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EVENING EVERYONE.[I. Call Meeting to Order]
TIME IS 7:02 PM IT IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 17TH, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.WOULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
ACCEPT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MINUTES FOR OCTOBER THE SECOND AND THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE SAME DAY.
ALRIGHT, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ALL MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
STEP 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 CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
I HAVE TWO FORMS IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, FIRST UP IS MS. SUSAN REYNA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SUSAN REYNA AND I AM HERE TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF KYLE AND AS A MEMBER OF, UH, NONPROFIT HERE IN TOWN PRESERVATION ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ZUNIGA FOR COMING OUT LAST MONTH, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SPEAKING AT OUR HISTORY EVENT, UH, AT THE LIBRARY.
AND ALSO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT TOMORROW NIGHT WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS SPEAKING AT THE LIBRARY AT 6:00 PM UH, TO, UH, TELL US ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP HERE IN KYLE.
AND THAT'S SOME OF OUR MORE RECENT HISTORY.
SO EVERY MONTH WE ARE MEETING ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE LIBRARY AT 6:00 PM UH, JUST TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KYLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND ASK YOU TO COME ON OUT.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP, MS. CYNTHIA BENTLEY.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM A RESIDENT HERE OF CAL 3 5 0 PADDINGTON DRIVE AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF UNFORGETTABLE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
IS A NONPROFIT 5 0 1 C THREE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CAL AREA SENIOR ZONE AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE PILLOWS OF PEACE, IT IS, UH, THE MISSION OF THE PILLOWS.
PEACE IS TO BRING RE REASSURANCE TO MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM THE HANDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
PILLOWS OF PEACE COLLECTS PILLOWS TO THE LOCAL, LOCAL BATTLE.
SHELTERS FOR SURVIVORS CAN FIND COMFORT AND KNOW THAT WE CARE.
PILLOWS OF PEACE WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF MARY TIES.
UM, SHE'S A NURSE FROM BELMONT, TEXAS, INITIALLY AS A DONATION OF VARIOUS ITEMS TO LOCAL BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER IN THE GREATER NEW OR UM, NEW OR ORLEANS AREA.
UM, THE COW AND BUTA KIWANIS HAS PARTNERED AND HELPED WITH THE PILLARS OF PEACE.
SOME OF THE PAST PARTNERS OF THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LADIES IN GENTS, PROFESSIONAL HAIR CARE, HAYES COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES, HAYES COUNTY, E S D, NUMBER FIVE, KYLE FOWLER, DEPARTMENT LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN MARCUS KIWANIS, KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE BEAUTY, QUILTERS KETTLE CORN, KYLE LOWES, KYLE WA, WALMART SUPERCENTER, KYLE COLES, KYLE CITIZENS POLICE ALUMNI ACADEMY ASSOCIATION, SOUTH PARK AGENCY IN JACKSON C HAYES HIGH SCHOOL, HONOR SOCIETY.
ITEMS WERE DISTRIBUTED BY HAYES COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER, H O M E, SALVATION ARMY, SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER, AUSTIN RESTORATION MINISTRIES, AND VARIOUS OTHER UNSHELTERED NONPROFITS IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE HURRICANE HARVEY ALONG THE COASTAL AREA.
THE VISION OF PILLOW OF PEACE IS THAT A SURVIVOR WILL FIND COMFORT AND KEEP THE PILLOW AS A REMINDER THAT WE CARE AND THAT WE FIND INSPIRATION, EMPOWERMENT, AND PEACE AS THEY REST EACH DAY AND NIGHT TO STRENGTHEN THEIR MIND, BODY, AND SOUL AND TO HELP END THE BATTLE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
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THE KIWANIS CLUB OF KYLE BUTA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNFORGETTABLE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, HAS COLLECTED AND DONATED OVER 6,000 PILLOWS IN HAYES TRAVIS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THIS YEAR IN 2023.THE COLLECTION DATE IS NOVEMBER 4TH AT THE KYLE WALMART SUPERSTORE AND KYLE COLE'S FROM NINE TO 1:00 PM WE HOPE EVERYBODY WOULD PARTICIPATE AND COME THERE.
THE PILLOW OF PEACE IS NOW IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND TEXAS.
ONE MORE, ONE MORE ADDITION TO THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE COW FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE COW POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE ANOTHER FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO SEE WHICH, UH, ORGANIZATION WOULD COLLECT THE MOST PILLARS.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONLY A SIDEBOARD TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS, SOME, UM, SOME FUN.
UH, THE INITIAL THING IS FOR US TO GIVE COMFORT TO THOSE THAT REALLY ARE IN NEED.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENT FORMS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THIS AND COMMENTS.
[3. Agenda Order per Rules of Council Sec. B1. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
AGENDA ORDER.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WISH TO MOVE AROUND ON THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO APPOINTMENTS.
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Approve a Resolution appointing fourteen individuals to fill vacancies on the Kyle Area Youth Advisory Committee. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation
Benjamin Gresham
Gabriel Belmonte
Sophia Ramirez
Donovan Santine
Charlotte Garza
Alicia Bush
Gavin Rasendez Lopez
Alexia Smith
Mirabella Dietz
Isabella Green
Joshua Powers
Mason Coleman
Terrance Grant JR
Jackson Juel
]AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPOINTING 14 INDIVIDUALS TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE KYLE AREA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MS. ESPINOSA.ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MARIANA ESPINOSA, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
SO TODAY IS A PRETTY EXCITING NIGHT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE CITY OF KYLE HAS HAD A KYLE AREA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS KAYAK.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE THE PRESENTATION HERE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
SO, KAYAK, THE KYLE AREA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WAS ON BREAK AND THEN DUE TO COVID, UH, THEY KIND OF JUST DISPERSED A LITTLE WITH EVERYONE HAVING TO GO REMOTE.
UH, AND THEN AFTER COVID IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER.
AND DURING THAT TIME THERE WERE SOME STAFF CHANGES.
SO NOW THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OVERSEAS, THE KYLE AREA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IT IS LED BY OUR RECREATION MANAGER, AMY GARCIA.
UH, KAYAK INCLUDES STUDENTS AGES 14 THROUGH 18 THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, KAYAK MEETS MONTHLY THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT CITY HALL WITH THEIR FIRST MEETING BEING TOMORROW.
UH, EACH CANDIDATE COMPLETED AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR RECREATION MANAGER, AMY, WITH OUR RECREATION STAFF AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER.
AND WE WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER FOR ALL HIS WORK THAT HE HAS DONE, MAKING SURE THAT KAYAK GETS UP AND RUNNING.
AND THAT IS REALLY A BIG REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT APPOINTING THESE, UH, STUDENTS THIS EVENING.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL UP AMY, WHO IS GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR APPOINTEES FOR THIS EVENING.
HELLO, COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, AMY GARCIA, RECREATION MANAGER.
UH, SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ANNOUNCING EVERYONE.
SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT DID ATTEND TONIGHT.
UH, SO FIRST ON THE LIST WILL BE, UH, BENJAMIN GRISHAM, DONOVAN SANTINE, IF YOU CAN STAND UP JUST AFTER I ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME.
DONOVAN SANTINE, UH, GAVIN RESENDEZ LOPEZ, ISABELLA GREEN, TERRANCE GRANT, JR.
GABRIELA BELMONTE, UH, CHARLOTTE GARZA.
JOSHUA POWERS, JACKSON JEWEL, SOPHIA RAMIREZ.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO ADD ANTHONY JARAMILLO AND IT'S GABRIEL BELMONTE.
JUST A COUPLE CORRECTIONS OF THAT.
UM, AND BENJAMIN GRISHAM AND ALICIA BUSH ARE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE TO, UM, THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU'LL HAVE TWO OPTIONS OR MORE IF YOU DECIDE.
ONE IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE 13 APPLICANTS, NOT 14, OR THAT TO DENY THE APPOINTMENT OR ONE OR MORE OF THE APPLICANTS, MR. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MARIANA, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY APPLY TO BE ON KAYAK.
UH, I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED FOR THAT.
THIS GROUP IS, IS BACK UP AND RUNNING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FIRST MEETING.
UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE 14 APPLICANTS TO THE 2023 CLASS OF KAYAK.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HEISER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FLORES KALE THAT WE DENIED.
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WE APPROVE THE NOMINEES TO THE ARIA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS KAYAK AS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER FOR BEING SO ADAMANT TO GET THIS PROJECT BACK AND RUNNING.
AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MR. JACKSON.
JEWEL PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER ME, BUT HE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MY DAUGHTER, SO I'VE SEEN THEM SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE.
IT'S, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE YOU HERE.
AND ALSO, I HAVE ONE OF MY OWN STUDENTS HERE, WHICH MAKES ME SUPER EXCITED TO SEE ANTHONY, HOW MEET YOU.
SO, WELCOME TO KAYAK AND TO THE CITY OF KYLE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, HEISER.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB, SIR, FOR BRINGING THIS BACK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FOR IT.
UM, I KNOW WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, I REACHED OUT TO YOU FOR SOMEBODY THAT USED TO BE ON IT, AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED.
THIS PERSON'S ATTENDING COLLEGE RIGHT NOW AND THEY WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL, CUSTOMER FOR KALE.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE APPLICANTS AND TO THE PARENTS, UM, WHO IS PROBABLY GONNA DRIVE, DRIVE THE KIDS, DROP 'EM OFF TO I I KNOW WHAT THE PARENT THING.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALSO BEING ACTIVE AND INVOLVED.
UM, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, SEEING AS THESE KIDS ARE GONNA BE THE FUTURE FOR US.
AND SO THEM BEING INVOLVED WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY, LORD WILLING, IF THEY STAY.
SOMETIMES KIDS WANNA LEAVE THE NEST, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN, UH, RETAIN THESE KIDS TO BE, UM, GREAT ADULTS THAT UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE NOT ONLY A BETTER CITY, BUT A BETTER WORLD.
SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS AND TO THE STUDENTS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU WANNA HAVE THE KIDDOS COME UP FOR A PHOTO? YAY.
ALL BEFORE WE DO THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, IF THOSE INDUCTEES, YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE FRONT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, NO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SCOOCH IN A WHOLE BUNCH ON THOSE ENDS.
IF YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, GO TO THE FRONT.
AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME, I CAN'T SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE GOT EVERYONE NOW.
[5. Recognition of Quilt Recipients for Quilts of Valor. ~ Travis Mitchell, Mayor]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOGNITION OF QUILT RECIPIENTS FOR THE QUILTS OF VALOR PROGRAM.
UH, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF THE QUILTS OF VALOR PROGRAM.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM EVERY YEAR NOW IN THE CITY OF KYLE FOR, UH, I DUNNO, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW.
MS. THERESA MORENO, UH, STARTED THAT PROGRAM ORIGINALLY.
NOW, MS. KAREN HERMAN IS TAKING OVER AS WELL AS OTHER FOLKS.
UH, IN A NUTSHELL, THE QUILTS OF VALOR PROGRAM, UH, THEY'RE A 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT THAT WORKS NATIONALLY TO RECOGNIZE VETERANS, UH, WHO HAVE SERVED AND, UH, BEEN TOUCHED BY WAR.
AND THEY HAND MAKE OR HAND MACHINE QUILTS AND PROVIDE THOSE AS A MEANS OF COMFORT, UH, TO THOSE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST.
AND EVERY, EVERY YEAR, WE HAND THOSE OUT, NOT NORMALLY ON A COUNCIL MEETING NIGHT.
UH, THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL TO ME, UH, BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS HAVING BEEN NOT ONLY TOUCHED BY WAR, BUT BY THE, UH, DEVASTATING OAK GROVE FIRES.
AND SO I WANTED TO, UH, BRING THESE FOLKS UP AND JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THESE WONDERFUL HANDMADE QUILTS, UH, AND ASK THE, UH, COMMUNITY TO ALSO HONOR THEM.
SO THE FIRST UP IS GOING TO BE SERGEANT VELA.
AND IF Y'ALL JUST WANNA STAND RIGHT OVER HERE.
WE'LL, UH, SERGEANT VELA SERVED FROM 2003 TO 2014, UH, IN THE ARMY.
HIS LIST OF COMMENDATIONS TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE TO READ IN THE CEREMONY.
UH, BUT HE WAS, UH, ULTIMATELY HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN FEBRUARY OF 2014.
UH, WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR, UH, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION AIRBORNE, UH, ENDURING FREEDOM FROM THE HUNDRED AND FIRST
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AIR, UH, UH, AIRBORNE DIVISION.UH, THE SECOND, UH, WE'LL HOLD THE APPLAUSE.
WE'RE GONNA BRING THEM ALL, WE'RE GONNA BRING THEM ALL UP AT THE SAME TIME.
THE SECOND IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID MATT EASTY.
UH, HE SERVED FROM 1984 TO 2013, 29 YEARS IN TOTAL, UH, FOR THE ARMY.
HE WAS THE, UH, RECEIVED THE ARMY COMMENDATION WITH VALOR FOR SERVICES DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM WHILE WORKING AND SERVING, RECEIVING THREE BRONZE STARS FROM OPERATION DESERT STORM, UH, DESERT SHIELD, IRAQI FREEDOM, AND ENDURING FREEDOM.
UH, THANK YOU COLONEL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE, UH, SERGEANT MIKE HINES.
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY FROM 1970 TO 1972 DURING THE VIETNAM ERA, AND WAS A VALUABLE INTERPRETER AND, UH, INTERROGATOR, UH, WORKING SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN THE NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE OF THAI, AND WORKING ALSO IN VERY TOP SECRET, UH, ROOMS, HELPING TO, UH, UH, ENCODE AND DISCOVER, UH, UH, VARIOUS TRANSMISSIONS.
SO, MR. SERGEANT MIKE HINES, UH, HAS LIVED, UH, JUST WEST OF KYLE.
AND HERE JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, A DEVASTATING FIRE, UH, CONSUMED HIS HOME, AND HE LOST MUCH OF HIS PROPERTY, INCLUDING HIS ART AND ART COLLECTION AND, UH, ARTISTIC, UH, UH, PAINTS AND BRUSHES.
UH, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, NO ONE DESERVES TO LOSE A HOME, ESPECIALLY NOT A VETERAN.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO THESE MEN FOR THEIR SERVICE.
AND THANK YOU TO THE QUILTS OF VALOR PROGRAM, UH, FOR TRYING TO HELP BE A COMFORT IN THESE TIMES.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UH, AND NOW, WE'LL, WE'LL ACTUALLY COME AROUND, I THINK WITH JUST THE THREE OF THEM.
WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTOGRAPH.
I WOULD SAY IF WE CAN MOVE WHERE THE CITY SEALS AND THE SENSORS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE.
IF I CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE PHOTO
OUR SPOKE GROUP IS CALLED, UH, KYLE AND FREEDOM
THANK YOU TO, UH, MAYOR MITCHELL FOR HAVING, UH, A PART OF OUR CEREMONY BACK THERE.
HE WAS ABLE TO READ OFF ALL THE, UH, UM, DETAILS ABOUT THEIR SERVICES AND STUFF, SO, UH, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR US.
[6. A Proclamation recognizing Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month. ~ Miguel A. Zuniga PhD, Council Member]
OKAY, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, A PROC PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH.UM, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO START BY ADDRESSING THE IMPORTANCE AND SENSITIVITY OF THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE, WE ARE HONORED HERE TONIGHT BY MANY OF THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES DUE TO THIS, UH, POISON THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I WANNA THANK PERSONALLY JANELLE AND BRANDON RODRIGUEZ AND ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
THEIR VOLUNTEERS, UH, OF THE FOREVER 15 PROJECT FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS PROCLAMATION, FENTANYL POISONING.
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OUR GOOD KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY.IT IS, AND IT HAS IMPACTED ALL OUR SCHOOLS SINCE LAST YEAR.
IT HAS CAUSED PAIN AND SUFFERING TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES.
RECENTLY I ATTENDED A HOMECOMING PARADE, AND I WITNESSED FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WALKING IN THE PARADE CARRYING PICTURES OF THE SIX CHILDREN WE'VE LOST.
AND I WAS HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE THIS IS EVERY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE TO LOSE A CHILD BECAUSE OF ONE BAD DECISION.
THIS PROCLAMATION IS TO THE FAMILIES HERE AND TO THE CHILDREN THAT ARE STILL GRIEVING AND CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THIS THIS HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CARE.
WE FEEL YOUR LOSS, AND WE WILL WORK TO HELP YOU AND SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WILL NOT STOP RAISING AWARENESS, AND WE WILL STRENGTHEN THE ANTI FENTANYL CAMPAIGN BY SUPPORTING PREVENTION PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN BE, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ENGAGE OUR HAYES COUNTY, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO DEFEAT THIS DANGER AND ARREST AND REMOVE DRUG DEALERS THAT ARE POISONING OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AFTER I READ THIS PROCLAMATION, I'LL PASS THE FLOOR TO MAYOR PRO TEMP MICHAEL TOBIAS, SO HE CAN READ A STATEMENT FROM H C I SS D AS, AS SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE TONIGHT, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A MEETING, SO THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO PASS ALONG A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN I'LL INVITE MS. JANELLE RODRIGUEZ TO COME SPEAK.
SO, CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS ILLICIT FENTANYL IS BEING USED TO MAKE FAKE PRESCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION PILLS AND FOUND IN 50 STATES IN COMMON STREET DRUGS LIKE COCAINE, M D M A AND HEROIN, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS SEIZED OVER 431 MILLION LETHAL DOSES OF FENTANYL ACROSS THE STATE TEXAS HOUSE.
BILL 3 1 4 4 ESTABLISHES OCTOBER AS FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH TO HELP INCREASE AWARENESS.
DURING MONTH OF OCTOBER, D P SS LAUNCHED RESOURCES AND VIDEOS OF VICTIMS THROUGH THE ONE PILL KILLS CAMPAIGN.
WHEREAS ILLICIT MANUFACTURED FENTANYL IS SYNTHETIC AND POTENT UP TO 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN, A HUNDRED TIMES STRONGER THAN MORPHINE, A LITTLE AS A FEW MILLIGRAMS CAN BE LETHAL.
THESE DEALERS ARE DANGEROUSLY MIXING THIS ILLICIT MANUFACTURED FENTANYL AND DISGUISING IT AMONG COMMON DRUGS TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS.
ASSUME ANY PRESCRIPTION PILL YOU SEE ONLINE IS COUNTERFEIT, DO NOT MAKE A DEADLY DECISION.
AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE C D C, FENTANYL IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE DEATHS OF AMERICANS UNDER 50 THAN ANY OTHER CAUSE OF DEATH, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, CANCER, AND OTHER ACCIDENTS.
35% OF AMERICANS, TEEN TEENAGERS, AGE 13 TO 17 DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT FENTANYL TO UNDERSTAND ITS DANGER.
AND WHEREAS SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2022, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY HAS LOST SIX STUDENTS TO FENTANYL POISONING AND REPORTED SEVEN STUDENT OVERDOSE, SEVEN STUDENT POTENTIAL POISONINGS FROM 2022 TO 2023, RESULTING IN AN ANTI OVERDOSE CAMPAIGN.
THIS OVERDOSE CAMPAIGN HAS INVOLVED TRAINING FOR STAFF TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO OVERDOSES AND ENGAGE STUDENTS TO OFFER SOLUTIONS ABOUT CONFRONTING THE ISSUE.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND H C I D PARTNERED WITH SAFETY BLITZ TO BRING COACHES VERSUS, UM, POISONING PROGRAM TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF H C I S D.
UH, WHEREAS WE CAN ALL HELP, WE, ALL OF US CAN HELP BY LEARNING THE FACTS, STARTING A CONVERSATION.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT, DO NOT AVOID THE TOPIC.
UNDERSTAND YOUR CHILD'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE AND AWARENESS.
IF YOU'RE AN EDUCATOR, START A DIALOGUE ABOUT ELEVATED RISK OF ILLICIT DRUGS.
DON'T STIGMATIZE DRUG ADDICTION, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO HELP.
WHERE TO FIND HELP, SUCH AS REPORTING DEALERS FAKE PILLS TO HAYES COUNTY SHERIFF, AND CITY OF KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
CONTACT YOUR HAYES COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS TIP LINE.
USE THE HAYES HOPE LINE, OR REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE IWATCH TEXAS COMMUNITY REPORTING, WHEREAS WE MUST ALL BE PREPARED.
KEEP IN MIND ANY PILL OR POWDER THAT IS NOT PRESCRIBED BY A DR. MAY CONTAIN FENTANYL.
KNOW THE SIGNS OF A POISONING SUCH AS IRREGULAR BREATHING, LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, FINE NALOXONE KNOWN AS NARCAN NEAR YOU,
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AND KNOW HOW TO ADMINISTER IT AS IT IS SOMETIMES A LIFE-SAVING OPIOID REVERSAL MEDICATION.BE PREPARED TO CALL FOR HELP IF YOU WITNESS A POISONING, CALL 9 1 1 AND REQUEST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS THIS DANGER REMAINS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND EVEN IN OUR SCHOOLS, AS EVIDENT BY THE LOSS OF SIX WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND INNOCENT YOUNG STUDENTS SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2022, EACH TAKEN TOO SOON EACH.
HEY, C I S D HIGH SCHOOL HAS FELT THE PAIN AND SORROW OF LOSING, OF LOSING STUDENTS THAT HAD PROMISING FUTURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FENTANYL THREAT THROUGH VARIOUS AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS, SUCH AS THE FOREVER 15 PROJECT.
AN ORGANIZATION STARTED BY A MOTHER, JANELLE RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS HERE TODAY, WHO LOST HER CHILD, HER BEAUTIFUL CHILD, NOAH ADAM RODRIGUEZ.
SHE WAS JUST BEGINNING AS A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO FENTANYL POISONING ON AUGUST 21ST, 2022.
AND WHEREAS THE FOREVER 15 PROJECT IS MADE UP OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, STUDENTS, AND VOLUNTEERS THAT ORGANIZE NOT ONLY TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF LOVED ONES THAT WE'VE LOST, BUT ALSO TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION, LOVED ONES THAT INCLUDE SIX HAYES, C I S D KIDS, NOAH, ADAM RODRIGUEZ, KEVIN MCCONVILLE, GARRETT ROSE, CINDY PENA, CHRISTIAN BARON, CHLOE HEEL, AND TWO HAYES COUNTY ADULTS, JACOB BRITT AND ROBERT BARAJAS.
THE FOREVER 15 PROJECT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR THOSE AT RISK, OR THOSE WHO KNOW SOMEONE AT RISK WITH INFORMATION ON THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL.
THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF KYLE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS A FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH, I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR TO MAYOR PRO TEMP.
THANK YOU FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE BACK ROW THAT HAVE THE PHOTOS.
MAY I ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD WITH YOUR PHOTOS? AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND FACING THE, THE AUDIENCE AND THE CITY, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL FACES THAT WE LOST.
I'M GONNA READ A STATEMENT THAT WAS, UH, GIVEN TO COUNSEL ZUKA ON BEHALF OF DR.
ERIC WRIGHT, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HAYES, C I D.
AND IN A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR'S WORTH OF TIME, HAYES, C I S D HAS LEARNED MORE THAN AT, THAN IT EVER THOUGHT IT WAS TO KNOW ABOUT FENTANYL.
BUT SO BEFORE THE SUMMER OF 2022, FENTANYL APPEARED TO BE A THREATENING HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT IT HAD SUDDENLY VICIOUSLY ATTACKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILY, AND IT DID SO WITH TERRIBLE SPEED AND UNSPEAKABLE PAIN.
SINCE JULY, 2022, SIX HAYES, C I S D STUDENTS ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED FROM FENTANYL POISONING.
AND THE DEATH OF A SEVEN PRECIOUS YOUNG STUDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS LIKELY CAUSED BY A FENTANYL OVERDOSE.
SO IN STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH HAYES COUNTY DEPUTIES AND WITH CITY OF CO, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF BARNETT, THE DISTRICT EMBARKED ON A FENTANYL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN BASED ON TRANSPARENCY AND FRANK, THOUGH DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL IS SAVING LIVES.
WE CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY OF KYLE AND HIS PARTNERSHIP AS WE ALL BATTLE THE DREADFUL EVIL THAT IS THE FENTANYL CRISIS.
AND IF I JUST MIGHT ADD MY
AND AS I SAW A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THERE TAKING THEIR PHOTOS WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEIR CHILDREN ENJOYING THEMSELVES, I JUST BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THIS FAMILY THAT I SAW LAST WEEK AT THE PARADE.
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THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING.THEY SHOULD BE ENJOYING THIS TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOMECOMING, GETTING READY FOR PROM, GETTING READY FOR GRADUATION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A SERIOUS DRUG PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNTRY, THOSE WHO USE THE DRUGS, WHO SELL 'EM, WHO DISTRIBUTE 'EM, ARE PART OF THE MAIN PROBLEM WE HAVE.
AND WE CONTINUOUSLY ASK OURSELVES, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? AND I, I KIND OF DO THE SAME THING WITH ME, TOBIAS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THIS SITUATION? WELL, HOW DO YOU FIX THIS? HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DOING IT? IN MY THEORY AND IN MY THOUGHTS IN MY MIND, WE GOTTA FINALLY STAND UP AS A COMMUNITY, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND AS A CITY, AND AS PARENTS SAYING, WE ARE NOT GONNA TAKE THIS CRAP ANYMORE.
ZERO TOLERANCE WHEN IT COMES TO DRUG USE.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO COME UP HERE TO GRANDSTAND, BUT I'M BEING SERIOUS.
WE'VE LOST BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN TO THIS, THIS OVERDOSE.
SECOND OF ALL, WE GOTTA REALLY COME AT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS, THESE WHO ARE SELLING, WHO ARE PUSHING THIS AND DISTRIBUTING IT.
AND WE GOTTA REALLY HAVE SOME STRONG DAS, PROSECUTORS, JUDGES TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO SAY, WE ARE GONNA PUT ZERO TOLERANCE ON THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO THIS AND HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.
AND THEN FINALLY, LIKE I DO WITH MY KIDS, I BRING IT HOME.
I BRING IT HOME TO THE KITCHEN TABLE THAT'S BEEN MISSING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR KIDS PARENTS, IF YOU'RE TOO BUSY FROM HOME, PUT YOUR CELL PHONE DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR KID.
LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF WHAT'S OUT THERE.
BECAUSE I NOTICED WHEN I TOOK MY SON TO HOMECOMING DANCE AND HE WAS THERE WITH HIS FRIENDS, I DROPPED HIM OFF.
I WAS VERY HAPPY, BUT I WAS, I WAS SCARED LIKE CRAZY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
AND I PRAY TO GOD THAT WHEN I'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON, IF THEY EVER GET APPROACHED BY SOMEBODY TO SAY, HEY, MAN, YOU WANNA TAKE THIS HIT, IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, OR TAKE THIS PILL, IT'S GONNA GONNA MAKE YOU CHILL, MAN.
JUST, JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
THAT HE'S STRONG ENOUGH AND BRAVE ENOUGH THAT HE'LL SAY NO.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA CONTINUE TO DO.
AND SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, MY CONDOLENCES TO ALL YOUR FAMILIES FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR CHILDREN, AND JUST KNOW THAT THE CITY OF KYLE AND ALL OF US HERE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THIS AWARENESS.
I WAS GONNA ASK JANELLE, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE F 15 PROJECT.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA STAND WHERE YOU ARE, FACE THE CAMERA.
UM, I KNEW THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA WANTED ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, AND I ASKED MY HUSBAND, CAN YOU, CAN YOU WRITE SOMETHING FOR ME? AND HE SAID, NO.
AND SO I'M STANDING IN THE BACK AND I'M, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I SAY IN A SPEECH? UM, I'VE DONE THAT, UH, HUNDREDS OF PRESENTATIONS.
UM, AND SO I LOOKED IT UP, YOU KNOW WHAT TO SAY IN A SPEECH.
AND THE FIRST ONE WAS QUOTE, A LEADER.
WELL, EVEN IF I DID, I DIDN'T WANNA BRING MY PHONE UP HERE AND READ.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T DO THAT.
THE SECOND ONE WAS TELL THE JOKE, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THERE'S NO JOKE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS.
IT WAS LIKE, NUMBER EIGHT, SHARE YOUR PERSONAL STORY.
NOW THAT I CAN DO THIS IS NOAH.
AND NOAH WAS 15 YEARS OLD, AND HE ATTENDED HIS FIRST TWO DAYS OF HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
UM, HE LEFT SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AND DIDN'T RETURN ON MONDAY.
NOAH WAS AN ATHLETE, AN HONOR STUDENT, AND JUST VERY POPULAR AND JUST LOVED BEING KID-LIKE, RIGHT?
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LIKE NOAH, THESE FAMILIES ARE OUR GOOD FAMILIES.NOAH GREW UP IN A, IN A GOOD HOME, STABLE HOME, MOM AND DAD, CHRISTIAN HOME.
WE HAD TALKS, WE WERE STRICT PARENTS, AND YOU JUST DON'T EXPECT THIS KIND OF THING.
THE STIGMA NEEDS TO END BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE ADDICTS, THE JUNKIES, MY BUDDY RIGHT HERE, ADAM IS IN RECOVERY.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING MEN WHO HAVE COME INTO MY LIFE SINCE NOAH'S PASSING.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE STARTED THE FOREVER 15 PROJECT IN HONOR OF NOAH, BECAUSE I KNEW VERY EARLY ON THAT I DIDN'T WANT NOAH TO JUST BE A SAD STORY.
I WAS A HAYES RE I LIKE TO SAY THAT
UM, SO THIS COUNTY IS MY COUNTY, AND THESE KIDS ARE MY KIDS.
AND WE HAVE TAKEN, WE ARE A 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT, AND WE HAVE DONE MANY AND MANY OF PRESENTATIONS NATIONWIDE.
WE HAVE SENT MANY OF CHILDREN IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY TO REHAB, UM, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES.
UM, A LOT OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, I LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO GET INVOLVED WITH US BECAUSE PEERS LISTEN TO PEERS.
UM, SO I AM IN THE SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS I CAN BE, JUST TO BE A FACE, TO BE A, AN EAR FOR KIDS TO COME TO, UM, SEE, UM, HAVING THIS ROOM FULL OF, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, MEANS SO MUCH TO US BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THIS ALONE.
UM, BUT HAVING YOUR SUPPORT MEANS SO MUCH TO US.
UM, AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY ISSUE.
DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OR WHEREVER, THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING THERE, BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU IT IS.
THIS DOESN'T JUST AFFECT US FAMILIES.
I DID A PRESENTATION AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL THE OTHER DAY TO SIXTH GRADERS, AND A YOUNG MAN CAME UP TO ME CRYING AFTERWARDS AND SAID THAT HIS BEST FRIEND WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM BECAUSE HIS FAMILY WAS THE MOM AND DAD IN PLUM CREEK WHO GOT CAUGHT WITH FENTANYL IN THEIR HOUSE.
UM, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU REACH OUT TO ME AND GET INVOLVED WITH US.
UM, MIGUEL, LIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BILLBOARDS AND ALL THE MESSAGING MM-HMM.
I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT LITERALLY WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
UM, THE ONE BILLBOARD THAT WE, THAT I HAD WANTED TO PURCHASE, LIKE THE COMMUNITY JUST CAME TOGETHER AND I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.
WE
IF Y'ALL COULD COME TOGETHER, COUNSEL WOULD SIT BEHIND THE DAAS POLICE OFFICERS.
Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP FRONT TOO, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING OUT HERE TONIGHT.
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SORRY.SORRY, MY PHONE'S TALKING TO ME.
JANELLE, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND EVERYONE, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME FLOWERS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR THAT ITEM.
[7. Presentation of Kiwanis Kyle Buda TX 5th Year Anniversary Proclamation. ~ Michael Tobias, Mayor Pro Tem]
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PRESENTATION OF, UH, KIWANIS, KYLE BUTTE, TEXAS FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY PROCLAMATION MAYOR PRO TEM.AS KIWANIS IS A GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE WORLD, ONE CHILD AND ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME.
JUST A BRIEF HISTORY, THE QAS INTERNATIONAL WAS FOUNDED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN IN 1915.
AND IN 1916, THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL QANTAS CLUB WAS CHARTERED IN CANADA.
THE QANTAS IS BORROWED FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN PHRASE, KWANA MEANING TRADE OR OR TRADE.
OUR TALENTS, THE QANTAS, IS THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE THAT ONE DAY ALL CHILDREN IN COMMUNITIES HAVE THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN THEM AND WILL NURTURE THEM AND PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
A QAS ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY MISSION IS MOLDING GOOD CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN INTO EXCEPTIONAL ADULTS.
A QAS MOTTO IS SERVING THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
SO TO THE PRESIDENT, DEBBIE SERTA, CYNTHIA BENLEY, BETTY CONNOLLY, CHELSEA FLORES, RENA, VANESSA WESTBROOK, AND THE MANY OTHER QAS.
I'M PROUD TO CONGRATULATE YOUR ORGANIZATION ON THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF OUR COMMUNITY BY READING THIS PROCLAMATION IN THE QANTAS HONOR.
LET ME PUT MY GLASSES BACK ON.
WHEREAS THE KIWANIS CLUB, KYLE BUTTA WAS ORIGINALLY CHARTERED ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2018, WITH 15 MEMBERS CONSISTED ON A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS SUCH AS FINANCIAL ADVISORS, WRITERS, EDUCATORS, IT, MEDICAL RESEARCH, AND RETIRED CITIZENS.
SENIORS ORGANIZATION MEETINGS WERE FIRST HELD AT ORCHARD PARK IN KYLE, TEXAS, AND WHEREAS IS IN 2018, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF KYLE BUTA.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAYES COUNTY, E S D NUMBER FIVE, AND HAYES COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES, KYLE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, KYLE AREA, SENIOR ZONE AND BEAUTY QUILTERS TO BRING AWARENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO BEGIN THE PILLOW OF PEACE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TO COLLECT NEW PILLOWS IN PILLOW CASES, PILLOWS COLLECTED WERE THEN GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HELP BRING THOSE SENSE OF COMFORT AS THEY LAY THEIR HEADS IN A NEW SAFE PLACE.
FOR OVER THE YEARS, 5,000 PILLOWS, WHICH I NOW HEAR OVER 6,000, HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS IN 2020 AQUINAS CLUB OF KYLE BUTO, TEXAS, IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID PANDEMIC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S, MOON NURSERIES, FORGETTABLE FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND TOM GREEN, B T A CREATED A NO PLACE FOR HATE BUTTERFLY GARDEN FOR STUDENTS AT TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY, BUTTA, AND KYLE.
WHEREAS IN 2021, THE QANTAS CLUB OF KYLE BUTTA CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE AREA CHILDREN TO READ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A KYLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SET UP A MEETING LIBRARY, READING TIME AT EACH MARKET DAY, HOSTED BY KIWANA MEMBER SINA, AND I BELIEVE MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL.
WHERES FROM 2018 TO 2022? THE CUAS CLUB, KYLE BUTTA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HAYES CONSTABLES, MICHAEL TORRES, PRECINCT TWO JOHN ER PRECINCT FIVE ASSISTED WITH YEARLY HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS TOY DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS IN 2023, AWANAS CLUB OF KYLE BUTTE, TEXAS WITH AWANAS EDUCATING YOUTH KEY CLUB WAS CHARTERED AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, KYLE, TEXAS, WITH A KWANA MEMBER OF VANESSA WESTBROOK AS LEAD ADVISOR, THE KEY CLUB FOCUSES ON TEACHING LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHILE ENCOURAGING INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SERER SERVICE.
SO THEREFORE, WITH THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS OFFICIALLY SALUTES
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AND CONGRATULATES THE KIWANIS CLUB OF KYLE BUTTA, TEXAS ON THEIR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF CITIZENS AND STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ON THIS DATE, OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWANAS CLUB FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND IF YOU WANNA GO AND TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH, WE COULD DO THE SAME THING.
IF YOU WANNA LINE UP HERE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING REAL QUICK OR WE JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PHOTO, I THINK I'M DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO STACK THOSE.
SHOULD JUST TAKE THE PICTURE, RIGHT? MAYBE WE GET BETTER CAMERAS.
I'M JUST GONNA PULL THIS BACK A LITTLE BIT OUT OF MY FRAME.
CAN I GET Y'ALL TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE ENDS, ON THIS SIDE, I HAVE, UH, LIKE THREE PEOPLE HANGING OVER ON THIS SIDE, JUST A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO STACK ONE MORE.
YEAH, JUST LIKE STACK ONE PERSON.
[8. Proclamation recognizing Immigrants Day. ~ Daniela Parsley, Council Member]
OKAY, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING IMMIGRANTS DAY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS A PROUD PLACE I CALL.
HOME IS A PLACE THAT MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME, CALL HOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE WANTED SAFETY OPPORTUNITY AND THE FREEDOMS THAT UNFORTUNATELY OUR HOME COUNTRIES COULDN'T LONGER PROVIDE.
SO TODAY IT IS AN HONOR, HONOR FOR ME TO BEING AN IMMIGRANT AND NATURALIZED US CITIZEN TO BRING FORWARD A PROCLAMATION TO HONOR IMMIGRANTS AND THE CULTURAL ADDITIONS THEY BRING TO THE UNITED STATES.
SO WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 28TH, 1987, CONGRESS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE IN MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE MADE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SOCIETY.
THAT SAME YEAR, PRESIDENT REGAIN CALLED UPON ALL AMERICANS TO CELEBRATE OUT OUR BASE, OUR DIVERSITY THROUGH CULTURAL DISPLAYS, CELEBRATION, FESTIVALS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES HAS LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE FROM ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE WHO ARE INTREPID ENOUGH TO MAKE THE JOURNEY TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO SEEK TO REALIZE THEIR HOPES, DREAMS, AND POTENTIAL, IT IS THE SPIRIT AND WILLINGNESS TO RISK ON THE PURSUIT OF SOMETHING GREATER THAT HAS BENEFITED AND BLESSED THE UNITED STATES WITH A DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC SOCIETY WE HAVE TO DATE THAT IS THE ENVY FOR COUNTRIES OF COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.
AND WHEREAS AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF, I'M WELL AWARE OF THE SACRIFICES THAT IMMIGRANTS MUST MAKE TO BECOME CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT NATION.
I AM ALSO WELL AWARE OF THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES THIS COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER TO ALL WHO ARE BOLD ENOUGH TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS TODAY.
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE, PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER 28TH AS NATIONAL IMMIGRANT DAY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF KYLE THAT WE RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 28TH AS NATIONAL IMMIGRANT DAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THERE? I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? COUNCILOR
OH, I HAVE TO THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN DANIELLA PARSLEY FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE ADDED TO BUILDING OUR NATION AND FOR THE LOVE AND ADMIRATION THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE FOR AMERICA.
SO I'M GONNA SAY A LITTLE BIT OF MY PERSONAL STORY AS
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I'M ALSO A FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT.AND I REMEMBER MY PARENTS WORKING VERY HARD WHEN THEY ARRIVED HERE WITH VERY LITTLE RESOURCES.
BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT AMERICA, UM, HAD AVAILABLE FOR US IF WE WORKED HARD, IF WE, UM, LEARNED A SKILL AND IF WE FOUND EDUCATION AS A FOUNDATION TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
AND SO MY ADVICE TO, TO NEW IMMIGRANTS IS TO WORK HARD.
LEARN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ATTAINABLE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN YOUR JOURNEY AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE GENEROUS AND WANNA SEE EVERYONE WITH DETERMINATION AND AMBITION REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
SO THIS IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR ZENGA A ANY FURTHER COMMENTARY?
[9. Upcoming Parks & Recreation events. ~ Mariana Espinoza, Director of Parks & Recreation]
OKAY.NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, UPCOMING PARKS AND RECREATION EVENTS.
MS. ESPINOSA, UH, OH, THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT.
SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE PRESENTATION.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARIA ESPINOZA, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE MONTHS OF, UH, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER.
SO FOR OCTOBER, WE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF BIG EVENTS, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND WE STILL HAVE NEXT FRIDAY, THE BUGGY WEEN, UH, DANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
IT IS AT THE GEMSTONE PALACE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH FROM FIVE O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THEN WE TURN AROUND ON SATURDAY, ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 28TH WITH OUR HALLOWEEN AT CENTER STREET TRICK OR TREAT FROM 12 O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK AT CITY SQUARE PARK.
AND BOTH, UH, EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF ONLINE CONTESTS GOING ON THIS MONTH.
THE ONLINE PUMPKIN CARVING CONTESTS, ONLINE YARD DECORATING CONTESTS, AND THE BEST COSTUME CONTESTS.
AND SO IF YOU JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR CITY OF KYLE, OCTOBER HALLOWEEN EVENTS, UH, THE EMAIL TO EMAIL IN YOUR SUBMISSIONS IS LISTED THERE.
IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PARADE, OUR VETERAN'S DAY PARADE, HONORING OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH.
THE PARADE BEGINS AT 12 O'CLOCK, BUT AT 9:00 AM THAT DAY, THE MARKET DAY WILL START.
SO THE MARKET DAY WILL RUN FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM WITH THE PARADE GOING THROUGH AT 12 O'CLOCK.
UH, REGISTRATION TO BE A VENDOR ENDS NOVEMBER 6TH, AND REGISTRATION TO BE IN THE PARADE ENDS NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND FOR ALL THOSE, UM, IN THE PARADE, THERE WILL BE AN, UH, MANDATORY MEETING, UM, AND THERE, UH, SPACES UNTIL ALL SPACES ARE FULL.
AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE BIG DAYS WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IS ON SAT OR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH FROM TWO O'CLOCK TO 6:00 PM WHERE WE HAVE LAVERDE PARK, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AND OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING.
UH, THE BAND WEEZER WILL PLAY FROM TWO 30 TO THREE 30, AND THEN THE LOCAL AND POPULAR BRING IN A BROKEN ARROW WILL SHUT DOWN THE EVENT FROM FOUR 30 TILL SIX.
WE HAVE A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, A CHILI COOKOFF, UM, REGISTRATION FOR BOTH, BOTH IS CURRENTLY ONLINE.
AND, UM, REGISTRATION ENDS NOVEMBER 8TH, AND THEN WE GET TO DECEMBER, WHICH IS A REALLY, A REALLY PART FUN PART OF THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY LIGHT DISPLAY DOWNTOWN AT MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK.
UH, SANTA ARRIVES ON DECEMBER 1ST.
THE EVENT BEGINS AT 4:00 PM WITH THE TREE LIGHTING AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 PM UH, THE EVENT'S COMPLETELY FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN FOR THE REST OF DECEMBER, WE HAVE EVENTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH.
SO ON DECEMBER 3RD, IT'S A SUNDAY.
WE HAVE SUITE SUNDAYS, DECEMBER 7TH, NOCHE DE NAVIDAD WITH MARIACHI BANDS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSICS OUT THERE.
DECEMBER 8TH, THE GRINCH WILL BE IN THE PARK.
UM, DECEMBER 10TH, WE HAVE SUNDAY FUN DAY WITH A BUNCH OF LONG GAINS SCAVENGER HUNT.
UM, DECEMBER 12TH, 13TH AND 14TH, OUR AWESOME POLICE DEPARTMENT HELPS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TAKE SANTA CLAUS AROUND TOWN.
SO ON DECEMBER 12TH, SANTA WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN, DECEMBER 13TH, ON THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TOWN, AND ON DECEMBER 14TH ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
AND THEN ON DECEMBER 14TH, WE HAVE SLOW JAM THURSDAY WITH ELI'S JAZZ PERFORMER ON DECEMBER 15TH.
WE HAVE OUR FAIRYTALE FRIDAY, AND SO ONE OF THE NEW DISPLAYS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS A CASTLE.
AND SO ON THAT DAY, WE'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO COME OUT LOOKING LIKE PRINCE AND PRINCESS'S, AND TO HELP US, UM, ENJOY THE FAIRYTALE EVENING, DECEMBER 17TH SIP STROLL, DECEMBER 21ST,
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THROWBACK THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, GINGERBREAD FRIDAY.WE ALSO HAVE A HOLIDAY LIGHT TRAIL AT LAKE KYLE PARK.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME LIGHTS AND PHOTO OPS.
AND DON'T FORGET, ON DECEMBER 1ST, WHEN SANTA ARRIVES, WE HAVE A GINGERBREAD CONTEST.
SO GINGERBREAD SUBMISSIONS WILL BE TAKING PLACE, REGISTRATION'S ALREADY ONLINE.
AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ON DECEMBER 1ST.
AND THEN WE SEE JANUARY 1ST AT THE POLAR BEAR SPLASH.
ANY QUESTIONS GOES FAST CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
FIRST OF ALL, WHO WAS THE SINGER AT THE FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE? WHAT'S HIS NAME? THE FIRST SINGER? YES.
I I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM FOR LIKE, TRADITIONAL SANTA CLAUS SONGS WOULD BE AMAZING.
MELVIN HAS PERFORMED AT OUR MUSIC MONDAYS DURING 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, AND HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND THEN THIS BUDGET SEASON WE APPROVED, UM, A NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
UM, I THINK IT WAS AN INCLUSIVE EMPLOYEE, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE STATUS WAS ON THAT.
UH, WE SUBMITTED THE REQUISITION FOR THE C T R S TODAY, AND IT SHOULD BE POSTED ON THE UPCOMING WEEK OR SO.
MELVIN IS PERFORMING ON JAZZ NIGHT.
I'M, SO, I'M LIKE, WHERE'S THE GINGERBREAD? WHERE'S THE GINGERBREAD? I DON'T SEE A GINGERBREAD BREAD.
SO, UM, WHEN IS THE ONLINE PUMPKIN, UM, THAT LIME OH, AMY.
I JUST DON'T WANT MY PUMPKIN TO ROTTEN IF IT GETS TOO HOT.
AND I'VE BEEN JUST LIKE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO I AM, UM, IT WILL BE REALLY NICE IF YOU GUYS CAN PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN CARVE A COM, A PUMPKIN AND NOT, NOT, NOT THAT I'M GONNA WIN, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND SO, AND THE SECOND IS, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS PLACE OTHER THAN, UH, THE SQUARE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THINGS TO LAKE KYLE, THAT MAKES ME SUPER EXCITED.
AND ANY TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED FOR ANYTHING, PLEASE REACH OUT.
'CAUSE I, THIS IS ALL THAT I AM ABOUT LIKE CHRISTMAS AND FALL, AND PLEASE, LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE ALL MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THAT.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
MOVING THROUGH.NEXT STEP IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WISH TO DISCUSS OR TO PULL? UM, COUNCILOR PARSLEY.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER 13, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PULL THAT ONE OUT.
AND THEN I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, NUMBER 10, IF I COULD GET A, AN EXPLANATION LIKE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WE'RE GETTING AND IF THAT WAS NOT APPROVED BEFORE, DO YOU WANT TO PULL THOSE ITEMS? YES, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER ITEMS? ALRIGHT, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 11 AND 12.
MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND AB BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FLO SCALES THERE.
DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? OUR MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[VIII. Items Pulled from Consent Agenda]
NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM 10, APPROVED TASK ORDER NUMBER THREE TO LOCKWOOD ANDREWS AND NEIMAN AND NEWMAN, UH, IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $23,535 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE WINDY HILL ROAD BOND PROJECT.THIS ITEM IS, UH, SPONSORED BY MR. CANTA LUPO, COUNCILOR PARSLEY.
UM, SO WHEN WE APPROVE, HOW DO YOU, HI JOE.
UM, WHEN WE APPROVE THE LAST AMOUNTS FOR THE ROAD BOND, WAS IT LIKE 70 MILLION, RIGHT? BLESS YOU.
WAS THIS NOT INCLUDED THERE? UM, THIS PARTICULAR TASK ORDER, THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPES OF WORK.
WHAT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THIS COMES OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT WAS ALREADY SET ASIDE.
SO THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS NOT INCLUDED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONTINGENCY, THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE WITH WHAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED.
HOW MANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES WILL WE NEED TO DO THAT WERE NOT INITIALLY BUDGETED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE WILL NEED TO PULL? IT JUST DEPENDS BECAUSE
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THE WAY THIS GETS DONE AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE WITH WIND HILL ROAD IS THAT, UH, THE ENGINEERING COMPANIES, THE DESIGN ENGINEERS WERE CONTRACTED TO DO WHAT WE CALL A DESKTOP SURVEY.THEY LOOK AT READILY AVAILABLE DATA, AND THIS CASE WHEN THEY LOOKED AT, UM, THE SITE, RIGHT, THE PROJECT SITE, AND THEY LOOKED AT, UH, EVERYTHING FROM SOILS, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AVAILABILITY, UH, IN HISTORY OF WATER, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, THE PRESENCE OF ARCHEOLOGICAL AND OTHER CULTURAL RESOURCES, THEY DID A REPORT BASED ON THAT DESKTOP SURVEY, AS WE CALL IT.
THEY SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND T H C AS WE CALL IT, RESPONDED BACK AND SAID, THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION THERE WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO MORE DETAILED STUDIES.
SO WE, WE DON'T SCOPE THAT ADDITIONAL DETAILED STUDY UNTIL THE T H C TELLS US WE NEED IT.
SO UNTIL THE OTHER REPORTS START COMING IN, UM, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THERE'S GONNA BE ONE MORE, TWO MORE, THREE MORE, BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE BUILD INTO THOSE INITIAL COST ESTIMATES, RIGHT? ONE OF ITS PURPOSES IS TO DEAL WITH THINGS THAT POP UP THAT YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S POPPED UP.
COULD YOU REMIND ME THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE? THE AMOUNT I, I DON'T REMEMBER FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY HEFTY.
IT, IT, THIS IS NOT, UM, THIS $23,000 IN CHANGE IS, IS, UH, WE PROBABLY WON'T EVEN, UH, IT'S A BLIP BECAUSE I AM, I THINK ABOUT CONTINGENCY WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING.
AND, AND I KNOW WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA GO THROUGH THAT CONTINGENCY LIKE IT WAS WATER.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF ANTICIPATION ON ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA COME UP.
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT 70 MILLION WAS GOING TO BE PLENTY FOR DESIGNING ENGINEERING AND OTHER KINDS OF STUDIES THAT WE NEEDED TO FOR THIS ROAD.
MY HOPE WAS TO NOT HAVE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING BOND RELATED UNTIL 2025.
SO
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT, UH, THE WAY THE DESIGN PROCESS WORKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO INVESTIGATIONS LIKE GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS, IN THIS CASE, ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND UNTIL YOU BEGIN THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, WE KEEP VERY CLOSE TRACK OF THE BUDGETS.
UM, WE HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON LOOK AT IT, OUR QUARTER MANAGERS LOOKED AT IT AND THEY BELIEVE THAT IT'S REASONABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO NECESSARY.
THERE IS NO WAY TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD WITHOUT GETTING CLEARANCE FROM T H C.
UM, THERE WILL BE A BACKHOE THAT WILL DO SOME, UH, DEEP EXCAVATIONS AND THEN THERE, UH, UH, THEY WILL SEND, UH, FOLKS OUT THAT WILL ACTUALLY WALK THE PROJECT AREA AND DO SHALLOW SHOVEL TESTING TO LOOK FOR THE PRESENCE OF CULTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS.
AND IF THEY FIND THEM, UH, THEY DOCUMENT THEM, THEY REPORT 'EM ON 'EM TO T H C AND THAT'S HOW THE PROJECT GETS PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TEN SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORE SCALE.
DO WE APPROVE EACH AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER 10, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER FLO SCALE? UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BACKUP AND CAN WE JUST CONFIRM IT SAYS PROFESSIONAL WILL WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY TO COMPLETE THE SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN BY JULY 31ST, 2024
IS THAT, IS THAT FOR THIS CHA THIS ORDER, THE TASK ORDER? UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT IT, IT IS, IT'S, UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESSING THAT TAKES PLACE.
THEY HAVE TO GET RIGHT OF ENTRY.
THEY'VE GOTTA GET THE EQUIPMENT OUT, THEY'VE GOTTA TAKE IT AND DOCUMENT IT.
UH, THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
OUR JOB AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, IS TO MOVE THINGS ALONG AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I SECOND IT AND I'M GONNA APPROVE IT.
I'M JUST, I WANNA BE REALISTIC WITH EVERYBODY, INCLUDING OURSELVES WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF THESE ROADS, UM, AND, AND MAYBE EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE, WHY WE SAY YES SO WE CAN MOVE ALONG.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT DATE OUT THERE AS, AS A REALIZATION IT'S GONNA BE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS BEFORE THIS PART OF IT IS, IS COMPLETE.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, A LOT OF IT IS NOT THE ACTUAL WORK.
THERE ARE, I MEAN, THERE ARE TONS AND TONS OF PROJECTS TO GO ON THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND T H C, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY
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NEED TIME TO PROCESS AND APPROVE.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAYOR? PER TEMP? JUST, JUST REAL QUICK, WE'RE REFERENCING THE PRESENTATION.
JOE, I SEE THAT IT HAD, UH, WENDY HILL AND THE TL IN THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, CORRECT? YES.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO ON THE SAME PRESENTATION, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, YOU ALSO HAVE THE J HAYES TASK ORDER CONSIDERATION FOR, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE APPROVING IF WE GO WITH JUST THIS ITEM RIGHT HERE? BECAUSE, UM, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THE PRESENTATIONS WERE JUST GROUPED TOGETHER FOR OKAY.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO ANSWER WHAT TO KIND OF REITERATE WITH COUNCILMAN PARSLEY.
COUNCILMAN PARON SAYING, UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE MORE OF THESE CHANGE ORDERS IN THE, IN THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD? BUT, UM, I SEE WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GET THESE STUDIES DONE.
SO CAN, CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT NOW, AT LEAST SO WE KNOW.
'CAUSE I, I THOUGHT THAT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE WHAT WE APPROVE ALREADY WENT, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A TON OF YEARS TILL WE SEE THIS ROAD BOND FINISH.
AND FROM THE ALMOST $400 MILLION THAT WE APPROVE 70 HAVE GONE.
AND NOW I'M REALLY WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH.
WHAT, WHERE, WHERE WOULD WE HAVE ADVANCED WENT? WHERE HAS IT GONE? SO IF, IF WE WERE PREPARED TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU A BUDGET UPDATE FOR THE PROJECTS, THE BUDGET FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HASN'T CHANGED.
WE JUST, BUT WE WOULD HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU MM-HMM.
TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THE BUDGETS WE'RE PLANNING, AND I HOPE I GET THE DATE RIGHT.
UH, TO COME BACK ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
IS THAT THE NEXT MEETING TO GIVE YOU, UM, UH, A DEEPER PROJECT UPDATE, WHICH INCLUDES THE STATUS OF THE BUDGETS AND THE MONEY THAT, UH, HAS BEEN ALLOCATED SO FAR, AND THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENT SO FAR, PROJECT BY PROJECT AND FOR THE PROGRAM AS IT, AS A, AS A WHOLE.
SHOULD WE, UM, POSTPONE ITEM 14 UNTIL THEN? UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
EVERY DOLLAR IS IMPORTANT, BUT IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, WE, WE BELIEVE IT'S A FAIRLY DI MINIMIS AMOUNT.
UH, THE CONTINGENCY WILL BE IN THE MILLIONS OF RANGE THAT WE HAVE THE PROJECT.
UH, JOE AND I MEET WEEKLY ON ALL OF THE ROAD BOND PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY UP TO DATE ON THOSE AND THAT WE MONITOR THE BUDGET.
WE BELIEVE WE'RE STILL ON TRACK WITH BOTH THE TIMELINE AND THE BUDGET.
UH, BUT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS AND, AND THEN SOME MORE AS WELL ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
BUT, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT DELAY IT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THE SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT.
UH, I DON'T MIND APPROVING THAT WE APPROVE, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT ITEM 14, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEN YEAH.
AND ITEM 14, UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
WELL, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE, SIR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, SORRY, I, I DIDN'T WANT TO, IS YOUR HAND UP OR NO? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM 13, APPROVE OF LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE AND RACHEL AND RUBEN GUERRERO FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 13 OLD, UH, SOUTH OLD HIGHWAY 81 TO ALLOW PARKING TO ENCROACH CITY RIGHT OF WAY ON EAST MOORE STREET.
THIS IS MR. ATKINSON'S ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS OF US DOING THIS? IS THERE GONNA, ARE THERE GONNA BE ANY ISSUES? UH, NO MA'AM.
WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES WITH OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PAST.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAROLINA MARKETPLACE, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND, UH, THE TARGET SHOPPING CENTER ON THE UNDEVELOPED LOT.
UM, IT'S A FUNCTION OF MAKING SURE WE GET STREET PARKING AND URBAN AREAS, BUT ALSO, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, LIMIT, UM, EXPANDED MAINTENANCE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, FOR THE, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THEY'VE TOLD US SEVERAL TIMES THAT, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH, UH, DEVELOPERS OR APPLICANTS TO CREATE STREET PARKING, THAT THEY WANT TO SEE A LICENSE SCREAMING WHERE THOSE FOLKS ULTIMATELY MAINTAIN THAT STREET PARKING.
SO WE WON'T BE MAINTAINING IT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 13 SECOND
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MOTION BY COUNCILOR PARSLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KEL.THAT WE APPROVE IN ITEM 13TH THROUGH DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUSTOMER FLOOR SCALE.
UM, I DO JUST HAVE A GENUINE CONCERN ABOUT IF THE PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY OUR DOWNTOWN AND WHOSE HOMES ARE AFFECTED, UM, GOING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO CBD ONE, UM, I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, EDUCATE AND LET THEM KNOW HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT LIVING IN THEIR HOME OR MAYBE USING IT TEMPORARILY AS A BUSINESS.
AND SO MAYBE MOVING FORWARD WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.
UM, HISTORICALLY THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT LIVE IN THESE AREAS ARE, ARE LONGTIME KYLE RESIDENTS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP, JUST ONE LAST BEFORE WE VOTE.
UM, WOULD THIS BE UTILIZED FOR PUBLIC PARKING? YES, SIR.
THE AREAS THAT, UH, ALONG EAST MOORE STREET, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
BUT YES, SIR, THOSE WILL BE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES.
YEAH, BECAUSE I GUESS IT'S NOT, UM, I'M, OF COURSE I'M GONNA APPROVE THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO, TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES IS SAYING, ESPECIALLY OUR DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, AND THEN IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GONNA BE USING IT FOR COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC, UM, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LIKE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF SOME BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE LET'S JUST SAY IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S KIND OF RIGHT ACROSS FROM RAILHOUSE, CORRECT? ON THIS YES, SIR.
ON THE NEAR THE SOUTH END NEAR SIDE.
SO IF, LET'S SAY THERE'S OVERFLOW PARKING FROM THERE AND THEN THEY CAN GO AND UTILIZE THIS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF THE HOMEOWNERS KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, TO ALLOW, BE ALLOWED TO USE THAT KIND OF PARKING SPACES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THIS FAVOR SAY AYE.
[14.
Approve Task Order No. 6 to Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLC in the amount not to exceed $450,567.75 for development of a final design schematic of the intersection of Jack C Hays Trail and Veterans Drive and the reconstruction of Jack C Hays Trail from Veterans Drive to 1200 ft east of Veterans Drive. ~ Joe Cantalupo, K Friese & Associates, City’s 2022 Road Bond Program Manager
]OUR NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, APPROVED TASK ORDER NUMBER SIX, TO PATE DAWSON, CONSULTING ENGINEERS L L C IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $450,567 SEVEN 5 CENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A FINAL DESIGN SCHEMATIC OF THE INTERSECTION OF JACK C. HAYES TRAIL IN VETERANS DRIVE, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF JACKSON HAYES TRAIL FROM VETERANS DRIVE TO 1200, 1200 FEET EAST OF VETERANS DRIVE.SO COUNSEL, I WANT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, IT, UM, AND THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WHEN THIS, THIS PROJECT, RIGHT, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROJECT AREAS THAT WAS STARTED, UM, WELL IN ADVANCE OF, OF THE BOND.
AND WHAT IS, UH, TURNS OUT IS THAT WHEN THE BOND WAS INITIATED, THE PROJECTS WERE INITIATED.
WE WENT BACK RIGHT WITH, UH, THE DESIGN ENGINEER PA DAWSON.
AND, UH, WHEN THEY BEGAN TO FINALIZE THE SCHEMATIC AND, AND TOWARD MOVING INTO DESIGN, THEY REALIZED THAT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, UM, WOULD NOT OPERATE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO ALLOW THE PROJECT, UM, THE REST OF THE PROJECT, UH, TO OPERATE, UH, PROPERLY AND TO A GOOD LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO THEY DID AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, UH, TO GET THE INTERSECTION TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.
AND WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH WAS THIS IMPROVEMENT TO JACK SEA HAYES TRAIL.
RIGHT? AND, AND SO IT, IT ADDS, UM, IT ACCOMMODATES PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS, THE VIBE SIDEWALK.
UM, IT ADDS A CENTER TURN LANE.
IT ADDS, UH, 11 FOOT LANES, UM, AND EXTENDS THE TURN LANE, UH, THAT 1200 FEET PASSED.
NOW, THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS DIAGRAM IS THAT THIS IS A TXDOT STANDARD.
SO THE 11 FOOT LANES, UH, THE SMALLER MEDIAN, UH, THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS A MUCH, UH, MORE ROBUST SECTION.
IT WOULD HAVE A WIDER MEDIAN, SIGNIFICANTLY WIDER, AND IT WOULD HAVE, UH, FOUR 12 FOOT LANES INSTEAD OF FOUR FOOT 11 LANES, FOUR FOOT, I'M SORRY, FOUR 11 FOOT LANES.
AND IT WOULD EXTEND MUCH FURTHER EAST AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY AFFECT ALL THOSE PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
ALL THOSE, UH, SMALLER, NARROWER LOTS WITH THE NUMBERS ON THEM, WE'RE MOVING WITH THE
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AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS WAY LESS IMPACTFUL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE ESPECIALLY AND, AND A LITTLE BIT ON, ON THE NORTH.UM, BUT IT'S NEEDED TO MAKE THE REST OF THE PROJECT, UM, OPERATE PROPERLY.
AND I'LL PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP, IF NOT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CANTA? LUPO? COUNCILOR ZENGA? YEAH.
SO ON THAT, ON THAT NOTE, IT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL BOND, BUT IT IS AN UPGRADE TO THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE ORIG, THE PROPOSED ROAD WILL FUNCTION BETTER.
SO BASICALLY WHEN THEY DUSTED OFF THE PLANS MM-HMM.
THEY LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC HAD GROWN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU NEED TO IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE INTERSECTION OPERATE PROPERLY, YOU NEED TO IMPROVE THAT DISTANCE OF, OF J HIS TRAIL.
UM, WELL, THE CONCERNS I GUESS I, I'VE HEARD IS DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY STILL IN THAT PROPOSED ROAD BOND TO COVER THE ADDED, UH, UP UPGRADE TO THIS INTERSECTION STRIP? SO, AND HERE'S THE, THE, THE, THE CONSIDERATIONS, RIGHT? YOUR, YOUR QUESTION IS, IS TIMELY.
SO THIS TASK ORDER COVERS THIS, THE FINAL SCHEMATIC DESIGN, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WHAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET IS WHERE THE MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION WILL COME FROM MM-HMM.
AND AS IT STANDS NOW IT'S JUST OVER $9 MILLION.
NOW, SOME OF THAT IS CONTINGENCY, RIGHT? BUILDING CONTINGENCY FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK.
UM, THE UTILITIES ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE.
THEY'RE JUST OVER TO BURY THE UTILITIES.
AND SO IT, IT ADDS UP AWFULLY QUICK.
BUT WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE DESIGNED EVERYTHING AT ONCE SO YOU CAN MAKE SURE IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
OUR HUNCH RIGHT NOW, AND I DO CALL IT A HUNCH ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO MORE ANALYSIS, IS THAT THE REST OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT, THE OLD STAGE COACH ROAD AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IT'S CONNECTED TO, WE'RE DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THAT IT ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE TOGETHER OR THIS CAN COME AT A LATER DATE, BUT WE'RE CONVINCED THAT IT SHOULD ALL BE DESIGNED AT ONCE.
SO YOU CAN PLAN AHEAD EVEN IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO CONSTRUCT IT ALL NOW, AND EVEN IF YOU CAN'T CONSTRUCT IT ALL NOW, BUT IN ORDER TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, WE NEED TO GET INTO THE DESIGN JUST A TINY BIT MORE.
SO, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SIMPLIFY IT.
UH, IS THAT THE $450,000 WOULD COVER THE FINAL SCHEMATIC DESIGN? WE HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD COME FROM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE BUDGETS, RIGHT? WE HAVE UPDATED COST ESTIMATES, WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT PROJECTS, UH, IF ANY, WENT UP, IF ANY, GO DOWN AND IF THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR MOVING, YOU KNOW, MONEY FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE NEXT, AT LEAST AT THIS LEVEL.
SO IF WE DID, UH, THE DESIGN WORK, WOULD THAT BE VALIDATED FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME? I MEAN, OR WOULD THEY BECOME INVALIDATED WITH MORE GROWTH? AND IF WE DON'T WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF IT, LIKE HOW, WHAT WOULD BE OUR PERIOD THAT WE WOULD HAVE ON THESE DESIGNS WITHOUT HAVING TO REDESIGN? I I, IF WE, WE DON'T GET TO THE, I DON'T KNOW THAT OFFHAND MM-HMM.
I MEAN, I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT IF WE DO PAY FOR THE DESIGNS THAT WE CAN HOLD ONTO THOSE FOR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANOTHER REDESIGN AS OUR CITY GROWS AND THESE ROADS GET DONE.
THE OTHER CONSIDERATION, THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, WHICH IS THAT IT MM-HMM.
UM, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE TWO THINGS.
ONE IS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S NEEDED, RIGHT? TO GET THE PROJECT TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY.
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WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING IT IS, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.AND, AND THEN THE OTHER IS, IF IT IS NEEDED AND THE MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS A COUNCIL AND WE CAN'T PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT YET.
I, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, AS PART OF THAT, AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUDGET FOR THAT.
IF WE DECIDE THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SAVINGS IN THE ROAD BOND PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT PART OF IT IS, IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE COST WOULD BE IN THE IMPACT ON THE ROADWAY GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO DISCUSSING THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER FOR ME 'CAUSE, UM, THE, THE PRICE IS STEEP, IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT I DRIVE THIS ROAD EVERY DAY AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE SO I KNOW OF THE NEED.
UM, BUT GOING BACK TO THE ROOTS, I WILL SAY I DO APPRECIATE FIGURING OUT THE SCHEMATICS BEFORE WE START ANYTHING ELSE.
AND EVEN IF THERE WAS A WAY TO TRY TO, ONCE WE GET FURTHER ALONG TO INCORPORATE THINGS LIKE EASEMENTS, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT STARTED BEFORE THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD BEGINS.
UH, LAYMAN ROAD WAS HELD UP FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF EASEMENTS.
AND SO IF WE CAN GET AS, AS MUCH OF THAT BACK WORK DONE AS POSSIBLE, SO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO BUILD THE ROAD, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS HAVING TO BUILD THE ROAD.
AND, AND FOR THAT REASON, I DO SUPPORT SPENDING THE MONEY NOW.
UM, $9 MILLION IS GONNA BE $12 MILLION IN THREE YEARS.
AND SO, UM, AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANNA SPEND $9 MILLION, I ALSO DON'T WANNA BOND OUT ANOTHER $294 MILLION, UM, TO, TO TAX TO THE TAXPAYERS.
AND SO, UM, FOR THAT REASON, I'D LIKE TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, MOTION BY COUNCILOR FLOS KALE, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTI.
TOBIAS, THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 14.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? CAN I HAVE ONE SECOND PLEASE BEFORE WE FINALLY APPROVE? I, WE DID A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR THE SAME ROAD THAT, UM, CHANGE ORDER, THE ORDER TASK ORDER THAT WE DID IN MARCH 17.
WAS THAT FOR, AND THIS WAS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL HIS FAVOR SAY AYE.
[15. Approve a Resolution establishing the date for a public hearing to be held on December 5, 2023, as required under Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code, to consider, discuss, and review the update to the water and wastewater land use assumptions, water and wastewater capital improvements plan, and imposition of updated water and wastewater impact fee amounts. ~ Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer]
ITEM 15, APPROVE A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2023 IS REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 3, 9 5, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND REVIEW THE UPDATE TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, WATER AND WASTEWATER, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, AND IN POSITION OF UPDATED WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE AMOUNTS.MR. BARBARA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
LEON BARBS, CITY ENGINEER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE TRYING TO UPDATE OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES.
UH, JUST TO LET, UH, EVERYONE KNOW, WE USE THOSE FEES FOR REHABILITATING, UH, RECONSTRUCTING UPGRADING, AND IN SOME CASES BUILDING NEW LINES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THESE IMPACT FEES, UH, ARE NEEDED TO KEEP, KEEP THAT CONSTRUCTION GOING.
THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED THESE FEES WAS BACK IN 2017, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH PRICES HAS GONE UP SINCE 2017.
SO THE IMPACT FEES WE WE'RE USING TODAY, UH, REFLECT THE 2017 PRICES.
SO WE DO NEED AN INCREASE IN THE IMPACT FEES, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
THE, UH, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST WEEK ON OCTOBER 10TH, WE, UH, HAD A MEETING OF THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS A PRAYER BY H D R ENGINEERING, AND THEY APPROVED THE, UH, MOTION TO PASS THE, UH, UH, TO SUPPORT THAT REPORT.
THE VOTE WAS FIVE TO TWO, BUT WE DID GET IT PASSED, AND IT IS HERE NOW IN FRONT OF COUNSEL.
SO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS FOR US TO, UH, APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, SETTING UP THE HEARING, WHICH IS ON DECEMBER 5TH.
AT THAT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE THE CONSULTANT HERE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE NUMBERS AND, AND THE REASONS FOR SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GONNA PRES BE PRESENTING TO YOU THAT NIGHT.
UH, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER PRESENTATION MAKE TO YOU.
I DO HAVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE TALKED AT THE, UH, UH, OCTOBER 10TH MEETING, IF YOU WANNA SEE THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL GET ON DECEMBER 5TH AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING IN MOTION.
WE'RE GONNA GET OUR CHANCE TO DISCUSS IN EARNEST, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5TH.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, UH, THE VIDEO FROM
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OCTOBER 10TH, ISN'T THIS VIEWABLE YET? UM, ON THE CITY WEBPAGE? IT IS.I, I WAS ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE CHANNEL.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO STILL INCREASE THOSE IMPACT FEES? UH, I DID LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION.
I WAS AWARE OF THE FIVE TO TWO VOTE, AND WE DID COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE INITIAL $18,000 IMPACT FEE DOWN TO 12.
AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A MIDDLE AREA OF 16, WHICH ENDED UP FALLING BACK DOWN TO 12.
UM, SO LEON, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS SEEMED TO BE CALCULATED HIGH IN THE BEGINNING AS, AS YOU SAID, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN THE LOWER END, ALTHOUGH YOU SAID WE ARE IN THE TOP THREE HIGHEST IMPACT FEE CITIES.
UM, BUT THIS IS A ONE TIME THING OF WHEN YOU CAN GET IMPACT FEES TO BUILD YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, UM, WAITING THE THREE YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR THOSE FEES TO, TO INCREASE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY, MY ONLY THING IS, IS THERE A PATH TO STILL ASK FOR AN INCREASE, UM, BEFORE THIS DECEMBER PUBLIC FORUM? THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL'S DECISION AT THE DECEMBER 5TH MEETING.
THE CONSULTANT HAS PRETTY WELL, UH, WE GOT SOME COMMENTS, WE GOT SOME CONCERNS.
WE LOOKED AT IT, WE AGREED WITH SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE DID NOT AGREE WITH.
SO WE MADE REVISIONS WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT CONSULTANTS' IS GONNA CHANGE HIS NUMBERS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND BEAR IN MIND THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED THAT FIRST ROUND, THAT WAS THREE TIMES WHAT WE'RE PAYING TODAY FOR IMPACT FEES.
TODAY'S IMPACT FEES ARE 63 61, $6,361 FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER.
WE'RE GONNA GO UP TO OVER 12,000 FOR THAT, UH, IMPACT FEE FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER.
WELL, MY ONLY FEEDBACK IS, I KNOW WE'RE ANXIOUS TO DISCUSS THE NUMBERS.
I'M ANXIOUS TO DISCUSS THE NUMBERS AS WELL MM-HMM.
SO I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THE MEETING WHERE WE ACTUALLY GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITH THE CONSULTANTS IS THE TIME TO DEBATE THE VALUE AND MERIT OF THE ANALYSIS THAT THEY PERFORMED.
I'D LIKE P AND Z TO GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION.
UM, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, WE RANK PRETTY HIGH UP THERE, NOT AS HIGH AS, UH, PFLUGERVILLE, WHICH IS $29,000.
UM, BUT WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN HAYES COUNTY, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN, UM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEEP UP AND ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP HAPPENING, UM, I AM REALLY NERVOUS AND I, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN BRING THIS BACK AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT AGAIN, I REALLY WANT P AND Z TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS AND TO GIVE US THEIR, THEIR INFORMATION.
FOR ME, THAT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO GO BACK AND WATCH THAT VIDEO.
UM, MY CONCERN WAS THAT IT WAS AFTER A MEETING WITH THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS IS THEN IT CAME DOWN EVEN MORE.
AND SO I, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANNA SEE.
UH, THERE WAS A COMMISSIONER WHO MADE A VALID POINT OF IT'S A HOME BUILDERS LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES, BUT WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND THE WAY, IN MY EYES, THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE MORE IMPACT FEES WE HAVE, THE LESS LIKELY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BOND OUT AS WE HAVE BEEN.
'CAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH.
AND SO, UM, I'M NOT A FAN OF THE $12,000.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE THE 18, ALTHOUGH EVEN IF WE WERE, WE WOULD ONLY RAISE ONE LEVEL, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOVE, UM, PFLUGERVILLE SILVER AREA ONE.
SO WE WOULD STILL BE SECOND, THIRD, HIGHEST.
SO, UM, I, I, AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE P AND Z TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT IT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE RECOMMENDATION? WELL, AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO MAKE OUR POINTS AND OUR OPINIONS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT WE THINK THAT NUMBER IS.
UH, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH ANALYSIS WHEN WE GET TO ALL ACTUALLY MAKE OUR POINTS.
THIS JUST CALLS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I, I DON'T SEE A REASON NOT TO, UH, PROCEED.
I'LL MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM.
OH, I THINK WE ALREADY DID THAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE? ALL IS FAIR TO
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SAY? AYE.ALRIGHT, NEXT STEP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 AND 17.
THESE ITEMS ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE POSTPONED TWO DECEMBER 5TH.
[16.
[Postponed 10/2/2023] (First Reading) An ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas annexing approximately 37.99 acres of land located at 301 Bebee Road in Hays County, Texas including the abutting streets, roadways, and rights-of-way into the corporate limits of the City. (Caraway Cattle Company Family Partnership LLLP - ANNX-22-0019) ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning
- Public Hearing
Public Hearing was left open on 10/2/2023.
]READING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.FIRST READING IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS, AND SEEING APPROXIMATELY 37.99 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 3 0 1 BB ROAD IN HAYES COUNTY, TEXAS, INCLUDING THE ABUTTING STREETS, ROADWAYS, AND RIGHTS OF WAYS INTO CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY.
THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THAT WAS LEFT OPEN AT THE LAST MEETING.
ARE YOU ASKING ME TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AS I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THIS ITEM HAS THE PUBLIC HEARING KEPT OPEN UNTIL, UH, THE 12 FIVE MEETING? ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL DECEMBER 5TH.
MOTION BY MAYOR SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR PARSLEY.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[17.
[Postponed 10/2/2023](First Reading) An ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas for the purpose of rezoning approximately 101 acres to Planned Unit Development (PUD, to include approximately 72 acres of Retail Services Zoning ‘RS’ and approximately 29 acres Multifamily Apartments 3 ‘R-3-3’ for property located at 301 Bebee Road in Hays County, Texas. (Caraway Cattle Company Family Partnership LLLP - Z-22-0110) ~ Will Atkinson, Director of Planning
Planning and Zoning Commission voted to postpone until the 10/18/23 P&Z meeting.
- Public Hearing
Public Hearing was left open on 10/2/2023.
]NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM 17, SAME THING.IT'S, UH, FIRST RATING IN ORDINANCE MEETING CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY OF CAL, TEXAS.
PURPOSE OF REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 101 ACRES TO, UH, PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR 72 ACRES AND, UH, RETAIL SERVICES AND APPROXIMATELY 29 ACRES FOR R THREE THREE.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO OBJECTS TO OPENING THIS PUBLIC? HEARING UP? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL DECEMBER 5TH.
MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KAS.
DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[18. Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Assessments to be Levied Against the Assessable Property Within Improvement Area #2 of the Southwest Kyle Public Improvement District No. 1 Pursuant to the Provisions of Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code. ~ Mark McLiney, SAMCO Capital, City's Financial Advisor]
ITEM 18.PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS TO BE LEVIED AGAINST ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER TWO, SOUTHWEST KYLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 3 72.
MARK MCCLINNEY WITH SAMCO CAPITAL MARKETS.
WE HAVE JOHN SNYDER WITH P THREE.
WE HAVE CHRIS GUEVARA WITH, UH, NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT.
NORMALLY YOU'LL SEE STEPHANIE LIEBE HERE FOR THAT.
SHE'S RECEIVING A NATIONAL AWARD FOR BOND COUNSEL.
SO SHE'S IN CHICAGO GETTING AWARD.
YOUR, YOUR BOND LAWYER'S ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY, SO WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE DEVELOPERS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
UM, AND THIS IS TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENTS, UM, THAT ARE GONNA BE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[19. Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City Of Kyle, Texas Accepting and Approving an Amended and Restated Service and Assessment Plan and Improvement Area #2 Assessment Roll for The Southwest Kyle Public Improvement District No. 1; Making a Finding of Special Benefit to the Property in Improvement Area #2 of the District; Levying Special Assessments Against Property Within Improvement Area #2 of the District and Establishing a Lien on Such Property; Providing for the Method of Assessment and the Payment of the Assessments in Accordance With Chapter 372, Texas Local Government Code, as Amended; Providing Penalties and Interest on Delinquent Assessments; Providing For Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. ~ Mark McLiney, SAMCO Capital, City's Financial Advisor]
[20. Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance Approving and Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of the City of Kyle, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2023 (Southwest Kyle Public Improvement District No. 1 Improvement Area #2 Projects) and Approving and Authorizing Related Agreements. ~ Mark McLiney, SAMCO Capital, City's Financial Advisor]
IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19.DO YOU WANNA DO 1920 TOGETHER? YES.
AGENDA ITEM 19, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KYLE, UH, OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS.
ACCEPTING AND APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT.
AREA NUMBER TWO, ASSESSMENT ROLES FOR THE SOUTHWEST KYLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SALE.
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2023, SOUTHWEST KYLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
MERIT COUNSEL, MARK MCCLENNEY, SAMCO CAPITAL MARKETS, UH, WANT INTRODUCE TWO MORE PEOPLE.
ROBERT RIVERA AND TRIP DAVENPORT WITH F M SS.
THEY'RE THE BOND UNDERWRITERS FOR THE PIT BONDS.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS TO, UH, APPROVE THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, WHICH SETS OUT THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THIS, THAT WILL THEN ALLOW US TO HAVE THE BOND PAYMENTS TO COVER, TO COVER THE ACTUAL BONDS.
UM, THE PROJECT, OF COURSE, IS SOUTHWEST COLLEGES SOUTH OF HERE DOWNTOWN.
UM, PHASE TWO IS, UH, PHASE TWO, FIRST HALF IS NEARLY COMPLETED.
UM, THE, UH, SECOND PART IS GOING TO BE FUNDED WITH THESE BONDS.
THEY'VE SPENT A LOT OF THEIR MONEY ALREADY.
F M S LED THAT UNDERWRITING, UH, INTEREST RATES, UH, HIGHER THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT VERY GOOD COMPARED TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE MARKET, UH, OR WHAT THE MARKET HAS BEEN SEEING, UM, ON, SEE IF I CAN GET TO THAT.
THE 5,000,004 WAS BROKEN INTO TWO MATURITIES.
UH, THAT INTEREST RATE CAME IN AT FIVE AND THREE QUARTERS
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WHERE IT WAS OFFERED TO THE INVESTOR AT 5 85.UH, THE 2048 TERM, UH, TOTALED 4 MILLION 7 0 5.
UH, THEY WENT OUT AT SIX AND THREE QUARTERS AND SOLD TO THE INVESTORS AT 6 78.
THEY WENT, UH, NAVEEN, UH, HIGH HIGH YIELD FUND IN CHICAGO.
GOLDMAN SACHS OUT OF NEW YORK, AND FRANKLIN FUNDS OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
ALL PUT IN ORDERS FOR ALL OF THE BONDS.
THEY WILL BE DIVIDED UP THROUGH F M S THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS ON, ON BEING AWARDED WHAT BONDS THEY GET.
UH, THE MARKET'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AS YOU'VE SEEN.
INTEREST RATES CONTINUE TO RISE.
IT'S MAKING IT HARDER FOR THESE INVESTORS AND THESE UNDERWRITERS DID A FINE JOB GETTING THEM INTO THESE, UH, THOSE FUNDS.
IT'S NOT EASY RIGHT NOW, AND NOT ALL BONDS ARE GETTING COMPLETED.
SO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PHASE TWO, IT'S THE CITY OF KYLE.
NAVEEN, GOLDMAN, AND FRANKLIN HAVE ALL BOUGHT PIGS FROM YOU ALL BEFORE, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN KYLE.
AS YOU ALL MENTIONED EARLIER, FAST, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN, IN THE STATE.
UH, YOU ARE ON THE MAP AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR BONDS.
UM, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND AWARD TWO F M S FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND SELL.
UH, FUNDS WOULD BE, UH, AVAILABLE IN ABOUT ONE MONTH.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MCCLINNEY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? MOTIONS.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 19 AND 20 AND 20.
ALRIGHT, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT? MOTION? ALLS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS? FINAL PARTING WORDS? MOTION TO ADJOURN.