* 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. [00:00:07] ALL RIGHT. [1. Open Meeting and confirm a quorum is present.] TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2021. AND THE TIME IS 4:03 PM. AND THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LANDER CITY COUNCIL. A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. ITEM TWO IS [2. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding personnel matters. The City Council will reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding personnel matters.] CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07 FOR PERSONNEL AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. OKAY, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 4:50 PM. TAKE ACTION AS DETAILED AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM [3. Discussion on Capital Improvement Projects (CIP).] THREE, DISCUSSION ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, GRIM BELT GRIMSBY. SORRY, THERE'LL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAN GRANTSVILLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF A HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSION ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. I WAS GIVEN HEADS UP THAT THE NEED TO KEEP ON TIME. UH, W W W W I MIGHT NEED A, TO BE FAIR. YOU HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TIME. THIS IS HOW I JUST HOLD IT DOWN. OH MAN. YOU GUYS ARE HIGH SPEED. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, TO BEGIN WITH THAT, YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE CIP FORMAT, TRY TO, UH, I THINK, UM, PUT IT IN A FORMAT THAT, UH, IS, UH, READABLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE. UH, THE ONES BEFORE HAD CASHFLOW SHEETS ON AND MULTIPLE DETAIL SHEETS OF EVERY PROJECT AND EVERY FUTURE PROJECT OUT TO 2035 AND THAT IT WAS INFORMATION OVERLOAD. AND I SPENT A WEEKEND WORKING ON THAT AND, UM, HOLY SMOKES, I WAS HARD TO KEEP UP. UM, SO WE STILL HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT TWO YEARS FOR THE BUDGET ONLY. AND THEN THE NEXT THREE YEARS ARE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. OF COURSE, THE PURPOSE IS TO IDENTIFY CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FUNDING SOURCES TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WITHIN BUDGET AND MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS. AND LASTLY, PRESERVE EXISTING, UH, PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, C I F P FUNDING AS ANNUALLY APPROPRIATED, UH, COINCIDING WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS. UM, ALL CRP PROJECTS SHOWN TODAY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER ON THE 23RD OF AUGUST, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, UNLESS IT'S A SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ARE FUNDED. SO, UH, FOR THIS, LET ME GET THIS DOWN. WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROCESS IS IS THAT WE HAVE THE LONG RANGE, THE LONG RANGE WILL BE, UH, THREE YEARS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED BEYOND, UM, THE FOUR, THE FOUR 20, SAY 4 24, 25 AND 26. THEY'LL GO INTO IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITY. AND WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW. THE LONG RANGE PLANNING ASPECT, THE SHORT RANGE IS GOING TO BE THE TWO YEARS. YOU'LL SEE FYI 22 AND 23 AND 22 WILL BE BUDGETED OUT IN 23, SHOULD BE MOSTLY BUDGETED OUT IN THIS CASE. IT IS, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SHEET ALREADY CREATED, UM, AND A DETAIL SHEET. SO WE'RE KIND OF GOT PHASE ONE AND TWO DONE. AND ON THE LONG RANGE IS KIND OF BE LIKE THE THIRD PHASE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND THEN, THEN LASTLY, THE ANNUAL BUDGET, WHICH IS ONE YEAR FISCAL 22. SO THAT'S THE ONE WE'LL FOCUS ON AND THAT'LL HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR. SO W WHEN I WAS, UH, TRYING TO WORK WITH THE TEAM ON THIS, I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS A WAY TO KIND OF GET CIP AND TALK ABOUT IT AT A HIGH LEVEL, BUT REMEMBER WHERE WE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO I WANTED TO TRY TO WITH THIS SLIDE, UM, SHOW THAT THAT THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, UM, BASICALLY IN 2022 OR 20, 20 AND 2021, UM, THIS PAST YEAR ARE THESE FOLLOWING PROJECTS. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ONE, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL PUMP STATION, WHICH I ACTUALLY VISITED. UM, STATE-OF-THE-ART, UM, IT'S FANTASTIC. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HELPS WITH THE WATER SYSTEM. THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, HELPFUL, NOT ONLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, BUT IT'S GOING TO HELP. ONCE WE GET THE SAN GABRIEL LINE CONSTRUCTED TO MOVE WATER FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE, WHICH WILL HELP, UM, WHAT WE CALL GREATWOOD, IF IT'S HAVING SOME ISSUES AND KEEP CR, UH, TANK CR, UH, TWO 80, UM, AT A LEVEL THAT MAINTAINS THE PRESSURE. SO GREAT, GREAT PROJECT. THE OTHER ONE, ONE IS THE FIREHOUSE. UM, AGAIN, STATE-OF-THE-ART, UM, A GREAT PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED. [00:05:01] AND SO, UM, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE AND THEN, UM, OTHER ONES WAS, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT. I ACTUALLY DROVE BY THIS ONE. UM, IT WAS, UH, ANOTHER, UH, GOOD THE PROJECT. SO THE, THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS THE SHOW THAT THE CIP PROJECT HAS BEEN WORKING IN MY PRIOR PREDECESSORS WERE, WERE GETTING PROJECTS DONE. SO NOW WE HAVE WHAT PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN WHAT I HAVE LISTED HERE. I'M ONLY SHOWING WHAT'S THE LARGER HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS, WHICH YOU'RE SEEING JUST THE RE THE REMIND US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNDERWAY. SO THIS IS A SAN GABRIEL, 24 INCH WATER LINE. UH, I'VE BEEN ONTO THE SOP PROJECT SITE, UH, AND ANOTHER GOOD PROJECT. THIS IS THE ONE THAT ONCE WE FINISHED UP IN OCTOBER IS GOING TO, AGAIN, HELP FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST SIDE AND, UM, A GREAT PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE I'M JUST DIAGRAM WHERE THE LINE IS CONNECTING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THE OTHER ONE, UM, IS THE INTERCONNECT WATER LINE. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LINES CONNECTING. SO IT'S CONNECTING FROM THE BCR UA WATERLINE SUPPLY LINE, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE WATER TO, UM, THE LOW AND HIGH END OF THAT PART OF TOWN THAT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONCE IT'S DONE HELP MOVE WATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY. GOOD PROJECT, OKAY. PROJECTS UNDER DESIGN. UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO AGAIN TO HELP MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, UM, IS ON AMAZON, UM, AND DESIGN AND, UH, DOWNTOWN FIRE IMPROVEMENT ONE, WHICH IS GREAT. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE, UH, LARGE, UH, ROAD PROJECT. AND THEN THE TWO THAT I, UH, I THINK THAT ARE IMPORTANT, OR THE NEXT THREE IS THE MASTER LIFT STATION, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP, UM, POTENTIALLY MOVE WATER, UH, BETTER INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT ALSO PUT A LINE WHERE WE CAN GO BYPASS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT LEANDRA'S PLANT AND GO TO THE REGIONAL PLANT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE AN EXCESS AMOUNT. SO, UH, ANOTHER FORWARD THINKING PROJECT, UM, THE LIFT STATION REHABILITATION IS JUST IN GENERAL, I'M WORKING ON THE LIFT STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, NINE, SIX OR NINE. SO A WASTEWATER IS PROBABLY AN AREA WHEN I'VE LOOKED AT, HAS, HAS NOT BEEN REALLY, UM, LOOKED AT AND CIP PROJECT BROUGHT FORWARD. SO THIS IS GOOD. AND THE LAST ONE, WHICH WAS ANOTHER GOOD ONE IS THE SANDY CREEK, UH, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, SLEDGE IMPROVEMENT. UM, THE DESIGNS IS UNDERWAY IS GONNA START AND, UM, IT'LL ALLOW THE PLANT RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF LIMITED, UM, FROM THE LAGOON SIZE AND BECAUSE OF THAT OPERATIONAL BACKWASH OF THE FILTERS, UH, BY ABOUT 10, 10.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, IF WE CAN GET THIS UPDATED THE PLANT AND HAVE THE CORRECT SIZE, IF YOU WANT TO SAY LAGOONS IN THIS CASE, PROCESSING OF THE SLUDGE, WE CAN GET A WHOLE LOT CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL, UH, 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE CAPACITY OF THE PLANT. SO THAT PROJECT WILL HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE PLANT CAPACITY BY A MILLION AND A HALF GALLONS PER DAY. THIS IS A LOT OF WATER. OKAY. SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR , UM, YOU CAN SEE THEM, YOU CAN, UH, KIND OF SEE THEM HERE. UM, SOME OF THEM YOU SAW ON DESIGN, UM, THE FIRE STATION ONE IS THE LAND ACQUISITION, UM, TRY TO GET THAT SOONER THAN LATER, AND THE FIRE STATION TO EMS STATION AS, UM, AS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS, UH, A HIGH PRIORITY. UM, AS FAR AS, AS PROJECT, THE LAST ONE IS KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON AS FAR AS WATER AND HELPING THE CITY. UH, THE TERMINUS, A PUMPING STATION IS GOING TO INCREASE THE CAPABILITY OF CRYSTAL FALLS, UH, STORAGE CAPACITY TO HELP THE OTHER CITIES BY USING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY HERE AT AN INCREASING THE PUMP SIZE AND THE LINE SIZE GONE THROUGH THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY FROM THAT AREA. SO THE LINE IS GOING TO INCREASE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES, WHICH IS IMMENSE, WHAT'S YOUR COINCIDE WITH THE 24 INCHES THAT WE'RE INSTALLING RIGHT NOW FROM THE PCR UA? SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROJECT THAT WAS ACTUALLY MOVED UP BASED ON THE WATER MODELING AND THE WAY THE POPULATION IS GROWING, UH, WAS MOVED UP SO THAT THAT PROJECT COULD HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER. SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS. SO SOME, SOME ABOUT SOME STATISTICS AND, AND WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH SOME OF THIS AND THE, UH, 23RD, UM, MEETING, UH, THE NUMBER OF PROPOSED [00:10:01] PROJECTS OVER THE ELBOW, THE 22 AND 23 YEAR TIMEFRAME IS 39. AND I'M RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE AND MR. POLITY, UH, NINE PARKS AND REC EIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION SEVEN IN WATER OR WASTEWATER, AND THEN 12 AND WATER. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE CITY. THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS 249 MILLION AND, UH, IN FUNDING. SO WOULD BE 3.5 MILLION PARKS AND REC WOULD BE 18.3 MILLION TRANSPORTATION HAS 35 MILLION, BUT PLEASE REMEMBER IN TRANSPORTATION, THIS INCLUDES A 13.9 MILLION FOR THE EASEMENTS FOR HERE A WAY WHICH IS WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE, UM, SOME TYPE OF FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER THE CEO IS OR OTHERS, IF YOU TAKE THAT AWAY, THEN, UH, THE REST OF THE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED BY FUNDING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. THE WASTEWATER IS 34 MILLION, BUT THAT INCLUDES THE 12.4 MILLION FOR THE BCR WWS EXPANSION AGAIN, WHICH WILL REQUIRE, UM, CITY DEBT. THE LAST ONE IS THE WATER FOR 158 MILLION, BUT THIS INCLUDES THE BCR UA, DEEP WATER INTAKE FOR 120 MILLION. NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE USING SWIFT LOANS, WHICH STANDS FOR STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION FUND FROM TEXAS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVING OUT FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A DEBT THAT THE CITY WILL, WILL ENCUMBER AND THEN NOT HAVE TO MANAGE. SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, UM, I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS I, I DID GO TO, UM, THE CONTINUE TO REFINE THE CIP PROCESS. AND AGAIN, WHAT, LIKE I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT AND UNDERSTANDABLE. AND I, I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT, SEE THE PROJECTS, UM, FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS, SEE WHAT FUNDING IS THERE FOR THEM, AND THAT IT'S BALANCED AND IT'LL SHOW THAT. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE DETAILED SHEETS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR THOSE TWO YEARS ONLY. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF FUTURE PROJECTS SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, AND IT WILL BE BROKEN OUT IN 24, 25, 26, THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE FIVE YEARS. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE BEYOND, UM, MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT IT WILL OCCUR. UM, CAME FROM THE MASTER, A MASTER, UM, UH, PLANS FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, TRANSPORTATION, UH, PARKS, AND SO ON, UM, STATISTICS FROM FUTURE PROJECTS, UM, OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 20 YEARS, UM, BASED ON A MASTER PLANS, UH, IT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 343 MILLION. UM, CURRENTLY IN MR. PAULINE, THERE WAS ABOUT SEVEN PROJECTS, PARKS AND REC CURRENTLY HAS 32 FUTURE PROJECTS HAD ABOUT 24 MILLION TRANSPORTATION CURRENTLY HAS 22 PROJECTS AT ABOUT 127 MILLION WASTEWATER CURRENTLY HAS 13 PROJECTS TOTALING ABOUT 78 MILLION AND WATER CURRENTLY HAS 26 PROJECTS TOTALING ABOUT 98 MILLION. REMEMBER THE FUTURE PROJECTS ARE OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 20 YEARS. SO CIP IS NOT A SPRINT, IT'S CERTAINLY A MARATHON. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO OF COURSE, TRY TO MANAGE IT IN THAT MANNER. UH, THE NEXT ONE IS TO LOOK AT THE CIP COMMITTEE, W W I ATTENDED A COUPLE AND IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. I THINK WE HAVE TO STRUCTURE IT IN A MANNER SUCH AS, UM, ONE MONTH WE MEET AND WE JUST TALK ABOUT PARKS, AND THEN WE FOCUS IN ON THOSE PROJECTS AND IT KEEPS EVERYBODY FOCUSED AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. AND THEN THE OTHER PEOPLE OF COURSE, CAN BE WORKING LIKE THEY SHOULD BE THEN THE NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER ONE THAT NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER ONE. AND THEN WE CIRCLE BACK AFTER THE, AFTER THE CITY STAFF HAS LOOKED AT IT AND WE TALK ABOUT PARKS AGAIN, AND OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD, WE LOOK AT EACH ONE OR EACH AREA ARE THESE TWO TIMES, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A CIP THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN AGREE ON, HOPEFULLY. UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF ONE CONCEPT THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO TRY TO MAKE THE GROUPS AND HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE THERE, UM, TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS. UM, THE THIRD ONE IS TO, UH, OF COURSE, UH, GO OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IN MORE DETAIL ON THE 23RD, BY THE END, WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, NOT SHOULD WE WILL HAVE, UM, ALL THREE PHASES IS WHAT I CALL THE 2223, THE DETAIL SHEETS AND THE FUTURE SHEETS ALREADY FOR THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A CIP BOOK, UM, WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET BOOK, AND WE WILL HAVE THE BOOK COMPLETED, UM, WITH THE BUDGET BOOK, UM, AS FAR AS THAT GOES. SO I'M STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF A HIGH, HIGH LEVEL, BUT, UH, I THINK IT KINDA SHOWS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING IN A, IN A GOOD DIRECTION FOR THE CITY CANCEL. NO, I JUST, I MEAN, A COMMENT THAT EASIER TO READ IS GOING TO BE GREAT. AND I THINK ANY WAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE WITH YOUR TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS ON THE COMMITTEE OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT, UM, HAVING THINGS EASY TO READ AND CLEAR [00:15:01] IS EFFICIENT. AND HOWEVER, THE MEETINGS CAN RUN EFFICIENT. WOULDN'T HOLD TO HELP EVERYBODY. BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 23RD, UM, YES, SIR. ALRIGHTY THEN. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE 23RD AND WE CAN DISCUSS IN DETAIL TO THE PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ON IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. CAN WE JUST SEE IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN THE SPECIAL MEETING HAS CONCLUDED AND YEAH, I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING INTO RECESS UNTIL SIX, RIGHT? OKAY. THEN CITY COUNCIL IS IN RECESS UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE IN SESSION AT 6:02 PM. [4. The City Council will hold a Town Hall discussion to receive citizen input on topics that are under the purview of the City Council. [No action will be taken. Items posted for council action on the current agenda will be discussed during the regular meeting.]] THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL DISCUSSION TO RECEIVE CITIZEN INPUT ON TOPICS THAT ARE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OUR TOWN HALL FORUM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING IN-PERSON TO ENGAGE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN TWO WAY DISCUSSION, WHICH IS TYPICALLY RESTRICTED OR LIMITED UNDER NORMAL MEETING CIRCUMSTANCES. ALTHOUGH THE EXPRESSION OF THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, AND IDEAS ARE ENCOURAGED, PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS TOWN HALL FORUM IS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ACTION ON ANY TOPICS DISCUSSED UNDER THIS MEETING ITEM. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD LOCATED IN THE LOBBY AND TURN IT INTO THE CITY. SECRETARY, ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO EITHER READ OR STATE THEIR CONCERNS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RESPOND ONCE THE SPEAKER HAS COMPLETED THEIR COMMENTS TO ALLOW TIME FOR ALL SPEAKERS, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE UP QUESTIONS. IF ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION IS NEEDED, STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE SPEAKER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NICK HILL PATEL. GOOD EVENING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS . WE LIVE ON THE SAME STREET. SO THE ISSUE WE WANT TO RAISE AND AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE, THE LONG-TERM PLAN, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAD AN UNEXPECTED, ONE OF OUTAGES FOR CONSECUTIVE TWO DAYS, COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND WHEN WE, UH, SUBMITTED A REQUEST ABOUT THE ISSUE, THEY SAID, FIRST DATE WAS A SOFTWARE HARDWARE ISSUE. AND THEN, UH, NEXT DAY THEY SAID THAT BY MISTAKE, WE DONE OFF THE WALL. RIGHT? SO, SO I THINK, UH, WHEN I SUBMITTED A REQUEST, I GOT A CALL FROM UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID, WHERE THE ISSUE IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS A FULLER, BECAUSE AT THE PEAK TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER PSI TO SUPPORT THOSE HIGH HIGH-FIDELITY TO HOUSES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO BE FIXED. AND HE TOLD ME THAT, UH, THERE IS A PROPOSAL OUT THERE TO FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ETA. SO NOW IF YOU'RE PAYING THIS MUCH, DEXUS PAYING THIS MUCH MONEY FOR THE HOUSE. AND IT'S LIKE, WE'RE LIVING IN A PART OF OUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW? AND IF YOU WANT TO RAISE SOME OTHER CONCERN, YOU FOR FONDANT ABOUT SHARING, EVEN NOW, MY WIFE I'VE NOTICED MY WATER PRESSURE. UM, JUST ISN'T WHAT IT WAS WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, UH, TWO YEARS AGO. UM, AND WE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY HAD A WATER SHUT OFF ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN THE LAST YEAR, MINUS THE FREEZE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OH, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, JUST STARTING UP ON MY OTHER NEIGHBORS. UM, SO YEAH, I HAD, UH, MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO WATER FOR THE LAWN. NOW IT'S NOT A NECESSITY THREE, BUT, UM, IT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG IN MY PIPES. AND I ENDED UP, UH, CALLING, UH, PLUMBERS FOR WHOM I HAD TO PAY CONSULTATION FEES, WHICH I FEEL WAS WASTEFUL BECAUSE, UH, WHEN I CAME TO ANOTHER TO ASSIST BECAUSE OF WATER PRESSURE, UH, I FELT LIKE, UH, I THINK, UH, IT SHOULDN'T BE GOING ON FOR LONG. UH, AND NOW I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S A NEW CITY AND, UH, IT COMES WITH ITS OWN ISSUES. BUT, UH, I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD, UH, STRESS THE SPINE. THAT WATER IS A NECESSITY AND, UH, WE SHOULD WORK ON IT TO SOLVE AN ISSUE. OH, ONE OTHER THING ALSO, UM, I HERE, UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILDING LIKE A WHOLE NEW SUBDIVISION AND ANOTHER CONCERN IS WHEN ALL THOSE HOUSES ARE COMPLETE, THEN WHAT, LIKE, CAUSE IT'S ALL IN THE DISTRIBUTION AREA, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE MAYBE THAT'S GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM OR ADD TO THE PROBLEM. SO I'M JUST TO, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. SO BASICALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT THAT HOUSING. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM, [00:20:01] BUT THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. UM, WE CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT. UM, SOME OF THE WATER SHUTOFFS INTERVIEW, SO HAVE BEEN FROM CONTRACTORS, HITTING THE LINES, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS ON OUR END. SO THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS AN ISSUE ON OUR END. INITIALLY THERE WAS THE SOFTWARE ISSUE WHERE THE SENSOR WASN'T DETECTING THAT THERE WAS A PRESSURE DROP. UM, BUT WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE PRESSURE WAS DROPPING BECAUSE A CONTRACTOR HAD CLOSED ONE OF THE PIPES PARTIALLY, UM, WHEN THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING. AND SO WE'VE PUT A LOCK ON THAT VOWEL SO THAT THE CONTRACTORS CAN'T CLOSE THAT AGAIN. UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T HANDLE ISSUES THAT ARE GREATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH WATER SUPPLY. FOR THAT, WE DO HAVE LONG RANGE PLANS WITH BOTH OF OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. UM, WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THAT'S ABOUT THAT. SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE WORK. SO, UM, A FEW OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AND MYSELF ATTENDED AN ONLINE, UH, HOA MEETING FOR YOUR SUBDIVISION LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, AND THE HOA RECORDED IT AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL OF Y'ALL. UM, OUR STAFF DID A GREAT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE LINES IN AROUND TREVISO THAT'LL HELP RAISE THAT PRESSURE. UM, SOME OF THAT PRESSURE DROP IS NORMAL WHEN YOU'RE IN A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW IN MY HOUSE, WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT, WE HAD CRAZY, AMAZING PRESSURE. IT WAS LIKE SHOWERING WITH LIKE A HOSE. UM, AND THEN AS MORE HOUSES GOT BUILT, IT DROPPED DOWN AND WE CALLED PUBLIC WORKS. AND IF YOU CALL THEM, WHEN YOU NOTICE THOSE PROBLEMS, THEY'LL ACTUALLY COME OUT FOR FREE AND TEST YOUR PSI AT YOUR HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT THRESHOLD. AND, UM, WHILE THE LOWER PRESSURE IS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR, IT TURNS OUT THAT WHERE IT WAS TO START WAS TOO HIGH, UM, AND WOULD EVENTUALLY DAMAGE THE PIPES. SO, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS. SOME OF THE PRESSURE ISSUES ALSO HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRESSURE PLANE AND WHERE YOUR HOUSE IS. UM, TREVISO IS VERY HILLY. SO SOME OF YOU THAT ARE HIGHER ON THE HILL NEAR A WATER TOWER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE PRESSURE ISSUES, BUT IT SHOULD BE RELIEVED WHEN MORE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT THERE. IT SHOULD GIVE IT SOME REDUNDANCY. I THINK I HIT EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ON. WAS THERE SOMETHING I MISSED UM, I DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IT WAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. UM, WE'VE GOT YOUR CONTACT. IT'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT'S NOT EVEN JUST SHORT TERM. WE'VE GOT PLANS GOING OUT OVER A DECADE, INCLUDING PUTTING ANOTHER WATER TOWER OUT THERE EVENTUALLY. UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN FOR WITH THE GROWTH. SO I CAN HAVE STAFF GIVE YOU A CALL BACK AT THE NUMBER YOU LISTED HERE AND TOUCH BASE WITH YOU. AND I WOULD DEFINITELY ADVISE YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO YOUR HOA AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET A RECORDING OF THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE DID, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE MAPS UP, TALKED ABOUT THE TIMING, ALL OF IT. IT SHOULD COVER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE COUNSEL WANTED TO ADD THEN WE APOLOGIZE. YES, WE ARE. VERY SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE REGARDLESS WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE LAST SUMMER STAFF AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY THESE FAILURE MODES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE. SO IT IT'S LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S GONNA TAKE DOWN. IT TOOK 20, 20 YEARS TO GET IN THIS SPOT. IT'S GONNA TAKE 6, 7, 8 YEARS TO GET OUT OF IT. BUT ANYTIME YOU DON'T HAVE PRESSURE, YOU CONTACT CITY AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NORMA J I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. HI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS MINUTES. 36 0 2 FANDANGO. OKAY. WELL, WE CAME TO LEANDER ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND WE OPENED UP THE, UH, UPS STORE. THAT'S ON LAKE LINE WITH BIG HUBS AND, AND, UM, THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE. SO WITH BUSINESS TIME IS MONEY. YOU KNOW THAT, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO OPEN A CERTAIN DATE LIKE AUGUST. AND INSTEAD WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OPEN TILL RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WHICH WAS BECAUSE OF THE PERMITS AND THE LACK OF EXPEDIENCY TO GET THOSE PERMITS. AND THAT REALLY HURT US IN THE BEGINNING. MY HUSBAND, WHEN WE MOVED HERE, [00:25:01] HAD BOTH LEGS AND THEN HE'S 32 YEARS IN THE ARMY. AND SO A FEW YEARS BACK, HE HAD AN AMPUTATION AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THIS HOUSE WAS NOT AN ADA COMPLIANT. SO HE'D FALLEN IN THE SHOWER. HE HAS A HARD TIME, JUST ALL OVER THE HOUSE. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND FELL IN THE GARAGE, FELL ON THE BACKYARD. SO WE HAD, UM, ADA COMPLIANT AND THROUGH THE VA COME OUT AND GIVE THE EVALUATIONS AND EVERYTHING IS SET. WE'VE GOT THE PLANS AND IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH NOW SINCE THEY APPLIED FOR THE PERMITS AND WE'RE STILL WAITING. SO FOR US, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF MONEY. IT'S A MATTER OF SAFETY AND IT COULD BE A MAT. I COULDN'T PICK HIM UP IF HE HIT HIS HEAD, THANKFULLY HE HIT HIS BACK. AND SO, WHICH IS JUST A SPACE, BUT I MEAN, ANYWAY, SO I SAID, CAUSE I'M GETTING ANGRY HERE. I SAID, I'M GOING TO GO UP TO, YOU KNOW, I'M AND I RAISED HIM AND UM, HE SAID, DON'T YOU DARE YOU, WAIT YOUR TURN, WAIT, WE'LL WAIT OUR TURN. SO THAT'S THE WAY HE IS. THAT'S NOT THE WAY, BUT HE WANTS TO WAIT. SO, UM, AND I'LL, I SUGGEST SHE KNEW THAT WE STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE THE PROCESSES FOR THE PERMANENTS BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT AND OF COURSE IS TO BRING IN BUSINESSES TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY RATES, NOT SO MUCH MORE PROPERTY P W ANYWAY. AND SO, UM, IF WE STREAMLINED THAT, THEN WORD OF MOUTH WOULD GO OUT AND BUSINESSES WOULD COME BACK BECAUSE WHEN THEY FIND OUT AND THEY DO THAT, IT IS CUMBERSOME AND ONEROUS AND IT TAKES WAY TOO LONG TO GET BUILDING PERMITS. THEY'RE GOING TO RUN AWAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE MORE, UH, COMPLAINANT. AND JUST BECAUSE WE MAKE, MAKE THE CLAN EASIER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE LOWER THE STANDARDS. WE CAN WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HUSBAND'S SERVICE. UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REGARDING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR PERMITS AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. UM, FAIR ENOUGH. UH, WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO, UM, TO REFINE THOSE PROCESSES. COUNCIL, DO Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE IT? YEAH. LET ME TAKE A QUICK STAB THIS HERE SO YOU CAN COME IF YOU WANT TO, BUT HERE'S THE THING YOU'RE CORRECT. WE SAID THE SAME THING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, UM, OVER TWO YEARS AGO SAID, WAS IT TWEAKING THE PROCESSES? THE PROCESSES REALLY WEREN'T EVEN THERE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE USING UP, WE'RE USING AOL DIAL UP 1997. UM, SO YOU USE AN ANALOGY, RIGHT? SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT SOFTWARE. SO LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE BUDGETED FOR, I THINK I'LL GO PERMIT. IT'S NEW PERMITTING SOFTWARE. THEY ARE RUNNING IT, NOT PARALLEL YET, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED OCTOBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. SO THEY'RE WORKING OUT ALL THE BUGS BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIES BRINGING THIS GOV SOFTWARE AND THEY DON'T WORK OUT THE BUGS. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE THESE, THESE GROWING PAINS. THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE PERMITTING PROCESS A BUDGE. SO INSTEAD OF TWEAKING THE PROCESS, NOW WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY HAVE ACTUAL MODERN PROCESSES. SO, BUT AS FOR YOUR HUSBAND, HAVING SERVED, HE DESERVES, HE DESERVES, HE LOST HIS LEGS. HE DESERVES TO, FOR US TO FIGURE OUT THIS PERMIT SITUATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, CRYSTAL CLOUD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. UM, UM, CRYSTAL CLOUD, LEANDER, TEXAS. UM, I WOULD LIKE FIRST OF ALL, TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE IN THE CITY OF LAND, OR, UM, IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR YOU TO SERVE UP HERE AND TO SERVE US AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. I AM PROUD TO CALL LEANDER HOME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING IT GROW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GROW IN THE RIGHT WAY AS CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY MAYOR SET REQUEST. IT IS YOUR JOB TO ENSURE PROPER SUPPLY TO ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES YOU NEED. UH, YOU WILL NEED TO PLAN FOR THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS AND FOR FUTURE GROWTH OF OUR CITY, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CURRENT WATER ISSUES HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. IT DID NOT HAPPEN LAST YEAR DURING SNOWPOCALYPSE OR ANYTHING. IT HAS TAKEN TIME FOR [00:30:01] US TO GET HERE. UM, AS A LEANDER RESIDENT, I DO EXPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, NOT JUST THE MAYOR, BUT EVERY ONE OF YOU TO FULLY UNDERSTAND OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FROM BEGINNING TO END, YOU ARE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISION ON OUR WATER. UM, SO YOU NEED TO FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS WILL IMPACT OUR CITY. OUR CITY IS GROWING AND IT IS GROWING QUICKLY. GROWING IS REALLY NICE. IT'S GREAT. WE'RE WHAT THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN TEXAS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL TRUE, BUT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY. UM, BUT THE RIGHT GROWTH IS ESSENTIAL TO US. YES, WE HAVE THE BEGINNINGS OF A GOOD BASE OF SHOPPING RESTAURANTS AND HOUSING, BUT WHAT OUR CITY LACKS IS QUALITY BUSINESSES THAT PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES. WELL, NOT JUST MINIMUM WAGE. WE NEED HIGHER PAYING JOBS HERE IN OUR CITY. I'M LOOKING DIRECTLY TO YOU, MAYOR SET REQUEST, AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS TO WORK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, TO ATTRACT QUALITY BUSINESSES. LAST THING OUR CITY NEEDS IS MULTIPLE REGULATIONS THAT KEEP BUSINESSES FROM COMING TO OUR CITY. WE HAVE ENOUGH APARTMENTS, NO MORE APARTMENTS. WE HAVE ENOUGH THERE'S ENOUGH COMING UP IS WE'RE DONE. WE HAVE ENOUGH NEW SUBDIVISIONS COMING UP, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS, 10 THOUSANDS OF HOMES COMING UP. LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GO BACK TO BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT BUSINESSES. MAYOR SET REQUEST. YOU ARE OUR LEADER OF THIS CITY. AND AS A RESIDENT, I EXPECT YOU TO LEAD THIS CITY AGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR SET, REQUEST MS. PENN TALIA PARKER. MS. LONGORIA, MR. SHAW, MS. THOMPSON THOMPSON. I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY. UH, MR. AND MS. ROSS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, SERVING OUR CITY AND VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS TOUGH JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I AGREE WITH MOST EVERYTHING YOU SAID. UM, WE DO HAVE THE PLANS FOR WATER. WE TOUCHED ON THAT EARLIER. UM, AS FAR AS, AS GROWTH, WE PLAN WITH THE GROWTH WE PLAN AHEAD. UM, WE CAN'T LEGALLY PUT A MORATORIUM ON ANYTHING, BUT THERE'S ONLY TWO PARCELS THAT ARE ZONED FOR APARTMENTS, AND ONE OF THEM IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE APARTMENTS, SO WE'RE OKAY THERE. BUT, UH, COUNCIL, THIS IS A TIME FOR ALL OF US TO SPEAK ANYBODY. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT COME AND VISIT THIS. THOSE ARE GLARING GLARING NEEDS. RIGHT. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU SAID. AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE ALSO GONNA RELY HEAVILY ON PROFESSIONALS THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO LIKE TO SAY THAT I NEED TO GO UNDERSTAND EVERY PIECE AND KNOW HOW EVERY PIECE WORKS. IT'D BE VERY FAIR, VERY, VERY FAR-FETCHED. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT OUR CAPABILITY IS AND AWARE WHERE IT'S NEEDED. SO THAT WAY, IF A PROJECT IS APPROVED, THAT WE CAN COVER IT, UH, FROM OUR TRUSTED ADVISORS, WHICH WOULD BE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAID TO THEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I EXPECT YOU TO TALK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE PAST AND KNOWLEDGE AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TO PLEASE ASK THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S ROADS, WHETHER IT'S LIGHTS, WHETHER IT'S OUR SEWER, OUR WATER, WHATEVER IT IS. I KNOW YOU DON'T CONTROL THE ELECTRICITY, BUT IT IS YOUR JOB TO LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONALS AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. BECAUSE EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, REGARDLESS OF YOUR POSITION WILL AFFECT US DIRECTLY. THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT, BUT YOU DO. AND WE ARE WATCHING, WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION. OUR CITY IS AWAKE AND WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS BEING DONE IN OUR CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I GUARANTEE YOU, WE ALL DISCUSS EVERYTHING WITH STAFF. YEAH. AND I I'D LIKE TO SEE A REALLY NICE CITY, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SEE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY ANYMORE. AND I KNOW, UH, CHRISTINE, YOU AND I HAVE YEARS AGO TALKED ABOUT THIS. THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR US. I AGREE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TIM HOPSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. UM, NO. DO THIS HERE, I GUESS. DO I DO THESE TO THE SECOND? UM, MY NAME IS TIM HOUSEN AND I RESIDE AT 1680 HERE AWAY NUMBER 42 0 4. UM, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT MY LOCATION. IT'S A DIFFERENT LOCATION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT. UM, RECENTLY THE CITY OF LEANDER HAS AWARDED $5.6 MILLION. YOU ALL GOT THAT MUCH MONEY. AND IT CAME FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLANS, CORONAVIRUS, LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. AND THAT RIGHT THERE, THERE ARE MANY ALLOWABLE USES OF THIS MONEY THAT THEY PROVIDED TO YOU ONCE SUGGESTED USED FROM THE GOVERNMENT. AND I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THIS FOR YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE [00:35:01] IS FOR, UH, IMPROVEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN SPECIFICALLY THEY MENTIONED STORMWATER PROJECTS AND SEWERS. UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT COUNTY ROAD 2 76, BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY INSIDE THE CITY OF LANDERS MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, BUT IT DOESN'T RECEIVE VERY MANY OF THE SERVICES THAT THE PEOPLE PAY TAXES FOR. UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTS THERE. THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS. THERE'S NOT EVEN A SINGLE FIRE HYDRANT ON THE ENTIRE ROAD. YET THESE FOLKS PAY TAXES TO YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU GUYS FOR HERE IS THAT WE CAN TAKE AND RUN THE SOME LIONS HERE TO FIX THIS BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE WHOLE EASTERN SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE LAND DRAINING IN THAT DIRECTION, DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO A NON MAINTAINED DITCH. AND THAT FLOWS NORTH AND RUNS UNDER COUNTY ROAD 2 76 DUMPING ONTO THE PROPERTY AT 4 0 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76. THAT IS YOUR DRAIN. THAT IS YOUR CULVERT. IT'S INSIDE THE CITY PROPERTY LINES. THERE'S A NICE, BEAUTIFUL COUNTY MAINTENANCE ENDS HERE. CITY MAINTENANCE STARTS HERE, SIGN RIGHT NEXT TO IT. THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO PUT THAT THERE FOR YOU GUYS. SO YOU COULD MISS IT. THANKS FOR THE COUNTY FOR THAT ONE. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THE STRAINS ALREADY TAKEN OUT AT LEAST ONE TREE AND IT'S FLOWING TOWARDS THE STRUCTURE. THE WATER THAT'S DUMPING ONTO THAT PROPERTY IS UNDERMINING THE FOUNDATION OF A STRUCTURE THERE. UM, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN TAKE AND USE THIS MONEY THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU. IT'S AN ALLOWABLE USE. THERE'S NO EXTRA ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITIZENS. THAT'S MONEY, THAT'S THERE WAITING TO BE USED. AND THIS CAN BE DRAINED DOWN INTO THERE'S AN EXISTING, ACCORDING TO THE STORM SEWER DRAINAGE MAP, THERE IS A DRAIN ALREADY THAT EXISTS THERE. THAT'S OPEN THAT THIS CAN BE RUN DOWN INTO. SO IT'S A MATTER OF JUST REROUTING THIS WATER AND TAKING CARE OF IT. UM, THERE'S BEEN, I'VE KNOW THAT, UH, YOU GUYS WE'VE HAD SENT IN SOME VIDEOS OF THE WATER THAT'S COMING ACROSS THE ROAD AND DOWN. AND THEN, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SENT IN PICTURES. UM, I THINK THAT WENT TO THE ZONING PLANNING GROUP. ROBIN, I THINK SAID SHE WOULD SEND IT ON TO YOU FOLKS. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT $5.8 MILLION. AND SO I'M ASKING YOU FOLKS TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER, HAVE THEM GET THAT ON PROJECT LIST. LET'S LOOK AT THIS AND GET THIS RESOLVED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. HARRISON. AND I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH BACKGROUND YOU'VE DONE ON, ON THIS. EVEN KNOWING WHERE THE DRAINS ARE. UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS PARCEL OF LAND IS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND THAT WILL JUST THE DRAINAGE. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS PARCEL SPECIFICALLY. THAT'S DRAINING DOWN, BUT COUNCIL, YOU ALL CAN TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE IN GENERAL. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT THE SPECIFIC. OKAY. THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. THAT'S NOT MAINTAINED ON AMANDA'S WAY ADJACENT TO THAT PROPERTY AND NOT SUBJECT TO THAT. THERE'S NOTHING BEING MAINTAINED THERE. THIS WATER IS UNCONTROLLED. THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FIXING THAT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND WITH CITY STAFF. SO, UH, WHO'S THE, THEY'LL HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER RIGHT HERE. SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT DISCUSSING THAT WITH PROPERTY, RIGHT? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME DRAIN, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REACHED OUT TO ME, WHICH PROPERTY OWNER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? DO YOU OWN THE DRAIN RIGHT THERE? OKAY. WELL THEN WE MUST BE TALKING ABOUT THIS GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH. BECAUSE, WELL, THAT'S THE ONLY CULVERT THAT'S ON THAT ROAD BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER DRAIN THERE. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE IS THE DRAINAGE IN THAT WHOLE AREA THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. OKAY. I'M ASKING YOU THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT. NO ONE'S DISCUSSED IT, DISCUSSED IT WITH YOU, BUT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS PEOPLE BOUGHT A PROPERTY. YEAH. SO WHY WOULD YOU NOT TALK TO THE PERSON WHOSE PROPERTY IS STRAINING ON TO TALK TO EVERYONE ELSE? BUT THAT PERSON DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO ME. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BROUGHT THIS TO, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, BECAUSE I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MONEY, THAT LEANDER TAX.GOV, BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS ME ABOUT A DRAIN IS THAT YOU, I CAN GET IN MY CAR AND I GO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL RIDE OUT THERE AND THEN I CAN ASSURE YOU, I WILL LOOK INTO IT. MY COUSIN, EVERYBODY THAT SENDS ME ANYTHING ABOUT DRAINAGE IN THE CITY. I GO LOOK AT EXCELLENT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND IT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR PHONE. YES, WE CAN DO THIS AND I'LL ADD TO IT. HE DOES GO OUT THERE AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE MYSELF ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE ROAD TO SEE WHOEVER HAS THE, THE, UM, THE WINDMILL, THEIR TEXAS FLAG IS UPSIDE DOWN. SO I'VE LOOKED AT IT THAT CLOSELY. THAT'S NEXT DOOR TO US. THAT'S NOT US. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE FLAGS UPSIDE DOWN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IN DISTRESS, IF WE NEED TO GO SEE, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S DRAINAGE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SAY THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING UP WITH ROBIN TO, UM, TO SEE THOSE PICTURES AND VIDEO. AND HOPEFULLY TONIGHT WHEN THIS COMES UP, SOME OF THAT WILL, WILL AT LEAST [00:40:01] GET FIXED. TOTALLY. I'M SORRY. YOU SAID 4 0 1 AMANDA'S WAY, BUT THAT'S THE LOCATION BEFORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. JOEL BERTO, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, I'M JOE BURKE. YOU, UM, LIVE ON, UH, UH, TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED CHAMPIONS CORNER, LEANDER, TEXAS. UM, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST FOLLOWING UP AND, UH, TO KIND OF ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, A GREAT PRESENTATION EARLIER ABOUT OUR WATER ISSUES. AGAIN, I'M BRINGING UP WATER, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT PROBABLY A LOT AT THESE TOWN HALLS AND, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE TOWN HALLS, BECAUSE THIS REALLY GIVES US A GOOD CHANCE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE. UM, WE HAD, UM, A GREAT PRESENTATION WITH THE STUDY THAT, THAT CAME UP AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY. I THINK, UH, FOR ME, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND, AND MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AS I'D LIKE TO SEE KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ACTION PLANS, THE LONGTERM, UM, IMPACT, UH, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME SUGGESTIONS IN THE WATER STUDY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INCREASING OUR SUPPLY. AND I, WE MIGHT BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MORE WE CAN DO BRING INCREASING SUPPLY, BUT THEN ALSO REUSE OF WATER AND ALSO, UM, ALLOWING US TO, TO, UH, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER PER, UM, UH, PR ON OUR PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE KIND OF BE THE FOLLOW-UP STEPS? ONE THING I SUGGESTED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, IF WE'VE CONSIDERED, THIS IS TO HAVE A, UM, UM, A WORKSHOP WITH, UM, WITH CITIZENS OF LEANDER. CAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSERVING WATER, CITIZENS OF LANDER AND STAFF TO KIND OF GO OVER IDEAS AND FOR, TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THIS. BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT THE WATER IS A ONE-TERM SHOT. I THINK THERE'S MULTIFACETED, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE AND SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEED TO TACKLE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO WHAT I'LL SHUT UP HERE AND, AND WANT TO HEAR YOUR KIND OF THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH, WITH WATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BURKEY. UM, SO LET ME START BY SAYING WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL RETREAT. IT'S LIKE A BIG WORKSHOP THAT WE DO TWICE A YEAR COMING UP ON THE 23RD OF THIS MONTH. IT'S A MONDAY, BUT IT'LL BE IN HERE, SO IT'LL BE RECORDED. AND, UM, THE TOP ISSUE ON THERE IS WATER. UM, I THINK SEVERAL OF US HAD REQUESTS FOR IT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND THE TIMING OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ALSO CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR BOTH BUILDERS AND RESIDENTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE CONSERVATION AND ENCOURAGE IT. UM, SO I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK, UM, DEFINITELY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR IDEAS, UH, ARE BROUGHT TO THAT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING WHAT, WHAT WE HEAR AT THAT AS WELL. UM, THERE IS AN ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONCERNING, UM, ONE OF OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF WHAT IT CAN DO. SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON THE TABLE COUNCIL. THIS IS YOU, BY THE WAY, I I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOPIC ON THE RETREAT. YOU KNOW, ONE THING I MIGHT SUGGEST IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING KIND OF A BOTTOM LINE COMMUNICATION BACK TO THE CITIZENS. SO WE'RE, UM, SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S NOT LIKE A BLACK BOX, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DIALOGUE AND, AND KIND OF, UH, A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE RETREAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL. SO, SO ANYWAY, YEAH. HEY, I WAS JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, SINCE I'M WORKING WITH THE BCR UA ON THE BOARD NOW, UM, THE, ONCE I'M FULLY BROUGHT UP TO SPEED AND A PLAN ON DISSEMINATING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT I'M ALLOWED TO, UM, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, UM, THE BOARD THERE AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE TIMEFRAME. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I PLAN TO DO TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT HAVING A FOLLOW-UP AFTER THE RETREAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, UH, FOR THE CITIZENS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT'S GREAT. WELL, OH, WERE YOU GONNA SAY, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CARLOS ST. JAMES, GOOD EVENING, CARLOS ST. JAMES. I LIVE ON OUR TEACHING SPRINGS CROSSING JUST OUTSIDE OF LAKEWOOD PARK. MY TOPIC IS PARKS. YES. SO THE, UH, THE SITUATION WITH PARKS IS A LITTLE MORE WORRISOME THAN MOST PEOPLE REALIZE. AND I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT JOB THAT MARK CUMMINS AND TEAM ARE DOING [00:45:01] THAT IT NEVER, YOU GUYS DON'T SEE AS MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS BUSY PUTTING OUT BIGGER FIRES, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TURN INTO A FIRE. AND WHEN IT DOES, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE. LET ME JUST SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU GUYS. UM, A TYPICAL METRIC FOR, FOR QUALITY OF, OF PARKS IS HOW MANY PARK ACREAGE THERE ARE PER RESIDENTS IN ANY GIVEN TOWN. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CITIES HERE ON CENTRAL TEXAS ALONE, THE, THE, THE SPREAD OF, OF, UH, PARK ACREAGE PER REZA, PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS GOES ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 22 ACRES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS DOWN TO EIGHT, THE AVERAGE IS AROUND 13 AND A HALF. LEANDER HAS SIX AND A HALF. SO WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. WE'RE REALLY SHORT ON, UH, ON PARK ACREAGE. SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THERE, GIVEN THAT THE DENOMINATOR OF THE POPULATION NUMBER IS GOING TO BE GROWING WAY FASTER THAN MOST OTHER PLACES, IF WE DON'T WORK ON THAT DENOMINATOR. AND THAT IS TO SAY ACQUIRING MORE PARK, ACREAGE, AND TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT RATIO IS GOING TO KEEP ON GETTING GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND CITIES LIKE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, UH, CEDAR PARK, THEIR FIGURE IS SOMETHING LIKE 12. IT'S BASICALLY DOUBLE HOURS. AND THEY'VE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER HUNDRED AND 200 AND SOMETHING ACRE PARK LAKE LAKELINE PARK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO IT. UH, SO I THROW THIS OUT TO YOU GUYS AS ANOTHER PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH, BUT, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE AS WELL, EH, THE, THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION COLLECTS DATA ON CITIES, PARKS, AND RECREATIONS, UH, DEPARTMENTS, AND FOR CITIES OF OUR SIZE BETWEEN 50,000 AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THE TYPICAL BUDGET THAT A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS IS A LITTLE OVER $7 MILLION A YEAR. THIS YEAR OF PARKS AND RECREATION HAS JUST UNDER 2.4 MILLION. SO WE'RE REALLY UNDER BUDGETED. SO TO SPEAK COMPARED TO CITIES OF OUR SIZE ACROSS, AS FAR AS STAFF, A CITY OF OUR SIZE TYPICALLY HAS 61 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES IN PARKS AND RECREATIONS. WE HAVE 27. MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT'S UNDER 27. SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF NUMBERS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A NEW NONPROFITS CALLED THE LANDER FOUNDATION. UH, WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS. WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE 5 0 1 C3 DESIGNATION FROM THE IRS, ET CETERA, BUT WE REALLY HOPE TO START DOING SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REALLY USEFUL TO THE CITY. AND THAT AS A NONPROFIT, WE CAN ACTUALLY TAP INTO STATE FUNDS, FEDERAL FUNDS, CERTAINLY CORPORATE CORPORATE FUNDS, GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE TEXTED DUCTILE. UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE TO US WORKING CLOSER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO DO. UM, IF I URGE YOU, ACTUALLY, WE DO A LITTLE VIDEOS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME TIME GO TO YOUTUBE AND DO A SEARCH FOR THE LEANDER FOUNDATION, WE HAVE A SERIES OF SHORT VIDEOS. THERE'S ONE THAT WE DID LAST WEEK. WOULD YOU SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES ALL THIS STUFF? IT'S 18 MINUTES LONG. I COULDN'T KEEP IT SHORTER THAN THAT, BUT IT ACTUALLY COVERS A LOT OF THIS STUFF WITH HARD DATA. AND HOPEFULLY IT KIND OF MAKES EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED SO THAT THE ISSUE OF PARKS KIND OF RAISES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP ON THE, ON THE TO-DO LIST. UM, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THAT WAS GOOD TIMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. ST. JAMES, I THINK WE ALL WANT MORE PARKS COUNCIL. I'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE I CAN'T RE I'VE WATCHED YOUR VIDEO AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I'M THE ONE. YES. I THINK I MAY HAVE WATCHED IT TWICE. SO IF YOU SAY TO THOSE, YEAH, NO, JUST WATCH THE ONES. UM, AND I, AT THAT TIME, AND THIS IS HOW CRAZY THINGS ARE. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT SINCE, BUT AT THE TIME I'M THINKING, OH, I WANT TO ASK THEM ABOUT THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS WHAT IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S, IT'S GONE NOW. UM, BUT I WANT TO WATCH IT AGAIN BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT. OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING IT QUITE RIGHT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M RIGHT BEFORE I SHARE THAT WITH YOU. SO I WILL WATCH IT AGAIN. AND, UM, AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU'LL SEND ME THE LINK, I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO IT AND WATCH IT. BUT, BUT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN DO THAT. AND MAYBE THAT'S HOW I SAW IT. I'M NOT, I DON'T RECALL. I DID SEND YOU. YOU DID. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHY I WATCHED IT. SO I DID. YES. UM, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THE QUESTIONS AND ASK YOU, AND THEN PROBABLY CHECK WITH STAFF AND FIND OUT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY. UM, BUT ONE THOUGHT WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THE NUMBERS AND, AND YOU, YOU KNOW, WHERE PART OF OUR MONEY GOES, AND WHEN YOU SAY $7 MILLION AND WE GIVE 9 MILLION TO AUSTIN ARE ANTICIPATED TO GIVE 9 MILLION AND CEDAR PARK DOESN'T DO THAT. I DIDN'T BRING IT UP. I DIDN'T, I JUST INDICATED THAT HE KNOWS WHERE SOME OF THAT GOES. AND WHEN YOU COMPARE OUR CITY TO CEDAR PARK, IT IS NOT AN ACCURATE OR FAIR COMPARISON BECAUSE THEY HAVE SALES TAX DOLLARS THAT WE DON'T HAVE. NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. INCLUDE POCKET PARKS. SEE, WHAT DOES YOUR NUMBERS INCLUDE? THE POCKET PARKS? THE NUMBER WE'RE USING IS 467 ACRES OF PARK AND INCLUDES EVERYTHING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BUMPED UP AND THE REAL NUMBER IS 343, WHICH MAKES THE RACIAL EVEN WORSE BECAUSE THAT 467 ACRES INCLUDES SAN GABRIEL INCLUDES THE, UH, THE, THE, WHAT IS IT? THE CITIZENS, THE RETIREMENT THING, COMMUNITY, AND A FEW OTHER SALES THAT ACTUALLY [00:50:01] HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT YET. SO IT'S, IT'S A IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S OFFICIAL WAY TO COUNT IT. SO 4 67 IS A GOOD NUMBER, BUT THE REAL, I SAY THAT BECAUSE, AND THIS IS ME AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT. I'M SORRY. BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BIGGER PARKS AND NOT SO MANY POCKET PARKS. CAUSE IF YOU GO AROUND TOWN AND I'VE BEEN AROUND TOWN A LOT, WE FORCED DEVELOPERS TO BUILD POCKET PARKS AND THEY MIGHT PUT A BENCH OUT THERE AND JUST OPEN THE PARK AS EBD PARK PLAZA. WELL, IT CAN BE ANYBODY, BUT I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE LARGE ACTUALLY. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON LAKEWOODS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT TOO. RIGHT? CAUSE THE TRAIL SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN LEANDER. IT WAS DESIGNED FIRST WHEN THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS CITY. SO LET'S DO THE TRAIL SYSTEMS. AND SO, BUT WE STILL, UM, WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO DO POCKET PARKS. SO INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM GIVE UP AN ACRE FOR POCKET PART, WE, WE FIND LAND AS A CITY AND WE JUST HAVE BIGGER PARKS BECAUSE THE CONCEPT WAS, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF 10 MINUTES OF APARTMENT. THAT'S THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF IT. W WE REQUIRE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE LAND. THAT GOES TOO FAR. EVERY TIME I MEET A DEVELOPER LIKE A DONATION, LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A SLAB OF GRASS. I'M LIKE, WELL, GEEZ, WONDERFUL. YEAH. SOME OF WHICH DON'T WANT THEM TO BOARD, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO, RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, THERE'S A DELICIOUS TOPIC. I REALLY AM, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU GUYS, AREN'T DOING YOUR JOB AND YOU GOT PLENTY OF YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS TO SOLVE IN THIS, BUT, BUT I JUST WANT TO FILL THIS OUT. THERE WAS ANOTHER THING TO ADDRESS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. REALLY IT'S SERIOUSLY, DIRECTLY AFFECTS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. AND IF IT ISN'T ADDRESSED, REALLY THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS TOWN IS GOING TO GO AWAY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A GIANT PARKING LOT. AND THEN PEOPLE WILL GO TO GEORGETOWN. CEDAR PARK WILL. SO WHENEVER THEY NEED TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO A PARK AND THAT WON'T DO ANY GOOD FOR PROPERTY VALUES FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, FOR ANYTHING. AND SO WHILE THERE STILL IS SOME LAND AROUND THERE, WE NEED TO START THINKING, YEAH. AND I'LL SAY THIS WITH ANYBODY. I DON'T THINK I'M, I DON'T KNOW. I'LL SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US THINK THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT NO, ONE'S DOING THEIR JOB. I TAKE IT AS YOU'RE GIVING US, UM, LIKE THE AVERAGES. I FIND THIS VERY USEFUL. I MEAN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD GO LOOK UP UNLESS IT WAS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THESE THINGS. SO HAVING IT UPFRONT. YEAH, IT DOES PUT US, GIVES US A PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WOULDN'T LOOK AT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. UM, AND IT'S YOUR PASSION. UM, THE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GRANTS AND STUFF, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE ANYTIME SOMEONE SAYS FEDERAL GRANT, I GO, UM, OH, IT COMES WITH STRINGS ATTACHED KIND OF THING. AND IT JUST, I JUST HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS BECAUSE THERE'S USUALLY STRINGS ATTACHED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO JOIN A CULT OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. SO I JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS BEFORE WE SAY, YEAH, YOU FEDERAL MONEY. IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDS. WELL, THANK YOU. UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I, I, UM, I REALLY THINK YOU THERE'S, I URGE YOU TO SEE THE VIDEO AND I'LL SEND A LINK TO AS MANY EMAILS THAT I HAVE HERE, BUT IT ALSO TIES INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S A JOB CREATION COMPONENT TO THIS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COOL. UM, I FORGET. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU. AND I THINK, AND I'VE ASKED FOR THESE THINGS TO BE ON OUR, ON OUR RETREAT AGENDA AS WELL, TOO. UM, CAUSE IT IS THAT IMPORTANT. UM, BUT FINDING CREATE WITHOUT WHAT, WHAT GOD BROUGHT UP IN YOUR GUYS' CONVERSATION, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT TOPIC, WHICH IT'S LEGIT, IT'S REALISTIC THOUGH. IT'S, IT'S A LEGITIMATE THING. AND SO FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN RATHER THAN JUST TAKE OUT ANOTHER LOAN OR RAISE THE RAISE FEES ON EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS, WE JUST HAVE TO FIND MORE CREATIVE WAYS TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE. CAUSE I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT IS A, SHOULD BE A MAJOR FOCUS OF OURS. AND WE MIGHT'VE HAD A YEAR AND A HALF OF SOME CRAZY THINGS GOING ON AROUND ALL OF THIS PART OF TEXAS THAT, THAT THROW US OFF A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND SO YOU ARE HEARD RIGHT NOW AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS, UM, WHENEVER WE'RE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW, IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THE HIGHEST THINGS ON THERE TOO. IT'S, YOU KNOW, RECREATION FOR OUR FAMILIES. RIGHT. SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I WOULD LIKE YOUR FOUNDATION TO BE TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL AND BE ABLE TO DONATE SOME LAND FOR A PARK AND THE OWNERS WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH. I WOULD LOVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR FOUNDATIONS DOING MORE THAN JUST PARKS THOUGH, TOO. RIGHT? SO IT MIGHT BE TO SHARE THEIR VIDEOS. I WAS THINKING WE WOULD DO IT JUST FOR PARKS AND RECREATION IS BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO GREAT, BUT, BUT ACTUALLY WE CHANGED THE NAME OF IT TO JUST LAND OR FOUNDATION NICE AND BROAD SO THAT HE COULD DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. SO I, I HOPE THAT IT'S DESTINED TO BE A BIG ORGANIZATION THAT CAN JUST RAISE A BUNCH OF MONEY. YEAH. AND THEN JUST OUT KEY TO THIS, YOU GUYS DECIDE BASICALLY WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST, OUR LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS ALEX NEVER READY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALRIGHTY. UM, ALEC ALREADY, I LIVE AT 1,903 HOLLY HILL DRIVE. UM, MR. ST. JAMES, UH, HAD SIMILAR COMMENTS. UM, I'M ALEC, I'M THE CHAIR OF A NEWLY FORMED BLANDER BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HILL COUNTRY. HAZERS UM, WE ARE CENTERED AROUND THE SPORT OF DISC GOLF AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, IT'S PLAYED SIMILAR TO TRADITIONAL GOLF, BUT YOU PLAY WITH A FLYING DISC RATHER THAN HITTING A BALL OR FRISBEE. UM, [00:55:01] AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, THE ONLY LAND OR PARKS, A DISC GOLF COURSE HERE IS BENBROOK. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE, WE PUT A LOT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE. UM, GENERALLY I'D SAY PARKS HERE ARE GREAT. I LOVE LAKEWOOD. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND SO HAPPY THAT IT EXISTS. UM, BLEDSOE LOOKS GREAT. AND EVEN THE NORTH SIDE OF BENBROOK LOOKS REALLY GOOD. THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THE DISC GOLF COURSES IT'S IT'S A LITTLE LACKING. IT LEAVES SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. UM, I THINK YOU NEEDED ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE, YOU KNOW, THE BACKUP TO THAT PARK. IT MIGHT AGREE. UM, IT'S A LITTLE UNSIGHTLY, UM, WHILE PLAYING THAT DISC GOLF COURSE, THERE'S SIX CREEK CROSSINGS AND THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN BRIDGES THERE EVER SINCE THE PARK IS BUILT. UM, WE ACTUALLY HOSTED A DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT BACK IN JUNE. UM, AND I WAS WORRIED, UH, IT HAD JUST RAINED. A LOT. WATER WAS FLOWING. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING HURT. SO I ACTUALLY BUILT, UH, SOME BRIDGES MYSELF OUT OF LIKE SHIPPING PALLETS AND LIKE JERRY RIGGED THEM TOGETHER. SO THEY HAD A WAY TO CROSS. UM, AND I'M JUST HERE TO GET YOU GUYS' INPUT ON, UM, THE ALBANY IDEAS THAT MY ORGANIZATION, UH, HOW WE CAN HELP, UM, GET THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ONE FIX UP THAT ONE DISC GOLF COURSE THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S AN ENJOYABLE PLACE TO PLAY DISC GOLF. AND, UM, IF WE COULD HAVE MORE DISC GOLF COURSES, CAUSE EVERYONE LOVES MORE COURSES. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT WAS THAT TERM? YOU USED HILL COUNTRY HEIZER WAS AGGRESSIVE. OH, IT'S A TYPE OF DIFFICULT SHOT. H Y Z E R E R S. YEP. OKAY. I HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. YEAH, THAT'S COOL. WHEN YOU RELEASE IT AT A CERTAIN ANGLE AND IT TRAVELS TO THE LEFT. OKAY. SO IT'S A TYPE OF SHOT. VERY COOL. I'VE NEVER PLAYED DISC GOLF. YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD. WILL YOU TEACH ME EVERYTHING? IT'S AN OPEN INVITE TO COME PLAY DISC ALL FOUR OF US. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. I'M GOING TO LOOK Y'ALL UP, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION. UM, I MET WITH PARKS LAST WEEK AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE DISC GOLF COURSE AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING TO IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN THOSE ARE HAPPENING, IF IT'S THIS UPCOMING YEAR, BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN HAVE, UM, OUR PARK STAFF REACH OUT TO YOU AND HAVE Y'ALL I, YEAH, I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM. YEAH. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER CLOSELY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. UM, AND I DID, SO I LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE BRIDGES IS, UM, IT'S A FLOOD PLAIN AND SO I'D HAVE TO GET FEMA DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND ALL THAT. SO I TALKED TO ENGINEERING AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, YOU NEED TO DO THIS. AND YEAH, I WORK IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR CITY OF CEDAR PARK. SO I WAS LIKE, OH, I GOT THIS. I CAN DO IT, BUT NO, I CAN'T. I NEED HELP. I CAN GET CEDAR PARK TO PAY FOR IT. RIGHT. UM, BUT YEAH, SO I'VE, I'VE LOOKED INTO THE BRIDGES. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. UM, BUT I I'D LOVE TO HELP HOWEVER I CAN ORGANIZATION. UM, I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON SECURING, UM, SOME CONCRETE TO PUT IN PERMANENT TEE BOXES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE SINCE THE PARK WAS BUILT. UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THEM FOR MONTHS ON WAYS TO JUST CLEAR A LOT OF IT JUST GET TOWARDS CAUSE IT'S VERY VINEY THORNY. IT'S REALLY, NON-VIOLENT NATURAL. UM, SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS. UM, BUT I WAS JUST COMING HERE TO SEE IF Y'ALL HAD INPUT ON WHAT MY NONPROFIT CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS. HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA. UM, AND, AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING SORT OF THE EXPERTISE HERE. UM, COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TEACH ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE COURSE. LIKE I KNOW IT SHOULDN'T BE AS NATURAL AS IT IS. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S LITERALLY THE EXTENT THAT I KNOW. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO COUNT ON YOU. UM, BUT COUNSEL Y'ALL HAVE AT IT, ANYBODY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION. IT'S ME. I WAS LIKE BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS GOING OVER THERE WITH THE BRIDGES. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION. CAUSE I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOWN TO FOCUS ON THAT. SO YEAH. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT AT LEAST I'M AWARE NOW THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUE THERE. YEAH. I THINK JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET IN CONTACT WITH STAFF AND CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND MAYBE THAT A COUNCIL, LIKE YEAH, PLEASE WORK TOGETHER. UM, BUT IN THAT YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S REALLY, IT WAS TODAY. IT WAS MORE JUST A COME SAY, HI, I'M ALEC. I RUN THE HAZARS. YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE ME MORE. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HAS THERE BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT RUNNING THE COURSE OR COURSES ALONG THE TRAIL SYSTEM? I'M SORRY. HAS THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RUNNING COURSES ALONG THE TRAIL SYSTEMS? UM, I'M NOT, I TOOK A REAL GOOD SHOT. I WAS LIKE, YEAH, NO, WHAT TRAIL SYSTEMS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I KNOW, UM, I TALKED TO SOMEONE AND THERE WAS THE IDEA OF FLOATED ABOUT PUTTING A COURSE IN AT LAKEWOOD AND, UM, JOHN HOUCK OF HOUSE DESIGN. UH, HE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE [01:00:01] HAD BEEN CONTACTED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PLANNING STAGES, UM, ABOUT DESIGNING A COURSE OUT THERE, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WAS ABANDONED. UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE CHUNK OF UNTOUCHED WOODS BACK THERE THAT LOOKS REALLY APPETIZING. UM, BEYOND THAT, I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD MUCH HE'S HELPING US WITH SOME REDESIGN ON THE CURRENT COURSE, I THINK. YEAH. SO, UM, YEAH, I'M IN THE LOOP ON ALL THAT AND THAT'S KIND OF, IT'S A BACK AND FORTH THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BUDGET ISSUES AND ALWAYS, YEAH. YEAH. MY, MY ARGUMENT WAS ALWAYS MORE MAINTENANCE ISSUES. NOT NECESSARILY THE DESIGN OF THE COURSE WAS BAD. IT WAS JUST NOT MAINTAINED OR SAFE TO PLAY. YOU KNOW THAT AFTER THE FREEZE FEW TREES FELL IN PHASE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN REMOVED. AND THAT WAS ABOUT WHAT SIX MONTHS AGO ALMOST. YEAH. YEAH. AND JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE TIME AND THAT'S JUST THE STEPCHILD PARK. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING FOR SURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP TIME TONIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE IN RECESS AT 6 48 AND REGULAR MEETING WILL BEGIN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT IS THURSDAY, [5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.] AUGUST 5TH, 2021. AND THE TIME IS 7:02 PM. AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, PASTOR CONNOR. O'HEARN FROM HILL COUNTRY, BIBLE CHURCH LEANDER. WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE INDICATION, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PASTOR LET'S PRAY, FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, FOR THESE CITY LEADERS, FOR THESE PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE, UM, EVERYONE HERE WISDOM AS THEY INTERACT, HAVE CONVERSATION AND MAKE DECISIONS. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BRING PROSPERITY OVER, UH, THIS CITY. AND IT'S IN JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY AMEN AGENTS, FLAG STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT SCANS AND VISIBLE JUSTICE FOR TEXAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR . ALL RIGHT. CITY SECRETARY [6. Roll Call.] CRABTREE, WE PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRIS, SIR. NICK MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY ROSS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE SAID REQUEST HERE. QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCILS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER [7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]] SEVEN, NON AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM. AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD. ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD TONIGHT. WE HAVE KA HEL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES CAT, HOW THE PICKLE MAKES THEM HOUSE. UH, MIKE, DID YOU GET, THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE BEEN AS SOME OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW, UM, I GIVE A, UM, LECTURE EVERY MONTH TO THE, UM, ACTIVE ADULT LEANDER ACTIVE ADULTS GROUP. AND THEY HAD HAD ASKED ME TO GO BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS AND LET'S GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF ALL OF HISTORY FOR THE UNITED STATES. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND START WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WHICH IS VERY FITTING FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE LATER TODAY. AND, UM, WHAT I'VE PUT UP HERE RIGHT NOW IS IT IS A TIMELINE FOR THE WARS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN IN. NOW THIS PARTICULAR CHART UP HERE IS FROM THE DOD AND FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS AND IT HAS THE CASUALTIES, BUT IT'S A GOOD TIMELINE. IT'S VERY PLAIN AND CLEAR. UM, WHAT WE HAVE STARTING IN 1776, THE UNITED STATES HAS PARTICIPATED IN 57 WARS OR CONFLICTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN TWO. UH, THE AFGHAN WAR IS STILL GOING ON IN LIBYA. ALTHOUGH WE, IT, WHICH IS PART OF THE WAR ON TERROR, ALTHOUGH LIBYA HAS SETTLED DOWN A BIT, THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, AND THAT'S NOT ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY SETTLED IN OUR TIMELINE. WE HAVE ONLY HAD 21 YEARS OF PEACE. OKAY. UH, MIKE, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE UP HERE? UH, STARTING WITH THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, [01:05:01] THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION, MUCH LIKE YOUR GRANDMAS AND YOUR MOTHERS AND YOUR AUNTS, UH, THAT KEEP YOUR STUFF FOR YOU. KEEP YOUR AWARDS FOR YOU WHEN YOU'RE OLDER AND YOU GET YOUR PHOTO ALBUMS OUT LATER AND YOU LOOK AT YOUR THINGS, DAR HAS DONE THE SAME THING FOR THE UNITED STATES AND HAS COLLECTED STUFF FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA. AND UP HERE, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S E PLURIBUS UNUM. AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS A RECORDS, CENSUS PHOTOGRAPHS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AMERICA THAT HAS SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH PEOPLES OF COLOR AND UP HERE ON, WE HAVE, UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, LET ME READ THIS REAL QUICK. IT IS, UH, PAUL AND HE WAS A SAILOR AND HE WAS ALSO A FREEMAN. AND IN 1783, HE PETITIONED THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT HE WAS, UM, PAYING TAXES WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. AND HE LED TO THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT ALL BLACK PERSON, BLACK MEN, NOT WOMEN, UM, BLACK MEN WERE ABLE TO VOTE. SO MASSACHUSETTS HAD THE VOTE STARTING IN 1783 FOR ALL MEN, NOT WOMEN, UH, TO THE RIGHT IS GOOD PETER. AND HE WAS THE CHIEF OF THE ONEIDA PEOPLES AND THEY WERE ONE OF THE, OH GOODNESS. THEY WERE ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, UH, SUPPORTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AND IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE LEFT, THERE'S A QR CODE AND IT TAKES YOU. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOT OF IT REAL QUICK, IT TAKES YOU TO E PLURIBUS UNUM WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. HELL. ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM [8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Leander High School Girls Softball Team] EIGHT RECOGNITION TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE LAND OR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE HOUSE. THESE LADIES ARE SO IMPRESSIVE. THE 2021 LEANDER LADY LION SOFTBALL TEAM HAD A SEIZURE SEASON LIKE NO OTHER IN THE HISTORY OF LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL, THESE 15 YOUNG WOMEN AND THREE COACHES TOPPED EVERY STATE POLE ALL SEASON LONG, NOT TO MENTION MOST NATIONAL POLLS IN THE MAX PREPS. NATIONAL POLL LEANDER MOVED TO NUMBER FIVE IN EARLY MARCH AND WOULD ONLY CLIMB FROM THERE THROUGH MOST OF THE SPRING. IN FACT, OUR LADY LIONS SPENT NINE WEEKS AS THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE NATION. THEY WENT 33 AND THREE ON THE SEASON WINNING 29 GAMES IN A ROW WITH THEIR ONLY LOSSES COMING DEEP IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY WERE UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AREA CHAMPIONS, REGIONAL FINAL CHAMPIONS, REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL CHAMPIONS AND REGIONAL QUALIFIERS. THE LANDER LADY LIONS SOFTBALL TEAM HAD A TEAM BATTING AVERAGE OF 368 COMBINED FOR 3 71 HIPS 45 DOUBLES, 12 TRIPLES 52 HOME RUNS 276 RBIS AND 142 STOLEN BASES. THEIR PITCHING STAFF HAD A COMBINED ERA OF 1.28 WITH 391 STRIKEOUTS ON THE SEASON. THE LADY LIONS OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS 291 TO 56. SO TONIGHT WE'RE HONORING THEM WITH A CITY OF LEANDER CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. LET'S HAVE Y'ALL COME UP OVER HERE WITH YOUR COACHES AND I SEE YOUR PRINCIPAL IS HERE. YOU GOT TO COME INTO THE PICTURE TOO. AND, UH, LET'S GET A PICTURE WITH COUNSEL [01:11:10] WE'LL GIVE THEM A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL IS NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT [ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION] AGENDA, UH, ITEMS 22 AND 23 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT. UM, WE DO HAVE TWO CARDS FOR ITEM 18. THEY JUST WISH FOR THEIR POSITION TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD. SO MICHAEL GRIMES AND CARLA GRIMES ARE BOTH AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 18. THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONSIDER CONSENT CONSENT AGENDA, AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 21 AND ITEM 24 COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR ITEM [22. Approval of an Independent Contractor Agreement with Lisa J. Howell for an amount not to exceed $124,800.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documentation.] 22. I'M GOING TO ASK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, MR. GRIM GRIMSBY TO COME FORWARD FOR AN OVERVIEW. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL, DAN GROUNDSWELL, EXECUTIVE, UH, DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS ITEM IS PLEASE? UH, YES SIR. THIS IS A, UM, UH, AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR CONTRACT THAT WE'RE INITIATING FOR A CITY EMPLOYEE. WHO'S LEAVING THE AREA AND HER SERVICES FOR THE GIS SYSTEM IS, UM, INVALUABLE. UH, THE SYSTEM IS USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE ENGINEERING, UH, PLANNING AS YOU'VE SEEN MANY OF THE MAPS, UM, DURING MANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS IT'S USED FOR, UH, ADDRESSING AND, UH, BASICALLY NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY PARKS USES IT, UM, FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS, UM, MAPPING LOCATIONS, ET CETERA. UM, THIS PERSON'S ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, IF I GET THE ENERGY NIGHT, UM, ENTER INNER GOV SYSTEM THAT WE'RE EMPLOYING IT IT'S, THIS WAS SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, UM, THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND, UM, THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING ACTUALLY REQUESTED THAT SHE SOLD INVOLVED WITH IT, THAT SHE ACTUALLY COME BACK FOR A WEEK. IT'D BE PART OF THE INITIATION OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THE INTERACTION OF THAT PROGRAM WITH GIS IS THIS THAT IMPORTANT. SO WE'RE INITIATING THIS CONTRACT AND IT'S INITIALLY FOR A YEAR, AND I THINK IT CAN BE RENEWED FOR SAID NUMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS. I CAN'T REMEMBER, I THINK THREE OR FIVE. UM, BUT IT'S A YEAR TO YEAR AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $124,800. I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THE GIS MAPS IS ALSO WHAT OUR NEXT GENERATION NINE 11 SERVICE THAT'S BEING DEPLOYED THIS YEAR IS COUNTING ON FOR ACCURACY IN THEIR CALLS. YES, GIS IS. I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS ON YOUR IT'S EVERYWHERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY. SO WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS PERSON, THIS PERSON WHO CAME IN BECAUSE THERE ARE THE AREA, RIGHT. THEY'RE BASED OUT OF SEATTLE. WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, SHE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY JUST SHY OF FIVE YEARS. SO SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR, FOR FIVE YEARS AND UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY I SHOULD SAY HER HUSBAND IS, UH, GOT A POSITION AND SPOKANE WASHINGTON, SO GOOD, GOOD ON THEM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP CONTINUITY WITHIN THE CITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND, OH, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. SORRY. ITEM NUMBER [23. Approval of a proposal from RPS Infrastructure, Inc. for the design of a traffic signal at the intersection of Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard and Hero Way for an amount not to exceed $49,180.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.] 23. [01:15:03] THIS IS ME AGAIN. I MIGHT NEED SEND NOTES, JOHN. I'M GOING TO SPARE YOU. CAUSE I KNOW WE, WE, WE WE'VE SEEN THE EMAIL. CAN WE DO THIS? I'M ASKING YOU, CAN WE TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING? AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE STOPLIGHT AT RONALD REAGAN HERE. WE'RE AWAY. LIKE I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT INTERSECTION TO BE CLOSED DOWN FOREVER NOW. RIGHT? AND WAY BEFORE THE LAST BATTALION I'VE BEEN ASKING THEM FOR TO CLOSE DOWN, CAN WE PLEASE TABLE THIS AND MAKE SURE THE CAUSED THAT WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE REDONE? I MEAN, BOUGHT THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I GET IT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE, BUT GIVE ME TWO WEEKS TO GET A WARM AND FUZZY ABOUT THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING AT TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS. UM, VERY SERIOUSLY, INSTEAD OF PUTTING A STOP LINE AND THEN HAVE THEM REDESIGNED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS HAVING TO REDESIGN IT. NO COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T TWO WEEKS. YEAH. THAT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG-TERM AND IF IT CAN, WE CAN ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS TO GET CONFIDENCE IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER, THEN I THINK THAT'S GREAT. SO, OKAY. SO I'M MAKING A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE AUGUST 19TH, THE SECOND. UM, WELL, TWO WEEKS MIGHT NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF ON THE TABLE SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2020, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS. UM, THIS IS ONLY THIS ISN'T THE FULL CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS JUST THE START. SO TWO WEEKS IS REALLY NOT THAT MUCH. IF IT'S BEEN ON THERE, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD NEED TO DO ANY FURTHER DELAY. I MEAN, I, THIS THE SIGNAL, UH, I, I SENT THE EMAIL TO THE SIGNAL WAS PROBABLY THE BEST CHOICE. UM, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A STUDY FOR OTHER CHOICES THAT, I MEAN, THAT AS STATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO FOR ANOTHER CHOICE, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT SIGNAL, IT STARTED BECAUSE OF THE FATALITY THAT HAPPENED THERE IN 2019. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT INITIATED THAT WARRANT, UM, WHICH IS THE STUDY OF IF A TROUGH, A SIGNAL THERE AS NEEDED. AND I DID TALK TO THE POLICE CHIEF, UH, JUST FOR THE COUNCIL TO UPDATE YOU. UM, CAUSE I SENT AN EMAIL I WOULD, AND HE CONTACTED ME AND LET ME THOUGH, IN 2020, THERE WAS 10 MORE ACCIDENTS. AND IN 2021, THERE WAS SIX ADDITIONAL ACCIDENTS TODAY AT THAT VERY SIGNAL. SO BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020 THAT'S 28 ACCIDENTS, ONE BEING A FATALITY. SO IT'S A SIGNAL, IT'S A SECTION THAT NEEDS TO, SO LET ME EXPLAIN WHY I WANT TWO MORE WEEKS. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR IT. YOU GIVE ME TWO WEEKS. I MAY OR MAY NOT, PROBABLY NOT, BUT I MAYBE GET SOMEBODY BESIDES THE TAXPAYERS OF LANDER TO PAY FOR IT. ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REDONE ANYWAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TWO WEEKS FOR IF THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR SOME PEOPLE I, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY ST YES, THAT'S MARIN COUNCIL. I MISS PROVIDING, UH, THE FACTS OF, OF THAT INTERSECTION AND, AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THE WOULDN'T HE, I WILL, THE INTERSECTION CLOSED DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND EVERYBODY, AND I EVEN, I SENT THE EMAIL TO STAFF. YOU CAN DIRECT AND COUNCIL CAN DO THE SAME. THEY CAN DIRECT EVERY SINGLE ANGRY CITIZENS EMAIL MY WAY I WANT IT SHUT DOWN. IT'S IT'S A DEATH TRAP PERIOD STOPLIGHT. THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A DEATH DEATH TRAP, BUT THE STOPLIGHT IT'S A 60 MILE PEOPLE DOING 70 OR 80. THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE LIGHT. THE ONLY WAY IF YOU, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS, NOT AESTHETIC ROUNDABOUTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNCTIONAL ROUNDABOUTS, ROUNDABOUTS THAT PREVENT BOLT. I'M ASKING FOR TWO WEEKS TO DO RESEARCH AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR IT, WHO WOULD PAY FOR IT? WELL, THIS WAS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $49,180. IT'S NOT, THIS IS THE DESIGN AND THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT LANDER HAS DELIVERED ON FOR DECADES. THEY STARTED THE DESIGN AND ONCE THE FOOT'S IN THE DOOR, THEN IT JUST CONTINUES TO ROLL. WHAT IS SO HARD OR WRONG ABOUT ME ASKING FOR TWO WEEKS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A WARM AND FUZZY, I HAVE A VOTE ON IT. AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DISAGREE AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SOME OTHER ENTITY COMING IN AND PAYING FOR AN INTERSECTION IMPRESSION. I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO. AND AS HE JUST SAID THAT IT SAYS THE DESIGN AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR AND WE'RE DOING, AND IT'S COSTING ME A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO 49,000 TURNING INTO A HALF A MILLION AS IT SHOULD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST TO HONOR THE TWO WEEKS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I WILL SAY MY ONLY STRUGGLE HERE IS THAT IF IT DOESN'T, UM, DELAY, CAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SUPPOSED TO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR MONTHS NOW. AND SO WE'RE WHERE MY STRUGGLE IS. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WAITING ANOTHER TWO WEEKS IT'S FOOT. WHY NOW, IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE AGENDA MONTHS AGO, WHY WOULDN'T THIS RESEARCH DONE MONTHS AGO TO BE ABLE TO IT, I WAS JUST PLACED ON THIS WAS NOT ON A CIP PROJECT. IT IS A CIP PROJECT MAYBE NOW, BUT IT WASN'T BEFORE I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEM. I MEAN, [01:20:01] I'VE, I'M INTIMATE WITH THAT CIP, BUT I KNOW THIS IS NEW BECAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ANOTHER LIGHT THAT'S GOING IN THAT THIS ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE THAT ONE, BUT YET WE STARTED THAT OTHER ONE MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, OPPOSED MOTION FAILS THREE TO FOUR. UH, MR. GRIMSBY, I BELIEVE MR. NIA PULLED SOME SLIDES FOR YOU EARLIER. UM, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS THIS WOULD BE APPROVING? WELL, IT'S JUST, IT IS. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE PER SE. YES, SIR. HE'S COMING UP. HE'S GOT SOMETHING ON THE MAP. YEAH. UM, SO YEAH, SO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE, I GOT THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, HERO HERO WAY. AND THEN RONALD REAGAN AND THAT'S THE CORNER OR THE INTERSECTION, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WOULD GO. AND THAT IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY TO GOING NORTH TWO, GOING SOUTH. AND AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE INDICATED, UM, SPEEDS CAN GET, YOU KNOW, UH, INCREASED THERE. AND WE HAVE INDICATED A NUMBER OF TRACK TROPICS ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THAT INTERSECTION, UH, TO INCLUDE A FATALITY IN 2019. SO, UM, THE IDEA WAS TO PUT A TRAFFIC. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN ESSENTIALLY, UM, UM, GETTING ONTO THE FREEWAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WAS TO MAKE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONLY A RIGHT-HAND TURN AND CLOSE OFF THE FREEWAY. AND SO ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT IS YOU'D HAVE TO DO A STUDY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU, IF YOU'D GO AND MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN, YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE NEXT LIGHT IN ORDER TO DO A U-TURN. UM, I DON'T RECALL THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE MEDIA THAT, FROM THAT POINT TO THE NEXT POINT, THAT YOU CAN ANSWER, YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD, LIKE YOU SAID, SOME ROUNDABOUT OR TURN AROUND, UM, IN THAT, IN THAT, BETWEEN HERE AND HERE, AND THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, UM, GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION AS WELL. SO, SO WHY THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS AS IMPORTANT IS THAT TO PREVENT CONTINUED ACCIDENTS AND HOPEFULLY NO ANOTHER FATALITY WON'T OCCUR AT THAT, AT THAT INTERSECTION. UM, WHETHER, WHETHER YOU, THE STUDY WAS DONE THAT SAYS THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS THERE. NOW, WHETHER YOU DO ANOTHER OPTION, WHICH IS A RIGHT-HAND TURN, THEN ANOTHER STUDY WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE. SO, SO I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY ONE THING TOO. UM, UH, UH, A MOTION THAT WAS JUST MADE THAT WAS DENIED WAS A, WAS A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE VOTING ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN INTIMATE WITH RCIP PROJECT, UM, FOR THE LAST, AS LONG AS WE HAD A COMMITTEE, UM, HAS PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME THAN LOOKING INTO THIS STUFF THAN ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TWO WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE. SO NO WAY ARE WE SAYING THAT WE WILL NOT. UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH MY VOTE THERE, UM, IS THIS NOT IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS IN SOME WAY? I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY IN THE RIGHT WAY TO, SINCE THIS WAS TAXPAYER MONEY. SO, UM, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED PROBABLY A MOTION TO, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT. UM, AGAIN, I'M, I'M NOT THE ENGINE, I'M NOT THE ENGINEER, I'M NOT THE DIRECTOR OF, OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, I DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THIS. UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN HERE FOR OVER TWO YEARS, AS FAR AS THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING HERE. UM, SO FOR ME TO, TO, FOR ME TO BE OKAY WITH TWO WEEKS TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN DEFER TO THE GENTLEMEN THAT'S BEEN HERE, UM, LOOKING AT THIS STUFF, AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED, UM, I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TRUST YOU ON THIS ONE. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVING THE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO LET US KNOW. SO JUST COUNSELING. I MEAN, THE ONE THING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INITIATE THE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO INITIATE THE, UM, THE DESIGN, BUT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE MOVING FORWARD AND LOOKING AT OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING OR THE DESIGN IS ONLY TO DESIGN AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT, BUT DOES IT, I DON'T THINK IT STOPS ANYBODY FROM SAYING WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DISCUSS. UM, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE AS A CITY MOVING FORWARD WITH A DECISION TO FIX THE ISSUE, BUT WE'RE ALSO OPEN MINDED TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. I'LL SAVE MY [01:25:01] ROUNDS. ALRIGHTY. COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. SO A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES FIVE TO TWO. THANK YOU, MR. GREENSBORO. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM [25. Conduct a public hearing for the Monarch Annexation Case 21-A-001 on the voluntary annexation of 29.46 acres ±, generally located to the northwest of 183A Toll Road and CR 276, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action on the first reading of an Ordinance voluntarily annexing land as described above.] 25 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MONARCH ANNEXATION CASE 21, A 0 0 1 ON THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 29.46 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF 180 3, A TOLL ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS PLANNING DIRECTOR. GRIFFIN WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW. UM, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MONARCH ANNEXATION REQUEST. UM, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF 180 3 AND SIERRA 2 76. UM, THIS REQUEST WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A, UM, ZONING APPLICATION. THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA? THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION? NO. OKAY. YES, NO. OKAY. NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I DO HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND TO PEOPLE THAT WANT THEIR POSITIONS READ IN, I'LL CALL IT THE SPEAKER FIRST, UH, GROVER MITCHELL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'M GROVER MITCHELL. I LIVE AT 3 0 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76. AND, UM, THIS IS A FOLLOWUP FOR THE, UH, P AND Z COMMISSION THAT VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND, UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WERE EXTREMELY VALID, PARTICULARLY THE ONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. WE'RE GOING TO THE DENSITY OF THAT. THAT PROPOSAL IS EXTREMELY HIGH. ALL OF THAT WATER IS GOING TO RUN DOWN INTO THE WILDLY ESTATES SUBDIVISION RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. IT DOESN'T NOW, AND IT'S, THERE'S NO IMPERVIOUS GROUND COVER. THERE IT IS ALL PASTURE LAND, WHICH ABSORBS AS MUCH WATER AS IT CAN. UH, THE DEVELOPER CAME BACK WITH A FEW MINOR, UH, ITEMS, BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE. AND I THINK THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED A RELOOK AT THE ZONING PROPOSAL AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THERE. THE DENSITY OF THE HOUSING, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES LIGHTING, UM, WAS TREE A TREE LINE RIGHT THERE BY 2 76. THEY PLANTED, THESE ARE OLD, OLD GROWTH MOUNTAIN JUNIPER. IT'S REALLY PRETTY. IF THEY PUT A WALL BEHIND IT, THAT'D BE FINE. PLOWING DOWN. THE TREES IS NOT GOING TO HELP. AS SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IT'S IT'S ESTABLISHED AND IT'S VERY QUIET AND IT'S VERY NICE. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY OVERDOING THE DENSITY OF THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THAT, UM, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WANTED THEIR POSITION READ IN CARLA GRIMES IS AGAINST AND MICHAEL GRIMES IS AGAINST, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALREADY FILLED OUT A CARD. I DO APOLOGIZE. I GOT STUCK IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, HAPPENED UP IN THAT AREA AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO WORRIES. JUST TURNING YOUR CARD AFTER I REALLY THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RUBIN MORENO. MY WIFE, PATRICIA AND I ARE THE NEWEST MEMBERS TO THE WILEY CREEK ESTATES. UH, I'M A RETIRED WILLIAMSON COUNTY PARAMEDIC. MY CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC, UH, THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE ONCE THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ARE BUILT. UM, HAVING BEEN TO AREAS IN HAVING WORKED THE ENDER AND HAVING BEEN TO AREAS IN LEANDER AND THROUGHOUT LUMPKIN COUNTY, WHERE ACCESSIBILITY IS HINDERED BY NARROW ROADS, UH, CARS IN ON THE ROADS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO SMALL. EXCUSE ME. UM, I'M AFRAID OF, UH, A MEDICAL EMERGENCY HAPPENING WHERE UNITS CAN GET THERE WHERE A FIRETRUCK, EXCUSE ME, CAN'T GET THERE BECAUSE THEIR ROADS ARE TOO SMALL. UH, JUST THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO BUILD IN THIS SMALL AREA. UM, JUST THAT, TO ME, WHAT WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE NOT PREVENTING AN EMERGENCY, WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING [01:30:01] ANYONE BY THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT, UH, AND THE, THE, THE SIZE OF THE STREETS, UM, THAT PLUS, UH, AS MR. UH, MY NEIGHBOR GROVER SAID, IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE SUBDIVISION. THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT SUBDIVISION IS ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE, 195 HOMES, TWO CARS PER HOME. YOU CAN DO THE MATH, TRYING TO GET THAT MANY CARS INTO THAT ENTRANCE TO COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, WHETHER YOU'RE COMING NORTHBOUND ON 180 3 OR SOUTHBOUND, UH, 180 3, EITHER WAY, IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH LIKE THE INTERSECTS THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ON PALMER. UM, THERE HAS BEEN DEATHS DEATHS ALREADY AT THAT INTERSECTION. UH, AND I DON'T SEE THAT GETTING ANY BETTER WITH THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO THAT AREA. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THERE'S OH, TURN IN YOUR CARD. AND THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WAS THERE ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF THEM? OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING MONARCH ANNEXATION CASE 21, A 0 0 1 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THIS IS JUST AN ANNEXATION, SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN DISCUSS TRAFFIC AND THAT SORT OF THING YET UNTIL THE NEXT ONE. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. AND SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 26 [26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-TOD-Z-001 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) and PUD/TOD-CD (Planned Unit Development/Transit Oriented Development-Conventional Development Sector) to create the Monarch PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning districts of CH-2-A (Cottage Housing), TF-2-A (Two-Family) and GC-3-A (General Commercial); Subdivision Cases 21-TOD-CP-001 and 21-TOD-PP-002 to adopt the Monarch Concept Plan and Preliminary Plat on two (2) parcels of land approximately 49.8 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R032221 and R032222; and generally located to the northwest of 183A Toll Road and CR 276, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-TOD-Z-001, Subdivision Case 21-TOD-CP-001, and 21-TOD-PP-002 as described above. ] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 T O D Z 0 0 1. TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR, ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL AND P U D T O D C D. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE THE MONARCH PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS OF COTTAGE HOUSING T F TWO, A TWO FAMILY AND GC THREE, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION CASES, 21 T O D C P 0 0 1 AND 21 T A D P P 0 0 2. TO ADOPT THE MONARCH CONCEPT PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAT ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 49.8 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA PLANNING DIRECTOR, GRIFFIN, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MONARCH PEDS ZONING CASE, UM, CONCEPT PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLATS. UH, THIS REQUEST DOES GO WITH THE ANNEXATION THAT YOU JUST REVIEWED. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PLAIN UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR COTTAGE HOUSING, TO FAMILY AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL. UM, THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL'S PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO 2, 180 3 ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE CENTER. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST DURING THE JULY 8TH MEETING. AND THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMISSION PRESENTED, UM, SEVERAL CONCERNS. THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THE PRO PROPOSAL DOES NOT INCLUDE INTERIOR STREET LIGHTING. THEY ALSO, UM, FELT LIKE A MASONRY SCREENING WALL WOULD BE HELPFUL ADJACENT TO THE LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL. UM, THEY WANTED TO SEE AN ADDITIONAL SETBACK BETWEEN THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL AND PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL, AND THEY WANTED TO SEE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERIOR DRIVES AS WELL AS GUEST PARKING. UM, SINCE THE MEETING, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED SEVERAL UPDATES TO RESPOND TO THOSE CONCERNS, THAT PACKET INCLUDES A REDLINE COPY OF THE HEADNOTES THAT ADDRESSES EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE, UM, ADDITIONAL SETBACK, UH, BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. UM, SINCE THE MEETING STAFF HAS TAKEN SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO LOOK AT THE REQUEST. AND, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, THIS PROPERTY HERE IN THE CENTER, UM, THAT'S THE SMALLEST, UH, COMMERCIAL LOT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT YOU'D HAVE THE MOST CHALLENGES. UM, IF YOU HAD A REDUCED STEP, I'M SORRY, A GREATER SETBACK. UM, SO WE WERE SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE THAT'S THE LOT THAT THEY GET THE REDUCTION ON. AND THEN THE OTHER THREE, SINCE THEY'RE LARGER LOTS, UM, MAYBE BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO KEEP, UH, THE REGULAR SETBACKS KIND OF AS A COMPROMISE BECAUSE THAT CENTER LOTS MORE CHALLENGING TO DEVELOP. UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANTS HERE TO ALSO MAKE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ROBIN. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME [01:35:01] IS BRIAN BIRDWELL AND, UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE MONARCH PUTT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT. UH, AS WE WERE PROPOSING THE MONARCH PUD, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, WE, WE REALLY BEGAN THIS BY, UH, TRYING TO, UH, LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT HAS LAND ARE CALLED FOR IN THIS AREA. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, JUST BACK IN APRIL. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO DO, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY THIS, THAT DIDN'T DO IT. THERE WE GO. UM, UH, THE MONITOR PUD IS LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BE, UH, REALLY TWO THINGS. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AT THE INTERSECTION, IT WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS INTENDED TO BE A, A MORE DENSE AREA. IF WE LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT TALKS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE COMMERCIAL BEING RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICE AND OFFICE, THE RESIDENTIAL BEING ATTACHED TOWNHOMES, UH, AND UPPER STORY RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL BELOW IT, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING RESIDENTIAL. THAT WOULD BE LESS DENSE THAN THAT. BUT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WENT ON IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR THAT AREA. AND IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS MORE DENSE THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND TO FAMILY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS WE'RE PROPOSING AS WELL AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AS YOU EXTEND OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. THE OTHER AREA THAT, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIED, UH, IN THIS REGION WAS, UH, THE MULTI-USE CORRIDOR AND IN THE MULTI-USE CORRIDOR, UH, THE USES AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, DISCUSS, AGAIN, RESIDENTIAL, A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND THE APPROPRIATE USE IS BEING COTTAGE, HOUSING, TOO, FAMILY PUD, AND, UH, GC. OKAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD THIS PUD. SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO THE CITY EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE OUTLINED AND WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS JUST APPROVED THIS PAST APRIL. UM, THE GOALS FROM THAT COMP PLAN, ECONOMIC GROWTH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT. UH, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT THAT, UH, CAN SPEAK MORE TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS COMMERCIAL IS THE NINE ACRES ON THE SOUTH. IT'S 114,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLEX OFFICE THAT BRINGS ECONOMIC GROWTH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT TO LANDER. THEY'RE EXPECTING TO BRING ABOUT 200 JOBS, UH, WITH THAT FIRST PHASE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS FAR AS THE HOUSING, THE COMP PLAN IDENTIFIED WHAT'S THE NEEDED HOUSING AND LEANDER, THE NUMBER ONE NEED WAS COTTAGE GARDEN HOME. AND THIS WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CITY OF LEANDER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO YOU WITH THIS PUD. THE, UH, AS, AS ROBIN MENTIONED AT PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT CAME UP THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. UH, ONE OF WHICH WAS TRAFFIC AND, UH, IN THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, THIS INTERSECTION, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, HEY, I'M FIGURING THIS OUT. UH, THIS INTERSECTION IS, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, IT'S, IT'S A HARD INTERSECTION. IT'S AN, IT'S A, UH, INTERSECTION. THAT'S NOT DESIGNED IN A COMMON MANNER, BUT IT'S A TECH STOCK CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. IT'S NOT ONE THAT LEANDER CONTROLS. IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE CONTROL. UH, BUT WE DID GO TO TECH STOCK. WE ASKED THEM, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO, UH, TO STUDY THIS INTERSECTION, IF WE NEED TO. AND TXDOT DID COME BACK TO US AND SAY, YOU DO NEED TO STUDY THE INTERSECTION. YOU NEED TO DO A MERGE ANALYSIS STUDY. AND SO WE DID THAT AND WE SUBMITTED IT TO TXDOT AND, UH, THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, UH, THERE, AND THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER CAME BACK AND SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THIS INTERSECTION FOR THAT MERGER ANALYSIS. SO TXDOT GAVE US A LETTER AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU COPIES OF THAT LETTER. BUT TECH STOCK CAME BACK AND SAID, WE'VE REVIEWED THAT MERGER ANALYSIS. AND WE AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS. SO, UH, TEXSTAR IS, UH, NOT REQUESTING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS INTERSECTION BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR. AND WE SUBMITTED, WE DO BELIEVE THOUGH THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE EASIEST ROUTE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION. AND, UH, WE TOOK GREAT CARE TO NOT PUT ANY ACCESS POINTS ALONG [01:40:01] COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, INITIALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S WHERE THEY WANTED US TO MAKE A SECONDARY CONNECTION, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE LARGE LOTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE. AND THE FACT THAT THAT WOULD FEED ALL OF THE TRAFFIC RIGHT DOWN TO THIS INTERSECTION. INSTEAD WE CREATED A NORTHERN ACCESS POINT, WOULD THE APPROVAL OF TXDOT TO COME OUT, TIED TO THIS FEEDER ROAD. SO PEOPLE CAN COME OUT OF THIS GATED COMMUNITY, COME OUT, TAKE 180 3 AND HEAD SOUTH. IF THEY WANT TO GO NORTH, THEY CAN MAKE THE U-TURN THERE WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GO THERE. WHY ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS WAS MASONRY WALLS. UM, WE COME BACK, WE'VE REVISED OUR PLAN. SO UP AGAINST ALL OF THE EXISTING, LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL, WE HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL. WE ALSO HAVE A MASONRY WALL BETWEEN THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL. WE HAVE MASONRY WALLS DOWN HERE ALONG THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE, UH, WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL WOULD INTERSECT. AND AGAIN, UP IN THIS AREA, THE ONE AREA THAT WE DID LEAVE AS ROD IRON FENCING WAS ALONG OUR OPEN SPACE. WE'VE GOT AN AMENITY CENTER WITH A POOL WITH A PLAYSCAPE. UH, IT'S A PARK, WE'VE GOT A LAKE HERE, UH, WITH A TRAIL GOING AROUND IT. AND OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO KEEP THAT AS OPEN, UH, AND INVITING AS WE CAN AND NOT PUT A WALL UP AGAINST THAT. SO WE DID LEAVE THAT AREA AND THERE WERE NO PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT WE HAD, OR, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THAT AREA. SO WE KEPT THAT AS DECORATIVE METAL FENCING. UH, AS ROBIN STATED, WE, UH, WE ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS WE HAVE MADE, UH, STREETLIGHTS MANDATORY AS PART OF THE PUD. WE HAVE, UH, ADDED SIDEWALKS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE TRAIT INSTEAD OF ONE AS PART OF THE PUD. UM, AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UH, DONE WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. THE OTHER THING THAT THE, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER HAS COME IN AND DONE, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO A 25 FOOT, WHICH IS THE STANDARD SETBACK ALONG EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. SO ANY EXISTING RESIDENTIAL, UM, WOULD HAVE A STANDARD SET BACK. WE, AS THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER HAVE, UH, AGREED THAT, UH, IF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER WANTS A 15 FOOT OR REDUCE THAT BACK UP AGAINST OUR PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT WILL CONCUR WITH THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JOBS AND THE DENSITY OF THAT COMMERCIAL. AND WE WILL, UH, PUT IN OUR, UH, CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS, UH, NOTICE TO ANY PROSPECTIVE HOMEOWNERS THAT THERE'S REDUCED SETBACK FROM THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, FROM WHAT THE NORMAL STANDARD WOULD BE OF 25 FEET DOWN TO 15 FEET. SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT. UH, IF, UH, IF WE HAVE REDUCED SETBACKS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN. WE BELIEVE IT'S A VERY HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A COTTAGE STYLE HOUSING, THE DUPLEXES, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET RENDERINGS DONE, BUT THERE'LL BE, UH, INTERMIXED WITH THE COTTAGE HOUSING. SO IT'LL BE THE SAME TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE, SAME TYPE OF STYLE. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE, WHETHER IT'S A COTTAGE HOME OR WHETHER IT'S A DUPLEX, EVERY UNIT WILL HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, AND EVERY UNIT WILL HAVE TWO SPACES TO PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ADDED HALF OF A HALF A GUEST SPACE FOR EVERY UNIT. SO WE ENDED UP WITH, UH, A MINIMUM OF 97. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 107 GUEST PARKING SPACES THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT IT'S CONVENIENT FOR ALL THE RESIDENCES AND THEIR GUESTS. UH, SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO REALLY LIMIT THE NEED FOR ANY ON-STREET PARKING, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT FOUR PARKING SPACES PER UNIT PLUS THE, YEAH, THESE ARE RENDERINGS OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, A HIGH DEGREE OF ARCHITECTURE. THEY'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT EXTERIOR MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VARY THAT MATERIAL. THAT INCLUDES SLATE. UH, AND THEN THE OTHER MATERIALS ARE ALL METAL, SOME LOOK LIKE WOOD, UM, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY METAL. AND THE REASON TO DO THAT IS FOR THE LONGEVITY, THE, UH, CAREFREE MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROJECT LOOKS GOOD. YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DAY ONE WHEN IT'S BUILT, BUT 10, 15, 20 YEARS LATER. [01:45:01] SO, UH, THERE'S ADDED EXPENSE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S A WARRANTED, UH, WARRANTED IN THIS AREA. AND AGAIN, THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS HERE THIS EVENING, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT, THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN. UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID REQUIRE A ACCESS POINT OUT ON THE COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, BUT IT WAS AGREED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THAT WOULD BE A GATED ACCESS THAT HAS A KNOX LOCK ON IT. SO ONLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC OUT ONTO COUNTY ROAD TWO 70. THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS THEY HAVE, ALTHOUGH WE'RE REQUESTING REDUCED SETBACKS WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL IS HERE, THERE'S A POND IN THIS AREA. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY NO BUILDING PROPOSED THERE WHERE, UH, THIS BUILDING, UH, DOES BACK UP TO THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS OVER HERE. THERE'S FOUR MORE RESIDENTIAL LOTS, BUT THEY DON'T BACK UP TO A BUILDING. THEY BART BACK UP TO, UH, UH, GREEN SPACE AND THIS DRIVER. SO, UH, REALLY THE SETBACKS IN THIS AREA WOULD REALLY AFFECT THREE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL LOTS. OKAY. THESE AGAIN ARE JUST SOME IMAGES OF THE VARIOUS MATERIALS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO USE THIS AS HIGH QUALITY AS WE CAN, NOT ONLY FOR LAND OR, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS BECAUSE, UH, IT'LL BE, UH, IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS OUR RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF WOOD, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY METAL MADE TO LOOK LIKE WOOD. UH, BUT THEY USE THE METAL FOR THE LONGEVITY AND THE LONG-TERM QUALITY AND AESTHETICS OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. IF YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC TO THE COMMERCIAL, UH, I'M HAPPY TO GET THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER TO COME HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THIS IS STILL A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UH, FIRST UP IS GROVER MITCHELL. IF YOU COULD, UH, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND IF YOU WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THAT'S FINE, OR YOU CAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT IT. I'M GROVER MITCHELL 3 0 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76. I'M MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH THE DRAINAGE, UH, ISSUE COMING OUT OF THAT PROJECT AND GOING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE DRAINAGE THAN THERE IS. NOW. THERE, THERE IS NOW IS MORE THAN WE NEED. IT'S IT'S COVERING THE ROAD, IT'S INUNDATING SOME OF THOSE LOTS. I'D LIKE TO SEE A DRAINAGE PLAN THAT ACTUALLY WILL DIVERT THAT WATER SOMEPLACE. BESIDES OUR SUBDIVISION. I'D PREFER THE CONCRETE WALL TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 76 AND NOT TEAR DOWN THE TREE LINE, WHICH THE TREE VINES, PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN FIVE TO 10 FEET WIDE, UH, AND HAVE IT BACK BEHIND THERE. IT'LL GIVE US AT LEAST, UH, THE SEMBLANCE THAT WE HAVE NOW OF BEING IN THE WOODS. UM, I, AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED WITH, UH, THE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ENTRANCE DOWN AT THE OTHER SIDE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE ENTRANCE OF A LEAST RESORT. AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SORRY, TIM. HOWSON PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. UM, MY NAME IS TIM HOWSON. I LIVE AT 8, 16 80 HERE, AWAY AND LEANDER. UH, MY COMMENTS ARE IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26 IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 T O D Z 0 0 1. AS THE REQUEST IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST. DEVELOPMENT IS ALL AROUND US. IT IS UNSTOPPABLE AND THERE IS NO EXPECTATION TO ELIMINATE THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT COUNCIL'S ACTIONS TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION ALREADY WITH THE LAST AGENDA ITEM INDICATE THAT THIS IS A DONE DEAL BECAUSE THE WORDING IN YOUR ANNEXATION DOCUMENTS INDICATES THAT YOU AS COUNCIL ARE ALREADY AGREEING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM THE DEFAULT INTERIM SFR ONE. NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO REZONE TO, SINCE YOU'VE TIPPED YOUR HAND ON THIS ANNEXATION AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE AGREEING TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY. UH, MY REQUEST IS THIS DO NOT GRANT ANY OTHER WAIVERS THAT THIS DEVELOPER'S REQUESTED [01:50:01] DO NOT ALLOW THE TF TO A ZONING FOR THE APPLICATION. DO NOT JEN ACCEPT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION AND DO NOT ACCEPT THE MINIMAL CHANGES THAT THEY MADE IN THEIR PUD NOTES. RED LINE, NUMBER FIVE, MAKE THE DEVELOPER REWORK THE PROCESS, INCLUDING INPUT FROM ACTUAL MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS, NOT SOME FANTASY HOA THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST. THEY CITED IN THEIR DOCUMENTATION. THEY MET WITH THE WILEY CREEK ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THERE IS NO SUCH THING, MAKE THEM REAPPLY WITH A SOLUTION THAT THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SUPPORT SINCE THEY WON'T SPEAK TO US. YOUR JOB AS AN ELECTED COUNCIL IS TO SPEAK FOR US. AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW IS NO, NOT LIKE THIS. LET'S REDO THIS. LET'S RE-LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE IT BETTER. AND I ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE DUPLEXES ARE NOT A TRANSITION FROM SFR. ONE THAT THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS. ALL THEY ARE, IS JUST AN ATTEMPT BY THE DEVELOPER TO CRAM A FEW EXTRA ADDRESSES INTO AN ALREADY CONGESTED AREA. THE CONGESTION IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY DANGEROUS. AT TIMES, GRIDLOCKED ADDING 400 MORE VEHICLES INTO THIS CHECKPOINT IS GOING TO EXCLUDING THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC WILL HAVE PARALYZING RESULTS. AND OF COURSE, TXDOT IS GOING TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING'S FINE. THEY MADE THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT'S AKIN TO ASKING THE FOX, IF EVERYTHING'S OKAY IN THE HEN HOUSE, OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YES, THE DEVELOPER'S ASSERTION THAT THE MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC WILL USE. THE NORTH ENTRANCE IS ABSURD AND FURTHER PROOF THAT WHAT THEY ARE GRASPING AT STRAWS TO GET THIS RAM THROUGH COUNCIL, TRYING TO SAY THAT THEY'VE APPEASED US, WHO'S GOING TO GO NORTH ACROSS OR OVER A HIGHWAY JUST TO COME INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. NO ONE DOES THAT. NOW THEY COULD, BUT NO ONE'S GOING TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. UM, RIGHT NOW THE, THE DEVELOPER ALSO INDICATES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD COMMUNITY. THEIR DOCUMENTATION ALSO SAYS THAT IT'S NOT, UM, THEY'VE ALSO PROPOSED THIS RETENTION POND AND AN AREA THAT NEEDS TO HAVE THE DRAINAGE ISSUES RESOLVED. FIRST, THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THAT WATER FROM THE POND TO GO, BUT DOWNHILL INTO THE PROPERTIES AND CURRENT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HANDLE THE LOAD FROM BOTH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL POLLUTED WATERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MICHAEL GRIMES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. MICHAEL GRIMES, 3, 5, 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, LEANDER, TEXAS. I HAD WRITTEN OUT A REAL NICE SUMMARY. I THOUGHT OF MY CONCERNS AND WHY I'M OPPOSING THIS, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO BRIAN'S PRESENTATION, UM, MY THOUGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED AND THAT HE'S SAID SOME STUFF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY. BUT BECAUSE I ONLY HAD THE THREE MINUTES, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COME UP WITH A LOGICAL COHESIVE ARGUMENT. LET ME SAY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I MOVED HERE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE COMMUNITY FEEL LEANDRA IS GROWING SO FAST RIGHT NOW. IT DOES NOT NOTICE THAT IT'S LOSING ITS QUALITY OF LIFE IN ITS COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT, THE NEIGHBORS AND WILEY CREEK ESTATES TO THE EAST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CLOSE-KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SPIRIT, OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH. THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AS WELL AND KNOW EACH OTHER. SO TO PUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND AGAIN, TO SAY A, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT A WALL ALL THE WAY DOWN COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT METAL FENCE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS RETENTION POND. I'M LOOKING AT THEIR ACTIVITY CENTER. I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCLUDED FROM THAT. IT'S NOT A PARK FOR EVERYBODY. IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE WALL, I WANT THE WALL. I WANT IT THERE FOR MY PRIVACY, FOR MY ANIMALS AND FOR THE NOISE REDUCTION. THE OTHER ISSUE, YOU KNOW, BRIAN TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE DID NOT ADDRESS PEOPLE COMING INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. IT'S IT'S EASY. OH YEAH. PEOPLE ARE GONNA LEAVE ON THE NORTH. WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING HOME ON THE SOUTH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO ON 180 3, A FLIP A U-TURN HER, THERE'S NO LIGHT. AND THEN DO ANOTHER LITTLE JOG INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE GOING TO TURN RIGHT THERE AT 180 3, A FOR THE LIGHTEST OR OFF OF 180 3, THEY'RE GOING TO TURN LEFT RIGHT NOW. WHEN I COME HOME IN THE EVENING, AROUND FIVE OR SIX IN THE EVENING, IT CAN SOMETIMES TAKE ME TWO TO THREE MINUTES JUST TO WAIT TO TURN LEFT. THAT'S ONE CAR, ONE PERSON. THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT'S A BLIND CURVE. SO I'M SITTING THERE TRYING TO TURN LEFT. I CAN'T SEE THE CARS COMING ACROSS 180 3, A AND THE CARS COMING ON 180 3 SOUTH THEY'RE COMING AT SPEED. [01:55:01] THEY'RE GOING TO HIT THAT AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. SO TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER 200, 300 CARS IN THE EVENING TRYING TO TURN INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO NORTH. AND IF THEY DO BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF 180 3, A, THEY CAN'T TURN INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE. THEY HAVE TO GO UP. TURN LEFT ONTO COUNTY ROAD 2 76 OR 180 3. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, CARLA GRIMES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS CARLA GRIMES, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK REGARDING THE REZONING. UM, I THINK IT'S BECOME A LITTLE BIT QUESTIONABLE TO MAYBE SOME OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING TO THIS SONG. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THIS PROPERTY HAS NOT ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED YET. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW. UM, AS A RESULT OF THE ZONING CHANGED, CREATE MONARCH PUD, THE PRIVACY OF MY FAMILY, AND THAT SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS JUST BEING VIOLATED. THE NEW PUD IS NOT INTENDING TO FULLY FENCE THEIR PROPERTY WITH A MASONRY FENCE. INSTEAD, THEIR PLAN IS TO PUT RAW IRON FENCING IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT AN ADEQUATE NOISE OR VISUAL BARRIER FROM HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISIONS. THEY PLAN TO BUILD THIS. IF THIS ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY POINT OUT THAT THE FLOW OF HEAVY TRAFFIC INTO AND OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES THIS INADVISABLE RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE ONLY 15, 16 HOUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT A TRAFFIC PROBLEM RIGHT THERE. IF THIS ZONING CHANGE TAKES PLACE. IF THIS SUBDIVISION IS BUILT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 193 UNITS WITH TWO CARS PIECE. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE NOW AND THINK ABOUT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET INTO THE MAP THAT YOU SAW EARLIER. MY HUSBAND INDICATED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO UP 180 3, A AND FLIPPED A U-TURN AND THEY'RE NOT. THEY ARE GOING TO END UP TURNING LEFT AT 180 3 OR 1 93, A AND 180 3 COME TOGETHER. PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, AS THAT INTERSECTION IS DESIGNED RIGHT NOW, THE TRAFFIC THAT IS TURNING LEFT IS ONLY GOING TO COME IN ON THE INSIDE LANE. THAT'S BECAUSE TRAFFIC TURNING RIGHT FROM THE SOUTHBOUND PEOPLE ON 180 3 A ARE TAKING INTO THE OUTSIDE LANE, PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION, THEN HAVE A VERY SHORT SPACE IN WHICH TO GET OVER, TO TURN INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD. UM, ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE LESS THAN ADEQUATE PARKING AND THE NARROWNESS OF THE STREETS IN THE DESIGN IDEAL THAT I'VE SEEN. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HOPE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. THANK YOU, SEAN, TO BE PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SEAN TOBY AND I RESIDE AT 4 0 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76. YOU'VE FROM MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ALREADY. SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY MADE, BUT THAT I DO SUPPORT AS BEING DISCUSSED. WE'RE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES WITH WATER IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE A HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, HIGH DENSITY, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL ON OUR CON FOR OUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US GOING FORWARD. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN SUPPORT OF GROWTH IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SUCH A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE TONIGHT, SPEAKING TO YOU AS OUR COUNCIL, THE FENCING IS NOT ADEQUATE. THE MASONRY WALL NEEDS TO RUN THE ENTIRE LENGTH. WHY CRA TREE COUNTY ROAD 2 76 DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING A COMPLETE MASONARY FENCE BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, AND TO BE VERY CLEAR IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEIR STATEMENT IS THERE. YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO DEDICATE ON DEDICATED PARKLAND AREAS THAT ARE ABUT TWO COUNTY ROAD, ABUT COUNTY ROAD. TWO 70 MAY HAVE DECORATIVE. WE HAVE METAL FENCING THAT IS NOT A SHELL, THAT'S A MAE AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THERE ARE PRIVACY CONCERNS. ABSOLUTELY. [02:00:01] CLEARLY THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THE PRIVACY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THAT IRON ROD FENCE AND OBSERVE ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THERE. IT IS ALSO NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT THE NOISE LEVEL WE WOULD HAVE TO ENDURE, UM, WOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. THE WAIVERS ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE, UH, CONSIDERED EXISTING ISSUES. AS WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WITH THE ACCESS. UM, THERE ARE TWO PICTURES THAT ARE CIRCULATING TO YOUR MEMBERS TONIGHT. ONE LABELED A WITH THAT ACCESS IS A PICTURE OF MY CAR FROM THE DASH CAM SITTING IN THAT TURN LANE. AND I CANNOT SEE THAT LIGHT, MS. GRIFFIN HAS VIDEO FROM MY DASH CAM THAT I HOPE SHE HAS SHARED WITH YOU. THAT ILLUSTRATES THAT WE CANNOT SEE. THE OTHER PICTURE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE IS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF 180 3, AS IF YOU WERE COMING FROM 180 3 A INTO THE SUBDIVISION AND THEY CAN'T SEE US EITHER. SO WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT SAFETY CONCERN TXDOT WAY. WHEN THEY WENT TO DID THIS, WE ALL MET WITH THEM AS NEIGHBORS AND WE VOICED OUR CONCERNS AND THEY DID NOT LISTEN. THEY JUST DIDN'T. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER THAT THE WATER I'M THE MOST EFFECTED. ABSOLUTELY. THAT CULVERT RUNS RIGHT INTO MY PROPERTY. AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE THERE THAT DEMONSTRATES HAS SEEN MR. SHAW WAS LOOKING AT THAT, UM, HOW MUCH WATER, JUST FROM THE LITTLE RAIN EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD HALF INCH MAYBE, AND IS COMING THROUGH THERE IN WAVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, ADRIAN. ROSE SHARP. HELLO. MY NAME IS ADRIAN SHARP AND I LIVE AT 2 0 4 AMANDA'S WAY. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN SAYING, AND I HOPE I DON'T BELABOR THE POINT TOO MUCH, BUT WITH ME IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. LET ALONE ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NOT TRULY ADDRESSED. AND I WAS ALSO DISTRESSED TO LEARN THAT SOME THINGS HAD CHANGED AND WE HAD NO TIME TO REVIEW THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE PRESENTED TONIGHT. SO THEREFORE I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 26, AND IT ALSO INVOLVES NUMBER 25 AS WELL. BUT SEVERAL OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES DISCUSSED DURING THE PNC HEARING ON JULY 8TH, 2021 HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY OR TRULY ADDRESSED. MY PRIMARY FOCUS IS CENTERED ON ROAD SAFETY ISSUES. PRESENTLY CONFRONTING THE WILDLY EAST CREEK ESTATES AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE MONARCH POD. IS IT SAFE TO ENTER AND EXIT 180 3 FROM WILEY CREEK ESTATES NOW? NO, IT'S NOT ANY. IT HASN'T BEEN, THIS WAS POINTED OUT DURING THE P AND Z JULY 8TH MEETING, DR. STYLES HAD DRIVEN THAT AREA AND OUR AREA ON THE PROPOSED SITE AND ASKED IF ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM MONARCH HAD DRIVEN THAT ROUTE. DR. STYLES SUGGESTED THAT THEY TRY IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND COMMENT THAT IT WAS NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR HIM. WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE ZONING REQUEST, THE VOTE WAS SIX TO ZERO TO DENY AND IT'S WITH GOOD REASONS THAT STILL STAND. I CAN EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL, BUT IT'S PRETTY WELL BEEN COVERED THAT WILEY CREEK, THE STATES ONLY HAVE TWO STREETS IN OUR SUBDIVISION AND BOTH OF THESE CAN ONLY BE ENTERED AND EXITED BY ACCESS ROAD TO 180 3 FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY PROPOSED HELP IS ON THE WAY. NO KNOWN SAFETY PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED TO HELP PROTECT THE RESIDENTS WHILE THE 180 3 TOLL IS BEING BUILT OR WHEN THE NEW SUBDIVISION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR HAS BEEN BUILT, IT SEEMS WE'RE LEFT ON OUR OWN, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT AT LEAST PNC ZONING RECOGNIZED OUR CONCERNS. THUS THE SIX DOES ZERO VOTE. I HOPE YOU TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION AND DON'T LEAVE US WITHOUT ALTERNATIVES TO SAFELY GET IN AND OUT OF OUR SUBDIVISION WHERE SOME OF US HAVE LIVED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT LANGER. [02:05:08] HI, MY NAME IS ROBERT LANGER. I LIVE AT 2 0 6 AMANDA'S WAY. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PRESENTED AS A HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY PROVIDES FOR A SMOOTH LOGICAL TRANSITION BETWEEN AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND A BUSY MAJOR INTERSECTION. THEY WANT TO CREATE A DEVELOPMENT WITH HIGH ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE FEATURES AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE DEVELOPER STATEMENT, A HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND ON ITS OWN MERITS WITH FEW, IF ANY WAIVERS, THE CONCERNS RAISED DURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNICATION WERE NOT ADDRESSED. HAD THEY BEEN ADDRESSED? THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL OF CONCERN THAT THE P AND Z MEETING NOR WOULD P AND Z HAVE UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THE REQUEST, NOR WOULD I EVEN BE HERE TODAY. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CONCERNS. SURE. THEY'VE BEEN ADDRESSED. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A MASONRY FENCE MIXED WITH AN OPEN METAL FENCE ALONG COUNTY ROAD, 2 76. IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE COMPLETELY MASONRY. YEP. THERE'LL BE STREET LIGHTS THAT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE DARK SKY COMPLIANT, ADDITIONAL OFF STREET GUEST PARKING. YES. ADDED AT THE RATE OF HALF A SPACE PER UNIT, BUT THINGS THAT WEREN'T ADDRESSED, WHAT TYPE OF FENCING IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THE COMMERCIAL AREA THAT'S NOT BEEN DESCRIBED YET. IN FACT, WE'VE NOT GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL AREA. TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EMERGENCY ENTRY EXIT ON COUNTY ROAD 2 76. THAT WAS EXTREMELY NEWS TO ME. EXCUSE ME AGAIN. YOU NEED, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE FENCING BACK THERE. WHY ISN'T IT CONSISTENT? WHY WON'T THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO USE? SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONSIDERATION. APPARENTLY TXDOT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS INTERSECTION. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE IT ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY AWARENESS TO, AND FROM 180 3, 180 3, A NEEDS TO BE RAISED. IT'S IMPERATIVE. THE COUNCIL ASSISTS IN HELPING US RAISE THIS AWARENESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR A FATALITY BEFORE THIS IS ADDRESSED. WHY IS THERE A WAIVER FOR REDUCED SETBACKS FOR COMMERCIAL WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL TO REDUCE SETBACKS, THE TRANSITIONAL ASPECTS? WELL, ALL THIS WILL DO IS CREATE A BUYER BEWARE SITUATION. IF THIS ISN'T CLEARLY CONVEYED UPFRONT BEFORE A RESIDENTIAL PURCHASE IS MADE DRAINAGE. YES, IT'S BASED ON ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS, THAT THERE WON'T BE MORE FLOW THAN THERE IS NOW. THE CURRENT FLOW IS MORE THAN THE DITCHES CAN HANDLE. NOW OVERFLOWS RUNS ACROSS THE ROAD SOMETIMES PRETTY, PRETTY DEEP, PRETTY QUICK. THIS NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED AND ADDRESSED BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. NOT AFTER IT'S A PROBLEM. THE DETENTION POND IS BEING CONSIDERED AS PARKLAND. YET IT'S GOING TO BE FENCED WITH NO PUBLIC ACCESS. CAN I GET FIVE SECONDS? YEAH, THERE MAY BE A TRAIL AROUND IT, BUT THE BULK OF THE FOUR ACRES IS A DETENTION POND WITH NO PUBLIC ACCESS. THE PARKLAND DEFICIT IS MUCH GREATER THAN THE STATE AT 1.3, TWO ACRES. IF THE DETENTION POND AREA WITH NO PUBLIC ACCESS IS REMOVED FROM THE EQUATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 T O D Z 0 0 1 SUBDIVISION CASE 21 T O D C P 0 0 1 AND 21 T O D P P 0 0 2. AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL. I'LL HAVE PLENTY. UM, FIRST THING FOR MS. GRIFFIN, THEY MENTIONED, UM, SETBACKS ON THE COMMERCIAL BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL HAS 25 FEET OF BEING CENTERED. I THOUGHT IT WAS 50. OKAY. THERE, THERE ARE TWO OR ARE THERE THREE OPTIONS? SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MASONRY, IT'S 50 AS YOU ADD MORE GETS. OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. UM, OUT OF THE P AND Z, UM, I WAS JUST CHECKING THEM OFF AS WE WENT BY AND THEN DID HOMEWORK PRIOR. THERE WAS CONCERN WITH THE LIGHTING, THE MASONRY WALL, WHICH I THINK WE CAN COME BACK TO THE MASONRY WALL. CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CONCERN MAYBE AS A DEVELOPER TEAM, YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER WHY THE MASONRY TO THE METAL FENCE, JUST ONE MORE TIME. AND IF THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT, UM, BUT THE MASONRY WALL, UM, SIDEWALKS WERE PUT BACK IN GUEST PARKING WAS ADDED, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN, THAN THE HALF. IT'S 107. I, IF I HEARD RIGHT. HAVING 107 GUEST SPOTS. SO THAT REALLY, IT WAS DOWN [02:10:01] TO THE SETBACKS THAT ARE MOST EFFECTED BY, UM, IF IT'S 25 MOST EFFECTED BY WHATEVER, WHOEVER RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL IS THAT RIGHT. ARE YOU BOTH COMING? OKAY. SO IT WOULD REALLY, IT WOULD REALLY BE AFFECTING MOSTLY THE PEOPLE INSIDE THAT DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE ANYTHING, AS FAR AS THE SETBACKS GO, WHAT'S ALLOWED, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS ANYBODY THAT'S CURRENTLY LIVES THERE RIGHT NOW? UM, AND AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL WE'VE SEEN HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S THAT'S THE, THE CHANGE THEY'VE PROPOSED, UM, ADDS THE SETBACK ADJACENT TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. UM, SO IT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERN FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS. SO IT DOES ADDRESS THAT FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS. OKAY. EVEN TO THE NORTH. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T SAY IT. YEAH. YEAH. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS EXHIBIT. I THINK THE TOP IS NORTH. UM, BUT YES, THIS SIDE I SAW HIGHLIGHTED AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE IN THE SECOND READING AS AN UPDATE. CAUSE THAT'S NOT PART OF YOUR CURRENT PACKET, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THAT, MAN. MY, MY GOAL IS HERE IS TO LIKE REDUCE FROM, FROM LIKE REDUCED TO RIDICULOUS, LIKE DOWN TO LIKE WHAT'S THE ACTUAL STILL, IT'S STILL THE ISSUE. THE ONE THING THAT'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE INTERSECTION, UH, TEXTILES CONTROL THE INTERSECTION, THEY'VE DONE THEIR STUDY. THEY'VE DONE ALL THOSE THINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I COULD ADD TO THAT POSSIBLY, EXCEPT FOR I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THERE TOO. AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH SPOT. UM, SO LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING SO FAR FROM, FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE IS, THERE'S STILL A CONCERN WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS EVERYTHING LEGALLY IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO DO THERE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR, OR WHAT OUR COMP PLAN IS KIND OF ASKING FOR IN THE AREA. THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY CONCERN. IF THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND LIKE AS SELLING HOMES FOR A LIVING AND HAVING THINGS BUILT BEHIND US TOO, THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS, THIS IS ALSO, THIS IS ALSO PART OF A GROWING CITY AS WELL, OR WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT. I JUST, I GOT, I WANT TO SAY, BUT I HEAR YOU AT THE SAME TIME. UM, BUT IF THIS IS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THE COMP PLAN IS ASKING FOR. WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE IT'S DONE. RIGHT. AND I HEAR YOU ON THAT TOO. UM, SO IS THERE ANY OTHER, CAN, CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION? THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT SCREENING OR WALLS. ONE WAS WHY THE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBIN. UH, WHY THE ROD IRON IN THE MIDDLE, BESIDES JUST THE VIEW FOR THE, FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO TOO, ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS THE FENCING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD, I'M ASSUMING, I'M ASSUMING THAT ON COUNTY ROAD 2 76, WHAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT, BUT I'M NOT SURE. SURE. AND I'LL, UH, I'LL LET THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS SPEAK TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL. YOU KNOW, REALLY WE HAD PROPOSED ALL ALONG THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WROUGHT IRON FENCING ALONG THE OPEN SPACE. AGAIN, WE, WE THINK IT'S ATTRACTIVE. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A PARK, UH, THAT WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURE. THE REMAINING FENCING WE HAD AS A WOOD PRIVACY FENCE. AND THAT WAS THE CONCERN THAT WE HEARD AT P AND Z, UH, WAS THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE A MASONRY FENCE. AND SO THAT WAS THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE. UH, WE FELT LIKE WE HAD ADDRESSED THE CONCERN IF, UH, IF YOU KNOW, COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE TO HAVE A PARK, UH, SETTING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT A, A LAKE WITH THE TRAIL, UH, AMENITY CENTER WITH A POOL. UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, AT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, BUT THAT'S THE REASONING, UH, THAT WE DID THAT. AND WE FELT LIKE WE HAD ADDRESSED THE CONCERN THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AT, UH, PNC AS FAR AS THE, UH, COMMERCIAL FENCING NAIL. SO WITH THAT BEFORE, SO WITH THAT WOULD, IF IT WAS, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED, AND WE WERE LISTENING TO NEIGHBORS AND, UM, THAT ARE OVER ON THE ROAD, IF THEY DECIDED, HEY, WE THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE IT BE UNIFORM. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE? YES. OKAY. COMMERCIAL, IF YOU COULD. UM, I DON'T, HOW DO I GET THE CRIME HAPPEN? WE'LL GET THAT SLIDE UP FOR, AND NO IDEA HOW TO WORK THIS BUDDY. THANK YOU. I'M LEARNING TOO. UM, I'M NOT GOING TO GET IT THERE THEN VISUALLY IT JUST HELPED IF WE HAD THE, THE BARRIER OF THE, THERE YOU GO. THANKS BUDDY. PUT THE FENCE ON THERE IF YOU DON'T MIND. OKAY. AND WHAT DO I HIT FOR THE HIGHLIGHT USING THAT? OKAY. UM, THERE IS ONE THING, UH, WHICH I THINK CHRIS IS YOUR CONCERN. THIS RUN RIGHT HERE. SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I HEARD IT BROUGHT UP BY, I DON'T KNOW WHICH SPEAKER IT WAS, BUT SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF GOING THROUGH THE COMER ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WE KNOW WHAT THE RED ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THERE'S THIS MASONRY WALL, BUT WHAT DOES THAT [02:15:01] LOOK LIKE? AS FAR AS THE BUFFER BETWEEN PROBABLY US AS A HOMEOWNERS ON THAT SIDE AND WHAT THE COMMERCIAL LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER IT'S FENCING, WHETHER IT'S OKAY. YES. MA'AM DID YOU EVER, OKAY, SO HERE TO HERE, THIS IS RUN RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR. UM, WE WILL MAKE THAT MASONRY AS WELL. UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN. I DIDN'T EVEN THESE LOTS RIGHT HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S OUR ERROR. THIS RUN RIGHT HERE. WHAT WE USUALLY PUT AROUND THE KUMAR. I MEAN, THE ROADWAY, UH, THAT ISN'T EFFECTED THAT THAT FRONTAGE IS NOT AFFECTED OR, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL IS NOT AFFECTED BY IT. THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FENCING THAT FOR US, IT'S FOR OUR TENANTS, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR 24 HOUR SECURITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CAMERAS. I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A GATED INTERSECTION WHEN YOU PULL INTO THE ROAD ON BOTH SIDES. SO AT THAT POINT, WE'LL MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL WANT TO MIRROR IMAGE THE RIGHT ARM FENCE THAT THEY HAVE AND THE BROKEN UP AREA WHERE THE RETENTION POND IS AND THEIR AMENITY CENTER IS. SO IT'LL RUN UNIFORM FROM THE LOOK OF THEIRS TO OURS. OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK SO. AND HOPEFULLY THAT, AND THIS IS THIS. OKAY, HERE WE GO. THIS IS THE RUN. I'M TALKING ABOUT CHRIS RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT HERE. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. WILL YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YOU'RE SAYING THAT SECTION. I'M SORRY. THAT SECTION IS MASONRY IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THIS SECTION FROM HERE RIGHT HERE. I'M SORRY TO HEAR SHOULD BE PURPLE. ALL THE PURPLE OUTLINED AREAS, MASONRY THAT YOU SEE THIS SECTION WHERE THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL EFFECTED, WE'LL HAVE WROUGHT IRON FENCING THROUGHOUT THE BORDER OF THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BLOCK YOUR TENANTS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS COMING IN ON. I WOULDN'T WANT TO BLOCK THAT CORNER TURNING EITHER WITH THE MASONRY FENCE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PRESENTING. DID YOU SAY YOU HAD MORE? I JUST HAVE ONE MORE, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO AHEAD, I CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AT IT TOO. BUT MY OTHER QUESTION WERE HERE WAS I KNOW THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS AS FAR AS PEOPLE FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY COMING DOWN COUNTY ROAD 2 76, BUT THERE'S NO CONNECTION THERE. NOT THAT I SOCIAL SIDE AT ALL. AND FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, IT'S A CRACK, IT'S A CRASH DATE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES. THAT'S IT? NOT FOR SOMEBODY COMING IN AND OUT. SO THEY WOULD NEVER GO ONTO 2 76 IF I'M READING THAT. RIGHT. OKAY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS. THERE'S NO ACCESS. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY. NO, I JUST WANT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT WOULD BE A BACK WAY JUST FOR FIRE TO COME IN. CORRECT. IN AN EMERGENCY SIREN, MAYBE POLICE, IF THEY NEED ACCESS TO IT, IT'S DESIGNATED FOR FIRE. THANK YOU. YES. MA'AM. I HAD A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR GRIFFIN. UM, WAS THERE A DRAINAGE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED? SO THAT'LL COME IN WITH THE, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS. OKAY. UM, WE MIGHT'VE RECEIVED ONE WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAT ME. LET ME ASK ROSS REAL QUICK. OKAY. YEAH. I'M CURIOUS WITH GREEN CIVIL DESIGN, CARRIE PENDING. OKAY. UM, I'M THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT AND THERE WAS A DRAINAGE REPORT DONE AND THEY DO HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM. NOW OUT THERE THEY HAVE A CULVERT BASICALLY, OR THAT LINE IS, UM, THAT JUST OPENED FLOWS AND THERE'S NO BAR DITCH TO GET IT DOWN TO THE CREEK. SO OUR PLAN WILL FIX THAT DRAINAGE PROBLEM FOR THEM. BUT AS FAR AS THE OTHER ROADS GO, IT WON'T FIX THAT. SO THEY HAVE CURRENT PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER AREAS OF THE ROAD AND OTHER AREAS OF THE SUBDIVISION, THEN WE CAN'T FIX THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN I WAS JUST GONNA DOUBLE CHECK WITH YOU ONE MORE TIME. SORRY, LET ME KICK IT UP AGAIN. UM, AND I HEARD SOMEBODY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THERE'S NO HOA THAT WAS ACTUALLY CONTACTED WAS THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE CITY, UM, OF THE CONTACT THAT WAS MADE TO THE HOA SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UM, IN THE BACK OF YOUR PACKAGE, WE HAVE THE SUMMARY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT SAYS THERE WAS HOA WILEY ESTATES, MR. GROVER MITCHELL, AND THEY PROVIDED HIS EMAIL ADDRESS. OKAY. SO WITH OUR, WITHOUT THAT CONTACT TO THE BUILDER, NO MA'AM SO, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, THE, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS STRUCTURED, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES WITHIN 500 FEET. IF THERE'S NO HOA, THEY REACH OUT TO THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORS. OKAY. SO I WONDER IF MAYBE THERE WAS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION BECAUSE THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. I SEE MR. BARDWELL WAS, I THINK HE'S GOING TO ADDRESS [02:20:01] THAT. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. UH, THAT'S CORRECT. UH, WE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS. UH, WE REACHED OUT TO MR. MITCHELL AND HE COORDINATED A MEETING FOR US. WE HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, DISCUSSED THAT BACK IN THE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME, UM, AND PRESENTED THE PROJECT, DISCUSSED IT. UH, AND THEN AFTER THE P AND Z MEETING, UH, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. LANGER ON 8 23 TO INFORM HIM OF THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE HAD MADE SINCE THE PNC MEETING. UH, WE HAD ABOUT A 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION THAT HE WAS GOING TO RELAY BACK TO HIS NEIGHBORS. SO, UH, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. WHILE YOU'RE SITTING THERE TO JUST ROW, THERE WAS ALSO ONE QUESTION ABOUT, IS THERE A GATE, IS THERE NOT A GATE? IS THIS A GATED COMMUNITY OR NOT? IS THIS IRRITANT? YES, IT IS. THIS IS, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, PORTION OF THIS IS A GATED COMMUNITY. IT WILL BE GATED, UH, UH, JUST PAST THE COMMERCIAL ON THE SOUTH END AND IT'LL BE GATED AS WELL ON THE NORTH END. THAT'S ONE MORE THOMPSON, THE QUESTIONS I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, MY, MY CONCERN IS REALLY WITH THE TRAFFIC. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT INTERSECTION AND IT CAN BE VERY TOUGH, UH, TO DRIVE THAT EITHER WAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT TXDOT IS RUNNING IT AND IT PUTS US IN A POSITION WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT TO REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TRY TO GO BACK AND MEET THE GUIDELINES THAT A PLANNING AND ZONING SAID WAS A CONCERN AT THEIR MEETING. UM, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT HAVING THAT BRICK WALL GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE RUN-ON FENCING. UM, CAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND IF COUNCIL DESIRES TO MAKE THAT A CONDITION OF THEIR MOTION. UH, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HONOR THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. SO JUST ONE COMMENT ON THAT AND I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU, OR WHOEVER WANTS TO ADDRESS ANY, ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANY OR ALL OF THEM BEFORE I ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIMARY CONCERN THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, MAYBE ADDRESSED ADEQUATELY IN TONIGHT'S MEETING, NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT OR ADDRESSED IT IS THE DRAINAGE WE UNDERSTAND AS A, AS OUR ENGINEER STATED THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING PROBLEM OUT THERE. UH, WHAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO BY CITY CODE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RELEASE ANY MORE WATER THAN WHAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM OUR PROPERTY. UH, BUT RECOGNIZING THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE CITY, WE'VE ALREADY SAID, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE OFFSITE SO THAT THE SAME FLOW RATE THAT'S GOING THERE TODAY CAN BE CONVEYED IN A BETTER MANNER DOWN TO THE CREEK WHERE ULTIMATELY THIS WATER GOES. AND, UH, SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT, BUT WE DON'T GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DESIGN UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE ZONING. AND WE GET INTO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PHASE OF THIS AND OUR ENGINEER IS, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY'S ENGINEERS, UH, TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THAT DRAINAGE PROBLEM. BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PROBLEM. UH, WE, UM, ARE LEGALLY BOUND TO NOT MAKE IT WORSE, BUT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO MAKING IT BETTER. THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT? UH, NO. THANK YOU. UH, SO, UM, REGARDING THE, THE ROD IRON VERSUS MASONRY OR THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WENT IN AND I REMEMBER A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT, NOT RELATED TO Y'ALL OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION THAT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINED VERY HIGH END NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WANTED MASONRY WALL. UM, SO THEY GOT A COMBINATION OF MASONRY WALL WITH THE ROD IRON, WHICH IN MY OPINION LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN A SOLID MASONRY WALL. SOME OF THE COMMENTS REFERRING TO A SOLID MASONRY WALL AROUND A DEVELOPMENT IS IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE PRISON. AND, UM, AND I, I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, YEAH, ARE YOU TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN OR KEEP PEOPLE OUT, BUT WHEN YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON, BUT THERE ARE HIGH-END NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T ALLOW FOR MASONRY WALLS THAT ONLY ALLOW THE RODARTE AND FENCING BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT LOOKS AND FOR, UM, WILDLIFE TO BE ABLE [02:25:01] TO DO ITS THING. SO WITH THAT, IT'S JUST A COMMENT, UM, THAT, AND IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME. YOU CAN DO BOYS KEEP IT DOWN IN THE BACK. UM, IT DOES. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME IF THAT'S, IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WANT GO FOR IT. BUT I WOULD TO SAY, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, UM, BECAUSE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE SOMETIMES IS, IS MORE DISTURBING THAN BEING ABLE TO SEE, UM, WHEN YOU HEAR A NOISE AND YOU THINK SOMEONE'S IN DISTRESS AND THEY'RE JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SO I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION, NOT NECESSARILY FOR DECIDING, BUT JUST, I APPRECIATE THAT IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, THE HOMES THAT BACK UP TO OPEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE PRIVACY FENCING WHERE HOMES BACK UP TO HOMES, BUT WE'RE HOMES BACK UP TO OPEN SPACE WILL HAVE PRIVACY FENCING ON THE SIDES. AND WE'LL PUT ROD IRON AND DECORATIVE METAL FENCING IN THE REAR BECAUSE THAT, THAT OPEN FEELING IS, IS A BONUS. AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEKING. AND THAT WAS OUR INTENT. BUT IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, BECOMES A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE AND THAT'S NOT WORTH US. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT FOR US TO, I MEAN, I DON'T, YEAH. WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO. UM, OR, OKAY. SO THE, THE, UH, EMERGENCY EXIT, I DID OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF WALKOUT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN FACT NOT, UH, AN ACCESS, UM, THEN THAT IT IS GOING TO BE IN THE PUTT NOTES. THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS, UH, IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL PUT A KNOX LOCK ON IT. AND, UH, YEAH, IT'LL EITHER BE A KNOX PADLOCK OR A KNOX BOX. AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE KEYS TO THAT ARE EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL. LIKE WE WANTED TO GO OPEN IT. WE COULDN'T. OKAY. SO IT WOULD NOT BE IN, IN, IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVED THERE, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT UNLESS THEY COMING ON LOCK-IN WELL, IT'S NOT IN THE RESIDENTIAL. THANK YOU. I COMPLETELY MISSED THAT. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SO THAT IS STRICTLY THE COMMERCIAL. SO THERE IS NO, NO ACCESS IN THE RESIDENTIAL PART AT ALL, OTHER THAN THE ONE ON 180 3, THE, THE FEEDER ROAD, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, CORRECT. THE ACCESS, UH, THAT RESIDENTIAL PORTION IS UP THIS DRIVE THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OUT TO 180 3. OKAY. SO BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE GATED. OKAY. SO NOT ONE OF THOSE IS THE EMERGENCY EXIT. THEY'RE BOTH ENTRANCE AND EXIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO YES, GO AHEAD, ROBIN. SO, UM, I HAD SPOKEN WITH THE, UM, FIRE MARSHALL ABOUT IT, AND I THOUGHT THAT THE EMERGENCY ACCESS WAS IN THE RESIDENTIAL. YEAH. THAT'S RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT'S THE ACCESS, I'M SORRY, THAT ACCESS. THAT'S NOT THAT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO COUNTY ROAD, 2 76. OKAY. THAT IS A PARKING. SO I THOUGHT THEY WERE IN THERE. AND THERE'S AN EASEMENT, A WATERLINE PARKING SPACE FOR YOUR AMENITY CENTERS. IT LOOKS LIKE I'M HERE. WELL, I THINK IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THEY WERE SEEKING, ONE IS AN OPTION, DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES BACK WITH TECH STOCK FOR THE ACCESS POINTS. UM, SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD INDICATED THEY WERE COMFORTABLE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS IF IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS. OKAY. SO THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF JUST WALKED IN. YEAH. NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WE MIGHT NEED YOU FOR THIS TEXT ALREADY APPROVED THE NORTHERN ACCESS. SO WE HAVE THE TWO ACCESS POINTS THAT WE NEED. WELL, SO THAT SHOULD ADDRESS GUARDING THE, THE ACCESS AND THE, UM, QUESTION ABOUT GOING NORTH TO MAKE THE U-TURN AND COME BACK AND TURN INTO IT AS OPPOSED TO GOING ON TO 76. AND THERE'S NO ACCESS TO 2 76. WHY WOULD ANYBODY MAKE A LEFT TURN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, TO MAKE A LEFT TURN? THEY WOULD MAKE A LEFT TURN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THE CONCERN I BELIEVE THEY HAVE IS. AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IS IF TRAFFIC IS COMING OFF OF 180 3, A THEY COULD POTENTIALLY TURN LEFT HERE, COME DOWN, MAKE A RIGHT AND GO STRAIGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT ADDS, UH, ADDITIONAL TRIPS TO THIS INTERSECTION. UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE CONCERN THAT THEY HAD. I DON'T THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT ANYONE WOULD BE ON COUNTY ROAD 2 76, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CONNECTIONS TO IT. AND IT'S A DEAD END ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST, LAST ISSUE, EVERYTHING ELSE I THINK WAS COVERED, UM, WAS THE, THE WIDTH OF THE STREETS AND ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY. YEAH. THE WIDTH OF, UH, THESE, UH, PRIVATE DRIVES IS 26 FEET. WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL. WE CONSULTED, UH, THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK TO DEVELOP THAT WIDTH. AND, UH, SO [02:30:01] I SUSPECT THAT THE FIRE MARSHALL CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THIS BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE STRIPED, UH, NO PARKING ON THOSE STREETS TO KEEP THOSE LANES CLEAR, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE GOT FOUR PARKING SPACES AT EVERY RESIDENCE, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL 107 GUESTS PARKING SPACES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION. WOULD YOU CONTROL THAT AS FAR AS PARKING ON THE STREETS? WELL, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT IS JUST LIKE THE ENFORCEMENT ANYWHERE ELSE IN LEANDER WHERE IT'S EITHER SIGNED OR STRIPED, NO PARKING, UH, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, UH, HOMEOWNER'S CONCERN, UH, OR, UH, AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE COMES IN THOSE PEOPLE, I ASSUME, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF LAND OR LAWS OR REGULATIONS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE TICKETED OR TOWED FOR BEING IN A NO PARKING LOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU ADDRESS THE WIDTH OF THE STREETS AND IS THAT, ARE WE GOOD WITH THE WIDTH OF THE STREETS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, COUNSEL? IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. UM, SO THE FIRE MARSHALL, I HAVEN'T REVIEWED THIS PLAN. OKAY. SO IN THE FIRE, MARSHALL IS OUT ON A MEDICAL, BUT WHAT I CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU IS THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE ADDRESSED WITH THE STREET AND ENSURING THAT IT MEETS THE CODE. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S IT. SO IT'S A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION. AND IF IT DOES NOT, WE WILL ADDRESS IT LATER, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM PERFECT. THANK YOU. IS GRIFFIN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET CLARIFICATION ON BEFORE THE SECOND READING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UM, MS. GRIFFIN, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. I'M SORRY. UM, THE LIGHTING WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER AND TALKING ABOUT DARK SKIES. UM, OUR DARK SKIES ORDINANCE WOULD STILL APPLY TO THIS, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNSEL, WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ARE YOU APPROVING IT WITH THE CHANGES THEY PRESENTED WITH THE WALLS? AND, YEAH, THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT I WANNA CLARIFY AS THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REDUCE THAT SETBACK ON THE FRONT BECAUSE THAT'LL TAKE AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL. YOU ARE REDUCING SETBACK ON. WE ARE REDUCING IT. YEAH. ALSO, IS THERE ANYTHING WITH THE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE MAINSTREAM MASONRY IN FRONT OF THE AMENITIES CENTER OR NOT? IF THE APPLICANT IS OKAY WITH BOLDEN? YEAH. LET'S ADD IN FULL MASONRY. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO, LIKE BEFORE WE WERE VOTING, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA THAT'S. THAT IS A MAJOR THING FROM WHAT WE JUST HEARD. IF IT'S NOT A HUGE THING FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS OVER, YOU'RE SAYING THIS, THIS MASONRY WALL RIGHT HERE. JUST THAT PORTION. OKAY. THAT WAS IN THE BLUE. I THINK I'M WITH YOU. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NEVER, YOU APPROVING THAT MUSH. OH, SORRY. SORRY. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? W WITH DOING THE FULL WALL? I AM. I WOULD I, IF I LIVED THERE, I WOULD PREFER IT NOT BE THERE, BUT YEAH. MS. CRABTREE, ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? OR DO WE NEED TO RESTATE THE MOTION? WE'RE GOOD. YEP. ALL RIGHT. UM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE RENTAL CRUISE? OKAY. WITH ME? YEAH, NO. I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT WHETHER THIS IS GOING TO BE A FOR OWNERSHIP OR FOR RENT PRODUCT, UM, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, BUT I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND, UH, I THINK THE PRICE POINT OF WHICH WAS LEANING TOWARDS THE, UM, FOR OWNERSHIP, BUT I'VE HEARD ALSO TOO, THAT IT COULD GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. UM, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE, UM, BUILDING, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS OR THE TYPE OF THE BUILDINGS. IT'S JUST WHETHER, UM, DID I READ THAT RIGHT? THAT IT SAID SCOTT FELDER HOMES ON THERE TOO. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WORK FOR SCOTT FELDER HOMES. I HAVE OTHER COMPETITION FOR ME. THEY'RE JUST A VERY GOOD BUILDER, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, AND, UH, WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD ON TO THOSE OR WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO SELL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE RUN LIKE A CON CONDO REGIME, RIGHT. WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE SAME CONCERN I HAVE. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK WHAT, WHAT THIS IS, IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT IT COULD BE. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WORTH STATING THAT, UH, WHAT COULD GO THERE. I MEAN, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT LIKE, AND THIS, THIS IS NICE, SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. COUNSEL, PLEASE BE IN YOUR SEATS AT 8:41 PM. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL IS BACK IN SESSION [02:35:01] AT 8:42 PM. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA [27. Discuss and consider action on the Second Reading of an Ordinance regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-016 to amend the current zoning of SFU-2-B (Single-Family Urban) and LC-2-B (Local Commercial) to create the Haven at San Gabriel Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with base zoning of LC-2-A (Local Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 4.995 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R501146; and generally located north of San Gabriel Parkway and east of Bagdad Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. ] ITEM 27, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ZONING CASE TWO ONE Z 0 1 6, TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF SFU TO BE SINGLE FAMILY, URBAN AND ELSIE, TO BE LOCAL COMMERCIAL, TO CREATE THE HAVEN AT SAN GABRIEL, MINOR PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE OWNING OF LC TO A LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL LAND, APPROXIMATELY 4.995 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA PLANNING DIRECTOR, GRIFFIN WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW. UM, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND I'M AVAILABLE. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANTS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES SIX TO ONE [28. Discuss and consider action on the Second Reading of the Zoning Case 20-TOD-Z-010 to amend the current zoning of T6 Urban Core within the PUD/TOD (Planned Unit Development/Transit Oriented Development) to create the Leander Marketplace PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district GC-3-A (General Commercial); to adopt Subdivision Cases 20-TOD-CP-002 Concept Plan and 20-TOD-PP-010 Preliminary Plat; and approving Masonry Development Agreement 21-DA-008 on a portion of a parcel of land approximately 8.459 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031600; and generally located to the northeast of Hero Way and US 183 Leander, Williamson County, Texas. ] I'M NUMBER 28 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION. ON THE SECOND READING OF THE ZONING CASE TWO ZERO T O D Z 0 1 0 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF URBAN CORE WITH THE PUD T O D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE THE LEANDER MARKETPLACE PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ADOPT SUBDIVISION CASES, TWO ZERO T'S, T O D C P 0 0 2 CONCEPT PLAN AND TO ZERO T O D P P 0 1 0 PRELIMINARY PLAT AND APPROVING MASONRY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, 21 DA 0 0 8 ON A PORTION OF A PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 8.459 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POST-IT AGENDA PLANNING DIRECTOR. GRIFFIN HAS AN OVERVIEW. YES, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. UM, WITH YOUR PACKET, WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE PUD NOTES WHERE WE ADDED THE, THE LIST OF PROHIBITED USES THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING. UM, I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANTS ALSO HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, COUNSEL. OKAY. JUST CLARIFYING THAT, THAT WITH THE PROHIBITIVE, THIS IS PROHIBITIVE USES THAT WERE ADDED IN HERE, RIGHT. CAN YOU SAY THAT PROHIBITED USES WERE ADDED IN HERE? EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THOSE? YEP. OKAY. GOT IT. JUST CLARIFYING. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND. IT'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES FIVE TO TWO. THANK YOU. IF THE COUNCIL HAS NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO TAKE [31. Receive presentation and consider action on a request from Texas Disposal Systems for a temporary solid waste services franchise.] ITEM 31 PRESENTATION FROM TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS NEXT, NO OBJECTIONS, ITEM 31, RECEIVED PRESENTATION AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS FOR A TEMPORARY SOLID WASTE SERVICES FRANCHISE EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWERS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS FOR THE APPLICANT, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS TEXAS DEPOSE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, UH, TO DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THEIR COMPANY. AND, UM, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AFTER THE, UH, PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL, THEN STAFF WOULD, UH, SCHEDULE THE FRANCHISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON YOUR SEPTEMBER 2ND COUNCIL MEETING. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. JAY HOWARD FOR HIS REMARKS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, IT'S JAY HOWARD WITH TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PETITION THE CITY, UH, FOR A PERMIT FOR, UH, THE, UH, FRANCHISE FOR HAULING A TEMPORARY ROLL-OFF SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO OUR COMPANY, UH, TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHO WE ARE AS DOING BUSINESS IN YOUR CITY. UM, TDS IS A LOCAL FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS. UH, STARTED BACK IN 1977. WE'VE SINCE GROWN TO ONE OF THE LARGER, UH, PRIVATE PRIVATELY HELD A WASTE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY. UM, WE ARE OPERATION FOR, FOR TEMPORARY ROLE OFFICE 24 HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 2,500, UH, TEMPORARY ROLL-OFF CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT THREE TIMES THAT MANY, UH, CONTAINERS. UM, AND WE, UH, LET'S SEE THAT INCLUDES OUR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AS WELL AS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION CUSTOMERS. UH, WE'RE CONSTANTLY, UH, GROWING OUR FLEET OF TRUCKS AS THE MARKET EXPANDS AND GROWS AND, AND THE NEED GROWS. UM, AGAIN, 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS, UM, AS FAR AS PROCESSING FACILITIES, WE ACTUALLY OWN AND OPERATE OUR OWN LANDFILL. OUR RECYCLING AND SCRAP METAL PROCESSING FACILITIES IS WHERE WE, AS WELL AS OUR ORGANICS PROCESSING FACILITY. SO ANYTHING CAN, UH, COLLECTED ON A TEMPER OR ON A TEMPORARY BASIS HERE IN TOWN WOULD BE TRANSPORTED IN PROCESS [02:40:01] AT OUR FACILITIES. SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF US, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MOTION. I'LL BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. MA'AM HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN LEANDER? I WOULD LOVE A GIRAFFE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE COOL. I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE DRAFT PICTURE UP THERE. NO, I'VE JUST BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S IT'S UH, IT'S. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. YEAH, DEFINITELY. YEAH. YEAH. SO A DRAFT WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME IN THOSE LITTLE JUMPING THINGS. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ITEM [29. Presentation of a Preliminary City of Leander Annual Budget for fiscal year 2022.] 29 PRESENTATION OF A PRELIMINARY CITY OF LEANDER ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWERS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND COUNCIL. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, MY ASSISTANT IS HELPING ME OUT TONIGHT. UH, SORRY. UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET FOR F Y UH, 2022. I HAVE TWO OBJECTIVES TONIGHT. UH, THE FIRST IS TO OVERVIEW THE PROPOSED BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY. AND, UM, YESTERDAY WE SENT OUT A, AN ELECTRONIC COPY TO YOU. I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, BUT WE ARE ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, HARDBOUND BOOKS, SO THAT YOU'LL, UH, HAVE THOSE, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE OTHER PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO LEAD INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, SETTING THE CEILING OR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT TAXING ENTITIES TAKE THIS FIRST STEP BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE SETTING PROCESS. SO SOME OF WHAT I WILL COVER WILL HOPEFULLY PUT THINGS IN A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT AND PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM. SO I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO GIVE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON, ON, UH, WHERE LEANDER HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, SO THAT, UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE, WHERE SOME OF OUR NEEDS ARE. SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE JUST COMPARISONS BETWEEN WHERE WE WERE 10 YEARS AGO. AND TODAY, UM, 10 YEARS AGO, THE TAX BASE WAS $1.7 BILLION. UH, THIS YEAR IT'S $8.5 BILLION. UM, HOW'D THAT HAPPEN? WELL, WE'VE GROWN, UH, THE SQUARE MILES AND IN 2011, WE'RE JUST UNDER THREE MILES SQUARE MILES. WE'RE NOW AT APPROXIMATELY 38 SQUARE MILES. UM, RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON THE, ON THE TAX ROLLS 10 YEARS AGO, IT WAS 9,000. UM, IT'S MORE THAN IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE THEN 20,000. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT'S INCREASING. UH, THE POPULATION HAS GONE FROM 30,000 RESIDENTS, 10 YEARS AGO TO 82,757. MS. GRIFFIN SAYS THAT'S AN EXACT NUMBER. SO, UH, THIS ONE KIND OF SCARED ME, THE SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS. I REMEMBER THAT, UH, 322 PERMITS BACK IN 2011. UH, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS TOO BAD. UM, BUT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT SCARES ME 2,800 IS THE PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR. SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. UM, THEN, UH, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, LEANDER, UH, COVERS IS IN TWO COUNTIES. SO WE GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION FROM TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON, BUT AVERAGE HOME VALUES 10 YEARS AGO IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, LEANDER RESIDENCE WAS 148,000. IT'S NOW UP TO 330, 6,000, AND THESE ARE AVERAGES AND IT, TRAVIS, IT'S GONE FROM 410,000 TO, UH, NEARLY 580,000 ON AVERAGE. SO THAT BRINGS ME TO THE MAIN POINT OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE, UH, FROM 2011 TO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. UH, AS WELL AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, [02:45:01] THIS INCLUDES ALL FUNDS, GENERAL FUND AND A UTILITY FUND. 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD 180 EMPLOYEES. UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS NEARLY 420. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PERCENTAGES, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT TENURE PERIOD. OKAY. GETTING RIGHT INTO THE, THE ACTUAL MEAT OF THE BUDGET. THERE'S TWO HALVES OF EVERY BUDGET. THERE'S THE INCOME. AND THEN THERE'S THREE EXPENDITURE SIDE ON THE INCOME SIDE, THE, ON THE GENERAL FUND, WE RECEIVE 80% OF OUR REVENUES FROM THREE MAIN AREAS. ONE IS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AND THIS IS JUST A MULTI-YEAR GRAPH OF THE TAX BASE, WHICH IS WHAT GENERATES THE TAX REVENUES. UM, THE NEXT LARGEST, UH, SOURCE OF REVENUE ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE IS THE SALES TAX. UH, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN GROWING, UM, CLOSE TO 20% A YEAR. UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE WITH US KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE ARE PROJECTING FORWARD, A SALES TAX CAN BE VOLATILE. IT CAN BE, UM, UH, SUBJECT TO A LOT OF, UH, THINGS THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL. SO WE DO NOT, UH, PROJECT, UM, AGGRESSIVELY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, UH, ONLY A SLIGHT UPTICK FROM THE, WHAT WE PROJECT, UH, THIS YEAR, BUT, UM, EVERY YEAR WE'VE COME IN BETTER THAN BUDGET ON, ON SALES TAX. AND WE DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. UH, THE THIRD LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE DEVELOPMENT RELATED FEES. YOU SPENT YOUR MOST OF YOUR EVENING TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT GENERATES A LOT OF THE INCOME THAT COMES BEFORE THE CITY. THIS INCLUDES ZONING FEES, SUBDIVISION AND PLANNING FEES, AS WELL AS, UH, ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT STARTS, WE HAVE TO INSPECT AND THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION FEES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PAY AND THAT'S A LARGE SOURCE OF REVENUE. THIS IS NOT ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PIECE THAT THE DEVELOPERS PAY. THERE ARE FEES ON THE UTILITY SIDE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE ALSO IN THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR RANGE, BUT THIS IS JUST THE INCOME TO THE, TO THE GENERAL FUND. UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, HIT ALMOST $11 MILLION IN THE CURRENT YEAR ON DEVELOPMENT RELATED FEES. THAT'S QUITE A BIT MORE THAN WE BUDGETED. UH, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO SALES TAX, WE TAKE A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SOMETHING MORE IN LINE WITH, UH, THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT GENERATES THE SURPLUS FOR NEXT YEAR'S ONE TIME FUNDS. UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR BUDGETING PHILOSOPHIES IS, IS, UM, ONE, UH, IN THE YEAR BETTER THAN WE PROJECTED. SO THAT THERE'S A SURPLUS THAT GOES INTO THE RESERVES AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU DURING THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, PRESENTATION AND RECOMMEND SOME ONE-TIME OR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO, UM, THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE, UM, UM, BEING CONSERVATIVE AND THE WAY A LANDER HAS BEEN GROWING GENERATES THAT SURPLUS THAT THEN YOU CAN USE THE NEXT YEAR. YES. SO IS THAT WHY, BECAUSE OF THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, THAT'S WHY THE ESTIMATE FOR 2022 IS 8,439,000. YES. OR WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY TREND THAT WE'RE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PERMITS I'VE SEEN IS CRAZY. NO, IF THIS WERE A TREND GRAPH IT, YEAH. IT WOULDN'T BE OVER THE 12 MILLION. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. YES. OKAY. SO, UM, LATER ON THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, BUT THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU, THE, FROM THE CITY MANAGER IS BASED ON A TAX RATE OF 47.97 CENTS. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS GRAPH, WHICH IS JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE TREND GOES WAY BACK, BUT, UH, THE COUNCILS, UM, HAVE BEEN LOWERING THE TAX RATE. UH, AND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE TAX RATE IS BASED ON OPERATING RATE AND A DEBT RATE. AND SO BOTH HAVE BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S DUE TO GROWTH. SO AS YOUR TAX BASE GROWS, YOU CAN LOWER THE TAX RATE. UM, JUST [02:50:01] FOR THOSE THAT, UH, ASKED THIS QUESTION, THE PERCENTAGE OF DEBT VERSUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON THE TOTAL TAX RATE, 63% GOES TO OPERATIONS OF THE PROPOSED AND 37% WOULD GO TO DEBT SERVICE. UM, WE HAVE THREE MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS, THE GENERAL FUND, THE GOLF FUND AND THE UTILITY FUND WATER AND SEWER FUND. UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS UP 24% OVER LAST YEAR. UM, NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT $59 MILLION THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT. ONE IS THERE ONE IS THAT THERE IS A MUCH LARGER CAPITAL TRANSFER TO THE CIP FUND. THAT'S THAT SURPLUS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER? SO THAT'S IN THAT 59 MILLION IT'S SURPLUS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR THAT, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING GO INTO CIP. THERE'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT, UH, INVESTMENT IN SOME, UH, MAJOR EQUIPMENT THAT SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WANTING TO NEEDING, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FUND IN THE PAST AND PUBLIC WORKS PARKS, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO TO SPEAK HER, UH, TO NAME A FEW, THE EMPLOYEES, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS AN ADDITION OF 39.5 DO EMPLOYEES. I WILL SAY THAT FIVE OF THOSE 39 HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIRED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT THEY WEREN'T IN THE ORIGINAL 2021 BUDGET. SO, BUT, UM, PERSONNEL COSTS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE IS, IS THE LION'S SHARE OF THE BUDGETS OVER 50% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET IS, IS A PERSONNEL COSTS THAT INCLUDES SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND INSURANCE, UH, ON THE UTILITY SIDE, UTILITY FUND, THE WATER AND SEWER FUND IT'S COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE. UH, PERSONNEL COSTS ARE A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL UTILITY BUDGET. HALF OF THE UTILITY BUDGET PAYS FOR DEBT SERVICE. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PORTION PAYS FOR OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL, UM, SYSTEMS, THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER AND THE, AND THE BCR UAE. SO, UM, A LOT OF HEAVY UPFRONT OR FIXED COSTS IN THE UTILITY SIDE. UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S, UH, NOT THE SAME CASE IN THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND SIDE. UH, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT, UM, THE, THE 39 POSITIONS ARE SPREAD OUT ALL THROUGH, UH, ALMOST EVERY, UH, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT. AND SO I'M JUST GONNA, AND WE WILL SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU GOLF, AND THIS WILL BE EASY. UH, THE GOLF FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND. THE MONEY THAT MAKES STAYS IN THE FUND, THE GOAL EVERY YEAR IS TO BREAK EVEN. AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. AND, UH, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO, UH, UH, MR. TOLMAN'S LEADERSHIP OVER THE, OVER THE GOLF COURSE IN THE, AND THEN THE STAFF AT THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL. UM, SO, UH, THE INCREASE FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT IS ALMOST ALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE $600,000 THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED FOR THE DRIVING RANGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAS BUDGETED IN THIS YEAR HAS NOT THAT PROJECT HAS NOT STARTED YET. SO WE'RE CARRYING THE FUNDS FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE MAIN, UH, AREA OF THE INCREASE. UH, THE PERSONNEL, THE CHANGES IS DUE TO THE, UH, GRILL, UH, BEING OUTSOURCED TO THE, TO THE RESTAURANT LEASE. SO, UH, A COUPLE OF THREE OR FOUR PART-TIME POSITIONS ARE GOING AWAY IN THE, IN THE GOLF OF COURSE. UM, AND THAT REFLECTS THAT UTILITY FUND, UH, THE INCREASES, UH, 24% AND SIMILAR TO WHAT I MENTIONED ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE THAT INCREASE FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO, UM, SURPLUS TRANSFERS FROM THE CURRENT YEAR INTO NEXT YEAR FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. UH, THIS CURRENT YEAR, THE BUDGET INCLUDED $3.4 MILLION AND TRANSFERS TO CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE UTILITY FUND. UH, NEXT YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING THAT TO BE $7.5 MILLION. SO THAT'S A PRETTY, UM, LARGE INCREASE. AND YOU SAW MR. GRIMSLEY, HIS PRESENTATION ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE FUNDED. SO THE NET INCREASE ON PERSONNEL IS [02:55:01] EIGHT POSITIONS IN THE UTILITY FUND, AND THERE'S A LIST OF THOSE EIGHT. UM, JUST SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS. I WON'T GO DOWN ALL OF THESE, BUT, UH, IN ADDITION TO PERSONNEL, THERE ARE SOME OTHER LARGE TICKET ITEMS IN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE, UM, REQUESTED. YEAH. AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS, HAS RECOMMENDED, UH, THESE TO BE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, ON THE UTILITY FUND. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS EVERYONE KNEW THAT BASED ON THE, UM, UTILITY CONSULTANT, RIGHT CONSULTANTS PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, WE STAFF ARE NOT RECOMMENDING A RATE INCREASE ON THE, ON THE SEWER SIDE. UH, EVEN THOUGH, UH, THE CONSULTANT HAD A SMALL INCREASE, UM, PLANNED OUT. WE THINK THAT THE, THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE PROVIDED SIX MONTHS AGO TO THE CONSULTANTS WERE, UM, I'VE TURNED OUT TO BE TOO CONSERVATIVE. AND SO WE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN, THAN WHAT, AGAIN, WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT. SO, UH, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE, UH, RATES WHEN YOU'RE AT A TIME. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE MANTRA EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AS IS, WE ARE DEPENDENT ON GROWTH, UM, COMING SOON. UH, AND IN FACT, WE'LL BE IN THE, UM, SEPTEMBER COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THE, AS YOU KNOW, THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS APPROVED THE PHASE TWO APPLICATION. SO LIKE ANDREW SHARE THAT TOTAL IS $120 MILLION. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND AND ANTICIPATE TAKING ALL OF THAT AT ONCE. WE WILL TAKE IT IN PHASES, UM, BUT THERE ARE BIG PHASES. SO WE ANTICIPATE THE FIRST DRAW WOULD BE $40 MILLION. AND THESE NUMBERS WERE ALL IN THE REC CONSULTANTS, UM, UH, ANALYSIS. SO WE HAVE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT COVERED, UH, ON THE SUICIDE, THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER PLANT EXPANSION, THE FOURTH AND FINAL PAYMENT WILL BE DUE IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. SO, UH, WE WILL NEED TO, UM, ISSUE THAT LAST PIECE FOR, FOR THAT PAYMENT. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ALSO IN THE RIGHT CONSULTANTS, UM, FIGURES, UM, THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, JUST TO LEAD INTO THE, TO YOUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT. AND THAT'S THE STATE STATUTE FOR MANY YEARS HAS LAID OUT THE, UM, METHOD THAT TAXING ENTITIES CAN, UM, MUST USE TO SET YOUR TAX RATE. TWO YEARS AGO, THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED IT UP. THEY MADE A LOT OF DEFINITION CHANGES, AND THEN THEY ALSO TIGHTENED THE, UH, AMOUNT THAT A, A TAXING ENTITY CAN RAISE ITS TAX RATE WITHOUT, UH, UH, VOTER APPROVAL. SO, UM, YEARS YEARS PAST, IT USED TO BE 8% ABOVE WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR. NOW IT'S THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. SO THE NEW RATE IS CALLED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. THAT IS THE RATE THAT IF YOU APPLIED IT ON, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WERE ON THE ROLL LAST YEAR WOULD BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE GOT A, IN OUR CASE VALUES HAVE GONE UP. SO THE RATE WOULD BE LESS TO BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO, UM, USUALLY THEY, NO NEW REVENUE RATE WILL BE LOWER THAN YOUR CURRENT RATE IN A, IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S GROWING. UM, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, ALLOWS YOU TO GO UP THREE AND A HALF PERCENT ON YOUR OPERATING SIDE, AND THEN WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR DEBT, THAT'S ALL YOU GET. THERE'S NO PLUS ON THAT, ON THAT SIDE. UM, SO WHAT IS IN, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS, UM, ON THE PHONE, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S A FRACTION OVER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 47, 8 TO 45 CENTS. AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH MEANS THE HIGHEST RATE YOU COULD CONSIDER TONIGHT SHOULD BE 49, 9 1 66, JUST TO STRESS THAT THE, WHEN YOU GET TO THE NEXT ITEM, THAT RATE WILL BE YOUR CEILING. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WERE ADOPTING, [03:00:02] BUT WHATEVER YOU VOTE ON TONIGHT, YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND LATER ON AND TRY TO GO OVER THAT. AND, UH, I, I JUST WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAW IS WHAT IT IS, AND IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE IN, UM, BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST NOW SEEING THE, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF'S PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, THERE'S TIME FOR YOU TO WORK THROUGH THAT, LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC. UH, YOU STILL HAVE TO, UM, DIGEST AND WORK THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO, UM, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY, CAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO VOTE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE YOURSELF THE MOST FLEXIBILITY, UH, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT ITEM. SO SOMEBODY IS TURNING THE LIGHT OUT ON, WE CAN GO DOWN. YEAH. UM, SO, UM, SO AFTER TONIGHT THEN THE, UM, THE, THE NEXT OFFICIAL WILL BE SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND. THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING, BOTH FOR THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE, AND THEN THE LAND OR CHARTER REQUIRES TWO READINGS OF THE TAX RATE. SO THE FINAL VOTE WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND THEN THAT'S IT SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. [30. Discuss receiving No-New-Revenue and Voter-Approval tax rate calculations; take action to consider a proposed tax rate; and schedule a public hearing date for the proposed tax rate.] ITEM NUMBER 30, DISCUSS RECEIVING NO NEW REVENUE ON VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE CALCULATIONS, TAKE ACTION TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWERS WILL PROVIDE OVERVIEW. THANK YOU. SO, UH, I BELIEVE AT, AT YOUR, AT THE DAYAS TONIGHT WAS THE OFFICIAL COVER SHEET FOR THE, UM, FROM THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR. UM, MR. GADDIS IS THE, UM, UH, CHIEF OFFICIAL, BUT THAT WE USE TO, TO, UH, PREPARE THE STATE REQUIRED, UH, TRUTH IN TAXATION CALCULATION. SO ALL THOSE RATES, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE WERE CALCULATED BY, UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY TAX OFFICE AND CERTIFIED BY THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR. SO THERE ARE THREE ITEMS TONIGHT, OR ACTION. ONE IS JUST TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE IT. SO IT'S ON THE RECORD THAT, UH, WE DID OUR JOB AND WHICH IS THAT Y'ALL ARE TO RECEIVE THOSE CALCULATIONS. UH, THE SECOND ONE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER WHAT THAT RATE MIGHT BE, OR, AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE IT ONE SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS AND A SECOND, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED TAX RATE OR ANY DISCUSSION I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF SORRY FOR THE READERS 4 49, 9 1 6 6. OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE TIMBER IN THE SEPTEMBER 2ND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE TAX RATE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE GOOD ON THAT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SINCE ITEM 31 WAS CONSIDERED EARLIER, WE'RE NOW [32. Discuss and consider action on the First Amendment to the Temporary Wholesale Water Services Agreement between the City of Georgetown and City of Leander.] ON ITEM 32 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE TEMPORARY WHOLESALE WATER SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN AND THE CITY OF LANDER CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO A WHOLESALE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY OF LANDER HAS ENTERED INTO WITH THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED BACK IN 2014. AND THAT AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR A TEMPORARY WHOLESALE WATER SERVICE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE LIVELY TRACT DEVELOPMENT BY THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. THAT AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE CITY OF LEANDER TO COMPLETE CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONNECT THE LIVELY TRACK TO LANDERS WATER SYSTEM BY AUGUST 8TH, 2021. THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THAT DEADLINE WILL NOT BE MET. UH, WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH EASTMAN ACQUISITION AND THEN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CONSTRUCTION BY THE DEVELOPER. [03:05:01] THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES AN EXTENSION TO CERTAIN TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. SPECIFICALLY. IT ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT TO GEORGETOWN'S WATER SYSTEM UNTIL FEBRUARY 8TH, 2020 TO PROVIDE SIX ADDITIONAL MONTHS FOR THAT, UH, TERM. AND, AND IT PROVIDES A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS THE DEVELOPER CAN MAKE IT TOTAL WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT? I THINK COUNCIL HAS BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THE THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE AGREEMENT THAT IF THE DEADLINE IS NOT MET TO THINK RATE THE WHOLESALE RATE IS INCREASED TO THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT'S SET BY GEORGETOWN'S, UM, ORDINANCES. AND SO THAT PROVISION WAS NOT, WE WERE NOT GIVEN RELIEF FROM THAT PROVISION. SO THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT COUNSEL. WE JUST NEED TO GET, UH, FROM, FROM TALKING TO STAFF, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THERE IS A PLAN. WE HAVE A WAY TO GET IT DONE. THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE TOOL AND WE'VE GOT TO GET DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO WE DON'T KEEP BELIEVING THE, THE EXTRA FEE. SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL, IF NOBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO IT. SECOND MOTION, A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [33. Discuss and consider action on an amendment to the Northline PUD Development and Reimbursement Agreement.] ITEM 33, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO THE NORTHLINE PUD DEVELOPMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. I'M SO SORRY. CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS. I HAVE YOU DOWN FOR THIS, IS IT NOT YOU? IS IT YOU CAMERON? OKAY. OKAY. OUR NEW, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FIRST TIME UP HERE IN THIS ROLE. WELCOME. THANK YOU. UM, SO JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REQUEST FOR THE AMENDMENT, WANTED TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT UTTERS IS. SO UTTERS IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. THESE ZONES ARE CREATED TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY. UH, THE TAX INCREMENT, WHICH GOES INTO THE ZONE IS CREATED WHEN PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE ABOVE THE BASE YEAR. SO THIS LANDER, UH, TURNS NUMBER ONE WAS CREATED IN 2006 TAXES, FREEZE, EVERYTHING THAT GOES UP THAT'S THE INCREMENT. SO THE WAY THAT WE FUNDED IS 50% FROM THE CITY, 50% FROM THE COUNTY, HALF OF THAT INCREASE BASICALLY GOES INTO THE TERRORS AND THAT CAN FUND, UM, ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. UM, AS I MENTIONED, CREATED IN 2006 AND WILL EXPIRE IN 2031, UM, WHEN THE TERMS EXPIRES, THE CITY AND COUNTY WILL COLLECT THE FULL VALUE OF THE TAXES THAT ARE GENERATED. SO, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, UH, THIS CREATED SINCE THEN WILL THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IN FULL, UH, DUE TO THE 2031 EXPIRATION FOR THE TOURS, ANY PROJECT THAT WOULD BE POSITIONED TO UTILIZE THE TOURS AS AN XL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL WOULD HAVE TO BE READY VERY QUICKLY, JUST BECAUSE THAT 10 YEARS IS CLOSING QUICKLY. WHEN YOU COUNT ON PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION, THAT REALLY WOULD EAT INTO THE 10 YEAR REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD. UM, AND TO GET INTO THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT BEING REQUESTED, THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS BEING MADE TO AMEND THE NORTHLAND PUD DEVELOPMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN JUNE, 2018. THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT WOULD BE INCREASED BY $14.491 MILLION TO A TOTAL OF 27 MILLION. AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THIS ISN'T JUST FROM THE CITY OF LANDER. IT'S A 50 50, UH, KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY BOTH CONTRIBUTING TO THE TERRORS. IF APPROVED THIS REQUEST WILL LEAVE A REMAINING CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION FOR OTHER CHURCH PROJECTS. UH, THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUESTED BECOMES A REIMBURSEMENT AND ONLY COME FROM WITHIN THE NORTH LINE BOUNDARIES, NOT IN ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE TERRORS. UH, THE NORTHLAND TEAM IS HERE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN A FULL PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS LIKE ARE NEEDED. THANK YOU, MR. . LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I GOT IT. CITY COUNCIL. UM, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU. UH, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED PRESENTATION TONIGHT THAT WAS MADE TO THE TOURIST BOARD LAST MONTH, PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE NORTH BLIND TERS AMENDMENT. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO START WITH NORTH LINE'S PHASE ONE BUDGET THAT COMPRISES SUB PHASES. 1.1 1.2 AND 1.3. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PHASE ONE PHASING PLAN FROM THE ORIGINAL NORTH LINE TOUR'S AGREEMENT FROM 2018. THIS PHASING PLAN WAS INTENDED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE MARKET, MEANING WHERE WE BUILD THE PUBLIC [03:10:01] INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEN THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS THE CURRENT VERSION OF NORTH LINE'S FULL PHASE ONE PHASING PLAN, THE SHADINGS SHADED SECTIONS SHOW THE THIS NEAR TERM DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ACTIVATED BY PHASE ONE. THE GREEN IS PHASE 1.1, WHICH REPRESENTS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT OF WORK WITH THE NEW CHIEF CONSTRUCTORS. THE BLUE AND PURPLE ARE PHASE 1.2 AND THE YELLOW IS PHASE 1.3. WHILE THIS PLAN IS SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL FROM 2018, THERE ARE A FEW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. THE FIRST CHANGE IS THE ADDITION OF A SECOND WATER QUALITY POND ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A POINTER HERE, BUT WHICH ONE, HOLD IT DOWN. AH, PERFECT. PERFECT. SO MAIN STREET IS RUNNING RIGHT UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT. SO THIS, THIS POND IS WHAT I'M REFERRING TO. WE WERE ORIGINALLY WORKING WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO LOCATE THIS PAWN AND ACC PROPERTY, BUT WE COULD NOT GET ECCS FINAL CONCURRENCE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND DECIDED TO MOVE IT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND LOCATE THE POND ONSITE IN RESPONSE TO THE MARKET NORTHLINE'S COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY RECOMMENDED TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF EARLY DEVELOPMENT TO THE MIDDLE AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE PROPERTY ALONG SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY AT OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY INSTEAD OF THE 180 3 TOLL WAY CORNER, WHICH HOLE I'LL TALK THROUGH AS WE GET INTO THIS CONVERSATION, BUT REALLY RESERVING THIS AREA FOR LATER AND DEVELOPING THIS SECTION HERE, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PRESERVE THE TOLL WAY BLOCKS FOR LARGE SCALE CLASS, A OFFICE, PARTICULARLY CORPORATE CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOULD FOLLOW THE COMMERCIAL PROGRESSION ALONG SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. AND WE CURRENTLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING PHASE 1.1 AND HAVE STARTED A PORTION OF PHASE 1.2, THE PURPLE SECTION AT THE SOUTH. AND THESE BLOCKS HERE, WE ARE DEEP IN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND SUBMITTAL PROCESS WITH THE CITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF PHASES. 1.2 AND 1.3, THIS SLIDE COVERS NORTHLINE'S PHASE 1.1 BUDGET. THE CURRENT TOTAL PHASE ONE ESTIMATED COST OF 42 MILLION IS BROKEN OUT HERE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE CITY'S 15 MILLION IN BONDS COVERS THAT AMOUNT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE 42 MILLION BEING PAID BY NORTH LINE OF THAT 15 MILLION OF CITY FUNDS, APPROXIMATELY 8.7 HAS BEEN SPENT FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SIMILARLY, NORTHLINE ALREADY HAS FUNDED APPROXIMATELY 8.8 MILLION IN COSTS FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST NORTHLAND'S REMAINING PHASES AFTER THIS PHASE ONE IS $36 MILLION. THIS SLIDE BREAKS DOWN THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF THE INCREASED COSTS FROM THE 2018 BUDGET. FIRST IS INCREASED CONSULTANT COSTS THAT WERE MADE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE MOST IDEAL DESIGN FOR NORTHLINE. SECOND IS TODAY'S PHASE POINT PHASE 1.1 PRICING AS COMPARED WITH NORTHLINE'S BUDGET FROM THREE YEARS EARLIER, THIRD IS INCREASED ENHANCEMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL PHASE 1.1 DESIGN AND WORK PRODUCT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF KEY ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ENHANCED FURTHER AS PART OF OUR DESIGN PROCESS, INCLUDING TOWN SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF, IN THE HEARTBEAT OF THE PROJECT OR STREETSCAPES OR WATER QUALITY POND FEATURES AND THE STREETS SURROUNDING TOWN SQUARE. WE ARE DEVELOPING A PROJECT WITH HIGHER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS THAN MOST, IF NOT EVERY OTHER MIXED USE TOWN CENTER PROJECT IN THE REGION. FOURTH IS THE ADDITIONAL NET SCOPE, WHICH IS THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET TO COMPLETE ALL OF PHASE ONE SUB PHASES AND OTHER COSTS. I BROKEN. I FURTHER BROKEN DOWN THIS 11.24 COSTS IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE BREAKS DOWN THIS COST. UM, AND I'LL LET MOST OF THIS INFORMATION SPEAK FOR ITSELF. HOWEVER, I WANT TO DISCUSS THE LAST TWO BULLETS. FIRST TOWN SQUARE REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL COSTS BEING USED OUT OF THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET. AS SOME OF THOSE COSTS WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SHIFT IS BASED UPON CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION AS TO HOW I WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE REMAINING 15 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS SPENT AFTER PHASE 1.1 WAS BID AND PRICES WERE LOCKED IN THIS ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SCOPE HAS BEEN ADDED TO PHASE ONE TO POSITION NORTHLINE FOR EARLY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY, AS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS FAST TRACKS, THE PROJECT TO ENABLE US TO BUILD THAT EARLY COMMERCIAL PRODUCT IN THE MANNER THAT ACCELERATES THE DENSITY AND BUILD OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHLINE NORTHLINE'S INITIAL REQUEST TO THE TOURIST BOARD FOR NORTHLINE'S TOURS AGREEMENT. ADDENDUM WAS FOR 14.49. ONE OF ADDITIONAL [03:15:01] COST IS AS, UH, AS CAMERON MENTIONED AS AN OVERVIEW, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TERS AGREEMENT IS FOR REIMBURSEMENT THAT IS GENERATED FROM PROPERTY TAX ASSESSED VALUE INCREMENT ON THE SPECIFIC NORTHLINE PROPERTY FROM BOTH CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALL OF THESE SUB PHASES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED OR NEARLY COMPLETE WITH THEIR DESIGN. UH, AND SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SPENT DOWN OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, PUTTING THIS MONEY TO WORK IN THE VERY NEAR TERM, WHICH ALSO KIND OF PIGGYBACKS ON CAMERON'S POINT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS, UH, THAT THE FUNDS BEING, BEING REIMBURSED FOR TOURIST PROJECTS OCCUR IN THE VERY NEAR TERM. SO WE HAVE INSTITUTED SIGNIFICANTLY AGGRESSIVE BENCHMARK TERMS FOR THIS NEXT ROUND OF TOURS FUNDING FOR THIS AMENDMENT. AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT THE FIRST BULLET SHOWS THE CURRENT NORTHLINE LINE AGREEMENTS BENCHMARKS. AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET SHOWS THIS AGGRESSIVE TIMEFRAME WITH ADDED COMMERCIAL DENSITY, WHICH WOULD BE TRIGGERED THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE CURRENT NORTH LINE TOURS AGREEMENTS, SET OF BENCHMARKS AND CONSOLIDATES THEM INTO ONE BENCHMARK FOR THIS AGENDA. CITIES STAFF HAS REQUESTED TO INCLUDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS TO RUN THE RECLAIM WATER FROM THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. ALONG HERE AWAY TO THE NORTH LINE SITE, NORTH LINE AND CITY STAFF HAVE AGREED ON A $250,000 TOTAL REPRESENTING THE ESTIMATE OF NORTH LINE'S PRO-RATA SHARE OF THIS COST TO BE ADDED TO NORTHLINE'S TOUR'S BUDGET. SO AS YOU KNOW, USING RECLAIMED WATER FOR ALL OF NORTH IRRIGATION NEEDS WILL VERY MUCH HELP THE CITY'S WATER. YEAH, THE NEXT SLIDE REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE TOURIST BOARD AT THE INITIAL TOURS MEETING IN JUNE, THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH WHEN THE TOURIST BOARD APPROVED THIS REQUEST, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN OUR BASE LAND PLAN FOR 2018 AND OUR CURRENT PLAN FOR 2018 FOR THE 2018 PLAN, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT HERE, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL BEING SHOWN NEARLY ALL OF THE PROPERTY WEST OF MAIN STREET. THIS IS MAIN STREET EXCEPT ALONG, UH, SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY WAS, WAS SLATED TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL MULTI, UH, FAMILY GARDEN APARTMENT SET OF BLOCKS, UH, IN THE EARLIER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM OUR CURRENT LAND PLAN ON THE RIGHT THAT PROVIDES FOR MORE DENSITY NOTE THAT WE LOST SOME ACREAGE HERE DUE TO LOCATING THE SECOND WATER QUALITY POND IN THIS AREA WITH THE, WITH THE CURRENT LAND PLAN AND OUR CURRENT LAND PLAN SHOWS MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ALONG THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY SECTION LONG HERE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WESTERN BLOCKS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MORE COMMERCIAL DENSITY ALONG THE TOLL WAY. THIS INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL, PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTED BY MORE COMMERCIAL DENSITY ALONG THE TOLLWAY WAS DRIVEN BY THE LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY STRATEGY TO RESERVE THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TOY FOR LARGER OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, BY LOCATING MORE NEAR TERM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. ALSO WITH MORE DENSITY THAN WITH OUR ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS NORTH LINE DEVELOPS OUT. I ANTICIPATE MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CREEP INTO THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. NOTE ALSO THAT THE MULTIFAMILY PARCEL AS SHOWN IN BLOCK. HE RIGHT HERE, ISN'T IT NOW SLATED FOR CITY HALL, WHICH IS MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO REPLACE THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BEING SHOWN. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL THAT WILL BE AT, AT, AT ACTIVATED FROM THE PHASE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK NOTE THAT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, OUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TIMING HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED. AND WE EXPECT TO COMMENCE OUR INITIAL RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING MULTI-FAMILY AND TOWNHOME AT THE SOUTHERN END OF NORTH LINE THIS YEAR. SO THOSE ARE THESE THESE BLOCKS. THUS THE PRIORITY USE OF THE CURRENT TOURIST FUNDING IS TO COMPLETE THESE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS BECAUSE OF THAT TIMING, WHICH COMPRISES THE FIRST SUB PHASE OF PHASE 1.2 IS I HAVE TIMING OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLETE THOSE NORTH COMPLETE THOSE WITH NORTH LINE'S VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, IN TERMS OF NORTH LINES, INITIAL COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, THESE ARE LOCATED UP ALONG SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY AND DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THEY WILL BE READY TO COMMENCE EARLY. NEXT YEAR, WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC IN BETTER SHAPE WITH NORTH LINE'S COMMERCIAL DENSITY AND MOMENTUM THAN WE WERE PRIOR TO ENTERING IT. THE LATTER PART OF WHAT WILL BE SPENT TO COMPLETE PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS TOURISM AMENDMENT WILL BE A 100% CENTERED AROUND OUR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE [03:20:01] NORTHERN SECTION OF THE PROJECT IN THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY AREA. AND SO NORTH LINES NEAR TERM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARY OF THIS TOURISM AMENDMENT. HERE'S SOME OF THE FUN STUFF. THE NUMBERS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX VALUE BETWEEN OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN FROM 2018. AND THE CURRENT DESIGN, THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES CAME FROM URBAN THREE AND EDDY THAT WAS HIRED BY THE CITY TO ESTIMATE NORTH LINE'S ORIGINAL DESIGNS, PROPERTY TAX ESTIMATES. BACK IN 2018, WE USED CURRENT VALUATION INFORMATION FROM WCAB AND OUR PROJECT PARTNERS TO DEVELOP THESE PROJECTIONS. THE FACT THAT THIS TRUE VERTICAL MIXED USE DOWNTOWN TOWN CENTER PROJECT HAS ENABLED US TO SHOW PROJECTIONS NEARING 2.3 BILLION IN PROPERTY TAX VALUE AT FULL BUILD OUT, UM, IS, IS, UH, SOMETHING OF YOU'RE PROUD OF AS INDICATED EARLIER, THE INCUR INCREASED COMMERCIAL DENSITY, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE 180 3 8 TOLLWAY IS A PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THE GENERATION OF HIGHER PROPERTY TAX VALUES PROJECTIONS FOR NORTHLINE COMPARED TO THE 2018 PLAN. THIS SLIDE SHOWS COMPARISONS OF THE PROJECTIONS BETWEEN NO APPROVAL OF THIS TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE TOURISM AMENDMENT, WHICH IS REQUESTED BY THE TOURIST BOARD WITH THIS AMENDMENT. THE ABILITY TO MOVE QUICKLY WITH ALL OF THIS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT HELPS TO RECRUIT TENANTS ON THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE, HEALTHCARE AND RETAIL SEGMENTS IN A MORE BENEFICIAL MANNER TO INCREASE PROPERTY ASSESSED VALUE IN THE MOST IMPACTFUL MANNER. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY COUNTY AND TOURS WITH TERS APPROVAL. THE EXPIRATION OF THE CURRENT TOURS TIMELINE IN 2031, YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE NUMBERS CAN SHOWCASE HOW THE CITY AND COUNTIES TOURIST PROJECTS ARE PAID BACK FROM JUST NORTH LINE'S ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ACCELERATED WITH THE TOURISM AMENDMENT HERE. THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWN IN A GRAPH FORM. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SALES TAX REVENUES FROM NORTH LINE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM 2024 TO 2028. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SOURCE OF IMPORTANT REVENUE FOR THE CITY TO HIGHLIGHT HERE. HERE'S THE PHASE ONE AND FULL BUILD OUT COMPARISONS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL VALUES FROM NORTH LINE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AS IT HIGHLIGHTS HOW COMMERCIAL ASSESSED VALUE WILL ACCELERATE AT THE END OF OUR PROJECTED PHASE ONE AND BEYOND SPECIFICALLY AT FULL BUILD OUT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX VALUE IS AT 1.4 TO 8 BILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS 63% OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX VALUE FOR NORTHLAND. NOW, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPERTY AND SALES TAX REVENUE FOR LEANDER WITH NORTH LINE SEPARATED OUT AT NORTHLINE'S FULL BUILD-OUT. THESE NUMBERS ASSUME CERTAIN ESCALATIONS FOR THE CITY'S NON NORTHLINE TAXES BASED UPON HISTORICAL NUMBERS AS SHOWN THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS WHAT NORTHLINE IS AIMING TO PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTY AND CITY HERE IN TERMS OF TAX BENEFIT. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO NORTHLINE'S INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE TURTLE AMENDMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCIES AND COST SAVINGS FOR NORTHLINE AS WELL AS HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A FASTER BUILD-OUT THAT ACCELERATES PROPERTY AND SALES TAX GENERATION. THERE WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL DOWNSIDE TO HAVING TO DELAY THIS WORK IN A PIECEMEAL APPROACH. IF THE NORTHLAND TOURISM AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED, WE ALSO INVESTIGATED THAT NORTH WINDS INFRASTRUCTURE CROSS WOULD BE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TIMES HIGHER FOR THE REMAINING WORK FOR PHASES. 1.2 AND 1.3 THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT YET CONTRACTED AS THOSE DESIGNS AND CITY APPROVALS ARE CURRENTLY BEING FINALIZED WITH NO APPROVAL OF THE NORTHLAND TOURISM AMENDMENT. IN SUMMARY, I BELIEVE THAT THIS TERS AMENDMENT HAS COMPELLING JUSTIFICATION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER AND FOR THE REGION. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. YEAH, COUNSEL. UM, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. UM, PROBABLY ROBERT CAMERON, ALEX. UM, I I'M JUST GONNA THROW THESE OUT AND WHOEVER WANTS TO ADDRESS IT. UM, I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT YOU REFER TO THAT WE CAN, I THINK, FORGIVE ME. I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. IF I RECALL THE TERM IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NOT ENHANCEMENTS OR IMPROVED IN IT. AM I RIGHT THERE, CAMERON? YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO COME UP HERE. SURE. THERE ARE SEVEN ALLOWABLE [03:25:01] CATEGORIES. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND THEM REALLY QUICKLY TO SHOW YOU, BUT, UM, BASICALLY THEY INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, DESIGN ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, DRAINAGE PROJECTS, WATER PROJECTS, SEWER PROJECTS, GAS LINE PROJECTS, AND ELECTRIC UTILITY PROJECTS. YOU'RE CONFIRMING. IT CAN BE USED TOWARD ENHANCEMENTS. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. UM, SO, AND TH THIS IS, I W WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE. SO JUST A, A LITTLE HISTORY. OKAY. STAY RIGHT THERE. UM, A LITTLE HISTORY WE W SO THIS WAS YES, 2018, JUNE, 2018. UM, I WAS HERE, IT WAS APPROVED FOR, WE'LL JUST SAY $15 MILLION. AND NOW WE'RE ASKING, OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR, UM, THE INCREASE FROM 15 MILLION TO 27 MILLION. ARE WE THIS? YES. YES. THE CITY'S PORTION. YES. CORRECT. SO FOR THIS INCREASE IN NOW, LOOK AT IT. IT'S 50% OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX, 50% OF THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE IN TAX RATES, I KNOW IT'S CHANGING, BUT BASED ON THE CURRENT YEAR, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 7.97 MILLION FOR THE CITY. AND IT'LL BE ABOUT 6.5. OKAY. SO THE TOTAL, FROM THE TERMS BEING 27 MILLION, NOT THE CITY'S PORTION, BUT FROM THE TOURS. OKAY. OKAY. ALEX IS SAYING YES. SO NO 15, UM, BOND FUNDS IS NOT BEING CHANGED WHATSOEVER. THIS IS JUST ONE. OKAY. GOTCHA. BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE THE INITIAL 15 MILLION ROBERT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE TOOK A LOAN OUT FOR. WE HAD ISSUED A BOND, SO WE'D BEEN PAYING TAXES OR PAYING DEBT ON THAT BEFORE YOU BROKE GROUND. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NUMBERS, IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND YOU CONCUR WITH THE NUMBERS AND ROUGHLY THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE, THE REALIZED REVENUE IS REALISTIC AND THE WAY THIS WORKS, ROBERT IS NODDING HIS HEAD. YES. THANK YOU. THOSE BONDS WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID BACK FIRST BEFORE ANY REIMBURSEMENT COULD BE MADE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE, THE TERRORS IN, UH, IN EFFECT AS SOMEWHAT OF A SOCIAL SECURITY FOR YOU'RE PAYING INTO IT, AND YOU'RE GETTING THE BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT INITIALLY YOU GOT THE BENEFIT WITHOUT PAYING INTO IT, BUT NOW THE INCREASE YOU ARE BENEFITING FROM THE INCREASE, AND IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU WILL BE THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE TOURIST FUND. IS THAT A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT? ROBERT HAS A, PROBABLY A BETTER GRASP ON THE FULL HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S, SO IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST NORTH, WE IN SOME ROADWAY PROJECTS. UM, I BELIEVE ST. DAVID'S HAS A CHURCH AGREEMENT AND THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THEN. OKAY. BUT THAT WAS PRIOR. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND I, I GUESS I MET AFTER, AFTER THIS, THERE, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. UM, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE ABOUT, THERE COULD BE ABOUT $4 MILLION IN ROOM FOR THEM. UH, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, I THINK THIS PROJECT IS THE MOST LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. THAT'S WHAT IT, THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS TO ME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DEB. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, ONE OTHER THING, THE, OKAY. YOU MENTIONED, AND WE KEEP, WE KEEP HEARING THIS ABOUT THE CITY CENTER BEING IN NORTHLINE. UM, AND YET WE'VE NOT, NO ONE HAS EVER AGREED TO THAT. WE'VE NOT, WE'VE NOT VOTED TO MOVE CITY HALL, NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DISCUSSED. SO AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE DONATING THE LAND TO THE CITY FOR US TO THERE'S AN LOI. OKAY. CAN YOU SPEAK IT FOR FUN? I'M SORRY. YES. UM, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT, UH, DONATION, UH, WITH PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I'VE COMMITTED TO, THERE'S AN LOI THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED, UH, THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF GETTING FINALIZED. AND I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, BUT YES, TH TH THERE'S BEEN THE REQUEST TO RESERVE SOME, SOME KEY PROPERTY WITHIN NORTHLINE FOR THAT POTENTIAL. UM, AND SO I'M VERY WILLING AND INTERESTED TO MAKE THAT A REALITY, BUT YEAH. NOTHING'S YEAH. AND THAT'S IT, YOU'RE SAYING TO DONATE THAT. YES. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T WANT THAT, I DON'T, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING WE WOULDN'T, THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YEAH. ONE THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT IT IS, IT IS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. SO THERE'S A FACILITY PLAN UNDERWAY. THAT'S LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR A FUTURE CITY HALL. IF COUNCIL DESIRES TO PUT IT THERE, WE COULD DO THAT THROUGH AN LOI THAT WASN'T THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL. THEN THERE'S A WAY TO BASICALLY HAVE THE LOI GO AWAY. OKAY. OKAY. IS THAT A REALISTIC? IS THAT REALISTIC? YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. NOTHING'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S INTEREST ON, AT LEAST ON MY SIDE, THERE'S INTEREST ON, ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF, OF THE CITY THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO. AND SO IF IT HAPPENS GREAT, IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE DEVELOP THAT, THAT AREA IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. I HAVE. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL, [03:30:03] MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. UH, ITEM [34. Discuss and consider action to fill two (2) vacancies on the Capital Area Council of Governments General Assembly.] 34 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION TO FILL TWO VACANCIES ON THE CAPITAL AREA. COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UM, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE THREE SEATS. I'M CURRENTLY IN ONE OF THEM, AND WE HAVE TWO CURRENT VACANCIES. THEY MEET TWICE A YEAR WITH THEIR FIRST MEETING BEING NEXT MONTH. UM, I AM GOING TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MACKEY LONGORIA, AND, UH, THOMPSON. IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE ROLES AS, UM, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS THAT WOULD MEET TWICE A YEAR, ARE YOU ALL WILLING TO SERVE? YES. OKAY. UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 35, [35. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: (a) Section 551.072 and 551.087, Texas Government Code, deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property and deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one (1) or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting development negotiations; and (b) Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, deliberate the acquisition of 0.459 acre, more or less, for water line utility easement; and acquisition of 0.764 acre, more or less, of temporary construction easement in Williamson County, Texas, from Omega Ranch, LLC.; and (c) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to seek legal advice from counsel concerning Oak Creek Subdivision drainage issues. The City Council will now reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (a) one (1) or more business prospects; and (b) land acquisition for water line utility easement and temporary construction easement; and (c) Oak Creek Subdivision drainage issues.] CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO A SECTION 5 51 0.072 AND 5 5 1 0.087 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND DELIBERATE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND B SECTION 5 5, 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF 0.4, FIVE, NINE ACRES, MORE OR LESS FOR WATERLINE UTILITY EASEMENT AND ACQUISITION OF 0.7, SIX, FOUR ACRES, MORE OR LESS OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM A MEGA RANCH LLC, AND SEE SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM COUNSEL CONCERNING OAK CREEK SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE ISSUES. THE TIME IS 9 39. OKAY. THE CITY COUNCIL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 10:29 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING A ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, YES. TO APPROVE THE THIRD AMENDMENT, THIRD AMENDMENT AND FINAL EXTENSION THIRSTY CHICKEN TO OBTAIN THE CEO BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, AND REQUIRE THE BUSINESS TO OPEN WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CEO TO RECEIVE THE GRANT PAYMENTS FIRST AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISK? OF COURSE THERE'S NOT DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY B LAND ACQUISITION FOR WATERLINE UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF 0.4, FIVE, NINE ACRE, MORE OR LESS FOR WATERLINE UTILITY EASEMENT AND ACQUISITION OF 0.7, SIX, FOUR ACRE, MORE OR LESS FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY FROM A MEGA RANCH LLC, AND THE AMOUNT OF $51,948. SECOND, FIRST AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SEE OAK CREEK SUBDIVISION, DRAINAGE ISSUES. MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 36 [36. Council Member Closing Statements.] COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS, PLEASE. ONE MY FAVORITE WEEKEND IN TEXAS TAX-FREE WEEKEND. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THIS IS, UH, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR BACK TO SCHOOL AND, UH, SAVING SALES TAX ON YOUR CLOTHING, BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. MOST IMPORTANTLY CLOTHING, SO THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR KIDS THAT CAN BE FOR ANYONE. SO GO AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TAX FREE WEEKEND ON ITEMS THAT ARE $99 AND UNDER NOT A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND OVER, BUT 99 AND UNDER, AND SAVE THAT EIGHT AND A QUARTER SALES TAX, HAPPY SHOPPING NUT. I HAVE TWO ITEMS. ONE OF MINE. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SALES TAX WEEKEND AS WELL, COMING THIS WEEKEND. AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN SPEND YOUR MONEY IN LEANDER AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS. MY SECOND ITEM, I'M GOING TO BE SELFISH AND WHICH MY DAD HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY. HE IS 78 YEARS OLD. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO IN THE DECATUR LONGORIA, JR. THANKS FOR LETTING ME BE SELFISH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD. I SEE HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS HIS DAD PLAY SIX. CONGRATULATIONS, CAMERON. GLAD TO HAVE YOU OFFICIAL PLEASE. SO, UM, SCHOOL'S COMING BACK. WE GOT THREE KIDS AND I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK TO SCHOOL BY I THINK THE TIME WE GET BACK TO THESE MEETINGS. SO, UM, A LOT OF PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE [03:35:01] THEIR KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. SOME OF US WILL BE, UH, NOT AS EXCITED BECAUSE WE THINK SUMMER WENT AWAY TOO FAST, BUT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY AND THEIR PROMOTIONS IN THERE AND TO THEIR NEXT, UH, GRADES AND FOR TEACHERS PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR, GOOD LUCK. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GETS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND, AND BE A LITTLE BIT NORMAL. BUT WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL THOSE THINGS TOO, JUST TODAY, WAS THERE, THERE WAS THIS, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS JUST ALL KINDS OF CRAZINESS GOING ON. MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE WE GOT HERE, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING STIRRING. AND I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHOOSE JOY. I HAD A RANDOM PERSON REACH OUT TO ME FOR NO GOOD REASON, HARDLY EVER TALKED TO THE PERSON JUST SAID, THIS PERSON SAID, I'M PRAYING FOR YOU. AND I'M LIKE, MAN, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY? AND THEN SOME STUFF HAPPENED AND HE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CHEESE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE JOY TODAY. AND I WENT, OH MY GOODNESS, YOU COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY MORE RIGHT ON. SO I'M JUST SAYING I'M CHOOSING JOY TODAY. I PRAY THAT WE CAN ALL DO THE SAME THINGS. AND IF YOU HAD A TOUGH DAY, GIVE IT A TRY. THANKS. GREAT PLACE FOR IT. I WOULD JUST SAY CONGRATS TO LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, SOFTBALL TEAM. AGAIN, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING MORE TEAMS AND GROUPS THAT ARE IN OUR AREA THAT ARE DOING POSITIVE THINGS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AWESOME. OKAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TONIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, IN AN EFFORT TO SHOP MORE LOCAL AND SUPPORT LEANDER BUSINESSES, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, HAVING OUR DINNER ON COUNCIL NIGHTS FROM DIFFERENTLY UNDER RESTAURANTS. SO TONIGHT SHOUT OUT, GOES TO GOLDEN CHICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COUNCIL DINNER. UM, PIGGYBACKING ON SCHOOL STARTING, THAT ALSO MEANS MORE CARS ON THE ROAD BUSES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, KIDS CROSSING THE STREET. SO BE CAREFUL AS YOU WERE OUT DRIVING, UH, THIS WEEK AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE DANGEROUS WITH MORE PEOPLE OUT, BUT ALSO LPD WILL BE OUT IN THE SCHOOL ZONES, ENFORCING ALL OF THOSE TRAFFIC LAWS, KEEPING ALL OF OUR KIDS SAFE. AND FINALLY, NUMBER THREE, UH, WE HAVE OUR THIRD MONTHLY ETON GREEK COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND AT SHARKS BURGER AT NOON. AND THIS WEEKEND OR THIS EVENT, WE ARE SWITCHING UP THE WAY WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT. UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOPIC. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING IN THE CITY. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER WITH THE CITY, WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER GROUPS OUT. SO WE'LL HAVE GIRL SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS, HILL, COUNTRY, COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, AND WE'LL SEE WHO ELSE SIGNS ON BY THEN. BUT IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY, THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO COME OUT AND TALK TO A BUNCH OF ORGANIZATIONS AT ONCE. AND SO I HOPE I SEE YOU ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH AT NOON AT THE SHARKS BURGER ON REAGAN. THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 10:34 PM. * 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.