Feb 07, 2022 City Council Special Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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OKAY.

TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2022.

AND THE TIME IS FIVE 30, 2:00 PM.

AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP THAT THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL

[2. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER AS BEING MATT LYNN, GLORIA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS ARNETT MAYOR PRETEND BECKY ROSS HERE.

MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE.

[3. Convene into executive session pursuant to: (1) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding the Parkside Peninsula project; and (2) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding Lakewood Park project; and (3) Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss the duties of the city manager; and (4) Sections 551.071 and 551.072, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules for Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel, regarding the lease of real property on Hero Way West. Take any action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) Parkside Peninsula project; and (2) Lakewood Park project; and (3) duties of the city manager; and (4) Hero Way West.]

PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE PARKSIDE PENINSULA PROJECT AND SECTION 5 51 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LAKEWOOD PARK PROJECT AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT COACH DISCUSS THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND SECTION FIVE, 5.1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY ON HIRO WAY WEST.

[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]

THE TIME IS NOW 7:03 PM.

AND THIS IS THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR NICK WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION.

FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LORD, HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO BE, UH, IN AN AMAZING CITY AND AT A REALLY A REALLY CRUCIAL TIME.

SO, UM, WE JUST GLORIFY YOU AND WE SAY, THANK YOU, LORD.

UM, WE WELCOME THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU SEND TO US, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT THIS CITY LORD WOULD BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF, UH, EXAMPLE OF YOUR LIGHT LORD.

WE JUST PRAY THAT FOR THOSE THINGS, UM, WE PRAY FOR, FOR, FOR BUSINESSES TO PROSPER HERE, WE PRAY FOR CITIZENS TO PROSPER HERE.

WE PRAY THAT THERE IS A UNITY IN THIS CITY THAT PEOPLE LOOK TO FROM MILES AWAY ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND SAY, WHAT WERE THEY DOING? DIFFERENT LORD.

WE PRAY THAT IT ALL POINTS BACK TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR LETTING US BE YOUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING US SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING US.

AND WE JUST DECLARED THAT LANDER IS ADOPTED BY YOUTUBE IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT WAS LOVELY.

[5. Roll Call.]

SECRETARY CRABTREE.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESMEE MACKEY LONGORIA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY ROSS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE TO LA HERE.

QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCILS 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.] ]

I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT AS ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

NUMBER NINE HAS BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONSIDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT AND 10 THROUGH 18 COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY

[9. Approval of an Ordinance ordering and establishing procedures for the 2022 Special Election in the City of Leander on proposed use of sales tax revenue; providing for notice of the election; providing election precinct and polling places; providing for early voting; providing an effective date and open meetings clause; providing for the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents; and providing for related materials. Aprobación de una Ordenanza que ordena y establece procedimientos para la Elección Especial de 2022 en la Ciudad de Leander sobre el uso propuesto de los ingresos del impuesto sobre las ventas; prever la notificación de la elección; proporcionar recintos electorales y lugares de votación; prever la votación anticipada; proporcionar una fecha de vigencia y una cláusula de reuniones abiertas; prever que el administrador de la ciudad ejecute todos y cada uno de los documentos necesarios; y proporcionar materiales relacionados.]

IS THERE MOTION? YES.

DO YOU HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS? SORRY.

THANK YOU.

UM, MARK D. BROWN.

THE SECOND, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

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UH, I LIVE AT 2316 LOREN LOOP AND THAT'S WHEN LEANDER OF COURSE OUR WONDERFUL CITY, BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

I MOVED HERE FOUR YEARS AGO.

UH, IT I'VE SEEN IT GROW FROM A SMALL BIRD TO JUST THIS WONDERFUL BUSTLING PLACE IN THE FUTURE OVER IT LOOKS INCREDIBLY BRIGHT.

I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

UH, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN THE RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL STRUGGLE WITH ONE THING AND THAT'S CAP METRO.

UH, I BY TRADE AM A SWIM TEACHER, BUT I'M ALSO AN UBER AND LYFT DRIVER AND I SEE EVERY DAY HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS ON THE ROADS, HOW MUCH DANGER THE TRAFFIC IS.

I SEE JUST, YOU KNOW, COUNTLESS, UH, DISTRACTED DRIVERS AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING OTHER THINGS BESIDES DRIVING A CAR.

UM, AND I'VE ALSO USED THE, UH, CAP METRO SYSTEM, THE TRAIL RAINS RAIL SYSTEM ABOUT SEVEN TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

UM, I THINK THAT WE KIND OF PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS 2% SALES TAX.

I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO LET THE VOTERS DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO HAVE CAP METRO FIRST, BEFORE WE SAY, OKAY, LET'S ALREADY ALLOCATE THE MONEY, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE IT.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY IN THE FUTURE ARE GOING TO LOOK TOWARDS CAP METRO ON THE RAIL LINE TO CONNECT THEM TO THE AIRPORT, TO CONNECT THEM TO DOWNTOWN MORE, TO GET CONNECT THEM TO ALL THE POINTS OF AUSTIN BECAUSE AUSTIN HAS GONE FORWARD WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US IN INCREDIBLY WELL.

UM, I PICKED UP A FARE THIS MORNING AND IT COSTS THEM $60 TO GET TO DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, CAP METRO SEVEN 50 A DAY TO RIDE.

AND YES, WE'VE SEEN A DOWN A DOWNTURN IN RIDERSHIP SINCE THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE'VE SEEN A DOWNTURN IN BAR ATTENDANCE.

WE'VE SEEN A DOWNTURN AND UH, SPORTING EVENTS, ATTENDANCE.

WE SENT IT DOWN TO THERE AND EVERYTHING.

AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO FORWARD AND USE ONE MONTH OF STUDY DURING THE PANDEMIC TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF CAP METRO OR NOT, OR WHETHER IT'S VALUABLE.

WE HAVE TO GO FOR, WHAT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN CAP METRO, WHICH IS A RISE, A STEADY INCREASE IN USAGE.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE, OUR PEOPLE OF LEANDER ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM OUR WALK IN OUR WALLETS TO NOT HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, AN AVERAGE OF 37 TO $85 TO GET DOWNTOWN OR 45 TO $101 TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.

I MEAN, YEAH, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PROJECT IS A BIG PROJECT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE 13 YEARS, BUT THANK YOU.

UM, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER NINE APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE 2022 SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF LEANDER ON PROPOSED USE OF SALES TAX REVENUE, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF THE ELECTION, PROVIDING ELECTION PRECINCT AND POLLING PLACES, PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATERIALS.

UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

ARE WE ABLE TO SEPARATE OUT THE SALES TAX DISCUSSION FROM THE REST OF ORDERING WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT CITY ATTORNEY SAYS YES.

JUST TO CONFIRM THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER YOU CAN ON THE SALES TAX ELECTION ORDINANCE SEPARATELY FROM THE CHARTER ELECTION AND THE GENERAL YES.

YOU CAN HEAR, YOU CAN MAKE IT A SEPARATE PRICE.

OKAY.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION, I'M SORRY.

SO BACK AND FORTH, UM, THE, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ABOUT THE SALES TAX, UM, ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE MORE TIME TO UPDATE THAT OR TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR TO PEOPLE WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON? SO THE, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, WE, UH, IT'S SET OUT IN STATE LAW, WHAT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, AND WE RAN IT BY THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE AND THEY SAID, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT WAY THAT WE'VE PROPOSED IT, IT MATCHES THE STATE LAW.

SOME CITIES HAVE ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT.

UM, USUALLY I'VE SEEN IT WHERE THEY'RE COMBINING WITH ANOTHER SALES TAX QUESTION TO SWITCH OUT ONE SALES TAX FOR ANOTHER.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT.

AND SO THAT'S A VERY LONG

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UM, SO IF YOU WANTED TO WAIT, WE WOULD, UM, I WOULD USE THAT TIME TO HAVE THE CONTROLLER REVIEW ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, IF THAT WAS COUNCIL'S WISH, UH, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO THAT, SO THAT WE'RE ASSURED THAT IF THE VOTERS APPROVE THAT BALLOT LANGUAGE, THAT THE COMPTROLLER WILL IMPLEMENT IT.

SO THAT'S ALL THEY'RE TELLING US, WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT.

UM, SO IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S WISH, THEN WE WOULD USE OUR TWO WEEKS TO, UM, PUT FORTH A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FOR THE CONTROLLER TO REVIEW AND GET BACK TO US.

AND THEN WE WOULD REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THE 17TH.

I WILL JUST KIND OF GO BACK TO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AT HAND, WE FOLLOWED WHAT THE STATE SAYS, RIGHT.

UM, IF THEIR COUNCIL WANTS CLARIFICATION, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT.

IS IT THAT YOU'RE W WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO NOTE IN THERE THAT THE PROPOSED SALES TAX WOULD BE INCREASED FROM 1% TO 2%.

ARE YOU, IS THAT WHAT COUNSEL BEFORE WE AVOID THE WORD INCREASE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN INCREASE OF HOW PEOPLE ARE PAYING.

RIGHT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S REALLY NOT CLEAR.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF CLEARER VERSIONS AND RUN SEVERAL PAST THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND COME BACK WITH OPTIONS? UH, YEAH.

IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.

OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE ARE READING IT.

I'M SURE YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THE SAME CONTACTS THAT PEOPLE ARE READING IT.

AND THEY'RE VERY UNCLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS IS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE TAXES, AND IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL.

UM, IT'S JUST AN ALLOCATION, A REALLOCATION OF WHERE THOSE TAXES GO.

OKAY.

AND THEN MY, MY OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU IS THERE WAY THAT, UM, TWO QUESTIONS, SORRY, WHERE YOU'RE STANDING HERE.

SURE.

UM, IF YOU KNOW, THE VOTE WAS TO GET OUT OF CAP METRO, IF THAT WAS THE MAJORITY VOTE, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD DECIDE LATER WHAT TO DO WITH THAT? WASN'T THAT PART OF WHY WE NEED TO DECIDE NOW? UM, OTHERWISE LIKE THAT GOES TO NOBODY, IT GOES TO NOBODY.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

WE, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE, I'M SORRY, BUT DID WE NOT AGREE THAT REGARDING THE PENALTY TO WITHDRAW, IF THAT DOES PASS OR FAIL EXIT AS IT'S, UM, TO BE, TO BE WORDED, IF THAT FAILS, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TIME TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT AGAIN FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REALLOCATE THE SALES TAX.

CORRECT.

SO IF, IF THE VOTE IS TO, SO THE VOTE IS, SHALL THE CAP, METRO BE CONTINUED IN THE CITY OF LEANDRA.

IF THE VOTE TO THAT IS NO, WE DON'T WANT CAP.

METRO CONTINUED IN CITY OF LEANDER.

THEN, THEN THERE'S THE, THAT'S THE WITHDRAWAL AND KENT METRO CALCULATES THE NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.

THAT 1% IS COLLECTED UNTIL THAT IS PAID OFF.

AND THEN YOUR QUESTION IS, WHAT IF OUR SALES TAX BALLOT DOES NOT PASS IN THIS ELECTION, THEN YOU CAN CALL ANOTHER ELECTION.

THERE'S A, THERE'S AT LEAST A ONE YEAR WAITING PERIOD.

SO YOU COULD CALL IT THE NEXT YEAR OR THE, OR A SUBSEQUENT YEAR AFTER THAT.

OKAY.

SO IN, IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE ALREADY AT 2%, IT'S GOING TO BE 3%.

AND SO IS EVERY OTHER CITY.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

WELL, THE OTHER THING IS, IS, AND THIS IS JUST A QUESTION.

I KNOW THIS IS HOW WE APPROVED IT LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF HAVING A COMBINATION OF GENERAL FUND AND FOUR B, WHICH I STILL THINK IS THE WAY TO GO.

AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED HOW CONFUSING THAT LANGUAGE IS.

UM, CAN WE, CAN WE PUT THAT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION, I GUESS I JUST NEED TO REQUEST THAT BE ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AGAIN, CAUSE I VOTED FOR IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN THE, BUT NOT JUST THE LANGUAGE, BUT HOW WE'RE WORDING IT ALTOGETHER ABOUT SPLITTING THE DISTRIBUTION.

EXACTLY.

THE GENERAL FUND AND A FOUR B.

RIGHT.

AS OPPOSED TO, I KNOW, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT, THAT WE HAD.

UM, IF WE DO, UH, DO GENERAL FUND AND IT PASSES THAT WE WOULD CREATE OUR OWN, UH, OUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT SAYS THAT.

AND IF I'M, IF I'M A VOTER WAS, I WANT TO SEE IT IN WRITING.

I WANT TO KNOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE INTENT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO STATE OUR INTENT TO, TO USE A FOUR B OR A FOUR B TYPE FUND.

SO THAT, SO IT'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE THAT, THAT BAT LANGUAGE IS ONLY GOING TO GET US SO FAR.

SO IT'S WHAT YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE RELYING ON BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE, ALL OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVES ARE GOING TO REQUIRE INFORMATION

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AND SO YOU'LL HAVE VOTER GUIDES WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT EXPLAIN THOSE BALLOTS.

SO THAT WILL, UM, THAT THE VOTERS WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS ARE ABOUT AND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO, AND OUR LIMITATION IS WE HAVE TO BE FACTUAL AND, AND ACCURATE AND NEUTRAL IN THE MESSAGING.

SO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS SOME OF IT'S SET BY STATE LAW AND WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO RELY ON THE INFORMATIONAL PACKETS AND WEBSITE TO EXPLAIN TO THE VOTERS WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THE OPTIONS WITH THE OPTIONS FOR USE ARE MIAMI ON THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ITSELF.

THAT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION.

THERE IS USUALLY A DESCRIPTION THAT'S INCLUDED EVEN WHILE THE VOTER IS VOTING.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT IS, THERE IS STILL A BRIEF DESCRIPTION TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS CORRECT.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.

I THINK IN MOST CASES, IT'S, IT'S JUST THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE WE MIGHT GET IN A VOTER GUIDE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE THE VOTER GUIDE, WE'LL EXPLAIN THE REST OF IT.

AND SO IT WOULD REQUIRE THE VOTER TO STEADY KIND OF STEADY THAT VOTER GUIDE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE BALLOT BOX.

AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN TAKE THAT VOTER GUIDE IN THERE.

NO, NO, YOU CAN'T TAKE ANY, YOU CAN'T REALLY TAKE ANYTHING WITH YOU.

SO YOU KNOW, YOU, AS THE VOTER, THE VOTER WILL HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL GUIDE AND THEY CAN REVIEW THAT AND STUDY THAT AND DETERMINE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO VOTE BEFORE THEY GO TO THE BALLOT BOX, BUT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THAT DOCUMENT BEHIND.

SO THERE'S BASICALLY TWO THINGS, RIGHT? THERE'S THE MAJORITY OF EVERYBODY WANTING TO BE THE MOST FLEXIBLE, LIKE TO BENEFIT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

UM, BUT ALL OF US WOULD PROBABLY AGREE THAT LOOKING AT THAT BALLOT LANGUAGE MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SO THERE'S A RISK INVOLVED THERE I'VE EVEN HAD SOMEBODY SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE OUR TAXES 1% AND THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE AT ALL.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF LANGUAGE ON THIS BECAUSE IF IT DOES PASS OR SORRY, IF IT DOES FAIL IN THIS CASE, UM, AND, AND THE, AND THE CITIZENS DECIDE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN CAP METRO, IF NOTHING IS THERE, IF THERE'S NOT ANOTHER PLACE AND WE WERE TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE CONTROLLER, UM, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO PUT IT SO THAT WE'D, NOBODY WOULD GET AT CAP.

METRO WOULDN'T GET IT AND WE WOULDN'T GET IT.

SO IT DOESN'T DO IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO REALLOCATE THINGS IN THE CITY.

IF THE DECISION, IF THE CITIZENS DECIDED TO GO THAT DIRECTION, WE ARE REALLOCATING THAT MONEY INTO THINGS THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THIS CITY RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE NEED EVERYBODY TO WEIGH IN ON IT.

SO IS IT, IS IT FAIR? I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO, I THINK I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP JUST BECAUSE IF WE'RE HAVING THIS MUCH ABOUT IT, IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING, IS IT WORTHWHILE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER FOR B OR GENERAL FUND? BECAUSE I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THE FOUR B LANGUAGE IS BETTER.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT LIKE, WOULD WE WANT TO ASK STAFF? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD NOT DO AT A FOUR B THAT WE CAN DO IN GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS? WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THE MINUTES THAT WE JUST APPROVED BLESS YOU.

UM, THE MINUTES THAT WE JUST APPROVED AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT'S MOTION BY MAYOR CHRISTINE DELILAH SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TO APPROVE GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX BALLOT PROPOSITION.

RIGHT.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY DID THAT VOTE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T FINALIZED THE LANGUAGE.

SO I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE NEW PROCEDURE ELEMENT THAT COMES IN IF WE WERE TO RECONSIDER, OKAY, I COULD BE WRONG.

SORRY.

AM, AM I WRONG? WOULD WE HAVE TO RE NOTICE? I DIDN'T HEAR WHY WE'RE OUT DOING IT RIGHT.

ARE Y'ALL GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND? NO, I'M JUST, I'M, I'M SAYING I WANT TO DO, I'M NOT TOO PRIDEFUL.

I'M NOT TOO PRIDEFUL TO JUST SAY LIKE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

BUT WE HAD, RIGHT.

SO, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

MY CONCERN WAS MORE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN NINE.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT IF WE NEED TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CLARITY AROUND IT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER TO DO.

AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

SO I SUPPORT THAT.

DO WE NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO THIS? DORA WHAT IS TODAY? THE 7 0 6, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS NOW.

AND THE INTENTION IS TO GET TO, TO GET THE BEST, TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION ON THE LANGUAGE THAT'S GOING TO GO FORWARD.

IS THAT YOUR MOTION? MOTION? I'LL SECOND.

YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING UNTIL THE 17TH, OPPOSED SIX TO ONE.

THANK YOU.

I'LL JUST I'LL NOTE JUST THAT THERE'S, I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S A WISH TO NOTE IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, WHAT, WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR.

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I THINK SO.

YEAH.

NO, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR POSITION ON THAT.

IT'S ALL THE WOMEN IN GENERAL.

THEY JUST WANT THEM TO BE HERE FOR THE CITIZENS, RIGHT? YEAH.

KEEPING IT AS GENERAL FUND.

OKAY.

AND I WAS JUST MAKING IT CLEAR.

I STILL THINK THAT I, WOULDN'T NOT IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, MEANING THE QUESTION, BUT THERE'S WHEN, WHEN YOU VOTE AND I'VE, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT WHERE YOU, YOU ARE VOTING, YOU WERE AT THE MACHINE, YOU'RE READING IT AND IT SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPOSITION FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER NOW, AND MAYBE THAT'S AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

MAYBE IT'S A COUNTY LEVEL.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS, BUT YOU'RE VOTING ON THIS.

YES OR NO, BUT THEN IT WILL GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.

SO IF, IF WE HAVE I, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE, UM, AVAILABLE TO US AS FAR AS THAT DESCRIPTION AND IF THAT IS IN FACT INCLUDED ON THIS TYPE OF, OF, UH, OF ITEM.

OKAY.

IF THERE'S ANY, JUST THE INTENT BEHIND, UH, GOING TO THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND AND ANY DESCRIPTION, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. BROWN, UM,

[19. Receive a presentation and consider acceptance of the study conducted by Kimley-Horn regarding the Hero Way and Ronald Reagan Boulevard intersection.]

BLACKADDER GOOD EVENING.

WE'VE NOT SEEN YOU UP HERE IN A WHILE.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WE HAD RECENTLY REGARDING THE INTERSECTION OF HERO WAY AND RONALD REAGAN STAFF INVITED KIMBERLY HORN, WHO HAD RECENTLY COMPETED THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN TO DO A STUDY OF THAT INTERSECTION OF THE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DO, TO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC.

AND THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THEIR STUDY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LANCE BALLARD WITH, UH, KIMBERLY HORN SLIDE.

SORRY, PRESENTATION FOR THE PRESENTATION SLIDE.

SORRY.

YEP, THAT'S IT.

SORRY.

THANK YOU.

UH, APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND THE HELP WITH THE, THE LOOK, I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, MY NAME IS LANCE BALLARD WITH KIMBERLY HORN AS IT, UM, AS ROSS MENTIONED, WE STUDIED RONALD REAGAN AND HERO WAY PREVIOUSLY.

UM, IT WAS SEEN THAT THIS SIGNAL DOES WARRANT, UH, OR THIS INTERSECTION DOES WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SO CONSIDERING THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THREE ALTERNATIVES OF WHAT COULD THAT SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION LOOK LIKE? UM, SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY AND DELAY CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL AS THE BENEFIT COSTS.

UM, THIS IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL VOLUMES CURRENTLY AT RONALD REAGAN AND HERO WAY.

UM, A LOT OF TRAFFIC ALONG RONALD REAGAN, THE TRAFFIC ALONG HERO WAY IN THE LEFT TURNING MOVEMENT.

TRAFFIC DOES EXPERIENCE A GOOD BIT OF DELAY CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME ALONG RONALD REAGAN.

UM, AND WE DO SEE A HISTORY OF CRASHES IN THE AREA.

WE'D LOOKED BACK IN THREE YEARS OF TECH STOCKS, CRASH RECORD DATABASE FOUND ONE FATAL CRASH, 37 IN TOTAL.

UM, I THINK A LITTLE NORTH OF 40% OF THESE CRASHES HAD, UM, SOME POSSIBLE INJURY OR MORE.

UM, AND SO TAKING ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, WE WANTED TO FIND ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD IMPROVE SAFETY AND MINIMIZE DELAY IMPACTS ALTERNATIVE.

ONE OF THE THREE THAT WE CONSIDERED WAS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, A TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL, LIKE YOU DRIVE THROUGH, UM, ALL THE TIME HERE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER.

UM, IT REMOVES A LOT OF THE CONFLICT OR PROTECTS A LOT OF THE CONFLICT SO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MITIGATE A LOT OF THE ANGLE CRASHES.

A LOT OF THE SEVERE CRASHES THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE PAST THREE YEARS AT THIS INTERSECTION.

UM, BUT IT DOES, UM, HAVE A BIT MORE DELAY THAN THE OTHER TWO ALTERNATIVES.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE EVALUATE THOSE ALTOGETHER IN A MOMENT.

UM, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE MODEL THAT WE USE TO SIMULATE THAT TRAFFIC, UM, AND EVALUATE ITS DELAY.

THE SECOND OPTION IS A CONTINUOUS GREEN TEA OPTION.

SO SIM IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, WITH ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE.

SO IF YOU'RE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ALONG, UM, HERO WAY AND YOU WANT TO TURN LEFT TO GO NORTH ON RONALD REAGAN,

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LET ME SEE, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO USE THIS OPTION HERE.

YOU WOULD MAKE THIS LEFT TURN HERE AND YOU'D GO INTO THIS LITTLE AUXILIARY SLIP LANE WHERE YOU'RE PROTECTED FROM NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC, AND THEN YOU WEAVE IN TO CONTINUE NORTHBOUND ONTO RONALD REAGAN WITH THAT ALL OF THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG RONALD REAGAN WOULD NOT HAVE TO STOP.

IT HAD THUS THE CONTINUOUS GREEN IN THE NAME.

UM, IT'S NOT AS SAFE AS ALTERNATIVE ONE, BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO STOP THERE SLIGHTLY LESS DELAY, UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S WEAVING AND THERE'S HIGHER SPEEDS.

IT'S A LITTLE LESS OF IT'S WILL NOT MITIGATE AS MANY CRASHES AS ALTERNATIVE ONE.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE MODEL AS WELL.

ALTERNATIVE THREE WAS A MICHIGAN LEFT TURN MODEL.

SO SOME PRETTY MAJOR DIFFERENCES HERE FROM YOUR TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

UM, SO LOOKING HERE AT YOUR WHERE THE INTERSECTION IS CURRENTLY, THAT WOULD MEDIAN WOULD BE CLOSED ALL TURNING TRAFFIC FROM HERO WAY.

IF YOU WANTED TO TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON RONALD REAGAN, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A RIGHT TURN, COME DOWN TO ANOTHER MEETING, A NEW MEETING OPENING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND MAKE A U-TURN.

SIMILARLY, IF YOU WERE GOING NORTHBOUND ON RONALD REAGAN WANTED TO TURN LEFT ON HERO WAY, YOU WOULD GO PASS THE INTERSECTION, MAKE A U-TURN AT THIS SMALL SIGNAL HERE AND THEN MAKE A RIGHT TURN.

UH, IT'S THE SAFEST OPTION BECAUSE IT REMOVES A LOT OF THOSE LEFT TURN, CONFLICTING POINTS.

THERE'S LESS LIKELIHOOD OF A MISTAKE.

UM, AND IT DOES IMPROVE DELAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE IT HAS A LARGE IMPACT TO, UM, ALL OF THE PAVEMENT IN THE AREA AND WOULD BE MORE OF WHAT THE IMPACT OF RIGHT AWAY, UTILITIES AND THINGS AS WELL.

SO LOOKING AT THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, TAKING A LOOK AT THE PLANNING LEVEL COSTS FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE SCENARIOS, ALTERNATIVE ONE, THE TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS $543,000.

THE LEAST OF THE THREE OPTIONS, THE CONTINUOUS SCREEN T IS HIGHER BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PAVEMENT IMPACTS.

UM, AND THEN THE MICHIGAN LEFT ALTERNATIVE IS THE HIGHEST COST BECAUSE A LOT OF DEMOLITION AND RESTORATION, YOU KNOW, NEW MEDIAN CUTS WOULD BE A LARGE PROJECT FOR SURE TO SEE HOW THE DELAY WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THOSE THREE, UM, ALTERNATIVES INTO CAN DO THE BENEFIT SIDE OF THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

WE PROJECTED 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, WHAT WOULD THE DELAYS SAVINGS LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO WHAT THE CURRENT DELAY IS FOR EACH THREE ALTERNATIVES? WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE CRASH BENEFIT FOR THE ANTICIPATED CRASHES THAT WOULD BE MITIGATED BY EACH OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND WEIGHED THOSE IN A SCORECARD WITHIN THIS SCORECARD.

YOU'LL SEE, ALTERNATIVE ONE, THE TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL TWO IS THE GREEN TEA, AND THREE IS THE, UM, MEDIAN OR SORRY, THE MICHIGAN LEFT TURN.

UM, WE LOOKED AT DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS WITH THE POINTER NOW, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT OF WAY, IMPACT SCORE, UTILITY IMPACT SCORE, WE LOOKED AT SOME QUALITATIVE KIND OF SCORING METRICS AS WELL TO HOW THOSE WOULD BE IMPACTED BY EACH ALTERNATIVE.

AND WHEN YOU RUN ALL THE NUMBERS, DO ALL OF THE MATH, THE ALTERNATIVE ONE, TRADITIONAL WAS TRAFFIC SIGNAL HAS THE HIGHEST BENEFIT COST RATIO HAS THE LEAST IMPACTS OF ALL OF THEM, UM, AND IS OUR RECOMMENDATION GIVEN THOSE THINGS.

SO IT PROVIDES A SAFETY BENEFIT UP BASED ON COMPARISON TO ITS CURRENT SITUATION OUT THERE ON THE SIGNALIZED.

UM, IT'S THE LEAST CHALLENGE AND IMPLEMENTS THE LEAST IMPACT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.

IT'S THE LEAST COST IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST COST BENEFIT RATIO OF THE THREE ALTERNATIVES.

WOULD THAT ALL GO TO QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ANALYSIS? FOR ME, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE MICHIGAN LESSON UNTIL I SAW THE PRICE.

IT USUALLY IS EXCITING.

AND THEN IT DOES COME WITH A PRICE TAG.

CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE SPEED IS RIGHT THERE OF 50 MILES AN HOUR ON RONALD REAGAN? AND I THINK IT'S 35 ON HERO 30 ON HERE AWAY.

SO 50 ALONE, RONALD REAGAN, THAT'S 50 RIGHT THERE.

OKAY.

WELL, WE HAD DROPPED IT.

IT WAS LIKE, I HADN'T BEEN SEEING TOO MANY PEOPLE KNOW STILL.

I THINK THAT GOES INTO OUR SAFETY, RIGHT.

BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE OPTIONS HERE, HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE GOING ON THAT ROAD.

SO THEY'RE STILL GOING 50.

OH, THAT'S PRETTY HIGH.

ALL ABOUT THE WIDENING OF THE ROADWAY.

OH, UM, WE DID ASSUME FOR, UM, ALL

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WELL, BOTH OF THE FIRST TWO SCENARIOS, WE ASSUMED THAT THE, WE WOULD WIDEN THE APPROACH AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT FOR HERO WAY.

UM, WITH THE SIGNAL, UH, WE DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AT THE PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATE THAT A POTENTIAL WIDENING COULD COME THROUGH.

WOULD THAT SIGNAL DESIGN AT THE PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

YEP.

IS THAT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTING FOR ALRIGHT, NO.

UM, ALTERNATIVE ONE DOES AS WELL.

AND THE MICHIGAN LEFT, UM, WE MODELED IT AS A, I BELIEVE A SINGLE RIGHT TURN LANE BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TO TURN RIGHT.

UM, ONCE YOU HAVE DUAL RIGHT TURN LANES, THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SIGNALIZE IT.

SO WE KEPT IT AS THAT ALTERNATIVE.

SO WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, THE STUDY.

NO SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE ONE, ONE COMMENT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

YES.

UM, JASON WAS ASKING ABOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WIDENING OF HERO WAY.

UH, I THINK, AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION ON.

I THINK THIS IS WHAT HE WAS ASKING IS THE RED LIGHT THAT IF IT'S, WHEN IT'S INSTALLED WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED WHEN IT'S WIDENED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW, ROSS HAPPY TO SPEAK TO.

SO I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT COST JUST YEAH.

WITH THE I'M HAPPY TO, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

SO THE WIDENING OF HERE AWAY, UM, SO TH TH THE LIGHT SAYING THAT WE LIKE THAT, UM, AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THE LIGHT WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED ONCE IT'S WIDENED, CORRECT? YES.

WE'RE HOPING TO DESIGN THE NEW SIGNAL, SUCH THAT AN ENCOMPASSES THE WIDEN, THE ROADWAY.

OKAY.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE COST THAT WAS GIVEN INCLUDES ALL OF THAT.

YOU JUST KIND OF FLIP A SWITCH AND ADJUST THE PERFECT.

YEAH.

IT'LL BE DESIGNED SUCH THAT YOU CAN INCORPORATE THE NEW LYNCH.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION AND SECOND FOR ACCEPTANCE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

I THINK THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

PASS YOUR NAME A SEAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[20. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution calling for a public hearing on the Assumptions and Capital Improvements Plan relating to possible adoption of Roadway Impact Fees.]

WELCOME BACK.

IT HAPPENS.

WE RECENTLY STARTED THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY, WHICH HAS GONE ALONG VERY WELL.

THEY'VE DONE A PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS THE CIAC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THE NEXT STEP IS TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THAT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 30 DAYS OUT, WHICH IS BECAUSE OF THE CALENDAR IN ORDER TO MEET THE SCHEDULE.

WE WERE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING CALLED FOR MARCH 17TH, WHICH SO THE CHANGE IN COUNCIL DATES BETWEEN LAST THURSDAY AND TODAY IS NOT AFFECTING THAT.

AND THANK GOODNESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS FOR THE CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVE A PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT IN WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINISHED APPROXIMATELY JUNE.

AND WE REALIZED THERE WAS AN ELECTION IN BETWEEN THAT IDEA WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE P AND Z.

AND AS AN OPTION OF TRYING TO COMPRESS THE SCHEDULE TO GET DONE BEFORE THE ELECTION, OR GO TILL JUNE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO EVALUATE THINGS PROPERLY AND THE Z UNANIMOUSLY OPTED TO GO FOR THE JUNE SCHEDULE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST A 30 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IN MARCH 17TH TO GO OVER THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE CIP PROJECTIONS FOR THE IMPACT FEE STUDY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASSING NAPS UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[21. Discuss and consider action on an award of contract, CIP Project #21-CIP-003 to Fleetwood Services, LLC for the Crystal Falls Golf Club Driving Range Renovations in the amount not to exceed $840,000.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]

TUBMAN'S IS YOU ARE NOT MR. TILLMANS.

GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME.

THAT'S OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR CALLS.

IT'S FINE.

OH, I WAS GOING TO SHARE WAS, UM, WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL,

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WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.

AND WOULD YOU NOT HAVE THE POWERPOINT? CORRECT.

RIGHT NOW, MY APOLOGIES TONIGHT THIS EVENING, WE HAD A POWERPOINT.

APPARENTLY WE DON'T HAVE EDITOR THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

GOOD EVENING HONOR COUNCIL.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS TONY ABOUT US.

I'M THE CIP PROJECT MANAGER.

UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT IS THAT ON DECEMBER 9TH, WE HAD A BID RECEIVED FOR, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRIVING RANGE, TO THE GOLF COURSE.

AND WE RECEIVED ONE BID.

UH, THE BID CAME IN AT $750,000 WITH TWO ALTERNATES.

UH, OUR, OUR BUDGET AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS ONLY $479,666.

SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH, UH, UTILIZING FUNDS FROM THE, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FUND, APPROXIMATELY $360,333 WOULD BRING US UP TO 840,000.

THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO ENCUMBER THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR 750,000 PLUS ALTERNATE NUMBER TO 90,000, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING UP THE PUTTING GREENS UP TO LPGA STANDARDS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS THE APPROVAL FOR US TO, SORRY.

CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT LAST POINT THOUGH? LIKE ALL THE PUTTING GREENS OR THIS IS JUST THE TWO POINTS RIGHT THERE, JASON TO THE CHIPPING GREENS ARE NEXT TO THE DRIVING RANGE.

YES.

ARE MY APOLOGIES ON THAT.

UM, AND SO WE WERE REQUESTING AT THIS POINT IN TIME APPROVAL TO DO SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HOW MUCH TO APPROVE I'M RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, PENN TILIAN PARKER ON THIS.

YES.

I JUST MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND WE CAN HAVE A SECOND AND STILL DISCUSS OR HOWEVER, WHATEVER WAS THAT PERCENTAGE.

IT'S ABOUT POLICIES I'LL PULL HER OUT OF HERE, SIR.

IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 30 TO 40%.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ANY IDEA WHY IT'S SO HIGH OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED? IS IT CHANGING IN MARKET? DO WE UNDER BUDGET? I BELIEVE MR. DEVON'S.

YES, OF COURSE.

I MEAN, I CAN ADD A PART OF THAT WHEN WE BEGAN THE PROJECT, THERE, THERE WASN'T A, A BUDGET, UM, UH, PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER HAD COMMITTED $600,000 FOR A SERIES OF YEARS TO A SUP, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING IN.

WE WERE SORT OF OPERATING BLIND IF YOU WILL.

AND I DON'T MEAN IT IN A NEGATIVE TERM BECAUSE THIS IS A POSITIVE PROJECT AND A GREAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE, THAT, THAT NUMBER WOULD BE.

AND SO WE TRIED TO TRY TO STAY AS CLOSE AS WE COULD, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA UNTIL THE BIDS ACTUALLY CAME IN.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

IS THERE ANY LIKELIHOOD THAT IF YOU GOT ADDITIONAL BEDS, YOU MIGHT SEE A DIFFERENCE AND WHAT IS BEING CHARGED OR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE CHARGED SINCE THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED YOU SAID THAT CAME IN, LIKE HOW LONG WAS THAT PROCESS OPEN? AND IF IT WAS OPEN LONGER, WOULD THAT BE DIFFERENT? WE, WE FELT WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT AND MR. BEZ CAN CONFIRM, BUT, UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A SOLID BID BASED UPON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE AREA THAT HAVE BEEN DONE THIS WAY, AND ACTUALLY A REALLY SOLID PRO UH, UH, BID, UH, THAT WE FELT LIKE WE RECEIVED.

UM, SO WE DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT.

MIGHT I ADD TO THAT PLEASE? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

MINDFULNESS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT WITHIN THESE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN UNPRECEDENTED INCREASES IN CONSTRUCTION, COST OF MATERIALS.

UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING OUT FOR BID REBATE.

I SHOULD SAY, I DO WORRY ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO DISCUSS THEM HERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT IF WE WERE TO REBID, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY SEE HIGHER NUMBERS AS THIS INFLATION CONTINUES SPECIFICALLY HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

WE FEAR THAT THOSE COSTS WOULD INCREASE.

MAYBE THIS IS A POLISH PROJECT TO WAIT TILL THE MARKET CORRECTION, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA SUSTAIN THIS.

WE KNOW THAT BUBBLE WILL BURST EVENTUALLY.

AND THIS INFLATION, I MEAN, SOMEBODY WILL FIX THE INFLATION.

IT MAY TAKE YEARS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

THAT'S A WALL, RIGHT? AND WE ALL, WE SAT HERE AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS AND WE ALL AGREE TO IT, BUT THIS IS OUT THE GATE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT 30.

IF IT STARTS AT 30% AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT 60 OR 70% WHEN YOU PUT A SHOW ON HERE.

SO MAYBE NOW'S NOT THE TIME.

I UNDERSTAND.

WELL, LET ME REMIND YOU.

WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRUE, SOLID FIGURE TO GO FROM.

WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE DID ALL THE ENGINEERING WORK AND THEN LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT POINT.

SO, UM, WE WERE GOING OFF OF A PREDETERMINED BUDGET.

HE WAS BACK THERE RIGHT NOW, THESE INCREDIBLY HIGH CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES RIGHT NOW, THE, THE DEMAND, RIGHT? SO SUPPLY IS GONE AND IT'S ALL DEMAND.

SO THAT DRIVING

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I'M JUST BLINDED MAY GET TOGETHER AND THEN COME BACK AND REBID THE BUDGET.

THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

COUNCILMAN.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR 30 YEARS.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING GO AS LOW AS DROPPING BACK DOWN ANOTHER 30%, IF THERE YOUR CORRECT THAT WE DO HAVE CORRECTIONS, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN CONSTRUCTION COSTS DROP BACK ANOTHER 30%.

I WOULD FEAR THAT WE WOULD NEVER SEE THAT THAT'S, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN RELATION THAT WE HAVE NO SOMETHING.

I WAS GOING TO ASK COUNSELOR PENN TILIAN PARKER.

DO YOU WANT TO RESTATE YOUR MOTIONS? WE'RE COMING BACK.

NOPE, I'M GOOD.

IT WAS JUST DREW APPROVED JUST TO APPROVE.

YEAH.

AND PROTESTS CENTER SECONDING.

OKAY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES SIX TO ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

[22. Council Member Closing Statements.]

AS A REMINDER, AFTER CLOSING COMMENTS, WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, SO PLEASE ONE CLOSING COMMENTS.

I REALLY HAVE NOTHING.

IT'S JUST MONDAY NIGHT.

THIS IS BIZARRE, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT'S GONNA THROW OFF THE WHOLE WEEK, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, PLEASE, TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

THANKS.

PLACE PROTEIN.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING, PLEASE.

FIVE.

I GOT REMINDED ON THE WAY IN HERE THAT THERE'S NO MATTER WHAT A DAY IS GOING.

LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOOD.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING POSITIVE.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDERS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN, UH, THINGS SOMETIMES GO THE WAY THEY DO.

SO THANKS FOR THE REMINDER PLACE FOR GOOD EVENING.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

OKAY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF FROM THIS PAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WHO WEATHERED THE STORM WITH US.

UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF YOU IN PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE AND FIRE WHO WERE WORKING IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER OR WERE EVEN WORSE OUT ON THE ROADS.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO ENCOUNTER COMING INTO WORK.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE DAY WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LEAVING YOUR FAMILIES AND COMING OUT IN THE ICE AND COLD AND LOOKING OUT FOR EVERYBODY AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING RAN SMOOTHLY.

UM, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

EVERYTHING WENT OFF WITHOUT A HICCUP.

AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE.

WHEN I SAY WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU, YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE PARKSIDE PENINSULA PROJECT AND SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LAKEWOOD PARK PROJECT AND SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND SECTIONS 5 5, 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY ON HERO WAY WEST.

WE ARE BACK IN EXECUTIVE AT ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED AT 8:53 PM TO OPEN SESSION, TO TAKE ACTION AS DETERMINED, APPROPRIATE REGARDING ONE PARKSIDE PENINSULA PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION TO LAKEWOOD PARK PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE PREVIOUS ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THREE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION FOR HERA WAY.

WEST MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT IS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND MOTION A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED.

OKAY.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

KEEPING US ON OUR TOES TO THE LAST SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

WE

[23. Adjournment]

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.