Jun 02, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

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PASSES, SEVEN ZERO. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE SPECIAL SESSION, AND THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE REGULAR. ALL RIGHT. NOW IT IS 701. SO IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND 701. AND I WANT TO WELCOME

[I) Call Meeting to Order, Roll Call, and Excuse Absences]

[II) Approval of Minutes]

[III) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]

SO 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 YOU OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. UP NEXT UP, FIRST, I HAVE ROBERT HUNTER. IN REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS SUNFLOWER CIRCLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROBERT HUNTER AND I LIVE IN SUNSET HILLS. I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 12 SUNFLOWER CIRCLE UPDATES AND I AM SUBMITTING EXHIBITS 3342 INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, WHICH I HAVE GIVEN TO JENNIFER. TONIGHT'S AGENDA PUTS SUNFLOWER CIRCLE BEFORE COUNCIL FOR STAFF DIRECTION AND FOR STAFF. DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A RANDOM GRAVEL ROAD ISSUE, IT IS ABOUT OWNERSHIP, ACCESS, RIGHT OF WAY, DRAINAGE, UTILITIES, PAVING, RECONSTRUCTION AND THE FUTURE CONNECTIONS INSIDE THE SAME KYLE VISTA GEOGRAPHY. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSING. THE STAFF MEMO SAYS SUNFLOWER CIRCLE STARTS ON DAISY ROAD AND DEAD ENDS AT HIS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. IT IS. COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT THIS PROJECT BE ADDED TO THE CIP ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024. IT ALSO SAYS FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ROAD IS PRIVATELY OWNED, THAT THE CITY OWNS ONLY A PORTION ON THE CITY PROPERTY, THAT THE CITY OWNERSHIP VARIES ALONG THE ROAD, AND THAT RIGHT OF WAY DOCUMENTATION IS LACKING. THEN IT GOES FURTHER. STAFF IS GATHERING QUOTES FOR SURVEYS AND METS AND BOUNDS STAFF PROPOSALS. QUITCLAIM DEEDS STAFF IS IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTY LIMITS THE CITY WOULD ASSUME OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STAFF RECOMMENDS MAINTAINING THE CURRENT ROAD WIDTH AND ONLY PAVING THE EXISTING ROAD BECAUSE WIDENING COULD AFFECT DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES. STAFF IS ALSO PREPARING COST AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION FOR IN-HOUSE RECONSTRUCTION THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THE PRESENTATION SAYS STAFF WILL EXPLORE EXTENDING THE ROAD AND ADDING FUTURE CONNECTIONS. THAT IS NOT ORDINARY ROAD MAINTENANCE OR AT MINIMUM, COUNCIL SHOULD NOT ASSUME IT IS ORDINARY AND ROAD MAINTENANCE WITHOUT FULL DISCLOSURE. THIS MATTERS BECAUSE THE EXISTING RECORD ALREADY SHOWS SUNFLOWER CIRCLE TIED TO KYLE VISTA PARK. DAISY LANE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ANIMAL CARE CENTER CONCEPT, THE CITY, HAYS COUNTY, MOU, THE KYLE VISTA PROJECTS TASK FORCE AND THE BROADER HAYS COUNTY FACILITY FRAMEWORK. I'M NOT MAKING A FINAL LEGAL CONCLUSION TONIGHT, BUT THAT. BUT THIS PATTERN RAISES A POSSIBLE COORDINATION OR COLLUSION QUESTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A DUTY TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTION ON ITEM 12, I ASK STAFF TO STATE ON THE RECORD WHETHER SUNFLOWER CIRCLE IS CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO KYLE VISTA PARK, THE HAYS COUNTY EAST SIDE CAMPUS, THE ANIMAL CARE CENTER, THE AUGUST 5TH MOU RESOLUTION 1848 RESOLUTION 1861.

THE KYLE VISTA PROJECT'S TASK FORCE, STEVE BURDETT HDR, KITCHELL JACKSON AND RYAN DACEY, LANE IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC ACCESS, UTILITY PLANNING, DRAINAGE PLANNING AND FUTURE

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RESPONSIBILITY. MAPS. STUDY EVALUATION. COST ESTIMATES, SCHEDULES, EMAILS, TEXTS, CONSULTANT RECORDS AND ALL. CITY. HAYS COUNTY. COMMUNICATIONS. IF THIS IS INNOCENT, DISCLOSE IT. IF IT'S NOT, SUNFLOWER CIRCLE MAY BE THE MISSING INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE IN THE KYLE VISTA DEAL. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING RESIDENTS A VOICE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND DETERMINING EXACTLY WHAT HAS OCCURRED AND THE LEGALITIES INVOLVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE IRMA MASON. I DON'T THINK IT GOES LOW ENOUGH FOR SHORT PEOPLE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS IRMA MASON, AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A PARTICIPANT AND SUPPORTER OF THE KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF KYLE FOR ITS INVESTMENT IN CREATING A BEAUTIFUL NEW FACILITY THAT WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. I AM HERE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE NEW BUILDING, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE KYLE CENTER, INCLUDE THE WORD SENIOR. THE REASON IS SIMPLE. NAMES MATTER. THEY COMMUNICATE PURPOSE, IDENTITY AND WHO THE FACILITY IS INTENDED TO SERVE. FOR MANY OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, HAVING THE WORD SENIOR IN THE NAME CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING AND RECOGNITION. IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT KYLE VALUES ITS SENIOR RESIDENTS AND IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING HEALTHY AGING AND LIFELONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT SENIOR PROGRAMS HAVE ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. THESE PROGRAMS HELP REDUCE ISOLATION, ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND CREATE MEANINGFUL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. THE NEW FACILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GATHERING PLACE WHERE SENIORS CAN REMAIN ACTIVE, INDEPENDENT AND ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SENIOR. IN THE FACILITY'S NAME IS ALSO IMPORTANT FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT. ORGANIZATIONS SEEK GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS OFTEN BENEFIT FROM HAVING A CLEARLY IDENTIFIED SENIOR CENTER. GRANT PROVIDERS FREQUENTLY LOOK FOR FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO SERVING SENIORS, A NAME THAT REFLECTS THAT MISSION CAN STRENGTHEN APPLICATIONS, INCREASE VISIBILITY, AND HELP SECURE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT KYLE'S OLDER RESIDENTS. AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, SO DOES OUR SENIOR POPULATION. THE FACILITY'S NAME SHOULD REFLECT THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT PLAYS IN SERVING THIS DEMOGRAPHIC TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. WHETHER THE NAME BECOMES THE KYLE SENIOR CENTER, KYLE SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER, OR ANOTHER VARIATION INCLUDING THE WORD SENIOR HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPED POSITION THE FACILITY FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADDING THE WORD SENIOR TO THE NAME OF THE NEW BUILDING. THIS SMALL CHANGE WOULD HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON COMMUNITY IDENTITY RECOGNITION AND FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE HOWARD CONNELL. PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAVE A VERY STRANGE REQUEST TONIGHT.

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HOWEVER, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A MOVEMENT TOWARD REPLACING AMY IN MY PERFECT WORLD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. COUNCILWOMAN BOWSER AND THE DD AND COUNCILMAN MCKINNEY IN MY PERFECT WORLD, TO GET TOGETHER WITH HER AND ASK HER, HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY TIME THAT YOU FEEL YOU HAVE DONE YOUR DUTY UNDER DURESS OF LOSING YOUR $200,000 A YEAR JOB? I IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. FOR ALL THAT I SEE, AND I WANT TO GIVE HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, I DON'T WANT. IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND SAY IT WAS A WITCH HUNT OF THE COUNCIL. I WANT TO ADDRESS IT NOW AND UP FRONT, AND YOU FOLKS DO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO. BUT THAT'S MY FEELING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE LESLIE. OH, PLEASE. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 28. REGARDS. OPTIONS FOR FINALLY OBTAINING AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT. THIS AUDIT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE REVIEW OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO CREDIT CARD EXPENDITURES, PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, PAYROLL AND CONTRACT AWARDS. ALL OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED IN ITEM 28. RESIDENTS SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW EACH OF THESE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTE ON THIS. AN AUDIT IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESTORING PUBLIC TRUST. ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE FACTS. IN MY OPINION, THIS SHOULD BE A SEVEN ZERO VOTE AYE. ANY VOTE AGAINST AN AUDIT RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY SOMEONE WOULD OPPOSE A PROCESS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE PEOPLE OF KYLE. THE PUBLIC DESERVES THE TRUTH WHEREVER IT LEADS. LET THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT POLITICS, PERSONALITIES, OR PROTECTING ANYONE. IT SHOULD BE ABOUT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO PAY THE BILLS AND DESERVE HONEST ANSWERS. A UNANIMOUS VOTE MEANS KYLE WINS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A REQUEST THAT PAYMENT TO BRIAN LANGLEY, WHO LEFT ON HIS OWN ACCORD, BE TABLED UNTIL IT IS CLEAR WHAT HE IS FULLY OWED AND REVIEW WHETHER IT WAS LEGAL AND WITHIN OUR BUDGET. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT ITEM 29 BE MOVED. NOT SURE HOW TO SAY THAT TO THE FRONT. AS FAR FRONT AS IT CAN GO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE CHARLES

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THE CITIES OF DALLAS, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON HAVE POET LAUREATES, LAUREATES, AS DO THE SMALL CITIES OF MCALLEN AND LEWISVILLE. THE ACT WOULD SHOW TO THE WORLD THAT KYLE IS INTERESTED IN THE ARTS. KYLE NEEDS TO DESIGNATE. IN MY OPINION, EVERY TWO YEARS, ITS POET LAUREATE. AS THE CITIZENS I MENTIONED ALREADY DO, THE PROGRAM COULD BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE LIBRARY, AS IS DONE IN MANY CITIES. APPLICANTS COULD BE LIMITED TO PUBLISHED POETS OVER 18 WITHIN THE CITY OF KYLE, OR IT COULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SURROUNDING AREAS SUCH AS BUDA AND SAN MARCOS, WHICH IS DONE IN MANY CITIES TO INCLUDE RURAL AREAS.

THOSE TWO CITIES DO NOT YET HAVE A POET LAUREATE PROGRAM, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY TAKE UP THE ISSUE BEFORE LONG. AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO GET THERE FIRST AND MAYBE STALL THEM OR ELIMINATE THEM FROM THE CONSIDERATION. ALTHOUGH I DO ENJOY BUDA AND SAN MARCOS, THE ARTS BRING PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE DOWN THE STREET ON CENTER STREET, THE FAMOUS HOME OF KATHERINE ANNE PORTER. I OFTEN GO TO EVENTS AT THE KATHERINE ANNE PORTER HOUSE, WHICH WAS REMODELED DURING THE BUSH GOVERNOR PERIOD, AND IT'S A LOVELY PLACE. I FEEL THAT TEXAS KYLE COULD BE A PLACE WHERE MANY RETIRED PROFESSORS MIGHT, LIKE MYSELF, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN RETIRING, AND I HAVE ACTUALLY. I DID AN AI SEARCH THE OTHER DAY. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW RETIRED ENGLISH PROFESSORS IN THIS AREA, SO THIS IS MY SUGGESTION AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. I'D BE GLAD TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE IF. IF YOU LIKE TO HELP, PICK A POSSIBLE POET LAUREATE, ANOTHER IDEA THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND ORIGINAL WOULD BE HAVE A WRITER LAUREATE RATHER THAN A POET LAUREATE. NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THAT. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE FINE WRITERS OF PROSE AS AS WELL AS POETRY. SO THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE STEVE THOMPSON, STEVE THOMPSON. GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU. MY NAME IS STEVE THOMPSON. I AM A RESIDENT AND A HOMEOWNER HERE IN KYLE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, YVONNE. AND WHEN I HEARD THE THE ONE LADY TALK ABOUT DOING THE AUDITS, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE AT IT TOO. SO ANYWAY, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU A TO GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THE KYLE WITH REGARD TO BOTH THE PHYSICIAN PHYSICAL CONDITION AND THE PHYSICAL CONDITION, I WAS NOT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT THAT OR THE ONE MEETING WHERE THEY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A $4.4 MILLION HOLE IN OUR BUDGET. AND WHEN I HEARD THAT, I JUST YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. I MEAN, HOW MUCH HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY? LIKE IT'S THEIR MONEY AND THAT'S

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I THINK IT WAS. I REMEMBER READING ABOUT IT. I'M LIKE, WHAT? THEY SPENT $6 MILLION ON THAT. AND THEN THEY, THEY CLOSED OUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PAWN SHOPS AROUND AND CLOSED DOWN THE DONUT SHOPS. AND THEY WERE JUST DELICIOUS. AND YEAH, I MEAN, YOU JUST GOT TO ADMIT THAT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. AND WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY PUT IN A PARKING LOT. OKAY, WELL, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE PUTTING IN A TREE MUSEUM WHERE THEY CHARGE PEOPLE A DOLLAR TO COME LOOK AT THE TREES, YOU KNOW, I MEAN. WELL, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER I'M GOING TO BE AROUND. I HAVE A VERY SICK DAUGHTER, AND I'VE GOT TO CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER I WILL BE. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND I LOVE LIVING HERE IN KYLE. I HAVE HAD MORE FUN AND I'VE HAD MORE. I'VE MADE MORE MONEY.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT I COULD POSSIBLY WANT TO DO, AND IT'S BEEN A BLAST. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT I HAVE STEPHANIE MCDONALD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FLORES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO MOVE ITEM 28 TO THE TOP OF THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO PUT OUR CITY BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S FIVE YEAR FISCAL FORECAST REVEALED AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER AWAITING OUR CITY. HAD WE CONTINUED ON THE CURRENT TRAJECTORY. THOSE OF YOU STILL FIGHTING THIS, PLEASE GET ON BOARD. WE'RE WATCHING YOUR SPEECH, ATTITUDE AND VOTES. WE HAVE A $14 MILLION SHORTFALL TO CORRECT IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. DOCTOR HARRIS, I READ A POST OF YOURS SAYING EVERY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY IN OUR REGION IS FACING THE SAME CHALLENGES. THAT'S NOT THE REASON THAT WE'RE ON THIS IN THIS POSITION. UNLIKE THE CITY OF KYLE, OTHERS MADE BETTER CHOICES TO WEATHER THESE DIFFICULT TIMES WITH A BETTER OUTCOME THAN US. PLEASE SLOW DOWN ON DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, SUCH AS MORATORIUM NOT PROVIDING WATER TO DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CITY WATER, DENYING ZONING CHANGES, ETC. REGARDING THE ROAD BOND, PLEASE CONSIDER PAUSING ANY PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE AMERICAN STRUCTURE POINT UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE D. A S OFFICE HAS CONCLUDED THEIR INVESTIGATION, AND UNTIL A FORENSIC AUDIT IS COMPLETED. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE PLEASE CONSIDER SEVEN MEMBERS, ALL RESIDENTS. THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE. IT'S AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND ITEMS CONSIDERED WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR A DECISION. STAFF FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I IMAGINE, WOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETINGS, AS WOULD THE CITY ATTORNEY. IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR SOME MEMBERS TO HAVE A FINANCE BACKGROUND, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR ALL, NOT EVEN THE MAJORITY. WE NEED RESIDENTS OF PRINCIPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE. HOW WILL THESE MEMBERS BE APPOINTED? AGENDA ITEM 14. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF OUR OUR NATION'S 250TH BIRTHDAY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20. THE CITY MANAGER'S PAY OUT. AND LOOKING AT OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, WE MUST TAKE A HARD LOOK AT FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS CURRENT ONES WHEN THEY RENEW. OUR CITY HAD TO PAY OUT AS PAYING OUT $204,492.56 FOR HIS VACATION PAY AND SICK PAY, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAP ON THESE DAYS AS THERE WERE OTHER EMPLOYEES. THAT'S $200 AN HOUR. BRIAN LANGLEY HAD A BASE SALARY OF 334,000. HIS BENEFITS INCLUDED THE CITY PAYING 7% OF HIS BASE SALARY TO DEFERRED COMP, ANOTHER 4% TO HIS 401 A HE CONTRIBUTED TO TRMS FOR HIS RETIREMENT, BUT THE CITY REIMBURSED IT ALL TO HIM BY WAY OF A STIPEND. THE CITY ALSO GAVE HIM 1200 A YEAR FOR HIS CELL PHONE, 9600 A YEAR FOR HIS VEHICLE ALLOWANCE. THEY PAID HIS MEDICAL VISION AND DENTAL PREMIUMS AS WELL AS HIS DEPENDENTS. THIS IS ADDS UP TO A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT FOR A CITY OUR SIZE. MAYOR, YOU ARE SO ON TARGET. ASKED TO REVIEW THIS ABSURD EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. WE NEED OVERSIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER

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FORENSIC AUDIT. IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT'S COME TO THE SURFACE ABOUT OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION, AS WELL AS INFORMATION BEING HELD FROM THE COUNCIL, THE TIME IS NOW TO GET THIS DONE AND MOVE FORWARD. PLEASE CALL FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THIS ITEM. RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING TO SEE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

WE'RE WATCHING YOUR VOTE SPEECH, ACTION, ATTITUDES AND ALSO PLEASE REVIEW YOUR CITY'S. THE CURRENT LIST IS NOT APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING, I APPRECIATE IT. I THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, I HAVE MICHAEL MCDONALD. OH THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. I DO ALSO WANT A FORENSIC AUDIT TO BE DONE, CONSIDERING THE THE RESULTS OF THE DIGGING THAT WE HAD WHERE WE END UP $14 MILLION IN THE HOLE, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT TIME TO FIND OUT WHERE A LOT OF THAT HAS GONE, AND WHERE A LOT OF IT WAS SPENT. ON TOP OF ALL THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHO'S GOING TO VOTE, YAY! AND WHO'S GOING TO VOTE NAY. THEN ITEM NUMBER 20, JUST LIKE THE LADY THAT SPOKE WHERE SHE WANTED THE TABLE. BRIAN LANGLEY'S PAY. I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING. AND UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO DEDUCT $204,492.56 FROM PAYING PAYING FOR THEM. I MEAN, HE HE OWES US. HE'S PART OF THE DEAL THAT GOT US $14 MILLION IN THE HOLE. AND THEN ALSO THE LAST THING IS KNOWING WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS. I THINK WE NEED NEED TO TO NOT HAVE A KYLE MARKET DAYS. WE WE NEED TO STOP THAT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN ON TOP OF KYLE MARKET DAYS, I THINK THAT'LL ALWAYS BE A STANDALONE THING. DON'T ADD NOTHING TO IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE ALICIA HILL. ALICIA HILL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 28. THE SCOPE OUTLINE REVIEWS OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS, CREDIT CARD EXPENDITURES, PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, PAYROLL AND CONTRACT AWARDS. THOSE ARE EXACTLY WHAT KYLE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT FOR MONTHS.

WHILE THE CITY HAS AN AUDIT PROCESS IN PLACE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S ONLY A SAMPLING OF DATA WITH LIMITED SCOPE. LIMITED SCOPE SAMPLE AUDITS DO NOT CATCH LARGE SCALE ERRORS AND PATTERNS OF ABUSE, A FORENSIC AUDIT WILL REVEAL IF THERE IS WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. IF EVERYTHING HAS BEEN HANDLED PROPERLY, A FORENSIC AUDIT WILL CONFIRM THAT IF PROBLEMS EXIST, A FORENSIC AUDIT WILL IDENTIFY THAT. A RECENT BUDGET WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTED WHY THIS IS NOT ONLY NECESSARY, BUT LONG OVERDUE. DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, A COUNCIL MEMBER OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PAST DECISIONS WERE MADE LARGELY ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THEM.

AT THAT TIME, NO INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION WAS DONE. ANOTHER WANTED TO BLAME STAFF FOR NOT BREAKING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO REVEAL CONCERNS. ANOTHER JUSTIFIED THEIR VOTE, THINKING IT WAS A COST SAVINGS IN THE LONG RUN. ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T THINK A FORENSIC AUDIT WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE. THOSE WERE UNFORTUNATE AND COSTLY DECISIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. I APPRECIATE THEIR HONESTY, BUT HONESTY REVEALED AN IMPORTANT LESSON. TRUST WITHOUT VERIFICATION IS NOT GOVERNANCE. TRUST, BUT VERIFY MUST BECOME THE NEW STANDARD MOVING FORWARD. THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE ARE TRUSTING THIS COUNCIL WITH MULTI MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT OBLIGATIONS.

THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH STRICT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE ROLE OF COUNCIL IS NOT TO SIMPLY RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS AND VOTE ON HOW GOOD THEY SOUND. THE ROLE OF COUNCIL IS TO VERIFY, TO ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND TO ENSURE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT WITH STRICT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER CONCERN. THE NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS BEING PLACED BEFORE COUNCIL MUST BE REDUCED WHEN MEETINGS CONTAIN DOZENS OF AGENDA ITEMS, LENGTHY PACKETS, CONSULTANT PRESENTATIONS AND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS, MEANINGFUL DUE DILIGENCE BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. LARGE PROJECTS SHOULD REQUIRE DEDICATED DISCUSSION SESSIONS. INDEPENDENT COST VERIFICATION,

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TONIGHT'S VOTE FOR ITEM 28 IS ABOUT CLEANING UP THE CITY OF KYLE FINANCES TO BRING IN TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND PEACE OF MIND. TO KYLE RESIDENTS, IT'S ABOUT ESTABLISHING A CULTURE OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND VERIFICATION. THE LESSON FROM THE BUDGET WORKSHOP SUPPORTS EXACTLY WHY TRUST. BUT VERIFY NEEDS TO BE THE CORE OF EVERY DECISION GOING FORWARD. TRUST BUT VERIFY IS GOVERNANCE. I URGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28 AND MOVE FORWARD THIS FORENSIC AUDIT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE VIC ALLEN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. YOU COME HERE EVERY OTHER WEEK, SIT DOWN AND WE ALL GET UP AND WE GET OUR THREE MINUTES.

AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CRUNCH ALL THIS STUFF. AND I DON'T KNOW, I, I KNOW IT'S IT'S MIND BOGGLING TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT I'M THANKFUL I'M HERE AND I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE LISTENING TO US AS WELL. ITEM 21 AND 22. I APPRECIATE THE CITY HAS VOTED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS ACTUALLY SLATED OR ENTERTAINED TO GO TO GOSLING AND RAFTLESS, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER PLACING A HOLD ON THOSE FUNDS, AS THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE CITY HAVE SHOWN LITTLE AND EVERY LITTLE AND EVERY ATTEMPT TO DRAG THIS ISSUE OUT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, AMY REED, HAS ALREADY NOTIFIED YOU THAT THE UTILITY UTILITY COMMISSION IS NOT GOING TO HEAR THIS CASE UNTIL APRIL 5TH OF 2027, ALMOST A YEAR AWAY SOMEHOW, AND THAT YOU WERE GOING TO WRITE ANOTHER CHECK FOR $150,000 TO EACH OF THESE GROUPS. SOMEHOW, THOUGH, I DOUBT THAT SHE DID THAT AND INFORMED YOU. AND CERTAINLY RAFTILOSE DOESN'T NEED A DIME UNTIL MARCH OF 2027. THE NEXT.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALL IN UTILITY ON THE PUC WEBSITE, SO TRUST AND VERIFY. RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS BRIAN LANGLEY'S BONUS PAYOUT. I FIND IT MORE HUMOROUS THAT THE VERY PERSON WHO DECEIVED THIS GOVERNING BODY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, RUNNING IT CLOSE TO BANKRUPTCY AND FAILING TO FULFILL HIS LEGAL, LEGAL, REPORTING AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OBLIGATION TO THE COUNCIL, HIDING THE CITY FINANCES WHILE RUNNING IT AGROUND IS DEMANDING PAYMENT. IS THAT ABSURD OR WHAT? SURELY YOU CAN FIND SOME ONEROUS CLAUSE IN HIS CONTRACT, JUST AS JUST AS HE DID WITH THE SIX CREEKS CONTRACT AND REFUTE IT, MAYBE DRAG IT OUT A FEW YEARS OR SO. YOU KNOW SHE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT. FEELS PRETTY GOOD, DOESN'T IT? IN REALITY, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED. JUST MY OPINION. THANKFULLY, THOUGH, I DO ENDORSE THE FORENSIC AUDIT AND MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. I THINK IT WILL GIVE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF KYLE TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN, AND THE CITY THAT WE THAT WE LOVE. SO ANYONE HERE TONIGHT THAT OPPOSES THAT TRANSPARENCY IS ONLY MAKING THEMSELVES LOOK BAD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT, I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE LAST NAME, BUT SAMUEL. GUIDO AGUADO SORRY. THANK YOU.

SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO FOLKS. MY NAME IS SAMUEL AGUADO. I'M AN ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER OF OVER 15 YEARS. I AM NOT NEW TO ITEM NUMBER 28. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP. AND SO NOW WE HAVE IT HERE ON THE AGENDA. MY CONCERN IS THERE'S NO AUDIT. YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR A THIRD PARTY VENDOR OR OR PERSON TO COME ABOARD AND HELP YOU GUYS OUT. I AM A THIRD PARTY. I BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. PRIOR THAT WE NEEDED TO DO AN AUDIT, YOU KNOW, TO CHECK THE ESTIMATES, THE CONTRACTS. I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE SAME ISSUE.

I'M FROM THE CITY OF LA PAZ, AND I BROUGHT IT UP A COUPLE YEARS AGO. SURE ENOUGH, THEY DID AN AUDIT AND THEY ENDED UP GOING TO JAIL BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE POCKETING MONEY FROM THE CITY. SO IT'S IT'S NOTHING NEW. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY. EAGLE PASS IS MY HOMETOWN. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY, VERY COMMON TOPIC. I WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT

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THE OTHER THING I HAVE IS BURLESON AND THE ROUNDABOUT. SO I LEAVE I LIVE IN CREEKSIDE VILLAGE AND THE TRAFFIC THERE IS HORRIBLE. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL WE GET. WE GET THE TRAIN AND THEN WE GOT THE POCO LOCO NOW. AND MY ENTRANCE IS I'M ON THE MAIN ROAD. YOU KNOW, I TAKE A RIGHT AND I'M, I'M THE ONE WITH THE MODEL HOME AND IT JUST HORRIBLE GOING IN AND GOING OUT.

IT'S DANGEROUS. PEOPLE DON'T YOU KNOW THEY DON'T THEY DON'T DRIVE SPEED LIMIT. THEY'RE ALWAYS SPEEDING. SO IT TAKES ME SOMETIMES TEN MINUTES JUST TO GET OUT OF MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S TROUBLE. I KNOW YOU GUYS DID A TRAFFIC CONTROL AND YOU HAD THE LITTLE SENSORS, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, POCO LOCO AND ALL THIS STUFF. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BAD. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ACCIDENTS, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE MAYBE TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. YEAH.

THANK YOU. WE'LL SEND YOU I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. ALL RIGHT. NEXT I HAVE BETTY CONLEY. HELLO, Y'ALL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT SEAT, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. I KNOW HOW CRAZY MY HUSBAND GOES WHEN HE'S A PENNY OFF IN THE CHECKBOOK, SO I JUST. WOULD. I GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAYERS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO HELP YOU ALL. I WANTED TO INVITE YOU TO OUR CAS. JUNE 19TH AT 1030. WE'RE HAVING A FLAG RAISING FOR JUNE 19TH. SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE INVITED. AND COME JOIN US.

THERE'LL ALSO BE FOOD AND CAKE AFTERWARDS. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU THAT ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 50 TO THINK OF THIS CAS SENIORS, BECAUSE YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. SO Y'ALL HAVE A BLESSED EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO MORE COMMENT FORMS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK. ALL RIGHT.

[IV) Agenda Order]

[3) Recognition of Graduates of the 2026 Team Kyle Academy.]

AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A REALLY FANTASTIC GROUP OF CITIZEN LEADERS, THE 2026 TEAM, KYLE ACADEMY GRADUATING CLASS. BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, TALKING ABOUT A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS SPRING, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE A SHORT VIDEO WITH EVERYONE FROM THIS YEAR'S CLASS. IT'S ONLY A MINUTE. MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT TFA JUST HOW THINGS WORK, HOW THEY COORDINATE WITH THE CITY AND THE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ALL THE DETAILS EVERYBODY SHARED WITH US WAS INCREDIBLE. TO ACTUALLY MEET AND SEE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CHARGED AND WHO ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS THAT DAY AND TALK TO THEM. THERE'S JUST THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN EVERY CITY. THERE'S SO MANY DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT MOVING PIECES, AND JUST WATCHING THEM ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND HOW ONE PIGGYBACKS

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EVERYTHING YOU SEE LISTED UP THERE. DURING THOSE SEVEN WEEKS, THEY SPENT MANY A LATE NIGHT AT CITY HALL AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, AT TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, BRINGING THOUGHTFUL AND INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS TO THE TABLE AND ENGAGING WITH MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ONE ON ONE. THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE AND DEDICATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, ALL OF WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL TO GET TO KNOW. THROUGHOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. I WILL, BEFORE WE HAND OUT SOME CERTIFICATES AND SOME PINS HERE, I DO JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK PLUG IN CASE THAT INTERESTED ANYBODY. WE TYPICALLY DO RECRUITING IN MARCH OF EACH FISCAL OR NOT FISCAL EXCUSE ME CALENDAR YEAR. SO CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR INFORMATION ON THAT IF THIS AT ALL LOOKED INTERESTING TO YOU. SO LIKE I SAID, SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE JOINED US TONIGHT FOR A LITTLE MINI GRADUATION. I WILL READ THEIR NAMES AS I DO. PLEASE COME FORWARD, GRAB A CERTIFICATE FROM ME, AND THEN EMILY IS OVER HERE TO HAND OUT SOME COOL PINS WE HAD MADE. AND THEN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PAUSING UP FRONT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE TOGETHER AS WELL. ALSO, I GOT TO KNOW SO MANY OF YOU AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAMES, I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE. FIRST, TATIANA PUTMAN, I BELIEVE SHE'S HERE. YES. THANK YOU. IAN WILSON. ELIZABETH. COREY. I DON'T THINK ELIZABETH. CELIA. BENJAMIN. THERE YOU GO. SUSAN SAGALA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA CRUZ. I DON'T THINK CHRISTINA DOST. NICOLETTE CASTRO. ERICA MONTOYA. THANKS. SHAWNA BECK I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE, BUT JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

OKAY. SORRY. GARY ERGLE I. ROSEMARY GARCIA. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL FARMER. AND JASON KRETCHMER. YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH. WE REALLY LOVED GETTING TO KNOW YOU ALL AND YOU HAVE OUR EMAILS, BUT IF YOU WOULDN'T PAUSE, WE'LL TAKE SOME PHOTOS WITH COUNCIL. IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL HAVE XANDER SQUISH IN FOR ME. YEAH. DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE TWO AND THREE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

[4) Recognition of the 2025-2026 Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council (KAYAC) members.]

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INSIDE THE CITY, A KAYAK IS ADVISORY IN NATURE AND HAS BEEN CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING YOUTHFUL POINTS OF VIEW FOR THE KYLE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND WE MET THIS YEAR ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE LIBRARY. SO WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD CITY LEADERSHIP GUEST SPEAKERS. WE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND PROMOTION INITIATIVE, IF YOU WILL, THE LIBRARY MASTER PLAN, INPUT, PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN INPUT. THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECT WAS THE PAUSE SHELTER OF A CENTRAL TEXAS. THEY VOLUNTEERED AND THEY VOLUNTEERED A LOT AT SANTA ARRIVAL. SANTA RIDES THE GREAT TEXAS RIVER CLEANUP PART. THERAPEUTIC OR RECREATIONAL EVENTS. KYLE FAIR THE PAUSE SO MANY PLACES THEY GAVE THEIR TIME TO. DID WE MISS A SLIDE? I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A SLIDE.

I'M SO SORRY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? WE ARE GOING TO LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. WE HAVE A BIG GROUP, BUT THEY'RE BUSY TEENS, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT THREE OF THEM WERE HERE TONIGHT. I WANT TO SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN YEAR TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR CLASSES, THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEIR SPORTS, THEIR VOLUNTEER, THEIR PASSION. WE TALK ABOUT ART, WE TALK ABOUT BOOKS. WE TALK ABOUT SO MUCH WITH THEM. AND IT'S JUST SUCH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU WILL, OTHER THAN OURS. SO DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AVA FRANCO AND I'M JUST HERE TO ATTEST TO ALL OF THIS. THIS PAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST TERM AT THE KYLE AREA YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS REALLY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE. I THINK THAT GIVING A VOICE TO THE YOUTH IS. IS AN AMAZING THING. AND I THINK THAT WE ARE VERY PREVALENT IN MANY COMMUNITIES. AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY EYE OPENING. AND I LOVE KNOWING THAT I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SHAPE AND IMPACT THE COMMUNITY IN BEFORE I TURN 18. AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR UP AND COMING YOUNG ADULTS. SO THANK YOU. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. COUPLE SHY ONES. OKAY? OKAY. WELL, AT LEAST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HOW ABOUT THAT? MY NAME IS MICHAEL LYNDON GALLARDO, AND THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR HERE AT KAYAK. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I'M VERY EXCITED TO DO THIS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. GOOD JOB. I'M CLARA AND THIS WAS MY FIRST AND UNFORTUNATELY LAST YEAR AT KAYAK SINCE I'M GRADUATING. OH, CONGRATULATIONS. HONORED TO HELP WITH THE CITY AND TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'LL DO A PLUG TO WE'LL BE RECRUITING THIS SUMMER, PROBABLY STARTING IN AUGUST FOR THE 2026 2027 KAYAK GROUP. SO IF ANY TEENS ARE INTERESTED, LOOK OUT. WE'LL BE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE ABOUT IT. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A NEW CLASS NEXT YEAR. YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GONNA DO PICTURES. WE'LL JUST STAY IN THE BACK RIGHT UP HERE. RIGHT IN THE CENTER, IN THE CENTER STAGE. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO AND THREE, ONE, TWO AND THREE. ONE MORE. 123. THANKS, Y'ALL. OKAY. NEXT. WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA. DOES

[VI) Consent Agenda]

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[VII) Items Pulled from Consent Agenda]

OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN NOW THE MOTION TO AMEND. CAN WE GET A SECOND ON THAT ONE? OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. FIRST MOTION BY MYSELF. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA FOR THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND FOR THE AMENDMENT. SECOND, I GOT A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA. ALL RIGHT. IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. I HOPE YOU DID YOU GET THAT, JENNIFER. AND THEN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED. AMENDED. I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION, AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED. THAT'S A MOTION. OH, SECOND. SECOND ON THAT ONE MOTION SECOND, MOTION TO AMEND SECOND AND THEN APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AND THEN APPROVE THE MOTION AS AMENDED. IT'S COMPLICATED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WE'LL GO BACK AND WATCH IT. YEAH. OKAY. SAY I, I, I OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

UP NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP AGENDA ITEM 20 AND 28. SO AGENDA ITEM 20 CONSIDER

[20) Consider approval of a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager and/or his designee to pay a total City cost of $204,492.56 pursuant to the former City Manager Larry Bryan Langley's contract, for the payout of his allowable accrued vacation leave balance totaling 720.00 hours and accrued sick leave balance totaling 305.43 hours as of May 23, 2026. ]

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ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA AS PER HIS CONTRACT AGREEMENTS, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS IF NOT APPROVED SINCE OF COURSE THE WORDING IS IF APPROVED TONIGHT, I WILL DEFER THAT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ITEM, AS PRESENTED BY MISS BEGGS INTERIM CITY MANAGER, IS THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY DISAGREE WITH THE AMOUNT BASED ON THE CONTRACT. THE REASON IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IS BECAUSE MR. MOHIT, AS WAS STATED, IS ABOVE HIS NORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT FULL RISKS OF POTENTIAL CONTRACT ISSUES, WE CAN DO THAT. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO SOME SORT OF CLAIM OR CHALLENGE AS TO A VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENT. MAKES SENSE.

JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION FOR EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIBATA, CAN YOU VERIFY WHAT THAT NET CHECK NUMBER IS AGAIN, JUST SO IT MAKES IT CLEAR FOR OURSELVES AND THEN FOR EVERYONE LISTENING AS WELL. THE ESTIMATION RIGHT NOW THE NET IS COMING AT 122 02633 BUT AGAIN, I WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE RUN THE PAYROLL AND THE DEDUCTIONS AND SHOW THAT HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT PAY STUB TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT COST TO THE CITY AND ALSO OF THE EMPLOYEE, FORMER EMPLOYEE. AND TO BE CLEAR, THAT NET WOULD BE LIKE THE FINAL TOTAL PAYOUT, NOT THE 209,000. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT 204,000 OR 200 IS GOING TO BE TAXED. HE'LL BE TAXED ON THAT. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T GIVE YOU THAT EXACT NUMBER NOW UNTIL I, I RUN THE PAYROLL AND DEDUCT ALL THE REGULATORY DEDUCTIONS FROM THAT. OKAY. BUT THE SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ACTUAL CHECK, GOING OUT WOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT 204,000 WOULD BE CLOSER TO THIS ONE. 22,000. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. TO CONFIRM THAT THE GROSS AMOUNT IS 204, THE GROSS IS 204. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. SO THE CITY OF KYLE PICKS UP THE $82,000 IN TAXES. NO, MR. LANGLEY WILL BE CHARGED FOR THAT. WELL, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 204 AND THE 122 IS $82,000. SO I'M JUST KIND OF CONFUSED. IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF TAX. SO THE CITY COVERS CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF YOUR PAYROLL TAX, THE RETIREMENT AND STUFF.

RIGHT. AND PAYROLL TAXES. SO SOME OF THE PAYROLL TAXES ARE CITY CHARGE. SOME OF THEM ARE EMPLOYEE SOME SOME OF THE DEDUCTIONS ARE EMPLOYEE CHARGED. SO IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF TAX. OKAY. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE. MAY I ASK WHY IT'S GOING TO MAY 23RD. I THINK THAT'S A TYPO ON THIS REPORT. WELL THE FINAL PAYOUT DATE IS 529. SO I'M LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT DATES RIGHT NOW. I'M LOOKING AT MAY 23RD. AND THEN ON THE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT SAYS FINAL PAYOUT. 529 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST PAYROLL THAT WE WOULD HAVE RUN, THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE BECAUSE HIS LAST PAY PERIOD, THAT HE WAS ACTIVE EMPLOYEE. HOWEVER, WE OPTED NOT TO PAY HIM ONLY FOR THE VACATION THAT HE HAD USED UNTIL WE GOT AUTHORITY FROM THIS COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PAYOUT VIA THE CONTRACT. WHEN WAS MR. LANGLEY LAST DAY.

HIS LAST DAY WAS THE 15TH. SO WHY WASN'T IT CUT OFF AT THE 15TH? BECAUSE THE PAYROLL, THE 23RD IS THE LAST DAY OF THE PAY PERIOD. THE PAY PERIOD, THEIR TWO WEEK PAY PERIOD. OKAY. BUT SO TO CONFIRM, HIS PAY IS ONLY THROUGH THE 15TH. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO HE WAS NOT PAID ANY HOURS FOR WEEK TWO OF THAT PAY PERIOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY, CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION? IS THIS JUST THE THE TIME THAT HE ACCRUED OVER THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT OR THIS ISN'T ANYTHING IN ADDITION. I HAVE NOT SEEN HIS BANK. HIS BANK EXCEEDED 720 HOURS, BUT BY CONTRACT, HE HAS NOT PAID FOR MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE HE. HE RESIGNED THE POSITION. SO HIS LIMIT PER THE CONTRACT IS 720 HOURS OF VACATION. BUT IT IS THE BANK HOURS THAT HE EARNED. IT'S WHAT HE HAD BANKED AND ACCRUED ALREADY. YES. OKAY. BUT WHAT HE HAD TOTAL IN THAT ACCRUAL BANK EXCEEDED 720. BUT WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY ANY MORE THAN 720. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY, TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, WERE THOSE EARNED HOURS? THE ANSWER IS NO. IT WAS BASED ON THE CONTRACT.

THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT COUNCIL AUTHORIZED TO ADD TO HIS BANK IN 2025. YES. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT HE HAD IN THAT BANK AT 2025 WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL HOURS GOING IN THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO STOP THIS. NO, WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. MY INTENT IS JUST TO PAY AND MOVE ON. THE WAY THIS HAS GONE DOWN, POSSIBLE MEDIATION AND OTHER ISSUES. I'M NOT DOWN WITH THAT. I REALLY JUST WANT TO CUT THIS LATE.

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SO I DON'T WANT YOU PUTTING THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO IT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO PROTECT YOURSELF. THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT DOES SAY UP TO 720 HOURS. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. WHAT THE INTENT WAS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO MAYBE SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE INVOLVED COULD. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAID. SO WE WE COMPARED THIS PAYOUT TO THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT AND THEN BROUGHT IT TO YOU.

OKAY. WELL, I READ THE RESOLUTION AND THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY SAID IT WAS TO MAKE HOLE IN THE EVENT OF TERMINATION. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY AN ASSUMPTION.

IT'S WHAT WAS WRITTEN FOR A FOR A REGULAR EMPLOYEE. WHAT IS THEIR CAP ON THEIR VACATION HOURS? THE CAP ON EARNINGS ARE PAID OUT. BOTH SWORN AND CIVILIAN HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. I THINK 720 IS THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN EARN. AND I THINK 480 IS THE MAXIMUM.

WE'LL PAY YOU OUT AND WE WILL PAY OUT SICK. IF YOU'VE HAD AT LEAST FIVE YEARS TENURE WITH THE CITY. OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE INVESTED, YOU'LL GET THE SICK PAY ON THAT END. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. AND THAT HAS A LIMIT AS WELL. HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE TO BE FULLY VESTED? FIVE YEARS.

FIVE YEARS. HE WAS HERE. THREE. THREE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22ND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL? VOTE, PLEASE. ZAPATA. YES. MEDINA. JUST BASED ON THAT AMENDMENT LANGUAGE TO MAKE THEM WHOLE. NO. SOSA BASED ON THE SAME REASONING, NO. MCKINNEY.

IT'S HONORING A CONTRACT WE HAVE, I SAY YES. HARRIS. YES. TOBIAS. IT'S ON THE CONTRACT.

BUT BASED ON THAT. NO. FLORES. KILL. NO. CAN WE? CAN WE TABLE THIS? CAN WE TABLE THIS AND GET A LEGAL OPINION? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY NO OUTRIGHT AND THEN FALL INTO AN ISSUE TABLE IT TO THE 16TH. I WOULD WANT TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE REAL QUICK, BUT WE HAVE NO

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AND IT'S GOING TO AND IT'S GOING TO GO TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE PASS THIS BUDGET, THE WE'RE ON THE CLOCK, START LOOKING FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER. SO IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO US TO SAY, OKAY, ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH THESE KIND OF CONTRACTS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO NEGOTIATE THEM? ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH A LOWER BASE SALARY FOR CITY MANAGER? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY 150,000 AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT TO RUN THE CITY? IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO? IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO? WE WANT TO START PAYING SOMEBODY 110,000 150,000 TO RUN A 7000 RESIDENTIAL CITY. I MEAN, WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE DOLLARS ON THIS END THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT. BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING BACK AND CHANGING MY VOTE. IF IF EVERYTHING'S LEGIT ON THAT END. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WHAT THE MAYOR IS REQUESTING. AND FOR THE RESIDENTS, AGAIN, WE WORK FOR THEM TO TABLE THIS, REVIEW IT ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISION. AND IF IT'S ALL LEGIT AND CLEAR, WE STICK BY THE LEGAL CONTRACT ON THIS, RIGHT. AND I DO NOT WANT TO USE THE KNIGHT LAW FIRM TO.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DRAFTED THIS THE AMENDMENT AND WE NEED TO GET FRESH EYES ON THIS. SO CERTAINLY AND HERE'S THE DEAL. LIKE I COULD JUST VOTE NO AND THEN IT'LL BE DONE AND IT'LL BE AN ISSUE. THAT'S THE TRUTH. I WASN'T AWARE UNTIL COUNCIL MEMBER GOZA SAID THAT THAT SHE'S RIGHT. THEY DID SAY TO MAKE HIM WHOLE IN THE EVENT HE'S TERMINATED. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS OPENLY. SO I WAS VERY CLEAR. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.

OKAY. BUT WHEN WHEN WE PASSED THIS AMENDMENT, I WAS VERY CLEAR. I AM NOT GOING TO INCENTIVIZE YOU TO QUIT ON ME. AND SO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY INTERIM CITY MANAGER, THAT THAT IS STILL WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ACCRUED TIME WHEN I MADE THE AMENDMENT, IT WAS TO PAY HIM FOR WHATEVER HE'S ACCRUED, BUT HE GETS NOTHING ADDITIONAL IF HE QUITS. THAT WAS THAT WAS ALWAYS MY INTENT. THAT WAS. AND I COMPLETELY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THIS IS I'M BREAKING ROBERT'S RULES. I SHOULD HAVE JUST VOTED. BUT I WANT TO BE FAIR ALL AROUND. AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THIS IS FAIR. I COULD VOTE NO AND WE'LL SEE HOW FAIR THAT IS. BUT I'M CHOOSING TO EXTEND THAT OLIVE BRANCH AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S LET'S GET A THIRD PARTY LEGAL OPINION. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BEFORE WE ARE NOT ATTORNEYS. AND SO I THINK THE SAFEST THING TO DO, I THINK MR. LANGLEY GAVE US 30 DAYS TO DO A MEDIATION. BUT IN THAT TIME, IF INSTEAD, IF HE'S WILLING TO ALLOW US TO GET MAYBE AN EMPLOYEE, AN AN EMPLOYEE ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT, GIVE US SOME LEGAL ADVICE TO PROTECT THE CITY ATTORNEY. ANY REFLECTION OF A POSSIBLE CONFLICT BECAUSE SHE HAS A SIMILAR TYPE CONTRACT. I'LL TAKE THE LEAD AND SECURE THE ATTORNEY FOR Y'ALL. THAT'S IF EVERYBODY'S AMENDABLE TO THAT. I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. YEAH.

OKAY. SO THEN CAN WE JUST HOW DO WE PROCEED? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CANCEL THE MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY TO RESCIND THE MOTION, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS TO RESCIND THE SECOND AND TO VOTE TO TABLE THE ITEM. INSTEAD, I RESCIND THE MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, RESCIND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'VE A MOTION TO RESCIND BY COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. ALL OPPOSED? MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. SECOND. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY AND A

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[28) Discussion and possible action to direct the City Manager to return with options for retaining an independent third-party firm to conduct a forensic audit, including proposed scope, costs, and timelines. The audit scope may include, but is not limited to, review of potential fraud, misuse of taxpayer funds, and financial transactions related to credit card expenditures, procurement practices, payroll, and contract awards. ]

RATHER, IT ASKS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO RETURN WITH OPTIONS FOR RETAINING AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY FIRM THAT HAS THE EXPERTISE TO CONDUCT A FORENSIC AUDIT AND PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCOPE, THE COSTS AND THE TIMELINES.

AND WE KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE ARE 14 MILLION BELOW OUR BUDGET, BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHY. SO YES, THIS IS GOING TO COST MONEY, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHY. A FORENSIC AUDIT IS A TOOL USED BY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHEN THERE IS QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE A DEEPER LEVEL OF REVIEW THAN A STANDARD ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT. WHILE OUR ANNUAL AUDITS EVALUATE WHETHER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED, A FORENSIC AUDIT CAN EXAMINE SPECIFIC TRANSACTIONS, PROCESSES, CONTROLS AND AREAS OF CONCERN IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL. THE PROPOSED SCOPE MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS, CREDIT CARD EXPENDITURES, PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, PAYROLL PROCESSES, AND CONTRACT AWARDS. THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO TARGET ANY INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT OR ADMINISTRATION. THE PROCESS IS TO VERIFY THAT APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE, IDENTIFY ANY WEAKNESSES THAT MAY EXIST AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHEN QUESTIONS ARISE REGARDING FINANCIAL PRACTICES. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO ADDRESS THEM IS THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW CONDUCTED BY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS. IF EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE PROPERLY, THAT REVIEW CAN PROVIDE REASSURANCE AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST IF IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED, IT GIVES US THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS. TONIGHT, WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO BRING BACK OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. ONCE THOSE OPTIONS ARE PRESENTED, THEN THE COUNCIL CAN EVALUATE THE PROPOSED SCOPE, COSTS, TIMELINES AND DETERMINED WHETHER MOVING FORWARD IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULD NEVER BE VIEWED AS A THREAT. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO RESTORING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDS. OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE CLEAR ANSWERS REGARDING HOW THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING MANAGED, AND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SEEK THOSE ANSWERS AS WELL. WHETHER THE REVIEW CONFIRMS THAT PROCESSES ARE WORKING AS INTENDED OR IDENTIFIES AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, THE INFORMATION WILL HELP US BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC TRUST. AND WITH THAT, I PASS IT ON, I BELIEVE, TO MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. I WANT TO BUILD ON AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT COUNCILMAN MEDINA JUST MADE, BECAUSE THERE IS OFTEN CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT OUR ANNUAL AUDIT DOES AND WHAT IT DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH. EVERY YEAR, THE CITY UNDERGOES AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT.

THAT PROCESS SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT PURCHASE PURPOSE, WHICH I SUPPORT. HOWEVER, A STANDARD FINANCIAL AUDIT IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COUNCIL'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY, MATERIALLY ACCURATE AND PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO ACTIVELY INVESTIGATE FRAUD, IDENTIFY MISCONDUCT, TRACE THE MOVEMENT OF FUNDS OR UNCOVER DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS TO CONCEAL FINANCIAL ACTIVITY. IN FACT, AUDITORS THEMSELVES ROUTINELY STATE THAT AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN AUDIT

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THROUGHOUT 2024, 2025, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SPENDING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SEEING THINGS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE COFFEE HERE WITHOUT THERE BEING JUSTIFICATION. OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ASKED FOR THEM TO WRITE THAT JUSTIFICATION. AND YET MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOSE NOT TO DO SO. YET THOSE EXPENSES WERE PASSED ON TO THE TAXPAYER TO PAY. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, IT MAKES YOU QUESTION WHAT OTHER PROCESSES MAY HAVE BEEN PUT BY THE WAYSIDE OR NOT FOLLOWED. CLEARLY, THOSE THINGS WERE NOT FOLLOWED. AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIT IS NOT TO ATTACK ANYONE. IT IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE DOING, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE TIGHTEN UP THINGS? HOW DO WE KEEP THIS DEFICIT AND OTHER SHORTFALLS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE? AND JUST REALLY IDENTIFYING WHAT PATH WE NEED TO BE ON? OKAY. MAYOR STEPPED OUT FOR JUST A MOMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO START THE DISCUSSION ON THIS IN.

OKAY. DOCTOR HARRIS. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT HAVING A DIFFERENT OPINION IS IMPORTANT ON THE COUNCIL. IF WE ARE ALL IN LOCKSTEP, WE ARE NOT BENEFITING THE CITIZENS. I DO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CRITERIA WERE USED TO REQUEST A FORENSIC AUDIT. A FORENSIC AUDIT IS USED TO GATHER DETAILED INFORMATION ON ACCUSATIONS REGARDING A SPECIFIC CRIME OF FRAUD OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT LEGAL PROSECUTION. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY LEGAL ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED THAT NECESSITATE A FORENSIC AUDIT. IF NOT, THIS IS NOT AN AUDIT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR A

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IT IS ESPECIALLY TROUBLING, AS MR. MOHIT HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS FINANCE DIRECTOR. THIS IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHEN A FORENSIC AUDIT IS SCRUTINIZING ACTIONS OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I BELIEVE MR. MOHIT HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING FINANCE DIRECTOR AND HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE FINANCE STAFF AND THE OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS ARE CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN A MANNER THAT ANY FRAUD OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS WOULD BE RECOGNIZED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. IF COUNCIL MEMBERS BELIEVE A FORENSIC AUDIT IS NEEDED, MR. MOHIT WAS REQUESTED TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION OF INTERIM CITY MANAGER, THEREBY PLACING HIM IN A SERIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POSITION. WHILE A FORENSIC AUDIT IS BEING CONDUCTED. IT IS A SERIOUS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN HIS MANAGEMENT OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER THAT INDICATES A NEED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THAT IS NOT FORENSIC. IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO PURSUE THIS COURSE, I REQUEST THAT MR. MOHIT BE RELIEVED OF THE POSITION OF INTERIM CITY MANAGER SO THAT HE CAN DIRECT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DURING THIS SERIOUS, TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE SCRUTINY AND TO ASSURE THERE IS NOT ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA. SO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MUCH LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS POINTED OUT, IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO HAS SERVED AS THIS CITY'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SINCE 2010. SO THAT'S 16 YEARS. EVERY BUDGET, EVERY FINANCIAL REPORT, EVERY AUDIT, INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AUDIT, TO BE EXACT, EVERY PROCUREMENT REVIEW, EVERY PAYROLL CYCLE AND EVERY CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION THAT THIS PROPOSED FORENSIC AUDIT WOULD EXAMINE OCCURRED ON HIS WATCH AND UNDER HIS PROFESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. HE IS ALSO A LICENSED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT. THAT LICENSE CARRIES SPECIFIC LEGAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER TEXAS LAW THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THIS ITEM. UNDER THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. REPORTABLE EVENTS INCLUDE CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT, ETC. THINGS THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED AS. IN THIS AGENDA ITEM. THESE EVENTS MUST BE REPORTED TO THE BOARD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE LICENSEE'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE TX CPA CODE OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, WHICH CONSISTS BOTH OF THE AICPA CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND THE CPA RULES, REQUIRES THAT MEMBERS UPHOLD INTEGRITY, AVOID MISREPRESENTATION, AND ENSURE HONEST AND ACCURATE FINANCIAL REPORTING. DISCREDITABLE ACTS INCLUDE FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, AND FISCAL DISHONESTY. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, WHICH IS DURING YOUR 16 YEAR TENURE, HAVE YOU FILED A REPORT WITH THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS, STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY REGARDING SUSPECTED FRAUD OR FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT AT THIS CITY? NO, I HAVE NOT. IF FRAUD WAS OCCURRING IN KYLE'S FINANCIAL OPERATIONS DURING THE YEARS, THIS ITEM SEEMS TO SUGGEST WHICH WOULD HAVE PARTAKEN DURING AND UNDER YOUR 16 YEAR TENURE. WOULD YOU HAVE MADE SUCH A REPORT IF YOU SUSPECTED OR BECAME KNOWLEDGEABLE OF SUCH ITEMS? IF I WAS MADE AWARE OF, YES, I WOULD HAVE. I WOULD HAVE COME TO BEFORE THE COUNCIL FIRST. SO DURING THIS TIME, DURING THE 16 YEARS, YOU ARE READY TO STATE ON RECORD THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED NO FRAUD, MISAPPROPRIATION OR FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT DURING YOUR 16 YEARS OVERSEEING CITY FINANCES. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY FRAUD. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IF YOU'RE INFERRING THAT THERE MIGHT BE FRAUD EXISTING, THAT THE INTERNAL INTERNAL AUDITORS OR EXTERNAL AUDITORS DID NOT DISCOVER, THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

WHAT I AM TRYING TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S AWARENESS IS THAT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN

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GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER. DUBIOUS FOR $14 MILLION IN DEBT. SECOND. OKAY, IF I MADE AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS WHETHER WHETHER I WAS PART OF THOSE VOTES OR NOT, I'VE BEEN ONLY ON THE DAIS FOR SIX YEARS. WE DON'T KNOW THROUGH THOSE YEARS BEFORE THEN WHAT HAD GONE ON AS FAR AS WHAT WE HEARD OF SPECULATION AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THAT END? YES. MR. HE HAS BEEN OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR SINCE 2010. YES, HE IS IN CHARGE OF THAT. BUT WE ALL KNOW IN GOVERNMENT, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S POLITICS THAT GET INVOLVED. THERE IS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT GET INVOLVED. THERE'S A HELL OF A LOT OF FAVORITISM THAT GETS INVOLVED. AND SO IT'S AT THE POINT NOW TO WHERE WE'RE IN THIS MESS FINANCIALLY. WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE KICKING AND SCREAMING SAYING, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE IT'S WHERE OUR THE MONEY IS AT. AND IF IT MEANS THAT IF WE SEARCH AND WE LOOK AND WE FIND THAT MAYBE THERE IS NO WITCH HUNT OR NO GOOSE EGG OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND IT'S CLEAR WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AND PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS, WE HAVE A HELL OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'VE GOT TO ANSWER TO. FOR MANY YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN THE RUMORS, THE SPECULATIONS OF UNDER THE GROUND, UNDER THE TABLE CONTRACTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, CREDIT CARDS THAT HAVE MISSING RECEIPTS FROM FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL BRINGING THAT UP. WHAT WAS IT, OVER TEN GRAND. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW, I WHEN I USE MY ONE CARD FOR SONIC, I SURE AS HELL MADE SURE I TURNED THAT IN. OKAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT, PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT IS TRYING TO FIND OUT THROUGH THE YEARS OF WHAT KIND OF SPENDING WAS DONE BEFORE ME, BEFORE OTHERS. AND WHEN YOU'RE YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM UP. I WAS I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS ALL WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FRAUD, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS THE FRAUD, THE MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS? OKAY, WHERE'S THAT LINE AND THE CREDIT CARDS? THESE DAMN CREDIT CARDS THAT WE'VE HAD ALL THIS TIME? OKAY. THAT WAS A BIG THING THAT WE HAVE. AND SO RIGHT HERE, YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY STATING INCLUDING PROPOSED SCOPE AND COSTS AND TIMELINES. I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2016, ALL THE WAY TO NOW, IF IF THAT'S THE CASE, LET'S, LET'S START, LET'S START WITH A TEN YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE WERE AT ON THAT END, BECAUSE THE AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE DAIS TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO, AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BLAME IT ON MR. PERVEZ. LIKE, SIR, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD COUNCIL. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS WITH POLITICS AND WITH CITY MANAGERS, A LOT OF TIMES THESE THINGS, YOUR HANDS COULD BE TIED OR YOU COULD BE

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ON TOP OF THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO STATE THAT WHEN WE WHEN COUNCIL WAS FIRST NOTIFIED OF THIS BUDGET DEFICIT, I RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND ASKED FOR AN EMAIL REGARDING A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. VERY BASIC, LIKE HOW LONG HAS THIS INFORMATION BEEN KNOWN? WHAT HAS BEEN THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS? HOW LONG HAS FINANCE HAD ACCESS TO THIS DATA? HOW HAS IT BEEN COMMUNICATED COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL? BECAUSE I WANTED A GOOD ENOUGH TIMELINE TO SHOW LIKE, OKAY, WHERE DID I FALL SHORT? WHAT WERE THINGS THAT I WAS NOT CATCHING AS WELL? WHAT I GOT IN RESPONSE WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED WAS LIKE, HOW LONG HAS FINANCE KNOWN THIS INFORMATION? AND, AND I'M GOING TO RELEASE THIS EMAIL TOO. IT'S VERY, VERY THOROUGH, VERY MUCH EXPLAINS THAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS REGULARLY REPORTED THE DECLINE IN REVENUES TO THE FORMER CITY MANAGER DURING MONTHLY BRIEFINGS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS SINCE FY 2324. THE FORMER CITY MANAGER HAD ALSO SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE WEEKLY REPORTS, WHICH ARE ALSO POSTED ONLINE.

SO THERE ARE. DOZENS OF EXAMPLES OF THIS POSTED ONLINE ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY WELL AWARE OF, HAS COMMUNICATED, HAS POSTED PUBLICLY ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THESE THINGS HAVE HAVE OCCURRED. AND PER THE OWN RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL, THE $14 MILLION SHORTFALL IN BUDGET DEFICIT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A DECLINE IN REVENUES. THAT IS WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WAS THAT THIS CAME ABOUT AS A DECLINE IN REVENUES. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE FIND ISSUES WITH THE WAY THAT THE FORMER MAYOR AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDED TO SPEND DOLLARS. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN POLICY AND POLICY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE AND WHAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY EMBEZZLEMENT, FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE. THOSE ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ARE ALLOWED TO DISAGREE ON POLICY. WE'RE ALLOWED TO SAY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, HEY, I WOULDN'T HAVE AGREED TO DO THAT. I WOULDN'T HAVE VOTED TO SPEND THAT ON THAT. THAT IS COMPLETELY ALLOWED. BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS SOMETHING FAR BEYOND NEFARIOUS. SO WHAT'S UNFOLDING HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE DESERVES A FULL AND HONEST EXPLANATION OF EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHY IT'S HAPPENING, AND WHAT WHAT IT'S COSTING YOU.

MAYOR YVONNE FLORES KALE AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURTNEY GOSA HAS SPENT YEARS PUBLICLY AND REPEATEDLY ACCUSING THE FORMER MAYOR AND FORMER COUNCIL MAYORS OF COMMITTING CRIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AT PUBLIC FORUMS AND AT THIS DAIS. RECENTLY, COUNCIL MEMBER MELISSA MEDINA DECIDED TO JOIN IN ON THOSE SENTIMENTS. THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO USE THEIR NEWLY ELECTED POSITIONS TO MANUFACTURE EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT FROM DECISIONS THEY SIMPLY DISAGREED WITH.

THEY CAMPAIGNED ON THESE PREMISES FROM THE BORDER. RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT YOU CANNOT REQUEST A POINT OF ORDER THAT HAS TO BE CALLED BY. OKAY, THEN I I'M CALLING YOU OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ARE ASSUMPTIONS. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL US WHAT OUR INTENT IS. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL ANYBODY ELSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU CAN STATE YOUR OWN OPINION, BUT YOU DO NOT GET TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL. THAT HAPPENS AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO WRAP IT UP AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE. THEN I WILL CONTINUE AND I WILL LEAVE OUT THOSE SENTIMENTS. THANK YOU.

THEY CAMPAIGNED ON THESE PREMISES, AS STATED ON THIS DAIS, AND THEIR BASE ELECTED

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ALL RIGHT, NO PROBLEM. YOU'RE A LIAR. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HELP HIM TO HIS CAR IN THE RAIN? AS STATED, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND HE HAS SERVED AS THE CITY'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SINCE 2010, 16 CONSECUTIVE YEARS DURING WHICH HE OVERSAW EVERY TRANSACTION, EVERY BUDGET CYCLE, EVERY PROCUREMENT, EVERY PAYROLL, AND EVERY CREDIT CARD EXPENDITURE THAT THIS FORENSIC AUDIT WOULD NOW EXAMINE. HE IS A LICENSED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT BOUND BY THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY RULES, WHICH REQUIRE HIM TO REPORT CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF BECOMING AWARE OF THEM. HE HAS NEVER FILED SUCH A REPORT, AS HE STATED, AND DURING HIS 16 YEARS, HE'S ALSO STATED THAT HE HAS NEVER, EVER COME ACROSS SOMETHING THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT. SO THEN MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE SUBSTANTIVE TRIGGER HERE? BECAUSE IT IS MADE BEEN BEEN MADE VERY, VERY CLEARLY THAT THIS BUDGET DEFICIT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS. IT IS NOT A SURPRISE. SO IN THAT FORMAL WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I SUBMITTED, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER STATES THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGY USED TO CALCULATE THE CITY'S DEFICIT. SO IT'S BEEN THE SAME METHODOLOGY AS ALWAYS. AND YET MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE SAT ON THIS DAIS AND POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TELLING RESIDENTS THAT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER MANIPULATED NUMBERS AND CHANGED DATA. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, WHO IS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, IS DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING THE ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MAKING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING TO JUSTIFY THE NEED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AUDITOR COMPLETE A FORMAL AUDIT. OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, A FIRM WITH NO STAKE IN THIS CITY'S POLITICS, EXAMINED OUR ACCOUNTS, OUR FUNDS AND INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND FOUND ZERO INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE. ZERO. THEY, TOO, ARE PROFESSIONALLY OBLIGATED TO REPORT FRAUD WHEN THEY FOUND IT AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. NOW, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE CORE ARGUMENT DRIVING ALL OF THIS, THE BELIEF THAT DECISIONS MADE BY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ARE CRIMINAL. I HAVE REVIEWED THE RECORD CAREFULLY. WHAT THAT RECORD SHOWS CONSISTENTLY AND CLEARLY IS THAT THE PREVIOUS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MADE DECISIONS BASED ON FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT GAVE TO THEM AT THAT TIME. USING THE SAME METHODOLOGY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS USED WITHIN THE SAME STRUCTURE. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS CERTIFIED WHERE PROBLEMS EXIST IN THE CITY. THEY ARE PROBLEMS OF POLICY, OF WHAT PRIORITIES WERE SET, WHAT WAS FUNDED AND WHAT STANDARDS WERE REQUIRED. THIS COUNCIL HAS EVERY LEGITIMATE TOOL TO ADDRESS POLICY NEW ORDINANCES, NEW BUDGETS, NEW DIRECTION AT THIS DAIS. WHAT IT DOES NOT HAVE, WHAT NO COUNCIL HAS, IS THE RIGHT TO CALL A POLICY DISAGREEMENT A CRIME AND THEN SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY TRYING TO PROVE IT. THE INABILITY TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION IS NOT JUST A POLITICAL FAILURE, IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE OF UNDERSTANDING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. I WILL NOT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM, AND I AM VOTING NO BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT IT, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE PROPOSING IT HAVE A DOCUMENTED CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT PREDATES ANY DOCUMENT THEY HAVE REVIEWED.

BECAUSE OUR OWN FINANCE DIRECTORS STATEMENTS CONTRADICT THEIR PUBLIC NARRATIVE, BECAUSE

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COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY. YEAH. HEY, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ORDER, PLEASE.

EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION. PLEASE JUST BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KINNEY. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE PREPARED A STATEMENT AS WELL.

WELL, WE DON'T GOT ALL NIGHT, SO LET'S JUST KIND OF CUT SHORT. WE ACTUALLY DO. YEAH. WELL, I'VE HEARD THE SAME THING TWICE. GO AHEAD. THERE'S BEEN NO EVIDENCE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN OF ANY WRONGDOING. MY MY CONCERN IS THAT WE SPEND SIX, SEVEN FIGURES TO FIND TO BE A SONIC OR, YOU KNOW, BEARS BREAKFAST OR TRAVIS'S DRY CLEANING. AND IT DOESN'T PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE COFFERS. AND IF IT TURNS UP SOMETHING, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO ADMIT, WOW, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. BUT IF IT DOESN'T TURN UP ANYTHING, IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE ANYBODY'S MIND? WELL, THAT FINALLY BE ENOUGH THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SAY, OH, I, I GUESS THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONGDOING. PERVEZ EVERY BIT OF REPORTING I'VE EVER SEEN OUT OF YOU GOING BACK FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, I'VE NEVER SEEN MONEY MISSING. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU WEREN'T COVERING ALL THE BASES. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS AS FAR AS STOLEN MONEY, CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE, ANYTHING ALONG THOSE, THOSE LINES. SO I, I WOULD BE CURIOUS, AND THIS DOES SAY TO BRING BACK OPTIONS FOR RETAINING A THIRD PARTY FIRM, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION. AGAIN, I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS LIKE ASKING PERVEZ, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN TO BEAT YOUR DOG. AND HE'S LIKE, WELL, I DON'T BEAT MY DOG. AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, HIRE AN INVESTIGATOR TO PROVE IT. AND AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THIS GOING TO SATISFY PEOPLE? AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WILL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE.

YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ONCE. PEREZ, CAN I ASK YOU, UNDER THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP, WHO DID YOU SERVE UNDER? WHEN THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WAS HERE? BRIAN LANGLEY, WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE, I REPORTED DIRECTLY TO HIM. THEN A YEAR LATER THAT WAS REORGANIZED. THEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JESSE ELIZONDO. THANK YOU. AMY, WHAT IS OUR CHARTER STATE ON WHO THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR SERVES UNDER. FINANCE DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED BY OR HIRED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND REPORTS THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN THERE ARE OBLIGATIONS OR DUTIES IN THE CHARTER ON WHAT HE DOES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MOHIT, I WANT YOU TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ITEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU OR YOUR INTEGRITY OR YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S INTEGRITY UNDER THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW YOUR FINANCING OVERSIGHT DUTIES CHANGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS? SO. I INITIALLY, WHEN I WAS REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER, I WOULD MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS. I WOULD PROVIDE WEEKLY, MONTHLY QUARTERLY REPORTS. THEN WHEN IT WAS CHANGED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LEVEL, I WOULD HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF REPORTING, BUT IT WAS INFREQUENT. IT WAS MOSTLY, I WOULD SAY QUARTERLY. OKAY, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU IN THE LAST YEAR, WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE EVERY CREDIT CARD STATEMENT? SO YOU'LL HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK BACK AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AT THE TIME. SO WHEN LANGLEY WAS FIRST APPOINTED AND HE REORGANIZED. PRIOR TO THAT REORGANIZATION, THE CREDIT CARD FUNCTION WAS UNDER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WHEN HE REORGANIZED, HE CREATED OR ESTABLISHED A NEW DEPARTMENT CALLED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO THAT DEPARTMENT. WAS ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES

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CREDIT CARD WAS ONE, PROCUREMENT WAS ANOTHER MUNICIPAL COURT WAS NOT. IT WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY SLASH CITY SECRETARY'S AREA. UTILITY BILLING CAME BACK TO FINANCE, BUT NOT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECTS OF UTILITY BILLING THAT WENT TO PUBLIC INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. SO WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN, AS DESCRIBED UP HERE, EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY PROCUREMENT, EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY CREDIT CARD, EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY CHARGE? IS THAT A TRUE? IS THAT A FACT? NO.

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY FINANCE DIRECTOR TO DO IT, WHETHER IT'S IN KYLE OR HOUSTON OR DALLAS OR AUSTIN. OKAY. WOULD A FINANCIAL AUDIT HURT THE DEPARTMENT WORKLOAD, AND DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH YOUR TITLE? THE FORENSIC AUDIT? YES.

SORRY. YES. NO, IT SHOULD NOT. AND IT WOULDN'T OVERWHELM YOUR DEPARTMENT. NO, BECAUSE THESE SET OF AUDITORS WILL BE PRETTY MUCH ON THEIR OWN. THEY WILL HAVE A DATA REQUEST THAT WILL NOT JUST COME FROM FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IT WILL INCLUDE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. IT MIGHT INCLUDE THE WATER UTILITIES, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THEIR SCOPE THAT THEY'RE REVIEWING. SO IT COULD BE ANY CITY DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR PROVIDE COPIES. OKAY. I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IN I THINK IT WAS 2021 OR 2022, WE HAD A MINI AUDIT ON COUNCIL CREDIT CARDS WHEREIN A COUNCIL MEMBER OWED $10,000 FOR LACK OF TURNING IN RECEIPTS AND INFORMATION, AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE ABOUT THAT. THERE WAS AN THAT THAT'S REAL. LIKE SO WHEN WE'RE WHEN PEOPLE MAKE CLAIMS THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE CAMPAIGNING OFF OF THEFT OR CRIMINAL CHARGES, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AT THE END OF THE DAY. I SURE DID CAMPAIGN ON THIS, AND THAT IS WHY I WON, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE READY TO TO SEE, EVEN IF I'M WRONG, I'M SURE THERE'S A GROUP OF NAYSAYERS THAT ARE LINED UP THAT ARE READY TO BE LIKE, SEE, YOU WERE WRONG. AND IF I'M WRONG, THAT ONLY BENEFITS THE CITY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT US THAT'S ASKING FOR THIS. IT'S THE RESIDENTS. AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THEM.

AND IF THIS IS NOT PERSONAL, THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GOSAL WANTS OR MEDINA ZAPATA. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT. IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS, ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED. AND WITH THAT, I YIELD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER GOSA.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, PORT ARTHUR BEAUMONT VOTED TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR SPAN FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED, AND THAT WAS TO SHORE UP EXISTING PROCESSES, PROCEDURES TO FIND WHERE THEY HAVE WEAKNESSES AT, AS OPPOSED TO THERE BEING A ALLEGATION OF CRIME OR FRAUD OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS TO HELP THEIR INTERNAL PROCEDURES. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THE SAME THING, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ANNUAL AUDITS. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 28. I WOULD LIKE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE CAN DISCUSS IT AFTER THE MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. WELL, PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME. POINT OF ORDER.

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THAT WAS DISRESPECTFUL. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY. THE PORT ARTHUR AUDIT THAT WAS DESCRIBED. THEY LISTED IT AS A FORENSIC. IT WAS, IN FACT A PROCEDURAL AUDIT. IT WAS NOT A FORENSIC AUDIT. THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT. THERE IS NO CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND. AND IN ANY PERIOD THAT HAS CONDUCTED A FORENSIC AUDIT, GENERALLY THEIR FINANCE MANAGER, IF THEY HAVE ONE. AND THAT PART OF THE REASON FOR PORT ARTHUR IS THAT THEY WERE, I THINK, LACKING A FINANCE MANAGER AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT HAD BEEN LACKING THEIR CITY MANAGER AS WELL. SO THEY WERE TRYING TO PROCEDURALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY. NO ALLEGATION OF FINANCIAL WRONGDOING. THE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAST YEAR REQUESTED A NUMBER OF CITIES, A THOUSAND CITIES TO SUBMIT THEIR AUDIT REPORTS. THEY WERE NOT DOING SO ON A TIMELY BASIS. HOUSTON WAS ONE OF THOSE DALLAS AND A BUNCH OF THE SMALLER CITIES, MUCH TO MR. MOHIT'S GOOD CHARACTER AND GOOD SERVICES. WE WERE NOT IN THAT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID NOT REQUIRE US TO DO THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT. THERE IS THERE IS A MISPERCEPTION. I KEEP HEARING THAT WE ARE IN DEBT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. IT IS NOT TRUE. LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THE FIRST PAGE OF THE BUDGET. WE HAVE A $604 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET CONSISTING OF 60. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FUNDS IS OVER. BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND, WHERE THE DEFICIT IS OCCURRING. THE DEFICIT IS ONLY ON REVENUE SIDE, THE GENERAL FUND RELIES LARGELY ON THE SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX AND DEVELOPER FEES. THOSE HAVE ALL GONE DOWN. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S ECONOMICS. ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN OUR AREA ARE IN FACT DEALING WITH THAT. WE'RE JUST AHEAD OF THE CURVE BECAUSE WE START OUR BUDGET PROCESS EARLY. SO WE'RE REPORTING TO YOU THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. THE DEFICIT IN THAT CATEGORY IS ABOUT SEVEN MAXIMUM 17%. IT'S $9 MILLION.

THERE IS STILL A SURPLUS IN THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF $10 MILLION. SO WE ARE NOT EVEN AT A TRUE DEFICIT IN THAT CATEGORY. ALL THE OTHERS ARE ARE PAYING INTO THEIR RESERVE FUND RESERVES FUNDS. RESERVE FUNDS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THE CITY THROUGH DIFFICULT PERIODS THAT WERE UNANTICIPATED. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING REVENUES DECLINE, HOPING THEY WOULDN'T DECLINE THE PROJECTIONS THAT MR. MOHIT GAVE US ON THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. WE FELT WE. HE FELT THAT THEY WERE ACCURATE AND CONSERVATIVE. IN FACT, I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION, IS THIS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE? HE SAID YES, AND WE DID BELIEVE IT WAS. THE ECONOMY HAS PROVEN US TO BE WRONG. SO WE HAVE. OF THE $604 MILLION OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET, LESS THAN 2% IS IN DEFICIT. IT IS NOT. WE ARE NOT BROKE. WE ARE NOT OVER. WE MAY BE OVERSPENDING BECAUSE THE REVENUES AREN'T COMING IN, BUT BUDGETARILY WE ALL OF OUR CATEGORIES, ALL 60, ARE WITHIN THEIR EXPENDITURE. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE OF THE REPORT THAT MR. MOHIT GAVE US. IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR WHAT IS THE DEFICIT. SO WE ARE NOT BROKE. WE ARE NOT.

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TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHICH HAS IS HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR HAVE AN ANNUAL AUDIT BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. YOU KNOW, MR. LANGLEY HAS REORGANIZED THE ORGANIZATION AND DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THEM WORK BETTER. AND HE OBVIOUSLY CONSISTENTLY EVALUATED WHAT WAS WORKING AND WHAT WASN'T. AND HE ONLY HAD THREE YEARS TO CLEAN UP A BIG MESS. IT REALLY KIND OF WAS A MESS. GOT TO ADMIT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS A DIFFERENT OPINION, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBERS. YOU DON'T REALLY GET AN OPINION ABOUT IT. THEY EITHER ARE THAT OR THEY ARE NOT THAT. THEY SIMPLY ARE THAT I THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR IN A SECOND. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE? FLORES. YES. HARRIS. NO. TOBIAS.

YES, MA'AM. ZAPATA. WASHINGTON HAS DODGE. KYLE HAS WHATEVER THE HECK THIS IS. AND I REFUSE TO BE A PART OF IT. NO. MCKINNEY. IT'S MY BELIEF IN MY HOPE THAT THIS IS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. BUT I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY AND KIND OF. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS WHO DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS NECESSARY. SO I'M GOING TO SAY YES. GOSA. YES. MEDINA. YES. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 2. THANK YOU. AND UP NEXT, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO TEN, WHICH IS RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE HAYS COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION 2026 POINT IN TIME COUNT AND SURVEY ANALYSIS ITEM. PRESENTER JESSE ELIZONDO, MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK NANCY HINES AND LISA YOUNG FOR BEING HERE. THEY HAD TO LEAVE, UNFORTUNATELY,

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[11) Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback on the Post Oak Subdivision roads improvement plan.]

PRESENTER. LOSING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM BRINGING FORWARD THE UPDATES FOR POST OAK SUBDIVISION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS A LITTLE BIT. BACKGROUND. 2023 KCI TECHNOLOGY PERFORMED A PAVEMENT EVALUATION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF KYLE LANGLEY STREET, WHICH IS IN THE POST OAK SUBDIVISION RECEIVED A PAYMENT AND CONDITION INDEX PCI SCORE OF 48 OUT OF 100, INDICATING A VERY POOR CONDITION AND NEED FOR MAJOR REHABILITATION, LIKELY RECONSTRUCTION AND THE PCI SCORES BASED ON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE PAVEMENT.

WHILE CONSIDERING THE TYPE AND QUANTITY OF PAVEMENT DISTRESS. AND I ALSO WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECOND PICTURE HERE. IN ADDITION TO THE PCI THAT WAS EVALUATED AS PART OF THE CONDITION STUDY, THE CONSULTANT ALSO EVALUATED THE INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX, AND THIS INDEX WILL INDICATE THE RIGHT QUALITY OF THE ROAD, BUT IT DOES NOT INDICATE ANY UNDERLYING STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS. SO IF YOU CAN SEE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO POINT, NEVER MIND. LANGLEY RECEIVED A SCORE OF 408, WHICH INDICATES A VERY ROUGH RIGHT. ALSO, THERE ARE A COUPLE STREETS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE POST OAK SUBDIVISION THAT ALSO RECEIVED A A ROUGH INDEX OF A HIGHER SCORE. AND THOSE MOSTLY ARE IN THE EARLIER PHASES OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND PCI. THE TWO STREETS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT. ONE IS LANGLEY, WHICH IS FOR 48 AS A PCI, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ATLANTIS, WHICH IS 53. AND THIS PRESENTATION, WE MAINLY TALK ABOUT LANGLEY STREET RECONSTRUCTION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS ENTIRE SUBDIVISION AS A PHASED APPROACH. AND THE OTHER STREET THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS ATLANTIS, WHICH IS THE 53, THE THE ORANGE ONE ON THE PCI THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT ALREADY. LANDING STREET, 920 LINEAR FEET. THE STREET. THE STREET IS SHOWS EXTREME HEAVING, WHICH IS UPWARD MOVEMENT AND SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS SINKING. MOVEMENT CONCERNS. AUGUST 2024.

ROBERT KISTNER WAS ENGAGED TO PERFORM A SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION AND PAVEMENT ANALYSIS IN SEVERAL ROADS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION, ESPECIALLY LANGLEY AND ATLANTIS.

ON MAY 9TH, 2025, THEIR REPORT WAS SUBMITTED. THEIR FINAL REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND INDICATING SOME SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENTS AND PAYMENT FATIGUE ON LANGLEY STREET AND SOME SURFACE LEVEL REPAIR IS NOT ADEQUATE TO ADDRESS THE ROADWAY FAILURE OBSERVED, AND THIS IS A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE CONDITION FOR LANGLEY STREET. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S WATER POOLING ON THE STREET AND IT'S UNEVEN SURFACES. PUBLIC WORK DID GO OUT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO TO DO A LEVEL UP TO BRING THE SURFACE TO EVEN, BUT ADDITIONAL RECONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED. CURRENTLY, OUR IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS, WE ENGAGED WITH HDR TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THESE RAILWAY TO IMPROVE THESE ROADWAY CONDITIONS.

AUGUST 19TH. LAST YEAR, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TASK ORDER NUMBER 14 FOR COLLECTION OF FIELD DATA AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT, 30% FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS ON LANGLEY STREET AND SEPTEMBER. THERE WAS A TASK ORDER NUMBER 13 TO HDR TO DEVELOP A PSC PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR NEW CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN RAMPS WITHIN ATLANTA STREET AND DEVELOPMENT OF. REPORT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CITY OF KYLE ADA TRANSITION PLAN. THIS ADA TRANSITION PLAN FOCUSED ON THE POST OAK SUBDIVISION, AND BECAUSE WE ARE RECOMMENDING A MILL AND OVERLAY WHICH CONSIDER STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT FOR ATLANTA STREET. SORRY, ATLANTA STREET, THE CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, THEY ALL NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE ADA COMPLIANCE. SO THERE'S MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE. MARCH 16TH THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED THE PR REPORT FOR REVIEW AND

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THERE'S GOING TO BE DRIVEWAY IMPACTS ON SOME OF THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE TIE INS, AND THERE'S POTENTIALLY RECONSTRUCTION FOR DRIVEWAYS AS WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO EVALUATE FURTHER. AND THERE'S, OF COURSE, THE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION. FOR THE OPEN HOUSE. A TOTAL OF 25 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE EVENT AND THE DIGITAL SURVEY. WE HAD 40 RESPONSES. RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT FOR LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS ALONG LANGLEY STREET AND BASED ON CONSTRUCTABILITY CONSIDERATIONS, PUBLIC FEEDBACK RECEIVED AND MITIGATION OF THE IMPACTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED APPROACH WITH THE PROPER MAINTENANCE BY PUBLIC WORKS, AND THIS RECOMMENDED APPROACH WILL PROVIDE A LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE FOR LANGLEY STREET. AND THIS IS A SIMPLE GRAPHIC FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. WE ARE RECOMMENDING EXCAVATION OF 12 INCH 12IN OF EXISTING SOIL AND REPLACE THAT WITH LEAN CLAY. AND WE. SO THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE PROPER LYME TREATMENT.

HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL GEOTECH INFORMATION NEED TO BE COLLECTED TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF SULFATE BEFORE. WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT DURING THE.

ROBERT KISTNER'S INVESTIGATION, ADDITIONAL GEOTECH WAS LOOKED AT ON THIS STREET AND ATLANTIS.

THERE IS NO PRESENCE OF LYME TREATMENT ON LANGLEY STREET, BUT THERE IS. FOR ATLANTIS.

HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT NO LYME TREATMENT HAS BEEN PERFORMED. THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL SULFATE PRESENCE THAT NEUTRALIZE THE LYME TREATMENT. SO WE JUST NEED TO GATHER ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE STREET, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE ASPHALT BASE AND THE HOT MIX ON TOP. THIS INCLUDE THE SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION. THIS EXCAVATION WILL NOT WHICH I NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M SORRY.

WE'LL HAVE MINIMUM WILL, MINIMUM UTILITY RELOCATIONS. PREFERABLY WE'LL HAVE LYME TREATMENT FOR SUBGRADE STABILIZATION. IF THERE SULFATE WILL RECOMMEND AN. OTHER CHEMICAL TREATMENTS. THIS PARTICULAR POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE PVR IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 4IN OVER THE YEARS. TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 MILLION. THE IMPACT DURATION, WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS FURTHER TO DEFINE THE PHASING AND TIME FRAME OF THIS CONSTRUCTION. BUT WHEN THERE IS A LIMIT TO PROPERTY ACCESS, WE'RE ESTIMATING SEVEN WEEKS FOR INDIVIDUAL IMPACTS. ESTIMATED TOTAL CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS 6 TO 8 MONTHS, AND THIS WILL REQUIRE REGULAR MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE FROM PUBLIC WORKS.

NEXT STEPS. ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL BRING BACK A TASK ORDER WITH HDR TO TO FINALIZE THE PLANS FOR LANGLEY STREET IMPROVEMENTS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT 30%. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO 6090 FINAL DESIGN. THE CURRENT TASK ORDER FOR ATLANTIS IS TO TAKE US TO THE FINISHING LINE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF FINAL COMMENTS THAT STAFF INTERNALLY IS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CONSULTANT, AND WE EXPECT TO FINALIZE THAT VERY SOON. THE I THINK I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT MOST OF IT. OTHER STREETS ARE BEING, LIKE I SAID ALREADY, THIS SUBDIVISION IS. WE'RE TAKING A PHASED APPROACH. WE CANNOT DO THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION AT ONE TIME. OUR BUDGET DOESN'T ALLOW IT STAFF EFFORT. THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL EFFORT REQUIRED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE STREET AT A TIME TO SEE WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH IS. SO ADDITIONAL STREET ARE BEING EVALUATED FOR REHABILITATION AND OR RECONSTRUCTION AS NEEDED. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS. I'M THINKING COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA YOU JUST PICKING ON ME BECAUSE I LIVE THERE. OKAY, SO BACK ON THE APRIL 1ST. OPEN HOUSE, I

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YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTOOD BOTH WERE LONG TERM FROM WALKING WITH YOU GUYS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATIONS AND EVERYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NEIGHBORS UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS COMING AND WHY THIS OPTION WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE OTHER. BECAUSE WITH OPTION ONE, WITH THE FOUR FOOT UNDERCUT, I KNOW THAT WHOLE SEGMENT OF STREET IS THEN SHUT DOWN. SO IF YOU LIVE HALF A BLOCK AWAY FROM YOUR NEXT LITTLE ROAD AND YOU'RE CARRYING 20 BAGS OF GROCERIES HOME AND YOU'RE OLD LIKE ME, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO WALK THAT FAR TO GET YOUR GROCERIES TO THE HOUSE BECAUSE YOUR STREET IS CLOSED FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME VERSUS WITH OPTION TWO, HALF OF THE ROAD. SO YOU STILL HAVE THE OTHER SIDE THAT YOU CAN DRIVE ON, PARK ON, GET AROUND TO AT LEAST GET YOUR THINGS TO YOUR HOME AND THEN GET OUT OF THE WAY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. YEAH, I DO THINK THOSE DETAILS CAN BE WORKED OUT EVEN FURTHER WITH THE 60%, AND WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITIES ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS. WHAT TO EXPECT? WELL, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S GOING INTO ALL OF THIS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE KNOW IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A QUICK FIX. AS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, IT'S JUST SUBSTANTIALLY GETTING WORSE. SO I KNOW WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON SOME SAFE ROADS HERE IN THE NOT SO NEAR BUT FUTURE. AND I WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY TO SEE AT OUR LAST MEETING, WHEN WE DID SOME OF OUR RECOGNITIONS, THAT ONE OF OUR OWN STAFF MEMBERS LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND SO HE GETS PUNISHED EVERY DAY DRIVING ON THOSE ROADS TOO. SO YES, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME COMING. AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE THAT STAFF IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. IT'S I MEAN, I DROVE I USED TO LIVE OVER THERE, BUT I DROVE MY CAR AND I DROVE MY GOLF CART ON THERE. AND IT'S JUST THERE'S NO WAY THAT COULD BE GOOD FOR CARS. AND, AND WITH THAT THOUGH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCH AN INCONVENIENCE. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ON HOW WE CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THE EXTRA STRESS THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THESE RESIDENTS. I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING IF YOU LIVE IN THE MIDDLE VERSUS LIKE ON THE SIDE. SO THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC IF YOU GUYS COULD SAY, HERE'S JUST A FEW SOLUTIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DIGGING FOUR FEET DEEP AND PEOPLE NOT HAVING ANY ACCESS TO THEIR DRIVEWAYS. AND SO I JUST, I NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MESSY. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD, BUT IT'S 100% NECESSARY. WE WON'T BE GOING DOWN FOUR FOOT.

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THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. YEAH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COME UP. THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU LET THEM BORROW YOUR GOLF CARTS? YEAH THEY CAN.

ABSOLUTELY. I CAN SHOW FOR THEM. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UP NEXT, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 12.

BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I LEFT AT 905, AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE LAST AGENDA ITEM THAT'S CO-SPONSORED BY HER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO I CAN

[12) Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the Sunflower Circle updates.]

PRESENTER MIKE TRIMBLE HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MIKE TRIMBLE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ON SUNFLOWER CIRCLE. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ON WHERE THAT STANDS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS AND SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S LONG OVERDUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE. SO AGAIN, JUST SOME BACKGROUND FOR YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, SUNFLOWER CIRCLE CURRENTLY IS A GRAVEL ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF KYLE STARTS AT DAISY ROAD. AND DEAD ENDS INTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THERE ACTUALLY IS A CIRCLE AT THE END OF IT WHERE THE CIRCLE COMES FROM. I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS ROAD. TWO 2024 THE COUNCIL REQUESTED SUNFLOWER CIRCLE BE ADDED TO THE CIP, AND THEN I THINK IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS PRIVATE PROPERTY INVOLVED. AND SO THE SEGMENTS OF THIS ARE PRIVATE DRIVE AND SEGMENTS OF IT THAT ARE ACTUALLY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND THIS MAP REALLY SHOWS KIND OF THAT PATCHWORK THAT I'VE DESCRIBED OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. AND SO THERE IS A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE CITY PROPERTY THAT'S OUT THERE.

THERE ACTUALLY IS A COUNTY COMPONENT. AS YOU GET TO DAISY RIGHT AT THAT ENTRANCE THERE.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT. BUT BECAUSE IT'S A PATCHWORK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND DO AN IMPROVEMENT AND BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT LONG TERM. SO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO JUST MAKE IT ALL PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S PUBLIC AND WHAT'S PRIVATE. AND SO THE BEST WAY THAT WE KNOW TO DO THAT IN A RELATIVELY EFFICIENT WAY IS TO GET OUT AND DO SURVEY AND BASICALLY DETERMINE MORE ACCURATELY THOSE PRIVATE PARCELS VERSUS THE PUBLIC PARCELS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND THEN DO QUITCLAIMS AND WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE QUICK CLAIMS WITH THE BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, OF COURSE, BEING AN APPROVED ROADWAY. AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE QUICKEST OPTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET SOMETHING DONE. AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO THEN IS, IS TO LOOK DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WITH CITY FORCES. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TEAM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, CHRIS ARNOLD AND HIS TEAM TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE THOSE COSTS ARE. BUT THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE OTHER THING IS, IF WE LOOK AT EXPANDING THE ROAD, I KNOW IT DOES NARROW IN CERTAIN PLACES. IF WE LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTS BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE THOSE PROPERTIES AND DRIVEWAYS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS COME UP TO THE ROADWAY WOULD HAVE IMPACTS. AND SO WE WERE RECOMMENDING GO AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPROVING THE ROADWAY WITH NO WIDENING AT THIS TIME, BUT LETTING US FURTHER EVALUATE DRAINAGE IMPACTS, UTILITY IMPACTS. AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF IN THE FUTURE SOME POTENTIAL WIDENING MIGHT BE WARRANTED, BUT WE'LL HAVE ALL THOSE IMPACTS IN MIND. BUT THIS IS AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD WITH AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEAR TERM, GIVEN THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF THE OF THE ROADWAY. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NOPE. OKAY. I'LL BE ABLE TO GO AND ADDRESS IT. AND I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND YES, IT IS A COMBINATION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. I AM GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WHOLE AREA WAS ACTUALLY ANNEXED BY THE CITY ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, SO WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE CONSIDERED THEN? THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AS FAR AS THAT ROAD GOES, WHY WOULDN'T THE CITY HAD ALREADY AT THAT TIME, ARE WE ARE WE LOOKING AT JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST PAVING THE ENTIRE ROAD, THE STREET ITSELF, OR WE STILL HAVE TO GET WITH THOSE RESIDENTS ON THAT END, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK JUST BECAUSE WE ANNEXED THE THE THE AREA DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE VACATED THEIR PRIVATE DRIVES, OKAY, TO THE CITY. AND SO THAT

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AND SO I KNOW ONE THING WAS LOOKING AT AMBER WOULD POTENTIALLY OR DAISY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER ACCESS POINT AS WELL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR BETTER ACCESS, BUT ALSO A BETTER ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT. SO WE WANT TO COME FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THAT AND THEN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN GET AS FAR AS THE CONVERSATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY AND THEN POTENTIALLY QUITCLAIM ACTION. I HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THEIR RELUCTANCE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THEIR PROPERTY. AND I WASN'T WILLING TO, TO PUSH IT IF THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO GIVE IT UP. SO. HOPEFULLY, MAYBE IT WAS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION. I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THEY WOULDN'T WANT AN IMPROVED ROAD THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN ON THEIR OWN. THAT'S IT SEEMS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, ALL BENEFIT AND, YOU KNOW, NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THEM. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS COME TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK

[13) Consider approval of Task Order 260101 to STV Incorporated for final design, bidding phase services and construction phase services in the amount of $179,235.00 for the Dacy Lane & Downing Way Intersection Improvements project.]

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DID NOT HAVE TO RUN THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A TASK ORDER APPROVAL REQUEST FOR THE DAISY LANE AND DOWNING WAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A FEW OF YOU ON THE DAIS THAT ARE VERY EAGER ABOUT THIS. SO. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF BACKGROUND, IN 2025, STV CONDUCTED AN ENGINEERING STUDY. REALLY, IT WAS AN UPDATE TO A STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED PREVIOUSLY A FEW YEARS AGO TO EVALUATE BOTH THE CURRENT AND FUTURE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT YOU SEE THERE TO THE RIGHT, DAISY AND DOWNING WAY OR DAISY LANE AND DOWNING WAY AND DAISY AND FOUNTAIN GROVE DRIVE. THE PREMISE OF THIS PROJECT STARTED FROM SAFETY CONCERNS THAT INVOLVED VEHICLE CRASHES, SPECIFICALLY AT DAISY LANE AND DOWNING WAY, EXCESSIVE SPEEDING AND INTERSECTION CONFLICTS WITH TURNING VEHICLES IN AND OUT OF

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SO WE'RE DOUBTING WAY HAS THAT STOPLIGHT. AND THIS IS MORE FOR COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I SEE IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A ROUNDABOUT BY FOUNTAINGROVE AND DAISY LANE. THE ROUNDABOUT ACTUALLY WAS GOING DOWN RIGHT, RIGHT WHERE THE INTERSECTION WAS GOING TO BE. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE DASH CIRCLE, THAT WAS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSING THE HIGH. THE DASH CIRCLE DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN ANYTHING OTHER THAN I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY TALK ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS AT EITHER OF THESE INTERSECTIONS. YES, ACTUALLY THERE WAS. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A ROUNDABOUT AT DOWNING AND DAISY, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A 2023 REPORT THAT STATED A ROUNDABOUT WAS THE LEAST VIABLE OPTION, THAT DID NOT CHANGE UNTIL THIS YEAR. SO WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ROUNDABOUTS, I AM GOING AND THIS IS KIND OF OFF THE SUBJECT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A ROUNDABOUT FOR BY FOUNTAINGROVE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ROUNDABOUTS, WE NEED TO HONOR OUR ORDINANCE AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE TRAFFIC REPORTS. BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE TRAFFIC REPORT THAT SAID, THIS IS THE LEAST VIABLE OPTION, OUR CITY WAS WILLING TO SPEND $2 MILLION FOR A ROUNDABOUT AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE REPORT STATED SHOULD BE A SIGNAL. THAT'S IT. IN THE YEAR AND A HALF I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE ONLY TALKED ABOUT A LIGHT AT THAT INTERSECTION. I CAN GIVE YOU THE REPORT AND THE EMAIL THAT STATED OTHERWISE. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE

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RIGHT. I THINK THIS WAS ROUNDABOUT NUMBER NINE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OR I DO KNOW THE EXHIBIT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE SEQUENCING AND THE LOCATIONS OFFHAND. YEAH.

WE THIS WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A ROUNDABOUT. AND THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE ALL UP IN ARMS ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF ALL THESE ISSUES WE HAD HERE. SO HOW WE GOT THIS TEMPORARY LIGHTS WAS IRONICALLY KOHLERS CROSSING GOT A BRAND NEW INTERSECTION PUT UP, AND THEN THOSE TEMPORARY LIGHTS ENDED UP BEING MOVED OVER HERE BECAUSE THESE TEMPORARY LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE UP AT LEHMANN AND BUNTON AND WE HAVE OVER HERE AT THIS AREA, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW FOR THE HISTORY THOSE THOSE LIGHTS WERE TO BE UTILIZED WHEN WE STARTED OUR ROAD BOND PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC AS WE START CLOSING DOWN THE ROADS. SO THESE LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE UP, WE'VE HAD OVER THERE AT LEHMANN AND BUNTON BY THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, WASN'T ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. SO IT'S IRONIC THAT I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STREET LIGHTS, THE COST OF IT WAS UNDER 200,000. THAT INCLUDES A PEDESTRIAN. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUNDABOUTS LIKE FLORES, THE MAYOR SAYING THOSE ARE IN THE PROJECTIONS BETWEEN 2 TO $3 MILLION APIECE.

AND ON THE ON SOME OF THOSE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE $179,000 IN CHANGES FOR DESIGN SERVICES SO DOES NOT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AT LEAST AROUND SIX OR SO. YEAH. I THINK LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR AN AD HOC SINGLE INTERSECTION WHERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 600 TO 800,000, DEPENDING ON WHAT ELSE, WHAT OTHER ELEMENTS IN ADDITION TO SIGNALS. OKAY, BUT BUT I DO APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE GOT THE TRAFFIC STUDY, WE HAD 26 ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION THERE. AND WHAT REALLY GOT IS WHEN A TEENAGER GOT T-BONED ON THE SIDE AND THREW HIM OUT. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT LIVE FEED AND ACTUALLY RECORDED IT, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT GOING. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, YOUR TEAM LOOKING INTO THIS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS GOING. SO SINCE IT'S AT 179 AND I KNOW WE GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COMING UP PRETTY SHORTLY HERE. HOW ARE WE LOOKING ON THE FINANCES, MR. PERVEZ, TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, IF WE HAVE THIS FUNDING AVAILABLE. SO MAYOR PRO TEM, THE PLAN HAS BEEN THAT WHEN WE DO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THESE TWO LOCATIONS, IT WILL BE PAID WITH CONTRACTUAL OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. WE WOULD ISSUE DEBT FOR IT. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO IT WAS IN THE BACKUP. NO. WELL GET IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO LIKE, I WAS HERE THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED. THE TEMPORARY LIGHTS WERE MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY. AND SO, SO IT'LL BE LESS DEBT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING ROUNDABOUT IN THAT LOCATION. OKAY. WELL, LET'S LET HER GO WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 13. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I OPPOSED

[21) Consider approval of a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Texas Department of Emergency Management, authorizing participation in the Texas Emergency Management Assistance Teams programs, establishing responsibilities and procedures. ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT I BRING BEFORE YOU CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS A PARTICIPATING AGENCY IN THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAMS PROGRAMING ON BEHALF OF CHIEF BARNETT. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN REFERENCE TO THIS, ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS IN AROUND 2014, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM CONCEPT BROUGHT TOGETHER SPECIALIZED DISCIPLINES, SPECIFIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL AS ASSETS IN A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BOTH LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND STATEWIDE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN TIME OF AN EMERGENCY OR A

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THERE'S NO MANDATE FOR US TO SEND. IF A REQUEST HAPPENS, IT'S UP BOTH TO THE CITY TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AND THE STAFF MEMBER TO BE WILLING TO GO FOR THE DEPLOYMENTS. WE ONCE THE DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEY'RE USUALLY A SEVEN TO A 14 DAY DEPLOYMENT OBLIGATION. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45 DAYS BEFORE WE RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT BACK FROM THE STATE FOR EACH OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SORRY, PERSONNEL ARE COVERED THROUGHOUT THIS POLICY. SO IT'S JUST NOT HOURLY EMPLOYEES. THEY BREAK THAT RATE DOWN SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT PERSONNEL ARE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED FOR TRACKING PURPOSES DURING THE REIMBURSABLE DEPLOYMENTS. THERE IS REALLY NO FISCAL IMPACT OR COST TO THE CITY ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A PARTICIPATORY AGENCY IN THIS PROGRAM. AND WE WILL ENDORSE MOVING FORWARD WITH RECOUPING 100% OF ANY COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED, THAT IS OUTLINED WITHIN THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE MOU. THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS PERMITTED. EXCUSE ME, AS PRESENTED, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION WITH MODIFICATIONS OR DENIAL OF THE RESOLUTION PARTICIPATING IN THE TMAP PROGRAMING. IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE MOU WITH THEM TO BE A PARTICIPATING AGENCY FOR TMAP DEPLOYMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DARBY. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS ON ON THIS IN FOR HERE. SO YOU CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT TEAM DOES IN THE EVENT WE HAVE LIKE, LET'S SAY WE HAD THE FLOODING OVER THERE AND THE CAMP MYSTIC AND ALL THAT. OKAY. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SEND ANY OF OUR, OUR, OUR OFFICERS OR ANY, LIKE ANY OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. WHAT, WHAT THIS AGREEMENT WOULD DO, IT WAS IT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO BE REIMBURSED 100%. BUT IT'S ALSO VOLUNTARY SITUATION WHERE ANY CITY EMPLOYEE, WHETHER THEIR PUBLIC WORKS, WHETHER THEY WORK A BACKHOE OR A DUMP TRUCK, OUR CITY POLICE, ANYBODY THAT'S IN ANY KIND OF ADMINISTRATION OR FINANCES OR ANYBODY THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR DISPATCHERS IF THEY NEED IF WE HAVE ANOTHER NATURAL DISASTER THAT THE STATE IS CALLING FOR ALL HANDS ON DECK, WE WILL BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM HERE TO WHERE WE CAN, IF THE EMPLOYEE IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND WOULD BE WILLING TO GO, THEY WILL BE DISPATCHED AS A GROUP LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEND YOUR YOUR GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC WORKS, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEY WILL BE SENT TO THIS AREA. OF COURSE, ANYBODY THAT HAS SPECIALIZED LICENSE TRAINING WILL BE BENEFICIARY WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT TO WHERE WE COULD BE ABLE TO SEND OUT OUR PEOPLE TO OTHER CITIES AND HAVE THAT COLLABORATION ON THAT END. ALSO, I UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE WAS EVER ANY OVERTIME THAT NEEDS TO, LET'S SAY AN OFFICER NEEDS TO BE DEPLOYED AND THEY NEED TO BE COVERED FOR

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YEP. YES, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21, PLEASE, AS WRITTEN. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOBIASON, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES, SIX ZERO. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE'RE

[14) Consider approval of a resolution providing staff direction for the City's 2026 Fourth of July event.]

THAT HAS THAT 86,500 OF THAT 150,000 HAS ALREADY BEEN PULLED BACK FOR REDUCTION, FOR

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VERY COOL. THEY'RE TYPICALLY AROUND THE SAME COST OF FIREWORKS. AND EVEN IF YOU COULD FIND ONE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS, THE RAMP UP TIME FOR GETTING THOSE IN A MONTH IS PROBABLY VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. SO THAT'S PROBABLY NOT AN OPTION AS WELL.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAYBE ENHANCE IT IF COUNCIL WANTED TO ULTIMATELY REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND THIS IS A SITE MAP THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH IF WE NEED TO, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS FIREWORKS OR NO FIREWORKS AND THE COSTS RELATED TO IT. THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT IF YOU ALL WANT TO, IN MORE DETAIL. BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE THE FIREWORKS WITH AT 47,500 FOR THE 20 MINUTE DISPLAY AND THEN A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT AND GIVE CREDIT TO THE CAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO ON SITE FIRE PREVENTION. IT IS A NO COST TO THE CITY. IT'S SOMETHING THEY DO FOR US. BUT CERTAINLY THEY HAVE COSTS THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE EATING ON THEIR END. TO DO THAT, WE THANK THEM. THEY'VE DONE IT EVERY YEAR. AND THEN CAL PD ALSO HAS TRAFFIC CONTROL, SOME ON SITE SECURITY AND WEATHER MONITORING.

THAT IS SOME SOME OF IT'S TAKEN CARE OF IN HOUSE AND SOME OF IT'S OVER TIME. SO THERE'S SOME COST FOR THEM AS WELL. FOR THIS EVENT, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE THOUSANDS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AS FAR AS THE INDIRECT COSTS. SO WE'LL START WITH FIREWORKS. AND I HAVE OUR PARKS TEAM, CHRIS AND AMY GARCIA HERE. IF WE WANT TO GET INTO MORE DETAILS ON THE EVENT OR SOME OF THE COST BREAKDOWNS. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF, PEDRO, WHO CAN, WHEN WE GET TO THE POLICE ENFORCEMENT, HE CAN WALK THROUGH MAYBE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS ON SOME OF THE COSTS. I BELIEVE THE CHIEF MIGHT BE ONLINE, BUT I'M NOT SURE, BUT I.

WE'LL START WITH FIREWORKS AND THE DISCUSSION ON FIREWORKS. ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 47,500 FOR THE DISPLAY AND AROUND 16,000 FOR SUPPORT COSTS JUST FOR THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN KYLE. ALL RIGHT. THOUGHTS, IDEAS. IT'S THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY. LIKE IT WOULD BE TABOO. IT WOULD BE BAD IF WE DIDN'T DO IT. SO I'M ALL FOR THE FIREWORKS. I'D LIKE TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET DONATIONS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD DONATIONS FOR THE VETERANS DAY PARADE ONES BEFORE, AND WE'VE DONE THE FIREWORKS BEFORE, SO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KIND OF BEG FOR SOME MONEY, WE CAN WORK WITH PARKS AND REC AND SEE IF MAYBE SPONSORSHIPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE. I'M NOT SURE. IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT WE CAN WE CAN TALK TO THE I THINK HISTORICALLY, HEB DOES DONATE SOMETHING. OKAY. I THINK WITH THE COLLECTIVE RESOURCES OF THE CITY, WE COULD PROBABLY WRANGLE UP $47,000 IN DONATIONS IF WE REALLY WORKED HARD AT IT, I AGREED. COUNCILMAN, THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH THAT THIS RED BLOODED AMERICAN MALE LOVES MORE THAN BLOWING STUFF UP. HE'S GONNA PAY FOR IT OUT OF HIS CHECK. OKAY, SO WE GOT THE FIREWORKS.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND ALSO, JUST AS FAR AS THE RESOLUTION, WE DON'T WE HAVE A BLANKS IN THE RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW. SO WHATEVER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS IN THE MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION WILL FILL OUT AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. SO THAT. SO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TOO FAR, I'M CURIOUS AS TO CAN WE HAVE THIS EVENT AT LAKE KYLE? WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD IT AT PLUM CREEK AND WE'VE PAID A PRETTY PENNY AND WE'VE HAD IT AT LA VERDE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE AROUND IN DIFFERENT AREAS. LIKE KYLE IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA. PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR BLANKETS AND PICNIC BASKETS AND COME AND ENJOY A SHOW. I THINK THE HIGH LEVEL ANSWER IS WE CAN HAVE IT ANYWHERE THAT HAS THE SPACE AND PROVIDES FOR THE SAFETY TO SHOOT THEM OFF. I DON'T KNOW IF OUR PARKS TEAM HAS EVER LOOKED AT DOING IT AT LAKE KYLE. YEAH, YOU. WILL BE THE COST DIFFERENCE. YOU THINK? CHRIS SOTO DEPUTY DIRECTOR SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT VARIOUS PARKS REALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF. WHAT WE NEED IS A CLEARANCE AREA. SO KEEP IN MIND LAKE HOUSE IS CLOSE TO HOMES. SO WE HAVE PETS HAVE PEOPLE. THAT'S BEEN THE CONCERN CURRENTLY WITH LA VERDE PARK THAT WE HAVE RESIDENCES JUST NEARBY. BUT OVERALL, AS LONG AS

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I GET THERE'S INVITATIONS. IT'S JUST A PROPER CLEARANCE BECAUSE IF A FIRE OR WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE JUST GOT TO HAVE THE PROPER EMERGENCY SERVICES TO RESPOND TO THAT. WHEN WE HAD THE PIE IN THE SKY, THEY WOULD SHOOT OFF THE FIREWORKS THERE AT LAKE KYLE. SO IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. YEAH, DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PARKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SITES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? I THINK AT LAKE KYLE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SHUTTLES. YEAH, SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE DID FOR THE FAIR. AND CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FAIR, PLEASE? YES. AIMEE GARCIA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE HAD ABOUT 19000. WE GOT OUR PLACE I READER INFORMATION BACK.

SO 19,000 IS WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED FOR THE KYLE FAIR THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM 2025. AND THEN TO ANSWER COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS'S QUESTION, WE DO HAVE. THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COST. WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE THE SHUTTLES FROM THE TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS, MAKE SURE LEHMAN WOULD ALLOW US TO UTILIZE THEIR PARKING LOT.

STEEPLECHASE IS CITY OWNED, SO THEN WE JUST NEED TO CONFIRM TRANSPORTATION. TO ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE LOCATION. YES, WE DID USE A LAUNCH FROM LAKE KYLE. I WOULD SAY THAT WE DID GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. AGAIN, FOR THE THE ANIMALS AND THE RESIDENTS, JUST FROM THE LOUD NOISE. WE ALSO HAVE THE PLUM CREEK CONSERVATION AREA. SO WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO GET PERMISSION FROM THEM TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF DEBRIS THAT COMES FROM THESE FIREWORKS THAT WILL END UP BACK IN THAT LAKE, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE WIND IS, WHAT DIRECTION IT'S COMING FROM. SO WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO LAKE KYLE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT. OKAY? THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PUT THAT IN THE RESOLUTION, THAT THE DESIRE WOULD BE TO A CERTAIN LOCATION, IF IT'S NOT THE LOCATION THAT'S THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THEN STAFF COULD GO AND INVESTIGATE AND GET AN ANSWER BACK TO COUNCIL VERY QUICKLY. OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT MOTION LOOK LIKE? DO WE NEED TO SO PERFECT SEGUE WITH TALKING ABOUT THE ANIMALS AND THE DEBRIS. THE SECOND KIND OF PORTION WE NEED DIRECTION ON FROM THE COUNCIL IS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NOISE ORDINANCES AND THE JUST THE COMMOTION THAT'S CAUSED BY THE FIREWORKS. IT'S, IT'S A BIT TRICKY. THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE. CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND THE NOISE AND WE UNDERSTAND THE ANIMALS THAT GET THAT GET FRIGHTENED. SO WE WANTED TO GET COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK. I KNOW IN YEARS PAST THERE HAS BEEN HIGHER ENFORCEMENT DURING THE 4TH OF JULY AND LOWER ENFORCEMENT DEPENDING ON THE YEAR. THERE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL COSTS TO HAVING OBVIOUSLY TO HAVING OFFICERS OUT OVER TIME ACROSS THE CITY, READY TO RESPOND RIGHT AWAY SPECIFICALLY TO THAT, IF WE ADD CODE ENFORCEMENT IN AND IF WE ADD ANIMAL SERVICES IN AND HAVING THEM AROUND THE CITY, THOSE COSTS, I BELIEVE WE DID AN ESTIMATE. IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 TO $11,000 IN OVERTIME AND COSTS FOR HAVING PEOPLE OUT. WE REALLY FROM A, FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, WE UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION. AS FAR AS HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ON, ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL? WELL, I'VE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN TO CHIEF BARNETT AND GOT LIKE A MAP OF WHERE MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS COME FROM. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD MAYBE FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS. I MEAN, I THINK THE COMPLAINTS ARE LIKE THEY'RE LEGIT. THEY'RE EVERY YEAR. I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET. YOU CAN READ IT ON FACEBOOK. THEY EMAIL US. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME COMPLIANCE. AND I KNOW THAT'S TOUGH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OFFICERS, BUT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK RESIDENTS TAKE US SERIOUSLY WHEN WE SAY THERE IS A FEE. IF YOU'RE CAUGHT POPPING OFF THESE FIREWORKS, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE UGLY STEPMOTHER, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THAT. NO, WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, AS A CITY, WE WE SEE THE DEBRIS AND WE SEE THE NOISE AND WE GET THE COMPLAINTS. BUT AND THEN ALSO WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FIREWORKS GOING OFF AND THE PEOPLE GOING TO VIEW THEM AND LOVING THEM. AND SO HEARD MAYOR, THAT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS,

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ANOTHER OPTION IS TO NOT BRING IN ANY OTHER CITY STAFF AND JUST BRING IN ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OFFICERS AGAIN AND AGAIN WOULD THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS OF FIREWORK CALLS. NOW, IF ANOTHER EMERGENCY ARISES, THEY OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE PULLED FROM THAT ASSIGNMENT TO ASSIST PATROL WITH EMERGENCY CALLS AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL PORTION AS WELL. WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT AND IN TALKING TO OUR SUPERVISOR WHERE THEY SEE MOST OF THE ISSUES COME UP IS THE NEXT MORNING, YOU KNOW, AFTER SOME OF THE DOGS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OVERNIGHT, THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE THE MOST ISSUE AND THE MOST CALLS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS. DO WE DO WE PUT ANIMAL CONTROL ON DUTY THAT NIGHT? DO WE PUT THEM ON CALL? DO WE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE'LL HAVE THEM REGULARLY STAFF THE REGULAR HOURS THAT THEY THAT THEY NORMALLY OPERATE. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OVERTIME. OF COURSE, 4TH OF JULY IS CONSIDERED A PREMIUM HOLIDAY FOR ALL SWORN UNDER THEIR MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT. SO THAT THAT DOES AUTOMATICALLY GUARANTEE THEIR OVERTIME RATE NO MATTER HOW MANY HOURS THEY WORK, THAT THAT DAY. OUR ESTIMATE IS PROBABLY OVER CLOSE TO $11,000 FOR. AND THAT'S JUST FOR POLICE PERSONNEL. SO WE WOULD WE WOULD ADD THE COST SERVICES OF THE 16,000 PLUS THE 47, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 11,000 POSSIBLY FOR I THINK 11 WAS IF WE DID CITYWIDE FULL ENFORCEMENT, IF WE DID SPOT ENFORCEMENT ON THE AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER. BUT YES, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE CORRECT BREAKDOWN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER. MEDINA. QUESTION.

ASSISTANT CHIEF, I KNOW MAYOR MENTIONED THERE WAS A COUPLE OF HIGHER TARGET AREAS WHERE

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BUT BUT ALMOST EVERY SUBDIVISION WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE ALMOST EVERY, EVERY PART OF TOWN, ALMOST EVERY SUBDIVISION, EVERY YEAR, WE GET NUMEROUS CALLS FOR SERVICE PERTAINING TO FIREWORKS. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A CITYWIDE APPROACH. WE'RE GOING TO GET CALLS CITYWIDE. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN START OFF WITH PUTTING THOSE DESIGNATED OFFICERS IN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPLIT THE CITY UP, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TEAMS OF OFFICERS SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO EVERY SUBDIVISION WITHIN A REASONABLE RESPONSE TIME. AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF DELEGATING SOME OF IT OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF SOMEONE FROM PARKS IS GOING OUT ON A CALL FOR FIREWORKS VIOLATION, SO IT WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH THEM, AND WE WOULDN'T JUST BE NECESSARILY DELEGATING IT IF IT COMES TO ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION OR THEY GET SOMEBODY CONFRONTATIONAL, THEY THEY IMMEDIATELY BACK UP AND CALL FOR POLICE. BUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE THE YEAR THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THAT WAS WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND MEMBERS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY WERE OUT PATROLLING SUBDIVISIONS. AND IF THEY SAW SOMEBODY SETTING UP ABOUT TO IGNITE SOME FIREWORKS, THEY WOULD APPROACH THEM, IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, REMIND THEM AND EDUCATE THEM THAT IT'S AGAINST CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION AND THAT WE HAVE A HEAVIER POLICE PRESENCE THIS YEAR. AND THEY WOULD ASK THEM TO TO, YOU KNOW, TO PUT THE FIREWORKS UP. IF PEOPLE COMPLIED, THEN THAT WAS IT. THEY MOVED ON TO THE NEXT ONE. IF NOT, THEN THEY WOULD CALL FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO RESPOND. AND DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU UTILIZE THAT AT THAT TIME, WAS IT A COST SAVINGS OR WAS IT STILL A SUBSTANTIAL COST TO. WELL, IT'S I DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COST SAVINGS BECAUSE WE HAD TO UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO BUT THAT CAME OUT OF THEIR FUNDING THAT CAME OUT OF THEIR BUDGET IS MY UNDERSTANDING. YES. IT'D BE INTERESTING. I KNOW WE HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE 4TH OF JULY, BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT, IF ANY, BUDGETING WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IF THEY COULD PARTICIPATE AND HELP OUT. THE DIRECTION YOU NEEDED. WELL, MAYOR, WE NEED A MOTION. SO I THINK Y'ALL HAVE GOOD DIRECTION. WE JUST NEED TO PUT IT INTO MOTION. SO MY SUGGESTION, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED, WOULD BE PERHAPS TO PUT A PREFERRED LOCATION IN THE RESOLUTION AND THEN SET IT AS THE BACKUP. SO THAT WAY WE CAN INFORM COUNCIL WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING, BUT MAYBE NOT HAVE TO COME BACK ON THE 16TH FOR ANOTHER VOTE. IF LAKE KYLE IS NOT FEASIBLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY, I WILL I'M GOING TO BE REAL HONEST. I'M NOT FEELING WELL. I'M GETTING READY TO LEAVE IN JUST A MINUTE. YEAH.

AND SO I APOLOGIZE. I TRIED TO STICK AROUND AS LONG AS I COULD. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NUMBER 14, NUMBER 14. AND THEN WITH LAKE KYLE AND THE RESOLUTION, LAKE KYLE IS A PREFERRED LOCATION. IS IT BACK UP? YES, EXACTLY. AND YOU'LL SEE THE COST DIFFERENCE ON BOTH. AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. AND IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THEN WE'LL GO WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. DO I GET A SECOND AND AND ENFORCEMENT IN THE KEY AREAS THAT ARE ON THE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. YES. YES, YES. SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH, CHIEF. REAL QUICK DO YOU KNOW BY CHANCE WILL THE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL DO SOME KIND OF BRIEFING OR LIKE A PSA FOR THE 4TH OF

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COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU KNOW, WITH EVENTS LIKE THIS OR INITIATIVES LIKE THIS, I THINK EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND MESSAGING IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO WHAT FROM THE POLICE STANDPOINT, WHAT WE'LL ASK OUR PIO TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, PUT THE MESSAGING OUT ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'LL BE PROACTIVE IN ANNOUNCING, YOU KNOW, VIOLATION AND, YOU KNOW, THE VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE AND ANNOUNCING, YOU KNOW, EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE THAT EVENING.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL REMIND THE CITIZENS OF THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, IGNITING FIREWORKS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION TEAM AND ASK THEM TO PUT OUT SIMILAR MESSAGING OUT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THEIR, THEIR WEB, THE CITY WEBSITE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALSO EXPLORE OPTIONS. AND I DON'T AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, IF UTILITY AND BILLING, IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF MAKING SOME NOTE OR ANNOUNCEMENT ON, ON UTILITY BILLS, THAT THAT'S A VIOLATION. AND THEN WE CAN CHECK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO IN, IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AND NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ACQUIRE THE SIGNS, IF THEY STILL HAVE THE SIGNS OR WHERE THE SIGNS, THE SIGNS STILL EXIST. BUT WE WOULD HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT IN PAST YEARS PUT OUT SIGNS IN FRONT OF SUBDIVISIONS, CERTAIN KEY AREAS IN THE CITY, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. AND WITH THAT, THE TIME IS 1007. I'M GOING TO HEAD HOME. I'M GOING TO LET MAYOR PRO TEM TOBY, DO YOU WANT TO SIT OVER HERE IN THE MIDDLE? GET ON OVER HERE. OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. I'VE BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER, SO. AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO POSTPONE THOSE, YOU CAN. AND IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M OKAY WITH THAT, TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS. ALL

[15) Consider approval of a Resolution approving the proposed amendment to the Program Year (PY) 2025 Annual Action Plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, and reallocating $277,869 in CDBG funding from the Quail Ridge Wastewater Improvement project to the Brent Boulevard and Park at Steeplechase Sidewalk Improvement project.]

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND WE RECEIVE FUNDING ANNUALLY THROUGH THE CDBG PROGRAM. THE AMOUNT OF EACH ENTITLEMENT IS DETERMINED BY A STATUTORY FORMULA, AND THEN WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF EACH WITHIN THE STATUTORY CONSTRAINTS OF THE HUD PROGRAMS. THE CITY THEN DEVELOPS ITS OWN PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO CREATE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OUTLINING HOW THE CITY WILL USE THOSE FUNDS. WE MUST CONSULT WITH CITIZENS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS. PUBLIC INPUT HELPS DETERMINE THE BEST USE OF THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, AND THEN WE DEVELOP OUR OWN PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES WITHIN THOSE FEDERAL GUIDELINES. WHY WE'RE HERE. UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF THE CURRENTLY APPROVED QUAIL RIDGE WASTEWATER INSTALLATION PROJECT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME REQUIRED BY HUD. SO WE ARE NOW PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE APPROVED PROGRAM YEAR 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THIS IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT DUE TO A CHANGE IN PROJECT TYPE, LOCATION AND BENEFICIARY METHODOLOGY. WE'VE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, AND WITH APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING TO BE REALLOCATED TO A SIDEWALK PROJECT BENEFITING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREAS IN THE CITY. THE BRIEF TIMELINE LAST AUGUST, THIS ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND SUBMITTED TO HUD. IT WAS THEN APPROVED BY HUD IN DECEMBER.

AROUND THE FEBRUARY TIME FRAME, WE DETERMINED AN AMENDMENT WOULD BE NEEDED TO SHIFT GEARS FROM THE WASTEWATER PROJECT TO A SIDEWALK PROJECT. WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD MARCH THROUGH APRIL AND ALSO HELD A PUBLIC MEETING AT A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IN APRIL. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENTLY APPROVED PROJECT FOR THE QUAIL RIDGE WASTEWATER

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SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS WOULD BE IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, INCREASED WALKABILITY AND IT SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AS AND AS AN INVESTMENT IN AN ELIGIBLE LMI AREA. WE'VE PROVIDED PUBLIC NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HUD GUIDELINES AND OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN AND PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THOSE TIME PERIODS. NEXT STEPS IF APPROVED, WE WILL SUBMIT THIS REVISION TO HUD FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND AGAIN, WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS TO REFINE THE SCOPE AND BRING FORWARD A CONTRACT AT A LATER DATE. ANY QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FIRST? OKAY. DOCTOR HARRIS, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOW THIS PARTICULAR SITE WAS CHOSEN. STEEPLECHASE HAS HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS LATELY. A LOT OF MONEY IN FACT, GOING INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE EAST SIDE THAT HAVE NO SIDEWALKS THAT ARE EVEN LOWER INCOME. SO I'M WONDERING IF IT'S THE THIS IS THE BEST USE OF OUR CDBG FUNDS, WHERE WE COULD BE USING IT FOR TRUE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS WITH NO SIDEWALKS. WE DID REVIEW WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE CHOOSING THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY, THEY HAD IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS THAT WERE IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. SO THAT'S WHY THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY WAS CHOSEN. WHERE DID IT RANK ON OUR SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AND AND CONDITION OF SIDEWALKS ON THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS LISTED ON THERE WAS THE ONE GAP, WHICH WE DID DISCOVER HAD BEEN INSTALLED. BUT AGAIN, THERE WERE THERE ARE SOME CURB RAMPS AND SIDEWALK SEGMENTS WITHIN THAT SUBDIVISION THAT ARE IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. COUNCIL. THIS PROJECT, NOT OUR SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, ALSO LOOKED AT GAPS. SO IF IF THERE WAS SIDEWALK EXISTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT NOT ON THE OTHER, THEN THAT PARTICULAR AREA DID NOT RANK AS HIGH AS, YOU KNOW, AN AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SIDEWALK. WE ALSO CHOSE THIS LOCATION BECAUSE OF TIMING. WE'RE UP AGAINST SOME DEADLINES WITH HUD IN ORDER TO GET THESE FUNDS SPENT. AND SO IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WE FELT WAS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH SHOVEL READY THAT WE COULD GO FORWARD WITH AND

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YES, BUT WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NO SIDEWALKS THAT ARE MUCH MORE LOW INCOME. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO ON BACK OF THE SQUARE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. ANOTHER GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS IT'S, IT IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM. SO ANYTIME YOU INTRODUCE THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, YOU, YOU FEDERALIZE THE PROJECT, WHICH MEANS MORE ADMINISTRATION. IT JUST COSTS A LOT MORE TO DO THE PROJECT OVERALL. AND SO THE GOAL IS TO FIND A PROJECT THAT'S SMALL ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN SPEND, YOU KNOW, OVER 100% OF THE FUNDS, BUT NOT TOO LARGE WHERE WE'RE NOT SPENDING A WHOLE LOT OF OUR, OUR OWN MONEY ON ADMINISTRATION AND MAKING SURE WE'RE MEETING THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES. SO FITTING A PROJECT INTO THE HUD GUIDELINES IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST PICKING A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE QUAIL RIDGE PROJECT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE A CONSIDERABLE, A LOT MORE MONEY. IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR, YOU KNOW, A WASTEWATER CIP PROGRAM THAN IT IS FOR THIS. SO THIS IS OUR SECOND OR THIRD YEAR OF RECEIVING HUD FUNDS. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR, SECOND YEAR. SO WE'RE NEW AT THIS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PLAN BETTER IN THE FUTURE AND USE THESE FUNDS IN TRUE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SERIOUS DEFICITS. WE DON'T HAVE TO ALLOCATE IT, FRANKLY, TO SIDEWALKS AS WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO SO. NOT A BAD USE OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, ALONG 150, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS AND KIDS WALK ALONG THERE ALL THE TIME. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

THIS IS NOT A DANGEROUS AREA. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO BETTER PLANNING IN THE FUTURE FOR THESE FUNDS. THEY CAN BE USED, LIKE I SAID, FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SIDEWALKS, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD CHOICE FOR THAT, RIGHT? MCKINNEY. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENTS ABOUT WE. WE COULD FIND GREATER NEED NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SIDEWALKS. I WILL SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A A BETTER USE FOR THESE FUNDS THAN WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED THEM FOR. I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO TAKE BEFORE THERE WAS ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BENEFIT IN THE PROJECT. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE BENEFIT. MY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT HUD'S GOING TO GIVE US ANY SPEED BUMPS OR ANYTHING WITH REALLOCATING THESE FUNDS? THERE IS A PROCESS TO SUBMITTING AN AMENDMENT, AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT REVIEWING AND HELPING US WITH ANY CORRECTIONS, IF ANY CORRECTIONS ARE NEEDED.

SO THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. THERE'S NOT MAYBE QUITE AS MANY SPEED BUMPS AS SOME OTHER FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT I'M SURE WE'VE TAKEN ON AS A CITY, BUT THERE DEFINITELY ARE SOME, AND WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR REPS TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS NEEDED.

YEAH. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A A GREATER IMPACT ON MORE RESIDENTS THAN WHAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY GOING TO. AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, CURRENT STAFF ALSO FEELS AS THOUGH WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB PLANNING THESE PROJECTS OUT AND, AND GIVING SOME MORE THOUGHT INTO THAT. AND WE'RE DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO DOING THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR AND YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR OUR NEXT PROGRAM YEAR. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. OKAY. ON THIS SIDE, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS, IS I DO AGREE WITH YOU, DOCTOR HARRIS. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.

I KNOW IN ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT TWO, YOU HAVE LIKE SECOND AND THIRD STREET, YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. AND, AND I'M WONDERING, THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS WHY THIS WAS ALSO CHOSEN. AND LIKE YOU SAID, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER PLANNING. WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THESE SIDEWALKS IN STEEPLECHASE ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND THEY'RE NEEDING TO BE JUST REPAIRED. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT GOING TO ANOTHER SECTION ON THE WEST SIDE HERE, ESPECIALLY THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT CONCEPT DESIGN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT HAVING TO EXTEND THE STREET OUT. SO IT COULD BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRES MORE FUNDING, BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING NEW SIDEWALKS ON AN AREA TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL

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OKAY. YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.

OKAY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. ANY SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SECOND BY COURTNEY GOZA. MEDINA. MEDINA. I'M SORRY. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA FOR THE APPROVAL.

OKAY. ALL THOSE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 1. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16. CONSIDER THE FOUR ONE. DID WE HAVE DID WE HAVE A NAME. OKAY. 550 THEN FIVE ZERO. YES. OKAY. YEAH IT IS. I'M SORRY, DID I SAY NOTHING? YOU SAID FIVE ONE. OH

[16) Consider approval of a Resolution regarding an exception request by Park at Plum Creek to the Vybe Trail lighting requirements for a segment of trail along Kohlers Crossing, under Sections 41-10 and 41-146(e) and (f)  of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances, in relation to a Site Development Permit (SD-25-0280) located at 1010, 1020, and 1030 Kohlers Crossing, Park at Plum Creek Phase 3, in the Plum Creek Mixed-Use Zoning District (PC MXD).  The Planning & Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval on 5/12/2026.  Public Hearing ]

[17) Consider approval of a Site Development Plan for Park at Plum Creek Phase 3 for proposed shell buildings, located at 1010, 1020, and 1030 Kohlers Crossing, in the Plum Creek Mixed-Use (PC MXD) Zoning District. (SD-25-0280).  The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval on 05/12/2026. ]

AND THEN WE HAVE MR. JASON LINTZ, PLANNING INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO OPEN THE BOTH ITEMS. I'M GOING TO DO ONE PRESENTATION AND YOU'LL SEE WHY. AND I'LL EXPLAIN HERE. OKAY. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17 TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PARK AND PLUM CREEK. PHASE THREE PROPOSED SHELL BUILDINGS LOCATED AT TEN, TEN, TEN, 20 AND 1030 KOHLERS CROSSING IN THE PLUM CREEK MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. SO TONIGHT, THE AGENDA OVERVIEW IS WE'VE GOT. THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE PARK AT PLUM CREEK. THIS IS ZONED RM D. SO NORMALLY YOU SEE THESE AS PART OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. PLUM CREEK PUD HAS SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT SITE DEVELOPMENT BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT TONIGHT. BUT BEFORE YOU CAN APPROVE THAT AND THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT ON CONSENT IS THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE OR AN EXCEPTION TO THE REQUIRED LIGHTING ALONG THE VIBE. AND SO I'M GOING TO COVER BOTH ITEMS IN MY AGENDA IN MY PRESENTATION. BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU MAKE SEPARATE MOTIONS ON EACH. AND YOU WILL MAKE THE FIRST MOTION ON THE LIGHTING EXCEPTION AND THEN THE SITE DEVELOPMENT. YES. WHEN I DO MY PRESENTATION I'M GOING TO DO IT BACKWARDS. SO YOU GUYS KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT BEFORE I GET INTO THAT VARIANCE. SO 16 WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN THAT IS WHAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY. WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXCEPTION TO THE VIBE TRAIL LIGHTING BEFORE THAT CAN BE APPROVED. THIS ITEM ALSO HAD AN ASSOCIATED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FM 1626 OVERLAY. SO PNC DID APPROVE THAT. BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND Q P ON THE CONDITION THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE THE VIBE LIGHTING TONIGHT. AND WITH ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ■SITE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN ZONED M D THEY ARE PROPOSING A BANK, RETAIL RESTAURANT, PAD SITE AND DAYCARE. BUILDING PROPERTY IS ABOUT THREE ACRES, BUT IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ALL IN A SINGLE PHASE. I BROKE THE SITE PLAN

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SO ELECTRIC AND GAS HAVE TO BE SO MANY FEET. WATER SEWER HAVE TO BE SO MANY FEET. SO THAT'S WHAT'S COMPOUNDING THE NEED TO EXPAND IN THAT AREA. SO AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, THE APPLICANT IS INSTALLING TWO LIGHT POLES ON THE PROPERTY THAT WILL BE NEAR THE VIBE TRAIL, AND I'LL SHOW THOSE ON THE NEXT IMAGE. THEY ALSO PROVIDED AN ENGINEER'S COST ESTIMATE FOR VIBE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED IN THE AREA REQUESTED FOR THAT EXCEPTION. AND THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE CITY THAT 15000 TO BE UTILIZED BY THE CITY'S PARK DEPARTMENT. THEY JUST ASKED THAT THOSE FUNDS BE UTILIZED IN PARKS AND NOT ON SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO INCLUDE IN ANY MOTIONS ON THIS. SO HERE'S THE SITE LAYOUT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A GAS LINE THAT'S KIND OF THE PINK DASHED LINE. AND THEN THERE THE RED AREAS WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT VIBE LIGHTING. SO THE THREE NO GO MARKS ARE WHERE THOSE THREE LIGHTS WOULD NOT BE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S TWO ON SITE LIGHTING HIGHLIGHTED IN THOSE KIND OF YELLOW ORANGE CIRCLES THAT KIND OF SPLIT THE GAPS OF WHERE THAT VIBE LIGHTING HAS GONE. SO WE DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY CONCERNS WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY OR VISIBILITY IN THAT AREA. THE WATER LINE IS THE BLUE DASH LINE, AND THEN IF YOU KIND OF JUST LOOK AT THE AREA FROM THE RED LINE, WHICH IS THE VIBE LIGHTING SECTION UP TO THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY KIND OF WHERE THE RED AND GREEN LINE MEET. THERE IS A VERY MASSIVE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. SO THAT THAT'S DITCH IS, I THINK, 4 TO 5FT WIDE AND GOES UP TO EIGHT IN SOME AREAS. SO THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES TRYING TO GET THAT, THAT LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL TO FIT IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY. IN CASE YOU WERE CURIOUS, PNC HAD QUESTIONS WHAT THE LIGHTS WOULD LOOK LIKE KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN CASE YOU ALL HAD THE SAME, SAME QUESTIONS. BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS EXCEPTION, AGAIN, IT'S REQUIRED DUE TO UTILITY CONFLICTS, SPACE CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE OF CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS. HOWEVER, BESIDES THE VIBE LIGHTING EXCEPTION, THE SITE PLAN IS COMPLIANT WITH ALL CITY CODES. SO STAFF IS ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS FOR THE VIBE TRIAL LIGHTING EXCEPTION. THAT WILL BE THE FIRST MOTION REQUEST. YOU'LL MAKE YOUR OPTIONS AGAIN.

APPROVE AS PRESENTED, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST. AGAIN, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE EXCEPTION REQUEST BE APPROVED DUE TO THESE ISSUES. AGAIN, PLANNING

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STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN WITH THE VIBE LIGHTING AND THEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY SIX ZERO ON THEIR MAY 12TH MEETING. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF INFO, SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

OKAY, BEFORE I GET QUESTIONS, ITEM NUMBER 16 DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME UP. OKAY. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM DOCTOR HARRIS.

YEAH, I'M ALL FOR THIS. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT AREA IS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER LIT AS IT IS.

IT'S AS BRIGHT AS DAY ANYWHERE YOU WALK IN THAT AREA DUE TO HEROES PARK. AND THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM HEROES PARK. I WOULD HOPE THAT MAYBE WE COULD SPEND THE FUNDS THAT THEY WILL BE FORWARDING TO US TO GET THE FLAG AT HEROES PARK. DOWN LIT INSTEAD OF UP LIT. IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED, AS THOSE FOUR HUGE SPOTLIGHTS WITH FIVE SPOTLIGHTS IN THEM THAT ARE ON ALL NIGHT. IT'S A IT'S A SERIOUS DARK SKY PROBLEM. IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH. AND IF WE DOWN LIGHT THAT FLAG, IT WILL NOT DO ANY LESS. IT WILL NOT BE ANY LESS BEAUTIFUL. BUT THE NEIGHBORS WILL NOT HAVE THE OVER LIT AREA SO BADLY. SO I WOULD LIKE AND I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY. YEAH, MY MY MAIN CONCERN WAS JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF ANY PEDESTRIANS THROUGH THAT AREA. BUT, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR HARRIS'S CREDIT, YES, THAT EVEN IF THEY PUT NO LIGHTS ANYWHERE NEAR HERE, AIRPORT, AN AIRPORT WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, I WOULD HATE TO LIVE IN THAT FIRST BANK OF APARTMENTS. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IN THE MORE BRICKS AND MORTAR DISTRICT, THEY'RE JUST SO OVER LIT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GOZA. SO WE HAVE THE VIBE TRAIL LIGHTING SPECS IN HERE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHAT LIGHTING THEY'RE GOING TO USE FOR THE ON SITE LIGHTING? WILL IT BE THE SAME AS THIS? CAN WE REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING IN THOSE AREAS. SO THEY DO HAVE DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING. I DO REMEMBER THAT FROM THE SITE PLAN. I DO NOT RECALL OFFHAND WHAT THE THEIR ON SITE LIGHTING LOOKS LIKE.

GENERALLY IT'S NOT THE SAME ACORN LANTERNS THAT WE DO ON THE VIBE TRAIL, BUT THEY ARE SHIELDED, FULL CUT OFF. WE'VE SEEN THEIR PHOTOMETRIC PLAN TO SHOW THOSE LIGHTS. SO THEY ARE THEY ARE MEETING OUR DARK SKY ON ON THE ONES THEY ARE INSTALLING. OKAY, THAT WOULD BE MY MAIN CONCERN IS MEETING A DARK SKY CRITERIA WHILE STILL PROVIDING ENOUGH AMBIENT LIGHTING FOR SAFETY. YES, I DON'T REMEMBER THE LOOK, BUT MOST OF THE STANDARD LIGHTING OUT THERE IS VERY, VERY TYPICAL BLACK SQUARE WITH THE SHIELDS. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT'S ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT LIGHTING CODES, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. THEY MUST BE DARK SKY COMPLIANT. YES, MA'AM. SO IT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH OUR CODE. IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT CODE. BUT. ALL FACILITIES NOW ARE SO MUCH BETTER. THE NEW ONES REALLY ARE SO MUCH BETTER. ANYBODY ELSE? DO YOU IS IT A SPECIFIC TYPE OF LIGHT? IS IT KIND OF LIKE THE ONES THAT LIKE THEIR OWN PHILOMENA? IS IT THAT THOSE KIND OF VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES I BELIEVE THE CLOSEST ONES WOULD BE ALONG BURLESON HERE. THAT WOULD BE THE WHAT THEY'RE MATCHING ON ON AND IS IT A SPECIFIC TYPE OF BULB THAT'S USED OR THE WAY IT'S SO BRIGHT, OR IS IT JUST THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULBS THAT THEY USE. LED BULBS ARE A LOT BRIGHTER BECAUSE THEY USE MORE ENERGY VERSUS THE OLD INCANDESCENT BULBS. BUT I GUESS I'M MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION, SIR. THAT'S ALL. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO COMPARE WHAT WHAT THE LIGHTS WOULD BE LIKE FROM THE ONES ON. AND THEN YOU SAID THE ONE ON BIRTHS. YEAH. AND EVEN THOSE, EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME STRUCTURE, IT COULD BE THE SAME LIGHT, BUT IT COULD GO FROM A 40 TO A 60. SO SOMETIMES WHEN THEY DO THOSE REPLACEMENTS, WE

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ALL THOSE SAY NO. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. I'LL SAY ON THAT ONE. OKAY. NOW ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. WE HAVE A MOTION MADE ON THAT ONE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MCKINNEY ON ITEM NUMBER 17. DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND SECOND BY DOCTOR HARRIS ON THIS. DO ANY DISCUSSION ON 17. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. OKAY. ITEM PASSES 5 TO 0 AS WELL. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND

[18) Consider a resolution regarding requests for exceptions from Chapter 41 (Subdivisions) of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances related to detention, drainage, flood mitigation, and sidewalks for the property located at 200 Veterans Drive, Kyle, Texas. (VR-26-0015) Planning and Zoning considered these seven variance requests on 4/14/2026 with the following recommendations to Council: Denial 5-0: Sec. 41-134 (General Requirements) to allow alternative culvert specifications; Denial 5-0: Sec. 41-140 (Watershed and Flood Prevention) to waive requirements for a detention pond;  Denial 5-0: Sec. 41-140 (Watershed and Flood Prevention) to waive requirements for a trickle channel;  Approval 5-0: Sec. 41-143(a)(1) (Sidewalks) to eliminate installation of new sidewalks along Veterans Drive; Approval 5-0: Sec. 41-143(a)(1) (Sidewalks) to eliminate sidewalks along Barbee Street (from Woods Street to Veterans Drive); Denial 5-0: Sec. 41-143(a)(1) (Sidewalks) to waive sidewalk crossings over drainage ditches; and Denial 5-0: Sec. 41-143(a)(1) (Sidewalks) to reduce the minimum sidewalk width from five (5) feet to four (4) feet. ]

JULY 7TH. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 7TH. I MADE THE MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA. OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. ITEM PASSES 5 TO 0. SO WE WILL POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE SEVENTH. THANK YOU

[19) Consider approval of a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreement with ENF (Kyle) Technology LLC, in connection with the company’s Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) request, to support the development and operation of its facility located at 1550 Kohlers Crossing within the City of Kyle, with an estimated annual value of approximately $16,000.]

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THEY'RE LOCATED JUST A COUPLE OF DOORS DOWN FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER ON KOHLER CROSSING. THEY CURRENTLY EMPLOY 21 PEOPLE, AND THEY SUPPORT MAJOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAINS IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND THIS FACILITY IS THEIR U.S.

HEADQUARTERS AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THEM HERE IN KYLE, THIS PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES IS A BALANCED APPROACH AND PARTNERSHIP WITH INF. THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE DESIGNATION IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE U.S.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL PROTECTION. IT'S NOT A TAX THAT SAVINGS THAT THE CITY IS GIVING THEM. THE THE TARIFF SAVINGS ARE RECOGNIZED BY INF AS IMPOSED BY THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE STATUS MAY PROVIDE INF WITH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND TARIFF RELIEFS. THE TARIFF SAVINGS WILL HELP US SUPPORT INF'S LONG TERM COMPETITIVENESS AND OPERATIONS IN KYLE. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT THEY STAY HERE, THAT THEY GROW HERE AND THAT THEY EXPAND WITH ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN THE THE BENEFITS OF THE PILOT AGREEMENT. THIS ENSURES THE CITY REMAINS FINANCIALLY WHOLE AND AVOID ANY LOSS OF INVENTORY TAX REVENUE. IT PROTECTS THE CITY'S REVENUE WHILE SUPPORTING A LOCAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING EMPLOYER HERE IN KYLE. THIS CAPTURES OUR PORTION OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE DESIGNATION, AND IT CREATES A BALANCED PARTNERSHIP. SO THERE'S TWO THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAXES THAT WE'LL LOOK AT HERE. THE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE WILL INF WILL RECOGNIZE A BENEFIT FROM IS IN THEIR INVENTORY TAX. I'M JUST GOING TO FORWARD TO THE NEXT PAGE. SO INF WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR REAL PROPERTY TAXES. THIS IS A HISTORY OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES THAT THEY PAY TO THE CITY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THEY WILL ALSO PAY THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.

SO WE WILL NOT BE LOSING THE BENEFIT OF OF THAT REVENUE. WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IS THE INVENTORY TAX THAT THEY WILL PAY. THAT WILL BE WHEN THEY ENTER THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE DESIGNATION. THEY WILL NOT PAY THIS TAX, BUT THEY HAVE AGREED TO ENTER INTO A PILOT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO PAY THEIR PORTION OF THE TAX DIRECTLY TO US. SO WE WILL NOT LOSE ANY OF THE TAXES PAID TO THE CITY. IT'LL JUST BE PAID TO US IN THE FORM OF A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. WE ESTIMATE JUST I JUST ESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF LAST YEAR'S PAYMENT, IS ABOUT $16,000, BUT THERE IT COULD FLUCTUATE BASED ON OUR CITY'S ADOPTED TAX RATE, THE TARIFF CHANGES AND MARKET CONDITIONS. BUT JUST TO KNOW THE CITY WILL BE MADE WHOLE. SO OUR OPTIONS ARE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OR PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION OR DENY IT. OKAY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. DOCTOR HARRIS, I DON'T OBJECT TO THIS ITEM AT ALL, BUT I WOULD LIKE SINCE WE'VE GOT THE COMPANY HERE TO MAKE SOME REQUESTS, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY, I WOULD I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THEIR MSDS ON HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS, THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE USING AND IN WHAT QUANTITIES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TO ASSURE THAT THE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE FROM THE PLANT IS BEING REGULARLY INSPECTED BY THE CITY. OKAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK THEM THAT DIRECTLY OR DO YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW UP? JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I WILL. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE CITY. I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. COUNCILMEMBER GARZA, WHEN WE RECEIVE THE PILOT TAX OR THE PILOT PAYMENT, WILL WE BE RECEIVING LIKE THEIR TAX FORM SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT INVENTORY WAS? HOW WILL THAT WORK? YES. THE AGREEMENT THE PAYMENT DOES ASK FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR INVENTORY TAX AND WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE PAID TO THE COUNTY. WILL THE, YOU KNOW, APPRAISAL DISTRICT WOULD THEN BE SENT DIRECTLY TO US IN THAT FORM. SO THERE WILL BE SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PAYING WHAT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAYING, AND IF EVER THEY EXIT THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD IT WOULD JUST REVERT BACK TO THEM PAYING THEIR INVENTORY

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[22) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance (Budget Amendment #1) amending the City’s approved budget for FY 2025-2026 by increasing total appropriations in an amount not to exceed $100,000 from the City's Water Utility Fund balance and the City's Wastewater Utilities Fund balance for legal services related to PUC Docket No. 58988, pursuant to the City Council’s May 19, 2026 approval of an amendment to the engagement letter with Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.]

AS COUNCIL MAY RECALL, ON MAY 19TH, COUNCIL CONSIDERED AN AMENDMENT TO THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH LLOYD GOSSELINK ROCHELLE AND TOWNSEND FOR REPRESENTATION RELATED TO THE CITY'S ONGOING WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE APPEAL PROCEEDINGS. THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, BEFORE COUNCIL WAS FOR $340,000. HOWEVER, AFTER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000, BRINGING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION TO $200,000. THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY PROVIDES THE BUDGET AUTHORITY NECESSARY TO DEFUND THE AMOUNT ALREADY APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THE FUNDING SOURCE IS AVAILABLE, FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE WATER UTILITY FUND AND WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND, WHICH ARE THE FUNDS DIRECTLY BENEFITING FROM THESE SERVICES. THIS ACTION DOES NOT INCREASE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AUTHORIZATION. IT ONLY APPROPRIATES THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT COUNCIL'S MAY 19TH DIRECTION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON THE ITEM ITSELF? COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA SO JUST A QUESTION. MAYBE MORE GEARED TOWARD AMY. I KNOW WE ORIGINALLY AMENDED THE AMOUNT TO HELP GET US THROUGH DISCOVERY SO THAT WE COULD AT LEAST GET THROUGH DISCOVERY AND THEN GO FROM THERE AND SEE WHAT WAS COMING NEXT. BASED ON THE RESIDENTS COMMENTS EARLIER THIS EVENING, THIS EVENING. STILL, IF OUR PUC CASE ISN'T HEARD UNTIL APRIL OF 2027, HOW MANY MORE AMENDMENTS? HOW MUCH MORE MONEY DO YOU THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT? SO IT'S PHASES. SO THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IS RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT A HEARING DATE IN APRIL. THERE'S DISCOVERY. THE CURRENT DISCOVERY PERIOD ENDS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. THERE WILL BE A FUTURE DISCOVERY PERIOD AFTER THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SETTING MEDIATION, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT DATES AND POTENTIALLY AUGUST. SO IF IF THERE WERE SUCCESSFUL MEDIATION, IT WOULD END THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PUT THEM IN SMALLER CHUNKS SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES. IF COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROVE MORE AT A LATER DATE, THEY CAN. BUT THE THE INTENTION OF $100,000 WAS TO GET US THROUGH THESE SMALL CHUNKS SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE PHASES AS THEY COME. OKAY, SO THIS MAY GET US THROUGH DISCOVERY AND INTO MEDIATION, AND THEN JUST KIND OF TIMELINE THERE AND SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.

RIGHT? OKAY. BEARS LOOKING. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.

OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY DOCTOR HARRIS TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 22. DO WE

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[23) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance (Budget Amendment #2) amending the City’s approved budget for FY 2025-2026 by increasing total appropriations in an amount not to exceed $149,500 from the City’s Water Utility Fund balance and the City’s Wastewater Utility Fund balance for Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. for water and wastewater rate case analytical support services and the 2026 water and wastewater cost-of-service study update.]

COUNCIL SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED TWO COMPONENTS, $49,500 FOR THE 2026 WATER AND WASTEWATER COST OF SERVICE STUDY UPDATE. AND $100,000 FOR RATE CASE ANALYTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES.

TOGETHER, THOSE APPROVALS TOTALED $149,500. LIKE BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, THE APPROPRIATION WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE WATER UTILITY FUND AND WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND. AGAIN, THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT SEEK ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION BEYOND WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED ON MAY 19TH. IT SIMPLY ESTABLISHES THE BUDGET AUTHORITY NEEDED TO FUND THOSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SERVICES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK MCKINNEY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES

[24) Consider nominations and approval of a Resolution to appoint a member to the Alliance Regional Water Authority Board of Directors to replace Bryan Langley, former City Manager, to serve an unexpired three-year term, expiring April 2027.]

REPRESENTATION ON THE 13 MEMBER BOARD IS PROPORTIONAL TO EACH PARTICIPATING ENTITY'S FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE CITY OF KYLE HOLDS THREE SEATS ON THE BOARD. BRIAN LANGLEY'S RESIGNATION CREATES A VACANCY IN ONE OF THE CITY'S APPOINTED SEATS. THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS THE CITY OF KYLE'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD. AND THEN AGAIN, THIS APPOINTMENT WOULD FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING IN APRIL OF 2027. SO THE GUIDELINES FOR APPOINTMENT IS THAT THEY MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, AND THEY MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE TERRITORY LOCATED IN THE AUTHORITY, OR AN EMPLOYEE OF A SPONSOR. SO THE BOARD

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BLAKE. LAST NAME AGAIN? SORRY, NATHAN. NATHAN. DIEFENDORF DIEFENDORF TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY? DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR HARRIS? NOPE. NOPE. THOSE IN FAVOR FOR HIM TO BE APPOINTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. HE'S BEEN APPOINTED.

[25) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance amending Chapter 38 (Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places), Section 23 of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances regarding intersection alternatives.]

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I'M GOING TO PUT MY PLANNING HAT ON. YOU KNOW, WE THIS APPROACH THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MOVING FORWARD IS REALLY THE BEST PRACTICE APPROACH THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED BY SEVERAL DOT'S AND SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT IS A CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING, WHETHER WE'RE WORKING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS OR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR TEXDOT. AND IT GIVES US IT PUTS US ALL ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD. SO WE'RE NOT COMING IN WITH SOME SORT OF SUBJECTIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE THEN TRYING TO KIND OF WORK TOWARDS, RIGHT? IT TAKES AWAY THAT BIAS. LIKE ME, RAVELLI CAN HAVE AN OPINION, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE ANALYSIS IS GOING TO WALK ME THROUGH THE STEPS OR FORCE ME TO WALK THROUGH THE STEPS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, REGARDLESS OF MY OPINION. SO IT DOES KIND OF TAKE AWAY THAT SUBJECTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S ME STANDING HERE OR SOMEONE ELSE, UNTIL THIS ORDINANCE IS IN EFFECT. OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I READ THROUGH IT. SO I, I LIKE THE NEW FORMAT. I LIKE THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IT DOES. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT TOGETHER FOR US. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. DOCTOR HARRIS, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC ON HOW CARING YOU ARE AND THE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS YOU COME UP WITH TRAFFIC FOR TRAFFIC ISSUES.

SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC WILL GO, OH, WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GOING, THAT WORKED PRETTY GOOD. AFTER ALL, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE FOR TEXDOT AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION IS THAT THEY LAG IN SOME AREAS IN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST BEHIND THE TIMES. SOMETIMES ONE OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THEY ARE BEHIND THE TIMES SOMETIMES IS ON INTERSECTION FOR ELDERLY STRUCTURING INTERSECTIONS WHERE THE ELDERLY ARE NOT BLINDED LIKE THEY ARE AT 1626 AND COLAS CROSSING. WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE FATALITY THERE THAT I'M AWARE OF AND ARE NOT CONFUSED. THAT MIGHT NOT BE ALIGHTED, MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE SOMETHING FOR A ROUNDABOUT BUT LIGHTED INTERSECTION. BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE. THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS DEVELOPED. THEY'VE JUST NOT, I DON'T THINK, IMPLEMENTED THEM. THEY'RE LIKE, GEE, IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS, IT WOULD IMPROVE THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IMPLEMENTING THOSE AS PART OF OUR POLICY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I, I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUDGET RIGHT NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN DETAIL ON JUNE 13TH WHEN WE HAVE THE CIP BUDGET PRESENTATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A LITTLE I'M JUMPING THE GUN HERE. SO NO ONE ATTACKED ME FOR LIKE SPOILING ANYONE'S THUNDER. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT PROPOSING

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[26) Hold a discussion and provide direction to the City Manager to review applicable City Code provisions governing construction hours and to return with recommended amendments for Council consideration.]

BUT GROWTH ALSO BRINGS RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE. UNDER THE CITY OF KYLE'S CURRENT ORDINANCE, THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS PERMITTED BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND UNTIL 9 P.M. THAT ORDINANCE DOES NOT ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC DECIBEL THRESHOLD FOR CONSTRUCTION RELATED NOISE DURING THOSE PERMITTED HOURS. AS A RESULT, RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT WHILE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY MAY TECHNICALLY COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, THE PROLONGED NOISE AND INTENSITY OF ACTIVITY CAN STILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DAILY QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS. FOR MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, SENIORS, SHIFT WORKERS, VETERANS, THOSE WORKING FROM HOME CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING CAN IMPACT SLEEP, FAMILY TIME AND THE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THEIR HOMES. THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT INTENDED TO STOP DEVELOPMENT, NOR TO TO CREATE UNREASONABLE BURDENS ON BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. RATHER, IT IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT KEEPS OUR CITIZENS IN MIND. SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY

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I'VE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR INTERVENTION FOR EARLY HOURS, ESPECIALLY NOT SO MUCH FOR LATE HOURS. THAT MAKES SENSE THOUGH. BUT CONSTRUCTION STARTING BEFORE 7 A.M. AND THE EXCUSE I'VE BEEN GIVEN SOMETIMES BY THE CITY IS, WELL, THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE. THEY'VE GOT TO GET IN AND DO IT BEFORE IT GETS REALLY HOT. IT'S JUST ONE DAY AND THE OTHER IS SIMPLY LACK OF ENFORCEMENT OVER BY HOMETOWN. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THE HOUSING AREA THERE CREATED WAS STARTING BEFORE DAWN. AND ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS OVER THERE IS IN A BAND AND GETS IN LATE AT NIGHT. AND THE CONSTRUCTION WAS WAKING HER UP VERY, VERY EARLY. I WENT OVER AND ASKED. THE SITE SUPERVISOR REMINDED HIM THAT 7 A.M. WAS THE START TIME AND WOULD THEY PLEASE ADHERE TO THAT? AND HE SAID, OH, OH, SORRY. SURE WE WILL. WELL, IT TURNED OUT THAT PHASE DID COMPLY FOR A FEW DAYS. AND THEN THEY STARTED WITH THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE BUILDING AND THEY DIDN'T COMPLY. SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE US HAVE BETTER ENFORCEMENT ON THAT. EVEN IF WE CHANGE THE HOURS, IF THE CITY IS NOT ENFORCING IT. THE SAME WITH DARK SKY NOT ENFORCING IT. THE ORDINANCE IS IS USELESS. WE NEED TO ASSURE THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. I SECOND ALL THERE THAT THEY DISCUSSED. IT DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR VETERANS. WE HAVE THOSE OTHER SUFFERING FROM PTSD. AND WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FIREWORKS AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH BECAUSE OF THOSE EFFECTS ON ANIMALS, CHILDREN, ELDERLY. AND IT'S THE SAME WITH THE CONSTRUCTION NOISE. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND HAVE THAT LOOKED AT AS WELL. AND THEN IF THERE IS NOT ANY SORT OF DECIBEL ORDINANCE FOR THE NOISE LEVELS, MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AND INTO WHY AND THE TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS THAT ARE USED. AND IF THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF ORDINANCE AROUND THE DECIBELS AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. MARK. WELL, WE'RE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS. I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT WE LOOK INTO MAYBE SOME TEMPERATURE FACTORS FOR SOME, SOME SAFETY OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, ESPECIALLY AS THE SUMMER MONTHS COME IN, IT CAN GET REALLY, REALLY HOT THERE. THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT THOSE GUYS ARE FORCED TO WORK WHEN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD BE IN THE SHADE CHUGGING WATER. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS. YOU SAID YOU HAVE ONE MORE. THANK YOU. GOOD.

DOCTOR HARRIS LEFT MY BRAIN MUST BE ALMOST MIDNIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MR. MOHIT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A DIRECTION FROM COUNCILMAN GOZA. IF TO LOOK INTO THOSE THINGS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE WE HAD A WORK ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT WAS FROM 7 TO 7, 7 TO 9, 7 TO 9. I THINK AT ONE TIME WE RAISED IT, I THINK, TILL TEN AT ONE TIME FOR WHEN LEHMAN WAS DOING THEIR CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN ALSO WHEN KINDER MORGAN WAS DRILLING BACK OVER THERE, WE RAISED IT UP FOR ONLY LIKE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. BUT I GUESS IF WE CAN KIND OF LOOK INTO WHAT SHE'S STATING TO SEE IF THE ORDINANCE MIGHT NEED TO BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT, AND ALSO FOR I KNOW WE HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE FOR 10:00, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE LOUD MUSIC AND SO FORTH ON THAT.

AND, BUT, BUT THE TEMPERATURE. SO WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION WOULD YOU NEED FROM US TO, TO LOOK INTO FOR. THIS IS SUFFICIENT SIR. IT'S SUFFICIENT. OKAY. CAME BACK. CAME BACK. ALL RIGHT.

DOCTOR HARRIS MAYOR PRO. OH SORRY. YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. ONE MORE QUESTION. SOME OF THE

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WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. AND JUST KIND OF BACK TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE BEFORE HOURS CONSTRUCTION.

I KNOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LIKE TO HAVE TO SHOW UP ON SITE BEFOREHAND, BUT THAT STILL MEANS THAT THEIR TRUCKS MIGHT BE BACKING UP AND BEEPING AND THEY MIGHT BE RUNNING THEM.

IT MIGHT NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY POURING THE CONCRETE, BUT THEY'RE STILL KIND OF ACTIVELY WORKING THE SITE. SO AGAIN, WE'LL WE'LL BRING YOU BACK OPTIONS. GREAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO IF YOU STILL WANT TO CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27. WE DO WE NEED A VOTE. OH I'M SORRY. WHAT DID YOU NEED A DIRECTION OR DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. PLEASE DO. OKAY. IF Y'ALL WOULD MAKE A MOTION AND TAKE A VOTE. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST JUST PROVIDING DIRECTION. OKAY. ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO. MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26, AS DISCUSSED. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MARK MCKINNEY ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BY COURTNEY. ALL RIGHT. THE DISCUSSION. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I. OKAY. ITEM PASSES 5 TO 0. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU.

[27) Consider directing the City Manager to bring back options to amend the Code of Ethics or to otherwise approve a prohibition on Members of City Council accepting money from vendors, employees and contractors of, and associated PACs of the City for any reason including campaign donations.]

WE HAVE, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE TO THE PEOPLE OF KYLE THAT WE CONTINUE, THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE CITY ALREADY HAS A CODE OF ETHICS IN PLACE TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE. BUT AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, SO DO THE EXPECTATIONS FROM RESIDENTS REGARDING HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE AND HOW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOSE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY ARE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC. THIS ITEM IS NOT ABOUT ACCUSING ANYONE OF WRONGDOING, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT SUGGESTING THAT LAWFUL CAN GAIN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, AUTOMATICALLY CREATE IMPROPER INFLUENCE. CAMPAIGN FINANCE IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW, AND INDIVIDUALS ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT PERCEPTION MATTERS. WHEN VENDORS, CONTRACTORS, AFFILIATED PACS, OR INDIVIDUALS CONNECTED TO COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, RESIDENTS MAY REASONABLY ASK

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT DEVELOPERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING AND SOLICITING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HERE IN KYLE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE ADDED, AS WELL AS EXAMPLES TO LOOK AT. AND WITH THAT I YIELD THE FLOOR. OKAY, ANYBODY HERE? OKAY DOCTOR HARRIS. YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE STATE HAS GUIDELINES FOR THIS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AMY'S BRINGING US BACK THE STATE GUIDELINES. SO WE COMPLY WITH ALL OF THOSE. YOU MENTIONED TRANSPARENCY A COUPLE OF TIMES. SO I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO ADDRESS THE TRANSPARENCY OF REPORTING. CANDIDATES HAVE OFTEN. AND THIS NEEDS TO APPLY TO CANDIDATES AS WELL AS CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. CANDIDATES HAVE FREQUENTLY BEEN LATE ON THEIR REPORTS HAVE BEEN.

LESS THAN TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHO THE DONOR IS, AND HAVE FILED VERY LATE REVISIONS TO THE REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED. I THINK WE NEED SOME GUIDELINES ON HANDLING THOSE, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE ETHICS OF THE COUNCIL. SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THIS ACTION. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. SO THOSE STATES HAVE SPECIFIC TYPE OF GUIDELINES FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS FOR CANDIDATES AND ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE INCUMBENTS AS WELL. OKAY.

THOSE WOULD APPLY TO BOTH. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 27 WITH WITH THE WITH THE ADDITION OF DOCTOR LORI HARRIS'S REQUEST FOR. FOR THAT. YEAH. STATE GUIDELINES. YEAH. YEAH. REPORTING REPORTING GUIDELINES.

OKAY. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. SO A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA AND SECOND BY MYSELF FOR TO DIRECT STAFF. WE'RE REFERENCING THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ALSO INCLUDE COUNCIL MEMBER GOESS ADDITION OF DEVELOPERS AND LANDOWNERS. YES. AND CANDIDATES AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE ALL OF THAT WRITTEN DOWN. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. ITEM PASSES 5 TO 0. ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE US. IF WE COULD JUST ALL SELF-FUND OUR CAMPAIGNS AND NOT TAKE ANY DONATIONS AT ALL. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN'T GET IN THERE. ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29 OF THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30. MR. MCKINNEY, IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT, I WILL SAY, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME AND AND DEFERENCE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA, I WILL GO AHEAD AND AND PUSH THIS TO THE TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. SO WE'RE

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WE'LL GO AND DO THAT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR EXECUTIVE. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE

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