* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] UH, AND NOW I'M GONNA, UH, CALL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. THE DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE THE SIXTH. IT'S 7:06 PM UH, UH, WOULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL. HERE, TOBIAS. HERE. HI, SIR. HERE. FLORES KALE. HERE. ZUNIGA. PRESENT BRADSHAW. HERE. PARSLEY HERE. ALL RIGHT. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT UP, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. [II.  Approval of Minutes] MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ON MAY 13TH. SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 16TH, AS WELL AS THE MEETING FOR MAY THE 23RD, 2023. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTIONS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TIM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR. PARTIALLY THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES IS THROUGH. DISCUSSION ON THAT. MOTION HOLDS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO [III.  Citizen Comment Period with City Council] ZERO. NEXT UP IS CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERIOD. AT THIS TIME, WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO SO. UH, WE DO ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY. UH, CURRENTLY HAVE THREE FOLKS WHO HAVE REGISTERED, UH, TO SPEAK AHEAD OF TIME. FIRST UP IS ALAN BROWN. HOW ARE YOU DOING? UH, MY NAME IS ALAN. UH, I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE IN KYLE FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. MY DAUGHTER GOES TO SCHOOL HERE. UH, I LOVE LIVING IN THIS AREA. I ALSO WORK AT RAILHOUSE. UM, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF MIGUEL ZUNIGA TOLD ME TO COME AND SPEAK FOR IT WITH YOU, WITH, WITH Y'ALL. UH, I'M TRAINING, UH, FOR THE OLYMPICS AND FENCING. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW I'VE MOVED UP REALLY FAST. I'M RANKED NATIONALLY 16TH RIGHT NOW, AND I'VE MADE IT TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR ONLY DOING THIS FOR 10 MONTHS. MY NEXT, UH, STEP IS GOING TO MILAN, ITALY, AND IT'S, UH, . IT WOULD BE, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT HERE, UH, TRYING TO HELP ME GET THERE. IT'S NOT EASY. I HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD COACHES, AND I DON'T THINK THAT, FROM WHAT I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE FROM KYLE HAS EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT, AND I DEFINITELY WANT EVERYONE AND KYLE TO BE A PART OF THAT AND SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH ME AS WELL. UH, THE HAYES PRESS, THEY DID AN ARTICLE ABOUT MIHIR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. I, YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S READ IT, BUT I MEAN, I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU GUYS AND PASS IT AROUND. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS, AND I WOULD BE GREATLY Y'ALLS DEAD IF Y'ALL COULD, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT ME IN THIS JOURNEY. AND, UH, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. SO. AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. THANK, THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. GOOD LUCK. RIGHT. NEXT UP IS JOSH KELLER. HI, MY NAME IS JOSH KELLER. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC STAFF OVER IN, UH, EAST KYLE BY WATER LEAF PARK TO BUILD SOME NATURE TRAILS IN THERE. I'VE ALSO CREATED A FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED KYLE TRAIL COALITION. INVITE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND EVERYONE WATCHING TO, UH, TO JOIN THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. A GREAT WAY TO SHARE INFORMATION. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO THE PUBLIC LAND AND CREATE THESE TRAILS, UH, AND USE 'EM. AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO GROW. UH, I CONTINUALLY RESEARCH OTHER CITIES AND OTHER TOWNS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE DONE WHAT KYLE IS TRYING TO DO WITH TRAILS. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY TO DO THAT. UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE KYLE TO FOCUS ON CITIES CLOSEST TO US TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND, AND COPY WHAT WE, WHAT WE CAN FROM THEM. CITIES INCLUDE SUGARLAND, CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN NEW BRUMMELS, AND SAN MARCOS. WHEN I'VE LOOKED AT THESE CITIES AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND COMPARE IT TO WHERE THE CITY OF KYLE'S PLANS ARE FOR TRAILS, UM, AND THE EXECUTION OF THOSE PLANS, I SEE SOME ISSUES THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING UP FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. I SEE IN THE TRAILS PLAN AND THE VIBE PLAN THAT THERE'S, UH, A LACK OF DEFINITION OF NATURE TRAILS, SPECIFICALLY SINGLE TRACK, DOUBLE [00:05:01] TRACK FLOW TRAILS. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM PROBABLY AREN'T EVEN FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TERMS. THE CURRENT PLANS DON'T MENTION ENTRY POINTS FOR BEGINNERS AND YOUTH. THEY DON'T PROPERLY INTEGRATE PRESENT AND FUTURE PARKS, AND THEY DON'T MENTION POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE CONTROL POINTS. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM RESEARCHING OTHER PLANS, WHAT MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT INTEGRATING INTO THE CURRENT PLANS. I ALSO SUGGEST THAT, UH, THE CITY HIRES OR INTEGRATES AN EXPERT IN THE AREA. I KNOW, UH, IT'S BUDGETING TIME, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M HERE. UH, SO MY REQUEST IS THAT KYLE BUDGET FOR A POSITION, A LINCHPIN DEDICATED TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN CONCRETE, GRAVEL, NATURAL TRAILS, FLOW TRAILS, AND BIKE PARKS. OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO, UH, ALAN ROSS SEEMS LIKE THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION. HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, FROM LONG BEFORE I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN INVOLVED. UH, WHEN I TALK TO HIM, HE EDUCATES ME ON THE ENGINEERING AND THE CONCRETE TRAILS. HE SEEMS TO BE SUCH AN EXPERT IN THAT. AND WHAT I'M MOST IMPRESSED WITH IS THE WAY HE LISTENS TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR GROUP, TELL HIM ABOUT NATURE TRAILS AND FLOW TRAILS, AND WHAT SINGLE TRACK IS AND, AND, AND HOW IT WORKS. HE'S BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT. UM, AND HE SEEMS EAGER TO WANT TO GET OUT THERE. I'VE ACTUALLY WALKED WITH THE TRAILS WITH HIM RECENTLY JUST TO KIND OF TELL HIM WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP. TRACY SHIELD. HELLO, UH, MAYOR. MAYOR, PROTO COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF A, UM, SERVICE MEMBER WHO, UH, SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II, A DAUGHTER OF, UM, UM, FATHER WHO SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM, AND AS A PARTNER OF, UM, A, UH, OF MAJOR CHARLES CHAPA WHO CURRENTLY SERVES. UM, I WANNA THANK FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID WILSON. HE HAD AN IDEA MANY YEARS AGO FOR A MEMORIAL, AND, UM, HE PUSHED IT, PUSHED IT, AND THEN, UM, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DAMON BOGLEY KIND OF JOINED THE CAUSE. AND THEN, UM, WE HAD A PLAN TO EXPAND, UH, THAT PARK. AND, UH, THANK YOU TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RICK, COACH FOR, UM, NEGOTIATING FOR SOME MONEY TO HELP BUILD IT. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR, HE NEGOTIATED SOME MONEY FOR THE, FOR BUILDING IT, AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, COUNCIL'S SENSE WHO HAVE HELPED FUND THAT PARK. THAT PARK SHOWED WHY IT WAS BUILT LAST WEEK. THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE THAT WAS PERFORMED ON MEMORIAL DAY WAS BEAUTIFUL. I WANNA THANK, UM, THE VFW FOR PUTTING IT ON THE BOY SCOUTS FOR DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. AND THEN ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS, AND SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AS I SAID, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE PARK, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP FOR IT. NOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE PARK IS THE P O W M I A TABLE. UM, IT REMINDS US THAT NOT ALL OF OUR SERVICEMEN CAME HOME. AND, UM, THE TRADITION OF SETTING A TABLE TO HONOR, UH, PRISONERS OF WAR, POWS AND SOLDIERS, UM, MISSING IN ACTION, MIA BEGAN AT THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR. EVERY ELEMENT OF THE TABLE HAS A SPECIAL MEANING FOR SERVING, UH, FOR SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO, WHEN I CAME UP TO THE TABLE, I WAS SLIGHTLY, UH, WELL KNOWN, VERY DISHEARTENED AND VERY UPSET WHEN I SAW THE WINE GLASS BROKEN. IF THAT WAS AN ACT OF NATURE OR, YOU KNOW, AN ACCIDENT. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS DONE PURPOSEFULLY, [00:10:02] SHAME ON YOU AND HOW DARE YOU. UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE TABLE BECAUSE THE, I REALLY WILL LOSE IT, BUT THE INVERTED GLASS REMINDS US OF THE COMRADES WHO CAN'T JOIN US IN OUR FESTIVITIES AND CELEBRATIONS, THAT WHAT IS, WHAT THAT IS REMEMBRANCE OF. SO I ASK THE CITY, PLEASE TRY TO FIND IT, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER WE, WE DO IT, BUT PLEASE FIX IT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRACY. YOU RIGHT, THAT IS ALL OF THE FORMS THAT I HAVE FILLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE. CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD. CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. OUR NEXT STEP IS AGENDA [5.  Agenda Order per Rules of Council Sec. B1. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor] ORDER. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A REQUEST TO MOVE IN? ANY ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO AGENDA ITEM [6.  Consider appointment to CAPCOG General Assembly to replace Robert Rizo. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor] NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO CAPCO, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PLACE. UH, ROBERT RIZZO, UH, THIS IS MY ITEM. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE, UH, UH, HIS SPOT ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME NOW. I BELIEVE THAT, UH, CUSTOMER FORCE KALE, UH, CURRENTLY SERVES IN THE OTHER ROLE. WE HAVE TWO SEATS. UH, AND SO I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD, UH, IF ANYBODY HAD ANY, UM, NOMINATIONS OR WANTED TO VOLUNTEER. I THINK THE MEETING, UH, MEETINGS ARE, UM, IN CUSTOMER FK, YOU CAN HELP ME ONCE A QUARTER. UM, I THINK IT'S ONCE A MONTH. ONCE A MONTH? YES. UH, AND IT'S DURING THE, DURING THE WORK WEEK, DURING THE DAY. NORMALLY IT'S LIKE A LUNCHEON, RIGHT? IT'S, YEAH, IT'S LITERALLY LIKE AN HOUR AND YOU JUST GO AND USUALLY THEY'RE SOUTH AUSTIN AND THEY'RE IN HOTELS, AND SO IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG. YOU COULD PROBABLY, IF YOU HAD TO GET AWAY, YOU COULD LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY DO THERE? WHAT IS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FUNCTION OTHER THAN THEY DISCUSS? UM, LIKE LAST TIME WE WENT AND IT WAS LIKE A BIG EVENT, WE DISCUSSED LIKE THE ROADS AND THE ROAD PLANS, NOT JUST FOR KYLE, BUT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS. AND SO, UM, THEY HAD A REALLY COOL POWERPOINT THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US, AND IT KEEPS US UPDATED ON THEIR PLANS. UM, I THINK WE CAN GET CAP COG FUNDING. AND SO WITH THAT, WE CAN GO LISTEN, SEE IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE THAT THE CITY OF KYLE FITS IN, AND THEN DECIDE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA APPLY FOR. I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT NOW. DO YOU KNOW? WE HAVE AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER FLO SCALE, THE AIR COALITION, WHO HAS SH SHE AND I ARE SHARING A SEAT ON THE AIR COALITION. NO, I, OKAY. WE'RE NOT SHARING A SEAT ON THE AIR. C THE, THE CLEAN AIR COALITION IS A . THE CLEAN AIR COALITION IS A FUNCTION OF CAP COD. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS A, IS A SEAT ON THE MAIN BOARD, AND THEN FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THEY SELECT AN, AN EXECUTIVE BOARD, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF THE DECISIONS. UH, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO WAS SELECTED TO BE THE VICE PRI VICE, UH, VICE CHAIR TO A PORTION OF THAT. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HIS FUNCTION THERE WAS. SO, BUT THAT IS THE, THE MORE YOU SERVE, THE MORE YOU GET INVOLVED, THE MORE OPPORTUNITY THERE IS TO REPRESENT THE CITY AT A REGIONAL LEVEL. SO I CAN VOLUNTEER. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS, UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO. I'LL, YEAH, IF WE CAN, UH, FLIP THE COIN. I GUESS THE, UH, THE QUESTION WOULD BE IS, IS, UH, AVAILABILITY, CUZ UM, IT IS DURING THE WORK WEEK. AND FOR THOSE WHO DO HAVE, UM, FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, LIKE FOR ME, IT IS HARD TO GET AWAY, PERIOD. , I'D HAVE TO DO A LOT OF MY STUFF IS IN, IN THE AFTERNOON. SO I GUESS, UH, IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY OR BEAR, IF BOTH OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I GUESS WE COULD JUST GO WITH TAKING NOMINATIONS IF WE WANNA DO THAT OR HOW, HOW WE WANT TO GO FORTH ON THAT. I WILL NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELLA PARSLEY TO THE, UH, CAPCO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEAT. SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGAS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, TANYA. ALL [7.  Appoint Daisy Santos to fill a vacancy for Seat 4 of the Park and Recreation Board ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation] RIGHT. NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, APPOINT DAISY SANTOS TO FILL VACANCY FOR SAINT FOUR ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. UH, MS. ESPOSA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, MAD SPINOSA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TO PROPO, UH, APPOINT [00:15:01] DAISY SANTOS TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD. THE VACANCY WAS POSTED FOR ONE MONTH FROM APRIL 3RD UNTIL MAY 3RD. WE RECEIVED 10 APPLICATIONS AND WE INTERVIEWED NINE APPLICANTS. UH, ON THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE WAS MYSELF, PARKS IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JERRY HENDRICKS, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELA PARSLEY. UH, MS. DAISY SANTOS IS AN EDUCATOR WITH THE HAY, C I S D FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, AND A COACH, SHE'S ALSO RAISED FIVE CHILDREN. UM, AND SHE'S HERE TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL FLOOR SCALE? CAN WE HAVE HER PLEASE COME UP? I'VE GOT, I GOT, I JUST WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I AM NOT GONNA HOLD IT AGAINST YOU, , THAT YOU RESCHEDULED THE TENNIS MATCH. YEAH, , IT DID. FROM A, FROM A WEDNESDAY TO A MONDAY. SO I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALIZE I KNEW YOU UNTIL I, LIKE, OF COURSE, I GOOGLED AND TO SEE WHO IT WAS, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS PLAYING IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT MATCH, AND WE, SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, UHHUH, BECAUSE WE ENDED UP RESCHEDULING, I'M GONNA SAY AT THE END, LIKE, WE HUGGED IT OUT. IT WAS SUCH A GOOD, SHE'S SO EASY TO TALK TO. SHE IS SUCH A FUN PERSON. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING SO MUCH TO AT LEAST THE, LIKE, THE SPORTS PART OF THE PARKS BOARD. UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. I, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED. I AM WHEN I SAW YOUR FACE, UM, AND I TALKED TO MY HUSBAND ABOUT IT, AND HE WAS LIKE, SHE, YEAH, SHE'S GONNA BE GREAT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL LET HER KNOW THAT I'M NOT GONNA HOLD IT AGAINST HER. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND WE DID COME IN SECOND, BY THE WAY. IF WE WERE TO PLAYED THAT NIGHT, I THINK WE WOULD'VE WON FOR SURE. THAT'S WHAT I SAID, FOR SURE. YEAH. THANK, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. YES, THANK YOU. I, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING MY COMMUNITY AND COMING UP WITH NEW WAYS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. OKAY. CUSTOMER PARSLEY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, VOLUNTEERING AND APPLYING TO THE WAR. I REALLY LOVE YOUR ENERGY AND ALL YOUR IDEAS THAT YOU HAD AND YOU WERE BRINGING UP TO DURING THE INTERVIEW. IT WAS REALLY AN EASY DECISION FOR US TO THANK YOU, TO GO WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR TIME. AND WELCOME. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FLORES KALE? NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE. SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR PARSLEY, THAT WE APPOINT DAISY SANTOS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. UH, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION, CARRIE, SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SANS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER [8.  Proclamation for National Garden Week June 4-10, 2023. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor] EIGHT, PROCLAMATION FOR, FOR NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK, JUNE 4TH THROUGH 10TH, 2023. UH, I, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE OF THE LOCAL GARDEN COMMITTEE. AND SO, UH, THIS WAS A REQUEST BY THEM TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THIS PART OF THE WEEK. UH, I WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION OUT, UH, AND THEN, UH, I WILL INVITE Y'ALL TO COME FORWARD FOR A, UH, A PHOTOGRAPH. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD, MAYBE ONE PERSON WANT TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE A STATEMENT, THAT'D ALSO BE JUST FINE. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS GARDENERS HAVE A PASSION FOR NURTURING THE BEAUTY AND RESOURCES OF THE EARTH THROUGH THE PLANTING OF SEEDS, THE CARE OF ALL PLANTS AND RICHES OF THEIR EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS, UH, GARDENERS SEEK TO ADD BEAUTY, SPLENDOR, FRAGRANCE, AND NUTRITION TO OUR LIVES THROUGHOUT THE GROWING OF HERBS, UH, VEGETABLES, FOLIAGE, AND FLOWERS. AND WHEREAS GARDENERS WORK TO PRESERVE OUR, UH, COUNTRY'S TRADITIONAL SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE AND INITIATIVE, UH, INITIATIVE THROUGH INNOVATION AND HARD WORK. AND WHEREAS GARDENERS ADVOCATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL CREATURES, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT SHARE OUR WORLD AND THEIR ROLES, AND IN A BALANCE IN PRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY. AND WHEREAS GARDENING F UH, FS A CHALLENGING AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY FOR OUR CITIZENS, FOR THOSE JUST LEARNING AS WELL AS THOSE HAVING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND WHEREAS GARDENING PROMOTES A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, THEY LAST A LIFETIME HELPS REDUCE STRESS FROM OTHER AREAS OF YOUR LIFE. UH, IT TEACHES THAT REWARDS CAN COME FROM DILIGENT EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS GARDENING ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN, UH, CLUBS ACROSS THE NATION IN THE WORLD TO MAKE A, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY RESIDE AND WORK. UH, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT I, TRAVIS MITCHELL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KYLE, DO DESIGNATE, UH, THE WEEK OF JUNE FOUR THROUGH 10TH AS NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK, UH, AND, UH, IN KYLE, TEXAS, AND PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF GARDENING AND THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF GARDENERS. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND, AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, STATING YOUR NAME AND JUST TELLING US A LITTLE ABOUT WHY YOU, MY NAME IS JENNA GRIMES. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF KYLE GARDEN CLUB, UH, WHICH HA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1957. SO, UH, THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN CLUB HAVE BEEN SERVING, UH, OUR COMMUNITY FOR, UH, MANY YEARS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUP, YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT. UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE WORK WITH THE, UM, THE RAILROAD MUSEUM HERE. UH, IN THE PAST WE [00:20:01] HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY HALL ITSELF, IN, IN, BUT THAT IS, HAS NOT BEEN NECESSARY RECENTLY. UH, WE ALSO ARE, ARE PLANNING ON VOLUNTEERING WITH THE NEW POST OAK COMMUNITY GARDEN. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH THAT GROUP. UH, AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND HOPE THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN MANY WAYS. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, CUSTOMER FK? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GARDEN, SO, UM, OF COURSE WE CAN'T HAVE IT UNLESS WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO VOLUNTEERS. UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT PUSHES OUR COMMUNITY ALONG. SO YOU'RE WELCOME. I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS PROJECT. AWESOME. AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT MEMBERS OF THE CLUB HERE AS WELL. IF Y'ALL WANNA COME FORWARD AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH, WE'LL STAY IN HERE, PULL THIS BACK JUST A LITTLE. GET Y'ALL INTERVIEW WITH THE SECOND HERE. OKAY. YES, I CAN. ALL RIGHT. ON COUNT OF THREE. 1, 2, 3. PERFECT. THANK. OKAY. ALL [9.  CIP/Road Projects and Consent Agenda Presentation. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor] RIGHT. NEXT UP, C I P ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION, MR. BARBARA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, LEON, BARBARA, CITY ENGINEER, MAYOR COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, SENT YOU A REPORT THIS PAST FRIDAY, HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO I WON'T, UH, GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON THIS, BUT I DID WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL JUST SKIP THROUGH THE PROJECT. UH, REPORT ON CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. THIS IS A CONTRACT WE, UH, WANT TO AWARD, UH, CPN Y INCORPORATED FOR ABOUT ALMOST $70,000. THIS IS TO DO A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT ON THE SECTION OF DCY LANE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. UH, IT STARTS JUST NORTH OF BB ROAD AND ENDS, UH, RIGHT AT THE BUNTON CREEK, UH, UH, RIGHT THERE BY DCY LANE ON DCY LANE. UH, JUST FYI, THIS, UH, THERE'S TWO WASTEWATER LINES ON DCY LINE. THERE'S ONE ON THE WEST SIDE, ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, ONE'S A 12 AND ONE'S A 10. BUT WE NEED TO UPSIZE THAT PARTICULAR LINE IN THERE. SO WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA UPSIZE THAT 12 INCH LINE TO AN 18 INCH LINE AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ABANDONING THAT 10 INCH LINE. SO, UH, THIS PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR WASTEWATER MODEL, UH, BACK IN 2015 IS ONE OF THE, OUR SECOND PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK ON. SO WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO THAT PROJECT. AS YOU ALSO KNOW, INDIAN HILLS PAINTBRUSH IS BEING UPGRADED, SO THAT PARTICULAR LIST STATION CAN CARRY A LOT OF FLOW. SO WE DON'T WANT THOSE LINES OVERFLOWING OR SURCHARGING ON, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13. THIS IS AN AMOUNT FOR $9,569 TO AWARD TO SB CONSULTANTS. UH, THEY ARE, UM, THE ORIGINAL DESIGNERS FOR THE, UH, ELLIOT BRANCH PROJECT, AND WE DID HAVE AN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE PROJECT. IT WAS TO PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE NEEDED TO, FOR THEM TO WORK ON. ONE OF THE DILEMMAS THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU DO, UH, PROJECTS IN THE OLDER PART OF TOWN, YOU RUN INTO, INTO A LOT OF, UH, SURPRISES AND ISSUES THERE THAT YOU DIDN'T ENCOUNTER AS YOU WERE DOING YOUR DESIGN. SO THAT ATE UP, UH, ALL OF OUR MONEY FOR THE ON, ON THE MINIMUM NUMBER TWO. SO WE'RE JUST RIGHT NOW JUST WANTING TO GET THE, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE AS-BUILTS DONE. SO WE CAN WRAP THIS PROJECT UP COMPLETELY. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14. UH, THAT'S A CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 10 TO SKY BLUE UTILITIES. THEY'RE THE PROJECT, UH, CON CONTRACTOR FOR THE SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THIS PROJECT, BEAR IN MIND, COUNSEL, THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. SO WHEN THEY DESIGNED THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LIST STATION, THE, UH, AIR CONDITIONER, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS, UH, PRETTY OLD DESIGN. SO THE PELVIC WORKS IS ASKED THAT WE HAVE SIZE THAT AIR CONDITIONER AND GET A BETTER, MUCH BETTER UNIT THAT WILL PROTECT ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THAT LIFT STATION. AND, UH, THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST CHANGE ORDER FOR THE, UH, THE EL, THE SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER PROJECT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CUSTOMER FLOORS, KALE, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS. I MADE SURE I ASKED THEM PRIOR TO. UM, SO, BUT I'M NOT GONNA ASK ANYMORE CUZ I THINK I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THE ONE THING THAT BOTHERED ME IS THAT WE STILL DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, HOW FAR BACK THIS PROJECTS WERE. HOW LONG BEEN, I FIGURED THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT EVEN THERE. WAS PAPER NOT INVENTED AND PEN NOT [00:25:01] INVENTED? SO MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW. IT WAS A LONG, I MEAN, I WAS LIKE, ISN'T IT DECADES? THE FIRST PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT WAS DONE IN, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2011 BY, UH, UM, UH, OR PRE NEPTUNE WILKINSON. THEN IT WAS UPDATED IN MAY OF 2013. AND ABOUT 2014 WHEN I GOT HERE, UH, WE STARTED ACQUIRING EASEMENTS. WE FINALLY WENT TO CONTRACT AND ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER OF 2018. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG PROJECT FOR SURE. I STILL SAY WE NEED TO HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION ONCE IT'S, IT'S FINISHED LIKE A BIG PARTY. SO, BUT THANK YOU GUYS. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LEON OR, OR FOR CHIEF OR ANYONE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ON CONSENT? I DO CUSTOMER QUESTIONS LIST. , ARE WE GONNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING RIGHT NOW? WE CAN, YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS WHERE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO IT. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 10 AND IT'S LIKE, UM, DO WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE ENGINEER THAT DOES ANY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE? MR. HARPER, MR. A HARPER, QUESTION HARPER, MR. WILDER, WAKE UP. I JUST KIND OF WANNA HAVE AN IDEA HOW THE PREVENTATIVE, UH, MAINTENANCE WORKS FOR THIS PUMPS IF THERE IS SOMETHING SCHEDULED SINCE WE HAVE TO DO REPAIRS. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE VERY COSTLY. I KNOW IT'S JUST MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO PREVENTIVE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING THAT. AND HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE? SO THOSE PUMPS RUN, UH, REGULARLY. I MEAN THAT, THAT PUMPS EVERY BIT OF THE EFFLUENT TO THE GOLF COURSE, UH, EVERY DAY, PRETTY MUCH. ESPECIALLY, EXCUSE ME, TO THE GOLF COURSE MM-HMM. DO THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR PUMPS? SO WE TOOK OVER, WE HAVE THE LIFT STATION THAT'S BEHIND OUR PLANT, OUR SEWER PLANT THAT PROVIDES TO THE GOLF COURSE. WE HAVE THAT LIFT STATION AS WELL AS ALL OF THE LINE THAT GOES TO THE GOLF COURSE. IS THAT LIKE IN, IS THAT HOW THEY PAY OFF FOR THE WATER? WE GIVE THEM IT, IT WAS A PRIOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE GOLF COURSE. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND TO THAT, BUT IT WAS A PRIOR AGREEMENT WHERE THE CITY TOOK THAT ON. YES MA'AM. OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUMPS DOWN AT ANY TIME IN ORDER TO DO MAINTENANCE TO THOSE AND KEEP KIND OF LIKE THE LIFE CYCLE A LITTLE? THERE'S TWO PUMPS. ONE OF THE PUMPS WAS, WAS DOWN AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, WHEN THIS PUMP WENT DOWN, THERE'S ONE PUMP AND SO THEY'RE SENDING THIS OFF. WE HAD TO HURRY UP AND GET THAT BACK. CUZ IF THAT OTHER ONE GOES DOWN, WE CAN'T SUPPLY THAT THE GOLF COURSE. AND WE'RE UNDER A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH WATER EACH DAY. OKAY. I KIND OF, AND AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE ON THE TOPIC, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ABOUT HOW MUCH DOES IT COST IN TOTAL REPAIRS WHEN WE'RE SENDING OUR WATER TO THE GOLF COURSE. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN LOOK EVENTUALLY INTO A COST RELATION TO WHAT WATER GOES TO THERE AND KIND OF LIKE, HOW DID I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE AGREEMENT LOOKS LIKE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ADVISE. THERE'S A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO WITH THEM. UM, I THINK AT THE TIME, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, SO I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT I KNOW AT THE TIME THAT, THAT THE CITY AND THE GOLF COURSE, UH, HAD A MEETING AND DISCUSSED EVERYTHING TO, UH, TO HELP OUT BOTH. OKAY. I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT SOME POINT. AND THEN IF, IF WE DO HAVE THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YES, MA'AM. THAT WILL BE FOR QUE FOR NUMBER 10. I'M SORRY. AND THEN FOR NUMBER 11, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ABOUT NUMBER 10 BEFORE I JUMP INTO ANOTHER ONE. I JUST WANNA KNOW IF I CAN GET A COPY OF THE SAME AGREEMENT, PLEASE. WE'LL GET THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ENTIRE COUNCIL. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR NUMBER 11, WHICH WILL BE PROBABLY CHIEF. HI CHIEF. UM, DO THEY PROVIDE MAINTENANCE OR DO THEY PROVIDE, UH, SET UP TROUBLESHOOTING WITH THIS LEASE FOR THIS? UH, THEY DO. YES MA'AM. THEY'LL COME OUT AND SERVICE THOSE ANYTIME WE CALL MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK IF NECESSARY. THEY COME OUT AND BRING ALL THE, ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE INK, EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR LEASE. OKAY. IS IT BETTER TO HAVE THEM LEASED AND PURCHASE THEM AND THEN HAVE, UM, WARRANTY ON THOSE? IT HAS BEEN FROM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THEY, OUR COPIERS ARE HEAVILY USED AND THEY DO REQUIRE REGULAR SERVICING. WHEN WE PURCHASE THOSE AND TRY TO GET THAT SERVICING OUTSIDE, IT'S BEEN BETTER FOR US TO HAVE QUICK SERVICE, QUICK REGULAR VISITS FROM THEIR MAINTENANCE TECHS, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA ALSO MOVE OUR EXISTING PRINTERS AND COPIERS. SO, AND THEY'RE, SO THEY'RE OUR CURRENT PROVIDER ALREADY. OKAY. THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING THESE COPIERS INTO THE EXPANDED AREAS OF THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT FOR IT, MAYOR PROTO, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP [00:30:01] QUESTION ON, ON 11. SO I GUESS THE REASON WHY AND IS, IS WE LEASE THESE OUT IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE, UH, PRINTERS ARE LIKE SMART PRINTERS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF IT INVOLVED. SO I GUESS IF, UH, IF WE PURCHASE THEM OUTRIGHT, WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TONER, ALL MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THOSE THINGS GET OUTDATED IN A YEAR OR TWO. UM, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND NEW PRINTERS EVENTUALLY AND PARTS AND PRODUCTS AND, AND HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT SERVICE, I GUESS VERSUS HERE, UH, WHENEVER THERE'S TIME FOR UPGRADES IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF FOR JUST PRINTERS, WE CAN, IF WE GET A SPECIFIC MODEL AND IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE, WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THEM SWITCHED OUT TO WHERE IT'S UNI ACROSS UNIFORM, UNIFORM ACROSS THE OFFICE. YES, SIR. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE THAT AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE YEARS PAST AS WELL. OKAY. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WE WOULD SEE PURCHASING VERSUS VERSUS CERTAINLY IF WE, WE WEAR OUT THE PRINTER, THEY BRING ANOTHER ONE TO REPLACE IT RIGHT AWAY AND PUT A NEW ONE IN HIS PLACE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE MAKE A LOT OF, A LOT OF COPIES AND A LOT OF PRINTING OF PAPER FILING CASES AND WHATNOT. SO YES SIR. THEY'LL KEEP 'EM UP TO SPEED FOR US. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON IT? 14. OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FROM ITEM 14, HOW MUCH IS LEFT INTO THE FUND FOR THIS SOUTH OUTSIDE WASTE WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT? IT'S BOTTOM 14. IS THAT, UM, WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A PERVEZ QUESTION THAT SHE ASKED. OH, I DON'T SEE PERVEZ OH FOUR 14, THE SKY BLUE MM-HMM. MM-HMM. UTILITIES. MM-HMM. , I'M SORRY, THE QUESTION. OH, I, I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH IS LEFT INTO THAT FUND. OH, IN THE, UH, UTILITY, THE WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND. MM-HMM. , GOSH, THAT WOULD BE A PERVEZ QUESTION. WE, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN FIND OUT. LAST TIME IT WAS 8 MILLION. DO YOU REMEMBER? IT WAS PRETTY HIGH. IT WAS PRETTY HIGH. I DON'T WANT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LEFT IN THE, THE CIP P FOR THE SOUTH SIDE WASTEWATER. YEAH. LET'S, WE'RE PAYING FOR IT THROUGH NOT THE TOTAL UTILITY FUND. YEAH. YES SIR. WE WENT THROUGH THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES AND I'M COLLECTING THOSE IMPACT FEES AS FAST AS I CAN, SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY I, OKAY, SO IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH CONSENT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. UH, ITEM NUMBER 21. OKAY. YOU'RE SAYING YOU JUST WANNA PULL IT? UM, OR WE COULD ASK REAL QUICK IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT WAY WE'LL JUST GET IT. OKAY. I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN THE PAST, MR. SCROOGE. THAT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW, ON THIS END, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE PRICING OF WHERE WE CAME UP WITH 93,000 FOR THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS SO THE RESIDENTS CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT OR THE REASON WHY WE, THESE COULD BE AT THAT PRICE. AND, UM, CUZ SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOVE IT. AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE SOME THAT WILL SAY, THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR DOWNTOWN, BUT WE ALL KNOW ONCE THEY'RE LIT UP, EVERYBODY LOVES IT. SO IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THAT FOR US. NO PROBLEM. YES, EXACTLY. WHILE COMPLAINING ABOUT, IT'S 93 GRAND , MARIANA ESPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. SO, AS IN THE APPROVED BUDGET, UH, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED 200,000 FOR EACH YEAR FOR NEW HOLIDAY DECORATION FOR MARY KYLE HARTSON CITY SQUARE PARK. AND AS WE MENTIONED LAST YEAR, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO KIND OF TAKE THOSE OLDER PIECES AND START MOVING 'EM TO OTHER PARKS SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY HAVE HOLIDAY DECORATION IN ALL THE PARKS. YES. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS SHARE A RFP WAS POSTED AND WE DID RECEIVE SEVEN BIDS FOR HOLIDAY DECORATION. WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR THE KRUG ACTIVITY CENTER TO BE TRANSFORMED UNDER A GINGERBREAD HOUSE, UH, FOR THE ILLUMINATED LIGHT SHOW ON THE LARGEST OAK TREE AT CITY SQUARE PARK FOR THE 17 TREES IN CITY SQUARE PARK TO BE WRAPPED ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE THE TREE REACHES THE Y PLUS A LITTLE MORE. UM, SO WE CAN GET AS MUCH AS THE CANOPIES EACH YEAR WE TRY TO GET MORE AND MORE OF THE CANOPIES. UM, AND THEN JUST FOR ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY DECORATION TO INCLUDE SOME ANIMALS OR OTHER PIECES THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT OUR EXISTING RIBBON TREE. SO THIS VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE CURRENT DISPLAYS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. UM, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM RIGHT BEFORE THIS IS FOR THE TREE WRAPPING. AND THEN THIS ITEM NUMBER 21 ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. SO THE PROPOSALS TO TURN THE CREW ACTIVITY CENTER INTO A GINGERBREAD HOUSE [00:35:01] AS YOU SEE HERE FOR THE ILLUMINATED LIGHT SHOW ON THE LARGEST OAK TREE. AND TO KIND OF GROW FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS TO MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER FOR A CASTLE FOR REINDEER. OUR REINDEER LAST YEAR KIND OF LOOKED LIKE LITTLE PUPPIES , SO WE'RE GONNA GET SOME IMPROVED REINDEERS, UH, FOR A PHOTO OP TRAIN TO BE VERY KYLE THING WITH THE KYLE TRAIN. I LOVE IT. UH, AND THEN THEY COMPLIMENT OUR CURRENT DECORATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE COME UP WITH THE 93,000 FOR THIS YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING PURCHASING THESE DISPLAYS, UM, DUE TO STORAGE AND, UH, MOSTLY STORAGE AND PRICING. WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO LEASE THESE ONES THIS TIME. YES. THAT, THAT WAS ALSO GONNA BE THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW WE, WE ARE VERY LIMITED ON SPACE FOR STORAGE FOR A LOT OF OUR CITY ITEMS. SO, UM, THAT, THAT JUST KIND OF CLEARS UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHY WE LEASE IT OUT VERSUS BUYING THEM AGAIN. IT'D BE LIKE THE SAME QUESTION WE HAVE WITH THE PRINTERS. WE BUY THE PRINTERS THEN IF THEY BREAK OR WE NEED TO REPLACE THEM, THEN IT'D BE HARD TO FIND THOSE SPECIFIC MODELS. SAME THING HERE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THESE ITEMS WOULD BREAK IF WE LEASED THEM OUT. UM, I KNOW WE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WARRANTY ON THESE AND WE COULD HAVE THEM REPLACED OR REPAIRED IF NEED BE. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE ALEX WITH ARTISTIC HOLIDAY DESIGNS ON THE LINE IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THAT. ALL GOOD. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. I AM SO EXCITED WHEN I READ THIS ITEM, I EVEN PUT A LITTLE HEART NEXT TO IT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARIANA. I THINK YOU LOVE IT WAS THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE CUZ UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU BROUGHT LAST YEAR. . I'M GOOD, MARY. THANK YOU. I YIELD. OKAY. NUMBER 19, CUSTOMERS ASK THE QUESTION. YEAH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM 19. GO FOR IT. SO, UH, THIS ONE JENNIFER, CAN YOU JUST, UH, GIVE AN EXPLANATION I GUESS LIKE, UM, THIS IS EFFICIENT, UM, BUT WE'RE SPENDING $900 A YEAR TO STORE THE BOXES AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER $5 TO SHRED EACH BOX. IS THAT CORRECT? AND JENNIFER KIRKLAND FOR THE RECORD MM-HMM. , UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING THAT AT SAFE SITE IN AUSTIN. AND RIGHT NOW, UM, A LOT OF THE BOXES WHEN THEY WERE PUT INTO STORAGE YEARS AGO, UHHUH, , UM, IT'LL JUST SAY CITY SECRETARY FILES. AND SO WE'VE BEEN PULLING THOSE, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND INVENTORYING THEM AND FINDING OUT WHAT'S PAST RETENTION. UM, AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE THINGS, THE PROJECTS THAT, THAT EVERYBODY SEES TODAY AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN BOXED UP AND NOT VERY WELL LABELED. SO THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO SCAN ALL OF THOSE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, UM, INSTANT ACCESS TO THEM. ARE THEY DOING ANY OF THE ORGANIZATION OR ARE THEY ALREADY ORGANIZED BY BOX SO THAT YOU HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE DATES AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SCORED? WE WILL BE INVENTORYING THEM BEFORE WE SEND THEM OFF TO BE SCANNED. MM-HMM. . SO THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE A CHECKLIST OF WHAT WE SENT OFF, WHAT WE GET BACK AND UM, IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, DISCREPANCIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE. OKAY. THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTIONS ON IT. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL [VII.  Consent Agenda] MEMBER FLORES KA. I JUST WANNA APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 10 THROUGH 2022. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 22 SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORIS KALE. SECOND TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER AT ZUNIGA THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 22. IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? UH, THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS, UH, ON THE, UH, C I P ROAD PROJECTS AND CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION ITEM. UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, MR. LANGLEY HAS BEEN, UH, PUTTING A PORTION OF THAT, UH, IN, UH, HIS FRIDAY WEEKLY REPORT MM-HMM. , UH, AND SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE DECISION THERE. UH, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY STOP GOING OVER THE C I P PROJECTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING TO GIVE US MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS, UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE, UH, UM, ITEMS STILL SENT OUT TO US ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WHICH IS EVEN MORE REGULARLY THAN WE GET AT A COUNCIL MEETING. MM-HMM. , UH, AND THEN THE OTH. BUT I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PRESENTATION PORTION, UH, OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S VALUABLE JU JUST FOR THE EXERCISE THAT WE WENT THROUGH JUST NOW, WHERE WE CAN HEAR FROM STAFF ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON, ON CONSENT. WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY PULL THOSE ITEMS, BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH IT IN AN EXPEDITIOUS WAY. SO THAT'S MY PLAN MOVING FORWARD IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT. YES, SIR. YEP. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS AGENDA [23.  Approve Task Order No. 3 to RPS INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., Austin, Texas in the amount not to exceed $750,009.75 for engineering services and design of Marketplace Avenue from FM 1626 to Marketplace Avenue (Existing). ~ Joe Cantalupo, K Friese & Associates, City's 2022 Road Bond Program Manager] ITEM NUMBER 23, UH, APPROVED TASK ORDER NUMBER THREE TO RPS [00:40:01] INFRASTRUCTURE INC. AUSTIN, TEXAS, ANY AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,900 OR $9 AND 75 CENTS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DESIGN OF MARKETPLACE AVENUE FROM 1626 TO, UH, MARKETPLACE AVENUE EXISTING. UH, MR. CAN LUPO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME IS JOE CANTA LUPO. I WORK FOR K FRIESEN ASSOCIATES AND I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER, UH, FOR THE TEAM THAT IS, UH, HELPING YOU IMPLEMENT YOUR ROBOT PROGRAM. NO SLIDES? NOPE. IT. SO THIS WORK AUTHORIZATION IS, UH, TO APPROVE, AS THE MAYOR EXPLAINED, UH, TEST CODE NUMBER THREE TO RPS INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S IN, UH, THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 AT $9 AND 75 CENTS, AND IT'S FOR THE PS AND E FOR THE MARKETPLACE PROJECT. UM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE MARKETPLACE PROJECT IS THE LAST OF THE RON BUDD PROJECTS TO HAVE, UH, THEIR DESIGN CONTRACT, UH, BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL AND APPROVED. UM, AND AS A REMINDER, BACK IN APRIL OF 2022, UH, THE CITY SELECTED, UM, A HANDFUL OF, UH, DESIGN ENGINEERS TO, UM, DO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORTS TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE BOND, UH, VOTE, UH, THE BOND ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY. UM, RPS DID THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT FOR THE MARKETPLACE PROJECT, UM, AND THEY DID THAT P R THAT PRELIMINARY INJURY REPORT UNDER A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT. AND THAT P E R REPORT WAS TASK ORDER ONE. UM, OF COURSE, THE BOND WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER, 2022 AND NOT, UH, LONG AFTER THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO. IT WAS, UH, JUST OVER $31,000 AND IT WAS FOR SURVEY SERVICES. THOSE SERVICES WERE, UM, NOT, UH, IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, UH, THERE WAS STILL SOME FIGURING OUT THAT NEEDED TO DO TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE, UM, THE DEVELOPER. AND HERE WE ARE NOW, UM, SINCE THAT TIME, ABOUT NOVEMBER, 2022 AND MAY OF 2023 LAST MONTH. UM, SINCE WE'VE COME ON, UH, WE WORKED WITH R PS A LITTLE BIT AND OUR TEAM AND CITY STAFF, UM, TO HELP FIGURE OUT WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THE ROAD WOULD ENHANCE WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THE CITY. THAT'S ALL BEEN RESOLVED. AND NOW, UM, WE'RE READY FOR TASK ORDER THREE. AGAIN, IT'S AT 750,000 AND AND $9, UH, TO COMPLETE THE PS E PACKAGE. UM, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS GOING STRAIGHT FROM THAT PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT TO, UM, TO PLAN SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES. SO WE, WE WERE ABLE, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT RPS HAD DONE ON THE PRELIMINARY ENTERING REPORT, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LANDOWNER INVOLVED AND BECAUSE IT WAS THE GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT, I HESITATE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SIMPLE PROJECT, BUT THIS IS A RELATIVELY, UH, UNCOMPLICATED, UH, PROJECT, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. WE WERE ABLE TO BYPASS THE FULL SCHEMATIC STAGE AND GO RIGHT TO PS E. SO THAT'S, UH, REPRESENTS A WHOLE LOT OF TIME SAVED AND, AND, UH, AND A BUNCH OF MONEY SAVED. AND THIS, UH, WORK AUTHORIZATION INCLUDES THE RAILWAY DESIGN, UH, IDENTIFICATION, UTILITY COORDINATION ISSUES, AND THE DESIGN FOR THAT RIGHT OF WAY COORDINATION, UH, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, OF COURSE, THE SURVEY AND THE GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES. THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL GO INTO THE PS AND E PACKAGE. UM, AND OF COURSE IS CONTINUED COORDINATION, UM, WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE GE C TEAM. AND THEY'LL ALSO HELP US FIGURE OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS WITH, UH, THE LANDOWNER. UM, THE TOTAL PROJECTED COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $11,224,127. THE FIRST TASK ORDER WAS JUST SHY OF $107,000. AGAIN, THAT WAS TO DO THE P E R REPORT, THE TASK ORDER BUDGET NUM, UH, FOR, I'M SORRY, TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO, BUDGET WAS JUST SHY OF $32,000. AND THIS, UH, TO COMPLETE THE P S E PACKAGE IS, AGAIN, THAT'S $750,000. DESIGN WILL BEGIN, UM, WITH, UH, SURVEY AS SOON AS THE WORK AUTHORIZATION, THE TASK ORDER, ASSUMING APPROVAL, [00:45:01] IT WILL GO THROUGH ABOUT MAY OF 2024, SO A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A YEAR FROM NOW. AND IF THINGS GO SMOOTHLY, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN SHAVE SOME TIME OFF OF THAT. AND THEN WHEN THE DESIGN IS DONE SOMETIME EARLY IN 2024, UH, THE PROJECT WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION. UM, AND, AND THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. I, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU FOLKS MIGHT HAVE. THERE, MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CAN LUPO MAYOR PERK. SO PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT'S, IT'S BE JUST A BRAND NEW ROAD. YES, SIR. AND SO WE DIDN'T, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO WORRY, UH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT ABOUT ANY KIND OF RECONSTRUCTION OR ITEMS LIKE THAT. IT'D BE JUST A, A STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT SHOT. AND THIS WOULD ALSO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, CORRECT? IT, IT'S THE, IT'S THAT ENTIRE MISSING PIECE. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. SO BY, IF WE APPROVE THIS, UH, NOW, WE MIGHT BE STARTING LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY NEXT YEAR IN JUNE, EARLY NEXT YEAR. AND IT'S OUR JOB AND, AND RP S'S JOB TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, UH, AT LEAST KEEP PACE WITH THAT SCHEDULE. IF NOT SAVE SOME TIME. WELL THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. WITH THAT, UM, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23 SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. PARTIALLY THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND. SO USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TASK ORDERS, NUMBER THREES, CUZ I WAS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEM, THAT'S LIKE DESIGN, PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE ROADS. SO ONCE WE APPROVE THIS TASK ORDER, WE WON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT COLORS CROSSING PROBABLY UNTIL A YEAR FROM NOW. OR THE DESIGN SHOULD BE COMPLETED, CORRECT? UH, THIS IS FOR MARKETPLACE. MARKETPLACE, YES. I'M SO SORRY. MARKETPLACE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. SO R RIGHT, WE'VE BYPASSED COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'VE BYPASSED ONE WHOLE STAGE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE SCHEMATIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO PEARSON E IS ALSO KNOWN AS FINAL DESIGN. OKAY. UM, BARRING ANYTHING UNUSUAL THAT COMES UP THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO ADD SCOPE. SO IF THEY FIND SOMETHING IN THE FIELD THAT'S UNUSUAL, UM, NO, WE, WE SHOULDN'T BE BACK OTHER THAN TO, UM, TO REPORT GOOD NEWS THAT WE'RE MOVING AT OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THIS ROAD WILL, WILL EVENTUALLY, WHEN WE GET THIS COMPLETED, IT'LL BE ANOTHER ARTERY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE USED FOR A MARKETPLACE. TWO KOHLERS ON THAT END. SO THAT'S ANOTHER NEW WORLD. THE, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD PROBABLY COME BACK WOULD BE ANY KIND OF AGREEMENTS THAT CONTEMPLATE RIGHT AWAY MM-HMM. . OKAY. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THE, WE DON'T YET OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WHENEVER THE TIME COMES FOR THAT RIGHT AWAY TO BE, UH, TRANSFERRED FROM THE LANDOWNER TO THE CITY, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. BUT THAT WON'T NECESSARILY BE ENGINEERING CONTRACT. IT'S JUST A RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT. YES. OKAY. YES. BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPER THERE, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PUT THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE, THAT THOSE TERMS ARE FAVORABLE AND FAIR TO THE CITY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. UH, NEXT TWO [24.   [Postponed 5/16/2023] Consideration and Approval of a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas Accepting a Petition for the Creation of the Word Place Public Improvement District; Setting a public hearing under Section 372.009 of the Texas Local Government Code on the advisability of the creation of the Word Place Public Improvement District within the City of Kyle, Texas; Directing city staff to publish and mail notice of said public hearing; and Resolving other matters incident and related thereto. ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright, City's Bond Counsel ] [25.   [Postponed 5/16/2023] Consideration and Approval of a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas; Approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between the City and the Developer of the Word Place Public Improvement District; and Resolving other matters related thereto. ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright, City's Bond Counsel ] ITEMS WERE POSTPONED AT OUR LAST MEETING. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CO TEXAS ACCEPTING OF PETITION, UH, FOR THE CREATION OF THE WORKPLACE PREP PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER SECTION 3 72 0.009 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ON THE ADVISABILITY OF THE CREATION OF THE WORKPLACE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF CALL TEXAS. UH, AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25, UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CALL, TEXAS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER OF THE WORKPLACE BID IN RESOLVING MATTERS. MS. LIEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER OF STEPHANIE LIBE WITH NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT. I SERVE AS BOND COUNCIL FOR THE CITY. BOTH OF THESE ACTION ITEMS, AS THE MAYOR HAD INDICATED, ARE RELATED TO THE WORD PLACE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT A DEVELOPER HAS REQUESTED BE CREATED WITHIN THE CITY OF KYLE. UM, HE HAS SUBMITTED A PETITION AND THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT WOULD ACCEPT THAT PETITION CALL A PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, WOULD BE HELD AS TO THE ADVISABILITY FOR THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON JULY 6TH. AND THAT HAS BEEN, SO THAT WOULD OCCUR, UM, IN CONNECTION WITH SOME ZONING CHANGES THAT NEED TO OCCUR FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. UM, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, THAT'S IN ESSENCE A DEPOSIT AGREEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD ENTER INTO WITH THE CITY. UNDER THAT AGREEMENT, THE DEVELOPER WOULD MAKE AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF FUNDS AND THEN AGREE TO CONTINUE TO REPLENISH THOSE FUNDS AS NECESSARY. AMOUNTS UNDER THE AGREEMENT CAN BE WITHDRAWN BY THE CITY TO PAY FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL FEES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEGOTIATION OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. UM, THE LEGAL WORK THAT OUR [00:50:01] FIRM DOES, FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES, THAT'S DONE BY SAM COHEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND THEN ALSO PIT ADMINISTRATION BY P THREE. ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES WOULD BE COVERED BY THE DEVELOPER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT UNTIL WE GOT TO THE POINT OF A BOND ISSUANCE. SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. UM, I DO ASK TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT EITHER NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR ASKED THAT THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES BE TAKEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THEM FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECT. BUT ANYTHING RELATED TO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO THE DOCUMENT SET UP BEFORE COUNCIL TONIGHT? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THE LAST TIME WAS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL, THAT EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE SYNCED UP SO THAT WHEN COUNCIL, UH, HAS THE QUESTION BEFORE IT ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, THERE WON'T BE ANY LAGGING ISSUES. BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, THESE TWO ITEMS REALLY JUST ALLOW FOR THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM TO COME INTO PLACE WHEREBY THE DEVELOPER CAN PAY FOR, UH, BRINGING THOSE DOCUMENTS TO BEAR. SO EVERYTHING IS NOW IN SYNC. UH, THE, THE ACTION ITEM THAT'S BEFORE OUR COUNCIL TONIGHT ALLOWS US TO BE IN SYNC AT THAT JULY 6TH MEETING. OKAY. AND SO AT THE JULY 6TH MEETING, THERE WILL BE A ZONING, UM, REQUEST ON THAT AGENDA. THERE ALSO WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE AGREEMENT, ALONG WITH, UM, THE, ALONG WITH A RESOLUTION TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT SO THAT THAT INITIAL DEPOSIT CAN BE PAID SINCE COSTS WILL START TO INCUR AS THE WORKING GROUP STARTS TO WORK ON THE FINANCING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. LIVY? COUNCIL? MARK FLORIS? I, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, UM, BUT UPON [X.  Executive Session] THE, UM, REQUEST TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE, I THINK IT, THEY MIGHT BE BEST ASKED THERE. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL BE BACK. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER. UH, IT'S 8:14 PM THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, GEEZ. THE, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN. NOW, UH, AS A REMINDER, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 24 AND 25, MOTION MAYOR TO ACCEPT CONSENT. AGENDA ITEMS 24 AND 25 SECOND AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, MOTION BY COUNCIL ZU, SECONDED BY COUNCIL FLORES KALO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 24 AND 25 IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP [26.  Consideration and Approval of a Resolution of the City of Kyle, Texas Determining the Costs of Certain Authorized Improvements to be Financed within Improvement Area #1 and the Remainder Area of the Limestone Creek Public Improvement District; Approving a Preliminary Service and Assessment Plan for Improvement Area #1 and the Remainder Area, including a Proposed Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll and a Proposed Remainder Area Assessment Roll; Directing the Filing of the Proposed Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll and the Proposed Remainder Area Assessment Roll with the City Secretary to make available for Public Inspection; Noticing a Public Hearing for June 20, 2023 to Consider an Ordinance Levying Assessments on Property Located within Improvement Area #1 and the Property Located in the Remainder Area of the Limestone Creek Public Improvement District; Directing City Staff to Publish and Mail Notice of said Public Hearing; and Resolving other matters incident and related thereto. ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright, City's Bond Counsel] [27.  Consideration and Approval of a Resolution of the City of Kyle, Texas Approving the Form and Authorizing the Distribution of a Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum for the City of Kyle, Texas Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2023 (Limestone Creek Public Improvement District Improvement Area #1 Project); and Resolving other matters incident and related thereto. ~ Stephanie Leibe, Norton Rose Fulbright, City's Bond Counsel] IS AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 26, UH, AND 27 TOGETHER, UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CALL TEXAS, DETERMINING THE COST OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINANCED WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE LIMESTONE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. AND, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEM 27, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CALL TEXAS APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUM FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS FOR LIMESTONE CREEK PUB PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. UH, AREA NUMBER ONE, MS. LIEY, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHANIE LIEY WITH NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT. UH, THESE TWO ACTION ITEMS AS MAYOR INDICATED, UH, RELATE TO LIMESTONE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT JUST TO WALK FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE. SO ON THE SLIDE HERE, YOU'LL SEE JUST THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY MAP FOR THE DISTRICT ITSELF. UM, LIMESTONE CREEK DOES HAVE, UH, TOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. THIS BOUNDARY MAP EXCLUDES WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE TOURS, AND SO THE PIT ENCOMPASSES ONLY THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN ON THIS MAP. UH, HERITAGE IS DEVELOPING WHAT WE CALL IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE AS THE FIRST IMPROVEMENT AREA. AND SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION SHOW THE FINAL PLAT APPROVALS FOR WHAT IS IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE BEHIND THE DOT BACKUP FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT APPROVES THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN. THESE NEXT SLIDES ARE EXCERPTS FROM THAT PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS COSTS, THE AMOUNTS, UM, THAT ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THIS IMPROVEMENT AREA. NUMBER ONE, THEY DO HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE TERM AS MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT INFRASTRUCTURE GOES INTO THE GROUND, NEIL, AND WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE DEVELOPER AS ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS COME ONLINE. IN THE FUTURE FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE, THERE WILL BE AN [00:55:01] ASSESSMENT THAT'S PLACED ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN THAT AREA OF THE DISTRICT. IT'S PROPOSED THAT THE ASSESSMENT BE AN AMOUNT OF $15,825,000. THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT'S ON THE PRELIMINARY, UH, ASSESSMENT ROLE. WE WILL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE ASSESSMENT TO THE LANDOWNERS BEFORE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UM, AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THAT ASSESSMENT'S LEVIED FOR THE FINAL SLIDE. WE WALK THROUGH THE SOURCES AND USES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCING. UM, IN THE SCHEDULE, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE FUNDED BY THIS INITIAL BOND. THE NEXT LINE ITEM, WHICH WE CALL IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE, REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATION. THAT'S A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER. UM, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEY'LL HAVE A THREE TO ONE LEAN TO VALUE. THE 15 MILLION ASSESSMENT LEVY THAT'LL BE IN PLACE DOESN'T MEET THAT THREE TO ONE. AND SO FOR THIS PI, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CALL A AB FINANCING. THE, A SERIES OF BONDS WILL BE ISSUED THIS YEAR AT THAT THREE TO ONE LEAN TO VALUE. AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THREE TO ONE VALUE CAN SUPPORT A BOND ISSUANCE FOR THE ENTIRE 15 MILLION ASSESSMENT LEVY OF THESE SERIES OF BONDS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL THAT TIME, THIS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND DEVELOPER WILL BE IN PLACE, UM, AND AMOUNTS OWED TO THE DEVELOPER CAN BE REPAID UNDER THAT AGREEMENT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UM, ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN BEFORE THE ACTION ITEM. UH, FOR NUMBER 27, THAT'S JUST THE OFFERING DOCUMENT THAT'LL BE APPROVED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS FINANCING. AND SO, FMS HAS BEEN RETAINED AS UNDERWRITER FOR THE LIMESTONE CREEK 2023 BONDS. THEY'LL USE THAT OFFERING DOCUMENT TO GO OUT AND SOLICIT INTEREST FROM INVESTORS IN THAT BOND. AND THIS, THAT, THE APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION JUST INDICATES THAT, UH, CITY STAFF AND ITS CONSULTANTS, INCLUDING OUR FIRM AS BOND COUNCIL, SAM CO AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND P THREE, HAVE ALL ALL WORKED TOGETHER, UM, TO PUT THAT DOCUMENT TOGETHER AND VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING PROVIDED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. LIBBY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE WE DISCUSSING AGENDA ITEM 28 OR IS IT JUST 27? JUST 27. 28 AND 29 ARE NEXT. OKAY. MOTIONS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 26 AND 27 SECOND AND 27. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION'S MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARTIALLY, UH, TO AGENDA, UH, APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 26 AND 27. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA IS THE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. ALLS IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. ALL MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE'RE GONNA BRING UP TOGETHER THE DEPOSIT AGENDA, ITEMS 28 [28.  Discussion and possible action to approve a Deposit Agreement between City of Kyle and Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC related to the Limestone Creek Development. ~ Amber Schmeits, Assistant City Manager] [29.  Approve Task Order No. 2 to STATESIDE RIGHT OF WAY SERVICES, LLC., Arlington, Texas in an amount not to exceed $131,480.00 for acquisition of right of way for the South Goforth Road Project.  Funding to be provided for and fully funded in advance by the developer.  ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer] AND 29. UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A DEPOSIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE AND MARRIAGE HOMES, LLC, UH, RELATED TO THE LIMESTONE CREEK DEVELOPMENT AND A TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO, THE STATESIDE RIGHT OF WAY SERVICES, LLC, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $131,480 FOR ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE SOUTH GO FORTH ROAD. PROJECT FUNDING TO BE PROVIDED FOR ARE FULLY FUNDED IN ADVANCE BY THE DEVELOPER, MS. MITES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AM SCHMITS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS A DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN MARRIAGE HOMES AND THE CITY. UM, THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS HERITAGE TO PROVIDE UPFRONT FUNDING COSTS FOR THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION, UH, COSTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO INCUR FOR THE EMINENT DOMAIN FEES, RELOCATION FEES, AND ACQUISITION COSTS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTING THE OFFSITE PORTION OF GO FORTH ROAD. UM, THE DEVELOPER WILL DEPOSIT $135,000, UM, THAT WITHIN 20 BUSINESS DAYS THAT WILL FULLY FUND, UM, STATE SIDE'S CONTRACT, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. UM, AND THEN IT WILL ALSO FUND THE SMALL AMOUNT OF SURVEY THAT GOES ALONG WITH, UH, DOING THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION. AND THEN THEY WILL DEPOSIT, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS WE NEED. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, HAVE WE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY HONORS OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE CONDEMNED? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE SENT INTRODUCTORY LETTERS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH IN BOTH CERTIFIED AND RETURN RECEIPT, AND THEN ALSO VIA REGULAR MAIL. OUR NEXT STEP IS TO, UM, HOPEFULLY GET THIS CONTRACT UNDERWAY WITH STATESIDE. WE WOULD WORK WITH THEIR, UM, UH, INTERPRETER AND WE WANNA MAKE PHONE CALLS, PERSONAL PHONE CALLS TO SET UP THE INITIAL, UH, VISITS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. DO WE [01:00:01] KNOW IF THERE IS ONE PROPERTY OWNER OR THERE ARE SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS ON THAT AREA? THERE ARE FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS. ONE PROPERTY OWNER, AND MAYBE LEAH, I CAN HELP ME REMEMBER SE WELL, SIX PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ONE PROPERTY OWNER OWNS TWO PROPERTIES AND THERE ARE TWO BUSINESSES. SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BUSINESSES IS CONSIDERED A BUSINESS BECAUSE IT OWNS THE, IT OWNS ANOTHER PROPERTY AND IT RENTS IT OUT. SO ONE OF THE PROPERTIES IS A RENTAL INCOME PROPERTY. SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU. HAVE THEY REACHED OUT TO THE CITY? I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS, NO MA'AM. CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE. UM, THANK YOU. UH, WHO CAME UP WITH $135,000 THAT WAS, THAT INCORPORATES THE ENTIRETY OF STATE SIZE CONTRACT, WHICH IS JUST OVER $131,000. AND THEN IT'S $3,500 TO DO THE SURVEY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE $3,500 AMOUNT IS BUDGETED FOR. AND, UH, BELOW THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORIZED $15,000 PURCHASING REQUIREMENT. THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE TO GO TO COUNCIL. SO IT COVERS THOSE TWO AND I THINK IT'S JUST A NICE ROUND NUMBER. SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT THERE. OKAY. MY CONCERN IS, UM, IT'S GONNA GO TOWARDS, UH, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING PAYMENTS FOR OFFSITE GO FORTH CITY EXPENSES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT. SO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT THERE ARE SIX HOMES BEING AFFECTED. $135,000 IS CORRECT. AND, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA BE ALL THAT WE SEE, BUT I, I THINK IF, IF I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GO SHOW GOOD FACE, I WOULD NOT ONLY GIVE THE CITY $135,000, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE, UM, QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THAT, JUST, JUST FOR THE HOUSES ALONE. SO I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT WASN'T A HIGHER AMOUNT BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY GAVE US 135,000 FOR ALL SIX OF THE HOUSES, THAT'S ONLY 810,000, WHICH IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. SURE. SO THE, WHAT THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND THE RELOCATION COSTS WILL COME BACK. WE WILL GET MORE MONEY THAT WILL ALL BE NEGOTIATED BY Y'ALL AND IT WILL COME BACK TO Y'ALL AND WE WILL GET MORE MONEY FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR THAT ASPECT. THIS FULLY FUNDS THE CONTRACT FOR STATESIDE SERVICES. SO THEY'RE OUR AGENT. THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTING AS ON BEHALF OF, OF THE CITY OF KYLE. THEY'RE GOING TO MEET WITH EACH PROPERTY OWNER. THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE APPRAISAL PROCESS WITH EACH PROPERTY OWNER. THEY'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT, UH, THE RELOCATION COST TO MOVE THEM INTO THEIR NEW LOCATION. THEY'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT THE COST TO, UH, RELOCATE THEIR BUSINESS, UM, THE COST THAT IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LOST DOING THEIR BUSINESS. ALL OF THOSE COSTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS INITIAL $135,000 AND IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO Y'ALL. AND IT, WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DEVELOPER TO ASK THEM TO PAY FOR THAT MONEY. SO THE 1 35 IS ONLY FOR THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. STILL THINK IT NEEDS TO BE HIGHER? YES, I DO. WE GOTTA, KINDNESS IS NOT CHEAP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'RE Y'ALL GETTING TO 1 35? IS IT 1 31 SECTION? TWO UNDER RECITALS. OKAY. MM-HMM. . YEAH. CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE F FEES SIX PARCELS RESIDENTIAL 28,800, ADDED ANOTHER 48 16 BUSINESS LANDLORD. I LOOK AT THE RIGHTS BY 24,000 FOR RESIDENTIAL CITY DOCUMENTS. 4,480 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, 700 BUCKS, EXPLANATION OF RELOCATION, 4,200 FOR THE SIX PARCELS, AND THE CONDEMNATION FOR RESIDENTIAL OF 2003, WHICH IS 6,000. SO, LIKE, I GUESS THE THING IS, IS THAT YES. WH WHERE DO THESE, WHERE DO WE GET THE VALUE OF THESE NUMBERS? IS IT, IS IT JUST THEIR FEES OR IS IT JUST, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE DEEM VALUE FOR THEIR, FOR THIS AREA, IT IS NOT THE VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY OR THE AREA. IT IS THE FEES THAT STATESIDE IS CHARGING THE CITY TO PERFORM THE, ALL THE SERVICES TO DISCUSS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEN TO START THOSE NO NEGOTIATIONS TO GET THE APPRAISALS DONE, TO GET EVERY, ALL OF THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE THAT CITY'S [01:05:01] AGENT. SO THAT'S THE $131,000. SO WE NEED TO, SO WE WOULD VOTE TO PAY 'EM $131,000 TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND A FULLY FUND STATE SCIENCE CONTRACT. SO WE, WE, I DON'T IMAGINE WE WOULD BE BACK TO Y'ALL TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY FOR STATE SIDE, BUT WE WILL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND THE RELOCATION OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS AND TENANTS AND THOSE BUSINESSES AND THE DEVELOPER WILL BE FUNDING THOSE COSTS. BUT QUESTION, SO AMBER, ON THAT TEST ORDER NUMBER TWO THOUGH, THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES, IT DOES SAY RELOCATION FOR EIGHT DISPLACES, RIGHT? IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES THAT THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING. SO I GUESS CON KIND OF COMPARE IT TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A REALTOR ACTING ON OUR BEHALF, I GUESS MAYBE IS THE BEST WAY TO COMPARE IT TO, TO, SO WE WOULD BE PAYING THEM, OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO BE PERSONALLY INVOLVED. I WILL BE INVOLVED. UM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH AND MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING ALL OF OUR FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING, UM, THE LAWS AROUND, UH, ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION. OKAY. SO NOT A PHYSICAL RELOCATION ONLY THE, RIGHT, SO THE PHYSICAL PART, THE, THE PAYMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THE ACTUAL MOVING OF THE FOLKS, THOSE EXPENSES WILL COME TO YOU LATER. AND WE WILL BE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY FROM THE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR THOSE AT A LATER DATE. OKAY. AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THAT, WHERE THEY STATE THAT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT JUST SAYS AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ZK SAID IT, IT TALK, IT DOESN'T SAY ADMINISTRATIVE COST, IT JUST SAYS COST TO RELOCATION. RIGHT. SO THEY JUST, THEY CALL IT RELOCATION SERVICES. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR, OUR AGENT, THEY'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF. THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL PAYMENT FOR THE PROPERTY PAYMENT TO RE RELOCATE THEM, PAYMENT FOR THE BUSINESSES. THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT Y'ALL WILL BE A PART OF NEGOTIATING. AND WE WILL GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPER TO ASK FOR THE, THOSE FUNDS. SO STATE SIDE'S NOT INVOLVED WHERE THE CI THEY DO, THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO GET THEIR MONEY FOR THAT. SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH STATESIDE IS THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ACT AS OUR AGENT. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE WE COULD SEE THAT AT. LIKE WHERE WOULD THEY SAY THAT NUMBER SEVEN DOES SAY AGENT NUMBER SEVEN, RELOCATION AGENT, CORRECT. UM, INSPECT THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION SITES. SO THERE'S A BULLET POINTS ON, ON THAT, ON THE.PAGE SIX. IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP, UH, AMBER, HOW CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT THE DEVELOPER'S GOING TO ASSIST US WITH THIS? THEY COULD COME BACK AND SAY CONTRACTS, SORRY, IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. OKAY. IT'S Y'ALL'S. SO HOW CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT THE DEVELOPER OR THE HOME BUILDER WILL ASSIST US GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE THEY COULD COME BACK AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, SORRY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS Y'ALL'S PROBLEM. Y'ALL AGREE TO THIS DEAL, YOU GUYS FIGURE IT OUT. CORRECT. AND AGAIN, WITH THE 131,000, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE COMING UP WITH IT. MY OPINION IT SHOULD BE FROM THE DEVELOPER ITSELF, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THE MONEY OFF OF THESE HOMES. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SELLING THEIR PRODUCT. THEY'RE THE ONES GONNA BE PROFITING OFF OF THIS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE CONCERN IS. SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, DICTATES THAT THE DEVELOPER MUST PROVIDE FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WILL COME AT A LATER DATE WITHIN THREE DAYS. SO WE'LL HAVE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THOSE PROPERTIES AND RELOCATE THOSE FOLKS WITHIN THREE DAYS RIGHT AWAY. WHEN DO WE DO THE NEGOTIATION OF THE PRICE FOR THE PROPERTIES? IT WILL START, ONCE WE SET UP THOSE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS, WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE EVERYBODY TO THE TEAM. IT WILL BE SEVERAL MEETINGS, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE FOLKS, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET THEM INTRODUCED TO US. WE'LL GET THEM INTRODUCED TO THE CONCEPT. BUT, UM, WE WILL, WE'LL START THAT RIGHT AWAY AS SOON AS THIS, UH, CONTRACT IS EXECUTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO I JUST WOULD SAY THAT I SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FOR [01:10:01] A GOOD WHILE NOW, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING CORNERS AND THAT WE'RE FULLY ENGAGING THESE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT MAKES THAT HAPPEN. SO, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING HERE, BUT WE ARE HIRING AGENTS TO GO OUT AND ASSIST US, UH, IN THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING FULLY AND COMPLETELY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THIS IS THE STEP THAT IS NEXT IN THE SERIES OF STEPS THAT PERFECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, UH, THAT FUNDS THIS, THIS ROAD. SO IT'S A, IT'S A, AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR US TO TAKE. I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, UH, FUN OR FULL OF LEVITY, BUT IT IS, IT IS A NECESSARY STEP, UH, TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH THE PLANS AND THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE AND HAVE ALREADY APPROVED. MM-HMM. , WHO REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY OWNERS LEGALLY? THE PROPERTY OWNERS? I, I THEMSELVES, I CAN, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION PAGE SIGN TO THE ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD. THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, IF THEY WANT TO RETAIN AN ATTORNEY, IF THEY WANNA BE REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL, THEY HAVE TO RETAIN THEIR OWN ATTORNEY AND WHO, WHO WILL BE PAYING FOR THOSE FEES? THE PROPERTY OWNER PAYS FOR THAT. IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECOVER THOSE EXPENSES THROUGH THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF THERE'S A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT WITH PARTIES AGREEING TO A PURCHASE PRICE, THEN ALL THAT THE CITY IS PAYING IS THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE, FOR THE LAND PLUS ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES. THERE'S NOT TYPICALLY ATTORNEY'S FEES INVOLVED IN THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT, THAT'S A BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE CITY IS, UM, ACQUIRING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY FEEL THAT IT WAS A FAIR PRICE, WHAT THEY'RE GETTING? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S REPRESENTING THEM. AND I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY, THEY HAVE SETTLED WITH A FAIR PRIZE. THAT'S SO COUNCIL MEMBER, PARTIALLY THE, THERE'S A, A PROCESS AND THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS IS THAT, UM, THE CITY HAS TO ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. ANY APPRAISALS THAT ARE CONDUCTED ON THE PROPERTY HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER SO THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS THAT ESTABLISHES WHAT THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS, SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FROM A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, AT LEAST FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEY, IT'S, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AT THAT TIME. THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO AGREE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY DURING THAT PROCESS. IF THEY DO NOT, THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO TO A COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEARING. AND THAT'S THREE DISINTERESTED LANDOWNERS. LISTEN TO THE CITY PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME. AND THOSE THREE DISINTERESTED LANDOWNERS MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT THE PURCHASE PRICE IS. IF THAT WHICH IS APPEALABLE, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A, LIKE A RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T MAKE THIS DECISION, THAT IT'S PROBABLY IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO, UM, OBTAIN AN ATTORNEY. I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN'T GIVE THEM LEGAL ADVICE, BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO GO FIND AN ATTORNEY. AND A LOT OF THOSE ATTORNEYS, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL 'EM THIS, BUT JUST FOR OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE, A LOT OF THOSE ATTORNEYS WORK ON CONTINGENCIES. AND SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PAID UPFRONT, BUT AT LEAST I, I'LL FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEM HAVING PROPER REPRESENTATION. WE COULD WORK WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY, OF COURSE, CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. MM-HMM. , I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 28 AND 29 SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY, NAY. ROLL CALL VOTE ZUNIGA. AYE. FLORES, KALE, NAY, HEISER. AYE. PARSLEY, NAY BRADSHAW. AYE. TOBIAS NAY, MITCHELL. AYE. MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO THREE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT [30.  Authorize the Chief of Police to execute a 2-year agreement with FLOCK GROUP, INC., Atlanta, Georgia, for the purpose of providing an automated license plate reader system including fifteen (15) cameras in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 per year for a total cost of no more than $100,000.00 over the 2-year agreement period. ~ Jeff Barnett, Chief of Police] UP IS AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 30. AUTHORIZED THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO EXECUTE A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK GROUP [01:15:01] INC. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM INCLUDING 15 CAMERAS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 PER YEAR FOR A TOTAL COST, TOTAL COST OF NO MORE THAN $100,000 OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD. UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THIS BEFORE, UH, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. MAYOR. MAYOR PROTE, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 32ND MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR FLORES KAS, OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COUNCIL. MAYOR HEISER, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN BE UPDATED ON SOME OF THE DATA IN TERMS OF THE PROGRESS OF HOW PD IS EXECUTING, UM, THE USE OF THESE, UH, CAMERAS, JUST SO WE CAN GET A SENSE OF IF IT, IS IT WORKING, IS IT NOT WORKING FOR US? I KNOW IT WORKS IN OTHER AREAS. I'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME SURROUNDING CITIES. THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE GET, CAN WE GET UPDATES ON HOW THE LPRS ARE BEING PUT INTO PLACE ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM THE SCENE? I'M NOT TALKING LIKE CASE INFORMATION, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, UM, LIKE HITS THAT, THAT ARE BEING PICKED UP OR JUST HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THE STUDIO. I, I THINK ONCE WE GET THE, MY MY, I GUESS MY FEEDBACK ON THAT WOULD BE ONCE WE GET THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE GOING, SURE. YEAH, FINE. THAT FINE WOULD BE PROBABLY SOMETHING ALONG WITH THE, UH, YEARLY OR BY QUARTERLY REPORT THAT'S GONNA BE REQUESTED. UM, WHEN THAT COMES AROUND CUZ OF, UM, OR UNLESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, COULD WE GET OTHER FEEDBACK FROM OTHER CITIES ON HOW THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED? OR IS IT JUST NO, I, I'VE FREE, I'VE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW OKAY. YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE UTILIZING IT, NOT TO SAY WE'RE UTILIZING IT WRONG MM-HMM. , BUT TO SAY LIKE, IS THIS WORTH THE INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE? YEAH. AS WE LOOK TO POSSIBLY UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY MORE IN OTHER WAYS. YES. BECAUSE THIS IS A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT. YEAH. IF, IF APPROVED. UH, I, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND SAY, I, I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS INFORMED THAT WE'RE PUTTING THESE CAMERAS UP ON CERTAIN STREETS. OKAY. WE'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT AND GET SOME KIND OF PERIODIC REPORTING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE FULL COUNSEL. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE. NEXT UP, AGENDA [31.  Consider approval of Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the Capital Area Council of Governments - Emergency Communications District for relocation of the Kyle Emergency Dispatch Center - Public Safety Answering Point (PSPA) and Related Costs not to exceed $178,000. ~ Jeff Barnett, Chief of Police] ITEM NUMBER 31, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CAPITOL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT FOR RELOCATION OF THE KYLE EMERGENCY DISPATCH CENTER, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT, UH, PEACE APP OR P PSPA, UH, AND RELATED COST NOT TO EXCEED $178,000. CHIEF BARNETT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE. FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE ITEM THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU DENY IS AN ITEM WITH OUR LOCAL COUNSEL OF GOVERNMENTS, OUR LOCAL COUNCIL, GOVERNMENTS OVERSEAS, THE 9 1 1 PROGRAM FOR OUR REGION. IN AS MUCH WE ARE PARTNERED WITH THEM TO BRING BACK THE PSAP, THE 9 1 1 ANSWERING POINT HERE TO THE CITY OF COD IN OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. MANY MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A, A, JUST A VERY QUICK ESTIMATE. THEY HAD NOT HAD CHANCE TO PUT THE PENCIL TO PAPER YET. AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD A TEMPORARY PLACEHOLDER OF FIVE, $500,000 TO DO THE SERVICES THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW TONIGHT. SO WITH THIS I L A WITH CAPCO, WE WILL BE SPENDING 178,000 MUCH LOWER THAN THE TEMPORARY PLACEHOLDER OF THE 500,000 FOR TWO PURPOSES. NUMBER ONE, THAT WILL ESTABLISH FIBER CONNECTIVITY TO THE DISPATCH CENTER TO OPERATE THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM. AND SECOND TO THAT, IT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE UPS THE BATTERY BACKUP TO THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM THAT'S REQUIRED BY HAC BABCOCK FOR A TOTAL OF A ONE-TIME FEE OF $178,000. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TIM. THAT'LL BE APPROVED IN I 31, IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. COUNCIL OFK, THANK YOU. UM, THERE WERE TWO EDITS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE. DO YOU KNOW IF THOSE EDITS WERE MADE? UH, YES MA'AM. THEY DID PROVIDE AN UPDATED DOCUMENT AND THEY SAID THAT IF COUNSEL NOTED ANYTHING THAT WAS JUST SIMPLY, UH, UH, SCRIBNER'S ERROR TYPOGRAPHICAL IN NATURE, THAT WE COULD MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS PRIOR TO FINAL SIGNATURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. NEXT UP, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32. [32.  [Postponed 5/16/2023] (First Reading) An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas Amending Chapter 8, Article II, Section 8-30 of the Code of Ordinances to Change Minimum Street Widths from Twenty Feet to Twenty-Four Feet; Providing an Effective Date, Savings, and Open Meetings Clauses; and Providing for Related Matters. ~ Amber Schmeits, Assistant City Manager] THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED IN MAY, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CALL, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION EIGHT 30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CHANGE MINIMUM STREET WIDTHS FROM 20 FEET TO 24 FEET, PROVIDING A EFFECTIVE DATE, UH, ET CETERA. MR. MITES. GOOD EVENING. AMBER SCHMITS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, UM, AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, APPROVED DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND, UH, THE FIRE LANE FROM 20 FEET TO 24 FEET. UH, WE BROUGHT BACK THE, UH, MINUTE ORDINANCE [01:20:01] FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THE LAST MEETING AND IT WAS TABLED. AND SO WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION PER YOUR DIRECTION. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A NOTE. IF YOU APPROVE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, CITY STAFF WILL NEED TO REVIEW ALL ZONING, REGULATIONS, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT CREATE ANY CONFLICTS WITHIN OUR CITY'S CODE. SHOULDN'T WE DO THAT FIRST? WELL, THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT FIRST. UM, AS HAS BEEN NOTED BY MR. LANGLEY, THE THE DESIRE FOR US IN TERMS OF MAKING, UH, ESPECIALLY SERIOUS DECISIONS IS THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. UH, AFTER, UH, STAFF HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A THOROUGH REVIEW AND EXPLANATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SUCH A DECISION, UH, INCREASING THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN A SUBDIVISION BY 20% IS A MAJOR DECISION. AND SO, UH, I I WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, THIS WOULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON THAT AS WELL. SO I, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE DESIRE TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, BUT IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE THAN JUST ONE ANECDOTE FROM THE COUNCIL. AND, UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, A VOTE. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME REVIEW AND SO THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, A GOOD DECISION IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE MAKING IT. SO, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ANY OF US, UH, LIVE ON STREETS, UH, THAT ARE, UH, COMPLIANT WITH OUR CURRENT INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE STREETS THAT, UH, THAT WE LIVE ON, UH, UH, ARE SMALLER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY ALLOW. SO ONLY THE MOST RECENT SUBDIVISIONS WHERE WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN STOP SIGNS FREQUENTLY, UH, ARE ACTUALLY COMPLIANT. UH, AND SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK. SO THAT IS MY REQUEST, IS THAT WE, UH, TABLE THIS ITEM FOR NOW. UH, WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, UH, AND ALSO GIVE, IF WE CHOOSE, GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STREETS PLANNING MASTER PLAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STREETS WIDTH ARE SUFFICIENT FOR FIRE TRAVEL, BUT ALSO FROM, UH, SOUND PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, WE NEED ALL THOSE VOICES. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE, UM, I THINK IN THEORY THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES THAT I KNOW I'VE REQUESTED FOR US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WE WERE WORKING ON. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE, WE VOTED FOR THE NODE. UM, AND ULTIMATELY, UM, MY THOUGHT IS IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT FOR ONE, WE SHOULD DO IT FOR ALL. AND, AND SINCE IT DOESN'T GO THAT WAY, UH, UM, I LEAN MORE TOWARDS HONORING OUR VOTE. AND SO WE ALL TOOK A PREVIOUS VOTE, UH, OF A YES TO, UM, PASS THIS. AND SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE IF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WANTS TO GO BACK AND CHANGE IT, THEY CAN. BUT AS OF NOW, UM, MY VOTE STAYS THE SAME. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NARROW VERSUS, UH, BIGGER STREETS. UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE BIGGER STREETS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE TO WALK IN 'EM. SO, UM, ALTHOUGH I THINK WHAT YOU SAID HAS SOME VALIDITY TO IT, SINCE WE'RE NOT REALLY CONSISTENT WITH IT, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR VOTES THAT WE PREVIOUSLY TOOK, UM, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO TABLING IT, BUT I, I DO FEEL LIKE A LOT OF TIMES AS A COUNCIL, WE, UH, DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR YES VOTES AND IT GETS HUNG UP ON SOMETHING THAT WE GO BACK AND CHANGE. SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT CUSTOMER. YEAH, I, I ALSO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD, UH, AFFECTS THE, THE PARK FEES. I SPOKE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT TOLD ME THAT THERE'S AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP WHERE DEVELOPER HAS A NARROWER ROAD, UM, MORE DENSITY, BUT THERE'S AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARK FEES PARK DONATED FEES. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT, JASON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES ARE BASED ON PER UNIT, RIGHT? AND SO IF THEY, IF THE U IF THE, UM, UNIT IS THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, MORE DENSE, WE WOULD GET MORE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES. NOW I DO WANNA CLARIFY TONIGHT YOU ARE CONSIDERING A FIRE LANE CHANGE WIDTH, AND I THINK, UM, IN IT'S BEEN KIND OF, UM, I'M, I'M MISSING THE WORD FOR IT, BUT USE INTERCHANGEABLY FIRE LANE AND STREET WIDTH. AND SO RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS FIRE LANE. AND THAT HAS A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE, THE WIDTH OF OUR ROADS, ON OUR FIRE ROUTES, NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH OUR STREETS AND LANDED. I OKAY, COUNCIL MORE PARTIALLY. SO, OKAY. SO [01:25:01] WE ARE NOT DOING THE ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THE FIRE THE, THE WIDTH OF THE FIRE CODE, CORRECT? IT'S THE FIRE CODE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. SO THE FIRE LANE OKAY. IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, NOT STREET WIDTHS. OKAY. SO OF COURSE THE FIRE LANE, OKAY, HANG ON, , RIGHT? PLEASE HANG ON, BECAUSE THOSE ARE DIRECTLY CORRELATED, RIGHT? YOU, THE FIRE LANE WILL INCREASE THE MINIMUM UNOBSTRUCTED LANE WIDTH FROM 20 FEET TO 24 FEET. IT INCREASES THE TOTAL WIDTH THAT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO, UH, VEHICLE VEHICLES PARKED FROM, UM, UH, FROM UH, 32 FEET TO 36 FEET, RIGHT? WIDE IS THE, UH, IS THE WIDTH OF THE STREETS. SO IT'S LESS DENSE AND IT INCREASES INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS PROPORTIONALLY. SO THERE'S, AND THAT'S JUST ONE COMPONENT OF THE RAMIFICATIONS INCREASED, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS REDUCED, UH, VALUE PER HOME. SO LESS HOMES HAVE TO CARRY A HIGHER COSTS. UH, AND YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, OTHER ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC FLOW, UH, CONNECTIVITY. AND THERE THAT'S LESS RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN PUT INTO A, A, A DEVELOPMENT FOR PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS. AND SO THERE'S JUST, THERE'S A LOT AND WE NEED THE CHANCE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSIONALS TO, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT THIS. SO I DO AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW A PROBLEM AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY. UM, THE, THE STREETS IN MY, AND I KNOW MY STREET IS JUST A DIFFERENT CASE, BUT THERE IS NO PARKING ZONE ALL, ALL ACROSS THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE FIRE LANE, THE FIRE, UH, TRUCKS NOT, NOT BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH. AND SO RIGHT NOW, IT JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK, UH, COUNCILMAN PRICE HEISER CAME BY MY HOUSE PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF. HIS CAR WASN'T THERE. AND I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. SO WOW. OH GOSH. THE THING IS FOR THE RECORD, , THE THING IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS IT. AFTER WE TOOK THAT BOAT, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING INTO. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR IN A VERY NARROW STREET THAT IS ASKING FOR SPEED BUMPS BECAUSE PEOPLE SPEED. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE POINT THAT MAYOR MITCHELL HAS BEEN DOING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WIDER THE ROAD, THE MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SPEED. SO WHAT IS IT? I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HAPPY MEDIUM IS. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS MAYBE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADS. THE WIDER THEY ARE, THE MORE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COST THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THESE ROADS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS IS MAYBE DOING AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROADS THAT KIND OF GOES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO FIND THE HAPPY MEDIUM. I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO BRING YOU BACK SOME DETAILS ABOUT THIS, ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS SO YOU UNDERSTAND COST, YOU UNDERSTAND THE PARK FEES, YOU UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION OF, OF WHERE YOU WANT TO BE ON THAT CONTINUUM. BUT I, I THINK JUST GIVEN THE DISCUSSION, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STAFF IN THE FIRST WEEK OR SO THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN MAKE A BETTER DECISION AND WE CAN CERTAINLY RESEARCH THAT BRING YOU BACK, YOU KNOW, A, A COHERENT DISCUSSION OF THAT IN A, IN A WORK SESSION AND SEE WHERE YOU LAND, SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TABLE IT LAST TIME IS I WANTED, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE BRIAN PRESENT TO SEE HIS, TO GET HIS FEEDBACK ON, ON THIS ITEM. WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, I MEAN, WE COULD GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BRING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT A MOTION TOGETHER WITH EVERYTHING I JUST SAID, OR ANYTHING, ADD JUST THEM BRING BACK INFORM YES. TO BRING BACK TO INFORMATION. IT'S CLEAR THAT WE DO WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THE DIRECTION MM-HMM. YEAH. GOOD DIRECTION FROM FOR STAFF WOULD BE TO RESEARCH THIS ISSUE, BRING YOU BACK A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION AND OPTIONS OF HOW TO PROCEED. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES. YES. OKAY. THAT WILL BE, YOU GOT IT. DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? YES, YOU WANT IT. GO FOR IT. YOU'D BE GREAT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO OPTIONS TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE OF THE FIRE CODE IN THE STREET WIDTH AND THE FIRE LANES, AND BRING BACK INFORMATION FOR US TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE, UH, THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK INFORMATION RELATED TO THE STREET WIDTHS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. YEP. MAY PRO PROTON REAL QUICK. I MEAN, I, I GET IT. UH, MAYOR, WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU ADVOCATED FOR THIS BACK IN 2017, UM, BUT THAT WAS LIKE WHEN YOU HAD LIKE, WHAT, 30,000 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE GOING ON 60,000. UM, YES, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEEDING WHEN WE WIDEN THE STREETS, BUT THEN AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO THE CONCERN, LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN MEASURING [01:30:01] THEIR STREETS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S 20, LITERALLY SOME OF IT'S 23, SOME OF IT'S 24, SOME OF IT'S 21. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN'T GET THE CARS THROUGH, CUZ YOU'VE GOT CARS THAT ARE PARKED ON THE SIDE. SAME ISSUE WE'RE HAVING AT SOUTH LAKE RANCH, CUZ THE ROADS ARE SO NARROW. UM, BUT IF WE CAN GET SOME ANALYSIS GOING FORWARD, SO WE COULD SEE AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING AROUND, WE CAN SAY, OKAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AGAIN. UH, AND AGAIN, PEOPLE'S CARS ARE GETTING BIGGER, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I THINK THERE'S JUST DATA ITSELF. YEAH. THE DATA'S HELPFUL AND IT'S, IT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE CODE THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS OKAY. AND HAVE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. A A STREET MUST BE 32 FEET WIDE, THAT'S SIX FEET ON EACH SIDE, PLUS 20 FEET UNOBSTRUCTED. SO IF YOU HAVE A STREET THAT'S 23 FEET WIDE, ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT CODE, IT SHOULD BE NO PARKING ON EITHER SIDE, WHICH IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR FIRETRUCKS. THE PR, SAME FOR THE PENINSULA, IT'S 20 FEET WIDE AND IT'S NO PARKING IF NO ONE PARKS THERE. AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE LAW MM-HMM. , IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEING ENFORCED NOW. YOU MAY HAVE HELPED BRING THAT AWARENESS, UH, IF IT'S BEING ENFORCED. NOW, I PROMISE YOU THE FIRETRUCKS WITH 20 FEET UNOBSTRUCTED HAVE NO PROBLEMS. I MEASURED MINE. MINE'S 24. I HAVE, IT'S 24. SO, SO IF WE, IF WE GO TO, IF WE GO TO 24 FEET, UNOBSTRUCTED IS REQUIRED, HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY ALLOWING FOR STREETS THAT ARE 23 FEET WIDE IN SOME CASES, OR 24 FEET WIDE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE TWO, UH, PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. THAT IS A FIRE HAZARD. MM-HMM. , THE SOLUTION IS TO PUT RED STRIPE IN SOUTH LAKE RANCH AND TO TELL THOSE FOLKS TO STOP PARKING ON THE STREET AND TOW THEM WHEN THEY DO MM-HMM. . BUT THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE POLITICAL COURAGE TO DO THAT THAN IT DOES TO MAKE THIS VOTE. THAT WAS, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. YES. SO THAT'S, IT'S A VERY TOUGH SITUATION. IT, I KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE FACEBOOK POST, THE PENINSULA HAS, HAS GOT IN CARS STILL LIKE THREE OR FOUR PER DAY. I'M SURE THE CHIEF HAPPY. THEY'RE BANK, THEY'RE BANKING . YEAH. ON THE REST IS, SO, ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL US IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. SIX TO ZERO. [33.  Approval of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to make arrangements and associated expenditures for the Visioning Workshop scheduled for June 24-25, 2023. ~ Bryan Langley, City Manager] UH, NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23, UH, 33, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURES FOR THE VISIONING WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH AND 25TH, MR. WILLINGLY. SO, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. WE HAD A, UH, WORKSHOP ON, UH, MAY 13TH TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND AS PART OF THAT, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO COME BACK AND HAVE A VISIONING WORKSHOP IN, UH, LATE JUNE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY C I P PROJECTS AND HOW TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS. I'VE ASKED AMBER TO PUT TOGETHER A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON SOME OPTIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. I THINK YOU HAD SOME OPTIONS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND WE'VE ALSO COME UP WITH A FEW OTHERS AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TODAY OF, OF WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS FI VISITING WORKSHOP. AND, UH, SO WE CAN MAKE THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT. SO AMBER, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, SO JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN DECEMBER, STOP PRESENT, PRESENTED MCKINNEY, EL PASO, BROWNSVILLE, AND SUGARLAND AS POSSIBLE LOCATIONS. UM, THE COUNCIL VOTED TO SELECT EL PASO AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY VOTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE PLACED OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. AND SO, UH, TONIGHT YOU COULD ALSO CONSIDER THESE FOUR CITIES AGAIN. WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD BE A DYNAMIC, UH, EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO GO LOOK FOR, UH, KYLE TO, UM, TO ASPIRE TO BE IN ADDITION TO THOSE. UH, WE HAVE PROSPER TEXAS, UH, PROSPER IS, UH, ABOUT 45 MINUTES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. IT'S A GROWING COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 34,000 PEOPLE, UM, GIVEN A, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN. UM, THEY HAVE A DOWNTOWN PROSPER, WHICH IS A, A REVITALIZATION DOWNTOWN PROGRAM. AND THEY HAVE A EVENTS IN THEIR DOWNTOWN TO HELP ACTIVATE THE DOWNTOWN SPACE. UM, THEIR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE SIMILAR TO, TO KYLE, UM, PRIMARILY SUBURBAN, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND KEY LOCATIONS. AND THEN THEIR KEY ATTRIBUTES ARE THE LOCATION, THEIR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. UM, BUT JUST TO NOTE, IF WE PICK PROSPER, THEY DON'T HAVE A HOTEL THERE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAY IN OTHER CITIES. CAMPING GROUND, HALL. WHAT ABOUT BURLESON? ABOUT BONDING? WE COULD GO OF OUR LISTEN. UM, I KNOW , UH, THEY, UM, IN, IN THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WE LOOK FOR FACILITIES AT THE COUNCIL HAS, UM, UH, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN EXPLORING FOR KYLE. AND SO THEY HAVE [01:35:01] THE LIBRARY, THEY HAVE PARKS, THEY HAVE THESE COOL ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND THEN THEY HAVE 52 MILES OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED FOR OUR VIBE TRAIL AND OUR OTHER NATURAL TRAILS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. UM, THEY HAVE A WEST SIDE AND THEY JUST LANDED A COSTCO, SO PRETTY COOL FOR THEM. UM, AND THEN, UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HOTEL IN MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. SO ALL OF THAT IS PLANNED STILL. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE GATES OF PROSPER, THAT'S 800 ACRES. UM, PRIMARILY HORIZONTAL MIXED USE. THAT'S SOME MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT. NEXT UP IS ADDISON, ALSO IN NORTH TEXAS, UH, 20 MINUTES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. UM, THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY 17,000 IN POPULATION AND THEY ARE LANDLOCKED, SO THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO GROW BEYOND, UM, THEIR CURRENT CITY LIMITS. THEIR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE A MIX OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN STYLES. UH, THEY HAVE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN THEIR KEY ATTRIBUTES ARE LOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. CITY FACILITIES, THEY HAVE A, AN ATHLETIC CLUB, UM, A SPORTS COURT, AND THAT'S PRETTY COOL. THE PICTURE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS SHOWS THAT CLUB PARKS AND TRAILS AND THEN THEIR LIBRARY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. SO THAT'D BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN KYLE. UM, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. ADDISON CIRCLE HAS 124 ACRES OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, RESIDENTIAL PARKS AND OPEN SPACES. AND THEN ADDISON COTTON BELT IS PLANNED. OH THIS, SORRY, ADDISON CIRCLE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF A CONCERT THEY HAD THERE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND AND KIND OF A COOL AREA. AND THEN ADDISON COTTON BELT. THEY HAVE 18 ACRES, OFFICE BUILDINGS, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT, MULTI-FAMILY AND OPEN SPACE PLANTS. UH, NEXT UP GEORGETOWN, TEXAS. MM-HMM. . UH, IT'S 30 MINUTES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ABOUT 75,000 PEOPLE. THEY ALSO HAVE A VERY, VERY, UH, ROBUST DOWNTOWN. AND SO WE COULD LOOK, LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE ARE THERE. UM, THEY ARE, THEY'RE, THEY ARE SLOWLY VENTURING INTO URBAN, UM, URBAN DEVELOPMENTS. UH, THEY HAVE SOME MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS AT KEY LOCATIONS. AND THEN THEIR ATTRIBUTES ARE LOCATION COURSE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. THEIR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND THEN THEIR MAIN STREET AND HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE TO US TO GO LOOK AT. THERE ARE CITY FACILITIES. THEY HAVE A RECREATION CENTER, A COMMUNITY CENTER, PARKS AND TRAILS. UM, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPLASH PADS IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY. HERE'S MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. THE COMMONS AT RIVERY, WHICH IS VERY COOL. RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, MULTI-FAMILY OFFICE BUILDINGS. AND THEN THEY HAVE A PLANNED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, 454 ACRES CALLED PERMA RANCH. IT'LL HAVE RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, SINGLE FAMILY MEDICAL SPACE, MULTI-FAMILY SCHOOLS, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE. AND ALSO THERE IS THE OPTION OF KYLE OR ANY OTHER OPTIONS OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF. WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? I LIKE ADDISON. I LIKE DOWNTOWN PROSPER. ARE THEY LIKE DRIVABLE DISTANCE? YEAH. ONE, ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I WOULD TELL YOU IF, IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE NORTH DALLAS AREA, WE COULD FIND A LOCATION WHERE WE COULD GET SOME MEETING SPACE IN A HOTEL AND YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE BOTH PROSPER AND ADDISON. THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 20, 20 MINUTES APART. OKAY. OF THE TOLLWAY. I KNOW BOTH OF THE CITY MANAGERS. WELL, I CAN PROBABLY HAVE SOME OF THEIR DEPARTMENT STAFF AVAILABLE TO MAYBE ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, BRIEF US ON SOME PROJECTS JUST AS AN OPTION FOR YOU. I ASSUME THAT HAS THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. THAT PROBABLY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. OKAY. VISIT. THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I ALSO LIKE ADDISON AND HOW THEY'RE DEVELOPING. I LIKE THAT THE LAKES THEY HAVE AND THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, WHICH IS, I KNOW IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS, BUT ANYWAY, , I LIKE ADDISON. I'M SORRY. NOPE. THAT'S, I LIKE ADDISON, UH, MOST, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE PROSPER AS WELL. OKAY. HOW CLOSE ARE THE TWO TOWNS? IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY. MINUTES PROBABLY STAY DEPEND ON TRAFFIC. NO HOTELS. SO WE CAN, WELL, WE CAN STAY IN MADISON, WE CAN STAY IN ADDISON UP THERE. I THINK ADDISON MIGHT BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO A TOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS MORE TO, FOR US TO MODEL OFF. YEAH, DEFINITELY THE MIXED USE. UM, ALL THE, THE VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. I THINK YOU'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I THINK IT COULD BE, UH, GOOD MODELS FOR US FOR SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO. SO ANY OBJECTIONS ON ADDISON? ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURES FOR THE VISIONING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN ADDISON. SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IS THIS THE VIEW? BOTH THOUGH, [01:40:01] BECAUSE I LIKE, I LIKE STRATEGICALLY LOOKING AT GOING TO, DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD, IF THERE ARE, IF IT'S DOABLE, IF IT'S NOT, YOU DON'T WANT, YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE A, A PLAN WHERE YOU TRY TO GET PROSPER IN THERE AS WELL. CHECK A TRIP TO PROSPER, LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL AS ADDISON PLAN B. YES, SIR. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO BOTH. I'LL, I'LL WORK ON, SEE IF WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THE LOGISTICS OF THAT. I IF, IF WE CAN. IF WE CAN. CUZ I KNOW FOR ME, WHEN I GO TO THESE WORKSHOPS, UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DISCUSS. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHERE WE GO PLACES WHERE WE GET JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON TOURS, LUNCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT MM-HMM. . AND I THINK THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT, WE STARTED OUR WORKSHOP ALMOST CLOSE TO MID-AFTERNOON. YEP. I AGREE. AND SO I, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE A CITY OR, OR TWO OR SOMETHING, BUT STILL STAY FOCUSED ON WHY WE'RE GOING IN AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH WORK AS WE CAN WHILE WE'RE THERE. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF WE CAN DO, IF WE CAN DO BOTH, GREAT. BUT I, I KNOW THAT WOULD BE THE ONE GOAL THAT I KNOW WE, WE WE'VE HAD BEFORE WHERE WE'D BE RUNNING LATE IN THE EVENING WHEN WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINISH UP DISCUSSION. I, I THINK OUR PLAN WOULD BE IF, IF YOU WANTED TO TRY TO HIT BOTH SIDES IS THAT MAYBE THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE'D TRY TO MAKE A TRIP TO PROSPER, LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, HAVE SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION, COME BACK, SEE THE ADDISON SITE EITHER ON FRIDAY OR EARLY SATURDAY. AND THEN THE MAJORITY OF THE SATURDAY WOULD THEN BE FOR THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PRIORITY SETTING AND PROBABLY SOME ON SUNDAY AS WELL. SO MAYBE A NINE TO NOON, NINE TO ONE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON A SUNDAY. THAT WAY WE'D HAVE TIME TO GET BACK, UH, AFTER THE WEEKEND. JUST A PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE. WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING, PENCIL SOMETHING OUT FOR YOU. UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET THIS DONE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. YEAH. SO DO WE KNOW WHAT DATE AS WELL? 24TH. 24TH AND 25TH. FIFTH, OKAY. YEAH, CUSTOMER BREK. WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT EXTENDING IT BY A DAY. WOULD ANYBODY BE OPEN TO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COVER ALL THE GROUND AND ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING WE WANT TO IN THE WORKSHOP? SO THAT'D BE THE 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH. YEAH, SO THAT WAS, I MEAN, I ASSUME IF WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE START ON THE 25TH FIRST THING, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA WANT TO GET UP THERE THAT FRIDAY. AND SO WE COULD HAVE MAYBE AN EXCURSION THAT FRIDAY EVENING TO, YOU KNOW, TO PROSPER. SO IT'D BE ALL DAY SATURDAY, HALF DAY SUNDAY. BUT THAT WE COULD COME UP, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE GET THERE, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY AS EARLY AS FOLKS WANT TO GET THERE, BUT RIGHT. AND MAYBE HAVE A, SOME, SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT ABOUT GOING ON THURSDAY EVENING AND TOURING OFF FRIDAY? I CANNOT DO THAT, BUT I CAN STAY SUNDAY NIGHT. WELL, I THINK THE RULES GENUINELY BEEN, IF WE CAN'T ALL MAKE IT, THAT WE JUST MAKE FOR DAYS THAT WE CAN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO BE THERE. AND SO IF DANIELLA OR SOMEBODY ELSE CAN'T MAKE IT, UM, I THINK THE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY IS WILL SUFFICE EVEN THOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EXTRA DAY. UM, BUT THE, I THINK THE GOAL IS TO KEEP EVERYBODY TOGETHER. SO YEAH, WE PLAN IT OUT. WELL, I JUST THINK INCORPORATING SOMETHING INTO THE FRIDAY EVENING, YOU KNOW, DINNER AND MAYBE EVEN BEFORE IF POSSIBLE TO, I JUST KNOW. YEAH. I JUST KNOW MY SCHEDULE. IT WOULD, I WOULD PROBABLY, THE, THE EARLIEST I COULD LEAVE WOULD BE LIKE RIGHT AFTER WORK AT TWO. SO I WILL HAVE TO LIKE, JUST LIKE LAST, JUST LIKE BEFORE. AND IS THERE ANY, TO GET THERE O OP OPTION TO MAYBE SPEND SUNDAY EVENING TO USE ALL SATURDAY, ALL SUNDAY AND HALF OF FRIDAY. WE'RE HERE WHENEVER YOU NEED US. WE, WE'D BE GLAD TO DO IT. JUST I KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY, I GUESS GO OFF FRIDAY. YEAH. BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF WE STARTED, IF WE GO FRIDAY AT NOON AND GET THERE LIKE AT TWO 3:00 PM AND THEN WE USE PART OF FRIDAY, ALL DAY SATURDAY, ALL DAY SUNDAY, AND WE CAN COME BACK MONDAY MID-MORNING. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MONDAY. I KNOW. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT TUESDAY? ? WE'LL JUST DO WHAT WE CAN. OKAY. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. SO I THINK THE LOCATION'S GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN THE DIRECTION WOULD BE ALL OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SCHEDULE? NO, FRIDAY STARTING AT LIKE, UH, 2, 6, 5, 6. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S AS EARLY AST AS, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO HAVE TO WORK COULD PROBABLY GET THERE ANYWAY. SO I THINK PROBABLY THE, THE PLAN WOULD BE THEN, UH, TO VISIT SOMETHING IN ADDISON THAT EVENING BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC AND JUST THAT LOCATION. AND MAYBE ON, ON SATURDAY WE COULD GO UP, TAKE A LOOK AT PROSPER, AND THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME ON, ON PROJECT PRIORITIZATION. THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. YEAH, WE CAN START SIX IN THE MORNING. OKAY. , I'LL, I'LL BE READY. I'LL READY. I WON'T OPEN. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALLS IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIE, SEVEN TO ZERO. NEXT UP, MR. AGENDA. I'M 34. [34.  (First Reading) An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas Amending the Code of Ordinances: Chapter 2 Administration, Amending Article III Boards, Committees and Commissions, Division 1 General, Division 4 Economic Development and Tourism Board, Division 5 Kyle Arts and Cultural Commission; and Adding Division 6 Library Board; Renumbering Article IV Officers and Employees; Article V Library Division 1 Generally, Repealing Division 2 Board of Directors, Renumbering Division 3 Fund; Renumbering Article IV Officers and Employees; and Providing for Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances, Severability, Open Meetings and Effective Date. ~ Amber Schmeits, Assistant City Manager] UH, FIRST READING AND ORDINANCE OF [01:45:01] THE CITY OF CALL, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. UH, CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION AMENDING ARTICLE THREE BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, UH, ET CETERA, MITES. I'M THE FREQUENT FLYER TONIGHT, UM, BEFORE YOU IS AN ORDINANCE THAT, UH, PROVIDES IT'S SOME MUCH NEEDED AMENDMENTS AND BASICALLY HOUSEKEEPING TO OUR BOARDS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS ORDINANCES. UM, I, I BULLETED POINTED ALL OF THEM OUT FOR YOU. UH, I GUESS THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS IS, IS, UH, REMOVING THE PORTIONS THAT OVERLAP THE POLICY ON FILLING THE VACANCIES TO INCLUDE THE APPLICATION PROCESS DATES OF JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 31ST SO THAT WHEN BOARDS AND COMMISSION, THE POLICY IS UPDATED. SO JUST, JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE ORDINANCE REFERENCES THE POLICY AND SO RIGHT NOW THE, IN THE ORDINANCE, IT REFERENCES APPLICATION PROCESS DATES OF JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 31ST. THAT'S IN CONFLICT WITH THE POLICY. SO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE, UM, THE ORDINANCE AND JUST REFERENCE THE POLICY. AND SO Y'ALL CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE POLICIES AS YOU SEE FIT AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND, UH, CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. UM, IT PROVIDES A BETTER DEFINITION TO GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM BOARD. UH, I THINK IN THE PAST IT HAD SAID, UH, JUST A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE AND SO THIS ADDS A DEFINITION BEHIND THAT. SO IT'LL BE EASY FOR STAFF AND, AND THE COMMITTEE WHO ARE, UH, LOOKING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE, UH, BOARD APPLICANTS TO MAKE THAT, UH, CALL ON WHETHER THEY QUALIFY FOR THOSE SEATS OR NOT. UH, FINALLY IT CLEANS UP THE TERMS, UH, FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION AND SO THAT THE ODD SEATS EXPIRE IN ODD YEARS AND EVEN SEATS INSPIRE EXPIRE IN EVEN YEARS, WHICH IS HAPPENS IN ALL OUR, OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW AS IT'S SET UP, WE WERE GOING TO LOSE FIVE MEMBERS ONE YEAR AND TWO MEMBERS THE OTHER YEAR. SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S NOT A GOOD BALANCE. AND FINALLY IT MOVED THE LIBRARY BOARD FROM UNDER THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT IN THE CODE TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PART OF THE CODE. AND THEN SOME OTHER HOUSEKEEPING THINGS. SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TIM? OH, BEAR HIZ. YOU CAN GO FIRST. CAPTAIN MAYOR HEZ. THANK YOU. UH, HOW DO WE, I, I SEE HERE THAT WE'RE NOW, UM, ADDING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TOGETHER, BUT WE HAVE THE, THAT THE NEW COMMISSION THAT WE ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR, ALL ARTS AND CULTURE ROLE COMMISSION THAT HAS ITS OWN BUDGET, WHICH SEEMS TO OPERATE DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR BOARDS. HOW, HOW ARE WE DEFINING MM-HMM. THE PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THAT COMMISSION IN RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BOARDS? BECAUSE COLLEEN IS KIND OF LIKE JUST A LIAISON WITH THAT COMMISSION. CORRECT. SO, SO THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION JUST, IT SPEAKS TO ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION. THE, THE ORDINANCE THAT'S, UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION HAS ITS OWN DEFINITION UNDER THE CODE AND ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION. GO AHEAD, JENNIFER. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION'S ORDINANCE IS TO STREAMLINE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE ALL THE SAME FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND THEN EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION ALSO HAS A SECTION THAT LAYS OUT THE SPECIFIC THINGS TO THAT BOARD OR COMMISSION. SO IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU WISH TO CHANGE ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC BOARD TO BRING IT MORE IN LINE, I THINK A PROPOSAL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. IT'S JUST NOT IN THIS. YES, IT'S NOT IN THIS ACTION. RIGHT. MAYOR PRO. OKAY. TO GIVE A HISTORY ON IT, UM, THE ARTS COMMISSION WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YEAH. WAS, UH, A PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A TASK FORCE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD, YOU KNOW, WHERE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER WITH AN IDEA OF BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD, JUST LIKE HEROES MEMORIAL, JUST LIKE THE PARK, JUST LIKE THAT. THIS WAS A TASK FORCE AND THE FORMER LIBRARIAN WAS PART OF THAT. AND SO THAT IS KIND OF WHY IT STARTED TO BECOME TO WHERE WE WANTED THE, WE WANTED TO BRING ARTS AND SCULPTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE CITY OF KYLE. AND WE AS A COUNCIL VOTED TO SAY THAT THESE GUYS COULD GET A BUDGET SPECIFIC BUDGET ON VERSUS ALL THE OTHER ONES. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY [01:50:01] MS. WESTBROOK HAD BROUGHT FORTH, HEY, LOOK, HERE'S THE BUDGET THAT I HAD. AND ACTUALLY SHE CAME UNDER AND SO FORTH. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME INTO LINE THERE. UM, DANIELA AND YVONNE AND I, WE WENT BACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THIS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST VERY KIND OF A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC ON HOW THE PROCESS WOULD WORK AND SO FORTH. SO I CAN SEE WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, THERE'S NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF TOUCH UP, A LOT OF WHITE OUT, A LOT OF, HEY, WE NEED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS FOR A YEAR AND I'VE DONE THE INTERVIEWS WITH YOU BEFORE AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY DID ONE RECENTLY WITH, UH, MS. PARSI. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE NOW HOW THE, THE, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THAT BOARD, AND THEN ALSO THE LIAISON. WE CAN SEE NOW HOW THE INTERVIEWS ARE GOING. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY NOT BE THE SPOT TO WHERE WE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REMOVE, BUT YES, I, I DO AGREE ON THE, THE JUNE THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, THAT'S JUST FROM DAY ONE. THAT WAS TOO LONG OF A, OF AN APPLICATION PROCEDURE. UH, I, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS BRINGING IT FORWARD OR HAD THE RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING IT FROM JUNE 1ST TO MAYBE MID-JULY, BECAUSE WE'RE HITTING BUDGET SEASON, WE'RE ALSO HITTING, UM, END OF THE YEAR VACATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND WE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THESE BOARDS UP, UP AND RUNNING BY SEPTEMBER 1ST. AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY HARD TO DO IT WHEN WE STOPPED TAKING THE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE IT FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS, PEOPLE LOSE INTEREST. RIGHT. SO I, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU LOOK AT IT TO SAY, OKAY, BY LOOKING AT THIS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, WE'VE RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN. I THINK CHANGING THE APPLICATION DATES FROM JUNE 1ST TO JULY 1ST OR JULY 15TH, UH, I, I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT THAT SO THAT WAY WE COULD GET THE INTERVIEWS GOING QUICKLY AND HAVE THESE PEOPLE NOT WAIT THREE MONTHS, TWO MONTHS, AND THEN GO ON THAT NOTE RIGHT THERE. UM, I THINK ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE, ALL THE BOARDS HAVE A SPECIFIC GO-TO PERSON. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DID BEFORE WHERE WE HAD THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THESE PEOPLE WOULD REPORT HERE AND SOME WOULD REPORT TO JERRY AND SOME REPORTED TO JAMES AND SO FORTH. SO, UM, JUST, AND THEN OF COURSE, I THINK THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION IS ONE IN THAT'S KIND OF MAYBE UP IN THE AIR. IS THIS STILL GONNA GO UNDER THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OR IS THIS GONNA BE ITS OWN ENTITY? AND I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAYBE SUGGEST ADDING ANOTHER COMMITTEE IF ANYBODY WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A TRAILS COMMITTEE REFERENCING THE TRAILS, UH, SYSTEM ON THAT END AS FAR AS LIKE THE HIKE AND BIKE AND THE VIBE. WE HAVE ONE. YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE? YEAH, WE JUST, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. WE JUST FORAY. OH, OKAY. SO MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE IT THERE. MAYBE I JUST LOST TRACK, BUT IT'D BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS, IS KIND OF WHERE I'M GETTING AT AS FAR AS THE DATES. SO THE, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IT, THE DATES JUST COME UP AS THE TERMS EXPIRE. SO I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE IN SEPTEMBER. MM-HMM. , UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER, IS IT MARCH? UM, NO, JUST SEPTEMBER. SO AS THOSE, THOSE VACANCIES COME UP IN SEPTEMBER, THE UH, STAFF LIAISON WILL MAKE A POSTING, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'LL START TO TAKE APPLICATIONS, UH, WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE, UM, THAT DATE AND, AND, UM, INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH, WITH YOUR, YOURSELVES THE APPROPRIATE LIAISON. AND THEN THEY WILL BRING THAT APPOINTMENT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION LIKE MARIANA DID TONIGHT. THAT'D BE GOOD. BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE THE PAST FEW TIMES. EVEN THE MAYOR BROUGHT IT FORWARD WHERE WE BROUGHT ALL THESE PEOPLE ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND WE WERE SAYING, UH, I LIKE YOU. I LIKE YOU. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK I KNOW YOU AND SEE YOU LATER TO YOU AS WELL. AND IT JUST FELT VERY UNFAIR. AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ANOTHER CITY WHO WE KIND OF MIRRORED THIS OFF OF. AND SHE SAYS IT'S THE SAME THING. IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST BRUTAL. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. VERY BRUTAL. LIKE BEAR SAYS. AND, UH, IT'S DOWN THE ROAD OVER HERE IN SAN MARCOS AND SOMETIMES IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT ENOUGH AND, AND NOT, UH, FAIR IN A SENSE TO WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA FIX IT. AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY BY ASSIGNING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BOARDS, WELL, SOMEBODY'S WITH THE PARK, SOMEBODY'S WITH THE LIBRARY, SOMEBODY'S WITH A TRAIN DEPOT, THAT REALLY COULD HELP STREAMLINE TO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF BOARD WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN, IN HELPING SELECT THOSE THAT COULD, THAT COULD, UH, SERVE ON THAT BOARD. [01:55:01] WE, WE FELT THE, THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS. AND I GO, HAVING GONE THROUGH IT WITH YOU, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE THERE AND THIS KIND OF JUST TIDIES UP THE REST OF THAT'S RIGHT. STREAMLINE, THAT'S EFFORT. EFFORT THAT Y'ALL DIRECTED US TO DO. YES, MA'AM. I, I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. I YIELD MAYOR. THAT'S WHERE FLORES CAME. SORRY, GO AHEAD. NO, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM BOARD. IT SAYS ADDING IN THE ABILITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN THE CITY BUT MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SPECIFIC BOARD SEATS. DOES THAT NOT ALREADY HAPPEN IN THAT, IN THAT GROUP OR IN THAT COMMITTEE? I, CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE DO HAVE THAT IT EXISTS TODAY, BUT ON THE ORDINANCE IT SAYS THAT YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN THE CITY. SO THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL WAS TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT FOLKS WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE, UH, WHICH IS ALSO BETTER TO FIND IN THE ORDINANCE TO THAT, THAT COMMISSION. UM, SO THIS CLEANS THAT UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO REMOVE THAT AND KEEP THEM WITHIN THE CITY. JUST, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, PARTICULARLY THE CAL ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION. UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, BUT A MEMBER, UM, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC ON THE CHARTER THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CHAIR AND WHEN DOES IT NEED TO BE? UM, A NEW PERSON NEEDS TO BE APPOINTED TO BE THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMISSION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE SUGGESTIONS NEED TO COME AT SOME POINT WHEN WE DO A REVISION. I'M LOOKING IT UP RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT SAYS ONCE A YEAR. SO IT'LL BE LIKE ONCE THE NEW SEATS ARE FILLED. SO AFTER Y'ALL MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE EXPIRING PEOPLE IN SEPTEMBER, THEN THEY WILL SELECT A NEW CHAIR. THAT'S THE, THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UM, AND I'LL CONFIRM RIGHT NOW IF IT'S ALREADY IN THERE. OKAY. I WAS JUST SEEING THAT PARTICULAR ONE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, SINCE THEY ARE THE COLOR ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION SHALL SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN IT SAYS ADVANCED PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS. THEY WILL ALSO ADVISE COUNCIL ON THE USE OF ANY FUNDS. SO WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH A LIST OF THINGS TO GET APPROVED, WHO, WHO REVIEWS THOSE SUGGESTIONS BEFORE THEY COME TO US? IS ANYONE REVIEWING THAT? THEY SHOULD COME BACK TO YOU. UH, THEY SHOULD. IT, IT SHOULD COME AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A BUDGET TO DO THOSE THINGS, AND Y'ALL HAVE APPROVED IT, IT SHOULD COME AS A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION. Y'ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT. OKAY. COUNCIL CUSTOMER HEISER. OKAY. JUST THAT'LL BE QUICK. DO YOU KNOW ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, HOW MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS? WE NEED TO CLEAN THAT. I DON'T, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF WE'RE MAKING CHANGES. I WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD MATTER. WELL, THIS ITEM IS POSTED FOR ACTION TO CLEAN UP A POLICY TO MAKE THE POLICY CONSISTENT. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A PROPOSAL BROUGHT FORWARD IF YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE SUBSTANTIVE, SUBSTANTIVE POLICY CHANGES. THAT'S NOT REALLY THE WAY IT'S POSTED. SO CUSTOMER FORCE KALE. THANK YOU. I WANNA, UM, PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT, UM, COUNCIL'S MEMBER PARSLEY WAS SAYING. UM, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE ART AND COMMISSION BOARD IS SO NEW, BUT I NEVER SEE THEM COME TO US TO ASK. THEY JUST HAVE BEEN DOING, AND I KNOW ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY HAVE ASKED TO BE INCLUDED IN SOME OF THE EVENTS, AND IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BOARD SAYS. AND SO I, I FEEL LIKE THAT BOARD IS KIND OF, UM, KIND OF BACKWARDS, WHEREAS WE'RE TAKING WHATEVER THEY WANT US TO DO AND KIND OF GOING LIKE, I WANT THEM TO COME TO US, ASK, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT STRUCTURE IN, IN THAT. AND IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THROUGH. ABSOLUTELY. AND I PLAN TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN. CUZ I AGREE IT DOES NEED TO COME BEFORE Y'ALL AND WE NEED TO GET MORE FORMAL, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THEM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAUSER. I, I MEAN, I, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A MODIFICATION TO THIS LANGUAGE HERE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND [02:00:01] TOURISM BOARD. UH, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO CAP THE NUMBER. I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN LIVE WITH HAVING A PERSON OR TWO ON THE BOARD WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IT'S FULL OF NON KYLE RESIDENTS. I DON'T WANNA HAVE ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF KYLE. THAT WOULD BE MY, WELL, THE MORE TRANSPARENT WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO POST IT THAT WAY, TO ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO GIVE INPUT ON WHAT THEY THINK AS WELL AS OPPOSED TO LATE IN THE EVENING WHEN IT HASN'T BEEN POSTED THAT WAY. IT'S JUST POSTED FOR, UH, MINOR ORDINANCE REVISIONS TO CLEAN UP A POLICY. THIS IS, THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO GO IN AND TRY TO TAKE A VOTE WHEN THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK AND IT'S NOT BEING PRESENTED TO US. WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO CHANGE ONE SENTENCE, TO ADD A SENTENCE. DO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT, DO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT A MOTION ALL, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE? IF I MIGHT JUST, JUST TO ADD, MAYBE ADD SOME CONTEXT BEHIND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER IS, IS THINKING ABOUT, UH, MANY OF THE EXECUTIVES WHO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL, WORK AT A ACC, UM, OWN A SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS IN THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, KYLE DOESN'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF HOUSING YET. UH, SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN KYLE, BUT THEY ARE A SIGNIFICANT STAKEHOLDER IN KYLE BECAUSE OF THEIR BUSINESS, BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY THEY RUN. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE NOT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AT IN, IN YOUR MINDS. AND IT COULD BE, WE COULD WORKSHOP IT AND BRING IT BACK. YEP. YEAH. IF, IF WE COULD DO THAT. I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA BLOW UP THIS WHOLE THING. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION. I'M NOT TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL HERE, BUT THERE ARE YEAH, LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'M SORRY. DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT OR, WELL, VICTORIA'S SOMETHING TO SAY MM-HMM. . YES. UH, VICTORIA OF VARGASS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, I WAS UPSTAIRS IN MY OFFICE, AND SO PRIME BEFORE RUNNING DOWN, BEFORE WE HAD THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, IT WAS A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF LOCAL KYLE, UM, RESIDENTS. AND I THINK WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE HAD A HARD TIME WITH THE RESIDENTS REALLY UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WE WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRAINING THEM, GIVING THEM ONE-ON-ONES ON, UH, THREE 80 AGREEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE DECIDED TO STRUCTURE IT AND CHANGE IT TO A BOARD AND HAVE IT BE MORE LIKE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT YOU WOULD SEE FOR A CORPORATION AND HAVE STAKEHOLDERS. AND MOST OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, OUR ACC STAKEHOLDER LIVES IN CEDAR PARK, BUT HE HAS A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE HERE BECAUSE OF OUR ACC CAMPUS. UM, OUR UTILITY PROVIDER LIVES IN J UH, JOHNSON CITY, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE'S HERE REGULARLY AT THE KYLE OFFICE. SO I'D HATE TO RESTRICT, UM, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS TO LIVE IN KYLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. UM, I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE SOME, BUT OUR, WE HAVE ONE THAT LIVES IN KYLE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S OUR BOARD CHAIR. THE OTHERS, UM, HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, UH, PRESENCE IN KYLE, WHETHER THEY'RE BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE HERE. SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. SO WHAT ACTION DO WE NEED? IS IT JUST A, A PRESENTATION, UH, AMBER THAT YOU'RE BRINGING? I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE SHOULD DO. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK A RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD REGARDING, UH, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS AND KYLE. WELL, IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF ONLY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS LIVES IN THE CITY, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT. SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, TO VALIDATE THAT CLAIM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE IN THIS SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO SAY THAT NO MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD OF THE 7 7, 7 OF THE SEVEN COULD LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE, UH, THAT WE AMEND THE BOARDS OF COMMISSION'S POLICY REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAN EXI, UH, RESIDE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS TO THREE. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YES. WELL, MAY I, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? THOSE THREE MEMBERS THAT LEAVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS HAVE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF KYLE. CORRECT. [02:05:02] THERE ARE SIX WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY CURRENTLY. SO YOU MAKE THIS MOTION, TAKE THIS VOTE. UM, VICTORIA HAS A HARD DAY TOMORROW. SO IF YOU WOULD JUST TAKE SOME TIME TO PROCESS IT, POST IT AND, AND FLESH OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION IN A MORE APPROPRIATE WAY, IT WILL GO SMOOTHER THAN BEING SEEMING LIKE IT'S SOME KIND OF KNEE JERK LATE IN THE EVENING REACTION WHEN THEY AREN'T HERE AND IT'S NOT PROPERLY POSTED AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR A ROBUST DISCUSSION. IT IS, IT IS NOT LIKE, IT'S LIKE, LIKE THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD. SO RIGHT NOW AS I'M SEEING THIS, I CANNOT APPROVE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN LIVE OUTSIDE CAL BECAUSE IT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD. I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN IN DEPTH, BUT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATION IS THIS, THIS IS A SEVEN YEAR POLICY THAT WE'RE CHANGING IN A DRAMATIC WAY, AND NOW WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RESIGN IMMEDIATELY UPON TAKING THIS VOTE. IT'S NOT JUST AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A POLICY CHANGE HERE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TIME TO FLESH IT OUT. OKAY. CAN WE THEN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHANGES FOR US TO THEN DIRECT STAFF TO DO A REVISION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD? YOU COULD, YOU COULD. THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS IT IS TODAY, WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF, OF THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, UH, THE CURRENT CODE. SO WE COULD LEAVE THAT OUT, I GUESS. UH, WE WOULD APPRECIATE DIRECTION TO, TO NOT ASK THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS TO RESIGN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WHO WE WOULD BE ASKING TO RESIGN AND, UH, WHAT, HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THEIR BOARD SEATS. SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE THAT CHANGE TONIGHT, JUST KNOWING THAT WE KEEP THE SEATS FILLED WITH THE FOLKS IN PLACE UNTIL WE GET A BETTER IDEA AND ARE ABLE TO BRING YOU ALL BACK MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. COUNCIL, MAYOR FORCE KALE. THANK YOU. UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF TAKING OUT THE PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL TOO. UM, AS FAR AS ASKING SOMEONE TO RESIGN, THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONCERN OF THE MAJOR OR OF ME AT LEAST MY, OUR CONCERN IS HAVING ENOUGH PEOPLE FROM KYLE ON THIS BOARD. UM, BUT I DON'T, I THINK MAYOR MITCHELL'S RIGHT, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY HASTY DECISIONS TONIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THIS LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO, BUT WE WERE WAITING FOR, UM, MR. LANGLEY. SO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A TALK, A LONG TALK THAT'S BEEN COMING. LIKE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR A LONG TIME. SO IF WE TAKE OUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM ASPECT OF THIS, WHAT DOES THAT DO? THAT THAT KEEPS THE PEOPLE THERE NOW UNTIL WE CAN FURTHER MAKE, I MEAN, WE WON'T BE IN COMPLIANCE, CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT WE'LL, WE CAN KEEP THE PEOPLE IN NOW AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT LATER ON, RIGHT? AND THEN, AND THEN, YES, EXACTLY. AND THEN IF, SHOULD THERE BE ANY VACANCY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY, UH, IN BETWEEN MAKING THOSE CHANGES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. RIGHT. AND I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. LIKE WE DON'T WANNA JUST KICK PEOPLE OFF OF THERE. EXACTLY. THE CONCERN FOR IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME FOR DANIELLA AND OR COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER, IS THEY WANT PEOPLE FROM KYLE ON HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK IN ORDER TO APPEASE BOTH OF 'EM, WE PUT THAT PART ON HOLD, WE OKAY. THE REST OF IT. AND THEN WE COME TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY AND DECIDE, UH, WHAT WE WANT THIS ECONOMIC BOARD TO LOOK LIKE. YES. AND I THINK, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THESE BOARDS ARE CONSTRUCTED ACROSS OTHER COMMUNITIES. IT'S, IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL CONVERSATION AT THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF COUNCILS WRESTLE WITH, AND WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS OF HOW TO DO THAT. AND A TRANSITION PLAN IS IF YOU HAVE SOME NON-RESIDENTS THAT NEED TO TRANSITION OFF THE BOARD, WHEN WOULD THAT BE? IT'S NOT MAYBE AN IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION, BUT MAYBE THAT'S AT THE END OF THEIR TERM OR AT A CERTAIN, UH, NUMBER OF MONTHS. WE COULD GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE AND GIVE YOU AN ORDERLY WAY TO TRANSITION THAT BOARD TO A DIFFERENT MODEL BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION. SO WE CAN COME BACK AND DO THAT. OKAY. I WILL SAY, I THINK THE FEAR IS IT'S NOT GONNA COME BACK. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO BRING IT BACK AND WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. AND MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE URGENCY. BUT I HAVE FULL FAITH IN YOU GUYS THAT YOU WILL BRING IT BACK TO US. WELL, SO I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD BRING IT BACK. I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH A POLICY QUESTION. SO THERE SHOULD BE A SPONSORSHIP FROM THIS BOARD TO BRING IT FORWARD, BUT IT'S NOT SPONSORED AND TRYING TO GET ACTION RIGHT AWAY. IT'S SPONSORED TO MAKE A PROPOSAL, GET THE CONSENSUS AND DISCUSS SHOULD YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK A PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, THAT GIVES SOME TIME. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE FLESHING IT OUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO ALLOW FOR IT TO BE THOUGHT THROUGH. BUT IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE WILL OF THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO DO THIS. IT NEEDS TO BE OUR WILL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH IT, THAT'S NOT MY POINT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS TO TRY TO [02:10:01] MAKE THAT PROCESS HAPPEN TRANSPARENTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION POSTED PROPERLY IN A MEETING, UH, AND THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEPS FROM THERE AS OPPOSED TO THIS, WHICH IS MORE LIKE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF CHANGING COM, YOU KNOW, COMP GET, THERE'S NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE ON THIS IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS IN, IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS PRESENTED FOR, FOR ACTION. AND SO THAT POLICY CHANGE SHOULD COME FROM THIS DIAS. AND IT'S NOT POST-IT TRYING TO MAKE A VOTE RIGHT AWAY. IT'S POSTED TO FOR DISCUSSION. AND THEN IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANNA MAKE A CHANGE, THEN WE CAN ALL COLLECTIVELY GIVE STAFF THE DIRECTION TO FLESH THAT PART OF IT OUT AND BRING SOMETHING BACK. COULD WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE AND THE AGENDAS, UH, INCLUDED IN WHATEVER RESEARCH THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR EACH OF THE, THE MEMBERS? OF COURSE. OKAY. MM-HMM. . SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYOR WANTS TO, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, ONE CLARIFICATION. YOU'RE, YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE YOUR ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR THERE TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE POINTED TO THE BOARDS THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE, UH, PART OF THE PURPOSE WAS TO DEFINE WHAT IS MEANT BY SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT LANGUAGE WAS MOVED INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND IT WAS KIND OF FLUSHED OUT WITH GIVING COUNCIL THE ABILITY TO ELECT MEMBERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. SO THAT'S THE PATH TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO APPROVE THAT THEN IF IT'S WE'RE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE. CORRECT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE. IF YOU REMOVE THE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY ON RESIDENCY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THEN THAT WILL CAUSE YOUR CURRENT BOARD TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. IT'LL CAUSE YOUR CURRENT BOARD TO NOT BE, UH, MEET THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT. SO THE ACTION IS, THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN THAT A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS ACTION JUST CLARIFIES WHAT THAT IS. SO YOU DON'T WANNA REMOVE ALL THE LANGUAGE YOU CAN ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING VAGUE LANGUAGE TO STAY AND THEN BRING BACK A POLICY CHANGE. THIS JUST CLARIFIES WHAT THE EXISTING POLICY SAYS. SO WE'RE, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO GET US TO, UH, REALLY WE SHOULD JUST ALLOW FOR ALL THESE CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY OF SEVEN YEARS BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN WRITTEN HERE. AND THEN WE AT A, AT ANOTHER TIME CAN BRING BACK AN ACTUAL CHANGE PROPOSED TO THIS POLICY AND DISCUSS JUST THAT AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY CHANGES TO THE POLICIES OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION WHERE IT GETS PROPERLY POSTED FOR DISCUSSION. SO BEAR'S MOTION IS SO TO RECAP, UM, THE NEED HERE IS TO AMEND MY MOTION. AND, AND WHAT IT, THE CONSENSUS HERE IS, IS THAT AMEND THE EMOTION, APPROVE, APPROVE EVERYTHING, AND THEN COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND INSTRUCT STAFF TO MAKE STRUCTURAL LONG-TERM CHANGES TO COME BACK AND PROPOSE CHANGES TO THIS BOARD AND ALLOW FOR THIS BOARD TO, TO DISCUSS JUST THAT ITEM WITH IT BEING PROPERLY POSTED. MAY I ASK, UH, YOU, CUZ YOU JUST SAID IT. WHAT DOES THE BOARD ITSELF NEED TO DISCUSS IF WE AS COUNSEL WANT TO MAKE CHANGES? BECAUSE YOU JUST PICKED A NUMBER OUTTA YOUR HAT JUST A SECOND AGO AND WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE RAMIFICATIONS. HAD WE TAKEN THAT WHAT'S HALF? IT'S, IT'S NO MORE THAN, IT'S NOT HALF. LIKE WE WANT TO GO JUST UNDER HALF. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE HAVEN'T EVEN CONSIDERED THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT YOUR VOTE TO CHANGE THE POLICY RIGHT AWAY. NO, THAT'S FINE. I I, I CAN SEE THAT. BUT I'M JUST ASKING LIKE ONCE IN THIS, ONCE WE DO THIS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE BOARD WANTS TO ANY BOARD, WILL ANY PERSON WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM HAVING TO RESIGN OR BEING TOSSED OFF A BOARD? OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS, LIKE, WHAT KIND OF INPUT ARE WE LOOKING FOR FROM THEM? SO I SET EXPECTATIONS HERE. WHAT, UH, FROM WHO, I'M SORRY, FROM THE BOARD. IF, IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO AS COUNCIL AND COME BACK WITH A, A PLAN OR, UH, SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR THE ECONOMIC AND TOURISM, I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT GIVING THE COUNCIL THE COURTESY OF PROPERLY POSTING WHAT YOU REALLY ARE INTENDING TO ACCOMPLISH SO THAT WE MAY HAVE DAYS TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL AHEAD OF TIME AS OPPOSED TO BEING FORCED TO TAKE A VOTE ON A NUMBER THAT YOU JUST CAME UP WITH WHEN WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY [02:15:01] TO REALLY ASK THE QUESTIONS. AND WE'RE HAVING VICTORIA RUN DOWN HERE TO TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR US WHEN, WHEN IT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING PROPERLY POSTED. MAY I THAT'S ALL RIGHT. MAY I ASK IF I KNOW THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE AMENDED. I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS. IF IT HAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE IT AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO MAYBE CREATE A TASK FORCE TO DO A REVISION OF THE WHOLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO INCLUDE THE MEMBERS WHO SHOULD BE A MEMBER, WHERE SHOULD THEY RESIDE AND WHERE DO THEY HAVE BUSINESSES? I WAS JUST A MOTION ON THE PAPER. THERE'S A MOTION IN THE TABLE. YEAH. WHAT IS THAT MOTION BY THE WAY? I NEED A SECOND HERE. I DUNNO IF I CAN DO THAT, BUT I JUST TELL ME OTHERWISE. I THINK MAYOR MITCHELL, THE CONCERN IS IT'S OBVIOUS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, THERE ARE CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS. A MOSTLY KYLE RESIDENT BOARD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE POSTING AND WANTING TO PROPERLY NOTICE. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THERE WOULD BE A CHANCE TO DO THAT WHEN IN THE NEXT STEP THAT WE TAKE, CUZ I KNOW THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS TO BE RE THAT HAS TO BE CREATED AND WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS. IS THIS WOULD JUST BE A FIRST STEP. NO, THIS IS, THIS IS A PROPERLY POSTED STAFF ITEM WITH AN ORDINANCE AS A BACKUP FOR FIRST READING. THIS IS NOT A COUNCIL. OKAY. BUT THERE IS NO HARM IN TAKING OUT, EVEN TAKING OUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART. WELL, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART CURRENTLY EXISTS, HAS EXISTED FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS. SO IF YOU TAKE IT OUT, THEN YOU ARE, YOU ARE MAKING THE, THE BOARD OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY. SO IT'S A, IT'S ABOUT YOU CAN LEAVE IT IN AND NOT CHANGE IT. DON'T JUST, JUST ONE, ONE CLARIFICATION. AND, AND IF THE C SECRETARY WILL HELP ME CONFIRM THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE BOARD THAT HAS MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT RESIDING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND THAT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. SO REMOVING THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS FOR MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT TIES TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD ENFORCE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT ACROSS ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, EXCEPT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT PROVISION ABOUT ALLOWING RESIDENCY TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS UNDER THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS ONLY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY BOARD THAT HAS MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. SO WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. SO IF YOU ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED, IT ENFORCES A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR ALL BOARDS EXCEPT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM. CORRECT? YES. SO, BUT IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THAT PART OUT YEAH, WHICH GOES BEYOND THREE, GOES TO SEVEN AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN REALLY DISCUSS IT. I HAVE COMMENTS AND THINGS I'D LIKE TO, TO DISCUSS ON THAT, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST NOT POSTED FOR THAT. IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER, SO IF YOU, YOU SELECTED THREE, WHAT THREE MEMBERS? IS IT THE MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS BUSINESS? IS IT THE MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS THE DEVELOPERS? IS IT THE, THE, THE, THE MEMBER WE STAFF WOULD NOT HAVE ANY DIRECTION NOR WOULD COUNCIL HAVE ANY, UH, INFORMATION TO HELP Y'ALL MAKE THAT DECISION. WHO, WHO, WHO COMES OFF, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY. THE, THE, AND PLUS IF YOU ENFORCE IT, YOU ENFORCE IT ON THREE. UM, SO THEN DOES THE EXISTING, SO I'M, I'M JUST POINTING THIS ALL OUT BECAUSE THERE, I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FLUSH OUT. A COUNCIL OR STAFF WOULD WANT MORE DIRECTION FROM YOU TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU BACK AN ORDINANCE THAT ACCURATELY CAPTURES WHAT YOU WANT FOR THIS BOARD. I I, I GET THAT. I, AND I DON'T, AMBER, I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT OVER THIS. LIKE, I, I, IT, IT'S JUST AS WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME, CARRIE, THERE'S A LACK OF, THERE'S AMBIGUITY IN TERMS OF WHO WOULD GO, WHO WOULD STAY, BUT THE WHOLE SPIRIT OF THE LIKE SIGNIFICANCE HAS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN KYLE. LIKE THAT'S JUST AS AMBIGUOUS ON THE OTHER END. SO I, I DON'T WANT TO HIDE BEHIND THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. WE'RE NOT, I DON'T WANNA PULL THE RUG ON ON THIS NOW CUZ I, I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE FINDING OUT, WHICH I'M SURE THEY'VE ALREADY FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS BEING DISCUSSED, THAT IT'S HAPPENING THIS QUICKLY. BUT I DO WANT IT TO HAPPEN AND I FULLY INTEND TO BRING SOMETHING BACK AT, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. CUZ VICTORIA, WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE, A ABOUT HOW YOU AS STAFF WORKED WITH RESIDENTS OF KYLE WHO WERE PART OF THE BOARD AND THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LACK OF EDUCATION IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [02:20:01] IN THE CITY. LIKE, I MEAN, WE'RE A GROWING CITY. LIKE LET'S TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT AND I WANT TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE WE CAN START TO EMPOWER THE PEOPLE HERE TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE. AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT A SHOT AT ANYONE ON THE BOARD NOW, BUT I, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. AND I GET IT WITH PARTICIPATION A LOT. I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER BOARD, UM, BOARD MEMBERS WHO SAY THAT THERE ARE BOARDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHEN IS IT OVER? AND THAT'S A COMMON SENTIMENT. AND I WOULD LIKE, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M PARTICIPATING WITH THIS BOARD, LIKE DO WHATEVER I POSSIBLY CAN TO TRY TO CREATE A CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN AND MAKE AN IMPACT, RIGHT? AND THE BOARD WE'VE HAD NOW HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SEVEN YEARS NOW. AND SO WE ARE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CITY THAN WE WERE BACK THEN. SO WE PROBABLY, AND AND WE HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT INDUSTRY NOW THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PULL FROM. SO I'D BE OPEN TO EXPLORING, UM, BOTH, UM, OPTIONS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE DATE? SO EVEN IF WE APPROVE IT NOW, IT GOES INTO EFFECT IN 60 DAYS. WE ALSO HAVE THE PENDING, UH, JOINT WORKSHOP WITH OUR BOARD THAT WE COULD ALSO DISCUSS IF WE FEEL COMFORTABLE DISCUSSING IN FRONT OF THEM OR, OR STAFF CAN BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO COUNSEL. GOOD QUESTION. IF I CAN AMEND THE MOTION AND LET'S SAY WE JUST APPROVE ALL THIS STUFF RIGHT NOW. CAN I COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AND SAY, AND PRESENT CHANGES SOLELY TO THIS BOARD? YES, 100%. AND YOU CAN POST IT THAT WAY. THIS IS A FIRST READING YOU COULD. SO, AND WE COULD ALSO BRING BACK A WORK THAT'S THE CLEANEST WAY TO PRESENT VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR THEN YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS AN ORDINANCE BROUGHT BACK AND A CHANGE. OKAY. UM, I WILL WITHDRAW MY MOTION. YES. WITHDRAW MY MOTION. AND THEN, UH, JUST A, IF WE COULD SET UP A MEETING. YES, SIR. WITH, UM, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34. ALL RIGHT, SECOND, THE MOTIONS MADE BY MAYOR PROTE, SECOND BY MAYOR THAT WE APPROVE. AGENDA ITEM 34. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO TWO. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM [35.   (Second Reading) An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas Disannexing and Discontinuing approximately 62.47 acres, more or less, from being a part of the City Pursuant to Section 43.145, Texas Local Government Code; Repealing Ordinance 1010; Providing for Open Meetings; and Providing for Related Matters. ~ Paige Saenz, City Attorney   City Council voted 5-0 and one recusal to approve on first reading on 5/16/2023. ] 35. SECOND READING AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS, DIS ANNEXING AND DISCONTINUING APPROXIMATELY 62.47 ACRES, MORE OR LESS FROM BEING A PART OF THE CITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 43.145. TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REPEALING ORDINANCE 10 10 PROVIDING FOR OPEN MEETINGS AND PROVIDED FOR RELATED MATTERS. UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND BY MAYOR PRO. TIMS THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ALL AS IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. FIVE ZERO. UM, NEXT [37.  Presentation about the international trails summit. ~ Daniela Parsley and Bear Heiser, Council Members] UP I'M GONNA SKIP TO AGENDA ITEM 37, PRESENTATION ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL TRAILS SUMMIT COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY. I AM GOING TO SEND, I DON'T KNOW, TO GROUND REALLY QUICKLY THE PRESENTATION. CAN WE DO 38 AND THEN GO BACK TO 37, SO I CAN SEND THAT TO GRANT. UH, NEXT STEP [38.  Consider approval of a resolution approving language for the La Verde monument, to include but not limited to the "Story of La Verde Park" and "Suggested Contributors". ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member] IS AGENDA ITEM 38. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING FOR, UH, THE LAVERDE PARK MONUMENT TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE STORY OF LARE 80 PARK AND SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTORS. COUNCIL MEMBER FORK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHY I HAD TO SPONSOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. DURING THE MAY 2ND, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE MONUMENT GOING INTO LAVERDE, INVOICING MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE VERBIAGE, SPECIFICALLY NAMES I DID NOT FEEL WERE APPROPRIATE TO PLACE ON THIS MONUMENT. JUROR RESPONDED, WE CAN SEND DRAFTS FOR COUNSEL TO REVIEW AND WE CAN HAVE AGENDA ITEMS TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES. CONTRARY TO ME BEING ASSURED THAT STAFF WOULD PLACE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA, I WAS INFOR INFORMED. IF I WANTED TO DISCUSS MY CONCERNS, I WOULD HAVE TO SPONSOR THE ITEM UNDER MY NAME, WHICH BRINGS ME HERE. WHEN I WAS READING THE DRAFT STORY OF LAVERDE, I WAS EXPECTING A UNIQUE EXPLANATION OF THE HISTORY BEHIND THE AREA AND THE NAME. INSTEAD, I FELT LIKE I WAS READING A SALES PITCH TO ANYONE WHO WANTED TO RENT AN APARTMENT LOCATED WITHIN LAVERDE. THE VERBIAGE WAS ABSTRACT AND LACKED ACTUAL BASIC AND HIS HISTORICAL FACTS. THERE'S A LACK OF INTIMACY, WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, WHICH REFERS REFERENCES KYLE RESIDENTS AS STAKEHOLDERS. I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHO THE AUDIENCE WAS AND FOR WHICH THE STORY WAS WRITTEN. I WAS ALSO UNABLE TO FIND THE NAME LA VERDE. WITHIN THE DRAFT STORY PROVIDED TO US A NAME WHICH MANY RESIDENTS HAVE POINTED OUT TO ME AS BEING GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT. MY HOPE IS THAT COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS AND WILL CONSIDER [02:25:01] REMOVING THE LAW FROM THE NAME ALLOWING FOR SIMPLY YER DAY PARK. IF WE LEARNED NOTHING ELSE FROM FAJITA DRIVE, WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING THE HISPANIC HERITAGE WITHIN OUR CITY. I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE NAMES AS CONTRIBUTORS. ACCORDING TO THE STORY, THE FINANCING FOR THIS AREA WAS APPROVED IN 2018, MEANING A VOTE TO BEGIN CREATION ON THIS AREA WAS TAKEN. I BELIEVE ANY COUNCIL WHO VOTED TO APPROVE THE JURORS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF NAMES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHY ONLY TWO HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE INCLUDED ON THE LIST, AS WELL AS ADDRESS MY CONCERN FOR THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WHO I DO NOT SUPPORT BEING ADDED TO ANY CITY DOCUMENT MONUMENTS. FINALLY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL NAMES WRITTEN IN A LESS DIVISIVE MANNER BY PLACING THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEMS UNDER THE SAME COLUMN AS A CITY COUNCIL. TITLES COULD ALWAYS BE INCLUDED UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL COLUMN TO SPECIFY POSITIONS SUCH AS MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL. MY HOPE IS TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ALLOWING EACH OF US TO DISCUSS OUR THOUGHTS HONESTLY AND OPENLY. WITHOUT THE HARSH CRITICISM. I YIELD THE FLOOR, THE FLOOR IS YIELDED. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YEAH, I'LL START MAYOR PRO TIM. OKAY. SO, UM, I GET, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I GUESS MY THING WOULD BE WHO, WHO, UM, WHO WROTE THE STORY OF LA VERDE PARK? I IS, IS THAT THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE BRINGING UP? AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTRIBUTORS, UM, MS. FLORE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU FIND, UM, EITHER LACKING OR FEELING THAT'S, THAT THEY DON'T, THE, THAT SOMEBODY ON HERE DOESN'T QUALIFY TO BE, UH, LISTED AS A CONTRIBUTOR? OR IS IT, OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MAYOR, THERE'S MAYO PRO TIM, AND THERE'S MY NAME AND, AND ROBERT AND, AND RICK. UM, BUT I, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU. UH, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CON CONTRIBUTORS THAT YOU HAVE? UM, YOU HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON? UM, WELL, UNDER CITY COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK THERE IS. THERE'S EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE COUNCIL FROM 2018 FORWARD 2020 TO 2023. WELL, IF YOU READ THE STORY OF LAVERDE, IT REFERENCES, UM, IT BEING STARTED IN 2018 WITH THE VOTE TO CREATE THE AREA. SO I FEEL LIKE IF IN 2018 IT WAS STARTED 2018, THE CURRENT SHOULD HAVE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' NAMES ON IT. OKAY. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE SHANE ARBY AND DAPH TENORIO? YES. AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF 'EM. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE THAN, THAN WHAT'S ON HERE. AND YOU MENTIONED ONE MORE ABOUT, UM, CITY MANAGER. UM, YEAH, WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD PROBABLY DO WITHOUT ANY CITY MANAGERS ON THIS MONUMENT. UM, JUST FOR ANY FUTURE ISSUE, UM, MY OTHER CONCERN WOULD BE THE HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. UM, I WAS CONFUSED WHY THERE WAS ONLY TWO, UH, I THINK ARE, I'M NOT SURE IF THE COM, IF THE COUNTY TOOK A VOTE IN THAT 2018 JURORS, UM, RACHEL SONIER, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE, UH, RECORD, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. UH, I THINK THE REASON THOSE TWO ARE SELECTED IS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE KYLE IN THEIR PRECINCT. WE COULD ADD ALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. UH, THOSE WERE JUST THE COMMISSIONERS I BELIEVE, THAT OVERSAW THE PRECINCT. AND I THINK THEY MIGHT. ARE THOSE COMMISSIONERS AND WERE THEY INVOLVED IN THE JURORS? YES. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT IS THE OTHER REASON IS THOSE, THE TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE IN THE JURORS THAT LIVER IS IN. SO I GUESS, I GUESS I, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF IF THE JURORS HAD TO PASS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY ALL HAD TO TAKE AN ACTIVE VOTE IN IT FOR THEM TO AGREE TO BE IN, IN THE JURORS, THEN WHY WOULD WE NOT LIST THEM ALL? I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. THIS WAS JUST SORT OF SOMETHING THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME, . OKAY. DID IT, WAS THIS JERRY GAVE TO YOU? IT WAS AN INHERITED PROJECT, UH, AFTER SELLERS AND SAMANTHA WERE BOTH LEFT AND AROUND THE SAME MONTH. IT JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FELL ON COMMUNICATIONS A LOT. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY, HOW THEIR TURS VOTE WENT AS FAR AS LIKE WHO WAS ON THE COMMISSION WHENEVER THAT VOTE TOOK PLACE AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET [02:30:01] INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY ON THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE. OKAY. WELL THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF, UM, WORKING WITH US IN THAT TOURS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, NOT JUST THE TWO THAT ARE IN THERE NOW, BUT LIKE OVERALL, ANYONE WHO HAD TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE COUNTY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, SO I HAVE A QUESTION, CONTINUING QUESTIONS. AND SO IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND TRY TO SAY, WELL, WHATEVER FEELINGS WE HAVE TOWARDS MR. SELLERS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER OR ANY OTHER ONES WE HAVE? UM, CUZ I JUST KIND OF WANNA, AS I SAY, NIP IT IN THE BUD. UM, THESE WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY EMPLOYEES WHO MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESEARCH, TO THE VOTES, TO THE FINANCING AND SO FORTH. UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE HAYES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAYBE IN QUESTION, MAYBE CUZ IT'S BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE IN KYLE, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA GO ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, JUDGE BASSETT IS ON THERE AS WELL. UM, SO I GUESS IT'S A MATTER OF LIKE, WHENEVER WE HAD THESE LEGACY PROJECTS, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE USING THAT TERM. WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL, UH, POLICY OR PROCEDURE WHEN IT CAME TO, UM, DESIGNING THESE, UH, THESE MONUMENTS OR THESE, THESE, UM, THESE, UM, CALLED, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD CALL YEAH. DEDICATIONS. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY, WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S, AGAIN, TRYING TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE REASONING WOULD BE TO REMOVE CERTAIN CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM HERE THAT, THAT HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. SO THE, THE LOGIC BEHIND THE SELECTION OF THE NAMES, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MARY KYLE HARTSON FOR HEROES MEMORIAL PARK, FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND FOR, UH, THE LA VERDE PARK IS THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT WERE THERE WHEN THE INITIAL CONTRACT WAS GIVEN TO SPEND RESOURCES KICKING OFF THE PROJECT. SO THAT IS THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR LIONHEART TO BEGIN THE DESIGN. THAT'S WHEN RESOURCES WERE EXPENDED. UH, THE PROJECT CONCLUDES AT THE RIBBON CUTTING. MM-HMM. . AND IT'S EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED ALONG THE WAY, WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR IT OR WHETHER YOU VOTED AGAINST IT, IF YOU WERE A PART OF IT, YOU GET YOUR NAME ON IT AND THE, UH, ORDER IS IN ORDER OF TENURE. SO THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO STOP ME. YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY. OKAY. SO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ON THERE ON THE TURS TWO BOARD, AND THE REASON THAT THAT IS SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE THE TURS TWO BOARD APPROVES THE FUNDING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THIS PARK AND REIMBURSEMENT OF, UH, THE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH MAKES IT NOT JUST A COUNTY PROJECT, BUT A TURS REIMBURSED PROJECT, WHICH MAKES IT SEEM TO ME THAT THOSE COMMISSIONERS IN PARTICULAR, UH, DESERVE TO BE ON THE DEDICATION PLAQUE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A 100% CITY, CITY FUNDED PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH. SO IN MY OPINION, THE ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE, UH, TO ADD COMMISSIONER COHEN TO THIS LIST BECAUSE, UH, SHE IS A RECENT BRAND NEW EDITION. ALTHOUGH, UH, UH, BECAUSE OF THE REIMBURSEMENT ELEMENT, IT, UH, AND THE FACT THAT WE WILL BE VOTING ON A BUDGET TO KICK THAT OFF FROM THE JURORS, UH, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY HONOR HER TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE AS WELL. UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE LOGIC FROM THE BEGINNING VOTE TO EXPEND FUNDS, WHICH ACTUALLY SETS US OFF ON THE PATH TO CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECT TO WHEN THE RIBBON IS CUT. OR REALLY THE TRUTH IS, IT'S WHEN THE LAST FUNDS ARE SPENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ZUNIGA CAME ON AND THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING LEFT TO DO EXCEPT THAT WE HAD SOME CHANGE ORDERS THAT REQUIRED VOTES AND ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL. AND TO ME, THAT'S WHAT, UH, EXTENDED IT TO THAT POINT. UH, LA VERTE HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN VERY SNAKE BIT, UH, AND SO IT'S STILL NOT FINISHED AND THERE'S STILL CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO HAVE MR. LANGLEY ON THERE AS WELL. MM-HMM. , UM, I WILL, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT REFERENCE COMMENTS TO TRY TO STRIP THE FORMER CITY MANAGER'S NAME FROM THIS ITEM. I'LL FIND THAT, UH, OFFENSIVE. SO, SO AS, SO BASICALLY AT THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING, WHOEVER IS [02:35:01] OFFICIALLY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THE CITY, UH, WOULD, UH, BE RECOGNIZED IF THEY HAD SOME KIND OF CONTRIBUTING VOTES OR, UM, ON THAT END. YEAH. SO FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, IT WAS AT THE TIME OF HIRING P G A L. MM-HMM. AND SPENDING MONEY ON THE ARCHITECTURE. OKAY. FROM MARY KYLE HARTSON. IT WAS THE TIME OF HIRING, UH, UH, ANN COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES, UH, TILL THE LAST MONEY WAS SPENT FROM HEROES MEMORIAL PARK. IT WAS THE TIME OF HIRING, UH, PHILLIPS'S GROUP, UH, UNTIL THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. AND FOR LAVERDE, IT'S THE TIME OF HIRING LION HART AND THE COUNCIL THERE TRYING TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND, UM, AND THEN THE CONCLUSION IS BASICALLY ONCE IT'S TIME TO ORDER THE DEDICATION ELEMENT, WHOEVER'S STILL THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYONE THAT CAME BEFORE AND THEN IN ORDER OF TENURE. SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. IT'S COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, OLD STAFF, OLD COUNCIL WERE INVOLVED, CURRENT STAFF, CURRENT COUNCIL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE NOT EVERYBODY WILL AGREE, THIS IS JUST A CAN OF WORMS TO BRING UP AND, AND TRY TO DEBATE WHO SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ON THERE. BUT I'VE, I'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT AND LOGICAL AND IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO CHANGE THAT POLICY, NOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE PREROGATIVE OF THIS BOARD TO DO SO. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHAT WE'RE GAINING BY DOING THAT. I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR AND VERY CONSISTENT. WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REAL POLICY. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU JUST MADE UP AND CONNECTED ALL TOGETHER. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I AM TRYING TO BE SUPER NICE IN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION. AND SO I'M NOT GONNA GO DOWN THAT SNAKE HOLE, BUT I HAVE MY REASONS AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD KNOWS DARN GOOD AND WELL WHY I HAVE THOSE REASONS AND I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE THOSE REASONS. THAT'S FINE. SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE NAME SCOTT SELLERS FROM THE CONTRIBUTORS SECTION OF THE MEMORIAL, NOT THE MEMORIAL, THE, UM, DEDICATION AT LA VERDE PARK. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION TO REMOVE MR. SELLERS FROM THE DEDICATION ELEMENT. IS THERE SECOND MOTION FAILS? FOR LACK OF A SECOND. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD COMMISSIONER COHEN, UH, TO THE LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FROM THE COUNTY FOR HER PARTICIPATE. SECOND TWO. MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HE IS THERE. DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL FAVORS SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN ZERO. MAKE SURE WE HAVE HER FULL NAME. DR. MICHELLE. YEAH. DR. MICHELLE COHEN. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE, NOW CAN WE MOVE ON TO, UH, THE VERBIAGE AS FAR AS, UH, UM, MAYBE GETTING SOME WARMTH PUT BACK INTO THE STORY, GET SOME, UM, BETTER WELL-DEFINED DESCRIPTIONS AND SOME HISTORY? UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE BOBCAT CAME BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO DID ATTEND TEXAS STATE. AND IT'S NOT JUST ME, BUT I THINK SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO DESCRIBE WHY WE HAVE, UM, THE PLAY SET THAT WE DO OR CERTAIN, UM, SETUPS IN THAT PARK. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. UM, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GO THERE AND UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PARK WAS BUILT THE WAY IT WAS, AND NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS VAGUE, ABSTRACT AND, AND, AND NOT SO PERSONAL TO THE CITY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA, LIKE DO YOU WANNA, LIKE, YOU WANNA PROPOSE TO WRITE SOMETHING OR IF YOU WANNA WRITE IT ? I'M NOT SAYING NO. THAT'S, I LIKE, I TOTALLY WENT IN AND, AND I QUESTIONED A LOT OF IT BECAUSE, UH, IT'S, I I DON'T THINK IT'S PERSONAL. I THINK THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PARK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, UM, IN HONORING THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT, WELL LOOK, I, I HATED EVERYTHING ABOUT BEFORE. I DON'T HATE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING NOW. I'VE READ IT TOO. I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT EITHER, BUT IT'S A QUESTION OF THIS IS WHAT THE, THIS IS WHAT LIONHEART PROPOSED. UH, I THINK IT WAS LIONHEART THAT WROTE IT. IT WAS REBECCA WHO WROTE IT. SO IF WE, WE WANTED TO DIRECT, UH, RACHEL TO GO BACK AND POTENTIALLY TRY TO ADD SOME MORE COLOR AND CONTEXT AROUND THE SPECIFICS OF THE PARK AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE THE DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD, YOU THINK YOU COULD MAKE SOME CHANGES ON? BUT THIS CAN'T BE A, WE GOTTA WAIT TWO WEEKS AND THEN COME BACK AND RERE REVISE AND WAIT TWO WEEKS. SO SHE NEEDS TO ORDER THE PLAQUE RIGHT NOW? YES. I DO HAVE TO GET THE PLAQUE ORDERED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IF WE'RE GONNA MEET OUR DEADLINES. UH, SO THIS WOULD NEED TO BE QUICK. I AM 100% COMFORTABLE WITH HELPING REWRITE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL TO SORT THINGS LIKE THE BOBCAT, OTHER KIND OF ITEMS LIKE THAT, THAT Y'ALL THINK MERIT SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTING FEATURES, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE 20TH BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT ORDERED BEFORE THEN. SO, [02:40:01] UH, IF WE COULD MAYBE SEND IT OUT VIA EMAIL TO COUNSEL AND GET ANY FEEDBACK ON THE REVISED VERSION AFTERWARDS, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERRED, UH, METHOD FOR GETTING EDITS MADE. WOULD ANYBODY HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS OF YVONNE? UH, AND YOU WORK ON THAT OR WOULD ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL? I'VE GOT SOME RESERVATIONS. OKAY. WHY DON'T, WELL, I'M, I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD. I DON'T NEED TO, I DO APPRECIATE THE SET EVENT. I'M JUST, I'M JUST BRINGING IT FOR, BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT THIS AGENDA ITEM, YOU BROUGHT BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, SO IT'S LIKE YOU DIDN'T LIKE WHAT WAS WRITTEN. YOU DIDN'T, YOU FELT IT WASN'T WARM ENOUGH. NOW WE'RE ASKING RACHEL TO SPEND TWO WEEKS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING QUICKLY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, GIVING YOU THE COURTESY TO SAY, THIS IS SOME OF THE VERBIAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD ON. CUZ IT'S, IT'S NOT ANY ONE OF US. IT, IT WAS, IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM YOU BROUGHT FORTH US. THAT'S WHY I'M JUST RESPECTFULLY ASKING YOU IF YOU RIGHT. HAVE ANY WORDS OR ANY KIND OF SENTENCES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WRITING, THEN THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION WRONG. UM, I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION MM-HMM. ON THE SPANISH SECTION, YOU SAY IT PARK AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT WHICH IS LIKE BRINGS COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE BEFORE ABOUT THE NAME OF LABORDE. SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN TOO. THE SPANISH PORTION. MM-HMM. , UH, THE SPANISH PORTION WILL BE UPDATED WHEN WE DO THE UP. UH, WHAT WE USUALLY DO IS WE REWRITE THE WHOLE ENTIRE ENGLISH SECTION. ONCE THAT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY APPROVED AND IS GOOD TO GO, THEN I WILL SEND IT TO A TRANSLATOR. AND WHO APPROVES THAT? I'M SORRY. UM, WHO PROOFS THE SPANISH PART, PART OF IT? UM, WE SEND IT TO, UH, A TRANSLATOR HERE, UH, IN, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY IN SOUTH AUSTIN. IT'S THE COMPANY. IT'S CALLED LANGUAGE USA, BUT THEY SPECIALIZE SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS. SPANISH . MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE DANIELLA HELP ON THE SPANISH PART. IF ANYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE, I MIGHT MYSELF DO NOT SPEAK SPANISH. SO, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, THEN YES. IS IT TOO LATE TO CHANGE THAT NAME TO PLAIN BIRTHDAY PARK? I WILL SAY IT HAS BEEN BRANDED ON PARK. OKAY. AND THERE'S ON, THERE'S, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A WATER TOWER AND THERE'S A WATER TOWER. THERE'S A LOT OF, BUT TO BE FAIR, TO JUST TAKE OUT EITHER THE EL OR LA LAW WOULDN'T BE TERRIBLY HARD. I I, I HAVE NO IDEA IN THE SENSE OF I'M, I HAVEN'T FABRICATED OR, UH, MADE ANY OF THE ELEMENTS. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT LIKE KIND OF COST WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FOR ANY KIND OF ORDERS THAT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENGRAVED ON STONE SOMEWHERE ALREADY OR I KNOW IT'S ON A WATER TOWER 100%. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD COST OR WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD TURN AROUND. I, THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION. I JUST KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. AND TO BE FAIR, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS AND I FIGURED IF I'M GONNA BRING IT UP AND I CAN SEE MARIANA NODDING FROM HERE . BUT YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WE, WE ALL KNOW IT IS GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT. PEOPLE DO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. MM-HMM. , IT IS A BIT EMBARRASSING WHEN PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THAT? AND I HAVE NO IDEA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE WENT THAT FAR WITH IT. I THINK HAD SOMEONE JUST POINTED IT OUT A LITTLE BIT SOONER, I KNOW DURING DISCUSSIONS IT WAS, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT LAW AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF LAUGHED OFF. BUT THEN WHEN IT WENT UP THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THAT IS INCORRECT. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL IF WE AT SOME POINT WE CAN JUST STOP DIGGING A HOLE AND FIX IT OR WE CAN JUST LEAVE IT AND HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE IT DOESN'T CAUSE AN ISSUE. I MEAN, WE WILL DO WHATEVER COUNCIL UHS DECISION IS AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THE, THE WORD. SO I THINK SOME OF THIS IS JUST A OPINION AND PERSONAL PREFERENCE. UH, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE WORD LA VERDE. UH, AND I THINK, UM, IT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THIS AS NOT BEING TOTALLY WARM. I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND UNDERSTAND THE SQUARE FOOT, THE NUMBER OF VISITORS, UH, THE EVENTS, THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S GOT, IT INCORPORATES ALMOST EVERYTHING. IT HAS THE WILDLIFE PART OF IT. THE, THE INTRODUCTION IS WELCOMING. UM, I REALLY DON'T SEE HOW HOW DIFFERENT ADDING, UM, THE BOBCAT IN HERE IS, IS GOING TO MAKE THIS STORY. I MEAN, UH, I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO JGE UP THE THE LANGUAGE ANY WAY THAT I CAN. UM, I MEAN, I, I CAN SEE WHERE MAYBE, UH, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED COLD TO SOME PEOPLE OR NOT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WARM INFORMATION SO TO SPEAK. SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A WAY TO MAYBE PLAY AROUND WITH IT BEING INFORMATIVE AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PARK'S FOR YOUR, YOUR TEAM IS, IS YOUR, YOUR NEWEST HIRE'S GOT MORE, SOME, SOME RIDING SHOTS. YES. SHE'S A NEW SUPPORTER. WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE LET YOU GUYS? I I THINK WE NEED TO LET THEM BE IN CHARGE OF IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , I DON'T WANT IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. OKAY. SO, BUT I DO [02:45:01] THINK GIVING YOU DIRECTION TO, LIKE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COPY THAT WAS PRODUCED BY LIONHEART MM-HMM. . BUT TO GIVE YOU TO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PERSONAL STAMP ON IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF KYLE AND THEN ALSO JUST ENTRUST, UH, THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE PROFESSIONAL AND OBJECTIVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU HANDLE THAT. YEAH. UH, BUT I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH AS OPPOSED TO FEELING LIKE, YES, THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS JOCKEYING FOR WORDS AND SENTENCES WITHIN IT. YES. YOU GUYS CAN BE AN IMPARTIAL GROUP THAT CAN PUT THAT COPY TOGETHER, SOMETHING YOU'RE PROUD OF. AND THEN I WOULD SAY GO THAT, THAT SOUNDS FAIR. AND THANK YOU. UH, AND AGAIN, COUNSEL, WE GOTTA TRY TO CATCH THIS NOT ON THE 11TH HOUR ON ALL THESE THINGS. I KNOW WE'RE, A LOT OF TIMES IF WE'RE CHANGING THINGS AT THE LAST MINUTE, ARE WE LEAVING TDS IN THERE? I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UH, I SENT OUT IN THE EMAIL, UH, WHETHER WE WANNA ADD PARKS BOARD, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO, UH, THE CONTRIBUTOR SECTION SOMEWHERE. AND THEN, UM, THE TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I, UH, I, I THINK WAS DIRECTED UNDER THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER TO PUT UNDER THERE, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE HISTORY IS BEHIND IT IF, YEAH. SO THEY MAKE ASSUMPTION DISPOSAL SYSTEMS MADE AN INITIAL CONTRIBUTION AS A PART OF A NEGOTIATION FOR A CONTRACT THAT THEY RECEIVED. SO THEY GAVE US MONEY WHEN WE NEGOTIATED AND WE WANTED TO USE IT IN THAT WAY. SO I SEE. SO TO ME THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA. IT'S LIKE, I KNOW THEY WANNA PUT THEIR NAME ON THERE, BUT I'M NOT SURE OTHER THAN THAT. BUT THEY DID, UH, CONTRIBUTE AS A PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION TREES AND SOME OTHER FOLIAGE. SO, UH, WE ENDED UP PUTTING IT ON HEROES MEMORIAL PARK. SO IF YOU WANNA PUT IT ON LAVERDE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT. BUT THE PARKS BOARD DID NOT HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CREATION FUNDING OR, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THIS. UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED IN OTHER PARKS MM-HMM. , UH, BUT THEY JUST, THEY JUST WERE NOT INVOLVED HERE OF THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY. THAT'S WHERE HE YEAH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO GIVE DIRE MORE DIRECTION AND OR PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN AS A WRITER BEING TOLD TO MAKE CHANGES TO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AS VAGUE AS WHAT I JUST HEARD FROM COUNSEL HERE, WHICH IS EXACTLY LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT, THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE GIVING FEEDBACK TO SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO JUST MIRACULOUSLY FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE HELP OF SOMEONE WHO IS RECENTLY HIRED. SO TO ME THAT'S SETTING RIGHT. BUT WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT. UNDERSTAND WHICH, UNDERSTAND WHICH IS WHY I WAS UNDERSTAND, WHICH IS WHY, SO I DON'T LIKE US TRYING TO DO IT FROM THE DIAS, BUT WHAT IF WE HAVE ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, PARTICIPATE IN EITHER ONE MEETING OR EVEN AN EMAIL THREAD WHERE RACHEL, THAT'S EXACT TOPICS, BUT THAT'S ARGUMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVING TOO MUCH INFLUENCE IN HOW SOMETHING IS BROUGHT FORWARD. YES. AND THERE COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE, WHERE, WHERE WHAT GETS PUSHED FORWARD AS COPY THAT NEEDS TO BE A, UH, IS NOT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD WANT. I DON'T SEE ANY TWO BETTER PEOPLE THAN FOR YOU, MR. MAYER AND YOU, MS. FLORES KALE, TO COLLABORATE WITH RACHEL AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS DONE BY THE TWO WEEK DEADLINE THAT SHE HAS IN ORDER TO ORDER THIS ON TIME. WE GOT JUST TO, JUST TO PIGGYBACK, SO, AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING. THIS IS GETTING TOO LATE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TOO MUCH. BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOU, RIGHT, BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA DESIGN A TASK FORCE JUST LIKE THAT, AND THEN THREE YEARS FROM NOW WE'LL HAVE A NEW COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SAY, I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION WHO WROTE THIS? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS WHOEVER BROUGHT THIS ON THE AGENDA ITEM, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY OR WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, BY ALL MEANS GO FROM THERE. AND, AND, AND, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ON THESE PROJECTS WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE ON THE 11TH HOUR, RIGHT? WHEN WE'RE ABOUT READY TO BUILD THESE THINGS AND, AND ORDER THIS, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THIS IS LOOKING. I DON'T WANT, I, I WANT IT TOTALLY DIFFERENT. WE'VE GOT TO NOW, I CAN'T SAY YOU GOTTA STOP THIS, BUT WE JUST GOTTA BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS OBJECTIVELY. WELL, THIS JUST GOT BROUGHT TO US JUST SO WE'RE REAL CLEAR. THIS IS NOT COUNCIL'S DOING, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHEN IS THERE AND SO FORTH, BUT IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OR NO, NO, NO. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GO AHEAD. WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A MOTION, SO I GO AHEAD. I'D MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED, UH, WITH THE COPY AND TO AUTHOR, ALSO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO UPDATE AND WARMY THE COPY AS THEY SEE FIT. UH, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY'VE HEARD, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE, UH, FINAL AUTHORITY TO PUT THE COPY TOGETHER AND MAKE THE ORDER FOR THE DEDICATION ELEMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR PARSLEY IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALLS IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. I'M NOT DONE. . I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE DON'T GET [02:50:01] A SECOND LOOK AT THAT. UM, ALL OPPOSED, NAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE. NEXT UP IS AGENDA [36.  Discussion and possible action regarding an update on the Vybe trail. ~ Yvonne Flores-Cale, Council Member] ITEM 36, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE VIBE TRAIL. COUNCILMAN SK? UM, I WAS DANIELLE ARE GONNA DO HERS. I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN POST, POST MINE POSTPONE MINE. UM, WE HAD PUT IT ON THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A MIX UP IN THE COMMUNICATION. AND SO, UM, I DON'T MIND, I THINK THERE THE STAFF WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING A PRESENTATION BACK TO US. AND SO, UM, IS, IS THAT RIGHT, BRIAN? YES. UH, UH, WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING BACK, UM, YOU GOTTA FLIP IT FORWARD, STILL WORKING THROUGH DETAILS ON THIS, BUT THERE WE GO. UM, THANK YOU. UH, WE DID TALK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE ABOUT BRINGING BACK A, A DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THE VIBE. WE CAN GIVE SOME STATISTICS, STATUS FUNDING, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AT A LATER TIME. THE COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. AGENDA ITEM 37, PRESENTATION ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL TRAIL SUMMIT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO A REALLY QUICK OVERLOOK OF WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL TRAIL SUMMIT. I THINK WE HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION, UM, THAT IT WAS REALLY HARD TO PUT A PRESENTATION WITH EVERYTHING TOGETHER, UM, TO THIS TRAIL SUMMIT. IT WAS, WE WENT, MARIANNA, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, STACY ANDERSON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER AND I, UM, WERE, YOU KNOW, UM, SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY AND LEARN SO MUCH FROM THIS, UM, SUMMIT. DO YOU WANNA ? I GOT THIS. UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF TAKEAWAYS THAT WE COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. UH, WHEN OUR TRAILS COMMITTEE, UM, IS FORMED AND FUNCTIONING, THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY AND I CAN GO MEET WITH THEM TO HAVE MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS THAT WE ATTENDED, WE, IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE MOST RELEVANT TO OUR CITY AND THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN CURRENTLY WITH, UH, SO MANY NATURAL TRAILS HERE AND THE VISION, THE OF THE VIBE TRAIL ITSELF, UH, IS A CONCEPT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE, IF ARE WE? YEAH. OH, PERFECT. OKAY. SO BENEFITS OF A CONNECTED TRAIL SYSTEM. UH, THE IMPACT TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, UH, WOULD BE IMMENSE SHORT TERM. UH, ALMOST FROM DAY ONE OF ACTIVATION OF A CITYWIDE CONNECTED TRAIL SYSTEM. THERE IS, THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS IN TERMS OF IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL HEAR MOST FREQUENTLY IS THE STRESSES OF SOME OF THE, UH, THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND SO THE VIBE TRAIL, EXCUSE ME, OR A TRAIL SYSTEM HERE IN KYLE WOULD NOT ONLY IN THE SHORT TERM PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME CARS OFF THE ROAD, BUT IT WOULD, UM, THE, THE LONG TERM VISION COULD NOT ONLY TAKE CARS OFF THE ROAD AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE LESS RELIANT ON AUTOMOBILES, BUT, UM, WE WOULD, UH, IN ESSENCE BE A HEALTHIER CITY AND THIS WOULD BE A HEALTHIER PLACE TO LIVE. AND THAT GOES IN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS BENEFITS. UM, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SESSIONS THAT TALKED A LOT ABOUT JUST THE APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND SOME OF THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, A, A CH WHEN YOU BUILD A TRAIL SYSTEM OR YOU HAVE NATURAL TRAILS AND YOU FOSTER ITS GROWTH SO THAT IT CAN, UM, IT CAN CONTINUE TO GROW NATURALLY. UH, SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ELEMENTS OF THAT THAT CAN, UM, WE CAN PURSUE ALONGSIDE, UH, THE CONCEPT OF THE VIBE TRAIL. UH, NEXT, SO THE, THE NEXT, AND I KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, IS JUST THE SHORT TERM CAPABILITIES OF WHAT OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, UH, BUILDING THAT OUT, UM, AND ALONGSIDE THE VIBE TRAIL WOULD, UH, ALLOW MORE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, WHICH ADDRESSES INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD CONGESTION, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF GETTING CARS OFF THE ROAD, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE RAPID, UH, POPULATION GROWTH IN OUR CITY. AND, UM, LONG TERM IS PROBABLY WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT, IS JUST THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IT CAN HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, MULTIMILLION DOLLARS, UH, A YEAR. UH, ONE, ONE THING, JUST ONE ANECDOTE. THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID A PRESENTATION THAT, THAT LAID OUT ALL OF THE NATURAL TRAILS THAT EXIST IN THE COUNTRY. AND I WAS SHOCKED THAT THERE WERE SO MANY. UH, THE THING IS, IS THEY DON'T REALLY BELONG TO ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST TRAILS THAT EXIST AND PEOPLE USE [02:55:01] THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF, UH, THEY'RE NOT PART OF SOMETHING. KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE IN KYLE WITH SOME OF THESE NATURAL TRAILS THAT WE HAVE IS WE WANT TO CONNECT THEM TO OTHER THINGS AND TO BUILD AN EXPERIENCE AROUND IT. AND, UH, OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS ARE DOING THE SAME THING. AND I'D LOVE TO, TO LOOK AT HOW WE AS A, AS A CITY CAN BE A, UM, CAN BE A, A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES, UH, JUST GOING OUT NORTH, SOUTHEAST WEST TO TRY TO CONNECT TO OURS AND WHERE KYLE COULD BECOME THE EPICENTER OF, UH, A NATURAL TRAIL SYSTEM THAT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO IT. SO THE, UH, I THINK, UH, I PUT SOME NUMBERS OR WE PUT SOME NUMBERS IN. WHERE IS IT, ARE THESE PHOTOS OF THE NAV THE RENO AREA, OR ARE THESE JUST PHOTOS THAT YOU'VE GRABBED THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE, UH, BEAR PHOTOS WE HAVE AT THESE PHOTOS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PHOTOS AT THE END? YEAH, I WANTED TO SEE THE RENO AREA. I MEAN, THAT'S THE TRAIL SYSTEM THERE, BUT SO YOU'RE JUST IN GENERAL TALKING ABOUT NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE LEARNED DURING THE SUMMIT. THE PICTURES OF THE OUTDOOR PLACES ARE AT THE END. OKAY. SORRY. SORRY, GO AHEAD. SO LOOKING AT, UH, THERE WAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT DONE BY THE DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT, WHICH, UH, WHICH AVERAGES AROUND 40,000 VISITS PER MILE OF THE TRAIL, WHICH DRIVES 6.3 MILLION IN ANNUAL SPENDING ON GOODS AND SERVICES. SO THAT IS, UH, WHEN WE THINK OF ALL THE SMALL DEALS THAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST YEAR ON US OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE WANT TO GIVE SALES TAX, YOU KNOW, LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE, THIS IS NOTHING BUT GENERATING REVENUE FOR US. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN SUSTAIN ITSELF FOR THE MOST PART. UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE DATA ON THE TYPES OF SPEND, LIKE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON. SO THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT COULD GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING PATTERNS FOR, UH, TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO, UH, HAVE SURROUNDING THE AREAS OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO DISCUSSING MORE WITH MARIANA AND, UH, OUR, UH, ABOUT TO BE SEATED TRAILS COMMITTEE OR TRAILS BOARD. BOARD COMMITTEE. MM-HMM. COMMISSION OR WE'RE USE, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME NOW. UH, SO I THINK THAT'S MY, THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FOR ME IS JUST WHAT THIS CAN BE LONG TERM. UH, INITIALLY WHEN I WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE VIBE TRAIL, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I SAW THE LONG-TERM VISION UNTIL I GOT TO RENO AND I SAW ALL THESE OTHER CITIES WHO HAD, UH, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO DEVELOP THEIR TRAIL SYSTEM AND HOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UH, UH, TRAILS NETWORKS, NETWORKS OF TRAILS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM THE FAR WEST COAST OF THE COUNTRY TO THE FAR EAST COAST GOING UP THAT CONNECTS ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH MAINE. AND, UH, SAME THING MAIN DOWN TO THE, THE MOST SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF FLORIDA. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT WAS CRAZY TO KIND OF, TO SEE ALL THIS AND, UM, INSPIRING ON SOME LEVEL TO KNOW THAT, UM, SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED FOR THE MOST PART IS, UH, VERY MUCH COULD BE A REALITY FOR OUR CITY. AND I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TRY TO DRIVE THE THE VIBE TRAIL FORWARD. IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING. NOPE. SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS WHY I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN IN, IN CONTACT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE KYLE TRAILS COALITION FRIENDS, UM, AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY OF KYLE RESIDENTS WANT AND WHAT IS, AND IF IT KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THE VIBE TRAIL VISION IN MY HEAD, I THOUGHT THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR US TO KIND OF MERGE THE TRAILS, UM, AND MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. UM, GOING TO THE TRAILS, UH, SUMMIT, WE HAD SO MANY CLASSES TO TAKE IT, IT REALLY HARD TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SCOPE OF EVERYTHING WE LEARNED. BUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT I ATTENDED WAS CONCRETE TRAILS. HE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF HAVING A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED TRAIL. UM, SAID THAT FOR A CITY TO MAINTAIN IT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO, IT WILL BE USING CONCRETE. UM, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE WE LOVE THE NATURE TRAILS, UM, THE MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE IS REALLY, IT BECOMES REALLY EXPENSIVE [03:00:01] AND IT ALSO TAKES TIME AWAY FROM OUR PARKS OR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. UM, SORRY, ATTACK MY HEART BACK AGAIN. UM, I LEARNED THAT ALSO THE BENEFIT THAT IT HAS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU CAN CONSTRUCT THESE CONCRETE TRAILS AND THEN WE ALSO SAW ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE TRAIL. IT JUST REALLY BLEW BLOWS AWAY. UM, SO THAT JUST SOLD ME, I SAT DOWN ON ONE OF THE TABLES WHERE THEY DISCUSSED DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIKE HOW THICK IT NEEDS TO BE AND HOW THE EDGES NEED TO GO AND WHAT IS THE, THE BEST WAY TO CONSTRUCT A TRAIL MADE OUT OF CONCRETE TO MAKE THEM LAST LONGER. SO THEN I REALIZED IT REALLY, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO HAVE ONE VIBE TRAIL AND COMBINE, YOU KNOW, NATURE IN CONCRETE. I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TWO OF THEM. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE A TRAILS COMMITTEE FOR US TO KIND OF SEE WHAT, WHAT MATTERS TO CAL AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION IS ONE OF THE CLASSES THAT TALKED ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION FOR TRAILS AND THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, IN GRANTS THAT WE COULD APPLY WHEN THERE IS, WHEN WE WANNA DO NATURE TRAILS. UM, THEN I DON'T KNOW IF GRANT CAN SKIP TO NEXT ONE THAT WE FOR BETTER THE NEXT ONE. SO LIKE THE MOTIVATIONS FOR THE LANDOWNERS AND HOW DO YOU APPROACH THEM AND THEN WHAT KIND OF GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE, HOW DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO TALK TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN TEXAS THAT WE HAVE. IT MADE ME LOOK UP, UM, LET ME THINK ABOUT A CURRENT LANDOWNER THAT HAS A LOT OF , UM, LAND THAT WE WANT AND ALSO HAS FORMS, UM, AND HOW THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS TO TRY TO ACQUIRE THOSE LANDS FOR TRAILS. SO, UM, IT REALLY GIVES US A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, UM, WHENEVER WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, WHAT WE CAN BE APPLYING FOR. AND THEN, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE JUST HAVE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE, UM, MACHINERY THAT MARIANA AND STACY TRIED AT THAT BICYCLE. IT'S DONE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE DISABILITIES. AND I KNOW STACY TRIED THAT IN ANOTHER ONE. UM, AND THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE MACHINERY AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, INFORMATIVE. SO WHAT AIRLINE DID Y'ALL FLY? THOSE SEATS LOOK REALLY COMFORTABLE. UH, THEY WERE TIGHT PRIVATE JET. IT WAS LIKE FIRST CLASS . NO. CAN WE GET, GET AN AUDIT? NO, FOR SURE. . UM, THAT'S NOT SOUTHWEST. THAT'S ALL I ANYWAY. UM, SO I AM REALLY EXCITED AND EAGER TO WORK WITH THE, UH, TRAILS BOARD THAT WE JUST FINISHED DOING THE INTERVIEWS YESTERDAY. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS 12 PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE LIST. UM, IT'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITING TO, WE HAVE VERY PEOPLE WHO IS REALLY EXCITED TO GIVE IDEAS FOR THE CITY TRAILS. SO THERE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. NO, I'M, I'M, WELL, I THINK I, I LOVED YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE MAKING KYLE A CENTRAL, UH, POINT, LIKE A NEXUS, SO TO SPEAK. UH, WHERE OTHER TRAIL SYSTEMS, CAUSE WE HAVE THE EMERALD CROWN TRAIL, WE HAVE THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL, UH, WE HAVE THE VIBE MM-HMM. , UM, YOU KNOW, SAN MARCOS HAS GOT SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE TRAILS, IN FACT, LIKE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE IF YOU GO UP, UH, TO SOME OF WHAT, WHAT THEY DO THROUGH THEIR AND THAT. BUT IT'S THROUGH NATURE CONSERVANCY, JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON VARIOUS PROPERTIES WHERE LANDOWNERS WANT TO PRESERVE MM-HMM. THEIR LAND AND YOU CAN TURN IT INTO A TRAIL SYSTEM. THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN SO MUCH. AND THEN I ALSO KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT CONCRETE VERSUS THE NATURE TRAIL, BECAUSE I GO ON, UH, WALKS, UH, ALL THE TIME. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO. AND ANYTIME THERE'S LIKE RAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S CERTAIN TRAILS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T GO ON MM-HMM. BECAUSE THEY GET MUDDY AND THEY'RE UNEVEN. BUT THERE ARE OTHER TRAILS THAT ARE CONCRETE TRAILS THAT EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HAVING BEEN A STORM, IF YOU TAKE ONE STEP OFF, YOU'RE IN SOUP. YEAH. BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO GO AND FAMILY STROLLERS, THE WHOLE THING IS STILL AVAILABLE. UH, AND SO THAT'S, BUT I THINK THERE'S A PLACE FOR BOTH IS WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND SO, UH OH, ABSOLUTELY. LIKE THERE IS A GROUP THAT LIKES TO RIDE, YOU KNOW, DIRT BIKES. RIGHT. YOU DON'T GOT A DIRT BIKE ON THE NATURE TRAILS. UM, ONE OF THE [03:05:01] CLASSES WE TOOK WAS GIVEN BY THE SPEAKER WAS, UM, LADY WHO USED TO BE A PARKS DIRECTOR AND SHE WILL WALK IN THIS TRAIL. SHE WAS LIKE, THE DIRECTOR OF THAT PARTICULAR TRAIL, UM, WILL CLIMB TO THE TALLEST, UM, STONE. AND SHE POSTED A PICTURE AND SHE FELL AND NOW SHE'S COMPLETELY PARALYZED. SO, UM, HER CITY KIND OF ADJUSTED HER JOB AND SHE IS NOW LIKE THE DIRECTOR OF THE DISABILITY KIND OF PLANNING. UM, AND SHE HAS HELPED SHAPE THOSE TRAILS TO WORK FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER NOW. SO I THINK IT'S A LOT TO CONSIDER. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT BRIEFING QUA. YES. YES. SO THANK YOU GUYS, UH, FOR GOING UP THERE. UM, DID Y'ALL OBSERVE ANY, UM, CONNECTIVITY, LIKE MAYBE IN TUNNELS OR HOW DO YOU GET FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER SIDE IF, IF Y'ALL SAW ANY ROADS WHERE THE TRAILS HAVE TO BYPASS? WE DIDN'T GO INTO ANY ACTUAL TRAIL. THIS WAS LIKE A CONFERENCE. OH. SO SO YOU, THIS WAS LIKE THE ONLY DAY OUT. OH, I WAS HOPING THAT Y'ALL WOULD SEE LIGHTING OR RETAIL AROUND THE TRAILS. MM-HMM. I MISSED THE TUNNEL'S PRESENTATION OF THE CONFERENCE. NO, WE DIDN'T. OKAY. BUT WE DO NEED BOTH, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, THE NATURAL TRAILS WE DO NEED TO, DOES NOT WANT TO BE ENCROACHED BY THE CEMENT TRAIL. RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHERE MY MENTALITY, NOT AN EITHER OR I THOUGHT EVENTUALLY THAT WE COULD MERGE. RIGHT. IT'S, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE BOTH THE MORE TRAILS, THE MORE VISITORS TRAVEL IS GOING TO HOT RIGHT. AND MORE ATTRACTIVE. SO WHEN, WHEN WE WERE, WHEN WE WENT ON THE TOUR, UM, WHEN I WAS ON THE TASK FORCE FOR THE ORIGINAL VIBE, THAT WAS ALWAYS BROUGHT UP ABOUT DECIDING BETWEEN GOING AT THE NATURAL TRAIL VERSUS CONCRETE AND AS, AND IT, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THAT OTHER KIND OF, UM, PROSTHETIC TYPE OF TRAIL ON THAT END. BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AREA THAT WE HAVE HERE IN KYLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF BLACK DIRT. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF BEDROCK. SO, UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERSUS OVER HERE IT'S MORE DESERT. SO EVERY REGION OF THE UNITED STATES IS GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GEOGRAPHY KIND OF AREA. SO I THINK WHEN WE DECIDED TO START BUILDING OURS, CONCRETE WAS A LOT MORE, UH, NOT LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S JUST A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY IN A SENSE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE TO USE. AND, UM, AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME AREAS WHEN WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE VIBE TRAIL WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT NATURAL, UH, SETTING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAYBE BUILD A SMALLER BRIDGE OR SOMETHING TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN CROSS OVER. BUT, UH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR GOING OVER THERE AND, AND, AND SEEING THAT AND GIVE US SOME, GIVING US SOME FEEDBACK. UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO WITH, UH, I GUESS WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, BRIAN, WE'RE GOING TO ADDISON? YES, SIR. OKAY. DO THEY HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT, THAT WE COULD PROBABLY GET BRIEFED ON WHEN WE'RE OVER THERE? UH, TO SOMETHING? I CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT. MAYBE NOT TO GO THERE DIRECTLY, BUT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THERE FROM THE PARKS BOARD THAT COULD GIVE US SURE. SOME INSIGHT ON SURE. THEY DO HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING PARKS AND SOME FACILITIES, SO WE CAN TRY TO PUT THAT IN THE, THE INFORMATION JUROR. YEAH. THAT BE ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL DONE, SIR? MM-HMM. . MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED. 10 30. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.