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TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2021.
[1. Open Meeting.]
AND THE TIME IS 6:02 PM.AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LANDER CITY COUNCIL
[2. Roll Call.]
CITY.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME MATT KATELYN.
COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS SARRA, NICK MAYOR PORTEND, BECKY ROSS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE SAID REQUEST.
[3. Northline Town Square design update.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, NORTHLAND TOWN SQUARE DESIGN UPDATE ALEX STEINBERG I'M MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR, OUR VISION OF, UH, TWO IMPORTANT CIVIC SPACES EARLY ON CIVIC SPACES FOR NORTH LINE.
UM, OUR TOWN SQUARE, IT'S OUR NORTHERN HALF OF TOWN SQUARE AND OUR LINE CIRCLE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE CLAIRE HEMPEL WITH DESIGN WORKSHOP, WHO, UM, DID THE CREATIVE, UH, UH, ROLE OF, OF DESIGNING THESE SPACES.
AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CLAIRE AND THEN I'LL BE AROUND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UM, I'M CLAIRE HEMPEL, I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH DESIGN WORKSHOP.
WE'RE A PLANNING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN FIRM IN AUSTIN.
AND WE'RE JUST ONE OF MANY TEAM MEMBERS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, BUT WE ARE IN CHARGE OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PUBLIC SPACES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TOWN SQUARE AND NORTHLINE CIRCLE TONIGHT.
SO TO ORIENT YOU WHERE THOSE ARE WITHIN THE NORTHLINE DEVELOPMENT, YOU'LL SEE THE DARKS GREEN, UM, RECTANGLE AND CIRCLE.
SO LEANDER TOWN SQUARE IS LOCATED.
WHAT DID I DO? SORRY, I'M GETTING USED TO THIS.
HOW DO I MAKE IT GO FULL SCREEN? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TRY NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN.
THERE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO.
HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE HAVE OUR TOWNS WHERE, UM, ABOUT AN ACRE, UM, PRETTY CENTRAL INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AS YOU ARE ENTERING OFF OF SAN GABRIEL TO THE NORTH, YOU'LL COME INTO THE FRONT, THE NORTH HALF OF THE TOWN SQUARE.
THIS IS SURROUNDED AS YOU CAN SEE BY A LOT OF, UM, RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND MIXED USE THE OTHER, UM, CIVIC SPACE WE'LL BE GOING OVER TONIGHT IS NORTHLINE CIRCLE, WHICH IS AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE, UM, THE RESIDUE, THE RESIDENTIAL AREA GOING INTO THE MORE COMMERCIAL AREA.
AND THEN THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER CIVIC SPACES THAT WILL COME ONLINE AT A LATER POINT IN DATE.
SO GOING OVER TOWN SQUARE, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENVISIONED AS THE HEART OF NORTH LINE.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A, A SMALLER SPACE, THERE IS A LOT OF PLANNING AND ACTIVITY THAT, UM, WE ANTICIPATE HAPPENING HERE.
SO THE NORTH HALF OR PLAN RIGHT, IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN AND WILL SOON BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT AREA HAS AN EVENT LAWN, UM, GENTLY SLOPES TOWARDS THE PAVILION, THE STREETSCAPES, UM, HAVE THIS URBAN GROVE FEEL, UM, THAT, UH, WELCOME PEOPLE INTO THIS SPACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS PROMENADE THAT IS CONNECTING BOTH THE, UH, THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE, UM, PLAN LEFT SIDE OF TOWN SQUARE WILL COME ALONG AT A LATER POINT AND DATE RIGHT NOW IT'S ANTICIPATED HAVING A POTENTIAL RESTAURANT, UM, GARDENS IN ACTIVITY AREA.
BUT THAT PART PHASE TWO, UM, IS, UM, MORE OF A PLACEHOLDER.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE WANT TO USE THE SPACE.
UM, AS PHASE ONE IS DEVELOPED.
SO SOME IMAGERY OF THE DESIGN INSPIRATION, UM, WE WERE REALLY INSPIRED ABOUT THE CENTRAL TEXAS, UM, ECOLOGY, UM, IN A REFINED, UM, SENSE FOR THIS TOWN SQUARE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IT'S USABLE, NOT JUST FOR EVENTS, BUT DURING ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR, ALL TIMES OF THE DAY, UM, WE WANTED TO CREATE A LAWN THAT'S FLEXIBLE, CAN BE USED FOR EVENTS OR SOMEBODY JUST GOING OUT AND WANTING TO SIT, UM, AND HAVE A PICNIC.
AND, UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF SEATING ALL OVER THE TOWN SQUARE IN DIFFERENT FORMS. SO MOVABLE SEATING, WE HAVE FIXED SEATING, WE'LL HAVE, UM, LAWN SPACES AND PLANTING AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT.
I DO WANT TO NOTE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, AN IMAGE OF THIS WATER FEATURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
AND I WASN'T SURE IF I WASN'T SURE IF I COULD JUST SEE THAT, UM, THE WATER FEATURE IS ANTICIPATED AS PART OF PHASE TWO,
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SO NOT PHASE ONE OKAY.SO HERE IS, UM, A PLAN VIEW SHOWING A LITTLE MORE OF THE DETAIL, UH, FOR PHASE ONE, YOU CAN SEE PHASE TWO, WE'RE CALLING A TEMPORARY LOT.
UM, THIS WILL HAVE GRAVEL AND GRASS, REALLY A FLEXIBLE SPACE THAT CAN BE UTILIZED IN ALL KINDS OF CREATIVE WAYS, WHETHER THAT'S FOOD, TRUCKS, EVENTS, UM, SETTING UP FOR DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS.
UM, BUT PHASE ONE, UM, ON THE AGAIN, PLAN RIGHT SIDE HAS THE EVENT LAWN, AND WE HAVE A SERIES OF TIERED WALLS THAT ALLOW FOR SEATING.
SO YOU CAN, UM, OBSERVE AN EVENT, UM, OR, UH, A PERFORMANCE AT THE PAVILION.
THIS IS THE END OF THE SITE, AND I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES THAT GO OVER, UM, WHAT EXACTLY THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS HERE ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE PARK.
AND THOSE SERVE AS STORAGE THEY'LL SERVE TO HIDE, UM, THE ELECTRICAL AND SOME OF THAT BACKUP HOUSE THAT YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO SEE IN A PARK, UM, AS WELL AS, AS BATHROOMS. SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TWO SPACES FOR THOSE.
SO SHOWING THE CHARACTER OF THE PLANTING, THE STREET TREES, UM, WE ARE PLANNING FOR THOSE STREET TREES TO GO IN AT A GOOD SIZE, MAYBE NOT QUITE THIS SIZE, BUT WITH IRRIGATION IN A FEW YEARS, THEY'LL, THEY'LL FILL IN REALLY NICELY.
THE PLANTING IS GOING TO BE NATIVE AND ADAPTED PLANTINGS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, PAVILION HERE IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO IN THIS SHOT, WE'RE LOOKING NORTH AND THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND THE PAVILION IS YES, IT IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME PLACE TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE.
UM, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE TO GO UP THERE.
AND IF THEY WANT TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE LUNCH UNDER THE PAVILION, UM, ON A, JUST A REGULAR DAY, THEY'RE VERY MUCH WELCOME TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR PAVING PATTERNS.
UM, WE WORKED A LONG TIME WITH GETTING THE PAVING PATTERNS AND MATERIALS JUST RIGHT.
THIS IS A SHOT AGAIN, LOOKING NORTH AT THE, THE LAWN AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S REALLY NOT THAT LARGE.
UM, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A DECENT SIZED CROWD OF ABOUT 150 TO 200 PEOPLE ON IT, UM, WATCHING A PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, STONE SEAT BALLS ALONG THE EDGES WHERE, UM, THEY, UM, CAN BE USED DURING THE PERFORMANCES OR DURING A REGULAR DAY, EXCUSE ME.
UM, HERE IS A SHOT AT THAT EAST WEST PROMENADE AREA THAT WE'LL BE CONNECTING THROUGH THE PARK AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUPPORT BUILDING, WHICH WILL HAVE SOME RESTROOMS AND SOME STORAGE, UM, RIGHT HERE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND THOSE, UM, PUT THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS ARE REALLY INTENDED TO, UM, BLEND INTO THE LANDSCAPE, ALTHOUGH THEY'LL, THEY'RE REALLY BEAUTIFULLY, UM, DETAILED ARCHITECTURALLY.
HERE'S SOME SHOTS OF THE PAVILION THAT WILL BE AT THE NORTH, A VERY FLEXIBLE SPACE.
AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE WIRING AND THE ELECTRIC AND THE LIGHTING IS APPROPRIATE FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF PERFORMANCES.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF ONE OF THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT THEY'RE VERY SYMMETRICAL.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE INTEND FOR PLANT MATERIAL TO GROW UP ON THE, ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND IT'S TUCKED INTO THOSE LANDSCAPE AREAS.
UM, THIS IS AGAIN ON THE EAST WEST, UM, PROMENADE AREA.
UM, THIS IS BEING IMAGINED TO, UM, ANNOUNCE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING BOTH IN NORTH LINE, BUT ALSO IN THE TOWN SQUARE.
UM, OTHER MAYBE ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, MAPS OF, OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THE INTENT OF THE DESIGN IS TO GO WITH THE NORTH LINE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AS A HOME AND FIT NICELY INTO THE TOWN SQUARE.
HERE IS, UH, A HINT OF SOME OF THE, THE PLANT MATERIAL THAT WE INTEND TO USE.
UM, WITHIN TOWN SQUARE AND TOWN SQUARE IS SETTING THE TONE FOR A LOT OF THE PLANT MATERIAL THAT WILL BE USED ON THE STREETSCAPES.
UM, AND IN OTHER CIVIC SPACES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF, UM, HARDSCAPE MATERIALS LIKE PAVERS THAT WE'RE USING.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE.
THE PAVERS THAT ARE BEING BUILT WITHIN THE ROAD ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, AND IT LOOKS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
SO THIS IS INTENDED TO, UM, COME INTO THE TOWN SQUARE AND CONTINUE THAT WE'RE USING NATIVE TEXAS STONE.
SO LIMESTONE AND A LOT OF PLACES CALLED LOOTERS.
UM, BUT IN INTERESTING PATTERNS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE, THE COLOR FAMILY OF THE PAPERS THAT WE'RE USING WITHIN TOWN SQUARE.
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AND BROWNS, AND IT REALLY PLAYS WELL WITH THE LUDER LIMESTONE, UH, PAVING AND WALLS.AND THIS ALLOWS THE PLANTING TO STAND OUT.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME FLOWERING AND THE GREENS WILL LOOK REALLY BEAUTIFUL AGAINST THESE COLORS, SOME OF THE SITE FURNITURE, UM, WHICH MEANS THE THINGS THAT ARE IN, UM, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OR SORRY, IN THE TOWN SQUARE, UM, LIKE SEATING AND TRASH RECEPTACLES.
THEY'RE IN A CERTAIN FAMILY, THEY'LL GO REALLY WELL WITH THE PAVER COLORS THAT WE CHOSE AND THE COLOR OF THE ARCHITECTURE, UM, SIMPLE AND CLASSIC.
SO, UM, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR TIMELESS HERE AND SOME OF THE MATERIALS FOR THE PAVILION AND THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CONCRETE WOOD, UM, THE COPPERY COLOR.
SO THAT'LL BE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL GREEN COLOR IN INDISCREET AMOUNT, IN DISCREET QUANTITIES WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE.
AND THEN IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PLANTING AND THE ARCHITECTURE ARE COMING TOGETHER, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UM, THE VINE, THE VINE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN, MORE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS AND PAVING PATTERNS, UM, PATTERNS THAT YOU'LL SEE AS YOU COME INTO THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS, UM, ALONG THE PAVILION FLOOR, UM, AND EVEN COMING UP THE WALLS.
AND WE WANTED TO NOTE, UM, THAT THIS SPACE REALLY IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR CIVIC USES, MAYBE IT'S ART FAIRS, FARMERS MARKETS.
UM, SO WE'VE, UM, PLOTTED OUT WHERE 10 BY 10 TENS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE AT FARMER'S MARKET, UM, AROUND THE, THE AREA.
IT COULD BE, UM, LAID OUT ALONG THIS PROMENADE.
UM, SO THESE ARE ABOUT 17, 10 BY 10 SQUARES, BUT YOU COULD GET THE SENSE THAT THERE, THERE COULD BE, UH, QUITE A FEW MORE FIT IN HERE.
UM, AND THIS ISN'T EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT PHASE TWO, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY UNTIL THAT PART OF THE PARK IS BUILT OUT.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DASHED IN SOME FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, SO YOU COULD SEE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT COULD BE USED HERE, NORTHLINE CIRCLE.
SO TO ORIENT YOU WHERE THIS IS, THIS IS ON THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
UM, THE INTENT FOR THIS SPACE IS TO BE THE BREATHING SPACE BETWEEN THE URBAN BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UP GOING UP AROUND IT.
AND IT'S ALSO A GATEWAY COMING FROM THE COMMERCIAL INTO THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, OR VICE VERSA.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A MAIN POINT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING UP FROM THE LIGHT RAIL STOP, UM, INTO NORTH LINE.
SO THIS HAD A LOT OF PROMINENCE, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALLER SPACE AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AS A SPACE AS OCCUPIABLE.
SO YOU'RE WALKING AROUND HAVING A WALK AROUND, UM, SOME OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND YOU COULD COME INTO THIS SPACE AND JUST WATCH PEOPLE AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAY.
SO QUITE SIMPLE IN DESIGN, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE CIRCULAR SHAPE AND THE FEATURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE IS THIS NUMBER ONE.
UM, WE'RE JUST SHOWING A PLACEHOLDER ART PIECE, UM, AND WE'RE WORKING, OR ALEX IS WORKING WITH PUBLIC CITY NOW, UM, WHO HAS DONE THE ART, UM, THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE PIECES WHERE AN ARTIST, UM, HOPEFULLY A LOCAL ARTIST IS, UM, WILL BE CREATING A BEAUTIFUL PIECE FOR THIS SPACE.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF SEATING, WALLS AND PLANTING, AND, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CIRCLE COMING FROM EITHER THE SOUTHEAST OR THE NORTHWEST, UM, TO ORIENT YOU AGAIN, THESE WILL BE TOWNHOMES HERE AND HERE, AND THEN THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS WILL BE, UM, I THINK IT'S MIXED USE.
HERE'S A SHOT AS IF YOU'RE DRIVING IN YOUR CAR ABOUT TO APPROACH THE CIRCLE.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A FOUR WAY STOP HERE.
IT'S NOT A ROUNDABOUT YOU'LL BE STOPPING AS YOU COME IN.
UM, AND YOU'LL, THIS IS, UH, A REALLY, UM, BEAUTIFUL GATEWAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE UTILIZING A LOT OF THE SAME MATERIALS FROM TOWN SQUARE BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO ALL FEEL LIKE A FAMILY, AGAIN, A PLACEHOLDER RPS, UM, HERE, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET.
UM, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO, TO COME AND TAKE PART OF THE ART, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO SIT AND PEOPLE WATCH AND UNCOMFORTABLE SHADED, UM, SPACE.
WE KNOW HOW OUR SUMMERS GET IN TEXAS.
THIS IS ANOTHER RENDERING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ON, BUT A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THE SPACE AS A WHOLE MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH THE TOWNHOMES IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND, UM, SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE CIRCULAR WOOD BENCHES.
UM, SO SOMETIMES THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED MADE BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE RADIUS OF THE CIRCLE.
UM, BUT THEY ARE REALLY VERSATILE AND I WILL STOP THERE.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, JUST A QUESTION.I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A ROUNDABOUT.
IT'S MORE OF A FOUR WAY STOP OR, OKAY.
SO PEOPLE NEED TO STOP BEFORE THEY ENTER THE CIRCLE.
IT'S NOT FREE FLOWING MOVEMENT, SO IT'S REALLY SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
AND WE, WE WORKED A LOT WITH THOSE, UM, THE VISIBILITY, SO CARS, UH, THE TREES ARE IN BLOCKING THE WAY CARS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS VERY SAFELY.
THANK YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
CAN I, I'D LOVE TO JUST UPDATE YOU ALL WITH, UM, THE, THE TIMING AND THE PLANS HERE.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WASN'T MENTIONED, UM, IS THERE'S A SMART CITY COMPONENT TO THIS.
AND SO, UH, THERE'LL BE FREE WIFI.
THERE'LL BE MUSIC, UH, SPEAKERS IN TOWN SQUARE TO PIPE, YOU KNOW, HOLIDAY MUSIC OR MUSIC WHEN IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE SECURITY CAMERAS.
A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE HOUSED IN THOSE SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
AND SO THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY PIECE TO THIS, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SHARE, UM, DESIGN WORKSHOP AND OUR ENGINEERS ARE PRETTY, UH, PRETTY FAR ALONG IN, IN THE PLANNING OF, OF THIS.
WE, WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO COME AND SHARE THE VISION WITH CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE GOT UP A PRELIMINARY, UH, BIG THUMBS UP FROM, FROM MARK TILLMAN'S ON, ON THE DESIGN, UM, UH, THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SHARE.
SO WHAT MARK CAN'T, HE CAN'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT I SAID THEN.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE DO PLAN TO ROLL THIS OUT, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR AND, AND TIME THE, THE, THE, THE BUILD-OUT OF THESE CIVIC SPACES WITH THE OPENING OF, OF NORTHLINE WHEN CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, OCCURS ON THE VERTICAL PROJECTS AND SORT OF TYING THOSE TOGETHER.
SO WHEN THE STREETS OPEN, WE HAVE SOME CIVIC COMPONENTS, WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS AND WE HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL COMPONENTS.
AND SO THE PLAN IS TO, TO, TO GO OUT TO PUBLIC BID, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME, UM, UH, UH, AT COUNCIL, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE, SOME OF YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN THE DECISION WAS THE REMAINING, UH, $15 MILLION DOLLARS IN, IN, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPY OF OBLIGATION, WANDS, EXCUSE ME, WERE TO BE USED FOR CIVIC SPACES AND NOT FOR CHANGE ORDERS FOR THE FIRST PHASE.
AND SO THE PLAN IS TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS AND WITH THE CIVIC PROJECTS IS TO COMBINE THEM TOGETHER AND ROLL IT OUT IN ONE, UH, BID TO A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, WHEN THAT MONEY'S UP, ALL THAT ALL THE REST OF THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO BUILD BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD COME OUT OF THE DEVELOPER POT.
AND SO THAT'S THE IDEA AND CONCEPT BEHIND IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF PUT THAT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, AS A RECONFIRM KIND OF A RE UH, TO RECONFIRM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED AND, UH, UH, WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED AS THE COURSE OF ACTION FOR US TO TAKE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP THIS WEEK, HAS IT IMPACTED THE OVERALL TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT AT ALL? ARE YOU GUYS STARTING OR BEING UP IN JANUARY OR GETTING BUILDINGS GOING UP? UH, YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN THE COVID VARIANT CAME UP? WHAT ISSUE I'M SORRY, WHICH ISSUES THAT CAME UP THIS WEEK.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, I WAS DISCUSSING THAT.
AND SO I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS, I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT'S SLOWED YOUR TIMELINE DOWN, IF IT DIDN'T SLOW YOUR TIMELINE.
DAMN, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT GOT RESOLVED AND WE GOT DELAYED A DAY.
WHAT WAS THE ISSUE? UM, NO, WE ARE, WE ARE ON TRACK.
UM, WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW RESIDENTIAL IS NOT NEARLY THE FOCUS OR THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT ATTRACTS, UH, IT ATTRACTS THE COMMERCIAL.
AND SO, UM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET, UH, CONSTRUCTION MOVING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE AND BE PROUD
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TO ANNOUNCE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST, UH, 343 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS STARTING THIS MONTH.UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE NOVAK BROTHERS, UM, TOWNHOMES STARTING IN JANUARY.
UM, THE HUB, THE FIRST OFFICE, THOSE PROJECTS ARE TEED UP FOR EARLY 20, 22.
AND THOSE ARE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING UP SANDWICHED AROUND TOWN SQUARE AND SOPHIA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
[4. Discussion regarding dedicated sales tax options.]
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DEDICATED SALES TECHS OPTIONS, ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, AH, GOOD EVENING.SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A STAFF, SOME BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ON LOCAL SALES TAX OPTIONS.
WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT A FUTURE PROPOSITION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE FOR YOUR DECISION-MAKING.
SO TABLE OF CONTENTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT THERE'S ABOUT 47 SLIDES.
SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE FAST, BUT WE CAN GO BACK TO THINGS AS NEEDED.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH THE LOCAL SALES TAX OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, TYPE A AND B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, UH, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IN THE AUSTIN REGION AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR SALES TAX, AND THEN SOME SPECIFIC SALES TAX OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO SUGGEST.
AND THEN BALLOT LANGUAGE IS HOW IT WORKS.
SO THE LOCAL SELL SEX OPTIONS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, YOU'RE CAPPED AT 2% LOCALLY.
SO IF WE HAVE 1% GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND, THERE'S ONLY 1 CENT LEFT TO WORK WITH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STATE GETS 6.25.
SO STEVE LANDERS GETTING 1% AND CAPITAL METRO IS GETTING 1% AND THAT'S THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION, UH, SALES TAX IS ALLOWED TO BE BROKEN UP INTO INCREMENTS AS SMALL AS ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT, SOME USES DO HAVE MAXIMUM LIMITS.
UM, RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME LEGISLATION THAT'S CHANGED THAT, BUT THERE'S A FEW HOLDOVERS THAT ARE, UM, LIMITED TO HALF A CENT.
THE BASICALLY THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE THE ONES YOU SEE UP HERE AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE.
I WON'T READ THEM OUT, UM, UH, METROPOLITAN AND RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
SO THAT IS WHAT CAPITAL METRO IS.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO COLLECT THAT SALES TAX AND USE IT FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
UH, CITIES MAY OPT TO JOIN OR WITHDRAW FROM THESE AUTHORITIES WITH PHOTO APPROVAL.
UH, ANOTHER OPTION IS A FIRE CONTROL, UM, PREVENTION AND EMERGENCIES MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PFLUGERVILLE, THEY HAVE, UH, BASICALLY ESD NUMBER TWO, WHICH COLLECTS HALF OF THE SENT THERE.
UH, IT MAY CONTAIN THIS ENTIRE CITY LIMITS OVER SMALLER PORTION, AND THERE ARE SOME BRACKETED LIMITS ABOUT WHO'S ALLOWED TO CREATE THOSE.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT COULD EITHER SUPPLEMENT A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR REPLACE A FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A CITY, UH, KIND OF SIMILAR IN THAT VEIN, BUT FOR POLICE SERVICES, THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT, UM, YOU DO HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 5,000 RESIDENTS.
SO WE WOULD QUALIFY, UH, YOU CAN COVER EITHER THE ENTIRE CITY OR YOU CAN DO A SMALLER CITY.
I KNOW PLACES LIKE FORT WORTH HAVE SMALLER AREAS WHERE THEY REALLY WANT TO FOCUS LIKE THEIR TOWN SQUARE, UM, PROVIDING EXTRA SERVICES FOR THAT.
UM, BASICALLY A WIDE SPECTRUM OF USES.
YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING CONNECTED TO, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THAT SERVICE, UH, VENUE TAXES IS ANOTHER OPTION.
UH, YOU CAN FUND THESE VENUES BASICALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF A CONVENTION CENTER, AMATEUR SPORTS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, UH, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO THAT.
WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF FOOTBALL STADIUMS, UH, IN TEXAS, SOME OF THEM ARE FUNDED THROUGH THAT WAY.
SO CHAPTER THREE OF THE AGREEMENTS WHERE YOU REBATE TAXES BACK HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER LEGISLATION, LIKE WE RECENTLY RECEIVED IN THE LAST LEGISLATION, OUR LEGISLATURE SESSION SESSION, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UM, THERE'S BASICALLY, UH, OTHER WAYS TO DO THIS THAN JUST LOCKING IN, IN THAT VENUE TAX.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE LISTED TO THIS.
AND WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE, WE'VE LISTED THEM FROM MOST OR AT LEAST VIABLE 10 MOST VIABLE IN OUR OPINION.
UM, THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT IS THESE, EVEN THOUGH YOU COLLECT THIS TAX, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE MONEY ON WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
SO IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT, YOU'D HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO THE COMPTROLLER AND THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT BE A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE STATE OR NOT.
AND IF THEY SEE IT AS A NEGATIVE IMPACT, THEY COULD DENY YOU FROM USING YOUR OWN SALES TAX.
UH, ANOTHER OPTION IS A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
IT'S A SPECIAL DISTRICT PURPOSE FOR DREADING GENERATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A TYPE B ORGANIZATION.
UH, YOU CAN DO A PORTION OF THE CITY, BUT THE ONE KIND OF DIFFERENCE FOR THIS IS THAT YOU CAN GO INTO THE ETJ AREA AND COLLECT THE TAX.
IF IT'S NOT ALREADY BEING COLLECTED FOR DIFFERENT USES, UH, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
IT SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'S MOSTLY FOCUSED ON JOB TRAINING AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. SO IT'S A PRETTY SPECIFIC USE FOR, UH, THOSE TWO THINGS, A MAINTENANCE OR SORRY, A STREET MAINTENANCE SALES TAX.
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UH, THIS IS ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO RENEW EVERY FOUR YEARS.SO IF YOU VOTED ON THIS TODAY, UH, YOU'RE ONLY GUARANTEED FOUR YEARS AND IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTERS.
I HAD ONLY WORKS FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
THEY'RE EXISTING ON THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.
SO IF WE WANTED TO GO AND FIND NEW ROADS THAT WE NEED, YOU CAN'T USE THOSE DOLLARS.
YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR GENERAL FUND MONEY.
UM, BUT THIS COULD OFFSET THE GENERAL FUND BY PAYING FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE THAT YOU DO HAVE.
SO, UM, ONE THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT CITIES TEND TO DO THIS LATER ON IN THEIR GROWTH CYCLE.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF SHOOTING UP CITIES THAT HAVE KIND OF PLATEAUED OR KIND OF AT A STASIS, LIKE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, PAYING FOR SOME OF THE GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE.
UH, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO FUND THE, THE STREET SORORITY THERE.
UH, WE DID WANT TO POINT OUT, WE DID, UM, HAVE ABOUT $9.5 MILLION BUDGETED FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR STREET MAINTENANCE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THAT FOUR YEAR KIND OF PERIOD.
UM, WE DID HAVE A 2020 PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT THAT FOUND THAT WE DO NEED ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR TO STAY ON TOP OF THE CURRENT REDS THAT WE DO HAVE.
SO WE ARE PLAYING CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT.
SO I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS ANOTHER COMMON ONE.
UH, SO SALES TAX FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF DOES NOT PROVIDE NEW MONEY TO THE CITY.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HELP US PAY FOR ANY OF THE NEEDS THAT WE DO HAVE AS A GROWING CITY, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR A PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT $240 PER HOUSEHOLD IN TAX SAVINGS.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, NO NEW REVENUE FOR THE CITY, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, I'M GOING TO GO PRETTY IN-DEPTH INTO TYPE A AND TYPE B, UM, JUST CAUSE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES.
SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1980, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
THERE'S ABOUT 586 CITIES WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THIS.
UM, LESS COMMON IS TYPE A, IT'S MORE OF RESTRICTIVE.
YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ABOUT MORE THAN THREE TIMES.
AS MANY CITIES HAVE CHOSEN TYPE B, JUST BECAUSE IT IS MORE FLEXIBLE AND FOUR AND FOUR B, IT COMES FROM THE CODE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF SECTION FOUR 80, SECTION FOUR B.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THAT, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHO'S DOING WHAT IN THE AUSTIN REGION, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE JUST TYPE A CORPORATIONS, GERALD, AND TAILOR MOST HABITAT B.
AND THERE ARE TWO CEDAR PARK AND GEORGETOWN THAT HAVE BOTH TYPE A AND TYPE B.
SO THE THREE DIFFERENCES FOR TYPING AND TYPE B THE AUTHORIZED USE OF THE FUNDS, AS I SAID, UM, TYPE IS MORE RESTRICTIVE.
IT'S FOCUSED ON PRIMARY JOBS IN INDUSTRY.
UH, B CAN DO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT USES, UH, OVERSIGHT FOR THE USE OF THE FUNDS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, REQUIREMENTS WE'LL GET INTO, AND THE MEANS FOR ADOPTING THE TEXT THROUGH AN ELECTION.
SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, TYPE A IS MORE RESTRICTIVE.
IT'S PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND YOU CAN FIND LAND BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT FACILITIES, ANYTHING THAT CAN TIE INTO BRINGING INDUSTRY OR PRIMARY JOBS TO THE CITY IS PRETTY CLOSE.
UH, IT'S BEING ALLOWED, BUT YOU MOSTLY SEE TARGETED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THINK ROADS, STREETS, SEWER, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN TIE INTO THAT.
UM, MANUFACTURING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, MILITARY, NOT LIKELY HERE, BUT OTHER CITIES THAT YOU, THAT, UH, SMALL WAREHOUSE FACILITIES, YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
CAUSE THOSE ARE MORE OFFICE JOBS.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS MORE OF A MANUFACTURING JOB TYPE.
YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING THAT A TYPE OF AD CAN DO.
SO THAT'S PERSONALLY WHY I LIKE IT.
YOU DON'T LOSE ANYTHING BY GOING TO BE, YOU CAN STILL FOCUS ON THOSE TYPE A PROJECTS, BUT YOU ALSO GAIN ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY.
YOU CAN DO ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST FACILITIES.
SO CONVENTION CENTER, UH, SPORTS FACILITIES, PARKS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CRIME AND YOU NEED MORE POLICE, YOU CAN FIND A POLICE STATION THROUGH TYPING, UM, PARKS, FACILITIES, SOMETHING LIKE OLD TOWN PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, A WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A WATER ISSUE AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO FUND MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, TO INCREASE YOUR COMPETITIVENESS, TO BRING JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU CAN DO THAT.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES FOR IT.
UM, SOME PROJECTS DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PRIMARY JOBS.
UM, THAT'S KINDA TIES BACK TO THAT TYPE OF USE.
SO THERE'S A LIST OF DIFFERENT ONES AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY FOCUSED ON ANYTHING THAT EXPORTS THINGS TO OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND BRINGS MONEY IN.
THAT'S HOW A PRIMARY JOB IS SEEN.
AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC NEXT NEXT CODES, UH, THE OVERSIGHT FOR A AND B CORPORATIONS AND A ONLY REQUIRES FIVE BOARD MEMBERS WHILE A TYPE B REQUIRES SEVEN.
UH, THERE IS A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, B.
SO YOU DO NEED TO HAVE, UH, FOUR OF SEVEN MEMBERS, OR YOU CAN NOT HAVE MORE THAN FOUR OF SEVEN MEMBERS THAT YOU FROM CITY COUNCIL OR FROM THE CITY EMPLOYEES ON THE BOARD.
SO YOU DID HAVE TO HAVE THREE OUTSIDE MEMBERS.
THERE IS NO A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR A TYPE BAG, UM, TYPE A PROJECTS DON'T NEED A PUBLIC HEARING TYPE B PROJECTS.
UH, YOU USUALLY DO HAVE TO HAVE A 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD TO SAY, WE WANT TO FUND THIS PROJECT.
IT GIVES THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
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THEIR INPUT HEARD BEFORE THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE MADE.UM, AND B DO YOU REQUIRE AN ELECTION TYPE? A BALLOT LANGUAGE IS KIND OF SET IN STONE WHERE THERE'S NOT MUCH VARIANCE WHILE B, UH, THERE ISN'T REALLY A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR HOW IT HAS TO BE SAID, BUT, UM, WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH PAIGE, BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS SPEAK TO YOUR ATTORNEY AND YOU MOSTLY REFERENCED SECTION FOUR B OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE USES.
UH, AS WE MENTIONED, THEY CAN BE IN INCREMENTS OF ONE EIGHTH.
SO YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM ONE EIGHTH UP TO ONE SENTENCE, UM, HOW TYPE B PROJECTS COULD BE USED ONLY UNDER, I WANTED TO TAKE SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW AND SEE THEY ARE BEING FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM NOW HOW IT COULD HELP THE CITY.
SO, UH, EXAMPLE, UM, NORTHLAND WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, WE DID USE A TERM FOR THAT, UM, THAT DOES KIND OF REDIRECT MONEY THAT COULD HAVE GONE INTO A GENERAL FUND.
IF YOU HAD ECONOMIC ON THE SALES TAX, YOU COULD MAKE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THAT SALES TAX I HERITAGE GROVE ROAD, WHERE OUR LARGE MANUFACTURING PROJECT WAS GOING IN, UH, POTENTIAL ON CUTLERY, UH, THAT ROAD'S BEING EXPANDED OR PLAN TO BE EXPAND.
THAT COULD BE AN ELIGIBLE USE FOR TYPE B SALES TAX DOLLARS, UM, CHERYL WAY, UH, 2043 EXPANSION BRINGING IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AS AN ALLOWABLE USE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE FUNDED, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
WE WANT NOT ONLY TO BRING PEOPLE IN, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT NICE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, ALL TOWN PARK, GOLF COURSE, UH, SAN GABRIEL PARK CITY RECREATION CENTER.
THESE ARE ALL USES THAT COULD BE TIED BACK TO TYPE B.
SO YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, UM, KIND OF A THEORETICAL EXAMPLE, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW HOW IT COULD HELP US FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
UH, THIS EXAMPLE IS THERE'S A PRIMARY EMPLOYER THAT WANTS TO COME INTO THE CITY.
THEY'RE A QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM THE NEARBY INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE COULD FUND THEM FOR EXAMPLE, $500,000 TO BRING THOSE UTILITIES TO THE COMPANY AND MAKE IT MORE COMPETITIVE.
WHEREAS ANOTHER CITY, THERE MIGHT BE A SITE THAT ALREADY HAS UTILITIES IN PLACE, AND WE MISS OUT ON THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO IT DOES MAKE US A LOT MORE MARKETABLE TO THESE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, OLD TOWN PARKING FACILITIES AND STREET ENHANCEMENTS, KIND OF ON BRUSHER STREET.
YOU CAN SEE HOW NICE THE STREET IS HERE.
YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OTHER AREAS OF ALL TOWN TO HELP PROMOTE IT FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN OLD TOWN PARK FOR PARKING.
YOU CAN DO PARKING FACILITIES AS WELL WITH TYPE GAME ANOTHER ONE, WATER AND WASTEWATER IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR COMPANIES.
SO IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH HAVING CAPACITY FOR WATER OR WASTEWATER, THAT'S PREVENTING A COMPANY FROM COMING IN OR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FROM COMING, YOU COULD USE TYPE B TO FUND THOSE.
SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY TIMELY WITH THE USES.
THAT TYPE B ALLOWS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO USE TYPE BEAM.
UM, AND ONE THING I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON QUICKLY IS JUST HOW TYPE B YOU COULD HELP US ACCOMPLISH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST ONE THROUGH NINE ARE BOLDED.
UM, BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE GOALS CAN BE TIED BACK TO TYPE B.
SO WHETHER IT'S ECONOMIC GROWTH, BRINGING NEW COMPANIES IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT, HELPING DENSIFY THE TOD AREA THROUGH INVESTMENT, UM, OLD TOWN PARKS WITH OUTDOOR SPACES, EVEN EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, YOU CAN GET CREATIVE WITH HOW YOU USE TYPE IN ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS.
SO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND USE OF SALES SECTIONS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHO'S, UH, HOW OTHER CITIES IN OUR AREA ARE USING THEIR DOLLARS.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE CEDAR PARK HAS BASICALLY, EVERYONE'S GOING TO HAVE THAT ONE SET AND GO INTO GENERAL FUND.
UH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS VARIABLE.
SO CEDAR PARK DOES HAVE A TYPE A AND TYPE B, WHICH MAKES THEM COMPETITIVE.
THEY ALSO USE TYPE B TO DIRECT MONEY TOWARDS STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE THAT CAN BE TIED BACK TO JOBS.
UH, GEORGETOWN DOES HAVE THE TYPE B ORGANIZATION.
THEY ALSO HAVE STREET MAINTENANCE.
THEY DO HAVE THE TYPE A, SO THEY DO ABOVE AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
UH, HADOW HAS THE TYPE B AND THAT YOU HAVE PROPER TAX REDUCTION.
LIBERTY HILL IS, UH, GIVING THEIR TYPE B ONE FULL SCENT.
PFLUGERVILLE HAS THE TYPE B, AND THEY HAVE THAT EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT AROUND ROCKETTES TYPE B AND PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION.
AND TAYLOR HAS TYPE A AND PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION.
UM, SO SALES TALKS OPTIONS FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
WE'VE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED SOME AREAS THAT WE THINK ARE THE TOP THREE, UH, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S YOUR DECISION AND WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHY WE THOUGHT THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
UH, SO THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION REALLY IS THE TYPE B, JUST BECAUSE OF HOW FLEXIBLE IT IS THAT BASICALLY IT PAIRS UP VERY WELL WITH THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT FLEXIBILITY REALLY HELPS US THE GROWTH STAGE THAT WE'RE IN NOW.
UH, THINGS LIKE STREET MAINTENANCE, PROPERTY TAX ARE IMPORTANT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DENY THAT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS WITH THE TYPE B, IF YOU'RE BRINGING A NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE OFFSETTING THE BURDEN OF THE TAX BASE ON RESIDENTS BY SHIFTING IT TO COMMERCIAL.
SO I THINK YOU ACHIEVED THAT GOAL OF PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION BY DOING THAT AND GROWING THE ECONOMY.
UM, YOU CAN FUND SOME STREET MAINTENANCE WITH TYPE B.
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SO IF YOU'RE IMPROVING THINGS FOR A BUSINESS, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.AND YOU'RE SHIFTING NEEDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO TYPE EIGHT, WHICH FREES UP MONEY TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TO HIM, UM, BALLOT LANGUAGE SAMPLES, UH, SO JUST VALENTA, UH, HAD A PROPOSITION TO POLITICAL CAPITAL METRO, AND THEY ALSO HAD A, UH, PROPOSITION FOR, UM, STREET MAINTENANCE.
SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU A CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE OF IF WE DO VOTE TO PULL OUT OF CAPITAL METRO, DO YOU VOTE TO USE YOUR MONEY IN THIS WAY? SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT COULD WORK.
UH, AS I MENTIONED FOR B LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS, THERE ISN'T REALLY A REQUIREMENT SENDING THIS DOWN, BUT I DO GENERALLY TELL YOU TO SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY.
UH, PAIGE HAS BEEN GREAT AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US JUST TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND, UM, THEY GENERALLY DO REFERENCE SECTION FOUR B OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, JUST TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE THE STATUTE IS.
WE WANT TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY THE STATUTE AND THAT'S IT.
BUT I CAN GO BACK TO ANY SLIDE THAT'S NEEDED COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE SOME, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A W FROM YOUR OFFICE WOULD JUST SAY THAT FROM YOUR OFFICE.
UM, ARE WE LOSING OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING STUFF LIKE THIS, WHEREAS WHEN SURROUNDING CITIES MAY HAVE THAT, I THINK, UM, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THERE'S SOME AREAS OF TOWN WHERE YOU COULD BE A QUARTER MILE, HALF A MILE FROM THE NEAREST WATER LINE.
THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A NEED FOR A ROAD TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OUR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND HOW FAST WE'RE GROWING, AND IF YOU'RE IN A MORE MATURE COMMUNITY, YOU MIGHT NOT NEED TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE SITES THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU TO GO IN.
SO THE COST OF ENTRY ENTRANCE COULD BE HIGHER FOR US.
SO I THINK IF WE HAD THIS, WE COULD BALANCE IT OUT AND BE MORE COMPETITIVE TO COMPETE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
I STILL THINK LANDER'S GREAT AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING GOOD PROJECTS, BUT WE COULD BE EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE IF WE HAD THAT.
THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS WITH A THREE 80, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S COMING ON THE BACK END.
IN SOME CASES, EVEN CITIES THAT LET'S SAY WE DO A THREE 80 AGREEMENT AND IT'S GOT A MILLION BACK AND SOME CASES I'VE EVEN SEEN WHERE A SMALLER AMOUNT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPFRONT, IT MAY BE HALF A MILLION AND IT'S UPFRONT.
AND THAT, THAT SEALS THE DEAL SO THAT IF IT'S TIME SENSITIVE TO GET SOMETHING AND THERE'S UPFRONT MONEY, I THINK THAT IS ONE DIFFERENTIAL THAT AUTOMATICALLY WE DON'T HAVE, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
I'VE HEARD FROM, UH, SEVERAL COMPANIES, JUST, UM, BASICALLY THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY, UPFRONT MONEY, SMALLER AMOUNTS WORTH MORE THAN MORE ON THE BACKEND TO THEM, SO THAT CAN HELP THEM GET THEIR FINANCING AND GET A PROJECT UNDERWAY A LOT FASTER WHEN THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT UPFRONT.
AND THEY'RE STILL SAFE WAYS TO DO THAT, WHERE THERE'S PERFORMANCE CLAUSES, WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A GUARANTEE OF HERE'S YOUR MONEY, THEY STILL HAVE TO PERFORM, AND THE CITY IS STILL PROTECTED.
AND THEN IN DOING THAT, THE TYPE B GIVES THE MOST FLEXIBILITY TO SIT.
IS THERE ANY IMPACT TO STAFF TO SET UP THE, THE, UH, NASA, UM, LIKE CEDAR PARK AND OTHER COMMUNITIES? UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU NOT SUPPOSING ANYTHING, BUT IF WE DID HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, UH, USUALLY YOU SEE THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THOSE BOARDS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, WELL, LET ME, LET ME THROW THIS OUT TOO.
THAT WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT PROBABLY OUR TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS COULD THEN ALSO BE CHARGED TO THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS LATER TOO, BUT IT IS IT, WOULD IT BE, SHOULD WE AT ALL DISCUSS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR OPINIONS ON, ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS, YOU JUST LOOK IN THIS, MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
NO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US CAUSE WE'RE RESEARCHING BALLOT LANGUAGE AND OTHER THINGS.
SO IF YOU DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT PREFERENCES FOR WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, PREPARED JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, MORE RESEARCH ON IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE THAT BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GET THE TUCK TAIL ABOUT THAT? NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO IF YOU, I THINK STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING TYPE B TO BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS, BUT IF YOU LIKE, LIKE PRIMARY BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT OR THAT'S WHAT THE, IS THAT THE OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION? OKAY.
HOW, HOW, WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE NEED FOR, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH THE STREET MAINTENANCE, UM, AS GINA HERE.
CAUSE I KNOW ABOUT GINA, I SPOKE WITH GINA AND DAN AND THEY WERE GREAT AND PROVIDED ME WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FROM THAT 2020 REPORT.
SO I THINK THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT $6 MILLION NUMBER FOR WHAT WE NEEDED TO FUND JUST THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR ROADS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DO THINK TYPE II KIND OF FREES UP MONEY THAT COULD GO TOWARDS THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT WAY.
SO, UM, SO COULD YOU, LIKE, IF, IF WE NEED TO ADD AN EXISTING ROAD COULD TYPE B ALSO HELP THEM.
I, IF THERE'S A RELATION TO BUSINESS AND I DON'T WANT TO EVER SPEAK TO THAT PAGE WANTS TO CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK IF YOU CAN MAKE A CONNECTION TO IMPROVING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THEN THERE MIGHT BE ABILITY TO DO OKAY.
THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY THING WAS THAT THOSE, THOSE TWO STICK OUT TYPE B BEING THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE, THE HEAVY HITTER, UM, AS FAR AS GIVING THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT THEN ALSO I KNOW THAT
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WE HAVE A NEED WITH THE, ESPECIALLY WITH STREET MAINTENANCE AND AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.SO, UM, JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SMART FOR US TO BE CONSIDERING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO RATHER THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT.
ONE THING, IF YOU LOOK AT, IF, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE, THE PEER CITIES? AND I THINK THAT GEORGETOWN IS AN EXAMPLE.
THEY HAVE THE STREETS MAINTENANCE AND THEY'RE PROBABLY THE MOST LIKE A SHORTER CENTER OR THE MOST MATURE ONE ON THERE.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT MY THOUGHT THIS IS JUST, JUST MY THOUGHT.
I KNOW THAT PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN CAMERON SHOWED THAT ONE OPTION OBVIOUSLY COULD BE, YOU REALLY GIVE THE VOTERS TWO OPTIONS, GIVE THEM IF YOU WERE TO EXIT, THEN DO A FOUR B AS THE CITY MATURES THOUGH.
IT MAY BE AT A CERTAIN POINT THAT AS THAT NUMBER GROWS ON STREET MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE I HAD, I DID HAVE ASKED CAMERON TO PULL THAT WITH, UH, WITH GINA 6 MILLION NOW, UM, THE MAINTENANCE IS ONE ISSUE AND I KNOW WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT IMPACT FEES AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE AND THAT'S ON NEW NEW ROADS.
SO I THINK OUR OVERALL NEEDS EVENTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE ON BOTH SIDES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU COULD ALWAYS TAKE BACK TO THE VOTERS LATER ON, ESPECIALLY AS THE CITY GETS A LITTLE OLDER, MOST OF THE ONES, UH, LOCALLY, AS YOU NOTICED, UH, IN TERMS OF CEDAR PARK, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
UH, THEY'RE NOT THERE YET WITH IT, BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE AS MOST CITIES MATURE, UH, THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT THEY'D PUT ON THE TABLE.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK THOUGH EVERY FOUR YEARS.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND ON THE STREET MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, BY THAT 4 MILLION, RIGHT? WE'RE ANTICIPATING 6 MILLION.
WE'RE ONLY HAVE PLANNED IN OUR BUDGET 2 MILLION EACH YEAR.
THAT IS, AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS AS CITIES GET OLDER, UNFORTUNATELY THEY DEFER MAINTENANCE.
AND I MEAN, DO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE, EVEN IF IT'S AN EIGHTH OF A CENT, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING TO HAVE.
I'LL BE HONEST, AT LEAST YOU WOULD NOT BE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL LONG-TERM I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IF YOU, IF THIS IS A DECISION YOU DEFER FOR LATER ELECTIONS, AS FAR AS ADOPTING A STREET MAINTENANCE SALES TAX, OR SOME OTHER FORM OF SALES TAX, IN ADDITION TO A, FOR B, THE LAW HAS CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS TO ALLOW COMBINED BALANCE, YOU PUT THE REDUCTION AND THE ADDITION REDUCTION OF THE FOUR BEING THE ADDITION OF THE STREET SALES TAX IN ONE BALLOT.
SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN INCONSISTENT OUTCOME WITH TWO PROPOSITIONS.
SO THAT GIVES YOU SOME ASSURANCE OF YOU DON'T LOSE A PORTION OF YOUR SALES TAX IF PEOPLE JUST VOTE FOR A REDUCTION, BUT NOT IN ADDITION.
SO THAT'S ONE THING TO BE AWARE OF.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS THAT, UM, AS FAR AS THE BALLOT LANGUAGE GOES SINCE WE'RE, UM, SINCE THE FOUR B SALES TAX IS NOT BALLOT, LANGUAGE IS NOT DEFINED AND OUR ADOPTION IS KIND OF A CON CONDITIONAL IT'S CONDITIONAL UPON THE, THE OTHER PROPOSITION PASSING.
IF THE COUNCIL CALLS OUT ELECTION, THE WE'VE GOT SOME FLEXIBILITY ON HOW TO DRAFT THAT THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE WILL REVIEW BALLOT LANGUAGE.
IF WE SUBMIT IT TO THEM, THEY WILL TELL US, YES, WE WILL.
WE WILL COLLECT A FOUR B SALES TAX FOR YOU.
IF THAT BALLOT LANGUAGE IS ADOPTED.
AND SO, UM, WHATEVER DIRECTION THAT WE GET FROM COUNCIL, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD TIME ON THAT.
SO WE CAN GET THAT REVIEW AND THAT WHAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THE, THAT THE ELECTION IS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED PAGE THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I THINK WE WERE ALL KIND OF FORGETTING ONE REASON.
I THINK WE WERE LOOKING TO SIMPLIFY IT ON FOUR B IS THE TIMING.
AND IF THERE WAS A MULTI-YEAR PAYBACK FOR CAPITAL METRO EXIT, IT MIGHT MEAN THAT YOU MIGHT BE THREE YEARS INTO THAT AS AN EXAMPLE BEFORE YOU'D, AND THEN NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, A YEAR LATER, YOU'RE GOING BACK IN AND NEEDING TO RE REAPPROVE IT.
SO THAT'S I, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER OUR TURTLE DISCUSSIONS, THAT'S WHY WE WERE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT BY JUST HAVING ONE THING.
I THINK FOR EXTRA, YOU COULD SIMPLIFY IT FOR THIS ELECTION, IF THERE WAS ONE, UH, AND YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE LATER DATE, LIKE PEDRO SAYING, AND THEN PEEL IT BACK FROM THE TYPE B AND THEN THE STREET MAINTENANCE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS TO BE RENEWED EVERY FOUR YEARS.
I THINK THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR US TO KIND OF SAY WITHOUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING, BUT WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, MAYBE GIVE YOUR OPINION ON WHAT THAT SHOULD BE.
SO I THINK AT LIM SIM AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF IT BEING LIKE AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS
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TO SEVEN EIGHTS GOING TOWARDS TYPE B WOULD BE WHERE I WOULD BE AT IF NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT.THE SIMPLER THE BETTER AT THIS POINT.
UH, I THINK WE WILL ACHIEVE A LOT AND THE PROPERTY TAX.
THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD, BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO ACHIEVE THAT.
IT'S ALL OF OUR GOALS TO PRODUCE THOSE PROPERTY TAXES.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WORK OUT FROM THAT ANGLE AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN THIS WORKSHOP AT 6 47.
IF HER BED WILL YOU BE BACK FOR A REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM.
[5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
DECEMBER 2ND, 2021.AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDER CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION AND FALLING IN THE APPLICATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF YOU WOULD ALL BOW YOUR HEAD FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER, DEFINITELY FATHER, WE COME THIS EVENING THANKING YOU FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AND OUR FAMILIES.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE JOBS YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO HAVE DEFINITELY FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR GOOD HEALTH AND BEING IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND.
WE COME ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS FOR ANY SINS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED AGAINST YOU IN ACTS THOUGHTS, DEEDS, LORD, AND WE JUST COME PRAYING THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW IN JESUS NAME, PROTECT US, WATCH OVER US, LEAD US AND GUIDE US, HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NAME OF JESUS.
[6. Roll Call.]
CRABTREE.WE PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER AS ME MACKEY LONGORIA COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW, COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS.
SO NICK MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY BRAS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE SET QUIZ.
ALL RIGHT, THE QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.WE'LL 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.
AND ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL WILL BE MADE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
WE DO HAVE, UM, ONE PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM, JASMINE, RIGHT? IF YOU'LL COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME IS JASMINE, RIGHT? MY ADDRESS IS 1 6 7.
SHALL WE PASS LEANDER, TEXAS? UM, THAT'S IT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT, UM, AND FORMALLY INVITE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL WINTER BE IN CONCERT.
UM, SOMETIME YESTERDAY AS WE WERE REVIEWING OUR LIST OF DISTINGUISHED GLASS, WE REALIZED NONE OF YOU WERE ON IT.
UM, THOUGH SOMETIMES WE MIGHT JUST BE KNOWN FOR BASKETBALL AND THAT NORTH SIDE SCHOOL IN LEANDER THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE CITY'S MONIKER ON IT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW THAT WE WERE OUT THERE AND YOU WERE INVITED TO JOIN US, UH, FOR THE FALL AND WINTER CONCERT.
IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE US DURING THE FALL MARKED OUR SHOW, WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU GUYS JOIN US FOR OUR WINTER CONCERT ON DECEMBER 9TH AT SIX 30 AT GLEN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT'LL BE THERE IN THE AUDITORIUM.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ENTERTAINING YOU GUYS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS AND A SILENT AUCTION GOING ON AS WELL.
[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Leander Wolfpack minor league football team recognition]
ON TO OUR RECOGNITIONS.WE HAVE LANDER WOLF PACK, MINOR LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM, THE TEAM RECOGNITION AND ATHLETICS COORDINATOR.
BLAKE REYNOLDS, MAY I APPROACH HIM COUNSEL? THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS BLAKE REYNOLDS, ATHLETICS COORDINATOR, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, LIGHT TO TAKE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THE LANDER WOLFPACK FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION.
UM, IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE WORKED TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO HOST A WEEKLY TEAM PRACTICES AT BLEDSOE PARK ON THE TURF FIELDS.
UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
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WITH THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM.UH, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CO-OWNER AND HEAD COACH MARK ROGERS, TO TALK ABOUT THE MANY GOOD THINGS, UH, WITH THE LANDER WOLF PACK.
UH, IT'S IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UH, WE GREW ROOTS HERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH, WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE CAPABLE OF AND OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES AND OUR NUMBER ONE CORE VALUE.
UM, OVER OUR FOUR YEARS, MOST RECENTLY, WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS US FOR IS THE 13 OH UNDEFEATED SEASON, OUR SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.
UH, WE WENT ON TO PLAY AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.
UH, WE WERE NATIONAL RUNNERS UP, UM, BUT THE THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT GOT US THERE AND THESE LAST FOUR YEARS IS THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE CONTINUE TO DO, UH, WE HOST CAMPS EVERY, EVERY SUMMER FOR THE KIDS.
UM, WE'VE, WE'RE AT EVERY FESTIVAL.
WE'RE VOLUNTEER FOR IT FOR EVERY CITY EVENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND, AND BECAUSE IT'S OUR, BECAUSE WE WANT TO, UH, REPRESENT AND REFLECT, UM, THE POSITIVITY THAT OUR ORGANIZATION CAN CONTINUE TO DO OUR MISSION IS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, UH, TO EITHER PURSUE OR JUST BE INVOLVED IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOES SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES.
UM, JUST WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD 15 PLAYERS AND COACHES GET OPPORTUNITIES AT EITHER COLLEGIATE, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UH, OR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR COACHING.
UM, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR, FOR THE CITY AND THESE, THESE YOUNG HOPE, NOT STUDENT ATHLETES, THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS.
UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT OR UPCOMING IS OUR C WE ARE A SPRING DEVELOPMENT TEAM ARE SEASONED, DOES START IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL PLAY THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, UH, WHICH THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS FOOTBALL YEAR ROUND.
SO FOR YOU GUYS THAT THEY GET TIRED OF OR ARE MISSING FOOTBALL AT SUPER BOWL TIME, WELL THAT'S WHEN WE KICK OFF OUR SEASON, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING FOR THIS SEASON, NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR PROGRAM, UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH LEANDER YOUTH FOOTBALL AND CHEER ASSOCIATION AND TAKING OVER, UH, THE RAINS THERE AS WELL AS CREATING A DANCE TEAM.
UH, SO CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE WOMEN AS WELL.
AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS STATEMENT.
THIS IS CITY OF LANDERS, FIRST MINOR LEAGUE, DEVELOPMENTAL FOOTBALL TEAM FOR ADULT ATHLETES, LANDER WOLF PACK PLAYERS AND COACHES HAVE MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH A HIGH QUALITY COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO THE WIDELY HELD BELIEF THAT PARTICIPATION IN TEAM SPORTS HELPS IMPROVE SELF-CONFIDENCE BUILD CHARACTER AND TEACH LIFELONG LESSONS THAT EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE PLAYING FIELD IN SUPPORT OF THE WOLF PACKS, ORGANIZATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CORE VALUES, PAC PLAYERS AND COACHES HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF LANDERS LOCAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE OLD TOWN STREET FESTIVAL, OLD TOWN, CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, AND THE LIVING LAND OR EXPO THE WOLF PACK ALSO AVERAGES A MINIMUM OF TWO YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMPS EACH SEASON IN LEANDER ROUND ROCK GEORGETOWN WAS STRONG COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
ALL IN ALL LANDER WOLF PACK SUCCESS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD HAS RESULTED IN A TOTAL TEAM RECORD OF 35 WINS.
AND THE ONLY 10 LOSSES SUCCESS CONTINUED IN 2021 AS PACK PART HOME IN TEXAS UNITED FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH AN UNDEFEATED RECORD OF 13 AND OH, FINISHING UP THIS NATIONAL RUNNER-UP AND RECOGNITION OF THESE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND TO CONGRATULATE LEANDER, WOLFPACK FOOTBALL FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS.
I WANT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION FROM THE CITY OF LANDER AND THAT CERTIFICATE READS, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT LANDER WOLFPACK FOOTBALL IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF LEANDER, TEXAS FOR BECOMING THE 2021 TEXAS UNITED FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS AFTER AN OUTSTANDING 13 AND OH SEASON.
AND FOR EMBRACING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS, BOTH IN SERVICE AND IN SPORT.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED AND RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THIS DAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2021 MAYOR CHRISTINE SEAT REQUEST
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ONE MORE[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONSIDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AGENDA ITEM 9, 3 14, MOTION APPROVED BY COUNCILMAN SHAW AND SECOND BY CATHERINE RETAGGING PARKER.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
[15. Conduct a public hearing regarding the Borho Annexation Case 21-A-006 regarding the voluntary annexation of 43.995 acres ±; generally located to the north of the intersection of Journey Parkway and Pecan Park Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance regarding the Borho Annexation Case 21-A-006 as described above.]
A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE BOREHOLE ANNEXATION CASE 21 8 0 0 6 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 43.995 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF INTERSECTION OF JOURNEY PARKWAY AND PECAN DRIVE DIRECTORATE GRIFFIN AGAIN.UM, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANNEXATION FOR THE, THE BOREHOLE PROPERTY.
UM, THIS ANNEXATION IS SUBJECT TO A ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
UM, THE NEXT CASE ON THE AGENDA IS THE ZONING THAT, UM, GOES WITH THIS CASE.
SO APPROVING, UH, THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPROVE THE ZONING.
YOU'LL HAVE A SECOND CHANCE TO REVIEW THE ANNEXATION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING CASE AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IS THERE, UM, IS THERE OKAY.
SO WE WILL, UM, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEEING NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO AN ACTION ITEM, LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN CERNIK AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CATHERINE, BATTALION PARKER, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY ITEM
[16. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-032 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFU-2-A (Single-Family Urban) and SFC-2-A (Single-Family Compact) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 43.995 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031542; and generally located to the north of the intersection of Journey Parkway and Pecan Park Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-032 as described above.]
16 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 Z 0 32 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR, ONE B SINGLE FAMILY RULE TO SFU TO A SINGLE FOAMER URBAN AND SFTC SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 43.995 ACRES, MORE OR LESS INSIDE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT GRIFFIN.SO THIS IS, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING CASE FOR THE BOREHOLE PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF OF JOURNEY PARKWAY
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IT'S ACROSS FROM THE CONCRETE SUBDIVISION.UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT, UM, FOR THE PORTION CLOSEST TO JOURNEY.
AND THEN FOR THE REMAINDER SINGLE FAMILY, URBAN SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT ALLOWS FOR 50 FOOT WIDE, LOTS AND SINGLE FAMILY URBAN ALLOWS FOR 60 FOOT WIDE LOTS.
UM, THIS REQUEST IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HOLD A, A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
THEY DID DELAY ACTION BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE APPLICANT TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THE CREEK MEADOW STATES.
THE APPLICANT DID, AND WE HELD, UM, THE ACTUAL ACTION OF THE ITEM ON THE NOVEMBER 23RD DATE.
AND THE COMMISSION DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IF 30 QUESTIONS.
MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I SEE THIS EVENING, PETER VERDICCHIO AT SCC PLANNING, ROBIN'S DONE A GREAT JOB GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW.
SO I'LL TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF HERE THIS EVENING.
THE PROPERTY, AS SHE MENTIONED, IS ON A JERRY PARKWAY, CROSS FROMM PECAN CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S GENERALLY A VERY FLAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, BRUSHY CREEK, UH, BISECTS AT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AND AS YOU SEE ON THE AERIAL HERE, THE AREA WITH THE TREES IS PRIMARILY THE FLOOD PLAIN ASSOCIATED WITH BRUSHY CREEK.
THE UPLANDS THAT YOU SEE BOTH ON THE RIGHT, THE LARGE PIECE ON THE RIGHT, AND THEN ALSO ON THE LEFT ARE UPLANDS THAT ARE PRIMARILY FLAT PASTURES.
THERE'S NO TREES, THERE'S, IT'S VERY PASTORAL AND LET'S PUT IT BACK LIKE FLAT, NOTHING ON IT.
UM, THAT, THAT IS THE AREA THAT PRIMARILY WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH YOUR APPROVAL.
UM, THE FLOOD PLAIN WILL BE PRESERVED.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS BY SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE FLOOD, PLAIN FLOOD CONCERNS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND WHILE WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THIS PROCESS, OF COURSE, WE'D BE MEETING COORDINATING WITH CITY STAFF AND COMPLYING WITH ALL COURT, UH, CODES AND ORDINANCES WHERE WE'RE AWARE CERTAINLY MYSELF REGIONALLY WITH BRUSHY CREEK AND SENSITIVITY TO IT.
AND WE WOULD COMPLY WITH ALL REGULATIONS ALONG IT AS WAS MENTIONED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, THIS AREA, THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
UM, ALSO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A, UH, COLLECTORS CALLED EXISTING ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THERE NONETHELESS, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR DESIGN PROCESS, WE DO ANTICIPATE ON CONSTRUCTING THAT PORTION OF THAT, UM, FUTURE COLLECTOR WITHIN THE PROPERTY AND COMPLYING WITH THAT PART OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, THAT I DID NOTE ON HERE IS YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THE GREEN AREA IDENTIFIED AS GREENWAY, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT FOR OAKLAND SPACE.
SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING, THE ENTIRE TRACT IS OWNED, UH, PROPOSED FOR COMPACT AND URBAN ZONING, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A, UM, A GREEN SPACE ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED ZONING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A MIX OF 50 AND 60 FOOT LOTS ON SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND SINGLE FAMILY URBAN ON THE NORTHERN PORTION.
AND AS ROBIN MENTIONED, WE, UH, WENT TO P P AND Z FIRST AND THEY ASKED US TO A TABLE FOR TWO WEEKS, GO BACK AND DO FURTHER OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORS.
THERE ARE 70 PROPERTIES WITHIN 500 FEET OF THIS PROPERTY OWNED BY 63 OWNERS.
WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THEM.
WE SENT A VERY DETAILED LETTER, AS WELL AS THIS MAP DID FURTHER OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR IMMEDIATE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, THERE, THERE WERE SOME OF THE TYPICAL CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, ALL OF US AS IT RELATES TO, UM, IN PARTICULAR FENCE LINE VEGETATION AND PRESERVING THAT CHARACTER, NO OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT, BUT, UM, AM I, HOMES HAS COMMITTED TO STAYING IN CONTACT AND STAYING IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOUR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
AND WITH THAT I'LL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT DOES SUBMITTED CARDS.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVING TO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 Z 0 3, 2 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I GOT ONE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT THOUGH, JUST WITH ROBIN, THIS IS JUST ONE QUICK THING.
UM, WHEN WE HAD ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD AN AREA OF TOWN TOO, THIS IS, I KNOW WE CAN'T REALLY, WE CAN'T REALLY REQUEST THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST WITH EVERYBODY PRESENT HERE TOO, WITH THE WATER WATERING FREE FEATURES OF THIS, UH, OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION AS FAR AS, UM, TYPE OF LANDSCAPING? LIKE WE DID? I THINK IT WAS CALLED THE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN EVEN BRING IT UP.
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YEAH.WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD, YEAH, WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.
BUT, BUT, UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PROJECT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY
[17. Conduct a public hearing regarding the Crystal Mesa 2 Annexation Case 21-A-008 regarding the voluntary annexation of 10.35 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcels 354047, 354050, and 354048; and generally located to the south of the intersection of CR 290 and Hidden Mesa, Leander, Travis County, Texas. Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance regarding the Crystal Mesa 2 Annexation Case 21-A-008 as described above.]
ITEM 17 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CRYSTAL MESA TO ANNEXATION CASE 21 8 0 0 8 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 10.3, FIVE ACRES, MORE OR LESS IN SIZE, AND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF AND HIDDEN MESA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.SO THIS IS, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION REQUEST FOR THE CRYSTAL MESA PROJECT.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WE HAVE A ZONING CASE.
UM, AFTER THIS, THAT WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT, THIS IS ANOTHER ANNEXATION WHERE, UM, YOUR ACTION ON THE ANNEXATION DOES NOT AFFECT THE ACTION ON THE ZONING AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY THAT SUBMITTED TO SPEAK SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ON THE ACTION ITEM, CRYSTAL MESA ANNEXATION CASE 21 8 0 0 8.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BACK CATHERINE BATTALION PORKER AND SECOND BLACK COMMISSIONER.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES ITEM 19 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 Z 0 3 4 2:00 AM.
IN THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM S F S T B SINGLE FAMILY, SUBURBAN TO GC THREE C GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 1.37, SIX ACRES, MORE OR LESS THAN SIZE IS STATED IN THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
GRIFFIN, DID YOU SAY THEY WERE GOING TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL? ARE YOU ON ITEM 18? OH, IT WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I HAVE MISSED A FEW.
[18. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-033 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFR-2-B (Single-Family Rural) on three parcels of land approximately 10.35 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcels 354047, 354050, and 354048; and generally located to the south of the intersection of CR 290 and Hidden Mesa, Leander, Travis County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-033 as described above.]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE TONY 1 0 3, 3 10 IN THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR, ONE B SINGLE FAMILY RULE TWO SFR TO BE SINGLE FAMILY RULE ON THREE PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 10.3, FIVE ACRES IN SIZE.HOW'S THAT? THAT'S SO MUCH OF THAT.
UM, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE CRYSTAL MESA SUBDIVISION.
UM, THIS IS A CASE WHERE, UH, IF THE ANNEXATIONS APPROVED THE ZONING DISTRICT V SFR ONE B AND THEIR CHANGES MAKING THIS SFR TO BE, SO BASICALLY IT CHANGES, UM, THE SIZE OF ANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
SO IF YOU HAD A SHED IN YOUR BACKYARD, IT COULD BE 10% OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, DURING THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING, UM, THEY DID POSTPONE ACTION AND ASKED THE APPLICANT TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN.
CAUSE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY GOT THE COMMUNICATION THEY WANTED, THE APPLICANT DID, AND THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE REQUESTS DURING THE NOVEMBER 23RD MEETING.
UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO NO PRESENTATION, I'M SEAN FRIEND WITH CUNNINGHAM ALLEN, CIVIL ENGINEERS ON THE JOB.
UH, ROBIN COVERED IT PRETTY WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE IT'S BASICALLY THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE ZONING MATCHES VERY CLOSELY TO WHAT WAS DONE JUST TO THE WEST, THE GREENFORCE IN THERE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 3, 3 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH.
SO AGAIN, SO TWO QUICK THINGS, IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS GOT THERE.
THE GUY GOT STRAIGHT ON WHERE THE ACCESS WAS AND ALL THAT STUFF THROUGH COMMUNICATION.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING THAT OUT.
AND THEN, UM, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY, ARE YOU CONNECTING TO THE OTHER PIECE RIGHT? THERE IS GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE GATES, TWO SEPARATE GATES.
THIS IS A LITTLE LIGHT, A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
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THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME IN IN YOUR P AND Z HEARING ANYBODY THAT HAD SOMETHING TO SAY OR ANYBODY THAT SUBMITTED ANYTHING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
[19. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-034 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) to GC-3-C (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 1.376 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031219; and addressed as 10996 E. Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-034 as described above.]
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 19.HOW ABOUT THAT? UM, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 3 4, TIM, IN THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFS, TWO B TO G C THREE C ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 1.37, SIX ACRES, MORE OR LESS THAN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RONALD REAGAN AND CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY.
UM, IT'S A PROPERTY THAT HAS A, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT BECAUSE OF AN ANNEXATION.
SO IT WASN'T, UM, THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
THIS DOES COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 9TH AND, UM, THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UM, THE APPLICANTS HERE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ANY PRESENTATION I'M RICK HATCH WITH ODYSSEY SERVICES GROUP REPRESENTING THE BUYER OR THE PROPERTY, UM, BEHALF OF THE, UH, FOR THE ZONING CHANGE, I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.
UH, THE INTENDED USE IS FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE AND A WITH GAS DISPENSING.
AND, UM, I I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY, UM, MY PARTNER CONDUCTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.
THERE ARE NINE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE 500 FEET HE CONTACTED, OR HE WENT TO EACH SITE, CONTACTED FIVE, FOUR RUNNER POSED ONE WAS OPPOSED NOT FOR THE USE, BUT FOR THE, FOR GROWTH.
UH, AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR THAT WEREN'T, UM, PRESENT AT THE LOCATION AND, UH, MATERIALS ARE LEFT FOR EACH ONE SO THAT IF THEY HAD A QUESTION THAT COULD CALL US, THANK YOU.
SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN INTO THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 3, 4 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE ANY DISCUSSION.
NOW I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN BURNETT.
CAN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SHAW, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY POST PERMISSION, UH, MOTION PASSES,
[20. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case 21-TOD-SU-005 to consider action on a Special Use Permit to allow for a tattoo studio on one (1) parcel of land approximately 0.155 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R036105; and addressed as 106 W. Willis Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-TOD-SU-005 as described above.]
ITEM 20 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE 21 T O D S U 0 0 5 TO CONSIDER ACTION ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A TATTOO PARLOR ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 0.15, FIVE ACRES AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.SO, UH, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A TATTOO STUDIO I'M ON THE PROPERTY.
IT'S ADJACENT TO THE BEER MARKET.
IT'S THE UPSTAIRS SITE WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE, UM, UH, A WOMEN'S BOUTIQUE.
UM, THEY, THE SMART CODE REQUIRES THAT, UM, YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL ABOVE.
SO PART OF THIS PERMITS ALLOWING IT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE USE, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, DURING THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE PERMITTED USE.
UM, THE COMMISSION WANTED TO SEE AN AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW A TATTOO PARLOR BY RIGHT IN A SMART AND THE SMART CODE.
UM, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A 10 YEAR TERM FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IF WE DO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE SMART CODE TO ALLOW IT, THAT WOULD MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND RENEW A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO ACTION ITEM REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE 21 T O D S U ZERO FIVE IS DESCRIBED AS JUST ONE QUESTION BEFORE.
UM, IT SAYS, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE 10 YEARS, I JUST READ THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND EVERYTHING TOO.
BUT ON THE NOTE ON THE AGENDA NOTES, IT SAYS FIVE YEARS.
I WENT BACK AND LISTENED AND IF THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HAD WE HAD A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MOTION YET.
OH, I THOUGHT WE HAD A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING ON TO
[21. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution expressing intent to finance expenditures to be incurred by the City of Leander, Texas.]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 21,[01:15:02]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT FOR FINANCE EXPENDITURES TO BE INCURRED BY THE CITY OF LAND OR TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS.THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, IF I COULD, UH, DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT A AND THE RESOLUTION THAT'S WHERE THE, THE, THE MEAT OF THE, OF THE SUBJECT IS.
UM, I KNOW Y'ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ITEM, SO IT, SO, UM, AS, AS YOU ARE FULLY AWARE IN OCTOBER, THE COUNCIL, UH, APPROVED AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HERO WAY EAST EXPANSION PROJECT, AND THE CITY OF LEANDER SHARE OF THAT ROADWAY PROJECT IS $13.9 MILLION.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, TO ME, ANYWAY, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO ISSUE DEBT, UH, TO FUND THAT $13.9 MILLION COMMITMENT OVER TIME.
AND, UH, THE AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY LAYS OUT THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
THEY WILL BE MANAGING THE PROJECT AND THE CITY OF LEANDRA WILL BE MAKING PERIODIC TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT PAYMENTS.
SO THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT UPON EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT, THE FIRST 25% OF THAT $13.9 MILLION IS DUE, THAT'S ROUGHLY $3.4 MILLION.
SO, UM, THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT ALLOWS US THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, THE ABILITY TO, UH, REIMBURSE ANY, UM, GENERAL FUNDS USED PRIOR TO ISSUING THAT DEBT AND REIMBURSE OURSELVES WITH THAT, THAT DEBT ISSUANCE IN THE SPRING.
UM, THE IRS REQUIRES, UM, US TO GO ON NOTICE WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT WE HAVE AN INTENT TO ISSUE DEBT IN THE FUTURE, AND WE WANT TO REIMBURSE ANY, UH, EXPENSES MADE PRIOR TO THAT.
IT DOESN'T COMMIT YOU TO THE FUTURE AMOUNT.
IT DOESN'T BIND YOU TO REIMBURSE THOSE EXPENSES, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS RESOLUTION, BUT SINCE WE'RE DOING IT, WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNFUNDED AND ARE HIGH PRIORITY OF CITY STAFF, AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THAT IF COUNCIL APPROVES MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS BETWEEN NOW, AND WHEN WE ISSUE DEBT, WE COULD REIMBURSE THOSE EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT COMMITTING YOU TO ANY COURSE OF ACTION.
IT'S, IT'S PRESERVING, UH, THE FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES.
SO EXHIBIT A LAYS OUT THOSE, UM, THOSE OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, THE FIRST WAS, WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED, UH, BRIEFLY IN MR. GOODMAN'S PRESENTATION ON THE USES OF FOUR B SALES TAX, AND THAT'S THE HERITAGE GROVE ROAD PROJECT.
UM, UH, THE ENGINEERING STAFF IS READY TO SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL, COME BACK TO YOU WITH A CONSULTANT DESIGN ENGINEER TO BEGIN THE DESIGN, UH, OF THAT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE FULL COST OF THAT IS $3.2 MILLION.
UM, SO WE, THAT IS AN UNFUNDED PROJECT.
IT WAS MENTIONED DURING THE BUDGET, UM, UH, PROCESS AS AN UNFUNDED, BUT HIGH PRIORITY, UM, UH, PROJECT.
SO, UM, IF THIS WERE TO PASS TONIGHT AS IS THAN ENGINEERING WOULD, UM, TAKE THAT AS A GREEN LIGHT TO BRING BACK A DESIGN CONTRACT TO COUNCIL AT, UH, AT ANOTHER MEETING, PERHAPS, UH, THE NEXT MEETING.
I'M NOT SURE HOW QUICKLY ENGINEERING IS READY TO MOVE ON THAT, UM, THAT IS UP TO YOU TO APPROVE OR NOT AT THAT TIME.
BUT, UM, IF YOU CHOOSE AND WE START THAT THOSE EXPENSES, THEN IN THE SPRING, WHEN WE ISSUE DEBT AGAIN, COUNCIL WILL DECIDE ON THE FULL AMOUNT OF THAT DEBT ISSUANCE, BUT WE COULD REIMBURSE ANY EXPENSES MADE ON THAT PROJECT, UH, UP TO THEM COMPLETELY, UH, COUNCIL'S CHOICE.
THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON PARKS DEPARTMENT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SAN GABRIEL PARK, UH, DESIGN AGAIN, THAT WAS LISTED IN THE CIP PRESENTATION.
UM, IT'S FUNDING WILL EVENTUALLY
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COME FROM THE VOTER APPROVED GEO BONDS.WE HAVE NOT SOLD THE BONDS FOR SAN PARK YET.
IT'S ABOUT 11, $11.9 MILLION REMAINING.
WE'VE NOT ISSUED THOSE BONDS YET, BUT WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FROM THE VOTERS TO ISSUE THOSE, THOSE BONDS IN THE FUTURE.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN THE DESIGN THAT WE CASH FLOW, THAT FIRST DO THE DESIGN WORK WITH EXISTING RESERVES.
AND THEN WHEN THE PLANS ARE READY AND THE CITY'S READY TO BID THE PROJECT, WE KNOW THE FULL COST.
WE CAN ISSUE THE DEBT AT THAT TIME AND REIMBURSE THE DESIGN EXPENSES.
SO AGAIN, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN PARKS WILL COME BACK AT A, AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDED DESIGN ENGINEER, JOHN HAVE THE CHANCE TO DISCUSS THAT AND, AND VOTE YAY OR NAY AT THAT TIME.
UM, THE THIRD PROJECT, AND I REALIZED THAT I DID NOT MENTION THIS IN SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, UH, PREVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, THIS ONE INVOLVES THE FUTURE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER SIX, YOU RECALL IN THE BUDGET, WE, UH, YOU APPROVED FUNDING TO ACQUIRE THE SITE AND, UM, CAMERON AND, AND FIRE CHIEF, OR, UH, LOOKING AT SITES, THEY HAVE THE FUNDING, HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE ENOUGH, BUT MAYBE NOT THEY TO, UH, TO ACQUIRE THAT SITE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT COMMIT YOU IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UH, IF THAT SITE GETS ACQUIRED AND WHAT THE GROWTH CONTINUES, THE WAY IT HAS IN THE PAST FOREVER, UM, WE MAY WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH BEGINNING THE DESIGN OF THAT STATION.
AND SO IF THAT HAPPENS, UM, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD COVER REIMBURSING THOSE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS WITH A FUTURE DEBT DEBT ISSUANCE.
WHEN IT CAME TIME TO ISSUE THE DEBT FOR THE FIRE STATION.
AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT BOUND TO DO THAT, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO, UM, UM, AND YOU CAN EVEN REIMBURSE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ON HAND THAT ARE INTENDED TO ACQUIRE THE LAND IF YOU SO CHOSE, BUT IT, UH, PRESERVES THAT FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE.
THE LAST PIECE OF THIS RESOLUTION RELATES TO UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO, UM, TAX DEBT.
BUT AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER PLANT.
UM, AND THAT'S BEING UNDER, UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW IN ROUND ROCK.
THE FOURTH AND FINAL PAYMENT WILL BE DUE SOMETIME IN LATE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE RIGHT STUDY, WE'VE INCLUDED IT IN OUR BUDGET.
AND WE PLANNED ON ISSUING A DEBT FOR THAT FINAL PAYMENT WHEN THAT TIME CAME TOO.
SO, UM, BUT SINCE THAT TIME, SINCE THE SUMMER TWO UTILITY PROJECTS HAVE RISEN TO, TO, UM, A HIGH PRIORITY PRIORITY OF STAFF, ONE RELATES TO THE SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, IT WAS, IT WOULD PROVIDE A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL TREATMENT TRAIN, UM, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE, THE FULL CAPACITY OF THAT PLANT TO BE UTILIZED DURING, UM, IF ANY OF THE OTHER TREATMENT TRAINS WERE DOWN FOR ANY REASON.
AND I'LL STOP THERE BEFORE I GET INTO TROUBLE WITH ROSS AND DAN AND LET THEM EXPLAIN THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S NEEDED TO GET THE FULL, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS NEEDED TO GET TO THE FULL 12 MGD, UH, AT SANDY CREEK.
UM, AND THAT, UH, PROJECT IS SIX TO $7 MILLION.
SO DEPENDING ON THE DESIGN, UM, THAT'S UM, IS THAT DESIGN UNDERWAY OR IS THAT IT IS NOT SO, YES.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT THAT WOULD BE ISSUED AT THE SAME TIME, POTENTIALLY WHEN WE ISSUE THE DEBT FOR THE WASTEWATER PLANT EXPANSION.
AND ONE SECOND, THE, THE, THE OTHER PROJECT YOU SPEAK TO THIS ONE, TOO, DON'T GO TOO FAR, CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK TO THIS ONE TO THE OTHER WASTE.
UH, OTHER UTILITY PROJECT THAT IS REFERENCED IN HERE IS THE PARALLEL PIPELINE WITH THE BRUSHY CREEK, UM, PLANT, UM, AS, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING
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PIPELINE, RAW WATER PIPELINE, IT'S FRAGILE TO SAY THE LEAST IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED BY THE DEEP WATER INTAKE, BUT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO TAKE 5, 6, 7 YEARS TO GET IN PLACE.UM, DAN AND HIS, UH, UH, PEERS AND THE OTHER PARTNER CITIES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AN OPTION OF PUTTING IN A, A PARALLEL PIPELINE.
ONE, IT, IT HOPEFULLY IS MORE RELIABLE THAN THE FRAGILE LINE THAT'S THERE NOW, BUT ALSO, AND MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PLANT EXPANSION, UH, SOONER THAN WAITING FOR THE PIPELINE, THE ULTIMATE PIPELINE TO BE BUILT.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP THERE, LET DAN EXPLAIN THOSE TWO UTILITY PROJECTS, BUT THERE'S A LOT PACKED IN HERE, LIKE TO, UH, STOP AND LET YOU ASK DAN ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CAN EVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS, DAN GROSS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, SANDY CREEK, UM, TREATMENT TRAIN CURRENTLY WE HAVE SIX AND THEY'RE EACH 2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH EQUATES TO 12.
THE REASON WE CAN'T GET THE 12 CURRENTLY IS BECAUSE OF THE SLEDGE PROCESS, BUT WHEN WE'RE AT PEAK CAPACITY AND WE WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO SUMMER AND DEFINITELY BY NEXT SUMMER, UM, AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY 10 AT THE SANDY CREEK AND WE HAVE 15, UH, WITH THE BCR UA HAS 25 MILLION.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET THAT FULL, UH, 12 MILLION, UM, CONTINUOUS OPERATION FROM SANDY CREEK, WE REALLY NEEDED, WHAT'S CALLED A REDUNDANT TRAIN.
UM, IN CASE ONE OF THEM BREAKS DOWN OR DOES THE ISSUE WITH THE FILTERS OR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS? UM, WE CAN TAKE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM OFFLINE AND ACTUALLY ROTATE THROUGH ALL SIX AND DO REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND STUFF.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS MUCH LIKE LAST WINTER WHEN THE PIPE BROKE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT IS SANDY CREEK HAD TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND COULDN'T DO MAINTENANCE BECAUSE IT WAS IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION AND GOING ACTUALLY COULD SHUT DOWN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS REDUNDANT TRAIN WILL DO IS ALLOW US TO SHUT DOWN THE OTHER ONES AND DO REQUIRED MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE SECOND ONE WAS THE RAW WATER LINE.
SO JUST WHY, WHY ARE WE DOING REPORTING ALL THIS STUFF TOO? I KEEP SEEING 12 AS THE MGD THAT WE'RE COUNTING ON FOR THAT.
NO, IT'S REALLY 12, REALLY 12 IS 10 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS.
IF WE, IF, IF WE GET IT'S RIGHT, IF WE KNOW IT REALLY MEANS WE CAN GET 12, ONCE WE MAKE THE PROPER, LIKE I'M JUST SAYING, I BOOSTED AND SEEN THAT FOR LIKE A WHILE NOW, WHICH ONE? LIKE, WE ALWAYS, WHAT WE SAY IS IT'S 12, BUT IT'S REALLY 10 AND IT'S 10, AND THEN I CAN GO INTO IT JUST FOR A MOMENT, BUT IT'S 10 BECAUSE THE LAGOONS ARE SIZED IN SUCH A MAGNET THAT ARE TOO SMALL.
AND YOU HAVE TO BACK FLUSH THE FILTERS TO CLEAN THEM OUT OF YOUR AUDIT AT LEAST SO MANY HOURS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS, THE BALLOON FILLS UP AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FILTERS, UH, FLUSHED AND, AND THE TIME SEQUENCING DOESN'T ALLOW US TO OPERATE AT FULL.
MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE, ON ALL OF OUR GRAPHS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOW IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACCURATELY, UM, UM, WE'RE ACCURATELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE WAY I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT SAYING 10.
YEAH, WE HAD IN THE LAST ONE, LIKE COUNTING ON THE NAME OF THE DUE DATE AND ON A MEMO THAT WE SENT A CITY COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT THEIR WASH STRATEGIES.
UM, AND WE COULD GET THE 12 AND THE, AND NOT KNOW IT ANNOTATES THAT FOR A DAY OR TWO.
WE COULD GET 12 OUT OF THE PLANT.
IF WE HAD A PEAK CAPACITY, I'LL PUT IT TO REST.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND MY POINT.
A DAY OR TWO, WE COULD GET, GET THAT FULL FULL AMOUNT.
UM, THE SECOND ISSUE WAS THE RAW WATER LINE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY, OR HAD HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, UH, LAST WINTER AND THROUGH NUMEROUS REPORTS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT, UM, ESSENTIALLY IT WAS, UM, THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT, UM, WAS DESIGNED INCORRECTLY.
AND SO, UM, IT, IT COULD, UH, I COULD HAVE ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, UM, IN THE SAME MANNER BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, ACTUALLY THE ENGINEER, WHEN HE WAS GIVING US A VERBAL BRIEFING ON IT KIND OF INDICATED THAT, UM, IT WAS SURPRISED IT HASN'T BROKEN ALREADY, UM, MIGHT BREAK AGAIN.
SO, UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS, UM, IT DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND ALL THE CITIES AGREE WITH THAT, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO UP-SIZE IT TO A SIZE THAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, UM, EXPANSION OF PHASE, WHAT THEY CALL PHASE ONE D UM, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE PLANT CAPACITY 10 MILLION GALLONS
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PER DAY, AND LEANDRA WOULD GET, UM, ABOUT 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OUT OF THAT INCREASE, UM, WHICH WOULD HELP US EXTEND OUR, UH, POTENTIAL WATER, USE IT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE MOVING FORWARD.
AND JUST REAL QUICK, CAN YOU REVIEW THE TIMELINE FOR THAT EVEN? SO THE TIMELINE FOR THE RAW WATER LINE, UM, WOULD BE, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT TWO YEARS HOPE, MAYBE A LITTLE, MAYBE A LITTLE DESK, DEPENDING ON HOW DESIGN AND STUFF GOES AND, AND SO FORTH.
UM, THOSE ACTION, UH, THE PHASE ONE IS ACTUALLY PHASE ONE D IS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE BCRA BOARD AND, UM, THE 15TH, SO THAT ONE WOULD BE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UH, THEN THEY WERE ALL WATER LINE, I THINK, DESIGNS ALREADY MOVED FORWARD.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ON THOSE TWO ITEMS AND IT WILL BOTH TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? NO.
I MEAN, JUST AS FAR AS EXHIBIT A, SO THAT'S OFFERED TO HIM.
SO JUST WANT TO CLEAR IT, UH, 4 1, 2 FOR THE THIRD ITEM, WHICH IS ABOUT SAN GABRIEL PARK, NOT TO EXCEED WHAT'S LEFT, CORRECT.
AND THAT IS THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T EVEN GET THE BOND AUTHORS ZATION, SO, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
I MEAN, BUT THE STAFF'S, UM, PLANS ARE, UH, TO BRING FORWARD, UH, A DESIGN FIRM FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND GET THAT STARTED, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ESTIMATE ESTIMATED TO BE, UM, FOR BOTH PROJECTS, UM, AROUND $1.5 MILLION FOR THE, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
SO IT IS, UM, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT, THAT IF WE START THAT WE CASHFLOW THAT RIGHT AND STOP.
AND WHEN WE'RE READY TO, UM, UH, BID THE CONSTRUCTION AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO, THEN WE ISSUE THE BONDS AT THAT TIME.
BUT DON'T WANT TO START PAYING DEBT SERVICE ON A LOAN BEFORE YOU'RE READY TO, UM, DO YOU HAVE TO, OKAY.
AND THEN WITH CHIEF, DID, WERE WE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR ACQUISITION ATTEMPT? I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT, BUT IT JUST, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF MAKING AN OFFER TO THE, TO THE SELLER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO W WITH THE, WITH, WITH EXHIBIT A RIGHT, UH, APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, AS IT RELATES TO EXHIBIT A YES.
EXHIBIT I IS PART OF THE RESOLUTION THEN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL SECOND.
YOU HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[22. Council Member Closing Statements.]
IT WILL GO INTO CLOSING COMMENTS.WE'RE THERE, AREN'T WE? YES, WE ARE.
WELL, WHILE I GET THIS OUT, UM, HAVE SHOW IN TOWN.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN, UM, THAT IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BURKE, RICHARD JEWELER, AFTER 16 YEARS HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE.
SO I HOPE EVERYONE WILL GO BY AND SAY HELLO AND GOODBYE.
AND THANK THEM FOR THE TIME THAT THEY SPENT HERE.
THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL KNOW WHERE SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO NEXT, BUT MS. LEANDRA.
SO THESE ARE SOME PILLOWS, WHOOPS, FOR SATURDAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE OLD TOWN, CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ARE, I'VE STARTS AT NINE
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O'CLOCK.THAT IS THE, UH, THE 5K EVERYBODY'S RUNNING IN THE 5K.
UH, THE PARADE STARTS AT 11 AND THEN THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS AT SIX 30 IN BETWEEN.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS, YOU CAN GO BY AND VISIT ONE OF WHICH IS THE CHAMBER A BOOTH.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF REALLY CUTE PILLOWS TO SELL THAT ARE LEANDER RELATED THAT I BROUGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS.
UH, BUT THERE'S SOME THAT HAVE THE ZIP CODE AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE ALL THEIR, THANK YOU PLEASE, TO, I WILL HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE, THE OLD TOWN, CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY HANUKKAH TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE PLAY STREET, GOODNIGHT, OR BUDDY PLACE FOR, OH MY GOSH.
WE GOT AN INVITATION TO THE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR BAND, WINTER CONCERTS, DECEMBER 9TH AT SIX 30 AT GLEN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND IF YOU CAN MAKE IT GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT PLAYS FINE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DON HIS PIZZA FOR PROVIDING DINNER TONIGHT.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT, UH, SEVEN.