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[I. Call Meeting to Order]
EVERYONE.THE TIME IS 7:07 PM IT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, AND I'M GONNA CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GUIDE, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL THE RULE MITCHELL HERE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
COMMENTS.UH, AT THIS TIME, WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO SO.
WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE TWO REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
FIRST UP, MISS, UH, SUSAN RENA, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SUSAN RENA AND I LIVE IN STAGE COACH CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ON, ON JOHNNY CAKE DRIVE.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON CONESTOGA DRIVE, OLD STAGE COACH DRIVE TO SCOTT STREET.
THERE ARE, UH, SOME BACKUP MATERIALS WITH YOUR ITEM, AND THE NUMBERS IN THEM SEEM TO INDICATE THAT THERE'S ONLY A MINOR PROBLEM WITH SPEEDING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND IT DOES THANKFULLY SAY THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS THIS LAST YEAR, WHICH I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
BUT THE CONCERN OF ME AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, IT WOULD INVOLVE A SMALL CHILD BECAUSE THE ROAD WHERE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING IS ADJACENT TO THE PARK WHERE MANY CHILDREN ARE CROSSING THE STREET CONSTANTLY.
UM, I HAVE THREE ISSUES WITH THE FINDINGS IN THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
UM, THREE REASONS WHY I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE NOT TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROBLEM.
FIRST IS THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS CONDUCTED WITH A TRAILER MOUNTED SPEED RADAR, WHICH IS NORMAL.
THAT LOVELY LITTLE DEVICE WE'VE SEEN IN MOVIES AND IN REAL LIFE, UH, THAT SHOWS THE SPEED AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET.
AND THAT ALONE CAUSES PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN.
THAT'S A TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE IN ITSELF.
AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE COMMENTED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S NO LONGER WORKING CUZ THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THERE TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEY SAW IT WORKING TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC.
SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT AS THEY APPROACH, THEY SLOW DOWN SO YOU DON'T GET THE REAL NUMBERS OF WHAT THEY NORMALLY SPEED THROUGH THERE.
SECONDLY, THAT ROAD STILL HAS LARGE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES PARKED ON IT, IT AT TIMES, WHICH, UH, SERVED TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC AS WELL.
UM, SO IT, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THE TRUE SPEEDS THAT ARE IN THERE.
AND THE THIRD REASON'S A LITTLE GOOFY, BUT I DO KNOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FACEBOOK PAGE THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE RUNNING AND BIKING AND SKATEBOARDING THROUGH AND TRYING TO SET OFF THE NUMBERS, AND IT DID SOMETIMES REGISTER THEM.
SO SOME OF THE PERCENTAGE MAYBE OFF FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PLAYING WITH THE SIGN AS WELL.
SO I, I JUST WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEEDING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE REPORT ALSO GIVES SEVERAL OPTIONS, AND WE ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO OPTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS DO NOTHING.
OPTION TWO IS TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD SOLVE OUR MAIN FEAR.
I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING THE TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN A LITTLE.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE I THINK ALL WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, MY NAME'S SYLVIA GALLO.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UH, I GUESS I COULD TOUCH ON THAT ONE ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT AND DON'T LOWER UNIVERSAL DID THAT AND IT SHOCKED THE RESIDENTS AND IT CAUSED A LOT OF, PERSONALLY, PEOPLE ARE USED TO THE THIRTIES SPEED LIMIT IN RESIDENTIAL WHEN YOU LU LORI DOWN TO 20.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
I'M, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, I'M IN CONSTRUCTION.
I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND NOT ONLY A RESIDENT OF AKA TEXAS.
UH, AND I'M HERE TO JUST, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST, UH, ARE EVALUATING BUDGETING.
I LIKE TO JUST KEEP IT IN YOUR MINDS ABOUT THE REC RECREATIONAL CENTER AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST SIDE.
AS I'M WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH TECH DOT, I'M SEEING THE GROWTH THAT THEY'RE,
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WANT ME TO BID OUT ON HIGHWAY 21.LET'S KEEP OUR EMPHASIS AND FOCUS ON GROWING NOT ONLY THIS SIDE OF KYLE, BUT LET'S GROW THE EAST SIDE.
EAST SIDE HAS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY BE, UH, UTILIZING TO BRING MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST REFRESH YOUR MINDS AND KEEP THAT, THAT MINDSET OF LET'S GROW THE EAST SIDE.
NEXT UP, STEVE DELORE, EVENING MAYOR MITCHELL.
AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, POSITION HAS OPENED UP ON THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE FOR WHICH I'VE APPLIED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME AND, AND TELL YOU WHY I MIGHT BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THAT.
UH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CANADA, AND MY FIRST CAREER WAS 25 YEARS WITH THE CANADIAN AIR FORCE AS A MILITARY OFFICER.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THAT, I WAS A NAVAL AVIATOR, AND I FLEW OFF, UH, NAVAL SHIPS IN, UH, HELICOPTERS, AND I WON A NUMBER OF AWARDS FOR PROFICIENCY AND SUCCESSFUL RESCUED AND FINISHED MY FLYING PORTION OF MY CAREER WITH ABOUT 1500 HOURS OF FLYING AND HAVING RESCUED 22 PEOPLE.
IN 1999, I MOVED TO COLORADO SPRINGS AND WORKED IN THE GIANT MOUNTAIN OPERATION CENTER AS A MISSILE WARNING CENTER COMMANDER, RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING FOR AND REPORTING MISSILE LAUNCHES AROUND THE GLOBE FOR THE NATIONAL COMMAND AUTHORITIES.
AND WHILE, WHILE I WAS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, MY FAMILY AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE UNITED STATES.
AND, UM, I, MY WIFE AND MY OR THREE SONS APPLIED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY IN 2004.
AND IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT FOR ME WHEN IN APRIL 24TH, 2013, I WAS SWORN IN AS A CITIZEN OF THESE UNITED STATES.
AFTER RETIRING FROM THE AIR FORCE, I WORKED AS AN ENGINEER AND AN ENGINEERING MANAGER FOR THREE YEARS.
AND THEN IN 2009, I STRUCK OUT ON MY OWN, STARTED MY OWN ENGINEERING COMPANY.
UH, MY BUSINESS WAS PRIMARILY THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF POWER AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL CLIENTS, INCLUDING OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FACILITIES, WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, LOCOMOTIVES, AND SHIPS.
WHILE I WAS CONSULTING, I WAS LIVING IN HOUSTON, BUT REGULARLY VISITING MY SON AND HIS FAMILY WHO LIVED HERE IN KYLE.
AND, UH, WHEN THEY STARTED HAVING CHILDREN, MY WIFE AND I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR LIVES.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE MOVED HERE IN 2020.
SINCE THAT TIME, MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S FAMILY HAVE ALSO BOUGHT HOMES HERE IN KYLE.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE FOUR OF OUR FAMILIES HERE.
SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY WITHIN COMMUNITY HERE IN KYLE, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE I'M QUITE VESTED IN ENSURING THAT, THAT THE KYLE OF TOMORROW, UH, BE THE CITY THAT WE ENJOY TODAY AND WE WANT THAT WE WANT TO BE PROUD OF IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO DIRECTLY TO THE WORK AND THE PLANNING, ITS ONLY COMMISSION.
I HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH ROAD LAYOUT, CONSTRUCTION, UTILITY POWER, AND WATER SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL.
AND I'M FULLY CONVERSING WITH ALL TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND, UH, DIAGRAMS AND CALCULATIONS.
I'M AN EXPERIENCED PROJECT MANAGER AND I'M ABLE TO ASSESS PROJECTS TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THEIR HEALTH AND STATUS.
I'M READY TO DO MY PART TO HELP MAKE KYLE A GRACE.
GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP AND TO LIVE.
UH, THAT'S ALL THE FORMS THAT I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
UH, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
CLOSED.NEXT UP APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FAIR.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH AT FIVE 30.
ALSO IS THE SECOND ONE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING ON THE SAME DAY OF SEPTEMBER 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH, REGULAR MEETING, AND THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 24TH, ALL IN 2022.
SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER TOBI.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM RIZZO, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF COUNCIL REAL QUICK FOR, UH, UH, ALL THAT Y'ALL DO, ESPECIALLY DURING THAT DAY THAT I HAD TO MISS BECAUSE OF A FAMILY, UH, THING WE WERE DEALING WITH.
I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO.
AND, AND FOR, THIS IS THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING THAT I'VE MISSED IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS, AND IT, IT STILL BUGGING ME THAT I HAD TO MISS.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR FILLING IN AND, AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
YES, SIR, ED, AND TO FINISH OFF WITH THAT AGAIN, UH, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE RECOGNITION IN REFERENCING THE CLEAR AWARD I HAD ON THERE.
UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE SPECIAL MINUTE MEETINGS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTPOURING SUPPORT ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL POST MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ZERO.
[IV. Agenda Order]
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IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MOVE ANY, UH, REQUEST MOVING ANY OF THE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE.[6. Consider and possible action to fill a mid-term vacancy for Seat 1 of the Planning & Zoning Commission and to consider eligible applicants remaining from the previous call for applications. ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning]
CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION TO FILL MIDTERM VACANCY FOR SEAT ONE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, AND TO CONSIDER ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS REMAINING, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS.YOU SAID THAT, UH, UM, UH, WE JUST AFTER WE FILLED OUR BOARD SEATS, THAT A NEW VACANCY CAME UP AND I, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT PER OUR POLICY, UH, IT VERY CLEARLY STATES THAT WE ARE ALLOWED, UH, TO USE THE EXISTING APPLICANT POOL, UH, TO FILL THAT, UH, VACANCY.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHY MR. ATKINSON IS HERE.
UH, WILL ATKINSON, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, AS THE MAYOR HAS STATED, UH, AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, MR. TIS, UH, DECIDED HE DID, NO, HE NO LONGER WANTED TO BE PART OF THE COMMISSION, AND HE STEPPED DOWN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS BACK TO Y'ALL.
WE FELT IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE LAST APPLICANT CALL THAT, UH, PER THE MIDTERM VACANCY, UM, SECTION ONE THAT, UM, THAT WE COULD PULL FROM THE EXISTING POOL.
AND WE BROUGHT THE SIGN BEFORE YOU TO CONSIDER.
AND I, UH, THE, I APPRECIATE MR. DELORE COMING.
HE WAS ONE OF THE, UH, UH, UH, APPLICANTS THAT, UH, THERE WERE ONLY FOUR OF US THERE, BUT THAT THERE WAS SOME CONSENSUS AROUND HIM, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT HIS PRESENCE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ONLY FOUR OF US, UH, AT THAT MEETING.
BUT, UM, HE, HE'S COME AND MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE.
UM, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT CONSENSUS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STEVE DELORE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR PARSLEY.
IS YOUR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION COUNCIL FLOORS SCALE? YES.
I ALSO SEE THAT MS. SYLVIA, OR IS THIS YOU, VALERIE? YEAH, YOUR NAME'S ON AND PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, WERE YOU STILL INTERESTED? I DON'T THINK THAT'S SYLVIA GALLO.
AH, WELL THIS IS, OH, IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE CUZ IT SAYS, IT DOESN'T SAY GALLO.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE SAME FIRST NAME,
ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[7. Domestic Violence Awareness Proclamation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
AS, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS PROCLAMATION, UH, THIS IS MINE, UH, DO THIS, UH, EVERY YEAR.UM, AND WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, I, I BELIEVE OF THE WOMEN'S CENTER HERE.
SO, UH, WHEREAS THE CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, VIOLATES THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF SAFETY AND DIGNITY IN 228 TEXANS WERE KILLED DUE TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND WHEREAS THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE ARE NOT CONFINED TO ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT CUT ACROSS ALL ECONOMIC, RACIAL, GENDER, AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS.
AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEEN DATING VIOLENCE DIRECTLY AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES WHEN SOCIETY IGNORES OR TOLERATES VIOLENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WHEREAS LAST YEAR, THE HAYES CALDWELL WOMEN'S, UH, UH, CENTER PROVIDED FACE-TO-FACE SERVICES TO OVER 816 LOCAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROVIDED 7,753 DAYS OF SHELTER.
AND WHEREAS LAST YEAR, THE HAYES CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDED THESE DIRECT SERVICES TO 166 VICTIMS FROM THE CITY OF KYLE.
UH, NOW, THEREFORE, I, TRAVIS MITCHELL, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY INVESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF KYLE TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2022 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF KYLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE HAYES CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO BRING IT IN TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TEEN, UH, DATING VIOLENCE.
UH, MS. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
UM, OUR THEME EVERY YEAR IS SAFER HOME, SAFER COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A STAND AS A COMMUNITY, UM, TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UM, I KNOW WE READ A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS THAT WE SERVED, BUT THERE ARE ALSO COUNTLESS, UM, WHO GO UNDERSERVED OR WHO STILL STAY IN SILENCE, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT AS A COMMUNITY, I FEEL LIKE IF WE ALL ROSE UP TOGETHER, THOSE FOLKS CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO ATTENTION.
I, UH, WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, TO GET INVOLVED.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL DO TO HELP AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, OUR WEBSITES, HCW C.ORG, LOTS OF INFORMATION THERE ON WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT ON LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLED PD AS WELL.
WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT FOOTBALL GAMES.
IT'S AN ANNUAL, UM, TRADITION THAT WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO THAT KIND OF WENT, UH, FROZEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE CUZ OF COVID.
UH, BUT WE BROUGHT IT BACK AND WERE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS AND TALK MORE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT PRE PREVENTING DOMESTIC
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VIOLENCE.DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CUSTOMER, TOBIAS, YEARS AGO WHEN MY SON WAS, UH, PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LAYMAN, WE WERE REALLY ACTIVE INVOLVED WITH THAT, WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THEY DID THE SAME THING WHERE THEY HAD STUDENT ATHLETES COME TOGETHER AGAIN FOR AGAINST DATING VIOLENCE AND SO FORTH ON THAT.
AND SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AND HE WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO I'M GLAD TO, TO SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE STILL REACHING OUT TO OUR YOUTH.
WE'RE STILL REACHING OUT TO OUR ATHLETES AS WELL, OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, UH, VERY SERIOUS SUBJECT.
AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL WHAT YOU DO AT THE, AT THE CENTER AS WELL.
UH, THERE'S, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UM, MAYBE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE AGAIN WITH, WITH, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE C BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AFTERWARDS, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE, UM, IN, IN THE AREA? UNFORTUNATELY, WITH REGARD TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE KNEW COVID WAS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT OUR SHELTER IS ALMOST ALWAYS AT CAPACITY.
UM, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE SOME FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY RECENTLY IN ORDER TO FURNISH FOUR MORE BEDROOMS IN OUR ATTIC SPACE THAT WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, UM, GROWTH AND THE FUTURES HERE.
UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING TO, UM, FURNISH THOSE AS WELL TO PROVIDE MORE SHELTER.
UM, HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST NEED.
THERE'S JUST NOT VERY MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, WE DID OPEN MARLA'S PLACE, SO I'M, UH, DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, WE OPENED UP A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UM, WE HAVE THAT, UH, IN OPERATION WE JUST OPENED IN AUGUST.
BUT THAT'S ONLY 18 APARTMENTS.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO SERVE EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO NEEDS IT.
UM, SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP SOME PARTNERSHIPS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WANT SOME FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN.
NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO RELOCATE TO SAM MARCUS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM.
UM, NO, BUT SERIOUSLY, WE, WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE OPTIONS.
WE KNOW THERE'S FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND KYLE WHO WANNA STAY HERE.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN FIND SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY AND FIND AND EXPLORE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AS WELL.
THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HEAR, UH, THE CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD TO, TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY SITTING ON THE DI TO GO TAKE A TOUR OF THAT PLACE.
UH, ME AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON TOOK A TOUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, I THINK IT WAS.
IT WAS SO AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND, AND KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THESE WOMEN AND MEN.
AND I WAS KIND OF TAKEN BACK BY THAT, BUT I LOVE THAT IDEA.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER TOUR BECAUSE WHEN I WAS THERE, THE HOUSES WEREN'T ALL THE, ALL THE WAY DONE.
AND SO I LIKE TO SEE OH YES, THEM ALL.
SO PLEASE DO I REACH OUT TO ME, I'M HAPPY TO SET UP ANOTHER TOUR AND YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AND IT'S VERY REFRESHING.
I WALK OUT NOW IN THE MORNING, SOMETIMES I CAN HEAR OUR KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE AN ONSITE DAYCARE CENTER, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE IN A SAFE PLACE.
SO YES, PLEASE COME AND VISIT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE Y'ALL AGAIN.
AND ANYONE ELSE THAT'S INTERESTED HERE ON COUNCIL, OF COURSE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A VIRTUAL TOUR ON OUR WEBSITE, SO, UM, I THINK OFTEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY SHELTER OR HOUSING.
UM, AND THIS IS ONE WAY, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND IN A VERY SECURE WAY.
OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T SHOW EVERYTHING, UH, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR FOLKS STAY SAFE, OF COURSE.
BUT WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
ANYONE ELSE? JUST ONE FINAL THING.
UH, RACHEL AND CAPTAIN, IF WE COULD ADD SOMETHING IN OUR PAGES, UH, RECOGNIZING, UH, THAT THIS IS, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS, UH, MONTH, THAT WE COULD ADD SOMETHING, RESOURCES, UH, WHO TO CALL.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS REPORT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD REALLY, UH, EMPHASIZE.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OR YOU SUSPECT SOMETHING REPORTED, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
CUZ SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST, UH, DON'T HAVE A WAY OUT AND IT TAKES SOMEONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY TO REPORT IT.
SO PLEASE, LET'S, LET'S DO ALL WE CAN ALSO, I KNOW WHEN WE HOLD BIG EVENTS AT I, I TAKE THE EXTRA LEFTOVER FOOD TO Y'ALL.
ARE Y'ALL AMENABLE TO RECEIVING THAT FROM OTHER EVENTS AS WELL? YES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A LARGE EVENT OUT THERE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES.
I'VE BEEN TAKING FOOD OVER TO THE, UM, SHELTER AND IT, IT, EVERYBODY'S VERY APPRECIATIVE.
IT, SO IF YOU HAVE A LARGE EVENT AND YOU HAVE FOOD LEFT OVER, UH, PLEASE
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BRING IT OVER.ANYONE ELSE? UH, AS AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
UH, IT'S MY HONOR TO BRING FORWARD THESE PROCLAMATIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT, I, I, I SAW IT TOO IN THE PANDEMIC.
JUST HOW IMPORTANT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS.
I CONSIDER YOU ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NONPROFITS IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO JUST THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
JOHN, TAKE A PHOTO PROCLAMATION.
SHOULD I JUST WALK MODE 3, 1, 2, 3.
[8.
Update on various capital improvement projects, road projects, building program, and/or general operational activities where no action is required. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Interim City Manager
- Bond Open House #2 - Oct. 20
- Dance for People with Disabilities Halloween Boo-gie Recap
- Founders' Parade - Oct. 8
- Halloween Movie at the Park - Oct. 14
- Center Street Trick or Treat - Oct 22
- Cornhole Tournament Registration - Oct 15
- Youth Basketball Clinic - Nov. 5
- December Events - Dec 1-25
- Fiesta de Las Flores - Oct 15
- The Genealogy Bash - Oct 21
- Trick or Treat! - Oct 31
- Team Kyle Update
WE'RE GONNA START OFF TONIGHT WITH RACHEL SON AIR TO DISCUSS BOND OPEN HOUSE NUMBER TWO.
HELLO, COUNCIL, RACHEL SONIER, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SO WE JUST HELD OUR FIRST OPEN HOUSE THIS PAST SATURDAY ON OCTOBER 1ST, UH, WENT REALLY WELL.
WE HAVE THE PANEL DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT WILL BE ON THE KYLE BONDS WEBSITE SOON.
WE'RE GONNA GET TIMESTAMPED AND EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD IT.
BUT IT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
IF YOU WANNA GO RE-WATCH IT AS WELL AS THE YOUTUBE PAGE, IF YOU WANNA GO REACH OUT, WATCH IT THERE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND OPEN HOUSE FOR THE ROAD BOND ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT 30.
IT'LL BE AT THE KYLE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING RIGHT OVER THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND, UH, ATTENDEES WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET DETAILS, UM, FUNDING AMOUNT, ALL THAT KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJ, UH, PROJECT, AS WELL AS TAX IMPACT INFORMATION, VOTING INFORMATION, UH, AND ALSO JUST TALK TO CITY STAFF, ROAD BOND ENGINEERS, AND, UH, ASK ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
SO, UH, WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT THAT EVENING TO, UH, COME OUT.
AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU CAN'T, TO GO TO KYLE BONDS.COM, FIND INFORMATION ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT THERE AS WELL AS VOTING INFORMATION, TAX IMPACT INFORMATION, OR JUST EMAIL US, UM, AT THE KYLE BONDS WEBSITE ALSO.
AND THEN I'M GONNA BRING MARIANA UP TO DISCUSS
NEXT UP IS MARIA ASPEN, A PARKS DIRECTOR WITH ALL THE PARKS ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
MARIAN COUNCIL MARIA ESP, SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
ON FRIDAY, WE HOSTED OUR HALLOWEEN DANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, THE BOOGIE.
WE, UM, IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED BY GENEROUS DONATION FROM JEN STONE PALACE.
UH, TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY, I HAD OVER 210 PARTICIPANTS IN ATTENDANCE AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALSO BEING PRESENT ON FRIDAY.
THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL FOUNDER'S PARADE.
THE PARADE STARTS AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
UH, STAGING WILL START AT GREG CLARK PARK, AND WE'LL PROCEED ALL THE WAY DOWN CENTER STREET AND CONCLUDE AT MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK, WHERE THE MARKET DAYS WILL ALSO BE GOING ON, UM, FROM NINE TO TWO AT THE SAME TIME.
AND TO CONCLUDE THE PARADE, WE WILL HAVE BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, FOUNDING DAY IN 1880.
UH, AND THEN NEXT FRIDAY WE HAVE THE HALLOWEEN MOVIE IN THE PARK AT GREG CLARK PARK AT SUN ON.
IT IS FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE WILL BE SHOWING THE MOVIE COCOA.
UH, AND THEN LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AHEAD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL TRICK OR TREAT, CENTER STREET TRICK OR TREAT FROM 12 TO THREE DOWN AT MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK IS ALSO FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND NEXT MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR OUR FALL CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT.
THE CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE UNDER ASH PAVILION ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH.
YOU ONLY NEED TWO PEOPLE TO REGISTER, AND NO MORE THAN FOUR PEOPLE PER TEAM, AND IT'S $20 PER TEAM.
UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM REMINDER, WE HAVE REGISTRATION OPEN NOW FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH YOUTH BASKETBALL
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CLINIC THAT STARTS AT 9:00 AM AT SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL.AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, JUST A COUPLE, SAVE THE DATES.
SANTA'S ARRIVAL IS JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM AT MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK WITH THE TREE LIGHTING AND LIGHTING UP, CITY SQUARE PARK TAKING PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY SIX 30.
AND THEN KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR OUR CALENDAR FOR 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE LIGHTS EVERY DAY DOWNTOWN WITH VENDORS.
MUSIC MONDAYS, WE'LL BE BACK, UM, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
NEXT UP IS OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
WELL, IN, UH, I'M NOT THE LIBRARY.
I'LL GIVE NOT, SO SHE SENDS IT TO ME.
UM, RACHEL, SONYA AGAIN, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SO THE LIBRARY WOULD BE HOSTING, UH, THREE EVENTS COMING UP.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE FIESTA LOS FLORES.
IT WILL BE THEIR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, UH, PROMOTION.
BUT BASICALLY THEY'LL HAVE CRAFTS AVAILABLE, UH, LATIN AMERICAN HERITAGE CRAFTS AND REFRESHMENTS PERFORMERS.
THE WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL MARIACHI BAND, UM, WILL ALSO BE PERFORMING.
UH, SO, UH, PATRONS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN MOROCCOS TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS, AND, UH, DO SOME YARN PAINTING.
UH, SO THAT'LL BE THE FIRST EVENT ON, OH, SORRY, OCTOBER 15TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THAT'LL BE AT THE KYLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON THE CITY CALENDAR PAGE.
UH, THEIR NEXT ONE WILL BE THE GENEALOGY BASH.
THAT WILL BE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM IT'S A FULL DAY EVENT AT THE LIBRARY.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THEY'LL HAVE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND, UH, SPEAKERS AVAILABLE, UH, ALL DAY AT THE LIBRARY.
UH, A LOT OF THESE, UH, VIDEOS WILL ALSO BE VIRTUAL JUST FOR THAT DAY THOUGH.
SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH OR PARTICIPATE, GO TO STEVE KYLE.COM/LIBRARY.
UM, AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.
BUT THEY WILL HAVE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND FREEBIE GIVEAWAYS THE WHOLE DAY.
UH, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT THE CALENDAR PAGE.
AND THEN THEIR LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE, UH, LIBRARY TRICK OR TREAT.
IT'LL BE ON ACTUAL HALLOWEEN DAY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM TWO TO 7:00 PM UH, PATRONS CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY.
THEY WILL HAVE IT, UH, DECORATED, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET TREATS ALONG THEIR SPOOKY TRAIL THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR PAGE AS WELL.
MAYOR COUNCIL, AS PART OF MY TEAM KYLE UPDATE, I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF BARNETT TO COME UP AND SHARE WITH YOU A VERY SPECIAL TRAINING.
HE, HE JUST CAME BACK FROM, AS WELL AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THANK YOU, MR. JENNS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME'S JEFF BARNETT, POLICE CHIEF FOR THE RECORD.
SO, OF THE TWO THINGS, UH, FIRST LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TOMORROW IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY HERE IN KYLE AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, AS YOU MAY RECALL, OTHER STATES TEND TO CELEBRATE THAT IN AUGUST, BUT IN TEXAS, IT'S WAY TOO HOT TO DO THAT IN THE AFTERNOONS.
SO THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS MOVED THAT TO OCTOBER, AND THEY DID THAT MANY YEARS AGO.
THE BRIEFING, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE GONNA RIDE OUT, IS AT FIVE 30 AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, ROUGHLY 10 OR SO PARTIES SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW, BUT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A FEW MORE LAST MINUTE PARTIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PARTY TO GO TO, YOU CAN CONTACT US AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE NEAREST PARTY'S AT.
OR YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN US IN OUR BIG DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION, WHICH IS ON THE SQUARE.
MOST PARTIES KICK OFF AT ABOUT 6:00 PM SO A LITTLE BIT BEFORE DARK AND USUALLY LAST ABOUT TWO HOURS.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS SO THAT WE CAN PROMOTE CRIME PREVENTION AND SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGHOUT, AND GET TO MEET YOUR POLICE OFFICERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EVERYBODY.
THE, UH, OTHER ONE THAT, THAT, UH, MR. HENDRICKS IS ALLOWING ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS A REALLY GOOD TRAINING PROGRAM THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY, UH, UH, LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PUT ON BY THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
THEY FUND YOUR TRAVEL AND YOUR ROOM AND BOARD, AND THEY PROVIDE ALL THE TRAINING FOR FREE.
IT WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TWO WEEKS WITH POLICE CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS FROM AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAD, UH, OFFICERS, COMMAND LEVEL OFFICERS FROM THE MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, NEW YORK PD, SEATTLE PD, AND, AND MANY IN BETWEEN THAT, THAT BROAD SCOPE.
BUT TWO WEEKS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP WITH OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS.
UH, VERY BRIEFLY, UH, WE HAD LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALLEN WEST COME AND SHARE SOME OF HIS LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES WITH US, WHICH WAS OUTSTANDING.
WE HAD, UM, ONE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK AND WHO WAS ACTUALLY INSIDE ONE OF THE TOWERS WHEN IT COLLAPSED.
AND HE HAS AN AMAZING STORY OF SURVIVAL, BUT
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ALSO LOSS OF HIS BEST FRIENDS AND ALL THAT HE WENT THROUGH.AND THEN WE HAD SOME TRUE MILITARY HEROES THAT WERE IN SOME, UH, WHAT I WOULD CALL UNBELIEVABLE SITUATIONS, WERE BADLY INJURED DURING COMBAT, BUT SURVIVED.
AND THEIR MESSAGE WAS RESILIENCY.
AND, UH, AND THAT TRANSLATED TO US AS GOOD LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES.
SO IT WAS AN HONOR TO GET TO GO TO THAT INVITATION ONLY TRAINING.
I JUST WANNA ADDED THAT THIS WAS INVITATION ONLY, AND I THINK THAT JUST IS FURTHER TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS LEADERSHIP AND, UH, THE RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THEM.
LAST, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR PREVENTS MO HEAT.
FOR THE RECORD, MARIN COUNCIL, VERY BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 7TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY, WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING NEW OFFICE HOURS OR NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE WINDOW HOURS FOR THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE.
WHEN, JUST NEED, WHEN SAID, YOU SAID EFFECTIVE EVERY SEVEN, Y'ALL WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT? OH, IT'S FINE.
WE THOUGHT THIS WAS LIKE THE WEIRDEST RESIGNATION OF ALL TIME.
SO, SO THESE ARE THE WIN SERVICE WINDOWS THAT WE HAVE ON THE FIRST FLOOR CITY HALL FOR OUR WALK-IN CUSTOMERS.
SO THE NEW HOURS FOR THE SERVICE WINDOWS WILL BE FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM DAILY.
OUR TELEPHONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ONLINE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE AS BEFORE, NO CHANGES THERE.
CUSTOMER SERVICE BY PHONE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM DAILY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
ONLINE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON A 24 HOUR BASIS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY CHANGING THE HOURS ONLY BY AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND AN HOUR RIGHT BEFORE CLOSING.
THE, IT WILL ALLOW OUR UTILITY BILLING STAFF AND OUR COURT STAFF TO COUNT AND RECONCILE OPENING CASH BALANCE AND CLOSING CASH BALANCE ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT WILL HELP THEM ORGANIZE DAILY WORKFLOW AND SERVICE ORDERS.
IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO CHECK AND FOLLOW UP ON CUSTOMER EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND CUSTOMER REQUESTS FOR SERVICES.
IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO CHECK AND RETURN VOICEMAILS ON A TIMELY BASIS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THEM TO ATTEND CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAININGS THAT WE PROVIDE AFTER HOURS.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT.
NOW, BY CHANGING THIS BY AN HOUR IN THE MORNING, AN HOUR IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM ONGOING TRAINING ON A WEEKLY OR MONTHLY BASIS.
AND LASTLY, IT WILL REDUCE THE OVERTIME COST FOR THE CITY OF CO FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL NOTIFY ALL OUR CUSTOMERS OF THE NEW HOURS BY POSTING NOTICES ON THE, UH, CITY'S WEBSITE ON OUR SERVICE WINDOWS.
WE WILL ALSO INFORM OUR CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE CITY'S SOCIAL, UH, MEDIA NETWORK AND ALSO INCLUDE ON THE NEXT, YOU TOTALLY BILLING.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU ALL A DIFFERENT MESSAGE, FYI, FOR ALL THE STAFF OUT THERE, DON'T START OFF WITH EFFECTIVE MEDIA IN THE FUTURE.
CAN I NEED A COMMENT? MAYOR? COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT CUZ WE PARSLEY.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT THEY DID WITH MARY HARON PARK.
UM, AND THE DECORATIONS THAT YOU HAVE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
I HAD TO PULL OVER BEFORE COMING TO CITY HALL AND TAKE SELFIE THERE BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS WONDERFUL.
I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A GINORMOUS PUMPKIN, BUT WHAT YOU GUYS DID WAS PHENOMENAL, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[9. Presentation regarding evaluation of traffic conditions on Conestoga Drive from Old Stagecoach Road to Scott Street. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
NEXT STEP.UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, PRESENTATION REGARDING EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON CONS.
UH, CONESTOGA DRIVE FROM OLD STAGE COACH ROAD TO SCOTT STREET, MR. BARMA, MARY COUNCIL LEON, BARBARA CITY GIVE YOU A BRIEF HIGHLIGHT OF, UH, WHAT I WAS DOING WITH MY STUDY, BUT LOOKS LIKE I WAS, UM, FEEDING TO THE PUNCH ON THAT ONE.
SO, UH, SO LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE OPTIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE STILL VALID AND, UH, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL GOT A CHANCE TO READ THE REPORT THAT I PUT TOGETHER.
WE TALKED ABOUT OPTION ONE, UM, DO NOTHING THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED, THEY DIDN'T EXCEED THE FIFTH, 85TH PERCENT SPEED OF 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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THINK THE LAST, BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED, IT WAS ABOUT 29 MILES AN HOUR AVERAGE.UH, JUST FOR THOSE THAT, THAT YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, 85TH PERCENT MEANS THAT 85% OF THE PEOPLE ON A, ON A ROADWAY WILL DRIVE, UH, WILL BE PRUDENT AND SAFE ON HOW THEY DRIVE.
15% WILL NOT, THEY WILL SPEED AND DO THINGS THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO TYPICALLY ENGINEERS DESIGN A ROAD BASED ON 85TH PERCENT.
THAT'S WHY WE USE THAT NUMBER.
UH, BUT ON OPTION ONE, IT'S TO DO NOTHING.
UH, THE SPEED LIMIT, UH, WAS, IS 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THE, UH, 85TH PERCENT BASED ON THE INFORMATION I GOT WAS 29 MILES AN HOUR.
AND AGAIN, THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS OR, UH, UH, EITHER VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS REPORTED BY, UH, TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OPTION TWO IS REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 TO 25.
UH, AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT 85TH PERCENT WILL GO DOWN, UH, OR BE REDUCED, BUT, UH, WE COULD COME BACK IN A FEW MONTHS AND DIDN'T DO ANOTHER SPEED STUDY, SEE IF IT DID HAVE AN IMPACT.
OPTION THREE IS TO INSTALL ENHANCED CROSSINGS LIKE YOU SEE THERE BELOW.
UM, UH, WE COULD DO THIS AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS.
WE HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE DRIVEWAYS IN THE PLAY IN THERE, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE SET UP OUR DEVICES.
BUT WE COULD COME UP WITH A PLAN.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COULD PREPARE PLAN FOR STRIPING AND SIGNS THAT WE COULD PUT THERE AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS ON, UH, WHAT WE WOULD INSTALL THERE.
MOST OF US DON'T LIKE THOSE DELINEATORS THAT ARE, UH, THOSE POSTS BECAUSE THEY GET, UH, ACT ACTUALLY ACT LIKE TARGETS IN SOME CASES.
SO PEOPLE TRY TO HIT THOSE THINGS.
SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE USING BUTTONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT I WOULD WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO COME UP WITH A GOOD, UH, PLAN FOR THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE, ONE WAY THAT WE COULD, UH, TRY TO POSSIBLY SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
OPTION FOURS, LOOK AT THE ALWAYS STOP SIGNS.
UH, YOU HAVE TO MEET WARRANTS TO INSTALL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WARRANTS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET.
THE BIGGEST ONE, OF COURSE IS IF YOU HAVE FIVE ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE YEAR.
NOW THAT HASN'T HAPPENED HERE, SO THAT DOESN'T MEET THAT WARRANT.
YOU ALSO ON YOUR MAJOR STREETS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 300 VEHICLES, UH, AN HOUR FOR EIGHT HOUR PERIOD DURING THE DAY.
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ON THIS ROAD.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE 200 VEHICLES PER DAY ON THE CROSS STREET.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR ROAD.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT MUCH TRAFFIC GOING THERE TO, TO MEET THOSE WARRANTS.
AND ACTUALLY, I, I HAVE A, UM, PRESENTATION ONLINE THAT NOBODY REALLY READS, BUT I HAVE IT.
IT'S A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON STOP SIGNS.
AND WE ALSO PRESENT OUR PROGRAM AND HOW WE LOOK AND MANAGE WHETHER WE'RE GONNA PUT AN ALLWAY STOPS THERE.
SO IT IS ON OUR ENGINEERING, UH, PAGE.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT, REALLY WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THAT ONCE IN A WHILE THERE.
UH, YEAH, THE, AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SIZE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE DRIVEWAYS ARE KIND OF IN THE WAY ON THAT, ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
SO, UH, IF WE REALLY WANTED TO PUT, IF WE DID MEET WARRANTS, UM, WE'D HAVE THE HIGH PEDESTRIAN COUNTS, WE HAD HIGH TRAFFIC COUNTS.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST AT, UH, SIX SHOOTER BECAUSE THAT'S THE LEAST PROB PROBLEMATIC.
SO IF WE DID HAVE TO END UP PUTTING ONE THERE, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND WE PUT ONE THERE.
OPTION FIVE IS THE SPEED HUMS OR SPEED SPEED PILLOWS.
UM, THERE, THERE'S CERTAIN GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET THAT I LOOKED AT AND BASED ON ALL THOSE GUIDELINES THAT I LOOKED AT, UH, THIS STREET WOULD NOT EVEN QUALIFY FOR SPEED HUMS OR SPEED PILLOWS.
UH, SO IF WE DID TRY TO DO THAT, WE WOULD REALLY NEED TO DEVELOP SOME KIND OF POLICY.
I DID HAVE A DRAFT PREPARED AT ONE TIME.
UH, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL KNOW WHEN YOU PUT THOSE GUIDELINES OUT.
CUZ IF THEY DON'T MEET THEN THE SPEED PUMPS OR THE SPEED PILLOWS WILL NOT GO IN.
AND I GUESS WE'D BE SETTING A PRECEDENT.
WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER INTERSECTIONS OR OTHER STREETS AND THE REQUEST WOULD START COMING IN.
SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE VERY CAREFULLY.
UH, AS FAR AS STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THREE WITH A POSSIBILITY OF DOING TWO, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT AND, UH, LET ME KNOW WHICH DIRECTION YOU THINK THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PASSWORD, FLOOR, SCALE? OKAY, SO FOR SOME REASON I LIKED FOUR, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME WE CAN'T DO FOUR.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS STRETCH OF ROAD AND THERE'S NO WAY ANYONE'S GONNA CONVINCE ME THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT SPEEDING THROUGH HERE, WHETHER WE CATCH IT OR NOT.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW, HOW, HOW LONG THAT IS THE AREA? IS IT LIKE, OH, THE LENGTH OF IT? GOSH, I MEASURED IT.
HOW ABOUT TWO CITY BLOCKS? ABOUT A COUPLE THOUSAND FEET, I'M GUESSING.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE TELLING ME WE CAN'T DO THE STOP SIGNS, I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH DOING OPTION THREE, WHICH LOOKS TO BE, YOU KNOW, PAINTING AND PUTTING UP A LITTLE BIT OF STOP SIGN.
I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING TOO EXTREME JUST BECAUSE I LIKE THE HUMPS.
I, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE COULD PROBABLY FIX THIS ISSUE WITH, UH, IN A SMALLER CAPACITY.
SO I, I PERSONALLY LIKE THREE.
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LEON, I THINK FOR, TO, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS THIS QUICKLY, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KILL'S.TRY TO GET SOME STRIPING OUT THERE, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUT REALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE, UM, DOWN THE PATH OF THE SPEED PILLOWS AND IDENTIFY AREAS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD BS AND I, IF WE COULD SET THOSE MEETINGS BACK UP AND, UH, THEY STOPPED FOR A FEW MINUTES, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE BACK ONLINE AND LET'S GET THAT ORDINANCE DONE AND IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THE SPEED PILLOWS AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
CUZ UM, I DRIVE ALL AROUND THE CITY AND PEOPLE'S DRIVING HABITS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY BAD ON SCOTT STREET AND STAGE COACH ARE TWO THAT I CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT, UH, BECAUSE I SEE IT DAILY AS I'M DRIVING HOME.
IT'S A HUNDRED MILE AN HOUR, UH, LOOP THERE.
I'VE, I'VE, I'VE CLOCKED PEOPLE.
UM, I'M DOING PROBABLY ABOUT 35, CUZ 35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THERE.
AND THEY'LL PASS ME LIKE I'M PARKED.
UH, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL THEY'LL JUMP OVER THE UH, UM, BACK IN THE DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DOUBLE STR UH, STRIPE LINES, SO THEY WERE PASSING CONSTANTLY.
THE DOUBLE STRIPE LINES HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED A LITTLE BIT.
THERE'S NOT AS MANY PEOPLE PASSING EACH OTHER UP.
THEY'RE ADHERING TO THE LINES, BUT WE STILL HAVE BIG SPEEDERS UP AND DOWN THOSE TWO ROADWAYS AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S TRANSITIONING OVER INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE PEOPLE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S EVEN COMING FROM CENTER STREET.
SO TO STOP SIGN AT CENTER STREET, BY THE TIME THEY GET TWO OR THREE BLOCKS DOWN, WHICH IS MY HOUSE, UH, THEY'RE ALREADY HIDDEN SPEEDS OF 70, 80 MILES AN HOUR.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUICK.
AND THEY'RE TRAVELING, UH, SOUTHBOUND.
SO THESE, THESE HAVE BECOME TWO REALLY FAST CORRIDORS FOR PEOPLE AND WHEN THEY TURN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SLOW DOWN.
THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT SPEED.
SO THEY'RE A STOP SIGN IS JUST, UH, THE PLACES THEY TAKE OFF REALLY QUICKLY FROM NOW.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS WOULD BE GREAT, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE A SPEED PILLOW STUDY COME BACK AND OUT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MEET AND GET SOMETHING IN THE BOOKS TO IMPLEMENT A PLACE.
HOW ABOUT OPTION TWO AND THREE? THAT IS, THAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO IS IT THE, ARE ARE THEY ACTUALLY POSTED AT 30 MILES OR IS IT JUST THAT'S THE STANDARD FOR INTERIOR STREETS? THAT'S A STANDARD FOR INTERIOR STREETS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY A SIGN UP, BUT IT IS, THAT'S A STANDARD, UH, WHAT THEY CALL PRIMA SPEED LIMIT FOR LOCAL STREETS.
SO IF WE, IF WE MADE THE, THE DECISION TO REDUCE IT FROM 30 TO 25, IT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO PUT UP POSTED SPEED LIMIT SIGNS, WHICH COULD HAVE AN IMPACT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE, THERE ARE NO POSTED SPEED LIMITS BECAUSE IT'S JUST 30 FOR ALL INTERIOR STREETS.
SO IF WE DID OPTION TWO AND OPTION THREE, YOU'RE GETTING QUITE A BIT OF SIGNAGE AND NOTICE.
CUZ I THINK WHAT HAPPENS AT LEAST SOMETIME IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T ASSUME PEOPLE HAVE ILL INTENT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE THE CASE.
SO YOU JUST, THE ROAD'S KIND OF NICE AND WIDE AND YOU GET OUT THERE AND YOU'RE NOT REALLY PAYING THAT MUCH ATTENTION.
YOU'RE KIND OF JUST DRIVING AND, UH, SIGN SOMETHING REFLECTIVE, SOMETHING TO CATCH YOUR EYE CAN REMIND YOU, HEY, YOU SLOW DOWN.
UH, AND MAYBE HELP TO SET IT WON'T, IT WON'T IMPACT IT COMPLETELY, BUT I, I THINK THE COMBINATION OF TWO AND THREE WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT WITHOUT SETTING PRECEDENT, UH, AND FORCING PEOPLE TO STOP IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHTS AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT ALSO JUST KIND OF, UH, LATER IF, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD, UH, DO SPEECH STUDY.
LET'S SEE IF IT REALLY DID WORK, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
SO I'M GONNA GO WITH TWO AND THREE AND, UH, GET SOME INFORMATION BACK TO YOU TO COUNCIL.
[10. Presentation regarding September 24th water outage in the Texas Water Utilities service area. ~ Robert Rizo, Mayor Pro Tem and Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
UP.PRESENTATION REGARDING SEPTEMBER 24TH.
WATER OUTAGE IN THE TEXAS WATER UTILITIES SERVICE AREA.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY MAYOR PRO TIM AND COUNCIL IN FLOS KALE.
YEAH, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE, UH, FROM, UM, THE UTILITY TO SEE WHAT THEIR PROTOCOLS WERE WITH, UM, THE WAY THEY NOTIFIED THE RESIDENTS ON THE WATER LANE BUTTER LEAK AND HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO GET THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
HOW LONG IT DID IT TAKE IT TO GET TO, UH, THE CITY STAFF SO WE COULD PUT IT ON OUR WEBPAGES AS WELL.
AND, UH, HOW LONG TO IDENTIFY AND TO FIX, RECTIFY THE PROBLEM? YEAH, SO WE HAD A, WE HAD A WATER LEAK FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW.
UM, UH, SO MR. PAAS, TAVA, YOU WANNA GOOD EVENING.
UH, WILL PIVA FOR THE RECORD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR? I BELIEVE THE FELLOW MR. WILFORD FROM UH, T W WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT DUE TO SOME PRIOR COMMITMENT.
UH, HE DID PROVIDE A TIMELINE, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMAILED TO EVERYBODY, UH, ALONG WITH MY AFTER ACTION REPORT, DETAILING WHAT, WHAT WE KNEW ON THE CITY SIDE.
UH, THIS LEAK BEGAN BEFORE FOUR, BEFORE 4:15 AM AND WAS REPAIRED BY 3:30 PM IN THE INTERIM, THEY ATTEMPTED TO DIVERT STAFF FROM WHATEVER IT WAS THEY WERE DOING TO PURCHASING WATER, BRINGING IT TO OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION SITE WITH AN ESTIMATED OPENING OF 9:00 AM I ARRIVED ON SCENE AT EIGHT 30.
UH, THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE PROCURING A TRUCK GETTING STAFFED THEN TO UNLOAD THE TRUCK SO THAT IT COULD BE LOADED WITH WATER.
UH, WE WOUND UP JUST BUYING IT OURSELVES FROM HEB.
WE, I WANNA THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
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I WANT TO THANK, UH, C O P, UH, CITIZEN PATROL CUZ THEY JUMPED RIGHT IN WITH ASSISTANCE.UH, PARK VEHICLE WAS TAKEN OUT TO BUY THE FIRST LOAD OF WATER AND THEN WE WOUND UP TAKING A TRAILER TO BUY TWO MORE PALLETS.
UH, WHEN THE T'S WATER HAD RUN OUT, THEY DONATED, THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT.
THEY HAVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL.
UM, WE ARE BEING REIMBURSED FOR THE FULL COST OF THIS WATER AND THEY DONATED THE REMAINING ROUGHLY PALLETS AND A QUARTER, WHICH IS SITTING AT ONE OF THE PARKS FACILITIES.
NOW WERE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER CUZ THEY WERE NOT HERE TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION OF? YEAH.
REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS, UM, WHY IT TOOK 'EM SO LONG TO, UH, GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE RESIDENTS.
RESIDENTS PROBABLY WEREN'T GETTING NOTIFIED TILL ABOUT 10 30, 11 O'CLOCK ISH.
I FELT LIKE THEY DID A REALLY POOR JOB IN NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS, EVEN WHEN IT CAME TO THE BULL AFTER THE LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED AND THEY STARTED GETTING PRESSURE BACK ON, THEY DID A POOR JOB OF IDEN, OF PUTTING OUT THE BOILED WATER NOTICE.
SO THAT WAS CONCERNING FOR ME AS WELL.
I, I GOT A, I GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS.
THEY WEREN'T VERY HAPPY ABOUT NOT BEING NOTIFIED ON A TIMELY MANNER.
I, I THINK THEY COULD DO BETTER AND I, I, I, I HOPE THEY WILL DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
SO I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO REALLY GAME PLAN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHY THE COMMUNICATION WAS LOST.
I KNOW IT WAS A WEEKEND, I KNOW IT WAS EARLY MORNING, BUT, UH, AS A UTILITY YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THAT.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CITY OF KYLE.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB, CAME OUT, THEY GOT THE WATER, EVERYTHING WE NEEDED, WE WERE WILLING TO ASSIST, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT THIS UTILITY IS NOW COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY AND WITH ITS RESIDENCE IN A TIMELY MANNER IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS MOVING FORWARD.
I CAN REACH OUT TO MR. WILFORD TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DELAY WAS IN THAT INITIAL NOTIFICATION.
UH, FROM THE CITY SIDE, ACTUALLY THE WATER DISTRIBUTION WAS NOTIFIED BEFORE WE WERE EVEN READY.
UH, THEY JUMPED THE GUN ON THAT.
UH, SO WE HAD PEOPLE LINED UP BEFORE WATER HAD EVEN ARRIVED.
I THINK THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.
I THINK THE CITY STAFF, UM, GOES TO, TO THE OCCASION AND WE'VE GOT A TRACK RECORD OF THAT.
WE'VE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S HIT US IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE CITY HAS ALWAYS STEPPED UP AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN AMAZING AND HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED THE RESOURCES THAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT SAME MANNER, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OR IT'S A UTILITY, A PRIVATE UTILITY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD THAT STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF KYLE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS ARE TREATED EQUALLY.
REAL QUICK FOR, FOR THOSE WHO DID KNOW IT WAS ACTUALLY AFFECTED, THE AMBERWOOD AND INDIAN PAINTBRUSH AREA, UH, THE WATER STATIONS WERE AT CHAPPA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, AS SOON AS WE WERE DONE WITH OUR BOARD'S COMMISSION MEETING, I WENT OUT THERE AND I DID SEE THE CITY STAFF OUT THERE HELPING, LOADING SOME OF THE BOTTLED WATER, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
BUT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEAM HIT HIT A GOOD POINT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY WATER PRESSURE, DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING COME OUT.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE IMPLEMENT THESE KIND OF CRITICAL INCIDENT PROGRAMS SO THAT WAY WE COULD BE ABLE TO BE FRONT WITH THE RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW.
AND A LOT OF 'EM WERE, WERE GIVING ME ESTIMATE TIME, LIKE, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE TO FIX, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A COOK, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A CHILDCARE IN THE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND SO FAR I'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING OVER FOR THE WEEKEND, IT'S THE GAME, ET CETERA, CETERA.
SO I PRETTY MUCH HAD TO GO WITH WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT THAT PERSON GAVE ME.
UH, BUT I, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THESE EXAMPLES AND IMPROVE ON, ESPECIALLY FROM THESE WATER DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THESE LIKE MON WHOEVER IT WAS, UH, WE JUST NEED TO BE, CONTINUE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND, AND HELPING THAT IN, AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE WATER SITUATION.
IT HAPPENED OUT OUT OF THE BLUE WHERE WE HAD TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE AND BUY IT OURSELVES.
I GUESS THAT'S, THAT RAISES ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHAT IF THIS WAS OF A LARGER SCALE, WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE IMPLEMENTED PLAN THEN IF WE ACTUALLY HAD AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD GO OUT? WELL, OBVIOUSLY YOU DID, BUT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE OUR LONG TERM GOAL IN OPERATIONS FOR, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO LOOK AT FOR A, A LONGER WATER OUTAGE? UH, WE DO HAVE, OR HEB HAD THIS BEFORE Y'ALL EVEN HIRED ME, UH, THEY HAVE AGREED TO DONATE A NUMBER OF PALLETS OF WATER TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE EVENT OF A SUSTAINED OUTAGE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN US UNTIL COUNTY RESOURCES CAN BE BROUGHT IN.
AND THEN 72 HOURS LATER STATE RESOURCES WOULD BE BROUGHT IN.
AND I HAVE THAT PLANNED OUT IN WEB EOC ALREADY.
AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES, WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE OF LIKE WHICH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AUTOMATICALLY DISPATCHED TO THESE AREAS.
MARIANA CURRENTLY HAS THE COPY OF THE MS CARE ANNEX, WHICH DELINEATES THE RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS THE MOST PERSONNEL WITH THE RANGE OF TRAINING REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN MASS CARE OPERATIONS TO INCLUDE SHELTERING, TO INCLUDE, UH, DISTRIBUTION.
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STAFF WOULD BE INITIALLY RELIED UPON, FOLLOWED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.AND THEN WE WOULD, IF WE RAN OUT OF PERSONNEL, THEN WE'D HAVE TO START DRAWING ON WHOEVER ELSE I CAN GET, PUBLIC WORKS, PD, UH, ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT WE COULD STEP UP AND VET AFTER THAT POINT.
AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE THE CERT TEAM AS WELL, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.
SO I, MY CONCERN IS THE, UM, RESIDENTS DIDN'T GET NOTIFICATION AND THEY DIDN'T GET CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FAULT LIES WITH MONARCH OR WITH US, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE KYLE RESIDENTS AND I THINK AS SUCH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, EVEN IF IT'S DOUBLE COMMUNICATION.
UM, US AND, AND MY, BECAUSE I HAD PEOPLE TEXTING AND THEY WERE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT AM I GONNA GET MY WATER? AND I WAS LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
LIKE THE, LUCKILY JERRY DID AN AMAZING JOB KEEPING US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS UPDATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT IT WASN'T US THAT WAS AFFECTED, IT WAS THE RESIDENTS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST THEIR, THEY'RE STATE INFORMED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY IT.
I DO WANNA GIVE A THANKS TO, UM, PARKS AND REC.
I KNOW, BUT THEY WERE AT THE SQUEEZE BOX AND THEY SENT SOME EMPLOYEES OUT THERE.
SO, UM, IF NOTHING ELSE, I CAN SAY THAT ALWAYS KYLE HAS A CONSISTENCY TO BOND COME TOGETHER AND, AND TO GET THINGS DONE.
UM, MY FEAR IS JUST WHAT IF IT WERE CITY ISSUES AND MONARCH ISSUES? HOW DO WE TAKE OUR STAFF AND DIVIDE IT ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF? SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN KIND OF DEVISE A PLAN FOR, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, I KNOW WE HAVE MONARCH, WE, WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE MORE OTHER, UH, UTILITIES THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM THE CITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THAT EVENT.
I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS, BUT, UM, I'D RATHER BE PREPARED THAN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT THE TIME.
THANKS STAFF AND ESPECIALLY THE JERRY.
I WAS LIKE, POOR JERRY'S UPDATING US AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SORRY I CALLED YOU SO EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HEY, SOMEBODY HAD TO, I JUST WANNA ADD TO, WHEN IT COMES TO WATER OUTAGES FOR ONE OF OUR INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES SERVICE AREAS, WE WALK A FINE LINE IN HOW WE HELP COMMUNICATE THAT.
BECAUSE IF IT STARTS COMING FROM THE CITY, THEN AREAS THAT AREN'T EFFECTIVE START THINKING THAT THEY ARE.
SO, UH, AS SOON AS WE GET THE NOTIFICATION THAT THERE'S AN OUTAGE IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS, WE WORK AS WE DID THIS PAST TIME WITH THE UTILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOTIFYING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES THAT WE NEED TO HELP FACILITATE.
WE'LL DO THAT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE COMING FROM THE PROPER PEOPLE TO THE PROPER PEOPLE.
DO WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, DO, DO, DO WE HAVE STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO, UH, PASS AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING, UH, UTILITIES TO NOTIFY, UM, RESIDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING AN, UH, YOU KNOW, AN OUTAGE WITHIN SAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? LIKE, CAN WE, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANY KIND OF ENFORCEMENT ABILITY AS IT RELATES TO UTILITY PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE SAID NOTICE? I, I LEAN ON BARBARA FOR THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.
CUZ THEY'RE REGULATED BY THE STATE.
UNLESS YOU HAVE A, SOME SORT OF A CONTRACT WITH THEM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE YOU MAY, UM, IF THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, YOU MIGHT WANNA PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOT SOMETHING STATUTORILY THEY, I MEAN, IF IT'S GOING TO BE OUT FOR, I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT IT WAS OUT.
IF IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, UM, THEN THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY NOTIFY FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN FORESEE IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY SORT OF SITUATION.
THERE'S NOT REALLY IN THAT SENSE.
SO JUST REAL QUICK, MY CONCERN WAS IT REAL? SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, BREAK AND NOT, NOT NOTIFYING THAT IN A TIMELY MANNER, BUT REALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THE BREAK ITSELF WHEN THEY STARTED GETTING FLOW BACK ON, NOT ISSUING A BOIL, NO WATER NOTICE.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONSUMING THAT WATER.
UH, THAT'S WHERE I REALLY GOT CONCERNED WAS WITH THAT NOTICE OF BEING SO LATE.
THEY WERE ALREADY GETTING FLOWED BACK.
AND THAT NOTICE STILL HADN'T BEEN, UH, RELEASED.
SO PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY HAD TO BOIL THE WATER IN ORDER TO CONSUME IT, COOK WITH IT, UH, OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING WITH IT.
SO YEAH, I JUST, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WAS MO MOST
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CONCERNING TO ME AS, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.I, I DO HAVE A TIMELINE THAT RECEIVED FROM THEM EARLIER TODAY THAT I'LL AFFORD TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR OWN REVIEW.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BOIL WATER NOTICE CAME IN, IN TERMS OF GETTING FLOW RESTORED, BUT I KNOW THAT IT WAS IN ADVANCE OF THE PIPE BEING RE FULLY REPAIRED.
IT WAS, WELL, SO DO WE HAVE, UH, OUR OWN POLICIES FOR WHEN WE ISSUE BULL WATER NOTICES? YES.
TIM CAN RESPOND IN MORE DETAIL, BUT WE FOLLOW THE RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE.
AND SO ARE, ARE WE SAYING THAT THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THE RULES BY ISSUING IT WITHIN THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME? I BELIEVE THAT, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE WITHIN THE RULES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, PER C C Q, WHICH IS OUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY, THEY HAVE 24 HOURS TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO THEIR RESIDENTS.
IF A BULL OWNER KNOWS WERE TO BE ISSUED, UH, FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, WE HAVE OUR OWN STANDARDS WE HOLD FOR OURSELVES, AND THAT IS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION TO WHERE WE'RE, UH, PUSHING THAT WATER OUT AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE CONTAMINANTS THAT COULD BE HARMFUL TO ANYBODY AND NOBODY BE MADE AWARE OF IT.
SO, SO, SO MY THINKING THERE WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST NEGOTIATED THE NEW MONARCH WATER RATES, AND SO THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY POTENTIALLY FOR US TO INTER INTERJECT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO IN ORDER TO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY NEGOTIATE, BUT AS IT RELATES TO UTILITY NEGOTIATIONS, WE MIGHT WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS PRIVATE, WHETHER IT'S WATER OR NATURAL GAS, CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF NATURAL GAS LINE BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, ARE, UH, CONSIDERING THE SAME STANDARD OR, OR FOLLOWING THE SAME STANDARD THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN ALSO, POTENTIALLY SOME RULES ABOUT NOTIFYING THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY NEED TO NOTIFY THEIR CUSTOMERS, BUT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES CITY MOBILIZATION, THEY NEED TO BE REQUIRED, UH, TO NOTIFY THE CITY WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE COULD GO ABOUT FINDING WHERE WE COULD INSERT THAT INTO, UH, LEGAL AGREEMENTS THAT GIVE US ENFORCEMENT ABILITY, BUT THAT WOULD BE, WELL BEGIN LOOKING INTO THAT.
WILL ALSO REACH OUT TO THOSE UTILITIES, MAKE SURE WE HAVE CURRENT UP TO DATE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEM, AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME FOR US.
[11. CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
RIGHT.UH, NEXT UP, UH, C I P ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION.
MR. BARBARA GOOD MAYOR COUNCIL, LEON BARBO, CITY ENGINEER LALEY PARK, 68% COMPLETE.
UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS, UH, NEARING COMPLETION.
UH, SIDEWALKS AND HARDSCAPING IS ONGOING.
UH, IRRIGATION INSTALLATION IS IN PROGRESS, AND THEIR INSTALLING CURVES FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
UH, THE FOOTER, THE NORTH AMPHITHEATER IS IN PROGRESS, UH, DECKING, ROOFING AND PLUMBING AT THE PAVILION STRUCTURE IS IN PROGRESS.
AND THEY'RE CONTINUING ON THE ELECTRICAL ROOFING AT THE CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT THERE AT THE, UH, PAVILION.
RESTROOMS, UH, THE REVISED PROJECTED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE IS DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEL, YOU ASKED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL DATE.
I THINK THAT WE, UM, WERE PLANNING ON THIS ONE.
AND WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS JUNE OF 2022.
PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, 61% COMPLETE.
UM, AIR HANDLER UNITS HAVE BEEN SET CHILL WATER PIPING HAS BEEN INSTALLED FROM THE CHILLERS TO THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE TAPING IN FLOATING LEVEL ONE PAINTING ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL ROOMS, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE LIGHTWEIGHT CAST STONE CORNERS AT THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING.
THE FIELD BRICK MASONRIES AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, THE ROOFTOP H V A C UNITS HAS BEEN SET IN PLACE, AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE IS FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023.
SOUTH SIDE WESTWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UH, BASED ON THE PAY ESTIMATES, WE'RE STILL IT AT 94% COMPLETE, BUT WE JUST HAVE THEIR PAY APPLICATION.
UH, WE COMPLETED OUR FORCE MAIN FOR THE PROJECT, AND WE'RE STILL HAVING TO INSTALL THAT 15 INCH GRAVITY MAIN.
IT GOES TO THE, UH, LIST STATION.
UH, PRIOR TO REACHING EDWARD'S DRIVE, WE DID, UH, ENCOUNTER SOME REALLY UNSTABLE MATERIALS.
IT WAS JUST, UH, FALLING, UH, APART BESIDE THE, UH, TRENCH BOXES.
AND SO WE HAD TO ADD SOME MORE STABILIZED SAND IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, GOT A GOOD BACKFILL ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE THEN WE GOT TO EDWARDS DRIVE.
WE WERE AFRAID THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO DO A BOAR BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE JUST ENCOUNTERED, BUT, UH, IT WAS PRETTY STABLE AND SOLID, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A BOAR, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING AT A SLOWER PACE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WORKER'S SAFETY.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I'M 150 FEET AWAY FROM CLOSING THE GAP ON THAT SECTION THERE.
THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE LEFT OF WHAT,
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UH, BUS SIDE OF THE TRENCH BOX.YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MATERIAL WAS JUST CAVING IN ON THE SIDE.
AND, UH, WE ENDED UP PUTTING SOME, UH, BETTER MATERIAL BACK IN THERE.
AND EDWARD DRIVE IS ON THE RIGHT.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO JUST OPEN TRENCH OF THAT ONE AND, UH, PLACE THE PIPE IN IN THAT ONE TREATMENT EXPANSION PROJECT.
UH, THE DEW WATER FACILITY IS ABOUT 85% COMPLETE.
UH, THE BULLSEYE PLANT NUMBER TWO STARTUP BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER SWIFT 26TH.
JUST GOT WORD THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT'S, UH, OPERATING ALREADY.
UH, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PLANT NUMBER ONE BULLSEYE, AND THAT'S BEING TAKEN OFFLINE SO THEY CAN CLEAN THAT AND, UH, DO SOME REPAIRS IN THAT ONE.
UH, THE DEW WATERING FACILITY COMPLETION HAS BEEN PUSHED OCTOBER, 2022.
UH, P C IS NOW WORKING ON, UH, PROVIDING THE ELECTRICAL POWER TO THAT, UH, FACILITY STARTING TOMORROW.
AND, UH, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE ROADS IN THE PLANT SITE.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO INSTALLING SOME SECURITY FENCING.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER PA APPLICATION WE'RE REVIEWING NOW, STILL HAVING OUR ROAD CLOSURES.
FLOOD STREET RECONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED, AND ALL DENSITIES HAVE PASSED ON OUR BASE MATERIAL.
THE CURB IS BEING PLACED AND, UH, POURED THERE AT THIRD OF MYER STREET.
AND WE STILL GET SOME CUSTOMER, UH, CONCERNS AND WE'RE RESPONDING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO THOSE DOWNTOWN RELOCATION OF OVERHEAD LINES.
UH, SPECTRUM DID SEND US A LETTER.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING PAYMENT FOR SOME OF THE RELOCATION THAT WE'RE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE UTILITY IN THE WAY, YOU WILL, UH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO WIDE THE STREET OR DO SOME CONSTRUCTION.
THEY HAVE TO MOVE AT THEIR OWN COST.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO END UP PAYING A SPECTRUM.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING A LITTLE OVER $25,000 REQUEST ON THAT.
WE'RE BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, FRONTIER'S WORKING ON THE CONDUIT, AND, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON RELOCATING OLD POST ROAD.
THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PAVE, UH, WENT BY THERE TODAY.
THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME PAVING.
THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE PAVING COMPLETED ON THAT, UH, FIRST LAYER OF MIX.
UH, WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE TWO INCH LAYER THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO DOWN, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, LATER AFTER WE COMPLETE OUR DRAINAGE WORK ON THE PROJECT.
AND WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING ABOUT A COUPLE MORE MONTHS ON THIS PROJECT.
THEY'RE STARTING TO, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 13% COMPLETE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE GETTING THE REBAR AND THE, UM, UH, WET.
WELL, IT'S GONNA BE GOING IN THERE.
AND, UH, THEY'S STARTING TO GET THAT READY TO POUR CONCRETE.
IT'S A LOT OF STEEL, A LOT OF CONCRETE, JUST THE WAY THEY PROP IT ALL UP WITH THE WOOD INTO SIDE.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A PLAYGROUND.
UH, WE HAD TWO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THEY'RE BOTH ON SECOND RATING.
UH, ONE IS THE, UM, UH, SPEED ZONE REDUCTION ON, UM, 1626.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS NO, THROUGH TRUCKS.
THEY'RE ON, UH, SOUTH STREET FROM FRONT STREET TO BUSINESS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARBARA? CUSTOMER? FSCO? OKAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DO, BUT I, I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK FOR AN UPDATE ON JACK'S ACCESS.
UM, AND, AND THEN THE ONE RIGHT BESIDE IT.
SO THE BUILDING IS SUCH AN EYESORE, AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE IN ORDER FOR IT TO, TO BE AT LEAST LEVELED.
I THINK JERRY'S ON TOP OF THAT, THAT JERRY? YES.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH GREG HENRY, THE OWNER OF PAPA JACKS.
WELL, JUST, JUST IF WE'RE IN, IF THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DON'T WANNA CO WE DON'T WANNA COMPROMISE OUR POSITION ON ANYTHING.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HIM ON A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO DEMOLISH WHAT'S, WHAT'S REMAINING THERE? THE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IS A LOT OF THE DEBRIS MAYBE HOLDING UP WALLS.
SO WE DON'T WANNA GO REMOVE THE DEBRIS AND THEN HAVE THE WALLS FALL ON OUR WORKERS.
BUT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE SHOULD HAVE RESOLVED HERE SHORTLY.
JERRY SAYS WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT.
UM, THAT MIDDLE WALL HAS A LOT OF HISTORIC VALUE.
IF THERE'S A WAY OF PRESERVING SOME OF THAT STONE AND MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, WE COULD PUT SOMETHING UP.
TONER THAT WALL WOULD BE GREAT.
CUZ THAT'S ONE OF OUR FIRST BU UH, BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY.
I, I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, IF YOU COULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
JUST HAS A LOT OF MEANING TO ME AND ORIGINAL RESIDENTS HERE IN KYLE.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
NEXT UP.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO PULL ANY ITEM MOTIONS? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CONSENT AGENDAS 12 THROUGH 18.
IT'S MOTION BY CUSTOMER TOBI, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLORES KA.
IS THE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION CUSTOMER? PARTIALLY.
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TO, UM, TAKE, UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 FOR DISCUSSION.UH, DID, DID YOU JUST HAVE QUESTIONS YOU COULD ASK 'EM RIGHT NOW IF YOU YES, I CAN ASK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE GOT ANY BIDS FOR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT WITH SAME SPECIFICATIONS FROM ANY OTHER COMPANY LIKE BOBCAT OR JOHN DEERE.
I JUST FOUND KIND OF DIFFERENT PRICING FOR THIS, UM, SEA TERM MOWER.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE GOT ANY BEATS FOR ANYTHING ELSE OR ANY OTHER PRICING FOR, SO, TIM, SHE, FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN.
SO THIS PURCHASE IS MADE THROUGH, MADE THROUGH BUYBOARD.
UH, THE CITY OF KYLE IS A MEMBER OF BUYBOARD, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THEIR CONTRACTORS CONTRACTS THEY HAVE IN PLACE AND TO MAKE PURCHASES SUCH AS THESE.
IF YOU NEED A MORE VENTURE THAN THAT, THEN I WOULD ASK FOR VEST TO COME UP AND, AND ANSWER THAT.
THEY GO OUT AND TAKE BIDS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, AND LAWNMOWER EQUIPMENT IS ONE OF THEM.
SO THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS, THE PRICE SELECTION PROCESS, THE QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS, AND THEY HAVE SELECTED VARIOUS VENDORS.
SO THIS ALLOWS CITIES AND COUNTIES TO SAVE TIME AND GO THROUGH THE, THEIR CONTRACT AND PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
SO YOU'RE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THE SAME BIDDING PROCESS AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WE WOULD'VE DONE ON OUR OWN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I JUST WANNA SAY THIS CONSENT AGENDA WAS VERY WELL WRITTEN AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I DO LIKE, UM, THE FACT THAT IT, IT SAYS THAT WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY VOTED, UM, BUT KNOWING THAT SOME THINGS ARE BOUGHT ON BY BOARD, MAYBE WE CAN ADD THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'LL MAKE CONSENT TIME EVEN FASTER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS GREAT.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IS A FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL POST MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ZERO.
[19.
Consideration and approval of applying for the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant Program (SMART), Phase I #20.941 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. ~ David Amsler, Management Analyst and Kirk Rabius, Honeywell
]NEXT STEP.UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF APPLYING FOR THE STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVITAL, UH, REVOLUTIONIZING 60.
WHAT DID I SAY? I SAID FIVE TO ZERO.
UM, AND I'M GONNA ACTUALLY, SO THAT WE CAN ALL DISCUSS THIS BEFORE WE MOVE.
I'M GONNA SAY RIGHT NOW, THE WAY I HAVE IT MARKED IS THAT ITEMS THAT WE ARE PULLING AND POSTPONING OFF THIS AGENDA ARE, UH, ITEMS NUMBER 21.
IS THAT CORRECT, DAVID? YES, SIR.
AND THEN 28, 29, 30, 31, AND 32.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FOR ITEM 35 TO BE POSTPONED, PLEASE.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'LL SAVE US A LITTLE TON.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF APPLYING FOR THE STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVOLUTIONIZING TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM.
SMART PHASE ONE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR IN COUNCIL.
DAVID AMSLER, MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I AM, UH, ASKING THIS, UH, BODY TO APPROVE, UM, US APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT.
UH, THIS GRANT IS A NO MATCH GRANT.
UH, THIS FIRST PHASE IS A PROTOTYPE PHASE, UM, SLASH PLANNING PHASE.
IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE CITY TO USE THIS GRANT ON THE VIBE TRAIL, UM, FOR SMART CROSSINGS AND SMART SCOOTERS, GOLF CARTS TO WHERE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY, UM, ELEVATING SOME OF THE POLICE LIGHTING THAT WE DO TO USE, UH, WIFI HOTSPOTS.
UH, WE ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE, BUT WE CAME TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE EARLY SO THAT HONEYWELL CAN, UH, PUSH FORWARD TO, UH, BE AGGRESSIVE IN PURSUING THIS GRANT.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE LOTS OF CITIES THAT PURSUE THIS GRANT.
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THIS STAGE IS GOING TO BE ALMOST NECESSARY FOR US TO GET PHASE TWO, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL 15 MILLION, WHICH ALSO WILL HAVE NO MATCH WHEN THAT NOFO COMES OUT.I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
UH, KIRK, WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HONEYWELL, IS ON RAINS CENTRAL.
IS THERE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? CUSTOMER FLOORS SCALE? I MIGHT JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
IS THIS THE SAME HONEYWELL THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR LIKE TWO YEARS? I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I HAVE
I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME TO US, AND I CANNOT GET THIS IMPLEMENTED SOON ENOUGH.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SOFTWARE AND IT'S, THIS IS ONLY GONNA BE GOOD FOR, FOR THE CITY.
AND SO IF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR IS PERMISSION TO, TO PURSUE THE GRANT, YEAH.
WHY WOULD WE EVER SAY NO? I KNOW.
I, I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO ASK A
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLOS KALE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, HONEYWELL FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND FOR PURSUING THIS GRANT FOR US.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UH, THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM THAT'S GONNA BE WORKING ON THIS GRANT PROCESS, AND I, I THINK IT'S A VERY BIG WIN FOR OUR CITY IF WE GET IT.
SO, UH, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR COUNTS FOR TOUS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING SCOOTERS AS WELL.
YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, MAYOR PRO TIM, IF WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO FOR SCOOTERS.
ALL RIGHT, NOW I'M JUST KIDDING.
[20.
Consideration and possible action to approve CORE Office Interiors Quote for FF&E at Public Safety Center in an amount not to exceed $1,582,781.60. ~ Bob Farmer, AG|CM
]UP, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION IMPOSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CORE OFFICE INTERIORS QUOTES, UH, FOR FFF AND E AND PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.58278 1000060 CENTS.THAT WAS A WEIRD WAY OF SAYING THAT NUMBER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AS YOU ALL WOULD RECALL, UM, LATE LAST SPRING, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR A FURNITURE VENDOR.
AND A FURNITURE VENDOR IS A FIRM THAT WOULD COME IN AND HELP US PLAN EVERY SINGLE SPACE IN THE BUILDING TO SPECIFY THE FURNITURE, TO PROCURE IT, AND INSTALL IT AND CLEAN IT UP.
SO, UM, CORE OFFICE INTERIORS WAS SELECTED LAST SPRING BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR TYPE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING ST.
SO WE'RE AT THAT STAGE NOW WHERE WE NEED TO, UH, GAIN COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THE PRICE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PURCHASE AND SCHEDULE THE INSTALLATION TO BE PART OF THE SCHEDULE FOR OPENING THE BUILDING.
WE TYPICALLY BUDGET BETWEEN FOUR AND 6% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR FF AND E ITEMS. AND THIS FALLS RIGHT IN THAT RANGE.
SO WE'RE OKAY WITH WHERE IT IS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE MONEY, IT'S BUDGETED.
LOT OF'EM IN FACE SHOWROOM VISITS.
IT'S A BIG BUILDING, A LOT OF FURNITURE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I PROTEST? YEAH, I HAVE ONE.
UH, SO WHEN WE WERE TOURING THE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS, ONE THING THAT THEY MADE CLEAR WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD FURNITURE THAT WOULD, UH, BE COM WOULD, UH, WORK WITH THE OFFICERS AS FAR AS OUR DUTY BELTS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE THE RAILS.
I'M MAKING SURE THAT WAS THE SUBJECT, UH, AT EVERY MEETING WE HAD.
CAUSE I KNOW I, I BROUGHT IT EARLY ON.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH IT AND MADE SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS FACILITY AND THE FURNITURE IN IT AMENABLE TO THE OFFICERS.
AND IF THIS IS, IF WE DID THAT PROCESS, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
YEAH, THIS IS VERY HIGH QUALITY LEVEL OF FURNITURE, UM, DESIGNED TO BE DURABLE AND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WITH THAT BEING S TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM, SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KELLY, WE PROVE INTO ITEM 20.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? CUSTOMER TOUS? YES, SIR.
UM, AS WE KNOW, UH, OFFICE FURNITURE, THROUGH THE YEARS OR THROUGH TIME, THEY GET WEAR AND TEAR.
WILL ANY OF THESE HAVE ANY FORM OF A WARRANTY OR, UH, IF SOMETHING IN A MATTER OF A YEAR OR TWO WE NEED TO GET THEM REPLACED, WHAT KIND OF, UM, SYSTEM WILL BE IN PLACE? A PROCESS TO WHERE WE GET THE SAME TYPE OF QUALITY FURNITURE? OR IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE A SPECIFIC OFFICE WITH FURNITURE, IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT LATER ON WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY A SPECIFIC TYPE OF DIFFERENCE? OR WHEN THEY DO BREAK, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM AFTER THEY, UM, LET'S SAY AN ARMCHAIR BREAK OR THE ARM BREAKS OR THE WHEELS
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COME OFF? CUZ IT HAPPENS CUZ YOU'RE CONSTANTLY USING.THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A VENDOR LIKE CORERS.
THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WARRANTY PERIOD.
SO ALL WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS CONTACT THEM AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES AND IT'LL BE THE CITY, HOWEVER THE CITY OPERATES WITH REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE, BUT AT LEAST THROUGH THE WARRANTY PERIOD, CORE WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT REPLACEMENT, THE INSTALLATION AS WELL.
I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT'S WITHIN BUDGET, CUZ I WAS THINKING, PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THIS CAUSE IT MAKE ME CRY.
YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT YOU AND I'M LIKE, PLEASE CAN'T TELL ME THAT
I'M, I SECONDED THIS MOTION, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THERE IS SOME PRIZES ON HERE THAT ARE RIDICULOUS.
AND SO I NEED SOME KIND OF, HEY, IT'S GONNA BE WORTH IT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT A SIDE CHAIR AND I MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A SIDE CHAIR IS, BUT IT IS $1,253.
I AM ALSO LOOKING AT BARSS THAT ARE $700.
THAT IS, AND I GET, WE'RE IN BUDGET AND I GET, WE HAVE THE MONEY.
WHAT I DON'T GET IS, DO WE REALLY NEED TO SPEND THAT MUCH? AND I LOVE MY OFFICERS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, BUT I ALSO WANNA BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING BECAUSE WE HAVE IT.
UM, AND I WOULD, MY, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS WHO PICKED THIS STUFF OUT? BECAUSE, UM, I WAS GONNA HAVE A LONG TALK WITH CHIEF BARNETT IF IT WAS GOING, IF IT WAS HIM.
UM, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THERE WAS A FURNITURE VENDOR, THE FURNITURE VENDOR, UH, CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT, BUT STAFF WAS INVOLVED IN, EACH DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE VENDOR LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF OPTIONS OF FURNITURE.
AND IT IS COMMERCIAL GRADE FURNITURE AS WELL.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL GRADE THAT I GET.
JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
SO WE DID SITE VISITS TO TWO DIFFERENT SHOWROOM FLOORS.
WE DID NUMEROUS ONLINE, UH, REVIEWS OF DIFFERENT FURNITURE AND LOOKED FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF QUALITY TO WITHSTAND 24 HOUR OPERATION FROM POLICE OFFICERS THAT WEAR HEAVY GEAR TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ABOUT WILL THIS FIT THE OFFICERS.
SOME OF THESE ARE OVERSIZED CHAIRS, SOME OF THESE ARE REMOVABLE HANDLE AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANNA DO TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER, TALLER OFFICERS WITH GUN BELTS.
UM, LOOKING FOR LONG STANDING QUALITY, SOMETHING THAT WOULD LAST THE DEPARTMENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
EASY TO CLEAN WAS IMPORTANT TO US TOO BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A LARGE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN THE BUILDING.
UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALONG WITH A, UH, NATIONAL STANDARD.
THEY HAD A GOOD REPUTATION, SOMETHING THAT WOULD, THEY WOULD HONOR THEIR QUALITY OF THEIR WORK.
YOU DISCUSS THE WARRANTY WITHIN DAYS, THEY'LL BE HERE WITH THE REPLACEMENT PARTS AND THEY'LL FIX 'EM THEMSELVES.
ALL WE'VE GOTTA DO IS PUT IN THAT PHONE CALL.
SO THERE WERE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WENT IN THERE.
THERE WERE A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE SITE VISITS AND THE ONLINE MEETINGS AS WELL.
WE LOOKED AT PROBABLY 10 TO 15 DIFFERENT NATIONAL BRANDS SO THAT WE COULD FIND, UH, BOTH THE PRICING AND THE RIGHT FURNITURE THAT WE NEEDED, THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR POLICE FACILITY AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT MATCHED THE QUALITY OF THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE BUILDING.
SO WE TRIED TO PUT ALL THAT INTO A PACKAGE AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PRICE BEFORE YOU THAT, UH, WE WILL NOT EXCEED.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHERE'S THE WARRANTY INFORMATION GOING TO BE MAINTAINED? I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE WITHIN THE CITY IN CASE, UM, IF SOMETHING CHANGES AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN GO TO SOMEBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAY, HEY, THIS $1,200 CHAIR BROKE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RE THAT'S KIND, THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANNA DO A SPREADSHEET OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT EASY IN CASE EVEN IF OUR ADMIN HAS, HAS TO GO THROUGH IT, THAT WE CAN ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.
UM, JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THAT WARRANTY.
YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
WE'RE GONNA WANNA BE ABLE TO FIND THAT QUICKLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERY POTENTIAL.
I MEAN, EVERY VENDOR, EVERY PRODUCT MANUFACTURER, WE HAVE THEIR WARRANTY EASY TO FIND AND THE COMPANY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECT.
JUST TO ADD TO THAT, TIM WITH FACILITIES SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT CONTRACT AS WELL.
SINCE HE'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE, HIM AND TEAM CUSTOMER PARTIALLY GOOD.
UH, REAL QUICK, I WON'T TAKE TOO LONG.
WHAT, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GETTING AT, UH, MISS, UH, FLOSS SCALE IS HAVING AN ASSET TAG KIND OF SYSTEM SET UP TO WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THE TAGS LISTED AS FAR AS LIKE, THIS BELONGS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
THIS ASSET TAG BELONGS TO THE CHAIR WITHIN THIS, IT, IT FITS UNDER LINE ITEM, WHATEVER, SO FORTH.
SO IF THERE'S EVER ANY KIND OF FURNITURE THAT'S BROKEN OR A CHAIR, WE CAN BE ABLE TO LOOK UP THAT ASSET TAG, FIND
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IT HERE ON THE WARRANTY, AND THEN HAVE IT TO WHERE YOU COULD BE ABLE TO NOTIFY THE VENDOR AND SAY, ACCORDING TO THIS ASSET TAG NUMBER, IT IS THIS PRODUCT NUMBER, IT IS THIS SPECIFIC DESIGN, THIS IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL COST WAS, AND HERE'S A WARRANTY.THAT WAY IT'S ALL STAYS WITHIN, WITHIN THAT REGION.
VERY PARLEY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE AS KIND OF ADDRESSED WHAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE WARRANTY TIME IS? SO IT, IT VARIES.
AS YOU'LL NOTICE THROUGH HERE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PAGES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, MANUFACTURERS.
EACH MANUFACTURER HAS A DIFFERENT WARRANTY.
HOWEVER, CORE IS GONNA HONOR EVERYTHING FOR 12 MONTHS WITHOUT ANY QUESTION WHATSOEVER.
SOME OF THE VENDORS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT.
SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FURNITURE MAY BE FIVE YEARS.
THEY WILL SUPPORT THAT FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY AS WELL.
THEY EVEN TOLD ME SO MUCH AS IF THERE'S A LOOSE ARM ON A CHAIR ON THE LAST DAY OR THE NEXT TO THE LAST DAY OF YOUR WARRANTY PERIOD.
IF YOU CALL US, WE'RE GOING TO COME AND TAKE CARE OF YOU AND KEEP YOU AS A HASHTAG HAPPY CUSTOMER AND MAKE SURE YOUR CHAIR GETS REPLACED AS WE SHOULD DO.
SO THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT HAVING A PRODUCT THAT IS AS GOOD AT THE END OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AS IT IS ON THE DAY THEY DELIVER IT, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WE'RE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ON THE FIFTH YEAR, THE LAST DAY WE LOSE ALL THE ARMS.
SO THE GREAT NEWS IS, IS THEY HAVE A, I'M JUST KIDDING.
THEY, THEY HAPPEN TO BE, ALTHOUGH WE SELECTED THIS COMPANY FROM A LONG LIST OF COMPANIES THAT WERE WELL QUALIFIED, SHE SAYS ON THE RECORD.
I CAN REALLY APPRECIATE A GOOD WARRANTY.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE PRICES AND I WAS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT IT.
I APPRECIATE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UNTIL YOU START WORKING FROM HOME, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW EXPENSIVE A CHAIR IS.
I'VE GONE THROUGH THREE CHAIRS UNTIL I FINALLY HAD TO SPEND THE MONEY.
AND THEY'RE IN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL THE TIME THEY'RE IN HERE.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, THEY'VE PERFORMED WORK AT SAN MARCUS AND OUR POLICE FACILITY IS MUCH SIMILAR TO THE NEW BROEL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ALSO OUTFITTED THEIR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY'RE IN THE REGION, THEY'RE CLOSE, THEY CAN BE HERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEY AGREED TO DO SO.
ALL POST MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve Marathon Fitness Quote for Gym Equipment at Public Safety Center in an amount not to exceed $91,503.68. ~ David Harding, AG|CM]
TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MARATHON FITNESS QUOTE FOR JIM EQUIPMENT AT PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $91,503 AND 68 CENTS.MR. HARDY MAYOR COUNCIL, THANKS FOR HAVING US.
UH, SIMILARLY WE HAVE, UM, OUR LAST QUOTE TONIGHT IS, UH, FOR MARATHON FITNESS TO PROVIDE JIM EQUIPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, UM, AS YOU SAID, IN AN AMOUNT 91 5 0 360 8, NOT TO EXCEED.
UM, SIMILARLY THEY HAVE A, A LIMITED, WELL, THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR, AND THEN IN SOME CASES EVEN A THREE YEAR.
AND THEN SOME OF THE SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT, UH, MANUFACTURERS HAVE LONGER WARRANTIES AS WELL.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, WITH THE FFF AND E PACKAGE.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR JIM EQUIPMENT AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARDING? MOTIONS.
I'M, SO WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, UH, FITNESS EQUIPMENT, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO WE'RE SAYING FOR A 20 POUND DUMBBELL PAIR IS $228 FOR ONE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE SURPRISED.
SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH COMMERCIAL GRADE PRODUCTS, IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
YOU CAN GO TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, A DICK SPORTING GOODS AND BUY A DUMBBELL.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS STUFF SOUNDS CONFUSING CAUSE YOU LOOK AT THESE AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO BUY A DUMBBELL ON, ON, YOU KNOW, AMAZON FOR X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS STUFF THAT'S MEANT TO TAKE A SERIOUS BEATING.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA BE USING FROM HOME.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S SERIOUSLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, RUBBER REINFORCED AND JUST MEANT TO BE USED MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY EVERY SINGLE DAY AND LAST YOU FOR A VERY LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
YEAH, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT WHERE WE HAVE 'EM.
I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE UP THERE IN 11, $1,200 RANGE, BUT IT JUST, YEAH, WHEN I SAW THE DUMBBELL PRICING, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE 15 POUNDER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, 228 FOR THE PAIR.
UM, OR YEAH, YEAH, THE 20 POUNDER, IT JUST KIND OF WATCHING CHIEF LIFT, IT WILL BE PRICELESS.
SO, I KNOW THAT JIMS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE AREA THAT ARE QUALITY GYMS BUY THE SAME KIND OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S EQUIPMENT THAT'S MADE TO LAST ALL DAY, WEAR AND TEAR, UH, MULTIPLE, USE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU'RE BUYING QUALITY AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
SOMETHING YOU WON'T HAVE TO REPLACE AFTER SIX MONTHS OF WEAR AND TEAR.
SO YES, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS SAFETY.
UH, A LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS GONNA BE BUILT.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE, THE FLOORING THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROTECTING THAT.
THE PADS, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES IN PLAY.
UM, I, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A GYM IN ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS IN, IN THE COMPANY I
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WORK FOR.BUT, UH, DEFINITELY I KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND WHAT IS, UH, IT TAKES TO PUT QUALITY EQUIPMENT IN PLACE.
BUT WE DID STAY UNDER BUDGET, RIGHT? WE, WE ARE WITHIN BUDGET, ABSOLUTELY.
I ALSO LIKE ACCESS TO THIS GYM ONCE IT'S BUILT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22, STAND MOTION.
SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER MEMBER BRADSHAW THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 IS THEIR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN JUST GET QUOTES ON OTHER ONES? THAT SEEMS A LOT, THAT SEEMS A LOT FOR THE DUMBBELLS, AND I REALLY HOPE OUR OFFICERS DON'T THROW STUFF LIKE, I HOPE THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
SO THEY'VE A, THEIR BUYBOARD PRICING HAS ALREADY GONE OUT FOR QUOTE, AGAINST ALL OF THEIR COMPETITORS SUPPLYING SIMILAR PRODUCT.
SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY DONE THAT.
THIS IS, UH, PUBLIC GYM, QUALITY MEMBERSHIP, GYM TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT IS THE HEAVY DUTY STUFF THAT WILL LAST.
WE WANT THIS STUFF TO LAST 20 YEARS IN THIS 20 YEAR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE GOT THE STUFF THAT WE BELIEVE WILL LAST.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE BEST QUALITY YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT THERE WHEN YOU GO TO A GYM AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY A PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP.
SO TO JUST HAVE THAT, BUT YES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THEY ARE A BY BOARD, SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN VETTED AGAINST ITS OTHER COMPETITORS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL A POST MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[23. [Postponed 9/20/2022] Consider and possible action on a quote from OMJC Signal for the purchase of portable traffic signals in the amount of $331,600.00. ~ Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager]
[24. Consideration and Approval of a Resolution Relating to Establishing the City’s Intention to Reimburse itself for the Prior Lawful Expenditure of Funds Relating to Constructing Various City Improvements from the Proceeds of Tax-Exempt Obligations to be Issued by the City for Authorized Purposes; Authorizing Other Matters Incident and Related Thereto; and Providing an Effective Date. ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, City's Bond Counsel]
NEXT UP IS J ITEMS 23 AND 24.IT'S RELATED TO THE PORTABLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
UM, UH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ARE WE READY TO TAKE THIS ITEM UP? SURE.
WELL, SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK NOW THAT WE'VE STARTED THE TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, THERE IS SOME TIME THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT.
AND THAT TRAFFIC STUDY SHOULD COMPLETE RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT WE KNOW THE OUTCOME OF OUR BOND, UH, WHICH WOULD KIND OF IMPACT POTENTIAL.
IT HAS POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE, THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH THESE PORTABLE SIGNALS.
SO MY REQUEST WAS GOING TO BE TO ALLOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY TO MOVE FORWARD, ALLOW FOR THE BOND, UH, VOTE TO COME FORWARD, UH, AND THEN BRING THIS UP IN THE SECOND MEETING OF NOVEMBER TO DISCUSS AGAIN.
I'D LIKE TO, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY DO IT AS A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE AGENDA ITEMS 23 AND 24 UNTIL THE SECOND.
UH, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN NOVEMBER 2ND.
MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLORES CASE.
ARE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
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(Second Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, amending Chapter 53 of the Code of Ordinances by Amending Article VII Nonconforming Uses and Structures. ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval.
City Council voted 6-0 to approve on first reading, with amendments, on 9/6/2022.
]RIGHT, NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25.
SECOND READING AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN NONCONFORMING USES, UH, UH, AND STRUCTURES.
MR. ATKINSON, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, WILL ATKINSON, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING THE LAST MEETING, UH, CITY COUNCIL, ASKED FOR A HANDFUL, UH, FEW AMENDMENTS TO THE, UH, LEGAL NONCONFORMITY ORDINANCE THAT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING.
AND, UH, WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THOSE IN THIS UPDATE.
UH, THE BIGGEST ONE IS BEING, UH, RESTRICTIONS AND ALLOWANCES FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, LEGAL, LEGALLY NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES AND USES, UH, FROM A INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE AND ALSO FROM A, WHERE YOU CAN PUT 'EM IN A COMMERCIAL AREA AS WELL.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, SO.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CUSTOMER FLASCO.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ORDINANCE.
UM, I WAS READING, I JUST REALLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE IS SECTION 53 DASH 1140.
WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT, UM, IT, IT STATES NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES MUST HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ESTABLISHED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.
SO HOW DOES THE CITY LEGALLY ESTABLISH THAT IT'S NONCONFORMING? I GUESS I, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
I I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS LIKE SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER.
WHICH SECTION ARE YOU LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY? UM, SECTION 53 DASH 1140 RESTRICTION ON NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES.
UH, NUMBER ONE, LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT.
SO THE UNDER SECTION 53 14 1, I HAVE NONCONFORMING USES A ONE, CORRECT? WELL, YES.
IT SAYS LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THEN IT SAYS NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES MUST HAVE LEGALLY MUST HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ESTABLISHED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
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LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.SO HOW DOES THE CITY LEGALLY ESTABLISH THAT IT'S NONCONFORMING? DO THEY SEND NOTIFICATION TO THE HOMEOWNER? I CANNOT FIND WHERE YOU'RE READING IN 11 1 40.
I SAID, HERE'S WHAT THEY GAVE ME.
AM I NOT LOOKING AT THE RIGHT, WE'RE DOING NUMBER A AGENDA ITEM 25, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
I PRINTED IT OFF AND SO I GUESS I'M NOT, LET ME SEE.
UH, ORDINANCE COUNCIL MEMBER FLORIS.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO SECTION 53 DASH 1138? THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE LAWFULLY ESTABLISHED? I DON'T KNOW WHY WHAT I HAVE IS DIFFERENT THAN, THAN WHAT'S ON ONLINE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING 1 39 SECTION ONE, WHEN NECESSARY, PRESERVE PROPERTY ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ORDINANCE? NO, NO.
I HAVE SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, WHICH I PRINTED OFF AND IT HAS THE RED LINES ON IT TOO.
SO LET ME LOOK FOR IT REAL QUICK CUZ IT'S UNDER LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT ESTABLISHMENT.
YEAH, I, I TRIED TO CONTROL FIND IT.
SO BE LAWFULLY ESTABLISHED WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN USING THE STRUCTURE.
UM, TO BE LAWFULLY ESTABLISHED WOULD'VE MEANT THAT THEY WOULD'VE ALREADY BEEN USING THE PROPERTY OR THE STRUCTURE IN A LAWFUL MANNER PRIOR TO WHEN MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL CHANGED THE ZONING THAT WOULD'VE IMPACTED THE, UM, THE PROPERTY.
AND SO IT WAS LAWFUL PRIOR TO AND THEN WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A LAWFUL, A NONCONFORMING USE OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S JUST THE DEFINITION OF LEGAL NONCONFORMING, EXACTLY RIGHT.
WELL, MY, MY ONLY CONCERN IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY RESIDENT IS AWARE AND KNOWS THAT THEY'RE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, UH, OR DON'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE IF SOMETHING GETS REZONED, THAT THERE'S NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENT SO THEY'RE AWARE CUZ THEY ONLY HAVE 12 MONTHS, UM, TO US TO, I THINK EVEN IF THEY WANNA FILE LIKE AN EXTENSION, THEY HAVE TO DO THAT WITHIN 12 MONTHS AS WELL.
SO, UM, HOW DO, IF, IF WE DID HAPPEN TO, UH, REZONE, HOW DO WE NOTIFY HOMEOWNERS WITH THE, UH, MOST UP TO DATE, UH, HAYES CAT APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, DATA THAT WE, THAT'S OUT THERE? AND SO WHENEVER WE'RE DOING A REZONING MO, LET SAY THIS, LEMME BACKTRACK.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN A REZONING IS HAPPENING, IT IS ON, AT THE BEHEST OF THE LANDOWNER OR SOMEONE ON THEIR BEHALF.
SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THOSE ITEMS AND THAT WHEN IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT, HEY, JUST BE AWARE IF YOU GET YOUR REZONING, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOUR CURRENT USE MAY WILL BECOME LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.
IF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE PURSUING A REZONING, UM, THEN, UM, WE WILL HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IF IN ANY LETTERS THAT WE SEND OUT THAT WE ARE, THAT WE CAN ADD TO THOSE LETTERS THAT WE SAY, HEY, UM, WELL IN A LITTLE BIT MORE POLITE MANNER, WE'LL JUST LET 'EM KNOW THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BECOME LEGALLY NOT CONFORMING.
AT THE VERY LEAST, WE WOULD COMPLY WITH ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS YES.
OF THE STATE, WHICH IS 200 FEET OF THE, WITHIN THE ALL OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE, UH, IMPACTED PROPERTY WILL, WILL RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SIGNS OUT.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE AT THE VERY LEAST, BUT IF, LIKE WILL SAID, WE WOULD DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THOSE OWNERS.
THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT IN, THEY'RE IN NONCONFORMING.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD LAST TIME AND THEN WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT AND ESTABLISH NONCONFORMING.
AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO AVOID THAT.
AND LUCKILY I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST IN THE DOWNTOWN, IT'S NOT AN EXTENDED AREA.
SO, UM, IT IS MOST PREVALENT IN CENTRAL KYLE IN THE ORIGINAL PART OF TOWN.
WELL, WITH THAT, SORRY, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION GO.
NO, YOU, I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLOS KALE.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM RIZZO THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER,
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OH, SORRY, 25.IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YES.
BARBARA, I WANTED TO THANK YOU.
UH, JERRY, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW UNDER SECTION FIVE OF THE, AT THE VERY LA SIX PAGE SIX OF SEVEN, I BELIEVE IT IS, THERE WAS A HOLDER FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, WHICH YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE THE VERSION THAT YOU WERE SENT HAD A PLACEHOLDER FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE AND IT JUST WAS BLANK.
WHERE WAS THAT? MAYBE THAT'S ACCURATE.
AND, OH, THE AD SAVINGS CLAUSE? YES.
THE LANGUAGE FOR THE SAVINGS CLAUSE IS GOING TO BE AS FOLLOWS.
ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE CITY OF KYLE ARE EXPRESSLY SAVED AS TO ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF ANY ORDINANCES GOVERNING ZONING WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH HAVE ACCRUED AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
AND AS TO SUCH ACCRUED VIOLATIONS AND ALL PENDING LITIGATION, BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, WHETHER PENDING IN COURT OR NOT UNDER SUCH ORDINANCES, SAME SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS ORDINANCE, BUT MAY BE PROSECUTED UNTIL FINAL DIS DISPOSITION BY THE COURTS.
APOLOGIZE, UH, UH, IN THE HURRY TO GET THIS BACK OUT.
WE, I, WE DID NOT GET THAT IN, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS NOW IN THE VERSION THAT YOU WOULD BE ADOPTING.
COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS? BASICALLY, YOU'RE JUST PRESERVING YOUR RIGHT TO, UM, THAT IF, IF THERE'S SOME SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY OUTSTANDING THAT YOU'RE PRESERVING THAT, UM, THAT YOU'RE, IN OTHER WORDS, UM, THE CITY IS RESERVING AND PRESERVING ALL OF ITS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES DESPITE SOMETHING BEING CHANGED IF IT'S NECESSARY TO.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS CURRENTLY ON ON CENTER STREET, HOW IS THAT CLAUSE GOING TO AFFECT THEM? WELL, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY PENDING, UH, AS TO THEM, I MEAN, IT'S A STANDARD CLAUSE.
IT'S IN MOST, IN VIRTUALLY EVERY ORDINANCE THAT YOU PASS TO PRESERVE FOR THE RE THE CITY.
BUT IF THEY, IF SAY THEY HAD A VIOLATION THAT WAS PENDING THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THAT VIOLATION, CHANGING THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT THAT VIOLATION THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE CITY HAS THE, IS PRESERVING THAT RIGHT.
TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THAT VIOLATION.
SO, SO MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS IT'S A VIOLATION BECAUSE THERE WAS A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE IN PLACE NOW THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE.
WOULD THAT CHANGE THAT VIOLATION? NO.
CUZ ON THE DAY THAT IT WAS NOTED FOR AS A VIOLATION, UM, IT WAS AGAINST THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS IN PLACE.
THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME.
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE, NOW THEY WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T HELP THEM IF THEY HAD, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WOULD OR NOT.
I'M JUST, THE, THE PROVISION, THE SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVISION IS JUST ONE THAT, UM, IT, IT GIVES NOTICE TO EVERYONE, UM, THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THIS, THAT, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A VIOLATION AND IT'S OUTSTANDING, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IT, MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN ADDRESSED BY A MODIFICATION TO THE ORDINANCE OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE, WHATEVER THAT VIOLATION MIGHT BE, IT'S NOT SAVED BY A PROVISION PASSED BY A SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT.
IT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS THE HOME MIGHT WANNA, YOU KNOW, BRING IT FORWARD AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, SEE THEY CHANGED IT HERE.
WELL, NO, ON THE DAY THAT YOU RECEIVED YOUR VIOLATION, IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, IT SHOULD NOT BE.
I MEAN AT THIS, I DIDN'T WANT THIS, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A STUMBLING BLOCK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN ALL OF YOUR ORDINANCES WHEN THEY GET PASSED.
I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S IN ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS WOULD BE.
UH, CUZ THE REASON THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE MM-HMM.
AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM THAT AUTHORITY BACK TO BE ABLE TO, UH, BE ABLE TO ADD TO THEIR HOMES IF THEY NEED TO OR TO DO IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS IF THEY HAVE, ARE THEY HAVING, HAVE ANY OF THEM HAD VIOLATIONS NOTED? I, I DON'T KNOW.
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I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DON'T, I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE GOT A VIOLATION NOTED.UM, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, IF A CONFLICT CAME UP, UH, TO TAKE ACTION TO, UH, REMEDY SITUATION GRANT VARIANCE? YEAH.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LIKE MAYBE ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC EXAMPLES HERE.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS THAT THROUGH YOUR ZONING, UM, THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THAT THROUGH EITHER SOME SORT OF A VARIANCE OR, UM, AN EXCEPTION TO THAT.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE LIKE SIX THAT ARE ALL NON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE NONCONFORMING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT.
SO, SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MM-HMM.
THERE WAS AN OVERLAY PUT IN BY A PREVIOUS COUNCIL, NOT THIS COUNCIL.
MAKE THAT CLEAR, UH, THAT DIDN'T ALLOW THOSE HOMES TO, FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THOSE HOMES, EXPAND, MAYBE PUT A SHED MM-HMM.
NOW SEEING THEM GET PUNISHED FOR THAT BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE REASON WE'RE RECTIFYING IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PUT THAT SHED IN.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE PULL THAT SHED OUT AND THEN BRING IT BACK WITH A PERMIT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECTIFY THAT THROUGH THE COUNCIL, THEN I'M GOOD WITH IT.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD ONLY IMPLICATE, UM, SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY HAS A PENDING VIOLATION.
CAUSE THAT COULD BE A PENDING VIOLATION.
THEY COULD HAVE, UH, A SHED THERE THAT WASN'T, UH, ALLOWED IN THE USE AND NOW THEY'RE IN, IN TROUBLE FOR IT NOW THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE, THEY'D HAVE TO PAY THAT VIOLATION.
I, I, I THINK PUT THIS IN LAYMAN TERMS, CUZ THAT'S WHAT I AM AS LAYMAN IS RIGHT NOW TODAY, ANYBODY THAT HAS A VIOLATION, THIS, THIS CLAUSE ALLOWS THAT VIOLATION TO STAND AND IT'S UP TO US TO DETERMINE HOW THAT'S RESOLVED FROM THERE.
IF THERE'S NO EXISTING VIOLATION IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS CLAUSE.
AND I I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT YEAH, THAT'S HIS POINT.
WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT IF, IF, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS A VIOLATION THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING FOR, FOR DOING SOMETHING WITH THEIR HOME, THAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO RESOLVE, WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT HOMEOWNER IS ABLE TO BE FREE OF THIS AND MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS, THE WHOLE POINT OF THE ORDINANCE UNDERSTAND IS THIS, IF THERE WERE A VIOLATION, IT WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN CITED TO THEM.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A VIOLATION AND NOT CITED.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE OUT THERE AND CITED THAT, HEY, YOU HAVE THIS VIOLATION AND IT'S CURRENTLY PENDING.
THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT AND DO SOMETHING WITH IF THEY WERE NOT ALREADY CITED.
AND IT JUST, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO GO OUT TO THOSE HOUSES AND LOOK AROUND, THEY MIGHT SEE THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION COULD, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I'M NOT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PENDING VIOLATIONS ARE OUT THERE, IF THERE'S ANY, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S SOME OUT THERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THIS, MAKING SURE AS A CITY WE'RE NOT HEAVILY HANDED AND TRYING TO ENFORCE SOMETHING THAT NOW WE'RE CHANGING.
AND THAT'S MY WHOLE CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF THERE'S A WAY FOR COUNCIL OR THE CITY TO RECTIFY THAT, IF WE PASS THIS, THEN I'D BE OKAY WITH IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PROCESS THAT SOMEBODY THAT HAS A CODE, CURRENT CODE VIOLATION RIGHT NOW THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF, CUZ I'M NOT CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND NOT BE PENALIZED WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THE ORDINANCE.
THAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY DO THAT JUST BY REMOVING IT.
CAUSE I, I DON'T THINK SECTION FIVE IS NECESSARY SINCE IT'S ONLY GONNA BE APPLICABLE TO LESS THAN PROBABLY FIVE PEOPLE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ADDING THE SAVINGS CLAUSE IS NECESSARY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE, THAT SAVINGS CLAUSES AND PROBABLY ALL OF OUR OTHER ORDINANCES.
I'M JUST QUESTIONING DOES IT NEED TO BE IN THIS ONE? BECAUSE THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE CREATED THIS ORDINANCE WAS FOR SECTION FIVE.
SO I'M OKAY TAKING IT OUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR US TO SIT HERE AND CONTINUE TO, TO DEBATE IT BACK AND FORTH.
WELL, I WAS, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS GONNA BE TO LEAVE IT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH STANDARD LANGUAGE FOR AN ORDINANCE, BUT TO, IN THE, IN THE MOTION TO, UH, DIRECT, UH, UH, STAFF TO BRING BACK, UH, OPTIONS FOR AN EXCEPTION.
IF IT IS, IF THAT RULE IS APPLIED, THAT COUNCIL IS, IT'S BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY.
SO THAT, THAT WE'RE THE ONES, WE PUT EYES ON IT IF IT HAPPENS, IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
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WE'RE JUST, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC OUTCOME WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE.I DON'T WANT TO LEGALLY MESS WITH OUR ORDINANCE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
I THINK ABOUT OUR PARKING TICKET.
I I I THINK LEAVING IT IS PROBABLY WISE BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOMETHING NONCONFORMING OUT THERE THAT'S REALLY BAD THAT COULD WE, THIS ORDINANCE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, RECTIFYING FOR THAT PERSON.
THEY BUILT SOME HORRIBLE STRUCTURE OUT THERE OR SOMETHING.
SO LEAVING IT IN IS FINE AS LONG AS THAT WE HAVE AN OUTLET, LIKE YOU SAID.
SO WE WANT COUNSEL TO BE THE ONE TO GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF WAS NEVER INTEND, I MEAN THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE BODY OF THE ORDINANCE, THAT SECTION FIVE IS, IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S KIND OF A FORM, BUT IT, AT THE BODY, I LOOKED AT THE BODY AND THERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THAT ADDRESSED ALL OF THE NONCONFORMING ASPECTS OF IT ADDRESSED IN THERE.
THE ACTUAL BODY OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
IT'S JUST, IF THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT IS, WAS NOT INTENDED, UM, TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS ORDINANCE, YOU'RE NOT REMOVING THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'M OKAY WITH LEAVING IT IN AS LONG AS THERE'S, UH, AN OUTLET FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT AND, AND HELP OUT A RESIDENT.
COULD YOU GUYS BRING MAX AND VERBIAGE WITH THAT AND THEN, AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO CODIFY THAT, LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA LEAVE 25 IN, I WOULD LIKE TO CODIFY THAT COUNCIL HAS THIS, LIKE ANY NON-CONFORMING ISSUES REGARDING, UM, PENALTIES OR, UH, WHATEVER.
IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF FUTURE COUNCIL WILL KNOW WHAT WE WANT WANT OR IF THIS WILL BE A PROBLEM THEN, BUT I'M WILLING TO LEAVE IT IN AS LONG AS WE CAN CODIFY THAT IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UNLESS HERE'S A LEGAL REASON WHY WE CANNOT.
WELL, THE AD SAVINGS CLAUSE, WE NEED TO AMEND TO ADD THE LANGUAGE THAT BARBARA READ CUZ IT IS NOT IN THE BACKUP.
SO, UM, AND THE SENTENCE THAT WE COULD ADD TO THE END WOULD BE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY VIOLATIONS, UM, UH, UH, AS OF THE TIME OF ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE, IF THERE ARE ANY PENDING VIOLATIONS THAT ARE TRIGGERED, UM, BY THIS ORDINANCE THAT SAID, VIOLATION IS BROUGHT BEFORE COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR AN EXEMPTION.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, AMEND, UH, THE, UH, UH, NOT CONFORMING USES ORDINANCE TO ADD THE SAVINGS CLAUSE LANGUAGE, READ BY, UH, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
AND ALSO TO ADD, UH, LANGUAGE THAT, UH, SAYS THAT IF A VIOLATION, UH, IS FOUND TO BE, UH, FOUND TO OCCUR, UH, AS OF THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, THAT SUCH A VIOLATION, UH, WILL BE BROUGHT FOR COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN EXEMPTION.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY CUSTOMER OF FLORES KAS, THE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
SO THIS MOTION TO AMEND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WELL ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, THE MOTION APPROVE IS ALREADY ON THE TABLE.
SO NOW, NOW WE'LL CALL IT FOR THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL.
[26. Consider and possible action to approve a First Amendment to the Porter Country Development Agreement. ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning]
STEP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26.CONSIDER A POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, TO APPROVE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PORTER COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
MR. ATKINSON WILL ATKINSON, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UH, BOTH ITEMS 26 AND 27 GO HAND IN HAND.
UM, ITEM, THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING THESE FORWARD IS BECAUSE, UM, THE PORTER CREEK SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAVE A PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VALUE ADDED FROM A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE IT WORTH THEIR WHILE AND FOR THE TAKING IT OUT TO BOND AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND SO AS PART OF THAT, UM, THEY RE RECEIVED APPROVAL TO HAVE PUBLIC ALLS AND WITH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THEM AND CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS RELATED TO IT, SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS DOES NOT, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH MAINTAINING ALLEYS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE STREETS WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO THIS IS A DIRECT OUTCOME OF THAT.
IT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PORTER COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO WHERE, UH, IT SAYS THAT, UM, THE, THE DEVELOPER OR HOA SUBSEQUENT WILL BE MAINTAINING THOSE ALLEYS AND THEY'LL BE ENTERED INTO WITH A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 27, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH ME MOVING FORWARD IS, LET ME GO PULL IT UP.
[27.
Consider and possible action to approve a Maintenance Agreement Between City of Kyle and Hillside Terrace Development, LLC. ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning
]27? CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE AND HILLSIDE TERRACE.AND ITEM NUMBER 27 IS THAT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE TWO SEPARATE DOCUMENTS PER LEGAL, AND THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT CUSTOMER FLOSS SCALE?
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I JUST, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN WHAT HAPPENED AS TO THE ALLEYS? SO THE ALLEYS ARE GENERALLY PUBLIC.UH, WHENEVER YOU SEE AN ALLEY ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, THEY'RE GENERALLY PUBLIC.
AND AS PART OF THE, UM, THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH MONEY SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
FOR, I CAN, I COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT, YOU PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN ME.
THE, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE A BIG, UH, GROUPING OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY USE TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY CAN, UH, GENERATE IN A PI BOND.
AND THEY WANT TO USE THE ALLEYS AS A PART OF THAT OVERALL PI BOND THAT THEY ISSUE.
WE, IT HAS TO BE ALLOWED TO BE PUBLIC IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET THE CREDIT SO THAT THEY CAN ISSUE THE PI BOND FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
BUT THIS DOCUMENT SAYS THAT WHILE THEY CAN DO THAT AND GET THEIR MONEY FOR IT, THEY STILL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING.
SO WE'RE SPLITTING A HAIR BETWEEN IT.
THEY GET THEIR MONEY, BUT WE ARE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR MAINTENANCE.
I READ IT AND I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE THEY GIVING UP SO MUCH? WHAT ARE THEY,
BUT, UM, NOW THAT YOU TELL ME THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER 26 AND NUMBER 27.
SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER FLO SCALE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL PARSLEY IS YOUR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MAYOR PROTE.
SO MY CONCERN IS WHEN HOA GO DEFUNCT, WE'VE HAD HOA DEFUNCT IN THE PAST, DOES THAT STILL GO BACK TO THE CITY? HOW DO, HOW DO WE, UH, ADDRESS THAT? OR IS THERE A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT OR WILL THAT GO TO THE DEVELOPER? GENERALLY, UH, WHEN HOAS GO DEFUNCT, UM, IF THEY DON'T DO IT IN A PROPER MANNER, IT CAN LANGUISH AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A WAY TO DISSOLVE AN HOA, IT'S A CORPORATE ENTITY AND IT CAN BE DISSOLVED.
UM, THE PROPERTY WILL NORMALLY GO TO ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY, WHICH WOULD BE THE CITY FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONGOING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF WHATEVER IT WAS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T DO WRAP UP AS NEATLY AS THAT.
SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU HAVE THIS, YOU WOULD ASK THAT NOTIFICATION BE GIVEN TO ALL HOAS WITHIN THE CITY, THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN THIS NOW ON YOUR BOOKS AND THAT YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD ASK THEM TO COOPERATE AND IF THEY DO GO DEFUNCT FOR WHATEVER REASON, OR THEY JUST DECIDE THAT THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED FOR IT, THAT THEY, I MEAN, MOST HOAS ARE NOT GONNA DO THAT THESE, THIS PARTICULAR DAY.
BUT THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IS, IS GO AHEAD AND ASK THE HOAS.
UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH ONE, TWO OF 'EM IN YOUR CITY, I THINK RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET CONTROL OVER.
AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOTIFY ANY HOA THAT, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE, DO, THEY'RE THINKING THAT MIGHT OCCUR, THAT THEY HAVE THIS NOW TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY NEED TO NOTIFY THE CITY AND TRANS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY FOR KAREN.
MY, MY OTHER, THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP IS THAT THE REASON THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A STANDARD IF THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
I DON'T WANT IT TO GET, LIKE MOST OF THE, UH, SPACES THAT WE'VE SEEN RIGHT NOW WHERE THE TREES ALREADY 20 FOOT TALL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INSPECTORS GOING OUT AND, AND SEEING IT AT A AND REAL TIME AND MAKING SURE IF IT GETS SIX INCHES TOO TALL, THEY'RE GETTING NOTIFICATION RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY.
CUZ WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT OF OUR ALLEYWAYS HAVE GONE AND THEY'RE IN THIS RAY NOW WHEN THE CITY HAS TO GO IN THERE, IT'S A BIG JOB.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TACKLE THIS WHEN IT'S A SMALL JOB.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMPLIANT TO THIS AND WE HAVE EYES ON IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE OF CITY TO KEEP THE ALLEYWAYS AT A MINIMAL AND MAKING SURE THAT THE HOA ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 'EM AND MAINTAINING THEM.
CUZ WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS, AND I'VE SEEN THIS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS ON THE DIAS, IS THAT THESE ALLEYWAYS GROW UP AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TREES ARE 20 FOOT TALL AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MANPOWER AND A LOT OF RESOURCES TO CLEAN THOSE ALLEYWAYS OUT.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT CAN MAINTAIN AND OVERSEE THIS IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO ME.
SO, UH, SOMETHING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF AND SOMEHOW RECTIFY IN YOUR, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CUSTOMER TOBI KNOW IF MS. BARLEY NEEDS SOME, BUT I THINK IT SAYS HERE IN THE CONDITIONS CORRECT IN THE AGREEMENT LICENSE SHALL MAINTAIN THE ALLS IN GOOD REPAIR, WORKING ORDER AND GOOD CONDITION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
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THE CITY MAY REQUIRE THE LICENSEE TO TAKE ACTION TO MAINTAIN THE ALLEYS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT, BUT IN INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REMOVAL OF DEBRIS AND REBUILDING OF RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ALLIES, SUCH AS ACTIONS SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 DAYS, UH, AS, UH, DAYS NOT FEASIBLE FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE CITY.UM, I THINK THAT HITS YOUR POINT, MAYOR FOR TIM.
YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE THINGS, WHEN WE, WE, WE HAVE THESE BATTLES OF WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT WHEN THE GRASS IS TOO HIGH OR WHEN THERE'S DEBRIS BUILT UP? IS IT THE HOMEOWNER THEMSELVES? CAUSE LIKE ONE OF THE ISSUES I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH, WITH, UH, SOME OF MY RESIDENTS IN STEEPLE CHASE CUZ OF THEIR PROPERTY LINES, THEIR PROPERTY LINES GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE VERY END.
THEY NOT, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE GOTTA MAINTAIN THAT ENTIRE ALLEYWAY THAN ENTIRE CREEK BED BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEIR, THEIR LAND LEADS INTO THERE.
BUT I GUESS THAT THAT LEADS TO WHEN WE HAVE, UM, HOAS THAT GO DEFUNCT, THERE'S REALLY NO STIPULATION ON THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS OVERGROWN BRUSH AND THEN IF WE HAVE A MAJOR FLOOD LIKE WE DID IN 2015, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. SO, UH, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS GOES THROUGH, WHO'S GONNA BE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE ALL THIS IS CLEARED OUT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE BATTLING IT BACK AND FORTH IN YEARS TO COME WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND, AND IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER, IT'S THE HOA AND NO, IT'S THE CITY CUZ YOU GOT THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
HAVE THEY ALREADY PICKED THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION COMPANY WHO'S GONNA BE MANAGING THEIR SUBDIVISION? I DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR PROPERTY OWNER OR THEIR HOA IS.
IT'S JUST THE, IT'S GENERALLY THE, THE DEVELOPER AND THEN WHEN THEY GET TO A CERTAIN POINT IN HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, THEY TRANSFERRED IT OVER TO AN HOA.
THEIR CHOOSING, UM, THE CITY THAT USUALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HOA OR WHAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF WE KNEW WHAT COMPANY WAS GOING TO BE MANAGING THEIR NO MA'AM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL WAS IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ZERO.
[28.
[Postponed 9/20/2022] Consider and possible action to approve a Resolution of the City Council Authorizing and Creating the Limestone Creek Public Improvement District in accordance with Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code; resolving other matters incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date. ~ Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager
- Public Hearing
The public hearing was left open at the 9/20/2022 Council meeting.
]RIGHT, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM 28.THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING BUT WILL BE POSTPONED, UH, CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF CITY, UH, COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AND CREATING THE LIMESTONE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 72, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? OKAY, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND WE MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY CUSTOMER OF TOBY IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IS FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THE OPPOS MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE 29.
[30.
[Postponed 9/20/2022] (First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 18.84 acres of land from ‘RS’ (Retail Services) to ‘PUD’ (Planned Unit Development) for property located approximately 400’ southwest of the intersection of Marketplace Ave & City Lights Dr. in Hays County, Texas. (Joe Brooks - Z-22-0099) ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend approval of the request.
City Council voted 6-0 to postpone first reading on 9/6/2022.
- Public Hearing
The public hearing was left open at the 9/20/2022 Council meeting.
The applicant has requested postponement of consideration until the October 18, 2022 meeting. The public hearing will be opened and recessed until that date. Anyone wishing to speak will have the opportunity to do so at this meeting.
]WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE 30.UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30 HAS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ORDINANCE MINTING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF CAL, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 18.84 ACRES OF LAND FROM RETAIL SERVICES TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MARKETPLACE AVENUE IN CITY LIGHTS DRIVE, AND HAY COUNTY, TEXAS.
UH, THIS ITEM AS A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR PROTE RIZZO.
IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? OCEAN CARRIES FIVE TO ZERO.
[31.
[Postponed 9/20/2022] (First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 9.12 acres of land to ‘PUD MXD’ for property located at the NW corner of N. Burleson & Marketplace Avenue, in Hays County, Texas. (Julia Parker Family Partnership and the L.W. Parker Family Trust - Z-22-0104) ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-1 to recommend approval of the request.
- Public Hearing
The public hearing was left open at the 9/20/2022 Council meeting.
]UP GEN ITEM 31.UH, SAME THING IN ORDINANCE ADMITTING CHAPTER 53, THE CITY OF CAL, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 9.12 ACRES WILL LAND, UH, TO P U D MXD FOR PROPERTY LOCATED NORTHWEST CORNER OF BULES CENTER, MARKETPLACE AVENUE IN HAY COUNTY, TEXAS.
THIS HAS A PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
SECOND BY CUSTOMER FLO SCALE THAT WE POSTPONED IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION REAL QUICK.
UH, CUSTOMER TOBIS ON 31, PLANNING ZONING VOTED THREE TO ONE.
UH, DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT ONE VOTE WAS ABOUT? JUST OFF THE BAT? UR I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
CAN, CAN WE DISCUSS THAT IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE MOTION, IF THEY HAVE MOTION TO POSTPONE IT? IF NOT, WE CAN WAIT TILL YEAH, NO, IT'S FINE.
IT'S ON THE, IT'S, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY POSTPONED IT, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU'D LIKE.
YOU SAID ITEM NUMBER 31, SIR? YES, SIR.
IT WAS VOTED THREE TO ONE VERSUS THE OTHER ONE I PUT THERE WAS THREE, TWO, UH, THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION RELATED TO THE, UH, THE PARKING AND HOW IT WAS BEING ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE, UH, THE NUMBER AND THEN WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON
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THAT.SO IT'S, IT'S, AND THEY PROVIDED IT, SO, OKAY.
[33. Consider and possible action to approve a Resolution amending the City's Personnel Policy to reference the use of Performance Improvement Plan as a tool and approved by City Council on September 6, 2022 and to amend terminology used related to exit interviews. ~ Sandra Duran, Director of Human Resources]
UH, ALL NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY TO REFERENCE THE USE OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS A TOOL AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 6TH.AND TO AMEND TERMINOLOGY USED, UH, USED RELATED TO, UH, EXIT IN INTERVIEWS.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LAST TIME, UM, YOU ALL PROPOSED FOR US TO PUT A P I P TOOL IN THE ADVERSE DISCIPLINARY ACTION ARTICLE, AND WE DID THAT AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT.
AND IN DOING THAT TOO, I RECALL HAVING A CONVERSATION ON EXIT INTERVIEW.
AND SO I WANTED TO CHANGE ALSO THE TERMINOLOGY ON TERMINATION AND EXIT TO, YOU KNOW, SO THERE WON'T BE CONFUSION ON THAT AS WELL.
SO IF YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ANN? CUSTOMER FORCE KILL? WELL, I JUST HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE TERMINATION OR THE EXIT INTERVIEW.
UM, MY GOAL IS THAT WE, UH, INTERVIEW ANY, ANYBODY THAT SEPARATES WITH THE CITY.
AND SO THE FIRST, UM, SENTENCE UPON SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY, EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EXIT INTERVIEW.
I WOULD LIKE THAT TO READ, WILL RECEIVE AN EXIT INTERVIEW AND THEN STRIKE IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE HR DIRECTOR AND OR APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE IF, IF I GET AN EXAMPLE OF WHY, UH, THAT WOULD, LIKE, IF, WHAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE? I GUESS SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REMOVE AN EMPLOYEE RIGHT AWAY AND, UM, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS SEND A EXIT INTERVIEW ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE GONNA GET NEGATIVE FEEDBACK CAUSE THE EMPLOYEE'S UPSET THAT, HEY, WE'RE SEPARATED TO KEEP IT LIKE FAIR AND EQUAL AND ALL THINGS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM, FROM ALL, UM, STAFF JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EQUALITY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY ELSE FEELS ABOUT THAT.
CURRENTLY, WHEN I DO MY EXIT INTERVIEWS, IT DOES TAKE ME AN HOUR AND I'VE HAD AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS PER EXIT INTERVIEW.
SO IT, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF STAFF TIME.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD DO A COMBINATION OF, HEY, YOU CAN FILL OUT THIS LINK INSTEAD OF INTERVIEWING FACE TO FACE.
I LIKE TO INTERVIEW FACE TO FACE BECAUSE I LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT, UH, WHEN THEY SCORE SOMETHING LOWER, YOU KNOW, TO GET DETAILS ON WHY THEY FEEL A CERTAIN WAY.
THEY USUALLY DON'T GET THAT ELECTRONICALLY.
AND, AND I LIKE THE ELECTRONICALLY IF SOMEBODY LEAVES UNDER BAD CIRCUMSTANCES, I DON'T WANNA PUT ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN ANY KIND OF, UH, DIVERSE, I MEAN FOR, UH, BAD CIRCUMSTANCES.
MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION AS WELL.
BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY LEAVES HERE UNHAPPY, MAYBE ANGRY, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT OUR EMPLOYEES IN BAD, UH, SITUATIONS.
NOT ONLY THAT, SOME PEOPLE MAY LEAVE FOR FAMILY REASONS AND THEN NOT COME BACK, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THE ELECTRONIC WAY IS THE WAY TO GO.
UM, AND THEN IN THE LAST SENTENCE, THE FINAL PAYCHECK WILL BE CALCULATED AND PROVIDED AS PART OF THE NEXT ENSUING PAYROLL PERIOD.
UM, DID YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE TEXAS PAYDAY LAW SECTION 61.014? THAT IS, IF IT'S AN INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION, YOU HAVE TO OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
SO I WANTED TO ADD UNLESS, UH, AND LESS TERMINATED AND THEN FINAL PAY WILL BE PAID PER SECTION 61.014, THE TEXAS PAYDAY LAW.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, IT WAS A GREAT DOCUMENT, UM, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.
I READ IT AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I KIND OF SEE WHY IT'S
IT MIGHT BE KIND OF, UM, A, A CHORE TO DO THAT.
BUT MY WHOLE POINT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT ANYBODY ON A P I P.
UM, BUT IF THE CITY IS GONNA MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO THAT, I DO APPRECIATE THE POLICY THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.
UH, THANK YOU MR. RAN FOR RESPONDING TO MY EMAIL THAT I'M, I'M GLAD, UH, UM, AND IT IS REFERENCING TO HARASSMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT THE, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT UPDATING THE, THE POLICY ITSELF, NOT JUST FOR HARASSMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE OFFICE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT ALSO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S GETTING, UM, HARASSED POLITICALLY OR WE IT'S RACE OR WHETHER IT'S ANY OTHER THING TO WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING PICKED ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT HARASSMENT, UH, UH, DEFINITION YES.I HAVE SEVERAL EDITS THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE PERSONNEL POLICY THAT WILL BE INTRODUCING, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
WELL, I CAN HANDLE THE FIRST AMENDMENT IF YOU WANNA DO THE SECOND AMENDMENT OR DO YOU WANNA DO 'EM BOTH? I CAN HANDLE OKAY.
IF YOU DO 'EM BOTH, BUT JUST I WAS GONNA SUGGEST ON THE FIRST ONE, UH, AS PROBABLY MORE THE STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY FOR ME TO SAY THIS IS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY TO STRIKE IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, THE HR DIRECTOR DOES HAVE DISCRETION ON WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON OR ELECTRONIC.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING ELSE? MM-HMM.
AND IN SEC, SECTION K WHERE SAYS MISUSE OF CITY EQUIPMENT SERVICES.
UM, THIS SAYS USING POSSESSING, TAKING OR PROVIDING ANY CITY EQUIPMENT, CREDENTIALS, SERVICES OTHER THAN CITY OFFICIAL WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY.
THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY ASKS, SOMEBODY USES THE CREDIT CARD FOR, I DON'T KNOW, UM, GAS OR LET'S SAY THEY TAKE SOMETHING FROM THE CITY ITSELF AND USING IT FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL USE, LET'S SAY TOOLS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING FOR GROUNDS OF DISMISSAL, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND IT COULD BE CONSIDERED THEFT AS WELL.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WOULD THE CITY FILE IF IT IS A THEFT? OKAY.
IF SOMEBODY DOES TAKE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OR, OR, OR USE IT.
AND IT'S, WOULD THE CITY, UH, LOOK AT ANY KIND OF CRIMINAL, UM, CHARGES IN THE EVENTS? I DON'T KNOW MEAN IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.
WE COULD PROBABLY ASK FOR RETRIBUTION TO GET THE MONEY BACK.
UM, AND WE PROBABLY WOULD FILE A REPORT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD LIKE GO ALL THE WAY.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH I THINK THE, THE SEVERITY OF IT ALL.
SHOULD I AMEND THE SECOND PART? UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UM, SECTION 7.03 TO READ AFTER A PAYROLL PERIOD AND LESS TERMINATED IN WHICH FINAL PAY WILL BE DISPERSED PER SECTION 61.014 OF THE TEXAS PAYDAY LAW PERIOD.
SECOND, UM, MOTION MADE BY CUSTOMER FLORES KALE, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR TO AMEND THAT SECTION.
IS THE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UM, YOU WANT ME TO DO THE, THE TOP ONE OR YOU WANNA DO IT? OKAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, SECTION 7.03 EXIT INTERVIEW.
FIRST SENTENCE TO READ UPON SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY, EACH EMPLOYEE, UH, UM, UH, WILL BE MADE, WILL BE OFFERED, WILL BE OFFERED, UH, AND EXIT INTERVIEW.
AND THAT INTERVIEW MAY BE ELECTRONIC OR IN PERSON AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT ED.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER, TOBIAS, IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY COUNCIL FOR SCALES.
UH, I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY HARD CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT WE IMPROVED OUR BOOKS ON THIS ONE, SO I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SAY GOOD JOB.
I APPRECIATE IT, ESPECIALLY SANDRA, FOR ALL YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR WORK ON THIS.
ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
IS THERE, UH, UH, THIS IS NOT A, IT'S JUST A RESOLUTION SO IT DOESN'T COME BACK.
[34.
(Second Reading) Consider approving an Ordinance adopting a policy for members of the City Council regarding City business expenses charged on City issued credit card and reimbursement of expenses incurred in carrying-out official duties. ~ Perwez A. Moheet, CPA, Director of Finance
- Public Hearing
City Council voted 5-0 to approve on first reading on 9/20/2022.
]UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34.CONSIDER APPROVING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A POLICY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING CITY BUSINESS EXPENSES CHARGED ON CITY ISSUED CREDIT CARD AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES HAVE INCURRED IN CARRYING OUT OFFICIAL DUTIES.
I SAW THE CHANGES MR. MOHE MADE.
UH, IT, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE ADDED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SECOND READING, BUT IT, IT WAS LISTED AND REQUESTED, SO I LEFT IT ON THERE.
WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISH COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING
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NON-PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.MR. MOJI, SO MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, I'M PERVEZ MOJI, CITY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UH, I LIKE TO VERY QUICKLY REVIEW THREE ITEMS FOR YOU CONSIDERATION SINCE OUR FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
FIRST, UM, THE RED LINE VERSION OF THE POLICY IS IN YOUR PACKET, AND I ALSO PLACED A PAPER COPY IN FRONT OF YOU SO IT'S EASY TO REFER TO.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW VERY QUICKLY THE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MADE AT THE FIRST, UH, READING.
SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH PAGE NUMBER THREE, ITEM B AT THE TOP, WHICH IS PART OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, SIX B COUNCIL HAD, UH, AMENDED SUCH THAT THE COST CENTERS WOULD BE LOOKED AT OR MONITORED, OR THE VARIANCE BUDGET VARIANTS WOULD BE CALCULATED BASED ON THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE BUDGET RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS. SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE, IN THE RED LINE VERSION THAT I HAVE ACCOMMODATED THAT, THAT WE WOULD BE COMPARING THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER'S COST CENTER, UH, AT THE BOTTOM LINE LEVEL RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL COST, UH, LINE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, LINE ITEM FOR LEGAL SERVICES.
SO THAT'S ON PAGE THREE, ITEM SIX B.
THEN MOVING ONTO PAGE FIVE, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED OR MOTION TO DELETE ITEMS A AND B AT THE BOTTOM.
SO AFTER A TRAVEL IS COMPLETED FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY SECRETARY IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO PLACE ON THE AGENDA ITEM AT THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THAT ENTIRE SECTION HAS BEEN STRUCK OUT.
THEN ON PAGE NINE, UNDER UN ALLOWED EXPENSES, THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS AT THE LAST MEETING WHAT A NEWSPAPER WOULD BE ALLOWED AND WHAT TYPE OF NEWSPAPER WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
SO I'VE ADDED SOME CLARIFICATION SUCH AS THE AMERICAN STATESMAN, HAYES FREE PRESS, AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL, WALL STREET JOURNAL ARE THE TYPES OF NEWSPAPERS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS POLICY.
THEN ON PAGE 10 AT THE TOP, NUMBER 12 WAS JUST A HANGING CHAD FROM THE LAST CORRECTION.
UM, IT BELONGED TO ITEM NUMBER 11 RIGHT ABOVE.
SO IT, IT, IT NEEDED TO BE DELETED, WHICH I DID.
SO THOSE WERE THE AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED AT DURING THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE POLICY.
THE SECOND ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AT THE LAST MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES CA UH, KALE REQUESTED THAT THE THREE FORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POLICY BE MADE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY, WHICH WE DID.
WE HAVE MADE ALL THREE FORMS FILLABLE PDF SO YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE, YOU CAN FILL IN SAVE AND SEND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
SO THAT WAS NUMBER ITEM THREE, I MEAN TWO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE WERE PRESSED FOR TIME.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REVIEW THESE CLARIFICATION ITEMS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY ASKED THAT I ASKED COUNCIL FOR CLARIFICATION.
AND THESE ARE VERY BRIEF, IT WON'T TAKE VERY LONG.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS ON PAGE 10, AND, AND I BELIEVE THE REASON BEHIND THE CITY SECRETARY ASKING THESE, UH, ITEMS TO BE CLARIFIED, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM HER PAST EXPERIENCE, THESE ITEMS HAVE COME UP AND SHE WOULD LIKE, UH, IT TO BE CLARIFIED.
SO ON PAGE 10, ITEM NUMBER 15, WHAT USED TO BE NUMBER 16 IS NOW NUMBER 15.
UH, THIS IS UNDER UN ALLOWED EXPENSES, FLIGHT AND OR TRAVEL TRIP INSURANCE.
CURRENTLY, AS THE POLICY READS, FLIGHT INSURANCE OR TRAVEL TRIP INSURANCE IS NOT ALLOWED.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS OKAY WITH COUNCIL.
I AM, AM I INCORRECT? IF I STATE THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL TRAVEL IS BOOKED THROUGH THE CITY, THE
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CITY STAFF BOOKS IT.WE DON'T HAVE A TRAVEL AGENT OR AN AGENCY THAT WE GO THROUGH.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT OURSELVES AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING WHEN JENNIFER OR WHOEVER DOES THE FLIGHT OR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS THAT SHE DOES NOT PURCHASE THAT FOR US? SOMETIMES THEY ARE PURCHASED DEPENDING ON THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST.
SO THIS POLICY WOULD MAKE IT STANDARD? NO FLIGHT INSURANCE.
MEANING THAT IF THE TRIP IS CANCELED, THAT THERE WOULD BE A CREDIT AND WE'D BE ABLE TO MOVE IT.
IS THAT WHAT FLIGHT INSURANCE IS? BASICALLY? YEAH.
IN MY FEAR YOU MAY NOT GET THAT.
LIKE IF WE DON'T GET THAT, IS IT BASICALLY, SO IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE REFUNDABLE TICKETS, YOU WOULD GET YOUR TICKETS BACK ANYWAY.
SO YOU GUYS, INSTEAD OF DOING THE INSURANCE, YOU WOULD JUST PURCHASE REFUNDABLE TICKETS? YES.
BUT IS THAT ALWAYS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE? BECAUSE MY, I KNOW LIKE IF I GO THROUGH SOUTHWEST, IT'S ALWAYS CHEAPER TO DO, DO YOU WANNA GET AWAY AND THEN YOU CAN GET INSURANCE AND THEN MAYBE THAT IS LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS CHEAPER THAN GETTING THE, THE OTHER ONES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH FLIGHT INSURANCE.
THAT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING TO DEAL WITH.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT THE WORK WORTH THE MONEY.
SO THE NEXT ITEM SHE ASKED ME TO GET CLARIFICATION ON IS ITEM NUMBER 20 ON SAME PAGE, PAGE 10.
THE CURRENT POLICY SAYS THAT LOSS OF PERSONAL FUNDS AND OR PERSONAL PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED.
SO HER QUESTION WAS, DOES REPAIR A PERSONAL PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDED AS A NO? AND MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT IF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY IS NOT SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT, SO ANY REPAIRS TO THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY IS NOT ALSO REVERSIBLE.
CAN WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT? YEAH, THE PHONE.
YOU DROP YOUR PHONE WHILE WORKING.
SO YOU WALKING DOWN CHICAGO DOWNTOWN AND YOU DROP YOUR CELL PHONE IN THE SEWER, GREAT.
I MEAN, I GUESS YOU JUST KIND OF GOTTA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN PHONES, BUT YOU'RE ON CITY BUSINESS.
SO WE, WE, THE CLERK, THE POLICY STAYS THAT IF YOU LOSE YOUR WALLET, YOUR CELL PHONE, YOUR RINGS, YOUR JEWELRY, WE DO NOT REIMBURSE.
IS THAT THE WAY IT IS WITH STAFF TOO? YES.
AND ONCE THIS POLICY IS ADOPTED, MAYOR, WE WILL MIMIC THIS FOR ALL STAFF.
AND AND THAT'S INCLUDING, SAY YOU BREAK YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE YOU'RE ON, UH, CITY BUSINESS AND YOUR, UH, GONNA TO FIX THAT ON YOUR OWN MOVING FORWARD.
I, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT MOST RENTERS INSURANCE AND HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COVERS WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING YOUR CELL PHONE, YOUR PERSONAL, IF YOU GET ROBBED OR IF THINGS GET DELAYED OR LUGGAGE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF YOUR PHONE CRASHES IN THE GROUND CUZ YOU DROP IT, THAT'S NOBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
BUT COURSE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT.
SO, SO FOR ME IT WAS, UH, WHEN I WAS ON THE TRIP FOR THE CITY, I ACTUALLY GOT HIT BY A FREE RAINSTORM, CAME OUTTA NOWHERE.
UH, I GOT SOAKING WET, DIDN'T HAVE ANY RAIN GEAR.
MY PHONE, UH, UH, HAD TO GET FIXED.
THE CITY FIXED IT BECAUSE I WAS ON CITY BUSINESS WHEN I WAS HIT BY THAT RAINSTORM I THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, NO VEHICLE.
SO THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN COMES IN.
WHAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT LIKE, THAT LEGITIMATE, I WILL SAY IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF IT'S, YOU HAVE PERSONAL DAMAGE WHILE YOU WERE IN CITY BUSINESS IN A CAR GOING TO A FUNCTION AND THERE'S A CAR CRASH AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE INSURANCE WOULD APPLY.
BUT FOR A PHONE AND RAIN, I, I, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE IF I'M AT A CONFERENCE AND LET'S SAY MY JACKET GETS SNAGGED ON SOMETHING AND IT THIS SUIT WHERE IT'S 300 BUCKS OR WHATEVER IT IS, UH, SAY OH I WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP AND MY SHIRT GOT RIPPED AND SO NOW I GET A BRAND NEW SUIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR, OR YOU KNOW, OUR, MY LICENSE FALL OR SOMETHING.
UH, I KNOW WITHIN SOME CITIES AND SOME COUNTIES IF IF YOU'RE ON THE JOB AND YOU'RE SAY YOUR UNIFORM GETS RIPPED BECAUSE OF WHATEVER WAS GOING ON, YES YOU'LL GET A REPLACEMENT OR YOU'LL TRY TO GET A USED ONE.
BUT I GUESS IT'S JUST TRYING TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF ACT OF GOD WHERE YOU DROP YOUR PHONE AND IT BREAKS, THEN THAT'S USUALLY THE LUCK OF THE DRAW.
BUT I GUESS WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT, OKAY, WELL SINCE I WAS ON CITY BUSINESS OR I WAS ON A TRIP, UH, I NEED TO GET A BRAND NEW PHONE BECAUSE MY PHONE DROPPED OR YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S NOT TRYING TO GET A NEW PHONE, IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET A REPAIRED, BUT I, I
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CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEING IN PLACE BECAUSE I GUESS YOU WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE FOR FUTURE, FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ALL LINED OUT FOR EVERYBODY.YEAH, I JUST, THERE ARE SOME, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN ON THE JOB.
UH, I KNOW IN MY PERSONAL JOB IF UH, MY PHONE BREAKS WHILE I'M DOING BUSINESS IN MY WORK, UH, THEY REPAIR IT OR THEY REPLACE IT.
BUT I'M, I'M GOOD WITH YOUR, IF COUNCILS WILL IS TO UH, PASS AS I'M GOOD WITH IT.
YEAH, I LIKE THE WAY IT IS ONLY BECAUSE, UM, I THINK YOU'LL GET INTO A GRAY AREA IF YOU'RE ON CITY BUSINESS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO A SHOW AND IT'S NOT CITY RELATED OR SOMETHING GOES ALONG AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST TOO GRAY AND JUST TO SAY NO, UM, IS GONNA MAKE IT EASIER FOR JENNIFER.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ALS IS ON PAGE 11, ITEM NUMBER 28, THE NEW NUMBER 28.
HER QUESTION HERE FOR CLARIFICATION IS, IS THE 20% MAXIMUM ON TIPS AND GRATUITIES YEAH.
ON MEALS, IS THAT PRETAX OR POST-TAX? AND MY ANSWER IS THAT IT'S PRETAX.
AND, AND FRANKLY, I, THE WAY I TIP, I'M, I'M NORMALLY LIKE RIGHT AT 20%, BUT SOMETIMES IT COULD BE SLIGHTLY OVER DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CHARGE IS.
CUZ I HAVE A, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE IN HERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN A 20% TIP MAKES SENSE.
LIKE IF IT'S A SMALL CHARGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND 20% TOO ROUND ENOUGH 20% WOULD BE 67 CENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S, YOU WANT TO TIP A DOLLAR FOR EXAMPLE, FOR COFFEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF IT WOULD BE UP TO ME THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ITEM THAT JENNIFER'S HAVING TO CALCULATE TIPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T EXCEED THAT, FRANKLY.
SO, OKAY, SO THEN WHAT DO WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? IF SOMEBODY BUYS, UH, AN ITEM GOES TO A RESTAURANT SPENDS $15 AND THEN THEY PUT, YOU KNOW, 25 ON THERE.
AND IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, PLAIN DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GO, GO NO NOT TO EXCEED THE 20%.
IF YOU FEEL THAT THE SERVICE WAS BETTER OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD PAY OUTTA YOUR OWN POCKET.
WELL YOU WANNA DO AN ADDITIONAL, IS JENNIFER GOING TO BE, ARE WE GONNA BE ASKING FINANCE TO BE CALCULATING 20% ON ANY AND EVERY TIP THAT IS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T EXCEED IT? CUZ I DON'T, I DON'T CALCULATE THE PERCENTAGE THAT WAY.
I TAKE, I HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY THAT I DO IT.
AND SO I WOULD SAY SOMETIMES I'M AT 22%, SOMETIMES I'M AT 18%.
I'M RARELY LESS THAN 20% PERSONAL OR, AND JUST IN THE WAY THAT I ALWAYS TIP.
SO, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT NECESSARILY LIMIT OUR ABILITY DO THAT.
THAT'S, DO YOU THINK, SO IS IT, IS IT, IS IT A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THAT? CUZ WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU GUYS EITHER.
NO, IT'S NOT A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REVIEW EACH RECEIPT ANYWAY.
UH, BUT I SEE THE MAYOR'S POINT, WHEN IT'S A SMALL TICKET AND YOU'RE TRYING TO ROUND IT OFF, IT'S GONNA BE OVER 20%.
WE CAN LOOK AT A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO IS EXCESSIVE TIPPING.
UH, WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHERE THE MEAL WAS ONLY LIKE $8 AND THE TIP WAS 35 DOLLARS'.
TELL YOU WE CAN, I I HAD A SITUATION WHERE I, UH, HAD BEEN, UH, THE, MY CREDIT CARD, MY CITY CREDIT CARD WASN'T WORKING ONCE, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY MUCH AN ISSUE AND THEY GAVE ME THE COFFEE WHEN I WAS THERE FOR A MEETING AND THE NEXT TIME THAT I WAS THERE I BOUGHT A CUP OF COFFEE AND DEALT AND TIPPED EXTRA, UH, AS A WAY MAKE, AS A WAY OF MAKING UP FOR IT.
SO THERE'S, THERE CAN BE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN A SITUATION WHERE I FELT LIKE COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR WAS, WAS EXCESSIVELY TIPPING IN SOME NEFARIOUS WAY.
LIKE THERE, THAT'S MY POINT IS THIS IS, COULD WE NOTE THAT ON THE RECEIPT? LIKE WE COULD DO THE 20% AND THEN NOTE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S OFF WE COULD, BUT THE POINT IS FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND CALCULATING ON EVERY RECEIPT VIA TIP AMOUNT AND DOING A PERCENTAGE TO, TO, IT'S LIKE AN AUDIT TO MAKE SURE, AND THEN IF WE DO, THEY'RE GOING TO SEND US A BILL FOR A DOLLAR OR 60 CENTS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND I WOULD JUST RATHER LEAVE IT OFF IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT IS BEING MADE ABOUT EXCESSIVE TIPPING, BUT SO WE CAN REMOVE ITEM 28 OF COUNCIL DESIRE.
IS THERE LIKE A HAPPY MEDIUM WHERE WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, ANYTHING UNDER $10, YOU KNOW, IS UNDERSTANDABLE IF YOU DO MORE THAN 20%, BUT
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THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS TICKET AND YOU LEAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH COUNSEL OVER TIPPING? I RECALL ONE, JUST ONE IN THE PAST.WELL, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE FUTURE, NOT JUST FOR US AND NOT FOR THE PAST.
IT'S LIKE HOW DO WE WANT IT TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE AS WELL? I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.
YOU KNOW, UNDER CERTAIN AMOUNT IT WILL BE PROBABLY MAKE SENSE TO TIP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 20%.
LIKE WHEN I HAVE COFFEE WITH THE RESIDENTS, MY COFFEE OR MY TEA IS USUALLY $4 $5 AND THE OPTIONS ARE LIKE A DOLLAR OR TWO AND I DON'T WANNA BE MISERABLE AND SO NORMALLY I JUST ALWAYS PUT TWO.
SO CAN WE DO THAT? CAN WE ADD LIKE ANYTHING UNDER $10? THIS DOESN'T, NO, I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT HARD.
I JUST, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF FUTURE AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO, WELL WILL IF THEY A CASE THAT AN EXPLANATION IS REQUIRED, IF THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE TIP TIPPING ON A LARGE AMOUNT.
WELL THE ALSO THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUDGET, WE'RE SPENDING OUR BUDGET MM-HMM
AND THEN EVERY EXPENSE IS SCANNED AND POSTED ONLINE FOR ALL TO SEE MM-HMM.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS NEFARIOUS THAT IS ON THERE, VERY MUCH OUTTA LINE, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES TO OPEN RECORDS, THAT GOES TO THE PUBLIC, EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT AND THERE IS SOME ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT INTO THAT SYSTEM ALREADY.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE I UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF IT, BUT IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T FOCUS ON THE TIPPING, YOU KNOW, UH, IN PARTICULAR AS A MEANS OF TRYING TO CONTROL AND LIMIT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU COULD PUT IN LIMITING OF YOUR SPENDING.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE ONE WHERE YOU'RE LIMITING ON HOW THE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU RECEIVE AS OPPOSED TO THE THE SUBS, YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCT THAT YOU PURCHASE.
IT JUST, OKAY, WE CAN TAKE IT OUT.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO JUST BE LIKE, HEY, IF THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE THAT IT GETS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION? YES.
IF IT'S ALARMING AND IT'S OUT OF LINE COMPLETELY, WE WILL BRING THAT TO COUNCIL'S TRANS I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'LL FIRST DEAL WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY FIRST.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BS IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
THE NEXT ITEM THE CITY'S SECRETARY ASKED ME TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION IS WHETHER IN FLIGHT, WIFI, PAYING FOR WIFI IN FLIGHT, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE OR NOT? I THINK THAT TOTALLY SHOULD BE SO IS IT, IS IT LISTED AS NOT HERE? IT'S NOT LISTED AT ALL.
I CAN GIVE AN INSTANCE WHERE I WAS NEEDING AND IT WAS THE LAST BOARD AND COMMISSIONED MEETING, I WAS ON A FLY DESPERATELY TRYING TO LOG IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE SHORTHANDED.
SO I WOULD SAY DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, IT IT SHOULD BE, OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS, IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, WHERE YOU'RE GOING, WHERE YOU'RE HEADED, SOMETIMES THAT'S NECESSARY.
IT'S LITERALLY THE BEST TIME TO WORK.
YEAH, IT IS A GREAT ON CITY BUSINESS.
YOU LET, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE SITTING THERE, YOU'RE STUCK THERE, SO MIGHT AS WELL WORK.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE IT THAT, THAT IS ALLOWED.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM SHE HAD WAS ON PAGE 15.
THIS IS THE FORM FOR EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS IF YOU WERE TO USE YOUR PERSONAL MONIES AND SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.
SO HER COMMENT IS ACTUALLY ON THE FORM ITSELF.
UH, SHE, HER QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE NOT HAVE, ASIDE FROM DESCRIPTION ALSO TO REQUIRE PURPOSE, NOT JUST DESCRIPTION, BUT ALSO REQUIRE PURPOSE? LIKE THE REASON OR WHAT? SO ON THE FORM, IF YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT B, THE FORM, IT HAS DATE, DESCRIPTION, AND TOTAL COST.
SO WHAT THE CITY'S SECRETARY WAS ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF CLARIFICATION, SHOULDN'T THE CITY THE REASON OR PURPOSE OF THIS EXPENSE SHOULD BE THERE AS WELL? OR NOT, NOT JUST DESCRIPTION WHAT THEY STUFF I, I AGREE.
WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT ON THERE LIKE GAS, WE SHOULD PUT OR WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GAS, NEVERMIND THAT WAS BAD
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WE PUT LIKE, UH, DINNER, MAYBE WE COULD DO DINNER WITH A XYZ OR I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.I WRITE ALL THAT INFORMATION ON ALL MY RECEIPTS ANYWAYS.
I FEEL LIKE IF THAT'S GOING ON THE CREDIT CARD AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR IT, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KNOW A DETAIL OF WHY I'M SPENDING THEIR MONEY.
WHERE AND WHEN AND HOW, HOW, HOW DETAILED IS THAT GONNA BE? WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE? UH, CUZ I KNOW IF I'M, I MEAN WITH THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE DON'T HAVE OFFICES SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL PUT OUT RIGHT AWAY.
SO WHEN WE MEET WITH A RESIDENT AND WE'RE HAVING A MEAL WITH THEM OR SOMETHING, UH, CUZ THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN MEET, RIGHT? UM, THAT RESIDENT PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT THEIR INFORMATION OUT THERE.
SO DO WE PUT DOWN A RESIDENT OR DO WE HAVE TO PUT THEIR NAME AND LAST FIRST NAME, FIRST AND LAST NAME.
WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO IS PUSH RESIDENTS FROM NOT MEETING WITH US OR IF WE'VE GOT ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE MEETING WITH US, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE EITHER.
I MEAN, YEAH, THERE THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM.
THERE IS DEFINITELY A LIMIT TO TO IT, BUT THERE'S SOME AMOUNT OF IT THAT'S TRANSPARENT.
I DON'T SEE THE THE POINT OF THE QUESTION EXACTLY BECAUSE IT SAYS DESCRIPTION OF CITY RELATED BUSINESS EXPENSE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S ASKING FOR A DESCRIPTION OF A BUSINESS EXPENSE THAT MUST BE CITY RELATED.
AND, AND SO THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE USE THE SUBMISSION OF A RECEIPT USING THE CITY ISSUED CREDIT CARD.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA HAVE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPENSE AS WELL.
SO, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A PURPOSE.
IF YOU WERE TO WRITE IN ON OCTOBER 3RD DINNER WITH CONSTITUENT $36 TO ME THAT, THAT PROVIDES THE DETAIL WE NEED.
WELL THAT, BUT IF WE JUST PUT DINNER, THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, NO, NO, NO.
SO, SO YOU YOU COULD ALWAYS PUT LIKE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CITY RELATED BUSINESS.
SO PUT THE WORD DETAIL IN FRONT OF DESCRIPTION BECAUSE THE RECEIPT WILL HAVE THE DETAIL.
BUT THE THE RECEIPT HAS THE DETAIL.
OKAY, SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU EXPECT US TO WRITE EXACTLY WHY.
THE INFORMATION ON WHO WE'RE WITH OR WHAT WE'RE DOING OR HOW THIS RELAT NO, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT AT ALL.
SO THE COMMENT FROM THE CITY SECRETARY WAS, SHOULD THE CITY PURPOSE BE ON THIS FORM AS OPPOSED WELL, OH YES.
SO BY, BY SAYING DINNER WITH THE CONSTITUENT, YOU'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED WHAT IT WAS AND WHY.
AND THEN YOU LET, I THINK THAT'S MY OPINION.
AND THEN YOU LET YOUR TAXPAYER, YOU LET YOUR VOTERS, YOU LET YOUR RESIDENTS DETERMINE WHO IS IT THAT YOU'RE HAVING DINNER WITH AND THEY, IF THEY WANNA BRING THAT UP TO YOU, THAT'S WHAT THE FORM IS FOR.
THEY, THEY MIGHT SHOW UP AT AND THAT'S, THEY MIGHT SHOW UP AT CITY HALL AND THEY MIGHT SHOW UP AT SEA HALL, SEE THAT UH, TOS HAD DINNER WITH FOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THIS PERSON HAD DINNER AT THREE CONFERENCES.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET REALLY, REALLY DETAILED AND PICK IN REALLY, REALLY TO THE POINT WHERE IF WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSPARENT ON THOSE ON, ON THIS, THAT'S WHAT IT LEADS TO.
IF WE'RE GONNA REALLY SPECIFICALLY SAY I HAD DINNER ON THIS DAY WITH CONSTITUENT, IF A TAXPAYER OR RESIDENT WANTS TO COME TO ME, HE SAYS, I'VE NOTICED ON YOUR RECEIPTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING FIVE DINNERS WITH, WITH A CONSTITUENT RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY CAN PERSONALLY ASK YOU THAT, WHO IS IT THAT YOU'RE HAVING DINNER? YEAH.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET THAT DETAIL ON THIS, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I AM, I AM AGAINST THAT BECAUSE I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT SHOW UP EVERY OTHER MONDAY TO TALK WITH COFFEE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE OKAY HAVING ALL THEIR NAMES OUT THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO, NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEM OVER AND FEEL FREE TO MEET WITH ME JUST TO TALK ABOUT CITY.
CUZ THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE, THEY DON'T LIKE WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA COMPLAIN AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF HAVING THEIR NAMES AND LAST NAME WILL BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I ACTUALLY DON'T WANNA COME AND HAVE COFFEE WITH YOU.
I THINK WE CAN PROTECT THEIR NAMES.
I THINK IT'D BE JUST AN OVERALL BROAD, UH, PHRASE ON THERE.
JUST CONSTITUENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS.
IT'S MS. GARCIA OR MR. MILLER OR WHATEVER IT IS.
IT'S JUST ON THIS DAY $12 AND 15 CENTS AT, WHAT'S THAT PLACE CALLED? MOON SUMMER OR SUMMER MOON? SUMMER ONE.
YEAH, THAT PLACE IF JUST USING THAT FOR EXAMPLE, HAD COFFEE AND THE DONUTS AND CONSTITUENT AND THERE'S THE RECEIPT AND THAT WAY THE TAXPAYERS CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE USING IT, WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'RE SPINNING IT ON.
AND THEN IF IT'S CITY RELATED, IF THEY HAVE TO QUESTION WHO IS THIS CONSTITUENT THAT YOU HAD, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT HAD TO DO WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT HAD TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE AGENDA ITEM.
THEY WANTED TO MEET, WE HAPPENED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND WE HAD A SMALL MEAL OR SMALL DRINK THAT WILL RESPECT
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OUR PRIVACY EXACTLY.JUST BY PUTTING IT CONSTITUENT ACROSS THE BOARD SO WE CAN LEAVE THE FORM AS IS.
AND MAYOR, THAT WAS THE LAST COMMENT FROM THE CITY SECTOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL FLORES KES THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL THE POST MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
[36. Discussion and possible action regarding the City of Kyle's open records request and release policies and procedures, including but not limited to Chapter 2, Article IV, Division 2 Code of Ethics, Subdivision VI, Section 2-251 (b) of the City's Code or Ordinance. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY OF KYLE'S OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AND RELEASE, UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, INCLUDING MAY NOT LIMITED TO CODE OF ETHICS, UH, CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, UM, CUSTOMER FLORIS SCALE.I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA REQUEST BECAUSE THE CITY'S SECRETARY I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LOT THAT SHE WOULD WANT TO SAY AND SHE HAD A, SHE HAS A VERY LEGITIMATE EXCUSE FOR NOT BEING HERE.
UH, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD BRING THIS UP AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT SHE COULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT DISCUSSION? UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, YES, I WAS GONNA MAKE THE SAME, BUT I JUST BRIEFLY WANTED MAKE SURE EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE INFORMATION.
CUZ WHAT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE A WHOLE BUNCH.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET, UM, ONE AREA THAT'S NOT, THAT'S IT'S, UH, NOT MADE FOR CITIES OF OUR SIZE BUT FOR BIGGER SIZES.
UM, AND I, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY READS THE BACKUP INFORMATION PRIOR TO, BUT I AM TOTALLY OKAY WITH POSTPONING UNTIL, UM, JENNIFER'S BACK.