[INVOCATION]
          [00:00:05]
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 8TH, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NGUYEN FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. 
          IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. LET US PRAY. LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF THE SPRING SEASON AS WE MEET. MAY WE BE LIKE THE GARDEN NURTURED BY YOUR GRACE TO GROW STRONGER, PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT AND BLOOM TOGETHER. OPEN OUR HEARTS TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH JOY AND CREATIVITY. BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN ALL OUR MILITARY SERVICE WOMEN AND MEN. PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY. ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, WE 
          [MINUTES]
HAVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY WYNN. 
          SECONDED BY CURTIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES OH ONE. HEATHER. 
          [O-1
 Request that the City Council consider adoption of an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Development Services Budget for the Customer Relationship Manager software contract.]
GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. COUNCIL THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 275,000. THIS COMES TO YOU DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS PREVIOUSLY LAST YEAR. WE WERE LOOKING AT A NEED FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND WITH THAT WE WE WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATION OUT OF GOVERNMENT AS AS FAR AS THEY DO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO THEY WANT THAT IMMEDIATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RESPONSIVENESS. SO WE EVALUATED OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE SITUATION FOR OUR PERMIT CENTER, WHERE WE GET ALL OF OUR CALLS. AND WE DID A LEAN SIX SIGMA TIME PROCESS AND DISCOVERED THAT WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR EMPLOYEES TO MEET THE DEMAND. SO WE ASKED OURSELVES, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT ADDING STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN OUR BUDGETARY CLIMATE, CAN BE A VERY TOUGH ASK. SO WE ASKED OURSELVES, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY? AND WHAT WE DID IS WE EXPLORED DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOFTWARE THAT CAN HELP US. AND THAT IS WHAT WE LANDED ON. WE WE REVIEWED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOFTWARE AND DISCOVERED SOFTWARE THAT REALLY DIDN'T MEET OUR NEEDS. AND THEN FINALLY WE LANDED ON SALESFORCE, WHICH WILL BE LATER IN YOUR AGENDA ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO WITH THAT, RATHER THAN ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF, ESPECIALLY AT THAT NUMBER, WE ARE ASKING TO AMEND THE BUDGET AT 275,000 TO ALLOW FOR SOFTWARE OR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT NOT ONLY WILL HELP ANSWER THE CALLS AND ALLOW STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE MORE, IT EXCEPTIONAL TYPE OF CUSTOMER REQUESTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          AND ALSO THE CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SOFTWARE, WILL HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS. AND IT WILL DO THAT BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS. SO IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, I SEE CHRIS BACK THERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE NEW SOFTWARE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THEIR NUMBER AND GET A CALL BACK INSTEAD OF BEING ON HOLD FOR HOWEVER LONG. WE ALL HAVE THINGS SIMILAR TO THAT OVER. WE, WE DO HAVE SIMILAR TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY NOW IN THE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT OUR CUSTOMERS, IF THEY DON'T GET SOMEONE TO ANSWER THE PHONE, THEY OFTEN WILL HANG UP, NOT EVEN LEAVE A MESSAGE. AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST KEEP CALLING BACK. SO WHAT OUR SYSTEM WILL DO WILL ACTUALLY ANSWER THE CALL AND HELP THEM. 
          IT'S AN AI SYSTEM THAT WILL HELP THEM IMMEDIATELY. HAS ANYONE MENTIONED WHICH DEPARTMENTS? YES, YES. THIS IS PRIMARILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IT WILL BE OUR PERMIT CENTER, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PLANNING, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ENGINEERING AND I BELIEVE IT'S TRAFFIC. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE. OH. ONE SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY 
          [00:05:04]
MARK, SECOND BY CURTIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? 
          [M-1
 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas Emergency Management Assistance Teams to provide assistance during emergency events or disasters, and to authorize City staff participation in associated state programs.]
MOTION CARRIES. THANKS, HEATHER. THANK YOU, CHIEF COBLE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          DAVID COBLE, DEPARTMENT OF FIRE. I COME TO YOU THIS MORNING WITH M1 REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS AND OR DISASTERS, AND TO AUTHORIZE CITY STAFF PARTICIPATION IN ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS. WE ARE CURRENTLY PART OF THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH THE STATE AS WELL AS TIFMAS, WHICH IS THE. OUR. IN FACT, WE HAVE PEOPLE DEPLOYED NOW. THEY'LL BE BACK TODAY IN TOWN. THEY WERE DOWN IN BEEVILLE HELPING OUT. SO THIS JUST FORMALIZED A FIVE YEAR MOU WITH THE STATE THAT COVERS YOUR TRAINING. WHO HAS LIABILITY IN CASE THOSE PEOPLE GET HURT AND ALL OF THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS JUST FORMALIZED. BUT THESE PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. WE ALREADY PARTICIPATE IN TWO OF THEM ALREADY. AND SO WITH THAT, THESE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAMS, AND APPROVED PARTICIPATION IN DESIGNATED CITY OF OF DESIGNATED CITY PERSONNEL AND ASSOCIATE STATE PROGRAMS. THIS ACTION WILL ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, ENHANCE THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, AND FORMALIZE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE AND RECEIVE MUTUAL AID DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS AND DISASTERS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF COBLE? CHIEF, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEND TO OUR PERSONNEL? GO OUT FAIRLY OFTEN. NOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THEM OUT SO THEY CAN GET CREDENTIALED. EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT, THEY HAVE A TASK BOOK TO GET SIGNED. AND THOSE TASK BOOKS THEY HAVE TO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE EVEN IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN TRUCK, YOU HAVE TO BECOME A CREW BOSS. AND IN ORDER TO BECOME A CREW BOSS, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT A FEW TIMES TO GET THERE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE, SO NOW WHEN OUR TRUCK GOES OUT, WE PUT OUR PERSONNEL ON IT, BUT THE CREW BOSS HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THERE'S A LIKE LONGVIEW OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          I THINK OUR TRUCK WAS MANAGED BY A CREW BOSS OUT OF FORT WORTH THIS LAST TIME AROUND. 
          BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE REALLY CLOSE BECAUSE WE WE DO SEND THEM OUT OFTEN ENOUGH TO DO IT. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME REIMBURSEMENT BACK FROM THE STATE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MANAGED AS WELL. SO I WOULD SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH, WE WHEN THERE'S A DRY SEASON LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND IT'LL GO FROM THE WATER DISASTERS TO FIRE, YOU KNOW, GRASS FIRE FOR DRY SEASON. SO MAYBE A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH IF YOU WERE TO AVERAGE IT OUT. 
          OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? MOVE TO APPROVE ON SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY WILLIAM, SECOND BY NICOLAS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION 
          [M-2
 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Reynolds and Kay, LTD., for the construction of the 2026 Asphalt Enhancement Project in the amount of $3,728,915.15.]
CARRIES. THANK YOU. CHIEF. M-2. MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CODY VANG, ENGINEER WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY PRESENTING M2, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR A CONTRACT WITH REYNOLDS AND K FOR OUR 2026 ASPHALT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. THE ASPHALT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT IS AN ANNUAL PROJECT THAT WE DO, MAINLY CONSISTING OF MILLING AND OVERLAYING A COLLECTION OF STREETS THAT THAT WE SELECT THAT ARE IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION. THE MILL AND OVERLAY WILL IMPROVE THE RIDE, ESSENTIALLY GIVING A NEW ASPHALT LAYER OVER THE TOP OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT. IT WILL PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT. THIS YEAR, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 19.3 LANE MILES THAT WE'RE DOING. THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE PCI OF 52, WHICH IS PCI, A GRADE THAT EACH ROAD IS GIVEN ON THEIR CONDITION, GRADED ONE THROUGH 100. JUST LIKE IN GRADE SCHOOL. THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE BASE BID AND ALTERNATES THE ALTERNATES WE ADD IN TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY IN CASE THE BID PRICES COME IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ESTIMATED. ALTERNATES THREE AND FOUR ACTUALLY ARE TO IMPROVE. THE CITY PARKING LOT, WHICH NEEDS NEW PAVEMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY OVER HERE AT THE TDC BUILDING THAT HAS A TRIPPING HAZARD THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. SO THE LOW BIDDER ON THIS PROJECT WAS REYNOLDS AND K. WE'VE WORKED WITH REYNOLDS AND K QUITE OFTEN. THEY DO A GOOD JOB. THEY COMMUNICATE WELL, THEY'RE 
          [00:10:03]
FLEXIBLE WITH US, AND THEIR CONCRETE WORK IS REAL GOOD. SO. THE THE PROJECT WILL BE HUNTED, FUNDED BY HALF CENT SALES TAX. STREETS DEPARTMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE FOR ALIWORK AND VALLEY GUTTERS AND THEN FACILITIES FUND WILL PAY FOR THE. THE PARKING LOTS AND THE DRIVEWAY AT TDC. SO WITH THAT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH REYNOLDS AND K FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 2026 ASPHALT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,728,915.15. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR CODY? DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE STREETS THAT WILL BE WORKED ON? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. SOME STREETS. SUNNYBROOK IS THE ONLY. THE SOUTHBOUND LANE WILL BE DONE BECAUSE THE SEWER LINE CAPACITY INCREASE WILL BE IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT DONNYBROOK, WALL STREET AND SIXTH STREET ARE SOME OF THE WORST. OWENS AND CARLYLE ARE KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF SOME OF THE STREETS WE DID IN THAT SAME NEIGHBORHOOD LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO FINISH UP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN TWO OF THE ALSO THE WORST STREETS ARE GLEN GREEN, GLENBROOK AND PLEASANT DRIVE, KIND OF OVER BY THE GOLDEN GOLDEN ROAD WATER FACILITY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARSH BROUGHT THAT UP. CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN HOW THE PCI RATINGS DONE? HOW OFTEN DO THEY LOOK AT THE STREETS? AND YES, THE PROCESS BRIEFLY. YES. SO THE PCI IS A GRADE. IT'S CALLED THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A GRADE FROM 0 TO 100. EVERY FOUR YEARS OR SO. WE HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DRIVE THE ROADS. THEY HAVE AN ARRAY OF CAMERAS AND SENSORS ON A VAN, DRIVES EVERY SINGLE ROAD IN TOWN. AND THEN IT USES SOFTWARE TO TAKE WHAT IT SEES AND TAKE ALL THE DATA AND ASSIGN A GRADE BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THAT ROAD. AND WE USE THOSE GRADES TO DETERMINE WHAT ROADS ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR, WHAT TYPE OF TREATMENT. IN THIS CASE, MILLING THE ASPHALT OFF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT AND PUTTING A NEW LAYER ON ONE TO 2 OR 1 AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES THICK. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CODY? YEAH. HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THE PCI PROGRAM AS IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR THE WAY WE'RE OPERATING NOW? THIS PROJECT IS STILL BASED ON THE 2021 PCI DSS. THEY HAVE JUST DRIVEN THE ROADS AGAIN IN FEBRUARY FOR OUR NEW ROUND FOR THE 2526 ROUND, AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE GRADES WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. I WOULD SAY IT'S 2021, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID IT WITH THIS METHOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR I'VE GOT DATA ALL THE WAY BACK TO, I WANT TO SAY 2008. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG BEFORE THEN IT WAS WE WERE DOING IT THIS WAY. I KNOW BEFORE WE HIRED THE CONSULTANT, CITY STAFF WERE OUT DRIVING THE STREETS THEMSELVES, WHICH WAS A LOT. RIGHT? RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. CITIZEN, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THEY WOULD. USE. OKAY. YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? CAN YOU PLEASE. WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. GET YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. 
          WELL, MY NAME IS EDDIE STERLING, AND I LIVE AT 2931 CLUB LAKE DRIVE HERE IN TYLER. AND MY QUESTION IS, ON THIS ASPHALT, YOU SAID THAT IT CANNOT BE DONE IN NORTH TYLER. DID YOU SAY THAT? NO, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT. SO IT CAN BE DONE IN NORTH TYLER AS WELL. AND IT WILL BE DONE IN NORTH TYLER. THERE ARE SOME STREETS IN NORTH TOWN, BUT YOU DIDN'T NAME ANY CARLISLE, CARLISLE AND CARLISLE OWENS. THERE ARE A FEW. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YOUR QUESTION WAS, ADAM, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ROADS OR ARE YOU GOOD? I MEAN, WE WANT TO KEEP FROM WRAPPING UP. OKAY. 
          ADAM. WE'RE GOOD. I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER. ALRIGHT. HER QUESTION WAS, ARE THERE STREETS 
          [00:15:01]
IN NORTH TYLER THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE? THERE ARE A FEW. THERE ARE NOT MANY. AND THAT IS BECAUSE CONSENT DECREE GROUP IS EIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH MAINLY NORTHWEST TYLER TO REDUCE A LOT OF THE SEWER LINES. AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS TO READ REPAVE THE STREETS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO COME CUT IT UP AGAIN WITH THE SEWER LINES. SOME OF THE WORST ROADS IN TOWN ARE IN. I WOULD SAY THE THE NORTHWEST AREA. GASTON CARLISLE, CONFEDERATE. 
          SOME OF THOSE ROADS ARE REALLY, REALLY BAD. THEY THEY'RE ON THE RADAR, BUT WITH SEWER LINE WORK COMING UNDERNEATH THEM, WE DON'T WANT TO PAY THEM SO THAT THEY GET CUT UP AGAIN. SO. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO JUST KIND OF LIKE CODY'S GETTING AT IS THERE IS COORDINATION WITH UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS ON. THEY KNOW THAT MAJOR UTILITIES WORK IS GOING TO BE OCCURRING FOR SOME OF THE STREETS AND AREAS AS WELL. SO THAT THAT WAY YOU DON'T WE DON'T GO IN AND DO STREET REPAIRS AND THEN HAVE UTILITIES COME IN TO DO CUTS AND THEN GO BACK IN TO DO MORE STREET REPAIRS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE. MAKES SENSE, MAKE SENSE. AND THEY GAVE US CARLISLE AND OWEN IN DISTRICT THREE. YES, YES. YEAH. THAT'LL BE DISTRICT OKAY. I SECOND GOT A MOTION BY HANEY, SECOND BY NICHOLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. 
          [CONSENT]
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYTHING NEED TO BE PULLED OR APPROVED IS WRITTEN. MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. 
          SECOND. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY CARTER, SECONDED BY WIN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. THANK 
          [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD. SO LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR DELEGATION COME IN AND WE ARE VERY AS FAR AS JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCIL, FOR THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND WITH OUR DELEGATION FROM JAPAN. THEY HAD AN INCREDIBLE TIME. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WAS FOCUSED ON A DIFFERENT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE OUR HEALTH SECTOR, OUR EDUCATION SECTOR, OUR GOVERNMENT. AND THEY LEFT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY STATIC AND VERY HAPPY WITH JUST THE KIND OF THE HOSPITALITY THAT WAS SHOWN BY OUR COMMUNITY TOWARDS THEM AND ALL THAT THEY GOT TO SEE AND GET TO BE A PART OF. 
          AND THAT CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP. THAT'S 30 YEARS OF THAT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE GINKGO TREES THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL THAT WERE PLANTED BACK IN THE 1880S BY GOVERNOR HUBBARD OR AMBASSADOR HUBBARD, AFTER CAME BACK FROM JAPAN. AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE UNDER THAT, TO KIND OF SYMBOLIZE THEM, EVEN KIND OF HOW MUCH FURTHER BACK WE GO IN OUR CONNECTIONS WAS VERY SPECIAL FOR THEM. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, NUMEROUS STAFF WHO HELPED TO MEET THE DELEGATES AND CHEER THEM ON WHILE THEY WERE HERE. YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE INFORMATION GOING OUT ABOUT AS FAR AS THE HALF CENT CALL FOR PROJECTS. OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THOSE FROM MONDAY, APRIL 13TH THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH. ENGINEERING TEAM IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS PROPOSED PROJECTS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY FROM 1130 TO 1:30 P.M. DURING THAT DURING NEXT WEEK. AND WE ARE TAKING PROJECT CALLS UP UNTIL APRIL 30TH. THEY CAN BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU LOOK FOR THE HALF CENT CALL FOR PROJECTS FORM THAT'S ON THERE. AND I KNOW SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED TO ME ABOUT ACTUALLY MEETING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT AS FAR AS GROUPS ABOUT JUST TO SEE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND TRYING TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE THOSE MIGHT FIT IN OUR HALF-CENT PROJECT SCHEDULES. SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT HELPS US THEN DEVELOP THAT PROGRAM THAT WE THEN TAKE TO THE BOARD AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. AND SO AND THEN FINALLY, THIS SATURDAY ON APRIL 11TH, OUT AT SOUTHSIDE PARK, WE WILL KICK OFF OUR GREAT TYLER CLEANUP. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WE DO EVERY YEAR, AND IT IS ONE WHERE YOU CAN SHOW UP BY YOURSELF. MY WIFE'S ALREADY TOLD ME SHE'S BUSY, GOT OTHER STUFF TO DO OR YOU CAN BRING A TEAM AND GROUPS TO TO GO AND KIND OF CLEAN UP THROUGHOUT. TYLER PICKING UP TRASH AND LITTER AND MAKING THIS SUCH A BETTER LOOKING COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT WILL START AND ENDS AT SOUTHSIDE PARK ON SATURDAY MORNING. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ADD ONE THING ABOUT THE THE FOLKS FROM YAKIMA, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GOT HERE THAT FIRST MORNING, WE HAD A, A DEAL HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHERE WE MET THEM. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT MANY OF THEM HAD NEVER BEEN TO TYLER. AND SO EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE BIT STIFF AND NOBODY REALLY KNEW EACH OTHER. AND 
          [00:20:02]
OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR DAYS THAT THEY WERE HERE, THE RELATIONSHIP STARTED DEVELOPING. 
          AND LIKE ED SAID, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION WELCOMED THEM IN. AND SO BY THE TIME THEY LEFT, IT WAS DIFFERENT. AND WE HAD A FAREWELL DINNER AT THE MAYFAIR. 
          AND THEIR CULTURE IS ONE THAT THEY'RE MORE INTO SHAKING HANDS THAN THEY ARE INTO HUGGING. BUT AT THE FAREWELL DINNER, THERE WAS HUGS. AND THIS ONE YOUNG LADY NAMED AMY, SHE GAVE ME A BIG HUG AND I. WE GOT THROUGH HUGGING AND. AND SHE HAD A TEAR IN HER EYE AND SHE GOES, I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME. AND SO I CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS. IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED OUT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME THEM TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO, TO BRAG AND, AND TO DO THINGS WITH THEM. SO JUST THANK YOU, EVERYBODY THAT THAT HELPED OUT WITH THAT. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, THE ICE WAS BROKEN ON THE HUGGING THURSDAY NIGHT, THE FIRST DAY AT THE TASTE OF TYLER WHERE THERE WAS PLENTY OF FOOD AND ALCOHOL. AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HUGGING EVERYBODY. BUT I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU, TYLER, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THEIR HOMECOMING, WHICH I'VE NEVER BEEN. AND MAYOR WAS THERE. 
          PETRA WAS THERE, BAND FOOD TRUCKS, EDITOR WAS THERE. I MEAN, EVEN A BEER TRUCK. 
          UNBELIEVABLE TURNOUT. UT PROVIDED BLANKETS FOR ALL THOSE LITTLE CHILLY THAT NIGHT. THEY HAD BLANKETS, UT BLANKETS FOR EVERYBODY. AND IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AND A GREAT TIME JUST SHOWING HOW DOCTOR FILLING THEIR TEAM WERE TRYING TO PUT MORE THINGS ON CAMPUS, EXCITING THINGS FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, AND EVERYBODY'S OPEN TO THOSE THINGS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE UT TYLER IS, IT'S DOWN IN DISTRICT FIVE, THE DISTRICT WITH NO PARK, BUT WE HAVE UT TYLER. SO COME OUT NEXT TIME. IT'S REALLY FUN. DISTRICT THREE HAS ALL THE PARTS. YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR ED OR ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ALRIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJ
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.