RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED. AND NOW 
          [I) Call Meeting to Order, Roll Call, and Excuse Absences]
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WE'LL GAVEL IN THE REGULAR MEETING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 7:10 P.M. IT IS TUESDAY, MAY THE 6TH. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. 
          WOULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MITCHELL. HERE. KAISER. HERE. RIZZO. PRESENT. ZUNIGA. PRESENT. HARRIS. HERE. MCKINNEY. HERE. 
          TOBIAS. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT UP, APPROVAL OF THE 
          [II) Approval of Minutes]
MINUTES. YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON APRIL THE 15TH. SPECIAL AND THE REGULAR MINUTES SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TOBIAS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? 
          [III) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. NEXT UP IS CITIZEN COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM TO PLEASE DO SO. WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY. I HAVE TWO FOLKS WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK. FIRST UP IS DAWN CONNELLY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK. IS IT ON? THERE WE GO. I WAS LIKE, I DON'T SEE IT GREEN. MY NAME IS DAWN CONNELLY. I AM THE PROGRAMS AND ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR. KYLE SENIOR ZONE. WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY INVITE YOU TO OUR FIRST ANNUAL SENIOR EXPO AT GEMSTONE PALACE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY FROM 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. WE HAVE OVER 47 VENDORS, FIVE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN AND RESOURCES TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THINGS THAT WILL HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE, VETERAN RESOURCES AND NEEDS FOR THE SENIORS. SO PLEASE JOIN US AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HOPE TO MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL THING SO THAT EVERYBODY'S ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND KNOW HOW TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE IN KYLE, BUDA IN SAN MARCOS. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY HERE IS ON MAY 10TH DURING MARKET DAY, KYLE LARRY SENIOR ZONE IS HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY BREAKFAST IN SILENT AUCTION. IT WILL BE A TACO SALE. THIS TIME. WE'RE SWITCHING IT UP FROM PANCAKES SO YOU CAN GRAB YOUR $6 COMBO WITH TACOS FROM RUDY'S BARBECUE MUFFIN, FRUIT AND CHOICE OF DRINKS. AND THEN WE HAVE OVER 100 BASKETS FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION. IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS, AND AGAIN, JUST A GREAT WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE MARKET DAY. LASTLY, I WAS SO EXCITED YESTERDAY TO WATCH THAT ADELE HURST NAME ONE ABOVE THE BALLROOM DOOR. SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING ON THAT AND TO BRING THAT HISTORY OF A WOMAN WHO REALLY WAS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT SENIORS HAVE A PLACE TO FIND FAMILY, SOCIALIZATION AND RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU DON. NEXT UP IS TRACY. 
          SHE'LL. 
          MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, I COME TO YOU TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 29. THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS OF THE AFFAIR, ANYWAY. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO WORK THE KYLE PD TABLE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND HAVE BEEN VERY. HONORED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTEND THIS FAIR. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT NOT JUST HELPS OUR CITIZENS PREPARE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BIG THINGS LIKE POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, TERRORISM OR CYBER ATTACKS. BUT IT ALSO HELPS PREPARE US FOR THOSE THINGS THAT MOTHER NATURE LIKES TO THROW AT US. YOU KNOW, WE NEED RAIN, BUT WE DON'T NEED A DELUGE TO FLOOD US. WE WERE IN A TORNADO WATCH TODAY, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD SNOWPOCALYPSE. AND YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS 
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NEEDED WATER. BUT THERE'S ALSO PERSONAL EMERGENCIES, A FIRE. AND JUST REAL QUICK, CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, CHIEF TAYLOR. AND, YOU KNOW, A FIRE IN A HOME IS AN EMERGENCY TO A RESIDENT, BUT THAT CAN ALSO SPREAD TO OTHER RESIDENTS. FIRE TOOK OUT HALF A BLOCK HERE ON CENTER STREET JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS BUILDING WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR A FIRE THAT TOOK OUT ANOTHER AND JUST HISTORIC, IMPORTANT BUILDING THAT WAS ALREADY HERE. THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. SO EMERGENCIES COME IN ALL FORMS AND FASHIONS. AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM AND HOPEFULLY SEE YOU GUYS THERE. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COOL VENDORS, EVEN THE HELICOPTERS. 
          MATTER OF FACT, I MET ONE OF THE PILOTS THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHO ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME LAST SURNAME AS ME. I HAVE NEVER MET ANOTHER PERSON WITH MY LAST NAME OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY, AND HE ACTUALLY TORE OFF HIS PATCH AND GAVE IT TO ME, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. BUT ANYWAY, SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE. BUT REALLY, PLEASE APPROVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO ME. JENNIFER, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUBMITTED TO YOU ANY MORE ADDITIONAL FORMS? YOU HAVE ONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, DON'T YOU WISH. HI. MY NAME IS YVONNE FLORES KALE. I'M HERE. I ORIGINALLY JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WATCHING YOUR MEETINGS AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. JUST BECAUSE THERE AREN'T PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A WATCH PARTY. SO FROM NOW ON, ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND WATCH THESE MEETINGS, MAYBE HAVE SOME POPCORN, GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING EVERY TUESDAY. SO THEY CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND CONTACT ME AT. 
          YVONNE FLORES KALE 77 AT GMAIL.COM. THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS WHAT JUST TOOK PLACE. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF OFF THE CUFF. I WAS UNAWARE THAT YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO BE DOING VOTING ON A RAISE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEARLY STATED IN THE AGENDA. I'M ASSUMING IT'S A LETTER L OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL ISSUES, INCLUDING DELIBERATING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, OR DISCIPLINE OF PUBLIC OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CITY MANAGER. MY SUGGESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY TO THIS. THE AGENDA SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED AND SPECIFICALLY STATED SOMETHING ALONG THE TOPICS OF THE CITY MANAGER'S SALARY INCREASE, AND IT DIDN'T. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN A DISCUSSION REGARDING WHY YOU EACH FELT THAT AFTER TWO YEARS, THE CITY MANAGER WAS ENTITLED TO A 15% RAISE OVERALL. SO AS WE KNOW, LAST YEAR HE GOT A 10% RAISE. 10.5%. THIS YEAR IS 4.5%. 
          AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A REALLY BIG RAISE TO GIVE SOMEBODY WHERE I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT OUTSOURCE OF CONNECTION TO THE RESIDENTS, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF ANY CITY MANAGER. SO MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN REEVALUATE THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS GIVE THEM A RAISE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ALL RIGHT. 
          SEEING NONE I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS. CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT UP 
          [IV) Agenda Order]
IS AGENDA ORDER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WISH TO MOVE AROUND? WE DO HAVE ONE WHICH IS I HAVE ONE TO REQUEST, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 29. REGARDING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS FAIR, SINCE MR. JONES IS HERE TO SPEAK, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE HAVE THAT BE BROUGHT UP TOWARDS THE FRONT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT OR HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THEY WISH TO MOVE AROUND TO THE TOWN? YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WE'RE GOING TO DO SEVEN FIRST IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER ITEMS. WHAT'S THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          [7) A proclamation recognizing Fire Chief Kyle Taylor for earning Chief of the Year honors.]
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FIRE CHIEF CARLTON TAYLOR FOR EARNING CHIEF OF THE YEAR AND BIGGEST 
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ENTOURAGE, COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY. YEAH, I'M GONNA EXPECT YOU GUYS HERE FOR EVERY MEETING FROM HERE ON OUT. I ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING RIBBON CUTTING OR COUPLING CEREMONY. WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS CALL IT FOR OUR NEWEST FIRE STATION. AND IT WAS KIND OF LEAKED A LITTLE EARLY. THANK YOU. JOSEPH, THAT THAT OUR, OUR CHIEF WAS NAMED CHIEF OF THE YEAR. AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, WE GOTTA WE GOTTA HONOR THAT. WE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. I WILL SAY THAT AS I'VE GOTTEN MORE AND MORE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT JUST IT IT REALLY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW MANY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT WORK HERE, THAT SERVE HERE, WHETHER IT'S VOLUNTEER, I MEAN, IT'S WE'RE WE'RE TRULY BLESSED WITH WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER. I JUST I'M GRATEFUL. I'M VERY GRATEFUL. SO THAT BEING SAID. WHEREAS THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION ANNUALLY RECOGNIZES A FIRE CHIEF WHO EXEMPLIFIES LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND DEDICATION TO THE FIRE SERVICE AS VOTED ON BY THEIR PEERS. AND WHEREAS CHIEF KYLE TAYLOR HAS DEDICATED MORE THAN TWO DECADES TO THE FIRE SERVICE. AND WHEREAS SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT AS FIRE CHIEF OF HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE IN AUGUST 2013, HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WHICH DEPARTMENT, WHICH SERVES 76MI■!S IN EASTERN HAYS COUNTY O INCLUDE THE CITY OF KYLE AND WHEREAS CHIEF TAYLOR BEGAN AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH RED OAK FIRE RESCUE AND ELLIS COUNTY, LATER BEING PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN, AND LATER SERVED AS A BATTALION CHIEF FOR HAYS COUNTY ESD NUMBER SIX IN DRIPPING SPRINGS PRIOR TO LEADING KYLE FIRE, AND WHEREAS CHIEF TAYLOR IS A GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM AND HOLDS A MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH AN EMPHASIS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY AND A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS. AND WHEREAS, THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE YEAR AWARD IS A TESTAMENT TO THE CHIEF TO CHIEF TAYLOR'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN FIRE IN FIRE SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. NOW, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT WORK OF. THE WHOLE MOUTHFUL HERE. THE. HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE I MARK MCKINNEY, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AND THE ENTIRE KYLE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY HONOR CHIEF KYLE TAYLOR AND RECOGNIZE HIS COMMITMENT TO LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, AND DEDICATION TO THE FIRE SERVICE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE'S MADE TO THE CAL COMMUNITY. SIGNED AND ENTERED THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 2025. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COME ON, CHIEF, WHAT YOU GOT FOR US? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY TO CHIEF NOW THAT HE'S HERE TO RECEIVE OUR PRAISE, COUNCILMEMBER RISA. YEAH. WELL DESERVED, WELL EARNED. GREAT JOB. CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR HAYS COUNTY, FOR THE CITY OF KYLE. IT'S REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          ANYTIME WE HAVE A SOMETHING GOING ON HERE, WHETHER IT'S A FIRE OR SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY, YOU'RE ALWAYS A PHONE CALL AWAY. YOU'RE WANTING TO WORK WITH. THE CITY IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THIS PAST YEAR, WHEN WE HAD THE FIRES HERE, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, I HAD RESIDENTS THAT WERE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HOMES AND THEY WEREN'T GETTING ANY INFORMATION. 
          YOU PICKING UP THE PHONE AND ALLOWING ME TO COMFORT THEM WAS MEANT VOLUMES. THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY WORRIED AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IS GREAT, BUT THAT JUST SHOWS THAT EVEN WHILE YOU'RE BATTLING A FIRE, YOU CAN RESPOND TO A TEXT. YOU CAN YOU'LL YOU'RE WILLING TO WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER ELECTEDS AND ALSO WANTING TO WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? CARE. GIVE THAT COMMUNICATION OUT. AND I WAS REAL CAREFUL. I MADE SURE I DIDN'T GET MORE THAN I NEEDED TO, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND FOR THE PEOPLE UNDER YOU. I MEAN, IT GOES BACK TO LEADERSHIP, RIGHT? AND THE CULTURE YOU'VE CREATED THERE IS PRETTY AMAZING. SO THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER TOBIAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. AND CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW THAT THIS AWARD MEANS A LOT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, BUT MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE FOR SO MANY YEARS SHOWS DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 
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I'M HONORED TO BE UP HERE. BUT REALLY, IT'S A GROUP EFFORT. ALL THESE GUYS BACK HERE MAKE US WHAT WE ARE. THEY MAKE US THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S ABLE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS HERE IN KYLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT JUDGE SMITH BACK HERE. AND THE ESD BOARD, THEY STAND BEHIND ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND THE CRAZY IDEAS I COME UP WITH, LIKE OPENING STATION THREE IN A HOUSE. SO YEAH, I'VE HAD A LOT OF HELP ALONG THE WAY, AND I'M HONORED TO BE PRESENTED WITH THIS TODAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY WIFE. SHE'S BEEN BEHIND ME FOR A LOT OF YEARS. YOU SEE THE HAIR COLOR THAT WASN'T HERE? MY HAIR WASN'T THIS COLOR WHEN I GOT HERE, BUT. NICE. YEAH. THANK YOU AGAIN. YEAH. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, CHIEF? I'LL JUST SAY, I GUESS I'VE KNOWN YOU NOW FOR ABOUT TEN, TEN YEARS OR SO, AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN AN HONOR JUST TO GET TO SORT OF WATCH YOU GO FROM THE ONE WITH THE HAIR TO THE ONE WITH THE DIFFERENT COLORED HAIR, THOSE, THOSE EVERY ONE OF THOSE GRAYS ARE EARNED ON THE BACKS OF YOU CARING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. SO IT'S 100%. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. WE'RE SUPER PROUD TO HAVE YOU. AND THAT'S IT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE. YEAH. IT'S THE CITIZENS OR THE FIREFIGHTERS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED AND THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF. WELL, I WHEN I TALK TO MY KIDS ABOUT ROLE MODELS, I TALK TO THEM ABOUT YOU. SO AND I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, I HOPE I HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE FOR A LOT LONGER. I'LL FEEL SAFE AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'D LIKE TO DO A PHOTOGRAPH. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR COMPADRES TO COME UP HERE AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. YOU GOT YOUR TROPHY? BACK? YEAH. STAND UP. THANK YOU. EVEN IT OUT. OH, GOD, I. GOTTA SQUEEZE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, GUYS. TWO ROLES. HERE, Y'ALL. STILL, Y'ALL DID NOT MOVE AT ALL. HAVE, LIKE, A LITTLE MINI LADDER. DID NOT MOVE. YEAH. TWO ROWS, TWO ROWS, TWO ROWS, TWO ROW, TWO ROWS. THERE WE GO. THEY DID IT. SO GREAT. BETH. OKAY. ASHLEY. ASHLEY, HOLD ON ONE MINUTE. ASHLEY. HOLD ON. ARE YOU READY? I'M TAKING A FEW OF Y'ALL. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S EYES ARE OPEN. JEEZ. PERFECT. 
          YEAH. WE'RE GOOD TO GET IN THE PICTURE. YES YES YES YES. COME ON NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAD AT ME. COME ON, COME ON. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE. YEAH. THANK YOU. PETE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHIEF TAYLOR. NICE WORK MAN. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TRY TO TAKE A FEW OF THESE OUT OF ORDER. WE'LL DO THE REST OF THE PROCLAMATIONS. THEN WE'LL DO THE PREPAREDNESS. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE 
          [5) A proclamation recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Month.]
STAFF ITEMS AND THEN COUNCIL ITEMS. SOUND GOOD? ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH COUNCILMEMBER HEIZER. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. TONIGHT I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE. THIS IS A TIME TO BRING TO LIGHT AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH SOMEONE WE CARE ABOUT. LIKE SO MANY, I'VE HAD MY OWN JOURNEY WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHOCK FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS. YOU KNOW, SOME DAYS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON TOP OF THINGS, AND OTHER DAYS IT'S MORE LIKE YOU'RE DRAGGING YOURSELF THROUGH QUICKSAND. THE TRUTH IS, MOST OF US PUSH THROUGH BECAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE 
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TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN AS STRUGGLING. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR REACHING OUT FOR HELP IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS. IT'S A SIGN THAT YOU CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOURSELF AND THOSE WHO DEPEND ON YOU. OUR CITY IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A CULTURE WHERE MENTAL WELLNESS IS SUPPORTED, WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE ASKING FOR HELP, AND WHERE STIGMA HAS NO PLACE. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PARTNERSHIPS, OR OUR DAILY INTERACTIONS, WE ALL CAN PLAY A ROLE IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. ONE OPEN CONVERSATION AT A TIME. IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, OUR CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED VITAL PROGRAMS AND PERSONNEL TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. A PARTNERSHIP WITH HAYS CISD AND HILL COUNTRY, MD TO BRING OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE CARE TO KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TWO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO OUR EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION AT THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO, AS WE PROCLAIM THIS MONTH IN HONOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK IN ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR LOVED ONES, AND YES, YOURSELF. BECAUSE YOU MATTER, YOUR STORY MATTERS, AND YOUR HEALING IS WORTH PRIORITIZING. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP OUR GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO OFFER CRISIS INTERVENTION AND PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE GUIDANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF KYLE, CHRISTINE DALTON AND GENESIS VILLAGOMEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION DURING THIS IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION. 
          PROCLAMATION. SORRY. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST AS VITAL AS PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND IT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS ACROSS ALL WALKS OF LIFE. HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE, WE'VE TAKEN MEANINGFUL STEPS TOWARDS ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CO-RESPONSE MODEL. THIS MODEL PAIRS TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS WITH LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO RESPOND TOGETHER TO CALLS INVOLVING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE NOT JUST IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE NOT JUST SAFETY, BUT UNDERSTANDING, CONNECTION AND IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CARE. 
          IT'S A PROACTIVE, COMPASSIONATE APPROACH, ONE THAT HELPS DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS, REDUCE UNNECESSARY ARREST HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. WE ARE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. MENTAL WELLNESS IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO BEING A TRUSTED PART OF THAT SOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK IN THE CITY OF KYLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH WITH THE TWO OF THEM AND THE OFFICERS HERE? I DON'T SEE WHY YOU WANT TO GO UP TO THE FRONT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT. 
          WOULD YOU? 2022. YEAH, YEAH. LET'S DO TWO ROWS, LADIES. YEAH, LADIES. STEP FORWARD. YEP. THERE WE GO. PERFECT. COME ON GUYS. NOPE. VERONICA, CAN YOU COME OVER TO THIS SIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU SO FAR. SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS FOR YOUR. 
          [6) A proclamation recognizing Police Week (May 11 - 17).]
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING TO ADD? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING POLICE WEEK. COUNCILMAN RIZZO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. LOOK, HONESTLY, LAST NIGHT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS REALLY HARD BECAUSE I PREPARED SOMETHING. 
          AND NO MATTER WHAT, I REWROTE IT OR HOW I REWROTE IT, IT JUST DIDN'T COME OUT RIGHT. IT FELL 
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TO SYNCHRONIZE, TO SCRIPTED. RIGHT. SO I STARTED THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AS, AS A NATION. I STARTED THINKING ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, THE KPD, AND HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE AS A CITY TO HAVE THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT ON THE UNIFORM EVERY DAY HERE IN KYLE TO SERVE. AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THEM PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW A LOT OF THE OFFICERS PERSONALLY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED IS THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE CARRYING THIS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY HUMAN BEINGS. THEY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, THEY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WONDERFUL TO GET TO SEE NOT ONLY WHILE THEY'RE WEARING THE UNIFORM, BUT EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT WEARING THE UNIFORM, TO SEE THEM INTERACTING AND BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY AMAZING. THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT KYLE. THEY THEY LOVE THE CITY THAT THEY SERVE. IT GOES BACK TO RECRUITMENT. AND RECRUITMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKES REALLY DEAR. AND THEY THEY DON'T LOOK TO JUST FILL A SPOT. THEY LOOK TO FILL IT WITH THE RIGHT PERSON, THE RIGHT OFFICER, SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY HAS THE MINDSET OF SERVING A COMMUNITY. 
          THAT COMMITMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FROM DAY ONE. AND THAT GOES BACK TO LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, CHIEF CHIEF BARNETT AND ASSISTANT CHIEF HERNANDEZ DO A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING IN A CULTURE HERE IN KYLE, ONE OF SERVICE AND ONE OF COMPASSION AS WELL. WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT DO THEIR JOB DAILY. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A GRIND. OUR OFFICERS ALWAYS ENJOY. THEY ALWAYS GOT A SMILE TO SEE THEM PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. TO SEE THEM AT FIELD DAY, TO SEE THEM WITH THE COPS AND COFFEE COPS AND POPS. I MEAN, GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR BUY IN. IT'S WHERE WE'RE LUCKY AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ENJOY SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE UNIFORM. IT'S THE PEOPLE IN UNIFORM. AND WE'VE GOT GREAT OFFICERS AT THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO PUT AN EMPHASIS NOT JUST ON NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, BUT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HERE IN KYLE. KPD IS A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE IN IT ARE AMAZING. AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A CITY WITH THAT. I'D LOVE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. CITY OF KYLE PROCLAMATION. DEDICATED OFFICERS OF THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE NATION, GIVE SELFISHLY OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES FACING DAILY CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL DANGERS AS THEY SERVE THE PUBLIC. AND THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN EMBODY INTEGRITY, DEDICATION, AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AS THEY PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND UPHOLD THE LAW AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES DURING TIMES OF CRISIS AND UNCERTAINTY. AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR THEIR SACRIFICES. TO HONOR THE DEDICATION THEY BRING TO THE SERVICE, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND BEHIND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, TRAINING AND POLICIES THAT ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES WITH FAIRNESS, RESPECT AND COMPASSION, ENSURING THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO SERVE EFFECTIVELY. AND WE RECOGNIZE THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT THE OFFICERS OF THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE NATION, HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, HELPING TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF SECURITY AND PEACE AND OFFERING SUPPORT TO FAMILIES, BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS EACH DAY. NOW, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE BRAVERY, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, I ROBERT RIZZO, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT TWO, DO HEREBY DECLARE THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH 17TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF KYLE. DURING THIS WEEK, WE HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF KYLE, THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALL WHO SERVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS OUR NATION. LET US UNITE IN EXPRESSING OUR GRATITUDE, RESPECT, AND ADMIRATION FOR THOSE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT US, ENSURING OUR COMMUNITIES REMAIN SAFE, PEACEFUL AND JUST FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. WHEN I SAY ANYTHING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WISH TO ADD, CHIEF? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY, COUNCILMEMBER KENNY? GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THESE SERVICE CALLS COME UP, YOU KNOW, THE OUR, OUR OFFICERS ARE MEETING PEOPLE AND ARGUABLY SOMETIMES THE WORST DAYS OF THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. AND, AND OUR GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OF, OF MEETING THEM IN THAT MOMENT AND, AND ADDRESSING THE SITUATION AND TAKING CARE OF THEM. SO I APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT WE GET. I'M PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR OTHER CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO APPRECIATE IT. HEY, 
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CHIEF. YEAH. ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SAID. HOW BLESSED, HOW THANKFUL WE ARE TO HAVE THE OFFICERS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS MISTER RIZZO SAID, JUST SEEING YOU ALL AT EVENTS, SEEING Y'ALL PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, ALWAYS DOING IT LIKE WITH A WITH A SMILE AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP AND SERVE, I MEAN IT. WE NOTICE IT, WE CAN SEE IT. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE SPEAK WITH OFFICERS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE DISCUSSED SOMETHING AND THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, POLICE TO COME AND BE THERE. SO WE DEFINITELY HEAR IT FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN KYLE PD, MEN AND WOMEN. THANK YOU CHIEF. ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, CHIEF, IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I'VE SEEN THROUGH THE YEARS IS A LOT OF CONSISTENCY AMONG AMONGST YOUR THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S GROWN UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS WE'VE EXPANDED AND GROWN AND ADDED MORE ROLES. WHAT WERE ONCE YOUR YOUNG LEADERS ARE NOW BECOMING YOUR VETERAN LEADERS. AND AS A RESULT, IT'S JUST REAL CLEAR TO ME, AT LEAST, THAT YOU'RE INFUSING THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF THE LEADERS ARE INFUSING A CULTURE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING AND RESPONSIVENESS. SO JUST THAT THAT'S LIKE THE HARDEST THING TO DO. IT'S YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FLASHY FOR A DAY OR A MONTH, BUT TO BUILD A CULTURE OVER A DECADE, WHICH YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR MORE THAN THAT IS COMMENDABLE. BUT THIS ISN'T. I MEAN, IT'S PEDRO. I MEAN, IT'S ALL OF YOU GUYS. I SAW PLAN BACK THERE. I'M SPENCER, IT'S GOODING, IT'S VERONA. IT'S EVERYONE THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND YOU'RE BUILDING THAT CULTURE IN THE RIGHT WAY. SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. SO GO AHEAD, CHIEF. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL JEFF BARNETT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD. SO LET ME VERY THANKFULLY AND HUMBLY SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SPECIFICALLY SERVE THE CITY OF KYLE. WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK HERE. THEY ARE VERY HARDWORKING. THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SERVICE AND GOOD SERVICE, GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMPASSION AND CARE TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION THAT OFFICERS ACROSS THIS NATION GIVE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND OUT OF LOVE AND CARE. AND THEY DO THAT WITH HONOR AND PRIDE, AND WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE PROFESSION. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO WORK. WE FEEL VERY, VERY SUPPORTED. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT'S THANKS TO YOU, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, CITY LEADERS, AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE ALL OF THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR ONE BACK HERE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S STAY BACK HERE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO. WE'LL SEE. 
          HANG ON. YES, SIR. THIS IS. THIS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN AGAIN. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU TWO. CAN YOU COME OVER TO THIS SIDE. THANK YOU. 
          VERY. 
          [8) A proclamation recognizing Air Quality Awareness Week 2025 (May 5 - May 9).]
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK 2025 MAY 5TH THROUGH NINTH. COUNCILMAN RIZZO, SOMEBODY TOOK THE PROCLAMATION. OH, TOBIAS, IS THAT THE AIR QUALITY DOWN THERE? NO, SIR. NO NOTHING HERE. IT'S BEARS. GOT IT RIGHT THERE. PROBABLY. OH. IS THAT THE PROCLAMATION? YEAH. I PICKED THE WRONG ONE. OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. THAT'S THERE. NOBODY NOTICES THAT. I READ THE RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS AIR 
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QUALITY CAN THREATEN OUR ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS OF THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REGION AND CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE AND PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASES ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY POOR AIR QUALITY, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT HALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. AND IN 2024, AIR QUALITY IN THE AUSTIN ROUND ROCK. ROUND ROCK SAN MARCOS METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA AND MSA WERE MORE MODERATE OR WORSE. ACCORDING TO THE AIR QUALITY INDEX AQI NEARLY 50% OF DAYS, AND IN 2024, THE AUSTIN ROUND ROCK, ROUND ROCK SAN MARCOS EXCEEDED THE FEDERAL EIGHT HOUR OZONE STANDARDS AND THE ANNUAL FINE PARTICULATE MATTER STANDARDS, WHICH INCREASE THE REGION'S RISK OF BEING DESIGNATED NONATTAINMENT AND REMAINING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NAAQS, IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO FOR THE REGION'S ECONOMY AND ABILITY TO CONDUCT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND THE GOALS FOR THE 2019 2026 AUSTIN ROUND ROCK SAN MARCOS MSA REGIONAL AIR QUALITY PLAN IS TO MAXIMIZE PROBABILITY OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND MINIMIZE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS, AND THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DESIGNED MAY 5TH THROUGH THE NINTH, 2025 AS NATIONAL QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK AND CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THE EFFORT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AIR AIR COALITION AND THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO PROMOTE AIR QUALITY. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH THROUGH THE NINTH, 2025 AS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK IN THE KYLE, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO ACT TO BE A BE AIR AWARE AND EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT LOCAL AIR QUALITY BY VISITING AIR QUALITY TEXAS WEBSITE AT AIR CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG, AND BY PROMOTING AIR QUALITY AND AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FINISH ON RIGHT THERE IS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS TO PROTECT OUR AIR. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A FEEL GOOD THING, IT'S ABOUT HELPING, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN DO OUR PART AS RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP OUR AIR AT A SAFE LEVEL IS IMPORTANT. SO ON HIGH OZONE DAYS, MOW YOUR GRASS THE NEXT DAY OR AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO. THERE'S STEPS THAT WE CAN BE DOING TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE HIGH OZONE DAYS. CARPOOL. THAT'S IMPORTANT. CURRENTLY AT THE CAP COG, WE HAVE A SMALL PLAN RIGHT NOW TO INCENTIVIZE SOME CARPOOLING WITHIN THE SCHOOL. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON. THERE'S A PILOT PROGRAM GOING ON. ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN HAYS IS PARTICIPATING. I CAN'T SAY WHICH ONE, BUT ONE OF THEM IS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THE AUSTIN AREA AND SOME OTHER AREAS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HELP MINIMIZE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREAS OF SCHOOL ZONES. SO NOT ONLY TO LIMIT TRAFFIC THERE, BUT ALSO THE AIR QUALITY. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. WE HAVE A PURPLE MONITOR NOW IN KYLE, TEXAS TO MONITOR OUR CLEAN AIR. SO WE'VE DONE SOME STEPS TO GET THERE. BUT AS RESIDENTS WE CAN DO OUR PART AS WELL TO NO OUTSIDE BURNING. JUST DO THINGS THAT YOU COULD HELP LIMIT THE PARTICULATES THAT ARE IN OUR AIR. AND THAT'S JUST BEING SMART AND, YOU KNOW, NOT LEAVING OUR CARS IDLING. DON'T SIT IN YOUR CAR IDLING. THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD? IS THERE ANYONE HERE YOU WANT TO BRING UP OR ANYTHING OR WE'RE 
          [29) Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback regarding opportunities and strategies for the City of Kyle’s support of an event partnership with the Hays County Office of Emergency Management’s 8th Annual Preparedness Fair on September 13, 2025.]
GOOD. OKAY. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 29 TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD DISCUSSION, PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE CITY OF KYLE. SUPPORT OF AN EVENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 88TH ANNUAL PREPAREDNESS FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2025. CHIEF MAYOR AND COUNCIL JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE. FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD TONIGHT. THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, FROM MISS SCHILL, FOR CITIZENS TO LEARN ABOUT THINGS THAT CAN HELP KEEP THEM SAFE, THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES SAFE. AND WE'VE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PARTNER WITH THAT, BUT WE'VE NEVER QUITE DONE ALL THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY PARTNERSHIP. THERE ARE TWO FOLKS THAT THAT WE RELY ON THAT HAVE PROVIDED THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, MR. MIKE JONES AND MISS LORI TAYLOR, AND THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TONIGHT. BEFORE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SMALL PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO BETTER AS A COMMUNITY, HOW WE CAN DO BETTER AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A CITY TO JOIN IN THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND MAKE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS AND MAKE IT A REALLY, REALLY FUN EVENT. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, MR. JOHNSON, TO COME FORWARD AND WALK YOU THROUGH A VERY BRIEF 
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PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP GROW THAT AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, JIMMY JOHNSON, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR OUT OF KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT HAYS COUNTY, HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO BRING TOGETHER A WAY THAT WE CAN EVALUATE SOME THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SOME PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ANNUALLY, AS CHIEF, SAID HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HOSTED PREPAREDNESS FAIR INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF KYLE AT THE HAYS COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PAC. THE EVENT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS THAT THEY HAVE OUTGROWN THE SPACE, AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO PARTNER WITH OUR FRIENDS OUT OF HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO REALLY PUT ON A PREMIER EVENT. AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS TO PROVIDE A WAY TO EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC IN SEVERAL KEY AREAS AND EFFECTIVELY GET OUR FOLKS OUT ENGAGED WITH THINGS THAT BENEFIT THEM IN TIMES OF CRISIS. IT ALLOWS US TO GET THEM ENROLLED IN OUR EMERGENCY PROCESSES FOR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH OUR WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG. IT REALLY DOES GIVE US A CHANCE TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE BY THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT OUR CITIZENS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND THE TIME OF EMERGENCY. WITH THIS, WE PLAN TO PROGRAM TWO CITY BLOCKS IN THE AREA IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR DISTRICT TO REALLY DOUBLE THE SPACE SIZE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST INSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THE PARKING LOT ACTIVATION, AND REALLY DRAW A COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROCESS TO GET OUR NEIGHBORS OUT, ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER AS PART OF OUR PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. THE VISION THAT WE SEE WITH THIS IS REALLY TO CREATE A MASSIVE, COMMUNITY ORIENTED EVENT THAT'S NOT JUST BASED AROUND PREPAREDNESS, BUT IS BASED AROUND EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND ACTIVITIES. BY HAVING THIS EXPANDED ACTIVATION SPACE, IT ALLOWS US TO PREMIERE A SPACE THAT WE WILL USE AND CURRENTLY AND IN THE FUTURE AS THAT AREA GROWS, TO REALLY BE A COMMUNITY SPACE WHERE PEOPLE GET OUT AND ENGAGE EACH OTHER AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS LOOK AT THIS TONIGHT AND PROVIDE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS ISSUE, KNOW THAT THE CITY IS READY TO PARTNER OUR DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT ARE ENGAGED. CURRENTLY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION TO ENHANCE THE PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS OUT OF THIS. FOR LISTED IN THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, WE BENEFIT MORE THAN JUST DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS. IT REALLY GIVES US A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE WHAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP CAN OFFER. WHEN WE PREPARE OUR CITIZENS FOR TIMES OF CRISIS, THE AREA THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF WILL BE THE BRICK AND MORTAR DISTRICT ADJACENT TO LA VERDE PARK, RUNNING FROM THE PARKING ENTRANCE TO THE PAC NORTH AND THEN WEST, ENGAGING BASICALLY A SIX BLOCK AREA OUT THERE UTILIZING THE NEW BUILD OUT TO REALLY BRING A STRONG CROWD INTO THAT HIGH VISIBILITY BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THERE. AND TO REALLY SHOWCASE THE EVENT, THERE ARE SOME ANTICIPATED COSTS THAT WE SEE WITH THIS. THE NUMBER NOW IS SLIGHTLY BELOW $50,000, AND THAT PROVIDES LOGISTICAL SUPPORT. THE ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT AND OUR AUDIO VISUAL COSTS, MARKETING AND SOME ADDITIONAL RENTALS AND THE LOGISTIC FORM TO HELP PUT ON A SHOWCASE EVENT. MUCH LIKE THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HOST HERE IN THE CITY. FOR THE PUBLIC. LOOKING FOR Y'ALL TO PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS. BACK TO US TONIGHT AND SOME FEEDBACK. BEFORE I CLOSE, I'D LIKE TO ASK MIKE JONES FROM HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO COME UP AND ADD SOME CONTEXT TO THE PRESENTATION. MIKE. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS MIKE JONES, HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FIRST FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JIMMY AND THE STAFF OF KYLE THAT HELPED US PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          WHAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIGHT. WE HAD A DISCUSSION A YEAR AGO ABOUT WHAT THE VISION CAN BE FOR THIS PREPAREDNESS FAIR. AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE JIMMY SAID, IT'S REALLY ABOUT EDUCATING OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR RESIDENTS HERE, HERE IN HAYS COUNTY, KYLE MAKES THE BEST SENSE. IT'S THE MOST INNER CITY. YOUR FAST GROWING. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, LORI TAYLOR MADE THE MISTAKE OF COMING INTO MY OFFICE AND ASKING, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? 
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SHE MADE THAT COMMENT THREE TIMES. ON THE FOURTH TIME I SAID, WELL, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. I WANT TO DO A PREPAREDNESS FAIR. EVER SINCE THAT DAY, SHE'S REGRETTED ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO PUBLIC. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER SWEAT EQUITY BECAUSE WE STARTED THIS ON A SHOESTRING, A PRAYER, AND A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME MONEY, BUT I THINK WE'LL GET A LOT OF BENEFIT OUT OF IT, A LOT OF RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT TO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PREPARED CITY, A BETTER PREPARED COUNTY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BLEED INTO THE OTHER COUNTIES AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN HERE, TOO. I'M GOING TO FIND OUT AND DISCOVER THAT THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH YEAR IS GOING TO BE ON THEIR CALENDAR. AND THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO COME IN ORDER TO GET PREPARED AND PREPARE THEIR FAMILIES, PREPARE THEIR CHILDREN. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT TOP DOG CHILI COOK OFF, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ATTRACTION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, WE USED TO HAVE OLYMPIAD DOWN HERE IN SAN MARCOS. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO KYLE. IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. AND ALSO WE'LL HAVE THE BENEFIT FOR THE BLANCO RIVER REGION RECOVERY TEAM, WHICH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BRO, THAT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU RECOVER IN A DISASTER WHEN YOU'VE LOST ALL YOUR BELONGINGS. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE AND SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. COUPLE THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AMENITIES. DO YOU HAVE SLIDES ON ANY OF THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT Y'ALL WERE PROPOSING? I THINK THERE'S A BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND SOME ADDITIONAL MARKETING DOLLARS. YES, SIR. IT'S BROKEN DOWN IN THE PACKETS. THE STAFF PACKETS THAT RECEIVE IT IS NOT ON THE PRESENTATION SLIDES, JUST THE $46,000 NUMBER IS. OKAY. SO I, I DON'T THINK WE DO ANY MAJOR EVENT THAT COSTS LESS THAN SIX FIGURES. SO THIS IS, I THOUGHT, A PRETTY REASONABLE AMOUNT. THAT AND IT'S TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GROWING ORGANICALLY AND IT ALLOWS FOR US TO PUMP SOME FUEL INTO IT. SO I THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS WILL BE RIGHT AT THE TIME THAT THE RETAIL ROADS ARE OPENED UP, AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL THE WALKING SPACE AND STALLS BETWEEN HEROES MEMORIAL PARK AND LA VERDE. THAT ENTIRE SECTION JUST WANTED TO. I KNOW MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY BEEN TO THE FAIR MULTIPLE TIMES. IT'S A IT'S A BIG EVENT AND IT'S GROWING. THIS COULD TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND JUST CURIOUS WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ON THAT COUNCIL RESO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. I'VE BEEN TO THE FAIR EVERY YEAR, AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S GIVEN OUT THERE IS IMPORTANT TO EVERY RESIDENT HERE IN KYLE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO THE FAIR. THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WENT OUT THERE, MY DAUGHTER AND I, I THINK SHE WAS LIKE 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER ANYMORE. BUT SHE WAS YOUNG. I JUST REMEMBER THAT. BUT ANYWAY, SHE WENT OUT THERE AND LEARNED HOW TO DO TOURNIQUETS AND HOW TO, YOU KNOW, SEAL UP WOUNDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH WAS REALLY CRUCIAL. I STILL HAVE THE VIDEO OF HER PUTTING THE TOURNIQUET ON ME. DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. SO IT WAS GREAT. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB OF TEACHING HER. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE INFORMATION WISE THAT Y'ALL HAVE HERE, THE PRESENT, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GIVE OUT THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THIS IS ALSO A RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERY RESIDENT IN KYLE. 
          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS PREPAREDNESS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALS THAT COME OUT HERE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS. IT'S ABOUT US. YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS GETTING PREPARED AS WELL, FINDING OUT WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE, WHAT THEY CAN DO, PUTTING GROUPS TOGETHER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS OR HIGHWAYS TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCY, WHETHER IT'S A FIRE, IT'S A FLOOD. AND WE'VE SEEN IT ALL HERE IN KYLE. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A HISTORY OF THAT WHERE IT'S A PANDEMIC TO HAVE THAT RESOURCE AND HAVE EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER IS IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU HAVE AN HOA, COME ON OUT. IF YOU'RE THE HEAD OF AN HOA, COME ON OUT AND LET'S GET EMERGENCY PREPARED BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. 
          COUNCILOR ZUNIGA. YES, I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT TO REALLY PUT SOME MORE FIRE INTO THIS. I MEAN, I WENT OUT TO THE ONE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, GOOD GROUPS THAT ARE THERE, GOOD FIRST RESPONDERS. YOU SAW EVERY ALMOST EVERYBODY OUT THERE. IS THIS A ONE DAY EVENT THAT Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING? AND I DON'T KNOW THE TIME OF THIS EVENT. WHAT ARE Y'ALL PROPOSING AND WHEN? YES, SIR. IT IS A ONE DAY EVENT. IT OCCURS THE SECOND SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER. THAT'S THE ANNUAL HOST STATE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THE ACTIVATION OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND HAVE VIEWED BOTH THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR DISPLAYS WE ARE TARGETING, DOUBLING THOSE NUMBERS THIS YEAR, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE FEELERS OUT WHERE WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUT TWICE AS MANY VENDORS AND STATIC DISPLAYS, WHICH REALLY BRINGS A BIGGER DRAW ON THAT END. AND WITH THE INFLUX OF THE COOKOFF AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, IT REALLY MAKES IT A TRUE COMMUNITY EVENT. WELL, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT THE OTHER 
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COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SAID. I THINK THIS WILL THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A BIGGER IN THE CITY AND FOR HOA'S AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO GO OUT THERE AND LEARN ABOUT HOW TO BE PREPARED IN THESE EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO LEARN THINGS LIKE CPR. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD SAVE A PERSON'S LIFE. YOU DON'T EVER KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP, MEDICAL HELP. SO I DEFINITELY WOULD SUPPORT THIS. WOULD THIS BE A BUDGETED ITEM OR WOULD WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT? BRIAN, WAS THERE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS? I THINK WE DO HAVE FUNDS THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY FOR IT. THESE ARE SOME OF THESE ARE ESTIMATES OF WHAT WE THINK THE COST ARE GOING TO BE TO, AS WE'VE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATE OF IT, BUT WE DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR IT IN THE BUDGET. I'D BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT IT DEPENDS ON ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE SOME THOUGHTS REAL QUICK. I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE MORE OF LIKE A KIND OF A GATHERING AND A FAIR. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE VENDORS AND SO FORTH. WILL YOU BE INCLUDING ANY KIND OF PROGRAMING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT? WILL YOU HAVE SOME DEMONSTRATIONS OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF EMERGENCIES THAT COULD HAPPEN TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE BECOMING OR WILL BE SHOWING UP AND YOU GOT CHILDREN AND SO FORTH. WILL THERE BE BREAK OFF SESSIONS TO WHERE YOU COULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A SESSION FROM 1 TO 145 ON FIRST AID OR ACTIVE SHOOTING, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, OR HOW TO PREPARE FOR A FLOOD, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SOME IDEA ON HOW TO DO IT, AND HAVE MAYBE A Q&A AT THE END FOR RESIDENTS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, PART OF IT IS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. WE ARE STILL IN THE EARLY PHASES OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE DO, BUT THINGS SUCH AS TAKE TEN CPR AND THOSE THAT ARE JUST IN TIME, TRAININGS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, AND THAT TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE ARE PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE TARGET FOR THE EXPANSION. AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO DOING THIS PROCESS IN THAT VENUE. SO THAT IS PART OF THE AGENDA IS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT LIKE PREVENTION OF GRASS FIRES AND SO FORTH ON THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, DO NOT BURN TRASH DURING THE SUMMER. YES, SIR. MIKE AND STAFF HAVE REALLY BROUGHT TO BEAR FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS ALL OUR TRUE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE OF THIS AND THE VOLUNTEER SIDE. SO IT REALLY PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TARGET SOME SPECIFIC AREAS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CREATING A REALLY COHESIVE THEME, EDUCATIONAL THEME FOR THIS YEAR AND A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN FLOW THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS WILL BE BUILDING BLOCKS AS PART OF OUR EXPLANATION OF SERVICES DURING THAT EVENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I YIELD ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS? THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST POTENTIALLY, WOULD BE TO MAKE AVAILABLE SOME OF OUR EVENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE MAY ALREADY DO THAT ANYWAY, WHERE LIKE PARKS MAKING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AVAILABLE TO PUT OUT BARRICADES AND VARIOUS OTHER, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF JUST THE CHECKS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AS LONG AS COUNCIL WAS OKAY WITH THAT, SEEING THIS AS A BECOMING A MARQUEE EVENT THAT WE'RE ALSO VESTED IN SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT MANPOWER, I THINK WOULD ALSO HELP THEM GROW THEIR SCOPE, BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET OUTSIDE PEOPLE, CAN WE GET THIS OUT OF THE HOT TAX OR DO WE HAVE ANY ROOM THEIR CAPACITY? WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. I'M NOT SURE IT'S A IT'S A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE HOTEL STAYS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT AUGMENTED. THIS EVENT'S PRETTY BIG. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE AREA. SO I'M JUST WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I HAVEN'T CONSIDERED THAT, BUT MAYBE FOR FUTURE EVENTS, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THIS ONE DOES AND THEN SEE IF WE'VE GOT A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF THAT. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CAN YES, WE CAN AUGMENT IT WITH OTHER, OTHER STAFF. OF COURSE. MOTIONS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS WRITTEN. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY, THAT WE PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, DIRECTING STAFF TO PROCEED. AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK AT A LATER COUNCIL DATE FOR FINAL APPROVAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          [3) Consider appointment of a new city council representative to the CAPCOG General Assembly in place of former city councilmember Daniela Parsley.]
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN PLACE OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELLA PARSLEY. MR. ELIZONDO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE HAVE A CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS APPOINTMENT ITEM. THE CAPCOM, FOR ANYONE WATCHING THAT DOESN'T KNOW, IS A REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES TEN COUNTIES IN OUR REGION. THE APPOINTEES ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD. SO THAT WOULD BE YOU ALL THE CITY OF KYLE. 
          BASED ON OUR POPULATION LAST YEAR, WE GOT AN EXTRA SEAT ON THAT BOARD. SO WE HAVE THREE NOW 
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THAT ARE ON THAT BOARD. THEY MEET TWICE A YEAR AT LEAST. SO IT'S USUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT IF THERE'S MORE BUSINESS FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF, THEY CAN MEET MORE THAN THAT. THEY DISCUSS AND COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL ISSUES LIKE TRANSPORTATION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS ITEM TONIGHT, WE CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERT RIZZO, AND THE THIRD SEAT IS OCCUPIED BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELLA PARSLEY. SO THE ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS FOR YOU ALL TO APPOINT A THIRD COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT OPEN SEAT. AND JUST AS NEXT STEPS, ONCE YOU ALL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, STAFF WILL TAKE THE APPROPRIATE FORM, FILL IT OUT, SEND IT TO CAPCOM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON IS PUT ON THE BOARD. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A STATEMENT REAL QUICK. JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT IT IS FOR THE CITY TO BE ON THE CAPCOM CLEAN AIR COALITION. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REGIONAL ENTITY THAT COLLABORATES BETWEEN ALL THE IN ALL THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND ITS GENERAL AREA. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THIS COMMITTEE. CURRENTLY I'M THE I WAS JUST VOTED IN CHAIR FOR MY SECOND TERM OF THE CAPCOM CLEAN AIR COALITION. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY AGAIN. I DEFINITELY WANT WHATEVER COUNCIL MEMBER DECIDES TO DO THIS TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT COALITION THAT WE'RE A PART OF, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATION ON THERE. 
          I'VE GOT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF IN MY TERM. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS, YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          I LOVE TO FIND SOMEONE THAT WOULD WANT TO SERVE, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I GOT OFF THE DAIS, WE ALMOST WERE KICKED OUT OF THE KAFKA BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME THAT WAS APPOINTED FOR IT DIDN'T SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS. AND THAT'S REALLY SAD THAT WE GOT TO THAT POINT. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTED, THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CLEAN AIR COALITION, THAT CARE ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY IN OUR CITY, CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL. RIGHT. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S QUARTERLY, IT IS DURING IT RUNS FROM 12 TO 1, SOMETIMES 130 DEPENDING, BUT JUST MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT AND IT'S DURING THE WEEK. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT. JUST KNOWING THE COMMITMENT. JUST PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT UP. IF YOU DECIDE TO RUN FOR THIS POSITION, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO IT. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE THE TIME AND OR DESIRE TO SERVE ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY? OKAY. COMMISSIONER HARRIS. WE HAVE ONE VOLUNTEER. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THAT DESIRE OR ARE WE GOOD WITH COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. SO THAT WILL BE THREE THREE TOTAL. YES I'M I'M FIRST CHAIR. SO I, I GO TO ALL THE MEETINGS. I'D LOVE TO HAVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE TO IN CASE I HAVE AN ABSENCE. I'VE NEVER BEEN ABSENT FROM ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW IF A HEALTH REASON OR SOMETHING. EMERGENCIES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREPAREDNESS WEEK. RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO MAKE COUNCILMAN HARRIS OUR APPOINTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT 
          [4) Introduction of Chief Communications Officer, Linda Klepper.]
UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. INTRODUCTION OF CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER LINDA KLEPPER. MR. ELIZONDO, ALL RIGHT. I AM VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO OUR NEW CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, LINDA KLEPPER. LINDA COMES TO LINDA, STARTED LAST WEEK. THIS IS HER. SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR ONE WEEK. AND ONE DAY SHE CAME TO US FROM THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, WHERE SHE TRANSFORMED THEIR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT INTO A 25 TIME AWARD WINNING TEAM OVER MORE THAN A DECADE. SO SHE HAS PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE LEADING PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNICATION INITIATIVES. SHE'S VERY WELL CONNECTED IN THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA. AND I WILL INTRODUCE HER, SAY, LET HER SAY HELLO, LET YOU GUYS WELCOME HER TO THE CITY. SHE WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN TAKING THE VISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS AND EVERYTHING, AND PUTTING THEM ALL TOGETHER INTO ONE COMMUNICATIONS MESSAGE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE. THANK YOU. JESSE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO BE PART OF TELLING THE CITY OF KYLE STORY. I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT STORYTELLING, COMMUNICATIONS IN GENERAL, AND IT'S HONESTLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT GETS TO TELL KYLE'S STORY. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF. EVERYBODY THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED SO FAR HAS BEEN WARM AND WELCOMING, AND THEY'RE ALL DOING SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LINDA? JUST WANT TO MAKE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 
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YOU. WELCOME TO TEAM KYLE. WHEN WE STARTED OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT YEARS BACK, IT WAS IN THE GOAL TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY COULD SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS KYLE IS DOING, WHAT THE CITY OF KYLE IS DOING FOR ITS RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I STILL HOPE THAT WE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON, MAKING SURE WE DO MORE TO GET CRUCIAL INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS IT WAS A GOAL OF COUNCIL AND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATED WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THEY GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOAL OF OURS TO MAKE SURE IT'S TIMELY, PROACTIVE, THAT IT'S CONSISTENT AND THAT THEY CAN RELY ON THE CITY TO BE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED, AND THAT THEY CAN COME TO US WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING. SO ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? WELCOME ABOARD. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. LINDA. THANK 
          [9) Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback regarding construction improvements at the intersection of Roland Lane and SB IH 35.]
YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. RECEIVE REPORT, WHOLE DISCUSSION. 
          PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTIONS OF ROLAND LANE, SOUTHBOUND I-35 COMING BACK AROUND. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LEON BARBARA, CITY ENGINEER. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE ADRIAN GARCIA. HE'S THE ENGINEER THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS MEMO THAT PROVIDING ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. OKAY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE, GUYS. OKAY. THE BACKGROUND ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 25 CITY STAFF AUTHORIZED WGI TO PREPARE TECHNICAL MEMO TO PROVIDE SCHEMATIC DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION LANES ALONG THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD, WHICH IS LOCATED THERE AT ROLAND LANE. OBVIOUSLY, WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CHALLENGES AND THAT COMPROMISED TRAFFIC SAFETY AND VEHICULAR FLOW AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND THESE CONCERNS HAVE PROMPTED CONSIDERATIONS FOR POSSIBLE REALIGNMENT OF ROLAND LANE. ON APRIL 21ST OF THIS YEAR, WGI DELIVERED THE TECHNICAL MEMO TO THE CITY AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED BELOW, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ABOUT 2 OR 3 OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT WE DECIDED JUST TO GO WITH THESE TWO TWO OPTIONS. OPTION ONE IS JUST TO INCLUDE THE DECELERATION LANE AND USE THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF ROLAND LANE TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND TURNING MOVEMENTS ONTO ROLAND LANE. OPTION TWO IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S A LONG BUT IS LONG TERM SOLUTION. IT WOULD ACTUALLY REALIGN ROLAND LANE TO CONNECT TO THE SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD, AND COLLECTED A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED WHEN THEY DID THEIR STUDIES OR THEIR TRAFFIC STUDIES, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT THE ACCELERATION LANE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DID NOT MEET GUIDELINES. YOU NEED ABOUT 200 VEHICLES PER HOUR. AND I THINK WE WERE AT 144 AND 160 VEHICLES PER HOUR. SO THEY ARE NOT RECOMMENDING AN ACCELERATION LANE. THIS IS OPTION ONE. IT'S GOT THE DECELERATION LANE. WE'RE USING THE EXISTING RAILROAD FOOTPRINT. WE WILL HAVE SOME A LITTLE BIT WIDER LANES. AND ROLAND, OUR ESTIMATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT ALMOST A HALF $1 MILLION. OPTION TWO WITH THE DECELERATION LANE, IT REALIGNS ROLAND LANE. THIS IS REALLY HOW YOU SHOULD BUILD AN INTERSECTION AT A 90 DEGREE TURN. THIS WOULD ALLOW LARGER VEHICLES TO MAKE THAT TURN THERE. THE COST, OF COURSE, IS MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF ON THAT ONE. WE DECIDED TO PUT A PROS AND CONS LIST TOGETHER FOR YOU TO LOOK AT ON THE PROS ON OPTION ONE. OF COURSE IT MATCHES ROLAND LANE. 
          IT USES THE EXISTING RAILROAD CROSSING. IT ACCOMMODATES TURNING MOVEMENTS FOR VEHICLES UP TO 30FT. IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION, YOU NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF TIRE MARKS ON THOSE CURVES THAT ARE THERE NOW. AND SO THIS WOULD IMPROVE IT A LITTLE BIT. THE CON OF COURSE, THE LARGER VEHICLES ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. OPTION TWO WIDER TRAVEL LANES. IF WE EVER DECIDE TO WIDEN ROAD LANES FROM I-35 TO OLD STAGECOACH ROAD, THIS WOULD ALREADY BE IN PLACE. WE COULD JUST CONTINUE ON. AGAIN, I'M JUST THINKING OUT ABOUT POSSIBLE BOND ELECTIONS. ROLAND LANE WOULD BE A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE. 
          SO WOULD OPAL LANE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF WE EVER WANT TO REDO THOSE ROADS, THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THE FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS. OPTION TWO DOES ACCOMMODATE FOR LARGER VEHICLES. 
          OF COURSE, THE DISADVANTAGES ARE THERE'S A MUCH HIGHER COST AND PROBABLY THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR. IF WE CHANGE THAT ALIGNMENT NOW, WE HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. SO THAT WOULD BE A VERY TIMELY DELAY AND A LONG DELAY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. I WAS TALKING TO ADRIAN ABOUT THE TIME FRAME AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION ON OPTION ONE. WE'RE THINKING PROBABLY A YEAR, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME WE DESIGN, BY THE TIME WE GET TO YOUR PERMITTING, BY THE TIME YOU BID IT OUT AND BUILD IT, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT A YEAR PLUS OR MINUS WITH THIS OPTION. TWO I WOULD BET 2 TO 3 YEARS ON 
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THAT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND UNION PACIFIC. OPTION ONE, OF COURSE, IS TO GO WITH THE FIRST OPTION THAT WE MENTIONED AND NEGOTIATE AND SCOPE AND FEE WITH WGI. OPTION TWO IS TO GO WITH OPTION TWO, WHICH IS TO STRAIGHTEN IT TO A 90 DEGREE TURN. AND OF COURSE OPTION THREE WOULD BE NO ACTION. AND OUR RECOMMENDATION OF COURSE IS TO GO WITH OPTION ONE, WHICH WOULD BE TO KEEP THE ALIGNMENT THAT'S THERE TODAY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THOSE BIG TRUCKS THROUGH THERE, BUT AT LEAST IT'LL BE A MUCH SAFER SITUATION FOR THAT INTERSECTION. 
          COUNCILMAN RIZZO. YEAH. LEON, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND STAFF. WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AND TO STAFF, I. I'VE BEEN REACHED OUT BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TURNING IN. AND ONE REASON IS BECAUSE THE TURN, WHEN YOU JUST DON'T TURN RIGHT, YOU TURN BACK. SO YOU'RE TURNING RIGHT AND BACK AT THE SAME TIME. SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO HAVE THAT DECELERATION. THERE IS A GOOD PLUS FOR THEM BECAUSE NOW IT ALLOWS THEM TO COME IN SAFELY WHEN INSTEAD OF BEING REAR ENDED, SOMEBODY GOING 50, FIVE, 65 MILES AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, ON THAT FAST LANE. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I STILL FEEL LIKE THE ACCELERATION LANE IS STILL WARRANTED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE STUDY CAME BACK, SAID WE COULDN'T DO IT. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY I WOULD RATHER GO WITH OPTION ONE. AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT RIGHT NOW, AT THAT 45 DEGREE ANGLE, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ACCELERATION, YOU KNOW, ROUTE THAN PUTTING THAT T INTERSECTION IN THERE, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE TURNING COMPLETELY RIGHT. AND IF YOU ALREADY HAVING ISSUES PULLING OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT 45 DEGREE ANGLE, THEN AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT TOUGHER TO PULL OUT OF THERE WITH TRAFFIC COMING OUT. SO I THINK I WOULD BE MORE IN SUPPORT. OPTION ONE RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH UP IS REALLY HARD, SO I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING AT PROLONGING THIS. I THINK A QUICKER FIX IS IMPORTANT, AND THE REASON WHY THAT DECELERATION IS SO IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY GET REAR ENDED AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLES. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH OPTION ONE AND TRY TO GET IT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA. HEY, LEON, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US, YOU KNOW, THE BACKGROUND OF BOTH OPTIONS. I CAN SEE HOW OPTION TWO TAKES A LONGER TIME. IT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BOND AND IT ALIGNS WITH THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. BUT OPTION ONE THOUGH, IT'S YOU'RE STILL CREATING A SHOULDER THAT THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW. SO THAT WOULD STILL MAKE IT SAFER FOR VEHICLES SLOWING DOWN THAT ARE GOING TO GO ONTO ROLAND LANE. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE SCHOOL BUSSES. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD YES. THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PERFECT TURN. BUT AT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IT STILL MAKES IT SAFER IF SCHOOL BUSSES ARE GOING DOWN THAT PATH NOW WITHOUT A SHOULDER. SO DEFINITELY I THINK OPTION ONE WOULD BE THE BEST RIGHT NOW FROM FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE RAILROAD FOR OPTION TWO. SO COUNCILOR TOBIAS, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COULD YOU REITERATE AGAIN WHY THEY PUT THOSE BARRIERS IN THE MIDDLE OF ROLAND LANE RIGHT BEFORE YOU HIT THE RAILROAD TRACKS? BECAUSE THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE I HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVE DOWN THAT ROAD. AND I REMEMBER AND THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS THAT WAS COMING ON THE SERVICE ROAD THAT HAD TO SLOW DOWN. AND IT'S SUCH A TIGHT TURN THAT YOU'VE GOT TO GO AROUND, YOU'VE GOT TO HIT IT JUST RIGHT. THE BUS TILTED A LITTLE BIT. OF COURSE, YOU COULD SEE THE KIDS KIND OF LIKE LOVE THAT, I GUESS, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THEIR DAILY ROUTE. BUT IT'S STILL THOSE TIRES DO HIT THAT CURB. I'M WONDERING IF WHAT THE REASONING WAS FOR HAVING THOSE AND WHY THE WHY IT WAS NOT WIDENED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ALSO A FACTOR OF WHEN YOU TURN IN, YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF SPACE TO MAKE THAT RIGHT ANGLE. AND ALSO THE LEFT. SO BUT I DO AGREE WITH OPTION TWO AS A FUTURE PROJECT, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TRUCKS COMING DOWN THAT ROAD IN THE FUTURE OR, OR OTHER VEHICLES OF THAT LARGE MAGNITUDE. SO WE'VE GOT TO START NOW PLANNING AHEAD. IF, IF THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH AS FAR AS IF WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, WE NEED TO REALLY START CONSIDERING THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER, I KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER UTILITY ARE PLANNING A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FACILITY IN THAT AREA BETWEEN OAKLAND ROAD, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A LOT OF LARGE VEHICLES TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT SITE. SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE START LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO THOSE ROADS IN THE FUTURE. YES, SIR. THE CROSSING, THE QUIET CROSSINGS HE WAS ASKING ABOUT WHY ARE THE OKAY, SEE IF I CAN KEEP THIS 
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BRIEF. IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND NOTICED THAT THE MEDIAN ACTUALLY WAS LONGER THAN IT IS TODAY, IT WAS ACTUALLY SHORTENED BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME GETTING VEHICLES TO MAKE THAT TURN THERE. BUT THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION WANT US TO PUT THOSE MEDIANS IN THERE TO KEEP VEHICLES FROM, BECAUSE YOUR GATE GOES DOWN ON ONE SIDE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MEDIAN THERE, THAT THAT CURBING THERE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GO AROUND THE GATE. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THEIR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET AROUND AND TRY TO SNEAK AROUND THAT GATE. SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS FOR THE MEETING CURBS IN THOSE QUIET ZONES. AND WE DID CUT IT DOWN AS MUCH AS WE COULD. 
          WE DID WORK. WE HAD TO WORK WITH THEM QUITE A BIT, BUT WE DID GET REDUCED THE LENGTH OF THAT MEDIAN THAT'S THERE. I DO REMEMBER WHEN THOSE LIGHTS WERE WERE PUT UP. IT WAS A VERY TRAGIC THAT DAY. I REMEMBER I WAS RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS ACTUALLY STOP SIGNS THAT WOULD ALLOW A CAR TO STOP TO CROSS THE TRACK. AND I THINK THE COUNTY OR THE CITY AT THE TIME HAD TAKEN DOWN THE SIGNS TO START THAT CONSTRUCTION, AND A MAJOR ACCIDENT HAPPENED THERE. 
          AND I REMEMBER IT WAS A FAMILY THAT WAS THERE. AND LO AND BEHOLD, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER, THOSE CROSSING THINGS CAME DOWN. SO I CAN IMAGINE, I THINK IT WAS AT THE TIME THAT NOTHING WAS THERE. BUT I CAN SEE NOW THE REASON WHY THE UNION PACIFIC PUTS THOSE BARRIERS, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT STILL GO THROUGH THEM. THEY'RE JUST NOT PATIENT ENOUGH. AND THAT'S WHEN TRAGEDY HAPPENS. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION, COUNCILMAN HARRIS. IF WE GO WITH OPTION ONE, WOULD THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BE TOTALLY LOST IF IN A FEW YEARS WE DECIDE TO UPGRADE THAT TO THAT OPTION? TWO, YOU MIGHT SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE DECELERATION LANE, BUT YES, MOST OF IT WOULD BE GONE. AND IN THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO PROCESS ITEM OPTION TWO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE MAY WELL HIT THAT 200 VEHICLES FOR THE ACCELERATION LANE AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT AREA IS GROWING QUICKLY. IT'S I'M CONCERNED THAT IF WE GO WITH OPTION ONE, WE ARE UNDER-BUILDING FOR AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THIS INTERSECTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ANYWAY. WOULD THAT BE TRUE? THAT'S TRUE. JUST TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS, THE REQUIREMENT IS 200 VEHICLES PER HOUR. IN THE PEAK IT WAS 129. AND ON THE IN THE EVENING OR AFTERNOON IT WAS 144. IT'S NOT FAR OFF. NOT FAR OFF. WE STILL HAVE A BUNCH MORE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THERE TOO, SO IT IS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, OPTION TWO IS GOOD, BUT NOT WITHOUT AN ACCELERATION LANE TO NOT HAVE THAT ACCELERATION RATE. LANE WITHOUT THAT, ON THAT TIGHT 90 DEGREE ANGLE, THAT'D BE REALLY TOUGH TO GET OUT OF THERE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EVEN AT THAT 45, THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF THE ROAD BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH. SO THE ONLY WAY I COULD SUPPORT OPTION TWO IS IF WE HAD THAT ACCELERATION LANE ON IT, BECAUSE IT'S VITAL FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THERE SAFELY ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE THIS NEEDS TO BE A QUICK FIX, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING DOWN ON THE ACCESS ROAD THAT WANT TO TURN RIGHT BACK ONTO ROLLING LANE BECAUSE YOU'RE TURNING BACK, YOU'RE NOT TURNING RIGHT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY TURNING BACK. AND IT'S GETTING REALLY TOUGH FOR THEM. SO I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A REALLY QUICK FIX. I'M GOOD WITH GOING WITH OPTION ONE AND LATER LOOKING AT OPTION TWO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING AS WELL, MAKING THAT ACCELERATION LANE A LITTLE LONGER. SO THAT WAY WHEN WE DO GO TO OPTION TWO, WE'LL HAVE THE REST OF THAT. LANE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO. COUNCILMAN MCKINNEY, HOW FEASIBLE IS IT TO DO LIKE A HYBRID OPTION TWO, WHERE THE EXISTING ROADWAY WOULD WOULD SERVICE THE TRAFFIC HEADING EAST AND THEN HAVING THAT THAT 90 DEGREE CURVATURE, ALMOST HAVING IT SPLIT RIGHT THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FOR THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION. I'M GOING TO LET ADRIAN SEE IF HE'S GOT AN ANSWER FOR ME ON THAT ONE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL ADRIAN GARCIA WGI REPRESENTING THE DESIGN FIRM. WE DIDN'T EXACTLY LOOK AT THAT OPTION AS A SPLIT OPTION WITH, I GUESS, SINGLE LANES GOING BACK TO THE INTERSECTION. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS THE TRIGGER POINT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TWO YEAR, THE EXTENDED LENGTH FOR DISTURBING THE QUIET ZONE THERE. SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE REASON, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET OR WE KIND OF STAYED WITH WITH THE OPTION ONE OR THE OTHER. I GOTCHA. I THINK A LOT OF US ARE THINKING THAT LONG TERM THAT OPTION TWO IS THE 
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BETTER ONE. AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO IT THE FIRST TIME THAN, THAN OPTION ONE THEN TWO. I WANT TO BE AS CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. AND IT'S ALREADY PAST A POINT WHERE WHERE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE. SO I DON'T WANT TO WAIT 2 OR 3 YEARS EITHER. SO I'M KIND OF A LITTLE CONFLICTED ON THIS ONE. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, DOING THE BIG IMPROVEMENTS IS IMPORTANT, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DEALING WITH UNION PACIFIC. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO BOND FOR IT. I MEAN, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD IF WE GO DOWN THAT ROUTE, NOT JUST THREE YEARS OUT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF KEY PLAYERS THAT WE'RE DOING SO RIGHT NOW IS WE ACTUALLY NEED SOMETHING THERE RIGHT NOW. AND EVERY DAY THAT WE WAIT, WE'RE PUTTING SOMEBODY'S LIFE IN JEOPARDY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, IS IT NEEDS TO BE A QUICK SOLUTION. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT BACK TURN. THAT'S WHAT IT'S GETTING EVERYBODY. IF IT WAS JUST A SINGLE RIGHT, THEY COULD PROBABLY NAVIGATE IT BETTER. BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TURNING BACK ONTO ROLLING LANE. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED A LOT SOONER. BUT I THINK OPTION TWO WOULD BE THE FEASIBLE WAY. BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME RIGHT NOW. SO. I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THE LARGER VEHICLES JUST STILL AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TURN. 
          AND OPTION TWO IS THE ONLY ONE THAT RESOLVES THAT. AND THERE ARE MORE AND MORE LARGER VEHICLES AND HAVE A SCHOOL BUS WOBBLING, I THINK I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THAT. I THINK THAT OPTION TWO IS OUR BETTER OPTION, AND IF THAT'S NOT REQUIRING A BOND, THAT JUST SETS UP THAT INTERSECTION. SO IF WE GO TO BOND LATER, THAT THAT INTERSECTION IS ALREADY MANUFACTURED. THE ONLY HOLDUP ON THAT REALLY WOULD BE THE UNION PACIFIC AUTHORIZATIONS. IN ORDER TO KEEP IT A QUIET ZONE, WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. IF WE MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S WHAT THE DELAY IS. SO THEY'RE NOT AS RESPONSIVE. DO WE HAVE TO PULL OUT THAT QUIET ZONE? YES. IS THAT WE'D HAVE TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENTS AND CHANGE THE, THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DID ON THE EXISTING ONE. WE'D HAVE TO PUT NEW MEDIANS. WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IT'S STILL WHATEVER WE DO HAS TO BE SAFE ACCORDING TO THEIR GUIDELINES. 
          AND IT'S NOT THAT IT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO. IT'S JUST IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING WITH THEM. IT'S JUST WE DON'T GET ANSWERS RIGHT AWAY. SOMETIMES IT TOOK US A WHILE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IT TOOK US TO GET THE QUIET ZONES DONE? YEAH. YEAH, IT DOES TAKE WELL, THEY CAN EXPEDITE SOME THINGS. THEY CAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL, BUT. THE, THE. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO MOVE THE TRACKS. WE ARE NOT ASKING THEM TO DO ANYTHING. CHANGE THE QUIET ZONE REALLY VERY MUCH EXCEPT THAT WE WANT TO DO SOME REALIGNMENT ON THAT ROAD AND NEED TO CHANGE THE HOW IT'S ALIGNED. RIGHT. OPTION ONE IS JUST TO ADD THE DECELERATION LANE, AND THEN OPTION TWO WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE THE CROSSING. IT WOULD MOVE THE CROSSING. YES. THAT WOULD MOVE THE CROSSING. THAT MAKES A GOOD POINT IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I JUST ADD HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY WOULD BE INVOLVED? HOW MUCH OF THE CITY UNION PACIFIC AND ALSO TXDOT WOULD HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF REALIGNMENT IN THAT AREA. WHERE WOULD YOU THINK WE WOULD GET THE MOST IF WE WERE TO GO WITH OPTION TWO AND LOOK AT THAT AS A CIP PROJECT, IN A SENSE, HOW MUCH PUSHBACK DO YOU THINK WE WE'RE NOT PUSHBACK. LET'S JUST SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WOULD HAVE TO GET IN LINE WITH THE COUNTY, HAVE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE TXDOT, UNION PACIFIC JUST THAT WAY. WE ALREADY KNOW WHO THE MAJOR PLAYERS ARE IN THIS JUST FOR THE INTERSECTION, SO WE DON'T RUN INTO ROADBLOCKS. I DON'T BELIEVE TXDOT WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR US, BECAUSE IF WE ABANDON THE EXISTING ONE AND JUST MOVE IT OVER A FEW HUNDRED FEET, TEXAS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD. OKAY. IT WOULD BE THE UNION PACIFIC WOULD WE'D HAVE TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING A QUIET ZONE. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHEN IT TAKES THE LONGEST, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO DO A NOTICE OF INTENT THAT TAKES FOREVER TO GET THAT THROUGH THEIR PROCESS. AND YOU HAVE TO DO ONCE YOU COMPLETE ALL YOUR IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'VE APPROVED ALL YOUR IMPROVEMENTS, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO AN NO NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT. AND THAT THAT EVEN THAT TAKES TIME JUST TO GET THAT DONE. AFTER YOU'VE DONE ALL THE WORK, THEY STILL HAVE TO COME INVESTIGATE, THEY HAVE TO CHECK IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIND STUFF WRONG. THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT EVEN 30 DAYS AFTER YOU'VE SAID THEY'RE GOING TO IT'S APPROVED. YOU STILL HAVE TO WAIT 30 TO 60 DAYS TO ACTUALLY GET IT DONE OR MAKE IT HAPPEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. GOOD QUESTION A GOOD ANSWER. THANK YOU. AND UP WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND DO THE NEW INTERSECTION AS WELL. SO TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME OUT AND DO THAT WORK WOULD KIND OF BE A HEADACHE AS WELL I THINK. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT OPTION TWO BEING YEARS OUT. SO IT MAKES ME THINK 
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OF A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE KYLE CROSSING AND KOHLERS INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, WE WENT WITH THE CHEAPER OPTION, KNOWING THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LONG TERM FIX. AND EVEN THE CHEAP OPTION TAKES WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER. AND SO HOW MANY YEARS OUT ARE WE FROM THE NEXT ACTUAL FINAL IMPROVEMENT, AND HOW MUCH SUFFERING IS THERE ALONG THE WAY? SO I CAN I CAN GET BEHIND OPTION ONE PERSONALLY, ALTHOUGH IF YOU FELT IN PARTICULAR THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE WORTH GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT TOO. BUT THERE'S A TRADE OFF EITHER WAY YOU GO. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE LAST AGENDA I BROUGHT WITH DACEY AND DOWNEY. YEAH, OKAY, SO IT'S IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION NOW TO PREVENT A MAJOR ACCIDENT. PAY THE MONEY NOW TO GET THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S TALK OF A FUTURE ROUNDABOUT IN THAT AREA VERSUS GOING WITH THIS LONG TERM OF A POSSIBLE CIP BOND PROJECT FOR OPTION TWO. SO I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR HAPPEN ON THAT ROAD. AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE COUNCILMEMBER IS COMING IN. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. YEAH, ROBERT. AND YEAH, I THINK RIGHT NOW OPTION ONE WITH A LONGER DIESEL LANE. SO THAT WAY IF WE EVER DO GO INTO WHAT DO YOU CALL IT REALIGNMENT, THAT DIESEL LANE WILL ALREADY BE THERE AND THAT'LL SAVE US SOME DOLLARS IN THE LONG RUN. SO WE COULD DO THAT. I'D APPRECIATE IT IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCILS WOULD BE AMENABLE TO. OKAY. MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION ONE WITH A LONGER DIESEL LANE FOR FUTURE BUILD. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, OPTION ONE. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THIS DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR CARING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION. IT REALLY SHOWS THAT WE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. BOTH DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS OVER WHAT WE'VE GOT. YES. SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD. IT WAS A GOOD ONE. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. PAGE TWO. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 
          [10) Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the aesthetic design elements for the roundabouts within City roadways.]
TEN. RECEIVER REPORT. HOLD DISCUSSION. PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE ESTHETIC DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE ROUNDABOUTS WITHIN CITY ROADWAYS. MISS MCCOLLUM. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MELISSA MCCOLLUM CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER I'M REALLY EXCITED TO COME BACK SINCE FEBRUARY TO TALK MORE ABOUT OUR ROUNDABOUT PROGRAM. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SHOWCASE KIND OF OUR PROJECT APPROACH FOR THE LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS OUR ART KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD AND FROM OUR PARKS BOARD, AND THEN REALLY KIND OF WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOME SIGNAGE ELEMENTS. SO I HAVE MARISSA AND ANNE FROM COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES. I THINK THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO HELP US PRESENT TONIGHT. WE'LL START OUT WITH MARISSA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I'M MARISSA MCKINNEY. I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES, AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ROUNDABOUTS TONIGHT. SO ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCATIONS AND TYPOLOGIES OF EACH OF THE ROUNDABOUTS. SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH CITY STAFF, DESIGN CONSTRAINTS AT EACH OF THE ROUNDABOUTS, AND A REVIEW OF EACH OF THE TYPOLOGIES AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM PUBLIC ART. AND THEN ANN HAS SOME VERY EXCITING SIGNAGE CONCEPTS TO REVIEW WITH YOU ALL. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TONIGHT FOR FEEDBACK ON THE OVERALL TYPOLOGIES AND REALLY ANY OF THE ANY ROUNDABOUT FEEDBACK YOU HAVE TO OFFER. BUT SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE SIGNAGE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT OUR NEXT STEPS. WE'RE HOPING TO COME BACK FOR THE JUNE MEETING AND SHOW YOU GUYS SOME MORE FINALIZED CONCEPTS FOR EACH OF THESE ITEMS. SO WE FIRST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE GOING. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM LISTED HERE. SOME OF THESE THAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST ARE SOME BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON. SO WE DO NOT HAVE 24 ROUNDABOUTS. I THINK THERE'S 22 ROUNDABOUTS AND TWO BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS HAPPENING. SO WE'VE COLOR CODED THIS GRAPHIC HERE SO THAT THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE SHOWN IN PINK. 
          THE LANDSCAPE ROUNDABOUTS ARE SHOWN IN GREEN AND THE SIGNAGE ROUNDABOUTS ARE SHOWN IN BLUE. 
          AND I DID NOT CHOOSE THE LOCATION OF THESE AND DID NOT CHOOSE THE LOCATION OF THESE. WE WORKED WITH A GROUP OF CITY STAFF TO KIND OF DISTRIBUTE THESE ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE 
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CITY. AND IF YOU ALL HAVE FEEDBACK ON THAT, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE. AND SO IN LOCATING THESE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I'M KIND OF DISPERSING EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS. YOU'LL SEE THAT PROPORTIONALLY WE HAVE MORE LANDSCAPE ROUNDABOUTS THAN THE OTHER TWO. AND THAT WAS BOTH FOR BUDGET AND KIND OF DISTRIBUTE THOSE ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. WE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY. AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK. WE THEN PRESENTED TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD FROM ARTS AND CULTURE. WE WENT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ENGINEERING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND PARKS AND REC THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO ARTS AND CULTURE A SECOND TIME. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SLIDE FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD DESIGN CONSTRAINTS. SO ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO MENTION AS PART OF THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT CAME UP AT A PRIOR DISCUSSION WAS THE SITE DISTANCE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING FRIENDS WHO FOR EACH OF THE ROUNDABOUTS, THEY CALCULATE FOR US A SITE DISTANCE. SO THAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EDGE OF CURB, THE OUTER EDGE OF CURB AND THAT RED DASHED LINE. SO IN THAT SPACE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT AT EACH ROUNDABOUT, IT'S CALCULATED BASED ON THE SPEED OF THE ROUNDABOUT, THE SIZE OF THE ROUNDABOUT. THERE'S A LOT OF MATH CALCULATIONS THAT THE CIVIL ENGINEER DOES TO ESTABLISH THAT THAT IS GIVEN TO US. AND ANYTHING WITHIN THAT ZONE HAS TO BE LESS THAN THREE FEET. THIS IS PART OF ALL THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STANDARDS, WHICH SAYS THAT AS YOU APPROACH THE ROUNDABOUT AND YOU ARE LOOKING TO YOUR LEFT AT ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THAT THAT ZONE HAVING ELEMENTS BELOW THREE FEET PROVIDES YOU THE VISIBILITY REQUIRED TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ANYTHING WITHIN FROM THE RED ZONE IN. WE'VE GOT FREE REIN. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR ART IS GOING TO BE LOCATED. OUR LANDSCAPE AND OUR SIGNAGE COMPONENTS ARE ALL LOCATED WITHIN THAT ZONE WHERE WE CAN HAVE THINGS ABOVE THREE FEET. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THAT'S A GREAT EXPLANATION. OKAY. I'LL MAKE SURE TO TELL MY CIVIL ENGINEERING FRIENDS BECAUSE IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET THERE. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, THE THREE FEET. DOES THAT GIVE ADEQUATE SIGHT DISTANCE FOR MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES? YES, I ASSUMED IT DID, BUT YES, THAT IS ALL TAKEN. THAT IS PART OF THE REGULATIONS THAT CIVIL HAS TO WORK WITHIN AT A, I BELIEVE, A FEDERAL LEVEL FOR TRAFFIC STANDARDS. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE ROUNDABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. WE ARE TRACKING OUR PACKAGES WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING BOND PACKAGES THAT ARE GOING OUT. AND SO THESE ARE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF DESIGN. MOST SOME OF I THINK ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BID. WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE AT THE 90% PSA STAGE, SOME THAT ARE AT THE 100% PSA STAGE. AND SO AS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING TEAMS ARE BRINGING THEIR PACKAGES ONLINE, ANYTHING AFTER 60%, WE'RE PICKING UP AND TRACKING WITH THEM AND ISSUING THESE PACKAGES. SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THESE THAT ARE UNDERWAY. YOU'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE PARTS OF THE PRESENTATION THAT SOME OF THE ART AND SIGNAGE ROUNDABOUTS, WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN ART PIECE OR A SIGNAGE DECISION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET FROM YOU TONIGHT. WE'RE PUTTING PLACEHOLDERS IN THESE PLANS. 
          WE'VE HAD ONE SIGNAGE ROUNDABOUT THAT I THINK WAS ISSUED THIS WEEK. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE FOR REVIEW IN HOPES THAT WE CAN GET SOME DECISIONS MADE AND START TO PUT WHAT IS SIGNAGE ROUNDABOUT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I UNDERSTAND LANDSCAPE AND ART, BUT IT'S A ROUNDABOUT THAT HAS A NO, A MONUMENT SIGNAGE COMPONENT. YOU ALL HAVE THE MONUMENT SIGNS OUT ALONG 35 THAT HAVE THE KYLE LOGO NUMBER FIVE. OKAY. YES. WE'LL GET THERE. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE CONCEPTS TO SHOW YOU, BUT IT IT WOULD BE A MONUMENTAL A MONUMENTAL SIGNAGE COMPONENT. AND THEN AS FAR AS OUR LANDSCAPE APPROACH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A NO NAKED ROUNDABOUTS. THAT WAS THE INSTRUCTIONS WE WERE GIVEN AT THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, MAKING SURE THAT THESE LOOK GOOD YEAR ROUND, THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINABLE, BUT THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITHIN THE CITIES SORT OF NEW DIRECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL. AND SO WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THOSE TEAMS TO DEVELOP A PLANT LIST AND TO DEVELOP SEVERAL ROUNDABOUT 
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PLANTING TYPOLOGIES THAT EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY WITH. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE LANDSCAPE ROUNDABOUT DESIGNS. THIS WAS A RENDERING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE, THE SOLELY LANDSCAPE ROUNDABOUTS WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THAT. SO THESE ARE THE LANDSCAPE ONLY ROUNDABOUTS ROUNDABOUT LOCATIONS. AND AS A LANDSCAPE STRATEGY, THIS IS ONE OF THE LANDSCAPE TYPOLOGIES THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SO FAR. THE OUTER RIM THERE, THE P2 CALLOUT, WE'VE GOT A STAMPED CONCRETE. YOU HAVE THAT CONDITION RIGHT NOW AT SEVERAL ROUNDABOUTS. WE'RE CHANGING UP THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS ONE WON'T BE THE INTEGRAL COLOR RED. WITH THE BRICK PAVER. WE'RE LOOKING FOR KIND OF A MORE CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. AND SO WE'VE GOT THE IT'S A STAMPED CONCRETE THAT LOOKS SORT OF LIKE FLAGSTONE. AND IT'S GOT SOME COLOR COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL. BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO ADD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ELEVATED LOOK. AND IT'LL STILL BE ABLE TO HOLD THE TRUCK WEIGHT FOR THAT ROLE. EDGE AND EVERYTHING. YES, YES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CIVIL ENGINEERS ON THICKNESS AND REINFORCEMENT. SO IT MEETS ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. THE ONE RING IN FROM THAT THE G2 GRAVEL I THINK WE'VE GOT A LARGER RIVER GRAVEL. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THESE AREAS ARE TAKING IN SOME WATER AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY MOVEMENT OF ANY MATERIALS. SO YOU'LL SEE SORT OF A LARGER GRAVEL IN THAT ZONE, ONE ZONE IN FROM THAT WE ARE MIXING OUR GROUND COVER PLANTINGS AND SOME SUCCULENT PLANTINGS. SO THE LIGHT BLUE AREA THERE IS THE FALL ASTER. YES, THE FALL ASTER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE LITTLE BLUE STEM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND THEN THE MIX OF THE TWIST LEAF YUCCA IN SOME GRAVEL AREAS, AS WELL AS THE ZEXMENIA GROUND COVER. SO ALL KIND OF COLOR CODED IN THAT OUTER RING. AND THOSE ARE OUR LOW GROUND COVERS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE WITHIN OUR THREE FOOT MAXIMUM ZONE. SO WE TRIED TO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE PLANTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO EXCEED THAT THREE FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT AT THEIR MAXIMUM GROWTH. THIS ONE INCORPORATES SOME OF THE SIGNAGE COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR SOME LOW WALLS THAT GIVE SOME HEIGHT TO THE ROUNDABOUT. BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ROUNDABOUT, WE'VE GOT SOME LARGE SHADE TREES. THIS ONE FEATURES SOME CEDAR ELM TREES, SOME ORNAMENTAL TEXAS BUCKEYE, ANACACHO ORCHID, AND TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAURELS THROUGHOUT THE ROUNDABOUT PROVIDE YOU A NICE POP OF COLOR AND GREAT FOOD FOR OUR FLORA AND FAUNA, AND WE'VE GOT THAT ACCENTED ON THE VERY FAR INTERIOR OF THE ROUNDABOUT WITH SOME BEAUTYBERRY, WHICH IS GOING TO ENJOY A LITTLE BIT OF SHADE THAT THOSE CEDAR ELMS PROVIDE IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'VE GOT THE ROUNDABOUT ALSO KIND OF MOUNDED UP IN THE CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE PROVIDING ADEQUATE SOIL ROOT ZONE FOR THE TREES AND SOME VISUAL INTEREST THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE ROUNDABOUT. AND THE SMALLER PLANTS ARE THOSE PLANTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR OR STAY THERE, OR IS IT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REPLANT EVERY YEAR? THE GOAL IS THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLANT ANYTHING EVERY YEAR. THAT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL. AND WE AREN'T PLANNING FOR ANY ANNUALS. THE ONLY QUESTION I KNOW THAT CAN BE REAL EXPENSIVE. SO YES, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE LONG SUSTAINING. THAT'S GREAT. YES, THAT'S THE GOAL. HAVE YOU ALL GIVEN CONSIDERATION TO THE STRAIGHT THROUGH SIGHT LINE? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THESE THE, I GUESS THE CEDAR ELMS, THE DESIGN, THE DESIGN, THEY'LL GROW UP TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SORT OF A BLOCK SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THAT WOULD REALLY BE THE GOAL OF THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL, THE ANACACHO ORCHID AND THE BUCKEYE. THOSE ARE SORT OF YOUR LOW GROWING ORNAMENTAL TREES. THE CEDAR ELMS ARE GOING TO TRUNK UP. THEY'RE A SHADE TREE. SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME CLEAR TRUNK IN THERE. BUT IT'S REALLY THOSE THE TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAUREL, THE BEAUTYBERRY ARE ALSO GOING TO GET QUITE LARGE. THEY DO GO DORMANT IN THE WINTERTIME. BUT. THE LAYERING OF THAT IS WHAT WE FOUND TO BE IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE MOUNDING, I THINK WE HAVE A THREE FOOT MOUNDING THAT HAPPENS. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF SET UP. AND TREES THAT WE'RE PLANNING ARE THE ROOTS GO DOWN, NOT OUT. RIGHT. SO THAT WAY WE DON'T TAKE UP THE WORK WE'VE DONE, JUST MAKING SURE THE ROOT SYSTEM IS GOING. THESE ARE VERY FAR AWAY FROM ANY HARDSCAPE. SO THE SIZES THAT WE SHOW THESE TREES ARE WHAT WE ESTIMATE THEIR MATURE SIZE TO BE WITHIN OUR LIFETIME. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER LANDSCAPE RELATED QUESTIONS OR MATERIAL QUESTIONS IN GENERAL. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD FEEDBACK. SO WE MET WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD IN FEBRUARY TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF THE ROUNDABOUTS AND INCORPORATING ART INTO THE ROUNDABOUTS. AND THEN WE MET WITH THEM AND KIND OF INTRODUCED THE IDEA THAT WE THERE MAY WANT TO BE THEMES. AS WE LOOK AT PROGRAMING THE ARTWORK IN THE ROUNDABOUTS. AND SO WE CAME BACK TO THEM ON MARCH 
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19TH, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT VARIOUS THEMES, AND THESE WERE THE THREE THAT WERE AGREED UPON BY THE BOARD. SO CELEBRATING LOCAL FLORA AND FAUNA FEATURING NATIVE PLANTS, ANIMALS AND NATURAL ELEMENTS THAT REPRESENT THE AREA'S ECOSYSTEM, HONORING LOCAL HISTORY. SO REFERENCES TO THE AREA'S PAST SUCH AS SETTLERS, LANDMARKS, CULTURAL MILESTONES, OR THOSE TIED TO NEARBY INTERSECTIONS OR SUBDIVISIONS THAT MAY BE NEARBY, AND THEN EMBRACING COMMUNITY GROWTH. THE VERTICAL TRAIN IS AN INTERESTING ONE. YES, FINDING IMAGES FOR THIS BACK TO THE FUTURE, LIKE FINDING, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH TIME AND SPACE, FINDING ART IMAGES THAT WE COULD ALL AGREE ON AS A GROUP HAS BEEN A FUN PROJECT, FUN PART OF THE PROJECT. BUT, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING KYLE AS A RAILROAD TOWN IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY HAVE AS ONE OF YOUR CENTERPIECES. THESE IMAGES HERE ARE NOT IN ANY OF THESE WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO REPRESENT SORT OF THE THEMES THAT WE WE'VE ARE GOING WITH. SO OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD WAS USING MATERIALS THAT WITHSTAND THE OUTDOOR CONDITIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE ARE MAINTENANCE FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE. I THINK WE'VE LEARNED SOME LESSONS FROM OTHER ART PIECES IN TOWN, AND SO WE WANT TO CARRY THOSE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC ART. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF TO WORK ON THE RFP PROCESS TO PUT THESE OUT FOR ART. AND WE'VE GOT THE ART LOCATIONS SHOWN HERE. AND THEN WE BECAUSE THIS IS THE WINDY HILL ROUNDABOUT. THIS HAS BEEN PUT OUT FOR BID AND WE DO NOT HAVE AN ART PIECE. AND SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THESE ARE PREPPED AND READY TO RECEIVE ART WHEN A PIECE IS SELECTED. SO WE'VE GOT A LARGE SPACE IN THE CENTER OF THE ROUNDABOUT THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT IS DEDICATED TO ART. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAMS TO PUT TOGETHER A CONCRETE PAD THAT CAN RECEIVE THE ART. WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND SOME ESTIMATES ON WEIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT, AND THAT WOULD THAT INFORMATION WOULD ALL BE PART OF THE RFP PROCESS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS ON ART OR THE THEMES? YEAH, I LIKE THE TALKING ABOUT THE WINDY HILL. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A FARMING AREA. SO SEEING MORE OF AN ASPECT THERE FOR FARMING SOME KIND OF EQUIPMENT THERE, THAT WAS ALWAYS A BIG FARMING COMMUNITY. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY THERE. SO IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN ON THE FARMING HISTORY. SO NOTED. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO ANNE COLEMAN WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE. ALL RIGHT. YOU JUST AM I CAPABLE. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS FOR SIGNAGE, AS MARISSA POINTED OUT. AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU FOUR DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. WE WORKED HARD TO CAPTURE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE WITH SOME NEW EVOLUTION OF IDEAS. SO THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CONCEPTS, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF A LAUNCHING SPOT FOR THE INSPIRATION. YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE. MARISSA POINTED OUT WHERE THE ART AND LANDSCAPE ONES ARE. THIS IS WHERE THE SIGNAGE ONES ARE LOCATED IN FOUR LOCATIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT MOVES AROUND RIGHT NOW. THAT THAT THAT TURNS. SO WE USE THE THEORETICALLY, YES. AND THEORETICALLY. SO WE USE THOSE LETTERS THERE, BLOCK STYLE LETTERS ON A SIMPLE BASE. AND THEY ARE INTERNALLY LIT. SO IT'S A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD SIGN. IT WORKS WELL WITH THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE. IT WORKS WITH IT. IT'S NOT DOMINANT. AND THE LIGHTING OF COURSE COULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE AT NIGHT. AND IN EACH OF THESE CONCEPTS I FORGOT TO MENTION, WE'RE SHOWING TWO LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, FRONT AND BACK OR SIDE TO SIDE, WHICHEVER ARE THE DOMINANT. AND OF COURSE EVERYONE'S MOVING AROUND THESE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT DIFFERENTLY. BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THE NECESSITY TO HAVE FOUR. BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING TWO AS ANCHOR POINTS IN A CIRCLE SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. ONE WOULD ALSO WORK IF THERE'S A DOMINANT LOCATION, BUT TWO KIND OF SAYS, GO AROUND AND SEE IT TWICE. YOU'RE SAYING KYLE ON ONE SIDE AND THEN KYLE, KYLE ON THE OTHER. AND EACH OF THESE CONCEPTS, THEY WOULD BE IDENTICAL SIGNS, BUT THEY WOULD JUST BE IN TWO LOCATIONS AS YOU MOVE AROUND. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. AND YOU CAN SEE UP AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HOW IT WORKS WITH THE LANDSCAPE. WE CAN GO OVER THESE AGAIN. WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO LOOK VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU. SO WE TOOK THE EXISTING KYLE SIGN THAT WE HAVE NOW AND PUT IT ON A BACKGROUND OF, OF A OF A CORTEN STEEL, SOME SORT OF 
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BROWN NEUTRAL AGAIN THAT WORKS WITH THE LANDSCAPE. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE LOWER HOW IT WOULD LOOK LIT UP AT NIGHT WITH JUST THE OUTLINE SHOWING AND NOT THE BACKDROP. SO IT FOCUSES OBVIOUSLY ON THE, THE TEXAS, YOU KNOW, STYLE LOGO HERE. AND AGAIN IT WOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES, OPPOSITE SIDES. THE NEXT TWO ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR. SO THIS ONE IS RATHER PATRIOTIC. AND IT IS LAUNCHED FROM THE WATER TOWER, THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. AND IT CAN BE CHANGED UP A LITTLE BIT. IT CAN BE A LITTLE LESS, A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, JUST BUT SPOTS OF COLOR IN THIS WE THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. THE RED WOULD JUST BE ON THE SIDE. IT SAYS CITY OF GOING UP AND DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE. AND THE KYLE SPREAD OUT SIMILARLY AS THE PREVIOUS TWO CONCEPTS. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT HOW THAT POP OF COLOR STANDS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE LANDSCAPE. IT'S DEFINITELY NOTICEABLE. AND WE ALSO SHOW THAT IT COULD HAVE SOME IN THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS. SO IF THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE ROUNDABOUT ARE THE SIGNAGE, THE TWO OTHER SIDES COULD HAVE THAT MIDDLE LOWER AREA, A PLACE FOR SEASONAL DISPLAY. SO YOU COULD PUT FLAGS IN IT FOR MEMORIAL DAY, 4TH OF JULY OR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. THEY WOULD NOT BE THERE FULL TIME. THEY COULD ALSO BE A PLACE TO HANG AND PUT SEASONAL LIGHTING IN. SO IT HAS LIKE A COMPANION WALL IN THE TWO OTHER LOCATIONS. THE LAST ONE, WE HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU, AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO DATE ME ON THIS ONE. DID ANYBODY DO PAPER DOLLS WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP? WHEN YOU PUNCH THE DOLL OUT OF A I'M SORRY, MARISSA, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS. I KNOW I WANT YOUR YOUR BROW TO FUR. LIKE, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS SHE GOING? BUT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY REWARDING ABOUT PUNCHING THAT DOLL OUT AND KIND OF SEEING IT AS AN ANGLE BECAUSE THE, THE SIGN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN AROUND AND AROUND GIVES YOU SOME MOVEMENT. SO IT STRUCK ME WHEN STUDYING THESE THAT YOU REALLY NEVER SEE THESE SIGNS HEAD ON, YOU DO AS YOU'RE APPROACHING, BUT YOU IMMEDIATELY TURN INTO THE ROUNDABOUT. SO I THOUGHT, LET'S SHOW SOME MOVEMENT. SO THESE LOOK IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. WE'RE PUNCHING THE WHITE LETTERS OUT OF THE BACKDROP ON A SLIGHT ANGLE. IT'S NOT 90 DEGREES. SO AS YOU'RE MOVING, YOU'RE SEEING IT UNFOLD. YOU DO SEE THE WHOLE THING. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ KYLE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO MOVING AS YOU GO AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT. SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO THAT THAT FULLY ILLUSTRATES IT. WHAT DO I DO NEXT? OKAY. SO YOU SEE HOW IT'S KIND OF PUNCHED OUT AS AN ANGLE. SO AS I GO AROUND I SEE THE PUNCH OUT IN THE BACKGROUND. IT'S VERY SUBTLE, BUT THE LETTERS SEEM LIKE I'M MOVING THROUGH THEM. SO IT'S MOVEMENT WITHOUT THE SIGN MOVING AT ALL. AND THIS ALSO HAS A COMPANION AREA WHERE YOU COULD PUT SEASONAL GRAPHIC IF YOU WANT TO. BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE AS I'M GOING AROUND, IT SPELLS OUT K Y L E AND IT'S FACING ME AS I MOVE THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT. DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO READ YOUR EXPRESSIONS. NOW IT'S ALL ATTACHED. I MEAN, IT'S ALL ONE SIGN. THESE ARE JUST LITERALLY PULLED FORWARD. THE VOID IS ALSO INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU SEE THE GREEN BEHIND IT AND THEY'RE LIT AT NIGHT. SO ONLY YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE THE LETTERS MOSTLY AT NIGHT AS THE DOMINANT. I REALLY LIKE THIS. IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, BUT I THINK IT CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF MOVING THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT IN AN INTERESTING WAY. AND IT'S KIND OF ARTSY A BIT. MARISSA WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. JUST SO YOU'RE JUST SO YOU'RE NOT ALONE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL. MY CONCERN IS THAT SOME FOLKS ALREADY STRUGGLE TO DRIVE THROUGH ROUNDABOUTS AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DISTRACTIONS. PROBABLY OR NOT. PROBABLY. MAYBE ISN'T SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO, BUT THAT'S JUST MY. DEFENSE. THEY DON'T MOVE. THEY. WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE REAL TRICKY PART OF IT ALL IS AND PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL DISTRACTION. BUT I LIKE IT. IT'S COOL. IT'S REALLY UNIQUE AND. IT'S A UNIQUE TOWN. COOL. SO WHAT WHAT I LIKE IS CONCEPT TWO. 
          AS YOU'RE COMING TOWARDS KYLE, IT WOULD BE THE ROADWAY COMING INTO KYLE. AND IN CONCEPT ONE ON 
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THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE REALLY COOL. MORE I'D LOVE CONCEPT FOUR ON MAYBE A MAIN PIECE SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY ON ONE OF THE MAJOR ROUNDABOUTS. HAVE THAT ONE THERE TO KEEP IT UNIQUE TO ONE AREA WOULD BE REALLY COOL. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT ONE THERE IN CONCEPT FOUR, BUT I THINK CONCEPT TWO WORK AND ONE WORKING TOGETHER WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR GATEWAYS ALREADY HAVE THAT CONCEPT TWO STYLE, SO IT IDENTIFIES US GOING TOWARDS DOWNTOWN. AND TO HAVE THAT REGULAR COLLEGE LEAVING WOULD BE PRETTY COOL. JUST MY FEEDBACK. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS. ARE YOU WANTING US TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN THESE FOUR CONCEPTS? YES, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL. DID YOU TALK TO THE ARTS BOARD ABOUT THE ART AND CULTURE BOARD HAS NOT SEEN THE SIGNAGE? NO. YOU THINK MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. IT'S TOUGH AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD. I KIND OF LIKE THREE IN A WAY. SO I THINK IT'S FRESH YOU KNOW. SO IT IT SHOWS A TRANSITION. I DO LOVE OUR LOGO THOUGH AT THE SAME TIME. WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING, AS COUNCILMEMBER RIZZO WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, I HADN'T CONSIDERED HAVING MAYBE SOME DIFFERENT ONES OF THESE AT DIFFERENT POINTS, SO YOU COULD HAVE A MIXTURE OF THEM AROUND. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT UNTIL HE JUST BROUGHT THAT UP. BUT WE HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS EVEN AMONGST OURSELVES. YEAH, WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CERTAINLY TAKE IT TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD, GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. IT IS A TOUGH DECISION, BUT WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU. MELISSA, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE DO YOU NEED AN ANSWER ON THIS? I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT MAYBE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER IT IS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AS YOU KNOW. I MEAN, LUCKILY LANDSCAPE AND SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE THE THAT ARE PLACED TOWARDS THE END OF CONSTRUCTION OF A OF A PROJECT, BUT STILL AT THE SAME TIME THEY, THEY GO OUT WITH THAT BID PACKAGE. SO YOU CAN TRULY KIND OF SEE ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE ABSOLUTELY WANTING TO FINALIZE THOSE, SOME OF THOSE DESIGNS THAT ARE COMING UP AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH, WITH THE ARTWORK, WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE KIND OF THE PAD THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED AND BUILT AS PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE ARTISTS THOSE GUIDELINES OF UNDERSTANDING THE WEIGHT LIMIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND ON HOW TO ATTACH IT, AND THEN GO FROM THERE ON SOME OF THAT, TOO. WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO A MIXTURE OF EVERYTHING, THE GATEWAY INWARD TWO AND ONE CONCEPT, THEN A COUPLE OF THE OTHER ROUNDABOUTS THAT ARE STRATEGICALLY IDENTIFIED TO HAVE THE BLUE, RED, WHITE AND BLUE. 
          AND THEN THE 3D TYPE CONCEPT FOR IMAGE IN THEM. SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF FOUR SIGN ROUNDABOUTS THAT ARE COMING. AND SO WE HAVE FOUR. I MEAN YEAH. IS THERE IS THERE A THOUGHT TOWARDS CONSISTENCY OF BRANDING ACROSS IF EVERYONE GETS IT DIFFERENTLY. SO ANN WAS RIGHT. WE HAVE DEBATES AMONG OURSELVES AS WELL. SO I WOULD SAY I THINK THEY WOULD SAY FOR YOUR STRONGEST ELEMENT OR ONE OF THEM WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE PICK PICK ONE THEME AND KIND OF GO WITH IT. AND BUT I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE KIND OF MULTIPLE SIGNAGE THEMES, AS YOU CAN SAY. I THINK THEY ABSOLUTELY TRIED TO BUILD THIS OFF OF KIND OF CURRENT SIGNAGE THAT WE HAVE, KIND OF SHOWCASING WHAT WE DO HAVE RELATED TO THE WATER TOWER, OUR CURRENT LOGO, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITHIN. I WOULD THINK THAT THE COLORS AND SANDERS AND COLORS AND MARKETPLACE COULD BE THEMED THE SAME, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE SAME STRETCH. YOU'RE GOING TO GO PAST BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THEN THE ONE IN OLD KYLE, YOU KNOW, AT THE STAGECOACH FIVE WAY ROUNDABOUT AND THEN THE ONE DOWN BUTTON CREEK TOWARDS THE SCHOOL. MAYBE WE COULD DO THOSE. THE TWO, THE 2 IN 1 CONCEPT FOR THOSE TWO, I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE BEING ON COLORS. JUST KIND OF TIE IN WITH HEROES MEMORIAL PARK AND KIND OF THAT PATRIOTIC THEME OF THAT, THAT ENTIRE STRETCH, THAT IDEA RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THE ONE AT STAGECOACH WOULD BE WHICH ONE? THE ONE WITH THE LOGO ON IT. 
          YEAH. DO YOU LIKE THE LOGO BETTER OR JUST THE KYLE LOGO? I LIKE BOTH, I LIKE THE LOGO AND THE I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE THE SAME THING ON BOTH SIDES. I WANT YOU TO GET TWO DIFFERENT FIELDS, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE SAME SIGN OVER, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THIS WAY YOU ALSO IDENTIFY LEAVING OR COMING INTO THE CITY. I WANT TO JUST A COUPLE OF I'M CLEARLY ON THE MULTIPLE SIGN TEAM, BUT THERE'S SO YOU DON'T MIND THE DIVERSITY OF LOOKS? NO, I DON'T, BUT I DON'T BECAUSE OF THIS. WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS SO PROFOUND. IT IS. IT'S ABOUT IF IT'S ABOUT 
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PLACEMAKING, IDENTIFYING WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY. I THINK THIS WORKS TO HELP THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT ORIENTS YOU A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S HOW I WOULD LOOK AT IT. WE COULD ALSO, TO TIE THEM TOGETHER MORE, CHOOSE THE TEXAS STYLE LOGO FONT AND REPLICATE THE FONT IN ALL FOUR SIGNS, BUT USE THE ART ELEMENT DIFFERENTLY AND THAT WOULD TIE THEM TOGETHER THROUGHOUT. BUT THE PLACEMAKING ELEMENT WOULD BE USING THEM ALL. THAT'S ONE ARGUMENT. THERE'S A VERY OBVIOUS STRONG ARGUMENT FOR CONSISTENCY, BUT THE PLACEMAKING IDEA IS WHAT I WANTED TO PUT TO BE CHEWED ON AND KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE BOARD IF WE WANTED, IF WE WANTED TO SAY THE OPTION THREE FOR THE TWO ON KOHLERS AND THEN OPTION AND THEY'RE GOING TO QUIT IF WE DON'T GIVE THE OPTION FOR AT LEAST ONE, I CAN'T DO THAT TO MELISSA. I LOVE MELISSA TOO MUCH. I WON'T DO THAT. I DON'T DISLIKE ANY OF THEM. I DON'T DISLIKE ANY OF THEM. 
          THEY'RE ALL REALLY WONDERFUL. I MEAN, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THEM, I WAS LIKE, MAN, WHICH ONE DO I PICK? BUT THEN I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE COMBINATION. I'D LOVE TO SEE CONCEPT TWO AND ONE TOGETHER BECAUSE ONE TELLS YOU YOU'RE COMING IN, THE OTHER ONE TELLS YOU YOU'RE LEAVING. 
          BUT THEN I'D LOVE TO IDENTIFY TWO REALLY KEY AREAS TO DO. AND I THINK MARK IDENTIFIED ONE THERE ON COLORS THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT I ALSO LOVE THE ART PIECE ON CONCEPT FOUR. I'D LOVE TO PUT THAT ONE SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, BUT JUST DO IT ONE TIME BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE, RIGHT? THAT'S A UNIQUE PIECE. IT SHOULDN'T BE ALL OVER THIS. COULD WE REPLACE THE BURLESON ROUNDABOUT WITH THIS PACKAGE WITH CONCEPT FOUR? IS THERE A I'M SERIOUS. I MEAN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK. IT NEVER DID. IS THERE A IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE IN COST FOR CONCEPT FOUR VERSUS THE REST OF THEM? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK ALL OF THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR IN COST, JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL THEY'RE ALL SIGNED CABINETS, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING, ETC. THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL VERY SIMILAR IN COST AND IT'S ALL LED. IT'S ALL CHANGEABLE COLORS. EXACTLY. YEAH. WE'VE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH I IS THAT PARKS THAT MANAGES THAT THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW HOW WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THIS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE SO THAT THE EASE OF USE OF THAT FOR SEASONAL LIGHTING AND THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE REALLY KNOWN FOR. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, LIKE THIS WEEK WE'RE HONORING POLICE WEEK. TO BE ABLE TO LIGHT THEM UP BLUE WOULD BE GREAT. YOU KNOW, JUST TO HONOR THAT, AND WHETHER IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, LET'S HONOR EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH THE COLOR EFFECT. IT'D BE GREAT. AND YEAH, WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO EXPLORE OPTIONS, TO MAYBE MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CENTRALLY CONTROLLED THAN THEM HAVING TO GO AROUND AND CHANGE EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THAT WITH THEM. I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES ON THAT, BUT SOMETHING AN OPTION WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE. PROBABLY AN APP FOR THAT. YES. SO DO YOU NEED DIRECTION ON ONLY WHICH OPTIONS OR DO YOU NEED PLACEMENTS AS WELL? HOWEVER YOU, THE MORE FEEDBACK WE CAN GARNER THE BETTER. BUT IF YOU SAY WE WANT TO USE ALL FOUR CONCEPTS AND WE TRUST YOU ALL TO FIGURE IT OUT, WE WILL TAKE THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. SO AND WHEN USING ALL FOUR CONCEPTS I WANT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING TWO AND ONE IN PER ROUNDABOUT. RIGHT. SO TWO ON ONE SIDE, ONE ON THE OTHER, AND THEN THE NEXT ROUNDABOUT 2 IN 1 AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ROUNDABOUTS. THE ONE ON ON VETERANS I MEAN COLORS CROSSING WILL HAVE THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND THEN IDENTIFY THE OTHER ONE FOR THE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, 3D EFFECT. IT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT. I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE PLACEMAKING. I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND I GET IT, I REALLY DO. BUT I THINK THE CUL DE SAC IS SMALLER THAN THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF GLIMPSE THEM AS YOU'RE GOING AROUND AND FOR WHERE YOU ARE. I THINK HAVING THE SAME SIGNAGE, ANCHORING AND THEN DOING THE NEXT ONE THAT YOU LIKE SOMEWHERE ELSE IS, IS GOING TO BE MORE ORIENTING AS FAR AS COMING AND GOING. I THINK IT'S JUST ONE PLACE THAT YOU'RE GOING. I LOVE THE IDEA OF DOING IT, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING TO WHERE IF IT'S THE ONLY REASON I THINK IT'S MORE AMENABLE THAT WAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE COMING IN THE GATEWAY, ONE ALWAYS SYMBOLIZES COMING IN. AND NOW WE'RE LEAVING THE CITY AND WE HAVE THE GATE ONE. RIGHT. 
          WELL, HOW DO YOU SYMBOLIZE COMING IN OR LEAVING? THAT'S WHY I THINK COMING IN TO THE CITY, THE ROUNDABOUT, THE ROAD THAT'S COMING INTO THE CITY SHOULD HAVE THE TEXAS KYLE ON THERE. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING, YOU SHOULD JUST HAVE THE KYLE BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING KYLE. 
          RIGHT. IT'S NOT THE GATEWAY. YOU'RE I GUESS I THINK YOU'RE GOING AROUND AND AROUND. I DON'T REALLY THINK YOU'RE COMING AND GOING BECAUSE YOU'RE TURNING LEFT. RIGHT? I'M THINKING ABOUT THE MAIN ROAD COMING IN AND THE MAIN ROAD LEAVING, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SIDE ROADS AS WELL. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE CONCEPT. I'M LOOKING BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THE GATEWAY SIGN AS THE GATEWAY COMING INTO THE CITY. I DON'T WANT TO THINK OF IT AS JUST LEAVING, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT IT WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING. OKAY, I'M STILL NOT SURE I CAN, BUT BUT BUT I GET IT. AND IF THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO IT. BUT I MY COMFORT LEVEL ISN'T QUITE THERE YET. WELL, BUT I RESPECT THE IDEA. THANK YOU. 
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YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD DECOUPLE THESE DECISIONS FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CONVERSATION NOT LASTING ALL EVENING, AND CHOOSE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SIGNAGE CONCEPTS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY, THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONCEPTS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. IS THERE DISCUSSION? WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES FOR WHICH. JUST TELL THEM WHICHEVER. WELL, LET'S START HERE AND GET THIS DONE. AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF WE WANT TO ENGAGE. WELL, SO I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND CONCEPT THREE FOR ROUNDABOUTS ONE AND SEVEN. AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE AND 13. WE COULD DO ONE LIKE I WOULD SAY 13. WELL WHICH ONE IS GOING TO HAVE THE MOST TRAFFIC. 
          PROBABLY FIVE HAS THE MOST CIRCULAR TRAFFIC, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT FIVE WOULD BE THE ONE WITH THE ANGLED LIGHTING. I'M JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME LOGIC HERE. AND THEN 13 COULD BE THE TRADITIONAL PLUS 13 HAS GOT IT'S CLOSEST TO THE WATER TOWER, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, NOT ACTUALLY THAT ISN'T WATER TOWER DOESN'T HAVE THE LOGO ON IT. BUT SO I DON'T MY ARGUMENT FELL APART MID-SENTENCE THERE. SO I'M GOOD WITH WHATEVER COUNCIL IS SAYING. IT IS THE MOST, I THINK, MOST PROXIMATE TO ONE OF THE KYLE GATEWAY SIGNS. YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED UP FURTHER NORTH. THE ARROWS INDICATE THAT THOSE CAUGHT, THOSE EXISTING KYLE GATEWAY SIGNS ARE MUCH FURTHER NORTH THAN THE GATEWAY SIGN ON THE SOUTH IS TO NUMBER 13. SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE NUMBER FIVE BE THE ANGLED LETTERS AND NUMBER 13 BE THE LOGO? YEAH I DO. WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT I AGREE I KIND OF ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE ARTSIER ONE BEING ON THE EAST SIDE. YEAH, YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION DIRECTING STAFF TO USE A CONCEPT NUMBER THREE FOR ROUNDABOUTS ONE AND SEVEN. 
          CONCEPT NUMBER TWO FOR ROUNDABOUT 13. AND THEN CONCEPT NUMBER FOUR FOR FIVE. SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY THE MAYOR SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. IS THAT ALL SEEM CLEAR TO YOU ALL AND NOT REMOTELY. ALL RIGHT. SOUTH. THE SOUTHEAST ROUNDABOUT HAS ANGLED LETTERS. THE SOUTHWEST ROUNDABOUT HAS THE LOGO. AND THEN THE TWO ON CROMWELL ARE CONCEPT THREE. YES. YOU JUST MADE ME RESTATE THAT FOR THE FUN OF IT, DIDN'T YOU? ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION TO AMEND CARRIES 7 TO 0. AND NOW I'LL CALL THE MOTION ON EVERYTHING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE BACK AGAIN IN TEN. SO. AND I'M ASSUMING THE ART PIECES WILL GO TO THE ARTS BOARD FIRST. YES. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE. AND THEN COUNCIL WILL NEED TO 
          [VII) Consent Agenda]
APPROVE THE ARTWORK BEFORE THAT MOVES FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 11 THROUGH 25. UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING OFF THE FRONT PAGE I DON'T THINK I DID. NOPE. 
          THAT'S HERE. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WISH TO PULL OFF THE CONSENT? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 25. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 25. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. ANY FIRST READINGS IN THERE? I DON'T SEE 
          [26) Consider approval to award RFP 2025DD-11 and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute contracts for the fabrication and installation of public art projects with Jessica Bell, LLC for the Sky Blooms concept for $55,500, or Dana Perrotti’s X <3 X <3 concept for $108,500.]
ANY. JENNIFER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM 26. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AWARD RFP 2025 DASH 11 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR THE FABRICATION. 
          INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ART PROJECTS WITH JESSICA BELLE LLC FOR THE SKY BLUES CONCEPT. 
          $55,500 OR DANA. PARADISE X. HEART X HEART CONCEPT FOR 108,500. MISS TRUELOVE GOOD EVENING, ROSIE TRUELOVE, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE HAVE A CHOICE OF SELECTING ONE OR OF TWO DIFFERENT ART PIECES, OR SELECTING NONE OF THEM, AND GIVING STAFF DIRECTION ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. WE HAVE ISSUED A SOLICITATION, A CALL FOR ARTISTS THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS TO CREATE UNIQUE, ONE OF A KIND, LARGE SCALE PIECES OF ARTWORK, SUCH AS A SCULPTURE OR A MONUMENT. WE ASKED FOR THE STYLE TO BE CONTEMPORARY AND VISUALLY STRIKING, AND THAT IF MOVING PARTS WERE TO BE INCLUDED, THAT THEY UTILIZE A NATURAL ENERGY SOURCE SUCH AS WIND OR SOLAR POWER. THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, WE EVALUATED THEM ON THEIR CONCEPT, PRICE, THEIR 
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EXPERIENCE, AND THE COMPLETENESS OF THEIR PROPOSAL. WE HAD FIVE TOTAL SUBMISSIONS. WE TOOK A REVIEW COMMITTEE TO AND THROUGH THE ARTS BOARD AND WITH MEMBERSHIP OF ROSEBURG, ANNABELLE GOMEZ AND MELISSA SPENCE AND THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED THE TOP TWO ARTISTS, WHICH ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION, COMPETITIVE SCORES AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK WERE RECEIVED FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS. THERE WAS HIGH PRAISE FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD FOR THE SUBMISSIONS AND THE PAST PROJECTS OF THE TOP TWO ARTISTS. 
          THEY WORKED WITH THE TOP TWO ARTISTS TO MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTS, AND ON MARCH 19TH, THE ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE TWO PROJECTS THAT I WILL PRESENT TODAY, WITH ONE WITH JESSICA BELLE AND ONE WITH DANA PEROTTI. JESSICA BELLE'S PROJECT IS CALLED SKY BLOOMS. THE DESCRIPTION IS A VIBRANT, VIBRANT SERIES OF MIXED MEDIA AND FLOWERS STANDING BETWEEN 8 AND 10FT TALL, EACH IN FULL, JOYFUL BLOOM. THESE WHIMSICAL SCULPTURES CAST PLAYFUL PATTERNS OF LIGHT AND COLOR ONTO THE GROUND BELOW, THOUGHTFULLY SPACED TO ENHANCE MOVEMENT AND EXPLORATION. SKY BLOOMS ENCOURAGES INTERACTION AND WONDER FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES. 
          MATERIALS WOULD INCLUDE POWDER COATED STEEL, ACRYLIC AND SOLAR LIGHTING, AND THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE 8 TO 10FT TALL. THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS IN THE STEEPLECHASE PLAYGROUND, AND THE PRICE WOULD BE 55,000, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MAP AND RENDERING THE PROPOSED LOCATION ADJACENT TO THE PLAYGROUND AT STEEPLECHASE. THEY'D BE RIGHT ON THAT CONCRETE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. IT WOULD BE IN THAT RED CIRCLE, EXISTING PAVEMENT TO REMAIN RIGHT IN THERE. OKAY, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WHAT'S THE SURFACE GOING TO BE LIKE? SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CONCRETE SURFACE. IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE FIRE PIT IS. THE BARBECUE PIT IS. SEE THE HEXAGON. AND THAT'S A HEXAGON. EXISTING PAVEMENT TO REMAIN. SO IT WOULD GO, IT WOULD GO RIGHT ON THAT HEXAGON PIECE. AND IT WOULD BE A CONCRETE PLATFORM THAT IT WOULD BE SITTING ON. OKAY. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE BARBECUE PIT AND THE TABLES? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THOSE AMENITIES IN STEEPLECHASE BECAUSE I JUST HAD SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO ME THIS WEEK ASKING IF WE HAD BARBECUE PITS AND TABLES THAT COULD USE LIKE THAT. CHRIS IS HERE TO ANSWER THAT. OKAY, COOL. GOOD EVENING. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO RELOCATE THOSE. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THOSE AMENITIES WHATSOEVER. THERE'S GOING TO BE RELOCATED WITHIN THE PARK SPACE. OH THAT'S PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. CHRIS, WILL THOSE BE SHADED WHEN THEY'RE RELOCATED? THAT'S THE IDEA OKAY. AND SO THE SECOND OPTION THAT WE HAVE IS. X HEART X HEART WITH DANA PEROTTI. THIS IS A STACKED TOWER OF PLAYFUL SYMBOLS REMINISCENT OF CHILDREN'S GAMES AND DRAWINGS. THE JOYFUL NATURE OF THE SCULPTURE REFLECTS THE NEARBY PLAYGROUND AND WATER FEATURES, AND THE SUN FILLED DAYS THAT FAMILIES ENJOY AT LA VERDE. THESE LIGHT HEARTED SYMBOLS TRANSCEND LANGUAGE, AND THE COMPOSITION EVOKES FEELINGS OF AMUSEMENT, KINDNESS AND OPEN HEARTEDNESS. MATERIALS WILL BE CAST BRONZE, CONCRETE AND GLOW ROCK WITH A DIMENSIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 7.5FT BY THREE FEET BY THREE FEET IN LA VERDE, NEXT TO THE SMALL PAVILION, AT A COST OF A OF $108,500. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGES HOW IT WOULD LOOK AT NIGHT DARK SKY COMPLIANT. BUT GLOW ROCK THAT GLOWS. SO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION FUND DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO FUND BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS. SO THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO APPROVE THE SKY BLOOMS OR APPROVE APPROVE THE X HEART, X HEART, OR TO APPROVE ONE OF THOSE PIECES AND GIVE US DIRECTION ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE BUDGETS AND THE SECOND PIECE, OR TO REJECT ALL RESPONSES TO THIS RFP AND HAVE US GO BACK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH IN THE FUTURE. SO ART IS SO SUBJECTIVE, ISN'T IT? IT IS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I LIKE BOTH PIECES. I WANT THEM BOTH. GREAT. WHAT IS THE BUDGET BUT I. SO I THINK WE I'D HAVE TO LET ME GET MY LAPTOP BECAUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE BACKUP OR CHRIS DO YOU HAVE THE BUDGET FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE FUND. YEAH. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S A BUDGET OF $65,000 THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS. OKAY. SO FOR ME, I LOVE THE STEEPLECHASE ELEMENT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT PARK. SO THAT WOULD BE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE ON THE 
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SECOND ONE IS THAT WE'VE WE'VE SEEN SOME STUFF, SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR OVER AT THE PARK. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ROCKS THAT ARE BEING THROWN INTO THE POOL. MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS IT LOOKS LIKE A CLIMBING PIECE. IS THIS GOING TO BE SAFE ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO CLIMB? BECAUSE I CAN SEE PEOPLE CLIMBING THAT, KIDS CLIMBING THAT ALREADY. BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT, I WAS LIKE, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE ALREADY SO I COULD SEE KIDS CLIMBING. THAT. IS THAT A PIECE THAT KIDS CAN CLIMB AND INTERACT WITH OR NOT? SO IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE CLIMBABLE. THAT'S ALSO A REASON WHY IT'S PROPOSED TO BE ELEVATED. SO ORIGINALLY WITHIN THE PROPOSAL IT WAS AT GRADE. SO WE DID CREATE A FOUR FOOT BASE TO ELEVATE THAT PIECE TO AVOID THAT. BUT AS YOU'RE AWARE, AT LA VERDE, EVEN WITH SIGNS BEING POSTED, STUFF STILL OCCURS. HOWEVER, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF WILL BE MONITORING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KIND OF SCARY. YEAH, I ALREADY KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION, DIDN'T Y'ALL? SO JUST I'M JUST I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. THAT'S GREAT. BUT NO, THAT'S THE ONLY ELEMENT I WAS WORRIED. BUT LOOK, HONESTLY, AS WE'RE PROMOTING ART IN OUR CITY, I. I'D LOVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET BOTH PIECES OUT THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO DO AN EMPHASIS ON THE ONE AT STEEPLECHASE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PIECE, AND I LIKE THEM BOTH, BUT THAT ONE REALLY STICKS OUT TO ME. MAYOR PRO TEM, YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T THINK I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH EITHER OF THESE PIECES. I DON'T AND THIS IS REALLY HARD BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WEIGHING IN ON SOMETHING. IF I CAN'T OFFER UP A BETTER PATH FORWARD, SOME KIND OF VIOLATING ONE OF MY OWN RULES. BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE TO SPEND MONEY, AND I FEEL LIKE THESE MISSED THE MARK. FOR WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND CREATING ART THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR CITY, AND TRYING TO HAVE A THEME AROUND OUR CITY. WHEN I THINK OF THE PRESENTATION WE JUST WENT THROUGH WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS AND HAVING A COHESIVE PLAN CITYWIDE, AND THIS TO ME, JUST KIND OF FEELS REALLY RANDOM. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT THE ART ISN'T NICE TO LOOK AT. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NICE TO LOOK AT FOR $164,000. I THINK THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE PIECE GOING OVER AT STEEPLECHASE IS BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN FIELDS, A LOT OF FLOWERS. SO THAT REALLY DEFINES THAT AREA. RIGHT. THERE IS A VERY POWERFUL FIELD. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. THE OTHER ONE I'M I'M KIND OF TORN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE KIDS ARE GOING TO CLIMB IT, BUT IT IS A NICE PIECE JUST. AND THERE MIGHT BE CORRECT WITH THAT, THAT THAT ONE MIGHT NOT FIT THE STANDARDS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A CITY TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS. BUT I DO LIKE THE FLOWER ONE. WE DID HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ARTS MASTER PLAN, SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT WORK, CONCLUDING TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE FUTURE SELECTION PROCESSES. SO HOW WOULD EVERYBODY FEEL IF WE WAITED UNTIL THAT ART MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETED BEFORE WE MAKE ANY BIG PURCHASES ON ART? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I'M STILL KIND OF NOT SOLD ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE BAD, JUST WASN'T FEELING IT. THESE WEREN'T RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ARTS BOARD, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. KEEP THAT IN MIND. I, I REALLY I DO LIKE THE PIECE FOR STEEPLECHASE. I CAN SEE I CAN VISUALIZE THE REFLECTION OF THE FLOWERS ON THE CONCRETE. I CAN VISUALIZE KIDS ENJOYING THAT SPACE. I THINK IT DOES REFLECT THE NATURE OF STEEPLECHASE PARK AND STEEPLECHASE DEFINITELY NEEDS SOMETHING CHEERFUL, COLORFUL, ARTISTIC. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT IN IN THE STEEPLECHASE AREA. I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE ONE THAT IS PROPOSED FOR LA VERDE. I THINK LA VERDE ALREADY IS KIND OF ARTISTIC ALL BY ITSELF. WE'VE GOT THE BOBCAT THERE AND THE HAMMOCKS AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ADD TO THE AMBIANCE AT THAT PARK. I WOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT GOING WITH THE ONE FOR STEEPLECHASE. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT TO. SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDING THE ART AT LA VERDE, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE ECKHART. ECKHART REALLY CAPTURED ANYTHING, ANY OF THE SPIRIT OF KYLE. NOT. AND AGAIN, I HOPE WHOEVER'S WATCHING, IF THAT IT'S NOT INTENDED. LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALSO WE PUT A BUDGET IN AND THE STEEPLECHASE ITEM FITS THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE COULD GO TO THE MASTER PLAN. BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS WE, I WOULD I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A DISCIPLINE OF INVESTING IN ART ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO THAT THERE'S NEW ART COMING IN. 
          AND ALL MY YEARS, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER VOTED ON ANY ART PIECE THAT ACTUALLY COST MONEY TO BE INSTALLED. I MEAN, Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF THERE IS ANYTHING. SO IT'S ALL OF THIS THAT WE'VE 
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BEEN PUSHING ON IS DESIGNED TO GET TO THIS MOMENT WHERE WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN ART, BUT WE CAN WE CAN DO THE ONE AT STEEPLECHASE, MAKE THE BUDGET GO THROUGH THE ARTS MASTER PLAN, AND THEN MAYBE EVEN INCREASE IT SLIGHTLY SO THAT WE CAN BE LOOKING AT TWO PIECES NEXT YEAR AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN ALSO THE ARTS MASTER PLAN REALLY NEEDS TO CALL OUT WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ART WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SO THAT THERE'S AT LEAST SOME KIND OF GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THE DESIGNER. THAT'S NOT JUST, WELL, WHAT WOULD I PUT THERE? YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE THEIR ART, THEIR CREATIVITY CHANNELED THROUGH OUR VISION. AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE ARTIST PROBABLY HAD MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED THAT VISION THROUGH A PLAN. SO I'M OKAY WITH WHAT DOCTOR HARRIS SAID, IF ANYONE ELSE IS. I DEFINITELY LIKE THAT PIECE FOR STEEPLECHASE. SHOULD I MAKE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION. GO FOR IT. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PURCHASE. THIS GUY BLOOMS CONCEPT FOR STEEPLECHASE AND PASS. AT THIS POINT ON THE. ESSENCE AND HEARTS. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILOR HARRIS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIZZO THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE SKY BLOOMS BUT WAIT ON THE ECKHART. ECKHART IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? COUNCILOR TOBIAS? IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGET. KIND OF WAS LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT IF IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN. I'LL SUPPORT IT IN THAT. IN THAT SENSE, WERE THERE ANY OTHER SUBMITTALS? THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO. THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMENDED BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL. THE OTHER TWO THERE WERE I BELIEVE WE HAD FIVE SUBMISSIONS TOTAL, BUT THEY DID NOT THINK THAT THEY WERE WORTH BRINGING OR WERE READY. 
          RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. THEIR THEIR RECOMMENDATION. WERE THESE TWO AS THE FINALISTS. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. YEAH. JUST THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND FOR GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MORE TO COME. SO GLAD TO SEE THEM FUNCTIONING. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. NAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. ALL RIGHT. NEXT 
          [27) Consider approval of a resolution authorizing a three-year contract with Swinerton Builders for demolition services for a total contract amount of $300,000 plus a 20% contingency for a total not to exceed of $360,000, through The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) cooperative purchasing program, and authorizing Task Order 1 for demolition of various city-owned properties in the amount of $164,070.]
UP IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH SWINERTON BUILDERS FOR DEMOLITION SERVICES FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF 300,000, PLUS 20% CONTINGENCY, FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED 360,000 THROUGH THE INTER LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM TIPS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING TASK ORDER ONE FOR DEMOLITION OF VARIOUS CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $167,070. MR. TRUELOVE. SO AS A RESULT OF THE 2022 ROAD BOND PROJECT AND THE EXTENSION OF SOUTH GOFORTH ROAD AND THE ONGOING REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN KYLE, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED THAT NOW REQUIRE ATTENTION. THESE PROPERTIES MUST BE CLEARED AND EXISTING STRUCTURES MUST BE DEMOLISHED IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES ASBESTOS TESTING ONLY, SO IF ASBESTOS IS FOUND, THEN WE WILL USE THE CONTINGENCY THAT'S REFERENCED IN THE CONTRACT TO PROCESS THAT CHANGE ORDER TO COVER THE COST OF REMOVAL. THE BASIC AGREEMENT WILL BE VALUED AT $300,000 WITH AUTHORIZATION OF UP TO 20%. 
          CONTRACT CONTINGENCY. THE INITIAL PHASE ONE TASK ORDER ONE WILL COVER DEMOLITION OF VARIOUS CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $164,000. THOSE PROPERTIES INCLUDE THE DOWNTOWN BUILDING AT 201 WEST LOCKHART. THE PROPERTY AT 103 VETERANS DRIVE. THE PROPERTY AT 301 NORTH STAGECOACH ROAD. THE QUAIL RIDGE PROPERTIES 100 QUAIL RIDGE DRIVE, 102, 104, 200, 201 AND 203 QUAIL RIDGE DRIVE. SO THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ARE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND TASK ORDER ONE, OR TO DENY THE CONTRACT AND TASK ORDER ONE, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. DOES SWINERTON PROPOSE TO RECYCLE ANY PERCENTAGE OF THE MATERIALS OUT OF THESE BUILDINGS? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. I THINK A LOT OF CITIES, WHEN THEY'RE GOING INTO THE DEMOLITION, ESPECIALLY OF MORE THAN ONE BUILDING, ARE LOOKING AT THE RECYCLING OF THE MATERIALS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH, FOR SURE, WE'LL FIND OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW, JUDGES CAN SAY IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW IS RECYCLING CONCRETE, REUSING IT A LOT OF THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS. SO SHE BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD POINT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING PARTNERS THAT REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON RECYCLING. SOME OF THESE MAY HAVE EXCELLENT AMOUNTS OF METAL TO BE RECYCLED AS WELL. 
          GOOD POINT. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF HOW MUCH IS IN THIS PARTICULAR BID, BUT TYPICALLY THESE MATERIALS HAVE VALUE AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO RECYCLE THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN SELL THOSE MATERIALS AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO RECYCLE THE MATERIALS. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE QUANTITIES THAT THAT WE THINK. WE CAN CERTAINLY LET THE COUNCIL KNOW AFTER WE GET SOME DETAILS 
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ON IT. I WOULD PUT A PRIORITY ON A COMPANY THAT IS DOING THE RECYCLING, YES OR NOT, ON THE COMPANY THAT IS DOING THE RECYCLING, BUT ON A COMPANY THAT'S BIDDING ON THE DEMOLITION THAT WILL BE ACTIVELY RECYCLING THOSE MATERIALS. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU THINK WE COULD HAVE THEM SEND A MEMO JUST OUTLINING THEIR THEIR PLANS FOR REUSE? WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT IF YOU WANTED TO APPROVE IT AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. OR WE COULD TABLE IT AND BRING IT BACK. BUT I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY GET A MEMO TO YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, SWINERTON IS VERY, VERY REPUTABLE. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF ANYONE IS GOING TO DO THAT, IT WOULD BE THEM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD JUST TO GET THIS PROCESS MOVING OFF AND KEEP IT OFF OUR AGENDA. 
          BUT I WOULD APPROVE THAT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 27 SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 27, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A MEMO BACK ON RECYCLING PLANS AND STRATEGIES, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0 SEVEN ZERO. I DIDN'T COUNT HIM. HE DIDN'T VOTE. YEAH. HE HE SAID DID YOU. 
          [28) Consider approval of a resolution appointing Christina Demirs to serve as the City's ethics compliance officer, and Sara Kerr to serve as the backup ethics compliance officer, based on the recommendation of the City Attorney; and contract amendment with Messer Fort, PLLC, to increase the annual maximum compensation by $10,000, for a total annual not to exceed amount of $60,000.]
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. I DIDN'T HEAR IT. ALL RIGHT. LAST ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 28. 
          CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING CHRISTINA DEMEUSE TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SARAH KERR TO SERVE AS THE BACKUP ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF CITY ATTORNEY AND CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MR. FORD, PLLC, TO INCREASE AN ANNUAL MAXIMUM COMPENSATION BY $10,000 FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $60,000. MISS ALCORN REID, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AMY ALCORN, CITY ATTORNEY. FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER. WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED THAT SARAH KERR, THE CURRENT ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER, IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE SERVING AS OUR ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER DUE TO OTHER CONSTRAINTS ON HER TIME. I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MISS KERR AND HER MANAGING PARTNER. I'VE ALSO MET WITH CHRISTINA DEMERS, WHO'S THE CURRENT BACKUP ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASICALLY TO SWITCH THEM, APPOINT CHRISTINA DEMERS AS THE PRIMARY AND SARAH KERR AS THE BACKUP. THE LAW FIRM HAS ALSO INFORMED THE CITY THAT THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL GO OVER THE $50,000 ANNUAL LIMIT THIS YEAR, AND SO THEY'VE REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL $10,000. ON DECEMBER 3RD, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED SARAH KERR. SARAH KERR WAS APPOINTED BASED ON A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY. THE ONLY RESPONDENT TO THAT RFP WAS MR. FORD. MR. FORD HAS BEEN PROVIDING OUR SERVICES FOR US SERVICES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. NOW. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STAYING WITH THE SAME FIRM. WE'RE JUST REVERSING WHO'S THE PRIMARY AND WHO'S THE BACKUP. KRISTINA D'AMOURS IS A SENIOR ATTORNEY AT MR. FORD. SHE'S BEEN LICENSED FOR QUITE A WHILE SINCE 2007. 
          SHE SPENT EIGHT YEARS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF TEMPLE IN HOUSE. SO SHE HAS SIGNIFICANT MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS POSITION. SHE ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE IN FAMILY LAW AND GENERAL CIVIL PRACTICE. AND THEN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT IS TO ADD $10,000 TO THE ANNUAL AMOUNT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF GOING OVER $50,000 THIS YEAR. THE OPTIONS ARE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE RESOLUTION, I RECOMMEND APPROVING THE RESOLUTION. ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS ALCORN? READ. 
          DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE HEARING COSTS? ROUGHLY, THEY BUILD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND $25,000. OKAY. SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT TEN WON'T BE ENOUGH. IT IS POSSIBLE WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK DEPENDING ON IF THERE ARE MORE HEARINGS AND HOW LONG THEY TAKE. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE SAME QUALITY THAT WE HAD WITH OUR ATTORNEYS. HOW DO YOU FEEL, AMY, AS AN ATTORNEY, DO YOU THINK THAT THE QUALITY OF THE REPRESENTATION IS GOING TO DROP OFF? OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMEONE THAT'S JUST AS REPUTABLE AS OUR LAST, AS THE ATTORNEY THAT WAS HANDLING EVERYTHING I FEEL LIKE CHRISTINA IS. AND NOT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT MISS CHRISTINA IS ARGUABLY MORE QUALIFIED. SHE'S A HIGHER RANKED ATTORNEY IN THE FIRM, SHE'S BEEN LICENSED FOR MORE TIME, AND SHE HAS MORE DIRECT MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE. OKAY, THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I NEED TO KNOW THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING. THE CITY'S GETTING A QUALITY ATTORNEY, SOMEONE THAT KNOWS THE COMPLIANCE AND WILL DO A GREAT JOB FOR THE TAXPAYERS, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO JUST MAKING SURE, I GUESS I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. IS 10,000 GOING TO BE ENOUGH INCREASE? I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY TWO MONTHS. ANOTHER $10,000 INCREASE BECAUSE WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT LIMIT. RIGHT? WELL, NOT US I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'VE CURRENTLY REQUESTED $10,000 AND I CAN I CAN HANDLE $10,000 IN MY BUDGET. IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK. IT WOULD BE FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE MY BUDGET TO COVER THIS COST. AND SO IF THAT HAPPENS, I WILL BRING AN ITEM BACK IN THE FUTURE. I THINK. CUSTOMER. TOBIAS. YES, IF SHE GETS APPROVED, WHAT OTHER 
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KIND OF SERVICES WOULD SHE PROVIDE FOR THE CITY BESIDES THE ETHICS COMPLIANCE UNDER THE CHARTER AND THE CODE, SHE'S ONLY ALLOWED TO SERVE AS ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER. SHE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY SERVICES TO THE CITY BEYOND ETHICS COMPLAINTS. SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ETHICS HEARINGS, COMPLAINTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SHE WOULD JUST BE HANDLING THOSE, PERIOD. SHE'S THE PRIMARY ATTORNEY FOR ETHICS COMPLAINTS, ANY ETHICS ISSUES. SO SHE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE CODE. WE WOULD TAKE THAT TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE COUNCIL. BUT SHE IS NOT PERMITTED TO REPRESENT US IN ANY OTHER WAY. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CHARTER COMMISSION ON REVIEWING SOME OF THE ETHICS VERBIAGE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? I THINK IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ETHICS PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND THEY WANTED US TO BRING IN ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER, WE COULD DO THAT. SHE WOULD BE THE ONE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK THE COMMISSION THEMSELVES. RIGHT. OKAY. QUICK QUESTION, AMY. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER. BY LAW, IT'S UNDER OUR CITY CHARTER AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BOTH REQUIRE IT. BUT THERE'S BEEN TIMES, I GUESS, WHERE WE LAPSE. WE DON'T HAVE AN ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER. RIGHT. WHEN WE CAN'T FIND ONE, I TRY TO BRING ONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE IF THAT HAPPENS. BUT YES, IT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES. SO I GUESS THE ACCUMULATED COST OF THE OF THE HEARING WAS BECAUSE IT TOOK THREE HEARINGS TO MEET WITH THE COMMISSION. IS THAT THE NUMBER OF HOURS SPENT BOTH REVIEWING THE COMPLAINT AND THE RESPONSES, AND ALL THE RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS PROVIDING THE INVESTIGATION AND THEN ATTENDING ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND RECEIVING QUESTIONS FROM BOTH THE COMPLAINANT AND RESPONDENT AND THE COMMISSIONERS. SURE. SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A COST THAT MOST CITIES WILL HAVE TO INCUR ANY TIME THERE'S A NON-FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINT FILED. A LOT OF CITIES DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND A LOT OF CITIES IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY. I PERSONALLY LIKE HAVING A SEPARATE ETHICS COMPLIANCE OFFICER, BECAUSE IT AVOIDS THE ARGUMENT THAT I'M CONFLICTED BECAUSE I WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT IT IS A COST THAT WE INCUR BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY FOR THAT PURPOSE. OH, I SEE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE IF YOU'RE THE ATTORNEY REQUIRED BECAUSE THE CHARTER REQUIRES IT. OKAY. 
          BUDDHA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AN ETHICS COMMISSION. THAT'S ALSO REQUIRED BY CHARTER. IT'S ALSO REQUIRED BY CHARTER. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MAYOR, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 28. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. I THINK THAT'S IT. BRIAN, DID WE NEED TO GO BACK. ALL RIGHT. MOTION
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