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[I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
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EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M. IT IS TUESDAY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
MITCHELL. HERE. HEIZER. MEDINA. PRESENT. ZAPATA. HARRIS. HERE. MCKINNEY. TOBIAS. PRESENT. ALL
[II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
RIGHT. FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT UP IS CITIZEN. COMMENTS. PERIOD. I HAVE ONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK. MISS LEILA KNIGHT. YOU KNOW THE RULES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. MY NAME IS LEILA KNIGHT. I'M HERE TONIGHT SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF. EVEN THOUGH I AM ON THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATES. AND LIKE A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I'M TALKING TONIGHT. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THE ADDITION OF BATHROOMS INTO THE DOWNTOWN PARK. THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF SPACE LEFT IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK FOR STRUCTURES. AND IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THE WELL, NUMBER ONE, THE PRICE IS LIKE REALLY UP THERE. IT'S LIKE ALMOST $1 MILLION. AND SECONDLY, WE HAVE BATHROOMS IN THE OLD CITY HALL OR THE CREEK CENTER. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOON VACATED BY CASS. AND I UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T WANT TO CLEAN THE TOILETS OR WHATEVER, BUT I MEAN, HOW MANY, HOW MANY TOILETS DO WE NEED IN IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK? I MEAN, PLUS WE ALSO HAVE LAND, YOU KNOW, ON LIKE TWO SIDES OF THE PARK WHERE BATHROOMS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED. THEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS DID MAKE AN A PRESENTATION TO THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. BUT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE WHEN I SAW THE PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT, THEY APPARENTLY DIDN'T TAKE MUCH OF OUR ADVICE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT WANT TO. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT OLD CITY HALL IN DOWNTOWN PARK, THAT'S THE SECOND OLDEST BUILDING IN KYLE DOWNTOWN. THE FIRST WOULD BE THE DE YOUNG BUILDING. BUT CITY HALL WAS BUILT IN 1912 AND OUR DEPOT WAS BUILT IN 1917. AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE RESPECT PAID TO THE HISTORY OF KYLE. AND I WANTED TO LIKE, GIVE A QUOTE FROM CURTIS TUNNELL, WHO WAS THE FIRST STATE ARCHEOLOGIST IN TEXAS. HE WAS A GOOD MAN. HE'S BURIED IN THE STATE CEMETERY, AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO POLKA. OKAY. THIS IS HIS QUOTE. WHEN HE RESIGNED, HE SAID, I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WHEN OUR GRANDCHILDREN ASK WHY THIS GENERATION PAVED THE COUNTRYSIDE, DAMMED THE STREAMS, AND FILLED THE CITIES WITH CONCRETE PARKING GARAGES, THEY WILL REALIZE THAT A FEW LIKE YOURSELF WERE PROTESTING THE DEHUMANIZATION OF THE WORLD. SO JUST SHOW SOME RESPECT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE FORMS THAT I HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO COME[IV) Executive Session]
FORWARD AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS FOR A THROUGH I PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551 .0715, 51.0725, 51.074 AND 551
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.