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[1. Open Meeting.]
IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2021.AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCILS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS SENIOR
[2. Roll Call.]
DEPUTY CITY, SECRETARY PEMBER WE PLEASE CALL ROLL HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE WE MAY.[3. Discuss Parks and Recreation Department capital improvement projects.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION ON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROJECTS, PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR.THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND TALK ABOUT SOME REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO, TO COME AND PRESENT A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I GET STARTED INTO THAT THOUGH.
UM, ONE TO SHARE WITH YOU AT, UH, OUR NEW GOLF GENERAL MANAGER STARTED THIS WEEK, LARRY WARNER.
HE BEGAN MONDAY, UM, AND HE WILL BE JOINING US, UM, A LITTLE BIT ON MONDAY AT THE RETREAT TO BEGIN.
SO YOU CAN GET TO KNOW HIM AND MEET HIM A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TWO PART BOARD MEMBERS HERE, STEVE HAYNES AND CARLOS ST.
SO I APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
UM, FOR, UM, AS I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS WELL.
SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THREE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, REALLY FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
AND TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE AND WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT, THAT WILL ALLOW US A LOT MORE AVAILABILITY ON MONDAY DURING THE RETREAT, AS WE HAVE LIMITED TIME, UM, TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND THEN REVIEW ALSO SOME OTHER CIP PROJECTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE WE WANT TO START WITH IS THE SAN GABRIEL ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND RIVER TRAIL.
I THINK YOU HAVE THAT UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE THREE TONIGHT.
UM, THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX, THOSE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, AND OF COURSE THE RECREATION CENTER, THE SAN GABRIEL ATHLETIC PLEX OBVIOUSLY IS INTENDED AS IT, AS IT SOUNDS TO BE AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS.
WE HAVE NO OTHER FIELDS FOR THOSE TYPE OF SPORTS.
WE DO HAVE BLEDSOE PARK, WHICH IS OUR SOCCER COMPLEX.
IT DOES HOST SOME FLAG FOOTBALL FOR ADULTS AND SOME KICKBALL AS WELL.
IT'S ABOUT FIVE ACRES ON SYNTHETIC TURF, AND THAT WAS ALSO ANOTHER BOND PROJECT, UH, BACK IN 2017.
SO IT, IT CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF BLOOD SO PARK, AND THEN WE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE BENBROOK PARK.
WE STARTED WITH THREE BALL FIELDS AND NOW WE HAVE 4, 4, 4, 600, ALMOST 700 YOUTH THIS FALL IN FALL BALL.
IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF, UH, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY OF OUR SIZE, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING AT LEAST 800, IF NOT MORE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE WE CAN PUT ALL OF THE KIDS THAT WILL BE SIGNING UP FOR BASEBALL.
SO AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY GIRLS SOFTBALL, BUT OTHER MULTI PURPOSE FIELDS IS CRITICAL.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PART OF MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH COUNCIL, UH, INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR OR IN TWO YEARS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
MOST OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
HEY, JUST TO THE NORTH PAST THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER.
UM, I'M GONNA POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS, THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE OVER HERE IS THE LARKSPUR AREA.
AND OF COURSE THIS IS ALL 180 3 8, AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE FREEWAY FROM LEANDER TO LIBERTY HILL ALONG THE NEW BRIDGES AND THIS GENERAL LOCATION.
AND OF COURSE, OTHER INTERCHANGES AS YOU MOVE ALL THE WAY UP, UH, THIS LITTLE PURPLE, UH, SMALL SLIVER COMING DOWN THROUGH HERE IS THE SAN GABRIEL PROPOSED SAN GABRIEL RIVER TRAIL AS WELL.
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ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE ON INTO THE EVENING, IT IS ABOUT 78 ACRES.AND WE BEGAN TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT, A BIT MORE CLOSELY AT FLOOD PLAIN ACRES WHEN THOSE WERE ADJUSTED A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
UM, UH, SOME OF THE FLOODPLAINS AND IT, WHEN WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THAT, WE SAW THAT WE TECHNICALLY HAVE ABOUT 47 TO 50, 50 ACRES OF USABLE PROPERTY OUT OF THAT 77.
NOW PART OF THOSE FLOODPLAIN ACRES WE CAN POSSIBLY RECLAIM OR USE FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES OF THINGS LIKE PARKING LOTS, UH, WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, OF COURSE OUR OR PICNIC FACILITIES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
BUT AS FAR AS SURFACE PLAY, PLAY AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TO IN THAT 50, 50 ACRE MARK.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS WAS ALL LARKSPUR ON THIS SIDE.
UM, THIS IS A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT UNDER, UNDER CONSIDERATION.
NOW, NOT PART OF US, UM, MAINLY LIBERTY HILL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE RETAIL.
AND I THINK THEY'VE GOT SOME SCHEDULE, MAYBE SOME, UH, 50 PLUS HOUSING.
UM, BUT ALONG THIS AREA, LOOKING AT LOOKING LIKE RETAIL AND SOME COMMERCIAL, UH, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD WHEN I ACTUALLY ENGAGED HIM AND TALK WITH HIM ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS A CONCEPT AND CONCEPT ONLY FROM THE 2019 PARK MASTER PLAN.
UH, IT DOES GIVE SOME REALLY GOOD OVERSIGHT OF WHAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PROPERTY, OF COURSE, THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
ANY OF THE GEOLOGICAL TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES DID NOT TAKE ANY IS JUST LITERALLY A BLANK CANVAS AND WHAT CAN WE POTENTIALLY PUT THERE? AND OF COURSE WE SEE, WE SEE THINGS LIKE, UM, TRAILS, OBVIOUSLY PARKING AREA, UH, MAIN ENTRANCE ROAD COMING IN, UH, ADDITIONAL BASEBALL, SOFTBALL FIELDS IN THIS AREA MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT SOME TENNIS COURTS OR NATURE CENTER.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN HERE.
UH, AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED THERE.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LOOK AT A NUMBER OF UNIQUE FEATURES, AND THIS WAS ONE THAT WE CAME ACROSS FROM THE CITY OF DEER PARK, TEXAS.
UH, THIS IS A NEW COMPLEX, ACTUALLY, THIS IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN THIS, THIS PHOTO.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE'RE STILL JUST WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION.
AND THIS, THIS YEAR IT HOSTED THE PONY INTERNATIONAL GIRLS SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES.
SO WE WANT TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF UNIQUE OUTSIDE OF JUST THE FOUR, FOUR LEAF CLOVER.
THIS IS A SIX LEAF CLOVER, UM, VERY UNIQUE AND CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF, UM, IN MY OPINION, SMALLER, SMALLER AREAS AND MAXIMIZE THE USAGE EVEN EVEN BETTER.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO, TO BEGIN FOCUSING ON IN THE FUTURE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE BONDS WERE, UM, APPROVED IN 2016, AT 10 MILLION, $475,000.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE REQUESTING OF COUNCIL AND THIS BUDGET YEAR OF F 22 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BOND FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS, $1.5 MILLION, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US GET, UH, SOLICIT RFQ FOR MASTER PLANNING, DESIGN ENGINEERING, FEASIBILITY STUDY CONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, THIS WILL SERVE PRIMARILY AS AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX TO BE COMPLETED MOST LIKELY IN A VERY MUCH OF A PHASED PROJECT, UM, DISCUSSION WITH HIM LAST YEAR CENTERED AROUND A POTENTIAL THIRD-PARTY PARTNER AND POSSIBLY RELOCATE TO A LARGER ACREAGE SITE.
LET'S LET'S STOP AND PAUSE THERE FOR A MINUTE.
UH, WE DID ENGAGE AT LEAST I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN LARGER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS.
UM, AND WHILE WE THOUGHT WE MOST TOLD US NO, AND THAT'S OKAY.
I MEAN, WE HEARD, AT LEAST WE GOT TO KNOW.
AND, UM, BUT WE DID HEAR FROM ONE, WE WERE WORKING WITH ONE BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE THOUGHT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF, UH, AROUND 120 ACRES.
UM, I'LL THROW OUT THAT NUMBERS WERE KICKED AROUND FOR THAT 120 ACRES IN THE 12 TO $13 MILLION RANGE.
AND, UH, RECENTLY THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE WA ARE WORKING WITH A LAND BROKER THEY'VE HAD OFF
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OFFERS UP TO $30 MILLION FOR 120 ACRES.SO THAT'S A HARD LUMP OF MONEY TO SWALLOW COURSE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME RETAIL AND OTHER THINGS ON THAT PROPERTY THAT, UH, SO THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT WILL PROBABLY BE A LOT QUICKER REALIZED THAN WHAT WE WOULD WE WOULD SEE.
SO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE FOR US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT THAT LEAVES US WITH SAN GABRIEL.
IT LEAVES US WITH A COUPLE OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT, UM, MOST EITHER ARE BEING RESERVED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT BE HOUSING OR EVEN SOME COMMERCIAL RETAIL, UH, WE'VE UM, NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, ENGAGE SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO, TO LOOK AT AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
SO THIS LEAVES US WITH SAN GABRIEL, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENTION, UH, CORSI, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT.
WE JUST COMPLETED A, UM, A PARKS AND RECREATION ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, UH, EARLIER IN JULY SOFTBALL TRAILS.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE STILL AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT IN HERE AS HIGH PROJECT, HIGH, HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH AND TALKING WITH SEVERAL THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS, AND THE DESIRE, OR THE HOPE TO POTENTIALLY PARTNER, UH, TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF EITHER ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND OR THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACTUAL FACILITIES THEMSELVES.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH A NUMBER OF THEM.
THERE'S STILL A COUPLE MORE OUT THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE, BUT UNTIL WE FOCUS IN ON AN EXACT PROPERTY, IT'S TOUGH FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH, UH, IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED OR 120 OR 150 ACRES, WHICH ARE MANY OF THEM PREFER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE FIELDS AND MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN, UH, LARGE NUMBERS OF TOURNAMENTS, UH, SPORT TEAMS AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT TO, TO SEEK THAT RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, ONCE WE BEGIN TO FOCUS AND WE SAY, THIS IS THE SPOT, THIS IS THE PLACE.
THEN WE CAN, RE-ENGAGE SOME OF THOSE, THOSE, UH, CORPORATIONS.
SO SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT, CORPORATIONS, AND C ENGAGE THEIR INTEREST IN ASSISTING THE CITY IN THOSE, UH, FACILITY DEVELOPMENT.
LASTLY, AS I MENTIONED, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, THE RIVER TRAIL, IT WAS ALSO A BOND PROJECT.
UH, IT WAS SCHEDULED AT 1.5 TO 4 MILLION, UH, WITH UP TO 230,000 IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING FEES.
UM, THAT'S, UH, I, I WANT TO GO BACK.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE, I CAN DO IT HERE.
MIKE SAID, SO I'M GOING AWAY FROM THAT.
SO DOWN FROM
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF GOING UP AND DOWN THE RIVER, USUALLY WALKING THE SAN GABRIELS FAIRLY SHALLOW FOR THE MOST PART, BUT JUST DOWN TO THIS DIRECTION IS OUR FAMOUS DINOSAUR TRACKS.
SO MOST PEOPLE WERE GOING DOWN TO THE DINOSAUR TRACKS TO, TO LOOK AT THOSE AND THEN ALSO ENGAGE IN WATER ACTIVITIES AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT.
UM, THIS TRAIL IS COMPRISING ALL THE WAY THROUGH HERE ALL THE WAY ON DOWN, AND THAT'S ALL OUR PROPERTY HAS ALREADY CITY CITY PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE INCLUDING THE PARK PROPERTY, BUT THE TRAIL DOES EXTEND ALL THE WAY DOWN, UM, TO APPROXIMATELY THIS AREA.
WHEN YOU, UH, EXCUSE ME, HOME, LET ME TRY TO GET THAT REFOCUS HERE.
SO WHEN YOU GET DOWN HERE, THERE'S A SMALL LITTLE STRETCH IT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY, AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, UM, POTENTIALLY RE REDOING THIS ROAD, BUT ALSO ADDING A SMALL LITTLE SECTION OF TRAIL.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE, ABOUT THE EDGE OF THIS, THIS EDGE OF THE LINE, UM, BAR W RANCH KICKS IN AND BARNABY W RANCH ALSO IS ALREADY, UH, IN THE PROCESS THEY'VE ALREADY PLANNED THEIR TRAIL SYSTEM ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND IF I HAD A LARGER MAP, WE COULD, WE COULD SEE THE ENTIRE LENGTH SERITA VALLEY, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO, UM, BAR W RANCH THEY'VE ALREADY PUT IN THEIR TRAIL.
AND ON THE SERITA VALLEY EAST, THEIR TRAIL IS ALREADY IN, UM, BLUFF YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SERITA VALLEY IS ALREADY PLANNING THEIR TRAIL AND THEY'RE CLOSE TO BEING UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR TRAIL.
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THEN WE HAVE A SMALL SLIVER IN BETWEEN THAT, UM, AND GARY PARK, WHICH IS THE, THE, UH, GARLOCK PROPERTY AND THAT JUST RECENTLY SOLD AND GOING TO BE IN DEVELOPMENT TOO.SO THEY'RE SMALL LITTLE TRAIL SECTION.
EVENTUALLY THE, THE PLAN IS TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, BE FROM HERE TO GARY PARK AND THAT'S THE HIKE, BIKE TRAIL ALL THE WAY FROM OUR PARK TO GARY PARK, BUT EVENTUALLY ALL THE WAY UP TO RIVER RANCH PARK FROM, TO THE WEST AS WELL.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE TRAIL PLAN, UH, TRAIL MASTER PLAN, IF YOU WILL.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A, UH, UH, AN OVERSIGHT OF WHAT, WHAT THAT, THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO GO FOR.
I'LL IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX? I DO.
UM, I LOVE THIS, UH, SIX FIELD CLOVER FOR THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, INNOVATIVE AND BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I LOVE IT ON THE FLOODPLAIN ISSUE.
UM, I'M GUESSING THAT'S FROM THE, WAS ATLAS 14 THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO USE ANY OF THAT FOR, UM, FOR FIELDS? BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SOME OF THOSE HAVE NEVER FLOODED.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S FLOOD PLAIN, THAT FLOODS FREQUENTLY.
IT'S LIKE THAT A HUNDRED YEAR.
IF THERE'S A HORRIBLE STORM KIND OF FLOOD PLAIN, IS THAT SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE IS THAT IT'S, IT'S SORT OF IN THE RIVER BOTTOM, BUT YOU HAVE A BLUFF AND THAT BLUFF IS ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 FEET, BASICALLY VERTICAL.
UM, I BELIEVE, AND OF COURSE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR ROSS AND DANIEL AND OTHERS TO REALLY, TO LOOK AT AND PLUS OUR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WE WOULD HIRE, UM, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN RECLAIM IN THIS, BASED ON THAT LIST 14 AND THE FLOODPLAIN AREAS, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IN MY THOUGHT PROCESS THAT THERE ARE SOME, SOME THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS HATCHED AREA THAT WE COULD, WE COULD CERTAINLY TRY TO UTILIZE.
AND THIS IS BEAUTIFUL COUNSEL ANYBODY.
YEAH, I THINK, WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S WORKING, I'LL JUST TALK LOUD.
UM, SO WITH THIS, YEAH, I THINK THAT, THAT, UH, I WAS REALLY ALSO HOPING THAT SOMETHING WOULD COME TO FRUITION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PARCELS, BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH PARCEL TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ANYMORE.
LIKE W THERE, THERE ARE ABSOLUTE NEEDS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN HERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOWN TO.
SO MAKING THE BEST OF IT, OF THIS PIECE, WE'LL DO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AWESOME FOR LIKE WHAT WE DID AT LAKEWOOD.
THIS IS LIKE THE IDEAL TYPE OF PART FOR THAT, I THINK WITH THE RIVER COMING THROUGH IT AND ALL THOSE THINGS, IF WE COULD HAVE FOUND SOME FLAT LAND TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO DEVELOP FOR SOME TYPE OF SPORTS COMPLEX AND, UH, BUT IT JUST, IT IS WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID WITH THIS AREA, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE A HYPOTHETICAL, LIKE THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL, LIKE THE ORIGINAL LAND.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GONNA CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AND THINGS TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
LIKE THERE WAS SOME MULTI-USE FIELDS THAT WERE IN THERE.
SO THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE, NO LIGHTS, NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT, IF THEY'RE IN THAT AREA, BUT THEY CAN STILL BE USED FOR MAYBE PUTTING SOCCER, CORRECT.
PRACTICE FACILITIES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, OR THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT BLEDSOE NOW TO MAYBE ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURE THAT THEY'RE SEEING DOWN THERE.
UM, DO WE HAVE LIKE A PRIORITY, LIKE IT IS THIS, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT COMES WITH LIKE, LIKE SOFTBALL FIELDS IS THE NUMBER ONE? I THINK THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM MOST PEOPLE.
AND SO THE FITTING AS MANY FIELDS IN IS AS POSSIBLE AS AWESOME.
UM, TO ANSWER ALSO TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COMMENT COUNCILMAN, UM, THE, THE, THE FARM THAT WE ENGAGE WOULD CERTAINLY GO INTO MASTER PLANNING AND ENGAGE OUR R BUT DO WE HAVE FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM OUR PARKS BOARD, DO WE HAVE A CLEAR CUT CONSENSUS OF WHAT TYPE OF FIELDS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON FIRST? LIKE THE, LIKE, MA IF, IF ANYTHING, WE GOT TO GET THIS GROUP IN, WE GOTTA GET THIS SPORT IN, WE GOTTA GET THIS.
UH, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CONSENSUS OF WHAT THAT IS FROM THE BOARD? I THINK WE DO.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS QUITE SOME TIME.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE SOFTBALL ASPECT.
I THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AS WE OH, YEAH.
MAYBE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE OTHER DAY TOO, BUT GREAT.
LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT ONE, ANOTHER ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR, OUR, OUR HEARTS IN PARKS AND RECREATION LAND OR SEA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS WELL, AND, UH, UH, PUT IN A TIMELINE OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE NICE,
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UM, DRAWINGS OR CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THESE ARE ACTUAL WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.OF COURSE IT JUST IT'S, IT'S ON PAPER, BASICALLY OUR FRONT ENTRANCE, A POOR CASHIER DRIVE THROUGH DRIVE UP, DROP SENIORS OFF IF INCLEMENT WEATHER AND YOU COME INTO THE MAIN, THE MAIN FRONT DOORS, UM, IT'S ALL VERY FLAT, VERY EASY, A LOT OF ADA COMBINATIONS, UM, TO COME IN AND ENJOY THE CENTER.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW AND JUST TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLENTY OF, UH, ACCESS COMING IN PORT TO SHARE AND LOOKING AT THE PARKING QUITE A BIT OF PARKING AND ADA PARKING AS WELL.
AND THEN BACK HERE, WE HAD ANOTHER SECONDARY ENTRANCE WITH SOME MORE PARKING AND, UM, ADDITIONAL SPACES HERE FOR STAFF.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ROUNDABOUT, UH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS A KITCHEN.
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THAT AREA.
BUT I WAS, I WAS HOPING TO COME IN FIRST, LET'S COME IN THE FRONT DOORS FIRST, YOU'RE COMING IN, COME TO THE FRONT DOORS, YOU TO YOUR, UH, DOWN IN THIS AREA, YOU DO HAVE YOUR REGISTRATION DESK, A RECEPTION AREA.
SO YOU COME IN AND YOU COME, YOU, YOU PICK UP A NAME TAG, YOU REGISTER.
WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN SORRY, HAVING, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, I, A GAME ROOM, WEIGHT ROOM, FITNESS ROOM, AND THEN ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY ROOM AS WELL, COMING BACK UP THIS WAY, RESTROOMS A LARGE, UH, GATHERING SPOT UP TO BETWEEN 80 AND A HUNDRED PEOPLE CAN COMFORTABLY SITTING HERE FOR MEALS, CONGREGATE, MEALS, BANQUETS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LARGE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND THIS GENERAL, UM, YEAH, AND HERE IS OUR COURTYARD, UM, SORT OF A NICE QUIET PLACE, UM, TO GATHER, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO YOU, UM, HAVE AN OUTDOOR AREA OR GATHERING SPOT AS WELL WHEN THOSE ACTIVITIES CALL FOR IT.
UM, THE KITCHEN IS A, UM, SORT OF MULTI IT'S, A MULTI TYPE PURPOSE KITCHEN.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR HEADSTART AND OUR, UM, UH, FACILITY TO PREPARE MEALS, NOT ONLY MEALS FOR OUR OWN SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT MEALS TO PREPARE FOR HEADSTART AND OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
UH, SO IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OTHER RENTALS IN THE LARGER ROOM, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE MEALS, OR AT LEAST USE THE WARMING FACILITIES FOR, UH, FAMILY GATHERINGS OR THOSE THINGS TOP OF THINGS, 700, 700 SQUARE FOOT, OR 750 SQUARE FOOT SECTION ON THIS END, WHICH IS A CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER, UM, THAT, UM, WE HAD, I ENDED UP DECIDING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IN, UH, THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER NOW IS ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF GEORGETOWN.
UH, CHIEF MINTON IN THE PAST HAS SPOKEN HIGHLY OF HOW CRITICAL HAVING SOMETHING OF THIS TYPE OF FACILITY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SMALL, BUT IT'S ALLOWING COUNSELING FOR, UM, CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND, UH, IN A SITUATION, UM, THAT, THAT NEED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WALKING TRAILS AND LANDSCAPING.
UM, SO OUR ACTIVE ADULT POPULATION WOULD COME OUT AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO WALKING AND EXERCISING AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS WELL.
ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE, THE ACTUAL, UM, FOOTPRINT FOR PLAN, IF YOU WILL.
IT'S WHAT WE, UH, PUT OUT TO BID.
OF COURSE, THERE'S A NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW, 75 OR A HUNDRED PAGES OF THESE, THESE TYPE OF PLANS THAT GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT BID.
AND OVER NOVEMBER, 2016, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE SALE OF BONDS FOR THE PROJECT AT 4.1 8 5 400 SEPTEMBER 27TH.
I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE.
COUNCIL APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE DESIGN ENGINEERING TO PGL OUT OF THE FORT WORTH DALLAS AREA IN THE AMOUNT OF 467,200, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 450,000, $15,368 TO DATE.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT IS REMAINING WITH PGL IS THEIR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT.
THEY'VE COMPLETED EVERYTHING ELSE UP TO THIS POINT.
AND OCTOBER OF 2018, WE RECEIVED A COST ESTIMATE FROM PGL.
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THEIR ESTIMATE WAS, OR APPROXIMATELY $5.4 MILLION, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT WITH, UH, TWO LINES, TWO BULLET UP THAT'S ABOUT A $1.3 MILLION DIFFERENCE IN DECEMBER TUNA, 2019, WE ISSUED THE BID NOTIFICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION.THOSE BIDS WERE OPEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 RGB BUILDERS IN ROUND ROCK SUBMITTED THE BEST OVERALL BID IN THE AMOUNT OF A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION.
THAT WAS THE BASE AND WITH ADD ALTERNATES THAT WERE A PART OF THAT.
IT CAME TO APPROXIMATELY $5.2 MILLION IN LATE MARCH AND INTO APRIL.
WE CONDUCTED TWO VALUE ENGINEERING REVIEWS FOR PJL AND RGD.
AND WE REDUCED THE COST APPROXIMATELY 200,000, UH, AT THAT TIME WITH VALUE ENGINEERING, UM, SOME ROOF, I MEAN, THERE WAS LOTS OF, I'VE GOT A WHOLE SHEET OF PROBABLY 25 OR 30 ITEMS THAT WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT AND HOW WE COULD, UH, GET THE SAME QUALITY, SAME PRODUCT, BUT AT A LESSER LESSER COST.
SO WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET DOWN, MAYBE EVEN CLOSER TO THAT FOUR OR $500,000 FIGURE, BUT WE DECIDED TO WAIT FOR FUTURE DIRECTION FROM THE NEWLY FORMED CIP.
AND IN APRIL AND MAY, WE MET WITH, UH, THE CIP COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL TO RELOCATE THE CENTER TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
THEY PROVIDED US A COST FOR THAT SITE ANALYSIS.
THE SITE WAS A, UH, A CORNER NEAR THE ON SUNNY DRIVE AND BAGHDAD ROAD NEAR THE LIBRARY AND VETERANS PARK.
AND IN THE FALL, WE LOOKED AT DATES TO PLAY, SORRY, THAT'S, THAT'S A MISPRINT PLACE, THE ALTERNATIVE SIZE STUDY ON COUNCIL AGENDA.
UM, IT JUST, IT NEVER WAS ABLE TO, UH, BE, BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU, AND IN DECEMBER, 2020, WE DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL THE CITY FACILITY STUDY WAS COMPLETED BEFORE MAKING A DETERMINATION.
AND AT THAT POINT, BASICALLY THERE'S BEEN NO ACTION TAKEN UNTIL WE RECEIVE FURTHER DIRECTION FROM, FROM CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THIS WEEK WE DID REENGAGE PJL AGAIN, UH, AND WE REQUESTED THAT THEY PROVIDE A UPDATED COST ESTIMATE BASED ON TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO, UH, THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT MAYBE TO US SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE THAT DONE BY OUR RETREAT ON MONDAY, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WANT TO GET THAT IN YOUR HANDS.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE FEEL LIKE, YES, THERE ARE CON CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS THAT HAVE, HAVE GONE UP.
WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME LABOR COSTS THAT HAVE GONE UP, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE'RE AT BEFORE WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO I, I, IT'S NOT RIGHT NOW, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR THE F F Y 22 CIP BUDGET YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL SOME MOVING PARTS ON THE FACILITY, MASTER PLAN, THE CITY FACILITIES STUDY AND ON WHAT SOME OF THE UPDATED COSTS ARE.
BUT IF WE CAN GET THOSE QUICKLY, IT WOULD SEEM PRUDENT THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON MOVING THIS FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER THAT THE ROOMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT IS JUST INTERVIEW ROOMS, NOT, THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MOVING THAT HERE AT THE FACILITY WOULD STAY THERE AND IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL INTERVIEW.
AND THE OTHER THING IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER IS THEY'RE WILLING TO FOREGO THE DOLLARS THAT WE PROVIDE THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, PROBABLY FOR WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT A 10 YEAR LENGTH OF TIME.
UH, AND THEN WE COULD RE-ENGAGE THAT, BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO FOREGO WHAT WE, AND YOU CAN CHECK YOUR BUDGET FIGURES, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT BUDGET.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE PROVIDE TO THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER PER YEAR.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD GO INTO BASICALLY, UM, ASSISTING WITH KNOW, INSTEAD OF A LEASE THAT'S JUST SORTA SORTA WORKS OUT IN THAT, THAT REGARD.
SO OVER 10 YEAR PERIODS, ABOUT $320,000.
SO IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL SITE OR TO THIS OTHER SITE? THAT'S I, I REALLY I'M LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM YOU.
I COULD, I THINK THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS, AS WE CAN.
AND IF THERE'S STILL, UM, COUNSEL THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON ANOTHER SITE, THEN WE'RE FINE, BUT THAT'S JUST GOING TO DELAY THE PROJECT.
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BUT WE'RE DOWN, WE'RE DOWN TO TWO.AND SO ONCE IF, UH, WHEN'S THE FACILITIES PLAN OR STUDY SUPPOSED TO COME BACK, DO WE HAVE AN ETA? OKAY.
AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION RIGHT NOW, THE ACTIVE ADULTS USE A BUS, OR I'M NOT SURE THE SIZE OF THE BUS, BUT JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THERE A ROOM FOR A BUS TO PULL IN HERE? YES.
THAT WILL BE, CAUSE I SEE THAT ON IT.
IT IS, IT'S TALL ENOUGH FOR OUR BUS OR ANY OTHER BUSES TO PULL IN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNSEL? OKAY.
UM, SO IF YOU WERE TO STILL CONSIDER MOVING IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE OR WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AT THIS LOCATION? LIKE WHAT WOULD THAT ENTAIL? THAT WOULD SLOW THINGS DOWN.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF MOVING COMPONENTS AND ENGAGING PGL WITH GOING TO A DIFFERENT SITE.
ONE IS IT'S REALLY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU FIT THE FACILITY FOOTPRINT ON THAT SITE WITHOUT REALLY ANY MODIFICATION? WE ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER SITE.
SO WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT FACILITY WILL NOT FIT ON THAT SITE AS IT'S NO, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE DON'T, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO TO GET TO LET'S GET A FACILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THAT FACILITY FOOTPRINT COULD SIT ON THAT SITE.
I WAS ALREADY DETERMINED LAST YEAR THAT THE COURTYARD WOULD GO AWAY AND OKAY.
SO THEY'D HAVE TO DO THAT PART.
AND THEN WHAT ELSE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON THE PARCEL? SO THE, IF, IF THE FACILITY FOOTPRINT ITSELF, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT, WHAT ABOUT PARKING? AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO ENGAGE ALSO INTO A, A SITE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE ONE, IF THE FACILITY FOOTPRINT CAN FIT THERE AND TWO, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PARKING THAT WE NEED, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING, UM, THE CENTER.
AND LET'S SAY EVERYTHING FIT PERFECTLY, THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP? IS THE LAND JUST READY TO BUILD ON OR WOULD SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE ON IT AT THIS POINT? IF, IF, IF EVERYTHING FIT PERFECTLY AND THAT'S A BIG, IF, IF EVERYTHING FIT PERFECTLY, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS, UM, UTILIZING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THERE WOULD STILL NEED TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY ON THAT SITE.
I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO, I'M SURE ROSS CAN ANSWER BETTER.
I WOULD THINK WE WANT TO DO SOME KIND OF GEO-TECH STUDY ON THAT SITE TO ENSURE, BECAUSE IT DOES SIT WITHIN A, AN AREA AND I WOULD, WHERE THERE'S A DRAINAGE AREA COMING FROM THE POND ITSELF, THE VET FLANDERS, THE VETERAN'S PARK POND.
SO I'M SURE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE SITE ANALYSIS.
THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE SITE ANALYSIS.
I WOULD KNOW IT WON'T BE PART OF THE SIDING HOUSE.
I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE PART OF WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WOULD DO BEFORE WE GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, CONSTRUCTION BED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY ADVERSE SOIL CONDITIONS.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DETERMINED ON THE PREVIOUSLY SITE.
SO ALL OF THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
READY TO GO? UM, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH BRAND NEW PARKS, UM, PROJECTS, WITHOUT COMPLETING THIS ONE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE SHOULD BE, UH, THE TOP PRIORITY OUT OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY GOT THIS LONG HISTORY IT'S ALREADY SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'VE ALREADY ISSUED A LOT OF THE, THE, THE MONEY FROM THE BONDS FOR IT.
UM, SO PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, UH, ONCE WE GET BACK THE ANALYSIS ON WHAT TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION COSTS WOULD CAUSE WOULD BE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO GET BUILT IN THE CITY.
UM, AND WE CAN BRING THAT TO A COUNCIL VOTE IF THAT'S NEEDED, OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT RETREAT, WHATEVER.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, PROBABLY TALK ABOUT AT EVERY CHIEF.
I THINK GETTING THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE, UM, AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW, BUT IF THAT CONSTRUCTION COST COMES INTO SEVERAL MILLION OVER WHAT WAS BUDGETED THERE, I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO IN PART OF THE WAITING WAS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO, TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO LIKE THIS.
ISN'T JUST A ONE ON ONE ISSUE.
THIS, THIS ALSO WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT.
WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE SENIORS, IT ALSO CAME UP THAT, THAT, THAT STAFF, UH, LET'S SAY PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR ALSO NEEDED MORE LAND AND IT WAS GOING TO HELP US AS FAR AS EXPANDING THAT.
SO IT WAS TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
THERE'S ALSO THE FACILITIES PLANT THE STUDY THAT'S GOING ON.
AND CAUSE THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF EVEN CURRENT ASSETS BEING ABLE TO POTENTIALLY, UM, BE ABLE TO WORK AS A POSSIBLE CENTER AS WELL TOO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WERE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW WHEN, WHEN THAT WAS DUE.
I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS DUE.
SO NOVEMBER'S COMING UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
I AGREE THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T COMPOUND LIKE DO SOMETHING CAUSE WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT NOW.
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RIGHT.I THINK THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE PARK THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO AND WE NEED THE SPACE AND WE GOT TO DO IT.
AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE BEST LOCATION, IT'S STILL THAT'S THE PATIENT WE GOT, WE GOT TO GO.
WE DO HAVE LIKE, AND WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO PROBABLY HAVING INFORMATION TO FINDING OUT IF THIS IS INDEED THE BEST PLACE OR NOT.
AND I THINK HAVING THE CONSTRUCTION COST AND ALSO HAVING THAT INFORMATION TO FIND OUT, UM, WE MAY HAVE ONE THAT'S BIGGER THAN WOULD BE BIGGER THAN THAT WITH MORE PARKING POTENTIALLY.
AND, AND SO IF, IF, IF THAT WAS, IF THAT WAS AT ALL A POSSIBILITY, I THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THAT OUT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE FACILITY STUDY, WHATEVER WE'RE CALLED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED, BUT SURE.
SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED MORE AT RETREAT BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH SEVERAL OF, OF YOUR POINTS.
UM, AND AS FAR AS ANOTHER FACILITY THAT THE CITY ALREADY OWNS, UM, BEING A POTENTIAL SITE THAT HAS MORE PARKING IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THAT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM STAFF.
I MEAN THE VOTERS VOTED ON THIS FIVE YEARS AGO.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN DOWN THE TRACK AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THINGS HAVE GONE UP, BUT THE VOTERS WANT THIS AND THERE'S CLEARLY A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, THE LAST ONE RECREATION CENTER.
UH, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FOR FUNDING THIS YEAR, BUT WE WILL RECOMMEND FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.
SO IN 2016, $18 MILLION WAS APPROVED FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 50,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
UH, WE HAVE NOT SOLD ANY BONDS, SO NO EXPENDITURES HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
SITE LOCATION HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY ON THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON A FACILITY THAT WAS TO BE OPERATED BY A NON NOT-FOR-PROFIT THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND THAT WAS TIED INTO CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
LOCATION IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR US.
WE, UM, UH, THEY CC PROPERTY WAS ONE OF THOSE SITES THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND, UH, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY REVISIT THAT SITE WITH THEM.
BUT I THINK THAT'S SORT OF TAKEN A BACK SEAT AT THIS POINT.
SO WE HAVE VERY LIMITED TIME MAYBE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR EIGHT MONTHS TO, TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON A SITE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
I KNOW ONE WAS, UH, DISCUSSED ON THE CORNER OF HALSY AND, UM, SAN GABRIEL, WHICH WAS A, IT IS STILL A L ISD SITE.
UH, I HOPE THAT THERE, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE LSD IN THAT POSSIBILITY.
AND THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER SITES THAT WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT AND STUDY AS WELL.
AND EARLY 2019, THE CITY REQUESTED OUR FQS FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAMMING OF THE FUTURE CENTER.
THERE WAS TWO SUBMITTALS, ONE OUT OF MINNESOTA AND ONE LOCALLY.
UM, AND WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE ONE LOCALLY AT THE SUMMER OF 2019.
THE COUNCIL RETREAT, THE PROJECT WAS PLACED ON HOLD TO EXPLORE QUITE A FEW ADDITIONAL OP OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE RECREATION CENTER IN A NUTSHELL, I WANT TO ALSO INCLUDE, UM, AND YOU MAY ASK THE QUESTIONS ALSO, UH, WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH, UH, WITH THE RECREATION CENTER.
IF WE CAN, WE CAN LOCATE THE SITE.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY MUCH IN NEED OF A, OF A CENTER.
UH, OUR STAFF RIGHT NOW IS PROGRAMMING OUT OF A, A LIBRARY ANNEX AND A SMALL, UM, HOMESTEAD, IF YOU WILL, UM, AND SMALL ROOMS. AND SO WE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE.
WE YOU'LL SEE ON MONDAY AT OUR RETREAT, I'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, ABOUT SOME OF OUR FACILITY USAGE AND THE NUMBER OF CAMPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS TAKING PLACE JUST, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BASKETBALL.
WE HAVE TO LEASE PROPERTY OR AT LEAST GYM SPACE FROM LSD.
UM, IT IS NOT, UM, THEY DON'T GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE WOULD.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND, AND CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT PROPERTY IS, IS A, UM, WHERE TO PUT IT IS GOING TO BE, UH, UH,
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ONE OF OUR MAJOR CONCERNS AT THIS POINT.I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS QUESTION FOR YOU? CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE SITE FOR PCC AND WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS OR, UM, HOW THE TALKS BROKE DOWN? WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? OR IF THAT WAS YOUR IDEAL SITE THAT YOU PREFERRED OVER THE L I S D SITE, IF YOU THINK ONE WAS BETTER OR MORE FEASIBLE FOR US, THE CITY HAD ENGAGED BEFORE I ARRIVED, BUT WORKED WITH THEM SINCE 2016, THE YMCA.
AND SO THEY DID A PERFORMER, I THINK IT WAS EARLY 2016, OR MAYBE IT WAS LATE 2015 AND THE PERFORMANCE SHOW TWO SITES, THE TWO SITES I JUST MENTIONED.
UM, I THINK BOTH OF THEM WERE REALLY A COIN TOSS, BUT SINCE ACC WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CAMPUS, UH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CAMPUS, THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THERE, MAYBE THAT THE OTHER SIDE DIDN'T HAVE AT THE, AT THE TIME.
UM, SO WE BEGAN TO ENGAGE BOTH PARTIES.
UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILDCARE, UM, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND SORT OF, AND THEN WE ENDED UP SORT OF GOING AWAY FROM THAT AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY.
JUST A QUESTION, MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT DO HAVE WHAT THOSE TWO REQUESTS FOR QUOTES CAME BACK AS, OR ARE WE STILL WAITING ON THOSE? NO, NO, NO, NO.
AND WE, WE HAD SELECTED THE YMCA AT THAT POINT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UH, TO BE THAT THIRD-PARTY OPERATOR.
BUT I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD MENTIONED I CAN GET YOU ALL THAT, THAT'S FINE.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
I THOUGHT WE DON'T TELL US US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE CAN'T DISCLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITHOUT A VOTE.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SHE'S IN THE VESTIBULE, I THOUGHT IT WAS DISCUSSED OUT HERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS DISCUSSED OUT HERE AND WE VOTED ON HERE, BUT I, I COULD BE WRONG.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND THIS IS THIS I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR OPINION.
AND, AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT REGARDING THE, THE BASKETBALL, THE BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, FROM LSD THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT LSD HAS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE.
AND YOU SAID THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T LET IT, LET US USE IT FOR FREE.
AND I REALIZE THAT LSD ENCOMPASSES OTHER CITIES, BUT WHY, WHY NOT? IS THAT NOT UNREASONABLE UNREASONABLE REQUEST, UH, FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW CITIES AND THE SAME TAX PAYERS THAT ARE PAYING BOTH ENTITIES TO USE FACILITIES THAT THEY NEED? IS THAT NOT REASONABLE? SO THAT'S, YOU'RE ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION, IS THAT DONE ELSEWHERE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? OH, IT IS.
SO IT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST FOR US TO PARTNER WITH LSD.
A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ENTER INTO, WHAT'S TYPICALLY KNOWN AS A SCHOOL PARK AGREEMENT.
UM, YOU CAN USE SOME OF OUR FACILITIES.
WE'RE ABLE TO USE YOURS AS A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT AS THEIR STANDARD OF BUSINESS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S NOT BEEN A POSSIBILITY FOR US PREVIOUSLY.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WAS APPROACHED WITH LAND OR ISD? WAS IT BACK IN 2016 OR HAS IT BEEN, UH, NO, MA'AM, I BELIEVE OUR LAST CONVERSATION AND IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS.
I THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED DURING OUR LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OTHER OTHERS, THEY WERE HERE.
WE, ABOUT A SECOND, WE DISCUSS WITH LSD QUITE OFTEN, UH, BLAKE REYNOLDS, LEAH, OUR, OUR STAFF HAS CONTINUE A DIALOGUE WITH LSD BECAUSE WE TRY TO USE THEIR FACILITIES QUITE OFTEN.
COVID BECAME A, UH, A BIG STICKLER, I THINK, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF ON THE USE OF THEIR FACILITIES.
UM, UH, BUT WE HAVE ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
EVERY SINGLE, I THINK MOST OF US, ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, THAT'S PROBABLY PLAYED SPORTS BEFORE EVERY SINGLE FIELD AND EVERY SINGLE GYM I EVER PLAYED IN GROWING UP WAS ALWAYS AT A SCHOOL FACILITY.
IT WAS LIKE THE BASEBALL, THE BASKETBALL, AND IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP.
AND I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT LIKE, THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE DO HERE.
IF US, AS A COUNCIL COULD REACH OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A TEAM TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WITH A UNITED VOICE SAYING, HEY, LET'S FIND A WAY TO DO THIS.
LET'S SHOW THEM THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT.
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MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO.ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO DO THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT ALL OF OUR TAXES GO HERE AND ALL OF OUR TAXES GO HERE.
ANYBODY WHO PAYS TAXES IN THIS ROOM AND IT'S, DOUBLE-DIPPING, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT IT'S.
I THINK THERE'S A SMARTER WAY.
IF THERE WAS A WAY NOW, ALSO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS CAN DEAL WITH.
UM, INDOOR FACILITIES IS A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S JUST THE PROTOCOL OUTDOOR FACILITIES.
WE DO ENGAGE IN ALL BEING ALLOWED TO HAVE PRACTICES AT NO CHARGE FOR SOME OF OUR, FOR SOME OF THEIR BACKSTOPS.
BUT WHEN WE, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN, FOR EXAMPLE, SOFTBALL, OR BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TRICKY BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACTUALLY MOW LINE FIELDS, PUT BASES DOWN THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO, UM, IF WE COULD START WITH THAT, WE COULD HAVE MOVED INTO SOME ADDITIONAL SOFTBALL AND ALSO MOVING SOME OF OUR, UH, BASEBALL INTO A, YOU KNOW, ONTO SCHOOL PROPERTY IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
BUT I GET IT FROM SOME LIABILITIES STANDPOINT.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THERE THAT I'M SURE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WE WOULD BE HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE COME IN IN OUR FIELDS.
BUT, UM, BUT IF YOU SHOW THE INSURANCE AND, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO TO.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ENCOMPASSED UNDER LEANDER ISD OR USING FACILITIES? IT'S NOT JUST US IT'S THE CITIES AROUND CORRECT? OR CORRECT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY SOON WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME GOODWILL AND PARTNERSHIP SO WE CAN GET SOME THINGS DONE AND MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I THINK YOU HAD ONE MORE SLIDE.
SO ON, ON MONDAY, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AT THE RETREAT, UM, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM, BRYSON, FARMSTEAD, OLD TOWN PARK, CRYSTAL FALLS, GOLF CLUB, THE DRIVING RANGE OF BENBROOK RANCH, UH, PARK TRAIL TRAIL, THE MASON CREEK TRAIL HEAD, UM, BENBROOKE RANCH, DISC GOLF COURSE, DEVINE LAKE PARK, HORIZON LAKE PARK, THE CRYSTAL FALLS GOLF CLUB, UM, COURSE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN A COMMUNITY PARK AT TREVISO.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS ON OUR, OR OUR LIST FOR MONDAY.
I HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE GET, UH, A TOUR OF THE BRYCE AND FARMSTEAD AND I, MOST OF US HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A SCHEDULING EMAIL FOR THAT SOON.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP.
OUR MEETING WILL CONVENE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
ALL RIGHT.TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2021.
AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
UM, PASTOR, UH, RYAN HART FROM OPEN CATHEDRAL WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PASTOR HART.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PRAY WITH ME.
IF YOU WERE SO INCLINED, GOD HAVE EVERYTHING, PLEASE FIX EVERYTHING, BUT IT TURNS OUT LORD, YOU DON'T REALLY SEEM TO FIX THINGS AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE, DO YOU, YOU DON'T REALLY FEED THE HUNGRY THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
YOU DON'T WELCOME THE STRANGER WITH A BIG BOOMING VOICE, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE YOU, ESPECIALLY DON'T SHOW UP IN A FIERY CLOUD AND REMIND US OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
OUR SHARED WORRIES, OUR SHARED HURTS AND HOPES AND DREAMS. NO ONE'S WALKED ON WATER LATELY.
GOD, YOU DIDN'T STOP COVID AND YOU HAVEN'T PREVENTED OUR LOVED ONES FROM DYING SPIRIT.
YOU DON'T DO NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE WOULD PREFER GOD, BUT YOU DO SOMETHING FORCE OF LOVE.
YOU PUT HUNGRY PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN FOR US TO FEED, BUT YOU DO SOMETHING.
YOU SEND STRANGERS INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR US TO MAKE INTO NEIGHBORS.
YOU DO SOMETHING YOU GIVE US MINDS TO THINK AND DISAGREE, PROBABLY TO DISAGREE WITH THIS PRAYER.
YOU GIVE US MINDS TO ARGUE AND LEARN AND CHANGE SO THAT WE MAY DISCOVER OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
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EVERYTHING.YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANYWAYS, BUT ALSO DON'T FIX EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
MAYBE WE DON'T DO NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU'D PREFER, MS. GVS, GOD, PLEASE HELP US TO LEARN AND GROW AND DO SOMETHING.
SO WE MAY FEED THEM, SHOW US STRANGERS.
SO WE MAY MAKE NEIGHBORS GIVE US CHALLENGES SO THAT WE MAY STRIVE TOGETHER.
DIVINE ARCHITECT HELP US BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
GOD DON'T FIX EVERYTHING BUT LOVE US NO MATTER WHAT AS WE TRY.
OH MAN, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE JUSTICE.
[5. Roll Call.]
DEPUTY CITY, SECRETARY PENN BERG, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER, BATTALION PARKER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER MATTKE GOREA HERE.
SCHALL COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, MAYOR PROTIUM ROSS HERE.
MAYOR SET REQUEST HERE, BUT THERE'S ONE MORE COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER THOMPSON PRESENT.
QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY.
COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS
[6. 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.]]
ITEM NUMBER SIX 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 PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD AND YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
FIRST ONE IS ANDREW NADINE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY ADDRESS IS 2212 KHAMEES STREET HERE IN LEANDER, TEXAS.
UM, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE I WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON SOME AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN I READ THE AGENDA AND I SAW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOUR RETREAT.
SO I WANTED TO COME FORTH TO THE COUNCIL AND, UM, WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE I'M DOING A SELF PLUG HERE, BUT, UM, I SPENT SOME TIME RECENTLY AND UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER SOME WHAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FACTS AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO CAP METRO.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE TAKING UP IN YOUR, UH, RETREAT, UH, IN THAT NEXT WEEK.
I BELIEVE SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
UM, IF YOU ARE REQUESTING ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT I PRESENT IN THE PODCAST, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO.
UM, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MATTER FOR THE CITY AND I THINK I BUILD A PRETTY DECENT CASE, UH, TO STAY IN, IN THE CAP, METRO, UM, COOPERATIVE, BUT Y'ALL MAKE UP YOUR OWN MINDS.
I'M SURE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT AGAIN, I'LL BE HERE ONCE MORE.
NEXT, WE HAVE A NET SPAWN SELLER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS NAT SPAWN SELLER 4 0 2 HERNANDEZ LOOP.
SO I WAS HERE EARLIER WHEN THE SENIOR CENTER FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER WAS DISCUSSED IN THE AMENITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW SERVICES ALREADY FOR SENIORS, THE ACTIVE SENIORS PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS THE BAGHDAD ACTIVITY SENIOR CENTER, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BAGHDAD SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CURRENTLY THAT CENTER HOUSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILLIAMSON AND BURNETT COUNTIES, UM, AND IS FEEDING APPROXIMATELY 300 MEALS VIA THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM HOSTS OVER A HUNDRED KIDDOS AND THE HEADSTART PROGRAM ALONG WITH OTHER AVAILABLE SERVICES AND THE CITY DONATES FUNDS EVERY YEAR TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE ALREADY.
AS A NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED TO DELIVER MEALS TO FOLKS.
CURRENTLY, ALMOST ALL OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS ARE OVER 65.
UM, SO IF YOU OR SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER OR TOUR THAT FACILITY OR SEE WHAT THEY'RE UP TO, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO FACILITATE THAT.
UM, OR IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES, FEEL FREE TO GO TO WWW.OWBC-TX.ORG, AND THEY CAN CONNECT YOU WITH ANYTHING
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YOU NEED.STYLES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, 4,180 HIGHWAY 180 3.
TEXAS IS SOMEONE THAT, AND THAT GIVES GRIEF TO QUITE OFTEN.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND HER THAT IT'S BURN IT.
I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT PARKS.
IT'S VERY, VERY NEEDED, AND I'M GLAD YOU GAVE IT SOME CONSIDERATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A WHOLE GENERATION THAT HAS GROWN UP IN THIS TOWN WITH LITTLE TO DO.
THERE WAS MORE TO DO WHEN I WAS A CHILD HERE THAN THERE IS NOW PER CAPITA.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING SOME THINGS ABOUT IT.
ONE THING THAT I DID NOTICE THAT, UH, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAIL TO GARY RANCH, THAT ENDED THERE ON THE OTHER PART OF GARY RANCH IS THE LIVELY SUBDIVISION.
THEY ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT.
YOU HAD THE TRAIL COULD CONTINUE ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW THAT, BUT I KNEW DON LIVELY AND I KNOW DON LIVES.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO ON THAT SIDE NOW, CONTINUING WITH PARKS, THE NORTH SIDE MEADOWS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TRYING FOR FOUR YEARS TO GIVE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES OF PARKLAND TO THE CITY OF LAND OR TO BE USED AS A CITYWIDE PARK, POSSIBLY AS A MULTI FIELD T-BALL FIELD.
I'D ASK THAT THIS MATTER, BE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO UTILIZE IT, BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT TO THEM AND OPEN UP THEIR COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE CITY TO COME TOGETHER AND DO THINGS, IT'S A STEPS, FORWARDS CONNECTIVITY THAT WE BADLY NEED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF POCKET PARKS AND CHILDREN FROM SUBDIVISIONS.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE OTHER KIDS.
THERE ARE PLACES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE PARKS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM OPEN TO AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE.
SEVERAL OF Y'ALL RAN ON DIVERSITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU NAME THIS PART FOR MANY
SHE WAS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR CHARLIE ROUSE.
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY, YOU COULD STAND AT THE BASE OF A STATUE AND THROW A ROCK IN ANY DIRECTION AND HIT 20 PEOPLE THAT WERE MORE DESERVING OF THAT STATUE THAN THAT PERSON.
NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT MANY, ANY MORE DESERVING OF IT THAN CHARLIE ROUSE, BUT SHE SURE GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE BECAUSE SHE SHELTERED A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND HE COULD DO HIS JOB THAT MUCH BETTER.
SHE WAS WORKED FOR HIM FOR 25 YEARS WHEN PEOPLE KNEW HER FACE.
WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT NAME, RAYEZ RODRIGUEZ, I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT HIM FOR DAYS.
I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT JOHN FELT CONE PEREZ ABOUT THINGS I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT IRIS DAVIS OR PAMELA EATON.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NAMES THAT COULD GO ON THIS PARK IF WE CAN'T DO IT, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT LET'S GIVE IT A HEARING.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
[7. Exploring Leander History ]
TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, EXPLORING LEANDER HISTORY WITH CAT HOWELL.UM, TONIGHT I'M CONTINUING WITH OUR, UH, HISTORY BASICS AND I'M GOING BACK TO FLAGS.
FLAGS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE HAD FLAGS.
UH, WE HAVE RECORD OF FLAGS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN ERA, WHICH IS WHERE A MAN BEGAN.
CIVILIZATION BEGAN WITH MS. PARTAMIAN'S AND WE HAVE HAD FLAGS SINCE THAT TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE EVIDENCE OF FLAGS IN THE EGYPTIAN CULTURE AND ALSO, UM, IN THE BIBLE, UH, BANNERS ARE MENTIONED OFTEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THAT IS THE HEBREW LANGUAGE IS THE FIRST WRITTEN LANGUAGE USING LETTERS TO REPRESENT WORDS RATHER THAN SYMBOLS, PRIOR TO THAT EVERYTHING WAS SYMBOLS.
SO THE HEBREW LANGUAGE IS THE OLDEST.
SO GOING BACK TO OUR OLDEST RECORDS, THE MESOPOTAMIAN, THE EGYPTIAN AND THE HEBREWS, WE HAVE HAD FLAGS AND BANNERS WITH THAT SAID THE, THE FLAGS THAT I HAVE SHOWN UP HERE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FLAGS.
THE ONE UP TOP ON THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER IS THE QUEEN ENDS FLAG.
THAT'S WHAT THE UNITED STATES, WELL, PRIOR TO THE UNITED STATES, WHEN WE WERE STILL COLONIES, THAT IS THE FLAG
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THAT WE FLEW.UM, IT'S UP, THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER IS SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT UNION JACK OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE NOW, BUT IF YOU NOTICE IT ONLY HAS, UM, TWO RED OR ONE RED CROSS AND ONE BLUE AND WHITE CROSS BEHIND IT THAT'S BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS ONLY SCOTLAND AND, UH, ENGLAND IRELAND HAD NOT JOINED FOR THAT FOR THE EMPIRE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE BECAME A COLONY UNDER THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
AND THAT'S THE OFFICIAL FLAG THAT QUEEN AND ADOPTED IN 1707.
UM, UH, THE BRITISH SHIPS HAD BEEN SAILING WITH THAT FLAG FOR SOME TIME AT THAT POINT.
AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THE NEXT FLAG OVER IS THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND FLAG.
AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT HAS THE, UH, RED CROSS AND THEN A GREEN PINE TREE PINE TREES WERE PART OF THE, UH, ORIGINAL NEW ENGLAND TERRITORY.
UM, THE NATIVE PEOPLES THERE, THEY WERE CALLED CHILDREN OF THE PINES AND THE PINNACLE PEOPLES.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SAVED THE PLYMOUTH COLONY FROM STARVING TO DEATH IN 1621.
AND, AND IN A NEW ENGLAND, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OLD FLAGS THAT HAVE THE GREEN PINE TREE.
THE NEXT ONE OVER IS THE SONS OF LIBERTY FLAG THAT WAS 1765 STRIPES AND FLAG TERMINOLOGY MEANS REBELLION, REBELLIOUS, FIGHTING IT'S, UH, UH, LOTS OF BATTLE FLAGS HAVE STRIPES IN THEM.
UH, RED MEANS, UM, JUSTICE AND WHITE MEANS PURITY.
UM, THE, THE COLONIES THEY WERE GOING FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM AND PURITY, UH, THE BRITISH SOLDIERS.
AND WHAT WAS CALLED A LIBERTY POLE, THE BRITISH SOLDIERS CUT DOWN THE LIBERTY POLL AND SAID THAT IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO FLY THAT FLAG.
SO SONS OF LIBERTY, 10 YEARS LATER, THEY, UH CHANGED IT AROUND MADE IT HORIZONTAL STRIPES.
AND, UM, IT WAS LEGAL SOMEHOW THAT WAY.
THE NEXT FLAG OVER THE BEDFORD FLAG IS THE OLDEST KNOWN FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NEXT ONE WAS.
SO WE MOVE ON TO ALBANY CONGRESS, DIE, UH, JOIN OR DIE.
THE SNAKES THAT COMES FROM BEN FRANKLIN, BEN FRANKLIN.
UM, THE WAS PROTESTING HOW THE BRITISH SENT OVER ALL, UH, ALL THEIR PRISONERS TO THE, THE COLONIES.
WE SHOULD SEND BACK SNAKES TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND PUT THEM IN, IN THEIR GARDENS SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE SNAKES IN THEIR GARDENS, LIKE THEY WERE SENDING OVER TO US.
UM, AND THAT CAUGHT ON, UH, THE NEXT ONE OVER HIS APPEAL TO HEAVEN.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHEN WE STARTED OUR REVOLUTION, GEORGE WASHINGTON BOUGHT SIX SCHOONERS AND CREATED THE FIRST CONTINENTAL NAVY.
UM, HE PERSONALLY PAID FOR ALL OF THAT AND THAT'S THE FLAG THAT THEY FLEW.
UH, GEORGE WASHINGTON, UM, WAS, UH, VERY MUCH HE, HE PRAYED VERY OFTEN AND, UH, HE FELT THAT THE FLAG THAT HE FLEW ON HIS SCHOONERS WOULD APPEAL TO GOD WITH THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ONE OVER AGAIN, THIS IS A, THE PINE TREE, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE AND SOUTH CAROLINA HAD THEIR OWN NAVIES SIMILAR TO TEXAS, TEXAS.
WE HAD OUR OWN NAVY AND SIMILAR TO TEXAS, THOSE THREE NAVIES, THEY WERE NEVER ACTUALLY DISSOLVED.
THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF JUST FOLDED INTO THE US NAVY.
THEREFORE THAT WAS THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF MASSACHUSETTS, UH, UH, THE MASSACHUSETTS NAVY UNTIL 1971, UH, BOTTOM LEFT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST MARINE FLAG.
UM, IF MIKE, IF YOU'LL GO ONTO THE LAST SLIDE, PLEASE, ONE MORE.
THIS ARE THE NAUTICAL FLAGS THAT ARE STILL FLOWN TODAY.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UM, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES, ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU SEE ON NAVY SHIPS, SAILING SHIPS IN PARTICULAR, THEY STILL FLY THEIR FLAGS.
UH, NAVY, NAVY PERSONNEL STILL LEARN THESE FLAGS BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE MEANING.
AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT FLAGS CAUSE THEY STILL HAVE MEANING IN OUR, IN HERE.
[8. Staff Report Monthly Water Report]
ITEM EIGHT, STAFF REPORTS.WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY WATER REPORT WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON.
THIS IS THE, UH, TO PRESENT THE WATER USE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
UH, I ALWAYS START WITH THE LCRA GRAPH THAT SHOWS KIND OF HOW THE LAKES ARE DOING, UH, LAKE TRAVIS AND LAKE BUCHANAN OPERATE, UH, TOGETHER.
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AUGUST 1ST, WE'RE AT ABOUT TWO LAKE, SORT ABOUT 84%.AND IF YOU LOOK BACK ONE YEAR, THEY WERE EXACTLY AT 84% LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, WE TURNED IT DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL THE RAINS IN MAY HIT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD JUMP UP AND THEN WE'VE KIND OF STAYED THERE.
IF IT CONTINUES TO BE WET, WE WOULD BE MAYBE AT ABOUT 87% OR IF IT REALLY GOES TO EXTREME DRY CONDITIONS, THEY PREDICT THE LAKES TO BE AT ABOUT 70 PER C.
UM, THIS GRAPH GIVES US OUR HISTORICAL USAGE BACK TO 2017.
SO WE SEE THE PRODUCTION BY THE
SO, UH, I ALWAYS POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR SUMMER PEAKS AND WHILE WE'RE HEADED UPWARD, WE'RE REALLY NOT AS STEEP AS WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST.
AND, AND DEFINITELY NOT AS HIGH OF USAGE.
SO I ALMOST PRETTY MUCH THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE MAYBE ABOUT 400,000 GALLONS WILL BE OUR PEAK, UM, IN AUGUST.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUITE AS STEEP AS LAST YEAR IN 2020.
I'LL CONTINUE TO POINT THAT OUT.
SO, UM, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE BIG GAPS.
AND THEN THIS IS 2019 HERE IN THE DARK, I'M SORRY, 2021 AND THE DARK BLUE.
SO WE HAD ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, THREE FIFTEEN, UM, MILLION GALLONS, WHICH WAS A HUNDRED MILLION GALLONS, LESS WATER.
NOW IT CAN BE A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
OF COURSE THE WEATHER HAS PLAYED A FACTOR.
UM, I HAVE SOME KIND OF TEMPERATURE INFORMATION, 2020.
WE HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES.
UM, THIS LAST JULY WAS ONLY 89.8.
UH, WE ALSO GOT ALMOST THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN JULY WHEN JULY OF 2020, IT WAS ONLY ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF RAIN.
SO, AND THEN OF COURSE FACTOR IN OUR CONSERVATION.
SO I THINK BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, WE'VE REALLY, REALLY KNOCKED IT DOWN QUITE A BIT.
SO, UM, AND IT'S NOT SHOWN ON HERE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR JULY NUMBERS, THEY'RE REALLY CLOSE TO OUR, UM, 20, 21 NUMBERS.
SO WE DID, UH, 316 MILLION GALLONS IN JULY OF 2019.
SO, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED 5,000 NEW CONNECTIONS OVER 5,000 ACTUALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE THE WEATHER OR, OR THE, UM, CONSERVATION WHERE WE'RE HAPPY, UM, AND THEN PRESENTED THIS GRAPH LAST, UM, LAST MONTH ALSO.
SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF POINTING OUT THAT ALMOST EVERY DAY, SO THAT I'M SORRY, THE RED BEHIND IT IS THE 20, 20 DAILY USAGE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SPLIT FOR 2021, BETWEEN SANDY CREEK AND
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S THE COMP CONSERVATION OR THE WEATHER, WE KNOW WE'RE TARGETING THE RIGHT THING BY TARGETING IRRIGATION, UM, PEOPLE AREN'T WATERING THEIR LAWNS EITHER THEY'RE ADHERING TO THE CONSERVATION OR THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S RAINING AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
SO, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THAT LARGE GAP BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020, UM, BACK IN MAY AND THEN JUNE AND JULY IS, YOU KNOW, 75 TO A HUNDRED MILLION GALLONS, LESS PER MONTH, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND WE'RE EVEN BELOW THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE AT THIS POINT.
AND OF COURSE OUR PEAK DAY FOLLOWS ALONG WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND KIND OF THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR A PEAK, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 3 MILLION GALLONS, LESS, UM, ON OUR PEAK DAY.
AND OUR PEAK DAY WAS, UM, 13.1 IN JULY.
AND WE'VE ONLY SEEN A 13.3 SO FAR, EVEN IN AUGUST.
SO WE'RE STILL, STILL TRENDING PRETTY WELL THERE.
AND, UH, WHILE WE'RE ON THE DOWNSIDE OF SUMMER, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALMOST WRAPPING UP HERE THAT ARE PRETTY KEY TO OUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR WATER CONSERVATION.
SO, UM, THE SAN GABRIEL PIPELINE IS UP HERE, SO THIS WILL CONNECT AND BRING MORE OF THIS
YOU'RE SON, MAYBE ABOUT MID-OCTOBER THAT ONE WILL BE COMPLETE.
AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER KEY TO GETTING MORE
AND THAT'S ALL I HAD IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? FANTASTIC.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM 14 HAS BEEN PULLED BY THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS ITEM 20 BY STAFF FOR CLARIFICATION ITEM 16 WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL NOW CONSIDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 13 ITEM 15 ITEMS,
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17, 18, 19, AND ITEMS 21 THROUGH 25, AS WELL AS THE AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO COUNCIL.THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER PELION PARKER MOTIONS TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN, UH, PROTESTS ROSS.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[16. Approval of the Second Reading of an Ordinance 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; and approving the Masonry Development Agreement 21-DA-013 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. Applicant/Agent: Nakfoor FM 276 Investing LLC (Bruce Nakfoor) on behalf of MJAG Partnership, Ltd. a Texas Limited Partnership.]
CONSIDER ITEM 16 APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE 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 SECTOR TO CREATE THE MONARCH PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF C H TWO, A 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 O D P P 0 0 2.
TO ADOPT THE MONARCH CONCEPT PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAT AND APPROVING THE MASONRY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
21 D A 0 1 3 ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 49.8 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE AGENDA PLANNING DIRECTOR, GRIFFIN GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, THE UPDATED DOCUMENT INCLUDES THE CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL AND I'M AVAILABLE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND APPLICANTS ALSO HERE.
I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
MS. RAMLA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN
WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY FOR THE MONARCH PUD IS WE HAVE A MAP ON THE FIFTH.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DECORATIVE METAL FENCE.
THE LAST TIME THE NEIGHBORS CAME UP, THEY SAID WE'D LIKE IT TO BE A MASONRY FENCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
I WATCHED THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND I HEARD THE WILEY CREEK ESTATES, NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
UM, AND THEY DON'T WANT, FIRST OF ALL, THEY DON'T WANT THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE BUILT.
AND IF IT GETS BUILT, THEY SAID THEY WANT TO GET THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD A MASONRY WALL.
SO I TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WANT A MASONRY WALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
MYRA RESPONSES, THE OWNERS CURRENTLY HAVE WOOD FENCES, METAL FENCES IN LIVESTOCK FENCES, AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THEIR OWN MASONRY FENCES.
I'M NOT SURE WHY CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO PASS THIS COST ONTO THE DEVELOPER.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT I HEARD IS THAT CONTINUOUS MASONRY WALL, IT LOOKS NICER THAN A COMBINATION OF MASONRY AND DECORATIVE FENCING.
AND MY RESPONSE IS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DECORATIVE METAL FENCING IS.
IT'S NOT BLOCKING A PARKING LOT.
IT'S NOT BLOCKING THE BACK OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
IT'S BLOCKING OFF A PARK TRAIL AND POND IT'S BLOCKING OFF THE ONLY SHARED SPACE FOR RESIDENTS IN A MEDIUM DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD, WILD WILEY CREEK ESTATES OWNERS, EACH HAVE FIVE ACRES.
SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT I TALKED TO DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A SIDE.
UM, SOME OF THEM DON'T LIVE ACROSS FROM THIS BORDER WHERE THE FENCE IS GOING TO BE.
SO THEY DON'T REALLY CARE WHETHER IT'S A METAL FENCE OR A MASONRY WALL.
MY RESPONSE IS I DON'T LIVE ACROSS FROM THIS BORDER EITHER.
I LIVE FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT NEITHER DO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE ALL CARE ABOUT HOW NEIGHBORHOODS IN LEANDER GROW AND INTERACT.
MY KIDS WILL GO TO SCHOOL WITH THE KIDS FROM THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE FRIENDS.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO COME FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU ARGUED FOR CREATING A MASONRY WALL BARRIER OR A DECORATIVE METAL FENCE WOULD SUFFICE.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL THE IN BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THE ADULTS IN THIS ROOM WANTED TO BLOCK OFF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD'S PARK WITH A MASONRY WALL.
SO LET'S SEE IF WE GET THE GO WITH THE DECORATIVE FENCE.
IT ALSO BE NICE TO HAVE A GATE FOR A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
THEN KIDS DON'T HAVE TO WALK DOWN 180 FREE TO MEET UP.
LET'S MAKE THE BORDER BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, KID FRIENDLY, DECORATIVE METAL FENCE, NOT MASONRY WALL KIDS HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE IT WAS BUILT DECADES AGO.
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE WANTED.
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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL GOT TOGETHER.
WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS PROPOSED, WE DID ZOOM MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPER.
WE ATTENDED THE P AND Z MEETINGS.
WE ATTENDED THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE CAME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
WE HAD ASKED FOR OTHER NEIGHBORS FEEDBACK.
WE HAD SENT EMAILS TO EVERYONE.
ALL OF THIS HAD BEEN MADE VERY TRANSPARENT, CLEAR AND UPFRONT.
AT THIS POINT, THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CREATED AS A GATED COMMUNITY.
THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR A PEDESTRIAN GATE.
THERE WAS NO CONNECTION PROVIDED FOR, TO MAKE ACCESS TO COUNTY ROAD 2 76.
AND AS IT STANDS NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DO NOT WISH TO HAVE THIS AT THIS POINT.
IT, AGAIN, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED THAT IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE A SOLID MASONRY FENCE FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF COUNTY ROAD, 2 76.
IF YOU PUT ADDITIONAL ACCESS IN IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC COSTS FOR THE DEVELOPER.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT NOW YOU'RE TURNING IT INTO A WALKABLE AREA, WHICH NOW PRESENTS ITSELF AS PART OF THE TOAD THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY STATED AND THE DEVELOPER AND P AND Z THAT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE TOD, THAT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENTS FOR HAVING A WALKABLE AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NO NEED TO WALK ON 180 3 TO GET TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WILL BE SIDEWALK ACCESS FROM THE CORNER OF THE SHORT STUB OF, AND IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO WING IT HERE.
2 76 OUT TO THE OLD 180 3, WHICH WILL ALLOW SOMEONE TO WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND ON A SIDEWALK WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO ENCOUNTER TRAFFIC.
AGAIN, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WE MADE AN AGREEMENT AND THE MAJORITY OF US CAME TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
WE VOICED OUR OPINION, WE GOT CONSENSUS AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
THANK YOU, MR. LINEAR, ADRIAN SHARP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 2 0 4 AMANDA'S WAY, LEANDER WILEY CREEK ESTATE.
AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF KEEPING ITEM.
NUMBER 16 IS CURRENTLY STATED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THAT BEING IN PARTICULAR, THE SIX FOOT TALL MASONARY WALL THAT'S TO BE PROVIDED ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST PROPERTY LINES, AS WELL AS BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.
I'M IN GRIEVEMENT WITH ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED THE VIDEO, THE PNC MEETINGS, AND ALSO THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHO LIVE, BUT MAINLY I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THOSE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG COUNTRY ROAD 2 76, WHO WISH THE MASONARY WALL AND WHO WILL BE MOST EFFECTED BY THE SUBDIVISION GOING IN THE MONARCH POD.
THEY HAVE STATED IN RE-ENTRY STATED THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR HEAR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE FURTHER AWAY ARE NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY ALL THE NOISE OR THE BUILDING OR WHAT GOES ON AT THE AMENITY CENTER OR THE RETENTION POND.
SO THAT I FEEL THOSE MOST AFFECTED SHOULD HAVE THEIR WISHES LISTENED TO AND LOOKED AT LIKE MANY NEIGHBORS.
I MOVED TO WILEY CREEK STATES BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE LOTS OF TREES AND LAND AROUND MY HOUSE.
I REALLY LIKE HAVING NEIGHBORS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOOK INTO THE YARDS OR HEAR THEIR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE AND I DON'T LIKE THEIR KIDS AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
I LOVE KIDS AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY'RE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF MONARCH HUD WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED OR HURT TO HAVE A SOLITARY MASONARY WALL BEHIND THEIR RETENTION POND AND AMENITY
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CENTER.THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE HEART OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE WALKWAYS AND THE PARKS AND THE AMENITY CENTER RATHER THAN OUTSIDE.
AND IF THEY WANT TO COME AND GO DOWN HARD COUNTRY ROAD, 2 76, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS COME DOWN A HIGHWAY HEIGHT, SORRY, WALKWAY AND JOIN US.
I FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BUY AND LIVE IN THE MONARCH POD DO SO BECAUSE THEY WANT IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO HIGHWAY 83 AND 180 3 THAT THEY LIKED THE IDEA OF HIGH DENSITY.
HOUSING WAS SMALL YARDS, LESS MAINTENANCE, AND THEY WANT TO BE IN A GATED, SAFE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IN MIND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, SORRY.
THANK YOU, MS. SHARP GROVER MITCHELL.
MR. MITCHELL, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS GROVER MITCHELL.
I LIVE AT 3 0 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76 AND LIKE MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
WE'VE BEEN TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE'VE MADE A DEAL FOR A FULL OF MASONRY WALL.
UM, 2 76 THAT WILL KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MORE QUIET.
IT'LL IT'LL STOP THE NOISE POLLUTION, THE LIGHT POLLUTION.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE, UH, GO A LONG WAY TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THE WAY IT IS AND THE WAY WE ARE LIKE IT.
THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL, MICHAEL GRIMES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MICHAEL GRIMES, 3 5 1 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76.
I'M IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE AGREED TO AT THE LAST MEETING ON AGENDA ITEM 16 AND LEAVING IT AS IS.
BUT I DO ASK THAT A MAYOR IN YOUR CAMPAIGN, YOU CRITICIZE THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL BY POINTING OUT THE COUNCIL WAS APPROVING SUBDIVISIONS BEFORE BUILDING OR EXPANDING THE ROADS NEEDED.
ISN'T THIS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND AS I ASKED LAST TIME, SPEND SOME TIME IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENINGS DRIVING AROUND 180 3, 180 3, A AND COUNTY ROAD, 2 76, THE LAST THIS WEEK.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE SCHOOL STARTED OR WHAT, BUT WHEN I'M COMING HOME NOW TRAFFIC ON 180 3 NORTH WHERE THEIR QT IS.
AND THE CARWASH, WHEN I GO TO TURN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT TRAFFIC IS ALMOST BACKED UP NOW TO THE RAILROAD TRACK.
AND THAT'S WITH THE CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE NORTH, AND THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
SO I ASKED YOU JUST TO POSTPONE THIS A LITTLE BIT, LOOK AT THAT AND THINK ABOUT THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.
BEFORE WE START BUILDING MORE HOUSES, INVITING MORE PEOPLE HERE.
MOST OF US AND MY NEIGHBORS, ALL, WE MOVED HERE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND OUR CONCERN IS WE UNDERSTAND THIS.
NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOING TO GO IN, BUT WE WANT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ROADS ARE SAFE, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER SUPPLY AND WATER DELIVERY, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE PRESSURE.
CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, DOWN WHERE WE ARE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FIRE HYDRANTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, FIRE STANCE AND THAT'S IT.
AND THEY'RE KIND OF, SO IF WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD UP HERE AND THEY'RE USING THAT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS IN WATER PRESSURE IN CASE WE HAVE A FIRE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, THAT'S ALL I ASK.
THANK YOU, MR. GRIMES, RUBEN MORENO, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 21 COUNTY ROAD, 2 76.
UH, AND I WISH I COULD ADD TO WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT THERE THEY'VE SAID EXACTLY WHAT I TENDED TO SAY.
UM, I'M KIND OF AT A LOSS FOR THE NUMBER OF HOMES AND THE, THE, THE COMPACT NUMBER OF, UH, OF VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO GO INTO THIS PROJECT.
UM, I WANT TO INVITE EACH ONE OF YOU TO GO DOWN AND DRIVE THAT INTERSECTION AT ANY PART DURING THE DAY AND SEE WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC
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THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN.THERE'S ALREADY CROSSES AT THAT INTERSECTION, UM, AS A FORMER MEDIC FOR THE COUNTY.
UH, THE WORST THING THAT ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I HAD TO DO WAS, UH, RESPOND TO SCENES WHERE THERE WERE DEATHS FROM MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
I WOULD PREFER THAT THEY NOT DO THAT AT THAT INTERSECTION.
IT'S A HORRIBLE SITUATION THERE.
I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, UH, BUT NOT IN THE MATTER THAT IT'S IT'S BEEN DONE HERE.
SO, AND AS FAR AS THE FENCING, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION BETWEEN THE PROPOSED SITE IN WHERE OUR HOMES ARE.
SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO PUT A FENCE HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP SOME OF MY PRIVACY, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 20 FEET TALL, IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.
UM, AGAIN, HAVING THE FENCE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST PEOPLE COMING INTO MY NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS WHAT I'VE DONE FOR A LIVING IS TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.
UM, SO, AND THERE THEY'D BE MORE THAN WELCOME, BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS A REASON WHY MY WIFE AND I MOVED THERE AND WE LIKE TO, TO HOLD ON TO SOME OF THAT.
AND I KNOW MY, MY NEIGHBORS WOULD TOO.
THAT IS EVERYBODY WHO I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
COUNSEL? NO, I THINK THIS WAS GOOD TO HAVE, UM, HAVE THIS BROUGHT UP.
I KNOW Y'ALL ALL RECEIVED THE EMAIL FROM, FROM CAROLINE AND AS THE NATURE HAS IT, ANYTIME WE HAVE SOMETHING COME UP AND SOMEBODY SPEAKS OUT, IT'S TYPICALLY THOSE THAT ARE AGAINST IT.
UH, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF IT, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, WHY WOULD YOU SHOW UP? SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S NOT, NOT UNIQUE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, WHEN, WHEN SHE REACHED OUT, I THOUGHT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND, UH, SHARE HER, HER SIDE OF THE STORY AND WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LAST TIME.
SO I THINK HEARING EVERYONE REPEAT THE SAME THINGS AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT INFORMATION, A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I THINK THIS WAS GOOD TO AT LEAST HEAR BOTH SIDES.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO DO THAT.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, I GUESS THERE'S NO SENSE IN DISCUSSING WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
SO I WOULD, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS IS SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, PANTALEON PARKER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR NICK.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO, UH, MS. RENDLER, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS THAT IF IT'S COMING, EVERYBODY'S MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE MASONRY.
AND SO I, I STAY ON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, PENTEL IAN PARKER ON THAT.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATED YOU COMING OUT.
I MEAN, THAT'S REGARDLESS, BUT ON BOTH SIDES, THAT'S JUST HAVING PEOPLE SHOW UP AND SPEAK UP.
HAVE A, HAVE A SAY IN YOUR, YOUR CITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Comprehensive Plan Case 21-CPA-004 to amend the Comprehensive Plan by amending the Transportation Master Plan remove the eastern extension of Collaborative Way between Halsey Drive and Heritage Grove Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Case 21-CPA-004 as described above. ]
ON TO ITEM 26, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CLAIM CASE 21, CPA 0, 0 4, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, REMOVE THE EASTERN EXTENSION OF COLLABORATIVE WAY BETWEEN HALSY DRIVE AND HERITAGE GROVE ROAD, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS PLANNING DIRECTOR AT GRIFFIN.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS A COLLECTOR CLASS ROADWAY THAT WOULD CONNECT HERITAGE GROVE ROAD TO COLLABORATIVE WAY.
THIS WAS A, A NEW, UM, BUT IT WAS ADDED TO OUR, UM, TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN MAY.
UM, WE HAVE HAD, UH, A RECENT CHANGE WHERE WE HAVE A PRIMARY EMPLOYER THAT'S COMING IN ON THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THAT ROADWAY.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE ELIMINATE THAT COLLECTOR ROADWAY SINCE THE CONNECTION'S NOT NECESSARY FOR THEIR TRAFFIC.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 18 WHEELERS THAT DON'T NEED TO CONNECT BACK UP WITH THE SCHOOL.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
UM, DURING THE JULY 22ND MEETING, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT FUTURE ACCESS AND, UM, THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE WOULD WORK WHEN THIS, UM, PROPERTY, UH, TO THE WEST COMES IN, THEY'LL HAVE A ROAD NETWORK THAT'S BUILT THAT PROVIDES CONNECTIONS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO IT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE A ROAD CONNECTION.
IT JUST WOULDN'T BE A COLLECTOR CLASS ROADWAY.
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AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.AND THERE'S NO APPLICANT PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THIS, RIGHT? IT IS US.
I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
FIRST IS REBECCA SELF, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M REBECCA SOUTH AND I RESIDE AT 1901 OAK GROVE ROAD, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT DEAD ENDS ONTO HERITAGE GROVE.
SO THE BRIGHT YELLOW AT THE BOTTOM AND THE, UH, THE PROPOSED COLLECTOR STREET WOULD CUT OVER.
UM, ACTUALLY IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU SEE THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL CUTS ACROSS OAK GROVE AND THEN HEAD SOUTH AND THEN HITS, UM, UM, HERITAGE GROW.
SO THE THANK YOU, YEAH, THAT ROAD.
SO IT'S CUTTING ACROSS OAK GROVE ROAD WHERE YOU COULD SEE SOME RESIDENTS AND THEN YOU SEE THE, THE, UM, SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE IN THERE.
SO I'M ACTUALLY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THAT ROAD.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WOULD CUT ACROSS A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, WHAT MY QUESTION IS THOUGH IS, UM, I'VE READ THE 164 PAGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, AND I SAW THAT THERE WERE SOME ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS MADE, YOU KNOW, THAT LEAD TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOME OF THESE, THESE ROADS.
AND WHAT I COULDN'T FIND WAS THE MODEL OR THE, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, OR THE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE TO RECOMMEND THIS ROAD.
SO MY CONCERN IS, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED VERSUS WHAT IS BEING PLANNED NOW, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT PROPERTIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
THAT'S GETTING BUILT ON WHERE THAT RED BAR IS.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS THAT'S HUNDREDS OF HOMES POTENTIALLY.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? AND I'M COMMENTING ON THAT AGENDA ITEM, BUT THIS AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE TRAP IS THERE A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROAD THAT ARE LED TO THIS PARTICULAR COLLECTOR STREET BEING ADDED TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN? DO WE KNOW THAT? AND COULD I GET A COPY OF IT? WE CAN'T HAVE BACK AND FORTH DURING A PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL THEN I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST OR FILE AN OPEN MEETING REQUEST FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, FROM THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES, THE TAZ THAT WERE DETERMINED, UM, THE NEEDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS COLLECTOR STREET.
SO WHERE WOULD I GO TO DO THAT? WE WOULD, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE WHEN WE GO ON BREAK AFTER THE CELL DO THANK YOU.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT BEFORE AND AFTER, SO, UH, THE TRAFFIC STUDY, UM, FOR THAT, WITH THE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, ZONING IN PLACE VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY.
AND I'LL ASK FOR THAT IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ALL I HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
UM, I GUESS THE CONCERN AND I'LL VOICE IT.
MR. GRIMES SAID IT EARLIER IN HIS SUBDIVISION ON WILEY, UM, IS I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION ON HERITAGE GROW BECAUSE IT DEAD ENDS AT HALSY AND IT DEAD ENDS AT 180 3.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE, WHERE DOES THIS TRAFFIC GO? WHERE'S EVERYTHING GOING? WE'RE DUMPING IT ONTO HALSY.
AND WE'RE DUMPING IT OVER ONTO 180 3, WHICH IS ALREADY CONGESTED AS WE HEARD EARLIER.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE AGAIN, I'M FOR REMOVING IT, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CUT THROUGH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS PROPERTIES LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, MS. SOUTH, TIM SCHNEIDER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, TIM SCHNEIDER, 1100 OAK GROVE ROAD.
SO I SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THIS.
I'M NOT OPPOSING IT, BUT, UM, THE REASON BEING IS THE NORTH OF THERE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PROPERTY ABOVE THAT YELLOW LINE IS MY PROPERTY.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE WITH TRAFFIC, FOR SURE.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE BUILT THIS PLACE FROM THE GROUND UP.
UM, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS I RAN INTO THIS BY ACCIDENT.
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS THERE.
AND THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING TO ME IS ALL THIS GROWTH AROUND YOU.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD, A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IS CRITICAL, BUT WHEN IT, WHEN IT AFFECTS ME, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE PUTTING ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT, YOU HAVE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO DISTURB MY PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS, NOT TO MENTION MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY GOING TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THEIR HOUSES.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WITH THIS REMOVAL, THAT THERE IS A
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PROVISION TO, UM, MAKE THIS A LITTLE MORE PERMANENT BECAUSE IT'S LOOSELY WRITTEN IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE IT SAYS IF THIS EMPLOYMENT CENTER DOES NOT GO THROUGH, THEN IT COULD POTENTIALLY COME BACK ON AS, AS, AS AN ITEM FOR APPROVAL.AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
ANYTHING YOU HAVE YOUR, YOU HAVE A FUNNEL OF TRAFFIC GOING IN WITH THESE SCHOOLS IN THESE SUBDIVISIONS.
OKAY? ALL YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER ROUTE TO GET THERE.
LOOK AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT SAN GABRIEL.
LOOK AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, A COLLABORATIVE WAY, FAR LESS EXPENSIVE.
THIS WOULD BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND DISRUPT PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY LIVED HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE SUBMITTED CARDS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UH, REBECCA SCHNEIDER, TOM AND LORRAINE LINTER AND TIANA SCHWARTZ.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE 21, CPA 0, 0 4, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL.
I HAVE NOTHING TO DISCUSS HERE, BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL SECOND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NECK WITH EMOTION AND PRETEND ROSS WITH A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL IS GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
PLEASE BE BACK IN YOUR SEATS AT 8:00 PM.
WE ARE BACK INTO SESSION AT 8:00 PM.
[27. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Heritage Grove Annexation Case 21-A-002 for the voluntary annexation of 44.385 acres ±, commonly known as 500 Heritage Grove Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action on the first reading of an ordinance for the voluntarily annexation of land as described above.]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE HERITAGE GROVE ANNEXATION CASE 21, A 0 0 2 FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 44.385 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 500 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD, LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS PLANNING, DIRECTOR GRIFFIN.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 500 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD.
THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT WE ENTERED INTO IN, UH, 2016.
UM, THERE REQUIRES ANNEXATION ONCE THEY REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
THIS STEP IS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REQUEST.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE PROPERTY GETS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
THAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND IS THERE A DEVELOPER PRESENTATION? OKAY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED ANY CARDS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF LAND AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL.
Y'ALL ARE VERY QUIET TO ME AGAIN.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST TOO, FOR AS FAR AS THE ANNEXATION, RIGHT? THIS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE NEXT AGENDA.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NICK WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE AND COUNCIL PENN TELIUM PARKER WITH THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[28. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Comprehensive Plan Case 21-CPA-003 to amend the Comprehensive Plan land use category from Employment Center to Neighborhood Residential and action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-021 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFC-2-A (Single-Family Compact) and SFU-2-A (Single-Family Urban) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 44.385 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031640 and R031642; and more commonly known as 500 Heritage Grove Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Case 21-CPA-003; and Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-021 as described above.]
ITEM 28, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE 21, CPA 0 0 3.TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE CATEGORY FROM EMPLOYMENT CENTER TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 Z 0 2 1 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR, ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TO SFC, TO A SINGLE FAMILY, COMPACT AND SFU TO A SINGLE FAMILY URBAN ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 44.385 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS DESCRIBED ON THE POSTED AGENDA PLANNING DIRECTOR GRIFFIN.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 500 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD.
UM, THIS, THIS REQUEST WOULD INCLUDE BOTH AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
CURRENTLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THIS PROPERTY DESIGNATED AS EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, UM, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AMENDED TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
THEIR PROPOSAL INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY, COMPACT LOTS.
THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO HERITAGE GROVE ROAD.
UM, MY, MY SLIDES ARE MISSING, UM, SO WE CAN USE OUR IMAGINATIONS TOGETHER.
UM, THE SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT, UH, GOES RIGHT TO ABOUT HERE.
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AND THEN THE NORTHERN PORTION WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY URBAN FOR THIS REQUEST.UM, THE COMMISSIONING COUNCIL HAVE SEEN SEVERAL REQUESTS, UH, FOR THIS, THIS AREA OVER TIME, WE DID SEND OUT, UM, OUTLINED TO THE COUNCIL, IDENTIFYING ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS.
UM, BACK IN 2015, WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS FIRST ADOPTED, THEY HAD A INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST OF THIS SUBDIVISION RIGHT HERE.
SO IT WAS ADJACENT TO SAVANNAH RANCH.
UM, AT THE TIME THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME IN TO REQUEST A ZONING AND THEY REQUESTED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
AND, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT OPTION.
SO, UH, THE CASE DID GET DENIED AND THE APPLICANT CAME BACK AND REQUESTED TO CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THE ZONING AND COUNCIL DID APPROVE THAT, BUT IT KIND OF, UM, KICKED THE CAN, UM, REGARDING AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR LAND MAP.
SO WE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE THERE WAS NO TRANSITION.
UM, WE HAD A, A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL REVIEW AND A REQUEST THAT CAME IN FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE ON, ON THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE.
UM, THAT REQUESTS, IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE COUNCILS, WITHDRAWN WITHDRAWN FOR THE COUNCIL, SAW IT.
UM, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL DID COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL WHERE THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE LAND USE CATEGORY TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
AND, UM, THAT PETITION WAS DENIED.
UM, THEN WE HAD ANOTHER REQUEST TO COME IN FOR, UM, AUSTIN MOTORCYCLING AND THEY WERE GOING TO, UM, TAKE THIS WHOLE PIECE RIGHT HERE.
SO BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND THEY WANTED TO DO THEIR MULCHING FACILITY WHERE THEY'D BE PROCESSING WHAT OUTSIDE.
UM, SO THAT ALSO WAS A HARD TRANSITION, UM, THAT ONE MADE IT TO THE COMMISSION, BUT THEY NEVER SCHEDULED IT FOR COUNCIL.
THEY WITHDREW IT BECAUSE OF THE, THE OPPOSITION.
SO IN ALL OF THAT, UM, WE DID HAVE AN UPDATE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CONSULTANTS AND, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER CATEGORY.
UM, IT'S A CATEGORY THAT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL OFFICE, LOCAL COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT IT WAS JUST KIND OF, UH, A CHALLENGING AREA FOR THAT TRANSITION.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT WE CHANGE THIS PIECE TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND, UM, THE ZONING TO MATCH THAT CATEGORY.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE JULY 22ND MEETING.
AND, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN WITH A FOUR TO ONE VOTES AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ZONING REQUEST.
AND, UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO SWITCH TO HIS SLIDES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL TONIGHT AND KIND OF BACK TO THE OLD ARRANGEMENT HERE.
SO I WAS TRYING TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP LOOKING AROUND AS I PRESENT TO YOU ALL FOR THE RECORD, PETER RADICCHIO AT SEC PLANNING, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, PRESENT TO YOU THE HERITAGE GROVE PLAN PROPERTY BEFORE YOU WAS 44 ACRES.
UM, WE ARE THREE PROPERTIES OVER FROM 180 3.
ROBIN DID A GREAT JOB SPEAKING TO A LOT OF THE HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO I WON'T BE TOO REDUNDANT ON THAT.
UM, OTHER THAN WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN PART, BECAUSE LIKE SHE HAD MENTIONED BACK IN JANUARY, THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT FORTH CONSISTENT WITH THE TYPE OF NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE IN THE COMP PLAN, UM, THAT ON JANUARY 14TH, WHEN THE REQUEST WAS MADE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS REZONING OF THE PROPERTY, THERE WAS OPPOSITION EXPRESSED THAT EVENING.
ULTIMATELY THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHDREW THAT PETITION AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY PUT THE PROPERTY BACK ON THE MARKET, FOLLOWING THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED AT THAT MEETING, LOOKING, UM, FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS OF THE PROPERTY WITH LESS INTENSE USES THAT WERE MORE COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJOINING SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR BUILT.
AND THAT REALLY KIND OF LEADS US HERE THIS EVENING TO THE, TO THE PETITION AND REQUEST BEFORE YOU, FOR CONSIDERATION, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FROM THE COMP PLAN PERSPECTIVE TO CHANGE THIS AREA TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO OUR NORTH, OUR WEST AND OUR SOUTH.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION REZONING OF THE PROPERTY, AND WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL WITH THE REQUEST IN THAT THERE'S, UM, 50 FOOT LOTS TO OUR WEST, THE RESORT NORTH FORK PUD.
SO THE SOUTH THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN IS 45 FOOT LOTS.
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AND SO WHEN YOU STARTED LOOKING AT THE USES, WHAT WE LOOKED AT INTENTIONALLY AND DELIBERATELY WAS THE SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT AND SINGLE FAMILY URBAN.SO WE'LL HAVE 50 FOOT LOTS ON THE FLATTER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND 60 FOOT LOTS ON THE BACK PORTION.
UM, ALSO DELIVERED THIS AS STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE PUD PROCESS.
AND THE COMPLEXITIES WITH THAT WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SAW TWO LAND USES THAT WE FEEL ARE COMPATIBLE STRAIGHT ZONING.
WE'LL MEET THE CITY CODES WITH THOSE IN CLOSING.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'RE ALSO AWARE AS WE WERE THE, UH, THE, UH, I WAS THE, THE FIRM THAT BROUGHT BEFORE YOU THE TOWNHOME REQUEST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THAT OTHER PIECE.
SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROPERTY AND THE EFFORTS ON OUR WAY WITH THAT.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AFTER OUR CONVERSATION WITH ROBIN TODAY, WE ARE AWARE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROPERTY EAST OF US.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND MOMENT IN TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF SET THE LINE.
WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT IS PROPOSED NEXT TO US.
WE'RE HERE WITH THE ZONING REQUEST.
WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT THAT, UM, MANUFACTURING USE MAY BE.
AND AS BOTH OF THESE GO THROUGH TOGETHER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT LINE THAT ESTABLISHED THAT BUFFER, THAT TRANSITION ON OUR PLAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND KIND OF CREATE THAT LINE IN THE SAND THAT HAS BEEN IN FLUX DEBATED AND MOVING FOR THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL BE HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL CALL ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED CARDS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, YEAH, REBECCA SOUTH 19 ONE OAK GROVE ROAD, UH, LEANDER.
UM, I HAVE MORE HISTORY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1997 ON THIS ROAD.
I'VE LIVED HERE 24, OVER 24 YEARS.
UM, INITIALLY THERE WAS A PROPOSAL BACK IN, MAYBE IT WAS 99 OR 2000, UH, PUT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO TURN THIS INTO THIS PROPERTY, INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND I CAME, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAID, PLEASE COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE ROADWAY BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING ON HERE IS THAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS A RAILROAD TRACK.
THERE'S NO GETTING OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EXCEPT ONTO HERITAGE GROVE ROAD.
AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS BARELY MORE THAN A DIRT ROAD.
I WAS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HELPED PAY TO PAVE THAT ROAD.
IT USED TO BE DIRT AND IT USED TO BE 30 PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE THAT BLIND CURVE ONTO 180 3.
THAT IS AGAIN, THE THERE'S NO STOPPING OF THAT TRAFFIC.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU, WHAT YOU LINE UP WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY NOW IS, UM, THIS IS A FEEDER ROAD TO GLEN HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S A FEEDER ROAD TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW.
AND, UM, EVERYBODY FROM BRYSON IS TRYING TO CUT THROUGH TO GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THEY'RE COMING DOWN HERE, DITCH ROAD, UH, GROVE ROAD, AND THE LINEUP GOES PAST THE ROAD.
IT GOES, UM, THE LINE UP AROUND THAT BLACK, THAT BLIND CURVE COMES BACK UP.
SO IT IS JUST A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.
AND, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM, UM, UM, GIHAN ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC ISSUES? I GUESS, CONSISTENCY, UM, IN THE TRANSITION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING PRACTICAL AND SAFE AND HAVING MOBILITY AROUND HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY, YOU'VE GOT, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THAT HAVEN OAKS IS 130 HOMES THAT RESERVE AT NORTH
I BELIEVE I HEARD AN ESTIMATE UP TO 700 HOMES, ALL EXITING ONTO HERITAGE GROVE ROAD, NOTHING THERE'S NO, CUT-THROUGH OVER TO SAN GABRIEL.
EVERYTHING GOES TO HALSY AND OVER, AND AGAIN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A STOP SIGN AND HALSY, DOESN'T STOP THERE'S YOU HAVE TO DODGE YOUR WAY IN AND OUT ON BOTH ENDS OF IT.
AND, UM, SO HERE'S WHAT I WOULD, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS, SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT YOU NEED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT WITH THAT APPLICATION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE TIA HAS FOR HAVEN OAKS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE TIA THAT PULTE SUBMITTED FOR THE RESERVE.
AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT JIHAN IS GOING TO DO ON TOP OF IT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE MODELS THAT WERE DONE WERE FROM OCTOBER, UM, TRANSPORTATION MODELS WERE DONE FROM OCTOBER OF, I THINK IT WAS 2019, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING OUT IN OUR AREA EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF CELL PHONE PINGS.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, PLEASE COME OUT AND LOOK AT THIS.
FEEL LIKE I JUST HAD ONE THAT WANTED TO BE ALWAYS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, TIM SCHNEIDER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, TIM SNYDER, 1100 OAK GROVE ROAD.
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UH, TO BE CLEAR, MY PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THIS ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE.SO WE'RE AT TEXTS, A LITTLE JOG IN THAT LINE.
UM, AGAIN, 15 YEARS BEEN THERE, UM, BACK IN THE HISTORY.
I UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME CHANGES.
THE CHALLENGES FOR THE TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS REAL.
UM, BEFORE THAT IT WAS ALSO WOULD RECYCLING WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
I HAD A LETTER IN THE MAIL COMMUNICATED DIRECTLY WITH THEM.
THEY WERE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS CREATING SOME LEVEL OF SETBACK, BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE BASICALLY A WOOD MANUFACTURING PLANT.
I'LL SUPPORT THE SUBDIVISION TOO.
BUT AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE IS, IS, IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE TRACK PLANNING WE'VE BEEN GET TO THAT, THAT THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSIONS ON HOW I CAN POTENTIALLY PROTECT SOME OF MY PRIVACY, UH, BECAUSE MY HOME IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THAT PROPERTY LINE.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND HERITAGE GROVES IS SEVERELY TORN UP.
I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE SOME PLANS WITH THIS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HELP ASSIST WITH THAT.
UM, BUT LET'S NOT TURN IT INTO WHAT I'M ALSO HEARING IS SOME OF THESE FEEDER ROADS THAT STILL SOUND LIKE THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR COMING ACROSS OAK GROVE ROAD, WHICH IS WHAT ONE'S NORTH AND SOUTH.
AND I JUST ASK ONE, ONE MORE TIME THAT THESE ARE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
ALL, ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S BEING CREATED AROUND IT.
LET'S NOT FIX IT BY DISTURBING WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING.
HAVE YOU GOT TO GET TO THAT PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAGING AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
IT'S GOTTA BE, UH, RESPECTFUL OF THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
THANK YOU, MR. SCHNEIDER, AND THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR, UM, POSITIONS INTO THE RECORD.
UM, I HAVE STEVE MCFARLAND IS AGAINST JASON LARSON IS AGAINST, AND I'M SORRY, JENNIFER MARKHAM.
UM, YOU SAID YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, BUT YOU DIDN'T MARK FOR OR AGAINST.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THEN SEE THE CITY SECRETARY AND FILL OUT A CARD.
HI, STEVE MCFARLAND 1400 OUTGO ROAD.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
UH, THE PRIMARY ISSUE IS HERITAGE GROVE CANNOT SUPPORT WHAT IS THERE NOW FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE? UH, THE ITSELF IS ALSO FULL OF POTHOLES, UM, AND HAVEN OAKS ON THE CORNER OF OAK GROVE AND HERITAGE GROVE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE DONE SOON.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN JUST SOUTH OF HERITAGE GROVE IS, IS THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES.
SO JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, ECHO THAT HERITAGE GROVE CANNOT SUPPORT WHAT IS THERE AND, AND BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS, UH, IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS ATTENTION BEFORE ADDITIONAL HOMES CAN, UH, BEFORE IT CAN SUPPORT ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL HOMES.
THANK YOU, MR. MCFARLAND, WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? OKAY.
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE 21, CPA 0, 0 3, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL.
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT I, I AGREE.
THAT'S JUST GONNA BE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC THERE.
HOW MANY HOUSES, BUT IT WAS NOT 700 POTENTIAL.
ARE YOU TALKING FOR THEIR PROPOSAL OR IN THE AREA? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOUSES? SO PAVAN OAKS IS 126 SLOTS.
AND THEN THE RESERVE AT NORTH FORK TO THE SOUTH IS 157.
I'D BE UP HERE WITH SFS, BUT NOT URBAN AND COMPACT.
YOU'RE GOING TO CAN'T HANDLE THAT TRAFFIC.
SO I WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF TOO, WHICH IS, UM, JUST, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT A LINE THAT WAS DRAWN.
AND I FEEL LIKE AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DID DRAW A LINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT ZONE FOR OUR R AND R AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER, UM, AFTER TALKING TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND AFTER TALKING TO OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW LAST TIME THAT YOU CAME IN AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, WITH A DIFFERENT, UH, WITH A DIFFERENT CLIENT AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT I'M IN, BUT I'M INCLINED TO, TO HAVE US HOLD THE LINE
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ON SOMETHING THAT WE SAID THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, WHICH WAS LIKE LOOKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TOWN.AND I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A WAY TO, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT BEFORE, UNTIL I SAW IT ON THIS AGENDA, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO WAY TO REACH OUT AND TALK AND TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS EARLIER.
THIS IS I, I GOT IT ON FRIDAY, RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I LOOKED AT.
IT WAS LIKE, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? YOU KNOW, AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? WE JUST DREW THIS LINE AND WE JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THIS, THIS FOCUS ON THIS POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL LANDING OF ANOTHER BUSINESS, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
AND EVEN SOME, MAYBE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ALL WORK OUT.
WHY WOULD WE GO DO THAT AND THEN GIVE UP PART OF THAT AREA THAT IT WOULD BE SERVICING? SO THAT'S MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE WOULD BE GOING AWAY FROM A LINE THAT I THINK WAS CLEARLY DRAWN.
SO TO THAT EFFECT, I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S UP HERE.
NOW THAT WAS ON THIS DIET WHEN HAVEN OAKS CAME IN.
AND THIS WAS VERY MUCH THE SAME DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND SAVANNAH RANCH, UM, OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WANT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR HOMES.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS DISCUSSION BEGAN OF WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING TONIGHT ABOUT, WELL, THIS WILL BE THE LINE.
NO, THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WITH HAVEN OAKS HAVEN OAKS WAS THE LINE.
AND THAT'S WHY THOSE LOTS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE URBANIZED THAN THE ONES NEXT TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE TRANSITION INTO THE EMPLOYMENT SECTOR AND, AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
AND SO, UM, WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO JUST EXTEND THAT LINE FURTHER OUT.
AND THAT WAS NOT THIS COUNCIL'S INTENTION IN 2018, WHEN WE APPROVED HAVEN OAKS, THAT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO.
AND WE WAVERED A LITTLE BIT ON IT WHEN WE APPROVED THE RESERVE AT NORTH FORK, BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO WAIVER ON THAT.
PRETEND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING WELL, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
I THINK THAT'S THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON TO THE EAST OF IT.
I AGREE WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY I'LL SECOND.
UH, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PENN TILIAN PARKER AS THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, SORRY.
UM, SO THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE FIRST ONE'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE ACTION ON THE ZONING.
YOU JUST HAVE TO DO TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
IF WE DENY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE'S STILL A PUBLIC NOTICE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON DENYING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENIAL PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THEN ON THE ZONING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE ZONING.
NO SECOND, SECOND, BY PROTON ROSS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENIAL PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[29. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Urbana Annexation Case 21-A-003 on the voluntary annexation of 12.517 acres ±, commonly known as 13301 Hero Way West, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action on the first reading of an Ordinance for the voluntarily annexing of land as described above.]
ITEM 29 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE URBANA ANNEXATION CASE 21 8 0 0 3 ON THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 12.517 ACRES.MORE OR LESS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1, 3, 3 0 1 HERO WAY WEST OR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS PLANNING DIRECTOR.
SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE URBANA, UM, ANNEXATION REQUEST.
UM, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM WITH THE ACTUAL ANNEXATION.
WE HAVE A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WHEN THEY CHANGE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY THAT TRIGGERS ANNEXATION.
UM, THE, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE ZONING.
AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE FINAL ACTION ON ANNEXATION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THERE'S NO PRESENTATION ON THIS, CORRECT.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, ANDREW NATINE.
COUNSEL, ANDREW ALDIN 2212 TO MAY STREET IN LEANDER, TEXAS.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE PART IN A OUTREACH FROM THE DEVELOPER.
UM, AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UM, I'VE HAD SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS WITH MY NEIGHBORS, UH, IN CARNEROS RANCH, WHICH BASICALLY ABUTS THIS.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, MOST PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS A DECENT
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USE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS WHILE YOU WERE LOOKING AT THIS PRIOR TO THE NEXT ITEM, BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD IF THIS GOES THROUGH NOTHING THAT I WOULD SAY NEXT WOULD MATTER.
SO, UM, TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, UM, THE PEC, UM, PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED THERE, THE TIMELINES ON THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE VERY, UM, SIMILAR, BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT'S FINE IF IT'S NOT THERE, BUT IF IT'S THERE BEFORE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THEN THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY BE LIVING NEXT TO THAT PEC FACILITY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A VERY, UM, DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR THEM.
SO THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATION AMONGST THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT PERHAPS MAYBE SHIFTING THE WAY THAT DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PLANNED TO MAYBE ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER THERE.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, THE BIGGER CONCERN IS COTTONTAIL, I THINK IS THE NAME OF THE STREET.
UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, THIS PLAN IS BEING DESIGNED FOR COTTONTAIL TO END.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE LAND ADJACENT TO IT NEXT TO LAKELINE COTTONTAILS AT THE VERY, VERY TIP OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF LIKE A SALE, THE TOP OF THE SALE.
IF YOU DON'T PULL COTTONTAIL ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO LAKELINE.
NOW YOU'RE LITERALLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT CORNER, RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN FIT THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THERE.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT IN ANY MANNER.
SO THAT CREATES AN ISSUE FOR THE LONG-TERM PLANNING ON THIS.
THE SECOND CONCERN HERE IS THAT WITHOUT COTTONTAIL COMING THROUGH, IT'S GOING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFICKING GOING THROUGH, CAN NARROWS TO GET TO THE BACK END OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS NOT DESIRABLE THE THIRD PIECE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A THEME FROM THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON LAKELINE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW IT'S ON FUTURE PLANS FOR THE, FOR THE CITY, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOONER.
YOU ALREADY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT RIGHT BEHIND CARNEROS RANCH.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CLOSER TO MASON THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED.
AND THEN YOU ADD THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN TRAFFIC INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO GET THROUGH THESE AREAS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT TRAFFIC, UM, MITIGATION ON LAKELINE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF LAND AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR NICK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT KEELEN GLORIA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[30. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 20-Z-033 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) and Interim SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) to create the Urbana Planned Unit Development (PUD) with base zoning of NR-2-A (Neighborhood Residential) and LC-2-A (Local Commercial); Subdivision Case 20-CP-012 to adopt the Urbana Concept Plan on six (6) parcels of land approximately 18.1 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R032167, R366161, R432891, R432892, R336502, and R575954; and more commonly known as 13301 Hero Way West, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 20-Z-033 and 20-CP-012 as described above.]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 20 Z 0 3 3 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR, ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL AND INTERIM SFS TO BE SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN TO CREATE THE URBANA PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.PUD WITH BASE ZONING OF
UM, THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 3, 3 0 1 HERE AWAY.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO CREATE THE URBANA PUD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THE AREA WITH THE ORANGE POLKA DOTS, THAT'S WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE.
AND THEN THE CORAL COLOR THAT'S WHERE THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL WOULD BE.
UM, THIS APPLICATION ALSO INCLUDES THE CONCEPTUAL SITES, UH, LAYOUT AND LANDIS' PLAN, WHICH WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN THEIR, THEIR SUBDIVISION PROCESS.
UM, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES, UM, A MAXIMUM OF 163 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THESE CAN BE ATTACHED OR DETACHED, AND THEN A MINIMUM OF 1.5 ACRES OF LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CASE WITH A THREE TO TWO VOTE, UM, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPER WORKS WITH PEC ON THE LOCATION OF THE SUBSTATION IN RELATION TO THE LOCATION OF THE HOMES AND THAT A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK IS PROVIDED ALONG THE MAIN NORTH SOUTH DRIVE TO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO HERO WAY I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
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COUNCIL, MARK BAKER WITH SCC PLANNING.I'M HERE THIS EVENING WITH ZACH HENMAN WITH URBAN MOMENT, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER OF THIS COTTAGE PRODUCT, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT LANDOWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST WALK THROUGH, UM, I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS HERE.
IF THERE'S ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE CRITERIA IN THE PUD, WE CAN TALK THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS ON THAT.
I WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCT AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY A REFRESHER COURSE ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT.
AND SO URBAN MOMENT IS A, IS A COTTAGE DEVELOPER AND THEY'VE THEY, UH, TURNED THE PRODUCT A YARD HOME, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY COTTAGE THAT IS, UH, SERVES ACTS LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT IT'S FUNCTIONS ALSO LIKE A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL UNITS THAT PEOPLE CAN RENT.
AND THEN THE MAXIMUM, THERE ARE SOME UNITS WHERE THERE ARE TWO ATTACHED, BUT THAT'S THE MAXIMUM OF THE ATTACHED UNITS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
AND THEY'RE ALL ONE AND TWO STORY UNITS, UH, THAT THEY HAVE COMMON AMENITIES SIMILAR TO A MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX.
SO THEY HAVE CLUBHOUSES AND SWIMMING POOL AND THE DOG PARK AND OPEN AMENITIES.
EACH UNIT HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL YARD AREAS AS WELL.
AND IT'S, IT'S SERVING TO FIT.
IT'S CALLED THE MISSING MIDDLE.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT TERM A LOT PROBABLY RECENTLY, BUT IT'S TRYING TO, UH, FIND A NICHE IN THE MARKET FROM TRADITIONAL WALK-UP THREE STORY APARTMENTS AND SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
SO THERE'S A HUGE DEMOGRAPHIC RIGHT NOW IS AS YOU'VE READ AND SEEN, UH, THAT'S BEING PRICED OUT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, BUT WANTS TO TRANSITION FROM AN A TRADITIONAL APARTMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PRODUCT TAILORS TO EACH OF EACH OF THE UNITS ARE, ARE, UM, HAVE SMART TECHNOLOGY.
THEY'VE GOT THE RING DOORBELLS, THEY'VE GOT HIGH SPEED INTERNET.
THEY EACH HAVE INDIVIDUAL YARD AREAS.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S COMMON AMENITY SPACES AS WELL.
AND THEN ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE FROM THE YARD AREAS AND THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AND THE PARKS ALL THE WAY TO THE UNITS THEMSELVES ARE COMMONLY MAINTAINED.
AND SO THE TYPICAL TARGET AUDIENCE AND DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THIS PRODUCT ARE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, TEACHERS, UM, AND SOME EMPTY NESTERS, UH, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF FOLKS.
AND THIS IS PRODUCT RESONATES WITH ME A LITTLE BIT.
CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL BEFORE I GOT OLD THAT I REMEMBER BEING EXCITED.
CAUSE I LIVED IN A PRODUCT LIKE THIS IN AUSTIN AFTER BOUNCING AROUND FROM TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME, UH, I FOUND THIS LITTLE DEVELOPMENT ON FAR WEST BOULEVARD THAT HAD THESE DETACHED SEPARATE CONDOS.
I THINK MY UNIT WAS LIKE 700 SQUARE FEET.
AND, BUT I REMEMBER BEING SO EXCITED TO FINALLY TRANSITION FROM THAT THREE STORY TRADITIONAL APARTMENT TO HAVE WHAT FELT LIKE MY OWN DETACHED PLACE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT.
AND SO I THINK IT'LL RESONATE WELL IN THE MARKET AND PROVIDE A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING FROM JUST TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY AND TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS.
UH, THEY, THEY DO RANGE IN SIZE FROM 630 SQUARE FEET ALL THE WAY UP TO ALMOST 1400 SQUARE FEET.
LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, THERE ONE STORY AND TWO STORY THERE'S ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
UH, THEY HAVE, UM, THIS IS KIND OF A PROTOTYPICAL LAYOUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF HOW THE UNITS ARE CONFIGURED.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT SIZE UNITS ARE CLUSTERED TOGETHER AND, AND DISPERSE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF HIERARCHY OF BUILDING HEIGHTS AND SIZES, UH, DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CLUSTERED IN THESE CLUSTERS OF UNITS AROUND OPENINGS.
AND THEN THE FINISHES ON THE INTERIOR ARE CONSIDERED LIKE LEVEL ONE FINISHES.
SO YOU HAVE GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, YOU'VE GOT, UH, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES, HARDWOOD, FLOORS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THEY'RE THERE THEY'RE NICELY ACCOMMODATED.
AND THEN THE IMAGES HERE, YOU CAN SEE EACH UNIT HAS ITS OWN FENCED IN OUTDOOR PATIO AREA.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT OUR BOND HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTH AUSTIN, KIND OF AROUND SLAUGHTER LANE, EAST OF
AND IT'S PART OF A DEVELOPMENT CALLED GOODNIGHT RANCH.
AND SO THEY HAVE A, OBVIOUSLY A MUCH MORE MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE ON THIS ONE.
AND WITH, WITH BRIGHT COLORS THAT KIND OF FIT THE THEME OF THAT COMMUNITY, WHATEVER BONTA DOES IS THEY GO INTO A COMMUNITY AND THEY TRY TO TAILOR THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNITS FOR WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE.
SO IN THE CASE OF, UH, URBANO HERO WAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT MORE OF A, A FARMHOUSE STYLE TRADITIONAL
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HOME.THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT OUR BOND IS DEVELOPING AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS AREA RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THESE ARE SOME, UH, ELEVATIONS OF THE PRODUCT DESIGN THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THE LEANDER PROJECT, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, JUST SOME MORE IMAGES, THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND COMMON AREAS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IS THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND, OR DOES MENTION A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING AND DOES MENTION THIS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPE.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE FITTING RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS LOOKING FOR FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
UM, AND WE ALSO FIND THAT THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL USE FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE COMMERCIAL ON LAKELINE BOULEVARD TO OUR WEST.
SO THERE'S ABOUT A 520 FOOT DEEP COMMERCIAL TRACK.
THAT'LL BE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS ON THE WEST THAT WOULD FRONT ONTO LAKELINE BOULEVARD.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS WILL GIVE, UH, A NATURAL TRANSITION FROM THAT TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THE, THE PEC SUBSTATION.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING THAT AS PART OF THE DETAILED LAYOUT, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ZONING AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE DEVELOPING A SITE PLAN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IS LOCATING A LITTLE MORE SEPARATION OF UNITS FROM THAT SUBSTATION.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO LOCATE A DRIVE AISLE AND LIKE THE TRASH SERVICE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO PC'S MOST INTENSE PART OF THEIR SUBSTATION.
WE GOT A LAYOUT, A SCHEMATIC LAYOUT OF HOW THEIR EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO LAY OUT ON THAT SITE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO TAILOR THE LAYOUT AROUND PROVIDING AS MUCH SEPARATION AS WE CAN.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROVISION IN THE PUD THAT PROVIDES A BUFFER ALONG THAT ENTIRE EASTERN BOUNDARY, UH, WHERE WE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND BUILDING SETBACK, BUT THEN ALSO PLANT SHADE TREES EVERY 30 FEET ALONG THAT ENTIRE BUFFER.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE SEPARATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THAT EDGE TO HELP WITH THAT, UM, UH, TRANSITION AND BUFFER AREA.
AND THAT'S HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS THING UP ROBIN IS AT THE TOP BUTTON.
NOW LOOK AT THAT SO LONG, THIS LONG, THIS EDGE HERE.
SO PCS STATION SITS RIGHT HERE AND YOU CAN SEE ALSO ON THIS MAP, THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE SITE DRAINS TOO.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DETENTION FACILITY TO HANDLE OUR OFFSITE DRAINAGE.
SO THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL, WHICH WE FULLY UNDERSTAND AND WOULD PROBABLY HAVE COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF HERO AWAY, IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT THE SITE DRAINS THAT WAY AND THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE UPON THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU ONLY SEE THAT THAT FIRST COMMERCIAL TRACK THAT'S EXISTING.
UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE STANDARDS THAT ROBIN BREEZED THROUGH.
SHE TALKED THROUGH THE DOG PARK.
WE CAN COME BACK TO ANY OF THESE, IF YOU HAD MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS.
AND THEN AGAIN, A COLLAGE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, ELEVATIONS OF THE ONE AND TWO STORY UNITS, THAT'LL BE DISPERSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.
UH, ZACH'S DONE EXTENSIVE LEGWORK.
UM, I COMPLIMENT HIM ROUTINELY ON, I DON'T KNOW, AS I HAVE ANOTHER CLIENT THAT'S DONE MORE WORK REACHING OUT TO NEIGHBORING HOS AND RESIDENTS THAN ZACH HAS.
UH, I DON'T, HE PROBABLY CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY PHONE CALLS AND MEETINGS HE'S HAD AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, I WOULD APPLAUD HIM FOR THAT TRANSPARENCY AND TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND SO I, I FULLY EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AS HE DEVELOPS THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE, ZACH'S HERE, I'M HERE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING ZONING CASE 20 Z 0 3, 3 AND 20 CP 0 1 2 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK IT'S A UNIQUE PRODUCT THAT Y'ALL ARE BRINGING, UH, AND THE TRANSITION FOR PEOPLE THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT TRANSITION.
MY REAL CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL AND THE LACK OF IT, UM, ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT WAS, UH, A BIG CONCERN FOR ME, UM, WITH THE PROJECT, BUT I LIKED THE PROJECT, UH, LIKE THE LOOK OF IT.
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I THINK QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT THE COMMERCIAL IS, IS, UH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH PC TO WORK THAT OUT ABOUT THE SUBSTATION AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO THERE, BUT THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT IS A CONCERN.CAN WE ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM ANY CALMER? YEAH.
ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH PC AS FAR AS POSSIBLE REALIGNMENT OF LINES OR WHATEVER, IT MIGHT BE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, FANTASTIC TO SEE YOU ALL IN PERSON.
UH, SO YEAH, WE, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER OUR ZONING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, MEMBERS FROM, FROM PEC AND FIGURING OUT IF THERE'S A SCENARIO TO REALIGN THAT WOULD REMAIN, OR THAT WOULD KEEP OUR PROJECT RIBBING REMAINING FEASIBLE, EXCUSE ME.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME HELPING PEC LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CROSSINGS.
I KNOW THAT'S A GOAL OF THEIRS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CROSSINGS ACROSS HERE AWAY.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE FRONT OF YOU HERE AT WAY.
AND FOURTH STAKEHOLDER, THE LANDOWNERS OF COURSE, PRESERVING THEIR, THEIR, UH, MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF, OF COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO WORKING WITH, UH, MR. MERLINO AND, UH, UH, CODY AT PDC OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS OF SHIFTING THE, THE LINES SLIGHTLY NORTH, WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD SHIFT THE EASEMENT.
SO IT'S, THIS IS HARD TO DO WITHOUT AN EXHIBIT.
UM, BUT MAKE THE EASEMENT PARALLEL TO HERE A WAY IN DOING THAT, THAT CREATES A LARGER COMMERCIAL FOOTPRINT THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY SHOWN ON OUR PLAN.
SO HOW, HOW MUCH MORE, SO I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, MATT, UM, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DRAINAGE IN THAT CORNER, HOW MUCH MORE LAND COULD POTENTIALLY WHERE THE PROPOSED LINES COULD COME, UH, PARALLEL WITH HERO WAY ACROSS THERE, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL LAND WOULD WOULD BE THERE.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE RETURN DETENTION IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT WHOLE AMOUNT.
SO THERE'S A FEW UNIQUE CONSTRAINTS ON THE SITE.
THERE'S A HIGH POINT RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
AND THE HYDROLOGY IS SUCH THAT IN THE SITE AND AS SUCH THAT THIS WATER IS GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, THIS WATER'S GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS.
SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT WATER FROM THIS WATERSHED UP INTO THIS ONE AND VICE VERSA.
SO IN OUR EARLY DUE DILIGENCE, WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, OR EARLY ON LOOKING AT THE SITE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HARVEST EVERYTHING DOWN HERE.
WE COULDN'T HENCE THE DETENTION POND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
THERE'S ALSO DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR BOTH OF THOSE PONDS IN HERO WAY.
THE NEAREST INLET STRUCTURES ARE ABOUT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF PEC.
SO WE DO HAVE TO WORK WITH PEC ON SOME SORT OF JOINT EASEMENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO GET TO THOSE STRUCTURES OR GO INTO HERO WAY AND, AND OVERSIZE THEM TO THE FRONT CORNER OF THAT PROPERTY.
UM, THE OUTLET DOWN HERE IS ROUGHLY RIGHT THERE AND BETWEEN K AND J I BELIEVE ON THE LOTS.
SO, UH, THE POINT IN ALL THAT IS THE HYDROLOGY PUSHES THE WATER TO THE NORTHEAST OF THIS PARCEL.
SO MOVING THAT BASIN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE PROPERTY IS HIGHLY FEASIBLE.
UM, COMBINED WITH THE POWER LINES THAT CURRENTLY CROSS AT A DIAGONAL, THERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
SO THE DISCUSSION WITH PEC CORRECT, WAS TO MOVE THE LINES TO THE NORTH OF OUR SITE PLAN, ROUGHLY RIGHT ABOUT THERE, WHICH WOULD AGAIN, ROUGHLY DOUBLE THAT USABLE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE NOW ON THE COMMERCIAL.
CAMERON, IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS LIKE WE WERE
SO IF YOU CAN RECAPTURE YOUR AREA, THERE IS THE IDEA TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, SO WE'RE CALLING THIS A PRIORITY CORRIDOR FOR US TO DO THAT, RIGHT.
THAT'S ALSO WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER IS SAYING.
SO IS THERE A CHANCE AT THAT IF THOSE LINES GET MOVED SOUTH, I GUESS, ON THE GET, GET MOVED THERE AT A ANGLE LIKE THIS.
NOW, IF THEY GET MOVED HERE, IS THERE A, IS THERE A CHANCE TO RECRUIT MORE COMMERCIAL LAND AND STILL HAVE YOUR, TO HAVE YOUR DRAINAGE MAT? SO I THINK WHAT IT'S TO SAY IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IT IS CREATING MORE USABLE SQUARE COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE FRONTAGE OF HERO WAY.
IT'S, IT'S CREATING MORE USABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE ALONG HERE, AWAY THAT CURRENTLY IS UNDERNEATH AN EASEMENT AND, AND MAKING THE LOCATION OF THE EASEMENT MORE
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EFFICIENT IN THAT PARKING WILL BE LOCATED BEHIND IT UNDERNEATH.SO RIGHT NOW, THE DEVELOP-ABLE DEVELOP-ABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT STRUCTURE IS, IS MORE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THAT EASEMENT THAN IT WOULD BE OTHERWISE.
SO THE PARCEL IS STILL GOING TO REMAIN 1.5 ACRES, BUT THE, THE DEVELOPABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL INCREASE COUNSEL.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, YEAH.
I'LL LET EVERYBODY ELSE GO, BUT I'LL, I HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE.
SO I DO ALSO, I LIKE THIS PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD TRANSITION BETWEEN, UM, AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS LAKELAND.
MY, THE ONLY THING THAT STICKS WITH ME A LITTLE BIT IS THE PARKING ON COTTONTAIL.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE OWNERSHIP PIECE OF THAT PART, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED WITH OWNING A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SO I PROBABLY CONFUSED THE PARK MORE THAN IT NEEDED TO BE W THE, THE INTENT THERE WAS FOR US TO, TO DEVELOP AND, AND CONSTRUCT THE PARK AND TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY TO USE IT.
THERE WAS A LITTLE OF CONCERN BROUGHT UP IN ONE OF THE HOA MEETINGS BY, BY ONE OR TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT IF IT WAS A PUBLIC PARK, THEN PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND LAND OR MIGHT COME AND USE IT.
AND I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I'M WILLING, WE'RE OPEN TO RESTRICTING IT TO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS WE'VE PUT OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, IF IT IS A PUBLIC PARK, THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM FOR US TO OWN IT, TO HAVE THE OWNERSHIP AND QUITE FRANKLY, TO GET INSURANCE FOR A PUBLIC PARK.
THAT WAS, AND SO THAT WAS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH STAFF AS WELL.
UM, WHETHER THAT WAS EVEN FEASIBLE TO DEDICATE TO THE PARK.
SO WE'RE FLEXIBLE TO, TO MAINTAINING OWNERSHIP AND CREATING A MORE RESTRICTED, A MORE RESTRICTED ACCESS FOR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
AND AS FAR AS THE PARKING, YOU'RE TALKING IMMEDIATELY ALONG COTTONTAIL THE PARALLEL PARKING, BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT, THAT THERE, THAT THERE'S A REASON WHY THAT, THAT LITTLE PIECE THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAKELAND AND THAT'S FINE, BUT I'M THINKING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, IF THERE'S ALL THE PARALLEL PARKING ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND SIDES OF COTTONTAIL, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT JUST, IT SEEMS MESSY FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
SO I THINK OUR PROPOSAL FROM A, FROM A FUNCTIONALITY STANDPOINT, I GUESS, WOULD BE TO, TO, TO ASK FOR PARALLEL PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, UNDERSTANDING THAT COTTONTAIL TO THE EAST OF US IS WIDE THE RIGHT AWAY, I BELIEVE IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR PARKING ON ONE SIDE.
NOW, MAYBE THERE ARE CREATIVE ENGINEERING WAYS WITH TREE ISLANDS AND SO FORTH ALONG THE DOG PARK TO MAKE THAT AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, UH, SCENARIO.
AND ONE THAT'S NOT DANGEROUS AT THE SAME TIME.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A, A CURVE IN THE ROAD THERE, WHICH MAY LIMIT SOME OF THE ENGINEERING.
SO MY ASK WOULD BE FOR, FOR PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE ENGINEERING THAT LIMITS IT.
I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER, ROSS'S COMMENTS ABOUT PARKING, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY TO COTTONTAIL.
UM, SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE RAISED THE BAR ON WHAT WE EXPECT FROM DEVELOPERS.
YOUR OUTREACH HAS BEEN AMAZING, BOTH TO COUNCIL AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU'VE BEEN ACCOMMODATING TO EVERYTHING HAS COME AT YOU.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROJECT.
LIKE I COULD SEE MYSELF LIVING THERE.
I THINK IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S NEEDED AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING A MARKET THAT THEY'RE JUST THERE, ISN'T THAT MARKET IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND IT, AND IT'S SO SORELY NEEDED, BUT THE PARKING IS KILLING ME A LITTLE BIT.
SO YOUR BASE OWNING IS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WOULD HAVE A HIGHER PARKING AMOUNT THAN, THAN WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE, WHICH IS BASICALLY MULTI-FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT YOUR ZONING.
AND THEN YOU'RE ROUNDING DOWN ON WHAT YOUR AMOUNT OF PARKING WOULD BE ON MULTIFAMILY SHOULD BE 1.83, BUT YOU'RE GOING WITH 1.8.
SO YOU'RE DOING JUST BELOW WHAT WE WOULD REQUIRE AS THE BARE MINIMUM.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF YOUR UNITS, 34% OR ONE BEDROOM, WHICH MEANS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY ARE MORE THAN ONE BEDROOM.
AND SO BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US, IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE GOING TO BE TWO CAR HOUSEHOLDS.
AND I JUST, I HAVE SO MUCH HEARTACHE OVER THE AMOUNT OF, WELL, THE LACK OF PARKING THAT THERE IS IN THIS, UM, BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE UNDERSHOOTING WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO POUR OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR.
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
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BUILT.I WANT TO SEE IT BUILT WITH MORE PARKING.
AND I, I DID TOUCH ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I HEAR YOU.
UH, AND, AND THE CONCERN, UM, AGAIN, OUR PARKING IS, IS BASED ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND, AND TRACK OR SUCCESS AND FEEDBACK FROM THOSE, THOSE PREVIOUS PROJECTS.
SO IN HISTORICALLY WE HAVE PARKED IN 1.1 0.8, GIVE OR TAKE IN THAT AREA, DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT THE UNIT MIX IS IN THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.
UM, SO WE FELT 1.8 WAS, WAS APPROPRIATE HERE BASED ON 35%, UH, OR 34% SINGLE SINGLE BEDROOM RESIDENCE.
UM, I, TO THE CODE I, THE USE IS WHERE I WAS, WHERE I, IN MY FAQ, I WAS KIND OF HEADED TOWARD, WAS WE WERE MORE AKIN TO A MULTIFAMILY USE THAN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT.
SO USE WHERE YOU HAVE CHILDREN WITH CARS AND, AND OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS WITH CARS.
SO OUR, OUR, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AND OUR PROFILE TENDS TO BE MORE SINGLE CAR HOUSEHOLDS AND DOUBLE CAR HOUSEHOLDS, AS OPPOSED TO TWO AND THREE CAR HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I, I, I DO HEAR THE, THE, THE CONCERN.
OF COURSE, IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT CAN'T PARK, RIGHT.
HAVE YOU COMPARED THE, THE CITY DEMOGRAPHICS BETWEEN WHERE YOU'VE BUILT PREVIOUSLY AND LEANDER BECAUSE LEANDRA IS VERY FAMILY HEAVY AND CHILD HEAVY.
AND SO OUR ASSET TEAM DIVES IN YES, INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS, VERY HEAVY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT WHEN THEY PUT THE UNIT MIX TOGETHER THAT WE, WE SPEC TO THE PROJECT.
CAUSE I COULD SEE LIKE HOW A TYPICAL PROJECT MIGHT EVEN BE CLOSER TO MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, WANT TO SAY CENTER OF TOWN OR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THIS IS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, UM, WHICH IS, I THINK WHAT, WHICH IS TO KIND OF BACK UP YOUR POINT, WHICH IS THERE'S I WORK IN THAT AREA AND IT'S MAJORITY FAMILIES.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOUR TARGET MARKET IS TOO.
NUMBER TWO WAS, WAS PARKING THERE AND I'LL BRING UP A THIRD IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT I'VE ALREADY VOICED THAT TO YOU OVER AN EMAIL AS WELL, TOO.
HUH? ON PARKING REAL QUICK ON AND THE PARKING ALONG COTTONTAIL, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY, WE'RE PRETTY CERTAIN THAT WILL BE REQUIRED AT A BASEMENT, UM, TO PROVIDE 20, 20 ADDITIONAL SPACES, WHICH WOULD GET US TO, I THINK WE'RE 2 92 PROVIDED IN THE PUD.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT CLOSER TO THE, THE 1.9, UH, KIND OF MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IF YOU INCLUDE OFF-SITE PARKING, BUT WE ARE BUILDING IT, BUT I, I HEAR YOU.
I, UH, I THINK I MENTIONED IN OUR ZONING COMMISSION OR PLANNING MEETING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DUPLEX UNITS AS WELL.
SO IF THERE, IF THERE WERE, I GUESS I'D SAY IF WE WORK ON THE SITE PLAN IN A WAY THAT FREES UP MORE OPEN SPACE AND MORE COMMON AREAS WITH DUPLEX UNITS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE MORE PARKING, PARKING AISLES AS WELL.
PIGGYBACKING JUST A LITTLE BIT ON COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NICK, UM, ROB A GOOD THAT THIS IS NOT AS URBANIZED IN AREA AS, AS OTHERS.
UM, I WONDER WHAT THE EFFECT OF OUR LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS IT, HAVE YOU BUILT IN AREAS THAT HAVE YOU BUILT THIS CONCEPT IN AREAS THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT? WE'RE BUILDING A, WE HAVE A CURRENT COMMUNITY AND UH, THE PLUM CREEK MASTER PLAN IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
SO THAT IS, UH, A COMMUTER COMMUTER COMMUNITY I SHOULD SAY.
AND THE PUBLIC TRANSIT I WOULD SAY IS WE WERE IN THE GREENFIELD.
SO WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION AND REMAIN THERE.
THE LAST ONE I GOT TO, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND I, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE SOUTH.
UM, LET'S SAY, UM, AND, UM, AND THERE IS A MAJOR CONCERN.
I KNOW THAT TH THERE'S ALMOST NOTHING, YOU ALMOST, ALMOST, ALMOST, ALMOST NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE COTTONTAIL AND WHETHER COTTONTAIL WOULD GO THROUGH OR NOT, CAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY.
SO IT GOES RIGHT TO WHERE IT, WHERE IT CAN GO.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS AS FAR AS HOW TO IT, I FORESEE A MAJOR PROBLEM THERE.
I MEAN, I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS FIVE DAYS A WEEK, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, FROM THE BACK OF THERE.
AND AS FAR AS WHAT THE PARKING ON COTTONTAIL WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, I DO AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM CARNEROS RANCH, MR. DUNN, DEAN, WHO SAID, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF ISSUE DOWN THERE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO THERE AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN AND COTTONTAIL COME DOWN RAND ROAD AND BACK DOWN SOUTH TURN THROUGH CARNEROS RANCH, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HELP THE SITUATION AND, AND, AND PUT MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD RIGHT THERE HASN'T
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BEEN ANY DISCUSSION.I HATE TO EVEN SAY THIS OUT HERE.
CAUSE I, I THINK YOU ARE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION AS FAR AS ANYTHING TO TRY TO BE WORKED OUT WITH THE PROPER OWNER TO YOUR WEST AND IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBLE WAY FOR THAT THING TO GO THROUGH.
TWO THINGS THERE, THE LANDOWNER TO THE WEST, DESPITE MY, MY ATTEMPTS ON OUTREACH IS ONE LANDOWNER I DID NOT GET TO SPEAK WITH.
SO I SUPPOSE TO, WITH PULL PARTNERS WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVE AND BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, UH, NO, IT DIDN'T GO ANY FURTHER AS FAR AS, UH, A CONNECTION OF COTTONTAIL.
I THINK IT PRESENTS CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF, OF, AS I MENTIONED, UH, PROPORTIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
I WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PARCEL, THAT OWNER WOULDN'T WANT TO, TO COME FORWARD WITH THEIR PROPORTIONATE SHARE, IT WOULD BE HARD TO DETERMINE THEIR ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
UM, BUT NO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BLUNTLY, THE DISCUSSION IS NOT ABOUT THAT, BUT NOT WITH THEM.
COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I HAVE, I HAVE THREE OUTSTANDING ISSUES HERE, SO I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION.
I THINK WE'RE ALL STUCK ON THE PARKING.
AND JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION JUST FOR ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING.
I THINK THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION OR CONCERN AND, UM, UH, PRO TEM.
UH, ROSS MENTIONED THAT LAKELINE DOES NOT, THAT IS NOT GOING OUT TO LAKELINE.
SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LAKELINE FROM THAT PROPERTY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO MEMBER, AND TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, THE OTHER, I'M SORRY, THE OTHER THOUGHT WAS ON WITH THE TRAFFIC ON COTTONTAIL, THAT WILL BE CREATED INTERIM THERE.
AND I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS WITH STAFF, BUT MAYBE THERE IS AN INTERIM WHERE WE'RE EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY, AND THE ONLY HAVE PRIMARY ACCESS OFF OF HERO.
INTEL COTTONTAIL EVENTUALLY IS, IS BUILT THROUGH.
WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO ON PARKING? SO IS, UH, IS THE, I COME FROM, UH, A HEAT ISLAND STATE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE.
SO ASPHALT IS A HEAT ISLAND STATE.
SO ASPHALT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I HATE TO SEE EMPTY PARKING LOTS.
AND SO IS THE ASK TO GO TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME STANDARD OF TWO PER UNIT? OR AM I, AM I SURFING TO 1.9? I WELL DID, DID WE NOT DETERMINE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 3.5? DID THAT WAS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS? NOT, NOT WITH YOU, BUT IN QUESTIONS AND I MAY HAVE THAT WRONG.
SO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, IF YOU HAVE A, UM, THREE OR MORE BEDROOM, IT'S, I'M SORRY, MORE THAN THREE BEDROOM.
IT'S ONE GARAGE AND TWO OFF STREET.
SO IT'S LIKE A GARAGE AND TWO IN YOUR DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN IF IT'S LESS THAN THREE, THREE OR LESS, IT'S TWO PARKING SPACES.
SO THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, OKAY.
AS A TOTAL, WHERE ARE WE? WHERE, WHERE DO WE NEED, WHERE ARE WE IN? WHERE DO WE NEED TO GET TO MAKE IT FIT? UM, SO IN THE POD, IT DOESN'T REALLY OUTLINE, UH, A LIMIT ON BEDROOMS. SO IT'S HARD TO, TO ASSUME THAT I THINK HE'S PRESENTED SOME, SOME OPTIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO WHATEVER YOU PUT IN THE ORDINANCE IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING.
SO YOU COULD TEAR IT THAT WAY, WHERE IT'S BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING.
AND IF WE WERE CALCULATING AT 1.83, WHICH IS JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE CALCULATING AT AS 298, SO LESS THAN 300 PARKING SPACES FOR 163 UNITS TO 30, DID I UNDERSTAND? 34% OR ONE BEDROOM? YEP.
SO YOU COULD STRUCTURE THE PUD WHERE IT CALLS OUT A PARKING REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO A ONE BEDROOM.
CAUSE OUR ORDINANCE ASSUMES YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT.
AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON OPTIONS BETWEEN TODAY AND THE, THE NEXT READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE DO SOME RESEARCH AND WORK TOGETHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, CAUSE I'M NOT INCLINED.
I LOVE THE PROJECT, BUT I'M NOT INCLINED TO VOTE FOR IT WITH THE CURRENT PARKING THE WAY IT IS.
CAUSE I THINK LANDER TENDS TO BREAK THE MOLD ON A LOT OF THINGS.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT'S JUST GOING TO COME BACK AND BITE ALL OF US.
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AND I, I HAVE TO AGREE.I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS A, UM, IT DOES KIND OF FILL A VOID.
IT IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT AND UH, I'M, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, IS IT THE RIGHT PLACE? UM, OF COURSE WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING EMPTY? NOT THAT ANYTHING IS EMPTY HERE.
UH, SO YEAH, I THINK IF, IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON SOMETHING GOING FORWARD, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE HAPPIER.
DOES THAT SOUND AGREEABLE TO YOU? MR. HOMAN, PLEASE COME UP.
WE CAN POSTPONE, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, APPROVE ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU COME BACK WITH MORE PARKING NEXT TIME.
UH, I PROBABLY APPROVE ON THE CONDITION.
I COME BACK WITH MORE PARKING.
WELL THEN, UM, DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY ANYTHING WITH THE, WITH THE COMMERCIAL WHILE YOU'RE TALKING TO PEC AS WELL TOO, OR NO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE THAT RESOLVED IN TIME FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
I DON'T, I DON'T, WE COULD POSTPONE IT FOR A MONTH IF THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK I'M GONNA GO DO THE WHOLE RE NOTIFICATION MS. GRIFFIN.
I THINK WE COULD WORK WITH ROBIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF DEFINITION HERE WHERE MAYBE IT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO, IF IT'S ONE BEDROOM UNITS, THOSE UNITS HAVE X PARKING.
IF IT'S TWO BEDROOMS OR THREE BEDROOMS, THOSE HAVE X PARKING.
AND SO WE HAVE A MORE CLEAR DEFINITION THAN JUST AN AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD THAT MAYBE IT COULD GIVE YOU SOME MORE CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S ALL TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK.
I MEAN, YOU'VE, YOU'VE REALLY DONE A REPEAT.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AT REACHING OUT.
UM, I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT FALL BECAUSE OF A FEW PARKING SPOTS.
SO WE FINISHED THE PUBLIC HEARING SO YOU COULD POSTPONE THE FIRST READING AND THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RE NOTIFY.
SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH DEAL POINTS.
SO YOU THINK WE SHOULD POSTPONE UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING DATE? CERTAIN, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH THAT? I KNOW YOU'RE TRAVELING TO GET HERE.
SO IN THAT CASE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS TIMBER.
I'LL RECOGNIZE, PRETEND ROSS ON THAT SECOND SPLIT SECOND FASTER, A MOTION A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASSING NANCY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU ALL COME BACK WITH.
I DO THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
[31. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-TOD-Z-020 to amend the current zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) to T5 (Urban Center Zone) Transect Zone on three (3) parcels of land approximately 0.623 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R036075, R036076, and R036077; and more commonly known as 203, 208, and 210 N. Brushy Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-TOD-Z-020 as described above.]
31 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 T O D Z 0 2 0.TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF GC THREE C GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO
UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 3 2 0 8 AND 2 1 0 NORTH BRUSHY STREET.
UM, THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED, UM,
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE JULY 22ND MEETING AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UH, THAT DELLA HUSSEIN, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE AREA, ABOUT 21 YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, PROFESSIONALLY I'M A BUSINESS OWNER LOCALLY.
WE DO FOCUS ON RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY OPERATORS.
FIRSTLY, I HAVE A DESIRE TO BRING TYPES OF RESTAURANTS, BARS, ENTERTAINMENT, TO THIS AREA.
I FEEL LIKE COMMUNITY'S GROWING WHEN I FIRST CAME IN HERE WAS WHAT 5,000 PEOPLE.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO DO SO WE'RE HOPING TO BRING SOME THINGS HERE TO THE AREA TO KIND OF CREATE A LITTLE DISTRICT FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND BE ENTERTAINED.
AND SO FOR US, WE PERSONALLY GOT WITH MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND ECONOMIC VELVET PLANNING, DETERMINE HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING THE CITY'S GOALS WITH A CONFERENCE, A PLAN, UH, SEVERAL GOALS FOR OLD TOWN.
THE CITY RECENTLY IMPROVED TFI ZONING FOR THE DAVIS HOUSE, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH GETTING THE LEASE SIGNED RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON A RESTAURANT AND BEER GARDEN CONCEPT FOR THAT.
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FOR THIS REZONING REQUESTS, WELL, SEVERAL CONCEPTS LOCATE NEARBY AND HELP ESTABLISH AN OLD TOWN AS A DESTINATION.YOU HAVE A BUSY FOR THE OLD TOWN AREA AND TO BE A HUB FOR FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE OLD TOWN, THE STREET FESTIVAL, AND ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH LOCAL GROUPS, THOSE NEW EVENTS THAT WILL HELP DRAW VISITORS IN THE AREA, WHICH HAVE BENEFITS EXISTING BUSINESSES AROUND HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT OLD TOWN IS A PRIORITY AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE WERE COMMITTED TO MAKING THESE PROJECTS A HIGH QUALITY ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONZALES, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN, UH, WENT TO THE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AND I MOVED TO ATLANTA IN 2015.
AFTER THAT I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE, UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH OPERATORS.
UH, NO LOI, IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ONCE WE GET THE ZONING, THEN THERE WILL CLOSE ON THE PROPERTIES.
UM, SO THESE THREE PARCELS WILL BE THREE INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTS, UH, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO EMPLOY THE GUYS THAT ARE WE'RE BRINGING IN, THEY'RE EXPERIENCED THEY'RE LOCAL.
WE WALK AROUND AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT ALL THEIR FRIENDS DO IT TOO.
AND SO ALL THESE GUYS LOVE IT.
UH, WE WENT TO THE OLD TOWN STREET FEST THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE IT THIS YEAR.
IT STOPPED HERE AT CITY HALL FOR THE COME FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO NOT PASS IT FURTHER DOWN.
UH, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COME BUILD SOMETHING HERE.
UH, THESE ARE THE CURRENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE.
UM, JUST THE HOUSES, UM, EX CURRENT CURRENT CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE GOING WITH ARE TO UTILIZE A STRUCTURES WHERE WE CAN TO KIND OF KEEP THAT OLD PHIL, UH, BUT THEN ALSO KIND OF BRING SOME, UH, NEW STRUCTURES SUCH AS WHAT THEY HAVE.
THIS IS LIKE GOOD LOT OVER ON NEW HOPE AND SIERRA PARK.
SO KIND OF UTILIZED THAT, UM, IT'S FOUND OUT IT'S THREE PARCELS AND SPEAK THREE SEPARATE CONCEPTS THERE.
UM, SO KIND OF JUST KEEP WITH THE, THE FEEL OF IT AND UTILIZE GREEN SPACE AS WELL.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
KIND OF CREATING A DESTINATION FOR HERE IN LANDER.
GEORGETOWN HAS THEIR SQUARE ROUND ROCK HAS DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED SOMETHING HERE IN LANDER.
UH, WE'LL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 T O D Z 0 2 0 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE COUNSEL.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, PANTALEON PARKER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT KEELEN GLORIA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE THE OBVIOUS ENTERTAINMENT AND RESTAURANTS IN OLD TOWN IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT GOES WITH OUR PLAN TO REVITALIZE OLD TOWN.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY.
[32. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider the adoption of an updated Service and Assessment Plan for Calendar Year 2021 for the Oak Creek Public Improvement District and updated assessment roll to apportion assessment levied against property located in the District among subdivided lots. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance adopting an updated Service and Assessment Plan for Calendar Year 2021 for the Oak Creek Public Improvement District and updated assessment roll to apportion assessment levied against property located in the District among subdivided lots.]
A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF AN UPDATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 FOR THE OAK CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE TO A PORTION ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT AMONGST SUBDIVIDED LOTS, EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWERS HAS AN OVERVIEW FOR US.MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR EACH OF OUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
LANDER HAS THREE, UM, PIDS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
THE OAK CREEK, UH, PID WAS CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2014.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, IT WAS THE FIRST, UH, PIT IN LEANDER THAT CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL CREATED THAT, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER AND FOR THOSE NEW TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, THEY'RE TYPICALLY REQUESTED BY THE, UH, DEVELOPER ON RAW LAND TO HELP FINANCE A PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, UM, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT ANNUALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL READOPT THE ASSESSMENT PLAN.
UH, THE ASSESSMENTS ARE, UM, THE PID PUTS A LIEN ON EACH LOT AND THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE ASSESSMENT IS THE ANNUAL PAYMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS A PUBLIC HEARING IS.
UH, JUST QUICK, UH, JUST A REFRESHER SINCE THIS WAS, UH, CONSTRUCTED BACK IN 2014, IN 2015,
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UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE BUILT WITH THE, THE BONDS THAT WERE SOLD AT THAT TIME WERE, UM, STREETS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, WEST BROAD STREET, SEWER AND DRAINAGE, SOUTH DRIVE, SEWER AND DRAINAGE, AND THEN SOME MINOR, UM, UH, LANDSCAPING AND, UM, ENTRYWAY FEATURES.SO THE BONDS WERE SOLD FOR THE OAK CREEK SUBDIVISION OR THE PYD IN 2014 PAID FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND THEN ANNUALLY, THE ASSESSMENTS PAY THE DEBT SERVICE, UH, ON, ON THOSE BONDS THAT WERE SOLD.
AND LAST YEAR, ABOUT THIS TIME 2020, UH, THE CITY REFINANCE, THE DEBT THAT WAS OUTSTANDING, BROUGHT THE ASSESSMENTS DOWN SLIGHTLY.
SO, UH, WE WERE HAPPY TO, TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR.
UM, THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON THE SIZE OF AN INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL'S LOT.
SO, UM, THE SMALLER LOT, YOU HAVE, THE LESS YOU PAY, UM, THEN, THEN A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A LARGER LOT.
SO THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE NOT GONE UP THIS YEAR.
UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE OF DOLLARS.
SO, UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY, UH, INDIVIDUAL MAILINGS AND, UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OVER.
THANK YOU, MR. POWERS, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED ANY CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 FOR THE OAK CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLL TO A PORTION ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT AMONG SUBDIVIDED LOTS COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, PANTALEON PARKER, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT KEELEN GLORIA, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES SIX TO ONE ITEM
[33. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider the adoption of an updated Service and Assessment Plan for Calendar Year 2021 for the Deerbrooke Public Improvement District and an updated assessment roll to apportion assessments levied against property located in the District among subdivided lots. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance adopting an updated Service and Assessment Plan for Calendar Year 2021 for the Deerbrooke Public Improvement District and an updated assessment roll to apportion assessments levied against property located in the District among subdivided lots.]
33 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF AN UPDATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 FOR THE DEERBROOK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE TO A PORTION ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT AMONG SUBDIVIDED LOTS, EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWERS.UH, THIS IS THE, THE DEERBROOK, UH, PID SIMILAR CONCEPT.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT ABOUT THE, THE DEERBROOK PRINT PIT THEN THAN THE OTHER TWO.
ONE IS A, AND DEERBROOK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEGMENTS.
THERE'S THE SOUTHERN IMPROVEMENT AREA.
AND THEN THERE'S THE NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT AREA.
UH, THE LOTS IN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IN THE SAME PID, THEY'RE ASSESSED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE, UH, DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE PROPERTIES, UH, UH, DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION OR THE NORTHERN SECTION, BUT IT'S ONE PID.
AND SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, IS TO, UM, ADOPT OR NOT ADOPT, BUT, UM, UH, APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT PLAN.
AGAIN, THE, THE, UH, ASSESSMENTS ARE SLIGHTLY LESS, BUT NOT MUCH THEN THAN LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING UP.
I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO MENTION THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL AND, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND FINANCE, UM, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO, UH, REFINANCE SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH DEERBROOK.
AND SO, UM, UM, THE NORTHERN AREA, WHICH IS THE, THE, UH, IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT NOW NEEDS SOME MORE HOMES TO BE PUT ON THE GROUND TO BRING THE VALUE UP, AND THEN IT WILL BE ATTRACTIVE FOR THE MARKET TO REFINANCE SOME OF THE DEBT THAT'S OUT THERE.
IF THAT ALL COMES TO FRUITION.
AND WE COME BACK TO YOU IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR THE SPRING, THEN WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF LOWERING THESE ASSESSMENTS SLIGHTLY, UM, HOPEFULLY MORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME SAVINGS THAT OAK CREEK ACHIEVED WHEN WE REFINANCE THAT DEBT.
SO, UH, YOU MAY SEE US AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, ON DEERBROOK IF THE MARKET WORKS WITH US.
SO, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE ON THAT.
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ALL RIGHT.THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 FOR THE DEERBROOK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT.
ROLL TO A PORTION ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST THE PROPERTY, LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT AMONGST SUBDIVIDED, LOTS COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY PROTON ROSS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MACULA.
GLORIA, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES 6 61.
[34. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider adoption of an updated Service and Assessment Plan for Calendar Year 2021 for the Crystal Springs Public Improvement District and an updated assessment roll to apportion assessments levied against property located in the District among subdivided lots, and to adjust boundaries between assessable and non-assessable lots. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance adopting an updated Service and Assessment Plan for Calendar Year 2021 for the Crystal Springs Public Improvement District and an updated assessment roll to apportion assessments levied against property located in the District among subdivided lots, and to adjust boundaries between assessable and non-assessable lots.]
A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN UPDATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 FOR THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE TO APPORTION ASSESSMENTS, LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT AMONGST SUBDIVIDED LOTS AND TO ADJUST BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ASSESSABLE AND NON-ACCESSIBLE LOTS EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWERS.IT'S THE SAME STORY AS THE PREVIOUS TWO BIDS.
I WILL SAY THAT I THINK ROBIN'S PUBLIC HEARINGS GET MORE ATTENTION THAN MINE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW, I KNOW IF YOU WOULD HAVE SAID THE ASSESSMENTS GOING UP, THEY WOULD'VE GOTTEN REAL TIME.
I THINK IT'S ALL IN THE PRESENTATION MYSELF.
SO, UH, BUT CRYSTAL SPRINGS, YOU ALL, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO LAKEWOOD PARK, BEAUTIFUL LAKEWOOD PARK.
AND, UM, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW THAT WHEN THIS, THE CONCEPT OF THIS PIT WAS BEING CREATED, UM, THE CITY ACTIVELY NEGOTIATED WITH THE DEVELOPER TO HELP MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF LAKEWOOD PARK AND ACTUALLY ACQUIRED SOME PARKLAND AT A, AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE THROUGH THAT, UM, THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE NOT GONE UP SINCE, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 FOR THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE TO A PORTION ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT AMONG SUBDIVIDED LOTS AND TO ADJUST BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ASSESSABLE AND NON-ACCESSIBLE LOTS COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER MACULA AND GLORIA ON THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A MOTION YET.
I THINK THIS WAS YOUR FIRST ONE.
AND A, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTAINING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AGAINST THAT? JUST BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE JASON IS BY HIMSELF OVER HERE, BUT, AND AGAINST THEM SECOND IT, AND THEN I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT.
BUT, BUT I'VE GOT, I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND OPPOSED SIX TO ONE.
[35. Discuss and consider action on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program entitlement community status for the City of Leander.]
REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM 35, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, PROGRAM, ENTITLEMENT, COMMUNITY STATUS FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, GOODMAN WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW WELCOME UP DIRECTOR.UM, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE OVER 50,000 IN POPULATION, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS, UH, WE COULD QUALIFY AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR CPG FUNDS, UH, WE COULD JUST BE ENTITLED TO THOSE FUNDS.
UH, THERE ARE SOME KIND OF STRINGS THAT COME WITH THAT, AND WE DO HAVE FOUR OPTIONS.
SO I'LL KIND OF LAY OUT THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED.
THE FIRST ONE IS ACCEPTING STATUSES AND ENTITLEMENT AND GRANTEE.
THAT MEANS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ESTIMATE ABOUT $249,000, UH, JUDGED BY OUR POPULATION.
UM, FROM THAT ABOUT 20% OF THAT GOES TO ADMIN FEES.
AND ABOUT 15% OF THOSE HAVE TO BE SPENT ON SERVICES.
SO ROUGHLY YOU'VE HAVE ABOUT $200,000 TO DO A PROJECT.
UH, THE SECOND OPTION COULD BE TO ACCEPT A STATUS AS AN ENTITLEMENT GRANTEE AND ENTER INTO A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH THE URBAN COUNTY, WHICH WOULD BE WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THAT.
I'LL TALK ABOUT DIFFERING STATUSES AND ENTITLEMENT, GRANTEE, AND PARTICIPANT THROUGH THE STATE PROGRAM.
UM, WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING IS A STAFF MEMBER IS EITHER ONE OR FOUR.
UM, ONE IS ACCEPTING SIZE, AN ENTITLEMENT GRANTEE FOUR IS DIFFERING STATUS.
AND GOING WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH IS WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR A FEW REASONS, WE, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING NUMBER FOUR.
THE PRIMARY REASON IS THAT IT'S VERY, TIME-CONSUMING.
IT TAKES A LOT OF EXPERTISE TO MANAGE
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THE CDBG PROGRAM.CURRENTLY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THAT IN HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
UH, IF ACCEPTING ENTITLEMENT STATUS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT AND KIND OF GEAR UP AND GET THAT EXPERTISE IN-HOUSE AND WORK TOWARDS THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THOUGH, I'M HAPPY TO, THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, JOEL, BERKO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, 2,500 CHAMPIONS.
UM, I, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT MY ADDRESS, BUT I'M FOR OPTION ONE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE, UM, THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED, HOW WE WANT TO, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND.
AND, AND BASICALLY IF WE WENT WITH OPTION FOUR, WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING THE MONEY TO WILLIAMS ACCOUNTING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS IF, IF WE END UP NOT BEING A, AN ENTITLEMENT GRANTEE, WE'LL LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE CONTINUAL FUNDS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, TASK AND SOME, UH, UM, SOME OBLIGATIONS THERE, BUT, BUT I THINK FOR US TO REALLY IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO, TO, UM, ACCEPT THAT AS A, AS AN ENTITLEMENT GRANTEE.
SO I WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF, OF OPTION ONE.
THANK YOU, MR. BURKEY, UH, COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR OR OPTION FOUR, UH, DIRECTOR GOODMAN.
JUST WANT TO VERIFY WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN THAT, UM, THE COSTS OF BECOMING, GOING WITH OPTION ONE.
IT'S A LITTLE CUMBERSOME JUST FOR, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE MONEY, YOU STILL HAVE TO USE IT FOR QUALIFIED PROJECTS.
SO YOU HAVE TO FIND, UM, BASICALLY QUALIFYING CENSUS AREAS OR TRACKS THERE AREN'T AN AMAZON AMOUNT OF, THERE'S NOT REALLY A HIGH AMOUNT OF THOSE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DO PERSONAL SURVEYS TO FIND THEM QUALIFYING PROJECTS, THEM AND SHOW THAT THOSE ARE SERVING THOSE AREAS.
SO YOU COULDN'T JUST GO SPEND IT ON A ROAD ANYWHERE.
YOU'D HAVE TO START WITH THAT SERVING THE CENSUS TRACKS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR OPTION FOUR.
DID YOU NEED TO HEAR THE REPEAT OF WHO MADE THE MOTION IN THE SECOND? OKAY.
[36. Discussion relating to the City of Leander proposed budget for fiscal year 2022.]
ITEM 36 DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE CITY OF LEANDRA PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 EXECUTIVE FINANCE RETRO POWERS.UM, SO AS I WAS SAYING, SO, UH, THAT, UH, YEAH, UM, THIS, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ASK STAFF ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET OR THE, UH, TAX, UH, WRITING, UH, SETTING PROCESS, THE REMAINDER THAT CALENDAR IS, UM, OF COURSE YOU HAVE YOUR RETREAT ON MONDAY.
UH, THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 2ND.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, UH, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
UH, AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT TO APPROVE IT.
UM, THERE ALSO BE THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON, ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 2ND.
AND THEN IF, UH, THE CITY'S CHARTER REQUIRES TWO READINGS OF THE TAX RATE.
SO, UH, THE NEXT READING WOULD BE YOUR SEPTEMBER 16TH MEETING.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, OR IF Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION AMONG YOURSELF.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE, UM, I THINK IT WAS ROUGHLY 300,000, THAT WAS IN THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN MOVED TO,
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TO, UM, BRYSON.DOES THAT BACK IN THE BRYSON FROM GENERAL FUND? YES.
DO I HAVE IT BACKWARDS? IS IT BACK INTO THE FUND FOR BRYSON? IT CAN'T BE, BUT NO, IT'S NOT.
SO DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? OKAY.
SO WE DO THAT AT WORKSHOP OR BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, YOU, YOU COULD DO THAT TONIGHT TO GIVE, UM, HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE THOSE FUNDS WOULD COME FROM.
UH, AND, UH, OR YOU CAN, UM, OKAY.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE GENERAL FUND, THAT THAT AMOUNT THAT WAS USED TOWARD IT WAS THE SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? WELL, THAT, THAT MONEY WAS SPENT.
SO IT'S NOWHERE IT'S IN THE GROUND.
CAN WE TAKE 300,000, PUT IT IN THERE, RIGHT.
THE OTHER BUDDY, THE OTHER, THE OTHER 600, $15,000, UH, IS, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE BRYSON FUND.
SO I'M, AM I CONFUSED? MAYBE I'M CONFUSED.
I, SO, UM, WHETHER IT WAS THE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT THERE WAS, UM, CONCERN EXPRESSED BY, UH, SOME, UM, RESIDENTS AS WELL AS SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT $300,000 OF THE $1 MILLION ESCROW THAT THE CTR MAY PUT UP $300,000 WAS, UM, APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2012 AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF AT THAT TIME TO, UM, HELP FUND, UH, OR TO FUND THE SIDEWALK THAT BECAME MEL MATHIS, WHICH IS NOW MAIN STREET.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER NINE YEARS AGO, THAT WAS ALL A GREENFIELD.
AND THE STAFF AT THAT TIME HAD A CONCEPT OF HOW THIS WOULD ALL TIE TOGETHER, BUT REGARDLESS, SO THAT MONEY WAS SPENT OUT OF THE, THE $1 MILLION.
IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS CAN WE FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDS TO, TO KIND OF PAY THAT BACK? WE, WE CAN LOOK FOR THAT AND BRING BACK, UM, OH, I THINK WE ARE REQUIRED TO AREN'T WE, I MEAN TO, OKAY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT.
LET'S FIND THAT, THAT AMOUNT FROM SOMETHING TO PUT BACK INTO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
IT WOULD BE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO EITHER TAKE IT OUT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE BUDGET.
SO DO WE NEED TO PUT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM SEPARATELY FROM, FROM THE BUDGET, OR WE JUST APPROVE THAT ON THE BENCH.
THIS IS TONIGHT IS THAT IF, IF THERE'S, UH, A CONSENSUS OR EVEN IF IT'S ONE PERSON WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, THEN ON THE SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE BUDGET, TO ADD $300,000 TO THE BRYSON FUND.
AND, AND WE WILL COME UP WITH, UM, WHERE THAT MONEY CAN COME FROM, WHETHER WE TAKE IT OUT OF GENERAL FUND RESERVES OR WHETHER WE REALLOCATED FROM ONE CAPITAL PROJECT TO ANOTHER, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS.
IT DOES TAKE A COUNCIL VOTE TO BECAUSE IT IS A UNBUDGETED ITEM.
SO WE'LL VOTE WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M SENSING, I'M SENSING A CONSENSUS, SO WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I BARELY RECOLLECT WAS WAS IT WAITING EVEN TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE PRESERVATION PLAN WAS GOING TO BE, UM, BEFORE MOVING FORWARD ON AN ACTION.
BUT I, THAT IS SO FAR BACK NOW.
I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR SOMETHING AT LEAST.
AND I THINK THAT THAT GETTING THAT PRESERVATION PLAN IN HAND IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE HAVE IS A PRIORITY.
THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO WHERE IT IS OCTOBER.
SO THEN THAT MAY GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE TOTAL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT COULD IT COST MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M WONDERING.
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET THAT PLAN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US.
IT'S WHERE, WHERE IT WENT AND WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AND WHERE IT DIDN'T GO.
AND LET'S PUT IT BACK WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO AND, AND AMENDING THE BUDGET.
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MOVES IT FROM ONE POCKET TO ANOTHER POCKET.AND AS MR. BEVERLY MENTIONED THAT AS YOU APPROVED LATER, EARLIER THIS SUMMER, THE PRESERVATION CONSULTANT IS ON BOARD DOING THE WORK.
UM, FOR THOSE OF THAT, YOU DON'T KNOW THE, THE AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT LEANDER ACCEPTED THAT PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY, THE $1 MILLION WAS, YOU KNOW, A GIFT FROM THE CTR RMA TO TAKE IT OFF OF THEIR HANDS.
WE OWN, WE OWN THAT PROPERTY AND WE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN IT IN PERPETUITY.
SO THE, WHETHER THAT MONEY IS EXPENSE OR IT COSTS MORE, WE STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON YOU? YOU JUST FIX IT.
COUNSEL, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S GOOD READING.
UM, AND KUDOS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, I KNOW EVERY YEAR IT'S GOTTA BE CRAZY PULLING ALL THIS TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[37. Council Member Closing Statements.]
TO ITEM 37 COUNCIL MEMBER, CLOSING COMMENTS, PLEASE.IT IS, UM, WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET.
UH, SEPTEMBER 13TH, I BELIEVE IT IS, IS THE, UH, UH, OR CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT.
SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN PLAYING AND SHOWING OFF THEIR TALENTS AND WINNING THE MILLION DOLLARS, I THINK THERE IS A MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL IN ONE OR A TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SIGN UP, PLAY, SHOW IT OFF.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ELLISON FOR GIVING US A TOUR OF THE WATER PLANTS.
SO SHE GAVE US MAYOR PRO TEM ROSS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON AND MYSELF, A TOUR OF NOT JUST THE WATER PLANTS, BUT THE WASTEWATER PLANTS LAST WEEK.
I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT THANKS, PLEASE KEEP NANCY SNYDER IN YOUR PRAYER.
SO JOEL PASSED AWAY DURING THIS MEETING TONIGHT, SO SHE'S GOING TO BE BURST.
SIX, HAVE A GOOD EVENING PLEASE.
SO ALL OF THOSE THAT STARTED BACK TO SCHOOL, CONGRATS, AND JUST BE SAFE OUT THERE WITH OUR SCHOOL ZONES AND WATCHING FOR KIDS CROSSING THE STREET, THOSE THAT ARE BACK, UM, ON CAMPUS.
UM, BUT GLAD TO HAVE THE KIDS BACK AT SCHOOL FOR THOSE THAT ARE DEFINITELY BROUGHT TO THE SCHNEIDER FAMILY.
UM, JOEL HAS BEEN, UH, A GREAT, UM, VOICE IN THE CITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
HE JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN ONCE HE MOVED HERE.
UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, SHIFTING GEARS QUITE A BIT.
UM, WE HAVE OUR RETREAT COMING UP ON MONDAY.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE, UM, AT CITY HALLS.
SO, UM, IT'LL BE RECORDED ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO BACK AND WATCH HER DISCUSSION CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SHOPPING LOCAL IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP OUR DOLLARS HERE IN LEANDER.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING OUR COUNCIL DINNERS PROVIDED BY LANDER RESTAURANTS EXCLUSIVELY.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE SENDING A BIG THANK YOU TO SMOKEY MO'S AND JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY IN LEANDER THAT WHEN YOU SHOP LOCAL, YOU KEEP OUR ECONOMY RUNNING AND YOU MAKE IT EASIER FOR BUSINESSES TO STAY HERE AND YOU MAKE IT A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESSES TO LOCATE HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING LOCAL AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THIS WEEKEND, SHOP LOCAL SHOP, SMALL SHOP LEANDER.
THANKS SO MUCH EVERYBODY WITH THAT.