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[1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM]
EVERYONE.IT'S OFFICIALLY 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL RUNNING FOR THE CITY OF BURNING TEXAS.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, TO INVITE UP, UH, RABBI YOSHI MAR.
RABBI YOSHI MARS FROM THE SHABBAT BURNING TO LEAD US IN, UH, INVOCATION.
ALMIGHTY GOD BORE WHO CREATES HEAVEN AND EARTH, SOURCE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
WE GATHER WITH GRATITUDE AS WE PRAY FOR OUR BERNIE COMMUNITY, THE HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL, LEADERS AND SAFETY OFFICIALS.
WE GATHER JUST THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO OUR COMMEMORATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES AGO, BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN DARED TO PROCLAIM THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL AND ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE ENDURING VISION THAT HUMAN DIGNITY COMES NOT FROM GOVERNMENT, WEALTH OR POWER, BUT FROM YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD.
TODAY WE REMEMBER THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT HELP SHAPE THE MORAL FOUNDATION OF THIS NATION, THE BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS CREATED IN THE DIVINE IMAGE, THE COMMAND TO PURSUE JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THE CALL TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS, TO WELCOME THE STRANGER, TO CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE, AND TO WALK HUMBLY BEFORE YOU AS THE PSALMIST TEACHES.
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE ARE THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR THRONE.
AND AS THE PROPHET MICAH REMINDS US, WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU? BUT TO DO JUSTICE, LOVE, MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.
MAY THESE TIMELESS TRUTH CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND NATION IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
BLESS THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY AND LAND GRANT WISDOM TO THOSE WHO LEAD COURAGE TO THOSE WHO SERVE IN COMPASSION TO ALL WHO CALL AMERICA HOME.
HEAL DIVISIONS THAT WE CAN US STRENGTHEN THE BONDS THAT UNITE US AND INSPIRE US TO SEEK THE COMMON GOOD WITH INTEGRITY AND RESPECT.
AS WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM, MAY WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SACRED PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, RESPONSIBILITY, FAITH, AND MORAL COURAGE.
HELP US TO BUILD A FUTURE WORTHY OF THE WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND WORTHY OF THE GENERATIONS YET TO COME.
MAY AMERICA CONTINUE TO BE A SOURCE OF HOPE, OPPORTUNITY, AND BLESSING.
AND MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT OUR RIGHTS ARE SECURED NOT ONLY BY LAW, BUT BY THE ETERNAL TRUTHS THAT COME FROM YOU.
WE OFFER THIS PRAYER WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE PAST, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, AND FAITH IN YOUR GUIDING HAND.
WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN TO THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE, WHO LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
MOVING ONTO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
[2. 2026-139 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (AMERICA 250), COMMEMORATING THE NATIONS FOUNDING AND CELEBRATING ITS HISTORY, HERITAGE, AND ENDURING IDEALS.]
TWO, AND IN A RARE OCCASION, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE A PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 2026 DASH 1 39.
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED THE 250 ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COMMEMORATING THE NATION'S FOUNDING AND CELEBRATED ITS HISTORY, HERITAGE, AND ENDURING IDEAS.
LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION AND I THINK WE WILL HAVE A PHOTO OP AFTER THAT, CORRECT, CHRIS? YES.
WHEREAS IN 2 20 26, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COMMEMORATES THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, A DEFINING MOMENT IN THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBERTY, SELF-GOVERNANCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE KNOWN AS THE THE SEMI CENTENNIAL OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO REFLECT UNDER OUR NATION'S HISTORY, HONOR THE SACRIFICES MADE TO SECURE OUR FREEDOMS, AND CELEBRATE THE ENDURING IDEALS THAT CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR REPUBLIC.
THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS, WITH ITS RICH HERITAGE, STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND ENDURING CIVIC SPIRIT REFLECTS MANY OF THE VALUES THAT HAVE SHAPED THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
WHEREAS BERNIE'S STORY FROM ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT BY GERMANY IMMIGRANTS TO ITS CONTINUED GROWTH AS THE EXEMPLARY KILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY REFLECTS THE TRADITION OF PERSEVERANCE, FAITH, HARD WORK, AND DEVOTION TO PLACE AND TREASURED COMMUNITY LANDMARKS AND GATHERING PLACES, INCLUDING MAIN STREET, VETERANS PLAZA, OT CREEK, SERVE AS ENDURING SYMBOLS OF BERNIE'S HISTORY, CHARACTER, AND SHARED IDENTITY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF BERNIE'S VALUES OF EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, SERVICE, AND COLLABORATION, REFLECT THE KIND OF CIVIC CHARACTER THAT STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES, HONORS THEIR ENDURING IDEALS UPON WHICH OUR NATION
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WAS FOUNDED.WHEREAS THE AMERICA TWO 50 OBSERVERS PROVIDES AN OCCASION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BERNIE TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES THAT DEEPEN APPRECIATION FOR OUR NATION'S PAST, WHILE INSPIRING A NEW COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATION PROVIDES A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO HONOR AMERICA'S FOUNDING, NOT ONLY THROUGH CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE, BUT ALSO THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACTS OF GENEROSITY AND RENEWED COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE CITY OF BERNIE ENCOURAGES FAMILIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC GROUPS, NON-PROFITS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OBSERVANCE THROUGH ACTS OF VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE THAT REFLECT THE, THE ENDURING AMERICAN SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY SACRIFICE AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THEREFORE, IT'LL BE PROCLAIMED THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO COMMEMORATE THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE THROUGH REFLECTION, CELEBRATION, VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION THAT STRENGTHENED BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS TRULY A MONUMENTAL TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET OUT, UM, AND GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO, UH, DO AN ACTIVE SERVICE.
WE'RE A BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATING ALL THE WAY PAST THE 4TH OF JULY.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'LL MOVE
[3. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST]
ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, COUNCIL MEMBERS.ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TONIGHT? NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, WHEN I READ YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS SYLVIA ALBRIGHT.
SYLVIA? I'M SYLVIA ALBRIGHT, UH, IN NA PRESSLER.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ERNIE, TEXAS.
LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE IN KENNEL COUNTY.
I WAS THE LAST OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON THE WHERE THE NEWS PARK IS GOING IN.
AND WE WANT TO, TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY WE THINK IT SHOULD BE NAMED PRESLER PARK.
I HAVE WITH ME MY COUSIN, UH, JUDY MOLDENHAUER.
SHE IS FROM, UH, FROM GILLESPIE COUNTY, BUT LIVES HERE IN BURNEY.
AND MY COUSIN, UH, SARAH ECKERT, WHO IS ALSO FROM FREDERICKSBURG, AND WE ARE FOURTH AND FIFTH GENERATION PRESLER.
SO MY GRANDPARENTS BOUGHT THE PLACE IN 1942, AND IT WAS MAINTAINED IN THE PRESLER FAMILY FOR 66 YEARS UNTIL I SOLD IT TO THE CITY IN 2008.
MY GRANDPARENTS, UH, WERE FOUNDING FAMILIES OF KENNEL COUNTY, AS WELL AS MY GRANDFATHER'S WIFE'S FAMILY WAS THE MINS AND THE MELES.
AND OF COURSE, THERE'S, WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF MELES HERE IN IN KENNEL COUNTY.
THEY, THE MEKEL FAMILIES AND THE MENS, UH, SIGNED THE PETITION TO FORM KENDALL COUNTY.
AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE REASON AND
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WHY I THINK WE, WE SHOULD NAME IT MAYBE PRESLER PARK SINCE WE HAD SUCH A HISTORY WITH KENDALL COUNTY ALL THESE YEARS.SO CAN JUDY SAY SOMETHING NOW? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YEAH, JUST HAVE HER STATE HER NAME AND ADDRESS SO WE CAN START THE CLOCK.
UH, JUDY MOEN HIRE, UH, 1 38 LAYMAN STREET HERE IN BERNIE.
UM, I PUT ERNST AND ROSA MINICK PRESLER BOTH CAME FROM FOUNDING FAMILIES FOR BERNIE KENDALL COUNTY.
THEY WERE HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO WERE FARMERS AND TOOK PRIDE IN WHAT THEY GREW AND PRODUCED.
THEY AND MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE CALLED BURN HOME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, GOING BACK TO THE EARLIEST DAYS, SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND NOW GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN CALLED BERNIE HOME.
THE PRESLER WERE THEIR LAST FAMILY TO OWN THIS 40 ACRES.
IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE PRESLER MINNICK FAMILY RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS NAME.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS SHARON WRIGHT.
UH, SHARON WRIGHT, THREE 14 DEER CREEK, HERE IN BERNIE, AND ALSO MEMBER OF HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME, UH, UH, AWARENESS FOR WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY, WHICH IS UP QUICKLY UPCOMING.
UM, THIS DATE OF JUNE 12TH, WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF, UH, PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN, SIGNING THE WOMEN'S ARMED SERVICE INTEGRATION ACT, UH, INTO LAW.
UH, THE HISTORIC LEGISLATION ALLOWED WOMEN TO SERVE AS PERMANENT REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AFFIRMING THEIR VITAL ROLE IN OUR NATION'S DEFENSES.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ASK WHY A SPECIAL DAY FOR WOMEN VETERANS, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE SPECIAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, HONESTLY, WOMEN BEFORE THAT WERE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED TO SERVE AS REGULAR ARMED FORCES MEMBERS.
THEY VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AS THEY CALLED THE, THE, THE, THEY ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE IN THE EARLIEST DAYS OF OUR REPUBLIC, VOLUNTEERING IN EVERY MAJOR CONFLICT FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ON FORWARD, OFTEN IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AS NURSES, PILOTS, CODE BREAKERS, INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS, AND COMBAT LEADERS HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN PRESERVING THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ALL CHERISH TODAY.
SINCE 1948, WOMEN HAVE CONTINUED TO BREAK BARRIERS NOW, SERVING IN EVERY BRANCH, EVERY OCCUPATION, AND EVERY LEVEL OF COMMAND.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, THE CITY, A CITY PRESENCE AT THE WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION.
UM, IT'S NOT ON JUNE 12TH, THE ACTUAL DATE, UH, BUT IT WOULD BE THE, THE ANNUAL CEREMONY AT VETERANS PLAZA.
THIS YEAR, IT'S, UH, SATURDAY 6 27 AT 10:00 AM UH, AND THAT IS LED, UH, ANNUALLY BY THE ESTEEMED DR. BETTY MOSLEY BROWN, UH, US MARINE CORPS RETIRED.
UH, AND THEN IF THE CITY HAS ANY WOMEN VETERAN EMPLOYEES OR PEOPLE SERVING IN OTHER CAPACITIES COMMISSIONS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE CITY WEBPAGE, UH, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES ON JUNE 12TH, UH, E EVEN WITH A SHORT BIO OF THEIR SERVICE WOULD BE EXCITING TO SEE.
I DEFINITELY LOVE THAT THE CITY PREVIOUSLY DID DO A PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY.
UM, AND SO THE CITY OF BURN, UH, HAS ACTUALLY LED THE WAY IN KENDALL COUNTY.
KENDALL COUNTY ACTUALLY, UM, MADE A PROCLAMATION TODAY, UH, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS PREVIOUSLY MADE A PROCLAMATION.
BUT YOU'RE JOINING NUMEROUS CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THE NATION IN HONORING THE SERVICE SACRIFICE AND LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN VETERANS.
THIS RECOGNITION IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR THE WOMEN VETERANS, THE MANY WOMEN VETERANS WHO CALL PROUDLY CALL BERNIE AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY HOME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS BARON WILEY.
I'M BARON WILEY, 1 1 6 CACTUS FLOWER, BERNIE, TEXAS.
UH, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
GUYS, UH, HOMEWORK PROJECT FOR YOU.
UH, I AM SO PROUD THAT THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT REACHED OUT TO BERNIE RADIO 1 0 3 0.9 FM, UH, TO, UH, HELP SIMULCAST PATRIOTIC MUSIC DURING THE FIREWORKS SHOW.
AND SO THE IDEA CAME UP THAT IN BETWEEN THE SONGS, I NEED YOU, YOU, YOU,
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YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO FIND ME, GET ON YOUR PHONE AND SAY, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY OR HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND SAY YOUR NAME AND WE'LL PUT THOSE IN BETWEEN THE SONGS.AND SO JUST TO CREATE COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON BERNIE RADIO.
WE LOVE AIRING THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES AND THE BASEBALL GAMES AND THE GIRLS SOFTBALL GAMES.
UH, WE ARE JUST HERE TO SERVE.
FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M A MISSIONARY IN THIS TOWN WITH THIS RADIO STATION.
I JUST WANNA USE MY SPEAKERS TO DO GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING GOING ON, GET THE GOOD NEWS OUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE USE OUR SPEAKERS FOR.
I'M NOT INTO DRAMA, I'M JUST INTO PLAYING THE GREATEST MUSIC OF ALL TIME, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DO.
AND THANK YOU TO THE YOU GUYS WHO, UH, PATTED ME ON THE BACK, ON THE WAY IN.
IT'S JUST BEEN A FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
I'VE WORKED MY WHOLE LIFE GUYS TO DO THIS HERE IN BERNIE, TEXAS.
HONESTLY, HONESTLY, HONESTLY, IT'S THE JOY OF MY LIFE.
UH, TODAY I SIGNED THE PAPERS, UH, ON THE, FOR A LEASE AGREEMENT ON WHERE WE CAN BUILD A TOWER.
I BOUGHT A RADIO STATION FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO WITH NO TOWER.
THE LAND SOLD NEXT TO THE PRESSLER, I THINK, AND, UH,
AND SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A HOME AND WE FINALLY HAVE A HOME BECAUSE IN DECEMBER, THE FCC TOLD US, IF YOU DON'T BUILD A TOWER, YOU NEED TO SELL THE STATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
LET'S JUST KEEP DOING GREAT THINGS IN BERNIE, TEXAS.
OKAY, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT IF SOMEONE CAME IN LATE, WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT AGENDA.COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FOR AGENDA ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH FIVE C? IF NOT, CAN I RECEIVE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS ITEM BA LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO LET'S REMOVE ITEM B FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR AGENDAS FIVE A AND FIVE C? COUNCILMAN WILLISON? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE.
[5.B.2026-210 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R30; A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2024-R41 AND ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF TERMS, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, AND ATTENDANCE OF THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS WHERE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS APPOINT THE MEMBERS, AND THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS ARE ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW, CITY ORDINANCE, AND BY LAWS OF OTHER ENTITIES.]
ITEM FIVE B OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, 2026 DASH 21 0.CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH R 30 OR RESOLUTION, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH R 41 AND ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF TERMS, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS AND ATTENDANCE OF THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS WHERE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS APPOINT THE MEMBERS.
MEMBERS AND THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMUNITIES AND COMMISSIONS ARE ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW, CITY ORDINANCE, AND BYLAWS OF OTHER ENTITIES PRESENTING.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MCSO, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR WHAT WOULD YOU I HAVE, I HAVE ACTUALLY THREE.
UM, FIRST ONE I RAISED WITH BEN EARLIER.
UM, UNDER THE CHANGES IT SAYS THE MAYOR WILL APPOINT OR NOM OR APPOINT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, WITH MAYOR FRANK.
UH, I DO FORESEE DOWN THE ROAD POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH THAT SINCE THE FORMAT IS FOR THE MAYOR TO NOMINATE AND THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE.
I THINK IT SHOULD CONSISTENTLY BE THAT WAY.
THE MAYOR CAN NOMINATE AND THEN SUGGEST THAT THEY ALSO NOMINATE THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR AND THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE OR DIS DISAGREE.
I DON'T FORESEE AN ISSUE, BUT I CAN FORESEE LONG BEFORE, LONG AFTER I'M GONE, POTENTIALLY, AS WE GROW MORE DIVERSE, A PROBLEM THERE.
SO I'M TRYING TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS.
SECOND THING IS ON THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, WHAT PRECISELY ARE THEY ADVISING ON? SO THIS BOARD IS, IS SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED AS REQUIREMENT UNDER STATE LAW, NEW STATE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNDER STATE LAW ADVISED ON HOW WE WOULD CHARGE IMPACT FEES AND CALCULATE IMPACT FEES, MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION UNDER NEW STATE LAW.
THAT HAS TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF CREATING A NEW COMMITTEE.
THEY JUST, THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR IMPACT FEES EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
SO IS THAT ALL THEY DO IS LOOK AT IMPACT FEES, NOTHING ELSE.
AND LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, MAKE SURE OUR IMPACT FEES CAN COVER THE COST OF THOSE PROJECTS AS THEY COME DOWN THE PIPE.
MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION UNDER STATE LAW, UNDER STATE GUIDANCE, LOT OF LEGAL, UH, GUIDANCE.
AND THEN THAT ULTIMATELY COMES UP FOR YOU GUYS TO ADOPT.
SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEVELOPMENT PER SE, SIR.
IT'S JUST LOOKING AT THOSE FEES.
THAT S THE REASON I'M CONCERNED IS THAT AS I READ IT, IT SAYS NO MORE THAN THREE MEMBERS WILL BE FROM THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND, AND ON THIS COMMITTEE, FOUR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FIVE ARE EITHER REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, OR DEVELOPERS.
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TO, AS OUTLINED BY STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP.SO WHERE, BUT WHY DOES IT SAY THREE IN THE, IN THE WORDING WHEN I READ IS I, I MISREADING THAT IT SAID NO MORE THAN THREE SHALL BE FROM THE NICK.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT STATE LAW.
LET'S SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW THAT WITH THE MAKEUP, WE STRUCTURED IT AS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW.
YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE, I THINK WE DID LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK WE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I WOULD PERCEIVE THAT IF IT'S GONNA HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DEVELOPMENT BEYOND PROJECTS THE CITY IS DOING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE SURE.
WEIGHING IN ON DEVELOPMENT, IT JUST LOOKS AT THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CHARGE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE LAW ON HOW IMPACT FEES ARE CREATED AND ASSESSED INDEPENDENT OF WHETHER THEY LIKE 'EM OR DON'T LIKE THEM.
THIS, THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS ONCE, MAYBE TWICE A YEAR, AND IT'S VERY FEW TIMES.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS RELATING BACK TO MY FIRST COMMENT.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE UDC IS WRITTEN, P AND Z IS CODIFIED IN THE UDC IS APPOINTING THEIR OWN CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO CHANGE THE UDC FOR THAT COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.
WE HAVE A WHOLE SLATE OF UDC AMENDMENTS.
YOU GUYS ARE AWARE WE'VE HAD THAT JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE SURE, UH, IT HAPPENS.
UH, BUT THE RESOLUTION OR NOT, YOU GUYS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STILL MAKE THIS MOVE PRIOR TO THE UDC BEING AMENDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MLU, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT YOUR FIRST QUESTION THAT WE NEED? YOU, YOU'RE SUGGESTING TO CHANGE? WELL, WHETHER OR NOT I, I DON'T, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
MAYBE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL DON'T AGREE.
I JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY AND, AND UNIFORMITY TO PREVENT ANYTHING DOWN THE ROAD, SINCE WE'RE ALREADY APPROVING THE MEMBERS, THE MAYOR CERTAINLY CAN SUGGEST WHO SHOULD BE THE CHAIR AND COACH HERE.
I DON'T FORESEE AN ISSUE, BUT JUST TO PREVENT ANY CONFLICT DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THERE COULD BE A MORE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP, SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WHICH, WELL, I I BELIEVE THEY STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
YOU, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ME.
ME, ME MEETING WITH THOSE HEADS OF THOSE COMMITTEES AND FINDING OUT WHAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OF WHO, WHO THEY BELIEVE CHAIR IS, WHO THEY BELIEVE THEIR APPOINTMENT CHAIR IS.
AND THEN MAKING MY RECOMMENDATION, OFFER THEIR INPUT TO ME TO BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS.
IS THAT IN MY, IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE WAY I READ IT.
UM, BECAUSE I READ CURRENTLY THE P AND Z AND ETHICS, UM, COMMITTEE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT THE MAYOR DOES NOT APPOINT THE VICE CHAIR.
SO ALL THE COMMITTEES OPERATE THE SAME.
SO WHEN WE DO THE APPOINTMENTS LIKE WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, YOU ARE ALSO APPOINTING, UH, CON CONFIRMING HIS RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT.
SORRY FOR THE BELABORING THAT, BUT WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
YOU SAY INDIRECTLY WE, BECAUSE WE DECIDE ON WHO'S GONNA BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
INDIRECTLY WE ARE HAVE SOME CONCERN FOR THAT.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK WE ALSO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE CHAIR CAN HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE OVER THE COMMITTEE AND DEPENDING ON WHO THAT CHAIR IS.
BUT WE STILL, BUT WE STILL AS A COUNCIL, HAVE THE DECISION TO OH, I UNDERSTAND.
I'M JUST TRYING TO AVOID THE MEMBERSHIP.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RESTING ON MY SHOULDERS ALONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION, MAYOR, IF I MAY, IF YOU COULD PAUSE WITH ME A LITTLE BIT.
I'M HAVING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS MOVING THE MOUSE AROUND, SO IT TAKES ME A LITTLE BIT TO CLICK.
SO IF, IF I CAN'T GET THERE RIGHT AWAY, I'LL GET THERE SOON.
WHERE ARE WE? LORI, ARE YOU GOOD TO GO FOR HIM TO CALL FOR A MOTION? YES.
CAN I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN LEWISON? UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH R 30 RESOLUTION, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH R 41 IN ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF TERMS, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS AND ATTENDANCE OF THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS, WHERE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS APPOINT THE MEMBERS AND THE VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS ARE ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW, CITY ORDINANCE, AND BY THE LAWS OF OTHER ENTITIES.
SECOND, FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE.
[6.A. 2026-215 CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-02; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOERNE TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, CHAPTER 2. ARTICLE V. ETHICS, SEC. 2-123 ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION, C. OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
ON TO THE REGULAR CITY AGENDA.MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM SIX A 2026 DASH 215, CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO TWO IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS.
CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE FIVE, ETHICS SECTION TWO DASH 1 23, ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION OFFICERS OF COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PRESENTING LORI AND CARROLL LORI?
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YES, SIR.UM, SO THIS, THIS ACTUALLY RELATES TO THE RESOLUTION IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, SO THE ETHICS ORDINANCE, AS I STATED, IS, IS THE ONE OF THE ONLY ORDINANCES THAT THE, UM, CHAIR DOESN'T APPOINT THE VICE CHAIR.
SO THE ORDINANCE IS TO CORRESPOND WITH THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, IT'S NECESSARY TO AMEND THE ETHICS ORDINANCE TO COINCIDE WITH THE RESOLUTION.
THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE PROCESS OF THE MAYOR APPOINTING THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, AS, UM, CITY MANAGER THATCHER STATED, THE UDC WILL ALSO BE AMENDED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHANGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO THERE'S ONLY THE ONE CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THIS ORDINANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME AND THEN WE WILL ASK FOR A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER.
YEAH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 2, AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS.
CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE FIVE, ETHICS SECTION TWO DASH 1 23.
ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION C OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE.
[7.A.2026-187 RECEIVE BIDS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R32; A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE GBRA WATER MAIN EXTENSION PROJECT TO ________________ , AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF]
SEVEN A RESOLUTIONS 2026 DASH 180 7.RECEIVE BIDS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH R 32 A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE GBRA WATER MAIN EXTENSION PROJECT TO AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF PRESENTING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS MENTIONED, WE'RE MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE GBRA WATER MAIN EXTENSION AND RECEIVING THE BIDS FOR THAT PROJECT.
THIS IS HOW IT ALIGNS WITH OUR NEW STRATEGY MAP.
IT COLLABORATES WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE'RE INVESTING IN MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS ADVANCING OUR MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS A QUICK BRIEF OVERVIEW ON OUR GBA WATER MAIN EXTENSION PROJECT.
THIS IS LOCATED ALONG AMMAN ROAD.
UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 5,100 LINEAR FEET OF WATER MAIN WITHIN EASEMENTS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO GBRA.
IT WILL BE A-G-B-R-A OWNED AND MAINTAINED WATER MAIN.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, IT LEADS TO OUR METERING STATION AT OUR GBR A'S METERING STATION AT AMMOND TANK SITE.
IT'LL BECOME OUR SECOND DELIVERY POINT WITH GBRA, UH, SECOND TO OUR EXISTING ONE AT BUCKSKIN DRIVE.
UH, THIS WILL PROVIDE FIRE FLOW CAPACITY, OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY, AND SYSTEM REDUNDANCY.
UH, GIVEN THIS IS A SECOND INTAKE POINT FROM GBRA.
SO OUR BID RESULTS, WE HAD, UH, BIDS OPENED ON MAY 21ST AND WE RECEIVED 10 BIDS.
SO A GOOD SHOWING OF BIDDERS, UH, PRICING WAS RECEIVED FOR BOTH THE 16 INCH AND THE 18 INCH OVERSIZED MAIN.
UH, FOR THE 16 INCH, WE HAD BIDS AS LOW AS 1.6 AND AS HIGH AS 3.2 MILLION.
IN OUR ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WAS 2.7 MILLION FOR THAT 16 INCH.
AND FOR THE 18 INCH ALTERNATE BID WE HAD 1.9 AS OUR LOW BID AND 3.4 AS OUR HIGH BID, UH, WITH OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE COMING IN AT 2.95 MILLION.
UM, DUE TO THE, UH, LOW COSTS OR LOW BUDGET, I'M SORRY, LOW PRICING WE RECEIVE FROM BIDDERS, WE RECOMMEND THAT, UH, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OVERSIZED 18 INCH MAIN.
UM, WE GOT SOME GOOD PRICING FROM CONTRACTORS.
UM, THIS IS BELOW BOTH OUR ENGINEERS ESTIMATE AS WELL AS THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WE BUDGET AROUND 2.6 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE ITEM BID ITEMS THAT GO INTO A 16 INCH VERSUS THE 18 INCH, IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT 67,000 BETWEEN THE TWO PIPE SIZES.
SO KIMLEY HORN WAS OUR DESIGN ENGINEER, AND THEY ALSO CONDUCTED THE, UH, REVIEW OF THE BIDS, UH, FOR US, AND DETERMINED THAT RL JONES LP IS THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE 18 INCH MAIN AT 1.9 MILLION.
UM, WE HAVE A, UM, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR ILA WITH FAIR OAKS RANCH THAT WAS RECENTLY EXECUTED, AND WITH THAT $1.9 MILLION BID, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.43 MILLION AS OUR SHARE AND FOUR 60,000 FOR FAIR OAKS RANCH.
UH, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CONSULTING FEES, UM, BUT IT'S JUST CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT RL JONES HAS DONE A PROJECT FOR THE CITY 24 YEARS AGO.
IN 2002, THEY DID THE 20 INCH NAME DOWN CASCADE CAVERNS COMING FROM BUCKSKIN.
SO THEY'VE BEEN IN THE AREA FOR A WHILE.
THEY DO A LOT OF PROJECTS IN SAN ANTONIO AS WELL.
UM, ASSUMING THIS IS APPROVED, UM, WE COULD START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS JULY NEXT MONTH AND HAVE IT COMPLETED BY MARCH OF NEXT YEAR IN TIME TO COMMISSION OUR NEW TANK AND PUMP STATION.
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SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, THEY GIVE YOU A REASON WHY THE COST ASSESSMENTS WERE SO DOWN.I MEAN, WITH EVERYTHING, THE WAY THE ECONOMY'S GOING, I, I THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
IT COULD BE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA ARE, UM, LOW AND SMALL AND IN BETWEEN THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH GOING ON.
SO THEY, UH, PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR WORK.
SO YES, GOOD TIMING CONSIDERING, UH, THE MARKET CONDITIONS, LIKE YOU SAID, OVERSEAS AND EVERYTHING.
CAN I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER? I MOVE.
WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 32 A RESOLUTION, AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE GBRA WATER MAIN EXTENSION PROJECT TO RL JONES LP, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF $2 MILLION.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MACALUSO, PLEASE VOTE.
[7.B.2026-211 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R33; A RESOLUTION NAMING THE NEW COMMUNITY PARK CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY PARK SITE.]
ITEM SEVEN B 2026 DASH TWO 11.DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 33 A RESOLUTION IS NAMING A NEW COMMUNITY PARK CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY PARK SITE.
CHRISTIE, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, UH, THIS EVENING TO CONSI TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE BEGAN ON MAY 12TH, UH, REGARDING NAMING OUR PREMIER PARK THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, ON ADLER ROAD.
UM, CONSTRUCTION HAS MOVED FORWARD, UH, VERY WELL ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULDN'T MIND IF MAYBE WE SAW A LITTLE LESS RAIN FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO THAT WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW, GET BACK TO, UH, GET BACK ON SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT IT'S TIME AS FAR AS THE, IN THE, UH, PROJECT PROCESS TO START THINKING ABOUT THE NAMING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING OUR SIGN PACKAGE TOGETHER AND GETTING THAT ORDERED, UH, SO THAT IT WOULD BE READY FOR, UH, FOR THE TIME WHEN THE PARK OPENED.
SO THIS IS HOW THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP, OUR NEW STRATEGY MAP.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MAY 12TH? UH, STAFF HAS BEEN BUSY EXECUTING COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
UM, AND I WANT TO, UH, DIRECTOR JIMENEZ AS WELL AS DIRECTOR SHADROCK AND HIS STAFF, UH, FOR THE HELP THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US IN IN DOING THIS.
UH, WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU ALL ON MAY 12TH, THAT WAS THAT YOU WANTED THE STAFF TO GO AND GATHER PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
UH, THE STAFF WAS, THIS PARK WAS APPROVED BY, UH, 60% VOTE OF OUR COMMUNITY DURING OUR 2022 BOND ELECTION.
AND SO RESIDENT FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT.
AND SO WHAT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT WAS WE WENT OUT AND DID A COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
UH, YOU ALSO, UH, ASKED US TO REVIEW SUGGESTED NAMES AND LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE CITY'S NAMING POLICY, THEN TO GO AND TAKE THE NAMES, REFINE, ORGANIZE THOSE NAMES, AND THEN RETURN TO YOU ALL WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE THIS EVENING.
SO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY PARTICIPATION WANTED TO JUST DETAIL THAT FOR ANYONE WHO WHO WASN'T ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, THIS SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS, UH, PROMOTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH MY BERNIE NEWS ARTICLES.
AND IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR 12 DAYS.
SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF 118 SURVEY RESPONDENTS.
60 OF THOSE WERE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BERNIE, AND 58 WERE NON-RESIDENTS.
SO 77% OF THOSE SUGGESTED A PART NAME.
UH, NOT EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED DID THAT, BUT THEY DID TELL US WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM, UH, IN THE NAME.
UH, THEY WERE NOT 91 UNIQUE NAMES, BUT WE DID RECEIVE, UH, 91 SUBMISSIONS AND FROM THESE SUBMISSIONS, SO THE RESPONDENTS DID TELL US LIKE WHAT THEY VALUED MOST, UM, AS FAR AS NAMING A PARK.
AND THERE WERE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT CAME TO THAT ROSE TO THE TOP.
THEY WANTED IT TO BE A SIMPLE AND EASY TO REMEMBER, EASY TO TO SPEAK, NAME.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, THEY VALUED HISTORIC FAMILIES, THE HILL COUNTRY IDENTITY, AND THEN ALSO THE FAMILY FRIENDLY CHARACTER OF OUR CITY.
SO THE NEXT PART WAS STAFF DID ASK US TO, UH, REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE NAMES THAT WE RECEIVED AND WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO.
AND WHAT WE FELT THE MESSAGE WAS, WAS TO REVIEW THE SUBMITTED NAMES PER CITY POLICY AND LOOK AT REFINING AND SIMPLIFYING.
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WANTED TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON HOW WE DID THAT SINCE WE CAME DOWN TO A LIST OF 13 NAMES FROM THE ORIGINAL 91 NAMES THAT WE RECEIVED.UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAPPENED AS SOON AS WE SAW THE LIST.
SO WE BEGAN CONSOLIDATING DUPLICATES.
WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL, THERE WERE, THERE WERE NUMEROUS ENTRIES FOR, UH, THE PRESLER FAMILY NAME BEING INVOLVED IN, IN THE PARK, UH, ALSO TOPPER WINE ROAD, UM, WAS ONE THAT WAS IN ALSO ADLER ROAD.
WERE IN SEVERAL, UH, OF THE, THE NAME SELECTIONS.
AND WE HAD OTHER VARIOUS NAMES THAT MAYBE HAD, UH, TWO OR THREE, UH, SUBMISSIONS.
THERE WERE ALSO A LOT OF NAMES THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF BERNIE, UH, YET THEY WERE ASSOCIATED MORE WITH THE, UH, THE KENDALL COUNTY AREA.
YOU KNOW, SOME NAMES THAT WERE IN MORE MEMORIAL FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN, WHO HAD BEEN, WHO HAD PASSED AWAY OR HAD BEEN IN SERVICE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY APPROPRIATE FOR A NAME, UH, THAT WAS BEING DONE BY KENDALL, UH, PARK THAT WAS BEING NAMED IN KENDALL COUNTY.
WE ALSO WANTED TO STRIVE FOR SIMPLICITY.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW NAMES, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR GERMAN HERITAGE, YOU ALL NOTICED THAT WE DID HAVE A FEW OF THOSE ON THE LIST, BUT THERE WERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT WERE INCLUDING ONE THAT I PUT ON THE LIST, UM, THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SAY.
AND ALSO IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WAS AS FAMILIAR, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND, AND NOTICE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD.
SO WE KIND OF, WE CU OUT A FEW OF THOSE.
WE ALSO WANTED TO, UH, PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO UNIVERSAL NAMES, AND I'LL GO INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE USE.
WE LOOKED AT GEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE, THE HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS, THE ECOLOGICAL FEATURES, UH, SPECIFICALLY YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT WE USED TO HAVE A LARGE PATCH OF BLUE BONNETS IN THE PARK.
UH, THAT'S NOT THERE ANY LONGER AS THE CONSTRUCTION HAS HAPPENED, BUT, AND ALSO ALL THE OAK TREES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE.
SO THOSE WERE THE KIND OF OF THINGS THAT WE, UH, THAT WE TIED TO, TO THOSE DIFFERENT NAMES, OUR COMMUNITY IDENTITY, AS WELL AS ANY KIND OF RECOGNITION OR CONTRIBUTION THAT A NAME, UH, MIGHT SHOW, UH, TOWARD THE PARK.
SO THERE WERE SEVERAL NAMES, UM, THAT DID COME ON THAT WERE ON THE LIST.
SO WE KIND OF CONSIDERED OUR UNIVERSAL NAMES.
THEY WERE A NAME THAT COULD HAVE APPLIED TO ANY CITY IN TEXAS OR IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO SEE A FEW OF THOSE NAMES.
SO WERE THERE AREAS AROUND US? WHAT OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS, UH, HAD THOSE NAMES? ONE OF THEM WAS UNITY PARK.
AND SO THAT, THAT WAS, UH, SENT IN BY SEVERAL PEOPLE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AND SEE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF UNITY PARKS IN TEXAS.
AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, NOT TOO FAR AWAY, BUT, UH, THE ONE THING THAT WAS THE PICTURE THAT I'VE GOT THERE ON THE SLIDE SHOWS THE, THE, UH, SIGN OF THE PARK IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NAME IS THAT, UM, THIS PARK IS THE CULMINATION OF TWO DIFFERENT PARKS.
IT WAS A HUGE COMMUNITY PROJECT, UM, HAD A LOT OF, UH, WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS AROUND THE PARK.
AND, UM, THE TWO PARKS BACK IN THE DAYS OF SEGREGATION, ONE HAD BEEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR BLACK RESIDENTS AND ONE HAD BEEN FOR WHITE RESIDENTS, AND THIS, THIS NEW PARK UNITED IT.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, IT'S A VERY GREAT STORY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T NECESSARILY, UM, HAVE THAT SAME STORY HERE, BUT IT'S ALSO ALSO AN OPTION THAT YOU ALL CAN, CAN INCLUDE.
THIS WAS ONE THAT WE JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS WAS CLOSE TO US THAT HAD THAT NAME.
AND YOU CAN SEE, I PUT THE PICTURES.
THIS IS THE LEGACY PARK THAT'S IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE BASKETBALL COURT I THINK WAS PUT UP AFTER THE FINAL FOUR, UH, THAT THEY HOSTED IN SAN ANTONIO, ONE OF THOSE YEARS, UH, RECENTLY.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LEGACY PARK IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.
AND THEN, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER RENDITIONS OF LEGACY PARK IN ARLINGTON AND CLIFTON.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO US.
UM, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, AND NOT TOO LONG AGO, UH, I, DIRECTOR JIMENEZ, I BELIEVE THAT WE, UM, HAD PUT INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THE BERNIE CITY PARK HAD RECEIVED A LONE STAR LEGACY PARK AWARD.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED THAT AWARD IN 2023 FOR VETERANS PARK.
UM, THIS IS AN, AN AWARD THAT IS GIVEN OUT BY THE, UH, TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY.
IT'S FOR PARKS THAT ARE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD.
AND SO YOU APPLY FOR THAT, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'LL ALSO BE APPLYING PROBABLY FOR CITY PARK AND MAYBE MAINE PLAZA, UH, LATER ON.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT NAME CONNECTION.
SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? SO, SO THE RESULT OF THIS WAS A STRUCTURED LIST OF 13 NAMES FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
AND THE RANKING WAS BASED ON THE FRAMEWORK WE ESTABLISHED BY, UH, UTILIZING THE CITY'S NAMING POLICY AND ALSO JUST COUNCIL DIRECTIVES.
THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAD WITH US, UM, DURING THE MAY 12TH MEETING.
UH, THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE ALL ENCOMPASSING
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LIST AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, YOU ALL ARE, ARE, UM, ABSOLUTELY, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN COME UP WITH OTHER NAMES, CAN ADD NAMES TO THIS LIST.BUT THESE WERE THE NAMES THAT REALLY STOOD OUT AND POPPED OUT FROM THOSE THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT, UM, SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE DEDICATED ONTO A HISTORICAL BASIS TO DIFFERENT NAMES.
SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE A NOD TO THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE PARK.
SOME OF THEM, UH, AGAIN, ARE TIED TO THE ECOLOGICAL, UH, AMENITIES ON THE PARK, LIKE LIVE OAKS COMMONS.
AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO OUR COMMUNITY CHARACTER LIKE BERNIE COMMONS PARK, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A MORE BROAD NAME.
SO THESE WERE THE 13 NAMES THAT WERE SENT OUT TO COUNCIL.
YOU ALL DID A FORCE RANKING, UH, EXERCISE, WHICH ALLOWED YOU TO VOTE ON, UH, PUT THEM IN A RANKED ORDER, UH, ACCORDING TO THE ONES THAT YOU LIKED.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR JUST TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE VOTE WAS.
SO THE TOP THREE RESULTS FROM THE COUNCIL FORCE RANKING, UH, WERE BERNIE COMMONS PARK, AND THEN VOLS PARK, WHICH MEANS THE PEOPLE'S PARK AS WELL AS NORTH BERNIE COMMUNITY PARK.
SO, UH, I THINK BERNIE COMMONS PARK RECEIVED, UH, MAYBE 11 POINTS.
AND THEN, UH, THE, THE TWO SECOND PLACE NAMES, UH, RECEIVED 10 POINTS.
SO THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT JUST ROSE TO THE TOP.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU ALL THIS, THIS IS YOUR DISCUSSION AND YOUR DECISION AND, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, UM, ADD ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ON THAT.
SO JUST TO RECAP, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD, AND THESE ARE THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL INSTRUCTED US TO GATHER PUB PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE, A LOT OF CREATIVE NAMES.
UM, PEOPLE SEEMED TO REALLY ENJOY FILLING OUT THE, THE SURVEY AND THEN ALSO TELLING US WHY, WHY DID THEY WANT THIS NAME? AND SO WE HAD GONE THROUGH, UH, PUT TOGETHER A STRUCTURED LIST YOU ALL HAVE VOTED ON, AND, UH, RANKED THE LIST.
AND, UH, THIS WHOLE EXERCISE HAS BEEN DONE, UH, LOOKING AT THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAD HAD SPOKEN AND TALKED TO US ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.
YOU WANT THE NAME TO BE MEANINGFUL, YOU WANT IT TO BE HISTORICALLY CONNECTED, UH, COMMUNITY ORIENTED, AND THEN ALSO CONSISTENT WITH OUR NAMING POLICY.
SO WITH THAT, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FIRST FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WITH YOU, AND HOPEFULLY TO GET THE CREATIVE JUICES GOING AS YOU LOOK AT THE LIST AND BEGIN YOUR DISCUSSIONS.
AND, UH, JUST FOR YOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, IN OUR A IS.
SO IF YOU'RE AMENABLE TO THAT, YOU ALL COULD SELECT A NAME TONIGHT.
I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME MORE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
SO, UH, ALSO YOU COULD TABLE THE ITEM AND DIRECT US TO COME BACK, UH, WITH OTHER OPTIONS OR YOU COULD PROVIDE DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO STAFF.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, I AM READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, UM, OR JUST ALLOW DISCUSSION TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I, I THINK OPTIONS TOO AND, UM, TABLE THE ITEM TO PROVIDE THE DIRECTION OF STAFF OR NAMING OPTIONS ANALYSIS ARE GONNA BE OUR BEST OPTIONS TONIGHT.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE THIS NAME IS GONNA BE PART OF BURNING FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE REST OF ITS HISTORY.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO RUSH INTO THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
I THINK WE NEED TO SIT AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL, LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING, AND THEN COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS MAYBE WITH A FINAL DECISION.
UM, AND, AND SINCE I STARTED THIS CONVERSATION, I WILL TELL YOU WHERE, WHERE MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT BEING PART OF BERNIE'S HISTORY, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR GERMAN HISTORY.
WE DON'T TALK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN IN OUR NAMING PROCESSES, IN OUR SIGNAGE, UM, ABOUT BURNING'S HISTORY.
ALSO, THIS IS, UH, THIS PARK IS COMING TO FRUIT TO FRUITION BECAUSE OF THE BOND.
SO WE'RE USING THIS COMMUNITY PEOPLE'S MONEY.
AND SO FOR ME, I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE NAMES THAT RANKS TOP TO ME IS, IS VOLS PARK BEING THE PEOPLE'S PARK.
'CAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY PARK WHERE THE, THE PEOPLE, BERNIE ARE GONNA COLLABORATE, LAUGH, WORK, AND PLAY TOGETHER.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT.
AND SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
UM, FIRST JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE, THE WORK THAT THE STAFF PUT IN TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, NARROWING THE LARGE RANGE OF, UM, NOMINATED NAMES, UM, AND THEN GIVING US A LIST TO, TO RANK.
UM, I AGREE IT'S NOT A DECISION WE SHOULD RUN INTO QUICKLY BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE A LASTING IMPACT.
UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES UP EVERY YEAR FOR CITY COUNCIL, SO I THINK IT'S UNIQUE.
UM, AND SO WE SHOULD TAKE OUR TIME.
UM, WHEN I REFLECT BACK TO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, JUST AN OPENING OF THE CONVERSATION, A NAME WAS SUGGESTED OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE PARK.
AND THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AT THE TIME WAS, WE WEREN'T SUPER EXCITED ABOUT NAMING SOMETHING AFTER A PERSON'S NAME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT HISTORICAL
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NAMES IN BERNIE THAT WOULD WARRANT BEING PUT ON A PARK.SO WE KICKED THE IDEA AROUND OF MAYBE NAMING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARK AND NAMES OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? UM, AND SO ALSO TO THE POINT OF THIS BEING, UM, FACILITATED BY BOND MONEY AND, UM, HAVING SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP.
AND WE ALL AGREED ON THAT TOO, THAT WE SHOULD OPEN UP TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
MY CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE 91, I THINK IT WAS SURVEYS THAT CAME BACK WITH A NAME.
WE HAVE 20,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN BURNING.
UM, JUST IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, I THINK WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE HAD A, A DEEPER LIST MAYBE WITH SOME MORE EXCITING NAMES.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE FINAL 13 THAT WE COLLAB, THAT WE FORCE RANKED, I THINK FIVE OF 'EM HAVE PEOPLE'S NAMES TIED TO 'EM OUT OF THE 13.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT TO ME WHAT THE REQUEST WAS.
SO AT THE VERY LEAST, I AGREE.
I THINK ITEM TWO OF FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, MAYBE ASKING TO LOOK AT THAT LIST OF 91, UM, WITH ANOTHER SET OF EYES OR A DIFFERENT LENS AND LIMITING THE NAME NOMINATIONS TO MAYBE TWO.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE JUST HAVING A DISCUSSION HERE AS A COUNCIL, PUTTING SOME GUARDRAILS OF WHAT WE LOOK AS WHAT THAT FINAL LIST LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN RE-RANKING THEM AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, 'CAUSE THE TIMING, WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE, BUT, UM, I, I, I THINK THAT 91 SURVEYS IS NOT A LOT ALSO, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, IF THERE'S A WAY TO GENERATE MORE EXCITEMENT, UM, TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION THERE EITHER.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO JUST SPIN WHEELS IN THE MUD HERE EITHER, RIGHT? WE GET A, JUST A BIGGER LIST OF THE SAME KIND OF NOMINATIONS AND END UP WITH THE SAME IN ESSENCE LIST.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THAT EITHER, RIGHT.
BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S WORTHY OF PAUSING FOR TWO WEEKS AND, AND HAVING A DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BATEMAN, AS FAR AS YOUR, UH, QUESTION ABOUT TIMING, I THINK IDEALLY IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD SOMETHING SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
I THINK STAFF WOULD LIKE IT SOONER THAN LATER, BUT THERE'S NO, WE'RE NOT PRESSED.
IF WE COULD GET IT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ANYTHING SOONER THAN THE END OF THE SUMMER WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, YEAH, IF, IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO GO OUT AND SOLICIT MORE FEEDBACK, WE WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS CONVERSATION GOING, SO WE HAD, WE WERE, HAD A TIGHT TIMELINE, UH, THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH.
I'M EVEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN'S THE RIGHT TIME TO GO ISSUE THE PARKS PUBLIC SURVEY AS WELL.
WANTED TO DO THAT EARLIER, BUT THAT'LL BE COMING UP HERE SOON AS WELL.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS AREN'T THAT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THEM WERE BAD NAMES.
AGAIN, I JUST THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER NAMES THAT WOULD CREATE, FOR ME AT LEAST PERSONALLY, MORE EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM.
I JUST DIDN'T GET THAT WITH THE LIST WE HAD.
ANYONE ELSE COMES TO MACALUSO? WELL, YOU KNOW, MY POSITION, UM, I DON'T LIKE THINGS BEING NAMED FOR PEOPLE.
UH, I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW AND IF I HAD TO CHOOSE TONIGHT, I WOULD, UM, DO AMALGAMATION OF TWO OF THEM PUT, COME UP WITH BERNIE HERITAGE PARK.
AND THIS GOES BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT IN, IN, IN DEFERENCE TO THE PRESLER FAMILY, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT GREAT REFERENCE HISTORICAL LITERATURE IN MONUMENT FORM THROUGHOUT THIS PARK TO MAKE IT PART OF BERNIE'S HERITAGE, INCLUDING GERMAN HERITAGE, INCLUDING BLUE BONNETS, INCLUDING HILL, I MEAN, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
IF YOU, IF YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO ONE NAME OR ONE THING, I THINK IT'S, IT, IT, IT LIMITS THAT.
WHEREAS IF YOU GO WITH SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS BERNIE, NUMBER ONE AND THE HERITAGE OF BERNIE, NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF AT THIS PARK.
YOU CAN HAVE A, A MONUMENT FOR THE PRE, YOU CAN HAVE A MONUMENT FOR TOPPER LINE, YOU CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
AND I JUST THINK THAT IS A MORE INTERPRETIVE WAY TO DO A PARK OF THIS NATURE, WHICH MAY IN FACT GET BIGGER, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER TIME BECAUSE OF OTHER LAND ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT, I'M JUST SAYING IF I WAS BEING ASKED TONIGHT, I WOULD TAKE THE FIRST NAME AND THE PRESLER THING AND MARRY 'EM TOGETHER AND PUT BERNIE HERITAGE PARK BECAUSE LEGACY PARK LEGACY IMPLIES THAT THERE'S SOME LEGACY THERE.
I KNOW THERE IS A LEGACY THERE, BUT IT'S INCLUSIVE OF ALL OUR HERITAGE HERE, AS YOU POINTED OUT.
UH, AND I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH THE GERMAN NAMES AS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, UH, EARLIER, IS THAT WHEN YOU COME UP WITH SOME OF THESE NAMES, AS CHRISTIE SAID, I MEAN I SPEAK GERMAN, I STUDIED IN GERMANY, IT, SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE HARD AND WE CAN, AND I CAN SEE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, SUBTITLE NAMES AND ALL THAT.
BUT, BUT, UH, I THINK TRYING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE CONDI CON UH, CONDUCIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WOULD, WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME.
SO, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WAITING TWO WEEKS.
I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO WAIT TILL THE WHOLE SUMMER.
AND I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE, WE CAN PUT IT OUT TO THE WHOLE PUBLIC AND ASK ALL 24,000 PEOPLE TO VOTE AND YOU'RE STILL NOT GONNA END UP WITH THE RIGHT CHOICE.
YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION HERE.
AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND THAT'S BEEN COVERED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE 91 PLUS THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, NARROWED DOWN HERE TODAY.
MIKE, MELISSA, CUSTOMER WILSON.
YEAH, I MEAN, I TEND TO JUST BEING
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ON COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THROUGH VARIOUS THINGS THAT I THINK NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU'RE STILL GONNA COME BACK TO A SITUATION WHERE IT'S A LIST THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU LIKE AND THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET THE PARTICIPATION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT.UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE AT, WHERE, WHERE WE ARE.
UM, OR YOU'RE GONNA GET, UM, ANOTHER A HUNDRED PEOPLE GIVING YOU THE SAME NAME, THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE ONE YOU WANT.
UM, AND I GUARANTEE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING ONE PARTICULAR ONE, I'M SURE.
UM, WHICH ISN'T THE ONE THAT GOT ANY VOTES ON HERE.
I JUST, I CAN JUST, I KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, I LIKE THE, THE GERMAN NAME I, BUT I DO AGREE THAT THERE IS A DIFFICULTY AND THAT BEING THE NAME, I MEAN, I THINK VOL PARK AND KINDER PARK OBVIOUSLY CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, BUT UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, CONNECT, YOU KNOW, BERNIE VOL PARK, YOU KNOW, JUST, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING BERNIE SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
UM, BERNIE HERITAGE, MY ONLY, I GUESS NEGATIVE TO THAT IS IT'S JUST KIND OF PLAIN AND I, YOU KNOW, I DO LIKE BERNIE'S A UNIQUE NAME, SO HAVING SOME UNIQUENESS TO OUR PARK NAME, WHICH VOL PARK WOULD BE AND DOES, UM, GIVING THE HERITAGE OF OUR, OUR GERMAN, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE, THE CREATION OF OUR TOWN.
UM, DEFINITELY ALL FOR THE TWO WEEKS.
I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT TIME FOR US TO CONTEMPLATE THAT ALL FOR THAT.
I THINK AS FAR AS STAFF GOES, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JOE, IF YOU WANT THEM TO GO BACK AND TAKE AWAY A COUPLE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE NAMES 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL IN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN, IN LINEMAN IN THAT TAKE THOSE AWAY AND BRING BACK SOME OF THE OTHERS JUST TO, OR, YOU KNOW, BRING IN BERNIE HERITAGE AND A COUPLE OTHERS AND THEN GIVE US FORCE RANKING AGAIN.
UM, I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY FAIR.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S PROBABLY TOO MUCH ON STAFF TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK A FAIR THING.
AND THEN WE CAN DO THE RANKING AGAIN.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK YOU COULD TAKE VOL SPARK AND MAYBE ADD ANOTHER WORD SOMEHOW TO MAKE IT BERNIE VOL.
I DON'T, AND I, I WOULD CONCUR THAT, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR MORE SURVEYS THAT WAS JUST MAKING A POINT 91, RIGHT.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE SPEAK UP ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AMAZES ME.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE DON'T SPEAK UP ON AMAZES.
UM, AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, WE GET 91, 180, 2 70, WHATEVER.
IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME IN ESSENCE GROUP.
I THINK TO YOUR POINT, MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO STAFF IS TO RE-LOOK AT THE LIST, MAYBE THE 91 AND UM, CONSIDER REPLACING A COUPLE OF THE OTHER ONES FROM THAT LIST.
LOOK INTO THE NAMES, MAYBE SOME OF THE STACK RANKING AT FIRST.
THE NAMES AT THE BOTTOM WE CAN REPLACE.
OR MAYBE WE EVEN LIMIT IT DOWN TO FIVE OR SIX THAT WE CHOOSE FROM AS A COUNCIL NEXT TIME.
SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY TO LOOK AT MUD.
I SUGGEST, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL LOOK AT THIS WHOLE LIST AND MAYBE SHOOT ME AN EMAIL MAYBE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OF THREE NAMES YOU ALL LIKE, AND MAYBE YOU ALL CAN ALL FORCE RANK THAT NEW LIST AS AN OPTION OR MAYBE IT'S TWO NAMES A PIECE OR WHATEVER.
THAT MIGHT HELP US REALLY HONE IN ON WHERE Y'ALL ARE THINKING.
AND I DID IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT YOU ALL OUT TODAY, I DID INCLUDE THE ENTIRE LIST.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE AND SOMETHING CATCHES YOUR EYE, FEEL FREE TO INCLUDE THOSE AS PART OF YOUR THREE.
CONSTABLE BUNKER? I, NO, I THINK Y'ALL ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING.
I, I DO LIKE HAVING THE UH, GERMAN CONNECTION IN THERE.
I WAS DOING A LITTLE QUICK GOOGLE TRANSLATE HERE FOR LIKE THE, 'CAUSE I LIKE THE BERNIE COMMONS PARK OR, UH, SORRY, BERNIE HERITAGE PARK.
UM, WHICH GERMAN HERITAGE IS HERB SHEFT? SO IT'S MAYBE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, BERNIE HERB SHAFT'S PARK.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S TOO HARD TO SAY.
UM, HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? I CAN'T TELL ER I'M JUST SAYING I CAN'T SPELL THAT.
IF WE'RE GONNA GO BY WHAT WE COULD SPELL THAT'S GONNA REALLY LIMIT EL MARNI
WELL, I'LL PUT IT IN MY EMAIL TICKET.
COUNCILLOR MICKELSON, UH, JUST, UH, APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY, THEIR FEEDBACK.
I WAS, UH, PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE DISTRICT THREE CAME IN AT THE TOP THE MOST NUMBER OF RESPONSES.
NOW THIS IS AWESOME DIALOGUE AND I THINK, UH, UM, UH, BEN, YOUR, YOUR IDEA OF, UH, JUST GIVING SOME FEEDBACK IN THE TOP THREE OR WHATEVER AND WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION, THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT BRING, TAKE IT BACK TO STAFF.
ADD IN MAYBE SOME OF THOSE OTHER NAMES OR WHATEVER.
SEND OUT THE EMAIL LIST AND LET THE, GIVE REGENERATE YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE, THE IDEAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THERE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU GUYS, IF YOU CAN DO THAT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, THEN WE CAN SEND OUT ANOTHER FORCE RANKING NEXT WEEK.
SO AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A SIMILAR CONVERSATION OF, HEY, HERE'S WHERE Y'ALL SAW THE PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE NAMES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A, AS A COUNCIL.
IF THERE'S NAMES THAT AREN'T ON THAT LIST THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ON THERE, FEEL FREE TO ADD THAT.
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BUT, BUT I JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO AGREE.IS IT THREE NAMES A PIECE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT TIMELINE WORK FOR YOU? GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK.
OFF, OUT OF THE 91, IF WE WANT TO CHOOSE FROM THE 91, JUST GIVE ME THREE NAMES.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE OUT OF THE 91.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, FOR TONIGHT, WE STILL NEED A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WHERE ARE WE?
UNTIL THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING IN TWO WEEKS FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THREE NAMES FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO REVIEW TOO MUCH SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THREE NAMES.
[8.A. 2026-209 CONSIDER ANNUAL MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.]
TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT A 2026 DASH 2 0 9.CONSIDER ANNUAL MAIL APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PRESENTING.
IT'S VERY UNUSUAL FOR ME TO
OKAY, I'LL GET THERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, SO HOME RULE CHARTER SECTION 3.06.
THE MAYOR SHALL POINT WITH ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL, THE MEMBERS OF ALL CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THIS IS NORMALLY DONE, UM, THE LAST MEETING IN MAY, AS YOU'RE AWARE.
UM, BUT, UM, THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THAT THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS, UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HLC AND DRC OVERLAP, IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PNZ AND COUNCIL AT THE MARCH JOINT MEETING TO DISSOLVE THE DRC.
UM, SO WITH THE FINAL MEETING OF THE DRC SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THE 11TH, CURRENT COMMITTEE, CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE APPOINTMENTS, THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO OUR OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS, THESE ARE DONE EVERY YEAR.
THE, UH, ONE YEAR TERMS, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MUNICIPAL COURT, JUDGE ED PHILLIPS, UM, LAWRENCE MORALES, LET'S SEE.
LAWRENCE ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE DANA JACOBS, MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTOR, MICHAEL LAMORE, ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTOR.
DUSTY FISHER, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
DUSTY FISHER IS A SEMI CITY CEMETERY IN WILL.
WILLIAM HOR HOLT IS A CEMETERY SEXTON, SORRY, I GOT THAT ALL BACKWARDS.
PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY WE'RE REAPPOINTING ANITA ZARE AS A MEMBER, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPOINT LUCAS HILLER AS CHAIR AND APPOINT CODY CODY KELLER AS VICE CHAIR AND APPOINT CHRIS TAYLOR AS A MEMBER.
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS APPOINT JOSH SHIRLEY AS CHAIRMAN, APPOINT CHRIS RICH, MCC MCCORMICK AS VICE CHAIR APPOINT LAURA AVERY AND CAR STOKES AS MEMBERS AND APPOINT MEREDITH WOOLARD AND ANN GIL AS ALTERNATE MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY APPOINT.
AND, UH, ANGELA KIRBY BUSER AND PAMELA BRANSFORD.
AS MEMBERS, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPOINT LINDSAY CHAPMAN AS A MEMBER.
VISIT BERNIE ADVISORY BOARD APPOINT TRONG AS A MEMBER AND THE ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION.
WE'RE GONNA APPOINT, UM, DARREN SMITH AS THE VICE CHAIR AND APPOINT BEN RICHARDSON AND DAVID GONZALEZ AS MEMBER, AND ALBERT TURON AS AN ALTERNATE.
AND THEN OUR NEW BOARD, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
APPOINT ROSS PARLOW AS THE CHAIR.
CAESAR HANS AS VICE CHAIR BRIAN DAVENPORT, VIRGINIA NICO, AND BRUCE BAKER AS MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL?
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I, I WILL MAKE A STATEMENT, UH, ABOUT THIS.THIS IS A LITTLE, LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE DISSOLVING ONE COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WERE HAVING TO FORM A WHOLE NEW COMMITTEE.
SO HAVING TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM ONE COMMITTEE TO ANOTHER.
UH, BUT THE JOY IN ALL OF THIS WAS, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN THREE YEARS WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE COMMUNITY INPUT INVOLVEMENT.
WE HAD MORE APPLICATION APPLICANTS THAN WE HAD POSITIONS, WHICH, UM, GOING BACK FROM YEAR ONE WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH APPLICANTS TO FILL ALL THE POSITIONS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD, I THINK, ALMOST JUST ENOUGH.
AND NOW THIS YEAR WE HAD AN OVERFLOW.
UM, SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR STEPPING UP AND GETTING INVOLVED AND, AND BEING WILLING TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S A, A, A GOOD REMINDER OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, HONORED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND THANKFUL FOR THOSE WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED.
UM, WITH THAT, AFTER THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS FOR COUNCILMAN WILLISTON? MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ANNUAL MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS PRESENTED? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE.
SO ON THE OTHER JEOPARDY THING? YES, THERE YOU GO.
YES, WE ARE GETTING THERE, I THINK.
[9.A. 2026-214 UPDATE ON UPCOMING CITY SUMMER EVENTS AND THE INCORPORATION OF AMERICA 250 COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES.]
ITEM NINE, A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, 2026 DASH TWO 14, UPDATE ON UPCOMING CITY SUMMER EVENTS AND THE INCORPORATION OF AMERICA, TWO 50 COMMUNATIVE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR CHRIS SHADROCK.CHRIS, HELLO, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.
VERY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU ALLALL THIS EVENING.
UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER, YEAH, ALL THE GREAT STUFF WE HAVE PLANNED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, WITH SEVERAL ELEMENTS WITH THE INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN TWO 50 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS HOW THIS LINES UP TO OUR STRATEGY MAP AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT TO HELP MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
FINDING THAT RIGHT BALANCE OF MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT CAME DOWN TO WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE GREAT ACTIVITIES THAT WE ALREADY DO.
SO THE WAY THAT THIS GROUP MET, UM, IT WAS MYSELF, DIRECTOR SCHULTZ AND DIRECTOR JIMENEZ FROM PARKS AND LIBRARY AND, UM, THEY ALREADY DO GREAT WORK YEAR ROUND AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUTTA SCHOOL, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON EVERY AGE GROUP ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT REALLY BECAME HOW DO WE ELEVATE THE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND INCORPORATE AMERICA TWO 50 INTO THAT.
SO FIRST UP, WE'VE GOT THE LIBRARY.
IF YOU VISIT THERE TODAY, YOU'VE GOT THE SPOTLIGHT SECTION AS SOON AS YOU WALK IN, ALL ON AMERICAN HISTORY THIS MONTH.
SO GREAT WAY TO READ AND LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT FIGURES, UM, BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR 250 YEARS.
UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS PLAYING.
SO IT STARTS ON JUNE 30TH WITH A PATRIOTIC SNACK PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO TAKE YOUR LITTLE ONE AND HAVE THEM MAKE A FOOD MESS SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO CLEAN UP
UM, AND THEN IN THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY, THERE WILL BE AN EXHIBIT THERE AT THE GALLERY, AND THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH SIX LARGE STORYBOARDS AND BANNERS, AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES IS THAT TELLS THE TEXAS VERSION OF AMERICA TWO 50, OUR INCORPORATION, WHAT WE DID FROM THE SPANISH MISSIONS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SPACE RACE.
SO HOW TEXANS WERE INVOLVED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
UH, SO THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'LL ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOVE OVER HERE TO CITY HALL AND BE ON DISPLAY THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND A NEW EVENT THAT WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT CONFIRMED YESTERDAY, UH, THOMAS JEFFERSON AND OR SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS A LOT LIKE HIM WILL BE HERE ON JULY THE SECOND HERE AT CITY HALL, UM, ARE LIBRARY STAFF, HAS WORKED TO BRING A, A GENTLEMAN HERE, UM, WHO IS A DAN KADEL.
HE'S A LOCAL ENGLISH PROFESSOR, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE HERE DRESSED UP AS THOMAS JEFFERSON.
AND HE'S GOING TO READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
SO EVERYBODY AT 11:00 AM ON JUNE, ON JULY THE SECOND IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE LIBRARY'S PLANNING AN EVENT IN AUGUST CALLED MAKE AND TAKES.
THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE THE STAFF DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MAN A STATION, BUT YOU CAN GO AND CREATE SOMETHING AND TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU.
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AMERICAN PATRIOTIC ELEMENT TO IT.MOVING ALONG TO THE PARKS, UH, EVENTS FOR THIS ENTIRE MONTH, YOU'VE GOT FAMILY NIGHT AT THE POOL, FAMILY TIE DYE DAYS, SOCIAL ICE CREAM, SOCIAL AND MOVIE IN THE PARK AT THE MUNICIPAL POOL.
UH, LAST YEAR THESE EVENTS BROUGHT IN ABOUT 800 PEOPLE, SO WE KNOW WE GET GOOD TURNOUT AGAIN, WE GET DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS AND DIFFERENT VARIETY OF FOLKS.
SOME THE FAMILY TIE EYE DAYS IS DURING THE DAY, SO YOU GET MAYBE THE PARENT THAT'S HOME WITH THE KIDS IN THE EVENING.
YOU'VE GOT THE WORKING PARENTS BEING ABLE TO BRING THEIR KIDS COME AND ENJOY SOMETIME AT THE POOL.
SO THERE WILL BE ENHANCED AMERICAN TWO 50, UM, JUST DECORATIONS AND OTHER THEMES INCLUDED DURING ALL OF THOSE EVENTS.
NOW THE BIG CODA GRAS, IF YOU WILL, IS GOING TO BE OF COURSE THE WEEKEND OF JULY THE FOURTH.
AND IF YOU ALREADY LOOK AROUND THE CITY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RED, WHITE, AND BLUE AT OUR CITY HALL, AT VETERANS PLAZA AT MAINE PLAZA.
WE'VE GOT THE, UH, LIGHTS UP ON THE LIGHT POSTS.
SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THE, THE CELEBRATIONS EARLY.
UH, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE PART, BUT NOW THE ACTUAL EVENTS THAT WILL OCCUR.
SO WE'VE GOT THE FLAG FLAG RUN 5K DOWNTOWN IN THE MORNING.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY A BERNIE FIREFIGHTER THAT SUPPORTS THE BERNIE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO YOU CAN GET YOUR STEPS IN FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN OUR RETAILERS, THEY'VE STARTED A NEW INITIATIVE THIS YEAR CALLED FIRST SATURDAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR RETAILERS AND OUR RESTAURANTS ARE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO COME DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS, UM, AND ENJOY ALL THAT DOWNTOWN BERNIE HAS TO OFFER FOR FOLKS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE FIREWORKS SHOW, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, UH, IS IN THE EVENING AND IT WILL BE SET TO MUSIC THIS YEAR.
AND IT WILL ALSO BE ON, UH, BERNIE FM RADIO 1 0 3 0.9, AND THAT 4,100 ATTENDEES, I PUT A LITTLE ASTERISK IN THERE.
SO THE AREA THAT WE DETERMINED THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THAT MAIN RING, IF YOU WILL, CITY PARK, THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, AGRICULTURAL CENTER, THE NATURE CENTER AND CHAMPION HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN IN BERNIE LONG ENOUGH, YOU ALSO KNOW THAT YOU CAN SEE THOSE FIREWORKS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY IF YOU'RE AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE.
SO AT MY HOUSE, I CAN QUITE LITERALLY STEP OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR SO I WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THAT 4,100.
SO WE KNOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF MORE AROUND THE CITY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FIREWORK SHOW AND THIS YEAR ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HEAR THE MUSIC SET TO IT AS WELL.
AND THEN LASTLY, FOR THE KIND OF MAIN WEEKEND EVENTS, WE'VE GOT THE BURNING CONCERT BAND WITH THE MAYORAL PROCLAMATION.
AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA MOVE IT FOR THIS CONCERT SPECIFICALLY TO VETERANS PLAZA.
AND THAT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD TOUCH AND I THINK A NICE CELEBRATORY WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS THAT MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM SO WE COULD CELEBRATE 250 YEARS.
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO NON TWO 50 EVENTS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AMERICA TWO 50, WHAT MOVIE'S PLAYING AT THE POOL, LISETTE INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE PATRIOT, WHAT WE GOT GOING ON?
I THINK LITTLE GIANTS IS ONE OF THEM.
I DON'T, THAT'S AUGUST UTOPIA.
IT'S FUNNY WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION OVER YESTERDAY,
UH, THEY'RE VERY UNIQUE, I SAY.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THE PATRIOTS FAMILY ORIENTED
SO SOME OTHER NON TWO 50 EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ALL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER HERE.
UM, AGAIN, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB.
THIS IS A PHOTO FROM JUST THIS WEEKEND AT THE, UH, FAMILY FISHING TOURNAMENT.
BUT THE GOAL OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS TO OF COURSE, ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS, ALSO CREATING UNIQUE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
SO THEY HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THIS YEAR.
UH, ONE ORGANIZER, A VOLUNTEER WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS, SAYS THAT THIS WAS THE BEST ORGANIZED EVENT.
SO EVERY YEAR STRIVING TO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER THAN IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY LED SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AGAIN, EITHER AT VETERANS PLAZA OR MAIN PLAZA.
AND THEN WHEN WE REALLY TALK ABOUT STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THIS PHOTO, I TOOK THIS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AT THE KIDS POWER WHEEL SHOW DOWN HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND IT REALLY IS JUST SOMETHING THAT STILL STICKS TO ME TODAY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ONE LITTLE KID IN HIS HOT ROD NEXT TO HIM WAS A KID IN A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR, AND NEXT TO HIM WAS THE GIRL IN THE PINK MALIBU BARBIE JEEP.
AND IT'S JUST THE PERFECT LITTLE COMBINATION OF KIDS HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE AND JUST HAVING A BLAST, BEING ABLE TO JUST ZIP DOWN THE PARKING LOT AND HAVE ALL THE FUN THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE, UH, FOR THAT MORNING.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, WE'VE GOT KITE DAY PLANNED AT BERNIE CITY LAKE.
AND THEN HERE'S JUST A QUICK VIDEO FOR A LIBRARY.
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SHE SAYS, HI.OH, DON'T BE SHY, DON'T BE SCARED.
SHE'S VERY, SHE'S VERY LOUD, VERY LOUD INDEED.
I'VE NEVER HEARD A DINOSAUR DESCRIBED AS NICE.
I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN JURASSIC PARK, UM, I DIDN'T GET THAT IMPRESSION.
UM, BUT OUR LIBRARY PROGRAM, SO THEIR THEME THIS SUMMER FOR ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IS UNEARTH A STORY AND YOU HAVE SOME OF THE, WHAT THEY'VE GOT AVAILABLE TO PATRONS IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, DINOSAURS ARE GONNA PLAY A HUGE ROLE.
THIS WAS FROM OUR KICKOFF EVENT ON MAY THE 30TH.
AND THIS WILL GO THROUGH THE END OF JULY AND IT WILL END ON JULY 25TH WITH A DINOSAUR GEORGE TRAVELING EXHIBIT.
BUT SOME OF THE EVENTS YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR ARE GONNA BE THE PREHISTORIC INSPIRATIONS, PHOSPHO FILES, TRIAS THEATER, DYNAMITE GAINES NIGHTS AND DYNO HUNTS.
AND I THINK THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW, UH, HOW POPULAR OUR LIBRARY IS.
I THINK IF YOU SEE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, BELOVED IS A PRETTY BIG WORD I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE OUR LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEY ARE GONNA SERVE THOUSANDS OF PATRONS EVERY WEEK.
AND WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PAST DATA.
SO IN 2024 DURING SUMMER PROGRAMMING, THEY HAD UNDER 14,000 VISITORS.
LAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO ALMOST 17,000.
SO IN A SINGLE SUMMER, WE HAVE SEEN A 22 AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE, UM, IN FOLKS COMING TO UTILIZE THE LIBRARY AND SOME OTHER FUN FACTS.
197,000 PATRONS IN 2025, SAVING FOLKS $2.9 MILLION.
SO THE LIBRARY'S DOING WHAT IT'S ALWAYS DONE, WHICH IS JUST SERVING AS A FUN AND SAFE PLACE FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY, FROM THE VERY LITTLEST OF KIDS ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND HAD IT BONUSED DURING THE SUMMER.
SO, UH, BUT WE ALSO CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF WHAT OUR LIBRARY DOES, WHICH IS OF COURSE LITERACY AND HELPING BRING THE WORLD TO OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD.
SO, UH, AN EXCITING WAY THAT FOLKS ARE DOING THAT TO PREVENT THE SUMMER SLIDE.
BRETT, I'M SURE Y'ALL TALK ABOUT THAT AND ALL THE TIME AT BISD, UH, HELPING FOLKS COME BACK IN AUGUST, THE STUDENTS COME BACK AS PREPARED AS THEY WERE WHEN THEY LEFT IN MAY.
SO THIS YEAR'S, UH, READING CHALLENGE WILL HAVE A BROCHURE, A JOURNAL TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR READING, AS WELL AS THE CHANCE TO COLLECT DINOSAUR CARDS AND BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER PRIZES.
AND THIS IS JUST, UM, A GREAT WAY TO BRING A DIFFERENT VARIETY AND CHALLENGE TO BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.
AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY HAD 463 PEOPLE SIGNED UP THAT INCLUDED 327 KIDDOS AND 136 ADULTS SIGNED UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
SO AGAIN, EVERYBODY YOUNG AND OLD WANTS TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN JUST THIS LAST NUGGET I WANT TO REALLY GIVE A QUICK MOMENT TO IS THE BOOKMOBILE COLLABORATING WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
THE LIBRARY AS A WHOLE, COLLABORATING WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
IF YOU FOLLOW EITHER ONE OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, YOU WILL SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING OF GETTING, I THINK, TWO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE EVER TRADITIONALLY INTERACTED.
YOU'RE GETTING ADOPTABLE PETS IN FRONT OF PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES.
YOU'RE ALSO HELPING BRING SOME SOCIALIZATION TO ANIMALS THAT TRADITIONALLY MIGHT NOT GET IT AT THE SHELTER, BUT YOU'RE ALSO THEN HAVING FOLKS BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH ANIMALS.
AND, UM, A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESSES COMING OUT OF THOSE TWO COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF IT FOR CITY STUFF, BUT THERE IS A TON, A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING NOT RELATED TO THE CITY.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT LIVE MUSIC, VARIOUS RESTAURANTS AND BREWERIES HAVE, UH, SUMMER MUSIC PLANNED.
WE'VE GOT THE MOON DANCE, UH, CONCERT SERIES AT THE NATURE CENTER, UH, MARKET DAYS THIS SUMMER, DOS FESTIVAL, THE WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY AT VETERANS PLAZA AT THE END OF THE MONTH, AS WELL AS THE ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL IN THE EVENING.
UH, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS TO BE OUTSIDE AT NOON IN JULY.
UM, SO THE EASIEST WAY TO DO AND SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO STAY CONNECTED IS TO VISIT THE CITY'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.
SO THIS IS WHERE, AGAIN, OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ARE SHOPS.
OUR RESTAURANTS ARE ACTUALLY SUBMITTING THE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE HOSTING TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME AND VISIT.
SO IT'S REALLY A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN BERNIE, UH, FOR ANYBODY AT HOME.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ON A TUESDAY NIGHT OR A WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR GOAT YOGA, UM, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS FIRST SCREENSHOT YESTERDAY.
I MEAN, THERE'S ARTS, THERE'S MUSIC, THERE'S VETERANS EVENTS, THERE'S YOUNG AND OLD.
SO THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY, UM, HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, GREAT JOB.
LIZETTE, NATALIE, CHRIS, Y'ALL.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'M JUST PRESENTING.
IT'S SO STAFF, THERE'S, SO, SOUNDS LIKE BERNIE'S A FUN PLACE TO BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, SO I'M EXCITED THAT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE ON VACATION.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM
[10. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]
NUMBER 10.ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL THIS EVENING? START TO THE RIGHT, DR.
ALISO? JUST ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO ATTENTION TO THE COUNCIL.
[01:15:01]
I'VE BROUGHT THIS TO BEN'S ATTENTION AND I'M, YOU MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON IT RECENTLY.YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COMMENT ABOUT WHY WE DON'T JUST STOP THINGS, WHY WE DON'T HAVE MORATORIUM ON THINGS.
THIS APPLIES TO COUNTIES, BUT IT ALSO APPLIES TO US.
UM, HILL, HILL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN HILL COUNTY, TEXAS PUT A MORATORIUM ON, UH, AI DATA CENTERS.
THEY GOT SUED FOR A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, THE NEXT MEETING, THEY RESCINDED THE MORATORIUM IMMEDIATELY.
SO MY POINT IS THAT WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CERTAINLY CITIES WOULD LIKE TO DO, COUNTIES ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF TEXAS STUFF THAT WE CAN'T IGNORE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT THAT THAT'S A BIG ITEM THAT I PICKED UP ON IN THE LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, IF, IF ANYBODY THINKS THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA SUE, THEY'RE WRONG.
SOMEBODY WILL, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY INVOLVED AND ENOUGH LAND AND ENOUGH ECONOMIC, UH, INTEREST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
IF YOU WANNA LOOK IT UP, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.
I'LL THIRD IT 'CAUSE IT'S BOTHERING FRANK
UH, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE, THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON IN, IN THE BERNIE COMMUNITY ARE HUGE.
I THINK IT, IT'S PART OF OUR IDENTITY.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA BE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT PROTECTING.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE STUFF TEED UP ALL SUMMER.
UM, AND SO, UH, JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND PARTICIPATE.
AND, UH, ONE COMING UP IS HAPPY FATHER'S DAY IS ON, UH, DOS FESTIVAL IS ON FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND, SO HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THOSE FATHERS OUT THERE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU EVERYONE.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS I'LL JUST JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I DO WANNA SAY AGAIN THANKS TO, TO THE STAFF, UH, DIRECTORS FOR THE PARTS, PARTS DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, CITY MANAGER, STAFF, UM, ALL YOUR GUYS' HARD WORK ON, UH, NAMING OF THE PARK AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF.
UM, I GET TO SIT UP HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND WE GET TO SERVE.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE TWO 50, UM, OF JULY.
I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET OUT, FIND AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SERVE.
UM, IF YOU'RE A VETERAN ACTIVE DUTY FEMINIST MEMBER, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU, UM, AT THE PLAZA FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND, AND FOR THE BAND CONCERT.
UH, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A, TO BE AN AMERICAN AND BE PROUD OF WHO WE WERE AND WHERE WE COME FROM.
SO, UM, TAKE THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, MONTHS AND REFLECT ON, ON THE, THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE HERE BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF PLACES IN THE WORLD DON'T HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THANKFUL FOR WHERE WE ARE AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO AGENDA
[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE]
ITEM 11, A UH, 2026 DASH 2 1 3 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATION IN THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY SURVEY, OR A 1 0 1 16 6 SURVEY, 1 7 2 1 7 4 NORTH FLORES, 21.17 ACRES HERF EDITION LOT NUMBER NINE, PT 11 0 2 6 9 7 ACRES AND WELDER EDITION LOT, 8 0 3 7 5 ACRES.UH, WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:18 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[12. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOV]
RECONVENE AT 7:39 PM TO A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WITH NO ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN.WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS AT 7:39 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.