* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [I.  Call Meeting to Order] [00:00:08] MITCHELL HERE, RIZZO, FLORIDA, CAL HERE, BRADSHAW PARSLEY HERE. TOUS HERE. ALL RIGHT. FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS [II.  Citizen Comment Period with City Council] PERIOD. AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ADAM TO PLEASE DO. SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY. I HAVE QUITE A FEW FOLKS WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK. I, UH, WILL CALL UP THE FIRST NEIL STICKK GOOD MORNING BEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NEIL STEGEL. I'VE MADE APPLICATION FOR A SEAT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I, UH, HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TEXAS FOR 46 YEARS FOR OUR, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN KYLE FOR THREE AND A HALF. MY STEPDAUGHTER, HER HUSBAND AND FOUR CHILDREN HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS. I'M A GRADUATE OF UT AUSTIN AND THEN GRADUATE DEGREE IN COUNSELING AND SOCIAL WORK. AND ALSO AS AN UNDERGRAD RECEIVED GRADUATE CREDIT FOR A COURSE IN URBAN ECOLOGY AND LAND USE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M A GRADUATE OF TEEN COLLEGE ACADEMY, A VERY USEFUL PROGRAM. ONE, WE VERY MUCH ENJOYED ALL OF US. AND THAT OPENED UP THE POSSIBILITY FOR ME TO SIT DOWN ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SEE HOW THE ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT, ZONING AND LAND USE WERE BEING DISCUSSED HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT. I BEGAN TO SEE HOW EXACTLY THE, WHAT THE CHARGES WERE TO THE COMMISSION IN THEIR OPERATION AND THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMISSION SERVES AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I SEE THAT THE CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS ON THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY SERVE THE LARGER COMMUNITY AS WELL. UH, I WAS ABLE TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS FOR REZONING AND OTHER KINDS OF ISSUES DURING THE COURSE OF TIME THAT I ATTENDED THE COMMISSION MEETINGS WAS ABLE TO SEE ACTUALLY CASES THAT WERE FURTHER REFERRED TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS. SO I GOT TO SEE THAT PROCESS, UH, CLEARLY IN THE LIMITED TIME THAT I, UH, WAS ABLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE. UH, I DID ALSO DIVE INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE 2017 PLAN AND SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THAT AND COULD SEE QUITE FRANKLY THAT, UH, IT, IT MAY HAVE MET THE MEET NEEDS AT THE TIME, BUT WE ARE REALLY STRIVING TO KEEP UP WITH DEMANDS ON OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SO I HAD THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE THAT WAS VERY FULFILLING AND I DECIDED TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING HERE TODAY. UM, RELEVANT EXPERIENCES THAT I SERVED ON ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR AN HOA AND, UH, FOR EIGHT AND PARTICIPATED IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF MULTIPLE CUSTOM BUILDS FOR HOMES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND HELPED CREATE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WHEREBY BUILDERS AND HOMEOWNERS WERE QUITE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE COVENANTS WERE AND HOW THEY COULD APPLY THEM TO THEIR OWN SITUATION, MUCH MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. UM, ALSO I SERVED ON A WATER COMPANY BOARD IN THE HILL COUNTRY, AN ELECTED POSITION SERVED AS AN OFFICER FOR FOUR YEARS. SO I THINK THAT'S SOME RELEVANT EXPERIENCE GENERALLY AS A VOLUNTEER. MY OBSERVATION IS THAT WE'RE WRITING THE CREST OF A HUGE WAVE OF GROWTH. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY IN THAT. AND I THINK WE CAN CAPTURE THAT ENERGY AND USE IT TO OUR OWN BENEFIT, OR PERHAPS IT COULD TOSS US ASIDE. BUT I THINK WE CAN CAPTURE THAT ENERGY AND MAKE THIS A LIVABLE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAIN A LIVABLE, LIVABLE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING IT WELCOMING COMMUNITY MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES AND TO RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS FOR ALL, AND REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THIS COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPS OVER THESE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BE A COMMUNITY WHICH CAN CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD PLACE, MY GRANDKIDS TO BE RAISED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY IN WHICH I MIGHT GET OLD ONE DAY. SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND, UH, ABLE, UH, ABILITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT STEP, VICTORIA. UH, FRIGO GUESS FRIS FRI FRIS CLOSE. SUPER CLOSE. NOT REALLY. HEY, YOU'RE KIND GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS VICKY FRIS. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF KYLE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. I'VE BEEN IN THE AUSTIN AREA FOR OVER 11 YEARS. I AM A SINGLE MOM THAT DID THE UNTHINKABLE. I GOT TWO TEENAGE [00:05:01] BOYS UP ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND HERE CLA HAYES CLASS, UH, 26 AND 27. I AM A COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT FOR CHARLES SCHWAB AND HAVE GOT A CAREER LONGER THAN I WANNA ADMIT, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN START DOING THE MATH I'M HERE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M HERE BECAUSE I MADE THE CHOICE TO MOVE TO THIS AREA. I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE AN AREA THAT THEY COME BACK TO YEAR AFTER YEAR I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANNA BE A VOICE FOR MY NEIGHBORS. I LIVE IN HOMETOWN. KYLE, WE HAVE A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM HERE BECAUSE I WANNA SEE THOUGHTFUL PLANNING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE ECONOMIC AND TOURISM BOARD. I THINK THAT WE KNOW GROWTH IS COMING. I DO NOT THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH GROWTH IS COMING. I LIVED IN THE NORTHERN AUSTIN AREA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE HAD WON H HEB AND WHEN I LEFT, WE HAD FOUR. SO I KNOW KNOW THAT IT'S COMING AND I WANNA, I WANNA BE HERE TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I WANNA BE HERE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST PLAN IS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I JUST WANNA SERVE. I THINK THAT IT'S A SHAME THAT IT CAN TAKE US 30 OR 40 MINUTES JUST TO GET ACROSS 35. I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOLS NOW, CROSSING ROADS THAT DON'T HAVE STOP SIGNS ANYMORE. I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WANT OUR FAMILY TO BE. SO THAT IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT STEP, MARIA LANDRUM. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR IN COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARY LANDRUM, MARIA. I GO BY MARY. I HAVE BEEN A KYLE RESIDENT FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS, UH, BUT HERE IN TEXAS, PRETTY MUCH MOST OF MY LIFE I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY, INTERESTED IN SERVING MY COMMUNITY. MY APPLICATION DOES LIST THREE BOARDS, BUT I'M, UH, SIMPLY, UH, LOOKING TO SERVE ON JUST ONE. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE. UM, SO I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR FAMILY FOR WORK AND FOR SERVING OTHERS. AS THE OLDEST IN MY FAMILY, I HAVE FELT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SET THE EXAMPLE, UH, STRIVING FOR WISDOM, COURAGE, AND ALSO STRENGTH TO LIVE IN WAYS THAT, UM, THAT ARE WORTH FOLLOWING, ESPECIALLY FOR MY SIBLINGS. I HAVE A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY SO MUCH THAT WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO, UM, KYLE, UM, MY MOM, MY SISTER, AND ONE OF MY BROTHERS FOLLOWED US HERE MAKING KYLE ALSO THEIR, UM, THEIR HOME WORK IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE. UM, IS SECOND FAMILY. YOU COULD SAY, UH, I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH MUCH RESPONSIBILITY, BOTH AS AN EMPLOYEE AND AS A LEADER, SOMETHING THAT I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY. UH, I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR, UH, FOR HEALTHCARE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DIVISIONAL WORKERS COMPENSATION. AND I KNOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. UM, I HAVE BEEN WITH, UH, THE AGENCY FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS. UH, I HAVE, UM, I SERVING AS A PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC SERVANT, UM, HAS BEEN AN HONOR, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY IT COMES WITH LOTS OF CHALLENGES. UH, SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY HAS TAUGHT ME, UH, PERSEVERANCE, PATIENCE AND MINDFULNESS. I'M VERY COGNIZANT THAT THE DECISIONS THAT I MAKE, UH, UM, EVERY DAY, UH, ARE, UM, UH, UH, AFFECT NOT JUST ME, UH, THOSE THAT REPORT TO ME, BUT ALSO, UH, TEXAS, UH, TEXANS, UM, BECAUSE OF MY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THE TEAM CALLED CORE VALUES OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, LEADING EDGE AND EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY. UH, THEY RESONATE WITH ME, BUT FINALLY, UM, SERVING OTHERS HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE SINCE I WAS A YOUNG GIRL. UH, I HAVE VOLUNTEERED IN MANY CAPACITIES FOR VARIOUS CAUSES AND OR ORGANIZATIONS. I ENJOY HELPING OTHERS, GIVING THEM MYSELF THAT, WHICH I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH AS WELL AS, UM, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY IT FORWARD. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THE CITY OF KYLE IN SOME CAPACITY. I FEEL THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO, UM, BECAUSE I DO COME FROM A BIG FAMILY SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR, FOR MY NIECES, FOR MY NEPHEWS AND OTHER FAMILY, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS, I WANT TO ALSO SERVE, UH, ALONG OTHERS THAT SHARE THE SAME PASSION THAT I HAVE, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, JUST LIKE NEIL. UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, TEAM CALL ACADEMY. UM, THIS ACADEMY PROGRAM, A SEVEN WEEK PROGRAM AIM TO INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE WITH HOPES TO CREATE A MORE CONNECTED, [00:10:01] UH, PUBLIC SERVICE FOCUSED COMMUNITY. THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY, UH, HAS LEFT ME EAGER TO ENGAGE AND, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND BECOME PART OF TILE IN ITS RAPID GROWTH. SO IN CLOSING, I HOPE THAT MY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSET CAN BE UTILIZED IN ONE OF THE, UM, AVAILABLE POSITIONS, UH, UH, JUST BY HEARING OTHERS OBVIOUSLY. UM, UH, THERE'S UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THIS TOO. RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. YOU SAID YOU WERE JUST LOOKING FOR ONE POSITION, YOU DIDN'T NAME WHAT THAT WAS. SO I APPLIED FOR, UH, TO BE ON THE LIBRARY, UM, BOARD, UM, ALSO THE PARKS IN RECREATION, UM, OR PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UM, WHICHEVER, UM, OH, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SERVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, OF COURSE. NO PROBLEM. YES MA'AM CAN I, IS IT OKAY IF I ASK, LIKE, WHICH ONE, LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I JUST ASKED, WHICH I THINK SHE JUST MEANT SHE WAS JUST WILLING TO SERVE ON, ON ANY SINGLE, NOT WANTING TO BE. YEAH, I KNOW THERE WAS A PRIORITY. OKAY. THANK YOU COURSE. IF YOU WANT ME IN ALL THREE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. UH, NEXT UP IS JESSICA, UH, ROBINSON. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M JESSICA ROBINSON AND I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD. UM, THIS APRIL, THIS COUNCIL SELECTED ME TO FILL AN INTERIM VACANCY ON THE LIBRARY BOARD SEAT. NUMBER ONE. AND IN THE MONTHS THAT I HAVE SERVED ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, I'VE GAINED A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIBRARY'S LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS AT SHORT-TERM PROJECTS IN THE MIDST OF HIGH BOARD TURNOVER AND A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION FOR THE LIBRARY. I'M SEEKING APPOINTMENT FOR A FULL TERM SEAT NOW ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT CONTINUITY IS IN MAINTAINING THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE LIBRARY. SECONDLY, I'M SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE MY EDUCATION AND MY EXPERIENCES HAVE EQUIPPED ME WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT WILL MAKE ME A CONTINUED ASSET TO THIS LIBRARY BOARD. MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER HAS BEEN CENTERED ON LITERACY AND EDUCATION. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, AND I HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN AS A LITERACY CONSULTANT WITH A FEDERAL GRANT AND AS A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER, I CURRENTLY WORK AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TEACHING COURSES ON LITERACY AND ON EDUCATION. MY PRIOR VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, WHICH INCLUDE SERVING ON THE HAYES C I S D GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL PARTICIPATING IN THE AMERICAN LIBRARY, ASSOCIATION'S NATIONAL LIBRARY ADVOCACY PROGRAM, AND SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER SOCCER COACH FOR THE HAYES YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION SHOW MY HISTORY OF COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WAYS IN WHICH MY PERSONAL VALUES ALIGN WITH THE MISSION OF THIS LIBRARY. LASTLY, I'M SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT JUST BECAUSE I LOVE AND USE THIS LIBRARY, AND I REALLY WANNA CONTINUE HELPING TO MAKE IT THE BEST IT POSSIBLY CAN BE. I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE ALREADY HAD IN SERVING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD IN AN INTERIM POSITION, WHICH HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING ON MY DESIRE AND QUALIFICATIONS TO BE APPOINTED FOR A FULL TERM. THANKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, SPENCER COPELAND. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SPENCER COPELAND. I'M A NEW RESIDENT HERE OF KYLE MOVED HERE JUST SHY OF A YEAR AGO, AND BELIEVE THAT CITIZENS, UH, ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT THEY CAN. I'VE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. UM, WHICHEVER, UH, COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL DEEMS MORE, MORE APPROPRIATE. I'M HAPPY TO SERVE IN WHATEVER CAPACITY YOU DEEM APPROPRIATE. UM, I HAVE SERVED PREVIOUSLY IN BOTH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE. UH, I ALSO, I ALSO HAVE SERVED AS THE STUDENT REGION FOR THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AT THE APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR APPT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SERVE WHATEVER WAY THAT I CAN. UH, I JUST WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY AND HAPPY TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, JAMES STAN. GOOD MORNING. IS THAT WORKING? UH, JAMES STAN THREE YEAR KYLE RESIDENT, 10 YEARS AT TEXAN NOW, WHICH IS STRANGE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. I OWN THE BIKE SHOP HERE IN TOWN. UM, PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR THE PARKS BOARD. I GREW UP SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE SPENDING TIME IN ENJOYABLE SPACES, OUTDOORS, UH, SOME SELF SERVING INTEREST WITH THE BIKE SHOP. I THINK THE PARKS AND, AND SPACES HAVING [00:15:01] TRAILS AND THINGS WHERE I COULD RIDE MY BIKE WOULD BE NICE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO AUSTIN OR SAN MARCOS, UH, HAVING THAT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD WOULD BE DANDY. UH, LOTS OF EXPERIENCE I'VE BEEN TO 35 COUNTRIES HAS STARTED A NONPROFIT THAT IS VERY WELL KNOWN WITHIN THE BIKE INDUSTRY. I SERVE ON A BOARD AT THE, UH, CYCLING OLYMPIC LEVEL, AND I AM A COACH AT THE HAYES COUNTY, UH, CYCLING PROGRAM HERE IN HAYES COUNTY. I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. UH, WE'VE HAD SOME INTERACTIONS ON EMAIL OR PUBLIC, UH, SPACE, BUT PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO WHEN I GET BEHIND IT. I GET IT DONE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, JULIA FISHBACK. GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. UM, MY NAME'S JULIA FISHBACK. I AM APPLYING TO BE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, BOARD. I AM A LIFETIME TEXAN AND I'VE BEEN IN KYLE FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS. WE MOVED HERE IN 2013. UM, I WORK AT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL OVER HERE AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH FOR THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. SO MY JOB IS ENTIRELY FACILITATING COLLABORATION AMONG ADULTS IN PURSUIT OF A COMMON GOAL FOR OUR CHILDREN. UM, I THINK MY EXPERIENCE WOULD LEND MYSELF WELL TO THIS COMMISSION, UM, BECAUSE I HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH STUDENTS, ADULTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS IN PLACE TO ACCOMPLISH COMMON GOALS. UM, I HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO BECOMING A TEACHER. SO I HAVE ALSO, UM, GONE THROUGH PLANNING, BUDGETING AND THE ULTIMATE OPENING OF NEW DOCTOR'S OFFICES IN THE AUSTIN AREA. SO I HAVE KIND OF A BACKGROUND IN THAT BUREAUCRATIC ASPECT AS WELL AS IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY ASPECT REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT STEP IS AUSTIN SUTHERLAND. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME'S AUSTIN SUTHERLAND AND I'M AN APPLICANT FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. UM, IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, I SERVE AS AN ENFORCEMENT ATTORNEY AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE DIVISION OF WORKERS COMPENSATION. UH, I BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE IS IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHY I CHOSE THE LINE OF WORK THAT I, THAT I'VE CHOSEN AND WHY I'VE PUT FORWARD MY NAME INTO THE APPLICANT POOL FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. UH, I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA, MY ENTIRE LIFE. UH, THAT'S 34 YEARS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHEN I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, I DID LEAVE THE STATE FOR THREE YEARS, BUT I QUICKLY CAME BACK AS SOON AS THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. UM, I WATCH, I'VE WATCHED THIS TOWN, UH, GO FROM BEING A ONE RED BLINKING LIGHT TOWN TO BECOMING ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING TOWNS IN THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I HAVE AT LEAST SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR TOWN. AND I ECHO SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS BELIEFS THAT WE NEED TO CAPTURE THAT GROWTH. AND, UH, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT UP, UH, JOE TORRES, I'M FOUR, 10 AND THREE QUARTERS, SO HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU. UM, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK I'M JOY TORRES, AND I AM APPLYING FOR MY SINGULAR FOCUS, THE LIBRARY BOARD . UM, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF KYLE FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS, WHICH FEELS REALLY RUDE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN 2016 FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY. THE FACT THAT I'VE ALREADY LIVED HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND MADE IT MY HOME. I FIRST MOVED TO CENTRAL TEXAS, UH, ALMOST ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, UM, AND WENT TO COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. I SPENT 12 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TEXAS STATE SAN MARCO, AND, UM, AT ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITY. AND I'VE SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS IN TECH. UM, WHEN IT, THAT [00:20:01] THAT'S KIND OF A RUNDOWN OF MY, MY EDUCATION BACKGROUND. UH, I WAS A, I WAS CERTIFIED TO BE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING, UH, TEACHER, UH, FOR EIGHT THROUGH 12. UM, BUT I TOOK MY PASSIONS AND, AND USED THEM IN THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR AND TO WORK WITH STUDENTS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. BUT REALLY I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHY LIBRARIES ARE IMPORTANT IN MY LAST, UH, CYCLE IN APRIL. I TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT IN THAT VERY, VERY WILDLY COMPETITIVE APRIL SPECIAL SESSION FOR BOARDS. UH, I, UH, TALKED ABOUT LIBRARIES AS THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE WHERE IT'S ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN GO AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BELIEVE ANYTHING. YOU CAN JUST BE THERE. AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT. AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO, TO, UH, HAVE LIBRARIES, BUT TO SUPPORT THEM, TO SERVE THEM IN EVERY, ANY CAPACITY. I BRING A LOT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS, A LOT OF PROGRAMMING SKILLS, A LOT OF MANAGEMENT SKILLS. I LOVE A BUDGET. I LO GIVE ME A SPREADSHEET. I WILL REVIEW A DOC. I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD. AND SO I, UH, POLICIES AND PROCESSES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND SO WHILE I ENJOY LIBRARIES AND I'M A PATRON OF THE LIBRARY, I, I WANNA BE ABLE TO SERVE IN A MORE, A LESS SEXY WAY AND A LESS, UH, FUN WAY SOME MIGHT ARGUE, BUT A MORE IMPORTANT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT LIBRARIES CAN BE A SANCTUARY, A SPACE FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND AS WE SCALE AS A COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT LIBRARIES ARE WITHIN REACH FOR ESPECIALLY ALL KIDS AND ALL FAMILIES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND A PLACE TO JUST BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT UP, ALEX GARRA. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME'S ALEX GATA. I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS A CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING AND ZONING. I AM NOT UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT THIS YEAR, BUT I DID WANNA SPEAK ON A FEW THINGS. UH, FIRST TUESDAY WE'LL BE VICE CHAIRMAN. MCCALL'S FINAL MEETING. SHE IS GOING TO TERM OUT THIS, THIS TIME. SHE HAS SERVED FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR HER SERVICE TO OUR CITY. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ALL REACH OUT TO HER AS WELL AS ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE TERMING OUT AND THANK THEM FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE THEY'VE GIVEN TO OUR CITY. UH, SECOND, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO APPLIED THERE ARE, THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. AND, UH, LASTLY, I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR BOTH, UH, MARIO MATA AND BRANDON JAMES, AS THEY APPLY FOR REAPPOINTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, SARAH KIN. I'M SO IMPRESSED. YOU SAID MY NAME, RIGHT? THAT NEVER HAPPENED. YES. WELL DONE. SO GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS OBVIOUSLY SARAH KIN AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF KYLE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. AND AS I'VE WATCHED MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD COME UP AND OTHERS AROUND THE CITY, I'VE BECOME INTERESTED IN HOW KYLE PLANS TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH. AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME HERE TODAY. SO, UH, MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IS IN AUDITS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. SO I'M QUITE USED TO DIGGING AROUND IN NUMBERS AND DOING RESEARCH INTO MAKING COST BENEFIT, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WORK AND THE CONTEXT OF PLANNING AND ZONING. I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE COSTS WOULD BE AS WELL AS THE EXPECTED TAX REVENUES FOR THE TYPE OF LAND USE AND HOW THOSE WOULD OFFSET EACH OTHER. SO WHILE I DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL LINKS TO PLANNING AND ZONING AS A SUBJECT, I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BE ALL END ALL. I'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF HISTORIC CITIES WHERE PEOPLE WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING OR MODERN DESIGN EDUCATION BUILT PLACES THAT ARE STILL CONSIDERED BEAUTIFUL AND LOVED AND PRACTICAL. AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE VEHICLE CENTRIC CITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE ARE A VERY NEW CONCEPT AND THERE'S ALREADY SOME SIGNS THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE LONG TERM. SO I THINK WE CAN LEARN A LOT BY LOOKING AROUND AT PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED AND REFINED OVER HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN LIVING EXPERIENCE. AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HELP DO ON THIS BOARD IS TO MINDFULLY AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLY HELP KYLE FILL IN AND, UM, BECOME A PLACE THAT RESONATES WITH PEOPLE TODAY, AS WELL AS GENERATIONS FROM NOW AS WELL. SO I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU A BETTER PICTURE ABOUT ME AND WHAT I'M ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT STEP IS JULIAN ISH. [00:25:03] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, MY NAME IS JULIAN, BUT I DO GO BY JULIE. UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER AND KYLE SINCE FEBRUARY, 2021. I ACTUALLY MOVED IN A DAY BEFORE SNOW AND I DID NOT LOSE ELECTRICITY. SO I STARTED OFF ON A GOOD FOOT. UM, BUT I'VE LIVED IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR NINE YEARS. I WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY THAT I CALL HOME. MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY WAS PROTESTING MY PROPERTY TAXES. THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS A GOOD ONE, BUT IT HAD ME WANTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE WITHIN, UM, THE CITY FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THE BEST WAY TO LEARN IS TO GET WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE. I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH REVIEWING AND WRITING CONTRACTS, REVIEWING PROPOSALS AND PUTTING TOGETHER BUDGETS WITHIN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. MY EXPERIENCE, I WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE FOR VARIOUS DECISIONS, ISSUES, PROPOSALS THAT ARE PUT BEFORE THE CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL IS MAKING WHAT THEY THINK ARE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE CITY. HOWEVER, I'M UNSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING PROPER INFORMATION TO MAKE THE TRULY BEST DECISIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON A COMMISSION. I PUT IN FOR, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING IN PARKS AND RECREATION TO ENSURE THE CITY COUNCIL IS GETTING THE BEST AND MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION. EXAMPLES OF SOME ISSUES ARE FLOODING ON BUTTON CREEK, TRAFFIC BY LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ROUNDABOUT THAT HAD TO BE REBUILT SHORTLY AFTER. UM, IT WAS PUT OUT. UM, MOST RECENTLY I DROVE PAST THE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK THAT JUST HAD ITS BLUE RIBBON CUTTING WHAT A GREAT TRIBUTE TO OUR NATION'S HEROES. I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS THE BEST INTEREST AT HEART FOR ITS CITIZENS, IRONIC CHANGE CONTROL BOARD AT WORK. AND WHAT I FIND IS YOU CAN HAVE VERY GREAT IDEAS, BUT WE ALL HAVE BLIND SPOTS THAT YOU DON'T SEE, UM, UNTIL YOU BRING THEM BEFORE OTHERS WHO AREN'T SO INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT BY BEING ON A BOARD FOR THE CITY, I WOULD HELP CLOSE ANY BLIND SPOTS FROM SOME VERY GREAT IDEAS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY. I BELIEVE THE CITY OF KYLE'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES ENDLESS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS HERE IN ABUNDANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT STEP IS MARIO MATA. GOOD MORNING. UH, COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN. UM, MY NAME IS MARIO MATA, BUT I GO BY MARIO, MARIO JR. AT HOME. THIS IS MY PARENTS, UH, BEEN A LIFELONG, UH, TEXAN, I GUESS, BEEN A CITIZEN OF KYLE SINCE 2007. SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS ON GOING ANYWHERE. WE LOVE THE CITY. WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN IT REMEMBER AS A KID DRIVING TO FROM SOUTH TEXAS TO AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, THE WE'D PASS BY KYLE THERE'S THE REST AREA AND DAIRY QUEEN IN THE BUS BARN. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD. AND NOW IT'S LIKE, IT'S GROWN, BUT THAT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS THAT COME WITH GROWTH, BUT I THINK BEING A, UH, LET ME SEE, LET ME START OVER. UH, I'M ASKING, UH, TO BE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO I'D LIKE TO CON UH, I'M ASKING TO BE REAPPOINTED, UH, FOR A FULL TERM. SO WITH THAT PLANNING WITH ALL THE, UH, UPS AND DOWNS THAT COME WITH GROWTH, I'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT TO CONTINUE TO HELP KYLE TO BE THE BEST CITY IN TEXAS. UM, YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, BEEN ON, ON THE BOARD, UM, SINCE APRIL MASTER BE REAPPOINTED. UM, I'M JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE, I I'VE LEARNED A LOT, UH, THAT GOES ON DEVELOPMENT SIDE, JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANNA COME IN, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBLE PLANNING, ZONING, UH, PLAN. WE CAN MAKE KYLE THE BEST PEOPLE WANNA COME HERE. I MEAN, IT'S, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVING TO LEAVE AUSTIN, CUZ IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE AND THEY WANNA COME TO KYLE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME THEM, BUT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE DO THIS. RIGHT. WE CAN'T JUST LIKE, OH, WE'RE GONNA GO BUILD HERE, BILL HERE. YOU GOTTA, YOU KNOW, TAKE, WHAT DID IT SAY? UM, ROME, WASN'T BUILDING THE DATE. SO WE JUST GOTTA TAKE OUR TIME AND THEN WE CAN MEET THAT. SO, UM, I GUESS, YEAH, THOSE KIND OF QUICK, WRITE ANYTHING DOWN. UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO, TO ANSWER THOSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. S ALL RIGHT. UH, EDDIE BROWN, GOOD MORNING. MAYOR MITCHELL, ESTEEMED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND, UH, MY NEIGHBORS. UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I AM, UM, HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM BOARD, WHERE I REPRESENT INDUSTRY WITH MY SEAT. UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY DAUGHTER FOR SHARING [00:30:01] ME WITH THE CITY OF KYLE WAY TO GO, BABE. I'LL ALSO TELL YOU MAYOR THAT, UM, WITH THE PERMISSION OF STAFF, I HAD HER SIT IN YOUR CHAIR THIS MORNING. OH YEAH. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SHE ASKED ME, ARE WE IN COURT, DADDY? YEAH, UH, SHE SAID, BUT WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE POLICE STATION. ARE WE IN TROUBLE? SO I, I SHARED WITH MY DAUGHTER THAT, UM, WE'RE CLOSE TO THE POLICE STATION AND WE'RE VERY SAFE AND THIS IS A ROOM WHERE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. SO, UM, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, UH, TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD. I AM, UM, THEY SAY, UH, I'M NOT NATIVE TO TEXAS, BUT I GOT HERE AS FAST AS I COULD. AND, UH, WE LOVE IT. UM, I HAVE A BUSINESS HERE, UH, TWO BUSINESSES HERE, ACTUALLY IN KYLE, UH, WHEN I WAS RECRUITED TO COME HERE BY THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM BOARD, I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH, UM, COMMUNITY SPIRIT, UH, THE TEAMWORK THAT, UM, WAS SHOWN BY EVERYBODY WHO HELPED US BRING OUR HEADQUARTERS, UH, TO THIS GREAT TOWN. UH, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE GREAT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, AND I'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT FROM THE MENTORS THAT I HAVE ON THE BOARD. UM, THEY'RE INSPIRING TO ME AND I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IF, UH, THE BOARD, EXCUSE ME, IF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND, AND STAFF WILL HAVE ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO SERVE AND PROMISE TO BE A ZEALOUS AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBER. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ANYONE MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, EDDIE. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS FORMS THAT I HAVE. IS THERE, UH, ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS, CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSE. [1.  Consider and discuss applications of applicants that have submitted intent to serve on one or more city boards or commissions by completing a Boards and Commissions application for expired and mid-term vacancies.] RIGHT NEXT UP IS, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AND DISCUSS APPLICATIONS OF APPLICANTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED INTENT TO SERVE ON ONE OR MORE CITY BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS BY COMPLETING A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION FOR EXPIRED AND MIDTERM VACANCIES. UH, THIS IS NOT THE ACTION ITEM. THE ACTIONS ITEM IS NUMBER TWO. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL DID THIS LAST TIME, BUT IS THERE A PREFERENCE ON HOW Y'ALL WANT TO DO THIS? I THINK WE, UM, WE STARTED FROM THE TOP, UH, MAYOR AND WENT DOWN, UM, RIGHT OFF THE BAT DISCOUNT TO BES. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING ON THIS, UH, SATURDAY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO APPLY AS WELL. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN, UH, ALL OUR BOARDS AND THE COMMISSIONS. AND SO IT REVIEWING THESE FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS. IT'S BEEN, UH, VERY EXCITING, BUT ALSO CHALLENGING CUZ THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I FEEL THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GONNA ARE QUALIFIED AND WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE, THE, THE, THESE, UM, PLANNING FOR OUR CITY. SO I THINK WHAT WE DID LAST TIME THERE IS WE JUST WENT BY THE INDIVIDUAL SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND WE WENT THROUGH AND WE DISCUSSED THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED AND WE JUST KIND OF WENT THROUGH THEIR, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS OR JUST THEIR NOT SO MUCH, BUT THEIR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WE, UH, WE CHOSE FROM THERE ACCORDINGLY. AND I GUESS LIKE THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE ARTS COMMISSIONS. SO WE WOULD JUST GO DOWN FROM DOWN THE LIST. OKAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS PROBABLY, I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WAS TWO ITEMS. AND SO IF THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AND, AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS, I THINK, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE HAD ON SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS. AND JUST TO ALSO CLARIFY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN A ROW TO WHERE THERE'S, UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GET IN ON THE APPLICATIONS THEMSELVES. COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND THIS QUESTION, MOST OF THESE ARE GONNA BE FOR STAFF, UM, TO BEGIN, THERE IS AN APPLICATION FOR JOHN BLOOMFIELD, WHO WOULD I TALK TO ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE WERE WE RECEIVED? LIKE WHO PROCESSED THE LET'S COMMISSION? UM, WELL LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. HE WAS NOT, UM, IT SAID ARE QUALIFIED. I THINK TAYLOR BENNETT FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS ON THE, IS ON VIRTUALLY. OKAY. YES, I'M ONLINE. THIS IS TAYLOR BENNETT FOR THE RECORD, HR GENERALIST. LET ME PULL UP HIS APPLICATION FOR YOU SO I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION. OKAY. SO ON HIS NOTES THAT I HAD, HE WAS NOT INSIDE THE ETJ AND NOT APPLYING FOR A BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WAS THE ONLY SEAT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT BOARDING COMMISSION. OKAY. HE WAS NOT APPLYING FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. HE WAS APPLYING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. OKAY. AND SINCE, OH, WELL THEN THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY MISTAKE. I APOLOGIZE. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THAT THEN LET ME MAKE SURE THAT HES ADDRESS IS IN THE, UH, ZONE [00:35:01] IN THE CITY LIMITS. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK HE IS BECAUSE WHAT DISQUALIFIED HIM WAS THAT HE WAS WITHIN, AT LEAST THE ETJ. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THAT WHY I MARKED HIM THAT WAY, BECAUSE I KNOW HIM AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION. SO FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS, MAYBE WE CUZ I THINK WHAT HE DID IS HE ANSWERED A QUESTION THAT WAS NOT RELEVANT TO HIS APPLICATION. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE CITY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE APPLICANTS DON'T AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY THEMSELVES. SO WE DON'T RUN INTO AN ISSUE LIKE THIS CAUSE I'M SURE HE, IF YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, HE PROBABLY WANTED TO BE, HE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE. YES MA'AM. I WILL HAVE TO LOOK BACK FURTHER TO DETERMINE, UM, WHY HE WAS DEEMED UNELIGIBLE BASED ON MY NOTES. OKAY. WELL, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING HIM UP IS BECAUSE IF HE IS ELIGIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER HIM FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I WOULD HATE TO LIKE MOVE FORWARD WHEN WE HAVE AN APPLICATION. YES MA'AM. SO IF HE IS STATING THEN INTEREST FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND HIS ADDRESS FOR NOT, UH, FOR HIS ADDRESS LISTED DOES FALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THEN HE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PARTICULAR BOARD THAT HE STATED INTEREST FOR. YES, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. SO I GUESS WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL'S AWARE OF THAT. SO IF YOU WANT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT HIS, UM, I JUST LOOKED AT HIS APPLICATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, IF HE HAS A RESUME. YES MA'AM WE, WE WILL, UM, TAILOR IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING OUT IF THEY THEY'RE IN THE CITY LIMITS, UM, WILL, CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT AND GET AN ANSWER BY THE TIME PARKS AND REC COMES UP. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO CONFIRM THE OPENINGS FOR PARK AND REC. IT SAYS, UM, ON THE SPREADSHEET THAT WERE RECEIVED, THAT THERE'S ONE OPENING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SEAT TWO AND SEAT SIX ARE BOTH UP. SO DO WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS OR ONE? TWO. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS FOR, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT WHENEVER WE TAKE OUR VOTES, UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS GONNA BE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE TWO APPLICANTS WHOSE ELIGIBILITY IS UNKNOWN. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT, UM, IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE OR NOT, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, HEATHER MASSEY AND THEN UMBERTO AR MOON UGLY. SORRY. YES. MA'AM WE WILL WORK ON THAT. OKAY. UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE, I WILL SAY THERE WERE SOME APPLICATIONS THAT JUST WERE NOT IN OUR SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE NOTICED THAT, BUT AS I'M GOING THROUGH, UM, THERE WAS 21 WAS THERE. I, I GUESS WE SHOULD CONFIRM THIS PRIOR TO, BUT I ONLY COUNTED 21 AND THERE WERE, UM, 1, 2, 3, I ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO 18. I THINK YOU HAVE TO, IT'S GO FROM QUALIFIED TO DISQUALIFIED AND STILL FOR BOTH SHOW 18. OKAY. I SHOW OH 18. NOW THERE WERE 21 WHEN I PRINTED IT OFF. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THESE. UM, AND I ACTUALLY NOTED IT DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP WHOSE APPLICATIONS WERE NOT IN THE SYSTEM. TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT? THERE'S FOUR TO BE EXACT. OKAY. UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK HOW MANY WERE LISTED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. THERE ARE 31 APPLICATIONS THAT ARE GROUPED IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION. 2022, SECTION THREE OF THOSE ARE LISTED UNDER A DISQUALIFIED, BUT I DO BELIEVE BASED ON YOUR REVIEW THAT NET NEWS WILL NOT MEET. AND THEN THE REMAINING 29 SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A BOARD OR COMMISSION ROLE THAT THEY SELECTED. LET ME GO AND REFER TO THE PACKET TO DETERMINE WHO YOU MAY BE MISSING. I, I CAN EMAIL THAT TO YOU CUZ. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PROCEED. UM, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK SO WE CAN GET THIS START LIKE GOING, BECAUSE I THERE'S LIKE FOUR THAT I CANNOT, WELL THERE'S 29 IN THE BACKUP. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I GUESS Y'ALL ARE USING THAT PORTAL, BUT THE BACKUP MATERIAL HAS GOT 29 APPLICANTS. OKAY. WITH LINKS AND APPLICATIONS ALL LISTED. OKAY, LET'S GO. AND THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. BASED ON MY INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF WHO WAS ELIGIBLE WOULD BE THE 29, BUT I CAN, [00:40:01] UH, EMAIL YOU THE ADDITIONAL BLOOMFIELD THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED THAT MAY NOW BE ELIGIBLE. SO IN THE EMAIL THAT YOU GUYS ARE REFERENCING THE 29, DOES THAT ALSO HAVE THE APPLICATION IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL OR JUST THE NAMES? BECAUSE I HAVE NAMES, BUT WHEN I GO TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS, THOSE ARE NOT IN THE PORTAL. DO YOU HAVE A NAME? YES. UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, JAMES STANFIELD WAS NOT IN THERE. AUSTIN SUTHERLAND, GEORGE TORRES. YEP. AUSTIN SUTHERLAND, JAMES STANFIELD. THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE IN THERE. YEP. ALL THE APPLICATIONS I BELIEVE ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET IS THAT THE EMAIL WITH THE TWO ATTACHMENTS AND THEN THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM TO CLICK. I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF AN EMAIL, BUT I THINK IF YOU GO TO THE PACKET ONLINE, I THINK THEY'RE, IT'S, IT'S IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL ON THE POSTED AGENDA. YES. I WAS USING THE EMAILS THAT WERE SENT TO US AND THE LINK THAT WAS SENT TO US. SO FROM NOW ON FOR FUTURE, WE SHOULD JUST GO TO THE AGENDA. WE WILL MAKE SURE, JUST GO TO THE AGENDA. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. READY? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, SO FOR PLANNING AND SEWING, UM, UM, I KNOW THE CHAIR JUST MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A SEAT THAT IS GOING TO BE OPEN. IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE FOUR SEATS THAT WE HAVE OPEN OR IS THAT GONNA BE AN ADDITIONAL ONE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO TO CLARIFY, WHEN THAT PERSON EVENTUALLY FOR, FOR ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THANK YOU. WILL WILL ATKINSON DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD. UM, SO WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES. UM, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS MOVED AWAY. ANOTHER ONE, HER TERM IS EXPIRING AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE REAPPOINTMENTS. OKAY. UM, THEN THEY ALL END ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO, SO IT'S GONNA BE ALL FOUR OR ALL 5, 4, 4 BASE. OKAY. SO 4, 2, 3, 4, AND SIX OFFHAND. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC CS. BUT'S FOUR BASES. I SHOW HERE FOR, UH, SECTION E. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD [2.   Consider and possible action on nominations and appointments to Boards and Commissions.  (A.)  Arts Commission Seat No. 7 - Business Community Representative. (B.) Economic Development and Tourism Board 4 Seats - Tourism Representative; Developer; Industry/Major Employer; Industry/Healthcare. (C.) Library Board Seat Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7. (D.) Parks and Recreation Board Seat Nos. 2 and 6. (E.) Planning and Zoning Board Seat Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 6.     ] WITH THAT MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A, UH, THE ARTS COMMISSION SEAT. NUMBER SEVEN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A RE RECOMMENDATION FOR VICTORIA, VICTORIA, WES, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SERVE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION WHILE REVIEWING HER OOPS, THINK REVIEWING HER APPLICATION AND HER EXPERIENCE THAT SHE HAS, UH, WITH HER CURRENT, UH, EMPLOYMENT SHOWS THAT SHE, UM, SHE WOULD DO A, A, A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO BREAK DOWN A LOT OF THE STATISTICS THAT WE WOULD NEED AND BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE, UM, WITH SOME, SOME OF HER ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS THAT I SAW IN THE PLANNING. AND, UM, WHENEVER WE COULD BRING ANY KIND OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, OR MAYBE, UM, TOURISM TO THE CITY THAT, UM, SHE COULD BE ABLE TO HELP, UH, ON THAT BOARD LOOK AT NEW IDEAS IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE WE CAN, UM, ADD THOSE TO OUR CITY. YEAH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR MS. FRIS FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION SEAT NUMBER SEVEN SECOND, BUT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, SO WE JUST, WE'RE JUST GONNA MOTION AND VOTE. IS THAT ALRIGHT? THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHERS, WE AT AS WELL, THAT'S THAT'S WE KNOW WHO ALL THE AP WHO ALL THE NOMINATE NEEDS ARE, WHO EVERYONE'S GONNA TAKE VOTES. AND, AND IN THAT, IN THIS, UH, IN THE ARTS ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S 1, 2, 3, INCLUDING, UH, MS. VICTORIA THAT ARE UNKNOWN FOR ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THIS ONE IS VERY SPECIFIC. IT SAYS THE BUSINESS APPOINTEE SHALL OWN, OR BE EMPLOYED IN A BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OR ATJ OF THE CITY. SO CAN STAFF CONFIRM IF THE THREE THAT SAY UNKNOWN ARE, UH, ELIGIBLE OR NOT? IT'S FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM ARTS COMMISSION ART. SO IT'D BE THE INTERIM LIBRARY DIRECTOR. YES. LET ME LOOK INTO IT. [00:45:01] DID YOU, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT, UH, LAST TIME, HERES IS THAT EACH ONE OF US WOULD, WOULD SAY, THIS IS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPECIFIC SEAT WE WOULD GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO BEFORE IF THERE'S LIKE TWO OR THREE, RIGHT. IT WAS THE SECOND, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS GOOD. IT WAS THE SECOND, WHICH THEN CALLS INTO PUTS MOTION IN MOTION. YES. AND THEN THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO EVEN GETS A CHANCE TO MAKE A NOMINEE FOR ONE. EXACTLY. AND SO THEN I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THE REST OF COUNCIL WANTS. EXACTLY. SO, SO IT'S REALLY JUST LIKE, I'VE GOT THAT. AND THEN DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AND THEN WE'LL CONSIDER, WE'LL HAVE THE MOTION VOTE. OKAY. COUNSEL, PARTIALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SUGGEST THAT GERALD CUR BE IN THE ARTS BOARD. I THINK HE HAS A, A BACKGROUND THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. I KNOW HE'S NOT PRESENT, BUT HE'S ALSO UNKNOWN. I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT FIRST IF THESE PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE. UM, I WANT, MY, MY THOUGHTS WERE TO START WITH THE HARDER COMMISSIONS. I AGREE, UH, LIKE P AND Z FIRST, UH, BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE. THERE ARE FOLKS WHO I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING WERE, YOU KNOW, HOPING FOR ONE MISSED IT. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I THINK THE MOST INTEREST IS IN P AND Z. AND THAT'S WHERE THE LIVELIEST DISCUSSION. MAYBE THAT'LL GIVE SOME TIME FOR SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT BETWEEN THOSE TWO APPLICANTS TO CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE AMBER ON THE, THE ARTS COMMISSION, UM, GERALD CURIN AND VICTORIA FRIS VICKY, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE ELIGIBILITY AND HEATHER MASSEY AND HEATHER MASSEY. SO SHOULD WE, THAT WAS A MOTION IN SECOND. SHOULD WE, WHAT SHOULD WE DO, BRITTANY? WELL, I DON'T, WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE, UH, WE HAVEN'T EVEN OPENED UP THE ITEM THAT HAS, I'VE ONLY OPENED UP THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A CALL TO ACTION. SO IF Y'ALL JUST WANNA WITHDRAW, BUT WE'VE GOT IT NOTED. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. IF WE COULD JUST NOTE THAT IF YOU WANNA START WITH P AND Z MAYOR, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA START WITH. WELL, THAT'S FINE. UH, I JUST WANTED TO, WHEN IT CAME TO THAT ONE SEAT, I JUST WANTED THAT THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY CHALLENGING FOLKS. THERE'S FOUR OF US HERE. WE HAVE TO ALL AGREE ON ALL THESE POSITIONS. WE DIDN'T GET TO INTERVIEW ANYONE. SO NO ONE GOT TO ACTUALLY COME AND HAVE A PANEL, ASK YOU QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING OFF RESUMES AND THREE MINUTE TALKS. SO IT'S JUST, AND THEN WE HAVE TO AGREE UNANIMOUSLY. SO IT'S GONNA BE TRICKY. MAY I, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? SO IF WE START WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, ARE WE EACH, EACH OF US IS GOING TO NOMINATE FOUR PEOPLE FOR THIS BOARDS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN DO A BOAT. WE CAN NOT, I, THE WAY I WOULD SAY IT IS, YOU CAN NOMINATE WHOEVER YOU WANT. SO EVERYBODY CAN PUT AS MANY PEOPLE UP FOR A VOTE AS YOU WANT. I DON'T INTEND TO NOMINATE FOR, I INTEND, WELL, YEAH, ACTUALLY I GUESS I DO. I SAY THERE'S ONLY FOUR OPENINGS. SO FOR THE OPENINGS, I CAN NOMINATE ONE PURPOSE. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. FOUR, FOUR IN TOTAL. OKAY. UM, IF YOU WANT, OR WE CAN JUST, AND THEN WE CAN DO THE VOTE ON THE SAME CANDIDATES. IS THAT HOW I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST TIME. I THINK THAT'S OKAY. LET'S MOVING BECAUSE HOW, IF I CAN REMEMBER HOW WE DID IT BEFORE, UH, COUNCIL, WE HAVE, LET'S SAY LET'S USE PLANNING, ZONING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE FOUR SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SO WE WOULD CHOOSE OKAY, FOR SEAT NUMBER TWO, THIS IS TOBIAS'S RECOMMENDATION. THIS IS PARSLEY'S RECOMMENDATION MAYOR AND SO FORTH. AND THEN WE HAVE IT, IF THIS IS WHO WE FEEL, AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE AND THEN WE HELP BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY PUT THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR SEATS AND SAY FOR SEAT TWO, RIGHT. FOR SEAT FOUR FOR SIX. YES. THIS IS WHO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE. YEAH. WE'LL GO ONE, BASICALLY GO ONE AT A TIME. YES. AND BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO PARKS BOARD SEAT, NUMBER TWO, THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. AND MAYBE MS. PARSLEY HAS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT SHE WOULD LIKE FOR SEAT TWO AND SEAT SIX. OKAY. UM, UH, I'M GONNA BRING UP AGENDA. I NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER A POSSIBLE ACTION OF NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS TO, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THAT'S, UH, ARTS AND COMMISSIONS SEATS, SEVEN, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM FOR SEATS, LIBRARY, BOARD SEATS, 1, 3, 5, AND SEVEN PARKS AND REC BOARD SEATS. UH, TWO AND SIX AND PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, BOARD SEATS, NUMBER 2, 3, 4, AND SIX. AND WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, WE COULD START WITH THE TWO REAPPOINTMENT SEATS SEAT. NUMBER TWO. UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. MOTA. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT, I, I HAVE THEM DOWN. YEP. I HAVE THEM AS A YES. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UM, MARIO MA TO SEAT TWO SECOND, SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR. SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLORES, CAL OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY [00:50:01] AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. OCEAN CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WOULD BE SEAT SIX. BRANDON JAMES I'M OF THE SAME OPINION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION OUT OF THERE? NO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BRANDON JAMES TO SEE NUMBER SIX SECOND. UM, IT'S BEEN MOTION SECONDED. IS THERE DISCUSSION ALL? GO AHEAD. I JUST WISH SHE WAS HERE. YEAH. UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE REAPPOINTMENTS UH, I'M SORRY. GOOD. I'M GLAD. GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT. WILL ATKINSON FOR THE RECORD. UH, MR. JAMES, UH, HAD A, AN EMERGENCY HEADACHE. WE CALLED INTO WORK UNEXPECTEDLY. SO THAT'S THE REASON HE'S NOT HERE. HAS HE BEEN CONSISTENT IN MAKING THE MEETINGS HE'S CALLED TO? YES. AND HE IS HE'S SUPER VOCAL. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT ANYBODY THAT'S ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE MORE WORK YOU DO, THE LESS WORK WE HAVE TO DO. AND SO I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE WHOEVER WE PUT ON THESE BOARDS. BE VERY THOROUGH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THE POST MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL, UH, WE WILL GO TO SEAT NUMBER THREE AND WILL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS, COUNCILMAN FLORES, KALE. UM, BECAUSE HE IS SO FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, HISTORY PRESERVED, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE AUSTIN SUTHERLAND. OKAY. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MISS SARAH ON ANYONE ELSE? UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE CAN'T DIVIDE ON THIS. I, I LOOKED AT THE APPLICATIONS FOR, THIS IS FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE. UM, I WANTED TO NOMINATE, NOMINATE, UH, SARAH KIN FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE, LOOKING AT HER RESUME. AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH, UM, I DON'T LOOK AT THE YEARS OF HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE, BUT IF YOU'RE HAVING SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO SERVE, I WANNA BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WE LOOK AT ALL FACTORS ON THE END. SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REC RECOMMEND HER FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE. IS THAT A MOTION? YES. SECOND WE SO OKAY. FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE, SARAH KIN. OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR SARAH ANKIN. UH, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT? I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MAKE MY NOMINATION, BUT THAT'S FINE. GO. I'LL JUST MAKE A VOTE. THAT'S ALRIGHT. UH, ALL IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. NAY. NAY MOTION FAILS. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. UH, MY, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS GOING TO BE NEIL'S TO GO, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO FROM HERE. WELL, WE HAVE TWO OPEN SEATS. OKAY. RIGHT. YOU WANNA DISCUSS, UH, ANY OTHER, SO IS IT, DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE DIFFERENT IN MIND FOR SEATS, UH, FOR THE OTHER SEATS THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD FOR, FOR, FOR SEAT FOUR? I WAS, UH, REVIEWING JULIAN OISH AND FOR STEVE NUMBER FOUR, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE STEVE DELORE. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO NOMINATE AUSTIN SUTHERLAND AND NOT JUST BECAUSE HE IS FROM HERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE, HE IS PHYSICALLY HERE. UM, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING, UM, SOMEBODY ON HERE THAT'S, UM, FROM HERE AND HAS A GOOD IDEA AND A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT KYLE WANTS. NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T VOTED PRIOR TO, FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO I AM AN IMPLANT, LET ME MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I AM NOT FROM KYLE. UM, AND I FIRMLY, UM, SUPPORT ALL, BUT THE WAY HE CAME UP AND SPOKE AND, AND HE MENTIONED THINGS THAT MATTERED TO ME. UM, AND SO I'M GONNA NOMINATE HIM AS WELL. OKAY. UH, I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF STEVE DELORE FOR THE OTHER SEAT. SO, SO FAR I'VE HEARD TWO NOMINATIONS FOR, UM, SARAH KIN AND TWO NOMINATIONS FOR STEVE DELORE. UH, ONE FOR AUSTIN SUTHERLAND, ONE FOR NEIL SEGAL AND ONE FOR JULIANNE, UH, ISH. BASICALLY THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE THIS GOING IS WE ALL AGREE TO GO WITH THE, THE, WHO HAS THE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT CHILD WINS, WHOEVER HAD THE HIGHEST SLAVE, WE HAD TWO THAT HAD THE MAJORITY, THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD, IT WAS LIKE A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, UNFORTUNATELY. RIGHT. BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA [00:55:01] HAVE TO, WE'RE EITHER JUST GONNA HAVE TO AGREE ON SUPPORTING THE ONES THAT HAS TWO OR WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON IT. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO BE THREE SEATS OPEN HERE, THAT'S WHAT'S KINDA MAKING IT DOES MAKE IT TRICKY, CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW. AND WE STILL JUST HAVE, WE HAVE TWO SEATS STILL OPEN, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE VOTED FOR TWO. SO WE HAVE TWO SEATS OPEN MM-HMM . SO THE TWO, THE TOP TWO THAT HAD THE, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN SIERRA AND STEVE DELORE, WHICH HAVE THE TWO, BUT WE DO HAVE, BUT THOSE ARE TWO SEATS THAT ARE OPEN. STILL HAVE TWO THAT ARE OPEN. YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE OPEN. SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND GOT ALL OUR NAMES OUT FOR BOTH OF THOSE TWO MM-HMM . UH, OK. AND DELORE GOT, UH, TWO, TWO NOMINATIONS EACH, UH, SUTHERLANDS TOAL AND, OR GOT ONE EACH. AND SO THAT'S THE, SO IF WE DECIDE TO GO WITH THOSE TWO WITH YOUR NOMINATIONS, AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT AND THEN VOTE THAT THROUGH VOTE VOTED FOR TWO AND THREE. OKAY. SO FOR THREE AND FOUR SEATS, THREE AND FOUR. SO WHO DO WE HAVE? WHAT ARE THE, WHO ARE THE TOP TWO RIGHT NOW? UH, KIN. AND DELORE ON, WE TOOK A VOTE ON THAT. DIDN'T WE? NO, WE TOOK A VOTE ON, YES. WE TOOK A VOTE ON, ON FOR C3, RIGHT. BECAUSE INCAN RECEIVED TWO NOMINATIONS IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. SO FOR SEAT THREE. SO THAT'S, SHE WOULD BE SEAT FOUR. THAT'S WHAT WE COULD NOMINATE HER FOR, CORRECT? YES. AND THEN STEVE DELORE WOULD BE THREE AND FOUR SEAT FOUR. OKAY. SO YEAH, IT'S THREE AND FOUR. WELL, IT HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC MOTION. SO IF WE DO IT FOR FOUR THEN, WELL, I WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DO IT IN ONE MOTION AND VOTE, UH, BECAUSE ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER FOR ME PRETTY MUCH IS STEVE DELORE HERE. I DON'T, I MEAN, I DO, I DO APPRECIATE WHEN THE MEMBERS SHOW UP AND I I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION FOR MYSELF. UM, HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT. OKAY. WELL, I ALSO LIKE MARY LANDRUM AS WELL, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HER MAYBE IN SEAT THREE MAYOR. DO YOU MIND IF I, UH, CALL SARAH, I'LL GET UP TO THE PODIUM FOR QUESTION. SURE. OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUR, YOUR NAME'S BEEN, BEEN BROUGHT UP. OKAY. UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IS THAT, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN, IN, ON BEING ON P AND C THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP FILTER THROUGH THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS THE WAY THE BOARD IS, IF IT'S, IF IT'S GOING WELL, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE NEXT YEAR COMING UP IN, IN, IN YOUR POINT OF VIEW? SO I'VE WATCHED A FEW OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECORDINGS ONLINE. AND I DID ENJOY THE DIALOGUE THAT THE GROUP HAD. THEY WERE OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IDEAS FOR HOW THOSE SPACES WOULD BE USED, ARCHITECTURALLY, HOW THEY WOULD LOOK FOR PEOPLE. AND, UM, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TWO NEW PEOPLE SITTING ON THE BOARD. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE THAT TRADITION OF BEING VOCAL AND BEING ENGAGED. I THINK CHALLENGES THAT ARE GONNA COME UP IN THE NEXT YEAR ARE GOING TO BE THAT LAND IS, UM, GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPEN SPACES WE'VE GOT. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S SMART TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE PATIENT AND TO WAIT FOR THE RIGHT THING FOR THAT SPACE, INSTEAD OF BEING, UM, MAYBE A BIT HASTY TO JUST GET IT DONE AND TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE AND, AND START USING IT BECAUSE ONCE SOMETHING IS BUILT, YOU KNOW, THE LIFE CYCLE OF MOST THINGS HERE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE 30, 40 YEARS. THAT'S A LONG TIME. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS THE BEST USE. GOOD. AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. UM, WHY DO YOU THINK THERE ARE SO MANY UNDEVELOPED SPACES IN KYLE? I LIVE CLOSE TO, UM, STAGE COACH CROSSING. SO I DRIVE FROM AUSTIN FOR WORK ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE QUITE OFTEN. AND I DRIVE BY A LOT OF PLACES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND I'M ALSO DRIVING BY A LOT OF SIGNS FOR, UM, REDISTRICTING OR EXCUSE ME, REZONING MEETINGS. SO I THINK THERE'S, UM, JUST A LOT OF EMPTY SPACES THAT ARE TRYING TO GET FILLED IN RIGHT NOW AND, UM, WANNA DO IT SMART. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SARAH AKIN FOR SEAT FOUR FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. SECOND, SECOND, UH, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. TOBI IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION ALL AS FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. NAY MOTION FAILS THREE TO ONE. I WANNA PUT 'EM TOGETHER. OKAY. [01:00:01] MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? YES. UM, I APPRECIATE SARAH. AND AGAIN, AS A RESIDENT THAT IS ENGAGED, UH, SHE EMAILS ME QUITE OFTEN, UH, PAYS ATTENTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SHE HAS BEEN PRESENT IN THE MEETINGS SO THAT I THINK THAT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PLANNING AND PLANNING TO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE GOTTA AGREE ON BOTH. IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S JUST, I JUST DON'T SEE US AGREEING ON THE NEXT ONE. IF WE DON'T AGREE ON THIS ONE AS WELL. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SARAH KIN FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE. AND STEVE, UH, DELORE FOR SEAT NUMBER FOUR. SHE, SHE ALREADY FAILED FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE. WHAT'S THAT SHE, WE TOOK A VOTE AND SHE FAILED FOR SEAT SEAT, BUT SHE WILL HAVE TO BE SEAT NUMBER FOUR. AND STEVE DELORE SEAT NUMBER THREE. YES. WE ALREADY VOTED FOR HER TWICE. YOU DENIED HER TWICE. I MEAN, I DENIED HER THE FIRST TIME AND YOU DENIED IT SECOND. SO SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANYONE SO LONG AS A VOTE. DOESN'T RECEIVE FOUR NAYS. IT CAN BE RECONSIDERED FOR ANY ITEM. OKAY. RULES, COUNSEL. THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROCESS THOUGH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU, YEAH, SO WE CAN VOTE ON ANYONE ANY TIME. SO THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. SO UNLESS IT'S DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. OKAY. SO CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION? THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE SARAH KIN FOR SEAT NUMBER THREE AND STEVE DELORE FOR SEAT NUMBER FOUR SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HOLD ON. HE JUST, OKAY. AND TO CO CONFIRM, STEVE, DELORE'S NOT HERE. HE'S NOT OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THE POST MAY ALL. WHAT DO Y'ALL WANNA DO? IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE, THE SAME PROCESS WE, WE HAD THAT SAID BEFORE MAYOR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THAT IF, UM, THE PEOPLE ARE HERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WHERE WE WERE JUST REAPPOINTED INDIVIDUALS AND NOT REALLY BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEM ON, ON THE QUESTIONS, IF I'M MISTAKEN. WELL, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT MY BELIEF ON THIS PROCESS OF DOING INTERVIEWS IN FRONT OF LARGE GROUPS, AS OPPOSED TO THE WAY THAT IT WAS, WHERE WE HAD A PANEL OF INTERVIEWS. UH, WE'RE ALLOWED TO INTERVIEW EACH AND EVERY PERSON ASK THEM THE SAME QUESTIONS AND GET TO KNOW THEM, UH, AS IT IS. I APPRECIATE FOLKS COMING UP AND GIVING A, A COUPLE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN INTERVIEW PANEL FOR US TO BRING PEOPLE UP AND INTERVIEW THEM TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. UH, I READ THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS, UH, AND I FELT LIKE, UH, MR. DELORE'S APPLICATION STOOD OUT STRONGLY. SO AS A RESULT, UH, I WAS, UH, WILLING TO SUPPORT HIM. UH, AND SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF MY OPINION. I DO NOT FAULT ANYONE FOR NOT BEING HERE. I WISH NO ONE WAS HERE. SO, UH, PERSONALLY, BUT MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE POLICY DOES STATE THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS SPECIAL MEETING. THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAD, WE HAD THAT, WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AT LENGTH WHEN WE MADE THIS POLICY. OKAY. OKAY. HAVE YOU WANNA REMAKE YOUR MOTION? MAYOR I'LL SUPPORT IT. WE'RE NOT GONNA FILL HIM. SHE'S NOT GONNA SUPPORT IT. SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. I'M NOT SAYING I'M DOING IT BECAUSE HE BROKE ANY OF THE POLICIES OR PROCEDURES. IT'S MY PERSONAL BELIEF. RIGHT? IF YOU CAN'T BE HERE, WHEN YOU'RE NOMINATED, I NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE MEETINGS. SO LIKE, FOR ME, IT CORRELATES WELL, IF, IF THE APPLICANTS RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO COME TO THE MEETING. EXACTLY. YEAH. YOU COULD BE TOLD YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME. I'M NOT SAYING THEY, THEY WERE TOLD THEY DIDN'T, THEY HAD TO COME AND THEN HE DIDN'T SHOW UP. I'M JUST SAYING, IF IT'S AN OPTION, I TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. COULD WE MAKE A SEPARATE MO MOTION FOR SEAT NUMBER FOUR AGAIN, OR FOR WHICH ONE? UM, CAN WE MOTION MS. SARAH UMCAN SEPARATELY? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE TWO MOTIONS TOGETHER? DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM TOGETHER? WELL, MY, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT CUZ BASED ON WHAT WE ALL LOOKED AT, WE BOTH AGREED THE MAJORITY OF US AGREED ON THOSE TWO CANDIDATES. AND IF WE PUSH ONE FORWARD AND NOT THE OTHER, THEN HOW ARE WE GONNA, HOW ARE WE GONNA FILL THE SECOND SEAT? SO IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA FILL THESE THIS SECOND SEAT AND I DON'T WANNA, I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY PERSONALLY. SO I WANT US TO ALL HAVE TO COMPROMISE AND AGREE ON, ON, ON THINGS. MISS OEN IS NOT MY, UH, UH, [01:05:01] UH, SECOND CHOICE. SO I'M, I'M COMPROMISING ON HER, UH, AS AN APPLICANT. AND, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, UH, DELORE IS A GOOD, UM, IS A GOOD FIT TO, UH, UH, TO GO WITH HER AS A COMBO UNIT PERSONALLY. SO, UM, I MEAN, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND JUST LIKE I WANTED AUSTIN SOUTHLAND TO EVEN HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY. AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE ALL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA COMPROMISE. WELL, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING I'M, I'M, I'M PUTTING COMPROMISE INTO THIS VOTE ALREADY AS FAR AS THE WAY I SEE IT. YEAH. I'M I FELT THAT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS, BUT IT'S A SITUATION WHERE IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA COMPROMISE IN, IN, IN THIS WAY THEN, AND I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE NEITHER OF YOURS, THAT'S WHY, SO I'M, I'M, IT'S YOUR VOTE. SO IF BUT SO CAN WE LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE STUCK ON JUST THOSE TWO. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE CAN ALSO AGREE ON? SO, SO FOR THE RECORD, UM, MS. ANKIN IS, IS NOT ON LET'S AT THIS TIME, CORRECT? NOT AT THIS TIME. MY NOMINEE WAS NEIL'S TOAL THAT'S WHO I THOUGHT I WANTED TO PUT ON, UH, BASED ON AS WELL AS STEVE DELORE. SO, UM, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. THEY, THEY RECEIVED DELORE AND KIN RECEIVED TWO NOMINEES, TWO NOMINATIONS. SO WE ALL HAVE TO AGREE ON IT OR IT'S NOT GONNA MOVE FORWARD. I, I AGREE ON NEIL. I COULD VOTE ONAL I CAN AGREE ON NEIL. UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SARAH KIN FOR SEAT THREE. AND NEIL'S TOAL FOR SEAT FOUR MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLORES, SCALER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ALL IS A FAVOR. SAY AYE. HI. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO PAR NOMINATIONS. UM, AND HOW MANY SEATS DO WE HAVE ON PAR? LET'S JUST GO BACK TWO, TWO SEATS. MM-HMM ALL RIGHT. AND CAN I MAKE SUGGESTION SURE. FOR THE TWO SEATS? UM, SO I WOULD LIKE, LET ME JUST GO BACK TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS OF THE SEATS ARE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR SIX, NUMBER TWO FOR MR. JAMES STANFIELD AND FOR SEAT NUMBER SIX, I BELIEVE IS THE NEXT ONE. IT WILL BE, UM, JULIA FISHBACK, UM, HERE SECOND MINE, UM, CUSTOMER TOUS FOR THE PART. MINE WOULD ALSO BE MISS JULIA FISHBACK BY READING HER APPLICATION AS WELL. THAT, AND THEN ALSO JULIA ISH. THOSE ARE MY TWO. SO WE HAVE TWO AND TWO CUSTOMER FOR SCALE. DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, I, I THINK WE BOTH AGREE. WE ALL AGREE ON FISHBACK. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO THEN MY OTHER OPTION, WE OFFICIALLY OR ISH, I WOULD VOTE JULIAN ISH AS WELL, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE PARKS AND REC BOARD SEAT FOR SEAT NUMBER, UH, TWO, UH, JULIA FISHBACK AND FOR SEAT NUMBER SIX, JULIE ORGE SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOBIS IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IS A FAVOR TO SAY. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO. NEXT UP LIBRARY BOARD. THIS IS THE FUN ONE. I THINK WE DID WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE FOR THE LIBRARY? YEAH, JUST MAYBE IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM EVERYBODY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE. I THINK, AND I COULD BE WRONG. LET ME SEE LIBRARY. NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KILL. YOU DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, AN APPLICANT FOR THE PARKS AND REC BOARD AND, UH, REQUIREMENT OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD IS TO, UH, LIVE IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND THAT PARTICULAR APPLICANT LIVES IN THE ETJ, NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT THE LIBRARY BOARD. DOES ANYBODY HAVE NOMINATIONS? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JOY TORRES FOR LET SEE WHAT THE SEATS ARE OPEN. I'M SORRY. FOUR [01:10:01] SEATS SEAT ONE. DO YOU HAVE OTHER NOMINATIONS? LET'S GET 'EM ALL OUT THERE. ALL OUT THERE. OKAY. SO THERE'S A REAPPOINTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HER AS WELL. OH, WE HAVE A HANG ON ACTUALLY. SO WE DO HAVE ONE REAPPOINTMENT ON THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THEN THREE OPENS MM-HMM LET'S TAKE THE REAPPOINTMENT FIRST. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT JESSICA ROBINSON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLOS SCALE. SECOND BY CUSTOMER TOBIAS THAT WE REAPPOINT JESSICA ROBINSON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. ALL IS IN FAVORS SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOS MOTION CARRIES. SO THAT WOULD BE SEAT NUMBER ONE. OR WHAT SEAT DID SHE HAVE? SEAT ONE. YEAH, SHE HAS ONE. SO SEAT ONE HAS BEEN REAPP SO YEAH, THREE, FIVE AND SEVEN. AND SO ONE OF THOSE, YOUR NOMINATION IS JOY TORRES, CORRECT? HAVE LIKE, DO YOU, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE TWO, SOME MORE? YOU HAVE LIKE TAS LANDRUM. UM, AND THEN I'M OPEN TO THE OTHER ONE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PARTIALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, MR. BRUCE, RICHARD JOY TORRES AND SPENCER COPELAND. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS. UH, OKAY. REAPPOINTMENT ON ROBINSON, RIGHT? OKAY. UM, MY FIRST ONE WAS TORRES AS WELL. UM, DANIELLE SPARROW AND THEN MR. SPENCER COPELAND OR? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE THREE FOR TAURUS AND TWO FOR COPELAND. I COULD DO COPELAND. HOW WOULD DO COPELAND? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE APPOINTING FOR, WE JUST NEED ONE MORE. WE'LL JUST NEED ONE MORE. DO Y'ALL WANNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE TWO? SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE, UM, JOY TORRES TO SEAT THREE AND SPENCER COPELAND TO SEAT FIVE SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLORES, KALE SECONDED BY CUSTOMER PARSLEY THAT WE HAVE APPOINT JOY TORRESS TO SEAT NUMBER THREE AND, UH, SPENCER COPELAND TO SEAT NUMBER FIVE TO PARKS AND OR TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. UH, THIS ISN'T NOMINATION, RIGHT? THIS IS APPOINTMENT IT. DOESN'T GO TO THE COUNCIL. IT'S DONE AT THIS POINT. YES, THIS WILL BE DONE. ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU WANNA AMEND TO SAY, OKAY. POINT I'D LIKE TO, UH, AMEND MY MOTION TO APPOINT, UM, JOY TORRES TO SEAT THREE OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AND SPENCER COPELAND TO SEAT FIVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, MOTION, UH, BY COUNCIL FLOS SCALE. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY IS TO APPOINT, UH, JOY TAUS AND SPENCER COPELAND IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVORS SAY, AYE. HI. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES ALL. SO WE HAVE FOR THE FINAL WE HAVE, UH, UH, BRUCE, RICHARD, DANIEL SPARROW, AND MARY LANDRUM IS, IS ANYBODY. UM, UH, I CAN GO WITH ANY OF THEM, UH, FRANKLY. SO WHAT I'M JUST NEEDING IS JUST BASICALLY TWO OF Y'ALL TO AGREE ON ONE OF THEM. I KNOW THAT MISS, UM, SUSAN RENA USED TO BE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD AND SHE STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR MR. BRUCE RICHARD. SO, UM, I KNOW SH I HAVE KNOWN HER FOR A LONG TIME. UM, I KNOW SHE IS A REALLY LIBRARY LOVER. UM, SO I, THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT MR. BRUCE RICHARD BE ON THE BOARD. I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE. I BELIEVE HE'S NOT HERE, BUT YEAH. AND I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH HIS APPLICATION. UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS APPLYING FOR THE RIGHT POSITION BECAUSE HIS COVER LETTER ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY STATES A CITY MANAGER OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE NOTICED THAT. UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST, WHEN WE ASK FOR APPLICATIONS AND RESUMES, WE CAN MAKE IT NOT JUST WORK RELATED, BUT MAYBE VOLUNTEER RELATED TO THE POSITION. DO YOU HAVE A, A DIFFERENT PERSON THAT, THAT YOU WOULD AGREE TO, OR YOU'RE JUST STILL WITH YOUR, I LIKE MARY LANDRUM AND THEN CUSTOMER TOBI. YOU WERE WITH SPARROW? YES, SIR. SPARROW. OKAY. LET ME SEE. UM, WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU ARE BOTH LIBRARY. I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH IT. I CAN GO WITH SPARROW TOO. I HAD HER SECOND IN HERE. DOES ANYBODY WANNA VOICE THEIR REASONING FOR SPARROW? MY, UM, MY LOOKING AT HER, UH, RESUME, UM, SHE DOES HAVE A, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUNG CHILDREN. SHE DOES [01:15:01] GO TO THE LIBRARY QUITE OFTEN. UM, SHE, UH, SHOWED THAT SHE, UM, SEES THAT NOT ONLY THE, SHE ENJOYS IT, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME OF THE AREAS. AND, UH, SHE WAS WILLING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS AND SUPPORT TO, UH, IMPROVE OUR LIBRARY. UM, AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE, WE DON'T, WE'RE STILL GETTING OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR IN. SO, UM, LOOKING AT IT JUST KIND OF JUST KIND OF SPARKED ME THAT, UM, SHE WOULD WANTING TO BASICALLY GIVE A LOT MORE INPUT AND SHE ALSO ATTENDS STORY TIME AND A LOT OF THE CHILDREN PROGRAMMING. SO THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT I SEE THAT, THAT GOES TO THE LIBRARY QUITE OFTEN AND MAY SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UM, THAT ARE THAT WORKING WELL, BUT ALSO WANTS TO GIVE, UH, SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW TO, UH, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AND BRING MORE PROGRAMMING. AND WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WELL WITH, I WOULD AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE, YES, I DO SEE THAT SHE GOES TO THE LIBRARY QUITE OFTEN AND BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY YOUNGER TIMES WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE, UM, I WILL SPEND ALL MY TIME IN THE LIBRARY. SO I THINK THAT SOMEBODY THAT IS FACING ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU KNOW, UM, USING THOSE RESOURCES, YOU PROBABLY HAVE BETTER SUGGESTIONS. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE HER ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. DID I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S HERE THOUGH, RIGHT? SHE'S NOT HERE AND I DON'T SEE HER RESUME. DID SOMEONE, DID I NOT GET A RESUME? I, I SAW HER APPLICATION IN THERE'S LIKE A COVER LETTER, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A RESUME. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M RECEIVING THE SAME INFORMATION AS EVERYBODY ELSE. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULD NOT WANT TO APPOINT MARY LANDRUM SPARROW'S APPLICATION IS, IS IN THE, IS IN THE BACKUP. YEAH, THE APPLICATION. HE SAID RESUME THOUGH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I MEAN, THEY ALL HAVE APPLICATIONS, RIGHT. UM, I JUST WANTED MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. YOU SAY MARIA LANGER, UM, MARY LANDRUM IS I CAN SUPPORT HER AS WELL. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GREAT. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING. EVERYBODY'S GREAT. THEY ARE. AND SHE'S BEEN, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S PART OF, UH, THE TEAM CAR ACADEMY, WHICH I REALLY LIKE. YES. UM, HER RESUME WAS, UH, PRETTY STELLAR MM-HMM YEAH, THAT I WAS, I WAS GONNA GO WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. OKAY. SO THAT WAS MY OPINION AS WELL THAT I CAN GO WITH MARY LANDRO. YEAH. YOU WANNA MAKE MOTION? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MARY LANDRUM TO SEAT SEVEN OF THE LIBRARY BOARD SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. FLOS KALE SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBI. SO WE APPOINT, UH, MARY LANDRUM TO SEEK SEVEN OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. ALL IS A FAVOR. SAY, AYE. HI. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS LIBRARY BOARD. IT'LL BE A GREAT YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, NEXT UP IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, TOURISM. THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BOARD JUST IN GENERAL. I THINK YOU, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO POSTPONE THESE ITEMS. YEAH. CAN I POSTPONE THAT ONE? AND YEAH, I, I, I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE A, DISCUSS A LARGER DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL ABOUT THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR, HOW WE GO ABOUT MAKING THOSE NOMINATIONS. I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GONNA FOLLOW THIS PROCESS OR, OR NOT CUSTOMER MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TA RIZZO WAS THINKING THAT WE HAD TAKEN ACTION. SO, SO WAS I TO HAVE THEM, UH, MAINTAIN THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL PROCESS AND, UH, WE LEAST NEED TO TAKE THAT UP AT COUNCIL AND DISCUSS IT. SO, AND WE CAN LEAVE THESE OPEN AND THEN, UH, DEAL WITH IT, UH, DOWN THE ROAD, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS CUSTOMER TOUS. SO WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WAS THERE ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF DIALOGUE OR DETAILS ABOUT IT? JUST, JUST FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS SO DIFFERENT THAN THESE OTHER BOARDS. AND SO EACH POSITION IS INDUSTRY SPECIFIC AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE RECRUITED DIRECTLY BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, TO FILL THOSE, UH, PARTICULAR SEATS. AND SO THAT PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE THAT'S OUTLINED IS JUST A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE. AND SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT IT TO MAINTAIN THE SAME OR WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE A NEW PROCESS. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I JUST DON'T THINK, I THINK THE REASON THE APPLICATIONS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE IS BECAUSE IN PART IT'S ONE SIDE AND IN PART IT'S THE OTHER, UM, [01:20:01] UM, WE'VE GOT JUST REGULAR APPLICATIONS COMING THROUGH AND A LOT OF THEM ARE PROBABLY BEING DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY PROFILE, WHICH IS HOW WE ORIGINALLY SET UP THE BOARD. OKAY. UM, AND, UM, AND SO I JUST WANNA HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, SO I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT IT WAS SET UP INITIALLY. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE BREAKING DOWN INTO FIVE AREAS OR LET'S SAY FOUR AREA IT'S. OKAY. SO LET'S SAY WHAT, UH, EXAMPLE ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT. OKAY. UH, RETAIL, UH, TOURISM, LARGE BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS BUSINESS. SMALL BUSINESS. YES. AND, AND IT WOULD ALSO WOULD BE ADDING POSSIBLY DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE KIND OF DEAL OR WORKING WITH OTHER GROUPS LIKE, AND THE CHAMBER COMMERCE. WE HAVE EXO OFFICERS LIKE A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LIKE DR. WRIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE. OKAY. OR SOMEONE FROM ACC WOULD SIT ON THAT BOARD AS WELL. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT BOARD STRUCTURE THAN ALL OF THE REST OF OUR BOARDS, WHICH ARE RESIDENT FOCUSED. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THE ECONOMIC UMBRELLA, CORRECT. WHETHER IT'S EDUCATION, THE SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, ANY, UH, ENTERTAINMENT, ANY TOURISM AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO DO WITH ALSO MAYBE LIKE NONPROFITS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, OR THAT COULD BE LEFT. SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO RIGHT NOW. NO, IT'S SPECIFICALLY TELLS US WHICH ONE WE NEED. WE NEED RIGHT NOW, THE TOURISM REPRESENTATIVE, THE DEVELOPER, THE INDUSTRY MAJOR EMPLOYER AND THE IN LIKE HEALTHCARE. SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED, BUT I THINK THE PROCESS IS IN QUESTION CUZ AS IT IS NOW SUPPOSED IT'S TO FOLLOW EVERYTHING. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME, CAUSE I DON'T WANNA PUT TONY AND EDDIE BACK ON THE BOARD, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IF WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PROCESS TO DO IT, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO COME DIRECTLY FROM THE, UM, UM, FROM THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ON THE AGENDA AS A NOMINATION FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING VICTORIA LIKE, LIKE, WILL WE DO IT AS FAR AS SEATS? LIKE YES. LIKE TOURISM SEAT, THE SMALL BUSINESS SEAT, THE BIG BUSINESS OR WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S CORRECT. VICTORIA VARGAS, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE MAYOR IS CORRECT. WE SPECIFICALLY CREATED THIS BOARD TO WHERE THE, UM, APPLICANTS DID NOT HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS OF KYLE BECAUSE WE ARE PICKING THEM FROM THOSE, UM, LOCAL INDUSTRY, HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION. AND THAT IS THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO RUN THE BOARD THAT WAY. SO WE CAN BRING FORTH THE NOMINATIONS AND WITH, UM, APPLICATIONS FROM EACH ONE OF THEM AND ALSO RESUME SO THAT YOU CAN THOROUGHLY VET THEM. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD ALSO, UM, OUR BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, WE ALSO INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AND A FORMAL REQUEST TO EXEMPT YOURSELF FROM THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICIES. YES. THAT'S THE OTHER THING WE NEED CLARITY ON MM-HMM SO IF YOU WANNA BRING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING TOO, I WILL, WE CAN DO THAT. SO LIKE THE APPLICANTS WOULD, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY WOULDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY, THEY'D BE OUTSIDE THE CITY, NOT SOMEBODY, RIGHT. THEY ARE LOOK, THEY ARE STAKEHOLDERS. SO, UM, LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE A SEAT RESERVED FOR A LOCAL UTILITY PROVIDER, WHICH IS, UH, COULD BE P C CURRENTLY IT'S P C AND THE REPRESENTATIVE LIVES IN, UM, A DIFFERENT CITY IN JOHNSON CITY. BUT YET SHE TRAVELS HERE FOR OUR MEETINGS BECAUSE SHE HAS A, A STAKE IN THIS, UH, COMMUNITY. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT CITIZEN APPOINTED. NO, THAT'S WHY THIS BOARD IS VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT. OKAY. WE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT TO LIKE, IF WE, IF SOMEBODY APPLIED AND SAYS, I WANT BE PART OF THE TOURISM GROUP, OR I WANNA BE PART OF THE, UH, SMALL AND BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, OR I'M A BUSINESS PERSON HERE, WHATEVER IT IS, OR JUST HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN THAT. YES. IT'S NOT FOR INSTANCE THAT THE MISSION NOT GOING THAT ROUTE, MR. EDDIE BROWN, THAT YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER, HE DOES NOT LIVE IN KYLE, BUT HE HAS A, A BUSINESS AND A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS COMMUNITY. OKAY. WE CAN DISCUSS IT WHEN WE ACTUALLY BRING THAT OUT. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. MM-HMM THAT'S THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. SO DID WE GET, DO WE GET THE INFORMATION ON WHETHER THESE PEOPLE WERE ELIGIBLE? SO THE ARTS COMMISSION IS SIMILAR TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN THAT THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE KYLE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE PROCESS QUESTION THAT STAFF STRUGGLES WITH BECAUSE OUR IS STAFF SUPPOSED TO VET THAT OUT. UM, SOME OF THE APPLICANTS DID NOT COMPLETE THAT, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. AND SO STAFF DEEMED THEM IN ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE IT. AND SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, I GUESS IT'S SUBJECTIVE AND IT'S UP TO, WOULD BE UP TO COUNSEL AS TO WHETHER YOU ALL CONSIDER THEM TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN KYLE AND TO [01:25:01] HAVE MET THAT, UH, REQUIREMENT. WAIT, YOU WANT US TO TELL YOU IF THEY ARE LIVE IN THE CITY OR THE ET, THIS SAYS, OKAY, SO THEY SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY EASY. IT SAYS WE NEED TO APPOINT SOMEBODY, UM, WHO OWNS OR EMPLOYED IN A BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OR THE ETJ. SO IF WE HAVE THEIR ADDRESS, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE CITY CAN'T JUST GO. I'M NOT, I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE ADDRESS QUESTION. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE KYLE COMMUNITY. SO IF THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OR THE ETJ, OR HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE, RIGHT. SO TECHNICALLY THEY, THEY IS THAT RIGHT? THERE'S THREE ORDERS THERE. SO THE SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE QUESTION IS THE ONE THAT, UM, I GUESS STAFF IS STRUGGLING TO VERIFY AND ANSWER HR IS STRUGGLING. AND THEN I GUESS IT WOULD BE BACK ON THE BOARD AND COMMISSION LIAISON TO TRY AND VET THAT. UM, BUT IT, IT ALSO COMES DOWN TO WHETHER COUNCIL FEELS THAT THAT REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN MET AS WELL. SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK WHAT QUESTIONS ARE ON THE APPLICATION THAT WOULD HELP COUNCIL DECIDE IF THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE OR NOT. WELL, THE QUESTION IS ON THE APPLICATION, BUT SOME OF THEM DON'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. AND SO ALL THE ONES THAT SAY ANSWERED, RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEY HAVEN'T ANSWERED IT. SO I MEAN, CLEARLY WE CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT OR NOMINATED. SO THEN THAT MEANS THERE IS ONLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE AND IT SAYS, I BELIEVE HER BUSINESS EXPERIENCE. ISN'T KYLE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE ARTS. SO I GUESS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT MATTERS TOO. UM, GERALD OR WAIT, LET ME SEE. GERALD CURTIN. HE HAS HE'S RETIRED. HE HAS THE GLASS GLASS FUSE, GLASS ART BUSINESS, UM, WHIPPER WILL DREAMS AND HE IS LIVES WITHIN THE KYLE E J, BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. HE DID HE'S HE'S ELIGIBLE, BUT THE, THERE WERE OTHER APPLICANTS THAT, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, UMBERTO AND, UH, FOR FRITOS VICTORIA. FRIS RIGHT. MM-HMM THEY DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION. I DON'T EVEN HAVE UMBERTO ON MY SPREADSHEET. I DIDN'T HAVE EITHER. SO, SO IT'S UN SO, AND THEN HEATHER MASSEY, IT SAYS, WHEN IT ASKS ABOUT ELIGIBLE, IT SAYS UNKNOWN, HEATHER MASSEY, UNKNOWN, UMBERTO, UNKNOWN. I THINK. YEAH. THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE A YES FOR IS A BELINDA PUNANA. LET'S SEE. SO ONE, YOU SAID THAT ONE OF 'EM DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? THAT WAS NOT ANSWERED CUZ IF IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE, I BELIEVE OUR APPLICANT IS HERE. WE COULD ASK. YEAH. YES, MS. UH, FRA, IF YOU DON'T MIND AND I WILL BE COMPLETELY HONEST. IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CONFUSING APPLICATION PROCESSES. I THINK A LOT OF US, UH, CAN AGREE. I DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE HERE. I LIVE HERE. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER A YEAR. I, UM, I WORK HERE. I WORK OUT AT MY HOME. I'M HERE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. MY EMPLOYER HAS AN ADDRESS OUTSIDE OF HAYES, BUT THEY ARE A TEXAS COMPANY. MM-HMM YEAH. I DON'T THINK THAT MATTERS. SO YOU LIVE HERE IN THE CITY CAL? WELL, NO, IT DOES MATTER. IT DOES. THIS IS THE APPOINTEE SHALL OR BE EMPLOYED IN A BUSINESS YES. WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. BUT IF, IF, IF YOU'RE, IF THEY'RE BASED OUT OF A DIFFERENT STATE, BUT THEY DO, ARE THEY LIKE REGISTERED AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HERE IN D I MEAN, ACTUALLY I HOLD SEVERAL FINANCIAL INDUSTRY'S LICENSES AND ALL MY LICENSES ARE REGISTERED THROUGH THEM, BUT TO MY HOME ADDRESS. SO THAT TECHNICALLY, OKAY. I, I HAVE A, A BUSINESS THROUGH THEM, MY ADDRESS. I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND, AND TO CLARIFY FOR THIS PARTICULAR C ON THE ARTS COMMISSION, IT'S, IT'S A BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE. SO THAT'S WHY THIS, UM, SEAT WAS ASKING FOR THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION SEATS HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT FOCUSES BASED ON ECONOMIC. THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WAS BRINGING UP THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, IF RIGHT. IF ONE PERSON IS GOING TO BE SEAT ONE, THAT WOULD BE FOR ENTERTAINMENT. YEAH. THE OTHER ONE BE TWO WOULD BE FOR TOURISM AND SO FORTH. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS, THIS ONE ARTS COMMISSION'S BRAND NEW, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SORT THROUGH THAT. UM, SO IF I COULD ASK SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS, YOU SAID YOU HAD, IT WAS KIND OF CONFUSING. COULD YOU JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT WAS SO THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE SOME [01:30:01] FEEDBACK, JUST SMALL FEEDBACK. YES. SO FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS CONFUSING AS TO WHAT ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS VERSUS, UH, BUSINESS MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. I THINK THAT THAT'S THE, THE FIRST STEP, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WOULD ATTEST TO THIS, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT ONE SPECIFIC BUSINESS EXPERIENCE TO STILL WANNA SERVE KYLE AND HAVE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE. UM, SO I DO THINK THERE WAS CONFUSION WITH THAT AS WELL. I THINK THE WAY THE QUESTIONS WERE WORDED, UM, WERE VERY CONFUSING, LIKE PRESENCE. YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE, THAT'S PRESENCE. SO WHY WOULD YOU ASK IT AGAIN? AND IF THERE, SO IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC REASON FOR THAT, IT WOULD NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. UM, I ALSO, SINCE YOU GAVE ME THE FLOOR AND ALLOW ME TO ANSWER IT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS REALLY, UM, ARE ASKED AT A LEVEL THAT ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK THAT YOU DO NEED DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ON YOUR BOARDS. AND I THINK THAT WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE KYLE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARDS AND ON THE COUNCIL AND THROUGHOUT EVERYWHERE, THAT MAKES DECISIONS. AND I THINK SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE APPLICATION IS WORDED IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. IT COULD SHUT PEOPLE OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, NOT HAVING A RESUME, WELL, MAYBE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT A GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT WOULDN'T PROVIDE A GREAT INSIGHT AND, UM, COLLABORATION ON A BOARD. GREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I'D LOVE THAT FEEDBACK. CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE NOTE THAT AND THEN MAYBE JERRY OR AMBER, WHAT WE COULD DO IS SEND UP, FOLLOW UP, LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO DO APPLY FOLLOW UP, UH, LIKE HOW DID IT GO? HOW DID YOU LIKE IT, UH, TO THE APPLICANTS SO THEY CAN GIVE US ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, CUZ IT IS MOST APPRECIATED. THAT'S ONE OF MY PASSIONS WELL APPRECIATED VERY MUCH CUZ THAT'S THE THAT'S THE WHOLE KEY OF, OF, OF THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE CITIZENS, UM, TO THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, CUZ WE NEED THEIR VOICE. WE NEED YOUR OPINION. WE NEED YOUR SUGGESTIONS. WE NEED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR, IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE 20 YEARS, UM, THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT COUNCIL NEEDS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND GET A DIVERSE AND ALSO GET MORE, UH, FEEDBACK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM SO MANY PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT DIFFERENT AREAS AND DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER THERE IN EAST KYLE, IN WEST KYLE AND NORTH. AND WE ONLY BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT BECAUSE OUR CITY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SUNDAY MORNING AND I'VE NOT SEEN THAT TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN ONE BIT, UH, THAT TELLS YOU THAT MORE'S COMING AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO NOW'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO START BUILDING ON THAT AND, AND GIVE AND ALLOW EVERYBODY HERE TO HAVE THAT VOICE IN THAT SAY, CUZ THIS IS YOUR TOWN, YOUR CITIES JUST AS WELL. THANK YOU. SO WE JUST HAVE ONE SEAT TO FILL ON THE ARTS COMMISSION. YES. OKAY. COUNCIL FLOS CAL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE UH, BELINDA. UH, NO. OH NO, NO. VICTORIA. VICTORIA FRI YES. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLOSS. CAL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVE. VICTORIA FRI THE SEAT SEVEN OF THE ARTS COMMISSION IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. HOLD IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. AYE. I'LL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO. THANK THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, SECOND. WE ARE ADJOURNED. ENJOY YOUR SATURDAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.