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[1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM]
ALL RIGHT.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
IT IS JANUARY 13TH, 2026, 6:00 PM THE CITY OF BERNIE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I AM NOT MAYOR FRANK RITCHIE, IN CASE YOU WONDERED IF HE LOOKED DIFFERENT.
I AM MAYOR PRO TEM TY WALSON SITTING IN FOR THE MAYOR TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY, M**K MCKINNEY, IS OSO OUT.
WE HAVE, UM, GERALD PRUITT WHO'S, UH, IN, SITTING IN DIGITALLY.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED YOU TONIGHT, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
UM, WE WILL START OUT WITH A INVOCATION FROM PASTOR NEIL VANDER BUSCH WITH MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH AND COME UP TO THE DIOCESE, SIR, LEAD US INTO PRAYER.
I INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GOOD DAY AND FOR THE LOVING CARE YOU PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO SIT ON THIS COUNCIL, THEIR FAMILIES, AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLED TO DO IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE WHO RIGHTLY CALL BERNIE THEIR HOME.
GRANT THIS COUNCIL WISDOM AS THEY CONSIDER THE VARIOUS ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER BUSINESS THAT IMPACTS THIS COMMUNITY, MAY THEY BE GRANTED THE DISCERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IS GOOD FOR BERNIE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND BE CAUTIOUS OF ANYTHING THAT COULD COMPROMISE THAT GOOD.
AS WE PRAY FOR BERNIE, WE LIFT UP THOSE WHO DWELL IN IT AND THOSE WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE WORKERS WHO KEEP US SAFE AND TEND TO THE NEEDS WE OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED IN UTILITIES, ROADS, PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE LIKE.
WE ESPECIALLY PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND THE MANY SACRIFICES AND SUFFERINGS THAT THEY OFTEN, UM, THAT OFTEN GO UNSEEN.
GRANT THEM ZEAL FOR THAT WHICH IS GOOD, THAT THEY MAY SEEK TO HONOR YOU AND ALL THAT THEY DO.
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT US ALL A QUIET NIGHT AND SAY, RETURN TO OUR HOMES ALONG WITH A PEACE THAT YOU ALONE CAN GIVE.
AND, OH LORD, THE EYES OF ALL ALWAYS LOOK TO YOU AND YOU GIVE THEM THEIR FOOD AND CARE AT THE PROPER TIME.
AND SINCE YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND AND SATISFY THE DESIRE OF EVERY LIVING THING, WE HUMBLY ASK YOU FOR RAIN AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED PROVISION FOR ALL OF OUR DAILY NEEDS.
THIS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD.
NOW, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG, AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO DRAW STANDS FOR NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FLAG PLEDGE.
ONE, COMMIT INDIVISIBLE MAY BE SEATED.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, SEEING
[3. 2026-001 RECOGNIZING MIKE MANN AND HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.]
NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE MAN, THE MYTH THAT IS MIKE MANN AND HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, MIKE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO COME UP HERE TO THE, TO THE FRONT, FRONT AND CENTER.
AND KELLY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN 'EM IF YOU'D LIKE
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, MIKE SHARED WITH US EARLY LAST YEAR THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE RETIRING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, QUIETLY, LIKE RIGHT AFTER, ON JULY, JANUARY 2ND, RIGHT AFTER THE NEW YEAR, WE HAD A, A RETIREMENT RECEPTION, BUT WE TOLD HIM WE WANTED HIM TO COME, UH, BEFORE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND JUST SHARE SOME THOUGHTS.
UM, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH MIKE MY LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS HERE IN WITH THE CITY.
LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE UTILITY SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF THAT HE'S, HE'S BUILT AND MANY OF THEM ARE HERE AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRESENT HIM WITH A KEY TO THE CITY, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR, UH, RETIRING DIRECTORS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME FLOWERS FOR KELLY.
BUT, UM, MIKE CAME TO WORK FOR THE CITY BACK IN 2000.
SO HE'S GIVEN JUST OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, UM, TO THE CITY OF BERNIE.
AND, YOU KNOW, UTILITIES ARE OFTEN INVISIBLE, UH, WHEN THEY ARE WORKING WELL.
AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THEY'RE,
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THE RARE TIMES ARE NOT WORKING WELL, WE ALL HEAR ABOUT IT.THE FACT THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT RELIABLE POWER, CLEAN WATER, SAFE, UM, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, DEPENDABLE NATURAL GAS EVERY DAY IS A DIRECT RESULT OF MIKE MANN'S LEADERSHIP AND THE LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP AND CARE THAT HE'S GIVEN TO OUR UTILITIES.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT BERNIE'S UNIQUE, UH, FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE TO HAVE THE, UH, THE MANY UTILITIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I, I'M AWARE OF ANY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS THE SAME UTILITY, UM, STEWARDSHIP.
DURING MIKE'S TENURE, BERNIE TRANSFORMED MUCH FROM BERNIE, TRANSFORMED FROM A MUCH SMALLER OPERATION INTO ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY SYSTEMS FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED AND EXPANDED ELECTRIC WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER AND NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS, EACH DESIGNED WITH REDUNDANCY, RELIABILITY, AND FUTURE GROWTH IN MIND.
BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS HE HELPED GUIDE, OFTEN DECADES IN ADVANCE, BERNIE HAS STRONG WATER SUPPLIES, MODERN TREATMENT FACILITIES, RESILIENT ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND A UTILITY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE GROWTH WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, HE BUILT STRONG TEAMS IN A CULTURE OF PROFESSIONALISM AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WILL CONTINUE LONG AFTER HIS RETIREMENT.
QUITE SIMPLY, THE UTILITY SYSTEM BERNIE RELIES ON TODAY EXISTS BECAUSE OF HIS VISION, DISCIPLINE, AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEAM, BERNIE, THE CITY STAFF, AND THE RESIDENTS OF BERNIE, MIKE, AND KELLY.
'CAUSE I KNOW KELLY, HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU AND ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR PATIENCE THAT WE ALL HAD TO LEARN THAT YOU ALREADY HAD.
WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK WITH MIKE, BUT WE, WE THANK YOU, MIKE FOR YOUR SERVICE, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE LEGACY THAT YOU'VE LEFT BEHIND.
I, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST SAID YOU WANTED TO RETIRE, I WAS A LITTLE HESITANT AND WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT I COULD DO TO TWIST YOUR ARM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A GOOD UTILITY SYSTEM, WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM, WE HAVE, UM, JUST A GREAT SCENARIO AND I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING WILLING TO COMMIT TO LEAVING US IN THIS SITUATION, UM, REALLY AND TRULY.
AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR PROAM.
AND COUNCIL, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, AND THEN I'LL LET MIKE, UH, SHARE A FEW COMMENTS.
WE'LL START WITH JOE AND THEN, WELL, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
WHEN I GOT ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS ALSO THE UTILITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WE ALL ARE.
AND I'M, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR US, UH, WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO EXERCISE THAT WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF, THE LEADERSHIP YOU PROVIDED.
AND I DO THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY TAKES IT FOR GRANTED.
YOU SAID THAT, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WEEK BEFORE NEW YEAR'S, ALL OF US IN DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE ON TOURING DIFFERENT FACILITIES HERE.
AND WE WERE AT THE WATER PLANT, COUNCILMAN OLSON AND I AND SOME OTHERS WITH YOU ON THE 30TH OF DECEMBER.
AND I JUST THINK THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALIZE THE COMPLEXITY OF SOMETHING JUST LIKE THE WATER SYSTEM.
I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE GAS, THE ELECTRIC, THE WA JUST THAT ONE SYSTEM AND WE JUST RELY ON IT.
'CAUSE WE EXPECT IT TO COME ON WHEN WE TURN THE TAP ON.
AND, UH, YOU'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
UM, I I HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW EXACTLY, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MANAGE.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SERVICE AND KELLY, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH US AND I GUESS PUTTING UP WITH HIM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT COUNTS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU'VE DONE.
AND I KNOW IN MY LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE THE WAY YOU'VE COME IN HERE PREPARED EVERY MEETING, AND I'VE LEARNED WAY MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD KNOW ABOUT UTILITIES AND HOW THINGS WORK.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LAST OCTOBER YOU TOOK OUR CHAMPION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SPENT TWO DAYS TAKING THEM A TOUR OF THE PLANT AND TEACHING THEM AND, AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT THAT WE DO, THE, THE, UH, PURPLE PIPE.
AND I ALSO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, I'VE COME TO APPRECIATE YOUR VISION AND YOUR LONG RANGE THINKING AND PREPARING US NOT FOR NEXT WEEK OR NEXT YEAR, BUT 10, 20, 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND KIND OF GIVING US GUIDANCE.
AND, AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY GONNA MISS THAT WHEN WITH YOU GONE.
UM, BUT I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THE STAFF YOU BUILT AROUND YOU AND, AND, AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS WELL.
SO APPRECIATE IT, MIKE, AS THE, AS THE NEWEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH, UM, LEARNING FROM YOU AS WE TOOK SOME TOURS, UM, NOT LONG BEFORE I WAS APPOINTED, AND THEN AGAIN WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUS YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE HAS TRULY BEEN A BLESSING TO THE CITY.
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ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS BACK DURING THE COVID YEARS WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAD THAT FREEZE, UH, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENS TO BE ON THE BANDERA ELECTRIC.UM, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST BEHIND ME WAS ON THE CITY OF BURN POWER.
AND WHILE WE HAD SOME UNPLEASANT DAYS WITHOUT POWER, I WAS ALWAYS JEALOUS OF MY NEIGHBORS, UH, DOWN THE ROAD THAT, UM, WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE HEAT ON.
AND, UH, THAT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION OF YOU AND YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF OUR, OF OUR CITY.
SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW YOU FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW, AND I'LL SAY MOST LEADERS I MEET IN THE, YOUR TYPE OF POSITION THAT HAVE THE BREADTH OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU DO WILL SAY THINGS LIKE, WELL, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS REALLY DEEP.
UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU WERE SOMEBODY I COULD ALWAYS CALL OVER THE YEARS AND JUST ASK QUESTIONS.
SOMETIMES I WOULD ASK PEOPLE ON COUNCIL OR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'D POINT ME BACK TO A MEETING AND THEY'D GO, YOU SHOULD REALLY GO WATCH THE MIKE MANN MEETING AT SUCH AND SUCH DATE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND IT'S, UM, BEEN A GREAT TIME KNOWING YOU.
WE STILL MAY NEED HIM TO COME DO A PRESENTATION EVERY NOW AND THEN.
YEAH, JUST ADD ON WHAT THEY'VE SAID.
I THINK FOR ME, THE BIGGEST THING HAS BEEN JUST WATER.
YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER NOW, THE PAST IN THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENTATIONS YOU'VE DONE AND THE SYSTEM YOU'VE BUILT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND THE INFORMATION YOU'VE GIVEN US, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY STILL LOT OF THE COMMUNITY HASN'T HEARD THAT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US HAVE, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MILAN WHO'S HERE, CAME UP HERE EARLIER AND JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT OF A PERSON YOU ARE FOR WATER.
AND THAT IS A HUGE DEAL FOR NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE STATE IN GENERAL.
AND YOU SHOULD FEEL REALLY PROUD ABOUT THE FOUNDATION YOU BUILT FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS SUCH A QUINTESSENTIAL THING FOR THE FUTURE OF, UM, OUR AREA AND OUR GREATER AREA.
SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD FEEL REALLY PROUD ABOUT IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN ON A SILLIER NOTE, I'LL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, UM, LOOKING OUT AT SOMETHING AND YOU BEING LIKE, MILLION DOLLARS.
SO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT
MILLION DOLLARS, TWO, NOW, TWO.
NOW WITH INFLATION, I FIGURED THAT WAS THE CASE.
UM, MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE BEFORE? WELL, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING.
I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS THE LEAST COMFORTABLE I'VE EVER BEEN STANDING IN FRONT OF A LECTERN,
I APPRECIATE ALL THE KIND WORDS AND I, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE CREDIT FOR HOW THINGS OPERATE BELONG TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY TO, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE GUYS THAT ARE OUT THERE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK THERE.
WITHOUT THEM, WE'D ALL BE LOST AND THEY DON'T GET THE CREDIT AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF GRIEF OUT THERE.
I, UH, IF THERE'S ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY UP HERE, IT'S, I REALLY WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE, TO THE GUYS IN THE FIELD AND GALS IN THE FIELD AND THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT GET THINGS DONE WITHOUT THANKS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, AS CUSTOMARY, RIGHT? WE GOT THE KEY TO THE CITY THAT I'LL PRESENT TO YOU AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE WITH YOU UP HERE.
AND KELLY AS WELL, COUNSEL FOR STAND UP HERE.
THEN IF YOU WANNA STAY AND I CAN DO A WATER PRESENTATION, PLEASE,
WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR WATER.
ALL US MY TOP ROWS, EVERYBODY SNITCHES ABOUT BLANK.
OKAY, DANNY, I'LL HAVE YOU ON THIS SIDE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IF, UH, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? RIGHT.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed below within the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and may be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Council Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item may be moved to the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence.]
NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.[00:15:01]
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA.UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
BRETT, I, WE, UH, ACCEPT THE CONSENT TO AGENDA ITEMS A AND B AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BRETT TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
SORRY, I HAD TO MOVE MY VOTING COMPUTER OVER.
[6.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-01; AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF C3 - SICO (COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE SCENIC INTERSTATE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT), OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 5.155-ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON INTERSTATE 10 WEST, KNOWN AS THE IH-10 “SURPLUS NORTH” TRACT, ADJOINING THE FUTURE BUC-EE’S DEVELOPMENT AT 33375 INTERSTATE 10 WEST; AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BOERNE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 3. ZONING, SECTION 3.2, ZONING MAP, TO REFLECT SAID RATIFICATION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
ALRIGHT, NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX A.NATHAN, YOU'RE GONNA BE OUR PRESENTER, WHAT YOU GOT.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, ONE THING, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
I'VE, UH, GONE OVER THIS PRESENTATION A FEW TIMES, SO I TEND TO GET A LITTLE QUICK WHEN I'VE DONE THAT.
SO, UH, IF I GO TOO FAST, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, THIS IS REQUEST TO RATIFY A DECISION, UH, MADE TO ASSIGN, UH, ZONING TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, RELATED TO THE BUCKY'S DEVELOPMENT.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF TO TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, UH, WE'LL DIVIDE THE PROPERTY INTO TWO SITES, SITE A, UH, WHICH IS 24.69 ACRES, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED C3 SITE B, WHICH IS A SUBJECT PROPERTY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
IT'S 5.15 ACRES AND IS ZONED B TWO.
AS A REMINDER, OUR LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY IS AUTO ORIENTED COMMERCIAL.
AS YOU KNOW, ALL PROPERTY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ZONING AND WHENEVER ZONING IS CHANGED, UH, PROPERTY NOTIFICATION WAS REQUIRED IN SITE A.
THE, UH, PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ANNEXED TO THE CITY WAS ZONED B TWO HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.
UH, SO THAT SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG, UH, I 10 IN 2021 AS PART OF OUR CITYWIDE REZONING THAT WE DID, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW, UH, UDC.
UH, THAT PROPERTY WAS REASSIGNED FROM B TWO, UH, TO C3 COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL SITE B, THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING.
UH, ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE WERE DOING THE UDC IN JUNE OF 2020, UH, THE SITE WAS OWNED, B TWO, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS WAS FORMER TXDOT PROPERTY, AND SO, UH, TXDOT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, THE APPLICANT IN THAT.
AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS, UH, DISCUSSIONS OR PLANS FOR, UH, FUTURE PURCHASE, UH, OF THAT PROPERTY.
UH, AS PART OF OUR CITYWIDE REZONING.
IT WAS NOT INADVERTENTLY, IT WAS INADVERTENTLY, UH, NOT ASSIGNED A ZONING DISTRICT.
AS A RESULT, UH, THE PROPERTY REMAINS B TWO TO THIS DAY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED, UH, BUCKY'S DEVELOPMENT CAN BE DEVELOPED UNDER THE B TWO OR C3 DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TRY TO CORRECT AN ERROR AND AN OMISSION THAT HAPPENED IN 2021.
AND WE WANT ASSIGN A, UH, ONE OF OUR, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT B TWO'S BEEN RETIRED AND ASSIGN, UH, ONE OF OUR CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS.
UH, THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS WHAT IS THE MOST COMPARABLE B UH, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TWO B TWO THAT EXISTED.
NOW, I WILL NOTE THAT SITE A, UH, THIS ACTION TONIGHT DOES NOT IMPACT SITE A.
WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH SITE B.
SO TO ANALYZE THAT, STAFF LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF, OF THINGS.
UH, ONE IS, UH, OUR AUTO ORIENTED LAND USE DESIGNATION.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL ZONING ALONG, UH, I 10, IH 10, IT IS MOSTLY C3 OR C FOUR.
UH, PRIMARILY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS BASED ON PROXIMITY TO, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, BUT IT'S C3 OR C FOUR, YOU NOTICE WE HAVE FOUR, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
C ONE, WHICH IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF LEY RAIN, STUFF LIKE THAT VARY USES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS, AS YOU GO FROM C ONE TO C FOUR, THE INTENSITY OF THOSE DISTRICTS INCREASES.
UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, THAT'S THE SOBO AREA.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE LIGHT PINK AS IN C TWO HERE.
AND THEN I MENTIONED C3 AND C FOUR.
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LOOKING AT THE PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT B TWO IS CONSISTENT WITH THE C3 OR C FOUR DISTRICT.UH, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE C ONE OR C TWO DISTRICT, UH, DUE TO THE USES IN DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UH, I THINK THE FINAL THING THAT WE LOOKED AT IS, UH, WHEN WE DID THE, UH, CITYWIDE REZONING, UM, ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS B TWO ALONG IH 10 WAS ASSIGNED C3 OR C FOUR, UH, THE OTHER TWO DISTRICTS WEREN'T USED.
STAFF BELIEVES THE CT DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AUTO ORIENTED LAND USE DESIGNATION ALIGNS WITH THE INTENT.
UH, UH, THE PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE RETIRED B TWO DISTRICT, UH, RESULT IN COMPATIBLE LAND USE, UH, RELATIONSHIPS.
AND IT WAS USED TO REPLACE RETIRED B TWO DISTRICT.
SO IT SEEMS FOR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
SO IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION.
PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION, UH, CONSIDERED THIS ITEM FOUR SEPARATE TIMES.
AT THEIR LAST MEETING ON DECEMBER 1ST, THEY VOTED SIX OH TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RATIFYING THE LEGAL DETERMINATION, THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, C3.
WITH THAT, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF, UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN UNDER A ROCK, UH, OR IN IRAQ, UH, YOU KIND OF KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
AND IT, IT IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED, I KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT THE P AND Z DID A GOOD JOB AND THEY VETTED IT.
I THINK AS THOROUGHLY AS ANYTHING I'VE SEEN VETTED, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL IS PRETTY WELL VETTED.
AND I THINK ALL THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
AND, UM, IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE OVERSIGHT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT DID.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT JUST CORRECTING THAT OVERSIGHT.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL PROJECT.
WHETHER YOU LIKE THE PROJECT, YOU DON'T LIKE, THE PROJECT DOESN'T MATTER.
SO, UM, I RESPECT THAT FACT AND I RESPECT THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN ON IT AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DID AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF Y'ALL WANNA SAY SOMETHING.
GO AHEAD AND, UM, WE GOTTA DO PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, BUT IS THAT OH, PUBLIC HEARING? SORRY.
IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 22.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE WILL LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 22.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO ONE ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF C3 DASH CISCO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE SCENIC INTERSTATE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT COVE, AND APPROXIMATELY 5.155 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON INTERSTATE 10 WEST, KNOWN AS THE IH 10 SURPLUS NORTH TRACK, ADJOINING THE FUTURE BUCKY'S DEVELOPMENT AT 3 3 3 7 5 INTERSTATE 10 WEST, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BERNIE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER THREE, ZONING SECTION 3.2 ZONING MAP TO REFLECT SAID RATIFICATION, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT CONTAINING THE SEVERANCE CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DR. MACK, A SECOND FROM BRETT.
PLEASE VOTE THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE NOTE IS THAT WE ARE NEARING THE FINALE WITH THE DA, THE HOLIDAYS KIND OF DELAYED THAT, SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT IS STILL COMING, WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AGAIN, HOLIDAYS JUST KIND OF DELAYED THAT, BUT WE HOPE TO SEE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC, I WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT THE, THE TIA THAT I KNOW MANY OF MY, MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT.
IT ORIGINALLY WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY TEXDOT, AND I THINK SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS MET WITH, UH, JEFF CARROLL AND WITH TDOT, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
AND, UM, I THINK HOPEFULLY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT TDOT DOES CONTROL A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TOTAL CONTROL THERE.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT INTO IT ALSO.
[7.A. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R02; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOERNE AND BOERNE KENDALL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.]
ALL RIGHT.UH, TONIGHT WE ARE HERE, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR FY 26 BUDGET.
UH, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND, UH, BERNIE KENDALL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, THIS AGREEMENT, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR, IF YOU NOTICE IT'S A FEW PAGES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS CONCENTRATE ON LIKE, KIND OF REJUVEN REJUVENATING THE AGREEMENT, UH, REFINING OUR PURPOSE AND SCOPE, AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW THE COLLABORATION WORKS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
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UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, KEYING IN ON, UH, THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND, AND OUR MASTER PLANS AND, UH, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE USE TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT.A FEW OF THE, UH, AGREEMENT HIGHLIGHTS ARE THAT THIS CONTINUES OUR LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2006.
AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT REFINING THAT THE EDCS ROLE AS A FACILITATOR AND A CONNECTOR OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND CONTACTS THAT THEY RECEIVE EITHER.
A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS WILL JUST CALL, UH, THE EDC FOR THEIR FIRST TOUCH WITH THE CITY, AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO, UH, USE THAT AS IN A CONNECTION, UH, TO GET THEM TO THE CORRECT PERSON WITHIN THE CITY.
IT ENSURES ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY MASTER PLANS AND MANAGE GROWTH PHILOSOPHY SPECIFICALLY IN AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE IDENTIFIED, UH, THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THAT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, FIT IN WITH, UH, NOT ONLY OUR MASTER PLANS, BUT ALSO ANY OF OUR, UM, INCENTIVE POLICIES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
IT EMPHASIZES COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY TO ATTRACT APPROPRIATE BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT BERNIE IS NOT, UM, PROBABLY, UH, THE PERFECT PLACE FOR A LARGE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PLACES IN, IN THE CITY THAT THAT WOULD WORK, BUT, UH, DOCTOR'S OFFICES, UM, ANY KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, TO RECRUIT HERE.
ALSO, IT REQUIRES, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY CONVERSATIONS AS WELL AS, UH, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'LL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEIR STAFF.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES $80,000 IN ANNUAL FUNDING.
AND, UH, THIS IS A, A CONSERVATIVE INCREASE OF $5,000 FROM LAST YEAR.
AND I DID LOOK AND WE HAVE, UH, DONE THE 75,000 THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, SINCE AT LEAST 2019.
SO THIS WAS JUST A VERY CONSERVATIVE INCREASE TO $80,000.
UM, I WANT TO, UH, LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO, UM, AMY STORY IS HERE TONIGHT, AND I WANNA THANK HER FOR HER COLLABORATION WITH ME TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT AND HAVE THAT TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
AND ALSO, UH, HE COULDN'T JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT, UH, BOARD CHAIR DAKOTA DURDEN ALSO HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, JOE, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, I WOULD DO, BUT I ALSO HAVE A MOTION, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I I'LL HAVE JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND THEN I'LL LET YOU GO.
JOE IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE, THE IMPORTANCE OF FUTURE COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT.
YOU'LL SEE SOME PEOPLE ONLINE TALK ABOUT THAT NOT BEING IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S UNREALISTIC FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY WILL BE LANDLOCKED BY OUR, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.
SO FOR US TO HAVE CONTINUED, UM, REVENUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED SMART COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
AND I KNOW THAT STAFF, AMY, AS WELL AS DR. MACK AND OTHERS HAVE, UM, MADE A POINT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE GOOD, SMART GROWTH.
SO, UM, AMY AND HER TEAM, I KNOW, WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WILL GET.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, A CONTINUATION OF THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE, MAKE THAT COMMENT.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY, UH, WHEN I CAME ON THE COUNCIL, IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT WE, WE REDIRECTED WITH THE, THE EDC, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE EXECUTIVE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SINCE THEN.
AND DESPITE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU DO SEE OUT THERE, THE EDC IS NOT OUT THERE RECRUITING, YOU KNOW, LARGE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES AND MEGA STORES AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I DO THINK PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, UM, MOST EDCS, MANY EDCS, IF NOT MOST IN TEXAS, ARE FUNDED BY TAX REVENUE.
UH, SOMETIMES A PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX, HALF PERCENT OR WHATEVER, UH, RDC DOES.
EDC DOES NOT GET THAT TYPE OF TAX REVENUE.
AND IN THE CASE OF THOSE THAT DO GET IT, IT'S SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT FUND THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
THE EDC HERE BASICALLY GETS A STIPEND FROM THE CITY AND A STIPEND, A SMALLER STIPEND FROM THE COUNTY.
I PRESUME YOU GOT THAT TODAY, HOPEFULLY.
UH, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF IT COMES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY DO A AMAZING JOB ON A VERY SMALL BUDGET, THREE PEOPLE, VERY SMALL STAFF, AND, UH, THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE KIND OF THINGS THAT, THAT I KNOW, I KNOW I'M FOCUSED ON, AND I THINK THAT THE CITY IS.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, NEITHER THE EDC NOR THE CITY CONTROLS THE ECONOMY OF TEXAS, AND PEOPLE ARE FREE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY, LEASE THEIR PROPERTY, UH, PURSUE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ON THOSE PROPERTIES AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE ZONING CODES WITHIN THE CITY, ET CETERA.
AND OF COURSE, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WE HAVE NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER.
I GET ASKED ABOUT THE BIG LAND CLEARING ACROSS FROM HOME DEPOT ALL THE TIME.
PEOPLE SAY, IS THAT WHERE BUCKY'S IS GOING? IS THAT, NO, IT'S, IT'S WHERE SUPPOSEDLY BAPTIST HOSPITALS GOING, BUT WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
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THE COUNTY.WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT AT ALL.
SO WE DON'T, AS TO, TO COUNCILMAN WILSON'S POINT, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL.
SO THE EDCS MISSION IS TO TRY TO FIND GOOD FITS, AS YOU SAID, FOR US, AND TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT BURNING GROWS PROPERLY AND, UM, HOPEFULLY GENERATES THE PROPER KIND OF REVENUE TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF CITY SERVICES THAT WE ALL WANT.
I WOULD LIKE, JUST TO ADD, I, YOU KNOW, MY TWO YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, AND I'VE KNOWN MISS STORY FOR LONGER THAN THAT, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MUD SLUNG AROUND ON THERE ON THE INTERNET.
I JUST THINK THAT THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LOOKING FOR APPROPRIATE BUSINESS, AND I DO WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER WORK WITH THE EDC, UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.
UH, MAYOR APPROACH TE I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH R ZERO TWO, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BERNIE AND BURN KENDALL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
I HAVE MOTION, DR. MACK AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN.
PLEASE VOTE THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
THANK CHRISTIE, AMY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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ALL RIGHT, NEXT THAT TAKES US TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.ANY COMMENTS? NOT ON THE RIGHT, JOE, YOU GOT OUT.
IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER, SINCE I'VE SEEN, UH, GUYS ON COUNCIL AND SO GLAD TO BE BACK.
I, I DID NOTICE AROUND TOWN A LOT OF THE SIGNS GOING UP FOR THE CAMPAIGN SEASON, STEPPING UP.
AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TREATING OUR NEIGHBORS WITH KINDNESS AND LOVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THIS MEETING.
I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY AS WE WALK INTO THE ELECTION SEASON, UM, FOR THE LARGE PART, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME DESIRED OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON HOW WE GET THERE, AND I JUST REMIND EVERYBODY TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT, UM, AS WE GO INTO THIS ELECTION SEASON.
UM, COUPLE THINGS, UH, SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS BACK.
SO JUST REMEMBER TO TAKE YOUR TIME AROUND TOWN DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS.
YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, KIDS WHO'VE BEEN ON HOLIDAYS FOR THREE WEEKS, SO MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN AT CROSSWALKS AND, UM, AROUND THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
AND THEN FILING FOR CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD STARTS TOMORROW AND RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT, BUT, UM, UH, IT'LL BE FOR, UM, MY DISTRICT AND KYLE'S DISTRICT FOR COUNCIL, AND THEN I FORGET ON SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT, UM, JUST A NOTE FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT EVENING AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS.