'VE HEARD THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE, AND I JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT BEEN THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.
AND I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT GOING DIRECTLY TO THE ETHICS ATTORNEY IS ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE SO THAT THERE'S NOT A LAYER OF, UH, ATTORNEYS, BUT, UH, YOU ARE CITY ATTORNEY FOR CITY MATTERS.
THE ETHICS ATTORNEY IS OUR INDEPENDENT ETHICS ATTORNEY FOR ETHICS MATTERS.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO ALL JUST KIND OF BE CLEAR, I THINK, ON WHAT THAT PROCESS MYSELF INCLUDED.
SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST SEND AN EMAIL WHEN YOU GET THAT JOB, UH, IS THERE OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, ON THE NOMINEE CUSTOMER FORCE CAMP? UM, THIS IS NOT FOR THE NOMINEE, JUST, JUST FOR THE AGENDA ITEM.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T EVER EVEN KNEW THAT WE HAD AN ETHICS ATTORNEY UNTIL RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHEN WAS THE LAST ATTORNEY UTILIZED? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE LAST TIME THEY WERE UTILIZED THAT I'M AWARE OF IS, UM, THERE WAS AN ETHICS COMPLAINT THAT WAS HANDLED.
I DO NOT RECALL THE YEAR THE PANDEMIC HAS KIND OF MADE THINGS RUN TOGETHER.
SO IN THE 20 19, 20 20 TIMEFRAME IS WHEN THERE WAS A LIVE COMPLAINT THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND JENNIFER MAY HAVE, YEAH, SHE MAY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THAT.
AND WHEN DID, UM, THE ONE THAT WE OBTAINED, WHEN DID HE RETIRE IN JANUARY? IT WAS WHEN I BECAME AWARE THAT HE HAD RETIRED, UH, HE HAD BEEN STEPPING BACK, UH, WHEN I LAST SPOKE TO HIM IN THE FALL, I BELIEVE, YES.
IN THE FALL, HE WAS STILL ENGAGED AND STILL PLANNING TO SERVE AS KYLE'S ETHICS COUNSEL.
HE WAS STEPPING BACK FROM OTHER ENGAGEMENTS IN JANUARY.
I REACHED BACK OUT TO HIM BECAUSE THERE WERE MATTERS ARISING AGAIN.
AND, UH, HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD, HE HAD FULLY RETIRED.
UM, SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT COUNSEL IS ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THIS ETHICS ATTORNEY, IS THAT CORRECT? SO MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE SOME, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS AND I RESPOND TO THEM AND I ENGAGE THE ETHICS COUNCIL.
UH, WHEN I THINK IS APPROPRIATE ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THEY'VE ISSUED ADVISORY OPINIONS WHEN I ENGAGE THEM, UH, GOING DIRECTLY TO THE ETHICS ATTORNEY.
LET ME GET YOU THE RESPONSE TO THAT IN WRITING.
I WANT TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS THAT, BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE, SOME POINT YOU TO THE SECTION THAT ADDRESSES IT.
AND THEN IS THIS, SINCE WE HAVEN'T UTILIZED THIS ETHICS ATTORNEY IN A COUPLE YEARS, IS WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT? YEAH, IT'S, THERE'S A LEGAL LINE ITEM IN THE COUNCIL BUDGET.
AND CAN SOMEONE JUST GIVE ME AN AMOUNT ON THAT PLEASE? NOT NOW, JUST, JUST WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
UM, ANY MOTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.
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MOVE BY COUNSELOR ELLISON SECONDED BY, BY PRO-TEAM RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S NOMINATION OF DOUG MONTGOMERY, DOUG MONTGOMERY, UH, TO THE, UH, UH, POSITION OF ETHICS ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF KYLE'S OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.AND IF WE GET AUTHORIZATION TO ENGAGE, EXECUTE THAT ENGAGEMENT LETTER AS WELL, UH, AND AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE OR ENGAGE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AS WELL.
COULD WE DO WHERE WE SEE THAT IN THE BACKUP, WE JUST RECEIVED THAT FROM THEM TODAY.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REVIEW THAT ENGAGEMENT LETTER BEFORE WE, THE TERMS OF IT ARE THE SAME AS THE PRIOR ONE.
THERE'S A CHANGE IT'S MR. ACRES, UH, MERGED WITH ANOTHER FROM MR. FORT MACDONALD AND THAT THE FIRM IT, SORRY.
SO THEY MERGED WITH THAT FOR MR. FORT MACDONALD AND, UH, MR. MCDONALD, MR. MONTGOMERY WAS WITH MR. ACRES BEFORE THE MERGER AND AFTER, SO IT'S, IT'S THE SAME LETTER AGREEMENT, BUT WITH THE DIFFERENT FIRM NAME, UM, AND THE HOURLY RATE, INSTEAD OF BEING 1 75 PER HOURS, ONE 70, THAT'S INFORMATIONAL FOR YOU.
OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO SEE THAT, BUT I'M JUST ADVISING COUNSEL.
UM, YEAH, CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE OLD ONE EITHER.
SO MY CONCERN IS I WORK WITH ENGAGEMENT LETTERS ALL THE TIME.
SO THERE'S THINGS IN THERE THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND I, AGAIN, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE WAS AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER, ALTHOUGH I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
UM, SO IS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED RIGHT AWAY? IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN VOTE ON NEXT TIME? I MEAN, WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE VOTE AS A COUNCIL THAT WE VOTE LIKE COMPLETELY AWARE AND EDUCATED.
I WOULD JUST HATE TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE ENGAGED OR WE HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DON'T AGREE ON.
IT, IT COULD BE VERY WELL THAT I JUST READ IT AND SAY, YEAH, THIS IS GREAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN'T SAY THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO IT'S AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SAY YES, I THINK THIS GUY IS SOMEONE THAT WE COULD HIRE.
IT'S THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY WITHOUT READING, UM, AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER.
HOW LONG WAS THE LETTER? PAGE? ME PAGES.
IF I MAY, THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER IS ON PAGE 39 OF THE AGENDA PACKET.
I WAS LOOKING FOR IT IN THE EMAIL.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE GOT THIS RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I RECEIVED IT THIS MORNING.
AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THE HOLDUP WAS? CAUSE THIS AGENDA WAS CREATED A THURSDAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NOW? I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND? YEAH.
SO, SO THE BACKUP MATERIAL, THE SEVEN, SEVEN POINT ITEM ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT IS THE AGREEMENT, THE CHANGES, THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICE HAS TO ASK.
SO YOU JUST GOT DOUG MONTGOMERY IN THERE.
YEAH, BUT THAT WAS JUST PUT IN TODAY BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU JUST RECEIVED IT TODAY? YES.
WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND, THE ITEMS THERE IN THE BACKUP SEVEN POINTS.
SO Y'ALL WANT TO VOTE ON IT OR DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO POSTPONE? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO ISSUE
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A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CITY OF KYLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
THIS ITEM IS TO SOLICIT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FROM A PROFESSIONAL PLANNING FIRMS TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, A TASK FORCE WOULD BE IDENTIFIED BY COUNCIL AND THEY WOULD PRAY, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTION OF THE FIRM WHO WOULD DO THIS.
UM, EVALUATION CRITERIA WILL INCLUDE COMPLETENESS OF THE SUBMITTAL QUALIFICATIONS OF THE FIRM AND THE FIRM'S TEAM PAST WORK, INCLUDING WORK DONE IN CITY, SIMILAR TO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE SIZE OF KYLE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROPOSAL AND PAST SUCCESS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE A ROWBOAT, ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR PAST CLIENTS AND THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS IS PUBLIC NOTICE ON FEBRUARY 9TH, RFQ RESPONSES DUE MARCH 10TH.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM WHICH YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING IS, UH, ASKING COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE THAT WILL HAVE REGULAR COMMUNICATION, UM, 10 MEETINGS WITH THE STAFF IN THE FIRM.
AND THEN WE HOPE THAT THE PLAN WOULD BE APPROVED AND IN EFFECT JANUARY, 2023.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TASK FORCE.
ONE, ONE IS A TASK FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, I GUESS BEING AT ALL THE MEETINGS ONCE A FIRM IS SELECTED, THE OTHER IS A TASK FORCE, UH, TASKED WITH BASICALLY HELPING TO SELECT THE COMPANY OUT OF THE RFQ, UH, UH, PROCESS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE STRUGGLED AS A COUNCIL FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN HERE TO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, AGREEMENT ON THIS, UH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE ONE WE HAVE IN PLACE OR THE, THE LOOK AND SCOPE OF THE ONE TO, TO BRING FORWARD.
SO, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT ANY OF US, UH, ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, BUT TO ALLOW FOR STAFF, UH, TO GO THROUGH AND BRING FORWARD, UH, UH, A NOMINEE.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE COULD DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO ASSIGN, UH, COUNCIL TO, UH, I GUESS PR PR YEAH.
I, IF IT MAKES SENSE AT THAT POINT OR NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE REALLY IS A TASK FORCE THAT NEEDS TO BE CREATED HERE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, BUT IT'S RELATED TO THIS.
AND I HAVE BEEN ALONG FOR THAT RIDE AS WELL.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN MIRROR.
AND AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
MY, MY INITIAL QUESTION, SO THE AGENDA ITEM IS WRITTEN REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION.
SO AN RFQ, AND I MAYBE OVERSIMPLIFYING THIS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND RFP IS MONEY.
SO THE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD TO BE JUST SENDING US WHAT THEY CAN DO, THEIR WORK AND ALL THAT THIS THINGS DID.
UH, MRS. LEWIS MENTIONED, WE WON'T KNOW THOUGH, HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST FOR THEM TO DO IT? THAT WOULD BE THE RFP WHERE THEY WOULD, DAVID WOULD PROVIDE US WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO RENDER THOSE SERVICES.
AM I CORRECT? OR AM I OFF BASE AT ALL, DID PUT IN A CAVEAT THAT IF THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE THEIR COSTS FOR SERVICES, THEY COULD, IT WOULD JUST BE IN A SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE.
AND THEN WE WOULD OPEN THAT AT THE TIME OF THE PROPOSAL OPENING, BUT IT DOES ALLOW, UM, STAFF TO PICK ON THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM.
AND SO SOMETIMES, UM, AS I, I KNOW THAT ATTORNEYS ARE NOT, UM, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD FALL UNDER RFP UNDER THE STATE STATUTE.
THEY HAVE TO, UM, REPORT WITH ERIC WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMPENSATED FOR, BUT, UH, LOOK PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUCH AS ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS DON'T HAVE TO REPORT THAT.
SO I WAS HOPING TO CAST A WIDE NET JUST DEPENDING ON WHOEVER COULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THIS AND ALLOW BOTH, BOTH PROPOSALS TO COME FORWARD.
UH, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD JUST, THAT IS JUST MY CONCERN THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE GET, UH, UH, BEST AND QUALIFIED AND THEN THAT'S IN, THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH OUR ALLOCATION, RIGHT.
UH, AND BEAR KNOWS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, BUT, UH, SO THAT WAS JUST MY CONCERN WHEN I DID SEE THE AGENDA ITEM SAYING REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, BUT I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOUR EXPLANATION MR. LEWIS, UM, AND MAYBE THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD, UM, STAFF WOULD SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED DEPENDING ON THE QUALIFICATIONS.
AND THEN WE WOULD INTERVIEW THE FROM, OR TALK TO THEM AND ASK THEM TO BRING FORWARD THEIR COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT SO THAT YOU ALL COULD CONSIDER THAT.
AND, UM, THE AGREEMENT AT THE SAME TIME.
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OF ME IS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET TO MAYBE OPTIONS, BUT I'M JUST MAYBE PROLONGING THE ISSUE.UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD, THAT COULD PROBABLY WORK.
UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR THOUGH.
UM, I WAS A PART OF THE LAST TASK FORCE THAT BROUGHT FORWARD.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DID ALL THE INTERVIEWS, AND THEN WE GOT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT DID NOT LIKE THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING AND REJECTED THAT.
UH, SO I KNOW THAT FRUSTRATED A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET EVERYTHING IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
AND WHEN IT CAME FOR THEM TO PLAY IN THE GAME ON THAT TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY, THEY FAILED IN MY OPINION.
THAT'S A, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL AGREED WITH THAT AT THE TIME.
UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
I'M CERTAINLY EXCITED TO GET THIS ROLLING, I GUESS THE ONLY THING, AND THIS IS NOT ON THERE AND WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THIS AND IT WASN'T ISSUED WAS JUST THE PLANNING DIRECTOR'S ROLE IN THIS.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL WERE DOING INTERVIEWS IS I SAW ONE LAST WEDNESDAY.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE THING WE WERE ALSO HOPING TO GET GOING, BUT I GUESS THIS PROCESS REALLY, IT CAN STILL GO FORWARD DESPITE WHEREVER THAT IS RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW I'M JUST TALKING OUT LOUD, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE MYSELF COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, BUT I THINK I'M, I THINK I'M GOOD.
WELL, ONE THING THAT'S A CASPER FOR SCALE.
AND THEN I TOLD YOU THIS EARLIER TODAY AND, UM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TASK FORCE IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL EITHER, UM, ONCE A MONTH OR MAYBE EVERY MEETING, JUST TO GIVE US UPDATES AND, AND TO GET OUR OPINIONS BECAUSE, UM, SOMETIMES THE TASK FORCE CAN JUST MAKE UP ITS OWN MIND AND NOT TAKE BACK INTO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO DISCUSS IT.
SO JUST THE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT COUNCIL IS STILL REALLY INVOLVED, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A TASK FORCE, IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO, WELL, WE ADOPTED A POLICY LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT MADE THAT A REQUIREMENT.
BEFORE WE KEEP GOING, JUST TO, SO THAT WE'RE DOING THIS THE RIGHT WAY, I'M GOING TO BRING THE NEXT ITEM UP CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS ONE, CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 14, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP AS, UH, AS WELL.
JEN ITEM, NUMBER 15, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP AS WELL DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ESTABLISHING A CITY COUNCIL POINT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TASK FORCE.
SO NOW WE HAVE BOTH ITEMS TO DISCUSS MY PROTEST.
SO WHAT I HEARD EARLIER WAS NOT DOING A TASK FORCE, LIKE STAFF EVENT, THAT THE COMPANY'S OUT AND IN BRINGING THE BEST COMPANY TO COUNCIL.
CAUSE THEN WE COULD, UH, WE STILL, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL UNTIL COUNCIL VOTES ON THEM AND APPROVES IT.
SO I'M KIND OF GOOD WITH DOING THAT.
WE'VE UH, I THINK WE NEED TO LEAVE IT AND JUST HANDS, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE THOUGH WE WANT THE BEST.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT THIS JOB THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE DAILY LIVES OF EVERYONE IN THIS CITY, EVERYONE IN HERE ON THIS DIOCESE INCLUDED AS WELL.
WE WANT TO CHANGE OURSELVES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THE BEST COMPANIES.
THEY'LL BRING US THE BREASTS BEST PRODUCT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE EVER WANTED WAS THE BEST YEAR DOING THIS PLAN, WORKING ON IT.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THIS ITEM WAS ALSO CONTEMPLATING, UM, TASKFORCE, OR, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TASK FORCE.
IT COULD BE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
IT COULD BE WHOMEVER, UH, COUNCIL WANTS, BUT IT'S NEEDS TO BE SOME BODY WHO REGULARLY MEETS WITH THIS FIRM SO THEY CAN RECEIVE CONSTANT FEEDBACK SO THEY CAN KEEP THE PROCESS, THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
SO MY THOUGHTS WOULD BE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE RFQ.
WE ALLOW STAFF TO TAKE CONTROL IN WHICH CASE OF YOURS, AS FAR AS BRINGING BACK A RECOMMENDATION.
AND AT THE TIME THAT WE SELECT A FIRM, WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AGAIN ABOUT WHO THAT MIGHT BE.
CAUSE I AGREE A P AND Z AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GO TOGETHER.
SO THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS THERE, MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS GROWING.
WE HAVE A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH A DIRECT FOCUS THERE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
SO, UM, UH, I THINK WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES AT THIS POINT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
I KNOW WE'RE STILL WORKING ON EXPANDING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT THE TIME HAS COME TO START THIS PROJECT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, UH, SOME, SOME MIGHT SAY LONG PAST DUE.
SO, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THOSE CRITICISMS. I REALLY DO.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 14, MOVE BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND ABOUT COUNSELOR AND FLOOR SCALE.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH YOU'RE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT DOING A TASK FORCE AT THIS POINT.
AND JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, P AND Z WILL BE INVOLVED ONCE WE DO
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SELECT A COMPANY AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, THE PUBLIC WILL BE IMPROVED, INVOLVE, UH, COUNCIL BE INVOLVED.SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION COMING IN AND WE WILL HAVE THE OPEN HOUSES AS WELL.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF INPUT MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT IT CUT THIS, THIS AGENDA, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE STRUGGLED AS A BOARD THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND ITEMS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR WAY AND MAYBE THE PATH THAT WE'RE SETTING INVOLVES A LOT OF WORK FOR OURSELVES, BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO GET ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE AN ASSERTED EFFORT, TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AND, UH, FOR STAFF, FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT DEVELOPERS CAN LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT, UM, IT IS, IT IS GOOD TO SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS COMING TOGETHER.
I, I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW AND WHAT I WOULD EMPHASIZE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT PLANE DIRECTOR ON BOARD AS ASAP.
CAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE REALLY EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THEM IS THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO LET'S GET THIS PLAN DONE AND LET'S GET IT MOVING FORWARD IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE IT'S, WE OWE IT TO THE CITY.
WE ALL TO EVERYBODY UP HERE AS WELL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS GRANTING CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT AND THE INCLUSION OF THE LAND THEY'RE IN AND APPROVING A CONSENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS LP, UH, AND, UH, DICE DICE.
I WISH IT WAS 2:00 AM RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT HOW THAT'S SPELLED? YEAH.
UH, FOR PRAIRIE LAKES DEVELOPMENT, UH, MS. AMBER LEWIS, PLEASE PROCEED.
WE HAVE THE PERRY PERRY LAKES FOLKS HERE TONIGHT.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM AND IF THEY WANT THEM WANT TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
BASICALLY THIS IS A 590 ACRE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE KYLIE TJ.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL.
UH, THE BASE ZONING WILL BE, UH, ARE ONE A AND ADDITIONALLY, THIS, UH, AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU WILL, UH, REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY STYLE GUIDELINES.
UM, THE CITY WILL ISSUE ALL BUILDING PERMITS AND RELATED INSPECTIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T USUALLY DO IN THE ETJ.
UM, 4.5 ACRES WILL BE COMMERCIAL.
UM, THEY HAVE INCLUDED THE VIVE TRAIL IN THEIR PLAN, AND THEN THEY WILL PAY THE CITY A $1 MILLION FEE TO BUILD IT.
UM, AND THEN THE HOA WILL MAINTAIN IT.
UH, STREET SIGNS IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT WILL MATCH THE CITY'S STREET SIGNS.
AND THERE'S A PROVISION THAT STATES THAT, UM, WHEN THE TIME NEARS FOR ANNEXATION, THEY WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER, PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS.
AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BRING THE ROADS UP TO STANDARD.
UM, ACCORDING TO THAT REPORT, AND FINALLY THEY WILL PAY THE CITY, A MASTER DEVELOPMENT FEE OF $3 MILLION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, THIS IS THE CONSENT AGREEMENT TO FORM THE MUD, THE PROVISIONS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WITH REGARDS TO COMPENSATION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY'RE ALL IN THIS DOCUMENT.
UH, THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE BOUND, UH, ONCE THE MUD IS CREATED OR IS THERE A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT THAT COMES AFTERWARDS? THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WILL COME AT A LATER POINT IN TIME, BUT EVERY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN THERE, THE, THE, THE PAYMENT, THE QUESTION ABOUT ENFORCEABILITY OF THE PAYMENT, THAT'S, THAT'S A, A DEVELOPER OBLIGATION.
THE DEVELOPER GETS, UM, SIGNS ON RIGHT AWAY.
UH, THE MUD HAS TO SIGN ON TO THAT AGREEMENT AFTER IT'S FORMED, AND THAT'S THE OTHER PARTY WE NEED FOR IT TO BE ENFORCEABLE BECAUSE THE PAYMENT OF THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT FEE COMES AFTER THE FIRST BOND ISSUANCE.
SO THAT DISTRICT SIGNS ON AFTER THE DISTRICT IS CREATED AND THE BOARD HOLDS ITS FIRST ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
THEY'VE GOT TO ENTER INTO THAT AGREEMENT.
I BELIEVE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND SEND THE CITY A SIGNED ORIGINAL COPY THAT THERE, THERE, THERE WILL ALREADY BE AN AGREEMENT THAT IS AGREED ON.
UM, AND, BUT THEY WON'T BE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT UNTIL AFTER THE MUD IS CREATED AND THERE'S A BOARD AND
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THE BOARD CAN ACCEPT IT.THE COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPER WILL EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
NOW, AFTER, AFTER THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE AGREEMENT, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.
SO YOU'LL HAVE AN AGREEMENT AFTER APPROVAL BY COUNCIL, JUST BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER.
WELL, BUT THIS IS THE RESOLUTION CREATING A MUD.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY AN AGREEMENT FOR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, OR IS IT, OR ALL OF THOSE, ALL THAT IS IN THIS ALL IT'S, IT'S BOTH THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE MUD.
AND IT'S ALSO APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT'S THOSE TWO ITEMS. IF YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, IT REFERS TO IT'S SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION EMOTIONS, MIRA, LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 16.
IT'S A MOVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BRADSHAW THAT WE APPROVE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'RE GOING TO ROLL CALL VOTE THAT POLICE ALISON MITCHELL PARSLEY RIZZO FLORES, KALE BRADSHAW.
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH CAP COG, UH, FOR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE GRANTS PROGRAM GRANT, UH, ET CETERA, MR. THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JAMES AARP ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, TONIGHT'S ACTION IS A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT IN SUPPORT OF THE CAP COCK GRANT.
THIS IS A SOLID WASTE GRANT THAT KEPT CALLED PUT OUT A CALL FOR, UH, IN MID DECEMBER WITH A RELATIVELY QUICK TURNAROUND.
UM, AFTER LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS ITEMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE GRANT AND, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON INTERNALLY AND TRYING TO MATCH THOSE UP.
ONE KIND OF CAME TO THE TOP AS, UH, AS WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD, WOULD BE A VERY, UM, OPPORTUNISTIC, UH, PRO PROJECT TO PUT FORWARD AND EFFECTIVELY THAT IS MULTIFAMILY RECYCLING, WHICH CURRENTLY IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF CARLISLE BEYOND A PILOT PROGRAM THAT THE CITY AND TDS HAD CREATED, UH, TO PARTNER TO PROVE UP THAT THE RECYCLING COULD WORK IN A MULTI-FAMILY SETTING, UH, EFFECTIVELY THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS A LARGE DUMPSTER THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR THE, THE COMMINGLED RECYCLING MATERIALS IS PLACED ON SITE IN A MULTIFAMILY LOCATION, UH, THERE'S EDUCATION AND WHATNOT THAT GOES ALONG WITH HOW THE RECYCLING PROGRAM WORKS.
AND THEN TDS, SINCE THE TRUCKS BUY ON A VARIED SCHEDULE TO COLLECT THAT PILOT PROGRAM, UM, JERRY WAS OVERSEEING IT, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TDS.
I THINK THEY HAD IT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
IT PROVED UP TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY WORTHWHILE TO BOTH, UH, THE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE CASE, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AND, UH, AND TDS.
SO WHENEVER THE, UH, APPLICATION, WHENEVER WE WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE OF PRIORITY TO CAP COG FOR FUNDING.
AND ONE OF THEM WERE PROJECTS THAT WOULD DIVERT MATERIALS FROM LANDFILLS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT RECYCLING DOES.
SO THIS, SO THE IDEA HERE WAS HOW ABOUT WE TAKE THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN WE REQUEST FUNDING TO PAY FOR A YEAR WORTH OF MULTI-FAMILY RECYCLING AT UP TO 20 LOCATIONS INSIDE THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION OF MULTI-FAMILY RECYCLING, RECYCLING CITYWIDE, TO GREATLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, MATERIAL GOING INTO THE LANDFILL THAT COULD BE RECYCLABLE, UH, AND, UH, THOSE DOLLARS OR WELL WITHIN THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR DOLLARS FROM CAP COG TO SPECIFICALLY PAY FOR THE DIRECT DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING THE SERVICE
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PROVIDED TO THE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES.WE CURRENTLY HAVE 16 ACTIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE CITY, SEVEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND QUITE FRANKLY, ANY OTHER THING OTHER THAN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HAS MULTIPLE PERSONS THAT LIVE IN IT, THAT'S CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL TYPE PROPERTY, COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A MULTIFAMILY DESIGNATION FOR RECYCLING, SUCH AS, UM, LIKE REST HOMES OR, UH, ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE.
UH, ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAVE MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO CALL THAT THEIR HOME, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THAT'S THE IDEA.
THE RESOLUTION DOES HAVE TO BE SIGNED BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TURNED IN ABOUT FEBRUARY 1ST AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS.
OUR MEETING WAS ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
UH, SO, UH, IF THE COUNCIL DEEMS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, THE CITY SECRETARY, I THINK, IS PREPARED TO GET THE SIGNATURE NOW.
SO I CAN GO SCAN THAT AND SEND IT OFF TO CAP.
GOOD MOTION TO APPROVE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY QUICK, JAMES, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON RE UH, PUT SOME MONEY IN THE APPLICATION.
UH, THESE ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, LIKE CAP, COG, UH, CAMPO ALL THESE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE BRING DOLLAR STORES CITY.
SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL STOP.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S REPRESENTATION.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WON'T GET AWARDED THE GRANT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S COMPETITIVE AND THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE, WHO ARE COMPETING FOR THE DOLLARS TOO, BUT I DID GET TO SEE THE LIST OF ALL THE OTHER GRANTS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, BY THE TIMELINE.
AND I THINK OURS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS FOR SOLID WASTE RECYCLING.
WELL, IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD GO OUT.
I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE ON THE BOARD'S AWARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS WHEN COUNCIL MARIE NELSON BROUGHT FORWARD THIS IDEA.
AND IT WAS REALLY MADE AWARE THAT THERE IS NO RECYCLING AT MULTI-FAMILY IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND JUST IN GENERAL.
UH, AND SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A WHILE.
YOU SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO GET TO THIS POINT, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY COOL.
SO, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? UH, JERRY AS WELL? THAT'S RIGHT.
MOTION CARRIES, UH, 17 ZERO, UH, HAVE AN ABSTENTION ON THIS ONE.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN FORWARD TO ALL RIGHT.
WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION GOING, SORRY.
UM, WELL NOW OPEN UP, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, 18, CORRECT.
18 IS THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE ZONING OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 45.5 ACRES OF LAND FROM RAS TO PUD RS 19 ACRES.
IT MAKES D 26.5 ACRES FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2139.
I STUDY FIVE IN HAYES, COUNTY, TEXAS CITY OF KYLE, UH, WILLIAM MANNEQUINS.
UH, THIS IS YOUR ITEM, BUT SCOTT TAYLOR'S LOOKS LIKE YOU TO TAKE IT IS, UH, DO WE NEED TO OPEN UP ANY PUBLIC READING BEFORE THIS, OR SINCE WE ALREADY DID THE SECOND READING, WE'RE FINE.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND READING.
WE, WE ILLUSTRATED THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THE PUD IN ITS ENTIRETY AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST FEEDING TO THIS.
IT WAS COUNCIL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OF EMOTION, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ELLISON.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILOR BRADSHAW DISCUSSION? YES.
UM, DO WE RECALL WHAT, UH, UH, UM, REJECTION WAS FROM THE FIRST READING? WE WOULD THE LINE OF THINKING WITH THAT? UM, I COULDN'T REMEMBER.
ARE YOU ASKING WHO VOTED? NAY.
JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT THAT, UM, AND I'M NOT, I'M JUST WANTING TO BE REFRESHED ON THE OBJECTION SO I CAN, AND I, THANK YOU.
CAUSE I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE CONTACT ME FROM THAT AREA WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
UM, AND SO I WAS TEETERING ON THE THOUGHT LIKE, SO W WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE ROADS? I KNOW WE PROBABLY DISCUSS IT, BUT IF WE COULD JUST PUT BASE ON THAT AGAIN.
SO THE PLAN THAT YOU IN THE POD IS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BUILD A TURN LANE, UH, WITHIN THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
SO THERE WILL BE A CENTER TURN LANE ALONG THAT PORTION OF BB ROAD.
AND WHEN W WHEN IS THAT EXPECTED TO BE DONE? UH, WELL, IT'S IN THE PO I WOULD ASSUME IT'S JUST
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PART OF THE PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT.I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FACED YET, BUT IT'S, IT'S A REQUIREMENT, SO WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT OCCURRED.
ONE OF MINE WAS, YOU KNOW, THESE ROADS THAT WERE TRYING TO GET THESE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BAD.
THEY NEED TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION ON ALL OF THIS AND BRINGING MORE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THOSE AREAS.
AGAIN, BB ROAD IS ONE THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDING A RECONSTRUCTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT THIS UP MANY TIMES ABOUT, WE REALLY NEED TO GET THESE DEVELOPERS TO UTILIZE HELPING BUILD THESE ROADS IF IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK I, I SAW, I FELT COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE GOING INTO THAT DIRECTION.
I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT WIDENING IT, OR MAYBE JUST PUTTING A TURNING LANE, BUT WHO WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
AND IT'S, AND, UM, THAT WAS COUNCILMAN NELSON WANTED TO KNOW THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS IS THE CONSTANT ISSUE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM, FROM OTHERS IS WHY CAN'T WE GET THEM TO BENEFIT BY HELPING US BUILD THESE ROADS OR, OR GETTING THEM INTO THOSE SPECS ON THAT END.
AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHERE THEY, YES.
NOW REMEMBER, BLESS YOU NOW REMEMBER DISCUSSION, UM, BEFORE I TOUCH ON THAT.
UH, SO YEAH, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE CENTER LANE THROUGH, ON BB, UH, THROUGH THE EXISTING PART OF THEIR PROJECT.
WHAT ABOUT SIDEWALKS, UH, ALONG THAT AS WELL? CAUSE THE TEXTILE DID PUT THAT NICE, BEAUTIFUL 12 FOOT CONCRETE SIDEWALK THAT I LIKE TO RUN ALONG THE INTERSTATE.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT AS WELL.
SO YEAH, IT'S A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK THAT TAKES UP, PUT IN THE DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE TO CONTINUE THAT SAME 10 FOOT SECTION ALL THE WAY UP.
WHAT ABOUT BB ON THE FRENCH ROAD? UH, BB WOULD BE PART OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'LL, WHAT'S THE WIDTH ON BB.
SO IN, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, AND I HEAR THE COMMENTS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND DEVELOPERS, UH, HELPING US IMPROVE THEIR ROADS.
THEY, THEY DO PAY ADJACENT LANE MALFIES, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPECTATION.
CAN'T BE FOR A DEVELOPER TO RECONSTRUCT AN ENTIRE ROAD THAT MULTIPLE THINGS, UH, TIE INTO.
SO THAT'S WHY THE ADJACENT LAME ALFIE, UH, COMES IN.
BUT AS WELL, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE WE, WE HAVE PROBABLY THE MOST ROBUST PLAN WE'VE HAD GOING INTO ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES IS REMIND THEM OF WHAT WE DID THIS PAST SUMMER AND WHAT WE DID IN THIS BUDGET.
WE PUT IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ENGINEER AND DESIGN ALL THE ROADS THAT, UH, MR. SELLERS, I THINK HE EVEN SENT AN EMAIL TO US ABOUT IT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THAT IS WHERE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET, AT LEAST, I THINK IT WAS 30% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BY AUGUST IN ORDER TO SHOW VOTERS ON ALL THOSE ROADS, INCLUDING BB BUTTON GO FORTH OLD STAGE COACH, WENDY HILL, UH, EXTENSION MARKETPLACE, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO TH THAT I'VE EVERY VOTER I TALKED TO ABOUT STREETS.
I TELL THEM ABOUT THAT AND PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S COMING.
AND WE, WE'VE KNOWN THAT SINCE WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST SUMMER AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO WITH THAT, AND WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, AND I'M SURE EVEN BEFORE THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THE CHICKEN, THE EGG TYPE OF THING, DO YOU, DO YOU BUILD THE ROAD AND RECONSTRUCTED FIRST IS THE DEVELOPMENT COME IN FIRST? WHAT HAS HAS THAT? BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE CERTAINLY I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
AND EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL WATCHING COUNCIL, I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLAN IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING IN LINE LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW.
I MEAN, SCOTT'S BEEN HERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND AND INFORM OUR RESIDENTS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHAT WE DID LAST SUMMER, WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND WHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED TO COME, UH, WHEN WE CALLED THE QUESTION IN AUGUST FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
AND SO FOR ME, AND I CERTAINLY HEAR IT, I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
UH, TALK TO THOSE RESIDENTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT THOSE ROADS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T FUND RECONSTRUCTING THESE ROADS IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS THE CASE AND WHY WE NEED TO BOND FOR THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT, UH, IT'S A ROBOT IT'S GOING TO BE A ROBUST BOND.
THERE'S A LOT, IT'S, IT'S AMBITIOUS, BUT I THINK IT ADDRESSES A LOT OF OUR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, IF THE VOTERS, UH, AGREE AND THAT THAT'S ALL TRUE.
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BUT IT IS STILL A BOND AND IT STILL HAS TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS AND THEY COULD STILL SAY, NO, THEY COULD STILL SAY NO.AND WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE WHERE WE COULDN'T PAY FOR THEM OTHERWISE.
AND SO, SO THAT'S THE CONCERN AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT IS ALL WHAT I'M TALKING TO MINE, THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UM, I HEAR THAT THE TWO RS, OKAY, RELIEF IN ROADS, ROADS, AND RELIEF.
THEY NEED RELIEF ON THEIR WATER BILLS.
THEY NEED RELIEF ON THEIR TAX BILLS.
IT'S GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS TO BE LIVING HERE.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING AND THESE ROADS DON'T HELP AT ALL.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, NOT ONLY DO I EXPERIENCE THE DRIVING ON THAT, UH, EVERYWHERE ALL OVER KYLE IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER KYLE, NOT JUST HE'S KYLE IT'S WEST OF DOWNTOWN.
SO IT'S TRYING TO GET THAT UNDERSTANDING OF IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND HOW TO DEVELOP, WHERE DO WE GET TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE HOUSING OR BRINGING MORE OF THIS WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE TRAFFIC, WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE ISSUES WITH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT IT IN THOSE EYES.
EH, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING A BOND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO GUARANTEE.
AND OF COURSE I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH CAUSE WE REALLY NEED THIS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST, THERE'S THE, UH, THE, THE REALITY AND THE PROBABILITY.
THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, ALL THAT, IT'S WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE REALLY NOT ONLY WANTING, BUT THERE, THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED NEEDING THESE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'VE I'VE I BASED A LOT OF MY BOOKS ON I UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST THE THING WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE AND PARAMETERS WE'RE WORKING ON.
IF IT'S NOT A BOND, THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS WHAT WE'VE DONE ON BUTTON ROAD, ESSENTIALLY.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO WITHIN THE CITY.
WE CAN'T CONTRACT OUT AND RECONSTRUCT A ROAD INTO ANNUAL BUDGET.
WE CAN'T HAVE A DEVELOPER COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED BUILD A NEW ROAD THAT GOES WELL BEYOND THEIR PROPERTY, THE BOND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. SELLERS OR PERVEZ, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE GET THAT DONE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT HARD AND DIFFICULT CONVERSATION WITH RESIDENTS.
YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH ONE.
I WAS OVER HERE THIS PAST SATURDAY MEETING WITH THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS AND HAVING THIS EXACT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STREETSCAPE IN CENTER CENTER STREET.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT REAL DIFFICULT CONVERSATION WITH THEM THAT THIS IS HOW WE, WE CAN PAY FOR THIS.
WE HAVE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT THROUGH A DEVELOPER BUILDING AND RECONSTRUCTING A ROAD THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FUNDED IN ANNUAL BUDGET.
THE BOND IS THE ONLY WAY TO RECONSTRUCT AND BUILD COMPLETE STREETS WHERE WE WANT THEM CURB TO CURB SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTING.
THE SAME THING I HEAR FROM EAST RESIDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WEST SIDE STREETS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS BOND IS GOING TO DO.
OTHERWISE, THE ONLY CAPACITY WE HAVE IS WHAT WE SAW FROM, FROM HARPER AND HIS CREW.
AND I'M NOT DOWNING WHAT HEARTBURN HIS CREW DID, BUT THAT'S NOT A COMPLETE STREET.
AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DIFFICULT CONVERSATION WITH RESIDENTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A BOND THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER.
WE'RE ALSO GOING AFTER FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT'S COMING FORWARD, UH, WE'VE GOT WAYS OF FUNDING, THE BRIDGES THAT ARE COMING TO THIS, UH, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT THE COUNTY BRINGING IN ONE 10.
THAT AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE COMING TO FRUITION REALLY QUICK, BUT THIS PROPERTY ITSELF IS ONLY TAKING HOW MANY FEET ON BB ROAD.
AND IT'S REAL CLOSE TO 5 35, MAYBE ABOUT HALF A BLOCK.
SO YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM BEING TWO OR THREE MILES ON BV, CONGESTING THE ROAD BACK THEY'RE COMING BACK.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A QUICK ACCESS TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD ON 9 35.
THEY'RE NOT CONGESTING BB ROAD THERE.
THERE'S NOT A BEING AN IMPLYING THERE.
BUT ONE THING THEY ARE DOING IS THEY'RE GIVING US A CENTER TURN LANE OR GIVING US THE TWO LANES AND THE SIDEWALKS AND SOME LIGHTING THERE AS WE'RE BRINGING ALL THE POSSIBILITIES FORWARD ON HOW TO DO THESE ROADS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO REMIND HER, BUT HE'S AT, WE'RE GOING TO BE 30% D D READY.
THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ARCHITECTURE IN PLACE TO MAKE THESE ROADS COME TO FRUITION.
WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH A BOND OR IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS A CITY TO GET THESE ROADS, UH, FUNDED.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THERE, WE NEED THEM.
IT'S NOT WAITING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO BUILD.
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ROADS NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THOSE ROADS AND BRING THEM TO FRUITION.SO WHETHER WE BUILD A DEVELOPER, NOT, WE STILL HAVE TO WORK ON THIS, BUT THE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IN PLACE, THE LESS THAT LESSENS THE TAX BURDEN ON EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE BUILDING THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALSO ABSORBING SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, BURDEN ON THE FUTURE BONDS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
SO IF WE STOP BUILDING, YOU'RE PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.
SO WE GOTTA CONTINUE TO BUILD, WE CAN'T PUT A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING JUST BECAUSE WE THINK THAT WE'RE CONGESTING A ROAD A LITTLE BIT, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT AS A CITY.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED NOW.
SO I JUST WANNA TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS THAT ARE HEARD DURING THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, SO JUST THE TERMS, BOND AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, THOSE ARE NOT FOR SURE THOSE ARE ASSUMPTIONS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LITERALLY PUTTING ALL OF OUR EGGS IN THAT BASKET WITHOUT KNOWING HOW WE WILL EVENTUALLY FUND THAT ROAD, WHICH WE ALL COULD AGREE, NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, MAYBE THE TALK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ISN'T WITH THE RESIDENTS, MAYBE IT'S WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH DEVELOPERS, BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WHETHER WE PUT THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE OR NOT.
IF THE ROAD DOESN'T GET FIXED, THE RESIDENTS STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS THINK IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE TO 35, BUT WHO SAYS, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO TO 35 AND LEAVE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE KYLE MORE THAN JUST A, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? A BED, BED HALL OR, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS RIGHT UP THE STREET.
AND THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN AND BB ROAD, OR MAYBE THEY NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS RIGHT UP THE STREET DOWN BB ROAD.
MAYBE THEY NEED TO GO TO WALMART, WHICH IS RIGHT UP THE STREET DOWN BB ROAD.
GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN'T GO 35 AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO DOWN BB ROAD TO GET TO THAT OTHER PLACE.
AND IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, EXHIBITS ONE SAYS THERE'S A MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 40 UNITS PER BUILDABLE ACRE.
SO HOW MANY CARS IS THAT? HOW MANY PEOPLE IS THAT, THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT ROAD? THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT EITHER BONDS OR FEDERAL DOLLARS COVER TO FIX THAT? SO MY QUESTION IS, YES, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, DO WE TALK TO THE RESIDENTS OR DO WE TALK TO DEVELOPERS AND IN OURSELVES? BECAUSE JUST SAYING, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS NEED TO ACCEPT AND PAY FOR.
IS IT ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO EXPAND ON? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION.
THAT IS A HOPE THAT WE ALL HAVE.
IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THOUGH, IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER, WHO HEARS FROM ALL HIS RESIDENTS AND I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD.
I DRIVE THAT ROAD PROBABLY THREE TIMES A WEEK.
SO UNFORTUNATELY THE COUNCIL BEFORE US DID NOT PLAN FOR THIS KIND OF DENSITY.
AND THOSE ROADS WERE NEVER UPDATED.
THAT IS A SITUATION WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND BONDING AND FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION.
IT, I HEARD A MORATORIUM JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BACKUP.
I HAVE PROBABLY HALF THE CITY THAT WOULD DISAGREE THAT THERE IS JUST A LITTLE BACKUP ON THESE ROADS.
YOU ASK ANYBODY DOWN ONE 50, YOU ASK ANYBODY DOWN, BB, YOU ASK ANYBODY DOWN CENTER STREET.
OR I SUPPOSE, IN A MORATORIUM ON THE CITY FOR BUILDING.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE THERE? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LEADING TO IS A MORATORIUM ON CITY.
SO MY DEAL IS, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO STOP BUILDING? YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ALL THESE PEOPLE, PROJECTS AND LANDOWNERS THAT THEY CAN'T BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY.
I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT IT HAS TO BE EITHER OR SOMEONE SAID, OH, WE HAVE TO DO A MORATORIUM OR WE HAVE TO LET THEM ALL IN.
THAT IS REALLY CLOSE-MINDED THINKING WE NEED TO FIND NO, I'M NOT.
I NEVER, EVEN WHAT I SAID WAS YOU BROUGHT IT UP, YOU BROUGHT IT UP IN THE ASPECT THAT THERE'S JUST A LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, WHICH I KNOW DARN GOOD.
AND WELL, THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH.
THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND THAT'S FACTS.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SHOULD WE BE DEPENDING ON BONDS, SHOULD WE BE DEPENDING ON FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR A SIDE OF TOWN THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS NEEDS TO BE FIXED? I WOULD SAY NO.
SO WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE THERE? MAYBE? I MEAN, IF WE ALL SAT DOWN AND THINK IF WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT THE SAME WAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK AND THINK ABOUT THE BONDS AND COMMISSIONS.
I PROMISE YOU, WE COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
MAYBE WE SIT DOWN WITH STAFF AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? BUT TO SIT UP HERE AND ACT LIKE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS IS RIDICULOUS.
W WE'VE BEEN SITTING DOWN WITH STAFF DURING OUR MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN DURING OUR VISIONARY WORKSHOPS, WE HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS, WHAT'S GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 30% DD READY.
WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, WHAT
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ARE YOU, WHAT ELSE ARE YOU PROPOSING? CAN WE ASK MR. SELLERS TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THERE ARE POSSIBLE? HE'S A PROFESSIONAL.HE'S BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME PER BEDS AS WELL.
WHAT OTHER OPTIONS COULD WE HAVE TO FUNDING COMPLETE STREET ROADS AND RECONSTRUCTING THESE ROADS OUTSIDE OF WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED? WELL, LET'S BACK UP, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS 2013 WHERE THE COUNCIL REALLY LOOKED AT THEIR ROAD NETWORK AS PER, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS THE 2010 TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN SAID, WHAT ARE THE MOST CRITICAL ROADS IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO FUND? AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE ROADS IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME, BURLESON, LAYMAN, PHILOMENA, PHILOMENA, EXTENSION, ET CETERA.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 20 13, 20 14.
WHEN THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE WERE APPROACHED FOR SAME QUESTION, HOW DO WE FUND THIS RESIDENTS AUTHORIZED AT THE TIME UP TO 21 CENT TAX INCREASE TO FUND THESE ROADS.
NOW WE TIMED THE MARKET WELL, AND WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT A 7 CENT INCREASE, UH, FOR ROUGHLY $40 MILLION PERVEZ, ABOUT $40 MILLION OF ROAD PROJECTS AND BUILT THE ROADS THAT WERE THE MOST PRESSING AT THE TIME.
THE UPDATE OF TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN HAS PROVIDED A, ANOTHER GROUP OF ROADS THAT ARE THE NEXT PRESSING, UH, IN THE CITY.
NOW, TRADITIONALLY AGAIN, WE WOULD LOOK AT GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT TO FUND THESE ROADS.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS AND STATE DOLLARS AS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TO, UH, TECHSTOP AS A PARTNER.
WE HAVE BEEN TO CAMPO AS A PARTNER.
WE'VE BEEN TO HAYES COUNTY AS A, AND WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT FEDERAL SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS, THIS, UH, BY NAME THAT, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL POTENTIALLY THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL.
SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT IF WE'RE READY FOR NOW, UH, WE, WE HAVE ACCESS TO AT LEAST A MORE OF A CHANCE, UH, BEYOND THAT I'LL LOOK TO PERVEZ AS THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF SCRATCH YOUR HEAD.
AND THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A DEVELOPER IN THIS SENSE BUILD ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC IS ROUGHLY THE COST OF THE ADJACENT LANE MILE FEE.
SO, UH, ROADS COST A LOT OF MONEY.
WE'RE TALKING MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE THAT, THAT LITERALLY IS TOO BIG OF A LIFT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE TAXPAYERS OF KYLE, UM, AND, AND EVEN CAMPOS.
SO WE HAVE TO GO TO ALL THE SOURCES THAT, THAT WE KNOW OF TO FIND THESE FUNDS.
AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE REAL CITING RELOCATION PROJECT WITH HAYES COUNTY CAMPO THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, JOINTLY FUNDING, THAT PROJECT.
WE HAVE FM A ONE 10 BYPASS, WHICH IS A COUNTY PROJECT.
DACEY LANE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT MAJOR ROADS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING, UH, BUILT BY OUR PARTNERS.
HOW DO WE FUND THESE, THESE PROJECTS DEVELOPERS, UH, TO, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PAY ITS OWN WAY AND MORE, UH, THE LAST APPROVAL, JUST 15 MINUTES AGO, WE RECEIVED $3 MILLION ADDITIONAL FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT FOR ADJACENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, SO WHEREVER WE CAN, WE TRY TO PUT DEVELOPMENT THE COST OF THE ROADS, ET CETERA, ON THE BACK OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE GETTING A THIRD LANE OUT OF BB, AT LEAST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LENGTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
AND WE WILL PUT AS MUCH OF THE PROJECT COST ONTO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS AS WE CAN.
UH, BUT THE, THE TYPE OF ROAD, THE SIZE OF ROAD IS, IS MUCH LARGER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT CAN BEAR, UNLESS WE ADD MORE DENSITY.
RIGHT? SO THEN WE HAVE THAT OTHER QUESTION, YOU HAVE MORE DENSITY, ADD MORE PEOPLE TO THE ROAD.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A BALANCING ACT.
IT'S ALL PART OF, UH, TRYING TO, TO PLAN AS WELL AS WE CAN.
AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE RIGHT NOW THAN WE PROBABLY HAVE EVER BEEN FROM OUR PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR FUTURE NEEDS ARE AND HOW TO GET THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE MAY ALSO STATE SINCE, UM, SINCE THE BONDS.
AND CAUSE THEY'RE SITTING HERE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
UH, THIS HAS TO BE THE WAY, OR WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT, BUT WHAT IS THE CITY'S PLAN? SEE IF THE BONDS AND THE FEDERAL MONEY DO NOT COME IN, BECAUSE THAT IS A REALITY.
SO THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY IS SCARED THAT IT COULD NOT HAPPEN, UM, TELLS ME THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THAT.
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ARE TYPICALLY FUNDED BY DEVELOPERS.AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS BY SPECIAL DISTRICTS SO THAT IT COULD BE TAX INCREMENT.
REINVESTMENT ZONES COULD BE A CHAPTER 3 80, 3, 81 REIMBURSEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE A WAY FOR, FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE FUNDED BY, BY SPECIAL DISTRICT INCENTIVES, UH, EXISTING ROADS LIKE BB, WHERE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING, THAT'S WHERE WE RELY ON OUR ADJACENT LANE MILE FEE AND OUTSIDE DOLLARS.
UH, SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE MAP HERE, WE HAVE EXISTING ROADS, SOME NEW, LIKE THE, UH, RM ONE 50 BYPASS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE OVERPASSES TO FUND AS WELL THAT ARE PUBLIC.
SO WHATEVER IS PUBLIC, WHAT IS A PLAN C IF IT'S NOT TAXED AND IT'S NOT CAMPO, UH, WE, WE SLOW DOWN AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS THE MIDDLE GROUND, NOT A MORATORIUM, BUT THESE ROADS WILL JUST CONTINUE TO STAY IN THEIR CURRENT CONDITION WITH GROWTH.
WE, WE CAN NOT STOP THE GROWTH.
UH, SO THE ROADS STAY IN THEIR CURRENT CONDITION UNTIL WE CAN FUND THEM ONE AT A TIME, SOME ROADS BEING, YOU KNOW, UH, $80 MILLION LIKE SETON PARKWAY, EXTENSION IS 80 MILLION ENGINEERS ESTIMATE SOME ROADS, 137 MILLION, LIKE THE, UH, RM ONE 50 BYPASS.
SOME ROADS ARE A LOT LESS 25 TO 30 MILLION LIKE OLD STAGECOACH ROAD.
SO WE IDENTIFY THE MOST, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ROAD.
AND WE SAVE IN BUDGET FOR THOSE IN EACH FISCAL YEAR.
THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD ANSWER.
AND THAT IS THE REALITY THAT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS IS, UM, WHAT YOU SAID, LIKE, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SLOW DOWN? NO, I DON'T THINK WE DO.
AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AND I GET IT.
UM, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WRONG OR IT'S RIGHT.
I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A HUGE POSSIBILITY THAT PEOPLE COULD JUST BE LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO PAY EXTRA MONEY AND THAT'S REALITY.
AND THERE'S ALSO REALITY THAT MAYBE WE WON'T GET FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO YOUR ANSWER OF THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET THIS FUNDING, THAT IS THE REALITY THAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S AND MAYBE MR. SELLERS PUT IT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN ME ACCOUNTS MEMBERS OVER, BUT THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAY, AND I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR A WHILE.
WHAT WOULD CAN, AND CAN NOT BE DONE.
I'VE LOOKED TO SCOTT AND, UH, AND PREVENTS ON OTHER OPTIONS.
THERE ARE NO REALLY OTHER OPTIONS IF WE WANT TO RECONSTRUCT EXISTING ROADS.
IT DIDN'T THOSE THAT, THOSE OPTIONS.
A RESIDENT SAID TO ME ON SATURDAY, THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION TO ASK THE VOTERS TO RAISE THEIR TAXES OR, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE TOUGH QUESTION.
AND IT GOES TO THEM AND ULTIMATELY THE MAJORITY WINS ON THAT.
UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE BEST PLAN I'VE SEEN THE CITY PUT TOGETHER IN THE 12 YEARS I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE.
WELL, WITH THAT, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK ON THAT MAYOR PRO TEM TO A LOWER SCALE.
AND COUNCILMAN NELSON AND SCOTT, UH, THESE ARE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND, UH, IT IS HARD FOR, FOR ME BECAUSE AGAIN, YES, THESE ARE PEOPLE IN MY AREA.
THERE'S ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ON THOSE ROADS ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT LOOKING AT IT FROM A, FROM A BIG PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE ROADS IN KYLE.
SO I'M NOT JUST TRYING TO JUST NARROW DOWN CHESTER EAST SIDE, HEY, WHAT'S A STAGECOACH AND SO FORTH, BUT AGAIN, IT IT'S COMING TO THE REALITY THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.
UH, AND, AND THEY DO DRIVE ON THESE ROADS THAT ARE VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
SO WE HAVE TO UTILIZE AS MUCH RESOURCES AS WE CAN JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE CIP PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IN FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVE TO, AGAIN, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
YES, IT'S, IT'S GETTING KNOCKED OUT IN WASHINGTON, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE, SAME THING WITH THE BONDSMAN.
WE JUST KIND OF HAVE THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS THERE ABOUT GETTING THE ROADS.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CONCERNED.
AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, THE MORE HOUSES YOU HAVE, THE AVERAGE FOAM HAS ABOUT THREE TO FOUR CARS PER HOUSEHOLD.
SO WITHIN THREE HOUSES, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT WHAT 6, 7, 8 CARS IN TWO HOUSES.
SO THAT'S JUST THAT MUCH TRAFFIC, BUT I'M NOT TO TRY TO GET OFF TOO MUCH ON THE SUBJECT.
I KNOW WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS, BUT, UH, THAT'S JUST ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS ON THE WAY, UH, THERE WAS A NEW NAVAL
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LAST TIME.UH, TOBY, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE'VE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND FAVOR.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THAT? I THINK ANYBODY CAN CALL THAT.
YEAH, LET'S GO AND DO A ROLL CALL, JENNIFER.
AND, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO ROLL CALLS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANKS, SCOTT, FOR THE, UH, ELABORATING THE WAY YOU DID IS GREAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO ADD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL, IT'S BRINGING ALL THE INFORMATION FORWARD TO THE VOTERS.
IT'S TOO EASY TO JUST SAY NO TO SOMETHING, JUST TO APPEASE YOUR VOTERS.
IT'S WHEN YOU SAY YES TO SOMETHING AND MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE RESPECT YOU FOR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT REAL EASY UP HERE, YOU KNOW, DO I WANT TO SAY YES TO EVERYTHING? NO, I DON'T, BUT I KNOW IF THERE'S A PROJECT AND IT'S COMING FORWARD AND IT'S BRINGING US ROADS AND BRINGING US LIGHTING, BRINGING THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO START A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.
THIS WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A START ON BB ROAD.
AND THEN THE NEXT PROJECT WILL GIVE US SOME MORE.
SO THE CITY IS NOT FUNDING IT, ALL DEVELOPERS ARE FUNDING AS WELL.
SO WE'VE DO HAVE TO TAKE THESE HARD VOTES AS WELL.
IT'S REAL EASY TO JUST VOTE, NO, AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M A PZ OF MY VOTERS AND I'M GOOD.
BUT WHEN YOU MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS IS WHEN IT'S THE BEST.
I MIGHT WANT TO JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN PRIOR MEETINGS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STRIP OF RESTAURANTS ALONG THE FURNITURE ROAD THAT ARE ANTICIPATED THERE, RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HOPING TO BRING TO KYLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PLAN HERE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS, UM, VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO TO BRING DINING AND RETAIL, CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW MANY HOUSES WILL BE THERE FOR APARTMENTS? UH, UNITS WILL, HOW MANY UNITS, TOTAL TITLE? I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE NUMBER.
CAN WE SAVE LESS THAN 500 PATRICK COMPANY, MANY FROM THANKS.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I REPRESENT ONE OF THE THREE DEVELOPERS AT THIS PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR 16 ACRES THAT WE WANT TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY WITH A COMBINATION OF VMU AND RETAIL.
UH, WE'VE AGREED TO THE CURRENT TERMS WITH THE WAY THE PUT IS WRITTEN, IF IT IS AN, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO, IF IT'S 40 UNITS PER BUILDABLE ACRE, I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, THAT APPLIES JUST TO THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND THE VMU PORTION.
DON'T YOU AGREE WITH THAT? IT WOULDN'T THE STRICTLY RETAIL PORTION.
THERE'S ABOUT 30 ACRES BUILDABLE IN THE VMU AND MULTIFAMILY.
THAT WOULD BE 1200 UNITS, BUT THE WAY THE PUT IS WRITTEN THERE YOU ARE ALL ARE ASKING FOR THE GROUND FLOOR FACING TO BB AND FACING WEST TO THE RETAIL PORTION TO BE A COMMERCIAL RETAIL PROPERTY.
SO IN MY MIND THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THE GROUND FLOOR OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
THAT WOULD BE WE'RE THINKING THEY'RE FOUR STORY.
SO I THINK THAT THE TRUER NUMBER TO MAXIMIZE IT WOULD BE 900, BUT PARKING IS GOING TO BE THE LIMITING FACTOR ON THIS PROPERTY AND HOW IT PARKS FOR THAT MONEY THAT PUT US ALSO ASKING FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKS PER, PER, UM, UH, RETAIL SQUARE FOOT PER THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, WHICH TAKES ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT OUT.
SO IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF DEVELOPING THE PARKING, THE COST AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WILL DRIVE THAT NUMBER.
BUT THE NUMBERS I'VE DESCRIBED TO YOU WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY MAXIMUM NUMBERS AND PROBABLY WOULD REQUIRE, UH, ELEVATED PARKING STRUCTURES TO DO SO, WHICH CHANGES THE EQUATION SOMEWHAT ON HOW
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YOU MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK ON IT.OH, HE'S RECUSED RIZZO ELLISON.
SCOTT MOTION PASSES A FIVE TO ONE, RIGHT? THAT'S
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THE LAST ITEM? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY.SO, UH, SOMEBODY WOULD, WILL NOW RECEIVE TWO A SECOND OBSESSION BECAUSE SOMEBODY READ IT.
PLEASE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071, UM, PRAIRIE LAKE STRATEGIES.
SO 8 0 7 WEST CENTER STREET, LEGAL CLAIMS AND COMPLAINTS MADE BY JOHN FERRIERA AND THAT'S IT.