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[I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
[00:00:08]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS JUNE 2ND. THE TIME IS 604. THIS IS 606. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME YOU'RE GOING ON, IT'S SIX. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER. CAN I PLEASE GET A ROLL CALL? FLORES. CALE HERE. TOBIAS. PRESENT. GOSA HERE. MEDINA HERE. ZAPATA HERE. HARRIS HERE. MCKINNEY. HERE. PERFECT. SCENE SEVEN. WE HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT, WE HAVE
[II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD. THE CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS EARLY IN THE AGENDA OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN IN BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS. SPEAKERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ON ANY AGENDA, ITEM OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING CITY BUSINESS, AND WE ASK THAT THEY OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. THAT'S CHASE COLEMAN. WATER COST AND WATER SCARCITY ARE A REGIONAL PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE A REGIONAL SOLUTION. RECLAIMED WATER IS NO LONGER A CONVENIENCE. IT IS A STRATEGIC REGIONAL ASSET. I WANT TO HELP THE CITY OF KYLE CAPTURE THE FULL VALUE OF ITS RECLAIMED WATER. SELLING THE REUSE WATER TO MY PROPOSED REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WILL BRING THE WATER DEPARTMENT A STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT WILL OFFSET COSTS BEING CARRIED BY KYLE'S RESIDENTS. I'VE REVIEWED THE 2023 WATER RECLAMATION MASTER PLAN, AND I HAVE CONCERNS. LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION DOES NOT GENERATE THE REVENUE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A $100 MILLION PROJECT. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION WILL BE ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL. IT KEEPS NUTRIENT LOADED EFFLUENT OUT OF THE WATERSHED AND POSITIONS KYLE TO EXPAND WASTEWATER CAPACITY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT, NOT OPPOSITION. I'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH HAYS, CALDWELL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, SAN MARCOS RIVER FOUNDATION, CITY OF MARTINDALE AND MARTINDALE WATER SUPPLY COMPANY. I HAVE ENGINEERS, VENDORS, CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS AND END USERS PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY ON THIS PROJECT. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, PLEASE CONTACT ME. VICTORIA VARGAS HAS MY INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I HAVE NO OTHER SHEETS. SEEING NONE. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE ORIGINAL? THE REGULAR MEETING? ALL RIGHT.[III) Executive Session]
SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BRING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM ONE A PURSUANT TO TEXASALLY IS JUNE 2ND. TIME IS 7:00. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THIS. OH, NO. WE'RE GOING TO WE GOT TO. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. I MOTION TO DIRECT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH KYLE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCKINNEY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ZERO. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE SPECIAL SESSION,* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.