[I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
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EVERYONE, THE TIME IS 6 P.M. IT IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MITCHELL HERE. HEIZER HERE. MEDINA HERE. ZAPATA HERE. HARRIS HERE. MCKINNEY. HERE, TOBIAS. I THINK TOBY SAID HE
[II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
WAS GOING TO BE VIRTUAL, SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S LOCKED IN JUST YET. THAT'S FINE. SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT UP IS CITIZEN COMMENTS. PERIOD. 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 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 REGISTERED TO SPEAK. FIRST UP IS LARRY GALLET.EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LARRY. I LIVE IN SANTA CRUZ, WHICH IS IN THE ETJ AND OUR RETAIL, WATER AND WASTEWATER CUSTOMER OF THE CITY OF KYLE. I WANT TO FOCUS ON ONE SIMPLE POINT TONIGHT. YOUR OWN DOCUMENTATION DOESN'T MATCH THE WAY YOU'RE BILLING SIX CREEKS.
WHEN THE CITY WANTS A DEVELOPMENT TO PAY IN CITY RATES, IT SAYS. SO IN THE PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT, THE AND THE PYD BONDS, THE CITY PROMISES THAT WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES APPLICABLE WITHIN THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS WILL APPLY IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. PRETTY SIMPLE. WHEN THE CITY WANTS A DEVELOPMENT TO PAY OUTSIDE CITY RATES, IT ALSO SAYS CROSSWINDS LIKE CROSSWINDS, ANTHEM, LASALLE, WATERSTONE. THEY ALL EXPLICITLY SAY IN THE DOCUMENT OUTSIDE CITY RATES WILL APPLY TO THOSE CUSTOMERS. SIX CREEKS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT IS IN YOUR ETJ. BUT IN THE 2017 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE 2019 SIX CREEKS, BONDS AND BONDS. SINCE THEN, THE CITY DESCRIBED SERVICES TO OUR HOMES AS NONDISCRIMINATORY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES AND TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE CITY. CORPORATE LIMITS. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE YOU USED WHEN YOU PROMISE PARAMOUNT IN CITY RATES, NOT THE OUTSIDE CITY LANGUAGE YOU USED FOR CROSSWINDS, ANTHEM, AND WATERSTONE. YET SIX CREEKS HAS BEEN BUILT AT THE OUTSIDE CITY LIMIT RATES FROM DAY ONE, AND IS NOW FACING 86% PREMIUM OVER WHAT CITY RATES ARE APPLIED. THAT LEAVES ONLY TWO POSSIBILITIES. EITHER STAFF HAVE NEVER RECONCILED THE AGREEMENT AND BONDS WITH THE RATE CLASS THEY'RE USING, AND THIS IS A SERIOUS ERROR THAT REQUIRES CORRECTION WITH REFUNDS OR STAFF ARE BEING DIRECTED TO BUILD. CONTRARY TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY DEVELOPER AND THE SIX CREEKS CUSTOMERS. MY ASK TONIGHT IS SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISCREPANCY PUBLICLY AND PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER RECLASSIFYING SIX CREEKS PROPERLY, AS IN CITY RETAIL CUSTOMERS, AND AND DEVELOP A FAIR PROCESS TO CORRECT THE PAST OVERBILLING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS CAROL DUGGINS. DUGGINS? YES. THANK YOU COUNCIL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SPEAK, SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. I JUST MOVED FROM DALLAS. WE JUST MOVED FROM DALLAS, TEXAS AND WE ARE A RESIDENT OF KYLE, TEXAS. NOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE 77% INCREASE THAT I RECEIVED ON MY WATER BILL, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE COW DISTRICT, SO IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME TO RECEIVE THAT 77% INCREASE. MY AVERAGE WATER BILL WHEN I WAS IN DALLAS WAS MAYBE 150 AT THE MOST A MONTH, AND IT IS ALMOST 300, WELL, $300 A MONTH. FIRST MONTH'S BILL. WE MOVED HERE OCTOBER 25TH, AND I GOT MY FIRST BILL OF THREE $300. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OUTRAGEOUS. AND I'M SPEAKING NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE OR ANY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THIS HUGE INCREASE IN THEIR WATER BILL. I AM JUST WHAT I AM HERE. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE TO JUST TO COMPLAIN. I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. YOU MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY HAS RUN ACROSS YOUR MIND. I DON'T KNOW, BUT HAVE HAS THE COUNCIL THOUGHT ABOUT, WOW, THIS IS A HUGE INCREASE FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE KYLE
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DISTRICT. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE IF YOU HAVE TO INCREASE IT, MAYBE HAVE AN ESCALATED INCREASE OVER TIME? IT'S PRETTY SHOCKING TO RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, A HUGE INCREASE LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR A NEW RESIDENTS.ALSO, IS THERE A CHARITY FUND? NOT THAT WE NEED IT, BUT SO MUCH SO. BUT MAYBE FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD THIS HUGE WATER BILL THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT CAN PUT IN SOME TYPE OF FUND TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE UNABLE TO REALLY HELP THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF THIS HUGE, HUGE INCREASE IN THE WATER BILL. HAVE YOU ALL CREATED SOME TYPE OF FREQUENTLY ASKED YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS AS AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, WHAT MADE YOU ALL COME TO YOU KNOW THAT IT HUGE INCREASE IN THE WATER COST TO THE CUSTOMERS. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE TO KNOW I JUST CAN'T SEE ANYBODY. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF KYLE REALLY APPROVING A 77% OR MORE INCREASE IN THE WATER BILL, SO THAT THAT WOULD BE MY, I GUESS, COMMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT OR NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE ARE ALL THE FORMS THAT I HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK?
[III) Executive Session]
SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS. CITIZEN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT UP IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS ONE A THROUGH H. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551 .0715, 51.072 AND 551 CALL THIS MEETING BACK T. THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN NOW* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.