[I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
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EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 5:32 P.M. IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MITCHELL.
HERE. HEIZER. RIZZO. PRESENT. ZUNIGA. PRESENT. HARRIS. HERE. MCKINNEY. TOBIAS. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. AND THAT FOR THE 530 MEETING. AND THAT'S TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA. AND THEN AS SOON
[II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
AS THAT MEETING ADJOURNS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTS. I HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO REGISTERED TO SPEAK. I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE HERE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM, OR IF SOME FOLKS WANT TO WAIT AND SPEAK AT THE REGULAR MEETING, BUT YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPTION. FIRST UP IS ZACHARY CARTER. WE DO ASK YOU TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT'S FINE.I'M A RESIDENT OF THE WATERLOO FALLS SUBDIVISION ON HOLLY GROVE STREET IN FRONT OF THE ONGOING WATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED. THEY'RE EXPANDING THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. IT'S, I THINK, SCHEDULED TO WRAP UP IN FALL OF 2027. RIGHT NOW, EVERY DAY WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION NOISE IN OUR HOUSE. IT'S SHAKING OUR HOUSE. WE CAN'T LOOK OUT OF OUR WINDOWS WITHOUT SEEING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, TRAILERS, ALL, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. AND THERE WAS A PRIVACY FENCE THAT WAS ERECTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HOLLY GROVE STREET. WE WERE WONDERING IF THE THE SAME ACCOMMODATIONS WOULD BE POSSIBLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HOLLY GROVE. THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS ZACHARY BARTON. I DON'T NEED TO COMMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC EVENT. IT'S EASIER FOR YOU ALL IF I WAIT. YEAH, THAT'D BE FINE. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP IS KEVIN DUBOSE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KEVIN DUBOSE. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH LAKE RANCH SUBDIVISION, JUST NEXT TO LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL OFF BUNTON CREEK ROAD THIS EVENING. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL, AND I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, NO PARKING SIGNS WERE ERECTED ON THE 100 BLOCK SF LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL FROM PARKING ALL ALONG THE PARKING IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER, SINCE THAT TIME, THE STUDENTS HAVE MIGRATED TO THE 200 BLOCK OF LAKE WASHINGTON. AND I'LL SHOW YOU VERY QUICKLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR SUBDIVISION. IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET DOWN THE STREET. IT'S A TWO LANE STREET, AND ULTIMATELY WE'RE LIMITED TO ONE LANE. AND OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE SUBDIVISION, SOMEBODY'S COMING OUT, YOU'RE HAVING TO BACK UP. AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE. THAT'S ALL LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. VERY QUICKLY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN DOING THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, THERE'S SUFFICIENT PARKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEM TO PARK THE PARKING, THE PARKING FEE IS NOT COST PROHIBITIVE, IN MY OPINION. AND SPEAKING TO THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE CHOOSING TO PARK IN OUR SUBDIVISION SIMPLY OUT OF CONVENIENCE SO THAT THEY CAN GET OUT QUICKER AND THEY DON'T GET STUCK IN THE IN THE TRAFFIC OF THE, OF THE SCHOOL PARKING.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ERECTING THE NO PARKING SIGNS THAT ARE LIMITED FROM 8 TO 5 THROUGH CERTAIN MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO PREVENT WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE FROM HAPPENING. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STOP. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS DAPHNE TENORIO. OKAY. YOU WANT TO DO IT LATER? ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS NANCY FAHEY.
THANKS, NANCY FAY. AND I'VE LIVED IN KYLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THIS IS TO. THIS IS TO BE SAID ABOUT MIGUEL ZUNIGA. YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY IT IN TO HIM PERSONALLY, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SAID OUT LOUD SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE THINK ABOUT HIM AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US. YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN ZUNIGA, YOU SPOKE OUT WHEN YOU SAW OR KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND YOU DID THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNEW YOU'RE GOING TO GET FLAK FROM
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OTHER COUNCIL. COUNCIL PEOPLE AND THEIR MINIONS. AND THAT'S ADMIRABLE. YOU'RE A MAN OF INTEGRITY, WHICH IS IN SHORT SUPPLY. YOU NEVER ASSERTED ANY GRANDIOSE PERSONAL AGENDA. YOU JUST LISTENED TO THE CITIZENS AND YOU RESPONDED TO US. AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.AND TRUTH TO POWER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS LARRY STAMP. COUNCIL. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TONIGHT? BEFORE WE GET THE CLOCK STARTED, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLAP AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I WILL DO SO AS LONG AS THEY END THAT CLAPPING WITHIN THAT THREE MINUTE TIME FRAME. ALL RIGHT. THE RECORD HAS TO BE SET WITH THE TRUTH. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ON MY OWN BEHALF. AS A CITIZEN OF THIS CITY, NONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I BELONG TO KNOW I'M HERE, NOR DO THEY ENDORSE WHAT I PLAN ON SAYING. I CALLED BARRY HEIZER ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, TO OFFER HIM A VFW BREAKFAST SPONSORSHIP FOR THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. HE IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED ME WITH EXTREME ANGER AND FRUSTRATION WHILE USING CURSE WORDS, USING THE F WORD SEVERAL TIMES. HIS ANIMOSITY WAS AIMED AT DELIBERATELY SMEARING THE VFW AND STEVE COOK, WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE. BARE WITH MALICE, CLAIMED THAT THE VFW HAD ENDORSED COURTNEY GOZA FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. MAYOR ALSO SAID HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH NOTHING TO DO WITH VFW MOVING FORWARD. I TOLD BARRY THAT WAS A LIE AND THAT NO ONE AT THE VFW WOULD ENDORSE A CANDIDATE ON THE VFW BEHALF, AND IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THE VFW TO SPONSOR OR ENDORSE A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE. THE VFW MAKES THAT FACT KNOWN EVERY TURN. BEAR WAS BORGER. HE WAS THUGGISH, AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY PROFESSIONALISM. HE SAID HE NEVER WANTED TO SEE STEVE COOK'S FACE OR THE VFW EVER AGAIN. HE CAST A DISPARAGING INSULT UPON HIS OPPONENT, COURTNEY GOZA. THE NEXT DAY, I SPOKE TO MARK MCKINNEY. MARK CLAIMED HE HEARD STEVE COOK SAY THAT HE ENDORSED COURTNEY GOZA. AFTER FURTHER DIALOG, MARK CONCEDED THAT STEVE WAS PRAISING GOZA FOR HER PARTICIPATION AT THE VFW, AND THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN ACTUAL ENDORSEMENT, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME. BARRETT CONTINUED HIS MISGIVINGS DURING A PRIVATE MEETING APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO BY SPEWING THE SAME DISHONESTIES ABOUT THE VFW. APPARENTLY, MARK ATTENDED THAT MEETING AND FAILED TO OFFER ANY CORRECTIONS TO BARE'S SLANDER. BARE HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE VETERANS WHO LIVE HERE, OR ANY VETERAN ORGANIZATION, AS HE CONTINUES TO USE HIS FALSE NARRATIVE FOR POLITICAL GAIN EVEN AFTER LEARNING THE TRUTH. THREE OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM HEARD THE FRIDAY MORNING CONVERSATION, INCLUDING STEVE COOK. IF BEAR SAYS I'M SOMEHOW MISGUIDED, ALL THREE HAVE AGREED TO TESTIFY OF BEAR'S WORDS. IF BEAR DENIES HE SAID ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE VFW IN THAT PRIVATE MEETING, I BELIEVE THOSE WOULD PROBABLY TESTIFY AGAINST HIM TOO. FURTHERMORE, HAD COURTNEY GOZA BEEN ENDORSED BY THE VFW, SHE WOULD HAVE HAD HER ENDORSEMENT SPLATTERED ALL OVER HER CAMPAIGN MEMORABILIA, AND YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN IT EVERYWHERE. BUT HAVE YOU SEEN A VFW ENDORSEMENT? OF COURSE NOT, BECAUSE VFW DID NOT ENDORSE HER. SO BEAR, WHERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE? BEAR HEISER HAS PURPOSELY SLURRED THE VFW BULLY, STEVE COOK, AND INSULTED THE ENTIRE VETERAN COMMUNITY BY SPREADING HIS FRAUDULENT CLAIMS AND FLAT OUT LIES. HE'S NOT WORTHY TO HOLD OFFICE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT UP IS MICHAEL MCDONALD. I'M ON MY WAY. OUT OF HERE. NO. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO TELL A MIGUEL THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEGRITY. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT IS RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HARD, I THINK ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS OUGHT TO LOOK AT MIGUEL AND SEE HOW HE ACTED UNDER THOSE HARSH SITUATIONS WHEN WHEN PEOPLE STOOD UP AGAINST HIM. THAT'S WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER DOES. THAT'S WHAT A REPRESENTATIVE DOES. HE DOESN'T REPRESENT HIMSELF. HE REPRESENTS OTHERS. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS OUGHT TO TAKE TO HEART. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE MCDONALD. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER ZUNIGA FOR HIS TIME ON THE COUNCIL. HE'S NOT ONLY LISTENED TO RESIDENTS CONCERNS, HE'S ALWAYS DONE SO
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WITH RESPECT. I'VE WATCHED HIM, AND EVEN WHEN HE'S FACED WITH AN OPPOSING OPINION, HE MAINTAINS HIS EMOTIONS AND HE CONTINUES TO COMMUNICATE RESPECTFULLY. SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW A PERSON'S CHARACTER, DISAGREE WITH THEM. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA FOR STANDING STRONG IN THE FACE OF ATTACKS. YOU MAINTAINED YOUR INTEGRITY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HOLDING A TOWN HALL ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS. THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. YOU TWO MEN ARE SADLY IN THE MINORITY OF OUR COUNCIL. AS WE'VE SEEN WITH PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ELECTED TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE FOR OUR CITY. OUR CITY NEEDS YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR RESIDENTS AND CONSIDER FOR RUNNING FOR COUNCIL AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST ECHO, NOT ECHO. I WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT MISTER LARRY SAID, THAT WE NEED COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ABLE TO, THAT HAVE INTEGRITY AND ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR EMOTIONS. AND I'VE ALSO HAD THE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES THAT HE HAS HAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEIZER, AND I HOPE THAT OUR CITY MAKES A POSITIVE CHANGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS ANGELITA TOBIAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANGELITA TOBIAS AND I AM A CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR ZUNIGA FOR HIS TIME WITH THE COUNCIL. I SOME I KNOW FOR A FACT, AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SIT UP THERE AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF EVERYBODY, NOT JUST FOR PERSONAL GAIN. I THANK YOU, SIR, AND I'M PROUD OF YOU. AND YOU CAN WALK DOWN FROM THE DIOCESE WITH YOUR WITH YOUR HEAD HIGH, YOUR INTEGRITY INTACT. THANK YOU, SIR, AND I WISH MISSUS SABATA. SENORITA ZAPATA, GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT UP IS ZACH HALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. IN YOUR TIME ON THE DAIS, I'VE SEEN YOU SERVE ALL RESIDENTS OF KYLE. I'VE SEEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR SENIORS. I'VE SEEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS. I'VE SEEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR ANIMALS. I'VE SEEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE ON BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE OF KYLE. YOU'VE ADVOCATED FOR A REC CENTER THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO USE. YOU'VE ADVOCATED FOR BETTER PARKS, LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, YOU SHOWED UP AT TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO SPEAK TO RESIDENTS SO THEY COULD ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS TO YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU HAVE MADE KYLE PROUD. FOR THOSE OF US WHO GREW UP IN THE AREA, WE WILL ALWAYS ADMIRE YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I JUST THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. IT EVERYTHING THAT YOU FACED THIS PAST YEAR, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASY FOR YOU TO JUST CALL IT QUITS AND NOT RUN AGAIN, OR TO RUN A NEGATIVE PARTIZAN CAMPAIGN. YOU DIDN'T DO THAT. YOU HAD INTEGRITY. YOU CAMPAIGNED POSITIVELY, FOCUSING ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IN THE LAST DAYS OF CAMPAIGN, I SAW YOU CAMPAIGNING WITH TREVOR PASTRANO SENIOR, WHICH I THINK SPEAKS VOLUMES TO YOUR CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY BECAUSE HE, LIKE YOU, SERVED KYLE KYLE WITH PRIDE. AND SO I THINK YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THAT, THAT HE WAS WILLING TO CAMPAIGN ON YOUR BEHALF. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. YOU LEAVE VERY, VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL. AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, I WISH MISS ZAPATA LUCK, BUT I KNOW YOU DID A GOOD JOB AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS WILL REMEMBER YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENTS FORMS THAT I HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF
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COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY TUESDAY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SWEARING IN, MELISSA MEDINA AND CLAUDIA ZAPATA. I'M KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO FROM THERE. BUT WHAT I COME HERE FOR TONIGHT IS TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. ZUNIGA FOR HIS SERVICE, AND I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. I REMEMBER SITTING EXACTLY WHERE YOU SAT IN 2023, AND YOU SIT THERE WITH A BROKEN HEART BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD FOR YOUR CITY, AND YET YOU'RE STILL NOT GOING TO BE THERE. AND SO I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND AND YOU RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT YOU MADE SOME CHANGES ON THIS COUNCIL, WHETHER OR NOT THE OUTCOME WAS WHAT YOU WANTED OR WHAT WE ALL HOPED. YOU OPENED THE DOORS FOR FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR THE ETHICS ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY. AND SO MY ADVICE TO ANYBODY THAT'S WALKING AWAY FROM THIS DAIS IN THIS ELECTION IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOURSELF. BEFORE YOU WERE BEFORE YOU WERE ELECTED, BECAUSE I THINK AFTER SERVING FOR A WHILE, PEOPLE'S EGOS OR THEIR POWER TRIPS OR WHATEVER IT IS, IT TENDS TO GET THE BETTER OF THEM. AND SO TAKING SOME TIME OFF, I KNOW FOR ME WAS A TRUE BLESSING. IT MADE ME REALIZE WHO IT WAS THAT I SERVED, WHY I SERVED, AND CHANGED THE OUTLOOK OF MOVING FORWARD, OF HOW I WOULD SERVE. AND SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA, THIS IS NOT GOODBYE. IT IS GOODBYE FOR NOW, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE YOU ELECTED SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. SORRY, I SNUCK IN A LITTLE LATE HERE. I CAME FROM DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. FIRST I WANTED TO SAY A SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS MEDINA. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. AND I HOPE THAT YOU LIVE UP TO YOUR CAMPAIGN SLOGAN ON YOUR SIGNS OF BEING A POSITIVE VOICE FOR CHANGE FOR KYLE. I GENUINELY WISH YOU THE BEST TONIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU UP THERE. ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THREE YEARS OF SERVICE. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SAY A VERY SINCERE AND EXCITED CONGRATULATIONS TO CLAUDIA ZAPATA. IT'S PROBABLY NO SECRET TO ANYBODY HERE THAT SHE AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES ON COUNCIL. WHEN I THINK OF CLAUDIA, I THINK OF A SUNFLOWER BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS SHE BRIGHT AND POSITIVE AND LOVES THE COLOR YELLOW, BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY RESILIENT. THEY CAN GROW IN MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOIL, INCLUDING THE CLAY SOIL THAT WE HAVE HERE IN A LOT OF PARTS OF KYLE AND CLAUDIA EXHIBITS RESILIENCE IN HER EVERYDAY LIFE, AND THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN, SHE HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT IN HER PERSONAL LIFE, AND SHE CERTAINLY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF NEGATIVITY IN THIS CAMPAIGN. BUT SHE CAME THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE VICTORIOUS AND READY TO GET STUFF DONE FOR KYLE. SO I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HER SERVE AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU WON. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, MR. ZUNIGA, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS MEDINA.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MR. ROCCO? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M KENNETH ROCHA, HOMETOWN. KYLE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, DOCTOR ZUNIGA. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN. I'M ONE VOICE, ONE PERSON ON THE WEST SIDE. I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE SITTING IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND HEARING NOISE FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
BUT YOU DID IT WITH GRACE. YOU DID IT WITH A SINCERE OPENNESS TO AT LEAST HEARING, POTENTIALLY OPPOSITION. THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES I CAME TO YOU NOT HAPPY WITH THE DECISION, BUT YOU AT LEAST LISTENED FROM A DIFFERENT AND OPEN TO A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. SO THANK YOU. THIS WILL NOT BE THE END. WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU TO FULLY PARTICIPATE AND TAP INTO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE GAINED WITH YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL, BUT EACH OF YOU, THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE TO BE UP THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, THE EFFORT, THE ENERGY. IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT. BUT THANK YOU, DOCTOR ZUNIGA. IT MEANS A LOT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
[III.1) Recognition of Council Member District 3 Miguel Zuniga for his service.]
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS RECOGNITION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE, MIGUEL ZUNIGA, FOR HIS SERVICE. MR. ZUNIGA SAID HE HAD SOME REMARKS, WANTED TO GO FIRST AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE. YEAH. I WANT TO GO THROUGH A FEW COMMENTS QUICKLY, SOME COMMENTARY. THEN I WANT TO READ MY SMALL FAREWELL SPEECH, AND THEN I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL, SEE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY. SO THREE YEARS[00:20:06]
THEY THEY WENT BY SO FAST. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OUR STAFF, EMPLOYEES, DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW I'M GOING TO LEAVE A LOT OUT. KYLE PD, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND REC, PUBLIC WORKS, WASTEWATER GROUP, EVERYBODY FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO BE A BETTER COUNCIL MEMBER AND A BETTER PERSON. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, IT WAS CHALLENGING. NO MATTER IF YOU WIN OR LOSE, ELECTIONS ARE TOUGH, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE TO MAKE IT THROUGH ON THE COUNCIL. SO IT WAS ALSO VERY HARD PERSONALLY TO MYSELF, MY FAMILY, TO MY FRIENDS, TO MY CAREER. BUT NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S WORTH IT IN THE END. AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING BACK THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF TO OUR CITY. AND I BELIEVE I ACCOMPLISHED THAT. I'M PROUD TO. I'M PROUD OF MY EFFORT AND WORK THAT I THAT I DID TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL AND TEAM. WE COLLECTIVELY WORKED WITH STAFF. WE MADE TOUGH DECISIONS, BUT DECISIONS THAT WE BELIEVED WERE IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND CITY. WE ACCOMPLISHED MANY GREAT PROJECTS, TOO MANY TO LIST A NEW SENIOR CENTER, AN ALL SKATE PARK, LAKE KENSINGTON, NEW PARKS, BUILDINGS AND ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER, NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF KYLE, NEW ROADS, AND MUCH MORE. ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY FOREVER, AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS TEAM THAT GOT THOSE THINGS DONE. WE DIDN'T WASTE OUR TIME. I FEEL LIKE WE WE WERE AGGRESSIVE AND WE MADE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS TOGETHER TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE MAYOR. I'LL ALWAYS HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND FOR YOUR WORK ETHIC AND YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU DID TO STUDY THESE DEVELOPMENTS. I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU THE WAY THAT YOU TACKLED NEW PROJECTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SPENDING WAS GOING ON. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED FROM, AND AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE APPRECIATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, SERVING WITH YOU AS A MAYOR WHO TOOK THAT TO HEART. THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, TOUGH DECISIONS, BUT I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THEM BECAUSE WE ALL WANTED TOGETHER WHAT WAS BEST TO CREATE A VERY SPECIAL HOME OF KYLE HERE FOR EVERYONE TO STAFF. NEVER STOP INVESTING AND SEEING THINGS THAT ARE BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS. IT IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP, TO WORK WITH YOU ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RESPECT, THE DIGNITY AND PROFESSIONALISM ALL OF YOU DEMONSTRATED TO ME AND THIS CITY. THOSE THOSE ARE JUST COMMENTS THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT. SO THIS IS MY FAREWELL LETTER. AS I CONCLUDE MY THREE YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY. SERVING THIS CITY HAS TRULY BEEN ONE OF MY GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE. GROWING UP IN THIS SMALL TOWN, I'VE SEEN AND BEEN A PART OF BOTH ITS PAST AND ITS FUTURE. WATCHING OUR COMMUNITY GROW WHILE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL. FROM DAY ONE. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ME, BUT ALWAYS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME. EVERY DECISION AND EVERY CHALLENGE WERE GUIDED BY THE DESIRE TO IF I LOOK BACK AT THE THINGS I'VE ACCOMPLISHED, SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL STANDS AMONG MY GREATEST HONORS. MY CHILDHOOD SELF WOULD BE PROUD TO SEE HOW FAR I'VE COME FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO HELPING SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE VERY COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. I'VE WORKED TO SHOW INTEGRITY, DEDICATION, AND HEART IN EVERYTHING I DID. I'LL ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER OF MY EFFORTS. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE FRIENDSHIPS, THE PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE SENSE OF FAMILY THAT I NOW HAVE IN THIS CITY. THESE BONDS ARE WHAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SO STRONG AND REMIND ME OF WHY PUBLIC SERVICE MATTERS. MY HEART IS REALLY FULL NOW. THIS OPPORTUNITY MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE, AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH MY WORK, I'VE BEEN A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER KIDS WHO COME FROM SIMILAR BEGINNINGS. PROOF THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND PURPOSE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS AS PERSONAL WAS HEARING MY SIX YEAR OLD SON START TALKING ABOUT ROAD PROJECTS AND CITY IMPROVEMENTS AT HOME. A REMINDER THAT LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC PRIDE CAN[00:25:01]
BEGIN AT ANY AGE. AS THIS CHAPTER COMES TO A CLOSE, I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME WELL-DESERVED REST AND FAMILY TIME AND FOCUSING ON SOME NEW PRIVATE PROJECTS AND STARTUPS THAT CONTINUE DRIVING INNOVATION, GROWTH, AND OPPORTUNITY. I WISH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL ALL THE BEST AS THEY CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY. IT HAS TRULY BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AND TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF KYLE'S STORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP. THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, AND I'LL ALWAYS BE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY'S JOURNEY. AND.ONE OTHER THING. IN MY FIRST LANGUAGE, I WANT TO SAY YOU SIEMPRE AGRADECIDO POR EL AMOR DE ESTA MI PUEBLO. ESTA YO INTENTO SIEMPRE DE SER UN MEJOR FUTURO PARA LA TIERRA DE ME.
ESTA MI TIEMPO. AHORA ES UN TIEMPO DE POLITICA CAMBIO. VAMOS FERTILIZER. NUESTRA HISTORIA PARA LO MEJOR DE NOSOTROS EN NUESTRA COMUNIDAD. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IN IN THE SPANISH WORDS THAT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR, FOR COUNCIL AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'LL LISTEN TO Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS UP HERE. AND AGAIN, GUYS, I HAD A LOT OF FUN. I'M GOING TO MISS THE FUN WE HAD. I'M GOING TO MISS THE THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE COLLABORATION COLLECTIVELY. AND IT'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL TO SERVE. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED. RUN FOR OFFICE AND BE PART OF THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS APPRECIATE. THOSE ARE MY MY FINAL THOUGHTS.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER TOBIAS. ALL RIGHT. ZUNIGA. WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT, GREAT TIMES THESE LAST THREE YEARS. AND A LOT OF DEEP CONVERSATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED GREAT PERSEVERANCE. AND THEN, REMEMBER, YOU HAVE MUCH YOU ADVOCATED FOR WATER LEAF IN THE PARKS. AND. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER THE MOST IS YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR AWARENESS ABOUT FENTANYL CRISIS AND BRINGING THOSE FAMILIES UP.
THAT REALLY MEANT A LOT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHEN IT WAS COMING TIME FOR OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS. I REACHED OUT AND AND AND YOU CAME ON BOARD AND HELPED ME OUT WITH THAT.
AND HOW MANY TAKES DID WE TAKE IN MY VIDEOS OUT THERE? WE TOOK LIKE 32 TAKES JUST TO GET OUR VIDEO DONE. RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU STARTED SPEAKING SPANISH ON YOUR VIDEO THAT SHOWED RIGHT THERE THE DIVERSITY THAT YOU HAD ON THAT AND REACHING OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF OUR NOT ONLY JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT FOR OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO. ROXANNE, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR HUSBAND TO SERVE WITH US. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR HUSBAND FOR WHAT HE'S DONE AND KIDDOS THE SAME THING. YOUR KIDS ARE THERE EVERY TIME YOU GO TO WATERLOO PARK. YOUR FATHER HAD A BIG PART IN THAT. SO BE PROUD OF YOUR DADDY, OKAY? HE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, AND I KNOW HE WAS AWAY A LOT WHEN Y'ALL WERE DOING TOURNAMENTS OR Y'ALL HAVING GAMES. BUT ROXANNE AND THE ZUNIGA FAMILY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR SUPPORTING HIM IN THIS ROLE. AND THANK YOU, ZUNIGA. APPRECIATE IT AS WELL. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, I REMEMBER MEETING YOU IN THE PARKING LOT AT TOBIAS ELEMENTARY WHEN WE WERE PUTTING OUT CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND VISITING WITH YOU. I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONSIDER ME YOUR FRIEND. IT'S GOING TO BE SAD WITHOUT YOU HERE. A LITTLE LESS CHALLENGING, PERHAPS? I DON'T KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAD A VIEWPOINT THAT YOU WERE WILLING TO EXPRESS. IT WASN'T ALWAYS MY VIEWPOINT, BUT YOU DID IT WELL, AND YOU DID IT WITH FRIENDSHIP AND KINDNESS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY, VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT. COUNCILMEMBER. ALL RIGHT,
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MIGUEL, WHERE DO WE START? SO THE FIRST TIME WE MET WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST ME, AND YOU AND I HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION, AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH WE BOTH CARED ABOUT KYLE. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT BECAUSE WE WE WE STARTED COMMUNICATING THAT DAY, AND YOU ENDED UP WINNING THAT RACE. AND I WAS REALLY PROUD FOR YOU. I WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT ANOTHER LATINO WAS TAKING THAT SPOT. IT WAS A PART THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC IS THAT I WAS REALLY PROUD OF YOU. YOU RAN A REALLY GOOD CAMPAIGN. I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. AND YOU DESERVE THAT WIN. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I DID MEAN THAT EVENING WHEN YOU GOT SWORN IN, WAS THE FIRST THING I TOLD YOU. I SAID, IF YOU EVER NEED HELP OR COUNSEL, I'M THERE, AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN HONEST ANSWER. I WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A ONE SIDED ANSWER. AND TO THIS DAY, I'VE DONE THAT. I'VE DONE IT FROM DAY ONE TO THIS DAY THAT YEAR THAT I WAS OFF OF COUNCIL. YOU COULD ALWAYS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ME, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I CONTINUE TO, NO MATTER WHAT OUR FUTURES HOLD, I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL EACH OTHER. I'M GOING TO MISS OUR AFTER THE MEETING ONE DAY. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WEDNESDAY MORNING? PHONE CALLS WHERE WE CALLED EACH OTHER AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AND WHAT WE WHAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. I'M GOING TO MISS THOSE PHONE CALLS, BUT WE CAN STILL CALL EACH OTHER. LET'S HAVE FUN. LET'S HAVE FUN WITH THIS. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, I'M GOING TO THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING. I MEAN, WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU FELT LIKE WE WERE A LITTLE STAGNANT, AND I TOLD YOU, JUST WAIT. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS. A COUPLE OF PARKS LATER, SOME ROAD BONDS, SOME ROADS GETTING BUILT, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ON THIS DAIS. YOU YOU SAID IT RIGHT. WE DID SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE FOUND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE WE'RE NOT A BUNCH OF ROBOTS UP HERE LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK. WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS. WE HAVE OUR OWN MINDS. YOU'VE SEEN THE BACK ROOM DISCUSSIONS AND EXACT AND YOU KNOW HOW WE ALL FEEL. YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL INDEPENDENT. AND SOMEHOW WE CAME TOGETHER AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD SOME AMAZING PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT GREAT ROADWAYS COMING IN. WE'VE GOT 2.4 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER COMING IN. NOW, THINK ABOUT ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF. THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT, THAT YOU HAD A PART OF IT. THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. I WANT YOU TO BE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WANT YOU TO BE PROUD OF THE WORK YOU DID. I WANT YOU TO BE PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID WHILE YOU WERE ON YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL. AND YOU SAID IT RIGHT.THE TIME ON COUNCIL IS NEVER GUARANTEED. IT'S SHORT, BUT WHAT YOU DO IN THAT TIME, WHAT LASTING IMPACT YOU HAVE ON THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE, IS WHAT'S GOING TO LAST FOREVER. PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO REMEMBER US ONCE WE'RE OFF THIS DAIS. THEY'RE GOING TO. BUT WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROADS, WHEN THEY'RE TURNING ON THE TAP, AND WHEN YOU SEE THE KIDS PLAYING IN THE PARK, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SELF RELIANCE OF FEELING GOOD INSIDE YOUR HEART. BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN THERE. I'VE BEEN OFF THE DAIS FOR A YEAR. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE A PART OF AND IT'S MAKING AN IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHERE YOU FEEL THAT FEELING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT FEELING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU'RE GOING BY THE PARKS AND YOU SEE KIDS PLAYING, WHEN YOU SEE TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS LESSEN, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU HAD A PART OF THAT. I WANT YOU TO BE PROUD OF YOUR TIME ON THIS DAIS. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT AND CINCO, CINCO ANOS DE LA HISTORIA DE KYLE, MUY BUENOS DIAS. DE LA OPORTUNIDAD DE. PATATAS. VEAN. LOS FUTUROS LOS FUTUROS. NUESTROS HIJOS PUEDEN SABER. QUÉ ES LO SERVIR CON HONOR? SO EN ESO ES SO SER TU AMIGO SERVIR CONTIGO ES MI HERMANO. IT IS THE KYLE AQUI. VAMOS SO SIEMPRE. SORRY I'M BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU. AND YOU DID A REALLY, REALLY GREAT THING. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THE FUTURE HOLDS GREAT THINGS FOR YOU. I KNOW GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU. HE HAS A PLAN FOR ALL OF US. AND JUST TRUST IN HIS PLAN. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE, MY BROTHER. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY THAT I HAVEN'T ALREADY TOLD YOU IN PERSON, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU. THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHERE I FELT LIKE YOU WEREN'T DOING THE JOB THAT YOU FELT WAS RIGHT. FOR THE CITIZENS OF KYLE, I ALWAYS FELT LIKE YOU. YOU LOVED THE COMMUNITY. I ALWAYS FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE DOING, LIKE WHAT YOU IN YOUR HEART, YOU THOUGHT WAS BEST. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU
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SERVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU AND OTHER AREAS OF OUR LIVES. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I, WE AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU, BROTHER. THANK YOU.MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH. MIGUEL. YOU KNOW, WE CAME IN TOGETHER AND WE'VE SERVED EVERY DAY TOGETHER. WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU GOT TWO WEEK HEAD START ON ME. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'VE BEEN IN HERE LOCKSTEP, AND I WILL. THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. AND THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU UNIQUE. AND YOU'VE YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME THINGS TO MY ATTENTION THAT I WILL CARRY WITH ME FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND PLEASE DON'T STOP SENDING ME LATE NIGHT PICTURES OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO KYLE. NO, IT'S ALWAYS ENTERTAINING TO GET TO SEE WHERE HIS HEAD'S AT AT 1130 AT NIGHT, LIKE ON A TUESDAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT I THINK MARK ENCAPSULATED IT REALLY WELL IS YOU ALWAYS DID WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING YOU. LIKE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT YOU. AND THE ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS YOU'RE A GREAT MAN AND YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT FATHER. AND THOSE ARE TWO THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT I THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER OVERLOOK. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WE DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH TIME LEFT. WE'RE ALREADY A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THE SWEARING IN, SO I'LL KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF. COUNCILMAN ZUNIGA, I'VE ENJOYED, JUST AS EVERYONE HERE HAS SAID, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU OVER THESE LAST THREE YEARS. IT'S BEEN QUITE THE JOURNEY THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON, AND I'VE ENJOYED SEEING THAT JOURNEY TRANSPIRE. YOU YOU LEAD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT ENCAPSULATES YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOUR WHOLE HEART. AND THAT'S HARD TO DO BECAUSE YOU FEEL VULNERABLE WHEN YOU DO THAT. BUT YOU'VE TAKEN RISKS WHEN YOU THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE OR SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE SAID. WHETHER IT WAS TO HOLD YOUR COLLEAGUES ACCOUNTABLE OR AGAINST SUPPORTERS WHO WANTED YOU TO ACT ONE WAY AND YOU ACTED A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE YOU FELT LIKE THAT WAS RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S CHARACTER AND THAT'S INTEGRITY PERSONIFIED. WHEN YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE ANYONE IN THE ROOM MAD BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT I COULD HOPE FOR IN A COLLEAGUE. AND YOU'VE CARRIED AND EMBODIED THAT FOR THREE YEARS. THAT'S THE HIGHEST PRAISE THAT I KNOW HOW TO GIVE SOMEONE. AND I HAVE ALSO VERY MUCH ENJOYED THE CAMARADERIE AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD MANY TIMES THROUGH THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS.
AND SO THEY SAY THAT GETTING ELECTED IS LIKE PASSING THROUGH A VEIL. AND WHEN YOU LEAVE OFFICE, IT'S LIKE FALLING OFF A CLIFF. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE GOES THROUGH, BOTH BOTH COMING IN AND LEAVING. AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO, OR MAYBE EVEN LATER ON THIS EVENING WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING AND THINGS ARE TENSE AND FOLKS ARE UPSET AND YOU'RE LIKE, I'M SO GLAD THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE TONIGHT. SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF HAPPINESS ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT WITH SO MANY FOLKS WHO HAVE LEFT THE DAIS, AND TO YOUR FAMILY ALSO ROXANNE AND YOUR KIDS, IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY, THEY ALL TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH AND THEY ALL HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE HERE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIM BACK A LITTLE BIT THAT MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING, THOUGH. SO ANYWAY. GOING TO MISS YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL READY TO MOVE ON TO SWEARING IN. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH, HANG ON, ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK. SORRY. WE ON BEHALF OF THE. I ALWAYS FORGET THIS PART, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF KYLE AND THE KYLE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, WE HAVE A GOING AWAY MEMENTO. IT IN NO WAY ENCAPSULATES ALL THE VALUE THAT YOU PROVIDED TO THIS COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO GRAB MIKE. OH YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE DOWN HERE WITH DOCTOR ZUNIGA AND THEN WE'LL DO A SWEARING IN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE JUDGE. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.