[8. Consider approval of Task Order No. 3 with HDR in an amount of $116,414 for evaluation of expansion of reclaimed water distribution system from the Plum Creek golf course holding pond.]

SUBSTITUTE ITEM. EIGHT. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER THREE WITH HDR IN THE AMOUNT OF $116,414 FOR, UH, EVALUATION OF EXPANSION OF RECLAIMED WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FROM THE GOLF COURSE. HOLDING ON THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY MR BARBER CUTS FROM RAZA. LEON I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST, RIGHT, SO EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE WITH IT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL LEANNE BARBER CITY ENGINEER. THIS IS SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ON THE, UH, RECLAIMED WATER LINE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THE GROWTH HAS INCREASED, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN POTABLE WATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WASTE WASTEWATER RECYCLING AND REUSE AS A STRATEGY TO REDUCE THAT POTABLE WATER DEMAND. UH C.

FINLEY WAS ONE OF OUR ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT PREPARED A RECLAIMED WATER MASTER PLAN BACK IN 2023, AND THEY PROPOSED AN EXPANSION IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY. THE PLAN IDENTIFIED PLUM CREEK GOLF COURSE TO BE THE HIGHEST DEMAND OF RECLAIMED WATER. OBVIOUSLY IT'S TAKING CARE OF THE GULF. FOR COURSE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY I BELIEVE THEY ARE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT 900,000 GALLONS PER DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEY DURING THE SUMMER, THEY USE QUITE A BIT OF IT. THE PROPOSED LINE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THE EXISTING RECLAIMED WATER LINE AD HEROES MEMORIAL. UH AND SERVE BRICK AND THE AMERICAN MEMORIAL DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE. IF COUNCIL WILL RECALL WE EXTENDED THE WATER LINE, I MEAN, RECLINED WATER LINE UNDERNEATH COLLARS BACK WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE, UH, HEROES MEMORIAL CENTER AND WE, UH, EXTENDED UP TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF COLLARS, AND THE INTENT WAS TO EVENTUALLY TIE THAT INTO A LINE LEADING UP CROMWELL FROM THE GOLF COURSE AND TIE TO THAT LINE AND EVENTUALLY FEED THE BRICK AND MORTAR AND ESPECIALLY THE SOCCER FIELDS. THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS PARTICULAR STUDY. THERE'S THREE THINGS I WANT TO JUST KIND OF TRY TO POINT OUT THE THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS STUDY TO ACCOMPLISH FOR US ONE. WE HAVE A POND THERE TODAY. THAT'S EXISTING POND. IT IS NOT A DETENTION POND. IT'S JUST A POND THAT HOLDS THAT RECLAIMED WATER FOR US, AND IT'S PUMPED OUT OF THERE AND GOES TO THE FOR THE, UH, WATERING OF THE GOLF COURSE. IT'S A TYPE TWO WATER, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING IN OR OR OR WALKING IN OR OR GETTING INVOLVED WITH. SO UH, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT NIGHT OR WHEN THERE'S NOBODY AROUND THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SYSTEM. UH, THE FIRST THING WE WANT THEM TO IDENTIFY. IS THAT POND BIG ENOUGH FOR US THAT WE CAN PUMP UP TO C THROUGH COMMONWEAL TO THE HEROES MOBILE PARK AND HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO FEED THE, UM BRICK AND MORTAR SECTION ESPECIALLY THE UH UH, SO FIELDS UP IN THAT AREA. THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO LOOK AT. WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE THAT POND BIGGER. WE JUST DON'T KNOW THAT YET. THE SECOND THING WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS THERE'S A PUMP STATION THERE TODAY. IT'S NOT IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. AND SO WE DO MAINTAIN THAT PUMP FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT MAKING 11 POM HOUSE, TAKING THAT ONE OUT ITS EXISTING MOVE THAT PUMP HOUSE TO A BETTER LOCATION, UH, TO WHERE WE COULD GET TO IT A LOT EASIER TO MAINTAIN. WE HAVE TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE PARK. THEY'RE AGREEABLE TO THAT WHAT WE'VE PROPOSING, SO THEY'VE BEEN IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THAT PUMP STATION AS WE BUILD THAT PUMP STATION. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE PROPER PUMPS THAT THEIR SIZE PROPERLY TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THAT WATER UP. WILL END UP TO THE SOCCER FIELDS. THE THIRD THING WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, WHAT SIZE PIPE DO WE NEED? THERE? IS IT A SIX INCH IS IT AN EIGHT INCH? UH, IS THAT INCH EIGHT INCH COULD BE ENOUGH TO FEED ALL THOSE AREAS IN THERE. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO SEE AND LOOK AT THOSE THREE THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO IDENTIFY. AND OF COURSE, THE OPTION IS TO THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS GOING TO BE TO APPROVE THAT TEST ORDER, SO WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE ON WITH THE, UH, THAT RECLAIMED WATER LINE.

QUESTIONS SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON AND I DID ASK BRIAN ABOUT THIS, UM SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GOLF COURSE USES A LOT OF OUR RECLAIMED WATER THERE. OUR BIGGEST USER UM, DID THEY RUN OUT LAST YEAR? UH, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IT AS THE, UH HIGHEST PRIORITY AGAIN. SO THEY

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ALREADY ARE USING RECLAIMED WATER. THEY ARE THE ONLY USER THE ONLY USER THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH WATER THEY'VE USED OVER THE LAST YEAR. I'D HAVE TO ASK THE WATER UTILITY FOLKS IF THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE PUMPS. WE HAVE TWO PUMPS AT THE AT THE PLANT AND THAT DURING THE SUMMER, MY UNDERSTANDING THOSE PUMPS ARE RUNNING 24 7. THEY'RE JUST RUNNING ALL THE TIME, AND THEY'RE HAVING IT. MAINTENANCE ISSUES. THOSE PUMPS SO I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT, UM, EXPANDING THE, UM PURPLE PIPE AND THIS RECLAIMED WATER, ESPECIALLY TO THE HEROES MEMORIAL, BUT THIS AREA IS ALSO IN A TOURS. AND, UM THERE ARE OTHER PARKS THAT I WAS , UM, REFERRING TO BRIAN ABOUT THAT ALSO NEED IRRIGATION. THESE PARKS ARE THE OLDER PARKS LIKE, UM PEOPLE. CHASE LAKE KYLE. WATER LEAF. UM THEY'RE IN DIRE NEED OF IRRIGATION AS WELL. AND SO WHEN I REMEMBER THE, UM THE STUDY ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET INTO, UH, INCREASING RECLAIM WATER IN THE CITY. THEY DID FOCUS ON THOSE FOUR QUADRANTS AND SPECIFICALLY, THEY SAID THAT TYING THE QUADRANT CLOSEST TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WOULD BE THE QUICKEST WAY TO BRING TO BRING THE PURPLE PIPE AND WE CAN RECLAIM WATER UP TO USE. UM SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE EARMARKING $3 MILLION UM AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE AN EARMARK FOR SOME OF THE OLDER PARKS THAT NEED IRRIGATION AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN START DESIGNING HOW WE CAN GET SPRINKLERS THERE. UM SO IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE AREA IS ALREADY RESOURCE RICH. AND WE'RE GONNA ADD MORE INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, WHERE THERE ARE OLDER PARKS THAT NEED IRRIGATION JUST AS JUST AS MUCH. UM, SO THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE HEARTBREAKING TO ME. UM SO AND I KNOW BRIAN, YOU SAID WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS IN BUDGET TO KIND OF ACCELERATE.

SOME OF THE IRRIGATION NEEDED AT SOME OF THE OLDER PARKS. UH, YES , SIR. UH, SO WE DID HAVE, UH, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM. IT WAS. I BELIEVE 100 AND $60 MILLION TO BUILD OUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. UM SO THIS IS JUST ONE VERY SMALL PIECE OF THAT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH WHAT WE BELIEVE HIGH VOLUME USERS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE IN LINE FOR THIS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THAT THAT THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED. UM THERE'S CERTAINLY LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT OTHER PROJECTS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. UM THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS LOOKING AT OUR WATER MASTER PLAN TO SEE DO WE NEED TO BE PURSUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A RECLAIMED ALL THAT RECLAIMED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 160 MILLION, OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT PATH TO HOW WE CAN, UH, USE REUSE THAT WATER, POTENTIALLY TREATING IT AND SENDING IT BACK OUT TO THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

UM MR MURPHY AND LEON ARE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AND THEN BRINGING US SOMETHING BACK.

PROBABLY THIS FALL. UH, STV IS A FIRM THAT WE ENGAGE TO HELP US DO THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT JUST YET, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROJECTS. I THINK FRANKLY, ALL OF THE PARKS SHOULD BE IRRIGATED. AT SOME POINT. IT'S JUST PUTTING THOSE ONLINE AND PUTTING ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE DOES TAKE TIME. SO THEN THE SECOND THING TO THAT IS WE IF WE DO THE STUDY AND WE PUT THE $3 MILLION INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. IS THAT THE NEXT TIME THE STUDY COMES FOR PURPLE PIPE? THE RATIONALE IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THIS YEAR. IT'S ALREADY READY TO GO TO TIE IN. AND SO WE SORT OF UNINTENTIONALLY. UM NOT. OR OR DELAY THE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE. OF AT THE OLDER PARKS AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO KIND OF BE VERY CAREFUL. AND MINDFUL OF THAT, THAT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS OK. WE DID THIS DESIGN AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S READY TO GO. AND OF COURSE, IT'S READY TO GO BECAUSE WE JUST WE JUST STARTED TO PUT THIS IN THAT TRAJECTORY TO START. PUTTING IN THAT RECLAIM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO I GUESS IF WE KEPT IT ON PAR WITH SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS AS WELL. THIS WOULD BE A MUCH MORE EASIER. YES, LET'S USE THE $3 MILLION HERE. SO WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT KEEPING IT ON PAR IS MY CONCERN. COUNCIL MEMBER A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP. UM THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT STARTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS PART OF A, UH, WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR. THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT TO ADD SOME MORE FUNDING FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT. THE UH THEY STARTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND IT WAS PART OF A BIGGER PROJECT. A WASTEWATER

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PROJECT AS I MENTIONED, AND, UH, WE GOT DELAYED BY THE PANDEMIC. WE GOT DELAYED BY GETTING EASEMENTS. WE FINALLY GOT THE EASEMENTS. UH WE ALSO GOT DELAYED BY, UH, MAJOR COST AND PIPE. BIG PIPE WAS HARD TO FIND. YOU COULDN'T FIND BIG PIPE THERE FOR A WHILE, SO AND WITH THE OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE HAD TO WORK UNDER IS THIS THE OWNER WANTS US TO WORK IN THE GOLF COURSE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY. SO EVERY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE ISSUE A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE TO GET A CONTRACTOR TIME TO GET THROUGH THE PROJECT WHERE WE JUST GET OUT OF THE GOLF COURSE AT THAT TIME, SO EVERY TIME WE TRY TO GET THIS PROJECT READY SOMETHING TO LIGHT US. SO WE'RE WE PULL THAT PIECE OUT OF THAT PROJECT THAT WE STARTED BACK BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE FOUND A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAT WE CAN USE TO GOING UP THROUGH CROMWELL.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INSTALL, UH, PURPLE PIPE. WE HAVE SOME MAJOR INTERCEPTORS THAT ARE GOING TO THE PLANT. OF ONE'S ABOUT 90% DESIGNED AND THE OTHERS JUST STARTED TO DESIGN. THE COUNCIL JUST APPROVE THAT CONTRACT RECENTLY. SO WE'RE STILL NEEDING TO GET PIPE TO THE PLANT IS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE A PUMP STATION THAT CAN BARELY HANDLE THE FLOWS THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE GOLF COURSE. SO ULTIMATELY, WE NEED A NEW PUMP STATION AT THE PLANT TO CONTINUE PUMPING EVEN MORE WATER RECLAIMED WATER OUT TO THE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SERVE. YEAH, UNDERSTOOD. LEON AND LIKE THE ONLY POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT WE CAN DIVERSIFY THE RECLAIMED WATER SPECIFICALLY AT SOME OF THE OLDER PARKS BECAUSE WE HAVE DECADES FOR DECADES NOT HAD IRRIGATION. UM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T HAVE LARGE TREES AT AT SOME OF THESE PARKS IS THERE'S NO SPRINKLERS FOR THEM. AND OF COURSE WE DON'T WANNA USE DRINKING WATER SO UM THAT'S JUST HOW I WOULD FEEL ABOUT THIS UNDERSTOOD. MHM BECAUSE WE'RE PARSLEY. THANK YOU . SO WHAT? I WAS LOOKING AT THE WAY, UM, FOR CLEAN WATER MASTER PLAN, AND I DO SEE THAT THERE IS A MAP THAT OUTLINES THE TWO SEPARATE PONDS FROM PLUM CREEK.

THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE FIRST HOUSING FOR LINE IS CALLED PLUM CREEK SITE ONE. HOWEVER THIS PUMP IS CURRENTLY INSIDE THE GOLF COURSE CORRECT, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO. EXPAND. THE ONE THAT IS INSIDE. THE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THOSE TWO PONDS AND PALM CREEK WERE ALSO FEEDING. THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM. AM I NOT AM I WRONG? THERE'S ONLY ONE POND. IS THE ONE THAT IS ON THE GOLF COURSE. SO THE ONES THAT ARE IN PLUM CREEK HAVE NEVER USED RECLAIMED WATER. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OK SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO TIE TO THOSE BECAUSE THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE TWO PONDS WERE AND THAT COULD BE A BIGGER FEE TO THEM. THE SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO HAPPEN FOR US TO TRY TO TIE TO THOSE TWO PONDS HAVE PROBABLY A BIGGER IMPACT INTO THE USE OF RECLAIMED WATER. WHAT WE NEED TO INSTALL A PUMP. I WISH WE COULD. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH TCQ RULES BECAUSE IT IS A DETENTION POND, AND IT WOULD GET BACK INTO THE STREAM. YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH RECLAIMED WATER.

BUT THOSE POS DON'T GO BACK TO THE STRING THE ONES IN PALM CREEK DO THEY DON'T I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DETENTION PAWS. OK? GOT IT, SO IT'S IT IS JUST OUTLINED IN THE MAP, AS IF THE FEEDING WATER WAS FROM THE PLUM CREEK. ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THAT WAS THE WATER FEEDING THE RECLAIMED WATER PLAN. THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE IN THE WASTE AND THEN RECLAIM THE POND THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP. THAT IS THE POND THAT WE PUMP INTO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE WATER FROM THAT IS, THAT'S NOT A DETENTION POND. ALL RIGHT. I GOT IT NOW. CUTS WERE HAZARD. THANK YOU. UH, LEANNE. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. UH, THE FIRST BEING ARE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ACCESS POINTS? TO THE PURPLE PIPES SINCE WE RECEIVED THE, UH PRESENTATION ON THE RECLAIM WATER MASTER PLAN. LIKE ANY NEW ACCESS POINTS SINCE NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OK AND IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THIS DETENTION POND, WOULD WE? WOULD IT BE UP TO OUR THE CITY'S DECISION AS TO WHERE THAT WATER GOES? YES. SO JUST BECAUSE WE MIGHT EXPAND. THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE GOLF COURSE GETS THE WATER IF WE DEEM IT IMPORTANT TO GO ELSEWHERE. THEY HAVE A CONTRACT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THE DETAILS BUT WE DO HAVE TO FULFILL OUR CONTRACT WITH THE GOLF COURSE FOLKS, WHICH WE ALREADY ARE DOING CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT, SO ANYTHING ABOVE THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. SO ANY SORT OF INVESTMENT IN AN EXPANSION IN THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. UM BUT TO PROTECT US FROM, YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR YOUR FEAR HERE? IS WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT THE WATER COULD GO

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ELSEWHERE. THAT'S OUR EXPECTATION, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, GOOD, OK? UM AND THEN, JUST LASTLY, THE 3 MILLION FOR THE GRANT THAT CAN GO TO ANY RECLAIMED WATER. UH, PROJECT RIGHT? IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO. TO THIS PROJECT. ABS, MY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

IT CAN GO TO ANY OF THE PROJECTS. THIS ONE IS THE MOST CLOSE TO CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO USE THE AND WE ARE ALSO BEING URGED TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO IT'S THE PROJECT THAT IS THE MOST SHOVEL READY. THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I JUST WOULD. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT DIDN'T COMING OUT OF NOWHERE. SO AS LEON SAID, IT GOES BACK TO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED A SPORTSPLEX GOING IN ON THE NORTH END OF THE BRICK AND MORTAR DISTRICT, WHICH WE ASKED THE VOTERS FOR AND THEY APPROVED. BUT THE REALITY IS YOU. IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A SPORTSPLEX, YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A PART OF DEVELOPING THAT SPORTS COLLECT PROJECT FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. SO I IF YOU DON'T DO THIS , THEN HOW ARE WE GONNA WATER THOSE FIELDS WITH POTABLE WATER THAT THE SUBJECT TO DROUGHTS, WHICH MEANS WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THE FIELDS HEALTHY AND WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE PATH TOWARDS DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY SPORTS PLEXUS WITH DROUGHT RESISTANT GOOD, GOOD, REAL TURF. IF NOT THIS, THEN WHAT IS WHAT I WOULD ASK. I MEAN , WE WANT THIS, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO EXACERBATE THE DECADES OF NEGLECT OF SOME OF THE OLDER PARKS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEM, AND THEN I'LL BE SITTING HERE NEXT YEAR WITH THE NEW STUDY THAT COMES AT A $30 MILLION D, UM AMOUNT AND IT'S READY TO GO AND IT'S SHOVEL READY AGAIN. WHERE YOU CAN GUESS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. SHOVEL READY? SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF WE COULD KEEP IT IN PAR BECAUSE THAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS VERY CLOSE TO LAKE KYLE, STEEPLECHASE AND WATER LEAF. AND THOSE PARKS HAVE NO GROWN TREES. UM, THE DIRT FIELDS ARE DRY OUT THERE AS WELL. WELL, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. I MEAN, YOU CAN GO BACK MANY, MANY YEARS AND BEING COMPLETELY JUST BEWILDERED THAT WE WERE GOING OUT AND WATERING THOSE TREES BY HAND. THEY'RE DEAD BECAUSE THAT IS THAT'S CORRECT. BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE FROM ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE? LET'S GO. LET'S GO GET IRRIGATION ON THESE OTHER PARTS. IT IS A TRAGEDY THAT THE TREES STEEPLECHASE AFTER THE WATER BY, BUT IT'S NOT THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUE. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, ACTUALLY, THOSE ARE NOT THE OLDER PARKS, THE OLDER MARCUS GREG CLARK PARK, AND THE GOOD THING IS THAT LAST YEAR WE, UH DID APPROVE PURPLE PIPE ALL THROUGH THE PARK. SO WE ADDED PURPLE PIPE. THE PURPLE PIPE LINE IS ON STAGE COACH CLOSE TO BEING TIED IN. WE DEFINITELY WOULD BE THE SECOND PROJECT WE WOULD IDENTIFY AND LOOK AT. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE CONCERN IS ABOUT GETTING THE OLDER PARK, THE TWO OLDER PARKS AND C GREG CLARK PARK ME HARTSON PARK AS WELL SO, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR GREG CLARK PARK. ITS HEART AND PURPLE PIPE HAS ALREADY BEEN, UH, PUT IN THE GROUND. AND THE ONLY THING WE NEED NOW IS A TIE IN SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WILL BE SHOVEL READY IF WE NEED TO DO THAT TIE IN, BUT IT'S IDENTIFYING THE PLAN. RIGHT SO GETTING IT RIGHT, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY THE ONE THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO GETTING DONE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE COULD DO THE OTHER PARTS AS WELL. RIGHT? NO HONESTLY, I'D LOVE TO SEE PURPLE VIBE IN ALL OUR PARKS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING UP ASPIRATION ON OUR WATER SYSTEM.

RIGHT SO IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE DEFINITELY AS A COUNCIL SLOWLY BEEN WORKING THAT WAY. I PROMISE YOU BUT JUST I'LL END IT NOT TO DEBATE. I MEAN TO RESPECT I WANNA RESPECT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THE SOURCE OF THE WASTEWATER EFFLUENT THAT GETS DISCHARGED INTO PLUM CREEK. IS RIGHT NEXT TO THREE OF OUR PARKS THAT HAVE NO IRRIGATION. SO I THINK, UM, OUR OUR WATER DIRECTOR WILL PROBABLY AGREE WITH THAT. WE'RE DISCHARGING IT INTO THE CREEK. SO WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LOOP IT. UH, TO SERVE THOSE OLDER PARKS. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUT A MAP? ON THE SCREEN THAT HAS THE TWO PLUM CREEK. UM ATTENTION FUNDS AND THE ONE THAT HAS THE GOLF COURSE. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK. IF WE'RE GONNA BE APPROVING, YOU KNOW THE DESIGN OF THIS I. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT SECTION OF THE RECLAIMED WATER WORKS TO SEE IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE SOME OF THE AND I'M TALKING ABOUT PALM CRICKET. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ATTENTION FUNDS TO TRY TO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY WAY FOR US TO ADD. ANY AERATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT COULD HELP US FEED THE PURPLE PIE TO HAVE A BIGGER CAPACITY WHEN WE'RE MOVING THIS OR DOING THIS SCIENCE IN ORDER TO WATER THE REST OF THE PARKS. I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORKSHOP A SOLUTION ON NO. BUT IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ADD THAT INTO A FUTURE AGENDA TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN

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TIE UP TO THOSE TWO PONDS? UH YEAH, I THINK OF THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL IS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A PHASED APPROACH TO ADDING SOMETHING TO THE PARK SO WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE PURPLE PIE IS THE PROPER SOLUTION, OR IF IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO HANDLE OUR WATER SYSTEM, AND I THINK THAT'S AN ANALYSIS. THAT'S GONNA TAKE US A FEW MONTHS TO KIND OF GET THERE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK WITH THAT. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT WILL COME TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS A PLAN TO IMPROVE ALL OF OUR EXISTING PARKS. SO I HEAR THE CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE OLDER PARKS AND I THINK THOSE ARE VALID CONCERNS AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE BRING YOUR PLAN TO REINVEST IN THOSE PARKS AND NOT JUST NEW PARKS, BUT THE EXISTING ONES WE HAVE, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT. I THINK WATER IS A BIG PART OF IT. UM AND WE NEED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS OF HOW TO HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED. AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME SIMPLE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. UM, BUT, UM, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER OF HOW TO TAKE IT FROM DETENTION PONDS AND TO MOVE IT. THERE'S ALSO THE FLUID IS GONNA BE TREATED AT A HIGHER STANDARD. THIS GETS A LITTLE OUT BEYOND MY TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES. BUT AS WE HAVE OUR NEXT WASTEWATER TREATMENT UPGRADE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE HIGHER QUALITY, WHICH MAY GIVE US SOME MORE OPTIONS OF HOW WE COULD USE THAT WATER. AND LEON IF THAT'S INCORRECT OR NOT, YOU LET ME KNOW. THAT'S FINE. I CAN I CAN ASK MY ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SESSION, A MO MOTIONS. I LIKE ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCILOR PARSLEY SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WE PROVED TO ITEM EIGHT. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SAY I? I ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT?

[14. (First Reading) Consider approval of an ordinance adopting and endorsing the City’s Water Conservation Plan with amendments.]

MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS, UH, GENDER ITEM NUMBER. 14 1ST READING, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENDORSING THE CITY'S WATER CONSERVATION PLAN WITH AMENDMENTS. UM, MR SANFORD. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT MR STANFORD. UH, HEALTH TOO, IS TIM IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS ONE. I'M MIKE MURPHY. UH YOUR DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT AND GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, MARY COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR A REAUTHORIZATION OF OUR WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE . UM WATER CONSERVATION ORDER.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER IS THE CURRENT OF THINK I'VE GOT CONTROL OF THIS RIGHT? SO THE PURPOSE OF THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. IS TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER USE EFFICIENCY WITHIN OUR OPERATION. THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS A STRATEGY OR A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES, UH, FOR REDUCING THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER, REDUCING THE LOSS OR WASTE OF WATER AND IMPROVING OR MAINTAINING THE EFFICIENCY AND THE USE OF WATER. SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON THERE SO THE, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. REQUIRES A REVISION TO THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PRESENTATION. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE ON THAT. THE MOST RECENT PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2012. NOW WE DID , UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A REVISION SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN 2019 WITH STILL DOESN'T MAKE US CURRENT. SO ONE OF MY GOALS AND ONE OF THE REASONS UH, MR LANGLEY BROUGHT ME HERE IS TO GET BACK ON TRACK ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS MAKE US COMPLIANT WITH TCQ AND THE TEXAS BORDER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SO MY GOAL IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. UM IT IS DUE TO TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD MAY 1ST 2024 UH, THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS GREATER THAN 3300 CONNECTIONS. AND, OF COURSE, KYLE NOW HAS SEVERAL 1000 CONNECTIONS ABOVE THAT NUMBER.

SO OUR PLAN IS TO GET THIS APPROVED NOW, THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS THE SAME PLAN THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE'RE JUST MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN THAT UPDATES THE, UH THE IT MAKES IT CURRENT WITH, UH, WITH OUR POPULATION WITH OUR WATER CAPACITY WITH, UM SEVERAL KEY FACTORS ON THE COST OF SELLING WATER. MANY THINGS LIKE THAT ARE IN THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. NOW IN NO WAY DO WE THINK THIS FULLY THIS IS GOING TO FULLY COVER? UM EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO BASED ON THE, UH, INCREDIBLE GROWTH THAT THE CITY OF K IS EXPERIENCING NOT ONLY WITH WATER BUT WITH OUR POPULATION. AND SO WHAT ARE OUR PLAN IS TO GET THESE AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS DEVELOPMENT BOARD BEFORE MAY, THE FIRST TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD BEFORE MAY THE FIRST AND THAT WILL MAKE US CURRENT WITH OUR WITH OUR, UM, RES RESPONSIBILITY TO THE TO,

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UM, HAVING THOSE REVISIONS TO THEM ON TIME. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE WATER MASTER PLAN SEVERAL TIMES HERE TONIGHT AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LEON WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WATER. UH WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, SO WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY UM, UPGRADING OUR WATER MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE HIRED STV ENGINEERING TO UPGRADE OUR WATER MASTER PLAN, AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT MASTER PLAN IS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF OUR WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. SO, UM IN ADDITION TO THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, WE ARE GOING TO TAILOR A VERY SPECIFIC, UH, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN. FOR THE CITY OF KYLE. AND UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING SORT OF A HYBRID MODEL THAT WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE DROUGHT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR KYLE, SO WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND WITH TRIGGER POINTS FOR WATER RESTRICTIONS. UH, FROM THIS TIME OR FROM THE TIME WE SUBMIT THAT ON THERE WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR US IN OUR WATER SOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE WATER SOURCES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY BY, UH, THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR. SO UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE REVISIONS, AMENDMENTS TO THE DROUGHT OR THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. AND WE MOVE THIS FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 WITH THE NEW WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, INCLUDING A VERY ROBUST, UH, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN. SO, MIKE, YOU'RE SAYING THE WATER THE WATER PLAN THAT WE JUST AUTHORIZED THAT CONTRACT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR. BEFORE WE GET THAT FINALIZED, OR WE HOPE TO HAVE THE FIRST REVISED, UM UM , REPORT ON THE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WATER MASTER PLAN? YEAH, WE JUST LIKE 300 SOMETHING GRAND COMPANY YEARS AGO, THE FIRST QUARTER OF 25 1ST QUARTER OF 25 OK? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR MURPHY? COUNCILOR ZUNA? HELLO. MR MURPHY IS THE UM BACKUP MATERIAL THE AMENDED WATER CONSERVATION PLAN THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO PASS TODAY. THAT WITH THE WITH THE BLUE? YES THAT IS THE YOU SAW YOU SAW THE BEFORE AND AFTER THE BLUE LINE IS THE A AND SO I HAD A FEW LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND MAYBE MAYBE WE COULD SEE ABOUT UPDATES WITH IT. UH, DO WE HAVE TO BE AT 100 AND 14 GALLONS PER DAY? CAN WE BE TIGHTER? MAYBE 100, IF YOU DO THE CALCULATION OF OUR POPULATION I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO SIX FLEXIBILITY IN THOSE NUMBERS FOR SURE. SO IS IT JUST REALLY TOUGH TO GET TO 100 GALLONS? BECAUSE WE REALLY ONLY USE 5% TO DRINK. THE REST OF IT IS TOILETS AND WASHING. UM, SO MAYBE CAN WE LOOK AT A LOWER NUMBER 110. WELL WE COULD ALWAYS GO LOWER. I MEAN, DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU CAN'T. BUT THIS THIS JUST KIND OF PUTS WHAT WE WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE. UM NOW WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS LIKE WHEN WE LIKE I WAS SAYING, WHEN WE DO, THE REVISIONS ARE ARE ARE SORT OF THE REMAKE OF OUR, UH, WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE MORE ACCURATE NUMBERS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLUG IN. AND UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH STV. UM WHEREAS WE HAD A MEETING AS AS RECENT AS TODAY WITH ON THAT, SO WE WILL DEFINITELY PLUG IN THE NUMBERS ON IT, I THINK IF THEY CHANGE WOULD IT BE ALSO POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER MANDATORY EFFICIENCY INSPECTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL THAT DOES IRRIGATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE INSPECTED EVERY TWO YEARS.

UM AND ALSO FOR ANY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WASHING. EFFICIENCY INSPECTIONS. THIS IS JUST A CONTROL. UH, WATER, WATER USE AND MAYBE ALSO LOOK AT ANY COOLING TOWER EFFICIENCIES, IF ANY OF OUR BIGGEST USERS ARE RELYING ON THOSE COOLING TOWERS AND THEN SECONDLY IF WE COULD MAYBE EVEN DO A FREE DIGITAL HOME WATER REPORTS TO CUSTOMERS THAT WANNA KNOW HOW WELL THEY UH, USE THEIR WATER AT HOME. JUST A FREE REPORT AND MAYBE ALSO LOOK AT ADDING A WATER USE CALCULATOR. TO OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WEB WEB PAGE THAT CAN GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF ARE THEY USING WATER EFFICIENTLY BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE AT HOME, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY EASY TOOL TO LOOK AT AND IT AND IT PROVIDES EDUCATION. TO EACH RESIDENT ABOUT HOW TO CONSERVE OUR OUR OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCE. BUT ARE THESE? I THINK THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT IS WE CAN

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GET A STRICT AS COUNSEL AND CITY MANAGER WANTS US TO GET ON THESE THINGS. UM YOU CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS ALREADY BEING DONE BY BY SOME OTHER CITIES. SO WE'RE NOT COMING OUT OF NOWHERE. WE CAN DEFINITELY RESEARCH THAT. I THINK, UM I'LL GET ALL GOOD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT I. I THINK THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED BEFORE. WE'RE READY TO HAVE THAT KIND OF SYSTEM WHERE WE COULD DISPLAY THAT FOR CUSTOMERS. UH THE AMI OR AUTOMATIC METER TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, BUT WE'D HAVE SOME SK UPGRADES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IN TERMS OF OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. UH, MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU WOULD BE TO ADOPT THIS PLAN TO GET US INTO COMPLIANCE.

UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN COMPLIANCE. UH, FOR TIME TO GET THIS IN COMPLIANCE AND LET US WORK ON THAT AND BRING YOU BACK A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO WE COULD COME BACK WITH SPECIFIC DATA. FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES, AND THAT WAY YOU COULD SEE HOW FAR ARE WE PUSHING THOSE DIFFERENT STANDARDS? WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL? UM, I'M NOT SURE ANY OF US ARE PREPARED TODAY TO TELL YOU WHETHER SPECIFIC NUMBERS ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE APPROPRIATE OR NOT. I'D RATHER HAVE THAT DATA FOR YOU SO WE COULD COME BACK AND HAVE THAT A GOOD POLICY DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL AND YOU GUYS COULD MAKE A DECISION OF AS AS MIKE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT CONSERVATION AND THE OTHER THING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS A RATE STUDY FOR ALL OF OUR CLASSES OF CUSTOMERS FOR RATES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU OPPORTUNITY TO DO IS TO LOOK AT, UH, CONSERVATION RATES THAT YOU COULD HAVE SO CUSTOMERS AND WHAT THEY WOULD PAY MORE FOR IN TERMS OF USAGE. AND SO I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS COME TOGETHER INTO THIS TYPE OF DOCUMENT, BUT I HONESTLY I'M JUST NOT SURE WE'RE QUITE YET THERE ON NO, I DID MY HOMEWORK, SO I WAS READY FOR THIS ONE. BUT IF YEAH, IF WE WANT IF WE CAN INTEGRATE THIS INTO THE NEXT ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS KIND OF MORE BEEFED UP. UM CONSERVATION MAYOR, PRO TEMP SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES YOU WANT, UH, REALLY DO WITH A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY. SO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH AMI. BUT COUNCIL DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A WILL TO GO FORWARD WITH AMI. BUT AS YOU KNOW, OUR WATER CRISIS WENT REALLY LARGE. I THINK NOW THERE MIGHT BE MORE CONSENSUS TO IT.

BUT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT, UH, THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE NEW SYSTEM UPGRADES, HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD. BUT AMI IS THE WAY WE'RE DOING. THE ONE THING ABOUT I WILL ALLOW CITIZENS TO MONITOR THEIR OWN WATER, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS HOURLY BASIS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN SOMEBODY'S EVEN TAKING A SHOWER IN THEIR HOUSE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR BUT BUSINESS AS WELL. UH, JUST THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD A BUSINESS THAT LOST MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER UNKNOWN TO THEM, UH, LASTED OVER A MONTH AND WITH AN AMI SYSTEM WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER, UH, LOST EVEN WHEN COUNSEL WAS PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON. I MEAN, WE STILL COULDN'T MONITOR EVERYTHING RIGHT? SO HERE'S A BUSINESS THAT YOU KNOW, UH DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AMI IN PLACE. WE LOST MILLIONS OF GALLONS A MONTH FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH. IF THERE'S REALLY A CONSTITUENT WHERE THE DICE TO GET MORE DATA AND TO GIVE PEOPLE MAKE THEM MORE AWARE OF THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION, AMI IS THE WAY TO GO. YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN I WAS READING THE REPORTS AND THE STATISTICS IF PEOPLE KNEW HOW MUCH WATER THEY USE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD PER DAY, THEN THEY GO TO A WEEK AND THEY JUST CUT BACK 10% OF THAT, AND THAT'S EVERY HOME. YOU YOU WOULD BE SAVING THE MILLIONS OF GALLONS A YEAR? WELL OUR PLAN IS TO CREATE A NEW WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. UM THAT PRESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES CAN USE 365 DAYS A YEAR. NOT JUST THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, BUT ALL YEAR LONG, WHICH SORT OF COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER HERE RECENTLY, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE GET BE OUT OF THE DROUGHT, BUT WE WANT STILL CONSERVE WATER. UM AND SO OUR PLAN IN THE NEW WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS TO PROMOTE THAT. AND TO PROMOTE THINGS LIKE BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT USING NEW TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN ALSO TECHNIQUES THAT YOU CAN USE AT HOME WITH WITH YOUR FAMILY, UM, TO REDUCE WATER, AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE THINGS AS FAR AS BRUSHING YOUR TEETH. HOW LONG DO YOU TAKE A SHOWER? YOU KNOW, UM THINGS LIKE THAT. MAKE SURE YOU YOUR LAUNDRY IS FULLY LOADED. I MEAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY TENS OF THOUSANDS, IT IT HAS A BIG IMPACT. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE IDEAS FORWARD, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A PUBLIC OUTREACH INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, ON A ON A VERY ENHANCED WEB PAGE. RIGHT ANYONE ELSE? MOTIONS. LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THIS AGENDA ITEM. 14 NUMBER 14. SECOND ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCILOR RAZZO GET SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HARRIS THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM. 14. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED OUR MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU, MIKE.

[15. Consider approval of a resolution accepting the independent auditor's report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.]

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS GIN. ADAM 15 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT THE AC FOR MR MOHIT? I SAID IT RIGHT THIS TIME. YES, SIR. SO MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD ON PERVEZ MOJ CITY'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. I HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION TO REVIEW THE FINANCIAL AUDIT THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH. ALL RIGHT, PERVEZ, BEFORE YOU GO. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ITEM NUMBER 14 BEING FINALLY PASSED? SN NUMBER 14 IS FINALLY PASSED. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. SO THE AUDIT REQUIREMENT. IS SPELLED OUT IN THE CITY CHARTER UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT. WHICH CLEARLY SAYS THAT AT THE CLOSE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR , AN AUDIT SHALL BE MADE OF ALL ACCOUNTS OF THE CITY BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT EXPERIENCED IN AUDITING.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS. THE CHARTER FURTHER REQUIRES THAT UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT BY CITY COUNCIL A SUMMARY THEREOF SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY. AND THEN, IF FURTHER STATES THAT THE COPIES OF THE AUDIT SHALL BE PLACED ON FILE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE HAS A PUBLIC RECORD. SO ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. THE AUDIT OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30. 2023 WAS COMPLETED BY THE ACCOUNTING FIRM OF A B IP PC. A B IP IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM LICENSED TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS IS A B. I'S FIRST AUDIT OF THE CITY OF KYLE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS. YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE CITY CHARTER ALSO REQUIRES US TO ROTATE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO WE HAVE ROTATED. THIS IS OUR FIRST NEW AUDITOR. EXAMINING OUR RECORDS. SO HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CITY'S, UM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE CITY COMBINED BALANCE SHEET AS OF 9, 30 2023 REFLECTS THE FOLLOWING THIS IS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL COMBINED FOR ALL CITY FUNDS.

ASSETS TOTAL 750.5 MILLION. LIABILITIES TOTAL 220.2 MILLION. THE NET POSITION OR EQUITY IN OUR SYSTEM. TOTAL ASSETS IS 530.3 MILLION. THE OVERALL NET POSITION OR NET EQUITY, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOMES. YOU HAVE THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME. YOU HAVE THE LOAN OR MORTGAGE ON THE HOME. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE EQUITY SO VERY SIMILARLY FOR THE CITIES OVERALL EQUITY OF 530.3 MILLION IS AN INCREASE OF 99.2 MILLION OR A 23% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. NOW FOCUSING ON THE CITY'S PRIMARY OPERATING FUND, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND.

REVENUES AND TRANSFERS IN TOTAL 57.5 MILLION FOR THE YEAR. EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT TOTALED 56.9 MILLION, LEAVING AN ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND OF 34.4 MILLION.

THIS FUN BALANCE. AS AN INCREASE OF 1.3 MILLION, OR 3.9% FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. SO ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT. THE AUDITORS REPORT IS AN INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASED REPORT CARD. THAT ADDRESSES THREE VERY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY MANAGEMENT. OUR TAXPAYERS AND FOR THE BONDHOLDERS OF CITY OF KYLE ONE. INDEPENDENTLY VALIDATES THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ACCOUNTS AND FUNDS. SECOND IT'S AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEMS. INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE WITH CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND FINALLY IT PROVIDES AN INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE THAT THIS CITY IS ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES

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AND STANDARDS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE GO GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. THIS BOARD SETS RULES FOR ALL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, ALL STATE GOVERNMENTS, ALL COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FOR THE ENTIRE US. WE FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF K. SO THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF AUDIT REPORTS THAT AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR CAN POSSIBLY ISSUE ON A GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND I'LL GO OVER THESE IN THE ORDER OF WORSE TO BEST. SO NUMBER ONE. AND DISCLAIMER REPORT. SO YOU SEE A THUMBS DOWN ON YOUR SCREEN WITH THE LETTER GRADE. F. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A AUDITOR ISSUES A DISCLAIMER REPORT WHEN THE SCOPE OF THE AUDITORS EXAMINATION WAS LIMITED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ISSUE A REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE SECOND TYPE OF REPORT. MOVING UP. AND ADVERSE REPORT. AN ADVERSE REPORT IS ISSUED BY AN AUDITOR WHEN THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING SYSTEMS AND THE CONTROLS ARE IN SUCH POOR STATE.

THAT THE AUDITORS HAVE BASICALLY DETERMINEDANNOT BE RELIED UPON. AND THE INTEGRITY OF ITS MANAGEMENT IS QUESTIONABLE. DEFINITELY A THUMBS DOWN. NUMBER THREE.

GETTING BETTER. AS A QUALIFIED REPORT. OR MODIFIED REPORT. THIS REPORT IS ISSUED. WHEN THE OVERALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESENT FAIRLY EXCEPT FOR A FEW DEFICIENCIES OR NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD. THIS. IS A THUMBS DOWN, BUT IT GETS A LETTER GRADE C IN MY BOOKS. SO THE BEST KIND OF REPORT THAT AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR CAN ISSUE ON ANY GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL AUDIT. IS AN UNQUALIFIED REPORT. OR ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNMODIFIED REPORT.

A THUMBS UP. IT'S AN A PLUS. IN MY BOOKS. SO BEFORE I RECALL UP THE AUDITOR TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE REPORT WITH YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY'S ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND GETTING THE FINANCIAL AUDIT COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER ANDY ALEJANDRO FOR TAKING THE LEAD IN THE COMPILATION OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS YEAR, AND HE IS IN THE BACK. TAKE A VOW ANDY COHN. RIGHT HANG ON, PERVEZ, YOU'VE LEFT US ALL IN SUSPENSE. WHAT'S OUR WHAT'S OUR GRADE? DID WE GET AN F? IS THIS ABOUT TO TAKE SOME HARD DARK TURN IN THE SO WITH THAT MAYOR IN COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR AUDITOR. WE HAVE JANET PITMAN HERE WITH THE FIRM A B IP. IF HE SETS YOU UP TO COME TELL US THAT WE GOT AN APP. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE PRETTY PRETTY. SHE'S SHE'S GONNA WALK YOU ALL THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS THERE FOLLOWED AND SHE HAS THE ENVELOPE. ARE WE ACADEMY AWARDS IN IT? THANKS PEREZ CITY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING TO GO OVER THE RESULTS OF YOUR AUDIT. SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW TWO SETS OF AUDITING STANDARDS. ONE IS THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS ISSUED BY THE A. I CPA AND BECAUSE YOU ARE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AUDIT STANDARDS YOUR AUDITED OPINION IS WHAT WE CALL AN UNMODIFIED.

IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN GET FROM AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. SO IT IS AN A PLUS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE DID NOT MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THEY ARE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. IN ADDITION TO OUR AUDIT OPINION , THAT'S IN YOUR BOUND DOCUMENT.

WE ALSO ISSUE A MANAGEMENT LETTER, WHICH IS OUR LETTER OF THE CONDUCT OF THE AUDIT. IT IS A REQUIRED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US, YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND YOU AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY. SO YOUR ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT THE CITY FOLLOWS, WHICH PROVIDES REFERRED TO AS THE GASS, THEY ARE FOUND IN NOTE ONE OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE'RE ALSO, UM, REQUIRED TO TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES IN YOUR FINANCIALS, AND YOU DO THE LARGEST ONE IS YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY. THE CITY REALLY HAS NO CONTROL OVER THAT. THAT

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INFORMATION COMES FROM THE ACTUARIES FROM GMRS, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AND THEY OFTEN DO WITH THE NET PENSION LIABILITY. WE WERE REQUIRED TO TELL YOU IF WE HAD ANY DIFFICULTIES OR DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT DURING OUR AUDIT, AND WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE DID NOT WERE TO ALSO, UM, REQUIRED TO TELL YOU IF WE HAD ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO ADJUST YOUR FINANCIALS FOR AND AGAIN WE DID NOT HAVE ANY THAT TELLS ME THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE YOUR FINANCIAL DECISIONS. YOU CAN RELY ON THOSE NUMBERS. WE DID NOT MAKE ANY ANY CHANGES TO THOSE. MANAGEMENT HAS PROVIDED US A REPRESENTATION. UH, LETTER, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS WE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO PERFORM OUR AUDIT AND BOTH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HAS SIGNED AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT THAT LETTER. WE REQUIRED TO TELL YOU IF, UH, MANAGEMENT DID ANY SHOPPING FOR AN OPINION ON AN ACCOUNTING MATTER AT MATTER, AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW THAT DID NOT OCCUR. WE'RE ALSO AS PART OF OUR AUDIT REQUIRED TO, UM, AUDIT THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT THAT'S ISSUED BY THE STATE. YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY DOES COMPLY WITH THAT ACT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UNLESS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PERVEZ AND HIS HIS TEAM, ANDY, UM, CONNIE AND THE REST OF THEIR TEAM FOR PROVIDING US WITH EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO PERFORM OUR AUDIT IN A IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL ALSO FOR ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. THANK YOU. MAYOR WITH THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE DO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU , UH, IT HAS WEALTH OF INFORMATION. ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE IS FINANCES AS WELL AS STATISTICS. WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID IS THE BUDGET IS THE DOCUMENT. IT LOOKS FORWARD THE KAFFIR THE ANNUAL REPORT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS BACK IF YOU HAD TO GIVE ME ONE TO LOOK AT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY WAS DOING WELL, I WOULD TAKE THIS DOCUMENT OVER THE BUDGET BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTUAL REPORT CARD BASED ON BALANCE. HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN YOUR ACCOUNT? WHAT YOUR DEBT POSITION IS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO THAT'S WHAT IN ACCOUNTING CLASSES. THIS IS WHAT THEY STUDY MORE THAN THE THAN THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITSELF. SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS GETTING US THAT A PLUS. IT'S VERY APPRECIATED. COUNCILOR HARRIS I READ ALL 154 PAGES. UM MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A GEEK, BUT I FOUND THEM TO BE VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE. I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED THE YEAR YEAR TO YEAR. UH ANALYSIS IN THERE. UH, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIONAL FOR ME TO LOOK AT THE 10 YEAR. UM BOND INDEBTEDNESS, UH, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO POPULATION AND FIND THAT, UM ALL OUR POLITE POPULATION HAS DRAMATICALLY GROWN, AND WE'VE PASSED A NUMBER OF BONDS IN THIS LAST 10 YEARS THAT THE INDEBTEDNESS PER CAPITA AS BARELY CHANGED AT ALL. SO THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS LOOKING FOR IN THIS REPORT, UM AND I FOUND THAT IT TO BE VERY THOROUGHLY REPORTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR PRO TEMP? YEAH JUST, UH PEREZ. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION BUT ALSO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRM THAT WE HIRED TO DO THIS. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ROTATION. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GREAT TOOL THAT'S IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING HONEST WITH EVERYTHING. WE'RE NOT JUST USING THE SAME FOLKS OVER AND OVER. SO THIS IS A NEW FIRM. SO AT FIRST WITH THE GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING YOU AND YOUR TEAM, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT CITY IS IN GREAT HANDS. AND UH, WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO THANK YOU. FOR ALL Y'ALL'S HARD WORK. I KNOW IT'S TOUGH. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MAN HOURS. THANK YOU, SIR. MOTION. HAVE QUESTIONS, TOO. YOU LOOK AT CUTS FOR TOBIAS. OK RIGHT. THANK YOU. OK GREAT REPORT. I'M LOOKING AT PAGE TWO. WHERE IT SAYS THE LOCAL ECONOMY. I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. IT SAYS HERE AMONG THE MAJOR INDICATORS OF A STABLE OIL, EXPANDING IT LOCAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING AS WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATIONS INCREASED BY 20.6 AS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR TAX YEAR. AND PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION RATE HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPRESS THE 99% LEVEL IN SALES TAX COLLECTIONS INCREASED BY 11.7 COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. THAT'S LIKE WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED, OR WE'RE NOW AT AN ESTIMATED OF 58,450 RESIDENTS. HOW DOES UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE. HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT FATE WITH PROPERTY TAXES AND ALSO WITH OUR SALES TAXES, ESPECIALLY WHEN, UH WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IF I

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UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, UH, WITH OUR WITH THE HOUSING MARKET AND SO FORTH, WHERE WHERE ARE WE AT ON OUR SALES TAX IN OUR PROPERTY TAXES. I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ASKING CAUSE WE'RE SEEING THIS AMOUNT OF GROWTH. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY POSITIVE.

BUT WHERE ARE WE, IN THE SENSE OF SO SALES TAXES ARE SO LET ME ADDRESS SALES TAX FIRST SALES TAX WE HAVE INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR. SINCE 2008. AND OUR A AVERAGE INCREASE IS AROUND 12% EVERY YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR. WE ARE LOOKING AT EVEN THOUGH WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN, UH WE HAD INCREASED OUR PROJECTIONS BY 12. WE ARE GOING TO BREAK THAT RECORD. IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY MONTH. THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR. THE YEAR THAT THE AUDITORS COMPLETED SALES TAX WAS HIGHER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK A T OUR SALES TAX ANALYSIS THAT WE SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE SENDING IT TO Y'ALL. YOU WILL SEE MONTH OVER MONTH SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. EXCEEDING PROJECTIONS. ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE AS THE ASSESSED VALUATIONS INCREASE. WE HAVE OVER THE PAST AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I CAN RECALL. THE MO TAX RATE HAS DECREASED. SO OUR TAX RATE OVERALL TAX RATE HAS DECREASED, WHEREBY OUR RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS HAVE BENEFITED FROM FROM THE GROWTH IN NEW PROPERTIES, ADDING TO OUR TAX RULE. AS WELL AS GROWTH IN THE AV ASSESS VALUATIONS ITSELF. OUR COLLECTION RATE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION RATE, WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. UH, WE'RE AT 99.8 TO 99.9% IS OUR COLLECTION RATE. ON PROPERTY TAX. OK, THAT'S GOOD. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. YES, IT DOES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR WORD ON THE STREET? YOU KNOW, OUR CITY IS GROWING A LOT OF BUSINESS COMING. UM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN OUR CITY. OR OR THE VALUES OF THE HOUSES ARE GOING UP AND SO FORTH, SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT ON OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND WHERE WE AT ON A SALES TAXES, SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE. JUST GET EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SAY WE'RE STILL DOING OK? UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE VERY FRUGAL AS FAR AS OUR SPINACH IS GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR. THIS NEXT YEAR. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD. IT'S A GOOD REPORT. UH, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THEORIES THAT I HAVE IN AND WHEN PEOPLE PULL ME ASIDE TO TALK, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO KNOW WHERE THEY WHERE THE PROPERTY TAXES ON HOW WE WERE DEALING. THANK YOU, SIR.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST GLIMPSE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 16TH CITY MANAGER AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, SO YOU'LL SEE A WHAT THAT PICTURE LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA.

THANK YOU, PEREZ, AND, UH, FOR THE AUDITORS REVIEWING THIS, SO YOU GAVE ME THIS BOOKLET BACK IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT LAST YEAR, AND SO NOW IS WE'VE JUST COME AROUND TO REVIEW IT BY NOT INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. NO SO THE BOOK THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT YOU HAD WAS THE YEAR BEFORE. A 2022? YES SO THIS IS THE NEW BOOK IT A LOT OF THE NUMBERS LOOK THE SAME. I MEAN, RIGHT. THE FORMAT IS THE SAME.

THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT. OK? UM, SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE VARIANCES IN BUDGET APPROPRIATE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT, SO WE HAVE ON TABLE 17 AN ORIGINAL BUDGET AND THEN A FINAL BUDGET BY DIFFERENT BINS, AND THEN WE HAVE ACTUAL RESULTS. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL RESULTS MEAN? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT. WHAT? WHAT IT IS I'M READING. UM IN THOSE NUMBERS, SO THE ACTUAL RESULTS IS THE FINAL NUMBERS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT WE ENDED UP WITH THAT HAS BEEN AUDITED INDEPENDENTLY AND VERIFIED BY THE AUDITORS. SO IF AN ORIGINAL BUDGET IS 17 MILLION AND FINAL 17.4, AND YOU ONLY HAVE AN ACTUAL RESULT OF 14.9. THAT'S ALL YOU REVIEWED THE 14.9. DOLLARS NO, THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WAS 17. AND IT IT JUST SHOWS YOU FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES WITH THE BUDGET, WHICH IS AN ESTIMATE BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS. WHAT ARE ESTIMATE

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WAS FOR THAT EXPENDITURE AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH OK AND THEN ON THE BUDGETARY DATA, I DO LIKE READING THIS KIND OF STUFF ON PAGE 46, WHERE IT GIVES YOU A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS DEFICIENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE THIS KIND OF STUFF IN THE IN THE BOOKS, IT SAYS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM TURNS FOUR BLANCO RIVER PIT. SW KID PAID TO BROS PAID. THESE ARE DEFICIENT, BUT ONLY IN SMALL AMOUNTS. UH, SO THAT JUST GIVES ME LIKE, WHERE TO GO LOOK. UM TO DETERMINE THE BALANCES. THAT WAS PAGE 46. AND ALSO LIKE THE SAME THING UNDER THE ABATEMENTS.

WHERE I THINK IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WE HAVE ONE POINT. 7 MILLION UNCOLLECTED AND ABATE TAX ABATEMENT. UM LAST YEAR. 1 MILLION BUT THESE ARE I'M SURE WE'RE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES THAT ARE GRADUALLY RECOUPING. THE PROPERTY TAX. PETS PAGE 75. SO I THINK THIS INFORMATION IS PRETTY I. I REALLY DO LIKE LOOKING AT THAT. UM AND. THE QUESTION. HOW DO WE DETERMINE AFFORDABILITY? SO WHEN I WAS TRYING TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THIS, PEOPLE LOOK AT THE, UM TOTAL DEPTH. UM AND THE PER CAPITA AND THEY COME UP WITH THE GENERAL BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING AND THEY COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE. SO WE'RE COMPARING ON PAGE 127. UM ARE BONDED DEBT. WE COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE OF THE ACTUAL TAXABLE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THERE'S A PER CAPITA OF $2800.

BUT HOW DO YOU DETERMINE AFFORDABILITY OF KYLE? I MEAN, BASED OFF THESE NUMBERS, JUST A QUESTION, SO WE ARE ABOUT TO APPROVE. THE AUDIT, AND I THINK THAT THAT JUST GETS OUT OF THE SCOPE OF THE IN THE SCOPE IT'S BUT TO DETERMINE AFFORDABILITY. YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DO A STUDY.

WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED IN THE AUDIT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IS THE ONE TO ANSWER WHO COULD ANSWER AFFORDABILITY THEN BECAUSE OF THE TAX RATE THAT THAT INCLUDED INTO TO AUDIT ITEM. I'M NOT. I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION. IT'S LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVING THE AUDIT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT THE AUDIT SAYS IT HAS NUMBERS ABOUT THE MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF KYLE. SO THEY GET THOSE NUMBERS AND THEN THEY GET THESE PERCENTAGE NUMBERS OF THE DEBT TAXABLE RATE. AND THEY COME UP WITH A THRESHOLD OF WHAT'S AFFORDABLE IN KYLE. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET STUDIES WHENEVER WE GO OVER BUDGET? WAS SOMEBODY MAY SAY 300,000 IS AFFORDABLE, AND SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY $600,000 IS A WHOLE DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL. SO I WAS TRYING TO LET YOU GET YOUR QUESTION OUT. BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY'S POINT. WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS WHETHER OR NOT OUR BUDGETARY PRACTICES CONFORM TO GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES, AND THAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE ITEM. SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT IS THIS AN AFFORDABLE TOWN THAT NEED THAT DOES NEED TO BE SEPARATE. PERVEZ OBVIOUSLY ISN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION. WAY THAT SATISFACTORY I. I THINK BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TRY. WELL I. I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY BRING SOMETHING BACK IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO SHOW YOU BUT IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE OF PERSONAL INCOME AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION AND COMPARING THAT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT TO SEE KIND OF HOW THOSE LEVELS ARE. THAT'S HOW THE RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT THAT AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR BOND RATING, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AN ABILITY TO PAY THAT'S COMMENSURATE WITH THE INCOME LEVELS SO WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE MEASURES AND BRING THAT BACK. UM, PERHAPS ON STEVE. I THINK THAT'S VERY DOABLE FOR US TO BRING THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU.

YEAH I MEAN THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. THANKS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 15. ALL RIGHT MOTION BY CUSTOMER PARSLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS THAT WE APPROVE AGEN 915 THROUGH DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

[16. Consider approval of a resolution approving the framework for the Small Business Kickstart Program.]

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS A GENDER ITEM NUMBER. 16 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION PROVING A FRAMEWORK FOR A SMALL BUSINESS KICKSTARTER PROGRAM. ASPARAGUS GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF VICTORIA VARGAS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE

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COUNCIL ASKED FOR ME TO BRING BACK THE FRAMEWORK FOR A POLICY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR CITY AS WELL AS CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM BOARD ALSO REVIEW THE FRAMEWORK SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEIR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE POLICY. UM THE DOCUMENT. I TRIED TO LAY IT OUT, UM, IN AN EASY TO READ FORMAT WHERE IT'S, UM YOU KNOW, IT'S IN A SCALE OF 1 TO 5. SO ONE BEING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING, AND THEY REQUIRE MINIMAL RESOURCES ALL THE WAY UP TO FIVE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES COST POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL STAFF. SO THE VERY FIRST UM THE VERY FIRST ONES ARE, YOU KNOW ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING. THIS IS, UM IN THE NUMBER ONE SECTION, SO ONE ON ONE CONSULTATION WITH CITY STAFF ONE ON ONE OUTSIDE CONSULTATION WITH EXTERNAL EXPERTS. SO IF ANYBODY COMES TO OUR CITY, AND THEY COME TO OUR OFFICE, UH, MYSELF OR MY STAFF IS WELL VERSED ON HOW WE CAN HELP ASPIRING BUSINESS OWNERS. UH, WE CONNECT THEM WITH THE S DC OFFICE THAT'S OUT OF TEXAS STATE. WE ALSO HAVE SCORE MENTORS THAT WE CAN CONNECT THEM WITH. UH WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESOURCE DIRECTORY. THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE , UH, THAT LINKS THEM TO OTHER RESOURCES SUCH AS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, THE HAYES COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE ON HOW TO FILE UH, FOR THEIR BUSINESS NAME. ANYTHING YOU KNOW, FROM START TO FINISH, UM, THEY CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS WE CAN WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM OUR STAFF ALSO PARTICIPATES IN ON, UH, IN LOCAL NETWORKING EVENTS. THESE ARE FUN EVENTS THAT WE FIND AROUND TOWN WHERE WE USUALLY MEET, UH, ASPIRING BUSINESS OWNERS. UH AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS THE HAYES COUNTY MASTERMIND GROUP HOMETOWN NETWORKING. UH, THERE'S A 1 MILLION CUPS ALSO THAT WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING, SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A NEW WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN. UM WELL, WE SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT CITY INCENTIVES AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION GRANT AND I'M SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TODAY ALONE . WE HAD THREE BUSINESSES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE GRANT.

THEY JUST SHOWED UP AT MY OFFICE IN WANTED TO TALK, AND THEN I GOT A AN INQUIRY ONLINE RIGHT NOW, SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S PICKING UP TRACTION. UM SO HOPEFULLY THOSE, UH, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. UM, IF WE GO INTO THE NUMBER TWO ACTIONS THAT REQUIRE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE RESOURCES. UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM AND I'D LIKE TO CONVERT THAT TO A BIANNUAL EVENT. SO HOST IT TWICE. UM TWICE, UM A YEAR AND WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THOSE SAME RESOURCES THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER SCORE. TEXAS STATE. UM SB DC. WE HAD THE GOVERNOR'S REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN ATTENDANCE. HAYES COUNTY AND WE EVEN HAD OUR OUR, UH, PLANNING STAFF AS WELL TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO UH, LOOK FOR THAT EVENT TO COME UP IN JUNE. WE MET SOME GREAT BUSINESS OWNERS AT THIS, UM, EVENT AND WE'RE, UM, STILL TRYING TO HELP THEM, UM, NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. AND FIND A LOCATION HERE IN KYLE, SO IT'S GOOD TO MEET THEM AND CATCH THEM EARLY. UM WE'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, HAVE MONTHLY BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENTS WHERE WE WOULD, UM POST MEETUPS WITH, UH CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONNECT THEM WITH ENTREPRENEURS SO THAT THEY CAN MEET EACH OTHER SHARE IDEAS AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER. UM WE HAVE SOME NEW CITY INCENTIVES COMING SOON. UM THERE WAS SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS PERMIT FEE WAIVERS. WE ALSO HAVE A KYLE CASH PROGRAM THAT I'LL BE INTRODUCING SOON, SO THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THOSE IN THE COMING MONTHS. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ALSO WANNA, UH, PROMOTE OUR PROGRAM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. BUT IF YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE A POLICY IN THE FRAMEWORK, WE CAN PROMOTE IT ON OUR WEBSITE. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WE'VE DISCUSSED EVEN UTILIZING, UM, A SPACE ON, UM UH, CITY BILLBOARDS THAT THE CITY HAS A TIME ALLOTTED ON TO HELP PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESS EVENTS. UM MAY IS SMALL BUSINESS, UM, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS AWARENESS MONTH. SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UM, MAKE A HEAVY PUSH FOR PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESSES AT THAT TIME. UH, THEY'RE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.

THAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER, SO THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, EVENTS THAT WE CAN HELP PROMOTE, UM SMALL BUSINESSES. THE ONES. UH, ACTIONS THREE AND FOUR ARE REQUIRING A LITTLE BIT MORE

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RESOURCES. UH WE TALKED ABOUT ALSO MY TEAM AND I TALKED ABOUT A QUARTERLY GUEST SPEAKER SERIES . UH, WE'RE TARGETING THIS EVENT FOR THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, COME AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES. AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HOST ALMOST LIKE A TOWN HALL. AND WE CAN INVITE, UM ASPIRING BUSINESS OWNERS OR EVEN CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS TO COME. UM PARTICIPATE IN THE GUEST SPEAKER SERIES. UM WILL EXPAND OUR RESOURCE DIRECTORY AND THEN WE ALSO HOPE TO START A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. WE HAVE SOME VERY SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH THE YEARS AND SOME OF THEM ARE ARE OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO MAYBE START A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WITH OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THEN, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, TRAININGS THAT, UH, MYSELF AND MY STAFF CAN TAKE AS WELL THROUGH THE IEC PROGRAM. AND LASTLY, THESE ARE NUMBER FIVE. THESE ACTIONS REQUIRE, UH, MORE RESOURCES. UH WHICH IS WE'D LIKE TO HOST AND A NA AN ANNUAL NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. UM THIS COULD ALSO INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FULL TIME, UM, EDITION OF ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT NAVIGATOR. AND THEN, UH, WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS A SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR. THESE ARE THE OPTIONS FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS VARGAS? UM, CUTS CUTS FOR TOBIAS. THANK YOU, UM, LOOKING AT YOUR I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT HAVING TO UM, MAYBE YOU AT THAT POINT ACTUALLY , I DON'T KNOW. FIVE OR FIVE ACTIONS REQUIRED. UM GETTING A FULL TIME POSITION IS WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED. THAT'S CORRECT. SOME OF THIS COULD REQUIRE, UH SO LAUREN DOES A LOT OF THIS WORK NOW, UM, BUT REALLY, SHE ALSO, UM, HAS OTHER ROLES THAT SHE SHOULD BE PLAYING SO IT COULD REQUIRE. I MEAN, A PROJECT NAVIGATOR COULD BE A FULL TIME ROLE, ESPECIALLY IF, AS WE ARE GROWING SO QUICKLY AND HAVE ALL THESE NEW BUSINESSES, NEW RESTAURANTS COMING, I THINK IT UM IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT ADDING TO YOUR YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WOULD HAVE A SMALL SECTION OF INDIVIDUAL THAT FOCUS. MAINLY ON THE PUSH FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY ON THAT END. JUST HAVING THAT HELP. WE HEARS THAT BE A BUDGET ITEM. I'M SURE SO IF WE APPROVE THE PLAN, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE ITEMS ON NUMBER FIVE WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AS THEY BE YOU DEVELOP A MORE THOROUGH PROPOSAL? YES MA'AM. YES, THOSE. YEAH, THOSE REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOUGHT AND POSSIBLY FUNDING AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE HEISER. VICTORIA I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH AND THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING, UM PUTTING TOGETHER THIS FRAMEWORK. UM I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW FAR WE COULD TAKE THIS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO LOWER THE BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. UM YOU KNOW, NOW IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM AND IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT FUTURE BUDGET, UM, ITEMS, YOU KNOW, I'M COMPLETELY OPEN TO DOING THAT. UM AND I THINK IT SETS A PRECEDENT FOR KIDS ALSO, AND I KNOW YOU AND I BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT IT. UH I'VE TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS AND UM, ANYTHING THE CITY CAN BE DONE OR CAN DO TO HELP KIDS WHO LIVE HERE. PLANT SEEDS FOR THEIR OWN FUTURES, I THINK IS, UM SOMETHING WE REALLY SHOULD LOOK AT DOING. THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS CUT FOR THE LAST ONE. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS HAPPENING SPECIALLY BECAUSE THE LAST BUSINESS THE SMALL BUSINESS IN POSI, THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WENT SO GOOD AND THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THAT WAS IT WAS ALL ALL GOOD COMMENTS EVEN FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT NORMALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. UM THEY WERE REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT SO IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE CITY TOOK SUCH A GOOD STEP INTO HELPING IN ALSO DOING THINGS.

THAT OTHER ENTITIES WERE NOT DOING? UM AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SUSANNA. IS THERE DESERT HOUSE? UH, SHE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS AND WE I MEAN, WE'RE CONSTANTLY USING IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL HEER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE

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ITEM. UH, NUMBER 16, THE SMALL BUSINESS KICKSTARTER PROGRAM. OUR MOTION BY COUNCILOR HEISER SECONDED BY COUNCILOR PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA. I 16 THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.

ALSO SAY I AYE ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU, MS VARGAS. ALL RIGHT.

[17. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate a contract for preliminary design services for the Community Center Project.]

NEXT EPISODE JEN ITEM NUMBER 17 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT. MR ALEXANDER GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS A RESOLUTION, UM, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TASK FORCE AND THE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE SEA MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM WHICH WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR ANYONE WATCHING. THAT MAY NOT KNOW I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH A QUICK TIMELINE OF THIS COMMUNITY CENTER. PROJECT IN JUNE OF 2023 COUNCIL HAD A VISIONING WORKSHOP WHERE THEY CAME UP WITH THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS MULTI USE FACILITY. I'M TOLD THAT THIS, UH, FACILITY GOES MUCH FURTHER BACK THAN THAT . UM BUT ON MARCH, 16TH COUNCIL HAD A DISCUSSION THAT REALLY HONED IN ON THE FACILITY ITSELF, TALKING ABOUT TIMELINES AND FUNDING AND ALSO LOCATION AND OUT OF THAT MEETING, A TASK FORCE WAS FORMED A COUNCIL TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS COUNCIL MEMBER, PARSI, TOBIAS AND HARRIS AS WELL AS AS WELL AS OUR STAFF THAT GOT TOGETHER, UM GOT SEVERAL PROPOSALS FROM DIFFERENT FIRMS, AND THOSE PROPOSALS WERE SHORTLISTED AND EVALUATED ON MARCH 22ND AND THEN BROUGHT BACK FOR INTERVIEWS ON MARCH 29TH. AND THEN TO THAT TONIGHT, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRM THAT WAS CHOSEN FROM THAT GROUP. JUST LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. A IF THIS RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, THE SEA MANAGER WILL WORK WITH THAT FIRM TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AND THAT CONTRACT WILL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 16TH, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT CONTRACT AS IT COMES BACK, AND THEN THEY'LL BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION WORK, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT ENTAILS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT AFTER THEY DO THAT AROUND JUNE JULY, THEY SHOULD BRING A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION BACK TO COUNCIL WHERE YOU GUYS WILL EVALUATE THAT AND MAKE ANY REVISIONS AND AT THAT POINT WE WILL WE START PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE A BOND ELECTION IN AUGUST. THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. IT'S A SHORT TIMELINE. WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY. SO THOSE THE FIRMS THAT WERE EVALUATED THEY WERE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT SATURDAY MEETING. UM, AND DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. WHICH IS THE LOCATION FIRST AND FOREMOST AND WE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING AT CAL VISTA AND THE DAISY LANE PROPERTY AS WELL AS AN ELEMENT THAT WILL BE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INPUT. UM THIS THIS SHORT TIME FRAME BEFORE AUGUST WILL BE OBVIOUSLY A SHORTENED AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY, UH, OUTPUT AND, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH INPUT, BUT AS WE MOVE PAST THAT THERE'LL BE MUCH MORE, UM, THE GENERAL LAYOUT CONCEPT AND DESIGN FOR THE FACILITY. SO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE FEASIBILITY, OF COURSE, WHICH IS ACCESS INTO THIS PROPERTY. THE FLOODPLAIN HOW BUILDABLE IT IS THE LOCATION AND CONNECTIVITY AROUND TOWN AND THEN A BROAD COST ANALYSIS AND ALSO COST RECOVERY ANALYSIS. AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA BE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, FACILITATED OUT OF THAT BUILDING AND THEN THE ABILITY TO WORK. ALL OF THESE FIRMS SAID THAT THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO WORK WITHIN THIS TIMELINE. THEY WERE GIVEN THE TIMELINE AND SAID WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THAT TIMELINE WORK. SO AFTER ALL OF THAT THE TASK FORCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS BIRD. IT CONSULTANTS, UM, THAT WILL BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ON THIS PROJECT AFTER A CONTRACT IS NEGOTIATED AND BROUGHT BACK ON THE 16TH. SO COUNCIL ACTION TONIGHT FOR THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED TO APPROVE IT WITH ANY CHANGES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OR TO DENY THE RESOLUTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR ALEXANDER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTARY? ANYONE FROM THE TASK FORCE WANNA WEIGH IN WAS A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS. THAT'S WHERE TOBIAS, GO AHEAD. UM WELL, LOOKED AT BIRD. IT TOOK SOME NOTES AND WHAT I LIKED ABOUT HIM IN CASE HE IS GONNA BE ASKED IS THAT THEY OF THEY EXPLAINED OF WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEIR VISION WAS. AND THEY HAVE THEIR ARCHITECT AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT ALL IN OFFICE. I WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH I LIKE THE MOST CAUSE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE AROUND THAT ARE STATEWIDE OR OTHER PLACES.

BUT I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE COMPONENTS FROM THAT COMPANY WAS ALL IN HOUSE AND THEIR LOCAL, LIKE LITERALLY IN THE SAME BUILDING. THEY REALLY FOCUSED ON POSSIBLY GETTING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, IN GAINING INPUT THAT WOULD WORK WITH NOT ONLY OUR BUDGET. BUT ALSO SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS THAT WOULD GO INTO PLAY. AND UH, ANOTHER THING WAS, IS THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THEY WOULD LOOK AT WHAT IS WHAT FACILITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, INCLUDING THE LAND IDENTIFYING WHICH COMPONENT WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR OUR COMMUNITY? OF COURSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY SOME OTHER COUNCIL

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MEMBERS, LIKE ARE WE GONNA GO MORE RING OR WE'RE GONNA GO MORE LIBRARY. WHAT PERCENTAGES? ARE WE GONNA BE USING THIS BUILDING FOR? THEY WERE BE WILLING TO HELP US IDENTIFY THAT THEY ALSO IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AND ALSO THE SITES THAT WOULD BE SELECTED AND ITS FUNCTION OF, UH, WHAT WOULD BE SUITED FOR THE COMPONENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO RECREATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGES. THEY'D BE ABLE TO WORK WITH US ON THAT THE LAND USE AGAIN AND, UM, AND WHAT I LIKED THE MOST WAS THAT THEY BROUGHT SOME OF THEIR SITES TO US, AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ONE IN CONROE. UH AND, UH, I JUST I JUST FELT VERY COMFORTABLE WHEN WE WERE ASKING THEIR QUESTIONS. AND THEY HAD, BASICALLY, UH, AN IDEA THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO HELP US ON OUR END. FIGURE OUT WHAT ROUTE WE WANT TO GO AND THEN ALSO DO ALL THE OTHER LAKE WORK ON THAT IN OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT MAYOR PRO. YEAH. COULD DO YOU COULD YOU ALL HAVE A LIST OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THEY'VE WORKED ON, OR, UH, JUST AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE DONE THAT'S RELATED TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO THEY DID HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT I FEEL THEY HAD THE MOST COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AND ONE PLACE AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. I HAD LIBRARY.

IT HAD A REC CENTER. IT HAD, UM INDOOR KIDS AREA ALMOST LIKE I MEAN, NOT THE MUSEUM ITSELF, BUT IT DID HAVE LIKE A LEARNING CENTER. THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GO AND SEE IT BECAUSE IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT'S NOT DONE YET. BUT THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY SHOWED US WAS GREAT. UM THEY ALSO SHOWED UP IN PERSON THEY WAY THEY OUTLINE THE PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END. IT WAS CLEAR AND CONSISTENT, AND THE TIMELINE THEY SET UP IS ALSO GREAT. UM I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS. DEFINITELY COOL . THANK YOU. I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS AT THE LAKE CONROE COMMUNITY AND SO THEY HAD. THEY HAD LIKE THE GYM AREA, THE RECREATION CENTER WHERE THEY HAD A LIKE THE LIKE B FOR BASKETBALL, RIGHT AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY HAD ALSO LIKE A PLAYSCAPE AREA THAT WAS INDOOR. SO IF ANYBODY WAS WANTING TO GO WORK OUT IN THE FACILITY, PLAY BASKETBALL OR WALK ON THE UPPER TRACK, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY HAVE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING UP. UH, THEY HAVE A LITTLE AREA FOR CHILDREN TO GO TO, UH, FOR THE VERY BOTTOM. LEVI ALSO HAD THIS SWIMMING AREA AND ALSO SPLASH PAD CON ON THAT END, BUT WHAT I ALSO LIKE ONE OF THEM WAS THE IDEA OF ALSO HAVING IF WE WERE TO THROW IN, UH, THE CONCEPT OF THE LIBRARY. THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE AN OUTDOOR SITTING AREA. SO IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE KIND OF COMPLEX THAT I HAD LO LOOKED AT BEFORE, BUT IT WAS JUST ALL DIFFERENT PIECES COMING TOGETHER. AND THEY ALSO WOULD WORK WITH US, UH, ON ON DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR. FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN OR A SENIOR SECTION FOR THE RESIDENTS TO USE AND SO FORTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TASK FORCE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. MOTIONS. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM. UH, 17. SECOND OUR MOTION BY COUNCILOR HEIZER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVE EACH ITEM 17 AS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. ZUNIGA. YEAH. WHAT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? DID YOU ASK THEM ABOUT THE LAND USE CAUSE I KNOW THIS ONE IS VERY UNIQUE. UM THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE TOPOGRAPHY. SO WHAT QUESTIONS DID THEY WILL? THEY WILL DO A STUDY ONCE WHAT THEY COME WITH A DRAFT, THEY WILL BE ALL KINDS OF STUDIES DONE TO THE LAND BEFORE THERE IS ANYTHING DONE. THE TASK FORCE WAS NOT TASKED WITH THAT STUDY OR TO ASK FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. IT WAS MORE ABOUT HIRING THE FIRM TO BRING IN TO DESIGN THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME LIKE THAT'S A DIFFERENT SCOPE OF WORK. THAT'LL BE FOR THE DESIGN, BUT BUT IRON WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ON THAT IN THERE THEY DID. THEY WERE AWARE OF OUR SITES. THEY DID. I DO LIKE THAT. YOU HAD FLOODPLAIN. THEY THEY LOOK AT ALL THAT THEY THEY WHEN THEY CAME IN, THEY ALREADY SAID, WE SEE THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE TWO SPECIFIC SITES IN MIND. SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK ALREADY. THEY'RE ALREADY IDENTIFYING WHAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR A FACILITY OR WHAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ROUTE. AND SO THEY ALREADY CAME IN SAYING THAT. HEY, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT YOUR GUYS ARE ALSO ON A TIME LIMIT. YOU'RE ALL YOU'RE THE CLOCK IS ON FOR NOVEMBER. IF WE WERE GONNA GO THIS ROUTE, AND SO THEY KIND OF KNEW ALREADY BY DOING THEIR HOMEWORK. WHAT WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY GOING WITH WITH SITE LOCATION. KIND OF LIKE WHAT MR HEISER WAS SAYING EARLIER ABOUT OK, WELL, WHAT IS YOUR COMPONENT A PERCENTAGES OF WHAT THE FACILITY WOULD USE FOR AND THEY WOULD HELP US TO GO FROM

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THERE AND THEN AND GIVE AND THEN MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT I LIKE WAS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THING THAT WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, EVEN IF IT WAS TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE.

WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT MEANS A LOT. I'M VERY IMPRESSED. I WANT TO BE THE VERY BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, BUT, UH, JUST THAT WE GET THE, UM THAT FIRM KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED. YEAH THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE. THAT'S WE WERE ASKING FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY. UM, THESE TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY AND HOW APPROPRIATE THEY ARE FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WHAT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE. SO THEY BROUGHT THEIR WHOLE TEAM TEAM TO THE TABLE THERE. UM AND THEY HAD THEIR ENGINEER THEIR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO WAS AMAZING. SHE WAS GREAT. UM, THEIR DESIGNERS THEY HAD. WHAT MORE PEOPLE THERE AT THE TABLE. I THINK, UM, AND THE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT S WORK AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE SO THEY THEY'RE ON IT. NO, I MEAN I LIKE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, JUST ON THIS PAGE, SO BUT AND AS AS A, UH, VETERAN COUNCIL MEMBER AND ALONG WITH MAYOR AND MAYOR, PRO TIM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THOSE PROJECTS IN 2020, I KNOW A LOT OF THE LIKE LAVERDE. A LOT OF THOSE, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT VENDORS. I BROUGHT THOSE UP.

WHAT ARE YOUR CONTRACTORS? HOW WOULD YOU OF IN THE PAST MY QUESTION WAS TO THEM. IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE DESIGN OR CHANGE IN YOUR VENDOR OR MATERIALS. HOW WELL DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY ON THAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHEN WE'RE DOING THE VERDE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING THE CHANGE ORDERS AND ALSO WITH HEROES BECAUSE OH, BY THE WAY, WE GOT A CHANGE THIS SCOPE AND SO FORTH. THAT WAS A BIG PRIORITY QUESTION THAT I HAD FROM THEM. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH US ON THAT END, AND THAT'S WHY HAVING THE IN HOUSE WHOLE TEAM IN ONE AREA. OR THEY WOULD HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER, AND THEY'D ALSO HAVE A LEAD PERSON THAT THEY WOULD HAVE , UH, AVAILABLE FOR US ON THAT END VERSUS HAVING CONTACT. UH, ANOTHER THIRD PARTY. BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO. IF WE'RE GONNA GET THIS UP AND RUNNING, LIKE ALWAYS, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A BREAK GROUND AND KEEP IT MOVING. THE GOOD THING WAS THAT WE HAD CONSISTENCY ON THOSE PROJECTS SO, BUT HERE'S MORAL DIDN'T GO OVER. UM LAVELL THERE WAS YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE. SO IT'S KIND OF A TOUGH ONE. BUT, YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE GOT THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE PANDEMIC IS NOW OVER. SO WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES. BUT IT'S GREAT THAT Y'ALL DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND I. I LOVE THAT. YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE MICHAEL FROM THE LAST ONE, SO IT'S GREAT, SO AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. TASK FOUR MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE FAIRS. SAY A ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU,

[18. Consider approval of a resolution approving a waiver for the dedication of public rights-of-ways, allowed by Sec. 41-81 of the City’s adopted subdivision ordinance, to allow a portion of the subdivision to be served by private streets for the Live Oak Townhomes project, an approximately 17.758-acre site located east of Live Oak Street and north of the intersection between Porter Street and Cockerham Street.]

JESSE. NEXT UP, JENNA. ITEM NUMBER 18 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING A WAIVER FOR THE DEDICATION OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY. ALLOWED BY SECTION 4181 OF THE CITYS ADOPTED SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO ALLOW PORTION OF SUBDIVISION BE SERVED BY PRIVATE STREETS FOR LIVE OAK TOWN HOMES PROJECT APPROXIMATELY 17.75 ACRES UH, 758 ACRE SITE. EAST OF LIVE OAK STREET, NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN PORTER AND COCKRUM. MR LUTZ. UH, YES, EVEN A MAYOR COUNCIL. UH, JASON LUTES, UH, PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE RECORD. UM, IF THIS ITEM SEEMS FAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. UM THIS WAS CONSIDERED BY COUNSEL ON SEPTEMBER 19TH OF LAST YEAR. UM THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED FOR THE PRIVATE STREETS FOR THE LIVE BOAT TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT. UH, BUT COUNCIL DID PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK REGARDING THE NEED FOR CONNECTIVITY, SIDEWALKS AND THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, PARKING WAS A UH, FOR THE FOR THE ENTIRE SITE. UM SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING A WAIVER A WAIVER THAT'S ALLOWED BY CODE UNDER THE SECTION 4181. IT WOULD ALLOW MOST OF THE SUB DIVISION TO BE SERVED BY PRIVATE STREETS, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TWO PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY THAT SERVE THAT PROPERTY. UM SO APPROXIMATELY 17 ACRE SITES IN THE AREA OF LIVE OAK. UH PORTER COCKERHAM, UM, INTERSECTIONS. UM THEY ARE PROPOSING A FOUR LOT SUBDIVISION . IT WAS THREE LAST TIME. BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL RIDE AWAY, THEY'LL THEY'LL CUT ONE LOT INTO TWO. THIS IS INFILL RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOME. THEY'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 166 UNITS THIS TIME IS A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM FROM THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS.

IT IS ZONED R ONE T. UM THEY'VE GOT R ONE TO THE NORTH, UH, NORTHWEST NORTHEAST AND THEN R TWO TO THE SOUTHEAST. HERE'S A COPY OF THE ZONING MAP. YOU KIND OF SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THE VICINITY. AND THEN THE PROPOSED LAYOUT SO VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW THE FIRST TIME I DO WANNA CALL OUT THE PUBLIC STREET, UM, THAT CONNECTS TO LIVE OAK FROM MONTERA DRIVE.

THAT ONE WAS PRIVATE. LAST TIME THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC. AND THEN THE NORTH SOUTH WAS ALSO, UH, PUBLIC THIS TIME. UM ALL OF THE STREETS ARE PRIVATE. UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE.

THERE'S SOME BLUE HIGHLIGHTED SQUARES. THOSE ARE THE OFF SITE GUEST PARKING SPACES. UM AND

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THEN THERE, UH, FIRE LANES ARE STRIPED ON HERE, AND THEY DID INCLUDE SIDEWALKS. UM, PER THE REQUEST OF COUNSEL AND NOT JUST IN THE SUBDIVISION ON ADJACENT STREETS AS WELL. THAT'LL BE PART OF THEIR SUBDIVISION, PLAT. UM AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING THEIR MAIN ACCESS, UH, VIA MONTERA AND THE NEW EAST WEST CONNECTION ON LIVE OAK. UH, SECONDARY ACCESS WILL BE ON COCKERHAM. BUT THAT IS A PRIVATE STREET. UM AS WELL, UM THEY ARE LOOKING AT SERVING THE REST OF THE TOWN HOMES WITH PRIVATE STREETS. UH, AND THEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE KID DEDICATING ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY ALONG PORTER STREET, LIVE OAK AND COCKERHAM. UM, THEY WILL ALSO BE IMPROVING AND EXTENDING COCKERHAM THAT RIGHT NOW THAT PROPERTY DOES NOT. THAT ROAD DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY UP AND IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S BEACHY GRAVEL AFTER THAT. UM, SO THE SUBDIVISION CODE DOES ALLOW A COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS, UH, FOR PRIVATE STREETS. UM, IT GIVES THEM, UH, DISCRETION AND DOES SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT TOWN HOMES AS ONE OF THOSE, UH, USES THAT WOULD ALLOW IT. UM BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THAT REQUEST REQUIRE THAT NOT ALL OF THOSE STREETS BE PRIVATE. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC IN HERE, UM, EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY AND SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THOSE PRIVATE ROADS. UM, AGAIN. MONTANA DRIVE IS, UH, A NEW STREET CONNECTION TO LIVE OAK. THEY WILL CONTINUE THOSE 50 FT RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU SEE IN THE VICINITY. ALL OTHER STREETS ARE GONNA HAVE A PAVEMENT WIDTH OF CURB TO CURB OF 20. FT UM, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE 5 FT SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEN THE PRIVATE STREETS WILL BE PAINTED RED DESIGNATED FIRE LANES, AND THAT WILL BE A MAINTENANCE OF THE HO A OR THE CONDO REGIME THAT'S GONNA BE SET UP FOR THIS PROPERTY. SO INCOORDINATION WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. UH WE LOOKED AT THE PRO PROPERTY MET WITH THE APPLICANT. UM SO THEY HAVE ALSO, UH, ALLOWED ADDITIONAL GUEST PARKING SPACES, UH, BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAP. UM THEY ARE PROVIDING THE SIDEWALKS. UM, I THINK THE BIG ONE WAS MOVING THE BUILDINGS BACK. UM, LAST TIME THEY WERE ROUGHLY 14 FT FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT. UM, NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE 20 FT. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY FROM THE SIDEWALK NOT FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT, SO THAT WOULD ALLOW TWO CARS IN THE GARAGE. UH, TWO. ARE MUCH BETTER. UM, SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TOTAL PARKING SPACES ON THIS ONE, WE'RE AT 749 ARE PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. UM BY CODE ONLY 415 ARE REQUIRED. UH AND THEN SO THE BREAKDOWN IS 332 GARAGE, 332 DRIVEWAY AND THEN 85 SATELLITE GUEST PARKING SPACES. UM SO THESE ARE THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU ? UM OBVIOUSLY, UH UH. STAFF RECOMMENDS OPTION ONE. BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME, RIGHT? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR HAVE A COMMENT AREN'T YOU HAPPY THAT WE DENIED THIS PRO TEM? GO AHEAD. JUST REAL QUICK. UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS? UH, WHY DON'T WE GO WITH 5 FT, INSTEAD OF 6? FT WHY? WHY DID CO GO IN THAT DIRECTION? UH RIGHT NOW, 5.

FT IS OUR REQUIRED BY CODE IN OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, SO WE'RE JUST STAYING CONSISTENT WITH THE WITH OUR CODE. UM, I THINK, UM FROM THAT THERE'S A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT ON JUST THE LAYOUT AND SETBACKS. THERE'S I KNOW 1. FT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT'S TWO FEE PER STREET. UM 8 FT. 10 FT. UM, SO YEAH, IT COULD AFFECT THE DENSITY, WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THE LAYOUT WAS ON THERE, BUT THE OTHER THING IS OUR DID WE LIKE DID WE PUT LIGHTS UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALKS? OR IS IT JUST THE SIDEWALKS? UH, THESE ARE JUST SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIVATE STREETS, SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC SIDE ON THE PUBLIC SIDE. THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET OUR OUR STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR LIGHTING. OK SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S MY TWO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CUTS WERE PARSLEY. UM, WHO WILL BE MAINTAINING THE LIGHTS? AND THE PRIVATE ROADS. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLAN FOR THE PRIVATE ROADS, CROSS SECTIONS. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'LL BE LIGHTS THERE. UM BUT THE PUBLIC STREETS. ANYTHING THAT'S THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC REALM IS THE CITY BECAUSE THAT THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE THE PENINSULA HAS. IT'S LIKE WHO WILL BE MAINTAINING THE LIGHTS. ANYTHING ON THE ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE IF IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. WE'LL BE THEIRS. UM I HAVE TO KIND OF RESEARCH THROUGH THE CODE TO SEE IF THERE I HADN'T LOOKED AT LIGHTING JUST YET, SO I HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. BUT IF THAT'S A CONCERN FOR COUNCILS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE PUT THAT ON THEM IF AN ISSUE IT IS. IT IS A CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE MY STREET HAS NO LIGHTING. AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE PRIVATE ROADS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING PROBABLY WON'T HAVE ANY UM, SO WE WILL BE MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC ONES. IS GLAD. I'M GLAD THAT THEY ARE HAVING PRIVATE ROADS JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE. BUT THE LIGHTING IS A CONCERN TO ME, AND ARE THEY HAVING SIDEWALKS IN BOTH SIDES OR JUST ONE SIDE? NO. IT IS BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS ON THE INTERNAL, PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO OK, COUNCILOR HARRIS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC FOR THE STREETS. BUT UM WHAT PROVISIONS HAVE THEY MADE FOR AMENITIES AND PARKS? I DIDN'T SEE ANY ON THAT PLAN. UH, IT'S HARD. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO BACK TO THE PLAN. UM I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY PROGRAMMED, UM, THE OPEN SPACE. UH, BUT IF YOU LOOK, UM UH ON THE NORTH, UP AND

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DOWN THE NORTH SOUTH STREET. UM, WHERE THE PUBLIC STREET LABEL IS . THAT AREA IS A LITTLE OPEN SPACE PARK. UM SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE A MI, IF THAT'S GONNA BE A DOG PARK. UM WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR IN THE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE PLAN PROCESS. UM WE WERE JUST IN THE PLOTTING PROCESS. UH, WHEN THE PRIVATE STREETS CAME UP, AND SO THEY THEY CAME AND ASKED FOR THIS WAIVER SO THEY COULD FINALIZE THAT OK, SO THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH PARKS AND AMENITIES. UM SO PARKLAND, UH, ORDINANCE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK AT, UH, DEDICATION OR FEN LOU. THANK YOU. OR ANYONE ELSE COMES FOR HAUSER. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE OPTIONS AGAIN? ALL RIGHT, SO ULTIMATELY THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT RIGHT FOR US TO APPROVE THIS. DEVELOPMENT. UH, NO. THIS ONE WILL GO TO P AND Z FOR THE PLOT. UM AND THEN IT'LL BE A STAFF. UH SITE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, SO I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU ALL WOULD SEE THIS AGAIN UNLESS THERE WAS SOME KIND OF SITUATION WITH VARIANCES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UH, THIS WOULD THIS WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL MOVING FORWARD. OUTSIDE OF P AND Z FOR THE PLOT. YEAH, WE ALREADY VOTED FOR THE ZONING SEVERAL YEARS AGO , SO THEY HAVE TOWN HOME ZONING.

BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE A TOWN HOME PROJECT WORK, THEY NEED TO USE PRIVATE STREETS. SO WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY PROPOSED PRIVATE STREETS, THEY WEREN'T INCLUDING CITY STANDARD FOR SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT EXTRA PARKING, SO WE SAID NO, AND THEY'VE COME BACK, AND THEY'VE ADDED THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE SAID NO ON ACCOUNT OF THE PRIVATE THERE. THE SIDEWALKS PLUS THE EXTRA PARKING AND WHEN WAS THE ZONING? SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE ZONING IN TOWN HOMES THERE. IT'S TOO SMALL FOR RESIDENTIAL. IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR COMMERCIAL. IT'S PACKED IN. I JUST DON'T THINK LIKE NOW IS THE TIME. HOW MANY JUST TOLD YOU THIS PROJECT THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT ACROSS THE LINE FOR FIVE YEARS. II I DON'T REALLY CARE. LIKE CANDIDLY LIKE I DON'T. UM IS IT? THE QUESTION IS, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A PRIVATE I? I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS DEVELOPMENT. BUT IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ANYWAY, AND WE'RE JUST IGNORE ME. CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? HOW MANY ACRES AVAILABLE ACRES THAT THEY HAVE, UH, 17 ACRES. IT'S FAIRLY FLAT. UM, THEY'LL HAVE TO ADHERE TO IMPERVIOUS COVER CALCULATIONS, UM, LANDSCAPING, SO, UM, THE SITE MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSING. UM, THERE'S ALSO THE I MEAN THROUGH THE SITE PLAN. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TREE PRESERVATION TREE ORDINANCE. THE SITE IS FILLED WITH A LOT OF TREES SO MOST LIKELY A LOT OF MITIGATION WILL NEED TO BE, UH, DISCUSSED, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT. UM AGAIN. HOW MANY UNITS DO THEY HAVE 100 AND 66 ON THIS PLAN? AND THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE AMOUNT OF FRONT YARD THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE. JUST ANOTHER THING. UM IS I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP OF WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE PROXIMITY TO WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE CHOPPING UP. AREAS NEAR WHERE KIDS, UH TRAVERSE TO AND FROM SCHOOL, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT OTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF VETERANS. WHERE UM, IT'S PRETTY UNWORKABLE. TO GET TO UH, SILVERADO AND, UH, HOMETOWN. KYLE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN YOU WHILE THIS IS UP HERE.

TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR KIDS TO BE WALKING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION. I MEAN, IF YOU WOULD GET IT ON THE MAP, THEY'RE LIKE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER. YEAH I THINK FROM A CONSTRUCTION SAFETY STANDPOINT, UM WE KIND OF GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESSES ON FENCING. I MEAN, LIFE SAFETY ON THE BUILDING SIDES IS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT. UM I. I THINK THE BONUS TO THIS PROJECT IS THE IMPROVEMENT ON PORTER AND LIVE OAK. AND SOME OF THOSE SIDEWALKS THAT THEY ARE C ARE GONNA BE CREATING TO KIND OF FILL IN THOSE GAPS. UM IF WE DO HAVE STUDENTS FROM COMING FROM OTHER AREAS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THERE. UM YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW, FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, WHAT WE COULD DO AS PART OF A YEAH. IN FIELD DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF YOUR DOWNTOWN IS KIND OF LIKE A BULL'S EYE FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. BECAUSE THIS IS YOU THINK. OH, IS THIS A BURDEN TO THE SCHOOLS WHILE TOWN HOME ZONING PROVIDES FOR A VERY FEW CHILDREN PER CAPITA COMPARED TO THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, UH, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT DOES PUT THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS.

THIS IS THIS IS WHAT PUTS DISPOSABLE DISCRETIONARY INCOME WITHIN A, YOU KNOW, TWO MINUTE WALK OF OUR DOWNTOWN SO NOT WANTING INFILL PROJECTS IN THE IN THE DOWNTOWN. AREAS SOMETHING THAT AT THE TIME THE COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT. THEY WANTED THIS TO STAY THE FIELD WHERE ALL THE

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KIDS GO BEHIND AND BURY THEIR TRASH AND GET INTO ALL THEIR ILLICIT ACTIVITIES, AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING FOR A REALLY PROFITABLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITH A DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPE THAN JUST MORE, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT IS PRODUCING THE BURDEN ON THE KIDS. BUT I MEAN, IT'S NEVER BEEN AN EASY, YOU KNOW. LOT TO ZONE. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, SO I'M READING ON THE QUOTE OF ORDINANCE THAT SAYS A MINIMUM OF TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH LIVING UNIT. BUT THEY ARE HAVING ENOUGH SPACE TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY. INCLUDING THE GARAGE. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT EQUAL TO THE TWO ON STREET PARKING SPACES PER UNIT. SO TWO PER UNIT IS ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE CODE THERE ESSENTIALLY PUTTING IN FOUR PER UNIT. SO THEY ARE INCLUDING THE DRIVEWAY AS PARKING BECAUSE THE DRIVEWAY IS OUTSIDE OF THEIR PRIVATE STREET. UM SO, UM WHETHER A CAR HAS A HOME HAS A GARAGE OR NOT MAY HAVE A CARPORT. IT MAY JUST HAVE DRIVEWAYS AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE PHYSICAL SPACE, THE NINE BY 18 SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE RIDE AWAY ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IS CONSIDERED THEIR PARKING SPACE. UM, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE PENINSULA BECAUSE PARKING WAS CALCULATED BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE. YOU HAVE A PICTURE IN THERE IF YOU DON'T MIND PUTTING IT UP JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY. I FEEL SO MUCH THAT PRIVATE ROADS I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THAT. YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE BACK OF MATERIAL. IT'S IN A DIFFERENT PAGE OF THIS. YEAH, I I'M SORRY.

I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE BACKUP MATERIAL. UM, JUST WHAT'S IN THE SLIDE? WELL THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS THIS ONE SOLVES EVERYTHING THAT THE PENINSULA UNDERSTAND. LIKE I'M TRYING TO I DON'T LIKE IT. BUT THERE IS JUST NO WAY FOR ME TO DENY. I MEAN, THEY CAME BACK WITH EVERY THEY FIXED EVERYTHING THAT I COMPLAIN ABOUT. SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM. 18 I CANNOT BELIEVE I DID. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILOR PARSLEY SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HARRIS TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 18 AND JUST TO REITERATE THEY DID COME BACK WITH EVERY SINGLE APPROVAL AND FIX THAT WE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK WITH AND THEY TOWN HOMES ARE THEIR ZONING. SO ALL RIGHT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? I I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMENITIES AS UH, DOCTOR LAURA LEE ASKED FOR. MAYBE WE LOOK AT IN THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. YES.

FOR THE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? I'LL JUST JUST QUICKLY SAY THAT.

YOU KNOW FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS AREA IS AT IN HIS WATCH, AND IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE BY COURSE, UH, GOLDEN CHECK IN THAT BACK AREA, ALSO BY SILVERADO, WHERE WE TOOK DOWN THAT STOP SIGN. SO NOW IF THIS GOES THROUGH, UH, THEY HAVE 719 MORE CARS IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT 719 MORE PARKING SPACES. JUST JUST BE AWARE. WHERE THAT AREA IS SAN FELIPE DRIVE, WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN YOU GOT ALL THOSE CARS, THEY'RE TRYING TO LEAVE. IT'S OVER THERE ON VETERANS DRIVE. IF THOSE THINGS BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE HOUSING MARKET IS IT'S EVERYTHING'S GETTING RENTED QUICK. AND PURCHASED THAT'S 718 MORE VEHICLES. THAT WILL BE ON THAT ROAD. UP AND DOWN, BUT IT'S ALREADY SO FOR THAT THERE IS NOTHING. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, BUT I'M LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW THE G TO WHICH THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BUILD THIS.

WE CAN. WE CAN PUT A ROUNDABOUT AT SPRING BRANCH IN BURLESON, WHICH IS WHAT IT NEEDS DESPERATELY BAD WAY MORE THAN A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I'M JUST SAYING, I SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY A ALL OPPOSE NAY MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. THANK

[19. (First Reading) Consider approval of an ordinance updating the City of Kyle Fee Schedule in Appendix A of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances to modify fees for Building, Engineering, Parks, Planning, and Public Works.]

YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM 19 1ST READING. UH, THIS ITEM HAS A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE CITY OF K FEE SCHEDULE ON APPENDIX DAY OF THE CITY OF CAL CODE OF ORDINANCES TO MODIFY FEES FOR BUILDING ENGINEERING, PARKS PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS. UM M MCCALLUM YOU PRESENTED ON THIS AT THE LAST MEETING. RIGHT ALL RIGHT, SO JUST TO CONTINUATION, THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING NONPUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED. UH, LAST WEEK REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, RAISING AND TRULY DOING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO EXHIBIT A THAT'S ATTACHED TO, UM OUR FEE SCHEDULE IN REGARDS TO HOW WE LOOK AT, UH, FEES RELATED TO PLANNING, UH, BUILDING ENGINEERING. UM AND , UM, SOME PUBLIC WORKS FEES SO AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE KYLE FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES. UH, WITH THIS, TOO. I INCLUDED ALSO THE CONTINUATION OF THE BENCHMARK STUDIES. UM, KIND OF WHAT? THE

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FEES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, UM, HOW THIS FEE SCHEDULE WOULD AFFECT, UH, THE FEES THAT WE TAKE IN, UH, HERE AT THE CITY AS WELL AS SOME EXAMPLES FOR EACH OF THOSE, UM SO ALL THE ATTACHMENTS AND THE FEE SCHEDULE IN THE ORDINANCE REALLY REPRESENT IN OUR, UH, CONCURRENT WITH, UH, WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU LAST, UH, MEETING ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR MCCOLLUM MOTIONS? MAKE MOTIONS OF THE ITEM NUMBER 19 2ND MOTIONS MADE BY, UH, CUSTOMER TOBIAS, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER PARSLEY THAT WE APPROVED OF ITEM. 19 IS THEIR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. I'M GONNA WAIT. COME BACK. ALSO I CAN FINALLY PASS. YEAH ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I, A ALL OPPOSED ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 70 Z. UH, OBJECTION TO DECIDE OF BEING FINALLY PASSED. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NUN IS FINALLY PASSED THE NEW FEES BE IMPLEMENTED. I WOULD SAY AS SOON AS WE CAN POST IT AND GET THE ORDINANCE. UH, SIGNED. WE'VE STARTED, UM PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN. WE'VE DEFINITELY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, UM SOME OF THESE CHANGES WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, UPDATING THE FEES AND OUR PERMITTING SOFTWARE ONCE THIS IS APPROVED AS WELL. OK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS, UH JEN ADAMND L

[20. (Second Reading) Consider approval of an ordinance amending the City's adopted budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to authorize the Mayor and City Council members to access the health insurance program on the same terms as full-time City employees; and amending Ordinance No. 1043 regarding City Council health insurance access.]