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WATER.[I. Call Meeting to Order]
RIGHT.THE TIME IS 5:35 PM IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH.
I'M GONNA CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL A ROLL MITCHELL.
[II. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
ALRIGHT, FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT.UH, 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.
WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A, A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE TWO REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
THE FIRST THING WE WANT GET THESE OUT TO Y'ALL.
THIS IS FOR THE NINE 11, UH, CEREMONY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUT OF HEROES MEMORIAL PARK ON NINE 11 ITSELF.
GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON IT.
THE SECOND THING IS WE HAVE HEARD SOME GRUMBLING FROM PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT THEY WANT TO CUT OFF THE WATER AT THE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LOOK AT IT LIKE, EH, WE NEED TO CUT IT OFF.
BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO THE VETERANS.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.
AND YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW GOOD A MONUMENT YOU HAVE OUT THERE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO WASHINGTON, DC AND YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S ON A PAR WITH THEM BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT EVERYBODY, NOT JUST ONE SERVICE AT A TIME.
AND THE SOUND OF WATER IS KIND OF SOOTHING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND WHEN THE DEMONS GET BAD, I LIKE TO GO OUT THERE.
AND I HAVE BEEN, I HAVE FULFILLED ALL OF THOSE JOBS.
I HAVE BEEN A HAZMAT, I HAVE BEEN A FIREFIGHTER INDUSTRIAL, I HAVE BEEN AN E M T, I'VE WORKED IN A FUNERAL HOME.
I'VE WORKED SECURITY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, AND I'M A VETERAN.
SO I'VE PRETTY MUCH DONE ALL OF THOSE JOBS AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN MAKE US FEEL AND, AND THE VETERANS FEEL, BECAUSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS.
BUT I KNOW I'VE ON PATROL AS C O P, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AT NIGHT AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE OUT THERE WANDERING AROUND, SITTING IN THE LITTLE ALOS THAT WE HAVE AND, UH, KIND OF COOL COOLING OUT OR CHILLING OUT.
SO WE'RE ASKING, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE IT'S BEEN UP OR IF IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO Y'ALL, BUT WE'RE ASKING NOT TO SHUT THE WATER OFF THERE BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR CEREMONIES.
ALRIGHT, NEXT STEP IS SEAN MOORE.
COUNSEL, UH, I'M A, I'M A VETERAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, A MEMBER OF THE POST.
I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING NECESSARILY THE POST'S OPINIONS, UH, BUT MY OWN, I, UH, WOULD AGREE WITH ROBERT ON ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
UH, THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ASKED AND ANSWERED BEFORE WE SHUT WATER OFF AT THE PARK.
I'M NOT AGAINST IT IF THAT'S WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.
AND WE TRUST THAT YOU GUYS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ON THAT.
BUT THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE PUMPS, THE LINING, ALL THAT STUFF, THOSE HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION TO SHUT THE WATER OFF.
UH, IS IT GONNA COST THE CITY MORE TO FILL THAT TANK BACK UP THAN IT'S WORTH? IS IT GONNA COST THE CITY MONEY TO MOVE AQUATIC LIFE THAT LIVES THERE? THERE ARE FISH IN THE POND.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE STARTED OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE THERE NOW.
THERE ARE ALSO, UH, TURTLES IN THE POND, UM, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT.
ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO SHUT THAT WATER OFF.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO BRING UP.
UH, THAT IS ALL, UH, OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE, FORMS THAT I HAVE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? MAYOR COUNCIL, STEVE COOK.
UH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, ON THIS THROUGH THE MONTHS, AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, WE HAD OUR STATE COMMANDER DOWN HERE, IT'S GONNA MAKE THE STATE V F W MAGAZINE, PROBABLY NATIONAL.
BUT MY CONCERN IN HEARING SOME OF THIS IS, UM, MAYBE MORE EFFECTIVELY RUNNING.
I MEAN, NO ONE EXPECTS A DROUGHT LIKE WHAT WE GOT AT THIS TIME WITH THIS NEW MEMORIAL.
BUT MY CONCERN IS, I, I SEE THE, UH, WATER FOUNTAIN, THE FIRE HYDRANT AT THE BACK, AND IT WAS RUNNING PRETTY NONSTOP WHEN I WAS OUT THERE.
AND, UH, TODAY IT'S NOT, I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT I KNOW FIRE HYDRANT IS DRINKING WATER.
SO MY CONCERN IS IF DRINKING WATER'S GOING INTO THE FOUNTAIN, HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT? HOW DO WE GET POTABLE WATER AND NOT USE OUR GR WHERE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM.
I'M NOT THAT EDUCATED, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, IT'S A NEW MEMORIAL AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED A BETTER AFTER ACTION REPORT,
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YOU KNOW, UM, OF ALL ASPECTS OF THIS.NO ONE WANTS TO SEE IT TURNED DOWN.
I MEAN, WE HAD OUR OFFICERS HERE AND IT WAS, THEY, THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND SO DO WE, ALL THE VETERANS ENJOY IT AND EVERY, EVERY FIRST RESPONDER, BUT THERE'S JUST TOO MANY OPEN QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW? UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT ANSWERED BEFORE, UM, AND, AND FOR THE CITY, AND KNOW Y'ALL DO TAKE A BROAD ASPECT AND LOOK AT ALL THE PROBLEMS AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, WORK BETTER IN THE FUTURE ON THIS.
IT'S JUST BEEN A NIGHTMARE HEARING EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE DRINKING WATER IF WE'RE PUTTING DRINKING WATER IN THERE.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S QUITE RIGHT.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M
[1. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide direction regarding the City's Water Usage and Watering Restrictions. ~ Amber Schmeits, Assistant City Manager]
GONNA CLOSE.CITIZEN COMMENTS, IT'S NOW CLOSED.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD DISCUSSION, PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING CITY'S WATER USAGE AND WATERING RESTRICTIONS, MR. LANGLEY? YES, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THE DROUGHT IN THE AREA AS WELL AS OUR WATER USAGE AND SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ON WATER USAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE NEEDING TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE THOSE RESTRICTIONS DUE TO OUR PERMITS THAT WE HAVE FOR WATER.
SO I'M GONNA ASK AMBER TO GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION WITH YOU TO OUTLINE SOME OF THE USAGE THAT WE'VE HAD AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN GET ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
AMBER? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S WATER USAGE AND RESTRICTIONS WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO CURRENTLY THE CITY OF KYLE IS IN STAGE TWO AMENDED WATERING RESTRICTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN, UM, AT THIS POINT FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS 'CAUSE OF THE DROUGHT STATUS.
UM, WE GET OUR WATER FROM THREE DIFFERENT SUPPLIES.
THE FIRST IS THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN A CONSERVATION OF STAGE FOUR, UH, BARTON SPRINGS.
EDWARDS AQUIFER CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS OUR SECOND SUPPLIER.
UH, THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN STAGE THREE.
AND THEN OUR THIRD, UM, AND OUR GREATEST WATER SUPPLIER IS THE GUADALUPE BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY, G B R A.
UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN A VOLUNTARY 5% REDUCTION.
SO ACCORDING TO THE NOAA PRECIPITATION DATA, KYLE HAS RECEIVED ONLY 10 TO 25% OF THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR OUR AREA AS OF JULY, 2023.
AND JERRY'S GOT SOME DETAILED, UM, SLIDES ABOUT THE CURRENT DROUGHT STATUS AND, AND LOOKS TO WHAT, UM, HISTORICALLY WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO WE CAN CALL HIM UP LATER AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE SLIDES AS WELL.
UH, WATER USAGE TABLE, WE ACTIVELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, HARPER TIM, THEIR TEAM, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE EQUIPMENT EVERY DAY.
I'M WORKING WITH THEM EVERY DAY.
WE'RE, WE'RE EXAMINING WHAT WE'VE USED AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE, UM, AVAILABLE TO US UNDER OUR PERMITS.
AND TODAY, UM, AS OF AUGUST 28TH, WE HAVE ALLOCATED TO US FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR UNDER THE E A A PERMITS, UM, 88.9 MILLION GALLONS.
AND WE'VE USED 89% OF THAT SUPPLY.
UM, THE BARTON SPRINGS, A PERMIT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO WHILE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 161.7 MILLION GALLONS ALLOCATED TO US FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED TO US FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND THAT IS 19.4 MILLION GALLONS.
AND SO CURRENTLY WE ARE 90% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE MONTH, AND WE HAVE USED 77% OF OUR MONTHLY ALLOCATION UNDER THAT PERMIT.
THE G B R A, WE HAVE 1.5 BILLION.
DID I READ THAT RIGHT? BILLION GALLONS
AND Y'ALL MIGHT SAY, WHY AREN'T WE USING MORE OF THE G B R A WATER? WELL, OUR SYSTEM IS BUILT SO THAT WE ARE USING AS MUCH WATER AS OUR SYSTEM CAN HANDLE THROUGH THE, OF OUR G B R A PERMITS.
SO THAT'S, WE'RE PUMPING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, BUT THE SYSTEM HAS LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN USE ON G B R A AND G B R A.
JUST ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
G B R A PRIMARILY SERVES THE EAST SIDE OF KYLE, EAST OF I 35, AND THEN E A A AND BARTON SPRINGS SERVE.
THE WEST SIDE DROUGHT SAYS, FOR OTHER PROVIDERS, WE TOOK A LOOK ON THE LEFT IS OUR, OUR 10 BENCHMARK CITIES THAT WE COMPARE, UH, AGAINST FOR, UM,
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OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE.AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE ON THE RIGHT HAND IS SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROVIDERS THAT MIGHT USE THE SAME WATER SOURCES OR BE, UM, YOU KNOW, USING SOME OF THE, UH, WATER SOURCES THAT ARE FEEDING OUR WATER SOURCES.
ALL OF THEM ARE IN SOME STAGE OF CONSERVATION.
UM, SOME STATE OF OUTSIDE, UH, IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS.
AND THE ONES WITH ASTERISK INDICATE THE ONES THAT ARE IN OUR BASICALLY WATER SERVICE.
SO WE'RE SHARING SOME OF THOSE SAME WATER SOURCES.
MY POINT TO THAT IS JUST THAT I THINK THE CITY OF KYLE, AND I THINK THAT HARPER AND TIM AND THEIR TEAM HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT CITIZENS AND KYLE HAVE HAD AS MUCH WATER FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE ACCESS TO THAT WATER.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST COMMUNITIES HOLDING OUT ON UPPING OUR RESTRICTIONS.
SO THE STATUS OF THE BARTON SPRINGS PERMIT IS THAT THEY COULD MOVE TO STAGE FOUR IN OCTOBER 1ST, AND IF THEY MOVE TO STAGE FOUR, THAT WOULD MEAN BASICALLY THEIR, OUR ALLOCATION FROM THEM IS CUT IN HALF.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE GET 19.4 MILLION GALLONS THIS MONTH, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE 9.9 MILLION GALLONS.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG HIT TO THIS PERMIT IF THEY WOULD MOVE.
UM, THEY ARE MONITORING DAILY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE PHYSICALLY.
'CAUSE THE WATER LEVELS ARE SO LOW, THEY'RE HAVING TO MEASURE, UH, THE STREAMS DAILY.
AND SO THEIR TRIGGER POINT IS IF THEY GO BELOW THE 14 C F SS, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO INTO STAGE FOUR, OR THEY COULD MAKE THAT CALL AT THAT TIME.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M YOU UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT.
NOTE NUMBER TWO, UM, NOTE FROM THE B S E A C D, THE BARTON SPRINGS GAUGE IS REPORTING DISCHARGE BELOW STAGE FOUR, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN STAGE THREE.
SO TECHNICALLY THEY ARE BELOW THE THRESHOLD AND WELL, THEY REPORTED I THINK ONE OR TWO DAYS BELOW.
BUT THEY HAVE THE, THEY HAVE THE, THE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS GAVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE GENERAL MANAGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHATEVER THAT POSITION IS TO MAKE THE CALL AS TO WHEN THEY GO INTO STAGE FOUR.
AND SO THEY FELT LIKE THOSE STREAMS WERE NOT MEASURING ACCURATELY.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD DOING THE MEASURING.
AND TIM CAN COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN.
SO TIM SANFORD, GOOD EVENINGS FOR THE RECORD.
SO YES, BARTON SPRINGS IS EXPERIENCING VERY LOW FLOW STREAM.
OUR STREAM FLOWS, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS DOING SOME THINGS ENVIRONMENTALLY WISE TO BE SURE THAT THEY'RE SENSITIVE TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH BARTON SPRINGS.
AND SO THEY'RE, BARTON IS WORKING WITH U SS G S AND THEY'RE MANUALLY COLLECTING THOSE STREAM FLOW DATAS, UH, ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
AND SO BARTON IS PARTNERING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GIVING US ACCURATE INFORMATION.
UH, WE DID SEE THIS REPORT BELOW THAT THRESHOLD OF, OF STAGE FOUR, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT I, I CONTACTED THEM ON THE PHONE AND SAID, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME WE'RE GONNA MANUALLY CLICK THAT.
AND WHEN THEY DID IT, IT CAME UP TO 17.
SO THAT'S, I THINK THIS IS INCONSISTENCIES ARE DUE TO THE, THE STREAM FLOWS BEING AS LOW AS THEY ARE.
SO THE STATUS OF OUR E A A PERMIT, UM, THE AUGUST HAS BEEN A RECORD BREAKING MONTH FOR, UM, USAGE CITYWIDE AND HAS HAD THE MOST IMPACT ON OUR E A A WATER.
WE'VE USED 25.1 MILLION GALLONS UNDER THAT PERMIT.
UM, IN COMPARISON, LAST YEAR WE USED 7.8 MILLION GALLONS.
AND IN 2021 WE USED 13.4 MILLION GALLONS.
SO WE'RE AT 89% USAGE OF OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION.
UM, AND THEN AS IN COMPARISON, WE'RE AT 67% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AND AS OF JUNE 30TH, WE WERE ONLY AT 39% OF USAGE.
AND JUNE'S OBVIOUSLY 50% ON THE WAY THROUGH THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE DOING GREAT, DOING GREAT, DOING GREAT.
AND THEN, UM, AUGUST WAS JUST, UM, A RECORD BREAKER FOR HEAT TEMPERATURE, DROUGHT, WATER USAGE.
SO TO STAY WITHIN THESE PERMIT LIMITS, WE HAVE TO, UM, SEEK ADDITIONAL WATER AND ACHIEVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN WATER USAGE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, WE, WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON, UM, THE BARTON SPRINGS THAT THEY MOVED.
I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF THEY MOVED TO STAGE FOUR, WE'LL CUT OUR SUPPLY IN HALF.
WE'RE, WE ARE GOOD FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT TO STAY WITHIN OUR PERMANENT LIMITS OF E A A, WE HAVE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL WATER AND ACHIEVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN WATER USAGE.
THE, UH, TIM AND I WENT TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCO AND WE REQUESTED
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TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL WATER, AND THEIR STAFF HAS AGREED TO PRESENT THAT, UH, WATER SHARING AGREEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.SO THEY HAVE THE WATER AVAILABLE, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WE PROJECTED WE MIGHT NEED.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, UH, BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR US.
HOWEVER, AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, WE HAD TO, UM, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN OUR WATERING SCHEDULE AND SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, UH, TO MATCH WHAT SAN, AT LEAST WHAT SAN MARCUS IS DOING.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY ASKED US TO DO, UM, AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.
SO IMPLEMENTATION OF STAGE THREE RESTRICTIONS WITH AMENDMENTS IS NECESSARY TO MEET REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS, STAY WITHIN PERMANENT LIMITS, AND SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS IN SECURING THIS ADDITIONAL WATER FROM SAN MARCUS.
SO WITH THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL OUTLINE WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
UM, STAGE THREE ADMITTED RESTRICTIONS WOULD UPHOLD STAGE TWO RESTRICTIONS.
UM, WASHING YOUR CARS, TRUCKS, VEHICLES ARE PROHIBITED AT HOME OR BY HAND.
UM, BUT COMMERCIAL CAR WASHES ARE ALLOWED ANY DAY AND TIME.
THEY USE MOSTLY RECYCLED WATER AND ARE, ARE NOT A BIG HIT TO OUR SYSTEM.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A NEW BI-WEEKLY IRRIGATION SCHEDULE BASED ON SYSTEM DEMANDS, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, IRRIGATION BY HANDHELD BUCKET OR HOSE ALLOWED ANY DAY DURING SEVEN TO 10:00 PM UM, THERE WILL BE NO INSTALLATION OF NEW LANDSCAPING, BUT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, STILL GET THEIR CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY.
THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SELL HOUSES.
IT'LL BE JUST EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
UM, THEY'LL JUST COME BACK IN AND INSTALL THE LANDSCAPING WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE BETTER.
UM, PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT PERMITS FOR POOLS, BUT THEY, UM, AND WE WILL REVIEW THEM AND HAVE THEM READY TO BE ISSUED.
WE JUST WON'T ISSUE THEM UNTIL WE COME OUT OF THIS STAGE THREE AMENDED.
UM, AND THEN FILLING EXISTING POOLS, PONDS, FOUNTAINS ARE PROHIBITED UNLESS FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OR POTENTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.
AND THIS MATCHES A RESTRICTION OF SAN MARCUS.
AND THEN ALL THOSE ARE ASTERISKS.
THEY, UM, DENOTE WHAT IS, UH, DEVIATION FROM OUR STAGE THREE A AMEN, OR A STAGE THREE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY PRETTY STRICT.
SO THIS IS STILL ALLOWING SOME IRRIGATION, IT'S STILL ALLOWING BUILDING, IT'S STILL ALLOWING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.
BUT IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'VE GOTTA CUT BACK ON SOME WATER.
THE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED.
UH, WHAT WE'RE NOTICING IS THAT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EVEN AND ODD ADDRESSES AND IT'S, IT'S PEAKING OUR SYSTEMS CHALLENGING OUR SYSTEM, AND WE ARE STRUGGLING TO RECHARGE THE TANKS.
AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, SPREADING THAT OUT OVER THE WEEK.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS ENDING IN ZERO ONE, YOU GET TO WATER ON MONDAY AND SO FORTH THROUGH FRIDAY, THERE'S NO WATERING ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS AND EVERY OTHER WEEK YOU GET TO WATER.
BUT ONE WEEK IS OFF OF WATERING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THIS MATCHES, UM, SAN MARCUS'S IRRIGATION SCHEDULE.
AND SO HOW WE GET THERE, UH, WE MAKE SURE OUR CITY FACILITIES, OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR RESTRICTIONS.
UM, WE INCREASE ENFORCEMENT WITH PATROLS AND POSSIBLE CITATIONS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UM, A ROBUST PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION EDGY.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE DON'T NEED WATERING TWICE A MONTH IF, IF WE COULD ONLY WATER ONE DAY A WEEK AND EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY ONLY COUNSEL CAN SPEAK DURING THE MEETING EXCEPT FOR THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.
BUT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET ANY CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF AS SOON AT AS SOON AS THIS IS OVER.
CAN I ASK THE QUESTION SHE'S TRYING TO ASK, SO HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK CAN A RESIDENT WATER, UH, ON DURING THE MONTH? AND DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE USING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS? CORRECT.
IT APPLIES TO EVERY, EVERY ADDRESS IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO WATER EVERY OTHER WEEK.
SO ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO WATER ONE DAY A WEEK, YOU WOULD WATER ONE DAY EVERY OTHER WEEK DEPENDING ON YOUR ADDRESS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S FOR THE AUTOMATED IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
SO BY HOSE YOU COULD WATER ANY DAY BETWEEN SEVEN AND 10 BY HAND.
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THE AUTOMATED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE PRIMARILY JUST WATER AND GRASS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO REDUCE THE USAGE.IF, IF THEY DON'T, THAT MEANS WE WOULD, UM, GO OVER OUR PERMIT AND WE COULD FACE POSSIBLE FINES BECAUSE THEY ENTERED INTO STAGE FOUR YESTERDAY.
AND SO THAT, THAT CAUSED ME SOME ALARM
AND SO I, I THINK, I THINK IT'S JUST TO BE CAUTIONARY, WE, SOME TYPE OF PLAN SHOULD BE FORMULATED BECAUSE THAT THEIR MEETING'S NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
SO WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR WE GOT TWO WEEKS, UM, TO TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT IN THE EVENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE AS MUCH AS I WANT THE WATER, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THE WATER AS A RESIDENT, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY CAN'T, SO THEY DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE OKAY SAYING NO AS WELL.
AND, AND IN THAT CASE, WE REALLY NEED TO, TO HAVE A PLAN B.
AND JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT WITH E A A, I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND I'VE BE GETTING, I'VE BEEN GETTING SOME INFORMATION ON THEM ON HOW, HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AND GOING THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR, UM, BASICALLY IF THERE'S NO LEASE HOLDERS THAT WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH KYLE OR HAVE THE ABILITY AVAILABILITY OF THAT WATER, UM, EA BASICALLY PUTS A POOL TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR ALL THE PERMIT PERMITEES AND WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER, THEY DIVVY THAT OUT ON WHOEVER OVER PUMPED BEYOND WHAT'S ABLE TO BE DIVVIED OUT.
THERE IS A FINE BASE, AND I'M TRYING TO DEVELOP WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S, GIMME SOME SCENARIOS FROM THIS LAST YEAR TO SEE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND I CAN SHARE THAT WITH, WITH MY SUPERVISORS AND WE COULD PASS THAT ALONG IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF, TO TIM AND TO PUBLIC WORKS, TO BRIAN, TO AMBER FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S NEVER AN EASY CONVERSATION TO HAVE, BUT, UM, I'D RATHER BE PROACTIVE THAN, THAN TO BE REACTIVE.
AND SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME THOUGHTS.
UH, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE, THE WATERING OF, OF THE LAWNS AND SO FORTH.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR INDIVIDUAL HOUSE ITSELF, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FOUNDATIONS AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT, RIGHT? WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE CRACKS.
ANYBODY OUT THERE, YOU STARTING TO SEE CRACKS IN YOUR SHEET ROCK, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S GETTING VERY, VERY DRY.
UM, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, ALSO THE DANGERS OF, UM, YARDS BEING COMPLETELY DRY.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE COULD START FIRES QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON IN YOUR HOUSE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT WE GOTTA REALLY LOOK AT.
UM, ONE THING THAT I AM, UM, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR FIRE HYDRANTS UP TO PAR AS FAR IS IF THERE IS A CRITICAL INCIDENT WITHIN THE CITY TO WHERE WE HAVE A FIRE.
'CAUSE EVERYWHERE HERE YOU JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF CIGARETTES, JUST ONE LITTLE ASH, AND IT COULD REALLY, REALLY DO SOME MAJOR DAMAGE.
HOW ARE WE LOOKING ON THE, ON OUR PRESSURE FOR OUR WATER, FOR OUR FIRE HYDRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? DO WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THAT AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE SECURITY OF THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO AN EMERGENCY LIKE THAT.
BUT, BUT I, I CAN I QUICKLY ON THAT, I CAN UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM AND I, I THINK WE ARE HAVING SOME CONCERNS AT THE PEAK TIME.
SO ALL THOSE CONS, THE CONCENTRATION OF WATERING ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, UH, DOES GIVE OUR SYSTEM SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, DEMANDS THAT, THAT WE DON'T THINK WE CAN KEEP SUSTAINING GOING FORWARD.
SO BY SPREADING THE DAYS OUT, UH, IT CERTAINLY GIVES US MORE CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PRESSURE ISSUES IN THE SYSTEM THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND IF WE DO DECIDE TO WHERE WE HAVE TO UNFORTUNATELY RAISE THE RESTRICTION, UH, WHAT WOULD BE OUR PLAN OF ACTION WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH THE, UH, BUSINESSES OUT THERE, INCLUDING RESTAURANTS ON HOW WE REGULATE THE WATER THAT'S BEING USED WITHIN THE RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH? WELL, I, I THINK, UM, THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO ROLL BACK THE WATERING, UH, THE OUTDOOR IRRIGATION EVEN FURTHER.
SO POTENTIALLY NO OUTDOOR IRRIGATION WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IF WE HAD TO GO THERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE PRIMARY USAGE.
AND I KNOW TIM AND, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAVE A, HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS.
BASICALLY, WE SAW A, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, GUYS, IT'S ABOUT A 60% INCREASE BETWEEN
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THE WINTER AND THE SUMMER IN TERMS OF, UH, USAGE OF WATER.SO THAT'S NOT DRINKING WATER, THAT'S IRRIGATION THAT'S HAPPENING DURING THESE PEAK, UH, SUMMER MONTHS.
SO BY GETTING THE IRRIGATION ATTACKING, THAT IS REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO DO IT.
CERTAINLY, WE DON'T WANT ANY WATER TO BE WASTED IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GIVING A GLASS OF WATER, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY WANT ONE, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOOD, BUT IT'S THE IRRIGATION THAT'S CAUSING THE, THE ISSUE.
SO THE IRRIGATION IS, IS REALLY THE ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESS'S, NOT SO MUCH THE USAGES WITHIN, WITHIN THE RESTAURANTS, AS FOR, UH, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO WASH DISHES AND SERVE DRINKS AND SO FORTH, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A NO BRAINER THERE.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT REGULATIONS WE COULD BE ABLE TO HELP AND PARTNER UP WITH AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT OF, OF BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THE, THE CAR WASHES NOT BEING AFFECTED AT THE, WITH THIS PROPOSAL WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING YOU.
UM, AND, AND JUST LIKE MR. LANGLEY HAD STATED, 60% OF, OF WHAT WE'RE USING NOW IS, IS GOING TO IRRIGATION.
AND THAT'S JUST OFF OF BASE RATE.
SAME WAY YOU WOULD FIGURE OUT YOUR BASE WASTEWATER FEES FOR, YOU KNOW, WINTERTIME, MONTHS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING IN THE WINTER.
YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, JUST LOOKING AT THAT NOW, IT'S, IT'S ALL BEING WASTED AND, AND WE'VE MADE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO TRY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC MM-HMM.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GONNA REQUIRE SOME EDUCATION PIECES.
AND SO THAT OUR PLAN OF ATTACK IS, HEY, THE FIRST TWO, MAYBE THREE WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA BASICALLY BE OUT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BE AND BE EDUCATING PEOPLE, MAKING THEM AWARE OF THE CHANGES, AND NOT TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SLAP ON THE HAND, BUT HEY, WE'RE BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THESE ARE CHANGES, THIS IS WHY.
AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT COME WITH.
AND, AND MY LAST THING IS, IF WE END UP DOING THAT AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS, THERE'S A WAY TO WHERE WE COULD REACH OUT TO ALL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD THE SAME ISSUES.
WE, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT WAS AS DIRE, BUT LOOKING FORWARD, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S GONNA GET ANY BETTER.
I'VE BEEN DOING SOME, UM, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE WEATHER, UM, AND IT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE COOLER NOW THAN IT AS WILL EVER BE IN THE FUTURE, IS WHAT I'M READING.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR NEXT SUMMER AND THEN NEXT SUMMER AND THEN NEXT SUMMER? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONSISTENTLY KEEP BORROWING, UM, AND THAT WE'RE NOT OVERDOING IT FOR OURSELVES AS A CITY? WELL, YES, WHEN THE ARAWA WATER COMES ON, THAT'S PROJECTED TO COME ON IN, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT HELP.
AND THEN PHASE TWO COMES ON IN 2027, AND AFTER THAT, UM, OUR, OUR WATER NEEDS SHOULD BE FULFILLED.
UM, WELL THAT, SEE, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO IF WE DIDN'T ADD ANY MORE HOMES OR ANY MORE BUSINESSES, OR IF WE, IF WE JUST STAYED STATUS QUO, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE RA GUARD DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GETTING A TON OF OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BRING IN A LOT OF HOMES.
IS THE CITY ACCOUNTING FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE USE AS WELL? YES, WE ARE.
AND IF DEVELOPMENT IS BRINGING ON ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS OUR WATER SYSTEM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO UPGRADES.
UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE EAST SIDE, UM, DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY CHALLENGES AS THE WEST SIDE.
SO DEVELOPMENT LIKE RASTAGAR THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SERVED BY THAT G B R A WATER, UM, AR WILL HIT THE EAST SIDE FIRST.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT WATER AS WELL.
I WOULDN'T, SO KIND OF TO OUR POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER REALLY IS WHAT IS TRIGGERING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THESE CUTBACKS IN WATER AND IF OUR PERMIT HOLDERS WEREN'T IN SOME STAGE OF CONSERVATION, WHICH MEANS WHEN THEY'RE IN A STAGE OF CONSERVATION, THEY'RE TELLING THE CITY OF KYLE, YOU, THEY'RE REDUCING OUR ALLOCATION.
SO IF THEY WERE IN NO CONSERVATION, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE WATER AND WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE DROUGHT, HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO CUT BACK, THEY CUT BACK ON US, THEN IT JUST ROLLS DOWN TO US TO HAVE TO CUT BACK ON ON CITIZENS.
AND SO BETWEEN NOW AND 2025, WHAT'S THE PLAN NEXT SUMMER? RIGHT? LIKE, THIS COULD BE A REAL ISSUE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, IF THERE'S ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, UPGRADES WE CAN DO IN, IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.
OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAINTAIN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SAN MARCUS, UM, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, MATCHING THEIR IRRIGATION SCHEDULE, DOING SOME OF THESE CUTBACKS IS, IS GOING TO HELP MAINTAIN THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR US AS WELL.
THEY KNOW THAT THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED FOR US.
AND, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL WANNA I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE OF OF THINGS TO IT.
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BETTER THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM BY THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO GET EVERY, UH, GALLON OF WATER WE COULD OUT OF THE SYSTEM FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE DONE BETTER, BUT THE, THE DROUGHT AND THE, THE DEPTH OF THE DROUGHT AND THAT EXTREME IT HAS BEEN, THAT'S AFFECTED NOT ONLY US, BUT THE WHOLE REGION.
UM, I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US TO SAY IF WE HAD A NORMAL YEAR NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY FINE.
BUT IF WE HAVE 10 TO 15% OF THE RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, YEAR OR TWO YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE REGION OF MANAGING THE WATER BECAUSE THESE AQUIFERS, THEY HAVE TO RECHARGE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE MORE WATER.
TYPICALLY YOU GET THAT IN THE FALL OR THE SPRING.
IF THAT DOES NOT OCCUR, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RESTRICTION.
SO I THINK THE 25 TIMEFRAME IS, IS WHERE WE HOPE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENT BY GETTING THE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO IT.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF FROM THE WEATHER, BUT IT'S, IT'S HARD TO PREDICT THAT, SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF TIM, IF YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS THAT, OR I, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH WITH THE, THERE IS A WATER MODEL UPDATE THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, PENDING RELEASE JUST WITH SOME FEW EXECUTED CHANGES THAT NEED TO OCCUR.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL SCOPE THAT POLE WORKS AND ENGINEERING HAS DEVELOPED JUST IN THE SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'VE SAID, HEY, WE WANT THESE THINGS LOOKED AT.
WE WANT EVALUATED, WE WANT A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE KNOW THAT EXIST.
AND SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON TO TRY, TRY TO FIND THE SOLUTIONS TO SAY THAT'S GONNA BE DONE IN NEXT YEAR.
I, NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN PROMISE THAT, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
I WAS WORKING, BUT HAVE WE, IF WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER GOING UP A STAGE OR, YOU KNOW, TIGHTENING THE WATER RESTRICTIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF GOING EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WILL BE, MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE BECAUSE AS I SAW ON SUNDAY, I SEE BUSINESSES WATERING COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SCHEDULE AND THERE IS WATER POURING DOWN DRAINS, SADLY, AND I SENT RYAN A PICTURE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESSES FIRST, BECAUSE IF WE SAY EVERY OTHER WEEK, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THAT AT ALL.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BE PUNISHING RESPONSIBLE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE THEIR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON THEIR SCHEDULE, MOST OF THEM.
UM, OR WE JUST LIKE SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND EVERYBODY DOES HAND WATERING, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE CAN REALLY, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, CONTROL.
LIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER? OR YOU DON'T REMEMBER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY CURRENT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INSTALLING ANY LANDSCAPING THAT WE CAN PAUSE AND DEMAND FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS FRIENDLY WITH, UM, WATER CONSERVATION.
I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD JUMP IN ON THAT ONE.
UM, SO
WE DO SEE BUSINESSES THAT ARE WATERING WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE WATERING.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO STEP UP THAT ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IS GONNA BE EASIER TO ENFORCE BECAUSE THERE'LL BE WEEKS WHERE IT'S NOT ALLOWED AT ALL.
IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE THIS IS NOT AUTHORIZED AND YOU CAN'T DO IT, AND WE'RE GONNA BE STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT.
UH, WHEN WE SEE THOSE THINGS, WE, WE WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IF IT'S BEEN AN HONEST MISTAKE, BUT IF THEY'RE REPEAT OFFENDERS, UH, WE, WE'LL POTENTIALLY CONSIDER CITING THEM AND FINDING THEM FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE WATER.
BUT OUR CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT, UH, WE THINK WE CAN GET ABOUT A 30% REDUCTION IN WATER USAGE BY GOING TO THIS ALTERNATIVE, UM, IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES, MAYBE SOME RAINFALL, UM, AND THAT WILL HELP US TOO.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ABOUT A 30% DECLINE IN WATER USAGE SO THAT WE THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
IF WE, UM, IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE THAT, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION, UH, WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT.
THE OTHER, THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS AND SEE WHAT OTHER TYPES OF, UH, LANDSCAPING IS POSSIBLE AND COULD WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, I THINK THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, IF WE'VE REQUIRED THEM TO PUT IN SOD AND TREES AND ALL THOSE THINGS, THEN THEY HAVE TO WATER IT, UM, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY OR, OR SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK TO KEEP IT ALIVE.
AND, AND WE'RE REQUIRING THAT.
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WE'RE GONNA STOP THAT.SO WHO IS GOING TO BE MONITORING THAT? THE BUSINESS ARE COMPLIANT? WE'VE GOT AN ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND RIGHT, WE'VE GOT THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UM, DOES MONITORING, UM, EVERY MORNING.
AND I THINK IN THE AFTERNOONS, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS, UH, LOOKING AT WATERING.
UM, AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO ENLIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP AS WELL.
THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR LAST EFFORT.
BUT, UH, FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE NON-COMPLIANT, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING CITATIONS.
I ALMOST WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE THE CITATIONS FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT COMPLIANT.
IT WAS SAD TO SEE WATER JUST RUNNING DOWN DRAINS.
AND I'M LIKE, I TOOK PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M LIKE, I'M GONNA TURN THIS IN BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE BE DOING? MM-HMM.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE WATER CONSERVATION PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED LAST MEETING, IS THERE A TIMELINE ON WHICH WE WILL, UH, BE FOLLOWED UP WITH ON THAT? OH, OH, THE EFFORTS THAT, THAT KATHY RAKER PRESENTED? YEAH.
UH, I THINK WE'RE, YEAH, IN A MONTH OR SO GONNA BRING BACK SOME IS, IS THERE ANY CHANCE I CAN COME BACK SOONER? AT LEAST? UH, I KNOW THERE WERE FIVE OPTIONS THAT WE ALL APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, SO I DON'T EXPECT ALL FIVE TO HAVE ACTIONABLE PLANS AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT POTENTIALLY FOR THIS NEXT MEETING, IS THERE, IF ONE OR TWO OF THEM ARE OPTIONS, AT LEAST WE CAN START.
I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD POINT.
WE, WE CAN SEE WHAT'S READY TO GO FORWARD ON THE FIFTH.
I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT BRING THEM TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE, BUT, UM, WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S READY FOR THIS NEXT MEETING AND WHAT MIGHT BE READY FOR THE 19TH.
UH, AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS, DO DO WE HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE, OH, DO WE HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE FINES ACTUALLY CHANGE THE BEHAVIORS OF OVERUSING WATER? WELL, IF THEY DON'T CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR IN, FOR, IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO, UM, ISSUE A STOP WORK AND WITHHOLD FUTURE PERMITS.
AND THAT WILL DEFINITELY GET THEIR ATTENTION.
SO I, I THINK IT DEFINITELY CAN GET THEIR ATTENTION OVER TIME.
AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY IF WE HAVE AN OFFENDER? YES.
THIS IS, THAT'S IGNORING THE RULES.
DO AND DO WE HAVE THE BANDWIDTH, UH, WITH DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE MONITORING, I KNOW THE MONITORING IS HAPPENING EVERY MORNING, BUT DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE'RE FINDING WITH THE MONITORING? I, I THINK, I BELIEVE SO.
SO WE, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE STAFF TO DO THAT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOU, YOU GO OUT, DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU GO OUT AND WHERE YOU GO OUT, WHAT YOU SEE.
AND SO IT'S, YOU CAN ONLY, UM, CITE SOMEONE FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE AND OR, OR WHAT YOU OBSERVE OR IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, AN EVIDENCE OF A VIDEO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
SO, UM, I THINK THIS SCHEDULE WILL ALSO HELP US BECAUSE AGAIN, AT ANY TIME YOU GO OUT ON ONE OF THESE WEEKS, IT'S NOT ALLOWED PERIOD.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S SIMPLIFIES IT QUITE A BIT, WE THINK.
AND TWO MORE, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH HOAS? 'CAUSE I MEAN, I'VE SEEN, I LIVE IN PLUM CREEK AS, AS YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I SEE IT EVERY DAY.
UM, WHAT I HAVE TURNED THEM IN A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO WHAT CAN THE CITY DO? WELL, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS OUR EDUCATION PLAN AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL SEND OUT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO IS CONTACT ALL OF THE BUILDERS, ALL THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE KNOW OF ON OUR LIST, AS WELL AS THE HOAS, AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE NEW RESTRICTIONS AND, AND THEN TRY TO WORK WITH 'EM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EDUCATED.
THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT A CERTAIN ZONE IS ON OR SOMEBODY ELSE IN THEIR SYSTEM IS DOING SOMETHING.
SO TRYING TO GET THAT WORD OUT AND EDUCATE 'EM ABOUT THE NEW PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND LASTLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, AMBER, IS IT, DID I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT THE EAST SIDE HAS, UH, EASIER ACCESS TO WATER THAN THE WEST SIDE? LET HARPER, OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S NEW HARPER WILDER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UM, SO WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS G B R A, WHICH IS OUR SURFACE WATER, COMES IN ON THAT EAST SIDE.
SO THE ISSUE THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR SYSTEM IS MOVING THAT WATER FROM THE WEST SIDE, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE.
AND THAT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TALKED WITH ENGINEERING AS WELL AS THE FIRMS FOR THE, FOR THE WATER MODEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE CAN MOVE THINGS AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR CAPACITIES AND OUR FUNCTION CAPABILITY.
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THOSE ARE FINALLY MOVING TO THE FOREFRONT NOW WHERE THEY'VE REALLY BEEN LOOKED AT AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM.WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, BUT WE NEED ANSWERS NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING CURRENTLY AS WE SPEAK.
SO THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY, WHICH ME AND TIM AND WARREN AND ALL OF US CHRIS, ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
I ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, GOING BACK TO THAT WATER CONSERVATION PRESENTATION, IS THERE ANY WAY TO FORECAST WHAT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE COULD BE SAVING BASED ON EACH OF THE FIVE OPTIONS THAT WERE APPROVED? SO WE COULD LIKE PRIORITIZE WHAT YEAH.
COULD BE THE, THE BIGGEST, CREATE THE BIGGEST LIFT AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS FIRST.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ON THAT.
I DON'T EXPECT IT NOW, BUT I'M JUST YEAH.
I, I THINK FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IRRIGATION, OUTDOOR IRRIGATION IS THE NUMBER ONE USER OF THE WATER.
UM, ARE WE GOING TO DO OR CONSIDER THE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE ONLY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER OR IS THIS TO COMPLETE THE REST OF THE YEAR ON THIS IRRIGATION SCHEDULE? I WOULD, YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CONTINUE TO WATCH SAN MARCUS CONTINUE TO WATCH OUR USAGE AND WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE IT DAY BY DAY CALLS.
OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA WANNA LIFT RESTRICTIONS AS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AS LONG AS SAN MARCUS IS CURRENTLY IN THIS EVERY OTHER WEEK WATERING SCHEDULE, I WOULD EXPECT THE CITY OF KYLE TO BE IN THIS EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND THEN I WAS THINKING IN ONE WEEK YOU HAVE GIVEN EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY BASED ON THEIR ADDRESSES TO ADAPT TO THE NEW SCHEDULE.
SO COULD WE JUST HAVE ONE WEEK OF EDUCATION? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO BE EDUCATING THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH, THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH.
JUST, IT WOULD SAVE EVERYBODY TIME AND BE MORE EFFICIENT IF WE JUST DID THE FIRST WEEK.
IS YOUR EDUCATION WEEK, LIKE A GRACE WEEK? LIKE YOUR GRACE PERIOD STEP IN SECOND WEEK.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WE'RE GOING BACK OUT.
THIS GUY, WE'RE TALKING TO THEM AGAIN THIRD WEEK.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND TO MANAGE LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE DO THIS AND IT'S GONNA BE EFFECTIVE, IT SHOULD BE A ONE WEEK.
EVERYONE'S HAD THEIR CHANCE TO ADAPT AND LEARN.
SECOND WEEK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRAINED TAKE THE, TAKE THE TAKE THE TRAINING WHEELS OFF.
OUR INFORMAL APPROACH HAS BEEN TO WARN TWO AT LEAST TWO TIMES.
THAT'S TWO IS LIKE, THAT'S TOO MANY TIMES.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
AND THAT'S CODE AND THAT'S OTHER, THAT'S USING THE SPRINKLERS, RUNNING THE WATER PLUS USE OF STAFF AND USE OF STAFF.
I I WOULD AGREE ON BEING MORE HEAVY HANDED.
I MEAN, IT'S NO SECRET THAT THERE'S NO RAIN COMING.
LIKE I DON'T THINK THAT WE WE'RE WAY BEYOND EDUCATION.
IF YOU NEED EDUCATION RIGHT NOW, I LIKE, WE'VE BEEN IN DROUGHT YEAH.
FOR THEN WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS. SO, SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE WANTING TO GO WITH? WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE OPTIONS THAT ARE LISTED.
SO YOU WOULD NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO ON THIS.
UM, OF COURSE, REFERENCING THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GIVING US THREE OPTIONS, CORRECT? NO SIR.
THAT THIS IS THE ONLY OPTION THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.
TO BE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
SO WOULD THAT BE, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
WELL, I I WOULD JUST ASK IF YOU HAVE A MODIFICATION TO THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT TO DO DIRECT STAFF, I DON'T REALLY WANT ESTABLISH THE PRECEDENT OF, OF, OTHER THAN JUST, 'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY MORE OF A TRANSPARENCY THING TO LET US ALL KNOW THAT'S KINDA OF WHERE I WANTED TO GO.
IT'S WHAT IS IT THAT YOU MEAN? IF WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK, WE'RE GIVING THE FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF US ARE REALLY VERY CONCERNED AND, AND WANT STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
UH, ESPECIALLY EVEN EVEN THAT, I THINK ABOUT THE, OUR, OUR OFFICERS WHO WHEN WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THEY, OFFICER DISCRETION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT THE CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO FOR US TO TRY TO SET A HARD RULE, BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE FEEDBACK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA GO
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THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SUFFER EQUALLY, THEN WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING THE ENFORCEMENT AND NOT BEING TOO LENIENT.AND I DO, I I ACTUALLY DO AGREE.
I THINK IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE IT'S JUST REAL CLEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO GIVE A SECOND WRITTEN WARNING.
YOU KNOW? SO, AND IT, AND I DO THINK THAT ALSO YOU WILL ACHIEVE A LOT OF REDUCTION IN USE BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU'VE SET IT UP.
THE FIRST AND THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, THERE'S NO IRRIGATION CITYWIDE.
SO IF THERE'S A SPRINKLER ON, IT'S IN VIOLATION, RIGHT? AND SO THAT MAKES IT EASIER AS OPPOSED TO, WAIT, IS IT MONDAY? MM-HMM.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE EDUCATION STARTS WITH SAYING TO REALLY REALLY GET TO THE RESIDENTS, OKAY, WE ARE GETTING VERY, VERY SERIOUS WITH THIS.
AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OUT THERE.
EVEN IF WE HAVE TO DO A VIDEO TO SHOW THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO CONSERVE, OR THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH WATERING.
AND YOU CAN GIVE SPECIFIC DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS OF THE DAYS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THEN YOU CAN HIT THE BUSINESSES AS WELL.
AND IF THERE'S LIKE EDUCATE THEM TO SAY, HEY LOOK, IF YOU SEE ANY WATERING LATE AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HERE'S A NUMBER YOU CAN CALL TO BE ABLE TO HELP ON THAT END.
WE CAN START WITH THAT BASIC ACROSS THE BOARD, START GETTING THE RESIDENTS JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE, WE ARE ALL DOING OUR PART, YOU KNOW, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONSERVE AS MUCH WATER.
UH, YES WE ARE IN HURRICANE SEASON, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING COMING OUR WAY.
AND WE GOT PROBABLY, WHAT, FOUR MORE WEEKS OF IT AND THEN THAT'S IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA START HITTING THE WINTER.
SO IT'S, UH, WE'RE IN CRITICAL STAGES IN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO, SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, HOW DO WE GET OUTTA THIS? YES, LET'S ALL PRAY FOR RAIN, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IF WE START WITH EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AT GROUND LEVEL AND BUILDING IT UP AND DO EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY AND ER ARE SAYING, LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, STRING IT ON, ON ON SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT.
ONE QUICK SUGGESTION, WHICH, BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M A VISUAL PERSON.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO PUT A CALENDAR OR YOU'LL LIGHT UP WATERING WEEK, IRRIGATION WEEK AND THEN THE NEXT ONE.
THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS THE WEEK WHERE WE CAN ALL USE IRRIGATION AND THIS ONE WE CANNOT.
UH, TWO, YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, POSSIBLY UTILIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ISSUING THE FINES.
AND IT, WOULD, IT, IS THERE ANY CHANCE, JUST SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN NOT BE STRETCHED TOO THIN, THAT WE COULD UTILIZE LIKE, CITIZENS ON PATROL OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? YEAH, I, I, I THINK WHAT WE MEAN BY, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IF THEY SEE A VIOLATION, THEY CALL INTO THE STAFF CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM, THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, AND WE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT.
BUT I CAN'T SEE QUITE BEHIND ME, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING BACK THERE.
BUT, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE FOLKS, UH, THEY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OBVIOUSLY BUSY RESPONDING TO ALL KINDS OF CALLS, BUT THEY WOULD GET IT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
BUT CERTAINLY IF THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE HELP ASSISTING THEM, WE CAN USE THEM AS WELL.
AND UH, THE LAST THING, AND THEN I'M GONNA LET HER TALK FINALLY.
UH, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE MESSAGING THIS, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PLAN TO DO THAT? ARE WE GONNA USE THAT? CAN WE USE THE KYLE APP? CAN WE USE MASS TEXTING? UM, JUST TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF RACHEL'S, UH, BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN FOR, WE, RACHEL'S GOT A SOLID PLAN.
UH, WE ALL ARE ALSO, WE MADE SOME NEW SIGNS.
THEY'RE BLACK WITH YELLOW LETTERING THAT TALK, TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT DROUGHT, UM, STATUS, AND THEN TO VISIT THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL BE, UM, PUTTING THOSE IN STRATEGIC AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, OUR CURRENT PLAN RIGHT NOW IS PHYSICAL SIGNAGE IN AS MANY AREAS AS WE CAN GET IT.
'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THE BEST WAY TO REACH PEOPLE.
UH, OF COURSE THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS AT LEAST KIND OF REMINDING PEOPLE WHAT THE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE, UM, AND ALL OF THAT.
UH, PRESS RELEASE GO OUT TO ALL MEDIA, UM, AFTER IT'S APPROVED.
UH, THEN ALSO, UH, EMAILS TO ALL HOAS, UH, AND THEN I'LL BE SENDING THAT LANGUAGE OVER TO AMBER AND HER DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH THE SAME KIND OF LANGUAGE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, EMAILS TO, WE ALSO HAVE AN APARTMENT LIST NOW THANKS TO KAYLA.
SO WE'LL BE EMAILING THAT ALSO TO THEM SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, YOU'RE ALSO BEHOLDEN TO
UH, SPANISH TRANSLATION TO, FOR OUR SPANISH AND, UM, FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND EASE, NEW E-NEWSLETTER POSTS.
WE CANNOT DO MASS TEXTS THOUGH SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR, UH, EVERBRIDGE SYSTEM WORKS.
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YOU CAN LOSE ACCESS IF IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT YOU SEND OUT TEXTS FOR.SO IF IT DOESN'T RISK, UM, LIFE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE COULD LOSE ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE EVERBRIDGE, BUT WE COULD USE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR OTHER RESOURCES FOR THAT.
UM, WE COULD EVEN SEND OUT A PUSH NOTIFICATION THROUGH OUR CITY OF KYLE APP, BUT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY TEXT MESSAGES WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR THIS CERTAIN SITUATION.
HOPEFULLY, THIS IS REALLY THE LAST THING, BUT, UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED IN 20 20, 20 21, UH, WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT BROUGHT TO US A SMART CITY DEVICE CALLED THE HONEYWELL.
AND WHAT IT DID IS IT, IT ALLOWED YOU TO SEE YOUR WATER USE AND IT ALLOWED THE CITY TO MONITOR THE, THE WATER USE AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, AT ONE POINT WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN IT AND IT'S KIND OF FALLEN OFF THE RADAR, BUT I THINK FOR FUTURE LONG-TERM USE, UM, IT, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET SOMETHING OF THE SORT, IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF LEAK OR IF IT'LL PICK IT UP, IT'LL NOTIFY.
YOU CAN ALSO, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, A RESIDENT AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR WATER USAGE IS HIGH, IT'LL SEND YOU A TEXT.
AND SO, UM, I THINK LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO AGAIN.
UM, I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED.
AND THEY GAVE US A PRESENTATION ONCE BEFORE, SO, UM, I'M SURE IF WE REACHED OUT WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION AGAIN.
YEAH, WE'LL BE GLAD TO LOOK AT THAT.
I, I, UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THOSE KINDS OF SYSTEMS. I'M NOT SURE, UH, WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED HERE IN THE PAST, BUT WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THE POINT, SO JUST TO MENTION, IF THE TARGET IS REALLY THE IRRIGATION AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND THE MESSAGING, AND WE REALLY WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT IT IS OKAY TO USE THE WATER HOSE HANDHELD SEVEN TO 10 ALL ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND, UM, WITH A POSITIVE SHUTOFF ON THE END WITH THE SHUTOFF.
UM, WILL THERE BE ENFORCEMENT THERE IF SOMEONE IS WATERING EARLY IN THE MORNING BY HAND? I MEAN, I COULD SEE THIS BECOMING, UM, REALLY NITPICKY, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MAINTAIN A SEVEN TO 10:00 PM YEAH, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE, IF WE SEE SOMEONE VIOLATING ANY PART OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT AGAIN, REPEAT OFFENDERS, UH MM-HMM.
WILL BE TAKING ACTION ON THAT.
SO THE MESSAGING, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WE DO ENCOURAGE WATER HOSE BY HAND FOR, FOR YOUR FOUNDATIONS.
SORRY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LATE.
ALRIGHT, P AND Z Y'ALL WANNA COME UP? THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.
WE'LL TAKE, UH, WE'LL TAKE A, WE'LL, WE'LL GAVEL IN AT 6 35.