[00:00:01] AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS, LOTS OF CITY BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO HANDLE, AND SO I APPRECIATE IT. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO CUT BACK INTO EXECUTIVE AFTER WE DO CONSENT. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH CITIZENS COMMENTS A RECOGNITION CONSENT. AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO HEAD BACK AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES FOR ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THIS REGULAR MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH. TIME IS 732. IF I COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL PLEASE. HERE. TOBIAS PRESENT GOZA HERE. MEDINA HERE. ZAPATA HERE. AND THEN I ALSO WOULD WANTED TO REQUEST AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. DO I DO THAT AFTER ROLL CALL IS COMPLETE? SURE HARRIS AND MCKINNEY HEAR. OKAY. WE HAVE SIX HERE. I THINK HARRIS IS GOING TO BE WITH US. AND SHE WAS JUST AN EXECUTIVE. SO SO I WILL LET YOU DO YOUR MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE MY ABSENCE. ON JULY 30TH. I DID NOTIFY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING OF A PERSONAL EMERGENCY THAT AROSE. BUT I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MAYOR PRO TEM THAT IT WASN'T UNTIL HOURS AFTER, AFTER THE MEETING HAD BEGAN THAT HE HAD SEEN THE EMAIL. SO I JUST FIGURED THAT OTHERS HADN'T SEEN THE EMAIL ON TIME EITHER, BUT I DID SUBMIT IT AND REQUEST AN EXCUSE PRIOR TO THEN, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE EXCUSED NOW. SECOND THAT MOTION. YES, I DID RECEIVE THAT. AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS DURING THERE. SO. YES, MA'AM. SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBIAS. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OR SUFFICIENT REASONING FOR ME TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS ONE OF THE EXCUSED ABSENCES ON OUR CHARTER. SO THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. OKAY. I THINK I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE I SAID IT WAS A PERSONAL EMERGENCY, AND I DID NOTIFY BEFORE THE MEETING AS SOON AS THE EMERGENCY CAME ABOUT, IT WAS, I DO HAVE THE EMAIL, BUT MY COMPUTER'S NOT UP. BUT YOU DID NOTIFY US. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY I DID RESPOND TO YOU, MA'AM, THAT YOU DID HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND I HOPE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. SO YES, MA'AM, BUT THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT. I JUST WE JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT BECAUSE THE MEETING WAS ONGOING. RIGHT. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DID NOT USUALLY I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE, BUT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS, I HAVE A SUPER BUSY LIFE AND SO I DO NOT CHECK MY EMAILS PROBABLY TWO HOURS BEFORE. AND SO YEAH, I THINK IT WAS LIKE AT ALMOST 5:00 WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT EMAIL. SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES 6 TO 1. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT WE HAVE OH, WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UP NEXT, WE HAVE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. [II) Approval of Minutes] DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN AND STATED FOR JULY 16TH, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING. JULY 21ST. SPECIAL MEETING AND THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT SAME DAY. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO BE AS IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OKAY. AGENDA PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT, WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS. PERIOD. THE CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS EARLY IN THE AGENDA OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. [III) Citizen Comment Period with City Council] 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. ALL RIGHT. UP FIRST, I HAVE MISS ELIZABETH COREY. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ELIZABETH COREY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. I ASK THAT WE RECONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CIVILIAN STAFF RECEIVE NO SALARY INCREASE IN THE BUDGET YEAR TO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO DRIVE THE INITIATIVES THE LEADERSHIP HAS DESIGNED TO FIX THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATUS, KYLE NEEDS A STRONG, HIGHLY SKILLED, MOTIVATED, CREATIVE AND RESILIENT STAFF THAT KNOWS THAT IT IS VALUED AND WORKS ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO [00:05:03] SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, SOLVE PROBLEMS, CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGE RESOURCES. AS STAFF ADAPTS TO ALL THE URGENT AND COMPLEX ISSUES THE CITY IS FACING. LEADERSHIP SHOULD SUPPORT, MOTIVATE, INSPIRE AND REWARD THEM. WORKGROUPS ARE REORGANIZING. JOB REQUIREMENTS AND WORKFLOWS ARE CHANGING. MANAGEMENT IS REALIGNING PRIORITIES. RESOURCES ARE BEING REDUCED. INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE HELD BY STAFF WHO HAVE LEFT RECENTLY IS LOST. PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ARE BEING REDUCED OR CHANGED IN SCOPE, DELAYED AND CANCELED. THIS IS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT FOR STAFF. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY TO MANAGEMENT DIRECTION TO REPAIR THE FINANCIAL SITUATION WHILE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY, UNCERTAINTY, DISAPPOINTMENT, DISTRUST, APATHY, LOW MORALE AND STRESS. PROBABLY SOME OTHER STUFF. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING AN ANNUAL RAISE. THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A WISE DECISION. AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 1ST. THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER WAS ASKED WHAT A 3% INCREASE FOR CIVILIAN STAFF WOULD COST. A 3% RAISE WOULD NOT QUITE KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, BUT IT WOULD COME CLOSE. IT WOULD COST $1.5 MILLION. THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ALMOST $417 MILLION. AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF BUDGET LINE ITEMS, CAN WE NOT FIND $1.5 MILLION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO. EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION ON THE FIRST, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER REFERRED TO AS OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET. THE CITY HAS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ATTRITION. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS WOULD COST AN EMPLOYEE WHO EARNS $60,000 LEAVES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET A RAISE. SO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION. THE CITY WANTS TO FILL THE JOB AT THE SAME SALARY, USING A COMMONLY USED BENCHMARK OF 50% OF THE SALARY FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS AT A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. REPLACING THE PERSON WOULD COST $90,000. SO 60,000 WOULD BE THE SALARY OF THE NEW PERSON, THE SAME SALARY AS THE PERSON WHO LEFT, PLUS 50%. SO $90,000. KEEPING THE ORIGINAL PERSON AND GIVING THEM A 3% RAISE WOULD COST UNDER $62,000. THE BENCHMARK FOR LEADERSHIP IS MUCH HIGHER, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 200% OF SALARY. SO THE MANAGER EARNING $150,000 WOULD LIKE A 3% RAISE, WHICH IS FOUR $4,500, BUT THEY QUIT AND REPLACE THEM FOR THE $150,000 SALARY PLUS HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S $450,000. A COUPLE MORE OF THESE PEOPLE, AND YOU'D HAVE YOUR 1.5 MILLION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE SUSAN REYNA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SUSAN REYNA. I AM A RESIDENT OF KYLE, AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT REGARDING ITEM 24, WHICH ASKS SEVERAL CITY BOARDS TO EXPLORE ESTABLISHING INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT FOUNDATIONS TO RAISE PRIVATE DONATIONS, GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS. I SUPPORT THE GOAL BEHIND THIS ITEM. I BELIEVE KYLE SHOULD LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO BRING PRIVATE DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND HELP FUND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WITHOUT RELYING ENTIRELY ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS. HOWEVER, I QUESTION THE NEED TO CREATE A SEPARATE NONPROFIT FOUNDATION FOR THE LIBRARY. KYLE ALREADY HAS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE KYLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE FRIENDS OF THE OF THE KYLE LIBRARY. THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION OPERATING UNDER 501 C THREE STATUS. OUR BYLAWS SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN THE LIBRARY, PROVIDING FUNDS FOR BOOKS, TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND ENHANCING LIBRARY SERVICES. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY IS NOT SIMPLY AN ORGANIZATION WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DO THIS WORK. WE ARE ALREADY DOING IT. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, EXCUSE ME, THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY PURCHASED THE MOBILE LIBRARY TO EXPAND LIBRARY ACCESS TO RESIDENTS ALL OVER KYLE. PURCHASE CHILDREN'S BILINGUAL LEARNING COMPUTERS. PURCHASED HUSH PODS FOR THE LIBRARY TO BE. A QUIET STUDY SPACE FOR LIBRARY PATRONS AND IS PAYING FOR THE OUTREACH LIBRARIAN TO ATTEND A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF PRIVATE FUNDRAISING BEING TURNED DIRECTLY INTO RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY BYLAWS REQUIRE ALL OF OUR FUNDS, INCLUDING THE PROFITS FROM THE KYLE LIBRARY THRIFT SHOP, [00:10:01] TO BE USED SOLELY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE LIBRARY AND THE FRIENDS. SO MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH EXPANDING PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT. MY CONCERN IS IN CREATING A SECOND NONPROFIT WITH A SIMILAR PURPOSE BEFORE CONSIDERING THE ORGANIZATION ALREADY IN PLACE. A SECOND LIBRARY NONPROFIT COULD CONFUSE AND DIVIDE DONORS AND SPONSORS. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ALREADY HAS AN ESTABLISHED NONPROFIT STRUCTURE, AN INDEPENDENT BOARD, A FUNDRAISING OPERATION, AND AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH LIBRARY STAFF AND THE LIBRARY BOARD. I RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY. INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD, MOVING TOWARD THE CREATION OF A SEPARATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GLADLY PROVIDES EXTRA SUPPORT TO THE KYLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND EXPANDING OUR SUPPORT IN THE YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE ELLEN HERMES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I'M A PROUD CITIZEN OF KYLE AND I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT BOTH THE KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE AS COMMUNICATION AND GRANTS DIRECTOR AND THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD. AS FORMER CHAIR AND CURRENT CO-CHAIR FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE NEW BUILDING. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BOND THAT WAS DEDICATED FOR A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. WE WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THE ARCHITECT, THE CONTRACTOR AND THE MONEY FOR THE FFE. THE FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING IS JUST BEAUTIFUL THERE IS TRULY AMAZING THE RESULTS THERE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING SOON. ON ITEM AGENDA NUMBER 25, YOU ARE AGAIN CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION MAKING THE NAME OF THE FACILITY, THE ADELE HURST SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. WE GATHERED OVER 350 SIGNATURES ON PETITIONS SHOWING STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE'RE HOPING THIS AGENDA ITEM MIGHT BE MOVED FURTHER UP ON THE AGENDA IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE LINDA GREEN. HELLO, MY NAME IS LINDA GREEN. I'M A RESIDENT OF KYLE. AND LAST WEEK I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE AXON ENTERPRISE INCORPORATED THAT BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. OUR CITY COUNCIL, ACCORDING TO THE MINUTES APPROVED A TEN YEAR MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS IN IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $700 MILLION WITH FY 2026 COST, WHICH I GUESS THAT'S HAPPENING $431,000 BEING PAID OUT THIS YEAR TO AXON. AND THE CITIZENS OF KYLE DID NOT GET TO VOTE ON THIS. AND THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES A DATA CENTER. AND WE'RE ALREADY SO PRECIOUSLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER, WE BUY WATER AND ON THE NEWS THESE DAYS, IT'S ALL ABOUT FIRE AND RAIN AND THESE. THIS DATA CENTER GIVEN FOR $700 MILLION OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, WILL ALLOW THE POLICE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISES FOR THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INTEGRATE BODY WORN CAMERAS, IN-CAR VIDEO SYSTEMS AND TASERS, AND HAVE ACCESS TO RING DOORBELL CAMERAS. AND THIS CAN CONTRACT AIMS TO EQUIP ALL OFFICERS, STREAMLINE EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY WITH SCHEDULED HARDWARE UPDATES OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. AND THERE WAS THIS WAS DONE ON NOVEMBER 18TH. AND I FEEL LIKE SINCE OUR BODIES ARE 60 TO 75% WATER AND TAXPAYERS IN THIS TOWN, THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A A VOTE. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY AND RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT WITH AXON, BECAUSE THE DATA CENTERS ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR WATER AND WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. AND IT IS NOT A JUST, JUST SITUATION. AND ALSO LAST WEEK ON ABC NEWS, AND AGAIN THIS WEEK, [00:15:08] THEY REPORTED THAT CYBER ATTACKS HAVE HAPPENED IN WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES IN 12 CITIES IN MICHIGAN. AND NOW SEVEN STATES HAVE REPORTED TO THE FBI THAT THEY'RE HAVING CYBER ATTACKS ON THEIR WATER SYSTEMS AND THEIR WATER UTILITY WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. SO WE CAN BETTER PUT THIS MONEY TOWARDS TAKING CARE OF OUR WATER INSTEAD OF GIVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MORE TOYS TO PLAY WITH. DID THE BELL GO OFF? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UP NEXT, I HAVE AUBURN. DENNIS. YES, MA'AM. HI. SO MY DISCUSSION HERE TODAY IS REGARDING THE WATER LINES. OKAY. SORRY. IS THERE SOMETHING YOU NEED TO GIVE US BACK THERE? I MET HIM EARLIER, BUT HE IS THE CITY'S ATTORNEY ON THIS MATTER. OKAY. HE, HIS ATTORNEY AND MY ATTORNEY MET AND TALKED ABOUT PAYING US SOONER AND NOT GOING TO A THREE PERSON COUNCIL. THAT WAS ALL DONE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITHIN 120 DAYS. IT'S BEEN WAY LONGER THAN THAT. YOU'RE JUST NOW CONSIDERING PAYMENT. THAT'S WRONG. OKAY. THAT MY AGREEMENT HERE SHOULD BE TORN UP AND JUST STARTED OVER. THEY ILLEGALLY ENTERED MY NEIGHBOR'S GATE TO GET IN THERE ONE TIME, AND THAT'S AGAINST THIS DEAL. AND THIS WAS SIGNED BY MY WIFE AND I. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE DATE SPECIFIC. I'LL BE HAPPY TO LEAVE YOU A CONTRACT. I'M SURE MR. SICK HAS IT. YOU KNOW, SICK PEOPLE DON'T LOSE THEIR STUFF. SO ANYWAY, WE SIGNED IT MARCH 2ND. OKAY. 25. SO WHAT IS IT NOW? WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAID THIS MONEY FOREVER. WHAT'S UP? I MEAN, WHY DO YOU CONDEMN OUR LAND? YOU MOVE ONE TREE FOR A MILLION BUCKS AND YOU'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN 20 ON OUR LAND THAT ARE BIGGER THAN THAT TREE. SO I'M HERE TO TO APPEAL TO THE STEWARDSHIP, BETTER SENSE SENSIBILITIES OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS COUNCIL, TO MOVE THAT ROAD AND MOVE THAT WATER LINE AWAY AND JUST FILL IN MY TANK HALFWAY AND GET AWAY FROM THOSE BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES. THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO GROW. THEY'RE GORGEOUS. AND THERE'S LIKE 20 OF THEM. YOU'RE GOING TO BE KNOCKING DOWN BIGGER THAN THE ONES OVER THERE ON THAT ONE ON ONE ROAD. OKAY. YOU GOT YOUR MONEY'S WORTH THERE, I GUESS. BUT MAYBE YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT AND NOT HAVE TO PAY ME FOR THOSE TREES, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET PAID. YOU SET A BAD PRECEDENT WHEN YOU GUYS PAY FOR THAT TREE BEING MOVED. AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT. AND MR. SICK KNOWS THIS. HE'S THE ONE THAT TALKED MY ATTORNEY INTO GETTING US TO SIGN. SO WE GET PAID EARLIER. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO COME 30 DAYS AGO, JUST NOW COMING UP. AND I REALIZE YOU'VE HAD HEALTH ISSUES, BUT I WANT IT TO BE CONSIDERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW THAT YOU UPHOLD YOUR END OF THIS CONTRACT, WHICH I WILL LEAVE YOU A COPY OF. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE GEOLOGY OF OUR LAND, WE HAVE SIX GEOLOGICAL OUTCROPS WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING. THE ROAD IS AN ABOVE GROUND AQUIFER, SAY, ABOVE GROUND UNDER THE EAGLE FORD, AND IT'S UNDER THE CHALK AND THE EAGLE FORD AND THE BUDA. AND THEN YOU GET TO THE DEL RIO CLAY, WHICH WE LINED OUR TANKS WITH. IT WOULD COST ME $100,000 TO BE DONE 26 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? TO BE BURNED AND MADE CORRECTLY TO TO GATHER WATER. SO IT'S 300 BY 150 AND 150 BY 150 CIRCLE TO CATCH THE OVERFLOW. OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T JUST RUSH TO THE RIVER. WELL, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE GOING OVER AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONES. I BEGGED YOU TO GO AROUND THAT BLUFF. THE BLUFF ON TOP OF THE HILL THAT YOU CAN SEE AUSTIN AND SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST FROM. RIGHT. AND NO, THEY TOLD ME FOR TEN YEARS THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY DO IT. THEN AFTER 9 OR 10 YEARS, THE FREEZE CALLS AND SAYS, YOU CAN ONLY DEAL WITH DAVID BAYLOR. THE ENTIRE TIME I DEALT WITH DAVID BAYLOR, HE TOLD ME HE WAS AN ENGINEER WHEN I GOT SUED. LIZ PINDUS BY Y'ALL. IT SAYS DAVID BAYLOR IS A BROKER. WELL, HE TOLD ME I'D BE PAID BETWEEN 70 AND 90% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE. I GET AN OFFER OF 50. IS THERE A KICKBACKS OR WHAT? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU FOUGHT THAT WITH ME AND WE. I CALLED THE FBI FOR YOU, AND I'M SO GLAD HE'S GONE, BECAUSE THE MAN THAT WAS HERE BEFORE WASTED YOUR MONEY, RUINED THIS CITY AND GAVE IT A BAD NAME. AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR BEING THERE. I HOPE I'LL BE VOTING FOR YOU IF I CAN, BUT I DON'T WANT. IN THE CITY. I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO GOT PUT IN DURING THIS WHOLE TAKING. NOBODY KNOWS THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE ARROYO IN. THEY DIDN'T TAKE MY NEIGHBORS IN, WHICH WERE 123 ACRE PARCELS. NOBODY JUST US. RIGHT. SO LET'S JUST PICK ON THEM 13 YEARS. I SCREW THEM AROUND. THEIR LAND CAN'T BE SOLD. WHEN WE HAD IT SOLD FOR 10.5 MILLION TO SCOTT FELDER, THE DEAL WAS KILLED BY SOME LADY THAT WORKED HERE AND MADE MY BROKER CRY AND THEN QUIT THE BUSINESS. SO I'VE HAD ENOUGH. AND YOU KNOW THIS. [00:20:03] AND YOU HAVE HEART PROBLEMS. I'M SO SAD FOR YOU. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS REAL GEOLOGY DONE BY AYE DECKER IN 1977, GOING TO JAIL SCHOOL. AND IF THEY DON'T PROTECT THAT WATER, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ABOVE GROUND AQUIFER, REALLY TWO FEET BELOW MY DIRT IS WHERE THIS WATER IS. IT HAS ONE SEAT, ONE NATURAL SEAT, AND IT'S ON BACK BEHIND THE TANKS. AND I BEGGED THEM TO JUST GO AROUND THAT DEAL. AND THEY DID FOR YEARS. I'LL SHOW YOU MAPS FOR YEARS. THEY'RE GOING TO GO AROUND THE BLUFF AND COME UP WITH A TWO PLATEAUS, RIGHT. WITH THE WATER LINE SOMEWHERE ABOVE OR BELOW, I DON'T CARE AND NOT INTERRUPT ANY OF THAT CLAY. RIGHT. NOTHING OF THE HOLDING OF THE WATER. CAN I HAVE YOU GIVE MR. ELIZONDO YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND WE CAN SCHEDULE, AND I'LL LET YOU ALL GO. I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT TO DO, AND MY WIFE'S GOING TO TALK, AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING AGAIN FOR HER BECAUSE SHE CAN'T TALK VERY WELL. OKAY. IS SHE DOES SHE FILL OUT HER? SHE. JESSE, CAN HE, CAN HE GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER? OH THANK YOU. DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET YOU. WE'LL GET YOUR INFORMATION IN A MEETING SCHEDULED. OF COURSE. OKAY. I GOT A CONTRACT. HE SAID I'LL BE PAID. WILL YOU BE DOING SOMETHING IN 120 DAYS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE JANE KIRKHAM. GOOD EVENING. I'M JAYNE KIRKHAM, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY. REGARDING ITEM 24, THE KYLE COMMUNITY LIBRARY BEGAN AS A COMMUNITY EFFORT IN THE LATE 1950S, WHEN LOCAL RESIDENTS CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED KYLE NEEDED A LIBRARY. A GROUP, THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY BEGAN MEETINGS, COLLECTING AND LOANING BOOKS, AND RAISING FUNDS TO START A LIBRARY. THE FIRST FAIR ON THE SQUARE IN KYLE WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LIBRARY, WHERE RANCHERS AND MERCHANTS WOULD DONATE STUFF AND WOULD BE AUCTIONED OFF FOR THE FUTURE LIBRARY. IN 1961. JACK AND BURDINE JOHNSON OFFERED TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE LIBRARY THAT THE COMMUNITY STRUGGLED TO FUND IN 1963. THE CAL COMMUNITY LIBRARY WAS DEDICATED IN A BUILDING ACROSS FROM KYLE ELEMENTARY. IN 1989, THE JOHNSON FAMILY PROVIDED FUNDS FOR THE FRIENDS THRIFT STORE, CREATING A CONTINUING SOURCE OF FINANCIAL AID TO THE LIBRARY. THE STORE IS SUSTAINED BY DONATIONS FROM LOCAL CITIZENS AND PROVIDES AFFORDABLE CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHILE GENERATING FUNDS FOR THE LIBRARY. THE FRIENDS GROUP HAS NEVER STOPPED SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY AND PROVIDING REQUESTED ITEMS, AND UNTIL IT BECAME A CITY DEPARTMENT, THE FRIENDS PROVIDED THE SOURCES FOR THE LIBRARY. AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS ITEM 24 AND DISCUSSES WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR LIBRARY THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS, GRANTS AND ETC.. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE FRIENDS GROUP ALREADY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF DOING EXACTLY THIS AND DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF IT. THE FRIENDS HAS CONTINUED SUPPORTING SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY FOR SIX DECADES. WE WERE PART OF THE BUILDING OF THE LIBRARY BEFORE IT HAD A BUILDING, AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT TODAY AND HAVE AND HAVE ONGOING FUNDS TO DO THIS. AND AS MISS REYNA POINTED OUT, ANOTHER NONPROFIT DOING THE SAME THING SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD SPLIT LOYALTIES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. I AM DON'T HAVE ANY MORE FORMS. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP. JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. WE'RE BEING RECYCLED. OKAY. SORRY. WE GET TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW. VIC ALLEN. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN. I HAVE A FEW NUMBERS TO KICK AROUND TONIGHT FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT. SIX CREEKS BOULEVARD BY ITSELF COMPRISES NEARLY 50 ACRES OF PROPERTY. IT BECOMES A FORK AT THE FIRST MAJOR ROUNDABOUT, AND IT'S ABOUT TWO MILES LONG IN ITS ENTIRETY. IT STRETCHES IN FROM OLD STAGECOACH ROAD OVER TO THE TOLL BROTHERS BRIDGE, AND THEN BACK AROUND AT THE CIRCLE THAT GOES AROUND AND IT'S NOT FINISHED. OVER TO BACK OVER TO TOLL BROTHERS OR OVER TO THE 150 SPUR OR WHATEVER THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. [00:25:04] IT'S KIND OF DEAD ENDS ANYWAY. IT'S TWO MILES LONG. THE DEVELOPER PAID $18 MILLION TO DOLLARS TO COVER THE EXPENSES OF PUTTING IN THOSE ROADWAYS. THE ORIGINAL WATER MAIN WAS SPECIFIED TO BE A 12 INCH WATER MAIN AT THE CITY'S REQUEST, NOT JOHANOS AT THE CITY'S REQUEST. HE INCREASED THAT TO AN 18 INCH WATER MAIN. ANYBODY THAT'S GOOD AT MATH PI R SQUARED. SO A 50% INCREASE IN THE IN THE DIAMETER IN THE RADIUS IS GIVES YOU LIKE A 250% INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME THAT CAN FLOW THROUGH THERE. WE DIDN'T DO IT. HE DID IT FOR THE CITY. WHY? TO SUPPLY TOLL BROTHERS. OKAY. THE WATER MAIN COST ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. AND ALL THE EXPENSES OF THE ROADWAYS AND THE WATER MAINS WERE BORNE AND GIVEN TO THE CITIES. THE CITIZENS, RESIDENTS OF SIX CREEKS, NOT THE CITY. THE CITY SPONSORED PITT BONDS JUST SHORT OF $80 MILLION. TO DATE, $8 MILLION WAS REBATED TO THE CITY AS A FINDER'S FEE. WHO PAID FOR ALL THAT? THE PIT BONDHOLDERS AND SIX GREEKS. MY LETTER TO BRIAN LANGLEY, DATED OCTOBER 16TH, STATED THAT THE RATES ARE BASED ON THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE. DA DA DA. HE HID BEHIND THE SKIRT OF RAFTLESS AND SAID THAT IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY. WELL, WE NOW HAVE HOW MUCH FUN THAT IS AND HOW WRONG IT ACTUALLY IS. THE COST. IT COSTS MORE TO DELIVER WATER TO OUTSIDE CITY CUSTOMERS. SO THE SIX CREEKS RESIDENTS PAID TO UPGRADE THE WATER MAIN TO SUPPLY THE NEW TOLL BROTHERS COMMUNITY, WHO GET IN CITY WATER RATES FULLY A MILE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CITY. THEIR WATER MAIN WAS PAID FOR BY THE RESIDENTS OF SIX CREEKS, WHICH IS A TOTAL INSULT. THE SIX CREEKS RESIDENTS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PAYING ONLY THE COST OF THE WATER ALONE, AS WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THE PIPES. THE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP. OH, AND THE TOLL BROTHERS RESIDENTS WILL BE DRIVING ON THE SAME ROADS THAT WERE ALSO PAID FOR BY THE RESIDENTS OF SIX CREEKS TO PROVE A POINT. THE EVENT THAT I PERSONALLY MOVED TO IN CITY STATUS, MY CITY TAX RATE WOULD BE ABOUT $3,000 A YEAR BASED ON A HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOME. THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I PAY FOR MY PIT BOND. SO IT'S A ZERO. CAN YOU SEE THAT THIS IS A ZERO SUM GAME? IF YOU CAN CREDIT ME THE $3,000, THEN I'LL PAY YOU THE $3,000. SO IN TAX MONEY, OR IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, IT'S ONLY REASONABLE FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE REPURCHASE THE $80 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENSES THAT THE RESIDENTS OF SIX CREEKS ARE ALREADY PAYING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A CASE IN NORTH AUSTIN WHERE THE UTILITY AT THE UTILITY COMMISSION, WHERE THE UTILITY WHERE THE PUC NOT ONLY CHANGED THE OUTRAGEOUS OVERCHARGES OF THE NORTH AUSTIN RESIDENTS, BUT WAS REQUIRED TO REFUND EVERY SINGLE PENNY THAT THEY WERE OVERCHARGED. WHY HASN'T THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT BEEN SENT ELSEWHERE FOR AN OUTSIDE CITY COUNCIL OPINION. MITCHELL AND LANGLEY HAVE ABANDONED YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF KYLE. LEAVING YOU HOLDING THE BAG. IT'S TIME TO STOP THE HYPOCRISY AND REDUCE THE CITY'S LIABILITY AND HONOR THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK, MR. GARLICK? ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT WE HAVE LARRY GARLICK. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LARRY OAK. I WANT TO END ON SOMETHING HOPEFUL BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED TO FIX THIS. WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD IT CLEARLY YET. THE CITY'S NEW BUDGET PRESENTED THREE DAYS AGO, PLANS FOR A 0% INCREASE NEXT YEAR FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. THAT'S GREAT. INSIDE THE CITY AND OUTSIDE THE CITY, YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENTS EVEN LIST IN WRITING RESOLVING SOME RATES AND RELATED DISPUTES AS A GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. STOP WASTING MONEY FIGHTING RATES THAT WERE NEVER EQUITABLE. YOUR UTILITIES FUNDS CAME IN AT 13.5 MILLION AHEAD OF PLAN THIS YEAR. THIS BEGS THE QUESTION WERE THE URGENT, IMMEDIATE NEEDS USED TO JUSTIFY LAST YEAR'S RATE INCREASE REALLY THERE? OR DOES YOUR OWN RESERVE DATA TELL YOU A DIFFERENT STORY? WATER ALONE BEAT PROJECTIONS BY OVER $3 MILLION, SO THE MONEY IS THERE IN YOUR OWN BUDGET ALREADY TREATS THIS AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, NOT LITIGATED ANY FURTHER. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO ACT INSTEAD OF WASTING MONEY MEETING WITH ATTORNEYS. MAKE IT CLEAR THAT RELIEF FROM THE 77% INCREASE IS NECESSARY AND IMMINENT. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE 2026 RATE WAS OUT OF LINE, AND BRING AN ADJUSTED RATE BACK TO THE TWO IN A PUBLIC MEETING SO EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. THE CITY CODE GIVES YOU GUIDANCE BACK IN MARCH. [00:30:01] PART OF THAT FORMULA WAS QUIETLY DELETED FROM THE ONLINE CODE, WITH NO ORDINANCE EVER PASSED TO AUTHORIZE IT AND UNDER YOUR OWN RULES. THAT'S NOT A VALID WAY TO CHANGE CODE. THAT MEANS THE 1.2 TIMES FORMULA FOR MINIMUM WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS TODAY. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IN YOUR CODE TODAY. IT'S THERE 52 OR SORRY, 5023 A AND 5024 A. IT'S THERE. THE CITY WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN FIXING THOSE FEES TO MATCH YOUR LAW. YOU'RE MOST OF THE WAY THERE ALREADY. PLEASE FINISH IT. STOP THROWING MONEY AT THE ATTORNEYS AND PROVIDE RELIEF FOR OUR CITIZENS INSTEAD. IN THE OPEN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO MORE FORMS. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP TO SPEAK? YEAH. MY WIFE WANTED TO TALK, BUT I DIDN'T TALK FOR. BECAUSE SHE GOT IN THAT I WANTED TO YIELD. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THIS THIS NEXT THING. COULD YOU HAVE HER FILL OUT A FORM, TOO, THOUGH, HON? COULD YOU FILL OUT A FORM? SHE FILLED IT UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT A GOOD WIFE. OKAY. SO I HAVE THE THE ETJ OPT OUT BILL IN FRONT OF ME. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING I READ IN HERE, YOU HAVE VIOLATED EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WAS TO BE DONE. YOU HAVE ONLY INCORPORATED MY PROPERTY INTO IT. AND 3 OR 4 ACRES DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. OKAY. OF THE 1900 ACRES. AND WHICH TIME? AND I WRITE THIS DOWN IN THESE NOTES THAT COME FROM SB 2038. OKAY. AND I WANT OUT OF YOUR CITY. I WAS, I LOST A $10.5 MILLION SALE KEEPING 2.01 ACRES FOR CCN AND A WATER WELL ON MY PROPERTY TO USE IN THAT AREA. RIGHT. PROVIDE MORE WATER LIKE AQUASOURCE RIGHT FROM THE EDWARDS. FULL IN MY PLACE. ALL RIGHT. THE BASEMENT. AND SO FAR, THE CITY HAS DONE NOTHING TO PROTECT ME OR HELP ME IN ANY WAY. SCOTT FELDER WALKED AWAY BECAUSE OF SOME LADY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU OR YOU. VIRGINIA. SOMEBODY MADE HER CRY IN A MEETING UPSTAIRS AND SAID. I SAID, WHO KILLED THE DEAL? SHE RAISED HER HAND LIKE A FIRST GRADER. SAID, I DID. WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO KILL THE DEAL, THEN BE MORE GENTLE ABOUT IT THAN THAT. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SEE A REASON FOR IT, FELDER, BLAH BLAH, BLAH, WHATEVER. BUT NOT JUST KILL THE DEAL BECAUSE IT WASN'T COMING TILL 2028 AND THE OFFER WAS 2024 TO US. OKAY, SO WE'RE ALREADY TWO YEARS PAST $10 MILLION AT 5%. THAT'S HALF A MILLION BUCKS ALREADY, RIGHT? SO I WANT OUT OF THE CITY AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HERE. WE OWN THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND TO GET THIS OUT. AND I REQUEST THAT THE CITY. LOOK AT THIS WITH A REALLY SHARP EYE. OKAY. MOUNTAIN CITY HAS A WATER TOWER. MOUNTAIN CITY HAS KYLE WATER MOUNTAIN CITY ANTHEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS KYLE WASTEWATER AND I SMELLED IT GOING IN. DIDN'T SMELL GOOD. FIRST TEST BUT ALL THAT IS THEIRS. BUT COMING THROUGH ME FOR ONE MILE. THEY'RE NOT LEAVING ME. ONE TAP, NOWHERE TO GET WATER FOR ANYBODY BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE. EAST SIDE, NO MATTER WHAT. AND I'M EXPECTING THEY WANT THE MONEY BACK BY CHARGING ME FOR IT LATER. CHARGING A BUILDER FOR IT LATER. NO, MA'AM, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO DESTROY OUR LAND, DESTROY OUR AQUIFER? THE ONE RIGHT BELOW THE DIRT, LITERALLY. THAT STAYS THERE IN ABOUT A 4050 ACRE AREA AT 3 OR 4FT THICK. SO YOU FIGURE THE MATH, IT'S A FEW MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. ALL RIGHT. IT ACTS AS A RESERVOIR REFILLER FOR OUR BIG TANK, WHICH PROVIDES US FISH AND WILDLIFE. OKAY. AND YOU'RE KNOCKING DOWN ALL THESE TREES, BUT I NEED I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO CONDEMN ME NO MATTER. BUT I DO NOT NEED TO BE IN THE SAME ETJ AS THE MOUNTAIN CITY. HOW YOU GOT AWAY WITH THAT? I'LL NEVER KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THE CAPITULATION THAT GOES ON HERE, THE THEFT THAT WENT ON HERE BEFORE YOU CAME TO ME AND ASKED FOR MY HELP AT THAT COFFEE SHOP BY 7-ELEVEN, THE STARBUCKS. I TOLD YOU, I'LL DO ANYTHING I CAN. WHILE I BELIEVE THE MAYOR. I CANNOT PROVE ANYTHING AGAINST HIM. IT WAS ODD THAT HE WOULD WANT A COMMISSION FOR A SALE TO POCO LOCO FOR $12 MILLION SIX YEARS AGO, AND I FIRED HIM. I FIRED CHRIS STORY ONE, STORY TWO STORY SAID, NO, THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. AND. CAN YOU GET HIS PHONE NUMBER? OKAY, MR. ORBAN, HE'S GOING TO. MR. ELIZONDO WILL TAKE YOUR INFORMATION OUT IN THE HALL. OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, I MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT TO THE OTHER PERSON. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE. CITIZENS. COMMENTS. UP NEXT, WE HAVE AGENDA ORDER. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MOVE ANYTHING UP? [IV) Agenda Order] [00:35:05] THEN THE INTEREST OF THOSE HERE FROM THE GROUP, CAN WE MOVE UP NUMBER 25. 25. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO MOVE ANYTHING ELSE UP? 24. WAS ASKED TO BE MOVED UP. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT 24 AND 25. AND IF THAT'S OKAY, WE WILL DO IT RIGHT AFTER CONSENT. NO DISAGREEMENT HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST A HEADS UP AFTER CONSENT. WE ARE GOING TO HIT UP EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL BE THERE HOPEFULLY NO LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND WE'LL DO AGENDA ITEM 24 AND 25. SO UP NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITIONS. WE'RE GOING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23. [3) Recognize the Kyle Employee(s) of the Quarter for Quarter Three of Fiscal Year 2026.  This recognition honors employees who exemplify the City’s core values of teamwork, accountability, integrity, visionary leadership, and transparency. ] RECOGNIZE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTER FOR QUARTER THREE OF FISCAL YEAR 2026. THIS RECOGNITION HONORS EMPLOYEES WHO EXEMPLIFY THE CITY'S CORE VALUES OF TEAMWORK, ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY. I AM PRESENTING MISS JULIE BEGGS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JULIE BAGS, AND I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CIVIL SERVICE. IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF KYLE'S EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER RECIPIENTS, EACH OF WHOM WAS NOMINATED BY AND SELECTED BY THEIR PEERS FOR DEMONSTRATING THE VALUES THAT GUIDE OUR ORGANIZATION AND STRENGTHEN OUR SERVICE TO COMMUNITY. THESE EMPLOYEES WERE CHOSEN NOT ONLY FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK, BUT FOR THEIR CHARACTER, PROFESSIONALISM, COMMITMENT THAT THEY BRING TO THEIR ROLES EVERY DAY THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS. THESE HONOREES REFLECT THE CITY'S CITY OF KYLE'S CORE VALUES AS VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND TEAMWORK. THEIR NOMINATIONS SPEAK TO THE MEANINGFUL IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THEIR COWORKERS, DEPARTMENTS, RESIDENTS, AND FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THESE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES AND THANK THEM FOR SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE, SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF KYLE. RECIPIENTS. AS I SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM SO WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR AWARD. EACH OF OUR RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE A SMALL AWARD THAT THEY MAY HAVE FOR THEIR DESK OR HOME, OR WHEREVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REFLECTED. SO THEY WILL RECEIVE THAT TONIGHT. FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO JACOB PAZ. HE'S AN OFFICER WITH KPD. HE WAS SELECTED AS DEMONSTRATING VISIONARY LEADERSHIP. BLESS YOU. WHILE REVIEWING BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FOR AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, OFFICER PAZ DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND VISIONARY LEADERSHIP DURING A RECENT DWI ARREST INVOLVING A JUVENILE DRIVER. OFFICER PAZ ENSURED THE JUVENILE UNDERSTOOD THE SERIOUSNESS OF HER ACTIONS AND THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES SHE WOULD FACE, WHILE ALSO TREATING HER WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND ARREST PROCESS, RATHER THAN HUMILIATING OR CONDEMNING HER DURING A DIFFICULT MOMENT IN HER LIFE, HE REMAINED CALM, COMPOSED AND EMPATHETIC. HIS APPROACH HELPED DE-ESCALATE AN EMOTIONAL SITUATION WHILE STILL ENFORCING THE LAW APPROPRIATELY AND RESPONSIBLY. HIS ABILITY TO LEAD WITH BOTH FIRMNESS AND HUMANITY REFLECTS THE CORE VALUE OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP. OFFICER PAZ RECOGNIZED THE EFFECT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT HOLDING INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT ALSO ABOUT INFLUENCING OUTCOMES THROUGH PROFESSIONALISM, EMPATHY, AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. HIS ACTIONS PROVIDE A STRONG EXAMPLE OF HOW OFFICERS CAN PROTECT THE COMMUNITY WHILE PRESERVING THE DIGNITY OF THOSE THEY ENCOUNTER. CONGRATULATIONS. I WANT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE WORDS I'M SHARING WITH YOU TONIGHT WERE WRITTEN BY EMPLOYEES ABOUT FELLOW EMPLOYEES, AND OFFICER PAZ HAS ASKED TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CHIEF BARNETT, MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY OF KYLE FOR THIS RECOGNITION. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO RECEIVE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER, AND I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A PROFESSION THAT ASKS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM EVERY DAY. WE'RE CALLED UPON TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES, OFTEN IN SITUATIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT, EMOTIONAL, AND FAR FROM BLACK AND WHITE. IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I HAVE NEVER TAKEN FOR GRANTED. I DON'T CLAIM TO BE PERFECT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE IN THIS PROFESSION IS. THIS PROFESSION WILL ALWAYS PRESENT CHALLENGES. NOT EVERY OBSTACLE COMES FROM THE STREETS WE PATROL, BUT I CAN SAY WITH WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE, EXCUSE ME. EVERY DECISION I MAKE IS GUIDED BY MY TRAINING, MY CONSCIENCE, AND MY COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT I GENUINELY BELIEVE IS RIGHT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES PRESENTED TO ME. I CAN'T CONTROL EVERY OPINION, EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE OR EVERY OUTCOME, BUT I CAN CONTROL MY CHARACTER, MY WORK ETHIC, AND THE WAY I SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH EACH DAY WITH HUMILITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE CITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. INTEGRITY ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S MEASURED ONLY WHEN THINGS ARE EASY. IT'S REVEALED WHEN YOUR DECISIONS ARE SCRUTINIZED AND YOUR CHARACTER IS TESTED. I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS, DISPATCHERS, CIVILIAN STAFF, AND CITY EMPLOYEES WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THIS COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. [00:40:06] I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO LEARN FROM OUTSTANDING MENTORS, INCLUDING TWO IN THE BACK WITH SERGEANT FLORES AND SERGEANT GUZMAN, AND I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE PAYING THAT FORWARD TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS. LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL FIANCE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDLESS LOVE, PATIENCE, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT. YOU HAVE STOOD BESIDE ME THROUGH THE STRESSFUL DAYS, THE LONG NIGHTS, AND EVERY CHALLENGE THIS PROFESSION HAS BROUGHT OUR WAY. EVEN WHEN THIS CAREER DEMANDS SO MUCH OF US. YOU'VE NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN ME OR ENCOURAGING ME TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I TRULY COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER PARTNER TO SHARE THIS JOURNEY WITH. TO MY PARENTS. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME. LONG BEFORE I FULLY BELIEVED IN MYSELF, YOU ENCOURAGED ME TO PURSUE MY DREAM OF BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER. EVEN DURING THE MOMENTS WHEN I QUESTIONED WHETHER I WAS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING IT. YOUR FAITH IN ME GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE THAT LEAP, AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE SACRIFICES YOU'VE MADE IN THE VALUES YOU'VE INSTILLED IN ME THAT HAVE SHAPED THE OFFICER THAT I'VE STRIVED TO BE TO MY CHILDREN. YOU ARE MY GREATEST MOTIVATION. EVERYTHING I STRIVE FOR IS IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOU. I HOPE THAT BY THE WAY I LIVE MY LIFE AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. I SHOW YOU THAT ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IS POSSIBLE THROUGH HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, AND INTEGRITY. MORE THAN MORE THAN ANY AWARD OR ACCOMPLISHMENT, MY GREATEST HOPE IS TO BE A ROLE MODEL YOU CAN ALWAYS BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. IT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT I WILL NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED. GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TIFFANY MCCOOL. SHE'S A COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS SPECIALIST IN THE HR DEPARTMENT, TIFFANY COURT, AND WAS SELECTED AS INTEGRITY OF THE CORE VALUE. TIFFANY COORDINATED THE CITY OF KYLE'S CLASSIFICATION STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, HELPING GUIDE A COMPLEX AND HIGHLY IMPACTFUL PROJECT WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, SHE MAINTAINED THE INTEGRITY OF THE WORK BY ENSURING THE DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS WERE HANDLED THOUGHTFULLY, ACCURATELY, AND TRANSPARENTLY, AND THROUGHOUT EACH PHASE OF THE WORK. EMPLOYEES WERE INFORMED AND PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN. THIS PROJECT INCLUDED MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT, AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP, AND TIFFANY HELPED ENSURE THE PROCESS REFLECTED THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYEE IMPACTS. TRANSPARENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FINDINGS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES TO ASK THE CONSULTANT DIRECT QUESTIONS AND ACCESSIBLE JOB DESCRIPTIONS PUBLISHED ONLINE FOR EMPLOYEE REFERENCE FOR A STUDY THE CITY HAD NOT UNDERTAKEN BEFORE. MAINTAINING INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WAS CRITICAL TO ITS INTEGRITY, TO ITS CREDIBILITY. TIFFANY HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB NAVIGATING QUESTIONS, RESPONDING WITH FACTS AND EMPATHY, AND DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF INTEGRITY. THROUGH HER ACTIONS, SHE HAS EXEMPLIFIED WHAT IT MEANS TO DO WHAT WE SAY WE WILL DO. TIFFANY MCCOOL. AND AUSTIN, CONGRATULATIONS. CAN WE HOLD IT? OKAY. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME AMANDA FLUID FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. AMANDA TRULY EMBODIES THE CITY'S CORE VALUE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. SHE MAKES IT A PRIORITY TO PARTNER WITH THOSE SHE WORKS WITH SO SHE CAN PERFORM HER ROLE WITH ACCURACY, CARE AND EXCELLENCE. WHETHER SHE IS COORDINATING WITH DEPARTMENTS ON INVOICES, CLARIFYING DOCUMENTATION, OR WORKING THROUGH QUESTIONS, AMANDA ENSURES SHE HAS THE RIGHT INFORMATION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, AND THAT LEVEL OF DILIGENCE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. SHE DOES NOT SIMPLY PROCESS TRANSACTIONS, SHE TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THEM. AMANDA COMMUNICATES PROACTIVELY, FOLLOWS THROUGH ON EVERY DETAIL, AND RESOLVES ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME PROBLEMS. SIMPLY PUT, AMANDA EXCELS AT WHAT SHE DOES AND THE ORGANIZATION RUNS BETTER BECAUSE OF HER. AMANDA. CONGRATULATIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 14 YEARS, AND EVERY DEPARTMENT I'VE WORKED WITH HAS MADE ME A BETTER PERSON. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL. NEXT TRANSPARENCY. THE EMPLOYEE SELECTED BY THEIR BY THEIR PEERS IS GABBY MEDRANO. GABBY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB CREATING, UPDATING, AND ORGANIZING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS SHAREPOINT SITE. THIS INTERNAL SITE SERVES AS A ONE STOP RESOURCE FOR EMPLOYEES PROVIDING ACCESS TO IMPORTANT INFORMATION SUCH AS THE POLICY MANUAL, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES, BENEFITS, INFORMATION FORMS, AND THE WAGE SCALE. [00:45:04] THIS RESOURCE DID NOT PREVIOUSLY EXIST AND HAS BEEN LIVE SINCE DECEMBER OF 2025. SINCE ITS LAUNCH, IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW WITH RELEVANT, ACCURATE AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION THAT HELPS EMPLOYEES QUICKLY FIND THE RESOURCES AND BENEFITS THEY NEED. GABBY'S WORK HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY, IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY, STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION AND SAVING VALUABLE TIME FOR STAFF ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. GABBY MEDRANO. CONGRATULATIONS. AND WELCOME, BOBBY FOR TEAMWORK. BOBBY DOHERTY WITH OUR WATER UTILITIES, BOBBY DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE AND TEAMWORK THROUGH HIS LIFT STATION MODEL DEMONSTRATION AND HIS ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION IN KYLE ACADEMY. HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANT, OFTEN UNSEEN WORK PERFORMED BY THE WATER UTILITY DEPARTMENT REFLECTS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. HIS EFFORTS HELPED HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE OF HIS TEAM'S WORK, WHILE CREATING A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE CITY EVERY DAY. HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE, INITIATIVE, AND DEDICATION TO SHARING KNOWLEDGE MAKE HIM A DESERVING RECIPIENT OF THIS RECOGNITION. BOBBY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE ONE ANOTHER AND REALLY HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE SERVICES WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY. IT WOULD BE OUR PRIVILEGE IF WE COULD GRAB ONE PICTURE OF EVERYONE. SO IF WE CAN TAKE JUST TAKE A MINUTE FOR THAT. OKAY. RECIPIENTS. COME ON BACK. SO. IF YOU'LL JOIN US. YEAH. AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE BOX OR DO YOU WANT TO HOLD IT? YEAH. YEAH. OH, NO. NO. SHOOT. OKAY. JEALOUS? ALL RIGHT. SO FAR, I HAVE EVERYONE IN THE FRAME. I JUST NEED TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER. IF OH, NO, Y'ALL, I WAS WRONG. I'M CUT OFF AT JULIE. I'M CUT OFF AT JULIE. YEP. YEAH. SIDEWAYS. YEP. I STILL DON'T HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER. ZAPATA. SORRY. WOW. TOBIAS, SHOULD WE GO BACK? YEAH. I'M SO SORRY, Y'ALL. I APOLOGIZE IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND COUNTER UP. OH MY BAD. THANK YOU. SORRY. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH ROOM, RIGHT? OH, THIS IS MUCH BETTER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE FRONT IS LOOKING GOOD. I SEE PEOPLE TO. YES. I'LL SWITCH SPOTS. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY. OOPS. HIT THE MIC. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE OF THOSE IS GOING TO WORK. THANK Y'ALL. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT IS PRETTY AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL OFF A CONSENT? [VI) Consent Agenda] NOPE. NO. GOOD TO ME. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER FOUR THROUGH 14. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS FOUR THREE, FOUR, 14. WITH A SECOND BY MYSELF. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AGENDA [X) Executive Session] ITEM 26 B PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION FIVE FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.072. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL BRING UP AGENDA ITEM 24 AND 25. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. [00:50:06] THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THERE WILL BE ACTION TAKEN NOW. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE CITY, HAVING ALREADY PASSED THE REQUISITE RESOLUTION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, FINDING A PUBLIC USE AND NEED FOR THE PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF CONDEMNATION IF NECESSARY, ON MAY 19TH, 2026, NOW FORMALLY COMMENCE EMINENT DOMAIN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST OLGA GUYTON. AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE BB EAST ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM TOBIAS. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. CORRECT? OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE PROCEED? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A MENTION THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED FOR US TO DO. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS MOTION IS BEING MADE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE? TOBIAS. I. MCKINNEY. YES. MEDINA. YES. HARRIS. YES. ZAPATA. YES. FLORES. YES. YES. OKAY. THAT IS SEVEN ZERO. YES. SO THAT'S GOING TO END THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. AND SO WE MOVED UP AGENDA ITEMS. 24 AND 25. APOLOGIES TO EVERYBODY FOR OUR LONG HOUR LONG BREAK. I DON'T WANT TO SAY BREAK, BUT EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. AGENDA ITEM 24 IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION DIRECTING THE ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD, LIBRARY BOARD, [24) Discussion and possible action directing the Arts & Cultural Board, Library Board, Parks and Recreation Board, and Train Depot Board to explore establishing independent nonprofit foundations to support projects within their respective areas of responsibility through private donations, grants, sponsorships, and other fundraising opportunities, and to return to the City Council within six weeks with recommendations, proposed next steps, and any legal or operational considerations.] PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND TRAIN DEPOT BOARD TO EXPLORE ESTABLISHING INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT FOUNDATION FOUNDATIONS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS, GRANTS, SPONSORSHIPS AND OTHER FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN SIX WEEKS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSED NEXT STEPS AND ANY LEGAL OR OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS. THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I PLACE ON HERE. DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY CURRENTLY, MY GOAL IS LONG TERM. SO IN CASE WE EVER COME INTO THIS SITUATION AGAIN THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE AS FAR AS QUALITY OF LIFE ARE NOT AFFECTED. THIS ITEM IS ABOUT GIVING OUR COMMUNITY ANOTHER WAY TO INVEST IN THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND TO MAKE, AND THAT MAKES US SPECIAL. EVERY YEAR, OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BRING FORWARD THOUGHTFUL IDEAS TO OUR PARKS, OUR LIBRARY, PUBLIC ART, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE CHALLENGE ISN'T A LACK OF IDEAS. IT'S THE FACT THAT THOSE IDEAS MUST COMPETE WITH THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES OUR TAXPAYERS EXPECT US TO PROVIDE. PUBLIC SAFETY, ROADS, WATER, AND DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF A GROWING CITY. I'M NOT ASKING FOR US TO CREATE ANY FOUNDATIONS TONIGHT. I'M ASKING OUR BOARDS TO STUDY THE IDEA, LOOK AT THE LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHETHER THEY BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING WORTH PURSUING. ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS, WE'VE SEEN NONPROFIT FOUNDATIONS HELP COMMUNITIES BUILD PLAYGROUNDS, EXPAND LIBRARIES, IMPROVE PARKS, PRESERVE HISTORY AND BRING NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO RESIDENTS THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS, GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS INSTEAD OF RELYING SOLELY ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE POINT. IF OUR LIBRARY BOARD WERE TO RECOMMEND CREATING A LIBRARY FOUNDATION, IT WOULD COMPLEMENT NOT COMPETE WITH THE INCREDIBLE WORK ALREADY BEING DONE BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. THE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL ADVOCATES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR LIBRARY. A FOUNDATION WOULD SIMPLY PROVIDE ANOTHER TOOL, ONE FOCUSED ON LARGER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, MAJOR GIFTS, GRANTS, AND LONG TERM PROJECTS THAT HELP OUR LIBRARY CONTINUE TO GROW. FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE A LEGACY DONATION DIRECTLY TO THE CITY AND ITS LIBRARY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO THROUGH A FOUNDATION. AT ITS HEART, THIS ITEM IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS. IF A FAMILY WANTS TO LEAVE A LEGACY BY HELPING BUILDING A READING GARDEN, IF A LOCAL BUSINESS WANTS TO SPONSOR A PLAYGROUND, OR IF A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION WANTS TO INVEST IN PUBLIC ART OR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE SHOULD HAVE A WAY TO WELCOME THAT INVESTMENT. THIS ITEM IS ABOUT CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S ABOUT INVITING OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP SHAPE KYLE'S FUTURE WHILE BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. ONE OF THE THINGS I MIGHT SUGGEST IS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING SEPARATE FOUNDATIONS FOR EACH, THAT WE COULD HAVE ONE KYLE FOUNDATION AND HAVE SEPARATE DEDICATED FUNDS FOR EACH OF THE ACTIVITIES. IT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, BUT A WHOLE LOT LESS PAPERWORK FOR THE CITY AND CONFUSION FOR OUR RESIDENTS. OKAY, SO HOW DOES THAT LOOK? I DON'T KNOW WHO, IF ANYBODY. GO AHEAD. WELL, BECAUSE NONPROFIT JUST THAT'S JUST MY BACKGROUND. [00:55:05] SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LEGAL SETUP OF IT. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A TRUE INDEPENDENT 501 C THREE, THE CITY CANNOT DIRECT THAT. THEN YOU ALSO RUN INTO THE ISSUE THAT OUR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IF THE CITY WERE TO DIRECT THE CREATION OF AN INDEPENDENT 501 C THREE, IT IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT 501 C THREE WOULD FALL UNDER DIFFERENT LEGAL STATUS BECAUSE BY DEFINITION, A 501 C THREE HAS TO HAVE ITS OWN GOVERNING BOARD, ITS OWN BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THAT'S COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE CITY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT TO WHERE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE THE ONES THAT CHOOSE IT AND RUN IT, THEN THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING THAN AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP COSTS, OPERATING COSTS AND WHATNOT, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE CITY SUPPORT AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPORT ON THAT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, CURRENTLY ALREADY A DONATION TO A MUNICIPALITY IS ALREADY TAX DEDUCTIBLE IF FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE. SO SOMEONE CAN ALREADY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY DIRECTLY, WITH IT BEING TAX DEDUCTIBLE, WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE 501 C THREE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE LEGACY TRUST IS NOT JUST FOUNDATION. SO LIKE IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SET UP A LEGACY TRUST WITH A 501 C THREE ORGANIZATION, SUCH AS LIKE THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEY COULD ALREADY DO SO BECAUSE IT'S JUST 501 C THREE. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LIKE FOUNDATION. YOU CAN BE A FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION, CORPORATION HAVE A C THREE. SO I THINK IN MY OPINION, IF IT WOULD BE, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AS TO WHY WE WOULD DIRECT PRIVATE CITIZENS AND LIKE FORCE THEM TO DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE SELF-ORGANIZED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO WANT TO DO THIS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WENT THROUGH AND I LOOKED AT THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR THE LIKE NEW BRAUNFELS PARKS FOUNDATION'S AND SHIRTS AND I THINK ROUND ROCK ALSO JUST RAISING FUNDS AS A NONPROFIT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. EXTREME. IT'S NOT. I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S SO EASY. IT'S VERY, VERY HARD. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR NEW BRAUNFELS PARKS FOUNDATION IT TOOK THEM FROM LIKE 2005 TO 2014 TO EVEN GET LIKE A REVENUE OF $47,048 ACCORDING TO THEIR FORM 990. IN 2024, THEIR REVENUE WAS ABOUT 442,000 OR IT WASN'T 442, IT WAS $42,207. THE SAME THING WITH PFLUGERVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION. THEY FORMED A 990 EZ, WHICH MEANS THEY DIDN'T EVEN RAISE $50,000. BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPORT IT AT THAT POINT. SO YOU CAN FILE A 990 EASY OR 990 N. SAME THING WITH SCHERTZ LIBRARY FOUNDATION. THEY DIDN'T RAISE ENOUGH TO EVEN HAVE TO FILE LIKE AN ACTUAL TRUE FORM. 990. FRIENDS OF GEORGETOWN PARKS AND RECREATION ACTUALLY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY PARTNERED WITH C3 PRESENTS, WHICH ACTUALLY PUTS ON LIKE CONCERTS AND FESTIVALS AND STUFF. AND SO THEY HOST IT'S CALLED LIKE TWO, TWO STEP IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE LIKE $1.5 MILLION, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIKE AN AMPHITHEATER AND WHATNOT, AND THEY PARTNERED WITH C3 PRESENTS. SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE WOULD ONE DIRECT SOMETHING THAT WOULD LEGALLY CHANGE THE STATUS OF IT BEING A 501 C3, GIVING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AUTHORITY THAT THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE BY CHARTER ORDINANCE COMPETING WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO COMPETE WHEN YOU'RE SUBMITTING GRANT APPLICATIONS AND WHATNOT, YOU'RE COMPETING AMONGST YOUR PEERS. IT'S TAX DEDUCTIBLE ALREADY TO MAKE A DONATION DIRECTLY TO THE CITY. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS FEEL COMPELLED TO DO ON THEIR OWN, I THINK. FANTASTIC. YOU KNOW, THAT'S AMAZING. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY. WE WOULD CHANGE THE LEGAL STATUS. AND WE JUST YEAH, I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE US HAVING ANY CONTROL OVER A COMPLETELY TRUE INDEPENDENT 501 C THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. DOES ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY SPOKE BEFORE, BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER MCKINNEY. I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE BASICALLY WHAT DOCTOR HARRIS SAID, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY MY THOUGHT PROCESS TOO. I LOVE THE CONCEPT BEHIND THIS. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS PUSHED FOR MORE COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVES. AND I THINK THAT THE, THE IDEA IS THAT THIS ENTITY CAN AT LEAST SOLICIT DONATIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY HAPPENING. AND YOU GET, YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS TO DO STUFF. [01:00:05] I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. WE ACCOMPLISH A LOT. I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF DIVIDING IT UP, IF WE COMBINE IT ALL JUST FOR THE LOGISTICS OF MANAGING ONE ENTITY VERSUS MULTIPLE, I THINK IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND BE ABLE TO, TO NAVIGATE THE, THE DIFFERENT COMPLEXITIES OF, OF SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM TOBIAS. OKAY. I THINK MAYBE I SENT YOU AND COURTNEY THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES AND BUDGETS AND RESEARCHING AND FINDING OUT WAYS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING. YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION ISN'T WHETHER, LIKE, CITIES CAN KEEP THEIR HEADS ABOVE WATER TODAY, BUT WHETHER THEY'RE PREPARED FOR CHALLENGES FOR TOMORROW. REMEMBER, I MAY HAVE SENT THAT TO YOU. WE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT REVENUES STREAMS. CITIES CAN NO LONGER RELY ON THE LIMITED SETS OF REVENUE GRANTS. PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS COULD BE THE KEY. AND I THINK WITH WE HAVE THESE COMPANIES THAT BUSINESSES OR LARGE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY, AND WE GOT SOME THAT ARE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOSTERING WITH THEM WITH, THROUGH A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY I ALWAYS SEE HOW WELL H-E-B DOES WITH DOING A LOT OF STUFF IN SAN ANTONIO, GIVING BACK TO SCHOOLS, GIVING BACK TO THE LIBRARIES, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING MAYBE SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THESE COMPANIES ON THE SPOT, BUT LET'S SAY WE WENT TO COSTCO, LET'S SAY WE WENT TO ACADEMY, LET'S SAY WE WENT TO THESE BIG COMPANIES THAT ARE IN OUR CITY THAT ARE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO SAY, HEY, DO YOU GUYS DO ANY KIND OF NONPROFIT OR PARTNER SHARE, WE COULD TEAM UP WITH YOU ON THAT END WHEN IT COMES TO OUR READING PROGRAMS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FOOD BANK, HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO SPROUTS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT PROVIDING SOME OF THOSE KIND OF CHARITIES IN THAT SENSE? AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO CALL OUT THESE COMPANIES, BUT LET'S THINK OUTSIDE. WHO DO WE HAVE HERE THAT'S MAKING THE BIG INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY THAT THAT ARE DRIVING THE, THE REVENUE HERE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUSLY GO BACK AND ASK, HEY, WHAT KIND OF FOUNDATIONS DO YOU HAVE WITHIN YOUR COMPANY THAT YOU CAN PARTNER UP WITH YOUR CITY TO WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING TO MAYBE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM CAN MAYBE REACH OUT TO YOU, NOT SO MUCH RELY ON THE CHAMBER TO DO IT FOR US, BUT TO SAY, HEY, LET'S GO TO THESE THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE AND SEE WHAT KIND OF NONPROFIT OR DONATIONS OR KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I HATE TO USE THE WORD CHARITY, BUT WHAT KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR COMPANY THAT THEY CAN MAYBE RE REINVEST BACK INTO OUR CITY IN THAT SENSE. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT. OKAY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SPROUTS DOES CONTRIBUTE REGULARLY AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO THE FOOD BANK. WELL, YEAH. OKAY. WELL THEN THAT THAT SAYS IT THERE. LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY, IF THEY DO, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE. MR. MCKINNEY THAT SPROUTS DOES GIVE BACK IN THAT SENSE. AND IT IS ROUGH. IT IS HARD WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY. I KNOW THE LIONS CLUB IS EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO RAISE MONEY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITHIN OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION, NOT JUST IN OUR CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE, STATEWIDE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEED OUT THERE. AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER ON THAT END. BUT BUT I DO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AND WHAT THEY DO, THE LIBRARY GROUP THAT THEY DO. AND I'VE READ AT SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS BACK IN THE DAY. AND SO YOU, YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB. SO JUST KNOW THAT WE STILL SUPPORT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. THE HAYS CISD HAS A FOUNDATION, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT FUNCTIONS. WIMBERLEY CISD HAS A FOUNDATION. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAS A FOUNDATION ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. SO I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY THINK THOSE ARE ALL TOTALLY INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THE SAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD BE APPOINTED AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE FOUNDATION, I THINK. SO THAT COULD WORK. AND WE HAVE HAD DONATIONS MADE TO BURDINE JOHNSON AND AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GAVE GRANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND CITY LIMITS. SUBARU GAVE A TREE DONATION FOR HEROES PARK. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SOME, [01:05:06] SOME PRIVATE THINGS. AND THAT THAT CAN CONTINUE. BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE SEPARATE FOUNDATION. IT PROVIDES FOCUS AND HAVING SEPARATE FUNDS UNDER THAT THEN ADDITIONALLY PROVIDES FOCUS. I THINK THAT IT WOULD ENHANCE OUR FUNDRAISING. YEAH. MY HOPE WAS TO BE ABLE TO, WHAT SPARKED THIS IDEA WAS THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VIBE. AND IT DOES PAINT US TO NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD IT ALL IN ONE DAY, BUT WHEN WE APPROVED IT BACK IN, I THINK 2022 OR 2021, WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A 10 TO 15 YEAR PROCESS. SO COMING INTO THE, THE HARD TIMES, I WAS THINKING, HOW CAN WE STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VIBE AND YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME KIND OF DONATIONS. AND SO YOU KNOW, MY HOPE FOR ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S ONE FOUNDATION WITH MULTIPLE FUNDS OR IF IT'S INDIVIDUAL FOUNDATIONS, I WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM. I MEAN, I GET THEY CAN CURRENTLY DONATE. I'VE GOTTEN TWO DONATIONS FOR THE CITY, BUT MY GOAL IS FOR, TO SET UP A FOUNDATION THAT THE ISD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE AND TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SET UP, SET THEIR DONATIONS UP ON THEIR OWN. SO IF WE'RE OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE FOUNDATION, I'M OKAY WITH THAT, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD LOOK. MAYOR WE USUALLY SEE THESE AS SEPARATE FOUNDATIONS. THERE ARE SOME LOGISTICS IN THE CITY CREATING A CORPORATION THAT I WOULD WANT TO LOOK INTO BEFORE WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE HAPPY TO SAY, EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS FOR FOR THESE BOARDS TO CREATE ONE OR MORE FOUNDATIONS, AND THEN WE CAN BRING THEM FORWARD AFTER WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT RESEARCH, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT GIVING THEM THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE CURRENTLY, LIKE I LOOKED AT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THESE OTHER ONES THAT DO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR AND THEY LIKE HAVE LIKE SEPARATE LIKE ORDINANCES. AND IT MIGHT BE THE THING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THE PROPOSED MOTION DOES NOT DIRECT THEM TO ESTABLISH THE DIRECTION TO BRING BACK OPTIONS. AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBERS DO SOME OF THAT RESEARCH. OBVIOUSLY, I WILL DO SOME OF THAT RESEARCH AS WELL THROUGH MY OFFICE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD. OKAY. I THINK YEAH, I THINK MY CONCERN IS REALLY ABOUT CHANGING THE LEGAL STATUS AND LIKE THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE CITY WOULD HOLD EITHER AS LIKE A FISCAL SPONSOR OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. I DON'T THINK THIS MOTION WOULD WOULD DO THAT. THIS MOTION IS SIMPLY TO GET ADVICE FROM OUR BOARDS ON WHAT THEY THINK THOSE FOUNDATIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE, OR HOW THEY THINK THEY MIGHT OPERATE. WE CAN BRING THOSE CONCERNS BACK. SHE CAN WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS MAYBE WITH THE BOARD. IF WE CAN JUST JOT THAT DOWN AND SAY, HEY, WHAT WOULD THIS LIKE LOOK LIKE? OR WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IF IT'S A CONCERN THAT WE CAN ADDRESS, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TODAY. WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD TO, TO GET THE, THE BALL ROLLING. AND IF IT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD, THEN IT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD. I'M OKAY WITH THAT TOO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE PERMISSION OR TO GIVE PERMISSION TO THE BOARDS AND TO STAFF IN ORDER TO, TO BEGIN THE PROCESS. I THINK, I THINK WE'LL RUN DOWN ALL OPTIONS AND ALL CONCERNS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND THIS WOULD JUST LET THE BOARD SAY THEY KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A NONPROFIT. THEY CAN BRING THOSE PEOPLE TO US. AND THAT'S HELPFUL, I GUESS. OKAY WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER GOZA YEAH, IN TERMS OF DOING LIKE THE PROS AND CONS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME THINGS IN THERE ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE LIKE IF WE'RE SETTING UP KIND OF A PAY TO PLAY TYPE SITUATION WITH SETTING UP THESE FOUNDATIONS. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THERE MAY BE A BIG CORPORATE SPONSOR THAT SAYS, OH, I WANT THIS. AND THEN THE BURDEN OF THAT IS PUT ON THE CITY. SO THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN THAT TOO. BUT I DEFINITELY LIKE THE IDEA OF AT LEAST INVESTIGATING THAT AND SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE PRACTICALITY OF IT. YEAH. IF WE CAN HAVE EITHER YOU, AMY, OR A BOARD, A BOARD MEMBER CONTACT THE HAYS CISD FOUNDATION AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY DO IT. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. SO IF I JUST APPROVE THE MOTION AS IS, WOULD IT BE OKAY? DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR SHOULD I ADD LIKE OTHER EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS? I MEAN, I THINK THE AGENDA ITEM REALLY COVERS EVERYTHING. AND IF THEY COME BACK WITH A MORE SIMPLIFIED OR MORE NARROW SCOPE, I DO HAVE A MOTION IF YOU WANT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY, PERFECT. SO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY WITH INTERIM WITH INPUT FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, LIBRARY BOARD, ARTS AND CULTURAL BOARD, AND TRAIN DEPOT BOARD TO EVALUATE OPTIONS FOR ONE OR MORE INDEPENDENT, NON PROFIT FUNDRAISING PARTNERS AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDED LEGAL STRUCTURES, GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS, FINANCIAL CONTROLS, ETHICS PROVISIONS, PUBLIC RECORD AND OPEN MEETING IMPLICATIONS, CITY RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS, ASSET ACCEPTANCE PROCEDURES, MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS, AUDIT REQUIREMENTS AND DRAFT AGREEMENTS OR ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. [01:10:05] NO BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO FORM, INCORPORATE, CONTROL, SOLICIT FUNDS FOR OR REPRESENT AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITHOUT SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT WITH DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANTED THAT MUCH IN THERE. I'M I'M ACTUALLY OKAY WITH IT. MY REQUEST WAS GOING TO BE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET A COPY OF THAT FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S MINUTES. OKAY, PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, I SECOND. WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOSA AND A SECOND BY MYSELF. ANY DISCUSSION? COULD WE JUST HAVE IT BE ONE FOUNDATION? WELL, CAN WE HAVE IT AGAIN? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID THERE MIGHT BE SOME LEGAL ISSUES WITH THAT. SO IF WE CAN BRING. YEAH. IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT, LIKE, CAN IT BE ONE. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH. WHAT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS BECAUSE I OKAY, SO I WANT TO STOP SAYING FOUNDATION BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ONE VERSION OF A 501 C THREE MODEL. SO LIKE THERE'S JUST OTHER MODELS. BUT YEAH, I WOULD JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE DO NOT NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION FOR THAT. I WILL BRING YOU ALL OPTIONS. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 25 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION [25) Discussion and possible action directing the City Manager to bring back a Resolution officially naming the Senior Facility located at 1500 Dacy Lane in honor of Adell Hurst as the "Adell Hurst Senior Activity Center", recognizing her contributions and dedication to the senior community and the City of Kyle.] OFFICIALLY NAMING THE SENIOR FACILITY LOCATED AT 1500 DACY LANE, IN HONOR OF ADELE HURST AS THE ADELE HURST SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. RECOGNIZING HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEDICATION TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF KYLE. ITEM PRESENTERS ARE MYSELF, COURTNEY GOZA AND MELISSA MEDINA AND WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GOZA. I'M SO PROUD TO PRESENT THIS. SO ADELE HURST WAS A DEDICATED COMMUNITY ADVOCATE WHO RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR A PLACE WHERE SENIORS COULD GATHER, PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND REMAIN CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT, KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT SENIOR PROGRAMING AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT, WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. IN 2006, ADELE HURST AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKED TO PRESERVE KYLE'S HISTORIC FORMER CITY HALL BUILDING AND REPURPOSED THE FACILITY AS A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. THE BUILDING, LATER KNOWN AS THE KRUG ACTIVITY CENTER, BECAME THE HOME OF KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE AND PROVIDED A GATHERING PLACE FOR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. THE KRUG ACTIVITY CENTER BECAME A SYMBOL OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING KYLE'S HISTORY WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS. THROUGH KASS, SENIORS WERE PROVIDED ACCESS TO PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, SOCIAL EVENTS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES, AND OTHER SERVICES THAT STRENGTHENED THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT MISS HURST WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND MISS CONLEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT, BUT SHE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY. SO I JUST WANT TO FILL IN AND SAY THAT THIS WOMAN WAS SO MUCH MORE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART FOR A LONG TIME. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. AGREED. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY OF OF ADELE AND THE SENIOR CENTER. SO THE CITY OF KYLE HAS PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED THE DALEHURST BEFORE I GO ON. IS IT ADELE OR ADELE? ADELE. ADELE. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT LAST TIME, AND I WANTED TO GET IT RIGHT. SO IT'S ADELE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE CITY OF KYLE HAS PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED ADELE FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. IN 2012, CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED ADELE, HER SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO SENIOR KYLE SENIOR COMMUNITY BY DECLARING A DAY IN HER HONOR. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAIN BALLROOM IN THE ACTIVITY CENTER WAS NAMED THE ADELE HEARST ROOM IN RECOGNITION OF HER LEADERSHIP AND LASTING IMPACT. ADELE. HER EFFORTS HELPED CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR SERVICES IN KYLE, AND DEMONSTRATED THE IMPACT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN HAVE WHEN THEY DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO IMPROVING THEIR COMMUNITY. AS KYLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, CAS KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONES PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATION INCREASED, CREATING THE NEED FOR A LARGER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FACILITY. IN 2021, CITY COUNCIL BEGAN TAKING STEPS TOWARDS DEVELOPING A NEW SENIOR COMMUNITY FACILITY. COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE TO SUPPORT SENIOR PROGRAMING AND APPROVED FUNDING TOWARDS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS FOR A FUTURE SENIOR CENTER. THE PROJECT WAS ENVISIONED AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF KYLE HAYS COUNTY AND KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE. ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2021, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT FOR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES RELATED TO KYLE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT TO ASSIST WITH PROJECT COORDINATION, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. ON JANUARY 4TH, 2022, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUTURE SENIOR ACTIVITY AND COMMUNITY CENTER FACILITY. THESE ACTIONS REPRESENTED COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CONTINUE EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR FOR FACILITY THAT WOULD BETTER SERVE KYLE'S GROWING SENIOR POPULATION. WHILE CITY COUNCIL TOOK MULTIPLE STEPS TO ADVANCE THE CONCEPT OF A NEW SENIOR FACILITY TO INCLUDE ALLOCATING FUNDING, [01:15:06] APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND DIRECTING CONTINUED PLANNING, FINAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION FOR FACILITY NEVER CAME TO FRUITION. THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY COUNCIL REPRESENTED MEANINGFUL STEPS TOWARD DEVELOPING A FACILITY TO SERVE SENIORS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED PROJECT WAS NOT COMPLETED AS INITIALLY PLANNED. THE CITY CONTINUED EVALUATING OPTIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR SENIOR AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMING, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SENIOR FACILITY CENTER, LOCATED AT 1500 STACEY LANE, NAMING THE FACILITY. THE ADA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER RECOGNIZES THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE VISION AND DEDICATION HELPED CREATE SENIOR PROGRAMING ACTIVITIES IN KYLE AND TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE AND THE COMMUNITY. THE PROPOSED NAMING WOULD PRESERVE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FACILITY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT IT SERVES, WHILE RECOGNIZING ADELE HURST'S LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF KYLE. ADELE HURST'S LEGACY REPRESENTS THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND THE BELIEF THAT A STRONGER COMMUNITY IS BUILT WHEN RESIDENTS COME TOGETHER TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONE ANOTHER. THE CITY OF KYLE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PARTNERING WITH CAS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR KYLE'S SENIOR COMMUNITY. THIS PARTNERSHIP BEGAN THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP AND VISION OF ADELE HIRST, WHOSE DEDICATION HELPED ESTABLISH A LASTING RESOURCE FOR SENIORS IN KYLE. THIS ITEM IS TO ALLOW DISCUSSIONS TO CONSIDER THE NAME ADELE HIRST SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, AND RECOGNITION OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS, LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF KYLE. AND WITH THAT, WE OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. OKAY. ANY CONVERSATIONS? I THINK NAMING IT AFTER ADELE HIRST IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE SHOULD ALL STRIVE TO BE MORE LIKE ADELE. YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MORE IN THE COMMUNITY THAN, THAN WHAT WE DO FROM THIS DAIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HOLDING OURSELVES TO THAT STANDARD IS, IS DIFFICULT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HOLD OURSELVES TO. I MIGHT GET A SMIDGE OF HATE MAIL FOR THIS, AND I AM MILDLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WORD SENIOR IN THERE, ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE ANY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS FROM WANTING TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY. JUST BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT. AND AGAIN, I SAY I'M MILDLY CONCERNED IN THAT. BUT AGAIN, I'VE SAID FROM THIS DAIS, THERE'S SOME HILLS I'M WILLING TO DIE ON. THAT'S NOT ONE OF THEM. I JUST WANTED TO VOICE THAT THAT I WANT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THEIR FACILITY, TOO. THAT IT IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY COLLIERY SENIOR ZONE'S BUILDING. WHILE THEY ARE THE FIRST AND FOREMOST MAIN, YOU KNOW, USER OF THIS, THIS BUILDING. THERE, THERE IS SPACE AND, AND AND ROOM AND TIME FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO UTILIZE IT AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. THAT COULD BE EASILY RESOLVED BY CALLING THE ADELE HURST SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER. I THINK THE CONCERN WAS HAVING PEOPLE RANDOMLY STOP BY THINKING THERE WAS GOING TO BE EVERY DAY WRECK STUFF TO DO. AND SO IF THEY DID STOP BY AND THERE WAS LIKE SOMETHING GOING ON, I MEAN, IT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN RENT IT OUT AND THEY MIGHT HOLD EVENTS THERE. MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE, AGAIN, PEOPLE DROPPING IN AND JUST THINKING IT'S A REC CENTER. SO BUT I THINK WHAT WE COULD SAY IS, HEY, THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE AT THE ADELE HURST SENIOR CENTER. SO IT'D BE SAYING LIKE, HEY, THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE AT THE KRUG CENTER. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A NAME. AND AGAIN IF THEY DROP IN, JUST PUT THEM TO WORK VOLUNTEERING ABOUT THE. I JUST WOULDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION WITH IT, YOU KNOW? I'D RATHER NOT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY DISAPPOINT, BUT IF THEY COME IN AND THERE'S A SENIOR FUNCTION GOING ON AND I DON'T KNOW, I JUST THINK FOR ME IT WOULD CAUSE SOME CONFUSION. AND THIS IS THIS IS A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE SENIORS AS WELL. IS THAT WOULD IT IT WOULD CAUSE SOME CONFUSION, AS IF IT'S LIKE A REC CENTER AND YOU CAN JUST STOP BY. BUT I'M AGAIN, I'M OPEN TO IT. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT ME AND BETTY TALKED ABOUT. [01:20:03] BECAUSE WE DID TALK THROUGH A COUPLE NAMES, BUT AT THE END OF IT, I WAS LIKE, LET'S JUST PRESENT THIS AND SEE HOW IT GOES. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ON THE DAIS. SENIOR. ALSO SORRY. I'LL BE REAL FAST. HAS TO BE IN THE NAME IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT FUNDING. WELL, YEAH, WE WANT TO LEAVE THE SENIOR IN THERE. YEAH FOR SURE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER, I THINK SATISFIES THAT. BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE WILL HAVE LIKE ONE FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER HOUSED IN THERE. CORRECT. SO TECHNICALLY, IF SOMEONE SHOWS UP AND THEY WERE NEEDING LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH LIKE CITY SERVICES, TECHNICALLY THAT PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND BE LIKE, OH, WELL, CALL 311 FOR THAT. OR LIKE, HERE'S THE 311 LINE. SO IN A SENSE, IT'S STILL KIND OF IS LIKE PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIKE STOP IN AND JUST EVEN BE CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE, OH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? AND THAT, THAT, THAT STAFF MEMBER WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE, THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR SENIOR CENTER. WE HAVEN'T NAMED IT YET. BUT I, I DO THINK THAT SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER I THINK STILL PROPERLY SERVES AND RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ADELLE HEARST AND AT THE SAME TIME JUST ALLOWS FOR. I THINK THE PURPOSE OF IT BEING LIKE, HEY, IT IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, SO COULD WE CALL IT THE ADELLE HEARST SENIOR ACTIVITY COMMUNITY CENTER? SO WHAT I DID WAS JUST REMOVE THE. AND, AND SO IT WOULD BE SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT STILL KIND OF READS THE SAME. WE JUST TAKE OUT ACTIVITY. JUST MAKE IT JUST RECOMMEND HER SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. YEAH. I MEAN, IT JUST JUST MAKE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT WOULD NEED TO BE SENIOR. AND OTHERWISE YOU'RE SAYING IT'S JUST FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY. SO SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY SENIOR ON THE BUILDING FOR GRANT PURPOSES. YES. YEAH. SO SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER DOES THAT. BECAUSE IT WILL BE A COMMUNITY CENTER. YEAH. WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 25 AND AMEND THE NAME TO ADELE HURST, SENIOR ACTIVITY AND COMMUNITY CENTER. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A COUNCIL MEMBER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? I, I THINK THAT HAVING COMMUNITY IN THERE IS GOING TO MAKE IT MORE CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE. I DON'T DISAGREE. I'M ON THE FENCE. I FEEL LIKE IT WILL LIKE I WASN'T GOING TO ARGUE, BUT I FELT LIKE THE WORD ACTIVITY WOULD MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT THERE'S MORE ACTIVITIES TO GO AND DO, AND I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE MORE DROP IN THAN YOU WOULD JUST COMMUNITY CENTERS. YEAH. SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER RATHER THAN JUST DROP THE ACTIVITY. I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. WELL, IF WE WERE REVERTING BACK TO ACTIVITY, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS MORE CONFUSING THAN COMMUNITY. SO TELL ME WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO NAME IT. I LIKED THE MOTION. OKAY. ACTIVITY AND I WAS ASKED NOT TO VOTE FOR COMMUNITY. LET ME JUST SAY SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS THE ACTUAL MOTION WITH SENIOR ACTIVITY AND COMMUNITY CENTER. SO ARE WE GOING TO AMEND THAT MOTION? WELL IT WAS SENIOR ACTIVITY AND COMMUNITY CENTER, RIGHT. RIGHT. SO IF IF WE'RE SAYING NOW SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'LL NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION. YEAH. WELL, WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION WAS THE AMENDMENT. IT WAS SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER WAS THE DISCUSSION. MOTION WAS HAVING ACTIVITY IN IT. MY APOLOGIES. I DIDN'T CATCH THE ACTIVITY IN THE MOTION FIRST. I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE ADELE, HER SENIOR CENTER. BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN'T RENT IT OUT AND THAT PEOPLE CAN'T USE IT WHEN THE SENIORS ARE NOT USING IT, BUT THEY HAVE THE BULK TIME OF THE PROGRAMING, BUT NOTHING IN THAT NAME WOULD LEAD SOMEBODY WHO JUST MOVED HERE TO CONSIDER THAT, WELL, THEY CAN'T USE IT WHEN THE SENIORS ARE USING IT. AND THAT'S THE THING TO ASK, IS MY ARGUMENT WITHOUT IT BEING INCLUSIVE OF THE COMMUNITY? WELL, THERE CAN BE A DESCRIPTION OF PARKS AND RECS, JUST LIKE WE HAVE ANY OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES THAT SAY WHEN THE SENIORS ARE NOT USING IT, THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR THAT IT WOULD BE LISTED AS A FACILITY. MAY I BRING ELAINE TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? IF YOU DON'T MIND. ELLEN. ELLEN. I'M SORRY. ELLEN. SORRY. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE IF YOU WOULD SAY MY NAME AND YOUR TITLE. [01:25:10] OH. ELLEN. I'M COMMUNICATIONS AND GRANTS DIRECTOR FOR KAZ AND FORMER CHAIR. CURRENT CO-CHAIR. PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD. THE TIME IS DIVIDED. THERE ARE SOME DAYS THAT ARE KAZ TIME AND SOME EVENINGS. AND THERE ARE SOME TIMES, JUST LIKE IN THE KRUG BUILDING, THERE'S TIME THAT THEY'RE SENIORS ACTIVITIES AND THERE'S TIME THAT THE CITY HAS FREE REIGN OR THEY RENT IT OUT FOR PARTIES. I THINK WE ARE OKAY WITH THE WORD COMMUNITY IN THERE. WE ARE WILLING TO SHARE. WE FOCUS A LOT ON INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS SO THAT WE'RE NOT EXCLUSIVE. WE TREAT SENIORS AS PART OF A FAMILY AND YEAH, I GUESS THERE'S NO ARGUMENT, I THINK ABOUT WHAT THE SENIORS DO AND WHAT IS WHAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO PROVIDE. I THINK IT'S JUST THE FORMALITY OF THE NAME ITSELF FOR WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO USE IT, AND WHAT THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S 1500 AC. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND SO WE AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO THE LEGACY, AND WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SENIORS. AGAIN, WE ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE, OH, THAT'S A SENIOR BUILDING. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO IN THERE. OR IT'S, IT'S JUST FOR SENIORS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT. ALSO THAT MENTALITY AND THAT IDEA THAT, OH, IT'S IT'S A SENIOR BUILDING. WE CAN'T UTILIZE IT AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S JUST FOR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S JUST WE'RE TRYING TO GAUGE THE, THE, THE APPROPRIATE NAMING OF THIS FACILITY AND KEEP EACH ONE OF THOSE THINGS. BE HAPPY WITH, ADELE HURST SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER. SO CHECK OUT ACTIVITY. OKAY. I LIKE TO CAN I JUST. THANK YOU MA'AM. CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION? OKAY. OR YOU CAN WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION. I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WAY EASIER. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. YOU CAN JUST WITHDRAW IT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 25 USING THE NAME ADELE HURST SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTER. OKAY. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONVERSATION? ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE, LIKE, A SOME KIND OF A A PLAQUE INCLUDED THAT'S GOT A BRIEF BIO OF ADELLE HEARST THAT'S IN THERE WOULD BE FANTASTIC IN THE BUILDING. YEAH. YES, WE CAN DO THAT. WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A PLAQUE IN THE CREW CENTER. I'M SURE THEY'LL TAKE THAT TOO, AS WELL. NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AT THE BALLROOM. DO WE RENAME THAT? NOPE. NEVER MIND. NEVER MIND. I'M JUST JOKING. SO SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A BUILDING AND A ROOM NAMED AFTER HER? YES. WELL, SHE'S GOING TO BE EVERYWHERE. SHE IS. SHE DESERVES IT. YES. OKAY. UP NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 15. [15) Consider appointment of two new city council representatives to the CAPCOG General Assembly in place of former City Council Member Robert Rizo and former City Council Member Bear Heiser.] CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN PLACE OF FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT RIZZO AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER BEAR HEIZER. WOW. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. ITEM TWO. AMY. GO AHEAD. HAVE WE NOT BEEN GOING SO GOOD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AMY ALCORN, CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF SOME INFORMATION. AND NOT ONLY DID THEY HAVE THE NAMES OF THESE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY ALSO STILL HAD COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELA PARSLEY, WHO HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THEIR LIST WHEN THEY SENT IT TO US. SHE'S BEEN REPLACED BY DOCTOR LAURALEE HARRIS. SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS A REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION. IT SERVES TEN COUNTIES. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES ARE APPOINTED BY GOVERNING BODIES. KYLE IS ALLOWED TO APPOINT THREE SEATS, AND THE ONLY CURRENTLY OCCUPIED SEAT IS OCCUPIED BY DOCTOR LAURALEE HARRIS. THE CAPE COD MEETS TWICE A YEAR, GENERALLY IN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND THEY DO MEET IN AUSTIN. I BELIEVE THE ADDRESS WAS IN THE STAFF MEMO. THEY DISCUSS AND COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL ISSUES INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE TWO SEATS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY COUNCIL MEMBERS RIZZO AND HEIZER, ARE NOW VACANT TO MAINTAIN THE THREE SEATS ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO MAKE UP TO TWO APPOINTMENTS. GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNCIL HAS TRADITIONALLY APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FILL THESE SEATS. SO THE OPTIONS ARE TO APPOINT [01:30:08] TWO REPRESENTATIVES, POINT UP TO TWO REPRESENTATIVES, TO CAP OR TO MAKE NO APPOINTMENTS. DO WE KNOW WHAT DAYS THEY MEET OF THE WEEK? THEY ONLY MEET TWICE A YEAR, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHICH DAYS THEY ARE, OR WEDNESDAY OR AYE. I'VE NEVER EVEN RECEIVED AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY STILL LISTED AS DANIEL HARRIS. YEAH. I'VE NEVER RECEIVED AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A MEETING. ALL RIGHT. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO PUT PEOPLE ON THERE THAT ARE NOT UP FOR A SEAT ELECTION. SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. IN A FEW MONTHS. NOT THAT I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT SO, MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO SEE AND AND ASK IF COUNCIL MEMBER CORTICOSA IS WANTING TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE SEATS, AND IF SO, SHE DOES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HER A NOMINEE. YES, SHE IS INTERESTED. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE. WOULD COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA BE INTERESTED? YEAH. OH, YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER GOZA AND COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA FOR AGENDA ITEM 15. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOBIAS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. THE LAST MEETING WAS ON A WEDNESDAY. OH. YOU'RE LATE. [16) Consider approval of a Resolution adopting an updated list of peer cities for the City of Kyle to serve as the official benchmark communities for future administrative, operational, financial, and organizational performance comparisons, analyses, and reporting.] ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN UPDATED LIST OF PEER CITIES FOR THE CITY OF KYLE TO SERVE AS THE OFFICIAL BENCHMARK COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE ADMINISTRATIVE, OPERATIONAL, FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. COMPARISONS, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING ITEM PRESENTER JULIE BEX. GOOD EVENING. I'LL WAIT FOR THE SLIDE DECK TO COME UP. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JULIE BAGGS. I'M HERE WITH ALLISON KELLY AND VICTORIA VARGAS TO SHARE WITH YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT PEER CITIES. YOU'LL RECALL THIS CONTENT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, BUT FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THAT QUICKLY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND CONFIRM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OF COUNCIL DIRECTION FROM LAST THURSDAY'S MEETING. CURRENTLY WE HAVE TEN CITIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS PEER CITIES. WE SEE THAT THOSE WERE APPOINTED IN JUNE OF 2024. AND IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT PEER CITIES TO FIND OUT WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. THE GIFT THAT THIS COUNCIL GAVE US IS NO LIMITATION. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER, WE DIDN'T HAVE CRITERIA. WE REALLY HAD CARTE BLANCHE TO GO AND REALLY DO SOME ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS AND PROVIDED THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. LAST THURSDAY WHEN WE STARTED THIS, AGAIN, WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT OURSELVES AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GROWTH AROUND US. SO WE LOOKED AT THESE 20 CITIES FOR COMPARISONS, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT COMPARISONS, WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THREE SEPARATE LENSES FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF TALENT FROM AN OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN FROM A BUSINESS INVESTMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE. HOW DID THESE CITIES COMPARE WITH US? WHERE DO OUR SIMILARITIES? WHERE ARE OUR SIMILARITIES LIE, AND WHERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES THAT COULD PROJECT TRENDS FOR OUR CITY? SO THAT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT WE LOOKED AT. WE DIVIDED AND CONQUERED, AND WE CAME BACK TOGETHER AND FOUND SOME INITIAL FINDINGS. THE MAJOR METRO AREAS OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO WERE ONE BAND, AND THEY WERE KIND OF OUTLIERS BECAUSE THE CITIES WERE SO LARGE. WE ALSO HAD LARGE AND HIGH GROWTH SUBURBS, INCLUDING KYLE, ROUND ROCK, CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN AND LEANDER. AND THEN WE HAD SMALL TOWNS AND SOME RURAL GROWTH OF WIMBERLEY, LULING, ELGIN, TAYLOR, ETC. THE REGION IS EXPERIENCING MORE SUBURBAN GROWTH. WEALTH IS CONCENTRATED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THESE REGIONS, AND THE GROWTH PRESSURE IS STRONGEST ON OUR MID-SIZED CITIES, WHERE THE STAFFING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE LAGGING BEHIND THE POPULATION GROWTH. WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHERE DO WE LIVE? THOSE OF US WHO WORK FOR KYLE. KYLE IS NUMBER ONE AT 43% OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE HERE IN KYLE, FOLLOWED BY SAN MARCOS AT 15%, THEN BUDA AUSTIN, NEW BRAUNFELS. THE GREEN SLICE OF THE PIE THERE IS UNIQUE. THERE ARE 34 UNIQUE CITIES THAT ABOUT 18% OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE IS IN ONE OF THOSE CITIES. WE HAVE A HANDFUL IN SEGUIN, LOCKHART. SAN ANTONIO. BUDA. I'M SORRY. LAKEWAY. [01:35:01] FREDERICKSBURG. HUTTO. ROUND ROCK, CEDAR PARK. SO WE HAVE THE WHOLE AREA REPRESENTED IN THIS IN OUR WORKFORCE. WE DID DECIDE TALKING INTERNALLY THAT TEN CITIES MAY BE TOO MANY FOR WHAT WE WANT TO COMPARE, AND THEN WORKED WITH TML, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, TO FIND OUT HOW THEY WHAT DO THEY USE WHEN THEY'RE COMPARING KYLE? AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR METRICS AND PERFORMANCE, THINGS LIKE WORKERS COMP LIABILITY, THEY COMPARE US TO ABOUT FOUR OTHER CITIES. SO WE HOVERED AROUND 4 TO 6 TO LOOK AT AND SEE IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION AS WE STARTED DOING FURTHER ANALYSIS. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE THREE AREAS WE LOOKED RECRUITMENT JOBS, COMPENSATION. ARE WE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR WORK. ARE WE RETAINING THE TALENT. ARE WE LOSING. ARE OTHER CITIES POACHING OUR TALENT. WE ALSO LOOKED AT ORGANIZATIONAL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. HOW ARE WE DOING OPERATIONALLY COMPARED WITH SOME OF THESE CITIES. AND THEN FINALLY BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND INVESTMENT. ARE WE LOSING BUSINESSES TO OTHER CITIES AND WHY? OR ARE WE GAINING INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHY? SO WE SEPARATE IT AGAIN. AND WE LOOKED AT I TOOK ON THE LENS OF EMPLOYEE IMPACT. SO HOW DID WE LOOK AS FAR AS COMPENSATION, OUR BENEFITS, OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS, THE WORK THAT WE DO, THE COMPLEXITY, THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE, STAFFING RATIOS AND COMING BACK LOOKING AT THAT RECOMMEND. GEORGETOWN, LEANDER. NEW BRAUNFELS, PFLUGERVILLE AND SAN MARCOS AS PEER CITIES FOR KYLE AS WE BENCHMARK THOSE KPIS IN THE HR WORLD. INTERESTING. WHEN ALLISON CAME BACK AFTER DOING HER ANALYSIS, SHE CAME BACK. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WITH GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. GEORGETOWN, LEANDER. NEW BRAUNFELS, PFLUGERVILLE AND SAN MARCOS CAME BACK FROM ALLISON. AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ALSO HAVE HER COMPARE THE SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS. AND THEN VICTORIA CAME BACK AND GUESS WHAT? GEORGETOWN, LEANDER. NEW BRAUNFELS, PFLUGERVILLE, AND SAN MARCOS. AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. THIS SURPRISED US TO SOME DEGREE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALSO KIND OF VALIDATED SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T EXCLUDING SOME OTHER ECONOMIC IMPACTS, BENCHMARKING COMPETITION IN ALL THREE OF THESE AREAS. I'VE ALSO INCLUDED AS BACKUP. WE'VE PUT IN JUST SOME NUMBERS AND SOME DEMOGRAPHICS OF EACH OF THESE CITIES SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE THEM. YOU WILL SEE THAT ALL ARE ON A HIGH GROWTH, RAPID GROWTH CORRIDOR. OUR, OUR APPROVED FTES. THAT'S A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT. THAT'S AN EMPLOYEE. THEY VARY THROUGH CITIES. AND HOUSEHOLD INCOMES WILL BE WITHIN RANGE, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND SLIGHTLY LOWER. PROBABLY THE OUTLIER THERE IS GOING TO BE SAN MARCOS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SUCH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. AND SO THAT SKEWS THEIR MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME SLIGHTLY. BUT WORKFORCE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE ABOUT THE SAME. THESE COMMUNITIES ARE ALL LISTED AS VERY DESIRABLE FOR FAMILIES AND FOR RAISING FAMILIES AND PUTTING ROOTS DOWN IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GAIN ON WHAT THEY'RE POSTING RIGHT NOW ON THEIR BUDGET. YOU WILL SEE THAT ALSO INCLUDED FOR EACH OF THESE CITIES. AND THIS IS SAN MARCOS THAT I MENTIONED, THE 55 K AS MEDIUM, BUT EVEN DOCUMENTATION WILL SHOW THAT IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF THE COLLEGE POPULATION. SO WHEN WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK, WE DID GET SOME VERY CLEAR DIRECTION THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WAS FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE, FROM A RECRUITMENT COMPENSATION OR BENEFIT PACKAGE, THESE ARE PROBABLY REALLY STRONG CITIES TO INCLUDE. HOWEVER, WE ALSO WERE ASKED BY THE COUNCIL NOT TO LIMIT THIS TO ONLY THESE CITIES. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND GROWTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS. AND IF WE NEEDED TO EVEN GO BEYOND EVEN THIS REGION OR STATE BOUNDARIES, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES THAT WE WANT TO RECRUIT TWO KYLE TO COME AND HAVE BUSINESSES AND HAVE AN IMPACT HERE THAT WE WOULD OPEN UP THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO JUST THESE CITIES. WE UNDERSTOOD THAT VERY CLEAR. AND ALSO FOR KYLE TO KIND OF CREATE ITS OWN IDENTITY. SO IT COULD BE A STANDALONE AT THAT TIME. ANYTHING I MISSED THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THESE CITIES BE ADOPTED OFFICIALLY BY THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL USE THOSE AS OUR COMPARISON CITY. AND THERE'S A COMPLIMENTARY RESOLUTION ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM. I STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR MY COLLEAGUES ARE HERE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW YOU DID. YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB LAST TIME. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. SO THE BUDGETS WERE THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS LIKE OUR OURS IS 400 AND OR 609,000 OR SOMETHING. YES. SAN MARCOS, THEY'VE GOT A 370 MILLION BUDGET. THEY'VE GOT LISTED. MANY OF THEM WILL LIST THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SEPARATELY. SO WE'VE PUTTING OPERATING IN HERE. SO THEY AREN'T EXACTLY COMPARABLE WITH OUR OPERATING BUDGET. NOT EXACTLY. BUT THEY'RE CLOSE WITHIN THAT THAT COMPARISON. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED. [01:40:04] THAT'S CORRECT. SO PFLUGERVILLE HAS GOT SOME CAPITAL IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING. SO THIS IS JUST THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED. OKAY. AND THEN SO DID YOU TALK WITH AS FAR AS ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, I KNOW THAT WE ARE PART OF THE HAYS CALDWELL EDC. SO DID YOU VISIT WITH THEM AS WELL? NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR EXERCISE, BUT WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND THEY HELP US WITH BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AS WELL AND MARKETING AND ATTRACTION FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THESE CITIES, BUT HAYS CALDWELL WOULD CERTAINLY KNOW WHICH ONES ARE OUR COMPETITION HERE. RIGHT. AND I THINK WHAT THEY ALSO DO AND WHAT OPPORTUNITY AUSTIN DOES IS THEY LOOK AT REGIONS EVEN OUTSIDE OF TEXAS THAT ARE IDEAL TO RECRUIT FROM, SUCH AS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO, THE NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AREA. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEIR MARKETING TRIPS TO AS WELL, WHERE THEY PROMOTE THE ENTIRE AUSTIN REGION. AND THEN HAYS. CALDWELL SPECIFICALLY PROMOTES HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTY, INCLUDING KYLE. AND THEY GO OVERSEAS, TOO. THEY SURE DO. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 16 SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MEDINA ANY. ANY CONVERSATION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. UP NEXT, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 17. [17) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas approving the 2026 Annual Update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Porter Country Public Improvement District including the collection of the 2026 annual installments.] [18) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas approving the 2026 Annual Update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Kyle 57 Public Improvement District including the collection of the 2026 annual installments.] [19) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas approving the 2026 Annual Update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Plum Creek North Public Improvement District including the collection of the 2026 annual installments.] [20) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas approving the 2026 Annual Update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Limestone Creek Public Improvement District including the collection of the 2026 annual installments.] [21) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas approving the 2026 Annual Update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Southwest Kyle Public Improvement District No. 1 including the collection of the 2026 annual installments.] CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS, APPROVING 2026 ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE PORTER COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF THE 2026 ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS ITEM. PRESENTER. KYLE, IS THAT IT? TELL ME WHAT IT IS. I'LL DO IT NEXT TIME. I'LL KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT FIVE ITEMS ARE ALL ME. SO. WELL, THE NEXT FIVE. SHOULD WE TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER? CAN WE DO THEM ALL AT ONCE? YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN DISCUSS THEM ALL AT ONCE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME PRESENTATION, RIGHT? OKAY. SO SO WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM 1718, 1920. OKAY. 21 AND 22. I DON'T NEED TO READ THOSE OUT LOUD, DO I? 22 I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. ITEMS. 17 THROUGH 21. OKAY, SO ITEMS 17 THROUGH 21 ARE THE 2026 SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE. SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 372 REQUIRES THAT THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS BE UPDATED ANNUALLY. SO THIS UPDATE DOES NOT LEVY ANY NEW ASSESSMENTS ON THE DISTRICT AND ISSUE ANY NEW BONDS OR MATERIALLY CHANGE ANY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN, BUT THE UPDATE DOES WILL UPDATE THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS FOR 2026 TO REFLECT PREVIOUS COLLECTIONS AND ESTABLISHES THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE TAX BILLS DUE 131 2027 FOR THE DISTRICTS, IT PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION ON STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT, LOTS, HOME SALES AND THEN UPDATES TO THE HOME BUYER DISCLOSURE FORMS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER TEXAS PROPERTY CODE. I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE DISTRICTS. THE FORM OF THE UPDATE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS. SO IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY ONE DISTRICT OR ABOUT UPDATES IN GENERAL, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE. OKAY. IS THIS YOUR SLIDESHOW? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION? IT WILL JUST SHOW THE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT FOR EACH DISTRICT WE HAVE. AND THAT'S THE TOTAL. AND THEN IT'S ALLOCATED PER LOT. WE HAVE THE, IT'S THE SAME SLIDESHOW FIVE TIMES IN A ROW, WHICH IS THIS LAST SLIDE IS DIFFERENT. SO WHEN IT SAYS ANNUAL INSTALLMENT DUE. 13127 CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT? LIKE WHO GETS THE INSTALLMENT? HOW DOES THIS WORK? SO THAT IS THE TOTAL ANNUAL INSTALLMENT DUE FOR THAT FOR THIS QUARTER. I BELIEVE THIS SUPPORT OF COUNTRY IMPROVEMENT AREA. SO THAT IS THE TOTAL ANNUAL INSTALLMENT PAID FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. THAT TOTAL THEN IS ALLOCATED ON A PER LOT BASIS BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE ORIGINAL SAP. SO FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT AREA, NUMBER ONE. YES. FOR THAT AREA THEY'LL BE GETTING. YEAH. SO FOR THAT AREA THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LOT TYPES IN THAT AREA. [01:45:05] LOT TYPE ONE, LOT TYPE TWO. AND SO FOR A LOT TYPE ONE, THEY'RE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT FOR THAT YEAR TO 2027 WILL BE $2,567. A LOT TYPE TWO WILL BE $3,104. AND THAT DIFFERENCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT VALUES IN THE HOME PRICES. SO THAT'S PER HOUSE. YES. SO THEY PAY THEIR THIS IS A PAID RIGHT. THEY PAY THEY'RE PAID ONCE A YEAR. AND IN WHAT MONTH IT WILL BE DUE JANUARY 31ST, 2027. IT WILL BE BILLED BY HAYS COUNTY AS PART OF THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT JUST US BUT PEOPLE AT HOME UNDERSTAND THIS TOO. I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S JUST FOR THE HOME BUYERS. THEY SHOULD. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A PIT IS AND EVEN WHAT THEY'RE BUYING INTO. SO ANY KIND OF BREAKDOWN THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM WOULD BE APPRECIATED. YEAH. AND THIS IS A, THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THEY CAN GO TO P3-WORKS.COM. AND THERE'S A PROPERTY SEARCH SO THEY CAN TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS, LOOK UP THE ORIGINAL SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PULL UP THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT S P UPDATE ANNUAL UPDATE THAT WAS APPROVED. WE'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT THEY OWE IN TERMS OF PRINCIPAL INTEREST THE ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES. THEY'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO GET A COPY OF THE CURRENT BUYER DISCLOSURE, WHICH WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR THEIR SPECIFIC LOT TYPE LISTING, WHAT THEY ARE PROJECTED TO PAY OVER THE LIFE OF THE BID. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND REVISIONS YEAR TO YEAR, BUT GENERALLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THERE. OKAY, SO GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS YEAH, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I THINK OUR RESIDENTS DON'T GENERALLY KNOW WHAT A PIT IS. YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE? AND ARE ALL ALL OF THESE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, OR ARE THERE SOME OF THESE KIDS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS? BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT INCLUDES WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, THE ROADS, THE WATER, THE SEWERS. SO TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT THESE KIDS DO. YEAH. SO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S USED TO PAY FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. SO ROADS, WATER, SEWAGE, DRAINAGE IN SOME CITIES THAT COULD BE LANDSCAPING. SO THE, THE BUILDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE. YES. SO THE BUILDER WILL CONSTRUCT THOSE. AND THEN THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TILES I BELIEVE ARE REIMBURSEMENT PAID. SO THE BUILDER WILL CONSTRUCT AND PUTS IN THAT MONEY UP FRONT. AND THEN THEY REIMBURSE THROUGH THE PAID BY ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE PAID BY THE PEOPLE THAT BUY HOMES IN THE PIT. SO IS NOT AN OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF KYLE TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR THE PIT OR REIMBURSE THE COST FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH EACH SLIDE BECAUSE THESE ARE DIFFERENT PITS. SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE PORTER COUNTRY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. YES. AND CAN YOU KIND OF TELL ME WHERE THAT'S AT? I KNOW THE PORTER COUNTRY SOUNDS FAMILIAR. IS THAT ON THE EAST? YES. NORTHEAST. OKAY. NORTHEAST. CLOSE TO BUDA. NIEDERWALD. OKAY. SO THIS ONE IS FOR THE PORTER COUNTRY. AND THEN CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? OH. WE'RE DONE. WHAT'S THE NEXT PRESENTATION? OH, IT'S THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE NEXT ONE IS FOR KYLE 57 AND CAN. DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT'S LOCATED AT? THIS STAGE. HELLO. SAGE HOLLOW. YEAH. 150 AND IT'S WEST STAGECOACH. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US. ANNUAL COLLECTION COST AND WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT'S THE COST FOR ADMINISTERING THE DISTRICT. SO THAT INCLUDES THE FEE FOR OUR FIRM TO ADMINISTER THE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES. IN ADDITION TO PREPARING ANNUAL UPDATES. WE ALSO DO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE DISTRICT. SO IF A BUYER WANTS TO PREPAY THEIR ASSESSMENTS OR HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING IT, THEY'LL CALL OUR FIRM. WE HAVE AN ADMIN LINE THAT THEY CAN CALL INTO AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS. AND. THE SAME HOUSE WILL PAY DIFFERENT BIDS EVERY YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? SO IF I OWN A HOUSE THERE ONE YEAR I MIGHT OWE 3000. BUT THE NEXT YEAR IS CAN YOU EVER PAY THAT OFF SO THEY CAN, YOU CAN PREPAY YOUR ASSESSMENT AT ANY TIME. [01:50:03] SO IF THEY WANT TO PREPAY THE OUTSTANDING ASSESSMENT AMOUNT, THEY CAN DO THAT. AND THEN THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT YOU PREPAYING FULL. YOU DON'T PAY AN ANNUAL INSTALLMENT. THERE'LL BE A LIEN RELEASE FILED WITH THE COUNTY AND YOU'RE STILL IN THE PIT, BUT YOU HAVE NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AT THAT POINT. BUT DOES THAT CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR FOR THE HOMEOWNER? SO THEY JUST PAY ONE PIT AMOUNT. SO IF THEY'RE THE FIRST HOUSE BUILT. AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE 20 HOUSES BUILT THAT YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER PIT. NO, NO. OKAY. NO. SO IT'S IT DOES NOT. YOUR YOUR ASSESSMENT DOES NOT INCREASE. SO WHEN THEY LEVY THE ASSESSMENT IT'S BASED ON A TOTAL A TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT. SO IF THEY ARE BUILDING 100 OR PLAN TO BUILD 100 AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD 20. YEAR ONE. SO YOU TAKE THE TOTAL DIVIDED BY THE 100 LOTS. WHOEVER OWNS, LET'S SAY IF IT'S THE HOME BUILDER, OWNS THE LOTS THAT AREN'T DEVELOPED YET, THEY'LL PAY THE PORTION OF THE INSTALLMENT THAT YEAR. THAT WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THOSE 80 HOMES UNTIL THEY DEVELOPED AND HOMEOWNER BUYS THOSE THOSE HOMES. SO WHAT DOES AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER PAY IN, SAY, IN THIS ONE IN KYLE 57. WOULD THEY JUST PAY A ONE TIME FEE OF LIKE $5,000 OR LIKE, HOW DOES THAT LOOK? SO OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD FOR. KYLE 57 I'M NOT SURE. THIS ONE I THINK WAS A SHORTER PERIOD PAID BOND. SO PAID BONDS ARE GENERALLY 30 YEARS. SO THEY'LL OWE GENERALLY VARIES. ON THIS ONE I BELIEVE IT'S THE SEEING ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN 36,000 OR 30,040 $3,000. THAT'S OVER A TIME PERIOD OF 30 YEARS. AND THEN THEY'LL PAY THAT IN 30 YEARLY INSTALLMENTS, WHICH ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT $3,000. SO WE'RE JUST SEEING THE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT FOR EVERYTHING FOR THE WHOLE YEAR ON OUR SIDE RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU HAVE ONE THAT YOU HAVE THE SLIDES THAT SHOW THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE HOUSES, DIFFERENT SIZED HOUSES. AND I'M READING FROM THE DOCUMENT. I WAS THINKING YOU HAD IT ON THE SLIDES, BUT THE SAP IS ATTACHED TO EACH ITEM AND SO IT'LL BE IN THERE. OKAY. OKAY, SO FOR THE 50 CAL 57, IT'S GOING TO BE 724,000. AND THEN FOR THE PLUM CREEK NORTH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, CAN WE SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE? BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THIS IS, IS THIS MONEY BORROWED BY BONDS BY THE CITY? NO, NO. SO THE CITY DOES ISSUE BONDS BACKED BY THE ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NO OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO REPAY ANY BONDS OR CONTRIBUTE ANY FUNDS TO THE BID. OKAY. CAN WE SEE WHAT THAT ONE IS? SO CAL 57 HAS THREE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT AREAS. OKAY. AND FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO SAY PLUM CREEK NORTH HAS AN AMAZING ROUNDABOUT. OKAY. IS IT IT HAS IT HAS REALLY GREAT ROUNDABOUTS OVER THERE. I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO THAT. THEY'RE NICE AND BIG AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BUILD ROUNDABOUTS, THAT THEY BUILD IT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DEVELOPMENT, JUST LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE HAVE, WHAT, TWO MORE. THAT WAS PLUM CREEK NORTH. THEN WE CAN LIMESTONE THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER ON THE EAST SIDE. AND THAT THIS ONE IS IN THE CITY OF WATERSTONE IS OUT AND LIMESTONE IS IN. RIGHT. OKAY. YES. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE LAST SLIDE. I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THESE AMOUNTS ARE. AND THE LAST ONE IS SOUTHWEST KYLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WHERE IS THAT AT. THAT'S PARAMOUNT. PARAMOUNT NEAR ROLAND AND OPAL. OKAY. ON THE WEST SIDE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS A BID. THAT WAS A 26. OKAY. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 17 THROUGH 21 [01:55:01] SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 22. [22) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance to establish a consistent 40 mile per hour (mph) posted speed limit on Marketplace Avenue from Burleson Street to Kohlers Crossing.] CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENT 40 MILE PER HOUR POSTED LIMIT ON MARKETPLACE AVENUE FROM BURLINGTON STREET TO KOHLERS CROSSING ITEM PRESENTER LEON BARBA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LEON BARBA, CITY ENGINEER. WITH ME TONIGHT IS RALEIGH TO HELP ME IN CASE I NEED SOME HELP ON THIS ONE. BUT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU TONIGHT IS A STUDY THAT WE DID ON MARKETPLACE AVENUE. WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING SOME OF THE SPEED LIMITS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE DONE THIS. I KNOW YOU'RE DOING GREAT. IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE. YES. THANK YOU. MARKETPLACE AVENUE IS A 2.2 MILE CORRIDOR WITH FOUR DIFFERENT POSTED SPEED LIMITS, RANGING FROM 30 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE VARYING SPEEDS LIMIT CREATE VARYING SPEED LIMITS, CREATE CONFUSION FOR DRIVERS, CONTRIBUTE TO SPEEDING, AND MAKE CONSISTENT SPEED ENFORCEMENT MORE CHALLENGING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. A 24 HOUR TRAFFIC AND SPEED STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AT FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN SOUTHBOUND I-35 FRONTAGE ROAD AND KOHLERS CROSSING TRAFFIC VOLUMES. VEHICLE SPEEDS WERE MEASURED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS TO DETERMINE THE CORRIDOR'S 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED, WHICH REPRESENTS A SPEED AT OR BELOW WHICH 85% OF THE VEHICLES TRAVEL ON THE ROADWAY SEGMENT. TRAFFIC DATA WAS COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES. TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH OF 26. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH OF 26 AND SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH OF 26. THE MEASURED 85TH PERCENTILE SPEEDS BETWEEN I-35 SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD AND BURLINGTON STREET IN BETWEEN PHYSICIANS WAY AND FM 1626 ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE POSTED SPEED LIMITS. THE REMAINING SEGMENTS ALONG MARKET PLACE, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN BREWSTER STREET TO CITY LIGHTS AND OLD BRIDGE TRAIL TO COLLEGE CROSSING, HAVE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEEDS THAT EXCEED THE POSTED SPEED LIMITS. ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE STUDY, WE LOOKED AT HISTORICAL CRASH DATA FROM 2021 TO 2025 AND WE REVEALED MULTIPLE CRASH TYPES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, WITH REAR END SIDE SWIPES AND ANGLE COLLISIONS ACCOUNTING FOR THE LARGEST SHARE. THAT CHART ON THE BOTTOM WILL SHOW YOU IN RED SOME OF THE TWO AREAS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT AS HAVING EXCESSIVELY HIGH SPEEDS. THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, BOYLSTON STREET TO CITY LIGHTS AND THEN FROM OLD BRIDGE TRAIL TO KOHLERS CROSSING. WE HAVE THREE CHARTS HERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING POSTED SPEED LIMITS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES VARY FROM BASICALLY 30 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR IN THAT AREA. IN THE MIDDLE IS THE RESULTS OF OUR TRAFFIC STUDY. WHEN WE DID THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED LIMITS IN THAT AREA. ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING TONIGHT. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY, CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING. THAT WE LEAVE THE EXISTING 30 MILE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN I-35 AND BURLINGTON STREET. WE LEAVE THAT AS IT IS, BUT WE WANT TO DO IS ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT 40 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN BROTHERS FROM BOYLSTON STREET UP TO ALL THE WAY TO KOHLERS CROSSING. OPTION ONE IS APPROVED. THE ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED. OPTION TWO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH MODIFICATIONS. OPTION THREE DO NOT APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SPADA. I'M GOING TO FESS UP HERE. I WAS PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING DOWN THIS AREA. AND IN MY DEFENSE, LISTEN, I WILL OWN UP TO MY MY MISTAKE. BUT IN MY DEFENSE I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE EXITING TOWARDS LIKE THE BACK OR NOT, THE BACK OF THE PARKING LOT, BUT ALMOST CLOSER TO WHERE THE CLEANERS IS AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON MARKETPLACE IS LIKE IT'S BEFORE THAT IT'S CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION. SO IF YOU'RE ON THIS OTHER PORTION, RIGHT BEFORE IT, BEFORE YOU GET TO THE STOPLIGHT ON 1626 IT'S 45. AND THEN IF YOU COME OUT THAT BACKSIDE OF H-E-B, YOU MISS THE SIGN THAT SAYS 35 BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IT'S FURTHER CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. AND SO I GOT IN BETWEEN THERE. THAT'S WHEN I GOT PULLED OVER AND I WAS LIKE, I SWEAR IT SAID 45. AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, IT'S RIGHT THERE. I WAS LIKE, WHY DID IT COME FROM THERE? BUT SO I APPRECIATE THIS A LOT. I THINK IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE BECAUSE IT JUST, IT VARIES A LOT RIGHT THERE. AND IF WE COULD ALSO GET LIKE HAVE THIS SPEED LIMIT SIGN ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT THAT EXIT STREET BECAUSE LIKE, THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO EXIT FROM THE PARKING LOT ONTO MARKETPLACE. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION. SO IF YOU'RE EXITING ON THE BACK OR ENTERING ON THE BACK, YOU DON'T SEE THE SPEED LIMIT POSTED UNTIL LIKE WAY, WAY, WAY UP AHEAD. SO WE CAN DO THAT. I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF THE LITTLE SIGN THAT TELLS YOU HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING. [02:00:08] AND IT SAYS SPEED LIMIT AND THEN TELLS YOU HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING, BECAUSE I THINK IT DOESN'T STOP EVERYBODY, BUT IT STOPS ME. SO I WILL SAY THIS. NOT THAT IT IS, BUT I THINK SOME PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS AS LIKE A SPEED TRAP BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SIGNS ARE SET UP. THEY MIGHT FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT FEEL LIKE, HEY, I DIDN'T, YOU GENUINELY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE DIFFERENT SIGNS. I'M NOT GONNA LIE, BEFORE THIS AGENDA ITEM, I THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING WAS 45. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'M KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THIS GOT BROUGHT UP. WHO, WHO WAS LIKE, HEY, WE GOT TO STOP THIS. WELL, MAYOR, WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS SOME TIME AGO BEFORE MARKETPLACE WAS EVEN BUILT. AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE I'VE DRIVE THROUGH THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO CONFUSING. SO TYPICALLY I DRIVE A FEW MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT SOMETIMES. BUT ANYWAY BUT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND THANKS TO ROB LEE, WHO TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS AFTER WE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION. I THINK WAS A VERY GOOD IDEA TO GET IT DONE. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 22. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. AND MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ZERO. UP NEXT, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 23. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SALARY FOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, [23) (First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance establishing the salary for members of City Council effective October 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 3.09 of the City Charter, and following the recommendation of the Council Compensation Committee. Public Hearing ] EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.09 OF THE CITY CHARTER AND FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, PRESENTER AMY ALCORN READ. GOOD EVENING. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY. FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS YOUR LAST ITEM. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY. AND WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS. SO CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 3.09 IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE AS REQUIRED REVIEW FOR COMPENSATION FOR CHANGES. WE HELD FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS BETWEEN MARCH AND JULY WITH THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PRESENTED THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION ON JULY 16TH, 20, 2026. ESSENTIALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMOVE THE $500 MONTHLY STIPEND AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE BASE PAY SO THAT THE PROPOSED UPDATED SALARY FOR THE MAYOR WOULD BE $1,800 PER MONTH, AND FOR EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL, BE $1,500 PER MONTH. IF APPROVED, THESE AMOUNTS WOULD BE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST. THERE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. THE COMMITTEE ALSO MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO COUNCIL REIMBURSEMENT POLICY, WHICH ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO, WE CAN BRING BACK MOVING FORWARD. THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. I WANT TO STATE I HAVE FOLLOWED CITY PAY PROBABLY SINCE LIKE 2019. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS COUNCIL FOR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. IT MAKES ME I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY WELL PAID COMPARED TO OTHER COUNCILS, BUT I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOT FIGHT IT OR NOT BE OFFENDED BY IT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. I NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. YES. SO AGENDA ITEM 23. I AM GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THERE IS NOBODY HERE, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE IT. AND CAN WE CAN WE FINALLY PASS THIS OR. NO, NO, IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT WILL COME BACK NEXT MEETING. THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 23 SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINNEY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE ARE ADJOURNED. GOOD JOB. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.