* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ALL [00:00:01] RIGHT. WELCOME EVERYONE. [1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM] IT IS OFFICIALLY 6:06 PM TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF BURN, TEXAS, JUNE 23RD. UH, WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER THIS EVENING? GRACIOUS AND LOVING OF GOD, WE'LL GIVE YOU THANKS FOR A GLORIOUS DAY, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE YOUR HANDS AND FEET AND BE IN SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR, FOR YOUR GLORY, LORD. SO JUST GUIDE OUR HEARTS, GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION, GUIDE THOSE THAT WOULD SPEAK BEFORE US, THAT WE JUST HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND WE MOVE THE CITY IN A DIRECTION THAT IS, UH, GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THAT HONORS YOU, LORD, YOUR PRECIOUS SON'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE REPUBLIC WHO STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE IN THE APPEAL US. FOR HONOR OF THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE, GOD. ONE. ONE. INADMISSIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, [2. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST] ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON THIS AGENDA? EVENING, THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THIS EVENING WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM [3. PUBLIC COMMENTS] NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVERAL, COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. SO I'LL GIVE YOUR NAME. YOU CAN COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND ONCE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, UH, TO SPEAK. SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS JACKIE DAY. JACKIE, COME FORWARD PLEASE. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACKIE DAY. MY ADDRESS IS 1 3 8 SOREA, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TODAY. UM, OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN FORTUNATE AND VERY BLESSED THAT OUR CHILDREN, AGES EIGHT AND 12 YEARS OLD HAVE HAD MANY ENRICHING AND ENGAGING SUMMER CAMP AND SUMMER EXPERIENCES. THOSE ACTIVITIES WERE ALSO CENTERED AROUND SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF YOUTH. AND IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE START. I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM. LAST WEEK, OUR TWO BOYS ATTENDED A STEM CAMP. IT WAS A FULL DAY CAMP THROUGH BERNIE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS COMPELLED TO WITHDRAW THEM AFTER THE FIRST DAY. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL IN HOW THEY RESPONDED TO MY ISSUES. BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I REMAIN CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A GAP FOR TRANSPARENCY. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE STANDARDS OF CARE THAT OUTLINE INSTRUCTOR TO YOUTH RATIOS FOR ONE HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACILITY. AND AS I GATHER IT FROM, YOU CAN USE AI AND FIND OUT WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT HERE. I THINK THE STATE, IT SEEMS TO SAY, SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LICENSED FOR CHILDCARE, YOUR PARKS AND REC PROGRAM BECAUSE THE CITY OVERSEES IT. AND THEN THE CITY, I BELIEVE, AND I GATHER, IS THEN REQUIRED TO PUBLISH THOSE YOUTH SAFETY STANDARDS, STANDARDS OF CARE FOR PARENTS TO THEN KNOW WHAT IS THE BASELINE ENVIRONMENT WHEN WE REGISTER OUR KIDS FOR THESE PROGRAMS. SO I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR I SHOULD GO IN, BUT ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS WAS THAT THERE WAS ONE INSTRUCTOR TO ABOUT 18 TO 20 KIDS IN A PACKED STUDIO WITH TABLES AND FIXED CABINETS. IT WAS CROWDED AND THERE'S ONE INSTRUCTOR. THE BATHROOM WAS DETACHED. I BELIEVE IT WAS A PUBLIC RESTROOM THAT WAS A SHORT WALK. BUT ONE INSTRUCTOR CAN'T SAFELY MANAGE THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. SO MY ASK IS TO HAVE A BASELINE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE YOUTH PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM AND MAKE THAT TRANSPARENT TO EVERY PARENT THAT REGISTERS THEIR CHILD IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JACKIE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER THAT HAS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING IS JACK BAKER. JACK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACK BAKER. [00:05:01] I AM A NEW RESIDENT OF MORNINGSIDE MAKER SPRINGS. I, MY ADDRESS IS 9 0 5, UM, TRADITION CIRCLE, UNIT B 2 0 3. MY WIFE AND I, UH, VERY RECENTLY MOVED INTO A NEW UNIT, UH, THERE AND WE'RE ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM UPPER BALCON ROAD AND VERY NEAR THE REAR GATE. THE REAR ENTRANCE TO MORNINGSIDE IS AN UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE POPULATION HAS GROWN. THE, THE SPEED LIMIT ON UPPER BALLONA IS 45 MILES AN HOUR, BUT FOR THE LAST AT LEAST TWO YEARS AND PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THERE'S EXPANSION GOING ON AT MY MORNINGSIDE TO ADD MORE UNITS, BIGGER POPULATION. THE EXIT IS LOCATED ABOUT EIGHT FEET FROM THE EDGE OF UPPER B CONUS. IF, IF YOU'RE MAKING A RIGHT, YOU LOOK DOWN THE LEFT, THAT IS NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. ON UPPER BALCONES, THERE'S A ROAD FREEZE FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT OVERLAPS YOU CANNOT SEE DOWN THE ROAD. SECONDLY, THAT TRAFFIC IS COMING RIGHT AT YOU. YOU CANNOT DETERMINE THE SPEED OF AN AUTOMOBILE WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN A VEHICLE'S COMING RIGHT AT YOU. SECONDLY, WHEN YOU LOOK RIGHT, YOU'RE COMING OVER A HILL FROM STARBUCKS. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING 30 MILES AN HOUR. YOU COME DOWN THE HILL AND IT'S VERY EASY TO NOT SEE A CAR ON YOUR LEFT AND A CAR COMING DOWN THE HILL. PARTICULARLY, I THINK THE AVERAGE SPEED I'VE CLOCKED IS AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR. AND THAT MEANS TRUCKS, GARBAGE TRUCKS, VEHICLES, BIG AND SMALL. UH, THE ONLY TIME YOU SEE A LIMIT LESS THAN 50 OR 60 IS SOMEONE PULLING IN OR OUT OF THAT ENTRANCE. YOU'RE ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. I MYSELF HAS ALMOST BEEN HIT. I'VE BEEN THERE A MONTH. MY SON HAS ALSO BEEN HIT. MY DAUGHTER'S ALMOST BEEN HIT. I'VE ALMOST HIT MY WI. MY WIFE HAS ALMOST BEEN HIT COMING DOWN TO TURN IN MY CASE IS TURNING OUT. UM, PEOPLE JUST IGNORE THAT. THERE'S ALSO A SITUATION RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE. THE ASPHALT ON THE MILLER SIDE HAS NO SHOULDER. IT DROPS OFF EIGHT TO 10 INCHES FOR HALF THE DISTANCE OF THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. SO IF A CAR WAS COMING DOWN, SOMEBODY WAS PULLING OUT AND ATTEMPTED OR WENT INTO THE OPPOSING LANE, THAT CAR WOULD HAVE NOWHERE TO GO 'CAUSE THEY WOULD AVOID A DITCH. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SHOULDER, THE TREES NEED TO BE CUT. AND I'D ASK THIS BODY TO SAVE A LIFE, REDUCE HIS SPEED AND LIMIT LIKE 25, PUT WARNING LIGHTS, HAZARDOUS ENTRANCE, DANGEROUS ENTRANCE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE, AND THESE ARE OLD FOLKS, MAN. I'M 83. UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DRIVE AS WELL AS THEY USED TO. I HAPPEN TO, BUT I'M AN EXCEPTION. BUT, UH, IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS. UM, THE AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT, YOU COULD PUT A MONITOR ON IT, AND RARELY DO YOU SEE ANYBODY GOING LESS THAN 50 OR 60. THAT'S JUST A HABIT. SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE THIS BODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE A LIFE. IT MAY BE MINE, SO PLEASE TAKE SOME ACTION. CUT THE TREES, PUT IN SOME WARNING LIGHTS. SLOW THE SPEED LIMIT PERMANENTLY, AND YOU'D ONLY HAVE TO SLOW IT FROM STARBUCKS WHERE THE ROAD ENDS DOWN TO WHERE THE CREEK MANGER CREEK GOES ONTO THE ROAD. THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO BE A SAFE ZONE FOR THAT REAR ENTRANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JACK. ALRIGHT, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT IF SOMEONE CAME IN LATE, WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD THE PODIUM AND SPEAK AND PUBLICLY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES. YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW. NO TAKERS. OKAY. WHO ARE WE MOVING THE CONSENT AGENDA? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A BIT AWARE THAT WHEN WE MOVE INTO AGENDA ITEMS FIVE A AND FIVE B, WE WILL THEN SKIP TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A AND SEVEN B. UH, LET SARAH DO ALL HER PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND THEN HANDLE ITEMS SIX A AND SIX B FOR ANYONE THAT'S SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT BEING NOTED, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT [4. CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON CONSENT? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION? MAY I, MR. COUNCILMAN MACALUSO, MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA [00:10:01] AS PRESENTED? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE. CONSENT. AGENDA PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEMS [5.A. 2026-226 CONSIDER A ONE-TIME READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2026-03; AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF BOERNE’S HOME RULE CHARTER SECTION 3.11.A. (As described below)] FIVE A OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL, MEANING AGENDA 2026 DASH 2 26, CONSIDERING A ONE TIME READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO THREE AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF BERNIE'S HOMEROOM CHARTER SECTION THREE ONE A, UH, SARAH MAYOR AT THIS TIME, IT'S JUST A ONETIME RATING, SO IF COUNSEL CAN TAKE A MOTION AND VOTE TO DO A ONETIME READING. AND THEN SARAH, I CAN DO OUR PRESENT. TAKE A MOTION. COUNCIL WILL MAYOR, WILL YOU, UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A TIME READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH THREE AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF BERNIE'S HOME WORLD CHARTER SECTION THREE 1A AS DESCRIBED BELOW. OKAY, UH, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON [5.B. 2026-137 CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2026-03; AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR GAS SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BOERNE UTILITIES, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 2023-07, DATED FEBRUARY 28, 2023, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.] TO FIVE B 2026 DASH 1 37. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO THREE, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED IN THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR GAS SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BURNING UTILITIES AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 2023 DASH ZERO SEVEN, DATED FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. AND ALL ORDINANCE OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH NOW PRESENTING. SARAH. SARAH. YES, SIR. OOPS. THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH SEVERAL OF THE, UM, ITEMS ON OUR CITY STRATEGY MAP OVER THE PAST MANY MONTHS. UM, THE PAST YEAR, REALLY, CITY STAFF HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH SCHNEIDER ENGINEERING, ALSO KNOWN AS SYNERGY TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S GAS UTILITY RATE STRUCTURE. THE STUDY INCLUDED REVIEWING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF THE SYSTEM'S OPERATING NEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS FORECASTING A PRO A PROPOSED FUNDING PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE PROPOSED RATE STRUCTURE CHANGES IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE STUDY BACK IN MAY. STAFF PRESENTED A DETAILED PRESENTATION IN WHICH WE, THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE RATE STUDY RESULTS TONIGHT, WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE GAS RATE ORDINANCE FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION. SO FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THE MAY MEETING OR HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH IT, JUST BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO, UM, REVIEW WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE RATE STUDY WAS, AND THAT WAS TO DEVELOP A FINANCIAL PLAN THAT SUPPORTS THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR SMALL GAS UTILITY SYSTEM. THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT THE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, OPERATIONAL NEEDS, AND SUPPORTING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE UTILITY OVER TIME. ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE LAST TIME THE RATE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED, OR A COMPREHENSIVE RATE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED WAS BACK IN 2014. UM, FOR A SMALL UTILITY LIKE OURS, IT SHOULD TYPICALLY BE DONE ABOUT EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, GROWTH UTILITIES, MAYBE EVEN SOONER. SO WE WERE, WE WERE DUE FOR A RATE STUDY. UM, A REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED UPDATES THAT WE TALKED THROUGH IN MAY WAS THE PROPOSED CREATION OF THREE TIERS OF BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL RATE SCHEDULES BASED ON METER CAPACITY, AS WELL AS UPDATES TO THE BASE CHARGE AND VOLUMETRIC CHARGE TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THOSE TIERS. THIS SLIDE REVIEWS THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL MONTHLY BILL IMPACT OVER THE CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE AND THE PROPOSED RATE STRUCTURE. UM, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT AS PART OF THE STUDY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THE TIERS, THE SMALL RESIDENTIAL TIER HAS THE BULK OF OUR CUSTOMERS. MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE WITHIN THIS TIER. UNDER OUR CURRENT BILL STRUCTURE, THEY WERE PAYING THE MOST, UM, OUT OF ALL THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, DESPITE THEM HAVING THE, THE LOWEST DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM. AND SO THE CREATION OF THESE TIERS AND THE ONE-TIME IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE CHARGES IN ORDER TO CREATE THE TIERS, THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO HELP, UM, SPREAD THE DEMAND IN, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BILL. SO FOR THOSE SMALL RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT WE FELT WERE ALREADY PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE IN THEIR BILL, WE ARE NOT FORECASTING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER RATE INCREASE FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THIS WOULD BE A ONE-TIME INCREASE FOR THEM. THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, THE AVERAGE ESTIMATED BILL FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS UNDER THE THREE BILL, THE THREE TIERS, UM, THOSE TIERS WERE ALREADY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, UH, THE DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM BASED ON THE METER CAPACITY FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS. SO THE PROPOSED AVERAGE BILLS, UM, MAINTAINS THAT DIFFERENTIAL. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I ANY QUESTIONS CALLING FROM COUNCIL? [00:15:01] NO, THAT'S OKAY. NO, NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR. CAN I GET A MOTION? CAN QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE? YEAH, I MOVE. WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 3 IN ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR GAS SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BURNING UTILITIES AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 20 23 0 7, DATED FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. AND ALL ORDINANCES ARE PART OF ORDINANCE IN CONFLICTS HEREWITH. I SECOND FROM COUNCIL MACALUSO, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UPON ZERO. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA JUMP [7.A. 2026-189 PRESENTATION ON BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS, PROCESS, AND CALENDAR.] AHEAD TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A 2026 DASH 180 9 PRESENTATION ON BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS PROCESS AND COUNT PRESENTING. SARAH. SARAH, GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, THIS ITEM ALSO ALIGNS WITH SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR STRATEGY MAP. THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT IS, UM, JUST A BUDGET TOUCH BASE FOR THIS MONTH TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR, UM, UNDERLYING BUDGET FRAMEWORK IS FOR OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS REVIEW ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR BUDGET DECISIONS. WE'RE ALREADY WELL INTO THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE AWARE. UM, WE KICKED OFF BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH AN EXECUTIVE TEAM PLANNING SUMMIT. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE WORKSHOPS SINCE THEN. UM, DEPARTMENTS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSED INITIAL OPERATIONAL BUDGETS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR INTERNAL FORCE RANKING WORKSHOPS FROM HERE ON OUT. UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE REFINING OUR BUDGET ESTIMATES THROUGH JULY, WHICH IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE GETTING OUR CERTIFIED ROLES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. UM, AUGUST 7TH IS WHEN WE WILL BE FILING THE PROPOSED DRAFT BUDGET. WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE WORKSHOPS, AND THEN AUGUST 11TH IS WHEN THERE'S GONNA BE QUITE A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS. Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER. THERE'S THAT ONE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS HAVING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH AND TAXATION, AND THAT'S WHEN I'LL BRING FORWARD THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND WE'LL TALK THROUGH ALL THE LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET. ON AUGUST 25TH WILL BE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. SEPTEMBER 9TH WILL BE OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS APPROVAL OF ISSUANCES OF DEBT. SO FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS A COUPLE YEARS NOW, THIS SLIDE WILL BE VERY FAMILIAR. UM, THESE NINE PRINCIPLES ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BUDGET DECISIONS, AND I WANNA WALK THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY BECAUSE THEY DO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FROM HERE ON OUT ON HOW WE DEVELOP OUR BUDGET, STARTING OF COURSE, WITH HOW OUR BUDGET ALIGNS STRATEGICALLY WITH OUR MASTER PLAN, SPECIFICALLY OUR 10 YEAR ROLLING PLAN. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE THAT YEAR OVER YEAR CONTINUITY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET IS ALIGNED WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THOSE, THOSE LARGER PLANS ADOPTED BY THE CITY. OUR, UM, OUR O JUST A RECURRING THEME THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING IN THIS YEAR IS OUR PRIORITY TO MANAGE GROWTH, MANAGE GROWTH IN OUR BUDGET, UM, JUST ALONGSIDE THE GROWTH PRESSURES THAT WE HAVE IN THE SERVICE LEVEL DELIVERIES OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. AND SO WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS ENSURING THAT OUR, OUR GROWTH AND OUR BUDGET, UM, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OPERATIONAL IMPACTS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE DECISIONS, THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE, AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON OUR TAX RATE. THESE THREE ITEMS WORK HAND IN HAND, STRUCTURAL BALANCE, OPTIMUM FUND BALANCE, AND MULTI-YEAR CONSIDERATIONS. STRUCTURAL BALANCE JUST MEANS THAT UNLIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE AT A LOCAL LEVEL, WE BALANCE, WE ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET. WE DON'T USE RESERVES TO FUND OUR OPERATING NEEDS. WE ONLY RE, UM, FUND OUR OPERATIONS WITH CURRENT YEAR REVENUES, AND WE MAINTAIN, OPERATE, UM, OPTIMUM FUND BALANCES OF SIX MONTHS FOR MOST FUNDS, AND THEN SWEEP ANY SURPLUS CASH AT THE END OF THE YEAR INTO FUND BALANCE TO FUND FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SO THIS STRATEGY HAS WORKED REALLY WELL FOR US. IT HELPS US CASH FUND QUITE A BIT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. IT HELPS BRING DOWN, UM, OUR NEED FOR DEBT AND HELPS US MAINTAIN A HIGH CREDIT RATING. AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS OUR ASPIRATION TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. WE ARE A, UM, ORGANIZATION OF HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CHARGED WITH PROVIDING THE CITY WITH VERY HIGH QUALITY SERVICES EVERY DAY. AND SO WE ASPIRE TO, UM, JUST ATTRACT THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST. SO [00:20:01] SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, NUMBER ONE, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, IS, UM, BALANCING THOSE RISING COSTS IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF JUST SLOWING, SLOWING TAX. IT'S, IT'S COOLING DOWN OUR TAX ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE CONTINUING OUR, UM, OUR GOALS TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS, ADVANCING THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENTS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE BOND PROJECTS. AND THEN, AS I DISCUSSED, ALSO MAINTAINING THAT EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, UM, STATUS. SO, UM, CIRCLING BACK ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF MANAGED GROWTH, UM, OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS FOR OUR GENERAL FUND'S OPERATIONS GROWTH TO NOT EXCEED THE CPI INFLATION INDEX, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS 4.2%. UM, OUR GOAL, PRELIMINARILY THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT TAX RATE, BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD NOT INCREASE THE TAX RATE ABOVE THE 3.5% M AND O, UM, VOTER APPROVAL RATE CAP. SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, UM, I'M MISSING A COUPLE SLIDES. UM, IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, WE, UM, WE WENT THROUGH A ZERO BASED BUDGET APPROACH SIMILAR TO HOW WE HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS. AND THAT INVOLVED WIPING OUT THE BUDGET TO, UH, ZERO. UM, WE STARTED EVERYBODY'S BUDGET OUT AT ZERO. WE THEN REDUCED ALL ONE-TIME EXPENSES FROM THOSE BUDGETS. SO WE DON'T ALLOW DEPARTMENTS TO JUST CARRY FORWARD THEIR BUDGETS YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION THIS YEAR OF ONE-TIME EXPENSES FROM PRIOR YEAR THAT WE DID NOT ALLOW TO CARRY FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR. FROM THERE, UM, NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO TURN IN A BUDGET THAT INCREASED THEIR OPERATIONAL COSTS. THEY HAD TO MAINTAIN A ZERO GROWTH ON THEIR OPERATIONAL COSTS. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD ALMOST $400,000 OF VOLUNTARY REDUCTIONS, WHICH WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT OF A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS. THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR OWN BUDGETS AND THEY SAW THE THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY NEEDED ANYMORE. THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA BE HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS THIS YEAR. AND SO, UM, VOLUNTARILY THEY REDUCED THEIR BUDGET BELOW WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR. FROM THERE ANY INCREASES THAT WOULD'VE INCREASED THEIR BUDGET ABOVE THAT 0% INCREASE, THEY HAD TO, UM, GIVE A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. THEY HAD TO REQUEST THAT INCREASE THROUGH A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST PROCESS. SO ANYTHING THAT INCREASED THEIR OPERATIONAL BUDGET ABOVE THE ZERO GROWTH LINE THEY HAD TO SPECIFICALLY JUSTIFY AND ASK FOR. SO THAT TAKES US TO THIS SLIDE. UM, WE RECEIVED 98 SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS TOTALING $7.7 MILLION, OF WHICH 5.3 MILLION WAS GENERAL FUND, 2 MILLION WAS UTILITIES, AND 400,000 WAS FOR OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS LIKE OUR CEMETERY. SO THESE ARE JUST REQUESTS IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO FUND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE, BUT, UM, IT JUST SHOWS THE, THE RIGOR THAT EVERYBODY WENT THROUGH IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR SERVICE LEVELS IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE RECEIVED 15 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT REQUESTS. AGAIN, THESE ARE REQUESTS IN AREAS SUCH AS ANIMAL CONTROL, PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH DISPATCH AND POLICE. UM, WE HAD REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, IT LIBRARY, AND THEN WE HAVE SERVICE WORKERS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED AS PART OF THE ROLLOUT OF OUR NEW PARK THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON OPENING AS PART OF THE PERSONNEL BUDGET. WE HAVE A COLA THAT BY POLICY, WE, UM, INCREASE BY THE EMPLOYEE COST INDEX ONE YEAR AVERAGE. AS OF MARCH, IT'S 3.6%, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE JUNE NUMBERS, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE INDEX IS AS OF NOW. AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A LOT OF WORDS, BUT THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF OUR POLICY, HOW WE HAVE, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST AN ESTIMATE. IT'S NOT, UM, A WILLY NILLY YEAR OVER YEAR. WE DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE THIS. IT'S A VERY STRUCTURED APPROACH, HOW WE HANDLE COLAS AND MERITS. SO THE COLA, AS I MENTIONED, IS BASED ON THE EMPLOYEE COST INDEX ONE YEAR AVERAGE. AND THERE SHOWS, UH, BREAKOUT OF HOW THAT WOULD BREAK OUT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE UTILITY FUNDS. AND THEN WE HAVE A PAY FOR PERFORMANCE OR A MERIT PERCENTAGE, WHICH RANGES FROM ONE TO 3%, AND IT'S TIED DIRECTLY TO AN EMPLOYEE'S, UH, PERFORMANCE. THE, THE NUMBERS IN THIS SLIDE ARE A LITTLE BIT INFLUX BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, DIRECTOR FINCH HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND EVEN HAD CONVERSATIONS TODAY THAT MAY HAVE UPDATED THE NUMBERS, BUT OUR INITIAL, UM, INFORMATION FROM OUR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CARRIER HAD A 20% INCREASE. SINCE THEN, SHE'S WORKED REALLY HARD AND BEEN ABLE TO BRING THAT DOWN FIRST TO A 12.4% INCREASE, AND THEN A POTENTIAL 9% INCREASE IF [00:25:01] WE LAYER IN SOME ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS. SO WE DID, UH, RUN SOME ADDITIONAL COMPS WITH, UM, UNITEDHEALTHCARE AND CURATIVE, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY AN APPLES TO APPLES PLAN COMPARISON. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, I KNOW DIRECTOR FINCH IS HERE, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE STILL IN FLUX AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU SOME UPDATED INFORMATION SOON. SO LOOKING AT TAXABLE VALUES, I TALKED ABOUT HOW THE TAX ENVIRONMENT WAS SOFTENING, AND THAT'S REALLY JUST IN A LENS OF CONTEXT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT GROWTH CURVE OVER THE LAST DECADE, WE'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED. WE'VE HAD HIGH INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR. THOSE PERCENTAGES ABOVE EACH DOT FOR EACH YEAR REPRESENT THE YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF MULTI-DIGIT, UM, TAX VALUATION GROWTH THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO GROW WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEMANDS THE COMMUNITY IS PUTTING ON US. UM, THIS YEAR, OUR PRELIMINARY ROLES, AGAIN, JUST PRELIMINARY, ARE SHOWING THAT THE YEAR OVER YEAR TAXABLE VALUE MAY ONLY BE UP 4%. THAT'S STILL GROWTH, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, MARKET VALUES, WHICH MEANS WHAT A PERSON WOULD HAVE THEIR HOME APPRAISED AT AND MARKET IS UP ABOUT 5%. TAXABLE VALUES, UM, COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND 5%. THIS, UH, LOWER GROWTH RATE TELLS US THAT LEGALLY WE WON'T BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE OUR TAX RATE. BUT, UM, THE 4%, IF YOU COMPARE US TO WHAT'S KIND OF GOING ON CITYWIDE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS A NARROW VIEW OF JUST SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE, UM, REPORTING AS WELL, THAT THEY'RE SEEING RE REDUCTIONS IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX AND HAVING TO, UM, LOOK AT ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS THIS YEAR AS THE, THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES IS CHANGING. SO STILL HAVING A GROWTH RATE IS A GOOD THING. UM, AND WE'RE JUST COMING OFF A FEW YEARS OF REALLY HIGH GROWTH. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ENTERING THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT YEAR UNDER A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CONSTRAINTS, BUT WE ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE ON THE SALES TAX FRONT. UM, THESE NUMBERS ARE UPDATED FROM, UM, THE LAST TIME THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE SALES TAX. WE RECEIVED THE APRIL REPORT. AND SO THE APRIL REPORT IS SHOWING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SOFTENING. YOU'LL SEE THAT FEBRUARY AND MARCH, UH, WE WERE IN POSITIVE GROWTH AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY PROMISING CONSIDERING WHAT WE WERE SEEING STATEWIDE, THAT OTHER AREAS WERE SEEING MORE OF A SOFTENING APRIL, UM, APRIL THIS YEAR VERSUS APRIL LAST YEAR, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT AN 8.2%, UH, DECREASE. THIS IS MAINLY A REDUCTION IN OUR TOP 10 TAXPAYERS. SO THOSE LARGER RETAILERS, UM, IN TOWN, IF YOU THINK OF A HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILER, A LARGE ONE IN TOWN, UM, PEOPLE ARE JUST DOING LESS HOME REMODELING AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THEY, THEY WERE OUR TOP TAXPAYER. IT'S REALLY THOSE TOP TAXPAYERS THAT ARE CAUSING THAT DIFFERENTIAL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TOP 11 TO 20, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL IN POSITIVE GROWTH. IT'S JUST THAT THOSE ARE THE LARGER TAXPAYERS HAVE THE BIGGER IMPACT. IT'S, UM, NOT QUITE TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE WE'RE CONCERNED. WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. OUR BUDGET HAS A PROJECTION, UH, 6% GROWTH OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. WE'RE NOT QUITE ON TRACK TO MEET THAT YET, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE HADN'T CONSIDERED IN THE BUDGET. SO AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT DOS FESTIVAL WAS GONNA BE DOWNTOWN. UM, WE ALSO HAD THE OPENING OF SOME RESTAURANTS THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF AT THAT TIME. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE ON THAT WAIT AND SEE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, UM, WITH HOW WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE DOING YEAR TO DATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. SO THAT BEING SAID, LOOKING FORWARD TO FISCAL YEAR 2027. OUR BUDGET, UM, ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS JUST FLAT GROWTH FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. WE'LL WAIT AND SEE. WE'LL WAIT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO ADJUST IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPECTED. UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME OF THOSE ARE TAX EXEMPT, BUT OVERALL, THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED, WE THINK IF THEY WERE IN BUSINESS FOR 12 MONTHS, COULD GENERATE UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO WE'VE ESTIMATED FLAT GROWTH PLUS THIS EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL BUSINESS. AND AGAIN, AS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT GOES ON, WE MAY REFINE THAT AND WE WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK AS, AS WE FIND OUT HOW THE SUMMER DID. SO NEXT DISCUSSIONS ON JULY 14TH, UM, MY NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE ON THE PLAN OF FINANCE. IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION. SO JULY 14TH I'LL COME BACK AND, UM, ASK FOR FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE REACHED OUT TO KENDALL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEY GENERALLY COME OUT EVERY YEAR AND MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THEIR BUDGET, UM, HOW THEIR OPERATIONS ARE GOING. WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM, BUT THEY'RE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR JULY 14TH TO COME IN [00:30:01] JULY 28TH, WE'LL HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS PRESENTATION WHERE WE'LL GO OVER OUR PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CIP AS WELL AS THE UTILITY BUDGET PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SARAH. SURE. THAT'S A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. , UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL CONCERNS? NO. EXCELLENT. COUNCILMAN, UH, WILSON, WHAT'S THE, UH, ETA ON SPROUTS? IS THAT NEXT YEAR? DOES ANYONE KNOW? UH, PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, SO, UH, WE SHOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING PRETTY SOON. UM, AND WE, WE JUST ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW, UM, UH, WE DO HAVE A VERY STRONG TREE MITIGATION ORDINANCE. AND, UH, SO THOSE TREES THAT ARE COMING DOWN, UM, THEY HAVE PAID, UH, PAID INTO OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND. BUT WE WANNA PUT OUT A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, PUBLICITY AS, AS A LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT FOLKS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE FOLLOWING, THEY HAVE BEEN PERMITTED. THEY DO HAVE A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT AND THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES, BUT IT, WE SHOULD SEE A MOVEMENT VERY SOON. BUT YEAH, PROBABLY SEE SOME SALES TAX OBVIOUSLY FROM ANOTHER GROCERY STORE, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD AS WELL. MM-HMM . BUT MOST OF THEIR FOOD IS EXEMPT. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT IF THEY HAD OTHER ITEMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEIR VITAMINS OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S NOT FOOD. WE HAVE A TON OF VITAMINS. UM, YEAH, I'M SURE HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE LOTS OF THAT STUFF. BUT THAT WHOLE CENTER, I MEAN, THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER USES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STORE. DO YOU WANNA ELABORATE? JUST, I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, UM, WHAT AMOUNT THEY'RE PAYING INTO THE FUND FOR THROUGH MITIGATION? WELL, I SHOULD KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WELL, ROUGHLY, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S OVER, I'LL SAY THIS, IT'S OVER $500,000. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC, TO YOUR POINT, WE FOLLOW THE TEXAS LAW. WE ENCOURAGE TREE PRESERVATION, MITIGATION REPLACEMENT, BUT FEE IN LIEU OF IS PART OF TEXAS LAW. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT THE, THE CITY WILL PUT IT TO GOOD USE WITH OUR TREE FUND. YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE BACK TO AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU, SARAH. ALRIGHT. SEVEN B. OH, MY BAD. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO [7.B. 2026-157 PRESENTATION OF THE INITIAL PLAN OF FINANCE TO FUND 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ECONOMICALLY REFUNDING EXISTING DEBT.] SEVEN B. UH, PRESENTATION FOR THE INITIAL PLAN OF FINANCIAL 2026 DASH 1 57. PRESENTATION OF THE INITIAL PLAN OF FINANCE TO FUND 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ECONOMIC ECO ECONOMICALLY REFUNDING EXISTING DEBT. SARAH, LAST ONE, I PROMISE. AND THIS ONE IS A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THAN THE LAST I GOT SIDETRACK, MY BAD . SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UM, JUNE OR JULY 14TH, WE'LL BE COMING BACK FOR THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL. BUT THIS IS JUST A FIRST LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCES WILL BE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. SO LOOKING INTO OUR BUDGET PROCESS EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS, WE BRING FORWARD A PLAN OF FINANCE THAT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED ISSUANCES FOR THE YEAR. AND SO OUR CURRENT, UH, PROPOSED PLAN OF FINANCE INCLUDES THREE ISSUANCES. ONE WOULD BE FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FOR $20 MILLION TO FUND OUR NEW FIRE STATION. NUMBER TWO. UM, AND THE NEXT TWO ARE NOT NEARLY AS EXCITING. I APOLOGIZE. UM, THE TECHNICAL TERM IS REFUNDING. SO WHENEVER YOU HEAR THE WORD REFUNDING, THAT'S A TECHNICAL TERM, BUT IT REALLY, TO US LAY PEOPLE MEANS REFINANCING AND IT'S TAKING OUR EXISTING DEBT. AND IF IT'S A FAVORABLE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE ABLE TO REFINANCE IT LEGALLY, THEN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE 20 20 16 SERIES OF ABOUT 6.4 MILLION AND A 2017 SERIES OF ABOUT 23.4. AND THE EXCITING THING IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STRUCTURE OUR DEBTS SO THAT NONE OF THESE ISSUANCES WILL INVOLVE A TAX RATE INCREASE. SO WE'RE ALL ABLE TO DO THIS AND MAINTAIN THE SAME TAX RATE. SO THAT FIRST ISSUANCE, THE EXCITING ONE FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, KEY MILESTONES IN THE PROJECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 DESIGNS COMPLETE. WE ANTICIPATE GOING THROUGH WITH BID PROCESS, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THAT FIRE ENGINE THAT WE ORDERED, I THINK IT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO, WILL FINALLY BE DELIVERED IN NOVEMBER. SO, UM, ALL VERY EXCITING STUFF. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT PLAN IS TO BREAK GROUND IN 2027 AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN 2028. AND THEN THOSE NEXT TWO, NOT SO EXCITING. UH, REFINANCINGS OF DEBT, WELL, EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE IT SAVES US MONEY, OF COURSE. SO FOR THE ACCOUNTANTS IT'S EXCITING, BUT DEPENDING ON THE INTEREST RATES AT THE DAY THAT WE CLOSE, UH, WE COULD SEE INTEREST RATE SAVINGS OVER THE TERM OF THOSE DEBTS ANYWHERE FROM 700,000 TO 1.7 MILLION, WHICH IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT. SO, UH, THE CURRENT INTEREST RATES ON THOSE, JUST IN CASE I I ANTICIPATED SOMEONE WOULD ASK IS THEY RANGE BETWEEN THREE AND 4%. SO [00:35:01] ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE REST OF THE KEY MILESTONES JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME MORE HEADS UP. UH, SO TONIGHT'S THE PRESENTATION, THE 14TH. HOPEFULLY WE'LL APPROVE THE FINAL PLAN OF FINANCE AND WE'LL APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE NOTICE TO INTENT OF INTENT, WHICH ESSENTIALLY GIVES US THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTITY ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS THE DATE THAT WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET. WE'LL HAVE GONE OUT TO MARKET THAT DAY AND GOTTEN OUR INTEREST RATE BIDS. SO WE'LL COME FORWARD AND SHOW YOU, UH, THE BEST INTEREST RATE THAT WE GOT. UM, COUNCIL WILL APPROVE ALL THREE ISSUANCES AND THE FUNDS WILL BE DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK SEPTEMBER 30TH. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST A COMMENT. I MEAN, IT MAY NOT FEEL EXCITING, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, COMPARISON FOR INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE IS WHEN YOU REFINANCE YOUR PERSONAL HOME LOAN, YOUR MORTGAGE AND YOU, THAT NEXT MONTH YOU PAY A MUCH LOWER MORTGAGE PAYMENT. YOU'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IT'S VERY MUCH THE SAME FOR THE CITY. MM-HMM . YES. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AMEN. COUNCILMAN PAYMENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SARAH. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO AGENDA [6.A. 2026-227 CONSIDER THE UN-TABLING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R33, AS DESCRIBED BELOW. (tabled on 6/09/2025)] ITEM SIX. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX A 2026 DASH 2 27. CONSIDER THE UNT TABLING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH R 33 AS DESCRIBED BELOW, TABLED ON 6 9 25. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN BUNKER? YEAH, I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE UNT TABLING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 33 AS DESCRIBED BELOW ON TABLED ON 6 9 24. FIVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM [6.B. 2026-223 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R33; A RESOLUTION NAMING THE NEW COMMUNITY PARK CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY PARK SITE.] SIX B 2026 DASH 2 23. DISCUSSION. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 33, A RESOLUTION NAMING THE NEW COMMUNITY PARK CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY PARK SITE PRESENTING CHRISTY SAR. CHRISTIE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT NAMING OUR NEW COMMUNITY PARK THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM, OF COURSE EVENTUALLY OUR DESIRED OUTCOME FOR THIS IS THAT COUNCIL DOES SELECT A PARK NAME AND THAT WE, UH, DO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WORKING ON OUR SIGNAGE AND, AND THE DIFFERENT ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FOR THE PARK. UH, BUT MY ROLE TONIGHT IS JUST TO, UH, FRAME THIS ITEM. IT'S NOT TO ADVOCATE FOR ANY NAME. IT IS TO JUST PRESENT THE RESULTS OF, UH, THE NAMES THAT YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED IN THE FORCE RANKING THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, THAT YOU ALL DID THIS PAST WEEK, AND THEN OPEN THE FLOOR, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO BEGIN YOUR DISCUSSION. SO THIS IS HOW THIS ITEM MATCHES OUR STRATEGY MAP, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY CHARM BEST IN CLASS, AND THEN ALSO SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS. SO JUST A LITTLE, UH, SHORT QUICK RECAP OF OUR NAMING PROCESS. UH, WHAT HAS GONE ON BEFORE TONIGHT? SO Y'ALL RECALL THAT ON MAY 12TH, DIRECTOR JIMENEZ GAVE OUR INITIAL COUNCIL PRESENTATION AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION FOCUSED MAINLY ON OUR NAMING POLICY. UH, ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND, UH, WHAT ITEMS WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON AS WE PUT THIS FORTH, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL AS THEN ALSO FOR, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT. AND SO FOR MAY 18TH THROUGH JUNE 5TH, WE DID DIFFERENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, MAINLY ONLINE. WE DID A LOT, LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, DIFFERENT NAMES WERE, WERE, UM, PRESENTED BY, WE HAD 118 FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE SURVEY. THERE WERE 91 DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE WHO DID, UH, PUT TURN IN A NAME. NOT ALL OF THOSE WERE UNIQUE. UH, BUT THEN WE ALSO, UH, BROUGHT OUR FINAL LIST FORWARD. THERE WERE ABOUT, I THINK 13 NAMES. AND, UH, THEN COUNCIL DID A FORCE RANK ON JUNE 9TH, UH, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SO, UH, WE DID OUR FIRST ROUND FORCE RANKING PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL. AND THEN YOU ALL DISCUSSED THE NAMES. AND FROM THAT DISCUSSION, WE DETERMINED THAT, UH, COUNSEL WOULD SUBMIT THREE DIFFERENT NA DIFFERENT NAMES EACH, WHICH YOU ALL DID. AND THEN, UH, BASED ON THOSE NAMES, UH, YOU ALL WOULD GO THROUGH ANOTHER FOUR RANKING EXERCISE. SO THAT HAPPENED THE 10TH THROUGH THE 19TH. AND THEN HERE WE ARE TONIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH OUR SECOND ROUND RANKING PRESENTATION. AND, UH, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT HOW THE FINAL RANKINGS, UH, ENDED UP WITH THE NAME THAT YOU ALL HAD, UH, SENT IN. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. SO IF EVERYONE HAD SENT IN THREE UNIQUE NAMES, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD'VE HAD 18 NAMES, BUT WE ENDED UP WITH A LIST OF 14 BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL NAMES THAT, UM, MORE THAN ONE PERSON TURNED IN. UH, THOSE WERE, I THINK BERNIE COMMONS, BERNIE HERITAGE PARK, UM, AND THEN ALSO THE VS PARK. SO WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE [00:40:01] WHO SENT THOSE NAMES IN AS ONE OF THEIR THREE. AND THEN WE HAD LOTS OF UNIQUE NEW NAMES THAT PEOPLE SENT IN. SO JUST TO, UH, MAYBE LIKE IN A, IN JUST A PLAIN VERSION, TALK ABOUT HOW HORSE RANKING WORKS. I THINK THIS IS KIND OF UNIQUE, SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE EMAIL, UH, WE ASKED EVERYONE TO RANK ALL OF THE NAMES AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, ME AND WE GOT DOWN TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE. SO, UM, EVERYONE, UH, RANKED ALL THE NAMES AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. UM, IT ALMOST SKEWS, UH, THE WAY THAT THE NAMES ARE RANKED IF EVERYONE DOESN'T LIST ALL OF THEM. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY UNIQUE THE WAY THIS GOES. SO, UM, THE WAY THE FORCE RANKING WORKS, IT COMPARES EVERY SINGLE NAME AGAINST EVERY OTHER NAME ON THE LIST. AND A HIGHER FINISH MEANS THAT THERE WAS STRONGER OVERALL SUPPORT ACROSS THE GROUP. UM, AND THAT THE WINNER, THE NAME, THAT'S NUMBER ONE, UH, ONE MORE HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS AGAINST OTHER NAMES ON THE LIST BASED ON HOW YOU ALL RANK THEM. THIS ONE I THINK IS INTERESTING. SO A NAME CAN COLLECT MORE FIRST PLACE VOTES AND FINISH LOWER IF IT DREW MORE LOW RANKINGS. SO IT REALLY LOOKS AT HOW EVERY SINGLE PERSON RANKED THOSE NAMES AND IN WHAT ORDER, AND THEN COMPARES IT AGAINST ALL THE OTHERS. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE FIRST PLACE NAME, UH, RECEIVED THE MOST FIRST PLACE VOTES. IT JUST RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RANKING AMONG ALL OF YOU, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENT THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. SO HERE'S HOW IT WORKED. WE HAD THE 14 NAMES AND, UH, THE OVERALL HIGHEST RANK NAME WAS BERNIE HERITAGE PARK. BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IS THAT THE NEXT FIVE NAMES, SO BASICALLY THE, THE TOP SIX YOU MIGHT SAY, UH, BUT DEFINITELY THE, UH, FIVE OUT OF THE SIX RANKED VERY, VERY CLOSE TO ALMOST THE SAME. I MEAN, JUST THEY WERE WITHIN THAT, LIKE THEY ALL GOT THE SAME POINTS, UM, IN THE RANKING. BUT THIS IS HOW THE, THE PROGRAM RANKED THEM. SO BERNIE COMMONS, OH, BERNIE HERITAGE PARK IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE VS. PARK, THE PEOPLE'S PARK BE COMMUNITY PARK AND THEN NORTH BURNING COMMUNITY PARK RANKED ABOUT THE SAME AMONGST, AMONGST ALL OF YOU. UH, THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINDER OF THE LIST, BUT THOSE WERE YOUR TOP SIX. ALRIGHT, SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? SO YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT THE LAST TIME. UH, YOU ALL, UM, HAVE DISCUSSION. YOU CAN PICK A NAME IF YOU'D SO CHOOSE AND WE WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION. UH, YOU CAN TABLE THE ITEM AGAIN AND ASK US TO DO MORE RESEARCH, UH, TABLE THE ITEM AND ASK US TO PROVIDE OTHER DIRECTION. AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE BEN'S FACE IF WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A PARK NAME TONIGHT. , WE HAVE A SLIDE FOR HIM. YES. AND SO THAT DOES, THAT DOES END MY PRESENTATION, BUT I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY, THANKS CHRISTIAN. CHRISTY, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? YES SIR. YEAH, COOL. OKAY. ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN UP DISCUSSION. ANYONE WANNA GO FIRST? I'LL GO FIRST. COUNCILMAN WILSON. UM, SO FOR ME, I LOOKED UP HERITAGE AND COMMONS. UM, BOTH THOSE ARE EXTREMELY COMMON THROUGHOUT TEXAS. THERE ARE TONS OF THEM. UM, YOU CAN GOOGLE IF YOU WANT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN IS THERE'S REALLY NO UNIQUENESS, WHICH I THINK THAT'S ONE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BERNIE ITSELF IS A UNIQUE NAME. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD ON THOSE NAMES. COULD WE, UM, ADD SOMETHING TO THOSE TO KIND OF JOIN MAYBE PART OF THE GERMAN HERITAGE WITH ONE OF THOSE? UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW VOL SPARK WAS ONE OF THE MAYORS, SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S BERNIE HERITAGE, VOL SPARK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THAT CONNECTION IS, BUT SOMETHING TO MAKE IT MORE UNIQUE I THINK, UM, MIGHT BE INTERESTING. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THAT PERFECT FITTING IS, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST THING IS JUST SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE AS OUR COMMUNITY IS IS MY ONE, MY ONE COMMENT. ALRIGHT, THANKS COUNCIL WILSON, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT RESEARCH, TY. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T THINK TO DO THAT. AND, AND IF HERITAGE PARK IS COMMON AROUND TEXAS, I, I AGREE TO YOUR POINT, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE IT A UNIQUE, UH, PARK NAME FOR US. AND BERNIE AND BERNIE IS UNIQUE. I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF, OF BLENDING A COUPLE OF NAMES AS WELL. BUT, UH, OKAY. [00:45:01] ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN BATEMAN. UM, YEAH, SO I'VE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS WELL. I DO. UM, I DON'T WANNA BE THE CONTRARIAN ON THOSE TWO COMMENTS. UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS TO NOT OVER UNIQUE OURSELVES TO A POINT WHERE IT'S SO HARD TO REMEMBER OR TO SPELL TO KNOW WHERE TO GO. BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF TYING SOME OF OUR HERITAGE ON THE GERMAN SIDE INTO THE HERITAGE NAME OF THE PARK. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. UM, I LOVE THE DATA AND THE SCIENCE OF BEHIND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND, AND POWER RANKING OR FORCE RANKING 'EM AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UM, WHEN THE PROCESS BEGAN, I THINK I SHARED I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK INTO THIS. UM, FOR SUCH AN OUT SMOKE, OUTSPOKEN AND PASSIONATE COMMUNITY, UM, I EXPECT A LITTLE BIT MORE PARTICIPATION. BUT THEN UPON MORE REFLECTION, UM, AND TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK, UH, I COME TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT. RIGHT? I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. UM, IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NAME A PARK. SO I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE PICK A NAME THAT'S IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY. BUT THE TRUTH TO ME IS REALLY REGARDLESS OF THE NAME WE PICK, PUT IT ON THE SIGN. IT'S ABOUT THE PARK BECOMING AN ASSET FOR BERNIE FAMILIES, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER WHATEVER THE NINE, WHATEVER THE NAME ON THE SIGN IS, IT NEEDS TO BE MEMORABLE, BUT WE, WE MOVE ON FROM THAT. 'CAUSE FOR ME, THE MORE IMPORTANT BUSINESS IS WHAT WE STARTED OFF THE MEETING WITH, WITH CITY BUDGETS AND MAKING SURE WE PLAN AHEAD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT WE'RE SUSTAINABLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, AS MUCH, UM, POINTS OF CONVERSATION AS I PUT ON IT TWO WEEKS AGO, I'VE KIND OF LOOKED BACK IN REFLECTION AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE AREN'T ANY REALLY WRONG ANSWERS AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST. UM, SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHEREVER WE DECIDE TO GO, WHETHER IT'S DECIDING ON A NAME HERE OR LAYERING IN SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GERMAN WORD WORDING INTO THE NAME. BUT FOR ME, THE JOURNEY I THINK FULFILLED ITS PURPOSE AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THE, THE NAMES IN THE TOP SIX. THANKS COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN BUNKER. UM, I THINK JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID AND WHAT TY SAID, I I LIKE THE BERNIE HERITAGE PARK, BUT I DID LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, UNIQUE TO BERNIE WITH THE ARB SHAFT. UM, I DO THINK ONE THING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OF, BECAUSE I USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE FOR AHA, THAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS WHAT WE THINK IT MEANS. UH, 'CAUSE THERE WERE MULTIPLE OPTIONS THERE AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CORRECT, BUT THEN I NOTICED, SO I'M PUT S WHICH IS ALSO THEY TRANSLATE AS HERITAGE PARK. UM, AND THERE WERE OTHER TRANSLATIONS. SO I JUST THINK IF WE DO CHOOSE A TRANSLATED NAME THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY FLUENT. THE LANGUAGE VERIFY FOR US THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT INTEND ON OUR, ON OUR PARK NAMES. UM, REMARK IS A GERMAN ARMY. YES. SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK THE SOLUTION IS REALLY SIMPLE. I THINK BURNING HERITAGE PARK IS THE RIGHT NAME. HOWEVER, HOWEVER, I THINK I SEE NO REASON WHY VOL PARK CANNOT BE ERNIE HERITAGE PARK, VOL PARK. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY THAT CAN'T BE ON THE SIGN. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I MEAN, THE ISSUE WITH HERITAGE, THE COMMENT I MADE BEFORE IS I THINK THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE WAY THAT PARK IS BEING, UH, CONCEPTUALIZED TO PUT, UH, SIGNAGE, YOU COULD CALL IT, UH, SOMEONE'S NAME. THIS WAY IS THE ROADWAY HERE, THIS WAY OUT IS ANOTHER ROADWAY ON THE NAME. YOU'VE GOT PLACES TO PUT ALL KINDS OF, UM, MEMORIALS IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE OF BERNIE, UH, INCLUDING THE GERMAN HERITAGE. SO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA PUT BERNIE HERITAGE PARK AT THE TOP, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AND PUT VOL PARK UNDERNEATH. I THINK IT, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THEY CAN'T ACCOMPLISH BOTH. I DON'T THINK BERNIE VOS PARK BY ITSELF IS WHAT WE WANNA SAY. 'CAUSE IT'S, ALTHOUGH IT'S UNIQUE, IT, IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE CHANGE IN THE, WE HAVE A GERMAN HERITAGE, BUT WE'RE NOT A GERMAN COMMUNITY ANYMORE. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. UM, AND SO I I THINK IT, IT SPEAKS TO BOTH THE HERITAGE OF THE COMMUNITY OVERALL AND TO THE GERMAN HISTORY AS WELL. SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I DO LIKE THAT PERSPECTIVE OF A BROADER UMBRELLA WITH HERITAGE BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, DOG PARK COULD BE CHICO'S PARK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN NAME IT AFTER THE POLICE DOG. THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, THE HERITAGE OF BERNIE AND THE HISTORY OF BERNIE THAT WE COULD LAYER INTO THAT. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE HERITAGE IN THAT NAME. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION OR CONSIDERATION. IT ACCOMPLISHES THE, THE, THE GOAL THAT THE STAFF WENT THROUGH ALL THIS EFFORT. CLEARLY THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE NAME. BUT I DO RESPECT THE FACT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, I MEAN, MY MOTHER'S GERMAN, SO I MEAN, I DO RESPECT THE GERMAN HERITAGE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK FOR THE, TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU JUST MARRY HIM. SIGN CAN HAVE A, A SUBHEADING NAME, NO PROBLEM. YEAH, I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA, I CAN'T ARGUE WITH ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID TODAY. I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I THINK NORTH BERNIE, BERNIE PARK, UH, NORTH BURN COMMUNITY PARK, I MEAN, TO TY'S POINT OF, THERE'S A [00:50:01] LOT OF HERITAGE PARKS, A LOT, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY. EVERY CITY HAS A COMMUNITY PARK, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT, BE FROM THE GERMAN ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I THINK THERE'S THAT GERMAN HERITAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE. BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERITAGE, I DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE HERITAGE IS NOT IN THE NAME THAT YOU CAN'T NAME THE PICKLEBALL COURTS OFF OF, OFF OF SOMEBODY ELSE WHERE YOU CAN'T NAME A STREET OR A ROAD. I DON'T THINK HERITAGE'S BEING IN THE NAME HAS TO BE A, A A A FACTOR SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, I THINK THE, THE, THE BERNIE TRAF, WHATEVER THAT IS. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TOO HARD TO SAY . I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY EVEN PICKED THAT ONE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JUST BEING, I'M JUST BEING HONEST, YOU KNOW. UH, I MEAN I THINK VOL PARK, TO ME WAS MY ORIGINAL FIRST CHOICE. IT'S EASY TO SAY PEOPLE REMEMBER IT. HONORS OR GERMAN HERITAGE. IF YOU WANNA DO VOL PARK HERITAGE OR OR BERNIE HERITAGE BALLPARK. THE THREE, THE THREE COM COMBINATIONS. I MEAN, I'M, I'M PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO THAT. YOU KNOW, UH, V BERNIE HERITAGE, VOL PARK, WHATEVER. I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. S WHATEVER YOU, SOMEBODY'S SMARTER THAN ME. FIGURE THAT OUT. COOL. RIGHT? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO BERNIE HERITAGE PARK AND THEN VOLS PARK. I MEAN THAT'S JUST, IT'S THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING, WHICH PARK IS IT? IS IT THE HERITAGE PARK OR THE VOLS PARK PARK? I THINK BECAUSE VOL VOLS PARK HAS PARK IN IT THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO DO IT TWICE. IT'D BE BERNIE HERITAGE S PARK. IT'S THE BERNIE HERITAGE PEOPLE'S PARK. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, I THINK YOU'VE, IT'S GOT THE, IT'S GOT THE HERITAGE. IT'S GOT THE, THE, THE, TO THE GERMAN PART IN IT. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. PEOPLE ARE HITTING BUTTONS HERE. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT. WE NAMED THE PARK BERNIE HERITAGE FOLKS. PARK A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE. I DON'T EVEN GET TO VOTE. . ALL RIGHT. WOW. MOTION PASSES IS FIVE ZERO. SO NOW VOTE. GOOD. THE SLIDE OUT OFFICIALLY NAME, WHY DON'T WE OFFICIALLY NAMING PEOPLE'S NOW WAS WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE'S PARK BEING LITTLE LEFT LEFTIST GOOD. A LITTLE COMMUNIST THERE. AWESOME. LOVE IT. LOOK AT THAT. BUT IT'S GERMAN SO IT'S NOT, THERE WE GO. . THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR CONVERSATION AND YOUR INPUT. REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATED. ALRIGHT, THEN I GUESS WE'LL [8.A. 2025-661 MONTHLY PROJECTS UPDATE.] MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT A C PORT. BEN. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU MY MONTHLY PROJECT REPORT. I DID SEND A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT DASHBOARD OUT TO YOU YESTERDAY. I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER ALL OF IT. THERE ARE FOUR, UM, HIGHLIGHTS I WANT TO GO OVER. MOST OF THE PROJECTS REMAINED ON TARGET. UM, FIRST IF WE'RE GONNA, SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THE FOUR HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK, WE'LL GO DO THAT. UM, CHAZ, IF YOU'LL ADVANCE AND GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST, WANNA TALK ABOUT, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE CITY PARK, CITY LAKE, A DA IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ALL AT THIS PARK, ALL RESTROOMS, UH, AT THESE LO AT THIS, THESE PAR THESE, BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE NOW A DA ACCESSIBLE INCLUDING UPDATES TO FIXTURES, FAUCETS, TOILETS, AND DISPENSERS. AND THIS WORK IS PART OF A BROADER A DA ACCESSIBILITY STUDY THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER, UH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IN THE STREETS, PARKS, FACILITIES, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS TO OUR CITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. GO BACK, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BURNING POOL IMPROVEMENTS. A STAFF REPLACED THREE PICNIC TABLES, ADDED TWO A DA ACCESSIBLE PICNIC TABLES AND INSTALLED A NEW LIFEGUARD STAND. SO THESE IMPROVEMENTS ALL ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, AND THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AS WE ENTER THE BUSIEST PART OF OUR SWIMMING SEASON THIS SUMMER. SO I WANT TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EYE TO, UH, SAFETY AND, UH, ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR, UH, RESIDENTS AND PATRONS. IF WE GO BACK, I WANT TO GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE. LET'S TALK ABOUT UDC AND THE UPDATES THAT ARE COMING. YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER WE HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN MARCH. UH, THERE'S SEVERAL UPDATES THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT, BOTH OUT OF THE 2023 LEGISLATURE AND THE 2025 THAT WE NEED TO BE ALIGNED WITH. THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER PROCESS IMPROVEMENT UPDATES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND SOME NEW NEWER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON THOSE DILIGENTLY AND TRYING TO GET THE WORDING OF THOSE AMENDMENTS AND THOSE UPDATES. UH, READY. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TWO WORK SESSIONS COMING UP WITH P AND Z IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN OCTOBER. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, JUST TALK UNDER, KEEP GOING. CHAZ, THE PARKS COMMUNITY SURVEY. LAST WEEK WE LAUNCHED THAT AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF GETTING THAT OUT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT OUT THERE. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE JUST OVER 700 SURVEY RESPONDENTS SO FAR. WE STILL [00:55:01] HAVE ANOTHER WEEK AND WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER BIG SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH. SO FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE TO, UM, COMMUNICATE AND SHARE THAT LINK TO THOSE IN YOUR DISTRICTS. WHAT'S YOUR GOAL? LIKE, WHAT'S A GOOD NUMBER? I FORGET. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR COMMUNITY SURVEYS, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT SIX TO 700 RANGE. I THINK WE ONLY REALLY NEED FOUR OR 500 TO QUALIFY TO MAKE IT QUANTITATIVELY, SCIENTIFICALLY, UH, VALID. HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T LOOKED IN, LOOKED AT THE BREAKDOWN BY DISTRICT, SO I'LL WANT TO DO THAT LATER THIS WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL OF YOUR COUNCIL AREAS. AND THAT BREAKDOWN WILL INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THE FIVE DISTRICTS. IT INCLUDE IT'S OPEN TO THE WHOLE BURNING COMMUNITY, THE GREATER BURNING COMMUNITY. AND SO AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE, WE'LL SHOW, HEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE RESPONDENTS FROM YOUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO CITY RESIDENTS VERSUS THE COUNTY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN USE OF THOSE SERVICES AND, UM, A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THE PARK SYSTEM, THE CEMETERY, THE POOL, AND SO WE WANNA UNDERSTAND THOSE GREATER. ALRIGHT, THOSE ARE THE FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS I WANTED TO SHOW, UH, REPRESENT TO YOU, UH, TONIGHT. IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ANY ITEM? I KNOW JEFF'S NOT HERE, SO IT'S ALL RIGHT IF YOU'RE NOT SURE. ON THE PLANT PARKING LOT, ARE WE? YEAH, THE PLANT STREET PARKING LOT. UM, SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING SOME CONTRACTOR COMPLICATIONS ON PACE AND PROGRESS. UM, WE ARE TALKING TO THEM. WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD THAT CONTRACTOR ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RESPONSIBILITY, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THEY AGREED TO. UM, THEY ARE DOING ENOUGH WORK TO KEEP THAT GOING. IT'S JUST NOT AT OUR DESIRED PACE. BUT THEY ARE, THEY ARE DOING SOME WORK. THERE WAS A MOMENT THERE WHERE WE THOUGHT THEY HAD ABANDONED THE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THEY'RE JUST SOME, THEY HAD SOME PERSONNEL HEALTH RELATED ISSUES AND THEN SOME WEATHER. AND SO WE HOPE TO GET THAT GOING. I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO SPEED ON THAT AS WE CONTINUE. WHAT IS THEIR, UH, ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE, ROUGHLY? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS HERE. CAN YOU CLICK ON THE PLANT STREET PARKING LOT? THEY NOW HAVE IT AUGUST THAT IT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO AUGUST. OKAY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN DONE BY THE END OF LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR MICKELSON? ANY QUESTION ON BACK ON THE SURVEY? SORRY, I SAW, I READ A COMMENT SOMEWHERE THAT SOMEBODY WAS CONCERNED THAT THE SURVEY WAS ONLY LIMITING THEM TO PICK TWO PARKS THAT THEY HAD VISITED. YOU'RE GONNA COMMENT ON TWO IS THERE, BUT I ALSO NOTICED THAT SOMEBODY COULD GO BACK INTO THE SURVEY AND TAKE IT AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY. WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR, THE DATA, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DE DO DEDUCE THAT AT ALL? OR, OR LIMITED TO ONE RESPONSE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL? SO THEY, UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'LL HAVE TO ASK OUR SURVEY CONS. RESPONDENT, I KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE AT A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR IPHONE VERSUS A TABLET OR A HOME PC MM-HMM. THEY KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISP OR WHATEVER. BUT, UM, UH, AGAIN, GOING FALLING IN LINES WITH CHRISTIE'S PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FORCE RANKING, THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS SURVEY PROVIDER HAS YOU, IT LIMITS YOU TO GET TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESSING ISSUES. RIGHT. AND THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CITY SERVICES. GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. IT LETS YOU, IT DOES LET YOU SAY YOU VISITED MORE PARKS. IT'S JUST WHEN YOU SAY WHICH ARE YOUR TWO MOST IMPORTANT, IT'S WHEN YOU'RE CHOOSING THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? CORRECT. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT FEEDBACK WE GET. YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU GUYS ARE THE SAME BOAT. A LOT OF FOLKS TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK, TELL US THEIR THOUGHTS, DESIRES, THEIR WISHES, THEIR WANTS, AND A LOT OF THINGS. AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. SO THIS IS WHERE GONNA BE VERY KEY TO HELP US EVEN COMMUNICATE WHY WE MIGHT NOT DO SOMETHING. MM-HMM . OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GRATEFUL TO THE, THE STAFF, THE TEAM FOR UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING THEIR WORK PLAN SERIOUS AND PROVIDING THESE UPDATES. ALRIGHT. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, THANKS MAN. MOVING ON TO [9. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL] GENTLEMAN NUMBER NINE. COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL THIS EVENING? WE'LL START TO THE LEFT. GO AHEAD JOE. UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BIG BLOCKS AND THINGS IN, IN COUNCIL HERE, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, SAY THANK YOU TO SOME OF THE STAFF, UH, SPECIFICALLY SOME OF OUR DIRECTORS, DIRECTOR, JIMENEZ, DIRECTOR, CAROL DIRECTOR, CRANE DIRECTOR BRINKMAN, AND DIRECTOR MANNO OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASK FOR HELP WITH THINGS LIKE REMOVING A BEEHIVE OR FIXING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BOWLING ALLEY. SOME OF THE THINGS WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT IN HERE ON CITY PROJECTS OR IN THINGS THAT ARE THE BIG BLOCKS, BUT THEY'RE THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE CITY RUN. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND, AND TELL 'EM THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, CELEBRATE BIG 4TH OF JULY IS COMING UP. LOTS OF RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. GET OUT, BE LOUD IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, BE OUTSIDE, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, HAVE FUN, BUT BE SAFE. [01:00:03] UH, A COUPLE THINGS. UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, NAMI WALKS, WHICH, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ORGANIZATION, IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY GROUP FROM SAN ANTONIO NATIONWIDE, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A KENDALL COUNTY, UM, ORGANIZATION TOGETHER THAT WILL CULMINATE WITH A NAMI WALKS KENDALL COUNTY WITH AN ACTUAL WALK ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2026 AT THE LIBRARY FROM EIGHT TO 10. THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COALITION MENTAL HEALTH COALITION THAT THE MAYOR'S ON. UM, AS IT GETS CLOSER, I'LL REMIND PEOPLE, BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN FUN TO BE A PART OF THAT. I SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN CHARGE OF LIKE, UM, MARKETING. I'M NOT SURE HOW I GOT IN CHARGE OF THAT, BUT I GUESS I NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE TO DO, UM, BECAUSE I, NEEDED MORE STUFF. UM, SO, BUT ANYWAY, PRETTY COOL. UM, JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK ALL OF US ARE ADVOCATES OF MORE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SEEMS LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ORGANIZATION TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEING A SUCCESS AND THEN HAVING THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THAT'S ONE THING. UH, I HAD MY AMPO MEETING YESTERDAY. UM, BIGGEST THING FROM THAT WAS THE DIRECTOR JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NEW VISION FOR AMPO, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WANTED HIM TO, UH, BRING FORWARD, WHICH PROBABLY WE'LL VOTE ON IN THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS. BUT, UM, PRETTY BIG CHANGES COMING FOR WHAT AMPO AMPO WILL WANT FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES. BIGGEST THING WILL BE LOOKING AT PROJECTS FROM A REGIONAL ASPECT. UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE COULD BE IF WE HAVE A 46 PROJECT IS WELL, HOW DOES THAT 46 PROJECT LOOK FROM A REGIONAL ASPECT? UM, SO I THINK FOR US, WE ALREADY DO THAT SORT OF THINKING. UM, SO HOPEFULLY OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY ALSO START THINKING THAT WAY AS WELL. UM, BUT IT ALL GOOD THINGS. I THINK ALL, ALL OF US WOULD LIKE WHAT WHAT HE'S SAYING. UM, AND VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS NEW DIRECTOR THERE. UM, HE WANTS TO TAKE OUR ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN AREA TO THE NEXT LEVEL. UM, CAME FROM A VERY BIG DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA THAT'S KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS VERY, UM, YEAH, IT WANTS TO TAKE US TO THAT LEVEL AS WELL. SO BIG THINGS COMING THERE AS WELL. THANKS, COUNCIL. OLSON. COUNCIL. YEAH. UM, SO THIS WEEK HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT THROUGH, UM, SOME, SOME BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY LEADERSHIP AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE EFFORT, THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT IS PUT IN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FUNDS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, LEARN SOME THINGS, APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY'S DOING IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEE AND, AND BEING ABLE TO MEASURE AND RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND, AND RECOGNIZING, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, AND REWARDING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BEST EMPLOYEES WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT WE CAN RETAIN THAT TOP TALENT, LIKE YOU SAID. UM, SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PAINSTAKING, PAINSTAKING EXERCISE, UH, GONE THROUGH SIMILAR THINGS AND, AND PREVIOUS LIFE. SO APPRECIATE, UM, WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THAT. AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE DO ROLL INTO THE 4TH OF JULY, KIND OF OUR, OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TURN BACK TO THINGS, HOW THEY WERE LAST YEAR AND, UM, APPRECIATE, UH, OUR OWN FIRST RESPONDERS AND FOR WHAT THEY DID IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, RIGHT? THE, THE RAIN, THE RESPONSE THAT THEY WERE DOING TO HELPING, HELPING FOLKS IN THESE LOW WATER CROSSING. SO REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL. MR. WALKER. YEAH. HAPPY TWO 50TH. HAPPY TWO 50 ALSO, MICHAELA. SURE. A COUPLE THINGS. UM, I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT OUR CITY, UH, AT THE HC AT C AT THE, UH, HILL COUNTRY ALLIANCE, UM, UH, LEADERSHIP CLASS THIS YEAR. THEY HELD THEIR, ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS IN BERNIE LAST WEEK AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR TOPIC WAS DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES. AND OF COURSE, BUCKY'S IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES. UH, RYAN BASS DID A FABULOUS JOB AS HE DOES ALWAYS. AND THE MONTH BEFORE WE WERE IN FREDERICKSBURG FOR THE DARK SKIES CONFERENCE, HE DID THE SAME THING. FABULOUS CONFERENCE. UH, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE ASKED TO GO DOWN TO UTSA, UH, YESTERDAY TO UH, TALK TO THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. AND, UH, AGAIN, THE POSTER CHILD IS BUCKYS AND HOW WE DEALT WITH THAT, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT. AND THIS MORNING THE EDC AND MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ALAMO COLLEGES, DR. MOSLEY, UH, ALAMO COLLEGES, WHICH IS FIVE CAMPUSES, HAS OVER 90,000 ENROLLED STUDENTS [01:05:01] NOW, A LOT OF 'EM ARE PART-TIME 'CAUSE THEY'RE WORKING TO GET A DEGREE, BUT THEIR CAMPUS IS GONNA BE OPENING IT ABUTS UP TO THE BERNIE AIRFIELD OFF OF I 10. AND, UM, IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO HEAR SOME OF THE STUFF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, INCLUDING, UH, CONCEPTS OF WORKING WITH THE AIRFIELD TO BECOME A REGIONAL FAA PROVIDER OF DRONE DEVELOPMENT AND AUTONOMOUS AIR, AIR VEHICLES AND SO FORTH. SO A WHOLE CURRICULUM BUILT AROUND THAT. SO KIND OF EXCITING FOR THE FUTURE, UH, ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO BUILD 'EM HERE, IN KENDALL COUNTY, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF EXCITING. SO, AND AGAIN, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, WHAT CAN YOU SAY? 250 YEARS? NOT PERFECT, BUT WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. YEAH, I JUST GOT LIKE THE 10 OR 13 ITEMS I NEED TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK. , UM, NO, UH, FIRST OFF, UH, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THIS PAST WEEKEND TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT DOSS FESTIVAL. I WANT TO GIVE HATS OFF TO DOSS FESTIVAL, TO THAT CREW. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR THE EVENT, UH, FOR THE SECOND YEAR BACK AT THE PLAZA. UM, REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID. SO HATS OFF TO, TO THAT ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO TO OUR FIRE AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WORKED ALL WEEKEND FOR THAT FESTIVAL. KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, GREAT JOB THERE. GOT TO INTERACT WITH FLAW OF THE OFFICERS AND, AND KEN COUNTY OFFICERS. AND, UH, WHAT A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND REMEMBER OUR GERMAN HERITAGE AND, AND JUST BE, UH, COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. AND SO FOR ALL THE VENDORS AND ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE OPEN THIS WEEKEND, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR BEING QUALITY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEN ALSO TO OUR BURNING LITTLE LEAGUERS, UM, THAT ARE ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUNDS. UH, WE HAVE SOME SOFTBALL, LITTLE LEAGUERS AT ONE. WE HAVE SOME, SOME BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUERS AT WON. WE HAD SOME THAT LOST TWO, SO HAD OFF TO YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT THERE ON THE ALL STARS. BUT, UM, SO THOSE THAT ARE CONTINUING, UH, KEEP GOING. UH, WE'RE BEHIND YOU. WE SUPPORT YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. AND THEN THIS WEEKEND, UM, SUPPORT THE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS AND SOME OF THE OTHER GIRLS THAT ARE GOING TO ROUND ROCK FOR THE, UH, FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE'LL BE UP THERE FOR THAT. AND THEN AGAIN, UH, 4TH OF JULY IS COMING UP, UH, IN TWO WEEKS. UH, LIKE DR. MAX SAID, WE'RE NOT A PERFECT COUNTRY, BUT I STILL, WE BELIEVE WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE GREATEST COUNTRY. AND SO, UM, I CHALLENGE YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND BE IN SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 'CAUSE IT'S A, THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT EXISTS. IT'S A COUNTRY LIKE THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN OURSELVES. SO, UH, GET OFF THE COUCH AND GET OUT THERE AND, AND DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. UH, BUT BE SAFE. AND THAT'S REALLY IT. ALL RIGHT, NO OTHER COMMENTS. WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN OFFICIALLY AT 7:13 PM AT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.