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[I. Call Meeting to Order]
EVERYONE.IT IS TUESDAY, MARCH THE FIRST.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WOULD ALL.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLAYED THE END OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE.
RACHEL ELLISON, PRESENT FLORES KALE HERE, BRADSHAW HERE, PARSLEY HERE.
WE'RE AT SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT.
WE HAVE A QUORUM NEXT UP CITIZEN
[II. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
COMMENTS PERIOD.AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
UH, I HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY REGISTERED TO SPEAK, UH, FIRST UP CONNIE LINGUS.
UH, NEXT UP AUTO, UH, ASTRONAUTS.
UH, NEXT UP MIKE ROTCH CYNTHIA BENTLEY, PLEASE COME, STAY.
SAVE ME GOING TO PUT ME ON THE NEWS.
IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF IN.
SO OUR PROCEDURES COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR COURT ORDER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MS. BENTLEY, AND ALL WHO'S IN PRESENT HERE TODAY.
I AM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF UNFORGETTABLE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, WHICH IS A 5 0 1 C3 HERE IN KYLE, TEXAS.
AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COW BEAUTIFUL HONORS CLUB.
IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE HAD AN EVENT OR BETTER CRUDE CENTER ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH.
IT WAS FROM 9:30 AM UNTIL 12 NOON.
WE INVITED CHILDREN FROM ALL OVER THE AREA FROM ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, UM, TO COME IN EXPERIENCE BLACK HISTORY IN KYLE, TEXAS, UM, THE CHILDREN CAME IN AND S THEY CAME IN APRIL, CARRIED IT, IT WAS A COLD DATA.
IT WAS THE DAY I DECIDED TO SLEEP, BUT THE CHILDREN CAME OUT ANYWAY.
SO WE HAD HOT COCOA AND, UM, COOKIES FOR THE CHILDREN AND EACH CHILD THAT CAME ALSO RECEIVED SUBSTANCE VERY SPECIAL.
NOT ONLY WERE THEY ABLE TO RECEIVE BOOKS, BRAND NEW BOOKS FREE, AND THEY HAD PUT GOOD AS MANY BOOKS AS DAY ONE.
THERE WERE BOOKS FROM ALL JOHN GROUPS, UM, AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR HISPANIC, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR BOOKS THAT ON, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD FIND IN A DEPARTMENT STORE IN A BOOKSTORE, AND WE GAVE THEM A POUCH JUST LIKE THIS TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT.
AND IT IS SAYS, LAUREN, THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAY IT, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
AND THAT'S BY MAYA ANGELOU, 1928 TO 2014.
SO EACH CHILD GOT A POUCH LIKE THIS WITH ME TODAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUTPOUR ONIONS.
WE HAVE, UM, WHEN JOHNSON AND ALLEN RAN NUKE MEMBERS, SUSAN RAYNER AS SUSAN PAUL WAS AN RESULTS OF THE ADVANCE, CAME TO VOLUNTEER, AND SHE LIKED IT SO MUCH DECIDED TO BE A HAWAIIAN YET.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THIS COMMEMORATING CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS, CHILDREN'S FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY FEBRUARY THE 12TH, 2020 TO 9:30 AM TO 12 NOON CURLED ACTIVITY CENTER, 1 0 1 BURLESON STREET, KYLE, TEXAS.
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IT'S FROM THE QUANTAS LEVEL CLOUD BUDA, AND ALSO OUR UNFORGETTABLE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND OWN.IT IS A COMMEMORATIVE QUARTER FROM OUR MIGHTY ANGELA.
AND WE PLAN ON DOING THIS EACH TIME IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC AMERICAN LUNCH, AND WE'LL DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.
SO I HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OWN THEIR OWN COUNSEL, INCLUDING MRS. SCOTT SELLERS.
UM, MARIANNA, IS SHE HERE TODAY, MARIANNE? UM, WE HAVE ONE FOR SOME MATH THAT IS, AND IF YOU ALL CAN JUST COME FORWARD AND GET YOUR PLAQUES, WE HAVE ONE FOR CHIEF BURNETT WITH, COME ON CHIEF.
WE HAVE A NEW ONE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE AT THE EVENT, WE HAD A SPECIAL TABLE AND IT WAS, UH, DEPICTING THE BLACK HISTORY MAKERS IN SOUTH TEXAS, ESPECIALLY TABLE FOUR, WITH PICTURES AND INFORMATION ON DECK.
NOW WITH AN OUTCOME SUMMIT DISTRICT ONE, WE HAD, UM, OUR MAYOR THAT STARTED TO RETURN, UH, MR. JAMES PACKETS.
AND WE HAD FALL PICTURES AND INFORMATION ON MR. RAY, RYAN.
WHO'S ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND OF COURSE, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE HER NAME.
WE DID HAVE A FEMALE COUNCIL PERSON, AND THAT WAS IT.
SO WE HAD A SPECIAL TABLE TO PICK THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, AFRICAN-AMERICANS HERE ARE GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO COME CLOSE.
ANYBODY ELSE? NOBODY FROM THE FIVE O'CLOCK THINGS.
WE'RE HERE TO GET A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER IF WE CAN.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO PAN THREE .
I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE GIVING YOU ALL SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COULD WANT US WENT, UM, FROM THE SERVICE, UH, YOU ALL COME UP HERE EVERY YEAR, THE SERVICE THAT YOU ALL DO IN MANY DIFFERENT FACETS, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IT, IT TRULY TAKES INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER LIKE THAT TO DO REALLY IMPACTFUL AND GREAT THINGS.
AND SO, UH, I ALMOST WISH WE WERE PRESENTING YOU ALL WITH SOMETHING, BUT THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL GIFT AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND CERTAINLY WE, UM, WE ENJOY PARTNERING WITH YOU ALL, AND ANYTIME WE CAN HELP, CERTAINLY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN QUITE ACQUAINTED WITH OUR STAFF R AND D VARIOUS MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.
UH, AND SO I'M JUST SO THRILLED THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT I HAVE FILLED OUT OR FORMS THAT I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
IT IS NOW CLOSED NEXT UP, UH, JENNA ITEM
[III. Presentation (Part 1 of 2)]
NUMBER ONE, PRESENTATION.WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION CUSTOMER, ALISON.
IF WE, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM COUNSEL AND WE GOT THE MEMO LAST MEETING, UH, MOVE THESE, UH, PRESENTATIONS.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A JOINT PRESENTATION OF THE PROCLAMATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE AND MYSELF.
UH, I'LL LET HER CERTAINLY INTRODUCE HERS, BUT, UM, MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY
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MONTH.AND SO IT WAS MY HONOR TO WRITE A PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE WRITTEN ONE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO IT IS CERTAINLY A GREAT HONOR.
AND I LIKE TO READ THAT HERE, CITY OF CALL CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF KALA ENCOURAGES AND PROMOTE STRONG AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES THAT RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE EFFORTS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A GREATER GOOD AND HIGHLIGHT THE MANY THREADS IN OUR FABRIC TO MAKE IT STRONG AND WHOLE.
AND WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH HAS ITS ORIGINS AS A NATIONAL CELEBRATION IN 1981, WHEN CONGRESS AUTHORIZED AND REQUESTED THE PRESIDENT TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK BEGINNING, MARCH 7TH, 1982 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK IN 1987, AFTER BEING PETITIONED BY THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT, CONGRESS DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1987, AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, PRESIDENTS HAVE ISSUED ANNUAL PROCLAMATIONS EVERY YEAR SINCE CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS, WOMEN HAVE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES AND FIELDS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CALL HAS A RICH HISTORY OF MANY DYNAMIC AND GREAT LEADERS, COMMUNITY SERVANTS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, AND MORE THAT HAVE MADE THEIR INFLUENCE FELT AND CONSTRUCTED THE PATH FOR THE CITY WE ARE TODAY.
THIS INCLUDES MARY LOU, MARY LUCY, KYLE HARTSON, THE DAUGHTER OF CITY FOUNDER, FERGUS, KYLE WHO MET THE AGE OF 72 WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF KYLE BY A WRITE IN VOTE IN 1937.
THE GREAT GRANDMOTHER SERVED FOR MOST OF 1937 UNTIL 1946.
AND ALONG WITH THE ALL WOMEN CITY COUNCIL ELECTED IN 1944.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY ALLIANCE DESIGNATES A YEARLY THEME FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS WOMEN PROVIDING HEALING, PROMOTING HOPE.
THIS THEME IS BOTH A QUOTE TRIBUTE TO THE CSUS WORK OF CAREGIVERS AND FRONTLINE WORKERS DURING THIS ONGOING PANDEMIC.
AND ALSO A RECOGNITION OF THE THOUSANDS OF WAYS THAT WOMEN OF ALL HAVE PROVIDED BOTH HEALING AND HOPE THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
AND THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF CALL THAT THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2022 SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND APPRECIATION OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS BY WOMEN OF KAUST COMMUNITY AS WELL, JOINING IN COMMEMORATING AND ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF OBSERVANCE AND CELEBRATION OF THE VITAL ROLE OF WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY SIGN ENTER THIS FIRST DAY OF MARCH, CAUSE MY EMPLOYERS KILL.
AND THANK YOU, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, WHO REACHED OUT TO ME TO ASK IF WE COULD DO IT COMBINED, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
UM, SO OUR MINE IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.
UM, THE CAMPAIGN THEME THIS YEAR IS BREAK THE BIAS, UH, ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THEY SPEAK OF, UM, THE IDEA OF IMAGINING A GENDER EQUAL WORLD, A WORLD FREE OF BIAS, STEREOTYPES AND DISCRIMINATION, A WORLD THAT IS DIVERSE, EQUITABLE, AND INCLUSIVE A WORLD WHERE DIFFERENCE IS VALUED AND CELEBRATED TOGETHER.
WE CAN FORGE WOMEN'S EQUALITY COLLECTIVELY.
WE CAN ALL HASHTAG BREAK THE BIAS.
SO I'M GOING TO THINK, UM, OUR HR, UH, PERSONNEL, SHE REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED ME IF I COULD READ THIS FOR HER.
AND I'M GONNA ADMIT THE FIRST TIME I READ IT.
UM, I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO BE AS EMOTIONAL AS I WAS, BUT IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE I WAS LIKE REALLY IMPRESSED.
LIKE, I MEAN, AS WOMEN, WE DON'T REALLY REALIZE THE STRUGGLES THAT WE GO THROUGH AND THE THINGS THAT WE OVERCOME JUST TO DO SIMPLE THINGS, LIKE HAVE A KID AND GO TO WORK.
UM, BUT, AND WE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT.
SO, UM, WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IS CELEBRATED GLOBALLY ON MARCH 8TH, BY THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GENDER EQUALITY AND WHO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL WOMEN THROUGH CULTURAL, LEGAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CHANGE.
AND WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATES THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF WOMEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNIZES THE REMAINING CHALLENGES TO FURTHER EFFORTS FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY ENCOURAGING AND MOBILIZING ALL PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF KYLE HONORS, THE ACCOMPLISHED AND VISIONARY WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF KYLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO ALL THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM THE RECENT AND DISTANT PAST FOR DARING TO ENVISION A FUTURE FOR WHICH NOT PAST PRECEDENT EXISTED AND FOR BUILDING A NATION OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL ITS WOMEN.
AND WHEREAS KAMALA HARRIS IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE 49TH.
VICE-PRESIDENT THE FIRST AND HIGHEST RANKING FEMALE OFFICIAL IN US HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS CURRENTLY THERE ARE WOMEN SERVING LOCALLY IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INSPIRING THE CONTINUED WORK AND ADVANCING THE RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES AND FULL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.
AND WHEREAS ON THE 111TH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, WE CELEBRATE AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST GENDER BIAS AND INEQUITY IN SUPPORT OF THE 2022 THEME OF A BREAK, THE BIAS.
AND WHEREAS WHILE INTERNATIONAL
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WOMEN'S DAY ACT ACTIVITY ESCALATES FROM MARCH 8TH PRIME EMPLOYERS FOR WOMEN MAINTAIN A DEEP AND CONTINUOUS FOCUS ON EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ALL YEAR ROUND, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF KYLE THAT MARCH 8TH, 2022 SHOULD BE CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN APPRECIATION OF THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE WOMEN OF KYLE AND THOSE ACROSS THIS NATION AND THE WORLD GO GIRLS AND SO, UH, AS, UH, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER PORES, CAROL MENTIONED, UH, BE A PART OF THE MOVEMENT.THERE IS A HASHTAG HASHTAG BREAK, THE BIAS AND, UH, FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, THERE IS A SIGN THAT YOU DO IT'S RIGHT, AND THEN LEFT.
THAT IS THE BREAK, THE, THE BIAS SIGN THAT IS, UH, UH, FOR THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY, UH, INVITE ANYONE THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS TO COME FORWARD.
AND WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE, UH, RECOGNIZING THIS AS WELL.
GET OUT TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
RUNNING FROM THERE TO HERE AFTER .
NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, IT'S UH, UH, PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE COUNSEL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY MAYOR PRO TEM.
I THINK YOU WANTED TO BRING, BRING THIS BACK NEXT NEXT TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THIS ONE.
OUR NEXT EPISODE, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF THE CAR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 2021 ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, CHIEF BURNETT.
MARIN COUNCIL, JEFF ARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE 2021 KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNING BODY OWNER BEFORE MARCH THE FIRST OF EACH YEAR.
AND I'VE INCLUDED IN, IN THE LAST TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS OR THE LAST ONE IN THIS ONE, SOME DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR REVIEW, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, RACIAL PROFILING POLICY CHAPTER 2.2, THE CAL POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT WITH 2021 DATA, A MEMORANDUM FROM CAPTAIN HERNANDEZ REGARDING A COMPLAINT REVIEW AND A MEMORANDUM FROM SERGEANT GOODING REGARDING THE DATA ANALYSIS.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE STATE OF TEXAS ENACTED A LAW REQUIRING CERTAIN ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL AGENCY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE INDIVIDUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THEMSELVES WHEN CONDUCTING TRAFFIC OR PEDESTRIAN STOPS.
THE COWL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A POLICY THAT CLEARLY DEFINES RACIAL PROFILING AND PROHIBITS OFFICERS FROM ENGAGING IN RACIAL PROFILING AS DEFINED BY STATE LAW.
AND OUR OFFICERS ARE ALSO DIRECTED TO CAPTURE CERTAIN TYPES OF DATA PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN DETENTIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE CAL POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE VEHICLES THAT ROUTINELY ENGAGED IN TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN STOPS ARE OUTFITTED WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT.
THESE VIDEOS ARE RETAINED FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 90 DAYS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
AND THEY'RE REVIEWED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ABOUT SUPERVISORY STAFF AS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE.
THE COL POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A PUBLICLY PROMOTED PROCESS BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL
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MAY FILE A COMPLAINT.IF THE INDIVIDUAL BELIEVES THAT A COUNTY POLICE OFFICER HAS ENGAGED IN RACIAL PROFILING INFORMATION ON THAT PROCESS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO INCLUDE THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE FRONT LOBBY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FROM KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF.
IN ADDITION, EVERY PERSON THAT RECEIVES A WRITTEN CITATION IS PROVIDED INFORMATION ON HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT.
FURTHERMORE, THE CAL POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPLAINTS PERTAINING TO RACIAL PROFILING DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD, PLEASE SEE THE MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED FROM CA OR PROVIDED FROM CAPTAIN HERNANDEZ IN REVIEWING THE DATA FROM THE CAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 8,635 MOTOR VEHICLE.
THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGES OF INDIVIDUALS STOPPED BY RACE, ETHNIC AND ETHNICITY AS CATEGORIZED AND DEFINED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS RACE AND ETHNICITY.
THE PERCENTS WERE BLACK 11.2% ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, 1.4, 1% CAUCASIAN, 38.3, 4% HISPANIC, LATINO 48.4, 7%, ALASKA NATIVE AND AMERICAN INDIAN 0.58 WITH A TOTAL ROUTING TO 100% OF THOSE 35% OF THE STOPS WERE FEMALE.
65% OF THE STOPS WERE MALE AND ANALYSIS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE.
LAW WAS CONDUCTED BY BOTH SERGEANT GOODING AND DATA PROVIDED FROM LIEUTENANT GRIFFITH.
THEY REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE OR THEY REVIEWED THE DATA AND REPORTED IT.
NO EVIDENCE OF RACIAL PROFILING WAS OBSERVED.
THEIR FINDINGS WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL OF THE 8,635 STOPS THAT RESULTED IN AN ARREST CITATION OR WRITTEN A VERBAL WARNING, 639 VEHICLE SEARCHES WERE CONDUCTED OF THOSE 639 SEARCHES.
104 WERE CONSENSUAL WHILE 413 OF THEM WERE BASED UPON PROBABLE CAUSE.
AND 21 WERE INCIDENT TO ARREST.
33 OF THE SEARCHES WERE DUE TO CONTRABAND THAT WAS FOUND IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE OFFICER AND 58 OR POLICY REQUIRED INVENTORY SEARCHES OF THE SAME 639 SEARCHES, 457 OF THOSE LED TO CONTRABAND BEING LOCATED AND IDENTIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
ALCOHOL WAS FOUND 88 TIMES CURRENCY, TWO DRUGS, 362, AND OTHER CATEGORY IS 42 STOLEN PROPERTY, ZERO AND WEAPONS NINE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY ONE CATEGORY CAN BE SELECTED, UH, PER STOP.
THE SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO KEEP UP WITH MORE THAN ONE ITEM.
IF YOU FIND DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, IT PICKS ONE CATEGORY OF THOSE SAME 8,635 TRAFFIC STOPS ONLY IN 67 OF THOSE STOPS, WHICH IS LESS THAN 1% OF THE INSTANCES WAS THE RACE AND ETHNICITY OR ETHNICITY OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR KNOWN TO THE POLICE OFFICER PRIOR TO THE STOP, THEIR RESULTS OF THE 8,635 TRAFFIC VEHICLE STOPS OR AS FOLLOWS.
THIS WAS THE RESULTS ARREST WAS 262.
I CITATION WAS 2,306 CITATION AND ARREST 58 OF THE TIMES, VERBAL WARNING, 4,931 WRITTEN WARNING 1075 TIMES, AND A WRITTEN WARNING WITH AN ARREST WAS THREE OF THOSE 262 ARRESTS.
THE REASON FOR THE ARREST WAS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING WARRANT, 84 VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE 210 AND VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC LAW.
29 TIMES OF THE SAME 67 INSTANCES WHERE THE RACE AND ETHNICITY WAS KNOWN PRIOR TO THE STOP.
41 WHERE MALE 26 WERE FEMALE, 32 WERE WHITE, 29 WERE HISPANIC, FOUR WERE BLACK.
AND TWO WERE ASIAN OF THE FOUR THAT WERE BLACK.
THREE WERE ISSUED A WARNING, AND ONE WAS ISSUED A CITATION OF THE TWO THAT WERE ASIAN, BOTH WERE ISSUED WRITTEN WARNINGS OF THE 29 THAT WERE HISPANIC.
10 ISSUED CITATIONS, 15 ISSUED WARNINGS OF THE 67 INSTANCES WHERE RACE ETHNICITY WAS KNOWN.
A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN NINE OF THOSE INSTANCES OF THOSE NINE, NONE WERE BLACK, SIX WERE HISPANIC AND THREE WERE WHITE OF THE REMAINING 58 INSTANCES WHERE NO SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED.
TWO WERE ASIAN, FOUR WERE BLACK, 29 WERE WHITE AND 23 WERE HISPANIC OFFICERS WHO, BOTH WHO BOTH WORK AND REGULARLY RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE OWN AREAS AND ALL OWN ALL ROADWAYS WITHIN OUR CITY.
THIS INCLUDES CITY STREETS, COUNTY ROADS, STATE HIGHWAYS, US HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY SUCH AS PARKING LOTS AND COMMONLY USED, BUT PRIVATELY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS OF THOSE 8,635 STOPS.
THE STOPS WERE INDICATED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
1,276 WERE ON STATE HIGHWAYS, PRIVATE PROPERTY.
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OUR OTHER WAS 41 COUNTY ROADWAYS WAS 199.THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AS REQUIRED.
I CAN CERTAINLY DIVE INTO MORE NUMBERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT SUMMARY AND BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE CUSTOMER TOBY'S, UM, LOOKING AT THE ONE SLIDE.
THE WORD STATES WELL WAS PHYSICAL FORCE RESULTED IN ANY BODILY INJURY DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP.
IT SAYS ONLY ONE OUT OF 8,634 STOPS.
AND THEN I ALSO LOOK AT, LET'S SEE, GO BACK HERE.
THE MEMO WHERE THE COMPLAINT SAYS DURING 2021 CALENDAR YEAR, KYLE POLICE OFFICERS CONDUCTED EIGHT, 8,635.
TRAFFIC STOPS OUT OF THE VERIFICATION AND ONLY 17 COMPLAINTS WERE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
NONE OF THEM I SEE HERE WERE RACIALLY PROFILING BY THE OFFICERS.
ANYONE ELSE, CUSTOMER FOR SCALE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
UH, MY ONLY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ON PAGE THREE OF NINE.
THE QUESTION IS, WAS RACE OR ETHNICITY KNOWN PRIOR TO STOP? YES.
SO HOW DO GUYS FIGURE THAT OUT? SO THE OFFICERS INDICATE THAT ON THE, WHAT WE CALL THE STOP DATA, WHICH COULD BE A PEDESTRIAN STOP OR A TRAFFIC STOP, THE TICKET RIDERS THAT WE USE, THEY CAPTURE ALL THIS DATA.
SO IT IS, UM, A QUESTION THAT'S MANDATORY BEFORE THEY CAN CLEAR THAT CALL AND THEY HAVE TO INDICATE WHETHER THEY KNEW THE RACE OR ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON THAT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE STOP.
WE ARE, WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THE DRIVER.
IF IT'S A MALE OR FEMALE OR BEST GUESS WE HAVE AN IDEA IF THEY'RE BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, OR WHATNOT, UM, THAT CAN COME FROM A VARIETY OF REASONS.
NUMBER ONE IS DIRECT OBSERVATION.
THE OFFICER CAN SEE THE PERSON AND IN TURNED AROUND ON THE CAR FOR THE VIOLATION THAT ALSO COMES FROM CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THESE TRAFFIC STOPS WILL INCLUDE TIMES WHEN OUR OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY CALLED TO STOP THAT CAR.
IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT PROBABLE CAUSE OR REASON TO STOP IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE A SHOPLIFTER AND YOU LEAVE A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT VEHICLE YOU WERE IN, WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING THE SCENE, AND THEN WE SEE YOU ON THE ROADWAY, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, WE'RE GOING TO STOP YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO RECORD THAT DATA IN HERE.
WE MAY HAVE BEEN TOLD UPFRONT THAT IT WAS A WHITE MALE, WHITE FEMALE, BLACK MALE, BLACK FEMALE, OR WHATNOT.
SO, BUT IN THOSE INSTANCES THAT THAT'S THE COUNT AND IT DOES COME FROM THE OFFICERS.
CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION? IT LOOKS LIKE, CAN YOU TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE HIGHWAY AND THE U S HIGHWAY? THAT'S THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND I WAS LIKE, HOW WILL THEY KNOW? YES MA'AM.
SO YOUR STATE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED FIRST OF ALL TO US.
SO POLICE OFFICERS WOULD KEEP UP WITH THAT.
YOUR US HIGHWAY SYSTEMS HAVE GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE OUT THERE TO FIVE RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH OUR CITY, UNITED STATES.
UH, UM, THEY'RE PART OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ACROSS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL.
I MEAN, UH, INTERSTATE AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, YOUR STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAYS OTHERWISE ARE MAINTAINED BY TXDOT IN THEIR INTEREST STATE ONLY ROADWAYS.
MA'AM ANYONE ELSE? THEIR PROTESTS? YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR.
DOES DEFINITELY GIVE US COUNSEL, UM, THE INFONET INFORMATION NEEDED, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE OPERATING.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
NEXT STEP AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UPDATE ON VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, CITY MANAGERS REPORT.
TONIGHT ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WE HAVE FIRST OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, SAMANTHA ARMBRUSTER MANY HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE NEWS, BUT WE HAVE LAUNCHED OUR PIRATE TREASURE HUNT THAT KICKED OFF TODAY THROUGH MARCH 20TH, AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FINDING THE TREASURE BOXES.
SO YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION@CITYOFKYLE.COM SLASH PI HUNT, BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE HIDDEN TREASURE BOXES THROUGHOUT OUR TRUCK, OUR PARKS AND TRAILS.
UH, IF YOU FIND ONE, YOU TAKE A PICTURE, SEND IT IN.
YOU'RE ENTERED IN TO WIN $314.
WHY? BECAUSE NATIONAL PIE DAY'S COMING UP ON MARCH 14TH.
I HAVE TO ALSO SAY IT'S VERY SUITING THAT THE VERY FIRST PERSON THAT FOUND A TREASURE BOX TODAY WAS A GUY NAMED KYLE.
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NEXT IS OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY.WE LAUNCHED THIS AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP PUTTING THE WORD OUT THAT WE WOULD LOVE EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK ON OUR CITY SERVICES.
AND I HAVE A THERMOMETER HERE TO REACH OUR GOAL.
SO IT'S TRACKING WELL, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO HIT THAT LINE THERE AT THE TOP.
JUST TO BOOST OUR NUMBERS, I SENT IT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY DOUBLED, DOUBLED, UH, THE RESPONSE RATE.
WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, MARIANNA ESPENOSA OR WE'D DON'T SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE.
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE.
MARIANNA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OR SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ONLINE.
UH, EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ONLY REQUIRES A $20 REGISTRATION FEE FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN CAMP RUNS FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
THIS YEAR, STARTING ON JUNE SIX.
THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE FAMILY SKATE NIGHT AT THE ASH PAVILION PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER TO SKATE, AND THERE IS A SMALL FEE FOR RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS, THAT'D BE MUSIC AND JUST, UM, SKATING FOR FAMILY FUND.
AND THEN NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A, THE PLANT, A FLOWER PAINT, A POT EVENT AT LAKE KYLE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY OUR FALL AT 107 REGISTRATIONS, BUT THERE IS A WAITING LIST ONLINE IF ANYONE IS STILL INTERESTED AND IF ANYONE DECIDES TO NOT COME AND THAT'S OKAY.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE OUR MS. FOUR COORDINATOR, KATHY RAKER, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, KATHY RAKER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THIS WEEKEND, GREAT TEXAS RIVER CLEANUP WE'RE MEETING AT WATER LEAF.
UH, THE EVENT STARTS AT EIGHT 30 AND PIZZA WILL BE SERVED AT 1130.
AND MY LAST CHECK, WE ACTUALLY HAD 96 SLOTS OF A HUNDRED FILLED.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD EVENT.
THE WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO BE GREAT.
SO COME OUT, PICK UP SOME TRASH.
UH, NEXT WE JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR, UH, TYPICALLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 15TH HAS BEEN MOVED TO MARCH 22ND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY.
AND, UH, THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MS. SANDRA DRE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD SEVERAL PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH AND ALL THESE TEAM MEMBERS WENT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE, UM, SELECTION PROCESS AND BECAUSE OF THEIR GREAT PERFORMANCE AND FOLLOWING THE CORE VALUES OF CITY OF KYLE, THEY'VE BEEN PROMOTED AS THE FOLLOWING MICHAEL KAUFMAN LYNCH.
HE'S NOW OUR LIBRARIAN SHEBA ALI WESA, SHE'S OUR CREATION RECREATION PROGRAMMER, MARY VON FOLSOM LIBRARY, ASSISTANT AND LOUIS ALVAREZ.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF THEM AND TO WELCOME TO TEAM KYLE, OUR NEW EMPLOYEES ARE ZOE RAINA.
SHE'S NOW THE CIRCULATION DESK CLERK.
KAYLA SHARP IS OUR NEW CITY PLANNER.
ASHMITA DOLL IS OUR NEW WATER WASTEWATER MODELING ATLAS FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BOBBY WALTMAN STREET TECHNICIAN TWO FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RANDY BEAR POLICE RECRUIT.
[VII. General Discussion and Possible Direction (Part 1 of 2)]
AND NEXT UP LAY ON.WHY DON'T YOU JUST ACTUALLY HANG TIGHT FOR JUST A SECOND.
WE'RE GOING TO, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO MOVE JANETTA.
UH, THERE'S SOME PRESENTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM COME FORWARD AND PRESENT.
SO I'M GOING TO BRING UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OR DIRECTION TO SUPPORT A REQUEST FROM HAYSI ISD, DIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR CITY SUPPORT WITH BROADCASTING PROMOTIONS IN SPACE TO CONDUCT THE COMMUNITY BOOK AND DISCUSSION EVENT, UH, SPONSORED BY COMES FROM ELSA.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE PRESENTERS FROM, HEY, C I S D D A C COME UP.
UM, SO I WON'T GO INTO MUCH DETAIL.
THEY HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION READY FOR US.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE POWERPOINT AND THE, UH, YOUTUBE VIDEO QUEUED UP.
READY TO GO, I BELIEVE FOR GRANT.
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SO TAKE IT AWAY.I'M A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AT CARPENTER HILL ELEMENTARY.
UM, AND I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
I'M DANIELLE, I'M THE VICE CHAIRPERSON AT THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND I'M ALSO A TEACHER AT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M GRACE GASTONIA THAT I TEACH THIRD GRADE NIGGLI ELEMENTARY AND VARSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL PARLIAMENTARIAN.
SO WE PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR YOU THAT I THINK WAS ALREADY SENT OUT TO YOU.
I'M NOT SURE IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISPLAYED RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS THE POWERPOINT THAT ALL OF COUNCIL RECEIVED AHEAD OF TIME AS WELL.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WELL, THAT'S BEING PULLED UP, WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR A HOPEFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND PUTTING ON A COMMUNITY EVENT.
WE ARE HOPEFUL TO SPONSOR AN EVENT CALLED ONE COMMUNITY, ONE BOOK.
I'M A JUST KIND OF A TWIST ON YOUR TYPICAL ONE DISTRICT ONE, A BOOK EVENT IN WHICH EVERYONE READS THE SAME BOOK AND DISCUSS IT AS A WAY TO BRING, UM, INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER.
WE, WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE APPROACH OF A ONE COMMUNITY, ONE EVENTS, UM, VIEWPOINT RATHER THAN ONE DISTRICT ONE BOOK, BECAUSE WE REALLY DID WANT TO ENGAGE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND WE REALIZED THAT WE'RE STRONGER WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN PROMOTING LITERACY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN HAYES COUNTY.
UM, SO WE JUST THOUGHT THAT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF KYLE WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
UM, SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON ARE USING YOUR PUBLIC SPACE.
WE HAD MET WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON THE OTHER DAY, JUST TO KIND OF DISCUSS SOME OPTIONS.
AND WE REALLY LOVED THE IDEA OF USING THE TRAIN DEPOT SPACE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, UM, AS A SPACE IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS COULD GATHER TOGETHER IN GROUPS TO DISCUSS THE BOOK OF SEE FOLKS BY PAUL FLEISCHMAN ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS SENT OUT TO YOU.
UM, AND THIS BOOK ITSELF IS ALSO TO VENT ABOUT BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND JUST REALLY SUPPORTING AND UPLIFTING ONE ANOTHER.
UM, AND SO OUR COUNCIL ACTUALLY VOTED ON THIS BOOK.
WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
WE FEEL LIKE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF COVID AND ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED WITHIN OUR NATION WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE AS GREAT OF A JOB, JUST TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER AS FELLOW HUMANS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND WANTING TO ALSO KIND OF GIVE AUTONOMY.
SO SOME TO SOME STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THIS YEAR WE WERE LOOKING TO OPEN IT UP TO EIGHTH GRADERS AND ABOVE IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND THEN ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, FACULTY MEMBERS OF ACI, WHO WOULD ALSO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE.
WE WERE HOPING TO OPEN IT UP TO ALL GRADE LEVELS AND MAYBE PICKING A NOVEL OR PICKING A TEXT THAT COMES AS A NOVEL FOR A SECONDARY STUDENTS, BUT ALSO AS A PICTURE BOOK FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, SO THAT WE REALLY ARE ALL KIND OF DISCUSSING THE SAME MESSAGE WITHIN THE SAME TEXT.
AND THEN HERE'S OUR MISSION UP HERE.
UM, IN CASE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, BUT WE ARE A BROADENED DIVERSE COUNCIL.
AND OUR SOLE JOB IS TO SUPPORT AND ADVISE A SUPERINTENDENT ON THE COORDINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES, PROGRAM RESOURCES, AND METHODS WITH THE PURPOSE OF MAXIMUM ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF IN AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE AND MULTICULTURAL AND GENDER EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS OF THE HAYES CISD COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE PRESENTATION HERE TO MOVE ALONG THE SLIDE, BUT OKAY.
UM, THESE ARE KIND OF THE COMMUNITY EVENT PURPOSES, BRINGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER, SPARKING CONVERSATIONS, PROMOTING LITERACY, AND ALSO CREATING AWARENESS OF THE DAC FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS, SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT, UM, OUR, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND OUR ENTIRE POPULATION.
UM, SO INCLUDED IN THIS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SPONSOR COUNCIL .
AND THEN IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT, WHAT WE WOULD REALLY BE LOOKING FOR IS HELP WITH PUBLICITY, HELP BROADCASTING THE EVENT, CREATING AN AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON WITH SOME OF OUR MODERATION FOR THE EVENT, UM, MODELING SOME ASPECTS OF IT OFF
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OF THE DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS.UM, AND I THINK YOU CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK I COVERED SOME OF THIS ALREADY.
WE'LL JUST ACTUALLY, IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE STUDENT VIDEO, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
THAT'S THE VIDEO LINK THAT WAS ON YOUTUBE.
WE WANTED TO INCLUDE SOME STUDENT PERSPECTIVES AS WELL.
SO IN THE VIDEO, YOU'LL SEE TWO OF OUR DAC STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES OUT OF A LITTLE LESS THAN A DOZEN OF THEM WHO WANTED TO JUST TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENT.
I AM THE DOLCE REPRESENTATIVE AND I LIKE BEING ON THE, UH, HEY CST DIVERSITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I LIKE IT BEING ABLE TO GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND, UH, ADVISE THE DISTRICT TO MAKE CHANGES FOR POLICIES AND LIKE GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK TO THEM AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
AND I EXCITED FOR THIS ONE COMMUNITY ONE BOOK EVENT, BECAUSE IT CAN BRING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO ONE PLACE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ONE SPECIFIC THING, AND EVEN LIKE, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER TO BRANCH OUT AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT LIKE TOPICS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IT WILL BRING HOPE, HOPEFULLY BRING HUMANITY TOGETHER AND, UH, SEE YOU THERE.
I GO TO HAYES HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM PART OF THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UM, SO I JOINED THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO BRING A VOICE TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND PEERS WHO AREN'T BRAVE ENOUGH TO BRING UP THEIR OWN COMPLEX WITH, UH, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
SO WITH MY BIG PERSONALITY AND, UM, STRONG MINDEDNESS, I'M ABLE TO KIND OF JUST BRING A VOICE AND BE AN OUTLET FOR STUDENTS ACROSS MY CAMPUS.
UM, I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS ONE BOOK ONE COMMUNITY EVENT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY MY PEERS, BUT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ALIKE TO COME TOGETHER AND READ THIS ONE BOOK AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THOUGHTS ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, WHICH IS A BIG THING RIGHT NOW IN OUR WORLD, AS WE WERE KIND OF EXPANDING AND BEING MORE INCLUSIVE.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR DISTRICTS TO FALL IN THE SAME TRACKS AND BRING TOGETHER OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY IN THE HOPES OF INCREASING OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
SO I'M AT THIS POINT, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR RECEIVE EMAILS LATER ON AFTER REFLECTION AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, SO I'VE JUST KINDA, UH, I THINK THE ASK HERE IS THEY HAVE A DATE SELECTED FOR APRIL 9TH, UH, THREE TO FIVE.
UH, I THINK THEY WERE HOPING TO GET ACCESS TO THE CITY HALL CHAMBERS IN ORDER TO BROADCAST THAT EVENT, AS WELL AS, UM, HAVE PEOPLE HERE, UH, IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT USING OUR, UM, OUR PROMOTION AND ABILITY TO BROADCAST, UH, THE EVENT SIMILAR TO THE DIALOGUE FOR PEACE IN PROGRESS.
I KNOW THEY ALSO WERE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE TRAIN DEPOT AS WELL.
SO, UH, I THINK THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THE BLESSING OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE TO PARTNER IN THIS EVENT.
UH, JERRY OR JAMES SCOTT SMACK, UH, DO WE HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE, UH, TRAIN DEPOT BOARD IN ORDER TO DO THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS A CITY? YOU TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO JERRY WILL SET THAT UP FOR US.
AND THEN HAVE WE LOOKED TO CONFIRM THAT THE CHAMBERS ARE AVAILABLE THAT TIME? IT'S A, IS IT ON A WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY THREE TO FIVE? YEP.
AND DO WE HAVE STAFF THAT, I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO BRING STAFF IN TO DO THE RECORDING AND ALL THE BROADCASTING FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A COMMUNICATIONS QUESTION FOR SAMANTHA.
WELL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FLOORS KIT.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS SIT BEHIND HERE AND KIND OF EXPERIENCE THE WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, SO MY VOTE WOULD BE FOR NOT THE TRAIN DEPOT, THIS, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN AND IT'S IT'S, OH, IT'S BOTH JUST LIKE THE DIALOGUES, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPREAD PEOPLE OUT AND DO, UH, UTILIZE BOTH VENUES.
ONE CONCERN WAS STILL IN INTERIOR SPACES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL A LITTLE RESERVED AND JUST WITH THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO WE WERE REALLY COGNIZANT ABOUT CHOOSING A LOCATION THAT WOULD
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ALLOW US TO HAVE AN INDOOR GROUPS AS WELL AS OUTDOOR GROUPS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THAT FEAR TO LIMIT SOMEONE FROM ATTENDING.IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN.
UH, HOW WOULD WE DO RECORDINGS OUTSIDE? HOW DO YOU PUT UP COMMUNICATION? I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TOTALLY FINE.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT HAVING TWO COMPONENTS OF, UM, OF THE EVENT.
SO EITHER STARTING WITH PANELISTS DISCUSSIONS AND HERE, AND THEN MOVING OUTDOOR TO THE DISCUSSIONS, I'M SORRY, IT WASN'T CLEAR OR HOSTING OUR DISCUSSIONS FIRST AND THEN MOVING IN FOR PANELS DISCUSSIONS FOR WHOMEVER WANTED TO STAY.
AND WE JUST THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR WHOLE FAMILY, CHILDREN MAYBE MIGHT NOT WANT TO STAY FOR THE PANELISTS DISCUSSIONS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE MORE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION AND WANTED TO KEEP IT ROLLING, MAYBE COULD.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS THERE.
AND, UM, I'M HOPING THE CITY WILL DO MORE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UM, JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE THERE.
YOU'RE ALL INVITED CUSTOMER TOBIAS.
UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN NELSON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ON COUNCIL OUT PLANTING SEEDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO START THEM YOUNG, TO GET INVOLVED AND TO BE SUPPORTIVE FROM A CITY LEVEL FOR OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, I REALLY SUPPORT THIS RIGHT HERE AND, UH, BY ALL MEANS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I'M SURE THE REST OF COUNCIL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS GREAT PROJECT.
ANYONE ELSE? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY.
WRIGHT BROUGHT FORWARD THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, UH, TWO YEARS AGO IN THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
I REMEMBER THINKING, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LOT OF INTEREST TO SEE WHAT WOULD BECOME WITH THE GROUP AND, AND HERE WE ARE, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AND SO IT'S NOT ABOUT JUMPING RIGHT OUT AND TRYING TO DO THINGS, BUT SO MUCH AS BUILDING A, YOU KNOW, A REAL PLATFORM FOR SOMETHING LONG-TERM, IT'S CLEAR YOU'RE DOING THAT.
SO, UM, I'M PRETTY HONORED THAT THE CITY GETS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EFFORTS.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, DIRECT STAFF TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL AS HAS BEEN OUTLINED.
TOBIA SAYS THIRD DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
[III. Presentation (Part 2 of 2)]
UP JEANETTE.I'M NUMBER SIX, CIP ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
NOT SAYING ANYTHING ON THE SCREEN HERE.
FIRST PROJECT IS A HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK, A COUNCIL AND MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN VERY TOUGH ON OUR CONTRACTORS.
THE WEATHER HAS REALLY SLOWED THEM DOWN, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGES IN SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.
UH, HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK, WE'RE AT 56% COMPLETE.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE MEMORIAL HONOR WALL, INSTALLING THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE AND, UM, THEY HAVE POURED SOME ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK ALONG WITH THE PERIMETER.
I ADDED THIS LAST BULLET IN TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHEN WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT DATE THAT WE HAVE TODAY ON JULY 11 OUT OF THE PARK.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT 44% COMPLETE, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE FOOTINGS FOR THE PAVILION AND THEY'RE STARTING WORKED ON THE AMPHITHEATER AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN JUNE.
MARY CAL HARTSON PARK PROJECT IS PRETTY WELL COMPLETED.
UH, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, CONTRACTOR, UH, THIS WEEK THERE'LL BE WORKING ON THE BASKETS AND HANG THOSE BASKETS UP.
THERE'LL BE FINISHING THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND FINISH THEM SOME OTHER LANDSCAPE, NON LANDSCAPING WORK, UH, IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER.
AND THERE'LL BE REMOVING THAT TEMPORARY FENCING, UH, AS SPRING COMES THROUGH, WE'LL BE DOING THE REST OF THE PLANTING.
SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE THIS SLIDE AGAIN, SINCE WE'RE PRETTY WELL COMPLETED WITH THIS PROJECT SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE ABOUT 96% COMPLETE.
UH, WE'RE ALMOST RIGHT THERE AT EDWARDS DRIVE, GETTING READY TO CROSS THAT INTERSECTION.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE PLANNING TO WORK ON THE EDWARDS DRIVE WASTEWATER LINE BEHIND THOSE BUILDINGS, THEIR TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION.
WE'RE ABOUT 86% COMPLETE ON THE PLANT ITSELF.
UH, THE DE-WATERING FACILITY 7% COMPLETE.
UH, THEY CONTINUED TO WORK ON SATURDAYS AND ON SUNDAYS AS NEEDED.
AND, UH, THE BLOWERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT WERE IN THE NETHERLANDS, THEY ARE NOW
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IN HOUSTON UNDERGOING FACTORY TESTING.SO WE'RE EXPECTING THOSE IN MID-MARCH.
SO THEY'RE HERE IN TEXAS, AT LEAST.
UH, WE DO, WE DID SLIP A LITTLE BIT ON SCHEDULE, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING TO OPEN THE PLANT AND HAVE IT READY IN APRIL OF 2022.
UH, DO YOU WANT FACILITY WILL BE COMPLETED LATER IN AUGUST OF 2022? JUST SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
WHAT DID UPDATE YOU ON OUR WASTEWATER PERMIT, DISCHARGE THAT WE'RE APPLYING WITH TCQ ON, UH, WE'RE APPLYING FOR THAT PERMIT SO WE CAN EXPAND THE, UH, DISCHARGE PERMIT THAT WE HAVE TODAY WORKED UP FOUR AND A HALF RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO NINE AND HOPEFULLY 12 IN LD AND GALLONS PER DAY ON THAT PLANT.
UM, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT READY TO GO TO TCQ MARCH THE SEVENTH, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR STAKEHOLDER PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE SENDING OUT NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT THIS FRIDAY.
UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 14TH, AT 6:30 PM.
AND THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BEN CREEK INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE ABOUT 8 87, I'M SORRY, 87% COMPLETE.
UH, THERE WAS NO MAJOR WORK DONE LAST WEEK, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
BUT, UH, SOMETIMES YOU WONDER ABOUT A PROJECT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED? I GUESS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE GOT NOTICED AT ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS CREWS THAT WAS WORKING ON THE PROJECT, WALKED OFF THE JOB.
APPARENTLY THEY GOT BETTER PAY WHEREVER ELSE THEY WENT.
SO THE CONTRACTOR IS SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND GET THIS PROJECT BACK ON TRACK.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HE HAS SEVEN CREWS HAD SEVEN CREWS.
HE'S DOWN TO THREE, BUT HE'S UNDERSTANDING IF THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT.
SO HE'S SUPPOSED TO START WORK THIS WEEK LATER THIS WEEK.
SO, UH, WEATHER AND COVID, UH, LABOR FORCES ARE HARD TO KEEP IN TRACK TODAY.
OPUS ROAD, UH, COUNTIES PROCESSING THEIR THIRD LIFT OF BASE THIS WEEK.
UH, THEY WERE GOING TO BE LAYING SOME CONCRETE PIPE LATER ON THIS WEEK, LA BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
WE'RE ABOUT 50% COMPLETE WE'RE INSTALLING WATER LINES, WASTEWATER LINES AND RECLAIMED WATER LINES, UM, BETWEEN SCOTT STREET AND SLED STREET.
AND WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME WORK AROUND THE OLD HIGHWAY 81 AND THE LONG SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD THERE ROLLING LANE.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN FINISHED LAST WEEK.
UH, AGAIN, THE WEATHER, UH, SLOWED THEM DOWN, TALK TO THE DEVELOPER YESTERDAY AND HE SAYS, HE'S GOING TO BE PUSHING THEM TO COMPLETE THAT ROAD AND HAVE IT OPENED THIS WEEK.
LET ME GO OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR YOU.
UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE'VE WANTED TO AWARD TO LJA TO DESIGN THE CENTER STREET IN THE SOUTH STREET, QUIET ZONES.
UH, NUMBER EIGHT IS FOR UPDATING OUR CITY'S WATER MODEL, UH, RECENTLY COUNSELED JUST TO PROVE THE WASTEWATER MODEL UPDATE.
THIS IS FOR OUR UPDATING OUR WATER MODEL AND THAT'S WITH THE CONTRACTS WITH BIRGISSON IPOD, UH, TASK ORDER NUMBER, UH, NUMBER NINE IS TASK ORDER.
NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A WATER LEAF WASTEWATER LINE THAT WE NEED TO, UH, PLACE A NEW LINE IN.
IT TAKES IT FROM THE COOLSPRINGS IN, UH, THERE AT ONE 50 ALL THE WAY TO THE PLANT.
UH, NUMBER 11, JUST TASK ORDER.
NUMBER FIVE, THAT'S FOR AN INTERSECTION STUDY ON COLORS FOR TWO INTERSECTIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS AT A MARKETPLACE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THAT, UH, KYLE CROSSING AS PER ORDINANCE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLING A ROUNDABOUT THERE.
AND IF IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK, THEN THEY'LL LOOK AT THE TRADITIONAL, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
NUMBER SIX, THAT'S ANOTHER INTERSECTION STUDY, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AT DACEY LANE AND DOWNY WHITE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLING A ROUNDABOUT THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFLICT WITH FOUNTAIN GROVE DRIVE BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SKEWED OFF THAT ROAD.
SO, UH, THERE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT INTERSECTION ALSO TRYING TO COMBINE THE TWO AND MAKE A SAFE INTERSECTION THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, LEON.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ELIANA, ROLAND LANE.
UH, DID YOU HAVE ENOUGH UPDATE ON IT? UM, I THINK I MISSED IT.
THIS COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN FINISHED THIS PAST WEEK AND THE WEATHER SLOWED THEM DOWN.
SO I DID VISIT WITH A CONTRACTOR, SEVERAL EMAILS AND CALLS, BUT HE SAID THEY HAVE TO WRAP IT UP THIS WEEK.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO PUSH HIS CONTRACTOR TO DO AND MEET IN THE MEANTIME, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REMOVING BARRICADES AND GOING THROUGH THERE THE WRONG WAY, BUT, UH, SO WE'VE ASKED THE CONTRACTOR TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING SO WE CAN HURRY UP AND WRAP IT UP.
YEAH, I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY FRUSTRATED OVER THERE SAYING I'M GETTING THE CALL.
UM, DID WE LOOK AT THE CULVERTS THAT WERE IN THAT AREA OR THE, I DID COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DID GO BY THERE'S SOME LEFTOVER CONCRETE THERE AND I SAW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THOSE CURVES ARE TAPERED, SO THERE'LL BE FINE.
CAUSE THEY WEREN'T TAPERED WHEN I WAS OUT THERE.
THERE'S ONE SECTION OF COURBET'S SITTING THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PART OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST A PIECE THAT WAS LAID THERE.
UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK REPORT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UH, IS THAT OKAY? CAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
YEAH, YOU CAN'T UNDER THE CURRENT HEADING UNDER THE CURRENT HEADING AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE A THREE, SORRY
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ABOUT THAT.THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY THREE DAYS AWAY.
CONCRETE IS STILL BEING POURED.
WE HAVE SOME RED IRON GOING ON IS UP AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ARE DONE AS WELL.
LET'S JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT A UPDATE.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IN THE SLIDES ONGOING WITH THE OTHER TWO PARTS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP YOU HAPPY.
ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
[IV. Consent Agenda]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE? THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER 11 AND NUMBER 12, PLEASE.
I TRIED COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS NINE AND 10.
I BELIEVE THE ONES WHERE THEY WEREN'T PULLED SECOND OR IT'S BEEN MOTION BY CUSTOMER ELLISON SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE THAT WE APPROVED IN ITEMS NUMBER NINE AND 10.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVED TASK ORDER.
NUMBER 11 TO LJA ENGINEERING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $44,945 FOR A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE CENTER STREET AND SOUTH STREET, QUIET ZONES.
I JUST, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK AND AFTER THIS MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT UM, WHO DRAFTED THE EXHIBITS? THAT'S ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS.
CAN I ASK THAT FOR FUTURE, UM, DOCUMENTS THAT WE DON'T USE DEFINED TERMS WITHOUT DEFINING THEM FIRST? SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS CITY OF KYLE IS DEFINED, IT HAS A NAME AND THEN IT HAS THE ABBREVIATION AFTER THAT, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL ABBREVIATIONS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE WHAT THE WORD MEANS.
SO ANYTIME WE HAVE AN ABBREVIATION IN ANY OF OUR DOCUMENTS, IF WE COULD HAVE IT AS A DEFINED TERM, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO APPROVE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
IT'S MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON THAT WE PROVED GENDER ITEM.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZED AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE ORDER TO BURGESS THE NIPPLE AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $41,180 FOR UPDATING THE CITY'S WATER MODEL, UH, CUSTOMER FORCE COUNT, OR DID SOMEONE ELSE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE TO UPDATE THAT MODEL? QUITE FRANKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE SHOULD UPDATE THAT EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW SUBDIVISION OR A NEW DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LIFT STATION OR, OR THE, UH, OR, OR ANY KIND OF WATER IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE BOTH A WATER MODEL AND A WASTEWATER MODEL.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE, UH, UH, ACCEPTED OF, OF, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF A SUBDIVISION, WHETHER IT'S GOT WATER OR WASTEWATER OR BOTH, UH, THAT SHOULD BE ENTERED IN THAT SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY.
SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF OUR SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OPERATING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
UM, BECAUSE I WAS READING AND IT SAID THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE USING THEM.
I'M SORRY, YOU GUYS, IT'S GOING TO BE USED.
UM, THE WATER CONSUMPTION AVERAGES OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, USING AVERAGES PER MONTHS IN CERTAIN METERS.
SO I WANT TO KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE ACTUAL AVERAGE PER HOUSEHOLD WHEN WE ARE DOING THIS UPDATE OR ARE WE GOING TO USE THE VALUES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? UM, WE TRY TO USE THE PREVIOUS VALUES THAT WE, UH, THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH THE YEAR.
WE TRY TO USE THE PREVIOUS VALUES.
WE HAVE, WE USED, WE TRY TO USE EXISTING VALUES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I CAN JUMP IN AND HAVE DISCUSSED SOLAR CITY MANAGER.
SO, UH, WE, WE ENGAGED IN OUR FIRST LARGE WATER WASTEWATER SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PROBABLY 2016 OR SO 20 16, 20 17.
UH, IT HAS BEEN OUR GOAL TO BRING THE EXPERTISE AND KNOW HOW ON STAFF, SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONTINUALLY PAYING THIS MONEY TO THIRD PARTIES FOR MODELING THESE MODELS WILL ALSO HELP US REFINE OUR NUMBERS, UH, FOR AVERAGE WATER USE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN ESTIMATING HYPER EARLIER THE EARLIER MODEL, BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST MODEL.
SO WE TOOK KIND OF A ORIGINAL STANDARD.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BETTER FROM A CONSERVATION STANDPOINT THAN OTHER CITIES.
SO THIS MODEL WILL HELP US GET ACTUAL NUMBERS AND BRING THOSE NUMBERS TOUR IN THE MODEL.
AND WE HAD, DO HAVE STAFF NOW THAT, UH, ARE, ARE LEARNING HOW TO UPDATE THE MODEL
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COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT STUDY.WE FIRST DID WAY BACK WHEN WE, WE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF ESTIMATES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED THERE TODAY.
WE KNOW SOME WHATEVER'S BEEN DEVELOPED.
NOW WE HAVE DEFINITE NUMBERS ON WHAT'S THERE.
BACK THEN WE WERE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS FOR LUVS PER ACRE, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WE THAT'S ALL WE COULD GO OFF.
NOW WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY HOUSES ARE THERE, WHAT BUSINESSES ARE THERE.
WE KNOW THAT KIND OF INFORMATION NOW BASED ON THEIR METERS AND THE USE OF WATER THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
SO THIS REALLY REFINES OUR MODELS.
AS WE, AS WE GO ALONG EVERY YEAR, WE SHOULD REFINE THESE MODELS SO WE CAN GET BETTER DATA OUT OF THOSE MODELS AS YOU WELL KNOW, GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE MODELS UPDATED.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO KEEP USING AVERAGES FROM YEARS PRIOR INTO THIS NEW UPDATED, THAT'S THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE HAVE TO USE THAT INFORMATION.
AND AS YEARS AGO, AS TIME GOES BY, WE'LL TRY, WE'LL UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS, OBVIOUSLY.
CUTS FOR ELLISON MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY COUNCILOR ELLISON, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FORCE KELSER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 APPROVED TEST SCORED A NUMBER FIVE CP AND Y UH, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $54,172 AND 50 CENTS TO DEVELOP PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORTS FOR, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR ROUNDABOUTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF KOHLER'S CROSSING A MARKETPLACE AND KOHLER'S CROSSING IN KYLE CROSSING A CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
UM, SO I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR, UM, AND I, AND I KNOW IT SAYS TRAFFIC SIGNAL SIGNALS OR ROUNDABOUTS.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO AN ENGINEERING REPORT FOR BOTH? OR ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR ONE AND THEN DECIDE IF WE NEED THE OTHER, WE'VE ASKED THE CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS AND SEE IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN PUT AROUND ABOUT THERE.
AND IF IT'S DETERMINED BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OR BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC WE HAVE THERE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SWITCH OVER TO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO THEN THEY'LL LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PUT THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN AND THE COST THAT'S REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
SO IS THIS 54,000 172 50, JUST FOR ONE IT'S FOR BOTH INTERSECTIONS.
AND THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT.
THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS? DO WE WANT TO DO THAT NOW? AND BASED ON THEIR TRAFFIC STUDIES, THAT THEY CAN'T REALLY DO A TRAFFIC STUDY TODAY ON MARKETPLACE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS NOT THERE OBVIOUSLY.
SO I ASKED HIM NOT TO EVEN WASTE TIME OR MONEY DOING THAT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A ROUNDABOUT AND IF THEY CAN JUSTIFY WHY WE NEED ONE OR WHY WE DON'T NEED ONE, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THAT REPORT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE.
AND THE INTENT IS PROBABLY TO, UH, ONCE, ONCE WE GET THAT DETERMINATION TO WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE REPORT SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND IF COUNCIL APPROVES WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS, CAN I ASK HOW YOU, UM, DECIDED ON THIS PLACE RIGHT HERE FOR ABOUT, UM, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE INTERSECTION OF KOHLER'S CROSSING AND MARKETPLACE AVENUE.
CAUSE WHAT I SEE IS AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE RIGHT UP THE STREET.
I MEAN LIKE, IS IT, DO WE REALLY WANT TO PAY $54,000 FOR A REPORT TO DECIDE IF WE WANT A ROUNDABOUT IN AN AREA WHERE AMAZON TRUCKS DRIVE ALL DAY AS PER ORDINANCE, WE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REPORT.
SO WE HAD TO PROVIDE A REPORT.
THAT'S WHY WE ASKED FOR THE CONSULTANT, LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU ARE CORRECT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS THERE IS AROUND ABOUT THE BEST, UH, SOLUTION THERE PERSONALLY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION, BUT WE NEED TO DO THE REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE.
AND IS THAT ONLY IF WE WANT TO ROUND ABOUT CORRECT? THAT'S GREAT.
WELL, WE LOOK AT ALL THE MAJOR ROADWAYS, MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, AND IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT A THAT'S A VERY GOOD PLACE FOR ROUNDABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE MOVED FORWARD WITH.
IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY GREAT PLACE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF TYPOGRAPHY, TYPOGRAPHY, OR WHATEVER OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE THERE, THAT WE'LL MOVE OVER TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
I'VE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOBY IS ABOUT CREATING JUST LIKE A, AN EXCLUSIONARY LIST OF, UM, AREAS THAT WE WOULD NEVER PUT AROUND ABOUT.
AND I THINK, UM, I GUESS MY, MY HOLDUP IS SPENDING $56,000 WHEN I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF PUTTING AROUND ABOUT IN THIS AREA AT ALL, BECAUSE ONE OF MY ISSUES WOULD BE, UM, LARGE TRUCKS GOING AROUND THIS AREA.
I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, ANOTHER ONE WOULD ALSO BE LIKE A HIGH, A WALKING AREA, UM, OR BIKE AREA.
I WOULDN'T WANT THAT EITHER, BUT I I'M JUST KIND OF HESITANT TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY WHEN I DON'T, I I'M GUESSING.
I'M NOT SURE WHO WANTS IT THERE.
UM, I DON'T WANT IT THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF COUNCIL WANTS IT THERE.
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THE ISSUE THAT'S COMING UP NOW IS WE'VE GOT ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT COMING UP.SO WE NEEDED TO DO THE STUDY AS SOONER THAN LATER, ESPECIALLY AS MARKETPLACE WITH PD GOING IN THERE, WE ANTICIPATE THERE ARE GOING TO BE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
THEY'RE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH MARKETPLACE COMING IN.
WE KNOW THAT W GETTING BUILT, WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.
NOW WE KNOW WE WANT TO DO, WE ARE GOING TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY AT CAL CROSSING BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS THERE.
IT MAY NOT WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THIS TIME, IF NOTHING ELSE THEN DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER INSTALLING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEXT PHASE? AND WE'VE GOT THE FOUNDATIONS IN AND IT'S MATTER, INSTALLING THE POLES TO INSTALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS SO WE CAN DO A LOT QUICKER.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT NOW IS I'LL JUST, SORRY.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO DRIVES THE KOHLER'S CROSSING, UH, KYLE CROSSING INTERSECTION THREE TO FIVE TIMES EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, IT WARRANTS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OF SOME KIND.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE STUDY IS BETTER EITHER.
UM, SO LET ME, LET ME FIGURE THIS OUT.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A STUDY IF WE WANT TO STOP LIGHT? YES.
SO WHETHER WE WANT TO STOP LIGHT OR A ROUNDABOUT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS STUDY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LET PEOPLE FINISH THEIR SENTENCE, PLEASE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, APPROVED TASK ORDER.
NUMBER SIX TO CP AND WHY AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,580 TO DEVELOP PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT ON DAISEY LANE, CONNECTING, UH, DOWNING WAY AND FOUNTAIN GROVE DRIVE.
UH, I'LL BE REAL QUICK AS WELL.
I WOULD FIGURE THESE THINGS WILL BE FLIPPED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES DOWN DAISEY AND THE SPEED THAT PEOPLE DRIVE THERE.
NOWHERE IN HERE, IT STATES THERE THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, JUST ROUNDABOUT.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
THERE'S ALSO CONSIDERATION FOR PROPOSED, UH, ILLUMINATION ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY NEEDED, BUT WE ALSO GOT TO CONSIDER IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOUNTAIN GROVE DRIVE, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE TO THE MANUFACTURING MOBILE HOME, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'VE DRIVEN DOWN BB BEFORE.
AND THOSE BIG TRUCKS WITH THE HOMES ON THEM HAVE A VERY HARD TIME CHOICE TRYING TO TURN IN TO GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF BB.
SO QUESTION ONE IS AROUND ABOUT REALLY SUITABLE FOR RIGHT THERE AT THAT PLACE.
AND THEN ALSO WITH DACEY AND DOWNEY, I KNOW THAT'S THE ENTRANCE LEADING OUT TO A MAJOR, A PRETTY BIG SUBDIVISION KENSINGTON TRAILS.
I KNOW BB AND DACEY ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY HAVE THAT COUNTY STOPLIGHT AT THE TOP.
AND I KNOW THEY SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE IN 2023.
SO PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT AT THAT ENTRANCE, LEE N LEADING OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO MENTION OF ANY KIND OF STOPLIGHTS STUDY, UH, I'M JUST CONFUSED.
THEY WILL BE DOING TRAFFIC COUNTS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
THE ROUNDABOUT, IF IT'S PROPOSED WOULD BE AT THE INTERSECTION OF DOWNEY WAY AND DAISEY ON THE ENTRANCE TO FOUND GROVE, THEY WOULD DO SOME OTHER DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS IN THERE TO ALLOW THE, THE, UH, OF HOUSES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE DOWN.
SO THEY DON'T PLAN ON PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT AT, UH, FOUND GROVE THAT THAT'S NOT THE INTENT.
SO WITH DOWNY AND DAISEY, WHERE THEY BREAK IN CONSIDERATION OF ACTUALLY ADDING, DOING A STUDY, SEE IF TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE, IS SUITABLE FOR THERE AS WELL.
CAUSE IT'S NOT STATED HERE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE STUDY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER 12, PLEASE.
MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 BY CUSTOMER TOBIA SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUTS FOR FOUR SCALE? THANK YOU.
MY CONCERN, UM, FOR THIS ROUNDABOUT IS THIS SCHOOL THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
DO KIDS WALK ON THAT ROAD A LOT? UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE KENSINGTON SUBDIVISION AND I SEE DOWN IN WAY AND DC.
AND I ALSO SEE ALL THE WAY LIKE THERE'S CA I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BUS SYSTEM FOR THIS, CAUSE I THINK THE ROLE IS TWO MILES, SO THERE'S CLEARLY KIDS WALKING.
AND SO MY FEAR IS I, IS THIS A HIGH PEDESTRIAN WAY FOR LITTLE KIDS TO GET TO SCHOOL TRAFFIC ROUNDABOUTS CAN BE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC? WELL, THE GUIDELINES THAT WE ADOPTED RECENTLY TELL YOU HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE TRAFFIC, THE SIDEWALK
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IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, DC LANE.AND, UH, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH OF DOWNING WAY AT THIS TIME.
SO, SO DO WE KNOW IF KIDS WALK ON THIS TRIP? SO I GUESS MY CONCERN WAS KIND OF RELIEVED IN NUMBER 11, WHEN WE SAID IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNALS OR ROUNDABOUTS.
SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A STUDY ON BOTH TO, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR OPTIONS WE CAN GET VISIT WITH THE, UH, CONSULTANT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT? YES, I CAN DO THAT.
THE ONLY THING IS THAT YOU WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS TRYING TO PUT TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT CLOSE WITH A FOUNTAIN GROVE AND DOWNING WAY.
THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM TO PUT TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS, SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[V. Public Hearing Action Items]
RIGHT NEXT UP, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, UH, 13.UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE ZONING OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SIGNING ORIGINAL ZONING ZONING TO APPROXIMATELY 5 1 8, UH, 5.13 ACRES OF LAND FROM AGRICULTURE TO WAREHOUSE DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1351 BUTTON CREEK IN HAYES COUNTY.
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTMENT HERE.
A WILKINSON SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE RECORD.
UH, BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE ITEM A Z DASH 21 DASH 0 0 9 3.
IT'S A REQUEST TO REZONE A LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES, UM, FROM AGRICULTURE TO WAREHOUSE AND HERE'S THE STAFF REPORTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE VICINITY MAP, UH, THIS IS AN AREA BETWEEN DC LANE AND THE ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S THE EASTERN EDGE OF A STRETCH OF BUTTONED CREEK ROAD THAT, UH, HAS DEVELOPED, UM, IN THE LAST DECADE OR TWO INTO A WAREHOUSING SLASH CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING, ZONING AREA.
UM, MOST OF THE PROJECTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA, OUR WAREHOUSE WITH THE, TO THE NORTH AND THEN CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING TO THE SOUTH AND ON THE ENDS, THERE ARE WITH RETAIL SERVICES, UM, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS, UM, INTENSE USES ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S THERE.
AND RIGHT THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PICTURE BLOWN UP ON THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO INDUSTRIAL USES, UH, WE HAVE TWO MAJOR ZONING DISTRICTS.
WE HAD THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AND WE HAVE THIS CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.
UH, THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT IS THE, IS A U IS A DISTRICT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTED WHEN IT COMES TO USES THEN THE CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING.
UM, SO ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S IN THE CENTER PART OF TOWN, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE KINDS OF USES THAT CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING IS, WHICH HAS A LOT MORE, UH, WELL MANUFACTURING USES.
UH, IT HAS MORE OF A FOCUS ON, UM, LIMITED ASSEMBLY, LIMITED MANUFACTURING, BUT MOSTLY ON THE WAREHOUSING SIDE OF THINGS FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, A MAJORITY OF THE SITE IS WITHIN THE, UH, NEW TOWN DISTRICT, UH, WHICH IS IN BROWN RIGHT THERE.
A LITTLE BIT OF IT IS IN BLUE.
UM, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CONVERSATION, WE, UH, W WITH OUR ANALYSIS, WE WENT PRIMARILY WITH THE NEW TOWN DISTRICT.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, LAND USE DISTRICTS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO, ESPECIALLY ON THE BORDERS OF THEM, THEY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT FUZZY.
SO WE HAVE TO FREQUENTLY TAKE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THAT AREA IS ACTUALLY FUNCTIONING WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS, UH, THE WAREHOUSE.
SO ANY DISTRICT IS CONDITIONAL, UH, FOR THE COMP PLAN.
IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED, BUT IT DOES GIVE US, UM, IT DOES GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE A, JUST A HARDER LOOK AT IT, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, UM, THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED THERE, THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE ROADS, WATER, WASTEWATER.
UH, AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WHEN THIS COMES ALONG, UM, FROM A PERMITTING STANDPOINT, UM, THEY'LL BE, THEY'RE GOING FOR THE ZONING RIGHT NOW.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR SUBDIVISION PLAT THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL DECADES AGO, ACTUALLY.
UM, THE NEXT STEP FOLLOWING ZONING WILL BE A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WHERE WE'LL MAKE IT, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING LANDSCAPING.
THE BUILDINGS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, AND, UH, FOLLOWING THAT WE'LL HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHERE STAFF WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE APPROVED WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TOP-NOTCH.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A, UH, A BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOWS OFF THE CITY.
WELL, AND THEN THE VERY LAST PERMIT WILL BE THE BUILDING PERMIT WHERE, UM, THE
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ARCHITECT APPLIES AND THEY, IT MEETS THE BUILDING CODE.DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WELL, I GUESS WE HAVE A PUBLIC.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO, A PUBLIC HEARING HAS ALREADY OPENED ON THE SIDE OF THEM.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYBODY WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON IT THAT THEY DO.
SO NOW SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ATKINSON OR COMMENTS? CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE? OKAY.
WELL, SO MY CONCERN IS GOING TO BE HOW FAR WE ARE FROM THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO MILES WISE, WE'RE LESS THAN A MILE WE'RE 0.6 MILES AWAY.
AND, UM, I DID BRIEFLY GET AN EMAIL FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CARS OUT THERE.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SELL TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND NOW BEING ZONED WAREHOUSE, IF ANOTHER WAREHOUSE WANTS TO COME OUT THERE, THEY COULD HAVE HIGH TRAFFIC.
SO IN TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE IDEA THAT I HAVE WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND WANTING TO HAVE NICE SCHOOLS, I MEAN, THERE, YOU'LL NEVER FIND A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT NEAR JOHNSON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ONE YOUR HAYES, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY THE LOCATION THAT WE NEED TO PUT A WAREHOUSE, WHICH IS CLOSE TO NOT ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ALSO RESIDENTIAL, EVEN, EVEN IF THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE, I THINK THEY SAID A FEW CARS A DAY.
MY FEAR IS ONCE IT'S STONED WAREHOUSE, IT'S OWNED WAREHOUSE.
SO ANY WAREHOUSE CAN GO IN THERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I GUESS IF YOU APPROVE THE ZONING DISTRICT TO WAREHOUSE THAT ALL THE USERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT ARE ALLOWED, THAT DOES ALSO INCLUDE THE CBD ONE, THE CBD TO ZONING DISTRICTS FOR DOWNTOWN THE RETAIL SERVICES, OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ARE CUMULATIVE FOR THE MOST PART.
SO, UM, MIDDLE ALLOWS USES THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE HIGHWAY AS WELL, UM, FROM A, FROM A TRAFFIC COUNT PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TIAS, WE DON'T BUILD A DOOR CODE.
UM, WE WILL ASSESS WHAT THEIR IMPACT IS USING THE ADJACENT LANE MILE FEE.
THAT'S IN OUR SUBDIVISION CODE, UH, WHENEVER THEY ARE, UH, DEVELOPING THE SITE.
AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE OF WHAT THEIR IMPACT IS GOING TO BE.
IF THE, AND THEN THE FEES CAN BE PUT EITHER TO A FUND TO THE, UM, THE ROAD DEPARTMENT, OR, UM, IF IT'S FOUND THAT THE, THE FEES ARE HIGH ENOUGH FROM A MOBILIZATION STANDPOINT, THEY CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE AS WELL, UM, FROM A PROXIMITY TO A LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
I DID NOT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, UH, BUT GIVEN THE, UM, TRADITIONAL, UH, HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT ALONG THIS SPECIFIC STRETCH OF ROAD, UM, BETWEEN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, UM, IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, IT SAYS W RIGHT THERE AT 1151 AND WITH A BUTLER CREEK ROAD, AND THEN THE, UH, UNIVERSAL FORCE PROJECT OR PRODUCTS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SITE RIGHT HERE, THIS IT'S IT'S HEMMED IN THE RETAIL SERVICES, ZONING DISTRICT, JUST SOUTHEAST OF HERE.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, A DOGGY DAYCARE.
I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT A CHILDCARE CENTER WAS TRYING TO GO IN THERE AS WELL.
UM, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IT GOES ANY FURTHER SOUTHEAST DOWN BUTLER CREEK ROAD.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY TRANSITIONING INTO A MORE RETAIL FOCUSED, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS SOME, UM, LITTLE BIT LOWER DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK.
UH, BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER TO LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL, IT DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE WAREHOUSES RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE FURTHEST SOUTHEAST THAT, UM, IF, IF PEOPLE COME IN AND ASK, HEY, CAN WE ADD MORE AND MORE OF THESE PEOPLE? GOT IT.
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO TELL THEM, NO, THIS IS THE FURTHEST EAST.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR RECOMMENDATION.
ANYWAY, CUTS, RAILS, MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA IS WRITTEN SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER ELLISON, SECONDED BY AMERIPRO TIMBERS THOUGH.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AND CREATING THE SAVANNAH RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 72 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE BESIDE THEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING MS. SIGNS, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, PAGE SIGN CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD.
UH, WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS STARTED IN THE PRIOR SESSION AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN TAKE UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME REGARDING ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DELAY ACTION ON THIS ITEM AND TAKE IT UP WITH ITEMS 19 THROUGH 23, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL RELATED.
UH, THIS ADAM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
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ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL HOLD OFF ON THE ACTION.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP WITH THE OTHER ITEMS, RIGHT NEXT UP.
[VI. Consider and Possible Action]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, CONSIDER NOPE.14, NO 15, UH, CONSIDERING AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH BRIGHT VIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES INCORPORATED, UH, DOING BUSINESS AS WL LEE TO ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL SCOPES OF WORK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $430,669 78 CENTS FOR PROVIDING LANDSCAPE TREE PLANTING AND IRRIGATION SERVICES TO THE CITY'S BEAUTIFICATION CORRIDORS.
MR. HENDRIX, EXCUSE ME, MARY COUNCIL, CARRIE HENDRICKS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
FOR THE RECORD, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN AMENDMENT OR EXISTING CONTRACT WITH WLA TO ADD FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, TO THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.
IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME JUST A MOMENT, I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN WRONG SCREEN AND JUST PROVIDE A QUICK A 30,000 FOOT GUIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AS YOU KNOW, WLLE A BRIGHTVIEW HAVE BEEN DOING OUR BEAUTIFICATION WORK THROUGHOUT CITY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
NOW DOING A GREAT JOB AS PART OF THE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN.
WE IDENTIFIED THESE FOUR PROJECTS AT THE ONSET, AND WE FEEL WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH ANNOUNCE.
SO JUST RUNNING THROUGH THEM WITH YOU, THERE ARE FOUR PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT.
ONE IS ADDING TREES TO THE, UH, WESTERN PART AT 1626 WEST OF, OF, UH, 35, UM, THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION ON THE BURLESON STREET, ROUNDABOUT, UH, IRRIGATION ON KYLE PARKWAY, EAST OF 35 BY THE HOSPITAL AND THAT WHOLE STRETCH AND ADDING, UH, TREES AND IRRIGATION TO, UH, AREAS ALONG MARKETPLACE.
AS YOU SEE IN A DIAGRAM BEFORE YOU, AND THIS IS IN YOUR BACKUP WHERE, UH, W LEE IS PROPOSING ADDING TREES AND THERE BE IRRIGATION WITH THIS TOO, THERE'LL BE A TOTAL OF 30 NATIVE AND DROUGHT RESISTANT TREES.
NINE OF THEM WILL BE CEDAR ELMS, FOUR WILL BE LIVE OAKS THREE WILL BE MEXICANS, SYCAMORES 14 WILL BE CREPE, MYRTLES, GREAT MYRTLES, WHOOPS, TYPO.
THE, UH, THAT INCLUDES IRRIGATION TREES TAKING WHICH A PICTURE OF THE TREE STAY IN PLACE AS THEY GET ESTABLISHED SOIL AMENDMENTS AND A MOLTRING AROUND THEM.
THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS, THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION WILL BE, UH, IN ROUND NUMBERS, 38,430 ISH DOLLARS.
AND THERE'S AN ALTERNATE FOR BORING FOR SLAVES FOR THE IRRIGATION, IF THAT TURNS OUT TO BE NEEDED.
AND THAT'S, UH, RIGHT AT $39,500, THE TOTAL, AND ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE BORING FOR THE IRRIGATION SLEEVES IS A $68,000.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS A BURLS AND MARKET STREET, ROUNDABOUT THAT'S IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING.
YOU SEE A RENDERING OF WHAT THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING WOULD LOOK LIKE ONCE IT GETS MATURE, THAT INCLUDES DEMOING THE EXISTING SOIL.
THEY REMOVED THE TOP 12 INCHES OF THAT, REPLACE IT WITH A FRESH SOIL AND SOIL AMENDMENTS.
THEY'LL POWER WASH, THE EXISTING LOGO OFF THE, UH, THE APRON OF THE ROUNDABOUT, CAUSE IT'S FADING AND THEY'LL REPLACE IT WITH ONE THAT'S MORE DURABLE.
AND THEN, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF THE IRRIGATION AND INSTALLATION LANDSCAPE PROTOCOLS FOR THAT IT'S RIGHT AT $45,000.
THE NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE KYLE PARKWAY IRRIGATION.
YOU SEE A MAP WITH THAT IRRIGATION PLAN LAID OUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE, NOT ONLY THE IRRIGATION INSTALLATION, BUT, UH, ORANGE SLEEVES, IF THOSE ARE NEEDED AS WELL.
THE COST FOR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS, UH, JUST UNDER $88,000 THAT THEY HAVE TO POUR FOR SLEEVES TO ALTERNATE THAT AN ADDITIONAL $88,000 TO THAT FOR A TOTAL OF $175,590.
JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE FIRST BUILT THE STREET IRRIGATION LANDSCAPING WAS INCLUDED THAT IT WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND IT'S DEGRADED SINCE THEN THIS PROJECT, ONCE THE IRRIGATION IS INSTALLED, WE'LL BRING ANOTHER, UH, AMENDMENT TO YOU TO ACTUALLY DO THE LANDSCAPING.
FINALLY, THE MARKETPLACE TREES AND IRRIGATION, THIS WILL BE PLANNING IN THREE DIFFERENT PHASES, A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED AND TWO SIXTY FIVE GALLON SHADE TREES ALONG MARKETPLACE WE'LL AGAIN, HAVE THE TREE STAKING, THE SOIL AMENDMENTS AND THE MUTTERINGS AROUND ALL THOSE TREES,
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AS WELL AS THE IRRIGATION INSTALLATION.THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT, IT'S JUST OVER $141,000.
THE TOTAL COST FOR THE CHANGE ORDER IS $430,670 FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THIS YEAR.
CIP BUDGET LINE ITEM IS PROVIDED IN THE BACKUP AND ON THE SLIDE.
I HAVE BLAIR HOW AT WLA BRIGHT VIEW WITH US VIRTUALLY, AND I'M ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CUSTOMER FORCE COUNT.
UM, CAN I ASK YOU, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE KYLE PARKWAY? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT? YES.
YOU WERE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE IRRIGATION DIAGRAM.
WHAT STORES IN THE AREA? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT STORES ARE OVER HERE AND WHAT AREA OF KYLE PARKWAY IT'S FROM TO DACEY LANE.
SO IN FRONT OF WALMART, LOWE'S ALL THE WAY BACK TO IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL TO THE INTERSECTION.
SO WITHOUT KNOWING THAT, I WASN'T REALLY SURE HOW MUCH WAS GOING TO GET DONE ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND I KNOW IS IT ALL ON THE EAST SIDE? OKAY.
UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I DIDN'T REALLY, I WASN'T AWARE OF WHERE THE LOCATION WAS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 14, 18, 19 20.
IT'S BEEN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FORREST KALE, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION PROTON, UM, WHICH IS REAL QUICK, JERRY, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TREES.
HOW HAVE WE, UH, DISCUSSED ON WHAT KIND OF TREES WE'RE USING AS FAR AS THE ROOT SYSTEM, ARE THESE ROOT SYSTEMS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOMETHING WITH THE SIDEWALKS OR THE ROADWAYS? OR ARE WE OKAY WITH THESE TREES? THAT BLAIR ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
YEAH, WE DID TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
MOST ALL OF THESE TREES ARE GOING TO ROOT SYSTEM IS GOING TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND BRANCH OUT LOWER.
THEY'RE NOT REAL FAR SPREADING ROOT SYSTEMS, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE THEM.
THEY'RE ALSO FAIRLY DROUGHT TOLERANT AND TREES YOU'LL FIND IN JUST ABOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT WAS THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD.
ISN'T BURLESON ON THE WEST SIDE, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? BURLESON? THE ROUNDABOUT.
JUST ONE WAY, BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAID EVERYTHING WAS ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE EAST WEST THING, BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PARADIGM SHIFT THAT I WENT UNDER THROUGH THINKING ABOUT 1626.
I AT LEAST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT IN MY MIND, 1626 IS THE SPINE, THE, THE COMMERCIAL SPINE OF THE CITY.
AND IT'S A NORTH SOUTH STREET AND IT'S SOUTHERN MOST TIP IS AT THE DC INTERSECTION.
THAT'S WHERE YOU, THE, OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TERMINATES ALL THE WAY FROM 1626 AND TO AUSTIN.
SO THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT 16, 26 AS A CORRIDOR, UH, IS, UH, PRESENTS ITSELF IN THE MANNER THAT WE WISH TO SEE OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO PARTICULAR PARTS OF THIS THAT, UM, UM, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF EMOTION WRAPPED UP IN, AND IT'S THE LANDSCAPING ON THE ROUNDABOUT.
UH, AND IT'S THE IRRIGATION ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE SCOPED PAID FOR BY THE CITY AND INSTALLED.
UH, AND THEY ALL WENT, UM, UH, W WENT BACK TO GREENFIELD AS THEY SAY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO THAT'S A STANDARD THAT I'VE DO NOT WANT TO SEE US EVER THINK IS ACCEPTABLE.
AND SO THIS VOTE IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT RECTIFIES AND, AND, UH, TWO OF THOSE ISSUES, THE BURLESON ROUND ABOUT GETTING LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, AS WELL AS THE IRRIGATION ON, BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT USED TO BE VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL IN FRONT OF THE WALMART.
AND IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL, YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANTS OF OLD GREAT LANDSCAPING, UH, AND IT ALL WENT AWAY BECAUSE THE CITY STOPPED MAINTAINING IT.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE RECTIFY THESE SITUATIONS WITH THIS VOTE AND MR. HENDRIX SPOKE TO IT, BUT IT'S JUST MADE REALLY CLEAR FROM A COUNCIL STANDPOINT THAT WE SHOULD STICK BEHIND THIS WITH MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS.
SO THAT INTO PERPETUITY, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THIS LEVEL OF BEAUTY, UH, IN THE CITY.
SO AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THIS IS W IT'S IT'S FIXING STEPS FROM THE PAST, BUT IT'S ALSO A, UM, YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET IT SET A NEW MARK.
SO SOMETHING I'M VERY EXCITING ABOUT ONE THOUGHT ABOUT THE EAST WEST CONVERSATION IS THAT THE EAST SIDE, BECAUSE THE, THE IRRIGATION WAS AL,
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UH, W WENT AWAY OR DETERIORATED BEYOND REPAIR.THE BASICALLY HALF OF THIS BUDGET GOES TO JUST THE IRRIGATION ON THE EAST SIDE WAS JUST ACTUALLY PLANT NEW THINGS.
AND SO THE SCOPE OF THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TWO YEARS AGO.
I BELIEVE WHEN OUR INITIAL WLA CONTRACT, HAS IT BEEN TWO YEARS NOW, JUST ABOUT, ABOUT TWO YEARS.
SO THEY, THEY, THEY ACTUALLY SCOPED AND BID ALL THIS BACK THEN WE DIDN'T BUDGET IT, BUT THEN WE DID BUDGET IT.
AND THIS YEAR'S SO IT'S, SO IT IS ALL A PART OF OUR, UH, BUDGET, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME KIND OF WIGGLE ROOM THERE.
IF WE WANT TO AUTHORIZE THESE PROJECTS TO POTENTIALLY ADD A, UH, UH, TREE AND LANDSCAPING COMPONENT ON THE WE'LL CALL IT THE HOSPITAL SIDE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK OUT TO BED AND HAVING BRIGHT VIEW AND WLA JUST INCORPORATE IT.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF WIGGLE ROOM.
SO IF WE WANTED TO GIVE DIRECTION TO HAVE THAT, WE CAN IMPROVE THIS AND HAVE THEM SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPING ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
WE CAN HAVE THEM BRING THAT BACK.
AND WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF LAW, WE'D BE ABLE TO PROBABLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AS WELL.
I WANT TO MAKE THE, I WANT TO ADD ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THIS AND GET THE LANDSCAPING DONE ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
BUT IT JUST WASN'T, IT WASN'T SCOPED INITIALLY.
SO IT CAN'T BE PRESENTED BECAUSE THIS IS ALL JUST READY TO GO AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
OR THEY CAN JUST KNOW THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THAT PROPOSAL BACK, RIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE ADDING AN EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ACTUAL, UM, TREES.
AND NO, DON'T, DON'T MAKE THE MOTION ON THE NUMBER, MAKE THE MOTION TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
UM, I LIKE TO A PROPOSAL AMENDMENT TO BRING, HAVE STAFF BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR LANDSCAPING, UM, AROUND THE KYLE PARKWAY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE IRRIGATION INSTALLATION, IS THAT AMENABLE TO THE SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.
UH, SO THIS, THIS VOTE WILL BE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AND THEN TO BRING BACK UP POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDER TO ADD LANDSCAPING.
AND I THINK JERRY'S FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PROPOSAL FROM BARNS CHROMAT GRATZKE COSTA RICK ARCHITECTS ALSO KNOWN AS BG K IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $603,000 FOR A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, BUILDING FOR DESIGN SERVICES AT THE CITY'S 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON CAPITAL PERMIT PROJECTS.
UH, THIS HAS GOT, UH, TODD KAISER.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S VIRTUAL OR SCOTT'S PRESENTING.
YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF? SURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ALSO ON THIS CALL WITH THREE, I HAVE TAMIKA CERIC, UH, FROM THE BG K OFFICE AND I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO TODAY, UH, TOMMY AND I COME TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS SOME SLIDES, UM, ABOUT THE BURLESON BUILDING, AND THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK AND TOMMY.
AND I BEGAN TO COIN THIS AS THE CATALYST BUILDING, UM, BECAUSE WE SEE GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE, UH, TO COMPLIMENT ALL OF THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE AT THE PARK WITH A PHYSICAL BUILDING, UH, AND REALLY CENTER DOWNTOWN AND CREATE A NEW HEART FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND SO WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU SOME IMAGERY AND AN ANIMATION, BUT, UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS.
SO WE ALWAYS BEGIN A PROJECT, UH, AS IMPORTANT AS THIS ONE BY REALLY LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO PART OF OUR PROCESS WILL BE TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, ENGAGE WITH THE PEOPLE OF KYLE AND ENGAGE WITH THE, UM, THE STAFF, THE CITY STAFF, AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE CITY.
SO WE KNOW THERE'S PLANS FOR A TRAIL SYSTEM.
WE KNOW WHERE THERE ARE CERTAIN DESIRES AND GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE PLAN TO TIE ALL OF THAT TOGETHER INTO OUR PROJECT.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
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SHARED QUITE OFTEN, UM, IN, IN TOWNS OR CITIES THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.AND THESE ARE REALLY THE GOALS OF OUR PROJECT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THROUGH ARCHITECTURE AND GOOD DESIGN, AND ULTIMATELY THEY CENTER AROUND FOUR KEY AREAS, AND THOSE ARE SOCIABILITY, UH, HAVING THE RIGHT USES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SITTING MIGHT NEED, UH, CREATING COMFORT AND IMAGE AND HEALTH.
AGAIN, I REFERENCED THE TRAIL SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO THE CITY.
AT SOME POINT, THIS BUILDING WILL BE PART OF THAT, UH, AND CONNECT TO THAT AND STRENGTHEN IT.
SO IT'S ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, UH, BUILDING COMMUNITY DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY, HEALTH, UH, CREATING A MIXED USE PROJECT, UH, QUALITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, AND ULTIMATELY OPPORTUNITY FOR KYLE.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T STRESS, UH, HOW IMPORTANT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS, UH, FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HELP YOU GUYS ACHIEVE THAT.
SO THIS IS THE CATALYST PROJECT.
AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT REALLY IS THAT THIS PROJECT, IN ADDITION TO THE PARK, WORKING WITH THE PARK WILL CAUSE A CORRESPONDING AND COMPLIMENTARY DEVELOPMENT REACTION AROUND THIS AREA.
SO IT'S A PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANT SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE.
THAT'S GOING TO STRENGTHEN AND BUILD THE KYLE COMMUNITY AND ALSO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING IN KYLE.
WE LOVE TO HEAR ALL OF THESE NEW PROJECTS IN THESE MEETINGS AND ALL OF, ALL OF THE ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE HEART OF KYLE, WHERE, WHERE THE HISTORY BEGAN RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARK TO CATALYZE THIS AREA IN A REALLY GREAT, HEALTHY WAY.
I MENTIONED MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK IS THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN.
UM, THIS BUILDING AND THE SPACES AROUND THE BUILDING ARE GOING TO HEIGHTEN THAT PROJECT IN PLAY, UH, IN UNISON WITH IT.
AND THIS PROJECT WILL OFFER ENJOYMENT, LEARNING SOME DINING RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN ALSO A PLACE IN SPACE TO BUILD COMMUNITY.
UM, I LOVED HEARING THE, UH, THE TEACHER FROM, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL TALKING ABOUT THE ONE COMMUNITY, ONE BOOK AND NEEDING A PLACE TO HAVE THIS EVENT.
AND SHE TALKED ABOUT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE.
THIS CAN BECOME SUCH A KEY PART OF, OF KYLE AND PLUGGED INTO THE SCHOOLS AND PLUGGED INTO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND REALLY SERVE AS A CIVIC OR COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT WE'LL ALL BE PROUD OF.
SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF WARM AND FUZZY WORDS.
WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THIS PRODUCT ALL ABOUT KYLE AND IT STARTS WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? TOMMY AND I ARE NOT GOING TO GO DESIGN IN A VACUUM.
WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN THIS WITH THE CITY CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN IT AROUND THE CITY.
UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE PROUD OF.
UH, POTENTIALLY TWO, MAYBE THREE RESTAURANTS COULD BE AT THE GROUND LEVEL.
AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SOMETHING IN AROUND KYLE, SOMETHING THAT STARTED AROUND THIS AREA.
UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE STUDENTS, WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TIE IN TO HAZE ISD, HAVE SOME KIND OF AN ENGAGEMENT EAST WITH THE STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S ART OR JUST GATHERING IDEAS OR HAVING EVENTS FOR STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE ENVISIONED AN EVENTS SPACE WHERE YOU MIGHT LEASE IT OUT OR RENT IT OUT FOR COMMUNITY OR PUBLIC EVENTS, UH, AND THEN BRINGING IN LOCAL LOCAL ARTISTS SOMEHOW SOME WAY, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS THING.
THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL, IT'S JUST A CONCEPT.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO PLUG IN PIECES AND PARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF KYLE TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER.
UH, I MENTIONED THE DINING OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S SOME OPTIONS DOWNTOWN.
UM, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, SOME PEOPLE GO OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN IF THEY'D LIKE TO GO AND HAVE A NICE DINNER.
WELL, WE SEE THIS BUILDING AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE FROM MAYBE THE OUTLYING COMMUNITIES TO DOWNTOWN.
THEY CAN GO AND VISIT THE PARK, HAVE DINNER, UM, BRING THEIR FAMILY OR A COUPLE OR WHATEVER, AND THEY CAN COME DOWNTOWN.
THIS SORT OF BRINGS PEOPLE BACK, UH, TO THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN.
UH, WE'LL PROVIDE A LARGE INDOOR SPACE FOR EVENTS AND THEN ALSO SOME OUTDOOR SPACES.
SO WE'VE GOT MARRIED CARHARTTS AND PARK ACROSS THE STREET.
PART OF OUR DESIGN WILL BE A LARGE, UM, OUTDOOR SPACE BEHIND THE PROJECT WHERE WE IMAGINE MAYBE SOME PLAYSCAPES FOR CHILDREN, UH, MAYBE SOME PIECES OF ART, UM, FURNITURE, MAYBE SOME, UH, SPACE FOR OUTDOOR MUSIC, UM, FAMILY FRIENDLY, AND A BIG GOAL WOULD BE TO CONNECT TO KYLE'S A RICH HISTORY, BUT ALSO EMBRACE THE FUTURE.
SO THESE ARE A FEW HISTORICAL IMAGES.
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UH, WE KNOW THE BOND, TOM WAS A BIG DEAL IN KYLE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF FABRIC, BUT YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN DEPOT IS, IS, IS ALSO KEY.I MEAN, THAT'S THE REASON THAT KYLE REALLY IS WHERE IT IS.
UM, AND I SHOW THESE IMAGES BECAUSE WHAT THEY MEAN TO US IS THIS WAS WHERE YOUR HISTORY BEGAN, RIGHT? PEOPLE GRAVITATED, AND THEY LIVED AND THEY WORK AND THEY SOCIALIZE DOWNTOWN.
AND SO WE THINK THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS SPIRIT BACK, UM, TO CREATE A PLACE, A SPECIAL PLACE, UH, FOR EVENTS, FOR RESTAURANTS, FOR FAMILIES, UM, AND REALLY BRING PEOPLE TO, TO SORT OF REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN IN A REALLY HEALTHY WAY.
SO THAT'S THE PAST, AND THIS IS THE PRESENT.
SO WE'RE ALSO TAKING CUES FROM WHAT'S AROUND US, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME GREAT OLD HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
UM, THERE'S SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THAT, UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS AND TAKING CUES FROM THOSE THINGS, THOSE, THOSE BUILDINGS AND THOSE DESIGNS AND INCORPORATING THOSE INTO WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH.
AND PERHAPS, UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF, OF, OF OUR PROJECT IS WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET IN THE SEALED CITY HALL, AND IT'S THE NEW PARK, WHICH WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE.
UM, SO THE BURLESON BUILDING IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD CITY HALL.
AND SO AS WE START DESIGNING THIS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY, VERY, UM, SENSITIVE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PARK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO REALLY WORKS HAND IN HAND, UH, TO CELEBRATE THE CITY HALL AND TIE INTO IT AND HAVE PEOPLE FLOW FREELY FROM THE PARK TO THE BURLESON BUILDING AND VICE VERSA.
SO IT'S CREATING A STRONG CONNECTION TO THE, SORT OF THE HISTORY IN THE BUILDING AND THE FUTURE IN THE PARK.
SO YOUR DOWNTOWN CORE, UH, KYLE, JUST TO ORIENT EVERYONE, OBVIOUSLY THE PARK IS RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER WHERE THE CURSOR IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE LEFT IS OUR BURLESON SITE.
AND ALL THE RED BUILDINGS ARE CONVEY YOUR SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
NOW THE DARKER RED ARE PERHAPS FUTURE FUTURE BUILDINGS.
YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, AS KYLE CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THIS, UH, FANTASTIC GROWTH YOU GUYS ARE EXPERIENCING AND THEN ZOOMING IN ON THE PARK AND THE SITE A BIT NEXT SLIDE RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FOCUS HERE TONIGHT, THE WILSON BUILDING, AND KIND OF, AGAIN, GO BACK TO WHAT TODD SAID EARLIER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS.
THIS WAS KIND OF THE INITIAL KIND OF A SEED OR WHATEVER THAT, THAT GOT PLANTED IN OUR MINDS AND WHAT WAS, HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO SOME OF THE CITY STAFF AND CITY FOLKS AND SUCH.
BUT AGAIN, THE DARK RED IS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BURLESON BUILDING TO THE RIGHT IS THE OLD CITY HALL TODD MENTIONED.
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS WE FEEL IS THAT THE THINGS IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SETTING UP FOR, IT'S SETTING UP FOR FUTURE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN, IT'S ESTABLISHING A STRONG STREET EDGE TO BURLESON, YOU KNOW, THE FACE, IT GIVES IT A REAL STRONG PRESENCE THROUGH THE STREET AND A VERY RESPECTFUL GESTURE TO THE CITY HALL ACROSS THE STREET WITH REGARDS TO THAT AXIAL RELATIONSHIP.
AND, UH, WHAT THAT SORT OF ORANGY COLOR IS, UH, SHOWING OR DELINEATING IS THE GROUND PLANE, WHICH WOULD EITHER BE, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE PAVERS, COLORED, STAIN, CONCRETE, OR COMBINATION OF BOTH, BUT IT'S THE IDEA TO PHYSICALLY AND SYMBOLICALLY CONNECT THE CITY OLD CITY HALL WITH THE NEW BURLESON BUILDING AND TO THE LEFT IS THAT AREA THAT, THAT TODD WAS SPEAKING TO HOW THIS OAK, THIS SORT OF OPEN SPACE TO THE LEFT IS IMAGINE ALL KINDS OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THAT WHAT'S SHOWN THERE RIGHT NOW IN THE SKETCH ARE, UH, WAS AN IDEA FROM ANNE COLEMAN WHO OBVIOUSLY DID THE PARKING CROSS AWAY AND, AND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
SHOULD IT, SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL IN BEING AWARDED THE PROJECT, BUT THIS IS CONVEYING SOME POP-UP, YOU KNOW, EVENTS FOR FARM, YOU KNOW, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS, ARTS AND CRAFTS SO FORTH, AND HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IN PLACE TO HAVE BE ABLE TO PUT UP STRING LIGHTS, BE ABLE TO HAVE ELECTRICITY OUT THERE TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF MULTIPURPOSE EVENTS TO THE SOUTH.
THE KYLE CREAMERY, THE OLD DA YOUNG BUILDING, WE SEE THOSE AS TREMENDOUS ASSETS.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO SOMEHOW BRING THOSE INTO THE FOLD SOMEHOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SHORTLY
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AND THEN THE SITE ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, NOT TELLING YOU GUYS ANYTHING, YOU DON'T KNOW, THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.THIS SITE, RIGHT ACROSS THE PARK, UH, OUR BACKS BEHIND US DIRECTLY AS THE OLD CITY HALL.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, MAKE A MAKE KIND OF A STATEMENT HERE IN TERMS OF QUALITY, UH, PRESENCE, IDENTITY, AND SO FORTH.
SO IF THIS IS BEFORE AND AFTER MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS WAS INITIAL, JUST AN INITIAL CONCEPT SKETCH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE SAY, WE, WE SORT OF DID THIS IN A VACUUM AT THE TIME.
WE WOULD MOST DEFINITELY IN OUR PREFERENCES TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR CLIENTS AND COLLABORATION, BUT JUST THE BASIC IDEA IS THAT THIS, THIS PORTAL, THIS IS AN OPEN AIR PORTAL THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR SKETCH AND THAT'S RIGHT ON AXIS WITH THE OLD CITY HALL.
SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW THERE IS A PHYSICAL CONNECTION THROUGH AND, UH, JUST REALLY TIES AND CONNECTS THE OLD WITH THE NEW IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN, UH, THE TWO BUILDINGS OF THE SOUTH CREAMERY, DA YOUNG, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS AS THESE AS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES.
IF, IF THERE IS A WAY TO SOMEHOW BRING THESE INTO THE FOLD OF, OF SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF THESE BUILDINGS TO, UH, UH, FURTHER THEIR USE AND USEFULNESS TO EVERYTHING.
CAUSE THERE'S INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.
SO, AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF HISTORIC, BUT USING IT IN A REALLY SPECIAL WAY.
SO WE WOULD NEVER REALLY SUGGEST DEMOLISHING THOSE TWO BUILDINGS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE HISTORIC AND BEAUTIFUL, BUT COULD THEY BE CLEANED UP, UH, MADE SAFE, UM, AND REALLY CELEBRATE IT.
AND SO PART OF OUR, OUR NEW BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE WHERE THESE TREES ARE, WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAYBE REUSE THESE TWO BUILDINGS AS SPECIAL GALLERIES OR SOME TYPE OF RETAIL, OR, BUT THEN ALSO TO PLUG IN, UM, TO OUR PROJECT WITH SOME KIND OF A SPECIAL IN-BETWEEN SPACE, OR EITHER HANGING OUT OR A RESTAURANT CAFE, OUTDOOR SEATING ZONE PLAYSCAPE FOR CHILDREN, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE, ALL ABOUT INVITING THE ENTIRE KYLE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, A PLACE, A WELCOMING PLACE.
AND SO, UH, NOW WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU GUYS JUST A BRIEF ANIMATION IF WE HAVE JUST A MINUTE LEFT, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THIS'LL PLAY, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY JUST A FIRST PASS AT A CONCEPT.
UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS REALLY EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SORT OF SHOWING THE SCALE AND THEN SOME OF THE KEY IDEAS.
AND SO, UM, JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS A COOK DESIGN BY ANY STRETCH, BUT THIS IS JUST REALLY ABOUT ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT.
SO THE OLD CITY HALLS ON THE LEFT IN THE BURLESON BUILDING IS ON THE RIGHT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE HEADED SOUTH ON BURLESON.
UH, AGAIN, WE IMAGINED RESTAURANTS AT THE GROUND FLOOR, UM, EVEN AN IDEA WHERE MAYBE THERE'S SOME LARGE OPENINGS THAT COULD ROLL UP AND REALLY BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR.
UM, MAYBE FOR EVENTS OR SPECIAL, SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
WE EVEN SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR OUTDOOR DINING IN THIS ZONE.
UM, THIS RESTAURANT COULD OPEN UP AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF GOING DOWN THIS, THROUGH THIS SALE AND BACK INTO THIS REAR PLAZA.
SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER SPACE WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FORMAL EVENTS OR JUST A, AGAIN, A PLAYSCAPE OR A PLACE TO HAVE COFFEE OR, UM, A PLACE FOR MUSICIANS TO PLAY MUSIC MAYBE ON THE WEEKEND.
AND NOW WE'RE HEADED DOWN TOWARDS THE BACK OF KYLE CREAMERY AND THE OLD DA YOUNG BUILDING KIND OF SEEING THAT SPACE, UH, IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
AND AGAIN, JUST AN IDEA FOR A CAFE, BUT UTILIZE THOSE BEAUTIFUL ASSETS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND BY YOU, I MEAN, THE CITY, I KNOW THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY, UM, KIND OF CREAMY IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, BUT I JUST MEAN FINDING A WAY TO CELEBRATE THEM THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OR AGREEMENTS.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE HAVE TO SHOW.
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THINK, UM, THE IDEA IS, IS WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED AT THIS OPPORTUNITY.UM, THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL HERE AND WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO EVEN HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU, TODD, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER MAYOR PRO TEM? YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY AND WE'RE GROWING IN DIFFERENT AREAS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE US NOT FORGETTING ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN AND FOR ME, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN DOWNTOWN KYLE AND, UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN REENERGIZING THIS PART OF THE CITY.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD IN DOING THAT.
I LOVE THE EARLY CONCEPT AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH Y'ALL.
ANYONE ELSE? CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD WITH THIS.
CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS LOCATION FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
UM, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF FIXING IT UP.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO, UM, SPEND MONEY IF WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO CUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I CONCUR WITH THAT STATEMENT, UM, WHOLEHEARTEDLY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS VOTE TONIGHT IS PROBABLY GOING TO DO.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM IS WRITTEN OKAY.
MOTION BY CUSTOMER ELLISON SECOND AND BY CUSTOMER NUMBER FOREST, KALE THAT WE APPROVE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP, JENNA, ITEM NUMBER 17, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION ON A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE AND CSW, UH, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FOR THE COL MARKETPLACE SUBDIVISION.
MR. SELLERS, MAYOR COUNCIL OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BACK OF MATERIAL IS VERSION FIVE, WHICH SHOWS RED LINES, UH, WITH ALL THE NEGOTIATION.
UH, REALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, UH, SEVERAL VERSIONS REALLY COME DOWN TO THE VIBE TRAIL.
UH, WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED A THREE 80 AGREEMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH TRACKS, UH, WITH RETAIL AND VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, ON EACH THE, UH, THE PUTS THESE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS INTO PRINT, AS WELL AS DEFINES WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO CONSTRUCT DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE TRAIL.
UH, THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TRAIL, ALL VIVE CONSTRUCTION, UH, ON THE SOUTH TRACT FROM, UH, PHYSICIAN'S WAY, AND THEN CROSSING THE ROAD.
THERE WILL BE WHAT'S CALLED A HAWK SIGNAL, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY A PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED PUSH BUTTON SIGNAL FOR A SAFELY CROSSING MARKETPLACE AVENUE THAT WILL GET, UH, THE, UH, PEDESTRIANS TO THE NORTH TRACT.
UH, AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THE, UH, PHASE ONE WILL BE THE RETAIL PORTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO ALL OF THE RESTAURANT PAD SITES, THE, UH, PHASE TWO WILL THEN BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIBE, WHICH THE DEVELOPER WILL CONSTRUCT WITHIN, UH, 48 MONTHS, UH, NO LATER THAN, UH, BUT ALSO IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE FIRST TWO, UH, VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDINGS THAT FACE THE KYLE PARKWAY, AS WELL AS THE, UH, SOUTHERN, UH, PLANNED SOUTH, I SHOULD SAY.
SO THE TWO EASTERN BUILDINGS THAT FACE MARKETPLACE, UH, WE DID HAVE CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACK.
I THINK THAT'S THE, THE, THE BIG UNKNOWN.
AND WE'VE RECENTLY DISCUSSED THAT EVEN WITH SCHOMBURG AND POLK, UH, AS THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE ENGINEERING, UH, IT SEEMS THAT THE AERIAL POWER LINES ARE TOO LOW IN THIS AREA TO CONSTRUCT A BRIDGE OVER THE RAILROAD, UH, IN CONVERSATION WITH, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UH, IT APPEARS THAT MAYBE THE MOST FEASIBLE OPTION IS TO GO UNDERGROUND.
AND SO WE HAVE SHIFTED THE, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO REFLECT A TUNNEL OPTION RATHER THAN AN AERIAL BRIDGE OPTION.
UH, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD COST ESTIMATE THAT ACTUALLY COULD BE A KEEPER MORE AFFORDABLE THAN THE BRIDGE OPTION.
UH, BUT WE'LL STILL NEED TO RUN THOSE TRAPS AND COORDINATE WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND GET THOSE PERMITS.
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THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT, UH, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THIS DA DEVELOPER WOULD GET THE VIBE TRAIL UP TO THAT TUNNEL, UH, CROSSING.SO WITH THAT SAID, EVERYTHING IS CODIFIED, UH, BEFORE YOU, AND, UH, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, SCOTT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CUSTOMER FOR SCALE? THANK YOU.
UM, WHEN I LOOKED IN THIS BACKUP MATERIAL, IT WASN'T THERE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THIS WAS, WHEN THIS WAS ADDED, WHICH VERSION IS THE LATEST VERSION VERSION FIVE, WHATEVER VERSION I NEED TO VERSION FIVE WAS PROBABLY ADDED AT 7:15 PM TONIGHT, VERSION THREE WAS ADDED TO THE PACKET DAYS AGO.
SO AGAIN, THE DRAFT BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE JUST CLARIFIES THE, UH, THE TIMING AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THE TUNNEL IN PARTICULAR.
UH, AND THEN THE TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIBE AS PER CEO'S FOR THE UNITS, BUT VERSION THREE, WHICH HAS MOST OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION WAS, WAS, UH, INCLUDED PRIOR.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LENGTHY NEGOTIATION, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND, UH, CSW.
UH, OF COURSE WE, WE BROUGHT THIS BACK TO COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, IN DRAFT FORMAT, BUT THE FINAL DRAFT, UH, WAS NEGOTIATED UP.
AND UNTIL THIS EVENING, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET SOME TIME TO LIKE READ IT? YES, MA'AM DOES.
SO THE RED LINE IN THAT VERSION FIVE DOES SHOW THE, SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAYBE A FORMER DRAFT THAT YOU WOULD BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH.
ALSO DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DID COME VERY LATE AT HIS FINAL VERSION.
AND WHILE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEGOTIATION, A LOT OF, UH, EFFORT TO GET READY TO GO BY TONIGHT, IF THE COUNCIL'S NOT READY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS TO MARCH 22ND.
THAT'S TOSS YOUR PREROGATIVES.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, YES, MA'AM.
UH, I MAY ASK THE, THE, UH, APPLICANT ALSO TO COME UP AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT WHILE YOU PERUSE THAT.
SO MR. SALVO I COULD SEE EVERYBODY, UH, SCOTT IS CORRECT.
THIS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, EXCITING THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED INTO THIS DOCUMENT.
UH, WE ARE PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN FORMED THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS AND MAJORITY OF IT.
UM, VERSION THREE WAS, WAS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT.
UM, IT WAS PUT ON US TO OBVIOUSLY COORDINATE GETTING THE VIBE INTEGRATED INTO THIS DOCUMENT APPROPRIATELY, UH, WHICH WE'RE THRILLED TO DO.
IT GIVES OUR PROJECT, UH, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ACROSS THE WAY AND THE PLUM CREEK.
SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE THAT CAME DOWN TO VERSION THREE, AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING THE TUNNEL, UH, RESPONSIBILITY OF SECTIONS OF THE VIBE BEING BUILT APPROPRIATELY, UM, RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HAWK SIGNAL.
AGAIN, GETTING INTEGRATED, UM, BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, UH, ON MY MIND A LOT.
AND, UH, I'VE SEEN YOU ALL QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND AGAIN, ENJOYED THE COLLABORATION.
THAT'S GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON IF I COULD ON THE PROJECT ITSELF, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS VIBE, BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION INTO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT A WHOLE BIG OPEN LIST OF SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS AND, UH, USERS THAT THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL THE CITY, UH, ALSO GOING THROUGH, I'VE SEEN SURVEYS FROM THE CITY, A LOT OF THE USERS THAT I'M HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU ON, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT PUBLICLY, UH, VERY, VERY SHORTLY.
THEY, WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT WAS ON THAT SURVEY, WE'VE, WE'VE HIT, I WOULD SAY SIX TO SEVEN OF THOSE USERS.
AND THAT'S COME FROM A LOT OF INPUT THAT CAME FROM, FROM THE CITY.
UH, ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT DID NOT HAVE A COURTYARD.
THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT DID OPPOSITE.
CLEARLY DIDN'T HAVE THE VIBRANT
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THROUGH IT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT BECAUSE WE LOVE WHAT IT DOES.IT GETS US PLUGGED INTO THE CITY.
IT ATTRACTS THOSE USERS, THE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HERE, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT, WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, I'M HAPPY TO, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SCOTT, I GET IT.
WELL, I MIGHT ADD, WE, WE, UH, DID MAKE ONE OTHER CHANGE TO THE $3 MILLION, UH, INCENTIVE THAT'S PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SO ORIGINALLY THE, THE $3 MILLION, UH, WAS INTENDED FOR THE BRIDGE AT THE COUNCIL, UH, RECALLS THAT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING BEYOND THAT $3 MILLION WOULD, WOULD GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPER IN THIS VERSION, THE ENTIRE $3 MILLION GOES INTO THE PROJECT.
SO THE TUNNEL NOW WHERE TO COST $2 MILLION, UH, AND THEN THE HAWK SIGNAL IS ROUGHLY 150, 200,000, JUST DEPENDING ON, ON THE ENGINEERING.
UH, THE REMAINDER GOES BACK INTO THE PROJECT THROUGH SOME SORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR BETTERMENT THAT COULD BE ART, COULD BE A TELEVISION SCREEN ON THE CENTRAL SQUARE, I THINK, UH, DOWNTOWN CARMEL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, HOWEVER, SAME THING APPLIES IF THE ENGINEERING AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE BEYOND THE $3 MILLION IN THE CITY WOULD BE ON THE HOOK TO PICK UP THE OVERAGE.
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, UH, TO KEEP THOSE COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
SO I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS I'M LOOKING AT THE VERSION FIVE.
THERE IS EITHER THERE'S VERY LITTLE RED LONG, AND I'M NOT SEEING IT, OR THIS IS JUST NOT A RED LINE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CHANGES WERE.
I CAN EXPLAIN WHEN I UPLOAD A WORD DOCUMENT, IT AUTOMATICALLY APPROVES ALL THE CHANGES TO CONVERT IT INTO A PDF INTO YOUR FULL PACKET.
SO I CAN SEND OUT THE REDLINE VERSION NOW.
WELL, I MEAN, WAS THERE, WAS IT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF REDLINING, I GUESS, I GUESS I JUST SENT IT TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO YOUR EMAIL.
I SHOULD GO TO COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
THE, UM, RED LINING IS AROUND THE TUNNEL PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL PROVISIONS, BECAUSE WE WERE ADDRESSING HOW WE WOULD GO THROUGH FUNDING OF THAT AS WELL AS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VIBE.
THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE RED LINING IS.
AND WHAT KIND OF REDLINING CHANGES WAS THAT? IT WAS JUST TRYING TO, YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS LIKE GIVING I CAN PLAY.
SO I, AGAIN, I TRIED TO HIT THE HIGH POINTS, BUT IN GENERAL, WHEN IT WAS LIKE BRIDGE PROJECT, UH, AND EVEN INITIALLY WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE FEASIBILITY OR THE INFEASIBILITY OF, OF A BRIDGE AND MORE OF A PEACEFUL TUNNEL, UH, THE PROJECT WAS REALLY IN THE HANDS OF THE DEVELOPER TO OVERSEE, TO COMMENCE AND OVERSEE.
UH, THE CITY ENDED UP ASSUMING THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE'D BE A LOT OF PERMITTING, UH, AND, UH, ENGINEERING THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THAT, UH, ARE MORE APPROPRIATELY OVERSEEN BY THE CITY.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, I WAS TRYING TO RESPECT, UH, ANY MEMBER OF COURSE, BUT, UH, IF CONSUMMATED EMPLOYERS, CAROL WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR POSTPONEMENT, OTHERWISE I WAS GOING TO JUMP IN WITH A POSTPONEMENT TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM IS WRITTEN.
SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION.
SECOND BY A MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? COULD YOU REPEAT THE MOTION? I'M SORRY.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18.
THIS IS SECOND READING AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF KYLE TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 8.3, TWO ACRES OF LAND FROM RETAIL SERVICES TO MIXED USE, UH, MXD FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT COL MARKETPLACE SECTION TWO LOT A AND 19.48 ACRES OF LAND FROM RETAIL SERVICES TO MIXED USE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT KYLE MARKETPLACE SECTION TO BLOCK F UH, THIS IS SECOND READING.
WELL, I CAN SEND FOR THE RECORD SENIOR PLANNER, UH, THIS IS, UH, THE SECOND READ A PETITION NUMBER C 21 DASH YEARS OR EIGHT, NINE.
UM, THIS HAD A FALL AFTER THE LAST ITEM THAT YOU'LL JUST PUT IT ON BECAUSE IT'S THE ZONING RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.
AND BY STATE LAW, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON IT FOR AS, AS A SEPARATE ISSUE.
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AGAIN, STEPH FULLY SUPPORTS THE MSD ZONING DISTRICT REZONING REQUEST.AND THIS IS JUST THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, THANK YOU.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE HAVE ITEMS 14 AND THEN 19 THROUGH 23, BEFORE I BRING ANYONE UP, JUST YOU WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION ON WHICH ONES TO BRING UP AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE ON THE ITEMS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN ENDED UP FOR YOUR, THE ITEMS 14, 19 THROUGH 23 ARE RELATED TO THE SAVANNAH RANCH PROJECT.
THIS ITEM HAS MANY MOVING PARTS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DELIVERING WITH AS MANY APPROVALS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AT ONE COUNCIL MEETING, WE ARE ALMOST THERE, BUT NOT QUITE.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LOOK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION ON TONIGHT WOULD BE FIRST READING OF THE TERS ORDINANCE.
IF COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH DOING THAT, UH, THAT WOULD PUT US IN A POSITION OF HAVING SECOND READING OCCUR IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMAINING ACTION ITEMS, WHICH WOULD BE ANNEXATION PYD CREATION, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT APPROVAL, UH, PID DISSOLUTION AGREEMENT IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY BEING APPROVED.
UH, YOU ARE ALSO POISED TO HAVE ZONING OCCUR ON THE 22ND FIRST READING.
UM, AND THAT COULD BE FINAL DEPENDING ON COUNCIL'S ACTION THAT NIGHT.
SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER PRESENT WHO CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE YOUR PID TERS CONSULTANT P THREE, THAT WOULD DESCRIBE THE FINANCING STRUCTURE FOR YOU, SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'RE HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT WE AREN'T ADDRESSING TONIGHT.
WE BEING PREPARED TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE IDEA IS FIRST TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR ACTION AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
SO IF WE'RE DOING ONE ITEM, WE'RE DOING ALL, AND IF WE'RE DOING NONE, WE'RE DOING CORRECT NONE, BUT BECAUSE OF FIRST AND SECOND READING OF THE TERMS ORDINANCE, YOU'RE REQUESTING THAT WE PASS THE FIRST READING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL ITEMS CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME.
IF THAT'S, IF COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.
UM, AND THE ITEM YOU REQUESTING US TO VOTE ON IS ITEM 22.
UM, THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WAS, IS NOT IN THE BACKUP YET, IS IT? NO, THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT GETS VERY MUCH SIMPLIFIED IF WE HAVE THE APPROVALS APPROVALS DONE.
AND SO WE, UH, WE'VE HAD A GOOD BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DEVELOPER AND CITY TEAM AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE, THE POINTS THAT NEED TO BE FINALIZED ON THAT DOCUMENT.
SO IT IS NOT THE BACKUP BECAUSE IT IS STILL BEING FINALIZED.
WELL, FOR MYSELF, I HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING THE TERS TO A VOTE AND TAKING IT TO SECOND READING SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US.
WAS IT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT? UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TERSE.
UM, WHY DON'T I ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T I BRING UP 22, I'LL ACTUALLY BRING THE ITEM UP AND THEN WE'LL ASK IT FROM THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE, UH, DESIGNATING A CONTIGUOUS GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN CITY OF KYLE AS REINVESTMENT ZONE, NUMBER THREE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND CREATING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS CUSTOMER SCALE.
UM, WELL, MY FIRST CONCERN IS THERE WAS NO MAP IN THERE.
DID WE ENDED UP GETTING A MAP, THE, THE MAP THERE'S A PROJECT PLAN SO THAT THE TOUR'S ORDINANCE, IF I WILL JUMP INTO THAT HERE, UH, THE TERS ORDINANCE CREATES THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
NUMBER THREE, AROUND THIS PROPOSED PROJECT, THE SAVANNAH RANCH PROJECT IS ABOUT 200 ACRES.
AND, UM, THE, THERE IS A PROJECT PLAN THAT'S ATTACHED TO IT.
IT'S A PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN.
THERE'S A MAP THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THAT PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN.
I CAN POINT YOU TO WHICH EXHIBIT IT IS.
EXHIBIT A IS THE MAP OF THE ZONE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL INCLUDE THE MAP.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I WILL DEFER TO YOUR, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR A PRESENTATION IF THAT'S HELPFUL AS WELL.
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I'M GOING TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST.I MET WITH THIS DEVELOPER AND I, I LOVE THE, I, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ASK TO BE IN KYLE FOR A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME.
UM, MY CONCERN IS MORE WITH THE TERS BEING 30 YEARS.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH OF THAT TAX IS GOING TO BE HELD THERE.
AND THEN HOW MUCH WILL GO TO THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR HOW LONG I'M GOING TO START THIS ANSWER.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE PITCHERS CONSULTANTS.
WE HAVE A CASE RICK ROSENBERG.
WELL, CASEY'S, CASEY'S HERE IN JOHN.
SNYDER'S ON, ON THE LINE AS WELL.
UM, SHE LOOKED AT YOU, I LOOKED AT YOU.
SO YOU'RE UP NEXT? SO THE WAY THAT THIS IS STRUCTURED IS THAT AS YOU'RE AWARE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PEDS WHERE THE PYD PAYS FOR THE INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
IT'S SUBJECT TO AN INTERIM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO STAY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS UNTIL ANY PIT BONDS ARE PAID OFF.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE, THIS IS A SMALL PIECE OF A VERY LARGE TRACT OF LAND.
2100 ACRES, 800 HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN BY ONE DEVELOPER.
UM, THIS IS A 200 ACRE COMPONENT OF THE REMAINDER.
AGAIN, THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANYTHING THAT HAS A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF THAT PROJECT STAYS IN THE ETJ UNTIL PID BONDS ARE PAID OFF.
SO WHAT THIS, WHAT THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO ANNEX THAT PROPERTY RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE ANNEXATION PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AND PART OF THE ACTION OF COUNCIL APPROVES, THIS PROJECT WOULD BE ANNEXATION OF THAT PROPERTY.
SO YOU'D HAVE ANNEXATION RIGHT AWAY WHAT THE PID DOES AND WHAT THE TERS DOES IS THEY PAY DOWN THE, THE TAX INCREMENT THAT, UH, WHEN YOU ADD IT INTO THE CITY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO A CITY TAX.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE TERS IS TO PAY DOWN A PORTION OF THAT PIT ASSESSMENT SO THAT THE PIT ASSESSMENT THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS AN EQUIVALENT OF 3, 3 95, 2 95.
SORRY, THAT WOULD BE TOO HIGH, 2 95.
UH, AND SO THAT, THAT IS HOW THAT, THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PIT AND THE TERRORS.
SO WHAT THE PIT AND THE TUTORS ARE PAYING FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING PAID FOR ARE ALL THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THE DEVELOPER IS THEN GOING TO BE OBLIGATED TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AS PART OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS PROJECT, THE TAX INCREMENT THAT THE CITY IS CONTRIBUTING TO, THAT IS 37 POINT 36 POINT 74% IS THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT TAX INCREMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S 18 CENTS EQUIVALENT THE COUNTY HAS, HAS ENTERED IN, HAS AGREED AND APPROVED A FORM OF AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WHERE THE COUNTY WOULD AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME AMOUNT, 36 POINT 74%.
SO 36.74% WILL STAY IN THAT AREA FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
IT'S IT DEPENDS ON, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PIN DOWN IN THE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THE, THE TERS HAS TO LAST LONG ENOUGH TO PAY DOWN THE PID BONDS.
AND SO IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW LONG THE PID BONDS ARE OUTSTANDING.
SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE 30, IT HAS TO BE EVEN 30 AND 30, IT COULDN'T BE 30 AND 20, LIKE 30 FOR THE PIT AND 20 FOR THE TOURS.
NO, THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO BE THE SAME, THE PIT BONDS AND THE TERS HAVE TO EQUAL.
AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK I NEED TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CONSULTANT.
WELL, ACTUALLY I HAVE A QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON TO WHAT SHE'S ASKING.
SO OUR PIT POLICY REQUIRES A 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION AMORTIZATION PERIOD.
SO THEY WILL BE REQUESTING TO EXTEND THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE TERS IN THIS ITEM, BUT IT IS A RELEVANT QUESTION ABOUT, UH, AMORTIZATION OF THE, THE INDEBTEDNESS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ALLOWED 20 YEARS, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THE TOURS ITSELF TO BE 20 YEARS AS OPPOSED TO 30.
SO IF THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR, UH, EXTENDING OF THE PIT BONDS TO 30 YEARS, AND THEREFORE THE MATCHING TERS WOULD, WOULD DO THAT, WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE THAT ACTION AT THE SAME TIME AS WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, ALL THE OTHER THINGS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO REQUEST AN EXCEPTION FROM THE PID POLICY, THEY'LL NEED TO REQUEST IT.
THE OTHER THING IS IF THEY ARE GOING TO ISSUE A SERIES OF BONDS, INSTEAD OF ONE, ONE SET OF BONDS AT ONE TIME, IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE
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GOING TO ISSUE A SERIES OF BONDS, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSED THREE, UH, BOND ISSUANCES, THEN, UH, THAT WOULD FACTOR INTO THE LENGTH OF THE TERS THAT THE PYD BONDS WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY ISSUED DAY ONE.BUT, UM, AND SO YOU TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL.
WELL, SO IN THE BACKUP SECTION FOR DURATION OF TIME, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT FILLED IN AND THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
SO WHAT, SO IF WE VOTE ON IT NOW, THERE'S STILL IT'S.
AT WHAT POINT ARE WE MAKING, ARE WE MAKING THE DECISION ON THE TERM OF THE TERM, ON THE FIRST READING OF THIS ITEM, OR DOES THAT TERM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT? WE WOULD DISCUSS IT AND HAVE IT SET AT SECOND RATING.
AND THAT IS AN ITEM THAT THE COUNTY IS AWARE OF AS WELL.
COUNTY ATTORNEY IS AWARE OF THAT, THAT THEY HAVE A BLINK IN THEIR INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT AS WELL FOR THE TERM OF THE TERM.
WELL, I HAVE QUESTIONS AND INTEREST ON THAT AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS MARRY UP.
I JUST, WE'RE NOT AT A PLACE YET WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE FULL CONTEXT OF THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE THE OTHER ITEMS AREN'T READY, JUST THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST READING IS THIS ONE.
AND THEN ON THE 22ND WOULD BE WHERE WE COULD MAKE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE THAT.
AND IF NECESSARY, WE COULD POSTPONE THAT TO ONE FOR THE 22ND, IF IT'S, I MEAN, WE CAN POSTPONE ALL OF IT ON THE 22ND.
THIS GETS THIS, JUST LINES IT UP.
SO THAT ON THE 22ND, IF WE CHOOSE, WE CAN TAKE FINAL ACTION.
WELL, LET TURN YOU OVER TO THE CONSULTANTS.
SO YOU HAVE A BETTER SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON THIS.
UM, STEVEN, WITH LAUNCH TO YOUR DANCE, RIGHT? COMPETITORS QUESTIONS.
YOU WANT TO HOLD OFF ON THAT OR? OKAY.
HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, CASEY SKLAR WITH P THREE WORKS.
UH, THE CITY IS PID TERSE CONSULTANT.
SO IN THAT, UH, PRELIMINARY, UH, PROJECT FINANCE PLAN, UH, WHICH YOU HAVE, UH, EXHIBIT E UH, KIND OF OUTLINES, UM, A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS, UH, BUT THE MAIN ONES ARE THE ONES, UH, WHICH WERE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED THERE, UM, WITH THOSE PERCENTAGES OF THE CHURCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO THE OVERALL STRUCTURE THAT'S BEING UTILIZED.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THE PROPERTIES, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW HAVE A CURRENT TAX RATE OF 2 52, UH, AND AS MENTIONED, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING THE TOTAL, UH, EQUIVALENT TAX RATE UP TO 2 95, WHICH IS CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED WOULD INVOLVE, UM, A 75 CENT PID, UH, AND A TOTAL, UH, TOURIST CREDIT BY DOWN OF ABOUT 32 CENTS.
UM, AND WE WORKED BACKWARDS FROM THERE TO, UH, BASED OFF OF THE PRODUCTS, UH, THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT TO GET, UH, THOSE NUMBERS THAT 36.7%, UH, WHICH IS BEING CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
UM, SO TO, TO SIMPLIFY THIS, IF I HAD A DOLLAR AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO GO TO A TERSE, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT 18 CENTS OF THAT DOLLAR IS GOING TO GO TO THE TOURIST.
UM, SO THE, THE TOTAL BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UH, IS GONNA BE JUST FOR THE CITY YEAH.
FOR THE CITY, CAUSE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR OWN, BUT I'M GOING TO, I'M MY CONCERN IS MAKING SURE WE GET SOME MONEY BACK IN THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE, UM, AN AREA WHERE THERE'S EXPENSIVE HOUSES.
AND SO I AM NERVOUS TO KEEP ALL THAT MONEY IN THAT SAME AREA FOR 30 YEARS.
SO GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION AS A CITY, WE HAVE A DOLLAR 18 CENTS IS GOING TO GO TO THE TERSE AND THE REST WILL GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SORRY, THIS IS, THIS IS JOHN SNYDER WITH B3.
I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY, IN THAT EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE THE 36.7%.
SO IT'D BE 36.70 CENTS WOULD GO TO THE TURNS AND THE REMAINDER WOULD GO TO THE, TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WELL, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT PAIGE SAID, THE CURRENT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY IS FOUR ZERO.
SO IT'S NOT FROM A DOLLAR DOWN TO 60 SOMETHING CENTS.
IT'S FROM ZERO UP TO 60 SOMETHING PERCENT OF WHAT OUR GENERAL FUND WOULD GET.
SO THE THAT'S WHAT THE TERSE DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR US TO GO FROM 0 CENTS OF TAX REVENUE TO APPROXIMATELY 35 CENTS OR 40 CENTS OR WHATEVER THAT TOTAL NUMBER IS.
SO THAT'S JUST, THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE, OF THE DEAL IS ON THE BASIS OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S TRUE.
SO IS IF THEY GO UNDER, IF THEY PURSUE THE PROJECT UNDER THEIR CURRENT
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ENTITLEMENTS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE FROM 2015 WITH THE CITY, UH, THEY WILL DEVELOP A RESIDENTIAL.UM, UH, THE CONTINUING DEVELOPS WILL BE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIALLY OUT OF THE CITY, IN WHICH CASE THE GENERAL FUND RECEIVES NO TAX VALUE.
AND WHILE IT DOESN'T ACHIEVE 100% OF FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND, IT DOES GET THE MAJORITY OF THEM THERE.
SO CAN I ALSO SAY IT, IT GETS ONE 50, IT GETS ONE 50, THERE'S FUN SPORTS.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE THE PRI THAT'S WHY I'M MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE 22ND MEETING.
CAUSE I CARE A LOT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS AND WE JUST, THERE'S STILL MORE TO, THERE'S STILL MORE TO COME.
SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, MOTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, UM, 20 TO 22 SECOND.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FLOOR SCALE THAT WE APPROVE AT JEN ADAM 22.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE, UH, DECIDE.
AND WE'LL COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING ON THE 22ND.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP ALL THE REST OF THEM.
WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 14.
NEXT STEP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24, UH, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUM OF, UH, FOR CITY OF KYLE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BOND SERIES 2022, MR. .
HEY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS GREGORY MILLER WITH BIGGERSTAFF HITO KOSTA AND WE ARE THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL.
AND JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES, UM, WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PLUM CREEK NORTH DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS LOCATED RUNG COLOR'S CROSSING AND 1626.
UM, THE NORTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONSISTS OF ABOUT 386 ACRES.
AND IT'S GOING TO BRING ABOUT 1200, UH, HOMES TO THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, IF I COULD LUMP 24 AND 25 TOGETHER BECAUSE THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO SIDES OF THE SAME, UM, SAME ITEM.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'M GONNA BRING UP 25 CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUMS FOR A SERIES 22 REVENUE BONDS, PUBLIC AREA IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
UM, AND I'LL SORT OF FURTHER REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THESE BONDS IS TO FUND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE AREA JUST DESCRIBED, UM, THE IMPROVEMENT AREA, NUMBER ONE, WHICH CONSISTS OF ABOUT 129 ACRES, AND IT WILL BRING ABOUT 400 HOMES TO THE CITY THAT WILL BE IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION, $400,000, UM, AND BONDS TO FUND VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS WATER, WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE, STREETS, AND PARK FACILITIES AND EROSION CONTROL.
AND WITH REGARDS TO THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 266 ACRE PLOT OF LAND JUST TO THE NORTH OF IMPROVEMENT AREA.
NUMBER ONE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BRING ABOUT 813 HOMES TO THE CITY.
AND THAT BOND IS IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT 2,700,000.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE USED TO FUND WATER WASTEWATER DETENTION AND EROSION CONTROL.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE BONDS IS TO FUND THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO ABOUT THE ACTUAL PLUMS OR PRELIMINARY LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUMS THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT, THESE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM ARE THE MARKETING DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ISSUED WHEN THE CITY GOES OUT TO SELL THESE BONDS.
SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE ISSUED, I THINK SOMETIME NEXT WEEK AND FOLKS AT BUY BONDS, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THESE AND, AND KIND OF KICKING THE TIRES ON THE PROJECT TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO INVEST IN IT.
UM, THESE DOCUMENTS WILL MARKET THE PROJECTS, MARKET, THE BONDS, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON THE 22ND TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT PRICING ON THE BONDS.
AND HOPEFULLY IT ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, UM, FOR THE, FOR THESE TWO SERIES OF BONDS, UM, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THESE PRELIMINARY OFFERING DOCUMENTS DO THREE THINGS.
THEY DESCRIBED THE PROJECT TO INVESTORS.
THEY DESCRIBED THE STATE OF THE CITY'S FINANCES, AND THEN THEY LET THE INVESTORS KNOW THAT THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE ANNUAL REPORTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FINANCES.
UM, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER BONDS AND REPORTING THAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, THESE GO OUT TO THE MARKET INVESTORS, LOOK AT THEM, CONSIDER IF THEY WANT TO BUY THE BONDS.
THERE'S A PRICING WITH FMS BONDS, UM, ON THE 22ND, UM, THEY'RE THE CITY'S UNDERWRITER.
AND THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU ON THE 22ND, UH, TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE SALE OF THE BONDS.
UM, I BELIEVE IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S NOT AN EXCEPTION TO THESE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILOR FLOORS KIT.
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CAUSE I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A REALLY, REALLY GREAT GENTLEMEN COME IN HERE BEFORE AND TRIED TO HELP US, BUT SO ARE THESE BONDS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE HELD LIABLE? LIKE IF LIKE, IF THEY DON'T GET PAID, I REMEMBER HE HAD JUST THAT QUESTION YOU READ, LIKE I JUST CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.BUT SO THEN IN THAT CASE, THE ANSWER IS NO CORRECT.
WHAT SETS THESE APART AS THESE USER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE, AS OPPOSED TO AD VALOREM TAX? SO THESE ARE BACKED SOLELY BY ASSESSMENTS, LEVIED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
SO I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DEFAULT, BUT LET'S SAY THERE IS A DEFAULT ON THE BONDS.
THE ONLY RECOURSE THAT THE HOLDERS WOULD HAVE WOULD BE AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE CITY'S FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.
SO THEN WHY DOES THE CITY BOND FOR IT? THESE ARE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S IN THE CITY'S INTEREST TO, TO HAVE THESE CONSTRUCTED.
AND LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS, 24 AND 25 MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION ON A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AGREEMENT BY BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS AND SAGE HOLLOW RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WITH ST.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH THE COMPLETION AGREEMENT, BUT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 27 CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION ON A LETTER AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS AND KYLE 57.
THIS A LETTER AGREEMENT MEMORIALIZES, THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE IN KYLE 57.
UM, THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS.
AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS, THE COUNCIL IS, UH, WAVING THE PYD FEE AND ALLOWING THEM TO PRAIRIE BUILD WHERE THEY START CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADS.
THAT'S WHAT BROOKS CROSSING DID I BELIEVE SO.
THAT'S ALWAYS STRANGE TO ME TO SEE THE FLAGS GETTING POURED BEFORE THE ROADS TO THEM ARE COMPLETE, BUT THEY'RE MAKE NERVOUS.
I GET NEVER SPIT ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
SO CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING THAT? UM, THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO GET THE HOMES ON FELD BUILT MORE QUICKLY.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY OCCUPANCY AT ALL IN THE HOMES UNTIL THE ROADS ARE COMPLETED AND DEDICATED, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO JUST A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE, BUT UNDERSTAND MAYOR PRO TIP, BUT WHAT INSURANCES DO WE HAVE THAT THEY'LL MAKE THE ROADS TO THE WIDTH THAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'VE GOT INTO PLANTS AND THE DRAINAGE AS WELL.
IF WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO BUILD A HOMES VERSE, THEY HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE ONE IS THE OFF-SITE WASTEWATER, A LINE EASEMENTS, AND THEN ONE IS OFF OF A CONSTRUCTION DRIVE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO JUST BUILD THESE HOMES HERE, UM, FIRST WITH THE, AND THEN, THEN THEY'LL DO THAT CONCURRENTLY AS THEY'RE BUILDING THE ROADS.
AND THEN ONCE THE ROADS ARE BUILT, THEN THEY'LL USE THOSE TO BUILD THE REST OF THE DAY.
AND WILL THEY BUILD THEM TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT? CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD AN ENTITY COME INTO THE CITY AND UH, NOT FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES OF THE ROAD WITH YES, YES WE WILL.
UM, AND I BELIEVE WE INSPECT FOR THAT AS WELL.
YEAH, WE, WE MISSED IT ON ONE.
SO DEFINITELY THE, THERE WAS A WHISTLE OVER IT, A PARAMOUNT WE'RE WE'RE AWARE OF THAT ONE AND WE'VE, WE'VE CAUGHT IT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THE BELT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BUILDING EVERYTHING TO STANDARD CUSTOMER.
TO ME, THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE TOTAL REVERSE WHERE THESE HOUSES ARE JUST BEING BUILT AND THEN THE STREET, OKAY.
LET'S BUILD THE STREET WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THE HOUSES AND SEE IF IT WORKS AWAY AROUND.
AND YOU'D NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF, WHEN YOU BUILD THAT HOUSE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPE THAT YOU HAVE THERE, WHETHER YOU'VE GOT A CREEK OR YOU GOT AN AREA THAT COULD FLOOD AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE STUCK AND THEN WE'RE HAVING HOUSES LIKE WE HAD IN BUNTED CREEK WHERE WHENEVER IT RAINS, IT FLOODS AND IT JUST COVERS OVER EVERYBODY'S YARD AND IT'S, AND IT'S HAVING TO GO BACK AND RE-ENGINEER AND SPEND MORE TIME.
AND THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE CERTAINLY, AND THAT'S A DECISION, UH, TO Y'ALL.
UM, I THINK IF THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPERS HERE, IF HE WENT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO HIM, BUT, UM, IF YOU KNOW, Y'ALL WOULD NOT HAVE TO APPROVE THE PRAIRIE BUILDING.
IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, WE'LL MAKE A CASE FOR IT.
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IT.SO I KNOW THERE'S A REAL REASON FOR IT.
UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
MY NAME'S DANIEL MCELRATH I'M WITH A MILESTONE COMMUNITY BUILDERS WHERE THE DEVELOPERS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, SO WE PRAIRIE BUILD IN VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS AND, UM, ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE RISK THAT IT CAN IMPOSE IF IT'S NOT DONE PROPERLY.
UM, SO OUR PROCESS IS WE GO IN AND WE ROUGH GRADE THE ENTIRE SITE.
SO WE GET IT TO, UM, TO THE GRADE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THE HOME BUILDING TEAM TO COME IN AND START POURING THEIR SLABS.
UM, AND THE ROADS ARE INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO STAY OFF OF THE FUTURE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY SO THAT WE DON'T DO DAMAGE TO THE ROADS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE TO THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THE LAST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THE HOMES IS ALWAYS COMING IN AND DOING THE LANDSCAPING.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT FINE GRADING ON THE LOTS IS DONE AFTER THESE ACCESS ROADS OR OUT OF THERE.
UM, AND ALL THE TRAFFIC IS OPERATED ON THE PAVED ROADWAYS SO THAT, UM, WE CAN FINISH THE LOTS AND WE CAN TURN THEM OVER FOR STATIC FOR, UH, CLOSINGS TO THE HOMEOWNERS, UM, WITH, UH, A FINISHED FINISHED HOME IN A LANDSCAPED YARD THAT DRAINS AND FLOWS CORRECTLY, UM, PER THE GRADING PLANS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE CITY.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DO THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO SHORTEN THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND THE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOME CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO LIKE IN THE CASE OF THIS, UM, THIS PROJECT WITH US HAVING A PIT ON IT, IT HELPS US CHANGE, UH, IMPROVE THE VALUE TO LEAN ON THE PIT AS WE'RE ABLE TO TURN HOMES OVER MORE QUICKLY, UM, AND, AND HAVE A HIGHER ASSESSMENT VALUE ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
BUT FOR THE PID, TELL ME, UH, DANIEL, W W W THE, THE PRAIRIE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, WHAT KIND OF TIME SAVINGS DOES THAT REALISTICALLY GIVE YOU? AND IF IT ISN'T GRANTED, WHAT KIND OF DELAYS ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I MEAN, SO WITH THIS PLAN HERE, WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS HAVE, UM, HOMES THAT ARE READY TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE RESIDENTS AND CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTS.
WHEN THE CON, UM, THE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACCEPTED AND THEY CAN HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
YOU KNOW, GENERALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH TIMELINE DEPENDING ON SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, WHICH CAN BE, YOU KNOW, SIZEABLE.
SO THE CURRENT ROLE IS THAT YOU CANNOT BEGIN THE LOT PREPARATION UNTIL THE ROADS ARE DEDICATED, IS THAT THE, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO WHAT JAMES OR AMBER, IF YOU RECALL WHAT THE CURRENT CODE IS.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S WHEN THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACCEPTED IS WHEN YOU CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES WHEN THE ROADS AND ACCEPTED.
OKAY, WELL, ONE THOUGHT IS FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING ALL THOSE LOTS, UH, YOU'RE BRINGING IN LOTS OF TRUCKS.
AND SO IF YOU'VE FINALLY FINISHED A ROAD, THEN YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY PUTTING HEAVY TRAFFIC ON IT WHILE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE IS SOME SAVINGS TO THE ROAD.
IF YOU HAVE ASSURANCES THAT THE ROAD WILL BE COMPLETED, YOU CAN, YOU CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, LAST A LITTLE LONGER BY DOING IT THIS WAY, BUT I JUST NEED TO KNOW FOR MYSELF, AND I THINK COUNCILOR TOBY AS WELL, THAT THERE'S JUST, THERE'S NO WAY FOR THIS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RISKS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY CORNERS TO BE CUT.
AND WHEN TO DEFER TO LEON, THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT WE'VE DONE IN SEVERAL PLACES.
SO, AND THE AGREEMENT DOES PUT A LOT ON OWNER'S RISK AND EXPENSE AND PRAIRIE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION UNDER SECTION TWO OF THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT AS WELL.
DO YOU NEED MARION COUNCIL, LEON BARBARA CITY ENGINEER.
UM, WE DID TRY THIS EXPERIMENT AT ONE TIME, UH, METALS AT KYLE.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF HARPER IS HERE OR IF HE REMEMBERS, BUT WE DID TRY IT.
THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD WAS WITH THE TRACKING, UH, VENTURE, THEY STARTED WRITING QUITE A BIT AND THEY STARTED GETTING ON THE ROADS THAT THEY HADN'T FINISHED YET.
SO THAT WAS THE PROBLEM ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR GOAL IS AND TRYING TO START THE HOUSES BEFORE THEY FINISHED THE ROADS, BUT THINGS HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HOUSES ARE READY TO GET CEO'S, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ROADS ARE NOT READY YET, AT THAT POINT, WE WILL GET PRESSURED TO, UH, TRY TO ACCEPT A SUBDIVISION.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I WILL GET EMAILS AND LETTERS AND QUESTIONS SAYING, WHY CAN'T WE ACCEPT IT? WHEN CAN I GET ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR ACCEPTANCE? SO THAT PUTS A PRESSURE ON PUBLIC
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WORKS AND STAFF TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THINGS, WHICH WE, WE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO THAT, TO HELP THE DEVELOPER INTO CONTRACTORS, BUT THE DILEMMA HERE IS THAT WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG? BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT IDEA.I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA.
DIDN'T WE DO THAT WITH THE MG CARDINAL, BECAUSE THEY BUILT THE EXTENSION WHERE LAVERDE TH THEY, THEY DIDN'T DEDICATE THAT OVER TO US UNTIL MONTHS AFTER THEY HAD STARTED THERE.
THEY ALREADY HAD THE VERTICAL HALFWAY UP BEFORE THAT ROAD WAS EVEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN BROOKS DID IT AS WELL.
I DON'T RECALL WITH EMPTY CARDINAL.
WELL, I I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT THEY, THEY WERE BUILDING LONG BEFORE THAT ROAD IS DEDICATED.
SO MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FRONT TO A DIFFERENT ROAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALTHOUGH THIS INSTRUCTION ENTRANCE AND THE REAR WITH EMPTY CARDINAL DID, RIGHT.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
THE QUESTION FOR DANIEL ARE THESE, IS THIS FOR JUST THE MODELS OR IS THIS FOR, FOR GOING VERTICAL ON PHASE 1, 18, 18? OKAY, WELL, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
SO MAYOR, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN SEVERAL INSTANCES IS WE'VE KIND OF SPLIT THE BABY, UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL FOR THEM IS TO OBVIOUSLY GET UP AND START SELLING HOUSES, UH, BY, AT MINIMUM, THEY'D LIKED THE MODEL HOMES TO BE BUILT AND THEY CAN START USING THEM AS SALES OFFICES.
SO THOSE TYPICALLY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
I DON'T NEED THE UTILITIES AND DON'T PUT THE BURDEN ON, ON THE ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT COULD BE A MIDDLE GROUND WHERE WE COULD ALLOW A COUPLE OF MODEL HOMES TO BE BUILT.
ACTUALLY, UH, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR OF THE, UH, CODE DOES ALLOW YOU TO BUILD MODEL HOMES.
AND IT CLEARLY SAYS THAT YOU CAN DO IT WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PAID THE ROADS.
IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DRIVE ON THE BASE.
I'M NOT A FAN OF THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE CODE SAYS.
IF YOU BUILD A MODEL HOME, BUT YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN PROVISIONS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, FOUR PARKING SPACES AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S A PROVISION THAT CODE ALLOWS YOU TO BILL MODEL HOMES BEFORE THE ROAD IS EVEN PAVED.
AND YOU JUST DON'T GET TO SEE THEM IN YOUR OPINION.
IS IT, IS IT BETTER FOR THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE ROADS TO FOLLOW THIS MODEL? OR IS IT BETTER TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, LET'S GET THE ROADS BUILT FIRST BEFORE WE'RE DOING A LOT WORK.
THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC, AS YOU MENTIONED, WOULD BE USING THIS OTHER ROAD RATHER THAN THE BASIS OF THE ROADS, THAT THE NEW ROADS THAT ARE PAVED, BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET AS MANY TRUCKS OFF THAT NOT USING THAT, THAT WOULD BE BEST.
SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT IDEA.
THE ONLY UNTIL THEM, I HAVE, AGAIN, AS THINGS HAPPEN.
AND THEN IF THIS, UM, IF THEY'RE READY TO BUILD US UP, MOVE INTO THOSE HOUSES IN THE ROADS IS NOT FINISHED.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT CREATES PROBLEMS FOR ALL OF THIS.
BUT THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAD WITH MOSAIC, I WAS A TRACKING.
IT JUST KEPT WRITING AND THEY KEPT TRACKING OUT ON THE ROADS AND WE HAD TO STOP THEM ON THAT ONE.
BUT, BUT PER ORDINANCE, EVEN IF THEY WERE PUTTING PRESSURE ON YOU, YOU CANNOT ISSUE A CEO UNTIL THE ROAD IS DEDICATED.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, I GUESS JUST FOR ME, I JUST SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT AT THE VERY END.
I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO, UM, BRING DOWN WITH HOW THIS PLAN WORKS OR IF IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN THE HOUSE IS FINALLY BUILT AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY, THEY ADVISE IT AND THEN THEY SELL IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH JUST EASEMENT ISSUES AND THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT THESE HOMES, UH, I'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THREE RESIDENTS ALREADY THROUGH, ON MY TERM.
THEY HAVE IT TO WHERE THEY HAVE THE FLOODING OR THE, THE FENCE IS FALLING DOWN AND, AND JUST NO ROADS.
AND THE ROADS ARE SOME, THEIR ROADS ARE SMALLER, SOME ARE WIDER AND THE WAY THE CURVE.
AND SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE FINAL END RESULT FOR THE RESIDENT THEMSELVES TO WHEN, WHEN THEY FINALLY BUY THEIR HOME 10 YEARS DOWN, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, THEY REALIZE THAT THEY'RE HAVING THESE ISSUES.
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT, UM, WHERE YOU'RE SAYING THERE, THAT IT GETS THE HOUSE BUILT QUICKLY.
UH, I HATE FOR US TO BE LOOKING AT, OR, OR DEVELOPERS LOOKING AT BUILDING HOMES TOO FAST.
SO THAT WAY THE QUALITY IS NOT UP TO PAR IN THAT END.
AND SO I I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM, FROM THE CONSUMER PART IS AS THE HOME BUYER AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A GOOD QUALITY HOME, MAKING SURE THE STREETS ARE, ARE USABLE VERSUS LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO WRAP AROUND THAT CONCEPT, BUT THAT'S ALL.
UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE AS THESE, UM, ROADS, WHAT ARE SHOWN IN THE KIND OF DARK BROWN AREAS WITH THE TURNAROUNDS? THOSE ARE THE PRIORITY, BUILD CONSTRUCTION, ACCESS ROADS.
AND, UH, THE, UM, GRADE ON ALL THOSE LOTS WILL BE BACK, BROUGHT BACK UP TO THE GRADE AS IT IS DEFINED IN THE SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
AND IT'S ALL DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE, UM, THE, THE RAINFALL FLOWS ONTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND BE FED
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BACK INTO, UM, THE, THE PONDS THAT WE HAVE ON THE SITE.UM, AND THEN THOSE LOTS WILL BE FINISHED WITH LANDSCAPING AND FENCING AND TREES, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS IN OF, UM, THE QUALITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES.
IT'S NOT REALLY THE TIMELINE TO BUILD THE HOME THAT CHANGES.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE EIGHT MONTHS TO BUILD THE HOME.
UM, REGARDLESS IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO START THAT CONSTRUCTION.
SO BY BEING ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE 18 HOMES THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN ACCESS WITHOUT PUTTING ANY ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ONTO THE STREETS, THE FUTURE WRITEAWAYS AND WITHOUT DOING ANY DAMAGE TO THOSE FUTURE, WRITEAWAYS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE 18 MORE HOMES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO TRY AND BUILD AFTER ALL THE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACCEPTED AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER EIGHT MONTHS OR SO THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC AND CONSTRUCTION STRESS ON THE NEIGHBORS AND ON THE STREETS AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY IS USING.
SO, UM, WHEN THESE 18 HOUSES GET BUILT, ARE THERE, ARE THERE, IS THERE GOING TO BE ROADS FOR ANYONE TO ACCESS THOSE HOMES? THEY, YES, BECAUSE THE, THE HOMES WILL NOT BE SOLD.
THEY WILL NOT BE CLOSED TO THE FINAL HOME BUYER UNTIL ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND AS THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE CITY, WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE ACCEPTANCE THAT THE STREET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE WATER, WASTEWATER DRAINAGE, ALL THE PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO US BEING ABLE TO GET CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND FOR ANY OF THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE HOMES AND DRIVE ON THE STREETS.
SO HE GUYS, THE NORMAL WAY, IT GOES IT'S STREETS ARE BUILT AND THEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE HOUSE AND THEN THE STREETS, OKAY.
WE DOING THEM IN TANDEM BASICALLY.
SO WE'D HAVE THE HOME BUILDERS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE, UH, GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE SUBDIVISION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'LL BE BUILDING THE ROADS, PLACING THE BASE, PUTTING ASPHALT DOWN, AND THE HOMEBUILDERS WILL BE ON THESE ROADS OUT OF THEIR WAY, UM, ACCESSING THE LOTS FROM THE BACK.
SO T TANDEM MEETING TOGETHER, WHAT MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT THAT IS THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, NOT FOR RESIDENTS, BUT JUST FOR THE BUILDERS AND THE PEOPLE LAYING THE STREETS.
HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GUYS PROPOSE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REGULATE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC AND, AND CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST REGULAR HIGH TRAFFIC, LIKE CARS ZOOMING BY IT'S GOING TO BE BIG TRUCKS AND CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THE, THE, THE TRUCKS WILL BE ON THE SITE IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS, UH, PAVING LANG BASE IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY AND, UH, COORDINATE THAT SCHEDULE SO THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UM, CRISSCROSSING OR INTERFERENCE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, UM, REGULATING MEASURES AND CLEANING THE STREETS ON THE PUPPET PUBLIC WRITEAWAYS WILL ENSURE THAT THERE'S A SAFE SITE AND A SAFER ROADWAY FOR, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CONTRACTORS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO ON THIS MAP, WOULD YOU MIND JUST KIND OF TELLING US WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO GO FIRST AND HOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO LOOK ALONGSIDE THE ROADS? SO THERE'LL BE, UM, AN ASPHALT TRUCK THAT WILL, OR SORRY, A CONCRETE CHECK THAT WILL COME IN.
AND AFTER WE FORMED UP THE PADS ON THE HOMES, THEY'LL COME IN AND THEY'LL USE THE TURNAROUND TO THEN GO AND PUMP THE, UM, CONCRETE FOR THE PADS OF THE HOMES.
THEN A DELIVERY TRUCK WILL COME AND, YOU KNOW, DROP, UH, WOOD FOR FRAMING, DROP ALL THE MATERIALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL STILL HAVE PARKING ONSITE FOR OFF OF THE ACCESS ROAD.
UM, RIGHT NOW MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE PARKING BEHIND, UM, THE PUMP STATION THERE, UM, OFF OF ONE 50.
AND SO THERE'LL STILL BE, UH, PLACES TO PARK AND THERE'LL BE, UM, BUT THE, THE TRAFFIC ON THE ACCESS ROADS, WE'LL BE DELIVERING TRUCKS FOR MATERIALS THAT WILL COME IN IN BATCHES AND DROP THE MATERIALS ON THE LOTS FOR THEN, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, BUILDERS TO
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COME IN AND, AND WORK, UM, ON THE HOMES.AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS AND CARS, WHICH AREA ARE YOU GOING TO WORK ON FIRST? SO I'M SEEING 1, 2, 3, LIKE SOME AREAS I NEED TO GET WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW THIS CONSTRUCTION IS THE GREEN AREAS, THE GREEN DOTS, UM, WITH THE LOTS, WITH THE BROWN, UM, PRAYER BUILDING ROAD ONE 50 THERE'S.
SO THERE'S YES, A FEW ALONG ONE 50 AND THEN A FEW THERE, UM, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE PAGE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE ARE THE ONLY HOMES THAT WE'LL BE HAVING PRAIRIE BUILDING ON THEM, THE REST OF THE HOMES AND THE RED AND THE BLUE DOTS.
THE CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE WILL NOT START UNTIL AFTER THE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
THAT MEANS ALL THE UTILITIES ARE ACCEPTED.
ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY.
AND SO ARE YOU GOING TO SELL, ARE YOU GOING TO SELL THOSE HOMES BEFORE YOU GUYS FINISHED THE INSIDE? NO WE'RE GOING SO YOU CAN BUILD THEM, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SELL INTO ALL.
THERE'LL BE, THEY WILL BE PRE-SOLD.
UM, WE CAN CLOSE ON THEM ONCE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PLACE TO THE FINAL BUYER AND THE HOMEOWNER.
UM, BUT WE WILL, OWNERSHIP WILL NOT TRANSFER TO THE HOMEOWNER UNTIL ALL OF THE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PLACE.
JUST LIKE ANY NEW, UM, SUBDIVISION.
THERE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, BUT ALL THE, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE IN PLACE.
SO AFTER THOSE FIRST 18 HOMES, THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE IT DOES IN ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION, UM, WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING, UH, LOTS BUILDING HOMES ON LOTS, UM, KIND OF IN A PHASE BY PHASE BASIS.
AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU JUST NEED TO BUILD THOSE FOR MONETARY REASONS.
IT'S, IT'S PART OF HOW OUR COMPANY LARGELY OPERATES.
UM, IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO SHORTEN THE CASH CYCLE.
UM, IT IS TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT, THE CONSTRUCTION, THAT, THAT TIME THAT THERE IS CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, UM, ON THE NEIGHBORS AND ON THE OTHER ROADS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO, UH, A MEANS OF US, YOU KNOW, GETTING A LOWER, HIGHER VALUE TO LEAN ON THE PID, UH, SOONER, SO THAT THERE'S A HIGHER UNDERLYING VALUE OF THE LAND THAT THE PID BONDS ARE ON.
CAN I ASK LEON A QUESTION, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
WHAT IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IN THIS SITUATION? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE, UH, TEMPORARY ROADS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT UP, BUT WITH THE WEATHER WE HAVE, WE START TRAINING AND THEN, UH, I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE TRUCKS AND THE WORKERS, AND WE'LL START USING THE ROADS TO GET IN THERE, TO GET THEIR WORK DONE.
THAT'S THE WORST CASE THAT I SEE.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO US WITH MEDICINE, CAL THE WEATHER JUST INTERFERED WITH THE ROAD THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO USE.
AND ARE THEY TRYING TO GET BUILDING LIKE ASAP RIGHT AWAY? CAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO BE RAIN SEASON.
I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING THE ROADS HAVE.
SO IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A NICE PAVED ROAD, THAT'D BE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PAID.
ROADS ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE BASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND EVEN BASE OR DETERIORATE WITH, UH, SEVERAL RAIN.
SO IF YOU START TRACKING OUT INTO THE STREETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT, UH, THEN AGAIN, SOME OF THE WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO USE EXISTING ROADS THAT ARE BEING BUILT, WORKED ON TOO.
SO, AND WE DON'T HAVE INSPECTORS THERE WATCHING EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT.
THAT'S THE DILEMMA THAT WE HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INSPECTION TO WATCH THAT CAREFULLY.
SO THAT'S THE WORST THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A VOTE ON THE PRAYER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON THE MASTER AGREEMENT IF WE WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY.
OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR DEVELOPER.
UM, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ROLLERS ROLLERS GOING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THOSE TO STOP, UH, OPERATING? WHERE DID THEY DONE WITH THEIR COMPACTION? YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER.
UM, IF YOU COULD EMAIL ME OR COUNSEL THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY WE HAVE THAT TIMELINE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE, WHEN THAT THE ROLLERS WILL STOP.
I'LL TRY TO GET AN IDEA OF THAT.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
SO IF I MAKE A MOTION, IT'S GOING TO BE TO APPROVE THE WHOLE ITEM.
DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE PRE-BUILD? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A GENETIC 27 SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
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SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLOORS KALE'S OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO TWO.
NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION ON DESIGN ADD SERVICES TOTALING $82,170 FOR THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER PROJECT TO BE FUNDED FROM THE DESIGN ALLOWANCE FUND BUILD INTO PGA L'S EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ACT ON ALL FUTURE DESIGN AD SERVICE REQUESTS FOR THE PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED THE DESIGN CONTRACT.
TOTAL AGREED UPON WITH THE PRIME DESIGN CONSULTANT PGI L CHRIS ROOMISH.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, BARLEY COCK REPORTED TWO WEEKS AGO AT A COUNCIL MEETING THAT STEEL ERECTION WAS ABOUT TO START AND TODAY, UM, TWO STORIES WHERE THE STEEL ON ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE BUILDING ARE UP.
UM, THE AGENDA ITEM DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF RECAPPING WHAT WE'RE AFTER APPROVAL FOR.
UH, BUT, UH, THE ITEM IS TO APPROVE, UM, EIGHT LINE ITEM, UH, DESIGN TEAM ED SERVICE FEES INCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PRODUCT'S DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SOME FROM ALL SIX OF THE CONSULTING FIRMS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
UM, AND AS THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS, UM, THE FEE CAN BE COVERED BY DOLLARS ALREADY IN OUR CONTRACT.
SO WE'RE NOT NEEDING OR SEEKING A CHANGE TO OUR CONTRACT.
UH, JUST THE BLESSING TO USE SOME UNUSED MONEY FROM ALLOWANCE AND REIMBURSABLE FEES THAT WE HAVEN'T NEEDED TO USE, UH, TO COVER, UM, FEES RELATED TO A DESIGN CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, MR. SELLER, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THAT? THESE ARE ALL COUNSEL INITIATED.
UH, MAYOR PRO TIP TO SEE THAT WHERE THE SAVINGS WERE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE, THE CHANGE ORDERS WE DID.
UM, ACTUALLY WOULD'VE SAVED US ON SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR NOT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
DID WE TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS? UM, I'M NOT QUITE FOLLOWING THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL RELATED JUST TO DESIGN TIME, NOT CONSTRUCTION SAVINGS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO IT'S JUST DESIGN IS DESIGNED, RIGHT.
UM, IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT WE SAVED ON IN THE DESIGN WORLD, UM, WE HAD BUILT INTO THE INITIAL CONTRACT, UH, ALLOWANCES TO DO COST ESTIMATES, UM, UH, COST FOR SURVEY, UM, AND WITH THE SURVEYOR PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER AND WITH THE HIRING OF BARLEY CAUCUS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, UH, THEY DID THE COST US MONEY, SO WE DIDN'T NEED TO, UH, TO PAY FOR A SEPARATE COST.
IT'S A MATTER OF, SO THOSE WERE THE SAVINGS INSIDE THE DESIGN CONTRACT.
YOU COUNSEL, I MAY ALSO SAY, UH, THAT WHILE AGC IS NOT HERE, THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE AUTHORIZED THESE PER WELL THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE ACTION THAT WE TOOK AT THE LAST MEETING? THE, THE ACTION THE COUNCIL TOOK LAST WAS, WAS ONLY FOUR BARTLETT COCKE OR CONSTRUCTION RELATED ITEMS, BUT DID NOT BRING FORWARD DESIGN-RELATED ITEMS FROM PGAL.
SO THIS ITEM WOULD APPLY TO THEM BOTH AS LONG AS IT STAYED UNDER THE ADD ALTERNATE WORK CONTINGENCY AMOUNT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
SECOND ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION CUSTOMER FORCE CASE? THANK YOU.
UM, SO CAN I ASK YOU ON THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS PEAK OUT PREPARED, MULTIPLE DESIGN OPTIONS AND ITERATIONS, WHICH WERE PRESENTED AND REVIEWED WITH THE CITY STAFF SLASH LEADERSHIP.
UM, COULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US WHO ON DAYAS VIEWED THAT? UM, IT WAS A COMMITTEE STAFF.
WE HAD WEEKLY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, BETWEEN, UH, POLICE AND CITY.
UH, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMITTEE, UM, THE TASK FORCE TASK FORCE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO WAS ON THERE.
UM, THOSE WERE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN SCOTT AND THE POLICE, UH, STAFF THEMSELVES.
THE, THESE YOU DESERVE WHAT'D YOU SAY EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS OLD EACH OF THEM? YES, YES.
IT WAS REALLY, THE DESIGN PHASE WERE REALLY POST A BOND ELECTION AND, UH, JUST CHANGES TO THE DESIGN AESTHETIC, UH, ROOF FORMS, UH, BRICK DETAIL, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THESE HAS ANY, I WOULD LIKE BEFORE I VOTE ON IT TO SPEND $53,000, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, MY CONCERN IS WHAT I MADE A MOTION PRIOR TO, UM, TO KEEP THE PLANS THE SAME.
ONE OF THE FEEDBACKS I GOT BACK WAS THERE WAS, IT WAS GOING TO COST MORE MONEY.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WE'RE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, UM, FOR CHANGES THAT I'M NOT SURE I, THESE WOULDN'T BE, UH, CHANGES THAT, UH, YOU WOULDN'T
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RECOGNIZE AESTHETICALLY.I ASSUME YOU'VE SEEN THE LATEST RENDERINGS OF, UH, IT WAS THE EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE, UH, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT RENDERINGS THAT WERE PRE-BOND AND THE DESIGN OF SOLUTIONS POST BOND.
SO, UM, WHAT COLUMNS BREAK? YEAH.
CERTAIN RANK AND ALSO DOES INCLUDE THE CHANGE TO THE DISPATCH.
SO EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS AGO I WAS HERE.
AND SO THE FACT THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE CHANGE LOOKS LIKE FOR ME IS CONCERNING.
SO THE PICTURE OF THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THE PD OF THE OUTSIDE IS WHAT THE CHANGE WAS.
IT'S THE AESTHETICS, IT'S THE BRICK, IT'S A, THE DESIGN, EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A TASK FORCE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND A VOTE AND TASK FORCE WORKED ON THESE DESIGNS AS A BODY.
AND, UM, WE BROUGHT BACK THE FINAL PRODUCT, THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO, UH, ALL OF COUNCIL.
AND NOW I AM VOTING FOR A $53,000 CHANGE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT CHANGE IS.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS CUSTOM STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN AND DRYING EFFORT.
UM, MY, MY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF PEOPLE WANT ME TO VOTE FOR THIS, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT CHANGE WAS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S FAIR TO ME TO JUST SAY, YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
IT WAS BETWEEN THE RENDERINGS AND THE DESIGN CONCEPT OF THE BOND PRE BOND, AND THEN POST BOND, A LOT MORE DETAIL WAS PUT INTO THE EXTERIOR DESIGN AND THE SIZE OF THE ENTRY TOWER, THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL, AND THEREFORE SOME, UH, STRUCTURAL WORK TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN THE FACADE, A CHANGE TO THE ROOF, UM, FORM GOING FROM A STRAIGHT TO A CURVED FORM, WHICH REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, EFFORT BY, UH, UH, US AS ARCHITECTS AND THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER GETTING TO, TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE ALREADY DESIGNS THAT ARE FULLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SPILLED MATERIALS ORDERED.
AND THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FIX WITH THE BAR, UH, WITH THE HECM AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
SO IT'S THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO PAY PGAL FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY RENDERED BEFORE OR NOT? SO THE BUILDERS ALREADY THAT'S RIGHT.
I GUESS I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD NOT PAY LIKE IT'S.
I KNOW THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT ON THERE AND THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE.
YEAH, NO, THAT IS A TRICKY ONE IN THE, YOU ALWAYS LOOKED BACK AT THE TIMELINE, THE, THE EFFORT TO GET THE PROJECT DRAWN, PRICED UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, BEING TEAM PLAYERS AND JUST PLOWING THROUGH VERSUS BOGGING DOWN WITH WAITING FOR APPROVALS IN SOME WAYS.
AND SO IN SOME WAYS THAT'S NOT GREAT BUSINESS BY US, BUT IT WASN'T THE SAKE OF TEAMWORK AND GETTING IT DONE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS WAS EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS AGO, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A LONG TIME TO, UM, HOLD OFF ON GETTING PAID.
SO IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US APPROVING IT.
AND THEN YOU GUYS MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING PAID.
I THINK WE ALREADY ASKED, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[VII. General Discussion and Possible Direction (Part 2 of 2)]
ITEM NUMBER 30 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OR DISCUSSION POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING MINUTES FOR ALL CITY OF KYLE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL.SO JENNIFER HOLMES, CITY SECRETARY FOR THE RECORD, AND I WANTED TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK FORWARD TO SEE IF ANYONE HAD ANY FEEDBACK AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 15TH.
UH, MAYOR MITCHELL ALSO ASKED ME IF I COULD PROVIDE ACTION ONLY MINUTES WHERE ALL THE, UH, DISCUSSIONS ON MOTIONS WERE STRIPPED.
AND SO I PROVIDED THAT IN THE PACKET AS WELL AS LINKS TO THE VIDEO.
SO FOR THE NEXT GROUP OF ITEMS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UM, FOR THAT SPECIFIC MEETING, THE REGULAR MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 15TH, PLEASE SPECIFY WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THE VIDEO MINUTES OR THE ACTION ONLY MINUTES, OR IF YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK AND DO FULL MINUTES AND BRING THOSE BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK FROM THE BACKUP.
HAS ANYBODY GOTTEN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE ON THE REGULAR MEETING? IT'S STILL 10 PAGES IS THE, IS THE POINT EVEN THE ACTION ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CUTTING AND PASTING OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT THEN THERE'S STILL SOME TDM THERE.
BUT MY THOUGHT HAS BEEN THAT AT A MINIMUM, THE ACTION ONLY ITEM SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENT AS OPPOSED TO A VIDEO FEED, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT TO BE GAINED FROM THAT, BUT WE NEED TO GIVE JENNIFER THE DIRECTION.
DO WE WANT HER TO KEEP THE MINUTES THE WAY THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN? DO WE WANT TO GO WITH AN ACTION ITEM ONLY VERSION,
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WHICH IS WHAT'S IN THE BACKUP, OR DO WE WANT TO GO WITH THE, UH, LINK TO THE VIDEO FEED AS THE DIRECTION? SO WE NEED TO GIVE THAT FEEDBACK TO HER NOW.UM, I DO PREFER THE ACTION ITEM ONLY.
UM, BUT EVEN WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW WE S I KNOW JENNIFER STATED THAT WE TRIED TO OUTSOURCE IT AND IT WAS KIND OF A MESS, BUT IF WE'RE JUST OUTSOURCING THE ACTION ONLY, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING INTO, I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN IN THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, THE ACTION ONLY MINUTES ARE PROBABLY 95% DONE.
AND SO IT DOES NOT TAKE NEARLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE I GOT THE RIGHT MOVER AND THE RIGHT SECONDARY, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT I'M DOING THAT LIFETIME.
SO, SO IF WE JUST DO ACTION ONLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS TIME CONSUMING.
I THINK IT TAKES AWAY ANY KIND OF, I MEAN, PEOPLE CAN WATCH THE VIDEO, BUT THEN IT'S, IT'S STRAIGHT FACTS.
AND SO I LIKE THE ACTION ONLY, BUT I KNOW, BUT I DO WANT THE WRITTEN AND I'M SORRY.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, OR IF TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND WE LOSE OUR VIDEOS, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BE ABLE TO BACK THAT UP SOMEHOW AND THERE THEY'RE PRINTED AND SIGNED AS WELL.
UH, ONCE WE TAKE THIS VOTE ON THE MINUTES, THEY GET PRINTED ON FANCY PAPER AND WE SIGNED THEM AND THEY GET FILED.
SO THERE'S AN EXTRA LAYER THERE IN ADDITION TO THE ONLINE RECORD, WHICH I ALSO LIKED.
SO I THINK I'M HEARING ACTION ONLY.
SO THAT'S AT LEAST HALFWAY TO WHAT, WHAT I KNOW WAS HELPFUL AND ALL THE OTHER MINUTES I PROVIDED FULL MINUTES FOR THIS TIME.
JUST NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY I WOULD WANT TO GO.
I'D LIKE TO DO, DO YOU WANT DIRECTION ON IT? YOU WANT US TO TAKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE TO GIVE YOU THAT DIRECTION, OR ARE YOU GOOD ON BRINGING IT? OKAY, SO THE DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE ACTION.
ONLY ITEM A MINUTES FROM, FROM HERE ON OUT.
[VIII. Approval of Minutes]
UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, MAYOR, CUSTOMER T TOBY.I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR 31.
UH, FEBRUARY 12TH, FEBRUARY 13TH WORKSHOP, ALSO ITEM NUMBER 33, WHICH WOULD BE THE MEETINGS MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 15TH, ALSO FOR NUMBER 34 MEETING MINUTES, VIDEO MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 15TH AS WELL.
I SEE ME AS SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY THE 22ND, SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER TOBY A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO MOTION TO ADJOURN.