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[I. Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
EVERYONE.THE TIME IS 7:03 PM IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, AND I'M GONNA CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC.
IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WOULD THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE.
[III. Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.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 THREE REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
I KNOW YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THIS, UH, THAT WELL, BUT IT HELPS, UM, WITH WHAT I'M GONNA SAY.
SO, HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSHUA MCBRIDE.
I'M A CITIZEN OF KYLE AND A BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL.
UH, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I PRESENTED A VIDEO TO THE CITY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, RACHEL, ABOUT BUNTON CREEK, SPECIFICALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF LEHMAN ROAD AND HOW IT BACKS UP EVERY DAY.
THAT'S SO 3000 HOMES USE THAT VITAL ROAD EVERY DAY, AND THE LIGHTS THAT ARE AT THE INTERSECTION CAN BE EASILY TWEAKED TO SPEED IT UP, BASICALLY.
SO, UM, IN THE VIDEO IT TALKS ABOUT THE, JUST THE SMALL ADJUSTMENT TO THE LIGHTING PATTERN, WHICH WILL SAVE QUITE A LOT OF TIME.
SO IF YOU'RE LEAVING ONE OF FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS ON BUTTON LANE AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET PAST LEHMAN ROAD AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, IT TAKES YOU 13 MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS.
BY DOING THE SMALL TWEAK TO THE LIGHTING PATTERN, THAT TIME GETS DROPPED TO 52 SECONDS.
DOESN'T PUT ANYBODY IN DANGER.
UH, IT WOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED.
UM, AND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE AFTER THE TEMPORARY LIGHTS WENT IN.
UM, IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR THE PAST YEAR.
AND SO WHAT THAT ADDS UP TO EACH YEAR IS TWO DAYS IN EIGHT HOURS THAT PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN IDLE OR MOVING LESS THAN TWO MILES AN HOUR.
SO IF I CAME TO YOU AND SAID, HEY, UH, IF I COULD GIVE YOU BACK TWO DAYS, UH, IN 16 HOURS OR EIGHT HOURS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME? EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE EXTRA TIME.
AND SITTING IT IN IDLE IS I NOT VERY FUN.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT PROPOSED THERE, AND THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL THAT ROUNDABOUT IS COMPLETED, WHICH IS TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
SO TAKE THAT TWO DAYS AND EIGHT HOURS, MULTIPLY IT.
YOU HAVE FOUR HOUR, FOUR DAYS, AND 16 HOURS OF JUST SITTING IN IDLE WHEN JUST A SMALL ADJUSTMENT COULD BE MADE TO THE LIGHTS TO ALLOW IT TO BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THE NEW VIDEO TO YOU, RACHEL, WHEN I CAN.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW WIN.
CAN WE MAKE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP, PATSY ANN REED, I, EXCUSE ME.
I AM NOT A CITIZEN OF, UH, KYLE, BUT I AM A CITIZEN OF HAYES COUNTY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I AM THE OVERALL COORDINATOR FOR THE POINT AND TIME COUNT BY ITS ACRONYM.
PIT COUNT IS A COUNT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BOTH SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED ON A SINGLE DAY IN JANUARY.
IT IS A SNAPSHOT OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE INCLUDING ALL THE COMMUNITIES, BUDDHA BUDA, KYLE WIMBERLEY, DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND SAN MARCUS.
IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, SURVEYORS THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT LOOKING FOR HOMELESS.
UM, SHELTERED INCLUDES PEOPLE LIVING IN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER OR A TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING FOR LESS THAN 90 DAYS.
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UNSHELTERED INCLUDES PEOPLE LIVING IN A PLACE NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION LIKE STREETS, UNDER BRIDGES, VACANT BUILDINGS, ENCAMPMENTS, ET CETERA.THE PIT COUNT IS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE HOMELESS COALITION OF HAYES COUNTY AND IS COORDINATED BY THE TEXAS HOMELESS NETWORK.
JANUARY 25TH IS THE DAY OF THE COUNT FOR 2024.
THE UNSHELTERED COUNT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 8:00 AM TO THREE, UH, TO 5:30 PM AND THE SHELTERED COUNT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THAT EVENING.
THE ANNUAL PIT HOMELESS COUNT AND SURVEY IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD FOR THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING PROCESS.
THE COUNT ILLUSTRATES TRENDS OVER TIME, INCREASES OR DECREASES IN HOMELESSNESS, AND PROVIDES INSIGHTS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS, EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY'S HOUSING PROGRAM IN HOMELESSNESS SERVICE.
THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE HAY OF HAYES COUNTY PARTICIPATING IN THE PITT COUNT.
THE PITT COUNT TEAM IS NOW REACHING OUT TO ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE ENTIRE COUNTY, NOT JUST SAN MARCUS, AND A STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.
THE P UH, PIT COUNT IS INFORMING THE CITY COUNCIL'S, COUNCILS OF BUTTA, DRIPPING SPRINGS, WIMBERLEY.
OF COURSE, KYLE, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING.
WE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE IN THE KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA TAKE PLACE.
AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S GOTTEN MORE, UM, PRESS COVERAGE, UM, IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND IN HAYES COUNTY.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MONEY FROM WHAT GOES TO HUD CAN COME BACK TO PEOPLE IN HAYES COUNTY, KYLE TO WRITE GRANTS TO BRING MONEY TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
MAY I GIVE THOSE TO YOU? AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS ELLEN IRMI.
HI, MY NAME IS ELLEN IRMI AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE.
I WRITE THEIR GRANTS AND, UM, WORK WITH THEIR NEWSLETTERS.
I'VE LEFT ONE FOR EACH OF YOU WITH JENNIFER.
UM, I ALSO USUALLY PUT THEM IN YOUR MAILBOX UP HERE.
UM, WE WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THE MLK EVENT THAT WAS SCHEDULED MONDAY IS NOW RESCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, THREE TO FIVE AT THE LIBRARY.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE LIBRARY AND THEIR STAFF IS DOING TO COLLABORATE WITH US ON DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
ALSO, TOMORROW AT WILLIE'S, THEY'RE HAVING A CAST SPIRIT EVENT.
SO IF YOU WOULD EAT AT WILLIE'S TOMORROW, THEY'LL GIVE US 15% IF YOU MENTION IT ALSO LATER ON THE AGENDA.
NUMBER FOUR, UM, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING ME FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND THOUGH I DON'T USUALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THIS WAS A QUICK TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, IN THE EIGHTIES, I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR MARKETING AND SALES FOR ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WHERE I BEGAN WITH PHILANTHROPY AND GRANTS GRANT MANAGEMENT.
UM, THEN IN THE NINETIES UNTIL I RETIRED, I WORKED FOR TEXAS STATE AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY NON-PROFIT BOARDS, EARNED A MASTER'S THROUGH RECREATION AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, UH, FOR INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO FIGHT AGE SEGREGATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, AND FOCUSED ON PHILANTHROPY AND GRANT MANAGEMENT.
I SERVED ON THE CONWELL COUNTY PARKS BOARD AND WE BUILT THE HIDDEN VALLEY SPORTS PARK, JUMBO EVANS SPORTS PARK, AND I WAS ON THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND RECREATION CENTER BOARD THERE FOR 15 YEARS.
UH, WROTE GRANTS AND RESEARCHED, UM, FOR THESE PARKS FOR THE KYLE SENIOR ZONE AND FOR THE EMPTY CROSS IN KERRVILLE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THAT IS ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENTS FORMS THAT I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY REQUEST TO MOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS AROUND? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS.
[3. Consider approval of a resolution confirming the city manager's reappointment of Stuart Kirkwood to the Civil Service Commission to fill a 3 year term to expire on July 31, 2026.]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CITY, CITY MANAGER'S REAPPOINTMENT OF STUART KIRKWOOD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO FILL A THREE YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE.I AM CHRISTIANA SPENCER, CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR.
I'M THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADOPTING, MAINTAINING, AND ENFORCING RULES, GOVERNING THE
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HIRING AND PROMOTIONAL PROCESS AND SERVICES, AND SERVES AS THE DISCIPLINARY APPEAL BOARD FOR OUR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN THE CAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.THE COMMISSIONERS SERVE A STAGGERED THREE YEAR TERM AND MEET ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
THE COMMISSION CURRENTLY HAS TWO VACANCIES AND INTERVIEWS FOR THE REMAINING VACANCIES ARE SCHEDULED.
STEPH IS RECOMMENDING APPROVING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF STERIC STEWART KIRKWOOD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A QUORUM AND RETAIN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE UNTIL THE REMAINING VACANCY ON THE COMMISSION IS FILLED.
STERIC KIRKWOOD HAS SERVED ON THE COMMISSION, UM, SINCE APRIL OF 2017, AND HE BRINGS VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE, UM, AND EXPERIENCE.
AND, UM, HIS COMMISSION IF APPROVED, WILL EXPIRE JULY 31ST, 2026.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTIONS.
MAY I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SIR KIRKWOOD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER THAT WE APPROVE MR. KIRKWOOD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, IT'S ALSO BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
[II. Approval of Minutes]
HAVE SOME NEW FORMATTING ON OUR, UH, AND I MISSED THE, UH, UH, I MISSED THE MINUTES.SO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE MI UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR DECEMBER 19TH.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBER 19TH.
AND THE MEETINGS FOR JANUARY THE SECOND, 2024 REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.
THE SECOND I MOTION BY COUNCILOR TOBY IS SECONDED BY COUNCILOR PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ALL MOTION CARRIES.
[4. Consider approval of a resolution approving the appointment of Ellen Ennis to Seat 1 of the Parks and Recreation Board.]
GO TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF ALLEN ENNI TO SEAT ONE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.MS. ESPINOSA, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MARIANA ESPOSA, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF VACANCIES WERE POSTED ONLINE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 17TH AND OCTOBER 29TH.
UH, THEY WERE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
UH, SIX APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED.
SIX APPLICANTS WERE CONTACTED, FOUR WERE INTERVIEWED.
TWO OF THOSE APPLICANTS WERE PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED AT THE NOVEMBER 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE INTERVIEW PANEL, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JERRY HENDRICKS, UH, REQUESTED TO USE THE SAME POOL TO FILL THIS VACANCY AS WELL.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT OF ELLEN IRMI TO FILL SEAT ONE OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.
AND SO, UH, ELLEN'S ALREADY GONE OVER ALL MY NOTES I HAD ABOUT HER.
UM, BUT ONE THING WE REALLY DID WANNA ALSO ADD IS SHE'S ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE KYLE AREA YOUTH, OR KYLE AREA, SENIOR ZONE CS AS WELL.
UM, AND WE RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT OF MS. ELLEN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I THINK SHE'LL BE A GREAT ASSET.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MS. ELLEN EARNINGS TO THIS SEAT, ONE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.
SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HARRIS, DO WE APPROVE ELLEN ES TO THE PARKS BOARD? IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[5. Consider approval of a resolution appointing Rose Burke to seat 5 and Fabiana Melendez Ruiz to seat 7 of the Arts and Cultural Board.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ROSE BURKE TO SEAT FIVE AND FABIANA, UH, MELENDEZ RUIZ TO SEAT SEVEN OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD MITES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIM.
AND COUNCIL AMBER SCHMITZ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO SEATS FIVE AND SEVEN ON THE ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD.
UM, WE ARE ASKING, SEAT FIVE IS A CITIZEN COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE, AND SEAT SEVEN IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, FOR TERMS EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, UM, THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW PANEL MADE UP OF THE MAYOR PRO, TIM, MYSELF, AND KAYLA SHARP, AND WE INTERVIEWED TWO CANDIDATES, WHICH WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU FOR TONIGHT.
UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR APPOINTMENT, THEY HAVE TO BE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE.
THEY HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF KYLE.
AND THEN ONE, UH, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE MUST OWN OR BE EMPLOYED BY A BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF KYLE, OR IT'S ETJ.
FOR SEAT FIVE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING MS. ROSEBERG.
SHE'S A RESIDENT OF KYLE FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT
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OF THE PLUM CREEK, HOA, SHE HAS, EXCUSE ME, TION FOR BRINGING ARTS AND CULTURE TO THE CITY OF KYLE.AND SHE'S A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.
AND FOR SEAT SEVEN, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPOINT MS. FABIANA.
SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
SHE WORKS IN MARKETING AND PR WITH CONNECTIONS TO AUSTIN ARTS AND MUSIC SCENE.
SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE, AND SHE'S A BUSINESS OWNER HERE.
AND KYLE, UH, THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD IS SEVEN MEMBERS.
THEY SERVED STAGGERED TWO YEAR TERMS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE VACANCIES, AND THE MEETINGS ARE HELD ONCE A MONTH ON THE THIRD THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT ARE TO APPROVE OR DENY, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPOINT MS. ROSE TO SEAT FIVE AND MS. FABIANA TO SEAT SEVEN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR PARSLEY.
SO, I PERSONALLY KNOW MS. ROSEBERG AND I HAVE HER WONDERFUL THINGS SHE HAD TO SAY WHEN SHE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE CURRENTLY SERVING WITH THE RED WING, UM, ARTS AND BOARDS COMMISSION, SO I THINK SHE WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH OUR ARTS AND BOARD AND CULTURAL BOARD FOR THE CITY OF CAL.
ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT FABIANA.
SHE SEEMS LIKE A REALLY ENERGETIC PERSON, HAS A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.
I THINK SHE'S GONNA BRING A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS BOARD.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ROSEBERG TO SEAT FIVE AND FABIANA MELENDEZ RUIZ TO SEAT SEVEN OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD.
UH, MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM, SECONDED BY, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVE.
UM, UM, MS. FABIANA, MELINDA EZ RUIZ AND ROSE BURKE, UH, TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION BOARD.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT STEP REPORTS IN PRESENTATION, ANNOUNCE AND
[6. Announce and invite the community to the upcoming MLK celebration and community event partnership with City of Kyle and Hays CISD at the PAC Center on January 27th, 2024.]
INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO THE UPCOMING MLK CELEBRATION AND COMMUNITY EVENT PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF COLLIN HAYES, CISD AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON JANUARY 27TH, 2024.SO, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, SO ACTUALLY THIS IS GONNA BE ON JANUARY 28TH, UM, SUNDAY AT TWO O'CLOCK.
SO I WANNA START OFF BY JUST SAYING THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE THE CITY OF KYLE AND HAYES SCHOOL DISTRICT, ISD AND THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE SPONSORING A SPECIAL MLK PROGRAM JANUARY 28TH AT THE PAC CENTER.
THE PROGRAM WILL BE A COMMUNITY EVENT TO HONOR AND REFLECT ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND WORK OF MLK AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.
YESTERDAY WAS MLK BIRTHDAY AND IT'S A DAY TO EVALUATE OUR ROLE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND HOW EACH ONE OF US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
THE ME THE BENEFITS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT CAME FROM MANY STRUGGLES AND SACRIFICES MADE BY MLK AND OTHER PROMINENT ACTIVISTS BEFORE AND DURING THEIR TIME PERIOD.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERY AMERICAN TO LEARN ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS PERIOD BECAUSE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW LARGE COALITIONS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIETY JOIN TOGETHER IN NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS.
AND HOW EVEN AGAINST GREAT ODDS, THEY SUSTAIN THE MOVEMENT FOR EQUALITY AND PROGRESS.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ALSO DEMONSTRATES HOW THE RIGHT EDUCATION CAN BE USED AS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR SOCIAL REFORM AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE.
IT REMINDS US THAT WHEN WE WORK COLLECTIVELY FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS TO BENEFIT EVERYONE, WE CAN CREATE A MORE EQUAL AND FAIR SOCIETY.
SO THIS IS AN INVITATION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE MLK PROGRAM BY LISTENING TO OUR TALENTED SCHOOL CHILDREN AS THEY READ PERSONAL ESSAYS AND STORIES ABOUT WHAT MLK AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS SIGNIFY AND MEAN TO THEM.
THE THEME OF THE MMLK PROGRAM THIS YEAR IS REFLECTIONS ON HIS DREAM.
FURTHERMORE, THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE MLK PROGRAM WILL BE INSPIRING, MOTIVATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL.
AND ONCE AGAIN, A REMINDER OF HOW WE CAN HELP OTHERS AND IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
[7. Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction regarding legislative priorities and strategic advocacy.]
UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD DISCUSSION, PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC ADVOCACY.AND, UM, I SEND, UH, COMMUNICATION FROM MY COLLEAGUE JOSEON, WHO IS ON ROUTE.
AND DESPITE A 5:00 AM START TIME TODAY, HAS HAD A CASCADE OF DELAYS AND
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WILL LAND IN AUSTIN AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES.BUT WILL, UH, JOIN US, UH, AS SOON AS HE CAN GET HERE.
UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AND CERTAINLY WE ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IN DECEMBER AS WE HEARD FEEDBACK, UH, ON YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD.
AND SO TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE, UH, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE YOUR, UH, FEEDBACK AND BUY-IN GOING FORWARD.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, AIKEN IS A TEXAS FIRM, UH, FOUNDED IN THE FIFTIES.
WE'RE NOW THE LARGEST POLICY PRACTICE IN WASHINGTON AND HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE CITY OF KYLE SINCE LATE 2021.
UM, AND, AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, WE'VE BEEN PURSUING FEDERAL FUNDING, BOTH THROUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS AND THROUGH, UH, GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING $2 MILLION THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS FOR THE PURPLE LINE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS, UH, TAGGED FOR THAT PROJECT IN PENDING LEGISLATION, UH, THAT CONGRESS HAD THEY DONE THEIR HOMEWORK WOULD HAVE FINISHED OCTOBER 1ST.
IT IS NOW LOOKING LIKE IT WILL, UH, BE, UM, EXTENDED AS WE SPEAK THIS WEEK TO A MARCH 1ST DEADLINE.
SO HOPEFULLY TO HAVE FINAL RESOLUTION ON THE, THAT PART OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS WELL, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE'VE PURSUED FUNDING AGENCIES FOR THE VIBE PROJECT, FOR THE KOHLER'S CROSSING, UH, RAIL, UH, RECITING AND OVERPASS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PURPLE LINE PROJECT.
UH, EACH OF THESE HAVE BEEN, UM, VERY SUCCESSFULLY RATED ON THE MERITS, GOT INTO THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT SO FAR NOT YET SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE ARE PURSUING, UM, PARTICULARLY THE KOHLER'S CROSSING AT THIS POINT FOR A LIVE OPPORTUNITY WITH A SUBMISSION EXPECTED IN, UH, EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH EACH OF YOU BACK IN DECEMBER AND SORT OF COLLATING, UH, WHAT WE HEARD, UH, PROPOSING A A AN AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND, AND FOR YOUR DIRECTION, UH, THAT WOULD, WOULD CONTINUE, UM, THE FOCUS ON THE KOHLER'S PROJECT, UH, WATER ON THE PURPLE LINE, BOTH IN TERMS OF PURPLE LINE, AS WELL AS SOME LONGER TERM WATER PLANNING ISSUES, AS WELL AS SOME FOCUS ON PUBLIC SPACES, BE IT THE CONTINUATION OF THE VIBE.
WE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU ABOUT PARKS AND SENIOR CENTERS, AS WELL AS SMART INFRASTRUCTURE AND ILLUMINATION.
UH, SO GO THROUGH QUICKLY EACH OF THESE PROJECTS ONE BY ONE, ALTHOUGH I THINK Y'ALL ARE LARGELY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OF THEM, BUT JUST QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, IS THE KOHLER CROSSING RAIL SIDING PROJECT, WHICH WAS REALLY INVOLVES TWO, TWO PHASES.
ONE IS, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE RAIL LINE, AND THE SECOND PIECE IS THEN DOING THE OVERPASS.
UM, I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR JUST ANY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AS A PRIORITY.
I'LL TAKE YOUR LEAD MAYOR IN TERMS OF, UM, WHERE TO GO WITH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RAIL SIDING? NO, THAT'S A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN PURSUING FOR, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS SINCE 2016.
SO, YEAH, GLAD TO SEE THE EFFORTS CONTINUING.
YEAH, AND, AND THERE'S A THEME WE HEARD FROM, FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY, BOTH WITH KOHLER'S AND WITH THE ONE 50 BYPASS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, VITAL HERE.
WE WILL PURSUE, UM, BOTH THE CONGRESSIONAL PIECE AND, UH, THE GRANT PIECE FOR THESE PROJECTS.
REWINDING THE TAPE A LITTLE BIT BACK WHEN WE FIRST WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD, WE STARTED WORKING WITH THEN CONGRESSMAN DOGGETT, WHO WAS THE CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FOR KYLE AT THE TIME.
HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LOOK FOR PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF, UH, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS BECAUSE OF THE VERY COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THOSE PROJECTS, BOTH NATIONALLY FOR THE ENTIRE BILL AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOCUS, UH, THE IMPETUSES FOR FOCUSING ON THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS IN A DIFFERENT BILL THAT FUNDS THE EPA.
UH, WHEN THE LINES WERE REDRAW, WE PICKED UP CONGRESSMAN CASSAR AS THE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DISTRICT.
HE PURSUED THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS FOR BOTH THE PURPLE LINE PROJECT AND FOR THE KOHLERS CROSSING.
HE SUBMITTED IT WHEN WE HEARD BACK FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
THEY FUNDED THE PURPLE LINE, BUT NOT, NOT THE KOHLER'S PROJECT, WHICH I THINK UNDERSCORES THE POINT THAT MR. DOGGETT WAS MAKING ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE NATURE IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR ACCOUNT, THE ONE 50 OVERPASS SOUTH OF THE CITY, AGAIN, PART OF THAT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY, UH, WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON PROBABLY IN SEQUENCE AFTER WE GET, UM, THE KOHLER'S FIRST DONE THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS.
AND SO THE, THE GRANT PROCESS WOULD BE THE MOST ATTRACTIVE WAY OF LOOKING AT FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
PURPLE LINE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE EARMARK PENDING IN THE PENDING APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
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RECLAMATION DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR GRANT THAT GOT VERY FAVORABLE FEEDBACK AND THAT WE WILL REAPPLY, UH, ONCE THEY HAVE THAT FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THE AGENCY.UH, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WAS THE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, WATER ISSUES REGIONALLY ON A LONGER TERM BASIS, UM, AND WHICH, UH, THE CITY OF KYLE WOULD BE ONE OF MANY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THIS IS AN, AN A TOPIC THAT WE HAVE GONE TO CONGRESSMAN KASSAR'S OFFICE ABOUT SEEING IF THEY WOULD BE A CONVENER OF THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT BEGINNING TO LOOK AT ISSUES GIVEN THE GROWTH AND GIVEN THE DEMAND ON A, ON A 50 PLUS YEAR, YEAR BASIS, PUBLIC SPACES.
THE VIBE TRAIL I THINK FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S, UH, SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING PROVIDED FOR THE VIBE THROUGH THE BONDING PROCESS.
UH, BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM FOLKS AROUND PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND POTENTIAL SENIOR SITTER.
AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE RIPE AND MATURE, UH, FOR SUBMISSION AROUND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL EXIST THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND PERHAPS SOME THROUGH HUD, UH, AROUND THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
LASTLY, SMART INFRASTRUCTURE AND ILLUMINATION, UH, WILL BE AN AREA THAT WE WILL WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE, UH, A GRANT FUNDED OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE SMART PROGRAM OVER AT DOT.
SO I WILL PAUSE THERE FOR JUST FEEDBACK ON THE COLLECTIVE, UH, OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD FROM THE CONVERSATIONS FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTARY AT THIS POINT OR FEEDBACK? ALL RIGHT.
UH, BRIAN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? YEAH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WE WANTED TO BRING THIS, UH, FORWARD AFTER TALKING TO MR. TUCKER AND THE AIKEN GUMP FIRM.
IF I COULD HAVE YOU COME BACK, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, WE WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT PRIORITIES, THE RIGHT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNCIL.
I KNOW, UH, MR. TUCKER HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL, AS, AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE.
UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL.
WE WILL BE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, WHICH WILL BE UP IN, UH, EARLY MARCH.
UH, I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY BE COMING TO THAT, UH, PARTICULAR EVENT.
WE'LL BE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME STAFF IS THERE WITH MR. TUCKER'S OFFICE TO ALSO GO TO SOME OF THE VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES AND ADVOCATE FOR THESE PARTICULAR PRIORITIES.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT, THAT, UH, ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL.
I, I THINK JUST READING THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE DISCUSSION, I THINK THESE ARE THE, WE KIND OF HIT ON THE ONES THAT ARE THERE, BUT IF THERE ARE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH AIKEN GUMP, UH, THAT EXPIRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF EXTENSION OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS TO HAVE US GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND, UM, AND LOOK AT HOW WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE TODAY IS TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF YOU, MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT THINGS AND GET SOME DIRECTION OF HOW YOU WANNA PROCEED.
WELL, LET ME ALSO ADD, AS WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS, FEEDBACK WE, WE GOT APART FROM THE SUBSTANCE OF, OF THE PROJECT SPECIFIC.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME VISIBILITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WAS COMPLETE VISIBILITY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING.
AND SO I THINK WE ARE GONNA WORK ON A PROCESS TO COMMUNICATE.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, WE TRACK, UH, ALL FEDERAL GRANTS ACROSS ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
I GO THROUGH AND I TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S RELEVANT TO KYLE.
UH, EVEN A FLAGGING SUMS THAT ARE LIKE, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD ANYTHING TALKED ABOUT IN THE, IN THIS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES GRANT, BUT JUST I'M FLAGGING IT IN CASE THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WHERE IT WOULD BE RELEVANT.
AND SO WORKING, UH, WITH BRIAN AND NOW WITH JESSE, WHO I THINK IS GONNA HAVE AN, A PORTFOLIO THAT INCLUDES INTERGOVERNMENTAL UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, TRYING TO FOSTER BETTER VISIBILITY FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE WAS AWARENESS AROUND, UH, THE $2 MILLION FOR THE PURPLE LINE, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE GRANT ACTIVITY FOR, FOR VIBE FOR PURPLE LINE AND FOR THE RAIL CROSSING.
SO, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING ON, UH, PUTTING THAT IN INTO PRACTICE.
I THINK THAT'S WOULD BE A HELPFUL PURSUIT.
UM, SO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE WE ARE AT ALL POINTS IN TIME WITH REGARDS TO THESE PROJECTS WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE.
AND SO, UH, THAT COMMUNICATION WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR SURE.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I WANT TO THANK MR. TUCKER AND, UH, UH, FOR COMING OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND GETTING IMPACT, UH, IN FROM THE COUNCIL.
IT WAS REALLY, UH, FELT REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, SHARE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR.
THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT SEEING THAT RAIL SIDING MOVING, UH, NORTH OF US ONE DAY IS GONNA BE EXCITING.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN STOPPING AT THAT TRAIN FOR ABOUT 54 YEARS,
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I WAS DRIVING.UH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER MY PARENTS GETTING IN THE CAR AND SAYING, BOY, THERE'S A TRAIN AGAIN.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE GREAT TO MAYBE GET SOME FUNDING AND GET THAT RAIL SIDING, UH, RELOCATED.
IT'S SOMETHING I THINK ALL KYLE'S BEEN WAITING FOR.
UM, SO I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US A FEEDBACK IS LIKE, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU GUYS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ING GUM AND US.
UM, I FEEL LIKE WE WENT THROUGH EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME THAT WE WOULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
UM, AND I KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS PLAY INTO THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND BEING MORE RESPONSIVE.
I KNOW AT A TIME, I, I MESSAGED, UH, SOMEBODY AND I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE FOR LIKE, WEEKS.
SO I THINK THOSE THINGS MATTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND I, I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A GRANT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, HIGHLIGHTED THAT MAY APPLY TO THE CITY OF CAL, MAYBE GETTING A REPORT IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED.
MAYBE GETTING A REPORT ONCE A MONTH AND ON WHAT THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN FOR US TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS IS IT WORTH IT FOR US TO, TO CONTINUE WITH YOU GUYS OR NOT? YEAH.
SO, UM, FOR YOUR AWARENESS, WE HAVE, UH, BIWEEKLY CALL WITH STAFF WHERE WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN AGENDA, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS, LOOKING AT WHERE CONGRESSES AND THIS PROCESS, WHERE THE AGENCIES ARE IN THAT PROCESS.
SO WE WILL WORK, UH, TO, TO GET THIS INFORMATION SHARED WITH COUNCIL, UH, AND DISSEMINATED ON A MORE BROAD BASIS.
HOW, HOW OFTEN IN THE, IN THE YEAR ARE YOU ABLE TO GET FUNDING, UM, FOR THESE PROJECTS? IS IT A ONE TIME APPROPRIATION WHERE IF YOU DON'T GET IT, YOU HAVE TO WAIT NEXT YEAR? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN ANNUAL CYCLE, BOTH ON THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS AND THEN ON THE GRANT PROCESS.
AND SO THE CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS, UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED LAST YEAR'S PROCESS, YOU TYPICALLY, WE WILL BE PUTTING A SUBMISSION BEFORE THE DELEGATION.
AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY MR. CASAR, UM, ANY MARCH TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND IT MAY BE THAT WE ARE PURSUING MULTIPLE ASKS WITH THE REC, WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THAT, THAT HE MAY SELECT, UH, ONE OR TWO.
UH, THE GRANT PROCESS AGAIN, IS INFORMED BY CONGRESS PASSING A BUDGET BILL SO THAT THE, SO FOR INSTANCE, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY KNOWS HOW MUCH MONEY IT HAS TO FUND GRANTS, RIGHT? UM, AND SO IT WILL SAY IT WILL DO A RAISE GRANT, WHICH IS THE MOST APPLICABLE FOR, UM, THE, THE KOHLER'S PROJECT.
OR THERE ARE TWO, THERE ARE TWO RAIL SPECIFIC GRANT PROGRAMS. THOSE HAPPEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THEY, BUT THEY TEND TO STAGGER MM-HMM,
ONE CALLED THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION ACT, UH, CREA.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED CHRISSY.
IT'S LIKE THE CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY.
SO ANYWAY, SO CREA AND CHRISSY TYPICALLY MOVE ABOUT THREE MONTHS APART FROM ONE ANOTHER.
WE SHOULD APPLY FOR BOTH, UH, KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ONE ANNUAL SHOT AT EACH OF THOSE.
BUT WE CAN TAKE TWO SHOTS IN A YEAR.
SO THE, THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE DID RECEIVE 2 MILLION AND 1 MILLION EARMARKED, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF, THOSE ARE CONNECTED TO THE BAD DROUGHT THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO DID IT REALLY TAKE THAT LEVEL OF EXTREME WEATHER TO KIND OF PUSH THAT, TO GET US THAT MONEY? BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SHOW VERY GOOD, I GUESS FROM, FROM, FROM WHERE I SEE IT, I FEEL LIKE IF, IF WE'RE NOT UNDER THAT EXTREME PRESSURE, WOULD THE MONEY HAVE STILL FLOWED? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S TIED TO WATER AND WE WENT THROUGH A REALLY, WE, WE STILL ARE IN A STAGE THREE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, AND I, BUT I THINK THERE'RE ALSO LONGER TERM GROWTH.
UM, I, I STILL THINK THAT THE ONE 50 BYPASS I DEFINITELY NEEDED AND, AND THE KOHLER'S UNDERPASS, SO GREAT.
ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR COMMENTARY? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
[8. Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction regarding planning efforts related to the April 2024 total eclipse.]
UP, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING PLANNING EFFORTS RELATED TO THE APRIL, 2024 TOTAL ECLIPSE.I'VE BEEN HEARING THE WILDEST STORIES ABOUT JUST DESCENDING HORDES UPON THE CITY OF KYLE.
IS THAT WHAT THE WE'RE IN STORE FOR? THERE IS A WEBSITE NOW, SORRY.
WILLY STOSH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS A WEBSITE NOW CALLED THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE.
UH, IF YOU WANNA GO THERE, THEY DO HAVE PROJECTED MODELS.
I THINK IT BOTTOMS OUT AT 200 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND PEOPLE
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VISITING OUR AREA TO SEE THE ECLIPSE.AND IT TOPS OUT AT LIKE OVER A MILLION.
SO THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HEAVY.
UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE APPEAL.
I WILL BE SPENDING THE ECLIPSE IN THE EOC LOOKING AT TRAFFIC INSTEAD OF THE MOON.
UH, I, I THINK I PULLED, NO, I PULLED THIS OVER, UH, FROM ECLIPSE OVER TEXAS 2024.
BUT WE HAVE AN ECLIPSE COMING UP.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL LETS OUT.
UH, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORKDAY.
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MILLION VISITORS COME HERE, OR EVEN 250,000 VISITORS COME HERE, IS THEY TEND TO BRING CARS AND TRAILERS AND OTHER THINGS THAT OUR ROADS ARE JUST NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ON THAT SCALE.
UM, THIS IS OREGON 2017, THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, STATE POLICE RECORDED OVER 500,000 VEHICLES IN THEIR INTERSTATE.
UH, IT BECAME BAD ENOUGH THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD WERE ACTIVATED TO HELP CLEAR ROADWAYS, BECAUSE WITH THAT MANY CARS, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH FUEL TO GO AROUND.
UH, PEOPLE BREAK DOWN, JUST THE USUAL MAINTENANCE ISSUES ARISE.
WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING.
UH, WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE, THERE'S GONNA BE AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S 9 1 1 SCRAPES.
YOU KNOW, YOU, I FELL IN THE PARK AND TWISTED MY ANKLE, I NEED TO GO TO THE ER REAL QUICK.
ALL THE NORMAL STUFF THAT HAPPENS, THERE'LL JUST BE MORE OF IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, OREGON REPORTED THE SAME THING, CALLS FOR NINE ONE INCREASED.
WE HAVE A FINITE NUMBER OF CELLULAR TOWERS HERE.
WHAT THEY SAW WAS THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE ON EACH CELL NETWORK THAT THE NETWORKS JUST DIDN'T WORK.
HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE, WE DO HAVE THE PSC, WE HAVE HAM BACKUP, WE HAVE LANDLINE BACKUP.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS VIA RADIO.
IF CELL GOES DOWN, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES SHOULD STILL BE OKAY.
HOWEVER, COUPLED WITH WHAT WE SAW ON THE SLIDE BEFORE, WHEN SCHOOL LETS OUT AND ALL THESE BUSES ARE OUT ON THE ROAD, AND PARENTS ARE THINKING THEIR KIDS ARE GONNA BE HOME IN 30 MINUTES, AN HOUR, WHATEVER, THEY'RE STILL IN THE BUS FOUR HOURS LATER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC.
AS PEOPLE TRY TO LEAVE THIS ECLIPSE AND MUCH LIKE A FOOTBALL GAME, THEY'RE GONNA TRICKLE IN, YOU KNOW, DAY, TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME, THEY'RE ALL GONNA LEAVE ONCE IT'S OVER.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE JUST A BUNCH OF FOLKS CLOGGING UP THE ROADWAYS, WAITING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHWAY TO CLEAR UP FOR THEM TO MOVE 10 FEET FORWARD.
SO I EXPECT WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM PARENTS WONDERING WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE, WHY THEY NEVER MADE IT HOME FROM SCHOOL.
AND, UH, DISPATCH IS GONNA BE IN CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT WHERE THEIR BUSES ARE.
THIS WAS A TWO MINUTE EVENT IN OREGON, AND THAT IS THE CAMPSITE.
THERE'S EVEN A FESTIVAL TENT SET UP.
THIS IS APPARENTLY A MAJOR TOURIST DRAW.
UM, TENNESSEE ALSO IMPACTED IN 2017, LIKE I JUST SAID, ARRIVAL WAS DISTRIBUTED.
UM, THEY HAD THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS OF FIRES.
IT WAS DRY ENOUGH THERE, AND WE EXPERIENCED THE SAME KIND OF FIRE CONDITIONS HERE.
CARS PARKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IN TALL GRASS.
THEY'RE, UH, I'M FORGETTING THE, THE THING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR.
THE CA THE CONVERTER CATALY CONVERTER GETS HOT ENOUGH TO IGNITE THE GRASS AND KICK THAT OFF.
CELL NETWORKS COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED.
NOW WE'RE NOT JUST PREDICTING THAT THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA SHOW UP.
AND ALL THE OTHER EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THE AREA WE'RE LOOKING AT HOTEL BOOKINGS.
UM, YOU CAN GET A ROOM MAYBE AT THE HAMPTON INN HERE FOR LIKE 4 99 TO 8 99 A NIGHT.
RV SITES ARE BOOKED OUT, AIRBNBS ARE BOOKED OUT.
UH, BUTTA ECHOES THIS STRIPPING SPRING ECHOES.
WE HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GOING OUT WEST.
THAT'S WHERE THE AREA OF TOTALITY IS GONNA BE.
WIMBERLEY IS GONNA BE A PRIME SPOT TO SEE IT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST TAKE ONE 50 OUT THERE AND, UH, GET TO WIMBERLEY PAST THE HAY CITY STORE.
IF YOU, IF, UH, VISITORS WHO CANNOT ACCESS THAT ARE PROBABLY JUST GONNA PARK ALONG.
ONE 50 IS WHAT MY ANTICIPATION'S GONNA BE.
I 35 HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PARKING LOT.
SO, UH, CATCH RACK IS ALSO WORKING WITH US ON PREPAREDNESS.
RA IS THE REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR HOSPITALS AND HEALTH AGENCIES EMS SERVICES.
UH, THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED ISDS CLOSE.
EVERY ISD IN OUR AREA HAS COMMITTED TO CLOSING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HAYES, CISD.
THEY, THEY WISH TO REMAIN OPEN.
THE COUNTY HAS ASKED THESE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE BECAUSE WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICER, THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TO CONDUCT TRAFFIC.
AND WE WANNA KEEP THE BUSES OFF THE ROADS.
UH, SUNCOAST HAS BEEN CONTRACTED BY THE STATE FOR EMERGENCY FUEL.
WE OURSELVES HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, MACRO TO TRY AND GET EMERGENCY FUEL FOR OUR GENERATORS.
WE MAY HAVE TO RELY ON THAT TO TRY AND GET OUR POLICE VEHICLES FUELED.
AND I WILL BE AT THE EOC FOR THE EVENT.
UH, CHIEF IS NOT HERE, BUT HE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE.
THEY WILL BE WORKING TO ENSURE TRAFFIC FLOWS.
FD IS PREPARED TO STAGE, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT USUALLY STAYS AT THE STATION.
IT'S RARE THAT THEY STAGE OUT IN THE FIELD.
THEY EXPECT TRAFFIC WILL BE BAD ENOUGH THAT THEY WILL HAVE VEHICLES DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT OUR AREA.
THEY WILL NOT JUST BE WAITING AT THE STATION.
I HAVE PROVIDED A MEMO, SO THERE IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ACTIVITIES IN THERE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES
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ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILL MAYOR PRO TEMP? YEAH, JUST WILL, JUST REAL QUICK, HAVE WE GOTTEN WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CUT ALL THOSE ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE THE GRASS IS NOT TALL WHEN THEY PARK ON THE SIDES? UH, DUE TO THE CADILLAC CONVERTERS? YES.WE HAVE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN HAVING, UH, WHAT I'M CALLING TRI-CITY MEETINGS WITH BUTAN AND MARCOS.
AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE? IS THE CITY TO, UH, MAINTAIN OUR ROADWAYS, WELL PARKS AND, UH, WELL PARKS, MAINTAINS OUR PARKS, WHICH IS WHERE I EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PARK.
I DID NOT INTEND FOR THAT TO COME OUT THE WAY IT DID.
IT SOUNDS SILLY WHEN I SAY IT OUT LOUD.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, STREETS WORKING ON MAINTAINING OUR OWN ROADWAYS.
UH, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BECAUSE THIS IS TEXAS AND THIS WILL BE IN THE SPRING.
WE HAVE HAD A SOMEWHAT WET WINTER.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UNRELATED, PAUL IS HERE IF HE WANTS TO TRY AND ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF DRYNESS IN THE SPRING.
ANY IDEAS? I HAVE NO IDEA RIGHT NOW.
UH, PAUL IS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SO I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW WET IT'S GOING TO BE.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND FRANKLY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PARKS PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY PROACTIVE.
IT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY ISSUES AS OTHER PLACES WITH THESE ICE STORMS. SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS, THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD POINT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CONTRACT WITH, UH, BRIGHTVIEW BRIGHTVIEW TO MAINTAIN A ROADWAY.
SO I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO BE PUTTING THIS ON THEIR RADAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THE, DO THE WORK BECAUSE IN THE SPRING, THAT GRASS IS GROWING PRETTY FAST.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
NEXT UP IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WISH TO REMOVE OR ASK QUESTIONS ON? COUNCILOR TOUS 16, NUMBER 12.
ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WANNA ASK YOUR QUESTION ON 12 BEFORE WE MOVE ON? UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IF, SINCE WE ARE DISCUSSING, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, STORM READY COMMUNITY AND WE'RE TALKING, WE HAVE A WEATHER MM-HMM.
COULD I JUST BRING UP MY ITEM TO TAG ALONG WITH NINE? SURE.
THEY'RE KIND OF SOMEHOW RELATED.
IF YOU WANTED THE BRIEFING IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU WANTED ME TO HAVE THE BRIEFING IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, I MEAN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 24 ITEM 24, IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO? MM-HMM,
NOW THERE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I WAS JUST THINKING IF, IF I COULD DISCUSS 24 AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ITEM NINE, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY.
AND NINE IS ALSO ON CONSENT, SO YEAH, NO, NEVERMIND.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 17, EXCLUDING 12 AND 15.
ALRIGHT, SECOND MOTION'S MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, AND 17.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT? MOTION HOLDS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[VIII. Items Pulled from Consent Agenda]
AGENDA ITEM 12.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE BUNTON CREEK ROAD PROJECT, SERVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC USE AND ESTABLISHING THE DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE ROADWAY.
MR. ZUNIGA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UH, SO ON THIS ONE ON THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS, AND I, I DID GET THE ANSWER BACK FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.
UH, JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE DETAILS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PREFERENCE TO REALIGN DRIVEWAY AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL TO BETTER MATCH THE LAKE WASHINGTON DRIVE.
UH, WHAT, WHICH ENTRANCE IS THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON THIS ROAD? UM, THE ENTRANCE, UH, TO THE SCHOOL? YES.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TWO ENTRANCES.
THEY HAVE A SOUTH AND A, I GUESS A NORTHERN ENTRANCE.
I, I, I DON'T, SO IT IS, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT, IT'S IN THE MORE OR LESS IN THE MIDDLE OF, OH, HERE WE GO.
THERE'S A ABUNDANT ENTRANCE AND THEN THERE'S A LAYMAN ENTRANCE, UH, THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND, AND SO WHAT DID THEY, WHAT DID THEY MEAN BY ALIGNING IT? SO IT IS, AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO, DID WE MAKE THAT ACCOMMODATION? THE ANSWER IS YES.
IT'S IN THE SCHEMATIC AND THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
AND THE REALIGNMENT OF THE DRIVEWAYS TO MATCH LAKE WASHINGTON
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ALSO INCLUDE LIKE A WHOLE, UH, HOST OF, UM, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING A CROSSING WHERE THAT CONNECTION WILL BE.SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRAWING OR THE, THE AERIAL, YOU SEE IT, IT'S, IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT OF IT, OR IF YOU LOOK AT THE NORTH ARROW, SORT OF TO THE NORTH OR WEST, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT BASEBALL FIELD OR THAT ATHLETIC FIELD AT THE BOTTOM.
AND IT'S, I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT, THAT RED CLAY, IF YOU JUST GO UP FROM THAT AND YOU SEE THAT BIG WHITE LINE, THAT ENTRANCE MM-HMM.
UM, AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT THERE IS A SIGN THAT, UH, WILL PROBABLY AT THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE RE RELOCATED.
THIS IS ALL BEING DONE IN, UH, CONSIDERATION WITH AND COORDINATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AT THAT REQUEST.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.
AND IF I MIGHT ADD, I, I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE ALSO WANTING TO EXTEND ANOTHER ROAD BEHIND WHERE THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE BECAUSE OF THE, LIKE AN EXTRA ROAD TO GO BEHIND IT.
SO THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALL GONNA FALL TO THE PROJECT.
BUT THE REQUESTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE COORDINATION WE'RE DOING TO RELOCATE THAT ROAD, SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND SOME OF THE EVEN CROSSINGS THAT ARE NEAR THE PROJECT ARE ALL BEING DONE IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS BIGGER CAPITAL PROGRAM PLAN THAT THE SCHOOL HAS.
SO WE MET WITH THEM, I WANNA SAY MONTHS AGO, TO TALK ABOUT OTHER FEATURES OF THE PROJECT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THEM IS GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THEIR PLANNING AND HOW WE COULD USE THIS PROJECT TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE CIRCULATION, NOT ONLY ALONG THE ROAD, BUT ALSO FOR HOW THE STUDENTS THAT WALKER OR EVEN DRIVE CAN ACCESS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SCHOOL.
SO, DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.
'CAUSE OF, OF THE CONSTANT BACKFLOW FROM SOUTHLAKE RANCH WHERE YOU HAVE THE CARS THAT ARE PARKED THERE THAT ADD TO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO LEAVE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THAT BACKLOG AROUND FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING BEHIND, BUT THAT'S A DISTRICT ISSUE.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP US IN THIS SENSE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US ANOTHER ROAD DRIVEWAY.
I THINK THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UH, HAS TO DO WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS TO PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION FOR THE STUDENTS.
NOT ONLY ARE WE, IS THE CITY PUTTING IN MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE WHERE WE COULD PLACE ADDITIONAL SAFE CROSSINGS FOR THE KIDS THAT COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, TUNED FROM THE SCHOOL.
SO BEYOND THAT, IT'S REALLY TURNING OUT WELL, YOU KNOW, THE COORDINATION WE'RE DOING WITH THEM ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? MOTIONS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 12.
MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS.
SO WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE AND FINALIZE THE PURCHASE OF PARCELS FIVE AND SIX FROM THE QUAIL RIDGE SUBDIVISION FOR GO FORTH ROAD PROJECT ON TERMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THIS IS MS. MITE ITEM, UH, COUNCILOR OR TOBI, SORRY.
UH, YES, MS. MU, JUST AGAIN, LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WE JUST HAVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON QUAIL RIDGE.
UM, THESE ARE THE LAST TWO PARCELS TO BE ACQUIRED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING, UH, SOUTH GO FORTH ROAD.
IT IMPACTED SIX PROPERTIES, AND THESE ARE THE LAST TWO PARCELS.
UM, WITH STATESIDE OUR RIGHT OF WAY AGENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR BEHALF TO, UM, ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, ACQUIRED PROPERTIES 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
UM, THEY'VE ACCEPTED THE OFFERS AND THE SIGNED THE MOAS AND THEN NOW PARCELS FIVE AND SIX, WE HAVE ONE PROPERTY OWNER.
THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE OFFER AND SIGNED THE MOA OOPS, TOO FAST.
UM, THE PACKAGES ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE NEEDS OF THE OWNER AND, UH,
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TENANT IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE IN THERE.UM, THE TOTAL OFFICE OFFERS FOR THE SIX IMPACTED PROPERTIES WAS $1.759 MILLION.
ALL COSTS WERE TO BE BORN BY THE DEVELOPER.
AND THEN WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE, UM, IN DETAIL AND EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH YOU.
ALL PARCELS FIVE AND SIX ARE LOCATED AT 2 0 1 QUAIL RIDGE DRIVE.
UM, IT'S AN IMPACTED OWNER, RESIDENT, AND LANDLORD.
UM, THEY HAVE A 2,131 SQUARE FOOT, NINE ROOM, FIVE BEDROOM, TWO BATH MOBILE HOME ON ONE ACRE LOT.
UM, PROPOSED ACQUISITION COST BASED ON APPRAISAL AND AGREEMENT IS $265,000.
TOTAL ESTIMATE TO ACQUIRE AND RELOCATE IS $358,040 AND 38 CENTS.
UH, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE AND FINALIZE THE PURCHASE OF PARCELS FIVE AND SIX FROM THE QUAIL RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
FOR THIS GO, GO FORTH ROAD PROJECT ON TERMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FORM OF THOSE DOCUMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED, APPROVE WITH MODIFICATIONS TO THE PACKAGE OFFERED OR DENY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UM, AGAIN, WE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS WAS, UH, BROUGHT FORTH LAST YEAR AND IT WAS PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL ON THIS END, BUT I'M, I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE CITY AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED, INCLUDING OUR ATTORNEYS TO WHERE WE COULD BE ABLE TO COME TO, UH, A RESOLUTION ON THIS.
SO, WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 16, PLEASE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBI, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.
UH, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YEAH, A QUICK COMMENT.
YEAH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, OUR CITY AND, UM, STATE RIGHT AWAY FOR HOW TRANSPARENT AND OPEN THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS AND OUR COUNCIL FOR HAVING THIS INFORMATION AND THIS DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH SO EVERYBODY COULD SEE HOW THE PROCESS, UH, WORKED OUT AND FAVORABLY FOR THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN QUILT RIDGE AS WELL AS THE CITY.
AND JUST TO, TO, UM, REITERATE, WE NEVER EVEN HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONDEMNATION, WHICH IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF MISINFORMATION GOING AROUND, UM, ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ACCEPTED OFFERS, THERE WAS NO ANY, ANY HAGGLING OR ANY OF THAT SORT OF THING.
SO ANYWAY, SO I'LL, IT'S JUST APPRECIATED WHAT YOU GUYS DID.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[18. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance for the Kyle 2030 Comprehensive Plan.]
NUMBER 18.HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CALL 2030.
THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S NOT LISTED AS FIRST READING.
UH, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT THIS ITEM DOES HAVE TWO READINGS OR WOULD IT BE FINALLY PASSED? WELL, IKIN SEND DIRECTOR PLANNING FOR THE RECORD.
UH, AS WITH, UH, MOST ZONING ITEMS, UH, IT DOES REQUIRE TWO READINGS.
IT COULD BE PASSED AND FINALLY APPROVED ON FIRST READ, IF THAT IS SOMETHING Y'ALL CHOOSE TO DO.
IF IT'S UNANIMOUS WITHOUT OBJECT Y.
ALRIGHT, WELL I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
UM, UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? NEIL STEGEL, PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT ACTUALLY TO, UH, TO, UH, JUST SIGNIFY THAT WE'VE PASSED THIS ON TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AFTER ALL THE WORK WE HAVE ALL DONE.
AND, UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT OF COURSE WE PROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY AND WE THINK THIS WAS A, A GOOD THING TO HAVE GONE THROUGH.
BUT REALLY THE REASON I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT IS NOT JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO UH, APPROVE IT AND ADOPT IT, BUT REALLY TO LOOK AT THE WORK THAT IT REQUIRES.
BECAUSE REALLY THIS, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT IN THE PROCESS WHERE IMPLEMENTATION, OF COURSE, IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE COMMUNICATION AMONG ALL OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM.
COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING, CERTAINLY STAFF AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, UM, TO REALLY, UH, PULL THIS TOGETHER.
WE, WE DO NOT HOLD THESE SEATS AND THESE JOBS FOREVER, SOMETIMES FOR VERY LONG.
AND WHAT MY DESIRE IS TO SEE THAT WE CAN HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION IN DETAIL THAT GIVES US ONGOING STRUCTURES FOR MAKING THIS PLAN PART OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, BOTH FOR LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, FOR, UM, PARKS, FOR FISCAL SOUNDNESS.
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AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE NOT JUST AMONG OURSELVES, BUT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO A CODE UPDATE AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF GETTING OFF INTO THE WEEDS WITH THAT.
NEVERTHELESS, IT'S JUST TO POINT OUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT I'M ENCOURAGED AND I'M, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WANTING TO DO THAT WORK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THAT THIS PLAN HAS NOT JUST BEEN TALKED, IT'S NOT JUST BEEN WORK SESSIONS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SARAH KIN AND I'M ALSO PART OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
TO BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE.
SO I WANTED TO THANK THE TEAM FROM VIRGINITY, UM, THE CITY STAFF, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, ALL OF Y'ALL WITH CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO EVENTS, WHO FILLED IN SURVEYS, WHO GAVE US ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR OPINIONS OR THEIR CONCERNS.
ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PLAN IS HOW IT ARTICULATES AND ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARISE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT BECAME NORMALIZED OVER THE LAST CENTURY.
WHEN I FIRST CAME BEFORE THIS BODY, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SEAT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS AND ONE OF MY MAIN MOTIVATORS FOR WANTING TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
SO I'M QUITE HEARTENED TO SEE THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS, THAT CHAPTER CONTAINS SEVERAL ACTIONS ABOUT GATHERING DATA, ABOUT USING FISCAL ANALYSIS TO DO, UH, TO HELP SHAPE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, FOR THE CITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLAN AND SHOULD Y'ALL CHOOSE TO PROVE IT TONIGHT OR ON THE NEXT READ, I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL REALLY LEAN INTO IT TOGETHER AND COMMIT TO APPLYING THOSE DECISION MAKING PRINCIPLES THAT IT TALKS ABOUT INTO IMPLEMENTING THOSE ACTIONS SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE END UP AFTER A GOOD FAITH EFFORT OF TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. ATKINSON, MAYOR COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, I'M AL WILL ATKINSON
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME TO INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, BOTH THAT HAVE CONNECTIONS TO PLANNING.
I'D LIKE TO ASK MELISSA MCCOLLUM TO COME UP.
THEY DON'T KNOW THIS IS COMING BY THE WAY, MELISSA IS OUR CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
THIS IS BEGINNING HER SECOND WEEK.
WE'RE GLAD SHE CAME BACK OVER THE WEEKEND.
SHE'S ALREADY HIT THE GROUND RU RUNNING, AND SHE IS UNDEFEATED IN COMP PLANS PRESENTED TO P AND Z
UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING PART OF TEAM KYLE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AT THE CITY AND I LOOK FORWARD, UM, TO HELPING, UH, WORK WITH NOT ONLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT YOU AND, UH, FELLOW STAFF MEMBERS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO, UH, HOPING FOR GOOD THINGS TONIGHT FOR SURE.
MELISSA COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF BUTTA, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER.
AND, UM, AND MIKE'S NOT TALKING TO ME RIGHT NOW.
NEXT UP I'D ASK LIKE TO ASK ROSIE TRUE LOVE TO COME UP.
ROSIE COMES TO US AFTER 25 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, PART OF OUR STINT THERE INCLUDE BEING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, AND SHE'S OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH JESSIE TO DO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS WITH PROCUREMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ROSIE, HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, ROSIE TRULOVE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES HERE.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF TEAM KYLE, JUST LIKE MELISSA SAID.
UM, HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT ANYTHING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR POLICY OBJECTIVES.
WITH THAT, I'LL RETURN YOU TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
ALL RIGHT, UH, WILL ATKINSON DI, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD, UH, BEFORE, UH, WE BRING UP, UH, MARSHALL HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE, UH, ENCAPSULATED SO FAR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THIS HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, TIME THAT WE'VE ALL SPENT TOGETHER BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MORE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN FOR WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THE CITY GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT IT IS GOING FOR A DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THROUGH 2030.
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A LOT OF INFILL TYPE DEVELOPMENT, INVOLVES A FISCAL BASED APPROACH TO MAKING SURE THE CITY HAS ADEQUATE SERVICES AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO PROVIDE BACK TO THE CITIZENS.AND JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL AROUND A, A HEALTHIER CITY WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WON'T BELABOR IT MUCH LONGER, UM, IF YOU'LL, UH, PLEASE, UH, WELCOME MARSHALL HINES UP HERE AND HE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT IS, UM, A REAL PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
UM, WE GOT STARTED IN EARNEST ON THIS PLAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, AND SO IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING PATH TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IF IT IS ALL RIGHT WITH YOU ALL, IS TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION, SORT OF COVERING THE BROAD TOPICS COVERED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, COVER A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING THE JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SHOP.
AND THEN I WILL DISCUSS WITH YOU THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE SHORTLY, SO BEAR WITH ME WHILE THAT'S PULLED UP.
THIS HAPPENED TO YOU AT PNZ, DIDN'T IT? HMM.
WELL, I COULDN'T PULL UP MY OWN THINGS AT PNZ.
THIS ONE, I, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, SO
WELL, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I WATCHED YOUR PRESENTATION IN ITS ENTIRETY TO P AND Z, AND I THOUGHT YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB REALLY SUMMARIZING A VERY DENSE DOCUMENT DOWN TO THE KEY POINTS.
I ALSO THOUGHT THAT COMMISSIONER SEGAL AND KIN AND, AND DELORE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO Y'ALL, Y'ALL REALLY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS, AND SO WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT THAT PART OF IT IS APPRECIATED.
IF WE NEED A MOMENT FOR THE PRESENTATION, MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS, IS, UH, COME BACK TO THIS ITEM IN JUST A MOMENT AND GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE DOCUMENT AND GET IT PULLED UP PROPERLY.
Y'ALL WANNA DO THAT, RACHEL? DID WE NEED TAKE A LITTLE PRESSURE OFF? YEAH, SORRY.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IT IN THE BACKUP ITEMS. SO, UH, I HAVE IT ON MY SCREEN, BUT, UM, IT'S THERE ON ONLINE, SO WE'LL LET YOU GUYS DO THAT.
MAYOR, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT, SIR.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 19.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION, SELECTING A MODERATOR FOR THE 2024 DIALOGUE FOR PEACE IN PROGRESS, CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM, UH, WILL, CAN YOU HANDLE THE, THE HEIGHT VARIANCE ITEM? YOU WANNA DO THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL
[20. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance requesting a conditional height exception pursuant to Sec. 53-1047 (12) and Sec. 53-1048 of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances. The project is located at 22497 IH-35 in the City of Kyle, Hays County, Texas (Country Inn Suites - CUP-23-0093)]
MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL HEIGHT EXCEPT EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 53 DASH 10 47 AND SECTION 53 DASH 10 48 OF THE CITY OF KYLE.
CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, PROJECTS LOCATED AT 22,497 I 35 IN THE CITY.
AND THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD, MR. STEGAL TO GO? JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, UPON CONSIDERATION OF THIS, UH, VARIANCE THAT'S REQUESTED FOR HEIGHT, THAT THE TECHNICAL PIECES, THAT'LL BE ON A DOWN SLOPE.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S RELATIVE HEIGHT WILL MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, BUT I WANNA BRING OUT A COUPLE OF POSITIVE THINGS PAST THAT.
THAT IS THAT THIS WILL BE A LARGE, UH, FACILITY NEAR OUR DOWNTOWN IN OUR TOURS, AND HOPEFULLY THAT COULD BE A PART OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER.
THIS TOWN IS LODGING NEAR THIS DOWNTOWN THAT WE HOPE TO REBUILD.
ALSO, SOMETHING THAT'S OF INTEREST HERE TOO, IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE IN THE HEIGHT IS FOR THE SIZE OF THE ROOMS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT IN THIS FACILITY.
THEY WANNA PUT MEETING ROOMS, PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS IN THE FACILITY, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE QUITE USEFUL IN THIS TOWN FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC USES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A REASONING DISCUSSION FROM, UH, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? I SEEING NONE.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, KAYLA SHARP CITY PLANNER FOR THE RECORD.
AND I STILL DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION UP HERE.
THERE IS NO PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU FORWARD.
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IT'S A HEIGHT VARIANCE TO ALLOW TO GO TO FOUR STORIES FOR A HOTEL ON I 35.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER, MS. PARSLEY? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, SO SINCE THIS, UH, COUNTRY EN SUITES WILL BE INSIDE THE TURS MM-HMM,
SO THAT WILL COME BACK AS A SEPARATE PERMIT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DICTATE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME MASONRY COMPONENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO IT.
UM, SO THEY WILL HAVE TO GET THOSE ELEVATIONS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
'CAUSE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT HISTORIC IF IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN THE TST, ESPECIALLY FOR DOWNTOWN MM-HMM.
AND THE I 35 OVERLAY IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF CONTROLLING, UM, ARCHITECTURE WHEN IT COMES TO MATERIALS AND, UH, CHANGE IN PLANE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M TRYING TO KIND OF GET THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
UM, THE VAR, THE VARIANCE THAT THEY WENT THROUGH WAS SORT OF, UM, UNUSUAL THAT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY A, A CHURCH OR A PUBLIC SERVICE TYPE OF, UM, ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY WENT UNDER LODGING AS PROVIDING A GOOD, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THE VARIANCE.
SO WHAT TYPE OF SAFEGUARD DO WE HAVE THAT ANOTHER HOTEL DOESN'T MANEUVER THE SAME WAY TO GET OVER THE, UH, 48 FEET, UM, HEIGHT ELEVATION.
AND, AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, ARE THEY ONLY GOING TO BUILD TO EIGHT STORIES FINAL, OR DO THEY HAVE, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS ZONING THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GO TO 14 STORIES.
SO WOULD THEY BE GOING TO A HIGHER ELEVATION IN THE FUTURE? UH, ONCE THEY, AFTER THEY'VE BUILT THEIR EIGHT STORIES? OKAY.
SO FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THE, UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE HEIGHT VARIANCE, THAT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUEST THAT THE, UM, DEVELOPER WOULD MAKE, AND THEN IT WOULD COME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND OF COURSE, STAFF LOOKS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, UM, MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR CODE TO GO THROUGH WITH THAT REQUEST.
UM, AND THEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR HOTEL, THEY ARE LOOKING TO BUILD FOUR STORIES UP TO 58 FEET.
THE REQUEST IS SPECIFIC TO 58 FEET.
THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS RETAIL SERVICES, ALLOWS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 45 FEET BY RIGHT.
AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING THE MAXIMUM OF 58 FEET, WHICH WILL GET THEM FOUR STORIES.
AND, UM, THE PARAPET SCREENING WALLS, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, OUR STANDARDS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUILDING HIGHER THAN 58 FEET? UM, IN OUR CITY? OH, YEAH.
THE HOSPITAL IS WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE TO CONTROL CONTROL OVER THE SIDE.
SO IT'LL MORE LIKE, LIKE REALLY 45 OR 47.
IT WILL PROBABLY LOOK CLOSER TO, UM, WHAT'S ALLOWED PER THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF FOR THE SLIDES YET, BUT THEY ARE UP.
AND SOMEWHERE IN HERE I HAVE KIND OF A, UM, GOOGLE STREET VIEW SCREENSHOT WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DOWNWARD SLOPE, UM, FROM THE I 35 FRONTAGE ROAD.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOPE.
I, I MEAN, I, I THINK THE REQUEST WAS REASONABLE WHY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PATTERN OF MORE HOTELS GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER BECAUSE THEY FOUND THIS WAY AROUND IT.
SO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR CODE SECTION THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, UM, ACTUALLY DOES
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ALLOW FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND GET A VARIANCE UP TO 150 FEET, BUT WE REQUEST THAT THEY SPECIFY WHAT HEIGHT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.SO IN THIS CASE IT WAS 58 FEET.
AND THAT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL WITH SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD SEE PROBABLY NOT GETTING VERY MANY 150 FOOT REQUESTS.
AND, AND RETAIL ZONING DOES ALLOW A HOTEL BILL? YES.
CUSTOMER HEISER MAYOR, I'D LIKE MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION WITH THE GROUP AROUND, UH, THE VARIANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO DESIGN STANDARDS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO IN SECOND.
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUESTING, ZUNIGA IS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF HEIGHT, BUT WITH LATER ON WE GET APPROACHED BY A LARGER HOTEL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VARIANCE ON THEM.
CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE WANTING TO DO IS TO LIMIT THE HEIGHT ON SOME OF THESE HOTELS IF WE GOT SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND BUILD, UM, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, A HYATT OR A HILTON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR, OR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT WITHHOLDING A REASONABLE HEIGHT REQUEST IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THEM ABOUT A TS INCENTIVIZED PROJECT IS THE NECESSARILY THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE REQUEST IS VERY REASONABLE.
SO POSTPONING IT AND THEN WANTING TO ENGAGE THEM WITH REGARDS TO A TUR, THE, THE TURS NUMBER ONE CAN'T REALLY INCENTIVIZE OTHER THAN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TAX REBATES, WHICH THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE TUR STARTS TO GENERATE INCOME AND REVENUE THERE, THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM THERE.
BUT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY GENERATES REVENUES FOR THE TURS MM-HMM.
I DON'T SEE ANY, I DON'T PERSONALLY SEE ANY REASON TO POSTPONE A HEIGHT VARIANCE REQUEST, ESPECIALLY ON I 35 FOR A HOTEL.
WE HAVEN'T APPROVED A HOTEL IN SEVEN YEARS.
IT'S AN AREA WHERE WE ARE WOEFULLY UNDER, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF COM COMPETITION AND MM-HMM.
SO I DON'T WANT TO, I, I DON'T THINK IN MY MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WAS A MATTER OF THIS SPECIFIC ONE, BUT I THINK IF WE GO WITH THIS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOES LOOK GOOD AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UH, ARE WE GOING TO PUT THOSE KIND OF, UH, REQUIREMENTS IN GOING FORWARD IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ONE AND THEN SAY GOING FORWARD, OTHERS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE JUST LIKE THIS MODEL.
I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING SOME CLARIFICATION.
JUST CLARIFYING WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE AT.
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS HERE, WE CAN TABLE IT.
I, IT'S, IT'S NOT TO TO THROW IT OUT OR, OR TO, TO, IT'S JUST TO HAVE THEM MORE DISCUSSIONS AGAIN.
'CAUSE, UH, LISTENING TO WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN ZINGO WAS BRINGING UP WAS THE HEIGHT AND THE LIMITATIONS OR NON LIMITATIONS ON THIS.
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING.
IT'S JUST HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SIR.
SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT POSTPONING THIS THING INDEFINITELY OR, NO, I WAS, NEXT MEETING SOUNDS LIKE, I WOULD SAY JUST NEXT MEETING AND THEN WE'LL JUST GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN REQUEST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR VARIANCE, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH SPECIFIC HOTELS OR, OR SPECIFIC MOTELS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT SOME AND NOT LIMIT, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT SPECIFICALLY.
SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DOWNTOWN TUR, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR, OUR FIRST ONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL IT IS, IS JUST HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
NOT, NOT JUST REJECTING IT ALL COMPLETELY.
I, I JUST WANNA HAVE A STANDARD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SIX STORY HOTELS.
SEVEN STORIES, EIGHT, AND THIS ONE'S FOUR.
BUT THEY, THEY HAVE THE VARIANCE TO GET TO FOUR NOW, NOW ANOTHER HOTEL COULD US ON THE 35 SAY WE WANNA BE SIX STORIES.
SO WHAT IS OUR STANDARD? WHAT'S GONNA BE OUR STANDARD MAYOR? ARE WE GONNA GO 10 STORIES? I THINK OF A KILLER ARE OVERTHINKING.
THINK IT'S A FOUR STORY HOTEL.
I THINK IT'S VERY NICE, MAYOR.
BUT WHAT IS THE STANDARD MAYOR? PROTO? YEAH.
UH, EVERYTHING'S GONNA COME BACK ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YES OR NO
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ON THE NEXT HOTEL.IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING TO YES.
NOW AND THE NEXT GUY GETS TO DO IT.
'CAUSE IF IT'S NOT A GOOD PROJECT, RIGHT, WE'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE IT AS A COUNCIL.
I MEAN, WE DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING THAT'S, UH, GONNA BE ILLEGAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE.
THE, THE STATE IS REALLY, HAS REALLY SET SOME BOUNDARIES ON CITIES ON WHAT THEY CAN ASK.
AND THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF I 35, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN DETER, IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF I 35, WHERE WE'VE BEEN AS A COUNCIL LOOKING AT ENHANCING OUR EAST SIDE AND BRINGING MORE DOLLARS TO THAT AREA.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT FOR US MOVING FORWARD.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE TO MY DISTRICT, SO I'M, I'M REALLY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMING OVER TO MY DISTRICT AND BRINGING SOMETHING OF VALUE AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LACKING IN OUR CITY FOR A LONG TIME.
AND IT'S MORE HOTEL ROOMS. I, WE JUST, WE JUST GOT A VERY BIG, UH, REPORT FROM OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR OF THE LACK OF ROOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD ADDRESS HERE.
I, I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE DENYING THE PROJECT.
ALL WE WANTED WAS TO TABLE IT FOR ONE MORE MEETING UNTIL WE CAN ALL ASK MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
MAYBE GET MORE CLARIFICATION INTO WHAT IS LEGAL AND IS NOT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING TO STANDARD.
EVERYBODY HAS, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE QUESTIONS.
SO IF WE WERE TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I CALL THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED, IS THERE A SECOND? I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND ON CALLING THE QUESTIONS.
THAT'S, UH, IMMEDIATE CEASE OF DEBATE AND ROLL CALL.
ALRIGHT, THE QUESTION'S BEEN CALLED.
WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE MITCHELL NAY.
MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER ZUNIGA THAT WE APPROVE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ROLL CALL VOTE ZUNIGA.
HEISER, UH, SHERIFF TOBIAS IN THE THEORY FOR MORE DISCUSSION.
RIZZO, SORRY TO, TO APPROVE, CORRECT? YES.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF, UH, AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CALL 2030.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO GO AHEAD MS. RINES.
UH, AGAIN, IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
AS I SAID A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN EARNEST IN SEPTEMBER OF 22, UH, 2022.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE PLAN FOR ADOPTION.
JUST TO RECAP SO THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU A REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN ITSELF.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY WATCHED THE PNZ MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THIS, BUT I'LL JUST TAKE, UH, YOU AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH IT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.
THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS AT THE COUNCIL AND PNZ JOINT WORK SESSION.
AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UM, WHAT I WANNA DO IS TALK TO YOU FIRST ABOUT THE, UM, INTENT OF THE PLAN ITSELF.
IT REALLY HAS THREE BIG GOALS.
THE FIRST IS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM.
UM, IT IS TRUE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL USERS OF THE DOCUMENT, BUT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BOTH OURSELVES
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AND, UM, THE COMMISSION COUNCIL AND STAFF THAT THE DOCUMENT IS ACCESSIBLE BY EVERYONE.SO A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO EXPLAINING THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSED IN MORE DEPTH THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THE PLAN ITSELF.
THE SECOND MAJOR INTENT IS TO COMMUNICATE KYLE'S FISCAL STORY.
UM, THE PLAN DISCUSSES HOW PRODUCTIVE YOUR LAND USE PATTERN IS TODAY AND THE KIND OF CHOICES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO MAKE YOUR CITY MORE FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE.
AND LASTLY, THE PLAN AIMS TO PROVIDE A REAL FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION MAKING.
UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LAND USE DECISIONS, BUDGETING FUNDING FOR PROJECTS HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE MAJOR COMPONENTS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTERS ARE GONNA GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO SORT OF CONSTANTLY CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST THE GOALS THAT YOU AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, HAVE ARTICULATED THROUGHOUT THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
THE PLAN IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR CHAPTERS.
THOSE ARE FIRST THE INTRODUCTION THAT'S GONNA FOCUS ON THE EDUCATION, UM, ASPECT OF THE PLAN'S INTENT.
THE SECOND IS THE LAND USE FISCAL ANALYSIS, WHICH TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO THE FISCAL ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE EARLY IN THIS PLANNING PROJECT.
THE MAJOR COMPONENT SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT IS WHERE WE GET TO THE REAL HEART OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
THOSE ARE IN THE CATEGORIES OF LAND USE IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT MANY OF THE CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY TO MAKE IT A STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
AND THE FINAL CHAPTER IS THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER.
AND THAT REALLY TAKES ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN, AND IT BREAKS THEM DOWN INTO A SERIES OF ACTIONABLE STEPS THAT IS REALLY KEY.
THE RELEVANT PLAYERS INSIDE CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO WILL ALSO PLUG INTO THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ONLY GETS DONE HERE IN THIS BUILDING, THAT IT GETS DONE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
SO, UH, JUST TALKING THROUGH A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF THE BIG PICTURE IDEAS THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
CHAPTER ONE IS THE ONE THAT FOCUSES ON THAT EDUCATION INTENT.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF KYLE OVER TIME IS REPRESENTED HERE.
AND THE PLAN EXPLORES HOW THE MASSIVE EXPANSION THAT YOU HAVE HAD HAS REALLY AFFECTED YOUR FISCAL BOTTOM LINE.
UH, WE ALSO EXPLAIN CONCEPTS LIKE HOW BUILDING COVERAGE AND BUILDING HEIGHT CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH REVENUE IS GENERATED FOR THE CITY.
BUT VERY, VERY IMPORTANTLY, UH, THAT DISCUSSION IS ALSO PAIRED WITH THE, HOW THE CHARACTER AND INTENSITY OF A PLACE IS REALLY A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS, THAT THERE'S A REASON THAT THEY MOVED TO KYLE AND THEY WANT TO REPLICATE THAT CHARACTER AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO, IN CHAPTER ONE, SET UP AND EXPLAIN HOW ENGAGEMENT WAS REALLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PROCESS.
WE REALLY WANTED TO TIE THE PLAN DIRECTLY BACK TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS YOU.
CHAPTER TWO IS WHERE WE BEGIN TO DIVE INTO THE PARCEL LEVEL ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE LAND USE FISCAL ANALYSIS.
AND THAT REALLY TAKES A VERY HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL SITUATION AS IT PERTAINS TO LAND USE.
WE LOOK AT A BUDGET BREAKDOWN AND WHAT THE CITY IS, UH, SPENDING TODAY TO MAINTAIN ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT WE FOUND, OF COURSE, UH, IS THAT IF TODAY'S BUDGET WAS CONTINUED AS IT IS, THERE'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH MONEY BEING ALLOTTED TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE ON THE GROUND WITHOUT OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS. AND SO THE PLAN IS, IS TRYING TO WORK US TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE YOUR, UH, WHERE THE FUNDS THAT YOU GENERATE THROUGH YOUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ARE ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN NEEDS.
CHAPTER TWO ALSO IDENTIFIES, UH, A SERIES OF REVENUE PER ACRE GOALS THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS ADEQUATELY FUNDING STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND PERPETUITY.
AND IMPORTANTLY, VERY IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE PLAN SHOWS WHAT A MORE FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GREAT, UM, IN BOTH AN INFILL AND GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE KINDS OF PLACES THAT ARE FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE TEND TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS, WHICH PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS, AGES, UH, ET CETERA.
UM, THESE BETTER, UH, MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT CAN PROVIDE MORE OPEN SPACE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL CONSERVATION OF YOUR NATURAL AREAS.
AND THEY REALLY MIX NEIGHBORHOOD SCALED SERVICES DIRECTLY INTO DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ONTO YOUR ARTERIAL ROADWAY SYSTEM.
CHAPTER THREE, WHICH IS, UM, THE MAJOR COMPONENTS, UH, CHAPTER, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND USE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMPONENT HERE REALLY LOOKS AT THE LOGICAL PLACES FOR GROWTH IN THE CITY OF KYLE, UM, BY ASSESSING WHERE THERE'S VACANT LAND THAT YOU ALREADY ARE RUNNING SERVICES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, AND WASTEWATER.
UM, SO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CAN BE FOCUSED WHERE YOUR INVESTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
BUT IT DOES OF COURSE ALSO ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE CAPACITY CHALLENGES THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH.
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THE AREAS WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE TO NEED ATTENTION TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION THAT WE ALL EXPECT TO BE COMING HERE.THE PLAN ALSO, UH, INTRODUCES AND EXPLAINS A MORE MODERN TOOL FOR LAND USE PLANNING.
AND THAT IS PLACE TYPES AS OPPOSED TO, UH, USE BASED FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
UH, THESE ARE, UH, DESIGNED TO CREATE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN USES ACROSS THE CITY.
THEY FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE CHARACTER OF EACH PLACE.
UM, AND WE, WE AIMED IN THE PLAN TO REALLY ILLUSTRATE BOTH WITH WORDS AND IMAGES, HOW EACH PLACE TYPE SHOULD FEEL.
AND IMPORTANTLY, THE PLAN ITSELF TIES THOSE PLACE TYPES, UH, TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT BY INDICATING WHICH BUILDING TYPOLOGIES ARE APPROPRIATE IN EACH, UH, PLACE TYPE.
THERE ARE A SERIES OF GROWTH SECTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, AND THESE ARE BASED SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT THAT YOU HAVE, UM, TO HELP YOU FOCUS WHEN POSSIBLE, UH, WHERE NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE GOING.
UM, BEFORE WE START THINKING ABOUT EXTENDING LINES OUT TO THE, THE FARTHEST REACHES OF THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AS THE THIRD CHAPTER MOVES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMPONENT, UH, WE LOOK AT THE LEVELS OF INTENSITY AND THE MIXING OF HOUSING TYPOLOGIES IS, IS ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, AS WELL AS THE BENEFICIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS.
UM, WHICH AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, ONE OF WHICH IS, UM, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.
YOU GUYS MAY, UM, REMEMBER SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD BACK, I THINK IT WAS THE BIG, THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, WHERE WE, UM, ASKED YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT A SERIES OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND TELL US WHERE YOU FELT THE BREAKPOINT WAS ON THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
THAT WAS WORKED INTO THE PLANNED AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT DESIGN ELEMENTS MAKE UP DIFFERENT STYLES OF NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? BECAUSE NOT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME.
THERE ARE RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE ARE MORE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, WITH MORE WALKABILITY BUILT INTO THEM, AND THERE ARE TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN BETWEEN.
AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, A NUMBER OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT REALLY, UH, ACCURATELY ARTICULATE, ARTICULATE THESE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT, UH, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPES.
AND SO THE BENEFIT THERE IS AS YOU HAVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMING TO YOU, YOU CAN LINE UP, UM, WHAT KIND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND IDENTIFY DOES IT MEET UP WITH THE INTENT OF THIS AND DOES IT HAVE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE.
AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO CHAPTER FOUR, UH, WHICH REALLY ROUNDS OUT THE PLAN, UM, WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, WHICH AS I SAID, IS DESIGNED TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE THROUGH MANY SMALL ACTIONS AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE MONUMENTAL, UM, AND OFTEN VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT OR TWO.
UM, THE KEY DECISION MAKING PRINCIPLES, WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER, UM, THAT WERE ARTICULATE, ARTICULATED BY YOURSELVES AND THE PUBLIC ARE REPRESENTED HERE ALONG WITH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN ASK AS YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS SO THAT YOU'RE REALLY KEYING INTO THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT FOUND VALUE WITH.
AND THEN, UM, JUST TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ITSELF, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY'RE ALL SORTED BY THOSE MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IN CHAPTER THREE, AND THERE'S A SERIES OF GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AS WELL.
UM, WHAT'S REALLY KEY AS YOU BEGIN THIS PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN, UM, IS, IS UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BUILD UP TO BIG CHANGE THROUGH THOSE SMALL ACTIONS.
AND SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE CLEARLY, UH, LISTED SMALL ACTIONS THAT ARE OBTAINABLE OFTEN IN THE VERY SHORT TERM THAT ARE GONNA BUILD TO THESE LARGER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE PLAN MAKES.
UM, HOW EACH ACTION ITEM IS TIED TO THE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY ARTICULATED ARE IN HERE, AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE THAT PLUG INTO THE, UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL ACTION.
SO, UM, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK SESSION THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD THERE.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA TRY AND RESPOND TO A NUMBER OF THEM.
THERE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE DESIGN.
SOMETHING LIKE THE DESIGNATION OF GREEN SPACE IN THE PLAN, OR A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO OF ALLOWING MORE DENSITY IN DEVELOPMENT FOR GREEN SPACE AS SORT OF A TRADE-OFF.
YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THESE WE THINK ARE REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE THINKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT DOING.
THEY'RE NOT GENERALLY PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY WOULD BE CODE AMENDMENTS OR ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ADOPT THAT, UH, MAKE THESE SORT OF THINGS REALITY.
BUT WHAT IS CRITICAL HERE IS THAT THE PLAN SPEAKS TO ALL OF THIS.
IT SPEAKS TO THE BENEFITS OF GREEN SPACE BEING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
IT SPEAKS TO THE VALUE OF DEVELOPING PLACES WHICH INHERENTLY USE THE LAND, THE FINITE RESOURCE THAT YOU HAVE LAND IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY TO ALLOW FOR MORE OPEN SPACE, UM, AS SOMETHING THAT'S PAIRED WITH, WITH, WITH DENSITY.
UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEVEL THREE FISCAL ANALYSIS THAT WAS
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DONE AND THE DELTA, THE CHANGE BETWEEN NOW, UH, TODAY AND WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN.UM, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THE CASE.
THE FISCAL SITUATION IN KYLE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TOMORROW THAN IT IS TODAY.
UM, THAT PLAN IS DESIGNED THAT, UH, ANALYSIS IS DESIGNED TO BE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME WHERE KYLE WAS WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER IS TO UNDERTAKE THAT PROCESS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THREE TO FIVE YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN RECOMMEND.
UM, AND THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOW IF WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN, UH, MEANINGFULLY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN, WHAT HAVE THOSE NET US AT THE END.
SO YOU USE IT AS A COMPARISON POINT.
SO IT IS VERY INTENTIONALLY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC CREATED WITH THE INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ON PAGES, I THINK IT'S 56 AND 57, UH, IN THE DOCUMENT, WE TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF CARE TO ILLUSTRATE HOW EASY IT IS TO PARK INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC GENERATED FROM INFILL DEVELOPMENT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT TRAFFIC IS SIMPLY A PRODUCT OF A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO DRIVE EVERYWHERE.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT ACCESS TO CLOSER TO HOME, THAT'S LESS TIME THAT THEIR CAR HAS TO BE ON THE ROAD.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THOSE THINGS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE, PEOPLE WILL OFTEN ELECT NOT TO ALWAYS HOP IN THE CAR TO GRAB A GALLON OF MILK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, BUY A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WR LARGE NEEDS TO CHANGE SO THAT, UH, TRAFFIC CAN BE AFFECTED.
UM, THERE WERE ALSO A COUPLE OF NOTES IN CHAPTER THREE.
THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN BOUNDARIES.
JUST VERY CLEARLY, THIS PLAN IS NOT DESIGNED TO OVERRIDE THE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE BEING CREATED AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
UM, THOSE WILL, AS THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED, AND IF THEY'RE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE, THE PLAN DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO SUBVERT THAT.
THERE WERE, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY DEVELOP.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE QUESTION WAS EFFECTIVELY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BUILDING A LOT OF SCHOOLS OUT ON THE EDGE.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS LONG AS THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT YOU ARE ADOPTING IS PUSHING NEW, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OUTWARD.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GREAT DEMOGRAPHERS THAT THEY EMPLOY TO COME UP WITH ALL OF THEIR PLANS.
IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING IN A MORE COMPACT WAY, IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING IN A WAY THAT'S MORE FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE AND THAT CREATES BETTER POCKETS OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUE.
UH, BUILDING SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE NECESSARY, WHERE THEY SHOW THEM AS NECESSARY TODAY IS BASED ON A SERIES OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THEY EXPECT YOU TO DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN A WAY THAT IS LARGELY SUBURBAN, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GET SUBURBAN, UH, SCHOOL SITES.
AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT WE HEARD VOICED, UM, THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HERE DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
UH, WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY EFFORT TO DISPEL THAT AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, IF YOU TAKE THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE TYPE IN THIS PLAN AND THE RURAL PLACE TYPE IN THE PLAN, BOTH OF THOSE ACCOMMODATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
THOSE MAKE UP SOMETHING LIKE 90% OF YOUR, UM, TOTAL LAND AREA ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
SO NO ONE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, CERTAINLY OURSELVES, THE STAFF, THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL NEVER INDICATED TO US THAT THEY WANTED TO DISALLOW OR MAKE IMPOSSIBLE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
WHAT WE DID HERE IS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY WANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES TO BE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE PLAN IS AIMING TO DO, NOT TO DISALLOW ANY OTHER PARTICULAR TYPE OF HOUSING.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FROM THAT JOINT WORK SESSION.
UH, IF WE'VE GOT JUST ANOTHER MINUTE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE.
UH, I WILL SAY UPFRONT, UH, THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THEY ASKED THAT WE UPDATE, UH, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAGE WITH, UH, THE NEW NAMES OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLANNING AND ZONING, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.
THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, UM, A LEGEND ON PAGE 66.
UM, ALSO NOT A PROBLEM TO UPDATE.
THERE WAS SOME, WE JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT THE MAJOR ENTITLEMENTS MAP, UH, WHICH IS PART OF THE, WHICH IS AN ELEMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WAS UP TO DATE.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF TO GET NEW SHAPE FILES TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS ACCURATE, UH, TO THE MOMENT.
THERE WERE, UM, THE PLACE TYPES CHANGED NAMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAN, WE DECIDED TO KIND OF, UH, REWORK THE NAMES SO THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT CLEARER ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE REALLY ASKING FOR.
AND SO THERE WERE THREE SPOTS IN THE DOCUMENT WHERE THE OLD NAMES HAD BEEN LEFT IN, AND WE HADN'T CAUGHT THAT.
NOT A PROBLEM TO RESOLVE THAT.
AND THEN THERE ARE TWO SMALL, UM, THERE WAS, THERE WERE TWO SMALL BITS OF LANGUAGE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE DOCUMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
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CHAPTER, UM, THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION LOOKING FOR SOME CLARITY.WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF, UM, TO COME UP WITH A, UH, A FIX FOR THAT ON, UH, PAGE ONE 18.
AND WE DID SOME BACK AND FORTH AND SOME RESEARCH AND BELIEVE THAT THE ITEM ON PAGE ONE 30 IS APPROPRIATE AS IS.
UM, SO THAT, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A LONG MEETING.
I'M SORRY THAT WAS SUCH A LONG PRESENTATION, BUT THAT'S EVERYTHING I'VE GOT AND I'M HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR GET ANY CLARIFICATION.
UH, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TEAM.
WE HAVE HAD FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, UM, INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOURSELVES AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF.
IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC FROM BEGINNING TO END.
SO, UM, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HOPE THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THE PLAN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PRESENTER, MS. HARRIS? I HAVE A COUPLE SHORT ONES.
UM, THE FOUR CATEGORIES ON PAGE 24 DO NOT INCLUDE RETIRED PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 20% OF OUR POPULATION.
I THINK THAT THAT'S A POPULATION THAT NEEDS SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN ADDITION TO THE YOUNG FAMILIES AND THE UP AND COMINGS, UM, THAT WE TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED AND WANTING TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED AND ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TYPES OF, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT, THAT COULD BE AN ALMOST SEPARATE CATEGORY IN OUR STUDIES.
SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR PLAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS A MODIFICATION OF WHAT YOU SAID, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT'S ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I'M SO SORRY.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND JUST DIRECTING ME TO WHAT PAGE YOU'RE ON WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT? 24.
THERE'S FOUR CATEGORIES THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ON PAGE 29 AND REALLY THROUGH THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMING FROM PARKS AND REC, UH, REALLY HIGH VALUE IS PLACED ON PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT PARD WAS NOT A PART OF THIS PLAN IN ANY WAY.
WE WERE NOT AT THE TABLE, WE WERE NOT INVITED.
UH, WE SAT IN, I SAT IN A LOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PARKS AND REC WILL HAVE A SEPARATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, OR PARKS PLAN.
AND I JUST AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT, I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE AS THOROUGH AS THIS PARKS IS ALSO AN EEC AN ECONOMIC DRIVER IN OUR CITY, AND CAN BE EVEN MORE SO.
AND WITH THE NEW SPORTSPLEX WILL BE MORE SO.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IT DESERVES MORE ATTENTION.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THE STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PLAN, THE PARKS AND GREEN SPACE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.
AND THOSE ARE NOT PLANNED IN AT THIS POINT.
SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AT LEAST AN OVERLAY, UH, AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S UH, NEEDED IN THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, SENSE OF WHERE, WHERE WE STAND WITH REGARDS TO ORDINANCES THAT CLARIFY OUR POSITION REGARDING GREEN SPACE AT, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T SPEAK INTO THAT, BUT TO CUSTOMER HARRIS'S POINT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE IS IN THERE AS WE'RE FOCUSING ON INFILL AND FISCAL RESP, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REAL CLEAR ON THE GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
I, I'LL TRY TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT.
I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT I KNOW OF, BUT BY POLICY, I BELIEVE THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A PARK WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE OF, OF EVERY, UM, CITIZEN OR EVERY RESIDENT, UM, IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT DRAWING THE, THE CIRCLES AROUND THAT RADIUS FOR ALL THE, THE HOMES TO SEE ARE THERE ANY GAPS OR WHERE PARKS NEED TO BE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
I THINK THAT'S BY POLICY IS MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT.
SO WILL IS CORRECTING ME, THAT IS THROUGH AN ORDINANCE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD FOR US TO GET A REFRESHER.
UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY IN A WHILE, JUST SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE REALLY COMPLIES WITH THE VISION AND SPIRIT OF THIS DOCUMENT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT FOR YOU AND NOT JUST THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT PAST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFILL, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE NEED AS A WHOLE COMMUNITY IN INFILL PARKS NEEDS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, DISCUSSION POINTS? COUNCILOR SERGA? YEAH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE, UM,
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MAYBE SOME CLARIFICATION ON KIND WALK, WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, UH, EAST AND WEST IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.SO, SO THAT WE, WE STILL, UM, ARE MINDFUL OF PEDESTRIANS AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING, HOW THEY'RE GETTING FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITHOUT, THROUGH THE, THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SPECIFICALLY THOUGH, OVER I OVER 35, I, I WOULD, UM, IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME, I HAVE A, JUST A QUICK RESPONSE TO THAT.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE A NUMBER OF, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO BETTER EAST AND WEST CONNECTIVITY THAT SPEAK TO, UH, BETTER, UM, ACCESS TO SERVICES AND NEEDS ON BOTH SIDES OF I 35.
AND SPECIFICALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, ONE OF THE MOST, UM, EQUITY CREATING THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, REGARDLESS OF THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, IS TO ALLOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GROW AND, UM, CHANGE AND ADAPT OVER TIME TO THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT IS SUFFUSED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAN SO THAT THOSE NEEDS THAT MIGHT NOT BE BEING MET IN A PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN TODAY CAN BE MET CLOSER TO HOME SO THAT NOT EVERY BIT OF SHOPPING, FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRES YOU TO MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF 35.
SO CERTAINLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED TO VERY SERIOUSLY, UH, WEAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PLAN.
COUNCILOR HEISER ON, UH, ON PAGE 85, YOU HAVE, YOU, YOU HAVE A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS WALK WALKABILITY SCORES, UHHUH, THERE'S THREE SCORES.
ONE BEING DOWNTOWN ON A RANGE FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY SCORE THAT WAS EVEN ON THE MEDIUM SIDE WAS OUR DOWNTOWN.
THAT SAID, THAT'S SOMEWHAT WALKABLE.
THEN THERE WAS ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS POINTING AT, UM, AT BUNTON CREEK THAT SHOWED A ZERO SCORE.
HOW DID Y'ALL ARRIVE AT THAT DATA AND DID Y'ALL ANALYZE ALL THE, THE SUBDIVISIONS? IS THERE MORE DATA THAT WE COULD LOOK AT? WELL, UM, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY AND MUCH OF THE COUNTRY CAN BE, UH, THAT THAT DATA WAS PULLED DIRECTLY FROM WALK SCORE, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, BASICALLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE SERVICES AND NEEDS OF, UM, OF A REGULAR PERSON AND, AND CAN MAP HOW FAR ANY GIVEN PIECE OF PROPERTY IS FROM THOSE DAILY NEEDS.
AND SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CONSIDER IT A FAIRLY OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF WALKABILITY.
THE CONCEPTS BASICALLY BEING THAT, UM, AS, UH, MR. LANGLEY POINTED OUT, UM, A A PARK FOR EXAMPLE, IS REALLY ONLY BENEFICIAL IN A WALKING CAPACITY IF IT'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OR SO OF YOUR HOUSE.
WE WERE GENERALLY REFERRED TO THAT AS A PEDESTRIAN WALK SHED.
IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A PARK WITHIN YOUR WALKING DISTANCE, THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A WALKABLE PARK.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WALKABLE PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR DRY CLEANING DONE OR TAKE, UH, TAKE YOUR KIDS OVER AND GET A CUP OF COFFEE AND UH, AND AN ICE CREAM, THE WALK SCORE WILL BE LOWER BECAUSE IT'S TRYING TO FIND A COLLECTION OF NEEDS BEING MET WITHIN THAT PEDESTRIAN WALK.
SHE, SO, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHECK THAT OUT.
WALK SCORE.COM IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE.
THAT'S WHAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, I THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS WHEN THEY SAID AT THE, AT THEIR MEETING THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST A SORT OF A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT.
IT'S ONLY AS VALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE PLACE VALUE IN IT, UH, BY USING IT TO BUILD OUT OUR ORDINANCES AND ALSO CONSIDERING WHAT IT HAS TO SAY AS WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND ZONING CASES.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT THE, THIS COUNCIL WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME OF WHAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS TO SAY TO HEART AND BUILD UPON IT SO THAT, THAT WE CAN BE MORE PREDICTABLE.
BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A WEEK IN, WEEK OUT BASIS IS MOVING US CLOSER TO THE VISION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY, THAT WE APPROVE THE COMP PLAN.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, THIS ITEM, UH, UH, DOES HAVE TO COME BACK UNLESS WE FINALLY PASS.
IT IS A, IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF IT'S A UNANIMOUS VOTE, WHICH IT IS.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS ITEM BEING FINALLY PASSED? ALRIGHT, JUST AS LONG AS IT PASSES WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
DO YOU NEED ME TO CHANGE THE MOTION? YEAH.
THAT'S A GOOD, VERY GOOD POINT.
I, I WOULD SAY THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND CHANGES WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE RECOMMENDATION RIGHT.
WAS BEFORE YOU, SO IT SHOULD BE GOOD.
SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THIS ITEM IS FINALLY PASSED.
[19. Consider approval of a resolution selecting a moderator for the 2024 Dialogue for Peace and Progress - Celebrating Black History Month]
ITEM NUMBER 19, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION SELECTING A MODERATOR FOR THE 2024 DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH[01:45:01]
ITEM MS. SONIER.HELLO, COUNCIL AND LEADERSHIP, RACHEL SONIER, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
UM, SO IN AUGUST OF, UH, 2023, SORRY, THIS, UH, CITY STAFF BROUGHT A RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL AT, UH, COUNCIL'S REQUEST CREATING CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF MODERATORS AND PANELISTS FOR THE DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS EVENTS.
UM, AND Y'ALL PASSED A RESOLUTION CREATING BOTH OF THOSE.
UH, SO NOW WE ARE BRINGING FORTH TO THE, UH, MODERATOR FOR SELECTION FOR THE FEBRUARY 15TH BLACK HISTORY MONTH DIALOGUE.
UM, SO, UH, THE CRITERIA, JUST AS A REFRESHER 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE,
UM, WHOEVER COUNSEL SELECTS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHOOSING THE PANELISTS FROM OUR POOL OF APPLICANTS OUTLINING THE DISCUSSION TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOR OUR PANELISTS, AND OF COURSE, MODERATING THE PANEL.
UH, SO OUR NEXT DIALOGUE WILL BE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH FROM SEVEN TO 8:30 PM HERE IN THIS VERY ROOM.
WE'LL BE ALSO LIVE STREAMING IT ON FACEBOOK AND OUR KYLE TIN CHANNEL.
UM, AND ON, UH, EARLIER IN DECEMBER, I REACHED OUT TO ALL BOARDS AND ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
I RECEIVED BACK ONLY, UH, ONE INTERESTED BOARD MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A MODERATOR.
UH, SO TONIGHT I BRING BEFORE YOU THE QUALIFIED POTENTIAL MODERATORS AS ANYONE THAT IS, UM, ON COUNCIL AS WELL AS VANESSA WESTBROOK ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD MEMBER.
ALRIGHT, DOES ANYBODY ON THE DAAS WISH TO JOIN MS. WESTBROOK IN THE MODERATION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VANESSA WESTBROOK AS A MODERATOR.
SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS, THAT WE APPROVE.
MS. WESTBROOK IS THE MODERATOR.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE, UH, MOTION? ALLS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[21. Consider approval of a resolution acknowledging the Kyle Parkway Lehman Road Extension project as serving a public purpose for public use and establishing the design elements for the roadway.]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE KYLE PARKWAY LEHMAN ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT IS SERVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR PUBLIC USE IN ESTABLISHING THE DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE ROADWAY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, I'M JOE CANTA LUPO.
I WORK FOR K FRIES AND ASSOCIATES, AND WE ARE YOUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE BOND.
UH, BOTH, UH, THIS ITEM, UM, THAT I'LL GO THROUGH, UM, A LOT OF IT IS, UH, SORT OF TEMPLATE LANGUAGE WE USE, BUT I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM, UH, WERE BROUGHT TO THE REGULAR AGENDA BECAUSE IN CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF THINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE APPROVING THE PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEY'RE JUST A KEY ELEMENT OR TWO ABOUT EACH PROJECT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AWARE OF.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE PUT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
SO THIS FIRST SLIDE IS JUST THE REGULAR LANGUAGE.
WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THIS PROCESS, COUNCIL HAD ASKED THAT, UM, BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD IN EARNEST, THAT, UM, THAT WE COME BACK AND WHAT WE, UH, COLLECTIVELY CHOSE WAS THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AFTER PUBLIC WORKSHOPS THAT WOULD BE HELD WHEN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OR FINAL DESIGN GOT TO A CERTAIN POINT.
AND FOR THE KYLE PARKWAY LEHMAN ROAD PROJECT, UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS THE BUDGET BREAKDOWN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS PART OF THE BOND ISSUE.
AND THE TOTAL, UH, ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT AT THAT POINT WAS, UH, JUST ABOUT 42 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
SO THE, THE KYLE PARKWAY LEHMAN ROAD PROJECT IS, IS REALLY TWO PIECES.
IT EXTENDS LEHMAN ROAD FROM BUTTON CREEK ROAD UP TO DACY LANE, AND IT EXTENDS KYLE PARKWAY FROM DACY LANE.
BACK TO THAT NEW SECTION OF, OF LEHMAN ROAD, THIS IS, UM, A FOUR LANE SECTION WITH A A MEDIAN AND, AND THAT IS THE TYPICAL CROSS SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, UM, 14 FOOT OUTSIDE LANES, 12 FOOT, UH, INTERIOR LANES, UH, THE, THE THE MEDIAN AND THEN SIDEWALKS ON, ON EITHER SIDE.
UM, THE MEDIAN, UH, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES SEVERAL ROUNDABOUTS AND THIS MEDIAN, OR THE MEDIAN SECTION IS CLOSER
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TO THE ROUNDABOUT AREAS.'CAUSE YOU NEED THAT SPLITTER ISLAND, UH, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OPERATION OF THE ROUNDABOUTS.
AND THEN THERE IS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF A SCHEMATIC OF THE CROSS SECTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
IT'S A TWO-LANE, ROUNDABOUT 14 LANES.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A, A TRUCK APRON AND, AND I WILL MENTION THAT AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF SECONDS OF SIGNIFICANCE OF, OF THAT.
UM, AND THERE IS, UH, THE FOUR LANE SECTION WITHOUT THE MEDIAN.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, SO SIMPLE THAT I, I STRUGGLE ON HOW TO
AND THEN HERE ARE THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS, AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA SPEND, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS.
SO THE FIRST POINT IS THAT THERE ARE FOUR ROUNDABOUTS ALONG, UH, THE, THE PROJECT SITE, AND THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY'S ROUNDABOUTS FIRST POLICY.
UH, THERE'S ONE, UH, WELL, THERE'S ONE EACH AT THE TWO POINTS IN DACY LANE.
THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT PROPOSED WHERE, UM, KYLE PARKWAY INTERSECTS LEHMAN ROAD, AND THEN THERE IS A ROUNDABOUT ON LEHMAN AT THE BUNTON ROAD CONNECTION.
AND THAT, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, IN A SECOND AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING YOU'LL SEE IN THE DIAGRAM IS THE ARWA WATERLINE, RIGHT? THIS PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE, RIGHT, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, I SHOULDN'T SAY TRYING, WE ARE COORDINATING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WITH, UH, THE ALLIANCE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
SO THEY'RE IN THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY OR AT LEAST DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER.
SO THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT AND ITS APPROVAL IS SIGNIFICANT IN THE SENSE THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO DELAY THE AAL WAR LINE, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE ROAD PROJECT.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WANTED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BRING, UH, TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THE OTHER CONSIDERATION, AND, AND I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, WAS THE, THE, THE ROUNDABOUT AT LAYMAN AND BUTTON, UH, ROAD NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WAS, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, A A A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A DISCUSSION POINT.
UM, AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE FIRST TIME WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ROUNDABOUT STICKING, WE HAD SAID THAT THE DESIGN ENGINEERS DID AN ANALYSIS AND THEY RECOMMENDED THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND BACK IN AUGUST, YOU APPROVED THE ROUNDABOUT STAYING IN THE PROJECT.
AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ROUNDABOUT LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S IT'S CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPLITTER ISLANDS, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT RELATES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UH, THE OTHER THING, AND IT, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, MAYBE HARDER TO MAKE OUT, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE SIDEWALKS AND THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
AND, AND I'LL ADD NOW, AND, AND MAYBE AGAIN IN A SECOND, THAT WE HAD AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE WE TALKED TO SUPERINTENDENT, THE HEAD OF THE CAPITAL PROGRAMMING AND ONE OF THEIR SAFETY DIRECTORS.
UM, AND BY THE TIME WE GOT DONE WITH THE MEETING, UH, THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT NOT ONLY THE ROUNDABOUT, BUT THAT THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF THE PROJECTS AND SURROUNDING THE ROUND THEABOUT WOULD, WOULD HELP.
THERE'S AN ANOTHER POINT I'M GONNA MAKE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
UM, WE HELD AN INITIAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, AND BECAUSE THE SCHEDULING, THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 WHERE THE WORKSHOP WAS ACTUALLY HELD HERE, AND IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING.
AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT A LOT OF FOLKS REALLY HAD, UH, WISHED THAT WE'D HAD THE WORKSHOP ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 CLOSER TO THE PROJECT AREAS.
SO WE HELD THAT ON JANUARY 10TH.
UM, AND WE GOT, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN THE BEGINNING MIXED FEEDBACK ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT IN LEHMAN, UH, AND BUNTON CREEK AT THE SECOND, UH, AT BOTH WORKSHOPS.
BUT ON THE ONE, JUST ON JANUARY 10TH, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT OPERATE THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, ACTUAL BUS DRIVERS AND, AND THEIR BOSS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COORDINATOR FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE SCHOOL CAME.
AND THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT AS MUCH AS THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THE ROUNDABOUT COULD HANDLE THINGS LIKE BUSES MAKING TURNS IN THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT APRON COMES INTO SIGNIFICANCE.
THESE ROUNDABOUTS, AND I WISH I COULD REMEMBER THE, THE, THE, THE CODE NAME THEY USE FOR THE TRUCK, BUT THEY'RE DESIGNED RIGHT WITH THAT APRON TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TRACTOR TRAILERS TURNING THROUGH THEM, AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY TAKE, UH, THE BUS.
UM, WHEN WE TALKED, WHEN WE EXPLAINED THAT TO THE FOLKS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WERE THERE, THEIR
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QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.AGAIN, THEY WERE NOT AGAINST THE ROUNDABOUT.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOUGH, THAT THE ROUNDABOUTS WOULD BE DESIGNED SO THAT THE BUSES COULD SAFELY GET THROUGH IT.
UH, SORT OF THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHERRY ON THE SUNDAY FOR THEM WAS LEARNING THAT WE WERE ALSO, YOU KNOW, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT THERE WERE OTHER PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THAT NOT ONLY SUPPORTED THE ROAD, BUT SUPPORTED THE CIRCULATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO PEDESTRIANS.
SO AGAIN, AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER IN THE EVENING, THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES NOT ONLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, BUT THEY'RE REALLY ALSO GONNA HELP ENHANCE, UH, KIDS THAT CHOOSE TO WALK TO SCHOOL FROM THEIR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT'LL HELP THEM NAVIGATE, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT.
SO, UM, THERE WAS ALSO, UM, SOME INTEREST, UM, EXPRESSED FOR TRAFFIC COMING IN, SOME OF THE, UH, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO IT WAS, UM, A GOOD THING THAT WE WERE, UM, URGED TO HAVE THAT SECOND PUBLIC WORKSHOP, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ROUNDABOUT IN GREATER DETAIL, UH, BUT IT ALSO GAVE MORE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND, AND LEARN ABOUT NOT ONLY THIS PROJECT, BUT THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE THERE AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THE 60% PSNE DONE, UH, IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST.
UM, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT THIS SECOND BULLET FIRST, UH, ASSUMING OR HOPING THAT COUNCIL APPROVES THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE ARE GONNA COME BACK AS SOON AS IT GETS DONE WITH A TASK ORDER FOR THE PSNE, WHICH IS THE PLAN SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT TASK ORDER, UM, FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL, AND THEN THAT PSE WILL BE STARTED, UH, IN, IN A HURRY.
AND THE REASON WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT THAT TO APPROVAL IS BECAUSE WE NEEDED YOUR APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR TOBIAS? ALRIGHT.
I WANNA FIRST THANK RYAN AND RACHEL AND AMBER AND JESSE AND JERRY AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE FOR THE SECOND, UH, WORKSHOP.
I KNOW WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT IN DECEMBER HERE AT CITY HALL.
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA WERE REALLY, UH, HOPING THAT THEY'D GET SOMETHING AT GEMSTONE, WHICH YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT AT THE PUBLIC WORK.
SO I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AND GET THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU WANTED.
'CAUSE AS SOON AS JOE WALKED IN, HE BARELY HAD HIS BACKPACK ON.
HE HAD ALL THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS LINED UP.
I SAID, THIS IS THE GUY YOU NEED TO TALK TO.
AND THEN HE, BEFORE, BEFORE YOU PUT HIS BAG DOWN, ALL OF THE LADIES WERE READY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
SO I WAS VERY GLAD AND THANKFUL THAT THEY SHOWED UP.
AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG CONTROVERSY, UH, DISCUSSION WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROUNDABOUT AND THAT, AND THAT THE SCHOOL, AND IT IS JUST, AGAIN, COUNSEL, I JUST NEED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAD WAS BECAUSE OF THE PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA AND THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO WALK THERE.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES ON MY POSITION, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE USE THAT.
I'VE BEEN USING THAT TERM A LOT.
UM, I AM FOR ROUNDABOUTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS AS LONG AS IT MATCHES THE AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WANTED TO GIVE THAT FEEDBACK TO, TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
AND, AND I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE MORE RESIDENTS OUT THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE VOTE WAS TAKEN THE WAY IT WAS, UH, AND WHY THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOUR GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUTS AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY'S TRYING TO GO WITH.
MAYOR JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE, AGAIN, COMING IN.
SOME OF 'EM DIDN'T HAVE THE PITCHFORKS LIKE THEY DID THE LAST TIME
HOW IS THIS GONNA WORK? WELL, I I, I WILL ECHO I THINK IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ON THE SIDE OF ROUNDABOUT OR OR SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION, IF, IF WHATEVER DECISION'S MADE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE INTERSECTION IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST THAT IT CAN BE FOR THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND, UH, THE, THE PROLONGED DISCUSSION I THINK HAS REALLY HELPED TO, FOR THAT TO MATERIALIZE.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE SOMETHING THAT ONCE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE ADOPTION RATE OF ROUNDABOUTS, UH, NORMALLY DOUBLES, UH, WITHIN A YEAR AFTER THE ROUNDABOUT IS OPEN, LIKE IT BECOMES MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, ADOPT, YOU KNOW, UH, APPRECIATED, UH, AND UTILIZED AFTER THE FACT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET TO DESIGN IT.
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SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY MATTERS.I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THEY TOOK THE PITCHFORKS, TOOK THEM TO THE RESIDENCE.
COFFEE I HAD RIGHT AFTER THE VOTE OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
BUT I APPRECIATE, JOE, THAT YOU HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WILLINGNESS TO GO AND DO ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE, BECAUSE I DO KNOW, I MEAN, WE, I HEARD COMPLAINTS FOR A MONTH REGARDING THAT CHANGE OF VOTE.
UM, SO HAVING MORE INFORMATION AND ALLOW RESIDENTS TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO THEY COULD UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS GOES AND, YOU KNOW, WHY THE CHANGE OF VOTE AND WHY DO WE GO OVER WITH THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIFESPAN OF A ROUNDABOUT COMPARING TO A, LIKE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OFFERING THAT TO THE RESIDENTS.
'CAUSE FOR ZUKA, THANK YOU, JOE.
IT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND, UH, REALLY RELIEVING TO HEAR THAT THESE CONCERNS WHICH WERE RIGHTFUL, RIGHTFUL CONCERNS FOR THE TEENAGE DRIVERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WERE ADDRESSED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT THE, UM, THE BUSES WILL BE OKAY THERE.
I DID ASK YOU ONE QUESTION WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE PAUSED THIS, AND I USED TO BE A STREET LIGHT GUY, BUT I THINK I'VE SEEN ENOUGH DATA TO, TO SEE THAT THIS DOES FIT THERE.
UM, I DO LOVE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIDEWALKS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEEDED IN THERE.
BUT I ASKED YOU ONE QUESTION AND I SAID, ARE THERE OTHER, UH, TWO LANE ROUNDABOUTS NEAR SCHOOLS? I THINK YOU FOUND ONE, UM, OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT DID YOU FIND ANY MORE DATA OR INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN NEAR A SCHOOL? I, I, I, I WANNA SAY THAT I, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED AND LOOKED AT.
BUT I'LL MITIGATE MY, I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? WITH LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, SO AT, AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE 10TH, RIGHT? WE HAD A BOARD THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS.
AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CLEAR UP THROUGH THE CHAIN, UM, WITH, WITH STARTING WITH STAFF IS WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING TO PUT ON THE WEBSITE THAT, UM, A GRAPHIC, IF NOT A VIDEO, THAT, UH, MM-HMM.
UH, I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE WENT BEYOND WHAT IS JUST BY, RIGHT? THE CITY CAN BUILD ITS INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THAT WE INCLUDED THE FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, MEMBERS.
I THINK THAT THAT SHOWED THAT WE WERE WILLING TO TAKE OUR TIME AND GET THIS DONE, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE I, WHAT I REALLY WANTED WAS FOR THIS TO BE DONE, DONE RIGHT, AND NOT REGRET THAT, THAT TOUGH VOTE.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY PROUD OF THE ROUNDABOUT DESIGN THERE.
'CAUSE WE DID NOT WANNA UNDERBUILT IT.
'CAUSE THEN, THEN THAT WOULD'VE JUST CAUSED THE PROBLEMS. SO WE WANTED IT HIGHEST STANDARD THERE.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT ACTUALLY, THAT I THINK THE COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VITAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS FEAR THAT LIKE, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN THE PROCESS 'CAUSE WE SEE IT THROUGH OUR EYES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL SAY, OH, WE NEVER SAW THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND IT TAKES COLLABORATIVE EFFORT RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION IN PARTICULAR.
SO THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THEM ON BOARD AND WORKED THROUGH THOSE CONCERNS SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE CONFIDENCE, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF THAT I HAVE IN YOUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THAT.
WELL, TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE ROUNDABOUT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE VOTING ON THE PROJECT SCHEMATICS FOR THE LAYMAN EXTENSION.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE YOU HAVE A PROJECT.
NOW PICK UP, PICK UP THE PACE, GUYS.
THAT, THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION OF YOUR VOTE
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CALL PARKWAY, LEHMAN ROAD EXTENSION SCHEMATIC.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION CUTS FOR TOUS? ONE, ONE LAST THING, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE K FREEZE AND THESE, UH, OPEN HOUSE AND, UM, UPDATES FOR WHAT WE'VE HAD, I'VE BEEN TO FOUR OF 'EM ALREADY.
AND I WANT TO THANK MISS, UH, I'M SORRY I CAN'T REMEMBER.
HARPER, YOUR GROUP HAS BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY FRIENDLY.
AND WHENEVER THE RESIDENTS COME IN, OF COURSE THEY COME IN WITH, YOU KNOW, DON'T, THEY'RE VERY TIMID AS, AS YOU CAN TELL.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO.
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BUT YOUR GROUP MAKES THEM FEEL SO COMFORTABLE THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE.AND I WANTED TO LET THE CITY KNOW THAT WE, WE HIRED A GREAT GROUP THAT WHEN THEY COME INTO THESE OPEN HOUSES, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY, AND I'M THANK YOU MS. HARRIS FOR COMING THIS, THIS LAST TIME AS WELL.
UH, SHE WAS THERE AGREEING SOME OF THE, THE RESIDENTS THERE.
I DO APPRECIATE YOUR, THE PROFESSIONALISM AND ALSO THE COURTESY TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE AND MAKE 'EM FEEL MORE AT HOME AND MAY AT EASE.
AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS ARE FLOWING AND THEY LEAVE MORE, UH, INFORMED.
AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE KEY OF IT ALL.
ANY FURTHER? OH, UH, MAYOR PROTO.
YEAH, MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICK, JOE.
UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ROAD CURVES UP ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, LITTLE ISLANDS THAT ALLOW TRAFFIC TO FLOW IN THERE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE A ROW CURB THERE INSTEAD OF JUST A STRAIGHT PIECE OF CONCRETE COMING STRAIGHT UP.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING ME WITH THE ROAD, WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS IN THE AREA.
SO I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FIRE TRUCKS, EVEN THOUGH YOU GOT THE ROW CURB IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, NOT HAVING THAT ROW CURB ON THESE LITTLE ISLANDS THAT ALLOW TRAFFIC TO FLOW IN AND FLOW OUT, UH, KIND OF CONCERNS ME.
AND I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE SEMI TRUCKS AS WELL.
SO, COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING.
WE'LL, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE CURBING ON THE CENTER ISLAND, I'M SORRY, NOT ON THE SPLITTER ISLANDS ENTERING AND EXITING THE ROUNDABOUTS CAN ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRUCK THAT THEY EXPECT TO HAVE GO THROUGH THEM.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.
[22. Consider approval of a resolution acknowledging the Old Stagecoach Road and Center Street (Off-System) project as serving a public purpose for public use and establishing the design elements for the roadway.]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE OLD STAGE COACH, ROAD AND CENTER, STREET, OFF STREET, UH, SYSTEM PROJECT AS SERVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE, UH, FOR PUBLIC USE IN ESTABLISHING THE DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE ROADWAY.SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK FOR, UM, COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION WITH THE HOPE THAT IT GETS APPROVED.
AND THAT, AGAIN IS THE, UM, IN MY WORDS, YOU HAVE A PROJECT NOW, PLEASE GO GET IT DONE.
UM, SO THIS IS THE, UH, OLD STAGE COACH ROAD, CENTER STREET PROJECT.
AND THIS IS THE OFF SYSTEM PORTION, MEANING THE NON-TECH PORTION.
UM, AND THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT WAS ALLOCATED THROUGH THE BOND PROCESS.
UH, AND IT'S JUST OVER $41 MILLION.
IT IMPROVES OLD STAGE COACH ROAD FROM RMM ONE 50 TO CENTER STREET, AND IT IMPROVES CENTER STREET FROM OLD STAGE COACH ROAD TO, TO VETERANS DRIVE.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT LIMITS ON THE SCREEN.
UH, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, UH, THE LABEL CENTER STREET, THE LOWER PART OF THE, THE CORRIDOR, THAT IS WHERE THE ON SYSTEM PORTION BEGINS.
SO WE'RE GOING FROM, UH, SOUTH TO NORTH.
THE FIRST SECTION, UH, GOES FROM, UM, OLD STAGE COACH ROAD TO, OH, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? I'M SORRY, LEMME FLIP THROUGH.
THIS ONE SECTION IS OLD STAGE COACH ROAD TO VETERAN DRIVE VETERANS DRIVE.
IT IS A, A TWO LANE WITH A CENTER TURN LANE MEDIAN, AND IT'S, UH, GOT THE VIBE TRAIL ON ONE SIDE AND THE SIDEWALK.
AND, UH, THE, THE BUFFER, UH, WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY AFTER BOTH PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES VARIES.
THE OTHER SECTION BETWEEN CENTER STREET AND SIX CREEK BOULEVARD, UH, IS ALSO A, UM, A THREE LANE SECTION AGAIN.
UH, BUT THIS HAS GOT THE TURN LANE IN THE MIDDLE TWO TRAVEL LANES, AND AGAIN, A SIDEWALK, A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE AND THE VIBE TRAIL ON THE OTHER.
AND THEN THE THIRD SECTION IS FROM SIX CREEKS BOULEVARD TO J HAYES TRAIL.
AND THIS IS, UM, THE, ONE OF THE, IT'S ON THE NORTH END.
IT'S THE SHORTER OF THE, THE, THE SEGMENTS.
AND IT'S GOT, UM, SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.
IT HAS BIKE LANES AND IT HAS, UH, TWO 12 FOOT TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND A 12 FOOT, UH, MEDIAN.
AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT, AGAIN, GOES FROM JACKSON TRAIL AND IT CONNECTS RIGHT INTO SIX CREEKS BOULEVARD.
UM, THESE ARE THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, THERE'S THE TWO ROUNDABOUTS ALONG, UH, LOCATED ALONG THE PROJECT.
ONE IS AT, UH, CENTER STREET IN OLD STAGE COACH ROAD, AND THE OTHER IS AT, UM, SIX CREEKS BOULEVARD.
UM, AGAIN, JUST CALLING THOSE OUT BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S
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ROUNDABOUTS, UH, FIRST POLICY AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE.THE SECOND KEY CONSIDERATION, UH, IS THE TREE ALONG OLD STAGE COACH ROAD.
UM, AND, AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE TREE, UH, HAS TO BE REMOVED, UM,
YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THE TREE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED IS THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY, 2020, CITY STAFF, UM, HAD AN ARBORIST TAKE A LOOK, AND THAT ARBORIST, UM, PROVIDED THE CITY WITH A REPORT.
UM, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KEY CONSIDERATIONS FROM THAT REPORT.
ONE WAS THAT THE, THE TREE WOULD BE EXPECTED THAT THE DECLINE, UH, AFTER, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, UM, REGARDLESS OF ANY MANAGEMENT TO THE TREE.
UH, THE OTHER, UM, KEY CONSIDERATION WAS THAT IT HAD A, A, A LOW RATING IN TERMS OF ROOT STRUCTURE AND HEALTH.
UM, AND THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT SAID THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE TREE WAS, WAS POOR.
UM, AND THEN THE FINAL NOTE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS THAT THIS 51 INCH TREE IS A POOR CANDIDATE FOR PRESERVATION.
THE OTHER THING I'LL, I'LL NOTE, UM, ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT'S COME UP A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHY NOT JUST MOVE THE ROAD AND, AND THAT, UM, THAT IS, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT IT COULDN'T BE DONE BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY, BUT IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND, UM, OUR COLLECTIVE OPINION AND VERY DAMAGING TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, ONE SIDE IS A, AN EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE STRUCTURE THAT HELPS MANAGE WATER, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ROAD AND OR DEVELOPMENTS.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TREE, YOU WOULD BE, UH, NOT JUST IN YARDS, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BE IN HOMES.
SO THERE'S NO WAY TO CIRCUMVENT THE TREE.
UH, THE TREE IS IN DECLINING HEALTH, UH, AND IS NOT A GOOD CANDIDATE, YOU KNOW, FOR MANAGEMENT AFTER THE ROAD GETS CONSTRUCTED, UH, UM, EVEN IF YOU COULD AVOID IT.
AND THAT'S WHY THE TREE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UH, COMMENT ABOUT THE TREE.
IT'S A BEAU, IT'S A DECLINING TREE.
UM, WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY MOVE IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A ROOT STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE TAKE DOWN A LEGACY OAK LIKE THAT WE CAN DO IS TO PRESERVE THE WOOD AND USE THAT FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN DONE WITH LEGACY TREES LIKE THAT, THAT HAVE TO COME OUT IS TO USE THEM, UM, AS SCULPTURE IN ANOTHER LOCATION.
FOR INSTANCE, WE COULD PUT, WE COULD USE THE, THE TRUNK AS SCULPTURES, UH, IN THE TWO ROUNDABOUTS THERE ON STAGE COACH.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US THINK ABOUT INTEGRATING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN YOUR PLAN, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE IN OURS.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD FROM BACK IN THE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON THAT WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE GONNA GO GO.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE THE PROJECT, UH, LANGUISHED UNTIL WE GOT IT APPROVED IN THE BOND.
BUT I THINK YOUR PROPOSAL'S GOOD.
AND MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IF WE JUST TRY TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN ONCE YOU GET READY TO CONSTRUCT THE ROAD AND THE TREE GETS KNOCKED DOWN, UH, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE SHOULD BE PROACTIVE MM-HMM.
AND GO AHEAD AND DEAL WITH THE TREE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, YOU KNOW, CONCURRENTLY.
SO WE HAVE OUR OWN PEOPLE TAKING THE TREE DOWN AND MAYBE THE ARTS AND, UH, CULTURE BOARD CAN TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, IS THAT, UH, TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.
I MEAN, WE CAN PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN LIKE TO THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENTS, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE NOTHING BETTER IN, IN MY OPINION, THAN, UH, THE CITY HANDLING THE WAY IT WANTS TO BE HANDLED.
UH, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO ALSO DEAL WITH WHERE YOU'RE GONNA STORE THE WOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
SO ONE OF THE THING, MAYOR, IF I COULD, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D SUGGEST IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS JOE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS ALL THE VARIOUS ROUNDABOUTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING AT KOHL'S.
WE BELIEVE THERE'S A REAL BRANDING OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN THOSE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT THEY COMMUNICATE OUR BRAND AS A CITY TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT ENGAGING A PARTNER TO HELP US LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT, WE COULD BRING THIS UP TO THEM AND LOOK AT SOME CREATIVE WAYS, BRING YOU BACK SOME CONCEPTS TO SEE HOW COULD
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THIS BE PUT IN ONE OF THESE ROUNDABOUTS, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND, UM, THEN WE COULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PLAN FOR IT BEFORE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION STARTS TO TELL YOU HOW, HOW WE COULD DO IT.BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AND INCORPORATE IN SOME OF THE ROUNDABOUTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE CAN HELP GET SOME PEOPLE TO HELP US DO THAT AND BRING YOU BACK SOME IDEAS.
I THINK THE DESIGN WOULD BE EACH ROUNDABOUT HAVE AN OAK TREE PLANTED IN THE MIDDLE,
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SIGNAGE THAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN OF ENTRYWAY MARKERS, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE WAY TO KIND OF BRAND IT.
UM, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN BRAND IT CONNECTED.
YOU MAY HAVE SOME SIGNATURE PIECES, MAYBE SOME ART THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN CERTAIN ROUNDABOUTS, UH, THAT WOULD HELP YOU BRAND THE THE WHOLE CITY.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE NEW TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'VE TALKED TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, AND EVEN SOME PEOPLE THAT GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL YEAR DECADES AGO, THEY'RE LIKE, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE TREE.
YOU KNOW, JUST, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE YEARS AGO.
BUT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, SENTIMENTAL VALUE ON THIS.
AND SO IF THIS DOES GO THE ROUTE THAT IT NEEDS TO GO, DO WE DO IT IN A VERY RESPECTFUL MANNER AND WE WE DO IT RIGHT VERSUS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT KIND OF SCENARIO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? A CELEBRATION, UH, COUNCILMAN HARRIS.
YEAH, THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF HOW TO REPURPOSE TREES THAT NO LONGER CAN BE TREES.
UM, AND THE FLOOD IN WIMBERLEY IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHERE THE, THAT FLOOD TOOK DOWN A WHOLE LOT OF THE CYPRESS TREES AND A LOT OF THE CYPRESS TREES THAT WERE LEFT WEREN'T GONNA SURVIVE EITHER.
AND THERE IS A, UM, A, UH, ARTIST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CARVES THOSE IN WIMBERLEY.
SO IF YOU GO AROUND THE WIMBERLEY COMMUNITY, YOU WILL NOW SEE MEMORIALS BASICALLY TO THAT FLOOD.
THE HURRICANE CAME THROUGH, AND NOW THERE ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL WOOD SCULPTURES.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A GOOD BIT OF DATA TO HELP US MAYBE THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE TREE.
UH, BRIAN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH US INCLUDING, UH, SOME DIRECTION IN THIS MOTION FOR Y'ALL TO COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR HOW TO HANDLE THAT TREE? YES, SIR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE MAYOR, MAYOR PROTO.
UH, JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, YEAH, I LOVE ALL THOSE IDEAS, LAURA LEE, IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IT'S SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE FIRST TALKING ABOUT THIS TREE, BUT I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY A SENSE OF HISTORY.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS TREE IS THAT WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE ROAD FROM THE COUNTY, WHEN WE INCORPORATED THE ROAD INTO THE CITY, THE COUNTY WENT BACK AND REDID THE ROAD, UM, CUTTING SOME OF THE, THE ROOTS IN THE TREE.
SO THE, THE TREE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED QUITE A FEW TIMES.
UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS EARLY ON, WHEN THE TREE WAS YOUNG, UH, WAS ASKED OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO REMOVE WHEN IT WAS A COUNTY ROAD BECAUSE THEY GOT TIRED.
A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN KYLE WERE GETTING TIRED OF STOPPING AROUND THAT TREE.
THEY WERE AFRAID OF AN ACCIDENT.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
BUT HONESTLY NOW, UM, KNOWING THAT THE TREE COMPROMISE, THE CITY THAT PUTS US IN LIABILITY, THIS TREE WERE TO ONE DAY HURT SOMEONE.
WE, WE WOULD OPEN OURSELVES TO ALL KINDS OF, UH, UH, LIABILITY AS A CITY.
SO I, I SAW THAT HAPPENING IN THE TREE THAT WAS FALLING DOWN NEAR BARTON CREEK, UH, THAT THEY REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE LIABILITY.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY ENDED UP, IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO TAKE THAT TREE DOWN, BUT THEY KNEW THE RIGHT THING WAS TO DO IT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA SEE ANYBODY GET HURT.
AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY'S GOTTA BE PARTY NUMBER ONE FOR US, AS, AS, AS A COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 AND TO DIRECT STAFF, UH, TO, UM, BRING BACK A PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE AHEAD OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, BY, UH, NOT BY THE CONSTRUCTING, UH, UH, FIRM.
UH, AND TO ALLOW FOR US TO REIMAGINE AND REINCORPORATE THAT, UH, TREE INTO ART, UH, THROUGH A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION.
JUST REAL QUICK WITH JOE, JOE, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR SITTING DOWN WITH ME AND GIVING ME AN EXPLANATION ON STAGE COACH ROAD.
UH, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO SEE THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A THREE LANE ROAD, NOT A FOUR LANE ROAD, UH, DOWN FROM CENTER STREET UP.
IT'S NOT TILL YOU GET TO SIX CREEK.
UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE EXPLANATION OF THE ADJACENT ROAD NEXT TO IT, HOW THE RESIDENTS WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN EASEMENT TO, UH, GET TO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
UH, JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR TAKING TIME TO COME OUT AND, AND PRESENT, MAKE ANY PRESENTATION FOR ME.
AND WE, WE APPRECIATE HANG JOE.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLES.
THERE'S THE MOTIONS BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MR. CANAL? LUPO, GO AHEAD.
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GO AHEAD.OH, NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE APPRECIATED COUNCIL MEMBER'S PATIENCE.
WE HAD A, UM, THAT WAS A LONG DAY FOR US AND WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ORIENTED TO OUR OWN PLAN.
AND SO WE GAVE 'EM A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN, BUT THEN WE STRAIGHTENED IT OUT.
SO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALLS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[23. Consider directing the city manager to review street parking violations at Waterleaf Park during high use sports events.]
AGENDA ITEM 23.CONSIDER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW STREET PARKING VIOLATIONS AT WATER PARK DURING HIGH YOUTH SPORTS EVENTS.
MR. ZUNIGA? THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M BRINGING THIS AGENDA ITEM UP AT THE REQUEST OF A RESIDENT, AND IT'S ACTUALLY OVER A CONCERN, WHICH IS A GOOD CONCERN.
SO I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THAT I WOULD IN NO WAY WOULD WANT TO DISCOURAGE FAMILIES AND KIDS FROM ENJOYING OUR PARKS.
WE WANT MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITH THE WEATHER CHANGING, UM, INTO BETTER CLIMATE.
I THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE USE OF THE WATER LEAK PARK FOR FAMILIES.
SO WE'VE GOT THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THE TRAILS, AND WE HAVE SOCCER FIELDS, UH, MAGNIFICENT.
BUT THE ISSUE, THE CONCERN THAT IS COMING IS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT NOT ENOUGH PARKING OUT THERE.
AND SO, I JUST WANT TO READ WHAT WAS SENT TO ME.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO REGULATE THE NOISE TRAFFIC AND DOWNRIGHT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SOCCER PLAYERS AT WATER LEAF PARK? UM, TODAY I HAD TO BLOCK THE STREET WHILE TRYING TO FIND THE OWNER OF A TRUCK WHO WAS BLOCKING HALF OF MY DRIVEWAY, ALONG WITH THE BUMPER TO BUMPER PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
UM, THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET OUT AND IMPOSSIBLE TO GET BACK IN UNTIL THEY MOVE THEIR CAR.
IF TRUCK OWNER'S FRIEND HAD NOT BEEN AT THE TRUCK, I WOULD'VE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE.
BUT HE MOVED HIS TRUCK AND IT'S NO LONGER BLOCKING ON TOP OF THAT.
I'M WOKEN EVERY SUNDAY BY CONSTANT CHANCE IN, UM, MUSIC GOING DOWN THE STREET REPEATEDLY.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR FOUR, FOUR YEARS AND IT, THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN, IT'S NEVER BEEN THIS BAD IN A WHILE.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST BASICALLY, UM, THE PARKING OF RE SOME RESIDENTS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THEIR VISITORS COMING OVER, OR EVEN WITH THEMSELVES BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS 'CAUSE THE HOUSES ARE BUDDING UP AGAINST THE ROAD, UM, WHICH ALLOWS ENTRANCE TO THESE FIELDS.
SO, SO THAT STREET IS TWO-WAY PARKING RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE PRO PROPOSALS THAT WOULD DEAL WITH THAT WOULD BE TO MAKE IT ONE-SIDED PARKING.
YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO? I THINK THAT ANY, ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD GIVE SOME RELIEF? I KNOW, BRIAN, YOU WANTED TO WAIT TILL THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE PARKS PLAN TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ARGUMENT TO MAKE.
BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE OVERCROWDING OF THE, OF, OF THE FIELDS RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE, THE, THE TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IS TO ELIMINATE THE PARKING IN FRONT OF THOSE FOLKS' HOUSE.
'CAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC STREET AND PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARK THERE.
IF YOU ELIMINATE IT, YOU COULD PAINT THE CURB RED, THEN NOBODY COULD PARK.
BUT THAT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THE, THE RESIDENCE AS WELL.
I WOULD ASK RIZZO, WHAT WOULD HE, WHAT HE WOULD THINK ABOUT ELIMINATING ONE SIDE PARKING RESULTS.
SO, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE NOW THOSE RESIDENTS, UH, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT PARK THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET, UH, NEAR IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES WHEN I'M VISITING THE PARK.
SO THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT FROM THEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY BE AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THEM.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO PUT A SIGNAGE, A PARKING, JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL, UH, USE ONLY, UH, THAT MIGHT BE AN, UH, AN OPTION ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.
IT'S JUST, YOU COULD PUT IT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ENFORCEABLE.
PUBLIC ROAD IS, IT'S EITHER, YOU CAN EITHER PARK THERE OR YOU CAN'T.
WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIRECT DIRECTING STAFF TO, AND THE PD TO GO OUT THERE AND ANALYZE IT A LITTLE BIT AND MEET UP WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND GIVE YOU THEIR, THEIR THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS? 'CAUSE YOU, YOU WROTE HERE ABOUT VIOLATORS.
I WAS JUST THINKING IT'D BE GOOD TO FIND OUT WHO'S PARKING ILLEGALLY AND SOME OF THAT, THAT STUFF.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE HOA TO FIND OUT IF, LIKE, TO TRY TO GET A PULSE, A FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD THINK ABOUT ONE SIDE OF PARKING? I HAVE NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT, WELL, THE HOA DOESN'T HAVE, UM, ABILITY TO CONTROL.
I JUST MEAN LIKE THE HOA TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS, WHEREAS WE DON'T REALLY
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HAVE THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF EVERYONE WHO'S A MEMBER, THE H OA TO TRY TO MM-HMM.GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH A SOLUTION LIKE THAT.
WELL, THE, THE ISSUE IS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME, SO I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN TRICKLING OVER A STEADY PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THIS IS JUST THE ONE TIME THAT I THINK IT GOT WORSE BECAUSE, UM, EVERYONE WANTED TO USE THE SOCCER FIELD THAT DAY.
THERE ARE, SO THERE ARE SOCCER GROUPS THAT ARE HOLDING TOURNAMENTS AND I, I ASKED WHETHER WE HAVE ANY, UM, CONTRACT AGREEMENTS WITH THE SOCCER GROUPS THAT ARE USING IT, UM,
SO AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE WITH, UM, YOU SEEING AND PARKING C CAN WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE PERMITS LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE OUTSIDE COMPANIES COMING IN AND MONETIZING THEIR USE OF PUBLIC PARKS? IS THAT INCONSIDERATE OF ME TO ASK? 'CAUSE LIKE, CERTAINLY NOT.
I'D BE HAPPY, I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU.
AND WE, WE COULD LOOK AT, UM, POTENTIALLY ADDING PARKING AND COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA MM-HMM.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS ALL THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE IS ANALYZING WHAT TYPE OF PARKING IS AT THE PARKS AND WHAT'S NEEDED.
AND WE COULD COME BACK WITH AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE FIELDS ARE BEING USED, WHO'S, WHO'S THERE, THE SIDES OF THE ROADS.
UM, AND ALSO THE ADEQUACY OF PARKING FOR WHAT'S THE TYPE OF AMENITIES THAT ARE THERE.
AND JUST GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW TO PROCEED WITH THAT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS TODAY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR YOU.
IF THAT'S THE REQUEST OF COUNSEL, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
IF, IF I CAN, IF I COULD ADD, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE.
UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE START LOOKING AT THE TEAMS THAT ARE USING IT THERE, THEY COULD BE LOCAL TEAMS. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THEM, THEN THEY'RE GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ISN'T THE, AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD SPORTSPLEX AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THIS IS STILL A PUBLIC PARK.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THE RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S SUNDAY MORNING.
I DON'T WANT ALL THESE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE IN THE FRONT OF A PARK THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR THAT TYPE OF USE FROM RESIDENTS WHO PAY TAXES TO BE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S JUST, YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION.
SO IT COULD BE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BRIAN, TO LOOK AT THE AREA TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES OR A LOT, MAYBE WE CAN ACTUALLY DEDICATE A SPECIFIC LOT IN FRONT OF THE PARK ITSELF.
SO MAYBE TAKE THE DESIGN CONCEPT LIKE STEEPLECHASE, HOW THEY HAVE THEIR CARS AND THAT GRAVEL ALL THE WAY UP FRONT.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ON THAT END TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PARKING ON, ON, ON THE WEEKENDS.
'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST ON THE WEEKENDS, CORRECT? I THINK SO.
TWO QUICK THINGS JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AVIUS, UH, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE NOT CITY PROGRAMS. MM-HMM.
SO THIS IS NOT A CITY OF KYLE PROGRAM THAT'S RUN OUT OF THIS PARK.
THIS IS LEGITIMATELY A THIRD PARTY.
SO THERE'S, WE CAN'T JUST WORK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYONE THERE IS A RESIDENT, THEIR TAXPAYER OF THE CITY.
BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, AND, UM, ADDITIONALLY I'VE HEARD THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT STEEPLECHASE MM-HMM.
SO I THINK MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ACROSS ALL PARKS, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU SAID AT ONE POINT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE REDUNDANT.
BUT WITH THAT, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, MAYOR TO, UH, DIRECT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF, UH, PARKING ANALYSIS, UH, AS WELL AS THE PERMITTING AROUND, UM, USAGE OF WATER LEAK PARK SECOND CHASE, AND INCLUDES STEVE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PARKING AND PERMITTING AT WATER LEAK.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? COUNCILOR HARRIS, I THINK WE NEED TO RUN THIS BY PARKS.
I THINK THERE'S ALREADY PLANNED, WELL, THE DIRECTION'S VAGUE, SO IT COULD INCLUDE YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO, I THINK THAT PARKING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WATER LEAK ALREADY ON THE BOOKS OF PARKS AND IT INCLUDES PARKING.
SO, AND WE DO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE LEAGUES THAT ARE USING OUR FACILITIES, THERE IS A POLICY, I BELIEVE, FOR THEM TO BE, UH, PAYING.
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DO.SO MAYBE WE'RE NOT FINDING THEM, MAYBE WE'RE NOT NOTICING THAT THEY'RE, UM, OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK THIS IS ALREADY PART OF OUR PLAN AND WE NEED TO, TO COME BACK WITH THAT TOO.
WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE IT THROUGH THE PARK BOARD, GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BRING ALL THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? WE JUST, THAT UNDERSTANDING? NO, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION, BUT LET'S JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, THESE PLANS ARE, ARE PLANS THAT ARE CAST OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THE WHOLE REASON THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA TO BEGIN WITH IS BECAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE GONNA LOOK, WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST SAID.
BUT LET'S NOT JUST, LET'S ALSO TRY TO ADDRESS, YOU'RE NOT WRONG, ALL THE SHORT TERM ON THIS AS WELL.
AND IF WE CAN, MICHAEL CAN SPEAK TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, THE WASHINGTON DRIVE SITUATION OVER THERE BY SIMON AND TOBIAS, WHERE WE MADE IT NO PARKING, AND THEN GOT, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, GOT MAD THAT WE DID THAT CAME OUT AND WE BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK AGAIN.
SO THE YES, IT, BUT THE PROBLEM DIDN'T MATERIALIZE OVERNIGHT.
SO, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THE, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ANSWERS, I JUST WANT TO YEAH.
AND MAYOR MAKES A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT PART.
I MEAN, ARE WE GONNA HAVE KYLE POLICE OUT THERE EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY HANDING OUT TICKETS FOR VIOLATORS WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE AND THAT SIDE? I SAID, WELL, I'M HERE FOR THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND MY HOUSE IS RIGHT OVER HERE.
WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THIS LOGICALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, ZUNIGA THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THAT SPECIFIC SPOT.
BUT I THINK WE'VE ALL FACED THAT.
DANIELLA'S FACED THAT IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I FACED THAT SOUTH LAKE RANCH.
UH, AND IT'S JUST ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN YOU BUILD PARKS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THESE PEOPLE STILL HAVE CARS.
IT'S NOT LIKE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES WHERE EVERYBODY JUST RODE BIKES AND WALK THERE.
SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT SOLUTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RIZZO WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
OH, RIZZO, YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? OH, I'M GOOD.
WHILE WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, CAN I ADD SOMETHING REALLY QUICK THAT WE MISSED BEFORE? WHAT? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I, WE MISSED THAT BEFORE AND I KNOW THAT A FEW OF US WERE ACKNOWLEDGING IT UP HERE, SO I JUST WANT
[24. Consider directing the city manager to provide an update on the City of Kyle's plans and procedures to follow during emergency weather events and partnership and collaboration with neighboring entities]
US.ALRIGHT, NEXT EXHIBIT, AGENDA ITEM 24.
CONSIDER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY OF KYLE'S PLANS, PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW DURING EMERGENCY WEATHER EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORING ENTITIES, CUSTOMER PARSLEY.
UM, SO THIS COMES AS A MORE LIKE A QUESTION BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE BACKGROUND I HAVE HAD.
I WANNA KNOW HOW ARE WE DOCUMENTING OR WHAT ARE THE MANUAL OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IF WE HAVE ANY OR IF WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT ANYTHING IN PLACE WHEN WE ARE FACING EMERGENCIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES LIKE WE HAVE HAD IN 2021 AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ONE IN 2023.
UH, IF WE HAD THIS SNOWPOCALYPSE OR IF WE HAVE ICY ROADS, WHAT ARE EXACTLY THE PROCEDURES WE FOLLOW? AND MY REASON ASKING IS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY EMERGENCY, UM, I WANT TO BE PROACTIVE IN 2021.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE AWARE, UM, PART OF PLUM CREEK LOST WATER FOR A WEEK.
AND I AM REALLY GLAD I WAS NOT PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF MEMBERS IN HERE WERE PART OF THEM.
AND I WANNA KNOW IF WE HAD ANY SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND HOW DO WE TACKLE THAT? SO IN OTHER WORDS, DO WE HAVE PLANS OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOW, LIKE PREVENTIVE, UH, MAINTENANCE OR ANY DAMAGE CONTROLLED PREVENTION OF DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? AND HOW, HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? WE, WE DO, UH, JUST TO INTERJECT, UH, WE DO HAVE THOSE PLANS AND IF THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCILS YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING BACK A BRIEFING, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GO THROUGH ALL THE COMPONENTS.
THERE'S, IT'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES TO IT.
SO THERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ALL SEE, OF COURSE, OF THE STREETS, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION OF HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT WITH SALT AND SAND AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE DO.
THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER, UH, FACILITIES.
UM, CER CERTAINLY WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE GETTING DONE THROUGH, THROUGHOUT A WINTER STORM EVENT.
WE GET ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WARMING CENTERS AND SHELTERS AND WINDOW OPEN THOSE AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE OPENED.
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES TO THAT.
AND WILL AND I ARE WORKING WITH
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THE CHIEF TO PUT TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION THAT WILL KIND OF WALK YOU SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH WHAT WE CURRENTLY ARE DOING AND THEN WHAT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE MIGHT HAVE FOR YOU.HOW TO AUGMENT THAT GOING FORWARD.
I I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOOD, CLEAR POLICY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM YOU ON.
WHEN SPECIFICALLY DO YOU WANT TO OPEN WARMING CENTERS? WHERE WILL THOSE BE? UH, WHAT ABOUT THE SHELTERS AND WHAT'S REALLY THE DATA BEHIND THAT? WHAT KIND OF DEMAND DO WE THINK WE HAVE IN THAT IN THE COMMUNITY? AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS A POLICYMAKER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT'S THE DATA BEHIND? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DIRECTING STAFF TO OPEN A WARMING CENTER IF WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUESTS OR IN THE PAST HAVE WE HAD ANY SITUATION THAT WE HAVE TO BE, UH, FORCED TO OPEN ANY WARMING CENTER.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SITUATION MAY BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THE OTHER THING WAS TO HOW ARE, IF WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY, LIKE IN THE SHELTER, DO THEY HAVE ANY WARMING CENTER? UM, ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO MOBILIZE THERE? LIKE SAND? I MEAN, WE DON'T WIND GET SNOW VERY OFTEN, BUT I JUST WANNA BE PROACTIVE.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, GETTING READY FOR THIS, UH, STORM OR EVENT, WHATEVER THIS WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS, UH, IT WAS REALLY COLD, BRIAN.
BUT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR THAT.
BUT, BUT BRIAN, FOR, FOR, NOT BRIAN BUT BRIAN THAT YOU'D PUT DOWN FOR YOUR STREETS.
YOU SAW IT ON I 35 AS BEING APPLIED TO HELP ICE FROM FORMING.
WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION LIKE THAT HERE, BUT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER.
SOMETIMES THOSE AREN'T USED VERY FREQUENTLY.
YOU CAN LOOK AT GETTING A SNOW BLADE OR A BLADE THAT CAN TAKE OFF SHEETS OF ICE.
SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO YOU SO YOU COULD DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO PURSUE OR NOT.
SO IF WE HAVE AN EVENT THAT YOU HAVE MORE OF THOSE PREPARATIONS, SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU, IF THE COUNCIL DE DESIRES IT, IT MIGHT TAKE US A LITTLE TIME TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND BRING IT BACK FOR AN ORGANIZED DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA SAY I AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY JUST SAID.
THE ONE, UH, ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UM, THERE'S NO, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ASK FOR HELP.
SO I DON'T WANT US JUST RESTING ON THE FACT THAT LIKE, IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED HELP, WHO AREN'T ASKING FOR IT, WOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT IF WE JUST HAD SOMETHING AVAILABLE THAT THEY COULD JUST GO WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR HELP? AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT JUST THE, I'VE HAD A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, WITH SOME FOLKS THE PAST WEEK ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT.
AND, UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE US TO TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, UM, STATE OF MIND THAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING, UM, WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN LEARN THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO LEARN YEAR ON YEAR.
'CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I FEEL LIKE ALMOST THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, LAST JANUARY.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LEARNING FROM, FROM THAT.
AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING.
AND CAN I FILIBUSTER LONGER? NO.
SO THESE THINGS ALWAYS SORT OF, UH, PARANOIA ME, UH, THESE, UM, WARMING SHELTERS, UH, COOLING, UH, SHELTERS.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE USING SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS IN SAN MARCO CORRECT.
SO IN THEORY, IF WE HAD 15, 20 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE DISPLACED, WE WOULD FIND A WAY TO TRAFFIC OR TO MOVE THEM TO COMMUN SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHSIDE.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT FUNDING SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD BE NOT DOING A RESPONSIBLE PART.
UM, WE DO HAVE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
AND SO AS BEAR WAS SAYING, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO ASK FOR HELP.
SO IT KIND OF, UM, MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE THAT I GET A PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S A BAD ATTITUDE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE.
UM, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE.
I THINK THAT LIKE, WE SHOULD HAVE A DONATION CENTER FOR WHEN THESE EMERGENCIES ARISE, BECAUSE RESIDENTS WANNA DONATE.
THEY WANT TO GIVE CLOTHES, THEY WANT TO GIVE FOOD.
THEY, THEY GET CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
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START ASKING ME, ZUNIGA, WHERE CAN I GO DROP SOMETHING OFF? AND I DON'T KNOW, I I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM.WELL, WE CERTAINLY CARE ABOUT A RESIDENCE AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT THAT COMES OUT OF THIS MEETING OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TO EVER INDICATE OTHERWISE.
AND WE'RE ALL WORKING VERY HARD OVER THIS PAST EVENT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT THEY WERE SAFE.
I THINK THE QUESTION ABOUT SHELTERS IS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
UM, IF, IF YOU, IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO OPEN A SHELTER, AN OVERNIGHT SHELTER, ANYTIME IT'S BELOW FREEZING, REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT COSTS.
WE NEED TO LET LET YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, RIGHT.
AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE OPERATED.
WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT WITH THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
WE CAN ALSO OPEN A WARMING CENTER ANYTIME IT'S BELOW 40 DEGREES, 30 DEGREES, 20 DEGREES, WHATEVER THAT CRITERIA IS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE.
AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THE OPTIONS OF WHERE IT WILL BE LOCATED AND HOW IT'LL BE STAFFED AND WHAT THE COST WILL BE FOR THAT.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKING WITH WILL AND THE CHIEF IS TO ASSESS ALL OF THE RELEVANT FACTORS TO SEE IS THERE A CONDITION ON THE GROUND AND A REASON TO PUT THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCES, UM, AT WORK.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE? IS POWER OUT? IS THERE SOME IMPASSABLE ROAD? IS THERE SOME OTHER ISSUE THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S CAUSING US TO FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE IN DANGER AND THERE'S SOME KIND OF ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH? AND IN THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE CONCLUSION OF EVERYONE ON OUR TEAM WAS THAT, THAT WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY KIND OF SITUATION.
THIS WAS NOT THE SAME STORM THAT IT WAS IN 2021 WHEN URI OR WHATEVER THE STORM WAS THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT WAS NE NOT NEARLY AS SEVERE, CERTAINLY NOT AS LONG, UM, POWER WAS, WAS STABLE TO THE ENTIRE REGION, TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS THERE.
WE DID HAVE AN OVERNIGHT SHELTER THAT WAS IN PLACE NEARBY.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE WERE 35 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE ENTIRE REGION THAT WENT TO THAT FACILITY.
SO FAIRLY, UH, NOT VERY WELL USED FOR A COUNTY OF ALMOST 300,000 PEOPLE, UH, THAT 35 INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GO THERE.
ALL INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY NEEDED TO BE THERE, THEY CERTAINLY NEEDED THAT HELP.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE THE OPTION AND WE HAVE THE OPTION AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE SHELTERS HERE IN THE CITY.
IF THE SITUATION HAD DETERIORATED, WE WOULD'VE ACTIVATED THE OC.
THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF OTHER ELEMENTS.
SO THERE'S LEVELS OF DISASTERS AND LEVELS OF EVENTS, UM, THAT WE TRY TO ASSESS.
BUT I THINK CERTAINLY FOR THE COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS TO BRING BACK, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE BRING BACK TO YOU IS, IS WHAT KIND OF LEVEL DO YOU WANT TO BE AND GETTING SOME CLEAR POLICY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO OPERATE? UM, BECAUSE EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EVENT, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THERE OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS CLEAR GUIDANCE OF WHEN DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THESE, AT WHAT CONDITIONS WHEN.
AND SO THAT, THAT'LL BE A QUESTION WE'LL BE ASKING YOU.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE WE WANNA DO, IS WE WANNA PROVIDE, WE WANT TO HAVE THE DATA, THE OPTIONS, AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
WE DON'T, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SORT OF THE IMPETUS OF THIS ITEM.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING BACK.
BUT I STILL THINK IF THAT'S LIKE, YES, OF COURSE IT'S, IT IS.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT EVENT THAT I WAS MESSAGING YOU AND YOU, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRES THAT WERE COMING TO KYLE.
AND WHAT I WANT TO AVOID IS YOU GUYS GETTING BOMBARDED WITH TEXT MESSAGES FROM ALL OF US TRYING TO GIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
UH, BUT RATHER HAVING DATA THAT BACKS UP.
IF WE WERE TO TAKE AN ACTION AND ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT OF BEING REALLY COLD, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST POWER THAT NEED A WARMING CENTER? UH, DON'T FORGET ALSO, MOST PEOPLE, LIKE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MY HOUSE, I'M GONNA CALL MY INSURANCE AND THEY BETTER TAKE CARE OF THAT BILL.
SO I, I DON'T, I'M ASSUMING MOST PEOPLE HAVE RENTAL INSURANCE OR HOME INSURANCE THAT CAN ALSO HELP WITH THAT.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A MATTER OF HAVING CLEAR AND CONCISE KIND OF PROCEDURES ON HOW DO WE DO IT AND WHEN DO WE DO IT.
AND IF WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SOMEBODY, AT LEAST HAVING THAT LINED OUT OKAY, IN THESE SITUATIONS, LET'S REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY BEFORE.
AND THEN IF WE ARE OUT OF THE RESOURCES, THEN WHAT WILL BE STEP BE.
I JUST, I DON'T WANNA JUST JUMP IN, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST ABOUT THE WORDS.
AND IF WE PUT OUT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT SAY, UM, BE CAREFUL.
UM, CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOR, CHECK YOUR ANIMALS.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I MEAN BY A BAD, AN ATTITUDE ABOUT NOT LOOKING, LOOKING DOWN ON PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP OR SO WHATEVER.
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THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA SHOW MORE COMPASSION.THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SEARCHING FOR.
NOT THAT WE'RE ON HIGH ALERT AND WE HAVE TO GO TO IMMEDIATE OVERNIGHT SHELTER, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME COMPASSION FOR, FOR THE, FOR FOR THE CODE FREEZE OR FOR THE, THE HEAT.
YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, JUST WANNA SAY, UH, I KIND OF DISAGREE WITH COUNCILMAN UNI ABOUT THE CITY SHOWING COMPASSION.
UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR CITY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PROVIDE FOOD SOURCES, UH, MONTHLY FOOD SOURCES.
WE WENT ON TO DURING, UH, THE EARLY PARTS OF THAT, THE PPE STARTED COMING OUT.
WE STARTED GIVING OUT PPE DOING A LOT OF, UH, OUTREACH, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.
WE ALSO DID A LOT OF, UH, NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE FREEZE.
WE, UH, PROVIDED A LOT OF RESOURCES AS WELL.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IS NOT COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR THESE RESOURCES, HAVING A LIST FOR OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR THAT HE CAN COME OUT AND GET THOSE RESOURCES AND COORDINATE AT A BETTER, UH, THAN ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING OUT AND DOING THEIR OWN THING.
THAT IS SOMETHING I'D LOVE TO SEE.
UH, HAVING THAT LIST OF RESOURCES, SAY WE HAVE A MASS, UH, WATER SHORTAGE LIKE WE HAD, OR WE HAD A MASS FOOD SHORTAGE, LIKE WE'VE HAD, UM, ICE STORMS, ICE EVENTS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY WILL NEED AT THAT TIME? AND HAVING COMMUNICATION AND HAVING THOSE CONTACTS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO REALLY PUSH FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR TO HAVE SO THAT HE CAN COORDINATE AND GET THESE RESOURCES TO OUR CITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
BUT I THINK AS A CITY OVERALL, WE, WE WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WENT THROUGH THESE APOCALYPSE AND UH, HAVE REALLY PERSEVERED AND BROUGHT IN A LOT OF SERVICES.
SEA CITY STAFF OUT THERE, WORKING THOSE LINES WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR OWN LIVES AT RISK.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PANDEMIC WAS BRINGING, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS AND CITY STAFF STILL WENT OUT THERE AND HELPED DISTRIBUTE FOOD.
SO I THINK AS A CITY, WE, WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO WE WANNA GIVE THE DIRECTION.
DO WE, I MEAN, SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, DO YOU NEED ANY DIRECTION FROM US OR CAN WE JUST GET AN UPDATE IN, IN CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? YEAH, I, I THINK I COULD CERTAINLY BRING BACK, UH, PROBABLY AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, AN AGENDA TO GO THROUGH THIS.
AN ITEM THAT WILL JUST SUMMARIZE THESE ISSUES, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND JUST WALK, WALK US THROUGH EACH PIECE OF IT AND SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH US BEING ON, ON ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE.
HEY, JUST I WANT TO ONE THING, HEY, WHEN YOU DO THAT, CAN YOU JUST TRY TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE UBER PROGRAM CAN BE U UTILIZED IN INSTANCES LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE IF GOD FORBID SOMEONE HAS TO GO TO A WARMING SHELTER, THAT WE HAVE THIS GREAT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT PERHAPS WE CAN UTILIZE IT IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.
I, I'LL, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BE, HAVE A RESPONSE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, BUT I'LL, I'LL TRY.
ANYONE ELSE? I, I HAD RESPONSES BUT UH, BRIAN AND I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT IN EMAIL AND WE GOT IT ALL CLEARED UP AND, AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AGAIN, THERE'S ONE LAST THING.
IF WE DO OPEN UP WARMING CENTERS AND WE GET CITY STAFF, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL CITY STAFF TO COME OUT THERE AND STAY IN THAT COLD WEATHER TOO.
AND YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE PUTTING THEM AT RISK AS WELL.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COLLABORATION ON EVERYTHING.
BUT THANK YOU RACHEL, FOR SENDING ALL THAT OUT.
UH, I THINK A LOT OF US ARE JUST WANTING JUST A LITTLE BIT SPECIFIC DETAILS.
AND AGAIN, REFERENCING THE EMAIL THAT I HAD, THESE WERE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE RESIDENTS COME TO US.
BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
ANYONE ELSE? MOTION TO ADJOURN.